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No. 19.139. WASHINGTON, D. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1913-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. * ONE CENT.
FATE OF MADERO !
TO BE MADHOUSE, i
DEATH OR EXILEi
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Family of Deposed President !
in Hiding. Fearing for
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Their Lives.
PALACE OFFICIAL DIES
SHOUTING "VIVA MEXICO" I
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New Government Already Menaced
by Plots and Revolt.
FELIX DIAZ FOR PRESIDENT
Huerta Not Expected to Oppose Him j.
on Election?Iron Hand in
Dealing With Rebels Their ! <
Declared Policy.
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DICTATOR AVENGED. Mexico
City,
lebruarv 20. 101
J o Forfirio Diaz. l.'aris: s
You have been avenged 1
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against vour lormer cnemv.
DIAZ.
HUERTA.
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MEXICO CITY. February jo.
? The Mexican capital was in a
>tate of uncertainty this morning
in retrard to the fate of the heads
ui the old administration. <
< ien. Huerta's order preventing
tlie departure of Francisco Madero ,
gave rise to many rumors and ]
conjectures, among them that he j
is to be shot.
Another Maderist Shot. ; ,
Adolfo Basso, sixty years old '
superintendent of the National ,
Palace for many years, \vas ex- !
ecuted late last night. '
Basso faced the tiring squad
bravely. He laid bare his breast
to the riflemen and his last words
were "Viva Mexico."
Rebels Near the Capital.
The activity of the followers of
Zapata has been turned against
the new administration. A small
force of rebels was reported today
in the neighborhood of the capitil
'i n rl t-r n>nro
iuii uiiu ^vv viiiiuviii n vujyo u vi v j v
sent out?against them. j ]
An unconfirmed dispatch saysji
that Cuernavaca has fallen into '
Zapata's hands. 1
Diaz Would Be President. 1
IVlix Diaz will enter the race for the
presidency. Probably (ten. Uuertu will
i.ot run against him.
< >ne reason why Diaz made no effort to
secure the provisional presidency for s
hims'-If was his wish to be entirely free
Jo organlz.- and direct l.is party In the
coming campaign.
tion in one of the court yards of the Xa- 1 1
armj discipline under the new regime.
This was indicated by the prompt execu- ]
tion in one of the court yards of- the na- ,
tional Palace today of a buglar w lio liad
nred on ids superior officer.
Family Is in Hiding. ,
These are days of fugitives. The 1
familhs of 'iios" who stood higii In favor 1
v. ith .Mad<;>, fearing retaliation, have <
11 r?l from the city. Among them are the
members ?>f th? Madero family. The wife )
> : the i x-,?"<* ddent hits gone no farther
than their ranch, near the Atzcapotzalco
> i-i'iri'. Ii'ii tiie other iijcijiiwrs of the
iamilv ir? supposed t?? at Vera ('ruz. j<
P v i- s:?i?l th.it i he ex-pre^ident was j *
<> he i|. jm'tt'd from Vein ?'ruz much as j :
Iiri?? li .az was sent away, and that j
i i ^ i \ , . i ;i?: |la 1?.. .j ui i K? t . I (
? ? ? " n IUI il 1
' th" ipiirdT <>f t'ol. Kivcrol. whom 1
v. is u? < -.<1 oi Killing at tin- time of '
s (irri.-: in tl. national palace. The 1
nrnial a < ' -u;ion was made against him
v Attorn. > ?'arlo.- Salinas before the]
a:torney general of the republic, and it1
was dot-tared tliat the charge was to be
.eft pending should lie attempt to return
to the republic.
Another report v. as that the government
was considering the advisability of i
Drinking him bt fore a lunacy commission.
Senora Madero's Vain Wait.
Senora Ma-lero and the ex-president's
two sisters and his aged father, together
with the family of cx-Vlce President
Suarez. waited at the station last night
ready to dejort for Vera Cruz and thence
for Kurope.
Hut at the hour which had been fixed1
tor departure Congress was still in ses-1
-ion discussing the situation.
S> lima Madero and the rest of her party!
nt exiles hail waited impatiently for more ,
? <an tw o hours, when they werf informed I
>>- ex-Foreifcn Minister Ijascurain that !
the ex-president "would be preveuted !
rrom Joining them in their journey."
Serior l-ascuratn declared that he was i
nable to give any explanation of the I
delay. Senora Madero. fearing the inten-|
lions of congrrsi) aiul Gen. Huerta In 1
regard to her husband, wept profusely. J
die and her party then left the railroad j
talion arid went hack to the city.
flumor? that all was not Koine well be'vveen
Gen. Huerta and Fellst Idaz were j
discounted today by the tact that the two;
eld 1 rc'iuent conferences regarding the;
conduct of affairs, and often addressed
ach other by their tlrat names.
