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MIGHT .P A RTS
INCLUDING
Star's Sunday Magazine
\ml ("olorc^l Comic Section
*
SUBSCRIBER'S COPY
WEATHER.
Fair and warmer today.
Monday fair: moderate south
. . r'ORT ON PACE THREE.
MORNING. MARCH 1i>. 11)14*
FIVE CENTS.
Says Associations With Mem
bership of 3.000.000 Will
Defend Capital.
ARE STANDING READY
TO DO ALL IN POWER
Macfarland Announces Pages of Of
ficial Organs Will Probably
Be Opened.
. , . ?;,,!< that tcon
relationship between the Pin
triri and the federal k?v-rmnent will
ho c arried to influential in all |
parts of the Inited Stales. Simon
Washington ri preventative of Hire sreat(
organizations with a total membership,
or approximate!. X.tno..m? persons, last
n.ght anmun-.-l ins heart, support of I
the Objects of the committee of l-?> and |
expressed Ills desire that the literature;
of the committee be sent to members of,
his organizations. j
The organizations represents! here -? ,
Mr. Waif ar. the National Herman |
\merican Alliance, with headquarters in,
Philadelphia; the Order of U na: B rith. ;
with headquarters in Chicago, and the,
t'nion of American Hebrew ' 'on'-Teea- I
lions with headqarters in Cincinnati. Mr. ,
Wolf is himself a member of the com-j
mitt..- of 1-m ar. 1 belie, es that tin pre. ,
... ! financial relationship hetw-en the
;,?d th ? ireneral government j
should be maintained.
\ppeals for assistance in *iis-trir>Mtsn^ j
about Washington art now
? a.le .ill national organizations with i
art. IS ir. Washin-tmi. and are
iccting with ? i ? at success. A1 ter this
;ist has i.een raavass. d the other
. t organizations witli h? a1'-1 niarters
wii.i. a i ?? to be approached. Mr.
Wolfs organizations fall within tins s?;e
or.ri class at.'l t "in-ret'i -re his active in
?:>-st has bc?-a ? .-p? -cially gra: ifying to
other meinl <-rs of th< committee of U*>.
All Believe in Great Capital.
Mr. Wolf said last night that his three |
o; ionizations hclieve iti building up a ,
c-at National Capital at Washington,
a id stand ready to do anything within :
their power to forward that object. -Vl,_
t?*mpts to belittle the National Capital .
r-.'ifl hinder its progress, he adder!, receive;
no sympathy from the membership of the'
organ izat ions He has been intimately
connected with all three associations for j
mat . v ears. . <
\ti important channel thr~M gh wha h
nmittei K*> apects to distributeI
!r:f.-i:nati??t! co-icfniing Washington to all
Parts ?r the country was disclosed last;
n g!it '?> Henry B P. Macfarlar d, chair-j
r- ? fX- cutive ??<.nunitt*when lo I
:t ..oun.-ed that h. is confident that the:
nagrs <if th" official organs o'* several
n <?ioral organizations will be opened to
Ti e ??ommittee. j
Ti.e>;.- organs, he pointed out. reach ,
'i:\nv influential oeople, ami by getting,
facts about the restrict in then a great;
sfid?- forward in the enlightenment of
the < ountry will be made. K Torts will be
made t-> hav. these organs print the lit-;
#raf.re of the committee, or at least to
make a sum:r.?r> of the facPb nesented !
t" them in that way. j
Satisfactory Pi ogress M ?de.
M Macfarland expressed satisfaction
Uith the t.r?K: <-ss h.-lroc made by the com- '
m!tt?-e. and said that as soon as the tirst i
lot "f copies '?t the report of the execnti\e
e??mti!it*-c is off th- presses tomorrow!
means will hav.- been found for distribut
ing I hem. The Anieia an <'ivi<- Associa
? on is to order and distribute ?ts own
r>p;??> ..f publicatii?ns. and it i- hoped
? hat Other organizations will do likewise.
| j i' com mitt- e has Iitt:e j
ioney at its disposal.
V.- ar-* H> ttiag in toi.cn v it I? na- *
organization hav.ng I,. r i? ?? s
i. ;u?t as rapidly as w- <. v. j
. ' t:n i? <! "and the resp as? r- ? ? ?v
\ vt, far arc most gratifying. It is v. ? y
via... that all thinking p?o:i.- -land
st.r,y-. i ;;. K o' the District n- soon as ?
. , . ,? fads, and w? ai:.: to > -i
th- tacts to all parts of the conn
?v. through every avenue we can pos
Mi-.y US".
"iiiir ?\{'cri? ncf 1-" far is teaching us.
:> at hardl\ ne-1 to make i>r--'im-n:
or Ih. I'istri.'-t The information ready
,r hand is so convin' inu and so eon.-tu
? Th:-t all we lie.d to .lo is to eircu- j
r. it atld Mill will done.'
Must Not Slow Down.
\; .Macfarland -leered any tendency!
