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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
PRICES ARE TOO HIGH
FOR LAND NEAR CAPITOL
Committee Appointed to Enlarge
Grounds May Reject All
Bids Submitted.

Tue special committee. consisting Of
Vice President Sherman. Speaker Cannon
and Elliott Woods. superintendent of the
Capitol. created by Congress at the last
session to enlarge the Capitol grounds
through the purchase of privately owned
land between the Senate Office building
and the Union station will hold meeting
next week. AS will be recalled. MIR.
Woods, acting on the authority of the en-
tire commission, advertised for proposals
for the sale of this land TO the govern
ment. The proposals were opened August
10 and. according to disinterested opin-
IONS, were all too high, the most reason
able being the offer by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad of its extensive holdings in
the tract in question.
1t il impossible at this time TO predict
what steps the committee will take. The
may be authorized. OF the expenditure OF
only a portion OF that amount, to take Ia
one of more OF the most reasonable offers,
NAV be directed. Or the commit ZEE may
throw all the proposals in the discard
and buy land In the open market. or
may institute condemnation proceedings.
Owners OF real estate within the limits
OF the tract which Congress has an
nounccd its intention of acquiring are
awaiting the result OF the speciaI COM
mIttee's first meeting with considerable
interest and anxiety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
AFFAIRS Of DISTRICT
TO Be IN NEW HANDS
House Appropriations Commit
tee to Lose Nine of Sew
enteen Members.

Indications are that the first meeting
after the reassembling of Congress, viii
be more or less in the nature OF a wake
Nine of the seventeen members of the
Sixty second Congress.
AS it is this committee that has all the
say regarding the annual appropriation
for the District of Columbia, residents OF
the National Capital are already studying
the committee list to see what member:
are due to take a fond farewell Of The
halls of Congress and what others vii
be on the job next December.
This is the way in which the com
mittee. as at present constituted, ha:
been shot to pieces:
James A. Tawney. Minnesota, chair
man: defeated.
Henry H. Bingham, Pennsylvania: re
elected.
Waiter P. Brownlow. Tennessee; dead
Washington Gardner. Michigan, Distric
subcommittee chairman: defeated.
Frederick II. Gllett. MASSACHUSETTS,; re
elected.
Walter I. Smith, Iowa; reelected.
Joseph V. Graf, Illinois: defeated.
j. Warren keifer. Ohio; defeated.
Howard NJ. snapp. Illinois: not can
didate for reelection
Edward L. Taylor. jr., Chic: reelected
George r. Malby, New York: rejected
81. Le .sa F. LIVINGSTON Georgia; de
John J. Fitzgerald, New York; re
e.ected.
Albert S. Buriescn, Texas; reelected.
Swager Sherley, Kentucky; reelected
Elton J. Bowers, Mississippi; not can
didate for reelection.
John A. Keliher. Massachusetts,; &c
feated.
The fight for the Craftsmanship of tn:
committee in the democratic house of tn
Sixty-second Congress is between Repre-
sentativeS Burleson of Texas and f1tz
gerald of New York. Friends of each MAJ
make confident claims of success.
AS Champ Clark of Missouri will b.
Speaker and Oscar Underwood of Ala
bama chairman of the ways and mean
committee, the appropriation chairman
ship is the only big honor left that nigh
be thrown to a northern democrat. If
goes to Texas there Is no doubt but tina
the democrats from elsewhere than tn
south will be unhappy.
Men around the Capitol, who thin
Champ Clark is going to turn out to be
| mighty sensible sort of chap in tn
Speakers chair, figure he'll recogniz
northern claims by favoring Fitzeeral
over Burleson. despite the formers ir
regularity during the rules row of
couple Of years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
TO PAROLE PRISONERS
UNDER THE new LAW
Ten Convicts Are Recommended for
Release From U. S. Penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan.

