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WASHINGTON. D. CL, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1912-TWENTY-TWO PAGES.
ONE CENT.
CANNOT BE BOUGHT
Monticello Not for Sale at Any
Price, Writes Mr. Levy.
WARNS WOMEN OF SOUTH
Says Subscriptions to Fund to Pur
chase Property Would Be Useless.
PLANS FOE ITS DISPOSITION
Mrs. Frank A. Walke of Norfolk
Says It Will Go to Virginia Divi
sion of the Daughters.
Monticello, Virginia home of Thomas
Jefferson, is not for sale at any price.
So reiterates Representative Jefferson M.
Levy of New York, present owner, who
makes It his summer home, in a com
munication addressed to the delegates
and visiting members of the United
Daugnters of the Confederacy convent.on.
The campaign undertaken by Mrs.
Martin W. Littleton, wife of Representa
tive Littleton of New York, to acquire
possession of the properf .dr. Levy de
nounces as not founded on real affection
and reverence for the memory of Jeffer
son. as attended with misstatements re
garding Monticello and about himself
and his uncle. Commodore Levy, and as
an unlawful effort to wrest from him h.s
property as he has been advised by com
petent constitutional lawyers.
He points out that he has, as the wish
dearest to his heart, made every effort
to restore Monticedo to the state in
which It was in Jefferson's time, to beau
tify it. and to maintain It in tne best of
condition. No one, since 1S7!?, he points
out, has attempted to disturb his private
possession, until a year ago, when tne
present campaign for its purchase began.
He declares tne public has free access
to it, and he is as patriotic a custodian
of the estate as could be found.
His communication reads, in part:
Calls It Great Injustice.
"I have begged to be allowed through
this medium to appeal to your sense ot
fair piay and to have presented to you
a few of t..e many facts unfamiliar to
you concerning the effort to force the
acquisition of Monticedo, the home of
Thomas Jefferson, by popuiar petition
lor action by Congress, l'nere is now
and has been estani.sned at your con
vention an omce lor tne purpose of per
suading you to sign tnis pet.uon, and l
leel tnat if you Know more of tne facts
j ou inaj hefitate oet'ore allowing your
bt-if. unwittingly, to aul in doing me and
my family a great injustice.
Af,.-ai is made to your patriotism;
this movement was originated a year a?o.
\ tri there is concealed from you tne fact
that lor thiriv-tliree years, alone and un
aided by government or any association,
i have spent time, energy and a great
amount of money restoring Monticedo
and in bringing back to their original
settings many of the relics of the great
Amer.can statesman. I do not ask com
mendation; 1 seek only justice.
"Before the House rules committee last
August I stated in the most positive way
lr?at i would not listen to any proposal
lor the sal?? of Monticeho. as Mrs. Mai
tln \V. L.ttleton has tormed an associa
tion, with herself as manag.ng nirector |
uno Mi*a Luura Littieton as treasurer,
and appeals to the public tor funus to
carry on a campaign for the acquisition
of Monticello, 1 feel in duty bound to
notiiy tne public tnat such subscriptions
will be useless.
Not Founded on Affection.
"If the campaign were founded on a
real affection and reverence for the
memory of Jefferson, I could look upon
it with different eyes, and, however un
pleasant it might be to see an effort
to wrest from me this property, it
would be some consolation to me that
1 could respect the motives of tnose
behind the movement. But this cam
paign h;is l?eon attended by number
less and wholly unnecessary misstate
ments about Montice?lo and about my
uncle. Commodore l?vy?those about
myself, 1 suppose. 1 must overlook.
"T was not an active participant in the
litigation that was begun after my uncle s
deatn. when I was a minor. When the
llt.gation was concluded and my title to
the properly was confirmed by the courts
I set about as complete a restoration of
the estate as possib.t. To preserve Mon
ticello in accordance with its traditions
has been th? wish nearest my heart, and
during all those y?-ars. since 187!? until a
year ago. no one has said me riay. Mr.
Bryan at one time was disposed to ask
th?* government to buy it, but after giv
ing t matter full consideration, It*
changed his mind and assured me that
Monticello was ir. safe hands.
"Thn public ha-' h I ;is free access to
tb? e.-tat^ a.- its safety and preservation
wo'ild permit, and as any lover of Jeffer
son's memory could ask. As to the
graveyard. 1 wouid have taken the same
care of that as I have-of the remainder
of the estate if I had been permitted to
do so.
