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WASHINGTON, D. 0, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1913-EIGHTEEN PAGES.
WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Wednesday;
slightly colder tonight; moderate J
northwest winds.
CURRENCY TO FORE
Creation of Separate Commit
tee Cited as Significant.
MAY BE ACTED UPON EARLY
Advocates Claim It Would Not
Mean Slighting of Tariff.
SENATE READY FOR REVISION
Upper Chamber Held More Intent
Upon Radical Schedule Changes
Than House.
Yesterday's action of the democratic
Steering committee of the Senate in cre
ating: a separate committee for consid
eration of currency legislation, relieving
the finance committee of that duty, is be
ing used by the advocates of currency
legislation by the extra session in sup
port of their proposition. They claim
that with the tariff to be handled by the
finance committee and currency reform
by another there is no merit in the argu
ment that the entire attention of the ex
tra session should be devoted to tariff leg
islation exclusively, as the tariff will not
be slighted.
Indeed, the men in both houses of Con
gress who are earnest in their belief that
currency legislation is imperatively de
manded for the near future have no pa
liencc with the suggestion that the lime
light of public attention to the exclusion
of every other consideration must be
thrown upon the Senate in order to effect
tariff legislation.
Senate the More Progressive.
They say that with an extra session of
Congress 'called to consider the tariff;
with the President bent upon having im
mediate action; with the party and plat
form back of it all, and moreover, with
the Senate unquestionably in control of
the very element most intent upon re
vision. it seems incredible that any other
influence upon the Senate Is necessary or
could be effective.
In point of fact, as affairs stand at
present, the Senate is more of a mind
for swift and radical tariff revision than
the House. Instead of the Senate being
found in the old habit of holding back
In the traces of conservatism, it may be
the other way and the House forced to
apply the brakes.
Penrose's Stand Marveled At.
Surely nothing has occurred in the re
organization of the Senate thus far to
Indicate other than that the "progres
sives" of that body are in the saddle.
*piey have ridden over the old guard of
their own party roughshod and are in
every position of vantage. The republi
cans. even, are progressive. The spectacle
of Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania crying
for direct election of senators by the peo
ple is one of the potitical wonders of the
age and marveled at by all.
The democratic senators resent -the
?uggenlon emanating from House demo
crats that It will be necessary to "put
the screws on" the Senate and force
tariff action by focussing public atten
tion to a recalcitrant upper house. Pres
ident Wilson's rumored, acquiescence in
the House suggestion accentuates the slap
at the Senate and leads some senators to
doubt that the President really has made
up his mind to sidetrack immediate cur
rency reform for the reason advanced.
No Criticism of President.
However, there is no criticism of the
President on this score, as the general
understanding is that he is still of
open mind on the subject of the cur
rency. and may yet ask Congress to
take it up. Senators say that at any
rate If he does withhold recommenda
tion it will not be on the ground that
it is' for the purpose of concentrating
attention on the Senate's handling of
the tariff bill. ?
Much will depend upon the demand
from the country for currency legis
lation, and it will not require very
much insistence to bring it about. The
Houie is ready for it, the President
Is said to be fully convinced of the
necessity, and only hesitating over the
time: the Senate Is ready, and, when
all is said and done, it is only neces
sary for the President to drop the hat,
say "go" and they are off.
ECHOES OF BRIBERY HEARING.
One Ohio State Senator Refused New
Trial, Another Exonerated.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. March 11.?The su
preme court today refused a new trial
to former State Senator George K.
Cetone of Dayton, under sentence to
serve three years in the penitentiarv
in connection with the legislative
bribery cases.
In the criminal court today Judge
Rogers dismissed the indictment
against former State Senator Kdgar T.
Crawford, holding that no evidence
had been brought out to show that
Senator Crawford had solicited a bribe,
as charged.
Senator Cetone. who lost his appeal,
will have*%*^s negotiates in prison
former Senat^Sr^JiflJ^^JC. Huffman of
Butler county ana L. ft. Andrews of
1 ronton and former Sergeant-at-Artns
Rodney J. Dlegle, all of whom are
serving sentences as a result of the
legislative bribery investigation which
began two years ago.
BODY PARTLY IDENTIFIED.
Woman Taken From Mississippi
River Probably Mrs. Ethel Boggess.
ST. LOUIsrtofcrch II.?The body of a
woman, partly identttiet^ as that of Mrs.
