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COAL REGION HAS
HOME MEN
Lacks an Agreement on the
Wage Scale.
SOME WILL CONTINUE WORK
Suspension Skips Indiana and Central
Pennsylvania.
NEW MINE WORKERS' OFFICERS
Shutdown Affects Only the Bituminous
Miners?Anthracite Prospect
Is Better.
There is a general shutdown of
mines in the soft coal region
pending an adjustment of the
wage scale. It is not known how
serious the suspension will be.
but there is talk of settlement in
many quarters. There are 250,DOo
men idle in the bituminous
field today. Indiana and ccptral
Pennsylvania being the only localities
unaffected. The situation
is entirely different in the hard
coal field. There stocks are short
and there is a good prospect for
continuous work this summer.
INDIANAPOLIS. April l.-Bituminous
coal miners, numbering 2.V>.000, are idle
today on account of the failure of the
United Mine Workers of America and the
eoal Operators to agree upon a wage scale
to go into effect today.
District meetings are being held in an
effort to reach an agreement in the vari?us
states, and It is believed the strike
will be of short duration.
Central Pennsylvania and Indiana mines
k ea In nnarotlnn o si Qgroomont Vine V?r?nn
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reached in the former district and this
iLate. Miners and operators have agreed
to continue work pending a settlement,
trhich Is being negotiated by joint meettigs
at Terre Haute.
All the miners of western Pennsylvania,
Dhlo. the transmisslssippi and outlying
listrtots have quit work.
At the International headquarters of the
United Mine Workers of America today
riof President Thomas L. Lewis of Ohio
luceheded John Mitchell of Spring Valley,
111., aa president of the organisation, W.
D. Ryan of Illinois succeeded Mr Lewis
IS Vleo t>re?ldent and J. P. White of
Iowa succeeded Representative W. 6.
fe'tleon of tire central Pennsylvania district
as seenetary-treasurer.
\ Situation in Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 1.-According
to accurate reports received here today
from all over the Ohio mining district,
16,500 workmen of all kinds in the mines
ore idle today as the result of the decision
of the mine officials In the central
competitive district to stop work, because,
they say, the operators decline to
make any wage agreement.
The estimate of the men out by counties
follows: Columbiana county, 2/KX);
Vinton county. 800; Hocking, 4.000; Jackson
and vicinity, 4,000; Coshocton. 1,000;
Muskingum. 400; Perry, 5,000; Starke,
I.BOO; Athens. 5.000; Belmont. 0.00O; Jefferson.
6,000.; Meigs. 800; Gurnsey, 4,000.
Carsful estimates from all the mining
renters in the state today show that
nearly 463 mines throughout the state are
Idle.
Outlook in Missouri.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 1.?It was
belldved here this morning that the 35,000
coal miners in Missouri. Kansas, Oklahoma
and Arkansas, who are enjoying a
holiday today, would return to work tomorrow
pending a settlement o.' the difficulties
with the officials of the Southwestern
Interstate Coal Operators' Association. j
"There has been no strike in the south
west yet." said George Colvlde. president
of the Missouri Miners' Association. "It
fs up to the operators to say whether there
will be a strike. Nothing definite looking
to the settlement of the present difficulties
has been done yet. but the situation
looks bright and I belie\-e some plan for
a conference between the operators and
the miners will be reached today."
Anthracite Field.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1.?Unlike the
tituation in the soft coal fields, where
thousands of men are idle becaufe of wage
Slsagreements, conditions in the anthracite
field of eastern Pennsylvania go far as
employment Is concerned are growing
better and the prospects for steady work
?re brighter than they have been in six
months. There is a general suspension of
mining throughout the hard coal region
today because the mine workers are oblerving
the anniversary of the eight-hour
day, but beginning tomorrow there will
pa a general resumption. It is expected
that the mines throughout these regions
will work full blast all summer. The winter's
stock of coal has been exhausted
and there Is practically no coal on hand
gt any of the Btorage points. The anthraslte
regions are at present free from labor
troubles, the three years' wage agreement
having one more year to run.
Illinois Mines Closed.
SPRINGFIELD. 111.. April 1 ?All the
Coal mines in Illinois are closed today
while the miners are celebrating the anniversary
of the eight-hour-day law golog
Into effect. The mines will remain
closed until agreement between operators
and miners is reached, the operators having
last night voted to suspend operations
Until the scale is signed.
