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% ' * k ^ L About every one in Washing-* ' tffl m^W SQMkTT ton who reads Tho l| B |^ | 1 lr J I I Till | | T IJV 1 1 WASHINGTON, D. 0, SATURDAY. APRIL 5. 1918-TWENTY PAGES. ; ? CENT PEACE IN BALKANS IS AGAINjN SIGHT Powers Make Concessions tc Allies and Hostilities May . Soon End. BULGARIA WINS POINT FIXING FRONTIER LINE Financial Questions, Such as Indemnity. to Be Left to a Technical n _ commission. SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 5.?The prospect for peace in the Balkans looked very bright today. Although the allies . in their reply to the mediation suggestions of the powers, demanded numerous and radical changes, the power? promptly replied with concessions de signed to bring a prompt cessation ol hostilities. In a note presented to the Bulgariar government today the powers proposed that the Thracian frontier should be formed by a line drawn from Midia. or the Black sea, to Enos, on the Aegear sea. This would give Bulgaria botk banks of the River Maritza, in accordance with her demands. It is also suggested that all financial questions, such as the indemnity should be left to the decision of a technical commission to meet in Paris Propositions of the Powers. The propositions of the powers were as follows: fl) The frontier of Turkey shall start at Enos and end at Midia. All territories west of this line shall go to the allied states, with the exception of Albania, the delimitation of which shall ue nxeu oy tne powers. < 2? The question of the Aegean Islands shall be settled by the powers. t3? Turkey shall abandon all claims to Crete. (4? The powers cannot favorably entertain the demand for indemnity. fj) As soon as these bases are accepted hostilities shall cease. Offer Counter- Propositions. The reply of the Balkan allies contains the following counter propositions: tl> In the definite determination of the frontier of the province of Thrace the line indicated in the conditions formulated by the powers shall be taken as a basis and not as a definitive line. ?2) The islands in the Aegean sea shall go to the Balkan allies. (3) The allies consider they should know beforehand the frontiers proposed for the future state of Albania, trusting they will be in conformity with those they proposed i,n London. <4> The allies' demand for a war indemnity must be accepted in principle, the task of fixing the amount being left to a commission, which is to study financial questions, and on which the Balkan allies will be represented. <5) The allies agree that the operations of war shall cease as soon as the above conditions have been favorably received. Powers Block Montenegrin Port. i'ETTIXJE. Montenegro, April 5.?The blocade of the Montenegrin seaport of Antivarl was definitely begun today. Eight foreign wagships representing the European powers formed a semi-circle before the harbor. The fleet i3 composed of three Austrian, two Italian, one British. one German and one French warship. Rumor Posr Has Fallen. BEIjGRADE. Servia. April 3.?Xo confirmation has been received here of the rumor that the Turkish fortress of Scutari has fallen to the Montenegrin and Servian besiegers. The allied armies? outside the city summoned the Turkish commander to surrender so as to avoid further useless bloodshed, but the Ottoman leader replied that he intended to fight to the last extremity. The bombardment was thereupon reopened, and a general assault by the Montenegrin and Servian troops was ordered. Carnegie Gives Another Million. PITTSBURGH. April 3.?Andrew Carnegie has presented Sl.OOO.OO.I more to the Carnegie Technical Schools, it is announced, making a total of SU.iium.ouo thai he has given to the endowment fund. ====== I he Komance of Advertising is generally for others than those who devise the ads. For instance, a man or a woman writer of an alluring announcement of "jewelry that would delight a queen" may biln^ about the sale of a necklace or a ring that will add charm to the appearance of a senator's daughter, hasten a proposal from an Italian duke, and cause international complications. Or the jewel might be lost or stolen as soon as purchased, and its recovery by some D'Arlagnan-liko adventurer might icau 10 ius marnage wxm a princess. But the compiler of the advertisement has seldom if ever, been thought of as enacting the leading role in such a drama. The Girl Who Had Never Played By Vera Edmondson is the lirst of a series of stories that tell of the romance of an advertising manager. The chief in\r?uici ! "> a. w v????ii ??iu i ceeives a large salary for devising advertisements