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NINE PARTS
INCLUDING
Star's Sunday Magazine
And Colored Comic Section
ll
No. 449.?No. 19.401.
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY
WEATHER.
Rain and colder today. Mon
I ilay generally fair, moderately low
temperature and shifting winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE THREE.
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MORNING. NOVEMBER 9. 1913*
FIVE CENTS.
mm emus
CM IN SENATE
President Despairs of Bank
ing Committee Reporting
Satisfactory Bill.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
SET FOR CONFERENCE
Administration Supporters Hope to
Control Large Majority of
Party Members.
despairing of prevailing upon the S*n
B'e bunking and currency committee to
retort back to the Senate a currency
bill that will l?o satis far: too" to the
administration, the 1'resident and his
supporters in the Senate yesterday even
in;: decided to put the matter up to a
democratic caucus of the Senate. The
1'resident and th?>se democratic senators
v ho fjivor the administration bill feel
i*>nt they will be able to control a large
majority of the caucus! whereas they
ha% e failed to control the committee.
The democratic caucus of the Senate
is to mee, Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock. \ call for the meeting was
sent out last night, after Senator Swan
son of Virginia, one of the democrats
',i,s It-en demanding caucus action,
lad called at the White House to ob
tain the views. ?.f the President. S?n
ut'.r Wcrn. chairman of the caucus, was
.. ii .-i the city last night, but Senator
.swanson conferred with him over the
I'.ni:-distance telephone, and obtained
n > authority for sending ou: the call
I?!r tiiM rain us.
Committee Seems Deadlocked.
I'he banking and currency committee
spent practically t lie entire day yes
T'lu.iy trying to reach some conclusion
a- t- the number of regional reserve
jank.s >vi?ich shall be provided for in
'be bill. The committee seemed hope
dTm.''.r.,'!ea<,il<,,,'ked' Sfna,or 11 i tcheock.
j?I!jn.. oting with the republicans
^nk" over"*four.reaSe in th<? number
?on WwhoathiHiS po? '1 that Senat?r Swan
fin,' r ha,d *arIier emulated a peti
? <?"<?>"<*? ???.
+,? 't6. p*t,r|,,n for the call had been sign
ed b> twenty-three democratic senators
Jum as soon as the committee broke up
SS tb? C.pltoTand
i-ii n to the White House. ? Hf talked
n" r, y,oW ,h.""; "nd <"> *
Owen a^id o sought Chairman
Shlfrotb ,?enat"rs. Pomerene, Hollls and
menTW . ad"nn'stration committee
atnr' *T"'d the P?tJt?on and Sen
cill Swanson immediately issued the
Wording of the Petition.
The petition, which was addressed to
. enator Kern, chairman of the demo
cratic conference, read:
The undersigned believing it important
hat a conference of democratic sena
<>rs should be held, so that they may ad
Ms. together with respect to banking
=.nd currency legislation, request vou to
?all such conference at the earliest date
"Itlun which you may be able to give
,0''CnnJm.n0tiCr t0 absf>nt ??????*
The petition was signed by Senators
?I .it tin. Swanson. Smith of Maryland
I ewiT V, rh,aml,t rlain. Chilton. Fischer
'? 'Jartlne. Myers. Overman, Pitman'
>hepherd. Shields. Simmons. Smith of
rizona. Mone. Thomas, Thompson Till
man. Vardaman, Walsh, Williams Owen
l omerene. Hollls and Shafroth.
No Comment at White House.
So comment was made at the White
House on the developments in the situa
tion. but Senator Swanson gave out the
iollowing statement:
"Believing that there ]iaa already been
too much delay in the enactment of cur
ienc> legislation, and perceiving that
Sf**,n* to l>e irreconcilable difTer
-ices between the democratic members
of the banking ami currency committee
?. the Senate, and thinking that the
proper and best way to adjust these dif
ferences was a conference of the df,mo.
cratic members of the Senate. I circu
a d tw.ntv ?" t0r ?"Uc" u inference
?i . n It 7'" se?atore have signal
the call. Nearly all the democratic sena
nCtWn have ??ffnWed their
f h ? conference. 1 believe most
.... al>sent concur In this.
cratic"9 I ?'!,l,try ,,HS Kiveri 'h<> demo
?r. ? r f i p,r'.r ",,der promise to
which i i " legislation. Included In
IS baiiulng and currerrcv; it should
lleinir" '''', "Mrk 'tS ros'ponslbllit v.
'. '"f '"csponsibb- fur character of
iho 1'M-',sla,,,4,, the time has arrived for
rrctHM Tnii u' hold a con
' r?" and consider their united obli
Xe tVUV ,he ?'ountrv.
f 11 ,w th" countr\ a,lti our paitv not
Permit .his opportunity to pJss to o
^^"'^ needed banking and currency
To Facilitate Legislation.
