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BUT UTTLE BETTER
THANOPENSEWERS
Supt. Phillips Directs Attention
to Pollution of Streams
Entering District.
HIS ANNUAL REPORT
AN ELABORATE REVIEW
Disposition of Maryland Sewerage
Awaits Action of Legislature.
Statistics Comoared.
With the statement that some of the
streams entering the District of Colombia
from Maryland are but little
better Uigui "open sewers." Asa E. Phillips.
superintendent of sewers of the District.
lit his annual report, submitted to
the Commissioners today, again directs
attention to the Importance of steps being
taken to remedy the condition which,
he alleges, is fast becoming a serious
menace.to to-- hoalth of Washington.
The District official suggests that Inasmuch
as this matter Is to come before
the Maryland legislature in January, no
definite recommendations can ho made by
t he Iota! authorities at this time looking
toward an abatement of the nuisance.
ft is known to bo the policy of Mr.
l'hillips, however, that if Maryland will
build sowers to the District Una to con\oy
the waste material that is now drained
trom communities in that etate into
streams entering the District the local
g.>iii>iiiinnni Mhinilrl arrange for the dis
posai of the sewerage 'thus delivered
to It. i
Will Make Recommendations.
Should the Maryland legislature agree J
to an arrangement ?f this character it is
believed Mr. Phillips will Immediately I
recommend to the Commissioners that the 1
local giivtrnment undertake to dispose of J
the Maryland sewerage that is delivered
into tla interceptors ut the District lino. ,
In his report the local superintendent
of sewers outlines the preliminary
steps that already have been taken
looking toward co-operation between
Maryland and the District of Columbia ,
in handling Maryland sewerage that
now drains Into streams entering the
District, principally by way of Rock
creek and Anacpstia valleys.
"Work was continued during the year i
on a study of the condition of the |
streams flowing into and through the <
District as to the extent of their pres- 1
ent pollution by tne discharge of sewage
therein from neighboring Maryland >
towns," states the report. "As these '
comparatively small streams flow for |
miles through the great public parks,
the prevention of their serious pollu?*?*
? '? ?"vr -4-1 -e
tion Is necessary, wimm me umnci
ncwag# Is not permitted to enter these
streams, but this result, obtained by
constructing costly lines of sewage in- '
t-reeptor?. will be largely nullified if '
the discharge of sewage from exterior 1
sources Is permitted to continue.
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Foliation Increasing. <
"The pollution of these streams Is :
now very apparent and Is steadily increasing.
One or two are little better
than open sewers, actually carrying a
larger amount of filth than is parried i
by some of the suburban combined ays- (
1em sewers within the District. Hardly |
less than ten years must elapse, even .
with Immediate efforts directed there- (
to, before this condition can be adequately
remedied.
"Wlth; the constant growth of population
immediately- out-elde Of H?e Dls>trict
the jubjeet is one of increaelng
importance. The Maryland stats board
of health Is understood to be preparing
a report on these conditions and
their rerbedy, which fa to be submit- j
ted te the state legislature meeting in
January, 1914. under the provisions of
the act passed by the legislature in .
1912. 1
'In advance of action by tl*e state ]
of Maryland on this subject no definite
recommendation can be made toward ,
abating these conditions, which, it is
believed, within a comparatively short
period will constitute a nuisance." J
Reviews Work of Offlce.
The report of Mr. Phillips, which covers i
twenty-seven typewritten pages, elabo
rately reviews the work of, bis office
during the flscal year which closed June
30 last There are now 6*4.28 milea of
sewers In the District, while 5,172 catch (
basins are maintained by the department, .
It la stated.
An Idea of th? development of Washington's
sewerage system is furnished by '
a tabulated statement, tiled with the re- <
port, whieh shows that in 1804, the pop- ,
illation of the city was JnO/SJO, and $220.- (
!H4 waa appropriated for constructing j
sewer?, the number of miles .constructed i
being 14.61. I
Tautt year, with Washington's population
given as K?<,00O, the amount of tl'JO,- j
?*i0 wu appropriated for sewerage con- ,
uruction, 33.52 miles of sewers being ]
built. In the average cost of con- ^
structlon per mile was where- ,
last year the average cost per mile i
was but |13 9f? 41. . ,
GERMAHY TO SEJTD SHIPS.
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Invitation for Ceremonies Snrronnd- ,
ing Opening of Canal Beaches Berlin 1
RERUN, October 8.?An invitation to
the German government to send German
warships to attend the ceremony of the
r?penlng of the Panama canal was reHvril
from Washington at the United
Btatea embassy here today. It is to be
presented tu the German foreign office ,
tomorrow by Charge d'Affaires Joseph C.
fir?- 1
Acceptance of the Invitation by Germany
is assured, but the exact compost- (
ion of the naval force to take part In ,
the ceremony has not been decided.
ST. LOUIS STORM SWEPT.
Hail Kills Many Birds and Bain
Floods Streets.
ST. LOUIS, October 8.?A heavy hallstorm,
succeeded by a cloudburst and a
tlgh 'wind, broke over the western part
>f St. Loula today, flooding streets,
breaking windows and tearing down
trees and signboards. The rain fell so
rapidly that the sewers could not carry
off the water, and the sidewalks were
Hooded. Street cars on many lines were
tied up for half an hour.
Koreat Park v*a* strewn with birds
killed by the hkfl. The storm was
peculiarly local, striking only a section
of the city. Ne record of the high wind
v.as made cu the instruments of the
rnlted States w eather observatory in the
down town section.
EXCISE HEARINGS RESUMED.
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Two Applicants Seek Liquor License
Transfers.
The excise t>bard today resumed its
consideration of applications for liquor
license iFansrers. James vv. Gray applied
for permission to move his establishment
from 1313 B street to KXH E street northwest,
wblla Simon Mensh sought the
board's consent to change the location
of the sploon of which he Is the proprietor
from t.'id Lnpitdana avenue to
j'Jft H street northwest.
