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Sunday Star, one year. $1.50. | _ _
5,000 MAY STRIKE
00 0NEJAIIR0AD
New Haven Men Object tc
Piecework System.
POLICY OF RETBENCHMENT
Western Roads Will Need Laborers
for Repairs.
READING ROAD LAYS OFF 950
Riot of Foreigners at the Inland
Steel Mills?Police Charge the
Mob?Several Hurt.
There arc wholesale discharges
and reductions on some of the
biggot railroads, and on the New
Haven line 5.000 men arc on the
\ crge of a strike against the introduction
of piece work. I he
general curtailing and retrenching
in the big commercial establishments.
coming, as it docs, just
before the election, is certain to
accentuate the hard times among
hundreds of thousands, and is
strikingly suggestive of a political
movement.
NEW HAVEN. Conn., March 31.-A
conference of machinists, car workers,
union officials and the officials of the
New Haven road to determine whether
a strike shall he ordered tomorrow was
held today. The union men say that they
reported to the road that, unless the order
to install the piece system is revoked, a
general strike of 3.000 men will be ordered
In all the car shops. The answer of
the railroad officials will he read at a
meeting of representatives of all the
unions tonight in Trades Councils Hall.
A poll of the delegates here today showed
that they are unanimously in favor
oi oraenng a strike tomorrow, unless the
road backs down.
That the road is prepared for the strike
the employes no longer have the slightest
doubt. The opening of employment
offices In various cities and the response
which this has met with, owing to the
fact that so many men are out of work,
is evidence enough for the men that the
road does not expect the men will favor
going on to the piece work wage scale.
The employes doubt, however, that the
railroad can employ enough strikebreakers
who know how to do the work required
for even a long enough- time to
defeat a strike.
The steamer Connecticut is expected
here from New York loaded with strikebreakers
as soon as the vote of the
unions to strike is announced.
Old Employes Go.
The few men in the employ of the New
Haven road at local shops discovered today
that the officials will keep up the
series of discharges. Thirty-five employes
at the wheel shops on Spring street
were dismissed. The wheel shops are
the most important departments of the
repair work in the city. By today's discharges
the force in the wheel shop is
reduced to three, and one of these stated
that he expected he and the others would
be discharged tonight.
The policy of retrenchment in ex<>enses
started by tite New Haven road some
time ago. and which lias gone so far. it is
said, as to have decreased the salary ol
President Mellen himself, resulted in the.
discharge today of thirty women from the
accounting rooms at the general office
building.
I^ast winter there was so much work
to do at the general office building that
tiie clerks were forced to take turns working
for several hours during the evening,
and in many oases there was no extra
pay for it. One of the women who was
discharged had been in the employ of
the raihoad for twenty-eight years.
The New Haven ordered the piece work
s>stem introduced in all its car shops
\f arch 1. hut no?tnonoft t hp / Sano^ ? 1
request of the committee from the cat
workers" unions to allow a series of conferences
to be held. It was next annouiived
that the order would go into effect
March "J*, but it has been finally deferred
until April 1.
Railroads Need Hands.
CHICAGO. March 111.?The RecordHerald
today says:
In the next sixty days the railroads of
the United States will have to find between
"J50.00" and men to mend
their tracks and roadbeds, and another
large army to go into their shops and repair
their cars and locomotives.
The railroads centering in Chicago
alone will require more than laborers
Work will start in light tomorrow on
the roads which nr.- tic best favored by
climatic conditions, and will be Increased
rapidly until June 1. when removal and
repair work will he in full swing on every
railroad in the country. The average
number of men needed by tacit of tne
large Chicago systems is :Ht.tNNt. and the
wages offered are to be about lite same
as last year, when labor was scarcer ami
more men were needed.
For day laborers the wages range between
and $!. >" a day. the averagt
being about $1.4". The highest figure is
paid for what are called steel gangs, win.
are employed in laying steel rails. This
year in>' raiiroaiw expect to r>e able tt
procure a much greater proportion ol
American labor than usual, owing V tlx
fact that times have tiol been so good ant
many men are out of employment. It h
also expected that there will not be st
many Italians available litis year becauss
when the business recession came tin
Italians returned to their native land it
shiploads.
