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K1GHT PARTS
INCLUDING
Star's Sunday Magazine
And Colored Comic Section
WEATHER.
Unsettled and colder today;
Monday probably fair; moderate
variable winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE THREE.
No. 447.-No. 19,387.
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, J913*
FIVE CENTS.
SULZER IS eoeUN
Blue-Eyed, Red-Haired Hen
nessy Also Hurling Bombs
at Murphy.
McCALL FACES DEFEAT,
THOUGH ONCE FAVORITE
Youthful John Purroy Mitchel
Seems Certain of Mayoralty as
Result of Battle.
BY N. O. MESSENGER.
NEW YORK, October 23.?Now, first or
? U, !n this mayoralty campaign, don't let
us lose our heads and get excited over
Sulaer. New York, for the moment, is
going into hysterics about him. but that
In New York's lookout. Just remember
that he is "the same old Bill." and say,
that does express a lot, doesn't it?
Just the same, he and his cause and his
friends have created a situation here
which is giving Tammany Hall the scare
of a lifetime Ten days ago the Tam
many candidate for mayor. Judge Mc
Call. was as good as elected. The death
of Mayor Oaynor had simplified the sit
uation for Tammany and it looked as if
Hoss Murphy had everything hirf own
way.
Then came the conviction of Gov. Sul
zer on the impeachment charges, his
exit from Albany in disgrace, his tri
umphal entry into New York, his nomi
nation for the assembly by the bull
moosers. his whir'wind campaign on the
East Hide, attended by an emotional and
hysterical outbreak only possible in this
'.i iid of the free and home of the brave,
which bids fair to upset the most care
ful calculations of the most practiced pol
itician.
Murphy's Act Puzzles.
It will forever be amazing why Charles
P. Murphy, past grand master in the art
of politics as he is credited with being,
did not complete the job of destroying
Sulzer while he had the chance. He had
Sulzer down, but he did not put him down
and out.
To dismiss him from the governorship
and then leave him competent to hold
offlce again; was there ever such an
oversight? Having wrought the utmost
of humiliation upon Sulzer and then to
turn him loose, with power to take the
most signal revenge upon him. to t?ke
it swiftly and inexorably. Why, it
looks like the working of fate, "with
Murphy as the victim, when but yester
day he was the victor.
There is nothing like it in American
politics, hs you and I can remember.
f>o here is Sulzer, our "same old Bill,"
rampaging around the East Side, hand
in waistcoat, rumpled for eclat, under
atudy for Henry Clay, receiving tbe
Pi audits of a frenzied populace and
driving nails Into Tammany's coffin even'
hour.
Chief Fight for Mayoralty.
for his race for the assembly is only
a part of the greater fight for the mayor
alty of New York. In this town, the
mayoralty campaign is more important
than the presidential contest. They have
only a vague Idea of the presidency, but
they have a very practical conception of
the mayoralty. That means jobs, con
tracts, and a thousand and one bread and
butter propositions.
Now, to take revenge on Murphy for
ousting him from Albany. Sulzer pro
poses to beat Murphy's candidate for
mayor. If he can accomplish that he
wii, be touching the Tammany boas on
tuc raw. Tammany lives on the mayor*
ship.
1 o add to Murphy's discomfiture, he
must contemplate the possibility of being
outdom. by a hi-partisan candidate. It is
r:oi US if iie t\er?- beaten in a straight
awa> tight by a straightout political op
poii?m?. its worse than that. This
i.tun< fellow. John Purroy Mitchel. i*
-ally a democrat. lie holds a twelve
lojsaiid-dollar job by appointment of a
democratic President And right here it
might be remarked that he is stiil on the
:*v roll, although he has ottered to re
sign. That sticks In Murphy's craw.
Ii-> say. But there Is one figure in tnis
? iiuipalgi, who, after all is said and done,
"ally towers above Sulzer for the mo
"lent. He is John A. Hennessy, the man
"ho has put Candidate McCall on the
ill.
"Who Is Hennessy P"
' Who is Hennessy?" everybody is ask
ing. He has been on tin job here Tor
many vears. but only in the last few
days has he become a figure of national
importance, lie is a newspaper man, a
plain, hard-working, unostentatious fellow.
wUo hat pla>ed the game as the cards
verc dealt hiiu by fate, content to do the
uay s work as it came to hand. All at
ojie? h* finds himself th* most talked-of
man in New York polities.
Picture a short, sandy-haired, blue-eyed
chap, quiet of manner hut determined of
h i 1* VUkw ,n criap ?en*ences the
while he looks >ou squarely in the eyes.
>ou kind of feel that you would like to
.^V.C? beside you in a scrap, confident
tjiat he would stick.
