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No. 18.126. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1910-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS.
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TOASTSJHE_ KAISEB
Mr. Roosevelt Drinks to His
Health at Luncheon.
GUEST OF U. S. EMBASSY
Ex-President Visits Home for Worn
Out Workers.
rnwftt.uk wtttt ohancellob
Colonel Holds Reception at Home ol
Lieut. Commander Belknap,
American Naval Attache.
BERLIN. May 13.?Mr. Roosevelt, ir
company with Burgomaster Kirchner,
motored this mornir.g to Buch, a suburb,
where a colony of 1.300 worn-out work
ers. men and women, are maintained ir
relative comfort at the expense of the
city of Berlin. The subject of public de
pendents is being pursued by the formei
President, who while in Denmark investigated
a similar institution.
The public charges at Buch are mad*
up of the aged, the infirm and those tern
porarily incapacitated for work. Thej
are not only supported reasonably, but,
in cases of sickness, receive thorough
medical treatment.
Returning to this city. Mr. Roosevelt
was the guest at luncheon of Ambassador
Hil? at the American embassy. The
luncheon party was a large one.
Other guests included Count Zeppei.n,
P-*n; uartl Demberg. secretary of state
for colonies; Pau' Breitenbach, nvnistei
of state and public works: Reinhold Sydo*.v.
minister of commerce; Herr Delhrucck.
vi -e chancellor and minister ol
th interior: Herr von Arnim-Kriewen
minister of agriculture: Gen. von Lowenfe
d. commander of the guards corps
Privy Councilor Goldbergei. Prince vor
< '=>; oiates-Ber.thf n, S. S. McClure. l aw
ence P. Abbott and several parliamentary
leaders.
Toast to the Emperor.
During the luncheon Mr. Roosevelt pro
posed a toast. "To the health of hi!
majesty, the German Emperor and th?
future of the German people,"
At the reception which followed Mr
Roosevelt received a delegation from th<
Interparliamentary Union. Replying t<
an address presented him by the dele
gates, the former President said that th<
general demand 'or peace only exclte-i
t he derislou of practical men, but whet
j?eace was worked for by practical men
men such as the delegates, with defiuit!
aims and methods, the results were splen
lid in their fruits.
Shakespeare Society's Tribute..
Prof. Brant, president of the Shakespeare
Society, presented Mr. Rooaevell
.a parchment creating the recipient an
honorary member of_ society, which
the "a close
tie between Germany and fTife- Englishspeaking
world."
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
joined the party soon afterward and held
a provate conversation with the colonel
Late in aft. afternoon Mr. Roosevelt
held a reception at the home of LJeut
Commander- Belicnan. the Americar
naval attache at Berlin, where he met
many high officers of the German navj
and army.
TAFT GOING TO YALE.
President Will Be Present When
Son Receives Degree.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. May 13.?
President Taft will come to Yale University,
his alma mater, June 21 and
22. to see his son Robert graduated.
This information was conveyed in 9
letter received today. The President
lias not completed his plans other than
to attend the Yale corporation meeting
n the 22d, and the commencement exr.ires
in Woolsey Hall.
Robert A. Taft will receive the degree oi
B. A. for his academic course, and ;u
he made the Phi Beta Kappa, has stood
at the head of his class, and wor
.-cnolarships in keeping with famll)
traditions, special honors are expected
to be given with the degree.
President Taft was at the commencement
two years ago, when his class oi
lb held its thirtieth reunion.
WILLIAM H. BOWER DEAD.
Former Representative Was Political
Power in North Carolina.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.. May IS.?Formei
Representative William Horton Bower, foi
years a leader in western North Caroliiu
politics, died yesterday afternoon at his
home in Caldwell county, aged sixty. Hi
wa-s defeated for the Fifty-second Con
gress. but was elected to the Fifty-thirc
Congress and servc l one term, represent
ing the eighth district. He representee
Caldwell county in the state house o
representatives in 1882 and 1884, ane
later was sent to the state senate, serv
ing one term
For a number of years he was solicitor
of the tenth judicial district and helc
other positions of trust and responsibility
He is survived by a widow, who was Miss
Annie Louise Malthams of Bethlehem
Pa., and one son.
TALKS FORESTRY TO WOMEN.
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wuiiam nan. nncnots ?irst Assist
ant. Addresses Federation.
CINCINNATI. May 13.?William Hall
first assistant to GifTord Plnchot. formei
chief forester of the United States, oc
copied the stage this morning at th<
third day's session of the biennial con
vcntion o* the Federation of Women*!
Clubs. He addressed the audience o:
"The Forest and the Family." Mr. Pin
chot v.u.? originally scheduled to speak
but his trip to Europe prevented.
Representative Joseph E. Ransdeli o
Louisiana followed Mr. Hall, and address
ed the assemblage on "Our Nationa
Waterways."
