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The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
FISHER PRAISES
TAFT'S REFORMS
Says President Has Cured, Not
Denounced" in Statement to
Illinois Voters.

President Taft has shown that he Is
more Interested in curing evils than in
denouncing them. in moving steadily for
ward and surely forward than in talking
about the desirability of moving for
ward" according to Secretary Of the In
terror Fisher, who yesterday issued a
long statement, primarily for his Illinois
friends. who will register their Presi-
Dental preference on Tuesday.
As a progressive who has been so pro-
gressive that. he says, he has been de-
nounced as a radical. Secretary Fisher
says il is due the President to say that
no department head could ask more in
telligent appreciation. more helpful CO.
operation, or more unswerving support
than he has received in the work OF the
Interior Department Secretary Fisher
says the President should be renominat-
ed because he Ie a believer in popular
government and has demonstrated con-
Istructive ability at a time when con-
sITUctive craftsmanship sis needed as
rever before"
Whatever may be thought of the tar
iff law that was passed during the first
year of his administration" said Mr..
Fisher yesterday, ''it must be remember
ed that many of its duties were reduced
as a result of his insistence, and that
through it he not only obtained justice
for the Philippines. but has done more
than any other man to establish the
policy for which the progressive Repub-
licans have for years contended-the pol
icy of revising the tariff. not as a log
rolling patchwork, but schedule by
schedule, after accurate information has
been obtained by a nonpartisan and COM
petent commission"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
WOULD-BE PORTER
FALLS. FOR $11.25

Say. Gull, you would make a hit as
a porter on a Pullman with those good
looks of yours. Listen! Them New
New York millIonaires coming back
from Palm Beach would slip you a ten
spot at every station for serving them
highballs- Say. how'd you like TO get a
job? I'm employment superintendent"
James Richards. who lives at 1901
Eighteenth street northwest. was
standing at Seventh and Z streets
northwest about o'clock LAST night.
looking solemn and pensive like when
the well-dressed colored stranger ap-
preached and addressed him as above.
The police say Richards 'swallowed
the gan" That Is parlance for ex-
pressing the fact that Richards FELL
which is slang for taken in,' or. in
other words. Richards was fiimhammed.
He gave the stranger SlI.50 as a de-
posit on his porter's suit. The stran-
ger went around the corner to tele-
phone. Richards sl1.50 went with the
stranger.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
Big EASTER CROWD
WITNESSES RESCUE
Workman Saves Two Boys at At
lantic City While Boardwalk
Promenaders Look On.

Atlantic City. April 6-The large
crowds enjoying the Easter Saturday pa
rade on the Boardwalk this afternoon
witnessed a thrilling rescue OF two young
men from death in the treacherous un-
dertow of the Atlantic by q workman
named Culpitt. The two boys were Nor
ton R. Hirsch and Harry Raab. OF Phil
adelphia.
The boys were on q jetty just above
the steel pier at the foot of Virginia ave-
nue. when young Hlrsch lost his footing
and fell into the surf. Raab plunged In
after him, but the current was so strong
that he could render no aid The boys
were in imminent danger Of being dashed
TO death against the stones Of the jetty
when culpitt leaped into the water. The
great crowd on the Boardwalk cheered
the workman as he swan to. young
Hirsch and in a few moments laid him
in safety on the tetty. Then the work.
man swan out and secured hold Of Raab,
bringing him with difiiculty to land.
Cheer after cheer went up as the work
man handed over the second boy to his
friends and stood shaking the water out
CT his rough clothes. The boys Were re-
suscitated after half hours work at q
hospital.
Moving picture men, who were taking
pictures Of the gay throng on the Board
walk. obtained good views OF the rescue.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
DIAZ IN PARIS ON
MEXICAN MISSION
Former Dictator Taking Keen In
terest in the Troubled Country.
Receives Cablegrams Daily.