"1 have said that I do not expect grati
tude, but I think every American will
feel that I am entitled to fair play. I
have demonstrated in the last thirty
three years that I have appreciated
fully the Importance of properly main
taining this historic place. The public
will not be surprised that I am unwilling
to turn it over to a self-appointed di
rector, whose interest in the matter has
been of the briefest, especially In view
of the character of the campaign of
abuse of my family and of the mis
statements and disregard of the care I
have bestowed upon the estate.
It is pro; osed to make Monticello a
public place like Mount Vernon. At Mon
ticello the atmosphere of the home of
Jefferson is maintained and the f ellng
of reverence for Jefferson is fostered.
At Mount Vernon an admission fee is
charged, and the home atmosphere has
been lost."
Daughters to Get Home, She Says.
Assurance that Monticello will be given
to the Virginia state division of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy has
been given by Representative Levy, de
clares Mrs. Frank Anthony Walke of
Norfolk, Va , custodian of flags and
perirar.ts of the society.
?'Monticello belongs to Virginia in the
future, and the government shall not
own it." said Mrs. Walke. "Mr. Levy
has promised that the Virginia division
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy shall have the old home of
Jefferson. I have his personal assurance
that the property shall go to us when
he has finished Its use."
Mrs. Walke stated that she was speak
ing entirely for herself and on her own
responsibility. She declares she will
oppose any proposition for its acquisi
tion by the United States which may
be advanced by Mrs. Littleton for the
Indorsement of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy convention.
Murders Her Two Children.
NEW YORK, November 1H.?Mrs. Annie
Raices killed her two children, a boy,
aged twelve, and a girl of fourteen years,
at her home In Brooklyn last night by
^as. She tried to kill herself, too. but
her husband broke into the apartment
? before she succumbed.
Rule for Automobile Operators
* Who Violate Law.
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ORDER OF NIAJ. SYLVESTER
I
Acceptance of Collateral No Longer
to Prevent Court Hearing.
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS
Police Chief Believes Enforcement
of Regulations Will Eliminate
Danger of Accidents.
Automobilists and drivers who are here
after arrested on the charge of violating
t.ie regulations against speeding at street
crossings and around corners of inter
secting streets will be required to appear
in the Police Court and stand trial. The
acceptance of small collateral In such
cases, and permitting forfeitures In court,
Maj. Sylvester says, will no longer be
permitted. In cases in which collateral is 1
accepted, attachments to compel the at-1
tendance of offenders in court will be
asked in the event of failure to appear.
Many arrests on the charges in ques
tion have been 'made by the police re
cently, Maj. Sylvester said today, and be
cause the arrests failed to reduce the
number of violations, It is deemed advis- j
able to force the offenders to appear in
court.
"Compelling violators of the law to i
stand trial, Maj. Sylvester stated, 'may
come as a shook to some of the automo
bilists and drivers of horses, but It no |
doubt will be the means of forcing a more
decided observance of the regulations."
Limit to Speed.
It is an offense to drive or propel a ve
hicle across intersecting streets at a rate
of speed greater than eight miies an hour,
while in turning at corners the limit Is
six miles.
It is proposed by Maj. Sylvester that
the b.cycie force from all the precincts
oe put on duty in. the business section to
see to the enforcement of the regulations,
and a few days of this work by tne
wheeimen. he thinks, will resun in a
strict observance of the laws, and a.so
be the means of decreasing the numuer
of accidents.
"it is the careless and reckless viola
tors of the regulations who should be
severely pumsned," stated the superin
tendent of po.lce, "and it Is the conduct
of such men that makes the strict en
forcement of the regulation imperative."
Maj. Sy.vester says It is his intent.on
to see to the observance of the new reg
u.ations that are soon tr be made by the
Commissioners, and he thinks the" pro
posed regulation to require automobiles
co come to a stop when they approach
street cars that have stopped will not
only be the means of reducing the num
ber of accidents, but it will induce auto
mobi.ists and drivers to seek streets on
which there are no car lines.
Should Rank as Boulevards.
The superintendent of police says he
thinks regulations should be adopted
which would make boulevards of Massa
chusetts avenue, 16th street and Pennsyl
vania avenue. He would stop all unnec
essary heavy traflc on these three thor
oughfares, the same as is done on similar
streets in other large cities, he says, and
application of such a rule on occasions of
celebrations would make the city seem
more beautiful to strangers and make the
movements of ordinary vehicles much
easier.
"As conditions are now," Maj. Sylvester
added, "drivers of heavy teams are at
tracted to Pennsylvania avenue through
curiosity. They like to view the crowds
about the theaters and listen to an occa
sional band. To make it a boulevard
would d.vert such heavy traffic to less
ctowded thoroughfares. It would force
wagonloads of hay to be driven through
the back streets and fewer barnyard
scenes would be witnessed."