This afternoon the delegates were thi
gues.s of the citizens* entertainment com
ir.ittee on a river excursion.
Authorities Fear Clash.
DANVILLE. 111., May 13.?A compan;
of militia was sent from this city t
Fairmount today to prevent a pros
pective clash between American an.
Tt.ilicn laborers at the quarries of th
Casparis Stone Company. Today is pa
day at the quarries, and the soldier
were ordered to keep the strikin;
Italians off the company's property.
Chicago Grand Jury in Recess.
CHICAGO. May 12.?The special gran
Jury which for two weeks has been in
1 vest.gating alleged bribery in the elec
tlon of United States Senator Lorim*
adjourned today until next Tuesday
The inquisitors were in session only
few minutes, and heard no witnesses.
! EARTH INATREMOR
; Seismographs Show Record of
Quake This Morning.
LOCATION NOT DETERMINED
Believed to Have Been 2.000 Miles
or More Away.
> 1 EAST TO WEST MOVEMENT
Duration of the Tremors an Unusual
Feature?Supplemental to
Costa Bica.
' An earthquake, causing tremors lasting
. forty-eight minutes, was recorded early
- this morning by the instruments, at
* Georgetown University observatory, at
1 the weather bureau and at the coast and
! geodetic survey magnetic observatory at
" Cheltenham. Md. The tremors of the
r seismograph were accompanied by dis'
tinct shocks, it was said, at the Georgetown
observatory. Father Francis Torn;
dorf, who recorded the vibrations of the
* instrument, said that the tremors were
: the most unusual ever noted at the ob*
servatory on account of their alternating
1 directions. As the motion was principally
east and west, it is believed that the disturbance
occurred somewhere in the
[ ' west, probably along the Pacific coast.
The tremors of the instrument began at
i 3:23 o'clock this morning. The electro?
j magnetic instrument recorded the first
1 shock just two minutes after the prelirni.
nary movement began. At 3:3t> the second
. | shock came, lasting four minutes. The
[ : third shock was at 3:45 and lasted two
minutes. The first shock was by far the
[ i heaviest. It is not believed, however, that
; J the earthquake could have been severe.
\ Weather Bureau Bulletin.
" ! The weather bureau issued the following
| bulletin about the quake:
i "An earthquake of moderate intensity
j was recorded on the seismograph of the
-1 weather bureau in the early morning of
s May 13. The most complete record is
> shown on the instrument recording east
* j and west motion. The preliminary tremi
ors began at 3:13:2* a.m.. 75th meridian
! time, and the principal portion of the
s i disturbance began at 3 o'clock. 20 min
r estimated the origin f the earthquake at
I about ">,300 miles south or southwest.
ALBANY, N. Y., May 13.?The seismo
graph at the state museum registered an
E earthquake this morning which began at
3:13 and continued for an hour and fortylive
minutes. The museum officials state
that the disturbance probably was somewhere
along the west coast of South
America.
i SAX JOSE, Costa Rica. May 13.?The
earth tremors continue today. In the
month since April 13 fourteen distinct
shocks have been recorded. The volcanoes
of the vicinity exhibit no special
r activities.
i It is esthnat?Ml that a force of 2,000 men
s would be required for six months to clear
, the ruins of Cartago. Half that number
of men is engaged under good organiza"
tion Samuel T. Leo, the American conI
sul at San Jose, is very active in the
- work of rescue and the succor of the sur1
vlvors.
i SOLDIERS MUTILATE NEGRO.
r Spanish-American War Veteran 111.
Treated in Honduras.
3 NEW ORLEANS, May 13?A special
from Puerto Cortez. Honduras, says that
a Spanish-American war veteran named
Malone, a negro, was mutilated by
Honduran soldiers while he was under
improper arrest, and that the case
. would probably be taken up with the
State Department at Washington.
Malone's hand was cut off.
'r CUBA'S CONSENT NEEDED.
* Negotiations for Privilege of Raiss
ing the Maine Wreck.
1 The State Department has begun nego"
i tiatlons with the government of Cuba to
! secure permission for raising the wreck
' of the battleship Maine. As this wreck
f i lies in Havana harbor and has been
] abandoned for a decade there Is no question
as to the necessity of appealing to
e the Cuban government before undertaking
" to enter its territorial waters with a
large force of American workmen and
I wreCKing \rsww.
| Though recognizing the public sontiy
, ment that the Maine be raised, the army
r,: engineers are extremely doubtful of their
j ability to do anything of the kind. Many
~ f of them believe that the hulk baa gone
rl * to piece*. and that the most that can be
don? will be to recover the bones of some
>" of the victims of the explosion that lie
s buried under the rusting steei plates of
B the ship. It is openly asserted at the
War Department that the appropriation
of SlCd.oOJ made by Congress for the
purpose of raising the ship intact will
not be sufficient for the purpose. The
d army engineers, however, will at least
i- make a beginning.
