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within twenty minutes. The President took a short spin through Central Park before returning to his brother's home. After attending morning service at, the Church of, the Messiah Mr. Taft had luncheon at his brother's home. Early In the afternoon he went for an automobile ride to Van Cortlandt Park, where he re viewed informally Squadron A, encamped there. CLAPP FOR CHAIRMAN FAVORED BT ROOSEVELT Committee's Choice of Root Pleasing to President Taft. BT. PAl'L* Minn.. May 27.?A confer ence late Saturday night between Ormsbv Mcllarg of New York, one of the Roose velt managers: OifTord Pinchot, former forester, and other leaders of the Roose velt movement in Minnesota was follow ed yesterday by an announcement that T'nited States Senator Moses F, Clapp of Minnesota will probably he a candidate for temporary chairman of the republican national convention at Chicago next month in opposition to Senator Root. According to Mcllarg and Pinchot. Sen ator Clapp is favored by Col. Roosevelt. Counts New York for Boot. NEW YORK, May 27.?New York's ninety delegates to the republican na tional convention are expected by William Barnes, jr., chairman of the republican state committee, to support Senator Elihu Root for temporry chairman of the na tional convention, in event of a contest Mr. Barnes expressed this belief in a statement issued yesterday. Senator Root has been designated by the sub committee on arrangements, of which <*apt. Harry S. New of Indiana, Is chair man, as the temporary presiding officer of the convention. Boot Willing to Serve. Senator Elihu Root of New York, who has been named as temporary chairman of the republican national convention by a subcommittee of the republican national committee, issued a statement yester day denying that he had decided not to accept the appointment. Senator Root an nounced his willingness to serve. Pleasing to the President. From Charles D. Hllles, secretary to the President, it was learned yesterday that the President had been advised officially of Mr. Root's acceptance of the temporary chairmanship on last Tuesday. The Pres ident was apparently much pleased that Senator Root had accepted. SAYS 'BOOTHS ISSUE Answers in the Outlook Taft's Charge That It Is a Sham. NEW YORK, May 27.?In the issue of the Outlook which will appear next Sat urday Col. Roosevelt will comment edi torially on the progress of the present campaign. T'nder the title of "The Rank and File" he will declare that the cam paign has been one in behalf of the peo ple against the corrupt bosses of the re publican party. He denounces the man ner in which delegates to the Chicago convention were chosen from the south ern states, and intimates that h? will not accept them as representing the will of the people in those states. The colonel writes in part as follows: "The popular primaries have shown that the republican voters do not want any one else to govern them; they want to govern themselves. True Leader Does Not Drive. 'The party is not made up of the bosses or the party workers alone; it Is made up of all the voters of the party. Every party has to have Its leaders. The true party leader is the man who tries to lead and not drive the voters and to put into effect their deliberate Judgment He has the right and the duty to go before the voters and try to persuade them, but he has no right, by trickery or violence, to try to impose his own will upon them against theirs.' The man who tries to Impose his will upon the voters, who tries to do things against the will of the voters, is not a leader?he is a boss. "In this campaign we have shown that wherever the people have a chance to ex press themselves they have no use for bosses. Eleven states, including Ohio, have allowed the voters of the party to express their wishes. Out of 324 dele gates elected at these primaries, the most that Mr. Taft could secure with the help of party organization and patronage and w.th the bosst-s on his side, amounts only to forty-seven " CITY PLANNERS MEET. Opening of a Three-Day Conference in Boston. BOSTON. May 27.?Planners of cities, all men of prominency in various lines of special endeavor, were In Boston today for the opeoing of the fourth national vonferenc? of city planning. Noted architects, sociological workers, econo mists. horticulturists, clergymen, tran sit experts and city officials from many parts of the t'nited States and Canada were included in the gathariag. The conference will continue three days. Today was given over largely to inspec tion of the material at hand during an automobile tour of the city. Special at tention was paid to the park and water way systems, the latter including the Charles river basin, the docks, the Leaches and the public baths, to educa tional buildings, including Harvard Col lege. and to housing conditions in several districts. A luncheon tendered by Mayor Fitzgerald preceded this tour. The first ?jonference session was on the evening's program. - ? - ? LIGHTNING RAISES DEAD. Electrical Storms Bring 28 Bodies to Surface at New York. NEW YORK, May 27 ?A report made to Police Commissioner Waldo by the hasobr squad shows that two severe electrical storms which occurred during the past month brought to the surface of the North and East rivers a. total of tewnty-eight bodies. Most of them had been in the water for several weeks. Only a+K>ut half of them have been Identified. TWO TITANIC WAIFS HOME. Arrive in France With Mother, Who Came Here for Them. ' CHERBOURG. May 27?"Lolo* and "Momo," the waifs of the Titanic, landed yesterday from the Oceanic with their mother, who went to America to claim them The elder child had bronchitis, but is now better. Mme. Navratll is delighted over her safe return with the children, and is going to Paris to see her mother. Then will go to Nice* where sbc lives. 