Dares Any Refutation.
Mr. Hennessy claims to have some In
tonation about Tammany and its can
didate of a damaging character. He has
exploited the same and dared Judge Mc-j
>'?'?11 and Boss Murphy to refute it
Strang? to say, no one has yet "come
back" at hlni. lie makes the charges
iir-'ht after night In soeeches, and there
is no answer. Juuge McCall pooh ikk?1is
ium. Boc^ Murphy disdtvins him, but no
u?dy comes across.
And as sure as you arc a foot high, he
? th; lM*rt of Tammany s cam
hvfer day" N^nnessy is much
? gger man a more potent factor in the
Su'-r- ?ur "*??* >'ld
I.Ill stait.-d the hall rolling, but llen
Ualonj; biu*-*.ved boy who is pushing
The republieans. the progressives and
all the antl-Tamiuaii) ites nr. watclilnz
the right With glee. If Mitchel JVe'S
nobody can claim him a., their man, but
a." v AilV ' *niwany will he downed, and
that will be some comfort to ail hands.
Mc GOOD WIN AT CARACAS.
New U. S. Minister Present* Cre
dentials to Acting President.
CARACAS, Venezuela. October 25.?The
new American minister to Venezuela.
Preston MeGoodwin of Oklahoma, pre
sented :>is credentials todav to Actlnx
President Or. Jose Oil Kortoul. During
*lie audience ? ongratulatlons were ex
changed o?er the completion of the Pan
ama canal.
.J*T\ has arranged to move
t tie Ameritan to tli* hous?* for
n?erl: occupied by Qen. Francisco Linares
-%lc.iiitara.
greatest interest is shown here in
sa c?i
WOMAN MURDERED;
OLD SUITOR HUNTED
Nellie Williams Shot Down at
Home of Capt. J. J. Knapp,
U. S. N.
SEVERAL BULLET WOUNDS
FOUND IN VICTIM'S BODY
Husband of Colored Cook Declares
Wife Had Been Threat
ened With Death.
Nellie Williams, colored, a cook in the
family of rapt. J. J. Knapp, U. S. N.,
now in command of the battleship Con
necticut* was murdered last night In
the kitchen of her employer's home, at
I61?> 122d street northwest.
The fact that the woman had been
murdered was not discovered until some
time after sh? liad been found lying
on the floor, despite the fact that there
were two bullet wounds in the front of
her body and four in her back. The dis
covery of the bullet wounds was made by
Coroner Nevitt, who had gone to the
house to investigate what was thought
to be a death from heart disease.
Former Suitor Sought.
A colored man, who is said to have
kept company with the woman for
several years prior to her marriage to
Carl Williams July 5 last, is being
sought by the police. The police went
to 1417 Hopkins street northwest,
where they were told the suspect re
sided, but he was not found there.
They next went to a house at li'?i Cor
coran street northwest, where they had
been told the man's brother resided, as it
was thought he might possibly be there.
He was not located. A description of the
man was sent to all of the po.ice pre
cincts late last night, but no trace of him
had been found at an early hour this
morning.
The discovery of the woman's death
was maue by Lena Carter, a colored maid
at the house.
The woman bad been given an order
by Mrs. Harrison, mother-in-law of Capt.
Knapp, to have dinner ready at 6:30
o'clock. Lena Carter went to the kitchen
to find out wfty the dinner had not been
served. The kitchen is in the rear of tne
basement. She spoke to the cook, and
declared to the police that the woman,
who was sitting on a chair, answered
her. She declared, however, tnat the
cook appeared to be ill, and that she
went upstairs and reported the matter to
Mrs. Harrison.
Finds Body on Floor.
The maid returned to the kitchen, she
stated, and then found that the cook
had fallen upon the fioor. She placed
a pillow under her head. A physician
was called to the bouse and he prp
nounced the woman dead. He sala Tie
thought death had resulted from heart
disease.
Coroner Nevitt was notified and went
to the house. A tiny spot of blood showr
ed on a pocket on the upper left shoulder
of the woman's white waist. The corotler
believed that the woman had apparently
died of heart disease, but made a closer
examination, which disclosed a hole
through the pocket. He turned the body
over and thereupon discovered four bul
let holes in the woman's back, while her
waist was saturated with blood. An
other examination showed that one bullet
had entered her left teg Just above the
knee.
Sylvester Directs Work.
MaJ. Sylvester tool? personal supervision
of the police work and directed that de
tectives be sent to the scene. Detectives
i O'Brien and Muller arrived a short time
later from police headquarters, while De
tective Evans from that place was also
placed on the case Detectives Webber ol
the tenth precinct and Detective String
fellow of the third precinct and Lieut.