Ten men convicted of various crimes
and sentenced to the United States peni-
Tertiary at Leavenworth. Kan. for terms
ranging from one to twenty-one years
have been recommended for release on
parole.
These will be the first releases to be made
under the law passed at thei last session
Of Congress providing that federal
prisoner may be paroled with the APP
prevail of the Attorney General after
having served one-third of his sentence.
In announcing paroles it will not be the
policy of the Department Of Justice to
make public the home places of the men
or to name the crimes Of which they
had been convicted.
Bailey, Thomas F.. Branch, Doc Killings
worth, Ralph e. Ickes. Angelo Brondo,
Wesley A. Martin, Julian j. Klein. VIII
liam Bresh Nelson Jones and Edgar j..
Summerhays.
Rudolph Bailey was indicted by the
local grand jury June ID. 1900. for fe-
loniOus assault on a woman and was con-
victed June ~ following. He was SEN
fenced two days later to serve term
of thirty years in the penitentiary.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan. November %.
The warden of the federal prison here
today said that he had not received
orders from Washington to release the
ten prisoners whose paroles have been
approved by the Attorney General Of the
United States. The warden declined to
give any information as to the crimes for
which the men were sentenced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
SENTENCES ARE IMPOSED
ON TWO CONVICTED MEN
Court Gives Third Offender Another
Chance by Accepting
His Parole.

Chief Justice Clabaugh today overruled
the motion CT David J. Simon for a new
trial, and sentenced him to serve four
years in the penitentiary at Ieaven.
worth, Kan. Simon noted an appeal and
bail was fixed at $1,000.
The young man was recently convicted
of changing the name of the payes on
two stolen travellers checks and cashins
the checks at local financial Institution.
Charles Hurley, convicted OF grand
larceny, was sentenced by the chief JUS
tice to serve five years in the same penal
institution.
Ralph Rossni, who pleaded guilty to
two charges of larceny and embezzle
ment. was given another chance by chief
Justice Clabaugh today. by being placed
on probation. Should Probation OfY1cer
Porter ever find Rossini In trouble again
he Wilt be required TO serve three years
in the pen.
The parole Of Valentine Weber was
taken by the chief justice, after he had
suspended a sentence of three years i'm
posed on the prisoner. Weber was con-
victed of an assault with a dangerous
weapon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
Surrender Unconditional,
FOREIGN Minister Cables

According to cable messages from the
minister of foreign affairs. Senior Rio
Branco. to Senior Silva. the Brazilian
charge i'm this city. the naval mutneers
at Rio lie Janeiro have surrendered un-
conditionaily. expressed repentance for
their action and pledged their future 10y
atty to the government, asking only that
amnesty be granted Them"
The dispatch. sent by wireless telegraph
to President Forseca of Brazil. reads as
follows:
.'Repentant of the action We committed
in QUE defense, and for the sake OF order.
justice and liberty. We lay down our
arms. trusting tl.at amnesty will lie
granted to us. We will remain obedlent
To your excelIency. in whom We have all
confidence.
Four officers. including the captain OF
the battIeshp Minas Geraes, were Killed,
according to other advices received here
by the Brazilian charge. His information
was rather meager in regard to other
casualties. He said the kilograms he had
received indicated that the officers OF
the other ships whose crews had mutinied
either were killed or wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
ELLEELMORE'S RELATIVE
SAVES LIVES AT FIRE
Stepbrother of DR.. Crippen's Victim
Carries Several Persons
to Safety.

NEW YORK, November o5.-Julius Mes
singer, a stepbrother of Belle Eimore
the actress, for whose murder DIR. Haw-
ley II. Crippen was executed in London
Wednesday, played a rescuers part In
an incendiary fire which ragged in a Will
liamsburg apartment house today.
Messenger, who lives in the house,
rushed out of his rooms when the fire
was discovered, gave timely warning to
all the tenants on his floor. assisted d
woman and her two children to safety,
and then half dragged and half carried
an aged man and his daughter, both OF
them partially overcome by smoke, to
the roof The panic-stricken tenants all
made their way across the roofs to safe
ty.
The blaze was found to have started
in the cellar and spread rapidly through
halls. the woodwork of which had been
soaked with kerosene. The building was
saved after hard fight by the fircmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
EFFORTS TO SETTLE
CASE OUT OF COURT
Clyde B. Weikert Has Hearing on
Alitnony Rule Postponed
... for q Week.

