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cfl States custom- offices. Ills testimony lortay" was brought out hJ* a resalutinr ?>n the subject introdis^ by- Rfp?*saentativ'e Harrison tdeinocratj of Near York requesting t lie Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the House with copies* of Mr Hepburn s report. Found Irreguiar Conditions. Mr. Hepburn told of many irreguhu conditions. He found that sugar refinets were willing to pay their import duties from weights of the government scales.- hut refused tp seTl sugar on tht same scale*, indicating that the government scales weighed sh*?rt. One man w?a found who received 1 per rent of the amount of all dtitiet saved-by a certain -irryort. from , which source.* in one year hfc received $3,600. An importer of firecmekers confessed that he paid a govesrnment w-eigher *2,500. for false weights on one cap*go of firecrackers, but Jlte man was acquitted by a New York jury. Mr. Hepburn -aid the atmosphere .surrounding the New York, customs office* subjected government officials t*> the powerful influence of steamship com. panics and importers, creating & eonditinn n-iKir !. ipfld ro bad results. LULL IN NEGOTIATIONS . OVER RAILROAD BILL Only Informal Conferences Held Among- Small Oroups-of ^ Senators Today. Kxcept for some informal conferences among small groups of senators there teas a lull in negotiations over the railroad rate bill today. The absence of President Taft on one side and Senators Cummins and Dollivei on the other tended to present active consideration of the points in dispute between the republican factions. Senator Aldricli. however, returned to the city today and busied himself talking with his colleagues over the trend of negotiations during his recent absence from the ejty.* Senator Aidrich will give the rail:oa.l bill his unflagging attention from rinw on. and it is hoped that substantial progress toward a compromise between the factions can be reached during this week. Negotiations for compromise will proceed along tlu lines detailed in The Star yesterday, as far they ran be conducted in the absenre of Senators Dolliver and Cummins. The administration republicans are very * .confident thj?t. they, will be able to de"feat the long and short haul amepdment -proposed by some of the insurgents. It was intimated today that a number of democratic senators will vote against that amendment and may ofTset in fact "the vote of the insurgent republicans. ' Tresiiieiit Taft had a talk yegterdgy .afternoon with Senator Elkins and Senator Nelson over the railroad rate bill.' going over the sections in dispute in detail and hearing the views of both senator*. CORNER STONE IS LAID. New Episcopal Church Edifice Is Begun at Farlee, Va. fpeeial liispatch to The Stsr. CLARENDON, Va., May 9.?The corner tone of the new St. George's Episcopal Church at Farlee. Va., was laid yesterday afternoon. The services were pened with a hymn by the Sundayschool children, which was followed by. the apostles" creed. Rev. Edward W. Callender offered prayer, after which another hymn was sung. Dr. Callender delivered an address, in which he told of his efforts, with the co-operation of the members of his congregation, to build up the church, which he said was started in the home of William Sidebotham. Later the hall of the Knights of Pythias was used to worship in. Among the articles placed in a tin box and later in tne corner stone were tne names of the officers of the church. Rev. Bdward W. Callender, John B. Henderson and Horace Gilbert, trustees; H. B. Gilbert, senior warden, and J. X. Steed, Junior warden; H. A. Whallon. Dr. W. C. Welburn, J. T. Hessey, W. G. Birch, H. VV. Lock wood. William Sidebotliam and J. X. Alexander; book of prayers; cards collected by the children of the Sunday school with the names of those who contributed funds for the building of the church; copies of the Falls Church parish paper. "The Commonwealth." and the "Monitor." The church is to be a reproduction of the Farnborough Hants Episcopal Church of England, which was built in the ninth century. It will have a seating capacity of "/JO, and will cost $3,000. It will be a pebble dash structure. It is being built at Farlee. because that is the most central place for the people of Ballston, t hefryaale and Clarendon to attend service. About S8?J0 has already been subscribed. a FAB AHEAD OF ESTIMATE. Corporation Tax Beceipts Will Exceed $25,000,000. Receipts from the corporation tax exceed by nearly a million dollars Secretary MacVeagh's estimate of $35,000,000, made early in December. This is the latest calculation made by the internal revenue ofll :e, which has almost completed the examination of the returns from corporations on which the tax is aasc?s?>d. When business closed last week *2T?.319,715 l ad b^en assessed. Half a million more is expected. The figures given are subject to revision, but the change* will not l>e material. "TUoea U .. 1 -ax .a if position manifested by corporations to comply with tha law requiring returns to he made," pav? Mr. Cabell, the ?-oinmissioner of Internal revenue. About iSiO.OOO returns, representing ifTTi.orm corporations, were made. Four hundred thousand corporations were listed when the law imposing the tax became operative. Many were 'dead on?s" and a great number, such as mutual savings banks and beneficial and fraternal organizations, were exempt from the provisions of the law. Included in the inactive corporations were many mining and development companies of mushroom growth, which had operated largely in the southwest. Their places of organization or charter were mostly In the east, although many were started in NMexico. Strikingly few wfllful violations of the law in not making returns were reported and the penalty list will not be very large. SELECTING A JURY. Trial of John C. Davit, Accused of False Pretenses and Embezzlement. The case of John C. Davis, the member of the local bar harged with obtaining tfoO. <><* from investors in this r-iv ana Alexandria. Va.. by false pretenses and '-nibexxleinent, was called for trial in Criminal Court Xo. 2, before Jusii< e Stafford, shortly after the norm 1 ecess. The examination of the jurors will probably ooupv the entire afternoon. Tf the Jury is completed the opening .statement for the government will be ; made tomorrow morning by Cnited States Attorney Wilson or Assistant Vtiltal States Attorney Proctor. Attorney Henry E. Davis will .conduct ?Ire defence, tvhh h is understood to be in-Mfilty. The trial is expected to occupy; two weeks. ? . . 