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The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
ENGINEERS DEMAND VERDICT
Insisting Upon Dismissal Of Mathews
and Mulhall.
Harry c. Sparks Calls on Authorities
and Asks why Finding of Trial
Board Ia withheld,

Harry c. Sparks. chairman Of the ex-
ecutiye committee of the Brotherhood Of
Engineers, called on the police authorities
yesterday and demanded an explanation
Of the delay IN making known the verdict
OF the trial board In the cases Of Capt.
Mathews and Lieut.. Mulhail against whom
charges OF conduct unbecoming officers
were made last fan by the engineers.
Mr.. Sparks was told by Inspector Swim
dell. member of the board In whose
care the papers were intrusted several
days ago. that he would not be hurried;
that the papers were being reviewed, and
would not be in the hands of the Com
nlissioners for at least week
After the papers have been reviewed
by Inspector Swindell they viii be turned
over to Inspector Cross, who viii trans
NIT them to Mai Sylvester. after which
they will be sent 10 the Commissioners.
Mr.. Sparks. In speaking OF the case,
said:
I'VE have waited for over a month for
the verdict In this case. as there does not
seem to be the least probability Of oh
tanning satisfaction from the police de-
partment / shall persist in my efforts
TO force the department TO make known
the verdict. / am almost certain that the
authorities have long known the status
of this case. and that they are delaying
merely because Of the great interest
which is being manifested in the case.
4 cannot understand why a body Of ap-
parently intelligent men who sat through
the trial OF these officers and heard the
testimony OF the complainants, could find
! il necessary TO review the testimony. as
the evidence was of such a positive char
acter that any unbiased man would bave
given a verdict offhand. However, W. are
in this fight TO stay, and can even oitlast
The red tape Of the police department.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
HIS BLOOD AIDS WIFE
Peter Anderson Weak After
TRANSMISSION Is Made.
RED coRpUscLEs INCREASE
Expert says If work of Multiplying
Can BE Kept Up Mrs. Anderson WIN
soon Be Out Of DangeF-HusbaHd
Describes Sensation OF the Opera
tion-wife Now the Stronger.

Philadelphia, March 30.-Peter Anderson,
who has been unconscious since a Poly
clinic Hospital surgeon yesterday pumped
two quarts of blood from his arteries into
those of MS srife. who was dying of
.anemia, recovered consciousness tonight.
and, though weaker now than Mrs. An
derson, talked Of his ordeal
His wife had been on the verge of the
grave when the operation was decided
upon and Andersons artery was tapped.
It was announced at the hospital that the
experiment had been a success and that
the woman viii recover.
Anderson said. "Pallor and wea kness.
they tell me, is natural to the operation.
/ feel weakness in the same proportion
that my wife feels strength. and I'll go to
tbs verge Of the grave itself TO keep her
out OF it.
Il felt nothing at all of the operation.
The only sensation / felt when going un-
der the ether was one Of tremendous Joy
that l could save her. During my sleep
there seemed to come great roaring as
of a sea IN my ears. Then all stopped
the roaring ceased, and all grew dark and
silent.
II seemed to sink down and down. and
then awakened a"
Dr. L. n. DOrrance, blood transmission
expert. said to-day that he believed the
desperate experiment would fully justify
Itself
There was only 10 per cent of red cor
puscles in Mrs. Anderson's $ blood when we
decided upon tle operation" he said
Now 5he test shows 70 per cent. II we
can just get them 10 work multiplying
themselves. the problem viii be solved
and Mrs. Anderson VIII be troubled nc
more"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
PURSUES POLICY OF SILENCE
President Continues Reticent About
Railroad Regulations.
Listens TO visitors who WANT TO
Talk of the Industrial Situation
Throughout Country.

