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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-06

EOur members OF the crew OF the
fishing schooner Eva and Mildred,
who strayed from their vessel in q
small boat off the Nova Scotian banks
last Friday, have been given up as
dead. Two boats were originally lost,
but one of the boats, containing two
men, both unconscious, was picked up
off Liverpool.
Millers from all parts of the coun.
try held their tenth annual mass
meeting in Kansas City under the
auspices of the Millers' National Fed.
Grafton.
A severe wind and rain storm struck
Yankton, 8. D., over three inches Of
water falling. Boats were used in
Main street, and many Easements were
flooded.
Mrs. Mary Holman was taken from
her home in Ocean City, Md, by a
gang Of thugs. who brutally kicked
and beat her and finally finished ur
by dipping her into a vat Of tar, in the
presence Of her eleven-year-old son,
who made desperate efforts to protect
his mother.
Sheriff Bechler of Jefferson county
departed for Jefferson City with 10
seph Seidl and Mrs. Annie Hunning
convicted Of the murder Of Mrs. Hun
nj
to life Imprisonment.
The American Federation Of Must
clans, In convention at Omaha, ap
proved a plan to raise fund for the
widows and orphans Of the musicians
of the Titanic.
Dan Davis. negro, was burned at
q stake in the public square surround.
ing the county court house at Tyler,
Tex, after he had confessed assault
ing Miss Carrie Johnson, a farmers
daughter, near this city last March.
The lynching was witnessed by 1000
persons.
G. H. Toliver. airship inventor and
president of the Toliver Airship COM
pany, and his wife. were shot to death
at their home in San Diego, CAL, and
Bert g. Lewis. formerly secretary Of
the airship company. was arrested on
the charge Of murder. According to
the police Lewis has confessed the
crime.
The Jury in the case of Clayton
Rowland, who with thirteen other
union leaders was charged with con-
spiracy to intimidate nonunion button
workers at Muscatine, a., returned a
verdict Of not guilty. 1t is said the
others probably will not have to stand
trial.
John Stevenson, Jr, relative of
Robert Louis Stevenson, enlivened
the hearings in the federal suit to dis
solve the United States Steel corpora
ton when he told the deals by which
he sold out half a dozen steel proper
ties, each time striking a profitable
bargain.
DR.. Frederick Deland Leete. pastor
Of the Central Methodist church of
Detroit. Mich. Rev. Joseph Cooke Of
Philadelphia and DR.. W. P. Thirkield
of Washington were elected bishops
Of the Methodist Episcopal church at
the general conference in session in
Minneapolis.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-06
Personal

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley has an attack
of grip. A report gained circulation
that the pure food champion was
threatened with pneumonia, but at his
home in Washington it was said that
while he had been confined to his room
since Saturday he is expected to be
out again in a few days.
Henry Bond, leading manufacture
er of Brattleboro, VT, and prominent
layman in the Baptist church, was
elected president of the Northern Bap.
fist convention at Des Moines, Ia.
DR.. j. M. Buckley, "the archbishop
of Methodism" for twenty-seven years
editor of the Christian Advocate vol
UNFAIRLY resigned from his position as
editor He was given tremendous
ovation.
On behalf of the trustees Of the
Charles Dickens centenary fund &C.
acknowledgement has been made Of the
receipt of $13,4S1, representing the
American contribution to the fund
raised to place five granddaughter Of
the late novelist outside the pale Of
want.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-06
Fire Damages Senator's Homo,

Fire Damages Senators Home.
Washington, May 31.-Fire of un-
known origin damaged the home of
Senator Brandegee Of Connecticut ON
K street NV. The servants, the only
occupants Of the house, escaped safe.
ly.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-06
Hotel Guests to Sian Cards.

Chicago, May 31.-One of the large
downtown hotels announced that it's
old-fashioned book register would be
relegated Immediately. Instead of
signing a register, guests will sign
cards,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-06
Eighty Drowned by Floods,

London, May 31.-A dispatch from
Budapest says that eighty persons
have been drowned by the floods in
southeastern Hungary.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-06
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN eRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In q Few Lines,
Washington

