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? -' an ffime Last Edition Fair Tonight and Wednesday. NUMBER 7061. Yesterday's Circulation, 53,599 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1911. Eighteen Pages PRICE ONE CENT. ' , r fflteltetowt CONGRESS IS ASKED TO PROBE ARRESTS IN DYNAMITE CASES Berger Introduces Resolution and Doubje- Barreled Investigation May Follow If "Third Degree" Charges Are Pressed. GOMPERS AND SPENCER LEAVE CITY ON SOME SECRET MISSION WAR IN SENATE IS RENEWED AT MEETINCTODAY ST IN Two of the Alleged Dynamiters of the Los Angeles Times DFPOSTOFFICE Til W Republican Factions Clash Afresh Over Committee Appointments. FIRST DIFFERENCE OVER LA FOLLETTE j Marked Diversity Between Assign ment Lists of Gallinger and Insurgents. The row between the warring fac tions among the Senate Republicans goes merrily on. When the Commit tee on Committees met again in the office of Senator Gallinger today the dove of peace, as usual, was some where else. Senator Gallinger presented the list of assignments to committees which he was authorized to prepare ns chairman of the committee. The insurgents also presented their nom inations. Between the two there was marked difference, and these differences have not been adjusted. One of the first differences that nrose was over Senator La Follette. La Follette Case. The Insurgents wanted LaFolIette to have places on the Finance Committee and on Interstate Commerce. The regu lars were willing to concede lilm places on Finance and on Appropriations. This has not been adjusted, but as the regulars are in control, they ran do as they see fit. If they choc-e to adopt that jKjlIcy. Senator Bourne was nominated by the insurgents for the chairmanship of Postoffices and for a place on Appro priations. The regulars were willing to concede him the Postofncc! chairman ehlp, but not .i place on Appropriations The insurgents nominated Senator C ummins for a place on the Finance Committee, hut the regulars were un titling, as! they have been for tsevcra.1 riajs, to allow two progressives on inance Thej were willing to concede ummins .1 place on Foreign Relations. Others Develop. These differences and some others as to such important committees as Judici ary and Privileges and Elections de i eloped Feeling between the two factions la fctlll bitter, and the possibilities of a light on the floor are not by any means removed. After the morning sossion, the committee adjourned until 2.M. In the Interim, the icguljrs had a con ference to consider the insurgent list of nominations, and the insurgents had a conference by themselves to consider the regular list. It was declared today bv leading in surgent Senators that the ke to the whole fight was the control of the Finance Committee, which the regulars are fearful of surrendering because of the tariff situation and the aggrs-Ke course on tauff of the House Demo crats. Gallinger Balks. In the meeting of the committee last Saturday It developed that Senator Gal linger delivered an ultimatum to the ef fect that If ho could not make up a tentative list or the designation", ns chairman of thai committee, he would balk entirely :ntl rttuse to act as chair man Senator Heburn of Idaho, Clark of Wyoming, and Gallingi r ot New Hamp ehi're will be put on the Finance Com mittee according to the plan of the legulais All are ultra-tandpatter. Sena'or Sr. itli i,T II Mg.in will bo given the chairmanship of Territories, and Senator S?uthrland of I'tah. the olnirmanslilp of l'wb'l- B illdings and Grounds Senator Heburn will remain chairman of M muf v t ires, and will be glen a placo on Appropriations Senator Brown of Nebraska, one of the progressives, wanted to be chair man of Territories, but will not get the place Fowler to Take Place Occupied By Kenyon James A. Fowler, of Tennessee, now one of the assistant attornevs general, mill succeed Senator Kenon ofe Iowa ns assistant to the AUornev General In charge of anti-trust prosecutions. This (has not been oftlcinlH announced at the Kvhlte House, but it is expected at any time. , , . ... Mr Fowler has been associated with Kbc Department of Justice for a num ber of vears. Before he came to "Wash Jngton "he was a prominent Tennessee attorney and ran for governor against former Senator Fra7ler. of that State Die will take up all the anti-trust prose cutions where they "were Wt oft bv Judge Kemon He will first proceed in the Beef trust cases The decision to le-ate Mr Fowler will give him the