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WEATHER.
Fair, with moderate tempera
ture tonight and Saturday; light
to moderate variable winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE TEN.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS rAVTii 1U
No. 19,637.
WASHINGTON, D. C., IHIDAY, JULY 3, 1914.?FOURTEEN PAGES.
ONE CENT.
District People to Own Street
Railways, But Not to
' Control Them.
TO INCUR HUGE DEBT
AND GAIN NO NEW POWER
Another Stab at Organic Act?Mu
nicipal Ownenhip Under Crosser
Bill Premature, Unnecessary,
and Unwise.
Editorial Correspondence of The Star.
BY THEODORE W. NOTES.
The favorable report on the Crosser
Street railway municipal ownership bill
will. It is suggested, serve two good pur
poses: (1) As a compliment to Repre
sentative Crosser" s legislative activity and
* effectiveness it will help him to a re
? nomination in his home district; and (2)
as a rod cut and trimmed for the avowed
purpose of punishing the public service
corporations It will warn these corpora
tions to be good, obedient and respectful
to the public utilities commission, lest
? for their sins of rebellion they suffer a
far more drastic penalty than the com
mission can inflict.
The District wishes well to Mr. Crosser
and In his Interest will endure with pa
tience some" juggling with its domestic
Affairs to their confusion and disad
vantage. The District also approves the
procedure of. admonishing and threatening
the public service corporations into more
hearty co-operation with the public util
ities commission.
But the favorable reporting of the Cros
? ser bill from the House District committee
accomplishes these results, and Its legis
lative advance should at this point be
abruptly halted. Not another step should
be taken in pushing the bill toward en
actment until its merits and demerits are
carefully considered.
In a nutshell the proposition of the
Crosser bill Is that the District taxpayers
?hall incur a heavy bonded debt (possibly
$80,000,000) in order to buy the local street
railways; that the United States shall
repudiate all responsibility for this debt
abrogating in respect to it the half-and
half provision of the act of 1878. and
that the District taxpayers, as the sole
owners of the roads, shall turn over their
management and control absolutely to the
? District Commissioners, officials who are
responsible to them in no respect whatso
ever, and In whose selection they have no
?oice.
Not a step should be taken in the di
rection of enacting this proposition
Into law unless and until it is directed
by the refemdBB vote of the Dlatrlct
??*Ptyer?. Since the nation repudiates I
all responsibility for this debt the na
tional legislature should repudiate and
refuse to accept the responsibility of
imposing: the debt upon somebody else,
why should Any weight Attach to the
opinions and demands in the matter of
the District Commissioners, who are
aot chosen by and- axe not responsible
to tha District taxpayers? Thorn*- who
?? ?? ke koHncd with this debt, ud
sine, should decide whether they
Wish to laeur It.
Incurring a Fifty-Million Debt.
? Should the District taxpayers wish to
shoulder the burden of such a debt In or
der to venture upon this speculation?
I. Congress has for years been de
nouncing debt and especially bonded debt
without discrimination as the essence of
evil. The District has been admonished
to shrink from debt with Instinctive re
pugnance. The District has been refused
permission to bond Itself In order that
great permanent public improvements,
wisely developing the municipality and
adding immensely to Its material pros
perity. might be hastened to completion
and to a beginning of their full useful
ness: and in order that the cost of these
improvements. In whose benellts posterity
shares. might be borne In part under a
bond issue and sinking fund arrangement
by posterity. For many years the District
earnestly urged a bond issue of ten or
twelve millions of dollars to carry out
quickly a most attractive, impressive and
benefit-promising series of projects of
public improvements?but all In vain.
This aversion to the very words "debt"
and "bond Issue" was instilled into the
community by some of the Commlsslon
erB..?! th? psult as well as by Congress
until it passed the bounds of reason and
became an obsession. The bonded debt
which represented the herculean labor
o. turning Old Washington upside down
and of building up the New Washington
was less than half that now proposed to
buy some street railways, which are al
ready reasonably well run and which, lr
they misbehave, can be disciplined Into
equitable treatment of the public by th*
public utilities commission.
Another Stab at Organic Act.