4 Two Women, River Crash Vic tims, Not Yet Found. SURVIVING MEN QUIZZED Lieut. Dean Examines Five Rescued From Launch Lotis. ANGLER S PILOT TELLS STORY Tried to Prevent Collision?Lights Out on Small Craft, It Is Said. DROWNED. Mrs. Bessie Williams Haller. twenty-three years old. wife of George Haller, paperhanger. 616 G street northwest. Mrs. Sarah Thompson Neilson. twenty years old. 616 G street northwest. RESCUED. Arthur TV. Simpson, 223 11th street southeast. Charles Toepfer, 451 H street northwest. L E. Dameron. 628 North Caro lina avenue southeast Jerome Kaufman, 620 H street northwest. Claude Burllngame, 617 Massa chusetts avenue northeast. The crew of the police boat Vigilant today Is dragging the bottom of the Potomac, near Alexandria, seeking to re cover the bodies of Mrs. Sarah Thompson Neilson and Mrs. Bessie "Williams Haller, young women who were drowned last night as a result of a collision between the Angler, an excursion boat, and the Lotis. a gasoline launch owned by Arthur W. Simpson. The search was begun shortly after the accident last night and was continued until a late hour, being given up finally because of the darkness. Considerable difficulty was experienced because the accident occurred near the outlet of the great trunk sewer and the searchers cduld not well calculate where the bodies were carried. A. J. Venable, pilot on the Angler, told the harbor police that the small craft was not more than thirty yards from the Angler when he sighted it. The engine was reversed and the prow of the boat turned away irom the launch, but he thought the man at the helm of the little boat made a turn in the wrong direction and the crash came. The Lotis was on its way from Marshall Hall, where the young men said they met the two women, and willingly agreed to bring them to the city. Four of the five men were on the launch when the boat left here yesterday morning, Dam eron having gone to the excursion resort on the steamer Charles Macalester. He and the young women were met at the resort and taken aboard as guests. Unable to Check Boat. It was about 8:30 o'clock when the Angler, on its way to Notley Hall, and the Lotus, returning from down the river, met near the red buoy. After the small craft was sighted there was no time for the sounding of whistles or signals of distress nor was there time to check the headway of the big boat, carrying 300 colored excursionists, to prevent the collision. While the colored excursionists be* came greatly excited, it is stated, they behaved remarkably well and render ed all the assistance they could. Mem bers of the crew lowered lifeboats, Srew ropes to the struggling men in e water, and did everything in their power to rescue the men and women. The men apparently were good swim mers, it is stated, but the cries of "Save me!" shouted by several of them indicated that they were badly fright ened. Charles Toepfer managed to catch hold of one of the paddles of the wheel of the big steamer, and was carried through the wheelhouse once or twice. The door of the wheel house w.-as opened and when the wheel was stopped the young man was taken from his perilous position, having re ceived painful scalp wounds and bruises. ? "His escape from death was a miracle," remarked one of the officers of the boat. Falls Back Into Water. Dameron and Mrs. Haller were togeth er when the Angler was reached. Mrs. Haller had caught him about the neck and begged him to save her, and he was doing his best to succeed. He cautioned her to be careful and not drag them both to the bottom, however, and when a man aboard the boat caught him and was puliing him to the deck she loosened her | hold and fell back into the water. Persons who were aboard the Angler say she did not come to the surface after she fell back. One by one the five men were rescued and taken aboard the Angler. They were chilled by their plunge into the water, and it was necessary for the boat crew to administer stimulants. Blankets were wrapped about them, and they were made as comfortable as pos sible, until they could be returned to the city. Not Seen After Crash. It is declared by members of the boat's crew that Mrs. Neilson was not seen at all after the crash. They did not know a second woman was involved in the ac cident until the men had been taken aboard the Angler. The crew of the Angler lowered lifeboats in a remarkably short time, it Is stated, and Mr. Bensinger had the men row about the river and make diligent search for the women. When it was certain they could not be rescued and no trace of them could be found the Angler proceeded on Its Jour ney to Notley Hall, returning to its wharf in Washington about 11 o'clock. Signals Apparently Lacking. Lieut. Dean of the habor precinct says statements he heard of the af fair make it appear that the accident resulted from the absence of proper signal lights aboard the Lotis. "One of the men told me there was a small electric light burning," said the harbor precinct lieutenant, "while men on the Angler declare they saw no light. Under the law the small craft should have had a white bow light and a similar stern light; the latter higher in the air than the for mer. It also should have had a red light on the left side and a green light on the right side." Aboard the Angler when -the accident occurred were Samuel Bensinger and Gilbert C. Bensinger, his son. who are interested in the management of the boat's affairs. They had as their guests a number of local business men and a steamboat inspector, who were en route to Notley Hall to Inspect the grounds and look over the company's new boat. Deplores the Accident. "I deplore the accident very much." ?aid fiamuel Bensinger to a Star reporter this morning. "I did not *ppen to be forward when It occurred, but I hurried there as soon as I heard the commotion. The most I could hear was the screams of the men: '8ave me. save me.