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REBELS NEAR LINE More Mexicans on Border Than Ever Before. ASSEMBLING AT JUAREZ Otozco Concentrating His Forces in Northern City. GIRLS ARE CARRIED AWAY Taken From Train on Which Sixty One Persons Are Massacred by Salazar*s Men. ^ hile the Mexican rebels are rapidly increasing in numbers along the inter national boundary line, American cav alry. dispatched t?> various sections fol lowing reports of rebels crossing the line, have been able to find none on this side of the line. Such is the report from Gen. Steever, commanding the Department of Texas to the War Department today. He says several parties of rebels were sighted opposite Hancock, Quitman and other border towns. Orozco is concen trating his force at Juarez, he says. Yes terday he sent a special train to Casas c.randes section to bring Salazar and his men to Juarez. Gen. Steever reports more rebels near boundary line than ever before, extending from Baco Grande through Palomas. Guz- ' nian and Juarez to a point more than 1001 miles below El Paso. Rebels Take Young Women. MEXICO CITY. August 13.?When Amador Salazar led away his band of rebels after they had slaughtered six tj -one soldiers and train passengers near Ticuman Sunday he took with him two young women whose lives he had spared. This is one of the stories brought here today by eleven passengers who escaped from the Zapatista shambles. During the fighting the eleven hid in the underbrush along the right of way. They saw the rebels withdraw with the woman captives after looting the train. Stories of cruelty were told by the passengers. One woman carried in her arms her dead baby struck by a bullet in the attack. A column of federal soldiers was sent in pursuit of the rebels. Story of Slaughter. Twenty passengers and every man of a military guard of thirty-five soldiers convoying the passenger train were shot to death, cut to pieces with ma chetes. or burned alive in the attack on the train. A rail was loosened in the track and the train, running about forty miles an hour, went into the ditch. Though not a rebel was in sight when the engine left the rails, a moment later they swarmed by hundreds out of the brush-covered hills on either side of the track and poured a murderous rifle fire into the overturned coaches. Conductor Marin and Collector Dom inguez. who were not seriously wound ed by the rifle fire, escaped by crawling into a culvert, and after the rebels had looted and burned the train crept through the brush to Yautepec, twelve miles away, whence they telephoned the news to this city. Before the coaches were burned the rebels looted the express and mail cars, and then went along the coaches, slashing at heads wherever they ap peared through the broken windows, cutting off fingers and hands for the jewelry they wore, and finally setting fire to the train, shooting arid saber ing any who attempted to crawl from the flaming coaches. BATTLE JUST OVER BORDER. Mexican Federals Kill Five Rebels and Capture Nine. EL PASO, Texas, August 13.?A de tachment of federal soldiers which was been following the rebels along the Mexican side of the river fought a battle at the "T. O. Ranch," opposite Kurt Hancock. Texas, yesterday. There were sixty rebels. The federals killed five men and wounded several and cap tured nine men, eight wagons with families and guns, horses and ammuni tion. RIGHT TO ORGANIZE iContinued from First Page i ir. any way authorize strikes on the part, postal employes," replied Senator l^a Pol let te. Senator Cummins indorsed the state en: that a ' false issue had been raised before tile country." "The question before us is not whether employes may strike." he said "It is solely the question of whether an organization of postal em ployes may unite with another organi sation " Senator Cummins said it was freely admitted now. and provided for in the proposed bill, that postal employes should have the right to carry their grievances to Congress, and the right to receive copies of any charges made igainst him. "We cannot afford to declare," he said, that an organization of postai employes, formed for proper purposes, cannot form any association with another organiza tion. "I agree with the senator from Wis consin that tlds is airu.-.l directly at the American Federation of Labor," he added. Adopts Amendments. The Senate finally agreed to the House rovisinns as to postal organizations, with .wo amendments offered by Senator Heed. One of thes*? amendments allowed the department to remove, employes who are T.emb<rs of an organization affiliated with any outside organization which Imposes upon ti.t-m an obligation or duty to en gage in a strike or assist in a strike ?tgainst the I'nited States. The bill wouid permit organization of other bodies The second amendment declared that tiie rights of any individual in the gov ernment service anywhere to petition Congress or furnish information to com mittees of Congress should not be in t< rfered with. AMERICAN FLAG BANISHED. Not Allowed by Police in Circus Parade at Saskatoon. SASKATOON. Saskatchewan, August I.'!.?The royal mounted police headed by a number of citizens of this city caused a sensation on the streets here during the parade of a visiting American circus yes terday, when they stopped the procession and ordered that ail Stars and Stripes be removed from the wagons, leaving noth ing but the union jacks to float in the breeze. The police. while taking down the flags, were both hooted and cheered by the crowds in the street Greeks to Build Big Cruiser. PHILADELPHIA, August 13.?The Bethlehem Steel Company will supply the armament and armor-plating for a new 13.000-ton armored cruiser which the Greek government has just ordered from the Vulkan yards in Germany. The ves sel is to be delivered in two years' time UI<1 will coat 96.2U0.000. 