31ie indictments on which today's 'rial is based ate only two of r rttnwh'r {rending again** the prisoner. These 'wo chgjcge that just about one year pso Davis secured and embezzled abottt $12. torn fronr Miss McKeown of Cincinnati and Dr. Wilktnis* of Alexandria. Senator McCuraber Much Bettf .. fenstor McCumber. who lias been seri ousl? "ill toliowing a secondary operation for appendicitis, was teported to be great. * 1\ improved today. Mis condition, according to his physicians, show.* improvement over yesterday and last week. Ills ternor rat ure is scirajl and he Is resting easily. ? * : REFUSES 10 RECEDE i; _______ t< - - v 'House Supports Conferees on S the District Bill. a c< : DISPUTE ON PLAYGROUNDS I a ________ v. b | Observance of Spirit of the Or- J. ; ganic Act Urged in Vain. ' a c it CHARGES MADE BY GARDNER I: rr ??w>iwi rr I h; ( Sulzer Asserts That Compact Be- t? ft tween the Government and the tii District Should Be Kept. ni j h? |ti g< The playgrounds controversy is still 01 unsettled. By a vote of 137 to 113 the House of Representatives today refused pj to accept the proposition advocated by n< the friends of the playgrounds, that the b; $17,000 in the District-Wll for this pur- ^ pose shall be paid half by .the federal ^ government and half out of the District revenues. ? n* The House insists that the entire ^ $17,000 shall be paid by the District. w The Senate insists that the sum shall ^ be provided on the half "and half" basis, or Enemies of the playground*- made charges of bad faith today against Representative Parsons of New York and others who have been doing tlieir best to preserve the organic act of the District from violation and to befriend tire little children of the National Capital. The gentlemen accused spiritedly denied the JJJ charge. One of the features of today s row over * the playgrounds was a speech by Representativc Gardner of Michigan, declaring that the delay in passing the District pj bill was costing $2,000 a day at least. The fight over the playground Item in tli the District of Columbia appropriation ?* bill was resumed in the House of Repre- jjj sentatives shortly after that body con- ta vened today. Whichever way the row to turns-out,- the District will get $17,000 for -playground purposes. This amount, according to a decision of Speak- p, er Cannon some weeks ago, is firmly w fixed in.the bill.. The controversy now on PS is to decide whether this, sum shall be clt Pild half, oui of the revenues of the Dis- ja trict an4 half from the federal.Treasury, cc as the Senate proposes, or entirely out of the District revenues, as the House insists. j; Immediately after the reading of the he journal this morning Representative m Washington Gardner of Michigan, the d head of the House conferees, in charge ^ of the conference report on the District ar Hill llorl it tin anH vipMpH ton mimitPic' v?fi| VWIIVU av up uuu jm vivavu vv II *> M ?V.?-' 1 time to Representative Herbert Parsons th of New York, the playgrounds champion. w Mr. Gardner made a brief explanation ^ of the proposition, adding that he did not w know the fight was to be resumed today, pi as this, being the second Monday in the p, month, is reserved under the rules for w business reported to the calendar from fr, the District committee. But as a con- <j{ ference report is privileged, Mr. Gardner fr decided to call it up. t0 Mr. Larsons'. Statement. ^ "When the District of Columbia appropriation bill passed the House." said Mr. Parsons, "it provided $17,000 for the main- ^ tenance, equipment, etc., of the play- ti grounds, payable wholly out of the reven- tr lies of the District. The Senate agreed to this amount, but struck out the provision that it should be paid entirely by the Die- ft trict. When the conferees reported the first time they had stricken out everything. Including the $17,000. The Speaker ruled that in doing this the conferees had exceeded their authority. Now, both the j:. Senate and House having agreed to the , amount of $17,000, the only thing in dis- .. agreement is with reference to the man- J ner in which it shall be provided. p "The playgrounds give to the children of the poor the same chance for exercise that our children have. They are of the greatest benefit to the health of the children." Mr. Parsong then read letters from 11 mothers telling how the health of their a children had t>een benefited by the super- w vised games at the playgrounds. ct Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, chairman of the House committee on appropriations, took the floor to insist that the controversy did not involve the merit of the f1* playgrounds proposition. "In any event," said Mr. Tawney, "the II: $17,000 will be appropriated. The only re question is whether the House will stand j,j by its unanimous action when it adopted p? the amendment making this $17,000 pay- f0 able wholly from the District revenues, cl The playgrounds advocates got what they p? asked for and now they propose to go back on the agreement they made at that o\ time." th Mr. Tawney then read from the Con- ca gressional Record of the day on which n? the last fight over thife playgrounds item a* occurred to show that his amendment, had cc been accepted by Representatives Foster th of Vermont and Parsons of New York, uj who were leading the playgrounds fight ar at that time. tr of Would Stand by Organic Act. ca Representative Olcott of New York sug- e( gested that, no matter how often Congress had been guilty of bad faith with the: District of Columbia, it was time in this case to get down to business and. to live up to the spirit of the organic act. a! "We have no legal right to violate in 0j one jot or tittle the act of 1878." Mr. Foster said that he did not relish wmttl/vn fi?nm \l r Tflvpot* that h fi* 111 was acting In bad faith in wanting to re- th cede and concur in the Senate amend- dl ment. It was true, Mr. Foster said, that 11 on one vote he did assent to the payment y< of all the playgrounds appropriation out R of the T>istrlct revenues. But he had not hi done that, he insisted, to win over Mr. b< Tawney's consent to the general proposi- c< tion, because, he said, "we had thq gen- a< tVemen from Minnesota and his followers beaten to a frazzle." ed The Senate was insisting on its policy, b< Mr. Foster pointed out, and it was noth- Ai tng new for the House to recede from w its own contention. w Question One of Good Faith. li" 'The question before us today." de- w clared Representative Sulzer of New York, "is one of good faith between ct Congress and the District of Columbia. r We ought to live up to that act. It is a compact between the government and the people of tlie District. "I for one am opposed to violating that compact. If we are true to ourselves and to the compact we will vote s?with the Senate on this proposition. g< We ought to be ashamed of ourselves b) to hold up this appropriation bill and T to stand here for months quibbling over a thins like this. What do the people of the country think of the House trying to repudiate the compact between ^ the-government and the District of Co- (1| lumbia?" pi Representative Burleson of Texas re- aj viewed at some length the legislation of previous years In behalf of playgrounds, itemized the expenditures, and claimed that salaries consumed a large portion of the appropriation From that lie took up the subject of the cost of maintaining P public schools in the District in comparison with the cost .n other large cities. Charges by Gardner. 