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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Go for First Hike.
War Department Denials,

No orders have been issued by the War
Department. it was declared at the chief
Of Stairs office here today. for the troops
in Texas to be ready to move toward the
frontier at moments notice. Further,
1t wastsaid no cars are being held at San
Antonio or any other point for such pur-
pose, nor have the railroads been request
ed to keep cars in readiness for the army
movements. There Is no anticipation, it
is further declared, of such action being
taken In the future.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff
Of the army. said he had received word
from Maj. Gen. Carter, in charge of the
maneuvers in Texas. to the effect that
there are large number Of cars now in
the railroad yards and ON sidings around
San Antonio, but that they were cars
which had not yet been emptied of the
supplies which they contained
The headquarters of the army today
emphatically denied that 1000 maps of
Mexico had been shipped to the troops in
the south or that such action was in
contemplation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18

less formal charges against the depart
ment were made in writing he would not
order an investigation.
II think that much of our lumber could
have been saved If the flremen had moi
fought the blaze from the inside of the
base ball field" Mr.. Eisinger said. They
might have cut in between the base bal
stands and the four houses in which We
had so many thousand dollars worth OF
valuable wood"
Chef Frank Wagner was asked whether
he had heard Of any criticism against his
men.
Il was on my way to the city from New
York and saw the smoke from the train
window" he replied. when got to the
fire the worst Of the blaze had spread and
the preliminaries had already been ex
ecuted. do not know whether 1 would
have started to fight the blaze differently
or not. All can say is that believe the
men did their best. The fire plugs. re-
member. are far apart in that neighbor'
hood" t''fe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Bridges Across Rio Grande
Well Guarded by Americans

Ell PASO. Tex March 18.-All ap-
proaches to the bridges leading from the
American side to Juarez, Mex. to day were
guarded by three times the usual force
Of United States troops. Heretofore only
a small detail has been assigned to this
duty. but at daybreak today tents had
been set up along the edge Of the river
and, an entire company of infantry was
esegt to patrol the bank between the two
bridges, which form the main arteries of
traffic TO Juarez.
Scores OF Mexican soldiers came to
the opposite river bank to look across at
the United States troops. 1t was a typical
frontier scene. where the army of one
na7 ION might exchange saiutes with that
Of another, while each remained on its
own soil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
STORY OF MASSACRE UNTRUE.
Arrival of Party of Explorers Dispels
nistressinp Rumor

BRISBANE. Australia, March 1S.-The
report brought to Gouribari by natives
last month that Staniforth Smith, the
British administrator of Papua. and his
party Of exploration had been massacred
by Papuans proves to have been untrue.
Smith with his expedition arrived at
Thursday Island yesterday.
The explorers left Port Moresby, the
capital Of Papua, November is last tor
the interior. where they suffered great
privations and lost q few native carriers.
Yesterdays advtces from Thursday Is
land contained the first authentic news
of the expedition since II set out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
FIRE IN STOCK YARDS.
One Man Killed and Three Hundred
Head of Cattle Burned at Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 1&-One man was
to death today in a IRE which destroyed
square block of pens in the Union
stock yards here. The body Of the man
was found in the wreckage of q viaduct
owned the cattle destroyed. Loss, $25.0OQ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
PLAGUE KILLS SO, 498.
During Month of February That
Number Died in India.

LONDON, March 1S.-During the month
of February deaths from the plague in
India reached the enormous total of
IS, 49s
The disease has become such a fixture
in that country that its ravages are little
heard Of except through the occasional
official statistics.
The British India Office reports that the
epidemic was particularly virulent this
year, and adds that the most persistent
efforts to stamp it out have failed to per-
feet a permanent improvement In the
situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Roosevelt's Superintendent Dead.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, March 1S.-Noah
Seaman. superintendent Of the Sycamore
Hill estate. and for twenty years in the
close friendship of his employer. Theo-
dore Roosevelt. died late last night in his
little cottage on the estate. Seaman. who
was nfty-three years old, was stricken
with paralysis two weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
TAFTSLAST GOLF GAME
Of VACATION SEASON
Leaves Augusta, Ga, Tomor-
row to Resume Official Du-
ties in Washington.

