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WEATHER.
Fair and continued cool tonight
Saturday fair and slightly warm
er i moderate east winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE FOURTEEN.
No. 19,294.
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY
About every one in Washing
ton who reads at all reads The
Star.
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25, 1913-EIGHTEEN PAGES.
ONE CENT
PRESIDENT MOVES
10 AVERT A BREAK
Seeks to Unite House Demo
crats on a Party Cur
rency Program.
"INSURGENTS" INTEND TO
INSIST ON AMENDMENTS
j
Firm in Attitude Even After Having
Been Called Into White
House Conference.
? Wilson endeavored today to
r> .tYerences of opinion among
dt: of the House banking commit
ter- on the administration currency bill.
It seemed that the administration sup
porters would make an effort to have i
their bill reported soon, with a hope that
the fight on amendments would be settled
In the democratic caucus.
The President spent most of the fore
noon with Representative Wlngo of Ar
kansas. one of those opposed to certain
featurts of the bill.
"The democrats cert.ilnly can and will
jet together on a bill before long, ' said
Mr. Wlngo after the conference.
The President's conference last night
with Representative Henry, who has j
been recommending certain changes, was
described today as satisfactory, and ad
ministration officials were optimistic
that the differences would be adjusted.
The President arranged to see Repre
sentatives Kagle and Ragsdale Monday.
They have been prominent In opposition
to the G.ass bill.
Would Keep Matters Separate.
It was learned today that the Presi
dent regards It as inexpedient to In
corporate In the b,ll the findings of the
Pujo money trust committee, and that
he had pointed out the necessity for
keeping recommendations based on these
findi/igs separate.
Frequent conferences are looked for at
the White House earlv next week, with
a. view to speeding tne administration
bill through the House committee.
Chairman Owen of the Senate banking
committee said today that on a personal
poll of Senate democrats he had found
forty-seven who favored taking up cur
rency reform at the present session and
two who favored a recess Of Congress
and a postponement of action until fall
Two demociats were absent and not In
eluded.
Bepublicans for Action.
Senator Owen said he had also found
six republicans who favored Immediate
action. He expressed the opinion that
differences lu the House committee would
not delay the Senate's consideration of
the bill after tariff revision was dis
posed of.
Democrats of the House committee to- j
day resumed discussion of the so-called
Insurgent amendments, with Chairman
Glass endeavoring to press a vote. Rep
resentatlve Bulkley believed U would be
three weeks before an attempt could be
made to conclude consideration of the ,
Mil.
Representative Wlngo. after spending
two hours with President Wilson, re
turned to the conference prepared to In
sist upon his amendments. Representa
tives Henry and Ragsdale still were de
termined to press the Insurgent amend
ments in caucus if beaten In committee.
Would Go to Caucus.
The situation In the conference was ap
parently so in vol-3d that some members
01 the committee were In favor of sum
marily cK :lng the conferences and going
to th<* democratic caucus with a report
that the democratic members of the com
mittee were unable to agree on the
fundamentals of the bill.
Confronted with two or three weeks of
expended talk wiinout an agreement In
sight several members of the conference
were Inclined to look with favor on this
solution of the dltficu /. Others believed
that an agreement wou d be no nearer
jn the caucus than in the conference, and
that to throw tne uncompleted bill before
a t of th. democratic members of the
H< would further complicate the sit
uation.
i
Conference a Stormy One.
sti.rms which, have been threatening
the administration currency measure
broke in earnest at the meeting of the
House committee on banking and cur
rency yesterday afternoon and resulted
in almost wrecking the hopes of Chair
man Carter Glass, who had set out to pre
sent a harmoniously built currency re- i
ff>rm bill to the House. Th?' gathering in
s i>-^Mnt forces, led in the House by Rep- ,
??s'-ntative Henry of Texas and in the \
committee by Representative Ragsdale of i
Kouth Carolina, made an indelible lmpre*
mon on the currency situation yesterday,
which was considered of such Importance
that President Wilson summoned Rep e
sentatlve Henry to the White House last
night. The conference lasted until a late
hour.
Representative Bulkley of Ohio talked
for the better part of an hour yesterday
In the committee discussing freely Presi
dent Wilson's attitude toward the cur
rency bill
Point of Widest Disagreement.