for a big department store. She was, in her own mind, "that dreariest, most ignominious of earthly failures, a successful Business Woman." TOMORROW IN THE Sunday Magazine ...OF... THE SUNDAY STAR t r . FIGHTING HARD TO KILLFREESUGAR i Louisiana Solons Are Notified Their Public Careers Hinge on Result. WILSON'S FINAL DECISION WILL GOVERN THE HOUSE " ' Expected to Announce Fate of ThreeYear Plan Today?Wool Men Also Worried. "Kill free sugar or get out of public I life" is the ultimatum served upon the . Louisiana delegation by some of the big gest financiers and most powerful politi clans of Louisiana, who are desperately ' fighting in the last ditch today to throw - out of the Underwood tariff bill the sugf gestion that eventually there will be no duty on raw sugar. 1 Louisiana congressmen recognize that ' 1 between this afternoon and Monday they : will have to act like an army of giants 1 to roll back the great burden which they 1 claim President Wilson's scheme will ' place upon the sugar industry. As has been published, it is proposed that 1 cent a pound duty be placed on sugar ' for three years and that it shall be free thereafter. 1 Here comes the tug-of-war. The Presl' dent is reported as saying that if the sugar men object to this he will urge free sugar immediately. The sugar men re! tort that they will not eventually object" to 1 cent a pound, but that they will never stand for free sugar. For that reason the biggest democrats from , the state are now making a big noise at the Capitol. They threatened the entire disruption of the democratic party in Louisiana. Making* Eyes at New Party. The high protection democrats threatened to go to the newly formed progressive party in the House. Free trade is so sickening to these high protection democrats that they would have left the party long ago had there been any one to receive them except republicans, prohibitionists and socialists. Now that there is a progressive party, more than one high protection democrat from Louisiana has been making eyes at it. The democratic majority of th'* ways and means committee voted unanimously today to agree to President Wilson's final decision as to the sugar schedule, and ; adjourned to Monday. It will agree either to free sugar or a low duty, to be eliminated entirely in three years. President Wilson is expected to make his decision today. The democrats must, rely entirely upon their own party in the Senate if a free susar schedule is to be nassed bv that body. None of the republicans, no matter how progressive, are going to stand for free sugar, it was said today. Some of them undoubtedly will stand for a reduction in the tariff on sugar. Bristow Opposes Free Sugar. Senator Bristow of Kansas, one of the progressive leaders, who returned to Washington yesterday, said today, emphatically, that he would oppose as strongly as possible free sugar "I may vote for a reduction in the tariff on sugar," said the senator, "but I believe that free sugar would immediately put out of business producers in this country whom we have encouraged to put millions of dollars into the growing of sugar beets and sugar cane and building refineries. "I am as much of a tariff reformer as any of them," continued the senator, "and I intend to vote for reductionssdn i many of the tariff rates. But I do not lje- i lieve in going blindly ahead, putting such articles as sugar on the free list merely i because of prejudice." Would Not Reduce Cost. Senator Bristow said that free*" raw sugar would be in the interest of the trust which controls the refineries of cane sugar, and that he doubled that it would to any extent reduce the cost of sugar to the consumer. An absolutely certain development of the tariff situation is that republicans in Senate and House are gathering ammunition for an onslaught on President Wilson as to his alleged dictation of the tariff bill that will be presented to the House next week. Moreover. they are not going to wait long ' before they start the attack, s "What's the use having a Congress?" asked a distinguished republican senator today, as he was passing through ' the White House grounds. "Why are we called here at all? Why . not abolish Congress altogether and vest the authority in the President to employ sufficient clerks to write tariff and other laws along the lines that suit him? This is going to be a White House tariff bill and nobody else will figure In it." Terms It a Wilson Bill. Then the senator went on to declare that there had been a disposition among k C|/UUUVaiiO W VWW?1>1? >- v* President Wilson and the democrats to their attitude on the