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THE WASHINGTON HERALD
Fair and much colder today;
tomorrow probably cloudy.
Temperatures iesterday Max
imum, 71 ; minimum, 56.
The Herald has the Unrest
morning home dreuUtfon, mad
prints all the newt of the world,
with many exclusive feature.
NO. 2358
WASHINGTON. D. 0.. SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1913.-FOURTEEN PAGES.
ONE CENT.
DOWNOFFEROF
DIPLOMATIC POST
Following Conferences, Na
tional Chairman Issues
formal Statement
WILL PRACTICE LAW
No One Suijeited to Take Place Of
fered New York At
torney. William F. McCombs last night finally
declined the appointment as Ambasba
dor to France Mr. McCombs assigned
as his reason his unwillingness to give
us his law practice In New York An
important reason is generally beliecd
to be .his unwillingness to leae the
helm of the Democratic National Com
mittee, of which he is the chairman
Following two conferences with Presi
dent Wilson, and a lengthy consultation
with Sein-tarj Tumult. Mr. McCombs
last night made public the following
statement
Toda I communicated to the Presi
dent m final decision as to the very
great honor ho has done me In tender
ing mc the Ambassadorship to France,
with assurances of m profound appie
ciatlon No public position within his
gift would have been more attractive
to me personallv In view of its verv
great dignity and importance. I have
naturally weighed the matter with much
care
"After reconsidering the tender the
name motives as were in my mind before
h-ve impelled me to decline. The ac-
tptance of the post would involve
grtater personal sacrifice than I should
make 1 do not feel that I can afford to
liave mv lifework. the practice of law.
1 feel compelled to devote mvsclf to
m pergonal affairs and at the same
time I will lnd anv assistance in mv
power that will contribute to the success
or the Democratic administration and tlm
Democratic parti '
Nil srlrrtlnii rontlili red.
No definite information has come from
the hltc House as to President W llson a
probable selection for the post, now that
Mr McCombs finallv has declined the
honor It is known that the Piesldent Is
much disappointed in Mr. McCombs' de
cision, and in view of the strong repre
sentations which have been made to his
late campaign manager, much surprised
If the President has a second choice detl
nltelv in mind for the position ho lit
not let It be Known
I ndoubtedlv another important consid
eration in the declination was the finan
ial question Mr McCombs. has not, it
is understood, anvthing approaching an
independent fortune. His brilliant prom
ise in the prJctice of the law he natur
allv does not wish to jeopardize, and his
political activities, followed bv his ill
ness last summer, have made :t almost
imperative that he devote 1 .s trric, vr-.i
largelv to his practice
speculation Is general as to the effect
of Mr McCombs' decision upon the Wil
son political organization Secretarv of
the Trcasuiv William G McAdoo. r
vl e chairman of th national commi
tee. was in active charge of the fortune
of the Wilson campaign through the
crucial part of the light, owing to Mr
McCombs illncs That McCombs did
not approve of part, at least, of the
course pursued hv McAdoo and that a
coolness existed letwen the two men at
the conclusion of the campaign, is pretty
defimtelv known
The largelv urculatcd report that the
President hoped to obviate the difhcult
bv assigning McCombs to a foreign
lost Is not borne out by the facts, how
ever President Wilson shortlv jftcr his
inauguration announced that he had of
fered Mr McCombs a position in his
Cabinet, a profer which had been de
clined largclj because McCombs feared
that his health would not stand the
strain which would be imposed upon
him bv a position in the new Cabinet.
friendly reeling Continue.
That Mr McCombs' declination has
in anv wa affected the verv warm
friendship existing between him and
President WiNon Is not considered prob
able That this friendship, as well as
the President's broad appreciation of
Mr McCombs abilities as a political
helper, will ciuse the President to
welcome from a purelv personal stand
point the retention of McCombs in this
countrj. is believed by close friends
or the Executive
Jut how senous the difference be
tween McCombs and McAdoo are never
has been established, but is there has
t-en no open break between them, and as
Both men started out worktng along the
Continued nn rnge Tito.
MORE THAN 100 PERISH
IN STORM THAT TEARS
THROOGH MANY STATES
At Least 75 Dead Definitely Reported.
Many Points Not Heard From
Will Swell the Total.