81 ti Representative Gaulner of Michigan ( when lie took the floor held up a copy ^ of tne Consressional Record, containing s a speech by Mr. Parsons, not a line or ( i word of which, he said, was delivered on a 'the floor of the House. Mr. Gardner went j 0 |on to.say that this speech reflected on J f jMr. Parsons' fellow-members of the: '(House, and that he did not think this was n i right t t "Tire history of this item in the hill is a this." said Representative Gardner, head t of the House conferees and in charge of w the bill. "The House committee on ap- c ropriations recommended fe.OOft for the I nprovement and equipment of play- I rounds, hut nothing for supervision. I k'hen the bill was under consideration in | lie House it was unanimously agreed j give $17.bOO for maintenance, proided the whole amount was paid from ie revenues Of the District. The Senate c ut in their bill $I7.0U0. to be paid one- % alf by the District and the other half V the general government. In the Sente bill supervision was put in. hut in inference this word was stricken out"A disagreement was reached in confernoe, and when the House conferees re- f orted to this body their action in dis- J greeing to thp Senate amendment they ere sustained by a large majority. The ill. carrying over flO.flOO.OfO. was passed y the House before the holidays, as it g as desired to have it early enacted into iw. It has been held up to now within bout seven weeks of the close of the seal year largely on account of this em in disagreement amounting to the dstrict to an additional $8,500. In the leantime the opportunity to use money lade immediately available in the bill as been passing. Contracts already cn- ?u red into have been curtailed for iacK 01 jnds. ' ? "Street improvements that ought to a ive been made, and would have been F lade but for the holding up of this bill. ave been neglected and we are advised lat work will soon have to stop ahold her. Schoolliouses ?nd improvements n t schoolhouses contemplated and pro- ^ Ided for in this bill have been delayed . ntil now it will be impossible to oomlete them in time for the opening of the 11 ew school year. And I am authorized p y the Engineer Commissioner of the. ]j istrict to say that the est'mated actual t] iss to tlie District will be at least 00,000. " "t'nder the leadership of a very few p embers of the Playground Association j lere has been conducted the most perstent and inexcusable course of lobbying ithin the range of my knowledge. S) ethods have been resorted to that s? lght to be condemned and the parties p igaging in them rebuked by all good tj tizens. Si Alleged Tactics Employed. 01 "Not only were the members of the a mmittee importuned and plied with a tters and telegrams and petitions itil forbearance ceased to be a virtue, it the membership of the House has ?en divided up into small groups. I 11 >ld here in my hand the so-called ?' lack Hat* containing names of mem- el ?rs who voted in favor of the House ir ovision and these seen one by one. si "For weeks automobiles have been at ^ le doors of the Capitol and the House ^ lice building, and members have been C( rged to leave their places in the House g id their work in the office building and ike a ride through the city, ostensibly i visit some playground, but in reality Q lat the lobbyist might the better ply j s work. Some of these people have cj oated over their ability to have the bill .j ?ld up while they were getting in their ork, their leader, the secretary and the cecutive officer of the association, dearing it was 'nuts and cheese' to the isociation to have action on the bill de- ^ yed. though every day's delay was . isting the city $2,000 in actual loss. 'Telegrams, letters and circulars e ive been sent broadcast by the same e: cretarv to people in the states that p ley might try and influence members h re. One of these circulars I hold in ? m w 1? A M ?1 # MM A mm m-m J A #1 AM - A A A A 1% * 9 A v iidiiu, sun uuuucu, an .> uu ocr, u> a ?ep black border and the contents so n orded that the reader is led to be- 41 ;ve that the children of the District p e to be wholly deprived of the playround privileges unless the bill with e e Senate amendments was passed, p hen the secretary must have known lat since the Speaker's ruling the hole sum of $17,000 was to be appro- C -iated and that the only point in dis- ^ ite was whether it was to be paid holly from the District treasury or Dm the dual source. This black-borsred sheet was sent me by a good lend from my state with an appeal do something for the playgrounds, { ithering from this and the accominying letter from the secretary that ithing was to be done if this bill was ifeated. "On what is deemed trustworthy aulority the threat has been made that le battle would be carried into the dis icts of the conferees and an attempt lade to defeat them, and in two of the * :ates some of the papers are already il ublishing articles in condemnation of o le conferees, based on misrepresents- ? ons made from this city. This action n the part not of the Playground AsKiation as a whole, for this anonymous v nbik-ation called 'Facts.' which is a 1 range mixture of facts and misleading t] :atements, was put fortli by only eight, ^ le secretary tells me, out of a possible venty-eight members who make up the n layground Association. c ''Certain Influences" Arraigned. A "This course has been pursued while in a lis bill is carried almost a mifflbn and * half of dollars Daid by the people of the n hole country for the education of the ? lildreu in this city. It carries $4:11,000 P ore for the care of the poor and the 0 ck of Washington to be paid from the d itional treasury: it carries $50,000 more b i be paid from the same source for the ti alntenance' of the Zoological Park, the rr ost popular and freqtiented amusement sort in the city. In round numbers this e II carries two millions of dollars to be V lid by the people of the whole country L r the education of the children, for p larit.v and for the amusement of the a sople of Washington city t< "In addition to this, tiic bill carries *er three million more to be paid from , e federal treasury during the next <fls- f il year to meet the ordinary current >ed? of the city. Despite this large sum, tgregating over five millions of