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NTHVIBER S097.
WASHINGTON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1914.
PBICE ONE CENT.
WEATHER FORECAST:
Fair tonight and Sunday.
Full Report on Page Two.
AU
RAIN
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FOR iHEJEIUr
Prominent Newspaper Man Is
Chosen By President For
Federal Plum.
OTHER CANDIDATES HAD
BEEN WELL SUPPORTED
Much Pressure Brought to
Bring About Appointment of
Cotter T. Bride.
The President today sent to the Senate
tht nomination of Maurice Splain, a
pr eminent Washington newspaper cor-
pondent, to be Un'ted States marshal
ft tne District of Columbia, succeeding
A lick Palmer, whose term expired Jan.
usry 9.
he nomination was made on the
r ommendation of Attorney General
M Reynolds, who resisted to the last
strong pressure brought to bear on him
b Secretary of State aryan and sev
eril members of Congress to recommend
C uer T. Bride.
ongressmen Reilly of Connecticut
a 1 Kinkead of New Jersey even asked
tl Pres dent to take the cas out of
tl hands of the Attorney General and
ti Tiinnt Mr. Bridfi.
rhls the President refused to do. al-
,1 jth he granted a similar request of
S lators Slmmins and Overman of North
Ccllna fn nominating W. C. Hammer,
attorney la North Carolina, alter the
-amey General had refused to recom
r d Hammer.
r. Splain. who will take his of-
fi as soon as the Senate confirms
tt nomination, is correspondent for
r tsburgh and Philadelphia papers.
H was one of the organizers of the
National Press Club, and has been
minent as a correspondent for sev
er l years.
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NAMED
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PROMISES FAIR DBA
F TO FEDERAL CLERKS
;ongressman Godwin Favors
Higher Salary, Rather Than
Old Age Pensions.
Our committee is going to work out
ill that will be fair to the clerks and
the Government," said Congressman
nnibal L. Godwin, chairman of the
jse Committee on Reform in the Civil
ice, today.
I do not believe Congress will au
Hze a straight-out pension system,"
d Mr. Godwin. "But 1 do believe we
. get together on a measure that will
e merited increases In salaries to
eminent clerks, and which will pro
e an equitable contributory pension
tern.
There is no denying the fact that the
-. cost of living has hit the Govern
nt clerk, as it has every one. There
also no doubt that the Ealary scale is
'c-tlve. based on conditions which ex-
cd years ago. This committee will
f all of tnese things into consldera-
r and I believe will bring In a satls
ory bill eventually for a fair pen
n retirement system, on the contribu
y basis. At the same time. I believe
re will be a re-adjustment of the
tary scale."
nairman Godwin says his committee
1 hold extended hearings on the varl
penslon retirement bills which are
w before the committee The hear
s probaoly will bo resumed next
ek.
U)rtven overcome bv Oas
in Avenue Excavation
ox-en men, employes of the Wash
ton Gas Light Company, were over- I
Tie by gas In a bis excavation at j
irteenth street and Pennsylvania ave- I
northwest, this morning while put- I
S in a new valve on a big main Tl-e
i were taken out of the hole one
er another, and were revived.
oreman Liston, who directed the
rk. was one of the seven men over
ne. The deadly effect of the gas vf.it
noticed until the three men v.-'io
iced the valve, kee ed over They
e hauled out and others went In to
e their places. To most of them It
s "all in the day's work.-
District National Banks
AH in Reserve System
11 the nat'onal banks of the District
e applied for membership In the fert-
resrve system under the new cur-
i y art. and there will be no cases
'orceri liquidation here after the new
rencv law goes into effwt. This an
neement was made at the Treasury
artment today when the list of new
llcationn from banks was made pub-
the 7.73S national banks in the
itry. all but 153 had come Into the
em today The remaining banks
e until Monday to escape the prov1
n of the law requiring liquidation of
ks which have not (lied application.
( hoate Succeeds Bacon
On Smithsonian Board
-enator Hughes of New Jersey, today
1 roduced a bill in the Senate provld-
Ii for free text books in the schools
the District. It was referred to the
1 strict Committee.
'Hie Senate e'ected Charles F. Choate.