* "I did not hear the voice of either woman and did not know the women were in the water for several minutes. When the men had been rescued I was told about Mrs. Haller having fallen back into the water after she had almost reached the deck. "Had the men and women had presence ox mind enough to have clung to their p WILL PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS. C*yt. Clark, Commander of the Minnesota, aad Col. Bartell, la Ckarge of the Marines. Pho tesnphed oa the Quarter Deck of tho Bat tleship. boat," added Mr. Benslnger. "all would have been saved, for the boat did not sink. "I sincerely regret that the women were not saved," he concluded. TW??p Are Questioned. Lieut. Dean of the harbor precinct had f the five men brought to his office, where j he questioned them about the accident. Toepfer was the only one who had re ceived injuries to any extent, although Kaufman was slightly hurt. Toepfer went to the Emergency Hospital later and had his Injuries dressed. Statements made to Lieut. Dean by the | young men were to the effect that until yesterday afternoon they had not seen the young women. "And even now," said one of them, "I don't know their names. All I know is that one of them was called Bessie." The young men told of mee; ng Dame ron at Marshall Hall and of his having accepted an invitation to return with, them. They then met the two young women and the latter wer# anxious to return on the launch, 'rhey had plenty room aboard the launch, they stated, and they saw no objection to accommodating them. . , On the way up the river the young women were talkative and seemed to en joy the trip very much, but they refused to divulge their names any more than to tell that one of them was ?"Bessie." Lotis Towed Back. A message telling of the accident was carried to the harbor precinct by persons on a small craft, who reached here ahead of the Angler, telling of the accident, and Lieut. Dean dispatched his crew to the scene to make an Investigation and to drag for the bodies. When the search was abandoned the crew towed the dam aged and partly submerged launch to the city. Charles E. Baggett, master of the Ang ler; A. J. Venable, pilot, and J. E. Ham mond, who was at the wheel when the ac cident occurred. They were interviewed by the police. . . Mrs. Haller, one of the two victims, had been separated from her husband some time. She had two children, one a girl four years old, while the second child died some time ago. Her husband resides near lid and H streets northwest. A reconciliation was effected between them, but a second time they found cause to part, it is stated, and since she left her husband she has been in Mrs. Neil son's company much of her time. Mr. Williams, ? father of Mrs. Haller. is a conductor on the City and Suburban electric line. He and his son were at the harbor office early this morning, the son going down the river"to participate in the search for the bodies. Frank Thompson, father of Mrs. p?eH son, resides at 1658 Kramer street north east. The parents of both women were advised last night of the accident. Mrs. Thompson told a story today of having dreamed Saturday night and again last night that the two girls had been drowned. Young Girl Kissing. The story of the fatal accident brought sorrow to the home of James Fenton, resident of Bates road, Miss Margaret T. J Fenton, nineteen years old, having been away from home all night. It was the first time she had remained away from home over night and her absence alarmed members of her family. "She may have gone down the river and been drowned," was the fear expressed at her home when she had not returned this morning. Her relatives were certain she had not been with the party on the Lotis, how ever, but still there was a lingering fear that all was not well with her and the j police were asked to find her. Miss Fenton has light brown hair, fair complexion and blue eyes. She wore a light blue silk dress and black straw hat when she went away from home yester day. A description of her was seat to the several police stations. ~ather Discusses Accident. B. L. Simpson, father of Arthur W. Simpson, owner of the launch, said to day: "I talked to my son only for a few minutes and as I understand it my son was in charge of the engine at the time of the cragih, and did not know of the approach of the steamer until it was too late to do anything. One of J the other men in the launch was at the wh6eL "My son is thirty-nine years old and has been running launches on the river for many years, and I know Jhat his boat always fulfilled all the re quirements of the law and that he Is a careful navigator. "Often when he is down the river in the launch persons who have made the trip down on the regular excursion boats ask to be brought back in the launch and if he has room he general ly does it." Arthur Simpson aided this morning in dragging the river for the bodies. Others Are Reticent. At the residence of Charles Toepfer, 451 H street northwest, his sister said that he had come in last night and gone away this morning without her seeing him, and that she knew nothing of the tragedy until she read the morn ing papers. She said: "It wag news to me when I saw the | morning papers. I have not seen my brother. It is his affair and I do not wish to comment on it at all." She said that her brother held a po sition with a local contractor, but re fused to give the name of the firm. At 620 H street northwest, where Jerome Kaufman is said to reside, a young colored girl said that she did not know if Kaufman lived there or not. She claimed not to have heard of any of the residents of the house being in the accident, and showed great anxiety to have the Interview close. She further said that there was no one else in the house at the time. At the "Model," 7th and H streets, where Kaufman is employed, it was said that he was out and that his fresent whereabouts were unknown. 