. slow down in the campaign for justice |
'or the 1 rtatrict simply because the Sen
.t. eliminated the cWectionaW- features
? Ihe <-.irr-nt I'lstrlct appropriation bill I
lr tt l.\ the House, lit- pointed I
.. .t that the ticht is rot nearly wen. and i
.?t other measures just as important
prndine
"Tt i. a jr'eat mistitke to sit ha''k at
r stape of the strucple and express
^.it!*fa<tioii because th- Senat- acted
* ^irlv toward the district i its trea.
of the appropriation bill, he con-,
-..f curs-. " ar. a!', more than,
T^a. the Senat.. did what it did.
. tu'ist B? on tlKl .."S I
.?articular eflolK are to be mad.- to
t, .. sl th< I .auphters of the \meri.-anj
Involution in th. Iliov. mc-t ?? lasticej
I'.,. iMstrnt, and Mr Ma. far and Is |
.. ..... M-S William <?<iTin.ii.Ks Mory. the,
, , .-slile. t rni -.a' T.les.laj . ? hen s;.. j
to Washlnttcn. lie. ai se o. tl.el
' ? i afire of th. I. A. I... the f.? t
t;,at it l.as its maKniticelit home tr ie. ,
, .i ? .-?,<?! at:.??! of its iiiemners i?r.
name of Washington, it s expect.-.I
?o j-.iti tl.e movement read.lj'.
Many Cousistent Orsanizations.
It iM.lnte.i out av members of the
.one. "> ti .t t KiuBh the various na
tionai ?? -a' /.aiion^ with b.-adouarters|
fis.-wt'.'i ?? a v. ' compara-1
iv, \ cms', to, i ?-a.-b infl'i-M-t .al people in !
a'' pa'ts .?! the I'nited States. Many of;
the organise.".'ions, including the American1
, lV;,. ,\s^o:-i;-1 ;? n. <ncl'id? many <-onstitu
ent organizations, .and their members are
fartioilarb interested in questions of a
, and patriot;- nature
Mr. Maefurlan'. as en;, i-man of the
? \.-c- i;vc comniittee, is en-op-rating in
I!,. worli with In. Han. * w Wiley.
I j .. . la. i i ma n of the whole committee of
j 'o and with all Ih<- oth-r members. l'I>
tile present time the res .uses from
^,e i|,. ? ibers in doll.c "i t. ..sKed of th. :n
t. ft: vcrj s.t faetorj. Mr Mac
f". ,-ri ,d >? st' r'!av.
^Ttie board of -ove-nors of th. Retail
#le-chants' -Vssociati.-n rn. t last week
3 ,, registered Its emphatic indoraenient
? the stand of the committee of 1<?>. Ar
,I Iteinents have alr.a.1% been made by
e excoiit.v. cotr.mlttcs of tl:. Hoard of
:u,,i the Chamber .t fonimeree.
a,, uo-mbers of ti'- ' "ti;1: *i I.. I t-f
, ol the. I nif -I States to appeal
. I,.,, powcrfi:! b...l> to lend us as>
sibtajico in the movement.
COMMITS SUICIDE !
IN CELL AIM!
David N. Oliver Hangs Hirn-i
self With Noose Made of
Towel and Necktie.
FELLOW-PRISONER NOT
AWAKENED BY HIS ACT
Stonecutter Was Awaiting Trial on j
Charge ol Attempting to As
phyxiate His Two Sons.
David X Oliver. a stonecutter, who!
was awaiting trial in the District jail
for attempting to asphyxiate his two sons,
committed suicide last night by hanging
himself in his cell. He made a noose
of a towel and a necktie and his lifeless
I'ody was found shortly after 11 o'clock
by James S. Walters, a guard.
That Oliver had planned the deed with
much forethought is conceded by the
guards at the jail. lie waited until his
> Mlmate, Neal H. : lark, a former New
> orker. had gone to sleep before he
made ihe attempt, and so noiseless was
his actions that none of the other
prisoners in adjacent c> Us heard him.
Shortly betore 11 o'clock the guard on
his tour of inspection saw Oliver in
his cell. The guard had occasion to
pass the cell again shortly after 11
<>c!ock and discovered the body dangling
tr? :ti the grating in the lavatory to onV I
side of the cell. He cut it down and '
summoned a physician. but life was pro- !
nounced extinct.
Was Regarded as Paranoiac. j
At the jail it was stated that Oliver j
recently had shown signs of restless- :
ness. Coroner Xevitt. who reached the!
jail shortly after midnight, was told by j
officials that the prisoner was regard- j
ed as a paranoiac, although no move j
had been made looking to his transfer j
to the Government Hospital for the Jti- i
sane. He would soon have been put on '
trial for assault with intent to kill his!
children, it whs stated, and his mental
condition eould then be passed upon, i
-Will II. Stark, who was Oliver's t-ell- 1
mate, is awaitiiiK a trial on a charge of
false ' I' [f-ns. s He was arrested on com
plaint of Stephen J. Coster, treasurer of
a Washington theater, and charged with!
having passed a worthless check. lie was'
arrested in New York and brought here'
by a United States marshal.
Said Wife Deserted Him.
David Oliver was in jail because he j
had tried to asphyxiate himself and his j
two boys February 4 at the home of W11-!
:iam 1-indgren. U1J> 1st street northwest. !
He had been our of work, and he claimed j
his wife had deserted him. Altogether, j
his attempt was one growing out of com-j
plete despondency. The two boys. Howl !
trd and Norman, eight and six years old,
uvre unconscious when found early it* ?
the morning of February 4. and by their'
side was the father' also unconscious. !