Clyde b. Weikert, the young attorney
who under a writ of lie exeat sued Out
by his wife, Caroline Weikert, spent last
Friday night in the District Jail. after
two fruitless attempts to persuade her ia
withdraw her suit for divorce. is still
trying to effect a reconciliation, it is I'M
derstood, with his wife.
Today, through Attorney E. L. Giles. he
secured q postponement for one week OF
the hearing on the alimony rule which
Justice Stafford issued against him. Ir
the meantime, 1t is understood, renewed
efforts will be made by the husband and
counsel to settle the case out Of court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
BUSINESS CONDITIONS IMPROVE
Gain in Bank Clearings Cited by
Dun's as an Indication.

NEW YORK, November 21-Dun's Re
view tomorrow will say:
Bank clearings this week reflect fur
Their Improvement, and the progress to-
ward betterment noted last week is main
tanned, total exchanges at all leading
cities in the United States being $2,37T,-
99S. $50, a loss OF 81 per cent compared
with a year ago, but a gain Of 1 per cent
over the corresponding week Of 1906.
Considering the large losses i'm COMPARE
son with both preceding years that have
constantly marked the repor. during the
past four months the November figures
are quite satisfactory. Furthermore. the
comparison with a year ago Is with a
period of exceptionally large transactions
in all the great markets and bank clear
ings were exceptionally heavy. Even
New York city still reports considerable
decrease, but otherwise losses are insig-
niticant. and in all the cities outside OF
New York is 1.6 over year ago and
1871 per cent in excess of the week in
1896
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
STUDENTS SING HYMNS
IN HONOR OF TOLSTOI
Throng of 10000 Blocks st. Peters
burg Streets, Demanding Abolition
Of Death Penalty.

ST PETERSBURG, November pa
procession of 10000 students bearing flags
invaded the Nevski Prospect about midday
yesterday. demanded the abolition of the
death penalty, and sang hymns in honor
of the memory of Count Leo Tolstoi unit:
) o'clock in the afternoon.
All traffic in the Nevski Prospect was
interrupted. tramcars and carriages be-
ing unable to circulate Shopkeepe. S
hurriedly closed their shops for fear of
disorders. and the police and troops were
called out. and through their energetic
measures order was re-established with
out bioodshed.
Among the manifestants were a large
number of woman students. but the work
ing class was not largely represented.
Squads of militia continue to patrol the
streets. though there seems no danger of
further trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
engine COMPANY NO. q
MUSTERED INTO SERVICE
Formally Accepted and Be-
comes Unit in City's Fire.
Fightinc Force.

Engine company No. 23. on G street
northwest between 21st and 22d streets.
went into service as a unit in the Dis
trict's fire-fghting aggregation at
1920 o'clock this .lorning. Chief
Wagner and DR.. William Tindall, secre-
tary to the board of Commissioners.
were there to make the formal decla-
ration of acceptance for the District.
Outside the firehouse doors the street
was crowded with all the small boys
in the neighborhood. and the immediate
neighbors leaned from the windows Of
company.
With the installation of No. % al
most the entire running schedule in
the northwest is changed. AS soon as
Chief Wagner telephoned in to Chief
Clerk Watson at fire headquarters in
the District building that. No. o3 was
in the schedule the new running books
went into effect.
Hard Problem Solved.
The making up of these running
books was one of the hardest problems
the department has had. No. % now
guards the property in a district which
until 1920 today was looked after
jointly by No. l company, on street
between 10th and 18th streets: No. ..
Georgetown company, and No. .. which
is to celebrate a housewarming to-
night in its new quarters on 18th
street northwest between G and Fl
streets. The running board at No. %
shows 104 fire alarm boxes in the dis
trict assigned to the new company.
DR.. Tindall Does the Honors.
None of the Commissioners was able
to attend the installation this morning
and DR.. Tindall did the honors. He made
a little speech to the men: Napoleon
the Great he said. lis credited with
saying that Marshal Ney was the great
est of soldiers because he was as brave
when awakened at o'clock in the morn
ing as at any other time. The District
fire department has a hundred Marshal
Neys. in that respect. 1t is generally
known, but not SO generally realized
that a fire engine house is as much pro
lection to a neighborhood as the police
This was acknowledged at one time when
it was proposed to take the engine house
from X and 18th streets. and all OF the
people in the neighborhood protested
against the change.
1.-The Commissioners are sure that TINS
company will bear the same relation to
the neighborhood in which 1t Is located
and in that confidence declare the COM
pany duly installed.
Out on Practice Run.
After DR.. Tindalrs talk the men hitched
the horses to the apparatus and cantered
out on practice run. A second size
American La France engine, capable OF
,k4,. mil
and q hose wagon compose the equip
ment. The members Of the company are;
Captain. John j. Hanlon; lieutenant. A.
J. Raley: engineer, j. f. Lusby; driver
on the engine, John Trodden; assistant
engineer James Kraemer; assistant
driver, on the hose wagon, II. Harrison
privates, j. J. Sweeney, A. W. Upper
man, b. W. Read, c. G. II. Hurley, L. u
Lyon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
Seems to Prefer Hughes.
AGAINST LABOR UNION.
Court Order Issued to Stop Threat.
ened Strike.

