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No. 19,392.
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1913.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
ONE CENT.
MiMNV DOOMEDI
FOR PARTY'S GOOD
Democratic Leaders Aim to
Remove Murphy Blight From
Next National Campaign.
MITCHEL GREETING RIVALS :
THAT GIVEN BRYAN IN 18961
Appearance of Dudley Field Malone
in Camp of Fnsionists Regard
ed as Significant.
By N. O. MESSENGER.
NUW YORK, October S!.?We!!, here
w e are after another day of this ferocious
campaign still alive. But let's rap on
*ood. That's the way the New Yorkers
feel every morning now after another
fwenty-four hours of whirlwind politics
It certainly is a etrange medley of dead
ly earnestness, travesty, tragedy and
"fon-twenty-t irty" melodrama. Here we
'v? detectives, the hidden dictograph
?rought back from the governor's cham
? " and the prison cell; mysterious nien
< o slip other men large bundles of
? ;.ey which turns out to be only stage
>ney after all. There is much heavy
>:ii posing, menacing gestures, meet
- at the ruined mill at midnight, and
??t sort of thing.
Public Opinion Aroused.
that is only on the eu-face. ucme
? 'o be amused at for the moment
1 ueii to pass up. Below it all runs
> steady current 01 a public move
going irresistibly in one direction,
" that to sweep away in a steadily
ig tide of public opinion a corrupt
-Uin ut poli.ics.
'Jf exact it should not be called
system but the perversion by selfish
?-!!. a ver> tew at that, of a system
h'nou'd be inherently beneficial.
' at js the baleful gen.us that pervades
? if rammauy?Tammany being com
...>t*d. you must remember, of plain ordi
? y folks going about their ordinary
. orations, giving a good day's work to
'Mi* employers, looking out for their
..ml lies. and going to church Sundays? i
>ich uses and abuses tho organizat'on '
.11 oiakCw it cd ouo to the people of this
perial and glorious city?
necessary to destroy Tammany
'.?yf. Morder to execute the evil spirt
' inch brings It into disrepute? It would
- eui that this question has been answer
?dlu the affirmative 1-y a lot of people
v ho are now proceeding with the work
? - destruction in a very capable two
ted way.
Mltchel's Reception Hearty.
After this bit of moralizing, to get
fAclt to the practical happenings of the
hour. Probably the most significant
event since the last dispatch was tne
rronstrous outpouring of voters of this
to greet John Purroy Mitchel at
Y'atflson Square Garden last night. There
something a the meet ng remindful
, lre ^rei4t reception given to William
J. Bryan In the same place in and
tna speaker f last night was received
W Much thv same ido atrous spirit. It
was the tribute to the kn.ght faring forth
In defense of a cause. That .s to say,
S'ich was the emotion which animated
s< me of the heaiers.
Others, it must be confessed, were
Toved by the des're to be present when
? r. Mitchel carried out his earlier threat
? -taking the lid off" of McCall and eSc
t >slng him in all of his pristine wlcked
'? :-ss. But nary a lid was lilted.
Mr. Mitche 1 had changed his mind and
i solved not to go Into personalities. In
? ??"?d, it is becoming rather discouraging
those looking for the tabasco taste to
het their political palates; they get
? ?led so often.
?4alone's Appearance Significant.
f hv more significant from the viewpoint
fc'k? down in Washington who follow
i.utionai *?ame than the remarks of
I Mitehtl ?vas the appearance of Dud
y Ffii*"* * *l?ne. third assistant secre
? f > *<? a^yu- and son-in-law of Senator
?1 uriii^*' this anti-democratic or
.izayrtiop 11 *?ting It is not to be sup
*. 'j /Mi. Malone piayed hookey
Washington and appeared last night
V yfiout nis eiders Knowing it. His father
^!?V has been a pact grand sachem of
imman.v, but- he is one of the men who
ude Tammany honorable. He must be
. ?r?rti:";ed beyond expression at the pres.
r .t p.iirht of t ie organization of which he
1 an ornament.
' t.ir.es I have nointod out in i
i.t?e dispatch, s th- interest oi the na- ?
jiial d< iiifK-ratlc admin -nation in tMe
?nie?st ovr h.T,.. what doea it mean?
? i-?l, one would naturally be led lo the
^?isumption, which ougiit not to be Con
'dereei v.oient, mat tne national admin
istration is intent lipon erecting an or
, Inization in New York city which in the
- ^xt state-wide and subsequent nation
?? ide political campaign will not be a re
vroach to the democratic party of the
2 and.