Roth applications were opposed by Attorney
A. E. Shoemaker, representing the
Xnti-Saloon l,eague. Mr. Mensh was j
represented by Atlornej* Frank P. Madi-j
pan and J. H ttleiu- Th?! board has a (
number of liquor license transfer applications
under consideration, but, as yei.,
has not announced decision in any, of
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TALK OVER PLANS I
FOR THE REFUGEES
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President Informed That 4,000 I
Mexicans Are in Eagle
Pass, Tex.
COME ACROSS THE LINE I
WHEN TOWN IS CAPTURED
Federals Take Possession of Piedras ^
Negras?Huerta Incurs DisAO
A# ITim PAHivraa
jiivaouac vi Mia vvugivoa.
Secretary Garrison of the War Department
and Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Labor conferred with Presl- t
dent AVflson. today about the attitude of t
the United States government toward the 1
4,000 refugees who had fled to I^agle "
Pass. Tex., from the Mexican town of P
Piedras Negras. across the international 1
line, when the town was captured yes- 1
terdav by the troops of the Huerta gov- a
eminent. * h
Secretary Garrison said that the War
Department and immigration authorities .
would provide a temporary asylum for
the fleeing Mexicans. Prom the White a
House Secretaries Garrison and Wilson n
went to confer with John Bassett Moore, f
counselor for the State Department, to s
ascertain the obligations of tho United (
States under international law toward
refugees of this kind Secretary Garrison p
expressed the belief that most of the c
Mexic ans were merely panie-atrleken, and
would return to their homes as soon as b
they felt sure order had been restored ?
In Piedras N'egras.
Secretary Garrison said the American
military authorities had instructions to n
hold all armed refugees. The policy v
hitherto has bean also to send the r,
wounded of the constitutionalist army
back across the line when they recovered.
Secretary Garrison, asked if the fi
constitutionalists would be sent back fo
into a federal stronghold, said:
"Well, not many of them have gotten tf
well yet. " "
Huerta and His Congress Clash. p
n
That friction has again broken out between
Gen. Huerta and members of the 01
Mexican congress was stated in reports Si
received here today from Mexico City. P<
Th# friction had its origin In the ap- j?
pointment of Garcia Naranjo as min- bl
Ister of public instruction. The chamber S(
of deputies has passed a resolution informing
Gen. Huerta that tt had not
given Senor Naranjo permission to give
iijp his duties as a member of that body. Q
This action is similar to that taken b
when Gen. Huerta appointed Senor w
Tamariz to be minister of public instruc- Cl
tion. ,
This friction is made light of by those 11
In sympathy with the Huerta admlnls- V
tratton, but constitutionalist representatives
here said today it was an lllustra- ti
tion of the state of chaos in which po- 01
litical affairs in Mexico City remain. The cl
majority of the members of the chamber p
of deputies were elected as Maderlstas tl
and are said to be bitter over the recent t<
alliance between Huerta and the clerical jf
l*-rty. . - f,
Conflicting Bepottt of Bevoldtion. *
Conflicting reports concerning the progress
of the revolution against Huerta
came to Washington today. Constitutionalists
received messages from several ai
Slfterent points, saying that Torreon, one a
of the most important cities in Mexico, b
has been captured by their forces, com- c<
rr^anded by Gen. Panoho Villa, whose tl
fqtrce was supposed to have been wiped
out by Gen. Maas at Santa Rosalia. L ?
With exception of alight akirmlahes in tl
the southern section of Tabasco that ii
state Is peaceful. Negotiations for peace a
between the discordant elements aggund d
Teziu .lan, in Puebla, and emissaries of b
the government are in progress. tl
Small bands of marauders are reported b
to the State Department to be operating ti
near Parajo Nuevo and Monte Blanco in to
the canton of Cordoba, state of Vera te
Cru*. . Banditti are numerous in LoS
Tuxtlas. Aailroad communication between
San Liuls Potosl and Tampico was
reported temporarily suspended October
#. The burning of a train on the Tama- h
sepo bridge cut off communication - be- $1
tween San Luis Potosl and Rascon for w
a short period. a
Conferences Over Election Details.
The' approaching presidential elections in *
Mexico, according to dispatches received J*
at the State Department, are presumably
the subject of conferences being held be- b
tween the governors of Mexican states u
and special commissioners from the City ?
">f Mexico. A special commissioner, these w
dispatches recite, has met with the gov- n
ernors of both Tabasco and Yucatan, it w
is to he supposed that such conferences t(
are being conducted in other and perhaps
nearly ail the states of Mexico. p
Dispatches received here today from C|
llerniosillo, the present headquarters b
jf Gen. Carransa. the constitutionalist jr
leader, state that prominent revolu- ai
tlpnlsts from all sections of Muxico ?(
are gathering there to promise him tf
their support and lay plans for the t]
future conduct of the movement K.
against Huerta. f(
American** Well Treated. p
These reports state also that Americans
in Sonora and in the neighboring ^
states are being very well treated by t)
the constitutionalists in control. The n
information is added that while the *
usual Mexican money Is away below rt
par, the hat money issued by the constitutionalists
is being received at its
fate value.
An Interesting sidelight on the situa- \
lion in Sonora was the information that
*. number of Yaqul and Mayo Indians, ?
irmed with bows and arrows, have joined a
the constitutionalists, who are besieging n
Quaymas. the only city In Sonora held y
by federals. The Indians were said to
have taken nart already in several im
portant engagements. ?
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FINED $5 FOR ASSAULT.