L'nited States Ambassador Wilson, who
i as taken such a keen interest in the establishment
of the new administration,
was in council with both Gen. Huerta and
inaz. and was made the recipient of'
lr!ank ronHilfnci-e Kv
The cabinet at llrst agreed upon by
iiuerta and Diaz was confirmed In all respects
except in connection with the ministry
of finance, in which Esquival Obregan
was substituted for Carlos G. Del
< 'osio. The names for the portfolios were
suggested partly by Diaz and partly by
Iiuerta.
Apparently none or those closely connected
with the new administration fear
any untoward occurrence. The senate
appears to be in thorough accord with
the new government, hut there is no such
icart.v co-operation from the deputies
Many of the deputies belong to the mcxie
n radical school of jiolltiiians. end are
inclined to look upon Gen. Iiuerta and
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HELD TOBEUNFAIR
McCaskey Register Company
Sued by Government.
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CHARGES ARE SENSATIONAL
"Knockout Men" Employed to Wreck
Business of Competitors.
SPYING AND BRIBING ALLEGED
Defendants Said to Have Built Machines
Known as "Knockers"
to Ruin Rivals.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, February 20?.Sensational
charges of violations of the
Sherman anti-trust law arc leveled at the
MoCaskey Register Company In a civif
suit filed here today by order of Attorney
General tViekorsbam.
To acquire a monopoly of the interstate
and foreign commerce in the sale
of account registers, appliances and systems
for keeping credit accounts, the
company, its officers and agents, it 1s
harged. wrongfully and fraudulently ]
lave obstructed and suppressed the business
of competitors, bribed their employes.
employed agents to spy upon
their business, have waged an unfair
anipaign of patent suits and threatened
suits and or other unlawful methods to
stifle competition.
The federal district court here was j
vsked to restrain the following named defendants
from turther monopoly and to
prohibit a series of alleged unlawful and
unfair practices:
List of Defendants Named.
The McCaskev Register Company, Al4
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II t'U VI. AVU'V , I O. JVU? ^ aiu?v?
G. Zimmerman, Edward A. Langenbach
and Austin Lynch ol" Canton, Ohio;
Henry F. Pollock, Theodore C. Uran,
George C. Ilussell. William G. Farnum,
Milton Bejoch and Grant Klser of Alliance.
Ohio; Joslah W. Phipps, Boston;
I'harles T. Baxter, New York city; David
L\ Bower. Pittsburgh; Harry M. Rowley, {
Chicago: William P. Hughes, San Francisco:
John H. Jones, Kansas City, Mo.;
FTed Schneider. Seattle; George P. Hayes,
Memphis, Tenn.; Les.le G. Solar, Atlanta,
and Edward T. Bingham, Washington,
D. C.
The defendant company is said to own
>xclusively the Dominion Register Company,
Limited, of Toronto.Canada, which
ilso maintains an agency in London.
The bill, tiled by United States Attorney
Denman, Is signed by Attorney Gen?ial
Wickersham. James A. Fowler, his
assistant, aud Malcolm A. Coles, his special
assistant.
"Flying Squadron'' Alleged.
A campaign of "fierce and unfair competition"
lias been planned or consented
to by officers of the company, the government
alleges. A force of special men,
iometimes called the "flying squadron"
>r "knockout men," was employed, It is
leclared, to impart to salesmen and
Lgents instructions to destroy the busi- J
less of competitors and for the purpose
>f Interfering with the negotiations and
nducing the cancellation by customers
>f their contracts of sale with com>etltors.
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Agents also were employed, it is
charged, to spy upon the business of r
competitors and fraudulently obtain In- c
'ormation ns to their sales and ship- f
nents and the addresses of their customers
or prospective customers.
The government asks for an injunction t
to prohibit the bribing of employes of t
railroad and express companies to obtain
information as to plans and shipments e
j? competitors. {
Threatened Suits Charged. [
A multiplicity of suits and threatened ^
?uits have l>een brought. it is charged, f
igainst competitors for tlie alleged in- t
frlngement of patent, rights in a system
atlc campaign of harassment. i
Some of the defendants are alleged lo
lave studiously copied and simulated ad.
antageous features of competitors' prod- J
lets and attached them to the McClos<ey
account register. They are declared
to have built registers known as "knockers."
resembling the machines of competitors.
and sold them without regard to
ost to ruin rivals.