2 The bankrupting debt of the seventies
?as shared by the United States gov
ernment. The proposed bonded debt for
great public improvements which Con
gress refused with abhorrence was on the
half-and-half basis of the act of 1878.
This vastly larger debt proposed by the
Crosser bV, Is thrown wholly upon the
District, dissolving, so far as it goes, the
existing financial relations between na
tion and capital, and constituting Itself
a precedent and precursor of the destruc
t n o* the half-and-half provision of the
orranli' act. We have been for
months and are still in the agonies of a
struggle to preserve the equitable and
necessary half-and-half provision of the
act of 1878. and to maintain Its past and
continuing application to all leKally au
thorised indebtedness of the District
We have with good reason fought des
perately against the efforts to relieve the
United States from liability for one-half
of the 3.ftt bonds: we have resisted the
claim that the District should refund the
whole of certain installments of interest
on :i.BT> bonds paid prior to 1878 by the
i'nlted State*. Could there be a grosser
and more Imbecile Inconsistency- than to
clamor now for a tlfty-million debt solely
on the District and in violation of the
act of ISiM? Has not the "organic act"
been, and Is It not now, subjected to suf
ficient assaults, without our volunteering
to add this one of our own accord' For
how long after the opulent District was
hearing unaided a bonded obligation of
fifty millions would the United States re
main liable for one-half of any of the
District indebtedness'" The Crosser bill
In It* present shape Is as vicious a stab
at the act of 1S7S as any which have
caused anxiety and distress in >:.e com
munity during the battle of the last few
months for a square deal Tor the Dis
trict. While defending the act of 187S
against the assaults of others we are in
vited by the Crosser bill to give it a mor
tal wound ourselves.
Is Municipal Ownership Necessary?
To Justify assent to a fiftv-million
dabt solely on the District taxpayers
In violation of the act of 1878, some
mortal danger to the community must
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
CHAMBERLAIN DIES
! OF HEART AHACK
Passing of Noted British
Statesman Is a Surprise
to Public.
HIS CRITICAL CONDITION
NOT GENERALLY KNOWN
Passing of England's Eminent Ad
vocate of Tariff Reform and
Imperialism.
JOSKPH CHAMBERLAIN.
LONDON, July 3.?Joseph Chamberlain
died here last night. The cause of death
was officially announced today as heart
failure. Although he had been gradually
sinking since Tuesday, the members of
the family had preferred that his condi
tion should not become publicly known.
The death of Mr. Chamberlain, which
removes one of the most striking figures
from British politics in the past genera
tion. came as an entire surprise, as the
condition of his health was not publicly
known to be any worse than at any time
in the past two or three y*sit.
Mrs. Chamberlain, who never left her
husband's side since he was stricken with
paralysis seven years ago, and hi* son,
Austen Chamberlain, were with Mr.
Chamberlain when death occurred at
10:30 o'clock last night at his London
residence. The event cast a gloom over
the London season, which was at Its
height.
Last Public Appearance May 6.
Mr. Chamberlain's last public appear
ance was at a garden party on the
grounds of his Birmingham home May S,
when, with his wife and son, he received
several hundred constituents. Mr. Cham
berlain was wheeled out on the lawn in
a chair, and appeared very emaciated
and feeble when he lifted his hat to
friends and neighbors In acknowledgment
of thefr salutes.
Tariff reform, which with imperial
ism was the chief policy for which Jo
seph Chamberlain was spokesman when
enforced retirement through paralysis oc
! curred, has suffered an almost complete
eclipse, his son Austen being probably
the only British statesman who advocates
it on all occasions.
Pioneer in Tariff Reform.
The Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain was
the pioneer in Great Britain of tariff re
form and the great advocate of imperial
ism. For thirty-eight years, with a brief
interregnum, he represented Birmingham
in parliament In 1906 his career of
stormy activities was ended by a stroke
of paralysis. The blow fell when he was
in the midst of a strenuous campaign for
the establishment of a protective tariff
with preference for the British colonies,
and just after his constituents had cele
brated the thirtieth anniversary' of his
first election.
