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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
BACK IN OLD POSITION.
Pinilla Again Bolivian Minister of
Foreign Affairs.

Claudio Pinilla, now Bolivian minister
to Brazil. has been appointed minister Of
foreign affairs by his government. the
state department is advised by the Amer
lean legation at La Paz, Bolivia. Senior
Pinilla was once before foreign minister
Of Bolivia
Bolivia was represented by Senior Pinilla
in the permanent court Of arbitration at
The Hague. He comes from a family of
diplomats. having had two brothers in
the diplomatic service. He has had a
wide experience in the foreign relations
Of Bolivia.
He was minis,. Of foreign affairs for
a number Of years prior to the award Of
the President Of Argentina in the Peru
Bolivia boundary dispute. The treaty OF
Petropolis. by which the claims of Brazil
and Bolivia in the Acre territory were ad-
justed. was negotiated by Senior Pinilla
for Bolivia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
BILLS CUT ARMY EXPENSE.
Representative Hay Hopes to Save
Uncle Sam $4,000 600 Yearly.

In the first OF a series OF bills reIatfns
to army reorganization. Representative
Hay OF Virginia, chairman OF the House
committee on military affairs, introduced
today measures which will cut Sc 600 90
from the military establishment expenses
Mr.. Hay purposes to press his economy
program. and he intends to ask the dem
Gcratc caucus to act upon his plans a,
the conclusion OF the tariff legislative
program. Bills introduced today BY Mr.
Hay provide for:
Cutting down expenses OF recruiting es
adjustments to the extent of S2O0O 90
by changing the term OF enlistment from
thre to five years; elimination OF In
creases in pay. % per cent to paid en-
listed men and 10 per cent to paid officer.
when In service outside the United states
which will effect q saving OF 81, COO OOO a.
estimated by Mr.. Hay; increas ng eff!
cheney and decreasing general expense
fthe stan, wherein a saving OF $2OOO, o.,
Will be effected.
Another reorganization bill Is in prep
aration by Mr.. Hay. which Is in line witt
the general democratic retrenchment plar
In all government departments and this
he says. will save an additional million
dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
Diaz's Nephew Popular.
DISAGREE OVER NEW MEXICO.
Republican and Democratic Residents
Before House Committee.

The resolution providing for the joint
approval of the constitution of New Mex
leo and Arizona was considered by the
House committee on territories this morn
ing. A delegation Of democrats from New
Mexico, headed by former Delegate H.
B. Ferguson, was on hand. Mr.. Fergu-
son said that the constitutional conces-
sion that frames the instrument has been
railroad ridden and did not represent
the people of the territory. He declared
the election Of constitutional delegates
was generally fraudulent. and the pro-
gressive democrats had been deprived Of
their proper representation. He said II
the constitution was made easily amend
able the people would be able to express
their will after the state was admitted to
the Union. j. B. Hand, 4. A. Jones,
James W. Norment and William A. Nc
Gill argued along the same lines.
Former Gov. Curry. Judge A. b. FAN
and F. w. Clancy represented the repub-
lican element in New Mexico In OPPOSE
ton to the Ferguson amendment. They
frankly declared. however. that they
would accept almost any amendment in
order to secure the Immediate admission
of New Mexico to statehood. Represent
alive Flood Of Virginia, chairman OF the
committee expressed some doubt as to
the power of the committee to amend the
instrument.
Adjournment was taken until Friday.
Between now and then the New Mexico
representatives will endeavOr to reach an
agreement. The Arizona constitution
was not mentioned at today's session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
WILL BE EXCURSION STEAMER.
Former Lighthouse Service Vessel
the Violet, Will Be Reftted.

The former lighthouse service steamer
Violet. aboard which the late President
Cleveland made his cunning trips to the
North Carolina sounds, will become an
excursion steamer and may be used on
the Potomac, but this Is not definitely de-
termined. The steamer was a day or
two ago bought from Capt. Levi Cullison
by Charles Warner Of this city and John
B. Flusky of Baltimore, and she has been
taken to a Baltimore shipyard to have
her boiler overhauled and to be fitted for
excursion service.
The Violet was built at Elizabeth. N.
j., and christened the Martha Washing
ton, a merchant passenger steamer. and.
being a sidewheeler, the lighthouse de-
partment purchased her and placed her
in service. changing her name to a flower
in conformity with the nomenclature Of
the service.
In a stateroom aboard the steamer are
the berth and washstand which President
Cleveland used, but his desk and chair,
from which he penned many official COM
munications, have been removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
BIG TERM DOCKET.
Number Of Cases Before U. S. Su.
preme Court Reaches 1000.