tariff as contrasted with the republican attitude of protection, but that it was too evident that President Wilson is making the tariff bill at the White House and that his consultations with his legislative colleagues" are evidences of courtesy without the colleagues having much to do with the matter in the final analysis. "There was a time when there was a terrific howl in this country if the White House applied pressure to Congress." went on this senator, "but i Congress is getting to be little more ! than an honorary body, with the laws all made from the White House. I believe there is immense danger to free institutions in the continuation of this course, and that the people will sooner or later become aroused to the menace of it all." President Wilson is .prepared for the tight along these lines. He thought it out long ago and came to the conclusion, as announced while Governor of Xew ' Jersey, that the people selected him as , their leader and that he represents them with responsibilities to them alone. Wilson True to Pledges. Without In the slightest reflecting upon Congress, the President believes, his friends say, that the country will look to him for a tariff bill embodying the promises of the democratic platform adopted at Baltimore. No one or a dozen congressmen will be singled out and held responsible if the bill is unsatisfactory. It will be the President who must carry the blame. If he is to shoulder that blame, along with his party; if he is part of the lawmaking power in having to affix l'.is signature before there is a law, he proposes to take an active interest in the framing of it. but. his friends declare, it is untrue ' that he will dictate the entire bill. There are provisions of it, such as sugar and wool, that he feels touches every 11 human being In the country. While the ill (Continued on Second Page.} f ? ?A . SUFFRAGISTS WAIT WILSOMSWER Has Not Yet Given Clerks Per" mits to March to the Capitol. AFFAIRS OF DISTRICT BEFORE THE PRESIDENT No Indication as to When Local Problems Will Be Taken Up for Consideration. # * President Wilson lias given no answer to a request that he let down the prohibition that bars government employes from presenting petitions and other matters to Congress, so far as it applied tc woman clerks in the departments goin: to Congress next week with petitions urg ing a change in the Constitution of th< United States . permitting women's suf .frage. It was President Roosevelt who started the stringent laws and regulations forbidding clerks of departments from carrying their troubles to Congress and from pouring their woes into the ears of con grcssmen in the halls and rooms of the Capitol. That Mr. Roosevelt did not then anticipate the desires of woman clerks ir the department bent upon aiding the suffrage movement Is clear. Mrs Rooksbv, who is leading the Michigan contingent that will bear down upon the Capitol next week for woman suffrage, wrote the White House that the majority of the Michigan women who were aiding in the petition movement were clerks in the government departments and did not wish to, gc to the Capitol unless the President gave his sanction by amending the existing regulations. The letter meandered through various hands in the executive offices and has not yet reached the President for action, although held for his attention by Secretary Tumulty. District Affairs Before President. President Wilson gave no intimations today of early action on the District problems before him for consideration. He has seen no local callers about the District Commissioners or excise board. Whenever he desires to send nominations to Congress he has a great file of letters and recommendations before him. The list of candidates for appointment to the excise board has grown until there are now eighteen before the President. More names are to be added within the next few days. The names on file today arc as follows,: Walter B. Wilcox. David L. Selke, Robert G. Smith. Jesse C. Suter. Lewis M. Thayer, James F. Kelly, John Quinn, John M. Mlxby, John D. Clarke, E. A. Fuller, Fred S. Swindell. John Shields, Albert A. Shoemaker, Martin D. McQuade, A. G. Belt, Albert C. Murdaugh, William F. Meyers and F. S. Key-SmithAsk Ambassador's Retention. The plea of the American colony in Mexico City for the retention of Henry Lane Wilson as American ambassador to Mexico was laid before President Wilson this -afternoon. A deputation of six prominent Americans domiciled in Mexico City presented the arguments in behalf of Ambassador Wilson. The program of hospitalities to be extended by the Washington committee to