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No. 16,581. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1906?TWENTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS.
THE EVENING STAR
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SUBCOMMITTEE BUSY
At Work Preparing Propositions
on Miners' Issue
IN NEW YORK CITY TODAY
President Mitchell on Hand Assisting
in Labors.
TASK WILL REQUIRE ONE WEEK
No Developments Until Report is
Adopted and Presented to
the Mine Operators.
NK.U YORK, February Hi. The anthra
cite miners' subcommittee of seven, ap
pointed at yesterday's conference between
the coal operators and the union's special
f'.tlu committee today began the work
of formulating in iletail the propositions
which have already been presented in {cen
tral form to the employers. The tisk is
an arduous one, and it probably will be
at least a week before the committee will
have Its report in ehape for submission to
the subcommittee of seven appointed b>
the operators. In the meantime there is
Jikely to be no'development In the situation,
a* the operators will not be able to make
a move until they le.trn specifically what
the mine workers will demand.
The subcommittee of the miners is mailt
up of President Mitchell and the thru dis
trict presidents and secretaries. The it her
inem'bt rs of Hit* speclil scale committee
are si ill liere .but most of the.m will have
returned to the coal ticids li> tomorrow
night Some of them will be kept here by
Mr. Mitchell to assist the subcommittee In
preparing the techni- ;il portions of the
communications to f,?? given to the mine
owners.
President Mitchell Active.
Resides rme:lng with the sule-ommiitee
President Mlt< hell v.ill look after the gen
eral work of the miners' organization. lie
Is receiving dally reports from various
field*, in- 'tiding the Pitts'ourg district. So
far :?s - an I" learned tin- situation in the
central competitive bituminous field with
relation to the deadlock t.n the question of
an Incnase in wagc.-s in that territory re
malt.s unchanged It is understood, how
ever. thai it fluet cs ar- at work in an
endeavor '<? I !ti ; :-,oi ? an agreement he
fore .April I. ?ht-i tin two-year e.impact
between tie mine owners and the I"nited
Mine Workt rs in the cenlr. 1 district ex
pires
PtfMden: Mitchell : *> idi1\ refuses t(> dis
cuss the v* ? -'? rti Peuusyh a nla imbroglio,
nor wool.I he - -mi men' on the sp.-e.-h made
by lJuttri. t President Dolan In the I'ltts
burg convention yesierriay.
DROPPED VALUABLE PARCEL.
Bank Runner Lost $30,400 in Cash
and Securities.
NEW* YORK, February 10. The 1>S3 of
$.'io,4oo in cash, ks and notes was re
ported to the Brooklyn police today by
Frederick ,1. Krmls. a seventeen-y- ir-old
bank messenger Tiie boy said he lost the
m-me\ yesterda\ while carrying it from th
Mechanics' Hank. Brooklyn, for which he
V'.iks. to thi Kldgewood Hunk. Tho money
was it a parcel In his inside coat pocket, ac
cordit g to the messenger's statement to the
police, and apparently dropped from his
pocket to the sidewalk.
He said that while still a short distance
from the bank where he intended to deliver
the money he felt of his pocket and assured
himself that the package was safe When
j:ext he examined this pocket at the <ige
wood Rank the money was gone The
amount reported loBt Includes $24.onh i?i
Tomlssory notes, a check for (Kin. drawn
>y the Jenkins Trust Company to the order
of the Ridgewood Bank, and jlnO in cash.
PRESIDED FOR LAST TIME.
President Lou bet Bade French Cabinet
Farewell.
PARIS February 16.? President Loubet
today Presided for the last time at the
council of ministers, lie showed emotion \
In thanking the cabinet for Its support, and
hoped that the same ministers would con
tinue their labors.
Premiet Rouvtei replied, saying that M.
J/OUtrfM retired from oftlce with the
love of the rerp .oiic and the esteem of th'i
foreign governments. loiter t'? pri-slilnit
receive*! farewell visits from the diplo
matic corps.
TO RETIRE FROM STATE.
Alternative of Insurance Company
Rather Thnn File Report.
Fpec'.nl T>l?pst'li t-j The Mar
BOSTON. Februarj HI. Owing to the
Stringency of M ?o hUM 't^ insuran i.iws
utid to their poh. iv> enforcement by It:: ur
ance Commissi -i:< ? Cutting, the Proi alent
Havings l.lte As- irun So, U>t\ will n -t til
Its report with the insurance commissioner
of tills commonw- il.th. ami as an a!;, rna
tlve retlii s from tin Insurant-! field o this
r t-tc
The time within which th? report should
1m- tiled expired January 15. Insurance Com
missioner Cutting granted an extension of
thirty d-ays, and on Tuesday. February 1-1,
one day before the limit had expired, he re
ceived notice front the company that It
would cease to - airy on its business in this
state.