The point of widest disagreement In the
committee la the proposal to keep the fed
* ral reserve board a strictly government
institution. This proposition has been
"urged by the President.
Following the criticisms of this admin
istration feaiare. Representative Rags
dale presented a series of amendments
which practically rewrite the essential
features of the bill. They represent the
currency refo m Ideas of the "Insur
gents," and with othe: things provide
for currency issued on warehouse receipts j
for cotton, corn and wheat.
None Is Willing Today
to Untangle the Snarl
of Currency Legislation
No man In authority in the House is
v tiling today to predict the early untan
gling of the amazing snarl in the plans
for currency legislation which has devel
oped In the past forty-eight hours. By
most of them the situation is thought to
be almost hopeless, at least for the pres
ent
Insurgency against the President's cur
rency bill of a most vigorous and for the
moment, anyhow effective character Las
aDpeared in the committee on banking and
currency and finds echo in a portion of
the membership of the democrats outside
the committee.
President Wilson's pleadings with "In
surgent" Henry of Texas last night ap
parently had no visible effect upon that
gentleman, who today gave no signs of
returning to the reservation, although In
private conversation he stoutly denies
opposing the President's wish for legis
lation at this session. On the contrary,
he insists, he wants currency legislation
and expresses the belief that his proposed
amendmenta would actually facilitate
(Continued on Tenth 1'asa.)
TROOPS ON GUARD
AT COPPER MINES
I
Violence Not Expected to Be
Wholly Subdued by Pres
ence of Militiamen.
NO ATTEMPT IS MADE
TO CARRY OUT THREATS
Gov. Ferris Keeping Closely in Touch
With Situation?25,000
Are Now Idle.
CALUMET, Mich., July 25.?Whether
the coming of state troops to the copper
country means an end to violence or
fresh outbreak? was the chief subject of
discussion In Calumet today. Many look
for clashes about various shafts despite
the policy of the Western Federation of
Miners against the use of force by the
men.
Troops will be distributed among the
mines and kept within easy communica
tion. Brigade headquarters will be in
Calumet, troops pitching tents about the
armory and adjacent fields.
Menominee company arrived at 10 &.m.
and Soo, Alpena and Cheboygan com
panies are expected before noon. Lower
peninsula companies will arrive during
the day and tomorrow. Houghton com
pany arrived last night. The trocps will
act under the direction of Sheriff Crune.
Capt. Mead, Company A. Engineers,
who had his company under orders at the
armory ail night, and Houghton Com
pany G are ready at a moment's notice
to respond to the sheriff's orders.
Large numbers of strikers were heard
about No. 2 Calumet and Hecia shaft,
but made no demonstration other than
letting out an occasional yell. They
threatened, however, to go to the Su
perior boiler house of the Calumet and
Hecia and draw the fires, but so far
have made no attempt to do this. A
move In that direction would promptly
bring out the militia companies. General
closing of saloons is expected if more
violence occurs.
May Abandon Encampment.
The coming of troops probably will
cause the abandonment of this year's
encampment of militia, which was to
have been held next month. Gov. Fer
ris Is being kept advised of develop
ments and is not expected here unless
the situation takes a critical turn. Last
night's mass meetings and parades de
veloped no disturbances. The Western
Federation of Miners is holding out for
a conference with the mine managers.
But this. It is said, will not be granted.
General Minager MacNaughton of the
Calumet and Hecia, which also controls
the Osceola, Tamarack. Ahmeek. Al
loues, Lasalle, Isle Royale and Superior,
has so far declined to be quoted as to
the attitude of the companies.
It Is believed while troops are here
the mines will be reopened. It is said
most of the non-union men are willing
to go to work if the shafts are guarded.
Non-union English miners continue to
leave the copper country on all trains.
In the strike area of seventy-flve
miles 25,000 or more men are Idle.
These Include surface and stamp mill
hands. Smelters are still operating.
The strikers, for the most part, are
young unmarried Austrlans, Finns,
Hungarians and Bulgarians.
According to advices received by
Capt. Mead, Col. Boucher of the Sd
Regiment is expected tonight.
Whole State Guard Called.
LANSING, Mich., July 25.?It was an
nounced in the adjutant general's office
here this morning that practically every
company in the Michigan National Guard
was either on its way to the copper mine
strike district or would entrain as soon
as cars are available, in response to the
governor's orders late yesterday after
noon. It waj> expected that more than
2,000 state militiamen would be in the
strike zone before tomorrow night. Sev
eral companies arc a'.ready reported there.
