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\ / W]t It) mitra No. 16,953. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1907.?TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. TWO CENTS. r* * ? . THE EVENING STAB J WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. MmmOBn, lltk StrMt aad ftuirlTuit Avals*. TIm Erening 8Ur Nawipapar Company. THKODOUV. KOTOS Tntliiat. K?* York Offlc*: TriVn^a Building. Chic*?? OSc*: Flrrt Vationml Buk Building. Ev*nin* St*r. with thr .-fnixluT mnrnlnir r4L Hon. Is dellrered by carriers, on their own account, within the city at 50 cents per month; irlthoat tb? * U*?" ?>~? ?..11? > .? ii nn h ouuuaj IUU1U1UK muiou ai -rm > rmo *? i By mall, poatajfe prepaid: ; Pally. Sunday Inrlndrd. one month. 00 ceiitl, i Dally. StinrlnT rtceplfd, one month, 50 cents. i Saturday Star, one year. 91.00. j Monday Star, one year, $1,00. I MORE THAN FIFTY HURT WHFN TRAIN PLUNGESJN RIVER Occident Happened Near Johns n\?/n onrl C\iar\i Piocannop IUVVII ctnu LVUI j I aoounyui More or Less Injured. BROKEN BRAKE WAS CAUSE Three Pullmans Plunged Over SixtyPAA4 l?" m Vam 1J? m AM f Tnfrt f V A 1UUI ?jlUU(UiaiUCllt AilVU tuc Half-Frozen Stream. HIGH SPEED TO MAKE TIME Special Between New York and Cblcago Was Running Down the Mountain With Lightning Like Swiftness. A statement issued by the Pennsylvania railroad at Pittsburg is to the effect that fifty-four passengers Qnr! o from rr/>?r nf a Krviif n ??iu u nam vi vn \/i awwiii a uwtv11 were injured in the wreck of the Pennsylvania special, the fast eighteen-hour train on the Pennsylvania railroad between Xew York and Chicago, which occurred at a sharp curve at Black Diamond, Pa., seven miles east of Johnstown, shortly after midnight. Xo one was killed :in<l all thp nasncntreri; havp horn ar - I ?p> ~ ~ ? ? counted for. The engine and combination smoking car remained on the rails, but the three Pullmans plunged over a sixty-foot embankment into the Conemaugh fiver. Fortunately, the cars were, not submerged. A scene of wild confusion resulted. All of the passengers were in their berths and were thrown pro ? ? . t ?? .1 mtscuousiv around tne cars. .All tne passengers on the train were injured . more or less, but with the exception of John P. Kline of Chicago, it is sai'l none of the injuries are dangerous. JOHNSTOWN. Pa., February 23,-Ttw? Pennsylvania special, the fast elghteenhour train on the Pennsylvania railroad be tween New York and Chicago, was wrecked at Black Diamond, Pa., seven miles east of Johnstown, shortly after midnight. Many prominent Chicagoans were on the train, all of whom were injured. Among those were F. A. Busse, postmaster of Chicago: Samuel F. Nixon of Nixon & Zimmerman, theatrical proprietors; M. A. Singer, manager 1-a Salle Theater, Chicago; Liglitner Henderson, a civil engineer; Geo. S Wood, manager of Colonial Theater. Chi cago, and J. J. Kern, ex-state's attorney o? Chicago. Going Fifty M;les an Heur. The train was running about fifty miles an hour ami was thirty-five minutes late. When rounding a sharp curve at Clack Diamond the whole train swayed. The engine and smoking car remained on the tracks, but the Pullman coaches left the rails and plunged over a sixty-foot embankment. Trains were few and to reach the scene it was necessary to take a ten-mile Journey of four or more hours around the mountains. From the scene it was learned by iuc nam was mie gvmg w681. The engineer was trying to T.ake up lost time. The wreck was caused by what is termed by railroaders an unavoidable accident. The brake rigging on the first Pullman following the combination coach on the train dropped down and tore up the right rail for a distance of :tu> yards. The engine and combination coach did not leave the rails, but the four Pullmans following ploughed ilimn over the embankment to the river bank U?i f<et below, overturning when they reached the bottom. High Speed Down Mountain. The "elf hteen-hour train" travels at a high rutc of ! <) coming down the mountain. When the brake rigging fell It either strirped the heads off the bolts ? holding the rails to the ties or tore up the rails themselves. Bails Torn Up 300 Tarda. Every rail for 30<> yards was torn up, however. The four Pullman coaches tore down over the bank. The speed at which they were traveling when they lert the rails vu terrific. There Is a curve about where the first rail was loosened. The cars did not overturn going down the steep hill. There were no trea* or obstructions in the way to hinder tin ni, and they remained upright until ticy reached the bottom. The first car ?vcrtc, nod and slid along on its Sida for cuite .t distance. Tho second car di-1 likewise, lht third car turned over <*mp'<'tely, ard had lis top crushed In. The fourth car .s on its side. Most of the pa*gt>ng< rs cn the train were in their berths when the cars left the tracks. Wires All Down. ^ Th?. telegraph lines were torn aown when 4 la ft tka t ro r> !