BOSTON. November 25.-Judgc Pierce
i'm the equity motions session of the SUI
perior court has issued an order OF mo-
tice returnable Wednesday next. requir-
ing eight officers and members Of the
Shoe Workers Protective Union to show
cause why they should not be enjoined
from ordering a strike at the shoe fac
tory of Fred J. Thompson Of Haverhill
Thompson conducts an open shop. which,
It is claimed, the defendants are attempt
ing to unionize.
Thompson alleges that October 20 tho
union officials entered into q conspiracy
to injure his business by threatening to
place upon the BLACK list the names
of such members OF the union as refused
to leave his employ. strike also Is in
contemplation, and Thompson asks for
an Injunction to prevent the strikA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
Has Served Two Terms.
Says Wife Provoked Assault.

Declaring that he never inflicted bodily
injury on his wife, except in self-defense
Samuel Bell today answered the suit TO,
maintenance filed by his wife. Isabella
Bell. He admits that three years age
after an absence of six weeks his wife
returned to thei. home and he had a
physical struggle with her. brought about
as result of her sticking her finger
his eye.
He says his wife has shown an aversion
to him and has threatened to leave him
and compel him to support her. He de-
MES her charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
: HUSBAND GRANTED DIVORCE.
Wife Begun Litigation, But Cross
Bill Is Sustained BY Court.

DIR. Thomas J. Mcconnell. a local
dentist, was granted today AN absolute
divorce from Nellie Mcconnell. The
wife brought their marital troubles to
the attention of the court by filing a
suit for a legal separation from her
husband, on the charge of cruelty.
I,T. Mcconnell answered, denied the
alleged cruelty, and filed cross bill
for an absolute divorce. Justice Stat
ford today granted the petition of the
husband.
Justice Stafford also granted an alb
solutc divorce to Carol NJ. Riley from
Kate &. Riley. The husband is award
ed custody Of the two children Of the
couple,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
CARTER ADMITS DEFEAT;
DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL
Montana Senator Says the Repub-
licans in His State Lost
the Legislature.

Thomas H. Carter, republican senator
from Montana, who arrived in Washing
ton yesterday afternoon In time to take
Thanksgiving dinner with his family
already here, today conceded that the
democrats will control the Montana legis-
lature, which will elect his successor.
According to the returns" said Sena-
tor Carter this morning, the democrats
have two more than a majority of the
total membership of the legislature or
four more than the republicans"
Has Served Two Terms.
Senator Carter has served two terms in
the Senate. He was first elected in Jan
uary, 1895, for the term beginning the
following March 4. After his term eX.
pired he became president of the board
of commissioners of the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition. He was again elected
to the Senate. however, in January, 1906
succeeding Paris Gibson. democrat, and
his term expires March next.
Senator Carter admitted he had heard
the reports printed in Washington and
elsewhere that he had been offered OF
was to be offered IL position on the
bench of the United States Supreme
Court.
Il know of it only as a rumor," the
senator said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
To Set Date for Inquest.

