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& otim0 Unsettled and Warmer Weather. i $ I PRICE ONE CJENT. NtTMBER 7267. Yesterday's Circulation 47,376. WASHINGTON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1911. Sixteen Pages TWEEDALE ASKS LEGISLATION FOR Writing Book on Beloved South Urges Pensions for Police and Firemen v. i ' v Wxtwughinni Last Edition JOINT BILL FOR TRAWSFERS TO BE CONSIDERED NOTED ID DOC, MUSHROOM BAR, CONEOVERNICHT in h- b It r I Citizens' Measure and One by Commissioners to Be Fused. BOARD, AT MEETING, DECLARES ITS FAVOR Perfected Plan to Be Agreed Upon Before Seeking Action in Congress. The executive commHteo of the citizens' conference on universal transfers will hold a meeting late this weok or early next week to consider the now bill for universal transfers which the District Com missioners have had drawn by Cor poration Counsel K. H. Thomas. After an exhaustive discussion of the bill approved by the citizens' conference at the hearing before the Commissioners this morning, it was determined to make a comparative study of the Commissioners' and the conference bills at an early meeting of the exeoutlve committee. A fur ther conference with the Commis sioners then will be had before a final measure Is presented to Con gress upon which all shall be agreed. Committee Members. Tho universal transfer bill, as drawn by the committee, and approved by the conference, was the subject of the hear ing:. Charles W. Darr, chairman, rep resenting; tho Chamber of Commerco; J. J. Ryan, representing Central La boruIInlontPJ V;.'Keutlng, representing me Knouo -asiana Avenue HUDuroan Citizens' Association, andW. A." Foster, representing tho Chamber of Com merce; -all members of tho committee, were present. Corporation Counsel E. H. Thomas also was present. Each member of tho committee spoke upon tho provisions of tho bill. Tho hoaxing early resolved ltsolf Into a conference betweon the CommlBsIonors and members of tho committee with a view to getting a measure that would effectively secure transfers upon the Btreet railway lines of the District. Commissioner Rudolph took occasion to declare that the Commissioners are In favor of such a measure and offered in evidence a mass of papers pertaining to their consideration of the BUbJect. Accused of Obstruction. All three commissioners took occasion to grill Alfred E. Wood, an attorney, A tilt with Mr. Wood, who spoke first, vas had with Mr. Darr, who asked whether the attorney represented any Interest or organization. Mr. Wood re plied that ho represented only himself and had appeared because he had given special study to railroad rato matters and believed the bill to bo faulty. Mr. Wood began by declaring that tho bill Is "bad In principle, and that the language used Is not adapted to se curing the end desired." Rclatlvo to this contention Mr. Wood pointed out that "In one paragraph of tho bill there Is not a thing to Indicate that the trans fers shall only be demanded by a pas aenger or one who has paid his faro." Called Ambiguous. Again, Mr. Wood asserted that the phrase "reciprocal transfers" in the bill Is ambiguous. He objected also to the 'phrase, "Issued at all times.'" "If so," said Mr. "Wood, "tho conductor would bo obliged to recollect which passengers had already paid fare and which had not, which seems llko putting an unfair burden on tho conductor.'" After these points Mr. Wood urged , that tho bill should namo specific trans fer points where transfers must be ls nued. In this connection the speaker urced that otherwise one mlcht rido round and round in a circle all day, und that because of this tho bill might be knocked out by tho courts, said the speaker. Mr. Keating followed nnd answered many of tho objections raised by the lust speaker. Mr. Keating sntd the com mittee had deemed it unfair to muke tho provisions of tho bill apply to more than two companies, so tnat a third or ii fourth company might not be com pelled to carry passengers without com. pensatlon. Answers Criticisms. Mr. Darr then further answered the criticisms of Mr. Wcod. Ho caused the Commissioners some ustonlshment by declaring that ho had asked Mr. Wood to declare whether he represented any interest or organisation because, In hln fight In tho Chamber of Commerce for Wtftuced rates for the telephone com- (Continued on Pago Eleven.) C WEATHER REPORT. nnm-fHOT irniJ THM niRTDlirn Unsettled and warmer weather; prob ably light rain tonight or Wednesday. TEMPERATURES. tt. R. BUREAU. AFFLECK'S 8 a. m 28 9 a. m 29 10 a. m o 12 noon 35 1 p. "i 2 p. m 3b 8 a. m 3i 0 ii. m..