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has the volume of business in this coun try. ni proportion to the population, been as great as in countries where this facil ity is owned and operated govern mentally.'* In considering the engineering fea tures of wire communication the com mittee finds no insurmountable obsta cles in the way of merging the tele graph and telephone facilities with the postal service. In this connection the report states "the postal service main tains about 64,000 offices and station and employs about 29U.00O persons. The telephone service maintains about ;,?>.i>00 offices and employs about 200. ?mm> persons. Were these two services merged and operated under govern ment control it would be feasible to transfer a large number of the tele- | phone offices to post office buildings | and thus greatly reduce the aggregate j expense for quarters. "Furthermore, as the majority of the j telephone employes are operators who i require no special technical training, ti e 1 merging of the t.w?? forces would result a material reduction in the total number of employes required. Further more. it is understood that the auto * :ati- and semi-automatic equipment is '-apidlv approaching perfet tion. and should this be aceomplished. the ndop ???>n of such equipment would bring phout o still further redu?-tion in force. ??According to the available data ! ?' #? capitalization of the lorg-distnnce and | toh li n? s represents approximately S2u". ? .iri'l tho capitalization of the >?<: ? r* commercial network approximately .t.MMMVto ?/??. Ti e cost to the K" 'TUmt'iit ? h?_ less than tin appraised value, sinrr it would he undesirabb for the gov e nment to purchase the real estate hold ings of the companies Hxchanges could b- ;paved unt:l accommodations could !??? provided in the post offices and stations." Regarded as Simple Operation. ? ?mmittee finds that it is a simple ?~.d ;t:? pensive operation to Miperimpose t e t- '.???graph featur*- on telephone v. ires, * d stat.- that the sup* ; imposing of the r :r^raph on the re'.ephone servi ? might > gradually brought about at small cost. * ?:is !?<) t e ? onitnitte.^ to consider the ??esirabi'ity of acq:urine: ??* !y the tele phone 'it!?'-s. r vrmittinp th * telegraph com-'anbs to operate their ?' xisting facili ties under licenses issu< d by the Post '";tst* ? i'-n--ral. Such a condition would - . ti e gov mnert compete control ( ci v::. .onununlcatior. without neces s.Tatn u x ni- i? ilial outlay. The ? n.iiv-o does no: believe that f ? 11 f? 111y would be en?"o;.n t red 'inani-inj t'..- proposition, "as the ? tu ition of the securities of the super v. :. ! dT;:es by m-vernr o : t acqtlisi t ? would be likely to create :i demand ' ?; an eijual amount of other se.-unties, and ? wot id !"??? b:t natural that a large ni :!it or" l' ?? bonds issued from time to t ?; t .? t.o\> rnn.ent would b- par ei. ?_>.,! !?' ti ? former holders of telephone s ??:!?- While it would be necessary t ? :? Titb- and possession or the ttU w. .-k a si .g!e process of statutory ap r .at ? . and on the same day. it by r ?? a., a: > follows that payment for the rc.iperties would or could be made in the - -me total o- single manner. There are r ?tos_'et her ::.?'"oO companies or d:< i u -t 1- pal proprietorships of the tele p .on. ser ice "fiveit tiie Bell companies whose hoid gs l era rise approximately three ? ? :rt of the entire network of the loan*-" :a>er more than two hundred. ' ; : erefore. as many distinct payments ? ?; ? made as there ar>' different pro rri-.ips. Moreover, these payments would extern! over a sufficient period in ^ hi to make the appraisals and enable * ? c::ts to adjust such legal questions v. - may arise. The payments w ould be c.Striouteu tiirougliout a period of sev f:a! years and thus ample time and op ? ?'..-f unity to market the bonds would ?? ? to be assured." The committee supports this conten t 'ij by calling attention to the success f .. finar. in? of the United Steel Com rany and ti;e Panama canal and other sigant: ? financial operations. PEACE LIKELY IN HAITI % Selection of Successor to Oreste Has Prospect of Being Without Strife. There -terns to be a prospect of a peaceful choice of a preside nt !n Haiti to succeed Oreste. w ho recently fled from the island to a German steamer. There s likel> to !'? a contest over t.:e office i '-?tween a number of ambitious leaders, ] but Pav.lmar Theodore, wi-.o started tv.e ? evo'ction in t'e north. :s apparently the J strongest candidate, according to State 1 apartment advices, having much sup- j ?..?ort in t-.e capital in addition to his j orma. following. Gen. Orest Zamor, i who is one of Theodi?re*s supporters, has ! arrived in the neighborhood of Port au | P^nce with a considerable folowing, but ] has not attempted to enter the town. Fharles Zamor. whose political prefer ences are not disclosed, but who has been \ fry active and successful in driving out ; e government garrisons in the north, is ported p.. b. moving on the capital m Cape Haitien by way o* Hinche, .\'.ij?* Senator Theodore himself ap ?: -aching Port a . Prince by way of ! If.naives. There are !-*? American sailors and ? iuejackets from the South Carolina and Montana ashore at Port au Prince, and ' e Germans have landed seventy men from th. Vineta. In addition to this ?utVdi force u British warship is due at Port au Prince, and a French warship is ?eported to have sailed from Vera Cruz. The presence of the foreign vessels and "he landing of th- men is said to have ad a beneficial effect. Takes Oath as Virginia Governor. - " ?* P'upitrh t? Tb" niCIIMOXl>. Va . January 31.?Henry Stuart today took The oath of office before .ludice James Kerth of the s'l ?ireme court. The oath was adminis ered in the presence c?f the inaugural committee ar.d a few personal friends, ffe will be inaugcurated Monday with :nusual clrfl and military ceremony. Bowdoin College Gets $500,000. \'BW VORK, January H1.?Announce tr" *s madft here that Bowdoin College. P ? tow ick, ^fe . has reoeived a bequest from the estate of the late H. Smith, a former assistant at ;eneral of the ' ? ted states, who ;.ed Vew York January f?. Mr. Smith ? a <t graduate of I^iwdoin in the class A Fine Story of the Sea "Cruise of the Castaway Cooktr By 5. Ten Evck Boiirke and Charles Francis Bourke, I in which orr old friends '? ?