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The Washington times., 1912-07-15
STEEL COMMITTEE
TO SPEND MONTH
! DRAF TING REPORT
Three Different Views Will
/ Probably Be Sent to
/ the House.

The Stanley steel committee met to-
day and threshed over its Forthcoming
report on the investigation of the
United States Steel Corporation. After
two hours executive session it was
announced that the committee had
merely discussed informally its prob
hble suggestions for remedial legisla-
tion and had not gone into the ques-
lion OF it's findings of fact.
IL is probable that the report of the
Stanley steel committee, which will be
Piled with the House before the latter
part OF the month.
I Consider Tentative Draft.
The committee will meet again this
afternoon to resume consideration of
the tentative draft of the report as pre-
pared by Chairman. Stanley. 1t is possi-
BILE that three reports will be presented
70 the House-the majority report, a
minority report by Congressman Young,
and a minority report by Congressman
Gardner.
One OF the dominant features of the
majority report, II Is understood, will
be the Recommendation for the divorce
ment of industrial corporations and rail-
ROADS. The majority Of the Stanley
Committee are believed to take the view
fhat the Steel trust has grown powerful
mainly through the and of subsidiary
rates.
Congressman Young and Gardner,
Republican members Of the committee,
may prepare separate reports because
Iof their inability to accept some of
the more radical conclusions Of the
majority Of the committee.
Decline to Give Views.
/ Two other Republican members Of
the special committee, Congressmen
Sterling and Danforth, have given no
indication as to which of the several
reports suggested they will sign.
! It is understood that a portion of the
majority report will be devoted to the
ennessee Coal and Iron Company,
which was absorbed by the steel cor
poration. Chairman Stanley and his
Democratic colleagues on the committee
are inclined to vigorously criticise Col
onel Roosevelt for permitting this alb
sorption and Republican members are
expected to oppose this part of the re-
port on the ground that 1t has a poll
tical bearing.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
THREE NEW CASES
OF PLAGUE FOUND
IN CITY OF SAN JUAN
No Trace of Disease Thus
Far Discovered at Ameri-
. can Ports.

Three new cases of bubonic plague
have appeared In Porto Rico, and the
second suspected victim of the disease
In Havana has died. The Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service was SO
notified by cables received today.
DR.. r. III. Won Ezdorf, In charge of
the outgoing quarantine at Havana. has
reported that the accommodations af-
forded passengers under the orders of
Dr. Rupert Blue, surgeon general, have
alleVlated conditions greatly. From
Pensacola comes the report that $3.50
has ben voted by the city to fight rats
and that bounty of cents per head
will be paid for all rats killed.
No case Of plague has been Nound in
an American port, nor have cases been
discovered on any vessel arriving at
American ports from either Porto Rico
or Cuba.
All In San Juan.
or the three new cases in Porto Rico
one occurred in the old city of San Juan,
another In Puerto de TERRA, the most
thickly populated ward Of the city, and
the third at Santurce, a suburb in which
most of the American population lives.
The discovery of these cases brings the
total reported In Porto Rico to thirty
seven.
The first victim of bubonic plaque
found in Havana Is now conyalescent.
Treatment was given him early and II is
expected that he will recover. One death
occurred several days ago and a second
case appeared which was supposed to be
the plague. This patient died and an
examination confirmed the diagnosis.
DIR. Won Ezdorf has extended the
quarantine lines in Havana to cover ali
or the old city, the quarantine district
now reaching from Manzorado street to
the bay: This not only covers all of the
injected district, but leaves plenty of
margin all around It,
Permitted to Go Aboard.
Several days ago passengers outbound
for New York made a request that they
be permitted to go on shipboard with
the understanding that they spend the
remainder Of the required period of OBJ
servation at the end of their voyage. It
requires Ave days to go from Havana to
New York by boat. The required OBJ
serVation period IL seven days. Surgeon
General Blue permitted this regulation
10 be put In force and DR.. Won Ezdorf
reports that 1t has eased conditions ma
terially.
So far as American ports are con-
cerned they are still free from any trace
or the disease. The embargo against
Hessels which may be infected and
against rats Is as strongly drawn as II
has been at any time and all along the
coast the war against rats Is proceeding
with vengeance.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
HCONEY ISLAND
FOR MURDER SUSPECT
New York Has Many Clues Con
corning Alleged Assailant of
Julia Connors.

