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FRANKLY OPPOSES
TOLLS EXEMPTION
President Feels Justified in
Disregarding Plank in Con
vention Platform.
SEEMS TO BE CONFIDENT
COUNTRY IS BACKING HIM
Does Not Intend to Deliver Message
on Subject?Bryan Silent on Sen
ator Walsh's Charge
President "Wilson was quite frank with
visitors today regarding his opposition
to free tolls for American coastwise ves
sels through the Panama canal, despite
the declaration of the Baltimore conven
tion platform. He believes that a change
In the circumstances under which a plaf
rorm touching international questions
vaa made ts sufficient Justification for a
charge In the attitude of the party, and
'ts leaders and the people of the country.
In this as In other matters the President
appears to be confident that the country
Is with him. llo did not go into ex
planations today as to his position, al
though frankly admitting that from the
first he regarded the platform declara
tion as unwise.
Secretary Brvan and the White House
are said to feel that platform r'edges
road* upon domestic questions, fully
threshed out and thoroughly understood
by the convention, were absolutely
sacred but on international problems,
touching tender spots in relations be
tween this and other countries, voted
upon without thorough consideration,
the administration felt able to handle
the situation in the light of present con
ditions in a much more practical man
ner.
Hold Conditions Changed.
Tt is pointed out that when the Panama
plank was placed before the convention
it was adjudged by those -esponslble for
It as of no great importance in an Inter
national way. It was a product of con
ditions at that time. These conditions
have changed The international rela
tions of the country have become some
what tense in several directions and the
President and Secretary of State assert
the right to restore good feeling for the
United States in all directions by fair
play toward other nations when treaties
are under interpretation.
It is stated that Great Britain is the
only foreign country that has made rep
resentations to the United States against
free tolls through the canal, but repre
sentatives of this country abroad have re
ported that the position of that country
ha3 the sympathy of practically all the
others.
It became known today that Great
Britain has not taken up the question
with the President or State Department
since Ambassador Brice left here. The
administration has not received any com
munications from Japan regarding the
vote In the House striking out of the Im
migration bill provisions hostile to Japa
nese and eastern people generally.
No Message on Tolls.
The President told callers he did not
intend to send a message to Congress
on the subject of Panama tolls: that he
felt his attitude had been sufficiently
made clear in a recent letter to William
1,. Marbury of Baltimore. He expects
Congress to repeal the tolls provision dur
ing the present session, and may confer
soon with Representative Adamson of the
House commerce committee, which would
have charge of such legislation.
Secretary Bryan today declined to make
any comment whatever on the statements
attributed to Senator Walsh of Montana
that Mr. Bryan not only approved the
Panama canal tolls exemption plank In
the Baltimore platform, but even sug
gested an amendment to it barring rail
^oad-owned ships from its benefits. Mr.
Bryan takes the ground. It is understood,
that the deliberations of the convention
committee, of which he was a member,
were confidential and cannot properly be
discussed by him.
Walsh Says Plank Was O. X.'d.
Senator Walsh of Montana declared
today that any suggestion the plank
of the democratic platform adopted at
Baltimore providing for the free pas
sage of American coastwise vessels
through the Panama canal had been
serruptitlously Inserted the platform
was absolutely untrue. He eaid that
he. along with Secretary Brvan and
Senators O Gorman and Pomerene had
constituted a cubcommlttee appointed
to draft this particular plank; that
senator OGorman had o?f"e<? the
resolution for the plank, and that It
had met with general approval In the
subcommittee of eleven on resolutions
Senator Pomerene of Ohio said that
the statement made by Senator Walsh
wa? he felt sure, substantially correct,
Though he had no very definite recol
? of the matter. ^
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon,
chairman of th. military affairs com
mittee. announced today that he was
-tror.gl-' opposed to the position taken
by the administration with regard to
the repeal of the provision of the
Panama caral law for free Pa^age of
American coastwise vessels. He said
that his interpretation of the treaties
?with Great Britain regarding the canal
did not coincide with that of the Presi
dent, and that he did not believe that
tho treaties called for any such action.
URGES NEW JUVENILE COURT.
Senator Gallinger Present* Chamber
of Commerce Recommendation.
Announcing himself as strongly in
favor of an appropriation for the erec
tion of a new Juvenile Court building
for the District, as proposed by the
Chamber of Commerce of Washington.
Senator Galllnger today presented to
the Senate a letter from the law and
legislation committee of the chamber
urging that such an appropriation be
made by Congress. The letter Is signed
by A. Leftwich Sinclair, chairman of
the committee.
"1 am fully persuaded that this ap
propriation should be made, and that a
new building for the Juvenile Court
should be provided." said Senator Gal
llnger.
At his request the letter was ordered
printed in the Record, and was referred
to the Senate District committee.
AMBASSADOR A PLAYWRIGHT.
Marquis Cnsani Confaleroni's Drama
to Be Presented Here.
Arrangements are being completed by
the French Drama Society of New York
for the production of a play written by
the Italian ambassador. Marquis Cusani
Confaleronl. at the Belasco Theater. Feb
ruary 26 and 27.
The matinees are to be benefit perform
ances for a charity still to be announced.
