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The Washington times., 1911-02-05
Quits Bride-Hunt
For Housekeeper

George F. Adams, the octogenarian
VINO recently advertised for a wife. and
VINO Tor several days thereafter had the
heaviest mail in northeast Washington.
has decided that he will not make the
proposed trip to the altar.
What he wants now is a housekeeper,
pure and simple. And somewhere with
In the confines of this District is lust
the woman for the place, or Mr.. Adams
is bad guesser.
In response to the advertisement came
widow, native to Oklahoma, but So
journing for season in Washington,
who did not aspire to the position of
wife, but who asserted her qualiflca-
tons as prime housekeeper. At that
TING Mr.. Adams had such an assistant
In his home, and he turned the Okla
homa applicant away with a request
that she return in a few days, when the
position might be vacant. She departed
and has not yet returned. wherefore
Mr.. Adams sits in gloom and rues the
hour when he turned her from his door.
"She Is just the woman for the place;
1 knew IT the minute she left here"
said Mr.. Adams today; ''but, then, it
was too late to recall her. With my
hand on my heart, ! hope that Okla
homa widow will come back. There is
a good home for her here at liza Ben
ming road"
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
Search Near Pier
For Postmaster

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. Sat-
isfied from the finding of the cane for
merly carried by Richard L. Ashurst,
missing postmaster of Philadelphia,
that the mans body is somewhere in
the ocean, members Of the Atlantic City
poItce department started this morning
to drag the sea under the Million-Dollar
lier.
All other search for the missing man
was given up for the present, and the
entire force of detectives engaged on
the case are working III the effort to
discover the body along the beach or
in the surf.
Unless the drag being made along the
edge of the pier results in the discovery
of the body before tonight divers will
be engaged to- descend into the sea and
search the pilfng of the big pier.
The police have gone back to their
original theory that the missing man
either fell or jumped from the pier.
They explain the failure of the body
to wash ashore on the theory that II
may have either been carried down the
beach by the current, or caught under
pier fishing nets, or in nail-studded pill
ing.
Interest in the disappearance of the
Philadelphia official is intense and
crowds gathered on the beach to help
the police this morning. Until the dis
covery of the cane last night police had
begun to waver' in their first belief that
the missing postmaster was dead.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
BY DONALD CRAIG,
In the New York Herald

There came near being a riot on the
hoor OF the House of Representatives
just after adjournment this evening
when Representative Robert Bruce Ma
con, Of Arkansas, and Walter ]. Fahy.
washington newspaper reporter, were
prevented from engaging in fisticuffs
only by more peacefully inclined per-
sons who happened to be near. The
trouble. arose over an article written by
Mr.. Fahy and remarks made on the
floor during debate by Mr.. Macon Of
the writer. j..
Mr.. Macon is one of the self-consti-
tuted watchdogs Of the Treasury In the
House. He makes points of order
against everything in the way Of a sal
airy increase that comes to his atten-
ton. He was doing this today when
Representative Stanley of Kentucky,
also Democrat, called him to account
by indicating that Mr.. Macon, was not
the only righteous man. and should
not undertake to legislate for the whole
House.
Reporting this occurrence, Mr.. Fahy
wrote that Mr.. Macon had been de
nounced'' by one of his colleagues for
his parsimonious attitude toward Cow
ernment clerks. 1t was this to which
MI. Macon took exception when he saw
the account an hour or so later He
arose in his place and called the author
OF the article harsh names, and sug-
gested that he ought not to be in the
press gallery
Other newspaper men who had writ
ten articles similar to that Of Mr.. Fahy
suggested that he disregard what had
been said about him on the floor When
1t was learned, however, that the re-
marks of Representative Stanley had
been expunged from the record and
those of Mr.. Macon, concerning Mr.
Fahy could not be restrained
At his suggestion Representative
George w. Norris, a Republican, Of Ne
braska, went to Mr.. Macon and asked
him to be fair to Mr.. Fahy, but the
Arkansas member refused to do any
thing.
No sooner did the House adjourn than
Mr.. Fahy rushed to the floor and up TO
Mr.. Macon, where he stood talking with
Mr.. Norris. Various epithets were ex-
changed by the two men. Members of
the press gallery, employees of the House,
and Mr.. Norris placed themselves be-
tween the angry men. 1t became nee
essary to hold the newspaper man to
prevent the fight from beginning in
earnest
After consultation with other men,
bers of the press gallery, Mr.. Macon
agreed to tell the official reporters to
strike from the record his remarks about
Mr.. Fahy. Several of Mr.. Fahy's fellow
reporters told Mr.. Macon that they did
not believe the article in The Times was
an exaggeration.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
BY FREDERICK C. wEIMER,
In the New York Times.

