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Ehelteh Wimtti WEATHER FORECAST: Showers tonight or Saturday. Full Report on Page Two. mgtwt LAST AND Home Edition KUMBER 7893. Yesterday's Circulation, 55.200 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1913. Fourteen Pages PRICE ONE CENT THE JOHNSON CUP IS ON EXHIBITION AT THE TIMES INSURANCEBILLS ffi INTRODUCED Measures Affecting District Companies Sent to Senate By Maryland Legislator. COMMISSION APPROVES IT Automobile Licenses and Prac tice of Corporation Counsel Included in Subjects. Bills approved by the District Com missioners dealing with several im portant subjects were introduced in the Senate today by Senator Smith of Maryland. Three of the bills amend the insur ance laws of the District, another 91 regulates operation of automobiles J and another enables the Corporation Counsel to conduct prosecutions in the Police Court for violation of mu nicipal ordinances or penal statutes In the nature of police regulations where the maximum punishment is fine and Imprisonment, as well as where it is a less punishment. To Regulate Companies. One of the insurance bills Is for regulation and incorporation of Insur ance companies. The Commissioners say the present lam is in many par ticulars. Inadequate. A second bill prohibits rebates of insurance pre miums as an Inducement to the insured, but would not prevent distribution of profits of mutual fire insurance comi panie. Stricter regulation .if fraternal ) Deneilt societies is pruvioea n anutiwr i bill. The automobile bill gives the Com- missioners full authority to regulate I registration and operation of motor ve- I hides and automobile traffic. All ex- istlng laws and regulations are to be epealed and the proposed law will supplant them. I The Commissioners will have power to fix license fees. Impose penalties for violation 01 regulation, ana prosecute violations. Existing licenses for motor , vehicles are to be made to expire De- . ember 21. 1913. and after that licenses , will be based on regulations of the I 'ommissioners. PROBE INTO "BANK i I AcLc Congressman Neeley Hnnsp nnmrv ntn Mr.Arlnn s J Charges. i I A demand or an investigation of the ! charge of Bcrjtar McAdoo that a' ''" "bank conspiracy la .j.-pre, lating the prn of the J ( cent Government j bonds is contained In a resolution in- i troduced in the House todaj by Con-j gressman ;eeiey, uemocrat memoer of the House Bar.kn- and Curren.-y ( ommittee. Mr. Net-ley wants both thr- Secretary of the Treasury and lm Wall Street binkers summoned i i'r. the commit ter. He expresses no doubt of the truth of Mr. McAdoo conspiracy harges. saying: '"M experience a .1 memlei uf t i,e Money trust conimitiet convinces me hat liecretarv M Ad.io was . orre. t in His statement. The currencj bill Is to be reported to the caucus Aug 1st 11, ur iciwi. u , ,. , ,,, lt, and we have ample tln,e., mh this matter t the bottom and bare the brasen consplra.-y or organised ""' jobbers to intimidate Congress Mr. Neeley vHs that if .the I'ujo p,., be had been continued, as wanted by Mi Hetirv of Texas, --we would have known tbe balance t Wall Street 8. jorjoing . crookedness bj this time, and this U0.- fno.mli slump never would nave oc curred F'l.ttins apami-t Government bonds is not file only sin of the Individuals referred to l. Heretar McAdoo." adds Mr Neeley. They traffic in every stock and bona tney can palm orr on S guMime puooc ano nae unaen,i ; the producers of the country for years." ; The Neeley resolution directs tne ; Banking and Currency Committee to start an immediate probe of the con spiracy charge. Bankers Surprised By McAdoo's Action NEW TOHK. Aug. 1. The greatest rrprise was expressed bj New York b.-nkers today at the decision of Secre tary of the Treasury M'Adoo to place from 2a.000. to K0.MMIM in the puhllc banks for the moxenient of this year's crop- The bankers heie snid Ihev did not know that the bank? of the South and West were confronted with any extra ordinary stra'n in preparation for the .rop movement Thev said reports indicated that the financial arrangements were progressing favorably, and that the banks were n (cod shape to meet the demanda. CONSPIRACY Km HIRE SON Hundreds See the Magnificent Gift For Star Pitcher in Times Window. ALL READY FOR BIG EVENT Veteran Climber to Receive Greatest Ovation , of His Career Tomorrow. The Walter Johnson Anniversary Cup. which will be presented to the great pitcher tomorrow, on the sixth anniversary of his debut as a Wash ington pitcher, was placed on ex hibition at The Washington Times at noon today. Hundreds admired it during the afternoon. Fans and fannettes will have an opportunity today and tomorrow morning to get a close range view of the largest cup ever presented to a baseball player. The huge trophy stands forty-two inches high, exclu-J sive of the base, and