-rbe conference is cal.ed for this pur
U> hasten and facilitate such
legislation. It I, not intended to reflect
upon any one. and is called with the
earnest hope and expectation that it will
result in giving to the country soon a
banking and currency bill beneficial to
?',r var,tKl interests, awl for which
the democratic party vs ,ii unitedlv stand
a.id point to in the future as an ad of
proud achievement."
A charge was made by one member of
the committee, following the meeting
yesterday afternoon, that the administra
tion senators on the committ", were trv
l'ig to muintain the deadlock and delav
tne fraining of the bill so that this could
made an excuse for calling a demo
cratic caucus on the currency bill. if
was said that the President and his sup
porters on the committee feared that the
committer would filially get together on
the number of regional reserve banks
aid would then put through other
amei.dm. nts to the bill which the Presi
dent is unwilling to have made. How
r .at ma\ be. the administration sup
-o.ters brouubt a t?oui a,, adjournment
silt ; \lt * ?<?'?<??*. instead of
ttw "clocl,. the usual practice
r, J , ; Th mmittee will
* ai,am tomorrow morning.
0 Gorman and Reed Undecided.
Two members of the committee. Ser.a
tors ii Gorman an.i Keed. iJOth demo
<i?ts w o have been strongly in favor of
som radical amendments to the bill are
on the horns of a dile?oma. it was said
l-?st night. They do not wish to part
< ompany with t.,e administration vet
' ? stronglx i? favor 0r some
nmendr.n nt< which they fear a maJorUv
c j ti.c .1 not-:;?tic caucus, under the whin
of tne administration, will not accept
nato. ILNhcoc-k ..f NM.raska. the
:d uen. H at or t ie . -mmittee, wh >
fo' th* ?*?mlniatra".
t on Dili, is dctermu.f d ; . his cours-s and
he w:ll oppot-e the admlni.-tr.ition bill
unless it i.-. > erj much amended, no matl
tcr what action the caucus may tike.
An attemp; was made to bring the deni
s
oeratic members of the committee to
gether last evening after the commit
tee had adjourned. A meeting was held
at which an effort was made to have
them agree to number of regional reserve
banks which would be acceptable to the
administration and on other Important
items. But this, too, failed.
Republicans to Fight.
If ihe democrats are determined oil
making the currency bill a party meas
ure. and will insist upon jamming the
Glass-Owen bill tiirough the Senate under
whip and spur, they may expect a strong
resistance on the part of the republicans
It is the intention of the republicans on
the committee to frame a currency bill
j which will call for from one to four
' regional reserve banks, the stock to be
owned by the public and the control of
these banks to be in the hands of the
government officials. Tt is the belief of
the senators that the democrats and the
President will have a hard time Justifying
their support of the Glass-Owen bill,
which calls for regional reserve banks
owned by the national banks and con
trolled by these national banks. The re
publicans contend that their plan is far
more progressive and should appeal to the
people.
"If the President is looking for a
tight he will get it," was the remark.
| made in emphatic tones, by one of the
i republican members of the committee
i to Chairman Owen after the meeting
I yesterday afternoon. There is a large
question whether the action of the ad
ministration senators in forcing a cau
cus will not result in delaying final ac
tion on the currency bill.
At Work on Report.
Affirmative action in the committee
yesterday consisted of the completion
of the reserve section of the bill as it
applies to country banks. The House
bill provided that country banks must
keep a 12 per cent reserve. 5 per cent
i in the regional bank and T per cent in
tiieir own vaults. An amendment was
adopted, almost unanimously, by which
the country banks might keep the 7
per cent in their own or the regional
banks at their option.
Tiie administration democrats in the
committee are at work on a report
which probably will be laid before the
conference Wednesdav.
IIS. NAVYHONORED
IN FOREIGN PORTS
Admiral Badger's Flagship Is
Greeted at Malta by
Great Throng.
JACKIES ARE REGARDED
AS THE SMARTEST EVER
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Cordial Heception to Other Vessels
of the Fleet at Naples and
Genoa.
MALTA. November 8.?The Wyoming,
the flagship of the United States Atlantic
battleship fleet, under command of Rear
Admiral Charles J. Badger, steamed Into
port today, and was heartily cheered by
great throngs of spectators, gathered on
the bastions. The Wyoming Is the larg
est and most powerful warship yet seen
at Malta. She will remain here until
Tuesday next, when she will proceed to
Naples.
A large number of the crew swarmed
ashore within a short time after the ar
rival of the battleship, and were met by
groups of British sailors and soldiers,
the men fraternizing cordially and mak
ing the streets lively. The Americans
exjjressed themselves as feeling quite at
home. They began at once to enjoy the
visit, because the American government
had particularly requested that the au
thorities at the different points which the
fleet is visiting dispense with any formal
entertainment, the cruise being in no
wise ceremonial or official, but educa
tional.
