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WOULD BAR AUCTIONS
' AFO G O'CLOCK P.M.
Jewelers' Association to Ask
Commissioners to Adopt
Such a Regulation.
Ilea id** urging the District Commis
sioners to adopt a police regulation pro
hibiting the presence of puffers and en
?ouragers at auction sales, the Jewelers'
Association of the District of Columbia
also is to ask fur the adoption of a
regulation prohibiting auction sales
after H o'c ock in the evening, according
to an announcement made today by
Julius J. Peyser, counsel fur the as
tMKiation.
Such a regulation recently has been
?liafted by the counsel for the Jewelers'
Association of New Haven, fonn.. Mr.
Peyser says, and there is every likeli
hood of its being made a law by the
government of that city. .Mr. Peyser
has written to the New Haven associ
ation asking that lie be furnished with
a copy of the proposed regulation.
"More people are swindled at fake auc
tion sales after ?; o'clock in the even
ing," said Mr. f-'ey.-er today, "than at any I
other itme in the day. The article* of
fered for sale at these auctions present an
entirely different appearance v lien
shown by artificial light than what
they do by natuial light. Cheap pluied
ware is given the appearance of the
real thing."
- Pleased at Commissioners' Decision.
?
Mr. Peyser said t e dec:*.on of tiie
Commissioners to enforce the aw of Jan
uary 1ST*. ret|Uirinj: a ?iioneer< to
g.ve bond in the sum of :s i.ira*
Ing to tlie members of tne Jewelers' As- !
sociation. T'nder the pro\isions of this
Isw. the Commissioners are given power
to revoke a license should they see tit.
The Jewelers' Association at a meeting
last night approved the plan of a large
silver exhibit -in Washington, to be made
by some large manufacturing concern. '
The following committee was appointed 1
to consider the advisability of the plan: <
Harris N. Brown, J. L. Whitmore, A. D.
Prince and John Hansen. The purpose
of the exhibition is to educate the people
of Washington to realize the fact that
purchases of-standard commodities may i
be made here as cheaply as elsewhere. ,
LOUIS POST WILL SPEAK
AT SUFFRAGE SCHOOL
Representative Mondell Also Sched- \
tiled for Address?New Jersey
Delegation Coming.
'.on? Post, assistant secretary of labor.
*n*1 Representative -Vlondell of Wyoming
v ,-re added today to the list f>f speakers
:o the woman suffrage school to be
opi :ed here December 8. under the aus
pices of the Congressional L'nion for
Woman Suffrage.
Mr. Post has promised to lecture at the
>? iiool on "The History of Manhood Suf
f. age in the l"n(ted States," and Repre
sentative .Mondell is ;o speak on the re
sults of woman suffrage in Wyoming.
An invitation was sent by the suffrag
es her* today to Mrs. Wilson, wife of
t h, President, to occupy a box at the
suffrage meeting to be held at the Colum- ;
l a Theater November lt>. as a welcome j
to the New Jersey suffragists, who are
coining here to ask the President to sup
; ?: t their movement.
Women to Bear Petition.
Kejiorts received from Mrs. Mary Beard,
wife of Prof. Beard of Columbia L'ni
versit>. who is organizing the campaign
in New Jersey, were to the effect that
the women of the President's state are
-hoviing great enthusiasm over the move
ment. and that about HH> of them are
planning to come to Washington, bring
ing petitions to the President.
Announcement was made at suffragist
headquarters today that Senators Owen
? >f Qklalioma. Bristow of Kansas and
Thomas of Colorado, with Representa
tive M unlock of Kansas ami former
.Mayor (Jeorge Creel of Denver are to be
the speakers at "men's league night" of
the convention of the National Ameri
can Woman Suffrage'Association which
< onvenes lo re December I.
McADCO REWARDS HEROISM.
Medal Is Given to New York Police
man for Saving Life.
l*oirolman James J. Moy.iihaii <?r the
vow N iit k I'O'icc force has b?-en awarded
sover luolai ,.f honor by Secretary M<>
x.Joo of the Treasury Department In
"?ctc.mti.>t, tUs gallant conduct in sav
I - ;? n-ati from drowning in the Harlem
jver. May 7, tiiis year.
V\ illiam* Shannon, a resident of New
? a'-. ideniaHv walked oft the bulk
h?-.of at l be f.M.i of street and Ud
?? one. New York city, about o'clock
in ttie r\ening of that day. Policeman
Mo\ nihan heard the cries -Y*? feet away
? ?id ,lash"d toward the bulkhead, throw
ing ojr bis co.il as he ran. ami dived Into
? he liftmen f. e! of water After a strug
gle with Shannon. Movoihan succeeded in
brill gill'-' hint to a pojnl ,,f safelx.
