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! \J * * ... WEATHER. I; A ^ L 7 - r\ I The circulation of The Star, j j Msm I 0m both daily and Sunday, is greater Partly cloudy and continued 0 H Jl B^B ^9 B'j ^B^^B I jW4 fl by many thousands than that of warm tonight and Tuesday, with ^^^B^^B I B^ ^ I I I I I I I B B W B B any other Washington newspaper. ^ CQXTA1M>? OX PUiK 15 CLOSING ^ V >/ xEv^roHi^^Ti2LJS-S2i221AiEl?i2* No. 18,164. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1910-SIXTEEN PAGES! - ONE CENtT" READY FOR WEDDING I / Roosevelt-Alexander Marriage ( Occurs This Afternoon. GREAT INTEREST IN EVENT ( Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church ( Is Beautifully Decorated. VALUABLE GIFTS RECEIVED 1 Ceremony Will Be Followed by Re- 3 ception?Honeymoon to Be Spent In California. NEW YORK. June 20?Weather typical of the month of brides and roses attended t the wedding day of Miss Eleanor Butler c Alexander and Theodore Roosevelt, jr., I whose nuptials at the Fifth Avenue Pres- t byterian Church today promised to fur- C nleh one of the most' notable society r events of the season. It seemed likely S that the spacious edifice where the wed- 1 ding was to take place would find its 1 capacity taxed tc accommodate the guests Then the promised attendance I of the groom's distinguished father, ? whose welcome home from abroad stirred I New York Saturday, so stimulated popu- * lar interest that there was every promise c of record throngs in the vicinity of the 1 church edifice long before 4 o'clock, the * hour set for the ceremony. The church today was beautifully decorated with pink and white blossoms, roses, lilies of the valley and peonies j predominating, and everything was in readiness for the ceremony to be performed by the Rev. I)r. Henry M. San- . ' ders. a great-uncle of the bride, assisted < by the Rev. Gordon Russell of Cranford, N J 1 1 Musical Program Arranged. < < The arrangements included provision < for a musical program while the guests < were assembling and provided for the \ bride being given away in marriage by her mother. Mrs. Henry Addison Alexander. The bride's costume is to be of1 conventional white satin, with point lace and orange blossoms. Her matron of honor will be Mrs. Snowden Fahneetock, whose wedding took place June It, with Miss Alexander as a bridesmaid, while the bridesmaids of totoy will be Misses Harriet and Janetta I 1 Alexander, cousins of the bride: Miss Jean Delano and Miss Jessie MillingtonDrake of Paris. Kermit Roosevelt will be hte brother's beet mam and the ushers will be John W. Cutler of Brookline. Mass., a classmate at Harvard of the bridegroom; Elliot Cutter, hia brother; Fulton Cutting, Grafton Chapman, E. Morgan Gilbert, Francis ftoehe, George Bmlen Roosevelt, Monroe Douglas Robinson and Hamilton Fish, jr. Beeeptton After Wedding. The ceremony will he Tbflowed by a reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Alexander, the bride's uncle and aunt. After the reception the young couple will go on their honeymoon to California, and will spend some time there. The bridal gifts are numerous and valuable. The engagement of Theodore Roosevelt, jr., and Miss Alexander was announced last February. The groom is twenty-two years of age and his bride twenty-one. BED CBOSS ENDOWMENT. m ?. i HN a ;_i. /I :u ' rraiaeni ian Appoints uommmcc , for District of Columbia. President Taft. as president of the 1 National Red Cross, has appointed the 1 following committee on the endowment \ fund for the District of Columbia: I*arx Anderson. Milton E. Ailes, Charles 1 J Bell. Scott C. Bone. Edson Bradley. Admiral Willard H. Brownson. John Joy Edson. Admiral Robley D. Evans, Gibson , Fahnestock. Henry H. Flather. Charles ) C Glover. John Hays Hammond, Christian Huerlcn, Hennen Jennings, William D. Hoover. Gen. John A. Johnston. Wil- , 11am Kin*. Slgmund Kann. A. Eisner, H. B F. Macfarland. John R. McLean. Cla- \ re nee Moore. Theodore W. Noyes, Clarence Norment. Thomas Nelson Page, R. Ross Perry. Duncan C. Phillips. Gen. J. P. Sanger. Edward Stellwagen, Herbert Wadsworth. Michael I. Weller, Henry K. Willard. Gardner F. Williams. Gen. Maxwell V. Z. Woodhull. Gen John M. Wilson and 8. W. Woodward. It is proposed to raise an endowment fund of $2.dOn,n0i?, of which New York la to conthibute $rs>n,noh. MARRIED v. /' A ( - \ ? Bkck 3?OS -^SHpp^p THEODORE, RooStVf.LT JR.. \ C-. ? WOULD BARPACKERS Duster Suit Brought by Missouri Attorney General. DONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED Control of Prices Both to the Producer and Consumer. rORFEIT CORPORATE RIGHTS ?etition Asks That They Be Debarred From Doing Business in the State. JEFFERSON CITT. Mo., June 20.?Atorney General ^.lliott E. Major began >uster proceedings against five meat jacking companies today by filling quo vaTranto Informations in the Supreme "ourt. The companies attacked are Arnour Packing Company, Morris & Co.. swift & Co., Hammond Packing Company and St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company. The Armour, Swift ar.d Morris com>anies are charged with violating the mti-trust law and conspiracy and the dammond and St. Louis Dressed Beef md Provision Company, as subsidiary ompanies of the National Packing Com>any. with conspiracy to control the meat jacking business in Missouri. May Confiscate Property. 1 he five companies are named in two oetitions which ask that the corporations >e excludeu from all corporate rights, hat their licenses he forfeited and that ill or such portion of their property as he court may deem proper be confiscated >r in lieu thereof a fine be imposed. Armour, Swift and Morris are charged ;vith hav.ng entered into a conspiracy in l!HK> to control the prices to be paid to iealers in live stock, poultry, butter, ?ggs, dairy and agricultural products, to ,'or.trol the prices to be paid by retail ind wholesale dealers for dressed meats tnd to control the prices to be paid by ill retail and wholesale dealers for buter. eggs, poultry, game, dairy and agricultural products and by-products from he business of slaughtering live stock. The second count of the petition charges :hat the three packing companies conspired to restrain trade and destroy rompetition in the purchase and sale of neat products, live stock, poultry, butter ind eggs, and by fixing a price to be paid >y all the members of the alleged agreenent and conspiring to control the busitess of buying, selling and dealing in jacking house products. The National Packing Company, the information filed in the court today llleges, was chartered in New Jersey in 1002. with a capital stock of ?15,<mo,0ob, to mgage in meat packing an.* selling and ,o hold stock of any other corporation. "The National Packing Company," the jetition says, "was not organized in food faith for the purpose of engaging n the business authorized by its charer, but as a corporate scheme to effect an unlawful trust." Attorney General Major, after he filed :he suits, said: "The suits were filed as a result of :he examination conducted recently before former Judge Daniel \V. Dillon, ivho was named by the supreme court :o preside at the hearings. The HamTiond Packing Company and the St. L.ouis Dressed Beef and Provision Comjany are owned and cent roiled in every natter and detail both in the purchase >f live stock and in the sale of dressed ind finished products by the National fin Alrlmnr f*rt?wr\Onv A# VAUT TOPCAV.' I awning V/UUJJ'UJIJ W& ?? uv? k>V/< Owned by Three Packers. "The National Packing Company, the rearing developed, is owned by three big packers. Snift owns seven-fifteenths. Armour, six-fifteenths, and Morris, twofifteenths. While the National controls these, supposedly independent corporations. it has been holding them out to the public as separate entities and independent corporations and competitors in business. "In this way these corporations have been and are being used as the device in controlling th# purchase and selling prices. In thus monopolizing the field and in controlling the packing industry the entrance of new competitors in the business is practically prohibited. "I have not instituted suit against the Pudahv Packing Company and the Schwarzschild A Sulzberger Company because the examination which I conducted was laid along certain lines and led to a field of Inquiry which did not disclose whether they were guilty of any violations of the law." The packers must make a return to the suits by June lit>. If demurrers are tiled they will not be passed on by the court until the October term. If answers are filed the court may appoint a commissioner to take evidence before adjournment for the summer. i IN NEW YORK It"^SSS&w -V I ? ^jgr ?? BAILEY OPENS FIGHT Threatens to Talk the Engineer Corps Bill to Death. FRANKLY ADMITS PURPOSE Says That He Will Filibuster if It Becomes Necessary. TEXAS PROJECT DEFEATED Senator Asserts That the Members of the Board Went Out of Their Way to Oppose It. Frankly admitting his determination to filibuster. Senator Bailey today entered upon a crusade agalnBt the bill increasing the Engineer Corps of the army. When Senator Warren asked unanimous consent to take up the bill the Texas senator objected, and when the measure was taken up by an aye and no vote he took the floor and began a speech which he promised should continue as long as might be necessary to prevent the passage of the bill. "I intend to prevent this bill going through, and I .will filibuster, if necessary. to accomplish that result,'' he said. "I intend to resist with all the power and endurance I possess.'