PHTHISIS REPORT
FAILS TO GIVE
DIRECT ANSWER
Health Service Statement Is
Noncommital on Efficacy of
Friedmann Cure.
ALABAMA HEADS LIST WITH
DEATH TOLL OF 60 PEOPLE
Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, New York, Michigan,
and Louisiana Bear Witness to the
Destructive Force of Tornado.
New York, March 21. More than 100 persons are reported killed
and at least 200 injured, sonic mortally, by a storm of tornado intensity.
which raged ocr Central, Western, Southern and parts of Eastern
States today. Property damage will be counted b millions
At lcat sevcnt-fie dead were definitely reported tonight, but
points, temporarily cut off from wire communication, were constantly
adding to the list.
Alabama headed the list of dead with a definite it). More fatali
ties wrc reported, but not confirmed.
MAJ.V STATES) MU'l'f.R.
Two towns, Thomasvillc and Lower Pcachtrcc, were practically
wiped out.
Two are dead in Indiana, two in Tennessee, two in Ohio, two in
New York, one in Michigan, and one in Louisiana.
Coming out of the Southwest early today just as spring was
inhered in, the storm swept with startling suddenness from Northern
Texas to Western Pcnnsj 1 ania
SUFFERERS ARE WARNED
GREAT CATASTROPHE
IMPENDS IN ENGLAND
Standard Yard Measure of British
Empire Shrink from 23 to 215
Millionth of an Inch.
London, March 21 The British stand
ard jard ls-gcttlng shorter It was found
toda that the lour standard jard meas
ures, preserved bj the British govern
ment, have shrunk as follows Rova!
mint cop, 2Z millionth:) of an Inch. Ro
al Societv cop. 49 mlllionths of an inch.
Gicenwicn UDservalory copj. 43 mill
lonths of an Inch, and Standard s depart
ment copj, 215 mlllionths of an Inch
The measures were made of bronze
so as not to shrink and are kept in a
strong room, to which entrance is next
to impossible.
Whether the miscreants are suffragettes
or whether science went astrv In think
ing that bronze would not contract, are
unsettled question, but the fact remains
that the English jard is getting terribly
short.
and New York, bisecting the Mis
sissippi Valley and moving north
eastward across the Ohio into the
Great Lakes retrior.
Wind Reaches Great Velocity.
Winds of great violence were accompa
nied in various sections by snow, sleet,
and hail The storm was easilv- the most
destructive of the vear. and has rarely
been equaled in extent and damage
Buildings toppled before the blow in
nearl A dozen States, and death lay all
along in Its wake
Besides demolishing or unroofing build
ings and felling trees, the storm did sen
ous damage to earl crops.
Estimates of loss bj damage to prop
erty of all sorts from Indiana and Michi
gan alone total $2,0"'0''00 about evenly
divided between the two States Losses
ranging from SiS 0"J to jyieno or more
are reported from various cities and sec
tions. Win- Coniiiiuiiientlnii (at Off.
Not in man) vears has there been
such prostration of telegraph and tele
phone service Chicago was cut Off for
hours from the East Onl by devious
routes was tonnectlon finallv established.
Tonight conditions had improved mate
rial!, but It will b several das be
fore normal service Is restored Rail
road traffic was senouslv delaved in
manv districts where wire communica
tion was crippled and washouts occurred
The wind attained record velocitv at
some points Detroit reported fS miles
an hour. Toledo. S4. Buffalo. SS. Mem
phis. M. and Louisville. 5
Cold weather is trailing the destruc
tive bion
The storm seems to have spent its
force ahd to be taking the accustomed
loute out the St Lawrence Valley.
Klitbirmeii llarouneri.
FORMER GOVERNOR DIES.
HH8rS?s8B
K t50V vPssnsnr
Hsptf
MINUTE MEN.
Picturesque Continentals, a ma
jority being Washingtonians, to
repeat their former visit to the
Fatherland.
KRIEGERBUND.
German warriors of the Franco
Prussian war will cross the At
lantic next August to renew
friendship with their comrades of
forty years ago.
The Washington Herald tells to
morrow the purpose of this re
union.