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T. J. lglehart, Contractor, Says He J
Only Shook Complainant u
Thomas J. lglehart, a building con- to
tractor, -was fined ?5 on a charge of t<
assault by Judge Pugh in the Police ^
Court today.
lglehart was arrested some time ago g
by Policeman K. Downs of the first t
precinct on a warrant sworn out by M
Harry McCormick. charging assault. 0
McCormick. when he took the stand
today, said that he and lglehart had
some words in the latter'a office about
some money matter, and declared that p
the contractor knohked him down and ?
then knocked some bottles on top of n
him- r
lglehart said he would scorn to strike
a man so much smaller than he, and r
added that he merely took him by tl
the coat collar and "shook him as he c
WAttlH ft child." 1(
"Judge," Iglehart said to Judge Pugh, 11
"If a man came to your house and ^
practically insulted your wife, you d
would do the same thing as I did, d
wouldn't you?" li
"I might," Judge Pugh answered, v
"but I would be willing to pay for a
it. Wun't it worth paying for to t
shake this man?"
"Well," Iglehart answered. "I guess s
it waa worth something, but I don't c
think it waa worth |10. I didn't hit r
him" ?
"Shaking him," the judge said, a
"ought to be worth $5." t
Iglehart said he guessed it was worth t
that much, and the judge lined him j
that amount.
The body of James I-a in en to. an ltal- '
latt, was lound on the Western Marylend
tracks at Potomac Manor, forty- 1
live miles southwest of Cumberland, t
Md? Monday morning. J _ ||
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CURRENCY BULL FOR
EXECUTIVE SESSION
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-louse Plan Likely to Be Followed
by Senate Committee.
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Considering Amendments.
HASTY CONSIDERATION
CALLS OUT OPINIONS
Frank A. Vanderlip Gives His Viewi
on the Pending Measure?Emphatic
Objections.
When the hearing before the Senat
raumiim fliiu currency committee ciosei
lie majority members of the oommitte
trobably will meet in executive sessioi
o consider all amendments to the ad
ninistration currency bill, according to i
irophecy made at the Capitol today
"his is the plan that was adopted in th
louse, where democratic insurgent
gainst the bill were members of th<
unking and currency committee
Although Senators Hitchcock, Reed anc
PGorman, democrats, are not yet classec
is insurgents against the administratioi
teasure, they are known to oppose mans
eatures of the bill. If the bill, therefore
hould be considered for amendment it
he full committee, with the republtcani
resent, the administration forces on th<
onunittee would be In the minority.
Chairman Owen was asked a point
lank question today regarding thi:
latter. '
"1 have not discussed yet with the
lajority members of the committed
rhat the .proceedings shall be," was hii
eply.
Senator Hitchcock also said that ac
ir as he knew this matter had not
ecu discussed.
Administration efforts to apply,the spui
? the Senate'banking: and currency comlittee,
and hasten consideration of the
resident's currency bill, drew forth a
>ply today from Senator Reed of Mis>uri,
one of the democratic members
t the committee who has opposed haste,
enator Reed in a statement took the
asltion that the committee Is not wastig
time and that the importance of the
ill makes careful consideration an ab>lute
.necessity.
Compared With Tariff Bill.
"The currency bill reached the Senate
eptember 18," said Senator Reed, "and
as that day referred to the banking and
jrrency committee. Counting Sundays,
te bill has been before the committee
venty days.
"When it is remembered that the
iriff had been di^ussed for a quartet
t a century, that two separate poliles
had been developed, that the peole
had declared in favor of one o.l
tem, that only adjustment of the t&rifl
a that policy was required, and thai
; took the Senate working diligently
rom May 9 to October 2 to- perfect
nd pass the bill, any complaint that
tie banking and currency comrhlttee
as been guilty of undufe delay beiuae
it has held hearings for twenty
ays is most unjust, not to say absurd.
"I do not want to be understood as in
ny manner criticising the bill or the
dministratlon, or that I believe the
ill cannot be put into shape to be aceptable
as a solution of our difflcultes."
Prank A. Vanderlip, president of the
[ational City Bank of New Y^fk, told
lie general banking committee today he
idorsed many Important features of the
dministratlon currency bill. Mr. Vanprlip,
however, criticised adversely coram
points, notably the independence ol
le regional reserve banks, the characsr
of the note issue plan and the secion
compelling all national banks to
ecome members of the- proposed sysim.
Many Excellent Qualities.
Aside from those objections, however,
e found many excellent qualities in
ae administration plan, and took issue
ith many bankers who have criticised
dversely different parts of the bill.
A repetition of the panic of 1007 from
uch causes as brought it about would
e Impossible under the proposed bankig
sVstem, said Mr. Vanderlip. He delared
that the call loan market would
e greatly minimised in importance
nder the new plan, and that hundreds
M llll. ? J 1* -
i miliums ui dollars n?w usa ior call
tans on stock exchange collateral
rould be turned Into commercial chanels.
The reserve system proposed
rould be superior to the present systm.
he said.
Mr. Vanderlip's objections were emhatic
on certain points, however. He deared
the new Treasury notes guaranteed
y the government would find their way
ito the reserve of non-member banks
nd ultimately no elasticity would be
dded to the volume of currency. He
lought there would be no incentive under
in new law to retire the present bond?cured
national bank currency and thereire
there would be little room for the
reposed issue of Treasury notes.
Mr". Vanderlip said the bill would
iiuse a loss of $50,000,000 of deposits by
Is bank, but he believed the measure
as a step in the right direction, allough
It would not completely effect
eeded reform. The bill, he thought,
ould Increase, rather that decrease, the
nancial supremacy of New York.
Tn rlimin.t. C.U T ... W..1..1
?u <iilillUII?W U(U1 UUBU JBBrACVi
Questioned by Senator Hitchcock, Mr.
anderliii said that the one great object
f legislation should be to give the banks
market for money which would ellmiate
the call loan market on the New
ork Stock Exchange.
"At present," he said, "we must use
ur funds there because that is the only
lane in the world where a call loan can
e called at once."