Oliver was placed under arrest by
Policeman Saunders of the sixth precinct 1
station, who said that Oliver had ad- i
mi ted trying to kill himself and the boys j
with gas. ^ !i. also said that his wife, j
who was Til lie Weichman of Portsmouth, i
Ohio, had returned to her parents and I
had refused to live with him.
Henry D. Pfeil Attempts
Suicide in Police Cell
Hei.iv D Pfeil. sixty years old. last'
night attempted suicide in a cell in the
first precinct police station by hanging
himself to the grating. Pfeil, who oc- j
cupied the cell nearest the door leading!
from the cell room to the corridor, was |
utianie to carry out his intention, as it ;
was easy for him to be seen by persons j
passing through the corridor.
The prisoner probably had he.-n hanging!
only a few seconds before Policeman I. H. i
Ward discovered him and took him down. 1
Pfeil had made a noose of his suspenders. ?
hut the drop was so short that his neck j
was not even disfigured, and a physician !
from Emergency Hospital found it un- j
necessary to prescribe for him.
Pleil is the third prisoner who has j
tried t<- hang himself in the first precinct
during the rast ?ive weeks. The first one
? ! tile trio made a success of his effort,
but neither Pfeil nor the other was much
affected by his experience.
"I am glad for .ay wife's sake that I
didn't succeed." Pfeil told the police after
he had bet n rescued, "but if it fTere not
'?.r her I would like to put myself out
of the way."
Cannot Let Drink Alone.
The prisoner explained that he was in
Police Court only last Tuesday for (frunk
en ness.
"Judge Mullowny gave me as good a
talking to as any man ever got in eourt,"
Pfeil stated, "and instead of 'making
good* I went in a saloon on D street and
filled up with whisky."
Policeman Downs yesterday arrested
Pfeil for intoxication. The prisoner says
iie does not understand why he cannot
refrain from the use or liquor.
"Judge Mullowny's advice," he said,
"was enough to make any ordinary man
let liquor alone, and why I can't let it
alone ! am unable to understand."
I'nless collateral for his appearance is
deposited with the police the prisoner
will remain in custody until tomorrow
morning, when he will be taken to Police
I'.Hirt. He resides at ll'17 E street
northwest.
FEEDER FOR THE NAVY.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Thus
Refers to Power Boat Squadron.
p.< >STmN\ March 14.?"The govern
ment is looking upon the new 1'nited
States power boat squadron as one of
the ultimate component parts of the
navy reserve." Franklin D. Roosevelt,
assistant secretary of the navy, said
tonight at the annual meeting of the
Hoston Yacht Club.
Mr. Roosevelt had argued for a big
ger navy and referred to the need of
1,'M'O more officers and 30.000 additional
men. He said the power boat squad
ron recently organized among the
: aeht clubs of the Atlantic coast was
expected to prove a feeder for the
navy in time of war and to serve as
an auxiliary to it eventually.
Abandoned Naval Tug Sighted.
CURLING, N. F.. March 14.?The
i 1'nited States naval tug Potomac.
' abandoned six weeks ago in tlie ice
| does near itonne bay, was sighted to
: night off Pearson's lake, fifty miles
j farther up the cost. The Potomac was
drifting northward toward the Straits
of iielle Isle.
Prof. Johnson Gives That Fig
ure for First Ten Years of
Panama Canal.
SAYS TAXPAYERS OF U. S.
WOULD FOOT THE BILL
Taft's Traffic Commissioner Speaks
at Dinner in New York
With Garrison.
YKW YORK, March 14.?Tin exenip
tion of coastwise shipping using: the
Panama canal from the payment of tolls
would mean a loss for the first ton years
of said Prof. Emory R. John
son of the University of Pennsylvania
tonight, at the twenty-sixth annual din
ner of the University of Pennsylvania
men of New York. This loss, he said,
would have to he borne by the taxpayers
of the United States.
Prof. Johnson was appointed special
United States commissioner of Panama
traffic tolls by former President Taft
and served as such in HUl-K*.
Other speakers at the dinner were
Uindley M. Garrison. Secretary of War;
1 >r. Koswell C. McCrea. dean of the j
Towne Scientific School: James M. Heck,
former assistant attorney general of the
United States: Dr. Arthur H. Quinn, dean j
of the college department of the Univer- s
s'.ty of Pennsylvania: Dr. Edgar F
Smith, provost of the university, and
Dr. Ho hart A. Hare of Philadelphia.
William A. Reddings was toastmaster.
The Revenues Needed.
"To enable the canal to carry itself j
commercially without becoming a burden ,
upon the taxpayers of the country," said
Prof. Johnson in his address, "it will be
necessary to secure revenues of about
per annum. This total is made
up of for annual maintenance
and operation; $."*?>.?**> for zone sanita- 1
tion and government: $2."o.OO(> payable as
an annuity to the republic of Panama.