Since that day the strong fighter had
been an invalid, a pathetic onlooker at
the political game, pictured always with
his loyal wife, daughter of W. C. Endl
cott of Massachusetts, who was Presi
dent Cleveland's Secretary of War, be
side him. His chief consolations were the
growing political prominence of his son.
Austen Chamberlain, and the loyalty or
his constituents. Birmingham would not
I depose her leader, although he no longer
| was able to represent her upon the floor,
of the house of commons. In each elec
j tlon he was returned to his old seat and
I appeared afterward in the house hut once,
j where, amid respectful silence, he made
this way to the speaker's desk on tte
j arm of his son to take the oath of office.
; January 5, 191.1, Mr. Chamberlain wrote
to his constituents resigning his seat and
! saying:
i "I cannot hope again to do my work
i in parliament, and I feel that our city
and the constituency need the services of
a younger man."
j While his greatest claim to fame was
I his determined and brilliant advocacy for
t years of a protective policy for Great
j Britain, the citadel of free trade, he will
[ also be remembered as the bitterest and
most forceful opponent of Gladstone in
that statesman's efforts for home rule for
Ireland: as one of *he founders of the
(Continued on Fourth I*age.)
THE DAY IN CONGRESS. J
Senate!
Met at 11 a.m.
Investigation of alleged misuse j
of official stationery in a gold mine
promotion was continued by a spe
,. cial committee.
The Senate foreign relations com
I mittee was authorized to lnvesti
; gate all transactions connected
! with the negotiation of the pro
' j posed treaty with Nicaragua.
Heoset
Met at noon.
President Wilson urged an appro
priation of 11500,000 for the relief of '
the Salem fire sufferers.
1 The conference report on the In
dian appropriation bin bearing
many amendments was brought In.
FOURTH BIDS FAIR
10 BE CLEM DAY
Official Forecast Says Mod
erate Temperature, With
Light, Variable Winds.
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
FOR BIG CELEBRATION
Independence Day Observances to
Be Held in Many Communities.
Entries of Athletes.
Residents of the District of Colum- |
bla, Maryland and Virginia will have I
pleasant weather for the celebration !
tomorrow of Independence day, ac
cording to statements made at the
weather bureau this afternoon.
The official forecast is as follows:
"Pair weather and moderate temper
ature tonight and Saturday; light to
moderate variable winds."
Excursions may be planned, or ar
rangements made for participation in
exercises or sports, therefore, with
every prospect of a clear day with sun
shine and cool breezes.
All over the city such arrangements
are being completed for Fourth of July
outings and celebrations, as well as
in nearby communities, Buch as
Hyattsville, Vienna and other neigh
borhoods. In the District there will be
celebrations at Brightwood, Petworth,
Fort Bunker Hill and other places.
Big Community Picnic.
The interest, however, of thousands of
Washlngtonians in the municipal celebra
tion of Independence day will center to
morrow afternoon in the big community
picnic, to be held in Hock Creek Park
and Zoological Park. At each of these
places band concerts are to be given
during the afternoon, the Declaration of
Independence is to be read and patriotic
addresses are to be made.
At the Zoo the United States Marine
Band, directed by Lieut. William H.
Santelmann, is to give the following pro
gram, beginning at 1 o'clock: March,
"The Liberty Bell," Sousa; overture,
"America," Totani; characteristic fan
tasia, "The Village Festival," Le Thiere;
march, "Our Glorious Banner," Santel
mann; medley, "Oftenbachiana." Godfrey;
idyl, "Spring Jubilee in the Alps." Gunge;
gems from Stephen Foster, Moses; march,
"The Stars and Stripes Forever," Sousa.
W. I. Cleveland Selected.
W. I.. Cleveland, a pupil of McKinley
Manual Training High School, has been
chosen to read the Declaration of Inde
pendence. Exercises at the ZOo are to
be in charge of E. F. Colladay. At the
Zoo and at Rock Creek Park fifteen
playground workers, assigned by E. S.
Martin, supervisor of playgrounds, will
be on hand to aid In organizing games of
all kinds for the amusement of the chil
dren.