Liberal Shore Privilege.
The men will be allowed as much lib
erty as possible so that they may utilize
their opportunities to the best advantage.
The entertainments arranged here are
only on a very small scale.
The men left aboard the Wyoming
spent their time in cleaning ship, which
did not seem to need it, as it looked spick
and span in spite of the long voyage.
The American bluejackets are charac
terized as the smartest-looking set that
ever came to Malta.
Commander Todd said the voyage was
uneventful. Since leaving Hampton roads
the fleet had been favored with beautiful
weather and a large part of the time was
spent In carrying out tactical and other
evolutions. The colliers and hospital
ships remained with the battleships,
which coaled several times.
OfT Gibraltar the battleships separated,
proceeding for various designated ports,
according to the program, so as to arrive
at their respective destinations this mom
Springing at attention from their work
the bluejackets saluttd the flag as it was
lowered at the sunset gun tonight, while
the hand played "The Star Spangled Ban- i
ner." and tne British anthem. Durins
the impressive ceremony the Wyoming
was surrounded by boat loads of inter
ested sightseers.
Honors i'or the Officers.
Hear Admiral Badger and the oth?-r
superior officers have been made honor
ary members of the I'nion ("tub and the
Casino, the latter being the leading club
of the Maltese. Tomorrow the com
mander-in-chief and other officers and
the American consul will lunch with the
Governor of Malta. Gen. Sir Henry Mc
Lpod Leslie Rundle, at the palace. There
will be a massed band concert Moniiay,
which will be attended by Gov. Rundle,
nil the British officers and the Amer.ean
officers.
Reception at Naples.
NAPl.LS. November S.?Admiral cat
lolica. ex-minister of marine, who had
been selected by Minister of Marine Millo
to welcome the American battleships to
this port, visited the captains of the
Florida and Arkansas this afternoon.
The ir-yor of Naples and many pronv
nent citizens also boarded the battleships
and extended to their guests a hearty
greeting
The Italian flagship tlmmanuele 1111
berto. arrived here today to greet the
American warships and tne commanders
exchanged visits this afternoon. Many
of the American sailors were given shore
leave. A large contingent left in the
evening for Home and another went to
Florence.
Genoa Extends Greeting.
GENOA.* Italy, No ember S.?A cordial
greeting was given by the authorities
and populace of Genoa to the American
battleships Connecticut and Kansas when
they arrived here.
MAY MAKE CHOICE I
FROM LIST OF FIVE
Board of Education Soon to
Name Head of Public |
Schools.
?
i LOCAL RESIDENTS ONLY i
HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED j
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j Retiring Superintendent's Objec- j
tions to Soliciting Contributions
of Pupils for Testimonial.
Washington's next superintendent of
public- schools, some of the members of
the board of education think, will be
chosen from the five persons named be
low:
Ernest L. Thurston, assistant superin
tendent in charge of white schools.
Miss Elizabeth V. Brown, director of
primary instruction.
Stephen E. Kramer, supervising prin
cipal of the third division.
Dr. Willard S. Small, principal of liast
ern High School.
Allan Davis, principal of Business High i
School. * |
T hat is the consensus of opinion among
persons who are familiar with the schooi
situation here, and who have been study
ing closely the chances of those wr.o have
been mentioned for the position. A num
ber of the persons who have been sug
gested have withdrawn their names from
consideration, it is said, and are giving
their support to others who seem most
likely to- be selected.
While it is not possible to say at pres
ent just what attitude the board of edu- '
cation will assume when it meets in con- j
ference in the near future, it is believed !
to be higtily probable that it will be de
cided to choose the next head of the
schools from the ranks of Washington
educators.
Board Not Committed.
The board has not committed itself
as a body, however, nor have any of the
individual members done more than to
take the various candidates "under con
sideration." It is known, however, that
the board members hold a high opinion!
of all the local school men and women :
mentioned.
That the schools will run on without
friction or any unusual difficulties was
the belief expressed by several familiar
with the educational system last even
ing. It is pointed out that plans for the
entire year have been outlined and that
all officers and teachers know as well
as they will six months hence what they
will be doing toward the end of the
school year.
It is possible that, after all, an outside
man or an educator formerly connected I
with the schools here may be chosen to'
till the position, but at present this course
is thought by close observers to be im
probable.
Henry P. Blair, president of the board,
who has been out of the city auiiug the
last tew days. Is expected to return to
morrow. It is probaole that a conference
of the board members will be called soon
after his return. Wednesday is the reg- j
ular date of the board's meeting, out it I
is not known whether or not the board'
will convene that date. Even ii it Uoes
the question ot appointing a new super
intendent may not be brought up. rne
entire matter undoubtedly will nrst be
thrasned out by the members in an execu
tive session.