Judge of the tenth precinct and reserves
were called out on the case.
The husband of the woman had been
notified of the murder and was at the
house when the police arrived. He
told them of the colored man who had
kept company with his wife and. de
clared that his wife had told him the
man had stated he would shoot her
if she lived with any other man.
The husband also stated that his wife
late yesterday afternoon told him tfiat a
boy arrived at the house with a note
from the man, but that she refused to
accept it.
Capt. Knapp sailed from Newport News
yesterday with the United States fleet
for the Mediterranean, while Mrs. Knapp,
who went to se?; him off, is at that place.
FIFTEEN PEONS HURT
New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Train
Jumps Track.
WESTERLY, R. I., October 25? Fifteen
persons were injured, one woman serious
ly, when the Gilt Edge express, from
New York for Ronton, over the New
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad,
vent off the track on a curve a mile and
a half east of here tonight. Heavy rain
today is believed to have undermined the
I roadbed, causing th? rail* to spread,
i Mrs. Louis Bennett of Winthrop Beach,
! Boston, was said to l>e the most seriously
' hurt. She was returning home, convalesc
? ing from a surgical operation in New
i York. She had a fractured collar bone
; and possible internal injuries.
Bishop Perry of th^ Rhode Island dio
i cese was returning from thn Episcopal
j Church convention in New York to his
; home in Providence. He was not hurt
, and help* d in taking care of the wounded.
BOBEBTS DENIES AGREEMENT.
Owner of St. Louis Star Answers
. F. B. Warren's Suit.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., October 15.~John C.
Roberts and his associates in the owner
ship of the New St. Louis Star tiled to
day an answer to the suit of > Frederick
B. Warren by which the latter sought ah
injunction to prevent Roberta from inter
fering with his editorial control of the
paper. The answer denies that Roberts
made an agreement with Warren to con
tinue in force any contract the latter may
have made with the former owners and
that Roberts did not know Warren had
an ?.ight-year contract Robert*, who Is
a shoo manufacturer, claims that he had
a contract with Warren by whlqh he was
to have absolute control of the paper.
Mr. Roberts denies that he has adopted
a policy antagonistic to woman suffrage,
union labor or the full disclosure of pub
lic corruption. ... . ^
%
Their Attorney Asks Commis
sioners for Public
Hearing.
JULIUS PEYSER TO LEAD
MERCHANTS' COMMITTEE
i
Will Charge That Sales Are Public
Nuisances and District Heads i
- *
Have Police Powers in Case.
i
Julius I. Peyser, attorney for the
Jewelers' Association of the District of
Columbia, has applied to the District
Commissioners for a public hearing tu
determine whether so-called "?fake"
Jewelry and other auctioneers operating
In the District are public nuisances.
Commissioner Newman, in reply, lias
requested' that the details of the com
plaints of the jewelers' association, on
which it bases its request for a hear
ing:, be furnished the Commissioners
in writing, upon which they will take
the request under consideration.
In vif?w of the fact, Mr. Peyser said!
last night, that the law affecting auc- '
tioneers in the District makes no pro- ?
vision for the punishment of "fake" i
auctioneers, it is expected that the
Commissioners will grant the hearing
requested. If it is granted Mr. Peyser
will endeavor to show that the Com-,
missioners have, under their general
police powers, the right to restrain or
prevent "fake" auctioneers from doing
business.
Committee Is Appointed.
The Jewelers' Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia is composed of almost
all the prominent jewelry merchants in
Washington, and is affiliated with a na
tional organization of the same char
acter. Mr. Peyser announced last night
that the Washington association has j
appointed a committee of four mem-1
bers to work with him in the effort to j
stamp out "fake" auctioneers.
"We feel that we ought to conduct a '
campaign against these people," Mr. Pey
ser said, "and will do our best to put
them out of business, although I do not
care at this time to mention the names of
the members of the committee who are to
work with me. They are telling quanti
ties of 'phony' stuff, and imposing on the
people of Washington, to the business
d.sadvantage of many of our citizens,
who would have an opportunity to sell
good, honest goods if prospective custom
ers had not already been supplied with
so much 'fake' stuff.
Cairn They Are Frauds.
"The Jewelers' Association would be
satisfied to. let these men continue, it
they were actuettr -trying to mate an
honest living, but we claim that they are
frauds, and that they work a great harm
to the legitimate merchants of the city.
"Ift the states of Wisconsin and Michi
gan acts of the legislatures have been
passed preventing night auctions as well
as 'fake* auctions, and permitting only
residents of the states to be auctioneers.
