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HELPLESS MAN EVER HOPEFUL Result of Naval Midsnipman s fart in Game With Villa Nova Collag? Team. A XX APOLIS. Md., April 1fl.-Ear! Wilson, tha navy foot ball player, died at o.30 o'clock this morning. Wilson, who was from Covington, Ky., w as injured October Irt last in the game against Villa Nova College. It was while making a flying tackle that the back of his neck struck violently against the ground. An examination revealed a fracture between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae, and the spinal cord was severely depressed. causing complete paralysis from the shoulders down. An operation was performed by which the pressure on the spinal cord was relieved, and hope was felt that this would bring about bis recovery, but in vain, as the cord was badly lacerated. Plucky and Cheerful. After a fight that has been remarkable in many ways, but particularly in the pluck end cheerfulness of the paralysed and helpless youth and the long warding off of the inevitable end by the surgeons, . what was pronounced the final sinking spell preceding the death of Midshipman Wilson began Thursday afternoon. His sister. Mrs. M. h. Galvin, arrived from Covington, with her husband, in response to a telegram. These, with the father. West D. Wilson, and his two other sons. B. Wilson and Hansford Wilson, kept close to the hospital and within call most of the time. Capt. Bowyer, superintendent of the academy. Issued an official order announcing with regret the death of Wilson to the brigade of midshipmen and ordering the flag at the academy halt-masted as _ -?-.1 ? ??flhnrt funpra.1 B ninrifr nmiiv vl w..v. . services will be held in the acadxmy chapel late this afternoon by Chaplal i H. 11. Clark, and the body, borne by sailor* and with pallbearers from among his classmates and escorted by the brigade of midshipmen, will be taken from Annapolis at d o'clock to his former home In Covington, Ky. Another service will be , held at the residence there, at 1423 Garrard street, and the interment made tn the family lot at Independence Monday. In announcing the death of Midshipman Wilson. Supt. Bowyer lift* the restrictions Of liberty and of visiting officers' quarters imposed on the brigade of midshipmen recently for having given "the silence" to an officer of the department of discipline. This Is done as another mark of respect to the memory of the dead midshipman. .atorv of the . Injury. The Navy team as it played the Villa Nova team. October IS, 1908. was in a crippled condition, and the men in the game were doing their utmost to ward ?IT defeat. Wilson was the Navy quarterback and was one of the men *ent into the backfleld to handle the punts ni the Villa Nova fullback. He had fumbled a punt and was eager to retrieve himself when the play came through the line In which Wilton was Injured. Wilson stopped the play successfully, but he was completely knocked nut. fie did not regain consciousness for fifteen mtnutes, and the doctor would not allow him to be placed in the ambulance to be carried to the hospital until he had# regained cons iousness. While It was realised that Wilson was badly hurt, it was not at first believed thai the injury was such as would prevent itis playing foot (ball the reet of the season. It was found later, however, that there was a bad fracture and that Wilson was paralyzed in his limbs and the upper part of his body. His brain and speech were not affected. Ranked High as Athlete. Wili-on was the best all-around athlete at the Naval Academy. He was a member of the base bell, the basket ball and the gymnasium teams as well as of the foot ball team. He had won points, too, In boxing and wrestling contests. Wilson's injury was followed a week later by the Injury of Cadet Bugene A. "Byrne of West Point, which resulted in the death of Byrne a few days later. Byrne's death was due to a similar accident, which occurred In the game between Harvard and West Point at West Point. The death of Byrne brought about the disbanding of the foot ball team of West rmni, ana in* Annj nm imvy game Wild called off. The team of the Naval Academy, however, continued to play the l game* which it had .scheduled with other mna. Newa Beaohea Department. The newa of the death of Midshipman Wilson wan received at the Navy Department this morning by a telephonic message from Bupt. Bowyer to Rear Admiral Nicholson, chief of the bureau of navigation, and was heard with genuine regret by all the naval officers at the department. It was stated that the midshipman's body would be conveyed to . his home in Kentucky tor burial, and that It would be taken to the railroad station this afternoon. The removal of the remains will be