HATES MAY RE RESUSPENDED.
Commerce Commission May Not
Settle Tariffs Before March. -
T*e t,,rm wWr|a, rla^,flrg.
i ??? territory wind, ? Pi-f. suspended by
tlx interstate coi,.iner?e commission
V .*.i*?dav until March 1'J. it believed
w HI h*v. h. resu: pond, d h. fore that
? i^t.- Titers is dollbt ?Vthi'r tip. colli
??? .lot, ..,11 I- ;,M, fo dispose ,,f
loro tt.at .Ut.. I nd?i the law th
1 ' "???'. -;>i ,| a tariff i,, fj,,,
t-- t ii,f.,r ij,, days, the
I"., y i,i,mi,, of th. commission's ability to
:-'i:p?nd wjihoiu unanimous agreement
aniop^ ii,,- j,.,, months.
-o?n: f? Mranrfris of Boston, who is to
represent tlo- commission as conns. 1 in
the ease, is encaged How in 1h.? prepara
tion Of maierial an.l m the collection or
data hearing upon the proceeding.
Fxnrising of Horses Barred.
An amendment to article,.", of the police '
reguiai oi,s of the District of Columbia I
prohibit;. ^ t||?. 11SI. ,,f the space between j
l"i l.'tb. i: and Uttle H streets Tor the
e\erci.-iim display of horses or other j
animal* was adopted today by the Com
mission,; s t'omplaint had been made
that the space in i|u< stion frequently is
utilize,I for tiie showing of horses offered
? sale to the annoyance of patrol^ of
the farmers produce market.
Essary Is Now a Gridiroiftr.
At the monthly meeting of the Gridiron
Club at th, New Willard today J. Fred
Kssary of the Baltimore Sun was elected
an active member of the c'.ub and Thom
* tmtuberHrahany of Washln?ton a limited
Pindell 0. K.'d by Russia.
The Russian government has notified
the United States (hat Henry M. PlndeM
of Peoria. IM.. will be persona grata to
the St. Petersburg coiyt. MPiudeii s
nomination i:. exacted to su to the Sin
ate soon, though he. may not go to bis
!>"St until February.
?1le? Cared In ? to it Umym.
I[ru*gl,,U refund money If PAZO OINTMENT
fail* i,i cure llehlng. Blind. Itleedine or I'rotnid
lug rile*, first ai>|>liedti<>n ;-i?e* relief. Sue.
HARRY F. LERCH, 1AWVER,
VICTIM OF APPENDICTTIS
Complications Develop After
Operation?Funeral Serv
ices Monday.
HARRY h\ LKR( H.
j.arry F. i.erch. an attorney, died at
i'...iiie!d Hospital early this morning a?
the result of an attack of appendicitis
Tor which lie was operated on a few days
igo. Following: the operation, when con
ditions were four.d to 1-e aggravated,
complications developed.
About four weeks ago Mr. Unh left
Tor a trip in the west, apparently^ in per
fect health. On his way hack to Wash
ington the attack of appendicitis devel
oped, and he was rushed to the Gartield
Hospital immediately on his arrival for
in operation.
Educated in Capital.
Mr. I.erch was the junior partner in the
law firm of Sieman & Lerch. HPe studied
n the public schools of Washington, and
ater attended the law department of
3eoige Washington Cniversity, gradu
iting in l'.XJt;. The same year he was
idmitted to tlie bar. *
Mr. Lerch was a-son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry F. I.erch of 1520 M street north
west. He was born December 10. 1882,
in. this city. In 1907 he married Miss
Irene F. Leech. He is survived by his
mother and father, his wife and two
I'hildreii. one three years old and the
other an infant of only two months.
His Affiliations.
He was a member of the church coun
cil of i Kpipnany Lutheran Church, the
Y. .M. C. A., of Harmony Lodge. F. A.
A. M.. and of the I'niversity and Colum
bia Country Clubs.
Funeral services will be held Monday
afternoon at - o'clock at his late residence,
and will be conducted by Rev. Charles F.
Steck of Epiphany Lutheran Church. The
Interment will be private. The pallbear
ers will be C. Arthur Slater, Abner Y.
Ferguson, Stanton C. Peelle. L. Russell
kiden, Paul Sieman and Carl H. Claudy.