Xlmothy I. WoodrufT, former lieutenant
governor of New York, tiie president of the
company, recently visited K-iston in relation
to the company .- affairs President Wood
tuff sal.l It wa.- In- xiwdlent t-. coi.thuie lit
Massachusetts. Ralph IV llutibard of New
York city ts controller o( the company
Th>* differences t.etwe. n the commissioner
and the company fet m to lie concerning the
valuation of policy reserves, a question
Which was settled conclusively by the Mass
achusetts supreme court three yiars ago.
R0JES.TV EN SKY'S REMARK
~\Lhs Spurred Russian Inquiry Into Of
ficial Rascalities.
ST. POTKRSBl'RG. February 10. ?
Spurreu to action by Admiral Rojestven
sky's remarks regarding rascality In the
construction and fitting out of the Russian
fleet, which gave point to rumors which
have long been in circulation, Marine Min
ister Blri'eff has decided upon a thorough
house-cleaning of all the departuientifccon
cerned
The dismissal of Lieutenant General
MaltsofT who as chief of the supply di
vision in the department of naval construc
tion was responsible for the purchase ot
materials for construction, is announced,
and It is said that the ax will soon fall on
other high officials.
THE PACKERS' HEARING
ARMOUR SUPERINTENDENT RE
SUMED HIS TESTIMONY.
CHICAGO. February 10.?Arthur Meeker,
general superintendent of Armour & Co., re
sura?J his I> stlmony in ihe packers' ease to
day. He declared that Special Agent I>u
ranc had friven his men instructions to.show
Mr. Meeker all tables of statistics before
they wore taken from the Armour office.
"As far as I know that was faithfully car
ried out." said the witness. He also de
clared that Commissioner Garfield had told
him that before the report was published he
would permit the packers to look over It
and see whether anything it contained was
injurious to the packers.
"He assured us of his good faith." maid
the witness, "and explained that the Martin
resolution called for results, and that was
all l hat he would publish."
Mr. Meeker was then excused, his cross
examination being postponed in order to al
low Chatles \V. Armour, president of the
Armour Packing Company and vice presi
dent of Armour & Co., to take the stand.
The story of the investigation as detailed
by Mr. Armour was similar to that of Mr.
Meeker and other witnesses.
Armour's Examination Brief.
The examination of Mr. Armour was brief
ai d Mr. Meeker was recalled for cross-ex
amination. The first question askid by Dis
trict Attorney Morrison was whether or not
the witness had caused any changes to be
made in the tables of statistics shown him
by ti?e government agents. He replied that
lie had not caused any alterations.
The attorneys engaged in a squabble over
the answers of the witness and Attorney
Miller, who represents Armour & Co., ac
cused the district attorney of "lecturing'
the witness. The district attorney denied
it and the court finally interrupted them
both b> saying: "This witnr-ss Is intelligent.
He does not need instructions to m-1k<? a
responsive answer. Go on with the case."
LOKGWORTH'S WEDDING OUTFIT.
Boston Tailor Will Furnish Wardrobe
for Bridegroom.
Serial IHsi'Htrli to The Star.
BOSTON, Mass.. February Hi.?A Boston
tailor, John G. Mitchell, of SJ Beacon anil
10 ['ark streets, will furnish the wardrobe
for Representative Nicholas l^ongworth.
The outfit includes five suits, one overcoat,
two white vests and an evening suit, com
pleted two mon: lis ago.
Representative I-ongworth became ac
quainted with his Beacon street t lilor dur
ing ills H irvard days, and so well pleased
was lie with the clothes Mitchell made for
him that he has patronized him practically
i vi*r >i:ice. There is a story to the effect
that Longworth once jokingly said to
Mitchell, "When ! am married 1 will have
you make my wedding outfit."
While the suits, five in number, are all of
very < xpenslve material, they are of de
cidedly modest design and pattern. In some
of the suits the designs are stripes, but
these are very narrow and but slightly
different from color of the goods. In all
the suits that are not of a solid color the
checks and stripes are not at all pro- j
nounced. The vests are of the finest linen, i
with dull white enamel buttons In double
rows, three high, and with the latest lapels
extremely wide. The overcoat is very long,
reaching almost to the heels.
There was no necessity for Mr. l.ong
worth to come on for measurements tills
time, as it was not so long ago he was in
Boston and had clothes made. At that time
entirely new measurements were taken, and
it was from these that the wedding clothes
were cut and made.
THE TAGGART DIVORCE CASE.
J A Continuance Refused by the Court at
Wooster.
WOOSTER. Ohio, February 10.?Judges
of th< circuit court today refused to grant
the continuance asked for In the Taggart
case because of the absence of Mrs. Tag
gart.
Capt. Taggart was examined as to hlr.
; ability to take care of the boys. The court
| then decided "that the order of the court
I 1 clow should stand as to Taggart's custody
of the boys, but reserved to Mrs. Taggart
the right to come Into the circuit court in
the future ami show that she Is a proper
pi rson and able to care for the boys.
in tin meantime Mrs. Taggart Is under
stood to he in Pa> is with her belys, and it is
said wi'ii remain there until Capt. Taggart
departs with his ngiment for the Philip
pines. ?