Off Sandusk six fishermen were i aught
bv the storm, and it is feared thev lost
their lives
The point farthest East hit bj the
storir was Duffalo. X. Y. Nineteen
fishermen were marooned bv the break
up of an Ice floe and life savers worked
desperately Irving to,ave them
Throughout the Southern States the
demoralization of wire communication
was so complete that it was impossible
to secure even the most meager advices
from the ravaged zone
At lloxie. Ark. twent houses were
blown down and thirtv persons hurt
At Poplar Bluff, Ark . many building?
were demolished
At Senatobla. Miss, houses were blown
to pieces and the wreckage carried for
miles.
Buildings were wrecked at Nashville,
Tenn. and Murfrcesboro. Tenn
Colli Hair I'ollorr. Storm.
The States affected bj the storm were
Illonis. Indiana, Ohio, Ken tuck, Tenne.
see. Arkansas. Texas, Missouri. Missls-
ippi. and Louisiana
Reports from Arkansas. North Jllssls
ilppi. West Tennessee, and Southeast
Kentuck are delajed becaue of almost
complete prostration of telegraph and
telephone wires entering St. Louis.
A cold wave, with freezing weather ex
tending as far south as Florida, accom
panted the storm A drop to ten. degrees
above zero occurred In St. Louis tonight.
Lower Peach Tree, Ala. was wiped out
by a tornado Friday. Eighteen persons
were killed and the property damage will
amount to thousands. Business houses
and dwellings were leveled
Five persons were killed and four in
jured when the town of Salone. In the
northwestern part of Louisiana si at
wiped out by a C clone rrida.
lloxle, Ark was almost entirely des
troy Thursday night by a tornado.
Four were killed and flftj Injured
At alnut Ridge. Ark , one person
was killed and one hurt.
Seven Reported Killed.
At Ponlar Bluff. Mo. Ir ws rnnrti
seven were killed and 100 Injured. The
report ot the number of dean was un
confirmed
KRAVK . ni.sCK.
FORMER GOVERNOR
FRANK BLACK DIES
Heart Disease Claims New Yorker
After Illness of Several
Weeks.
SIXTY YEARS OLD AT DEATH
5U5 One Xmr raclfle Csut an
Other Western Points.
Baltimore Jt Ohio.
March 14 to Anril 11 Vnll lnr..w i
'mvu fc iiiaci uiuces.
Tro, N. Y. March 21 -Frank S Black.
formerly Governor of New York, died at
his home here tonight of heart disease
after several das illness
"Sixty acres of stones." to use the
ords ehc once used hlmelf to picture
his birthplace, describes the farm near
IJmjngton, Maine, where the late Trank
Sweet Black, former Governor of New
lork. was born, March . 1SJ3.
On this farm, where he did his share
of wrk In helping to maintain the large
family, for the were eleven children
the boy lived until ho was eleven jears
old, securing such training as lie could
in a haphazard aj at the district school.
The family then moved to the town of
Alfred, Maine, where Jacob Black, his
father, occupied the count house, an
Inn, through virtue of hav Ing been elected
to the office of keeper of the Jail
Young Black's scant schooling was
supplanted at Alfred b training at the
academy there
In 1S71, when eighteen jears old. and
with SCO In his pocket, earned by teach
ing school, he entered Dartmouth Col
lege. He was graduated In 1S73.
A period ot peddling chromos Immedi
ately followed. By chance acquaintance
ship with the owner of the paper, he be
came editor of the Johnstown (N. Y.)
Journal.
After leaving the paper, vounc Black
started for Boston to try his fortunes
there, but at Tro, N. Y he halted.
While doing newspaper work there he
studied law, was admitted to the bar in
1K79, and hung out his shingle soon after
ward.
From Six Montis to Two Years May
Elapse Before Result is
Known.
The first statement of the Public Health
Service In regard to the Frkedraann
"cure" for tuberculosis was Issued last
night, nnd with the. exception of a warn
ing to sufferers against traveling long
dlitances In the hope of receiving treat
ment. It Is a bare recitation of the facts
up to date without comment of any kind
on the results of the tests, or the worth
of the remedy.
The warning against persons coming to
appeal for treatment is given because,
according to the statement, those select
ed for demonstration purposes constitute
onl a small proportion of the appli
cants.
