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have been transferred remained the fame, Mr. Tletnan was frank.to admit that these would be subjected to the pruning knife as soon as the bureau has a chance td test out fhe temporary changes" already made This would nec essarily follow, he said. When asked If the changes had (he approval of Commissioner Saltzgaber. Mr TIeman replied that the change in the medical referee had his approval, but that the other changes were made during his absence. Bryan Demands Details of United States Consul; Secretary W ison in Dark (Continued Prom First Page."> of peace in Mexico. He also manifested a solicitude about further quotations. Is still for Recognition. The ambassador was not willing to say what he had written in his report but declared unequivocally that he had not altered his views about affairs in Mexico since coming to Washington or after his talks with Secretary Bryan, lie said it was true he had at various times suggwted the advisability of recognizing the Huerta administration. It is understood the ambassador s re tort deals extensively with the economic as well as the political situation in Mexi co It was said on good authority that he pictured a gloomy condition in flnan dal circles in the southern republic, pointing to several big hanks as being on the verge of bankruptcy and ruin, and a general condition of distress in business circles It is declared the ambassador epoke of the continuous deficits, both of tiie national treasury and of the railway systems, and estimated foreign losses as very heavy. The French losses alone he is sain to have placed at $2-r.O 000.000 In gold within recent months. That American Invest ments had greatly depreciated and that r.o estimate could be placed on losses is also said to have been included in the ambassador's report. Constitutionalists Interested. Constitutionalist representatives here exhibited a lively Interest In Ambassador Wilson's utterances, declaring that some o fthe things he was reported to have said In Interviews about the Mexican peo ple were offensive and would make it Im possible for him to return as ambassador. The ambassador was In the dark about future plans. He would go back on the steamer sailing next Thursday if the - President desires, he said, but he lias re ceived no intimation on this point. It was reported on good authority that one of the recommendations pre sented to Secretary Bryan was that the American embassy at Mexico City shuuld be continued In charge of Nel son O'Shaughnessy, Its first secretary, and the resignation of Ambassador Wilson accepted. His resignation, with those of other diplomats, has been in president Wilson's hands since the Tift administration ended. Receptivensss of Bryan. "T was impressed," said Ambassador M'ilsen later, ''with the receptlveness of Secretary Bryan and his breadth of view. Our interview was very pleasant and Mr. Bryan impressed me as not having reach ed ar>> determination on the situation, but as desirous to know the facts." The ambassador declared that at Mr. Bryan's request he had dictated a re sume of the situation. It took him four hours, and .t covered all the occurrences of importance in Mexico from the be ginning of the revolution against Diaz. Th* ambassador said he had made no reference to remedies. Mr. Wilson said he -would ask the President to permit him to speak freely about the situation, as he believed the public was not generally informed. It was reported last night that Am bassador Wilson will appear before the foreign relations committee Tuesday to discuss the Mexican situation. . Romero Denies Rumors. Manuel Peres Romero, confidential agent of the constitutionalists in Washington ahtf brother of Mrs. Francisco I. Madero, last pight denied statements purported to have been made In New York by Ambassador Wilson that Mrs. Madero had published letters that were forgeries, and that the Madero family was main taining a paid bureau In the United States for the purpose of giving publicity to false statements respecting condtlons In Mexico. He declared, in a statement, that Mrsi Madero had published no such letters nor caused them to be published, and that the Madero family had made no contributions for maintaining a pub licity bureau. Constitutionalist headquarters here gave out a copy of a telegram sent yesterday to President Wilson by Gen. Francisco Villa, rebel commander at Ascension, <'hlhuahua. declaring that the antl-Amer i>-an demonstrations In Mexico City did rot express the real feeling of the Mex ican people toward the. United States, lie appealed to the President to lift the embargo on arms and permit the con stitutionalists to obtain munitions of war on an equality with the Huerta govern ment. All Quiet St Madero. Consul Edwards has reported from El Paso that tfcje regular messenger mall (arrier, who left Madera July 22, told him all was quiet there and that no un usual alarm was felt by the inhabitants. Eugene B. Hassler, concerning whom In quiries were made, is reported in Chi huahua, enroute to the United States. official dispatches to the Mexican constitutionalist headquarters here confirm earlier reports of the capture of Torreon by the constitutionalists. It is reported to the State Department also that the Carransa forces are in pos session of Torreon. that the federals remain in occupation of Monclova. The federal command in the Tampico district has been turned over to Gen. 3x>pex by Gen. Oonsalee, the latter hav ing gone to the City of Mexico. Montrey is quiet with prospect of