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with Congress and the secret service and
to prepare for investigation of the secret
service in accordance with the Aldrich
resolution, passed yesterday.
1t is probable a meeting will be held to-
morrow or Saturday for discussion of
the matter.
The impression prevails today that a
preliminary subcommittee, probably OF
five senator's, will be appointed and Will
sit during the Christmas holidays
\ recommendation for action Oh the
Presidents message will douptiess pe
made shortly after Congress reconvenes
January 4. 1t is not so certain when m
vest:gation of the secret service will be
concluded.
Senator Hale of Maine, acting chairman
of the appropriations committee VIII
doubtless he chairman of the subcommit-
tee if one is appointed. Senators Warren
of Wyoming and Gallnger of New Hamp-
shire have been suggested as other re-
publican members. and Senators Teller of
Colorado and Tillman OF South Carolina.
as the democrats.
Senator GaIlinger however. expects to
leave about the first of the year for New
Hampshire to be present when the leSlS-
lature elects his successor. Mr.. Gallinger
has no fear that he will not be chosen
to succeed himself, but he wants to be on
the ground This circumstance might
keep him from serving.
The other members of the appropriations
committee are Senators Cullom of Illinois,
Perkins Of California, Elkins of West Vir-
ginia, Hemenway of Indiana, republicans;
Daniel of Virginia, Clay of Georgia and
Foster of Louisiana, democrats.
The investigation of the secret service,
arising as it has out of the recent annual
message of the President, will undoubt-
edly be completed before the 4th of
March next. when Mr.. Roosevelt will
leave the White House.
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QUESTIONS PRESIDENTS ACT
SENATOR RAYNER'S RESOLU-
TON ON MARINE ORDER.
Asks by What Authority Men Were
Detached From Battleships-Re-
ferred to Naval Committee.

II Senator Rayner of Maryland has his
way the Senate will find out by what
authority the President issued an order
a short while ago detaching the Marine
Corps from service on the battleships and
the order yesterday declaring that the
officers of the corps submit to tests
similar to those prescribed by him for
army officers. If the Senate shall de-
eide that Congress has the power to
promulsate rules governing the Marine
Corps that shall be binding upon the
President he wants such a set Of rules
adopted
His intention to push the matter was
evident today by his Introduction of a
resolution on the subject calling upon
the military affairs committee to investi-
gate it. At first he asked that the reso-
luton be referred to the committee on
military affairs, but on the suggestion of
Senator Hale. chairman of the naval
committee. and with the consent of Sen
ator Warren. chairman of the military
the naval committee.
Mr.. Rayner's resolution is as follows:
Whereas the President of the United
States has lately promulgated series of
orders in connection with the Marine
Corps, detaching them from the battle
ships. and requiring them to perform cer-
tain tests, as fully set forth in such
order:
Now be ii resolved That the committee
on military affairs is hereby instructed to
inquire and report, first whether the
President under existing statutes has the
authority to issue these orders: second
whether If he has such an authority the
execution of these orders would not i'm
pair the efficiency of the marine service,
instead of advancing it, and whether the
service would not thereby be diverted
from the purpose for which it was intended
by law: third. whether Congress has not
the right to prescribe set of rules and
regulations for the, government of the
Marine Corps which will bind the Presi-
dent as comma nder-in-chief of the army
and navy of the United States. and if SO,
to report a set of rules for the govern
ment of the Marine Corps to effect the
purpose for which said corps was organ
lied and to promote it's usefulness.
1t was very evident that the resolution
interested Senator Hale greatly. He took
special pains to call Mr.. Warren's at
tention to it and suggest that it go to
| the naval committee.
| Mr.. Rayner said he did not have any
objection to referring it to the nava
| committee but he failed to change the
a the
| committee TO conduct the inquiry.
''The President has taken the marines
off the battleships," declared Mr.; Rayner
| land turned them into policemen, jani-
| tors, or what not, and ] inferred that
he intended to disconnect them with the
navy. That is the reason that / Sug-
J gested that the military affairs commit
| tee take up the matter
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VICTIM OF SNoWsLIDE.
Foreman Of Colorado Mine Killed in
Destruction of Boarding House.