* unH nnmmnn!<ia*lnn X n4 II MM* ??' l UK t>?vn ??M? V-V'iiuiiuim awuil I with r*Uroa.l headquarters was delayed for newly an hour. As soon as possible 1 I List of Injured. PITTSBl-RG, Pa., February 23.? Follnwinr is a correct list of those injured In the Pennsylvania wreck at Black Diamond. Pa., as gathered by the Pennsylvania railroad: J. Wood Wilson. Marlon, Ind. Frederick A. Busse, Chicago, postmaster. Samuel F. Nixon, New York, of fl. *7tm.wvA?>ma??n Koofriu'll iau:i cc 01 tiwiici uiauii, *vim - promoters. Felix Isman, Philadelphia, real estate dealer. Mrs. L,. Miller, Lexington Hotel, Chicago. C. B. Coatc?, Chicago. P. K. Kerguson, St. Louis. James Blakeley, colored. New York. Charles Dickinson, Chicago. Mrs. H. Sanborn Smith, Troy, N. Y. Theodore Douglass, New York. H. S. Beardsley. New York. H. S. PieptntnnK, Jonet, in. Alfred R. Urion, attorney, Chicago. H. Tyree, Salt l^ake City, Utah. Kev. Kdgar Cupe, Philadelphia. W. O. Duntley, Chicago. Frank L. Brown, Chicago. K. J. Murphy, Jollet, 111. Mrs. Carl J. Fransloll and nineyear-old daughter Margaret, Tacoma, Wash. Frank A. O'Xeil, Chicago. Chailes S. Knight, Jr., assistant sales manager, American Steel und Wire Company, Chicago. , J. R. S. MeLeotl, Brooklyn. J), w. wisin. cnicago. A. E. Herts, Jprsev City. A. W. McArthur, Rahway, X. J. M. C. Harrison, Pittsburg. W. H. Freeman, Brooklyn. E. <\ Gutes. Fort Schott. Mr. Leo A. l oeb and wife, Chicago. Miss Irviu Rotchilds, Chicago. Miss Beatrla Rosettberg. Chicago. Thomas Baur, 1-atayette, lnd. John P. Kline,'Jollet. 111. , George S. Wood. Chicago. M. A. Singer. Chicago. *? ?- ?* * ?a Vnrlr I" railK 11. riuuuai u, ncn A vt n. Mrs. G. S. Garnett, Jersey City. W. R. Beall and wife, Reading:, California. W. E. Virts. Pullman conductor. S. W. Prince, Chicago. Frank A. O'Neill. Chicago. I Jacob J. Kern. Chicago. W. H. Wells, Chicago. Herman Fehr, theatrical manager, Milwaukee. S. B. Fleming. Fort Wayne, Ind. Emil Paur, Pittsburg, director Pitts burg Orchestra. J. M. Davis, Brooklyn. Congressman B. G. Dawes of Ohio. D. T. Way man, Chicago. Superintendent Long of the Pittsburg division sent a relief train from Johnstown to the scene of the accident carrying physicians and supplies. The Chicago and New York special, eastbound. arrived on the scene soon after the accident occurred and the crew and. passengers turned out and gave their atten tlon to caring for the injured. Some of the more seriously injured were brought to this city and taken to the Altoona Hospital. A few were taken to the Memorial Hospital. Johnstown, but the greater number. whose lpjuries were slight, continued their journey westward on a special train, made uu .apd sent out of Pittsburg to take the place of the wrecked flyer. The flyer was composed of the combination parlor car Kokomo, sleeping rars Creslieim and Whitford, and the obeervatton car Wanatah. Water Was Shallow. When the train left the rails, instead of failing over, the cars slipped down the steep embankment, which was covered with ice and snow, into the river. Fortunately the water was very shallow. Had it not been for this it is probable many of the passengers would have been drowned before assistance could have reached them. As it was their escape from death was very narrow. Without clothing and exposed to the ele merits or one ox ine coiaest nigrus or me year the sufferings of the passengers for a time were extreme. The arrival of the train from the west and the prompt response of the doctors from Johnstown and South Fork saved them from suffering serious consequences from the extreme cold The' railroad officials at both ends of the Pittsburg division made every effort to care for the injured. There were only four women on the train and only one of them- escaped Injury. Faur and Friend Unhurt. Kmil Paur, conductor of the Pittsburg orchestra, and William M. Hall, a wellknowirPittsburg attorney, who were traveling together, escaped without injury. Felix Isman, a well-known real estate operator, and Samuel F. Nixon, the theatrical manager, both