I Massachusetts, as recent of the
If- nithsonlan Institution, to succeed the
lute Senator Bacon.
"IF YOU WALK, BE
ALWAYS ALERT"
"Pedestrians must be alert
and look out for their own
safety in crossing streeets. This
case has demonstrated that the
driver of the sleigh was not
violating the law, unless it be
by speeding, and the women, it
appears, ran into the horse."
This comment by Judge Mul
lowny followed the dismissal of
charges against Robert McRey
nolds of colliding with Mamie
Christian and Beulah Johnson,
colored, 418 New Jersey avenue
northwest.
The court said that the evi
dence showed that the women,
in running in front of a street
car, had collided with the
horses driven by McReynolds.
HAITIAN
PRESIDENT
FINDS REBEL GONE
Fled Before Attack on Cape
Haitien, Where U. S. Marines
Guard Foreigners.
Tae troops of General Zamor. presi
dent of Haiti, entered Cape Haitien to
day, the Navy Department was in
formed by cable, only to find that Davil
mar Theodore, leader of the rebels, fled
from the city with his troops last night
on learning of the impending attack.
The arrival of the Haitian gunboat
Nord Alexis off Cape Haitien was si
multaneous with the entrance of tie
troops Into the city.
The lives of all foreigners are being
protected by American marines. One
naval officer and nineteen marines have
been landed in the city, and are guard
ing the consulate.
PATRONAGE TACTICS
Congressman Gillette Criticises
Appointment of Minister as
Consul Without Examination
Alleging that the President had vio
lated a rule of many years' standing
and virtually slipped the Rev. Otis A.
Glazebrook. of Elizabeth, N. J., into
the consular service. Congressman.
Gillett of Massachusetts delivered a
speech In the House today criticising
the Admlnistrat on for the way It han
dles patronage.
Mr. Gillett said that notwithstanding
the fact that for eight year conruls
had been required to stand a rigid tx
amlnation the President waived euch
examination and named the Rev. Glaze
brook. "This staggering blow," said Mr.
Gillett, "was delivered by a President
who we believed to be a friend of civil
service."
Secret From Senate.
Referring to the confirmation of Mr.
Glazebrook by the Senate, Congress
man Gillett said:
"I will venture to say that no men
tion of the fact was made that the
President was waiving custom and
appointing Mr. Glazebrook without
examination. The Democratic party
has not been backward about adver
tising its wares. Whenever it has
anything that looks well in print It
finds its way into the newspapers,
but thU executive order excunlng Mr
Glazebrook has never been referred
to anywhere as far as I can Unci."
Congressman Townsend of Xcw Jer
sey was the only Democrat who arose
to defend the placing of Mr Gloze
lirook into the Consular Srlc by
executive order. Half humuously. he
said:
"Does not th gentleman know that
thiK Mr. Glazebrook has received th.;
degree of D D. and la therefore eml
ncntl fitted for a consular post at
Jerusalem? "
Legal Knowledge Required.
Mr. Gillett retortej that lie had no
knowledge of tin- theological require
ments of the post, but lie did know that
the Jerusalem post was an important
one. requiring a consul of some legal
knowledge.
In his general criticism of Demo
cratic patronage. Mr Gillett said-
"Patronage pret&uie has comp-.MIed
the President to cliane his convlct.cns
in man instances, but his patience was
exhausted when the Democrats en
deavored to fotce through the mcaju.e
taking 2,100 postmasters from the civil
service.
"Perhaps thut wes th New Freedom."
commented Congressman Sloan, of
Nebraska, ulso i. Republican.
Mr Gil'.ett said that for eight yaar.i'
the rule has been that the consular
service shall be free from politics and
that the President has broken hs niij
in waiving an examination for the New
Jersey minuter.
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
SENATE.
Met at noon
Arbitration treaties ratified
Child labor bill Introduced by Senator
..Owen. I
Senator Hughes Introduces bill for free
text-books In District '
mso
n
FREISAYSCLM
Florida Congressman Would
House Every Government
Activity Immediately.
WANTS CAPITAL TO HAVE
SPLENDID STRUCTURES
Gives Figures to Show Account
of $561,000 Is Paid to Pri
vate Owners in District.