Defendants arc charged with having
maintained a display room known as the
"graveyard" or bonfire at its factory at
Alliance, Ohio. Here, it is added, were
xhibited pictures representing large piles
A devices of competitors being burned
is useless.
Substantially all of these alleged means
!o destroy competition were pursued until j
he government began its investigation, it j
s declared. The alleged offenses, it is 1
jrgfed, are continuing. i
SULZER SCOFFS AT BROKERS.
Not Warned by Threat That They
Will Quit New York.
ALBANY. X. Y? February 20.?Gov.
Sulzer does not take seriously the alleged
threats of members of the New York
Stock Exchange to leave this state if the
governor's legislative stock exchange reform
program is carried out.
i unaerstanu. sam ine governor in
a statement today, "that my name was
greeted with hisses at a dinner of stock .
exchange n?en last night. In the performance
of my duty as I see it I care
very iittle about the hisses of the stock
exc hange crowd. They say they are going
to leave New York. They have said
that before. They will leave, no doubt,
when the moon falls."
NEW YORK. February UO?The governors
of the New York Stock Exchange
voted today to "oppose vigorously" the
passago of a bill now pending In the
legislature to increase the stock transfer
tax from - to 4 cents a share. A special
committee was appointed with authority
to "use every lawful effort" to
defeat the bill.
MADERO CONFIDENT TO LAST.
Aownl in Wo elii-nn^nn
JL vivgi n|fAivu Mgvun in TT ngiuiig tuu
He Was Sure to Win.
That President Madero of Mexico believed
up to the last moment before it Is
betrayal and capture Tuesday that he
was in control of the situation is shown
in a telegram received here by Sherburn
G. Hopkins, financial agent and legal adviser
of Madero In Washington, which
Mr. Hopkins said today was sent by Madero
less than an hour before his overthrow.
The telegram says:
"I am in absolute command. The main
>o?ly of the army is faithful, and the
cause of the government is rapidly winning.
Neither I Muz or his followers can
overthrow the wish of the people. Expect
to capture him tomorrow."
NEW LIMBED
House Passes Bill for Extension
of Street Railway.
TO REACH DISTRICT LIMITS
Sin trip Trank Overhear! Trollevs.
Will Serve Buildings of American
University.
The House today passed, on motion of
Chairman Johnson, the bill, which already
has passed the Senate, providing for extensin
of the street railway from Wisconsin
avenue along' McComb street and
Massachusetts avenue exended past the
American University buildings to the District
line. The bill provides for a singletrack
road operated by overhead trolley.
The vote was 58 to 6.
During consideration of the bill Mr.
Austin of Tennessee gave notice that
hereafter he would oppose bills granting
railway franchises without compensation
to the District or the government, lie
thought that all the District of Columbia
public service corporations should pay
for their franchises?the traction companies,
the gas and electric light companies.
He also wanted the traction
companies to furnish additional rolling
stock to relieve the "strap hangers."
Cannon Favors Bill.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois favored the pending
bill. He said lie had followed the
growth of the street car systems in this
city from the horse ears?and very poor
horse cars, at that?up to the present. In
all eases of Improvement Congress had
forced the railroads to act. first to put in
a cable, then an electric line, then to
electrify the "F street" line, and so on.
In this case everybody w-as satisfied
with the proposed extension, the railroad
and the people. He said a sympathetic
word for the Methodist University, too.
Mr. Sims of Tennessee said his experience
had taught him that railroads were
willing to make extensions oniv when
they saw a good profit or good selfish
reason in so doing.
FIFTY FREED FROM PRISON.
Seventy Others Remain in Paint
Creek Junction. W. Va., Bastile.
CHARLESTON*. W. Va., February 20.?
v*ully fifty persons taken by the military
n connection with disorders in the Paint |
*reek coal country were released during
ast night and today, leaving about sev nty
in the temporary prison at Paint
?reek Junction. Patrols traversed the
nountaln* last night in search of incen- ,
ilaries.
It is rumored that union labor men from
l11 parts of the state will meet here Satirday
to protect against the maintenance
>f the military in the coal country. It
vas said that Gov. Glasscock and Gen.
Elliott were prepared to bring troops to
he capital on that day if it was deemed
tecessary.
URGES ARMY INCREASE.
Pointed Reference to Military
Strength by French President.