NEW YORK. July 15.-A new clue re-
ceiVed by the police today to the effect
that young Nathan Schwartz, who is
being sought on suspicion OF knowing
something about the death of twelve
year-old Julia Connors, might be hiding
In Coney Island resort led them to
make search of that place today.
At the same time clues from various
other sources were pouring in. One
was to the effect that Schwartz was
seen In Chicago; another that he had
crossed the Canadian border.
Early in the day a search was made
through Morningsde Park. when Her
man Osterman notified the police that
he believed the missing youth had spent
the night on the roof Of Osterman n s
home.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
MITCHELL AGREES
TO WAIVE RIGHTS
Labor Official Will Be Sentenced
Wednesday Without Being
Present.

An agreement to waive his rights to
be In court when sentence is passed will
be presented to Justice Wright, in the
District Supreme Court, in behalf of
John Mitchell. vice president Of the Am
erfcan Federation of Labor adjudged
in contempt, on Wednesday, and he will
probably be sentenced on that date.
Attorney Jackson H. Ralston had the
statement ready for presentation TODAY
IN compliance with Justice Wright's or
per, but the justice will not sit until
the bench this forenoon. The court
gave the labor leader until today to
make selection in the matter.
The contents Of the Mitchell statement
was not disclosed by his counsel, as it
Will not be made public until it Is pre-
eented to the, court. However. It is
understood to be a waiver of the fed
Grafton officials right to be in court.
Under the order of the court Mr. Nit
chell was required to agree to sentence
In his absence or present himself TODAY
for sentence in pain of having an ar
fachment for his arrest issued. He is
on lecture tour In the West, and the
90 put him to any Inconvenience pro-
viding he would stipulate that there
would be no question raised about the
procedure In the future in the event of
sentence being imposed while he was
mot present.
In the original proceedings, Mr..
mitchell was sentenced to nine months
IN jail: President Gompers and Secre-
guilty of alleged violation of the iniunc-
ton In the Bucks Stove and Range
company case in 1907, were sentenced 10
avely.
es6 no doubt will be carried to the court
or last resort.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Battleships to Shoot
At Skeleton War Mast

unique feature Of the war maneuv-
ers OF the Atlantic feet on the Southern
ami grounds off the Virginia oapes late
In August, will be firing upon skeleton
masts now being erected on the hulk Of
the old battleship San Marcos.
These masts are installed on battle
shlps and armored cruisers, and It is
the general impression they will stand
hostile fire.
II is considered important by navy Of
ncials to know just how the masts can
WthStand serious onslaught. II they
can be brought down without great AZ
nculty, Il NAV mean that the type of
mast Will be changed for battieships
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
FEDERAL ARCHITECT
REACHES CAPITAL
Oscar Wenderath Will Not Take
Up Duties Until To-
morrow.

Although appointed to take charge Of
the office Of the supervising architect
of the Treasury Department today,
Oscar Wenderath will not assume charge
of the office until tomorrow morning.
He is now in Washington. The new
supervising architect was associated with
his predecessor. James Knox Taylor, for
six years. and before that was with
Elliott Woods, superintendent OF the
Capitol grounds, for five years.
James Knox Taylor. the former SUPER
vising architect, Is now in Boston where
he has accepted the head of the depart
ment of architecture in the Massachu-
setts Institute Of Technology. 1t is un-
derstood that Mr.. Taylor's new position
carries salary between $500 and
5000 a year. The office OF supervising
architect carried a salary of IS, 900, to
which, under the sundry civil bill, I'M
additional 81 900 per year is now added.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
ADJOURNMENT IS
SET FOR AUGUST
Congressman Are Anxious to Get
Home and Fix
v Fences.

Early adjournment of Congress 10
now generally expected In view Of the
fact the Lorimer case is disposed of
and the impeachment of Judge Arch
bald VIII probably not be tried by the
Senate this session.
Moreover, the House members are
getting extremely impatient to hurry
nome and mend their badly Shattered
political fences.
Delay In disposing of the Lorimer
case has made adjournment by Aueust
! seem Impossible. However, AuRust
mate date.
Much will depend on how long the
Panama canal debate lasts. The
British protest will not delay consid-
Grafton, but will tend to stretch out
the discussion.
The British contentious will be Civ
en- due notice and may ultimately be
submitted to arbitration. provided this
country Is willing to arbitrate.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
CONVENTION TRIP
COSTS NOT TO Be
PAID BY DISTRICT
Two Opinions, Handed
Down Today, Decide
Against Employees.

