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E. W. Oyster and T. E. Will
Argue for Enactment of the
Crosser Bill Before House
Committee Today.
Former Calls Attention to Con
ditions on Brightwood Sys
tem. Which He Calls Bad.
Resumes Saturday.
The House District Committe Ta
"formed today that the ch2xs of tit
National Capita) are not indifferent to
he subject of municipal ownership ci
treet car lines, as recently cos-
nded br General Hiir.es. E. TV. Or-
r an assistant tax assessor aad
"-ember of the Petworth CStsrecs- As-
vnciation. and Thomas E. Will, real
date operator and member of tte
ortheast Citizens Association, testl-
d their communities wanted a change
id were thorough!?- dissatisfied with.
h service given by p.? ate oftnerihip.
Congressman Winslow wanted proof
r Mr Will's statement that public
nner&hlp meant better service, better
ages for employes, and shorter hours.
Mr Will said he brought no statistics
with him, but agreed to bring data
aturday morning to show the ad-
antages of the municipal ownership
of public utilities as provided for in
the Crosser bill.
Have you any experience ,ln operat
ing street railways?" asked Congress
man Thompson.
Has Experience in Paying.
"No experience except in riding and
aying. said Mr. Will. He said he
believed 3 and even 2-cent fares would
e profitable under public ownership
on an honest capitalization, as op-
cosed to a watered capitalization, such
f have here."
Mr. Will cited Albert Show's book on
municipal ownership while he was
rraislnx the advantages of that system.
"We haven't time to go through a lot
r encyclopedias, said air. winslow.
Vou say that public ownership brings
arious benefits. I want to know where
jch results have been obtained."
As I said. I only heard of the hear-
ng last night, and I can't furnish that
"formation offhand." said Mr. Will.
I 11 get it for you."
Mr Winslow expressed gratification
er the prospect, and Mr. Will was ex--jsed
until Saturday.
ssistant Tax Assessor Ovstcr said
e suburbs of Washington were con-
antlv besieging the private owners of
he street railroads for better service
without getting It. He described the
"etwxh and Brightwood line as a
nnclpal offender. Municipal owner
'h p he said, would mean better serv-
lower fares, and better treatment
't employes.
How do you know?" asked Con
rrman Winslow. who Is a manufac-
irer
I am confident of it." s.-id Mr Oyj.
ter "We are certalnlv not getting a
iuarr deal now. nd thTe In every
-anon to expect an Improvement ""
M Oyster wild governmnt ownershln
' the printing offices had -orrect-d
-ijn abuses
Women Are Crowded.
"o au know of anv citv v here the
ars are cleaner and better than here"
'emanded Mr Winslow
f are not getting the sen ice we
jght to have out my wr-. I know
a raid Mr. Ovster "V'c are crowd- i
Intr rt. and women Mve to stand
crowded by every Tom Dirk and
nrrv It Is bad on the brightwood
-e '
"v ou know any was- to stop oun
reMrn in cars at times?" asked Mr
rp'nn
I do not evnect It could be don 'n-
n i .n I'nde- mun'dpil nwnershl""
An itiert Mr Ovste "mi we -o"ld
more ram and less congestion."
T' aisles are 'en mrro-." ss'd Mr
tor a moment Inter discoursing n
-r Inconvenience of the Brlehtuoo-1
"ij wouldn t sell these people out
i'ontinued on Second Page 1
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
HOrSE
M' at 11 o i lock
Sfii hark tt cot.ference bill prod'ng
mporar means or e'ectini? Sena
irii where ?tates have not made ef
fect, e ths direct elections law
r 'rit Commlttfct held hearing on
r nicipal ownership bill.
estlgator Spalalng reported to chair
man of District Committee on foes of
the Audltcr for the Supreme Court
o the District
11 'rust program again debated.
se.v.vti:.
Met at 11 o clock.
-enatc Naval Committee favors selling
two battleships to Greece.
anal bill discussed. Senator Oliver
speaks against repeal
enator Xorrls Introduces resolution
a'llng on Department of Justice for
Information as to prosecution of New
fork Central combination.