Reading Discharges.
RK.\J ?INC, Pa.. March HI.?At the elosi
of work in the Heading Railway Com
pany's tar anil locomotive shops last nigli
fino employes were laid off. This Is in ad
ditton m :\">o who were indefinitely sus
pended ta-f week. The force had beet
previously reduced so that less than two
thirds of the men are now at work Fore
men have been p.&ced in the ranks ant
the plants are working our days of eigh
hours each Similar suspensions tool
place at Palo Alto and Schuylkill Havei
shops. The revival in the coal trade ha:
apparently not stimulated work at tit
shops as war expected.
Hungarians Riot.
CHICAGO. March .11?Several person
were seriously Injured in a ru>t whic]
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di.ina Harbor. Ind., among fit*? Hutip
! rlans. Lithuanians and Roumanians.
I For several hours the police were unal
! to disperse the mob. Reserves were call
jfrom East Chicago, and five arrests we
! made. Three hundred Hungarians a
Lithuanians. discharged from the mi
' during the financial panic, and who h
failed to get work when the plant was :
opened, attacked the Roumanian emplnj
as the.v left the company's grouni
| > Bricks and stones were used as weapoi
] Wlii n the police charged the crowd t
Hungarians turned and attacked the
Sergt Brown was struck and slightly
jured by a brick.
Thread Mills Cut Wages.
' ; I*AYVTUCKKT. R. I . March 31.?Notic
; have been posted in the thread mlTTs
J. A- P. Coatcs. Limited, announcing
j 1?? per rent reduction of wages, to ta
i ! effect April 1 rt. About hands are ei
l ployed in the mills.
Threatened Pittsburg Strike.
PITTSBURG. March 31.?A threaten
I ' strike of street car employes in this ci
has been averted temporarily by
; agreement reached today between t
men and the Pittsburg Railways Cot
pany. by which the present wage sc?
will he continued during negotiations f
an adjustment of the dispute.
The present wage s<ale expires at ml
night tonight and the company asked t
men to accept a reduction. The men i
i fused and for a time it looked as thou
a strike was inevitable. it is believ
j now the trouble will be compromised.
i TO LOOK OUT FOR TAF
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EXTRA PRECAUTIONS FOI
SAFETY TO BE TAKEN.
| CHICAGO .March "1.?The Daily Nei
today says: I'nusual precautions will
! taken by the police department to protf
Secretary Taft from possible mishap di
; ins his visit, to Chicago this week. T
name of the railroad over wiiich he is
arrive Is to be kept secret, and while he
in Chicago police win guard him constat'
! ly. During his stay Secretary Taft w
appear only once before the general pu
; lie?that will be Saturday afternoon
I the Hamilton Club, where there will be
' public reception in his honor. To tt
i reception all people in Chicago have be
I invited by the club.
j -To Speak in Richmond May 13.
J t*pe?-i?l Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va . March C51 .?Seereta
Taft is to make a speech before the n
tlonal convention of machinery manufa
turers and supply dealers in this city Mi
b'5. Hi* subject is to be "Value of Tra^
Organizations.''
NELSON-ATTELR MEET.
Betting for Tonight's Event Bris
at Even Money.
SAN FRANCISCO. March .'51.?' Kddh
C rv-i it b t i./> t in blond f a i<aa ?> J I 1 ftl /\in
I k7i iiit ii, inr v /a niniiu irin rr. n iii unit ui
! in the ring at the Coliseum tonigl"
j wlieri "Battling" Nelson and "Abe" Att
j mee- for a fifteen-round contest. Smi
' takes the place of "Eddie" Graney. wl
| announced yesterday that he would 1
I unable to undertake the task because
illness in his family.
Nelson today hovered around the 1
mark, while Attell gave out an offici
statement that he will enter the rlt
at ISJ'i pounds.
The betting is brisk at even monc
: The volume of money wagered, it is sai
1 ex< eeds any fight since that bet\ve<
Burns and Squires and bids fair to equ
that.
WATER FOR CHEVY CHASE.
Senate Passes Bill to Extend tl
District System.