Sll.'jr??uxK> to cover the interest, at per
cent. on the invested in the
canal, and SM.T.VMXM) to provide a sinking
fund of 1 p? r cent to return to the ;
Treasury the cost of the canal during j
the next lifty years. I
"This revenue must be secured mainly
from the tolls collected from the ves- ,
sels that use the canal. If all vessels J
paid tolls, the revenue of the canal at j
the end of ten years would cover the an- i
nual outlay for operating expenses and ;
charges upon capital. ll the owners ot
American ships engaged in the coastwise ;
trade are excused from the payment ot ;
tolls the revenues will not sulfite to j
make the canal self-supporting * * * ,
To exempt coastwise ships from the pay
ment of tolls means a decrease of at
least n revenue during the |
first ten years, ana means the addition of j
that amount to the burdens to be carried :
by the taxpayers of the country.
Businees Principles Needed.
"The adherence of sound business prin- \
ciples in the management of the anal is |
dictated by business prudence. The ad- .
herence of the principle of neutrality in i
the management of the canai :s a larger ;
question involving our relations t<> for-,
eign countries. From liSJM* to August
??4 1MJ. the United States adhered strict
ly and wisely to the doctrine of neu
trality in the use of an isthmian canal
bv ali nations on terms of equality. There j
can be nq doubt that it was the inten
tion of those who negotiated the Hay- ?
Pauncefote treaty to piedge the l.nited
States to the continued adherence to the j
principle of equal use of the Panama ,
canal bv the citizens and subjects of n 11 i
nations. ? * " The United States is ob
ligated by everv consideration of national i
honor to observe the spirit as well as |
the letter of the Ha>-Pauncefote treaty. ;
<ecretarv Garrison's speech was con- j
fined maitilv to a short description of the
Department of War and its man> spheres ,
of activity. Particular attention was
given the < 1 vi 1 administration of til" Phil- |
ippine islands.
\ high tribute was paid the army by
Secretary Carrison. lie believed that the'
Pararna canal could not have been built
without the army engineers, nor could
the Canal Zone have e.-n rendered hab
itable without the aid ot the army s
medical officers.
Towns on Sea of Azov. Russia. Are
Inundated by Huge
Tidal Wave.
KKATIXODAR. Russia. March 1-t.
Over 1 .<>? ? persons perished today in the j
inundation of the towns of Stanltza and
Achtyrskaja by a tidal wave front the
Sea of Azov. The wave struck the towns
during a violent hurricane, which swept
the province of Kuban.
Over ir?o persons also were drowned in
floods in Yasenkaja.
A dam collapsed in the town of Tem
ryuk, situated on the Taman peninsula,
ninety-eight miles northwest of this city,
flooding the greater part of the city and
drowning many persons.
The sea washed away :iM> buildings in
Achtvrskaja- . ,
Keniryuk is a historic town, with a pop
ulation of 1 ?i,<K*?. It once was the seat of;
the Turkish fortress Adass. I
The towns of Stanitza. Achtyrskaja and
Yasenaja do not ap.iear on any available
maps, and probab y are small places j
bordering on the Sea of Azov. ;
The province of I\uban, In ^hich the
stricken towns are located. Is in south- j
ern Russia and has coast lines on both |
the Black sea and the Sea of Azov. Tht" j
population of the province aggregates
about I'.OOO.W persons, of whom two
fifths are Cossacks. The country is ex
tremely fertile and extensively used in
the culture of grain. Cattle breeding also
is conducted on a large scab-.
DORR'S FATE IN BALANCE.
Parole Board Divided as to Sanity
of Doomed Man.
BOSTON. March 14.?The state parole
board, to which was referred the petition
of William A. Dorr of Stockton, Cal.,
murderer of George E. Marsh, for com
mutation of the death sentence, is even
ly divided on the question of recommend
ing the appointment of a lunacy commis
sion to examine the condemned man.
Friends of Dorr claim that his diary,
which figured in the trial, show him to
have been mentally defective at the time
of the murder. The board will meet again
I j&onday in the hope of reaching some
i agreement then. Unless the council in
| lervenes Dorr will die in the week begin
i aiDS Alarcb 22. . _
II" SKNATOR WILLIAMS WKKtSi WASUINGTUNS ARCHITECT.
TAFT SAYS HE CANNOT
HEAD ANY UNIVERSITY
Takes Stand in Declining Presi
dency of Delaware
College.
Special 10 Tli#* Slav.
WILMINGTON Del.. Marrli ! \ For- J
mer President William II. Tnft wiil !
not accept th<_* presidency of any uni- ?
versit\ or college. The ;'oriner chief !
executive himself made this known in 1
a letter that he has just sent to Dr. |
George W. Marshall of Milford, Del.,
president pro tempore of the Delaware
stale senate, declining a tentative prof
fer to become president of Delaware
College. Newark. Del., at ;i salary of
$5,000 a year. Dr. Marshall is a mem
ber of the board of trustees of the col
lege.
He and the former Preside tit are ;
friends, personally and politically. in j
reply to Mr. Marshall's letter, Mr. Tuft,
under date of New Haven, says:
"I am quite content with my position :
in New Haven, and 1 could not ac
cept the presidency of any university'
or college for two reasons?lirst, be
cause 1 :im not fitted f??r it, arid, sec
ond. because I have other work in
winch I believe 1 can do more good."