PARIS, February 20.?Raymond Poin
aic, new presiueui 01 me r rencn repuD- i
ic, in a message to parliament today'
nade some pointed references to the neessity
of increasing France's military
'orces. j
After setting forth his conceptions of
he presidency and the necessity for a
Irm executive power, he declared:
"It is impossible for any nation to be
ffectively pacific unless it is always ready '
or war. A France exposed by her own i
ault to defiances or humiliations would
>e France no more. ,
"It would be a crime against civilizaion
to allow our nation to decrease its
orces while other nations developed 4
heirs without cessation."
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ACCUSED POLICE CAPTAIN DIES. ;
Martens of New York Named by !
Purcell as Recipient of Graft.
N'EIV YORK. February 110.?Police
t'apt. Frederick W. Martens, who v.as recently
accused by the gambler, James i
Purcell, before the aldermanle police in- \
vestigating committee of having accept- j
F*d graft died suddenly today, fie was
in his sixtieth year and deatli v.as due,
it was stated, to natural causes.
Purcell now is in jail on the charge of :
murdering his daughter.
French Ambassador to Russia.
PARIS, February 20.?Theophllc Delcasse.
formerly French minister of foreign
affairs and minister of marine, was
today appointed French ambassador to
Russia. He succeeded Georges I.ouis.
who has retired on reaching the age
limit.
Law Declared Unconstitutional.
SPKINOFTBLD, III.. February 20.?The
Oook county civil service law was today
declared unconstitutional by the supreme
court of Illinois. The decision came in
what is known as the "McAulifTe case."
The old Cook county civil service law
was not In dispute, and it is presumed
that it is still operative.
"Aportle" See Sentenced.
SPRINGFIELD. III.. February 2.).-1
Evelyn Ailhur See must serve an indeterminate
sentence of one to live years
for abduction, says the supreme court,
which today affirmed the lower court's
eonvictlon of the "apostle" of "Absolute
Life."
In December. 1900, it was claimed. Mr.
and Mrs- ?5. H. Bridges went to Florida,
leaving the daughter, Mildred, about fifteen
years ohl, at the quarters of Sec.
whose work consisted of teaching young
children how to avoid evil ways. When
the parents returned Mildred refused to
return to her home and continued to stay
until the fact came to the attention of
tlie police and See was placed under arr.'Sl
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THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Menate:
Met: at noon.
Mefc'an debate on river anil harbor
appropriation bill.
Finance committee indorsed Lodge
bill for tariff commission of five
members.
House:
Met at noon.
Resumed debate on Sundry civil
appropriation bill.
Chairman Hay of military affairs
commit fee introduced bill to reduce
number of officers allowed each
army regiment.
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WOMEN WIELD FIREBRAND
English Suffragettes Refused
Bail and One Hurls Book
at Judge.
LOXDOX. February a).?Suffragettes
said another havoc-working visit to the
Evew Botanical Gardens today and fired
l large refreshment pavilion, which
jurned to the ground. Two women were
irrested. They gave their names as j-iiian
Lenton and Joyce Locke, each twenty-two
years old.
They were caught while running away
rrom the scene of the fire. Kaclv carried
i bag containing a dark lantern, some
:otton soaked in oil. a hammer and a
saw.
When brought up at the police court the
magistrate refused to allow them .bail,
ritfcy were told by the court that their
affense was not political, but highly criminal.
Miss Locke thereupon hurled at the
magistrate a big law book, which narrowly
missed his head. .She then fought
desperately against the wardens who
were assigned to remove her to a cell.
"\r\ a t?rxivinti? fipfflslon !hri't? months air(>
Miss Locke threw one of her shoes at
the head of an Aberdeen magistrate. She
was charged with carrying explosives to
a halt wnere Chancellor Lloyd-Ueorge
was to speak.
HALTS PRAYER IN SENATE.
Indiana's Lieutenant Governor Objects
to Preacher's Utterances.
IXDIANAPOLIS, February 'JO.?Lieut.
Gov. O'Xeill caused a sensation in the
senate today, when he stopped the Rev.
E. R. Henry of the Emmanuel Baptist
Church of this eity, who was making the
opening prayer, and said:
"Stop making a political speech."
The minister hail prayed for the separation
of the rum traffic from .the state
and for the day when Indiana would
refuse to sell to men the right to make
oth"r men drunkards, murderers, filling
prisons and benevolent institutions.
The lieutenant governor, who had been
showing signs of Impatience, vigorouslybanged
the marble slab with his gavel,
and commanded the minister to stop. He
ordered the journal to be read and Rev.
Henry immediately left the chamber.
Sun Yat Sen's Japan Mission.