The band concert at Pierce Mill, in
Rock Creek Park, Is to begin at 12
o'clock, the band of the 1st Regiment,
N. G. D. C., furnishing the music. At 1
o'clock a section oT the 1st Battery,
Field Artillery, N. G. D. C., is to Are the
national salute of twenty-one guns, the
firing to be on the i neadow south of
Pierce Mill. At this point the Declara
tion of Independence is to be read by
Joseph C. McGarraghty, Business High
School.
Tournament at 2:30 O'clock.
At the tournament grounds, at Bright
wood reservoir, the races and horse show,
as well as the other events of the tourna
ment, will begin at 2:30 o'clock, and the
events are to be run off promptly ac
cording to schedule. The charge to the
knights participating in the tournament'
events is to be made by Commissioner i
Oliver P. Newman, chairman of the gen- j
eral committee.
Announcement was made today that |
the transportation committee, Maurice
Splaln, chairman, has arranged for bus
service through Rock Creek Park and the
Zoo during the day.
The evening program, at the Monu
ment grounds, is to begin with a con
cert at 8 o'clock by the Engineers'
Band. A display of motion pictures is
to follow the concert, and at the close
of this feature the flreworfcs display
is to begin. This wilt probably be about
9:15 o'clock.
First Aid to Injured.
Dr. H. W. Lawson, in charge of ar
rangements for rendering first aid to
the injured or sick, will be assisted
during the dasr by Drs. Edmund Barry,
Alfred Richards, W. H. R. Brandenburg,
Charles S. White, William A. Wood
ward, C. A. Weaver, E. H. Reede. Tru
man Abbe, E. W. Titus, R. M. LeComte,
William J. French, J. Lawn Thompson,
R. A. Hooe, J. D. Rogers, Oliver C. Cox,
A. E. Pagan and other physicians and
Red Cross nurses.
Ambulances or automobiles with phy
sicians will be stationed at the Monu
ment grounds, the Zoo, Pierce's Mill
and the tournament grounds. On ac
count of the distance of the tourna
ment grounds from the city there will
be stationed there an extra number of
(Continued on Second Page.)
INDEPENDENCE DAY IN
the National capital
All day?At Rock Creek Park (Pierce's Mill) and Zoological Park, com
munity picnic, bug service through both parks having been
arranged for entire day.
7:00 A.M?At Union station, national flags to be raised on three staffs
by William' B. Cushing Camp, Sons of Veterans, aided by
Bumside Post, G. A. R.; Burnside Corps, W. R. C.. and Cush
ing Auxiliary.
9:00 A.M.?At Petworth, tennis tournament, followed by children's pa
rade, base ball game, field sports, demonstration by Boy and
Girl Scouts, concert by Forest Glen Band, basket luncheon,
patriotic exercises and fireworks, principal events being at
Libby Park, near 13agle Gate of Soldiers* Home.
9:30 A.M?At Monument Grounds, track and field athletic events of
Washington Community Celebration begin.
9:45 A.M.?Special cars carry delegations of Cushing Camp, Burnside
Post and other organizations to Vienna, Va., where there will
be flag raising.
10:00 A.M.?At Hyattsville, public celebration of all Odd Fellows' lodges
in Maryland and District begins with parade of Odd Fellows,
Maryland militia companies and Hyattsville fire department.
10 A.M?At Howard Playground, colored track and field events.
10:30 AM?At 14th and E streets, Washington, marathon race to Hyatts
ville begins, with seventy-five starters.
10:30 A.M.?At 15th and G streets northwest, members of Oldest Inhab
itants' Association leave In special cars for Brlghtwood, to be
guests of Louis P. Shoemaker at his residence, 7201 Georgia
avenue. Association will hold meeting 11 a.m. to 12 noon, to
be followed by patriotic exercises.
12 M.?At Pierce Mill, Rock Creek Park, concert by band of 1st Regi
ment, N. G. D. C.
1:00 P.M.?At the Zoo, concert by United States Marine Band, followed
by patriotic exercises.
< Playground workers will be on hand to organize games
for children )
1:00 P.M.?Slope beside Pierce Mill, Rock Creek Park, firing of national
salute, twenty-one guns, section of 1st Battery, Field Artil
lery, N. G. D. C.t followed by patriotic exercises.
(Playground workers will also be in attendance here to
organize games for children.)
