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WEATHER. Fair and continued warm to night and Friday, with light vari able winds. Th# Star is th? onlj afternoon r.aper in Washington that prints the newt of the Associated Press. rO\TAIXIXB OW PAGE IB CtOHWO MCH l OHK STOCK Qt'Ol ATlOWil. No. 1S.495. WASHINGTON, D. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1911-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. MADERO AS RULER IN PLACEOF DIAZ Leader of Insurrection Ex pects to Be Elected Presi > ' dent in Six Months. TALKS OffeHIS POLICY TOWARD UNITED STATES Will Encourage Capita!, But Has No Use for Trusts. PEACE THROUGHOUT MEXICO Hostilities to Be Suspended Every where. Except Possibly in Lower California?Reyes Not Ac ceptable in War Office. News to Corral. ?i PARIS. May IS.?Vice President Corral of Mexico, whose resigna tion has= been proffered by the Mexican administration ay a con cession tn tue reiiob, lias in dispose.! fc_- se\ er:?". days anil re- I ceivcs only intn ..-to f-iendf One t!??---?> fri-:ids. r caking j ' today in the absence of a direct ? statement from tin: vice president, sa:d that Senor I'orral hail read the > assertions In the morning papers that President Diaz and lie would resign, but that was all that the vice president knew about the matter. Sen or Vorral. he added. . had given no indication of chang ing his mind since he denied ear lier reports that he might give up fcls office. JI'AREZ, Mexico. May 1??Francisco I. Madero, Jr.. today announced that the news from Mexico City was so entirely satisfactory to him it might be univer sally proclaimed that peace throughout Mexico Is now an accomplished fact. Madero will accept the offer to go to Mexico City to act as chief adviser to Minister of Foreign Relations de la Bar ra, who will become president ad in terim. As the date for the withdrawal from office of President Diaz and Vice Presi dent Corral has been definitely fixed for June 1, It will not be necessary for the Insurrectos to institute provisional gov # ernors or provisional members of the cabinet for the intervening twelve days, but the fact that Madero will act with Minister de la Barra in the reorganiza tion of the government will be accepted as sufficient guarantee of the success of the revolution. Talks of His Policy. Diaz's announcement of his Intention to resign Is accepted with absolute faith by the rebels. Regarding the future policy of the Madero government toward foreign capital In Mexico Senor Madero said he and his cabinet would continue to en courage Ameriran investments, but a vig orous prohibition would be made against trusts of any kind and against the whole sale granting of concessions. Madero has ro doubt that he will be the next regu larly elected president of Mexico fcnd that Dr. Vasquez Gomez will be the vice I resident. Concerning the reorganization of the Vexiean army Senor Madero declared all < ??nvicts hereafter will be eliminated and ' e army will be composed entirely of ^.lunteers. Will Go to Capital. Madero received the full details of tie appenings at Mexico City with uncon cealed pleasure. The dispatches came too late for his perusal last night, but he was up at sunrise today digesting the news. Walking beneath a grove of trees, which fringes a muddy irrigation ditch near the house in which he has estab * listaed his headquarters. Senor Madero outlined the policy he would pursue when he reaches Mexico City. "Certainly I will go to Mexico City to act in harmony with Minister de la Barra." said Madero. "Theie could not be selected from a government side a man more acceptable to us than Senor de la arra. The only unfavorable part of the news Is t'?e intimation that the Kovernment would select Gen. Reyes for minister of war. Reyes will not be ac ceptable to us. and I don't think he ever will be minister of war. Will Work in Accord. "We realize we have a gr>?at task be fore us. Senor de la Barra and myself *r!ll work in perfect accord. Inasmuch as only twelve days will elapse before the I>laz government retires. I think It will not be necessary for us to Insist upon the immediate institution ir to office of our provisional officers. The members of the cabinet and governors who are to net until the election will be selected by Senor de la Barra and myself. "Lower California probably will i>e the only part of Mexico which will not be Immediate!;, restored to tranquillity. The warfare there is apart from ours, but we will hope it will soon cea*e. As for our army, I propose tliat all the insurrectos* shall He allowed to enlist as volunteers. All convicts hereafter will be eliminated. * Volunteers will be encouraged to join by < ffering good paj A prompt effect of j eace wilt be the liberation of all political f prisoners and prisoners of war. This , will, of course, embrace American*, in cluding those now in the penitentiary at Chihuahua. Friends of Americans. "We will continue to be warm friends of the people of the I'nited States am-? will en'ourage American investments. It 1* not true that one of the slogans of the revolution has been to curb the Inva sion of Americans. I do not hesitate to tay. however, that we will oppose trusts and unjust concessions. "Of Gen Diaz I have nothing to say. * When he was at the height of ills power 1 openly opposed him Today when he Is down. I shall think of him, but say noth ing. 