The correspondence between iIm for
mer President and tlie Delaware Col
lege official became public today. _\
fortnight following a me. ting here .
of the public archives commission of;
tiiis state. Dr. Marshall and Judge ,
Henry <'. Conrad of the Delaware su
preme court talked informally on the i
matter of :i new president for Dela- ;
ware College. Both are members of the
archives body. The name of Mr. Taft
came up it was than agreed that Dr.
Marshall, because of his personal ac- .
quaintance with the former chief ex
ecutive. should write him asking it'
he would entertain a call to the presi
dency of the Delaware institution.
Could Have 810,000 a Year.
The vacancy in the presidency of Dela- j
ware College is due to the recent resig
nation of Dr. George A. Darter, who had
been at the head of the institution for |
seventeen years. He will hereafter con- ;
line himself to teaching at the college, j
When It became known that the posi
tion had been tentatively offered to Mr.
Taft, interest in tire college increased
generally. The prospective salary of
per annum will be the interest on
an endowment fund of $lo?.unjo which the
alumni are now engaged in raising, it
was declared today that if there were
any prospect of securing Mr. Taft as
president the salary could easily be mad*'
ifin.ooo a year. Former Gov. Preston l.ea.
a millionaire, is chairman of the board of
trustees.
Whether any further effort will be I
made to induce Mr. Taft to come to Dela- i
ware will not be known until the trustees J
of the college meet. If the step be taken,
however, one of tlie requirements would
be unanimous action on the part of the
trustees and possibly, the sending of a
delegation of prominent Delawareans to
the former President personally, to -offer j
him the ofllce. j
GETS FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE.
J. L. Elliott Convicted in England
of Flagrant Breaches of Law.
LEWES, England, March 14.?A sen
tence of live years' penal servitude was
pronounced at the assizes today on John
Love Elliott of New York. He was ;
found guilty by the Jury of flagrant I
breaches of the law, the nature of which I
was such that the public and the press j
were excluded from the courtroom dur- !
ing the trial, which lasted s'x days.
The public prosecutor caused the ar- 1
rest of Elliott November L'l last on in- i
formation sworn to by Elliott's neigh
bors. who declared their affidavits were
: made on statements by the prisoner's
I two daughters, Florence and Dorise, with
1 whom he resided for several months at
I East Grinstead, Sussex.
When sentence was pronounced Elliott, 1
I who had shown remarkable calmness
| throughout the trial, was completely
overcome and he would have fallen in
the dock had not two wardens stepped
forward and supported him. The jury
?was out two Uo.urs, . 1
DOROTHY ARNOLD
So the Los Angelesi Examiner An
nounces in Story Published
Today.
!-"-S A.WELKS, Miffnli 14.?A
woman Who has b*?j living- here tor
!,!or? 'han two years ijswler the name of
Mia Kvans, declared l?*<lay that she was
really Dorothy Arnold:, who disappeared
f-.om Xi'W "York in December, 11H0. ac
cording to .? stoi\ \^j|ch fht- K.vamirur
* iii publish tomorrow.;
mm IN TENNESSEE
IS ASKED BY[ PRESIDENT
1
Appeals to Democrats to Accommo
date Differences for Sake
of Party.
Ah appeal for parti ! Hal mom among
democrats of Tenaijmsee was issued
I resident Wife II lasf ?iBht aft..r a
? ?.nle.enee with Senator Siiields and
democratic National <*<ji!imiltecman Hull
?>! Tennessee and Rerjvscntalivc Liore
mus. chairman of thf democratic con
gressional campaign committee. Senator
l.ea of Tennessee was to have been pres
ent. but was out of thit city. The Presi
dent feels that his atttfude toward party
affairs in Tennessee h4fs been misunder
stood entirely in so{ne quarters 101
reasons in- does not o?ftderstana.
I lie authorized slat??hent issued from
Hie White House hays;.*
"My judgment is vijfy clear and de
cided that it is the dSity of all demo
? rats in Tennessee to Jiccommodate any
.inferences they may fiavt had In the
I ast and stand solidly; together lor the
naK" ,if the prestige aiid success of the
party throughout the nation. The nation
n now accepting the services of the party
as of the highest 1 telle.k to il. and every
democrat should consider it part of his
duij and privilege to Contribute to the
hearty teamwork whtijh has in recent
months made the party fco effective in the
ration. ?
"As I see the situation, the causes
^ hicl1 divided the partj in Tennessee no
longer exist. The is.sifi-s which caused
l he division have bejjn settled. The
Ihougiit of every democ?iit should now he
bent very earnestly towards means of
union and co-operation,and common na
tional service. I do no: see how, other
wise. the democrats of'the state can pull
with tile democrats of'the nation, or the
country be enabled to JijJge what Tennes
see thinks of the present administration
at Washington." :
5
Reason for the Statement.
The President's statajnent was called
?ut by the fact than' some Tennessee
democrats, including 8 Jiator Shields, be
lieved the recent prohibition law enacted
in that state makes the fusion of Inde
pendent democrats and Republicans which
t wice elected Gov. Hitoper, republican,
no longer necessary, 'ffee prohibition Is
sue served to divide tl?f party, and it Is
understood that some democrats believe
even more drastic iaws.*ehould be insisted
upon by supporting Gtiv. Hooper for a
tnird term.
The President sides viflh those who be
! lieve the issue to hav^rbeen closed with
j passage of the present law. j
PARTNERSHIPS $fOT TAXED.
