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No. 19,390.
WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1913-TWENTY PAGES.
ONE CENT.
NEEDS OF CAPITAL
SUBJECT OF STUDY
District Heads to Formulate
Plan for Model Munic
ipal Government.
WILL REPORT FINDINGS
TO PRESIDENT WILSON
I
Have Conference Today With Henry 1
Bruere of Bureau of Research,
New York.
1110MlV HHi KRK. t
Formal study of the needs of the Na
tional Capital, with view to presenting
to President Wilson a definite and com
prehensive plan for the establishment
here of a modern municipal government
was begun today by the District of Co
lumbia Commissioner?.
Recommendations contained in a plan
of government which was presented to the
President last spring by Henry Bruere
of the bureau of municipal research of
New York and John Purroy Miteliel, pres
ent fusion candidate for mayor of New
"York, were explained in detail to the
Commissioners this morning by Mr. Bru
ere. who made a special trip to Wai^hing
ton for the purpose.
The District official* previously had ex
amined this report, but at the confer
ence. which lasted from 11 o'clock until
well Into the afternoon, they obtained
from Mr. Bruere more complete infor
mation as to what he considers arc the
principal shortcomings of the District
gov*rnm<tnt.
They declined to discuss for publication
*t this time w hat features of the Bruere- <
Mltchel scheme interested them most or
whether they will indorse any of the
reeommendationa.
It is expected that the Commissioners
will devote several months to a study of
local social conditions and go\ eminent
organisation methods before prepar.ng a
plan of their own for presentation to the
1 "resident.
Will Devote Months to Study.
In' this connection they will endeavor
to sound local public opinion as to re
forms most needed in the District. They
ar< interest**! in the social survey which
is to l <- undertaken by the Monday Even
ing C?ub and may base some of their
. oL-omrr.rniiatioris upon the results of this
fctud> of civic conditions to be made by
i ot Washington.
Mr. Bruere toid tne Commissioners to
ua> that Washington is tne logleal city In
wine* to estabtis i a model municipal |
government. Tne adoption of efficient t
jr.itp- ds of admin istrat.on by the govern- ;
merit of t|ic District ot Columbia will, he
said. serve to stimulate other municipal*
.ties To moke similar improvements.
Principal Recommendation.
The principal recommendation of the
New York municipal expert is that the
Commissioners conduct a survey for the 1
purj oae of bringing out exact facts con
cerning present conditions affecting the
conduct of District affa.rs. He estimates
that the cost of such a survey would be
approximately $13,000.
It should include, he said, on the ad
ministrative side, an analysis, descrip
tion and appraisal of the problems,
authority and duties, organization, per
sonnel, physical equipment, revenues,
methods, expenditures and results ob
tained by the District government.
It is proposed to conduct the survey
also with a view to obtaining a complete
understanding of the statutes, judicial
decisions, rules j.nd regulations govern
ing the organization of the District In the
conduct of its afTairs. ascertaining and
describing and charting the organization
of the entire government down to its
smallest group.
tin the basis of facts developed by the
survey, constructive suggestions. Mr.
Bruere said, may be formulated?lirst, for
bringing the District government up to
the best practices now followed in any
other American city. and. second, for spe
cific experiments and tests looking to the
development of new administrative stand
ards.
"The national government," Jie said, "is
ander special obligation to make the gov
ernment of the District of Columbia a
model of efficiency, because the people of
the District are disfranchised and thus
vithout power to effect improvements of
their own initiative. As the Capital city
of the I'nited States. Washington should
he known throughout the world as a
model in civic management."
Suggestion of Continuous Publicity.
It Ka* ,-uggested to the Commissioners
tiinf continuous publicity be employed as
.t means of plving momentum to the
development of efficient city government
in the I'nited States.
Mr. Bruere stated that there are some
1.500 questions, based on knowledge of
customary deficiencies in municipal husi
ness methods, which have been framed
THE DAY IN C0KGRESS.
Smlri
Not in session, meets Thursday.
Banking committee continued .
work in executive session.
Charles M. Pratt testified before ;
the. West Virginia coal strike inves
tigating committee.
Hwuinri
Met at noon, and without doing
any business adjourned at 12:32
j?.m., for lack of a quorum, to noon
Thursday.
for use in surveys such as the one the
Commissioners have been asked to in
augurate.
