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"MAYBE I DID; R j I^k 4 Sr . \ THE explorer who c assot te NORTH fays, were turned away with ease by the remark: "Why, yes, I have been 'old that before." Had Time for Reflection. With the opportunity for thought that his exile, has given hjm?Dr. Cook says he never even had time to sleep more than three or four hours between his arrival at Copenhagen and his disappearance in New York?lie has found growing stronger and stronger the derire to return to his own country, to be understood by his own eople. He realizes better than any one . :??> the esteem in which he was held. "I have been ca'led the grcate t Har in he world, the most monumental imp stor n history." says Dr. Cook. "I believe that in every undesirable way I stand mique, the object of such suspfci n and ltuperation us have assailed few men." With this realization Dr. Cook wrote ..is story and says that to him the honor >f discovering the north pole no longer -.i.eana anything. The explorer has been working on his story since last August, -,nd says, according to the editor of Hampton's Magazine, "that his sole deire is to make the people of the United States realize just what he went through luring his two and a half years in the rctic 'astness, and to make them see what processes o' thinking?or lack of hinking?ft was that led him to do the hlng which confirmed to the average mina the worse suspicions against him." Peary Refuses to Discuss Dr. Cook's Confession Robert E. Peary, commander of the expedition which the National Geographic Soctety recognised as having reached the north pole, declined today to make any comment on the confession of Dr. Frederick A. Cook. "I have absolutely no statement to make," declared Capt. Peary, with emphaaia. "I wish the press would make it as emphatic as possible that I have absolutely nothing to say in connection ? ?,*. matter T cannot make this mw u*u - ? . too strong." When asked whether he would have anything to say after Dr. Cook's article appears, be replied that he did not think he would. MAY REPORT IN JANUARY ON LORIMER BRIBERY CASE Senator Investigators Will Hear Several Witnesses and Lawyers' Arguments. The report of the subcommittee of the Senate committee on privileges and elections appointed to investigate the charges of irregularities, including bribery, in connection with the election of Senator William Dorimcr of Illinois Is to be framed shortly after January 1, it is expected. The subcommittee's report will be presented to the full committee. The conclusions of the full committee will go before the Senate. A meeting of the subcommittee is to be held within a day or two after the convening of Congress next Monday. Senator Burrows of Michigan, chairman, said this morning that there are several more witnesses to be heard before the testimony can be closed. Attorneys for the "prosecution" and the "defense* have anked for oportunities to be heard. Their addresses before the subcommittee are expected to close the investigation. The minutes of the hearings held in Chi< ago last fall are ready for printing. The printed volumes of testimony will be before the member* of the committee probably when they meet next week. ih ajnruax session. Commercial Club to Hold Election Tomorrow Afternoon. Members of the Commercial Club will meet at 1230 o'clock tomorrow afternoor td elect cfBsers and a board of governor! for the coming year. Reports from th< present officers will be submitted. The following nomtnat'ons have beer made: For president, M. E. AHes; foi first vice president. Cuno H. Rudolph; foj second vice president, Arthur C. Moses for secretary. H. C. C. Stiles; for board 01 governors. James A. Cahill, Joseph II rv*nf??l John C. Davison. E. p. fir*. ham, Otto Luebkert, D. 8. Porter, W. E Shannon. Prom the seven names submitted as can dldates tor the board of governors rive art to be selected. The three members re ceivlng the largest number of votes ail serve three years, the next two years anc the third one year. Their terms will be gin January 1 next. SMITH HOT HOMICIDE. Brown, His Antagonist in Bow, Died of Pleurisy. An autopsy was performed at th< morgue this morning on the body o; Eugene Brown, colored, who died at Gar field Hospital yesterday. Dr. Charles 8. White, deputy coroner found that death resulted from pleuris; and an abscess on bis lungs. About ssven Weeks ago Brown an< Joseph Smith, also colored, got into i row and both were arrested. Brown wg lined $10 and Smith was released oi personal bonds. Smith was rearrested last night an< held to awsit the result of the' autopsy This afternoon he was released. Principles of Low Discussed. The class in principles of law considere subsidiary motions of parliamentary lai at a meeting yesterday afternoon in th rooms of the White House Chaptej American Woman's League. The nei meeting of the class will be held th presing Pecfember 20 at 8 o'clock. ? [lAYBE I DIDN'T." I ^k \ B! i I t ILL WHETHER HE REACHED THE POLE. j STATION D'S EXISTENCE WILL END TONIGHT I Eleven Carriers Will Cover Territory From the Main 4 Citv Post Office. * At 8 o'clock tonight postal station D, at 714 4** street southwest, will pass out of existence; Supt. J. J. Murphy will prepare to assume his new dut'es as assistant supe.intendent at station C, 1419 G street northwest, tomorrow, and the eleven carriers and nine clerks will leave the station with orders to report for duty at the main office tomorrow morning. "Business sense and postnl efficiency," said Postmaster Merrltt today, "prompted the action in this case. There can be no such thing as discrimination against the people of any section of the city In < postal matters while I am postmaster, if i it is in my power to prevent it, and ? i think it is. < Advantages of the Change. "The full complement of carriers now ] at station D will cover the territory heretofore attached to the station, but by , operating from the main office they will i be able to carry out on their first delivery in the morning quite a quantity of 1 mail that under the old order would have j been held