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No. 17,226. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1907-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES.* TWO CENTS.
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WITH MNUE PUN
Representatives Speak in Ad
vocacy of Improvement.
FOR UPBUILDING CAPITAL
Congressmen See Need for More
Public Buildings.
THOROUGHFARE IS NEGLECTED
Its Development Not Keeping Pace
With Other Sections of the
City, It Is Declared.
As the time approaches for the
convening of the Sixtieth Congress
interest is growing in the proposi
t:on for the purchase of the prop
erty on the south side of Pennsyl
vania avenue from the Botanic
(iarden to the Treasury for sites
for government buildings. With
the arrival in the city of senators
and members of the House the
ranks of the advocates of the plan
are swelling, as is evidenced bv the
many indorsements it receives.
Representative I?eGage Pfatt. one of the
members-elect of the sixtieth Congress,
is most outspoken in his advocacy of the
I*?nnsylvanla avenue Improvement propo
sition.
"I am in hearty sympathy with the pro
posed improvements of the squares on the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue," said
Mr. Pratt to a Star reporter today, "and
concur without reservation in every word
of approval and Indorsement of the plan
which has been Indicated by others in the
columns of The Evening Star.
"Mv first visit to the National capital
was made In 1872. and during: the long
period Intervening few have been the
years that I have not made either brief
or extended visits to this city. From i
the early 70 s far into the 80's the original
scheme for making Washington the 'city
beautiful' was slowly unfolded. During
recent years the developments have been
comparatively rapid, until now, with the
exception of Pennsylvania avenue, we are
approximating the ideal. Why one of the
greatest, grandest and most historic ave
nues in the world should be so long neg
lected has been a matter of serious quan
dary with me.
A Great Duty.
"There are few duties imposed upon
men. InstituUons and governments greater
than that of anticipating and providing,
In so far as It Is possible to do so, for the
probable requirements and necessities of
the future. Those who from lack of
courage, inclination or interest undertake
to shun this obligation are not numbered
among those who help to make the world
go round. To anticipate the future needs
of our National capital, and to do now
those thins which will insure a proper
preparedness for future governmental re
quirements. to say nothing about the ad
visability and wisdom of Increasing, to
the fullest extent possible. Its attractive
ness. Is a present duty and should be per
formed without hesitation.
"Let the worn-out and ragged fringe to
the majestic avenue be stripped off and In
its place put on a bordering as beautiful
as the highest In architectural and land
Frafc'ng ar'i can supply. These are my
sentiments."
Old Friend of the Plan,
Representative William Richardson of
Alabama is equally positive?similarly en
thusiastic.
"I am." he said today, "an earnest advo
cate of the Improvement and beautlflca
tion of Washington city. I have expressed
these views by my votes for several years
past. I believe that Washington ought to
be made the most beautiful and attractive
capital of any of the nations of the world.
I favor the condemnation of the property
fronting on tihe south side of Pennsylva
nia avenue for the erection of government
buildings. I believe that If this plan is
adopted It will not only add more than
anything else to the beauty of the city,
but that It will facilitate the transaction
of public business. I am not fully ad
vised as to th? plan for beautifying the
Mall, and therefore would not like to ex
press an opinion on that subject. How
ever. I can say that I am an advocate for
whatever plan or scheme looks to the
beautifying of the city. I recognize this 10
b? a patriotic duty."
Representative Edward I.. Hamilton of
Michigan told a Stnr reporter today:
'While as a citizen 1 am interested In
having our National capital expressive of
our country, my services in Congress have
not brought me into sufficiently close re
lations with the subject of beautifying
the Mall to enable me to speak with suffi
cient knowledge. However. In my judg
ment. that part of the city south of Penn
sylvania avenue is a standing argument
in favor of Improvement. The clearing
away of present buildings and the erec
tion of such gtAernment buildings as may
Hereafter he required, upon properly pre
pared sites, would do more to improve
Washington than anv other thing I can
now thfnk of. But I am not in favor of
going into this or any other scheme of
Improvement without the most careful
consideration of the expense involved."
A Voice From Maryland.