That the Government should own all
the buildings in which it conducts its
business in Washington, eliminating
the large rent account. Is the belief ex
pressed to the House today by Con
gressman Frank Clark of
chairman of the Committee
Florida,
on Pub-
lie Buildings and Grounds.
"I favor." said Mr. Clark, "the con
struction here of ample and elegant
quarters sufficient to house comfort
ably every activity of the Govern
ment. I would construct buildings,
not only In such number and of suffi
cient size to take care of all the de
partments, but I would build them of
such materia s and of such styles of
architecture as would both challenge
the admiration of visitors, and be in
keeping with the dignity of this great
republic."
In a statement Inserted in the Con
gressional Record. Mr-Clark says the
District has been liberally treated witn
regard to public bui.dlng construction,
but he urged further appropriations.
"For the last twelve years." he eaid,
"we have averaged a. public buildings
bill every two veanrjand during tnat
time the District has received tU.ilB.w).
whi.e the forty-eight-States of the Union
have received Il5.!Jl,j08.2t. the District
leceiving more than one-seventh."
According to Mr. Clark's figures, the
annual rental paid b7 the Government
in the District amounts to 1.i3S.16.
This, he says, approximates 3 per cent
on fc.U0O0.OOCL- wnJJe he estimates the
value of ail the property rented at not
more than tf.OOO.CM.
"Manv activities of the Government
art conducted In tumb e-down. rickety,
flretran buildings, liable at any time to
be destroyed and cause the loss of in
valuable documents and records. This
Is as true of some buildings owned by
the Government as it Is of some of
those rented from private owners "
The Jam of work in the s-upervislng
architect's office was criticit-ed by Con
gressman Clark, who deprecated the
policy of the Treasury Department to
limit the amount of work which may b
dr.nc on public buildings each year. "In
my district," said Mr. Clark "there is
one town where they date things from
the time Clark got a building for us."
WILSON FURLOUGHS
President Keeps Promise to
Woman Who Was Warned
Away From Chester.
Mrs. Mary Narclson, of Bay St. Louis
M'ys., will see her boy. William, a yeo
man on the scout cruiser Chester.
Two months ago, when the Chester
brought John I.Ind from Vera Cruz to
Gulfp.rt. she caught a glimpse of Will
iam on :he deck of the Chester anchored
In the ilulf jf Mexico, from the deck of
a tug bout which was warned off by the
erulser'o navigating officer. At that
tln.e John l.ir.J's tivi sons were put
on the Chester by order of President
Wilson.
The cruiser j-enched Mobile yesterday,
and Congressman t. j;,t Harrison of
the Sixth Mississippi district today re
minded President Wilson that he huil
promised Mrs Narr'son she should see
her son when It became possible. The
President got In toii"h with Secretary
of the Navy Daniels and Yeoman Nar
clrnn was furloughed by telegraph to
lslt his mother
Gen. Felix Diaz Reaches
New York With Friends
NEW YORK. Feb. 21 -Gen. Felix
Diaz, nephew of former Prsldent
Porflrlo Dlnz. of Mex c-o. arrived here
today on the steamer Morro Ca.tle,
from Havana, with a partv of close
pernonai and political frlendx
The former partner of General Hu
erta In the depofinv of Madero. -ef'ised
to say whether he Is ronldertng goln
to Wnshlncton to dlsrusn Mexican af
fairs with Pres'dent Wilson In nil
his answers Dlnz wap good-naturedly
evasive, saving that he would agree to
an Interview later today
On board the Morro Castle was Mrs
Arthur H Cook. wife of Admiral
Mayo's flag Meu'enant who was shot at
Vera Cruz recently
"My husband re e'ved only the merest
scratch." fhe said.
Mrs Cook was met at the nler bv her
father. Dr H A. Hare, of Philadel
phia. Arbitration Treaties Are
Ratified By the Senate
The Senate this afternoos, after a
brief executive session, ratified the ar-;
miration treaties wmi npaui, ijreai ijru
ain. Norway, Sweden, Japan. Portugal.
Switzerland, and Italy.