dollars, intributed by the nation, this bill, trough certain influences, has been held j for weeks and months in order to get c i additional $8,500 paid from the national easur.v for supervision and maintenance playgrounds; this, too, while the bill irries $7,400 in items not in dispute for le betterment of playgrounds now own1 by the District. Action Quoted as Precedents. "The conferees have sought in good 'v Llth to carry out the will of the House ^ * emphatically expressed by the votes n f members on two different occasions, o hich was that this comparatively insig- L ificant sum should be paid wholly from * ie District revenues. There are un- h Isputed precedents in support of the a (ouse contention. For example: Some e ears ago, when the Grand Army of the . epublic was to be entertained here, a 11 III was passed appropriating $80,000 to d e paid on the half-and-half basis, on y mdition that the citizens raised $50,000 K dditlonal. "The House of Representatives oontendI then, an now. that the whole sum should ? paid by the District, and It was donenother precedent exactly on all fours p 1th the action proposed in this bill was p hen the Congress authorized the equipg of a bathing beach within the city a mils and on a government reservation o 1 condition that the whole appropriation as to be paid by the District. r "This, gentlemen of the House, is our ise and it is for you to adhere to or e sverse your former action." tl House Refuses to Recede. After some further debate Mr. Parsons loved that the House recede from Its sagreement to the Senate amendment ? > that the two houses might get toether and agree that the }17,U00 should * i paid one-half out of the federal F. reasuiy and one-half out of the rev- ' lues of the District. P On a record tall vote the Persons mo- q on was lost. On a motion made by Mr. H ardner the House further insisted on its F I sagreement. This leaves tiie whole D laygrounds proposition still up in the w ir. XUA JtJEidl lUiri LAWKS. tizes Offered Washington Residents a by Garden Association. <!, Tl.e officials of the People's Garden A?ociation have decided to offer prizes for he l?est kept lawns in all parts of the ity. Although the final arrangements , ave not been completed it is expected a v et of prizes will he offered to each of h he four sections cf tlie city. This action, ccording to the belief of the ass-viatior: I! tflcera. promotes tlie ptojcct of beauti- ^ ying Washington. / ? One of the officials in discussing the latter today su'd it was the desire of ? hoe In charge i?? give as many ro?ple!j? s possible a chance to win a prize, and 2 hat the arrangements for the contests ,-oiild be sucli as to stimulate interest ven among the children of the city. f m IN MM) >enate Asked to Investigate a Tariff Publication. ilRCULATEDUNDER FRANKS Senator Stone's Resolution Calling for Inquiry Referred to Committee on Post Offices. ! n Id In ?? fo if ? v tii I0P pon an investigation into a'legcd abuses f the flanking privilege. Dtwlaring that book of pages in dofoase of the 'ayne-Aldricli tariff law. which is being Irculated under tlie franks of senators nd memhers of tlie House, contains iuch matter thai lias not appeared in lie Congressional Record. Senator Stone oday introduced a resolution directing lie Senate committee on post offices and osi roads to determine whether the pubcation is entitled to free < in illation lirough the mails, lie said lie bad been 1 formed that the book had been preared by the .?inenean Protective Tariff .eague. Speaking 011 tiie resolution. Mr. Stone aid that the book was "purely and essntially u campaign document." If one arty could so circulate matter iie lought tlie other party should have the imp (privilege. He complained especially f tlie title page, subheads and Index s extraneous, and therefore objectionble matter. Mr. Gallinger's Statement. Confessing tiia; lie bad authorized the se of his own frank in tlie circulation f tlie book. Air GalHnger indorsed the Tort to have the circulation of tlie book lquired into. He said he had been asjred that the publication contained no latter which had not appeared in the :ecord. He said, moreover, that the Dmpilers of the pamphlet had acted in ood faith in what they had done. Mr. La Follette moved to amend so as ) include an inquiry into the circulation f a circular letter from the Protective ,eague. which lie stated also was being irculajed under congressional franks. ne ainexiuintui was agiccu w. Wants General Investigation. Mr. Bacon wanted a general investigaon of the reported misuse of the franklg privileges and Mr. Money moved an xtension of the investigation to include xecutive department franks. The Money rovision was accepted. Mr. Bacon said is remarks as quoted in the tariff book ere badly garbled. The resolution was referred to the comlittee on post offices on the promise of s chairman. Senator Penrose, that a rompt report would be made. During the discussion several senators xpressed the opinion that the franking rivllege is not being abused. IED CROSS FUND FOR CARTAGE VICTIMS lity of New Orleans Gives $1,000. United Fruit Company's Contribution, $25,000. The American Red Cross has received rom the city of New .Orleans $1,<J00 as ;s contribution to the fund for the relief f the earthquake sufferers at Cartago. 'osta Rica. The State Department has received rord from the representative of the 'nlted Fruit Company at Boston stating liat the company had contributed ??>,000 or the same purpose. This contribution o doubt will be distributed through the ompany's agent at San Jose. In response to a request sent to Mr. r 1 /iKnfwa n Q -? r* Tocii lUIUtir. UIIllCU Oldica *_ nttifiu at oan jwr, skin? for information as to whether he government of Costa Rica was in eed of outside contributions for the relief f the earthquake sufferers, the State Deartment has received a telegram to the ffect that the people are in very great istress in consequence of the eatliquake, ut that the government feels some Iteration in asking aid from other nations, "hat is assumed to mean that the govrnment will gladly accept contributions. Vith a view to making the sum from the inited States as large as possible it is robabie that President Taft will issue an ppeal urging the people of the country a contribute generously to this cause. IUNDREDS DIE MONTHLY IN MILLS AND FACTORIES londitions in Ohio to Be Investigated?Report Made by Consul Ernest Ludwig. CLEVELAND. May Jh?Between three undred and five hundred Austrian* and lungarians are killed monthly in the tills and factories of Ohio, and 1,50C thers are maimed, according to Ernest iudwig, consul for the dual monarchy, rho announced that he will appeal to is government to take some action to Iter the conditions which he claims xist. Mr. Ludwig has