Shutdown in Iowa.
DE8 MOINES. Iowa. April 1?Every
coal mine in Iowa is closed today. Fifteen
thousand men are idle. Miners today
are celebrating the tenth anniversary
of the eight-hour law.
*u,uuu idle Today.
PITTSBURG. April 1?About 40.IJHU
miners in the Pittsburg district are idle
today as the result of the failure to
reach a wage-scale agreement. However,
an effort will be made Thursday by the
miners and operators to amicably adjust
the slight differences. In any event, it is
believed the present suspension will not
lait longer than thirty days.
Today is known as the eight-hour-law
day to miners all over the country, and
1?- considered a holiday. For tills reason
the suspension will not affect the miners
till tomorrow morning. *
Setback for Gov. Guild.
BOSTON. April 1.?Gov. Guild suffered a
setback during last night and this morning
was not in as good condition as yesterday.
For a week or more the governor
had been showing a slight but continuous
Improvement, but today's first bulletin.
Which was signed by the three physicians
In charge of his case, showed that the
governor has had a little relapse.
HIS STEADYJDVAHCE
Taft Picking Up Delegates
Every Day.
ONE THING GIVING TROUBLE
Vote of the Colored Man May Arise
to Plague the Secretary.
FORAKER NATIONAL LEAGUE
Effort to Arouse Colored Vote
Throughout the Country to Opposition
to Secretary.
j Secretary Taft's presidential boom conj
tinues to make steady progress. He Is
| picking up delegates here and there every
day. Yesterday he broke even in the
Massachusetts primaries, getting away, it
is estimated, with half the strength displayed
in the primaries. In New York
and Brooklyn the victory of Herbert
Parsons indicates that the RnoseveltTaft
forces are still in the ascendancy,
and the sympathetic effect of this demonstration
will ultimately, it is thought, redound
to Secretary Taft's benefit. He
even grabbed off a couple of delegates
In Speaker Cannon s own state this we?K.
But there are growing Indications, the
politicians say, that the vo.te of tlid cTP.ored
man and brother will yet arise to
plague Secretary Taft. It will have to ba
accounted for at the convention and ID
the election which will follow. The accounting
In th? election is causing Concern
to both the Taft and antl-Taft factions
and is being %aken into consideration
in connection with preliminaries to
the convention.
National Committee Hay Act.
It is said in republican political circles
that If a considerable number or contesting
delegations come to Chicago showing
that the negro vote in the southern
States has been discriminated agalnsT. in
favor of the "lily whites" and federal
officeholders. In conventions selecting
delegates to Chicago the national com- '
mittee Is likely to take serious notice |
of It.
It is pointed out that the negro vote in
the states where the negroes hold a balance
of power is already discontented over '
the administration's attitude in the
Brownsville affair. If. therefore, there
s?iouId be added to this existing spirit of
unrest the charge, sustainable by evidence,
that the administration forces in the 1
southern states had ignored the negro
I vote for the "lily whites." it is said the
I national committee in making up the temporary.-roll
might be Inclined to decide
some of the contests in favor of the negro
delegations. That would mean, if the
policy were carried out all along the line,
the seating of many anti-Taft delegations. ,
It is said in political circles that the republican
leaders at Chicago are likely to
take under very prayerful consideration 1
the possible subsequent attitude of the 1
labor vote and the negro vote toward ]
respective candidates for the nomination.
Foraker National League. t
The Foraker National League has es- '
tablished headquarters at F street in ]
this city. H. C. Smith, editor of the Cleve- 1
I ion/i ^hin nuvpttp Is nrpsldpnt and Dr.
KllUl) V/IUV, V4t*Mv vvv, ? -?- ?
E. W. Eampton. secretary of the financial i
department of the A. M. E. Church. Is
at the head of the advisory committee. 1
The object of the league Is to arouse the
colored vote throughout the country to 1
opposition to Secretary Taft's candidacy j
and to support Senator Foraker for his .
action in the Brownsville affair.