resumption of railroad communication during this week. The trains to Lampazos are now running. Telegraphic connection Is still Intermit tent. The steamship Texas has arrived at Galveston with 1?7 American citizens who are refugees fsom Mexico. Carranza's Finance Chief Outlines for First Time Constitutionalist Cause All that Is needed to settle the present trouble In Mexico Is the repeal of the joint resolution of Congress of March 14, 1912. prohibiting the exportation of arms and munitions of war from this country into Mexico." With these words, expressing the view of tlj*j constitutionalist forces in Mexico. Senor Francisco Escudero, minister of finance in the cabinet of Gov. Carranza, the constitutionalist leader, former speaker of the Mexican house of repre sentatives, and long a leader In educa tional and political affairs in his native country. yesterday gave a reporter for The Star his first interview in the United States on the Mexican situation. Senor Escudero, who has been In Wash ington for several days conferring with representatives of the constitutionalists here, gave what he conceives to be the basis for the present trouble In Mexico and discussed the suggestions that the United States either to mediate or inter vene in an attempt to bring about peace. In Close Touch With Affairs. Senor Escudero plans to leave for Mex ico soon to report to his chief on the results of his visit here. Since arriving In Washington he has been in daily communication with constitutionalist agents In different parts of Mexico, and therefore has been able to keep In close touch with the entire situation. "The people of the United States hardly understand the reasons for the pres nt disturbance," he said yesterday. ?'These reasons can be divided into two classes political and social, it is political be cause the Huerta government based upon tre^inn. murder and fraud. Is not the constituted government of the re public, but Is merely a pretended admin istration. "AVhtn President Madero and Vice President Suaren were seized at the Na tional Palace and, under threats of vio lence to themselves and to their rela tives and friends, their resignations ob tained and laid before the national con gress for acceptance, there was not a lawful quorum present, only ninety out of the 12i> members requisite for a quorum being on hand. At the same time the legislative palace was full of soldiers and well armed men, and ma chine guns were located In the corridors. The galleries, too, were filled with sol diers under arms. This was done to force the acceptance of the resignations. "In fear of their lives, the members present, with the exception of five, voted in the affirmative. I and four of my colleagues voted in the negative. I took occasion to protest against this unprece dented procedure in very forcible terms and as a result I had to leave the city the same day. Aim of Constitutionalists. "The aim of the constitutionalist move ment is to destroy the illegal govern ment set up by Huerta as a result of this equally unlawful procedure, and to re store the constitutional order, which will bring about free and fair elections throughout the republic and the selection pt' a chief magistrate who will administer his oince in strict accordance wnn the law and not to suit tfte desires of in triguing politicians. The social problem, which is so in tertwined with the movement that it Is inseparable from it, relates to the condition of the lower classes, who are being exploited by the rich for their own ends. This and the demand for popular suffrage were the causes for the revolution of 1910, so earnestly supported by the great masses of t?e Mexican people, and which resulted in the downfall of Diaz and the elevation of Madero. The latter succeeded in bringing about popular elections, but failed In his attempt at social reform because of reactionary intrigues with in and outside his cabinet, and a tend ency to compromise with certain of the more powerful men of the old regime, who, while pretending friendly co operation. were constantly conspiring for the overthrow of the government. Huerta Regime Will Enslave Them. "The people of Mexico well know that the Huerta regime is the essence of all that is reactionary, and that if it is permitted to continne In power It will enslave them In far greater de gree than did their oppressors during the lengthy administration of Presi dent Dias. hiTi1*!6.**'0 considerations. therefore, tvuh ?n,Jnated the people of Mexico. /,tern purpose to never submit men ? the Present govern ment of which Huerta styles himself nation1?! hn"1? lhey w,n vI*><?cate the 2*Clonal honor by means of anv sacri ssarjr to attain that end. v ,* people of the United States aDnrecint"th*se things, and should appreciate how impossible it would be who?? h?? ,temP?rlze with an usurper whose hands are red with the blood of ^.%.Pre, nt ?' the republic. The issues, to be solved permanently fKShtbk 8?,ved .falrly- a*d S S rought to a conclusion. How sincere p?ople ln this respect can be judged when It is known that thev practically without arms seized the greater part of the national territory Sow^rrv.^6 HUerta tr??ps- and are paign ?" an aggressive cam Purely an Internal Question. "The question is purely an Internal one r? .T'l J"* M was the clvI1 Wftr In the I nlted States fifty years ago. But the I same financial Interests are pressing for intervention in Mexico at present as de manded British and French intervention in the United States in 18?2. At that time !!!