'Dr. Gomez undoubtedly will be the next >'i e president. In addition he will l>e apiointed minister of public instruc tion. Doubtless, in attempting to intro duce in Mexico a thoroughly demo ratic system free election, we will encounter many difficulties, but these will be over come. Dr. Gomez has studied political s> stems Irs many parts of the world, and as rrlr.iste- of public Instruction he will b-\ al*e to Intrt'du e some progressive Ideas. Orders to Stop Fighting. "I wid send out at once instructions yr> insurrecto chiefs to '"ease hostilities, and I am sure within a few days perfect Jranquillity will have been restored. The r surrender of the federal government is wo complete that there If no faction which ran be dlssatierfled." Judge Carb&jal and Dr. Gomez con ferred in an EH Paso hotel at W:30 o'clook today concerning peace terms Judge f'arba.lal offic ially transmitted to Dr. Go mez for Senor Madero the invitation for the former to come to Mexico City. President Diaz's Successor Elected Within Six Months MBXICO CITY. May 18.?During the recent diplomatic exchanges between the government and the leaders of the revo lution, which resulted yesterday In the proffered resignations of President Diaz and Vice President Corral, agreement on Foreign Minister de la Barra as acting president, and the arrangement of a gen eral armistice as a basis for peace, the government drafted a new election law for submission to the chamber of depu tes and under which the election of Diaz's successor will be held. The measure, so far as is consistent, follows the French law. under which the national executive is elected for seven years by an absolute majority of votes by the senate and chamber of deputies unitpd in a national assembly, or con gress. Mayors Election Judges. Heretofore the Mexican government has conducted the elections through the local mayors, who presided at the poll ings. The mayors passed on the eligi bility of voters and counted the ballots. Their powers, linked with their obliga tions to the national administration, gave rise to charges against the government of fraud. 1 nder the proposed law the mayors must keep their hands off. Candidates will conduct their own campaigns, and their representatives will control the reg istration lists and count the votes. The whole design of the bill is to place the franchise completely in the hands of the voters. i Colors for Illiterates. For the benefit of those who cannot read, the name fo cach candidate will be printed in an exclusive color on vari colored ballot sheets. Thus they may scratch off the colors in which the names of opposed candidates appear, leaving only the color and name of the voter's choice. It is admitted that the first election under the new system will be a crude af fair. hut it will be, according to popular belief, a step In the right direction. Doubtless there will be some disorders, but the government hopes that these will be local and comparatively easy of sup pression. To Resign by June 1. According to the agreement reached yesterday with the lnsurrectos President Diaz and Vice President Corral will re sign before June 1. and Minister of For eign Relations de la Barra will become president ad interim, according to official announcement made yesterday. Francisco I. Madero, jr., the revolution ary leader, will be called to Mexico City to act as de la Barra's chief adviser, and to serve as the greatest guarantee pos sible that every pledge made by the gov ernment to end the revolution will be carried out. As viewed by the public, it will be virtually a Joint presidency, pend ing the calling of a new presidential election. The cabinet will be reorganized. The minister of war will be named by de la Barra. The foreign office will be in charge of a subsecretary. named de la Barra. Other cabinet members will be chosen by de la Barra and Madero, act ing Jointly. Election in Six Months. A new election will be called within six months, and political amnesty will be recommended to the chamber of deputies. The foregoing are the conditions on which President Diaz will "compromise" with the rebels. They are admitted in high quarters to be a complete surrender to the revolutionists. The resignation of Diaz and the "Joint regency" of de la Barra and Madero are said to constitute a guarantee so com plete that the original insurrecto demand for fourteen governors no longer need be considered. The cabinet was in almost continuous session for two days, despite the severe illness of President Diaz. The presi dent's entire face is Infected from an ul cerated tooth. His upper lip is swollen far beyond its normal size, and his face is inflamed. He speaks