Among the patronesses, it is stated, will
be Mme. Jutsserand. Mrac Kakhmeteff.
the Countess von Bernstorff, the Viscoun
tess Benoist d'Azy. Mrs. George Dewey.
Mrs. Georgo Vanderbilt and Mrs. Edward
B. McLean.
The presentation will be in French, the
name of the play b*ing "Lo Mari Qui
Adore Sa Femxne." Lucian L. Bonheur,
president of the French Drama Society
"f Now York, was in Washington yester
day arranging for the production.
fuel men on trial.
Four to Take Stand at San Fran
cisco Today in Government Snit.
SAX FRANCISCO, February 9.?Two
officials and two employes of the Western
Fuel Company, on trial for defrauding the
government of customs rebates through
false weights, prepared to take the stand
today in their own defense. They are
James B. Smith, vice president and gen
eral manarer; F. C. Mills, superintendent;
Edward J. Smith, checker, and E. H.
Mayer, weigher.
Overcharges in coal weights, which they
concede amounted to 62,000 tons, were
negligible, the four were prepared to tes
tify, in comparison with the amount of
coal handled, amounting to between 2 and
3 per cent. While they maintain that such
a discrepancy is Immaterial, they explain
that the government weighs coal on a
rising-beam basis, while the company
weighs It on an evenly balanced beam, I
and this In itself, they hold, is enough to
explain the difference.
Special stress will be placed upon the
fact that the government made no at
tempt to show any manipulation of
scales.
A. M. Folsom, a professor at Stanford
University, was expected to complete
somp technical testimony for the defense
at the opening of court.
coMMmslY
WORK OF DEPARTMENT
Secretary of Labor Takes Steps to
Prevent Duplication of
Efforts.
Each head of division in the Department
of Labor today was ordered by Secretary
Wilson to designate some one from hie
branch of the department a member of a
committee to investigate whether there
is in the Department of Labor any work
which is duplicated by other departments,
and as to whether other departments are
duplicating work which rightfully comes
under the Department of Labor, and to
outline means of correcting the condi
tions.
Two members of the committee were
named today. Assistant Secretary Louis
F. Post will be chairman of the commit
tee, and Robert Watson, chief clerk of
the department, will be a member.
To Increase Efficiency.
The action of Secretary Wilson was
taken in accordance with a law enacted
at the last Congress. It was declared at
: the Department of Labor this morning
j that the proposed committee will. In a
way. be a sort of efficiency committee,
which will have for its object the seek
ing out and correcting of any duplication
of work, as well as seeing that every
department performs only the work
which properly should come under it
Some departments, it Is declared, are
doing work which rightfully belongs un
der the Department of Labor.
Duplication of Work.
Other departments, it is said further,
are doubling up on work which the De
partment of Labor Is doing, and it is the
purpose of this committee to correct this,
so far as It Is possible.
No date has been set for the committee
to begin its work, the matter being left
to the chairman, but it is expected the
committee will get right down to work
as soon as the heads of the divisions
have acted upon Secretary Wilson's
urder.
BEGIN WORK THURSDAY
ON LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Col. Harts to Have Ground Broken
on Anniversary of Martyred
President's Birth.
Col. W. W. Harts, the engineer officer
in charge of public buildings and grounds,
who will exercise direct supervision over
the construction of the Lincoln memo
rial, has arranged for the commence
ment of the work next Thursday, the an
niversary of the birthday of the mar
tyred President. Orders have been given
for staking off the site of the founda
tion, and the *M. F. Comer Company of
Toledo, which is to build the foundations,
will have machinery and men on hand
to begin operations. At the request of
the Lincoln memorial commission there
will be no special ceremony in connection
with the work until the corner stone Is
laid.
Col. Harts today said that while It is
not definitely settled he may turn the
first spadeful' of earth and the workmen
then will proceed to sink one of the cais
sons.
More Active Operations Later.
Actual operations will not be inaugu
rated. however, until the contractors can
install their working plant, which will re
quire several weeks' time. The site of
the memorial Is near the circle in west
Potomac Park Just east of the line of 23d
street.
The contracts for the memorial have
been mailed to Fuller & Co., who will
build the superstructure, and to the
Coiner Company, which will build the
first spadeful of earth and the workmen
retary Garrison on behalf of the govern
ment as soon as they shall be returned
to this city. It Is now planned that the
instruments shall be executed next Wed
nesday and that ground thall be broken
the following day.
AWAITING REPLIES.
Agitation for Bepaving 7th Street
Temporarily Halted.
Pesding the receipt of rep'ies to ap
peals sent last week to the Senate and
House District committees, no action
was taken today by the men in charge
of the movement to have 7th street
northwest between New York and Florida
avenues repaved. It was understood these
replies will be sent soon.
Joseph Berberich, in active charge, ad
today he probably will call a meeting to
morrow morning of the leaders of the
movement. He said that it is desired to
get results as quietly as possible, and
'hat there will be no more agitating until
the attitude of the members of Congress
in charge of the legislation is learned.
CITES STEEL BAIL MENACE.
Government Expert Urges Probe of
Track Conditions.