Objects to Testimonial Plan.
The plan proposed for raising a fund
with which to arrange a testimonial for
the departing superintendent. Dr. Wil
liam M. Davidson, by asaing all school
children to contribute from 1 to o cents
will be abandoned if his wishes are ob
served in the matter. JUr. .Davidson,
when informed that such a plan was 011
foot, made the following statement last
evening:
"I appreciate the kindly spirit which
prompts the suggestion ot a testimonial
to the fullest limit and ant ueeply touch-,
ed by the warm, sincere ana generous
words ot appreciation spoaen through
the public press by the splendid citizen
ship of Washington, but. during the full
period of my auminlstration of public
school systems, in Washington and else
where, I have insisted, in season and
out or season, that collection ot funds
from children of the public schools
should be made only unoer these con
ditions.
"First. When the money raised by the
children is to be spent in the purchase
01 pictures or objects of similar char
acter which cannot properly be provided
from public funds. This cultivates the
civic spirit of the children and has its
iarge educational value.
"Second. When the money raised is
for purposes or charity ? suen as
the funds raised at the time of the
Thantcsgiving offering in the public
schools. This cultivates the sympathies
of the children and ennobles them as
well.
In Time of Public Calamity.
"And third and lastly, when in times j
of great public calamity distress must
be relieved by the generosity of all the
people. At such times I have always
Insisted that the children should not be
left out?they, too, should learn the great
lessort of quick response to the- crie^ of
suffering and distress
"I therefore ask that my good friends
join me in support of the above proposi
tion as the only wise policy ot proced
uie in connection with the collection of
money from the children in attendance
upon our public schools."
Judge i.atimer 01 the Juvenile Court
and Dr. William M. Davidson, superin
1 tenuent of public schools, ar" to be
speakers at a meeting of the Kranklin
Thomson Home and School Association,
to'be held Tuesday evening at b o'clock.
FOUND TO HAVE LEPROSY.
Hyman Klein, 25, of Maiden, Mass., j
Victim of Disease.
MAIjDEN, Mass., November b.?Board
i eis at a Maiden house were worried to
| day when they learned that for three
; months a leper had been among them.
Discovery came when Hyman Klein. |
twenty-five years old, went to the Boston
City Hospital to obtain treatment for a
skin disease. Physicians there found his
atlilction to be leprosy. He was placed in
the detention hospital, prior to being sent
to the leper colony or. Ponlkese Island.
The boarding house was fumigated and
its inmates examined. No one was found
to have contracted the disease.
Pope's Gardener Attempts Suicide.
ROME, November 8.?The Pope was
i greatly distressed today when he was in
| formed that the aged gardener at the
Vatican. Antolini, had attempted to com
mit suicide. Antolini threw himself from
a wall thirty feet high. He was taken to
a hospital in a dying condition. It was
learned that the man was in financial
difficulties, as his wage as gardener was
small.
SQUASH CEX
Former Governor Hadley Acts
in Behalf of Florida Land
Company. <
KANSAS CITY. November 8 .-Sensa
tional charges alleging unfairness on the
part of representatives of the 1- nlteJ ]
States Department of Justice in |
i?g a case against the Florida Fruit
Lands Company, pending before the f
eral srand jury here, were contained in
" pttmo", rtM in the f?l.n.l district
court here today by Herbert S. lladloj,
former Governor of Missouri attorney
represmting asents of the land com
the petition the court was asked
to summon as witnesses Park Trammel,
Governor of Florida; A. W. Gilchrist,
former governor; W. A. Ellis, former
attorney general; J. O. Wright, former
chief engineer of the state; F. C. -
iiot. present chief engineer, and William
O'Brien, attorney for the Florida 1-ruit
Lands Company.
Charge Against Bush.
The petition charged specifically that
Svlvester R. Bush, an assistant attorney
general of the United States, had ques
tioned prospective witnesses in the case,
and. upon finding them favorable to the
land company, had dismissed them.
The case being investigated by the
government resulted from the sale of
180,000. acres of land in the Everglades ,
to 12 000 persons in Various parts o< the j
United States. Judge Frank A. You- j
mans, who received the petition, said he ,
would give an immediate hearing.
SEARCH TO BE RESUMED.
Uncle of A. J. Jewell Believes Body
Will Be Found in Woods. . j
NEW YORK, November 8.?Search for,
the body of A. J. Jewell, the aviator who j
started to flv from Hempstead. Long Is
land to Staten Island on October o
and has never been heard from, Is to
be resumed in an organized wa> it de
velooed tonight. Long search of the
marshes in Jamaica Bay. where the avia- ,
was believed to have fallen, revealed j
no trace of him or his machine, and the
theorv that he had been blown out to
Sea and sank with his aeroplane *as
coming to be generally accepted
w H Carey, an uncle of Mis. Jewe.i.
