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PRESIDENT FAVORS
SINGLE-HEAD RULE
Governor to Administer Over
District, He Proposes.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Approves Recommendations of Special
Commissioner Reynolds.
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LABOR AND HOUSING BUREAU
Mr. Boosevelt Elaborates on Ideas of
Adviser Hegarding This Branch
of Government.
Supporting recommendations for change
in the form of administration for the
District of Columbia, made in the report
of James Bronson Reynolds of New York,
selected as special commissioner or adviser
to the President for the purpose of
devising a new form of government, Mr.
Roosevelt today sent a message to Congress.
Mr. Reynolds' recommendations, as
summarized by himself, are as follows:
1. The extension of the civil service to
cover all minor offices in the District of
Columbia.
2. The creation of the office of governor
at a salary of perhaps $10,000 per annum.
J. The creation of departments of health,
police, fire, building and public works,
street engineering, charities, corrections
and housing and labor. These departments
should be conducted by a commissioner
at a salary or" perhaps $3,000 per
annum.
4. A municipal council composed of the
above named commissioners should constitute
a public assembly for the passage
of ordinances regulating the affairs of
the District.
3. A citizens' committee of 100 to represent
all general civic interests.
The President's Message.
The President's message reads:
' To the Senate and House of Representati\
es:
The rapid Increase of population in
the National capital within recent years
has gw^MOim social conditions,
necessitating changes in the machinery of
its administration. Greater efficiency and
a better provision for the protection of
both the industrial and dependent classes
arc required.
"Recognizing these needs, I have had
a special report made to me on the affairs
of the District of Columbia which I transmit
^lerewith. I cordially approve the
recommendations in the report for:
"The substitution of a single head or
governor in place of three Commissioners.
"The establishment of District or municipal
departments in place of the existing
bureaus: and
"The creation of a new department to
be known as that of housing and labor.
"I ask your careful consideration of the
entire report; Mr. Reynolds has rendered
a great and disinterested service for
which our heartiest thanks are due him.
"A single executive head would increase
efficiency, determine responsibility and
eliminate delays and uncertainties in%
citable under the present system.
".Municipal* departments headed by
commissioners to be appointed by the
governor would yield the same advantage.
In the proposed scheme of reorganizaf
;, , rt tllP ilpripl'tmont nHur.o?irtr. 4.Ur..il.1
?.V? ? %. ?? pw. V? VUUV.UIIVII C1IUUIU
be o-ordinated with otla-r city departments.
Emphasis on Recommendations.
"I especially urge that the proposed department
of housing and labor be established.
Poverty, disease and crime are
largely duo to defects of social conditions
and surroundings. The need of improved
-unitary inspection of dwellings, rear alleys
and small shacks (such as unhappily
still exist in Washington) and of stores,
workshops and factories should not be left
to subordinate bureau chiefs, but should
be brought under the direct control of a
competent head of the above named department.
"An equally important public responsibility
is the protection of the independent
industrial class. which neither desires
nor accepts charity, but whose members
have often been led to misfortune and
ven crime through agencies licensed by
the state, but defectively and inadequately
supervised. Notable among these are
pawnshops, loan and industrial insurance
companies and employment agencies.
"The supervision of these agencies is at
p:. sent limited to the police. They should
1>?- under the direction of officials qualified
to advance their efficient y and economic
s? rv ice to t he public.
"The above named changes would vastly
improve the efficiency of The District government.
and would afford protection to
industrial and dependent < hisses which
is imperatively needed.
I :ilsn transmit for the consider:! t ion ?!
i he Congress reports of the committee or
building of model houses, which was uppointed
l-n accordance witli the recommendation
of Mr. Reynolds.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"The White House.
"December 17. lOuS."
Views of Mr. Reynolds.
Accompanying the President's message
is the report of Mr. Reynolds, heretofore
* published.
Recording the adniinstrative head of the
tLoiituIucd on Siitecutli l'ancd
e house is moderate:
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"Resolution of Rebtike" Asks i
for Information.
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ONLY ONE VOTE AGAINST IT
President Is Required to Substantiate
Declarations in His Message.
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LONGWORTH HURRIES AWAY j
Demand for Division on Vote as to^
Preamble Cfltebec TTim TT n _
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and He Flees.