"Don't you think it Is an element of
anger to have our banking money loaned
n stock exchange collateral on the call
oan market?" asked Senator Reed.
"It Is an element of danger and It is
nsound banking, but it is the soundest
ignklng we can do with our present syaE-m.
No one will be more thankful than
he great banks of New York If we can
limlnate that evil."
Mr. Yanderlip said that the safe subtitute
for this system would be the esablishment
of a bank of rediscount
rhere banks could secure money at once
n good commercial paper.
Presllent Now Backed.
ITUbIp A u - - -
iiwi mo turrencjr ib xo De made s
arty measure and the democrats of the
len&te whipped Into line to support the
leasure was the prophecy made at the
apltol today. Senators who have oonerred
with the President take the stand
hat as the democrats are responsible for
urrency legislation, as well as all other
>glslatlon, they should take the matter
uto their own hands without further deny.
Even Senator L<ewis, the assistant
emocratlc leader, who a few weeks age
eclared himself opposed to currency legilatlon
at the present session, is out now
kith a statement that the democrats
liould do the President's bidding, and
hat speedily.
The currency bill bas so fax been eonldergd
by the full banking and currency
ommtttee of the Senate. The republican
nembers of the committee, aided bj
lonaiors Hitchcock and need, democrats,
nd at times bV Senator O'Gorman, also a
lemocrat. have had their way with th?
>111. They hold the balance of power ai
>resent.
Situation Not Relished.
The democrats do not relish this, am
tarticularly the President is aroused oves
he turn of affairs. It was said total
hat the first stej> to hurry, the hill alonj
CONFESSED SLAYER, GIRL h
AND'OFFICERS WF
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1 The picture shown the man who ronleued to the murder of MUdr
policemen havtif lunch together In Chicago. From left to rl
Spencer, the murderer, and Officer Trent.
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be to put It In the hands of the f*nnrni| O Tl|/r f
i democratic members of the committee, l*|?|lkl/A| \ I All p I
I excluding the republicans from the com- | Ll/LlulLU IflllL U
. mlttee room. Four of the seven democratic
members of the committee are llflTllAlIT 1*1 Al
ardently in favor of hurrying along the llfl|IJ||l|| LIUI
1 administration bill, and will be in a po- fVI I |||J|| I rinl
: sition to drag the other democrats along miiiwv I i mi
with them. If the democrats find it'im
possible to settle their differences in com- ????
. mittee, a caucus probably will be held. n n ...
: Fowler Attack, mi. Provisional Capital
The committee yesterday afternoon tutionalists Cap
1 heard Charles N. Fowler, former member
of the House, and former chairman Whfin TrOODS Ad
of the banking and currency committee. ^ r
. He attacked the bill, declaring it would _
create a currency which was "not adapted
to the need, of the country." and If , ?
passed would result in "commercial bed- W,,B ut ?ring a snot, ie
lam and financial ruin." He character- took possesaion of Piedras
ized the present Aldrich-Vreeland emer- while provisional capital of
gency currency law as an "antiquity." tlonaUsts, late yesterday a
"That measure," he said, "was jammed victorious march of the gov
fhrnnoh I nn trrnao htr fnrmflw Prooln/inr .
Rwsevelt, under the same damnable pretense
that Is being used by President Coabulla, the home ot Venu
Wilson to force this bill through Con- ?*? revolutionary comra
gress?pass the bill or plead lnccmpe- Except for four stragglers
' tence." down by federal cavalry wl
Mr. Fowler advocated the establishment attempting to escape acroi
of a system of pure bank note asset cur- all of tha constitutional!
. rency. under which each Individual bank p. - ,??rohed a
: would issue Its own notes as currency. P1?dras ?egraa marched a
hs they were needed. approach of the governmej
; were' not pursued.
Hakes Recommendations. The federals were Bighted
He recommended that the present **?on on a hilltop two m
! $750,000,000 of bank notes remain ?n cir- oltjr* ??nn?n T?*?.plar
culatlon. but th.t tb. 2 p.r <*M ?o?rn- * hn|
ment bank notes eocurtng tbem bo re- tb, hanatul of
tired and the notes become credit cur- jjjgtg had shouldered arms
rency" Issued by banks. On this cur- aWay.
rency, he said, a 5 per cent tax would The federal advance guard
form a guarantee fund which would be no resistance, drove thrc
held against notes outstanding Issued by ameda to the deserted ct
banks which might fail. Agglnpt the administration building In
notes, he said, the banks should be re- tton and took possession. ]
Quired to hold a reserve equal to their city wSe policed by troopers
reserve against deposits. Her recommend- been no looting.
?d holding of a go*d reserve of a billion w-tvI- a.a.. t?m
and a quarter dollars by the government aWC Among xlea
to control the gold supply of the cohntry. while the constltutioi
"* leaving panic prevailed an
CONGRESS MAY TOOBE Sv5&7z
cause of the prevalence
AUDITOR DEHfS EES
mltted to oross the bour
however, were marched ur
United States troom tn
Chairman Johnson Thinks He ca^?Jrrma?chFna/1hi8Pa"
dras Negraa CoL Herrera,
RpPPIVPQ Tflfl MllPh?-In. allst commander, ordered
nebeiveb I OO IVIUCn?-in- the olty assembled in the \
_ , ' and pleaded with them to
come Declared Absurd.
evacuation of the city, )
- part of ? plan to cut ol
Ben' Johnson, chairman of the House 'r?m base of suppHe
committee on the District of Columbia, federZlt.8 Jfee b?& o
is preparing another Investigation?this tlonary forces Is reported
time into the fees collected by the auditor centratlng at San Juan,
of the Supreme Court of the District of 80Uth of the border.