Temporary Crippling Planned.
In 101- Woodrow Wilson turned his
?ack on and refused his hand to Charles
f. Murphy. Mr. Wilson could not uet
rid of Murphy, because Murphy's hold on
lis oiganization i\,is too siiong. If jt Is
necessary, in order to ehm.iuui Murphv
?-iiid tiis methods, to tempo.a?'ilv put out t
of pow-r tne tiemocrati. organization in!
N.w >ork, Ih.si.i.nt Wiison anl the'
nigh-minded, thoughtful men working!
v. <tn n.iii i<> a deiin.u ?nd of nation-w.ae
;Diic belt' rment will siiow n<> heid.a
tlon.
That is just what is going on now; that
N tie ir'VHiiJiit motive Unhid the work
? Ing done .n N< v\ p.?iit.c?
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PAYS i ARE AilER YEARS.
Remarkable Lasutnc vi Conscience ;
Cdil to New York Woman.
?>iiDi> .ii'i ->v\ n, x. \., Oiioi'tr ;;i.?a
reusarkablt instance e-:' a conscience J
iv*k<n wuina.i ' o tsiiieti to pay fcr
i . .a< a ? v?H- y i#ar six or seven years i
a - o i. reveal .1 ii> ^ letter jasl received
u; D. C. M-'Monagl.-, res.dent of the
lo- a; iraii;-it ??onipauy. The letter, from'
u M'.n:-'n in th? noithein r^rt vf the
s' .t ? !io.-e :iaiii' i- '? i?I h Id, reuus:
"!ik lo. ' t'lid 10 niiif in staiiips tor
ear far' . i*oin. tin cugo I rode twice on
l'..i trolley, when the conductor failed to
lake my tare. p< rhaps e>r se\en years
aj-.o. It as com* oack to my mind, and
1, therefore, mid it to you now, .*iiid
pleH^e patdon in*, for not doing so be
fore."
Student May Die From Fall.
VV ATERTOWV. Conn- October 31.?
While walking ni iii> fle.>p. Curtis Y:.r
ie'l of Wataliury, a. fe?urteei.-yeur-old
student, fell early loda\ Iroiu t . fourth
i>te?ry of the dormitory in which {???
i-oomcd. to a tiasged pavement btJow.
ilia skull wan lraetureu and he will
Commissioners Issue Orders
to Enforce Amended
Act of 1887.
MUST NOW BE RESIDENTS
AND GIVE $5,000 BOND
Will Likely Abu Adopt Police Reg
ulation Prohibiting "Puffers"
at Such Sales.
The Commissioners today put up strong
bars against fake auctioneers operating
in the District of "Columbia when they
issued instructions for a strict enforce
ment of the amended act of January 26,
tS8i, requiring auctioneers who engage
in business here to be residents of the
city, take out a license of |100 and give
bond in the amount of 15.000 each.
This action, taken on recommendation
of Assistant Corporation Counsel Wh te
ford, will bo effective, it is believed, in
properly safeguarding the public against
unscrupulous dealers whose wares are
sold under the hammer. As the new
license year begins tomorrow, the Dis
trict author,tie* may carry the pi oviaions
of the statute into immediate effect.
Delay on Police Regulation.
Because it requires thirty days for a
police regulation to become effective, the
Commissioners today delayed action on
a regulation proposed by Mr. Whiteford
tor stm further regulating auctioneer
dealers;. They believe that the act re
tcrred to is sufficitnt- for the present, but
it is more than lineiy that a police regu
lation, stipulating in audition to oiner
tuings luat no person may be permitted
to act as a ? puffer" at auction sales, may
be aaopted later.
Beiore leav.ng for a trip to West Vir
ginia iast n.gnt k. P. Antirews, president
oi tne rtetau Aiercnants Association, ex
pressed nmiseii in nearly aec^ra wuh
tiie pians oi Assistant Corporation Coun
sel vv hiteiord to correct tane auction
anuses.
'it is. a matter of congratulation all'
around that a way has oeen tound to im
mediately reach thooe who nuum engage i
in the pe.nicious practices that are com-1
P ained of. Fake auctions are a deceit
oi the grossest character and. of course,
the public is the t>ig sunerer. Retail mer
chants suffer, too, in the odium that is
cast over business. The day of the liar
and the fajsiiier has past. Bus.neEs here
{" Washington -is on a sound and fair
basis, and it is certa.nly not iair that
any men, or set of men, should be
allowed to conduct a fake business such
as is complained of.
