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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
Maria Stendardo the Friend of
Thieves and ASSaSSins.
HAD INFLUENCE IN NAPLES
Men in High Position Numbered
Among Acquaintance.
DENIES AFFORDING REFUGE
Examined on Charge That Murderer
of the Cuoccolos Washed Hands
at Her Home.

NITERBO. Italy, March 23.-Maria
Stendardo. at whose home. the state al
leges. the assassins washed their hands OF
the blood Of the Cuoccolos. was examined
by President Bianchi at the trial Of the
thirty-six Camorrists today. She is one
of the most interesting characters in the
case and the only woman among the pris-
oners. The charge against her is COM
plicity in the murders and the receiving
Of stolen goods.
In the course of the interrogation the
accusation was made that she had bribed
witnesses to testify falsely in aid of the
defendants. This she denied. asserting
that, on the contrary, the carabineers had
offered to pay her $12 for each witness
whom she secured to sign statement
prepared by them.
Home Resort of Criminals.
Maria Stendardo, whose defense was a
general denial Of the charges. is under
middle age and retains much of the
beauty that in youth resulted in many
conquests in the poorer class among whom
she was born and later made her a
woman OF ease and Of influence both in
the Camorra and in the official life OF
Naples.
Her home is said to have been a re-
sort Of desperate criminals, while her
friends included men in high places. She
Is an intimate friend of Nicola Nora
one of the alleged actual murderers of
Cuoccolo and his wife, and it Is charged
that Nora and his companions went to
the woman's home following the murders.
This Maria emphatically denied, insisting
that 1T was another instance of manu-
factured evidence.
ouarreled Over Theft.
Ferdinando de Matteo, who is accused
Of having lured Cuoccolo to his death,
was another prisoner questioned today.
De Matteo, who is advanced in years,
once had fame as an athlete and is known
as a frequenter of questionable resorts.
He is illiterate and. according to the po-
lice. vicious character. The particular
charge against him is that he induced
Cu0ccolo to visit lonely spot on the out
skirts of Tore del Greco on the pretext
that they were to meet to organize q
burglary at The home Of Commentator
Rossi Romano. Cuoccolo fell into the
trap and found himself in q place where
everything had been prepared for his
death.
Under examination de Matteo denied
participation in the crime and that he
was the CamOrra In his district. He
said that he hated Nicola Nora and
would never work with him In q crime.
they had quarreled years ago, he said.
over q theft in which they were en-
gagged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
Hungary Has %, 1850, 700 People.

BUDAPEST. Hungary. March 23.-The
Official census shows Hungary to have a
population OF 20.SJO.70O. This is an in
crease in ten years OF ls596,Q0Q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
Fight on Adamson.

The rule, however, will have to vacated
in the case of the committee on agricul-
ture chairmanship. where Lamb of Vir-
ginia, the senior, will have to give way
for Burleson of Texas. who yielded ap-
preparations to Fitzgerald. In spite of a
bitter fight which Is being made against
Adamson of Georgias claim to the chair
manship of interstate and foreign COM
cerce. he will get the place.
However, 1t appears now that the
makeup of the committees for the greater
part will show the sitting members in the
relative positions where they had been
placed by the wicked Uncle Joe Cannon in
past Congresses, and the new members
will trail along after them. Which the
republicans think is as it should be-
This plan, however, will tend to de-
crease heartburnings, the democrats say.
and promote satisfaction with the work of
the committee on committees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
Assignment for Each Fortnight.

For each successive period Of two weeks
while the maneuvers last-the depart
ment will announce the quota for the
District, giving the number of officers.
the rank of each and the arm of the
service from which they will be taken.
1t is understood that the quota of each
state and territory and the District OF
Columbia for each period of attendance
at the maneuvers will be based on the
strength of the National Guard in the
state. territory and District.
1t Is expected that the National Guard
will derive much benefit from the train
ing and experience which it's officers will
receive in the field with the regular army.
The plan is to assign each National
Guard officer to accompany a regular off,
Ger of equal rank of the same branch of
the service. He will stick to the regular
officer like a shadow during the two
weeks he is in the field, and will learn
just how the officers Of the regular army
carry on their work in the field. OFF,
GERS Of all the branches Of the service In
the National Guard will be given an op-
portunity to go to the 'front.' during the
present maneuvers, it is believedH
Eagerness to Go to Texas.
Great eagerness has been shown by
officers Of the District National Guard to
ben sent to the maneuvers. Seventy-fou
Of them have filed their applications at
the War Department. Whether all of
these will obtain q chance to see the
work Of the regulars In. the field is
problematical. The length of time the
maneuvers will last and the quota al
lowed the District by the War Depart.
ment for each period Of instruction will
determine the number who will go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
DEMOCRATS FOLLOWING
REPUBLICAN PRECEDENT
House Committees Being
Made Up on Old Plan of
Seniority of Service.