with the great est difficulty; but, whilg he is in severe pain, his condition i.s not alarming at this time, despite his advanced age. May Quibble Over Reyes. The one condition over which a quibble may occur is said to be that regarding the selection of the minister of war. The selection is left entirely to de la Barra. He must be, according to the agreement of the ministers and the presi dent, "a general who has the good will and respect of the army." Many people see in this an intimation that Gen. Bernardo Reyes will be the choice. At the time Gen. Reyes left Mexico there was no man in the army to whom this description applied better than to himself. Madero has expressed open opposition to Reyes and he may still hold against such an appointment. MURDER OF AN AMERICAN BY BANDITS IN MEXICO | SAX FRAXCISCO, May 18.? Aceompa 1 nied by her seventeen-year-old son, Mrs. Melvln M. Godman. wife of a superior court judge of Dayton and Seattle. Wash., arrived here yesterday on the steamer City of Panama, from Acapulco. Mexico. Mrs Godman gave first details of the attack on the Godman family April 15). In which Roy Godman, twenty-eight years old. was slain in the Godman hojpe, while his brother, Melvin, twenty-four years oid, and Donald, who came with his mother, escaped only through the aid of friendly servants. Judge Godman is vice president of a company which operates a large banana Plantation about twenty-th**ee miles north of Acapulco. Warned of Attack. "Mr. Godman was called to Acapulco on business, and I accompanied him." Mrs Godman said. "The day after we | left the city the boys were told that our j hacienda would be attacked. Donald left I the place and the other boys locked them j selves in. "At dark eighty bandits attacked our I hou.>e, crying \Muerto a los Americanos' and 'Viva*Madero." "The bandits attempted to batter down the door and wrenched off the window bars and the boys tried to escape, Roy being killed in the attempt. "Melvin fell into the hands of friendly nativa* and reached Acapulco, as did Donald. Made Diplomatic Incident. Judge Godman, with his wife and two sons, embraked at Acapulco, 'the judge and Melvin leaving the steamer at Man zanlllo and planning to reach Mexico City, if possible, and demand iprotec tion The killing of Roy Godman was re ported to the State Department several days ago. The refugees reported the whole coast at the mercy of pillaging thieves. At Teplc, It was said, fifty prisoners were killed in an attempted jail delivery. Gov. Osborn Believes Presi dent Will Prevent Party Split. PRAISES RECIPROCITY IDEA Declares Michigan Favors Pact With Canada. WORK OF THE TARIFF BOARD Report on Wool and Cotton Sched ules Not Proposed Until December. "I am a progressive republican. n<~>t a professional progressive. but such a. pro. gessive as is Mr. Taft." said Gov. Chase Osborn of MichiRan, who called to see the President this morning. As he was W&ving the White House t'ne governor said he would support Mr. Taft for renomlnation at the next nation al convention. "The republican party cannot afford to be split, and I believe Mr. Taft is the one man to reconcile all factions." he added. Gov. (Osborn was accompanied to the White House by Senator William Aldrn Smith, Representative Olin Young, and Dr. F. W. McNair, president of the Michi gan School of Mines. They renewed thf? invitation to have Mr. Taft attend the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of the School of Mines at Houghton, which takes place August X. ? Incidentally the governor discussed rec iprocity with the President, and reiterated his statement made before the Senate committee on finance yesterday that Michigan is in favor of the ratification of the proposed pact. "Reciprocity is a big, splendid, world idea," said he. "This op portunity of welding the ties of friendship between Canada and the I'nited State-s must not be overlooked. Why, in our state alone H7 per cent of the country newspapers have declared in favor of tlif reciprocity program, regardless of what opposition may have been raised by the granges. * "In the state college of agriculture, when the president and dean declared their opposition to the proposed treaty, and minor members of the faculty rame out in favor of it, the debate was left for the students to decide. The farmer boys voted in favor of the treaty, three to one.'' The governor praised the efforts of Rep resentatives Loud and Young in working for the ratification of Mr. Taft's policy. Mr. Osborn's parting word was that he is a "progressive republican who wants to stay on the track." He said Col. Roose velt uses this expression frequently, but that the former President borrowed the expression from him. Tariff Board Report December 1. That the present Congress at its spe cial session will not reap the benefits of th? investigations of the tarlfT board in the cotton and wool schedules of the Payne-Aldrich law became known at the White House this morning when four members of the board announced that the findings in these