marked by full military honor* at Annapolis, the entire battalion of midshipmen acting as an escort. By direction of the superintendent of the academy all athletic engagements for this week have been canceled. Midshipman Wilson was born October 1?, Ikh". He was appointed to the Naval Academy frofn Covington, Kenton county. Ky.. July ?. Ih07, on the nomination of Representative Hhinock of the sixth congressional district of Kentucky, and was the second class at the time of his death. Reticent as to Effect. None of the officials of either the War i Navy Department is prepared at this I time to indicate even the probable effect of the death of Midshipman Wi|son on the practice of foot ball at the West Point and Annapolis military institutions, i' Is explain^ by a prominent naval officer that the game* of foot bail and base lall and other athletic sports at the two military academies are in charge of special athletic committees, representing the two institutions, and that the War and Navy departments have nothing directly to do with the arrangements or regulation* for such game* As a general proposition, all proper sthletic exercises are encouraged by the authorities of Washington. and the playing of foot ball at th? two academies ha* been officially aanienanced aad approved by them. a i ALDRiCH KEEPS MUM | Will Not Affirm Nor Deny That | He Will Retire. j * i j NOW RESTING AT HIS HOME , Report Has It That He Will Not Accept Re-Election. TO GIVE UP COMMITTEE WORK _____ Tired of Being "Pa^k Horse." He Is Quoted as Saying?Physician Warns Him to Quit. WARWICK, R. I.. April 16,?Senaior . , Nelson W. Aldrich, who is resting at his iiiome at Warwick Keck, states that lie does not care to affirm or deny a repotv | that he will not be a candidate for to- [ ! election In 1011. He also refused to discuss h report that he will give up his work on most of ; the Senate committees during the re-j jmainder of his term. i May Step Down March 4. ! NEW YORK, April 16.-A special dis- | i patch from Washington to the Times says : "Information has been received here that | Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich ot Rhode Island has not only decided deit- j nitely to adhere to his previous.y an- | nounced determination to retire from the | | Senate at the expiration of his p.eseru term March 4 next, but in preparation ; for that event will shortly retire from ah liis committees, except pcsslbly that on j finance, in order to devote the remainder j of his time in the Senate to the work of j the monetary commission, of whfch lie is the head. "Consideration of his health is assigned as the reason for this determination on j the part of Mr. Aldrich. He has not been j enjoying his usual goed health this winter, and it is understood that his physician has at last advised him that unless he gives up his senatorial labors by next j spring at the latest he 'will have a very I disagreeable old age.' "Senator Aldrich Is at his Rhode Island [ home Just now. and so nothing authorl- | j tative from him can be obtained here on > , the matter. He is not expected back in i ; ; Washington until next week. Tired of Being "Pack Horse." | "It is known that the senator has been I feeling the strain of his congressional -work for some time. In fact, he was feeling it before the special session of last summer, at which the tariff law pvas en- ( acted. "it was about election limey Is 1008. when the first announcement came from Providence of bis intention to retire from the Senate next March. Even then it was said as a reason for this decision on a his part that he was growing tired of f the great burden his position in the Benate had laid upon him. "As he had put it to some of his friends, he was tired of being made a 'pack horse.' ^ That is a fair description of the position Senator Aldrich has occupied for the last few years. His domination of the Senate has been so absolute and unquestioned that he has been held responsible for all sorts of legislation, whether he was personally interested in it or not. "The tariff session gav* him a tremendous amount of work. It was, of course, o his special subject that was under con- b, sideratton. It fell, naturally, to him to control almost absolutely the final char- 11 acter of the tariff bill, which, although it j bears the name of Chairman Payne, of j h the House committee on ways and means, j . ] is really more the work ot Senator Aldrich. not only as far as rates of duties H ! are concerned, but more especially in the f< j maximum and minimum features and the p | administrative provisions. 