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The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
MENACES OIL TRUST In WEST
Independent Company VIII Lay 600
mile Pipe Line.
Secretary Hitchcock Approves of the
Plan to Wrest Control of the
Southwest from Standard.

Mellon and Company, Of Pittsburg,
pioneer independent oil producers, will
construct the pipe line from Bartlesville.
Indian Territory. 10 Port Arthur, Tex,
and Try 20 wrest control Of the South
western field from the standard Oil Com
pauy. This announcement was made yes
t,rday by Secretary Hitchcock, after a
conference with one Of the Mellon
brothers.
The Melons are backed by an abund-
a1ce OF capital. and a wide experience in
the oil and pipeline business They viii
spend S>9Jl111 on the Indian Territ0ry-to-
the-Gulf independent pipe line instead Of
$5.o0joj0. as AT first announced. Two sub
sidiary pipe lines. reaching out In different
directions from given center, also VIII
be constructed as q part Of the new sys-
TEN. Their refinery at Port Arthur also
will be enlarged 10 meet the increased
product
The MELONS, OF Pittsburg, own the
Mellon National Bank and control the
Union Trust Company. the strongest
financial institution Of that city
The George J.. Mellon Pipeline Com
pany constructed the first independent
pipe line in the country. reaching from
Mcdonald, Pa. 20 Marcus Hook Del
The Mellon interests have been a thorn
in the flesh Of the Standard Oil monopoly
for q long time.
The plans Of the Mellon brothers have
been approved by Secretary Hitchcock
who said IL was "a good, clean PROPOSE
ton" The only question remaining 70
be settled is the right Of way, a detail
that IS not expected 90 make any trouble.
Engineers Of the oil men are now work
ing on both ends Of the proposed route.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
WOMAN IS TO FACE CARUsO.
Police say Mrs. Graham VIII Give
Convincing Testimony.

New York, Nov l9-AccOrding to a
statement made by Capt. Stephenson, Of
the Central Park police. Mrs Hannah
Graham viii positively appear in the
Yorkville Police Court on Wednesday TO
testify against Slgnor Enrico Caruso, the
tenor, who was arrested Friday on
charge Of annoying her.
He declared that Mrs. Graham had not
come forward because Of the notoriety,
and that she would be in court on
Wednesday. The captain also declared
that he would give Heinrich Conried, the
singers manager, plenty of opportunity
20 prove that the arrest was made for
blackmail.
The captain also said that he would
open the eyes of the public by arresting
other men equally as prominent as Caru-
so, who are guilty Of molesting women
and girls in the menagerie section of Cen
trial Park. The reason. he said, they had
not been arrested before was because he
wanted to get them with as much evi-
dence as he had against Caruso-
Il is said on the authority of Capt.
Stephenson that Caruso viii be confront
ed by two witnesses other than Mrs.
Hannah Graham. on whose complaint the
arrest was made
These witnesses are small girls VINO
will testify, according TO the captain. to
their experience in the monkey house not
long before Mrs. Graham caused the ar
rest of the tenor. The captain would not
make public the names Of the new wit
nesses because, he said the police were
informed that efforts had ben made 10y
other persons to find them.
Asked If the Graham woman had been
found as yet, Capt. Stephenson smiled
and said.
I've viii be there on Wednesday, all
right, and we viii have our witnesses. We
will have the woman there. 1 can tell
you that positively. L does not make
any difference who Caruso is. or what in
fiuence he may have; we will prove our
case. I was in the station house when
Officer Cain brought Carus0 in. This
woman came along with him. I had
long talk with her. She is refined and a
woman who has every appearance Of be-
ing well 20 do, and with plenty Of COM
mon sense. I asked her If there was any
chance or possibility Of her being mis-
taken, and she convinced me that there
was none. She will also convince YOU
OF the same thing. When she appears
in court on Wednesday to tell her story,
assure YOU there will be no doubt in the
minds OF any one. Cain did not know
who Caruso was until he searched him.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
BANK RUN IS FINISHED.
Many Washington Loan Deposition
Bring Money Back.


