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REPEALQF TOLLS
Forces in Both Houses:
Are in Battle
Array.
ODDS NOW FAVOR
WILSON victory!
Champions of Exemption for
American Ships Say Vote Will j
Be Close, but Administra
tion Followers Arc in Doubt
Only as to Size of Their
Majority.
Washington, March IS.-?debate
on repeal of the toll exemption clause
of the Panama Canal a'-t will becln
late tills week In the House, and a
vote In that body on th* Slrns bill to
carry out the recommendations of
President Wlb'm Is expected by ;Jat'ir
<!ay night In the Senate an earnest
effort will be made by administration
leaders to pave the v. t. for early ac
tion on the Issu^. by bringing It
Fijuarely before the Committee on In
11-r'>re:'ie ?'anals !'?? ? ieration and
j ejiort by the time the House has dis
posed of tii.- subject.
Opposing in both houses are
arrayed for the : i:ht. the priispcet be
ing that the i>i.--?"plon* of toll exemp
tion for Am'-rl.-.in c.,a? t wise |?hlps will
lose when the roll <-:i11 h have been
talten In both houses, llepresentatlves
Adamson and Sims, in charge of the
repeal for It. the House, are only
doubtful as to the . Vs of the majority
their cjiiiF" will have. T .ey predict
that it will be large, while Majority
Leader Cnderwo'd arid some "f the
1 orno'-rats who avtree with him that it
Is arv e' or.oi .;< mir:->ke to reverse the
nation's policy r- rd ;r.?r canal tolls,
insist that the vte will he dose.
ll'l.nriiiM n'n Kellirri tunltril.
In the Senate the return of Senator
d (iorman, of New York, chairman of
the Committee on Interoeoanic Canals,
it: awaited with int'iest, in view of the
tact that Senator Owen, a majority
metnber of the committee, has intro
duced a bill :,l:r.liar t :l\>? Sin.: bill, f>>r
the purpose of expediting settlement
??; the coj.trovers;. a:< soon as possible.
Senator Owen .g'eeks to have the com
mittee take the repeal bill up at once,
and pas, upon it. Senator O'Jorrnan.
who will lead the opposition, took the
position before leaving: Washington
last week that his committee should
do nothing with the repeal uriv!V \ he
House had acted. Adrninlstrat. an
Senators, after conferring with the
President, determined that the Issue
Is so clearly drawn that there is no
reason for delay, and that the Senate
tihouhl be ready to discuss the sub
Jc t lrr.mcdlatel> after the House ac
tion, or even before, should the Sims
bill mee* unexpected delay i:; tne
lower bran- h
That the vote in committee will be
close i.s certain, and opp"ne: Js of the
rcpcaT"" Insist tl.' ?? ? ;. will \.>tu
: gainst the J'i c.Hider.* s plea. In that
ev.Hi, there will be a minority repvrt.
upon whi< h the controversy in the Sen
ate will hinge Aiding Senator Owen
it. leading the admimsti tion forci's
v. ill be Senators Hok' S:: ith, of t( org ;a,
and James, of Kentucky. Various
polls of the Senate on the icpeal <iues
tion have indicated that the Presi
dent will be sustained b. a majority
of from ten to twenty vol ?
Another matte;- included in the for
eign relations of the government, which
It Is planned to undertake this week
for consideration, is the pending trfttty
with Nicaragua, negotiated in the Taft
administration, \\h;>h the present ad
ministration wishes to have amended
and ratified a soon as possible. The
Foreign Relations Committee of the
Senate expects Secretary of State Hryan
to nppear on Wednesday In explana
tion of the administration's desires re
lating to the treaty, which is designed
primarily for acquirement by the
United States of the Nicaraguan canal
rlKhts and rights to naval station sites
in the Bay of Fonjjecn, in exchange for
a payment of $3,oi>0,000 in gold.
Whnl Treaty I'rovideii,
11 y the terms of the treaty, as oriei
nall.v framed, Nicaragua would grant
In perpetuity to the United States the
exclusive rights for an interoceanic
canal through the San Juan Uiver and
the Great Lake of Nicaragua, or by
way of any other route over Nicara
gua n territory.
Article 2 of the treaty proposes that
"in order to facilitate the protection
of the Panama Canal," and the rights
contemplated in Nicaragua, Nicaragua
shall lease to the United States for
ninety-nine years the Great Corn and
Kittle Corn Islands, In tho Caribbean
Sen, and rights to a naval base on the
Gulf of Fonseca.
Karly in the present administration.
Secretary Hryan proposed to the Sen
ate committee that the treaty bo
amended In such a way that the United
States would procure virtual control
of Nicaragua through a protectorate
similar to that exercised over Cuba.
J le would add to the treaty fe atures sim
ilar to the "Piatt amendment" relating
to Cuba. To this proposal there was
considerable opposition In the commit
tee, and It Is expected to be revived
now.
Under the proposed plnn of amending
the treaty Nicaragua, besides granting
the canal and naval station rights,
would agree: t
That war should not be declared
without consent of the United States.
That no treaties be made with for
eign governments that would tend to
destroy her independence or give for
eign governments a foothold In tho re
public.