two schedules would not be made known until December 1 next. Every member of the board, with the exception of Chairman Emery, ^ho sailed for Europe several days ago. visited the President and told him they would re port on all schedules now under- investi gation December 1. This statement is taken to mean that Mr. Taft will be un able to recommend any revision of the cotton or wool schedules until after the next regular session of Congress begins. Americans in Mexico Safe. A committee representing the American citizens in the City of Mexico has sent a letter to President Taft discounting the rumors "which are calculated to disturb the equanimity and peace of mind of Americaos." The Society of the Amer ican Colony of Mexico City, the letter states, feels there Is no just c ause for un due apprehension on the part of American citizens resident there, and "has perfect confidence In the good will of the Mexican people and their ability to conserve the best interests of Americans in Mexico." In closing the letter says: "This so ciety is fully In accord with the present policy of neutrality of the American gov ernment In Its attitude of non-interven tion." Another letter was received at the White House today, in which the I'nited Con federate Veterans' Association, in con vention at Little Rock, expresses its ap preciation of President Taft's sentiments in working for perfect harmony between the north and the south. Greeted Nineteen Presidents. Mrs. Sam Houston Carr of Parsons, Kan., a descendant of the famous Texan, came to the White House this morning, accompanied by Senator Curtis of Kansas, and paid her respects to the President. When she had shaken the President's hand she announced that she had shaken hands with every Presi dent from Martin Van Buren down. There have been twenty-six Presidents of the United States, and Mrs. Carr has met nineteen of them. Sain Houston Carr, her son, represented this country In Cuba in straightening out the legal af fairs of that country following the Spanish-American war. Representatve Crumpacker introduced Claus Specht of Valparals", Ind., to the President today. Lewis Crockett, secretary of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company, who entertained the President when the latter was In Manchester, X. H., paid his re spects to President Taft today. He was accompanied by Senator Burnham. Senator Terrell of Georgia paid a brief call on the President this morning. This was his first visit to the White House since his recent illness, and the President expressed best wishes for the senator's recovery. There are no new developments in the Massachusetts judgeship situation, ac cordng to Senators Crane and L"dge of that state, who were in conference with the President for a few minutes this morning. There are numerous candidates for the vacancy in the circuit judgeship caused by the death of Judge Lowell. French Aviator Is Killed. RHEIMS, France, May IS.?A mono plane carrying Lieut. Paul Dupuis and Pierre Marie Bournique fell from a height of about 250 feet today. Dupuis was killed and his companion critically Injured. Teacher and Pupils Drown. - LUDINGHAUSEN, Prussia, May IS.? A school teacher and six pupils of a neighboring village were drowned to day while bathing In an abandonee! marlpit. All walked unwittingly into a deep hole at the center of the pit. None of the seven could swim. Did Not Perish in Fire. WINNIPEG, Manitoba. May 18?Five wen thought to have been burned to oesth in the fire which last night de stroyed the central garage, causing a los* of $300,000, wer* found uninjured today. A VICTORIOUS ESCAPE. MRS. TAFT HOME AGAIN; MET BY THE PRESIDENT Arrives From New York This Afternoon, Accompanied by Maj. Butt. NEW YORK. May 18.?Mr"s. William H. Taft, the President's wife, who was taken ill here last Saturday, left for Washington this morning at 10:08. With j her went Dr. Evan H. Evans, a trained | nurse and Maj. Archibald Butt, the Presi dent's military aid. The party traveled it* a pi i* ate car. Mrs. Taft leaned on the arm of her brother-in-law, Henry W. Taft. as she left his house for a waiting automobile. At the station Maj. Butt asked news paper photographers not to attempt to take pictures. Mrs. Taft, accompanied by her daugh ter, Miss Helen Taft, arrived In Wash ington this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The President met them at the U.iion sta tion and the party was driven direct to the White House. Before Mrs. Taft left New York this morning the President was informed that she has almost completely recov ered from the attack of nervousness suffered last Saturday night. According to plans perfec-ted before she left this city last Saturday for New York Mrs. Taft was to go to Hot Springs next week for a brief stay. It is not known now, however, whether she will make that trip. TWO DEAD IN AUTO WRECK. Mine Promoter and Girl Killed When Gasoline Tank Explodes. PEAINFIELD, N. J., May 18.?The bod ies of Ellsworth D. Mlddlekauff, a mine promoter, and Elsie Walpole, a