conducted an ivnst itrat inn into tlie working' con itions in Ohio manufacturing plants -ith a view to making a report to his overnment. Twelve Hundred in Nine Years. ire declares that in one mill that emloys about six hundred hands 1,200 ersons have been killed in nine years nd that in another death takes a toll f one every day. The consuls representing other fiuopcan nations arc said to l?o making imilar investigations with the intenlon of concerted action. Drinks Quart in 30 Minutes. Benjamin Johnson, colored, thirty years Id, of 1249 Madison street, who is known j his companions us Ben "Chokum." raa conveyed to the Homeopathic llosital in tlie second precinct patrol wagon jday and treated for alcoholism. The oliee were told that lie had consumed a uart of whisky In about thirty minutes, le was found lying on the pavement in 'reeman alley. Physicians at the liosital said tiiis afternoon his condition as critical. High School Cadets to Parade. The High School ('add Kegiihent will arade on the White Lot this afternoon t 5 o'clock. Brig. tien. Taskcr H. Bliss, "nit od States Army, will review the adets. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the her ammeter and barometer at the veather bureau for t lie twenty-four ours beginning at 2 p.m. yesterday: Thermometer?May 8. 4 p.m.. 74; 8 .in., 70: 1- midnight. ti">: 4 a.m.. Go; a.m., 00: 12*" iioon, G6: 2 p.m.. GO. laxiniunt, 74, at A p.m. May Ji; miniinm. 03. :i;m. May 5*. Haionieter~May 8. 4 p.m.. 29. S3: s Mil.. -9.83; 1" midnight. 29.82. May 4 a.m.. 29:75: S a.m., 29.75; noon, .74; X l>m., 29.73. Maximum temperature pnsl twentyour hours. 71: a year ago. i". ART OF (MAI OH SENATE FINALLY PASSES BIL1 FOR COMMISSION. Appropriation of $10,000 a Year foi Expenses?Senator Bailey Opposed. Making an important change in th measure as it passed the Senate, thi conference report on the bill to creat a fine arts commission to supervis monuments, statues and fountain erected under the authority of th I'nited States was adopted by the Sen ate this afternoon. The conference struck out the provisioi that the members of the commissioi should be confirmed by the Senate. As It comes from the conference th bill provides "that a permanent commis sion of tine arts is hereby created, to b composed of seven well qualified judge of the fine arts, who shall be appointei by the President and shall serve for i period of four years each and until tliei successors are appointed and qualified The President shall have anthoritv to til I all vacancies. "It snan ne the duty of sueli conimis sion to advise upon the location o statues, fountains and monuments erect ed under the authority of the Unite* States and upon the selection of artist: for the execution of the same. It slial be the duty of the officers charged bj law to determine such questions in eael case to call for such advice. "The foregoing provisions of the aei shall not apply to the Capitol buildini of the United States and the Library o Congress. "The commission shall also advise gen erally upon questions of art when re quired to do so by the President or bj any committee of cither house of Con gress. Said commission shall have s secretary and such other assistants a: the commission may authorise, and tin members of the commission shal each be paid actual expenses in goin; to and returning from Washington t< attend the meetings of the commisoioi and while attending the same. "To meet the expenses made necessar; by this act an expenditure of not exceed ing 510.000 a year is hereby authorized.' Senator Bailey voted against the adop tion of the conference report. He re marked that he had the old-fashionei idea that it is better to let the peopl of the city improve it themselves ani according to their own ideas. KISSES SOLD AT Midi LIVELY SESSION HELD 01 SOUTH OMAHA CHANGE. Brokers Bid as High as $5 Apieci and Girls Bealize $121 for Charity. SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., May 9.?"Kisse steady to strong:, with a tendency t higher prices on account of a shortag in the supply," is the quotation on th bulletin board in the live stock exchang trading room here. This quotation was put up a couple o days ago and will remain at least unti there is a heavy run on the commodity. Buying kisses at auction is likely to be come a legitimate occupation with th members of the exchange. They hav had a taste of it and they like it, regard less of the price paid. The marketing of kisses was begun i day or two ago when M.ss JeanetteChild and Miss May Morgan, chaperoning bevy of young women, swooped dowi upon the exchange soliciting subscription for a charity bazaar that was having i run in Omaha. They had tickets to sale, but they did not appeal to the liv stock men. "Why don't you sell kisses?" aske Rudolph Franklin, a St. l.ouis hors buyer, wild happened to be on th market. "What will you give per kiss?" aske Miss Morgan, a refined and accompUshe< girl. "We will put them up at auction am sell them to the highest bidder," an swered Franklin. No Reduction for Wholesale. "Agreed." was the response of Mis \lf\roran 'on/1. t ?- * - AuwiQuti! unu me i iiaori if iu rutv< his choice and as many as ho wants, n< reduction on account of number." By this time the large exchange roon was full of brokers, cattle, hog and sheei buyers and office men. Franklin mounted a chair and an nounoed that he was about to sell kisses the buyer having the choice of kisses Kach kiss, he said, would be sold singly but the kisser would be entitled to an: number, each to be paid for at the sann rate as the first. The bidding was lively. Jay Tjavertj starting the bidding at SI. Bids of 5< cents and a dollar were made until $4.o< was reached, when Auctioneer Franklh announced that he would pay $5 for th< first kiss. This staggered the other bid ders, who dropped out of the game. Getting down off his chair. Franklii in&ronted a smacking kiss upon th< ir.Hf h of Miss Childs and followed it uj wiili three more, after which lie passei over a $"0 bill. * The action of Franklin gave impetu: to the game, and after that the sale; were rapid, the highest price paid heint $4 and t lie lowest The scssioi netted charity ?121. MR. TAFT SIGNS APPEAL FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS Issued in His Capacity as Presidenl of the American Bed Cross Association. President Taft, as president of tlie American Red Cress, tcday made a strong appeal for contributions for the earthquake sufferers in Costa Rica. The appeal is as follows: "To the People of the United States: "In view of the fact that the earthquake in Ocsta Rica was of far more serious nature than at tirst reported, tlx need is very great. Therefore, as president of the American Red Cress, I apj?eal t<> our people that they may express their sympathy for the