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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
TRIBUTE TO SCHLEY
Senate Passes Bill Giving
Widow $15C a Month.
EULOGY BY Mr.. RAYNER
Proposes Erection of Memorial Shaft
to Naval Hero.
DENIAL IS MADE OF CHARGES
Senator Says Admiral Disobeyed
Orders Only When He Was Com
PEELED to Do So.
DENIAL IS MADE OF CHARGES

The Senate paid tribute to Rear Ad-
miral Winfield Scott Schley this after
noon. After listening to a speech by
Senator Rayner OF Maryland eulogizing
the services of Admiral Schley to his
country. the Senate passed bin grant
ing to Mrs. Schley a pension of $50 a
month. The Senate committee on nen-
SONS recommended a pension Of Slo per
month"; but the Senate, by a vote of 10
= =. increased the amount TO $50 per
month
Senator Rayner defended Admiral
Sehley against charge of disobedience
Of Navy Department orders on the
ground that great battles cannot be
fought with pencils and rulers by Off
Gals familiar only with dress parades,
and he chided the nation for accepting
a glorious victory from Admiral schley
with ingratitude. He proposed the cree
ton in WASHINGTON of a memorial shaft
10 Admiral Schley
The eulosy of Admiral Schley was oc-
casioned BY the bill proposing 10 grant a
tension Of 500 a month to his widow.
aud Senator Rayner moved that the al
!o"ance be increased to $50 a month.
1t is really a pittance that | am ask
her comfortless and declining years" he
faid. Il do not regard it exactly In the
light of d pension. because ii is BEYOND
that--a recognition of the memora b Q
services that this gallant officer per
formed Tor ms country at many sta
tons and places il would TIE almost i'm
possible 10 cnumerate them in ths. brief
Presentation that | am making Ia the
Senate
I'VE pay nearly 5000 900 600 a wear IN
pensions Is there patriot in the land
~ In any section Of il. who will criti-
else an allotment To this surviving
widow of S15o a month";
In Need of Assistance.
she is in dire need OF il. She is
without the means TO erect a suitable
memorial over her husbands grave
Just think of it. Would any othe,
country on this earth deny her a,
least this tribute TO his memory? He
deserves more than shaft of marble
and an epitaph to commemorate him
lie deserves in this capital of the ma
ton testimonial that shall speak &c
all ages of his illustrious deeds AnC
even such a memorial will perish anc
decay before his memory shall depart
from the thoughts aad remembrance.
of posterity.
lis the widow of such a hero to pass
her years in desolation and in sor.
row without the ordinary necessitie:
of life? IL so. then the history of ciyi
lzation presents no parallel 10 a cas-.
like this and the heart of the natior
would no longer thrill with the pa
triotic recognition of patriotic deeds.
Referring to the charge that in the con
duet Of the fleet along the Cuban coast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
PREPARE FOR STRIKE
Capital Walters Present De-
mands to Hotels Tomorrow.
WILL WAIT FOUR DAYS
Saturday Set for Walkout if Re-
quests Go Unheeded.
HUNDREDS ARE INVOLVED
Cooperation of Pastry Cooks and
Other Hostelry Workers
to Be Sought.