The league has Issued a statement to the
republicans of the south urging them to J
resent the administration's alleged attitude
toward the negroes, and charging <
that the President "lias done all he could f
to discourage the real republican party in ,
the south" and is building up a new party
composed of officeholders, who are really '
democrats at heart, although willing to t
hold office as "lily white" republicans. ]
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GRAVE IN HAITI. (
Complete Anarchy Reported Pre- i
vailing at Port au Prince. '
PARIS. April 1.?A special dispatch received
here today from Port au Prince. '
Haiti, says that the situation there Is (
xtremely grave and that complete an- i
archy prevails. A dispute is said to have 1
arisen between Gen. Jules t'oicou, chief (
of the military, district of Port an Prince, j
and Camille Gabriel, nephew of President ?
Xord, as to their respective powers in 1
coping with the situation. (
The dispatch further declares that t
American warships are preparing to land troops.
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Will Attend the Noyes Memorial
Services Next Sunday. ]
Having Just returned from a trip to
Florida and Cuba, Col. Henry Watterson,
editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. ,
is paying his annual visit to Washington. ,
When seen In his apartments at the New
Wlllard today by a reporter of The Star,
Col. Watterson expressed himself feelingly
eoncerning the recent death of Crosby ,
Stuart Noyes. editor of The Star.
"He was my lifelong friend." said the
great editor, "and it is my intention to
attend the Noyes memorial services here
next Sunday. I shall remain in Washington
about ten days."
Col Watterson said he would makp some
calls after he has rested from his Journey.
He declined for the present to be interviewed,
with the remark:
"I have nothing to say at this time, and
1 do not believe in a man rushing Into
print when he has nothing to talk about."
COSTA RICA AND TRUST.
Question in Senate as to Regulating
Foreign Monopoly.
Senator Johnston of Alabama introduced
a resolution directing the Department
of Commerce and Labor to Investigate
the operation of the United Fruit
Company, which is engaged in handling
tropical fruits. Mr. Johnston explained
that the company had secured an edict
from the Costa Rican government prohibiting
a rival company from exporting
from Costa Rica any bananas intended
for shipment to the United States. He
wants to ascertain whether such a course
is permissible under our laws.
"The question is," said Mr. Johnston,
"whether a trust can shield itself behind
the shadow of some little republic and
defy this government, and the purpose of
this resolution is to have the committee
on interstate commerce see whether a
trust in this country can use the agency
o a foreign government to protect itself
in Its nefarious operations."
The resolution was referred to the comJ
mltee on interstate commerce.
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TESTIMONY OF A CONNECTICUT
MANUFACTURER.
Tried to Influence Representative
in Favor of Submarine
Boats.
Franklin A. Taylor of Waterbury
~onn., vice president of the Randolpl
^lows Company, manufacturers of brasi
and copper, was the first witness callet
today by the special committee of th<
House that is Investigating the charges
against the Electric Boat Company. H<
said lie had told Representative Lilley t(
i-ote for submarine boats, as there was i
possibility of his company getting som<
business if the boats were ordered.
He was present in the Waterbury Clul
a week ago Saturday, he said, while Mr
Lilley was talking with a number of gen
ilemen about the present investigation
According to Mr. Taylor Mr. Lilley saif
It was quite likely that he would get ar
adverse decision and in that event he sale
he would go on the floor of the House anc
tell all that he knew about the whol<
matter of submarine boats.
Mr. Taylor said that he never lost ai
jpportunity to impress upon Mr. L,tlle:
:hat he ought to vote for submarines ant
that he had shaken his fist at Mr. L.tlle]
several times, but always in a joculai
nanner. He did not Intimate to him tha
he had gone to him at the instigation o
he Electric Boat Company.
Mr. Taylor said that he had been re
]uested by John P. Kellogg, one of th<
attorneys for the Electric Boat Company
n January, 1908, "to get busy with Mr
Ldlley and again tell him about the pos
iibilities of submarines."
Rllhu B. Frost, vice president of the Elec
trie Boat Company, followed Mr. Taylor
Mr. Frost said that he had given n<
nstructions to C. S. McNeir to emploj
lewspaper men to prepare articles on sub
narlne boats or to influence Congr^s.
Mr. Howard read to the witness a Us
)f the members of the naval affairs com
nlttee of the House, asking him afte
;ach name if he knew the member, and i
le or any member of his firm had eve;
?mployed any attorney or agent in tha
member's district. With the exception o
Mr. Eilley's district and that of Mr. Lou<
>f Michigan, the witness said that so fa
&s hg knew no attorney or agent waj
imployed in any member's district.