The naval appropriation bill was
passed by the house at Washington
after an unsuccessful effort was made
to insert a provision for the two bat
tleships. AS passed the bill carries
approximately $119,000,000, which is
about 1880, 600 less than the amount
carried in the bill for the present fis-
cal year.
Germany's naval building program
and suggestion that an attempt may
be made to place under the German
nag many thousands Of square miles
of land in Brazil controlled by Ger
man nationals, are submitted to mem
bers of congress at Washington In
letter from the Navy League OF the
United States, urging reconsideration
Of the houses refusal to make an ap-
preparation for battleships this year.
Aroused by confidential information
that the real object of the insurrection
sweeping like wild fire over Cuba Is
the tablishment of sovereign negro
republic like Hayti, at least at the
eastern end Of the island, the United
States has ordered two divisions OF the
Atlantic battleship fleet to take on
their full quota of marines and rem
devious at Key West, ready to move
to Cuba at the instant their presence
Is needed.
President Taft cabled President
Gomez in reply to Gomez telegram
protesting against United States In
PREVENTION in Cuba, that the United
States did not intend to intervene, and
taht the sending of ships to Key West
was for the protection of Americans
II it became necessary to do so.
The monthly statement Of the de-
partment of commerce and labor at
Washington shows the total value Of
exports for April to have been $780,
100000, as against 1854. 100000 for the
same month last year.
Unqualified approval Of the Bourne
parcelpost bill was given by Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock in report up
on the measure sent to the senate post
office committee.
Another call has been sent out by
Postmaster General Hitchcock at
Washington for bids on fast steamship
lines for mail service between the At
lantic and Pacific coast and gulf ports,
through the Panama canal. This Is
the second attempt made to build up
a coast to coast mail service through
the mail subsidy act of 1891.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-06
Colonel Refused Tickets.

Col. Harry s. New, chairman Of the
subcommittee on arrangements for
the national Republican convention re-
ceived request from Senator Dixon,
the head of the Roosevelt campaign
committee, for 250 tickets to the ma
tional convention for the Roosevelt ma
tional committee to which New replied
that the committee would be unable to
grant the request.
Colonel New explained that in other
conventions the national committee
had never recognized candidates in is.
suing tickets of admission. Four years
ago $50 tickets were given to Presi.
dent Roosevelt and none were issued
for Mr.. Taft. This year the commit
tee has arranged for $50 tickets to be
given to President Taft for the. use
of his friends, cabinet officers and
government officials and no provision
has been made for the supporters of
the candidacy Of Colonel Roosevelt.
The question Of what pictures
should adorn the convention hall was
settled by Chairman Upham who de.
cided that neither the likeness of
President Taft nor picture Of Colo
mel Roosevelt should lie used.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-06
204 CONTESTS FOR
c. 0. P. COMMITTEE.
~ WILL BE PRESENTED BY
ROOSEVELT MEN AND 81
BY TAFT'S FRIENDS.
FROM EIGHTEEN STATES.
Refusal to Grant Ex-President Con.
.vention Tickets Causes Trouble.
mo Pictures Of Candi.
dates.

Chicago, May 31.-When the Repub-
lican national committee meets in Chi
cago June 6, it will be called on to de-
eide 204 contests. Four years ago
there were 219 contests submitted.
The number tabulated this year is
fewer than had been expected, owing,
1t is said, to the fact that in a number
of districts where the Roosevelt adj
herents threatened to make contests
it apparently was decided at the last
minute not to make fight.
OF the 204 contests filed with Secre.
tary Haywood, III were presented by
followers of Colonel Roosevelt and ~
by friends Of President Taft. The
principal contests filed by the Taft
managers are from Missouri and Tex.
az.
In Louisiana, three sets of delegates
were elected at large and in the First
Second, Fourth and Fifth districts,
two sets were named by the support,
ers of President Taft and one was Sc
lected by friends of Colonel Roose,
welt.
MVIO O04O6dI0o tAdu tuO AumOS4
specified in the call for the conven.
ton were chosen at large in Alabama,
in the Fifth district of Kentucky, in
the Fourth district of Minnesota, in
the Seventh district of Texas and in
the First, Tenth and Eleventh districts
Of Georgia.
There are contests from 10 states,
and the District of Columbia.
Joseph P. Healing, former United
States district attorney at Indianapo,
lis, arrived in Chicago from Texaa
where he looked after President Taft'a
interests in the recent primaries and
conventions and reported to Chairman
New of the subcommittee on arrange
ments for the convention that Taft
and Roosevelt each have six instructed
delegates from that state while the
remaining % are contested.
Roosevelt's Chicago managers, in
statement, claim their candidate will
have 581 votes, or more than enough
to nominate on the first ballot.
They give Taft 1911; La Toilette, SO;
Cummins, 10 and class the others dele.
gates as uninstructed.
New York's 80 delegates are divid.
ed as follows in the statement:
Roosevelt, 80; Taft, 2; uninstructed,
Sc.
The Washington times., 1912-05-27

SCHOOLS HOLDING
ANNUAL EXERCISES
AND GRADUAT|ONS
Beginning of Commence
ment Season in Various
Institutions.