President Roosevelt is still i'm an under
termined state of mind over the sugges-
tions that he make a speech or statement
of "a reassuring character in regard to
the railroad situation
It was made known yesterday that if he
delivered a speech on the subject il
would not be for two or three weeks at
least This information was given in re-
sponse TO inquiries as TO whether the
President intended to accept the invita-
ton Of the Illinois Manufacturers Asso-
citation to address a business mems con-
ventlon at Springfield on a date TO be
fixed by himself.
The President would like 20 go 10
Springfield for many reasons other than
those relating 10 the present unsatisfac-
tory condition of railroad and financial
( affairs, but he cannot see his way clear
TO make the proposed visit II he should
make it at all. before the middle of
April
The policy of silence concerning the
Presidents future attitude toward the
railroads continues TO prevail at the White
House. There are some people who find
n an occasional remark dropped by the
President an inkling OF his intentions, but,
I -
things that he says to visitors are mis-
construed into announcements of great
Importance. One OF those who saw him
yesterday indicated that the President s
! opinions had undergone a complete
change The visitor must have misunder-
stood Mr. Roosevelt thoroughly, for he
[ has made no bones Of saying that those
who wanted TO know how he stood with
4 reference to the railroads should read his
/ speeches and messages. There is no evil
Idence up 10 date that he has changed.
/ The President continues to listen to WISH
+ tors who want TO talk TO him about pre-
Vailing industrial and railroad conditions
/ Yesterday ne saw August Belmont and eX-
/ Congressman Jefferson Levy. of New York.
Frank B. kellogg. OF st. Paul, special
adviser Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and one of the attorneys in the
Hartman roads inquiry. has been in con-
sultatiOn with Mr.. Roosevelt nearly every
day this week.
He was at the White House several
I times yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
PLAN BIG LAND SALE
Famous Gotham Estate to
Go Under Hammer.
IS NOW WORTH MANY MILLIONS
Half Of ola High Bridge Village IN
cIuded in Property 10 Go-Em-
braces Forty Ne,s York City Blocks.
Heirs Who seek rArtition Repre-
seated by Hest of Lawyers.

New York, March 30.-The largest real
estate sale that has ever taken place in
New York, and probably anywhere else
in the world, will be held at the Real Es-
tate Exchange. on Veasey street, next
moath.
The property to be sold is the estate OF
the late William B. Ogden. and includes
more than 1.50O city lots lying around the
famous ogden homestead, Boscobei, at
the easteriY end Of the Washington
Bridge, overlooking the Harlem River. 1t
Is worth many millions.
Famous Old Mansion.
Boseobel, superb country mansion. was
erected in 1915 By the late David smyth,
an uncle OF the former recorder, and in
his time one Of the wealthiest men in New
York. Around his country seat he laid
out a great private park. extending from
a point south OF High Bridge to Feather
bed lane, then the principal thoroughfare
running east from the Harlem River Mr.
Smyth lost his fortune IN the panic Of 1873
and his real estate was bought by Mr.
ogden in foreclosure.
Since Mrs. Ogden's death. ten years
ago. some small parcels have been sold by
the estate. including Boscobel itself,
which is now owned and occupied By the
Academy of the Sacred Heart.
Going Under Hammer.
The estate stu owns. however, the
greater portion Of forty city blocks. in
elnding a large part Of the village Of
High Bridge All this is TO be sold under
the hammer on April q and 3 by Joseph
p Day. The sale is the result Of a
friendly partition suit, in which there is a
remarkable array of counsel. the various
heirs being represented By such lawyers
as Daniel Seymour Richard /. Sweezy.
De Witt. LoclEman & De Witt, H0wlands
Murphy & Prentice Whitridge, Butler g.
Rice. Henry S. Glover. c. ". Bennstt, F.
s. Wait, Charles A. Deshon. j. Frederick
Kernochan. George W. Carr, Chafles +.
Buckingham, Z. S. Kip, Louis #. Siinp-
son. and Johnston & Johnston.
Wilbur Larremore Is referee in the pro
ceedings.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
PHYSICIANS DO NOT APPROVE.
Capital Surgeons Say Treatment
Was Discarded Here.