4 DEEP MYSTERY LURKS IN HOUSE OFFICE RUE Representative Johnson Kept Busy Explaining Blaze in His Closet. Marble porches, with a mysterious man and woman lurking in their shad ows; a well laid plot to destroy pa pers. and an atmosphere of secrecy that takes these commonplace days hack to the velvet-padded corridors of the middle acres?all these things and a lot more are but the background against which the real story was told today of an attempt yesterday after noon to burn a closet full of papers in the office of the House committee on the District of Columbia. Repre sentative Ben Johnson sat in his office until this afternoon explaining to people just how it had been done, and when It was all told, a very unusual happening it was. Tn the first place the District committee room has been robbed twelve t!mes or more since Ben Johnson has been chair man of the committee. That was told bv Mr Johnson in the course ?'con^~ sation. Yesterday's Are in the closet where many blank envelopes and a few important papers are kept was simply one of a series of odd th.nss that have been happening over in room and accompanying suite. Doors Ordered Locked. The District committee rooms have until recently always been open at all times in the day. Representative Johnson office force has varied from one to three or four assistants, and there has gen erally been at least one person in the rooms at some time, and visitors have been free to come an1 goRe^e >? with only Miss Katherine Kirby. Mr. Johnson's stenographer, on ? . orders have been to lock everything tight when the rooms have been left without \t the northeast corner of the House office building, directly nr?c? ?t? the District committees mam marble portico with two? P "th!? faThr been comm^lcated .0 those who are running down the clues t0Atar5> Miss Katherln Kirby locked all doors ieading into the corridors and went , "_pu fhp closet door, behind ^nLh S. o" no. locked. but a kev was in the door. Leading to i.ie marble portico on which the r?pv,s^.ha da ".ociiea hut of euch a lock that a handle presfeed down releases it instantly. Smoke Is Discovered. Miss Kirby does not remember exactly how long she was out of the room. VShen she returned she went into the midd room of the suite and sat down at^ he work. After a while she needed some paper and envelopes and went to th closet in the other room, which she had left unlocked. She tried the door but it wa? locked. That surprised her. but her surprise was turned to fear, when she noticed a thin, gray stream of smok coming from a tiny aperture near one of ^Representative Johnson went from the fl^oTthe House to his office -hen tele phoned for. in remarU?*>1 e tunV* "en ^.nerb^Xa^ow'e'dh^e; br?kcoTnanhd dv.? had smoldered to charred ratrs and certain paper.( acre nartiallv burned. Only the fact tnai the door fitted perfectly an<* closet practically no oxygen saved the clos from being burned up. investigate Vverv one began to investigate. Representative Johnson was surprised find that a hole had been cut n the floor through the screen that portico Representative Johnson bat some very definite ideas about who S?d it and he is naturally keeping them to himself. Last Chapter in Mystery. The last chapter in yesterday's mystery occurred in the middle of the night. R P resentative Johnson went home and told his wife about the fire, and also told her that he had missed certain papers from iohnson'went toXT'^e office building lmThlria?er."r he siid -was ^er^this pile yesterday morning and it was taKen a%\VhcnTee went6 to?look it had been re tU-uewas taken away and returned some time hal(-pa? one and mtd night," he said toda>. CHINA SEEKS ROCKHILL. American Minister Hay Be Adviser to the New Republic. 1'nofticially it is known here that over tures have been going on between Presi dent Yuan Slil Kai and W. W. Rockhill, the American ambassador to Turkey looking to the appointment of the latter as adviser to the new Chinese republic. These have not progressed far enough to warrant Mr. Rockhill's resignation, but it is known he is giving to the offer serious consideration. Mr. Rockhill is regarded as being tho roughly conversant with Chinese govern mental methods and the Chinese temper- | ament. In addition to a service of three | years as minister in Peking following the Boxer uprising. Mr. Rockhill, as i I secretary to the American legation at Peking about a decade before, had made extensive explorations of the interior of the country, even penetrating Thibet, as a pioneer, which adventure formed the basis of what is regarded as a text book on that then little known corner of the world. If Mr. Rockhill does not accept the Chinese offer, it is expected that some European statesman will be appointed. TAFT DISLIKES CANAL BILL. Not Pleased With Many Features, But May Sign It. It is understood that President Taft has not yet determined upon a plan for carrying out the provisions of the Pan ama canal bill, which provides for one man control of the Panama Canal Zone. The President has not been especially pleased with all the provisions of the bill and doubts have arisen in his mind as to whether he would sign it. He will prolwibly do so, however, and during the summer will confer with Secretary Stlm ton as to putting into effect the law for the organization of the canal on a perma nent basis. Talk of Col. Judson, Engineer Commis sioner of the District of Columbia, being transferred to the Panama canal as gov ernor has been heard for many months, but Col. Judson himself has told his friends he knew nothing of it. President Taft has never heard of it, except when It was repeated to him as an inquiry. Col. <.roethal8, the builder of the canal, is said to have a very high regard for Col. Judson and it is upon this the frequent rumors as to Col. Judson are said to be founded. If Col. Goethals is to press the name of Col. Judson for governor of the zone, neither the President, Secretary Stimson. Oen. Wood, chief of staff, nor (Jen. Bixby. chief of engineers, today knew of iu ?