BELLS TO RING AT OYSTER BAY
In Honor of the Marriage of Mi3S Alice
Roosevelt.
' Special Dispatch to The Star.
OYSTER BAY. 1. I.. X. Y., February 10.?
The citizens of Oyster Bay, and especially
the nearest neighbors of President Roose
velt, at first wanted to take some formal
recognition of the wedding of Miss Alice
Roosevelt, and it was suggested that a
handsome presi nt be sent to the bride, but
this Idea was abandoned when It was under
stood the President did not approve of a
pre.sei : being sent to liU daughter in this
w ay.
It is now proposed that nt noon tomor
row nii ti e church bells and tire bells, as
W' l! as the I,ell ?ti the Cove Xeck School,
which Pnsid nt Roosevelt's children
formerly attended, be rung in honor of
Miss Roosevelt's wedding. As far as is
ki ? -.vi : i one is going from Oyster Bay to
attend the wedding as none of the Presi
dent'- immediate family or relatives li\e
here at this season of the year.
Cleveland Bookkeeper Sent to Jail.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 10.?Re>bert
Ourant, a bookkeeper for the Cleveland
Brokerage Company, was sent to jail to
day by Judge S i,wan In the common pleas
court for contempt. The county grand
Jury has an investigation of brokerage con
Icerns under way and Ourant has been sum
muni 1 .'is a witness with orders to bring
in the books of the company. He faileil
: '"day for the second time to comply with
I the order. He said the books belonged to
i tie company, but the court held that he
wi t> ?? custodian of them and should pro
! duce them. Ourant refused to do so and
. was committed.
Secretary Taft's Western Trip.
Secretary Taft will leave here Sunday for
a short visit to the west to keep engage
rnents made some time ago. He will ad
dress the chamber of commerce of Detroit
Monday evening and the next day will
make a short address at Bay City. He will
spend next Wednesday and Thursday In
Chicago, attending the Yale meeting on
Wednesday and being the guest of the
I'nton League Club on the dnv following
Friday he will go to St. Louis and will
make an address before the Western Fed
eration of Yale Clubs the next day. leaving
for Washington on the i'lth instant.
Subsidies to Merchant Marine.
PARIS, February 16.?The chamber of
deputies today passed the bill gran tine sub
sidies to the merchant marine, with an
amendment requiring that foreign ships en
tering French ports shall adopt the same
health and security measures as French
?hlM.
Action of Senate Committee on
Rate Legislation.
TWO OF MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Tillman Threatened With
Pneumonia.
Word from senator cullom
Asked to Be Recorded Against Pro
posed Amendment Providing for
Appeal to the Courts.
The important features of rate legisla
tion pending before the Senate committee
on Interstate commerce will not be voted
upon until next Friday. This was decided
upon by the committee today during its
session at the Capitol in view of a letter
received from Senator Tillman, who return
ed from South Carolina yesterday and is
now ill at his home, threatened with pneu
monia
While considerable disappointment has
[ resulted from this postponement. It did
I much tod'ay to relieve the strain under
which every member of the committee was
laboring. Ten days ago it was decided that
j the committee should vote on all amend
ments and bills before it today, it was
proposed to be^in this morning and sys
tematically take up every proposition that
any member t f the committee ca:ed to
have urged and record a vote against or
for it. The committee met with that ex
pectation. It was known that Senator Cul
loni could not be present, as he is still
in Florida ill, but it was not believed that
a (postponement would be successfullv
urged on that account.
Senator Cullom had written to ask the
committee to allow him to be paired in
favor Of either the Hepburn or the Dolli
\er bi 11 and against any proposition to
amend those bills providing for an appeal
from the decisions of the interstate com
merce commission to the courts. The eom
[ mu.ee did not agree to do this and todav
a telegram was received from Mr. Cullom
of the H,"! h,S V":" t(' In favor
j ot the Hepburn or the Dolllver I iil
Postponed the Division.
This was regarded by the committee as
' ratI,er unusual proceeding, and there
| was an evidence of opposition to granting
the request. It was not definitely decided,
! however, one way or the other. But right
after the telegram from Senator Cullom
| came a letter from Senator Tillman stat
ing that lie was ill at his home, threatened
with pneumonia, and that he could not
jeave without greatly endangering his
health. In view of that letter the decision
was quickly reached that the committee
could do nothing else than permit the Im
portant votes on the bill to go over until
next Friday.
The committee, however, will proceed to
sit for the purpose of disposing of many
minor amendments that are pending before
j it. These amendments will take up much
i time, and are not of a nature, it is be
lieved, to cause serious difficulty in reach
ing agreement. Hut in the case of any
amendment that may be regarded by any
member of the committee as so important
that Senator Tillman or Senator Cullom
will wish to have an opportunity to vote
upon it, it will be passed over and not
taken up until next Friday.
How the Committee Stands.