the British and Canadian commissioners for the joint Anglo-American celebration of the centennial of peace between the United States and Great Britain, who will be here May 11 and 12. was laid before President Wilson this morning. Dr. James Brown Scott, secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, chairman of the Washington committee, and H. B. F. Maefarland, former Commissioner of the District of Columbia, who is vice chairman of the committee, were at the White House to obtain the President's approval of the plans. While the plans for the celebration in Washington are taking shape, the committee is not yet ready to make public any details in the process of decision. President for Home Rule. Alaska for Alaskans in the matter of federal patronage was the plea made to the President today by a delegation of a dozen citizens of that territory, headed by R. W. aennings. The delegation received the strong impression from the President that he agreed with them, and was generally in favor of the principle of home rule. The President's attitude toward home rule will have a bearing on appointments in Porto Rico. Hawaii and elsewhere. as well as in * Alaska. It may also affect his selection of men to till posts in the District of Columbia, such as the recorder of deeds, register of deeds and others now held by men not citizens of the National Capital. Commission to Remain. The efficiency and .economy commission created by President Taft will be continued under the Wilson administration. Mr. Wilson ht^l a conference last night with F. A. Cleveland, head of the commission; Eouis D. Brandeis of Boston, John Purroy Mjtchell and Dr. Henry Bruere of New York, and manifested deep interest in the idea of the modern, business-like plan for handling the affairs of the national government. The same visitors talked with the President about the budget system and the government of the city of Washington The President always has favored a budget system, and there is every likelihod that the economy commission will b?= asked "to work out a comprehensive basis for budget legislation. Mr. Mitchell and Dr. Bruere brought a memorandum on establishing a mode] government for the city of Washington The President Indicated a keen interest in the proposals. Push Noone's Candidacy. ~ To advocate the appointment of Thomas F. Xoone of Connecticut for the vacant district judgeship, the vice chairman ol the democratic najtional committee. Horn er S. Cummings of Stamford, Conn., saw the President, and afterward the Attorney General,' yesterday. Lieut. Gov Tinger and Representatives Riley ant Donovan accompanied him. Thomas Spellacy and T. S. Thomas who have sought the appointment, hav< abandoned their claims. They are now for Noone. The vacancy was created b; the recent death of Judge Piatt, son o the late Senator O. H. Piatt. Tunnel Company Brings Millions. CHICAGO, April 5.?A decree by Fed eral Judge Kohlsaat yesterday confirme< the sale of the property of the Illinoi Tunnel Company to the Chicago Tunne Company for $5,000,000. The sale wa made February 14. Charles G. Dawe and David R. Fortran were discharged a receivers for Ibe Illinois Tunnel Company * 0 ?MM I I ? \ IQ ptAQ : inMft ^ hou; f was being made Jim K. Jacobs of Okla- j - homa City- was presenting to the secr rotary of the Senate a written statement' addressed to the President ot the Senate, containing a set of allega: tions similar to those investigated by 1 the United States attorney. Vice President Marshall upon receiving ' the communication which covered three i tvpe written pages! said he would take no ; action nor make any decision as to his j ; course until Monday. L "Missing" Immigrant Girls Safe. CHICAGO. HI.. April The twenty "missing" Scandinavian immigrant girls reported to have been lured from their train by a white slaver disguised as a s brakeman, near Pittsburgh several "days 1 ago, have arrived safely at their destlnas tlon. The immigrant train was delayed s I bv a flood for forty-four hours near N?w si Castle. Pa. The tiain has ueen traced . I through to Chicago. ? I J BANDIT JUMPSTO DEATH Anarchist, Charged With Murder, Leaps to Courtyard From Prison Roof. PARIS, April 5.?The anarchist bandit La Combe, called by the .French police "the most desperate criminal in Europe." committed suicide today in the prison de ia Sante, where he was awaiting trial for the murder of M. Ducret, editor of the newspaper L'Idee Libre. La Combe was arrested in Paris March II after the police had sought him for ' several mfenths. When taken into custody he was carrying in his pockets a small dynamite