1 Individual Incomes 4hily Subject to
Impost, Is New Ruling;.
| Commissioner of Internal Revenue Os
j born has notified collators of customs
| that partnerships are subject to the
| income tax, but are refitiired to file cer
| tificates of ownership K|f bonds, etc., to
j .revent withholding tbtjr income at the
[ source. .1
| Individual incomes frrjii partnerships, !t
y>aa explained are auJaj;i;t to tl^e ta*t
? I;,
I Si
AN APPEAL TO PEOPLE;
I Asks New York State Citizens to
I j
Aid in Ending Case
Against Him.
' CONCORD. X. II., March 34 - Harry Iv.
Thaw has addressed to the people of the
slate of New York, in whose name is be
j iiiu conducted the contest to return the
: slayer of Stanford White to the Mattea
: wan Asylum for the Criminal Insane, an
j appeal to end the case against him. A
! statement of the case was telegraphed
j today by Thaw to newspapers and press
i associations calling attention to resolu
' tions which have been introduced in the j
j New York assembly by John B. Golden,
j demanding that the prosecution be termi
i nated.
Reviewing Ins two trials Thaw set forth"
tat of the twenty-six men confined with
I him in ihe Tombs in P,h?? charged with
! homicide, twenty-three are free today
i and other men have escaped from Mattea
: .van withou: being pursued. The state
1 ment. concludes as follows:
"1 do not ask lor sympathy, but only
, .justice, which should be the inherent
' right of every man. For the deed com- ?
initted 1 asK no benevolence. It was '
done in a moment when sorrow wreckedi
: my home, and when 1 was forced to
realize that the happiness of a lifetime, I
?which .itter marriage should have been
? mine, was taken from me. The deed
was committed; my family, those near
| and dear to me, publicly exposed to the j
I closest scrutiny; my mother plunged into,
grief, and myself into a living death, j
the tortures of which 1 do not wish to i
i relate. j
Could Make Mother Happy.
i am now a man. my youth passed; I
my resources impaired. My parents' i
; charities have been extensive; I myself i
have assisted many in need. The future J
.tolds for me an opportunity to bring '
some peace and happiness to my aged 1
mother, who in these eight years has .
I known none and who has spent her declin- I
ing years in untold sorrow.
My adversary now seeks to place me
in Matteawan?a living hell?to there
j spend the rest of my life, to never again
take my place in my mother's home in
her remaining years, and in respectful
< onfldenoe 1 now appeal to the citizens of
? New York, in the power of their sover
! eignty. to stop the prosecution, and
1 therefore ask that all people who be
- heve that I have suffered years of pun
ishment commensurate with my deed
; write the representatives of their own
1 district at Albany before Wednesday to
j support and vote for these resolutions."
NOT HUSBAND'S MUBDEBEB.
I Mrs. Van Keuren Thirteenth Woman
Freed by Chicago Jury.
CHICAGO, March 14.?Mrs. Louise Van
(Keuren, who has been on trial for shoot
ing and killing her husband. John B. Van
Keuren, last June, was found not guilty
ct murder todpy. Mrs. Van Keuren's de
fense was that she mistook him for a
| burglar.
I Van Keuren was a hardware dealer on j
the South Side. The prosecution intro- j
I duced evidence that Mrs. Van Keuren ?
' had been receiving the attentions ofj
I George Penrose, a jeweler, whose place1
j of business was near that of Van Keuren.
i Penrose was a co-defendant with Mrs.
j Van Heuren. The judge took his case
from the jury and ordered him dis
! charged.
Mrs. Van Keuren is the thirteenth wom
an freed here in three years after trial
of charges of killing men. Only one con
viction, that of Mrs. Lindloff, an alleged
wholesale poisoner, was obtained in that
time. .
Van Keuren and his wife had been sep
arated for several, months previous to the
killing. Van Keuren was shot down as
he attempted to break into the flat his
wife was occupying, lie had come to
the place with a private detective, who
had trailed Penrose to the flat.
The jury was out less than an hour
took but om? ballot,
Representative C. B. Smith
Flays Present System of
Governing Capital.
JOINT CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE ADVOCATED
Lawmaker Proposes That Three,
Local Eesidents Co-Operate in
Framing New City Charter.
?
??Washington cannot he a national city
a5 long as men in the Senate and Hons-*
are using the appropriations for the Dis
trict of Columbia as a means of making
a reputation at home for enforcing eeon- j
omy in government." So says P.epre- j
sentative C. P. Smith of Buffalo. ? ? " i
wiio has prepared a resolution, which
will go to the rules committee some day
this week, for the purpose of establish
ing a Joint committee of Senate and
House members, together with three
residents of the District, to so thorough
ly into District affairs and ultimately to
report out the framework of a proposed
'''Ker^resentaViv?f* Smith, after a few
months in Congress, said vest'
it was perfectly clear to him that^as lo
as the District of Columbia depends on
? District committees" in > , '
legislation liiere would be small result..
For Half-and-Half Plan.
The scheme he proposes would leave
to a commission the power of nearly all
legislation for the District, would leave ,
to the appropriations committee the
power to make up expenditures. Mr.