Rights of the People.
Maj. Sylvester says there aj-e times'
when thousands of persons are anxious
to get news from bulletins in front of
newspaper offices, and, he says, they are
entitled to gather in front of the offices
without heavy vehicles being driven so as
to interfere with them. He would have
the regulations stop processions of heavy
sightseeing automobiles on the boule
vard?.
MILITIA TO KEEP OH
Four Companies Sent to West
Virginia's Disturbed
District.
CHARLESTON, W. Va.. November 1?.
Determined to put an end to the law
'essness which developed in the Paint
Creek and Cabin Creek districts of the
Kanawha coal ttelds since the militia was
withdrawn ten days ago, Gov. William E.
Glasscock this morning issued a procla
mat on of martial law and ordered four
companies of the 1st West Virginia In
fantry into the disturbed district. Gen.
C. I). Elliott, placed in command, estab
lished his headquarters at Paint Creek
Junction. A military court was named
to try all offenders taken in the martia!
law territory, which extends for ten
miles along Cabin Creek from Paint
Creek Junction to Eskadale and on Paint
Creek to Holly Grove, a distance of four
miles. Maj. Thomas B. Davis was named
provost marshal.
Two cars filled with strikebreakers
brought from the wes- and turned back
I from Cabin Creek by armed men last
night were escorted to tne mines this
i morn ng by the Charleston Company of
I the 1st Regiment.
All the military companies will be in
| ramp .y nightfall.
j PASSENGER CARS WRECKED.
? ?
Express Sideswipes Freight Train,
Bat Nobody Hurt.
MILFORD, Conn., November 16.?The
j Portland express via Springfield. Mass.,
j bound for New York, sideswiped a
j freight train this morning.
A smoker, one day coach and two sleep
ers. which were the last four In the train,
were wrecked. Appearances are that these
cars were derailed by spreading switch
points, and while running over the ties
hit the freight. No passengers were in
jured.
In order not to hold up the Yale men
who are going over to the ITtnceton
game, westbound trains are being moved
over castbound tracks.
LOOK FOR CHOLERA
Meat Inspectors Here Guard
Against Diseased Hogs.
RIGID MEASURES ORDERED
Appearance of Disease at Falls
Church, Va., Stirs Officials.
MARYLAND ALSO SUSPECTED
Pork Coming From the Two Nearby
States to Undergo Severe
Examination.
.
Federal meat inspectors in "Washington
? have beer notified by the Department of
I Agriculture to be on the lookout for evi
i dences of cholera among the carcasses of
hogs shipped here from nearby Maryland
and Virginia farms. It is known that
hog cholera has made its appearance
around the village of Falls Church, Va.,
and that it or som esimilar disease pre
vails among hogs in the suburbs on the ,
Maryland side of the Potomac.
Whether any of the hogs that actually !
died of cholera have been butchered and I
sent to the Washington mariiet is not
known. It is known, however, that the
season for hog killing around Falls
Church was hastily advanced on the ap
pearance of the disease and there was a
general killing of the live animals that
might be subject to the disease. Whether
these carcasses were actually infected
and whether they were sold locally or
shipped into ,Washington Is not suscepti
ble of legal proof. Now that orders have
been given the local inspectors to look out
for evidences of the disease, it is likely i
that any infected carcasses offered for
sale will be detected.
Able to Detect Disease.
Under the federal meat inspection stat
ute the regular slaughter houses and
packing establishments that have govern
ment inspection are always able to de
tect diseased animals as soon as they are
brought in for slaughter. There is a spe
cial provision in the law, however, that
exempts farm-slaughtered animals from
the restrictions of the nspection law. If
the farms from which they come are situ
i ated near enough to the state line for the
carcasses of farm-killed animals to enter
into interstate commerce all the owner
of the animal has to do is to make out a
certificate that the animal was healthy
and in good condition at the time it was
butchered.
The penalty for "knowingly ' violating
this law is a fine of not more than $1,000
or imprisonment for not more than one
year. The officials of the Department of
Agriculture say that owing to the word
ing of the law it is rather hard to obtain
a conviction, because it not only la diffi
cult to advance legal proof that an ani
mal was diseased after the carcass is
cleaned and the internal organs de
stroyed, but it is necessary also to prove
that the offense was committed "know
ingly."
Absent in Dressed Carcass.