AUGUSTA, Ga, March 1S.-The Presi-
dent played the last golf game Of his
spring vacation on the links of the Coun-
try Club today. Tomorrow afternoon he
will start back for Washington.
Mr.. Taft has thoroughly enjoyed his
rest He has done his best to forget that
there is such thing in the world as work
and has nearly succeeded. There will
be in consequence a heavy accumulation
of official business awaiting him in Wash
ington. He is in good condition to attack
this work.
Message to Be Brief.
The Presidents message to the special
session of Congress. to be convened on
April 4, will be a brief one. If he follows
his present inclination. Whether he will
directly recommend that nothing be con-
sidered but the reciprocity agreement or
whether he will indicate such a desire
simply by confining himself to the sub
ject OF the agreement cannot be stated at
this time.
From the formal statements of the
democratic leaders. however. the Presi-
dent has every reason to believe that re-
vision Of two or three of the schedules
of the Payne-Aldrich act will be under
taken.
Tillman Favors Revision.
Senator Tillman Of South Carolina, who
was in Augusta several days ago, said
that the democrats In the House were
elected to revise the tariff and that they
ought to get to work at the earliest op-
portunity.
There Is said to be a possibility that
the President may call the proposed ar.
bitration treaty with Great Britain to the
attention of the special session, but the
chances are that the pact will wait until
the regular session next fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18

an excellent effect on the situation, but
if they are based on yielding by this
government to demands made by the
rebels 1t is said that President Diaz
will not agree with him.
That the administration would be will
ing to grant terms was regarded as a
strong reliability. but only after the
rebels had laid down their arms. That
President Diaz would agree to declare his
absurd.
That changes in the cabinet are prob
able has not been denied here. though
no officer would state when they might
has declared that it was unlikely they
would take place until after the revolu-
ton ceased.
The people Of Mexico seem to know as
as Americans. His coming has created
unusual interest and much speculation.
Ambassador Wilson Arrives.
American Ambassador Henry Lane Will
son arrived last night from the United
States.
At the station to greet him, besides sew
|eral Of the foreign diplomats, was Enrique
&c. Creel Mexican minister Of foreign
relations.
Minister Creel brought a message Of
greeting from President Diaz. The am
bassador authorized the following state
ment:
MY mother Is still critically ill and her
recovery can hardly be expected. How
ever, public considerations should prevail
over private ones. I thought 1t my duty
on account Of the unsettled conditions
here, to return to my post without de-
lay.
Relative to the situation in Mexico and
on the forder. have nothing to add to or
subtract from the statement made by
President Taft and Secretary Of War
Dickinson, which seemed to me to be
sufficiently clear and precise.
II hope and believe that order and
peace will soon be restored in Mexico,
and Il anticipate no interruption Of the
cordial relations which exist between the
two republics"
l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Mining in Harbor Routine.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 1&-When
asked concerning a report that the War
Department had ordered the mining Of
San Francisco harbor. Col. J. p. Wiser.
commandant OF the Preside. last night
said that nothing out OF the ordinary
! routine was contemplated. He said that
every year there was drill In placing sub
marine mines and the same would be held
this year beginning about The usual time.
April 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
For Memorial to Cardinal Gibbons.

BALTIMORE, Md. March 1s.-Bishop
O. B. Corrigan, treasurer of the commit
tee which is raising funds for the cree
ton of the Cardinal Gibbons Memorial
Hail. at the Catholic University in Wash
ington announced last night that more
than S1a.OlN had been received in re-
Spouse to the appeal sent out less than
two weeks ago. The subscriptions have
come from all parts of the country,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18