At the close of a session in
which he had played a most belliger-
ent part Representative Macon of
Arkansas was called upon by Wal
ter Fahy, a political writer of
The Washington Times, to retract
statements which he had made on
the floor earlier in the day in his
reference to the author of an article
the prompt Intervention of bystand-
ers prevented personal encounter in
the House chamber.
The Arkansas member had called
the attention of the House to a story
in The Times, which recounted some
of the rebuffs he had received from
members of the House earlier in the
day on account of his objections to
various items in the Agricultural bill
providing for increases in salaries
He referred to the writer of the story
as "willful, deliberate liar" and a
contemplate little ass" The news
paper man was not in the press gall
lery. at the time, but he was soon
informed of the incident, and remain
ed to have a personal interview with
the Representative.
When the Speakers gavel fell at ad-
journment Mr.. Fahy entered the
chamber. He approached the member
from Arkansas. at the same time re-
moving his eyeglasses.
Mr.. Macon" he said, you have
called me liar and other things. I
wish to say to you that you are the
liar"
Mr.. Fahy demanded that Mr.. Macon's
Characterization of him should be ex-
plunged from the record
The aisle was crowded. In an in
slant, before either man could make a
more active demonstration of hostil-
ity, members and House employees
rushed upon them. Mr.. .Fahy, who
was trying to get at the Arkansan
was dragged back. Several persons
got in front of the irate Representa-
tive, who continued to pour a tor
rent Of abuse in the general direc-
tIon of Mr.. Fahy. The two men were
not permitted to approach each other
again. After a time Mr.. Norris. the
insurgent leader. made peace by per
suading Mr.. Macon to withdraw the
remarks.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
BY IRVING C. NORWOOD,
In the Washington Star.

Representative Robert Bruce Macon Of
Arkansas was a storm center in the
House Of Representatives for several
hours yesterday. Continuing the policy
he has pursued for several years of at
tacking every increase in salary of a
Government official in the annual ap-
preparation bills, he began with the first
reading of the agricultural bill to make
points of order against proposed in
creases to chief clerks and various other
employees.
Whereupon several members arose and
strenuouslv objected to this method of
personal legislation" and appealed to
Mr.. Macon 10 desist. He stoutly de-
clined 10 do anything of the sort. Then
the debate, which had begun along par
liamentary lines, soon became personal
and at last resolved Itself into a wordy
war between Mr.. Macon and Represen-
tative Stanley Of Kentucky. Mr.. Macon
got hold of a copy of an afternoon
newspaper containing on the first page
in big black letters the headline Macon
Is Denounced by Clerks Friends" Then
he was angry sure enough, and rising
to a question of personal privilege he
demanded to see "the eye and the color
OF the hair of any one who had de-
nounced him. No one responding to this
challenge, Mr.. Macon said he proposed
to do some denouncing himself. There
upon he aSsaEed the author OF the
item as "a deliberate, willful liar, a
dirty little pilferer of words. a con-
temptible little ass and few other
things, ending by the assertion that
such an "atorn" should be excluded from
the press galleries.
The House, however, took no action.
Immediately upon adjournment the re-
porter sought Representative Norris of
Nebraska, to enlist his aid in having the
bitter renunciation swept from the
Record. On the floor he found Mr.. Ma
con and made the demand of that gen.
tleman. Mr.. Macon replied that he
would stand by what he said, where
upon the reporter made a belligerent
rush in the direction of the gentleman
from Arkansas.
Strong arms thrust the newspaper
man back. however and he was de-
tanned in their clutches until such time
as the anger of all had sufficiently
waned to admit Of Mr.. Norris persuad-
ing Mr.. Macon to consent to having his
of the newspaper man ex-
pugned from the Record.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
BY GEORGE 6. HILLS,
In the New York Tribune.