> BRITAIN IS SILENT Further Protest on Canal Tolls Question Expected, However, i SHE AWAITS ENACTMENT To File Formal Complaint When Bill Is Passed by Congress. WILL SUGGEST ARBITRATION State Department to Take Stand That Free Tolls Are Vital Neces sity to American Shipping. The British government has made no further representations to the United States regarding the proposition to allow American vessels to use the Panama canal free of tolls, since the note of Charge Inness of July 8. It is believed that that government is awaiting the en actment of the legislation into law and the adoption of regulations to put it into effect In order to have a sufficient basis for a more formal protest against what it regards as a breach of an existing treaty. In recognition of the superior right of Great Britain to address the United States government on this subject by virtue of the existence of the Hay Pauncefote treaty, other European na tions and even Japan have refrained from approaching the State Department, although their interest is equal to that of Great Britain, by reason of their right to claim equal treatment for their shipping, under the favored ration clauses in ex isting conventions with the United States. Formal Protest Expected. It is fully expected in official circles, however, that soon after the signature of the act by the President the British charge will be directed to submit to the State Department a formal protest in behalf of his government against what it regards as discrimination against British shipping. Such protest will require an equally formal reply, which may be nothing more than a recital of the act itself as a mandate by Congress, which the executive can not disregard, supported by such argu ment as the diplomatic bureau can make to justify the action. As that will amount to a positive refusal of the British request to treat British ship ping on an equality with American, it is assumed that the foreign office then will come forward with a proposition" to submit the issue to arbitration, call ing attention to the existing British American arbitration treaty as a basis for the proposition. Such a move is expected to bring the matter to the real crisis, for. admitting that an arbitration undoubtedly would be adverse to the American position, it will be necessary for ie State Depart ment to find reasonable ground for a declination of the British overture, with out laying itself open to the charge that it has deliberately violated the provisions of the treaty?the very charge lodged against it in connection with the Hay Pauncefote treaty. A Vital Necessity. It is contended that the best method of meeting that situation would be for the State Department to take the position that the discrimination in favor of Amer ican ships is a vital necessity to the United States. Article 1 of the arbitration treaty pro vides: "Differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the inter pretation of treaties existing between the two contracting parties, and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the permanent court of arbitration estab lished at The Hague by the convention of July 29, 1899, provided, nevertheless, that they do. not affecf the vital'inter ests, the independence;or the honor of the two contracting stUtes, and do not concern the interests of third parties." It Is not contended that the preferential treatment of American vessels using the canal affects the independence or the honor of the United States, and it is ad mitted that it is of interest to other na tions?meaning third parties. So, to escape the charge of treaty breaking, the State Department may have to assert that this question of tolls is of vital interest to the United States, and therefore that it is not a subject which properly may be laid before The Hague tribunal. A possible loophole may be found in the fact that this arbitration treaty expires by its own limitation next April, so that if the resources of diplomacy are ade quate to keep the negotiations open to that date Great Britain then will be de prived of the right to invoke it. AROUSES IRE OF HOUSE Akin's Speeches to Be Subject of An Investiga tion. Representative Theron Akin of New York, known as "the man without a party" because of his refusal to align himself with either the republican or dem ocratic organization in the House, again has aroused the ire of the House because of speeches he inserted in the Congres sional Record attacking public officials and criticising fellow - members of the House. As a result of two such speeches placed recently in the Record under the "leave to print" concession. Majority Leader Un derwood today appointed as a committee of Investigation Representatives Ruckei of Missouri. Page of North Carolina and McCall of Massachusetts to report to the House tomorrow whether the matter un der consideration should not be stricken from the official record of Congress. The speeches In question arraign Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson, Chief Moore of tiie weather bureau and the chairman and members of the House committee on expenditures in the Department of Agri culture, which recently conducted an in vestigation into the department. DECLINES TO ACT. Senate Committee Will Not Author ize Prosecution of Trust Officials. The Senate judiciaary committee has refused to make a report on Senator Pomerene's resolution to instruct Attor ney General Wiekersham to bring crimi nal prosecutions against officers of the Standard Oil and American Tobaccp com panies. . Senator Pomerene will again ask the Senate to discharge the committee from considering the resolution further, and the majority of the committee will not oppose that action. Motions to report the resolution favorably and to indefinite ly postpone It both failed to receive a majority in the committee today, and tt was determined to let Senator Pomerene proceed on the floor of the Senate witn out opposition. Convict Shot and Killed. RALEIGH, X. C., August 13.?Solomon Shepard. a negro, who was serving a thirty-year term for murder, was shot and killed by a guard today when he at tempted to escape from a convict camp near Aberdeen. Shepard was convicted at Durham three years ago of the mur der of Engineer Holt of the Southern railway. The negro made three previous attempts to escape. HEALTH" SERVItt BILL AGREED TO BY Ml! Salaries of Officers Increased and Duties Added to Through Measure. The Senate today agreed to a bill, already passed by the House, changing