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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
ROOSEVELT Is PLEASED.
Ccngratulates Illinois Progressives
on the Outlook.

CHICAGO. july 70 Col Theodore
Roosevelt in = telegram 10 Medil McCor-
mick today congratulated Illinois pro-
gressives On the outlook on the exc OF
their state convention.
col Roosevelt declared that the action
in Illinois was Of prime Importance At
this time as an example 10 the country.
Illinois progressves have met the is
sue exactly right" said Col. Roosevelt.
They are working 10 nominate candi-
dates for the governorship and Tor other
state offices no. when elected hy the
PEOPLE viii stand on tae progressive ma
tional end state platforms Tor TIE fun3a-
mental principles ~ popular govern
ment.
Closing his telegram. col Roosevelt re-
peated his charges of fraud against the
nomination Of President Taft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
Referendum and Recall.

Mr.. Speaker, / shall not go further
into the record of this anti-Jefferson
anti-foreign, anti-labor, anti-soldier
and pro-Chinese candidate for the
presidency / shall not refer in detail
10 his complete reversal of opinion on
the efficacy of the initiative, referendum
and recall. Suffice it to say that a
few years ago he denounced this
doctrine as revolutionary and as de-
StTuctive Of constitutional government
while today he proclaims il as the one
panacea for all the ills that aifiict the
body polite
II shall not direct attention to his
sneering references 10 the Farmers Al
lance and 10 his characterization of
the knights of Labor as being tinctur-
ed with the hideous doctrine of an
archy. l believe il was job who said
oh. that mine adversary had written
a book" I would say. oh. that the
voter would read the book written by
mine adversary. If Woodrow Wilson's
History of the American People could
b. made a campaign document and
placed in the hands of every citizen
who Will exercise the sacred right of
franchise on the 5th day of next No
yember. he would be buried beneath
an avalanche of votes so deep that
he would never hear the blast of
Gabriefs trumpet on the morning OF
the resurrection"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
HANGED FOR TRIPLE MURDER.
Two Whites Pay Penalty for Staying
Negro and Children.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 26.--Two
white men. George Sheldon and John
Bailey. were hanged here today for the
murder of Ben Pettigrew. an old negro,
and his two children.
The triple killing had been carefully
planned. AS Pettigrew and his children
came along the road they were shot
down. Dispute over land is said to have
been the murder motive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
SALE OF OLD PLACE
Historic BexIey Estate Offers
Chance for the Rich.
DATES BACK 1900 YEARS
Kentish Mansion Teens With
Romance of Crowned Heads
of Europe.
Special Correspondence OF The star.

Special Correspondence OF The star.
LONDON. July II, 1871.
Hall Place. Bexley. a Kentish mansion
with an estate whose history dates back
before the time of William the Conqueror.
is To be offered for sale next week. and
ii will be an excellent chance for some
rich man 10 acquire lovely place tenn
ing with romance
It's gray stone walls and square mui-
lioned windows rise out Of 4 green lawn.
and its JacObean staircase. with massive
oaken balusters. and its magnificent Eiiz-
abethan banqueting hall are said 10 be the
finest IN the southern counties. There
was a residence on this site in Saxon
times kenwulf. King of Mercia. gave
the manor Of BeN'ey in so 10 Wuifred,
Archbishop Of Canterbury. He relegated
his rights 10 the .Ai-hall family. one 81
whom. in order To secure "A portion 81
Bexley Church for his own use, erected
the north chancel. with two Chapc and
connected the house with the parish
church bv a Suhterrancan passage.
Another At-hall accompanied kAg llar-
old TO the battle Of Hastings. 70. which
act the Saxon WAS deprived of the manor
by William the Conqucror. who also took
from him his rights over the church. lie
was left only with Han Place AZ Il frsi-
dence The At-hails found favor With
the Edwards. and are said u have IN
volved themselves heavily IN debt rs en-
pertaining the monarchS and thor re-
tanners. as wei - King John al Bone
MA, brought captive 10 England by the
IDrfn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
NEW LINER IS RAMMED.
Struck Amidships in Brooklyn by
Vessel. Which Goes On.

