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No. 181 .-No. 17.r>27. ~ WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MOANING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1908.- FIVE CENTS.
FOMKER OfiOPS OUT
Will Not Appear on Platform
With Taft Tuesdav.
TO AVOID EMBARRASSMENT
Announces That His Action Is Wholly
Voluntary.
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SEQUEL TO MANY CONFERENCES
Not Known Whether the Ohio Senator
Will Eliminate Himself From
the Campaign.
"nxrixxATi, Ohio,
"September 10, 100S.
"Mt near JikIco:?IIiiiIiir rrml in the
newspapers that Homr of your friends,
and possibly you, ore In doubt km to the
propriety of my speaking; with you at
MuMr llnll nest Tuesday niKht, 1 have :
eoneluded not to attend tlie meeting;. I
take thin notion not because I deem the
ananeni I have made to Mr. Hearst's '
oluirirew Insufficient, nor because of any
lack of loyalty to your cause, hut only
because I c'o not wish to do anything;
that might injure the cause or embarrass
you personally.
"Very truly yours.
"J. It. FORAKER.
"Hon. \\ illinm 11. Tnft,
"Cincinnati, Ohio.'*
In this letter Senator J. II. Foraker to- '
night eliminated himself from participation
with Judge Taft in the political rally
o the National League of Republican
flubs to held here nexi Tuesday. His j
a tion was made known to Judge Taft to- j
day and made public by the senator to- j
night.
To John Hays Hammond, president of j
the National League of Republican Clubs, ;
Mr. Foraker sent this letter, which he
also made public:
"I herewith inclose a self-explanatory
letter that I have just sent to Judge j
Taft."
Action Entirely Voluntary.
Senator Foraker said on giving out the ,
correspondence that His action was en- i
tirely voluntary and that he had deceived
no direct communication from Judge Taft :
regarding the situation.
x in- I'uum ii > 01 me letters roiioweti a
series of conferences held yesterday and
today. Senator Dick and Mr. Yorys were 1
the intermediaries yesterday. Senator
Murray Crane of Massachusetts reached
the city today and went at once to the i
Charles P. Taft residence, where Judge ,
Tatt remained the entire day. After an !
extended conference Mr. Crane returned i
to the Sinton Hotel, where lie was met '
by Senators Foraker and Dick. The three
lunch*d Logvioerift the iiousi and then 1
repaired to rdenator Foraker s offices in i
the Traction building, where the confer- j
ence was protracted until late in the
afternoon, after which Senators Crane
and Dick again saw Judge Taft.
Leaders Are Reticent.
Judge Taft. Senator Foraker, Senator
Crane, Senator Dick and A. I. Yorys
would not add anything to the information
contained in the letters which were ;
made public, with the exception of Mr.
Foraker's remark that his action was
voluntary. It could not he ascertained
whether Mr. Foraker's intentions were
to eliminate himself entirely from the
campaign or whether he will, as he intended,
tuk- the stump later.
As it uid yesterday, so today the
Hearst-Foraker controversy eclipsed all
pise in t..e political horizon here. Throughout
Judge Taft has declined to discuss
the matter for puhii a.ion or otherwise,
with the exception of conferences with
Senators Crane and Dick atid Mr. Yorys.
Communication between the candidate 1
and t ne Ntw York headquarters was:
frequent today, however, and even lietore
Mr. Foraker gave out nis letter to
Mr. Taft it was known i?-re that he would
not be pre-.nt on the platform with Mr.
Taft at the Tuesday meeting.
REPUBLICAN MANAGERS OF
NEW YORK DROP FORAKER
Hughes Starred as Principal Speaker
at Cainp Taft; Ohioan Ignored.
NEW YOKK. S pi mber 111.?Regard- ,
less of whether Senator Foraker's de- i
felisf nf is i. >i<tii,n, *c.i! t> ta.? 1
- ?? " " u in' uianiiuiu
C'U Cum] any. as evidenced by letters
mane public ay William Randolph Hearst,
Is denied sulib ient iu clear linn of suspicion
of impropiitty, there .s a distinct
2 i iiiip; here tonight that be will bv edtn
Mated 1 ro.n colisidei a l.oti as a speaker ,
1 r tin- repuhlit an natiunal ti-ket.
lnd. atiuiis Lha sa. a a movement is on I
foot . ppeai'ed in t... aiijn.un. im-nt Ironi!
tie* e.i.ji|o,ii o! lierberi Parsons,
cl.a.rman o; the New lork county comBUttee,
t iat Gov. Htigbos ha.l been SO?
i' ted to .iiitkt the spe. :i at the meeting
to or ai a Camp 1'att in this city October
t. It bad teen announced previously
th.*t js, r Foraker had accepted
an .nvlt i u to i.ti principal speaker
at ta.it in- ting In giving ou the tact |
i.iat ' io v. ti . g I- wouid address lie
iii< u ? i 1 no mention was ,
ii.ii - o. ft. main: Koraker, and ill reply to
th:< t iju. s . ,i ii- it was aid at the
' ' Jilt J n ail 1 ..a lis . i..it it was not
hi.own w. . >lr Koraker would appear
wit.i liuv. Hughes.