\ the Ships Bottom life-sav ing crew figure, will ap ^ pear tomorrow in the Sunday Magazine of The Sunday Star ir.4- .. -..x. 1 I Critical Condition Soon Will Exist j Unless Congress "Comes to Rescue." 1 ? Money for Rental. Employes' Sal- j aries. Furniture, Fuel. Etc., | Also Is Asked. I'nless < 'engross "comes to the rescu*'." ! "Washington's Juvenile Court will find \ itself in a critical condition soon, inas much as it has to move from its present location, and it is believed no suitable quarters can be obtained for the $20 a month rental now allowed. The building which the court occupies at present be- ! longs to the government, and is. there- ! fore, let at a nominal sum. It is soon j to be razed, however, to make way for j the hall of records to be erected there. I ar.d the court must be removed. It is | not believed to be possible to obtain a i building largo enough and commodious j enough for the low rental allowed. On this account, and because of a num- j ber of other deficiencies which have to j b?- met. such as the expense Of moving, a j substitute for the bill now before the House has been requested of the Sena to. . Thi? is planned to permit greater ex- I penditure in certain branches win re sp- - , eial need was felt last year. A redm - j tion to .*'.>00 from the present $ 1 al- ; lowanee for jurors also is urged. Provisions of Substitute Bill. The substitute bill provides for the j follow ins: appropriations: Juvenile Court?Judge. i-i.-rU. | $2,000; deputy clerk, who is authorized tc? act as elerk in the absence of that j officer. $1,500; stenographer and type- ? writer for judge's work, and to aid in | keeping records in clerk's e. .$900: j probation officers, thief. $2.0??0; two at ; ? 1.20') each, three at $1,000 ea h; clerk j for probation office, $000; bailiff. $f 1 janitor. Si*.oo; charwoman. >-'_'4o; in al . r $18,040. to be expended under the dirtc- ' ti"n of the Attorney General. Miscellaneous: For compensation 1 jurors, $900. , For rent. $2.4?K\ or so mi: h thereof :?s may be necessary. For furniture, fixtures, equipment, al terations and repairs, and for expense of removal of court to new quarters, I "or fuel, ic-e. gas and laundr y "w ork, stationery, printing, law books, books of reference, periodicals, typewrit'*' and re- j pairs thereto, binding and reminding, pres- j creation of records, mops. r.rooms and buckets, removal of ashes and refuso. i telephone service, traveling expenses and ( other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, *'J.50u. Only was allowed :n the last bill ; for furniture, tixtures and other similar items, and but ?l.<fc*? for fuel, ice, gas. car fare for probation officers and similar Items. In both cases the appropriations were completely used up, except for a j few cents, and this, it was said, was j possible only through the fact that many j tilings which were needed were not ob- j tained. Most Important Items. Possibly no item in the substitute .bill is so important, say court officials, as that requesting money for the rental of a new building and for the removal of the court from its present location. Another item which is believed to be of considerable i importance is that asking for an in crease from to in the salary of the chief probation officer. It is pointed out that it is hopeless to j expect to retain the services of a capable j chief for less than v. hen New ; York and Chicago each pay .?:'.,<?<??: St. j Louis. Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Si'.."ion-. Louisville. ?2.40?>. and Milwaukee. $2.li.%<?. The increase of the salary of the bail iff from $7'? to $900 is asked, it is .-aid. in order to give that officer a living wage."* It is pointed out that the Police Court has seven such officers, while the Juvenile Court has but one. and that each of the seven Police Court bailiffs receives $900. The reduction of the amount for jurors is urged inasmuch as only ?22,"> of the appropriated in the last, bill has been used during the first six months of the fiscal year. DISPOSED OF BY WILL. Bequests by Mrs. M. F. Harmon and Mrs. A. M. Rock. The will of Martha Francis Harmon, dated January 9. 190S, and modified by codicil of February 18. 1009, was filed today for probate. Her household ef fects and personal belongings are dis tributed among her daughters. The re maining estate i? left to William K. Quinter in trust to sell and distribute proceeds in five equal shares. One share each is to go to Fannie M. Savers, Belle T. Bond. Edith M. Pardoe and .Sadie T Steers and the fifth portion is for Edwin L. Maschmever, an adopted son, and two grandchildren, Adgate Lips comb and May belle Reiss. The share of Mrs. Bond is to be held in trust for her by Attorney Quinter, who is also named as executor. After distributing keepsakes to cer tain relatives and friends and leaving tier brother. Dr. William P. Sydnor, %2~>, Mrs Anna M. Ro?k. by ber will, dated Jun?- 20. 1911, and modified b\ eodb-il of January 19. 1914. gives her remain ing estate to her brother-in-law. George A. Hock, lie is also named as executor. INDICTED FOR REBATING. Federal Grand Jury Acts Against Railroads and Packing Firm. CHICAGO. Jar.ua.rj 31.?Indictments charging rebating were returned by the federal grand Jury here today against Swift & Co.. the Pennsylvania railroad, the Panhandle lines and tlie Chicago and Northwestern railroad. Two bills were found asainst the Panhandle ELEVEN CHAUFFEURS GUILTY. Convicted of Conspiracy to Obstruct Mails in New York. NEW YORK. January 31.?Eleven of the fifteen chauffeurs employed by the con tractor who handles the United States mails here in motor trucks were found guilty yesterday by the federal court of conspiring to obstruct the movement of the mads. The other four were acquitted The men were indicted after a recent strike, during which mail automobile trucks were disabled. The jury was out six hours. The eleven men found guilty ar?