Columbia- Information coming to Chair- Beporta About Bebelt
man Johnson's ears is that the fees of
that office sometimes reach as high as Reports as to the status (
130,000 a year, and this, according to tlonary movement are confl
members of the District committee, seems dispatches Indicate that th
to .be too high. . . is badly scattered and bro
In order to have first-hand information, while others are that the i
Mr. Johnson intends to send: one of the afe Intact and marohl
expert accountants In the empioy of the common point t<^-reform a:
District committee to the office of the campaign,
auditor to investigate into the money re- c*j?aC, ^rt^of thi nu3?
ceived there, and to make a .report to still under rebel rule, it 1
the committee. The purpose of the menv while private advloes reeelv
bers of the committee who are interested 3!ex"' r?P?rf *hat the impc
in th. Investigation I. .? reduce ,h. income
of that office to the Incumbent.
Friends Deny Story. Leader s Whereabout,
, , T , , The whereabouts of the co
: Frtands of L 18 A- Dent- the ^reatM leftder lg unknown> Ven
auditor, say that the fees do not reach ranza> who wa8 governor
, $30,000, and mention $18,000 as the highest -when he proclaimed a revo
possible limit. Even this is too large. the government of Preslden
, according to the views of the chairman I piedraa Negras three mont]
of the District committee, who eays that 8ibly to take command of tfa
1 even half of $18,000 is in excess of what mobilised In the vicinity of
It should be. From that point he went i
... the state of Sonora. A n
If the matter Is Investigated In a public neutenants, including Jesus
hearing It Is probable that some one will brother, and second In o
make the charge that the Investigation in Pledras Negraa
i had Its start with trouble which Auditor day8 a?0j when they left, r
Dent has had with a "loan shark" In direct their troops G a batt
his official activity. It is understood that twenty-flve miles south oi
Mr. Dent had to pass upon affairs In- though no battle was fougl
volvlng a fee charged by this "loan United States military a
shark" and refused to allow it. Ever Eagle Pass will make lmn
since then, say friends of Mr. Dent, there sentatlons to Oen. Maas urs
has been "constant agitation concerning to Insure protection of life
Mr. Dent's income. It is possible, also, hi-.re until reorganization
that it may be shown that persons in- government,
terested In embarrassing' Mr. Dent of- time being no on?
fered a lawyer In this city $1,000 to start intoMexico,
agitation similar to that now about to ^^le Pass Into Mexico.
. culminate in an investigation. *
Nothing to Conceal, Says Dent. PPPQIflFNT INI/1 IT
. When told by a Star reporter of the I IVLUIULIi I 111 VII L
proposed investigation of his office
Auditor Dent said: UrDDrU/ AM KIP
"I have no objection to any Inveettga-. flrKlTrify fl[v|ull
i tlon Congress may wish to make, lnas- IIUJllLifl illII ill
much as there Is nothing to conceal about
the business of this office. I shall be
very giad to aid Mr. Johnson In any In- Headed by Representgth
' quiry he sees fit to institute. As far as a committee from the boi
, the statements about the lnoome from the tors of the Hebrew Bhelte:
i office Is concerned, they are absurd. migrant Aid Society of Nev
I Mr. Dent declined to discuss the sug- at the white House today
gestlon that the threatened inquiry by ed prggiaent Wilson with
; Congress gTew out of his decision In the ansraTed Invitation to at*
. matter of a loan on real estate, _ where bration of the twenty-fUU
; he reit onugea to aisajiuw m owm w .. . ..
more than $3,000 sought to he exacted bjr th? founding of the e
[ a money lender In foreclosure proceed- held In New Torlc early qi
5 Lngs. The President was told
t ? ganization Is non-politica!
Dartmouth Professor Dead. members and its purpose
t ~ ? ... , American idealB among J
LISBON, N. H.t October 8.? Charles ^rHntn. *
j Francis Richardson, professor emeritus of The President said he woi
English at "Dartmouth College, dlod here to consider the invitation.
r today of pneumonia, aged sixty-two. He at this time determine wha
f had been a member of the Dartmouth menta would be.
i faculty for thirty-onez$aub _.. S9Hatom JEjpmeren^^Chcwi
<
IE MURDERED I flCCfC
IO MADE THE ARREST LU00LJ
CAUSE
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V , * *> -^v^^Hj
M|ff'' 4j| 1>r' " t mast or O
1wj|. -6M%ps^Sp| ^ ;:<'^^H dismayed by "t
Indemnity case:
s\Xk#U W^WlfB I wi:h Th<- parc<
^ i?ls "* ' | f??W"' *.; 3K !>" antlolpatinK
^ / "' registration pr
or parcel poat
This statemnnl
emphasis th
an ai
the
J^Bk ifl The thai
; ^ V \ bast a
proorlated for
r n'ty for lost pi
the "*^1 vear
iNttpw'Llls.'wb'im? It was said, w
been set apart
fti Allison Kezroat and many others and the Chicago fiscal year em
laht the nes arei Capt. Halpta, Offlcer Keefe, Henry given rise to
Inset?aCRS. MILDRED ALLISON RBXROAT. and some f^u,
- son for the
im# each talked with the President on the e8pSj!t*fn If*
11 ? currency situation, and assured him that ,
H I I they would assist In the program of ob- "Iatter up to tl
? tainlng an early report on the bill. ^n8-. July 1. H
A delegation from New Orleans, headed *.r?n
llfl P| IIIT by Representative Estopinal. called on il:
|\| | ? \H| 11 the President today to ask him to visit
liU ill IU I New Orleans when he goes to Mobile the f ^ F
last of this month. The President re- _een allotted f,c
gretted that he will not bo able to make .5, ????,
the desired stop. June M> 191Sof
Consti- Marshalahip Is Settled. Shows Ba
i l l j J. A. Herring of MadisonvlUe, Tex., Is *ho close
llUlalGu to tie named United States marshal for amouut of the
the southern district of Texas. That was was SH.224.24,
tpear. settled today when Senator Sheppard call- total sum allot!