until the noon delivery. They i also wilt carry with them on their 4 o'clock delivery quite a large quantity of 1 mall that under the old condition of af- j fairs would have had to be held over j until the following day. "For instance: Tomorrow the carriers will begin their morning delivery at 7 o'clock instead of at 7*10 o'clock, as heretofore. While they will get away on their routes a half hour earlier, they will i take with them the malls received after ' j the old closing hour,_?:50 a.m., up to the hour of departure. Tne mans tuat usea to leave at 6:~>0 a.m. had to be sent to ' the station to be routed and assorted be- ' I fore the carriers could leave. Now it , , will be routed and assorted in the main office, and the time between the old hour 1 i of transmission by screen wagon and the 1 'Station routing will be saved to the peo- 1 pie who are waiting for their letters. I Last Delivery at 4 O'Clock. "For the last delivery of the day at j station D the mails had to leave the main < office at 3:40 p.m. A great many malls , arrive between that time and 4 p.m. and i a great many local letters for delivery in j the southwest section are also rece.ved. All these will be Included hereafter in the ^ 4 o'clock delivery from the main office. "It has long been contended that sta- i tion D was not in the most favorable location for the accommodation of the 1 people. Under the new order a station < will be located at 7th and H streets 1 southwest, in charge of H. H. Lantz. There the people will have every accom- 1 modation, save delivery, which they had at station D. The new stat on will issue : and pay domestic and International money < orders, register letters and parcels and > sell postage stamps and postal cards. IN BEPAIBEB'S HANDS. Tag Southern and Other Vessels in Need of Overhauling. The tug Southern of the fleet of'the 8outhern Transportation Company, which brought a tow- of pontoons and other outfit for the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacitic Dredging Company, arrived here in a partially disabled condition, a liner in one of the cylinders of her engine having worked loose. The accident seriously crippled the efficiency of the tug, and will make it necessary for lier to go to Baltimore for repairs. The schooner William H. Yerkes, jr., WAIA a T <>1^. P. tJ _?1 1U1 _ [ iicivu?iug iu a. ?. ??) iwi oc diu. U1 1111& city, was yesterday hauled out at Spedden's shipyard at Baltimore for minor i repair work. The Yerkes is under char> ter to one of the big coal companies at Baltimore, and is employed in docking vessels to load coal at Port Covington and Curtis bay. The Yerkes will be ready " to return to service this afternoon. The tug P<erless of the Dougherty fleet ; of Baltimore, while on her way up the > bay early in the week, was disabled by getting a hawser tangled in her propei" ler wh'el. The tug Sea King went to the aid of the disabled tug and took her ' to Baltimore, where she was hauled out and the hawser removed. j CORPSE NOT IDENTIFIED. j - There Is Doubt as to Whether Caucasian or Negro. The body of the man who died suddenly a week ago while being conveyed to | Emergency Hospital has not been identified. At the time the body was taken to the | ; hospital It was thought by the physicians r that it was that of a negro. The super. intendent of the morgue is of opinion that the corpse is that of a white man. A Chinese laundry ticket was the 6nly ' thing found in the pockets of the clothf ing. The man was poorly clad, had gray hair and was bald on the top of his i head. i It is probable that the body will be Inb terral in potter's field tomorrow, unless a it is identified and claimed in the meantime. a ? Civil Service Council Meets. The Washington Civil Service Council, an organlxat'on of government emp'oyes, held its November meeting at the T. M. C. A. last night. Following tho business N session there was a short musical and fc literary pre gram. Those taking part were r, Rdv. George Dudley, Rev. Edwin Evans, it Mrs. D. W. Brown, Dr. Weils and Frank e Barbour. Several persons were admitted to membership. I Mil TAX STANDS Commissioner Rudolph Says It Will Be Collected. FINES FOR NON-PAYMENT Automobile Owners Protested Against the Assessment. ?? " i?T/iTT?ui?e flTTTTC noTVTAir [F|IV, AlUAAAi/O U1T4JW WAAAVAWAV Believes Little Can Be Done to Gather in Amounts Due Under Act of 1908. Repeal of the "wheel tax" on automo)i1es, which taxes motor vehicles In ac:ordance with their seating capacity in tddition to personal tax and license tax, will not be asked by the Commissioners, furthermore, Assessor Richards intimates hat every effort will be made to collect he "wheel tax" for and that per;ons refusing to pay it will be taken.into lie Police Court. Commissioner Rudolph has made the leclslon that the "wheel tax" should itand, and has asked the other Comnissioners to back his opinion. Probably 10 attention will be paid to the unpaid vheel taxes of 19u0, for the reason that here is no penalty attached to the Iton>ayment of that assessment. Beply to Mr. Duvall. W. S. Duvall, representing the Autonobile Club of Washington, has reminded he Commissioners that they were aaked o repeal this tax, which has been de- < dared obnoxious by every automobile wner who has appeared before the Comnissloners in the hearings on the matter, n reply to his suggestion, Commissioner ftudolph has said there will be no backward steps taken, but that the tax will ; >e collected, as far as the District officials ; ? en I Ml \s V.VUVVI UCVI. Assessor Richards has prepared a mem- j irandum for the Commissioners on the j subject of this tax, as follows: "The assessment against automobiles, j Isnown as the wheel tax, first appeared in the appropriation act of March 3, 191)0, ind again in the appropriat.on bill of this year. Mr. Le Roy Mark sought to restrain the Commissioners from collecting under the act of 1900, and this was lismissed by the appellate court, on the ground that Mr. Mark had not taken the proper legal procedure, the court declining to determine whether tie act of March 3, 1909, imposing an annual