With Senator Tillman and Senator Cul
lom absent the committee stood today six
to five in favor of the general proposition
for an appeal amendment, which is advo
cated by a majority of the republicans on
the committee.
Senator Carmack reached the city today
from his home in Tennessee, where lie
has been engaged in the work of political
| fence-building looking to the primary elec
I tion of next May which will result in the
| choice of his successor. There has been
considerable question as to Senator Car
' mack's attitude toward the appeal amend
ment, but it was stated today by members
of the committee that he will be in line
with the majority of the democrats of the
committee against the insertion of such
on amendment in the bill.
Will Meet Again Thursday.
When the committee adjourned it was to
meet next Thursday at 10:30 o'clock, when
it is expected that both Senators Cullom
and Tillman will be present.
The committee today adopted two amend
ments to the Hepburn bill, tentatively.
One of these amendments provided that the
Interstate commerce commission shall con
sist of nine members. S:x members of the
committee today voted in favor of nine
members of the commission, and five re
publicans on the committee voted in favor
of seven members This vote Is likely to
' be reconsidered at the next meeting.
Another amendment offered by Mr. Car
mack was voted upon favorably. It pro
vides that a railroad company shall be
liable for loss or damage to freight passing
over its line and any other line or lines
with which it may connect no matter
where the damage may have occurred.
The amendment also provides that a rail
road paying such damages may recover
them fr< m the railroad on which the dam
ages actually occurred. This amendment
received almost a unanimous vote, only one
or two members of the committee voting
against it. so that there is little doubt
that it will be a part of the Hepburn bill
when that measure is reported to the Sen
ate.
The adjournment of the committee until
next Thursday was a welcome relief to
many senators whose time has been closely
occupied attending upon Its meetings re
cently. But it is not likely that any of
them will be idle, as Mie days Intervening
until the next meeting are likely to be tilled
with conferences in an endeavor to get the
two sides to the controversies that are be
fore the committee closer together.
Today the lines of difference between a
majority of the republicans on the commit
tee who favor an appeal amendment to the
bill and a majority of the democrats who
are against such amendment, were very
closely drawn. Several democrats on the
committee expressed the opinion that fur
ther discussion could not possibly change
the views of senators on this point, as they
declare that such discussion as lias taken
place has only resulted in more firmly fixing
the opinion of senators for and against the
measure.
Protest of Coal Operators.
A delegation of prominent coal operators
from the west and southwest waited on
Senator Elklns, chairman of the commit
tee, yesterday and ./submitted a protest
against any rate regulation legislation giv
ing to the Interstate commerce commission
power over rates except with full provision
for the review of the acts of the commis
sion In the courts. The coal men also made
the statement that, "judging the future by
the past record of the interstate commerce
commission, the Hepburn bill as passed by
the House, means demoraliiatlon, retro
gression and conPscatlon."
The delegation Included some of the
most prominent coal operators In the mid
dle west and southwest. It? chairman was
Mr. John B. Atkinson of EarUngton, Ky ,
and tire secretary was Mr. Ilywel Davles of
Louisville, Ky. Other members of the
committee were T. Coleman Du Pont of
Wilmington, Del.; T. I. Stephenson, Coal
Creek, Tenn.; A. M. Ogle. Indianapolis,
Ind.; G. C. Kolsem, Terre Haute, Ind., and
R. R. Hammond. Chicago, 111. The oper
ators of other states, including those of
Alabama, were represented by proxy, and
the committee stated that its members rep
resented a production of over 35.000,000
tons of coal annually, with an Investment
of 595.000,000, employing 73,000 men.
Senator Klkins assured the committee
that its action in coming personally to
Washington to submit its statement was
appreciated, am) that its views would re
ceive <lue consideration from the members
of the committee on interstate commerce.
ADVOCATED BY MR. ROOT
CONSULAR REORGANIZATION
?BILL URGED.
Secretary Root appeared before the House
committee 011 foreign affairs today to dis
cuss the Senate bill reorganizing the con
sular service. Mr. Root said that the meas
ure was the result of a very careful exam
ination of the history of the subject for
years past.
"We have now a very uneven consular
service." lie said. "Some of the men in it
are very excellent men; some are sort of
indifferent, and some, I am afraid, are very
poor."
The Secretary said that the consular
service has had no systematip treatment
since the great increase of foreign busi
ness began. He declared that the service
is now like a country law office into which
a big city practice has suddenly been
dumped. Foreign travel and the invest
ment of American money abroad have both
increased very largely in recent years, he
said.
The Secretary asserted earnestly that it
was apparent that in the I'nlted States
there was a great and growing demand for
consuls who would be of material help in
their positions in furthering the interests
of American trade in foreign mirkets. lie
said, further, that consular salaries had
been increased here and thero an 1 some
where else, usually because a consul hap
pened to have a good friend in Congress.
Put System on Business Basis.
tie did not know of any salaries having
been unduly increased, but he knew of some
good consuls who have been underpaid.