Madrid, April e-Porforio- Disz. former
President and dictator Of Mexico. left
here to-day for Paris upon q mission
" hich is believed to have a connection
with affairs in his native country Latsr
this month senor Diaz viii return to
Madrid. he said. and would go from here
to Andalusia. where he has established q
residence.
The movements Of the former President
are attracting q great deal Of attention.
In view of the close surveillance which
he Is keeping over affairs In Mexico. Al
most every day Diaz receives a long
cablegram In cipher from one or the
other OF his lieutenants in that country.
Before leaving the Spanish capital Sc
nor Diaz was asked for an expression
uIon affairs IN the revolutionary-ridden
republic. Asked specifically whether he
thought President Madero would be able
TO retain his ONCE. he replied:
"OE-course, / have an opinion, but
cannot express II at this time. I will
say. however. that / look for sensational
development soon. It would not be good.
perhaps. for me to crfticise the govern
ment OF my native country and. while
may not agree'with political leaders, my
love for Mexico will never waiver. II is
my home and the home OF my people. I
hope to return some day."
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
G. o. P. SPIT In NEW YORK;
CLASH is NOW AWAITED
Taft-Roosevet Factions Will Fight at Rochester Con
venti0n This Week

New York, April 6.-Because Of New
York States conceded barometrical posi-
ton in the national political game and
the bitter eight that is being waged be-
tween the Taft and Roosevelt factions,
interest throughout the United States is
to-day centered in the Republican State
convention which Is to be held at Roch-
ester on April 9. With seventy-nine Re
publican national delegates already in
structed to cast their ballots for Presi-
dent Taft, as result of the Statewide
primaries held on March l6, as against
seven for Col. Roosevelt, the fight at the
Republican State convention will center
about the election of the four delegates
at-large to the national convention. and
the adoption of planks' to be supported by
the New York delegation.
The colonel's defeat at the primaries has
only served to sharpen his appetite for the
contest, and he intends to carry his fight
on in the convention. His adherents are
still denouncfLg the primaries as fraud
ulent, and while the Taft supporters ad-
NIT that the election was a farce they
content themselves with hurting back the
tantalizing question: "well, what are you
going to do about it?" They contend that
a more honest primary would have re-
suited in a larger majority for the Presi-
dent.
Many Protests Coming.
The battle will be started tomorrow
when n horde of Roosevelt henchmen
will swoop down on Rochester and file
protests against the seating of the Taft
committeeman with the State Republican
machine, in an effort to gain control of
the Republican State convention The
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
BILL WOULD STOP
HIRED LOBBYISTS
Prouty Says Attorneys Reap Bene-
fits that Should GO to Po-
lice and Firemen.

That the new anti-lobbying bill intro
duced on Friday by Representative
Prouty, of Iowa, is intended first TO pre-
vent any one from boosting a bill in
Congress for hire without disclosing the
fact. and second. to break up the prac-
tice now INDUCED in by attorneys Of
getting civil service employees. policemen
and firemen to make contributions to
them in consideration Of their lobbying
ability was made clear in a statement
issued by Mr.. Prouty yesterday.
John r. Shields, an attorney. recently
employed to aid in the passage of the
bill increasing the pay of crossing police
men is said to Re one of the men at
whom the special provisions Of the bill
was aimed, although Mr.. Prouty would
not admit it yesterday.
In his statement yesterday Mr.. Prouty
declared that members of Congress
should know who appeared before them
as public-spirited citizens. ana VINO were
hired to advocate the passage of meas
ures. With regard to the lawyer sm-
ployed by the police and firemen of this
city. Mr.. Prouty said:
The House and Senate recently passed
a bill putting what is known as crossing
policemen on the same basis as Metro
polItan police. thus increasing compen-
sation. 1t now develops that a lawyer
in this city made contract for lobbying
that bill through, by which one class of
policemen pays him so a months out of
their salary for one year. and another
class pays him s. a month out of their
salary for one year. Had Congress known
that this increase was to be largely for
the benefit of lobbyist, and not for the
policemen, IT certainly would not have
passed the bill. At any rate, Congress
has a right to know. when these meas
ures are presented. whether they are pre-
sented by paid lobbyists
Mr.. Shields last night branded as ''un-
founded and ridiculous the charges
which he believes were aimed at him in
Mr.. Prouty's bill. He charged the Iowa
Representative with seeking notoriety
without regard to fact" and asserted
that the charges he had made had not
resulted from an investigation.
Il was regularly employed to aid in en-
deavoring to get this measure through"
he said last night, after unsuccessful
efforts to pass it had been made for al
most ten years. At no time did I ap-
pear before the committee other than as
the attorney for the crossing police
men. I first appeared before the COM
mittee in 1910 and have always repre-
sented myself as the lawyer of these
men"
Mr.. Shields was indignant at the as
Sertion that he was lobbying" The
contract from the crossing policemen. he
pointed out. only lasted for one year
after the passage of the bill, and his ef-
forts after that time with the crossing
policemen would end. while the increase
in salary effected would be of permanent
benefit.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07