opportunltv to lgure In the biggest Gov ernment litigation of the Taft Adminis tration. Both the President and Attor ney General Yv'Ickersham believe that Ithe Tcnnessean will measure up to tho opportunities. r WEATHER REPORT. FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT Fair tonight and Wednesday, light portherly winds, becoming variable. TEMPERATURES. S a. m. 9 a.m. 10 a. m. 11 a. in. ES 12 noon 65 58 m 62 1 p. m 66 2 p. m 65 Today High tide. 5:00 a. m. and 5-27 Ji m.: low tide. 11:3S a. m. and 115S p. m. Tomorrow High tide, 6:19 a. m. and p.19 p. m.: low tide. 12:27 a. m. SUN TABLE, feun rises 6:10 I Sun sets 6:8 Democrats Decide to Report Favorably the Saunders Resolution. CHARGE POLITICAL MACHINE EXISTS Probers Want to Look Into the Partisan Activities of Postmasters. The determination to investigate the alleged "political machine" built up through appointments of post masters, is behind the action of the House Committee on Expenditures in the Postofflce Department, which to day decided to order a favorable re port upon the Saunders resolution demanding an Investigation of the work of various postmasters through out the country. The House committee, beginning an Investigation of the Postofflce De partment in general, will now Inquire specifically into the questions, as asked in the Saunders resolution: Are postmasters devoting their full time to the discharge of official du ties? Promoting the Party. How many postmasters named by Postmaster General Hitchcock are us ing their positions to promote the In terests of the Republican party? What percentage of postmasters are chairmen of political clubs, and how many of them are campaign stump speakers? Is It true that at many offices the men holding the title of postmaster seldom come around, leaving the work to sub ordinates? Why does the Postofllce Department discontinue and remove postofnces with out consulting the Interests or tho com munities served? The resolution recently Introduced l Representative Saunders recites thr.t theie is a need of an investigation of all these questions. Mr. Saunders de clares that ho has personal knowledgs of cases where postmasters are such in name only. They are politicians, de clares the Virginia representative, and regard their ottlces as sinecures to be held only as a political aid. The guns of the Democratic House are especially turned upon the admin istration of Postmaster General Hitch cock No less than three separate in vestigations of the Postofflce Depart ment, all relating to specific blanches jf the service, are now tinder way. The expenditures in the department, the refusal of the department to permit its railway mail clerks to organize, and now the "political machine" engi neered by the Postmaster General, all ate to he subjects of a searching probe. The House Committee on Expendl tutes will make a few changes in the ph-aseologv of the Saunders resolution, but when it is formallv reported to the House tomorrow it will be sufficiently comprehensive to bring about a. full ex amination of the relation of postmas teis to politics and vice versa. Costly Oil Painting Figures In Law Suit Dispute of Mr. and Mrs. Stilson Hutch Ins over ovv nership of a $25,000 oil paint ing of Gainsborough, known as the ' Girl in Brook,' is involved In an an swer filed today in the District Supreme Court by the V. G. Fischer Art Com pany to the suit of Mrs. Hutchins dc- ii anding payment under Its sale in 1903 Denial of Mrs. Hutchins' claim to the proceeds of the sale Is made In the an swer of the Fischer company, declaring also that the statute of limitations bars her recovery. Full pavment of money received In the sale of the picture is asserted by the art company, whose attorneys say Mr. lutchins bought the piintlne In Lon don on credit In 1907 anS left it for sale in the Washington gallerj, where It was exhibited until Its sale In Nevsm ber. 1900. The purchase money was paid to Attorney It. Ross Perry for the London art Arm, It Is declared. Mrs Hutchins Is now suing the Fisch er company, alleging that the rare work of art was given to her by Mr. Hutchins and that she is entitled to the proceeds of its sale. Colorado Charges Young Hardman With Forgery Charges of forgery were added by the State of Colorado today to simi lar charges made here against young Carl C Hardman, arrested April 7, when he attempted to cash a $76,000 draft in a local bank. Captain Boaidman this morning re ceived requisition papers from Gov. John F Shofroth of Colorado The Western authorities want Hardman on charges of having forged the name of his father, F. D. Hardman, said to bo a millionaire of Marietta, Ohio. In this Jurisdiction Hardman is also charged with having passed several bad checks on hotels. Small Fire Alarms Apartment Dwellers r 11(3 ill mr . 