0 Would Abandon Honey Reform. a "There was some talk during the fight j. over the tariff bill that Senator Aldrtch c meant to make that law the last great ^ work of his congressional career. But j, his interest in the question of monetary b reform was so keen and the work he had ? put on it so great, that the opinion finally ^ came to be pretty well established here that he would remain In the Senate long i enough to sep his ideas on the' subject submitted to Congress for action. The fulfillment of his present intention means j that lie must abandon that work before it is completed, and leave the direction f of the legislative efforts to some one else. <j , "All this will be vastly interesting and r ' exciting to the republican insurgents, not j only those in the Senate and the House, | but all over the country, where Senator o Aldrich has been linked with Speaker u Cannon as one of the great issues. The t very night of Speaker Cannon's removal c from the House committee on rules the j insurgents set up the cry of 'On to Al| drich.' Ills voluntary retirement now a ! will be a source of keen delight to many t insurgents, although it robs them of an g issue."' u m t STRIKERS TO CONFER AGAIN. ? Will Take Up Philadelphia Rapid J Transit Company's Offer. 0 PHII^ADKLPHIA. April IB.?'The striking motormen and conductors of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company will r meet this afternoon to take action on the t company's latest proposition for ending e the strike which began nine weeks ago ^ today. The proposition agreed upon by c the evecutlve committee of the strikers ( Thursday night has not yet been made <j public, but It is believed to differ very 1 little from the offer made March 20. r C. O. Pratt, national organiser of the t carmen a union, who had charge of the ? strike, will present the offer to the men f at the meeting and urge that It be ac- t repted. He said today that lie felt the , men would take his advice and that It Is t t expeced the men will return to work to- jj I monow or Monday. BOY BURIED ALIVE. Death in a Bin of Dirt of Former ^ Pitcher Menefee's Son. PITTSBTTta. Pa ., April lO.-Fred Menefee, seventeen years old, son of "Jock'" 1 ' Menefee, the former pitcher for Pittsburg 1 and Chicago Nationals, was buried alive J ! i... Kiev Af i ? \ ?? ?. A W?i ?1. > Ill a inn *'? v .? vovv ?v a ui it'n | i factory, which )> is father now runs in | ! Menttstn. 1 Tlu? body was found erect and still 1 warm with the lad's hands above his 1 i head. It is believed the boy slipped feet ' i first Into the dirt and sank out of sight. . < - , Gold Stampede in Alaska. 1 FAIRBANKS. Alaska.. April 1?.?The i Iditarod gold fields have aroused much interest here, and the greatest stampede since the big rush to Fairbanks six yesrs ago is expected to begin with the opening of navigation, the second week in May. M Jr ar f.j, v/y/ -. J*" * I iRUISERTOHANKOW If Cleveland Goes to Scene of M Anti-Missionary Riots. MISSIONS ALL DESTROYED SI fat Reports State That Uprising Is R< Rot Directed Against Foreigners. AMOT. April W.?The cnilaer Cleveland C f the United States Asiatic fleet has cle een dispatched to Hankow because of V!? lie anti-missionary riots at C'hangsha. pr< LONDON. April 16.?Advices received <*ei ere today state that a British gunboat wa as arrived at Changaha. the capital of 41,1 Punan. and that there le no further cause j J'11 >r anxiety concerning foreigners whose j of roperty has suffered during the rioting of f the natives. ? l*ater today the China Inland Mission- Pft< ry Society received a " message from in" rankmv stating that all the missions at of 'hangsha have been destroyed and all F he personal effects of the missionaries jst. The message added that the mem- ani ers of the China Inland mission, which Pn ras established by Dr. F. A. Kellar and Oh Irs. Kell&r. Americans, in 1901, had ar- ,np ived safely at Hankow. rev Rioting Probably Continues. uei The above makes clear that the Yale sei foreign .Missionary Society has suffered jur uring the riots in common with the other ad nlssione at the Hunan capital. g?' The rice riots at Changsha, the capital jj? f the Hunan province of China, continied through Wednesday and Thursday of his week, and probably are still unhecked. So far, two English ami one F iorwegian missions have been burned. th? The American ambassador at Peking-, In do . dispatch to the state department giving ,n0 his information, states that three Brttisn runboats and one United States cruiser . li-? now proceeding to Changsha to pro- tio ect missionary interests there. It is re- Pr >orted that the Chinese governor's reel- th? lence at Changsha was also burned. Cu The American ambassador is informed J >y the Chinese foreign office that there mc leed be no anxiety regarding the safety ha f Americans. Mr * tiff Not Directed Against Foreigners. s-;n Up to this time no information