DURANGO. Col. December IA
snowslde at the Tom Moore mine at
Eureka. San Juan county yesterday after
noon killed William Mondell. the foreman.
aged ffty-five. and destroyed the large
mine boarding house 1t is reported that
slides damaged the Precious Metals prop
erty at Chattanooga and the Shenandoah
at Howardsvlle. There are many slides
running in the San Juan country, and
unit! the storm which is now raging has
passed the extent of the damage done
will not be known.
Railroad traffic is completely blocked by
the storm. The snow has blocked the
Animus canon and no trains can get in
or out of Slverton. The Rio Grande
southern train is blOckaded at Rico.
Heavy snow in the Cumbers Range pre-
vented trains from reaching DURANGO
from the east last night. The power
transmission line of the Animus Power
Company is down and many mills have
been forced 10 susDe There is Il fuel
shortage in Silverton and unless the rail-
road can be opened within the next few
days much suffering is threatened.
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.REBUKED BY THE PRESIDENT
SEMINARY GIRLS RODE AHEAD
OF HIM IN PARK.
Thanksgiving Day Incident as Told
by 1nstructress at Forest
Glen.

How President Roosevelt severely re-
buked party of girls from the National
Park Seminary 1T Forest Glen, Md, for
riding past him Thanksgiving day in Rock
Creek Park and how he caused the horse
one of the girls was riding to rear and
jump by striking it with his riding whip
is told in story which has just leaked
out and been confirmed today by Miss f,
/. Sisson, teacher in the school, who was
the cha peron for the party.
Miss Sisson and three of the girls of the
institution, whose names are withheld.
went for Il horseback ride through Rock
Creek Park in the crisp air of ThankSgiv-
ing morning. AS they were jogging along
one of the tree-lned roads of the national
reserve they saw party ahead of them
which included two ladies and two men.
As they closed up the gap between the
two parties Miss Sisson says she rccog-
niZed one of the men as President Roose-
welt.
For some time the seminary party rode
slowly behind the chief executive and his
party But the spirited animals wanted
to go faster. declares Miss Sisson, and
finally the girls galloped past the presi-
Dental party.
again a few minutes later they heard
rapid hoofbeats behind them. The rider
was pressing his horse hard and he soon
overlook them.
'AS we were riding lour abreast at the
time the Presidents horse crowded us
no little as he dashed past said Miss
Sisson. continuing the narrative. "As
he brushed past his horse struck the
foot of one of the young ladies, knocking
it from the stirrlp. and blow from the
Presidents crop fell on the horses flank.
The young woman's horse reared, and
but for her GOODNESS and admirable horse
manship she might have been thrown
beneath the feet of the horses l do not
know whether the blow was intentional,
".You know that you should not go
ahead of our party. said the President
as he rode past US and turned in the
saddle to look us squarely in the face.
He then joined his companions.
Naturally, we felt very much mortified.
None of us intended an affront to the
President, and l cannot understand his
action.
THE President appeared to be in a
| rage, but, of course, l do not know about
that. 1 only know how we felt about it.
II prefer not to give the names of the
young ladies In the party. They are
daughters of wealthy parents, highly con-
nected and l am sure their parents would
object to the notoriety attending such an
affair.
The story was told about the seminary
| later and has been heard by many So
| ciety people in Washington.
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UNREST IN INDIA.
Governments Course Against Native
Suspects Yielding Good Results.