The commencement season In WASH
ington got fairly under way today,
and before the end of the week,
thousands of coveted diplomas will
be in the hands of the students who
have worked so hard for them during
the last collegiate year
While the commencement season
here is not at its height, exercises
are being conducted in large num-
ber OF the schools, which mark the
closing of the years work. The lat
ter part of this week and the hrst
of the coming week will see the
greatest number of graduates that
Washington has seen for years.
Bacca1aureate sermons were preach
ed In a dozen schools yesterday. To-
day class exercises are being held
on lawns and campuses. and in
auditoriums. The more formal exer-
cises will be conducted at night in
the main buildings of the respective
institutions.
Commencement week at Trinity Col
lege opened yesterday morning with
the celebration of pontifical mass.
This afternoon the dramatic society
will present "As You Like It." and
throughout the week, afternoon and
evening, other entertainments will be
given and exercises held.
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
D|CTAGRAPH USED I
TO CONVICT DARROW
IN BRIBERY TRIAL
Chief Investigator Declares
All Roads Are Closed
to Attorney.

Los ANGELES. Cal, May 27.-Clar-
ence Darrow win be convicted by the
dlctagraph, today asserted Capt. Robert
j. Foster, chief investigator for the
National Erectors' Association, who is
In Los Angeles watching the bribery
case.
Foster is the man who, at the time
of the Mcnamara trial. installed the
dictagraph which he claimed recorded
the conversations held between Darrow
and John r. Harrington, associate coun-
sci with the Chicago attorney in the
dynamite case. He had been sent here
by the erectors. and was unknown in
connection with the case He engaged
room adjoining that of Harrington's 8
in the Hotel Hayward, and, taking ad-
vantage of Harrington's absence, in
stalled his dictagraph and connected II
with a receiver in his own room. Here
he held two stenographers. Foster as
serts the men recorded every CONVERSE
ton carried on between the two Nc
Namara counsel
The Darrow trial was scheduled tc
resume at 1:30 p. m, with George N.
Lockwood on the stand.
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DEMOCRATS EXPECT
LARGE VOTE TODAY
IN PRIMARY HERE
Rival Factions Both Make
Claims of Victory in
District.

An unprecedentedly large vote prob
ably will be polled in the Democratic
District primary this afternoon be-
cause of the hitter character of the
dght between the several factions
each of which was still breathing
defiance at the others and making
confident eleventh
hour predictions as to the result
At the Champ Clark headquarters it
was stated Edwin A. Newman. Dis
trict national committeeman. has not
told what really happened at the con-
ference Saturday when Senator Stone
and tho Speakers campaign mana ger,
former Senator Fred, 7. Dubois at
tempted to harmonize the two So
called Clark factions of the party In
the District. Mr. Newman makes the
following statement:
Mr.. Newman and his associates Of
ferei to agree that twelve clark dele
lion. six to be named by the Costello
faction and six by our associates. each
to have half a vote at Baltimore.
Receive Rejection.
1--WE waited three hours for a re-
sponse, and when II came It was a re-
lection OF o,tr proposal with an intI-
nation wc might have one-thiid OF The
delegation to Baltimore and nothing
more"
The proposition TO divide the delega-
tion. half and half. was made not by
Mr.. Newman and his associates. II was
declared at Clark headquarters in the
E.bbitt House this morning. Eut by
Senator Stone himself. and the Newr'an
Besides this fiat-footed contradiction
the latest statement from the Clark
Headquarters further angered the New
man ey-Clayton faction. Following
publication last evening Of a reported
rumor that Mr.. Newman was abuut "a
release his followers from pledges tc
Speaker Clark, the Clark headquarters
ISSUED the following statement:
I'VE understand the Newman fac
ton, contemplates casting off the
men, and Joining in with the DarI
faction for an uninstructed delega-
tion. We reiterate that all Democrats
in the District who favor the nomi-
nation of Champ Clark for the Presi.
dency, by way OF expressing their
preference for Clark, should vote for
| the various delegate tickets upon
| which will be found a likeness Of the
| Speaker.
favors Speaker Clark. II We chose tc
attempts to deceive the voters Of the
District into believing that men are
| Clark men who are named on a SO.
| called Clark ticket when, in fact, a
considerable portion Of these men are
| for other candidates"
| To this Newman replied! "It 10 a
contemplate falsehood. We shall
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
Trip to Switzerland
At Your Own Expense