-. 33 10 u. m j5 11 a. m....". ;jy 12 noon to 1 p. m t. 2 p. in 4. TIDE TABLE. Today High tide, 2.17 a. in. and 2:31 p m.J low tldo. 9.02 a. m and 9 33 p. m. Tomorrow High tide, 3.27 a. m. and 3;K p. m.; low tide, 10.01 a. m. and 10 J7 p, in. EVS TABLE, gun rliu ;10 i Sun .eta, i.7 .W' BBBPpFt. BBBBBBBBB 3 "" s jjS. fc,' .5K BBBBBbY BBBBBBBBBBBBnfR&BBBBBBBBBttl ? Sl 'W "SjVV i iSB&HStte. mMA Trail MRS. T. P. Oil LAND FILLED LITERATURE, -. - ,,- - . - -avs - Mrs. T. P. O'Connor Is Eu logistic After Tour of South. "I think Dixie land In your country Is one of the great unworked fields of literature. I hove found there matorlal enough to fill volumes. Now I want to go off somewhere and rest and think It all over before I put tho finishing touches on my book." This was tho statomont mado today by Mrs. T. P. O'Connor, wife of Ire land's most noted representative in Parliament, who has just finished a three months' tour of tho Southland, where she made observations which she will incorporate in a book called "My Beloved South." She Is spending a few days In Washington at the home of Mrs. J. C. Pilling, 1343 Fifteenth street north west. From Washington she will go to New York, and after completing hor book and making arranements with her publUhers. she hopes to re turn home by tho latter part of this month. An Interesting sidelight of Mrs. O'Connor's tour will occur tonight when sho will visit the Belasco The ater to witness the performance of tho Irish Players whose presentation of "representative plays of the new school of Irish dramatists," has aroused a storm of protest from Gael ic societies In Washington "I have heard of these plavors at home, and their reputation there 1h for high, artistic performances, I have not heard them criticised on patriotic grounds over there," Mrs. O'Connor said. "I believe tho authors of the plays they present Intend only to picture cer aln phases of tho life of their country, and I do not think their characters aro supposed to be types of peasant life or any other social phase. "I am anxious to see the organiza tion, and I will go to tho theater. After that I will be able to form a better opinion of the company." Mrs. O'Connor's new book will follow another ono widely circulated in this country called "I, Myself." She came to Washington from Louisville, Ky where Hhe had been Invited to lecture A part of hor tlmo In the South was spent at Warm Springs, Va., where she obtained a large part of tho material for her book. HARVESTER TRUST Writ of Ouster Issued by Su preme Court First to Expel Standard Oil. JEFFERSON CITV, Mo.. Nov. 14. The Mfssourl supreme court today has l?sucd a writ of ouster, ousting the In ternational Harvester Company from doing business In the State of Missouri, und fining the corporation $50,000. It was MUsouii which first ousted the OH trust from Ihe Stnto as a combina tion in rctralui ot trade. WITH NOTED WRITER SAYS MISSOURI BANISHES O'CONNOR. R SUGGESTS H. T PLACE Y I- "-5T ii te . Maryland Senator Asks Taft to Nominate Baltimore Lawyer. Senator Rayner of Maryland has rec ommended to President Taft the ap pointment of Edgar II. Cans, member of tho .Baltimore bar, for the vacancy on tho Supremo Court caused by tho death of Justice Harlan. The Senator had a long talk with tho President late yesterday. They discussed many matters which Congress Is to take up at tho forthcoming ses sion, and particularly those questions which would come before the Senate Committee on Judiciary. Tho vacancy on tho Supreme Court was not offered to tho Senator him self, because tho President has known for some time that no Judiciary ap pointment would be uccepted by Mr. Rayner. Edgar H. Gans, said tho Senator In his talk with the President, is one of the greatest lawyers In the country Just what the President said to Senator Rayner was