In the case of hog cholera the symp
toms that would be plain enough in a
live animal are frequently aibsent in a
dressed carcass. One of the telltale
marks that remains in many cases is a
series of livid blotches on the skin and
another thing is congested blood specks
on the surface of the kidneys and under
the outer covering. Any carcasses bear
ing these or other evidences of disease
plain to the eye of an expert will be
marked down if ottered for sale and if
examination proves that it is from an in
fected animal an effort will be made to
trace the. dressed meat to its source of
origin.
The Department of Agriculture has
been working for years o<?* the prob
lem of finding a protective serum for
hogs that would make them immune
to cholera. Such a serum has been
developed, and has been largely used
by the big growers with excellent re
sult*, but the smaller farmers who
raise only a very few animals have
generally been willing to trust to
chance rather than go to the expense
and trouble of cholera inoculation.
KILLS WIFE, TRIES SUICIDE.
Ohio School Teacher Insane Over
Defeat for Public Office.
MOUNT VERNON. Ohio, Novemoer 16.
?Believed to be insane as a result of his
defeat at the polls for nomination for
county treasurer, William Magill, apea
j forty-seven, a school teacher of this city,
i today shot and killed his wife with a
shotgun while she was asleep, and then
walked into an adjoining room and at
tempted to commit suicide by turning
the gun upon himself.
Mrs. Magi 11's head was nearly torn ott.
Magill probably will die. The lower right
side of his face was shot away.
PROPOSED MUSEUM OF ART.
Structure Provided for by Former
Citizens of Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 16.?
City officials and museum trustees last
night were shown a miniature plaster of
pans model of the new Cleveland Mu
seum of Art, which will be built in the
northeast part of Wade Park, this city.
Work will be started at once and comple
tion is looked for within two years
Trustees of the wills of John Hunting
ion and Horace Kelley, each of whom left
property to be turned into a lund for the <
erection of the building, are co operating !
with a committee of city officials.
The buiding proper will be 300 feet i
long and ISO feet w de, with a fore court, |
formal garden and lagoon facing the j
main entrance.
The Interior of the building and the oc-!
tagonal rotunda will be of gray canyon!
sa? dstone. The material for the outside'
has not been selected.
BATHTUB DEATH SOLVED.
Miss Marjorie Powers Succumbed to
Heart Disease, Autopsy Shows.
BOSTON, November 16.?That Miss
Marjorie G. Powers, the stenographer
whose body was found face downward In
a bath tub at the Revere House, died as
a result of heart disease was reported
by Medical Examiner Magrath after an
autopsy.
Arthur T. Cumings, the merchant by
whom the girl was employed, who was
arrested on suspicion of being connected
with her death, was released. Thus
within twenty-four hours the case, which
was at first regarded as a possible par
allel to 'the famous Avis Linncll case,
has been cleared up.
It is stated in the medical examiner's
report that Miss Powers was in a per
l fectly normal physical condition, and the
I autopsy also established the fact that her
death ccmld not have been the result of
either sigcide, accidental drowning or the
use of poisonous drugs.
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PRESIDENT TAFT LAUDS
WINNER OF NOBEL PRIZE
Present at Celebration at the
College of the City of
New York.
NEW YORK, November 1G.?The Presi
dent of the United States, the French am
bassador, a distinguished body of scien
tists and the students and faculty of the
College of the City of New York gathered
in the great hall of the institution today
in celebration of the honor accorded this
country in the recent award of the Nobel
prize for medicine to Dr. Alexis Carrel of
this city, in recognition of his work in
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search.
Introduced by President Finley of the
college, President Taft spoke briefly,
chiefly in praise of Dr. Carrel. To the
expression by Dr. Finley of the hope that
Mr. Taft would tcontinue to be a stanch
personal friend and friend of the college,
the President replied:
"If I interpret your president's remarks
correctly, you don't quite appreciate your
blessings until they have taken flight."
The students cheered.
Dr. Carrel spoke, modestly of his work,
praising Dr. Flexm-r and others whose
efforts at the Rockefeller Institute had
made it possible. Ambassador Jusserand
spoke partly in French and partly in Eng
lish, reviewing Dr. Carrel's career and
the significance of the Nobel prize.
Flans for Three Days.
' President Taft arrived from Washing
ton this morning to spend three days in
this vicinity, visiting several institutions
and attending meetings.
Tonight he will be the guest here at a
dinner of the Lotos dub. He will spend
Sunday here, and Monday he will to
New Haven to attend the meeting of the
Yale Corporation. He will return to Wash
ington Monday night.