CONTROLLER DISAGREES
WITH SECRETARY LANE!
Question Arises Over Proposed Im
provements Adjacent to Glazier
Park in Montana.
"A violent presumption." is the state
ment of George R. Downey, controller of
the Treasury, in an adverse decision com
menting upon the viewpoint of Secretary
Lane of the Interior Department;
"Congress must have had the present
situation in mind." was the opinion ex
pressed by Secretary l^ane. with which
Controller Downey took issue. This opin
ion was contained in the reference ljy tin
Secretary of the Interior of a financial
problem in road building, "in authorizing
the appropriation, tbis being," he said,
"the only available location for a road to
soni" of the most beautiful and most fre
quented spots in the park."
Asks Approval of Expenditure.
Secretary Lane desired approval of his
plan to use the appropriation <Jlaz?er
Park for the construction of sixteen
miles of roadwa> outside the park, and
through the Black feet Indian reservation
in Montana. He asks whether the In
terior Department might not pay for this
construction as being a necessary Inci
dent iii the use of the road to be con
struct ml within the park, and necessftry
to the; administration of affairs in tin:
park.
Controller Downey pointed out that the
park contains MM>? square miles, and L
only fodr'years old. He considers th )i
there are certainly uses within the pari*
to which the $t0tu*"0 appropriated b>
Congress couM be put
lie denies the right of Secretary l-ane
<?1 use ibe appropriati-ui for the purpose
stated. ?
Iii Charge of U. S. Agencies.
The new positions canned by the es
tablishment of itn tv ?> t'uited States
commercial agencies, one ;i( New < ?r
lean." and ?me at Chicago, have been
tilled l\\ Secret-try Iledlield. The New
Orleans otlice was |?y the pro
motion of Kdwin F. .fudd. a clerk in
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce here, to be chief at that sta
tion. m II. 11. Garver was appointed to
head the office at Chicago.
Arrested on Larceny Charge.
Edward H. Green, twenty-eight years
old. member of the Hospital Corps, sta
tioned at Washington barracks, was ar
rested today by Detectives Pratt and
Forteney and charged with robbery.
Green, who is a New Yorkei, is charged
with having taken a watch and $2<> from
Charles T. O'Callaghan of Aldie. Va. He
denies the charge and claims lie pur
chased the watch from a stranger.
Slightly Hurt by Skidding Auto.
An automobile owned by Miss N. E.
Sweet. 2131 California street, and ope
rated by William Washington, skidded
on the wet pavement at Pennsylvania
avenue and 7th street northwest this
morning about 11 o'clock. Mrs. Elizabeth
Thorn. IClt*. 7th street northeast, was
si rue'* by the car and knocked down. She
j v. as only slixiitl.\ hurt.
*
Will Accept Election as Bishop.
lle\. Frederick B. Howden. rector of
St. John's Episcopal Church. George
town who was eb eted missionary bishop
of New Mcsico by the house of bishops
at the recer.t general convention of the
Episcopal Church in New York} plans to
accept the election. He has so notified
! the parishioners of St John's.
FORESTRY AND WATER
CONSERVATION ISSUES
Speaker at Club Meeting Dis
cusses Importance of
Their Preservation.
"The National Conservation Congress is
the conservation clearing house of the
country," declared Thomas R. Shipp, ex
ecutive secretary of the National Con
servation Congress, in an address before |
a meeting of the District of Columbia
Federation of Women's Club* this morn
ins at the Public Library. "It is the open
forum to which ail who are interested in
helping work out the conservation ques
tion for the public can come and Vie
heard."
He said tli?* delegates to the Congress j
are brought together to discuss and work
out to the best solution the conservation
problems before the country. "We have
passed the period of agitation and educa
tion and have come to the point of prac
tical application. The women of this
country have helped us educate and agi
tate. Now they can help put conserva
tion principles into practical effect.
Tribute of Feminine Sex.
"I believe women are more practical '
than they j,et credit for being.'' the ;
speaker declared. "Some people seem to i
think that women are not interested in
anything except the esthetic and the j
beautiful. 1 don't believe that. The (
wom?*n who have v- orked for conservation j
have disproved that many times, and ,
right here 1 want to express a conviction ;
that lias grown in my mind through the j
experience I have had with public ques-:
tions, and that is that when a public |
question once gets into the home and is j
discussed within the family circle its
successful solution is assured. When
the women of the country take up a
cause it is a righteous one. and the cause
is bound to succeed. For the women will
keep after the men until they see that
the men ?',o the things that they want
them to do. Maybe, when women get to
voting they will see that things are done
themselves, but I am not discussing suf
frage today.