Senators Stone and Smoot debate tariff
Sects.
IS
UfflJpSfop Dent's Fees,
bays Investigator
W. W. Spalding, Expert Accountant, Recommends to
House District Committee That Auditor of
Court Be Put on Salary He Averaged
$12,378.97 for Last 4 Years.
That the auditor for the District Supreme Court,
Louis A. Dent, under the fee system, is receiving excessive
compensation and that he should be employed on a salary
basis, is the substance of a report filed today with Chair
man Ben Johnson, of the House District Committee, by
William V. Spalding, an expert accountant.
Mr. Spaldng has been in the employ of the committee
in its investigation of various branches of the District gov
ernment. He made an exhaustive inquiry into the affairs
of the auditor's office and finds that during the last four
years the auditor has averaged net receipts of SI 2,378.97.
Mr. Spalding points out this is double the amount re
ceived by the justices of the court.
The "findings and conclusions" of Mr. Spalding are
as follows:
'The auditor charges for his time and the expenses of
his onfce S50 per day, and for testimony taken before him
at the rate of 62 J4 cents per page. His average annual
fees, after the payment of all expenses, during the last four
years have been S 12,378.97.
"Compared with the compensation of other public
officers in the District of Columbia whose duties are sim
ilar to those of the auditor, the fees of the auditor are ex
cessive. "The auditor erred against the litigants in computing
the time he gave to certain cases cited in this report.
"In many cases the allowances made by the auditor
to attorneys and fiduciaries have been liberal, but not ob
viously excessive. In other cases, certain allowances have
. . (Continued
FROM ST. ELIZABETH'S
Man Who Made Charges
Against Senator Warren De
clared to Be of Sound Mind.
Albert N. Connolly was adjudged of
sound mind by a Jury in Circuit Court
No. 1 this afternoon, and his release
from the Government Hospital tor the
Insane was ordered by Justice L'arnard.
Connolly gained notoriety several
years ago by preferring charges against
Senator Warren of Wyoming, alleging
he had illegally fenced in a larze trict
of the public domain In his State. The
charge was upheld by a subcommittee
of the House, and the facts were
brought out by Congressmen at the
hearing today.
About a year ago Connolly was ar
rested on a charge of disorderlv con
duct at the instance of Lou's Cartnody,
but was committed to the Government
Hospital for the Insane without having
been tried on the charge in Police
Court, the commitment Delng based on
tne ract that Connolly had been com
mitted to the hospital In 1J04 and had
never been formally discharged. Be
fore this commitment, however, ha
beab corpus proceedings were insti
tuted
It developed tod a 5 that an agreement
was reached by the Unit. J Sort's At
torney's office and Attorney Mtliew
E. O'Brien a year ago that the author
ities would not insist on the incarcera
tion of Connolly oroviding he would
consent to accompany relatives to
Wyoming.
""I will never leave that asylum un
til 1 go out adjudged a sane man."
Attorney O'Brien testified Connolly in
formed him
Congressmen Kink li'l of Nebraska,
Bulklev of Ohlc. Heiihlcv of Mlf-sourl,
and Graham of Illinois, testified in be
half of Conrollv tod.iv. They dedad
that In tin :r opinion he was ban Thr y
rttd tl'at thc-v had frequently talked
ulth him about Irrigation nnd reclama
tion mattet and Oeiarc. lit slioui-J
r.iuih intelligence on tne sublccl Gra
ham, Mcnsle'. imi ilulMev told about
thi cimros "vhlch Ivid been prefri-d
against Senator Wam'n The repoit
of the subconimlit upnolriing the t'on
noll charges was ldntnled by Con-gM-ssrran
Henslr
Utilities Body Sees No
Need of Transfer Bill
Belli-vlng that ample power it now
vested In the Public I'tllities Comm's
feion to compel the Issuance of unuTtal
tranf-fers within the DUtrlt of Colum
bia between all street rallwaj, herillc,
and other passenger-conveying compa
nies, the commission todav returned to
Chairman Ben Johnson, of the Houe
District Committee, Hous- bill IS.bfiG,
which provides penalties for failure to
Issue such transfers, with a statement
that thto proposed legislation 's un
necessary', and recommending that the
It'll should not pass.