The proposed inquiry, he said, should
be conducted so as to bring out Im
portant facts concerning the relation
of the District government' to Congress
und the community. Effort should be
made to learn to what extent super*
t vision exercised by congressional com
mittees over District affairs tends to
i restrict the administrative direction of
| the Commissioners, while the survey,
1 he suggested, also should be designed
I with a view to ascertaining what ef-1
fort should be made by the District i
government to keep in touch with;
members of the community and sub- i
Ject its policies and program to the
test of local approval.
Form of Organization.
As a preliminary to undertaking the ,
survey, Mr. Bruere stated that there j
should be organized among the official* !
and employes of the local government co- j
operative committees for each of the most .
Important provisions of the study. Sup
plementing these bodies, he sa.d, there
sliou d be organized consulting commit
tees for specific problems or departments,
consisting of experts selected, as largel>
as possible, from among officials in
American cities. All constructive sug
gestions, he pointed out, should be based |
upon approved statements of facts re- :
gardlng present conditions, with emphasis i
placed on obta niiiK results of immediate
practical value to the District.
"There is a great necessity for organ
izing city governments in the United
States along sclentltic and practical lines."
said Mr. Bruere t is morning before going
to the District building. This work has
outgrown the bureau of municipal re
search in New York.
"All over the country the people are de
manding more efficiency in their city and
town governments. This is shown In the
development of the commission form and
other reformed plans of municipal govern
ment. It is one of tsc big problems now
facing the country.
"People would be surprised to know
th<- number of requests for Information
which come to our bureau from cities all
over the country. \\ e have a school for
training experts In city government, but
we come nowhere near suf plying the de
mand. AVe have made surveys of a num
ber of cities and towns and are getting
requests for many more.
Becomes a Federal Question.
"This question has come to the point
where it must be taken up by the fed
eral government, which is lucky enough
to practieallj own a big city hore in
the District of Columbia. There is no
reason why the government of the
District should not be made a model
for other cities in the country, where
officers of other cities may come to
get ideas."
Mr. Bruere said lie knew nothing of
the needs of the District ir a govern
mental way, not having studied the
question here to any extent. With the
information already in the. hands of
his bureau, however, he said it should
be comparatively easy to conduct a
comprehensive survey of the District
government to lind out just what, if
anything, is wrong with a view to cor
recting all mistakes.
NEW YOMlllCS
OF THEBUNCQ TYPE
Campaign Tinged With Insin
cerity and Falsehood to
'" V
Unusual Deflw.
NO PARTY TO REAP PROFIT
FROM ELECTION RETURNS
Only Idea of Fnsionists, Apparently,
Is to Break Power of
Tammany.
BT N. O. MESSENGER.
NEW YORK. October 13).?It has come
almost to the point when the out-of-town
observer of politics In Manhattan is ready
to put the cover on his ink pot, throw
his pen in the waste basket, bite sav
agely at his cigar and say "What's the
use?" There is so much bunco, insin
cerity and flubdub in the whole proposi
tion that it Is becoming difficult to write
a coherent story of the proceedings.
The campaign is grotesque, bizarre and
crooked. The latter word is the Important
one.
Atrocious lies are being utilized to win |
the voters; criminal libel is resorted to as
easily as one would take a drink of wa
i ler. and the plain every-day, honest citi
zen doesn't know what to think of it all.
Complex Question Arises.
One consideration which suggests itself
at this point is what will be t^e character
and type of political organization which
promises to emerge victorious from this
mess. It will not be republican, in the
party sense: it will not be democratic,
it will not be Ilearstite, although its vic
tory will come from amalgamation of all
these political elements.
Perhaps it will have to be left to the
future to determine what form it will
take. For the present, the main thing
is to crush Tammany; to destroy the
system which has fastened upon th.e
most glorious municipality in America,
and which, in the opinion of thought-1
ful. right-living men in this town, is
a cancer. Having cut out the cancer,
the next thing will be to build up a]
body and restore it to healthfulness.
It is a big Job. hut big men have hold
of It; that is to say, men who are big
in best intentions. It seems remark
able to the visitor from out of town
that New York, the most commanding
city on the contient. with Its wealth,
its culture, refinement, with its mil
lions of God-fearing people. Intent upon
living a sane and normal life, should
allow itself to be dominated by cor
rupt politics. The present campaign
is designed to put an end to this con
dition. The populace appear to be
awakened to the situation and deter
mined to end it.
The outcome will he watched with in
terest. ,
Are the voters strong enough to do It.
Great National Ca#npaign.