Forestry and Water Power.
"Two great conservation issues today
are forestry and water power. How are
women interested in these'.' Some one
may say, for instance, what have women
got to do with water power? Well, she
has a good deal to do with it. and it
has a good deal to do with her an'd for
her. You know we are getting into a
great age of electricity.
"Electricity is getting into the home
and into our daily duties. Some day
it is- going to cook our food and wash
our clothes and turn our sewing ma
chine. Then. *t will be a domestic ques
tion. This- electricity will have to be
produced largely bv water power. The
question which will confront us is how
much we will have' to pay fo relectric
current, just as today the question con
fronts many cities how much they should
pay. for . gas.
Gas Prices Contrasted.
"I nWashington you pay 85 cents a
thousand feet. In Indianapolis they pay
tin cents. In some cities they pay only 50
cents. The cost depends largely upon the
franchise which the people have given
the gas companies. In the same way
how much we will have to pay for elec
tric current produced from water power
will depend how widely we provide to
day for the development and utilization
of the wonderful water powers we have
and are about to let go."
Mr. Shipp said the conservation move
ment is only five years old, having be
gun at a conference of governors at the
White House, in ' May, 1903. The Na
tional Conservation Congress is an out
growth of that meeting. The sessions,
November 18, 19 and 20, are the first to
be held in Washington since the organi
zation.
CONGRESSIONAL ECONOMY
RESULTS IN REAL MENACE
*
Blamed for Accident in Department
of Labor, Which Might
Have Been Fatal.
?
Congressional economy was blamed at
the Department of I^abor today for an
accident there yesterday which .may
have resulted in fatalities. An ele
vator door came off at the fourth floor
and went crashing down to the base
ment, narrowly missing the secoud ele
vator in its flight.
There are two elevatops in the build
ing. but under the small appropriation
allowed the department by Congress for
help only ?ine elevator operator ran
be employed. During the rush hours
au> of the laborers around the build
ing run the second car. Yesterday aft
ernoon as tin- employes were leaving
their work the door at the fourth tloor
on one of the elevator shafta refused
to close. While trying to replace it
the inexperienced operator in sonic
manner forced it out of place. It went
through to (he basement, causing great
excitement in the building.
Toda> the second elevator is forced
to remain a' the fourth floor to keep
people from falling down the shaft.
RULES ON RESTAURANT THEFT.
High Court Holds Owner of Plare
Oannot Be Held Responsible. ?
N i-.\\ VOKK, November 8 -The appel
late di\ is-iou of Ihe supreme court has re
versed the decision of the lower courts
which held ihat h re.-taurnnt proprietor
is rejiponnible for the toss; of property
belonging to a patron
The plaintiff. Reginald d" Went worth.
obtained a judgment in the mimieipa!
court f?<r }4n again*' I.eon C Risr^s, a
restaurant keeper, because ids overcoat
had been stolen from a hook on the \< a"
while he was eating dinner in the de
fendant's restaurant. The lower court
decided that tin- restaurant keep": had
fatied to take proper care of tin plain
tiff s property.
In reversing tin decision the appellate
division stood by a dissenting opinion
written by Justice Seabury, who said:
"It does not appe;:r that the defendant
or any o'f his servants ever saw. much
less received, the overcoat. How the de
fendant under these ??ircumstances can
he held to have had exclusive possession
of the overcoat is not dear to mc-*'
"PEEPING TOMS' AT VASSAR.
1 Night Watchmen Doubled to Catch
Men Watching Young Women.
POI Gil K EEPSIE, N. Y.. November t>.?
"Peeping Toms" who have been appear
ing nightly about Vassar College have so
alarmed the girl students that the man
agement has put on a double force of
night watchmen ?to pattrol the grounds.
Each member of the guard is armed with
a revolver, a cluub and an electric flash
light.
A number of men have been amusing
themselves by climbing the trees sur
rounding the dormitories, and peeping
through the windows. Recently a young
man. whose name has been withheld,
was caught. Heads of departments weie
called and he was arraigned before them
at once. They learned that he belonged
to a good family living near the campus
and he was permitted to go upon his
promise to confine his calls to the day
time. This arrest did not put an end to
the nuisance, and the plan of doubling
the nightjguaids was adopted.