WARNER SUED AGAIN.
Fourth Suit Filed at Clinton, 111.
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. ior Alleged ptocK uuggung.
CLINTON, 111., April 1.?The fourth sul
against Vespasian Warner, commisslone:
of pensions, was filed by his half-sisters
Mrs. Minnie Mettler and Arabella W
Bell, in the circuit court yesterday. Tb<
bill charges juggling of the bank stoci
of the John Warner & Co. Bank by whicl
Vespasian Warner obtained full control.
Many charges of fraud are made agalns
the commissioner as to the means adopter
by him to get full control of the estate o
his father.
Warner's allegations at a former trla
that his stepmother was a colored worn
an is given as the cause for the institu
tion of the suit.
The $20,000 "Vespasian Library" wa
deeded to the city of Clinton yesterda;
by the donor, Vespasian Warner. Th
building has been completed for som
time, but owing to the inability of th
city to maintain it the transfer was de
layed.
It was said at the pension bureau toda
that Commissioner Warner is in Illinois
probably in connection with the famll
litigation.
TO ENLARGE CITY HALL.
Favorable Report on Bill to Add t<
Courthouse Building*
Favorable action was taken by the Ser
ate committee on public 'buildings an
grounds today on the Warren bill fc
the erection of a $200,000 addition to th
District courthouse. The addition is lr
tended to be used by the Court of Ap
peals.
The bill provides that the building shal
contain such fireproof vaults as ma
be necessary to protect from destructio
the papers and records of the Court o
Appeals, and that it also be provide
with proper heating and ventilat'ng ap
parutus.
Senator Warren was instructed to repor
the bill to the Senate.
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p VENEZUELAN QUESTION NOT
TAKEN UP BY COMMITTEE.
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Contrary to expectation, the Venezuelan
' question was not touched upon either by
Secretary Root or by members of the
n a. _ m - - t - 1 il. ? ? xx _ _ a.
aenaie roreign reunions commmee 10day.
It in understood that the committee
members desire further time in which
to inform themselves before taking up
! this subject.
3 The tentative plan for dealing with
i Venezuela now under consideration by the
a committee contemplates three qoeasures
3 which, it is believed, will have a per?
Buaslve effect in bringing President Castro
) to a settlement of the claims by adbitra3
tlon as has been repeatedly suggested by
3 the United States. "They are:
The establishment of a prohibitive tarj
iff on Venezuelan coffee.
The exclusion from the United States
' of all Importations of asphalt from
Venezuela.
Granting of authority to the President
1 to exercise the general authority vested
j in him to take such steps as he may
deem necessary to procure the settlement
1 of the claims,
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s NO IDEA OF RESIGNING.
* Rumor Unqualifiedly Denied by the
? Postmaster General.
f A rumor which reached The Star yesr
terday to the effect that Postmaster Gent
eral Meyer is seriously contemplating resf
ignatlon, in order to become head of a
large trust company?name unspecified?
- Is denied absolutely by Mr. Meyer.
8 Not only is the Postmaster General not
' contemplating resignation, but, on the
- contrary, he is already making plans for
Improvements and additions to the service,
after action is taken in the matter
j of tiie postal savings bank and the cheap,
er parcel post. To theSe two measures
' Mr. Meyer is now devoting great attention.
and he is confident that if they
I are adopted they will be a benefit to the
. country.
f ATTACKED AND DEFENDED,
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r Appropriation for Bureau of Forestry
Passed.
s After having undergone many changes
the paragraph of the agricultural appropriation
bill relating to the bureau of
forestry was finally passed by the House
of Representatives yesterday. Messrs.
? Mondell of Wyoming and Smith of California,
continued their attacks on the but
reau, and in this they were supported bjj
r Messrs. Bonynge of Colorado and Cush!.
man of Washington. The work of the
bureau was vigorously defended hifi
Meters. Hepburn of Iowa and Scott of
< Kansas.
i Considerable time was devoted to discussing
a proposition by Mr. Humphreys
of Mississippi to increase the appropriation
for the Investigation of soils, which
1 was carried.
f A little less than one-half of the bill had
been c9mpleted when the house adjourned.
I INCREASED C
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i- In both its evening and
Star has made remarkable
,y Xpared with last year,
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1008.