Hughes to Be Starred.
it v. - r r learned tuiiight that at!,
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v? ; -g matter iti nation to the Camp:
Tat t meeting lot O tober 1 is being pre-;
:. . and Uiat Ha aiinoun erneiils will.
I
iti'ii . ..y . t i. - i speaker thiin Co v.
ii . is. At ti; - same tune it was stated
: st ot.d big meeting is being ar- I
laiignl to o? :a Id at Camp Tail October
.. and that this would be addressed by
b. . . M. Shaw. I or me r ijt'tejary of tile
'1 rt usury.
i:. . t ahlii an and demoeratie jiolttleai j
- today no subect has been dislis-ed
wail't avidity that has ci.aracte..z
d the eoti ideration of the Foraker- j
A: - i i.oal b iters. Itej uhliciins of high ,
-t. . h-,g, nini rnar.y ut'iiiin :als as web,
1 .. osiii.., \ in sivii.ll t .. ' I lie V be !
. r\.,, rin.,11oi Koraktr i ad rod had any j
i- .<<: w:* tl ' Standard lb. Coin- .
win . lie believed to be improper. !
At sane- time it was said that the
i .. .it/ation lit i ,e Setters durir 14 the beat
a! a preluenia 1 c^mpai^n was litiSurtunaie
iui l.iin uitd i. ..s po.mcaJ asso.
tat.-s It w as declared that his availjbi
lty as an effective campaign worker '
is at an end. even if Ins appearance 011
the st imp would not pro*. < damav.ng t
the cause he undertook to champion.
'hairman Hitchcock ot the republican
national committee was asked many
, ]ucitloni respecting the probable course j
3f the Taft managers concerning Sena- j
lor Foraker He declined to express his
opinion, and. Sr. fact, he declined to
answer ail questions.
'iov. Hugi.es came to New York today
and had conferences with Chairman
Hitchcock, several representatives of 1 hej
New York state committee and with '
Chairman Parsons of the New York
county committee. His talk with Mr.
Hitchcock resulted in giving the national
chairman a promise to assist in the western
and middle western campaigns.
It was arranged that Gov. Hughes shall
speak in Indiana. Ohio and West Virginia
September 28, 29 and 20, returning
to New York for the meeting at Camp
Taft on October 1. The itinerary for this
trip will be made up by Mr. Hitchcock
in Chicago early next. week. After October
1 Gov. Hughes will spend all of
the remainder of that week speaking in
New York ttate. hut he will give the national
committee a full week In the west,
beginning October o. He will go as far
west as Kansas.
Taft's New York Tour.
Several dates for Judge Taft in New
York state were announced today by
Chairman Hitchcock. After his meeting
at Madison Square Garden in this city
September 28, which was announced heretofore,
he will speak in Syracuse, September
Rochester, September 30, and
Buffalo, October 1. As in the west, he
will travel on a special train and make
a great many rear platform speeches.
In addition to ti e speech which Leslie
M. Shaw, former Secretary of the Treasury,
will make In New York city, he
agreed today to address a meeting at
New Philadelphia, Ohio, September 25;
Canton, Ohio, September 2t>, at Torrington,
Conn., October 1. and at rallies to
be arranged in some Virginia cities. October
12 and 13. It is expected he will
address meetings also in Kentucky, which
he said-today he believed could be carried
for Taft and Sherman.
Spooner Will Speak.
Former Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin
is another noted republican who
agreed today to make a number of speeches.
His itinerary has not been arranged.
A large number of republican members
of Congress are now visiting headquarters
here every day. They are making
reports of great value concerning the situation
in their states and are contributing
much important matter to the literary
campaign being conducted under
the direction of Richard V. Oulahan.
BONAPARTE ANSWERS BRYAN
MANY ANTI-TRUST CASES OUTLAWED
BEFORE HIS TIME.
Has Been Earnestly Trying to Convict
Magnates Guilty of Vio
latmg the .Law.