The President, accompanied by Carmi
Thompson, his secretary, arrived at 7:15
a.m. After breakfast at a hote! he went
to the College of the City of New York
From there he planned to motor to Dobos
Ferry to visit the children's village of the
New York Juvenile Orphan Asylum
The President expected to take lunch
eon at Ardsley with Adolph Lewisohn.
In the afternoon he will continue his mo
tor trip to Pleasant.ville to visit the He
brew Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asy
lum.
BEFORE SPECIAL GRAND JURY.
Investigation of Alleged Bribery in
Jefferson County, Ohio.
STEUBEN VILLE, Ohio, November 16.?
It was learned here today that the specia
yrand jury which will investigate the al
leged wholesale bribery of voters in Jef
ierson county will be caled Monday, im
mediately after the September grand jury
has been discharged. It was the purpose
of the authorities, it is said, to hayq the
September j-rand jury carry on the in
vestigat on, but it developed that a coun
ty commissioner, elected at the ate elec
tion, was a member of the jury. County
Prosecutor Pa.sley is expected to re
turn from Columbus tonight after a con
ference with Atiorney General Hogan, at
which p.ans for the investigation were
discussed.
THAW LAWYER IN PRISON.
Daniel O'Reilly Delivers Himself to
Penitentiary Authorities.
NEW YORK, November 16.?Daniel
O'Reilly, once prominent as a lawyer and
personal counsel for Harry Thaw in his
trials, delivered himself to the authorities
of the penitentiary on Blackwells Island
last night to serve a term of seven
months' imprisonment.
O'Reilly was convicted last year of
having received stolen property in con
nection with a i-obbery in the Produce
Exchange building.
An appeal in O'Reilly's behalf has been
pending for some time, and he has
been free under a stay of sentence. For
some unknown reason he went to the
court this week and asked that the stay
be vacated. It is understood that the
[ appeal will be argued before the appel
I late division next week.
THOUGH ROOSEVELT LEADS,
DEMOCRATS CLAIM STATE
Assert That True Count Will Give
California to Gov.
Wilson.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 16.?With
the vote of every county of the state offi
cially canvassed except L?os Angeles and
Humboldt, Roosevelt leads by a margin
of 99. The totals were:
Roosevelt, 283,465: Wilson, 283,366.
Seemingly, the final outcome hinges on
the result in Ix>s Angeles county, where
the official canvass has been halted by
court procedure. This is a progressive
stronghold, but democratic leaders per
sist in their claim that Wilson has car
ried the state.
The present progressive state plurality,
say the democrats, is made up by adding
together county by county the vote re
ceived in each county by the progressive
elector who ran highest therein. Thus,
in some counties where the name of
L-ieuL Gov. Wallace, progressive elector,
was scratched, the Wallace vote does not
appear in tables now at hand. Instead,
the vote of the man who stood highest on
the progressive side was reported. Some
times it was Pardee, sometimes Wheeler,
sometimes somebody else.
This scheme, the democrats admit, also
was used by them, and is all right as to
counties, but they point out that the offi
cial popular progressive vote in the state
will be the vote for that one candidate
who stands first in the state as a whole.
This will be Wallace and his total vote,
the democrats argue, cannot be as great
as the highest progressive vote, taken
county by county, because in some coun
ties he ran behind his ticket
So they hope to win, affirming that
Thomas Griffin, leading democratic elector,
was not scratched anywhere.
HAWLEY SUCCEEDS HEYBUHN.
Will Resign as Governor of Idaho to
Be Appointed Senator.
BOISE, Idaho, November 16.?Gov.
James II. Hawley of Idaho announced
last night that he would resign.
Lieut. Gov. Sweetser. who is a re
publican, announced that as governor he
would appoint Hawley I'nited State>l
senator to succeed the late Senator Hey
burn. Gov. Hawley is a democrat.
Stories by
Nathan Haskell Dole
Sewell Ford
John E. Wilkie
Articles by
George ] ean Nathan
CountSimon Rodianoff
A former bodyguard o? the Czar.
The Man
Who
Was Lost
the new serial by
Maude Radford Warren
in the next
Sunday
Magazine
of The
Sunday
Star
WOULD TAKE DEADWOOD
FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE
Speaker Cfark Believes Gov
ernment System Is Topheavy,
and Needs Amendment.
That the present civil service system
is topheavy and that the deadwood in
it should be removed swiftly is the idea
of Speaker Clark, as expressed today in
a statement written by him for The Star.
The Speaker believes that there is a seri
ous problem in the government clerk, and
that Congress is not going to adopt any
or every scheme for benefiting clerks, for
pensioning them or retiring them unless
Congress can be shown that it is the wis
est move for the country at large.