The statement Is absolutel Impersonal
and noncommittal. , Not a word Is said
of the nature of the "cure ' or of Its
probable results. The condition of pa
tlenls already treated; the result of ex
perlments, the re'ult of bacteriological
tests, the result of Dr. Frledmann's New
lork clinics, whether the remedy Is effl
caclous and whether eventually the
remedy will be recommended or con
demned are matters on which the state'
ment retains a discrete silence Thev
are not touched on and It Is probable
the will not b mentioned public! by
the Health Service for some time to
come
In fart the statement goes to some
pairs to explain that whatever opinions
ma have been stated in the newspapers
as coming from the doctors constituting
the governmental board that Is now in
vestigating the "cure" have been manu
factured from the Wiole cloth, clinching
the matters by saving 'these officers
have expressed no opinion and will not
be In position to do so until the work
has ndvanced sufficiently far to warrant
some conclusion In regard to Dr. Frled
mann's treatment.
Matenient la Issned.
The statement reads.
"On March S. the Sccretar of the Treas-
ur. on the recommendation of the Sur
geon General of the Public Health Serv
ice, iau.-cd a board of medical officers to
be detailed to make a thorough invest!
gallon of Dr. Frledmann's alleged cure
for tuberculosis
These officers proceeded immediately
to New York and arranged with Dr.
Frledminn for demonstrations of his rem
edv unon persona suffericz- from tubercii-
. r. e .ionttl lon art . n
larried on In eeitaln New lork hospitals
through the courtesy of their rcspcctl
authorities, and win be continued until
sufficient information ha been obtained
for the forming of an opinion as to the
merits of the treatment.
"Dr. Friedmann has submitted to the
hoard a culture of the bacteria which he
states are ucd in his method of treat
ment In addition to the observation of
persons under treatment b Dr. Fried
mann. the board of officers will make ex
periments to ascertain whether this cul
ture Is. as Dr Friedmann claims, harm
less to warm-blooded animals.
' Considerable time will neccs-arll be
required to carry out these investigations.
The work will be carried out as rapidly
as possible.
"In the meantime, the public Is In
formed of the Inadvlsabillt, in the great
majorlt of cases, of traveling long dis
tances In the hope of receiving treat
ment, as those selected for demonstration
purposes constitute only a small propor
tion of applicants.
"Certain statements purporting to ba
expressions of the opinion of the board
of officers of the Public Health Service
earning on the investigation have ap
peared In newspapers. These officers
have expressed no opinion and will not
be in position to do so until the work has
advanced sufficiently far to warrant some
conclusion in regard to Dr. Friedmann s
treatment '
xv hen the government will he read to
express Its omclal opinion on the remed
is not known, but it is sate to say tnai
no statement win ne tonncoming witmn
six months. The officers of the Health
facrvlce, when pressed for a definite time,
morel shake their heads and say that
the investigations will take a long, long
time to complete, and that nothing can
be said until they are through borne
authorities have placed two ears hence
as the earliest possible date.
Work Will Continue.
In the meantime, tno worK o
iriedmann Is being caretuuy watcnea.
and the officers In the hygienic labora
tory are developing the cultures of the
vaccine given the government by Dr.
Friedmann Tha work is progressing
well here, and even some tests of the
new cultures nave Dten made, Dut mere
has not been time yet for any definite
hanges In the specimens to be noted.
The files of the Public Health Service
there dally are receiving many pltirul ap
peals from sufferers
They arc anxious to assume any risks
and take all chances that may go with
the treatment with the untested remedy,
and many sufferers send pictures of them
selves In the hope of reaching the sym
pathies of the doctors
it is stated gei'arally that the material
which the German doctor uses In his
treatment Is a serum lhl. tne doctors
explain, is erroneous, it is a vaccine,
according to Dr. Kriedmann, taken di
rectly from the lung of a turtle that sur-
rered with tuberculosis. Tne vaccine is
alive, and is claimed to be nonvirulent,
or, in other words, incapable or pro
ducing the disease In a human being
was brought to Washington In small test
tubes containing glycerin agar, a mate'
rial on which germs feed.
PROMINENT WOMAN Who Will Confer
With Illinois Vice Commission This Afternoon
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wiimrn Clubs.
VICE IN CAPITAL
TO BE EXPOSED
BEFOREPROBERS
Clergyman, Who Has Made
Secret Investigation, to
Give Report
HEARING THIS AFTERNOON
DIVORCEE KIDNAPS
HER YOUNG DAUGHTER
Mrs. Nnckels, Once Wife of Millionaire
Sportsman, Steals Child
froa Institution.
