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No. 18,164. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1910-SIXTEEN PAGES! - ONE CENtT"
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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,
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Musical Program Arranged. <
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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" 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.
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iiOWNS AS HE CROSSES
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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.
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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- '
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| ning dutik iuii. meir ouiiies nave oeen
recovered.
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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.
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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.
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OLD CLAIMS INVOLVED
AGREEMENT WITH AMERICA
ADMITTED IN COMMONS.
Signature of Ambassador Bryce Authorized?Probable
Provision for a
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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