BALTIMORE, September 19.?Attorney
General Bonaparte, who was In Baltimore
today, made a sharp answer to the charge
which William Jennings Bryan has been
repeating frequently of late that the present
administration has not squared its
performances with its promises by putting
some trust magnate in jail.
"From the time I became Attorney
General to the present," S3id Mr. Bonaparte,
"It has been the earnest desire of
the President, as well as my own, to do
that very thing in a proper case. I have
been compelled, however, to advise
against such a prosecution in every instance
suggested because I did not believe
it would be rue ot^ful and I did (
not wish to give the defendant the bene- j
ht of an unmerited whitewash.
Offenses Outlawed.
"In the case of nearly all the great
'trusts' the combinations and consolidations
to which Individuals prominent in
their management were parties, as such,
took place from ten to twenty years ago,
and, even if they occurred after the enactment
of the Sherman anti-trust law, had
long since been barred by limitations
when I assumed my present office. You
will remember that with respect to crimes
against the United States the period of
limitations is only three years.
"In our report upon the postal frauds
Mr. Holmes Conrad and I suggested that
this period ought to be lengthened and
the President so recommended: but Congress
took no action on the subject.
Conviction of Officers.
"It is, of course, true that officers of
corporations can be held responsible criminally
for corporate acts in which they
arc proved beyond a reasonable doubt to
have individually participated; but while
it is comparatively easy to prove the act
of the corporation it is usually very difficult.
otten altogether impossible, to obtain
legal evidence to convict individual
officers as participants.
"While, therefore, I am well aware that
certain newspapers and other purveyors
to the public of what Speaker Cannon
calls wind and ink' have been crying out
loudly for some trust magnate to be put
behind the bars, I have always found
this advice to be of the same character
s that generally given by bystanders to
the smaller boy in a street light, namely,
'Go in and win,' which, as Ldckens wisely
remarks, is an excellent thing to do
when one can do it, but not an especially
good thing to try to do when one cannot."
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DEADLOCK IN SAN JUAN.
Legislature Adjourns Without Passing
Irrigation Measure.
SAX Jl'AX, P. R., September 1!).?Tlie
extraordinary session of th? legislature,
which was called principally to pass the
HjO/M) Irrigation project, adjourned today
without having passed the measure.
The house of delegates held a secret
session today and voted to withhold its
approval of the irrigation bill until the
council should pass the anemia bill as
amended. Tiiis amendment provides for
the appointment of physicians to investigate
anemia in the island by the director
of health inst-ad of by the governor.
Gov. Post will continue his campaign for
the anemia bill, the irrigation project and
the bond loan.
BUYS $300,000 ESTATE.
Robert Goelet Will Make His Wife
Present of Chateau.
PARIS. September 10.?Robert Goelet of
New A'ork lias purchased for $300,000 the
chateau at Sandle Court that was owned
by the Marquis Re Beauvoir, for the purpose
of presenting it to his wife. The
grounds cover '_',r>t>0 acres, and in addition
the estate rents another h'.aOO acres of adjoining
woodland.
Barring the Rothschild property at
Adamvilliers, this will give the Goelets
the tines- hunting grounds in Franc?. Mr.
Got et intends to install a stock farm on
his new estate.
Thieves Get Big Booty.
AKMol'R. S. R., September 10.?Thieves
entered J. C Canton's store last night,
getting from the safe $33,000 in paper,
$2.ou0 in gold and $300 in silver. The
paper money was wrapped in package--.
, tw> hi which runt:)!ni-ii in 5"I
hills. A reward of Sl.um is offered for
the arrest of the burglars.
Cholera Increasing in St. Petersburg.
ST. 1'KTERSP.nKi, September 10.?The
percentage of mortality of cholera eases
has irc-reasetl and is now over .">?> per cent.
Between 4'>" and new eases were
reported between noon y- sterday and
noon today. Two additional eholera hospitals
were opened today.
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BRYAN jNJHE TOILS
Smashes Speed Regulations
to Keep a Date.
HURRYING TO WOONSOCKET
Captured by the Vigilant Police of |
Providence.
ALL HIS COMPANIONS CAUGHT
Busy, Busy Day for tlie Democratic
Candidate in His Dash Through
Southern New England.
Special From a Staff Correspondent.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. September lf> ?
The peerless leader was pinched today. I
don't mean this in a Jocose spirit at all.
It is the truth. He was arrested by three
policemen of Providence for smashing the
speed regulation to flinders while traveling
in a high-powered auto. Monday his
chauffeur will have to stand up in the
police court and be soaked with a fine
of twenty-five or fifty dollars unless the
powers that be?and they happen to he
democratic?fix up the station house books
j in the meantime. Incidentally, every
j other member of his party was arrested
j at the same time. Including yours truly.