FATHER TAKES UP THE TRAIL
Atlantic Cltv, N. J. March ZlV,'.
Preston Nuckcls, wealthy race track man
and plunger, announced to-dav that his
wife, who was recently divorced from
him had kidnapped his oungcst child.
Muriel, fo-ir vears old. known affectlon
atel) as Tiddlc-Dee-Winks."
I'nder the arrangement reported the
lawjers and the vice chancellor at the
time the divorce decision was given ad
verse to Mrs. Nuckels. the two children.
Muriel and Preston, were placed In a
Catholic institutlbn at Merlon, Pa. Mrs.
Nuckels was granted the right to see the
children at stated Intervals.
On Saturday Mrs Nuckcls obtained en
tr to the convent to visit her children.
She had clasped "Tlddle-Dee-Winks " in
her arms, and before the sisters could in
terfere the spr ung matron had
sealed the convent wall with the little
girl
Half a block ana) the long gray rac
ing car was awaiting and a oung so
eicty man. who was reported as being
verj" attentive to Mrs. Nuckcls, was at
the wheel The woman leaped Into the
machine and while the alarm was being
given from the vonvent the driver threw
on the high speed clutch and the machine
was lost In a cloud of dust down the
Merion pike
Detectives have been unable to get any
trace of the fugitives. The millionaire
father Is frantic with anxiety and ex
presses the fear that he may never see
the child again
Nuckels declares he will spend his mil
lions to recover "Tlddle-Dee-Winks." but
the lawyers are not at all confident that
she can be recovered
HOLD UP AHEMPTED
IN CROWDED STREET
Thais Try to Beat Up Man at En
trance to Apartments.
BOTH MEN rlAKE ESCAPE
Tne Short l.lne In Cklragn.
' Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Four throusrh trains at citnvontent
hours from Union Station, in a. m.
. ana 5'3i p. m. ami 12 night. Tick
ofilcea. ISth St. and N. Y. Ave. 61
and Union Station.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
The life and career of the greatest
living American as told by him
self will be published every day in
The Washington Herald
beginning March 30.
These chapters will be published
by special arrangement with the
Outlook, of which Theodore
ftiosevelt is the contributing
editor.
BONNETS ARE IN DANGER
EASTER STORM IS THREATENED
WEATHER MAN GROUCHY
It looked from where the Weather
Bureau sat last night as If milady would
do well to lay her Easter finery away
in a nice, dry place on the top shelf
Sunday morning, for, as far as the
weather scera could say, Connecticut
Avenue stands but a poor show of being
nice and dr.
The Weather Bureau did not come
right out and say that the Easter protn
enaders would get wet. but It hinted all
around It The bureau has a story of a
moist unpleasantness In the form of a
big storm that Is coming from the West,
and the specific forecast for Sunday
was "increasing cloudiness" If the
cloudiness of yesterday afternoon that
brought one of the hardest rainstorms
in some time stands tor anything, an
Increase In cloudiness would mean
something unusual In deluges.
But if the weather phophets predict
bad weather, the prophets of human na
ture predict that milady and her escort
will pay no attention to the pessimlstlo
warning, and will sally out In their
very newest and gaudiest bib and
tucker.
A bold hold-up waa attempted last night
about S 15 o'clock In the heart of the
downtown section of the cit. while the
streets were still crowded with pedes
trians Two white men grabbed John
Jaletls. thirtv-nlnc years old. living at
1(W7 Seventh Street Northwest, a waiter
in the lunch room at Ninth Street and
New Tork Avenue, as he was entering
the basement of the Mount Vernon
Apartment House. 0M New York Avenue
Northw est.
One of the men struefca vicious blow
at Jaletls' head with a utack Jack, but
misse) his aim Jaletls grappled with his
two assailants and succeeded In wresting
the black jack lrom one of the men He
used It and beat his two assailants off
number of passers-bv. being attracted
by the scuffling In the sreaway. stopped
The two assailants broke away and ran
down New York Avenue and escaped
tver effort of the police of the First
precinct to apprehend them failed Jalet
described his assailants to the police, and
stated that he would be able to identlfv
them He described one of them as being
about tvvent jears old. five feet six
Inches tall, weighing about 14" pound:
wearing dark clothes, toop shoulders
and has wound on left hand The other
was described to the police as being
about twent years old. five feet six
Inches tall, weighing about l?o pounds
and wearing a blue suit.