not disclosed, but It Is learned today that If a Democrat Is to bo named for this vacancy tho Marylander would be seriously consid ered. So far, It Is learned today, no Re publican lawyer of Maryland has ben suggested to the President for ap pointment to tho Harlan vacancy. Also it Is authoritatively learned that Mr. Gans la the only Democrat whoso namo Is before tho President. Judge McLemore, of Virginia, has been suggested to Mr. Taft for the honor. Ho Is a Democrat and Is on the State bench of Virginia. Morton Jourdan, president of the Mis souri Bar Association, today wrote the President a letter In which he urged that a lawyer from that State by given the Supreme Court vacancy. Tho Mlssourlan said In his letter that his state had never furnished a Su premo Court Justice. Ho said that there were a score of eminent lawyers who wore members of tho association who could qualify, and that all MIs sourlans hoped that ono of them would be picked lor the position. Shoots Self in Foot While Out Hunting While hunting at Burk's Station. Va, this morning, John Taylor, sixteen years old, of 300 W btreet southeast, accidentally shot nimnelf In the left foot. -Ho was brought to Washington this afternoon and taken to the Cas ualty Hospital, where tho bullet was removed. EDGAR H 0 HIGH Last Minute News Told in Brief METAL STRIKE THREATENED. ATLANTA, Oa,, Nov. 14. Six execu tive officers of the metal trades unions, here for tho American FederaUon of Labor convention, left hurriedly for Schenectady, N. Y., answering a hurry call as the result of a strike of boiler makers at the American Locomotive Works. They will attend a conference at which It will be determined whether all the metal trades shall strike, WORKMEN'S ACT UPHELD. MADISON, Wis.. Nov. 14. Tho Su preme Court has handed down a de cision upholding tho constitutionality of the workmen's compensation act I Shack Saloon Facing United States Treasury Fades Into History. SERVED PURPOSE OF SAVING ITS LICENSE Unique Sight of Capital Wreck ed When Excise Requirements Were Fulfilled. ' With all the suddenness which characterized Us springing Into ex istence a few weoks ago, the pine box hundred-dollar affair originally known as "The Red Dog Saloon," and later christened "The .Happy Thought Drink Emporium," erected at Fifteenth nnd G Btreets to evade tho District exciso lawB, has disap peared. "Boots" Repetti, tho noted Washington gourmand never mado a bushel of shucked oysters disappear as quickly as did "Tho Red Dog" last night when a dozen carpenters employed b ya wrecking company went after it. tl was a case of "now you see it and now you don't." Last Drinks. After-theater crowds sauntered Into the llttlo plank structure occupy ing a part of the site on which George Howard's million-dollar office and theater building Is to bo erected. lined themselves up before the rough board bar. and held Impromptu ses sions until tho lights went out. The management of. the "Red Dog" didn't wish to hutt any one's .feelings, ho the friends of tho "Red Dog" weren't told- they -had takcrv, their. last 'drltfK there wHSri they, departed for the night.' This morning the corner occupied by the Blddle saloon for several weeks was vacant. Where had stood tho cheap lousing structure, under the eyo of ths United States Treasury Building, and In tho very heart of Washington's finan cial district, there was nothing but a big hole In the ground. Tho wreckers did their work well. Even the most careless of souvenir hunters could find not one chip or nail by which to re' member tho famous structure. Tho Rlggs Realty Company, owners of tho building occupied by the "Red Dog,' toro it down. Tho District Commis sioners, It Is sold, agreed to do it if the company wanted them to. . The saloon came Into existence Under unusual olrcumstances. In order to conduct a retail liquor establishment on that corner, it was necessary for a saloon to be In operation on November 1, the beginning of the exciso year. The company ouu. tne ouuaing, ana J. il. Blddle. owner of the license, conductod the shop. Recently the Excise Board decided that tho letter of tho law had been lived up to, and that It would not be necessary for tho "Red Dog" to continue to