TOKIO. February IS).?The visit to
Japan of l>r. Sun Vat Sen, former provisional
president of the Chinese republic,
is regarded here as an event of great
political importance. Dr. Sun Yat Sen
lias been commissioned to secure Japan's
recognition v? the Chinese republic ami to
bring about if possible a commercial ami
political agreement between the two
countries, lie said today that he confidently
expected that Japan would be the
first nation to recognize the republic of
China.
Seven Children Burn to Death.
HARRISBURG. Pa.. February 20.?
Seven children, ranging in age from one
to twelve years, were burned to death
last night, .when the home of their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, at
Kbenezer, near here, was destroyed by
fire. The parents wore absent from home
at the time.
Chinda Not to 60 to Japan.
TOKIO. February 20.?Several changes
have been made by Count Gombel Yumamoto
in his cabinet. The name of Viscount
Chinda. Japanese ambassador at
Washington, lias ?een eliminated from
the list.
Legislators Before Grand Jury.
CHARLESTON. W. Va.. February 20.?
Practically all the members of the West
Virginia legislature had testified before
the special grand jury investigating
charges of bribery in connection with the
United States senatorial campaign when
the grand jury went Into session this
morning. There was no intimation from
authoritative sourees as to when the Jury
would report.
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CORRESPONDENCt KEEPS
TAFT FROM OFFICES
Tackles Big Pile of Letters.
Defers Consideration of
Webb Liquor m ^
President
Taft spent today away from
the executive office?, saw no visitors and
tried to catch up with an accumulation
j of correspondence. He will repeat this
i tomorrow, (ietting toward the end of
I his term, the President wants to clean
i up a mass of correspondence, some of it
personal, some official, that has been piling
up> on his desk. When lie is In the
executive offices he can not withstand requests
for visits, and the only way to attend
to back work is to get in the library
of tiie White House and deny himself to
everybody.
Many Communications on Bill.
The President has until Wednesday of
next week to act on the Webb liquor
bill and did not take it up today. At the
cabinet meeting tomorrow Iih may dis
cuss it. Many letters regarding the bill
I arc reaching the executive offices. So
I are a number of telegrams. The President
is likewise getting; (compliments
from all parts of the country on the action
of the House in refusing to pass the
immigration bill over hts veto.
Strike Ties Up Industry.
E A.STUN, Pa.. February 20.?All the
i union men employed by the Eastern
j Pennsylvania Power Company, which
| supplies light and power to trolley lines
i and industrial establishments in this secj
tion, went on strike today, and trolley
I roads are tied up and scores of plants,
'are either idle or badly crippled. The
men are demanding more pay and better
i 1 tours.
Strikers' Ranks Swelled.
AKRON, Ohio, February 2).?The rubber
' workers claimed ;.nd the manufacturers
! admitted that the ranks of the strikers
| were considerably swelled by additional
I walkouts today, the second day of the
| second week of the strike.
Utah Murderer Shot to Death.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, February 20.
?Frank Romeo, an Italian miner, who
murdered A. V. Jenkins at Price, Utah,
i tifii im.rt nm was executed hv shnntlnir
at the penitentiary this morning. Romeo
collapsed when he faced the firing squad,
lie confessed his guilt to the governor
yesterday.
Pastors to See Prize Fight.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. February 2o.?A committee
of pastors of local churches will
attend a prize fight here tomorrow for the
purpose of obtaining information to lay
before the grand jury.
Jack Johnson 111 With Pneumonia.
CHICAGO. February 20.?Jack Johnson,
the pugilist, is ill at his home here of
pneumon.a, according to a statement made
by his attorney to Judge Carpenter in the
l.'nited States district court today. The
court said that if the lighter was well
enough by February 23 ^ he would be
placed on trial, charged with smuggling.
At Johnson's home It was said he was
taken ill Sunday and that he was slightly
better today.
Grain Warehouse Fire Loss, $100,000
PHILADELPHIA, February 20.?Fire
today destroyed the grain warehouse of
George Egolf & Co., In the northern part
; of this city, i ne loss is placed at Sion,000.
Funds Sent to Greek Red Cross.
The American Red Cross has cabled to
the Creek Red Cross a contribution of
? 1.411 for Balkan relief work. The money
was raised by the Greek Red Cross committee'of
New York.
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SEEKS CORRECT VERSION
Senate Committee Wants True
Copy of Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address.
I
Because protests have been made that
films*'Are many different versions ol
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech, and since
i it is proposed to have this address Inj
scribed in the Lincoln memorial, to be
| erected in this city. Senator Root toi
day introduced and had adopted a
( joint resolution, authorizing: the Senate
i committee on library to ascertain and
determine and inform the Senate the
correct version of this memorable address.