protests will be made on the ground that
the machine committeeman do not repre-
sent the popular choice of the people,
and upon the disc stnfranchisement Of many
enrolled Republicans by technical blund-
ere In the preferential primaries.
This step. however. will undoubtedly
result In another defeat for the colonel,
as the committee with whom the petitions
win be filed. is controlled by the Barnes
machine, which is supporting Taft. Fall
ing in this, the colonel will make his
fight in the convention. in the hope of
defeating the machine as he did two
years ago when he brought about the
nomination of Henry L. Stimson for gov-
ernor.
An April II. two days after the Re-
publican State convention, the Democrats
will hold their convention in Carnegie
Hall. New York, when the entire State
delegation TO the Democratic National
convention will be chosen. Public inter-
est in this convention, however, is not
very strong. The delegates are all con-
trolIed by the Tammany machine, and
the entire delegation to the national con-
vention will be under the domination Of
Charles F. Murphy. the Tammany leader.
1t is likely the delegation will be unin-
structed.
Another Eastern State Republican con-
vention, that of Massachusetts scheduled
for Boston on April IL, which promised
to almost equal the New York State con-
test in interest, has been voided by the
passage in Massachusetts, of a new pref
erentiaI primary law which will give the
people a chance to name their choice for
the Republican nomination direct. The
primaries will probably take place on
April %.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
READY FOR FIGHT
ON PRIMARY BILL

warm fight on the Norris bill pro-
viding for direct primaries in the Dis
trict will be begun in the House to-
morrow, II is expected. following the
passage of fourteen other measures to
which there is no great opposition.
Progressives in the House and Senate,
both OF the Democratic and Republican
parties have been lining up their
strength with a view to passing the
measures which they say will be accept
ed as meaning the sanction of Congress
to preferential primaries.
The Redfield bill. which appropriates
of District property taxes to make up
the existing deficiency in the police and
firemen's pension fund, is pending be-
fore the House, having been favorably
reported, and, IL is believed, will pass.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
ARRESTED SEVEN
YEARS AFTER CRIME
Woman, in Cell Charged with Mur-
der Committed in 1905, As
serts Her Innocence.

Augusta. Me-. April 6-Mrs. Elsie
Hobbs Raymond to-night occupies a cell
In the Kennebec County jail, seven
years after suspicion FIRST rested on her
that she knew more about the murder
Of Matte Hackett than any one else.
She was indicted to-day, and after a
trip on foot to her boarding place, a mile
away. was committed to await six
months for trial
Thank God" was her only comment
when Informed OF the Indictment. She
and the other members OF the Raymond
family welcome the trial of the case.
The parting from her husband and
four-year-old daughter, Evelyn, moved
the jailers to tears. The child clung
and was hurried away by her father TO
avoid the ordeal OF seeing the iron doors
close behind her.
The strangiing of pretty eighteen-year-
old Matte Hackett. near the door of
her home at Kents Hill. three miles
from Headdeld. seven years ago, was
one Of the most mystifying crimes that
ever took place in this State.
Time and again attempts have been
made to clear up the murder, but so
cunningly has It been planned and ex-
ecuted tnat tne keenest detective gave
up the tral IN despair. Finally evi-
dence came to County Attorney VIII
iamson from an unexpected quarter, and
the facts were presented to the grand
jury.
The name Of Mrs. Raymond had been
connected with the tragedy before. She
was questioned Immediately after the
crime. The report was that she was
Jealous OF Matte Hackett- But Mrs.
denied that she was jealous OF
the girl. and asserted that she knew
nothing about the strange crime.
The fight for the freedom OF Mrs.
Raymond-there Is no capital punish
ment IN this State-wiIl prove one Of
the most thrilling murder trials that
ever took place in Maine.
pessimist Is slwayS Opsimist when sum
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
w. ]. BRYAN'S HAT
NOT IN THE RING