Expenses contracted by Federal and
District officials while in attendance at
conventions or meetings of societies
and associations in other cities will
have to be paid out of their own poe
kets, according to opinions Of the Comp
troller of the Treasury and Auditor OF
the District. made public today.
The District appropriation bill pro-
vides that no money shall be expended
for membership dues of any officer or
employees of the United States or Dis
trict governments in any society or az
sociation or for expenses of attendance
of any persons at conventions unless
authorized by specific appropriations.
On their return from the National
Conference of Charities and Corrections
held in Cleveland. Ohio. June 10 to 10,
Thomas E. Sewell. of the Board Of Chill
dren's Guardians, and John w. Cook,
of the Board of Charities, delegates
from the District, submitted expense ac-
counts Of hs.10 and $52.20 respectively.
Auditor Tweedale holds that under the
wording of the District appropriation
bill, he has no authority for paying the
vouchers.
The decision OF Comptroller Tracewell
was In the case of o. J. Field, chief
clerk of the Department OF Justice. Mr..
iSiu sSoini'teu oil ACCOUNT lot expenses
incurred In attending the annual meet
Ing of the American Association of Law
Libraries at Ottawa, Canada, June 26
to July 2.
Congress undoubtedly has authority
to limit the use of its appropriations as
1t sees fit." says the Comptroller. 1T
has seen fit to provide by the law in
question that none of its appropriations
shall be expended for travelling expenses
to attend society or association meet
ingS unless such expenditure Is author
lied from some general appropriation
1t has not attempted to make such at
tendance illegal. but prohibits the use
OF its appropriations to pay same"
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Tests of Real Lope

CHICAGO, July 15.-Hereafter
the young people who attend the
Woodlawn Park Methodist
Church will know when they are
in love with each other. w. B.
Norton, pastor, told them about
love and how to find out when
you've caught II, in o sermon,
and ended by laying down four
"tests.r Here are the tests,
First-You care not for wealth,
position, things material. You
worship only the person.
Second-YOu are intensely inter.
ested even in tiny things con-
cerning the beloved. ~
Third-You find Joy in service, no
matter how ardOus.
Fourth-You feel pain at separa-
ton.
incidentally ' Rev. Norton ex-
planned, II you are really In love
you will not care for automobile
rides, amusement parks, social
position or candy. You will
think only of "Him" or "Her."
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
BIG MEETING Off,
TURNVERE|N ELECTS
ITS NEW OFFICERS
Deadlock Broken at End of
Second Holly Contest
ed Session.

After two exciting periods of ballot
ing, the Columbia Turnverein has sue
ceeded In electing officers for the en-
suing year. The voting was participated
In by more members OF the organiza-
don that has attended a meeting at the
clubhouse in many weeks.
Considerable interest was created In
the election by the rival factions. caus-
In ga deadlock at the annual meeting of
the organization Thursday night. After
balloting from 10 o'clock to midnight ON
that night It was decided to POSTPONE
the voting for officers.
me turner's turned out in large
numbers than was anticipated and s,ic-
ceeded In naming a ticket that me with
unanimous favor.
The following officers were elected: f:
Honorary president, DR.. Richard Bar
tholdt: honorary treasurer, Christian
aeurfch; president. Ernest Gerstenberg:
hrst vice president, A. G. Geauverd
second vice president. Simon Guggen,
neim; recording and corresponding sec
1Tsy. +. =. Mann; treasurer, Herman
Zstuer; financial secretary, Sigmund
Dienf1eld; Librarian, Fred Laux; superin-
tendent of hall, Emil G. Schafer; leader
OF gymnastics, Ernest Lentze and 1.
Dlnowettzer. and color bearers, Jacob
Baumgartner and and Herman Schmidt.
Ihe Following were elected chairmen
OF committees: House management,
bernhard Endres; entertainments, Sieg-
Iried Scharbau; gymnastics, August
Niebel; German school, Max Bernstein:
lectures and debates, Ernest Gichner:
nnances for ways and means, Andrew
Lofher: library. c. T. Schwegier; print
ing and press, A. L. Meissner; charges,
complaints, and appeals, Frederick
STEINER; auditing books and accounts,
August Link; delegate to German Or
phan Asylum. c. T. Schwegler; delegate
to the United German Societies, Ed.
ward Brauminger. s. Mann, Gustav
Bender. A. G. Beauverd, Frederick
Laux, and r. w. Voltz.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Ban on Copper Salts
To Color Vegetables