A bill introduced by the late Senat
Whjte of Maryland authorizing the tow
of Chevy Chase, Md., to connect i
water system with the water system
I the District of Columbia was pass*
yesterday afternoon by the Senate. Tl
District Commissioners are authorized
their discretion, and when the interest
the consumers of water in the Distr!
will not suffer thereby, to permit Che\
t'hase to connect its system with that
the District at points where tliey me
and furnish.the town with water for u;
in extinguishing fires and in such oth
cases of emergency or necessity aF tl
Commissioners may deem proper. It
provided that the town shall make annu
payment for the privilege, the amount
be fixed by the Commissioners from tin
to time it^ their discretion.
Finnish Senate to Resign.
HELSINGFORS. March 31.?In cons
quenoe of the vote of lack of confiden<
in it carried on March 2s the Finnis
senate has decided to resign. This vo
i passed the diet by 71 to 47 and was tl
work of socialists. They formally eei
sured the Finnish administration for tl
delivery of Russian terrorists and poll
ical agitators to the Russian authoriti
and for lack of firmness in resisting Ru
sian encroachments upon the rights
Finland, and they demanded the retir
men' of the senate as incapable o( d
fending the autonomy and liberties
Finland against the present reactiona
campaign in Russia.
Judge McAllister Dead.
PAN RAFAEL. Fa!.. March 31.?Jud,
Ward McAllister, son of the famous s
> clety leader o' New York, died at l?:
o'clock this morning at a local sanitaria
! from the effects of an operation for a
. pemlicitis. For two years iie had Iwen
[ ! sufferer from paralyses, and in his wea
' | ened condition he was unable to survi
I long after the*operation, which was p
j formed last Saturday.
Mr. McAllister was born in Newpo
; R. I., in 18.V?, and received his edueatii
. ] at I'rinceton I'niverslty and the Albai
' i and Harvard law schools. He was Unit
' jStates attorney in California front lti
j ! to ISM. and then received a president!
t | appointment as district Judge in Alask
Judge McAllister was prominent in cl
j | and social circles in San Francisco.
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> | Des Moines City Election.
| DES MOINES. Iowa. March 31.?Cot
inlcte returns from vestenlnv's mnnirir
election. the first held under the now coi
mission plan of government. indtcat
? the election of former Police Juuge A.
I Mathias for mayor and John MacVicki
t ! Wesley Ash, John L. Hammery a
; Charles Schramm for councilmen. Ma
" | Vickar is secretary of the Americ
- ' l.eague of Municipalities; Ash is a cc
\ i miner and had the hacking of organlz
_ f labor.
i' Got. Guild' Continues to Improve
' ; Snerinl r?i*r?trh to The Star.
' BOSTON. Mass . March .11.?Official i
s ports of Gov. Guild's condition were mi
c j encouraging today that at any time sir
iiis illness began. .vt lo o'clock the f
i lowing bulletin was issued at the s?a
house on the report of Or. Winslo
B 'The governor's condition shows cont
3 ueU though moderate improvement."
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or NEW YORK. March .".I.?There seems
'n to be considerable difference of opinion
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| regarding the status of William J. Bryan
,?rl ! at the forthcoming Jefferson day dinner
io ! of the National Democratic Club, with a
ir ! prospect of a lively sc rap before it is all
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y Bryan has been invited to the dinner.
^ j That point is settled, but it was not
se ; settled without some few words, at that.
er i It was taken for granted by most that
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jS i Bryan would speak, of course. Bryan at
alia public dinner not saying anything is
'2 unimaginable. However, the story is. that
those wiio opposed sending him any invi:
tation at all to the dinner Insisted that
! he be not invited to speak. Thus the
e~ j following official statement was sent out
e ; from the Democratic Club last night:
jj, | "The following gentlemen have been
le i invited and have consented to speak at
[the banquet which tne National Demohe
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jciatic Club will give in honor of Thomas
n" j Jefferson's birthday at the Knickerbocker
ie j Hotel Monday. April 11!: Woodrow Wilj
son. president of the Princeton I'nlversity;
Robei t Taylor, l.'nited States senator from
PS Tennessee; Robert E. Owen. United States
g. i senator from Oklahoma; K. M. Simmons.