of Philadelphia, were thrown from their bertha and were painfully but not sprionslv hurt. A statement given out from the dispatcher's office of the Pennsylvania railroad In this city gives the following account of the accident: "The train consisted of Atlantic type of engine and four cars. J. T. Small was the engineer and M. W. Forbes was the conductor. At 11:42 o'clock last night the train was about a mile west of "M. P." tower, six miles from Johnstown and two mllea from Conemaugh, when the accident happened. One of the bolts holding up the brake rigging under the engine snapped, with the result that the brake shoes were let down on the rails. One of the brake shoes got under one of the main driving wheels and partly derailed the big engine. About 300 yards of the track was torn up, after which the engine left the track9 and dragged with it the three rear cars. These cars slipped down the embankment and landed on their sides in the Conemaugh c 11 K?no reinir 1-1 J " * inci, iv me ut-pm OI about two feet. There were fifty-four passengers on lioard, and all were more or less Injured. The more seriously injured were taken to Altoona, and all the passengers have been accounted for. Assistance Obtained. "With some difficulty and amid considerable excitement and confusion the passengers were taken from the cars In the river by way of the windows. No time was wasted in collecting clothing or possessions as it was apprehended that the cars might take another slide and land In deep water. As train No. 16 was expected westbound it was decided to stop it and ask for assistance. The wrecked train had been running on track No. 3, and when No. 16 came along on track No. 2 it was stopped and assistance obtained. "The Injured and other passengers were placed on board the car Irma and brought to the union depot In this city, where clothing and refreshments were supplied. Hotel accommodations for those who did not care to go west Immediately was also offered by the railroad officials. With the exception of four, however, who were taken for treat ment to the Aliegneny uenerai Hospital, the others decided to continue their journey and they were sent west on extra No. 29. Tracks (toon Reopened. Trark# 1 nnil 9 var? snrtn fnn through traffic, after the passengers of the (Continued on Second Page.) j . ( , ^ so] J "St " AntFiiuV r / ' FIRE NEAR THEATER PREPARATIONS . TO PREVENT PANIC IN TWO THEATERS. CHICAGO, February 23.?The first fire of consequence since the Iroquois disaster in proximity to theaters while performances were in progress occurred last night when the four-story building at 107 and MO Lake street, occupied by the Corbin Cabinet Lock Company, the Corbin Screw Corporation Company and other Arms, caught fire for tbe second time within six w?eks. The Gar rick Theater stands just across the narrow alley In the rear of yie burning building. The Olympic is not more than 100 feet west of the Garrick. The memory of the Iroquois Are was in the minds of the firemen and police, to say nothing of the theatrical men, and fear that panics would break out with disastrous, results took possession of everybody who saw the blaze. As a result some features not bn the program were interpolated in the presentation of the play in the Garrick Theater, and two vaudeville acta were dispensed with at the Olympic, the audience at the latter houtse being hurriodlv dismissed fln hniir before th? usual time. Few members of the audience in either theater knew of the fire until they walked out Into the street and saw the fire engines spitting sparks. All Made Beady. At the Garrlck it was feared that members of the audience might walk outside and see the engines, run back and start a panic. Orchestra Leader Rivkin ordered his ten musicians to play their loudest, and for twenty-five minutes the music of the "American Patrol" was played in aimost Jig time to drown the noise of the whistles outside. In the meantime the nalmn in the Inhhv had been removed so as not to obstruct In case of a rush to exits, and the wire mats had been rolled up lest they trip somebody. Attendants were burning incense to destroy the smell of burning wood, which had begun to creep Into the building. Literally the theater was "cleared for action." After the second act the Intermission was filled by a quartet singing songs of " '49" to the accompaniment of basses in the orchestra. The ushers remained at the doors and the few who suspected something nervously kept their seats. The