Washington physicians do not greet with
enthusiasm the announcement that new
and eficacious method of treating anemia
by TRANSMISSION Of the blood Of one person
to another has been discovered in PhiIa-
delphia
Several leading surgeons expressed their
views on this question, and coincided in
the opinion that the use of saline solJ-
ton was preferable to the other. which
was neither new nor more desirable.
DR.. George Tully Vaughn. surgeon, said
the treatment of persons in great weak
ness. by TRANSMISSION Of blood from
healthy individual TO another was an old
surgical method that had not been used
in the Washington hospitals for ten years
or more Dr. Vaughn said that transfu-
sion was really the first experiment tried
to fiji the blood vessels of the very weak
patient and preserve life by artificial
stimulus. He said that owing 10 the dan
ger of the method it was now seldom
used. the infusion OF the saline mixture
being much safer and more effective.
Dr. Vaughn said that recently there had
been return to the Old method in some
of the aospitals some surgeons thinking
that tie blood infusion was better, He
thought. however, that it would soon be
discarded for thc same reasons that led
/ 20 IT'S disuse formerly
/ Dr. Vaughn declared that the trans
[ fusion Of blood from the husband to the
anemic wife could not be permanently
ef1caclOus. for as soon as the healthy
blood was consumed 10y the same disease
I that afflicted the patient with her Own
blood. the same condition of exhaustion
would be likely 10 return.
I Or. W NJ. Barton. II and Fourteenth
streets northwest. read the account of the
operation ia Philadelphia with great In
terost, and confirmed ali that Dr. Vaughn
/ had siid.
t Dr. Barton described the TRANSMISSION Of
/ blood from "a healthy person TO another
as n very simple operatiOn-one of the
simplest Of surgery. He said il was done
/ by simple incisions. with d rubber tube
/ Kept at blood temperature and the blood
! from the healthy subject flowed from his
artery into the artery of the other by the
/ heart action alone,
/ Dr. Barton said in his opinion the use
| of the saline effusiOn was 10 be preferred.
! In its use the water was sterilized.
about per cent of salt being added, and
( the mixture was injected under the skin,
/ or into the blood vessels direct, by a
/ AfppueiliiiG epilsii aAtuS niesAt Specially AO4
/ the purpose.
/ Dr. Barton also spoke Of the dangers
attending the TRANSMISSION of blood One
OF them was that the red corpuscles of
the healthy blood sometimes destroyed
/ those Of the weaker person, and the stim-
ulaung effect sought was rendered mega
/ tive. Blood might also carry from one
/ TO the other some form OF disease, which
would be worse than the original all
meat
DR. Barton declared that if the woman
I in Philadelphia was anemic, and her
Z exhaustion was such as described, the
! TRANSMISSION could not be efficacious more
than a couple of days. when It would be
necessary to repeat the operation, unless
in the meantime the anemic condition
could be arrested.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
CONGRESSMEN WILL LECTURE
Representatives Eager to Tell What
They Saw in Panama.
Members who Have Returned from
Esfhmus Arranging to Give Illus
txaled Talks on the Canal.

IT pays 10 lecture as il pays to adver-
tise. is the belief OF the members Of the
Congressional party which has just re-
turned 10 Washington from Panama.
Accordingly. they are going to turn
themselves loose upon the country this
summer and tell about all that they saw
Upon the Isthmus. Almost every member
OF Congress who went to the Canal Zone
in what was known as the Scott party
has applied 10 the Canal Commission for
an outfit OF photographs from which 10
mike stereopticon views 20 be used Tor
lecture purposes.
For the past two or three days every
mail has brought to the commission let
ters from Congressman stating that they
intend 10 go upon the platform and tell
the people who are to pay for the water
way what a great bargain they are going
to get. what has been done. and how fine
il is to take trip 10 the Zone when the
expense is paid by the government
According 70 best accounts every mem
Der Of the Scott party locked himself IN
his cabin on the way back and devoted
the time to writing a lecture on Panama
and its canal Among those who have
thus far signihed their intention OF lee
turing on the canal with pictures which
the commission is to furnish are the
following: Representatives Hin, o. Con
necucut; Keifer, Of Ohio; Cheney. Of IN
diana; Brooks, Of Colorado; Marshall. Of
North Dakota; Pollock. Of Nebraska
Davis. Of Minnesota. and several Others.
The commission thinks that the idea
is a good one. and is trying 10 encourages
IL by having a series Of steTeODtcons
made which viii be supplied 10 the lee
turers, and before lyceums. endeavor so
cieties, and league organizations, a score
or more Of Congressman viii tell OF
What / saw in Panama" All of the
members of the party who came 10 Wash
ingtoR are enthusiastic over the work
which Is being done. and are anxious thar
/ the people should know about IT, So they
are going to tell them at the regular lee
ture rates. They do not mean that Sena-
tor TiIlman and Senator La Toilette shall
monopOlIze the entire lecture field, not il
they can help IT,
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
COOPERATIVE STORE PLANS
Departmental Mercantile Concern
Patterned After England's.
Promoters In Correspondence with
Australian and British Guilds Con-
Quoted Along Same Lines.