Senate Pages Shed Coats;
A Real Sign of Summer
Signs that real summer weather has
arrived were glen In the Senate today,'
when the pages were permitted to ap
pear without coats
Even. Senator James Hamilton Iewts,
who la a stickler for all the proprieties
In raiment, made no objection.
CONNOLLY
on Page Six,)
ELECTRIC RATES TO
I0ERE0 NEXT
Believed Utilities Body Will Now
Turn Its Attention to Cheap
er Current.
Cheaper electricity for the household
tr will receive the attention of the Pub
lic Utilities Commission, following the
disposition of the question of gas regu
lator), according to well authenticated
report, about the District building to
Coy The commission has been told that
the cost of manufacture of electric cur
tent la less than a cent a hundred kilo
vatc, and that, adding the cost of dis
tribution, there is no Justification in
charging small consumers 10 cents per
hundred, while to others It is furnl.ihed
ah low as Z& cents.
It is said there Is even sieater need
for a regulation requiring the electric
light companies to provide with each
bill the readings of the meters on which
thote bills are based, than is tli case
with the gas companies, hougn the
latter do furnish this information on
tile In lib sent out.
There is also apparent a di.spobitiuii
to question the Commissioners pur
poses In providing for exemption fmm
the operations of the gas regulations In
cfrtain instances, as Indicated 111 the
second paragraph of the order upon
which a iicaxing will be held June U.
This paragraph reads.
"That, on application to the com
mission and for sufficient cause
shown, such modifications and ex
emptions may be made with refer
ence to these regulations as the facts
In each case shall warrant. Without
an express order of the commission
authorizing It, however, every de
parture Ironi these rules will be re
garded as a violation of the law '
Norris Questions Now
York Central's Standing
Whether the Ne Vork Central,
through its ownership ot tour compet
ing lines between Chicago im Buf
falo and tuo -omojtlng lines betuecn
Chicago and New Vork, constitutes a
iolatlon of the Sherman antl-tiust law
was demanded of th. Attorney Central
In -a resolution introduced In the Sen
ate today by Senator Norris of Ne
braska. The resolution also demandej whether
the Department of Juti e lias In con
templation any action for the dissolu
tion of these combinations
Sues for Alimony Due
For Twenty-Four Years
NEW YORK, Mav 2S. Mrs Katherlne
Taylor has asked Justice Tompkins in
Nyack for an order that will enable her
to collect twenty-four years back ali
mony from her husband. Iwell Taylor
of Clarkstown, from whom she was di
vot ced In 18S0.
Mrs. Taylor, now living In Osslning
was granted to per week a!mon After
twenty-three years search his divorced
wife managed to find him
Wiow of Speaker Reed
Dead in Maine Home
.Wws. was recelxed todaj of the mid.
ricn death '11 Portland. Me of Mis
Susan P need, widow of the late
Thomas B Heed, who at one time was
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
BE CONS
WILSON TURNS
001 PLEA OF
BIG BUSINESS
TO HALT BILLS
4
Warns Illinois Delegation -Radical
Elements Would Carry
Legislation Beyond Demo
cratic Policy.
Declares Depression Is Merely
Psychological Asks Co-operation
in Shaping Moderate
Processes of Reform.
President Wilson today took sharp issue-
with a delegation of big business
men, who declared the agitation for
anti-trust legislation is causing business
depression this delegation appealed to
the President to ggreo to a postpone
ment of all anti-trust legislation, except
the hill creating ttw Interstate trade
commission, until after that commission
could recommend a new set of anti-trust
laws that would prupuily strengthen the
Sherman law.