Representative J. F. (\ Talbott of Mary
land Is In favor of the government ac
quiring the property on the south side of
the avenue with a view to the erection of
department buildings thereon.
"I have been for years, and am now."
he said today, "in favor of the govern
ment purchasing the squares on the south
s ds of Pennsylvania avenue and fronting
on that thoroughfare, and erecting on the
tract such department buildings as may
!>e needed in the future, or. if It should
be deemed best for the heautlficatlon of
the capital to do so. use the tract for
additional park purposes."
"It was a great mistake," said Repre
sentative M. E. Driscoll of New York,
"that in the original location and con
struction of administrative buildings they
were not locat *d dose together instead of
being scattered all over the city, as they
now are. It may be as well to commence
the concentration of those buildings now.
and the property south of the avenue is
most available for that purpose. As soon
as the proposition is suggested I presume
prices of real e?tate In that locality will
go up. But perhaps It may be as well to
mak ? a thorough job of it now as at any
other time lat ?r on. because values are
not Ilk' ly to decline. That Is Uie way it
appears to me now. although I do not wish
to b" considered as committed to any par
ticular plan."
A More Beautiful City.
"I am in favor of a better and man
beautiful Washington," said Representa
tlve William B. McKinley of Illinois,
treasurer of the republican congressional
campaign committee. "It ought to be the
most attractive capital In the world, and
my judgment Is that whatever action Con
gress takes ought to be along the lines of
some IntelllKent. comprehensive plan, one
that will add. not only to ths beauty of
the city, but will be in the interest of busi
ness economy for the government. I ihope
Consr.'ss will give this very careful eon
i federation and that th* citizens of Wash
ington will awaken to the .importance of
I mon> thorough co-operation with the au
thorities In formulating fome business-like
. plan for the beautiflcstlon of the city,
j We who live In the central states and
j come to Washington often wonder why so
I little Interest is shown In the capital by
tile mass of its citizens."
MURDER OR SUICIDE?
YOUNG SOCIETY COUPLE DEAD
AND HOUSE IN FLAMES.
I Specisl Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. November 33.?Nicholas
M. Smith, jr., and his young wife, Grace,
were found shot to death in their blazing
home. Si) Woodland ivenue. New Rochelle,
this morning. The tiremen had hardly
got their bodies to the yard before the
house was a mass of flames, and was
consumed with Its entire contents.
letters saved by the police and fire
men, along with a revolver which lay on
the table on which Smith's body rested,
kad the police to believe Smith set fire
to his own house, then shot his wife to
death as she lay sleeping and blew'out
his own brains.
It may be proved, however, that these
letters have no hearing on the double
tragedy and that the young couple were
shof to death by robbers, who set fire to
the house to conceal their crime.
Tell-Tale Note Found.
Later, however, a note found in Mrs.
Smith's 'bedroom put an entirely different
aspect on the affair. The note was as fol
lows:
"Dear Minnie: I owe a small sum to B.
F. Company. Please pay them and cre
mate me. 1 cut off my hair, but my head
aches are not relieved. I will be relieved
in a few minutes. Lovingly, GRACE."
An inventory of all the valuables in the
house, made in the handwriting as in the
note, also was found.
That a determined attempt to destroy
the house by lire had been made was
evident from an examination of the par
tially burned cellar. The plug had been
withdrawn from a barrel of oil and the
whole cellar bottom and a large quantity
of broken wood which had be?n strewn
about had been saturated. A servant toM
the police that the barrel of oil was re
moved to the cellar from a stable two
days ago by order of Mr. -Smith.
Smith was a member of the Arm of
Frederick Vietor & Archellg, manufac
turers of print cloths and manufacturers'
agents as well of this city.
Seemed a Happy Pair.
Two maid servants, who slept In the
rear of the handsome house, were not
awaJcened by the revolver shots nor by the
smoke and flames, and when rescuers
came they were carried to the yard, un
conscious and burned.
The police base their suicide and murder
theory on the report that Smith, who
was in the automobile business in New
York, has suffered heavy financial loss
during the present money stringency.