An incident typical of Democratic
harmony and of the difficulties which
will confront the members of the House
pres gallery in the next Congress
caused considerable excitement in the
House today. An Arkansas member,
from the "hilly billy section Of the
State, who has won cheap fame with
his constituents by continually raising
a point of order against all increases Of
salaries Of Government clerks, etc, in
cured the censure of the chairman OF
the Committee on Agriculture, and Of
one of his own colleagues from Ken
lucky The Kentuckian was severe in
denouncing his fellow-Democrat, and
from what occurred later his shafts evil
IDENTIFY went home
Realizing, no doubt, that his reputa-
ton as a watchdog Of the Treasury"
was in peril, the Arkansan later sought
his Kentucky colleague and persuaded
him to agree that the colloquy should
be stricken from the record. 1t was re-
ported, and correctly, in an afternoon
newspaper, however, and this raised the
intense ire of the Arkansan, who arose
in his seat and delivered a blast of typi-
cal Arkansan billingsgate aimed at the
newspaper man who had reported the
debate, whom he denounced as "a
liar" etc.
Immediately after the session had ad-
journed the newspaper man demanded
a retraction, and for few minutes IL
looked as If an alteration was unavoid-
able. Several members of the House,
newspaper correspondents and others,
interfered, however, and kept the men
apart, while the Arkansan poured forth
volume of choice language, regard
less of the fact that he was still on the
floor of the House. Finally, however,
Representative Norris, who had been
attempting to act as peacemaker, per-
suaded the irate Arkansan that there
had been too many witnesses to his COL
loquy to make any effective denial pos
sible, and that his wisest course would
be to agree TO eXpunge from the record
his denunciation of the newspaper man.
This he agreed to do, and thus peace
was restored, for the time being, at
least.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
Claim Child After
Nineteen Years

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 5.-Mary
Odger, twenty years old, who was de-
serted by her mother when an infant,
has been claimed by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Odger, of Chicago, who
made arrangements with Mr.. and Mrs
John Hare, who have reared the girl,
to take her back with them on Mon
day.
When Mary was four months old her
father left her and her mother to look
for work, and was never heard from un-
til last year, when he and Mrs. Odger
were united, and then began the search
for their only child. Apparently the
father has prospered. but Mrs. O'Hare,
the foster mother, says she Is going to
Chicago with the girl, and If every
thing is not as represented, she will
bring her back.
Il love her as my own," said Mrs.
O'Hare, "and she always will have a
home with me if she should ever de-
eide to return"
The young woman has been given every
advantage by her foster parents, but
seems happy that her real parents have
claimed her.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
GOOD ROADS TRAIN AS
PRACTICAL EDUCATOR.

The improvement of the highways
in Maryland is of so much Importance
to the District of Columbia that special
interest attaches to Governor Crother's
efforts to secure a good-roads train
for demonstrations in that State.
The purpose of such a train, in the
charge of experts, is to bring the les
son of good roads home to the people
through practical object lessons. 1t
enforces by visible demonstration the
preaching of the good-roads propa-
ganda. just as in education the sight
of ain applied principle or the expert
ment which proves a theory is of the
highest value, so in a movement like
that looking to good roads the benefit
of the principle is best illustrated when
good roads are literally brought home
to the people.
This is the work of TIE good-roads
train, as it is the work of the trains
sent out by the agricultural depart
ments of nearly all States for the
purpose of demonstrating modern
methods. Especially in the country
districts there is toward road work a
skepticism which is born of many
generations of slipshod efforts at i'm
provements. The rural dweller knows
the value of a good road by expert
ence with bad ones, but it needs for
him to fully perceive the immediate
economic advantages of road building,
that he have the modern road before
his eyes as example. This the good
roads train provides, together with
reason and precept and advice. As a
means to establishing that unanimity
of opinion among the people without
which any plan of comprehensive i'm
provement will fall short of the mark,
the good-roads train is as nearly as
possible the ideal conception.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
DIVISION OF EXPENSE FOR
FAIRGROUNDS.