JUDGE LATIMER NAMES
JUVENILE COURT CLERK
Waldo Burnside Appointed to
Succeed S. Kemp Edmon
ston, Resigned.
WALDO RllRXSIDK.
iKice pllOtu.l
J mine J. Wilmer Latimer of the Juve
nile Court today announced the appoint
ment of Waldo Burnside as clerk of the
court. Mr. Burnside will commence his
new duties November 17, the appoint
ment taking effect on that date. He will
succeed S. Kemp Kdmonston. who has
been clerk of the Juvenile Couit for two
years. Mr. Kdmonston has just resigned
and is now connected with a firm of
shorthand reporters.
Native of Maryland.
Mr. Burnside was" born in HyattsvilSe,
Md.. and now makes his home there. He
was for three years in the Central High
School of this city, leaving school in
11108, before he had completed his course.
For the past four years and a half Mr.
Burnside has been librarian of the Bat
Association. and is familiar with the
worlt which will be required of him in
the capacity of clerk of the children's
court.
Judge Latimer expressed regret at hav
ing to part with Mr. Kdmonston. and
commented on his faithfulness and abil
ity in administering the court s affairs.
Mr. Kdmonston is on leave at present,
and George P. Barse. deputy clerk of
the court, is acting in his place until
Mr. Burnside assumes his duties.
BRIBED ARMY OFFICIALS
Two Former Employes of
Krupp Convicted in the
German Courts.
BERLIN, November 8.?Sentence on
charges of bribery of government officials
was pronounced today on Otto Eccius and
Maximilian Brandt, two former employes
of the Ivrhpp armament firm, who hstvc
been on trial since October 23. Eccius
was fined and Brandt condemned to
four months' imprisonment, which he. has
already served, as he was detained for
that period while awaiting trial.
The charges arose out of a declaration
by Dr. Karl Liebknecht, tlie socialist dep
uty in the imperial parliament, that, cor
ruption was prevalent among German
army officials.
Several army ofticcrs were convicted by
court-martial in August of receiving
bribes for giving seen t information to
Krupp's representatives.
Kurther proceedings are hinted at
against several directors and former di
rectors of Krupps. who are accused of
possessing knowledge of the system of
obtaining information from government
officials. -
NOT ALLOWED FOR "TIPS."
Maj. Carter's Expense Account for
Services Abroad Curtailed.
Maj. Jes^e Mel. Carter of the army
commission which investigated rivalry
tactics" of many nations In.seven or eight
trips to European countries which have
large standing armies must i>av out of
the sum he received for mileage from
the government the .inoiie\ he expended
in gratuities and other extraordinary ex
pense:*. He put in a bill for $.'{311,2:5 for
such expenses; be received S'J.n**' or more
for travel allowance on the mileage basis.
The items of his expense account dis
allowed by decision of the controller of
the Treasury. George B. Downey, affirm
in^ the ruling of . -'he auditor for the
War Department, are as follows: The
sum of $273.00 for tips to hotel employes,
rtc.; $29.7.~? for entertainment of French
armv officers with whom he fraternized;
$36.49 paid to orderlies and hostlers for
holding his horse; $10.10 to facilitate the
issuance of his passports, and $U.2o for
baggage, and another *?"> for Incidental
expenses.
<"itin^ former > uiinuH -and the law. Con
troller Downey d?"-ides that , the allow
ance for iniieatte must cover such <_\
penses as a re incidental I" travel, and
therefore eovei c<j in the allowance.
Commerce Department Changes.
The Department of Commerce today
anuwmiced Hie following changed hi its
personnel:
Miss Cora K. \VJMi?ln?. clerk hi the of
fice of the Seerctyi' , has been promoted
to *1,2no.
Ernest U. Palahd has been pt'obatloital
ly appointed as messenger boy in the
bureau of corporations.
The temporary appointment of Henry
Massie as fireman at ?72' in the bureau
ot standards has been extended.
The following have been temporarily
appointed in the coast*and geodetic sur
vey: Morris D. Gleaguer, Walter K Per
kins. J. Hojloway Morgan, E. H. Coil ins,
Wil>iam G. Harvey and Charles K.
Bauer as deck officers and George D.
Roche as laborer.
Arbitration Treaty With Denmark.
secretary Bryan announced today that
he is negotiating with Denmark a treaty
providing for the submission to arbitra
tion of all questions arising between the
two governments, including questions of
national honor. The negotiations Were
undertaken at the initiative of Constantin
j Brun, Danish minister here.