Thoughtful and far-seeing men have put
their hands to the undertaking. As point
ed out in the dispatches yesterday, the
mayoralty campaign is a part of a great
national campaign. It rits in to the plans
of the man who is now at the head of the
national government.
Wood row Wilson, who is intent upon
making his country good and clean; who
goes farther?crosses the border of a
neighboring republic and would enforce
righteousness upon an alien people. It
is a wonderful scheme.
Will it work out? Well, we will know
next Tuesday.
proposes Antarctic Expedition in '14
LONDON, October 2?.?Sir Ernest H.
Shacklcton announces his intention to
start on another antarctic expedition in
1914.
Situation in Island Republic
Said to Be Growing
Desperate.
CONGRESS REFUSES LOAN
THAT IS MUCH NEEDED
President Menocal Appeals to Peo
ple. But They Apparently
Are Indifferent.
I
Business men with interests in Cuba
are beginning to take a pessim'stic; view
of conditions in that island, present and
to come. and one ?.>r them today marie
the prediction that the time is not fur
off when it will he necessarj to establish
tliere a government similar to that of
Egypt, with a president in nomina!
; charge, as is the khedivc, but with an
American commissioner in actual charge,
as is the British minister resident in
Egypt.
The Cuban congress, which iia.- been
called in special session by President
Menocal, will continue to refuse to '??. et.
according to reports reaching Washing -
toji today, to put through a loan of
Sir.,000,000, for which President Menocal
has asked, for various old debts and
pressing public, improvements.
Notwithstanding the fact that President
Menocal has issued a statement to the
people^ of Cuba, calculated to arourc a
patriotic public sentiment against con
gress. it is stated that thn p<-<>p!c remain
indifferent, apparently, to the appeal, and
it ,s said to be difficult to imagine what
the outcome in t e island is going to be.
Diplomat's View Hopeful.
The Cuban minister to Washington, Dr.
Pablo Desvernine, has gone to Havana
for a visit. In his absence Manuel de la ?
Vega-Oalderon. the charge d'affaires of!
the legation, does not share the gloomy
views of business men as to Cuba's fu
ture.
Discussing the affairs of his country
today with a reporter for The Star, he
declared that even if Congress does
continue to refuse to meet to vote the |
loan needed by the country, arrange
ments to put it through will uudouot
cdly be made at the regular session
of Congress in December, although, he
said, the personnel of the Congress will
lemain the same in December. The
members of Congress, he declared, will
changc their minds.
The difficulty in Cuba is said to be
that the political parties there are dis
integiated. They are said to be, as in
Mexico, and in many other Da tin
American countries, parties of men.
rather than of principles. The party
of Gomes. the last president of Cuba,
for instance, is known as that of the
"MiguellStas, much as the party of
Felix Diaz fn Mexico lias been known
as the "Felicintas," Miguel being Go
met'a first name. Such parties are
committed to the sole purpose, as a
?rulf, of electing their chiefs. Menocal
is the head-of the conservative party,
and the congress, which has a liberal
majority, is opposed to him and his
policies, perforce.
Details of the situation in Cuba arc
trickling into Washington from Wall
street, where the situation In the island
is well known. Washlngtonians wiih
Wall street connections and acquaint
ance. who have also a knowledge of
the congressional and State Depart
ment attitude toward Cuba, declare
.hat the island is all but bankrupt,
and chafe at the sltuatoin there which
prevents the putting through of the
proposed loan of J15.000.000, which is
held to be worthy.
For Campaign of Publicity.
The lack of political coherence in the
island, it is said, has been the subject
from time to time of articles in the
newspapers and magazines of the
United States not entirely Just to the
ideals of some Cubans, and the Menocal
government recently appointed an
American. George Reno, to establish an
official press bureau in the United
States, to make Americans acquainted
with what is actually being done in
the island by the government.
It was stated today at the Cuban le
gation that Mr. Reno has, however, re
turned to Havana, and will set up his
press bureau there, for the benefit of
American newspapers and magazines.
Washington business men witn inter
ests In Cuba make the criticism that
there is too much officeholding in t!ie
island. They blame President Menocal.
to a certain extent, for not having
turned \>ut all of the old crowd remain
ing when former President Gomez retired
from office. They point out that Presi
dent Menocal has been obliged to re
organize the army, and that tnere are
a large number of army officers now
placed on the retired list at a heavy
expense because they have been sus
pected of not being loyal to the gov
ernment. Some of the $15,000,000 to be
raised by the loan will be used for the
?reorganization of the army.