United States senator from North Carolina.
and Edward M. Shepard of New
e- York city. This list of speakers will not
I be enlarged." !
of Expects to Speak.
ry Notwithstanding this definite statement
"the list of speakers will not be enlarged."
Mr. Bryan will see that it is enlarged. He
| has written a letter saying that he has
onopen nis sunjpci. ann u win np i he
Limit of Government."
Mr. Bryan has written an autograph
letter to his chief press agent to that efp.
fed. Harry \V. Walker, who represents
a Mr. Bryan In this city, said today:
k- "It is ridiculous for any one to say that
Mr. Bryan will not speak at that dinner.
1 The hundreds of men who are paying $10
rt, Per plaf-e f?r the dinner will have somer?n
thing to say about the speechmaking.
n>" More than 100 friends of Mr. Bryan have
bought tickets to the dinner since they
, "J learned that he was coining. Those men
, will insist that ije be allowed to speak,
| / and he will he there with a prepared adu?
dress.'
- I Dinner in Lincoln.
MNCObN. Neb.. March 111.?Seventy-five
ti- members of the Democratic Editorial As>al
soclation of Nebraska arrived in the city
m- today to attend a reception and dinner to
ed be tendered to William J. Bryan tonight,
j. Mr. Bryan, who will arrive from Kansas
ir City this afternoon, will address the editors
this evening.
ic- Says He Will Talk.
jyi KANSAS CITY, Mo.. March 31.?Before
ed leaving here today for Lincoln. Neb.. W.
J. Bryan said he would attend and ad'
dress the National Democratic Club of
>. I New York city at its Thomas Jefferson
! birthday dinner April 13.
re" ' To Substitute the Death Chair.
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A bill to substitute eleotrieitv as the
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0, mode of inflicting the death penalty in
t#>. the District of Columbia has been 'introw:
dueed in the House by Mr. Taylor of Ohio,
in- 1 a member of t.he committee on the Dia.
J triet of Columbia.
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CARTER'S STAND ON GAMBLINi
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j Martin May Follow Majority?Sub
committee's Benning Decision
Friday, Perhaps. (
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Senator I'srier said this afternoon tha
' tie is not willing to commit himself to th"
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Benning road bill with the Sims amend
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ment to prohibit race track gambling ii
the District. He has not had time t<
read it, lie said.' Senator Carter, how
ever, declared that he Is opposed to pro
hiblting gambling in one form in the Dis
trict and permit!ing it in another.
Mr. Carter intends to call a meeting o
liis subcommittee on streets and avenue
; of the District committee before Friday!
probably tomorrow?to consider th
i House bill and the Sims amendment.
Senator Martin's Position.
Senator Martin, who is a member o
(lite subcommittee.' returned to the cit:
last night." Mr. Martin lies thus far beei
i unwilling to be quoted as to bis positioi
! in legislation of this character. It ha
, been declared that iie lias friend# who ar
interested in racing, and tiiat lie wil
therefore use his influence against tli
pending bill. From nthe~ sources, how
ever, it is rumored that Mr. Martin wil
follow the lead of the majority of th
i District committee.
The ether members of the subcommitte
I ate Senators Hansbrough. Burkett am
! New lands.
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CASE TO BE MADE.
Law Aimed at the Coal-Ownin|
Roads to Be Tested.
The government will not prosecute rail
roads for failure to comply with th
'.'commodity clause" of the railroad rat
law pending a decision of the Suprem
Court. This decision has been arrived at
it is understood, after careful considers
' tion by the President, and he Iras accord
! ingly directed the Department of Justic
: to bring a test case as soon as possibl
after May 1. the day when becomes efTect
I Ive the law prohibiting any railroad t
j transport any article or commodity othe
j than timber, manu-factured. mined o
produced by such road or in which i
I? directly on indirectly interested. Thut
any railroad that owns coal mines woul
lv> liable to prosecution should it carr
| its own coal to market. The President
i it is stated, has rio desire to increase th
1 embarrassments which surround the rail
reads in their efforts to comply with th
: law. and as the question of the validit
of i h? "commodity clause" lias been serl
ously raised by competent legal opinion
it was thought h-*st for all interests in
volved that a prompt determination of th
question by the Supreme Court should b
0011 <rl? t Tt I e iinilocal oorl tho t t foil
j . i i ip vmuri cunt mr inn
roads have (riven assurance to the govern
nient that if the courts decide agains
them they will immediately and in goo
failli comply with the law.