The President refussd to agree to any
such plan. He nlso made It very plain
that, in his opinion, if the business men
continued to oppose the moderate
amendments propo.tl. a new and dras
tic anti-trust law woiil.l result, fathered
by the radical element 1" the United
otatcs.
The visitors had contended that thou
sands, of men were out of employment
and btfajness generally, at a standstill.
because-Nnvestora werfeVrful of risk
ing their uioncv -n jiiterpr' , thV
might be.cstoived. by drastic legisla
tion -
The President ilrcctly contradicted
this
Danger in Uncertainty.
In his judgment, the President said,
nothing is more dangerous for business
than uncertainty. It has cccome evi
dent, he said, through the developments
of the last decade, that a poHcv such
as the Democratic party was Hoar pur-,
suing, was absolutely necessary to sat
isfy the conscience of the conntry and
its conception of the prevailing condi
tions of orsiness. It was it srrea dtvil
belter to do the thing moderately and
sooeny now, me tresiaent sua. than
to wait until more radical forces had ac
cumulated and it was made necejisar
to go much further.
The President said that, while h,e was
aware of tho present apparent depres
sion of business, there was abundant
evidence that this depression was
merely psychological.
There Is no material condition, or sub
stantial reason, he Insisted, why tho
business of the country should not at
the present moment be in a most pros
perous and expanding condition He
urged upon his visitors the necessity
of "patriotic co-operatlo non the part
of the business men of the country, in
order to support, rather than oppose,
the moderate processes of reform," and
to help 'digest by their own Intimate
knowledge of business conditions and
processes.
President Wilson also told hi. vftltnr..
j that It was his carnebt desire to serve
and not to hinder or injure the busi
ness of the country in any wav. nnd
that he believed that, upor reflection,
they would see that the course he Is
urging would In the long run not only,
but In the short run also be tlm wiie
I and serviceable course
TWO UAWARSHIPS
Committee After Hearing Dan
iels Favors Plan to Sell
Mississippi and Idaho.
I'ncle Sam has been asked to sell two
of his battleships, and he probabl will
do so.
Greece wants to buv the Mississippi
and the Idaho l has offered to pay
cash. Moreover. It is willing to pay
the cost price of the battleships.
The Senate Committee on Naval Af
fairs today heard Secretary Daniels on
the proposition. It whs decided to
faor the sale. Senator !odge pre
pared an amendment to the naval bill,
'.hlch If adopted v. ill give the necessary
authority
The plan is to sell the two vessels,
w hlch are In some repects out of date,
and with the proceeds allow the Sccre
taiy of the Navy to build one new and
un-to-tfaU dreadnought
'The Vflahj and Mississippi nre rum
n.sforJd in tKJ. 5ach cost about
K.m.oto.
Sitne tfnators made the comment that
the Administration must not be afraid of
nnv foreign complications In tli- near
future to teke such a chance as t3 dis
pose of two battleships, knowing new
ones could not be constructed In less
than three years
Ouimet Wins Amateur
Golf Title in France
PARIS May IS.-Francis uuiniet.
I'nlter. States open golf champion, this
afternoon won the French amateur golf
championship at Laboulle. defeating H
J Topping, an American, four and
tart
GREECE WOULD BUY
IS TO BECOME BRIDE OF NAVY OFFICER
V r'-tNPIBH -
X. V.VVil? e- hJma&fS
Ml
BRADFORD TO
M AVY OFFICER
Admiral and Wife Announce Her
Engagement to Lieutenant
Richards.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Royal B.
Bradford today announced the engage
ment of their daughter. Rose Mary, to
Lieut. Clarence Alvln Richards, l S. N.
Miss Bradford, who is one of the most
popular young women in Washington,
has been active socially, but has taken
an Interest In the more serious things.
She Is one of the leaders In the v.ork
of the Junior Republic League, and
has served as secretary, treasurer, and
president of the organization at various
times
It was dti'ing Miss Bradford's term as
president ot the Junior Republic
League that It gave the "Kermess"
at the New Wlllard. which was one
of the most successful amateur pei
formanccs ever given in Washington
and an artistic triumph. Its success
was largely due to Miss Bradford's ef
;orts. At present Miss Bradford has re
signed all offices, but Is serving on the
board of trustees of the Junior Re
public. She Is handsome und brll
Jlantly educated, and his ninny friends,
both here tnd all over the country
She has traveled much with her father.