Ethel Boggess. wife of l>r. John S. Bog
gess of the United States marine hos
pital service, was taken from th% Mis
sissippi river at St. Genevieve, Mo., yes
terday. Mrs. Boggess disappeared from
Kansas City, Mo., last August. Detec
tives traced her to St. Louis, where it
was found she had taken a rowboat and
gone down tito.. Mississippi. A boat, half
filled with water, "W77,* found at Fort
Gage, III., a few days later, and from
this it was concluded that Mrs. Boggess
was drowned.
The body recovered yesterday was
burled temporarily.
Prince of Wales to Visit Germany.
BERLIN, March 11.?The Prince of
Wales is to visit Germany at the end of
his present term at Oxford and will spend
his time at Stuttgart, the home of his
mother's relatives. He will not visit
Berlin
Seven Hart, Two Fatally.
? 'HERBOUHG, France.- March II.?
Seven of the crew of the French sub
marine .Foucault were injured, two fa
tally. by the explosion of a motor today.
The boat was uudersoins a trial trip in
tlM roads.
One Over Rock Creek to Be
Begun by June 15.
RAILWAY OPPOSES PLANS
Appeal Against Condemnation Ver
dict Not to Block Work.
IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY
Engineering Department of the Lo
cal Government Will Be Kept Busy
for Some Time to Come.
"Work on the construction of the tvo
liundred-and-seventy-flve-tliousand- dollar
concerete bridge which is to span RocU
creek, connecting Q street in Georgetown
with Q street in Washington, is expected
to begin not later than June 13. Al
though an appeal has been noted by the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany to the verdict of the condemnation
jury, the local government officials are
inclined to the view that thts will not
serve to hold up the work.
The building of the bridge will necessi
tate the removal of a rear section of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany's car barn. The Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia confirmed the
verdict of the condemnation jury and,
according to the opinion of the local
authorities, this confers upon the Dis
trict of Columbia the right to take pos
session of the property, the claim being
advanced that the appeal can only affect
the question of the amount to be paid
for the land. ,. ?
Jt is expected that the corporation
counsels office will render a decision
within a few days as to whether the en
gineer department shall proceed at once
with the construction of the bridge.
Plans for the structure were completed
long ago, and specifications are ready to
be' issued. Probably two months will
elapse from the time bids are called for
until the work begins, and it is expected
that at least two years will be required to
complete the bridge.
Other Bridges Under Way.
Bridge construction work will keep the
engineer department of the local govern
ment busy for some time to come. WTork
has been started on the detailed plans
for the structure which is to replace the
present pipe bridge spanning Rock creek
in the line of Pennsylvania avenue, while I
finishing touches are being put on the
specifications for a new bridge in Zoologi
cal ^ark. Engineer of Bridges D. E. Mc
Comb and Assistant Engineer of Bridges
W. A. Draper are in charge of the plans.
The Zoological Park improvement will
be completed by summer, it Is antici
pated. It will replace the rustic log
bridge on Adams Mill road, near the
cages where the wolves and coyotes of
the Zoo are quartered. The new bridge,
designed by Assistant engineer Draper,
will be constructed of reinforced con
crete. and will have a .rough stone face.
It wllf have a span of eighty feet, a
twenty-four-foot roadway and six-foot
sidewalk. Its cost will be 120,000.
The question of what kind of bridge
shall be substituted for tlie pipe line
structure spanning Rock creels. In the line
of Pennsylvania avenue, Is being consid
ered in the office of the engineer of
bridges. The rought specifications which
served as a basis for the $160,000 which
Congress decided shall be spent on this
improvement call for a girder bridge of
three spans.
Suggest an Arch Bridge.
In view of the appropriation by Con
gress for the improvement of Rock Creek
valley the construction of an arch oridge,
it has been suggested, would add greater
beauty to the valley and contribute more
to the environs of that section, as planned
for the future, than would a girder bridge
displaying straight lines.
The new Pennsylvania Avenue bridge
will be much wider than the one it is to
replace and therefore, condemnation pro
ceedings for the purpose of acquiring the
necessary ground will have to be insti
tuted. Engineer of Bridges McComb to
day said that the specifications will be
completed by the time the condemnation
proceedings are finished.
This bridge, according to the plans ten
tatively agreed upon, will be constructed
of steel and concrete. It will have a
width of seventy feet, consisting of a
fifty-foot roadway and two ten-foot aide
walks. The Capital Traction Company
will be assessed one-third of the cost of
constructing the bridge. By the terms of
the bill authorising the improvement the
railway company will be required to re
move its tracks from the M Street bridge,
spanning Rock creek, and lay them across
the new Pennsylvania avenue structure.