*., fl.nancJaI P0**? behind the cotton Industry brought such pressure on the I fnstloct^^ In London that Mr. Seward ' the Am,r,can "??- I n' British government shall in r^*ij^^*^ppr?ach you directly or indi Propositions which assume or contemplate an appeal to the President ' hsubject of our internal affairs whether It seems to Imply a purpose to yJSai5L?f?iS^ate you wlU answer thi* t? are forbidden to entertain any com munication of this kind.' "With the free right to purchase arms I such as we might require, 1 doubt if Huerta could withstand our advances for more than thirty days. are exceedingly thankful for the genuine sympathy for our cause which ?'n't%mlni eat the P?0P>e of the ? , and this feeling has con tributed much toward demonstrating to the people of Mexico the necessity for a and more intimate relatlonsnip thi Peoples and governments of I the two countries." 1 MEXICAN RAILROAD RESUMES. Embassy Says Service to the Capital Has Been Restored. Railroad communication between Mex ico City and the United States?suspend ed many months ago by rebel destruc tion of bridges and trackage?has been fully re-established, and trains are run ning over the route, according to advices received here yesterday. A freight train and a passenger train have come through from the south, reach ing Laredo, on the United States border, according to official advices received at the Mexican embassy In Washington. The first train, a freight, reached Laredo at 11 o'clock Friday night. The passenger train came through, arriving at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. A regu lar schedule will now be maintained be tween the capital of Mexico and Laredo, it is said. "The Mexican embassy, continuing its policy of giving publicity only to such items of news as have been fully con firmed," says an official statement of the embassy, "has received advice* from the Mexican consul at l^aredo, Tex., that the first freight train arrived at Laredo at 11 o'clock Friday night, and the first passenger train arrived at 4 o'clock Sat urday morning. A passenger train of six cars also left I^aredo for Monterey. FYom now on passenger and freight serv ice will be maintained between Mexico City and Laredo, which undoubtedly will contribute greatly toward the pacifica tion of the country." DR. PULSIFER HONORED. Made Vice President of Massachu setts Agricultural Student's Body. Special IMepntrh to The Star. AMHERST, Mass., July 26.?Dr. Woodbury Pulsifer of Washington was yesterday honored by the summer ag ricultural Students at the State Agri cultural College by a unanimous elec tion as vice president of tfeeir associa tion. Dr. Pulsifer was in the receiving line at a big reception given in the evening to the students of agriculture and their friends. Headed by Dr. Pulsifer, a committee drew up resolutions today thanking the state for its liberal contribution toward agricultural college work. The gathering this summer is a notable one and includes many lovers of nature, who, like Dr. Pulsifer, have come a long distance to get in touch with the academic work being done to boom the back-to-nature movement. Many prominent women are attending. Altitude Record Broken. ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 26.?A dis patch from Bath says that Frank Burnside, flying in a biplane, today broke Lincoln Beachey's American alti tude record of ll,t*>4 feet, made in Chicago two years ago, by attaining a height of 12.950 feet. Burnside. who lives in Oneonta, was in the air for an hour and forty-six minutes, flying over a six-mile course. Weston fto Rest Over Sunday. MBNOMINteB, Wis., July 26.?Edward Pay son Weston arrived at this place to night. He will rest here over Sunday and resume hiai journey toward Minneapolis Monday wrnlng. Bad Went Through Body As Dixon Ran to Escape;? His Superiors Arrested (Continued From First Page.) friend of the colored man under Investi gation, was Instrumental In causing the arrest and the shooting. Ordinarily, United States Immigration men are permitted to work In Juarez un der an agreement with Juarez officials. Investigating Another Case. SAN DIEGO, Cat., July 20.? District At torney H. S. Utley was notified from Washington today that the State Depart- i ment would investigate charges of vio lations of the treaty of Guadalupe Hi dalgo by Mexican government officiate at Ensenada, I^ower California, in refusing to extradite Joseph Leroy, charged with I highway robbery. The department asked for copies of all papers in the case against Leroy, who Is wanted here. It is charged by the dis trict attorney that the Knsenada authori ties refused to deliver Leroy to San Diego officers, although proper requisi tion papers were presented. American Stores Destroyed. EL PASO, Tex.. July 26.?Practically all of the larger stores in the city of Durango and between forty and fifty smaller ones were destroyed by rebels when they took that city a few days ago. B. P. Aguirre, who is In El Paso after walking more than 160 miles to escape from Durango, brought with him a list of the larger stores de stroyed. The list includes: Le Huize, German, general hardware; Francisco Martitima, French, dry goods: La Per la, Greek, jewelry; La Elegancia, Ser vian. dry goods; Puerts de Vera Cruz, Spanish, groceries; Durango Clothing Company. American; Durango Mercan tile Company. American, general mer chandise; American Grocery Company, American, groceries; Cafe de la Union; El Latiro, Turkish, hats; Goliilakat, i Belgian. Tra:ns leaving Juarez yesterday for Chihuahua ran into a band of rebels at Samalayucau, about seventy-five miles