He was looked upon as a successful
man, and he and his wife were popular
among the society people of New Rochelle,
where they were seen constantly together
spinning abOut the neighborhood in their
automobile. Smith appeared to be very
much In love with his wife.
Smith's father and mother spent much
of their time with him. but last night were
in New York.
GABY'S BUSINESS ETHICS.
Does Not Believe in Killing All Com
petition.
NEW YORK, November 2?.?E. H. Gary,
chairman of the directorate of the I'nlted
States Steel Corporation, lias struck a new
and remarkable keynote in respect to
business rivalry. In an Interview In wMcli
ha was reviewing the speech he made here
recently to representative steel and Iron
men. Mr. Gary Is quoted as saying: "Too
many men have learned too late that the
friendship of the public and the confidence
of one's competitors are the most desir
able elements in business.
"I want to see how competitors succeed.
It is the policy of the steel corporation not
to crush competitors by fair or foul means.
The steel trust controls about per cent
of the steel and iron business of the ITnlted
States, and there Is no intention of en
larging that control. We b?lieve condi
tions will lie better with healthy rivalry.
"Ii is clear that the United States Steel
Corporation, with its extensive resources,
could use its giant strength, like other
corporations, to crush competition. But In
the end would the Kame b" worth the can
dle? The corporation would become an ob
ject of attack. In my judgment such a
policy would b? the undoing of our cor
poration, In whlcii billions of dollars are
invested."
LEEDS WILL BECOVEB.
j Noted Financier Suffered Stroke of
Apoplexy Becently.
NEW YORK, November 2:<-The condl
, tion of William B. I>eeds. former president
i of the Chicago. Rock ^lnnd and Pacific
railroad, who suffered a I'ght stroke of.,
apoplexy, was saiJ today not to be serl- ,
ous. One of Mr. I^eeds' friends said the j
paralysis was confined to the vocal chords i
ar.d was only partial. Mr. Leeds was
transacting his business at his home In
5th avenue today, but expressed a hope
to be at his office again next week.
It was said that the stroke was prob
ably caused by Mr. Leeds' additional
1 work during the recent financial troubles.
' His interests In corporations and iinaneial
I institutions are large.
The first stroke of paralysis affected
I Mr. Leeds' throat and vocaj organs.
When he suffered the second stroke, the
latter part of 11KW. he went to Paris, i
where he placed himself in the care of a j
specialist. The second stroke affected his
1 left side. Mr. I.eeds was forty-six years
i old in September, having been born in
? 1H61.
* ' *
Costly Living in Germany.
BERLIN. November 23.?In the relchstag
today the socialist* announced their in
? tentlon of Introducing an lnt?rpellatlop
asking Chancellor von Buelow u.hat he
, purposes to do to counteract the high
prices of provisions and coal.
The conservatives gave notice of an In
i terpellation on the subject of the hard
' ships arisins from the deafness of coal.
Girls on the Gridiron.
CHICAGO. Novemlier 23.?A special to
: the Tribune from Muskegon, Mich., says:
Fourteen girls, comprising the entire
senior class of Pent water, Mich., high
school, attended the foot ball game be
tween Hart and Pent water yesterday,
! : disobeying the orders of the principal,
? I and were suspended for the year.
King of Portugal Banishes the
Crown Prince.
WITH tHE CONSERVATIVES
Wishes to Force the Abdication of
His Father.
miSIS IK SEACOAST KINGDOM
Telegraph Wires Are Censored.
Leaders of Monarchist Party
Will Meet Tonight.
MADRID. Novemosr 23.?Uncensored
nail advices from Portugal. Indicate that
he anti-dynastic agltatlcn Is growing and
:hat a crisis seems imminent. *
The Liberal, says it. has received con
Irmation of the report of the banishment
>f the crown prince of Portugal. Louis
Philippe, to the Villa Vicosa, where one
?f the royal residences is situated in a
forest fifteen miles In circumference and ,
nailed In.
The paper says th<- prince's banishment
followed a tempestuous scene between
Louis Philippe and the father in which the
former demanded thai King Charles either
change his policy or abdicate.