order to hold Mr. Blddle's llconse. Several photographs of the structure, exterior and Interior were mado before the building was wrecked. Hope of Reprieve Comes to Beattie RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 14. Counsel for Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., convicted wlfe-murdercr, sentenced to be elec trocuted November 24, today asked Gov ernor Mann to commute his sentence to life Imprisonment. Following the con ference with tho lawyers, Governor Mann announced he would give out his decision In the matter at 11 o'clock to morrow morning. The oged, white-haired father of the condemned man accompanied the law yers to the governor's office and madu a personal appeal for his son. Ihe fact that Governor Mann post poned his dcolslon instead of giving It cut today, as he mld yesterdny he would do, Is taken as an Indlcatlou that Beattlo's petitioners made some bort of nn Impression on him. While tho nature of the petition was not given out, tho general supposition Is that it was based lursoly on certain flgned statements alleged to have been lecently made by Paul Beattie, tho pilncipal wltnens against his cousin, Henry, In which he Is alleged to havo declared that essential nans of Ins testimony at tho Beattlo trial wero false. McNAMARA FUND IS $350,000. ATLANTA, Go., Nov. 14.-The Mc Namara defense committee of the American Federation of Labor has called a meeting for Sunday, November 28. Already $250,000 has been collected for the defense. A California delegation of labor men is hero preparing to pre sent strong resolutions favoring the McNamaras. DEATH OF FORTY-NINER, WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 14. Strlcl-.-crt with paralysis, Samuel Bailey, aged elghty-throo years, one of the forty niners who settled In California, died here. MMii I t;;M?k ,iRHP?5 i " bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbK' " j(H fjh-Alfim $& V j.l.Hi4..HlsiHHiB'-' &LhJM :W-.iliHiSik ' '.($ iBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBk. I BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHIiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl mimmM ALONZO TWEEDALE. Auditor of District, Who Submits His Annual Report to Commissioners. PBIn BRINGS IT THE ESTATE OF WALSH Dr. Wainwright Demands $42,000 for Attending Mine Owner. A suit to recover M2,0fO from tho ustato of Thomas F. Walsh, millionaire mlno owner, who died In April, llu, wi filed In tho JJIftriot Supremo Court to day by Dr. Charles F. Walr.wrlght, New York physician, who claims that amount for professional eervlcrs given during the laat three months ot Mr. Walsh's life. The hill of declaration, which was filed through Attorney Henry E. Davis, seta forth thr.t fho original account was for 50.W, but that tS.OW has been paid. It Is understood Dr. Valn right gave his exclusive services to Mr. Walsh, making trips to Texus and Florida, .tnd giving up all other practice. The bill Is for services fmm January 12, 1910, to April 8, 1910. Named as defendant la the American Security and Trust Company, executor of the estate, which has been appraised at more than $5,000,000, exclusive of the extensive mine holdings and Colorado property. The company, it Is under stood, refused to pay such a large bill without court action, as was the case with the ramo executor In the estate of John E. HerrHl, a "Washington banker, Dr. Joseph J. Kaveney getting a Judgment for S27.476. Probate court records disclose the fact that there aro several other big claims against the Walsh estate, two bills being by Dr. James F. Mitchell, of Washington, for $3.6.7), and Dr. Lewellyn F. Barker, of Baltimore, fjr ?u,wo. d. c Hansen, a new xorK law- yer, claims a tee oi Hb,.', wnue neirs of T. W. and Q. II. Johnston have pre sented claims aggregating $16,033.16. Navy Yard Molders Ask for More Pay A committee representing the molders In the foundry at the Washington Navy Yard called on Assistant Secretary of tho Navy Wlnthrop this afternoon, to request that they be granted an ln creuee In wages. They wero asked to put their request ir. writing, together with what data and Information tnoy posscsFcd which would Justify their asking higher wagoa. The committee