The action was taken without a roll t
rail. It has been a foregone conclusion
from the first that the treaties would
he ratified. The President's 'nsHtencc-on'
IHl
RENT HUM
YEOMAN
NARCiSON
the acuteness of the foreign relations 1
situation has made many Senators un-1
willing to oppose them. '
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1. 1 I S IF Xj .A. S JE3I I
New York to Washington
In Jhirty Minutes
French genius has constructed a device that hurtles
passengers through the air at the rate of 500 miles an hour.
Read The Sunday Times for a recital of the possibilities of
this latest addition to rapid transit and a complete description ,
of the marvelous mechanism.
New Social Code For Capital.
A thoroughly democratic social code, with the Congres
sional Club as a clearing house for all activities of the official
set, is suggested for the Nation's Capital by the. wife of a
prominent Senator. Read her ideas as told to Edith Lobert
in The Sunday Times.
The Count and the Monocle.
There is a great difference in the way a man to the
manner born and the everyday John Smith or Tom Jones
wears a monocle. If you do not believe that a count can
keep a monocle in his eye under most trying circumstances,
read what Jean Eliot will write in her letter in The Sunday
Afternoon Times.
How To Do the Fish Walk.
Do you dance the modern dances? Any one in the world
can do the fishwalk. It doesn't require any brains or a very
great amount of energy. Florence E. Yoder tells you how
to dance it in tomorrow's Sunday Times.
George Washington's Birthday.
Do you know that the biggest, the greatest, and the most
pretentious celebration of George Washington's birthday in
the United States is held in Alexandria, Va., right at the door
of the Capital? Read about it in The Sunday Times. This
event, for many years the greatest civic celebration in the
little Virginia city, lias been revived, and Alexandrians are
preparing for the most memorable celebration in history.
Washington's Cathedral Ideal.
Did ycu know that George Washington and Alajor
L'Enfant, in planning the city beautiful, had visions of a
great National Cathedral in Washington, and that this dream
is being realized in the construction of the Cathedral of SS.
Peter and Paul? Henry White, formed United States am
bassador, tells about it in The Sunday Times.
Goethals Leaves Card
At the White House
Col. Geow W. Goethals, chief engi
neer of the Manama Canal, called at the
White House today and left his caul
for President Wilson.
He will confer with the President noxt
week and outline to h'm bis plans for
the general government of the Canal
Zone of which li' will become the head
April 1. ,
The colonel merely smiled when he
was asked what was new in the Njw
York police commlsslonershlp question.
"Not a word, not a word," U alJ.
f"'; 'JiiaW'flfr'
Alleged Looter of Stores
Held in Bail of $2,000
Pleading not gulltv to the charge of
housebreaking. Mase P.iuz.i was bound
over to the grand Jury today by Judge
James Pugh In the United State
branch of the Police Court. His bond
was fixed at t2.00n. p.inza was ar
rested last night charged with break
lnto the store of Azreal Furr, X$ Penn
sylvania aienue southeajt. on Wednes
day and mealing clothing, a bicycle,
and a fiaternity button, all valued at
XiiS.50.
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SHOVELERS
RECEIVETHEIRPAY
District Makes Special Effort to
Relieve Needs of Men Who
Worked at Night.
Record time was made by tho Dis
trict today in the preparation of the
payrolls for the extra force of 300 which
Is assisting the Street Cleaning Depart
ment In removing the snow from the
downtown streets. The men who
workcil Thursday night and until 12
o'clock last night were paid at 2 o'clock
th s afternoon. Later in the day the
shift which went on at mldnlct will
be paid.
Knowing the immediate necessities of
these men. most of whom were recruited
from the Gospel Mission and the Cen
tral Union Mission, extra efforts were
made by I K. Edgington. chief clerk of
the Street Cleaning Department, and
the Auditor's office to pay them at the
earliest possible moment. Had they
nut received their money today, they
would have been compelled to wait until
Tuesday Monduy being a legal holiday.
The regular force of 230 "white wings"
returned today to the work of remov.ng
the snow and ice from the thorough
fares in the area bounded bv Fifth and
Seventeenth streets and Pennsylvania
avenue and H street.