As Gen. M: rahall. the present chief of
i engineers. w:ll retire from that office
next month, he feels that this task should
be left to his successor. Gen. Bixby.
a Consequently no plans for this work have
yet been made.
MAY NOTUSE FUNDS
Association Against Spending
Appropriation.
TO FIND SOME OTHER WAY
Charge of $17,000 for Purpose to
District is Resented.
! CITIZENS TO PROTEST, MAYBE
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i Means of Maintaining Recreation
Places for Children May Be
Devised at Public Meeting.
j; utes, 4t? seconds.
.! The amplitude of tlie motion was only
; j moderate during the whole disturbance,
1 i hut was prolonged over a greater length
i of time than usual with earthquakes of
, this degree of intensity. The characterisi
tic x?hases oj earthquake records are not
- clearly deAned in the present case, but
It is estimated that the disturbance was
at a distance of from to miles.
No information is at hand as to the direction
of the disturbance from Washington
' or its probable origin."
, At Cheltenham Observatory.
1 Report of the earthqu?ltey was re- !
! ceived this morniand
geodetic survey from- the Cheltenham
magnetic observatory. According to
: the seismograph, the tremor began at
1 S.1S.5S o'clock this morning, reached its i
; maximum severity at 3.20.26 o'clock.
and did not terminate finally until
' 5-OU.3S o'clock, although the principal
motion ceased at 3.42.38. t was stated
. there was not sufficient indication of the !
direction of the earth waves to enable i
the observers to place the probable
origin of the disturbance, although it
was presumed to be one of the supplemental
shocks following the quakes
in Costa Rica.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 13.?The
' seismograph at St. Ignatius College to-1
day shows the record of a heavy earthquake
shock shortly after 2 o'clock this
morning, the tremors lasting one hour
and seventeen minutes. Father OdenI
i bach, the observer, says that the record
; greatly resembles that made by the
, i earthquake in Costa Rica last week, but
. j indicates more serious earth shocks.
i j Is Felt at Harvard.
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' j BOSTON, May 13.?The delicate needle
' of the Harvard seismograph was agitated
C j for nearly three hour-s early today, the
i i record beginning at 3:0T>:48 a.m. and con'
I tinulng until after 6 o'clock. The experts
since tne passage by doiii nouses 01
Congress of the District appropriation
bill, with the provision that its item of
$17,000 for the maintenance of the public
playgrounds should be paid entirely out
of the revenues of the District of Columbia,
the members of the Playgrounds Association
and the friends of the playgrounds
movement have been aroused as
never before.
On every side are heard expressions of
indignation at the manifest injustice to
the District of Columbia. It is extremely
likely that the citizens of the community,
the members of the Playgrounds Association
included within their midst, will
refuse to be a party to any such transaction
as that proposed by Congress.
Not Likely to Use Money.
| To put the matter cogently, it may be
said that the Playgrounds Association,
l probably, will decline to touch a single
j dollar of the $17,000 appropriated.
That action to this end would betaken
was indicated at a recent meeting of
the Playgrounds Association, when William
H. Baldwin served notice that he
! would make a motion that no expendlf
tures be made by the association from
| government funds if Congress should
J enact the appropriation bill with the
item for playgrounds assessed wholly
against the District.
Mr. Baldwin has not changed his posij
tion since the Senate submitted to the
; insistence of the House and the District
, was saddled with the whole cost of maln!
tainlng its breathing spaces for the cnil;
dren. Jt is practically assured he will
' give effect to his motion at the next
I meeting of the directors of the Playgrounds
Association.
Arthur C. Mcses, president of the association,
is out of the city and will not
return till next week. It is not likely
i the playgrounds directors will assemble
until Mr. Moses reaches the city and
calls a meeting.
At that time th^re may bo a gathering
of other public-spirited citizens, the boards
of directors of the Board of Trade, the
Chamber of Commerce and members of
the playgrounds being included in the
number, to consider the subject and to devise
ways and means of maintaining the
playgrounds without reference to or dependence
upon the appropriation.
District First Consideration.
There is no denying that the playgrounds
need the $17,000, and need it
badly. Mr. Baldwin is "for the playgrounds,"
but he is first "for the District
of Columbia."
Members of the hoards of directors of
! the Board of Trade, of the Chamber of
Commerce and influential members of all
citizens' associations of the ^-strict are
all "for the playgrounds." ~ut even before
the playgrounds there arises within
them patriotic consideration for their city.
The Playgrounds Association is vitally
interested in the continuous maintenance
of the breathing spaces, which
mean so much to life and health to the
little folks of the city during the hot
! summer months. But the association
will not have It that playgrounds shall
benefit by doing harm to the whole
District.
The point has been made that the
District is the sole beneficiary by
reason of the maintenance of the playgrounds;
that the children of local taxpayers
alone make use of the grounds
and apparatus. Leading District citizens
are quick to indicate the fallacy
of this argument.