The run on the Washington Loan and
Trust Company spent itself before 1
O'Clock yesterday. and business settled
down 70 normal conditions BY o'clock
the banking room was deserted, save by
the late depositors, and the clerks at
the paying tellers window were resting
from their arduous duties of the last two
days. All who wished to draw their ac-
counts had been paid In full
When the bank opened at 9 o'clock
there was a small crowd waiting. The
line 60 the paying teller's window was
continuous until few minutes after
noon. although at no time was there
rush like that Of Saturday.
At tie same time another line almost
as long was fling past the receiving
tellegs window, making deposits
Father d. J. Stafford was the first. He
came down early with the Sunday col
lections Of St. Patrick's Church. He was
followed by others, and not few We're
persons who had withdrawn their savings
on Saturday. They brought them back in
several instances I'm the same packages,
that had not been broken.
John JOY Edison, president Of the
company was cheerful You see, he
said, "the run Is over and the confidence
in the banks ability to pay its obliga-
tions has been demonstrated in the most
practical way. We should have continu-
ed TO pay the depositors il the run had
lasted a week We were prepared 10
liquidate with the whole list
Mr.. Edison said the run had been re-
markahle One Of the most striking
things was the friendIiness exhibited by
financiers in Washington and elsewhere,
who urged upon the officers Of the bank
substantial assistance Mr. Edison ex-
planned that the local correspondent Of
the National City Bank Of New York
was one OF the nrst 10 call upon him and
offer aid in any amount Up 10 $L5oo.oG.
The bankers Of Washington, he said,
urged upon him the acceptance Of large
amounts. One man who had $4,000 IN
intcrcst-beaTing securities in the deposit
vaults Of the company rendered its use
10 the bank, Offering 10 sell the bonds.
Another friend offered s2j1000 Mr. Edison
said IL IL had accepted all the offers Of
aid he could have paid the depOsitoIs
twice over.
Mr.. Edison showed figures taken from
the books of the deposit department
Indicating that for the nineteen days OF
the present month the deposits had been
several thousand dollars ia excess Of
those Of the same period a year ago.
He said the company had apparently
lost nothing on account Of the run.
An analysis Of the withdrawal Of ac-
counts made Yesterday shows that those
who closed their accounts had, for the
most part, small deposits.
On the Washington Stock Exchange
there was lively bidding for stock in the
Washington Loan and Trust. but none
was TO be had The demand forced it up
a point.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
CHURCH INVASION RESUMED.
Troops Ready 10 QueT Religious
Disturbances in France.

Paris. Nov. 19.-The taking Of the inven-
tories Of the $500 churches which were not
entered last spring under the new separa-
ton law, owing to resistance and disor-
ders, was begun simultaneously through
out France to-day. Troops everywhere
were held in readiness to support the pre-
fects. it being the intention or the gov
ernment not TO hesitate before resistance.
but no repetition Of disorders uDon the
scale Of those Of last spring is expected,
although there viii probably be considera-
bic trouble, especially in the departments
Of Aveyron, Nendee, and Finistere.
The first resistance reported was at
gUe-de-la-SalangUe, in the western
PyTenees. The CleTicaIs there. after carry
ing aWav the sacred emblems. barriCaded
and locked themselves in the churches
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
CHARGES Big LAND FRAUDS
Denver Lawyer Claims Union Pacific
Used Crooked Means.
Declares officials of Interior Depart-
ment Connived at Wrestling Coal
Tracts from Government.