For the first time in eighteen years
the term docket Of cases for considera-
ton by the Supreme Court Of the Unit
ed States has reached No. 1000. OF
this number disposition OF probably
800 has been made by the court during
the term. leaving 700 for consideration.
The slump in the docket eighteen years
ago was due to reorganization Of the
judiciary system. The increase this
year is regarded as due both to the in
creasing number of cases annually
brought to the Supreme Court and to
the vacancies on the bench last year.
The thousandth case was an appeal
OF the Southern Pacific Railway Com
pany from the decree Of the California
federal courts. holding that 1t should
pay the United States $4,000 for the
sale Of land in California mistakenly
patented by the United States to the
railroad company.
The case probably will not be reached
on the regular call of the docket for
argument within three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
JURY IN SADLER CASE
IS UNABLE TO AGREE
Final Vote Il Said to Favor the
Plaintiff by Nine to
Three.
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, April 1s.-After
having been out nine hours the jury in
the case of Mrs. Sallie Stirling Sadier
Of Baltimore against DR.. George II.
Riggs of Evansville Nd. at IL o'clock
last night reported its inability to
agree and was discharged. 1t is under
stood the final vote of the jury stood
9 to in favor Of Mrs. Sadler.
The case was a suit to recover DAM
ages in the amount of $4,000 and was
the outgrowth Of Mrs. Sadler's conf1ne-
ment in a sanatorium conducted by DR..
Riggs at Evansville. In the declara-
ton filed in the case Mrs. Sadler
charged that she was beaten and as
saulted and unlawfully confined and de-
tanned in an insane asylum from Au-
gust. 1908. until October. 1907
Mrs. Sadler was committed to the SAM.
tarium at the suggestion of her husband
Prof. Fairman A. Sadier, president OF g
Baltimore business college. Prof. Sad
Ter was summoned as a witness for DIR
Riggs and was in court during the prog.
ress OF the trial, but did not take the
stand. He and Mrs. Sadler are not l.v-
ing together. Mrs. Sadler lelease fror
habeas corpus proceedings instituted by
her brother.
1t was denied on the part OF the de.
Tense that the treatment Of Mrs. Sadlel
was in any way cruel, and while 1t was
admitted that her C Commitment wa:
somewhat irregular. 1t was commended
that her mental condition was such as tc
require her detention in the institution.
The trial Of the case consumed five
days. and was followed with much in.
terest. Mrs. Sadler was represented 10y
Attorneys Robert Z. Peter Of Rockville
and E. Walton Brewington OF Baltimore
and DR.. Riggs by Talbot & Prettymar
Of Rockville. Milton G. Urner.Jr., OF
Frederick and Dennis & Dennis Of Bal
tinlore. Judge Edward C. Peter pre-
sided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
LOSES HIS CITIZENSHIP.
Court Acts on Petition of United
States Against Joseph Cohen.

Justice Gould. in Equity Court No /:
today cancelled the certificate of natural
cation issued i'm January, 1903. to Josepi
Cohen. a local tailor. on the petition OF
the United States. which claimed tina
Cohen was not Of such moral character
as is required Of an applicant for cit!
zenship." Counsel for Cohen noted ar
appeal
Cohen filed q demurrer to the govern
ment's petition, claiming that his mora
character had been adjudaed in his favo
by the court when Ii granted the natural
zation and that the bill could not b'
maintained unless Cohen had been con
victed Of an offense under the law. lie
denied any fraud had been practiced IL
his application for citizenship.
United States Attorney Wilson and AS
sistant United States Attorney Cobb APP
peared for the government and attorney
Simon Wolf and Levi II. David repre-
scented Cohen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
MACvEAGH's GREENBACK PLAN.
Would Break Up Notes Of Large De.
nomination as They Come In.