Of this loan $11.0^0.000, it is stated at
the Cuban legation' today, is to pay for
debts contracted by the Gomez adminis
tration. There has been talk about graft
in the island, but Cubans will never dis
cuss that subject. When an American
brings up the subject they say, "Look at
Philadelphia," "Look at New York."' No
one. however, has ever questioned that
President Menocal is not actuated by the
highest motives. He is said to be an
American to all tntents and purposes, lie
was educated in the United States, and |
before assuming the presidency he was |
the manager of Vine of the largest sugar
plantations In Cuba, so that he has busi-1
ness and commercial qualifications.
Lucks Support of People.
He is not, however, according to;
Americans, being supported by the j
Cuban people, and it is declared that i
this is evidenced by the lack of sym
pathy which meets him when he appeals
to the people against congress. When !
he recently annulled the charter of the I
Pc Movement Company as being '
Hie* . is said that it would ha\e|
been the most natural thing for the,
people of Cuba to applaud his action j
while, on the contrary, there was indif-1
ference on their part to his statement j
that this action in annulling the charter!
of this great corporation was saving i
immense sums to the republic.
A large number of American contractors)
are by way of losing money as a con- i
sequence of the annulment of the charter j
of this company, and American business
men are hoping that some way will be
found by the Cuban government for the
work to continue The company was
formed to improve the ports of the is
land, the stock of which was sold large
ly in England, and in justice to the
American contractors and the English
stockholders, it is said that there must
be some sort of a reorganization, inas
much as the fclrifilish stockholders Invest
ed their money in the conipanv because
the Cuban government had granted it a
concession.
The optimistic, sanguine, easy-going
Cubans, however, are not furnishing any
public sentiment for such a reorganiza
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THE SKEPTICS.
tion, notwithstanding the fact that the
ports of Cuba, it Is said, must be im
prove*].
Senor Vegu-Calderon, the Cuban charge,
today declared that the people of Cuba
Jo take uu interest in their public affairs.
He said that was proved by the fact that
they voted Gomes out and Menocal in.
Expects Congress to Yield.
"We do not, per' aps," he said, "take
is much interest in our elections as you
take in Massachusetts, New York or Neve
Jersey, but nevertheless the patriotic
spirit is there, and I think by the time
regular congress assembles in De
cember its members will vote to put
through tiie proposed loan of $ir>.60P.00Ci.
, this *R.flOO.OOO is needed to pay
lor the original contracts for the s^wer
ige of Havana: *ti,0(io.000 for the exten
s'c" uf, greets and roadways in the sub
^ .?M!aVana: M.WMWO for the repair
v?1<hhV:l,dh,K ot sidewalks in Havana;
NWv,X *>'pUy J- r~ Mor*?? & Co. of
lork for money advanced by them
JfL/r v.^orks- and *- .VX?,000 for out
mfn^'nS ^"Sations of the department of
public works and gubernacion. in t e lat
ter being included items for the interior
department, the war department, policing,
The so-called Piatt amendment to the
treaty w'Jth Cuba which was concluded
Ma> 24., 1903, and which defines the
relations between the island and the'
United States, provides:
"That the said government shall not
assume or contract any public debt to
pay the interest upon which and to
make reasonable sinking fund pro
vision for the ultimate discharge of
which, the ordinary revenues of tho
island, after defraying the current ex
penses of government, shall be in ade
quate."
It is said that the United States has
n?,.,obJection to t>ie proposed fifteen
mlllion-dollar loan.
MAY mm CASE
American Woman Not Likely
to Be Prosecuted for
Kidnaping.
DUBLIN*, October 29.-The dropping of
the prosecution of Mrs. Lucille Rand,
daughter of Henry T. Gage of- Cali
fornia, and of Mrs. Dora Monteflore, a
Londo^ Philanthropist, was virtually de
cided on today when the, case against
them on a charge of kidnaping came up
before the police magistrate here. The
two women had taken a leading part
in arranging for the transfer to England
of children ot the striking Irish trans
port workers. The children were to be
cared for in England during the continu
ance of the strike. These efforts were
opposed by the Catholic clergy, who ob
jected to the children being sent to
I'rotestant homes.
At the hearing today the attorney for
the defendants exp a ned that the wom
en's action had been misunderstood.
There was. he said, a touch of humor
in charging them with kidnaping when
they were really on an errand of mercv.
They had not committed any crime he
declared, but had perhaps acted indis
creetly. The attorney general for Ire
land then consented to an adjournment of
the case for a month, which is taken as
an indication that it will not come ud
ugain.