Considerable delay was caused in De
troit and some of the other larger cities
in the state in getting the troops away
because of lack of transportation facili
ties. All of the companies spent the
night In their armories however, and
were ready today to* board the trains
Just as soon as they were made up.
Brig. Gen. P. L. Abby, head of the
state militia, left last night for Calu
met, where he will take charge of the
situation.
Employment of Agents With
out Civil Service Rules
Causes Objection.
A protest against that feature qf the
tariff bill which provides for the employ
ment of a large number of supervisors.
Inspectors i nd agents in the collection of
the income tax, without requiring them to
be stlected through and under the rules
of the civl service, was laid before the
Senate today by Senator Sterling of South
Dakota. The protest was signed by the
National Civil Service Reform League,
with headquarters in New York.
The league asserts that If the bill Is en
acted Into law as it now stands It means
a return to the old spoils system, much to
the detriment of the civil service. It
points out that fl.'JOO.OOO will be appro
priated to pay these employes, who will
be selected for political reasons, and with
out regard to merit.
The protest asserts that there are plenty
of eligibles on the civil service commis
sion lists, waiting and ready to be ap
pointed. should Congress provide that
th) se new employes be selected In the
manner other civil service employes are
now chosen.
Protest Over Burns' Manuscripts.
LONDON. July 25.?The sale of the
Glenrlddel manuscripts of Robert Burns
has aroused quite a storm of protest
against the action of Liverpool Athe
neuin. which authorised the sale.
Burns presented the manuscripts to
Robert Klddell of Glenriddel In token
of hospitality shown him. They even
tually passed to Dr. Currle of Liver
pool. whose family presented them un
conditionally to the atheneum. An
opinion expressed in Scotland la that
the atheneum authorities had no right
to sell and that the sale should now be
stopped if possible.
Neuralgia Halts lane's Tiip.
BILLINGS, Mont., July 25.?Franklin
K Lane. Secretary of the Interior, ac
companied by his wife and two sec
retaries, has arrived here. He Is con
fined to hla room by an attack ot
neuralgia.
CITY HEADS SEEK
VIEWS OF CITIZENS
Residents to Get Every Op
portunity to Take Up Cap
ital's Problems.
NOTICES OF HEARINGS
WILL GO OUT EARLY
Proposed Scheme of Commissioners
Meets With Hearty
Approval.
Business and civic interests of the
National Capital are to be afforded
every opportunity to present their
views to the new board of District
Commissioners when matters affecting
the welfare of the community are
under consideration by that body.
Desiring the fullest expression of
public opinion at all times as to the
needs of the District, the Commission
ers have directed that an advance no
tice of every public hearing to be con
ducted by the board or the public utili
ties commission be sent to the Cham
ber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Re
tail Merchants' Association and every
citizens' association.
Time to Name Delegates.
The nonces will be sent out In suffi
cient time for organizations that are In
terested in the proposition to be consid
ered to appoint delegates to represent
them at the hearings.
While public hearings conducted by
previous boards of Commissioners have
been open to all who desired to attend
them, no uniform practice of acquainting
the public as to what questions were to
be investigated was followed.
The result. In many Instances, was
that the Commissioners disposed of
questions of public interest before cer
tain bodies of citizens which desired to
be heard concerning them learned that
hearings had been held. This led fre
quently to requests for a second hearing
or reopening of the case.
Statements made today by heads of
Washington's business organizations and
citizens' associations give assurance that
t?.e policy of the new board favoring the
widest publicity concerning hearings will
be a popular one.
D. J. Callahan, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce; E. C. Graham, acting
president of the Board of Trade; Isaac
Gans. acting president of the Retail Mer
chants' Association; John G. McGrath,
president of the Park View Citizens' As
sociation, and others commended the
policy, declaring that it will do much
toward bringing about closer co-opera
tion between their associations, which
represent the oivic and business life of
Washington, and the District heads.
Will Watch Notices.
It 1* expected that at all of the future
meetings of these organizations the list
of hearings scheduled by the Commis
sioners or the public utilities commission
will be read as a part of the regular
orter of business, so that the members
may decide whether their associations
are sufficiently interested in the matters
to be considered to select delegates to
represent them at the hearings.