? inline the new movement to solve
* mv<uerv H?> believes that Jewell s ,
Wy will be found in the top of a tree ,
o^in the undergrowth of woods on Long
Island. . ? |
HEADS CLINICAL. BODY.
Dr. Hirshberg of Baltimore Presi
dent of American Association.
CHICAGO. November 8.?Dr. Leonard
K Hirshberg of Baltimore .w^s. ejected
president of the American Association
of Clinical Research at its fifth annual
convention here today. Dr. Edgar B.
cmith of Detroit was elected first vice
president; Dr. George McKenzle, Phila
delphia, second vice president; Dr. Jef
ferson D. Gibson. Denver, registrar;
Dr. James Krauss. Boston, secretary
and treasurer, and Dr. F. C. Asken
stedt. Louisville, to a place on the re
search .committee for three years.
Dr. R- 1* Wilson, reading a paper,
insisted that the removal of the min
eral matter from cereals and other
foods is a predisposing cause of dis
ease.
Dr. Gibson demonstrated by means
of x-rav pictures the beginning of
tuberculosis before the tubercular ba
cilli can be discovered, and sho#w*?
results of x-ray treatment of tuber
culosis.
GREAT WHITE WAY
AT 8IRTH0F1914
Brilliant Illumination of Penn
sylvania Avenue the Pres
ent Program.
| LIGHTS TO BE TURNED ON
I AT STROKE OF TWELVE
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Plan Proposed by Walter C. Allen, i
Head of the Electrical
Department.
Washington will have a model New
Year eve party if the plans of Walter
C. Allen, head of tlie electrical depart
ment of the District government, ma
terialize.
The District official is preparing to
orovlde Pennsylvania avenue, from
Peace monument to the Treasury, with
four times the amount of illumination j
it has at present, and he is of the
opinion that the most appropriate time
to convert the historic thoroughfare
into a great "white way" will be at
the stroke of twelve as the old year
gives way to the new.
"The plan 1 have in mind is to turn
off the present lights at 11:55 o'clock
New Year eve. allow tht* street to re
main in darkness for five minutes, and
then flash on the new illumination
simultaneously with the birth of the
new year." said Mr. Allen yesterday.
! "The contrast fn illumination would be
so marked as to make the improvement
immediately apparent."
To Ask for Approval.
While the suggestion has not been
taken up with the Commissioners, it is
the intention of the electrical department
officials to bring it to their attention at
an early date. Work probably will be
started this week on .the laying of the
concrete foundations for the ornamental
posts V'hich are to hold the new lamps.
In place of the seventy-eight lamps of
! 700-candlepower each, now used for light
ing Pennsylvania aV-enue between the
points designated, the department pro
poses to install 150 lamps of 1,500-candle
power each. Thus, the number of lamp?
and the candlepower rapacity will be
j doubled. The new stem may be ready
for a try-out by Christmas, but Mr,-A lien
is certain he will have it in operation b>
the beginning of the year.
Attention already is being given to the
question of installing better lights in the
section bounded by 7th and 15th streets,
Pennsylvania and New York avenues,
and it is the plan of Mr. Allen to get
this work under way early in the spring.
It is the preset " intention to provide the
I area between t in and l.jth streets, (i
street and Pennsylvania avenue with
lami'S of the same size as those to be in
stalled on the latter thoroughfare.
The section extending north of G street ;
to and including New York avenue prob
ably will be lighted with incandescent
lanips similar in design to those now in
operation on 7th street and in front of
the White House.
Bemoval of Overhead Wires Ordered
" Although the electrical department has !
granted a permit for the replacing of the 1
telephone pole at the southwest comer
of 17th and G streets northwest, it has
served notice that the new pole and all
overhead wires at this point must be re
moved by not later than Apiil 1.
The pole in question serves as an out
let for the conduit system of the tele
graph companies to government buildings
located in that vicinity. Mr. Allen said
yesterday that the department has given
the companies until April 1 to get the
wires under ground and that the mew
pole i/ not to be a permanent fixture.
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Leaders Say Vote at Recent
Elections Is "Mandate"?To
Nominate Full Tickets.
NEW YORK, November 8.?The results
of the recent elections in Xew York,
Massachusetts. Xew Jersey and other
states, in so far as they affect the national
progressive party, were analyzed by lead
ers of the party at a joint meeting of the
national executive committee and the
congressional cormniitee here today. Tt I
was announced that progressiva nominees
will be placed in every congressional dis
trict next year, together with tickets for
local offices throughout the country.
The conferees expressed enthusiasm
that the party had been ab'.e to poll
20<).00<? votes for i;s court of apppa's
nominees and elect twenty-four assem
blymen and several city mayors in New
York: run second in the gubernatorial
race and obtain' the balance of power j
of the legislature in Massachusetts and ;
show strength in elections elsewhere.