wheel tax on automobiles, was unconstilutl na| jr otherwise violated the rule of equality and taxation. To Take Cases to Court. "The matter has been referred to this jffice as to whether a further attempt will be made to collect the tax under the act of 1909, and it is the opinion of this office that very little can be done to collect .the 1909 tax without additional help from Congress. It is intended, however, to enforce the collection by the law of 1910, which allows this office to b Ing the matter into the Police Court and obta n the imposition of a fine against persons who refuse to pay -the tax. "I do not know what agreement or what promises have been made to Mr. Duval], but It is incumbent on the a. sessor to attempt the co lection of this tax, unless Congress should repeal the law. Attention is invited to the fact that members of the District committee are responsible for the insertion of the wheel tax, and that any suggested repeal of the <j ?...itVi nrmn^itlnn from measure wuuiu mtv*. n >v? the committee." FOOT BALL TEAM FETED. Tech High School Girls Honor Heroes of the Gridiron. The girls of the senior class of the Technical High School, under the supervision of Miss Marion White, school su- j perintendent of the domestic science department, last night gave a' "feast" with the twenty-six boys comprising the foot j oall squad of the school as special guests. Dr. G. E. Myers, principal of the school, stnd other members of the faculty were present. Dr. Myers made an address, in j which he spoke of the exceyent coaching pf Clarence W. Hecox, who led the squad 3urlng the past season Prof. Louis W. Mattern, Prof. J. A. Chamberlin, Pfof. Bryan W. Morse, Coach Hecox and Messrs. Nelson, McKernan, Claliin, Woodward, Capt. Tew and Manager Bullough made brief addresses. The senior class girls who acted in the capacity of waitresses were Misses Delia Clark, Gertrude Browne, Jessie Weyrich, Ciara Corning, Ruth Harper, Bernie Byrne, Josephine Maxwell, Grace Goodhart, Edna Cosdon and Margaret Smith. Members of the foot ball team and substitutes present were: Morris, Sinclair, Bill, Capt Tew, Knight, Holbrook, Swegler, Eichendorf, Heine, Thrall, Bullough, Manager Da%s, Charlton, Grigaby, Henry, Dulin, Stranahan, Fitzpatnc^:, White. Crowe, Howard, Peake, Michael, Park, McCarthy and Mansey. FAIL TO REALIZE DANGER. Boys' Conversation Interrupted by an Electric Car. Russell Park and Bernard Burrows, Tenleytown boys, stopped on the car tracks in Tenleytown last night and became so deeply interested in a conversation that they neglected to get UUl UI lilV W UrJ V* Ull VU VM*? The motorman gave his customary signals, and applied his brakes when he realized the boys were not in a hurry to move, but the car struck them. Park was picked up by the fender and carried a short distance. Burrows was knocked down. Neither boy was injured. FAY DAY TO BE EABLY. District Employes' Call Disbursing Officer Santa Claus. "Good morning, Santa Claus," is the way "the boys" at. the Dlstr'ct building are greeting Louis Wilson, the disbursing officer, these days. The reason is that Mr. Wilson has arranged to pay all the school teachers, lireinen and policemen in the middle of the month of December, in plenty of time for Christmas shopping. The big pay day wi 1 occur so ewhere between the 17th and the 20th of December. The amount of money on these pay rolls for the middle of December is $129,071.80. The school teachers get the most of it, as 1,98U_ checks to be drawn will represent $70,7153.87. Policemen number 817. and will draw $38.4o9.7& Firemen will have $20,448.17 on 349 checks. Commissioners at Two Schools. Formal Inspection or me fotomac School and the addition to the Banning School was made th's afternoon by the District Commissioners. The Poto-rac School is at loth and K streets southwest. The Benning building is on Anacostia road. Each building contains eight rooms and lias seats for 320 pupils. The Potomac School is built so that it could be enlarged wlth<*t changing the interior. The addition to the Benning School is of colonial architecture. Lamb Hearing Postponed. Preliminary hearing in the case of George A. Lamb, president of the Patent Development Company, who Is charged with embeaaleinent, was continued in the Police Court this morning until Decern, ber 0. Lamb is at liberty under fl.OOO oond. Cliarles R. Ticc, a stockholder, of 1824 14th street is the complainant. FOUND DEAD IN BED Edward Taylor Discovered Overcome by Gas. KEYHOLE WAS STOPPED UP Suffered Reverses in Business Venture. , 1 HAD CONDUCTED THE GROTTO Coroner Will Have a Jury Investigate the Matter Tomorrow Morning. Edward Taylor, forty-five years old, who was recently in the saloon business in the basement at 15th and F streets, r^nnil rlnorl in V?Pfl In 1li<4 VOOTTI at ?ao -?- v uvuv? ? v ... - ? iM2 New York avenue this morning. Two open gas jets explained the cause of the death. Coroner Xevitt decided to have a Jury pass on the matter. The inquest will be held at the morgue tomorrow morning. Detective Howlett visited the room in which Taylor had died and made an investigation. He says he found that the keyhole of one of the doors had been stuffed with a piece of rag, while across the floor was a pair of pajamas, placed there, the detective thinks, to prevent the gas from escaping into an adjoining room. His bathrobe, it is gdded, had been used to prevent the gas from escaping into the ha.lway. ~ Two razors were found on the floor near the bureau. It is the belief of the detective that Taylor got out the razors with the intention of cutting his throat, but that he changed his mind and turned on the gas instead. Had Financial Reverses. Eddie Taylor, as his friends'callcd him, met with financial reverses in his business venture at 15th and F streets, it is said, but friends who saw him yesterday say he showed no signs of despondency; that he seemed happy, and that no word he uttered gave indication of any thought of ending, his life. Taylor went to his room about 1:30 o'clock In the afternoon, and was not seen by other occupants of the house to leave It. Mrs. Howard, occupant of an adjoining room, heard Taylor in his room, and a sound, she thought, of some one falling to the floor. In fact, several noises in his room attracted her attention, but she attached no special importance to them. It was not until Mrs. Sadie Lusby, the landlady, went to the room this morning, *? ilnllir rmitinA thnl I in Uie uounsc VI4 *?