He considered this whole proposition as
sporadic and unsystematic and opposed to
the best interests of the service and to the
interests of the American industries, which
the consular service was supposed to as
sist. It was high time, the Secretary
thought, to put this system on a plain,
business basis, such as is found in the
great companies ana corporations who have
various agents throughout the country and
in foreign parts.
In supporting that section of the bill
which provides for the appointment of five
consul genera! inspectors, Air. Root re
marked that mere knowledge of a man's
previous character did not always indi
cate what sort of a character he would
have after he shad lived abroad for some
time. It was well known, he said, that the
climate of the tropics and the atmosphere
of the orient were oftentimes very de
structive to business Integrity and to mor
als. He cited Instances wtiere American
citizens in good standing, of good charac
ter and of good morals, had gone all to
pieces under the enervating influences of
an unaccustomed habitat. Mr. Root said
that under the present system the. State De
partment was usually the last to learn of
any fallings in the personnel of the con
sular service. He thought that with these
proposed consul general inspectors the de
partment would be able to keep in much
closer touch with the consular service and
that increased efficiency, both in and out
of the corps, would result.
NO DANGER OF A CLASH.
Senator Hale Reassured Regarding
Ghinese Situation.
Secretary Taft was expected to appear
before the Senate committee 011 Philip
pines today, but Senator Hale announced
that he had 110 desire to question him fur
ther. It was understood that the Maine
senator would interrogate the Secretary
of War concerning the need of more troops
in the Philippines with a view to their us.'
in China. It has developed that since the
statement made by the Secretary of t\ ar
before the committee 011 appropriations
there have been several conferences regard,
ing the situation in China, and Senator
Hale feels assured that there is no real
danger of a clash in China and that pres
ent difficulties will be settled by diplo
matic negotiations.
The Philippine committee continued to
hear the opponents of the Philippine tariff
bill, Truman O. Palmer presenting the caso
of the beet sugar men.
Personal Mention.
Mr. Robert Bacon, assistant secretari
es state, ha.s returned to Washington from
Jamaica Plains, Mass., where he was call
ed by the death of his father.
Long wort h -Roos e velt
Wedding.
The Saturday Star to
morrow evening will con
tain a complete account of
the marriage ceremonies of
Miss Alice Roosevelt and
Mr. Nicholas Longworth,
which takes place at the
White House at noon to
morrow. The Star's story
of this njost notable social
event of the season will be
attractively illustrated by
many splendid photographs
showing the participants in
the ceremonies and the in
teresting scenes incident to
the wedding. If you want
the best and earliest report
of the Longworth-Roosevelt
wedding that will be pub
lished, be sure and get a
copy of The Saturday Star
tomorrow.
With The Sunday Star.
A special supplement, size
8x14 inches, of the most
beautiful reproduction of
the best photograph ever
taken of Miss Roosevelt
will be free with next Sun
day's Star.
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Large Investment by Washing
ton Railway and Electric Co.
THE INCREASE IN BUSINESS
Twelve Acres of the Sheriff Tract
Purchased.
ALONG THE EASTERN BRANCH
Growth of the City Makes It Neces
sary to Provide More Light
and Power.
An expenditure of over three-quarters of a
million }f dollars has been decided upon by
the Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany. The return from this large sum of
money will be a fine, modern electric power
plant and the added facilities to meet the
demand which is made upon the company
for electric current for power and for light.
Ten years ago. when the United States
Electric Lighting Company built its plant at
the corner of 14th and B streets, it was es
timated at the time by experts, as well as
by all who were familiar with local condi
tions, that its capacity was sufficient to
meet all needs for fifteen years at least.
Some six years later, when the Potomac
Electric Power Company, which is owned
by the Washington Railway and Electric
Company, doubled the capacity of the plant,
the belief was entertained that at last am
ple provision for the Immediate future had
been made. Today, however, it Is inade
quate, such has been the growth of the elec
tric lighting business, to say nothing of the
railway business.
In order to provide means for doing the
business which the company is expected to
do, arrangements have been made for the
erection and equipment of an entirely new
power plant. It Is to be located oil the
Eastern branch, about two miles from the
White House In a direct line, and on the
l oad to Renning.
Contract Awarded.
The land which has been purchased by
the company comprises twelve acres of the
Sheriff tract, which lies Just to the fast of
the Eastern branch, with a frontage of
some 300 feet on Kenning road. The loca
tion has the obvious advantage of nearness
to the water supply of the Eastern branch
and io the stean: railroad from which will
corre the supply of coal. A contract lias
been made with the J. G. White Company
of New York, electrical contractors, and by
the 1st of next November an up-to-date
power house will tie built on this site, (quip
ped with steam turbines and ready to fur
nish an alternating current.
In addition to this power house, which
will have a capacity of some eighteen thou
sand horse-power or fourteen thousand kil
owats, there is to he a substation where
the alternating current will be converted
into a direct current. The site lor this
building has been secured on the south
side of I street between 14th and 15th
streets northwest, comprising a frontage
of nearly one hundred feet. In this sub
station there will be no engines or boilers
or steam attachments, so that it will be a
quiet and desirable neighbor.