Mr. Bryan makes no defense. He does '
j not enter a plea of not guilty, but says |
! frankly that he was speeding and that i
his arrest is the best proof in the world
that campaigning is nurd work and dangerous
besides. He-thinks, too. although
he Is rather noncommittal, for publication,
on this phase of it. that Inasmuch as
Judge Taft has followed his lead on
campaign speaking and canned phonographic
record that he might as well fall
in line and be arrested for burning the
pike. Mr. Bryan sort of thinks it is up to
Judge Taft.
Trying to Catch His Schedule.
When this entirely unexpected affair
i happened to happen Mr. Bryan was returning
from River Point, It. I., a mill
1 town, where he had talked on the burning
Issues of the hour, to Providence,
' inrnugn wmcn ne nad to pass to got to
| Woonsocket. the next place at which he
! was scheduled to speak. He hail spoken
longer than he had intended at every
point and the program was all out ol
kelter. So when John \V. Mills, jr.. son of
old man Mills of Quidnisset. whose car
it was. turned around and asked, "Shall I
let her out?" Mr. Bryan simply nodded.
pulled in the Maps of his dust coat a
little further around Ins ears and settled
down in his seat.
And John let her out all right. I happened
to know, for 1 was in the second
car, which was easily outdistanced by
Mr Bryan's high-powered machine, and
yet we hit only four high places in twelve !
| miles, which is going some.
Everything went all right until the '
i city limits of Providence were reached, j
Then the car ran into a "trap," a meas- 1
1 ured eighth of a mile, with a policeman at
: each end and a motorcycle cop waiting
] nearby and just aching for trouble. Pa!
trolinan Frank Waiters, who, by the
| way, is a good democrat and feels melan- j
j < holy tonight, was at the upper end of !
: the trap, and gave the signal to Sergt. ;
J Frank P. Day at the other end, when the j
: big car hove in sight.
! "Suffering Moses!" yelled Day, when
(the machine flashed by the lower end of!
j the trap, "fifty miles an hour!"
Boole Hall, the motorcycle man, lit out |
after the limit wrecker. It didn't take j
I him long to catch it, and when he did he :
i wasn't a bit polite in bis remarks, and
the flyer jarred to a stop on the emergency
brakes.
"This." said State Representative O'Oonneii.
who was in the car with Mr. Bryan,
(to Policeman Hal!, "is William Jennings'
| Bryan, nominee of the democratic party
for the presidency of the United Slates, ,
! and??"
Glad to Meet Mr. Bryan.
"Glad to meet you, Mr. Bryan." rej
sponded Hall, but I'll have to pinch fliis
I party Just the same. The speed regula'
tions around here Is real strict and you
was going about "
j "I'd rather no*, hear the exact speed." j
interrupted Mr. Bryan with a smile, "but
j 1 am confident it was more than the legal ;
; limit."
Whereupon John W. Mills, the owner.
I (Continued on Third Page.;
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i FOR THE ROUGHER (U
CUBAN STEAMER AT NEW YORK
Brings Sixty Lads to Go to School
in the United States.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 10.?The steamer
Mexico, which arrived today from Proirroccn
TJot-n no tnob Rftft Vuntil TnHlon
f??. i v I1I?I u I 1 >.vr< 'Ik w \ r- r * 11 vj m i uui u I 1
convicts from Vera Cruz and landed them
at Progresso to be imprisoned in Yucatan.
On the passage one of the prisoners died.
Among the passengers was Demetrl Castillo,
one of the candidates for president
of Cuba in the coming elections .
The Mexico brought sixty Cuban lads
who are going to school in the United
States.
THE STAR TODAY.
The Star today consists of seven parts,
as follows:
Pages.
Part X?News 1*>
Part II?Editorial *
Part III?Magazine 20
Part IV?Special Features 8
Part V?Sports 4
Part VI?Comic Section 4
Part VII?Women's Section 12
Part One.
Page.
Forakcr Drops Out....'. 1
Drt .... In 41... n'lillo 1
di ? a u a ii t u?" x i
Wright Suffers I'aln 1
Masonic Temple Dedicated 1
Firelighters Weary . Tuberculosis
Congress 3
Flrehouse Opening '
Union Station Facts 4
A Midocean Rescue "
Daniel Makes Plain ?
Johnny Saves Mule 13
Financial l'uge 13
Part Two.
Tage.