That no public debt would be con
tracted beyond the ordinary resources
of government.
That the United Ktatps should have
the right to intervent- at any time to
preserve Nicaraguan indepondenco or
1o protect life or property.
Anxious for Settlement.
The administration, it Is understood,
wishes the Nicaraguan treaty matter
settled as soon as possible in line with
Its general policy to clear tip the for
eign situation, and Senator Sliively, of
Indiana, acting chairman of tho For
eign Relations Committee, who has
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STORM TAKES HEAVY TOLL
Tllnptitehei* llpport J.r.OO Live* ?n
? luri-lranr-in Russia.
St. Petersburg; March 15.?Details of
the hurricane which swept the Province
of Kuban, Southern Russia, on Satur
day with received here to-day. A
northerly gale caused numerous water
spouts off the-east coast of tho sea
of Azov. and the shore from Yoisk to
the strait of Kertsch, a dlstanco of
about 000 njiles, was flooded. Six vil
lages were dumaged. One hundred ant>
seventy-Hlx construction employes o'n
trie Kuban Hallway sleeping In a shot,
who were awakened by the storm, fled
?r i train and endeavored to escape.
T he engine and cars, however, were
ovurturnod and swept away. Most of
the mm were, drowned. The hurricane
raged for ten hours. When it ceased,
the receding floods revealed scones of
great destruction. Eight utiles of the
railway embankment were in ruins.
The wrecked train was covered wits
the bodied of dead workmen, oniy for
try-eight of whom got to shore Many
courageous rescues of persons float
ing, on wreckage have been reported.
Many bodies have been washed ashorn
at various points.
The meagre dispatches received to
day reported that 1,500 lives had been
lost as a r?sult of tho storrn, but no
reliable details, giving what may bo
termed an accurate estimate, have
J come to iiand.
| A similar catastrophe occurred along
th<- shores of the sea of Azov thlrty
I seven years ago.
NEAR-RIOT ON STEAMER
i'licht Over Ilmzlllan King (.'annrn Tense
! , Situation.
i fSpeclal to The Tlin<-.?-Dispatch.]
V."w ,V"rk' ?A light over
a J-razilian (lag caused a near-riot on
board the steamer Verdi to-day. while
th" v?-sst*l was on h* r way from quar
antine to her dock in South Hrooklvn.
" 1' erraz, a Brazilian coffee ni'-r
J'bant was standing on the deck wav
r *r? tiie flag of his country when a
number of American passengers began
to < haff Jiirn. Ferraz became Infuriated
and start-d to wave the flag in the
faee or William \V Yager, a builder of
S.-iri Francisco, who was standing at
one side. After asking the Hrazillan
to desist several times. Vager suddenly
struck out with bis list, catching Ferraz
on th- face. The latter fell to the
deck like a loj?.
At tills point the situation became
very tense and the ofllct-rs fearing a
r: ?? l>etween the International passen
gers. rush* d between the two and
s. pa rated them.
No apology was made. Forraz has
it abrasion two Inches long on his
forel.-ad.
GETS EXCELLENT RESULTS
Mnrronl Hsperlrnrntn With Nmt Itndlo.
Telephonic A p|inriituA?
Rome. March 16.?The Duke ?f
Anruzzl lias reported to the Mlnlstrv
of th- Navy that excellent results were
obtained by Wlljiam Marconi last week
In iiis experiments on board the bat
tleship Reglna Klena with a new radio
t-b phonic apparatus. Communication
was had with ships nearly forty-live
miles away. T-l-phonlc connection
continued between the ships for twelve
hours, according to the report.
Th- dtiHe reported also that wireless
I- i-graphy experiments were carrle<]
'?ut. and that communication bv this
method was had with Home, a dls
tance of .1R0 miles. Venice CftS miles
Cllfden. Ireland, 1.70 miles, and Can
ada, 4,002 miles.
. FACES ELECTION ON LIQUOR
1'rrstdrnt of XV. C. T. IT. Hturt* Move
ment In l.ei Ington. Kjr.
[Speoial to The Times-Dispatch.]
Hex I ngton, Ky., March 15.?This city,
whl'-h has some of the largest dis
tilleries in the South, as well as a
big brow cry, and in which li'juor has
r.'-er. sold all during the years of
:t^ existence, faces a local option elec
tion
Mrs. Frances K Reauchamp. of Lex
rntrton. State president of the Woman's
t. hrlstian Temperance Union, said to
. e.-iv 'h;>.t she would bf-trin circulating
P-tltR-ns in the city and county at once
.or an election on the iluuor' question
to be held In October.
If prohibition carries, all saloons will
be- put out of business here on Jan
uary 1 One hundred and fortv are
licensed to operate now.
ONE MORE BODY IN DEBRIS
Total of Twcnty-Xlnr Recovered From
Atlieltle (Tub Ruins.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch 1
1 St I.ouis. March 15.?Three more
bodies w-re reroverci to-day from the
Missouri Athletic Club tire ruins, bring
ing the total to twenty-nine, of which
| twenty nave been Identified. At least
; one more is known to be under the
? debris. It will be Thursday before the
several hundred diggers get into the
basement, where it is expected bodies
of which there is no record may be
lOllTiri.
b?'V; ,,,enVfled to-day was
that, of Allen Hancock. Cuff buttons
w nno,tllPr body hore the Ini
sible Identification was impos
DO NOT BREED CELIBACY
? "resident of Wrtlenley Refutes Charge
Women** Colle^pR.