SATURDAY. March 21 30.70.1
SUNDAY. March 22 38 00?
MONDAY. Mfyoh 23 38,432
5 TUESDAY, March 24 38,100
WEDNESDAY. March 25 38.218
THURSDAY, March 26 38.001)
i- FRIDAY, March 27 37,8.11
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Total for the week 360.464
e Average 3K 405
l- 30.544
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Dally average gain J.951
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SUBCOMMITTEE CONSIDERING
ANTI-BETTING BILL.
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Action by the Senate District Con
mittee Friday Expected?Some
Sentiment Expressed.
No meeting of the Carter subcommltt?
on streets and avenues, which has charg
of the Benning road bill with the Sim
amendment to prohibit race-track garr
bling in the District of Columbia, wa
held today owing to the fact that Sena
tors Carter and Burkett wished to atten
the meetings of the foreign relations an
public buildings and grounds committee!
respectively; but a meeting is to be hel
tomorrow, according to the present plan
of Mr. Carter.
The question has been raised at th
Capitoi as to whether or not the sut
committee. If it decides to act favorabl
on an anti-gambling measure, will repoi
to the District committee the Bennin
road bill with the Sims amendment, o
the Burkett bill, which is exactly th
same in purpose and wording as th
Sims amendment.
It is rumored at the Capitol that ther
is a strong sentiment in the Senate Dis
trict committee in favor of not interfer
ing with race-track betting during th
meeting now In progress at the Bennin
race track. Another rumor is that ther
is strong sentiment In favor of consider
ing the matter on its own merits, an
not as a part of the Benning road bil
If the latter opinion should prevail th
Burkett bill will doubtless be favorabl
reported, instead of the House bill. Thi
would put the matter squarely before th
House as a separate proposition, an
would incidentally delay the enactment c
the legislation.
Favorable Action Counted On.
There is apparently not the slightcs
doubt at the Capitol that the Senate Dis
trict committee will take favorable ac
tion on the question of anti-betting legls
lation. But there is considerable doub
as to how and when this action will b
taken. The opinion is pretty genera
nevertheless, that the committee will d
something Friday at its regular meet
lag.
It is known that Senator Burkett, a
the ranking member of the subcommltte
on streets and avenues, was ready t
make a favorable report on the Hous
bill, in the absence of Senator Cartel
last Friday, but could not do so, as th
absence of a quorum prevented a meetin
of the full committee. Other senators 01
the committee, on the other hand, ar
known to prefer that the committee g
more slowly in the matter.
Big Offer for a Burns Bout.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, April 1.?Hearing that Te:
Ricard of Nevada was willing to offer
purse of $35,000 for a fight between Jacl
Johnson and Tommy Burns, Burns i
sending a special messenger by the Lusi
tania, bearing a $5,000 side bet. A1
Burns asks is for forty-five rounds or t
tight to a finish in a sixteen-foot ring.
CIRCULATION.
Sunday morning issues The
gains in circulation as com
1007.
SATCRDAY. March 23 30,001
SINDAY. March 24 34,418
MONDAY. March 2T? 3H.627
TI'ESDAY. March 20 36,730
WEDNESDAY, March 27 30.520
THIHSDAY, March 28 30,146
FRIDAY, March 29 30,320
Total for the week 253,800
ATerage 30.544
rculation is wasted?practifamily,
and each family con
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Several policemen went through each ten- j
ement rapping on the doors with their !
night sticks and breaking windows. The
excited tenants promptly descended to the
fire escapes and many jumped from the
windows.
Handicapped Firemen.
Despite the hard work of the firemen,
the flames quickly spread to all the floors
of the warehouse, and soon the entire
building was in flames. The high wind
drove sparks and smoke over the adjoin- |
lng tenements and for a time it looked as
if the entire block would go.
The burning paper sent out such a
S fierce heat that the firemen had to work
^ in short relays. For a long time they
I could not get near the burning building,
so they confined their efforts to keeping
the flames from spreading. Just at day_
light the roof of the building fell in and
^ the firemen gave it up as a bad job.
The entire, building was burned, wltn a
loss of *100.000.
Despite the excitement and the number
of tenants who jumped from winl
dows, not a single person was hurt.