NEW YORK. July .j.-The new liner
Car. the largest and finest ship of the
Russian American line, was rammed
amidships late last night by the steam
ship Fortuna she lay a her dock in
South Brooklyn.
The Fortuna. fruit boat. was just
leaving on voyage to Cuba. As the out
going ship turned toward the farbor en-
trance something went wrong with the
steering gear and she swerved, making
directly for the Gar. which she struck
bow on, in the darkness.
When Capt. Smiltneck examined the
Gar he found that she was taking water
rapidly. and a hurry call was sent for
divers to make emergency repairs. The
Fortuna. which IS Portuguese boat
backed out and went on without waiting
to see what damage had been done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
cident under such circumstances would be
made by YOU
Is the engine satisfactory now?" asked
Mr. Oyster.
The results are not she replied.
Engineer Tells of Accident.

Engineer Tells of Accident.
w. J. Conlyn, engineer and janitor at
the Western High School, told the tech
meal details of the accident, and was
drawn into technical discussion of the
engine and heating plant Mr.. Redfield
learned by private inquiry of Mr.. Ash
ford that the heating apparatus. or at
by concern of which Mr.. Redfeld was
an executive officer, and the rigorous
questioning which Mr.. Redtield as me
chanical expert put to the janitor was at
times almost too stiff for quick reply.
Mr.. Conlyn said, in the main. that the
engine was being installed by Mr. Ash
ford's men: that he had protested sew
eral times against assuming any reSpon-
sibilty for its operation.
Mr.. Ashford asked him if he was I'M
der the impression that Henry Story,
superintendent Of repairs. in his previous
testimony had been criticising his method
of running the plant. Mr.. conlyn replied
that he had gathered the impression that
the testimony was the engine broke down
by running wild. Ashford endeavored TO
get Mr.. Conlyn to hedge on this point,
but the janitor replied.
Il gather that some one tried to hold
me responsible by saying the engines
ran away and endangered the lives of
900 children.
Ralph Ford, steamfitter's helper III
the employ of the District engineering
department, testified he was in charge
of the engine when it broke. He said he
was not licensed engineer. He added
that the oil cups were empty the morn
ing of the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
Well Worth Reading.

In our next Sunday Magazine: The first
insta llment of our new serial story,
Mark" by Frances Newbold Moves: My
With Your Spine" by A. H..
Woods; Five Hundred Miles Out by
Leo Crane: Failing from the Sky" by
Johnston Spencer; The Test" by Robert
Alexander Wason; The Transplanting of
Nolan" by Archie p. McKishnie: 1.-THE
Doctor" by Martha Bensley
Bruere; Covenant Fire" by Angela Nor
gan. and Value OF Spells of War;" by
T.. Is. tombstone,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
May Have Change of Heart.

1T is possible that Prof. Wilson has
experienced change of heart since he
wrote those cold and heartleSs lines. for
! recall that less than year ago he
himself made application to Andrew Car
negie for pension based not upon dis
ability. but upon mere service as an
educator. The fact that he was not
successful in securing the Carnegie PEN
sion may lead even the learned professor
to recognize the injustice of the views
expressed by him on the subject of serv-
ice PENSIONS
Representative Rodenberg turned to
William Jennings Bryan and accused him
of a political crime in his treatment of
Champ Clark. OF Bryan, he said:
For sixteen long and weary years he
has been democracy's Old Man of the
Sea, gripping her with strangle-hold,
and choking her into abject submission to
his every Whim and caprice. In defiance
of a precedent that has been as binding
as law in every democratic national con-
vention for sixty years, in utter disre-
gard of every consideration of elementary
decency and fair play, he succeeded in
robbing the distinguished Speaker of this
House CT the honor of nomination for
the high office of President of the United
States. and bestowing it upon one who
was not only not his friend, but his pro-
nounced and active enemy.
If il be true that opportunity knocks
at every man $ door but once, then
Champ Clark may never again have a
chance to be President of the United
States, but Champ Clark Will live in the
hearts and affections of his fellow-rnen
long after William Jennings Bryan shall
have been forgotten. He will live and
his memory will be revered because all
the world knows that Champ Clark has
always been true to his friends, true to
his ideals. true to his conception of duty.
standing four square to all the winds
that blow And when the impartial his
torian of the future shall come to write
OF his base betraya! at Baltimore he will
denounce the act of William Jennings
Bryan as marking the very acme of per
fidy. the elimination of political treach-
cry. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
Reads Joline Letter.