DENIED USE OF MAILS.
One Astrologer and a Few Financier
Lose Their Grip.
A Connecticut astro'oger. S. Ramese
has been denied the use of tlie mails. Th
man with the Pharaohle name is reall
George A. Sears of Stratford and Bridgi
port. Conn. Carl Dorsey, also of Stra
ford, is likewise put under the post offlc
ban.
Orders have also been issued forbiddir
the use of the mails to the following Ne
Yorkers: W. Wright Gordon. 10 Wa
llPTll'V VI Pa ft 4>7 William et raa
and Frank' W. Spalding & Co.,32 Broat
wa y.
These firms advertised stork dealing c
margins, and gave each other as refci
enres. It is declared that money invesce
with them remained with them.
Indorse Cannon for President.
CHICAGO, March 31. ?Joseph G. Cai
noil was indorsed for the republics
nomination for President at the sevent
I congressional district republican convet
i ron in Chicago today. Postmaster Dani
! A. Campbell and A. A. Strom, chose
delegates to the national convention, wei
: instructed for Cannon. County d?r
Joseph G. Haas and George A. Mugb
were selected as presidential electors. Th
proceedings were harmonious throughou
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j CHICAGO. March 31?Mrs. Martha j
f ! Clark traveled more than .">.000 miles. *
| visited nine cities and searched through t
; them and then came to Chicago and walk- 1
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s ed Halsted street from 12th to 65th and <
\ ; hack dally for three months in search of .
e ; her husband. Frank, who had deserted
~ her in Kansas City, Kas., three years ago.
e j She found him and still loves him.
She had him arrested Sunday night on
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[1 tlie charge of abandonment, but he merely
was taken captive by the police in
order that he might not run away again
before she could have a chance to talk to
him. This she did yesterday a few
BT minutes previous to their appearance before
Municipal Judge Scovel. Mrs.
- ('lark's entreaties or wonderful determie
nation moved her husband and he offered
e to "take her and provide for her as long '
e as he lived." On her request and on the '
, promise of Clark the judge dismissed the 1
- charge and the pair left the courthouse. 1
~ Clark Disappeared. i
e Three years ago. Clark, who is a ship- f
- ! builder by trade, and his wife were liv- (
o ing in Kansas City. Kas. Suddenly he
r disappeared. It took Mrs Clark a month T
r I to find where he went. She discovered lie 1
t i was in Denver and thither she went In |
i, i search of him. Clark, however, learned f
rj ' that his wife was following him and de- \
y parted to San Francisco
t. From the Pacific coast he jumped to a ,
e little town in Maine, attempting to cover ,
. his tracks. But his wife proved to 'bo ,
o a skillful dctetive. and it was only a j
v few weeks before she located htm in the ,
. east Then he went to New York and t
C ho PittcKiirtr and in nrd/?r t a
|t j Fl VII' "It" I" I 1111, "'I' ' IV |
- | Cleveland. Indianapolis. lx>uisville. Final- t
p ly he landed in Chicago. ,
p Caught on the Corner. }
Mrs. Clark pushed on. stopping in her j
t search only long enough to earn enough t
money for her to continue. Three months '
ago she arrived here, after having been
notified by a friend that her husband
1 had been seen in a Halsted street car.
,g Sh.; decided that he probably lived somewhere
along Halsted street.
So, Immediately she started walking
B frpm 6fith street to 12th street on Hal'
sted. Afte^ three months of these daily
strolls she finally located her husband 1
y Sunday night, standing at 65th and Hal- 1
t- sted. i
t- Mrs. Clark, fearing he might reoogniae
,e her and flee 'before she could have a
tela with him. went into a drug store '
nearby and called up the police. Clark <
g was standing idly on the corner when i
w detectives took him In charge.