Accompanying the resolution which
Senator Root presented was a letter he
had received from Col. John I*. Xichol'
son of Philadelphia, cornmander-in!
chief of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States, and chairman
of the Gettysburg battlefield comI
mission. Col. Nicholson declared that
there were more tnan 100 versions ol
Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
I "Even Congress has printed it incorrectly
twice," wrote Col. Nicholson, lit
: suggested that if the speech was to b>
j made a part of the Lincoln memorial, ii
i should be a true version of it
j Col. Nicholson forwarded to Senatoi
i Root a copy o? the address he had re
! eeived from Robert T. Lincoln, a son ol
the martyred President. It was referred
to the committee on library to decidt
whether It was a correct copy of the add
ress.
DINNER TO TAFT TONIGHT
Four Hundred Guests Are to
?
! Attend Testimonial of Dis!
trict Citizens.
President Taft will bo ihe guest of
honor of the citizens of Washington at a
dinner to be given tonight in the New
Wlllard Hotel. Four hundred guests will
be gathered about the board. The dinner,
which has been arranged by a joint committee
representing the Chamber of Commerce,
Board of Trade and Retail Merchants'
Assoclaiton, is given In appreciation
of the Interest which President Taft
lias shown in the welfare of the District
of Columbia. It is expected that he will
make an address giving the citizens valuable
advice as to the future development
of the National Capital.
Address on Behalf of Citizens.
On behalf of the citizens of the District
an address will be made by Theodore
W. Noyes. John Joy Ed son is chairman
of the reception committee, which
will nralpnmA tin* Prpsidpnt nnH thn <K?i.
r* tii ?i vivw?..w v..? ? ?* ?? ? vv u<u
tinguished guests who have been Invitee
to meet him, including many members
of Congress. D. J. Callahan, preslden
of the Chamber of Commerce, is chairman
of the joint committee in charge ol
the arrangements, and Thomas Grant is
secretary of the committee.
A reception, at which the President
will meet his hosts, will be held at 7:i!(
o'clock, and the dinner will begin al
S o'clock.
Richmond-Washington Commission.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va.. February 20.?Gov.
Mann today directed the payment to th<
Richmond-Washington highway commission
the $10,000 apportioned to Virginia
by the national government for good
roads.
To Pay Claims for Injuries.
! A bill aumorizing ine appropriation ol
$71,000 for the claims of twelve residents
of El Paso, Tex., who were
wounded during the fighting at Juarez
has been passed by the Senate. The
government wiM file this claim against
Mexico. . _
TAFT PICKS HARDING'
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To Succeed Judson as Engineer
Commissioner.
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CHANGE ON FEBRUARY 28i
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I Present Commissioner Goes to Panama
for Duty There.
I ONCE SERVED THE DISTRICT
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! As Assistant Commissioner Ma j.
Harding' Became Familiar
With the Capital.
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IJeui. Col. William A*. Judson. Corps j
of Engineers, U. S. A., will relinquish j
tlie office of Engineer Commissioner of
the District of Columbia February 'JS
! next, and soon after will report to Col.
Goethals, the engineer in charge of the
construction of the Panama canal, for
duty under his direction.
Maj. Chester Harding, Corps of Fngineers,
now employed on the Panama
canal under the direct orders of I.icut.
Col. William D. Sibcrt, In charge of the
Atlantic division, will become District
Engineer Commissioner on the date
named. He will start at once from
Colon and is expected to reach this city
by the end of next Visek.
Formal Orders Issued.
These orders were issued by Adjt. Gen.
Andrews this afternoon by direction of
: the Secretary of War at the personal \
| suggestion of President Taft. It orlgln|
ally was Intended that these orders
i should be issued on the date of the con
I firmation by the Senate of the nomina'
tions of Messrs. Rudolph and Oyster to
. be Commissioners of the District.
I The delay in action on those nomii
nations, with the prospect that they
may not be acted on at all during his
administration, impelled President Taft,
it is said, to order the change in the
office of Engineer Commissioner at the
end of the present month, in order to
clear the situation before the new administration
comes in. The office of
Engineer Commissioner is tilled by detail
from the Corps of Engineers, at
the discretion of the President, and is
not subject to the approval of the
Senate.
Asked to Be Believed.
Col. Judson's four-year term in that
office expires March 15 next, and he
would have been allowed to complete nis
full term but for his own desire to be relieved
at the earlier date selected, in or!
der that he might begin his duties on the
Panama canal without further delay.