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MURET IS SENTENCED.
Request to Return to Germany Is
Denied by Court.
NEW YORK, October 29.?Ernest A
Muret, bogus dentist and companion of
the Rev. Hans Schm'dt. slaver of Anna
Aumuller, was sentenced today to serve
seven years and six months in the fed
eral pr'son at Atlanta for having in his
possession a complete outfit to be used in
counterfeiting twenty-dollar bills Muret
was convicted yesterday.
In sentencing Muret the court denied
his request to be permitted to return to
Germany and remain there, a phvsiclan
appointed by the court to examne Muret
reported that h;s lungs were affected bv
disease, but that he was not a victim
tuberculosis. "Ulni ??
United States Marshal Henkel said h*
would take Muret to Atlanta us'^on ul
Muret could attend to a few person?
natters ben, probably within ?
WOULD ORDER A HALT
IN WAR EXPENDITURES
111 i 1 ?.
Appeal to jfresMwi*awH 6<m*
"fl>ess by Council of Con
gregattonal Churches. -.. i
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KANSAS CITY. Mo.. October 29,-The
I national council of Congregational
i churches today in a resolution appealed
j to President Wilson and members of Con
{gresi. to call .a halt in the "swelling cx
j penditure.s for the paraphernalia of war."
j The resolution, however, was not adopted
I without opposition.
How to Lake care of the aged minister
and his family was the problem discussed
by tho Congregational board of ministerial
relief at its meeting here today in con
nection with the national council.
1 . V"
? Pension Plan in View.
A committee that has been working on
a pension plan since the last meeting in
Boston, three years ago, presented its
report with a scheme for granting old- j
age pensions to ministers and taking care
of families of ministers left dependent
! through death. The scheme provides that
20 per cent of the proposed benefits be
secured from ministers enrolled in such
a plan and SO per cent be supplied by the
churches. The foundation of a $2,000,000
endowment fund was urged.
The committee declared that of 4,915
churches responding to inquiries, 1,408
paid their ministers $500 or less, annually;
015 paid from $500 to $750 1.207 paid $750
to $1,000; bit; paid SI.000 to $1.5W) and the
rema.nder $1,500 or more.
The plan as proposed contemplates;
An annuity of J500, beginning at s xty
flve years of age, for ministers who i.ave j
served the church at least thirty years.
For ministers who have served less
than, thirty years, an annuity of $100, be
ginning at the age of sixty-three, with
$10 additional for each year of service.
A disability annuity of $100, with $10
additional for each year of service over
live years, the total not to exceed $500.
In case of the death of the minister
an annuity for the widow of three-fifths
{of what would be due and payable to
him as annuitant; this amount continu
ing to the minor children in the event
of death or remarriage of the widow.
Begins With 300 Subscribers.
j It Is proposed to begin the operation
of the annuity fund with not fewer than 1
300 ministers, who will make regular
annual payments. Such payments will
j be sufficient to make effective one-rffth
of the proposed benefits. The remainder
must be supplied by the churches and in
dividuals.
Found Dead on Husband's Grave.
PITTSBURGH. Pa., October 29.?Mrs.
Ann Price Wilkins. aged seventy, was
found dead yesterday on the grave of
her husband, Samuel Wilkins, in Char
tier's cemetery in Carnegie, a suburb.
The Real Reason
The Star is read in the
homes and read thoroughly
O ?
by the whole family.
Its advertising, which is
the store news of the day,
? is of vital interest in every
home where The Star has
its tremendous circulation.
Yesterday's Advertising
LOCAL DISPLAY
The Evening Star, 15,034 Lines
2d Newspaper, 7,208 Lines
3d Newspaper, 6,582 Lines
4th Newspaper, ? 4,895 Lines
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An empty vial, which had contained
poison, was found nearby. The hus
band died eleven years ago, and it had
been Mrs. Wllkins' practice to make a
daily visit to his grave. A daughter
died two years ago, and since then
Mrs. Wilklns had shown signs of de
spondency.
STORMBOUND BOATS SAIL.
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Craft Held Up at Duluth by Fierce
Gale Leave Port.
DULUTH, Minn.. October 20.?Boats
dotted Lake Superior as far .as the eye
could reach early today, the big fleet held
here by the storm getting away at day
light. Only five steamers were anchored
in tlie harbor. All night the wind blew
a gale and about an inch of snow feu.