4 uuh.a,4 4 mc uaoc ment of the Junetta Apartment House, 1424 W street, alarmed the occupama auuui u.v una luui jjiii, but did no damage. "When engine enmnnnv No. 9 reSDonded thev found the blaze to have been due to spon taneous combustion. C. & 0. Ry. Change of Schedule. The 2:00 and 6:30 p. m. trains have been discontinued. Fast train leaves Wash ington 4:00 p. m. instead. Dining car and Pullman Service to Cincinnati. Louisville, St. Louis, and Chicago. Advt. JAMES W. McNAMABA T STEP T T OF FOREST LAIS Government Agents Leave to Examine Appalachian Tracts for Sale. The Forest Service has begun Its field work looking to the purchase of lands in the Southern Appalachian White mountains under the Weeks" law, and today a number of agents left Washington to examine and re port on lands for purchaje. Clyde Leavltt left for northern Georgia to examine lands on the headwaters of the Savannah and Chattahoochee rivers. Verne lthoades went to the Black mountain region of North Carolina, where he will be assisted by W. W. Asho and D. W. Adams in his work. K. W. Woodward left for western Maryland to examine lands on the watershed of the Monongahcla and Potomac rivers, and E. D. Fisher went to the White mountains. At the offlce of the Chief Forester it was stated that offers of land are beln received at a rapid rate and that tho prices asked appear to make their pur chase practicable. The prices range from $1 to JS an acre In some cases and In other cases prices, legarded as altogether too high, havo been received. These offers have come from the own ers of the land themselves, and not from agents. It was thought the Govern ment's intention to make large pur chases of land would lead to activity on the part of land agents, but sucn has not been the case. This may be accounted for bv tho fact that when it comes to actually making the purshaBe, the Government will do business only with the actual owners. Traction Company Files Deed of Trust The Washington, Baltimore and An napolis Electric Railway Company to day filed with tho register of deeds a deed of trust upon all of Its property, the franchise rights, to secure a bond Issue of J7.5CO.000. The trust is made in favor of the Cleveland Tri'Pt Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The bonds aro In denominations of $1,000 each, at 5 per cent and mature In 1911. n CLUB IS BIG HIT Prisoners Anxious to Join Thereby Win Parole for Themselves. and v A teetotallers' Band was started today by Judge A. R. Mullowny in District tide of Police Court. It comes closely en the heels of the similar organization that Judge Pugh started In United States side Saturday. Both organiza tions are not likely to lack for mem bers among the defendants In the court who see a chance for parole by taking the pledge. Judge Mullowny sentenced a man to serve three months for drunkenness and then parolled him, making total abstinence for a year the condition of the paiole. "I wouldn't take another drink today or ever again for $50," said the man. "I'll promise anything if you'll only give me a chance. "Yes, you men are ready to make the rashest promises and statements when you get in here," said Judge Mullowny. "The trouble Is with your keeping them. Just a few heard of him taking another drink. I'll warrant he'll be back here again -within twenty days.' IRS m own PURCHASE IS ABSTAINERS (on the left) AND HIS BROTHER, IISS SHORES BODY F SPA CREEK WATERS Discovery Gives New Turn to Investigation of Anna polis Mystery. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 25. Tho body of Miss Alice Shores, who with her sis ter, Mrs. John IL White, mysteriously disappeared on the evening of April 5, was found today floating in the waters of Spa jreek. at tho Ton of Market h et. -p .poli-, oy Ii l I'imiU" . .