Republicans OF the House were amazed
today to hear unofhcially that the demo-
cratic committee on committees is making
up the compittee list for the new Con-
gress by following in the main the old
plan of seniority service, relic Of Can
nonism.'
1t has been known from the outset that
Mr.. Fitzgerald would get the chairman
ship of appropriations, because he was
the senior democrat, and there could be
no possible objection to him on the ground
OF ability. Even the efforts of William J.
Bryan, followed by personal visit of the
peerless leader to Washington, did not
avail to shift Fitzgerald.
Moon of Tennessee is to be chairman
of post offices and post roads, by the
same rule of seniority. although Lloyd of
Missouri chairman of the democratic con-
gress!onal campaign committee. had filed
on the assignment, and will be disappoint-
ed not to get it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
.JUAREZ MAKING READY y
TO REPULSE AN ATTACK
Rebels Believed to Menace Again
City on Rio Grande.
SHOTS ACROSS THE BORDER
Federals and Insurrectos Both Aos
cused Of Having Fired on
American Troops-No Re-
port Received Here.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March
23.-.)oln Hamilton Dignowitty,
well known here as Ham" Dig
nowitty, and three other Ameri-
cans have been shot to death un-
der order of a Mexican court
martial for participating in the in
surrection, according to a dispatch
received today by members of the
Dignowitty family.
The news was brought by Fred
Dignowitty. a cousin of the exc
cuted men, but he had no particu-
lars aside from the allegation
that the execution was the order
of drumhead court-martial.
Ham" Dignowitty was thirty
years old and was engaged in the
cattle and mining business in the
state of chihuahua.
H. M. Burns, a mining man,
with interests in northern Mex
leo, arrived today. Burns de-
clared that the closing of the
mines had thrown many Ameri-
cans out of work, and that more
than $50, having no other way of
living, were now with the insur-
rectos.
In addition Burns said there
were probably fifty American ad.
venturers with the insurrectos.
but the majority were mining
men out of work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
BURGLAR ON F STREET
EARLY THIS MORNING
Store Of the John Wedderburn
Wine Company Robbed of
Cash and Checks.

When one of the woman clerks OF the
John Wedderburn Wine Company entered
the store at 61S F street northwest about
1880 o'clock this morning she was con-
fronted with a scene Of disorder.
Strewn about the floor were fragments
Of q wrecked cash register, and lying near
the street door. which was also shattered.
was a piece Of steel piping, used by
thieves to gain entrance to the establish
ment early this morning.
Cash amounting to $500. several checks
for total OF ST. and a certificate for five
barrels Of whisky were stolen.
The young woman Immediately tele-
phoned to Mr.. Wedderburn, who arrived
at the store In a few minutes. He noti-
fed the police, and Detective Armstrong
Of the sixth precinct was detailed to in
vestfgate the case.
In searching among the wreckage OF
the cash drawers the detective found
a watch charm. evidently dropped by
one Of the intruders. A small hammer,
usually kept In a table drawer In the
rear of the salesroom was picked up
on the floor near the register. This
led Mr.. Wedderburn to believe that
some one familiar with the operation
of the establishment participated in
the robbery.
Bottles Not Disturbed.
There are hundreds Of bottles of
wine and liquors in the store. but Mr.
Wedderburn said today that not bot
tie was missing. The cash register is
ruined -
Mr.. Wedderburn passed the store on
his way home about midnight. but no.
ticed nothing wrong with the front
door The policeman assigned to the
beat in which the store Is located re-
ported today that the front door of the
establishment was locked at 2 o'clock
this morning.
When the robbery was discovered a
search was made for the keys, which
were usually left in the lock on the in
side Of the door. They were missing.
Detective Armstrong reported this
afternoon that he had not obtained a
trace OF the burglars. He is of the
opinion the robbery was committed by
amateurs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
WEATHER.