*:> uaiij ivuvti.v, the tragedy became known. Odor of Oas Detected. Mrs. L>u8by detected the odor of gas before she reached the top floor. She thought, it came from a fixture in the hall, but she traced it to the room Taylor occupied. She cut off the flow of gas and summoned a physician. He found life was extinct. The police were notified. Later Coroner Nevitt made an investigation and directed that the body be | taken to the morgue. Mr. Taylor was a native of this city. Many years ago he resided with his parents near 6th and G streets northwest. Later he was a business broker, dea.ing chiefly in the sale of saloons and sto.es. He was employed by John F. Costello, owner of a-local publication. Later lie opened the Grotto at loth and F streets. He made several unsuccessful efforts to have the liquor license transferred to other locations, and at the beginning of the present license year permitted the license to expire. Taylor was married and leaves a wife, Mrs. Annie Taylor, and a daughter. It Is stated that Mrs. Taylor and the daughter have recently been living at the former home of her father, the late Gen. Joseph Gerhardt, 1126 6th street northwest, and that she had been In the habit of calling to see her husband once or twice a week. Her brother. Joe Gerha: dt, who was a famous ball player! years ago, Is in the hotel business at Tarrytown, X. Y. BIG RAT GNAWS CHILD eeauia iii*i a n spi ita SLttrlNb NtAK KAKtNIS I Mother, Aroused by Infant Daughter's Cries, Finds Rodent Biting Hand. I Gnawed by rats while she was asleep j In her crib alongside the bed used by her mother, Leibe Lewis, the twenty-three-! month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.1 Lewis, 921 -Ha street southwest, is under the care of a physician. The child's condition, however, is not regarded as critical. Leibe last Thursday complained to her mother of a sore on her arm. The mother examined the arm, and decided the child had received the injury by a fall which she had during the day. That night, however, the arm became sworicn. The following day the child again went to its mother and showed her several cuts on her right han<J. . The mother thought the hand had been injured by some sharp instrument. Mrs. Lewis dressed the wounds and paid no more attention to them. The chita uas never given its parents any trouble at night, and when it cried last Friaay night the mother thought perhaps * the little girl was cold, so she arose from bed and placed a quilt on Leibe. Later that night the child again cried,! and as the mother sat up in t?ed to see what was the trouble a large black rat, which had been gnawing the child s hand, jumped from the bed and escaped. Bitten in Several Places. The mother procured a tight and, on examining the child, found that the rat had bitten it on several parts of the hand. The arm,- which had been- bitten Thursday, was also very much swollen. Dr. Grafton D. P. Bailey of 223 John Marshall place was called in Satuiday morning and cauterized tne wounds. Mrs. Lewis said tcday that she has had considerable trouble with rats for a long time oast. She explained that tiiev enter ihe house and gnaw holes in the 11cor. A number of them, she said, were in a stable in the rear of the home aoout a year ago, and, fearing they m.ght enter the house, she had the holes In the,stable closed with tin. She had not seen any of the rodents about the house until the one jumped from Leibe's crib Friday night. On examining the bedroom Saturday morning, however, Mrs. Lewis found a large hole in the floor which had been gnawed by rats. This was covered over, and the mother now thinks sue wi.l not have any more trouble from the rats. Dr. Bailey said today that when he examined the child he discovered fourteen bites on her hand and arm. Further examination disclosed that blood poisoning had set in. In each of the wounds, the physician explained, pus had formed, ne added, however, that the child's condition had improved and that she is now pr&ci tlcally out of danger. Argentine Diplomat Dead. ' LONDON, November 30.?Florence L. > Domingucz, the Argentiue minister to ! Great Britain, died yesterday. He had held the post since 1901. ( IE NEEDOF FOOD Americans in Chihuahua Are in Sore Straits. RELIEF EXPECTED TODAY Train Service Resumed After Week's Interruption. TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE CUT Dynamite Bomb Found Beneath School-?Illness of President Diaz Denied. EL. PASO, Tex., November 30.?Telegrams from Madero, Chihuahua, Mexico, where many Americans and Canadians in the employ of the Pearson lumber interests are living, declare they are getting in sore straits for provisions. The railroad into the city lias been out of service a week yesterday, and the last effort of the federal government Sunday to drive away the insurrectors and open the line resulted In severe fighting. Passengers from Chihuahua City today, however, said the train from Madera got | through to Chihuahua last night and that a train would leave Chihuahua today with freight for Madera. This will relieve the situation at that point, the insurrectos having declared they would not molest trains not carrying troops. A telegram today from W. J. Newsam, manager of the telephone exchange at Marathon, Tex., declares firing was heard yesterday afternoon and last night south of there in Mexico, in the "Big End country." Mexican troops and revolutionists have been reported for many days as gathering there. may xvecan .neyes. The special correspondent of the El Paso Herald in Mexico City says it is rumored there that Gen. Bernardo Reyes is to be recalled from Europe and made Vice President of Mexico, and allowed by Diaz to assume tlxo reins of government in a few months, as ft is believed