SUGGESTED FOR MODERATOR.
Dr. Alexander of Pittsburgh Candi
date Before Presbyterian Assembly.
PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 11.-It be
came known here today that the Rev.
Maitland Alexander, D. D., pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh,
will be presented to the general assembly
of the Presbyterian Church, which meets
in Atlanta.' Ga.. in May, as a candidate
for moderator. In response to appeals
that have come to his friends from all
parts of the country it was decided to
elect him a commisaioner from the Pitts
burgh Presbytery April 8 and Rev. Dr.
Alexander today consented to the use of
his name for moderator. The Pittsburgh
Presbytery is one of the largest in the
church and it has been thirty-nine years
since one of its ministers has filled the
position.
Rev. Dr. Alexander has in the twelve
years of his pastorate of the First Church
Increased its membership from 600 to
about 1,500.
PROSECUTION NEARS CLOSE.
Chief of Police, on Trial, to Open
Defense Tomorrow.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. March 11.?With
resumption of the trial of Chief of Po
lice . Fred Kohler on charges of gross
immorality and misconduct in office set
for 1 p.m., today, counsel for ttaj prose
cution stated its expectation of conclud
ing by nightfall. The defense will be
gin the presentation of Its evidence to
morrow.
In refutation of the charges that he
"surreptitiously visited the home of Mrs.
May Shearer while her husband was ab
sent, on February May 23, and June 5,
1912," it is said that Kohler will present
alibis for the two former dates and a
complete defense for the visit to the
Shearer home on June 5.
Hero of Balaclava Dead.
LONDON. March 11.?Viscount Trede
gar. one of the few who returned from
the charge of the Light Brigade at the
battle of Balaclava, died today, aged
eighty-two years. There is no heir to
the title of viscount. Courtenay Charlea
E. Morgan, a grandson of the first baron,
succeeds to the title of Baron Tredegar.
ADOPTS OWN STYLE
Another Precedent Smashed
by President Wilson.
RULE RELATING TO DRESS
Contrary to Tradition, Receives
Visitors in Gray Sack Suit.
SENATORS CALL WITH APPEAL
Plea for Reinstatement of Dis
missed Appraiser?Many Bequests
Referred to Departments.
Having smashed a nice assortment of j
presidential precedents. President Wilson i
is playing havoc with another one?that f
of the dress of the highest officer of!
the land. In the most unostentatious, ;
democratic manner the President receives j
visitors?hundreds of them each day?in a j
gray sack suit. The oldest employe of j
the White House has no recollection of!
a President ever appearing at his offices j
in a light suit of clothes. Tradition callb j
for a frock coat and trousers to match, j
or at least a black cutaway. Cleveland, \
Harrison and McKinley wore frock coats !
at all times.
Roopevelt departed from that custom by
wearing a black cutaway with trousers
to match, also tabooing a silk hat unless
necessary. His black slouch hat of the
southern and western style he still sticks j
to. Taft wore frock and cutaway coats
with occasionally a blue sack suit, and
he always wore a derby. President Wil
son is fond of gray and it is becoming.
If he dressed in black his figure would
look much smaller than it is. The Presi
dent prefers a turn-down collar and in
his tie he wears a beautiful pin bearing
the coat of arms of the United States,
presented to him by a friend.
When the august Supreme Court paid a
call, of respect on the President several
days ago Mr. Wilson wore a gray sack
suit, just as he does in the executive!
offices.
Before the cabinet assembled at 11]
o'clock this morning for a long session
the President received a large number of
visitors, some on business and the others
to pay respects. Secretary Garrison of
the War Department was the first visitor,
being with Henry W. Dooley, the demo
cratic national committeeman from Porto
Rico. Porto Rican appointments were
discussed.
Plea for Thaddeus Sharretts,
A visit to the White House today by
Senators Lodge and Smoot. republicans,
and Stone, democrat, excited some
speculation. All three are members of
the Senate finance committee. It was
learned that the three senators feel
that an injustice has been done Thad
deuw Sharretts, a member of the board
of general appraisers of New York, by
his dismissal by President Taft just as ?
Mr. Taft was*leaving the White House."
and they wished President Wilson to!
reconsider the dismissal.
A special commission appointed by i
President Taft to Investigate charges I
against several members of the board of j
appraisers worked for weeks in an in
vestigation and reported adversely to Mr.
Sharretts and Roy H. Chamberlain.
President Taft, the night before he went i
out of office, sent letters to the two men
dismissing them from their positions on
the ground that they had been guilty of j
malfeasance.