- Prank <dl lecce. David Hockber*. Timothy Ken ned v", William Krall, George F. M< - Grath. James Fasano, William J. Simp son. William V. Eusillis. Louis Terry. Charles McCaffrey and Patrick Johnston. Those found not guilty are John O'liara. William P- Glock, Patrick Brannigan and George Canning. Sentences ranging from eighteen months to sixty days were imposed in the federal court today on the chauffeurs convicted last night. Fire Rages at Bluefields, Nic. BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua. January 31. ?The entire Chinese section of this city was destroyed by the fire which broke out last night. Gorgas Now Surgeon General. Col. William C. Gorgas. the man who drove disease out of the Panama Canal Zone, was confirmed yesterday by the Senate as surgeon general of the army to succeed the late Gen. George H. Tor ney. The nomination of Daniel F. Moonev of Ohio to be minister to Para guay also was confirmed. SAYS HE WAS MISQUOTED. Dr. H. C. Corbett Corrects Beport of His Becent Address. Dr. II. C. Corbett. secretary to the board of health of Alexandria county, Va.. grated today that In his address before the Civic Association of Alexan dria county he did not make the state ment that the death rate in Alexandria county greatly exceeded that in others, as has been reported. lie says he did say that "the death rate in our county was very small, and most of the deaths occurring here were due to old age." "My opinion," said i?r. Corbett, "is that nowhere in the I'nited States is there a more healthy locality than this portion of" Virginia known as Alexandria county. To my knowledge, there is not a case of typhoid fever. We have had i during the past year eight cases of scar- | I* t fev? r and two of diphtheria?this with | a population of There are no facts to warrant the belief that we are about to have an epidemic. We have not had nor do we apprehend any such dire calamity." TAGGART GIVEN PLACE Appointed Assistant Corporation Counsel to Succeed Malcolm K. Varnell. Hesigned. tieorge R. Taggart today was named by the Commissioners to succeed Malcolm K. Varnell as assistant corporation coun sel of the District. The appointment was made on recommendation of Corporation Counsel Conrad Syme. Mr. Taggart is a son of Hugh T. Tag e.trt. one of the veteran members of the District bar. He was born in this city twenty-nine years ago. and obtained his early education the Washington public . s.t liools and at Emerson Institute. He j entered Georgetown Cnivcrsitv Law i School n and was graduated in | June. I'.M'H. While attending Georgetown he was ap- . pointed a clerk in the Washington city p..st office in V.-hv After serving in this j office two \ ears. ' ? was transferred to the Post office Department and served under tic third assistant postmaster gen eral until about a year ago. when he re signed to practice his profession. It is probable he will be assigned to dutj in the Police Court Monday. Mr. Yarnell's resignation, which was made because of his desire to engage in the. practicc of law. became effective last week. MORE LIBERAL POLICY IN RECLAIMING LANDS Government to Hasten Projects Now Under Way?Expenditure in 1914 Placed at 823,460,550. Instructions have been issued by Sec retary Lane to the reclamation commis sion to forward with all possible dis patch the construction of reclamation projects now under way. He outlined the amount to be expended during the year 1014 upon each project, showing a total expenditure of This sum. it i is declared, will wholly exhaust the bond j loan resources of the reclamation fund, j which were made available in 101o. Liberal Treatment of Settlers. ! To place the prosperity and develop ment of the government reclamation projects beyond the possibility of failure of setback, Secretary Lane and senators and representatives from irrigation | states have agreed that a "more liberal policy should be pursued toward the set tlers on reclamation projects than has heretofore obtained." it was announced that Congress would be asked to extend to twenty years the \ time in which the beneliciaries of re- j clamatiori may repay tlx; costs to the j government. When application for water l right.- is tiled per cent must be paid, ! and fifteen installments, five of per cent j each and ten of 7 per cent each, wili ! complete the repayment. MBS. BEUTEB GOES FBEE. Oklahoma Jury Acquits Her of Husband's Murder. BARTLESVIU.K, Okla . January 31.? Mrs. Laura M. Reuter. charged with con spiracy to murder her husband, Charles T. Reuter, a Tulsa (Okla.) lawyer, was acquitted in the jury's verdict, returned today*. The jury had been considering the evidence since late yesterday. It was Mrs. Reuter s second trial, the first jury returning a verdict of guilty. A new trial was granted afterward. Tt was stated at the time of Reuter's death that he had been killed in an encounter with a burglar. Several days later, however. Mrs. Reuter, Guy Mac kenzie. an oil operator; Joseph Baker and Gr over Bellew were arrested at Tulsa, charged with conspiring to murder the lawyer. Improper relations between Mackenzie and Mrs. Renter were charged as a motive. Mackenzie and Baker confessed and are serving life sentences. Both of Mrs. Reu ter's trials were held at Bartlesville on change of venue from Tulsa, where Mrs. Reuter and her husband were socially prominent. Bellew was an important witness for the prosecution at all trials in connec tion with the killing of Reuter. He has not been brought to trial. MABTIN P. COTTEB MISSING. Belatives Can Give No Beason for Mysterious Disappearance. Martin P. Cotter, twenty-three years old. who was employed as bookkeeper for the tirin of the Rudolph-West Com pany. is reported missing. Last Mon day morning, the police were told, ("ot ter left his home, at 939 T street northwest, to go to work. He failed to reach his place of