Will Meet the Situation.
"I believe the plan as proposed by Mr.
Whiteford will meet tfye needs of the sit
uation ae I have already pointed out.
The itinerate auction sale proprietor pays
only a small license fee. He escapes
the personal and property tax entirely 1
since he is seldom here more than a '
month or so. Even if lie should be com- !
pelled to pay a personal or property tax
It would not inconvenience him to any de
gree. for such establishments ordinarily
carry stock of small value at any one
time.
"The Retail Merchants' Association has
been a bitter kind consistent foe of fake '
business, and 1 am sure that every mer- '
chant in Washington joins me in com
mending The Star for its splendid cam- 1
paign against fake auctions."
PROBABLY A CHRISTIAN.
Prediction Regarding the Election .
of Next President of China.
PHILADELPHIA. October SI.?"The
next President of China may be chosen
from the Christian ranks," said President
Isaac Sharpless of Haverford College to
the Pennsylvania Missionary Society, !
which met at the Overbrook Presbyterian
Church yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Sharplees discussed the growth of
missionary work in the far east and
showed how rapidly it has progressed
"since the different denominations have
stopped competing with each other."
SOCIALIST FOR ASSEMBLY.
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Speaker Warren Defeated for Re
Election in Newfoundland District. ;
ST. JOHN'S, K. 1*, October HI.?Speaker
Warren of the house of assembly, was
defeated In the quadrennial general elec
tion yesterday by Business Manager
Grimes of the Fishermen's Union, allied
with the opposition party, headed by Sir
Robert Bond. The vote was: Grimes." 871:
Warren, tJO<. Grimes will represent the
Port de Grave district, the only one In
which the count of the ballots had been
completed this morning. He is a socialist
The Fishermen s Protective Union, a
labor organization formed since the last
general election, has reached large pro
portions. It was at first planned to have
the union attempt, as a third party, to
capture the balance of power in the
house. Later the union formed a coali
tion with the Bond party, which accepted
several of th*> labor men as its candi
dates.
HIS FIRST VISIT TO AMERICA.
William Bramwell Booth, Salvation
Army Head, in New York.
NEW YORK. October 31 ?William
Bramwell Booth, who succeeded his late
father as head of the Salvation Army,
arrived in New York today on his first'
visit to America. He will go direct to
Winnipeg and Toronto, and will then re
turn to the Lnitcd States, stopping first
at Chicago.
The general was a little under the
weather during the trip over and re
mained in h s stateroom. He is fifty- |
:ieveii years old. For years lie was his ?
father s chief lieutenant
| THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
*eaatei
Not in session, meets Monday.
Banking committee met in execu
tive session.
Houses
Met at noon.
A resolution of sympathy with
Winston Churchill's "Natal HolJ
j du>" program was discursed, but
| action was postponed.
Aujourned at 1:23 p.m. to noon
Saturday.
Bureau of Corporations to
Make Scientific Investiga
tion to Aid Legislation.
TOLD IN SPEECH BY
? COMMISSIONER DAVIES
Addresses National Association of
Hardware Dealers at At
lantic Citv.
ATLAN TIC CITY, N. J., October 31.?
The beginning: of a new. scientific in
vestigation of the industrial situation,
under the direction of President Wil
son, which will contribute to the ad
ministration's trust legislation program
at the session of Congress beginning
Docember 1. was announced here to
day by Commissioner Joseph E. Davics
of the bureau of corporations, in an
address before the National Association
of Hardware Dealers.
?\V hether a competitive system of
large units or a monopolistic system
its the most advantageous to society is
..he question the bureau will attempt
to determine.
"It is characteristic of the quality
of mirid of the President of ilie United
States that he should desire facts on
which to base his judgment," said Com
missioner Davies. "mere is now no
e'overnmenia) or other agencies cii
0aged in attempting ?o get scientific
.n.ormation on ihis fu.ct. We shall
enter into th.s investigation with .ne
sole interest ot wording out in a scien
tific and fair-minded spirit the tacts
u.usoluieiy as tn?y are. So vital and
J? lunuamental is this problem that
10 attack it m any otner spirit wouiu
criminal. What is noeoed is light.
,l0< heat. The problem bristles with
difficulty. It will demand an in
creused appropriation irom Congress.