Today proved to be the quietest the
new Commissioners have experienced
since their induction Into office. The
rush of job hunters, which kept the
offices of the new officials well filled
with callers during the early part of
the week, slackened perceptibly. So
far, the campaign for patronage has
been without results, as no appoint
ments have been made and no changes
whatever made in the personnel of the
local government.
With the departure this morning of
Engineer Commissioner Harding for
Vineyard Haven. Mass.. where he will
spend the month of August, the engi
neer department of the District will be
under the supervision of Capt. Mark
Brooke, assistant engineer commis
sioner. Capt Brooke, who returned
recently from a vacation spent In New
York state, will represent Col. Hard
ing at the board meetings, and, in fact,
will act with the full powers of the
Engineer Commissioner.
WALLDORF HONORS ASTOR.
German Town En Fete in Memory of
Birth Anniversary.
BERLIN, July 25.?The memory of
John Jacob Astor, founder of the great !
Astor fortune, is being honored in Wall
doif, near Heidelberg. The little town ;
is en fete In commemoration of his birth
there just 150 years ago.
He was the fourth son of a butcher, ,
and worked in his father's shop in Wall- ;
dorf until he was sixteen years old. j
In 1783 he went to America and started .
in the fur business, which was the
source of his fortune. He' remembered j
his birthplace by establishing alms- ]
houses here, the foundation of wiiich 1
William Waldorf Astor of London has i
Just Increased by a gift of $12,600. |
Three Killed in Strike Riot.
CHARLESTON, W. Va.( July 2S.?
Three men wvere killed and another fa
tally Injured yesterday in a short battle
between striking miners and watchmen
employed by the Wake Forest Coal Com
pany at Cabin creek, the scene of much
rioting and bloodshed since coal strike
troubles started in April, 1911. ?
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Noon Edition
Saturdays
The noon edition of The
Star will be printed every
Saturday during July*
August and September.
Advertisers
Advertising left at The
Star office Friday evening
will be included in the noon
edition Saturday, and ad
vertising left Saturday
morning will be in the reg
ular edition only.
i
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THE OPTIMISTIC OCULIST.
COMMITTEE FAILS TO ACT
ON EM SELECTIONS
Nominations of Lord, Smith
and Sheehy Are Not Given
Consideration.
The Senate District committee today
again failed to take action on the nomi
nations of Frank B. Lord, Gen. R G.
Smith and Joseph C. Sheehy as mem
bers of the new excise commission of the
District.
After the meeting of the committee.
Chairman Smith said that the postpone
ment was aue to the fact that the mem
bers did not feel ready yet tu act upon
these nominations.
It is understood that the delay was due
to the fact that the commit ..ee diu not.
wish to embarrass the Presiuent in re
gard to the nam.nation of Mr. Lord, but
wished to give the President further time
to look into tne chaiges which have been
filed against him by the An a-Saioon
League anil other temperance forces o?
the District. The Presidtnt has been very
busy with other matters ever sinc^ his
return to Washington, and. it is under
stood, has had no time to give to the
consideration of Mr. Lord's case.
No Opposition to Others.
There is no opposition to the confirma
tion of Gen. Smith and Mr. Sheehy, it is
understood, but the committee decided
not to take any action upon them untl?
after the Lord matter had been setned.
Some of the individual memuers of
the committee have heard protests
against the confirmation of Gen.
Smith, but nothing has been filed with
the committee against him, it is said.
Chairman Smith said today that the
subcommittee appointed to look into
plans for the elimination of the slums
in Washington probably would be
called together before long, but that no
date had yet been set for a meeting.
When the committee adjourned to
day It was to meet at the call of the
chairman. Senator Smith said that he
could not now say how soon he would
call another meeting to take up the
excise board nominations. There was
barely a quorum present today when
the meeting adjourned.
Connaught Wedding October 15.
LONDON, July 26.?The wedding of
Prince Arthur of Connaught and the
Duchess of Fife will be solemnized in
the Chapel Royal, ot. James Palace, Oc
tober 15. The Prince of Wales will be
the best man. * .
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
8c mate t
Met at noon and resumed consid
eration of tariff bill. Senator Works
continuing his speech against bill.
Introduction of Mulhall letters
into record and examination of
Mulhall continued before lobby in
vestigating committee.