Musical Mention 3
As the Cartoonists See the News 3
News of the Local National Guard 3
Editorial I'age 4
In the Realm of Higher Things
The Th?ater IS
Among the Clubs 7
Around the City 7
Local News S
Part Three.
Page.
SERGEANT K1NNARD. BY W. A. ERASER 7
Big Game In Africa. By Edgar Iteecher
Broimoii 3
A Point of Honor. By Isabel Holmes 5
Twisted T'p About Westy. By Sewall Ford, it
Turning Points in Successful Careers. By
F. Churchill Williams jj
The Rescue of Rover. By Clara Morris 13
Part Four.
Tage.
Early River Front 1
Fall Housecleaning at the Zoo U
Stage Doorkeepers .'!
Johu Henry 3
The Gehenna of the City's Dogs 4
University Students Strike 4
Washington Hunters
Hotel Cb rk Story ?
Au Error In Estimates ti
The Spanish Necklace "i
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i.ar|i??unT *j>
Part Five.
Taffe.
Nationals Lose Third Straight Game 1
King J unit's beaten by a Head 1
Fotomac boat t'lub Tires of Standing All
lix peases Z
College Coot Bail Season at llaml 2
Jeroiue Travers Still Champion .. Z
Departmental bowling League Z
Usual Rivalry in New York Track Meet.... li
batting and Fielding Averages of the American
League 11
Commercial 1/eague Averages ."
Culltn's Always Interesting I/otter -I
Reasons for Some Flayers' l- uilure. 4
Spit bail is Hard to Hit 4
Part Six.
Face.
Snm'.io and IUs Funny Noise* 1
Wags -The Doft That Adopted a Man 2
? He's Always to Blame.. 2
Mrs. Kiuuuiage -The Bargain Fiend 3
John I'oor John 3
Mrs. Timekiller 4
Oh Flue! Here's Mr. Grouch 4
Part Seven.
rage.
Society 1
Society 3
Alexandria Society 4
Richmond Society 4
\Vinchesti r and Clarke county Society 5
l'rsctical Art for Artistic Needlie.voinon.... S
For the Home Dressmaker 0
Classified Ads 10
Classified Ads 11
Motoring 12
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WRIGHT SUFFERS PAIN
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Not Out of Danger, But Is Doing
Well.
CRUTCHES IN SIX WEEKS
Receives Sister and Friends and
Reads His Mail.
HERRING IS SOARING, PERHAPS
Bound for Washington, Say Helpers,
But Believed to Have Left
Train at Philadelphia.
Orville Wright is -esting comfortably in
the post hospital at Fort Myer.
The body of IJeut. Seltridge, killed in
i the aeroplane accident at the fort, is in
a receiving vault at Arlington awaiting
such disposition as his parents may direct.
They are hurrying across the continent
to Washington.
Miss Wright, sister of the injured aviator,
is in Washington and will help to
look after her brother.
Glenn Curtiss, a member of the American
Aeronautic Experiment Association,
reached Washington last night, where he
j will have a meeting tomorrow with Dr.
I Alexander Graham Bell, who arrives toj
day.
j A. M. Herring, the other aeroplane contractor
who is due at Fort Myer on or i
before October l.'t, is reported, erroneously, '
it is believed, to lie in Washington. It is
thought he is carrying on some secret i
experiments in the neighborhood of Phil- <
adelphia.
These were about all the developments!
j of yesterday in the aeronautic situation.
Wright in Pain. But Doing Well.
The doctors at Fort Myer are pleased
with the progress Wright is making. He
suffers considerable pain, as the bones of
his leg and his ribs are knitting, but his
temperature is low enough to be satis
i factory.
J Miss Katharine Wright was with her
j brother twice yesterday, about an hour
altogether. She will make her home
while in Washington with friends in
Mount Pleasant. Several army officers
and friends were also permitted to see
the injured man.
A personal friend who was allowed by
the doctors to see Wright yesterday afternoon
said he was looking rather thin
and drawn as the result of ills experience,
hut that he seemed to be cheerful. He
can use his hands a little and can move
the upper part of his body.
It may lie six weeks before the doctors
trust him on crutches. It will be far into
the spring before lie can walk without
them.
No plans have yet been made by the
War Department for continuing the aerial
I tests. These, so far as the Wrights are
| concerned, probably will go over till
J spring.
j The French contracts, which Wilbur
Wright is now working on, are important
from a tinancial standpoint. By the
i time lie gets through with his work in
i Paris the winter will have closed In here,
j Further work in the latitude of Washington
will be then almost out of the nues
! t ion.
i Just what will become of Herring no j
, one interested knows at present. He ihas j
; been granted an extension* of time till
! < )< tober l.'t. It was announced at his workshop
in New York yesterday that lie had
j left there for Washington.