the name of the public health and marine hospital service to public health service, enlarging Its powers and increasing: the salaries of its offi cers. The bill, as now agreed to by both houses of Congress. specifies that "the public health service may study and Investigate the disease of man and conditions influencing the propagation and spread thereof, including sanita tion and sewage and the pollution either directly or indirectly of the nav igable streams and lakes of the United States, and It may from time to time Is sue information in the form of publi cations for the use of the public." This Is, of course, in addition to the pres ent duties of the service. In the brief discussion of the bill be fore it was agreed to in the Senate today. Senator Works predicted that it would re sult practically in meeting the good ob jects which were armed at by Senator Owen's bill for the creation of a depart ment or bureau of public health. Senator Owen's Plan. Senator Owen's idea was to have the head of the public health service sit as a member of the President's cabinet, but the Senate committee on public health recommended the amendment of the Owen bill so that It would provide for a bureau instead of a department. The Owen bill has met with much opposition, particularly on tne part of Christian Scientists, healers and others who combat diseases by other than the old-school methods. The bill passed today has not met with the .same opposition, and it Is thought to he a happy compromise through which many of the results aimed at by the other bill will be accomplished. The bill provides, as to salaries in the reorganized public health service, as follows: "Surgeon general. $6,000; assistant surgeon general, $4,000: senior SUJ"" geon, in which grade there shall^ be ten in number on active duty, $3,500; surgeon. $3,000: passed assistant sur geon. $2,400; assistant surgeon. $2,000, and the said officers, excepting the sur geon general, shall receive an addi tional compensation of 10 per cent of the annual salary as above set forth for each five years' service, but not to exceed in all 40 per cent: Provided, that the total salary, including lon gevity increase, shall not exceed the following rate: Assistant surgeon gen eral, $5,000: senior surgeon, $4,500; surgeon, $4,000." DISTRICT TO TRY AGAIN Second Effort to Condemn Anacostia Land for High way and Park Is Ordered. Eliminating part of the land originally sought for the improvement, the Commis sioners of the District have instructed Corporation Counsel E. II. Thomas to Institute new condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of ground for a pub lic highway and for park purposes along Anacostia river, from Monro* street to Giesboro point. In the proceedings recently completed the ju-ry found damages to the extent of $T)2,:J7S.4<?, assessing only $.'1,045.(52 of the amount as benefits. As the law pro\ iding for the condemnation stipulated that not less than one-half of the cost shall be assessed as benefits, the Commissioners were unable to approve the .-erdict The principal damages found were in two parcels of ground which were added to the condemnation plat at the request of I.,ieut. Col. W. C. Langfitt of the bnited States engineer office, in charge of the Washington aqueduct. The new plan for the roadway provides for the elimination of these parcels, which, it is believed, will reduce the amount of damages to about $;:o<M)0. it is expected that if, in the new proceedings, the damages do not exceed this amount it will be possible for the jury to find benefits to the amount ot one-half. . , The Commissioners, it is understood, be lieve that the extension recommended by Col I.angfitt ftiay be eliminated without materially affecting the plans for the miu provemen't. They have addressed a com munication to the army otbcial announc ing their intention to have new proceed ings instituted. EDWARD KENNERLY DROWNED Was Washington Man and Steward on Torpedo Destroyer Hopkins. Edward Kennerly of this city, a ward room steward on the torpedoboat de stroyer Hopkins, now at Mare Island, near San Francisco, Cal., was drowned in Napa Creek, Cal., Sunday. His death has been reported to the Navy Depart ment by the commanding officer of the Hopkins, but no details are given. Kennerly was thirty-three years old, and had been in the navy about eleven years. His mother, Mrs. Maria Kennerly, lives at 933 Florida avenue in this city. She has been informed of the death of her son. CATLIN OUSTED FROM HOUSE. Missouri Member Loses His Seat on Practically a Party Vote. Theron E. Catlin. republican, from St. i/ouis, Mo., was unseated from the House of Representatives at the close of several hours of debate on his case yesterday afternoon, and Patrick Gill, democrat, was sworn in to represent the district. This marked the end of nearly a year's controversy over Catlin's seat, and the vote to unseat him was 107 to with twenty-three representatives answering present. The decision was practically a party vote. Representative Akin of New York, who is affiliated with no party, calling himself a "people's candidate," and Kcpresentatlve Jackson, a progres sive republican from Kansas, voted with the democrats. The contention of the democrats was that the Missouri law had been violated in the election of Catlin by the young man's family having spent about $10.0110 more than the state allows for election funds. The republican side of the issue was that the money was not illegitimately used, and that the whole affair had been trumped up to unseat a member of the minority. Representative Hamill, demo crat. of New Jersey, made the chief speech against Catlin, and the defense was led by Representative Anderson of Minnesota. * Taft Removes W. K. Landis. President Taft has removed from office W. K. Landis, postmaster, at San Juan. Porto Rico, and has nominated R. H. Todd of Porto Rico in his place. Charges reached the White House that Landis was neglecting his duties. To Discuss Sugar Tariff. The conference committee on the sugar tariff bill will meet tonight, in an effort to adjust the differences between the House