has ^ cached the State Department Indicating ba hat the riots have been specially direct- pu d against foreigners, and the theory is UP leld here that the Hots were wholly aust d by tbe recent action of the mj Chinese government with respect to the soi Lisposition of the rice crop. Neverthe- wc ess, the burning of the three foreign ? nissions leaves the matter in some doubt, ha Outside of the missions at Changsha a here are several others within fifty miles tio >f that capital. One Is located at King- an ilang, another at Yiyang and others at ? ilangtan and Lillng. Nothing has re^cji- aic >d the department, however, indicating tio _ A. la tl< a innot dn n nrAW /% tit I I1H.I inert; 10 Lite; ica?v uaugri Ui txtiy nil lemonstratlon against these missions. or m we FOUND AFTER TEN YEARS. Z fre Miss Annie Maui of Pittsburg Bis- ad covered in Austin, Tex. ,J PITTSBURG. Pa.. April 16.?It is re- cu ported that Miss Annie Maul, who is said to be a large stockholder in a prominent 0f local bank, lias been located in Austin, ' rex., after a ten-year search for her. A wi few days ago Miss Maul drew on the sank here for several hundred dollars, in- pr forming the bankers that site was & an itockholder and had not drawn a dlvi- hij lend for tsn years. This draft gave Pitsburg relatives a Mue to her whereabouts, and a brotherin-law and two sisters are said to have found her living the life of a recluse in p, Austin. It is said the reunited family is dow returning to Pittsburg. I" R< an Japanese Submarine Founders. J>? TOKIO, April IS.?A' Japanese sub- lai marine foundered today wjiile executing pa maneuvers in the Bay or Hiroshima. IN 1950. JDIANANSSEE TAFT r. Watson and Editor Look* wood Luncheon Guests. ITUATION IS DISCUSSED sprcsentative Hull Going Home romarrow Heady to Fight?HeElection Hotly Contested. Seorge lyockwood. editor of the Chronlof Marion, Ind.. former secretary to le President Fairbanks, and likewise sss agent of the allies in the preslitial nominating race two years ago. s a guest of President Taft at luncheon s afternoon. So was ex-Representative a Watson, former republican whip the House, -and defeated for Governor Indiana two years ago. Ir. Lock wood is conducting a standt tariff paper at Marlon. Considerable luence is wielded by him in that part the state. resineiu. iuu uas snuwn continuinginest In the Indiana political situation, 1 lias conferred with Senator Beverldge i others ?r to v-ondltions there. The esident wants to see both Indiana and io in the republican column In the com: fall elections. He will join in the best ncelved movement to aid In that dt tion. 'ersistently has Mr. Taft refused to rmit himselt to be arrayed against iiator Beveridge, and hopes to see the riator re-elected. The two men at icheon with him today are not ardent mirers of Senator Beveridge, but, as od republicans, will be for republican minees, whether for the legislature or Lte offices. Hull Going- Home to Fight. lepresentative Hull of Iowa called on ? President today to see about a parn for a constituent before leaving toirrow for his home in Idwa, where he s a terrific fight on hgnd for renominan. He is again opposed by 8. F. outy of Dee Moines, who represents i progressive faction led by Senator mrnlns. dr. Hull will remain in his district al>Bt continuously until the primaries ve settled the contest. Mr. Hull and . Prouty made the fight two years o, but the Incumbent, victor in many nilar conflicts, was winner, dr. Hull is seeking the pardon of Carl encer, who embezzled $1,000 from a nk he was employed with tot the sole rpose of having a crippled boy operated or. at a hospital. He was unable to ve the money for the purpose and the tie boy's condition so preyed upon his nd that he took the money, hoping methlng would turn up by w hi oil he ruia ds aoie 10 replace rc, Ipencer was sentenced to two and a If years in Leavenworth and has served part of the sentence. A monster petln for his pardon has been circulated d signed. Senator Jones of Washington sought the i of the President today in getting acn on the bills before the finance comttee of the Senate to issue certificates (bonds to aid irrigation projects in the >8t. The Washington senator and others 10 are Interested fear there will be so icii delay in reporting the proposition >m the committee that it will not be ssible to get it through Congress before Journinent. Clie proposed deep waterway from the kes to the Mississippi river was dlsssed with the President today by aevEtl callers. Senator Lorlmer was one them. Another was Howard H. Gross Chicago. Hie latter opposes a fourteen-foot iterway. as intended, and pronounces it surd. He declares the deep waterways opaganda is carried on by politicians d soldiers of