Mr. Rodenberg read letters TO prove
his contention that Gov Wilson had been
Bryan's enemy, among the epistles be-
ing the famous one to Mr. Joline. in
which he stated:
Would that We could do something.
at once dignifed and effective, TO knock
Mr. Bryan once for all into cooked
hat"
Continuing, he said: This was hts
honest opinion as late as 1907 Of h,yan
and Organism. And yet today he is pre-
pared TO set aside the convictions of a
lifetime. don sackcloth and ashes. and
eat out of the hand of the man who he
denounced as an untrie1 declalmer ana
VINO. because of his socialistic and ycp-
ulistic tendencies, he was anxious 10
knock into a cooked hat once for ali
Oh, what spectacle for gods and men f.
what an example for the youth of our
land to emulate, How proud the deIno-
cra-ic party should be of the consistency.
the sincerity and the moral courac. 81
its candidate for President of the United
States.
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ATTACK BY COLONEL
Roosevelt AssaiIs Democrats
for BattIeShip Action.
LARGE NAVY Is NEEDED
Says Without 1t Panama Canal
Would Be Useless.
MUST BE READY TO SHOOT
Ex-President Quotes Proverb of the
Cow Country to Emphasize
His Remarks.
MUST BE READY TO SHOOT

OYSTER BAY. y. Y. July 26.-An at
tack on the democratic majority in the
House Of Representatives, for refusing
10 adopt the battleships program was
made today by Col. Roosevelt. lie de-
clared that the upbuilding Of the navy
must go on if this country is to main
tain its position among the nations of
the world.
When the democrats vote down the
battleships. he said. If they are
logical they should also vote to ;tban don
the Panama canal 1t is an outrage
from the standpoint Of the national
honor and interest to go on with the
Panama canal at all unless we both
fortify it and keep up an adequate navy.
Furthermore. any talk t. what
we intend to do about the Monroe doc
trine, the Panama canal. the protection
Of Hawaii or any other matter. is not
merely offensive. but contemplate. if we
abandon building up the navy and show
that We really have neither the power
nor the Will. if the need should ever
come, to make our words good by deeds
Saying in the Cow Country.
Out in the COW country III the old
days it used to be rroverbial that the
man VINO was mostly apt to get into
trouble was the man who WAS always
ready to draw but not To shoot. The man
who never got into trouble was the man
who never clustered who never was Of
fensive. who never wronged or insuted
any one. but who. as everybody wei
knew. was entirely competent TO hold his
own if attacked | believe in the upbuiid-
ing of the United States Navy as an in
surance for peace.
The voyage of our battle fleet around
the world was one OF the greatest moves
for peace that this country has ever
made ! hope that our people Will always
act not only with scrupuious justice. but
with the utmost generosity toward al
other nations. weak and strong also
hope that this will make il evident that
Such action Is due not to timdity on our
part. but TO genuine love of justice. We
VIII become impotent either TO secure
justice for others or to secure respect
for ourselves if we abandon the up
building of the navy. for the minute We
stop building up the navy the navy be-
gins to go backward.
Glad of Bryan Criticism.
Col. Roosevelt was told that William ].
Bryan in his newspaper had criticised
him as reactionary and a Hamiltonian.
I'm mighty glad" said the colonel.
smilingly, that Mr.. Bryan has heard of
Hamilton. 1t reminds me Of man in
Boston who was asked if he liked to read
the Bible. / like it, he said. i should
say do. There are not ten men in BoS-
ton who could have written that book =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
Would Be Blow to Labor.