Officers of the District of Columbia
Sunday School Association are looking
for persons who are willing to take
trip to Zurich, Switzerland. in July,
1918, and who are eligible to go as
delegates to the world Sunday school
conference to be held there.
The delegates must pay their own ex-
penses. 1t is this factor which has
caused the search to proceed slowly.
Probably a dozen persons will go from
Washington, and from the entire coun-
try several hundred are expected to
make the trip.
The world conference is held every
three years, the last having been held
in Washington in 1910 w. NJ. MILAN
and Secretary James are taking the
lead in the local association in seeking
out eligible persons. The official selec-
ton OF the delegates may not be made
for several months.
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WOMAN SPEEDS Off
IN MACHINE AFTER.
RUNNING OVER LAD
Police Find No Clue to Iden-
tity of Person Who Hit
Maryland Boy.

The Washington police, acting with
the Maryland authorities, are today en-
deavoring to get some clue to the
Identity of the driver of large tour
Ing car that ran down and seriously
injured ffteen-year-oid Vernon Hines
on The road near Ridgeville. Howard
county, Md, Saturday night.
According to telephone message re-
ceived at headquarters from Chief OF
Police Wosch. OF ElIicott City, Nd, the
automobile was occupied by a lone
woman, who sped on toward Washing
ton after the accident. and left the boy
lying In the road. The only descrip-
tion of the automobile was that It was
a large touring car. while Chief Wosch
said he had not been able to find any
one who saw the machine who could
describe the woman driving II.
Young Hines, who lives In New Mar
ket, Frederick county, was ridins
toward his home on a bicycle when ht
was hit by the machine. Unable to
walk, the boy crawled a quarter of q
mile In the direction OF his home, where
he was found by a resident of Fred.
erick. who was on his way home from
Baltimore. and who took Hines In his
automobile and hurried him to the hom,
of DR.. II. II. Hopkins. DIR. HopkinI
found no bones broken, but believes thu
boy was internally injured.
The Washington times., 1912-05-27

carry a large majority of the voting
districts this afternoon and send our
delegation to the Baltimore conven-
tion. This delegation will be instruc-
ted for Speaker Clark FIRST, last, and
all the time. 1t is Clark ticket,
composed of men who are for Clark
even II not for some Of his campaign
managers"
Various figures were quoted as to the
probable number of votes to be cast
+. J. Wissner. one of the Costello fac
ton leaders, said that II would be diff
ficult for more than sixty men an
maximum of 800 votes to a voting pre-
cinct would be the limit. There are
twenty-five voting precincts and Mr.
Wissner believes that about 5000 votes
will be cast all told.
Others place the estimate lower. No
colored men are expected to vote today.
Colored Democrats have received an
intimat ton that their votes are unde-
sired and all the $4,000 colored people
of the city are in effect at least barred
from the polls.
or less Of an open one. Absence OF
regular registration lists In the Dis
trict prevents anything like system
attic enrolment Of the voters OF one
party or another and the leaders Of
the various voting districts by no
means know personally all the men
who will come up to vote.
II is provided by law that a man may
be challenged on the ground that he Is
not a member of the party conducting
the primary, but outside OF ofhceholders
Of prominence there Is very Little little
affiliation Of most residents Of the Dis
trict,
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
Motor Car Buildings
Are Swept by Fire

CLEVELAND, Ohio. May N.-Two
hundred thousand dollars loss was caus-
ed today by fire on Euclid avenue be-
tween East Nineteenth and East Twen-
tieth streets. Several business concerns
suffered.
The fire started from defective wiring
IN the building occupied by the Jack
ton 20 M MotG grssone csp Ts a sprtsS the
Continental Jewelry Company, and the
Grabowsky Power Wagon Company.
Several fremen were overcome from
fumes from the burning rubber, but re-
covered.
Lieutenant Snyder of engine compay
No. 2, fell from a second fioor and
was badly hurt.
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
Washington College.

Class day and graduating exercises,
which began at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing, and which will end tonight mark
the closing Of the commencement OF
the Washington College. On the col
lege lawn this morning, the students
and graduates conducted various exer-
cises, which were witnessed by huIl-
dreds of alumnae and friends of the
school. The graduating exercises will
be held tonight. beginning at S o'clock.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached yesterday afternoon by the
Rev. Earle Wiley, pastor of the Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church. His
topic was THE Aristocracy of Cul-
ture."
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
DAY
NOISY AT PETWORTH
Special Committees Will Be
Appointed For Cele-
bration.