Fair; continued cold tonight.
Friday fair, with slowly rising
temperature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
DISTRICT OFFICERS
WILL GO TO TEXAS
Capts. McCathran, Burton and
/ Johnson Designated to At
tend the ManeuverS.

Three officers of the National Guard oi
the District Of Columbia today were des-
ignated to attend the army maneuvers
in Texas. They are:
Capt. William r. McCathran, 1st IN
fantry, n. G. D. c..
Capt. Harry T. Burton. I'd Infantry,
n. G. D. c.
Capt. Robert B. Johnson, I'd Infantry,
n. G. d. c.
These officers will leave Washington
April in order to arrive at San Antonio
Tex, on or before April 5. They will
be in the field for two weeks.
The War Department announced today
that the quota for the District National
Guaard to attend the Texas maneuvers
for the first period of two weeks, from
April to 10, would be three company
officers of infantry. The assignments
were made at militia headquarters this
afternoon, after consultation with the
regimental commanders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23

The circulation of The Star,
both daily and Sunday, is greater
by many thousands than that OF
any other Washington newspaper.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
GROWING INTEREST
IN FORESTRY SCHOOL

The School of Forestry at the Uni
versity of Idaho has been greatly en-
couraged as a result Of the wide in
terest taken in the rangers short
course to be offered in January and
February, 1912. Fifty letters of in
quiry have been received from every
section of the state and from other
states as we'll, some as far east as New
York Several prospective students
have already visited the University
to complete arrangements for entering
the course. Any able bodied young
man having an education equivalent to
eighth grade work will be admitted to
this course, which begins January 8.
1.-The demand for properly trained
forest rangers is greater than the sup
ply" said DR.. C. H. Shattuck Read, of
the Forestry Department "a working
knowledge of the subjects offered in
the short course is required before one
Cdu Iii tuS pOSlllOH VI lduSSi ueoo
subjects are forest surveying and map
ping, forest law, forest management,
forest measurements, silviculture and
forest botany. Forest rangers and as
sistants receive from $1,100 to ST 400
year. The salary of the less-skilled
forest guards is 100000. This is
hea1thfuI outdoor work for which able |
bodied young men are always in de-
mand and it offers chances for pro-
motion as rapidly as ability is shown |
to fill better positions"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
AMERICAN WOMAN SWEET
Prof Karl Larsen Denies She is DOWdy
AS Well Dressed as Parsian
Beauties.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Professor Karl
ian and playwright, touring the United
States to study the conditions under
which the Danes have settled, arrived
today and told what he though of the
American man and the American wom-
an.
The American is a gentleman" said
Professor Larsen, "and as a gentle
man he is not generally appreciated.
He is often compared with the Euro
pean, to the Europeans advantage.
This is false. The European is polite,
and smooth hammered, but-now, just
for an example, take his treatment of
the women.
"In America the woman is allowed
great independence. The American
woman can attend theater go to din
ner or some such thing and fearlessly
return home unescorted. Such a thing
is impossible in Berlin, Paris or any
other European city. There a woman
on the street at night unescorted
would-well, she just couldn't go with
out protection. The so-called gentle
man of Europe would be waiting to in
suit her at every step of the way
The American woman is a sweet
character She has been criticised for
dowdiness and lack of culture, but that
is the work of those who do not make
careful study of her The American
woman is as we'll dressed as the much
Partisan beauty. In America
the women are eager for study, too,
and they are brilliant
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
GOVERNOR HAWLEY CALLS
THE EXTRA SESSION

feet on the day the legislature meets. =
How about the counties that we're
created by the last legislature?' the
governor was asked.
They will not figure at all in this
matter" was the prompt reply. This
will be a meeting of the old legisla-
ture, not of new one; and the mem
bers elected to the eleventh session
will be entitled to seats.
MY desire is to place upon the
statute books an entirely new revenue
law, repeating all the old laws and
placing Idaho in line with the most
progressive states in the Union in the
matter of taxation
Another thing that 1 am particu-
larly anxious about is to provide for
two or three amendments to the con-
stitution to limit the bonding power of
counties and municipalities. This was
provided for by the regular session, so
far as the bonding power of the state
is concerned, but now it is apparent
that similar restrictions should be
placed on cities and counties in all
parts of the state.
"One of the main provisions of the
measure to be submitted is that which
aims to divert all the taxes raised
from public utility corporations, in
heritance and incomes from the coun-
ties to the state. These, it is estimated,
will take care of all the state expenses.
1t will also leave the counties free to
levy whatever rate they please to meet
their local demands. It will then be a
matter of Indifference to on county
what it's neighboring county does, and
will do away with much of the friction
that now exists
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23