The Hotel Workers Union of Wash
ngton. organized yesterday in old Ma
sonic Temple. tomorrow will present for
NAL demands for redress of grievances
to the homogeneous of the hotels of the
National Capital
Should the demands not receive con-
sderation and acceptance by Wednesday
the walters propose to strike, and con-
propitious moment for walkout. Five
hundred men. it is predicted, will answer
the strike call.
The hotels and restaurants of Wash
ington are preparing for the entertain
ment of thousands of visitors for the
ceremonies attending the unwilling of the
Columbus memorial during the latter
part of the week. To cripple the hotels
at such a moment seems to the dissatis-
fed walters the best way to act.
Demands Formulated.
The demands as formulated are for
weekly salaries of $40, instead of $50
monthly; an eight-hour working day, and
a day of rest each week with pay. They
also ask that waiter in the cafe who
serves a banquet be paid 81, and that one
called in shall receive $50 They demand
so cents an hour for overtime work, bet
ter food and half-hour meal periods
They want working conditions improved,
and ask that District health officials in
spect the lockers in the walters dressing
rooms once a month.
1t is desired that no waiter be Is
charged without the knowledge of the
management, measure aimed, the wait
ers say, at the head walters
1t also is demanded that the wages of
bussboys be standardized at 81 week;
that the boys be allowed a day of rest
each week and - cents for each overtime
hour. They want no fines imposed. al
though they say they will pay for all
china broken through oarelessness.
There are about FD walters employed
in the big hotels and 1000 in smaller
hotels and restaurants. The average
work day is eleven and one-half hours.
according to the walters
Joseph Elster Coming.
"Organizer Joseph Elster will arrive TO
take charge tomorrow morning." was the
text Of a telegram received by Paul Kav
anaugh, elected president of the organiza
ton in response to a message sent to the
International Hotel Workers Union in
New York asking that an organizer be sent
local organization proposes TO affiliate
with this body. or with the American
Federation of Labor.
Oficers elected at the meeting were~
Paul Kavanaugh. vice president OF the
Geneva Association, pres.-
International Geneva Association. vice
president: Frank Viel. secretary. and
Albert knechtel, treasurer.
The committee to call on the managers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
NOW IN L|MEL|GHT.
Opening Day for Middies at
Naval Academy.
RECEPTION THIS MORNING
Function in Honor of Board of In
spection-Infantry Drill and
Exercises on Water.
RECEPTION THIS MORNING

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
| ANNAPOLIS, Md, June with
bevy of pretty girls costumed in dainty
| summer frocks. as befit a typical June
| day. and with hosts Of admiring relative.
| and other friends of the mdshipmer
| from all sections of the country in at
tendance, commencement week opened
this morning with a booming of cannon
and fanfare of music.
The initial event of the program ewas
the official reception to the board OF
visitors appointed by the President and
Congress to conduct the annual inspec-
tons of the naval school. And with the
onlcial reception was inaugurated pro-
gram of varied practical exercises and
social functions that will combine TO
make the week one grand festive oc-
casion, the climax coming Friday night
with the farewell BALI to be given to
the graduating class by the class Of 1913.
In contrast to the exercises in former
years. all the members of the official
board save one were on hand for the
opening ceremonies this morning. the
absentee being Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massachusetts.
Personnel or Board.
other members of the board are Sena-
tor Claude A. Swanson of Virginia,
Representatives A. w. Gregg of Texas,
J. Fred c. Talbot of Maryland and
George A. Loud of Michigan and the
following appointed from civil life by
the President: Frank j. Jones, Gin
cinnati: Rosecrans w. Pillsbury, Man
Ii Nvov
Charlotte, n. c.; G. st. L. Abbott Bos-
ton; Alfred Holman. San Francisco: j.
NJ. Whitman. Philadelphia. and Thoma S
r. Proctor, New York city.
The official reception this morning was
followed by an infantry drill by the mid
shipmen, and this afternoon the members
of the board witnessed seamanship drills,
and the mddfcs gave fine demonstra-
ton in the handling of boats under oars.
sail and steam. At 80 o'clock Supt.
Gibbons of the academy gave a recep-
ton to the board of visitors at his
quarters in Blake row. and at the dress
parade by the brigade of midshipmen.
scheduled for o'clock. the interesting
ceremony of presenting the prizes and
awards for excellence in the professional
| branches as well as for events won in
athletic contests will take place.
Baccalaureate Address.
The baccalaureate sermon preached be-
fore the members OF the graduating class
at the chapel exercises yesterday marked
the opening of the ceremonies.
The sermon was preached by Chaplain
E. w. Scott of the navy. and the congre-
CATION that assembled for> the occasion
| taxed the capacity of the big chapel edi-
| flee.
In the course of the service a special
musical program was rendered by the
midshipmen's choir and Miss Janney. a
| soloist of Baltimore. who sang very
sweetly. Nearer. My God. to Thee
The midshipmens choir. according to
custom. sang the favorite hymn, God Be
With You Till We Meet Again." for 1t
! was the last service at the chapel that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
Colombia's Claims Correction.
10 the Editor Of The Star:

10 the EdltOf OF he star.
In your issue of last Saturday you
publish an article on Colombia and Its
Controversy" in which you have involun-
tarily fallen into a few errors, which
must beg you to be so kind as to allow
me to rectify. All that Colombia asks is
that the United States shall submit to
arbitration the purely legal questions
whether the acts which, 1t is admitted,
were done by the United States in Pana-
ma in 1903 were in Violate of the obliga-
tons 1t had contracted by the treaty of
1846-4S and of the accepted principles of
international law. The United States will
surely not refuse to submit to arbitra-
ton the question Of the Interpretation of
a treaty to which 1t is a party Three
times since Secretary of State Root adj
mitted, in 1905. that the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03

and present the ultimatum tomorrow in
cludes President kavanargh Vice Presi-
dent Jabornek and Joseph Zierhut
There is to be another meeting at IL
o clock tonight. when the wage scale will
he further cor fdered and an opportunity
for increased registration afforded. Effort
is to be made to gain the cooperation OF
the pastry cooks and other hotel work.
ers.
Organization Is Urged.
Grant Hamilton. national organizer OF
the American ederation of Labor who
presided. made a speech urging organi-
cation. Paul kavanaugh. vice president
of the international Geneva Association.
walters benefit union. who promoted
the meeting. also made an address IN
favor of union and redress of grievances
William Manorlson, Frank +. Niles and
John Siberlin urged 1.-THE walters to stand
together. Richard SchaeffaeY of the New
York Hotel Workers Union asked for
financial support for the New York strike
Emil Schuman advised the walters 10
hold back until the result in New York
was determined. He predicted defeat or a
premature movement
The managers of the Willard hotel an
nounce that should the New York hotel
managers agree to the demands or me
strikers. and increase the mems salaries.
they will see that their walters are ac-
corded just treatment
Promises an Increase.
Our waters get much better treatment
than those in New York. and the men
are sat SIZED and do their work well. If
the wages of the New York walters are
increased in consequence Of the strike
we will see that our men here are given
an increase in salary.
he. nf ha al vh
St James and others expressed the BELIEF
that there will be no strike in Washing
ton. The men here are treated with
much more cons Iteration than the wait
ers in New York. IL Was pointed out In
addition. the wages are more equitable
and there is a feeling of security and
cooperation IN Washington hotels that
is not found elsewhere, il was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
His Severest Trial.

During all these trials his devoted wife
stood by his side with all the fervor of
her Sirlhood days, and in the hours of
gloom and anxiety with heroic fortitude
she cheered him on with all the consecra-
ton that only woman can bestow and
with all the sacred. self-sacrificing love
that only woman can feel During one
of the sleepless hours of the night, as the
trial was proceeding, when he realized
that all the mighty resources and influ-
enCe of those in authority were arrayed
against him, he said to me:
II have battled with the elements in
the Arctic Zone. l have battled with the
foe in the service of my country, but this
is the severest ordeal through which !
have ever passed. / wish l had died at
Santiago. l am weary: l am weary
Yes. Mr.. President. he was weary: but
the weary sun hath made golden set and
by the bright track of its fiery car ii
gives token of goodly day tomorrow
Senator McCumber Protests.
At the conclusion of Senator Rayner's
speech Senator McCumber protested
against the larger amount. The allow
ance of $50 per month was liberal. he
contended. and was in proportion to that
allowed the widows Of others ,who
fought for the Stars and Stripes. 1t
would be an injustice to other pension
ers. in Senator McCumber's opinion, to
allow Mrs. Schley the larger sum.
The Senate'S opinion was decidedly in
favor Of the larger sum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
Pennsylvania Avenue.

With the establishing Of wokrooms we've standardized
every Sas Suit regardless of the price That has brought the
TWENTY DOLLAR grade into favor Before that good WOOL
and poor modelling; clever workmanship after fashion, but
associated with cheap fabrics according the factory that turned them
But TWENTY DOLLAR Suits have all the originality and
dcWenes that designers capable Of putting any
menand they're made up SELECTED WOOLENS of the high
est integrity
Where used be here and is elsewhere, incidental
gadeeve made of the big, strong popular lines. This
icua we've put than thirty different styles into It,
There isn't model you ghuy that isn't to be found
the TWENTY DOLLAR There isn't size required that miss
ing And you know that Saks fit isn't perunctoy matter Our
garments have detailed Municipalities which make them literally
your Cohes Not the seeoyped "a to 49, essbut with
sona variations that meet your special needs
The mahalng of gives more latitude the avail
able fabric That's why find values here for $40 that
find place elsewhere under $25-oten You ac
ties work both wayto satisfactory endbetter qualities
really costing you less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
At Mercy of Foreigners.