employment and. it is stated, nothing has been seen of him since that time. Cotter is unmarried. He boarded at the home of a brother, who is a mem ber of the fire department, and the lat ter says he is completely at a loss to understand the disappearance. The young man never went away before, the brother stated this morning, and before leaving he said nothing to sug gest that he contemplated such action. Brought Back to Stand Trial. Oliver M. Masters, thirty-five years old. giving his address as 141 East West street. Baltimore. Md., this morning was arrested and brought to this city -y Detectives Mullen and O'Brien. Masters last July was arrested at Cedar Point. Md., and brought to this city to answer ;i charge of having passed a worthless check. His bond of $.'100 was forfeited because of his failure to appear for trial, the police say, and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. Three Hurt in $300,000 Fire. NEW YORK, January .11.?Three tire no n were hurt, one seriously, in a fire which destroyed the Walters* piano fac tory at Hast H."rd street early tefday. The firemen were on the second floor when a varnish vat beside them explod- t ed, throwing them to the floor. The j flames reached a public school building i adjoining the factory, but were checked! before much damage resulted. The prop-I erty loss is estimated at ab- | SPEER DENIES CHARGES ON TAKING THE STAND Federal Judge Testifies in His Own Behalf Before Congressional In vestigating Committee. SAVANNAH, Ga , January Jil.?Federal Judge Emory Speer was called as a wit ness today l>efore the congressional com mittee investigating charges of official misconduct against him. Hearings were concluded at 1:20 this afternoon. Members of the committee will leave at 0 o'clock tonight for Wash ington. Judge Speer was interrogated by K. H. Callaway, one of his counsel. * The wit j Tiess denied having told District. Attorney Alexander Akerman that he would raise ] the latter's fee in a bankruptcy case if be would withdraw his protest against ! fees awarded in the case to the Arm of I Tallev & Hey ward. In his testimony be fore the committee at Macon. Ga.. Mr. J Akerman declared that Judge Speer had I made such a proposal. Denies Threat Against Lawyers. j Judge Speer also denied having threat ened to sentence to jail any lawyer who sought to disqualify him in a case in which his son-in-law, A. M. Heyward. ' was counsel. Mr. Akerman in his testi mony yesterday before the committee | states that Judge Speer had made this i threat in November, 1010. i "I always disqualified myself in cases j 'where Tallev & Heyward had connec- j ' tion." declared Judge Speer. "I had notn- , ' ing whatevore to do with the partnership j between Tallev- & Heyward. My son-j in-law never consulted me. T did. how- j , ever, delay the partnership for a time on i account of the Greene-Gaynor case. I* never asked for a favor for my son-in- j law and it has never occurred to me that a lawyer who happens to be the son-in- . j law of a .judge should be debarred from j practicing his profession. ^ , j The witness also denied having had ; anything to do with the partnership of I the law tlrm of Isaacs & Heyward. Breach Due to Views. Judge Speer was then asked to explain the breach between himself and District Attorney Akerman. "Our differences," said the witness, "grew out of our diverg ing views on questions involving the pol icy of the law and principles of morality upon which the welfare of the people depended." Judge Speer also explained the loan made to him several years ago by H. M. King, former clerk of the I'nited States court at Savannah. "I had just come out of politics?four years in Congress," he testified, "and I was badly in debt. Mr. King sent me word he had some money which he would lend me at a low rate of interest. I accepted and gave my note. lAiUv when -Mr. King, who became peeved with me, made demands for pay- f merit of the note I paid it promptly. This money did not, of course, come from the ] registry of the court." PASSENGERS TERRORIZED BY A HILARIOUS PARTY j Six Men Awed by Guns of De tectives and Arrested , ?>. at Utica, N. Y. UTICA. N V . January 31.?Aft-.r be-1 ing held at bay at the point of a revolver j in the hands of New York Central rail- j road detectives during the trip from A I- j bany to Utica. six men were taken from j the Boston and Albany Wolverine last j night and locked up in the local police j station. The men were members of a i party of thirteen en route from Roxboro, ' Mass.. to St. J.ouis. They claimed to be j shoe operatives and said they were on j the way to help break a strike in the lat- i ter city. The men. hilarious in the Albany sta- j tion, were followed aboard the train by j two Central detectives. The men, the j detectives say, ran up and down the car i aisles, pulling clothing from racks and j terrorizing the passengers. The detec- j tives forced the men into a day coach i and, with their revolvers drawn, held | them back. j A message asking for assistance was ! sent to Utica and judges were awaiting ! the train's arrival. Six of the men were arrested; the others were permitted to continue their journey. BREMNER REPORTED BETTER. Brother Hopes for Ultimate Recov ery of Congressman. BALTIMORE, ltd.. January :;i?The condition of Representative Robert G. Liremner of New Jersey, who is under going radium treatment here, was re ported today as improved. William Bremner. the representative's brother, said that he was hopeful of his i brother's recovery. "It is impossible as j i yet to tell what the ultimate effect of j . the radium will be, but the signs are j t encouraging," lie.said. "The growth has I ] already somewhat diminished. The re- ; port of the sinking spell he suffered * yesterday was exaggerated. The radium 1 treatment Is being continued, though at i present the mineral is not being applied." . FROM PORTLAITD TO FRISCO. McAdoo and Houston Continue Tour in Reserve Bank Inquiry. SAN" FRANCISCO, January 31.? Twenty-seven hours' continuous train riding