such a course would satisfy the country. Vice President Corrl is ill and is expected to go to Europe for treatment. A spec.al from Guadalajara says: A dynamite bomb has been found beneath the Institute of Colone here. The institute is a Methodist school conducted by American women, but all the pupils are natives. Anti-American rioters attacked this place recently and later the bomb was found. The order recently promulgated here that crowds must disperse and that ii they did not do so after two blasts of the bugle troops would fire, is still in force, but all is quiet and the theaters have reopened. Telegraph Wires Down. LAREDO, Tex., November 30.?Reliabh information reached here this morning that all telegraph wires leading into Matamoras and Tamaulipas, Mexico, were cut about 7 o'clock last evening. The Mexican federal telegraph system has two lines running to Matamoras, one from Mler and another from Victoria. The two wires were cut last night within fifteen minutes and at about the same hour the wire of the National Railway! of Mexico to Matamoras was interrupted. The significance of the interruption to the communication is yet problematical. Rumors have been rife for some weekt that a revolutionary attack on Matamoras was contemplated. Trouble in Yucatan Rumored. MEXICO CITY, November 80.-Only vague rumors of disturbances In Yucatan, which are generally discredited, have reached his city. There has been no intimation of trouble in Campeehe or southern Mexico, as related by G. A. Madera In his statement issued hist night. That Gen. Diaz is prostrated is untrue. He is in his usual health and visits the national palace every day, giving the affairs of the nation his personal attention. - - * TUG SUNK IN COLLISION; TWO OF CREW DROWNED On Way to Succor of Stranded Vessel the General Smashes Into Railroad Steamer. SAULT STB. MARIE, Mich., Novembe 30.?Three of the crew of the tug; Genera! were drowned early today, when the tug was sunk In a collision with the Canadian Pacific railroad steamer Athabasca off Lime Island, in St. Mary's passage. The tug belonged to the Great Lakes Dock Company, and was ninety feet long with a gross tonnage of 132. She was under command of Capt. Frank B. Nelson, who was saved. The General left here late last night to go to the rescue of the steamer Pollock aground on Martin's reef, twelve miles west of Detour. The collision occurred in a heavy snowstorm. The saved members of the General's crew were taken on board the Athabasca for transportation to their homes at Sault Ste. Marie. SCOUT FIRE DANGER. Citizens Fight Flames in Dynamite Faotory. CiAKX, luci., r^oveinoer iiu.?fire in uie nitrator building of the Aetna Powder Cmpany's dynamite and nitroglycerin mill near here yesterday destroyed 2,iaX) pounds of nitroglycerin, and for a time threatened the entire town of Aetna. The Are started when the chemicals used in making nitroglycerin were mixed in wrong proportions. In the faco of possible death, practically every man in Aetna Responded when the alarm of fire was turned in and confined the flames to the one building. m Memorial to Lincoln. Announcement Is made that Glenn Brown will deliver an address before the Chamber of Commerce on the park commission's plan for the improvement of Washington, December 13, the next regular meeting of the chamber. Mr. Brown will deal particularly with that part of the commission's plan which proposes the erection of a memorial to Abraham Lincoln. I Samnle Want Help F Advertisement GIRL for general housework: three In family; no cooking; 112. 4050 Meridian street northwest. A Want advertisement like the above costs but 15 cents an insertion in The Star.- If you are in need of a girl place an advertisement * in The Star and you will get results. The best servant girls read 1 , The Star. ???_____ DETAILSJNNQUIRY Inspector Keene Testifies in i Conspiracy Hearing. ' OUTLINE OF THE CHARGES ( Interviews With Lewis, Huston and ] Dnfonr, Who Are on Trial. RESULT OF HIS INVESTIGATION 1 Alleged Connection of Defendants { With National Trust and Mutual RpmiriHua rnmnanics. Chief Post Office Inspector Carter B. Keene was the principal witness today j for the prosecution at the trial of < James N. Huston, Harvey M. Lewis and j Everett Dufour, for alleged conspiracy, , in Criminal Court No. 1, before Justice , Wright and a jury. He detailed his in- | vestigation of complaints made against Dufour aud the National Trust Com- , pany, from their inception to the arrest < of Lewis, September 21, 1909. Contrary to expectations, the govern- | ment did not conclude this afternoon the j introduction of its testimony in chief. It ] is thought to be likely that the prosecu tion will rest by noon tomorrow. I Inspector Keene stated that he first | saw Dufour respecting the matters connected with the alleged conspiracy in November, 1908, when investigating a 1 complaint made by H. E. Swan of Mus- i kogee, Okla. He declared Dufour stated that Mr. Swan was unreasonable in his exactions, and that Dufour had experienced considerable trouble in transacting tho busi- j ness between them. The witness said ( Dufour admitted he knew Lewis and had transacted some business through the National Trust Company. At a later interview, witness stated, Dufour denied, when first asked, that he had known anything about the Mutual , Securities Company until the hearing was had before Commissioner Taylor in September, 1909. Claimed to Be Employe. Later Dufour said, according to the witness, he "might be said to have some connection with it," and then admitted he was manager of the concern, stating . he had been employed to act in such capacity by a man named White and a man named Pierce, who promised to pay him $5500 for his services. Keene said Dufour told him he did not know where they could be found. Dufour denied, declared Mr. Keene, that he had anything to do with the rents ing of the offices occupied by the Mutual , Securities Company in the Knickerbocker j ri i.