Frequent rail failures are regarded as
sufficient warning that railway operation
is approaching the limit of endurance of
rail steel, says H. W. Belnap, chief in
spector of safety appliances, in his report
today to the interstate commerce com
mission on the derailment of a freight
train at Oyaina, N. C., March 31, WIS, in
which three employes were killed and a
trespasser injured. A transverse fissure
in a rail was found to be the cause of the
accident.
Because of the "insidious character of
these fissures and their menace," Mr.
Belnap thinks there should be a "com
plete investigation of track and wheel
conditions to determine the cffect thereon
or the recent types of locomotives and
cars with their greatly increased wheel
loads."
INFLUENCE OF BIBLE
ON ENGLISH TRACED
Tindale's Translation "Fixed"
Language as It Is Used,
Says Londoner.
REV. WILLIAM A. SOUPER
SPEAKS AT CONFERENCE
Gathering at First Congregational
Church Also Addressed by Rev.
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan.
Tindale's translation of the Bible, the
first based upon the original languages
in which the Holy Scriptures were pen*
ned, and not on the vulgate of Saint
Jerome, "fixed" the English language as
it is known and used. This was the state
ment made by Rev. Dr. William A.
Sou per, pastor of Clapham Commons
Presbyterian Church, London, before the
morning meeting of the midwinter Bible
conference in the First Congregational
Church today.
"It would seem due to the providence
of God and the Scriptures, written in
oriental and Hellenic languages, lend
themselves with such rare felicity to
translation into the English tongue,"
said Dr. Souper in his address, which
traced the great influence of the Bible '
on the language and the literature, as
well as on the religion, of the various |
branches of the English-speaking peo
ples His outline of these subjects
served as fitting prelude to the coming ,
week of study and exposition of the ,
holy Scriptures bv the conference. ,
"Tindale's invaluable translation soon
reached into Scotland, into Ireland,
and, through the Puritans, Into Amer
ica, to enter into the very heart, life
and literature of all English-using
races," said the speaker, and, in ref
erence to the King James version,
which he indicated is often spoken of
erroneously as "the authorized ver
sion," but which is no more author
ized than any other, he said:
"When a student I was taught that
Chaucer was the very well of English,
pure and undefiled. I disagree now
with that. The title rightfully be
long^ to the Ring James version of
the Bible.''
Influence on Shakespeare.
That the influence of Holy Writ in the
works of Shakespeare, the next great
name in English literature, is very evi
dent, was further averred by Dr. Souper,
who referred to the comparatively recent
bringing out of the fact that it was at j
the house of Shakespeare's father that I
Puritan divines, those tireless expositors i
and familiar users of Scripture, received I
shelter and entertainment when on visits i
to Stratford-on-Avon. Moreover, the
Bible, said he, was by that time, one of
the fundamentals of school education and
a study of the Scriptures was undoubted
ly a part of the education of the future
poet. Passage after passaee in his works
give plain evidence of his acquaintance
and sympathy with the precepts of the
Christian religion as laid down in the
Book of Books.
Dr. Souper further traced the influence
of the scriptures in the writings of Mil
ton, Bunyan, Johnson. Cowper, Coleridge,
Scott. Tennyson, Ruskin and many others
of the masters of English prose and
poetry. He laid particular emphasis on
Milton as "the great poet of the Bible,"
as evidenced by his most famous works,
'Samson Agonistes," "Paradise Lost" and
the "Areopagitica." He spoke of Scott's
death-bed remark on being asked what
book he would prefer to have read aloud
?"There is but one book"; and, as the
keynote of Tennyson's spirit and view of
lite the words "More is gained by prayer
than this world dreams of."
"One of the most hopeful things in con
nection with the young members of the
modern school of British poetry is its
evident dependence on and faith in the
Bible," added Dr. Souper, who declared
that "The history of all English litera
ture shows that the greater the writer
the greater his indebtedness to the Eng
lish Bible.
"The influence of the Bible enabled the
Puritans to leave England merely as a
group of men and to land on the shores
of America a state, and the glorious his
tory of this country should in the future,
as in the past, be built on the precepts
of the divine word,'' concluded the speak
"Is World's Best Seller."
Rev. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, pastor
of Westminster Chapel. London, spoke on
"Is the Bible in Danger?" He said that
this could be best answered by an analysis
of its present circulation and interest, the
belief in its authority and the obedience
to its teachings.
"As regards its circulation, nothing can
come near it." said he. "It is the world's
'best seller.' " As for its interest he cited,
for instance, the enormous recent ship
ment of Bibles and portions of the Scrip
tures to China, and the fact that these
books are not to be given away, but prac
tically every one to be sold. "And no
Chinaman buys anything.'' said I)r. Mor
gan, "unless he expects to get value re
ceived. nor a Scotchman, an Englishman
or American either, for that matter."
As for the belief in Its authority, said
he. the ideals that are moving the true
great statesmen of the world at present
all come directly or indirectly from the
Bible.
Favors Criticism of Bible.
Dr. Morgan said that chief among those
who often unwillingly do harm to the
"Sible and its progress are they that arc
ever ready to decry criticism of the Scrip
tures as an evil. "To them the Idea ot
criticism is as a red rag to a bull," said
he. "A man should have more brains
than a bull, and it should be thoroughly
realized that the first law of the proper
understanding of the Bible is criticism,
and that all the revisions of the Scrip
tures from the time they were first writ
ten have been the result of criticism.