south of Juarez, and a fight en [ sued between the rebels and the escort ing federal troop train. The rebels who j were from Ortegas command, at Guada lupe. east of Juarez, are said to have I been repulsed. Gen. Inez Salazar is ar l ranging to pursue the rebels with his I cavalry from Juarez. Federals Driven Back. EAGLE PASS. Tex., July 26.?Five hundred federals who made a sortie from Monclova yesterday were driven [ back by constitutionalists, according to ? reports to Piedras Negras today. Con [ siderable losses on both sides were re ported. Federals were said to have executed two well known business men of Mon clova, Francisco Delgado and Francisco Garza, because they sympathised with the constitutionalists. Refugees assert there have been many other executions In Monclova, Preparations to resist a threatened at tack on the constitutionalist provisional capital. Piedras Negras, were made to day. Federals were reported advancing along the Rio Grande from Nuevo La redo. A constitutionalist column was sent out to meet them. Federal Battalion Deserts. NOGALES, Arts., July 26.?Gen. Alfaro Obregon, the constitutionalist leader, who is at Nogales, Sonora, recovering | from a recent operation, exhibited today a telegram from the front that announced the desertion of a battalion of rurales from Gen. Ojeda's forces. The rurales were reported to have been pursued by federals, whom they engaged I in a short battle before joining the con stitutionalists. Obregon said he indorsed the state ment of Gov. Maytorena of Sonora, that the constitutionalists would refuse to engage In any peace negotiations In which the Huerta administration was rep resented. Terraza's Cattle Taken. ? DOUGLAS, Aria, July 26.?Thousands of cattle taken from the ranches of Gen. Louis Terrazaz and other prominent Mexicans, will be brought from Chihua hua and sold in the United States by officials of the constitutionalists, accord ing to advices received here tody a. Minister of Finance Resigns. MEXICO CITY, July 26.?Esqulvel Obregon, the Mexican minister of finance, today resigned from office. It is reported that he is not in full ac cord with the Huerta administration. It was Senor Obregon who recently conducted the negotiations with Amer ican and European bankers for a $60. 000,000 government loan. To Visit Mexican Border. LOS ANGELES, July 26.?Secretary of War Garrison and party arrived In Los Angeles today on a tour of Inspection of army posts along the Mexican border. The Secretary, after an inspection of Los Angeles harbor, will leave for San Diego tomorrow. MNEOr FAULT Think Government Should Take Advantage of Situa tion in Mexico. TOKIO, July 26.?Some of the leading Japanese newspapers today accuse the Japanese cabinet of lack of diplomatic adroitness in the negotiations connected with the California alien land ownership legiclation. They urge that advantage should be taken of Mexico's friendliness in order to further Japan's cause. At the same time they question the sincer ity of the United States. M. Hashimoto, vice minister of commerce, made the fol lowing statement today In connection with Japanese participation In the Pan ama-Pacific exposition. "The authorities understand that it is reasonable for Japanese merchants to re fuse to exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposition owing to their natural resent ment against the alien land ownership bill, but such participation would ease the situation, and the Japanese govern ment hopes that the nation will send as many exhibits as possible." IS GIVEH LARGE POWERS. New Commiition to Control All Public Utilities. HARRISBURG, Pa, July 26.?Gov. Tener today signed the bi.l abolishing the state railroad commission and creat ing In Its place a public service commis sion. The commissioners will receive flO.OOO a year and serve ten years, the first appointments being for four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten year*. Under the act the commission will have authority to regulate the public service of all railroads, trolley, gas, electric, stage line, express, baggage transfer, pipe .ine, ferry, bridge, turnpike, wharf heat, water, telegraph, te ephone, re frigerating and sewage companies and of the public service activities- of municipal corporations. The commission will ha/e authority over rates, extensions, service and other features of public utilities. Where companies submit facts about securities the commission may make in vestigation and issue a certificate there on. but action by the commission before issuance is not mandatory. The tender of a freight engine was derailed on the Western Maryland rail road near Sablllasvllle, Md.. Thursday The track was torn up and traffic delayed for several hours. SUFFRAGISTS WHO ARE TO PRESENT PETITION TO SENATE MRS. JAMES LEES LAIDLAW. Crowds Fill Two Steamers on Trip to Marshall Hall. Athletic Events. One of the most successful excursions in Its history was given yesterday by Co lumbia Lodge, No. 174, International Association of Machinists. The crowds were so great at the time set for the 2:30 I boat to sail, that it was necessary to charter the Charles H. Warner on the spot in order to supplement the Charles Macalester. When the excursionists arrived at Marshall Hall there was enough fun to make up for the crowding on the boats. There were all kinds of races, races for women and fat men's races, and a special fat men's race. The lat ter had only two contestants. There was a base ball game, of course. It was between the machinists from the navy yard and a picked team from the bureau of engraving and printing. The machinists won In eight innings, with a score of 10 to 4. Athletic Program. The athletic events follow: Potato race for boys and girls?First prize, Lester Kngle; second prize, Chales Rowe; third prize, Howard John son; fourth prize, Edward Baldwin. Seventy-five-yard dash for boys twelve to sixteen years?First prize, Charles Reynolds; second prize, Lester Eliff; third prize, John Crawford. Fifty-yard race for girls twelve to six teen years?First prize, Rose Freeburg; second prize, Lucille Cornish; third prize, Irene Beaver. 