We ought to have some such modern
law here in the District but, until we
get one. we feel assured that the D strict
Commissioners have the right to protect
our citizens under their po.ice powe. s.'L
Mr. Peyser had prepared yesterday ffir
submission to the District Commissioners
copies of the laws on the statute books
of the District affecting auctioneers.
They are as follows:
Act of July 1, 1902. (26 Stat. !?., 623).
That auctioneers shall pay a license tax
of *100 per annum. Hereafter the pro
visions of the act of Congress entitled
An act to prevent fraudulent transac
tions on the part of commission mer
chants,' approved March 21. 1882. shall
o*1 applicable to all licensed auctioneers
and their employes."
Commission Merchant Law.
Act of March 21, 1892. (27 Stat. L. 10.)
"Provided that If any factor, commission
merchant, consignee or other person sell
ing goods on commission in the District
of Columbia shall fail to pay over the
proceeds of such sale to the person en
titled thereto within five days after re
ceiving the money and after demand
thereto lie shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and fined not more than
$1,000 and imprisoned nut exceeding six
monthe.'*
Act of Juno i. 1820. (Not an Act of
<..ongref?8..> "N'o person shall sell or ex
pose to sell by way of vendue, or auc
tion, any property, real or personal, with
iu the city of Washington unless aufh:
person or persons shall reside within the
said city and has obtained a licensc for
the purpose from the mayor, and such
person or persons shall pay to the corpo
ration 1100 and give bond to the mayor
and council with two good securities, in
the sum of $100 for the due performance
of all duties required by law."
Mr. Peyser pointed out last night that
the act of March 21, 1802. will not likely
prove of much help to the members of
the jewelry association in its effort to
tight "fake" auctioneers, Inasmuch as
the members of the association do not
complain that "fake" auctioneers do not
hand over the money they realise to the
persons who are entitled to It. Mr. Peyser
added that he is now searching the "laws
to find out if the act of June 4, 1820, is
still on the statute books.
Mi^st Grant Licenses.
At the office of the license clerk yes
terday it was said that the law gov
erning the granting of licenses to auc
tioneers does not make the granting
of such licenses discretionary. It mere
ly provides for the granting of the
licensc and the payment of the annual
tax of *100 for the privilege or dis
posing of goods at auction.
Discussing the question of- -issuing
licenses to auctioneers, . clerks, in the
license ofllce? yesterday afternoon stat
ed that they are required ? to grant
such licenses to all .applicants who
pay the amount of money demanded
of them by the law.
"If a man tenders the monev and it
is refused," said one of the" clerks, "the
court has held that the - tender is all
that is sufficient, so that there seems
to be no such thing as refusing an auc
tioneer's license."
It was explained that provision is
made for the refusal of other licenses
and in some instances certain require
ments are demanded of applicants be
fore licenses are issued, but In case of
auctioneers there*are no requirement*
other than the *100.
Police reports are required in cases
of applications for barroom, poolroom
employment agepcy and clairvoyant
licenses, it was explained, and many
such applications are rejected.
Complaints to Sylvester.
"Under fhe law," said Maj. gylvester,
chief of police, "I believe there is no way
that a license to auctioneer can be re
fused."
Maj. Sylvester said, complaint had been
made to him about the manner in which
business was being conducted In some of
NEW YORK'S NIGHTMARE.
the Jewelry auction houses, and he had di
rected that an investigation be made. \
"I was told that nothing could be done," j
he said, "and I sought to make an investi
gation myself. I had purchases made and
then had complaints lodged against auc
tioneers for alleged false pretenses, the
charges involving alleged false representa
tions.
"When an article is represented to be
a certain thing and you purchase it," con
tinued Maj. Sylvester, "and you And it is
something elBe, and that it is worth half
the value represented, what is that? It
strikes me It is false pretenses."
Maj. Sylvester explained that he had
members ol We force UKJOTFS
against several persons for allegM' false
pretenses. The men furnished bond for
their appearance, but the cases have not
been tried, tie said he did not know why
the trials were delayed
SECRET DIVULGED
Several Store Buildings Win
Be Erected at 13th and
F Streets.
The property at the northeast corner of
13th and F streets northwest, the "mys
tery corner" about which there has been
so much speculation as to ownership dur
ing the past two years or more, is owned
by a syndicate, with which the members
of the firm of S. Kann, Sons & Co. are
connected. On it are to l?e erected sev
eral buildings Intended for store pur
poses. They will cover a frontage on F
street of 97 feet and on 13th street of '20)
feet. When completed the structures
are to be offered for lease in sectional
stores to suit the needs of merchandise
tenants.