bomb, two dynamite cartridges, two automatic pistols and a supply of ] ammunition. The mob tried to lynch hirn while he was on the way to the police ( station. ' Confesses to Three Murders. - "I During his incarceration La Cotnbe con- j; feesed to the murder of Ducret, and ad- ( mltted, also, killing a postmaster at Be- |' I ? zons and a railroad casnier ai i.?es aubrais, near Orleans. La Combe, jn some unexplained manner, escaped from his prison cell after breakfast this morning:. When the war dens discovered his absence there was a tremendous commotio^. The interior of the prison was searched and the alarm 1 was given outside. The whole neighborhood outside of the jail was patrolled for several hours by soldiers. < Found on the Roof. Some time afterward I-a Combe was ^ found on the roof of the prison lying behind a chimney. When lie saw his pursuers he stepped to the edge, where he ) was surrounded on three sides by armed ; wardens. As lie was about to be seized i he turned, saluted the warden, smiled ironically, and then jumped head tirst like a driver into the stone courtyard several stories below, where he was dashed to death. NO CAUSE FOR ACTION I AGAINST U. S. SENATOR ! i 1 United States Attorney Wil< son So Announces After ! Hearing Statements. United States Attorney Wilson, who has I been investigating certain allegations of : impropriety against a western senator, > today made this statement: "I have heard the statement of the : complaining witness and her friends, 1 whom she brought to this office to support her accusations. 1 find no justifica tion whatever for laying any compalnt against any United States Senator before the grand jury." The district attorney's statement was j made after a conference with Attorney , General McReynolds. Almnor at thp t i TT10 that PROGRESSIVE MODESTY. soffragettes caught on mission of arson ? ? 1 I sales amounting to about 3 Captured After OH-Soaked > . 1 ? i Rags Under Scotland Grandi stand Are Ignited. LONDON, April 5.?Two suffragette fire fiends'' were captured this morning red-handed while setting fire to the new grandstand on the .Kelso race course in Scotland. Hags saturated With petroleum had been placed beneath the stand and ignited when watchv-ien sprang out of their hiding place and captured the two women. The grandstand on the Ayr race course, also- in Scotland, was gutted by fire this morning, with a loss of M 5,000. Several suffragette placards ind a bundle of suffrage literature ! were found in the vicinity, leaving no j loubt in the minds of the authorities J is to who was responsible for the fire, j Many Other Outrages. A large number of window-breaking and telegraph wire-cutting outrages' were committed during the night by militants in various parts of the country. The bomb and arson campaign threatened by the "wild women' has caused intense alarm in the provinces, especially at historic places like Chats- j wortn and Blenheim, where special patrols of police and gamekeepers have been placed on duty day and night. BOTH FEET FROZEN OFF. Condition of Capt. Oates, Companion of Scott, Revealed. LONDON, April 5.?Capt. Lawrence Dates of the Inniskilliug Dragoons, who Jied with, Capt. Robert P. Scott on his1 il-fated antarctic expedition, had lost | both his feet from frost bite before he stumbled out of the tent to his death on the stumps of his legs, according to a letter to Capt. Watson, the agent of the imperial Service Guild at Wellington, New Zealand. Watson says he makes the revelatiop on the authority of Commander Evans. Previous reports as to Capt. Oates' conJition when he deliberately committed suicide told only half the truth, writes Capt. Watson. Nearly a Th( That's the record of real result-getters, in The Star Paid Wai More than the paid Washington papers comb That is why a man said in getting his answei For Sale Miscellaneous: ' for advertising 10 insertic answers?four times as r papers I tried. From I , ) ( j .9 " ft MEMBERS OF CONGRESS | KPTIIMIIilA TA AIA1VII h KtlUKNINU IU LAnlAL' i .1 i Republicans to Hold Caucus j Tonight-^Bfann to Be Their Leader. Members of Congress returned to Washington today in large numbers for the openi ng of the special session of the new Congress Monday noon. Republican members ?if the House had been advised to reach the city to participate in a party caucus tonight, at which it is expected Representative James R. Mann of Illinois will again be named for party leader in the House. Activity at both the House and Senate ends of the Capitol centers now about the preparation for tariff revision work. Senator John W. Kern, democratic leader of the