Speaker's Views.
Mr. Clark's statement follows:
"In my judgment the civil service sys
tem in some shape or fashion is a per
manency. Some places involve technical
knowledge or physical or mental training
and agility, others do not. Positions of
that class ought to be under civil service
rules and obtained by examinations. It
must be taken and accepted as true that
no party can afford to give places of re
sponsibility to incompetents. But many
places require no technical knowledge
and the civil service has been extended
to cover these, which is overdoing the
business.
Opposes Federal Pension System.
"That the present system is rendering
the civil service topheavy and loading it
up with deadwood there can be no ques
tion. and that situation ought to be rem
edied. In my opinion the government
ought not to create a pension system
from civil life. It might, however, adopt
a system properly worked out and rec
ommended by a competent and reliable
actuary, by which persons in the civil
service can work out their own pension
system by fixed contributions from their
{?aiiiries. I mean a workable system, not
a haphazard or crazy-quilt sort of ar
rangement. which would soon go to
pieces of its own weight. 1 think, per
nap9, Congress would adopt such a
scheme, when convinced of its practi
cabi.ity and satisfied that its end and
aim is not to finally saddle the expense
on the government.
Cites Hindrances.
"The chief hindrance to any plan hith
erto proposed is that the younger em
ployes object by reason of the fact that
the older employes would enjoy the full
benefits without contributing anything.
There is the rub, and there is where all
plans yet proposed have broken down.
Any man with sense enough to propose a
scheme to fix that which will be satisfac
toiy all around would be a public bene
factor.
"One word more: Congress is not hos
tile to government employes, but Con
gress does not like io be constantly bully
ragged because It is unwilling to indorse
any and every scheme proposed. It will
require wisdom, patience and patriotism
all around to get out of the welter in
which things now are."
FIRE LOSS ABOUT $400,000.
Facking Company's Large Plant in
Indianapolis Destroyed.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November 16.?
The plant of the Van Camp Packing Com
pany was partially burned early this
morning, the owners estimating, their lo^s
at about |400,000. The loss is fully cov
ered by insurance. The cause of the fire
has not been determined. i
The flames spread rapidly in the build
ings, which covered several acres of
ground and had gained great headway
before the arrival of the fire department,
which had been called out by a general
alarm.
While the flames were at their height a
twenty-inch water main burst and for a
while the firemen worked with streams
from two engines, which pumped water
from cisterns. After an hour's delay the
pressure was restored and the firemen
soon had the blaze under control.
The company employed about 3.200 per
sons. Officials announced that the plant
probably wlU be rebuilt.
? I
All Officers, With Two Excep
tions, Re-Elected by U. D. C.
MRS. WHITE AGAIN AT HEAD
Chosen Notwithstanding Her Ab
sence From the Contention.
OVATION TO UNION VETERAN
Corp. James Tanner Delivers Brief
Address on Sectional Amity.
Concluding Session Tonight.
Mrs. Alexander B. White, president gen
eral of the U. D. C., and, with two excep
tions, every other general officer was re
flected at the convention of the organiza
tion this morning in the New Willard
Hotel. Every officer without exception
was elected by acclamation and without
contest.
The two new incumbents of office are
Mrs. 1. W. Faison of North Carolina.
| chosen third vice president general, and
| Mrs. Orlando Halliburton of Arkansas,
made registrar general.
The former registrar general. Mrs. James
B. Gantt of Jefferson City, Mo., was not
.a candidate, owing to the recent death of
her husband, Judge Gantt. Mrs. J. J.
McAlester, retiring third vice president
general, also was not a candidate.
In the name of the entire convention
Dody a telegram was sent to Mrs. White
at her home in Paris, Tenn., announc.ng
her re-election. Mrs. White is detained at
1 ? ill ?f hC1 husband* who is grave
9
Roster of Officers.
Other officers re-elected were: Mrs.
Prank G. Odenheimer of Jessup, Md., firai
vice president (Mrs. Odenheimer has been
presiding over the convention as acting
i president general); Mrs. Drury C. Lud
low of Washington, second vice president;
Mrs Roy Weaks McAlester of McAlester,
ri recording secretary general; Mrs
, Eduard Carl Schnabet of New Orleans
i ^ nC^Trf8poi1^n.g secretary general; M.s!
? , Tate of Pulaski, Va., treasurer iren
Gfa h^1tS"^MiWred Rutherf?rd of Athens.