'urther than saying that he was em ployed there and that he was unusual ly nervous this morning no information was forthcoming. DENTAL CORPS FOE NAVT. House Adopts Amendment Providing | for New Organization. A dental corps in the navy was created | today when the House adopted an amend ment to the naval appropriation bill pro- j vidtng for its Immediate organisation. The reform had been unsuccessfully ad vocated by Secretaries of the Nary fori many years. DR. BUCKLEY RETIRES FROM ACTIVE SERVICE So Advises M. E. Church Con ference?An Editor Thirty Two Years. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 27.?Or. J. M. Buckley of New York, known In the Methodist Episcopal Church as the "bishop maker," and for thirty-two* years editor of the Christian Advocate, one of the strongest church papers, today with drew from active service. Scheduled to adjourn next Wednesday, the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which has been in session here since May 1, today began on a business grind which probably will require morning, afternoon and night sessions. * Choice of Editors. Chief among matters to come up is the election of the editors of the church pa pers, of which the principal one Is the Christian Advocate of New York. Another tangle which must be straight ened is that occasioned by the election of Missionary Bishop W. F. Oldham of India to a position on the board of for eign missions, with headquarters in New York. Before Judiciary Committee. The question now is before the Judiciary committee as to whether, as he already has been assigned to a place by the con ference. he now can be transferred, and if so, what shall be done with reference to the election of a successor. The ques tion of a "race bishop" also is to be dis cussed, especially in connection with pro viding a negro bishop for the negro churches of the south. HINDRANCE TO CHURCHES. Criticism of Narrow-Minded Chris i tians Before Baptist Convention. DBS MOINES, Iowa, May 27.?That the churches of today are hindered by little, narrow-minded Christians more than by open wickedness was the declaration of Rev. Dr. James Whitcomb Brougher of (Los Angeles before the Northern Bap tist convention, which continued its session here today. During the morning the report of the commission on city missions was submitted. Several promi nent church workers were scheduled to deliver addresses and. the governor's reception was to be held late this after noon. "The Power of the Gospel to Evoke a Hatred of Sin" was the subject of an address by Rev. John W. Hoag of New Haven, Conn., who discussed the social responsibility of the church. MARINES START FROM HERE. One Hundred and Twenty-Five on Way to Cuba, One hundred and twenty-flve United States marines left the marine barracks here Saturday afternoon to join the ex pedition to Cuba. Sixty of them, under command of Capt. Thomas M. Clinton, boarded a boat for Norfolk Saturday evening, and the others, under command of Capt. P. S. Brown, took a train for New York. Col. James E. Mahoney also went from the barracks to Norfolk Saturday, and Maj. Thomas C. Tread well, who has been stationed at the Washington navy yard, went to New York. Ail of the marines available at this time have been sent from the barracks here to go to Cuba with the fleet, it is said. PAGE TO CONFER WITH TAFT. Will Discuss Legislation Relating to Intervention. The Senate committee on Cuban rela-' tions today directed Senator Page of Ver mont, tbe chairman, to confer with Presi dent Taft regarding necessary recommen dations for legislation to provide direct and clear provision of law governing when and how the United States may in tervene in Cuba under the so-called Piatt amendment. The committee thoroughly discussed the subject and expressed a variety of views. Chairman Page also probably will confer with the secretaries of State and War. PROSECUTION OF DARROW. Lockwood Today Will Resume Story of Alleged Bribery Attempt LOS ANGEI.ES, Cal., May 27.?The trial of Clarence S. Darrow, the Chicago lawyer, for alleged jury bribery was not scheduled to be resumed until 1:30 o'cloak this afternoon. George N. Lockwood, the Grand Army man, who began Satur day his story of the alleged attempt to bribe him as a prospective Juror in the McXamara trial, was expected to resume the stand for the completion of his di rect examination. It is not believed the prosecution hopes to connect Mr. Darrow with the Lockwood bribery through Lock wood himself, as it is said to be the in tention of the district attorney to pre sent that phase of the case through Bert H. Franklin, who is expected to follow Lockwood on the stand. The defense has promised a sharp cross-examination for both Lockwood and Franklin, particularly the latter, who pleaded guilty to the Indictment of brib ing Lockwood, and was fined $4,000. Dan B. Worthington Dead. NEW YORK. May 27.