ed on the President regarding Texas pa- Tho examinati
tronage. This is one of the few Texas proved showed
October 8? positions about which there was no dis- each. Ju
V , ... ' mately 800 clai
deral soldiers Pute- approved at t
Negras, erst- Walter Tuckerman. president of the would total |7
' the constitu- Harvard Alumni Association of Wash- $11,224.24 alreai
tnd ertded the ington, talked with the President to- the total for t
ernment army day and asked Mr. Wilson to accept fa Wh?le
the state of the hospitalities of the association on ?, w
'? convenient ,o
ander-in-chlef. The President said that as he had ,yt
who were cut been compelled to decline invitations "t !?.?r ,
hile they were '?om the Princeton and similar asso- "eavlnV Jie?rfif
.. ihn clatlons he would be compelled to de- Jv.?V .
is the border, 0lI th,8 alsQ " w that amount ai
1st troops In cents. It wts
ws.v with the result In & b.g
,t^ntc htot ciub out ox huxt. ztxijsjx
?????- been no changi
I shortly after Small Crowd On Second Enn of estimated. It h
tiles south of e - ??jP"
Red and when SeUOU. came'effect ve
n.vnirv ?,nnn Despite the bad weather, member* of ^
^# v* wy - ?- auiUUHUIlK pi aLC
Into tha city. t^ie Hiding' and Hunt Club of Washing- of the business
' constitution- ton started out this afternoon from the wise .Insured,
and marched Montgomery Country Club for the sec- J 0!"* of all
ond drag hunt of the season. The field vaTV 1
I, encountering was small because of the absence from But as no re
>ugh the Al- the city of the majority of the mem- when the es
mstitutlonallst bers of the club. made. It wjls
Krt5S?hrJE W""er H Tack.rn.an led the chae. ^rk"?/r ?'???
and there haa ".U afternoon. Another drag hunt la which the thl
to be held Saturday afternoon. Within general, after
Idevi+s the next few weeks it is expected that concluded mig
many of the club members will have '6T5,0aw 8,8? co
pallets were returned to the city, and then the mate1 idea, of1
song the rest- hunting Beason will be begun In ear- I andthe reveni
!or the inter- neBt- ed, recourse v
antlne estab- of the sixty
lvi? HIS PUT 10 DEATH SSS
leveral thou- _ 1|If ??|AA,-,PI.A It was estlma
teas MANY PRISONERS tZ-ri
Quarantine total of 1Ae4-,
in tern Pie
the nei"L?Si Gen. Alvarez and Staff Among SasfSSH
public square 807.20. and on tl
KS Those Executed on the ^
fkf-nd Capture of Torreon. 38??VS
I r This would Iea\
f . ment from tlie
j attack the without
f to%r?fVeonI IaAREDO, Tex., October 8. ? Federal increase in the
thirty miles Gen- Alvarez and his staff and 125 fed- J**"6 J]?!
^ eral soldiers were executed yesterday bensiveas to th
. Conflict * ,n Torreon/ Mexico, under orders of there Is any ne<
G?n, Francisco Villa of the constltu- in the new parci
of the revolu- tionalist forces, according to tnforma
lloting. Some tlon from reliable sources brought here TIMMON
e rebel army today. With the city of Torreon. the _
sen in spirit, reoeiH capiurea pracucauy an or mo - .
several bands federals' arms and artillery. The battle Action Lflftllgl
Ing toward a lasted four days, with heavy losses to Aid Serv
nd renew the both sides. .
r ^ There will b<
negas, In the DOUGLAS, Aria, Ootober 8.?The eon- or naval aids wi
Ceahuila, are etltutlonaltsts captured Torreon. Mex., after except w'
s understood, by a clever, ruse, said an official report navy functions.
Ij?redo: transmitted through Douglas last night. Lieut. Comma
irtant City of rjen Choa of the inaureent forees told U* who 1
t of the state, u#e"; ,^noa ?r \ht0 insurgent rorees told whUe Hou8e ,
stltutlonallsts. ot u *** making his report to Gen. Caraza paction for sei
, at Hermoslllo and also puts a new aspect to the battleshif
unknown. on the capture of Santa Rosalia. . It was determ
nstltutinnaHat While the federals were lighting with bis place, but .
^ what they considered the main rebel ham L. Jones, 1
lUstiano car- force fct Santa Rosalia, Chihuahua, the
of Coahulla major group of insurgents took Torreon
lution against and La Paz. The town of Sierra Mojeda jn' 1
t Huarta left 'el1 lnto rebel hands Thursday, the
is ago. osten- meMa?e 8&ld"
ie rebel forces ???
Torreon. PROVIDES FOE "HONOR MEN/' Ifl II
westward Into
umber of his _ . _ __ ,, . _
carranza, bis Proposed Change in Method of Seuntil
a few lecting West Point Cadets. j I QBU|
1 ?eat*Pey o tea Important changes In the method of
r* the border,' admitting candidates to the West Point j ^BSUP
lit. Military Academy are embodied in a bill
kediatrttlee r** lntroduce<3 ,n the Senate by Senator |
rlng&measures ^bamberlain, chairman of the committee WHS,
and property on military affairs. It proposes that the
of municipal President shall have - power each year
5 is permitted *? *PP?h?t to the Academy tea "honor j II'
bridge from men" from ten educational Institutions r |K
having Qfflceni of the army detailed for <
military Instruction. The list of "honor Aa..
'ft Tift schools" from whloh the selections could
11 I 11 be made would be prepared each year
\J IU by the War Department.