Smith also proposes to leave intact the
half-and-half plan. The
which he believes would be inlin.tt.ij b< i ,
ter than a District committee should bat
appointed by the President and ?..uM .
he composed of three senators three
representatives and three residents of tile
District of Columbia. ......
The Smith resolution t.ik? * a T P
farther than does the l * ,h..
t ion the George resolution ot u>
l'routy resolution, but combines some
of the features of all of them.
Things to Be Accomplished.
It would ask for an investigation into
the present fiscal relations, would mv
residents of the District plenty of op
portunity to tell Congress exactly what
thev believe to he needful here, and
would eventually- take away from Con
gress the burden of legislatliiB for th
District?without taking iff
right of making appropriations. mi.
Smith intimates that Congress should
not be made a city council.
In speaking of his plan yesterday be
""The Johnson-Prouty plan of putting
an end to the half-and-half system of
taxation has one redeeming quality , U
has called attention to the absolute
failure of the present system of go*
prninc the District of Columbia, fetii
dents of municipal government hav
been successfully advocating a ?
tralized plan for the admliiiHtration i'f
cities. The city of V ashington is in til
position of having Congress as a sub
stitute for a board 01 aldermen. I he
people, however, lack 'bepow.r f
every other city in the country t,. elect,
defeat or recall this Improvised com
mon council.
No Chance to End Evils.
"Ill other words, the citizens of Wash
ington have the evils of a common coun
cil without even the right or authority to
remedv these evils. But this is only one
of the reasons for putting an end to
the present method-of administering the
affairs of the District. The present < on
gress Is congested with legislation. Hun
dreds of hills entitled to consideiation
cannot receive it because the liiUs can
not be reached. And yet we must list 11
to debates in Congress on the const!in
tion of side and cross walks in the
District. A surprisingly small percen age
of the members of Congress an- fa.iuliar
with the property interests. . haraiter 01
taxable property or the ordinary needs
this municipality, i-urthei than that the
members of congressional committees
who deal with the District while en
deavoring to he fair in their dealing with
Washington cannot possibly be In sym
pathy with local sentiment o. lamiliai
with conditions in various sections of the |
city. . i
District Matters Annoy.
?We have now 4:15 members of the
Hou=e The duties and responsibilities
of the representatives are Increasing con
stantly and the variety and importance
of legislative questions are daily becom
ing extended. Members of the House
cannot possible educate themselves in the
intricate detail of the District Kovern
inent. They do not, as a matter of fa*t.
l ike much interest in District affairs. I. is
trict legislation is an annoyance to them
a = hindrance to work that they de
she to do and should do for the country
aS"Theh(<iuestion may he asked. How is
Distric t to b?' governed1 wdl in
tSSSU
uhre6thee members ih'e^mini^on to
h-isic charter law to be enacted b> on
gress. We have been able to Koverr
wJ^l'^ve"
ei nor of ole Canal Zone. Ther, is no
ri-flson whv the people of ine i niuo.
Stltes should pay the enormous expense
of maintaining a Congress to experiment |
in rity government at the expense of .
Washington taxpayers. ,
?It is true that they pay lull one-half |
of the expense of governing the District
but it is also lrue that the only, power,
they have is the right of petition.
Is a National City.
I might add that I regard Washington ?
a. a national city. The. half-and-half
plan appears to be entirely just both to ;
the national government and to the people
of the District. It cannot he a national
city as long as men in the House and !
Senate are using the appropriations for
f^nt strict of Columbia as a means ol
making a reputation at home for entorc
ng economy in government
"We have spent too little money to
heautifv Washington, and this short
EhThted and niggardly procedure will con
t as long as the present system of
administering District affairs shall pre-j
vail."
Germany Aerographs South Africa.
^ Germany, March 14.?Com
muni cat ion was held today between the
station here and one at Wind
hoek rat" Colony. South Africa. The
messes that passed were distinct.
Brother of Slain Man Arrested.
nniKOKE, Va.. March 14?As a
. . . the killing of Killil Bousli
Sf ^>erPr^ fCt'
Senator Pina and Manuel
Bonilla Charged With
Conspiracy.
HIS MINISTER OF WAR
TO COMMAND ARTILLERY
City of Monolova Is Taken and
Rebels Sack the Place
After Victorv.
1 N< m ; \ i.i;s. Sonora. M<x-. ... Ma: 14 ?
j Senator Alberto Pina and Manuel Jionill.t..
j secretary of fomento in the cabinet of
the late President Madero. were arrested
here late today eharped with conspir:i? y
against Gen. <"arranza, leader of th? con
stitutionalists.
Rumors that arrests of other prominent
men would follow were current tonipht.
Angeles to Command Artillery.
1-Mj PASO. Tex.. Mareh 14. iToupled
with the arrival here today of Gen.
Felipe Angeles. secretary of war in the
i <'arraiua cabinet. were persistent
rumors that <?en. Villa would leave
<*hihuahua next Monday night for the
south, and that the attack on Torreou
ini^iii he e\j?ected t.? begin soon after.
Angeles is one of the most e\pe i
artillervnieii in Mexico, and was es
pecially reiju* ? ted bj freii. Villa t-. for
sake his political and administrative
duties l??ng enough to command the hi*
gun arm of the service in the impend
ing attack on the federal stronghold
at Torrenn.