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After more than a week of threat and |
talk the House of Representatives today
took action on a resolution, professedly of |
censure to the President, brought in by
the Perkins special committee appointed
for the purpose.
The resolution, as will be seen by a rare- j
ful perusal, is as mild as buttermilk, and. j
in the opinion of people around the Capitol \
who ought to know, fully as innocuous.
The only effect of the resolution is to j
call upon President Roosevelt for any in- I
formation he may have in support of his i
statement in his annual message of PJUS j
with respect to any unworthy motive j
which actuated members of Congress In ;
voting last year to adopt the legislative i
limitation contained in the sundry civil
bill upon the activities of the secret serv- j
ice. J
Here is the resolution as adopted by !
the House practically unanimously. Only ;
one member. Representative Paul Howland
of Ohio, voted in the negative.
Later Mr. Howland said he was in entire
sympathy with -the President and
believed he should have all the secret
service money he wanted.
The Besolution.
Following is the full text of the resolution,
together with the accompanying
preamble:
"Whereas there was contained in
the sundry civil appropriation bill,
which passed Congress at its last session
and became a law, a provision in
reference to the employment of the
secret service in the Treasury Depart- ?
ment. and
"Whereas in the last annual message w
of the President of the United States to
to the tw^ houses of Congress it was se
stated in reference to that provision:
'It is not too much to say that this rc'
nm^nflmont hou honti r\f Knnofit ?nlv
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and could be of benefit only, to the ni
criminal classes,' and It was further tli
stated, 'the chief argument in favor
of the provision was that the congressmen
did not themselves wish to 5
be investigated by secret service men,' =
and it was further stated, 'but if this
is not considered desirable a special p
exception could be made, in the law,
prohibiting the use of Uig^jyjgret serv- .
ice force in investigating members of
Congress. It would be far better to
do this than to do what actually was ,
done, and strive to prevent or at least
to hamper effective action against
criminals by the executive branch of
the government"; and * of
"Whereas the plain meaning of the ^
aboye words is that the majority of *
the congressmen were in fear of being J,(
investigated by secret service men and
that Congress as a whole was actuated
by that motive in enacting the )e!
provision in question; and
"Whereas your committee appointed Ja
to consider these statements of the ju
President and report to the House cannot
find in the hearings before com- t)|
mlttecs nor in the records of the j.
House or Senate any justification of
tills impeachment of the honor and rc
integrity of the Congress; and p,
"Whereas your committee would pre- jjj
for, in order to make an intelligent j,
and comprehensive report, just to the
President as well as to the Congress,
to have all the information which the ai
President may have to communicate: jn
Therefore, be it er
"Resolved, That the President be re- , >j
quested to transmit to the House any ' le
evidence upon which he based his j
statement that the 'brief argument >.
in favor of the provision was that the K
congressmen did .not themselves wish
to be investigated by secret service
men." and also to transmit to the
House any evidence connecting any gi
member of the House of Represent- 1
atives of the Sixtieth Congress with j
corrupt action in his official capacity
and to inform the House whether lie
has instituted proceedings for the punishment
of any such individual l>y the T
courts or has reported any such alleged
delinquencies to the House of
Representatives."
Senate Example Not Followed.
It had been expected that, following
the lead of the Senate yesterday, the h]
House would bring in a resolution with j,
some ginger to it. either of language or rj
of suggested action. Hut the resolution
adopted todayy does not even lay on the
table that portion of the President's rues- 01
sage relating to the secret service, andjjr
which was so distasteful to members. js
There does not seem to be anything in u|
the message which can even simply be
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?"i ?nr*i i ijv(j ?i.*> in t in- miLuir vi nn m<i' u ?
talked-of. luii non-materialized rebuke. tl
After ISoprfsenliitlve Perking of N'fiv |
York, chairman of the special rebuking
eomniittee had offered the resolution and w
preamble published above, the only dis- ''
mission of interest that ensued was with 1,1
uspuet to that particular "whereas" reating
to the meaning of the President. l>
Representative .Bennett of New York w
thought the language of the preatnl.de
should make it plain that this was the 11
conclusion arrived at by the committee n
and not the House. He demanded a sep- Vl
urate vo <* on that paragraph.