and Senate over the measures passed by the two bodies. Leaders of both houses have little expectation of an agreement.. A OFFICERS ARE HAPPY National Guard Equipment Finally Started on Way. ALL ENTRAIN TOMORROW Washington's Soldier Boys Will Go Into Camp During the Afternoon. Maj. Alfred P. Robbins. quartermaster, N.. G. D. C., and Lieut. William Duvall. superintendent of the National Guard Armory/ raised their eyes skyward today and gave thanks that the trainload of baggage and ten tape had sped on its way to the camp site at Bolivar Heights, W. Va. The first big job incidental to the two weeks' encampment <?f the National Guard of the District of Columbia has been completed. The books are closed and no one can draw supplies on memo randum or any other way. Today is a breathing space, and tomorrow the com panies will entrain at the railroad yards at New York avenue and Florida avenue. Will Leave at 8 O'clock. The first section of the train is schedul ed to leave at 8 o'clock a.m. tomorrow and the brown conical tents ought to be raised in company streets fairly early in the afternoon. Camp kitchens ought to be hot under the smoky intluence of a wood lire by supper time, and the de spised "kitchen details" ought to be peeling potatoes by 4:30 tomorrow after noon. Many recruits will lie down tomorrow night on a hard army cot for the first time and wonder how it is the human frame can hold so many sore spots. The first night on an army cot for a new man is one never to be forgotten, fur it is handed to him just after the novel experience of tent-raisirig and other muscle-tiring duties of a soldier in the field. By the time the regimental bugler swells his cheeks and bulges out his eyes in "taps," the rooky is so'tlred and so sore that he scarcely can keep his eyes open. Skylarking Not Probable. There will be none of the foolish sky larking tomorrow night. The men will be tired. Early on Thursday morning re veille will be blown, and out of the con ical tents sleepy soldiers will tumble to take a turn at the water spout, and that will really be the first of the camp in struction. After that the drills will start, and for two weeks 1,500 Washingtonians will be endeavoring to put themselves into the condition of actual soldiers NSPECTING THE SKIES Astronomers Train Telescopes on Meteoric Display in Northwest Heavens. Astronomers at the Naval Observatory and the observatory of Georgetown Uni versity trained their telescopes on the northwest heavens last night to observe the first of the "Perseids," the meteoric showed through which the earth passes annually in August. Amateur astrono mers equipped with field glasses and opera glasses also sat up late to watch for the meteorites, which arrived on scheduled time. The display was not particularly bril liant last night, though flashing bits ot incandescent star dust were fairly thick in the sky about midnight. The showers, so-called, will continue tonight and to morrow night, by which time the eartn will have passed out of the "belt." Theory of Astronomers. Astronomers have decided the meteors are, the remains of a world, large or small, which, untold ages ago, disinte grated in some manner, its fragments, the dust of a lost planet, perhaps, re maining in about the location once oc cupied by the sphere. As the bits of matter enter the atmosphere of the earth the friction causes them to become incandescent, and the heat thus gen erated usually burns the meteorites com pletely away, which accounts for the fact that few fall to the earth in such shape as to be recognized. The I'erseids, astronomers say. are a minor belt of meteorites, not to be com pared in numbers or brilliancy with the Leonids, another "shooting star belt," which is of less frequent occurrence. DENIAL BY SCHEPPS (Continued from First Page.) the Rosenthal case that these men "higher up" are a lawyer, a hotel pro prietor, who claims strong political af filiations, and a police official. Two po !i?e inspectors also are said to be profit ing richly from graft. District Attorney Whitman is said to nave been furnished with a list of names of prominent persons who play ed in various gambling houses. It is said these persons may be subpoenaed to give information. An important witness in the Rosen thal case has been found by Mr. Whit man. He will not be called upon to appear before the grand Jury, but will be kept in reserve until the trial. This man is said to be an eyewitness of the killing. Session of Grand Jury. Mr. Whitman had heard nothing further this morning from his assist ants who are on their way south to get Sam Schepps. and interest here centers largely in the grand jury ses sion this afternoon. So many witness es were to be heard, however, about twenty-four in all, that it was not ex pected that the indictments would be handed up today. Those to be indict ed at this session include only tz*e four so-called gunmen and not any of the "men higher up." It became known today that the dis covery of Lieut. Becker's safety deposit box came through the manager of an up town banking institution, who voluntarily went to the district attorney's office with the information that Becker had engaged a box there last November. He said Becker and his wife had visited the vault on about fourteen occasions. It was announced today that the cor oner's inquest into Rosenthal's death will be held August 15. Searching in Catskills. CATSKILL, N. Y., August 13.?Posses are again searching today for "Gyp the Blood." one of the four slayers of Her man Rosenthal. Two persons believe they saw the much-wanted gangster near litre yesterday. The man suspected came into the village, bought food at a house and then disappeared. HIGHEST-PRICED BEEF. Cattle on Hoof Bring $10.40 a Hun dred in Chicago. CHICAGO. August 13.