grave Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary of Agriculture Houston, organization commission of the federal reserve board, plenty of time today to reflect on what they have heard in connetcion with the establishment of regional reserve banks. They are en route from Portland, where hearings closed last night, to San Francisco, where other hearings begin Monday ( concerning the location of a regional j reserve bank. They will arrive here Sunday. The secretaries left Portland after hearing bankers of throe states recom mend San Francisco as the proper loca tion for n regional bank, but asking a branch bank in the northwest. At San Francisco they will meet local ana southern bankers united in advocating the establishment of a regional bank here. Tliev will leave Tuesday for lxis An geles. FORMAL CHARGES DRAWN Deputy Fire Chief Sullivan to Be Given Public Trial by the i Commissioners. j Formal charges against Andrew J. Sul-j livan, deputy fire chief, which will result ? in that official being required to explain at a public trial his part in the manage- I ment of the American Five and Ten j Cent store fire. December 24, are being drawn and may be filed by the Conimis- j sioners late today or Monday, it was J learned this afternoon. No official announcement of what ac tion they propose to take in the Sullivan case had been made by the Commis sioners up to ?> o'clock, but from authori tative sources the information leaked out that the District heads have decided to carrv out a suggestion made to them yes tordav by Attorney Charles W ? Darr, representing the deputy fire chief, that Sullivan be given a public trial. Form of Charges Not Known. What form the charges against the fireman will take could not be ascer tained. Neither is it known whether the veteran firefighter will be haled be fore the Commissioners or a regular trial board to explain whether the. trap ping of five firemen in the burning building was in any measure due to l negligence on his part. j It is explained that a trial wid be j arranged for ai an early date and that it will result in bringing to light all , the facts connected with the manage ment of the fighting of the fire. j , - __ CHANGES IN THE OFFICE OF POST OFFICE AUDITOR j . ? i Higher Positions for Terence H. j Sweeney and Louis Brehm?Divi- j sion Chief Transferred. Terence H. Sweeney has been promoted to the position of assistant and chief clerk in the office of the Auditor for the Post Office Department, succeeding Charles II. Keating, who resigned t,j en gage in business in Mansfield. Ohio. J Mr. Sweeney entered the government ; service as a letter carnier in St. Paul. | Minn! He was transferred to the j auditor's office in 1886, and has gained a i knowledge through experience in nearly ; every class of work in the office, receiv- ( ing frequent advancements in salary in recognition of his services. On account of efficient services Mr. Sweeney was appointed. October 7. 1010. chief of the di vision of Postmasters' accounts. The pro motion he now receives, it is staled, was j made in pursuance of the department - j policy uf rewarding efficient service. ; l^ouis Brehm has been made chief of^ the division of electrical tabulation. Mr. , Brehm was appointed to a nine-hundred- j [3oliar clerkship in the auditor s office in ? July. 1904, and, it is stated, was promoted < through the several grades to the post- i lion of assistant chief of division. Since the installation of the system ol electa- ; Lai tabulation about two years ago he | has acted in the capacity of chief of di vision Mr. Brehm's promotion was recommended in recognition of his serv- , ices in connection with the introduction j jf the new system of audit. In Charge of Electrical Tabulation. Auditor Kram has also transferred Joshua II. Clark, at present chief of the miscellaneous division in the auditor's jftice. to the position of chief ol" the di vision of postmasters* accounts, in place of Mr. Sweeney. Mr. Clark lias had twenty-eight years' experience in the of tice and was formerly assistant chief of the division to which he is now assigned. Father and Son Hurt in Crash. Douglass Chichester, colored, fifty-four rears old, of Columbia road north- i vest this morning was thrown from his j wagon at Georgia avenue and Girard ! street northtwest as a result of a colli- I ;ion with a street car. His son. William Chichester, thirteen years old, also was brown out. Both were taken to Freed nen's Hospital. Both were badly in ured. Cheapest and Best The Star sells its space at less cost per thou -;iuJ net circulation than any other paper in Washington. It is not only the best, but the cheapest paper to advertise in. This is the reason that The Star frequently carries more advertising than the other three papers combined. WEEKLY CIRCULATION STATEMENT. 1014. Saturday, January 24 66,012 Sunday, January 25 50,078 Monday, January 26 66,661 Tuesday, January 27 67,060 Wednesday, January 28 67.145 Thursday, January 29 67,378 Friday, January 30 68,110 AFFIDAVIT. T solemnly swear that the above statement represents only the number of copies of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR circulated during the seven days ended January ;?u, 1014?that is. the number of copies actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers?and that the copies so counted are not returnable to or do not remain in the office unsold, except in the case of papers sent to out-of-town agents only, from whom a few returns of unsold papers have not yet been received. FLEMING XEWBOLD. Business Manager. The Evening Star Newspaper Company. District of Columbia, ss.: Subscribed and sworn to before me this thirty-first dav of January, A.D. 1914. E. E RAMEY. (Seal.) Notary Public. 