The power house at 14th and B streets,
which under the existing law, like a good,
well-meaning citizen. has frequent** been in
the Police Court, is going to be, accord
ing to the construction of the smoke law,
a more law-abiding citizen than ever before,
as the relief which the new power plant
will afford will reduce the consumption of
coal and so reduce the amount of smoke.
Auxiliary Stations Not Necessary.
The advantage about the new power plant
is that it will be capable of enlargment
by the addition of units as the need arises,
so that it will be possible to do away with
what may be called the present system of
auxiliary stations, such as the one at the
foot of il/t street and the power house in
Georgetown. There will be substations, and
in addition the present plan of enlarge
ment forms a part of the comprehensive
scheme which includes the establishment
oi a steam and water power plant at the
Great Falls. The utilization of the water
power at taat point in the Potomac river
is by no means a new Idea, and while It
has never been realized, yet it is said to be
the purpose of the Great Falls company,
which owns the property there and which
is controlled In the Interests of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company, to
develop the power there at an early day.
The plants in the city will be used in
connection with the proposed plant at Great
Falls when the latter has been bui.t, bu.
that is a matter that Is still In the future.
At present the care is to supply the means
of doing the business which the company Is
called upon to do. and which, owing to t..e
growth of the city and the expansion of
the electric lighting demand, has grown tre
mendously and as far as can be seen is
likely to grow, so that provision for the
future on a generous scale appears to those
at all familiar with the situation to be not
only wise, but absolutely neccasary.
The money for tins new plant is to be
secured by the issue of bonds of t..e Poto
mac Electric Lighting Company, of which
there is about a million and a half avail
able of the authorized issue of four millions
of dollars.
ACTION DEFERRED.
Proposed Investigation of the Coal
Roads Before House Committee.
The House committee on interstate, and
foreign commerce at its session this after
noon decided to postpone until next Monday
action upon the Tillman and Gillospie reso
lutions proposing investigation of the coal
carrylng railroads. After the pure food
hearing today the committee went into ex
ecutive 'session, and Mr. Town send called
up the Tillman resolution. Mr. Sherman
of New York was In favor of substituting
for it the Gillespie resolution, and there
was some talk along tl>at line without af
firmative action. The discussion in the com
mittee developed that there is no radical
opposition to the spirit of the Inquiry pro
posed, but some difference of opinion as to
the scope and method.
Those features will lie gone over at a spe
cial meeting of the committee to be lic-ld
Monday morning at 10 o'clock, and It Is
thought that a vote upon an amended reso
lution can bo obtained at that time.
Reassuring Advices From Shanghai.
The State Department has received a
cable from Shanghai, China, stating that
the conditions In that city are r.ot such as
to cause any alarm. Although the boycott
has not diminished, it Is reported that no
fear 1* fell for the future.
Urges the Consular Bill.
Secretary Root was before the committee
on foreign affairs today, urging favorable
action on the consular bill passed by the
Senate. He went over the ground cov
ered In Ills statements before the Senate
crmmlttee and the House committee on
appropriation*.
AWAIT FRENCH REPLY
GERMANS AT MOROCCAN CONFER
ENCE MADE PROPOSALS.
AI.GECIRAS, February 16. The C.f ? m m
delegates to the Moroccan conference Rav
they are now awaiting the reply of France
to their proposals, vhlcli contemplate hav
ing small powers assume the direction of
the Moroccan police. It is significant that
Count von Tnttenbach of the German del
egation if now Insistent on the cert.tint}'
of a settlement, but the o;her <i< legates
concur In saying that some douat remains.
It Ik generally believed. however, that the
financial question will be settlid by Mon
day.
Ambassador White says he will make no
proposals of good offices except as a last
resort and if requested to dr> so by both
sides.
Yesterday's stron* article in the I'aris
Temps w.ts not Inspired from here, and is
Ilke.y to embarrass French ai t ion.
COLLIDED OFF MARCUS HOOK.
British Steani3hip Run Into by Bark
and Damaged.
PHILADELPHIA. February 111. The
British steamship Memnon. coal laden from
Philadelphia for Havana, was run into by
the British bark Annasrtna. fr.im New York
for this port today off Ma reus Hook, a few
miles below this city. A large hole, was
stove In the port bow of the Memnon and
the forehold Is full of water. The vessel
will return to Philadelphia for repairs The
Annasona was not damig-d.
The tank steamer Roma, rapt Berg, from
Sabine Pass, arrived at Minus Hook to
day. The captain reports that the vessel
experienced severe weath-.r on the trip u;;
the coast. The bridge, boats arid steering
gear were damaged and two members of
the crew were seriously Injured. Capt
Berg saj's that ii,4Xio barrels of oil were
pumped overboard during the gale.
SEE AMERICA FIRST LEAGUE.
Unique New Organization in Annual
Convention.