-The highest price ever paid for cattle in the United States was given yesterday at the stock yards, when beef on the hoof brought $10.40 a hundredweight. The nearest approach to this price was made last week, when $10.2T? was paid. The record figure was secured by a feeder of Tuscola, 111., who disposed of his entire lot of corn-fed cattle at $10.40. Two other price records also were set for cattle during the day. Distillery steers brought $10 a hundred and range steers $0. _ . HOUSE ONCE MORE MIES WOOL Bill Effort Made to Pass Tariff Measure Over Presi dent's Veto. An attempt to pass the compromise wool bill over President Taft's veto was begun in the House today shortly after noon. Majority leader Underwood arranged for two hours' debate, the time to be equally divided. Representative Hull of Tennessee, democrat, was the tirst speaker. Representative Utter of Rhode Island, republican, accused the democrats of "playing polities" in their tariff legisla tion, and charged them with insincerity in seeking to put through a wool bill which, he said, they knew beforehand the President never would accept. He denounced as farcical the second submission of the measure to the White House after it had once been vetoed. "The insincerity of the move could be seen from the very first," he said. Replying to Mr. Utter. Representative Fitzgerald of New York, democrat, ac cused the President of changing fr >nt on the revision of the wool schedule and poked fun at the tariff board s re port. He read an extract from a wool expert to the effect that in the latter s opinion the report "did not come up to the level of ordinary guesswork." He called attention to the fact that the President's latest veto declared the report to have been approved by woolen manu facturers and importers. "Rut 1 find no commendation of the re port," added Mr. Fitzgerald, "from any associations of consumers." Representatives Payne of New York. Green of Iowa and Cannon spoke against the measure, while Representative Heflin of Alabama, democrat, spoke in favor of it. SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY Charge Upon Which House Committee Recommends Unseating of Republican. Spurred by their success yesterday in ousting Representative Theron K. Catlin, republican, from the House, and seating a democrat in his place. House democrats are preparing to attack the right of an other republican member. Representative Charles C. Rowman of Pennsylvania, to retain his seat. Chairman Ansberry of the elections committee No. 1 today com pleted his report on the case of Mr. Bowman, who is charged with having spent thousands of dollars in procuring his election. Defense Made by Bowman. Bowman admitted spending ?7.1!K4 in his campaign, but insisted that the money was spent for legitimate expenses. The committee will report to the House Sat urday a recommendation that Mr. Bow man be unseated, but it will not recom mend the seating of his democratic oppo nent, George R. McLean. Representative Patrick F. Gill, who was given Representative Catlin's seat, was today appointed to membership on the House merchant marine committee. GUARDS TO KEEP FEES District Cannot Collect Money Paid for Private Swimming Lessons at Beach. Guards at the municipal bathing each who have been paid fees for giv ing private swimming lessons will not be required to turn the money into the District. Although a decision by Cor poration Counsel Thomas has placed a ban on the practice of employes* who give swimming instruction for pay. that official, in an opinion submitted today to the Commissioners, holds that moneys so obtained by the employes cannot be recovered by the District. In his original opinion Corporation Counsel Thomas held that all fees and incomes derived from the bathing beach are public moneys. Auditor Tweedale requested the Commissioners for informa tion as to whether it was incumbent upon his office to endeavor to make collections of all such fees that have been collected. The corporation counsel says that he has ascertained that the private swimming lessons were given before the regular hours of employment of the guards com menced. ' "If this is so," concludes his opinion. "I am of opinion that this service is a volunteer service, and that no re covery can be had by flie District for the moneys so obtained. I, therefore, conclude that no attempt should be made by the District to collect the moneys referred to. This opinion is confined to the specific question presented." DEMOCRATS TO DINE. Congressional Committee Members to Banquet and Elect Officers. Members of the democratic national congressional committee will dine infor mally at 7 o'clock this evening at the Raleigh, and several Washington demo crats, recently named as members tff the District of Columbia auxiliary commit tee, have been Invited to attend. At the dinner plans for work during the presi dential campaign will be discussed, and the national congressional committee will also elect officers. The District of Columbia auxiliary com mittee will have charge of the work of the campaign in the District, forming an Important local cog in the national demo cratic campaign machine. DR. HANSMANN DEAD. Noted Spiritualist Claimed He Talk ed With Joan of Arc. Dr. Theodore Hansmann. a well known spiritualist of this city, died yesterday at his home. 1722 Willard street, after a long illness. Funeral arrangements have not been announced, other than it will be private. Dr. Hansmann was ninety-one years old. A few years ago he gained world wide distinction when he gave out letters and notes which he declared had been transmitted to hinvby the spirits of many famous characters of history, including Empress Josephine, Joan of Arc and Carl Schurz. He came to Washington in 1833, and at the outbreak of the civil war was con sidered one of the city's leading physi cians He is survived by four children. Noted Philanthropist Dead. CHICAGO, Auirust 13.?Mrs. Leander Stone, widely known in this state for her philanthropic work of fifty years, is dead at her home here. She was eighty-one years old. Her first act of charity work was the formation of the Mitten Society, in 18*11. which sent clothing to Union sol diers during the war. ? i Populists Not Expected to Name National Ticket or Indorse Any Candidate. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. August 13.?Six dele Rates. bearing uncounted proxies, re sponded to the rail for the populist national convention which l>i>paii to day. S \Y. Williams of Vincennes. Ind., was chosen temporary and per manent < hairman a*id Jo A. Parker of i'arma. Mo., secretary. The conven tion adjourned until this afternoon, when a national committee will be elected. A second adjournment is planned in order to write a platform. ST. I>H'IS, August IS.?Probably not more than 100 delegates to the populist national convention are expected by Na tional Chairman James K. Ferriss of Joliet. 111., when the session is convened here today. Four years ago. when the convention met here. a. theater was neces sary to accommodate the delegates. This year the parlor of a small hotel will be ample space Although the populists have always ad vocated woman suffrage, an effort will be made this year for the first time to incorporate an indorsement of woman suffrage in the platform. Utile .opposi tion is expectt*l. As it is improbable that a national ticket will he named, chief interest will be in the adoption of a platform. That Congress shall issue all money and reg ulate the value and volume is a plank which Ferriss will try to put through. Although Nebraska populists will try to obtain an indorsement of Woodrow Wil son, the- majority of the delegates declare that neither Roosevelt nor Wilson will be indorsed. HILLES TO SURVEY THE WEST. Republican National Chairman Will Consult Leaders in Chicago. NEW YORK, August 13.?Charles I). Hilles, the republican national chairman, and James B. Reynolds, the national secretary, will spend the last half of the present week in Chicago, where they will assist in opening the campaign head quarters there. During their stay in Chicago they will have conferences with leaders from the middle western and prairie states. From these men the chair man expects to learn the exact situation in their respective states, and to lay out his campaign plans accordingly. TEXAS SOCIALISTS MEET. Will Confirm Nominees and Adopt a Platform. WACO, Tex., August 13.?Texas socialists are in session here today to confirm party nominees. Dr. Reddin Andrews of Tyler is the gubernatorial candidate. The convention will inveigh against the "capitalist" system in Texas and the land system. The demand for the initiative, refer endum and recall, eight-hour law and anti-child labor law will be made. COLQUITT'S STAND OPPOSED. Position Regarding Saloons May De lay Convention Proceedings. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., August i;i.?Prior to the beginning of the democratic state convention here today the fight promised by some of Go\'. Colquitt's supporters against the governor's stand for the early closing of saloons threatened to delay proceedings, particularly platform fram ing. Among the principal planks advo cated by Gov. Colquitt which will, in the main, cover the platform adopted are: Compulsory saloon closing 9:30 p.m. to 7:.'?0 a.m. Provisions to enable cities or towns to keep saloons out of residence districts. Compulsory arbitration for labor dis putes in Texas. Prohibiting corporations from contrib uting to campaign funds. Prison reforms. Bonded warehouses for holding cotton. A stock and bond law amendment per mitting railroads to issue bonds for per manent improvements. A 5 per cent tax for Confederate pen sion purposes. NAMES HIS ADVISERS. Chairman Hilles Selects Committee, Putting Barnes at the Head. NEW YORK, August 13.?Chairman Charles D. Hilles of the republican na tional committee today announced the names of the advisory committee of the national committee. William Barnes, jr., chairman of the republican state committee, is chairiflan of the board. Mr. Hilles said that he would probably be al>i? to announce the name of the treasurer of the national committee when he returned from Chicago, whither he and Secretary Reynolds went today to assist in opening the Chicago head quarters of the Taft campaign. The members of the advisory commit tee, which met today, a. as follows: Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, State Senator Col. Austin Colgate of New Jersey, Thomas H. Devine of Colorado, Gov. Phillips Lee Goldsborough of Mary land. John Hays Hammond, Joseph B. Kealing of Indiana, former United Stales district attorney; Adolf Lewishon of New York. Henry F. Lippitt. senator from Rhode Island; David W. Mulvane of Kan sas, Col. Harry S. New of Indiana, Her bert Parsons, New York; Samuel Ij. Powers, former representative from Mas sachusetts; Elihu Root, senator from New York; John Wanamaker, Pennsylvania; George R. Sheldon, treasurer, republican national committee in 1JHJS; Otto E. Stifel, Missouri, and Frederick W. Upham or Illinois. PLEDGE LOYALTY TO WILSON. Factionalism Removed From Cali fornia Democratic Committee. SAN FRANCISCO. August 13.?An urgent telegram from William F. Mc Combs, chairman of the democratic na tional committee, asking that factional feeling be forgotten has brought together warring elements of California and re sulted in adding twenty-six "original" Wilson men to the state committee roll. The Wilson forces originally desired the appointment of an entire new committee because they declared the old one favor able to Clark's candidacy. Theodore A. Bell, Clark leader, has assured the Wil son men that the committee would give loyal support to the candidates. TEST OF MORTARS. Their Utility in War at Long Dis tance the Object. HONOLULU, August 13.?Artillerymen engaged in target practice with twelve inch mortars beyond Diamond Head at tempted to demonstrate yesterday that it is possible to destroy any battleship at long distance by mortars. The firing was at a small target set 4.800 yards off shore. In ten shots fired there was one hit, and certain officers believe most of the shots were rather too wide of the mark. ? Maj. Edward J. Timberland, who was in charge of the battery said, however, that, while the practice showed poor per centage of hits, the had proved the efficiency of the mortal?. The small percen'ag* $f was par tially due to higa Wl SWAT DURING FALL Work Then Means Fewer Flies Next Season. ? CRUSADE IS IMPORTANT Dr. Murray Shows Advantage of Ex termination in Cool Weather. ? FRAMES LIST OF POISONS All Effective in