Lincoln's Sister-in-Law, 103. Votes.
Kl'GKNE. Greg.. November S.?Mrs.
Sarah Tod'.l, 10'J years o'd, sister-in-law,
of President Lincoln, walked to the polls
last Tuesday and cast her first vote in
the referendum election. Mr? Todd came
to Oregon from Kentucky twenty-three
years ago. _ Hi?r thusband was a -brother
of Mrs. Abraham' I.incoln.
OFFICIALS TAKE STEPS
TOOUETTHE NAVAJOS
/ *.
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Indians in New Mexico, in Re
volt, Threaten Massacre
of Whites.
Steps today were taken by the Indian
office to quell the disturbances among
the Navajo Indians in Now Mexico. Fol
lowing a confercncc with Secretary Lane,
Commissioner Sells of the bureau of In
dian affairs issued orders designed to
prevent further disorder.
The Indians refuse to recognize the
authority of Supt. Shelton. and have
made declarations that they would mas
sacre all the whites in the Indian agency
unless eleven of their number, arrested
for assault and riot, are released.
Statement by Commissioner.
Commissioner Sells issued the follow
ing statement on the matter:
"Secretary Lane and Commissioner Sells
this morning held a conference concern
ing the recalcitrant Indians on the
Navajo reservation in New Mexico, and
have the situation well in hand. Maj.
McLaughlin, the veteran inspector of the
Interior Department, who is known as
the "Indians' Pritnd.' has been directed to
pioceed immediately to the Navajo reser
vation as the personal representative of
the department.
Instiuctions Issued.
?'Superintendent Shelion has been di
rected to employ sufficient men to hold
the situation pending arrival of the
United States marshal, with instructions
to use force only for the protection of
life.
"The War Department lias placed at
the disposal or" the Interior Department
a sufficient military force to handle tiie
situation if necessary.*'
WELCOME TO WARSHIPS
?
^American Naval Vessels Ar
rive Off Mediterranean
Ports.
MABS?1LLE, Prance. November S.?
The United States battleships Vermont
and Ohio and the supply ship Celtic,
wiiich are to pay a visit to this port,
were signaled in the roads this morn
ing.
As they came in the Vermont and Ohio
saluted the French flag, ami the batteries
on shore replied. Crowds of towns
people and,American visitors were on the
quays to greet the ships and they cheered
the officers as they landed to make their
official calls.
MALTA, November 8?Great throngs
of spectators who had gathered on the
bastions admired the American battle
ship Wyoming, the largest and most pow
erful warship yet seen here, when she
arrived in the harbor here today.
NAPLES, November H.?The American
battleships Florida and Arkansas arrived
here today and anchored after exchang
ing salutes with the forts.
VILLEFRANCE, .France. November 8.?
The American battleships Utah and Dela
ware arrived here today and took up
moorings after exchanging salutes with
the shore batteries.
SENATE'S WEDDINC GIFT
Fund Being Raised for Pur
pose of Sending Present
to Miss Wilson.
Not to be outdone by the House, the
members of the Senate are at present
planning to scud a handsome wedding
present to Miss Jeesiq Wilson, daughter
of the President, on the occasion of her
marriage to Francis B. Say re. Under the
leadership of Senators Martine, Bacon
and Overman, the senators have gone
quietly about the business of raising ;i
subscription of S1?> from each member of
the Senate to pun-base the present. The
present will come from the Senate of the
'United States as a body. It is under
stood that mauy of the senators will also
send individual presents to the bride.
The senators in charge have gone quiet
ly about the business of raising the
money for the present, and have avoided
all public discussions of the matter, fear
ing that possibly some such opposition as
developed on th? part of Representative
Cray of Indiana in the House might also
develop in the Senate. In fact, one sena
tor said today that he-was opposed to the
plan.
MISS ELEANOR WILSON
MOTORS TO ANNAPOLIS
With Party She Lunches With Supt.
and Mrs. Gibbons and .Sees
Foot Ball Game.
Spec'.il P'tpatCi" to TJif HI;t.
\NNAPOLIS. Mr]., N'ovenibpi S.--Hav
ing motored from Washington to An
nap?ll- Mi to Klcanor Wilson. daughter
of the President ^nd Mrs. Wilson, and a
pMrt? of friends arrived here ehortlv l?e
fnrr> 1 o'clock this afternoon Thej were
ffnpst'4 at luncheon of the superintendent
anci Mrs. John H. Gibbons of the Naval
Ai'iidcmv. find ;if forward witupps^d 'he
Na.vy-Buclihell foot bull game.