Near morning the wind died down, the
lake smoothed out and a procession of
boat* started down the lake. The temper
ature went from 24 above to 14 above
during the night. The forecast is for
colder and more snow today.
JOHN K. RANKIN DEAD.
Member of Legislature in Kansas,
State and Territorial.
LAWRENCE, Kan., October Li).?Col.
John K. Rankin, a veteran of the civil
war, an official in the last Kansas terri
torial legislature and the first state legis
lature, died at his home here today at
the age of seventy-flve. Shock caused by
a violent quarrel with' an employe of a
manufacturing concern of which lie was
head hi said to have hastened death.
Col. Rankin came to Kansas from In
diana in 1?51>. He was for many years
head of the Crowfoot Indian agency in
Montana.
HOSTS OF MB IDLE
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Mitchell Day Observed in An
thracite Coal Fields of
Pennsylvania.
RaZLETON. Pa.. October 29.?Hard
ly a wheel turned today in the anthra
cite coal fields of Pennsylvania. The
miners celebrated Mitchell day in
honor of the anniversary of the suc
cessful termination of the strike of
1900, the first conducted in the hard
coal belt under the leadership of John j
Mitchell, then president of the United
Mine Workers of America. In proclama
tions issued from the union headquar
ters of the three anthracite districts all
the men were advised to remain idle
today except those whose serv?ces are i
necessary tor tne operation of pumps,
and other machinery.
The 1900 strike was the initial clash |
'of the mine workers with the antlira- i
cite operators, who before that time j
' had dealt with the Knights of Labor.
| The struggle won for the men a 10
| per cent wage increase and other con
cessions.
MAIL SUBPOENAS SUPERIOR. I
Cleveland Court Bailiff Reports New;
Plan Is Gratifying.
! CLEVELAND, Ohio. October 2D.?After I
; one month of operation. Municipal Court
Bailiff Charles L. Sulzer announced to
f day that bis plan of subpoenaing by mail
had demonstrated its great superiority
over the old method of personal service.
Out of a total of 837 summonses In the
past month only fourteen had remained
undelivered, while under the old system
he says at least sixty-eight would have
been undelivered because of changes in
addresses which are not recorded in the j
directory.
"The Post Office Department Is more
quickly notified of change in address,"
he said, "and hence the percentage of!
undelivered summonses Is much smaller.
The total cost to litigants for the notifi
cation by mall system has been only
167.50, while under the old system It would
have cost I2T0.12."
Bar associations 'and attorneys all over
the country have written him for Infor
mation about the innovation.
President's Friends Expect
Committee to Report Bill
Satisfactory to Him.
CHAIRMAN OWEN CONFERS
WITH PRESIDENT WILSON
Representative Ben Johnson Tells
Chief Executive Californians
Admire Him.
President Wilson's first visitor today
waa? Chairman Owen of the Senate
hanking ?nd currency committee. He
called and spent tome time with the
1 resident in the private part of the
V. ,ijte House. Those who supposedly
speak. for the President put forth the
claim during the day that the Senate
committee will report a bill shortly
awl that it will be near enough satis
luctory to the administration to war
runt "the more complete results that
will follow a conference of the two
houses.
IJepresentutivp Ben Johnsou of Ken
tucky. who ha? just returned from Cal
ifornia and other parti; of the west,
having gone to the Balboa day celebration
at San lM'jgo as a representative of the
President, communicated cheering news
to Mr. Wilson today. '"I told the Presi
dent that he is far stronger lit California
and the western states than he was the
day lie was elected President," said Mr.
Johnson. "The people believe In him and
lean on him. He is decidedly stronger
than his party, people of all parties and
political thought wishing him well and
expressing a purpose to stand by him."
Mr. Johnson said h?- did not acquire any
intormat.on while awa* relating to Dis
trict affairs as he sees them In Congress.
He did express *atislaction, however, that
the " courts have upheld the legality of
Commissioner Newman's nomination and
holding of office.
Howard i>. Hadley of Plattsburg, N.
Y., representing the Plattsburg cente
nary committee, which is arrang.ng to
i r eienrate tnc centennial of the la?.t navai
i battle between English speaking people
I in the harbor of Plattstmrg, September
11, 1S14, called on the President, accom
panied by Atslscant Secretary Koosevelt
ana John A. Stewarl, to invite the Presi
dent to visit Piattsburg on the occas.on
of the celebration. The President ex
pressed interest in the celebration and
v. ill attend, if possible. K^,?rosentative?
of Great Britain and Canada will be on
hand.