-Its authority is not in danger," he
concluded. It is the criterion of the
conduct of mankind. If the Bible is in
danger, then the remedy lies in the
Bible itself and in making known its
teachings to the world, and there need
be no panic in the heart of any man."
At 12:30 o'clock at Epiphany Church
Rev. Melvin Trotter addressed a meet
ing open to the public. He is krown
throughout the country l'or his rescue
mission work. Speakers this afternoon
at the meetings which were resulted at
the First Congregational Church were
S. D. Gordon. Dr. Camden M. Cobern
and Rev. Melvin Trotter. There will
be meetings tonight both at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
under the direction of Rev. John H.
Jowett, pastor of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church of New York, and
at Epiphany Church, under Rev. John
McNeill. Dr. Morgan is to speak in
Richmond tonight.
Authenticity of the Bible
and Its Value Declared by
Dr. Morgan and Mr. Bryan
An audience that crowded Poli's The
ater from the doors to the topmost seats
In the upper gallery yesterday attended
the opening meeting of the midwinter
Bible conference, beginning a week's se
ries of meetings. Presiding at the mon
ster meeting was Thomas R. Marshall.
Vice President of the United States, and
the two speakers were William Jennings
Bryan, Secretary of State, and Rev. Dr.
G. Campbell Morgan of London.
Following the opening hymns. "Bring
ing in the Sheaves" and "I Need Thee
Every Hour," led by Prof. B. F. Colliaon,
Vice President Marshall, in a brief In
troductory address, explained the objects
FIREMEN FIGHTING BLAZE IN DOWNTOWN STORE
BUILDING lOOt LITTLE B STREET, OCCUPIED BY HATCHER, BOAZE A CO., WHICH WAS DAMAGED
TO THE EXTENT OF S3.5O0.
of the conference. In the course of his
opening: address the Vice President said
"at the making of good men is of far
greater importance than the making- of
>aws. A community that lives in a right
manner, he held, is good without the
jompulsion of the law, but a disreputable
community is a poor place in which to
enforce even the best of laws.
"I am one or those."' he asserted, "who
believe that the welfare of the republic
depends upon the moral sense of responsi
bllity of the people, that unless this re
sponsibility is fostered regardless of al
the good laws that may be enacted, our
civilization will fail.
Religious or Superstitious.
"I believe that, notwithstanding the
Jenial. all men are either religious or
superstitious. It was written in the
epistle to tho Hebrews that it was an
:L"'ful thing to fa 1 into the hands of the
living God. But from my standpoint, it
is a far more awful thing to fall out of
Mis hands. I prefer to put my faith in
the hands of a living God rather than
on the left hind foot of a dead rabbit.
An Investigation of the great problems
or religion and morality is needful fur
the making of good citizenship. There
tore I welcome any movement which
[it5! .u" Wlt? th? study of that book
wni...h always has been and in my judg
ment always will be the basis of the
tioiT" and lnoat secure civillza*
Rev. Dr. Morgan, introduced at the
close of the \ ice President's opening
remarks, spoke for an hour, though to
a majority of his hearers the time
seemed much less because of the easy
of hnisyaddtress8Peaker a"d the ,ntertst
Time and Eternity.
"On one of tho highways near the
heart of London city," he said, at the
opening of his speech, "stand two great
publishing houses. One is that of the
Times newspaper and the other Is that
or tho British and Foreign Bible
^society. Over the first is a clock iinri
figure of Father Time suggestive of
facade of* the "nth*"di Pas3in* the
iaca.de of the other Is an open Bible,
the "eon tT w ,ext '"scribed
,1,, The Word of the Lord en
?f (CrIcr', a reminder in the
oerlshabfe 5^1 and passing and
abide things of the things that
ne<.-s'hfn6 rlL& ,vaJ.ue and a suggestive
these facts. The newspaper is
BIWe? ? th,e Pract|ces of time. The
fternltv aTh^a"on tllK Principles of
between >h ,'S a cl0scr interrelation
ese two matters, or must I
amend my sentence ajid say there ought
mattf? i'?", between these two
matte . John Wesley said: "1 read mv
newspaper to see how God is governing
whichTh' ^'1 thBt is thc
which Christian men should read the
newspaper. The Bible is the revela
tion of how- men ought to behave in the
even whlch never vet has escaped nor
ment of ^7'" Tape from ,he ?overe-'
f d PrcP<"-tiun as the
nation, h hose doings are recorded in the
Wh ePffer' ^tens t0 the word of the
win J 2 ?? wiI1 approximate to the
all h?", r.each ,he fulfillment of
in its life " noblest and best
?nDtSheSfi'J!? Ah? values of the Bible
? . V1? [l/e of a nation. Dr. Morgan
"FW ,l?l\vlew? under four heads.
he said, "we have In the
hr ?1 t!?e 'nonil Standards which make
fn th? SiKfa ."J18" Secondly, we have
. .'h"- H'ble that conception of God
,ereat philanthropies.
Thirdly, we have in the Bible that con
ception of man that makes for his per
sonal, social and national uplifting
r inally, we have in the Bible the one
s/n eva"Sel ot the forgiveness of
Bryan's Tribute to the Bible.