When Speaker Cannon called for those s'
in favor of the adoption of this portion
of the preamble practically everbocty rose.
Mr. Bennett jumped up and tried to withdraw
his demand for a division, but Rep- i "
; resentative Macon of Arkansas. John i
J Sharp Williams of Mississippi and other, '
democrats protested. The standing vole | n
was continued. w
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Longworth Runs Away.
Representative Longworth of Oldo, tliei1'
President's son-in-law, wiio had been sit- Jj
ting in ids regular seat, not expecting ^
any call fur a division, was visibly cin- f\
barrassed at this point. He jumped from '
ids chair aiul left tne floor of tile House
iii a hurry, without voting.
Among those who voted against this n
i portion of tin* preamble were Represent- j,
ative Bennett of New York, Parsons of k
New York, Hepburn of Iowa, Hayes of
California, Dawes of Ohio, Ilowland of :l
, Ohio. Holland of Nebraska. Murdock of a
Kansas and Gaines of West Virginia.
Mr. Gaines was Just turn ml down by the j
President yesterday, too, in that Charles
Town coHvetorship rase. >
The resolution was then adopted with p
only one disfwnting vote. The vote on a
the preamble was 270 to 14.
Subcommittee May Conduct *
Secret Service Investigation
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No time has definitely been iix?-d yet f<?r "
la meeting of the appropriation commit- J
^jtee of the Senate to take action on that I p
" I portioii of the President's message dealing 1t
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ith Congress and the secret service anil
prepare for investigation of the secret
rvice in accordance with the Aldrieh
solution, passed yesterday.
Tt is probable a meeting will be held toorrow
or Saturday |pr a discussion of
ie matter.
The impression prevails today that a
eliminary subcommittee, probably of
re senators, will be appointed and will
t during the Christmas holidays.
A recommendation for action on the
resident's message will doubtless be
ade shortly after Congress reconvenes
muary 4. It is not so certain when instigation
of the secret service will be
included.
Senator Hale of Maine, acting chairman
the appropriations committee w.ll
lubtless he chairman of the subcommite
if one is appointed. Senators Warren
Wyoming and Gallinger of New Humpilre
have been suggested as other relblican
members, and Senators Teller of
dorado and Tillman ol" South Carolina,
i the democrats.
Senator Galliiiger. however, expects to
ave about the first of the year for Now j
ampshlre to be present when the legisture
elects his successor. Mr. Galllnger
is no fear that he will not be chosen
succeed himself, but he wants to be on
e ground. This circumstance might
>ep him from serving.
The other members of the appropriations
immitteo are Senators Cullom of Illinois,
erkins of California. Klkhis of West Vlrlila
Hemenwav of Indiana, republicans;
aniel of Virginia, Clay of Georgia and
osier of Louisiana, democrats.
The investigation of the secret service,
ising as it lias out of the recent annual
essage of the President, will undoubtIIV
be completed before the 4th of
arch next, when Mr. Roosevelt will
ave the White House.
EBUKED BY THE PRESIBENT
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EMINARY GIRLS RODE AHEAD I
OF HIM IN PARK.
P
hauksgiving Day Incident as Told
by Instructress at Forest
Glen.
llow President Roosevelt severely rejked
a party of girls from the National
ark Seminary at Forest Glen, Aid., for
ding past liim Thanksgiving day in Roek
reek Park, and how lie caused the iiorse
le of the girls was riding to rear and
imp by striking it with his riding whip
told in a story which lias just leaked
it and been eonlirmed today by Atiss E.
Sisson, teacher in the school, who was
ie chaperon for the party.
Miss Sisson and three of the girls of the
istit utioii. whose names are withheld,
ent for a horseback ride through Roek
reek Park in the crisp air of Thanksgivig
morning. As they were Jogging along
ie of tiie tree-lined roads of the national
serve they saw a party ahead of them
hich included two ladies and two men.
s they closed up the gap between the
vo parlies APss Sisson says she rocogized
one of the men as President Rooseilt
"
For some time the seminary parly rode
owly behind the chief executive and his
arty. Rut the spirited animals wanted
? go faster, declares Miss Sisson. and
nall> the girls galloped past the preslcnlial
party.