Fatal Lamp Explosion.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 1.?When a lamp
around which her father and sister and
,e uncle were sitting exploded and set Are
,e to her dress early this morning Lena Isa[s
bella, eighteen years old. jumped from the
x- fifth story Of'the house at .'{45 East 4?th
lS street to the sidewalk. She was probably
fatally injured and was taken to the
Flower 'Hospital. Her uncle, Frank Isad
bella, was also burned, and he ran through
d the streets with his clothing afire until
s, he fell unconscious. He, too, was taken
d to the hospital.
Just before going to bed last night
18 Frank Isabella, his brother Vincent and
his two daughters, Lena, eighteen, and
e Ethel, seventeen, gathered about a small
?- student's lamp which was on a table In
v the parlor of their apartments on the
fifth floor or the house, ah were reading
? papers. The two young women were
g dressed in thin dresses and the two men
t wore smoking jackets.
e Fell Five Stories.
As they were about to get up the lamp
e exploded and the burning oil spattered
!~ about on the table. Before Lena and
e Prank Isabella could get up the oil fell
g on their clothing. The father and other
_e daughter managed to jump up in safety
j and ran to a corner of the room. Without
. waiting to see what damage was done.
' Lena, with her flimsy dress ablaze, ran
,. to a window and, opening it, jumped out
* into the street. She landed on the sidewalk
near the door, and her dress burned
d out"
Dr. Hastings, from Flower Hospital,
found that the girl's skuli was broken,
and she had internal injuries and severe
burns about the body.
I NO DECISION BEACHED.
Another Meeting of Conferees on
t the Union Station Tracks.
e Nothing but "progress" came as a re'
suit of the fourth meeting of the Senate
and House conferees on toe Union station
trackage bill late yesterday afters
noon. Senator Gallinger said before the
e meeting that he hoped "the matter would
? be settled" at the meeting, but apparently
the hope was forlorn,
e A curious situation has arisen as a reS
suit of the meetings that have been held.
11 Representative Sims of Tennessee, one of
0 the House conferees, insists the only thing
that holds up the action of joint conference
and creates the deadlock is the solidity
of the senators, and he says It so often
and so hard that it appears he really
means it On the other hand, the Sen*
at* conferee* declare with strong cona
viciiou n.ai it is merely the obdurate and
k obstinate attitude of the House conferees?
s mostly Mr. Sims?that makes the dead.
lock.
II In the meantime there are no tracks to
a the station and there is getting to be less
chance every day of having any as a result
of this session of Congress.
MRS. McXEE'S DIVORCE SUIT.
Maitre Labor! Continues His Plea
for Defendant Husband.
PARIS. April 1.?Maitre I^abori today
concluded his argument In the hearing in
the suit for divorce brought in this city
by Mrs. A. Hart McKoe, formerly Mrs.
Hugh Tevis. and a daughter of Col.
George W. Baxter of Tennessee, against
her husband, with a severe arraignment
of Mrs. McKce.
Instead of marrying his wife for the
purpose of robbing his stepson and stepdaughter.
as the plaintiff alleged, and trying
to induce Col. Baxter to renounce the
rignts upon her fortune of tHQft.OiKi.
which was held in trust. M. Labori declared
it was Mr. McKee who arranged
the trust in order to prevent the dissipation
of the fortune.
He described the wife as constantly
quarreling with members of her family
and deceiving everybody. M. Labori argued
that the testimony given by the servants
of Mrs. McKee against her husband
was not worthy of credence, and concluded
his argument with the statement that
Mr. McKee made no charges against his
wife's honor.
Armand D'Orville, assistant to Maitre
Barboux. counsel for Mrs. McKee.'in rebuttal
denied emphatically that Mrs. McKee
had acted in an improper manner
before her marriage to the defendant.
ifl SCARES TENANTS
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Wild Scramble From Rookeries
in New York.
PAPER WAREHOUSE BURNS
Loss $100,000, But Famc-Stricken
People Unhurt.
DEATH IN EXPLODING LAMP
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Young Girl Springs From a Window 1
and Is Fatally Hurt.
Others Injured.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 1.?Over 100 families
were driven out of tenements to the
street early this morning by a fire which
destroyed the five-story rag and paper
warehouse at -S4 and 00 Metropolitan avenue,
Williamsburg.