The specific charge against Mr. Shar- j
retts, which he denied, was that he had
used his official position to compel the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad to stop trains
at a small town la Maryland- where he
had a summer home. Mr. Sharretts has
many strong friends who feel that he ha?
been wronged. President Wilson, . aftev |
listening to the statements of the visitors,
referred them to Secretary McAdoo, and j
they went to the Treasury Department j
for a conference with the Secretary.
Others Referred to Departments.
The President referred, a number of his
senatorial callers to department beads
during the day, breaking in on the sena
torial view as to some of the prerogatives
belonging to that body. Senator Johnston
and Representative Richardson of Alaba
ma called regarding the post offices at
De?atur ?nd New Decatur, in Mr. Rich
ardson's district. Nearly two years ago
the two post offices were consolidated by
President Taft. An appeal by Mr. Rich
ardson caused the order to be changed.
Postmaster General Hitchcock issued an
other order of consolidation the last of |
March and that was held up on request.
Mr. Richardson declared that the people
of the two towns want separate post
offices. The President sent them to
Postmaster General Burleson.
Senator Mark Smith of Arizona took up
with the President the filling of the Ari
zona federai judgeship. Ever since Ari
zona was made a state the people have
been without the machinery of a federal
district, court. President Taft nominated
former Gov. Sloan as judge, but both the
democratic senators. Smith and Ashurst,
prevented his confirmation. Now they
want a democrat as judge. Senator Smith
presented the name of \V. H. Sawtelle.
The President sent his visitor to the De
partment of Justice.
Senator Smith of South Carolina, to
see about a small place for a con
stituent; Senator Bacon of Georgia,
Senator Tillman of South Carolina and
Senator Lea of Tennessee, to pay re
spects. and Senator Gore of Oklahoma |
for a conference, were callers today.
Recommendations Submitted.
Senators Bacon an{i Smith of Georgia |
have united in a request to President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan for the |
nomination of Pleasant A. Stovall, the
Savannah ed|tor, to be minister to
Switserland. Another candidate for!
the same place is former Representa
tive Lamb of Indiana, backed by the
entire Indiana delegation.
Senators Lea and Shields and the
Tennessee delegation have asked that]
former Gov. Benton McMlllin be made
an ambassador abroad. The Mexican
embassy is one of the places under
consideration. _ ,
Richard Olney still has under advise
ment the offer of the post of ambassador
to Great Britain. His answer is expected
by the President at any time.
Louis D. Brandeis of Boston was In con
ference with the President at the White
House early last night. He had also call
ed to shake hands with the President in
the afternoon at the reception in the
east room. He was at the White. House
from 8 o'clock until nearly 9 o'clock,
taking the midnight train for Boston.
President Wilson is a base ball fan. He
will, as did President Taft. probably
pitch the ball to the players for the open
ing game with New York April 10.
, President Wilson last night touched a
button which opened the breeders' and
traders' convention and horse show at
Fort Worth, Tex.
Formal Reception.
The judiciary of the United States
Court of Customs Appeals, the Commerce
Court and the Court of Appeals of the
District of Columbia was received by the
President at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon
In the red room of the White House.
A bound book descriptive of the his.
toric sites in Washington, was today pre
sented to the President by W. P. Van
Wl?fcle, chairman of.the subcommittee oa
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WAITING FOR "SOMETHING TO TURN UP."
historic sites of tlie inaugural committee^
Mr. Van Wickle ww accompanied b> nis
associates on the subcommittee.
Representative Charles C. Carlin of
Alexandria, Va.. today called to the at
tention of the President, throti&h 8^?"
tarv Tumulty, the fact that Congress ha*
made provision for the Memorial b^ge
project over the Potomac river to.
ton and that the President is the head
of the commission ^hieh wiU P^pare
plans and designs, with. |8*W0 to ex
nend for the purpo?e. The 8jje?ker ot
the House of Representatives
President of the Senate are the associates
of the President In the commission.
Speaks for the Progressives.
Former Gov. Campbell of Texas pre
sented to President Wilson today an
important matter concerning patron
age in that state. Mr. Campbell makes
the claim that twelve out of the six
teen members of the House from the
state are not in accord with all the
progressive policies that prevail, and
that they are fixing to recommend
others than progressives for places.
Mr. Campbell asks President \\ ilson to
see that progressives are cared for in
the distribution of patronage and that
they are not side-tracked by the rep
resentatives who are not in sympath>
WThe proposition put up to the
dent opens the way for a hot time
among Texas democrats, regarded as
about as hot a little proposition as has
been seen since the new administiation
started business.