LONDON, Dec. 23.-According to a
statement made by Henry Russell of
the oBston Opera before he sailed for
great Belgian author and playwright,
has wagered him $500 that he will go
to America, see the premiere of pei
leas ct Melisande,' and return to Flu
rope without being interviewed or even
recognized. Under the terms of the
wager NJ Maeterlinck made solemn
promise that he would sail on the same
steamer as his wife, Georgette Leblanc.
who departed today on the Olympic to
appear in the leading role at the Bos
ton performance.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23

LOS ANGELES, Dec 23-Declaring
bitterly that the local Russian colony
young girls are bartered by their par
ents like so many cattle, Elsie Navi-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
NOW ORGANIZING AT MOSCOW
PLANS
TO FOOL REPORTERS

M. Maeterlinck, it is understood has
made similar bets with other friends,
who hold that such feat is impossi-
Bile. 1t is not known in what disguise
he will carry out his plans, but he is a
past master in the art, and the New
York reporters will have to be very
shrewd to discover his identity 1t is
believed that the most likely place on
board ship to look for him will be
among the steerage passengers, and
they will all be looked over carefully
by the New York reporters, who CON
slider the wager as a challenge. I'll is
said that M. Maeterlincks friends i'll
Boston have arranged to hide him
while he is in that city.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
New Train on Northern Pacific.

Effective Sunday, December 18th, the
Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited
will operate to and from Chicago over
the line of the Chicago G. North West
ern Railway by way of St Paul, Hud-
son, Eau Claire and Milwaukee. The
train will run over the new short line
cutoff recently completed by the
North Western and opened to traffic
on December 18th
With the establishment of this serv-
ice, the Northern Pacific will have two
daily trains between Chicago and the
North Pacific coast, as the Northern
Pacific Express will be maintained
over the Burlington as heretofore op-
Grated
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23

koff braved a hundred pairs of eyes in
Judge Wilbur's court today and
screamed that she would bare the sec
rets of her people rather than sub
NIT.
Beside her stood Raynor Hallack, a
sturdy American, who served five
years in the navy and to whom she
chung because she loves him and he
wants to marry her. She is II, edu-
Gated, Americanized and pretty, the
daughter of John Navikoff, and she
asserted that her father and mother
had sold her for $500 gold to man
she had never seen, so she ran away
That is why she was before the Judge
in juvenile court.
The girls testimony constitutes as
sensational a chapter as any ever
heard in a local court She asserted,
and offered to prove, that there are
600 young Russian girls for sale here
at an average price of $500 to men
wanting wives; that their parents are
the sellers and the highest bidders the
buyers; that the personal charms of
girls are inventoried like the points of
livestock and constitute the criterion of
sale.
Her frail form shaking with the in
tensity of her feelings, she flung the
denials of a score of Russian patri-
archs present back into their teeth.
thorough investigation of the colony
will be made.
Officers of the court declare the
girls statements are true.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23

BOISE, Dec. Ex-Governor Hawley
today issued the expected call for a
special session of the Idaho legisla-
ture to revise the revenue laws of the
state The legislature is to meet
toward the end of January.
The governor was asked as to the
special elections to fill vacancies in
the legislature.
There will be no special elections
was the reply. THAT is, there will be
no special election necessary except in
one case and perhaps not there. There
have been five resignations-Hill of
Fremont, Edgington of Bingham,
Terrell of Bannock, K. Smith of Lin
coin. and Davis of Oneida. These resig-
nations have been filed with the secre
tary of state but not accepted by me.
Even had they been accepted, it would
make no difference where the members
have taken no step since their resig
nation to prevent their serving as
members of the legislature.
Terrell of Bannock has done this.
He has since been made prosecuting
attorney of Bannock county. If he is
not willing to resign that position a
special election will have to be called
in that county to fill the vacancy.
81 have written to all the members
who have rendered their designations
asking them to withdraw them. | am
confident they will all comply with my
wishes"
Asked as to Senator Macbeth and
Senator Shawhan, VINO have accepted
state positions since the adjournment
of the legislature:
81 will ask them to resign these
positions, the designations to take eff
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
Paw for Big Families.