, ?<? The Times-Dispatch.]
! , . .'l?1*1 Mn?s.. March 157? Presi
I dent I-.lbn K. Pendleton, of Wellesley
? Col.ege offers statistics to disprove
statements made recently that women's
I colleges are breeding places for cell
hac>. olleRlf-y in thirty-seven vcara
| has mothered girls. - Including
i "j10 and nongraduates. ? Over 5 -
000 of these have married and thev
have given birth to 5,723 children. An
incomplete poll at Mount Holyoke
j shows that 1,125 out of l,?53fi graduates
have wed and have had 2,106 children.
SIGHTSEEING IS FASHION
Women of Admlnlstrntlon Vlevr Show
Pinces of Cnpltnl During f.ent.
,,J special to The Times-Dispatch.]
March 15?Led bv Mrs.
vv tlltain Jennings Hryan. wife of the
, Secretary of State, the women of the
I administration have turned I.ent into
I a sightseeing period.
Very few of t.bem know the sights
and show places of the-national capital
through which tourists throng bv the
! mri'i1,1"" S each year. So sightseeing
I parties have become the fashion, and
jUtth a few friends these notable wo
I "un. rree<l for a time from irksome so
cial duties, enjoy watching the wheels
I go round in the nation s workshop.
SENATOR'S s6?aRRESTED
Young Clapp In I'nrty When tinby
Desl.vs Is lilt will, iinC ?f I'onnnts.
I >pcclal to Tho Tirnos-Dinpatch.j
Now Haven, March 15.?One of the
students arrested last night during the
disturbances In a theatre when Oaby
Deslys was struck on the head by a
bag of peanuts, proved to-day to be
Iturus Clapp, a son of the United States
Senator from Minnesota. Clapp is a
freshman and a prominent member of
the Vale track team.
DEATH OF SUMITAKA HASEBA
Recently Fleeted President of Jnpnnrse
House of Itcpresentntlve.N.
Tokyo, March 15.?Sumitaka ilaseba
who was elected president of the House,
of Hepresentalives recently In succes
sion to Ikux.o Oalca, died suddenly to
day from heart disease. M. Haseba sat
as president of the House from 1!?08
J" c 1,1 lM- Haseba visited the
United States to study its industries.
COMMISSION BILL
LESSSEVERETHAN
ORIGINAL DRAFT
Desire Is to Make Es
pionage Least Irksome
to Big Business.
TO BE PRESENTED
IN HOUSE TO-DAY
Measure Creates Federal Trade
Boards to Supervise Operations j
of Insterstate Corporations, ;
Excepting Railroads- and
Common Carriers?New
Provisions Defined.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]. !
Washington. March 15.?The House j
Interstate Commerce Committee will
present to the Mouse to-morrow Its re
draft of the bill creating :i Federal
trade commission. to supervise the op>
ra t lf?ns of Interstate corporations, ex
cepting' railroads and common carriers.
The new l.ill j.s less drastic than the
original draft, and Is prepared with the
view 'if making government espionage
least irksome to bli; business. Its new
provisions are expected by the cotnmit
tee to commend themselves to the man
agement of ail legitimate business.
Tlx? hiil bearing the approval of
President U ilson and Attorney-General
M'Ueynolfls was made public to-day.
following many conferences apiong the
members of the Mouse Interstate Com
merce Committee. Democrats expect
this measure to command substantial
Republican suj.port, and an efTort prob
ably "-will be made soon to bring about
concerted action between the Senate
and Mouse on this" phase of the ad
ministration program of commerce reg
ulation and antitrust legislation. The
new bill was unanimously agreed on by
Its frainers. a subcommittee of Demo
crats and Republicans, headed by Rep
resentative Covington, of Marvland
and It is approved by vlrtuallv the full
committee.
Theory of CommlnMlon.
"The whole theory of the creation of
the commission," said Mr. Covington to
night, "has been to make it an efficient,
independent body. In most of the mat
ters of publicity It has entire control
of the facts gathered. Publicity Is left
to its discretion, and the bill contains
ample authority for It to prevent tho
disclosure of those necessary trade se
crets valueless to the public, in pro
moting lawful competitive business,
but which, when disclosed, simply af
ford opportunity for Injurious use by
competitors. Powers of investigation,
safeguarded by proper constitutional
limitations against unlawful searches
and seizures, are given to this non
partisan body." v
The bill will transfer all the powers
and duties of the Rureau of Corpora
tions and the Commissioner of Corpo
rations to the proposed commission of
three members, presidential appointees,
subject to confirmation, whose salaries
would be 510,000 annually each. Only
two of the commissioners could come
from the same political partv. The
original Clayton bill, from which the
Covington bill differs substantially, had
provided for five commissioners, and
that the present Commissioners of Cor
porations should be automatically
chairmen of the new commission. The
new bill makes no mention of the Com
missioner of Corporations. It makes
the fixed tenure of the commissioners
six years, and the commission would
choose its own chairman.