Monarchists to Meet.
I-JSBON, November 23.?The leaders of
the two monarchist parliamentary groups
opposed to the dictatorship of Premier
Franco will meet tonight and decide on a
course of action.
Immured in Vicosa.
LONDON, November 23.?A special dis
patch to the Standard from Madrid says
that King Carlos of Portugal has ban
ished Crown Prince I-uiz Phlllppi to the
royal residence at Vila Vicosa, an Iso
lated park, one hundred miles from the
capital, on account of the prince's re
monstrance against the dictatorship re
gime, which, he declares, is turning Por
tugal Into a hotbed of republicans and
anarchists and endangering the mon
archy.
The Incident has caused a great sensa
tion. The crown prince is said to be un
der the Influence of the conservatives,
who advocate the abdication of King
Carlos in favor of his son.
LISrVN. November 28.?The excitement
here caused by resentment against the
dictatorship of Premier Franco, is In
creasing among the members of the re
publican opposition and Is extending to
other circles. The government threatens
to proclaim martial law at the ttrst out
break. and the troops hfcve been continued
to their barracks in readiness to suppress
rioting. Four additional newspapers have
been suppressed, and the police continue
making arrests.
Prince Lt^z Phlllppi, Duke of Bra
ganza. Is t?e crown prince of Portugal.
He is only twenty years of age. The
king is forty-four.
SUICIDE TANDEM.
Woman Tries to Drown With Chil
dren Tied to Her.
8T. LOl'IS, Mo.. November 23.?With
her infant In her arms and her three
other small children tied to her wIUi ropes,
Mrs. Margaret Deters, aged twsnty-elght
years, jumped into the River Des Peres
today in an attempt to drown herself and
her children. The plunge Into the cold
water caused the terror-stricken children 1
to scream. Policeman Reynolds was at
tracted and rescued the woman and the
children.
At the police station Mrs. Deters said she
had left home last evening and ihad wan
dered nround all night before having de
termined to drown herself and children.
The children were suffering severely from
exposure. They were given to the father,
who is a drug clerk, and the woman was
removed to the observation ward at the
City Hospital. Deters said his wife had
been suffering from mental trouble for
THE SUNDAY STAR
CIRCULATION
Last Sunday 36,197 Copies.
33% greater circulation within
the city than any other WMhl?g
?Oh Sunday paper.
NO paper In Washington other
than The Star prlnta its Sunday
circulation figures.
ADVERTISING
Sunday, Nov. 17, 1907, 162 columns.
Sunday, Nov. 16, 1906, 125 columns.
Gain, 37
columns.
Advertiser. In The Sunday Star
are guaranteed the largest local
circulation by over 8,000 copies.
SSSaWr SJTSsVm ?*"?>'?c,n
"PBAT" HOUSES "DEVIL DENS. '
Chicago High School Authorities
Are Emphatic.
CHICAGO. November 23 ? Chanter
houses of high school fraternities In Chi
cago were pointed out last evening m
dens of vlcloiteness. In whloh gambling
s ss.r,ok;"""""
and orgies last until ths hmall hou-s.
H.gh school and college instructors mad>
the charges at a conference of paints
at the Ch!Pa" v thP fra,ernlty problem
at the Chicago Norma! School.
"'Instrument of?the devM'^and1a^lrta
ChicagoS NoriSaf"co'lle^f of U'9
in his denunciation of the
fraternity. He drew his eSnclu^ons frnm
many yearn of exp^rie-ice u , , "J
the Hyde Park High School. prlnclpdl of
DEMOCRATIC COMmFttEE.
Plans All Cut and Dried at the Tag
gart Dinner.
FRENCH LICK, Ind.. November 23-At
the dinner given last evening by Chair
man Taggart to the members of the dem
ocratic national committee. Maj. Meniles
of Mount Vernon. Ind.. said: Menile8
"We seem to have everything arranged,
^e have the candidate arranged for we
have the platform built; i? fact. there
does not seem to be anything left for us
to do or for the future convent,on (o dQ
The man we have selected as our candi
date. i believe, gentlemen, fits present cS.
ditions. but if the conditions change I be
lieve the democratic party is big enoueh
and strong enough to change with the!