Postmaster General Burleson, be
fore post office committee, answer
ed criticism of proposed new par
cel post changes and announced he
would order changes effective Au
gust 16.
Joint tobacco trade committee
beard Virginia tobacco g owers.
Senator Jones introduced amend
ment to tariff bill to free list grain
oags.
Houses
Met at noon.
Republican Leader Mann resumed
his filibuster against any business
being transacted.
"miking committee democrats
met and discussed currency bill
^...enanients ofieied by "insur
gents."
Interstate Commerce Commission
ers Prouty and Clements urged ap
propriations committee to appro
railroads.
priate for physical valuation of
Representative Raker introduced
resolution for investigation of in
d us trial possibilities of sagebrush
and greasewood.
YOUNG GOLFER A STAR
Playing of E. P. Allis III Sensa
tion of Western Champion
ship Tournament.
CHICAGO. July 25.?The largest gal
lery that has followed a pair here In sev
tral years saw E. P. A lls 3d of Milwau
kee and R. A. Gardner of Hinsdale tee off
this morning at Homewood In the semi
final round of the western golf cham
pionship. A large number of those In the
crowd were attracted by the remarkable
playing of the young Wisconsin cham
pion, who yesterday disposed of Charles
Evans, jr., who won the tournament a
year ago, and expected ?ome great golf
from him in his match todafy with another
veteran. Gardner is a former national
champion.
The sky was cloudless, and a stiff breexe
from off the lake made a coat feel com
fortable. The greens were perfect, and
there was nothing to keep down the qual
ity of the game. In the front rank of the
spectators was Louis A1 is, father of the
Badger champion, who yesterday forfeit
ed his match in the semi-final round for
the secretary's cup in order that he might
see his son perform. Mr. Allis, sr., said
he was thinking of buying the first hole,
which the junior Allis made once in one
stroke, four times in three and once in
four.
Allis competed in the western cham
pionship at Minneapolis In 11110, and Just
failed to qualify. At Detroit he quali
fied tenth and was defeated in the first
J round.
i J. C. Le Due of the Calumet Club and
i Warren K. Wood of Homewood were the
i other pair to get away. Wood, who is
i the more experienced player, and who Is
| on his home course, was the favorite.
PILGRIMS STAR! DAY
New York Suffrage Division
Ready for Auto "Hike"
to Capital.
NEW YORK, July 25.?The couriers
who will represent the New York di
vision of the women's suffrage party
July 31 at the presentation of petitions
to Congress gathered at their head
quarters today for the start to Washing
ton. They will make the entire journey
by automobile, holding meetings In the
various towns and cities through which
they pass.
Their schedule for today included a
luncheon in honor of the delegates from
New England, who reached New York
today, and a trip to Paterson, N. J., for
a meeting tonight. Saturday will be
spent along the New Jersey coast, and
Sunday will probably be spent in Tren
ton. Philadelphia and Baltimore will
be visited Tuesday and Wednesday, and
Thursday morning the couriers expect to
enter Hyattsville, the general rendezvous
for all delegates, from which place they
will go on to Washington.
TRAVELING INCOG.
Spanish Sovereigns Reach Paris on
Way to Cowes Regatta.
PARIS, July 25.?King Alfonso and
Queen Victoria of Spain arrived here to
day, traveling incognito on their way to
the Cowes regatta, and they were ac
corded an enthusiastic reception by a
crowd which recognised them while they
were out shopping together.
Their majesties were' the guests of
President Polncare at luncheon at the
Palace of the Elysee.
Heads Commercial Law League.
CAJE MAY, N. J., July 25.?Edwin A
Krauthoff of Kansas City has been
elected president of the Commercial
Law League of America.
Warden Expects Transfer of
Second-Term Meff to Re
store Discipline in Prison.
OSSINING, N. Y., July 25.?Sixty con-!
vlcts, the dregs of the New York city
criminal class, were taken, one by one.
from the cells in Sing Sing prison today
and placed aboard a train for the state
prison at Auburn. Recent riots in Sing
Sing caused the warden to take no
chances. Each convict was heavily hand
cuffed and shackled and then chained to
his place in tht railroad car which had
been brought inside the prison lnclosure.
A hundred prison guards did ihls work,
while in the state armory not far awa.
a company of naval militia waited for a
call to protect the town in case the trans
fer of convicts resulted in a prison mu
tiny.