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n Theodore P. Shonts Talks About His i
r: Son-in-Law, the Duke. !
CHICAGO. March SI.-The Tribune to- !
day says: "Give the duke a chance; he's I
a square shouldered young man and op- 1
1. portunity is all he wants," said Theodore '
" P. Shonts yesterday, speaking of his*new ,
sor.-in-law. the Due de Cbaulnes.
Referring to the debts of the duke, he 1
1" | said: "A man s debts may prove his 5
Pn i worth. It takes a good man to get into
| fbebt and live comfortably. As to a *
k title, its possession or lack has nothing ,
>r to do with the worth of a man. [ <
le - a goqd deal too much has been said ! I
t. about the marriage. The youn? folks are i '
ow nn their honeymoon and should not
>e bothered."
"Is there any truth in the report that
lie duke is going to work?"
"Well." laughed M. Shonts. -that germ
as not broken out in virulent form >et
ut wait until after the honeymoon. I
now that the young man is going to
lunge into a useful life and he will make
ood. ton. He'll And me ready to give
im all the encouragement and assistance
eeded."
Mr. Shunts said lie had not objected to
he marriage as was reported.
ENROSE VERY MUCH BETTER.
ienator Said to Be on the Road to
Recovery.
pecinl Dispatch In The Star.
PHILADELPHIA. March 31.?United
States Senator Penrose was so much beter
this morning that for the first time
inoe his illness took a serious turn h|j?
thysicians expressed themselves optlmstlcally.
They declared that unless somehlng
unforeseen occurred he would reover.
The senator parsed a very favorable
light and awoke much refreshed. His
loctors were much encouraged by his
onlinued improvement. His temperature
ms gone down and the erysipelatous inlamatton
has sulislsded still uwe. Uness
lie suffers an unexpected relapse of
he kidney trouble he will get well.
Members of Senator Penrose's family
ako an even more optimistic view of his
onditlon than the physicians and are conident
that tl*e danger is practically past,
rhis the medical men will not admit
VUNE STRIKE IS OFF
JO SUSPENSION PENDING A
CONFERENCE.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. March 81.?It
vas agreed today by the joint conference
pf the Indiana miners and the operators
hat the present wages shall continue
ifter today pending a settlement of a
rale. This means there will be no suspension
of work in Indiana mines tonorrow.
Kentucky Keeps Working.
UOUISVILLE. ky? March 31.?There
vill be no strike at present in the soft
oal fields of Kentucky. The operators
md miners of western Kentucky adourned
today until April 7 with the pres>nt
scale in effect. Tt is considered probibie
that an agreement will be reached
tt that time.
In the eastern Kentucky district a wage
icale Is In force which will continue until
September 1.
PROF. ELLIOTT S PAPER.
Suppressed as Reflecting Upon the
Vice President.
Senator Foraker yesterday obtained
eave to withdraw from the Senate files
? paper introduced by him Wednesday
ast and printed as a public document,
?nd the order carried with it the sup
pression of all the printed copies of the
paper. His Introduction of the paper
ast week and the withdrawal yesterlay
contained no Intimation of the sensational
character of the document,
which still would be unknown had it
iot been for the fact that several
opies had been given out before it was
suppressed.
The pa0er was prepared by Henry W.
Elliott of Lakewood. Ohio, md purjotted
to he "the official record of the
oot and ruin of the fur seal herd of
Xlnska." It was stated in chronological
trder. beginning with IStifi and continung
to the present time. It was written
n longhand, closely spaced and difficult
to read. Prof. Klliott had submitted
eeords of pelagic sealing several times
ind they had always been printed as
tublic documents. Therefore when Senitor
Foraker was asked to have the
illeged "official record" printed he made
:he request in the usual form and did
iot take the trouble to read it. Yesterlay
he made apologies to Vice Presilent
Fairbanks and several senators.
It was not until the paper came out
n printed form that its character became
known. It was found to reflect
jpon the integrity of the presiding oficer
of the Senate, and upon members
>f the-Senate and House and other government
officials. It transgres-ed one
)f the established though unwritten
ules of both houses of Congress, and
aused a sensation of no small magni:ude.