1 he results m?*y noi coincide wuii ail
?(> hope to proeure, but we can, now
?ver, outain tacts that Will eontrioute
toward correct interpretation of in
dustrial conditions as they exist."
Commissioner Davies declared that the
ultimate solution oi tne trust prooiem oe
penoed upon tne determination of the
question hi'i bureau is auout to investi
gate. That he believed to be a funda
mental behind wnetner the prouiem
mignt be so.ved by amendments to tne
ttnerman law, by an industrial trade com
mission or hy action lOoKing to regula
tion by the individual states.
Vast Growth of Business.
Reviewing arguments for and against
monopoly, Commissioner Davies declared
that one of the chief concerns of the
great body of people for whom the gov
ernment exists is, which form of pro
duction, competitive or monopolistic, can
produce and sen what tne pu-oiic buys
most cheaply, consistently with fair
standards of Jiving tor workers. He
sKotched the business growth oi the coun
tI3rw?i*2.thcJ"l8u o? thc corporations.
Within the last decade and a half,"
said he. "two hundred corporations have
come Into property of more than tweuy
two billion dollars. Two hundred artificial
persons own three times as much wealtn i
as the country owned in 1-550. That sum'
is three arid one-half times as great as the '
pub.ic deot. The gross income of one of
these artificial persons is equai to the
total revenue of the government from in
ternal revenue and customs. Twenty-four
?t these corporations have three an-i one
half times the gross income of the leuerui
government.
"These tacts are not cited as an indict
ment against the men engaged in these
enterpr.ses, but simply to show the way
In which we are growing. The period of
greatest development in this movement
occurred in the face of the Sherman law
and prior to 11)04, when it was lirst sought
to be made an active agency for tne gov
ernment.
An Economic Revolution.
There has come an economic revolu
tion. The unorganized many are demand
ing that law shall protect their rights
from the encroachment of the organized
fe.Y," Government or society is concerned
with these tremendous industrial unit'
on several different angles. What effect
have these gigantic concentrations had
upon the question of representative gov
ernment and its perpetuity? is there
danger of the child becoming greater
than the parent? What safeguards must
the state throw about itself so that the
powers of government may not be sub
verted by the greed of men and the in
herent human selfishness?
"An investigation only recentlv con
ducted by Congress has given evidences
ot certain insidious influences that -it
tac'' the integrity of government itself
"The economic aspects of the problem
the fair just att'tude of government to
capital invested and men interested in and
directing these great enterprises as we!'
as to the pupblic at large, and what sha i
be done to preserve freedom of oppor
tunity for business, is the problem to
which Congress will address ltse.f in the
immediate future."
Commissioner Davies reviewed various
suggestions for amendment of the Sher
man law. many of which have been intro
duced as bills in Congress, looking to the
prevention of the issue of watered stock
interlocking ownership, common direc
torates, and other slmi'ar cond tions to
which many economic evils are attribut
ed. lie spoke particu arly of the conten
tion that the government should regulate
and control prices.
LIVE AFTER 400-F00T FALL.
German Aviator and His Mechanic
Escape With Slight Injuries.
VERSAILLES. France. October 31.?
\ ictor'a Stoetfler, the German aviator,
and his mechanic had a narrow escape
from death today, when their aeroplane
capsized and fell from a height of 4oj
feet. Stoetfler was severely bruised and
the mechanic got a broken leg. They
were protected from more serious Injuries
by the canvas wing of the machine.
The aviators had just left the. aero- j
drome at Villacoublay on the way to'
Warsaw, Poland. ;
SENATOR LEWIS ENLISTED.
At President's Request He Speaks
for Democracy in Massachusetts.
CHIl AGO, October 31.?In response to
a request from President Wilson that aid
be given the Massachusetts democratic
state committee in the closing ral.ies of
the gubernatorial campaign in that state
Senator James Hamilton Lewis left hu
riedly this morning for Boston, where lie
will address several meetings tomorrov
night.
The President's request that he take a
hand in the Massachusetts campaign
reached Senator Lewis yesterday in tli?
form or' a telegram from Secretary Turn"
ulty. The iliinois senator immediately
canceled several political conference^
which had been arranged for today In
this city. *"
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KILLED AS ENGINE
FALLS OFF TRESTLE
W. P. Gladden, Engineer on
"Shifter," Lives But Short
...Time After Accident.