* Senator Bailey's objection was due to his view that the board of engineers should be so restricted as to confine its labors- to engineering questions. Texas Project Defeated. He asserted that the board had defeated a river improvement project in Texas in connection with the recent river and harbor bill on the ground that the commercial conditions did not Justify the undertaking. He declared this w-as entirely outside the province of the board, and- he contended that if the engineers would confine their services to those legitimately pertaining to their office there would be no necessity for increases. Senator Warren made the point that in the end the opinion of the engineers ' was not controlling. I 1 * i * oon * * PAtAria^ AH, UUl 11 uucn wihivii ictvi ivu . Bailey. and. for the purpose of illustrating his contention, stated that the Beaumont-Orange project had been beaten on this ground. Influence of the Board. "1 had a positive promise of a majority vote to defeat the conference report on the river and harbor bill," he said, "but when the test came I got only twelve votes out of fifty-five because the report of the board of engineers was against me." Mr. Dixon remarked that the purpose of the bill was to set the army engineers "to digging irrigation dltcheV for which he said they had had no training. Mr. Warren challenged this statement, and, expressing the opinion that it was made in the interest of Mr. Newell, chief of the reclamation service, said the friends of that official were making a mistake in bringing him into the controversy. "His tenure of office is not involved in this bill." he said, "and the bii! can have no possible effect on it." . WOMAN'S PERILOUS FLIGHT. Battles With Elements in Balloon 1,600 Feet in Air. ST. Tenuis. Mo., June 20.?After battling with the elements for three hours, Miss Julia Hoerner last night fulfilled hei determination to be the first woman tc pilot a balloon in a pleasure flight. She made the ascension shortly befort 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and within a half hour a heavy electrical storm arose The balloon was swept backward an<i forward at an altitude of 1,000 feet ir the clouds, and finally she was compellec to appeal to her aid, John Berry, to heir her to make the descent. The landing was made nine miles fronr St. lx>uis. Hanihara Criticises California. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. June 20.-M Hanihara, first secretary of the Japanes< embassy at Washington, arrived hen last night en route to Yokohama oi leave of absence. He will leave for Japai tomorrow. Referring to the Asiatic ex elusion matter, Mr. Hanihara said: " believe that California is unfair in it attitude on the subject of the immigra tion of orientals into this country." Ttoday^ I l t i l, WMWWaa^^:: : >>-:V:<:Xv ^ vrW ^^p^?;:/':'v:v// . /' " 1 Bpi^^jjfa^.y /?; - "^ i I I': '^'wJaKi ^^^^22^M^j)j|jii|>Mji >E,JL OjRTis^aiMro i (L I \ I UND BILL IS AMENDEI SENATE ELIMINATES BOND PRO VISION, .AS AGREED. Senator Heybnrn Agrees to the Sep aration of the Measures Under Conditions. In performance of its part of th agreement on the public land withdraw! bill and the proposition looking to th issuance of bonds for the continuation c irrigation projects, the Senate today d? elded to reconsider the vote by which th withdrawal bill was passed and the eliminated the bond provision. Befor the latter step was taken Mr. Heybur . stated that he would agree to the separs iiuri Ul IJIC IWU IIICOBUI ca on 11113 UI Hit? J standing that not less than $20,000,01 should be voted at this session to cor | tinue irrigation work. , Mr. Jones asked whether there was an agreement to prevent the increase of th , sum to $K6,000,00<^ Responding, Mi L Smoot. in charge of the bill, said that th understanding was that the sum shoul I not exceed twenty millions. , "An understanding with whom," aske