The Covington bill defines as a cor
poration all bodies incorporated un
der the law. and joint stock associa
tions and all other associations having
shares of capital or other capital stock
or organized to caVry on business for
profit.
Annnnl Reports Required.
Section 9 of the bill requiring an
nunl reports to the commission would
provide that:
"Every corporation engaged in com
merce, excepting corporations subject
to the acts to regulate commerce,
which, by itself or with one or more
other corporations owned, operated,
controlled or organized In conjunction
with it so as to constitute substantial
ly n_ business, until it has a capital
of $5,000,000 or more, or has a less
capital, and belonRs to any class of
corporations which the commission
may make, shall furnish to tho com
mission annualy such Information,
statements and records of its organi
zation, bondholders and stockholders
and financial condition, and also such
information, statements and records of
Its relation vO other corporations mci
its bus ness and practi :es while en
gaged in commerce, a?. the commission
shall require. And the commission
may, to enable it the better to carry
out the purposes of this act. prescribe
as near as may be a uniform system
'7,nnUa' r,'l>orts- Th^ annual reports
shall contain all the required Informa
tion and statistics for the period of
twelve months, ending with the fiscal
M??.r co,l'o?ation s report, and
the> shall be made out under oath
or otlierwi.se in the discretion of the
commission, and filed with the com
wRh nnMa' U:' iM W?shington
' lhrce months within the close
of tho year in which report Is made
unless additional time be granted in
nliLfn80 iV th? colnm,8sio?- The com
mission also may require such special
reports as it may deem advisable."
This section penalizes violations at
*100 a day. I he Clayton bill made no
such classification of corporations but
penalized violations at 11,000 a day
InveMftendons iiikI Reports.
no^ h?r k"R investigations and re
provhlc thnt:COm,r lh" bm w?'""
"The commission shall, on the dl
rectinn of tho President, the Attornev
fC.ner.il or either Mouse of Congress
Investigate the organization, ri?anage
ment and business of any corporation
while engaged In commerce to aid in
ascertaining whether or not the cor
poration Investigated is violating tho
nets relating to restraint of trade. And
the commission shall make a report of
such investigation, which may Include
recommendations for readjustment or
business, jn order that said corpora
tfon may thereafter maintain Its organ
ization, management and conduct of
business |n accordance with law. Re
ports made after investigation niav be
made public, in the discretion of' the
commission.
"When in the course of any investl
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TO CLAIM SHE IS
Confession Reveals Plan
to Get Money From
Girl's Father.
SEVERAL MAY BE
INVOLVED IN PLOT
Wife of Los Angeles Chauffeur
Bears Striking Resemblance to
Missing Heiress?Family in
^ New York Placed No Cred
ence in Story?Cranks
Still Active.
[Special to The Tiroes-r>JsT>ate"n.]
Los AnR' li'K, March 15.?The younp
woman who claimed to he Dorothy
Arnold, t)i?? missinp New York heiress,
confessed to ner real identity her to
night and furnished thf police infor- j
mation ronrcrnlm? a plot to obrain .1
larjsunt of money from Francis H
Arnoirl, the father of the New kYork
, pirl. The younc woman here, who bears
I a striking resemblance to the pictures
: published >f .Miss Arnold, !.s Mrs.
I'hai lfs < ?'Dell, tin; wife of a ;? o 111 m
chaHi'ft'tir. H*-r mother ts Mrs l"s
plawn, living at 1H West Twenty-;
eighth Strc-t.
To-r.lsht wh"n !t was learned that a
Los Anpeles attorney had visited Fran
cis K. Arnold In New York and de- :
. mambd th^ reward for locating tnc |
missing heiress, Nick Harris, detective, (
took steps which will lead to the ar
rest of Mrs. O'Dell.
Mrs. O'Dcll has beon known h'-re un
der a number of names, whm >-i>:t<-en
years of ape yhc wan married to v
street car conductor named Miller. She
lived In San Francisco with him for a
shof. time, and then came to Los .-\n
peles. Three years apo she was found
bourd and pagged In h<-r tio:ne by tie j
police. and when questioned she
1 "lai n? d tha*. her husband had mistreat- i
1 ed her. This was subsequently dis- J
1 proven, and the vonnir woman admitted j
that she had bound aird gagg< d herself. I
I'nnscd llml Ciiwt*.
In May, lSt'2, she married O'Dell. At j
that time she claimed to have a divorce
f"Oin her tirst husband. After fre- 1
quent quarrels she left her husbann
and assumed the name of Miss TC'.ia
i Evans. When she moved to Avenue R3
! she adopted the name of Mabel de More, j
While livinp at that address she was
arrested for passing fictitious checks,
j She claimed then that she was Mrs. A.
j R. Haugh. the wife of an automobile
? mechanician.
The police here nr<* convinced that
) Mrs. O'Dell was directed to claim that
I she was the missinK' heiress. in sup'
! port of this theory is tne fact that a
i lawyer went to New York to secure
I money from Mr. Arnold. Several men
! and women who knew the young worn
i -in intimately here are suspected jf be
ing involved in the plot, and it is prob
i able that a number of arrescs will bo
j made.