TO AMEND COPYRIGHT LAW.
Agreement of Interests Urging
Legislation.
That the copyright law should be exended
to include all forms of expression
jy which works of authors can be conveyed
to the senses, and that a universal
ate of royalty should be flxed by Congress
and should be collected through the
ssuance of "copyright stamps' by the
fovernment. are the recommendations
ontalned in an agreement reached by the
.'nrinns interests which have recentIv an
>eared before the joint session of the
tfouse and Senate committees to present
teguments on the proposed copyright legslatfon
At the hearing held last week before
he House and Senate joint committee it
vas evident that the opposing interests
would have to compromise, their views before
action could be taken. At the sugtestion
of members of the committee representatives
of the Authors and manu'arturers
got together and reached an
igreemenr yesterday which it is believed
will he accepted by the committees of
>ot11 houses. No mention was made in the
igreement of the alleged piracy of plays,
t being the opinion of those interested
hat the present laws afford adequate promotion
to authors and managers.
TAFT'S WESTERN TRIP.
(Vill Leave Here Tomorrow to Be
Gone Until April 10.
In order to meet engagements made
tome time ago. Secretary Taffc will leave
tere tomorrow afternoon for a ten days'
irfsit to cities in the middle west. He
will deliver an address before the board
jf trade of Columbus. Ohio, Thursday
?vening and the next evening he will adIress
the International I'nion at the Auditorium
Hotel In Chicago. He will spend
next Saturday in Chicago, being the
guest of the Press Club at luncheon In
Lhe eariv arternoon ana tiotaing a reception
at the Hamilton Club In the late
afternoon. In the evening he will attend
j dinner given by the Commercial Club
Chicago, and will respond to a toast.
Sunday afternoon he will leave Chicago
in time to keep an engagement to address
lhe McKlnley Club of Omaha. Neb.. Moniay
evening. The following morning he
will attend a banquet given in his honor
by the Commercial Club of Council Bluffs.
Iowa, "and will leave that city in time to
meet engagements to spend Thursday, the
Hh proximo, in Cincinnati. On that da>
he will be entertained by the Cincinnati
'hamber of Commerce in the early afternoon
and will aitend a banquet and a
recetpton given by the Phoenix Club of
rincinnati in the evening- It is Secretary
Taft s present intention to return to
Washington by the 10th proximo.
HILLS NAME SENT IN
Nominated to Be Ambassador
to Germany.
TOWER TO RETIRE JUNE 1
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; Decision Beached After Conference
| Last Night.
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED
Believed
That Baron von Stembursr
Presented Some Assurance
From *the Kaiser. ^
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Tho President today sent to the Senate
the nomination of David Jayne Hill to b?
ambassador extraordinary and plenipotcn'
tiary to Germany. He also named Ar
thur M. Beaupre of Illinois to be minister
I to the Netherlands and Luxemburg;, and
Spencer F. Eddy of Illinois to be minister
to the Argentine Republic.
Charlemagne Tower, present ambassador
to Berlin, has formally resigned, to
take effect June I. at which time Dr. Hill
will succeed him. The administration
i knows no reason why the nomination of
J Dr. Hill will not be acted upon at a resi
sonably early date by the Senate.
I The attitude of the administration Is
i that L>r. Hill's reputation as a statesman,
scholar and diplomat has not suffered the
slightest impairment in view of the dis
elaimer of the German emperor of any
adverse expression toward Dr. Hill and
of the hearty recognition of Dr. Hill s
personality and standing contained in tlie
statement of President Roosevelt issued
from the White House last night.
The decision to send in the name of Dr.
Hill was reached last night after a conference
at the White House, those present.
; besides the President being .Secretary
; Root. Assistant Secretary Bacon and
Baron Spec.k von Sternburg. the German
ambassador. It is certain that Baron von
Sternburg presented some private advices
from Emperor William that satisfied the
administration. It is also believed that
I the kaiser was desirous that the mysterious
gossip should be ended by Dr. Hill s
nomination. If the speculation had continued
there might have been a serious
.iar in the relations of the two countries,
all growing out of what is now officially
termed a "misunderstanding."