1:00 P.M.?At Kensington, athletic contests begin, followed by neighbor
hood celebration, with Senator Blair Lee as orator of patriotic
exercises, and ending with fireworks at night.
2:00 P.M.?At District swimlng pools, swimming contests.
2:30 P.M.?At Brlghtwood Reservoir, horse show, races and tournament.
2:30 P.M.?At Fort Bunker Hill, 13th and Otis streets northeast, track
and field athletic events, followed by all-day celebration by
Brookland and University Heights' Citizens, with fireworks
display at night.
8:00 P.M.?At Monument Grounds, concert by United States -Engineers'
Band.
8:15 P.M?At Monument Grounds, open-air display of motion pictures.
9:15 P.M.?At Monument Grounds, public display of fireworks begins.
July 4th Edition
The regular edition of
The Star will be issued
tomorrow at 1 o'clock
and delivered at once
throughout the city.
Classified Advertise
ments for tomorrow's
Star must be in The Star
office by 10:30 a.m. to
insure insertion.
THRONGS OF MOURNERS
EXPRESS THEIR GRIEF
People Pay Tribute to Murdered
Archduke and Duchess of
Hohenberg.
VIENNA, July 3.?Crowds of mourners
today visited the chapel of the Hofburg,
where the coffins containing the bodies
of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and |
the Duchess of Hohenberg were placed
last evening. A continuous procession
marched past the catafalques.
Emperor Francis Joseph left the
suburban palace at Schoenbrunn early
today for the Hofburg. As he passed
through the streets thousands of people
cheered him.
Although the court chapel was not
opened until 8 o'clock, the crowds be
gan to assemble outs.'de before dawn,
and the line of people soon extended
for a mile bfcyond the Hofburg.
Bodies in Silver Coffins.
The bodies lay in silver coffins orna
mented with gold. That of the arch
duke was decorated with gold bands
and oak leaves, while that of the
duchess was covered with lilies. They
were on a low catafalque approached
by two steps and surrounded by tall
candlesticks, in which enormous wax
candles burned. More candles burned in
silver girandoles placed at each corner.
Lifeguards formed a guard of honor.
In front of the coffin reposed two
wreaths of small white roses on a
background of palms and large white
roses with red and white streamers
and bearing the simple inscription,
"Sofle, Max. Ernst." They were from
the archduke's children.
Numerous Floral Offerings.
Other floral offerings numbering sev
eral hundred were placed in apart
ments adjoining the chapel. Masses j
were said at all the altars of the chapel ?
from 8 o'clock in the morning until ;
noon. At 10 o'clock the court choir !
entered and sang the "Miserere." From
noon until 1 o^ilock the bells of one
of the city churches tolled.
Bomb Thrower Makes Confession.
Nedeljo Gabrinovics, who threw a bomb
at Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his
wife while they were proceeding to the
Sarajevo town hall last Sunday, yester
day made complete confession, accord
ing to dispatches received from Sarajevo.
Gabrinovics declared that after learn
ing, while at Belgrade, that Archduke i
Francis Ferdinand was going to Sarajevo
he communicated with Gavrio Prinzip,
who fired the fatal shots, with the result
that they resolved to go there and kill
the archduke, the duchess and their
suites, and die themselves for the fa
therland.
Gabrinovics found accomplices, one of
whom was a Belgrade student named
Grabes. The conspirators traveled
separately to Sarajevo, where the bombs
were divided among them in a confec
tioner's shop on the morning of the at
tempt. According to Gabrinovics Prinzip
told him he had given bombs and poison
to three other comrades whose names he
did not divulge.
Prinzip Regrets Crime.
Prinzip, who previously had denied he
had any accomplices, yesterday broke
down under examination and exclaimed:
"1 now regret my crime, for my com
rades deserted me in a shameful man
ner. They should have thrown the
bombs, but the cowardly scoundrels did
not. Consequently 1 revenge myself on
them by betraying them. Leave me
atone until tomorrow and I will give .more
details."
Grabes has been arrested and admits
having received bombs and poison.
CRIME CALLED MYSTERY.
Jury May Get Case of M. Gilford,
Jr., Accused of Murder, Tonight.