There never was but one n^n as big as
Jefferson/ and he Thomas
Today the committee members tot to
gether and heard committees fmm i
cities that had been s^nt hereto get ?he
convention, if possible.
Bryan was discussed informally .i
question of making Tom S? ??'nw2
national chairman was talked about !?
said there will not be manv ,.*?? 1 ,'8
the personnel of the next national commit"
hansbrough opposed.
Will Have to Pight for His Re-Elec
tion to the Senate.
th??VT8 /r?mT N0,*th Dak?ta Indicate
that Senator Hamibrough will have a
fight for re-election. He is being op
posed by an element in ?ie state including
wMch ,th! I?"*6"" t,00d ,n **>""<* a*"3
which is taking advantage of a new
primary law to make trouble for Senator
Hansbrough. who h?u held the office for
eighteen years.
ofThL-nUed 9^,e?r?Vides for the naming
or L nited States senators by nrimarv
elections, anu Senator Hansbrough wiil
ha\e to go to the pjiii next year under its
provisions. His frVnds are hard at work
'lvely^run* the opSolltton a
The leading candidal* against him are
,tPrrvatS,nMa"SllljL^'R^^a
UVttleMofNBismarcT "nd CX'6tate Senator
HAS HAD GOOD EFFECT
Accepted Significance of Mr.
Morgan's Visit.
L , ?? -
HIS REMARKS REASSURING
! \
Regards the Financial Situation as
Satisfactory.
CONFERENCE WITH CORTELYOU
Calls on President by Appointment
and Has Over an Hour's
Talk.
J. Pierpont Morgan and George F.
Baker, the latter president of the First
National Bank of New York city, arrived
here yesterday afternoon for a cor'erence
with Secretary Cortelyou of the Treasury.
At 10 o'clock last night Messrs. Morgan
and Baker. accoVnpanied by A slstant Sec
retary Robert Bacon of the State Depart,
ment. went to the White House to see
the President by appointment. The ob
ject of their visit was not divulged, but it
was believed to be in relation to the l.nan
clal situation. Mr. Morgan said the Presi
dent had sent for him.
Upon leaving the White House at 11:23.
after being with the President an hour
and a half. Mr. Morgan, on being asked
In regard to any developmsnts, replied
that conditions in New York were reas
suring. He said everything possible was
being done to relieve the money strin
gency, and that the situation was satis
factory- Mr. Morgnn said also that his
object in coming to Washington was to
see Secretary Cortelyou In furtherance of
the conference he had with the Secretary
In New York last week, at which time
means were discussed for the further re
lief of the situation. He saw Secretary
Cortelyou before going to the White
House, he said, and called on President
Roosevelt to pay his respects.
Significance of the Visit.
The visit of Mr. Morgan to Secretary
Cortelyou and the President last night
was generally accepted here today as evi
dence that the financial leaders in New
York intend to co-operate with the Treas
ury Department in making a success of
the new loans. Mr. Morgan's views and
advice have commanded much attention,
because of his detachment in a large
measure from recent speculative hanking
enterprises in New York and the breadth
of view which his friends declare he has
always brought to conditions !!??-? the
present. It Is known that his Influence
was great in saving the trust company
situation In New York when It was ex
ceedingly critical three weeks ago as the
result of lack of co-operation among the
trust companies.
Mr. Morgan has long favored some
modification of the existing currency sys
tem. but has not. so far as his friends are
informed, undertaken to prepare any de
tailed plan of his own. He found Secre
tary Cortelyou in agreement with him
that several steps should be taken to
give greater elasticity to circulation and
to restore confidence, but did not Insist
strongly upon any one of the several
measures which are now the subject of
popular discussion.
Sanger Corner Turned.
The assurances brought by Mr. Mor
gan In regard to the improvement in con
ditions in New York, with the subscrip
tions which are still coming in for the
new loans, encourage the 'belief here that
the corner has been turned in the
monetary situation, and that the
banks throughout the country will
soon be able to resume Currency pay
ments without restriction. The enormous
amount of gold which lias arrived or
has been engaged is felt to be rather
more than sufficient to restore the New
York bank reserves to a point of safety,
and It is believed that after the open
ing of the bids for the Panama bonds, the
situation will be such that further gold
imports wil^ not be required.