show ran to the end. The Are, which Is thought to have been caused by crossed electric wires, caused a loss of $30,000. BUSSE A CANDIDATE. Be is Republican Favorite for Mayoralty of Chicago. CHICAGO, February 23.?Postmaster F. A. Bussee, who is reported to have been fatally injured in the wreck near Johnstown, I'a., was the leading republican can didate for the mayoralty of Chicago. He would unquestionably have received a large majority of the votes of the republican primary election, which is to take place Monday. His fatal injury will greatly complicate the political situation in Chicago. Members of Mr. Busse's family left today for the scene of the wreck. Curious Accident Was Fatal. ROCHESTER. N. Y., February 23.? Florian Albert of Avon, baggage master on the Erie railway, while transferring baggage at Mount Morris yesterday fell out I of the baffsraffe car. landinsr nn hi* shoulders. He was picked up in an uni conscious condition and died shortly afterward. Mr. Albert was one of the oldest employes on the Rochester division, having entered the service thirty-five years ago. Q. Q. Whitney Dead. NEW ORLEANS, February 23.?George Q. Whitney, one of the best known financiers in the south, died at his home here early today following a stroke of apoplexy. He was fifty years of age and a native of New York city. He came to New Orleans at the close of the civil war. In 1883 he founded the Whitney National Bank, which through mergers and consolidations has become one of the largest financial institutions of..the south. The Legislative Bill. The House today adopted the conference report on the legislative, executive and ju- ] 1 dici&l bill. 1 r*4 ^ \ [\w * ' ^7/7 EXPOSING TOHN DAS POVERT PRESIDENT IN BOSTON CrBEETED BY CHEEKING CHOWS AT RAILWAY STATION. Dueiun, reoruary ~?A.?i-resiaent ana Mrs. Roosevelt, who came to Massachusetts to pay a flying visit to their sons at Harvard and at Groton School, arrived here today after ap uneventful journey from Washington. Tne President was driven to the home of Dr. W. S. Bigelow, Harvard College classmate, and Mrs. Roosevelt, with her daughter, Miss Ethel, and Representative and Mrs. Nicholas LongWorth, to the home 01 Mr. and Mrs. George C. Lee of Chestnut Hill. The President planted to spend the forenoon with Dr. Bigelow to attend the christening of the son of Capt. Guy Murchie, a classmate, and then go to Harvard, where, during the afternoon and evening, he was to be the guest of the undergraduates at various fraternal and social events. Mrs. Koosevelt and Miss Ethel Roosevelt were to remain at the Lee house but a short nme before taking a train for Groton, where Kermit Roosevelt Is at school. At Groton they have planned to remain until Joined by the President tomorrow at noon, and later in the day the whole party will return to Boston preparatory to the homeward trip to Washington, leaving at 8 o'clock in the- evening. Mr. and Mrs. L.ongworth expect to stay in Boston and go bacK to Washington with the President tomorrow nigh}. Cheers for the President. The President and party, whose car was attached to the rear of the Federal Express, reached the city at ten minutes after 8 o'clock, an Hour ana nitecn minutes uehind the schedule. As the President stepped from the car he was greeted by a hearty cheer from a crowd assembled at the station In anticipation of his coming. A platoon of police forme 1 in lines along the sides of the station, making a passage to the President's carrii^se. President Roosevelt remained in his car during the entire trip from Washington. He arose early this morning ready for the numerous events of t!:e day. He seemed to enjoy the zero atmosphere which prevailed. The events scheduled during the day In PrpiM^nt is to DarticiD&te in elude the Harvard Union reception, a lunch at the Sphinx Club and a meeting with the Porcellian Society, into which his son is to be initiated. At the Christening. At the breakfast at Dr. Blgeiow's home the guests besides the President were Prof. Arlo Bates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; President Lebaron R. Brieers of Radcliffe College, and Rev. Samuel Crothers, pastor of the First Parish (Unitarian) Church, Cambridge. After breakfast and a brief period of rest the President took a carriage for the home of his friend, Capt. Murchie. At the christening Bishop ffm. Lawrence of the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts officiated. Mrs. Wirt Dexter of this city was godmother. From the Murchie house