100-yard dash for men?First prise, John Mahoney; second prize, L. A. Frank; third prize, Ralph Montgomery. 75-yard dash for men 195 pounds and more?First prize. W. E. O'Regan; sec ond prise, Charles Matthew; third prize. Max Fischer. 50-yard race for ladies?First prize, Lillie Dowrick; second prize, Annie Fenten; third prize, Mary Conlon; fourth prize, Mrs. W. E. Johns. Special fat men's race, 250 and over? Won by Thomas Carrol, president Co lumbia Lodge, No. 174. MENACE OF F0KEST FIRES. Hot, Dry Weather in Far Western States Increases Danger. Danger of forest fires in California, Washington, Oregon and Idaho is In creasing, according to reports received here during the last few days from the district foresters in the west. Hot, dry conditions prevailing now in the coast states favor the starting of fires, and the fact that the summer camping season ih California is at its height adds to the danger. This sea son so far there have been a number of small flres, but no bis ones, a total in all the national forests of only about 30,000 acres having been burned over. ANNAPOLIS CLASS LARGE. Will Have Membership of More Than Three Hundred. The new fourth class at the Annapolis Naval Academy will have a membership of slightly more than 300. making It the largest class that ever entered the acad emy with the exception of the one en tered In 1903 which numbered 313 mem bers. The total membership of all the class will be about 750. There are 400 vacancies In prospect. Including those to be created by the graduation next year of the members of the present first class. Notices of these vacancies are being sent to the senators and rep resentatives entitled to the appointments. TO SURRENDER WARRANTS. Court Directs Turning Over of Thou sands of Dollars to Water Companies. PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 26,-Recelv ers of the American Waterworks and Guarantee Company were authorized by the United States court here today to surrender certain warrants held by them One order authorizes the delivery to the officer^ of the Arkansas Water Com pany warrants for supplying water to Little Rock and Argenta, Ark., totaling $23,068.0.", and another directs the deliv ery to the Clinton Waterworks Company' of Clinton, Iowa, warrants aggregating | $6,20^.82 for supplying water to Clinton. FIRE LOSS $225,000. Firemen Save Half of Town of Brock, Saskatchewan. BROCK, Sask., July 26.?After an all night battle with the flames, firemen to day succeeded In saving one-half of the town. The loss of life cannot be de- i termlned as yet, as hundreds of farmers, , attending the annual fair here, returned ; home du: lng the confusion, leaving mem- < bers of their families behind. It is , thought, however, that three farmers lost their lives In attempts to rescue j horses from burning livery stables, where many animals were burned to death. The loss to merchants and the govern ment because of the burning of the post office, will be 1225,000. THEATER FLOOR FALLS. Crowd in Panic When Hundreds Drop?Only Two Injured. MARIETTA, Ohio, July 21.?Several j hundred people were thrown In a heap and two were seriously injured tonight when the center section of the floor of the Alrdome Theater collapsed under a thou sand people and fell twelve feet. When the floor collapsed the audience was thrown Into confusion, and for some time It was believed several had been killed and many seriously Injured. How ever, the crowd quickly picked Itself from the ruins, and it was discovered that only | two had been seriously Injured. They I were taken to hospitals in an unconscious condition. Many wdfe scratched and bruised. ? TOP i MRS. HENRY LOCK WOOD. BOTTOM I MISS HAZEL HACKAYB. MORE AUTOS NEEDED FOR sum PARADE Committee Visits Hyattsville to Perfect Arrangements for t Thursday's Reception. Headed by Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the congressional committee of the National American Woman Suffrage As sociation, a committee of suffragists went out to Hyattsville yesterday after noon to complete arrangements for the big "votes-for-women" demonstration to be held Thursday. In preparation for the automobile pa rade which Is to play an important part in the demonstration, the people of Hy attsville have repaired the section of the road over which the parade will pass and have made other preparations to make the suffragists welcome to their town. Scarcity of Automobiles. The principal trouble met by the com mittee in charge of the demonstration has been the securing of sufficient auto mobiles to bring all the delegations from Hyattsville to the capital. Miss Hazel MacKay has been made chairman of the committee on decorating the auto mobiles and has designed elaborate trimmings of yellow and white, the con gressional onion colors. The completed program for the demon stration Includes the reception to the delegations at Hyattsville at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, including speeches and entertainments; an automobile pa