just why Congress should select the
appropriation for maintenance Of
Fairgrounds as the one item of District
expense to be met wholly from Dis,
trict revenues is not clear. This. ex,
pense is not essentially different from
any other incident to the administra-
tion of the affairs of Washington. With
equal propriety Congress could ignore
the "half and half" principle of the
organic act in making appropriations
for the schools, the Health Depart
ment, the Police Department, the Fire
Department, or any other branch of
the District government.
In fact, there is a particular reason
against putting the whole expense for
maintenance of Fairgrounds upon the
District. The Fairgrounds have cost
the Government and the District rela-
lively but little. Much of the ex-
pense of acquiring them and nearly
al the expense of maintenance hereto
fore have been provided by private
subscription. The value of the play
grounds has been demonstrated, and
it is now time they were put on the
same basis as other public institutions
of the District.
The House has violated the or
mic act aOain this vpar hv making
the bulk of the Fairgrounds appropria-
ton payable from District revenues.
The Senate District Committee shows
an inclination to correct this injustice.
Last year the Senate endeavored to
make the appropriation payable on the
half and half principle, but yielded to
the House in the closing hours of the
session. This year it is to be hoped
the Senate will insist upon it's amend
ment.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
THE GROWING STRENGTH OF
MEXICo'S CIVIL WAR.

The operations of the revolutionary
forces in Chihuahua have met, with a
Success which, to put it mildly, must
be embarrassing to the Mexican gov
ernment. The re-enforcements which
have made conjunction with Gen.
Pasquale Orozco's command have en-
Rbled that revolutionary leader to
tighten his Gordon around Juarez. The
capture of this federal stronghold
would give the insurrectos a base of
operations for a later attack upon the
capital of the state of Chihuahua, and
with those two strategic points gained
the revolution will have attained pro-
portions to Justify what has already
been described as civil war. The United
States Government is determined to
preserve its neutral obligations unim-
paired, and with that end in view is
massing a sufficient force on the bor-
der. There were reports of fighting
last night between the federal and in
ouLICSIO IIOOpo "lIulH d lew HlleS OF
JuareZ. These were followed by still
more definite announcements that an
engagement, anticipated as decisive,
would be fought during the early
hours Of this morning. This engage
ment has now been postponed until
tomorrow, and news from the seat of
operations will be expected with the
keenest interest.
1t is probably true that the present
uprising was in the beginning directed
more particularly against the admin
istration of the state government in
Chihuahua, rather than against the
general government, but it is easy to
foresee that the insurgents may be
borne very far on the tide of success.
1t is not probable that a seasoned
veteran like Diaz, who won his way to
power by successful revolution, and
has maintained it with a strong hand,
has neglected any necessary precau-
tions to insure the safety of the ma
tional capital, but the emergency may
yet tax his reserved strength.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
By GEORGE EDMUNDS,
In the New York World.

An extraordinary scene was witness
ed on the floor of the House imme-
diately after adjournment, when Wal
ter ]. Fahy, a reporter for The
Washington Times, threatened Rep
resentative Robert Bruce Macon,
Democrat, of Arkansas, with per-
sonal violence The main body of
press correspondents hurried down
from the press gallery, thronged into
the chamber and exerted their efforts
to prevent breach of the peace. In
this they were successful.
This incident was the sequel to an
exciting encounter between Mr.. Ma
con and Representative Stanley, DEM
ocrat, of Kentucky, during considera-
tion of the agricultural appropriation
bill, Mr.. Macon being taken to task
by the Kentuckian for a suggestion
made by the Arkansan that certain
members of the House had certain
favorites in the Government employ
whom 1t was their desire to favor.
Mr.. Macon arose a little later and an
nounced that he wished he had made
a privileged statement. He said:
Il hold in my hand a thing which
presumes to dignity. 1t claims to be
The Washington Times ian early after
noon edition it was), which states IN
big black letters that Macon is de-
nounCed by friends Of clerks in the
House.
Il want to apologize for noticing this
utterance. And 1 want to know who
Is denouncing me. If he is on the
floor, 1 would like to see the member
hair and his eyes. In the absence OF
any member rising, 1 propose to do a
little denouncing myself.
+ This man who wrote this is a little
atom. He is a deliberate and willful
liar; dirty pilferer of words; a con-
temptible falsifier of facts. 1 believe
this atom should not have seat in
the press gallery"
Then Mr.. Macon took his seat. Mr..
Fahy, who had written the report, was
not in the press gallery at the time.
He arrived shortly before adjournment
and conferred with Representative Nor
ris of Nebraska, personal friend. Mr..
Norris counseled & temperate action.
fell he descended to the floor. He
walked up to Mr.. Macon and said.
The attack you made upon me on
the story l have written was not war
did take place, and must demand that
you request that your attack upon me
be expunged from the Record"
Mr.. Norris pushed Fahy aside. He
argued with Mr.. Macon for a moment,
and while a whispered discussion was
in progress, the main body Of press
correspondents thronged to the floor.
Mr.. Macon reiterated his intention to
have the matter appear in the Congress
sional Record.
well, then, I am going to whip you,"
said Fahy, shedding his overcoat and
placing his eyeglasses upon a nearby
desk. The correspondents interviewed,
bearing him back
Mr.. Norris and one of the correspond
ents gathered around Macon urging him
to promise the expurgation Of his state
ment. The alteration ended by Mr..
Macon calling upon the official report
ers to strike the whole Of his privi-
legged statement from the record.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
Condition of iii
Senator Is Improved