The greenback incident of 1893. when
the Treasury practically was drained
Of gold by what President Cleveland
termed an endless chain. never can be
repeated after a plan which Secretary
MacVeagh has set in motion is COM
pleted.
The plan Is to break up all the out
standing greenbacks of large amounts
into smaller ones as fast as they come
into the Treasury for redemption. Stu
dents Of finance say the result will be
that enough greenbacks to embarrass
the Treasury can never be assembled
at any one time.
Under Secretary MacVeagh's plan 1t
is said to be certain that the trade
Of the country will absorb these large
notes and they can ever embarrass the
Treasury again.
1t is even planned to bring in the
one-thousand-d dollar and ten-thousand-
dollar notes which have been held in
banks for many years. and the assist
ance of national bank examiners will
be invoked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18

soldier Of fortune. known as the dyna-
mite fend." who dynamited all the
bridges south Of Juarez.
Creighton commanded at the battle Sat
urday, it is said. and led the charge in
which Capt. Porfirio Hernandez OF the
Mexican federal army was shot. The fed
erals are said to have centered their fire
ON the American, and soon laid him low.
NEW YORK. April 1s.-Oscar G. Creigh-
ton was formerly a merchandise broker
in this city. He was said TO be Har-
ward graduate. but his name was not
found on the college register. His mother
lives at Danvers. Mass. and a brother is
In business in Philadelphia He went to
FL Paso on q holiday. and rode out from
there to look over the insurrecto camp.
where he decided to join the rebels. Ma
dero made him q lieutenant. in charge Of
little band of forty. consisting chiefly
Of American cowboys. it is said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
APPLICATION Is REFUSED.
Ohio Supreme Court Declines Quo
Warranto Petition in Cox Case.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. April 1s.-The SUI
preme court today refused the appli-
cation Of Prosecutor Henry T. Hunt of
Cincinnati to file petition in quo war
ranto against Judge Charles ]. Hunt Of
Cincinnati, with regard to the trial of
George B. Cox. the Cincinnati politician.
in this court
CINCINNATI. Ohio. April 18.-The re-
fusal of the supreme court Of Ohio to
issue writ in quo warranto against
Presiding Judge Charles J.. Hunt of
Hamilton county, as reported from Co
lumbus today, leaves the perjury case
AGAINST George b. Cox In statu quo.
Judge Hunt Is, by the decision. con-
hrmed In the power of a supervising
majority of the special circuit court
which mandamused Judge Hunt to rule
On the affidavit Of prejudice filed by Cox
against Judge Frank German
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
ACTS IN KNIGHT CASE.
Secretary Meyer Refers Matter Back
to Court.Martial Jurv.

The case Of Capt. Austin NJ. knight
has been referred back by the Secretary
Of the Navy to the notable court Of sew
en- rear admirals. headed by Robley D.
Evans, which tried him on charges OF
negligence in connection with the sinking
of the monitor Puritan in the ordnance
tests in Hampton roads last November.
Secretary Meyer declined to give the rea-
son for his action, but it is generally be-
ieved to be because Of some technical
irregularities in the proceedings Of the
trial. The trial was held at Norfolk.
and at it's close it was reported that
Capt. knight had been acquitted.
Capt. knight is a senior captain Of the
navy. aud his promotion to the rank Of
rear admiral has been delayed BY his
court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
INVESTIGATE COMMISSIONS.
Representative Clark Wants Unnec
essary Ones Abolished.

In a resolution introduced in the House
yesterday. Representative Frank Clark of
Florida proposes an inquiry into all gov
eminent commissions with a view to the
abolition of those not necessary. Under
The terms of the resolution the Speaker is
directed to appoint a commission of five
members of the House to conduct the IN
quiry.
mittee report to the. House the title Of
every commission, board or other body
existing either by executive or legislative
authority. the duties. powers and re-
sponsibilities Of each, the personnel, num-
Der of employees. salaries and other in
formation available concerning them.
Among the bodies that might be affected
if such an investigation were ordered are
canal commission and a dozen others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
A SCOTSMAN'S TRIBUTE.
Poem Of Praise to President Taft
Found in White House Mail.