Mr. Gallinger, "Who made sum an agiet rnent?" Mr. Smoot explained that having foun , it impossible to get through the House larger bond issue than $20,000,<J00, th senators interested had consented to ai cept that sum, providing the House woul pass an independent bill for that sum. The bill as amended was then passed. I GATINS FURNISHES ! $5,000 BAIL IN COUR i s " Bond Fixed at $3,000 in Conspirac Charge and $2,000 in Bucket Shop Accusation. Joseph F. Gatins of New York, charge with conspiracy and operating a buck phop In this District, appeared in Crin inal Court No. 1, before Justice Gouh today and gave bail to answer the indlci ments. Bond was fixed at $1,000 in th conspiracy case and $2,000 in the tuck* shop charge, and Samuel H. Walkt itnaiifleri as snretv on both bonds. At the request of Attorney Henry I Davis. Justice Gould granted the mc tion of Gatlns to quash the first indicl ment returned against him April las In that indictment Gatins* name wa misspelled. FOR THREE ARBITRATORS. To Pass on Ownership of Ian Along the Rio Grande. Instead of one arbitrator to settle th question of whether the I'nited States c Mexico owns, a strip of land along th Rio Grande river at El Paso. Tex., thei will be three chosen for the task. Or will be an American, another a Mexica and the third a Canadian. It is understood that the Mexican en bassy in this city will be prepared shor ly to submit to the State Department ii proposal for the machinery of arbitratioi The agreement between the two countrh to submit the question to arbitration we reached some time ago. The original plan was to have the quei tion decided by a Canadian jurist, if pos sible, but it has been suggested that th disposition <f the case might be facil tated if each country had a representativ on a commission of Arbitration. The problem the commission will hav to solve la whether the addition of a strl of land one and one-half miles long an five blocks wide was added to the Texa shore of the Rio Grande river by accri tion or by erosion. By treaty, the tw governments agreed that Inasmuch as th Rio Grande channel was a shifting om 7 addition of land by accretion shout belong to the country In which It wa added, but any addition by the rive cutting a new channel by erosion shoul belong to the country originally ownln it. I I x wlkyy? rv^#5 / AC AT ION ALMOST HERE iiOWNS AS HE CROSSES . me PORING STORM Rising Stream Threatens to Flood Pennsylvania Towns. Heavy Losses Reported. e PITTSBURG, June 20.?Reports received il today from the districts cut off from e communication by the storms of Satur)f day indicate that the damage done in the stricken sections will amount to a much larger sum than was at first reported, le One death has occurred, traced directly n to the swollen rivers. Julius Desroache, ,e aged sixty-twot years, was drowned in the Ohio river. He attempted to reach n the north shore of the stream near Brul" nots Island today. The current and high r- waters overturned his skiff. At Point Marion, Pa., millions of feet *- of lumber and hundreds of feet of logs are being carried out of the Cheat river, y which is nearing flood stage. The river ie still was rising with a stage of thirty r* feet at 10 o'clock this morning. ie If the water rises an additional five d feet Point Marion, town of ?HJO persons, will be inundated. Another storm of the proportions of a cloudburst visited the district early today, followed by fire. Several residences were burned to the ground. d a Damage Amounts to $100,000. e At Brownsville county authorities total the damage to property in that d district at $100,000. The Monongahela river there now stands at thirty-five feet and is rising. The Monongahela River railroad is entirely out of commission, the valley through which it runs being a roaring torrent. _ At Smiths Ferry, Ralph and Merrill | Wank, brothers, aged fifteen and twelve, respectively, were drowned while trying to ford the middle fork of the Beaver river. The current swept them j y from their feet and curried them be- | yond their depth. The stream is run- ' I . .? / ii rnt i _ i 1! l a i | ning dutik iuii. meir ouiiies nave oeen recovered. . CAPT. BROOKE REPORTS l i. J; NEW ASSISTANT TO ENGINEER u COMMISSIONER ARRIVES. r 3- Capt. Markham Succeeds Capt. Kelly, t- Who Will Soon Leave for Duty a in the Philippines. Capt. Mark Brooke, new assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, reported to Commissioner Judson today for duty. As soon d as possible Capt. William Kelly