-ui. , 11JI ? i? O.lttmnrn ttllU iMJUIiauJO UUUUUigO ill WIM***"* V Continuing his testimony. Inspector Keene told of interviews with Lewis, and stated that Lewis declared he merely knew of the Mutual Securities Comi pany in the capacity of a broker, volunteering the statement that a Mr. Dix , was in charge of the concern. The flrst , intimation Lewis had of any connection of Dufour with the Mutual Securities Company, witness said he told him, i was when a Mr. Wright of the Cresco s Corset Company came to the office of the National Trust Company, and, while there, called up on the telephone the i Mutual Securities Company and asked 3 for Mr. Dufour. Several days after the indictments were , i returned witness saw Mr. Hus*r>-. in Kichmond, Va. Mr. Huston, according to the j witness, was evidently on his way to , Washington, having already purchased a ticket for this city. A lawyer was in the company o? Mr. Huston and discouraged any conversation on the part of Mr. Huston with the inspector. Mr. Keene said Mr. Huston was not , placed under arrest, but on the way to Washington told witness that he had in August resigned from .the. presidency of. the National Trust Company of Washington to become president of (he Nai tional Trust Company of. Delaware. Mr. - Huston, witness said, declared Mr. Lewis had been a friend to. him and , that he had been "hard up" and was J given money by Lewis to assist him in his financial straits to the amount of about 1500 or $600. Withholds List of Companies. nAfAKnltic tn thn nrrnci nf T.pwIs and A **0 kV k??W U? www WW www -- the subsequent search of his office at 1421 F street, Inspector Keene said he called on Lewis September 20 and asked him respecting the operations of the National Trust Company. He stated that Lewis declined to furnish a list of the names of the companies whose stock had been guaranteed and sold, but promised to prepare a statement of the extent of his business from hps cash book, which he claimed was not at hand. , The next day, Mr. Keene said, he returned to the office of Dewis and d scovered that the files and books had been ' "disturbed." One of the check b oks , he said, showed that the stubs had been tern out. On a piece of one which remained, according to the inspector, ap' peared in the handwriting of Lewis the > words, "mcnth, horse, $250, G-aham." i This is the first evidence in the cise, it was pointed out today, which tends to prove that any money transaction was had between tne National Trust Company 1 and any of the brokers. > Keene said he placed Lewis under ar1 rest and took away the many letters and other documentary evidence which luv been the foundation of the case for the 1 prosecution. GOING BACK TO THE FARM. Plan of W. C. Brown When He Gives Up Railroading. CHICAGO, November 50.-When W. C. Brown, president of the New York Central lines, gives up the chieftainship of that great railroad system he is going to be a farmer as he admits he was before i he was lured away from the bucolic life years ago and went to work as a section hand on a branch railroad lino In Carroll county. 111. "Some of these days I am going back to the farm," he said at a meeting of the directorate of the International Live Stock Exposition Association last night after he had been elected a director. "r liotr^ o form in Inwa and am Jt- Ita V V U> * mmm w ? to breed fline Pereherons. I have purchaa" er Helix, a three-year-old stallion that won the championship of his age at Paris this year, and the Percheron sweepstakes at Kansas City and Springfield. 1 "Forty years ago I was a farm lad in Carroll county, and a man named J. c. ! Lynch?I remember him well?gave me a . job on a branch line. That's all I have ! ' been doing ever since?railroading. I am ! aiming t.o give 't up before long aftd take j up farming again." socialists nr control. Capture Business Men's Meeting and ' Declare for New Taxation. BELLINGHAM, Wash., November 30.? Socialists who have been active in Bel- 1 llngham unexpectedly captured a business men's mass meeting called last night to consider ways and means to meet a deticit of {00,000, it is expected ' that the city will have to face in 1911, as 1 a result of the voters having wiped out ' the saloons at the recent election, i The few business men who appeared in 1 answer to the call of Acting Mayor John 1 F. Miller, found themselves outnumbered by the socialists, who promptly declared 4 In favor of licensing banks, lawyers, real ! estate men, abstractors and contractors and men engaged In similar occupations < in sums varying from $25 to $2,000 a year. 1 Outbreak of Asiatic Cholera. ? LISBON, November 30.?-The medical ] officer of Madeira -report* an epidemic i of Asiatic eho'era at Funchal, the i capital of the island. _ u 5 j. * JNLY THREE NILS Senate Calendar Almost Clear of District Measures. 3NE TO BE STRICKEN OUT Prorldes for Purchase of Meridian HOI Property for a Park. PAS PASSED IV OTHER FORM Several Pieces of Legislation Ap proved by Committee Are la Bule Nine Clam. Until the Senate committee on the District of Columbia meets and marks its >. K. on some of the numerous bills pendng before it the Senate will transact little business directly affecting the District of Columbia The Senate calendar s practically clear of District legislation. Only three District bills are on the regular calendar of the upper house of Congress, left over from last session, rhe most important of the trio proposes to grant a charter to the Telepost Company to construct its plant and operate Its lines within the "ten miles square." This has passed the House and received the approval of a majority of the members of the Senate District committee. But some senators see in the bill a stockveiling scheme and it is likely to find rough sledding to final passage. A second bill, the first on the Senate calendar, is the old veteran that has be?n before Congress regularly for a long stretch of years?a bill to reimburse the depositors of the Preedman's Savings and Trust Company. When the institution closed its doors many of its depositors lost a large proportion of their life's savings; and as it had been regarded as a semi-public Institution for the holding of the savings of those freed