CALCUTTA, December 17.-The course
adopted recently by the Indian author
tiles to cause the arrest swiftly and mys-
teriously. of all natives suspected of rev.
olutionary activities is having IA good ef-
feet on the unrest of the population In
stead of being deported the leaders taken
into custody are being distributed to the
various jails in India. 1t is reported that
the powerful native secret societies are
dissolving as result of the energy dis
played by the government
A delegation of prominent natives sup
posed to be implicated in the revolution
airy movement called the loca! COM
missioner today and assured him of their
support. Another result of the campaign
is that the native newspapers are becom-
ing extremely cautious in their comments
on the government
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the state charge that Thornton j. Hams
was a principal and aided his brother in
the Staying of Annis
Stand back! He knows what he is do
ing. Don't interfere or you will get the
same thing" were the words that Birch
field testified that Thornton Hains used
as he pointed his revolver at him.
Birchfield further declared that Thorn
ton Hains drove Mrs. Annis away from
her wounded husband with revolver.
Birchtield will he under cross-eXamina-
ton this afternoon. Mrs. Annis was also
on the stand for brief moment.
Defense Will Be Thorough.
Counsel for Thornton J. Hams declare
today that the states witnesses called to
prove the charge that the author was q
principal with his brother, Capt. Peter
c. Hams. jr.. in the killing of William T..
Annis he sat in his boat at the
Bayside Yacht Club. last summer VIII be
subjected to long. exhaustive examina-
tions
Hams lawyers assert that the prosecu-
tons witnesses We're all close friends OF
Annis, and that there is little doubt they
have rehearsed the tragedy with the de-
sign of presenting an unvarying story.
New light on the case was let In this
morning when Hams counsel admitted
that Thornton j. Hams had had some
trouble with William Annis over the pub
lication of magazine article last June.
1t is said the author submitted manu-
script to Mr.. Ripley. owner of the maga-
zine upon which AnniS was employed. i'll
May, and that Annis induced Ripley TO
return it.
No Threat, Says Defense.
Counsel for Hams state that the de-
fendant then wrote letter to Ripley say
ing he knew why the manuscript was re-
jected and concluded with the words, Il
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IN DANGER OF LYNcH1NG.
Negro Held at Albemarle, N. c., foe
Vicious Assault on Woman. ,5s

RALEIGH. \. c., December 11-With
a large hole knocked in his head by the
use Of shotgun, Henry Young. colored,
charged with vicious assault upon Mrs
James r. Moss. in Stanly county Tuesday
afternoon. lies in Jail at Albemarle. suf-
fering greatly from his wounds, inflicted
by score of white men who caught him
in the Moss home.
Mrs. Moss the victim of the negro, is
suffering greatly from the attack and, it
is said. is not improving. Her condition
is still precarious
George Letter. whose finger was bitten
off by the negro and who was otherwise
badly used up in the fight in defense of
Mrs. Moss. is suffering greatly and blood
poison is feared.
Feeling runs high in Stanly. and it is
feared the negro will be taken from the
Jail and lynched.
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DARING A|RSn|P FLIGHTS
KNABENSHUE TO DROP LIGHT
ED MISSILES OVER CITY.
Wilbur Wright Astounds the French
With Some Remarkable Move
ments in the Air.

Los ANGELES. Cal. December IL
Latest of all the daring aeronaut feats
to which Los Angeles has been treated
during the present season will be the
midnight flight tonight of Roy Kna ben
shue in his dirigible balloon. in which he
will attempt to demonstrate the ease with
which large city like Los Angeles can
be. destroyed by explosives dropped from
the airship of All enemy. At intervals
knabenshue will drop Illuminated missiles
of harmless nature
Wright Does Tricks in the Air.
LIE MANS. France, December IL
Wilbur Wright, the American aeropIanist
made most remarkable flight in his
aeroplane yesterday afternoon. Instead of
rising gradually. the machine shot up like
a rocket to a height OF no feet. The
aeronaut then permitted it to drop about
fifty feet, at which altitude he stopped the
engine. The machine glided down smooth
~ and gracefully landing about three
quarters of mile from the starting
point.
Members of the English Aero Club pres
ent became wildly enthusiastic over the
splendid performance.
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MRS. HOBART wEDs AGAIN.
Surprises Friends by Marriage to DR.
Walter Wyckes.