Jf S~hnrera,: Mrs- H- Ra'ne?
hin^ A? ?a" J^todlan of crosses of
Wf^i'L \'S- F rank Anth?ny Walke of
nants custodian of fla?s *nd pen
nSSF**# Mrs- Walter D- I-amar of
tho^l raan "who has done more
than any other to aki the U. D. C., in
proclaiming the brotherhood of man."
J.ames Tanner, received an ova
a vot5\ of thanks from the con
th ?n' 1x13 side as he stood upon
the stage was a veteran of the gray, S.
A. Cunningham, proprietor and editor of
of*th??l^ecervte Veteran* offlcial organ
Mrs. E. K. Trader, who as Ellen New
ceJehrated as the "Florence
Nightingale of the Confederacy." giving
her means and her labors to the nurs
ing of wounded Confederates during the
war between the states, was aiso pre
*!? a1 t??k a seat upon the stage.
?fr?? J^rader is now an employe of the
United States pension bureau, and is
also In n^pt of a pension from the
Mrs. Odenheimer, acting president gen
eral, demanded the honor of escorting
Corp. Tanner to the stage. She said of
him to the convention:
If you knew the man as I know him
you would love him from the heart as I
love him."
Corp. Tanner's Response.
"If we of the north and south knew
each other long ago as we know each
other now we would not have been em
broiled in the terrible fratricidal war of
1861-65," declared Corp. Tanner. He re
ferred to Gen. R. A. Alger as one of the
gentlest men that ever lived, giving him
credit as United States senator for intro
ducing the bill returning the battleflags
of the south.
The storm of protest which greeted this
proposition died down, so that when a
vote was taken in Congress there was no
voice of dissent. He told the women of
the southland that it would be a disgrace
to their womanhood should they forget
the blood shed by father and sons upon
the battlefield, and the glorious tradition
of their history.
Since Gen. R. E. Lee urged the veterans
of the Confederacy not to exile them
selves. but to remain on their native soil
and help build up a united country, said
Corp. Tanner, he had been an advo
cate of reconciliation, and had done his
best toward promotion of better feeling
between the sections, with never a bitter
word spoken by him.
Georgia Division Reports.
Mrs. Lamar, in presenting the report
of the state division of Georgia, of
which she is president, asserted as fact
that a text book used in the Military
Academy at West Point between 182o
and 1S40 had inculcated the principle
that the right of a state to secede from
the Union was unalienable. Stonewall
Jackson, she commented, was under
going his military Instruction at the
academy during this period.
A party of Daughters made a special
trip to Mount Vernon to visit the Wash
ington home today. The delegation will
stop in Alexandria either in going to
or returning from Mount Vernon.
The final session of the convention will
be held tonight.
DAUGHTERS VOTE
TO MEET IN 1913
IN NEW ORLEANS
Yesterday was the busiest day the dele
gates to the nineteenth annual conven
tion of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy have experienced since gather
ing in Vh ashington. Upon their return
from Annapolis, where they were re
ceived by Gov. Goldsborough, two busi
ness sessions were held, at which the se
lection of New Orleans as the next meet
ing place and other important matters
were decided. The climax of the day's
activities was reached when a reception
in honor of the U. D. C. was held at the
Pan-American Union building last night
John Barrett, director of the Pan-Amer
ican Union, officials of the Southern So
ciety of Washington and of the Southern
Commercial Congress were the joint
hosts. The interior of the Pan-American
building had been specially decorated for
the occasion. The patio into which the
guests entered was a scene of tropical
beauty.
Mr. Barrett and his receiving party
stood just within the ballroom on the
second floor.
In the Receiving Line.
Those in the receiving line with Mr.
Barrett were Mrs. Alexander B. White,
president general of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy; Mrs. F. G.
Odenheimer. first vice president of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy;;
(Continued on Eighth Paje.)
PEACE CONDITIONS ?
BEINGDRAWN UP,
Prompt Acceptance by Turkey
May Avert the Taking of
Constantinople.
MUST BE AGREED TO
WITHIN 24 HOURS
Ottoman Government Realizes Futil
ity of Further Resistance. i
LITTLE NEWS OF FIGHTING
King Ferdinand About to Start for
Tcbatalja?-Correspondent Tells
of Battle Line Fifteen
Miles Long.
SOFIA. Bulgaria, November 1<;. ? Tie
subject of peace negotiations is absorbing
the entire attention of the Bulgarian gov
ernment for the moment. The Bulgarian
cabinet lost no time in communicating to
the allies the contents of the letter front
the grand vizier on the subject of iiu
armistice, and an interchange of views
between the Balkan governments is in
active progress.