ALBANY, N. Y.. July 3.?The fate of
Malcolm Gifford, jr., of Hudson, on trial
for the murder of Prank J. Clute, will
probably rest with the Jury tonight. Wil
liam Travers Jerome summed up the de
fendant's case this morning and Dis
trict Attorney Alexander was to present
his final argument during the afternoon.
"An impenetrable mystery," was the
way Mr. Jerome characterized the entire
case.
"The man or men who set out to get
Clute," he continued, "got him and never
gave him a show for his life. Can you
honestly attribute this atrocious crime to
a youth barely turned seventeen years
old when Clute died?"
WILL FIGHT BUBONIC PLAGUE.
Federal Authorities to Assume Con
trol at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, July 3.?Feder.U au
thorities today planned to take charge
of the campaign here for the eradication
of bubonic plague.
Dr. Rupert Blue, surgeon general of
the United States public health and ma
rine hospice- service, will be actively in
charge and will be assisted by Dr. R. H.
Creel, assistant surgeon general: Dr. G.
Ai. Ccrput, in charge of the quarantine
station, and by a corps of experts from
Wasliington, who are expected to arrive
by the end of the week.
Formal request to the Secretary of
the Treasury that Dr. Blue assume
charge of the campaign was made yes
terday by representatives of local com
mercial and civic organizations, health
authorities and others.
RECORDS MAY BE BROKEN.
Motor Boat Men Assemble at Peoria,
HI., for Regatta.
PEORIA. 111., July 3.?Motor boat men I
assembled here for the seventh annual
regatta of the Mississippi Power Boat
Association expect to see records
broken this afternoon. Five of the
fastest boats in the country are entered
in the time trials opening today's pro
gram. Baby Speed Demon, entered by
E. C. Smith of Algonac, Mich., has done
twenty-seven miles in twenty-seven min*
utes, and is expected to maintain a
speed of fifty-live miles an hour. If
she meets expectations she will be
matched against Disturber IV for the
championship of the United States.
Other entries in the trial entries
events are: Tilly Hawk VI, Canton,
Ohio; America, Chicago; Spot, New York
city, and the Warren Grout, Chicago. ,
On today's program are the second j
heats of three classes.
Schurz Statue to Be Unveiled.
OSHKOSII. Wis., July 3.?The statue
of Carl Schurz, presented to the city of
Oshkosh by Col. John Hicks, will be un
veiled tomorrow afternoon on the lake
shore. Gov. McGovern will deliver an ad
dress. The statue is of heroic size and
is a replica of one set up last year on
Riverside drive, New York city.
Mine Workers to End Meeting.
KANSAS CITY. July 3.?The Interna
tional executive board of the United Mine
Workers of America which convened here
yesterday panned to conclude Its meet- ?
ing tonight. Members of the board said j
they could not discuss the proceedings I
until after their report had been sub-1
mitted to the mine workers. I
Will Not Take Oath as Jurist
Until Congressional
Duties End.
LAUDED BY LAWMAKERS
AND VASE IS PRESENTED
Tributes Paid by Members of tbe
House Interstate Commerce
Committee.
Following the presentation to Repre
sentative J. Harry Covington of a large
silver-mounted rose vase by his asso
ciates of the Interstate and foreign com
merce committee of the House today, t e
Chief Justice elect announced that he
would not take his place upon the bench
of the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia until h< had completed his du
ties In the House. This means that he
will not resign to the Speaker or to the
governor of the state of Maryland until
the conference report on the interstate
trade commission bill is agreed upon In
boiii houses of Congress. It may be a
month before Mr. Covington takes the
oath of oiiice as Chief Justice.
The House feels the need of Repre
sentative Covington's presence as chair
man of the House conference committee
on the bill of which he was the author
and for which he fought a good fight
in the House in the face of a strong
attack from a considerable proportion
of the membership which urged amend
ments in vital places in the bill.
Necessity of Bemaining.
Inasmuch as the conference between
the Senate and House Is expected to
be a difficult affair. Mr. Covington and
his associates said today that It would
be ruinous to the success of one of the
President's favored measures to have
the author of it out of Congress during
the conferences.
