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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10

mother. 1t is declared that President
Cleveland never favored mothers clubs or
any kind of club which took women
away from the home.
A sad note runs through all the greet
ings because the moving spirit Of all the
former congresses, Mrs. Theodore Bir-
ney, the first national president, who
presided over the congress for many
years, passed away early in the winter.
The congress will hold memorial serv-
ice for Mrs. Birney. founder of the Ma
tional Congress OF Mothers, next Sunday
evening at the Shoreham, at which tr1b-
ute to Mrs. Brney from President Roose-
welt will be read. Her services to child
hood will be extolled> by Mrs. David o.
Mears, Miss Janet Richards. Mrs. Rob
ert r. Cotton and Miss Frances Newton
Notables Present.
Mrs Frederick Scho6 arrived last night
and was the center of a busy motion pic
ture this morning. Mrs. Schoff is a gen.
eral and manages her forces with con-
sumn1ate skill. as was shown f1is morn
ing by the way in which she extricated
her committees from confusion and
brought order out of chaos with a word
Among other familiar faces in the Gre
dental room this morning were those OF
Mrs David o. Mears of Chicago, Mrs
Francis Bolton of New Haven and Mrs
Howard Lippincott of Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10

Herbert D. Brown, Its Author, Be.
fore House Committee.

Herbert d. Brown formerly Of the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor. and
now Of Chicago. author of the superan-
nuation and annuity purchase scheme
which leading members of Congress say
eventually will be enacted into law, with
John W. Holcomb. chairman OF the COM
mittee on grades and salaries of the Keep
commission. and other members Of that
commission appeared today before the
House committee on reform in the civil
service. OF which Representative Giuett
OF Massachusetts is chairman, to discuss
the Brown proposition. The Keep COM
mission does not call the scheme .tbe
Brown scheme" The Keep commission
included Mr.. Browns proposition which
he perfected unaided. in it's report, but
gave 70 credit to Mr.. Brown In fact
1t did not even mention his name.
There was good deal Of discussion
before the committee today concerning
some minor features Of the scheme
Chairman Gillette said at the conclusion
or the hearing that the Brown propo-
sition was by far the best OF the MANY
Other members of the House. Including
some OF the leaders, have Expressed
themselves In just this way.
One member of the House said this
afternoon that even If the scheme were
put into full effect at once, in thirteen
years 1t would be self-sustaining, and il
1t were instituted in graduated form AZ
could be made self-sustaining from tho
first and would not take a cent out Of
the treasury: This member said that
the only thing necessary in order to
have the Brown annuity plan enacted
into law was to educate out of the minds
OF members of the Senate and House any
IDEA that 1t was civil pension scheme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
MOTHERS IN THE CITY
Opening Day of the Interna-
tionaI Congress.
RECEPTIONAT WHITE HOUSE
Business Sessions to Be Held in Met
ropolitan M. E. Church.
NOTABLES TO MAKE SPEECHES
Luncheon Slated for Tomorrow.
Responses to Toasts-List Of
the Delegates.
NOTABLES TO MAKE SPEECHES

The Shoreham Hotel was the scene OF
the busy activities of the international
congress of mothers this morning. and
this afternoon the stage of action was
shifted to the White House. where the
chief executive. who, it is said. takes an
abiding interest in the congress of moth
ers, made the members of the congress a
brief talk on Child Life" A reception
and buffet lunch followed the address.
Admission was by card only.
The business of the morning was the
registering of names of delegates and as
sociate members. Among the very first to
write their names in the directory were
Sonora de Calderon, wife of the Bolivian
minister to the United States. and Sonora
de Cortes, wife of the Colombian minister.
who were appointed delegates by their
respective governments to represent them
in the congress.
Many inquiries were made for Mrs.
Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife of for
mer President Cleveland, who was ap-
pointed by the Governor of New Jersey
to represent that state in the congress.
Mrs. Cleveland will not be here. She has
never. it is stated. taken any particular
interest in the organizations of women,
though she has made an admirable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
SERIOUS DEFECTS ALLEGED.
Capt. Winslow and Commander Key
Discuss Battleships.