Senate, will call the democrats in caucus early next week to consider proposeu changes in the rules, to more thoroughly distribute the control of committees and legislation. < House Caucus Date Not Fixed. The date of the democratic House caucus to pass upon the details of the tariff revision bill had not been determined upon early today. General legislative subjects that may come before the special session are being held back by the party leaders of the two houses, and by President Wilson, in the hope that 110 other subjects will draw attention from tariff revi-sion during the eariy days of the session. Hundreds of minor appointments are expected to reach the Senate Monday when that body convenes. President Wilson lias announced only a few recess appointments since the Senate adourned in March, but it is understood I t gcores of routine appointments have been determined upon, and will be sent to the Senate early in the week. Chinese Soldiers Battle Pirates. HONGKONG. China. April 5.?After a bitter fight with a band of pirates on theWest river today a force of Chinese soldiers shot one and captured six pirates. The remainder of the band fled. More than $130,000 worth of loot was recoveredHi nisand a Dav , * the little want ads, the j Star last month. it Ads, 27,847 want ads in all the other lined. . at the counter this week rs to a little ad under the "I spent $2.64 last month >ns in The Star. I got 12 nany as in the other two " a this advertising I made S400." 1 c f t ; ... - - * 1 ME ON PENSION, ( CLERKS ARE URGED /an Win, Say Members of R Congress, if They Present a Solid Front. SUPPORT IS PROMISED B TO CONFERENCE PLAN Speakers Favor Advocacy of Direct H Pensions, But Acceptance of Best Obtainable System. Declaring that he had not the slightest loubt that a civil service retirement bill vould pass Congress if the employes A vonld present a united front, Representa- P iye James A. Hamill of New Jersey si irged the national conference of civil lervice employes in session at the Cham- o >er of Commerce to get together. m Representatives Tom L. Reilly of vs i onnecticut, Michael Donohue of Phila- si Jelphia. J. Washington Dogue of Phila- t< lelphia and Representative-elect Oglesby ci tf Yonkers. X. Y., also declared they st 'avored retirement, and urged the contention to harmonize its differences. w Uhinelander Waldo, police commis- u| nissioner of New York, spoke before g| the convention in favor of straight tensions. Shortly after tlie conference met this dl norning a motion was carried provid- j v ng for the permanent organization of j je he convention, with the officers of the | onference acting in the same capacity . it the convention. 7 (i Give Pledges of Support. ti Officers of various independent or- v sanitations this morning pledged their 1 mpport to any proposition which received the indorsement of the present convention. At 12:40 recess was taken until 2 s ("clock, when a permanent association r vill be formed to carry on the cam- s< >aign in the interest of the civil serv- . ce employes. it is expected that the itle will be the United States Civil Service Employes' Association. The < ovnmittees will make their reports this 8 ifternoon, and officers will bfe elected, constitution and by-laws adopted, the * etirement plan of the association will ^ ?e approved, and final adjournment 8 tvill be taken either late this after- b toon or tonight. In his address Representative Hamill told the convention that the trouble in 0 the past had been that the employes r tad been divided. He urged them to e: ,ret together and agree on one proposition. If that was done, he said, there vas no -reasonable objection that could oe made against the general proposition jf retirement. "I know the spirit of harmony that fl prevails in this convention," he cap- l< tinued. "and I trust you .will agree upon a 1 measure satisfactory to all, and I feel sure that when this is done either that 1 bill or a similar bill will pass." I Would Urge Direct Pensions. Representative Rellly .said he wanted :he convention to be a retirement con- ? .ention in that it would result in the "re- r :irement of petty differences and jeal- I jusies." He told the delegates they V -hould propose direct pensions, and if that 8 'ailed they should take what they could jet. He also told them they should emrower their representatives to get the . )est that could be obtained. Representative Donohue said he felt ,. hat retirement would benefit not only he government, but the people at large. The convention extended a vote of thanks to William E. Russell of New York, president pf the