He did not rail at the War Department
i or at Fort Myer if he was here. It is (
I believed by some of those more or less in j
! touch with his work that he went as tar |
as 1'ihiladelphia and then turned down to j
the Atlantic coast to make some expert-'
merits in private.
The return of Dr. Alexander Graham |
I Bell to Washington was unlocked for and
I is probably due to the accident which
j caused the death of Ueut. Selfridge. That
j officer was the secretary of the experimental
association of which Dr. Bel! is
president. Dr. Bell will attend the funeral
| of his young friend w>hen it is held next
week.
Glenn Curtiss came to Washington on
the same errand.
Wilbur Wright Informed.
Charles R. Flint, representative of the j
Wrights, called at the War Department
yesterday. He had a long talk over the
findings of the airship board as to the (
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cause of the accident to the aeroplane.
Embodying this and tihe information he
received from Mechanic Taylor in a long
cablegram, he notified Wilbur Wright oi
his conclusions.
The accident was from such a trivial
beginning that it seemed well wortli while
to put Wilbur on his guard against-a similar
occurrence.
Charles Taylor found on examining the
aeroplane after the accident that the
whole trouble had been caused by the
vibration of a guy wire connecting the
rear rudder with the back of the upper
plane. The marks on the propeller
showed that this wire had vibrated enough
during the flight to touch the propeller.
A bit of the aluminum paint was
er>WO t (r.
ijv m nivjitu vni iiir i ip.
The other blade of the propeller. In
going around, had struck the vibrating
wire and cut it off. at the same time
breaking the blade of the propeller. This
had wrecked two of the most important
parts of the steering gear. that controlling
the main planes and the rear rudder.
It was easy to see after the accident
how it could have been avoided. A loop
of wire around the guy wire would have
kept It out of the path of the propeller. It
would not have cost anything in time or
money to make this addition. But th?re
was no way of telling in advance that the
wire would vibrate enough to get in the
way of the propeller blades.
It is not known Just how long the propeller
is that Wright is using in France.
He has at least been notified as to the
cause of his brother's accident so he can
avoid it.
Military Honors for Selfridge.
Lieut. Selfridge will be given a military
funeral, probably Thursday. His father
left San Francisco yesterday for Washington.
Until his arrival the body will remain
in the receiving vault at the Arlington
National cemetery, where burial will
probably be made.
Telegrams of condolence from all over
the Ttorld have been received at the War
Department.
t_apt. liauey, tne surgeon *no naa awn
In charge of the Fort Myer hospital, said
last night:
"Mr. Wright is resting easily, lie is
suffering from the natural reaction of
such injuries as he received Thursday.
His pulse is above normal and his temperature
Is a little high, but he is doing
satisfactorily.
"I cannot say he is out of danger. It
is always possible when a person receives
a severe injury such as his that a
complication might set in."
Lieut. Creecy of the Marine Corps, who
saw Wright today, said:
"His eyes are bright and he looks a
great deal better than I expected to find
him. Of course no one mentioned 'aeroplane'
to him.
"He seems to be in good spirits, but is a
little tired, and his injuries are quite
painful. I think he knows now that
I.ieut. Selfridge is dead, although no one
has asked him or endeavored to learn
whether he really knows about it.
"It is presumed that he learned of
Lieut. Selfridge's death from some letter
in his mall, which he was permitted to
read today."
The splint on Wright's leg will be adjusted
again this morning.
Sister Looks at Aeroplane.
His sister is the guest of the Signal
Corps while in the city and has been extended
every facility for assisting her
brother. Miss Wright yesterday viewed
the wrecked machine and showed familiarity
with all its intricate parts and the
cause of the accident.
Maj. Fournier. the French military attache,
called at the hospital yesterday.
Col. Baron de Bdde, military attache of
the Russian embassy, sent a telegram to
the chief signal officer.
Charde d'Affaires Des Portes of the
French embassy called on Acting Secretary
of State Adee and left with him on
behalf of tlie French government and
himself a note of sympathy evoked by
the accident to the Wright aeroplane at
Fort Myer Thursday.
GOVERNMENT ANSWERS B & 0
FILES PETITION IN CIRCUIT
COURT IN BALTIMORE.
Railroad Wants to Restrain Commerce
Commission From Enforcing
Coal Car Order.