An announcement made yesterday aft
ernoon concerning the property brought to
an end the speculation which had been
going on In total real estate and business
circles for many months. It put to'an
epd the many rumors as to tho use to
which the ground wa# to be put. These
rumors had been circulating from the
time the property was aequ.red from its
former owners a few years ago. Sincc
the razing of the old structures which
formerly occupied the property several
months ago. these rumors had been more
numerous than ever before.
?
Speculation Started.
Speculation as to the ownership of the
property started when a well known
real estate firm began to buy in the
several pieces of property comprising
most of the western portions of the block
bounded by F and G streets, 13th and
Hth streets. The real estate Arm refused
the divulge the name of the real pur
chaser. It was generally understood that
the property was being acquired for one
owner or group of owners.
Shortly after the purchase of the sev
eral pieces was completed the tenants
of the buildings were informed that
within a month or so the rent would be
advanced 30 per cent. As the result of
this increase, the majority of the ten
ants vacated the property, which re
mainder unoccupied up to the time the
structures were torn down.
* I
Some of the Rumors.
One of the most persistent rumors con
cerning the property was that it was to
be used for a huge store to be occupied
by the Philadelphia firm of Gimbel
Brothers. It was also rumored that the
property bad been purchased by ? local
department store, which was to erect a
new building.
During recent months the most persist
ent rumor was that a new theater was
to occupy the .site. Real estate men felt
sure a theater was to' be erected when
they saw that an unusually deep founda
tion was to be dug. Each day during the
past few weeks idle pedestrians have
stood in groups watc hing the progress of
the excavating and speculation as to the
use to which the property was to be put
has been the chief topic of conversation
| with them.
THREATEN AN MOT
Youthfuf Marauders Attempt
to Tar and Feather Dr. .
Mary Walker.
Special bicpatdt to TO* Star. ? .
OSWEGO, N. Y., October 2*?Youthful
marauders made a ' bold attempt last
night to ta4 and feather Dr. Mary Walk
er at her home at Bunker Hill, three
milee outside of this city. A party of
young men from Oswego went to the doc
tor's barn with a lighted lantern and tried
to entice her to leave her house.
She came out the door attired In her
silk pajamas, but escaped the grasp of a
wo'ul<f-be captor and slammed the door
for safety. Justice of the Peace W. W.
Rounds was summoned by phone, but the
mob had disappeared when he arrived,
leaving nothing but a pot of tar and a
feather pillow.
Accuses Russian Princess.
Dr. Walker told Rounds that the at
tack was instigated by Princess Alexan
dra Nicholas. The princess, who is a
Russian, came to Dr. Walker's home
from Rutland, Vt, several weeks ago for
medical treatment. *
She and the doctor quarreled and the
princess has since been living with neigh
bors. The prinOMH* denies that she is in
any way connected with the attack.
Princess Alexandra Is said to be the
child of an exiled Russian nobleman. Her
son, a magician and mind reader of coun
try-wide fame, died from exhaustion In a
trance, at an exhibition before the Lamb's
Club in New York several years ago.
KAISER ELICITS CRITICISM.
Rejection of Plans for Embassy
Here Endangers Project.
BERLIN, October 25.?If the German
emperor. wishes to dictate he must pay,
according to the Frankfurter Zeitung, j
which discusses today the rejection by
his majesty of the . plans of. Prof. Bruno
Moehrlng for the new German embassy
at Washington in favor of those of the j
court architect, Ernst von I line.
Prof. Moehrlng, one of the leading
architects of Berlin, was the winner of |
the first prize of $2,500 in an open com
petition for plans.
i All the radica) and liberal newspapers
: urge that the imperial parliament should
[decline to vote the money for the con
struction of the building, and prominent
officials foresee great trouble in obtaining
an appropriation for the purpose, as,
with the socialists throwing in the weight
of more than 100 votes against it, an ad
verse majority is probable.
may be jassnro aviator.
Body Washed Ashore Resembles
Description of Jewell.
ISLIP, L I., October 25.?The body of a
man which floated ashore near one of the .
life-saving stations on Fire Island today'
corresponded In some - respects to the
descriptions of Albert Jewell, the young:
aviator who set out from Hempstead j
Plains, L. I-, in. his monoplane nearly j
two weeks ago, never to be seen since.
The assumption was that he perished at j
The body found today was held pending!
further attempts at identification.
GERARD FIHD& A HOUSE.
Rents Ton Schw&bach Palace as
Embassy for $15,000 a Tear.
BERLIN, -October 25.?The new Ameri
can ambassador to Germany, James W.
Gerard, today rented for the embassy
premises a houre on WMiehn Plata
known as. the .von Scliwabach Palace
and formerly owned by a .banker of that
name. The ambassador fc> to pay a year
ly rental of |li,#0 instead of tha fB.SUt>
at first demanded.