Correspondence with various foreign CO.
operative societies in England and Aus
tralia with a view OF securing data
which will materially assist in perfeeting
a set OF bylaws for the government Of
the proposed Department Cooperative
Guild has been started by a committee of
the association of which G. W ".
Hanger is chairman. This committee was
appointed to perfect bylaws and draft
articles of Incorporation.
II is the intention To organize and con-
duet the cooperative guild on approx
mately the same lines as those which
form the basis of the army and navy and
civil service cooperative societies of Lon
don. These associations have attained
worldwide reputation. not only for the
vastness Of their scope financially in the
mercantile world. but also because of the
great bg..csts which have accrued TO the
members.
The essential features of the guild are
contained in the following statement is
sued by the society;
THE society is 10 be run strictly for
the benefit Of its members. and IL will be
the aim of the organizers TO make such
provision as will prevent the control fall-
ing into the hands of few.
1T is further proposed that all goods
shall be sold at the prevailing market
prices At the same time provision will
be made whereby the members viii re-
ceive a periodical return of approximately
90 per cent Of the net profits accruing
from their purchases, the remaining Il
per cent being used as a sinking fund for
the further advancement OF the society.
Aside from this feature, there will also
be an annual dividend for all stockholders
or members.
's'rhe permanent governing body of di-
reetors viii be selected from the several
/ departments Of the government, with 8
view to giving each department complete
I representation.
1T will be the aim TO secure the services
of general manager who has expert
ence. unquestionahle integrity and execu-
tive ability as it is well understood that
ultimate success or failure OF the enter
{ prise depends on the management.
"-rhe stores CT the society will be cen
traily located, and while it Is expected &c
start with but one or two departments,
others will be added from time TO time.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
GOOD WEATHER PROMISED
Easter Sunday to Be Fair, with No
Indications of Rain.
Advance Guard of Spring Paraders
Cannot Resist Ideal Day
TO show styles.

Forecast for to-day-Fair, and cooler.
Moderate. with no indications Of rain.
Some Of those who have been preparing
for Easter could not wait. and yesterday
they appeared. men and women, picture
hats and other kinds, light suits and fan
cy vests. and with gowns that would make
even the Parisians turn green with envy.
And, by the way, green IS one OF the pop
uiar shades this year. And so is yellow
"a lemon yellow-but it is known as the
canary shade
a few drops of rain fell last night, but
not enough 10 amount to anything. The
weather was fair and moderate. and the
tempera ture during the afternoon only
reached a degrees. It was an ideal day IN
every particular. The ideal day included
the weather. the crowds. the business
done by the shoppers. and everything else
in the vicinity of Washington.
But best of all are the indications for
to-day. Prof r. c. Frankenfield of the
Weather Bureau. says: Everything to-
night points toward good weather for to-
morrow. There are no indications what
ever Ia sight for rain. I am glad to say.
Yes, I think it will be an ideal Washing
ton Easter Sunday. Anyway. I ana doing
everything in my power to bring about
these conditions. And. furthermore / am
reasonably sure that We viii be success
ful
1T will be fair, a little cooler, perhaps
but moderate. There are a few clouds in
the sky tonight, but they are brought
about by the change in the temperature
the cooiness in the air. The sun will bC
out early tomorrow, and, as far as
can see. viii practically continue to shine
all day. Possibly there will be a fen
clouds, but they won't amount to much.
Last night the weather became ever
cooler, and by the time most OF TIE
people were going TO bed the tempera-
ture was down to about the 50-degrc,
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31

He practically accused the commission OF
not wanting 10 receive evidence which
would "eiue-date It's Intelligence. He
was lighting for ths admission of the
testimony Of his ea erts. seven of them,
ana he said that their testimony would
convince the commission that Thaw has
not the capacity now 10 advise with his
counsel Chairman Mcclure had indicated
that the commission cared nothing for
testimony concerning Thaw's condition
too remote from the present. nor did it
care for the opinions Of alienists. unless
based on facts which they possessed them
selves.
Experts Will Testify.
It looked as If Mr. Jerome's experts
had been swept aside, but after a very
rapid-hre speech from Mr.. Jerome, Chair
man Mcclure said that the commission
would let the experts testify on what
they had observed Of Thaw during the
trial, his writings, and the evidence from
the mouths of the witnesses at the trial
on these set OF facts Mr. jerome said his
experts could base an opinion. but on
nothing else. as they had never had the
privilege of examining Thaw.
When Chairman Mcclure ruled that the
experts would be permitted to testify on
the points, Mr.. Jerome was satisfied. Mr..
Jerome. in so far as things went, ap-
peared to have come out on top after a
struggle. 1t also meant that the experts
would be allowed TO base an opinion, in
part On the J. Denniston Lyon letters,
which had not been received in evidence
at the trial, and which the commission,
I'm its secret session, ruled were not ad-
mfssible in this proceeding, But 1t was
pointed out that when the experts come
to be examined, the commission mig It
hold that they could not be questioned on
anything except facts they possess
! themselves. and even then not on apy
thing too far in the past.
Early in the proceedings yesterday
Chairman Mcclure said that the commits
sion was not concerning itself about what
Thaw's condition was in the past, OF what
1 il may be IN the future, but whether he
can now intelligently advise with his
counsel. If the commission should shut
out the testimony of the experts, it will
not be until Mr., Jerome makes bitter
( fight
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
4 Number Of states Have Adopted
Direct-vOte system.