rade down Pennsylvania avenue at about noon, the delivery of petitions to sen ators and a banquet at the Brighton apartment in the evening. Word was received by the suffragists last night that James Lees Laidlaw, president of the National Men's League for Woman Suffrage, will come to take part in the demonstration, bringing with him Mrs. Laidlaw, who is an officer of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Petition for Each Senator. Arrangements have been made for hav ing at least two representatives of each state take part in the demonstration. At least one woman, therefore, will call on each senator and present to him in dividually a petition asking him to sup port a constitutional amendment giving nation-wide woman suffrage. Reports received by the suffragists yesterday from the various delegations now on their way here were to the ef fect that all are holding meetings in every town through which they pass, and are gutting many thousands of sig natures to their petitions. Most of the delegations are coming in# automobiles. MRS. LULU FRAXCIS. me MISS CARROLL ENGAGEMENT Said She Has Dropped John Philip Hill for a Russian Nobleman. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., July 26.?It can be authoritatively stated that the mar riage of Miss Susanne Carroll, daugh ter of Mrs. J. Howell Carroll of New port, and United States District Attor ney John Philip Hill of thA city has been indefinitely postponed. Mrs. Carroll and her daughter are now at Buena Vista Springs, Pa., and, while they would make no statement this evening, they did not deny that the engagement was broken. No rea son was advanced by either the young lady or her mother. "I will not discuss this very unpleas ant affair In any way," said Mrs. Car roll. Miss Carroll would say nothing, neither will MaJ. Hill make any state ment. Russian Baron Suitor. Since the arrival at Buena Vista Springs of the Carrol Is, they have been frequently visited by Baron Orten sacker, a Russian nobleman, who is now in New York. When Miss Carroll ar rived at the springs the baron followed on the next train. He remained for a week, and it was believed he had taken MaJ. Hill s place in Miss Carroll's af fections. She denied, however, that there was an engagement. Some excitement was caused last Sun day when it waa reported she had eloped with the baron. He had left about 8 o clock for New York and was accom panied by the young woman to the sta tion, about two miles from the hotel. When Miss Carroll failed to return within a reasonable time. Mrs. Carroli hastily followed in a carriage. It was afterward explained the young lady had visited friends at one of the cotta es. It is believed that notwithstanding the denials, Miss Carroll's engagement to the baron will be announced as soon as that with MaJ. Hill has been officially declared broken. When at the springs they are always together and society is prepared for an announcement. S'ngularly enough, the relations be tween Mr. Hill and the Carrolls remain most friendly, and only recently he was invited to pay them a ,vlsit. No one can offer any j-eason for the break ex cept that Miss Carroll found the baron more to her liking. SPEAKS TO SUFFRAGISTS. Washington Girl Makes Appeal for Equal Rights at Wilmington. Special Dispatch to The Star. \\ IL..IINGTON, Del., July 20.?Miss Ddith Marsden of Washington waa one of the speakers at several meetings held here today by woman suffragists. The meetings took place this afternoon and tonight in parks and on street corners The gatherings attracted lar^e crowds. Mits Marsden, who made Impassioned appeals 'or equal r ghts. was aided by Miss Laura Garrett of New York, Mrs. Mary C. Morgan and Mrs. Annie Lowen burg of Ph ladelphia and others. Miss Mabel Vernon of Wilmington one of the principal speakers, will go to Washington this week as a represent ative from Delaware when suffragettes present a monster petition to the Un ted States Senate asking for the passage of a national woman suffrage law. Shriners Celebrate at Norfolk. NORFOLK, Va? July 26.?Mystic Shriners from Philadelphia, Washing ton. Baltimore, Richmond, Raleigh and Charlotte. N. C.; Trenton and Newark, N. J.; Joined Khedive Temple of Nor folk in a notable ceremonial session and celebration here today. One thou sand Shriners participated. Rain Inter fered somewhat with the festivities of the day. Circulation and Advertising ???????????^1? Go Hand in Hand The circulation in Washington of The Evening Star is practically double the city circulation of the afternoon edition of The Star s afternoon cotem porary. Likewise the amount of advertising is usually more than the combined advertising of any two of its competitors, and frequently greater than all three of them combined. WEEKLY CIRCULATION STATEMENT. 19*3 Saturday, July * 61,642 Sunday, July 20 47?x52 Monday, July 21 62,546 Tuesday, July 22 62,214 Wednesday, July 23 62,439 Thursday, July 24 61,489 ? Friday, July 25 62,326 ?Including Noon Edition. * AFFIDAVIT. I solemnly swear that the abo??.vTNDNnav only the number of copies of THE EVBMNG AND SUNDAY STAR circulated during the sf 'e Vnmlly "o ddelivered 1013?that is. the number of copies actually so a. aeuvereo. furnished or mailed, for va'uable fn/jier^e ' D?le-bo^ fide purchasers or subscribers?and ^at c P counted are not returnable to or do not remUn "1 S unsold, except In the case of papers sent^to <out-!ortown agents only, from whom a few returns of unso d papers have not yet been received. w hbrron. Advertising Manager, The Evening Star Newspaper Company. .District of Columbia, se.t .... Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty alxtn day of July, A.D. 1913. CORNEIjTTts BCKHARDT. (SeH.) Notary Public. SENATE COMPLETES Republicans Abandon Futile Attempts to Make Changes. QUICKER PROGRESS MADE THAN ANY DAY BEFORE Chairman Simmons Never Heard of Hew Yorker Who Said He Helped Frame Bill. The Senate yesterday afternoon com pleted its consideration of the chemical schedule of the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill, with the exception of a few paragraphs which were temporarily pass ed over at the request of republican senators. Toward the close of the de bate, the republicans having made futile attempts to change the schedule as pre pared by the democrats, abandoned their demands for roll calls on their frequent amendments, and quicker progress was made with the bill than on any day pre vious. When the debate opened Senator IJp pitt of Rhode Island had read to the Senate and referred to the lobby investi gating committee an interview with Chairman Downing of the New York Merchants' Association tariff committee. In which he claimed that the committee had had much to do with the modifica tion of the administrative features of the tariff bill by the Senate finance com mittee. Never Heard of Mr. Downing. Mr. Downing was quoted as saying that the members of the merchants' commit tee had come to Washington and talked with the President, members of the cab inet and of Congress. Chairman Sim mons of the finance committee said that he had never heard of Mr. Downing. Several roll calls were demanded by re publicans in an effort to have the duties on oils changed. Peanut oil, aa an in gredient of the "poor man's butter," oleomargarine and butterine. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts sought to have placed on the free list. This was de feated by a vote of 47 to 22, Poindexter, progressive, and the following republi cans voting with the democrats: Borah, Clapp, Cummins. Gronna and Kenyon. Senator Works of California attacked the paragraph dealing with olive oils, declaring that the olive industry of his state would be ruined by the contem plated reduction In duty to 20 cents per gallon, and 30 cents per gallon on olive oil in bottles or other packages having a capacity less than Ave gallons. He offered amendments increasing the duty to 40 and 50 cents per gallon, respective ly, but they were defeated by a vote of 44 to 22. Six republicans voted with the democrats?Senators Borah, Bristow, Cummins, Gronna, Kenyon and Norrls. Senator Bristow of Kansas offered amendments increasing the duty on olive oil to 30 and 40 cents per gallon, and they, too, were defeated by a vote of 36 to 26. Know It Is Useless. In protesting against the heavy cut in the duty on whiting, Senator Lodge declared he knew it was useless to offer amendments. He therefore contented himself with a protest. He also pro tested against the duty on lithopone, but said: "I will not uselessly delay the Senate by offering an amendment." Senator Smoot also refrained from offering certain amendments, saying: "I will not offer an amendment be cause I see it will do no good." IS GIVEN NEW TURN Flames Raging at Binghamton Some Time Before Be 0 ing Discovered. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., July 26.?A new trend may be given the Inquiry into the cause of the fatal fire in the factory of the Binghamton Clothing Company by the evidence offered by Mrs. Wililam Whitney, one of the employes, who de clared she called attention to the un usual heat in the building at 1 o'clock, and smelled smoke at 2 o'clock, and called the attention of the girls to it The flames were discovered at 2;30. This would sustain the theory that fire Started in a large number of rags stored in the basement. The search for the bodies lias ended, the last being found outside tiie ruins be neath a fallen wall, crushed and burned so as to be unrecognizable. The insur ance companies have agreed to pay life policies without demanding information of fire victims and the Binghamton Clothing Company announces it will re sume work at once. All the injured now in the hospital are expected to live. Thirty-one Are Dead. The official list of the dead in the fire, as compiled by Coroner Stillson, will show that thirty-one persons lost their lives in the catastrophe. Of this ten have been identified. It is expected that two other bodies will be identified this afternoon and the identity of the remainder will never be known. The fire escape on the rear wall of the factory was the feature of the testimony at the coroner's inquest to uay. A young man employe testified that he helped several girls down the escape and that others might have escaped if their feet had not been wedged in the stair treads, which were composed of two iron rungs. Dfayor to Conduct Funeral. Arrangements for the public funeral to morrow for the unidentified dead were completed this evening. There will be twenty-one caskets, ten of the bodies having been identified and claimed for private funerals. Mayor J. J. Irving will preside at the funeral services. Prayers will be offered by clergymen representing various religious organizations. There not being enough hearses in the city to carry so many caskets at once, a I trolley funeral car will take the bodies to the cemetery, where a beautiful plot has been set aside for their burial. Arrangements for the public funeral tomorrow for the unidentified dead were completed this evening. There will be twenty-one caskets, ten of tne bodies hav ng been identified and claim ed 'or private funera.s. Mayor J. J. Irving will preside at the funeral services. Prayers will be offer ed by clergymen representing various religious organizations. In addition hun dreds of clergy from B.nghamton and vicinity will attend. 