unfortunate victims by contributing generously to the iclief of the suffering i:i our sister republic. Contributions may be sent to t'x Red Cross, Washington, D. C., or to tlx local Red Cross treasurer. Funds so received are forwarded to the diplomatic representative of the United States is Costa Rica, wiio is responsible for thcit wise tree, and any amounts left over al the end of the relief work are added tc the American Red Cross contingent relief fund for use on future occasions. "WILLIAM H. TAFT, "President of the American Red Csoss." WARNING TO RAILROADS. Commerce Commission Says Violation of Freight Rates Must Stop. Violations of published freight rates have resulted from various practices ot railroads .and shippers outlined in an opinion handed down today by the Interstate commerce commission in the matter >f the substitution of tonnage at transit points. The commission announces flatly thai the continuance of such abuses of itJ rulings will compel a resort to eriminsj prosecution, including both shippers and carriers, to secure obedience to the law. i I TAR OFF_ON TRIP I ' Starts for New York to Open I Actors' Fund Fair. ' WILL SPEAK IN PASSAIC I President, Suffering With Bad Cold, C ? Takes Physican With Him, e Returns Tomorrow. ] s e President Taft left at 1t? o'clock this morning- lor York' and Passage. N. ] J. He occupied a special car attached to it the regular Pennsylvania railroad train, it The Pres.dent will return to Washington tomorrow morning. * The President was suffering' from a * severe cold when he departed. He e took along with him Dr. J. J. Kichards son of this city, who was in the presi- ' ^ dential party on the long irip through s a the west last fall. DrI Richardson will c I treat the President during the day. 1 ,1 Attorney General Wiekersham also ac- e compacted Mr. Taft to Xew York thisjc f morning. t PHILADELPHIA, Ma\ *.?President> 3 j Taft passed through Philadelphia at 1 t * o'clock this afternoon on his way to t I New York. j Plans for Reception. NEW YORK, Ma> ?.?.?Everything was 1 T in readiness today for the unique ref caption to be given President Taft when he conies to open the aetors' fund fair. c - The fair is to be held In the 7lst Uegi- # " mcnt Armory, and the proceeds go into 1 1 the fund to care for aged and destitute ' ! actors. # ' * President Taft. who is scheduled to r ? arrive from Washington at will , 1 b?- driven at once to the armory, where, j f at I o'clock, he Is to set the machinery j > of tlie fair in motion. y t Twenty leading ladies of the stage will t meet him and act as his escort to the j V court of honor, which he will enter as c - twelve young girls strew tlowers before t his feet. The President plans to spend f " an hour at the fair after delivering the t " j opening address. He then will be escort- f ^ I ed to Passaic, X. J., by a committee of t e' the hoard of trade of that city, to ad- f 4 dress the organization ar a dinner to- \ night. He will leave for Washington- be^ j fore midnjght. 1 PULP. AND PRINT PAPER | I INCREASED DUTIES ON THE 1 CANADIAN PRODUCTS. 6 ?? ? Representative Mann's Prophecy 1 Fulfilled?His Suggestion of Be- t ciproc&l Plan of Procedure. ] a ^ 0 Announcement by the Treasury De- * e partment of increased duties to be levied | e on wood pup and print paper from Cana- t e dian provinces and forbidding the ex- 1 port of pulp wood cut from crown lands "j f bears out the prophecy made in the i il House a year ago by Mr. Mann of Illi- J nois when the tariff bill was under dis- ? - cuss Ion. * e At that time Mr. Mann, in protesting * e against the rates imposed by the pending ( - act, forecasted the inevitable course ot j Canada with the resultant increased 1 a duties on this side the border and in- * s crease in price of print paper to the con- 1 a summer. \ it The new rates announced by the Treas- j s ury Department Saturday are as follows: t r On mechanically ground wood pulp, ( e one-twelfth of 1 per cent per pound, dry ? weight. [ j On chemical wood pulp, unbleached. 1 e one-sixth of 1 cent per pound, dry e w?ight; bleached, one-quarter of 1 cent ' per pound, dry weight, j On printing paper, the regular rates, j and in addition thereto the additional duty of one-tenth of 1 cent per pound ,1 when valued at .1 cents per pound or less. In discussing the action of the Treasury Department, Mr. Mann said, today: "In view of the Canadian situation and the action of Quebec and several other provinces forbidding exportation of pulp s wood cut on public lands we can adopt e one of these different policies; j "First, pass an act of Congress talcing off the duty on paper coming from any province which permits tho free exporta1 tion of pulp wood, wood pulp and paper. E> Second, negotiate a reciprocity treaty with Canada to the same end. 'third, continue the present status and c ruin one-half our patter manufacturers and Increase the price of print paper to a very great extent, how much no one can tell. 1 No one in Congress is prepared at this a ? time to predict congressional action on the subject. The leaders are afraid to a open up the tariff question by considering \ any one of the suggestions pending, in s } the form of bills and resolutions. c 1 For the present the third alternative o s mentioned by Mr. Mann is being followed, 1 " and the effect will be noted. a \ DEATH OF KING MOURNED ? [ BY HIS FAITHFUL DOG s _____ t t d i Conduct Shows the Animal Realizes ti "S What Has Happened?Restless e and Nervous. e 1 ' .LONDON", May One mourner of King Edward's death is favorite dog, ? the rough-haired terrier Caesar, which * was the king's constant companion, going abroad with liini as well as on shorter journey?. lie is a singularly intelligent v animal, and his conduct since the death d of his master leaves no doubt in any mind > that he realizes perfectly what has hap- n i pened. c , He shared the king's room wherever lie |( was. and now moves about the palace fit- Q fully and restlessly. He has attached ? fi iiimsen to a memuer 01 me household . who, like himself, was constantly with ? . the king, and the sorrow-stricken servant ? and dog keep each other company in their n . grief. 1! Many stories are told of Caesar. At " i luncheon one day at Biarritz, when Cae. sar was receiving his usual lione from the t< ! king's hand, a guest at the royal table a . observed that the dog should he getting , familiar with the language of French w , dogs. . n ; "1 am afraid," said the king, "that he , gets along very badly with them; in fact, ! he is anything but a help to the entente . cordiale." BODY OF CRUTCHET. * ' . . ' t! Father Identifies Remains of Son f Drowned n Ohio River. J. E. Crutciiett. father of O. XV. ei Crutfhett, a Washington printer vrho was ? j a a.. < kl.u i . .. a.-. a . 