It ts shown that the whole public
school system might be said to come
within the same definition. It is the
principle for which the District of Columbia
will' contend, and its citizens will
not be content until the nation's lawmakers
recognize that the organic act
and its half-and-half provisions apply to
every phase and function in the maina
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lenuiice ui uimiici insiuuuuiin.
Commissioners in Accord.
Although the Commissioners withhold
their ideas on the playground appropriation.
because the.v make it a rule not to
make public statements regarding matters
in Congress, it is well known they
are not satisfied with the idea of haying
the District saddled with the entire $17,000
for the playgrounds of the community.
NViien there was a chance that the
entire appropriation would be left out
of the bill Commissioner .Indr.on and
Commissioner Johnston went to the
Capitol to try to Induce Con .ress to
leave it out entirely, rather th..n write
the bill in the way in which it has
been written and make the District
pay it all. They believed that the
principle of the thing was-t important,
and tried hard to have the appropria1
tion ignored entirely rather tlum have a
: compromise made by which the Disj
trict would get its playgrounds at the
! expense of this principle.
SENOR MONIES COMING.
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Ex-President
of Bolivia and Party
to Visit Capital.
j One of the largest diplomatic parlies
' to visit this country in recent years
has arrived In New York, and will view
this city In a few days. The party eoni
sists of Senor Ism-tel Alontes, formerly
i President of Bolivia, and newly appointed
minister to England and
France, and twenty-five others, relatives
and servants of the minister.
Senor Montes said he would be in this
country ten days, visiting Washington
and Niagara Falls. He declared that
the political situation in Bolivia was
peaceful, and that afTairs in South
America generally were all right except
the troubles between Peru and Ecuador.
The Panama canal, he remarked,
would bring about many changes for
the better in the countries on the west
coast of South America, and he believed
commerce there would progress
rapidly.
Sinking of Packet to Be Probed.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 13.?Orders for a
federal investigation of the sinking of the
river packet City of Saltillo, in which
twelve lives were iost, Wednesday night
were issued today.
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Fire at Livermore Fails, Me.
LIVERMORE FALLS, Me.. May 13.?
Fire today ruined the Sharp block, a
four-story brick structure, occupied by
the town ofllce, post office. Livermore
Falls Trust and Banking Company and
...several merchants. The loss is $150,000.
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i Leader Clark Discovers Opposit
RAILROAD BILLAlisiS
VOTE ON "LONG AND SHORT
HAUL" TODAY.
Segnlan Hope to Dominate and tosurgents
Are Confident
of Victory.
The administration railroad bill is making
headway in the Senate. June 1 is
now tailed of as the approximate date
for a final vote on the measure.
At 4 o'clock today the Senate will begin
voting on the "long and short haul"
amendment. It has been agreed that all
those proposed additions to the bill shall
be disposed of before the close of the legislative
day.
This arrangement is elastic. The legislative
day may be extended over several
calendar days. It Is thought, however,
that Saturday evening will see that phase
of the railroad legislation uisposeu ui.
Both Sides Confident.
Opponents of any change In the present
law regarding long - and - short - haul
charges claim that all proposed amendments
will be voted down. While granting
that probably nineteen or twenty republican
senators wll vote in favor of a
new clause, those against it say that
twelve or fifteen democratic senators will
vote against It and thus defeat any
amendment.
Republican senators from the Rocky
mountain states, who have teen strenuously
arguing for a new long-und-short
haul law, do not concede defeat. They
clalm twenty-two or twenty-three repubi
liean votes for one of the amendments,
and assert that all but eight or nine
\ democrats will vote for it, giving them
! a majority. "
I To hasten the railroad bill to a final
' vote, it has been agreed that the Senate
. will meet at 11 o'clock every day, beginning
Monday. Even with this daily
! extra hour for consideration it is not
I believco the final vote can be reached
I inside of two weeks.
I Senator Cummins, leader of the repub
llcan minority in opposition to some of
the provisions of the bill, will insist that
all his amendments be considered and
voted upon. He points out that there
was a gentlemen's agreement when the
bill was first taken up that the amendments
of the majority of the Interstate
commerce committee should be considered
first, and tluit the amendments of
the republican minority of the committee
should then be taken up.
,.e insists upon currying out that program.
Until it is carried out. he has
announced, he will oppose any unanimous
consent agreement to flx a date for
tne llnal vote on the bill.
Test on Dixon Amendment.
The first vote, to be taken at 4 o'clock
today, will be on the Dixon substitute
for the Heyburn provision. Both propose
to stiffen the present law regarding longand-short-haul
charges. The Dixon substitute
is designed to give the interstate
commerce commission more discretion
than would the Heyburn provision.