Senator Joseph NJ. Terrell of Georgia,
who is at the George Washington Uni
versity Hospital suffering from a Sc
we're attack of acute Indigestion, was
today pronounced out of danger, and
the attending physicians assert that 1t
is probable he will be able to leave the
hospital by the end of the week.
Senator Terrell was alone in his office
in the Senate Annex yesterday when
the attack seized him, and was found
in an almost helpless condition by Rep
resentative Lee of Georgia, who had
called on business. He was hurried at
once to the hospital and treated there.
1t was announced this morning that he
had passed a comfortable night and
was resting easily. The Senator is fifty
years Of age.
The Washington times., 1911-02-05
POPULAR ELECTION OF SENA-
TORS TO WIN.

A test vote in the Senate on Friday
has substantially assured that the
resolution will pass, submitting to the
States a constitutional amendment fol-
popular election of Senators. Senator
Borah forced the measure, by skillful
and determined parliamentary tactics
into the advantageous position of un,
finished business. The real test came
on a motion for an executive session
which was designed to prevent Sena,
tor Borah forcing a parliamentary ad,
vantage he had already secured. This
vote is recognized as an index of the
Senate's division on the measure. While
fifteen Senators did not vote, the line
up of the seventy-six who did vote,
together with the known views of most
of those not recorded, makes it sure
that when the vote comes on the main
proposition, within the next few days,
the resolution will pass.
Thirty-six Senators indicated oppo-
sition to popular elections, forty in
dicated favor for it. No Democrat
voted against it. Eleven Republicans
who have recently been defeated, or
have voluntarily retired, and will not
be Senators after March 4, voted
against popular elections. This test
vote probably gives a more accurate
view of Senator'S attitudes than will
the roll call on the resolution itself.
There are usually a few who, while
willing to support dilatory motions,
will not vote openly against the popu-
lar side of such a question. The roll,
call of Friday shows only one Repub-
lican of the thick and-thin Irregular"
persuasion voting for popular election
Mr.. Perkins of California. A solid
Democratic, solid insurgent, and near
insurgent vote did the business. In
some ways it is the most significant
test vote taken in the Senate since
the schism on progressive and reaction
ary lines came into the Republican
party. The Senators favoring direct
election were:
northumberland Borah, Bourne,
Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Clapp, Craw-
ford, Cummins, Dixon, Gronna, Jones.
La Toilette, Nixon, Perkins, Smith of
Michigan.
Derocrats-Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead,
Chamberlain, Clarke of Arkansas, Gull
berson, Fletcher, Foster, Frazier, New
lands, Overman, Owen, Paynter, Percy,
Shively, Simmons, Smith of South Caro-
lima, Stone, Swanson, Taliaferro, Ter
rell, Thornton, Tillman, Watson-40.
Those whose votes indicated oppo-
sition to direct election were:
Republicans - Brandegee, Bulkeley,
Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Carter,
Clark of wyoming. Crane, Cullom, Cur
tbs. Depew, Dick, Dillingham;, du Pont,
Flint, Frye, Gallinger, Gamble, Gug
genheim, Hale, Hepburn, Kean, Lodge,
Lorimer, McCumber, Nelson, Oliver,
Page, Penrose, Richardson, Root, Scott,
Smoot, Warner, Warren, Wetmore-36.
There is every probability that the
resolution will pass House and Senate
this session.