Sleepless Night in Prison.
There was little sleep in the prison last
night. At intervals some of the prisoners
I would start to howl and bang on their
: cell doors. The din would increase as it
! was taken up down the line of cells and |
| continue until the angry convicts hn<i i
I worn themselves out. It was scarcely '
daylight when the weary night shift of
guards was relieved by the Keepers who
iiad charge of transferring the sixty sec
i ond-term men to Auburn.
W'htn the first convicts were brought
out to the car Sing Sing suddenly awoke j
? More than a thousand prisoners rusfied
to their cell wndows and cursed anJ
howled and yelied threats at lue keepers.
Train Heavily Guarded.
The task of the prison authorities was
by no means over when they got the i
prisoners aboard the car. On the train !
to which this car was attached they ex
pected to find friends and relatives ol '
| the convicts, and threats had been made ,
| that attempts ic release the second-tei in |
men might be looked for anywhere be
tween Ossining and Auburn. For this
reason there were almost as many guar
dians on the train as there were convicts.
The town of Ossining last night and Mis
morning was full 01 men breathing ven
geance against the prison authorities.
After he has rid the prison of the sec
ond-term men to be transferred to Au
burn. Warden Clancey expects to have no
more trouble keep.ng order. The rest of
the second-term convicts are to be sent
away tomorrow. To them and a few of
their more desperate sympathizers the
warden attributes the mutinies that broke
out at Sing Sing this week, the two fires
in the prison shops and the attempt to
murder a negro convict whom the muti
neers regarded as a traitor.
YOU
WANTED TO
VOTE
A double-page drawing
by
James
Montgomery
Fiagg
One of his great series
on "It's Risky to Want
Things" will appear in
the next
Sunday Magazinr
of the
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UNION IS EFFECTED
OF YUAITS ENEMIES
Seven Chinese Provinces,
Having Huge Population, in
Armed Revolt.
LOOTERS IN SHANGHAI;
POPULACE IN FLIGHT
Spirited Attacks on Arsenal Be
poised and Government Troops
Take Aggressive.
CANTON, China, July 25.?Seven of the
southern Chinese province*, with a popu
lation twice that of the United State?, !
have come to an agreement fo- Joint ac- i
tlon against Provisional President Yuan ]
Shl-Kal and the Peking government. In
an eighth province, Kwangsl, the troops
under Gen. Lung sympathize with the
movement.
A force of 10,000 Irregular troops,
chiefly composed of Hakka hlllmen, left
here today by way of the North river to
fight the northern army. They will make
forced ma: ches over the mountain passes
of the province of KiangBi.
Other armies are being organized
among the peasants and hlllmen.
Making Machine Guns.
There are 100 mountain guns In the
arsenal here and machine guns are be
ing manufactured.
One of the principal officials here as
serts there are mi.Hons of dol.ars in the
treasury, and that the revolutionaries
will be able to carry on an energetic cam
paign for a long time. He declares that
the Japanese are lending money to sus
tain the movement against Peking and
are assisting In other ways.
The governor general in a letter pub
lished today asserts that he desires the
establishment of a genuine republic In
China and not a dictatorship.
Bebel Attacks on Arsenal.
SHANGHAI, July 25.?During the past
twenty-four hours the rebels have made
a series of spirited attacks on the arse- |
nal, but all of them have been successfu -
ly repulsed. Tne government troops are
so encouraged at their continued suc
cess that they have assumed Uie of
fensive and are furc.ng tne rebels bacK'
on x\antau, a soutuerii suburb of tne
Chinese native c;ty.
Admiral Tseng has formally warned the
Nantao chamber of com..terce ti.at unlets
the rebels disperse he wili bombard their
position and the forts at the moutu of
tne river, which are also in the bauds
of the southerners.
Looting in Shanghai.
LONDON, July 26.?A Shanghai dis
patch to the Daily Telegraph says:
"Looting has begun in tbe city and
the residents are ileeing. Many Ores
were caused by bursting shells, and
several foreigners wounded by stray
shots.
"Shanghai is so full of refugees from
Nanking and Kiukiang that the peo
p.e are sleeping in the streets. A boat
load of southern deserters was sunk by
the gunboat tire. The northerners have
occupied a rebel fort near the arsenal."