fortune, aided by a few gh-grade business men. Prominent Clergyman Dead. FREDERICK. Md.. April 16.?Rev imund H. Eschbach, D. D., one ol ? most prominent clergymen of the formed Church in the United States, id for years president of its board oi >me missions, died last night at hie ime here, aged seventy-four. For the st thirty-six years he had been istor of the Evangelical Reformed iur<;h of Frederick, _ r . i li TO EXTEND STREETS ? District Bt)ls Favorably Reported to House. RENO ROAD IMPROVEMENT Measure Contemplates Condemnation of Land Necessary to Connect Two Streets. * Representative Wiley of New Jersey today favorably reported to the House, upon the authorization of the District j committee, Senate bill (WtO. outhorizlng 1 the extension of Reno road from Fessen den street to Chesapeake street, with a width of 100 feet. In his report Mr. Wiley say* that "Reno road is a continuous driveway laid out on the highway extension plans from Cleveland Park to Chevy Chase Circle, with a view that in the ultimate development of the city a road following the contours as closely as possible and approximately paralleling Connecticut avenue might be provided for vehicular traffic. The road 1ms been dedicated between tha Belt road and Fessenden street, and also aoutb of Chesapeake street, and the southern terminus of the northern portion referred to Is connected with Connecticut avenue by Fessenden street, ajeo dedicated, and brought to a temporary grade, which is very heavy. The proposed measure contemplates the condemnation of the necessary land to connect these two portions of the road In accordance with the highway extension plans, which, incidentally, will provide a better connection with Conneotlcut avenue for the northern portion of Reno road by way of the Grant road, or the Grant road and the Military road, at the same time giving a connection with Wisconsin avenue over the Grant road and Chesapeake street. The extension provides for the condemnation of unimproved property at an estimated coat of about $12,000, all of which should be returned as assessments against the property benefited. The ultimate cost of ^grading, not contemplated at present, is $3,000. Will Extend 13th Street. Phnfpman .Qmtth Of thft WoilSA TMnfripf committee reported to the House today, with a favorable committee recommendation, the bill Introduced by Representa: tive fiouthwick of New York for the | opening of 18th street northwest from its i terminus north of Madison street to i Plney Branch road, with a width of 11<? feet. The report explains that the ob1 ject of <the bill is to extend 13th street to Plney Branch road and to grade and ; improve the street from Longfellow street ; to Plney Branch road. The extension ' proposed would furnish a direct outlet ' of 18th street, nortli of Madison street, to an existing highway. The estimated cogt of the land to be condemned for the extension is 17,500, to be returned to the District In assessments for benefits. * New Highway Plan. The favorable report on the Fsdrchlld bill authorizing the Commissioners to prepare a new highway plan for that triangular portion of the District lying north' of Rittenhouse street, west of 33d street and southeast of the District line, which was ordered by the District committee. was made today by Representative Wiley of New Jersey. CALHOTJK REACHES PEKING. American Minister Met at Railway Station by Delegation. PEKING, April !?.?William J. Calhoun, he newly appointed American minister J to China, arrived here today, and wag i met at the railroad station by members of the American legation, a representa' tive of the foreign office and the lega[ tion's-marine guard. t Mr. Calhoun, who appeared well and I vigorous, held an Informal reception before being escorteu to hie hoteL. a i RULING IS DEFERRED 1 ? j Brandeis Fails to Get Decision 1 on His Request. | ii QUESTION OF PROCEDURE I Wants to Examine Seoretary Bal- I linger Before Subordinates. MM?MMMMM? E. C. FINNEY ON THE STAND j M I ??MM?M Hearings of the Ballinger-Pinchot I Investigating Committee Resumed With a Full Attendance. Bdward C. Finney, assistant to the : Secretary of the Interior, continued his testimony today before the HallingerPinchot investigating committee. He was questioned further about official acts of .Mr. Ballinger and insisted that the Seretarv had acted in good faith in turning: over the Cunningham claims to Assistant Secretary Pierce. There was a full attendance of the eoirimlttee today, as an Important question was to be decided. Attorney Brandeis requested yesterday that he he allowed to defer cross-examination of Mr. Pierce and other subordinates of Mr. Ballinger until after he had had an opportunity to examine the Secretary himself. The committee appeared to be divided on the question, so action on it was postponed until today. Attorney Vertices examined Mr. Finney 1 as to various matters which had been dis1 cussed by witnesses for the prosecution. Drafting of Contracts. It has been claimed that Secretary BalJinger modified a contract with power I companies using water from Lake Talioe, j in California and Nevada, so as to give ! the company better terms. Mr. Finney ; ; said that every contract relating to Lake i ' n-M * ? ??. - - V. . - t hrA^la. ! a <9.1 iuc w as pj cpa> vu u.