will 'eave for the Philippines, in accordance with the recent order from the War Deie partment. ,r With the change in captains comes a ie shifting of assignments in the engineer e department of the District government. ie Capt. E. W. Markham will be transferred n to the office occupied by Capt. Kelly, and Capt. Brooke will take up Capt. Mark1_ ham's work. This will place the surface work under ts Capt. Brooke. That Includes Jhe asphalt a" and cement work, the building and in?s spection of bri- ges. Are escapes, highway ts and street extension, parking, pavements, trees, etc. Much of the big work j. planned in the Judson finance plan, such as the extension of the park system and the reclamation of the Anacostia flats, '? will be under Capt. Brooke's charge, i- Capt. Brooke has been for about three e years an instructor in the engineering ' course at West Point. ,e ? p Nominations Favorably Reported. ^ The Senate committee on Judiciary ton day ordered favorable reports on the nominations of A. 8. Van Valkenburg to ? be United States judge for the western ? district of Missouri; J. W. Ownby, to d be United States attorney for the east* a era district of Texas; George W. Padir gett, to be United States marshal for the d district of Maryland, and E. F. Regeng hardt, to be United States marshal for the eastern district fit Missouri. NhJP ^ OLD CLAIMS INVOLVED AGREEMENT WITH AMERICA ADMITTED IN COMMONS. Signature of Ambassador Bryce Authorized?Probable Provision for a ? Commission of Three Persons. LONDOX, June 20.?The report thai James Bryee, British ambassador al Washington, had been authorized to sign the British-American pecuniary claims agreement was officially confirmed by Thomas McKinnon Wood, under secretary of state for foreign affairs, in the house of commons today. Mr. Wood stated that the foreign office was now in communication with the State Department of the United States regarding the publication of the terms of the agreement. The signing of the British-American pecuniary claims agreement marks the end of prolonged negotiations. The las! general claims commission was convened in 1853. It dealt with claims which had arisen since 1812. In the seventies the civil war claims were disposed of The present negotiations thus concerr claims between the governments dating back before 1812 and with general claim; which have arisen since 1853. In the general arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain, which was signed in April, 11X18, a provisior was made that the treaty would not ap ply to existing pecuniary claims, it is said to be probable that the agreemeni when made public will be found to have provided for a commission of three persons, which will determine the merits o the various demands. MAKES COPIES OF BIBLE. Minister Writes Out Scriptures ir T 1 1 m w Longnana m iwo Languages. ALPENA, Mich., June 20.?To "secur< a deeper meaning from the Scriptures and a larger view over the whole," the Rev. Lorentz C. Johnson, pastor of the Norwegian church here, has just com pleted two longhand transcripts of the entire Bible. One copy is written ir Norwegian and the other in English. Though Mr. Johnson is pastor of twe country churches, in addition to hit charge in this city, the Norwegiar manuscript of 1,147 pages and the English manuscript of 1,032 pages were completed in his spare time during twenty-four months. The work consumed two large bottles of ink and 2SS pen points. The manuscripts will be sent to the world's fair at Christiania, Norway. KAISER GOING TO REGATTA. Condition of Knee Will Permit His Attending Kiel Event. POTSDAM, June 20.?Emperor Williarr has so far recovered front the inconvenience of a sore knee joint, occasioned, according to the court physicians, b> overexertion in the saddle, that he decided today to attend the yachting regatta at Kiel. His majesty has the consent of his physicians in the matter. He will board the imperial yacht Hohenzollern at Altona, proceeding thence tc Kiel. Wnen the emperor's knee firsi bothered him it was announced that he Tirrkhnhiv would not attend the regatta. but would bi. rei rrrented by Crown Prince Frederick William. HENRY NEVILLE DEAD. Noted English Actor Had Flayed in United States. LONDON, June 20.?Henry Neville, the actor and dramatic teacher, died here yesterd /. Henry Neville was born in Manchester. He made his first London apearance at the Lyceum in 1860. He was leessee and manager of the Olympic Theater from 1873 to 18T9, and founded a dramatic