That there are serious defects In the
construction of American battleships was
charged today by Capt. c. NICK. WINS
low. assistant chief Of the bureau OF nav
teation cf the Navy Department ana
Commander A. L. Key. former naval aio
to President Roosevelt. The former or
ficer said the ships under Admiral Evans
were al, overdraft when they left Hamp-
ton roads
He defended Admiral Rojestvensky Tor
taking the Russian ships into battle with
the japanese with full bunkers OF COAL
saving that the Russian commander
could not have done otherwise. for he
did No, know how far he would be COM
Cnmmander Key attempted to direct
tbe form of his own testimony. and in
curred the dispIeasure of the committee
on that account He criticised the armor
belt and the gun decks as being too low
and the ammunition hoists unsafe. He
ATTEMPTED to dispute the testimony OF
other officers especially Chief Constructor
Camps. but was not permitted to do so.
Finally the committee held an executive
session, at which il was decided that
KEYS should be heard tomorrow. but that
his criticism should be confined to ships
and not directed against officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
POSITION ON PROHIBITION.
District Commissioners Agreed in
Onnosition 70 Sims Bills.

Within the next two or three days the
Commissioners will report, to Congress
upon the question of prohibition In the
District of Columbia, regarding which
almost half a dozen different measures
have been introduced.
1t was authoritatively stated at the Dis
trict building today that the Commission
ers will report unfavorably upon the bills
referred to them providing for absolute
prohibition. 1t bias been generally sup
posed that they would divide upon this
subject, but an official of the District
stated today that all three of the Com
missioners are opposed to absolute pro-
bibition as is provided by the two Sims
bills. /. is further stated that two OF
the Commissioners favor high license and
a s,ricter regulatio of the saloons and
that the bills of this nature will be favor
ed by them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
PROPOSED NEW THEATER HERE
Report That William Morris Plans
to Enter Local Field.

A report that William Morris. New
York vaudeville manager, is to establish
a theater in Washington in connection
with new circuit cannot be verified.
Felix Isman. an associate of Mr.. Norris,
however. is quoted in the Philadelphia
newspapers as announcing their inten-
ton of opening vaudeville house in this
city, declaring that they are to have
large building erected for the purpose.
Similar reports have been current from
time to time. but have never been con-
firmed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
TAFT WILL BE PRESENT.
Accepts Invitation to Hear Addres
by Booker Washington.

Some significance attaches to the fact
that Secretary Taft has accepted an invi-
tation to be nressnt at the NJ Street Met
ropolitan Church the evening of the 18th
instant to listen to an address by DR..
Booker T. Washington on certain issues
of the day. The President and all the
members of his cabinet were invited to
he present. but so far the Secretary Of
War is the only one to make a favorable
response,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
crowd No single untoward incident
marred the program OF the day.
Nav Lead to Amnesty.

crowd. No single untoWaro INCIDENT
marred the program Of the day.
May Lead to Amnesty.
. MADRID. March 10.-It IS semi-omcially
animated here today that IL no -untoward
incident mars the visit Of King Alfonso
to Barcelona the authorities will restore
the constitutional guarantees recently
withdrawn from that city and issue q DE-
cree declaring political amnesty.
"Safe in Barcelona"
ORLEANS, France, March ION. Le-
roux chief of the Barcelona republicans,
declared today that King Alfonso did not
run the slightest risk in visiting BARGE
Iona NJ. Leroux is the Spaniard who was
condemned to two years imprisonment
for publishing articles in favor Of Jose
Nakens. the editor of Ell Motin. who hid
Morales. the anarchist who threw a bomb
at King Alfonso In Madrid on his wedding
day in 1906 Leroux Is now refugee
here. He said:
The king is as safe In Barcelona as
behind the walls Of the Alcazar at Mad
rid. The popular hatred is against Pre-
nlier Maura. who is trying 10 stamp out
the democratic movement by pitting the
separatists. Maura is the man really re-
sponsible for the terrorism at Barcelona.
He desires by the visit Of the king to Sc
cure the tacit adhesion of the throne to
his policy In order to strengthen himself
IN Madrid. The king is brave; even his
political adversaTieS admire his cour-
age"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
QUICK WORK IN SENATE.
Bill introduced, Reported and Passed
in Twenty-Five Minutes.