The extra force worked throughout
the night in two shifts, b-glnnlng at 4
l) m and midnight. Many were hun
liv and I 1-clad. but. nccoiding to Su
I erintemlent P.ixton. they did faithful
woik. glad of the opportunity to earn
a ttw dollars.
Tho Ocsoel MItslon last night and the
i.tcht t fore sent out a wagon with
Mii,iliehes and coffee for the workers.
Pioi.rietors of some of the all-night
Iriii'hoonig also furnished coffee and
sandwiches for the men.
The removal s costing approximately
fl.Uy a day The money Is obtained
tiom the general appropriation for the
Street Cleaning Department, there be
1m; no special appropriation, as in form
e i ears, fo rthe removal of snow and
Ice. In order to meet the expenditure.
It will be necessary, according to Sup
erintendent Paxton. to economize during
the remainder of the fiscal year.
Southern's Fast Train
Derailed Near Danville
The Southern Railway's fast Florida
train. No. 29, which left Washington
yesterday afternoon, was derailed
shortly before 9 o'clock last night at
Arrington. Va., 147 miles south or
Washington, between Charlottesville
and D.iiivillo.
Tho locomotive, tender, baggage car,
mail car. tourist sleeper, and one pas
senger coach were overturned. The
tr-un crow and passengers escaped ln
Jurv. The train .i running at a
speed of thirty miles an hour and the
alleged cause of the accident was a
split ewltch. The main ine -vas clear
ed at 2.L"0 o'clock this morning, all trains
being frum tiv to six hours late.
ENGLAND MAY FORCE
IL S. TO INTERVENE IN
MEXICO. IS INDICATION
Nearer Invasion of Southern Republic Than
at Any Time Since Madero Revolution.
Report of Benton Killing Made to
British Envoy by State Department
By STANLEY M. REYNOLDS.
Greaf Britain may force the hand of the United States
in Mexico. The danger of armed intervention actual war
in fact seemed much nearer today than since Francisco
Madero raised the standard of revolt in northern Mexico.
England, whose proud boast it is that no outrage
against a British subject has ever been permitted to go un
punished, is marking time. Her ambassador has demanded
all the facts regarding the slaying of William S. Benton,
wealthy ranch owner, at the behest of Gen. Francisco
Villa, supreme commander of the revolutionary forces
now in the field.
This Government must furnish these facts. And, if
they are as now seems likely, demand for prompt and suid
nary punishment of Villa is likely.
So serious indeed is the situation that Secretary of
State Bryan has been in almost constant touch with his
agents on the border ever since the first admission was re
ceived that Benton had been put to' death. He-has fur
nished Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, with
a report of the affair as senf;to him. ' "
TRY TO PUT ON "SOFT PEDAL."
TEW DENOUNCE
U. S. MEXICO POLICY
Telegrams From El Paso Citi
zens Read in Senate by New
Mexico Member.
Denunciation of the Wilson policy of
watchful waiting" in the Mexican
crisis was made in telegrams read in
the Senate this afternoon by Senator
Fall of New Mexico.
Thn resolutions adopted by El Paso.
Tex., cltlsens were read in full, and the
following telegram from It- M. Dudley,
chairman at that meeting:
William Benton was murdered like
a dOK by Villa. Almost certain Villa
did it personally. No evidence that
Benton was, the aggressor. Every
thing shows it cold-blooded murder.
Castillo a guest of our Govern
ment with safety from punishment.
Villa boasting his crime. Is there
no protection anywhere? El Paso
full of rebel ofilcers.
The business affairs of the rebel
lion openly done here. Your thou
sands of friends out here want to
hear your voice In Senate on our
behalf. "Watchful waitins" a fail
ure. R- M. DUDLEY.
Sudden Death Overtakes
Three in Washington
Francis O'Toole. o!shty-slx, died sud
denly from heart disease last night
while sitting In a chair at his home.
617 Maryland avenue southwest. Tne
body was tanen 10 me morgue.
Tiffany Dugan, sixty, of Baltimore,
advance agent for a burlesque com
pany, was taken suddenly 111 while in
n ..-noli tnnm at fhA lTnll Do Atlev.