When they slowed their horses down
Sain a few minutes later they heard
ipid Uonfbeats behind them. The rider
;as pressing his horse hard and lie soon
vertook them.
"As we were riding f?>nr abreast at the
fine, the President's horse crowded 11s
<> iiitie as lie dashed past," said Miss
isson. continuing Hie narrative. "As
e brushed past his horse struck the
jo* of,one of the young ladies, knocking
from the stirrup, and a. blow from the
'resident's crop fell on the horse's llank.
'he young woman's horse .reared, and
ut for her coolness and admirable horselanship
she might have been thrown
eneath the feet of the'horses. I do not
now whether the blow was intentional.
" 'Vou know that you should not go
head of our party," said the President
s he rode past us and turned in the
addle to look us squarely in the face.
I" then joined his companions.
"Naturally, we felt very much mortified,
lone of us intended an affront to the
'resident, and 1 cannot understand his
etion.
"The President appeared to be in a
age, but, of course, I do not know about
hat. I only know how we felt about it.
"I prefer not to give the names of the
oung ladies In the party. They are
auchters of wealthy parents, highly ooneeied,
and I am sure their parents would
bjcot to the notoriety attending such an
ITair."
The story was told about the seminary
*ter and has been heard by many solety
people in Washington.
SLEUTHING THE SLEUTH.
QUESTIONS PRESIDENT'S ACT
QCKTATni} UlVWrU'C PTCATTT.
WMMMAVJ.V XWXA JkAliJ XV kJ
TION ON MARINE ORDER.
Asks by What Authority Men Were
Detached From Battleships?Referred
to Naval Committee.
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' Tt Senator Rayner of Maryland lias his
way the Senate will find out by what
authority the President issued an order
a short while ago detaching the Marine
Corps from service on the battleships and
the order yesterday declaring that the
officers of the corps submit to tests
similar to those prescribed by him for
army officers. If the Senate shall decide
that Congress has the power to
promulgate rules governing the Marine
Corps that shall lie binding upon the
President lie wants such a set of rules
adopted.
His intention to push the matter was
evidfnt today by his introduction of a
resolution 011 the subject calling upon
the military affairs committee to investigate
it. At first lie asked that the resolution
be referred to the committee on
military affairs, but on the suggestion of
Senator llale. chairman of the naval
I committee, and with the consent of Sent
ator Warren, chairman of the military
I committee, the resolution was referred to
[ the naval committee.
Mr. Rayner"s resolution is as follows:
"Whereas the President of the United
i States has lately promulgated a series of
| orders in connection with the Marine
' Corps, detaching them from the battleI
ships, and requiring them to perform eer1
lain tests, as fully set forth in such
I order:
"Now be ii resolved. That the committee
i on military affairs is hereby instructed to
! inquire and report," first, whether the
1 President under existing statutes has the
authority to issue these orders; second,
; whether If he has such an authority the
: execution of these orders would not impair
the efficiency of the marine service,
instead of advancing it. and whether the
service would not thereby be diverted
from the purpose for which it was intended
bv law: third, whether Congress lias not
the rieht to prescribe a set of rules and
I regulations for the, government of the
Marine Corps which will bind the President
as commander-in-chief of the army
an<l navy of the l.'nited States, and if so.
to report a set of rules for the government
of the Marine Corps to effect the
purpose for which said corps was organized
and to promote its usefulness."
It was very evident that the resolution
interested Senator lla'.c greatly, lie took
special pains to call Mr. Warren's attention
to it and suggest that it go to
the naval committee.
Mr. Rayncr said Ik- did not have any
objection to referring it to the naval
committee, but be failed to change the
resolution so as to instruct toe naval
committee to conduct the inquiry.
"The President has taken the marines
off the battleships," declared Mr. Rayner,
"and turned them into policemen, Janitors,
or what not. and I inferred that
he intended to disconnect them with thes
navy. That is the reason that 1 suggested
that the military affairs committee
take up the matter."
MRS. HOBART WEDS AGAIN.
Surprises Friends by Marriage to Dr.
w.ii. wr i
w aiier w yeses.
CHICAGO. December 17.?For the second
time Mrs. Catherine Young Hobart, one
of the four daughters of the late Otto
Young, is the heroine in a surprise wedding.