CHICAGO. December 1T.-For the second
time Mrs. Catherine Young Hobart, one
of the four daughters of the late Otto
Young. is the heroine in a surprise we'd
ding.
In March. 1902, while in California with
other members Of her family she went for
a drive with Byron Hobart Of a promi-
nent st. Louis family and returned a
bride She has now become the bride of
DR.. Walter Foreman Wyckes, formerly
of Baltimore.
Mrs Wyckes was divorced from her
first husband. Mr.. Hobart remarked one
month ago. His bride was Miss Elsie
Gunther daughter of a wealthy cotton
merchant OF Memphis After q reception
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MRS. ANN|S ON STAND
Only Asked to Tell That She
Saw Husband Die.
WAS NOT CROSS-EXAMINED
Twenty Gunshot Holes in Wounded
Man, Doctors Testify.
MODEL IS DISPENSED WITH
Court Rules It Is Not Accurate.
Defense Explains Quarrel Over
Magazine Article.
MODEL IS DISPENSED WITH

LESHING y. y, December 1I.-Tes-
timony that Thornton J. Hains drew a re-
vover and drove back thosn that sought
to aid William L. Annis while Capt. Peter
c. Hams, jr.. was firing at Annis as he
sat in his boat at the Bayside Yacht
Club, was developed today from Charles
A. Birchfield, called as one of the state $
principal witnesses in the case.
Mr.. Birchfield's evidence is said by the
prosecution to support the grayamen OF
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No Senate Session Tomorrow.

The Senate today agreed to adjourn
until Saturday. and on that day to trans
act no business except routine matters
which come in during the morning hour.
A great many of the senator's are leaving
today for their homes to spend the holi-
days. as Congress will adjourn from Sat
urday until January 4.
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Subcommittee May Conduct
Secret Service Investigation

No time has definitely been fixed yet for
meeting of the appropriation commit
tee of the Senate to take action on that
portion Of the Presidents message dealing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-17

at the home of the brides parents the
couple spent their honeymoon in Cali
fornia and returned to Memphis last
week
Mrs. Wyckes by the terms of her
fathers will has an income of $4,000
during the life of her mother
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Chief Counsel for the Hams Brothers.
will get even with him yet This Is the
threatening letter referred to by Special
Prosecutor White in his opening address.
according TO counsel for Hams.
They further state that they will show
that there was no threat in the defend
ants communication and that the epi-
sode simply indicated Annis' feeling to-
ward the author. The lawyers state that
they will prove that Hams some time pre-
vious to this affair had Annis discharged
from a position with a publishing COM
pany.
Model Dispensed With.
When court opened today Justice Crane
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Views of Mr.. Reynolds.

Accompanying the Presidents message
is the report of NJ. Reynolds. heretofore
published.
Regarding the administrative head of the
Continued on Sixteenth PaSe.)
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Emphasis on Recommendations.

Il especially urge that the proposed de-
partment of housing and labor be estab-
lished Poverty. disease and crime are
largely duo to defects of social conditions
and surroundings. The need of improved
sanitary inspection of dwellings rear al
leys and small shacks (such as unhap PLY
still exist in Washington and of stores
workshops and factories should not be left
10 subordinate bureau chiefs, but should
be brought under the direct control of a
partment.
An equally important public rcspon-
sibility is the protection OF the independ-
eat Industrial class. which neither desires
nor accepts charity. but whose members
have often been led 10 misfortune and
even crime through agencies licensed by
the state but dcfectively and inadeeuately
supervised. Notable among these are
pawnshops. loan and industrial insurance
companies and employment agencies
"Tne supervision OF these agencies is at
present limited TO the police. They should
b.. under the direction OF officials qua lified
TO advance their efficiency and economic
service to the public.
THE above named changes would vastly
improve the efficiency of the District gov
rrument and would afford protection to
lis industrial and dependent classes which
is imperativeIy needed
Il also transmit for the consideration OF
the Congress reports of the committee on
building of model houses. which was ap-
pointed I'm accordance with the recon-
Inendation of Mr.. Reynolds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
';rhe White House.
December II, 1905" .
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PRESIDENT FAvORS
S|NGLE-HEAD RULE
Governor to Administer Over
District, He Proposes.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Approves Recommendations of Spe-
cial Commissioner Reynolds.
LABOR AND HOUSING BUREAU
MI. Roosevelt Elaborates on Ideas of
Adviser Regarding This Branch
Of Government.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Approves Recommendations of Spe-
cial Commissioner Reynolds.
LABOR AND HOUSING BUREAU