In sweeping decision today the Gov
ernment Pure Food and Drug Board
held that peas and other vegetables
colored with copper salts are adulter-
ated, within the meaning Of the n,,re
food law. and ordered that after jan
uary l next all imports thus ,'greened"
would be subject to condemnation. and
interstate shipments likewise adulter-
ated be liable to confscation.
The decision followed a report by the
Remsen referee board that "even small
quantities of copper may have a dele
terious action on health, and must be
considered Injurious"
the new ruling affects practically
all imports on French peas.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
SIX WHITE MEN
HELD FOR DEATH
OF THOMAS COLE
Another Is Sought as Ring
leader in Crime on Ben
) ming Road.

Six young white men, arrested for
murder, and possibly a seventh, will
be brought to the inquest to be held to-
morrow morning over the body of
Thomas Cole, the colored man mur-
dered at Twenty-fifth and BenninR road
northeast early Sunday morning. The
inquest will be conducted at IL 30 o'clock
The police of the Ninth precinct say
they have practical confessions from
several of the arrested six, but that
the principal man wanted in connection
with the murder is Frank Dougherty.
twenty-five years old, who Is still miss
ing.
The six youths under arrest and held
at the Ninth street precinct house
are:
Joseph O'Donnell, nineteen years, 223
Fourteenth street northeast
Albert Nalley, twenty-four years. 1894
Seventh street northwest.
John ]. Patton, twenty years. go
Nineteenth street northwest.
Joseph Needham, eighteen years, bz7
Fourteenth street northeast
Robert Maxwell, sixteen years 1871
Benning road northeast.
William Connell. 1902 Maryland ave-
nue. northeast.
Drink In Cemetery.
Dougherty, alleged to be one of the
ringleaders OF the gang, charged with
having killed Cole after bringing with
him in the old Graceland Cemetery
formerly lived with his mother at 80
M street northwest. but has not had
any real home for some time, the Do
lice say. According to accounts he
has been sleeping in a bicycle shop In
the neighborhood of where the crime
was committed.
Dougherty Is FIVE feet eight inches
in height, and weighs 16o pounds He
was wearing a brown suit and a cap
when last seen.
When the police abandoned the theory
that Cole had been struck by a street
car. because the coroner's examinations
showed that the man had been stabbed
to death In the thigh, they began q
hunt for the associates Of the colored
man during the hours Of Saturday
night before the murder.
About that time they heard that Cole
had been drinking in Graceland Gene
terry with party OF white youths, one
of the arrested young men offered q
bloody 81 bill in a store in the neigh
borhood. The precinct station waS mo-
titled at once, and from this clue the
six were gathered In. From their ad-
missions Dougherty was included in the
hunt. According to the statements of
several of the others he was one OF the
principals in the fight with the colorei
man. who was about forty-five years
OF age.
Knocked Down and Robbed.
Joseph Needham, who offered the
bloody bill at the grocery store for
change, told the police that he had not
been a participant in the killing, but
that he had been a witness to II and
that after the colored man had been
knocked down ana stabbed. his pock-
cts were rifed. 81 bill and 81 in change
being found on him. The change, Need
ham says. was divided, and he was then
for IT.
Charles Robey. 4o7 K street northeast.
was also taken into custody. but re-
leased later.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
English Insurance Law
For WOrkmen in Force

LONDON, July 15.-To the accompani-
ment of a chorus Of rage and lamenta-
tion from employers who think it wrong
to force them to contribute toward in
surtng their employees, the workmen's
insurance law became effective today
with 100000 wage earners on the rolls
under its provisions.
In Finnsbury Square, a mass meeting
OF protest was held, at which a copy
of the law was burned amid thunderous
cheers from the spectators. a govern
ment inspector who arrived as the gath
ering was breaking up demanded the
speakers names but failed to ge them.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Inspect Forestry Work.