The presentation today was irani.
as a surprise. Mr. Cowi?i?U>n had been
asked to attend a regular committee
meeting and on arriving he found the
members sitting about as if in discus
sion Of a bill, but Chainnan Adamson
ended that supposition by giving the
vase to Mr. Covington and calling upon
the members present tor speeches
Every member present congratulated
1 f p s e nta t i ve & "e s c h of Wisconsin
said he regretted to lose the assoc
tion of his long-time friend, but that
! he felt the President has u>
draw upon Congress for the best men
! for the Judiciary. Representative Sims
of Tennessee said he had {"pped that
Mr Covington would arrive in the Sen
ate. He congratulated the District upon
the appointment.
Tribute tp W*?airness.
"We who have known him." said Rep
resentative Sims, "can well believe that
no special interest will be served in his
court. The humblest litigant with rights
may come before him with the full as
surance that he will receive Justice. I
know of no man I would rather trust
my case before than J. Harry Coving
t0Representative Covington thanked his
friends and assured them that he felt
his coming service on the District
'bench would be all the better be
cause of his service In the House.
Representative Adamson, chairman of
the committee, in the course of a highly
complimentary speech, said:
"The ministry is a high calling, but
there are fewer black sheep among
the Judges. People who talk of cor
rupt bench are foolish. They will find
fewer Jeffreys in their study of the
history of the bench than they wiU find
black sheep among the apostles who
profess to serve the Lord."
Lawyers Are Disappointed.
More than 100 lawyers, misled by pub
lished reports that the induction into
office of the new chief Justice was sched
uled for this morning, suspended business
at their offices and left clients waiting to
be present at the supposed-to-bc cere
mony. As early as 0:45,o'clock the gen
eral term courtroom, where it was an
nounced the ceremony would take place,
began to take on the appearance of the
scene of an Important rial. Lawyer fol
lowed lawyer to the room. ea*er to
secure places of vantage from which to
view the ceremony.
Vain Wait Continued.
Ten o'clock, the hour mentioned, came
and passed. Fifteen minutes later Jus
tice Gould, happening to be at the court
house closing up some matters, walked
down the corridor, which by this time
was lined with attorneys who had not
obtained seats in the courtroom. The
justice was besieged with inquiries as to
the whereabouts of the new chief Justice
Justice Gould was forced to admit that
he had no information from Mr. Lov
ington. and that the only news he had
of the supposed event was that on which
the lawvers nad relied.
Justice Anderson took his place on the
Criminal Court bench and disposed of a
number of arraignments. Still the law
yers. crowding the general term room,
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Calderon Thinks Rebel Leader
Will Never Treat With
Huerta.
CONSTITUTIONALIST JUNTA
HERE SEEMS DIVIDED
American Mediation Delegates
Back in Capital, Are Con
gratulated by President.
Carransa will never send delegates
to treat with emissaries of Huerta re
warding the settlement of the ft err.
ernment of Mexico. This Is the opin
ion of Fernando Iglesiss Calderon. llb
m J^a.der and frle"<l of Carranza.
Mr. Calderon, who came to Washing
ton ostensibly to act as one of Car
ranza's delegates if he authorised con
ference with representatives of Huerta
regarding the Internal affairs of Mexl
tionlt?" """'he friends of the revolu
Huerrn .1* Mexico do not recognise
iiuerta as having any rights in the
government. He says they regard him
merely as a military dictator and that
surrender for h,m Hr<> absolute
oohflrms the opinion
that has become general in official
circles that there were differ* nces of
opinion among the constitutionalist
agents in Washington, and tr.at the
telegraphic conference endeavoring to
nhl.f iHt . ,re|>'y fl"?m :hl> flrBt
> ?re to.settle this disagreement.
^aM be.cau!e the agents here
. bellev?d Carransa was
.hi a I? afcede to this proposition of
the A. B. C. mediators.
Two Secret Conferences.
Two secret conferences were held to
day by the constitutionalist leaders here,
who announced later that there would
be no statement from them today.