-Dan Belden Worthington. a well known hotel man ager. is dead at his home here after a long illness. He was thirty-nine years old and was born In Buffalo. At one time he was prominent In the democratic party. Marlaet Rcadj to- Board the Mlaaeoota !? the Hudson River at New York for Harry Trip to Cuba. OIL MAGNATE WILLING TO APPEAR AS WITNESS Rockefeller's Attorney Says He Will Testify in Waters Pierce Case. NEW YORK, May 27.?John D. Rocke feller, who Is under subpoena to appear as a witness In a hearing here in the suit instituted in St. Ix>uis by the Stan dard Oil Company of New York against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, appeared with counsel today before A. S. Jacobs, the commissioner appointed to take testi mony. Mr. Rockefeller's lawyer promised to produce the oil magnate whenever the commissioner Is ready to take his testi mony. Mr. Untermyer announced that Mr. Rockefeller probably would beexamir.ed tomorrow. John D. Archbold did not put in an appearance. The suit is brought to compel the tellers at the recent elec tion of officers of the Waters-Pierce Com pany to count the votes deposited by the Standard Oil Company faction. Reasons for Tellers' Action. The Waters-Pierce faction refused to count the votes on the ground that if the Standard Oil interests control their com pany .they will forfeit their charter in Missouri. Charles T. White of Soutn Orange, secretary of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, testified today that the directors of the Standard Oil Company previous to the dissolution met daily, but that no minutes were kept Mr. White said that the Standard Oil Company directors held daily meetings, which were secret. :'Is there in the minutes of the directors' or stockholders' meetings, or anywhere else in the records of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, anything to show that any action whatever was taken to carry out the dissolution decree of the Federal Supreme Court?" asked Mr. Un termyer. "Nowhere that I know of," Mr. White said. "Has there been any official corporate action to carry out the decree?" "I don't think so, probably not?ex cept that the stockholders were notified what stocks they would receive in the distribution." Witness Prepared Proxies. The witness said he had prepared proxies for stockholders at the annual meeting of the Waters-Pierce Company in February, 1912, at th? instance of Vice President MofTett of the Standard Company. Mr. White said he had talked to other officials of the Standard, in cluding Mr. Archbold, about the proxies. Mr. Moffett had asked him to solicit proxies from the Waters-Pierce share holders in the name of Walter F. Tay lor and Michael Van Buren. The names of the directors to be voted for were Inserted later, he said. ASSEMBLING OF DIPLOMATS. Pan-American Society to Give Its First Dinner Tonight. NEW YORK, May 27.?Ambassadors and ministers of nearly all the twenty Latin-American republics who constitute the governing board of the Pan-American Union in Washington gathered In New York today preparatory to attending to night the first dinner of the recently or ganized Pan-American Society of the United States. The banquet will be held in honor of the Secretary of State of the United States and the representatives of the Central and South American governments. The principal addresses will be made by Sec retary of State Knox, Domicio de Gama, the Brazilian ambassador; Manuel Calero, the Mexican ambassador, and Representa tive William Sulzer, chairman of the House committee on foreign affairs. Henry W. White, former American am bassador to France, will preside. Mayor Gaynor will extend a welcome on behalf of the city, and President Butler of Co lumbia University on behalf of the Pan American Society. NEABING END OF ITS WORK. Methodist Protestant Conference Ex pects to Adjourn Today. BALTIMORE. Md? May 27.?When the general conference of the Methodist Protestant Church assembled here this forenoon it was expected to finish its business in one session and adjourn this afternoon. Matters to be considered were general treasurer for church boards; temperance resolution; reports and rec ommendations of committees on judiciary, foreign missions, finance and young peo ple's work. EDITORS GET A DUCKING. Middies Who Publish the Lncky Bag Pitched Into Severn. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 27.?Following a custom of many years' standing, the midshipmen yesterday ducked the editors of the Lucky Bag, the Naval Academy annual, as a punishment for the jokes published at the expense of their com rades. Though the victims fought hard, they were pitched from the sea wall at a point where It was out of the question to scale it, and they had to swim to a raft be fore making a landing. The editor-in-chief is Harold E. Saun ders, honor man of the graduating class .and brigade commander. Most of the midshipmen who were ducked were in full uniform, but some had the fore thought to don canvas working suits. Veteran Railway Man Dead. SPOKANE, Wash., May 27.?Moses Brinkerhof, eighty-seven years old, said to be the oldest railway man in the United States in point of service and who punched the first ticket on the Northern Pacific out of St. Paul westward, is dead of old age at his home here. He bad been sixty-six years in railroad service. Annual Convention of the Na tional League Opened at the New Ebbitt. While declaring that rich New Yorkers are constantly adding land to their already large holdings, H. Martin Williams, read ing clerk of the House of Representatives, in an address before the opening session of the annual convention of the Women's National Single Tax League at the New EJbbitt today asserted that a "famous uingle taxer of the House" has also taken title to 40,000 acres of land in North Carolina. There was a murmur through the audience as the speaker made the deep iaration, but it was allayed a moment later, when he announced that the single taxer in question is ready and willing to put his ideas in practice when the taxa tion of the property in question is con sidered. Mr. Williams was speaking on The Great Denial," and asserted that In a number of the states there are "old soldiers who followed the flag from 1861 to 1S65" who are now tenants on great estates with landlords of foreign citizen ship." "Illinois is my