-. The dlscovtry was mado at 11.15 a. in., and Coroner Davl" was notified, but the body wjs not taken trom the water until he arrived. Up to this hour no examination ha3 been made to ascertain 'f there were bruises on her body, as were found on the body of Mrs. White, which was dis covered on Sunday last. A coroner's Jury Is now sitting In an adjourned session, awaiting additional evidence from clues that are In posses sion of the authorities. The disappearance of the two women and the recovery of their bodies from the Spa creek, with bruises on Mrs. White's remains, and the fact that Miss Shores had, when she disappeared, a large sum of money on her person, have created profound feeling In Annapolis. Her clothes have not yet been examined for the money. Another element of horror that pervadeg the affair is that these women disap peared from a thickly settled part of tho town, near twilight, and -no one heard a bound from them. The Spa where they wei- last seen Is built up on both sides, and the creek Is but 3j yards wide at that point. Tho coroner's jury in Mis3 Shores' inquest will meet on Friday. Her remains were taken In charge by Undertaker Raymond Taylor. Miss Shores' face showed no bruises. Three detectives were on hand when the body was taken from the water. Alexandria Gazette Passes Into New Hands After a life of 112 years In the family of its founder, the Alexandria Gazette today passed into the hands of a cor poration of Alexandria citizens, and with the issue of Monday next, will be issued under the new management. Rob ert S. Barrett, now engaged in the printing business In Alexandria, and Howard V. Smith, a prominent attor ney and vice president of the Common Council, are the new owners of the I-aper. Tho Gazette was founded in 1799 by Samuel Snowden, and upon his death passed Into the hands ot his son, Edgar Snowden. The three sons of Edgar Snow den. Edgar, Jr., Harold, and Hu bert Snowden, took up the publishing of the Journal upon their father's death, and it has appeared under their names for the past forty years. The new owners of the Gazette state that the policy of the paper will, con tinue the same. New presses and other modern machinery will oo added to tho equipment of the plant. Patient Escapes From St. Elizabeth Asylum Thomas Barr, sixty years old, took a vacation from the Government Hospital for the Insane this morning, but his recreation period was of but two hours' duration. When he was arrested by the police of the Sixth Precinct, shortly after S o'clock, he said he "didn't like the asylum, and believed he is all right anyway. He was sent back to the in stitution. Canadian Shoemakers Organize Big Merger QUEBEC, April 26. The shoe fac tories of Quebec city and province, which were having difficulty meeting the competition of American com panies, have entered into a merger, with a capitalization of $20,000,000. They saw they will now bo able to resist what they consider the un reasonable demands of labor unions. IS RECOVERED ON JOHN J. McNAMARA. L WOOD TO REVIEW DRILL OF STUDENT CADETS High Army Officer and Other Notables to Watch High School Soldiers. Major Gen. Leonard H. Wood, chief of staff of the United States army, will review the annual regimental drill and review of the Washington High School Cadet Corps on the White House. El Hpso on Friday, May 6 Among the national figures of promi nence who are expected to bo on the re viewing stand with General Wood will be no less personages than President Taft and Vice President Sherman, both of whom have been invited to see what development has been reached by what is known as one of the best military organizations of high school boys in America. Both the President and Vice President, It Is said, have signified a de sire to view tho parade and regimental evolutions. Among other prominent guests will be Superintendent of Schools Alexander T. Stuart and other school officials. The Board of Education, headed by its pres ident, James V. Oyster, will attend. With General Wood will be as many members of his staff as can convenient ly attend, and various other army and navy officials. Secretary of War Dick inson has always shown a deep interest in the High School Cadet Regiment and it Is hoped he too will attend. The drill will begin at 5 o'clock, after the regiment has formed at some point, probably Sixth and Pennsylvania ave nue, or Ninth and New York avenue, and marched to the drill grounds. The United States Marine Band will lead the parade and will play during the movements on the Ellipse. As has-been usual during the past few years, there will be no sham battle. After the drill the cadets will be marched t6 the rendezvous where the eleven companies will be given Into the command of their various captains and taken to the different schools for dis bandment. Col. Burton R. Ross, mili tary instructor of the corps, will be In charge of the drill. L