J. B. BURCH, FIREMAN,
IS SAVED BY JUMPING
Locomotive Topples Twenty Feet,
Turning Nearly Completely
Over, at Gas Works.
Caught between the engine and tender
when his engine toppled froiri a twen
ty-foot trestle at the east gas works
of the Washington Gas Company, at
12th and M street southeast, this morn
ing, William P. Gladden, engineer, re
ceived inuries from which he died
while on the way in an ambulance to
Casualty Hospital. J. B. Burch. fireman
on the wrecked engine, sustained pain
ful bruises and sprains, but was not
taken to the hospital. Gladden was
thirty-three years old. unmarried, and
roomed at 230 1st street southeast.
The engine, yard engine No. 5100 at
the Pennsylvania railroad, h&d just
backed several cars loaded with coal on
iho gas works trestle, which is lo
cated in the yard of the work*, and had
uncoupled and started out of the yard
\vhen the accident occurred.
A fishplate connecting two of the rails
>n th<- trestle either broke or gave
way, the rails .spreading and allowing
:he engine's wheels to drop to the ends'
of the ties. The engine toppled over,
ailing 011 its side on the ground be
icath the trestle, while the tender
.urned completely over.
Fireman Saved by Jumping.
As the engine toppled before the fall
?ireraan Burch jumped and escaped
with 110 more serious hurts than
jruises and sprains and the attendant
hock. Engineer Gladden, however,
either was unable to make the jump or
Jailed to realize tho danger, and was
arried down with the engine.
Employes of the gas company rushed to
(Continued 011 Second Page.)
KNG RECEIVES WILLARD
First U. S. Ambassador to
Spain Also Calls on Pre
mier Dato.
'? 11*1 ? <? ?.
MADJUD. October 31,?Tjja.flrwt- United
Stales artbassadi&r to Spain, Col. .Joseph
E. Wlllard of Virginia, was received to
day by King Alfonso. The ambassador
and his staff were- escorted to the palace
by a detachment of the Royal Guards.
Ambassador Willard later in the day
called on Premier Dato and the principal !
members of the Spanish royal family.
The Madrid newspapers today publish
long articles referring to the cordial re
lations between the United States and
Spain, and commenting favorably on the
etevation of the American legation to an
emoassy.
German Empress Receives Gerard.
POTSDAM, Germany, October 31.?
James W. Gerard, the new American am
bassador, was received in audience today
oy tne German empress at tne imperial
paiace.
SUES FOSS F0H $100,000.
Labor Leader Accuses Governor of
Massachusetts of Slandering Him.
BOSTON, October 31.?The bringing
of a suit against Gov. Foss for $10u,mx>
tor al.eged siander was announced to
day by James T. Morlarity, former presi
dent of the Boston Central Labor Union.
The suit. Mr- Morarity said, was based
on a statement signed "E. , N. Foss"
which appeared this weeK in a Boston
paper in which Mr. Mor.arity was de
nounced for participation in a str.ke of
employes of factories controlled by the
governor.
SOUTHERN EDUCATORS MEET.
Or. J. L. McBrien of U. S. Bureau of
Education Speaks.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 31. ? A
six-year course for elementary schools
and health In school work were among
the topics today before the Southern j
Educational Association, in session here.
W. N. Sheats of Flor'da was a speaker.
The program for tonight's meeting car
ries a discussion of state textbook publi
cation, by D. J. Goggin, Ontario, Canada, >
and an address by Dr. J. L. McBrien of!
the United States bureau of education. j
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HOME INFLUENCE
? ?
The merchants of Washington, knowing the
alue to them of The Star's tremendous home circula
tion, used more space in yesterday's Star to tell the
public about their goods than in all other Washing
ron newspapers added together.
22,800 lines
4,146 LINES MORE THAN ALL COMBINED
Yesterday's Advertising
Local Display
The Evening Star
2d Newspaper , . .
3d Newspaper . *
4th Newspaper . * *
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Information Today Is That
Movement Is Viewed
With Favor.
COMMISSIONERS REPLY
TO SENATE RESOLUTION
District Heads Explain Inability to
Enforce Law Until Utilities
Board Was Organized.
Information today is that the move
ment for universal transfers in the Dis
trict of Columbia, o" at least a reasonable
system of transfers between tlie electric
roads here, has the backing of the White
House and that the public utilities com
mission understands the sympathy oi' the
administration in this proposition. This
addition of White House aid is likely, it
is said, to give thu utilities commission
the support it might fee! it would like in
such a great undertakng.