No Credence In Story.
[Special to Th<- Times-Dispatch.]
New York, March 1T>.?Francis R.
I Arnold, father of Dorothy Arnold, who
disappeared December 12, 1M0, places
1 no credence in the story told by a pirl
| in Los Angeles, Cal., that she is the
1 missinp heiress. Furthermore, Mr. Ar
nold believes his daughter was forcibly
abducted in Fifth Avenue, and that she
, is no longer alive.
| "My daughter was snatched up in
; Fifth Avenue and carried away," he
' said to-day. "THat is all there is to
it. This may sound unreasonable, but
j here in the newspapers only to-day, we
read about a man try inp to kidnap a
woman i:i the street and drap her
into a house. 1 tell you New York City
is no safe place for an attractive young
woman.
Convinced of Her Dentil.
"I am convinced that my dauphter
I Is dead, and I base that on my knowl
1 edpe of her character. If she were
alive, she would communicate with me.
or come home, knowing that J am here;
waiting and that this is her home.
There is now no mystery concerning
the fate of my daughter, save as to the
disposition of her body.
?"If she were alive three lines In her
handwriting would identify her to me.
I am sure this you up woman in I,os
i Angeles is not my daughter. If they
| think out there that she is, let them
| send me an example of her hand
| writing, and I will quickly know."
| The report that Dorothy Arnold was
1 In Los Angeles Is no new one to her
' father. Twice messages nave been sent
to him from California declaring she
was there, and a few weeks ago a
man who said he was a Los Angeles
lawyer called at the Arnold house and
demanded the reward offered for the
discovery of the pirl.
"About two months ago," said Mr.
Arnold, "two messapes came 'collect*
to me from Los Angeles. 1 refused to
receive them; they were followed by a
lawyer from Los Anpeles. He said that
(Continued On Second Tape.)
Inform Yourself
A Aviso person, when lie starts
011 a journey, first informs him
self.
Ho finds out whnt Is to ho
seen nn<l plans to enjoy what is
worth while.
lie can't see everything, so
he arranges to visit lite places
which Rive him the greatest
pleasure and profit.
That's common sense.
Ho it should he in shopping
and especially .jjuring Spring
Opening Week, when there are
so many stores and shops to
visit.
The wise shopper should rend
the advertisements in The
Times-Dispatch in order to de
cide where to go ami what to
purchase.
Monroe 1
TRIPLE WEDDING
AT WHITE HOUSE
IS LATEST 8UIVI0R
Washington Society En
tertains Itself Discuss
ing Possibility.
ALL PRECEDENTS
WOULD BE BROKEN,
Announcement of Engagement:
of Miss Margaret Wilson to
Boyd Fisher Is Expected, and
Miss Bones Is Reported
Engaged to Dr. Cary
Grayson.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington. March 1"). The possi
bility of a double, perhaps a triple,'
wedding at the White House in June
is the topic with which all Washington1
society to-day entertained itself.
Mi>s Ele mor Wilson is to marry
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo.
This has been announced.
The annoutu ? ?mer.t of the engage
inent of Miss Margaret Wilson, ebb st
daughter of the President. to Boyd
Fisher. of New Yoi k and Princeton. is
expected I?y many friends of the Presi
dent's faintly. I
Finally, there is a strong rumor that!
Miss Helen Woodrow Hones, cousin of;
the President, i* engaged to I>r. ?'ary|
Grayson, U. .S. X.. the President's friend:
and physician, who is attached to his,
personal staff at the White House.
If these anticipations are realized, it j
is expected that three weddings 'will
take place at once, and all will lie held :
j in the White House. Miss Hones has ?
made her home with the President's
family ever since Mr. Wilson has been;
| in the White House
Such an event would, of course, smash
all precedents. There never has been j
a double, much less a triple, wedding
| in the White House, nor has there ever,
been a President having the honor of'
I having three of his daughters married
I at the White House.
Sightseers Disappointed.
Washington sightseers were on the ;
I qui vive all day to catch a glimpse of [
the fourteenth White House bride and i
bridegroom-elect. Quite a crowd gath
I ered aroUnd the Central Presbyterian I
Church, where it was rumored Miss j
Wilson and Secretary McAdoo would
attend church together, but when the
I White House carriage rolled tip It con
tained only the President and Miss Mar- I
1 garet Wilson and Miss Eleanor Wilson.
] Mrs. Wilson, who is still confined to
1 her room, did not accompany them.
After luncheon, Secretary McAdoo
walked In the east gate of the White
House and spent a short time there.
: He left In a White House car, accom
panied by his fiancee. Their destina
tion was the Dresden Apartment House,
where they took tea with -Mr. and Mrs.
! Francis McAdoo, son and daughter-in
; law of the secretary.
Further details of the Kleanor Wil- !
1 son and Secretary McAdoo romance
j are coming to light. An Interesting
j feature is found in the gossip that the |
gallant Secretary of the Treasury won]
, his bride despite the ardent attentions
of a Mr. King, of Princeton, who has
been wooing Miss Wilson since her
Princeton days.