consisted of C. W. McCaf frey and A. 1 Alcorn. PRINCESS LOSES CLAIM. BRUSSELS, Nov. 14. The claim of Princes Louise, daughter of the late King Leopold, to several millions of dollars constituted In the Nelderfuell bach foundation, was dismissed by the courts. The suit which was Instituted by Princess "Louise shortly after her father's death went on trial last May, ABRUZZI TO RAID COAST. ROME, Nov. 14. It Is announced that tho Italian torpedoboat destroyer fleet, under command of tho Duke of the Abruzzl, will sail shortly for a raid along the Turkish coast in the Aegean sea. Definite information as to tho pur pose of the raid Is withheld. T A Ai MOTOR DELIVERY OF LETTERS IN CAPITAL STARTS TOMORROW .-4, Three Machines Will Take Carriers to Routes at 8 o'Clock. Automobile collection and delivery ecrvlce by the Wushlngtcn city post cfflce will be started at 8 o'clock to morrow morning. Thieo big machines, each carrying -Ight men, will start ojt for the resi dence sections. Routes have been mapped, and everything is In roadl ncss for the first delivery. For sevtral years small automobiles have been used for collection in the downtiwn district, but this will ho the first attempt In Washington at delivery and automobllo collections In the resi dence section. Three routes havo been outlined by Postn-astor Merittt and his assistants. Ihe mnchlnes will bo on these routes sixteen hours a day. The carriers will work them In two shifts. Machine No. 1 will mako Its collec tions In the Columbia Hlirht nntinn Route No. 2 will take In the territory west from tlghteenth street to Rock Creek as far north as R street; and as far south as the river, and Route No 3. will be from the west hIHp nt mrl tcenth Btreet, to tho west side of Ninth street, north to Florida avenue, and South to K street. These routes take In nearly the en tire northwest residence section. The automobiles will each make eight collec tion trips a day. Tne machines will convey tho c.arrlors to the farthest ends ui ineir routes, wnen tnoy will work in toward the qfflce. Each carrier will be on his run fifteen minutes sooner than Is at presont possible. The automobiles, ' it Is estimated, will save tho work of ten carriers, whose services will be ueea in ueuenng tne service in other sections of the city. The automobiles are being furnished by David S. Hendrlck. nf 171s it nint who contracted with the department fof ineni. -rney are or special design. TRIALlUiFP SET FOR JANUARY Postponement Is Granted on Plea of Accused Alexandrian's Attorneys. A hearing tho case of Lewis Hooff, of Alexandria, recently indicted by a special grand jury In connection with the failure of the Mercantile-Railways Building and Loan Association, sot for today, was this morning postponed un til January 22, upon motion of Hooff's attorneys, John L. Jeffries of Norfolk, and Lewis II. Machen, of Alexandria. The postponement was based on a presentment Hied by these lawyers to the effect that owlnj; to inability of ex perts now formulating a report on the affairs of the defunct concern to com plete their work, tho books had not yet becomp accesslblo to counsel for Hooff for examination, and for this reason the lawyers wero not yet ready to havo their client stand trial. In the samo court a decree was en tered In the caso of C. Harry Yohe, special receiver, against the Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Company, sus taining the demurrer to the declaration recently filed and giving leave to the plaintiff to amend the declaration. Auditor, in Report to Com missioners, Strongly Urges Action. SAYS DEPENDENTS SUFFER HARDSHIPS Also Asks for Concentration in System of Distributing Dis trict Money. Declaring that, to bis own knowl edge, great hardship Is Imposed on the widows and children of members of tho Police and Fire Departments be cause of the failure of the District to meet its obligations, -Alonzo Twee dale, Auditor, strongly urges legisla tion providing for a police and flre men's relief fund in his annual re port submitted to the Commission ers today. An earnest effort, Mr. Tweedale Bays', should bo made to obtain the passage of the bill now before Con gress providing new, sources of reve nue for the pension