DEATH CRIES OF FRIENDS
DRIVE GIRL INSANE
SYLVIA PANKHURST FEEED.
Milltniil Srlrimrtte's llancer Strike
ucceaafnl.
London. March !1 Sylvia Pankhurst.
by means of her hunger strike, won her
release from Holloway prison today, the
authorities having decided that further
Imprisonment would endanger her life.
Hiss Pankhurst was sentenced on Feb
ruary Is to two months Imprisonment
on the charge of breaking windows in
the East End of London. When placed
in prison Miss Pankhurst Immediately
started her hunger strike, and persisted
in It. though the Btithorith-e adopted tha
method of feeding her through a tube.
1.33 nnltlmure aad Return.
Baltimore and Ohio
Every Saturday ahd Sundav. Good to
return until 3 a. m train Monday. All
trains both wa. Including Royal Lim
ited. '
Miss Myrtle Freeman a Raving Maniac
When Pulled from Beneath
Wrecked Auto.
Seneca Falls. N. Y.. March 3 While
the death cries of two of her companions
rang In her ears. Miss" Myrtle Freeman.
a participant in a fatal Joy ride early
today became a raving maniac The car
In which Miss Freeman and three com
panions were riding, plunged over an
embankment, five miles west of here.
and overturned in a shallow stream of
water.
Raymond Haist. the chauffeur, was
mortally crushed and died within a short
time. Miss Lottie Voorhecs, aged twenty.
companion of the Freeman girl, was
wedged in such a way that her head
was under water, and she was drowned.
John O'Connor, another member of the
party, wno, witn Miss rreeman, was
pinned under the automobile, saved the
girl's life by holding her head above
water until aid arrived an hour later.
O'Connor said that Miss Freeman be
came first hsterical and then demented,
because she could not shut from her
ears the groans of her dying companions.
Society Matrons and Cric Workers ts
Confer with Illinois State
Commission.
Vice conditions In Washington ars
Ing to be raked over the coals thte aft
ernoon by society women and dTic work
ers before the Illinois antl-vlee commis
sion, which will hold a hearing in the
New Wlllard.
In addition to local people. Rev. J. T.
Upehurch. of Dallas. Tex., who has made
an extensive investigation of condition!
In the Capital, will tell the Illinois sa
lons what he has found cmt. Mr. Up
church has conducted hla Investigations
quietly, dressing In citizens' clothes, and
keeping his presence in the city unknown
except to several organizations with
which he was working In concert. HI
testimony will be especially directed at
certain hotels and cafes. Inauguration
day, lie said, was the worst he had seen
anywhere in the country.
Lieut. Gov. Barret O'Hare, of Illinois,
accompanied by the four State Senators,
who. with himself, make up the com
mission, arrived In Washington at 3
o'clock last night from Harrlsburg. Pa.,
where they held a conference yesterday
with Gov Tcner of Pennsj Ivanla. Gov.
Tenen stated that he would send a mes
sage to the Keystone Legislature within
a few das looking toward the estab
lishment of a similar commission In his
State.
Members of Trv.
The members of the party are Lieut.
Gov. O Hare. Senators Neils Juul. Ed
mund BealU D C. Woodward, and F.
Jeff Tossey. Sergeant-at-Arms T. B.
Scouten, Thomas O'NcllL the official
stenographer, and M. Blair Coan. chief
Investigator, who arrived Wedneadaj.
The commission will be granted an In
terview by President Wilson at 1131
o'clock thts morning. It Is the object
of the Investigators in coming to Wash
'ngton to urge upon the President the
calling of a national conference of .h-anti-vlce
commissions of the various
States in Washington early next fair, so
that the organizations may- get together
and carry on a nation-wide fight for a
national minimum wage law.
Eight dollars per week Is the fVgure
set by the Illinois probers as a. result
of their findings as the smallest wage at
which a working girl can live without
recourse to vice. It is atsd the Intention
of the Illinois investigators to urge the
adoption of, a Federal m'e.imum wage
law? This la necessary, tt l pointed oat.
owin to the fact "la iiianvuVittircrs in
the various States nold that the enact
ment of such & law in any one State
would place the manufacturers In that
State at a disadvantage from manufac
turers In other States where no such
law was In effect and would drive the
factories from the State In which It was
effectlv e.