Plans for noisy celebration of the
Fourth of July will be made tonight
at meeting Of the citizens of Pet
worth In the First Presbyterian Church,
at o'clock. Paul Z. Lesh. president
Of the Petworth Citizens Association,
will preside. An executive committee
and other committees to arrange for
the celebration will be appointed.
1t has been the custom in Petworth
for the past several years to have a
noisy Fourth, and this year 1t is hoped
to have a better celebration than be-
fore. A program will be made tonight
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
Initiate Class
~ In B'Nai Birth

A class of twenty-five candidates will
be initiated into the mysteries Of the
independent Order OF BNai Birth
tonight by the officers of Argo Lodge,
No. 413, which. thereby, will become
the strongest organization in the entire
Fifth district.
Reports ON the Asheville convention
will be presented by delegates, charity
work will be discussed by Alvin New
meyer, Harry w. Hahn. Sidney w,
Straus. and Leon Pretzfelder. Simon
Wolf, Max Cohen, and DIR. Louis Stern
will present papers, dealing in part
with the coming of the District conven-
tion in 1913 Sol. Herzog, editor of Argo
News, will make a brief speech. The
initiation will be carried on by DR..
Abram Simon, /. Heidenheimer, and
David Wolf The business meeting, be-
ginning at o'clock at the Eighth
Street Temple. will precede the init!a-
ton and social gathering Of members.
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
GunStOn Hall.

The Rev. ]. Henning Nelms, rector
Of the Church of the Ascension, de-
livered the baccalaureate sermon at the
commencement exercises Of the Gunston
Hall and Bristol School for Girls at St
Margarets Episcopal Church last night
The graduating. classes of both insti-
tutions occupied seats reserved in the
front of the auditorium for them. Dr.
Nelms' subject was THE More Album
dant Life"
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
Holy Gross Academy.

A program of music, addresses. and
recitations marked the opening of the
commencement exercises at Holy Cross
Academy in the assembly hall of that
institution last night. Madonna night
was observed. A brief address was
made by the Rev. Thomas G. Smyth,
and the following young women partici-
pated In the program: Gertrude Dakin,
Margaret Bonner, Mary Shugrue, May
Esther. Isabel Petrone, Marie Mawhin-
ney, E. Leutad, Esther Loehl, Irene
Schaefer, Edna Taylor. Estelle Stone,
Evelyn Stone, and Mary McInereney.
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
Democratic Primaries Today
lis open from 3 10 & o. m.

Polls open from 10 s D. m.
Three delegates and three alternates
TO be chosen from each OF twenty
two election districts to Wednesdays
District convention, which chooses
six delegates and six alternates to
the Baltimore convention.
Tickets In the field. Costello ticket.
officially indorsed by Clark bureau;
Newman ticket, supporting Speaker
Clark: Carr-Darr ticket, for unin
structed delegates, and Mitchell
ticket, for uninstructed delegates
where to Vote.
I. 2103 Nichols avenue. Anacostia.
2. Northeast corner Georgia avenue
and Kennedy street northwest.
3. Corner Thirty-third and p streets
northwest.
I. 30G7 M street northwest.
s. 21tsh Pennsylvania avenue north
west
6. s16 Nineteenth street northwest.
I. 1920 S street northwest.
3. 7o5 s street northwest.
.. 800 Twelfth street northwest.
10. 315 Fourteenth street northwest.
II. 600 Eleventh street southwest.
~. 614 ID street northwest.
13. sol / street northwest.
H. 1921 Seventh street northwest.
IL. Northeast corner Sixth and q
streets northwest.
10. 46s Louisiana avenue northwest.
II. Northeast corner Seventh and d
streets southwest.
1S. 1923 Four-and-a-half street south
west.
10. 1862 II street northeast.
%. kl2 Second street southeast.
q. 246 Eleventh street southeast.
%. 9l6h Eighth street southeast.
The Washington times., 1912-05-27
Trinity College.

Trinity College campus will be bright
this afternoon with the CAV costumes
OF the participants in the play Of
shakespeares "As You Like It." which
will be presented by the dramatic So
ciety of the institution as part Of
the graduation week exercises
The famous part of Rosalind will be
taken by Miss Florence Mills, of the
graduating class. and that of the ban
Iuntor.