President Roose""1 woo driiron n 4Vir? otinHn of a moll. known portrait painted of Beacon street, where he was to have a sitting. Afterward he visited a Park street book store and from there went back to Dr. Bigelow's house, where he remained for a few moments. Then the President and Dr. Bigelow started for Cambridge, where the chief executive was to spend the rest of the day. The trip to Cambridge was made In an automobile. The train bearing Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt left the North station for Groton at 11:15. Mrs. Roosevelt at Groton. GROTON, Mass., teDruary aa.?jars. Roosevelt und Miss Ethel Roosevelt arrived here at 12:33 p.m. and were driven to the ho?le of Prof. W. A. Gardner, whose guests they will be during their stay here. Despite the zero weather, tney made the drive o ftwo miles and a half In an open sleigh. Kermit Roosevelt joined them at luncheon at the Gardner home. Assassin's Attempt Fails. ODESSA, February !?>.?A bomb was thrown beneath the carriage of the chief of police. Col. Von Gesseberg, as he was driving in the center of the city this afternoon. I The explosion of the bomb wrecked the carriage, severely Injured the chief of police and shattered the windows of all the hniiflr>n in thp rUnilV. Thp wnul<l.h? oa. sassin escaped. Oen. Booth Arrives* LONDON. February 23.?Wrinkled with age, but with enthusiasm undiminished, Oen. Booth of the Salvation Army left London this morning to board the Atlantic transnort line steamer Minneapolis at Southampton, bound for New York, whence I the general will proceed to Canada and the far east. * >A / Y. RESCUED THE WOMEN .LAST OF THE BERLIN SURVIVORS "SAFE ON LAND. HOOK OF HOLLAND, Holland, February 23.?In the early hours of the morning the three remaining survivors were taken off the wreck of the British steamer Berlin by the same life-boat crew which has done such splendid work during the past fortyeight hours. All three are women?Frau Wplnthprchpr ht>r olvtoon.voor.AM girl, Mina Ripler, and Frauleln Thetle. This makes the number of saved fifteen out of the 143 who were on board the vessel. The life savers watched the wreck all night long for a chance to get alongside, but they had to wait until low water, at about 1 o'clock this morning, when they put off on board the tug Wodan, which had a ratt in tow for the use of the res cueru. uu gening its near me wreCK as possible Capt. Spelling of the lifeboat crew boarded the raft, which was allowed to drift alongside the Berlin, and the captain managed to clamber on board by means of a line. He then lowered the helpless, halfdead women one by one to the raft, whence they were conveyed to the Wodan. gn<n<.A? Dann], T J MUX ? A w \j? o Micavu Aiauu. The last survivors of the wrecked steamer arrived at the Hook of Holland at 3 o'clock this morning and were taken to the Amerika Hotel, where everything was in readiness for their accommodation and relief. The German minister, Herr vcn Schloezer, left The Hague for the Hook of Holland this morning to visit in the name or the German empress the German subjects who have been saved from the wreck of the Berlin and to express to the relatives of the victims who are on the spot her majesty's deep sympahty. Crew of Eighteen Lost. COPENHAGEN, February 23.?A dispatch received here from Lemvig, Jutland, todav. says that the three-master! Xorwe ( gian vessel which went ashore off Fjaltring, on the west coast of Jutland, yesterday, was the Tlmaru, of 1,206 tons, bound from Flushing to Christiania. She was totally lost, and all her crew, numbering eighteen, were drowned. Steamboat Burns. Four Browned. CHARLESTOWN. S. C., February 22. The steamboat Marion, plying between Charleston and Beaufort, burned todaywhile In the Wadmalaw river, and four colored passengers were drowned. A Modest Hero. Capt. Sperling, who went out to the Berlin and rescued the three last survivors, is the master of a ship now in this harbor from Dordrecht. The captain, with two of his nephews, volunteered to assist the lifeboat men in the attempt which ended so successfully. In an interview after the rescue of the three women Sperling spoke In the most modest terms of his exploit. He said: "Tlie women were lying there alive. We Qould not abandon them without a further attempt to get them ashore. As w?rieared the wreck the seas were still high, washing three or four feet over the breakwaters. Myself, my nephews and another man jumped on the raft and took her along side the Beacon light. I