?The - new embassy - is < finely. situated'
; w'thin a very short distance of the im-,
penal chancellor's paiacc: and ;he German !
foreign office. It is well adapted for
entertaining, but lacks modern conven
iences. Extensive alterations will be
made before the ambassador goes into
the residence at Christmas.
Noted Colored Pastor Dies.
RICHMOND, Va., October 25.?The
.Rev. Dr. D. Webster Davis, colored,
boso?.-f riend-ef-ttie IMtr-Rev Jxyim Jas
per, who preached the famous "The
Sua Do Move" sermon and who him
self had an interstate reputation as
pulpit orator, editor and educator, died
here today.
planstoreOeve
STREET CAR CRUSH
Public Utilities Board Con
siders Congestion at 15th
and New York Avenue.
That early effort may be made by the
r public utiliities commission to relieve
| congested street car traffic conditions-at i
15th street and New York avenue north- ;
west is believed to be indicated by the |
fact that the commiss'on is considering I
the advantages of a direct extension of :
the 15th street line to Pennsylvania;
avenue and changing the route of the
Le Droit Park servloe so that these
cars will go by way of 13th instead of
14th street to the bureau of engraving
and printing.
These are suggestions that barely have j
been looked into, but the public service!
board, it ia undestooil, its inclined to the
belief that they may offer a partial so
lution to the congested traffic problem.
Suggestion of Changes.
Whether any changes in the existing
car lines are to be made at any time soon
will, it ia Relieved, depend upon the at- (
titudc of the street railway companies.
It ia pointed out that if the companies j
refuse to adopt suggestions by the com
mission that body will* be powerless to
act until it has made a valuation of
the properties of the corporations and !
shall be In a. position to determine to i
what extent the companies may be!
authorized to increase their capitaliza
tion for the purpose of financing any j
extensions whicn may be ordered by the
utilities board.
It probably will be a year or more be
fore the proposed valuations can be made
and there is slight prospect of any steps
being taken in the meantime to relieve
the crowded condition at lath street and
New York avenue unless thi; railway i
companies and the commission ran get
together on a program satisfactory to
each.
Subway Station Possible.
In addition to the changes referred to,
Col. Harding, chairman of the commission,
has tentatively considered the advisa
bility of a subway station being con- j
structed in the vicinity of 15th street
and New York avenue, which could re- i
jeeive all .surface cars now making a. j
terminal of that point. I^il; ? j.us pied- j
ectssor. Knglneer Commissioner Judsc/n, I
Col. Harding is unuers^ood to favor som*.
such plan iu> this. j
The commission probably will give ?
c-ariy cons:derat on to the proposal for
the extension of -ar lints into Rook
Creek Park. The members of in;: hoard
are understood to favor the eon^.i.uctors i
of lines to a point wel." vv;th>n th - park, ;
but probably would not agree tc having j
the area entirely traversed by street car
tracks.
Drink for Soldiers Called Beer.
Secretary of War Garrison li.\a direct
ed that the two bottles of "a. beverage"
which were submitted to him by a tem
perance advocate as real beer be referred
to Surgeon General Torney for analysis.
According to the temperance people,
"the drink." which is now being sold
at a number of the posts as a temperance
drink. Is a beer of the standard brew.
WILSON REVEALS
Government Stained by Blood
Cannot Endure, Says
President.
SUPPORT OF GOVERNED
ALWAYS SHOULD RULE
Expresses Thoughts on Problems of
Day in Speech at
Swarthmore.
SWARTHMORE. Pa., October 23.?
President Wilton in a speech here today
proclaimed th-j doctrine that the whole
western hemisphere should be devoted to
one sacred pjrpose, "that nowhere can
any government endure which Is stained
by blood or supported by anything but
the consent of the governed."
It was while extolling the spirit with
which William Penri sought to establish
"a free commonwealth" In America that
the President Incidentally revealed his
thoughts on present-day problems. His
utterances, it is known, reflect the ideas
which the Washington administration Is
preparing to announce to the natlonn of
the world In a formal note 011 the policy
of the United States toward Mexico.
The President spoke in a big tent not
far from the .spot where Penn landed, the
exercises be'.'ng commemorative also of
Founders' day at Swarthmore College,
and was enthusiastically cheered.
Sometimes Laughed At.