In fact, some of her friends assort
! that Mr. King was an accepted suitor
| before Secretary McAdoo danced his
I way into her heart. At any rate, when
' the presidential family established the
I winter camp at Pass Christian In Jan- j
i uary, Mr. King made one of the party
land was Miss Elennor's constant es
' cort, both there and at the Madrl Gras i
! gaities in New Orleans.
>1 r. Ivinpr Disappears.
Just what happened there and after
! the return of the family to the White
j House Is only conjecture, but at all
I events Mr. King thereafter disappeared
I from efjuat ion.
The story of the missing letter that,
1 when found, told the romance between
i Miss Wilson and Secretary McAdoo, is
I described at the White House as being
i "very roinnntlc, but untrue."
j As a matter of fact, however, the
! news that they were engaged first
I leaked out from Wllllamstown, Mass.,
i where her sister, Mrs. Frances Royes
Snyre, the thirteenth White House
j bride resides. Propinquity is said to
j have been a fector in the match. At
i the State dinners and functions at the j
? White House the Attorney-General and
j Secretary McAdoo. being the bachelors
! of th<- Cabinet, were constantly paired
? off with the White House young wo
? men, and most of the time Secretary
; McAdoo was Miss AVllson'a dinner part
j nor.
jSCHIFF"MAKES* NOTABLE GIFT
Presents to I.llirary of Congress 4,000
Volumes of Jewish 1.1 tern t ii re.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, March 15.?-Jacob H.
Schiff, the New York banker, has Just
made a second' notable Klft to the 1
l.lbrary of Congress, consisting of more
; than 4,000 volumes, touching every field
j of Jewish thought and learning, reli
gious and secular, extending over many
centuries.
I Many of the books are first editions
! and rare. Among them are more than
i 100 manuscripts, many of which bear
j early dates. There is an excellent col
! lection of Jewish melodies and songs,
accompanied by notes, and a fine col
! lection of books and periodicals printed
I in Palestine. Of especial note is the j
; extensive representation of the pro
! ducts of modern Hebrew literature.
In 1012 Mr. Schiff donated to the
; library a collection of 10,000 volumes
j of Jewish literature.
WILL MEET AT ATLANTA
j Southern Newspaper Publisher* Gather j
i There To-Day In Annual Convention.
j Atlanta, Ga.. March 15.?The twelfth J
! annual convention of the Southern |
! Newspaper Publishers' Association will
l.o held here to-morrow and Tuesday.
| Newspaper men began to arrive here
I to-day for the meeting.
I Advertising, newspaper circulation
| and newspaper ethics are. the chief
j subjects to be considered. In addition
to Southern newspaper publishers who
will speak, Don C. Seitz, general man
ager of the New York World, and
Jar an Rogers, publisher of the New
York Globe, are to address the con
vention. Mr. Seltz will speak of "The
Editorial Ideal and Good Business: Do
They Conflict?" and Mr. Rogers will
discuss "Advertising and Newspaper
Development."
Another speaker will be John Stewart
Bryan, of The Times-Dispatch, of
Richmond.
SUBSTITUTE MEASURE
It In Prrp*rrd to Tnke Pluee of Owen
mil.
Boston, March lo.?Features of a
stock exchange regulation measure,
proposed by a special committee of
the Chamber of Commerce as ft substi
tute for the Owen bill, were made pub
lic to-night, with the explanation that
the substitute had been prepared and
handed to Senator Owen, In accord
ance with a request made by members
of the Senate Banking and Currency
Committee, when the chamber repre
sentatives were In Washington.
The Owen measure provides that the
I'osttnaBter-Oenernl shall be the Judge
as to whether a stock exchange shall
t>e deprived of tho use of the malls In
cases where fraudulent transactions In
securities appear, but the substitute
vests this authority In the propped In
terstate trade commission, with a right
of appeal to tho Federal courts. Un
der the Owen bill also, stock exchanges
must ;>? incorporated under State laws.
The substitute does not requiro Incor
poration.
Before a security may be listed or
dealt with r.n any exchange, a state
ment of th" condition of its corporation
for the preceding throe years only ts
demanded by the new draft, while the
Owen bill requires a complete history
<>f the corporation from its beginning.
Corporations whose securities are not
are inn
listed with any stock exchange, must
file with the interstate trade com
mission the same Information that they
i.i i - ?
v.. ?n mm niey
would have to lile with the exchanges
if they were applicants for listing, ac
cording to the substitute bill.
The measure prohibits members of
exchanges manipulating securities and
prices by fictitious deals. It f'?rldds
the yelling or lending of a customer's
security without his consent in writ
ing. Carrying an account of margin
for an employe of a bank, trust com
pany, or Insurance company, and sell
ing on behalf of a director or trustee
of any corporation securities of that
corporation whi< h he did not own at
the tune of the sale, also s.re pro
hibited.
GUNMEN MENACE PEOPLE
Five I'lNtot FiBiitK on Streets of Mnn
Iwittuu During Twenty-lour Hours.