Lone Man at Culpeper.
When President Wilson's train rolled
[into Washington tforo the soutl} last
f night there was one -sadder but wiser
man aboard. He was Dr. Cary T. Gray
son, U. S. N., the President s physician,
lriend and constant companion. Not
withiu the recollection of Dr. Grayson,
who hads from Cu.peper, Va., haa a
President ever stopped there, and the
one serious request of this native son was
that the President stop the train tor a
few minutes to see the "crowd" and the
town.
? The whole town will be there," he is
reported to have to.d the President.
it was c.ose to U o'clock when ihe train
i reachea the town ana pulleo up for a
? stop, and out in the dark tnere was just
j one man.
"1 do not seem to hear any cheers,"
\ ventured the President, as he went to the
back of h.s. coach "Do you know any
one in the crowd?" the President solemn
ly inquired of Dr. Grayson, who, peering
into the darkness, recognized the lone
man as a boyhood friend, "Cooney" Hans
borough.
President Bides on Engine.
j "Cooney" was promptly brought for
' ward and introduced to the President,
J the greatest event in his life. Dr. Gray
| son, admitting disappo.ntment over the
'size of the "crowd," had a good word
for Hansborough.
"Cooney's a fine fellow," he declared*,
"but I fear that a sad end is awaiting
him. Every Christmas he celebrates so
enthus.astical.y that he manages to break
some part ol his anatomy. He hasn't
anything left but his neck, r.nd if he does
not break that the coming Cnristmas he
will forego a long-established custom."
President Wilson mounted the engine
before return.ng to the city. Engineer
W. S. Hunter showed tiie President
everything of interest. "Cilmb down
backward," admonished the engineer, as
the President started to descend.
"I hate to back out of anything," the
President said, with a laugh.
OHIO CLAYMAXEBS QUIT.
Pottery Plants Shut Down on Strike
for Wage Advance.
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, October 'J9.?
Claymakers employed in tne general ware
potteries of East Liverpool and Wellsville,
Ohio, and Chester and Newell. W. Va..
quit work this morning when they were
refused an advance 'n wages. A number
of plants were closed and if the strike
! is not settled by nightfall ail the potteries
I in the district will i?e compelled to shut
! dev. n, affecting about r?,000 hands,
i Th claymakers recently formed an in
| dependent union and are not affiliated
with the National Brotherhood of Oper
ative Potters, whose officers last week in
j New York signed a tentative scale for
| two years with the United States Potters'
i Association.
.'MISSION BUDGET, $900,000.
Women's Society of M. E. Church
Opens Annual Session in Topcka.
TOPEKA, Kan., October 2?.?At the
opening of the forty-fourth annual ses
i sion of the general executive committee
I of the Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Method"st Episcopal Church
here today lOO missionaries. M returned
j from foreign lands and 50 who will sail
next month, were present in addition to
?*> delegates from various parts of the
country.
Mrs. William F. McDowell, wife of
Bishop McDowell of Chicago, delivered
the president's address. Announcement
j was made that the budget for the coming
i year would be $*H>,000. Last year $443.
! (J0i> was expended by the society, mostly
' In China and India.
Must Lose Leg to Save Hit Life.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. October 29.?While
hunting three weeks ago. Rev? George
! Parkins, pastor of the Wright M. B.
Church of Washington county, jumped
over a fence. A wheat stubble pene
trated his shoe and cut his ankle
Lockjaw developed, and he is in a
Pittsburgh hospital. Physicians say
they will have to amputate the lt( |o
save the clergyman's life.
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MAY DRIVE FAKE
AUCTIONEERS OUT
Enforcement of Law and New
Police Regulation Expected
to Do the Work.
BAN ON LICENSES UNTIL
$5,000 BOND IS PUT UP
Tricks of All Kinds Resorted to in
Order to Sell Goods Thought
to Be Worthless.
Enforcement to the letter of a law
already on the statute books and M new
I?3l|ee regulation under contemplation
? nay be the means to be adopted by the
J Commissioners for driving fake auc
tioneers out of the District of Columbia.
' onvinced that the amended statute
of January 20. 1887. requiring auction
eers to give bond iti the amount of
15.000 each is valid and may be car
ried into effect. Assistant Corporation
Counsel Whlteford today is putting the
finishing touches on a police regulation
which. In addition to other things, will
prohibit the ringing of bells and the
| hanging out of flags In connection ultli
| the conduct of auction bale*.