school In 1884. Among his prominent parts were Bob Brierly In the "Ticket of Leave Man," Charles Surface in "School for Scandal" and Captain Absolute in "The Rivals." He also appeared In "The Soudan," which had a . long run in America. PETITION OF CLERKS H Plea for Retirement Legisla- Tz tion Signed by 16,086. SENT TO SPEAKER CANNON Ef i Plea, Indorsed by Secretary Mac-; Veagh, Is Laid Before House. TAFT TO BE ASKED TO HELP G( Business Men's Committee Will Ask President to Send Special Message to Congress. Speaker Cannon today received from the 1 Secretary of the Treasury and laid be- tei fore the House a petition signed by 16.0S6 tin employes in the executive departments nu asking for the passage of a law to re- ST tire superannuated civil service employes, pn Secretary MacVeagh in his letter of trans- th< mittal says: a11 "I have the honor to transmit herewith " a petition to the Congress, signed hy H< ld.ONfi employes in the executive depart-* ev ments and separate bureaus in Washington, for the enactment of laws for the fe't' retirement of superannuated civil service ge employes, based upon a contributory plan, 1 and for a reclassification of salaries upon the basis of character and quality of work ti^ performed. m< "The petition has my warm approval. ha "The subject of a retiring allowance for civil service employes was discussed by me in my report to Congress of Decern- ta ber. 19O0, and the views therein expressed aw are again urged upon Congress after a'< several months of inquiry into the need of CQ the government to take the steps which a will result in final economy and efficiency ve in the classified service, and which can gr be reached by no other method, and at 'j the same time to provide immediate re- an lief to such employes as are now super- ha annuated and in circumstances requiring the aid of a law providing a retiring allowance." th Petitions From Otker Places. th Secretary MacVeagh also transmitted a petition signed by 5..VO employes of the . ' civil service in Chicago, Philadelphia, at Xew York. Boston. Augusta, Me.; Knox- da ville, Tent^.; Xew Orleans,- Pittsburg, St. Paul, Cincinnati, Buffalo and St. Louis, of the same >^enor. , ' President Taft today is to be asked to sti lend ills ai<fti\the form of a si?ecial mes- as sake to Congress invoking immediate . provision for those employes of the civil service of the government who are men- ln tally or physically disabled and either th have been or are likely soon to be dis- go missed from their positions. The ways and means committee of the th business men's and citizens' movement In ta behalf of the superannuated clerks held th a meeting at noon tbuay, witn tien. w George H. Harries presiding. The form ai of resolution to be submitted to the joint session or" the Senate and House coin- to mittees tomorrow morning at lo o'clock to ' was discussed. It was agreed that the hi committee visit the President and ask his wi 1 aid in the form of a special message to sp i Congress. Jt The committee decided it was not wise or desirable for it to attempt to outline r? any plan of action for Congress as a permanent measure, but simply to urge pc I with all its force and influence some immediate provision for those who may not share in the benefits of a permanent plan * or may sufTer before its adoption by la i reason of their separation from the serv- n< . ice. " The members of the committee present 11 ln addition to Gen. Harries were Charles P> 1 J. Bell,- Louis P. Shoemaker, Col. John ls McElroy, John W. Yerkes, W. D. Henry Ul and Joseph VV. Buck. tr th Views of Secretary MacVeagh. m t si , In His annual report to Congress, to which he referred in his.letter to Speaker ft , Cannon today. Secretary MacVeagh dis cussed the retirement of civil service em. ployes on pension as follows: ta , "Any inquiry Into the efficiency of ad- o ministration very soon involves a con- ei [ sideration of a policy of civil service hi retiring pensions. And it seems to t* me that the conclusion is unavoidable . that a really efficient service is out of f the question without a method of hon, orably and justly retiring persons 1 whose effleiepcy is seriously impaired. P f It is quite true that the older clerks of h< the service are no more likely than the younger clerks to be inefficient. . indeed, their experience and their set- a tied relations to the service could easily compensate for the lack of some other personal equipment. Rut just , I as there are instances where the