Prefacing his address, which followed
that of Dr. Morgan, with the statement
that "it Is appropriate that tho lirst
words of tho Bible conference should
be spoken by a citizen of Great Britain, (
because that country has given us the
King James version of tho Bible." Sec- '
rotary Bryan declared that those who
accept the Bibie as the Word of God
do not have to apologizo for their posi
tion, nor Jo they have to defend it
Tho burden of proof, he said. Is rather
on those who reject the Bible; those
who deny its claim to be the inspired
Word of God are on the defensive, since
Its claim to our confidence has been
fully established.
"Atheists and materialists." Secretary
Bryan said, "declare the Bible is merely
the work of man?that it was written un
der the limitations that apply to human
wlbdom. Taking this position, they must
necessarily contend that, unless man has
degenerated in ability and declined in
wisdom, he can now produce a book
equal to the Bible. Let them produce It.
"The characters whose words and deeds
are recorded in the Bible were members
of a single race; they lived among the
hills of Palestine, in a territory scarcely
larger than one of our counties. From
what a scantily supplied stdrehouse of
knowledge they had to draw, compared
with the unlimited wealth of Informa
tion at man's command today! And yet
these Bible characters grapple w.th
every problem that confronts mankind
from the creation of the world to ete.nai
life beyond the tomb. They have given
us a diagram of man's existence from the
cradle to the grave, and they have set up
sign posts at every dangerous point along
the path. We turn back to the Bible for
the Ten Commandments, which form the
foundation for our statute law, and for
the Sermon on the Mount, which ays
down the rules for our spiritual growth
The Bible gives us the story of the birth
the words, the works, the crucifix, on the
resurrection and the ascension of Him
whose coming was foretold in prophecy I
whose arrival was announced by the
ange! voices ringing peace and good will
?the story of Him who gave to the world
a code of morality superior to anything
that the world had known before or has
known since.
Challenge to Doubters.
"Let the atheists and the materialists
produce a better Bible than ours, if
they can. Let them collect the beat of
their school to bo found among the
graduates of universities ? as man'v as
they will and from every land Let
the members of this selected group travel
where they will, consult such libraries
;is they please and employ every modern
means of swift communication. Le>
them roam at will wherever science has
opened a way; let them take advantage
or ail the progress in art and in litera
ture. In oratory and in history?let them
use to the full every instrumentality that
is employed in modern civilization, and
when they have exhausted every source
let them embody the results of their best
intelligence in a book and offer it to the
world as a substitute for this Bible of
! ours. Have they the conlidence that the
prophets of Baal had in their God? Will
I they try? If not, what excuse will they
give?"
Continuing and amplifying his chal
lenge to agnostics. atheists and all un
believers in the divine inspiration of
the Bible* Secretary Bryan said:
"The Bible has stamped its impress
upon the map of the world. Back of
the progress that marks the- present
day is the code of morals that Christ
proclaimed, and back of that code of
morals is the divine character of Him
i who is both Son of God and Savior of
' mankind.
Points to Rescue Work.
1 "If I were a minister and found a
I member of my congregation growing
lukewr.rm or becoming skeptical, I
would take him to a rescue mission
and let him see the spiritual regenera
I tion that can take place. Some two
j years ago I visited a rescue mission
on the Bowery in New York, and lis
J tened to the testimony of a dozen men
who told how. after careers of dissi
pation and crime, each one had found
his way into that little room and there
been born again.
The Christ who can go down into
the gutter and lift up one who has
fallen so that his own flesh and blood
had given him up for lost the Christ
who can cleanse and till that heart
with a passion for service?that Christ
could have broken the bonds of the
tomb."
In addition to Vice President Marshall,
Secretary Bryan and Rev. Dr. Morgan,
those occupying chairs on the stage in
cluded Rev. Dr. William Souper of J,on
i don, S. D. Gordon, author of "Quiet
I Tales" and a prominent worker in the Y.
M. C. A.; Rev. Dr. Wallace RadclifTe,
Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, Rev. Dr. W. D.
Wedderspoon, Wil iam Knowles Cooper
of the Y. M. C. A., Rev. Henry Anstadt,
Rev. Sol C. Dickey, Rev. Houghton
Stevenson. Rev. J. J. Muir and a number
of other Washington ministers.
ARMY AVIATOR IS KILLED.
Lieut. Post Plunges 500 Feet to
Death at San Diego.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., February 9.?Ueut.
H. B. Post. 1st Aero Corps. U. S. A.,
was instantly killed today by a fall of
50i> feet in a hydro-aeroplane. About i
150 feet from the surface of San Diego
bay Lieut. Post was seen to shoot clear
of the machine. It was said by watch
ers that the engine exploded.
Lieut. Post was flying for an altitude
record. He had the reputation of
being the best aviator in the army
camp on North Island, across the bay
from San Diego.
Lieut. Post, who was appointed to
West Point from New York, was a sec
ond lieutenant in the 25th Infantry,
being commissioned in February 1911
He received his commission as a mili
tary aviator, the highest rank in the
Aero Corps of the army, last Novem
ber. At the War Department this aft
ernoon It was said no official notifica
tion had been received of the death of
Lieut. Post.