A bill was introduced in the Senate to-
day, reported favorably from the COM
mittee on the District of Columbia, and
passed within the space of about twenty
five minutes. which, according to Senator
Carter of Montana. a member Of the Dis
trit committee. will tend to correct some
ofthe most extraordinary legislation"
which Congress has ever enacted. The
bill repeats section Is of public act POI.
which was approved March 2, 1907.
Section 13 of this act instructed the
Secretary of War to deed to Sidney
Bieber Of this city certain lots adJoin-
ing property alleged to be owned by
him in the vicinity of the Anacostia
river. but which Mr.. Carter said should
belong to the United States.
Senator Carter declared that ii Con-
gress was not more careful with regard
to such legislation as this it might find
some day that it had decided away the
site of the United States Capitol with
out knowing it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
WAGES ON THE SOUTHERN.
First Conference Held by the Medi-
ators Today.

Chairman Knapp of the interstate COM
merce commission and Commissioner OF
Labor Neill, as mediators under the Erd-
man act, today began their conferences
respecting the proposed reduction of
wages of employees of the Southern rail-
way. The mediators instituted their
work at a conference with President Fin
ley, General Manager Ackert, General
Counsel Thorn and Controller Plant. No
details of the conference were made pub
tic, hut it is known that the officials OF
the Southern presented a general state
ment of the financial condition OF the
system in addition to a statement OK
their side of the controversy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
THE PRESIDENT D1sAPPRovEs.
Army Retiring Board Finds Col
Deems Fully Capable.

After long consideration the President
has disapproved the findings of the board
OF army ofhcers in the case Of Lieut. Col
Clarence Deems Of the Coast Artillery,
commanding the post at Fort Howard,
Md. Charges having been made against
Col. Deems. he was ordered before an
army retiring board. with a view to his
transfer to the retired list In the event
he was found incapacitated for further
active service. The board found that his
physical condition was sound and that he
was fully capable Of performing his mill
tary duties.
That finding has now been disapproyed
by the President on the ground that the
board haa NOT taken sumcient evidence.
does not change the status of the officer.
and he will remain on active duty. al
though it Is not unlikely that he will be
transferred TO some other field Of duty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
DEPUTY MARSHAL DIES.
Frederick A. Kraft Passes Away at
Home Here.

Frederick A. Kraft deputy United
States marshal since February Is, 1894
died this morning at $50 o'clock at his
residence. GOT Sd street. Mr.. Kraft for
many years represented the marshal be-
fore the grand jury and had attained the
allotted three-score and ten years. He
had been attending to his business as
process server until last Thursday. His
sudden demise was a shock to his many
friends.
The funeral arrangements have not been
completed, but the body will be taken to
the home of his son. AZ c street north.
east, where the funeral will be held
Thursday. Mr. Krafts swife aud two
sons survive him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
OPPOSES THE A1DRIcH BILL.
Senator McLaurin Thinks Present
Laws Suffice.

In a speech in the Senate day in op-
position to the Aldrich currency bill SEN
ator McLaurin expressed the opinion that
our present laws. If enforced. are ample
for the prevention Of panics. He declared
that the recent financial crisis had been
the result of the misguided administra.
ton of the government by the republican
party. and gave the acquisition of the
Philippine ,Isiands as one Of the causes OF
the disturbance.
He sharply criticised the present voyage
OF the American feet to the Pacific coast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10

resolution to observe the second Sunday
in May throughout the country as moth
ers day." The day will be set apart in
loving remembrance Of the mothers Of the
land, and it is proposed that all sailors
and soldiers and travellers shall write let
ters home on that day.
Jarvis. enthusiastically, when mother
will come before all else
Tomorrow morning will be devoted to
business sessions. Reports Of the pres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
Ingleside Residence Sold.

Mr.. Owen Owen has purchased through
Mr.. Morford of the Swartzell. Eheem &
Hensey Company the handsome resi-
dence No. 1715 Kilbourre place, Ingie-
side. The price Is said TO have been about
5000. MIR Owen will make the property
his home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10