The following poem. bearing q Ca.
madam postmark, was found In the White
House mail few days ago:
TO PRESIDENT TAFT.
An aud Cannuck O. Scottish birth an name,
Devoid alike o. fortune an o. fame,
WI three score years o. worldly Joys an panxs
Wad like to bless ye, sir. afore he gangs.
Fain wad / speak o. a yir noble gifts,
The sympathetic heart, the brain that lifts,
The wide purview that grasps the Christian plan
Glory to God. on earth good will to man.
Yir regal mind wad LIGHT the burthen'd puir;
Wad peace proclaim at every human door;
An, last aud best up-haud the moral law
The Book O. Books, the keystone o them a.
The arbitration scheme that ye propose
Will bind in concord mony erstwhile foes,
Aud millions in this warl o strife an craft
VIII yet arise and laud the name o Taft.
Heaven bless ye. sir. wi a its choicest store,
That a. yir kingly gifts may shine the more.
And when at length yir journey here is duns
Yrs be It then to win the eternal Groom.
AN ADMIRING CANADIAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
TO TAKE UP POSTAL RATES.
First Meeting Of New Commission at
White House Nav J.,

The first meeting Of the commission to
investigate proposed increases in second
class postage rates will be held at the
White House May 1. At that time the
question of the eligibility Of Lawrence
Maxwell OF Cincinnati as a member of
the commission will be decided.
Mr.. Maxwell has acted as attorney at
times for various express companies. but
it is not believed here that this will in
terfere with his service on the commits
sion. The other members are Supreme
Court Justice Hughes and President LO-
well OF Harvard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
CONTRACT FOR NEW TUG.
U. S. Army Engineers Department
Having Vessel Built.

The contract for the construction of a
new tug for the United States Army en-
gineers' department., for service on the
Potomac river. was yesterday placed with
the Skinner Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company of Baltimore, whose bid for the
work was $4,000. The vessel will be
ready for service in the fall, and Will be
named Gen. Leach. The other bidders
for the work were the Spedden Shipbuild-
ing Company of Baltimore, $50, 767; Mary
land Steel Company Of Baltimore, $54, 7CO;
Pussy & Jones OF Wilmington. Del. $55,
500, and the Fore River Shipbuilding
Company of Boston, $64. 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18

Hyattsville Nominates Candidates IN
Citizens Public Meeting.

Spocad OU1espoooence OF Inc 60f.
HYATTSvILLE Nd. April Is. 1914.
At q cttisens' convention held IN aep.a.
sophs Hall here last night Mayor VIII.
lam p. Magruder and Capt Roger Bellii
were nominated for the once Of mayor
the election 70 be held the fret Monday
in May. Both candidates pleds ed them
selves to vote against any proposition e
permit a new railway crossing the public
highways at grade.
DR.. c. W. Bird all presided at the meet
ing, with ]. F. Lillard secretary.
Upon the adjournment OF the conven
uon meetings were held to nominate can
dfdates for council In the varioas wards
In the first ward the names OF presen
councflmen. Herman f.. Burges IS and VIII
lam A. Dorr, were nlaced in omination
councilman stephen j. Kelly and J
Frank Rush were nominated In the thirt
ward. and Councilmen o. A. Greaser ans
William A. Brooks were nominated IN I'll,
second ward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
PLAN Is SATISFACTORY.
Method of Placing Star Subscriptions
in Vacation Contest.

People are inquiring whether they can
have The Sunday Star sent to one adj
dress In the city and The Evening Star
to another. in connection with the sum.
mer vacation contest.
A business man wishes to get the week
day paper at his Office, where he car
scan 1t before reaching home, but pre-
fers to have the Sunday edition sent to
his residence
This is entirely satisfactory to The Star
Also, in cases where any one has been
taking The Evening Star the addition OF
The Sunday Star for six months as speci-
fed In the offer will be considered a bona
fde new subscription.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
RECOVER BODIES OF POLICE.
Members of Inflated Fort Macpher.
son Expedition Perish.

DAWSON. Yukon Territory. April 49,
The bodies Of the mounted police who set
out December % from Fort Macpherson
for Dawson were found not far south Of
Macpherson by the relief expedition
which left Dawson February q.
The men in the ill-fatad Fort MacPher-
son expedition, which was under COM
mand of Capt. F. ]. Fitzgerald. and con-
sisted Of Constables Carter. Kinney and
Taylor persisted on the banks OF Peel
river after their supplies had given out
and they had eaten their dogs.
The relief expedition took the bodies to
MACPHERSON and returned to Dowsoa ar
irving here Yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
COMMITTEE STARTS PROBE.
House Proposes to Investigate Navy
Departmeut Affairs.