succeeded in reaching the breakwater, to which I moored the raft with a rope. From the breakwater we climbed on board the remnant of the Berlin and found the three women huddled under the hurricane deck, surrounded by ten or twelve corpses. In Pitiable Plight. , "The women were in a pitiable plight, screaming and crying hysterically as they clung to us. beseeching us not to desert them. They were famishing and stiff with cold; their clothing was soaked with icy nrtttor onH hov VAPA imohio tr% wallr The nurse, Fraulein JUpler, Instated that lier companions should be first s?ved before she was removed frvan th? wreclt. so I carried Fraulein Tbelle to Um ?ide, fastened her into a rope cradle and lowered her upoi the raft. 'Frau Weintberger was next taken oft She was in pitiful distress, weeping for hei husband and child, who were drowned Finally Fraulein Ripler, who was able t< walk with assistance, was placed on thi raft, which was hauled alongside the Wo dan. The whole rescue only took half a: hour." Twenty-two bodies wore recovered thl afternoon from below the deck of the Ber lin and were landed by a tug here. It i believed there are no more bodies on boar the wreck. HOUBS FOB TRAINMEN. House Substitute for La Follette Bill Amended. Another instance of President Roosevelt'i Influence upon lecislation in Cmkrun ?as furnished today in the action of the House on the bill to shorten the working hours of railroad trainmen. The President compelled the House to pass a bill claimed to carry more favorable terms for railroad employes than the bill recommended by the House committee provided. The President, it is said, bluntly told members of the House that he would veto the legislation if it was not satisfactory to the railroad men and explain his veto to the country. \\"V, * * 1. - * J < ikmlici Lin; ni^iiiiirm ftUB illlU Hlllll' ever the Influence broush- to bear it Is h certain that the majority leaders reconsidered thetr Intention and brought in and passed a bill more acceptai..e to the representatives of the railroad nieiw seeking a law to shorten-their working hours. in their tight the railroad men have sought the support of public opinion, based upon itiilroad accidents that have been laid to account of the overworking of trainmen, and this fact Is believed to have facilitated the change of front on the House bill. The House committee on rules today reported a rule permitting the taking up of the so-called sixleen-hour bill for railway employes, and has amended the House substitute to the La Follette bill so that the changes are first In the interest nf the rw>n !>le. second in the interest of the employes. and in the final analysis in the interest of the railroads. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 2?J aye3, nays none, and the following conferees were appointed: On the part of the House, Messrs. Hepburn of Iowa, Sherman of New York and Davy of Louisiana. MINORITY LEADERSHIP. Two More Richmonds Now in the Field. Just at present thero are four candidates in the field for the position of minority leader in the House of Representatives of the Sixtieth Congress. As has been published in The Star. Representative De Armond of Missouri has a bid following in opposition to John Sharp Williams of Missis sippi, and the two new Riohmonds are Representative Moon of Tennessee and Representative Henry of Texas. .Representative Slayden of Texas last night received a telegram from Mr. Henry suggesting that Mr. Henry's friends In the House be careful not to pledge themselves to either Mr. Williams or Mr. De Almond. Thfe telegram further%tated that Mr. Henry would probably be a candidate. Yesterday afternoon the Tennesseo delegation in the House had a conference to rnnal/lav tho T\mrmo!C i1 Ul "IUUIS11I? ('HI' ' Mr. Williams pr Mr. De Armond for the minority leadership, i .t It was finally decided to take no action at all at this time. A statement made by one of the delegation after the conference indicates that Representative Moon is thinking things over and has pretty nearly reached the point where he can come out, slap himself on the chest a** V IK i?o 11 ivnuo LV/ aiallU MJ 111111. -The friends an<l followers of the present leader have been somewhat worried of late as a result of the strength developed by the De Armond movement. All this week Mr. Williams' friends in the various state delegations have been circulating a paper "inviting" Mr. Williams to become the leader of the House democrats in the Sixtieth Congress. It