Winthrop Calls to Say Good-Bye.
Beekman Winthrop, Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy, went to the White
House today with Secretary Daniels
and said good-bye to President Wil
son The nomination of his successor.
State Senator Franklin D. Roosevelt
of New York, is expected to go to the
Senate today, and Mr. Roosevelt is
exDect to arrive in Washington in time
?o take the oath of office before Frl
d>lr Winthrop has been in the gov
ernment service many years. He was
Governor of Porto Rico and Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury under
former President Roosevelt.
Engineer of Lake Shore Road
Testifies Before Board
of Arbitration.
NEW YORK. March 11.?John W
Locke, formerly a fireman, no* " en*
gineer on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern, resumed the witness stand to
day at the hearings before the board
which is arbitrating the demands of 35,000
firemen of eastern roads
Locke said that counting terminal de
lays, a fireman's round trip on the Lake
Shore consumed forty-six hours, of which
thirty-six were spent away from home.
During this time away the fireman wa*
obliged to pay for four meals. It took
sixteen years, asserted the witness, be
fore a fireman could become a regular
freight engineer on the Lake Bhore.
??Big engines and increased tonnage of
trains has delayed promotions," he said.
Witness Cross-Examined.
Locke was cross-examined by Ellsha
Lee chairman of the railroad managers.
It was a hardship. ?aid the witness, to
take examinations for an engineer's po
i4? fireman is obliged to lay off for
rwtin two to four weeks- to prepare for
the examination," he exclaimed, "and
when you pass It may l?e years before
yTffw5K2Thought firemen should be
riven leave of absence on pay to take
Reexamination, a? "it s for the protec
tion of the railroad that examinations
are given so long before a man is pro
' l(5 The road meantime has engineers
? ?li upon whenever it Wants them."
Locke admitted that applicants for gov
ermment positions took civil 'service ex
amtaaticns at their own expense.
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ANNULS DISBARMENT
- OF IN WEDOERBURN
Secretary Lane Readmits
Patent Attorney to Practice
Before His Department.
John Wedderburn. who sixteen years
ago was disbarred from practice as a
patent attorney before the patent of
fice for improper advertising, was to
day reinstated by Secretary of the In
terior Lane. The Secretary acted on
the recommendation of Commissioner-of
Patents Moore, who reported that the
"delinquencies of which he (Wedder
burn) then was found guilty have been
more than sufficiently punished.'.' Com
missioner Moore at a previous hearing
given Mr. Wedderburn on the matter
of his reinstatement had opposed it.
Mr. Wedderburn's specific offense, it
was stated by Commissioner Moore, in
volved the offering of medals as prizes
for the most meritorious invention pat
ented during any one year. While the
patent office does not disapprove so-called
dignified advertising. It does put Its
stamp of disapproval on advertising which
states that prizes are offered.
? |
Bequests Denied.
Several times before his successful at
tempt Mr. Wedderburn, it was explained,
made applications for reinstatement, but
each time it was opposed, although
in one case A. P. Greeley, who was as
sistant commissioner of patents and pre- j
sided over the disbarment proceedings1
in MV. Wedtierburn's case,"wrote a letter
to the Secretary of the Interior, who
finally reviewed the case, urging Mr.
Wedderburn's reinstatement on . the
ground that he had been sufficiently
punished.
Mr. Wedderburn's disbarment first
came up for consideration in 1897. dur- I
ing the administration of President!
McKinley. Benjamin H. Butterworth.
ex-representatlve from Cincinnati.
Ohio, was then commissioner of pat
ents, and A. P. Greeley was assistant
commissioner. Hearings lasting a
number of weeks were held, during
which long arguments were offered by
both sides.
The late Judge Jeremiah Wilson rep
resented Mr. Wedderburn before the
patent office tribunal. The case was
decided against Mr. Wedderburn,' and
the decision was approved by the
Secretary of, the Interior, with the
resultant disbarment of Weddefbum.
Again Disappointed.
j ' '
In 1907. he was given another hearing.
He was then represented by John 8. Sey
mour.. At the conclusion of the hearing
the present commissioner of patents, Ed
ward B. Moore, moved that Mr. Wedder
burn be not reinstated. 1 Secretary Gar
field approved Commissioner Moore's
recommendation.
Just two days before Secretary of the
Interior F?sher retired from office at the
beginning of the Wilson administration
Mr. Wedderburn made another appllca
EASTER
Spring may be
late, but Easter will
be early?less than
two weeks.