Aecompanyins: Miss Wilson yrc her
friend. Miss Hall. and >!iss Hagner. the
latter the social secret fry of Mrs. Wilson,
and three army officers, viz.. Capt. Kranft
McCoy. Capt. Merry and Lieut. Claggett.
The big touring car bearing the, party
left the White House grounds at
o'clock this morning, and although some
little difficulty was encountered with
rough roads, the visitors arrived in ample
time for the luncheon fit the superintend
ent's quarters. Miss Wilson and her
friends will return to Washington in the
xouring car soon after t?:e foot ball yame.
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MAIL YOUR PARCELS EARLY.
Post Office Department Adopts
Slogan for the Holidays.
"Mail your holiday parcels early"
will be the slogan of the Post Office De
partment from. nQW until Christmas. This
is the first Christmas season the parcel
post system has been in operation and
Postmaster General Burleson is planning
for the handling of the mails as ex
peditiously and economically and with ai
little criticism as possible. This he thinks
will be possible if patrons realise the ad
i vantage of the early mailing of parcels.
Many inquiries ate being received from
firms "in Canada concerning the opera
tion of the parcel post in the United
States, which indicate agitation for the
establishment of a parcel post system by
the Canadian government.
ANGELO MASSIMO DEAD;
MANY YEARS RESIDENT
Pioneer Business Man and
Had Prominent Place in
Italian Colony.
Angclo Antonio Massino. oue of the j
best known Italian residents of Wash-1
ington. died at his home. "35 Pennsyl
vania avenue northwest, yesterday, after
a short illness.
He had been in the restaurant busi
ness at the Pennsylvania avenue address
about thirty-five years, and had enter
tained many prominent persons at spa
ghetti dinners, his brother. Frank Mas
sino. having prepared them.
Came Early to America.
The deceased was sixty-three years
old. and a native of Marsicovetro. Italy.
He came to this country when he was
eight years old, and when a young man
he was in the confectionery and fruit
business on the ground floor of the old
Dime Museum later the Globe Theater,
on the sit^ of the Post Office Depart
ment building.
Thirty-rive years a^o he became a
partner of Joseph MarinHli in the
liquor business, and twelve years ago
the firm dissolved partnership, Mussino
and his brother taking over the busi
ness. Angelo Massino, it is stated, was
the oldest Italian member of the Knights
of Pythias, having been a member of
Decatur Lodge a number of years be
fore he became a charter member of
Columbia I-cdge. He was also a member
of Unione e Fratellanzo Iialiana and the
Garibaldi Society.
Wife and Children Survive.
Massino is survived by his wife and two
sons and two daughters. His mother,
who is ninety years < Id, resides with her
son Frank in Arthur plae?. Joe Mas
stao. a brother, is iy the hotel business
at Girard. Ala.; Giovanni, another broth
er, resides in Nashville. Tenn.. while
Pietro, a third brother, is a resident of
Paris.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday
morning at S o'clock at the family home,
and an hour iater requiem mass will be
celebrated at St. Patrick's Church. In
terment wijl be at St. Mary's cemetery.
'Secretary fryan Booked for Address.
Secretary of State Bryan today ac
cepted an invitation to deliver an address
at the annual meeting of the Colored So
cial Settlement, to be held November 24.
Secretary Bryan was tendered the invi
tation by a committee consisting of Dr.
William M. Davidson, superintendent of
the public schoois: Dr. E. L. Parks of
Howard University. Dr. Thdmas Jesse
Jones of tne United States bureau of
education, and Roscoe C. Bruce, assist
ant superintendent in cbarge of colored
schools, who is also connected with the
settlement. Dr. Davidsori will also de
liver an address.
POSTAL SERVICE VEHICLES
ORDERED TO BE REPAINTED
Bodies to Be Medium Coach Green.
With the Running Gears a
Cardinal Bed.
Postmaster General Burleson Iih.^ just
ordered that hereafter All. vehicle* in the
postal service, excepting those in the
I screen natron service, which are under
contract, shall be painted as follows:
Body a medium coach gre? n and run
I ning gear a cardinal red. with black strip
! ?ng.
? This revokes former Postmaster General
; Hitchcock's order of last February, which
adopted vermillion red as the standard
' color. Seacoast cities and Rocky moun
tain sections complained that wagons in
? the iKistal service painted vermillion red
; did not hold their color. The bureau of
chemistry states this color of red is onja
i of the least durable, while it is the opinion
ot experts that a medium coach green is
one of the most lasting of colors, the least
expensive and not so easily affected by
dirt.