was delivered by R. Harris & Co., the makers, this morning. Finest of Kind. The cup is the finest of its kind. It represents the donations of something like 5,ono fans who took the opportunity offered by The Washington Times tol show their appreciation or the work of the great pitcher by sending in more than 11.100. Tomorrow the cup will be presented. It wiil be filled with money. .Commissi oner OUver P Nnrman wHI n&d an auspicious rnormnt for the eupi prratnmuun loiwrruw. ine Dig Dionae pitcher will get the trophy and money given by the fans and it Is expected1 that he will receive the greatest ovation j ever tendered a baseball player, Now it Is up to the fans to get out for the presentation ceremonies. First get a look at the Walter Johnson cup today. Drop In and get one of Boss Booster Bill Hoover's Booster buttons! (the hat bands are all gone) and enroll yourself as an original booster and then prav with all your might and main for a fair day ' Putono s Band To Play. In behalf of the Washington Baseball I Club. Harry Rapley announced that l Pistorlo's Band will be on hand to I i u.ake all kinds of lively music during i the game. From the start of practice ' . until the last inning the band will be aiding the Climbers and Walter Johnson . to defeat the Tigers. Boss Boostf-r Bill Hoover promises to I have all of his boosters out at the ball I yard tomorrow and armed with gongs and other noise makers will contribute their full eharr of boosting, rooting and noise making. A section of the stand t nas ben reserved for the tBoosters. I Me ! ' be meantime n sorts of nice things are being said of W gs are being said of Walter John- I son. Ja"into del Calvo, the Cubar util- j I Ity outfielder, a team mate of Walter J Johnson and one of Ins greatest ad- ; mirers. sends In a check for S3 to be placed lo the i relit of Walter Johnson , as a ,-harP ,n th" donations. ."" Z- .?TlIf C5 l'to ff' close herewith a checK for $3.00 for the johrson's '"up Fund;. one dollar Is In behalf of my uncle and the other two j in the name of my two cousins. Yours I vpr.y tn''- Jacinto del Calvo.- Argues Own Case Against Phone Service D. K. Ster-han. who fileii formal com- plainl with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Chesapeake and I'ot'imac Telephone Company to enmpel h !tt?r t0 f"ish himself and other ,tldOT,t Montgomery county Md.. , "T 1 ....jvuh., un 1 leveland exchange at reawnahle ar)pf.ared ,, hiF own counsel to- d ,n a",irf fllPd witl th (-mmie. Mf, , F,)p.,rt hi- . ontentions. ,Ie dw.lrlrf,d ,nat ttu. interests of the , iplainants were with Washington, an1 lha, th, v wanted direct service with the city. He declared that they Hrf. physically and geographically , ;.,Se. to the Cleveland exchange than ther residents of the county who had connection with this exchange and criticised the company's system of fix ing boundaries. Mr Su-phaii and those complaining with him object to seryice through the Kethesda exchange, a toll call to and iroin hmmniihiiih ne aiBo cruicisen the methods of the company In deter- mining mileage 01 noes upon wnicn 10 fix charges Mexican Situation Changes Freight Rule Because of the unsettled conditions in I Mexico, the Interstate Commerce Com- j mission today announced ruling that ra'lroads crossing the border, wh'ch were unable to deliver consignments ;o ! Mexico, might publish tariffs of reason- j able charges to return goods to ship pers or to hold them The commission also announced a rul ine with -espect to the interchange of pusses Tor railroad officials and em-pi-. es In contiguous foreign .-ountrles The ruling thai employes of the Pan ama railroad were Government employ. -H . as amend, d to read the Panama rail road had not complied w'th the provis ions of the art to regulate commerce In such a wsy as to make its officers and employes entitled to free transporti- Suffragist LPiil II ' .. ---"-. I W9 - j 11 .XN I Wri VJ-Ls35Lm Ln fe ?tW 'HH LLPVtsV 3J HwVaV IS P isL-Jfl Lv HLflisVB mWmmw -Mil. mr B isXis mm wMmimmwM-. .- ' & . mT mm mfmrnm LLisss. WZM IfcdMPtLi.. .. B PC'S JJHsfi HHifcjfe-: I LsbLvH mWt 'mmm m PP"WH mmr ''m m WW H bHbK: I BFl' '" MM ' 3Hsf Er JB fcfc . r km 1 Lkw M , W r m ' - . ' Mm m mM m ' mm mW. W mmmmmmmmmmmmm N3k Emm, MM I B S V. ' ' .tfcJ mmmmmmmmmmmmm b, mmmm&mmW I Idi. 