You can do your
spring shopping best
and most economi
cally by reading the
advertisements .of
the . Washington
merchants in " The '
.. -Stare . , ; ,
I tion^ for reinstatement. The case was left
! over for Secretary Lane, who referred it
to Commissioner Aloore for report. The
latter official recommended his reinstate
ment on the grounds stated and this met
with Secretary Lane's approval.
PETITIONERS OF KING
ARE SENT TO PRISON
. '?! .
Suffragettes Refuse to Give
Bond for Their Future
Good Behavior.
LONDON, March 11.?The live suffra
gettes who yesterday attempted to reach
the king with petitions while he was on
his way to parliament, were today sent
to prison for periods ranging from twen
ty-one days to a month. The five young
women gave their names as Lillian Wil
cox. Dorothy Smith, Kathleen Paget,
Gertrude Vaughn and Grace Stuart.
The Bow street magistrate before whom
they were arraigned gave them an op
portunity of escaping prison sentences
by filing sureties for their future good
behavior. The young women indignantly^
rejected* this alternative.
' They were formally charged with ob
structing the police. The evidence showed
that the police had received specific or
ders to prevent any one from throwing a
letter or a petition to the king while he
was on the way to parliament.
Claimed Bight of Petition.
? The accused argued that their action
was perfectly legal and was based on the
right of every British subject to present
a petition to the king. The magistrate
explained that the right to present a pe
tition to his majesty must be exercised
through a minister.
'Two othT suffragettes were sentenced
to prison for a month lor breaking win
dows at the home office this morning:.
The women stated that they had adopted
this method of protesting against the il
legal arrest of would-be petitioners yes
terday.
Burned Railroad Station.
The belief that suffragettes were re
sponsible for the burning of the railroad
station at Croxley Green yesterday was
confirmed today through the receipt by
the station master of a suffragette news
paper bearing the words, "Afraid copy
left was burned."
A practical joker brought the suffra
gettes again into the limelight today at
the expense of a number of tradesmen.
The headquarters of the militants on
Klngsway was the scene for the joker's
activity. Throughout the morning truck
after, truck drove up to the women's
offices, bringing all sorts of merchandise,
ranging from a piano to a load of coal.
The truck drivers all had orders written
on the printed forms of the Women's
Social and Political Union, and they re
fused to leave until the police threatened
to arrest them and send their carts and
wagons to the pound.
bust with callers.
Secretary Lane Gives Time to Vic
tors at Interior Department.
Secretary of the Interior Lane was kept
busy, before he went to the cabinet meet
ing today, receiving callerB, most of whom
were on business relating to the Interior
Department.
Among the Secretary's callers were
John Wedderburn, who has just been i
ordered to be restored to practice before |
the patent office: Representative W. R. j
Smith of Texas, Senator Bristow of Kan- !
sas. Representatives Scott, Ferris and'
Weaver of Oklahoma, Ex-Senator Du
bois of Idaho, Senator Kern and Repre
sentative Morrison of lndtana. Senator
Pomerene of Ohio, Samuel L. Lancaster,
one of the members of the Seattle, Ta
coma and Mount Rainier, park commis
sion; Benjamin R. Gray, chairman of the
democratic state committee of Idaho, and
H C. Todd, chairman, and John Patter
I go'? and Mr. Helfner of the Washington
state democratic committee.
Injunction Asked Against New
Postmaster General.
HALT TO PUBLICITY LAW
Alleged Agreement With Hitchcock
Cited by Newspaper.
TEST BEFORE SUPREME COURT
Publishers Want Penalties Withheld
Until Validity of Act Has Been
Judicially Determined.
Counsel for the New York Journal of
Commerce today applied to the Supreme
Court to restrain Postmaster General Bur
leson from Immediately enforcing the
"newspaper publicity law." Former Post
master General Hitchcock, it is repre
sented, had agreed not to attempt to en
force the law pending a prompt appeal
to the Supreme Court from the decision
of the federal courts in New York.
The request was based upon an al
leged agreement between counsel, the
Department of Justice and the Post
Office Department last October that no
action .would be taken by the Post Of
fice Department to compel newspaper
publishers to comply with the law or
enforce any of its penalties until the
Supreme Court had passed upon its
validity.
Order for Its Enforcement.
Robert G. Morris, counsel for Journal
of Commerce, in a statement to the
Supreme Court, declared that March 4
the postmaster of New York had noti
fied the paper that unlesrf* the state
ments required by the law were filed
at once he would proceed to enforce its
penalties.