United States Service Retirement Association, and his ,. issociates for their work in the efforts for harmony. Police Commissioner Waldo s ilso was given a vote of thanks by?the t convention. o The support of the Federal Civil Service v Society of New York for any proposition ivhich may be indorsed by the convenion was pledged by H. R. Meyers of few York, president of tlie society. A C iimilar statement was made by Frank t, Rogers of Chicago, president of the . United National Association of Post Ofice Clerks. p Plan Favored by Waldo. j t Commissioner Waldo was introduced as | h "without exception the best commissioner hat the city of New York ban ever had." dr. Waldo's appearance was greeted with : heers. which lasted for several minutes, j ie spoke in favor of straight pensions. ; ^ "I don't see that a contributory pension : s a pension at all." lie saic. "I don't j 1 lee why a man can't look after his pen- ^ lion himself if the government is going " o take it out of his salary." He declared his advocacy of an auto- J natic pension system .so that a man vould know just how he stood every o] :ear he remained in the service. He supported and said he' had recom- di nended a plan to give employes ei >er cent a year of their salary lor u very year tliey remained in the serv- ti Ice. "That is to say," he explained, j if a man wants to retire after three fli rears' service lie w ill get six per cent b; >f his saiarv, if at thirty years, sixty ai >er cent." fie advocated seventy-five per a:l :ent as a maximum. He also declared hat if a man was disabled in line of it lutv he should be retired on one-half pay ti iftey the first year, and also said a .1 vidow should receive a pension equal to the amount the employe would ha\e 0 >een entitled to had he retired at the ^ irae of his death. A partial report of the credentials comnittee showed 139 delegates present. representing S.tMlo votes. A rising vote of ; hanks was tendered .'oseph J. O'Reilly I. >? New York, editor of the Chief, for b lis assistance in promoting the cause of ilvil pensions. e: w Appeals for Harmony. Appeals to the various factions to bury ri :heir differences and get together in ? he interests of harmony, so that Conjress might see that they are undivided >n the civil pension question, were made Y it the late afternoon and night sessions >t the conference last night. ri Those who spoke last night were F. B Sidney Hayt.ard of Baltimore, George T. Morgan of Philadelphia, It. D. Mos- t>< ler of Baltimore, Boss C. Keenan of o Brooklyn, E. Jay Hopkins of Cortland. t< \\ Y.; H. W. Sanford of thin city. Hen M Schmidt of Quincy, 111.; Andrew W. Mc- t1 vee of New York, president of the eon- d emite; Charles W. Wright of Balti- fr nore, William E. Russell of New York :itv and M. F. Donoghue of Washington. The afternoon speakers were Ed J. iainer, Muncie. Ind.; J. A. Hollahd, New fork city; H. R. Meyers, New York, and ti [olm Flvnn. New Rochelle. N. Y. Declaring that Congress was laughing " it them because they were unable to la tgree among themselves, Mr. Hayward * idvoeated the drawing up of a monster y< >etition to Congress to enact the legis- ~x ation. sa George T. Morgan of Philadelphia de- *0 lared that he was not In favor of any orm of pension that would not improve ]u he efficiency of the civil service. He avors the straight pension because, he at (Continued on Second Page.) p< I 1 IAIRO MAY ESCAPE FLOODING OE CITY >ise in River Halted, But Danger to Levees May Not Be Passed. tOATS CARRY SUPPLIES tO HOMELESS REFUGEES [uch of Immediate Want Is Relieved, But Thousands Still Face the Possibility of Hunger. CAIRO, 111., April .V ?Offers of relief "h'.ch have l>oen made by* the Chicago -ssociation of Commerce and the city of eoria for the benefit of Cairo, it was lid. would he accepted today. President Howard Kiting of the Chicago rganization offered eight boats and sixty len to man them. From Peoria came ord that a steamboat equipped for lifetving purposes was waiting for a call ? Cairo. The same message said that a irload of food and clothing had already arted from that city. Several companies of soldiers armed ith brooms went to work at cleaning p the streets today. The sanitary conItions are to he carefullv watched from ow on to prevent the broking out of isease. During the day lJrge cans for aste material were p aced along thn 'VA6 frnnt A. B. Hunter, a prominent planter and anker of New Madrid, Mo., telephoned o Cairo today denying the report that lie levee at Point Pleasant, Mo., near lew Madrid, had broken, lit said th? ater was near the top of the levee, but here was no immediate