1t matters little what it Is that you
want-whether q situation or a servant
"a want ad In The Star will reach the
person who will fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
&akz & Gnn>panY
Seventh Street.
Twenty Dollars

Don't let the price prejudice you TWENTY DOLLARS here
isn't the usual $40 Suit by any of means sworty of your
attention; capable giving you entire satisfaction salts
faction.
the you'll find Blue Sergesthe plain weaves and
the Sefstped and Pnstped and Fancy Chevos Cassmeres
Worsted Homespun effective patterns. The models the
Soft-o English cut body fitting, shoulders igbutonng
vests sluggish ousersand number of Styles less radical but
less characterize Norfoks, lots Of them, plain and fancy
effects
We'd like to have you look carefully the of the max
ing of these TWENTY DOLLAR Suits You won't find any Of the
factory earmaks then-but every stitch you
the unistakabe evidence of skilled handwo It'll be still palmer
evidence the and your Suit stands stanchy up
against the siege of The verdict of satisfaction properly
rendered thenand you'll say this TWENTY DOLLAR Sa<s Suit is
the best you've owned It's the best we've madeand
nobody else has approached i-11ot even at $780,
Well make better season but right
don't see how could be possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
GUARDING COMMERCE
AGAINST MONOPOLY
Bill Passed by House Aimed at
So-CaIIed Foreign "Ship-
ping Trust

The House today passed a bill designed
to protect American shipping and com
merce against alleged monopoly Of the
so-called foreign shipping trust The
committee introducing the measure re-
ported that 80 per cent of all shipping
entering American ports is in foreign
pools and no competition exists.
Penalties Prescribed.
Refusal to grant clearance papers to
such foreign trust ships. to permit
them to enter American ports and the
imposition of heavy fines or the confisca-
ton OF such vessels are among the pen
alties provided for conviction of violation
Of the Sherman law.
The proposed law also empowers the
Postmaster General to cancel mail con.
tracts with vessels that are parties to
a pool" or otherwise are committed to
restraint Of trade.
At Mercy of Foreigners.
This country shall not have one law
for the foreigners and another for our
own people, declared Representative
Alexander. chairman of the merchant
marine committee. Our ships have
practically disappeared from the sea. and
we are today in a most humiiating posi-
ton. Our commerce is at the mercy of
foreigners. and they dictate the terms
upon which it is carried. and openly
violate our laws"
steamship combines largely controlled
railroad freight and passenger rates in
the United States. This was done by a
series Of through charges. 1t was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
Admiral Schley had disobeyed the orders
of the Navy Department. Senator Rayner

Admiral Schley had dsobeyed the orders
of the Navy Department, Senator Rayner
said:
The time has passed when Secretaries
of War or Secretaries of the Navy who
have never perhaps observed any mill
tary tactics except a dress parade and
who could hardly tell the difference be-
tween a revenue cutter and battleship
can fight battles with lead pencils and
rulers and india rubber thousands OF
miles away from home. You tell naval
commander for instance. that he must
coal at sea, when, owing to the condition
of the tide and winds. coaling from a
collier Is absolutely impossible, he is
bound to disobey orders or go to the
bottom of the deep; you order an admiral
to sail eastward on the southern coast
Of Cuba when he is cncountering the
gulf stream, and to make as good time as
a vessel on the northern waters. where
there are no impediments to encounter.
and you are bound to have an unexecuted
order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
Only Disobeyed When Compelled.

You instruct him to watch for signals
OIL the Cuban coast and then you instruct
another officer to meet him who knew
the significance of the signals, but who
failed To impart their meaning to him, so
that he could not tell whether the signal
lights were made by the Spanish forces
or by the Cuban insurgents, and then
you authorize distinguished metaphy-
stefan anu psychologist who was presid-
ing over the Navy Department to court
martial him Tor not obeying orders. /
ask what sort of discipline and justice
and intelligence you can expect in the
service or your country? l make the as
. sertion that Schley never disobeyed
single order in all his military service
except when il was absolutely necessary
or utterly unintelligent, .incomprehensive
and impossible of execution.
In closing Senator Rayner said:
And now all of these transactions
have closed and Schley is gone. He
has fought his last battle. he has raised
his last signal and his guns have
roareG their last farewell. He is now
upon the beach where the tide no
longer GIBBS and flows. He has crossed
eternal shores and his ship has passed
the horizon and is anchored, in the
harbor from which no voyager ever
returns. / always felt that he never
recovered II ON the dow MS country
dealt him. He delivered her as great
a victory as she ever gained upon the
sea and she accepted it with ingrati
tu6e and with ungracious hands. The
greatest struggle he ever passed
through was not amid the shot and
shell at Santiago: 1T was when the
shafts OF malice and hatred were lev
eled at his breast; but he stood with
head erect just as his boatswain de-
scribed him standing on the Brooklyn's
bridge. with head erect when every
other head was bowed but his.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-08
The Voters Responsibility.