A luncheon at Rauscher's tomorrow at
30 is slated Among the speakers will
be Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis. who will re-
spond to the toast. Hanging of the
Crane" Mrs. Jefferson D. Gibbs. Enter
ing the Worlds School," Mrs. Charles
W. whitcomb. The Mothers Day. Philip
Rottenbiller. LID, The Children of the
World" Mrs. George NJ. Brill. School
Days. Mrs. Edgar Marburg. THE New
Baby" and Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball,
Toast to the Flag
Mrs. Frederick Schoff. president OF the
congress. will preside at all the meet
opening address tomorrow morning at the
Metropolitan NJ. e. Church. on Az street.
we anticipate that much good work
for the children Of this and other coun-
tries will result from this international
congress" said Mrs. Schoff. I'VE believe
that by intelligent cooperation we can
greatly raise the standards of home life
and aid in lettering the conditions which
now surround childhood One of olir pri-
mary objects is to bring the home and
the school into closer touch. and enable
the parent and teacher to cooperate In
their work for the child. Feeling that
many young people who assume the re-
sponsibilities Of parenthood are woefully
ignorant Of the proper means of caring
for children. we hope to give them OPP
portunities for obtaining knowledge that
will help them to give their little ones
the proper care"
Prominent Speakers.
Among those who will make addresses
are: The British ambassador, DIR. Harvey
NJ. Wiley, chief of the United States bu-
reau of chemistry, who will speak Friday
evening on Pure Food in the House.
hold" and Charles P. Neill. United States
commissioner of labor, who will make a
strong plea for children Thursday even
ing Gen. Francois Joubert- Pienear of
Angola. Africa, will tell of Children in
Africa
Miss Anna Jarvis. a well-known club
woman Of Philadelphia, will introduce a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
Writ Denied.

At late hour this afternoon the Dis
trict Court of Appeals delivered an opin-
ion by Justice Robb denying the writ
prayed for to prohibit Justice Barnard
from proceeding with the trial of the
issue whether or not Mrs. Ellen NJ. Col
ton died intestate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
TRAILED BY DETECTIVES.
Charge That Mrs. Lilley, Wife Of
REPRESENTATIVE, Has Been Swallowed.

Mrs. George l.. Lilley. wife of Represent
ativc Lilley whose charges of bribery are
being investigated by a special COM
mittee of the House. is i'll in her apart
ments at the Willard. Representative
Lilley this afternoon said that his
wife had recently been followed by detec-
tives and that this had got on Mrs.
Lilleys nerves" In the House yesterday
Mr.. Lilley declared before the committee
that he was being 'trailed by three de-
tectiVes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
Personal Mention.

Mr.. and Mrs. Bann of this city are at
the Adlon Hotel, Berlin.
J. NJ. Ward OF this city is registered al
the Breslin Hotel. New York city.
William A. Hill. president Of the realty
company of Moore & Hill, has planned to
go to Atlantic City, where he will remain
for several weeks, or until he RECEIVERS
fully his strength after the attack of ty-
pnoid fever of which he is now GONZALES.
cent.
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rotary Of the Spanish treaty claims com
mission
Attorney for Oregon.

The Oregon delegation in Congress has.
gotten together and handed to the Presi.
dent the name of John McCourt of Pen.
dleton. Ore. for United States attorney
Of that state. The nomination was sent
to the Senate today. 1t is now thought
the long fight over this place is settled.
Three or four attempts have been made
to pick appointees, but the delegation has
been at odds right along.
Ex-Gov. Benton McMillin OF Tennessee
was one Of the Presidents visitors today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
Vote on Ocean Mail Bill.

The ocean mail Shipping bill will be
voted on in the Senate Friday. March 20.
in pursuance of an agreement made to-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-10
DIR. Holmes Going to Rome.

9--@eS ~S%<S " %"V@*S'
Secretary Wilson announced, after the
cabinet meeting today. that George K.
Holmes. chief Of the division of foreign
markets in the Department Of Agricul-
ture. will represent this country as dele
gate at the international agricultural
congress to be held in Rome this spring
The object of the congress is to try to
arrange with the nations Of the world for
complete crop reports.
Senator Carter. White House visitor
today. said that Harold Blake, now a
clerk In the Senate, will be appointed Sec
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-11-05
GENERAL NEWS.