Editor The Washington Herald:
With reference 10 the article on
the initiative and referendum and Mr..
shibley's plan of campaign" which
appeared in your issue OF Mach ..
will YOU kindly permit me to complete
the list OF States in which the direct-vote
system has been established, or in which
success Is in sight? A constitutional
amendment for the initiative and refereu-
dun was adopted by Montana in 1906 By
a vote of six 70 one. and a bill for "A
constitutional amendment framed In ac-
cordance with Gov. Folks Tecommenda-
ton has just passed both houses Of the
Missouri legislature by an almost unani-
nous vote. Texas has the advisory in
itiative within the parties. In the fail Of
1906 the citizens of Delaware decided for
The Initiative and referendum by an
eight-to-one vote. in Massachusetts it is
understood that the legislature Is pledged
TO establish the advisory Initiative.
Oregon is the State in which the sys-
TEN has been most fully tested, and the
results are very encouraging. Several ina
portant measures have been submitted to
the voters since 1905. when the direct
vote system was established there. and on
some OF the questions the popular majOri-
ties were 50 overwhelming that they viii
stand for years as an expression OF the
popular viii, The vote or these questions
was smaller than the vote for governor,
which indicates that the referendum opeT-
ates so as 10 automatically disfTanchise
the less intelligent voters. In other words.
the referendum vote reflects the MAXI
mum intelligence OF the voters.
WSI. d. MACKENZIE
washington. March %. 1871
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
ROAD ATTACKS ELKINs LAW.
New York Central Files Writ OF Err
ror in Rebate Case.

The writ of error taken by the New
York Central Railroad from the convic-
ton by the Federal court at New York
on the charge of giving rebates on sugar
shipped by the so-called sugar trust, was
fled In the Supreme Court yesterday.
1t is claimed that the law is void be-
cause it goes beyond the constitutional
power given Congress TO regulate inter-
state commerce, particularly in that il
imputes 10 the corporation power TO com
NIT an act with a criminal intent and
subjects it TO prosecution and pun
ishment therefor; that II is unreasonable
regulation Of commerce in making a cor
poration criminally liable for the acts of
its employees; that infiicting punishment
upon both the company and its employees
for the same act is in effect double pun
ishment, and that it subjects the innocent
holders Of the company stock TO punish
ment
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
sTuTz WIIL IS coNTEsTEp.
Grandson Claims Testator Was Not
of sound Mad.

Frederick c. stutz, a grandson OF
the late Frederick stHtz. through his
attorneys, Worthington. Heald &
Franey. yesterday fled suit to prevent
the probating of the VIII OF Mr. stutz.
who died last Christmas.
TIE petitioner states that the testator
was of unsound mind on April g. 1909,
and incapable of making a valid deed
and contract; that he was in the same
incapable mental condition on the dates
on which the alleged codieils were
signed. The petitioner denies that the
deceased. left real estate valued at
ti3, GOO; he alleges that a large amount
Of real estate was attempted TO be con-
veyed by the deceased during the las.
few years OF his lifetime. TO John A.
stutz, George +. stutz, Pauline Sleek,
Charlotte Eberbach, and to the synod
Of the Lutheran Church of Missouri.
which property. Stutz AYERS, is worth
$4,000
The attempted eonveyances, II Is
alleged. are void for the reason that the
deceased did not have SUFFICIENT mental
capacity at the time of their eXecu-
ton to make a valid deed. Stutz also
claims that his grandfather left per-
sonal estate in excess OF $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
Abstineuce society Meets Tonight.

The Catholic Total Abstinence Society
viii celebrate Easter this evening at
Good Samaritan Hail. 1928 L street
northwest, and an invitation is extend
ed to all temperance workers to at
tend. and by their moral support as
sist in promoting a worthy cause The
principal address of the 6evening will
be delivered about $50 o'cldck by James
Dunn-a man who has devoted forty
years of his life 10 temperance work.
RecitatiOns and choice selection of
vocal and instrumental music are part
of the programme. and provision is
made for a pleasant evenings enter
taihment The meeting viii be called
to order and presided over by Mr.. Will
iam F. Downey, the president