Omaha is about to take the next
step. toward the Inauguration Of its
commission plan of city government
by sitting out of the list OF eighty
six candidates for councilman four
teen whose names are to go on the
ballot for the final choice Of seven.
Every device that has yet been in
vented to dethrone the machine,
and put the political boss" out Of
business, has been engrafted on our
commission plan law, The ballot
which will be handed to the voters
will contain nothing whatever but
the names of the candidates. More
than that, the names will be rotated
so that no candidate will have adyan-
tage over another by reason Of being
at the top more often than his COM
petitor, the purpose being 10 equalize
the accidental or indifferent vote.
The absence OF party labels, or other
designation. is supposed to obliterate
the last vestlge Of partisanship, and
to force voting for the men rather
than for their politics. .a...
II every voter possessed the neces-
sary intelligence. and fullest informa-
ton about every candidate, as In
theory this election contemplates. we
might expect the ideal to eyentuate.
Knowing human shortcomings, how
ever, all We can do is to impress all
our people with the duty devolying
upon them, and the grave response
bility which they must meet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-08
Political Ennui.

As the feelers Of the public pulse
newspapers learn how readily people
tire OF politics and how q prolonged
political campaign wears upon them.
But politics is here to stay II this
country and political campaigns are,
therefore, unavoidable. And this
year we are In for a siege of It.
How may We best endure the en-
nut? May It not be by taking a
more direct interest in the men and
the measures and not allowing the
campaign to become irksome to us,
declining to regard 1t as ennui at
all? Locally, especially, the people
should study not only the principles
involved but the candidates. They
should submit each man to the best
test possible, find out all they can
about him, and that will be enough
in itself to keep the average voter
fairly busy and act as q sort OF proof
against ennul. But is anything short
of that fair to the candidate or ones
self? You cannot get the fairest
line on a man seeking office either
from his friends or his foes entirely,
but 1t is not impossible to learn
enough for intelligent decision.
1t will be time for ennui when the
voter steps into his booth with his
ticket several feet long containing
scores OF names from which he, for
instance in the commissionership
election. shall select seven. OF course
the Intelligent voter will have his
seven men all we'll in mind before he
enters the booth. knowing exactly
their location on the ballot, SO that
he may very easily cast his vote and
cast n the way he wants II.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-08
Then and Now.

The outcry against the alleged use
of the patronage club to line up
southern delegations for the admins
tration, which is coming from the
Roosevelt camp. recalls similar
charges raised every four years BY
candidates whenever their efforts
prove unsuccessful to get these dele
cations for themselves. Four years
ago we had this same cutlery from the
so-called allies" who were accusing
President Roosevelt Of forcing office
holders in southern states to deliver
their delegations to Taft az his pre-
ferred candidate. When inspired BY
the lamentations OF the sorely dis
tressed ''allies" William Dudley
Foulke OF Indiana, the noted civil
service reformer, formulated theii
charges in letter addressed to Presi
dent Roosevelt. This Is the reply b,
received dated from the White House
February ., 1905:
At present various efforts are being
made 10 get up boiling delegations from
the southern states, and the meetings si
which these so-called delegates are chosen
are usually announced as ''nonoffice
holders conventions" As q rule. thi'
means only, as far as II means any
thing, that they are held under the LEAD
Of persons who wish 10 be put in office
but whose character and capacity ar
such that have not been regarded IS n
to be appointed under this ADMINISTERS
ton. In these cases. be II remembered
that the failure to secure office is no
the result OF the political action Of tn
men In question: on the contrary thei
political action 10 due to their failure =
secure office.
Apparently history Is only repeat
ing itself with some Of the title rol
characters shifted about.