BALTIMORE. Md.. September lO.-Tho
interstate commerce commission Hied its
answer in the t'nitpd States circuit court
today to the application made by the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad for a preliminary
injunction restraining the commission
from enforcing an order regarding
the distribution of coal cars.
The point on which the case hangs is
the same as that in the Pitcairn Coal
Company case, which was decided the
other day by the United States circuit
court of appeals at Richmond against the
Baltimore and Ohio.
The present rase has been set for a
hearing next Tuesday, and Judges Morris,
Goff and Pritohard will sit in the local
court to hear it at the special request
of Attorney General Bonaparte
In the Pitcalrn ease Judge Morris decided
that the railroad must include ' private
cars" in distributing its cars to independent
operators, but he did not think
that, so-called "foreign railway fuel cars"
should be so included. Then the interstate
commerce commission passed an order
requiring the Baltimore and Ohio and
other railroads to include "private cars"
in making their distributions.
To this order the Baltimore and Ohio
objected, claiming that the point was!
then before the circuit court of appeals
and that the commission was infringing
upon the duties of the court in passing
such an order. It demanded a prelimi-1
nary injunction restraining the conimis- |
slon from enforcing the order.
Reverses Morris' Decision.
The next step in the case came a few j
days ago. when the circuit cotirt of ap- J
peals handed down a decision in the Pit- j
cairn case reversing Judge Morris* de- |
clsion with regard to the "foreign railway
fuel" cars and sustaining him with
regard to the "private" cars.
Attention is called in the interstate commerce
commission's answer, tiled today,
to this recent decision. It is declared that
the commission's order was entirely lawful;
that it had a perfect right to pass
the order under the act giving It its pow- j
ers. and the cotirt is asked to deny the ]
Baltimore and Ohio's application lor the
injunction.
MRS. ERVIN WARDMAN'S DEATH
Was Daughter of the Late A. V.
Klink of This City.
NEW YORK, September IP.?Caroline
Kiink Wardman, wife of Ervin Wardman.
editor and publisher of the NewYork
Press, died today in the familv
residence in New Roohclle. utter :
brief Illness. Mrs. Wardman was the
daughter of the late A. V. Klink of
Washington, where -she was married to
Mr. Wardman in 190:2.
Miss Caroline Eyre Klink and Mr.
Wardman were married May 14. 1902, at
ttie home of Lieut. Commander and Mrs.
V. L. Coltman in this city. Mrs. Coltman
is a sister of Mrs. Wardman.
Only immediate members of the family
were present at the ceremony, at
which the late Rev. 1 >r. Teunis Hamlin.
pastor of Covenant Presbyterian
Church, officiated. After the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Wardman took a wedding
trip through Canada, and on their return
went to Westchester county. N. V..
where they occupied a house on the ,
Pel ham road. They afterward moved to
New Roehelle. '
TEMPLE IS DEDICATED
Ritual Ceremonies Attend
Opening of Masonic Home.
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MASONS ALONE PRESENT
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George Washington's Gavel Calls
Assembly to Order.
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| GRAND LODGE IN REGALIA
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Rev. J. H. Nelms Makes Oration.
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Address by Matthew Trimble.
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Resolutions of Thanks.
The solemn symbolic and mystical ceremony
of dedicating the new Masonic
. Temple, at the intersection of New York
. avenue, 13th and II streets northwest,
took place last evening behind tiled doors,
and was conducted by Grand Master Au,
gusttiH B. Coolidge and the Grand Lodge
I of Free and Accepted Masons of the Disj
trict of Columbia, in the presence of an
Immense audience of master Masons.
There was no attempt at decoration.
The clean white walls reflected the spleni
dor of the electric lights, making the
! temple look like an edifice of spotless
: purity and beauty.
Plainly on the faces of all present was
depicted the happy satisfaction that, after
eleven and a half years of hard struggle,
the realization had at last come of a completed
temple, a fitting monument to Masonry,
which has been earnestly needed
and wanted for a century. And yet
withal there were heard on all sides keen
expressions of regret that the one man
whose earnest and untiring labors had
contributed so much to make possible the
occasion, Past Grand Master J. Henry
Small, jr., president of the Masonic TernI
nla \ uoiioio tlAti ehnnl/1 Ko i?e
/xgov*. jfiiivu, ouv/uiu iiavv uccji uriiicu
by illness the opportunity of presiding at
the meeting which he had looked forward
to as the crowning glory of his life.
Promptly at the appointed hour the
Grand Lodge, preceding the grand master,
all in symbolic regalia, bearing the insignia
of their respective officers, marched
upon the stage! In the center of the stage,
draped in white, was the mystic lodge,
with its symbolic lights and the three
vessels bearing the corn, wine and oil
that enters into the ceremony of dedication.