Senator Dixon framed his substitute
after consultation with many who are
in favor of some such legislation. It is
a compromise, he believes, that will receive
a majority of the votes in the upper
' '* *? that irA a An *KA
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t Dixon amendment will be the test of
1 strength.
Should the Dixon amendment be defeated,
other amendments in different
form will be offered. Under the agreement
these can be explained, and any protracted
explanation will extend the legislative
day until the calendur day of tomorrow
and delay the final disposition of
those provisions.
Senators Clapp. Smoot and Nixon spoke
in favor of the Dixon amendment jesterday
afternoon.
Kills Fellow-Workman With Blow.
PHILADELPHIA, May 13.-Durfng a
quarrel in a roundhouse near the Pennsylvania
railroad coal piers in this city
today, Ceorse Sehofield. thirty years old,
crushed the skull of William Kej'ser,
twenty-eight years old, with a sledge
hammer, killing him almost instantlj-.
Both men were roundhouse machinists
and the quarrel was caused by a trivia]
difference. Schofleld was arrested.
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COMMISSIONERS PRAISE REPORT j'
ON ASSOCIATED CHARITIES.
Letters of Appreciation Sent to 1
Justice Stafford for Thoroughness
of Inquiry.
Commissioner Rudolph has sent a letter,
expressing appreciation, to Justice Wen- i
dell P. Stafford, chairman of the commission
appointed by the Commissioners to ,
examine into the affairs of the Associated J
Charities. The letter follows: ;
"The board of Commissioners of the |
District of Columbia desires to express f
to you its appreciation of the very thor- !
ough investigation made by yourself and
fellow members of the commission appointed
at the request of the board of
managers of the Associated Charities to
examine into the methods employed and
results achieved by that organization, and
to thank you for the valuable report of
your findings which you submit.
"This most comprehensive report will I
clear away any doubts that have existed j
in the minds of our fellow citizens and !
assure for the society the sympathy and j
sunuort of many who have heretofore
held aloof, enabling- the society to extend j {
J Its work and increase Its efficiency. De- j
I crease in poverty and crime will neces- t
| sarily result. <
J "The board of Commissioners feels that : 4
: this commission has rendered to the com- ; i
| munity a service that cannot be over-:
! estimated and for which every citizen
! will always remain its debtor."
iWAROVMNOMINE
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j EARLY CLASH EXPECTED BEj
TWEEN PERU AND ECUADOR.
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Concern Expressed Over Finances of
Two Countries?Neither Ready
for Conflict.
Information received here points to
an early conflict between the armies of I
Peru and Ecuador over their boundary
dispute. A dispatch received at the
State Department from the United
States consulate at Guayaquil, Ecuador,
states that President Alfaro has left
the capital for the frontier with 000
troops. It is not known at the State
Department at what frontier point the
Peruvian army is concentrating, but
the Ecuadorian forces are understood
to be mobilizing at Machala, the capital
of the most southwesterly province.
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Members of the diplomatic corps hav- 1
ing knowledge of the conditions in J
these two countries state that neither j
Peru nor Ecuador is financially in con- I
dition to Stand the expense of a war. 1
Some months agq Peru, it is said, nego- j
tlated a loan in France for $1,700,000, J
and pledged as security for the loin <
the octroi taxes collected on provisions
and other commodities brought into the
cities for sale.
Peru has a standing army of about
4,000 'officers and men, but it is under- .
stood that conscriptions have brought J
the force up to perhaps twice that number.
It has also five war vessels, two
of them being new cruisers of 3,000
tons each.
The Ecuadorian army consists of
about 4.400 officers and men. with an
available national guard of some considerable
strength. She has two small
vessels that might be used for transports
in case of war. but nothing sufficiently
formidable to meet the Peruvian
cruisers on equal terms.
Loubet Knocked Down by Auto.
PARIS, May 13.?Former President
Loubet, while walking across the Pont
Xeuf during the crush of the noon hour
today, was knocked down by an automobile.
He was otigy slightly bruised.
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mtonHnquiry next
COMMITTEE ON HIGH COST OF
LIVING TO PROBE.
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President of Southern Manufactur-:
ers' Association to Appear as
Witness Tomorrow.
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Investigation of cotton market opera-1
tions will he begun tomorrow -by the
Senate committee which is investigating
the high cost of living. Lewis W. Parker, ;
president of the Southern Cotton Manufacturers'
Association, of Greenville, S. C., i
will be the first witness; and there are j
numerous dthcrs to be summoned before ;
the committee next week.
This probe into cotton market secrets
was urged upon the committee on the
lost of living by Senator Smith of South
Carolina. After the Attorney General
aegan his investigation of the cotton
mils, with a view to determining if there
s a pool to keep up the prices of cotton,
Senator Smith urged the passage of a
-esolution by the Senate directing the
\ttorney General to include an investigation
of the operations of those who
leal in futures. A resolution was passed
'ailing upon the Attorney General for
mformation regarding the cotton martet
operations; but that official replied
hat, in accordance with the. past policies ;
>f the department, he culod not take up '
in inquiry to get facts for the legislative j
sranch of the government.