His assignment to duty in that enterprise
is left to Col. Goethals, and it is
likely that he will be assigned, temporarily
at least, to the work now in
charge of Maj. Harding in connection
with the Gatun section. It is stated that
his new detail makes no other change
in the personnel of the force of engip
neers at the canal, and that neither Col.
Gaillard nor Col. Sioert is to be relieved
: before IhV completion of the great waterway.
Native of Enterprise. Miss.
Maj. Chester Harding was born at Enterprise,
Aliss.. December 31, i860, and
' received his early education in private j
I schools.
Taking naturally to engineering work, j
lie went to the t'niversity of Alabama. ,
1 and was graduated In isst. with the]
' degree of bachelor of engineering. He j
then was appointed from Alabama to
. the United States Military Academy, and j
I I on his graduation in June, 18M*. uas i
I commissioned an additional second lieu- ;
i tenant in the Corps of Engineers.
' j He subsequently took a course of instruction
at the I'nited .States Engineer
School of application, then at Willets
Point. X. Y.
He served as assistant to the officer in
" charge of river and harbor improvements
in the Chicago district for two years.
1 from May, 1VJ*J. and in the following two
1 years he was an assistant to the officer I
' in charge of the improvement of the |
Mississippi river from its mouth to Cairo,
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| Served at War Department.
[ For three months in the summer of 1SIHS
he was on duty in the office of the chief
of engineers at the War Department, j
. I and from August, IW.HJ, to February, j
1 lie was attached to the United States j
Military Academy as instructor in civil i
' and military engineering. During a por- (
| lion of thai period he was an assistant j
; to the officer in charge 4>f tlic submarine !
I | mines defenses of Narragensett bay.
From February, IMip, to March. 1HU1, '
i lie was stationed at Hrand Rapids Mich., '
| in charge of river and harbor works on
j the east shore of Lake Michigan.
That he is thoroughly familiar with con- |
ditions In the District of Columbia is ill- j
dicawd h> the fact that fie served as as-i
i sistant lo sue Engineer Commissioner of;
. the District from May -t. liiul. to October'
i I, WW. n little more than live years. Duri
ing that period he had direct supervision
of the construction of the new municipal
I building. On his relief from duty with
the District government in the fall of
11J06, he uas assigned to dutf at Engineer
School at Washington barracks, acting
as instructor in the department of
civil engineering.
Chosen for'Canal Work.
About a year later lie was chosen by
j Col. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama
canal, us one of the engineer officers
to assist him in the construction of
that waterway.
Since then he has served under Col.
Sibert in charge of important works in
the Atlantic division of the canal, being
- i that section from deep water in the Caribbean
sea to and including the great
locks" and dam at Gatuni.
He has been an indefatigable worker
1 and will find liis greatest satisfaction In
- knowing that his part of the great enterl
prise lias had his best efforts at all times.
Maj. Harding reached his present grade
through gradual promotion, June 27, 1900.
1 lie was married Julj- 15, 1895, to Miss
Flora Kruni, at St. Houis, Mo., and they
f have three children?Horace, aged seven;
, Chester, aged six, and Katherine, aged
Ave.
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> Tony Jannus Improving.
' Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LjOUIS, Mo., February 20.?Tony
Jannus, the aviator, who became critically
ill Saturday, had been suffering for
three or four days with tonsllitie. Alarming
symptoms of appendicitis developed
Monday night. He was taken to St. John's
1 Hospital. A consultation of physicians
decided on an operation Tuesday afterl
noon. It was successful. Mr. Jannus
I has no fever and is improving rapidly.
Old Washington Letter Nets $1,250.
I.ONDOX. February 20.?A letter writ
ten by George Washington at Mount Vernon
February 5. 1789, and referring to
the election of the representatives of the
: First United States Congress, was sold
i at auction here yesterday for fl,2MX
: it was purchased by an English private
collector.
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FIGHT ONJLL DUE
House Forces Line Up For and
Against Amendments.
BATTLE ROYAL IS ASSURED
Foes of Liquor Clause in District
Measure Apprehensive.
"DUE CONSIDERATION' SOUGHT
Representative Burleson Declares Hs
Will Endeavor to Have Bill
Sent to Conference.
M'iien the District of Columbia appropriation
bill conies back to the House,
laden with the amendments placed on
it by the Senate, thing;* will begin to
happen. The friend* and opponents of
the principal Senate amendments art
rallying their forces today for a battle
royal.
Three parliamentaiy motions are in
order when the bill reaches the House.