1?J2 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
and died before ine arrival oi in am
bulance. Relatives in Baltimore were
notlticd.
William P. Spence. fifty-five, of .OS B
street southwest, was stricken with
cerebral hemorrhage while at Ninth
imi P streets northwest, and died In
an ambulance.
Beta Theta Pi Club Will
Have a Smoker Tonight
Beta Theta PI Club will give a smoker
tonight in the club rooms of the De
Motte School for Boys. 1409 Twentieth
street northwest. George W. W.iarton
will talk on "A. B. vs. rh. IX" Plans
also will be completed for the banquet
on March 3 In honor o'f Justices Van
Deventer. Lamar, and Lurton, of the
United States Supreme Court.
Alpha Chi Rho Members
Have National Convention
V
The Alpha Chi Rho's slxtle' national
convention begins this afternoon.
There will he day and night sessions
until Monday at the headquarters,
room 230. Raleigh Hotel.
Delegates w'll attend a theater party
at Keith's tonight, have a reception at
the Raleigh Sunday, and a banquet
Monday..
There is every disposition on the part
of the Administration to "soft pedal" the
Benton Incident. In that lies the only
hope of staving off drastic action. Sec
retary Bryan this morning: received in
formation that Benton was executed
after a court-martial, "held In the regu
lar way."
In that event. State Department of
ficials declare. England would have no
particular redress, as Benton must have
been represented at the trial by an Eng
lish consular officer, if the trial was
"regular."
Apparently, the Administration de
sires to take the view of Villa's friends,
who. In dispatches from Consul Ed
wards and others are quoted as saying
that Benton was armed when he went
before Villa, and threatened to take the
rebel's life.
The killing of Benton Is the first In
stance where definite responsibility for
the death of a British subject in Mex
ico could be absolutely placed. There
has been killing of over ICO Americans
since the first Madero revolution began,
but only thre? ot-ier subjects of Great
Britain have met death.
In their place, however, responsibility
could not be placed.
In the present Instance Villa may ar
gue that he was within his rights; that
he acted in self-defense. England Is un
likely to take this view, in face of the
dec aratlons of Mrs. Benton and her
friet ds that Benton never carried a re
volver. On the other hand, unofficial
rcDorts of the klllinc which reached
Washington this morning, paint the act
of Villa in blackest colors.
Says Villa Forced Matters.
According to these advices, one Mex
ican, claiming to have been a witness
of tho tragedy, declares that Villa
forced matters with Benton: that the
latter wtnt before the rebel general ana
bitter v aired his grievances. Villa,
says this Mex can. shook his fist in the
fr.ee of the Englishman, and hurled af
him an epithet. Enraged. Benton rushed
bare-handed at the towering rebel chief,
who stf-DPud back coollv and aimed a
stunninc blow at the man's head with
Lis revolver. Benton, says the anony
irous n iiness. fell unconscious.
A woman, thought by the witness to
be Villa's wife, was in the room. She
ruhed forward to snatch from Villa's
hand the leveled revo ver. The witness
then rar from the room. Whether Ben
ton met his death then or later, the
story, if coroborated. will offset tho
claim of Villa's friends that the latter
shot in self-defense.
No New Demands.
Thus far Great Britain has made no
new demands on the United States. Sir
Cecil Srrlnc-Rice. the British ambas
sador. Is understood to have assured
Secretary Brvan and President Wilson
that he will await complete details of
Benton's death before talng up with
his home covernment what Is to ba
done. The detailed report is now on Its
wav from Consul Edwards. If possible,
both rovernment3 may agree to sus
pend action until popular indignation in
both countries has been given oppor-ti-idtv
to cool. According to dispatches
from London, however. England is
nflame with demands for instant re
prisal. There is the grave danger that Ensr-
i lnnd will be forced by her own citi
zens to demand or the united states
that the present passive pollcv of
"watchful waiting" be replaced by
something mere definite.
Krom every angle the tragedy has
served to complicate, not only he
present, but the future. Villa has
long s'nee assumed first place as the
real leader of the Mexican revolution.
I If it is proved that he was directly
rcsponsioie lur scuiqui ucmn. n xuny
o