1BUSINESSTO discuss President's Attitude Will Be Gone Over at U. S. Chamber of Commerce Meeting. The response of much of the business force of the nation to President "Wilson's recent message on corporate and trust control will be heard, it is believed, in the discussions at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States here February 11 to 1?.. The pro gram made public today indicates that the most important feature will be the special anti-trust discussion to which an entire day, poifeibly longer, will be given. Prominent speakers will be heard on the subject. Among them will be I>ouis D Brandeis of Boston. President Van Hise, University of Wisconsin: Frederick P. Fish, former president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company: Vic tor Morawetz, New York: Prof. Henry K. ?5 e agar, Columbia University, and Henry R. Towne. Issues to Be Discussed. "What should be the functions of a fed eral interstate trade commission, what are the rights and privileges of private parties and is the trust form of organi zation industrially efficient are among the important phases of the trust issue which are on the program for discussion. The question a? to what constitutes un reasonable restraint of trade. as to whether holding companies and interlock ing directorates should be prohibited and as to how the Sherman law requires definition will also be discussed. Secretary Wilson of the Department of Labor will speak on the relation of his department to industries and commerce, and Charles A. Prouty of the interstate commerce commission on the physical valuation of railroads, which work he is now in charge of. Methods of commercial organizations, tlie maintenance of resale prices and the development of foreign trade will be other topics considered. FIFTEEN HURT IN WRECK Chicago and Alton Passenger Train Jumps Track and Some of In jured May Die. JO J JET. 111.. January ol.?Fifteen per sons were injured, some of them so se riously that they may die. when Chi cago and Alton passenger train No. 7, bound from Chicago to St. Louis, was wrecked between here and Lockport early today. Nine cars left the track and three were overturned, one car being badly shattered. A partial list of the injured follows: J. G. McGee. Arkansas, internal in juries: may die. W. B. Smith, New York, cut and bruised. \Y. V. Shoop. 723 West 177th street, New York, badly cut and bruised. Relief trains were sent to the scene of the wreck from Bloomington and Joliet, and the injured were brought to this city. Most of those injured were in the sleeping cars, which they were forced to leave in their night clothes, and seek shelter iti neighborhood farmhouses. CENTRAL GRADUATES GET THEIR DIPLOMAS ( Address by Representative Fess Urging' Efforts in Interest of Humanity. ! That the greatness of a nation cannot | be measured by its material wealth, but must be measured by the character of the men and women within it, was as serted by Representative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio in an address to the graduates of Central High School at exercises held last evening at the school. He urged the graduates to put forth their best efforts in the interests of humanity. Education, said the speaker, was not for the pur pose of letting one get through the world without working, but rather to enable one to do twenty times the amount of work he could do without it. He spoke highly of the District public schools and the work being done in them and declared he was a friend of the sys tem. He said he would always be ready to help the schools. Incidentally he pre dicted that Central would get the kind of new building it wanted. , Schools, Churches and Home. "The schools linked with the churches, and these linked with the home, are the tripod upon which our civilization must! rest." declared Mr. Fess. "Everybody should have a higher education, but no j matter what course is followed nobody j should be trained away from the interest | of til*1 home." i Idleness, declared the speaker, is the gangrene of life. He was also emphatic in denouncing pessimism and urged the class always to look for the brighter things. He also urged them to work along constructive lines?to "put their shoulder to the wheel and push '?saying that no one had ever achieved anything simply by "knocking." One of the quali ties of leadership, said tlie representative, was the ability to appreciate both humor and pathos. Presentation of Diplomas. Supt. Ernest L. Thurston, who present ed the diplomas, urged the pursuance of high Ideals. Ideals, said Air. Thurston, were a light to see by as well as a bea con light. He pointed out that the class just graduating had great powers for good or for evil and urged that each member bend all his energies for good, saying that the school would be judged by them. Ernest H. Daniel, vice president of the board of education, presided. Kev. Dr. Clarence A. Vincent delivered the invoca tion. List of Graduates. Those who received diplomas were: Margaret Darby. Kdith Hastlack. Alice Angelica. Emma Emery, Helen Llaelia Enoch. Rosalyn Evans. Ixjuise Farren, Augusta Van DeVyver Hanlon, liernar line Hyvernant Hetfleld, Inez Hogan. Margaret Virginia Gray, Mildred Mac S'ulty, Elizabeth Findlay M ulster. Rose Margaret Ntckerson. Virginia Boai I'er linton. Sarah Elizabeth Randall, Sadye Ida Robin. Helen Susie Sturtevant. Pa mela Lucille Thompson. Leontine Ingle Towson, Melba Emma Turner. Mary Wil liamson. Herbert Frederick Aldrldge. Prank Henry Harmon. John Madison Ma son. I.ouis Benjamin Pelzman, Donald Price. McNelr Smith and Porter Ross Taylor. t Run on New York Bank Continues. NEW YORK. January 31.?The run on he Bank for Savings began to abate to lay, after more than had been vithdrawn by anxious depositors. The ?un began Wednesday, and Thursday and ?'riday crowds blocked the corridors of he building and the sidewalk outside. l-he tellers were still passing out money ,,dav but several deposits withdrawn luring the run were returned. What parted the run Is still a mystery ROUND-UP OF CRIMINALS. Philadelphia Police Arrest 150 Men in "Tenderloin." PHILADELPHIA. January 31.?In an efTort to clear this ?it> of yeggmen. highway robbers, second-story men and other criminals, a special squad of police early today swept through the t< nd? rloin district and arrested about l."