SYDNEY, Dec 23.-The New South
Wales government intends to encour-
age infantry industry. An income tax
schedule has just been formulated
which puts a premium on large fam
lilies The scale is 6 pence per pound
or ~ per cent on incomes under $500
year The $500 is exempted if the
income is earned and further eXemp-
ton is allowed for each child so that
a man with a $500 income and eight
children gets off tax free.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
Will Play Rugby.

BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. 23.-The Uni
versity of California Rugby squad left
here today for Victoria where they
will play a series of games with the
Victoria fifteen They will play in Sc
attic and Portland before returning
home. The Stanford fifteen left for
Vancouver, B. c., yesterday.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
Ball Magnates Scrap.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23.-Claiming that
Charles Murphy, owner of the Chicago
Cubs, called him liar and remarked:
81 have something on you and I'll drive
you from organized baseball" Roger
Bresnahan, manager of the st. Louis
has filed charges against the Chicago
magnate, to the effect that he insulted
Bresnahan
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
Negroes Battle Christmas.

SYDNEY, Dec 23.-Sam Langford
and Sam McVey, both negro pugilists,
will fight a scheduled 20-round bout
here December 26 They fought a
draw in Paris this year and fans are
anxious to see them in action again.
News of the bout will reach San Fran
cisco on Christmas day owing to the
difference in time
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
Home for Christmas.

WASHINGTON, Dec 23.-Member of
congress are hurrying homeward to-
day for the holidays following the hol-
iday adjournment of congress. A
number of senators left within an
hour after the adjournment was made.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-12-23
"NOnsenSe."

BERLIN, Dec. 23-The story print
ed here that a British plot to blow up
Wilhelmshaven naval harbor in event
of war, had been discovered is re-
garded here as newspaper nonsense"
While the story is not denied it is
considered a distortion.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1911-02-16
oRDENEs CONTRA DEApgRo.
N 90 le erlctAsntSa aa tATTiSNrso q.
naezieanO. seF& arrestaaio.

Ell Paso. Texas. Febrero 13: IT,
10 de los Mamado8 genarales de
Francisco Madero. fu& captairado
el domingo. en- los moment0g pre-
cis0s en- Que intentaba, iaac0rporar-
SO arunado & las filas de Los inSllr-
rectos. querispdo crHuzar 00zs El
Paso. Sc 10 actlsa do que Sc es1coT
trar0n en- su Doder cartaa v dOcal-
mentos. asi como la direction del
principal iofe del movin1icnto de
@nsurreeci6n. fiE1aado totto. an.
forbade poT Francisco Masisgo. el
Presidente RevolleionariO dsB Me-
xico. Diehos doea1mantos esta:-
ban feehados eI dfa IL ed El
Paso. Texas.
HoY. tarde SO expadie una Orden
do arrestu Dor el C0usissi0a1aza de
Los IGstadf rriCioa iaso .na 5. & gy..
liver, en- conts>s de Eaaxeiseo Ma
dero. v mediante dieha ogeian. to-
das las tropas americanas. asst co.
mo los en1pleados del servicio Sc
cret0 v les mar;scalea d.putados
lie este pals. tienen orden v obhga
ci6n estrictM de nernlaSieeer alerta
riglartdp Ia aparici6n del cabeci-.
lfa revolucionaxio. pero haeta es-
tos momenhos no Sc ha logrado 10
calizarlo On territor;o asylOricaao.
Deskie alG6n tempo so rvlmora
que Madero Sc enouentra adui. pe
ro In ,Iunta RevOiueionaria insis.
ito on que so hallaba On Coaliui-
10. ,
Ademas do in orden de erqNsto
en contra de Madero. ge ha cxpe,
dido otra en- coEtra de Abraham
Gonzalez. pero este tiHiano se en-
cuertra acG,1almente on Mexico
habiend0 salido aver do E Pasc
con destino & Xara9oza. ptnto dis
ta1te de I'll Paso como slalag vein
Ita niLlae. GOnzalez est,Bvo resi-.
dlendo on El Paso dstrante III
mes. Els titulado DOR La revolu.