Constitutionalist agents In Washington
hoped today to get some Idea from Car
ransa as to the attitude the northern
leaders would take toward the proposi
tion of a conference with Huerta's dele
gates. Luis Cabrera and Rafael Zuburan
clung to conviction that the peace parleys
would take place.
Justice Lamar and Frederick W.
Lehmann. the American delegates to the
conferences at Niagara Palls, returned to
Washington today and reported in per
son to the President and Secretary
Bryan.
Resident Wilson greeted the American
delegates warmly.
"I'm proud of the way you represented
the Lnlted States." said he.
The conference was brief and an en
gagement was made for a longer one
later. As the delegates were leaving the
member*? of thje cabinet were arriving.
All the secretaries congratulated Justics
I4WW fvnd Mr. Lehmann.
Will Stay in Wasliing'ton.
While the Niagara conference Is in
recess, awaiting: Carranza's canvass of
his generals, under the plan of Guade
loupe, as to sending delegates to treat
with Huerta's emissaries, th<i American
delegates will remain in Washington:
the three South American mediators also
will return here shortly and keep in touch
with the situatioiu awaiting the next
move. '
Minister Naon Is expected tomorrow
morning, and it is understood that he has
made an appointment with the represent
atives here of Gen. Carranza.
Assured that he is to be raised to the
full rank of consul, John R Silliman. a
college classmate of the President and
former vice consul at Saltillo. left Wash
ington today for Mexico as President
Wilson's personal envoy to attempt to
induce, the constitutionalist leaders to
mediate their differences with Huerta and
to bring about harmony between Car
ranza and Villa.
Mr. Silliman is to go to Saltillo. whers
Gen. Carranza has set up his temporary
headquarters. Only a few weeks ago Mr.
Silliman was imprisoned for three weeks
in Saltillo by the federal forces in Mex
ico, and the consulate safe rilled, the
government code book and other valuable
government documents seized. It was
stated on good authority that the vice
consul had even been backed up aralnst
a wall about to be shot. When Vies
Consul Silliman reached Washington he
wrote out a long report of the indignities
he had suffered for the State Depart
ment. Secretary Bryan refused to let it
become public and admonished Mr. Silll
man to keep silent.
Has Been Intermediary.
Since the arrival in Washington of Al
fredo Breceda. private secretary of Gen.
Carranza, Mr. Silliman has been in close
conference with him and has acted as an
intermediary- between him and the Wash
ington government
Mr. Silliman had a final conference with
the President- While he would not dis
"UB8 his mission to Mexico, it was sug
gested by officials that the President ex
pects him to be influential in continuing
the work begun at Niagara Falls.
While Carranza is canvassing his gen
erals on meeting the Huerta delegates
Mr. Silliman is expected to tell the con
stitutionalists of the importance attached
j to that proposal by the Washington ad
ministration. The President has Issued
an executive order authorizing the ap
pointment of Mr. Silliman as a consul, and
the nomination will be sent to the Senate
when the Mexican difficulty Is solved.
Gen. \ ilia telegraphed from Torreon
today to one of his agents here that
Gen. Antonio Villa Real and Francisco
Santoscoy, members of the commission
appointed to compose differences be
tween himself and Gen. Carranza. ha<i
arrived at his headquarters and begun
conferences. Villa added that the out
look was satisfactory.
Word anxiously was awaited in Wash
ington concerning attempts to heal the
breach between Villa and Carranza.
While reports from Torreon stated that
Carranza was not represented at the
first parleys over the dispute, it was
said that the officers who discussed the
situation with Villa hoped to compose
differences between the two leaders.
Reassuring reports were received today
from the Panuco oil district above Tam
pico. where disturbances had been feared.
Consul Miller, who went from Tamplco
to Investigate, said the garrison of con
stitutionalist soldiers was sufficient to
preserve order.
Situation at Cannanea.
Consular Agent Bowman at Nogales,
Ariz., reported to the State Department
on conditions at Cannanea. He said
George KIngdon, superintendent of the
mining company at Cannanea, attempted
to leave there yesterday, but was pre
vented by the striking miners. Because
of the dissension between the strikers
and tne company's officials, KIngdon was
given police protection.
No reference was made by Bowman of
any danger to Consular Agent Montagus.
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