THOUSANDS H0JT0R BREMNER.
Victim of Cancer, Whom Radium
Failed to Save, Buried.
PASSAIC. N. J.. February P.?The fu
neral services of Representative Robert
Gunn Bremner. who died of cancer after
undergoing the radium treatment as a
last resort, were held today at the Breni
ner home here.
The services at the house were attend
ed only by the family and intimate
friends In the procession to the ceme
tcry, however, were a number of fratern il
organizations, including the Spanish War
Veterans, and thousands of Passaic citi
zens anxious to pay final tribute to the
memory of Mr. Bremner. who was for
many years editor of the Passaic Her
ald. During the forenoon the same si
lent throng had been allowed to view the
body in the Bremner home.
Delegations from the Senate and House
of Representatives and various state of
, ficials were present, among them Gov
Fielder.
FOR REPAIR OF LIGHTSHIP.
Bids Opened in the Office of In
spector Ruland.
Bids for the general repair of light
ship No. 46, belonging to the Tail of the
Horseshoe station In lower Chesapeake
bay. were opened Saturday in the office
of Inspector Ruland, in charge of the
| fifth district, and will be sent at once
to the bureau of lighthouses. Department
of Commerce. In this city, for examlna
tion and award of contract.
The bids were as follows:
Chesapeake Marine Railway, $9,487 and
forty-three days tq complete the work.
Spedden Shipbuilding Company, $9,304.45
and seventy days.
Smith & McCoy of Norfolk, $8,157.S8
and ninety days.
Warwick Machine Works of Newnort
News, $9,745.33 and seventy days. e pori
Mclntyre & Henderson, $10,147 and 45
days.
William E. Woodall & Co., $10 010 60
and ninety days.
?James Shervan & Son of New York
$10,030 and eighteen days. '
Baltimore, Norfolk, Newport News and
New York firms are competing for the
work.
To Lecture on the Navajos.
The February meeting of the New
Hampshire Association is to bo held this
evening in the parlors of the W. c. T. U.
building, 522 6th street northwest, at S
o'clock. The feature of the evening will
be an illustrated lecture by Mrs. Harriet
M. Peabody. entitled "Ltfe Among the
Navajo Indians.
Carries Total of $6,895,200 as Be
ported From Committee on
Appropriations.
The Senate this afternoon passed the
fortifications appropriation bill, carrying
a total of t6.895.200. The bill was
passed as reported from the committee
on appropriations, the principal in
creases over the House bill being those
for the purchase of mountain, field and
siege cannon and for ammunition for
those grins.
^myUfhm,w?Vhat.the rnitea
posed In a bill just passed by the' Son
Arizona^ by. Senator Ashurst of
increases omtz Ho^'bin ^hl^^-f
t^oni cornmittee.by ^ Sc"ate
^P>-s" ^aid^natSr0 Ashure?
mc^o^nTot lnto? ??&* 5j5*??2?
w?t unarmed. I have n' douot^
tlons." SamC wou,d Prove true of na
,.^nft?r Sutherland of Utah asked Sen
ator Ashurst whether he was in favor of
decreasing or doing away with the army.
Favored Keeping Army Busy.
He replied that he was in favor of see
ng the army kept busy, doing constructive
wurk, such as the building of the Panama
canal or the Alaska railway.
"Do I understand the senator from
Arizona to say that he is in favor of
having the enlisted men of the army put
to work building railroads?'' asked Sen
ator Sutherland.
Senator Ashurst hesitated for a mo
ment.
he said. "I am not sure
but what that would bring the army into
competition with American labor, and
American labor has competition enough
as It is from cheap foreign labor, with
out putting it in competition with the
cheap labor of the army."
No Reply to Question.
'VVell, what kind of labor does the
senator from Arizona propose that the
enlisted men of the army shall do which
could not be done by other American
labor?" asked Senator Sutherland.
Senator Ashurst had no reply to this
question ready, except to remark that he
would leave it to the imagination of the
senator from Utah.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa interrupted
to say that for his part he would be just
j"5 *',lllngr to see the arrny men at work
building a railroad in Alaska as "drink
ing afternoon tea."
DON'T HAVE TO TELL AGE.
Illinois Woman Voters Advised by
Attorney to Approximate It.
CHICAGO, February 9.-Woman voters
do not have to tell their exact ages to
election officials; they can approximate
the truth. This was the advice of Charles
H. Mitchell, attorney1 for the board of
election commissioners, in an address yes
terday before the members of the worn
ari s party of Cook county.
"You can approximate the truth, and
it will do no one any harm," paid Mitch
ell. -.Select a good probable age-one
,',hn' ?our, face and your ligure-and
.1 L off,ciaIs that age. It is simply a
check on fraud, anyway. it prevent
others from impersonating you at the
polls. I have known men who have re
mained stationa;y In age for lifteen years
ce? -d "S registration books are con
"BBEAKFAST" AT BANK.
Hovel German Institution Organized
By and Conducted for Women.
Foreign Correspondence of Tlie Star.
BERLIN, January 20, 1914
A novel social function will take place
soon at the "Woman's Bank" in Ber
lin. the only financial Institution In the
world exclusively organized by and con
ducted for women.