Lieutenant Rlchirds Is at prerent at
tached to the receiving ship Franklin,
at Norfolk. 'i
Seeks Freedom from
Wife Wedded in Prank
NEW YORK. May S. -Admitting he
had married "on the spur of the mo
ment and by reason of a foolish
prank," June 16. 1906. Louis Harllb,
twenty-five, has asked the supreme
court to annul his marriage to Viola
Harllb
Harllb told the codrt his -KySe dis
appeared Immediately and finally after
the wedding. He heard once she was
in aClifornla.
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MISS ROSE MARY BRADFORD.
Mediation Is Up to
Wilson and Huerta
Work at Niagara Falls Has Progressed to Such a
Point That Action of Rebels Is Not Likely to
Have Any Effect on Parley.
By FRED S. FERGUSON.
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, May 28. The success
of the conferences held here during the last week, looking
toward the establishment of peace in Mexico through medi
ation, today practically rested with President Wilson and
General Huerta.
Those close to the A. B. C. mediators today expressed
the belief that negotiations might be concluded and the
protocol signed within a week. At all events it appeared
certain that the work of reaching an agreement has pro
gressed to such a point that any action on the part of the
constitutionalists will now have no effect here. The nego
tiations have been carried out on the broad lines of pacify
ing the entire country, and the rebels will be expected to
accept the issues defined.
ANOTHER CONFERENCE LIKELY SOON.
Although only one full conference has
been held since the Initial session
which was purely a formal opening of
negotiations, the mediators have so pro
gressed In their "conversations" , v ith
the American and Mexican delegates
that another full conference Is expected
at any time It probably will be called
this weak. It might be called today but
for the fact that mediators and dele
gates alike are worn out by the trip
to Toronto csterday.
The main points at Issue In the ne
gotiations have been agreed upon, it Is
detiaied. It now rests with President
Wilson and Oencal Huerta to give ap
proval. It is practically certain that
the peace agreement will Include no
direct plan for a redistribution of lands.
1 the general solution or the land
problem, which has been bick of every
revolutionary movement.
Just how General HuerU. li to bs
dealt with Is uncertain. It Is generally
understood that the mediators have
supported the Mexican delegates In
their contention that Huerta should not
be denied the right of any other Mexi
can to be x candidate for the presi
dency In the general election, should
he desire to seek the office.
The land problem ha. of cours. en
tered Into the negotiations, but it Is
understood the agreement will plodgo
any provisional or elected president to
the Institution of la.id reforms, rather
than set forth definite plans for the
correction of this evil.
Those close to the mediators express
ed the bellof earlv today that ths land
ing of arms at Puerto Mexico b.v Gen
eral Huerta would have no "ffect"n the
mediation proceedlnga. NxHiHtlo.i
have progressed too far for such an In
cident to Interfere It Is declared.
10,000 Have Seen Creation
in a week at Belaaco Theater. Have
yvu? AdvU
PARTICIPATION
OL CARRANZJ!
IN MEDIATION
IS LOOKED FOR
President Expects Rebel Chief
tain to Answer Within Next
Forty-Eight Hours Favor
ing Peace Suggestions.
Carrothers Reports List of Mer
Constitutionalists Would Ac
cept as President Pending
the Elections.
Within the next forty-eight hours th
Administration expects a definite an
final answer from General Carranz.i
chief of the Mexican constitutionalists
to its repeated requests that he ajre
to abide by the result of the medlatlos
proceedings at Niagara rails. If a r
fusal Is forthcoming, there Is prospie
of an early and sudden termination o
tho negotiations now being carried -
by the; mediators.