. He expects to submit the proposed
new regulation to the Commissioners
late todaj. At the same. tlm? h>? will
vuggest to the District heads, it 1*
understood, that they Instruct the
assessor of the District not to re now
any auction license permits for the new
license year, which begins Saturday of
this week, unless the applicants can
comply fully with the law requiring
the giving of bond and the payment of
a license fee of $100.
Procedure la Approved.
Mr. Whlteford's contemplated procedure
in the matter ha* the approval of Ju
lius I. Peyser, attorney for the Jewelers'
Association of the District of Columbia,
who. recently, on behalf of that organisa
tion, requested the Commissioners to give
a hearing for the purpose ot determining
whether so-called fake auction house?
now being operated in the District are
public nuisances.
Mr. Peyser and the assistant corpora
tion counsel were in conference both yes
terday and today, and have agreed, it le
understood, that enforcement of the stat
ute referred to. together with the polica
regulation proposed. will be sufficient to
remedy the situation complained of.
The law in question is an amendment of
a statute enacted July 4. IRS). Mr. White
ford has been looking up old decisions
bearing on the question, with the result
i that he has decided there is nothing to
! prevent enforcement of the law.
Tricks Are Resorted To.
i v. . -qf ? - ' J
A trick observed by a Star reporter oa
a visit to a fake auction sate la to put up
some article like a watch chain and de
scribe It an a "line chain, solid gold,
swivel." After the chain becomes some
one's property he discovers to his sorrow,
as likely as not,, that the swivel is so.l<l
gold, but that is as far as the ' solid
gold" goes. Yet, when you pin the auc
tioneer down to It, didn't he say "solid
goid swivel"?
Then again, a watch will be described
as possessing a "$45 movement." If you
are unfortunate enough and foolish
enough to buy It. you may discover, on
taking your purchase to a reputable
jeweler, that the movement is what Is
known to the trade as a $45 movement,
but that the works of the watch are not
worth more than a dollar or two, at the
moBt. As a rule, they are of the variety
that may be bought for $14 a dozen.
Articles Sometimes Returned.
Some unfortunates who have be?>ii dis
contented with their, purchases have taken
them baclc and "howled," but in most
cases the silver-tongued auctioneers man
age to Induce them to take som<?thins els*
in exchange for It. the consequence being
that the hapless patron is quite as badly
i "stung" as at first.
I In one of the places, at least, a rathe *
poorly dresaed man stays, and If the Md.
don't go high enough to suit tlie auc
tioneer, he goes a little higher than tin
last one anil disappears toward the bac?
of the shop, ostensibly to receive his
purchase. I>ater, when a new crowd is if
the store, the same article again makes
j its appearance under the hammer.
0 STREET BRIDGE BIDS
A. L. Guidone of New York Is
Lowest With Offer of
$275,000. * 4
i The bid of A. L. Ouldone of New York
? for constructing the $275,000 concrete
i bridge to .span Rock Creek, connecting Q
street In Georgetown with Q street in
Washington, was the lowest of six pro
posals submitted for this work, according
to an announcement made at the District
! building this afternoon. The amount
called for in the bid ranges from $144.00))
to $158,400. according to quality of ma
terial to be used, plus coat of excavation.
: which is figured at $118,715.
This amount is within the appropriation
of approximately $l?*?,0t)0 for the con
! structlon of the bridge proper, without
the approaches.
It Is expccted that arrangements for
executing a contract will be immediate
ly entered into, and that work on the
bridge will be begun some time in De
cember.
! FORGERY CHARGE UPHELD,
Ohio Supreme Court Sustains Rejec
tion of Referendum Petitions.
COL.UMBV8. Ohio October -JUL?By a
vote of 6 to 1, Judge Shauck dissenting,
the judges of the supreme court to
day, sustained the action of Secretary
of State Graves in nullifying petitions
' for a referendum vote on the Warnes and
Ivilpatrick taxation laws.
The Ohio Equity Association had sought
to mandamus the secretary of state to
provide the machinery for a referendum
vote and charged hint with conspiring
with state political leaders in rejecting
the petitions tiled. Graves had ruled that
the petitions asking for the referendum
were void because of wholesale forgeries.
Fire Takes $100,000 in Buildings.
MONROE, N. Y., October 20.?Fire last
night destroyed all the farm buildings
on the property of Henry M. "TOford.
Standard Oil director. The loss amounts
to mere than $100,000. The TUford farm
is situated one mile south of Monro*.