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They point with pride to the fact that the buslnes of Congress was halted in their honor, that their plea for ciual suffrage was received in a dignified manner, and that they have obtained a nroiiuse from the Senate that their appeals will receive immediate consid eration. Arguments for equal suffrage weie listened to for two hours, and practic ally every Senator presented the peti tions of the women of his State to the Senate, while many of them made speeches declaring that they were in thorough sympathy with the move ment. Very few of the Senators an nounced their Intention of voting against the resolution for Immediate consideration of a constitutional amend ment giving woman suffrage, and these were in such hopeless minority that they did not seem to count Speeches indorsing the petitions of the women were made by Senators Potn dVxier ami Jones, of the State of Wash K Owen, of Oklahoma. Ashliurst. of Arizona. Clapp. of Minnesota; Works of California: Smoot. of 1 tab. and Thomas, of Colorado In Preaent inr a mass of petitions from the men and women of hi. State. Senator Owen .,f Oklahoma made an address whidi the women consider significant Warns Senate. H warned his colleagues that they cannot afford to ignore the demands of the suffragettes, and said that neither of the two great parties could afford to Insult" the more than three million women who ..ow have full suffrage in the inlted States. Other Senators indorsed the petitions of the women, and at the conclusion of the speeches Senator Polndexter Intro duced a bill giving the citizens of Wash Irgton the right to vote. This bill be stows the voting privilege on every man and woman twenty-one years of age and over, able to read the Consti tution of the I'nlted States, who pays a property tax of $5. The bill provide, for a delegate In Congress, the estab lishment of the Australian ballot sys tem, the holding of primaries and the punishment of corrupt practices The bill also provides for a Presidential pieference primary. The petitions that were delivered to the Senate yesterday contained the names f To.nOu men and women. When they were gathered last night at suf frage headquarters the petitions filled several packing boxes. Every Senator who could be found at the Capitol yee teidnv a'ternoon was handed a petition signed by the people In his home State Benches Filled. section in the Senate gallery had been set aside for the women who par ticipated In yesterday's demonstration, and every bench was filled, while many of the women stood outside receiving bulletins of what was happening Inside the Senate chamber. After their busl vConUausd on Fifth Face.) . Street Speaker, and Some Leaders in PROVIDES GRY FR MILITIAMEN District Guardsmen Get New Home Under Bill Asking For $1,750,000. Congressman Dyer of Missouri, intro duced a bill In the House today to spend tl,T5o,000 for a new District armory with equipment. Mr. Dyer was a mem ber of the District of Columbia volun teer regiment in the Spanish War. The Dyer bill authorizes the Secre tary of War to enter into a contract for a new armory for the national guard upon a site hounded by B street north west, B street southwest. Twelfth street and Fourteenth street. In accordance with the plans of the commission ap pointed under the act of May 30, 1908. The site mentioned In the Dyer bill Is near the site recommended in the McMillan park omnussion. and is ad jacent to the White Mouse ellipse. The site recommended bj the commission named under the act of HWa, has now been used for other purposes, but Mr. Dyer thinks the site he proposes is an excellent one. The National Guard of the District now occupies rented quar ters. Latest News Bulletins DOMESTIC. Ilnliitb. Iipii. llnlf dozen bis; ore boats, due to clear at noon for South ern and Eastern points were delayed today by th strike ol 260 dock work ers who went out after thiee of their fellow workers had been killed an'l half a score Injured In an ore train collision l.o, Bele. (,rn. Felix IMai trying to net the support of (Jen. I.uis Torres and Gen. Ceronlmo Trevlno. In his candidacy for President of Mexico, Is the beltrf here following a conferen-:e between Ida and Tor res, former governor of Sonora. Ken Vork. One innu su killed ami several injured by a cave-In on the new aqu.-duct at Mocholu Parkway A premature blast Is believed to have caused the accident. Sea filrt, V J. Tae police sae learned that George K. Harris, who was found murdered on Tuesday was a gambler who had been fleecing soldiers at the State camp Harrison. . J. The police are try ing to find out who sold Charles An derBon, sixteen, a pint of whisky The boy drank it and nearly died FMtBIOH. Vienna. It urn announced here last the decision as to Austrla-HunsiaiVs participation In the Panama Pacific Fxposlllon will r.--t with a .