"I would not be interested," said the
President, "in celebrating the memory of
William Penn if his conquest had been
inertly a material one. Sometimes we
have been laughed at, by foreigners In
particular, for boasting of the siz>? of the
American continent, the size of our own
domain as a nation: for they have, natu
rally, suggested that we did not make
it. But I claim that every race and
every man is as big as the thing that he
ta'kes possession of, and that the size of
America is in some sense a standard of
the size and capacity of the American
people. But the extent of the American
! conquest is not what gives Amer
i ican distinction in the annals of
the. world. It is the professed pur
pose of the conquest which was to
see to it that every foot of that land
' should be the home of free self-govern
I ed people, who should have no govern
i merit whatever which did not rest upon
: the cont ent of the governed. 1 would
| like to believe that all this hemisphere
is devoted to the same sacred purpose,
i and that nowhere any government en
dure which is stained by blood or sup
ported by anything but the consent of
the governed.
Spirit of Penn Hot ftayea.
"An* fcke spirit of Jnii will not be1
stayed./ You canot set limits to such
knightly adventurers. After their own
day is gone, their spirits stalk the world,
carrying inspiration eyery where that
they go and reminding men of the line
age, the fine lineage of those who have
sought justice and the right. It is no
small matter, therefore, for a college
to have as its patron saint a man who
went out upon such a conquest; and
what I would like to ask you young
people today is how many of you have
devoted yourselves to the like adventure?
How many of you will volunteer to car
ry these spiritual message# of liberty to
the world? How many of you will fore
go anything except your allegiance to
that which Is just and that which is
right?
"We die but once, and we die without
distinction if we are not willing to die
the death of sacrifice- Do you covet hon
or? You will never get it by serving
yourself. Do you covet distinction? You
will get It only as the servant of man
kind. Do not forget, then, as >ou walk
these classic places why you are here.
You are not here merely to .prepare to
make a living. You are here in order to
enable the world to live more amply, with
greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope
and achievement. You are here to en
rich the world, and you Impoverish your
self if you forget the errand. But what
a man ought never to forget is that a col
lege Is a nursery of principle and of
honor.
Ideals Not Different.
"So it seems to me that there is no
great difference between the ideals of
the college and the ideals of the state.
I Can you not translate the one Into the
I other? Men have not had to come to
college, let me remind you, to quaff the
fountains of this inspiration. You are
merely more .privileged than they. Men
out of every walk of lile. men without
advantages of any kind, have seen the
vision, and you, with it written large
1 upon every page of your study, are the
I more blind il you do not see it when it
lis pointed out You could not be for
given for overlooking it. They might
have been. But they did not await in
struction. They simply drew the breath
of life into their lungs, felt the aspira
tions that must come to every human
sou!, looked out upon their brothers and
I felt their pulses beat as their fellows'
beat and then sought by counsel and
action to move forward to common ends
that would be crowned with honor and
achievement. This is the only g.oiy of
America."
Palmer Touches ou Issues.
There also was a ,reference to interna
tional affairs ir. a preceding speech by
Representati\ o A. Mitcheli Palmer, an
alumuus of the Quaker college, who In
duced the President to visit Swarthmore.
"From Penn's successes, ' he salu.
"may we not learn to be assured that
free government may exist and extend
with liberty of conscionce and an equal
?n?re "of political freedom for every man
upon this continent while we 'fire no
rille and trust In no sword?" "
iic added that as friendship and good
will hau secured peac^wlth the savjiges
in the early history or thiH country. i?e
hoped "our American treasure need;
never be dipped ir. the blood to secure;
the p?ia:e that guarantees political lib-!
erty to our dependents, our neighbors
ana our own."
The President was given a collegiate
welcome at Swarthmore. Cheers and col
lege yells and the academic procession
reminded him. he said, of his many years
as u college president.
The Pre-sident and Gov. Tener planted
two small trees on the campus. After
i lie exercises the President Btarted by
special train for Mobile, Ala.
Gate Tender Banrom Freed.
POlXiHKEEPSlE. X. Y.. October 25.?
Howard H. Barnum, the aged gate
tender who was charged with allowing
Harry Thaw to escaije from the Mat
tea wan Asylum for the Criminal In
sane. was today discharged by Jus
tice Morechauser. The Dutchess county
grand Jury refuted to indict him.
*
MEXICAN ELECTIONS
TAKE PLACE TODAY
Places Hitherto Controlled by
Huerta May Revolt
as Protest.
KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS
MAY BE LONG DELAYED
Washington Interested in Report*
European Powers Kay Cause
International Agreement.
This is the day of tho long-heralded
and much-discussed elections |n Mexico
and last night official Washington was on
the quivivc a* to the outcome. While
any government which may be chosen
has been refused recognition In advance
b> the I nlted States the results rni
events of the elections are expected by
officials hero to have the most Impor
tant bearing on the future Mexican policy
| of the American administration. No dis
patches reached the State Department
' which Indicated any 6ause for unusual
I alarm.
j From other sources it was learned that
: it is more than probable that efforts are
. to be made to bring about important
j developments In Mexico today. It was
understood here that uprising In several
! places hitherto controlled by Huerta are
scheduled for today. How serious the
results may be could not be predicted
In advance.