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Senator's Next Move.
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Senator Smith then decided to ask the!
Senate cost of living committee, of which
le is a member, to make an investigation
>f the buying and selling of cotton for
'uture delivery. He pointed out that cot:on
is an important product in every home
md its price an important element in the
?ost of living.
Among those who are to be heard during
he cotton investigation are Frank P.
[iayne, a cotton operator of New Orleans;
Lvewis W. Parker, president of the Southirn
Cotton Manufacturers' Association;
Ft. P. Stackliouse. a cotton grower of Dillon.
S. C.; J. C. Dickey, cotton grower of
Texas, and R. Mays, who has a cotton
plantation in Marietta, 8. C.
KNOX GIVES APPROVAL.
Claims Treaty Between United
States and Great Britain.
It is expected that au agreement will
=oon be reached on the pecuniary
claims treaty pending between the
United States and Great Britain. Secretary
Knox has approved the final
Iraft of the instrument. When It has
i>een approved by the British foreign
>fflce Secretary Knox will forward it
:o the Senate with the recommendation
that it be ratified.
This treaty has been hanging fire for
Lhe last four years. It paves the way
Tor a settlement of all outstanding
rlaims between the United States and
.Ireat Britain dating from 1776 to the
present time. Under the terms of the
Lreaty these claims will be adjusted by
i commission, composed of two representatives
of England and two repre-1
?. M iX _ TV SA. 1 ?? ' ?
>uiu<iiive8 ui ;ne unneu stales, wno
shall select an umpire to pass upon allj
questions in dispute.
IRELAND REGISTERS KICK. 1
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But United States Cannot Make
Liners Touch Queenstown.
Protests have been received by Postnaster
General Hitchcock in a dispatch
'rom the United States consul at Cork, i
Ireland, from the people of Ireland 1
against the abandonment of Queens- !
own by all fast steamers of the Cunard ]
ine in carrying mail and passengers
'rom the United States.
In replying to the protests, the Postnaster
General says that the Post OfIce
Department lias no control over the
novements of the steamers of the
Cunard line on either westbound or
astbound voyages, but is confined to
wcepting the service which that lino
Iters in competition with the non-conract
steamers of other lines carrying
nails between New York and European.!,
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FIRE MS UVESi:
Day's Victims Perish in Mills, I
a Home and Hotel.
WORKER BURNED TO CINDER! I
Caught Under Lood of White Hot:<
Steel Blocks.
FAMILY AMLOST WIPED OUT '
Body of Capmaking Powder Ex- !
plodes at Pittsburg?Suffer,
ing in Fierce Fire.
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PITTSBURG, May 13.?Pinned under a
dozen white-hot steel billets, which had 1
'alien from a tilting steel buggy, Wil- '
liam Wenvel, aged twenty-two years, a j
mill worker at the Jones-Laughlin steel ,
works, was burned to death today before j'
the eyes of a score of his fellow-work- j!
men. who stood by, powerless to rescue ;
their comrade. j1
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Wenvel was pushing an empty buggy. :
when a passing steel carrier, loaded with j |
sparkling white blocks of steel, tipped j,
over. Toe young mill worker was piuned !
down, his arms extended. | j
[ His' clothing quickly igniting made a j,
perfect cross of llames, and before his
| comrades, with grabhooks, could tear I .
away the scorching metal cubes Wen- j
vel's sh; ieks had ceased, and his cindered '1
body was blackened and burned to a '
crisp. .
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Five Perish in Fire.
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FARIBAULT. Minn., May 13.?Bert1 j
Sperry, his three children and their j
grandmother were burned to deatii in ;
a fire which destroyed their home In
this city. Mrs. Sperry and two ctail- !
dren were saved.
The fire started in the kitchen. Mrs. (
Sperry and the baby were rescued irom
the second story by a neighbor. While j,
Mr. Sperry was trying to save the other .'
children and the grandmotner he collapsed.
His body and those ol the other :'
victims were found in the basement.
Died in Hotel Fire.
JACKMAN, Me.. May 13.?Fred Gilliean
of New Brunswick, a camp cook, was 1
burned to death; Henry Hays of Green- j
ville was seriously burned, and Harry '<
l^andry, a hotel employe, received minor j
injuries in a Are which destroyed the j
Armstrong House, the principal hotel j
here, and the Canadian Pacific railroad :
station.
Tne property loss did not exceed 813,003. i
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Shriveled by Explosion.
PITTSBURG, May IS.?When a barrel j'
! of cap-making material exploded early j t
today at the plarit of the Pittsburg Cap /
and Pistol, Company, in Homestead, i
b^ack powder so shriveled the body of
Foreman Joseph Junn, a^ed forty-four
years, that when found his identity '
could not be ascertained for some time. ! ,
A young boy also working in the plant
was oaaiy Injured.