To celebrate its five years' successful
existence the bank has invited several
hundred distinguished persons to attend
a breakfast" at its premises to listen
to an account of its prosperity and
future plans. The "clou" of the event
Ti ^ 'h? ann?uncement that the bank
has decided to issue a daily financial
f?r W?men' t,le first ^ the world,
will start with an edition of 30 000
which represents the bank's present' list
of shareholders and clients. The paper
will be devoted not only to the interests
of the bank, but also to all financial and
srsss tssjsfs: Ss
The bank accepts deposits and transacts
general banking and stock exchange
business for both sexes. One of the at
tractions held out to woman depositors7
Is that thej can keep a check account
"without the permission of their hus
bands," which is a formality the other
banks in Germany enforce.
William H. Bell Dead.
William H. Bell died at his home, "IS
5th street southeast today in the sixty
fifth year of his age. Until October
last he had been employed as a head
engine tender at the Washington navy
yard, having been there for about
twenty-live years. Funeral arrangement^
have not yet been completed. His wife
mllh 'P ch'"?rcn Ml.ss Martha 13.. MIbs
Ruth A., John \\. F. and L. ]VI
and Mrs. II. II. Simmons, survive him!
TITANIC PLEA DISMISSED.
British Court Holds Steamship Com
pany Liable for Passenger's Loss.
LONDON". February J*. The court of
appeals today dismissed the appeal of the
While Star Steamship Company, and dc- |
clared illegal the condition printed 011 the J
steamship tickets exempting the company
from liability for loss by a passenger ? ven
through negligence of the company's serv
ants. The question of the lega.lty of this
exempting t laiue was raised in a test 1
case brought by an Irish farmer claim- ,
ing damages for the loss of his son in the
Titanic disaster.
Lord Justice Sir Roland Vaughan Wil
liams. in delivering judgment, said he
thought the danger to the Titanic was
neither unforeseen nor unforeseeable, and
j that practice did not justify a vessel in
maintaining her course and spe**d wh.-n
the warnings of dangers ahead were such
| as tin; Titanic received. The clause oti
the back of the tick* t exempting the
company from liabi ity for negligence
was, he declared, invalid.
FORESEEBIGLOSSES
IN CAR EXTENSIONS
Traction Officials Oppose
Building Additional Lines in
Southeast Washington.
That either of two proposed ex
tensions through Southeast Washing
ton of the lines of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company would
be financial failures and not earn
enough to meet operating expenses was
the opinion expressed by officials of
the company at a hearing before the
public utilities commission today.
The hearing was a continuation of
one held January 26 an<f was attended
by more than a hundred property own
ers who have petitioned the commission
for better street railway facilities in
the territory east of the Anacostia
river.
Two Routes Considered.
The proposals under consideration are
for an extension of the company's line
from Anacostia to Benning, a distance of
about five and a half miles, or, in lieu
of this route, the building of a shorter
line, extending from the present Anacos
tia terminus to the District line at Suit
land road, a distance of a little more
han two miles.
President Clarence P. King, Vice Presi
dent W. F. Ham and other officials of
the traction company, including C. S.
Kimball, engineer of ya, testified that
in their opinion, there are not enough
people living along the proposed lines to
justify the company undertaking either
proposition.
Attorney R. H. McNeill, appearing for
a number of property owners, asked
Mr. Ham if the company would consider
building the shorter road in the event
citizens should put up a bond of $25,0(10
as a guarantee against loss for a period
of five years.
In replying that he could not answer
for the board of directors, Mr. Ham said
it was his personal opinion that the
loss In operation would exceed $25,000
in ve years. He figured that it would
cost $16,000 per annum to run the road
and that the returns would not exceed
*.,000. This would mean a deficit of
$0,000 a year, or of $45,000 at the end of
five years, he pointed out.
Construction Costs Hign..
Engineer Kimball testified that it would
cost the company about $380,000 to t>ulld
and equip the longer of 'the two routes
and approximately $82,000 to construct
the shorter one.
Dr. Charles M. Emmons, who suggested
the latter route as an alternative propo
sition, cross-examined Mr. Kimball as to
his estimate, endeavoring to 6how that
the railway company engineer had placed
his figures too high.
Information as to the amount of popu
lation that would be benefited by the
railway extensions was presented to the
commission by Robert F. Bradbury, ap
pearing as the representative of a large
number of citizens' associations in the
southeast section. Mr. Bradbury cross
examined several of the railway company
officials. The hearing is expected to last
the greater part of the day.
NEEDralNES
IN FOREIGN TRADE
Copper Magnate Urges That
U. S. Producers Be Left
Unhampered.
Government sanction of combinations of
American producers and manufacturers
selling to foreign markets to combat com
binations of foreign buyers was urged to
day by John D. Ryan, president of the
Amalgamated Copper Company, before
the House judiciary committee.
"I join with the committee," he said,
"in opposing any combination to control
the domestic trade in any commodity.
But I believe American manufacturers
or producers selling to foreign buyers
should be allowed to combine to protect
themselves and bring as much money as
possible into the country in exchange for
their products. The American manu
facturer should be encouraged to compete
against foreign producers and should be
allowed to combine to meet the combina
tion which he always finds in the foreign
buying class."