large part Of Americans, Is suffering
severe hardships, according to this man
The men. he declared, have often gone
several days without food. and only the
chance coming upon a steer has saved
them from actual starvation.
Madero Wants a Capital.
That Francisco I. Madero, leader of the
Mexican insurrectos. is concentrating his
forces 100 miles south Of Ell Paso, with
view Of storming and taking town
and establishing in it capital from
which to carry on his operations through
out Sonora and Chihuahua. is asserted
by the Ell Paso revolutionary Junta.
Couriers bearing messages from Ma
dero to the confidential agents of the
revolutionary movement in New YORK
and Washington have arrived from the
insurrecto camp. The messages were IN
response to Information that haa oeea
conveyed to Madero concerning supposed
preliminary peace negotiations. when
Senior Limantour. Mexican minister OF
finance, is now thought to be bearing to
Mexico City.
Madero had not been made acquainted
with developments IN the las, Two Uee az
for a courier to reach him and return.
No Peace With Diaz.
Asked If Madero would be willing to
make any concessions in the demands OF
the insurrectos that President Diaz must
declare null his recent election as a first
consideration for peace. Senior Gonzales
Cargo, insurrecto secretary of state, re-
piled:
absolutely none. 1t is folly for Diaz
to talk about peace and at the same time
say he intends to remain in power.
From Braulio Hernandez, insurrecto
secretary Of state of Chihuahua. 1t was
learned that Madero plans to establish a
Capital If possible at Casas Grandes
the scene Of the insurrecto defeat OF
March g. 80
with an established capital, to be util-
lied both as a base of supplies and as q
government headquarters" he said. 1.-THE
insurrectos would feel that they had made
a start in the direction OF permanent
republic Our word from Madero Is thai
he has no intention of stopping the wal
on suggestions OF possible peace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Go to Study Sleeping Sickness. y

BOSTON. March 1s.-Dr. Simon b.
Wolbach. assistant professor Of bac-
teriology at the Harvard Medical School,
and DR.. j. l.. Todd Of the medical de-
partment of McGill University, Mont
real, have departed for West Africa to
study the so-called sleeping sickness
and it's allied diseases among the
natives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18

An American who returned from the
insurra ctos territory today said that Capt
Oscar q. Creighton, The American in.
surrecto leader. who. with small force
has been destroying bridges along the
Mexican National railroad. Is still en-.
camped IN the hills few miles south OF
Juarez.
Creighton's band. which Is composed in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Circulation of The Star.

The Evening Star has but edition daily and
no duplication waste circulation figures in its
statements. Its bona hde circulation in Washing
ton is more than 10000 in excess of its nearest com
pettor
The Sunday Stars circulation is many thousands
in excess of any other Washington Sunday news
paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
No Negotiations for Peace
While Rebels Are in Arms

MEXICO CITY, March 1S.-If Minister
Of Finance Linantour is coming to the
capital with the intention Of inducing
President Diaz to listen to terms pro-
posed by the insurrectos for cessation Of
hostilities the probability Is that his eff
ports will prove fruitiess.
While the administration no longer de-
niles that a conditio nof war exists, it is
paign against the rebels UP to this time
has shown satisfactory results. 1t is not
admitted by the government that the in
surrection exists in all portions Of the
republic, as the revolutioniSts contend,
but only in the north, chiefly in Chihua-
hua- The spasmodic outbursts in other
states are not regarded as pare of the
Instruction.
Claim Insurgent Setbacks.
The war department asserts that Ma
deros campaign in the north had re-
ceived a serious setback within the last
four days. Up to the first Of this week
the revolutionists apparently were in con.
troll Of the situation in Chihuahua. BY
destroying railroad bridges north anc
south Of the city Of Chihuahua they be-
sieged the city for weeks, supplies were
cut off. and the presence of 1900 troops
in the city added to the seriousness OF
the food shortage
The ability of the federals to re-estab-
lish railroad communication with Mexico
City. II was said, demonstrated the weak
ness Of the rebels. During the entire
campaign, according to a statement made
at the war department, ''the rebels have
not won a single decisive battle"
To yield to the rebels in any one OF
their demands for peace under these con-
ditions, would be most absurd, said Off
Gals high In the government
II Minister Limantour has some plar
other than suggested in the dispatches
from New York he may receive CO.
operation from Gen. Diaz. He and the
minister are personal friends of many
years standing.
Plans for Reforms.
Minister Limantour may have in his
mind reforms whose enactment win have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Ancient Brass Cannon Stolen.