The Administration is extremely hope
ful. It Is understood that George C
Carrothers, special agent of the De
partment of State, In his report to Sec
retary of State Bryan from the Car
ranxa headquarters, has already Indl
rated that the rebel general will com
to terms. As earnest of this, it I
stated. Mr. Carrothers has submitted
list ot Mexicans, any one of whom. In
states, would be acceptable to Carranz
as a provisional president, pending tli
elections.
White House PemL
It jwas .positively denied thtr'moraln!
at the "White House that the medlator
have submitted, to the American, com
rriisioners a definite protocol lncludloi
terms of final agreement for the adjust
raent of Mexico's affairs. On he orj
trary. It was stated that the neotU
tionc have not progressed beyond Un
preliminary stage.
Secretary of State Bryan had a Ion:
conference this morning with Fresiden
Wilson regarding the landins of arm.
and ammunition for Huerta from th
two German steamers at Puerto Mexl
co. The President refuses to see u
this event any cause for alarm, de
spite the fact that It was for the ven
purpose of preventing theso arms fro .
gettinc Into the hand of Huerta tha
the United States, at the cost ot nln.
teen marines and sailors, landed i
force at Vera Crux five weeks ago.
The attitude of the Administration i
dicates tht the only purpose in hold
lng Vera Cruz Is merely to provide :
base of operations In case medlatlot
falls and it becomes necessary to at
tack Mexico City.
Army officers are disposed to mur
mur strongly against the failure of th
Administration to prevent the arm;
from being landed.
Reports from Mexico Qty renew th
rumors that Huerta is preparing fo'
aggressive military operations of sonn
sort. It is stated that he has issue
a general vcall f- volunteers. Whei
these volunteers are organised th
arms and ammunition mom than liav
ever berore been landed in atextco wi
enable him to equip his new levle:
without delay. Meantime Funston
with a handful of American soldiers
three days removed from the chano
of re-enforcement, remains penned vi
in Vera Cruz.
The State Department today is makin
frantic efforts to get the truth regard
ing the reported landing of munition!
ot war at ruerto .Mexico ior nucrei
The department's advices were that tin
Yplranga had landed the Krupp rapid
firers and ammunition which were re
sponsible for the occupation of Vera
Cruz and an American deatn list 01
twenty-one.
The report was contraaictca oy in
War Department, which Insisted that
the cargo landed was that of the Ba
varia, and that the Yplranga's cargc
was intact. The Bavaria haa been de
tained at Vera Cruz on arriving, therf
without her manliest or clearance
nanrL
Secretary of State Bryan has directed
Consul Canada to Investigate and re
port as soon as possible. While itporti
were also current here toda.- th3t pro
test had been made that the landing
whether both cargoes or only one ar
Involved. Is a violation of the agreement
against offensive operations, it 's con
ceded bv officials who know the fact
that such protest to the mediators woutc
be futile. Huerta will maintain. It i
said, that these arms were for pratcc
tion against either the constitutlonalliU
or Zapata.
Has Only a "Report."
Mr. Bryan today professed to be 'gno
rant of the reason why the Yplranga
and Bavaria had not turned bacic thcit
cargoes of arms, according to volunta-y
agreement from the agents of their line
In the face of positive announcement 01
the landing of both cargoes from Couit
selor Lansing and Secretary of W;
Garrison. Mr. Bryan Insisted he hu
only a "report" upon the landing of tfc
Yplranga's arms. Likewiie, he denier
having information If whether the aria
have already started Inland to the dic
tator. He positively refused to discust
the question of whether or not there It
anything unfriendly In th3 landing or
the part of the German sovernment.
Tamplco and Puerto Mexico. Bryan
explained, are still open ports. I'nless
there Is a sudden change in the Ad
ministration attitude, this will mean
that both Carrania and Huerta n-a
import arms unmolested.
That Huerta will not flee his capita)
for the present, was the opinion a'
John Llnd today. He pointed out thr
fact that Heurta soon wl'! receive part
of a J3.Ooo.P0O loan.
"He will not leave while he has a
chance of collecting," said Llnd,
1 t
"N