A date will be set this week for the
coroner's inquest, at which it is expected
that Lewis will be formally charged with
murder. The detectives refused yester-
day to say what accusation. IL any, will
be made against the man who was friend
ly with Lewis. The police OF Paris have
been asked to get the full history of Cal
lier and the man who claimed to be his
countryman in Normandy.
To S. a. Steele, supervisor of the
Bloomingdale Hospital Insane Asylum at
White Plains. was shown Yesterday a
photograph of William Lewis. He said
positively that the William Lewis who
had worked there as an orderly was not
the man sought by the police. The Will
liam Lewis known to the hospital was a
short, fair man, about twenty-SiX years
of age. He wore no mustache. William
Lewis of the hospital went to work there
August = and left October II. Later he
applied for reinstatement, but was re-
fused.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
NAVY FOOT BALL TEAM
OFF FOR PHILADELPHIA
Eight Hundred Midshipmen
Cheer the Players as They
Board Cars.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. November 2o--Wit:
the cheers of their 500 mates ringing in
their ears. the thirty-five members OF the
navy foot ball squad left Annapolis this
morning for Philad lphia, where they
will meet the West Point cadets in the
annual contest on the gridron.
Particular attention was paid by the
cheering midshipmen to Billy the
white navy goat" which. with the
blue and gold blanket. will be the official
mascot during the game. The team
headquarters will be at the Hotel Wal
ton. 1t will go out this afternoon for
final signal drill and light practice on
Franklin Field.
Lineup Not Settled.
The lineup is not definitely settled yet.
but Coach Berrien before today's de-
parture gave out the makeup of his team
with the exception of the men who Will
play right tackle and right half. Gilchrist
and Hamilton will start the ends. Loftin
will play left tackle, Brown and Wright
will hold down the two guard positions
and Weems will be at center. Sowell
will be quarter with Clay at the left half.
The brigade of midShipmen will leave
In special trains tomorrow morning for
the scene Of the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
His Wife Still, Missing

Milton Berry. member of No. IS fire
engine company. has not yet heard from
his wife. Juanita Berry, who disappeared
more than two weeks ago. Mrs. Berry
spent the summer with her husband s
parents at Berry. Charles couAty Md.
and early this month she visited her
mother In Anacostia. leaving her two
children with their grandparents. Two
days after she reached her mothers
home she disappeared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
To Receive Army Commissions.

1t is announced at the War Department
that the following named persons have
been examined and found qualified for
appointment as second lieutenants I'm the
Porto. Rico Regiment Of Infantry: En-
riaue I-rrutia, jr., Arturo Moreno Cal
deron, Carlos Manuel Lopez and Rafael
Bird.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
Active in Church Work.

Mrs. Callan for many years enjoy ed
the distinction of being the oldest MEM
Der of st. Matthews Church. She and
her husband were active In the building
of old st. Matthew's Church, at 18th and
II streets, and assisted i'm every way In
the long years the old edifice stood there.
She retained remarkable health and
vigor until In recent years and her mental
alertness continued with the charm Of
her youth to the end Of her long life
which was full of good works.
Her death occurred at 1915 NJ street
which had been her residence of late
years. The old Nicholas Callan home
was, until the march of improvements
changed it from residential to business
needs, on the south side of + street, ad-
joining the Corcoran building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MRS. CHRISTINA CALLAN
High Mass Of Requiem at st Mat
thew's Church at 10 O'Clock
Today.

Funeral services were held at 8 o'clock
this morning at ST. Matthews Church
over the remains of Mrs. Christina Van
Ness Callan, widow of Nicholas CAL
Ian. who died Tuesday at the age
of ninety-three. Mgr. Lee, the rector
celebrated the mass Of requiem and there
were also in the sanctuary. Mgr.
Mackin of st. Paurs Church, and the
Rev. Fathers Bart, Cooper and Buckley.
The honorary pallbearers were Rear
Admiral Rand, Col. Felix A. Reeve. A.
r. Burkholder, +. 8. Westcott, Judge
Thomas Callan, DR.. Warwick Evans,
Landon Burchell and Thomas B. Huyck.
Members of the various religious or
ders, notably the Christian Brothers, Sis
ters of Charity and of Holy Cross. formed
part of the large gathering at the church.
Interment was made In the family plot
at Mount Olivet cemetery. A daughter
and a son-Miss Christina Van Ness Cal
Ian and DIR. G. Van Ness Callan-survive
the deceased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
Death of DR.. Gallagher.

DIR. NJ. +. Gallagher of 81 4 street
southeast died at his home at :, o'clock
this morning. He leaves IL wife, Cath
crime NJ, and daughter. Florence Gal
lagher. Arrangements for the funeral
have not been completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
Negro Murderer Electrocuted.

RICHMOND, Va, November 20
Waverly Coles colored. was electrocut-
ed in the penitentiary here today for
the murder of Ed Fuller, another negro.
in Richmind several months ago. in q
fight about woman.