Ell PASO, Tex, March 1S.-Last night
an ancient brass cannon was stolen from
City Hall Park. and it is reported that it
was seen today being taken in the direc-
ton of the Mexican border. The cannon
was used years ago by Ell Paso's famous
McGinty Club in celebrations, and fired
the salute to President BENJAMIN Harri-
son when he visited Ell Paso during his
term Of office. The gun had later been
spiked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
Tillman Favors Revision.
Schemm's Paintings Bring $1S5, 305.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-Sixty-e eight
paintings, comprising final lot Of the
collection Of the late Peter A. Schemm a
Philadelphia brewer, were sold here last
night for $1U2.SO0 The entire lot. consist
ing of 500 paintings. brought $1S6. 35.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
CUT OFF BY INSURRECTOS.
Federal Force Said to Be Surrounded
Near Oiinaga.

PRESIDE, Mexico. March 1S-A num-
Der of casualties are reported in the re-
sumption of insurrecto operations about
the city of Ojinaga. where a federal com
mand is supposed to be bottled up. While
Col. Dorantes, second in command Of the
Ojinaga garrison, was on a tour of in
spection, he was cut off by a rush of in
surrectos. and now he and eighty of his
soldiers are surrounded in a group OF
houses more than a mile from the gar
rison.
Likewise the insurrectos are said to
have surrounded the garrison The fight
ing is at close range. Fatalities have
been limited, however. Seven federal SOL
diers were killed during the fighting
and one insurrecto was MORALLY wounded.
Ojinaga has been cut off from supplies
and water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
IS L|ABL|
Controller of Treasury Gives
Opinion on INDECENT Insane.
MAY USE APPROPRIATION
Estates of Such Persons Should Fur.
nish Support, However,
He Believes.

The contrQller Of the currency has rem
dered to the Secretary Of the Interior
an important decision as to the care OF
District insane in the Government Hos
pital for the Insane.
The question presented was whether.
where persons have been committed to
the Government Hospital for the Insane
as INDECENT insane Of the District, they
are entitled to be supported from the
appropriation for the support Of such
persons, after notice from the District
authorities that some particular person
will pay for the support, but that person
fails to meet the responsibility, and also
in cases where committees have been ap-
pointed by the courts for the estates OF
insane persons, and the responsibility is
likewise not met.
Of the District. especially dealing with
the estates of insane persons through
committee. and then says:
1.-The duty Of the committee Is to sup
port the insane person and the provisions
Of the District code, supra, provide for
the use of the insane PERSONS estate for
such support. The appointment of the
committee, so far as it affects the ques-
ton herein considered. is to relieve the
District from the expense Of supporting
liable therefor.
TT is a concern of the District rather
than the hospitau and if support is not
actually Forthcoming from the estate
am of opinion the insane person having
originally been committed as an INDECENT
the burden of support, as between the
hospital and the District, remains upon
the District.
Use of Appropriation.
I'm so far as the appropriations are
concerned, | am of opinion the status in
the hospital of the insane person for
whom a committee is stated to have been
appointed continues as INDECENT insane,
and the use Of the appropriation is au-
thorized.
I'm the case where another person as
sumed with the District responsibility
for the support of an insane person. but
fails to support. there would appear nc
reason as between the hospital and the
District for viewing the insane person
otherwise than as in the hospital as an
INDECENT insane, and l am of the opinion
the use Of the appropriation for theil
support is authorized.
The submission has been considered
with respect to the support of the hospital
of the insane persons referred to, and for
this purpose the use of the appropriation
for support of the INDECENT insane of
the District of Columbia is viewed as
authorized. and this decision is limited
thereto. AS to the ultimate liability. and
it's enforcement, in the one case of the
estate of the insane person, and in the
other case OF the person who assumed
responsibility for the support Of the in
sane person. no opinion is expressed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18

Minister Limantour may have in his
mind reforms whose enactment win have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
NEW STAND APRIL L

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
STATEMENT.
1910.
AFFIDAVIT.