Subscriptions Received Sufficient to Keep Milk Depot Going. April 25, the day which a week ago was set as the limit of life for the Straus Milk Laboratory is to pass with out the closing of Its doors. Thanks to tho appeals made by the volunteer com mittee, of which Julius I. Peyser la chairman, sufficient subscriptions have been announced in the past few days to enable the plant to continue serving milk for infant feeding for at least another month. In that time It Is hoped that favorable action will have been taken upon the bill now before Congress to take over and operate the plant as governmental lnstltltlon, where may be carefully studied the vexed question of infant feeding. Not only has the Straus laboratory not closed Its doors, but infants of poor parents are in better position today than ever to get pure milk, for George M. Oyster yesterday opened two depots where modified or pasteurized milk may be obtained under the same conditions as obtain at the Straus laboratory. One of these stations Is at the George town University Hoslptal, at Thirty fifth and N streets northwest, and the other at tho Children's Hospital, on W street, betweon Twelfth and Thirteenth. B. R. Coles Upholsterer, Ph. M. 6516. -Advt. GENERA STRAUS ABORATOY TO CONTINUE MONTH A double-barreled Investigation by Congress is the latest promised development in the arrest of John J. McNamara, James W. McNamara, and Ortie McManigal, the three men now being hurried to Los Angeles to face charges of dynamiting and murder. Representative Berger, the Socialist member of the House, today introduced his resolution demanding a Federal Investigation of the methods used in removing John J. McXamara from Indianapolis, and the securing of an alleged confession from Ortie McManigal by "third degree" methods. A representative of the Senate Third Degree Committee held a long conference with Samuel Gompers yesterday afternoon, and it Is ' likely that a meeting of this committee will be called in the near future. John E. Wilkie, chief of the United States Secret Service, and Stanley Finch, head of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, today denied that their Secret Service men had at any time assisted Burns' detectives in the investigation of the dynamite outrages. President Gompers, of the Federation of Labor, and William J. Spencer, secretary of the building trades department of the Federation, left the city today on a secret mission. The McNamara brothers and Ortie McManigal passed through Den ver today on their way to Los Angeles. District Attorney Fredericks, of Los Angeles, announces that the arrested men will be prosecuted as individuals, and no attempt will be made to fasten the crime on organized labor. Berger Resolution Calls Upon Congress Fpr An Investigation Throvtl. -h resolution, which he in troduced in the House of Representa tives, this afternoon. Representative Victor Berger of Wisconsin has de manded a Federal investigation of tho treatment received by the two McNa mara? and McManigal since their arrest on charges of complicity In the wreck ing of The Times ofrtce at Los Angeles. Tho demand Is based on the claim that there has been a violation of the Con stitution of the United States, and that steps detrimental to "life, liberty, and property" have been taken "without due process of law." Berger Resolution. The Berger resolution Is follows: "Whereas, tho fourteenth amend ment to the Constitution ordaln3 that no State shall 'deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny any person within its Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, and "Whereas. It is reported In the public press that one John J. Mc Namaran heretofore residing in the city of Indianapolis, Ind.. has been deprived of Uberty and put In jeop ardy of his life without due process of law; therefore, bo It "Resolved by the House of Repre sentatives (the Senate concurring) that a committee of each house bo appointed to Investigate the arrest and extradition of the said Mc Namara, and to report its tlndlngs to the two houpes at the earliest prac ticable moment." In the Senate it Is expected that the Senate Third Degree Investigating Com mittee will probe the tactics utcd In se curing the alleged confession of Mc Manigal. Senator Brandegee's attention was called to the statement that Mc aianigal withstood a constant charge of questions for twelve hours before he broke down and told his story. A representative of the committee al ready has discussed