11 uiuHiieu in nit* \jiiiu i i*n hiiuui iweniy miles below Wheeling. W. Va., has identilled the body as that of his son. Mr. i Crutchett, who resides at 718 od street, ' has just returned to tlie city. He states i that when lie reached-the place of the I* drowning, just opposite Proctor. \V. Ya.. J? on the Ohio side, the body had been c< buried. It was disintcired. and -he t states there is no doubt that it is thai of A l his son. ' (J I The body was reinterred. becaygc it a I cannot be brought to this city until Oc- hi tober. -f n< m IN NICARAGUA )ecisive Battle Is Imminent a1 Bluefields. MADRIZ ARMY TO ATTACK )nslaught by Land and Sea to 1 Made on Estrada Stronghold. KYSTERY AS TO THE VENUi doubt Regarding Vessel's Move rnents After Leaving New Orleans. A ministration officials here feel that th evolution in Nicaragua is nearing a crl 'is. According to latest advices, a d? Isive battle is imminent at Biueflelds be ween the forces of Estrada, in poseessio ?f that town, and the forces of Madrli oncentrated near Oreytown. a short di? ante south. As understood here, th dadriz. or government, forces plan to at ack the Estrada stronghold with a vlei o compelling the rebels to surrender o o abandon their position. The plan involves a simultaneous at ack by land and sea with the ful strength of the Madriz forces. The con erted gunboat Venus, which recent lj leared from Xew Orleans with arms am unmunition for the government forces s counted on as an important factor ii lie operations. She is the main relianc* or the sea attack. There is great mystery as to the move nents of that vessel. After leaving th .'nlted States she stopped at Belizt British Honduras, where the mounted lie jeavy guns and fitted out as a gunboal vith a view of running hte so-called Es rada blockade at Greytowr. After land ng rifles and ammunition for the arm; m shore, she was to co-operate in the at ack on Biueflelds, destroying, if possible h four smaller vessels used bv the E6 rada forces. Although not officially con irmed. it is reported that the Venus ha ilready arrived at Greytown and lande< i largo supply of military stores and als. hat the army began the march to Blue ieUls yesterday. Gen. Altschul. formerly Nicaragua onsul general at New Orleans, joine he Venus on her voyage to Nicaragu ind. it is said, will have charge of th 'aval operations against Bluefleldf. 1 s known that there are several expei British and American gunners on th '"onus. That vessel left New Orlear mder the British flag, but now display he Nicaraguan flag. Estrada's Small Navy. The Estrada navy consists of on imall gunboat and three tugs, arme rlth Ilotrhkiss guns, and, it is sai< will endeavor to prevent the Venu rom entering the harbor of Bluefleldi -Vhether the effort will be succeasft emains to be seen. The Estrad lympathizers in the United States en ieavored to secure the co-operation o lie I". S. S. Dubuque and Paducah. noi latrolling the east coast of Nlcar&gui n seizing or destroying the Venus, o he ground that the vessel was operat ng In violation of the neutrality las ^.fter full consideration of the ques tion. the authorities of this govern nent decided, however, that the clr mmst&nces of the case did not Justif 'oreible interference by the Unite States. That explains why the Venu vas permitted to complete her trip t Sreytown. ft is possible, however, that th "nited State navy may become Involve n the impending battle at Bluefleldi flie naval officer in command of thi tmerican forces at that town is charge vith the protection of the loves am >roperty of American citizens, and i s easy to see how these may b eopardized by a bombardment of th own or a serious batle in its vlcinlt> )n that account the officials of th fovernment are anxiously awaitlni i?ws of developments in the situatioi n that quarter. A press dispatch says that the reeidenl >f Bluefields are in a state of terror ov? he reported approach in overwhelmin lumbers of the Madriz forces. Another Appeal to United State*. Meanwhile another appeal has been r? :eived at the State Department froi Nicaragua for immediate interventioi rhe appeal says that only the Unite Itates can restore Nicaragua's politic! .miiiihriiim. and the surirestloii is mad hat it can be done by the landing t xoops and the supervision of honei Sections, as was done In Cuba an 'anama. The document was drawn up by a Xies aguan lawyer at Bluefields. who says ! las the indorsement of 9U per cent of th :ountry's landholders. Speculation as to Venue. NEW ORLEANS. May 0.?The whew bouts of the steamship Venus, whicl oaded with arms and ammunition, an iccording to allegations of the Xicara ;uan insurgent faction here, carylng sev rl large guns which were to be mounte n the vessel, sailed from this city Ma , ostensibly for Greytown, Nicaragua, i . mystery. Later it was asserted that the vess< ut into either a Mexican or Hondura iort. changed its register, and. sailin he Nicaraguan flag, proceeded in auji ort of the Madriz government to Blue lelds. From New Orleans to Bluefields is rip ordinarily of Ave days, but eigh ays have passed since the departure o he Venus. It lias been reported th "enus was about to attack Bluefields 1: onjunetion with the movement of ai rmed land force from the Madriz gov rnment. LOCAL MATTEES UT HOUSE. ______ > till to Extend 19th Street Fivorabl] Considered. The regular business of District da; raa delayed for an hour and a helf to ay until tlie playgrounds fight was end d. By that time moat of the member f the House who had been caled into thi hhmber to anawer to their names, ha< ft again, and when Chairman Smith o f hte District committee called up tlx rat bill on his list, there were only < ouple of dosen members on the floor. The first bill called up was a Senati teasure to provide for the txetnsion o lith street from Belmont road to Bilt tore atreet with a uniform width o, fty feet. Only aeventy-one members respondet j the call in committee of the whole nd they divided forty-flve to twenty-ait 1 favor of the bill, which conseqeutnlj ran laid aside with a favorable reciomlendatlon. Students Physically Deficient. MADISOX. Wis.. ifay H-That collet* tudents detected in dishonest work ai? rally physically deficient is t^o^'en he statistics just complied by Dr. J. c, llsom. medical examiner of men in the niversity of Wisconsin. The physical leasurements of fifty men who had come efore the faculty committee on dlshonBty were com oared with similar ltieaarements of fc,t*K> of their classmates, and 1 each case the delinquent was found j fall short in almost every item. News Briefs. The Franklin Street Baptist Church ol ynchbura, Va.. has extended a call to *ev. W. T. Wingfleld. pastor of the Bapst Church at Harrisonburg. Vs.. to be>me its paetor. The American Angora Goa; Breeders' ssociation has offered the Hageretown dd.) Fair Association a silver cut as special priae to be awarded the exibitor of the beet Angora goat at the ?xt felr. \ I FOR AVIATION MEET t Plans to Hold One During Home-coming Week. [ BENNING FIELD PROPOSEO h e Suggestion Made to Aero Club of America?Foreigners Would Be Ineited. 