The House committee on expenditures
In the Navy Department in beginning It's
inquiry into the affairs of that depart
ment decided today to request from Sec
rotary Meyer information upon which to
base the inquiry.
The Secretary Of the Navy will be asked
by Representative Hardy, chairman Of
the committee, to furnish information
as to the number Of employees In the de-
partment, the expense of the department
for the five-year period beginning with
the Spanish-American war and for the
past five years.
The committee believes a comparison
Of expenditures in time of peace with
those in time Of war will be useful.
Later the committee proposes to take
up consideration OF a navy reOrganiza-
ton plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
PLAN DRASTIC REFORM
FOR MEXICAN ELECTIONS
Would Bar Relatives Of President
and Vice President From
Succession.

MEXICO CITY, April 1s.-Approving
the measure proposed by Deputy Fran
cisco Bulnes. providing for the mo re-
election Of president. vice president
and governors OF states the committee Of
the chamber Of deputies yesterday re-
ported, but with some significant amend
merits. The committee added to the
measure clauses which. If enacted, will
forbid the election to the presidency or
vice presidency of any relative of the
president or vice president. 1t is also
provided that a vice president cannot be
elected president.
The members of the committee give as
the reason for their recommendations re-
garding the election of relatives the as
sumption that at some time a president or
a vice president might use undue infiu-
ence to procure one Of these high posi-
tons for a relative.
Significance Of Report.
At this particular time there is a spe-
cial significance attached to the report
Of the committee. Ramon Corral, who
recently asked and procured an eight
month leave of basence an account of
the bad condition Of his health. is yet
countrymen. 1t is within the bounds
Of possibility that the "Corralists," as
his supporters are called. might aug
ment their numbers to that extent
where some time he might be elected
president. In circles close to Corral. 1t
is said that he will not return to Mexi-
CO to claim the vice presidency or any
other Office unless there is a popular
demand for his return.
If 1.-THE chamber adopts the Bulnes
measure as reported his election as
president at any time would be uncon-
stitutionaL In making the measure so
broad as to bar relatives from the cOun-
try's high Offices 1t was regarded as
possible that it is aimed at Felix Diaz,
nephew of the president.
Diaz's Nephew Popular.
Gen. Felix Diaz. now chief Of police.
is popular. At the time Of the last
presidential campaign there was a de-
termined effort by his friends to in
duce him to run for the vice presi-
dency.
Minister de la Barra asserted that
peace prospects appeared to him to be
brighter than ever. It is known that
within the last twenty-four hours COM
munications have been exchanged be-
tween him and DIR. Vasquez Gomez in
Washington by cable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
CHAMPIONS ARIZONA.
Senator Chamberlain Approves Ini
tiative. Referendum and Recall.

Senator Chamberlain Of oregon cham.
pioned the constitution of Arizona, espe-
cially the initiative. referendum and re-
call features. in a speech in the Senate
yesterday afternoon. In the course OF his
appeal for popular government through
such provisions. he made reference TO tn,
case of Senator Lorimer of Illinois. The
end Of the case has not been reached. he
declared, and added:
mo matter can be settled until 1t ID
settled right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
KILLS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
Youngstown, Ohio, Plumber Then
Ends His Own Life.

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. April 1S-Grant
Rickert. a plumber. shortly after mid
night attacked his wife and five childreT
with a gun and AK, and killed his wife
and three of the children, and mortally
wounded the other two. He then shot and
killed himwself. Rickert feared he was
children was impaired, neighbors say.
The injured children died at $50 this
morning, making six lives the toll of his
murderous fit Of insanity. His son Ed
win escaped from the father. who had
struck him on the head with an AK, and
will survive.
He ran out OF the house and told
neighbors that his father was killing
his mother. The lads pleas for help
were not needed Immediately. Instead the
police were summoned by telephone.
When officers arrived they found the
bodies lying in the rooms and furniture
broken. The children ranged in years
from five to sixteen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
Watching the Situation.

Senator Cullom, chairman of the Senate
committee on foreign relations, is in close
touch with the President. calling at the
White House this morning to discuss the
latest phases Of the situation and receiv-
ing messages from the Executive Mansion
when new turns of affairs are reported.
No early meeting of the committee,
however. is contemplated to discuss the
situation. Senator Cullom said this morn
ing. There are several vacancies on the
committee. Mr.. Cullom explained, and a
full committee meeting could not be held.
But there is no special effort being made
II rush the appointment of the foreign
relations committee In advance of the
Their committees.