fund. "Attention Is especially Invited to the urgent necessity of obtaining legislation to place the police and firemen's relief funds on a fixed financial basis," says tho report. Funds Insufficient. "Durlnj. the fical year 1911, for the months of January to May, inclusive, the funds available for the payment of pensions were Insufficient The deflct- jncy In the police funuamountelf.to .o,oi.3Q, ana m .tne nremens .una, ,262, making the total deficiencies, which are still unpaid, S15.566.40. The total cash payments made io police pensioners amounted to $80,061.43, and to Are pensioners, $33,946.24, or for both purposes, $119,007.07. Including tho deflclence in the funds for tho months of January to May the total demands upon the funds during the fiscal year amounted to $134,573.97. "The Davment of police and fire pen sions depends primarily on the lines col lected in i'once court, In the fiscal year 1907, the rovenues derived from this source amounted to $107,834.46. Each succeeding year showH a decrease In collections, until In the fiscal year 1911, the Police Court fines dropped to $32, 451.44. "It is hardly possible that the pay ment of tho deficiency In police and fire pensions can be made up until other sources of revenue are authorized by Congress. "It Is a matter of knowledge to this office that there aro a number of pen sioners, including women and children, who are entirely dependent, upon pay ments made to them by tho District for their support, and a great hardship Is Imposed each month that the District falls to meet ite contractural obliga tions." Wants Change. Auditor Tweedale renews his recom mendation that legislation bo obtained so as to provide, that all appropria tions and charges on account of tho District bo included In the regular Dis trict appropriation bill, and that all District estimates be submitted by the Commissioners. It Is recommended al so that all expenditures, other than from tho appropriation for the sinking fund and debt, be mado through the disbursing officer of the District, upon vouchers previously audited and ap proved by the Auditor. At present there are fifteen dis tinct agencies, other than the dis bursing officer, expending District ap propriations. This distribution of authority, naturally results In a lack of concentration In any one office of the data required- for an intelligent nnd accurate statmlt of the costs of conducting the business of the municipality. . The total expenditures of the Dis trict government during the vear wero $12,163,620.61 as follows: Gen eral government. $605.S10.63: protec tlon of life and property. JJ."1JJ0.8: health and sanitation, $1,076,525.90: hlchwavs. $1,479,407.81; charities and corrections. $1,337,916.48: education. $3,179,123.40; recreation, parks, etc., $501,001.93: miscellaneous. Including refunds. $123,948.33; public servlco enterprises, water supply, etc.. $236. 015.02; Interest and dobt. $1.650.090.75. Richards to Plead For Review Board William P. Richards, District As sessor, Is to abvocate tho adoption of a resolution to bo Introduced by Charles W. Darr at tonight's meeting of tho Chamber of Comerce, which provides that the committee on Jaw and legisla tion shall draft 'a bill providing for a board of equalization and review, sep arate from the present Board of AB slstant Assessors. The resolution, notice of which was given at tho last meeting of the Cham ber, directs tho committee to frame tho bill so that the proposed board shall be made up of five property holders, two of whom shall be experts on land values; two experts In the building In dustry, and one expert In the value of personal property. Terms of office aro to bo four years, and membors of tho board uro not to bo eligible for reappointment. Tho board's function Is to hear appeals fjm tho assessments ot tho presont board of as sistant assessors. The R. N. Harper plan for a holding company to finance new factories nnd assist those now established In the Dis trict also will come bofore the Cham ber. She other financing proposition for projects undertaken by the Chamber as submltt-d at the last meeting of tho directors by Charles W. Darr, will b.i considered at a mooting of a special committee. r