AFFIDAVIT
soenlny that the above statement represents
only the number OF copies OF THE EVENING AND
STAR circulated during the days ended
9Ethat H. the number OF copies actually sold delivered
hde purchasers or that the copies
counted returnable remain
unsold except in the Of
agents only from whom few returns Of unsold
been received
FLEMING NEwBOLD
Business Manager,
The Evening Star Newspaper Company.
Subscribed before this eighteenth
March, d. 1911.
e. e. ,RAMEY.
(SeaL) Notary Public
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-28

WHEN ,scI !GSts so 70
a coMfgTznT cPTc ll4in
AND t4Aye HouRI Vtsaos Z,
RUT a. ms fEGT 4ND ~;
cIDeNEAL ca iNRRovg Z
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-28
GREAT MANS DAUGHTER

Miss Laura Harlan, daughter
of the late. Justice Harlan, .depriv=
ed of her means f,suppoft by; her
fathers death, goes to work to
earn her living. :, :. ~. ~, :,
That sets a fellow1thinkihg.
Evidently, John Marshall Har-
Ian died poor: Every brave
man, in one way or another, gives
his. life away said Carlyle. jus
tice Harlan. was la,,braNe man.
his life, didn't "pay,",zin the ordin-
airy meaning of the term. He
might have made millions ,;as. "a
corporation, lawyer in private
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-28

practice. M e':nlig ht:have enjoyed
extra ordinary opp rtirnities for
investments : III the thirtysfour
years that he held a place. of ire
mendous power: over big business
but died poor
Do you onW; we have ar,.idea
that if Justice Harlan looks down !;
from above he isnot a bit ashani-
Observation-Disclosures earning her
bread. lsi1'tEit a title to high re-
spectAyery high respect indeed,
under the, circumstances? Z.
Aibifd IN Sttiee hand!sis worth
t,IyS1 IN sffSe -h11sia -
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-11
WESTON
Chosen for Next Meeting
Place for Presbyterian
Societies.

MoRGANnowN. May 5.-The
meeting of the women's Home and
Foreign Missionary Societies of the
Grafton Pressbytery which was in
session for the last two days at Nor
Eantown. came to close last evening.
The next meeting will be held at
Weston the first week of May of next
year. Officers elected are as follows:
Foreign Missionary Society. presl-
dent, Mrs. a. NJ. Buchanan. Morgan
town; first vice president, Mrs. E. a.
Brooks. Grafton; second vice presl-
dent. Mrs. W. J. Bone: third vice
president, Mrs. W. II. Hazlett. Nor
gantown; recording secretary. Mrs.
James W. Stuart. Morgantown: cor
responding secretary. Mrs. Cabel Mug
Ter Grafton.
The joint officers are:
Treasurer. Miss Ellenore Mooreland,
of .Morgantown; secretary. literary.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Downs. Warrington: sec
rotary young weman's work, Mrs. w.
s. Mayors Fairmont.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-11
ALASKANS
Follow the Example Set by
the Boston Tea Party"
in Pioneer Days.
BIG MOB is FORMED
And Several Hundred Tons of
Coal is Thrown from
Dock Into Bay.
BIG MOB is FORMED

CoRDoNA. Alaska, May Sex
element aroused by the govern.
ment's failure to hurry action in the
Alaska coal land eases reached a
climax here yesterday, when 900
business men and citizens formed a
mob, marched TO the ocean dock OF
the Alaska Steamship Company and
threw several hundred tons Of
British Columbia coal into the hay.
Incensed at the thought that no
reply to appeals to President Taft
to urge early action looking to the
opening OF Alaska coal fields. cit!-
zens of Cordova decided to follow
the example set by the Boston
tea party and thus express the fact
that a serious crisis had been
reached in the Alaska coal situa-
ton.
1t Is believed that the trouble IS
not over. Troops may be ordered
here from Fort Liscomb. AT
Katalla near here Clifford Pinchot
was burned in efflgy last night by a
mob OF angry citizens.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-05-11
COMPLAINT
Of the Alpha Portland &c.
ment Co. Will Be Heard
Next Monday.

WASHINGTON. D. c., May s.
The complaint OF the Alpha Port
land Cement Company, of Mannheim,
Preston county, against the Bait
more and and Ohio railroad and
others, in which it is alleged that
the steel trust is making rates on
the company's products through its
control OF railroads, which discrimi-
nate against the complaining com
pany in favor of the trusts Port
land cement companies, is set for a
hearing in New York. 1t will be
heard before Special Examiner
Mackley, in New New York City
Monday next, and it is expected to
bring out some exceedingly Interest,"
ing testimony.