Invocation by Babbi Simon.
Without preface or introduction Dr.
Abram Simon, rabbi of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation, advanced to the
front of the stage and delivered the invocation,
which was in part as follows:
"Joyously and reverently we Invoke Thy
name, O our Father, and Thy blessing
upon this earnest gathering of grateful
and exultant hearts.
r. "Thou hast crowned the work of their
hands. Thou hast prospered the ambitious
dreams of years of patient waiting,
hoping, sacrificing. Thou hast wreathed
their labor of love with the laurel of
splendid achievement.
"We praise Thee from overflowing souls
for this inspiring token of Thy grace. We
are proud that no physical mishap and no
moral blot have marked or marred the
splendor of its erection. It stands, a
monument, built of clean hands and pure
hearts.
"We feel, therefore. O God, that our
now temple is physically and spiritually
ready and worthy of Thy kiss of consecrating
approval. As we formally dedicate
it this evening may we be fully conscious
that Thou pourest over it the hallowing
oil of Thy benignity.
Grant that this community may be as
proud of tihis newest bulwark of civic
righteousness as we are.
"Bless these exercises, we beseech Thee.
"And may the words of our lips and the
meditations of our hearts be acceptable
in Thy sight, O Lord, our rock and our
Redeemer."
This was followed by a hymn sung by a
selected Masonic octet, composed of
Messrs. Kaiser, Holland, Rodrick. Turpin,
McFarlatid, Mosher and Blakeney.
under the direction of Walter Humphrey.
The anthem, "Behold t>he King of Glory,'*
was chosen.
Vice President Matthew Trimble, in the
absence through illness of the president,
J. Henry Small, jr., delivered an address.
Speech of Mr. Trimble.
Mr. Trimble said:
"No one regrets mere than 1 do the
j unfortunate illness and absence of tiie
president of the Masonic Temple Association.
notwithstanding that it gives ine
the great honor of temporarily presiding
at this meeting.
"I say it witnout hesitation, mental reservation
or secret evasion of mmd in me
whatever, that to no brotuer is the success
of tnis temple so largeiy due as to
toe executive and masterly management
of our most worshipful brother, J. Henry
Small, jr.
' 11 is splendid business talents have been
unsparingly given to tins enterprise for
many years. Aitnougn tr.ais and tribulations
have crossed nis pain, and sometimes
harsh criticisms from tiiose uoacI
quainted with tne tact have itaciieu ..is
j ears, never once iias he laltered in his
I worK and enthusiasm for this ' nub.e and
I g.onous ' undei taking.
"As he looks upon the culmination of
his fondest hopes and expectations, 1, in
I spirit at least, and with a heart over
(lowing with fraternal love anu affection,
place on his brow tonight the jaurci
wreath of victory. And may God bitss
him and give him many years of health
and happiness.
"It is with great pleasure that I welcome
you here tohignt and extend most
nearty congratuiat.uns to the Masonic
brethren ot tiiis jurisdiction.
"We are here tonight tor the special
purpose of wuuesing the interesting and
| solemn ceremonies of the dedication ot
this building for Masonic uses. It now
gives me exceeding great pleasure to surrender
to you, most worshipful grand
master, this gavel of authority, used by
our illustrious brother, George Washington,
at tne laying of the corner stone i>r
| our national Capitol with .Masonic ceremonies,
September Is, lilts, and to be
used by you in connection with w e ceremonies
for which we are now assembled."
Washington's Gavel Used.
The historic gavel, sanctified by its association
with the name of George Washington.
now in possession of i'otomac
Lodge, No. o, F. A. A. M-, was presented
to Grand Master Coolidge 1 ' Vice President
Trimble. With it the entire assemblage
was called to its feet.
The grand stewards then uncovered the
mystic lodge. The ceremony of dedication
began, consisting of symbolic processions
and the presentation to the gi and
muster of the corn, wine arid oil in tutu
and his dedication apostrophes.
With the oil he announced: _ ^
"In the name of the (treat jenovan, m
Whom be all honor and glory, I do solemnly
dedicate this building to Free|
masonry."
With the wine he said:
[ "Iri the name of the holy Saints John I
solemnly dedicate this building to virtue."
And with the oil he said:
"In the name of the whole fraternity I
do solemnly dedicate this building to universal
benevolence."
Between the several dedication apostrophes
music was r-ndered 1?.\ t: e octet and
ritualistic ceremonies performed.
At the conclusion the dedication bene\