with President Gompers the tactics used in securing the statement, and it is expected the of ficial probe of the circumstances will be started with the next meeting of the "I cannot say what steps will be taken " said Senator Brandegee, the chairman of the commission, this morn ing, "because our committee mis not met since the facts have been dis closed." Leaders Gone. Considerable Interest Is beine taken today over the activity of the Ameri can Federation ot Labor, because President Gompers and Secretary Wil liam J. Spencer of the building trades' branch of the federation, have left Washington. At Mr. Gompers' offlce it was stated he had gone to New York to fill an engagement some time ago, but no one at Mr. Spencer's offlce was prepared to say whether he had accompanied Mr. Gompers. Secretary Frank Morrison said he did not know what had called Mr. Spencer from the city, but was sure Mr. Gompers' absence was not the result of the new labor troubles. That the American Federation of La bor stands ready to send out an appeal to all its affiliated bodies as soon as assistance Is asked for McNamara has been learned here. When the big strug gle for the organization of labor along the Pacific coast reached its climax some time ago an appeal was made and $600,000 raised. It is expected that the appeal now pending will bring an equally large amount. No Official Advices. According to Secretary Morrison, the Federation has received no official ad vice of all that has happened In Indian apolis, and tho officers do not propose to make public any more of their plans until some positive Information is re ceived. When shown the first statement of Detective William J. Burns as to how he secured the evidence he expects will (Continued on Twelfth Page.) i McNamara on Fast Train Near Denver En Route to Coast City VKSVKr.. Colo.. Apr!' 25. Fleeing1 from possible legal intervention in the shape of habeas corpus writs, the eleven detectives guarding John 3. McNamara, his brother, James W., and Ortie E. McManigal today are speed ing toward Los Angeles on Santa Fe train No. 3. They t-hould reach Los Angeles on Thursday. John J McNamara was taken from Indianapolis on a. Missouri Pacific train bound for the Coast, while James W. McNamara and McManigal were started West on the Santa Fe train. They all arrived at La Junta, Colo., late last night on the same Santa Fe train. John J. McNamara had been taken from tho Missouri Pacific train at Hols ington, Kan., where an automobile was waiting. In company with detectives and armed guards, he was rushed to Great Bend, Kan., where he was placed on the Santa Fe train which bore his brother and 'McManigal. The three prisoners are kept In thtt drawing room of the Pullman, each manacled to a detective, while other detectives armed with automatic pis tols and Winchester rifles, are constant ly on guard both to prevent an escape and to r.eslst an attempt to rescue the prisoners. No one Is allowed to enter the draw ing room. When they sleep, tho prisoners are kept chained to a de tective James W. McNamara has not even been allowed to shave since his arrest In Detroit, the detectives de claring they fear an attempt at suicide. It is hardly probable tho men will bo taken into Los Angeles on tho train. It Is understood an automo bile will be watting fifty or sixty miles out, and that the prisoners will be smuggled into the city secretly. Arrest of Burns At Indianapolis Is Expected Hourly INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. April 25. Prompt and thorough Investigation of the arrest and forcible removal from the State of John J. McNamara by a , (Continued on Twelfth Page.) IN CONGRESS TODAY SENATE. The Senate adjourned Monday until Thursday. HOUSE. General debate on the free list bill was begun In the House. Representative Underwood made the opening speech In favor of the bill. The Committee on Expenditures In the Postofflce Department started to re port the Saunders resolution, asking for an Investigation of the alleged po litical machine built up by the Post offlce Department. Representative Berger introduced a res olution demanding an investigation of the arrest of and extradition of John J. McNamara, charged with dynamit ing. White House Callers. SENATORS. Brandegee, Conn. Du Font, Del. REPRESENTATIVES. Olmsted, Pa. Wilson. 111. Hanna, N. D. Clarke, Mo. OTHER CALLERa Former Representative Powers of Mas sachusetts. Delegate Cameron. Arizona, A .' .. " ,"-,!6fc.. . - b 3--.AJ1- -t. -.r .