East Liverpool. Ohio, April 6.-william
J. Bryan, in a letter just received by
F. E. Watson, OF Chester. W. Va, across
the Ohio River from here. has made
what is believed the first positive an
nouncement that his hat is not in the
ring and that he is not a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency. Watson was forming a Bry-
an club. He wrote Bryan and asked
IL he was an "out-and-out candidate this
year" Mr.. Bryan replied: II hasten to
notify you that / am not a candidate.
and / do not desire any club organized
favoring my candidacy. By favoring me
you not only put me in a false light
before the country. but you lose the op-
portunity of using your influence in IA
vor of the nomination Of some progress
siye who is a candidate"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
TO FREE HOSPITALS
OF ALCOHOL TAX

Favored, il is stated, by Chairman
Underwood and other leading Democrats
Of the House. the bin recently intro
duced by Representative Linthicum. OF
Maryland, exempting hospitals from the
tax on denatured alcohol will be re-
ported from the Ways and Means Com
mittee in the near future and viii pass
the House without objection
The release on tax 81 alcohol WIN rep
resent a saving to the Washington hos
pitfalls alone of more than $1,000 annual
ly. The Linthicum bill was the result
OF a nationwide hght waged by physi-
clans who asserted that the tax In
fiicted an unnecessary hardship on hos
pitfalls.
1t is expected since Mr.. Underwood
has registered his approval of the meas
ure that 1t will be reported from com
mittee by next week at the latest.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
WHO PAYS WILSON'S DEBTS,
Former Senator CHALLENGES Gov
ernor to Name Backers,

Former Senator Challenges Cow
ernor to Name Backers.
Replying to the statement Of Gov. VIII
son that he was the agent of Speaker
Champ Clark, authorized to collect
money for the Clark campaign. former
Senator R. T. Pettigrew said last night:
The statements emanating from Prof.
Wilson, or his managers. that I am act
ing as Clark's agent to collect money
from Morgan and Wall street gamblers
is as false as Wilson'S statement that
he voted for Bryan in 1905 have col
lected just 81. 800. and no more.
Thirteen hundred dollars gave to for
mer Senator Dubois, who is the manager
Of Mr.. Clark's campaign for the Presi-
dental nomination. I gave 500 to pay
the expenses of one man to Kansas, and
not one cent Of this money came from
Morgan or Hill
Senator Dubois would not have money
enough from all sources to pay for Prof
Wilson's train. on which he is now trav-
cling around the country for four days.
call upon Wilson. or his managers, to
tell how much money they have collect
ed. and from whom they collected. Prof
Wilson all his life has written and spok-
en- for the idle and active rich, and, in
my opinion. will continue so to act II
elected President"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
Clark Carrie. woodbury County.

sioux City. Iowa, April 6.-Champ
Clark to-day carried Woodbury. County,
and gets full instructed delegation of
twenty to the Burlington State conven-
Ion. woodbury. County, Of which Sioux
City is the seat. has been the supposed
strongest Wilson county in Iowa, and
the county from which his manager.
Judge Van Wagana, the original Wilson
man in the State of Iowa, and manager
Of his campaign in this State, first nut
in motion the Wilson propaganda. The
county has always been conceded to
Wilson, but in the primaries last night
Clark swept the city, carrying all but
two small precincts
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
MONEY PROBE TOMORROW.
House Banking and Currency Com
mittee Decides on Action.

The money trust inquiry of the Bank
ing and Currency Committee Of the
House will get under way tomorrow. BY
Wednesday, IL is expected, a number of
New York money barons will have been
subpoenaed
This programme was decided on yes
terday when the entire committee, urged
to action by the House resolution passed
Friday giving probing powers to a rival
committee, met in executive session.
The list of witnesses as forecat
will include members of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co.. Schiff & Co, and some of the men
associated with ]. Pierpont Nor
gan. Frank A. Vanderlip. former As
sistant Secretary OF the Treasury. who
now heads a New York bank, probably
will be the first witness, and Milton z.
Allies, of the Riggs National Bank, of
Washington, also has been mentioned as
a witness.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
URGE CHANGE IN COURSE.
Commissioner Report FavorabIy ON
Fourteenth Street Bill.