home state, and is rep resented In the United States Senate by a man who ought not to be there," he de clsired ? In the matter of renominating those who voted for Senator L<orimer, Mr. Wil liams said the republicans had been more respectable about the matter than his own colleagues in the democratic party, because out of the fifty-three democrats, nineteen were sent back by their party, while the republicans re nominated only fourteen out of the fifty five who gave Lorimer their support. Address by J. H. Ralston. An adjournment was taken at noon and the second session was begun at 2 o'clock, with Jackson H. Ralston of the District bar speaking on "The Im mediate Future." Other addresses scheduled for the afternoon are by Miss Ada Rhodes on "The Result of the English Miners' Strike." and Herbert J. Browne on "An Unspoiled People." The meeting this evening will be held in the Public Library at 8 o'clock. Prof. Thomas E. Will is on the program to make the address of welcome, to which the national president of the league, Mrs. J. S. Crosby, will respond. "The Postal Express" will be dis cussed by Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland, and Representative Henry George, jr., of New York will speak on "Taxation in the District," Miss M. Elma Dame on "Settlement work," and Miss Grace Isabel Coldron on "Child Welfare and Economic Jus tice." sunStfiflL n CASE AGAINST BlffiLOW Promoter Directed to Account and Pay Copper Company $2,100,000. The Supreme Court of the United States today affirmed the Massachusetts judgment by which Albert S. Blgelow of Boston was directed to account and pay the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelt ing Company $2,100,000 as secret pro moter's profits. The suits growing out of the transaction probacy have at tracted more attention than any other strictly corporation case?. in the last decade. It was charged that Bigelow and Leon ard Lewlsohn of New York reaped enor mous secret profits by selling property to the company when they held the stock certificates in the company. Suit against Lewisohn's estate in New York resulted in defeat for the company, that decision being affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States on the ground that there could have been no fraud on the company, as the then existing stockhold ers knew all about the transaction at the time it took place. Massachusetts held a corporation could rescind its purchase and make the promoters account for profits when Bigelow was sued in that state. Judgment Was Attacked. The Massachusetts judgment was at tacked on the ground that "full faith and credit" had not been given to the New York judgment. For Bigelow it was argued by former Senator John C. Spooner that New York law was to govern the effect in Massachusetts of this judgment, and under New York law the company was estopped by its Lewlsohn judgment from suing Bige low. On the other hand Louis D. Brandeis and Edward F. McClennen argued that the effect of the New York judgment was to be determined by Massachusetts law in a Massachusetts suit, and under Massachusetts law the company was not estopped by an unsuccessful suit against one wrongdoer from suing a joint wrong doer. Justice Lurton for the court said New York law was not settled as it had been argued. Anyway, the court said, the Massachusetts view was correct. WILBUR WEIGHT HAS RELAPSE Spends Restless Night and Is Un conscious Today. DAYTON, Ohio, May 27.?Wilbur Wright's condition took an alarming turn early today and fear was expressed over the probable outcome of the attack of typhoid fever with which the noted avia tor is suffering. Mr. Wright spent a rest less night with his physicians In almost constant attendance. Today It was stated that he was again unconscious and suffering with a bigh fever. . Iw. P. Boland Corrects State ments in Archbald Case. CRITICISED BY ATTORNEY I Chairman Clayton Alleges the Wit ness Gives Evasive Answers. FORMER CHARGES REPEATED jR. A. Phillips, Manager of Bailway Company's Coal Department, Called to the Stand. William P. Boland, the Scranton, Pa., coal operator who Is responsible for some of the charges against Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Court of Commerce, was recalled by the House judiciary commit tee today for cross-examination. In the temporary absence of Chairman Clayton, Representative Webb of North Carolina presided and questioned Boland on the details of business transactions in which Judge Archbald is said to have | figured and on which the preliminary proceedings to impeachment are predi cated. A. S. Worthington, attorney for Judge Archbald, asked Mr. Boland about the statement he had made in his .conference with Attorney General Wickersham, in which he presented charges against the judge. The witness said the Attorney General was busy that day and left the room several times. There were inaccu racies and omissions in the report of the conference, the witness said. These he corrected later in a sworn statement to Wrisley Brown of the Department of Jus tic. This statement was submitted to Mr. Worthington by the committee. Mr. Boland stated that he first formed la suspicion that "the judge was using I his office for the railroads," when Judge Archbald ordered that he proceed in his I lawsuit with John W. Peale of Scran 1 ton "forthwith." Copy of Court's Order Shown. Mr. Worthington produced the court's I order. It directed the plaintiff to take testimony for thirty days and gave Boland unlimited time to prepare his case. Boland replied that he knew nothing about the order; that the judge had given him orders through his attorney and in the presence of a witness and no written order was en 1 tered. More testimony was taken on the fliOO , note which E J. Williams took to Bo land