from slavery, it has been urged for years that the federal Treasury should be tapped to reimburse the depositors for their losses. Passed at Last Session. The third bill will be stricken from the calendar as soon as the formal motion Is made, as it passed the last session as a part of a general piece of legislation. It provides for the purchase of' the Me ridian Hill property for a public park, which the public buildings bill, rushed through at the end of last session, carried. Several pieces of District legislation that have been approved by the Senate District committee are on the rule 9 calendar?that calendar which many regard as the graveyard of contested matters. Among those bills are that to provide for the construction of a memorial oridge across the Potomac river from Washington to Arlington; that to provide for the establishment of building lines and special building restrictions, upon which much of the future beauty of Washington's architecture is believed to depend; that to incorporate the Rockefeller Foundation, by which the Standard OH magnate plans to carry on Immense charitable projects; that to place the Naval Observatory under the jurisdiction of a civilian; that "to rectify the boundary line of Rock Creek Park" by the purchase of some tracts of land near its present limits, and that to allow the George Washington University to benefit from the Morrill law providing annuities to colleges that teach agriculture and the mechanic arts. WAV. MPAvrvmpp' mriVAVfl Appointments, Promotions and Resignations Are Announced. Changes in the classified service of the War Department are announced as follows: Appointments Under Civil Service Rules. ?Office of the quartermaster generalHudson Bell, laborer, at $4SO per annum. Office of the chief of engineers?Sidney H. Beck, marine engine draftsmaii, at $1,800 per annum. Office of the surgeon general?Maurice H. Phillips, assistant messenger, at $720 per annum; James C. Wilson, clerk, at $900 per anuum. Office of the chief signal officer?Louis 8. Connelly, clerk, at $1,000 per annum. Office of the cimmissary general?Horace D. Hitchcock, clerk, at $900 per annum; S. E. MoCorquodale, clerk, at $900 per annum. Office of the paymaster generalJohn F. Taylor, laborer, at $600 per annum. Promotions.?Office of the chief signal officer?Mrs. Eleanor Relyea, clerk, from $1,000 to $1,200 per annum. Office of cli.ef of staff?John O. Urquhart,' clerk, from $1,000 to $1,800 per annum; Otto Abranisky, clerk, from $1,400 to $1,600 per annum; George C. Blllard, clerk, from $1,200 to $1,400 per annum; Fred H. White, clerk, from $1,000 to $1,200 per annum; Charles E. Herring, clerk, from $900 to $1,000 per annum; Wilmarth Brown, clerk, from $720 to $900 per annum; Helon H. House, clerk, from $1,000 to $1,200 per annum: Albert G. Zimmerman, clerk, from $900 to $1,000 per annum. Adjutant general's office?Elgin H. Blalock, clerk, trom $1,000 to $1,200 per annum; Thomas A. O'Brien, clerk, from $1,400 to $1,600 per annum; Charlton M. Clark, clerk, .rom $1,200 to $1,400 per annum; Oliver Kiusel, clerk, from $l,OoO to $1,200 per annum; Hosea E. Skinner, clerk, from $1,000 to $1,200 per annum; Hamilton L. Austin, clerk, from $1,000 to $1,200 per anuum; Ernest R. Hunting, clerk, from $1,200 to $1,400 per annum. Office of the commissary general?Elgin Smith, clerk, from $1,000 to $1,200 per annum; Wallace E. Durst, clerk, from $900 to $l,00o per annum. Resignations.?Office of the Secretary of War?Henry B. Rcgers, laborer, at $660 per annum. Office of the chier or start? Raymond W. Moult on, okrk. at $1.S X? per annum; Edward M. Knapp, cle.k, at $1,300 per annum. Office of the chle'f 8ignal officer?Charles E. Gausc, clerk, at $1,300 per annum; Miss Helen Bennett, clerk, at $1,000 per annum. Adjutant general's office?Edward G. Wllmer, clerk, at $1,300 per annum; Fletcher G. Crout, clerk, at $1,300 per annum. Office of the chief of ordnance?Ragncr O. Comer, skived draftsman, at $1,000 per annum; Philip H. Burch, skilled draftsman, at $900 per annum. Office of th* chief of engineers?Clarence F. Carpenter, clerk, at $900 per annum. | ANACOSTIA. i > > The Men's Club of the Anacostia Meth odist Episcopal Church held its regular meeting last evening In the Sunday school room of the church, and disposed of several important business matters. The club is taking special interest in the erection of the boys' buildlag and will lend its financial aid to the project. Mrs. Dora Weigel of 110 W street entertained a large party of young people last evening in honor of the fifteenth birthday anniversary of her daughter. Miss Lena Weigel. Several instrum'ntal selections were produced and games played. Those pres'nt were: Misses Elizabeth Lott, Elizabeth Murphy, Hetty Masson, Mary Estep, Anna Hagan. Mamie Miller, Marguerite Sansbury, Ethel Farmer, Nonie Brcen, Josephine Ermold, Eleanor Pezold, Eleie Pezold, Lucile Grates, Lenal Weigel and Rowen Jenkins, Cyrus Gates. William Writzel, George Weitzel, Harold Dennison, Mrs. C. V. Glates, Mr. and Mrs. George Weitzel. Re- j fresbments were s'rved. A large delegation from Emmanuel Chapter, No. 101. Brotherhood of St. AnIrew, tvill attend the annual service of that organisation, to be held tonight in St. Andrew's Church. Washington. A special communion service was held this morning in Emmanuel Church in commemoration of the day* PEOPLE 10 DECIDE Balfour's Speech Accepting I Referendum Stirs Voters. 1 GIVES PLEDGE ON TARIFR I Demands That Iibertls Bo the Saoil 1 mi TTaiti* Hals T,wi* .i l IRISH TALK 07 THE 8W0BB Ministers Sign Address, Declaring They Will Merer Submit to a , Parliament in Dublin. LONDON, November SOL?The aocepti ince bv A- 1. Rulfnii. iMdw nt th. opposition in the house of oommons, of the policy of the referendum In the esse of tariff reform has given the campaign a new complexion. In a political address In Albert Hall last night Mr. Balfour an* nouneed that in the event of victory Ul | the approaching elections he would be willing to submit the question of tariff re* form to a referendum. The declaration of the unionist leader is received with great enthusiasm by the bulk of the pa*ty, who believe that If will help to win votes in the north, where protection has not made the same headway as elsewhere. It also p?aces the extreme radicals In a quandary, as heretofore the principle of the referendum has been a plank In their platfo.m. A few ardent tariff reformers are opposed to the proposition, but they probably will accept the situation, as Joseph Chamberlain, who is encouraging his followers through letters from tne s>ck room, has been urging them to con^-eniiaie their eftorts upon the matter ot home rule and the constitutional quc*tk?