Few Callers Heceived.
Practically during the entire morning
Mr. Morgan remained at the Arlington
Hotel. He received only two or three
callers, but was communicated with by
telephone several times. Ijite in the morn- I
Ing Postmaster General Meyer called at i
the hotel in Ills automobile and a few
minutes afterward he and Mr. Morgan j
left together, without giving any Intima- I
tion as to uieir movements.
Up to 1 o'clock ?.r. .Morgan had not j
called at the Treasury Department, al- j
though Secretary Cortelyou had been at j
his desk throughout the morning. Mr. j
Morgan had no eng ig-ment to see the
Sectotary, n:id i: wis said that he was
not expected.
Duriug the morning Mr. F. Baker, who !
accompanied Mr Morgan to Washington,
had a conference with Secretary Cortel
you. but no details concerning the inter
view were disclosed.
WANTS BANK OF ISSUE
WILLIAM BARRETT RIDGELEY
ON CURRENCY NEEDS.
SPRING FIELD. Til.. November 25.?
"The government Interferes too much with
the business of the country," said William
Barrett Ridgeley last night in addressing
the Ad Men's Club on the financial crisis.
"This disturbance as usual manifested
itself first in New York city, but its ex- ;
istence was due to more t?'.ian stock mar- |
ket conditions. Since perhaps the time of i
the San Francisco fire there has been ;
plenty of warning, not only to the United J
States, but to the old world, of Uie pend- i
ing danger. The expanison of loans and !
credits had reached a limit where the re
serve fund was inadequate.
"The collapse was not entirely due to
speculation. Neither was it due to the .
cry that the east was taking all the money 1
lway from tih? west and storing it up. The j
most important point to be considered Is
the fact that we are all in the same boat
and that money cannot be divided into two
classes, that used In speculation and that
used in straight business. What Is used in
one channel one day Is diverted into an
other channel the next.
Want More Bank Notes.
"legislation on the question is bound to
come."
Mr. Ridgeley declared It as his belief
that a large central bank of issue was the
proper solution of the situation, such a
bank to be entirely divorced from politics
and speculation. The banking laws of Wie
country should be changed, but he did not
believe in special emergency currency un
less it could b?- mad? useful at all times.
He would arrange for a uniform system
by which national banks could Issue un
covered bank notes bas?d on the credit of
the hank and requiring the banks to keep
thsir equivalent In reserve. We should
thus have a bank note which could be
passed anywhere. The deposit credit was
the real elastic currency of the country,
and witih this system In use the banks
would not be disturbed.
HAIL TO THE WHISKERS.
Populist National Committee Is
Going to Meet.
JOLIET, 111., November 2V?The popu
list national commit lee will have a meet
ing at the Hotel St. James. St. Louis, No
vember 26. In addition to members of
the national comma ice. friends and ad
visers have been culled in and the meet
ing may result in the t'xing of a time and
place for holding ? he convention of 11KW
and the renomination of Tom Watson of
Georgia.
National Chairman James II. Ferrlss
of Jollet said today:
"The meeting is i.imely, for in a measure
our party Is a calamity party, but really
calamity is not the ir.otive this time. The
populists are pleased with the trend of
pubic sentiment, for the people were
never more patriotic in time of war than
in this financial crisis. Best of all. the
government Is with us. for the first time
In my remembrance on c. like occasion.
"By the way, Br/:in has hit the key
note. Let the government guarantee the
bank deposit. It is easy as guaranteeing
the bank notes, ind <|jite inexpensive. A
tux on the bank deposits of less than one
half of one per cent in one year would
pay all the losses from national banks
since they were organized.
"The government should issue all cir
culating notes dlr-jct nnd attend to the
elastic feature automatically or other
Wise. In short, the government shou d
;;o a little farther into the banking busi
ness. as other govjrnments do. and the
banks should recede a little from govern
ment business."