?n men. No women were taken into custody, but al leged dealers in cocaine, white slavers and others who the police say have va ried records were among those captured. All the prisoners were given a hearing later in the day and it was existed that detectives from New York will come here to identify any gunmen from that city who may be included among those taKen in the round-up. R0CKVILLEANDC0UN1Y NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES Bigamy Charge Against J. D. Dam ion Abandoned?David Griffith's Funeral. Spe.-iai O>rresi?ondencc ?-f 'I'd-- >t;c. ROCKVILLE, Md.. January li?n. John D. Damron. twenty-nine years old. of Rock Fish, Ya.. who was married here last November to Miss Mary Kath erlne Bruce, aged eighteen, also of Rock Fish, and who was several weeks later committed to Jail here on a charge of bigamy, was yesterday, by direction of State's Attorney Spates, released from jail and the case against him abandoned. Damron was arrested upon a warrant issued at the instance of K. \Y. Bruce, ; father of the girl, who represented that 1 at the time Damron married his daugh Iter he had another wife living from whom he had not been divorced. I pon being I brought to Rockviile. Damron admitted I that he had been married before, but I explained that he had applied for ? di vorce and was under the impression that he was free to marry again. Bruce Declines to Prosecute. i Yesterday a sister and brother of ham Iron ?came to Rockviile and brought with | them an affidavit signed by the girl's fa ther in whicli he swore that lie would not return to Maryland to prosecute Damron, and, as the s&ate relied entirely upon the testimony of Bruce for a con viction. State's Attorney Spates decided it useless to hold the young man longer. The decision of Bruce not to prosecute Damron was conditioned, it is said, upon the latter making an affidavit that he would never speak to or have anything to do with any member of the Bruco family, including tiie girl he married. Articles incorporating the Kensington i Improvement Company have been tiled in | the office of the clerk of the circuit court i here. The incorporators named are Rob ert F. L. Yellott of this county and Dan iel K. Jackson, Murray Gait Motter, John H. Nelson and Grace Brouse of the Dis trict of Columbia. The capital stock is given as and the principal office is to oe at Chevy Chase. The company is to do a general real estate business. Funeral of David Griffith. The funeral of David Griffith, formerly a judge of the orphans' court for this county, took place at 1<? o'clock yes terday morning from the family residence, near Redland. The services were con ducted by Rev. Thomas A. Haughton Burke. rector of Christ Episcopal Church. Rockviile, and burial was in Rockviile I'nion cemetery. The pallbearers were Hanson G. (."ashell. \Y. T. Bussard. Car son Pope. Finest G. Holland. Mareen Darby and Robert NY. Farmer. The cases against Geary A. Fisher, who was indicted last November for operating a traction engine without cleated wheels on state roads in this county, will be taken to the court of ap peals. When the cases were called for trial last fall the indictments w?r. de murred to rind the demurrers were sus tained. Slate's Attorney Spates has noted appeals. Miss Delia i\ Bartgis, daughter of Mi. and Mrs. Charles \V. Bartgis of Pooles ville. this county, and Remus It. Darby, jr.. of Buck Dodge were married in Bal timore a few days ago by Rev. Walter P. Griggs, formerly pastor of the Fpis copal Church at Poolesville. Following their hone&moon trip, the bride and groom will take up their residence at Poolesville. The bridegroom is a son of Judg< Remus R. Darby of the orphans' court for this county. OFFERS AMENDMENT TO FORBID MONOPOLY Senator Cummins Suggests Widen ing the Scope of Pending Trade Commission Bill. Extension of the powers of the pro posed interstate trade commission so as to give it authority to limit the size of corporations was proposed in an amend ment to the pending trade commission bill toda> by Senator < ummins of Iowa. The bill is now before the Senate inter state commerce committee. Scope of the Amendment. The amendment, not yet acted upon by ' the committee, would give the commis sion authority to lix a limit which would prevent corporations from attaining such size as to prohibit competition in any commodity. Senator Cummins also proposed amend ments which would give the commission direction to investigate price tixing and whether any corporation violates the law with respect to the amount of its capi alization as compared with the value of its property. Levy Scores Anti-Trust Program. Representative Devv of New York be fore the House committee on judiciary declared that the French revolution re sulted from just such "obnoxious and drastic legislation as the administration's pending anti-trust program." He at tacked the Sherman law as an interfer ence w ith commerce and a retarding fac tor in twenty years of advancement and progress. Seth Dow, former mayor of New York, telegraphed the House interstate com merce committee today that he will tes tify before it next Tuesday, instead of Wednesday. He is expected to give views on the interstate trade commission bill. Committee's Program. Chairman Adamson of the interstate commerce committee announced that its hearings on the commission plan would be finished next Saturday and the committee will then take up the hearings on the proposed legislation to regulate the issue of stocks and bonds by railroads. Siegel Company Held Bankrupt. BOSTON. January 31.- Henry Siegel A Co. of Boston, one of the Siegel corpora tions for which receivers were appointed a month ago, was adjudicated bankrupt in the United States district court today. Judge Morton reserved the light to ap point receivers for the bankrupt estate. Immediately after the receivership pro ceedings last month local creditors tiled an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the company. The property will be managed by the bankruptcy court for the benefit of creditor* ! NEW RULES PROPOSED FOR BUSINESS IN D. C I ! Congress May Separate Handling of Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Healing: on Prouty Bill May P. in Reporting of More Dratti. Measure. The House of Representatives probably be asked to pass a bill .