Similar letters, the attorney charged,
had been sent to other newspapers
throughout the country. Since March 4.
Attorney Morris declared. Postmaster
General Burleson had informed him
verbally that unless the required returns
were made on or before March II, he
would enforce the penalties, which in
clude disbarment from the mails.
The law required newspapers to file
j with the government and publish twice
each year a sworn statement, showing .the
, names of their bondholders, security hold
' ei>-. stockholders, the amount of the
daily circulation of each and to desig
nate all pa'd-for articles as '?advertise
ment."
The Supreme Court has had the validity
of the law under consideration several
months, but has announced no decision.
j
Taken Under Advisement.
The court took the motion of Mr. Mor
ris under advisement.
Solicitor General Bullitt stated verbally
i that the "government took cognizance ol
\ the motion) but did not agree to all the
statements set forth as facts la the print
ed statement Mr. Morris tiled with th?
court.
Later Mr. Buliitt stated, that his recol
i 'ection was that the PoBt Office Depart
! ment had informally agreed not to en
I force the law for a reasonable time, bul
! that it did not specifically agree not tt
| enforce the law until the Supreme Courl
| had passed upon it.
TO BAfiMMPS
Austria Takes Step Equivalent
to Forbidding Aid in Siege
on Scutari.
BELGRADE, March 11.?The Austrian
government today took a step regarded
as equivalent to forbidding Servia to
send troops to assist the Montenegrins
in capturing the Turkish fortress of
Scutari.
The Austrian minister to Servia, Baron
von 1'gron von Abranfalva, informed
Premlar Pasitch that his government
objected to Servian troops assisting in
the siege of Scutari, which was to be
come the capital of Albania. He request
ed the immediate recall of any Servian
troops which had been dispatched there.
Beply of Servian Premier.
The Servian premier, in reply, pointed
out that under treaty arrangements
| Servia was compelled to assist her al
j lies without regard to the future of
Scutari.
The situation is regarded as extremely
delicate. Feeling here is at a high pitch
over the aUitude taken by Austria.
OPPOSITION TO C. P. NEILL.
Southern Senators Object to Him as
Commissioner of Labor.
The nomination of Charles P. Neill
to. be commissioner of labor to succeed
himself, sent to the Senate by President
Wilson, will meet with considerable op
position on the part of some of the south
ern senators, it is expected. They will
base their opposition upon the position
taken by Dr. Neill in his report upon
the conditions of employment and the
wages paid woman and child workers
in some of the southern states.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina has
taken the lead in opposition to the con
firmation of the appointment of Dr. Neill
He has sent word to the chairman of
the committee on labor and education
that he wished to be heard upon this
nomination before it was reported to the
Senate, and that he wished consideration
to be postitoned until the Senate com
mittees have been reorganized.
Senator Tillman holds that the report
made by Dr Neill of conditions in the
south was not a fair nor a Just one. Sen
ator Overman of North Carolina de
nounced this report on the floor of the
Senate two years ago.
MADE CHAPLAIN IN NAVY.
Rev. T. B. Thompson Succeeds R. R.
Hoes, Who Has Resigned.
Rev. T. B. Thompson, pastor of the
Sherwood Presbyterian Church, 22d
and Jackson streets northeast, has
been appointed chaplain in the United
States Navy to All the vacancy caused
by the retirement of Chaplain R. R.
Hoes.
Mr. Thompson will leave this city
about April 1 for Norfolk, where he
will assume his new duties April S,
remaining at the navy yard until he
receives his orders to go to sea. He
was selected after a competitive ex
amination held at the Washington
navy yard.
Mr. Thompson studied theology at
the Auburn Theological Seminary, and
became pastor of the Sherwood Church
May 31. 1910, immediately after his
graduation. p
SYLVESTER HAILED
ASBKT1N U. S.
Johnston, on Stand at In
quiry, Strong in His Praise
of Chief of Police.
SAYS SUFFRAGE PARADE
PROGRAM WAS PERFECT
Unable to Account for Failure of
Flans for Protection.
PREACHER TELLS OF INSULTS
Declares Policemen Only Laughed
When Appealed to to Shield
Women From Obscene
Remarks.
District Commissioner Johnston, testify
Jng this morning- before the Senate com
mittee investigating conditions surround
ing the suffrage procession March 3.
praised Superintendent of Police Sylvester
"as the best chief of police in the United
States": defended the police force against
the attacks against It, and told of his
own personal efforts to clear Pennsylvania
avenue during the parade.