Continuing the labor argument, Mr..
Rodenberg said:
Il measure my words we'll when l say
that organized labor would receive a
blow from which it would not recover
in twenty years if a man entertaining
the views expressed by Prof. Wilson
three years ago should be elected to
the presidency on a platform which
limits his tenure of office to a single
term in the White House. Platform or
no platform he would consider himself
free to bend every energy and use the
power of his great office to carry into
effect his narrow views regarding the
la Dor organizations of today.
Representative Rodenberg declared that
Gov Wilson is not in accord with the
generous pension" flank in the Balti-
more platform, and quotes again from
the Wilson history, speaking of Presi-
dent Cleveland:
What most attracted the attention of
the country aside from his action in the
matter of appointments to office, was the
extraordinary number of his vetoes. Most
of them were uttered against pension
bills, great and small. Both democratic
House and republican Senate were in
clined to grant any man or class of men
who had served in the federal armies
during the civil war the right TO be
supported out of the national Treasury.
and Mr.. Cleveland set himself very reso-
lutely to check their extravaganza. He
deemed it enough that those who had
been actually disabled Should receive
pensions from the governmcr- and re-
garded additional gifts, for mere service.
both an unjustifable use of the public
money and a gross abuse of charity.
I'm view of this remarkable statement
l would like to inquire whether any re-
publican or democrat who voted for the
Sherwood bill or any other pension bill
did so on the theory that any man who
had served in the federal army had the
absolute right to be supported out of
the national Treasury. | would like to
inquire of those who favor service
pension bill whether they agree with
Prof. Wilson that legislation of the char
acter is AN unjustfiable use of the pub
lie money and gross abuse of charity
Prof. Wilson does not seem to compre-
bend the true spirit and intent of our
pension system
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
For Roosevelt All the Time.
CONVENE IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Progressive Republicans Meet to Sc
lect Delegates.

FARGO, n D., July pa convention
of North Dakota progressive republicans
to select delegates to the national pro-
gressive convention In Chicago August
will be held here today. Several hun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
Inimical to Labor Unions.

That Gov. Wilson is an antagonist of
the labor union was another forcefuliy
phrased claim.
The democratic party in the platform
adopted at Baltimore processes undying
friendship for organized la Dor and then
as an evidence Of its sincerity dominates
as Its candidate for President Woodrow
Wilson, who. on the 18th day of June
1909. only three short years ago, in
baccalaureate address to the graduates
of Princeton University. expressed him
self on this all-inportant subject as fol-
lows:
You know what the usual standard
of the eTnploye is IN our day. IL is to
give as little as he may for his wages
Labor is standardized by the trades
unions, and this IS the standard to which
il Is made to conform No one is suf-
fered to do more than the average work
man can DO, and in some trades and
handicrafts no one is suffered 10 do more
than the least skillful o. his fellows can
do within the hours allotted To a dav =
labor and no one may work out OF hours
at all or volunteer anything beyond the
minimum / need not point out how
economically disastrous such a regula-
ton of labor is II is so Improbable to
the employer that in some trades il will
presently not he worth his while TO at
tempt anything at all. He had better
stop altogether than operate at an in
evitabie and invariable loss The labor
of America IS rapidly becoming unprofit-
able under its present regulation by those
who have determined 10 reduce il 10 q
minimum. our economic supremacy NAV
be lost because the country grows more
and more full of Improbable servants
MI Speaker. / do not agree with Prof
Wilson that members of trade unions
are Improbable servants | do not
believe that the man who is affiliated
with a labor organization is trying to
give as little as he may for his wages
/ do not believe that the work OF the
least skiflful member of labor organi-
zation fixes the standard which measures
the amount of work that can be per-
formed by his feilow-craftsmen. / do
not believe that that great organization,
the American Federation of Labor. is
trying 70 make American labor I'M
profitable by reducing it TO minimum.
l do not believe that Mr.. Gompers, Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
KILLS STREET PLAN
Senate Committee Opposes
North Dakota Avenue.
OVERRULES CITY HEADS
Highway to Be Removed From Per-
manent System.
AIDS NAVAL HISTORY BODY
Bill for Incorporation of Society
Backed by Men of Prominence
Is Favored.