White House Statement.
The following statement was given out:
"In addition to the communication already
made public from the German foreign
office, the German ambassador has
also conveyed to the American government
the assurance of the emperor that
there has never been any change in his
attitude toward Mr. Hill and in his cordial
willingness to welcome Mr. Hill to Berlin.
The emperor's favorable opinion of
Mr. Hill was communicated to the Washington
administration last November and
his attitude has never changed since.
Apparently some remarks in a casus i
conversation have been distorted by gossip
and exaggerated by rumor so as to
give a totally erroneous impression of
the whole matter.
"The two governments have never
shared tills misunderstanding. The design
of the President and the Secretary
of State in choosing Mr. Hill was to
choose the man who of all the men In
the diplomatic service was best fitted for
this particular position?a position of the
very first order In honor and responsibility.
and one to which, therefore. It was
deemed well to send a bkllled diplomat, a
student, a speaker, an authority on International
law. a learned German scholar,
who had served with signal ability as assistant
secretary of state under John Hay
and as foreign minister In two successive
posts, in the last of which he had rendered
marked service in connection with
the Hague peace conference. This pur-,
pose is. and has always been, fully appreciated
by t'ne emperor personally and 1n
Germany at large."
No time has he?n fixed for rhe retir?ment
of Ambassador Tower, but ft is expected
Dr. Hill will succeed him some
time in May.
Purpose of Administration.
It was announced last night that the
purpose of the administration has been to
make it evident that the great diplomatic
positions are not to be treated as positions
to be held only by millionaires, but, so
far as possible, as rewards for faithful
. service to the public in other positions.
, Thus the last four ambassadors appoint
ed?Messrs. Riddle to Russia. Dudley to
Brazil. O'Brien to Japan and Hill to Germany?have
all been men of moderate
means, wno In previous positions of minor
rank had shown especial fitness for the
performance of the duties of the hlgner
posts to which they were appointed. It
was pointed out that every ambassador
now in the service has had previous diplomatic.
experience, and most of them lone
and varied previous experience, although
in some cases the chief previous service
of the man has been rendered outside of
diplomacy.
It was stated today at thp German embassy
that nothing more should be looked
for from that quarter on the Hill ma ler.
Trouble Happily Ended.
BERLIN. March .11.?The advices received
at the foreign oltlce from Washington
indicate that in the American capital
as well as in Berlin the Hill epjsodo,
is regarded as having been happily adjusted.
The best diplomatic opinion Is
that If Mr. Hill chooses to come to Rerliti
he will find his position not only agree|
able but more important than would have
i been the case If the incident had not
happened.
Charlemagne Tower, the retiring ambassador.
in fulfillment of his letter to
T resident Roosevelt last September, in
wliicn lie said that he would ask leave to
resign early next summer, has now fixed
the date at June 1 and has so informed
the President. Mr. Tower gave legal notice
last October to the owner of his rcaii
dence here that he would give up h:.?
house the 1st of May. and It has been ad
vertised for rent. The occupancy of tht*.
building Is now under discussion as suitable
for the Japanese embassy, and If
found to be desirable it will be purchased
bv Japan.
The Kaiser Too Frank.
IjONDOX, March 31.?All the LonaOn
papers are now in possession of th>
latest phase of the Hill incident, but for
the most part they refrain from comment.
The Dally News, however, in an
editorial says that the emperor's whisper
carries farther than the thunders of
other men. "It all goes to show," sa^ s
tha paper, "that the emperor ought
neither to write to his friends nor talk
freely at the dinner table, for he is a
man of impulsive temperament and singulftHy
unfitted for a role where discretion
is the supreme virtue."
The Daily Press says: "The new dt;
plomacy of the dinner table and ballroom
Is a palpable anachronism. To have it
' recognised that a man is unfitted to be
ambassador unless he is wealthy and consumed
witli a d?sire to spend on lavish
entertainments is to put hack the hands
of the clock of history. President Roosevelt
will not he the man we take him for
| If he does not bring down the big stick
i on this particular cabal.''
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