It is stated that the peace conditions
will be formulated with the lea?t pos
sible delay and presented to Turkey. Un
less they are accepted within twenty-four
hours after their presentation hostilities
will be continued, as the Bulgarian gen
erals are not widlng to perm.t Turkey
to gain valuable time by wrangling over
the conditions. A prompt a?cept.?noe
may avert the entry of the Bulgarlau
troops into Constantinople.
May Betain Capital.
It is believed that Bulgaria will not ob
ject to Turkey retaining Constantinople
and the Dardanelles.
Regarding the military situation at tiie
Tchatalja line of fortifications in front
of the Turkish capital many rumors are
in circuiatxtn, but as far as is officially
known no serious engagement has yet
occurred. There have been merely a lew
encounters between the Bulgarian and
Turkish outposts, while the Bulgarians
have occupied three villages in front o?
the fortifications.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is now at
Klrk-Kilisseh, but it Is reported that ho
is preparing to start for Tchatalja.
Think War About Over.
j CONSTANTINOPLE (fcy way of Kus
: tendje), November ltlw?The opinion in
general here that the war Is practically
over. An armistice with the Bulgarians
will in all probability be arranged within
the next few days, and this will l?e fol
lowed by direct negotiations for peace.
The Ottoman government fully realizes
that further resistance can only preju
dice the position of Turkey still more,
while its outcome is extremely pr?>o
lematical and might lead to even mol'o
humiliation.
It is recognized that practically the
whoie of European Turkey is lost, so
much so that the banks and the council
of the Ottoman public debt already aro
taking stock of their own interest in the
lost provinces, in view of protecting
themselves when the final settlement
conies up for di&cus^ion.
A numoer oi the invalided Turkish sol
diers are affected by biood po.soning und
saiifeiene. '1 lie doctors in attendance de
clare mat many of the wounds nave been
seif-innicted.
.No ctioiera patients are sent to the city,
but litt.e piecatitiori is taKen to prevent
x'el'ugees bringing in the disease. Fugi
tives continue to crowd around the city
wans. Trainioads of tnem are being sent
off daily a.ong the ra.lroad into Asia
Minor.
Fleeing From Cholera.
Many of tile foreign residents who
were willing to risk the chance of a fa
natical outbreak are departing for ISurope
because of the cholera.
The departure of prominent members of
the Young Turks* party for Europe is
considered by many as foreshadowing ;v
possible return of the old regime, in
which case the Young Turk leaders would
be the first sufferers.
The foreign military attaches here ai^
of opinion that the Bulgarians are finding
many difflcu.tles, and that they have bee*
unable to bring up a sufficient army ta
insure a successful attack on the Tcba
talja lines, which must be made direct W?
the front. ?*
Desperate Bayonet Fight.
VIENNA, Austria, November H?
hand-to-hand bayonet fight occurred
the port of San Giovanni dl Medu*
Thursday, when the Montenegrins suc
ceeded In dislodging the Turks from the
mountains dominating the city. Aooord
ing to a dispatch from Dulcigno to the
Zelt, a number of English volunteer*
fighting on the Montenegrin side were
wounded.
The Turkish garrison of San Gtorumi
dl Medua has been reinforced by this ar
rival of some big guns, according to ?
dispatch to the Reiclispost.
The Turkish garrison at Scutari has
received a supply of fresh provisions
sufficient to last forty days, and the
Turkish commandant there declares, ac
cording to the Neue Freie Presse, that
he will hold the fortress until the last
man of the Turkish garrison has fallen,
even should the Ottoman government
order him to surrender. He will certainly
not fall alive Into the hands of the Mon
tenegrins, he declares.
Reports Are Discredited.
IjONDON, November 16.?Utter dis
credit is thrown by military experts in
England on the reports published In
Vienna papers of the movements and
operations of the Bulgarian and other
armies In the field. The reputation of
llXt Wagner of the Reichspost, which
went up like a rocket when he was claim
uf to be the only correspondent wit
nessing the battles, has now fallen Ilka
a Th'e ^English newspapers express the
opinion that the Viennese war corre
?Dondent has been urged, knowingly or
innocently, by the Bulgarian staff to send
reports of movements of the Bulgarian
armies for the purpose of misleading the
Turks The great battle w.dch he de
clared had been fought nearly a fortnight
ago at the line of Tchatalja, when the
i losses were declared by him to have ex
ceeded those at Lule-Burgas, never oc
curred. it is declared.
I One correspondent with the Bulgarian
headquarters declares that L,leut. Wagner
was at headquarters most of the time
1 during the battle of Kirk-Kill**^, whlcli
[he claimed to have witnessed, and he