Overriding the views of the District
Commissioners the Senate District COM
mittee today gave it's approval to bill
authorizing the elimination of North Da-
kota avenue between Georgia avenue
and Sd street from the permanent
system of highways.
The committee also recommended the
passage by the Senate of a bill for the
incorporation of the Naval History So
ciety, an organization formed for the
preservation of historical records of the
American navy and it's heroes.
That part of North Dakota avenue
which the bill from the committee pro
poses to eliminate exists only on the
maps of the streets of the District, and
therefore no land owned by the public
will be given away because none had
been acquired for this section of the
street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
Fought Under Black Prince.

Ii Was under the banner 81 the Black
Prince that the last of the At-halis
fought. Thomas At-hall accompanied
that doughty warrior TO France, taking
with him twenty Bexley archers. whose
long bows We're made from the ycw tres
growing in the old churchNard Ia order
Ia raise the money to equip the 'nen-si-
arms to follow the Black Prince into his
disastrous campaign Ia Spain. Thomas
At-hall sold Han Place to Thomas Shclle
or shelley. but he never reached spain.
Before the expedition sailed he was
hunting i'm the aycnu, adjoining The man
sion, y hen he was killed by an infurated
stag His afiianc,u bride l.di,h tho
Swanneck. Mas watching the chas" from
the tower of the mansion when she Wit
messed the tragedy. and died from tile
shock Thomas At-hall and his bride
to-bo are buried in one grave in the
chancel of Bexley Church. stone
marks their last resting place, and on
which an incised cross can sim be seen.
Tradition states that the ghost OF Edifh
the Swanneck haunted the tower Of Hail
Place. but when the winding staircase
leading To the turret was removed the
ghost disappeared. The tower. along with
a portion of the residence built in l32e.
still remains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-26
Courtship of Black Prince.

Ii is said that during the life Of Thomas
At-hall the Black Prince wooed aud won
Joan. the Fair Maid Of Kent. al Hall
Place, by the banks of the River cray.
which runs through the gardens and feeds
picturesque watermil Hall Place
passed from the Shelley family in l44i t.
Sir John Champneis. whose heir sold IL
II Sir Robert Austin. bart. who died IN
1853. Ii was at this time that tie greater
part of the present mansion was built
a truly Tudor building tackled on 10 the
old At-han home of 1920
The greater part of the present mansion
was rebuilt with stone by Justinian AUS
tin, who Is responsible for the erection
of the splendid hanqueting hall ana the
siding at Hall Place married Rachel
Eastwood sister of Francis Lord de De-
spencer who dying without issue IN l'a3.
left the estate to his wife'S brother Ever
since Ii has been in the possession OK
the Dashwood family. The OLD place was
utilized as "A school, and John Drfnkln,
writing in 1881, states that the an Nent
and stately mansion Was OF late years
renowned as the principal seminary IN
this part OF Kent for the education OK
young gentlemen.
About forty years ago the house was
thoroughly restored and Hall lPlace once
more became the abode of a well known
kentish family. Hall Place Mil. driven
by the River Cray, Halcot-a modern
residence built in the Italian style or
architecture-and Gibbet Spring Wood.
which derives its name from the glDbetss
on which highwaymen of Kent were
hanged, are also included in ohe sale
J.. III. MOORE