younger clerks should be disciplined or w dismissed so there are many cases of e% , the older clerks where, in justice to both themselves and the service, they ought to be honorably relieved. "The service is blocked in many in- J stances by the unwillingness of the ofti cials in charge to throw out of place 1 worthy men and women who have given m the best of their lives to the work of the ,T1 government. So that, in a very imper feet and wholly unsatisfactory manner, practically a pension system is and long lias beer/ in operation. o\ Country's Unique Position. G "The I'rited States is the only nation that has no general legal retiring pension for the employes of Its civil service. We ^ have this unique position In the world, dl ! along w lth a reputation for great wealth te on,* fnr nthprwlsp liberal exnendltures. i ?? **"" * "' o*The entire civilize.! world has shown M great and growing recognition of pen- t. sions or retiring allowances; and while the I'nited States is so far behind the P', rest of the world in civil pensions, it has ' by far the largest pension list among the nations. The war and navy pensions B are a redognized part of otir policy; and 1 in the civil service pensions have been - extended to the judiciary. And though, ta as a government, we have halted at a ' general retiring allowance for civil em- j ployes, the great universities of our | ' country and the great corporations have j te_ : i been taking immense steps along this j : very line, and the federal government is P1] becoming more and more isolated. "While I have spoken only of the effect to ' upon the service itself of the lack of ? a system of retiring pensions, there are, as every one knows, other claims upon m s the government to estabiirh this policy. V I hope that the Congress will take up and m i consider favorably one of the various ^ forms ot' law that are proposed. This to subject has been before the country and 's before the government for a long while; st! and if the policy were to be adopted at this time it would undoubtedly give a Is strong impulse to that improvement of di; every branch of the service which is now so much desired by the people, and whicti is a matter of. so much interest to the t Congress and to the administration. In expressing my opinion in favor of the re- co tiring allowance. I purposely avoid the expression at this time of a preference th< for any particular plan or system." foi ' , ch fiP Ten Browned in Shipwreck. str HOLYHEAD, Wales, June 20.?The or, French freight steamer La Rochelle, eui from Bordeaux for Liverpool, was sunk 'r through collision with the British wn freighter Yews off Skerries, Ireland, today. Ten members of the Frenchman's ?ia crew were drowqed. f * AS ONEMQRE BILL ift Wants Publicity Measure Passed This Session. UCOURAGED BY SUCCESS rerybody at White House Happy Ov;r Congress Legislation. >ES TO YALE TOMORROW esident Feels That He Is Entitled to See Son Graduate. Today's Callers. j 5neoura*red hy the success that has atlded his legislate o program up to this ne. President Taft decided today to ike en issue of the passage by Coness before the adjournment of the esent session of the bill providing for ' e publicity of campaign contributions in campaigns affecting federal offices. This was satisfaction day at the White >use. Everybody was delighted and erybody loved everybody else. Nothing ?nt wrong. Insurgents forgot their ievanees and regulars rejoiced in the neral good feeling that prevailed. President Taf was the best pleased in of all, and his spirit passed along 3 line. In no day since his adminlstra>n began lias the chief executive shown >re optimism and more good cheer. Ha d a right to be that v.ay, oo. Coness, on the point of adjourning, was ing practically everything he asked limosities engendered among repuhlins during the session were passing . ,-ay ann good- feeling was prevailing all jng the party line. K^om away from Ksnington encouraging words were ming, and foremost among these was long letur from Col. Theodore KooseIt, besides personal words of warm eeting from returning statesmen. If the President did not feel the buoyicy of the minute as much as he might ive. his friends and admirers did. Tilings are comin# bur way ? just imping themselves to get to us," was e way one man put it. The President is so well satisfied with e congressional situation that hp will ive town tomorrow night for New aven to see his son Robert graduate om Yale. He will spend Wednesday Yale and