Otto Luebkert and John Weaver will
leave this afternoon for New York
where, on Tuesday, they will join the
directors and guests of the American
Forestry Association in a tour of New
Hampshire to inspect the State nurs-
cries and the lands recently purchased
by the Society for the Protection of
New Hampshire Forests. The trip will
last until next Saturday.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
UNDERWOOD TO BE
GUEST OF WILSON
Alabama Man Will Lunch With
Jerseys Governor To-
! morrow.

sEAGIRT, N. J.. July 15.-when Gov
ernor Wilson finishes his duties at the
State house at Trenton tomorrow he
will slip away to the Trenton Country
Club, where he will entertain at
luncheon Oscar w. Underwood, of Ala
bama, who, in the latter part of the
Baltimore fight, withdrew from the race
and swung to the New Jersey nominee
the votes which he controlled.
The announcement of is intended visit
was made today after a telephone con-
sultation had been held with Mr. I'm
derwood at Washington. The governor
will motor to Trenton early tomorrow
morning.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Planning to Take
CamorriStS to Rome

. VITERBo, July 16.-The principal
men convicted in the Camorra murder
trial will soon be removed to prisons In
Rome In order to avoid excitement
among the prisoners.
The date of their removal is kept
secret, but they will be taken from here
TO the various Roman jails in small
groups.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Progressives Issue
Party Call in Virginia

A call to the progressive party OF Vir-
ginia has been issued by Thomas Lee
Moore, national committeeman of the
party from that State, for a meeting to
be held in Roanoke to elect delegates
to the progressive convention to be held
in Chicago August S.
The State convention also is to select
nominees for President and Vice Presi-
dent, and to designate electors for the
State,
The Washington times., 1912-07-15

There 10 great deal Of truth in the
old saying.
Roots die, vitality gives out. The hair
begins to turn grey.
This is particularly unfortunate as we are
all living in an age when to LOOK young
means to fill the YOUNG and IMPORTANT
positions. Old fogies 90 to the background.
II you should begin to chalk down every
day of your life, the exact number of hairs
that turn grey, you would be surprised and
soon learn that THE Grey Hairs of Pre-.
mature Old Age" come on very quickly,
IL you neglect them.
Begin to count, and Uss-
HAYS HAIR HEALTH
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
Tribute to Tom Johnson.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. July 15.-Fffty
persons will unite to pay tribute to
the memory of Tom L. johnson in
park here next Thursday. Speeches
by Mayor Newton D. Baker and many
others will form the principal part Of
the memorial program.
The Washington times., 1912-07-15
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The Washington times., 1912-07-15
EXPRESS CHARGES
BASED ON EQUITY
TO REDUCE RATES
Commerce Body Presents
Schedule Which Shows
Radical Reforms.
Continued from First Page.)

commission will affect railroads materi-
ally. The express companies pay the
railroads a trihe less than so per cent
of their gross income for the trans
portation service rendered by the roads.
There are many traffic experts who in
sist that the railroads are not overpaid.
Congressman David Lewis, who has de-
voted several years to the parcels post
uestion, has indicated that he did not
think the railroads were making too
much money out OF the express COM
panies. II the railroads refused to ac-
'cept cut, the entire burden would fall
on the express companies.
Express stocks, which form a small
group by themselves on the stock mar
ket. were not affected by the publica-
ton of the commission order. There
was slight fuctuation. but It did not
exceed point.
Magnates Not Alarmed.
Although the market Is interested in
other things at this time, It is be-
lieved that the stocks would have re-
hected the evil influence OF ~Se commits
sion's attitude II the express magnatcs
believed that the order was destructive
in character.
Persons interested in small package
traffic are especially interested In the
effect Of the proposed rates on the
small town merchant and on the mail.
order house. The reduction of express
rates will give both the little merchant
and his giant rival a chance to test
out the theories advanced In several
parcels post schemes.
The local effect Of the proposed rates
has been the object OF close attention
bv merchants today. Under existing
rates Washington and Baltimore are
grouped together. Under the proposed
rates Washington has an advantage of
or cents on all southbound traffic,
and Baltimore has a similar advantage
OF northbound traffic. each city under
the proposed rate being given the ad-
vantage due its geographical location.
At the same time that the big reduc-
tion In rates will give both cities a
wider range Of territory to be covered.
The different rates resulting from the
employment OF distance as the deter
minig factor IN graduating rates will
tend, II Is believed, to restrict cities TO
particular areas Of influence