.juitable lor Kural Routes.
This, it is said, makes green especially
suitable for wagons on rural routes where
at certain periods of the year dust and
mud are plentiful. Green paint has been
used on letter boxes for several years,
! and the new parcel post automobiles re
j cently purchased are painted in this color,
i The Postmaster General believes the use
| of a standard color of paint and design,
j with a view to durability, will greatly un.
' prove the appearance ot all equipment of
' this kind.
Vehicles used on rural routes and in
cities lor delivery of parcels will be the
only ones affected by the new order.
CHARGED WITH NON-SXTPPOET.
Edward Weston, However, Has
$115, Accumulated as Witness Fees.
Charged with failure to support his
wife and children, Edward Weston,
colored, was brought hei e from Annap
olis this afternoon and put behind the
bars. Being locked up, he stated, is not
a new experience, as he was released
from the Annapolis jail this morning
after he had been held as a witness in
a liquor case since July lo.
Weston had that had been paid
him as witness fees. He said he was in
a saloon when a Sunday raid was made,
another colored man^being caught with
him. He said tie spent more than two
weeks in jail in Baltimore, and the re
mainder of the time in the Annapolis
Jail,
Mrs. Fannie Weston, wlffe, Of the
prisoner, some time ago swore out a
warrant for him for alleged failure to
support her. When the case Is heard in
court Monday it is probable the wife
will ask tlia* pari of the l?e set
aside for the support of the family.
CONDITION OF INDIANS
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
Board of Commissioners Will
Seek Legislation to Correct
Evils Found.
Plans for numerous investigations of
conditions among the Indians wer?
mapped out at the session of the board
of Indian commissioners which has just
been ended. At this meeting the board
determined to take a more active p.?rt in
Indian affairs than it h:?s in the past*
and to this end mapped out the plans f<<r
the investigations While the investi
gators will fro deeply Into every phase of
the question they are considering, they
will not devote their time to trying to
right wrongs which they diacovcr. On
the other hand, they have laid down the
broad policy of confining their work t??
trying to bring about constructive and
preventive legislation and administration
to correct any wrongs which they nfight
And.
Within the next month committee*
made up of various members of the board
will be named and will start Immediately
in their field Investigations. The naturv>
of the particular investigations and the
members of the committee will be with
held until they complete their work, it
was said today.
Explain New Policy.
While in the city the commissioners
called in a Body 011 President Wilsoa.
Secretary Lane of the Interior l?epart
ment. Commissioner Sells of the bureau
of Indian affairs, and upon members of
Consrress who are familiar with Indian
matters. They pointed out ihe new poli
cy of the commission, and. it was sa'd.
received the .4taui|> of approval from :<ll
those who were \;sited.
The members of the hoard who were in
attendance at this meeting were George
Vaux, jr.. of Philadelphia, chairman;
Daniel Smiley of Lake Mohonk. N. Y.;
Edward E. Ayer, t'hicaso; Bishop W. D.
Walker of Buffalo. Father W. H.
Ketcham of this city, and Frank Knox
of Manchester, X. H.
SHORT RUN ACROSS COUNTRY.
Drag: Hunt by Washington Club
Members this Afternoon.
With the return to the city of many
members o fthe Riding and Hunt Club of
Washington, the first large field of the
season responded to the call for a drag
hunt this afternoon, issued by Walter R.
Tuekerman. the master of fox honnds.
The hounds were scheduled to meet at
Bethesda. Md., at .'t o'clock this after
noon and take a run across country of
about ten miles before finishing at the
Clicvy Chase Club.
Preparations are going forward for a
li'vp fox hunt by the club on Tlutnks
giving day.
The Best Buy in Washington
A Continuation of the
Sheridan Circle Development
Thomas J. Fisher & Co,, Inc.,
General Sales Agent,
73S 115th St. N.W
American Security and Trust Co,
Amos H, Plumb, Trustees
? . ? ? ???......... r"
. u rooms, 3 baths, hot-xvater heat, open i
iTto/^iOv i\ fireplaces, oak floors throughout. In short,
H 11 every feature found in the present-day high
The price is $ if. coo. and an in
spection will convince you that yon
will have a hard time duplicating
them at the price. These residences
arc in a section of tine homes. Yet
in all the section you cannot find a
better constructed or finer finished
house than these.