<a involving the house of lords, to wnkh/tho contest is now narrowed down and over wbicn the parties &.e carrying on the naiue?t kind of a fight. ' Voting Begins Saturday. The results which will have been declared by Saturday night should provide a fair indication of the outcome. At least 100 members, of whom sixty are unionists, will be elected without contest. Saturday will see polling for forty-live seats sc far as now arranged. Of these twentyfive are at present held by libera.*. Ainon* them are the Manchester constituencies, which the unionists are making every el fort to capture. Should they succeed th< affaet nnnn lha root nf thn PAMfitrv xxrill hs W U|/vu V*?V vwv V? ?MV VWUMk* / ? Important. I In Ireland, where the voting will tak? I place later, the nationalists are renom- ] inating the present members. Shane Lieslie, nationa 1st, is again contesting Londonderry city, which was lOBt to the unionists by a few votes in January. Th? O'Brlenites are receiving the financial support of the moderates, who conaidei John Redmond's plans impossible, and also are disgusted with the Orangemen'i threats of violence and bloodshed if th? existing government for Ireland ii changed. They have more candidate} than in the last elections. Donald MaoMaster, unionist, is given a walk-over ll Chertsey division of Surrey. Pledge Given by Balfonr. Mr. Balfour in his address last nlgbl gave a pledge that if the unionist party was returned to power at the coming elections It would not adopt a tariff until the question fiad been submitted to th? electors of the United Kingdom by a special referendum. The significance of this pledge was Instantly recognised by the vast Albert Hall audience. Tbey rose u their feet in a frensy of enthuslatm. and cheered for minutes with glee, like schoolboys given an unexpected holiday. Mr. Balfour's statement was as follows: "Without question tariff re;orm is a great change. I admit this election cannot be described as being upon tariff reform simply, and I have not the least objection to submitting the principles of the tariff reform to a referendum. Why should I object? Is the tarifT reform project taxation in the interests of individuals or classes? If tariff reform is anything, it is a great national and Imperial policy, and I am |>erfectly wllLng to submit it to the judgment of the country." Mr. Balfour then appealed to his opponents to do the same regarding home rule, saying: "It seems to me they ought at once to respond with the generos.ty sf honorable combatants, and say: 'Well, you have consented that the principles of the tariff reform shall be made the subject of a referendum. We agree if you do that home rule shall also be made the subject of a referendum.' " Unionists Defy Home Rulers. The Irish unionists sent a message of defiance of home rulers to Mr. Balfour * meeting, and deputations from the NonConformist Unionist Association of England and 600 ministers of non-Episcopal churches in Ireland have addressed Mr. Balfour in opposition to home rule. The reading of the message from the Irish unionists at Albert Hall caused much enthusiasm. "in all solemnity." said the message, "we now declare that home rule will bring Ireland not peace, but the sword. If an Irish parliament is set up thu unionists of the south, allied with the men of Ulster, will not acknowledge it* authority. They will neither obey its decrees nor pay its taxes." Mr. Balfour pronounced strongly in favor of the referendum as the best method of fettling deadlocks between tli? two houses, without requiring the reform of the house of lord?, and It could be carried into effect before the house of lords was reformed. This lie declared to be Lunsdownc's plan. The cost of a referendum, he said, would be neare? $1.000,0001 than the estimate of the liberals?$10,000,000. Denounces American Dollars. Mr. Balfour denied that the veto cor* ference bad been brokeu up by the uiw yielding attitude of the lords. He asserted that the government was threat* ening a revolution, based on the wants of one particular section, who boasted that" tlicy had not yielded an Inch from the position of Paruell. He concluded by declaring that the cabinet was governed by its noisiest members, who were governed by John Redmond, who was governed by Patrick Ford. "Don't trust the puppets who are performing their parts ou the stage," admonished Mr. Bal our. "Don't trust the Irish wire-puller. Don't trust the American paymaster, who calls for a tune. Trust alone the sound judgment and enlightened patriotism of the people of this country." Building Permits Issued. The following building permits were Issued today: To George Scheele, for one two-story brick dwelling at 2807 Q street northwest: architect. W. C. Allard; builders, Allurd & Apleby: estimated coat, 54.SUO. To Edith H. Gottwals, for one two-story, brick dwelling at 618 Howard street northwest: architect, W. L. T. Wt! llama; builder, D. B. Gottwaie; estimated coat, $2,000. To William Engle, to repair store at l.*135 E street northwest: architect. A- P. Clark: contractors, Boryer & Smith; estimated cost, $1 400. To the Washington Investment Com* pany, to install two electr c passenger elevators at 1001 G street northwest; contractor, the Thomas W. Powers Elevator Company; estimated cost, $7,400. Fee for Protection of Patents. 1 THE HAGUE, November 30.-Parliament has adopted a bill granting state protection to foreign patents on payment of a small fee. Until now foreign inventions have not been protected* V