Result Is '"Mandate."
The results are a mandate. it was set
forth in a statement issued at the con
ference. to the progressives to nominate
progressive congressional and local can
didates everywhere.
Those who attended the meeting in
cluded Walter F. Brown of Ohio, George
W. Perkins of New York. Everett Colby
of New Jersey, Representative Wil
liam H. Hinebaugh of Illinois. Arthur j
R. Rupley of Pennsylvania and Walte.
M. Chandler of New York.
REGULATION OF STRIKES.
Resolution Prescribes Authority for
Call and Requires United Action.
SEATTLE. Wash., November 8.?In
dustrial unionism won a victory to
day in the meeting of the metal trades
department of the American Federation
of Labor. when a resolution offered
by delegates of the Machinists' 1'nion
that strikes may be called on a vote
of 75 per cent of the international
unions, or two-thirds of the members
Involved, was caried by 1.213 to 1.0?6
votes.
The resolution adopted provides that j
no single union can reach an agfee- j
ment and send its men back to work j
uutil all of the unions involved have'
made a settlement.
"The passing of this amendment to
the laws of the department means '
united action." said William 1L John
ston, president of the machinists. "It
will mean that one union cannot remain
at work when the others go out on
strike."
STRANDED VESSEL ABLAZE.
Lake Steamer in Danger of Total
Loss?Crew Escapes,
CLEVELAND, Ohio, November S.?The
steamer Louisiana, owned by F. M.
Osborne of Cleveland, went on the
rocks near Port Washington in l^ake
Michigan early today and began to
pound to pieces on the rocks, accord
ing to word received here late today
by the owners.
While the crew of twelve were work-1
ing to free her, fire broke out and the!
crew took to the lifeboats, landing!
safelv. The steamer was in command!
of Capt. H: G. Hayberger. and was of]
1,929 gross tons.
Swallows Poison Before Wife.
HINESVILLE. Ga.. November 8.?J.
S. Ward, a druggist, committed suicide
here today by taking poison. He pour
ed a quantity of the drug into the palm
of his band and going to his wife told
her what it was and swallowed it in
her presence. He was dead in an hour.
SYLVESTER CITES
Urges Free Car Fare in Annual
Report to District
Commissioners.
NEW PROMOTION PLAN
ALSO FAVORED BY CHIEF
Better Pension System Desired.
Gives Figures on Capi
tal's Crime.
Thar tlie privilege formerly granted
members of the police department of
the District of Columbia to ride on j
street cars free be renewed is mom- ;
mended in the annual report of Chief
of Police Sylvester submitted to the i
Commissioners yesterday afternoon.
A recent ruling of the public utilities
commission taking away this privilege |
entails upon the police. Maj. Sylvester
says., an expenditure that, in some In- '
stances, works a hardship.
"To illustrate." states his report, "a
member of the force recently had a ;
case in court which required his inak- ?
ing several visits* before it*-was finally !
heard, and the distance and time made !
it necessary for him to outlay car fare j
and return for each visit.
Inroad on Salaries.
!
"The offi3er who may aiighi from a
street railway car to make an arrest
for a violation of law must of neces
sity pay an additional car fare after lie
has restrained the prisoner. The mem
bers of the force assigned to the vari
ous events requiring police attention
incur a railway expense, which at the
end of the month makes inroad on I
their salaries. The situation works a !
real hardship, not only with tli# mem
bers of the force, but it falls heavily
upon the family.
"It is recommended that legislation be
had looking to the renewal of this privi
lege to members of the police and fire
departments, and in this connection it
might be added that in its movements
to and fro, the traveling public receives
an assurance and protection which is not
afforded otherwise. Many members of
the force going to and coming from their
homes, since the abrogation of the privi
lege. wear their civilian clothing, instead
of the uniform which formerly afforded
transportation, which to a large extent
takes away the moral effect which pre
vailed where there was oresence of au
thority as indicated by the uniform and
badge.
"The officer of class one. who receives
but J74 a month in payment of
his service, found it extremely difficult
to mainiain himself and family as mat
ters were after paying a monthly rebate
to the pension fund, an installment on
clothing or discipline penalty, if not for
physician for farni'y and medicines."
New Promotion Plan.
The report of Maj. Sylvester, which is
for the fiscal year that ended June .'SO
last, discusses a number of topics of
interest, among them a suggestion for
a new plan of promotion In the depart
ment. In th\s connection, it says:
"It lias been suggested that the period
' of service of privates of class U be re
duced to a period of two years, when pro
motions should be had to class and
there is merit in the proposal. If the
existing law is so changed. it would '-'.it
j the length of service from eight to five
| years before original appointees t? the
force would receive remuneration at trie
rate of Sl,2:*> per annum. There is every |
reason to believe that after ffv? years j
of service a member of the force has
become fully equipped and has reached j
a point when he should perform the most
energetic work which is? worth the j
present maximum salary."