danger. River Falling at Cairo. For the first time 3inee the Cairo river tailed to rise two weeks ago a decided ecession was visible today. The gaugtood well below the ,11.7 mark, which hail een passed early last night. A relief expedition was sent to Mound 'ity. 111., today. The conditions there are aid to be becoming strenuous for both he residents and soldiers, and some of hem may be brought out of there if Coh loriarty, who will go personally to In. pect the place, sees fit. The sun wan right and warm here today. A great amount of driftwoou is passing x the Ohio river, making precarious the peration of boats by the naval reserves, toots and entire sides of houses passed n'rly today. Flood's Crest at Evansville. EVAXSVIL.L.E, Ind., April 5.?With the tage here today at 4S.i? feet, marking the ood's crest, conditions throughout the jwer Oh.o river are slightly ameliorated, lthough there is still u great cry for ood and comforts from thousands of lersons who have been overtaken by the urging waters. The federal relief boat that went to "niontown, Ky? to help the 2.UUU maroon d persons of that distric' returned as ar as Mount Vernon, lnd., today, and rom there turned back to Casey vi lit, II., after provisioning itself at Mount 'ernon. Hundreds of people at Caseyville re starving after enduring the flood for ive days without any succor at all. The wind has subsided here slightly, ind less danger is felt on the upper oulevard levee in this city, which proects hundreds of fashionable residences, "he levee is weakening rapidly, but will land unless another high wind develops Distress Is Relieved. DE KOVEX. Ky.. April 5,-Tbe Ohio iver has risen only one-tenth of an incii ince yesterday morning. It is believed hat the worst of the flood is over, as n!y slight rises are reported from Evansille, Ind.. and Shawneetown. HI. No ain has fallen for twenty-four hours. All fear of distress among the lower ihio river flood victims has been allay ed V the arrival of two relief steamers, the sabella. from Evansville. in charge of apt. \V. R. Naylor, ,l\ S. A.. and th ? tapids. from Cairo, under command of 'apt. J J. Buider, 1. N. G. The two touts are carrying supplies to Hhawnerown, L'niontown, Caseyville and smaller laces laid waste by the flood. Break in Memphis Levee. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April Forty-two jet and four-tenths was registered on le Mississippi gauge here at 7 o'clock day, a rise of 1.5 feet in the pas tweu -four hours. A brick protection levee along Bayo l ayoso gave way today, flooding a small ^sldence section in the northern portiou [ Memphis. * Maj. Matkhani received a telegram toay stating that condition^ lrom Caruth sville to Point Pleasant were satisfac>ry throughout the night. He expressed ie itelier that the levees would hold. The tall at Cairo is attributed to the ocding of the upper St. Francis basin y water flowing over an old stretcn itovi Aew Madrid, where work has beeu bandoned n n:ie this relieves the piessure at Cairo . will not affect the lower river, because r>e- water will return to the Mississippi ibi t>!ow New Madrid. c,ver> thing was bpotted in good condition along the lintv tile Keel Foot levee, accordnig to tile oveinment engineers. Railway Embankment Cut. NEW MADRID, Mo.. April 5?The St. touts and San Francisco embankment etween Ldlbourn and Kewanee, in tin xtreme southeastern part of Missouri, as cut early this morning. The line was cut at the direction of the ELilvvav officials to prevent the flooding f a large section of the track should the svee break at a weak spot. The track i the short line of the Frisco system beI'aon St T Minis anrf \f pmnliik unH nvoi' Illinois Central trains all have been outeti since the closing: of the Cairo ateway. The line will be closed until tonight r tomorrow morning, but Frisco trains etween St. Couis and Memphis and I her southern points will start as usual might, being detoured by way of lingo. Mo., and Hoxie. Ark. The gap in the railroad is about irenty feet wide, and permitted the rainage of a large volum* of overflow ora the Mississippi. Prepare for High Water. VICKSBURG, Miss., April 5.?Preparaons will be made at Beulah, the scene 1 the disastrous crevasse In the levee st spring, to withstand a stage of ater two feet higher than that of last ;ar. One and a quarter million of inny sacks, which are to be filled with ind and used here and at other places t topping the earthwork, are In readiess, as well as half a million feet of imber. Three hundred cars of earth were used : Beulah yesterday. Day and night itrols have been established, and emer*