While Wilbur Wright, the American
aeroplanist, was making a flight at LIE
Mans, France, the motor of the ma
chine exploded.
The first squadron of the Atlantic
battleship fleet arrived at Olongapo,
P. I.
Many accidents, one of which re-
suited in the death of a 12-year-old
schoolboy in the Bronx, were reported
in New York as a result of the 40
mile an hour northwest gale.
Pumped full of air by three friends
"as joke" John Schink, 81 years old.
died in Bridgeport, Conn.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Company let contract for 100000
bushel elevator at Fort William, On
tario.
"A prominent politician" of New
York Is accused by New York Judge
with having engaged in white slave"
traffic.
Orders have been given that the
British squadron, under the command
Of Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott, pro.
coed to South America on the COM
pletion of it's South African program.
Thirty-nine New York cooks, laun-
dresses, nursery and chamber maids
were the recipients this year Of the
prizes given annually by the German
Housewives society for faithfulness
and length Of service.
Winston Green, a negro youth, was
electrocuted in the state penitentiary
at Richmond, Va, for attempted Grim
inal assault.
AS the battleships of the Atlantic
fleet proceed to the navy yard they
| will be painted slate color.
]. w. Hutchinson of Harrison coun-
| ty, Kentucky, a widower with two
children, was married to Mrs. Mamie
| C. Swinford of Cynthiana and killed
| himself
! Forty Yaquis were killed In bat
tie with Papago Indians in Sonora
Mexico.
The arrest of three youths has
cleared up the mystery of the robbery
Of bank in Chihuahua. Mexico, of
s1S5,000 last March. Most of the
money was recovered
A Chicago jury awarded Hugh
Crabbe $41G.GG back salary from Joe
Letters Zeigler Coal Company.
NJ. w. Bayliss of Washington was
elected sovereign grand commander
of the supreme council of the Scottish
! Rite Masons.
M. Sergueieff, Russian minister tc
| Seryia, was detained at the frontier
| by Austro-Hungarian police, and
roughly handled.
Nicholas ,Tschaikoysky, the Rus
sian patriot who has been imprisoned
in st. Petersburg for nearly a year
J was released on bail.
Private Mike Beneham of the FRS
cavalry, who ran amuck at Manila
and killed four of his comrades, wa,
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Henry Bennett filed suit for 800 0OC
damages in Louisville, KY. for night
rider abuses, naming large numbe,
of well.known persons as defendants.
Official dispatches give the Losses II
the typhoon and floods In Caygar
] province, Philippine Islands, as S0l
lives and 100000 In property.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-11-05
NEWSN0TES
FOR The
BUSY MAN
Most Important Happen
ings of the World
Told in Brief.
PERSONAL.

Orville Wright, the aeroplanist, lef
the hospital at the Fort Myer wv. Va
army post to which he had been con
fiued for six weeks.
After being out two hours, the Jer
sey CITY IN. j. jury in the case OF
Theodore Whitmore, on trial for the
murder of his wife, returned a verdict
of not guilty.
William H. Flictner, a New York
lawyer with Offices in Wall street, was
sentenced to one years Imprisonment
in the penitentiary for grand larceny.
Rear Admiral Alfred Reynolds Cow,
den was placed on the retired list OF
the navy on his siXty-second birthday.
Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr., of Massachu,
sets was seized with a severe attack
of gastritis, the third within year.
William Montgomery, ex-cashier of
the Allegheny National bank, was for
the second time found guilty in Pitts
burg of embezzlemen and abstraction
of funds.
Prince Henry Of Prussia spent sew
eral hours In the air as the guest OF
Count Zeppelin, who made an ascen-
sion in his remodeled, airship. Not
only did the prince thoroughly enjoy
his experience, but he sat at the steer
ing wheel for many miles of the flight.
DR.. c. s. Mack, coroner of Laporte
county, Indiana, resigned to become
pastor of a Swedenborgian church in
Toledo, o.
Countess Szchenyi, formerly Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, gave birth to a
daughter.
Will H. Pettis, former county treas
urer, pleaded guilty at Sac City, Ia,
to embezzling $4,000 Of the funds OF
the county and was sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens OF Port
land, Maine, was unanimously re-
elected president of the National
Women's Christian Temperance union.
Edward English, wealthy lumber
man of Mount Vernon, Wash, was kid
mapped and forced to write home for
$4,000 ransom, but later escaped.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the liberal
government won by a substantial
though perhaps somewhat reduced
plurality in the Canadian general and
parliamentary elections.
President Roosevelt celebrated the
50th anniversary of his birth by work
ing as usual.
William Montgomery, former cash
Ter of the defunct Allegheny National
bank, who was placed on trial on two
indictments charging the embezzle-
ment and abstraction Of $780, 900, was
found guilty by a jury in the United
States district court at Pittsburg.