The factory was wrecked. Windows
for two blocks about the plant were
shattered by tne lorce of the explosion.
The concern has been working night
and day to fill Fourth of July oraers,
for toy pistols and caps.
Flee Before Forest Fire.
GRAND MARA IS. Minn., May 13?John
B. Klving, his wife, with a month-old j
baby, and six other children, the oldest ;
fifteen years, are in hospitals here, fol- j.
lowing a heart-breaking thirty-mil? trip ;
through the flaming forests between here j
and Upper Brule lake. It took them five ,
days. They were alternately almost I
burned and frozen to death, and two of '
the little children were saved from drown- !
ing In the swift current of Brule river ;
by the family's giant Newfoundland dog. ,
Fleeing homesteaders have left this en- j
tire district now uninhabited. When
Klving and his family were routed from
their beds Sunday morning by advancing
fires they beat a hasty retreat with a .
small stock of provisions.
The first day and night they progressed I
ten miles, so close to deer, bears, and
other wild beasts that Klving was forced j f
to drive them to one side to furnish pas- ,
sage for his terrified family. The crack- j .
ling of flames in the underbrush and the 11
roar of the wind rang constantly in their j1
ears The second dav thev advance,! ?nlv .
five miles. !'
Surrounded by Flames. J
On the third day, upon rounding a !
bend in the river, they faced a veritable
furnace speeding through the dry and
crackling timbers toward them. They 1
retreated, but Elving discovered flres ap- <
proaching from behind. With his handax
he cut limbs from trees on the bank and .j
stationed himself and liis family neck
deep in water under a netted screen of
underbrush. There covering branches fell '
in ashes above their heads, which they
submerged entirely from time to time
until the fire passed.
The fourth day surrounding fires again ,
forced them to resort to the same artifice.
Two of the younger children, who ven- ,
tured too far out, were swept in the cur- <
rent. The family's dog, which had so far '
by swimming in the river evaded the ;
flres, warned Elving. and with the aid *
of the animal, he rescued both. The
Newfoundland dog was lost later, having
been cut off by fire while foraging for
food. j
GRIEF DROVE TO SUICIDE. c
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Aged Man Swallowed Poison Sitting 1
Beside Wife's Casket. I \
PHILADELPHIA, May 13.?Sitting be- j*
side the body of his wife, Catherine, who s
committed suicide Tuesday, and whose i
funeral was to have been held tomorrow, *
Paul Graff, seventy-six years old, ended ^
his life today. Like his wrlfe, he drank u
carbolic acid. i
Graff had been deeply despondent since a
the suicide, and this had been intensified *
by the illness of a daughter. He had j
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VA^/i cootu a n icu iu WIIUW 1118 W1IQ lO V
the grave, and threatened to commit sui- 1
cide, dreading: life alone. All had been
made ready last night for the funeral to- P
morrow. Graff spent nearly all of the *
night sitting beside the casket, and just ?
before dawn he took the poison. The t
aged man was found shortly afterward, i *
He was unconscious, and lived only a j v
half hour after being removed to a hos- j c
pital.
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Memorial Tributes to Bishops.
ASirEiV'ILLJE. N. C.. May 13.?At the j j
general conference of the Methodist El pis- c
copal Church South this was the last
day for the reception of memorials and
appeals. Report No. 1 was submitted by
the committee on episcopacy, containing t
memorial tributes to the following de- s
ceased bishops: J. C. Granberry, W. W.
Duncan. C. B. Galloway, A. Coke Smith,
J. J. Tigert and Seth Ward. By vote of tl
the conference the report was put "upon s
its immediate passage. S n
SAYS pun_ EXISTS
Ballinger Charges Conspiracy
to Drive Him to Private Life.
READS A LONG RESUME
Declares Anonymous Attack Tracked
to Pinchot's Home.
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COMPLAINTS OF THE SERVICE
Letter of Ballinger's Private Secretary
Calling for Affidavits Presented
to Investigating Committee. .
In closing: his cross-examination of Secretary
Ballinger today Attorney Pepper,
counsel for Clifford Pineliot. introduced a
letter written by Don M. Oarr, Mr. Bal
? private secretary. ana pruuea a
in advertisement in the Montgomery
rimes of Mount Ida. Ark., reading ?follows:
"It Is suggested that as Congress
will probably at an early date
make an examination of the management
of the forest service you might with
propriety- secure such affidavits of th?
character referred to in your editorial,
and submit them both to the committee
having charge of the investigation, o
which Hon. Knute Nelson, I'nited State senator,
will probably be chairman."