In March, 1902, while in California with
other member* of her family she went for
a drive with Byron Hobart of a prominent
St. Louis family and returned a
bride. She has now become the bride of
Dr. Walter Foreman Wyckes, formerly
of Baltimore.
Mrs. Wyckes was divorced from her
iirst husband. Mr. Hobart remarried one
month ago. His bride was Miss Klslc
6unther, daughter of a wealthy cotton
merchant of Memphis. After a reception
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at the home of the bride's parents tii
coup-le spent their honeymoon in California
and returned to Memphis last
week.
Mrs. W yokes by the terms of her
father's will has an income of $:](},?XK1
during the life of her mother.
IN DANGER OF LYNCHING.
Negvo Held at Albemarle, N. CM fot
Vicious Assault on Woman.
RALEIGH. X. C? December 17.?With
a large hole knocked in his head by the
use of a shotgun, Henry Young, colored,
charged with a vicious assault upon Mrs.
James R. Moss, in Stanly county Tuesday
afternoon, lies in jail at Albemarle, suffering
greatly from his wounds, indicted
by a score of white men who caught him
in the Mpss home.
Mrs. Moss, the victim of the negro, is
suffering greatly from the attack and, it
is said, is not improving. Her condition
is still precarious.
George Leffler, whose finger was bitten
off by the negro and who was otherwise
badly used up in the fight in defense of
Mrs. Moss, is suffering greatly and blood
poison is feared.
Feeling runs high in Stanly, and it is
feared the negro will be taken from the
jail and lynched.
No Senate Session Tomorrow.
The Senate today agreed to adjourn
until Saturday, and 011 that day to transact
no business extent routine matters
which eome in during the morning hour.
A.great many of the senators are leaving
today for their homes to spend the holidays.
as Congress will adjourn from Saturday
until January* 4.
DARING AIRSHIP FLIGHTS
KNABENSHUE TO DROP LIGHTED
MISSILES OVER CITY.
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Wilbur Wright Astounds the French |
With Some Remarkable Movements
in the Air.
LOS ANGELES. Oal.. December 17.
Latest of all the daring aeronaut feats
to which Los Angeles has bent treated
during the present season will he the
midnight flight tonight of Hov Ktiabenshue
in his dirigible balloon, in which lie
will attempt to demonstrate tile ease with
which a large city like#LOS Angeles can
be destroyed by explosives dropped from
the airship of an enemy. At intervals
Knabenshuc will drop filuininated missiles
of a harmless nature.
TT7?:Ml.4- m..:-1 i- xi? *
niigui juocs 11 it'Kb ill me All.
LB MANS. Franco, December 17.?
Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplanist.
made a most remarkable flight in bis
aeroplane yesterday afternoon. Instead of
rising gradually, the machine shot up like
a rocket to a height of JiO feet. The
aeronaut then permitted it to drop about
fifty feet, at which altitude he stopped the
engine. The machine glided down smoothly
and gracefully, landing about threeqilarters
of a mile from the starting
point.
Members of the Knglisli Aero Club present
became wildly enthusiastic over the
splendid performance.
UNREST IN" INDIA.
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Government's Course Against Native
Suspects Yielding Good Results.
CALCUTTA, December 17.?The course
adopted recently by the Indian authorities
to cause the arrest, swiftly and mysteriously,
of all natives suspected of revolutionary
activities is having a good effect
on the unrest of the population. Instead
of being deported, the leaders taken
into custody are being distributed to the
various jails in India. It is reported that
the powerful native secret societies are
dissolving as a result of the energy displayed
by the government.
A delegation of prominent natives supposed
to be implicated in the revolutionary
movement called on the local commissioner
today and assured him of their
support. Another result of the campaign
is that the native newspapers are becoming
extremely cautious in their comments
on the govcrnmei^
SULTJME ENDED I
Abdul Hamid in Person Opens 0
New Parliament.
CHEERED BY HtS PEOPLE VI
Great Crowds Celebrate Granting of T
the Constitution.
SCENE A REMARKABLE ONE M
C1
All Creeds and Races Represented ;
Among Delegates Gathered in the
Hall of St. Sofia.