seventeen year-old girl, who were killed last Tues day night near Chester, N. J., in an automobile accident, have been brought here. The couple were riding in Mlddlekauflf's car, when it was wrecked and turned over, plMiing them beneath It. The gaso line tank exploded, setting the wreck afire, and before Mlddlekauff and Miss Walpole could be rescued they were badly burned. Mlddlekauff died almost imme diately after being released.. Miss Wal pole is believed to have been rendered unconscious or killed outright when the car overturned. The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs BY Mrs Jacques Futrelle A new serial story of love and mystery and villainy and social am bitions, begins in the next Sunday Magazine of The Sunday Star NO INDICTMENT FOUND AGfl/NST B. J. CONHAIW Grand Jury Ignores False Pre tense Charge Against For mer Tobacco Agent. Richard J. Conhalm, the young man who was taken into custody last month in his handsomely furnished offices In the District National Bank building on a charge of false pretenses, will not be prosecuted. The District grand Jury, to which the matter has been re ferred. today Ignored the charge brought against him. Conhaiin secured his office furniture, the police declared, on the representation that he was agent for a Newport to bacco concern. On inquiry of the Arm the police claim to have learned that the young man had been employed by the tobacco concern for a short period, but no longer represented it. Murder in the first degree is the charge contained in an indictment returned by the grand jury today against Mervin Matthews, alias Bass Matthews, colored. It is claimed Matthews shot and killed his sweetheart, Alice ldliott. at 1832 West ?Jf.ioy northwest, April 8 last. Mary J. Wilson, a young white woman, was indicted for forgery. The indictment allege that January ,'tl last she secured possession of a check sent by a New York store to William E. Degnan, its traveling salesman, for J.V?, and, indorsing Degnan's name, had the check cashed by George Freeman, a merchant of West Washington. Policeman Furr was acquainted with the woman, for whom the police had been looking for several months. He met her on the street, and claims she admitted to him that she had cashed the check. Mrs. Wilson Is a widow and has a child four years old. Her husband was burned to death In bed about a year ago. James Dewis is charged in an indict ment returned today with stealing a bicy cle from James E. Bobo, a bicycle police man, March 18 last. He is also charged with taking a speedometer belonging to the District of Columbia and valued at The bicycle was recovered in Alex andria. Other indictments include: Cramuel Tyler, embezzlement; I^ouis Reynolds, as sault with dangerous weapon; Clarence Curtis, Robert Walker and William Wil liams, housebreaking; Frank Schwartz, I grand larceny. PULPITS WITHOUT PASTORS. Low Salaries Declared Repsonsible for Many Vacancies. LOCK PORT, N. Y.. May IS.?The mea ger salaries paid to preachers are held responsible by the New York State Con gregationalists, now in session here, for the fact that it has been impossible to provide pastors for a hundred churches in various parts of the state. The average salary in the vacant pastorates is $500 a year, and the high cost of living makes it impossible even for a bachelor preacher to live within this income, according to the pastoral supply committee. The committee's report further calls at tention to the curious reasons given by some of the more important congrega tions for refusing to call certain minis ters. One candidate is objected to by a, congregation because he crossed his legs in the puipit. Another congregation ob jected to the style in which a minister combed his hair, and one church refused a candidate because "he walked up the center aisle as though he were self-sat isfied BEST SPELLER IN OKLAHOMA. 1 " Girl of Twelve Wins Championship of the State. CHICASHA. Okla.. May 18?Miss I^aura Robinson, a twelve-year-old girl, is the best speller in Oklahoma, accord ing to the decision of the Judges in the contest for the spelling championship of the state, which ended here yesterday after having lasted for twelve hours and thirty minutes. At the end Miss Robinson was the only person standing, though maajr adults had taken part. EXPECTED HERE TODAY __ Victim of Auto Accident Near York, Pa., to Be Buried at New York. ( The body of Mrs. Matthew Trimble, jr., , who died in York, Pa., yesterday, follow ing Injuries received in an automobile accident in which her husband was also injured, will. In all probability, be brought to this city either this evening or to morrow morning. A New York under taker is in charge of the arrangements for bringing the body to this city, and will notify Mrs. Robert Smith, mother of Mrs. Trimble, when he is about to start on the journey for Washington. Arrangements for the obsequies have not been completed as yet, but it is likely services will be held tomorrow afternoon at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, on 