3 ? Inquiry tra.* made today of tlio Aero Club of America, whether an aviation meeting: could be arranged in Washington for the home-coming celebration in the middle of October as one of the features of the oecaeion. The quer\ was the result of a meeting between Isaac Gana of the Chamber of Come merce and Charles J. Bell and J>r. A! [. bert Zahm of the Aero Club at th? office of Mr. Bell. The Chamber of Commerce feels th* n aviation mill be a natural attraction o' the home-coming celebration and it mi I L- take the place of the Inte national nr.ee m-hlch Washington is not going to get. e As the date of the home-coming ce a . 'oration mill be just in advance of the i? ? ternational meet, there mill be some foieigti a\1ators in this countrv, and if the\ r can be brought to Washington tt mill ?<"> only add to the Interest of the occasion . but mill give a fair line on the ability of . tin- various machines and the chances they stand in the International cap raoe. f No Cash Inducement. 1 It is not intended to offer any larg* ' inducement for the aviation meet. The 1 Washington committee mill give the use c of the field at Benning and possibly wilt contribute a cup or tm-o for the competitions. There mill be a big crowd of vlsiif ors t<? tIre city at that time and they ' mill insure a good oromd at the meeting in case the Aero Club of America wants ^ to depend on the gate receipts for re1 numeration. v There has been no suggestion so far of offering any cash Inducement for ihe " meet. Washington ar.d Baltimore raised a guarantee fund of $100,000 for the international meet if that should have com* '* here, but as to a minor meet there mill ^ be no inducement offered beyond the u?e of the grounds. Both the Aero Club of America and the Wright Company, which is now pracn tleally iedntical with the A. C. A., are 4 anxious to hold a series of eahibitions a throughout the country, and as there is ,, little tntereat in any meet where merely [t one type of machine is exhibited. It is -l thought that the closenea* of dates bem tmeen homecoming week in Washington ,R and the international meet In asw TorK '9 will give a chance for an exhibition that will have some elements of competition in It rather than being merely & trade show. e Plan Heartily Indorsed. ^ The project for a home-coming week 1n g Washington next October is receiving the indorsement of many organisations and citizens. Mr. Gans has received a tele^ gram from the Fossils Club, msde up ef ? former amateur newspaper men. several if of whom are Washingtonians. unanimousrr ly indorsing the plan and stating that the i, club would attend the oelebratlon. The n club held a banquet in New York city - Saturday and the Washingtonians present r- were John Kdlson Brlggs. Washington ' Topham. Henry I.. West. Charles W. [" Darr. J. W. Garner, Julius Peyser, Henry '' L. Bryan, Guy W. Finney end James L. \ Feeney. " The indorsement given the home-coming 0 week project by the Federation of Citizens' Associations at its meeting Baturday e night has greatly encouraged the commita tee on publicity of the Chamber of Com, merce, which Is working up the plan. g At the meeting of the Chamber of Cemd merce tomorrow night the propostWen to a hold a home-coming week next fall will be t submitted for the approvat of the entire g organization. It already has been ape proved of the board <tt directors of the . Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Gens will g outline the plans. GMSCOM IN AUTO WRECK g PRESIDENT OF REPUBLICAN ? COUNTY COMMITTEE. i. ? d u Accompanied by Wife and Committee Secretary?Party's Narrow a Escape Prom Death. ilt NEW YORK. May 9.?Lioyd C. Grleecm e president of the republican county committee; his wife, and John Boyle, secretary of the committee, narrowly escaped serious injury or death yesterday after ^ noon when the automobile in which they a were speeding down Park avenue was struck h\- a With street ca r The onlv on injured was Mr. Grlscom, whose left let ' d from ankle to knee was scraped. Thai" y automobile was demolished, a The party was on its way to attend the funeral of Ferdinand Eldman. who had been collector of internal revenue for four terms and leader of the tenth re> publican atscmW.v district. lie died la.?i >- Friday and the funeral service was 1 eirt yesterday afternon at the Duttn Kefortua ed Church, ^d avenue and 7th street t Mr. Grlscom had Ionic known Mr. Ki.i't man, and he ?at to be a prominent fige ure at the funeral. n Cause of tha Crash. About 3 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Griaoem and Mr. Boyle left the Grlscom home, at 111 East 72d street, in Mr. Grlaeom's automobile. At 59th street the chauffeur noticed a car going weet. but he waa unj der the impression that the motormau would slow down. The motorman, however. increased his speed and triad to get y across Perk avenue ahead of the auto mobile. The chauffeur put on the brake, but * the machine waa going down Mil and the e pavement was wet and slippery. When it 1 appeared that a collision was unavoidf able, the chauffeur tried to turn the au, tomoblle to the risht, but the car struck it broadside on and dragged it several 1 yards along 39th street. The automobtle was forced up on the pavement, seatter> ing the pedestrians, and Its progress wa? f stoppeu oy a ore piug. Acooramg to *" Orlecom party and other witnesses, trie * motonr.au made no attempt to stop his f car until it had become freed from the automobile and had proceeded more than ] half a block. : Entangled in Wreckage. Mr. Griscom was sitting on the side which struck the car. Next him was nis wife. When the Impact came. Mr. Orl*com leaned over to protect Mr#. GrUconi aa much as possible. -His leg became en! tangled in the wreckage, and he could not get himself free until the machine came to a atop. The hood of the car was wrenched off ' and the siue of the machine badly broken. ' Mrs. Griscom was much shaken up. b^t ' she kept her presence of mind, and ax . soon as the party was free from the wreckage and it was found that her husband's leg was injured ahe insisted that he be taken home. Air. Griscom. however, made light of hia Injuries, and. calling a taxicab, the party proceeded to the funeral. Haymarkat Kiot Poliotagn Dtad. CHIGAGO. May 'Former Pojica Oapta.n William Ward, who led the pallea in breaking up the blaterie Haymarkat rim. in which many policeman were killed en' wounded here twenty-four years age by I ah anarchist bomb, died >a?terday of heart disease.