* mv ? ?v?t* matlon service. Mr. Finney also icp-.ied to the criticisms of Secretary Bailinger r>y J director Newell and Chief Engineer "Vtvis >f the reclamation service. These witnesses claimed that Attornes* General XVickersham held | the " co-operative certificate" or "Garfield ' currency" to be illegal because he had | been led to believe that there were no funds in the reclamation fund, whereas I some ?.',000,000 was available. Mr. Finney said that when the matter first was presented to the Attorney General, both Messrs. Newell and Davie w>r4 ' writing that there was no moaajc on hand c for new projects of any sort. H? also . i said that after the opinion had been rendered Neweil complained that the state- f ment of facts to the Attorney General was not a fair one. and lie believed that if the reclamation sendee had been allowed a to present the matter the opinion would a have been different. f First Opinion Confirmed. "It was agreed then that a new case r should be presented to the Attorney Gen- e eral," continued the witness, "and so a complete statement prepared by Mr. Newell was included in the papers on which a a second opinion was asked. The second n opinion confirmed the first one." Mr. Finney was cross-examined by Attorney Brandels. who said he would defer some of his questions until after the com- , mtttee ruled as to whether he could cross-examine witnesses after Secretary n Bailinger had been heard. o "Mr. Finney," said Brandeis, "your t manifold duties in the Interior Depart- n ment have Included your presence here every day as associate counsel for Mr. ' Bailinger?" "I have been present to assist in bring- c ing out the truth." ^ Action Taken by Glavlg. c d j Mr. Brandeis demanded to know if there ^ ! was anything in the record to show that ; Attorney General Wickerahem had "one ^ scintilla of evidence" before him to Justlfy his statement that Glavis took no action toward criminal prosecution? in the a Cunningham caeet--. 11 Mr. Finney said papers looking to criminal prosecutions were sent to Mr. Glavis at his request, but that no action in court r, had been taken. tj "I said nothing about action in court," snapped the attorney. Brandeis proceeded to show that at the time the Attorney General made his statement regarding Glavis on papers sub- c mitted to him there were in the land ot- y flee various uaily reports by Glavis and Special Agent Jones regarding confer ! ences with District Attorney Todd at tt Seattle; also letters from Todd and h Glavis regarding the conferences. t Mr. Brandels was still questioning the witness when the luncheon reoess was or- jj dered. At this time the absence of sev- p eral committee members prevented a de- a cision on Mr. Brandels' request being a reached. EXCEPTIONS FILED TO ' I LITTLEFIELD REPORT $ b w Virginia and West Virginia Dissat- jj isfled With Special Master's 11 ?e . a ^ Division or i/eDt. n o Both the state of West Virginia and " the commonwealth of Virginia today filed In the Supreme Court of the Unit- g ed States exceptions to the report of u Charles K. Littlefield. special master to ^ ascertain certain facts as a basis of Cl arriving at the proportion of the debt of Virginia before the organisation of West Virginia that the latter state should pay to the fOi-mer. According f, to the report West Virginia may be ii called upon to pay between $3,000,000 t> and $9,000,000 to the mother state. 81 Wast Virginia's Objection. & The principal exception to the report b is that made by West Virginia, object- ? ing to the master Including in the aggregate amount of ordinary expenses ? of Virginia from 182R to 1800, the sum ot o $18,000,000 as interest on the public debt. This was the last day on which ex- ** ceptlons could be filed. The court will * now set a day for argument of these " exceptions and will then talce< the case under consideration for final deternal- 4 nation. * ? b Judge Dow of Ohio Fall* Dead. v COIAJMBUS. Ohio, April 16.?Judge tl Duncan Dow, one of the most prominent n lawyers in the state, and the author of the famous Dow liquor tax law, drop- j pert dead yesterday at his home in Belle-1 K fontslne. ' ? * 1 AFT MY, TOO "ells Suffragists "Hissing In cident Is Hurting Them. . ISED UNFAIRLY BY FOES las No Personal Feeling in the Matter, He Avers. VOMEN FOUGHT TO WIN VOTES .essong in Practical Politics?Plans for Siege of Congreas Ad. dress to Convention. White House, April if>, 1910. To Mrs. Francis Squires Potter. Corresponding Secretary. Woman's Suffrage Association: I beg to acknowledge your : favor of April 15. T unite I with you in regretting the ' incident occurring (luring mv address, to which your letter refers. I regret it not ^because of anv personal feel ? V ing. for I have none on the subject at all, but only because much more significance has been given to it than it deserves, and because it mav be used in an unfair way to embarrass the leaders of your movement. I thank the association for the kindly and cordial tone of the resolution transmitted, and hope that the feature of Thursday night's meeting which you describe as having given your association much sorrow may soon be entirely forgotten. Sincerely yours. WILLIAM H, TAFT. ? -Declaring he regretted the "hissing" ? idfent.-.not because of personal fcalttig mt because it was being used tn an un air way to em oarage ine leaders or tne uffraglsts movement. President Taft this fternoon sent a letter of reply to the pology sent him yesterday by the sufragists. The apology and President Taft's reply pferred to the incident on Thursday vening, when some statements In the resident's address of welcome to the Uffragist congress were hissed by some members of the audience. Practical Politics Taught. With the hissing incident relegated o the rear, conferences on practioal net hods of work and reports from state (fleers were the important business a*, oday's session of the forty-second an-' >ual session of the National American Voman Suffrage Association. "How can you start out to defeat a andidate for office who is opposed to is?" was one quest ion discussed at the onference on practical methods conucted by Mary Page Hutche*on of lassachusetts. "Get his record from his rival candlate and tell the people about It," was ie suggestion which. Judging from the pplause which greeted it, met with the lost approval. That to do good work in practioal police the suffragists must learn to be good mixers" seemed to be the central idea unning through the discussion of praccal methods. Suggestions From Miss CoataUoa. Miss Ray Costelloe. suffragette, was ailed upon to tell how practical work rax done in Knaland. Her brief address. i which she apologized as a young worn n and a foreigner to offer suggestions to er American sisters, made the hit of he morning session. "We can't do political work without Potical workers," said -Miss Costello. "Tin.-omen must train themselves to go out jid talk to the public. Money, workers nd patience are what will make ua win," Speakers who followed assured the o?nention that the woman suffrage movetent in America was in no ways labklng i funds. Mrs. Hunt of Wisconsin, introduced as member of the staff of La Follette's Weekly, declared that while Rhode Island oasted of its conservatism, Wisconsin as proud of its lnsurgentiwn. She added hat a great deal had not yet been done i that state for woman's suffrage, but hat the work was now well started. Representative Anthony of Kansas, ephew of Susan B. Anthony, was vlgorusly applauded as ho arose to speak. "In Kansas," he said, "the women are tore intelligent than the men in school nd munlolpal affairs." Emma Maddock Punch told the oonress that she oould not in thirty raintes. nor In thirty hours, tell all that th? uffraglsts were doing In Maryland. Shaded, however, that In Maryland the ause was somewhat shy of funds. "On to Congress" Program. Elaborate preparations have- been mad* jt the visit to Congress Tuesday morn ig. Every state will have an au*om<>lle, and the delegates will dairy the tato banner. The cars will be arranged by state** in Iphabetlosl order. Headed by the emearing the general officers and the press ar, the procession will leave the Arllag?n at 1130 o'olock In the morning. The hearing before the Sonets and louse committees will be bold nt 1^ clock. Because of a rule about present ig petitions, there will bo no spanking afore the House committee. All speeches rill be made to the Senate ominiiWtse on -Oman's suffrage. There will be an open-air meeting at :30 o'clock this afternoon at 7th street nd Pennsylvania avenue. Mhny protnisnt suffragists will speak from antomoIlea The committee on churches has canass rd all tho clergymen of the cfty on no question of votes fhr women In lany Washington .pulpits tha subject or votes for women" will be discussed. Many members of both houees of Conress today received visits from the snf-agist delegates of their states or disI