Rules for Auctioneers.
The report lakes up the question of
the proper regulation of auctioneers, a ;
matter in which the Commissioners are
much interested at the present time, and
recommtnds that the license fee for con
ducting temporary auction places be
placed at a figure that would m some j
measure compensate tor the damage ?lone
home merchants.
It is also recommended that no person j
under eighteen years of age be allowed
to patronize a cluo where bail pool is
played and that legislation be had con- !
ferring upon the police the : ight to enter i
clubs of this charade? the same as open j
pool rooms which a?v under the d.rect 1
supervision of the police.
Reference is made to the ;at. thn ?
transactions of pawnbrokers win# have ?
removed from the District to ^Itaout tsi
limits, owing to reduced percentage o.i i
loans as required by the new law. plates
the brokers beyond the police supervision
formerly accorded by law. i lie uro*
ers," it is stated, "are depend- nt uj o.i ;
District patronage, but are no longer
within any requirement of law to make
daily reports of transactions to this de
partment. and any assistance rendered
by them in the locating of lost and stolen ,
property must be by courtesy."
New Manual Needed.
The police force is in need of a new |
manual, according to Maj. Sylvester, who J
points out in the report that the present;
manual lias not been rewritten or com
piled since r.tt.5. i
"The former board of Commissioners, ' '
it is stated, "hesitated 10 undertukt- tt'>. <
task, fearing that the law pertaining to
the legal effect of the paragraphs or t:i?
manual might in .some way vitiate <??"- ?
lectiveness. b it subsequent opinions ren
dered by the ' orporation oodtiscl w< e i<>
the cftoct that no such d'saster would fol-'
low. and, therefore, ir is recommended
that a board he appointed -for taking up
the various orders of the Commissioners
heretofore issued, amendments to the I
manual and all elsn that might be em
bodied in a work of this kind for the j
benefit of the force, to th^ end that there
may bo a new and up-to-date set of rules
for the government "f tii^ organization.
"In this connection 1 have to recommend
t'nat the physical examinations accorded
applicants l'or th<- street railwa^cross- i
ing force be modified by the elimination |
Of Tripler's .Manual so far as it applh-s to ?
this branch of the service, thn street rail- j
way crossing rolicemen being in r.o wise!
eligible to pension or retirement, and j
under the rulings of the court : t ing but!
employes o!" the street railway -orpora
tions, subject to the orders of the police
department."
Would Care for Skaters.
Calling attention to the fact that the;
streets are becoming more and more pat- J
ronized by rapidly moving vehicles, Maj.'
Sylvester suggests that places be ar-1
ranged in convenient distances for roller
skaters.
He a-so states that the time is oppor
tune for the organization of a bureau of
traffic, looking to the control of all mat
ters pertaining to traffic, the reporting on j
applications for drivers' licenses, the ;
keeping of records of ail licenses, etc.
Referring to the deficiency in the police '
pension fund the report states:
"The police and firemen's pension and
(Continued on Twelfth Page.)
I
EXILE MAY RETURN
TO GOVERNMEXICO
Gen. Porfirio Diaz Declared
Only Feasible Successor
to Huerta.
SUGGESTED HE SERVE
UNTIL 1916 ELECTIONS
Believed World Would Approve.
United States Determined to
Oust Present Dictator.
Keeall of the exile. Gen. Porflrio I Max
to serve out his unexpired term as presi
dent of Mexico: resignation of the rein*
of authority to him by Gen. Huerta. the
present provisional president of the re
public, and the preparation bv the re
called executive for general and popular
elections for president to succeed liim in
office in 1!M?>.
This is tiie suggestion f>?r a solution
of the Mexican problem, satisfactory to
national and international interest*, pro
posed by a prominent Mexican, a man of
official experience in liish places, thor
oughly acquainted with both existing in
tcrnal and external complications.
To further meet the exactions and con
tingencies of both domestic and foreign
relations as they appear at this time.
this plan is supplemented with the propo
ait ion that Gen. Carranxa. chief of the
insurrectory forces In the north of Mexi
co. be made vice president. ;
follower of D?az.
Gen. ?'arranza was a consistent tol'ow
' er of President Diaz. Kven when suppos
I ed to be in sympathy with the cause of
' Madero. fighting for liberal ideals, be
| was tlrm for the retention of Gen. tMaz
in the presidency. That the constitution
alists. under the influence of Gen. Cai
tanza. would subscribe to the plan U
seriously advanced,, is the opinion of it*
author.