The Shanghai correspondent of the i
Morning Post expresses the opinion
that the southerners are not likely to
repeat their attacks on the arsenal,
but will abandon Shanghai. and ihat
the revolution will speedily end.
Southerners Again Repulsed.
SHANGHAI. China. July 25.?The gov
ernment forces here, helped by the guns
of Admiral Tseng's wa-ships, this morn
ing repelled a fierce assault by the rebels,
who had been reinforced during the
night. The southerners attacked fu. ms
ly at 5 o'clock, but were driven off after
prolonged fighting.
The foreign consuls lodged a complaint
with Admiral Tseng that shells from the
warships had fallen In the foreign conces
sions.
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Reports to the State Department from
the American legation at Peking declare
that In the fighting near Shanghai the
navy remains loyal to Yuan Shi K.ai.
while the Chinese merchants at Canton ,
also are opposing the rebellion from busi
ness considerat.ons.
On the whole the government troops are
succescfully withstanding the attacks of
the rebels at the Shanghai arsenal, wh.le
the southern troops on the Pukow line
are reported to be retreating. At Hankow
a majority of the people are said to be
favorable to the rebel cause, but the vice
president, who is located there, is con
fldent of his ability to prevent an up
rising. , , .
The Chinese troops are reported to have
austa.ned a defeat in a battie with the
Mongols, ninety miles north of Kalgan.
where a separatist movement Is under
way.
MAKES CHARGE OF PERJUKY,
Jury Unable to Decide Whether Po
licemen Killed Prisoner.
CHICAGO, July 25.?A coroner's Jury
which investigated the death of Andro
Klimchuk reported early today, after
five hours' deliberation, that it was un
able to determine whether he was killed
by the blows from policemen's clubs or
from an accidental fall to the floor of
a patrol wagon. The verdict ca.led at
tention to the conflicting testimony and
the "very apparent presence of perjury."
and recommended that the evidence In
the case be presented to the grand Jury.
It was charged by the Russian consul,
whose attorney was active at the In
quest, that Klimchuk was beaten to death
by policemen In the patrol when he re
fused to give them money.
COAST DEFENSE EXEBCISES.
Army and Navy to Take Part in
Long Island Program.
* NEW YORK, July 25.?Arrangements
for Joint naval and coast defense exei
eises between the north Atlantic fleet
and the coast defenses of Long Inland
sound, to be held at the eastern entrance
of the sound. August 3 to 9, have been
announced at the headquarters of the
Eastern Department of the United States
Army, Governors Island.
The exercises, agreed upon by the Navy
and War Department* are the first of
their kind since 1905. They are not to
be a contest and no decision will be an
nounced as to supremacy of either lanJ
or water forces. Their purpose, in so far
as the army is concerned, la a develop
ment of the uses of the various elements
of the coast defenses, such as the proper i
handling of searchlights, battle. Are and
mine commands. For the nary. Rear
Admiral Badger has prepared a schedule
of exercises for the fleet to hana?Use <
with the purposes of the ann^
\
Richards Defends Action of
District Assessor in Fix
ing Valuations.
INCREASES WERE MADE
ON ADJOINING HOLDINGS
Other Venture! of District Official
Are Scrutinized by the House
Committee.
Real estate In the neighborhood of lPth
street and Kalorama road, bought by
Assessor William P. Rlcharas and As
sistant Assessors Mt ..ensle and Kalhfua
was reduced In assessment at the last
triennial valuation, while property In the
same square owned by others was either
raised or retained at the valuation of the
assessment of 1?I8, according to testi
mony produced by the House District
committee which Is Investigating Dis
trict of Columbia affairs.
At the hearing today. Assessor Rich
ards was ...e sole witness, and went
through a thorough investigation of cer
tain real estate deals he had mado.
Transaction Is Scrutinized.
Most of tne questioning toward ths
latter half of the session of the com
mittee w^s directed toward getting at
the details of a real estate transaction
In which Mr. Richards, Mr. Kalbfus and
Mr. McKenzle are now Interested, and
which Included the late Frank Nye,
formerly an assistant assessor.
Representative George of New To'lt
drew from Mr. Richards the testimony re
garding the asseasmtn s of lUutt and again
of 1911 on the property owned by the
three officials. Testimony also wan pro
duced showing assessments of surtound
ing property. When it was shows that
the assessors' property had not been
raised in valuation M.. Richards de
clared openly thai there is abso utely
nothing wrong with the assessment, and
that the property he and his associates
owned was originally assessed too high.