Mr. Ferriss denied that an alliance was
being arranged with either the Hearst
Independence league or prohibitionists,
but he added: "We feei individually as
friendly to either we do to Bryan or
Roosevelt. We are pleased that they
are going our way. end would be more
pleased if they would go further."
WOULD EXTRADITE WANDA.
Russian Government After a Pretty j
Polish Woman.
VIENNA. November 21.?Wanda Lobrod- j
zieka. the woman who threw a bomb at I
Gen. Skalon. governor general of Warsaw. I
and. aided by confederates, disappeared.
ha.< been brought from Cracow to Vienna,
where her' trial on the demand of the
Russian government for her extradictlon
will take place. The prisoner is a strik
ingly pretty, woman of the Polish type,
and Is intelligent as she Is pretty. After
her crime Wanda fled to Cracow. There
her beauty attracted many admirers, one
of whom, an Austrian, she married. It
was not long, however, before the secret
police of Russia tracked her and her
arrest followed, in spite of a plea that
by merriage she had become an Austr'an
subject. Dr. Liebermann. socialist leader,
will defend the woman before the Vienna
landesgericht. by which the supreme
court decided she must be tried. If the
decision is against her she will lose both
her husband and her life.
Pope Regrets Taft's Haste.
ROME. November 2i!.?'The Vatican lias
learned with regret that War Secretary
Taft will return direct to the United
States from Russia, as It was hoped that
he would come to Rome. wh?re Cardinal
Rampolla. Serafino Vannutelli and Vives v
Tuto, who dealt with him in 1!H?2 on the
question of the friars' land in the Pb-'ip
plnes, desired to greet him.
The pope also wished to make Mr. Taft's
acquaintance and discuss with him per
sonaliy the latest report from Mgr. Agiu:
papal delegate in the Philippines.
Will Operate on Kaiser.
NEW YORK. November 21.-A London
dispatch to the Sun states that the real
cause of the kaiser remaining In England
after the termination of his state visit to
the British court Is to prepare for an op
eration, which will take place within a
few days.
According to the dispatch the operation
will be through the ear. afTectlng th?
throat. It touches the kaiser's original
trouble there, which is referred to as
hereditary, but. It is added, the operation
is not a serious one.
Russia's Big Check.
LONDON. November 2"..?Russia today
wiped out the balance of her Indebtedness
to Japan arising f om the war. the Rus
sian embassy handing over to the em
bassy of Japan a check for
This represents the balance due Japan
; for the maintenance of the Russian
prisoners.
Weather.
Rain tonight. Tomorrow
colder and generally fair.
V
DRAG THE POTOMAC
FOR J, W, CRAWFORD
Police in Quest of Admiral
Dewey's Secretary.
MAY HAVE ENDED HIS LIFE
Intended to Commit Suicide, Accord*
ing to a Letter.
NAMES A FRIEND EXECUTOR
Coat and Hat Found on Deck of
Ferry Boat?Financial
Trouble Suggested.
A special delivery letter from
Lieut. John W. Crawford, L:. S. X.,
secretary to Admiral Dewey, mail
ed to Rennett A. Allen, chicf of the
division of accounting of the Post
Office Department, contained the
statement that the writer intended
to do away with himself. The let
ter was postmarked 6:30 o'clock
p.m. yesterday, -and its contents
startled Mr. Allen, who was a close
personal friend of Lieut. Crawford.
Shortly before Mr. Allen reached
headquarters last evening to re
quest the assistance of the police in
the matter the latter had received a
coat and hat belonging to the
writer of the letter, found 011 the
deck of the ferryboat Lackawanna,
suggesting that the owner had
jumped overboard.
As soon as Mr. Allen had stated his re
quest to Lieut. Perk, the ranking officer
on duty at police headquarters at night,
the latter told him of the recovery of the
coat and hat. causing Mr. Allen to believe
his friend . had committed suicide, as
threatened. The hat and coat were fully
Identified, as were two pencils and a
handkerchief found in the pockets of the
coat, the Initial "J." having been em
broidered on the handkerchief.