James E. Bennett of New York, repre
senting small manufacturers of printing
presses, books and paper, discussed the
price-fixing bill. He said that printing
presses were sold in active competition,
which resulted in the making of prices
which were different on practically every
article sold. The committee assured him
that the bill was designed to prevent just
such conditions.
Control of Copper Output.
Mr. Ryan proposed to amend the bill
defining restraints of trade to exclude
"business done for export exclusively."
The Amalgamated, he said, controlled
about 25 per cent of the country's out
put of copper; 40 per cent of the output
was controlled by four or five other
large companies. Competition, he said,
was "fierce."
Mr. Ryan declared if the bill pro
hibiting interlocking directorates were
possed in its present form it wi
the directorates of corporations with
dummy directors."
Danger in O. K.'d Securities.
Frederick Strauss, a New York banker,
and a member of President Taft's rail
road securities commission, told the
House committee today that railroad
stock and bond regulation by the in
terstate commerce commission would be
a highly dangerous interference with the
normal course of finance.
"Any attempt by the commission to
pronounce a given investment desirable
would be dangerous because it would
lead the investor to hold the govern
ment responsible for the failure of his
venturo to earn the expected dividend,"
said he.
Cornelius Ford Is Better.
The condition of Cornelius Ford, the
public printer, who is at the Georgetown
University Hospital suffering from a
slight, attack of typhoid fever, wajs said
this afternoon to be greatly improved.
MRS. HARRIET MANNING.
decided upon early today after the ac
cused man had been questioned off and
on since late Saturday, including all of
yesterday. Statements made by two
women and a young man who were ateo
broyght to police headquarters influenced
the police to make the charge of murder
against Manning. One of these witnesses
was Mrs. Garrabrants. The identity of
the other two witnesses was kept a se
cret by the police.
Girl Tries to Exonerate Manning.
Miss Herdman in her dying statement
attempted to exonerate Manning, but
Chiet Long s. ."s that evidence had been
obtained tending to show that he was an
accessory and that ho took Miss Merd
man in his automobile to Newark be
fore the murder was committed.
Manning made no effort to escape. Sat
urday morning he drove with Miss Herd
man to Newark and viewed the body of
his wife in a morgue. After Miss Herd
man had taken poison he carried her in
his machine from Bloomtield to the hos
pital in Montclair, and later drove with
the girl's mother an dsister to the hos
pital. whero he was taken into custody
by Chief Long.
F
! Held as Accessory to the Kill
ing of Wife by Hazel
Herdman.
MISS HAZEL HERDMAN.
1 NEWARK. N. J., February 9.?The fate
of Charles I. Manning, for the love of
whom Hazel Herdman shot and killed
his wife and then killed herself, may de
pend upon the contents of the letter
which she wrote to Manning before she
took the poison Saturday.
While published extracts of the girl's
letter which Manning turned over to the
police in no way implicate him. the po
lice intimated today that it contained
certain references which warranted them
in holding him as a possible accessory
both before and after the crime. They
refused to make public the full text of
the missive. Funeral services were held
today over the bodies of the two victims
of the love drama, of the actors of which
he alone remains.
Arranges for Wife's Funeral.
From his cell Manning made the ar
rangements for the funreal of his wife.
Arthur J. Herdman. the Pompton turn
pike innkeeper, claimed the body of his
daughter and arranged for its burial.
Early today the polic#* detained Mrs.
Sadie S. Garrabrants. sister of Manning,
with whom he has lived since his sepa
ration from his wife, and she is bein?;
held as a material witness in the case.
The charge of murder against Manning,
the police gave out in a statement, was
ORDERED TO WEST PIDIT.
Capt. M. F. Smith Succeeds Kaj.
Sladen &? Commandant of Cadets.
On the recommendation of MaJ. Oca.
Wood, chief of staff of the army. Sec
retary Garrison has ordered Capt- Morton
F. Smith of the 20tli United States In
fantry, at El Paso. Tex., to proceed to
West Point, N Y.. for duty as com
mandant of cadets at the Military Acad
emy. While holding that detail he will
have the rank and pay of a lieutenant
colonel of the line.
He Is from Colorado, and was graduated
from the Military Academy In June,
1S95. He has been attached to the 3l>th
Infantry- Finer January, 1690. and has
held the rank of captain since February,
1901.
As commandant of cadets, he succeed;;
Maj. Fred W. S.aden of the 15th Infantry,
i who has been ordered to duty with h!s
\ regiment at Tientsin, China.
ARRESTED AS A FUGITIVE.
_ \
Stranger Accused of Theft of $30 at
Danville, Va.
Charged with being a fugitive from
Justice, a man who gave his name
as Nichols Scras, was arrested today
by Policeman Mansfield of the tirst
precinct.
Gus Dortiris. who said he conducts
a candy store at Danville. Va. pointed
out Scras to the policeman and de
clared that he had stolen ISO from
him. He said he followed the man to
Washington and located him on tb?
.street. The man denies the charge
He will be taken to the Virginia city.
Goethals Suspends John Burke.
PANAMA. February 9.?Col. George W.
Goethals. chairman of the Panama cana!
commission, today suspended John Burke,
manager of the commissary department