18th street northwest, with the rector, Rev. Dr. G# Ernest Smith, officiating. The body will later be taken to New York, where it will be placed in a vault awaiting the recovery of Mr. Trimble, so that he will be able to at tend the interment. Mr. Trimble was brought to this city from New York last evening. He was entrained on a cot, and was accompanied by Joseph Trimble, his brother; Dr. U. P. Sawtelle, a brother-in-law; Matthew Trimble, sr., Gen. and Mrs. R. G. Smith, Edward Smith and Miss Francis Elwcod Smith. Immediately after arriving at Union station Mr. Trimble was trans ferred to an ambulance and taken to the Trimble home at 1320 Rhode Island ave nue northwest. He is suffering from a dislocated shoulder and bruises about the head and body. He rested easy last night, and is believed to be on the road to recovery. NEGRO WHO RAN AMUCK JUST OUT OF PRISON Had Served Long Sentence for Kill ing Man on an Ele vated Train. NEW YORK, May 18.?John Cain, the big negro who ran amuck with a knife and revolver last night on the upper West Side and killed two men and wound ed eight others, has admitted, the police say, that he is the man who killed Rich ard Ball, a newspaper man, on Broadway eleven years ago. Ball's slayer said that he killed his man for stepping on his toes. Cain went wild last night when a white passenger on the platform of an elevated train object ed to his smoking. Cain said that he was sentenced to fourteen years at Sing Sing for killing Ball, and released a few weeks ago, after serving between nine and ten years, his term being shortened for good behavior. The two who died in the hospital late last night, covered with slashes from Cain's knife, were John Hall of Wee hawken, N. J., and Saxon Surrell of Manhattan. Chauncey De Graff, a po liceman, and August Liebman are in a serious condition, and may die. Cain himself has a bullet through his lungs, but probably will ret well. FLAMES MENACE VILLAGE. Fire Breaks Out in Business Section of Scotts, Mich. KALAMAZOO, Mich., May 18.?The vil lage of Scotts, about twelve miles from Kalamazoo, is threatened with at least partial destruction by a Are which broke out in the business section early this morning. The village has a population of about five hundred. The fire cunsumed a store, the only hotel and two other business places. The Grand Trunk depot is also on fire. The village was at the flames' mercy when a Battle Creek fire engine ar rived. The damage already wrought la roughly estimated at $7 5,??0. So Savs Committee Investi gating District Affairs. PAY FOR WHAT WE GET A Little Higher Than Other Towns. Maybe. But a Good Deal Better. LOCAL CONDITIONS TO BE MET Whites and Blacks Both to Be Edu cated, and Separately. Says Report. The conduct of tho public school* in the District of Columbia bv the board of edu cation is declared to 1>?> business-like and proper, and the cost of the public schools not excessive, in a report adopted yes terday afternoon by the public school committee of the Hoard of Trade. The report w as submitted by a specially appointed subcommittee, consisting of Dr. Arthur Ramsey, chairman; Jnd>;e P. Bundy. John Doyle Carmody. B. H. Warner and J. I Weller. The committee was appointed following the criticisms uf the public schools and the board of educa tion made by President Taft in his mes sage to "Congress last fall, and charges of mismanagement made by Snowden Ashford. municipal architect, and a mem ber of the public school committee of the Board of Trade, backed up by Herbert F. \j. Allen, vice chairman of the com mittee. These charges were answered by the school officials and the board of edu cation at a meeting January 2-"?. and the Board of Trade committee completely ex onerated the board of education at that time. The subcommittee was appointed, how ever. to make a thorough investigation to learn how the methods of conducting the business of the schools might t?e im proved, and whether the schools could be improved by granting more power to the board of education. The report made yesterday did not cover that part of the resolution asking whether more power should be granted to the board of educa tion. and it is expected that a supple mentary report on that question will be made later. Details in Report. j While there was some little objection to the adoption of the report until the entire subject had been covered, the committee voted by a large majority to receive the report. The report was, in part, as follows: "Your subcommittee found the business at the Franklin School conducted in a systematic manner, a loose-leaf ledger land card index system being generally used. Several Items were tak-'h from the time the request was made by the teacher or particular instructor, and traced through the necessary channels, includ ing the District property c.trk, until the same was delivered to the person mak ing the original requisition. The only criticism your subcommittee has to mak?