PORTLAND, Ore., February 10.?The
northwest convention of the See America
First League assembled here yesterday in
the rooms of the Commercial Club. Gov.
George E. Chamberlain of Oregon, who
acted as chairman of the convention at Salt
Lake City, delivered an address of welcome.
Fisher Harris of Salt Lake City, executive
secretary of the league, outlined the work
of the league at large, and A. L. Craig, gen
eral passenger agent of the Harrlman lines
In the northwest, spoke on "Those Present
and Interests They Represented at S)lt
Lake City."
Emerson Dupuy discussed the "Immigra
tion Feature of the See America Fi."st."
after which a general discussion occurred.
At the night session Mr. Harris again ad
dressed the conference, his address bei'jg
"The East Is Interested."
From Portland the leaguers will go to
Puget sound, where a meeting will be held
either at Tacoma or Seattle. Mr. Harris
will then continue east as far a? Min
neapolis.
AFTER AUTO SPEEDERS.
Indiana Farmers Organize for Mu
tual Protection on Roads.
CHICAGO, February It;. To secure ri
vir>ge for the deaths caused by reekle3*i
automobilists going to and from Chicago
tlfrrutgh Lake county, lnd.. last year and
the farmers of that district mfwypapp
to protect themselves during this year re
formers of thai district have banded t iem
scives Into wh.at they call "The l.aKt
County Protective Association."
The original intention of the assacia!.on
was to rid the county of horse thieves, and
by extending their 'plans to include auto
niobiiists they have classed the latter w1 'i
the- horse thieves, and say they will tr -it
reckless chauffeurs as such. The associa
tion at a meeting last night voted to .se
cure the arrest of any person in charge
of a motor vehicle who violates the cpee.j
law.
The association will post guards along
the highway used by automobile ecorcj,. r?
and plans to deal harshly with them 1'our
persons were killed along those roais l.-.s'
summer by speeding automobiles, ar.<J man"
persons were injured.
KENTUCKY'S INSURANCE PLANS.
Legislature to Enact a Law for
Policyholders' Interests.
FRANKFORT, Ky., February 16.?After
many days of deliberation and argument
by counsel for the state and for life insur
ance companies of the country, the Joint
committee on insurance of the Kentucky
general assembly last night agreed on
.measures proposing- to regulate the com
panies, which measures wiLI be presented
to the assembly for approval. Tuesday ot
next week was set apart as a general field
day In the assembly on the subject of in
surance. A Joint session of the assembly
will be held and argument made on the
agreed measures.
These agreed measures require that all
life insurance companies' which have been
in existence for ten ye^rs or more must
account annually to policyholders after
the policy becomes three yetr= old. and to
distribute surplus annually on the policy
after five years from the date lr was writ
ten. and also that all companies live within
their expense "loading." that is. within the
amount they collect In "loading" in any
one year. ?
FIRE AT COURTLAND. VA.
Murder Suspect Arrested After Fight
ing the Conflagration.
NORFOLK, Va., February 16.?Fire dis
covered early this morning by a negro sta
ble boy in the new livery stables of C. L.
Grizzard, at Courtland, Va,, wiped out a
considerable amount of property In that
town, with damages amounting to $13,(too
and only $1,400 Insurance. Among the
buildings destroyed was the Courtland Ho
tel. All of the guests at the hotel escaped,
saving most of their effects.
The entire citizenship of the town turned
out and prevented a further spread of the
fire by forming bucket brigades.
M. Gave.v. claiming to be originally from
Memphis. Tenn., but latterly of Troy. N.
Y.. where he was burned in a gasoline
launch explosion, was arrested after ren
dering valuable assistance at the fire as
Leo C. Thurman, the alleged murderer of
Walter P. Dolson in the Norfolk trunk
murder case. He is being held at Court
land pending further Investigation.
Fireman Severely Injured.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOYDS. Md., February 16 ?J. E. Kessler
of Gaithersburg. Md., a tireman on the
Baltimore and Ohio road, while alighting
from a freight train at 2 o'clock this morn
ing at Washington Junction fell under his
engine and had his right leg cut off below
the knee. He was getting off at Washing
ton Junction to return to Baltimore for
another run. He was taken to Preierick
City Hospital tor trMtmszU.
Weather
Fair tonight; tomorrow
fair, slightly wanner.
THE BANKOF_AM?RICA
Failure the Latest Financial
Sensation.
OFFICIALS ARE CHARGED
With Having Manipulated Securities
and Stock.
SOUGHT DRUGGISTS' BUSINESS
Criminal Prosecutions Aie Likely to
Follow Exposures Alleged in
Bill for Receivership.
Rpeclal IMnpileh tu The Stur.
CHICAGO. February 16.- Follow ing the
ai tion late la<t night by Judge I'l viraiu in
granting an order placing In th? hands of
a receiver the Brink of America, cornea the
report that two other Chicago banks, "'ata
Institutions, arc under scrutiny, ami that
action is to l>e taken today In regard to
them. It Is not announced whither or not
the two banks under suspicion are In any
way Involved in the troubles of the Hank
of America.