That Oen. Villa purposes an early
move received additional credence here
when it became known that George ?'
; Carrot he-s. special agent for the Stat"
Department, said he ? x| ect?d to leave
for Ghihuahua in a -lay or two. <"ar
rothers is an old friend of the rebel
ireneral ami his particular, though un
i ctfir-ial. duty is ?<? look to i he interests
of foreigners ?iuj-ing tic campaign in
; those places w iiere there a>e no regu
I lar consuls.
Villa's Strategic Plans.
There are many sto* ies afloat as to
Gen. Villa's strategic and tactical plans,
but ii is said none of these has the
official sanction of that commander.
Those familiar with his methods, how
ever. say that he will not begin the
actual attack until every detail of
preparation. from the ammunition
trains to the water supply, has been
inspected personally, and until he has
thoroughly surveyed the positions of
his troops and the ground over which
j they must, light.
l^RKDO. Tex.. Marc'; 11. -Two de
mands from Gov. Golqu'tt. submitted by
Adit. Gen. Mulchings of the Texas Na
tional Guard, to Gen. Alvarez. ? ommander
of the Mexican federal garrison at Nueva
j Karedo. for the return of horses alleged
to have been stolen from Olemente V er
gara. and for the delivery of Apolonio
Rodriguez, alleged slayer o; \ergara.
h;ive been refused by the Mexiean com
ma.; 'er. a- cording to reports here tonight.
Must Use Proper Channels.
In refusing to grant the demands. Gen
Alvarez said he could not consider them
iii an otlical capacity, as the matter
should be taken through proper diplo
1 matic channels.
i "Therefore, I must refuse y?ur de
mand."' his note read, "and suggest that
I tlie state of Texas, if it has no competent
adviser, employ some p**rs< n who will ad
1 vise vou that the demand for the retur
; ..f rattle must go through proper diplo
: ma tic officials."
| ixil'GLAS. Ariz.. March 14. \ message
confirming the reported rout oJ the con
stitutionalists who recently attenipted t
| enter the Mexican territory ?.f Tepie.
I received here today by Uamonet. Mew
I i.-an federal eotirul. from the minister of
| war ind :nar;ne at Mexico 4'itv. I ?
; details were not given.
Official messages reeeiveu heir tor
'transmission to Gen. Garranza. the lea-.
I ei of the constitutions list:. -tated that
! large portions of the National Railroad of
I.Mexico between Monclova. <? oahuila and
! Monterev. Xuevo I-eon had been d?
! sitoyed by the insurgents.
Small Battle Reported.
\ battle between com-litutionalMs and
: tederals at Gloria, a small town south of
M#nclova. was re|K>ried. II "as dc
i clared that th federals were defeated.
with a loss of tl.irty killed and twenty
! six wounded. The rebel dead numlKT
only two and the wounded eleven, ao
cording to the message
,?oi. p. Klias (Miles, v. ho formerly com
manded all border garris.ns. has o.cn
given command of all garrisons in So
nora. it was announced.
MKX1GO CITY. March 14 Monelov*
station, on the international railroad b
tweet) <"iudad I'ortirio LMar and Monte
Vev V.as taken today by the rebel*. wI o
burned the railway shops ami ..Xi ^a.s
.... 1 s-.cked the town Minuter ol
'Wami'u.t minimized Hie ^^t^'tV.a"
wrought h\ <he lends and in: It-ted ti.a.
the federals had I . pulsed them when at
tacked The minister said tie assuine.i
that the rebels intended to move
Monclova toward Monterey
From the state ... ..i.uerrerovarious
rebel successes were reported today 1 he
jebels continue threatening 1 ainplco. but
hk vet cave not attacked toe city.
The gunboat Tampico. which
joined the rebels is declared by Mmist. i
0, War Wan.,net to haw gone ashore ,n
the harbor of Topolobainpo
Bankers Gain Time.
bankers in th- capital have -e.uied
from the government a week more in
which to answer the government's de
mand that they supply it with from fif
teen to eighteen million pesos a month,
but it is unofficially stated that there is
no dotfl.t as to the cnaracter of the re
ply tuey will make and that It will be it
^Knowledge that the demand will not ?
complied wi<h. it is said, has resulted in
President Huerta virtually deciding to go
into the Ii. Id at the head o! the greater
|nr; ,,f the army, leaving fvnor I ortlllo
y Rojas. foreign minister. 111 the presi
^Tccording to the story in circulation
the Other members of the cahlnet wouhi
resign and the new president would form
another government and call foi an el<.>
f'on at an early date in the hope of se
curing American recognition.
Will Consider Habeas Corpus.
PORT WORTH. Tex.. March 14.?Judge
Meek of Kalian, who was here today, said
he would consider while in Fort Worth
the application for a writ of habeas
corpus to secure the release of the Mex'
can prisoners interned at Fort Bliss, as
?n, m as it is filed. He stated, however,
he has heard nothing officially of such
proceedings as yet.
cis \NTONlO. Tex.. March 14. -Small
BOX "conditions in south Texas, due to
The influx of thousands of Mexicans who
have crossed the border to escape the
revolution, it is declared, have assumed
^"movSuon loot iu Sat, Anton,o.