CONSTANTINOPLE. December 17.?! ti
After an interval of thirty-two years v<
Turkey today entered upon a second at- to
tempt at constitutional government with C
the inauguration in Constantinople of j st
the new parliament elected under the C
constitution promulgated by the sultan in , A
July of this year. j pi
The sultan opened parliament in per- '
son with elaborate ceremony fashioned ! Pi
after the customs of older similar as- !
semblies. The new legislature met in the j
same chamber where the short-lived par- I
liamcnt of lS7t> assembled?a moderate!
sized hall in a building facing the square
of St. Solia. The scene was, perhaps,
one of the most remarkable in the po
litieal history of the world. All the creeds
and races of tjie Turkish empire sent
their cluly-eleeted representatives, and
the varied costumes of the delegates,
some in flowing silk robes and others In
the fashionable frock coat, formed a gorgeous
and multi-colored picture never be.
fore witnessed in a legislative gathering
in .Europe.
Albanians. Syrians and Arabs were
among the Moslem representatives, while
Greeks, Armenjans and Bulgars represented
the Christian nationalities. Members
from Jerusalem and Mecca rubbed
shoulders with their colleagues from the
European provinces and the far-off Kurdish.
Armenian and Arab districts on the ;
confines of the Indian ocean.
So far as can be judced from surface
indications, the new parliament lias entered
upon its duties with a united determination
to carry out successfully the
aims of the bloodless revolution which
made possible the inauguration of a constitutional
regime in Turkey.
Sultan Parades Through City.
Sultan Abdul Hamid paraded through
the city at the head of an elaborate cort^rra
t <t nnon.tho firct oacalnn /\f tbo hrt/i \*
*pv IV VJI1 is 1 I ?V IIS ov ?3t?TW?V?i VI I I IV MWk? I I
Everywhere lie was greeted with loudj I
cheering. and tliere was no semblance of >
disorder.
The sultan left Yildiz Palace in a state lli
coach at 11:.*50 o'clock to drive to the w
building: adjoining the ministry of justice ^
and facing tl|c great square of St. Sofia,
where the new chamber convened. He 1,1
was accompanied by the first secretary of S!i3
the imperial chancellery, Ali Bjevad Bey,
and a larg number of aids and at- a*
lendants.
The entire line of march of Hie im- i
perial party, a distance of five miles, had
been swept and spread with fresh sand ti>
for the passage of his majesty. These 01
are the same preparations made every
time the sultan leaves Yildiz Palace, and j
particularly when he attends the Selam- j
lik. Every regiment in Constantinople ' p,
was out under arms and lined up along j p]
the route of the procession to guard the f
progress of the sultan. Triumphal arches ^
spanned the streets, and as the occasion
had been made a public holiday the city Sl
was crowded with people. Thousands ti
came in from surrounding towns and villages.
as well as from more remote parts ti<
of the empire, and almost the entire local A
population turned out to witness the ceremonies.
Foreign Diplomats Attend. j m
All the ministers of state, senators j JJ'
and the new deputies of the new legis- j.,
lative body assembled at the ministry of It
justice preparatory to marching to the so
hall of parliament. The foreign diplo- !
mats in Constantinople assembled at the
British embassy and proceeded to the
hall in a. body. They were all clad in
their full official uniforms.
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The enthusiasm of the people is keyed
to a high pitch, and ilu-ir reception to ; 111
the sultan and their c-liecrs for the new Jf
assembly are an evidence of the deep in- ;
terest taken by Turkey 111 this first step !
toward constitutional life. T:ie first i
Turkish parliament was assembled over :
thirty years ago. but its existence was :
very brief, and it was dissolved before j
any definite results were accomplished. J
Celebrated at Saloniki.
SALONIKI. Eurpran Turkey. December)
17.?The whole of Saloniki turned out to-;
day to celebrate the tirsi meeting of the j
new iui'kisii parliament. I lip streets ol'j
the ?it>* wen; tilled wit i 1 people inarching 1
in profession ami otherwise expressing i
their joy at this- first step toward a constitutional
regime. Many persons came
'n from tlie surrounding country for the
occasion, and the day was declared a general
holiday. A feature of the celebration
was a review of the local garrison.
Congress Sends Greeting.
The Senate today agreed to a resolution
directing that best wishes and congratulations
be sent to the newly convened !
parliament cf Turkey.