to be discounted for Judge Archbald. Mr. Worthington wanted to know if Wil liams had said that Boland "miKht have I saved the costs in the Peale case if he had discounted the note." The witness said that Williams said "It might do him some good." and that "it would help him | with the judge," to discount the note. Statements Retracted. Boland retracted some of the state ments against Judge Archbald which he made to the Attorney General. He said | he had not refreshed his memory and was unprepared w|ra he made the first statement. He admitted that it might contain mistakes. "And it was on this kind of a state , ment that these proceedings against I Judge Archbald were started," comment ed Mr. Worthington. Chairman Clayton, who arrived later, displayed some impatience with the evasive answers of the witness. He di rected him to answer the questions of Mr. Worthington and cautioned both wit ness and counsel against arguments. Mr. Clayton said the committee was anxious to get through with the case and wanted the co-operation of the witness. Mr. Boland protested against the insin uation that he had "trapped" Judge Arch bald. "Whatever trouble Judge Arch bald is in he has got into himself," said Mr. Boland. He described the alleged trials of the independent coal companies with the Delaware, Lackawanna and -Western and other railroads and said that Judge Archbald "had lent his office to crushing out the Marion Coal Com pany," a property of the witness. General Manager Phillips a Witness. R. A. Phillips, general manager of the coal department of the Delaware, Lacka wanna and Western railway, followed Mr. Boland on the stand. Mr. Phillips told the committee that Judge Archbald's son Is an employe of the coal company. He said the young man got the employment after graduat ing from Tale, starting at the bottom. He is now assistant mine foreman at $56 a month. Mr. Phillips also spoke of a series of conferences between officials of the railroad and an attorney for the Bo lands relative to the suit of the Ma rion Coal Company against the rail road. He said Judge Archbald in terested himself in the proceedings, but he did not know why. He said that after one of the conferences Judge Archbald called him by telephone and invited him to his home. In that in terview Judge Archbald was told the status of the negotioatlons between the Bolands and the railroad. The witness also said that he had an interview with C. G. Boland, brother of W. P. Boland. "He was worried about Will," said Mr. Phillips. "I told him not to worry. I said ?Will is a good fellow, not a bad fellow at all. He is impulsive and im aginary, but he'll get over that and settle down to busines.' " Probe of Archbald's Interest. Mr. Phillips was closely questioned by Representative Webb. "What interest did Judge Archbald rep resent when he talked to you?" he asked. "I do not know." "Well, when a judge of the Commerce Court called you up and took you into his home to talk to you about that case who did you think he represented?" "The Bolands, I thought, until Boland told me differently," said Mr. Phillips. Mr. Phillips testified that W. P. Boland told him that Vice President Loomis of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western had come to Scranton and prevailed on Judge Wltmer to hand down a decision against Boland in the Peale case. "I said to Boland: ?Will, either you are lying or have been lied to. Who told you that?" said the witness. "He said Ed Searle had told him, and I said: 'Then Ed Searle Is a liar.' " Mr. Worthington said Mr. Searle was clerk of the court at Scranton. At 12:55 Mr. Phillips was excused and the committee adjourned until 2:30 p.m. Aero Mail Route Sanctioned. Postmaster General Hitchcock today authorised the postmaster at Clifton dale, Mass., to dispatch mail by aero plane between Cliftondale and Lynn. May 30, 31 or June 1. The route will be known to the department as No. 604001. The aviator operating the aeroplane will be a sworn carrier for the occasion. Conple Begin Life Sentence. HILLSBORO. Mo., May 27.?Sheriff Bechler of Jefferson county departed for Jefferson City this morning with Joseph and Mrs. Annie Hunning. convicted respectively, of murder and complicity in connection with the killing of Mrs. Hun nlng's husband. Both were sentenoed to life imprisonment in the Jefferson City penitentiary. Roosevelt's Daughter Bridesmaid. CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. May 27.?G. H. Roosevelt, a junior at Harvard, will mar ry Miss Margaret Richardson, daughter of Prof. Maurice Richardson of Harvard, June 17. Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of the ex-President, will be one of the bride's attendants. Franklin Roosevelt of New York will be the best man. PAGE PUT ON ML Accused of Libeling House Judiciary Committee. , CONGRESSMEN ON STANO Tell of Receiving Pamphlet* At tacking Several Representatives. DEFENSE IS HADE KNOWN Will Attempt to Show That No Malice Exists on Part of Merchant. The Judiciary committee of the House of Representatives held in early session In Criminal Court Xo. 2 before Justice Barnard this morning. wher? It ws called by subpoena Is sued on behalf of Henry W <? Page <>f New York, a linen merchant, placed <>n trial to answer an indictment for criminal libel. The charge again Page is that <?n April 3 he mailed from his home m New York city a pamphlet calling the members of the Judiciary commute* "crooks'* and "perjurers" because them declined to present to Congress a. me morial sent by Page in December en titled the "Death of Liberty." In th? memorial Page had asked the commit tee to Institute Impeachment proceed ings against certain Judges of the state courts of New York who had found adversely to him in divorce pro ceedings brought by Mr*. Pa