be at his desk again Thursy morning. The Injunction Bill. \s to legislation of the administration amp going through Congress, a man. ked the President today if he was pushg the injunction bill. The President timated that while he would like tp get is measure through, he did not wish to tbble everything in sight. While many of the republican leaders ought today that adjournment would ke place by Thursday, and not later ian Saturday, President Taft himself ill not be disappointed if the time is ' ound the The President will remain in Washingn three or four days alter adjournment see and talk with republicans who ive not had as much of his time as they lehed on political matters in their reiective states. He may be here until ily but he has an engagement at imbridge, Mass., July 4. and will not turn here after that If he can help It. The President will make some apdntments before leaving, but the lm rtant appointments provided in some the bills that have become law and ill become law will go over until next 11. The President, for instance, will it appoint the interstate commerce >11 rt, provided in the railroad bill whu U le chief executive signed Saturday ight, until next December. His policy not to make big judicial appointments mil Congress is in session to act, so tat the judges or justices can assume leir duties without quibble or question, icli as might arise from a between-seson appointment. If Justice Moody retires from the 8u eme Court, as he is expected* to do if ie special retirement bill goes througn angress, his successor will not be named Mil next December, which makes it cei in that the big tobacco and Standard il cases must be settled by a bench of ght and not the full bench of nine, as id been hoped. These big cases have ;en set for argument next November. River Bill Ready. The river and harbor bill is upon the resident's desk ready for signature and ? wants to go over it before appending s signature. It is not regarded as prob>le that he will withhold his signature nm the bill, but he is at least deter ined to know what is in it before lie >es make it law. The President signed the railroad hill ithout reading it over. He was. h<?wrer. fully informed as to its content* id felt sure that a measure which id been so closely scrutinized as this ould . have no serious errors or jokers." Attorney General Wiokershatn and epresentative Mann, who had so uch to do with framinK the measure, et in the President's offices this orning and swapped congratulations. *? lie Attorney General was. like the Presi?nt, greatly pleased with the drift of atters. "Just felicitating the President ,er the railroad bill," said the Attorney eneral. Did W-ilson Bring1 Message? Secretary Wilson, who returned frond le Roosevelt home-corn inn celebration, opped in on the President today to 11 him what he had heard and ot?rved in New York. Many believe tiiat r. Wilson, who served throughout the oosevelt administration" in his present isition, brought hack from Xew York me significant utterance of the former resident as to the Taft administration, ut pressing the farmer of the cabinet d not get anything. 'But A tell you that Roosevelt did not - *? ?- ? j IK pomlif, lie r?Mieratcu. But Isn't the colonel going to fret into e game?" was asked. "I don't know what he is going ft> do. I II you he did not talk politics." What is your personal opinion as to the obablgi future of the colonel in politics?" "Well, I am pretty sure he will not go bed and sleep too long," was the most una Jim would say. President Taft had a long and intiately couched letter from Co!. Rooseslt Saturday night. The letter was ailed abroad, and it had evidently been e wish of the writer that it should get this country ahead of him. The letter supposed to have come on the same earner with Col. Roosevelt. fCo idea of the contents of the letter to be had, the President refusing to scuss it. Sherman Wants a Few Things. fiee President Sherman, always a welme visitor to the White House, ran to newspaper men as he started out of s executive offices. "What am I here r?" he repeated. "Trying to have a aplain named in the army, a postmaster pointed in my old home distrlct.'an Inductor named at West Point and three four little things like that." Well, you'll get what you want," was ggested. % I haven't got any of them yet by a ig shot." he declared, "but I'll keep oa rking." What about adjournment?" I think we will wind up about Thursy or Friday." lepresentative John Dwlght, ^publican