* in regard to the question of supplies is that the work of the District property clerk in this connection seems entirely unnecessary, simply duplicating the work at school headquarters. This matter should he left solely to the school au thorities. Herewith arc Hied blanks showing how requisitions are made, ap proved and forwarded. "The question of coal was investigated and it was found that the requisition is made by the principal <>f the particular school or the janitor direct to the sc.iool authorities, who require the requisition to be countersigned by the superintendent ol janitors. whos? duty it is to investigate the coal condition of the school and to see If the coal as requested is required. I'pon his countersigning this request the coal is ordered. ? The school authorities keep a separate page in their ledger for esu-h school, showing the exact amount of coal fur nished that particular building. The coal books were examined back to the year ItHJO* your subcommittee was tola that tiiev' had books still earlier than that ??Reg&rdinK the furniture, there is tiled with this report a record book, which elves detailed account of the chairs and desks used by the pupils, the teachers ! desks and smaller chairs, blackboards, pointers, erasers?in fact, everything that goes into a schoolroom. This book is accurately kept, and the teacher heiu re I sponsible for any discrepancies. In the said book also is kept an accurate ac count of the text books as used by the children. The system of issuing bocks Is very thorough. General Storehouse Recommended. "Your subcommittee would recommend that there be built a general storehouse for the accommodation of school supplies. I The Are department, by its recent regu lations. prevents the storing of school furniture in the basements, and conse quently the school authorities have no place to store their extra supplies. Tne accommodation for the storing ot exti.i books and supplies is meager, and in < on sequence small lots have to be purchased at an increased price. By having a suit able storehouse the District would he able to save considerable on the purchase of its supplies. "The number of pupils instructed one day per teacher and the number of pu pils instructed one day for each *1 spent In salaries for officers and teach ers have absolutely no significance un less the nature of the instruction given is known. A teacher in a school for defective and backward children has from eight to fifteen pipils. A kindergarten school of thirty-five or forty pupils has two teachers. A high school section in Greek may have ten pupils, while another in English liter ature may have forty, and a graded school may have forty-eight. Pupils in manual training shops, cooking schools, sewing classes and those taught by teachers of drawing, music and physi cal culture already have been counted In regular classrooms. The numoer of teachers increases with the scope of the instruction and the variety of spe cial subjects taught. "In other words, the more specialized and up-to-date the instruction the larger the number of teachers required and the higher the cost. To make a comparison of the school expenditures of one city with those of another, not only must the conditions of the school organizations and instruction in both cities be accurately known, but they must be absolutely identical. The Real Issue. "The vital question would seem to he; not whether Washington is spending more per capita for education than some other cities, but <a) whether Washington is giving the schools more than their just share of municipal revenues, and <b) If the schools are expensive, is the expense justified bv unusual local conditions and by the educational results obtained? "The first question has been repeatedly answered, and this is the answer: One thing is plainly brought out by the cen sus bulletin given out for publication De cember 29. showing for 15k cities the following facts for the year 1907: "The total expense of maintaining the ordinary city departments and offices In 15R cities was $371,944,424. "The total amount expended for educa tion was $109,919,975. This was 29.5 per (Continued on Eleventh Page.) SPURNS FISH FEAST l i Senate Committee Declines Tempting Invitation. I EXTENDED AT A HEARING I Witness Had Been Questioned as to Cold Storage CAN BE KEPT FOR TWO Y?ARS i Representative of Lake Erie Pro I ducers Says Three-Month Limit Would Mean Ruin. Th? ?cnfltp committee on n anufic tures received an invitation to ? ?fen't jof fish this morning and turned it i|o*n The Invitation whs issued by K T .Case of t*leveland. Ohio, a representative jof the fish producers of Eake Erie. 1n jthe course of a hearing <>n Senator Hey Iburn's hill for the regulation <>f onld storage of food Senators dCnrman of New York and Fomerene of Ohio asked numerous questions regal ding how long fish could be kept In storage, frozen, and j still be eatable "(lent lemen, I would be glad to furnish | this committee with some fvenb fi*h and some frozen fish. and have it prepared by a good cook." Mr, Case said "I dare say not a member of