The Commissioners yesterday afternoon
transmitted to Congress a favorable re-
port on the bill providing for the chang
ing of the course of Fourteenth street
northeast. between Otis and Varnum
streets. To make the changes 1t will be
necessary to deviate from the present
highway plans.
The change is desired for the purpose
of enlarging the grounds of the Fran
ciscan Monastery, lying to the east of
Fourteenth street It will also make the
than is now provided by the highway
plans. The measure provides that the
title to the land contained in the part Of
the street which II is proposed to aban-
don shall revert to the owners of the
abutting property.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
INDIANS vICTIMIzED.
Ferris Thinks They Are Exploited
by Politicians.

The debate on the Indian bill yester-
day was marked by the implied charge
by Representative Ferris, of Oklahoma
that there is systematic exploitation OF
the Indians by the white politicians.
Under their own government in the first
year, said Mr.. Ferris, the Five Civilized
Tribes spent only $4,000 for administra-
ton.
the tribal funds have increased. until last
year the cost of administration was more
than 81, 300 600. Men with but a trace OF
Indian blood make demands for political
places, as do those who believe they can
cook up something for the Indians. We
are suffering from too many officers"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
FOR PRESIDENTIAL PUBLICITY.
Gov. Wilson Would Publish Sums
Spent During Campaign.

In a telegram received yesterday by
Representative Henry. of Texas. a Bryan
leader, Gov. Woodrow Wilson announces
that he favors the enactment of a law
requiring publicity of contributions made
in Presidential preconvention contests.
Gov. Wilson's position on this question
is as follows:
Il am heartily in favor of legislation
requiring publicity of contributions or
Presidential campaign funds. including
both the contests for nomination and the
contests for election, and Of their publi-
cation before the nomination. Indeed,
l think such legislation absolutely neces-
sary to the publication and elevation of
our politics. 1t would absolutely open
the field to public view in which sin
lister influences are most apt to Iurk and
control"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
NATIONS OLDEST PENs1oNER.
Woman, ia Years Old, May Re.
ceive Claim.

Mrs. Sarah Brandon, Of Jacobsburg.
Ohio, will be the Oldest pensioner on the
government rolls IL a $500 annuity asked
for her is granted, for she is ia years
old. She also has the distinction OF be-
ing the mother OF thirty-three children,
sixteen of whom were soldiers. as was
her first husband. Charles Brandon, a
soldier Of the Mexican war. by whom she
had twenty-five children. Mrs. Brandon
is now an invalid.
Representative Francis. of Ohio, has
asked the House Invalid Pensions Com
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
OPPOSE STABLE REFORMS.
Commissioners Call Them Invasion
of Property Rights

For the second time this session the
Commissioners have refused to sanction
proposed law requiring stables in the
District to be made fireproof and insist
ing that all owners shall lodge their
horses not higher than the first floor.
on the ground that such a measure Is
an invasion of Individual property rights.
A communication on the Ayres bill pro-
posing these changes was yesterday sent
to Chairman Ben johnson, Of the House
District Committee.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
Jack Johnson to Retire.

Chicago, April 6.-Jack john
SON announced that he would re-
tire from the ring ON Labor Day.
This startling piece OF news was
given Tom O'Rourke when the
New Yorker to-day paid the
champion q visit. Jack declares
he is ready to meet all @hope&D
but that the fights must be
scheduled before September 2.
O'Rourke, at the meeting, made
johnson an offer Of $50, 700 to box
Sam Langford ten rounds I'm New
York, which Jack accepted
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
MORGAN IN FLORENCE.

American Ftnancier Among Art
Works He Loves So Well.
Florense, Italy. April 6.-J. P. Morgan.
the American money king. Is now IN
the seventh heaven Of delight, that he
Is once again in Florence among the
antique art works Gnd ancient master
pieces in which he loves to revel
The presence of the American financier
in this city is arousing more than usual
interest at the present time, because of
persistent reports that he is attempting
to bring the Turko-Italian war to an
end. Mr.. Morgan daily dictates upward
Of $50 letters, and is planning to make a
number OF visits to the Laurentian L.
brary, which contains 1000 ancient man
uscripts.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
Taft Sentiment i'm Iowa.

Charlton. Iowa. April 6.-The decided
drift to Taft of sentiment in Iowa is
demonstrated by Palo Alto County elect
ing Taft delegates by a vote of 2 to 1.
Half the caucases in Chickasaw County
have been held and are for Taft. The
Presidents friends will control the
Iowa convention. and 1t is conceded by
progressive leaders that Cummins has
no chance to control the State.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
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