VICTIM OF SNOWSLIDE.
Foreman of Colorado Mine Killed in
Destruction of Boarding House. {
DI'R ANGO. Col.. December 17.?A
snowslide at the Tom Moore mine at j
Eureka. San Juan county, yesterday after- >
noon killed William Mondell, the foreman,
aged fifty-five, and destroyed the large
mine boarding house. It is reported that
slides damaged the Precious Metals prop
ci i> txi ^uaiiauuu^ii aim nit: r?iif naimuan j
at Howardsville. There art; many slides
running in the San Juan country, and
until the storm which is now raging has
passed the extent of the damage done wi
will not be known. th
Railroad traffic is completely blocked by Pi
the storm. The snow has blocked the a<]
Animus canon and 110 trains can get in
or out of Silverton. The Rio Grande t'1
southern train is blockaded at Rico. ar
Heavy snow in the Cumbers Range pre- so
vented trains from reaching Duranco wi
from the east last night. The power th
transmission line of the Animus Power , v''
Company is down ami many mills have ;
been forced to susne There is u fuel l,a
shortage in Silverton and unless the rail- ,
road can bo opened within the next few i
days much suffering is threatened. I
/IRS. ANNISON STAND
nly Asked to Tell That She
Saw Husband Die.
/AS NOT CROSS-EXAMINED
wenty Gunshot Holes in wounded
Man, Doctors Testify.
!ODEL IS DISPENSED WITH
ourt Rules It Is Not Accurate.
Defense Explains Quarrel Over
Magazine Article.
1
KLI SH1.VG X. Y.f December 17.?Teemonv
that Thornton J. Halns drew a redver
and drove back tjios* that sought
i aid William E. Annis while Capt. Peter
. Hains, jr.. was tiring at Annis as lie
it in his boat at the Bayside Yacht
lub, was developed today from Chart??
. Birchtield, called as one of the state's
rincipal witnesses in the case.
Mr. Birclilield's evidence is said by the
rosecution to support tlie gravamen of
Mrs. Peter Hains.
ie state charge that Thornton .T. Ilaius
as a principal and aided his brother in
ie slaying of Annis.
'Stand back! lie knows what ho is dog.
Don't interfere or you will get the
imc thing." were-the words that Bireh?ld
testitied that Thornton Hains used
5 he pointed his revolver at him.
Birchlield further declared that Thorn>n
Hains drove Mm Annis away from
;r wounded_ husband with a revolver.
Birchlield will he under eross-examina011
this afternoon. Mrs. Annis was also
i the stand for a brief moment.
Defense Will Be Thorough.
Counsel for Thornton J. Hains declare
tday that the state's witnesses called to
rove tiie charge that the author was a
rincipal with his? brother, Capt. Peter
. Hains. jr.. in the killing of William K.
nnis. as lie sat in his boat at the
ayside Yacht Club, last summer will he
lbjected to long, exhaustive examinaOI1S.
Hains' lawyers assert tiiat (iie prosecuon's
witnesses were all close friends of
nnis. and that there is little doubt they
rve rehearsed the tragedy with the de
gn of presenting an unvarying story.
New light on the ease was let in this
orning when Mains' counsel admitted
lat Thornton J. Ha ins had had some
ouhle with William Annis over the pubcation
of a magazine article last June,
is said tl>e author submitted a mannript
to Mr. Itipley. owner of the magane
upon which Annis was employed, in
ay, and that Annis induced Ripley to
turti it.
No Threat, Says Defense.
Counsel for llains state that the dendant
then wrote a letter to Ripley sayg
he knew why the manuscript was rected
and ^concluded with the words, "?
James F. Mclntyre,
Chief Counsel fi>r the 1 Iniiis Brothers.
ill get even with him yet." This is the
reatening letter referred tu by Special
-osecutor White in his opening address.
(MiKliIlK lu IUI uuiun.
fhey further state that they will show
at there was no threat in the defendit's
communication and that the epide
simply indicated Annis' feeling toird
tlie author. The lawyers state that
ey will prove that Mains some time preous
to this affair had Annis discharged
nni a position with a publishing corainy.
Model Dispensed 1 ^
Wiicn court opened today Justice CfSM
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