Charges OF gross fraud have been mad3
against the Land Office. Artemus J.
Smith. a lawyer Of Denver. has laid be-
fore the Secretary Of the Interior accusa-
tions that the Union Pacific RAILWAY
gained patents on millions Of acres Of
land 81 Wyoming by crooked means; that
the Land Office has for three years
ignored his charges Of corruption, and
that the Office failed TO notify him OF 2
hearing which it was later announced
had been held at Evanston. Wye.
Among other things Smith says: Vast
areas Of the most valuable coal lands IN
the State of Wyoming have been wrested
from the government by a system %
fagrantly nefarious as TO become a pub
lie shame; the Union Pacific Railway and
Coal Company have acquired title ID
these lands on perjUred evidence and OUT
rageously false representations"
Smith says that in 1905 Special Agent
Myendorff, Of the Land Once, made q.
special report. accompanied by afidavits
TO Commissioner Richards, of Wyoming,
also he says the special agent was
transferred He says that Acting Com
missioner Fimple informed the register at
evanston. OF LLe IlldE Et~ ana IlEtCtlllt5
that no final papers be issued until the
proofs became absolutely uuqUestionable
Smith says he was notified that meeting
would be held, he 10 be later informed OF
the time and the place. but that instea4
a secret meeting was held at Evanston.
presided over by a special agent; that he
was not informed. that the meeting was
held in the office Of the attorney for the
Union Pacific Railroad Company. and that
Smiths charges We're found baseless. and
that the patents referred TO were issued
on the very day that a protest had been
delivered at the department, accompanied
with sufficient evidence 10 support the
charges. This hearing was held after
July, 1865, and Smith says he has been
hammering away ever since.
Commissioner Richards. Of the Land
Office, is TO retire on March T. He mas
already denied a report that his resigna-
ton has been forced.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
PERRY BELMONT A DEMOCRAT.
He Voted the Ticket at the Recent
Election in NCw York.

There has evidently been some confu-
siion in the published reports of the re-
cent New York Democratic State Com
mittee meeting. The investigation OF
Senator AIcCarren's relations TO the party
organization was one thing. which has
been followed by the appointment Of a
committee to investigate his conduct dur
ing the campaign.
The question of Perry BeImont's cleo
ton 10 the committee during his absence
in Europe was q separate and entirely
different matter. Mr. Belmont did not
resign from the committee. as was erron-
eously stated. The question raised was
whether he had been legally elected by n
majority of the seated delegates from the
Senatorial district which chooses the
members Of the State committee, acord-
ing 10 the practice in New York. The
statement had been made 20 the commit
tee that he had not received such q ma
Jority, but had been elected by a majority
made up OF the unseated members. As
Mr. Belmont had no means Of verifying
these statements during the meeting of
the committee, he did not participate in
the deliberations until he could have an
opportunity Of ascertaining the facts.
II has since been shown that there was
no contest against the seating Of the
Suffolk County delegates who voted for
Mr. Belmont; that he was elected bv a
majority Of the sitting members Of the
Senatorial district comprising Suffolk and
Nassau counties. They have sent a
written statement TO that effect 10 Mr..
Connors. chairman of the State commit
tee; also that they voted for Mr.. Bel
mont at the State convention. and that
he Is their choice to-day.
Upon that statement, Mr.. Belmont sent
letter to Chairman Connors, announc-
ing that he was legally elected a member
OF the committee and demanding that he
be recognized as such
There was no question raised as to his
course In the campaign, although ne was
absent, being in Europe during the great
er part of it,
When asked in regard 10 this matter.
Mr.. Belmont said:
1 have always voted. since 7 have
peen voter. at the same poll in Suffolk
County. y. Y, and have never voted for
republican. under any circumstances.
even Tor minor Office; nor did / at this
last election. have always voted for
the regular Democratic candidates ex-
cepung in 1886. when 1 voted for Palmer
and Buckner, the Democratic candidates
or the indianapolis convention"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
ABOUT PLAYERS AND PLAYS.