Interest In the outcome of the elections
was enlivened by the news of the fall
of Monterey Into the hands of the rebel
? forces, the summoning by (Jen. Huerta
to Mexico City of Gen. Felix Diaz, one
. of the presidential candidates, and dis
fu'the reported determination of
the Washington administration to notlfv
foreign powers that any interference In
Mexico would be regarded a*< an act un
friendly to the United States.
Fall of Monterey Confirmed.
Numerous private advices reached
Washington last night continuing the
capture of Monterey by the revolutionist*
and this. It was believed, would have the
effect of encouraging the revolting
forces In other sections of the republic.
Other advices told of several attacks
upon plantation towns In the vicinity of
San Luis Potosi by revolutionise. In
tills vicinity the federal military opera
t.ons were reported as not very "effective
In the absence from Washington of
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan,
the official government was silent, but
rejwjrts from Paris that foreign powers
were exchanging views on a proposition
I to co-operate with this natlou in some
. concerted Mexican policy following to
day's olectlons were received with marked
interest in government departments.
,, Significance was attached to these die
patches from abroad, coming on the heels
of the reports from Washington that the
President and Secretary of State were at
Work on a pronunciamento which would
define this nation's attitude wi(k relation
to the polify In Mexico of the foreign na
tions, and also to the statement issued
In Philadelphia by Senator Bacou, chair
man of the Senate foreign relations com
mittee. to the effect that the interests of
the United 8tatea In Mexico are "infinite
ly greater" than those of other great
powers.
It waa the prevailing opinion that once
the elections were over and the policy of
the Huerta government for the future re
vealed that there may be found a ground
for an international understanding in
dealing with the perplexing situation.
Who Will Canvass Returns ?
Chief Interest in the elections Is in the
manner in which the election returns will
be handled and how the vote will be can
vassed: in view of the overthrow by Hu
erta of the legislative body, which is the
legally constituted authority for review
of the returns.
It was b?*cause of the dissolution of
congress and the arrest of its members
that the Washington administration gave
; notice that It could not recognize touior
I row's election. Whether Huerta will ap
point a special election board, turn the
I ballots over to the supreme cO'irt or per
i mlt them to be reviewed by a new cen
i Kress shown to have been chosen on the
; face of the returns is not known here.
Whatever method is resorted to. it w?t
pointed out. would have no effect upon
the determination of this government not
; to recognise the result.
J Plans were made last night In the
! State Department to keep in ??ommunicu
tlon with Mexican points today a:- closcly
as possible. Secretary Bryan returned
late last night to be at his otthf today
Owing to the demoralized condition of
the sources of communication in Mexico
there was no expectation here that any
definite hews of the election would be
known for many days.
Returns' it was pointed out. eventually
might show a majority for no cand date.
In this contingency there has been dis
cussed th?> possibility that On. Huertu
wot/Id still hold the reins of power a new
legislature might tie proclaimed and
j Huerta again chosen provisional presl
| dent.
Rejoice at Monterey's Tall
The confirmation of the capture of
' Monterey by the constitutionalists was
received with rejoicing by the eonfldenta!
agents of the movement in Washington
! last night.
"It is the beginning of the end of the
Huerta nils." said Perex Jtoiiiero, rep
? resentative here of Men. farranxa, "first
I chief" of the constitutionalists.
In the opinion of the constitutionalists
1 here the capture of Monterey is second
only in importance to th?> recent capture
of Torreon. They declare that it is not
. improbable that the constitutionalist
; forces may allow Torreon to b? captured
by the federals, and then attack it again.
They want lo trap the federal.-.
"The capture of Monterey Is of the
greatest Importance," said Senor Rou.ero.
"It means that we now practically coi>
trol the whole of northern Mexico with
the exception of a few garrboned cities
and that we have cut off several federal
armies from Mexico City and from their
bases of supplies."
In recognition of the victory., the or
chestra at the Bellevue Hotel. w"ere the
constitutionalist junta meets every nigiit.
played "On the Road to Monterey," a
Mexican air. frequently last night. Few
of the guests knew what the tune was,
but the constitutionalists present smiled
happily whenever It was played.
Monterey Has Fallen
to Constitutionalists,
After Murderous Fire
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., October
"Monterey has been captured."
This was the message received today
by constitutionalist general Lucia Blance.
at Matamoras. opposite here. It came
tr?i his chief Of Staff. MaJ. Mujtca. who
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