Mr. Allen was deeply affected by the
occurrence. He and Lieut. Crawford had
been close personal friends for a long
time, and there had never b*en anything
In the conduct of the naval officer to In
dicate unhappineas on his part. Why he
should have decided upon such a course,
Mr. Allen was unable to understand, al
though there was a suggestion of finan
cial trouble in the letter.
Possibility of Financial Trouble.
"I have no idea what caused him finan
cial trouble." Mr. Allen stated at police
headquarters last night. "He received a
salary of and a rent allowance of
#?10. He did not gamble nor was he a vic
tim of drink, and. so far as I know, he
had no bad habits."
The letter Mr. Allen received, he said,
contained much Information of a personal
nature, and he would not turn it over to
the police. He read, however, portions
which dealt with the question of the con
templated act.
Lieut. Crawford addressed Mr. Allen as
"Dfar Friend." and wrote: "I am going
to do away with myself. No doubt when
this reach's you the act will have been ,
accomplished."
Lieut. Crawford also wrote a request
that Mr. Allen act as administrator of his
affairs, and remarked that his wife would
1 be shocked when she heard the news.
Mr. Allen today stated that he had little
j douht that l.feut. Crawford wa> dead.
Crawford, It is said, ii ft debts aaggrfgit
ing approximately and in a note
he sent his wife lie stated explicitly that
the indebtedness Had accumulated too
much, but that It was not due to specu
lation or gambling. In the note he for
warded to Allen lie slated that if the
rights of one who ti.Ues his own life would
permit. h? would like to be buried in the
National cemetery at .Arlington, Va.. but
otherwise he expressed a wish to have his
body cremated. He ali-o left a hurriedly
executed will and is^ked that his friend
break the news to his wife and give to
her the papers he had carefully made out
showing his indebtedness.
At the Ferry Whjrf.
The last trace of Lieu*. Crawford pl.ieed
him aboard th? Alexandria ferry boat,
whicr. left the local wharf at the foot
of 7th street southwest at <i o'clock last
evening. Crawford reached the wharf
about five minutes before (5 o'clo' k. ard
lie went directly to th? ticket window.
There ly? bought a one way ticket to
Alexandria, costing S cents, and gave
a quarter in payment. G. H. Nowell.
the ticket agent, recalls the transaction
with a man answering th ? description of
Lieut. Crawford, and after th? t'.cket
agent had returned the 'J<> cents change
he gay Crawford proceed to the front of
the wharf. Almost immedlafe'y^ Craw
ford turned around and walked onto the
boat.
The first stop was at the steel plant
at Giesboro Point. While the boat was
making the run th-re. which requires
about twelve minutes. John Underwood,
an employe of the boat, says that he re
mained on the stern and lie did not see
Crawford in that part of the boat at
that time.
Time Was Propitious.
The Koat made a bow landing at the
steel plant wharf, the stern being out In
the river. It Is believed that if Lieut.
Crawford Jumped from the boat he leaped
while It was making the stop at the steel
plant. The passengers were all forward.
By that time darkness had settled over
the river. I
While the boat was at the wharf at
Alexandria Capt. Marmaduke saw what
looked like a bundle of clothins behind a
crate on the stern, but he thought that a
member of the crew had placed the gar
ments there On the return trip Frank
Luckett. first mate, noticed the coat and
hat. The articles were turned over to
Detective I^rry O'Dea of the harbor pre
cinct when the boat arrived here. He no
tified police headquarters at once, and re
called seeing the man who wore the coat
and hat waiting on the wharf before the
boat left Washington, and from the de
scription he identified him as Lieut. Craw
ford.
Search for the body of the missing lieu
tenant was begun early this morning,
both of the police launches, the Vigilant
and the Major Sylvester, going down the
river with grappling hooks. Mai Syl
vester took an active 'merest In the
search, and he telephoned Instructions to
the harbor precinct In regard to making
.t thorough.
Search Without Success.
Back and forth along the channel of th?
ferryboat between the steel plant and
Shepherd's Point, tlie crews of the twa
flulice launches, with three grappling