Gen. Johnston blamed the trouble
during the procession mainly on the
spirit of levity which he said ruled
the crowds along the line of march,
and he blamed this spirit chiefly on
"newspapers which treated the affair
lightly." He said the spirit of the
crowds March 3 and March ? was en
tirely different.
Questions His Veracity.
Some of the statements made by Gen.
Johnston were directly different from
those made by the suffragist leaders.
This led one of the women to remark
in the Commissioner's hearing. "Good
ness. how he can He." Gen. Johnston's
face flushed as he heard the remark,
but he determinedly kept his temper,
and made no retort.
Gen. Johnston was before the commit
tee giving his testimony until 1 o'clock,
when the hearing was adjourned until H?
o'clock tomorrow morning. The Senat*
was In session this afternoon, preventing
the holding of a meeting.
i No Blame for Police.
Gen. Johnston made no effort to blame
any of the police officer* or patrolmen
under him, but instead took every oppor
tunity to defend them, and to take up thi
eudgels for Maj. Sylvester. Kvery ttm*
a member of the committee asked him
why he had not made a more serious ap
peal for troop? he said that Maj. S>i
vester had tola him everything would S<
j all right, and he accepted his word.
He said he relied on his chief of police
implicitly. Pressed by Senator Jones, he
admitted that the Commissioners' recom
mendation that troops be called out di<i
not amount to a request for assistance
Former Secretary of War Stimson lia?1
already shown that without such a re
quest he could not order out troops, pre
paratory to the holding of the parade.
Renewed Interest in Hearing.
There was renewed Interest in the hear
ing this morning, and all scats were filled
before the members of the committee ar
rived. The expectation that Gen. John
ston would testify added to the Interest.
Senators Jones and Di'lingham of the
committee began tlie hearing, but Sena
tor Pomerene. the other member, arrived
later. All of the senators took note*
during the testimony of Gen. Johnston.
Senator Jones opened the hearing by
asking Maj. Sylvester regarding a
statement made by him that he had
been thanked by Mrs. N. E. Allender. a
suffragist leader, for his work during
the parade.
Senator Jones said he had a letter
from Mrs. Allender denying having
thanked Maj. Sylvester. The major
said the incident occurred before and
not after the parade, and the matter
was dropped.
E. H. Droop, president of the Board
of Trade, who served as a member of
the public older committee for ti.e .na.i
guration. told of helping to c eui . t':e
Avenue for the suffrage procession.
"We Wad some automobiles. with poike
flags and. with Maj. Sylvester, went
along the Avenue before the procession,"
said Mr. Droop "I heard Maj. Sylvester
tell one special policeman who was i.ot
doing his work that he would disch&.f
hlm unless he got busy.*
??After helping the police at the piece
where the parade was formed I went to
the Union station to help receive Presi
dent Wilson, and then went to Penus?. 1
vania avenue and 14th street. The
crowds there were very dense.
"The police generally seemed to
working very strenuously," he concluded.
Clergyman a Witness.
Rev. James My then of Baltimore, who
led a delegation of men from Mary
land in the procession, told of how
two mounted policemen had given him
wrong directions about how to find tha
procession.
"The crowding after we started was
terrible," said Mr. My then. "There
were many obscene remarks as the
women passed.
"One of the men with me asked
Policeman No. 454 if he could not pre
vent the men In the crowd from mak
ing obscene remarks. The policeman
only laughed.
"Later a mounted policeman drove
the crowd back and I noticed Police
man No. 211 laughing at the fun."
Mr. Mytben also gave the numbers
221 and 176 as being those of police
men who only laughed when appealed
to to keep the crowd back.
"The podcemen seemed to be having lots
of fun." he continued. "They did more
harm than good. There were many who
were really trying, but they were not
successful.
"Mary Melvln, a blind girl from Balti
more was walking with a guide, and a
rowdy pulled her away and she was near
ly lost"
District Commissioner Johnston was the
next witness.
Gen Johnston said that his term ex
pired several weeks ago and that he "has
been an applicant for relief ever since."
He then took up his story of the affair.
Advised Against Parade.
Gen. Johnston said that his connection
with the suffragists had to do with a re
quest for a permit to parade, a request for
military protection and a request to have
street cars on the Avenue stopped.
??When I was first approached by the
women 1 told them that a permit had
never been granted for another parade
during the inaugural week." said the
Commissioner. ,
"Did you try to convh.ce the women
that they should not hold the parade
March 3?" asked Senator dOnes.
"Yes. 1 did." Gen. Johnston replied.
MI told them they had cwen a bad