*?? rating real estate. loan and msura business one frotu tin* other ir. e\? finaneial institution <?: veal estat, ?. ? insurance otlice in the l>istri<-t of ?'?. lumbia. The effect would be felt in evevy eo ner ?<f business Washington, it \i .?? stated today before a subcommittee f The District committee by repros. ?' tive insurance men who appear*.. discuss the Prouty insurant bill fore the subcommittee headed ) !:? ,? j resentative L'Fugle of Florida. May Report Johnson Bill. The proposition on which the - committee started t?? work after A K. Walker. Philip learner and 1! 1 Berpniann, representing insur.c e companies, had be? n heard, was w het he* or not it would be advisable to i- :??. ? tin- 1'i .iutv bill, w hi<* 11 regulates msu ance companies only. or the John?-. bill, which is aitned at the interlock;: ^ financial interests of every ti.m* It would not I"- a hazardous uuess to tin- .lohtison bill will lind its Wie the floor, it' anything a little m drastic than it is at prcs?-t;? Tiie Johnson i?ill provides a jnuiu ? loss of charter?for ativ financial insti. i Jtjon owning any interest in a.n\ <?? .? r eo*iee:-n: and the chances are that. :? ported, it will be seen to be tin ! ?-; strenuous anti-interlocking measure ?t I off. ,-.'d in < 'omji'i'ss. ?w ini; to t1 ?? developments this n." - ing." said <*ltairman .lohn???n, "I i firmly ? ouviuc?-d t'iHt then* is iminedia ?? j n??-d to separate th.? businesses .?f | estate, loans and insurance m this Iv - trict." Insurance Men Heard. The insurance men w ho api?eared !.? :???-<* the L'Fnglc subcommittee, of w hich L ,;> resentatives deorpe and Ma pes are <? *o members, were there primarily to a-. that the provisions of the Proutj prohibiting local insurance compan -? from having any interest i:i other K.... financial institution, be modified. The- particular feature to which tb. y , objected is that no officer ?>r director > f * any insuranqj- company, tlrm <?r eorpoi - tion snail hold any underwriting tract or agene\ with any real estate or trust company. It was stated by the in surance men that this would mean pra> - tieally cutting out business connections of many years* standing. They also ?-ai i that the proposition to separate *ii? in surance companies from the real .state business would destroy all b?> al ? panies and give foreign companies tae MRS. WlSON AIDS - IN RESCUE PLANS. i j M'ontinued from First Paue.? the National Social Welfare league, and it was stated at the headquarters of ti ? league this niornitu' persons who are asked for contributions arc liein^ in formed that the money is t<? bo used for n?? other purpose. Voluntary solicitors today are paym attention to tie- lartr. oftlce buihliilgs ai--d gov.-rnment departim :its. Fach solicit, carries a number- of . aids whi- h tell ul the work the league is doins*. Discussed in Police Court, Persons attending ioday's session of the United States brancii of Police <"ourt heard Judge I'ugh say something a be the offer of employment, at a week or more that has been made the women of the underworld. A colored porter named Robert I .e?, who was in the employ of R. R. Leon ard, a dentist, at t*1?? F street northwest, was before the court on charges oi iat ceny. Tin prisoner a imitted h s and said the thefts ot dentists gold co\ - ered a period of a year. ! "Lee is the best to.' p. j .e. . .< ? e ? ver known. - was what bis en pi- w . f a number of years said ai?->ui ..i. it is only because ot his thirst to. a 4u??r that he has done this. lie was ee-cu-d i to high offices in sot it-ties, aiai nas since been unable to control his thirst. "it's a shame that Washington na inebriate asylum for such persons," 1?. Leonard added. "Washington has a greater shame tl. : i that," Judge Pugh remarke?1. "Here we have women <?f the red light district . jered positions at a salary of a w. and respectable girls are not ? ligibl. "We have many respeetab' ^irl- in this ?-ii> who are receiving only fro- ? to $?? a week.' Judge I'ugh added ?nd they cannot apply for these positions .-im ply because they are r? sped abb ESTANOL AT NEW YORK Mexican Ex-Minister of Public In struction Aided by O'Shaughnessy. NEW YORK, January 31.?Jorge Vet a Fstanol, ex-minister of public in struction in the cabinet of the laf,s President Madero, who, after being re leased from the penitentiary the nig':*, of January 21, was spirited out of Mexico City by Nelson O'iShaughntse:, charge d'affaires of the United .States embassy, arrived at New York today on the steamship Fsperanza. Accompany ing Senor Kstanol were five children and Maria I'izarro, his sister-in-law. 1(? declined to discuss the Mexican situa tion. t?n the outward trip the Esperanza had a slight tire on board. It was ex tinguished with trilling damage. PREPARES FOR CANAL OPENING French Cabinet Names Commission to Look After Commerce. PARIS, January ill.?The necessity of studying the economic consequence for France of the opening of the 1'anama canal was explained to the Frenc:. cab inet today by Anatole de Monzl. . under secretary of state in charge of the mer cantile marine department. The cabinet agreed to the creation of a * commission formed of the various state ministries directly concerned. The commission is to report as to what the French government should do with a view to the fullest utilization of the canal by French commerce. This will, it i* understood, comprise the adoption of new ports of call in America for Fr?nca steamers and the creation of closer com mercial relations with the South Amer ican republics. Nominations by the President. President Wilson today made these nominations: To be collector of customs for the Dis trict of Iowa, Christian A. Xiemeyer of Creston, Iowa. To be appraiser of merchandise at Tampa, Fla., James A. Herring", jr. ot i amva,