Re. Petition Is Refused. The committee at a meeting February 13 unanimously decided to refuse the peti tion of Page, declaring Congress without authority to Interfere with state Judges or other state officials. Chairman Clayton of the committee notified Page of the re fusal to take action, and the alleged li belous pamphlet was sent by the New York merchant to every member of Con gress. to the press gallery and to tha legislatures of several states. Chairman Clayton refused to take up the question of criminal prosecution, but the committee, incensed at the action of Page, appointed Representative Sterling of Illinois, the ranking republican on the committee, as chairman of a subcom mittee to confer with the Attorney (len eral. At the request of the subcommittee Mr. Clayton accompanied them to the De partment of Justice and the indictment of Page followed. A?v? for Favorable Action. At the conclusion of the government'? case, proven by two senators, aeveral members of the House Judiciary com mittee and Miss Maud Frlel of New York, a former clerk for the accused, who said the pamphlet was dictated in part of her by Page, Attorney Samuel Bell Thomaa of New York, counsel f<>r the defense, moved the court to in struct a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Thomas based his plea on a question of law. He claims the court is without Jurisdiction to try Page, be cause the defendant was not tn the District of Columbia at the time the alleged libel was written. He urged that If Page were tried here he might be liable to be called to trial in every state in the Union into which a copy of the pamphlet was rent. Mr. Thom as claimed the state laws of New York. , where the prisoner lives *nd was at the time the libel was written, are ade quate for his punishment. Contention Overruled. Justice Barnard overruled this conten tion last month wuen a pJea in abate ment was filed. The motion was renewed. In preparation for the prosecution of ?n appeal In the event of conviction. Page will take the witness stand and tell the Jury that he had the advice of learned lawyers and even some senator* that the committee should have given him a hearing before dismissing iiis memorial of grievances, and that the al leged libel was written for the purpo-e only of making public the refusal of the committee to give him Justice, to which he understood he was entitled. Counsel for the defense is expected to show by the defendant that no malice ex ists against any member of the comm t tee and that Page had no grievance with any individual member whom he hud de termined to vilify. The defense will be In the nature of a justification, not of the charge that the members of Congress are "crooks" and "perjurers." but that Pane thought he had the right to recal' a member to what he considered a del el - tion of his duty. The case probably w ill go to the jury tomorrow. Clayton Makes Bequest. Representative Clayton of Alabama, shortly after the Jury had been sworn this morning, addressing Justice Baruard, asked that the members of his committee be allowed to go to the Capitol to resume the consideration of Important business there pending. He told the court that he and his associates would hold themselves in readiness to answer a telephone call to appear when reached in the progress of the trial. Justice Barnard granted the request except as to the members standing among the first witnesses to be called. 1-atcr in the day the court had to take a recess tu await the arrival of Chairman Clayton, who was called by the prosecution, after the announcement that he would not be used. Assistant Attorney General Ad kins and United States Attorney Wilson decided later to call the chairman of the committee. Mr. Adklns made the opening state ment for the prosecution, and the de fense reserved its statement. Congressmen Testify. Senators Ashurst of Arlaona and John-' ston of Alabama told of receiving copies of the pamphlet at their offices In the Senate building. Representative Sterling of Illinois told of the presentation by his subcommittee of the matter to the De partment of Justice. Representative Floyd of Arkansas also told of receiving the copy and detailed the action of the Judiciary committee In reference to the death of liberty memorial. Grafton S. Wilcox of the Associated Press testified that a copy of the libel was sent by mall to him and W. B. Javnes, secretary to Senator Bailey, de- . tailed a visit from Page to the office of the senator for the opinion of the latter on the right of Impeachment. Mr Javnes said the impression received by him from the conversation was that Pace wanted ? to overthrow the Judiciary of New York, and he advised the defendant to confer with the senators from that state. J S. South, chief clerk to the clerk of the House, was offered as a witness to prove the credentials of the mem bers of the Judiciary committee, but counsel for ^he defense admitted this desired evidence, and Mr. Smlt'i was excused. J. J Spaight. clerk to the judiciary committee, testified to the cor respondence between the chairman and the defendant, Page. Miss Maud Frlel a former clerk for Page, identified the libelous pamphlet, which she said was partly dictated to her by Page. She got the names and ad dresses. she said, from the Congressional Directory. William P. Hickok. a printer, from New York, said he printed the pam phlet for Page, who paid for It. No Decisions in Trust Casts. None of the anti-trust or interstata commerce cases of note were decided to day by the Supreme Court of the United States. The court may announce theiu on its decision day two weeks hence. Two Postmasters Nominated. The President today nominated Harry S. Edwards as postmaster at Macon. Ga., and Charles S. Forbes to be postmaster St St Albans, Vt