New York, March 15.?Outlawry is
attain menacing tho safety of Now
York's highways. In the twenty-four
hours beginning at midnight Saturday,
there were live gun lights on the streets
of Manhattan. In one case, there was
a running battle lasting almost an
hour. Gangsters and gunmen were re
sponsible for most of these outbreaks.
Robbery and feud are not alone ram
pant. It is becoming unsafe for wo
men to walk abroad unaccompanied.
A fourteen-year-old girl, Violet Craven,
on Thursday was enticed into a club
at Kast Fifty-first Street and First
Avenue and kept a prisoner there over
night by young gangsters. For a week
Father Magrath. of the Catholic Sea
men's Mission, In West Street, has been
making a determined search for a
gangster who a week ago to-night at
tacked his twenty-year-old sister in
Charles Street. A citizen who went to
her rescue was beaten up by the gang
ster's companions into insensibility.
Uptown, another woman was wound
ed by a pistol shot during a gang tight.
Highway robbery, burglary, assault,
gambling, are all Included In the carni
val of crime, with which ther-pollce
t seem unable to cope.
One of the most daring of these out
| breaks occurred early to-day, when a
| gang dragged Vincent Marci, cashier
! of a Child* restaurant in One llun
, dred and Twenty-tifth Street, Into a
I doorway at Twentieth Street, east of
j Seventh Avenue, to rob him of the
! day's receipts of the restaurant, which
! he was thought to have about him.
! When they failed to tlnd the money, tho
1 live men murderously assaulted him In
| revenge.
Six policemen attached to the West
Seventeenth Street Station, went to
Marci's rescue, and a pistol battle fol
lowed .in which more than 10t? shots
were exchanged, and bedlam reigned
for an hour, while the gangsters were
being rounded up.
Five of the gang were captured, and
1 although they had returned the fire of
tho policemen, no guns were foutid on
' them when they were searched.
SCHOONER l*N DISTRESS
KllNhn Atkins ArrnltN Coming of Rev
enue Cutter.
New York, March 15.?With her
lower sails stripped, her rudder head
carried away, and short of provisions
n's the result of running into a heavy
gale, the four-masted schooner lOlisha
I Atkins, of ltath. Me., from Tampa, Fla ,
to Baltimore, was spoken late yester
day In latitude 36.5::. longitude 71. IS
by the steamer Verdi, which arrived
here from South American ports to-day.
Captain I'enrlce, master of the Verdi,
reported that he had sent a boat with
. provisions for immediate needs to the
Atkins, and had then notified \\y wire
less the l.'nited States Revenue Cutter
I Service and the agent of the schooner
| at Baltimore. When last seen by the
I Verdi the Klisha Atkins was heading
west under favorable weather.
Captain J. I"). Wildof, of the Revenue
Cutter Service In tills district, who re
ceived the wireless message from tho
Verdi, sent word to Washington that
the revenue cutter Itasca, of this sta
tion, was In Delaware Breakwater and
short of coal, and could not go to tho
relief of the schooner. ,lt was believed
that the revenue cutter Onondnga, now
on the Norfolk station, would go to
the assistance of the Atkins.
flitter to the Hesciic.
Norfolk, Vn., March 15.?The revenue
cutter Onondaga received a wireless
from the steamer Verdi stating that a
schooner In distress has been sighted
In latitude .'ft! degrees 50 minutes north,
longitydc II2 degrees I minutes -IS sec
onds, west. 'The message stated that
the rudder head of the vessel was gone,
j all lower sails gone and she was short
J of provisions. The name of the schoon
j or was not given. The Onondaga will
; go out in search of her in the morning.
EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN
Number of I'erNonn Killed nnil Mnny
Houses Destroyed.
Tokyo, March 15?A serious earth
quake occurred to-day in the Prefature
of Akita, Island of Hondo. A number
of persons in the city of Aklta were
killed and many houses destroyed or
damaged. In the village of Kowakubi.
which \vas ruined, there were manv
casualties.
The disturbances badly damaged rail
road and telegraph lines. The volcano
Asatna-Yama, ninety miles northwest
of Tokyo, Is in eruption.
Akita Is a garrison town on the sea
of Japan. It docs a considerable < x
port trade, especially in rice The
population of the city Is about .'10,000.
Asama-Rama is the largest active vol
cano in Japan. A majority of its active
periods have been productive of show
ers of ashes only. Its last great erup
tion was in 1 K7:i. when several villages
on the north side of the mountain were
obliterated by huge streams of lava.
The crater Is about three-quarters of
a mile In circumference.
Dentil of lienrrMl llrlil.
f Special to The Times-1 >lspatch.l
Washington, March If.. - Brtgadier
Oeneral George C. Held, I'. S. M. died
at his residence here to-day after a
brief Illness. Besides a long and honor
able service in the Marine Corps, tJen
eral Reid was a graduate lawyer, and
often practiced before the courts.
MEXICAN BORDER
TO BE PATROLLED
BY TEXAS RANGERS
Entire Force of Fifteen
Mounted Men Assigned
To Duty.
COLQUITT PRAISES
THEIR ACTIVITIES
List of Incidents Made Public by
Governor Shows Men, as Peace
Officers, Forestalling Trouble
Before It Reaches Stage
of International Com
plications.