That evergreen old-timer, Edward r.
Rice, has put a condensed version OF The
Girl from Paris" on the read in the vaude-
vile houses.
The report that little Fannie Rice was
in a sanatorium was promptly and official
ly denied by the lady herself. She Is in
vaudeville. playing I'm Yonkers last week.
and Ionkers has very little standing as
a health resort.
Manager John g Fisher. Napoleonic or
ganizer Of victory in the musical comedy
and extravaganza line, Is preparing 10 in
wade Cuba. Mexico. and other Latin
American nurseries Of revolution With a
musical comedy company. Let us hope il
will have a soothing effect on the ex-
plOsive natives.
Nile. Regina Pinkert. one Of the com
pany OF singers for the Hammerstein sea
son of grand opera that arrived in New
York Saturday. has been singing of late
at the municipal theater at Kieff. Russia.
I was there" she said throughout all
the trouble. While mobs were rioting on
the streets, and people being killed. the
theaters were flled every night, as II
nothing was happening
The foreign critics are likewise to have
their chance al getting intellectual str1~
bismus trying % figure out whether
Peter Pan" is a noble work Of inspired
art or q lot OF childish nonsense uncOn-
vincingly worked out. II IS TO be put on
in London and Paris, IL is asserted, and
a special production of it viii be put on
at Manchester about the holidays, as
sort Of new-fangled Christmas panto-
mime.
Mr.. Dwight Elmend0rf viii give the
second Of his interesting series OF lectures
at the New National Theater this after
noon at 4:So. his subject being The
Rhine, from Heidelberg 10 Cologne The
talk will be augmented by the use Of pan
oramic motion pictures and colored views
Il is said that the use Of these pictures
lend added interest and realism 10 what
Is known TO be the most delightful river
journey in all Europe. The third lecture
Of the series-that on Switzerland will
occur next Monday.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
GEORGIA CAYVAN DEAD.
Most Popular Actress in America Is
Victim of paresis.

New York. Nov. 19-Georgia Cayvan.
the actress, died tonight in the Sanford
Han SanitoTiUm, in Flushing She had
been there for six years. suffering with
paresis, and finally became almost blind
The proceeds of a benefit which was ar
ranged for al the Broadway Theater on
January l3 1903. when it became known
that her savings had been exhausted
were enough 10 take care Of her until she
died
At the time of her retirement from the
Lyceum Theater Company, in 1894, it was
said that Georgia Cayvan was the most
popular actress on the American stage
Her appearance with the company
on that night and her travels as the
leading actress throughout the United
States had gained a widespread follow
ing for her, and especially among
women. with whom she was always a
particular favorite
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
ATKINS FUNERAL TOMORROW
For Forty-three Years q Wholesale
Grocer IN Nations Capital.
Death Due to Stroke of Paralysis
Suffered on Friday-Other Deaths
and Funerals in Washington.

Funeral services over the body OF Jo-
seph Atkins, who died yesterday morning
at the Providence Hospital, Will be held
tomorrow at 10 a m. at st. Patrick's
Catholic Church. Interment viii be at
Mount OHvet The funeral viii be held
under the auspices Of the Knights OF Co
lumbus, Of which Mr. Atkins was a men,
Der.
Death was due TO a stroke Of paralysis
which occurred Friday morning Mr.. At
kins had been connected with the whole
sale grocery business OF Washington for
forty-three years. Altogether he had
worked for four different homogeneous
with headquarters at 454 Pennsylvania
avenue.
Nlr Atkins was sixty-tw0 years Of age.
and a native Of Ireland. having come 70
America when nine years old. He had no
relatives here.
The body was removed from the hos
pital yesterday 90 his former home at
SO Sixth street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
ExHUMES CATTLE RATE ISSUE.
Texas Association Asks Commission
for Ruling Under New Law.

The case of the Cattle Growers Asso-
citation Of Texas against certain South
western railroads was reopened yester-
day by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. The association is seeking to
invoke the power of the commission TO
make rate under the new law. The
complaints in this connection were con-
sidered under the old law, but no order
was entered. The association petitioned
for a reopening Of the case and an ap-
plication Of the new law. The decision
will involve the authority of the COM
mission 10 make a rate upon complaint
and after due hearing by all parties
in interest
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
ELECTRIC WIRES START FIRE.
Blaze in New York Avenue Building
Causes 81 900 Loss.

Defective electric wires caused a fire
in the building owned by c. D. Church
and occupied by the Crown lunch room
at 1919 New York avenue last night
shortly before . o'clock. The flames
were discovered by Roy Summers as they
broke out OF the back room on the third
of the building The flames were soon
under control, and although a great
quantity Of water was thrown into the
building, only one engine was required
The damage is estimated at 81 goo, almost
fully covered by Insurance.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
Baptist Convention Opens.