While the administration in Mexico
City, not regard.ng it as a necessity
arising from tlie strength of the Insur
rection. might be unconvinced of the
propriety ot giving such recognition to
. the opposit.on as to wish to invite Gen
I Carranza to be vice president under a
I reconstructed government, the lntcrna
' tlcnal complications would be ealculat
ed to induce acceptance of the idea. So
doing would meet a possible objection
to the p an on the part of the * nlted
fctates. the Mexican pollcj of ?hich ban
given so much more dignity to tlie insur
rectory cause than the government m
Mexico City deems It entitled to.
Never Completed Term.
i Gen. Porflrio Diaz was re-elected Presi
| dent of Mexico for the usual term of six
! years, In October 191?>. taking office De
i cember 1. that year. His term would not
! have expired until December 1. IHiO.
under norma! conditions- He resigned
when it appeared to him tiiat the >Icxi
can people desired the new order o>
things demanded by the propaganda of
| Francisco Aiadero. President de la Barra,
! his successor as provisional president.,
! was serving In his time. President Ma
i dero, alt#uugh elected by vote of tue
| people, never lived to complete his own
or Diaz's term. Provisional Presidents
Lascurain and Huerta. his successor*.
| also assumed ami exercised execut.vo
functions during the period for wnlcn
i Gen. Diaz wai elected to 1111 the office ul
i pres.uent.
! The election of President Diaz wa* a*
1 much an expression of the will of the
people of Mexico as any election tvci
held in the republic, with the. poss'ul ?
exception ?>f the election of Madero. When
chosen lor office he was a popular heio
and did not require control ot the clectora.
machinery to return him to the seat o;
authority" In view of the high opinion ot
him held throughout the world, it seem
assured thai tlie recall of G? n. Diaz ai?j
his resumption ot tue presidency womu
not tail to meet with acceptance by the
United States and all other nations.
.. ouid Be Indorsed by All.
That Diaz would, in view of his proven
patriotism and administrative ability, be
the best man possible to prepare for au'i
direct a popular election?an election
which would be properly repi esentativ.
of the will of the Mexican people, is an
appreciation of him that will be Indorsed
by all concerned, me author ot the plan
beliavts.
,e i.itv.. i arraiisa iiuide vice p ee.
ucn.. am; fit*, .nsu rectory forces induced
10 - it-id ii<"'? i to ill'1 autilo. ,t> o.
i .he .mu iiatiouai coinp ica
11 ,UJ wou.d ot S?i?ved uy tin liiele t.ic.
Iita; aofti ?t.o* nad ceased. i >e chai
U',:. v. ouid, moreover, 1
a guarantee i :a. the iniet national i>a
lgttJau, cj<p?cs?ed or implied, to mam
i.a.11 .)'.aer and a government Ov the peo
Die, \i'ojl(i met
That Gen. D.nz is still a popular lie ..
of-the Mexican people is tlie belief of the
uexican who advances the protect
! believes that ine suggestion turn C?eu.
L?iaz be i t called to authority w ould be th ?
! occasion of unbounded enthusiasm if se
rious. V presented and given w de pub
! llcity.
Yielding. Only Way Out.
1 No other man titan Gen. Diaz, in t *
Opinion of the autlio: of the plan, seeing
bi enough ..r acceptable in the pre?
?.?~t condition of the Mexican prob
? m. The President of the I uitcd
elate-" siams to him determined
.-.lost emphatically upon the elimination oi
, r< - den'. <iuet<a. With Ui< power <>f the
t nite.1 cta.es hack or President Wilson .s
insistence upon this elimination, and the
oo.-sibirt if not probable support of all
Gurwpean nations, tiieie seems no wai
out tor Mexico out to yield, with what
ever grace possible, and for President
Huerta to put t -e reins i: authority hito
other hands. Wuat man .s great enougtt
or has the strong l.and to dominate the
siU-ution, with Gen. dueru out of power
ana out of the council* oi the new ad
mnUuatk.::. tnis Mexican cannot see
ui-lei'j tlie iecall of 'len. Diaz is detet
n.ineu upon .is tlie solution.
Ml MfX.- o w*ii icoiue C?en. Uia^, tit
5?* assu ed- tcd-ral and insurrectionists
alike Will giadl* restore atitnorlty into liw
?bllit\ 'i.ie whole world *dl I"0'' 1,11
with approval, regarding it as a vindica
tion. and coniident of the propel solution
of the Mexican difficulty.
Bound to Oust Huerta.
Notwithstanding intimations thai Pro
visional President Huerta would refuse
to resign, administration officials stated
last night that h.s elimination would b?
accomplished in one way or another
Thev declared that every opportunity
v-mi'id be siven hipi to retire peaceably,
and that" drasth- steps would be avoided
^The^hief development yesterday was
a -all sent by President Wilson f-r
meint>ers of the Senate foreign rela
tions committee, republicans us well a^
democrats. He had Senators 8tone and
Swanson with him for an hour, and ex