No official at the White House i.-> will
ing to be quoted in connection with the
tiansfer fight, but it is positively known
tnat men nigh up the e will be giad
wnen the utilities commission finally di
rects the railroads to give transfers at
ce tain points in the city. The belief
strongly prevails at the Wnite House, too,
that tne utilities commission will shortly
make such an older and let the whole
question go to the courts for judicial ad
judication.
President Wilson and Secretary Tum
ulty are taking a deeper interest in
District matters than is general.y sup
posed, and at intervals confcr with
Commissioner Newman about, the status
of affairs at the District building. Tne
President has taken long automobile
rides into nearly every part of the Dis
trict, and Secretary Tumulty is almost
as well posted as to things here. Their
general attitude here, as it was in New
Jersey, is that while public utilities
are not to be deprived of the right to
prosper and pay fair returns upon
hone, t investments, the legitimate de
mands of the people must be given
every consideration and acceded to
when possible. This spirit will, it is
said today on authority, dominate the
utilities commission and the District
Commissioners.
Commissioners Make Reply.
In response to a resolution Intro
duced recently by Senator Lane of
Oregon, and passed by the Senate, catl
ing on them to explain why the act of j
August 2, 1894, has not been enforced j
and why the Capital Traction and j
Washington and Electric Railway com- '
panics have not been prosecuted for;
failing to issue reciprocal transfers, thej
Commissioners today sent to the Sen
ate a report stating that as Commis
sioners of the District they have no
authority for enforcing this law, but
as public utility commissioners they
have already taken up consideration of
the universal transfer question.
"Among the powers granted ihe public
utilities commission, ' the leport con
tinues, "is that of requiring and com-,
pelling. after hearing and not.ee, uy oruer!
in writing, every public utility to comply
with ail the laws of the United States
applicable to it.
"Under this authority and grant of,
power and also under other authority
conferred by its organic act. the public
uti itles commission on the 20th instant
held a pub lc hearing in the matter of
free, universal, interchangeable transfers
among the street railways in the District
of Columbia.
In the course of this hearing facts were
called for and statements made by all
present interested in the matter concern
ing the scope and meaning of section &
of the act approved August 2, 18W. en
titled "An act to authorize the Metro
politan Kailroad Company to change its
motive power," etc., and the public utili
ties commission is now determining j
?whether or. not that law is appl e-able,
and whether or not any other authority
exists for requiring the street railway
companies to isaue free, universal, inter-,
changeable transfers in the District of
Columbia." I
Winston Churchill Plan Is Ap
plauded by Representa
tives of Both Parties.
BUILD NO BATTLESHIPS
FOR PERIOD OF ONE YEAR
Resolution Requesting President's
Co-Operation Discussed by Leader
Mann and Speaker Clark.
Applause for the naval holiday plan
| proposed by Winston Churchill, England'*
i first lord of the admiralty, was given In
i the House today when Representative
j Henseley of Missouri introduced a reso
lution requesting the President to enter
, into negotiations for and to add his n
I liuence to securing a cessation of naval
construction by the great powers for one
year.
Republicans and dc-moc-ats alike favor
ed the naval holiday scheme. It was non
partisan to such an extent that Repre
sentative Mann's speech In favor of the
"holiday" wan applauded by both sides.
However, Representative Mann as
House leauer for the republicans insisted
that it would be a travesty of statesman
ship if the House, with barely 100 men
present, would attempt to vote an ex
pression of opinion on so great a subject.
Favored by Speaker Clark.
Speaker Clark came down from his
chair and talked for ten minutes.
"I agree with Mr. Mann in one thing?
that the House has not enough members
at present to attend to this thing. Lord
Churchill may have more influence in
naval affairs in England than the Speaker
docs here."
"This scheme of armament is the great
est idiocy on earth, and we Americans
are great idiots to be engaged In it. I
? am glad that cnurcnui made this propo
' sition. If three great nations um? into
, agreement?fcay Great Britain. America
and Germany?the thing would be set
tied."
Speaker Clark said that If the United
States should get into a war \vi-li some
big nation and Florida, or New \ork
shoud be captured, "every one knows
they couldn't hold it.
Wants Question Settled.
"When the House gets here I want to
see this whole subject taken up. It's
strange that when we had 5,000.000 peo
ple we weren't afraid of any one, and
now with 100.000,000 people a lot-of folk*
! go round the country uging; Germany as
a raw head and bloody bones. Germany
lma been held up as a terror and worn
to a fryjude.''