Supporting recommendations for change
in the form of administration for the
District of Columbia, made in the report
of James Bronson Reynolds of New York,
selected as special commissioner or ad-
wiser to the President for the purpose of
devisng a new form of government, Mr.
Roosevelt today sent a message to Con-
sress
Mr. Reynolds recommendations, as
summarized by himself. are as follows:
L. The extension of the civil service to
cover all minor Offices in the District of
Columbia.
2. The creation of the office of governor
at a salary of perhaps $4,000 per an
num-
= The creation of departments of health,
police. fire. building and public works,
street engineering, charities. corrections
and housing and labor. These depart
ments should be conducted by q commits
sioner at a salary OF perhaps $1,000 per
annum.
4. a municipal council composed of the
above named commissioners should con-
stitute a public assembly for the passage
of ordinances regulating the affairs of
the District.
j. citizens committee of 100 to repre-
sent all general civic interests
The Presidents Message.
The Presidents message reads:
ITO the Senate and House of Representa-
tives:
The rapid increase of population in
the National capital within recent years
has sreasaSse.sitesed social conditions.
necessitating changes in the machinery of
its administration. Greater efficiency and
a better provision for the protection of
are required.
Recognizing these needs, I have had
special report made to me on the affairs
of the District of Columbia which l trans
nit herewith. I cordially approve the
recommendations in the report for:
THE substitution of a single head or
governor in place of three Commissioners
The establishment of District or munic-
ipal departments in place of the existing
bureaus; and
The creation of new department to
be known that of housing and labor
Il ask your careful consideration of the
entire report: Mr.. Reynolds has rendered
a great and disinterested service for
which our heartiest thanks are due him.
A single executive head would increase
efficiency. determine responsibility and
eliminate delays and uncertainties in
evitable under the present system.
.'Municipal' departments headed by
commissioners to be appointed by the
governor would yield the same advantage.
In the proposed scheme OF reorganiza-
ton the department Of education should
be co-ordinated with other city depart
ments.
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Senate Example Not Followed.

II had been expected that. following
the lead of the Senate yesterday, the
House would bring in a resolution with
some ginger to it. either of language or
of suggested action. But the resolution
adopted today does not even lay on the
table that portion of the President mes
sage relating to the secret service and
which was distasteful to members
There does not seem to be anything IN
the message which can even simply be
construed as in the nature of the much
talked-of but n-materialized rebuke
After Representative Perkins Of New
York chairman of the special rebukinS
committee had offered the resolution and
preamble published above, the only dis
rusSion of interest that enSued was with
cespect to that particular whereas re-
a,ng to the meaning of the President.
Representative Bennett of New York
thought the language of the preamble
should make il plain that this was the
conclusion arrived at by the committee
and not the House. He demanded sep
arate vo e on that paragraph.
When Speaker Cannon called for those
in favor of the adoption of this portion
of the preamble practically everybody rose.
Mr. Bennett jumped up aud tried to with
draw his demand for division. but Rep
resentative Macon of Arkansas. John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi and other
democrats protested. The standing vote
was continued.
Longworth Runs Away.
Representative Longworth of Ohio, the
Presidents son-in-law, who had been sit
ting in his regular seat. not expecting
any call for a division. was visibly en-
barrassed at this point. He jumped from
his chair and left the floor of the House
in a hurry, without voting.
Among those who voted against this
portion of the preamble were Represent
ative Bennett of New York. Parsons OF
New York, Hepburn of Iowa, Hayes of
California, Dawes of Ohio. Howland OF
Ohio. Holland OF Nebraska. MurdOck of
Kansas and Gaines OF West Virginia.
| Mr. Gaines was just turned down by the
| President yesterday, too, in that Charles
Town collectorship case.
| The resolution was then adopted with
| only one dissenting vote. The vote on
the preamble was 30 to Ii.
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Weather:

Rain tonight and probably
Friday: fresh easterly winds.
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