An organization, consisting exclusively
of the Baptist churches of this city-the
Columbia Association-Opened the initial
session Of its twenty-ninth annual meet
ing at the First Baptist Church last
night and twenty-five delegates were
present. The association will continue
its sessions to-day, tomorrow. and
Thursday. and Will hold three meetings
daily, at 10 4. m, p. m, and at 7:s0
p. n. Last nights meeting was called
to order by the Rev. J. J. Muir, pastor
Of the Temple Church, and moderator for
the past two years. The Rev. John
Compton Ball, pastor of the Metropolitan
Baptist Church, delivered the annual
sermon. This mornings session will be.
gin al 10 o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
Church to Give Musicale.

The Eastern Presbyterian Church, To-
Gated at Sixth street and Maryland ave-
nue. northeast, will give Il musicale on
next Wednesday night, entitled a
Night in Bonnie Scotland consisting
entirely of Scottish airs. The programme
viii be divided into two parts, and will
contain great variety of music both vo-
cal and instrumental Mr. William A
Thayer, Miss Bertha Nansen, and Mr..
Charles Meyers viii be among the vocal
lists. assisted by Prof. Oates Orchestra.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
Aid sor Navy Consumptives.

\ sanatorium for the treatment Of
in the United States navy is
TO be established in Colorado. The
military reservation of old Fort Lyon.
which contains SO acres and buildings.
viii be used. tuberculosis in the navy
has recently been on the increase. Sur
geons T. A Berryhill and James G..
Ffeld, Of the navy. are In Colorado now
attending TO the preliminary details.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
SpOoner to Have Opposi,,on

Madison. Wis, Nov. 19-Walter /.
Houser, secretary Of the State Of Wiscon-
sin, has practically announced that he viii
be a candidate for Senator against spoon
er. Houser has adopted a platform de-
manding the redistribution of swollen for
tunes. tariff revision. and the better rep
FASCINATION Of farners-
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
Mrs. Mary f. PIummer Buried.

Funeral services ever the remains Of the
late Mrs. Mary Z. Plummer. whose death
was caused by heart disease. after an
illness Of a few weeks, early Friday
morning, were held at S.. Matthew'S
Church yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock.
4 requiem mass was said by the Rev.
Father Cooper, assistant pastor of that
church. assisted by the pastor, the Rev.
Father Lee.
Mrs. Plummer numbered her friends In
almost every walk OF life, from Gen,
Grant. who visited her home during his
residence in Washington, to the humble
student just starting upon his career OF
the law OF medicine. at one OF the Cap
uaTs many institutions. Many Of
these students she materially assist
cd on the way to success. Mrs.
Plummer was a familiar figure in
the transient life Of Washington, es-
pecially during the time she conducted
Executive Row''-the group OF houses
just west of the Arlington Hotel on
street-as a boarding house. United States
Senators and Representatives, and espc-
Cially SOutherneTs Of note, were among
the guests who found winter quarters at
her establishment Among them may be
mentioned Gen. LOngStreet, Gen. Gordon.
Gen. Pitkin, United States Minister 20
tho Argentine Republic; Senator Daniel.
and Col. Mosby Of guerrilla fame
Interment was made at Mount Olivet
Cemetery, where the services were con-
cluded by Father Cooper.
Mrs. PlUmmer is survived by q son and
daughter-in-law. Mr.. Fielder Plummer
and Mrs Marie PIummer. and five sisters,
the Misses Kate and Nellie O'keefe, Mrs.
Fealy. Mrs Long. and Mrs. Quinn, the
last named OF PittsbuTg, Pa.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
Funeral of Miss Shoemaker To-day.

The funeral OF Miss Sophie J. Shoe
maker, who died Saturday night at her
home. 1907 New York avenue, VIII take
place at s O'Clock this morning from st,
Patricks Church. Requiem mass viii be
held. Miss Shoemaker was native of
Maryland, and had lived in Washington
during the last thirty-five years.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
LittIe Girl Bitten by Dog.

Eta Venabie, an eight-year-old girl
whose parents reside at 505 Virginia ave
hue southeast. was taken to the Provi-
dence Hospital last night, having been
bitten by a dog. Her face was badly
lacerated. The mother of the child says
the dog is owned by John Brinkley.