1 There not being enough hearses in the city to carry so many caskets at the same time, a trolley funeral car will take the bodies to Spring Forest cemetery, where a beautiful plot has been set aside for their burial. Samuel V. Matthews, state banking commissioner of West Virginia, and George W. Weekly, his assistant, were In. jured Thursday when a carriage in which they were riding across Sewell mountain went over a two-hundred-foot embank ment BEALE CONFERS WITH NEWMAN New Assistant Assessor for District Goes Over Future Duties. TRIMBLE MAY BE CALLED BEFORE INVESTIGATORS Resolution Gives Committee Power. Quick Action of Commis sioners Praised. WILI.IAM L BEALR. William L. Bcale, appointed to suc ceed Matthew Trimble as a member of the board of assistant assessors ot the District of Columbia, conferred yes.er day afternoon with Commissioner New man relative to his new duties, which he will begin August 25. No announcement was made follow ing the conference concerning any poli cies the Commissioners may have formu lated as to assessment and taxation mat ters In the District. Mr. Beaie stated that he preferred not to discuss at this time his own views concerning the meth ods of assessment in vogue in the Na tional Capital. The new member of the board of as sistant assessors was the recipient of many congratulations. He has been ac tively engaged in the real estate business here for the last four and a halt years and is regarded as an expert on realty values. Appointment Surprise. In speaking of his appointment, Mr. Bea>e last night stated that it came as an absolute surprise. "I was telephoned to come to Com missioner Newman s office, but I did not know what I- was wanted for," he fcaid. "On arriving there the Commis sioner told me of Mr. Trimble's resigna tion, and then informed me that 1 had been selected as h.s successor.' The action of the Commissioners in immediately appointing a successor to tiie position made vacant through the resignation of Mr. Trimble was the sub ject ot much comment, many District officials and others taking the position that the District neads nad acted wisely in tilling the position without delay. It was pointed out that any other course would have led to many candidates en tering the held, which might have com plicated the situation and restricted th? Commissioners in their selection of a competent official. House Members Silent. Although members of the House Dis trict committee were interested in the announcement that Matthew Trimble had resigned from the board of assist ant aaaeaaors almost upon the heels of the ?tatemeut in the present commit tee investigation, to the eflfeot that Assessor Kictiards had asked that h? be removed 011 tne ground of incompe tency*. none of them wouitl exjjr.ss any opinion (or publication. in tact, only a few of tne uiemoei s of t?.e commit tee are ;u? yet intimately acquainted with the aiiairs 01 me District ot Columbia, and their information is being garnered day by day. t>o mat tney ha.\c not I enougn information on wnich to ua.se 1 any opinion. Many of the menioers j had not heard of Mr. Trimble be lore ? his name was mentioned in the com j mittee three days ago. Resignations Anticipated. It is an odd coincidence, however, that the resolution which passed the House Friday, giving the committee iJO.tmu and further power to investigate during this session, contains in it the provision to bring "former officials" to the committee room as witnesses. When this resolution was lii st presented to tiie House, a prom intnt member of the committee was asked why the words "former officials" had been inserted. ??Because there may be a resignation or two before this investigation ends." he replied. The plans of the committee as to bring ing witnesses before it are closely guarded. It is probable that the mem bers of the boa:d of assistant assessors, including Mr. Trimble, will be asked to l appear or subpoenaed. If the inquiry ex tendi far enough it is not without reason to suspect that former Commissioner Ru dolph will be summoned as a witness. GOV. COX FORCES DENIAL Dayton Man Retracts Charge Preferred in Letter to James A. Emery. DAYTON, Ohio, July 20.?A denial of any part or the whole of his letter to J&ines A. Emery, regarding the alleged "deal" for the site for the Dayton post office, was offered by A. C. Marshall of Dayton to Gov. Cox tonight, according to a statement given out by the governor at his country home, near here. This morning, in Columbus, Gov. Cox made public a letter which he had writ ten to Mr. Marshall, calling on him to make a public retraction or correction of the Emery letter, which figured yester day in the testimony of Martin M. Mul hall, ex-lobbyist for the National Manu facturers' Association, before the Senate lobby investigating committee. The offer was made to a representative of the government, and although con veyed to him verbatim, was not accept ed in fulfillment of his demands. Mr. Marshall was told that the statement would have to be made publicly through the governor's legal representatives in this city. "The die is cast," said the governor. "Marshall will either make an entire cor rection of the letter to Mr. Emery re flecting upon my integrity as a member of Congress, or 1 will force him to, through the courts."