The Chamberlain bill also proposes that
/rnOAnV when the annual examinations have failed 1
vrnMln Y to a11 vacancies in the academy from
| LllUnll I the 1,9t ?' regular appointees, candid tes
Shall be selected on the merit principle
from the whole list of alternates in
stead of being restricted to the alternate W?y<s
ire Goldfogle, from the district where the principal Tuv* mmmJBS
ird of dlrec- failed. Cadets thus selected would be 1
ring and Im- credited to the "United States at large"
v York called not to any Congressional district or * ' '
. stat a t Copyright
and present* *
a beautifully 1 -a . . .. .. Daniels, will a<
el.- STOZEtt HOT HEAR COLLAPSE. ''" if"'
i anniversary . ? , - At army affalri
"6 Concerning Hew York Gov *^"5^
that this or- CTJlOr'S Health Are Denied. President.
, ^ laeut. Comniar
1. has 800.000 ALBANY, N. Y., October 8.?Reports ln.]aw of forroei
is to foster that Gov. Sulzer was on the verge of Warren Fairlxinl
ewish immi- collapse were denied at the executive il is pointed ou
* . . mansion today, "lie was never in bet- ?r
Ud be pleased ^er shape," was the word given out. ?r immons ha*
but eou-d not The governor was said to be suffering cruises at 1
,t his engage- from insomnia as a result of the hard in charge of th<
work he has been .doing la--connection bureau of ordica
with ilia fetal* .. the President.
%
BY SERVICE DRIVES THE HOUSE
[ NO ANXIETY O'ER THORNY PATHS
9
of the "Growing Representative Mann Again
>f Parcel Post In- Prevents Body From
lity Claims. Doing Any Work.
ED TO JULY 12 SPEAKER CLARK AWAY.
OTAL OF $11,224 SHERLEY WIELDS GAVEL
eneral Estimates for Many Legislators Hasten Back to
uents Based on Pos- Capital, But Quorum Is
?ss, Showing Profit. Lacking.
rneral Burleson is not locking every attempt to do bnM-.
he growing number of *l?hont f Quorum in the Hnur,
s arising: in connection ?f R*P"?ont?tlvM. "Jim" Msnn. rrpub,
>1 post service" nor Is ,lran ""or leader, proved himself again
the restoration of the l?day to b? master of the parliamentary
(vllege for fourth-class ?R?atlon In ?*?? House, and an apt
matter to check losses. ha',d at drivlnfr the majority w.lly
I was made with some ni,,y ov"r hard and thorn-strewn
e Post Office Department pa p"
uthorized to speak upon Representative Mann blocked another
attempt to do -any business with tho
t the department In its "J*"* OHlelency bill. with Its $4.tsked
that 185.000 be ap- 000'00rt ' ,n appropriations and its lmthe
payment of indem- P<'rtapt concerning the
trcel post matter during Commerce c ourt and the civil service
ending June 30. 1914. Protection In the Internal revenue
rhen only "$25,000" had ?crvlccfor
that purpose for the Sherley Acts as 8pegker.
ling June 30. 1918, has _ , , tllt _ ,
some faulty predictions SpC*k?r Clark "??? b"lng away. Reps
tier figuring. The rea- resontatlvo Sherley acted in his place.
slxty-flve-thousand-dollar ? ? "J the moment lm tosk hie
914 is given as follows: ?avcl ha"d th*r? tr?ubl* /or
lost insured parcel post rn- The elnn attendance of >eatetie
beginning of the fiscal day was augmented today. Twenty
13, had been made from members of the Iloure who had been
n two lump sums appro- at the Knoxvllle exposition opening had
parcel post service, each returned and about twontjr-tive others
f30,000. or $1,500,000 In the telegraphed that they wculd be on
> to July 17, $15,000 had hand. Speaker Clark was said to he
?r this purpose for the six making an address In Wheeling, W.
anuary 1 to and including Va.
The democrats suffered keenly under <
Ion c ?o otk ***? parliamentary laslies of their antance
or ^iJ,775.7o. nlent enemy, Representativ Mann, and
- , , _ , ... .. the absence of a leader on the majority
isiness July 1. the sido was distinctly noticeable,
insurance claims approved
leaving a balance of the Strife Starts at Once.
cd amounting to $3,773.7ti. The trouble began as soon as Repreon
of these claims ap- sentatiye Swagar Hherley rapped for
an_ aggregate value of order from the Speaker's chair. It was
1' approxl- a moment after noon, a few seconds later
he sameAnave^ige v^lul than the prec4se hour "Pt for tho me6tlnK
.5t>4, which added to the of the House. Representative Sherley.
iy approved, -would make before the prayer, offered a letter tx? Jerry
he six months $18,728.24, South, aoting as clerk in the absence yf
year, on the same basis, South Trimble, clerk. The letter was
dated In the Speaker's room, October 8. ?
>asis under which the de- today. It designated Bw&gar Sherley as
took to make its estimates Speaker pro tetn for today.
ar ending June 30, 1914. Representative Mann arose: "Is that
surance fee on matter val- letter signed by the Speaker?" he said,
iss was reduced to 5 cents, "It la," said Representative Sherley.
i on matter valued above "Does it bear liis signature?"'
id not exceeding $30 at 10 "It does."
estimated that this would "I merely suggest that it would be an
Increase in business, suffl- impossibility for the Speaker to sign It.
ate to equal the revenues 818 he is out of the city today."
t would derive had there Several democrats offered suggestions,
a in the fee. It was also Representative Mann continued:
i stated, that the new C 11 is true that SOITIe one has frauduof
the service, which be- lently flgned the Speaker's name to this
July 1 last, would result letter 11 "hould be recorded."
rial increase of hi?tnp?> "Does the gentleman make that ae?
"ocallTtolh. toL <???' sald BcprMeMattM B.rtl?t
) done in the mall other- ..^e?r? ? ? .. T?nlUft the re?