LOSES LifE IN FAST RACE
Holder of Records in Auto
Speeding Killed on Eng
lish Track.
LONDON". October 31.?Percy Lambert,
holder of many world s automobile speed
records, was killed on the Brook?and?
motor race track today while making an
effort to break the one-hour record.
Lambert was traveling at a speed ol
over 114 miles an hour when one of the
tires burst. The machine someisaulieu
and then shot over the top of an em
oankment. The driver was crusned be
neath the wreckage. He died on the
nay to the hospital.
Monday of this week Lambert captured
the tiny-mile worlds recoid, covering
the disianie in 27 minutes - --f. ~c.-ono.-\
rcbrua.y 1 a, on the same track, he es
laoiisned a new record lor one nour,
iuS^i m.?es. At the same time he made
a new one-hunured-mhe record of b'?
minutes 49 3-5 seconds.
NEWSPAPERS TELL HER.
Housekeeper Learns She Is Heir to
Estate Worth $40,000.
PROVIDENCE. It. I.. October 31.?
Through the medium of newspapers, Miss
Tessie M.chael, who has been working
as housekeeper in a lodging house here
lor more than threi years, has learned
that she is heir to $*0,000 left by her
lather, a farmer who recently died in
Belgium. Nothing as known of the
gin's whereabouts by her- relatives and
she did not know of her fatuer's deatn
until sne read in the papers t??day tuat
me money was awaiting her.
Miss M.chati saia that wnile living with
her fcrantuaiher in kkt, Russia, sue mar
neu a soia.er who went away to war a
lew nours after the ceremony and never
eamt; oacK. tine came to tnis countrj. in
ana alter an unsuccessiul \t>niure in
the restaurant business went to worn us
u cook ana aiterwara a? housekeeper.
WANT NEW F00I BALL COACH.
Alumni ol University of Minnesota
Demand a Change.
DL'LUTH, M.nn., October ol.?An attack
ou Dr. Williams, coach of the University
of Minnesota,' was launched here today
by the Northern Minnesota Alumni Asso
ciation of the university. Resolutions
were adopted, which, after declaring tnat
?'for many years the University of Minne
sota, though favored with abundant and
splendid material, lias never had a real
championship foot ball team ? ? ? and
that the efforts of Dr. Williams have
been a failure." urge the board of con
trol of the university not to renew any
contract with the coach and that it nam.;
a successor, "who will give ua some real
res ill t j-'- *'
The resolutions w ill be forwarded to the
university authorities.
Sex Hygiene for St. Louis Schools.
ST. LOUIS, October 31.?Sex hygiene,
sanitation and other matters of health
will be taught the children of the St.
Louis pub.lc schools one hour each week,
it was announced by the superintendent
of schools today.
Gen. Diaz Leaves for Paris.
BIARRITZ, France, October 31.?Gen.
Porlirio Diaz, who has been staying here
since, early in August, left today tor
Paris.
"
President Wilson Hopes to
Solve Problems Presented
in Warring Republic.
AWAITING THE RESULT
OF THE RECENT ELECTION
Foreign Dictation Hot to Inflnenoo
Action?Co-Operation by Other
Governments Expected.
i
With indications pointing to the belief
that President Wilson is intent on taking
positive action of some k'nd toward
? Mexico, further developments were today
j held up ponding the receipt of a definite
announcement of the result of the Mexi
can elections held last Sunday. This
announcement is expected to conie wit),
the assembling of the newly elected con
gress, which under the law must meet
within fifteen days following ttio elec
tions.
Announcements have been made that the
congress would meet tomorrow, but at
the Mcxican embassy here today It wan
said that r?o definite date has been set.
and that the members would not be as
sembled until the returns are In. Ii Is
expected, it was said at the embassy,
that the meeting- of congiess will come
well within the fifteen days s^-t by law.
President Wilson and Counse or John
Bassett Moore of the State D< partment
discussed the Mexican situation today at.
length. As most of the members of tho
cabinet were away. there was no
session of the President's official family.
As the President >* 111 go to Princeton, N.
J., to vote next Tuesday there will be
no cabinet meeting that day.
Perfecting His Plans.