-omml slon which Is about to visit North A nit ric'H. I . udon. Anna Held, who m en gaged to appear in the London Opera House Kev ue for four weeks at .Zfl a week, has returned to Pails Paris. t rumor lhat Jack Johnson had been killed In Paris was submitted to the ring champion at the KoMes Bergere ton'ght. "Do I look dead'.' was Johnson's comment. v Helen Todd, of Hew York, Who Win Speak At Open-Air Meeting, Fifteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue, Tonight. OFFICIALS ACCUSED IN CURB CONTRACT m n Congressman Howard Alleges Commissioners Used Dis crimination. A resolution directing the District Commissioners to forward to the House full information recardine the award of a contract for street curbing, made June ji, 113, was introduced today by I Congressman Howard of Georgia Mr. Howard alleges that the Stone j Mountain Granite Company, of Georgia. j was discriminated against in the award, j and that the contract went to the j North Carolina Granite Corporation, which the Georgia member asserts put j In a higher bid. Mr. Howard says the ; Georgia company's bid was 30 per cent I under that of the North Carolina con 1 cern. but the Tar Heel granite men got the contract, amounting to approxi mately $1:3,000. The Howard resolution reads: 'Resolved by the House of Hepresen- tatlvea that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be and are hereby directed to deliver to the House of Representatives all original papers and other documents connected with the award of a contract for furnishing street curbing for the said District of Columbia, said award being approved bv said Commissioners of the District of Columbia on June a, 1913. awarding said contract to the North Carolina Granite Corporation, together with all evidence as 10 the ascertainment of the relative qualities of said granite by the said Commissioners, together with the reasons for discriminating against the lowest bidder to said award, to wit. the Stone Mountain Granite Corporation, of Stone Mountain, Ueorgia. Money Pours Into District Tax Coffers C. C. Rogers, Collector of Taxes, was so busy today In receiving and counting money that no time was left for the distraint of the property on which per sonal taxes are due. Warned by the statement of Collector Rogers that it is his Intention to seise the property of dt llnqiient't, hundreds of property owner.-, have se'tled the r obligations with lie District within the last few days. There remain on the books, however. many unpaid bills which. Collector Kogers declares, it is his Intention to , . Ilect by force of distraint If neces sary, at the earlest possible oppor tunity. Bryan Asks $100,000 To Assist Americans An emergency appropriation of $10n.fl with which to alleviate distress among Americans In the Mexican revolutionary sone and to transport them to the 1 "rued States, was asked by Secretary Bryan of the House today. Movement $!SS SENATE ASKS ABOUT ROCK CREEK BRIDGE Wants Information From Dis trict Commissioners As to How to Proceed on Matter. The Senate, on motion of senator Gal Unger. his passed a resolution directing the Commissioners as soon as prac ticable to advise the Senate fully about the Rock Creek bridge at Q street north west. The resolution is as follows: Resolved. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby directed to communicate to the Senate at the earlelst practicable day. all in formation concerning the construction of a bridge across Rock Creek at Q jstre.t northwest, for which an appro- ' prialion was made in the act approved Mar.-h 2. 1911. which appropriation I proved to be inadequate under the plan that was submitted for bids, stating whether or not it Is desirable to have a new plan inado, upon which fresh bids shall be invited, or whether it is feas ible, without destroying the symmetry and beauty of the structure, to moditi the existing plan s.i as to bring it wlth li. the appropriation. ongressman Lobeck today Introduced a similar resolution asking the District Commissioners to report on the safety of the Aqueduct bridge. The resolution calls for information regarding the gen eral strength of the bridge, the traTltc over the structure, and some other de tails showing whether or not It is safe in its present condition Senator Polndoxter has Introduced a bill for the condemnation of Dunn's court or alley in the square bounded by Massachusetts .-ivenu- IS'iode Island nwnue. Seventeenth street and Kight eer.th street. Excise Law Incomplete, Attorney Declares The case of William Gentry, charged with selling liquor to a minor, was postponed iniielimtely in Police Court today at the request of Prosecutor Given. A motion to quash the Informa tion was made by Attorney Alvln L. Newmyer. who asserts that the new excise law repeals all other laws gov erning the sale of liquor and that It does not contain any prohibition against the sale to minors except w ith respect to licensed dealers. There are already several cases pend ing in court as to the constitutionality of t'ie inn. Two cases have been car ried to the Court of Appeals, but the point raised by Attornev Nevvmyer is a new one. Prosecutor Given requested a con tinuance In order to look up authorities on the point It is expected that the case will be carried to the upper courts. Cotton Crop Shows Only Slight Decrease An Agti' ultural Department crop 'e port today estimated the conditions