The warehouse in the rear is surrounded
by three and four-story tenements, thickly
populated. The firemen were too busy
trying to keep the fire from spreading to
warn Uie tenants of these houses and policemen
were sent through the block to
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FOR PROHIBITIVE UW
Methodist Episcopal Conference
on* Local Liquor Traffic.
OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY
Resolution Asking for Legislative
Enactment on the Subject.
BISHOP CRANSTON PRESIDES
Opening Session at Hamline Church
This Morning?Reception
Held Last Night.
The ILMth session o* the Maryland an
nual conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, with nearly three hundred
ministers in attendance, opened In Hamlihe
Church. 9th and P streets, this morning
at 9 o'clock. Bishop Earl Cranston
presided. Shortly after the opening of the
session Rev. C: Herbert Richardson, pastor
of Ryiand Church of this city, presented
resolutions calling upon Congress
to give to the District of Columbia a
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prohibition law as well as one for tb?
closing of business houses Sunday. , Both
of the resolutions were passed unanimously
by the conference, each by a rising
vote.
The work of Representative Sims of
Tennessee to procure prohibition in the
District of Columbia was commended, and
Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker
Cannon were urged to see that the bills as
advocated are passed.
Bishop Cranston called the conference
to order promptly at 9 o'clock and the
sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered.
This service was concluded
shortly before 10 o'clock, and Bishop
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order for organization.
Rev. W. L. Lynn, pastor of Qorsuch
Church of this city, was appointed postmaster
of the conference, and Immediately
established headquarters upon the
first floor of the church edifice, where
the local committee on entertainment,
consisting of Rev. Charles 12. Guthrie,
chairman; Edgar I. Booraem, secretary
and treasurer, and Dr. D. B. Street,
George W. F. Swartzell, John L. Nuber.
Jefferson W. Dat'ls, Hosea B. Moulton,
Mrs. John If. Benton and Mrs. William
Jenkins, stenographer, provided all accommodations
for the cenvenlence of
those in attendance upon the conference.
Telephone service, stationery, amanuensis
and other Information desired were provided.
Rev. If. S. France, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Church, at thle point moral
that Rev. Charles El Guthrie, paator of
Hamllne Church, be made chairman of
the committee on pulpit supply. Dr.
Guthrie immediately pleaded that his
duties during the conference Will force
him to decline the honor, and after the
name of Dr. France had been presented
Bishop Cranston named him to the position.
The additional members of the committee
are Rev. T. E. Guthrie. E. H. Lamar.
R. L. Wright. W, G. McNeil and S. M.
Alford.
Dr. Richardson Presents Resolution.
Dr. C. Herbert Richardson then asked
the permission of the chair to present o
resolution asking Congress to pass a
prohibition law for the District of Columbia.
and, the same being granted, he
lead resolutions which recited:
"As representatives of the preachers'
meetings of Washington. D. C.. and of
the various local temperanos organizations
in convention assembled have prepared a
bill known as House bill No. 17530 for the
prohibition of the liquor traffic In the Dls
trlct of Columbia, and which said bill has
been Introduced into the House of Representatives
by Representative 81ms of Tennessee.
it is resolved by the Baltimore annual
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church that we- urgently ask the
committees on the District of Columbia
of the Senate and House of Representatives
to report said bill or one similar in
form and substance at the earliest date
consistent with the publie interest. aPd
the Congress to pass the same." ll was
then resolved that "wo request the cooperation
of Vice President Fairbanks
and Speaker Cannon of the House or' Representatives
in having the said bill
promptly reported an-4 acted upon in the
Senate and House of Representatives."
In conclusion, it was resolved that the
thanks of the conference be extended to
Representative Sims "for his earnest and
effective support of temperance measures
and of the bill for the suppression of race
traob unrl Atlirr farms of IfMinhlillff.
The resolutions were signed by Rev. P.
Herbert Richardson, Rev. John VV R
Suinwalt. Rev. J. A. Price and Rev.
Charles O. Isaa*1.
As soon as Dr. Richardson concluded
reading the resolutions. Rev. J. W. R.
Sumwalt. presiding elder of the Washington
district, obtained the floor and declared
that the sentiments expressed
should be adopted at once by the conference
so that they will reach the members
of Congress Immediately. Bishop
Cranston put the matter before the con(Contlnued
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