It Is probable that, following the nsua 1
practice, a member of the House appropriations
committee will move to disagree
to the Senate amendments and
send the bill to conference.
Ponding that motion, however, it will
l>e in order for any member to move to
concur In any of the Senate amendments
Al t t I. Ill A. t? . ..1.11 . Kill
?hip iKjuor diii, hip puDiii: uimura
or any other?and to disagree to the remainder
and send them to conference.
Foes of Liquor Have Advantage.
It is confidently expected that this
motion will be made and there is general
apprehension among the opponents
of the liquor bill that it will precipitate
a situation which will give the advocates
of the liquor legislation a position
of vantage.
Efforts have thus far been successful
to prevent the District committee reporting
out the liquor bill, through the
method of breaking a quorum, but the
impending situation, if taken advantage
of by the advocates of the bill, will
b: Ing the question squarely before the
House and necessitate what many have
been trying to avoid?a yea and nay
record vote on the bill.
The parliamentary advantage of tha
friends of the liquor amendment lies In
the fact that a vote must first be taken
on their motion to concur before tha
bill can be sent to conference.
Would Close Up Case.
A majority of the House by concurring
would remove the subject from consideration
by the conferees and close ui>
the case, so far as the particular amendment
is concerned.
The third alternative is to send the bill,
with the amendments, to the appropriations
committee, but when the hill came
back there would still be opportunity to
cause a record vote on the motion to concur.
so the friends of the liquor amendihiiwionlvao
wall I?# v>An ohaH In
iiirill 1I1IU tll^UIC^I t ?? CIl *? ?. v?.? - -?
any event.
Another feature of the situation is that
the action of the Senate yesterday removes
the public utilities bill and the
liquor bill from the -jurisdiction of the
District of Columbia committee and
turns them over to the appropriations
committee.
Burleson Gives His Views.
Representative Burleson of the appropriations
committee, who will be in
charge of the District appropriation bill,
said this afternoon that he would move
to send the bill to conference and hoped
the House would support hint in that
motion.
"As to the Jones-Works liquor Mil
amendment I will say this: I am heartily
in favor of further regulating the ex--De
situation in this District, but I would
like to have due consideration given the
subject. I would decrease the number of
licensed liars, rid the residence section
of them and do other things favored by
advocates of restrictive legislation.
"I hope, however; that the House v. ill
allow the bill with all the amendments
to go to conference, and the conferees
will take up all subject? in order.
Favors Utilities Amendment.
"There is the public utilities amend
ment, the object of which I ravor. 1
have only ha-tilv read the bill, but li
?e.->nis to have been <lrav.ii by some one
who knew the subject. I am clad the
nijrh sch??ol item i-tuod. and I am sorry
the Hock c'rrek fark and Klingle vaJleyj
provision" wore strlcK?li ut.
'W hen the hill is laid before the House
1 will ino\e to send it with ail amendments
to conference, and earnestly hope
the House will sustain the motion."
JfORE THAN 15,000 HOMELESS.
Wind-Driven Flames in Tokio Destroy
3,300 Buildings.
TOKIO, February 'JO.?More than 13,000
persons are homeless as a result of fir?
which swept through the center of Kanda
district yesterday. The Are started In
the Salvation Army Hall.
A high wind fanned the flames and
they spread rapidly from street to street,
destroying buildings. The loss is
estimated at several million yen.
Among the buildings burned were several
churches, including the Baptist Tabernacle,
and a number of educational
institutions, including the School of Foreign
languages.
Troops were called out to assist the
firemen, but they were almost helpless
against t.he wind-driven flames. Many
of the homeless were being sheltered today
In Kudan Park.
MILLIONS FOR THE DISTRICT.
NATiatnra Aims tft TmMHonf
mvmwdw* w *?t|nravm^v awu&9
in Public Buildings Bill.
The public building and giounds bill,
carrying an appropriation or $-.300,000
to purchase land necessar\ to connect
Boclc Creek and Potomac Park, and also
91.760,000 for the erection or an armory
in the District of Columbia, *ill be reported
to the Senate late this afternoon,
according to Senator Sutherland, chairman
of the public building and ground*
committee.
Senator Sutherland said that the subcommittee
which has been framing the
bill finally passed these items this
afternoon, and that a meeting of the
full committee would be Meld at ? o clock
to give formal authorization for the cport
of the bill. It had originally Lten Intended
to authorize the appropriation of
9t.600.000 for the purpose of purchasingthe
land needed to connect Rock Creek
and Potomac Parks, but the committee
decided to authorize the smaller amount
It present. ; .. _ ,;
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