Estimates as to the total J,?^ iJ5ail truef* replied the rsthis
parcel post business PubI,can leader,
from 400,000,000 pieces up- I?etter Properly Signed.
liable data were available Representative Sherley, acting as chalrtimates
for 1914 were man. held the letter to he properly
stated, other than that gien-a -ajd so
demnitv ?und '|?M(K "Oh,'all right." interposed Mr. Mann,
ird assistant postmaster "I J??t want to 0,811 attention to the ,
reviewing the figures, fact that It would be an impossibility
ht safely be reduced to for the Speaker to sign that letter, and
nserv&tive figure. that it appears to have been signed by
to get even an approxl- his secretary."
the prospective business The House had been dark until that
ae that might be expect- moment, but the lights were turned on.
vas made to the figures scaring a bat from his resting place
leading offices, which somewhere in the skylight^vlces
r and February last were b fluttering animal cavorted
hnnitL around In the air. scaring women In the
Jt an fve?a'ee oJ $H 3? cileries and attracting more attention
at an average of $11.31 than any one on thp floor of the
... .. .. latlve chamber. Representative Mann ?
for'thVZ mo?fh- Z' th? made another suggestion,
n* Jun. m l?n Ti Jh! "Would it be in order," he asked, "to
niJfw a have the Journal record the fact that owU8tuZ
a revenue ln? to the lar*e number of abs'nteM
80. And If the same bata bave taken I>OS6e",on of th*
e maintained throughout
ry the revenue for the six Without a Leader.
>es would aggregate *314,he
same basis the revenue Without a regular leader?Represenear
ending June 30, 1914, Native Underwood being away on a
nated *65,000 for ^ndem- three-day vacation ?the democrats
lid would be chargeable, seemed utterly unable to cope with the
e a profit to the govern- parliamentary tactics of Representafees
amounting to *504.- tive Mann, who handled the situation
P?",b'e "-Kl-^ndod ...I np?et th. be?t d?rr
.. . ... ',nse th, democrat, rotild ntako. R,|>~JYi.
smted. the resentative Mann, be it known, has no
eral i not at aJl appro- objection to lawmaking, but he lias ane
future, nor does he feel noun(.e<l that he does not intend to let
?d for alarm at the losses jj1e democrats chase off all over the
el post service. country and pass bills with a mere
? handful in the Capitol. His tactics are
S GOES TO SEA aimed at keeping a quorum together In
? Representative Fitzgerald, chairman of
eg Military and Naval ?be appropriations committ^ endured
" to got action on the urgent deficiency bill,
ice for President Which has important differences between
the House and Senate. The btg patronage
i no uniformed military light in the revenue service is contained
th President Wilson here- in one of the Senate amendments.
hen he attends army or Starts a Wrang-le.
nder John W. Tlmmons, Representative Fitzgerald wanted to
HZ g^anted^rs the b5? to confrcnce. but a long
a service, being assigned wrangle followed. Mr. Mann wanted to
) Texas as navigator. vote on some of the amendments eepaInad
to appoint no one in ratelv. He blocked every move made In. '
^e8tN^?aidltod|-^???i: opposition to this, and ataved off the
democrats for thirty minutes. The. fact
1 I that Representative Underwood was away
| developed half a dozen self-appointed
democratic leaders, each of whom shouted
and cavorted about the House, only to
It*. *rtr\i\iu4 itr-k Ktr \f r M inn 14 <i Viorl thorn I
ur it uy %jj iui> .utiun. * ?v u?u * m>
all jn a hole and none could escape. There
was so much noise and confusion and
BBHpV speechmaking on no subject at ail that
Representative Metz of New York, a demomit,
objected:
"1- don't jnopogp to stay here all
day nod listen to hot air of that sort,
ejected simply for home consumption,"
he complained. Representative Sereno
Payne Bugg-eStesl that Mr. Metz be <*Itar^Bi
' ,a,et^ from further attendance today
'li order to assuage his burning feel,>
' Jm ' * ',i^f . ngs.
t I'nable to arrive at any conclusion as
to Retting action on the deficiency
bill Representative Hard wick of
?&?/?;;: :.i ? it-;: fel Georgia suddenly thought out a bright
^ s idea, lie remembered it was calendar
W" > b*-- * f Wednesday, or "holy Wednesday," as
' / | it is called, because on this day all
HL^ ' ' jflr' business Is suspended until bills on
the calendar are disposed of.
Resolution Taken Up.
That saved the situation somewhat,
as far as appearances were concerned,
but still the House could not take up
the conference report on the deficiency
pill. The House had to ro into comV
VfCft 'a niittee on the whole and consider t '
jL%a*wf?w vocational education resolution, and,
with Representative Garrett in tti?e
chair, proceeded to hear tlie resolution
read. .,
J. W. TIMMtlXS. Thereupon Representative Hughes of
bT Harris a- Swine i Georgia moved that the commit!##
by Harris a fcmn?.i ghoul* rise, which It did. and Bepre:t
as naval aid to thp (tentative Garrett went around in front
i er the latter requires the of the Speaker's desk and solemnly rel
offlcer, ported to the speaker pro tern that tin#
s Ool William Harts. IL Rouse, sitting in committee on the whole,
e'ndent of grounds and had been considering su< h and #uch a
ct as military aid to the ^j'^'pJer'on h*d C?me l? Cl"'~
ider Timnionis is a son- Wight after that a point of no quorum
? V{_fi i),.,0u0nt ,'hori^* was made. and a CH11 of the House WHS
? n had. It showed that the House lackd
? w??nl. olf^ccouni twenty-eight members of having a
servfee 7!?out Command- ?nd th* ?!' 9 ?}*}' **"*
airwwu in Ku oui aim ?ri-fM hiij inemrendered
during foiniet could and hrinn lnm in. (
in the Navy Department
b supply division of the " ~~~~
inra and as naval aid to Joltn Callary, ilxty*flv6 years old, d;od ?.
Sunday near Ingham, rage county,-JVae ;
*