The matter will be taken up further to
morrow when the committee meets again.
Thinks Change Impossible.
Representative Calloway of Arkansas
asked Mr Richards if the assessors in
tended continuing the present triennial
assessment at 66 2-3 per cent of ths
j real value. Mr. Richards answered that
; ii would be impossible to change ths
i assesment already started. It will hold
' unt.l 1914-1916 and wl.l be completed
January 1. 1914. and as soon as It Is
completed the Commissioners will he
asked lo consider a change. He said
the field work on half the city Is com
puted on a two-thirds valuation.
Represents.ive Calloway suggested
there would be no great labor to raise
a two-thirds valuation to a 100 per
< cent valuation as a mere matter of
far.thmetic. Mr. Richards said the
| v. hole books would have to be changed.
Representative Wal.ers of Pennsyl
. vania suggested that a computing ma
| thine cou.d make the change easily.
Representative George suggested the
proposed raise could be made as a mat
-er of revis.on, as the revision period
alli.wed by custom or law would nat
urally follow the muking of the as
sessment now in process.
Mr Richards sa d he had spoken to
Commissioner Newman yesferday after
the hearing about the advisaollity of
making a lOU per cent a sees-.-nit ni. Mr.
'' Richards a.so said the previous Comrals
sioneis had betn .a.ked to about iht val
uation. He said that the former Cwmmls
s.oners had instructed the assessors 'not
i to fail heiow the per cent."
Not Exai tly Equivalent.
Representative John.-on askel him If he
thought "not less than" was e,u,va.ent
to 'not mo.e than."
"I can't say they are equivalent," said
Mr. Richards.
"But you nave been operating as If
they were synonjmous," said Re.-re. en ,a
tive Johnson.
Repre-entatlve Reed asked if a return
on property is eceived from owneis not
teistiiied to before a justice of tiie peace.
Mr. Jol nton said:
"I wtl. say. Mr. Reed, if you haven't
read the act, that that is one strange
? hing about the rider that >va*> ruslied
through Congress. Personal p:operty is
required to be sworn to. In the case of
real estate, if the as essor can And e rors
al! right. I thought it might be well to
call the attention of the commit;ec to that
instance of favoritism, d.seriminating
..gainst personal property In favor of real
estate."
Mr. Johnson said the report of the
building inspector showed more buildings
than the assessor's figures
"So some of them hide and escape taxa
tion," said a member of the committee.
Representative George asked about Im
provements in the southwest and north
east.
"An investigation showed," he said,
"there were increases In sections where
there was not one new piece of wood In
the square Involved."
No Instructions Given.
Mr. Richards replied that he had given
no Instructions In regard to It.
"The law requires a personal view,
doesn't It?"
"Yes, to review 75,000 buildings at the
rate of four squares a day."
Mr. Richards gave an example of the
impossibility of assessments being prop
erly made with the force on hand and
acting in accordance with existing law.
Mr. George tooK up the testimony of
last year regarding the improvements In
certain sections where assessments were
raised on buildings which had not been
improved a particle. Mr. Richards ex
plained that the assessors had held the
property in question had originally been
assessed too low. Mr. Richards said he
was trying now to get information, per
sonally. on these raised assessments on
the smaller homes.
"You were surprised at the raise in as
sessments on these little homes where
there was no change except in deteriora
tion?" said Mr. George.
After some colloquy on this subject Mr.
Richards said he had given no instruc
tions to the assessors regarding the as
sessments on these sma I bui.dings, but
was making personal investigations Re:
resentative Johnson brought out testi
mony regarding the need for ' a real
consideration" being recited in real estate V
deeds, Mr Johnson said:
Need for "Real Consideration."
"You know that most sales are mad*
to a dummy and the dummy turns It
over to the purchaser, and the real val
uation is never known.
Mr Richards said there is need for a
real consideration." Mr. Johnson said
he intended to reintroduce his bill to re
auire the "real consideration" be named
in deeds, and said the "dummy" trans
actions were for fraudulent purposes.
Representative Reed asked if It would
not be a good idea to base sworn returns
on real estate, so that the owners would
be on oath as to the value.
"It would be a rood Ides." said ths
?aAOSnr
^sor. , ,
Mr. Richards was asked absot pro*

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