is said that this invitation has not been generally signed, even some excellent friends of the present leader dclining to affix their names on the ground that It was too early to mrfke any definite pledges on the subject, and that political conditions were susceptible of such radical change in the near future that they did not I care to bind themselves Just now. The De Armond men are inclined to believe that Representative Henry's move was brought about throdgh a desire to help Mr. Williams. At present the Texas delegation can be set down as divided?thirteen for Williams and four for De Armond?so at first glance it would appear that the Wil i-niiio omufiiii naa ucni^ duvnnitj mieeicu. But the De Armond men believe that the ultimate object of the Henry declaration is to take such strength from Mr. De Armond as Is possible with the Idea of later centering It to the advantage of Mr. Williams. The Williams opposition came out today with the declaration that seventy-six votes were pledged to Mr. De Armond. If this be true It will be necessary for the antl-Wil llams campaign to gather unto itself only seven more votes to make Mr. De Armond's election certain. Certainly, if present indications hold'true. there will be the liveliest kind of a scrap for the minority leadership when the Sixtieth Congress convenes next winter. AWAKJJ Of CANAL CONTRACT. Decision Will Be Announced Next Tuesday. It is announced today that a final conference will be held at the White House next Monday between the President and Secretaries Root and Taft relative to the award of contract for the construction of the Panama canal, and that the decision will be announced Tuesday. All the parties In Interest have now been heard by the President and Secretaries Root and Taft. including the principals at the recent bidding for the work as well as their sureties and contractors whom they proposed to employ. Their representations have been given full consideration, and it Is also known- that the business and personal reputations of some of these persons have been the subjects of most careful and searching private inquiry, which Is expected to have a most important bearing upon the decision to be announced next *V AWMi/AX? Meeting of British Ambassador and the President. Secretary Root has arranged for the formal presentation of Ambassador Bryce to the President at the White House next Monday afternoon. Meanwhile the ambassador Is making the acquaintance of his colleagues of the diplomatic body. i / ' Wt^H. GOING TO THE ISTHMUS. ______ Congressional Party Will Sail from New York March 6. A congressional party, consisting of about inuiemuers 01 toe senate ana House, will sail for the Isthmus of Panama on the government steamer Alliance, leaving New York March 6. The party will remain on the canal zone until March 18 and will reach New York on their return March L5. Practically the entire ship will be given over to the legislators and the commission will afford them every facility for investigating ca-nal work while on the Isthmus. mA -DTP TnTcrnnvn wnvn * W ? A J Weather. Snow late tonight and to? morrow; warmer. ' : DUTY OF CITIZEN : TO HIS COUNTRY * President Sets High Standard in Speech to College Men. , NO PLACE FOR WEAKLING ____________ Revival of States' Rights Doctrine is Folly Discussed. CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS Executive Says Honest Ones Will Profit by Federal Supervision? Achievements of Decade. EPIGRAMMATIC SENTENCES FROM PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. The weakling and the coward are out of place In a strong and free community. The prime object of political life pnould be to achieve results ami not merely to Issue manifestoes. It Is a very bad thing to he morally callous, . but Inflammation of the conscience may be Just as unhealthy. Honest and fair-dealing railroad corporations will gain and not lose by adequate federal control. ? Oi..t ? ?l ?? ? ? mates i ignis snouid Hi' preserved ' when they mean the people's rights, but not when they mean the people's wrongs. Be doers, rather than critics of the deeds others do. Cambridge:, mass., February a.? President Roosevelt arrived here from Bolton at 1 o'clock this afternoon in an auto- / mobile with his old Harvard classniate. Dr. VV. 8. Bigelow. to address the Harvard Union. Every seat was filled before the President entered the luill and standing room was at a premium. Mr. Roosevelt said: 111 speaking here at the Harvard I'oion 1 *l?)i to sa> first