Battle Against Pests. Nearly Two Million Already Killed This Month. An opportunity to make Washington practically fly less by another season wi'I be offered residents of the capital next month. With the approach of cooler weather the insects will besin to look fur shelter. They will swarm by thou ! sands into homes, restaurants, grocery stores an<1 other places that prove at tractive to them, and that will be the t:me. say the local health authorities, for Wasn'ngtonians to strike a telling blowr against the Insects, the beneficial effect of which should make itself felt through out next season. With the clean city committee planning to have abated this fall nuisances that serve as breeding places of flies. Wash ington residents, by uniting in an at tack on the fly when weather conditions have driven the perm-spreaders into com paratively limited quarters, may almost eradicate the pests, in the opinion of l>r. Arthur L Murray, supervisor of The Star's fly war. Compiles List of Poisons. Dr. Murray lias compiled a list of ef fective fly poisons that may be used. He recommends the employment also of sticky < fly paper and "swatters " If any of the exterminating devices generally recom mended are used extensivel> next month in places where flies congregate the re sult, he says, will be that a much reduced fly population will be left to survive the winter months and bring on next sea son's insect crop. One of the poisons recommended calls for a mixture of one-half pint each of milk and water ami two tablespoons of formaldehyde. This Is said to be an un usually effective formula It should In placed in a saucer or other shallow dish. Experiment* have shown that more than r.,000 flies have been poisoned by a saucer of this mixture in less than twen ty-four hours. It Is doubtful, however, if there is any more effective means of destroying flies in the fall than sticky fly paper. This method is the one in most popular use and the health officials r<-comm<-nd it Near Two Million Mark. Slaughter of flies during this month's campaign conducted by The Star almost has reached the two million mark The exact number of insects destroyed to date is l.'Jl'J.OUO. Yesterday's deliveries of in sects totaled .'fi*1,000. consisting of 21.1, by Lawrence Fitzgerald, 121.?H?> by Mark Trice and OO.&OO by Frank Funk. La.vton H. Burdette, who led the con testants yesterday, was forced to drop back into second place, young Fitzgerald again taking the commanding position Mark Trice, one of the winners last month, made his initial appearance in the August crusade yesterday and commences with a score which indicates that he will be among those to whom prizes will be awarded at the end of the present month The scores of the five leaders are: I?w rence Fitzgerald, t!2?J,4?*>; Layton H. Bur dette. 412.n?*?; Frank Funk. .'tl.'t.Ono: Wil liam Stelner, 27;t,<? JO, and Mark Trice, 121,000. TELLS OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS. Lloyd, Head of Democratic Congres sional Committee, Testifies. Representative James T Lloyd of Mis souri, chairman of the democratic con gressional committee in I'.toiS, today told the Senate campaign fund investigating committee he had no absolute record of his committee's receipts and expenditures of that year, but he was certain the re ceipts were $27,600 and the expenditures about $lo0 less. | The sale of campaign literature brought in $7,<l00. Charles A. Keane of New York turned in $1.?K?? for speeches he desired to have distributed. Champ Clark and Francis Burton Harrison were the principal contributors from the floor of the House, each giving $2 i0. * ?ther mem bers contributed amounts ranging from $25 up. Through Senator Jones of Arkansas $.'l.j?io was turned into the committee. Mr. Lloyd did not know from what sources the contribution came. Hermann Kidder of New York contributed said Mr. Lloyd, and so did \V. <; Conrad of Mon tana, and R. P. Daniel of Kentui kj Former Gov. B. E. Odell of New York is expected to testify tomorrow about the Harriman contribution of l'.xr*. MUST CAKE FOR PARENTS. Senate Passes Bill to Punish Unnat ural Children in District. The Senate yesterday afternoon passed a bill providing against the abandonment in the District of Columbia of destitute, intirm or a?;ed parents. It was agreed to. absolutely without discussion, in the time it took to read the measure and put the formal motions. It specilies that any adult resident of the District of Columbia who is able to earn the means to care for his parents and fails to provide them with the needed subsistence when they are destitute or unable to supply themselves shall be tin. d not more than $.VJ0 or be Imprisoned In the workhouse of the District for from three months to a year. In case a fine is imposed, all or any part of it may be directed by the court to Ik? paid to the destitute parent; or, in case of imprison ment, the District of Columbia may be ordered to pay to the parent SO cents a (day for each day the prisone.- works at I the w orkhouse. Sentence may be suspended when the defendent agrees to an order of the court to pay the destitute parents a cer tain sum each week. Committees to Confer. A special committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet with a similar com mittee from the Retail Merchants' Asso ciation at noon tomorrow at the Cham ber of Commerce to discuss what ar rangements shall be made between the organizations for the use of the chamber's offices as headquarters for the Retail Merchants' Association, and for co-opera tion between the two bodies. The com mittees were appointed following the de cision of the Retail Merchants' Asso ciation that it should become a distinct organization from the Chamber of Com merce. i ? Band Concert Today. Fort Mver. Va? Fifte.-iith Cavalry Band, Arthur S. Wltcomb. director; H p.m. PROGRAM. March, "Captain Cavanaugh," Bittrich Overture, "William Tell". ..Rossini Concert waltz, "Loin du Ball," Oil let Song for cornet, "Answer".. . Robyn Selection, "The Serenade"..Herbert A tone poem, "Apple Blossoms." Roberts Rag oddity, "The Mysterious Rag" Snyder March. "Old Comrades" Teike