The President had no other engage
ments today, planning to devote himself
to the Mexican situation and the cur
rency problem. He is at work on a pla'i
for dealing with Mexico. which he hope*
will solve the situation. Exactly wliet
means lie will take for carrjlng out his
Int-ntlon of getting rid of Hucrta and
j arranging for an election he has not re
i vealed.
Th^ President i? being urged on all
sides to either make an armed demon
stration against Huerta or actively in
tervene, but whether he will accede to
either of these suggestions is still proble
matical. Tin: wild stories that he has
already decided on armed intervention
were not borne out by any development#
today or yesterday. He is also being
urged to raise the embargo on the ex
portation of arms into Mexico ttnd give
the constitutionalists a chance to drive
Huerta out. That any further diplo
matic dealings with the provlaienal gov
ernment will only result In further delay
and fall to dislodge Huorta j?aa the gen
eral belief in clrcb?B In close touch With
the Mexican situation.
At tlie request of Secretary Bryan,
Hear Admira Cowlee, commanding tho
American nquadrun on the west coast of
Mexico, has been Instructed to proceed
as far as practicable In protecting French
colonists said to be in peril at San lg
nacio, in lower California. The Navy De
partment has not been advised as to the
ba^ls of the fears of the French colony.
No Foreign Dictation Tolerated.
The President made It plain to callers
yesterday afternoon that his policy of
dealing with Mexico Is not to be dictated
by foreign nations, but that the United
States hopes that tho -foreign govern
ments will support any policy proposed
here.
Word was received here toduv from
Vera Cruz that Gen. Felix Diaz "and hiu
companions put to sea today aboard the
American battleship Michigan, to whle<
they had been transferred bj Bear Ad
miral Fletcher from his tlagsnip Louisi
ana. Tho court": ot' the Michigan we
laid for Havana. Friends of Diaz oi
shore were said to be unaware that ho
had cone.
A dispatch from Admiral Fletcher, re
ceived at the Navy Department today
said that the Michigan will take the Dias
party to a point olT Pnxrreao, Yucatan
where they will be transferred to a New
York and Cur.a mall steamship. It in
not kni<i?n whtre the party intends to
land, but It is thought probable they will
come to the United State*.
Details of Monterey Battle Lacking.
With the final outcome of the assault
on Monterey still in doubt, the Mexican
conptitutlonallst headquarters here today
received the ilrst details of the tierce
lighting in that town last week, when
the revolutionists, under Gen. Pablo Gon
zales, forced their way Into the besieged
federal city.
A belated dispatch from Gon. Gon
zales to Gen. Carranza at Nogales,
Sonora, dated October 24. at 7 p.m.,
said that the federal forces had been
driven to the center of the city, but ac
that time were being reinforced by
fresh troops coming up from the south.
The dispatch said the constitutional
ist forces captured the four barracks
located on the north side, took four
cannon, 400 shells, six machine guns,
1,000 saddles, over 1,000 rides and
400,000 rounds of ammunition. Over
400 federals were killed, according to
Gen Gonzales, Including a general and
a number of other otflcers. The consti
i tutlonalists lost Lieut. Col. Arcadlo
Osuna, Maj. Bruno Gloria, two cap
l tains, killed, and forty-three wounded.
Gen Trevino surrendered, but wae
later set at liberty, it being believed
that he was not active In defense of
the city. , . . ..
Later information received by the con
stitutionalists today was to the effect that
the constitutionalists have attacked Mon
terey again and captured tho city.
Washingtonian's Experience.
Maj. J- A. Cooper of Washington, who
is Interested In important mining prop
erties in the state of Sonora. Mexico, re
turned here yesterday ' om a visit to
Sonora, where he went to confer with the
constitutionalist authorities relative to
the protection of his properties.
"When 1 reached Hermoslllo." said Maj.
Cooper, this morning, "I found it bus
tling with business as well a* military
activity, though it was as orderly us
Washington la. I called on one ot
Carranza s aids, who p esented me to the
constitutionalist chief, and we had a long
conference. I was deeply impressed with
him and with his education and fort e.
It only took a moment for me to realize
that ho was not only a man of decltlon,
but also of action. He dominated the
situation there completely. Having my
aeif been a soldier I had ouly to see te
understand.
Carranza Aitna to Restore Peace.
"From my conversation with him I
found his only aim to be tho restora
tion of s constitutional regime in
Mexico, and a government. guarantee
for life and property based on the con*
8ent of the people. He referred to tb?
civil war In the United States, point
ing out that a great social question?
that of slavery?was at stake and