The Bank of America action was taken
late last night on complaint of John E.
Kavaiiagh, a stockholder. He .htrges sev
eral officers of the bank with having ??
manipulated the securities mortgages, note#
and tli* stock of the bank that th?y ob
tained amounts aggregating
It is charged that they had absolute con
trol of the bank and its funds, that they
have dominated the directorate <'f the inanlr.
have done as they pleased with ihe funds
of the bank, have voted themselves sin b
salaries as tiny phased and hue loaned
the money of the corporation on ? ueh se
curity as they saw fit.
The Bank of America was in corpora ted
las' I)ceemhei with S2.Vl.OKl capital stock.
The court appoints Daniel I> IB.iijr re
ceiver of '.lie bank in bonds of SIR uooo.
. ASKING FOR THEIR MONEY.
Cashiei Claims All Depositors Will Be
Paid in Full. ,
| Br AsKu^ixtKi Pre**.
CHICAGO, February It! \ -<rwd of de
| pobUors was gati.cn d around the dix>r of
tiie Batik of America a- early a- 7 o'clock
today in :ho hope <>f s.- urlng t .. ir mo.,ey.
Among the namber were miny drug lerks.
?iit bank having worked cx.iisively
through .the Orug stores in all par s <>f tho
rity. In luany urug sLores liotlc, ? were
P<>t:< d informing tie public fiit deposits
would be re reived at the drug s'ore for Llie
bank. iyid offers of interest In the Institu
tion wert held out to the clerk.- as induce
ment to secure large deposits. The first
official of the bank lo put in an app.-arance
was R. \V. Howe, the assistant cash
ier. He opened the doors. and a
i crowd of de|Kisiiors swarmed a iter him.
; Mr. Howe made a speech to the depositors,
! s tying in sultan e:
"Within a B'ek you will reci hv n.~ to 40
j per cent of your money and liie balance
j within a few days after that. All d ?ositors
i will be paid in full. We have '??? la
' cash on li mil. and some securlt es that wull
be disposed of within a Week. Th?-re 1- jiot
the slightest feu that any of the d'-;H>sl:oes
w ill lose any of their money."
When asked as to the cause of the trou
ble, Mr. Howe replied:
Injudicious Loans.
"The cause of the faili.'e Is injudlclo is
loans All money received after ;i o'clock
yesterday has been put asi ie. and cus
tomers can have It at any time they call
for It." 1
Receiver Healjc, who appealed at the hank
a short time after Mr Howe addressed the
depositors. < ontirmed .the statements made
by him.
"I have no doubt," said he, "that all the
depositors \? ill be paid In full. We are
making arrangements to care for Hie sav
ings accounts at once, but the commercial
depositors will he compelled to wait for a
lew days until we know just where matters
stand."
Deplored His Connection With Affair.
President Abner Smith today deplored the
fact that he should at his age have heen
brought Into an altair of this kind. He
said: "I got Into this thing through my on
nection with some real estate loans Every
thing would have been all right if the stock
holders had not squabbled . s in who had
and who had not paid In full for-stoc k."
Eater In the day Receiver Her.Iy ts.-ued a
notice saying that savings account - will be
paid on Monday, anil tiiat commercial de
positors will receive 4<) per cent of their
money within a lew ?'.ays. and the balance
In a short time thereafter.
The receiver do. lared. after looking over
the books today, that while the depositors
will he paid in full, tiie sti kholders will
i lote every cent they have put Into the bank
Criminal Piosecutions May Result.
I Special Dispatch t-j The Star.
CHICAGO, February tf, ?Criminal pros' -
| cutions may follow the exposures alleged
In the hi", for receivership which caused
the Hank of America, of which former
Judge Abner Smith is president, to remain
closed when the hour tor opening for busi
ness arrived todjy.
State Bank Examiner C. C. Jones worked
all night with a crew of assistants in the
bank * 'iiiartfrs in the rooms on the sec
ond i' o- of the Ashland block. After a
! cursory inspection of the notes, securities
and paper of the bunk, Examiner Jones
made the following statement:
i "It 'e to; early to determine whether
criminal prosecutions will follow. If the
hank!i g laws of the state ?.er violated
the:- could hardly be an;, question ns to
what the procedure would be. I will not
lie re..dv b) make any. Intelligent -eport
for a dt?; or two from the appearance ot
things now."
DCTJ3I.E HANGING.
Two Men Executed in Chicago for
Murder.
CHICAGO. February HI.?John Mueller
and Robert Neveimb, who had each mur
dered three people were executed today In
the county Jail.
Newcomb. who was a colored man. was
taken to the scaff.'Id first, ns It w;is believed
that there was a chance that Mueller might
be reprieved by Gov. Deneen at the last
minute. Just as Newcomb was hanged,
however, a message was received at the Jail
from the governor that he had positively
declined to Interfere In Mueller's behalf.
Accordingly preparations were made for
Mueller * execution as moon as tiie body of