The committee will hold Its hearing"
on local conditions at :.30 o'clock this
afternoon in the mezzanine porlar of
the New Wlllard. Prominent society
women and civje workers will testify.
Each witness has been limited to five
minutes on the stand. Tha society
women were Invited to give their
views by Mr. Coan. the chief investi
gator. He wrote letters to a number
of prominent matrons, and with
exceptions all took advantage of tne
opportunity.
oeletr women to Mtend.
Those who have promised to attend
the hearing are Mrs, W. Murray Crane.
ife of the former Senator from Mas
sachusetts: Mrs Edson Bradley. Mrs.
Hennen Jennings. Miss Katherinc Jen
nings, Mrs. Christian Hemmick, Mrs.
unt Slater, and Mme E. Havenlth.
ife of the Belgian Minister. Senora
de Rlapo, wife of the Spanish Minister.
ho also was Invited to testif. sent a.
letter to Lieut. Gov O Hare, regretting
that absence from the city would pre
vent her attendance. Mie praised the
work of the commission, however, and
stated that she would do all in her
power to aid It.
'My frequent absences from this
country," wrote Senora de Riano. "pre
vent any extensive knowledge on my
part of conditions here, but I believe
that the establishment of amusement
places for working glrl. conducted un
der proper supervision, would go a
long wa)s toward reducing the per
centage of ce In the big cities."
Miss Mabel Boardman. president of the
American Red Cross, will tell her views
to the commission
Mr. Blair Coan. chief investigator, last
night obtained the names of about flftv
otl-er prominent women, among them
Mrs. Huntington Wilson, wife- of the re
cently resigned Assistant Secretary of
State, and sent Invitations to attend tho
hearing.
The principal point of the Investigation
in Washington wilt he In regard to the
shopgirls who come into direct contact
with society women across the counters.
Continued on Pane Twelve.
SCHOOL CHILDREN BURIED
UNDER PALLING WALLS
Greensburg. Pa , March It Twentv
children were Imprisoned here to-day
under a falling wall, when a terrific
windstorm blew out one side of the Hill
View Schoolhouse. near here. Miss Mary
Crtsslnger. tne teacher, was seriously
Injured, and every child suffered from
fright. The children were dug out of
the debris by their parents.
One child. Alice Chri'tner. aged eisht
vears. was missing several hours, hhe
was later found In the ruins, but a large
blackboard hud protected her from the
falling biicks.
2-.0 IMilladelpkla and Itrturn,
II.J". Chester nnd return: Si 00 Wil
mltigtotYand return. Pennslvania Rail
road Sunday excursion. Mart h 20. Spe
cial train leaves L'nlon Station. Wash
ington. 7:20 a. m.. returning; leaves
Broad St. Station. Philadelphia T-IS p.
m.. West Phlladelnhla.-7:19 p. m.: Ches
ter. 7:35 p. m : Wilmington. X 00 p. m.
Tickets good only on Special Train.
NO PLACE FOR FAT MEN
HOUSE SEATS ARE TOO SMALL
SIMS CANNOT SIT DOWN
There will have to be specific definition
of the width of Representatives or a
change In the size of some of the new
seats Installed In the House of Repre
sentatives. Hereafter statesmen measur
ing more than twenty-four Inches from
hip Joint to. hip Jolit across the beam
will either have to run for the Senate or
bring their own chilrs.
This fact was brought to the attention
of Elliott Woods, Superintendent of the
United States Capitol Building, yesterday
when Judge Thetus W. Sims, of Tennes
see, one of the widest of our public men.
tried out the new 'chairs. The Judge
came to the Capitol to look over the
improved accommodations. He liked the
looks of the pretty benches with their
green leather backs and arms and their,
cane seats. Then he tried one. There
was n heave and a creak and then
sharp snap. Judge Sims had wedgeda
himself In, and the arms of the new seatl
aave way.
I guess III have to mats & try for
the Speakership." remarked the Tennes-
seean. "There doesn't seem to be room
for me on the floor anv more."
SLSJUVS to California. Ma WastlaKttm-
Sunset Route, until April 14. Personally
conducted tomirt sleeping cars from
Washington without change, dally except
Sunda. Berth, S3. A. J. Fottoa. 90 F.
Os Utb.
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