the committee would be able to tell the difference be tween the fresh and frozen Ash." Chance for a Dinner. "That's a good chance to get a fia& din ner. boys," Senator Cummins remarked to the other members of the committee Senator O'Gorman suggested, however, that it was more important to determine whether or lot the frozen, cold-storage fish was as nutritious as the fresh fish than to determine whether or not both tasted the same. And the committee i thus declined the invitation Mr. Case argued that the important question in insuring w holesome fish is not how long they are kept in storage, but in what conditio!, they ate when placed in storage and in what manner the/ are kept in storage. "Can lish be kept indefinitely in cold storage. If they are kept properly?" Sen ator O'Gorman asked. "Absolutely!" replied Mr Case. "Five years?" queried the New York senator. "I hardly think that long." was the reply. "They would not he palatable if ! kept that long." "How long can fish be kept then, and still be palatable and wholesome?" "Two years," Mr. Case replied. Would Be Death Blow. Mr. Case contended that It would be a death blow to the fish industry if Con gress passed a law limiting the storage of : fish to three months, as provided in the bill under consideiation. He argued that a federal inspection of fish, to see that the fish were in good condition when frozen, that they were kept properly and that they were wholesome when taken out of storage was the proper way to In sure the sale of good fish to the people. Discussing the provision of the bill that requires that fish shall be tagged to snow how long ago it was caught and how Ions it has been in cold storage, Mr < 'ase con tended that it was unnecessary and Im practicable to tag each fish Senator He} - burn called attention to the fact that the bill specified only that the boxes In which the fish are sold t<> retailers shall bo la beled, l?ut the witness replied that, dif ferent -arleties of fish frequently are packed In one l?ox to conform to orders, and that such a provision would mean the tagging of individual lish. "You want people to take the food on faith," suggested Senator O'Gorman. "It stems to tne they ought to be able to learn, when they buy an article of r^oil, how long since it was killed and how long it has been Kept in storage." Tagging of Fish. It was suggested by other fish dealers at the hearing that it would be Im practicable to tag small fish, such as smelts. A discussion of the reasons for fixing three months as the time limit for the storage of lish showed that the limit was based on the testimony of several scien tific witnesses, headed by L>r. Harvey W. Wiley of the bureau of chemistry. Senator O'Gorman suggested that the fish dealers cuiiid givt- the most aid to the committee by producing scientific wit nesses in support of their contentions. Tiny could have chemists examine fish that had been kept in storage and deter mine whether such lish was as nutritious and wholesome a> the fresh fish, and how long sea food could be kept In stor age and still be nutritious. The suggea llon will be followed, according to the promises of the lish dealers at the h< ar Tng. Henry Hinricks, Jr.. secretary-treasuter of the Keystone Cold Storage Companv of Erie, 'Fa., also was heard, and he up held the contentions of Mr. Case. PUT UP SIGN IN FRENCH. Residents of Canadian Village Ob ject to Use of English. MONTREAL. May 1R.-A dispatch from Vercheres, a village on the St. Eawrence, thirty miles from Montreal, says: "A demonstration unique In the history of Vercheres has just been held here. Tfte post offi- e was indicated by a notice bear ing the English sign "Post office. The population, wholly French-Cans dian. assembled in front of the post office under the di # tion of a priest, and. after sRiging patr.otic songs, posted a new signboard on the building, bearing th? words "Bureau de Poste " The cure of the parish delivered a speech in favor of the French language. WORCESTER NOT TALKING. Will Not Discuss Charge That He Is Unpopular With Filipinos. MANILA. May 18.?Dean C. Worcester, secretary of the interior, has nothing to say respecting the petition to Congress, signed by many prominent Americans, which Representative Slayden of Texas submitted to the House charging that Secretary Worcester had become noto riously unpopular among the natives, and asking for a searching examination of the affairs of the Philippines. Secretary Worcester was about to leave on his annual inspection of the non Christian tribes in North Euzon when shown the press dispatches. He declined to comment or discuss the subject tn anjr way. Death of Newspaper Woman. LONDON. May 18.?Mrs. Annie Wakfr. man Eathrop, wife of Eorin A. Eathrop, American consul at Cardiff, Wales, died today. Mrs. 1-a.throp carne to England In 1SS3 a-'' the correspondent of the Boston Herald, and later contributed regularly to the Chicago Tribune. Phila delphia Record and San Franoieeo Chronicle. Her active life broke her health. . _ ... ?