Mr. Peper also offered the following
from the same paper:
"We would call the homesteaders' at
tention to the letter from the Departmenof
the Interior published in the uppei
riglrt-hand corner of our editorial page
This letter is from an under secretary
In addition, we have a personal lrtte:
from Secretary Ballir.ger himself. You
ire requested to send us your affidavit In
reference to irregularities charged against
the forest service in our article or; the
first page. You need not fear that you
will fail to make proof on account of
such affidavit. We will guard your in
terests."
The letter and editorial were introduced
by Mr. Pepper in answer to a
statement made yesterday by Chairman
Selson that he had received a large
number of complaints against the forest
service.
Ignorant of Carr's Letter.
Secretary Ballinger said be knew
nothing about Mr. Carr's letter, which
bore date of January 3 last, but on redirect
examination he said he had received
a letter from the editor of the
paper late in December stating that
there were many complaints in that locality
against the forest service. He
offered in evidence his reply to the editor.
When Mr. Pepper asked Mr. Bailing?'if
he u d not think the "conspiracy'
which he had referred to might have
been a ?eXenrive .combination of those
who. -Were heart' and soul tor a policy
to which be was known to be opposed.
M*. Bailingrer replied:
till* *** * mOSt a^nazine'y wicked dt"
Charges Conspiracy.
He then took from hip pocket a long
resume, which he secured permission to
read, and which he said would show the
existence of a conspiracy to pemove him
from public life. The resume had to
do with various portions of the testimony
during' the present investigation,
and closes as follows: _
"The evidence introduced in the preseni
investigation by the so-called prosecution
was all put In by the isth of March last.
?nd since that time evidence lias been
introduced by me before the committee.
An anonymous namphlet has been circulated,
notwithstanding the truth which
has been shown by the evidence in my
behalf, and circulated secretly and confidentially.
purporting to state what the
>ro?ecution had shown, and express!v declining
to state any evidence introduced
:>y me. Reliable information discloses
that these anonymous pamphlets are being
distributed from the home of Glf'urd
Pinchot.''
Mr. Rallinger in his statement said that
Mr. Finohot had "acted steadily" as at.
officer and citizen to bring about the removal
of a man whom he regarded a~s
lot only an unfaithful public servant, but
ilso as an enemy to the great principles
if conservation. He said Pinchot had adcisert
Glavis to lay his charges before
the President and had given him a letter
if introduction.
He referred to Gov. Pardee's speech At
lie Spokane irrigation congress in which
'he seriously reflected on me" and said
t was made after Pardee had conferral
vlth Pinchot.
"Pinchot admits that I am an obstacle
n the way of the conservation movement
vhich 'we proposed to remove.' " said Mr
Kallinger. "and admits that Garfield and
J la vis and he are part of the 'we.' "
"Yellow Dog" Denunciation.
He spoke of Pinchot's alleged sraterr.err
to George Otis Smith, in which the for
*ster was alleged to have called Ballineer
a "vellow doe." Mr. Hallinar? r
said Plnchot had denounced him thus
because he had overturned some of Garfield's
work.
"I guess 'the yellow dog* and the
snakes' aoout balance each other, don't
they?" interrupted Mr. Pepper.
Mr. Ballinger replied that he had never
;poken of Mr. Plnchot disparagingly before
he had taken the stand and that
Pinchot was not one of the "snakes."
Mr. Ballinger called attention to the fac::
:hat the projected tight against him at
3pokane had been opened according to
schedule, although nothing had been said
against Garfield.
Ballinger Accuses Davis.
Secretary Ballinger, under oross-examnation
by counsel for GlfTord Pinchor.
,-esterdav afternoon sprang a surprise hy
tffering in evidence four telegrams beVveen
himself and A. P. Davie, chief engineer
of the reclamation service, showng
that Davis received pay from a private
concern for the examination of an
rrjgation project in Mexico and at the
ame time accepted government compenatlon.
The Secretary wired Davis May 6
lemanding an explanation of a report
hat he received Der diem nav from J. G.
Vhite & Co. in addition to his salry
while on a trip west between Janlary
13 and 31 last. Davis replied the
tame day that he had received permission
rom Balllnger January 11 to take a leave
if absence to examine an irrigation pt fleet
in Mexico and that he received pay
chile on formal leave, as provided by
aw.
Under date of May 0 Mr. Balllnger relied.
saying "You were never authorized
>y me or to my knowledge to engage in
irivate employment or draw eompensalon
from private parties while under pay
rom the government." and demanding
whether he had received pay from the
ompany.
Two days later Davis replied that lie
lid receive pay from the company, unerstanding
he had Ballinger's approval.
Secretary Balllnger Insisted he was not
lostlle to the reclamation policy under
fewell, but admitted that lie has little
onfidence in either Newell or Davia.
Admirations by Secretary.
Mr. Pepper secured an admission from
he Secretary that he had not made a
tudy of the fiscal system of the reclamaion
service, and brought out the fa<-t
hat Mr. Ballinger's statement that there
ras an eight-thousand-dollar deficit eraa
lot accurate.
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