Austin, Ti'xns, March 15.?The entlro
force of Texas Rangers. totaling at
present fifteen mounted men, was as
signed to duty on the 800 miles of
Texas-Mexican border to-day, with the
? arrival of two Rangers at Haymond
^ i 11??, Pexas, ir. r>- ponso to an appeal
from tlfty-three persons there for pro
tection against cuttle thieves.
Along with news of the Hangers' dis
position. (iovernor < >. 1!. Colquitt tnndo
public a lengthy list of the T- xiis bor
der trouble?. on which his appeals for
i more power to protect the boundary
have been based, and which explain
I the nature of the Hangers' activities.
; 1 hese incidents show the Rangers as
; peace oillcers; not as an armed power
I which might cause the United States
government emharrassment. Many of
j these incidents arc comparatively petty
i crimes, not included within the scope of
? neutrality laws, and outside the police
paths of I'nlted States troops on border
patrol duty. The records indicate that
in handling them, the Hangers some
time forestall trouble before it has
reached the stage of international com
plications.
.tliikc Many Timely .Arrests.
The timely arrest of a cattle or a
l horse thief before lie has had time to
escape into Mexico has warded off
I more serious consequences, such as the
? killing of Ciemento Vergara, the Amer
ican, which grew out of horse stealing.
! The records indicate also that while
many of the lawbreakers have come
across the International line, in raids
from Mexico, some mischief-makers
have been residents of American terri
j tory in sections where the Mexican
j population is large, and have used
Mexico as a refugo.
The sending of Hangers to Raymond
i villo was based on a petition asserting
that "for the past few months cattle
thieves have been depredating and sev
eral murders have been committed."
With this petition, another signed by
| twenty-eight persons, and making the
I same charges, was made public to
night from Seb:i st in, Texas. Hanger
' Captain J. H. Hughes, who brought
| these petitions to Austin three days
ago. after a personal investigation, said
, that an American named Howell had
i been killed and that several Mexicans,
! names unknown, were reported slain;
j that the killings were alleged to have
| grown out of depredations l*y persons
I who took refuge in Mexico, and that
l the petitioners believed more police
I protection would allay the trouble.
On Uorder SIX) .Miles I.our.
How tit teen Hangers can furnish any
real protection a Ions- a border S00
{ miles long was explained In a statement
by Captain Hughes. In some places one
j Hanger is assigned to patrol tifty to 100
j miles of bbrder, he said. These Hang
ers, clothed with all the police powers
j of both State and county oillcers, aro
j feared by the trouble-makers, who
(know that the Hanger can arrest them
j even on suspicion.
The present disposition of Hangers
| on the Texas border is:
Company A?J. R. Hughes, captain,
K1 Paso; Raymondville, two men;
Ysleta, one; llebronville, one; Lyford,
; one.
( Company H?J. J. Sanders, captain,
I-iaredo, with three other men; Shafter]
I one; Carriv.o Springs, one; Palafox, two!
Company C?Mini roe Cox. captain,
emergency calls.
In ten cases during tho last three
I years, in which Governor Colquitt has
j acted through tho State Department at
' Washington in efforts to secure tho
j extradition from Mexico of alleged
I criminals,. wanted in Texas, none of
tho applications, which the Washing
| ton authorities duly presented, has been
i successful, according to tho Texas ro
: cords.
Typical Instance.
i The first of these ten instances is
, typical of the entire trouble, for tho
annoyance it caused is to-day cropping
out afresh near I .a redo. This was the
j application on January 1911. for
iJionlcio Martinez, alias Juan Garcia,
accused of murder in Caldwell County,
Texas. Martinez has been seen along
the border of late near N'uevo Laredo,
j Mexico, and is accused of making secret
! expeditions into Texas, but the Rangers
j have been unable to capture him. Some
j of the complaints reaching the Texas
State Department were confidential, es
' peclally those charging demands for
; money, because the victims said they
feared for their lives if Mexicans heard
<>f their action. Governor Colquitt said
i he has received letters asserting that If
the Cnited States should intervene there
; are American families residing among
Mexican settlements on the Texas side
who would be massacred Immediately
; by the foreign neighbors. He said he
1 did not know how much truth the.ro
1 was in such reports. As an indication
j that tho Rangers' activities made for
peace and order. Governor Colquitt
i made public part of his correspondence
in 1!>11 with President Taft, who re
commended that the Federal govern
ment pay for nn Increase In the Ranger
| force for border patrol at that time..
Federals Return to \tlnek.
Kl Paso, Texas, March 1.V-- a private
message received here to-day states
: that the Federals, after being defeated
I in an engagement with the rebel
forces yesterday at Monclova. Coahulla,
returned to the attack and routed the
! rebels, with a loss of L'Oo killed. Tho
? Federal losses were not stated.
J Alarmed by threats against his, life,
j made by former members of his own
j command. General Mercado has appoal
j ed to General Scott, commander at
Port Hliss, for protection Mercado
| says the men blame him for their In
j carceratlon in the prison camp,
j A car load of Mauser cartridges for
I use of Villa's troops around Torreon,
i was received here last night, and Iri
I mediately transferred to Juarez for