a special word as on? I Harvard man to his fellow Harvard men. I I feel that we can rtone of uh ever be ? {- uffictently grateful to Cuionel llicc'nson J for having founded this Harvard 1'nlon, because each loyal Harvard mun should do all he can to foster In Harvard that spirit of real democracy which will make Harvard men fcel the vital sense of solidarity so that they can all Join to work * tugcuici in me uungs mat are or most i concern to the college. It is Idle to expect, nor Indeed would It be desirable that there should be. in Harvard a uniform level of taste and assocla- j tion. Some men will excel in one thing and some in another; some In things of the body, some in things of the mind; and where thousnnds are gathered together each will naturally And some group of specially congenial friends with whcm he will form ties of peculiar social intimacy. These groups?athletic, artistic, s.-lentific, social?must inevitably exist. My plea is not for their abolition. My plea is that they shall be got Inu the right focus in the eyes of college men; that the relative importance of the different groups shall be understood when m pared with the infinitely greater life of the college as a whole. l>et each man have hl? special associates. Ins special Interests, his special studies and pursuits,. but let him remember that lie cannot get the full benefit of life In college If he does nothing but specialize: and that, what Is even more important, he cannot do his full duty by the college unless his first and greatest Interest In the college itself. In his associates taken as a mass, and not in any small group. , Athletic Spirit Democratic. One reason why I so thoroughly believe in the athletic spirit at Harvard is because the athletic spirit Is essentially democratic. Our chief interest should not lie In the great champions in sport. On the contrary ftur concern should be most of all to widen the base, the foundation in athletic sports; to encourage In every way a healthy rivalry which sliall give to the largest possible number of students the chance to take Dart In vienrnm games. It is of far more Importance that a man shall play something himself, even If he plays it badly, than that he shall go with hundreds of companions to see some one else play well; and it Is not healthy for either students or athletes if the terms are mutually exclusive, But even having this aim especially In view, It seems to me we can best attain it by giving proper encouragement to the champions in the sports, and this can only be done by encouraging intercollegiate sport. As I emphatically disbelieve in seeing Harvard or any other college turn out mollycoddles Instead of vigorous men. I may add that I do not in the least object to a sport because it is rough. Rowing, base ball, la crosse, track and field games, hockey, foot ball are all of them good. Moreover, It is to my mind simple nonsense, a mere confession of weakness, to desire to abolish a game because tendencies show themselves, or practices grow up, which prove that the game otiglit to be reformed. Take foot-ball, for instance. The preparatory schools are able to keep foot ball clean and to develop the right i spirit in the players without the slightest necessity ever arising to so much as consider the question of abolishing It. mere is no excuse wiiaiever ror colleges falling to show the same capacity, and there Is no real need for considering the question of the abolition of the game. 1 If necessary, let the college authorities interfere to stop any excess or perversion. making their interference as little offlcioua as possible, and yet as rigorous as is necessary to achiev; the end. But there Is no Justification for stopping a thoroughly manly sport because It is sometimes abused, when the experience of every good pre paratory school shows that the abuse la < in no shape necessarily attendant upo? me game. Courage a Prime Necessity. ? We cam.ot afford to turn out of col leg* men who shrink from physical effort or from a little physical pain. In any republic courage is a prime nrcrssiiy for* the average citizen If he la to be a good citizen; and he needs physical courage no ^ less than moral courage, the courage that dare* as well as the courage that endures, the courage that will fight valiantly alike against th<- foes of the soul and the foes of the body. Athletics are gpod. especially in their rougher forms, because they tend to develop such courage. They ars (Continued on Tenth Page )