uf the cotton crop on July as 79 1 p,.r cent of normal, .is loinpArwl with MX J ne 'J3. "6-j per cent on July 26. iai year, and SO the ten-year averse. EUROPEAN DEMANDS FOR WAR ON MEXICO ARE DENIEDBY BRYAN "Without Foundation," Secretary of State Says of Report-Administration Forges Ahead With Policy of Aiding Business Interests to Force Huerta to Resign Presidency, Is Belief. President Blocks House Grill of H. L Wilson, Who Will Return to Mexico Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson is preparing to return im mediately to Mexico, it was reported here today. He sent a tele gram to Chairman Flood, of the House Foreign Affairs Commit tee, from New York, stating that his "party was on the eve of de parture from the country." Today an invitation to him to appear tomorrow before the House Foreign Affairs Committee was given and recalled within an hour. The revocation, it was authoritatively reported, was at the instance of President Wilson himself. It was stated on high authority that the President called off the House Committee meeting because the Administration did not desire that the ambassador be given any further opportunity to air his views on Mexico. Chairman Flood, of the House Commit tee announced that the reason the meeting was called off was because the ambassador is in New York and unavailable. In his telegram to Flood, however, Ambassador Wilson states that he was at the disposal of the committee if they desired to have him return from New York, but asked that immediate action be taken. Flood replied to Wilson that the committee had decided against asking him to return to Washington. Unqualified denial today on the part of Secretary of State Bryan of statements published this morning regard ing pressure from European governments on the United States to end the Mexican disturbances, will, it is hoped by the Administration, set at rest stories being printed here and in New York to the effect that Europe is seeking to interfere with this country's course in dealing with the Mexican situation. The denial, given out over the signature of Secretarv Bryan, and following a conference with the President, was as follows : "The statement which appeared in some of the morn ing papers to the effect that European governments are bringing pressure to bear on the United States to compel aggressive action in Mexico is entirely without founda tion." BIG BUSINESS KEYNOTE. Hunger Strikers Are Released From Prison LONDON. Aug. 1. Miss Annie Ken ney. associate of Mrs. Erameline Tank hurst, again was released from Hollo wav 1ail this afternoon under th? "cat and mouse" act. Mum Kennev. who was rearrested at the London ravinon suffragette meeting last Monday, was so weakened by four davs of hunger striking that the prison authorities Sent her to a nursing home. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst also was te leased from Hollowsy jail this after noon on ticket of leave. Frank Chance Plans To Quit Baseball SAN DIEGO. Cat, Aug. l That Kiank Chance, manaser of the New Vork Americans, will quit baseball for good at the end of the present season and r.tutn to his jrange ranch at Glen dora. Cal . was the statement made to dnv lv a close friend. This mar declares he has a letter from Chance to that effect. McReynoids Leaves City. Attorney General McReynoids leaves the city this evening for a two days' outing. His destination is unnamed. hecause Mr. McReynoids hopes to get two days' rest without being disturbed by any ens. On the contrary', It is believed that the Administration is proceeding stead ily ahead evolving a plan of action which, while In harmony with the President's previous policy of opposing recognition for Huerta or Intervention, will he effective In bringing about an early and peaceful settlement of the disturbances In Mexico. The keynote of this plan, it is be lieved, will take into consideration the fart that the business Interests of Mexico are thoroughly disgusted with the lneffectusl efforts of Huerta to rs- tContinued on Third Page IN CONGRESS TODAY. SENATE. Met at noon Lobby Inquiry resumed, with Mulhall on stand. Tariff debate proceeds in Senate. Senator Tlllnvtn proposed to amend tariff bill with currency HOUSE. Met at noon. Debate on Camenitti-Diggs controvt was resumed. Foreign Affairs Committee discussed Mexican situation Congressmen Mondell and Neeley intro duced resolutions asking Information regarding bank conspiracy charged by Secretary McAdoo. Congressman Howard introduced rsso lut'on asking District Commissioners for information about awards of street curbing contracts. Congressman Lobeck introduced resolu tion directing the Commissioners to report on the safety of Aqueduct bridge A bill providing specified method of re moval of Judges of Inferior courts n troduced by Congressman Hull of Ten nessee. Adjourned until Tusadajr : t A