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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
FINED FOR POLITICAL WORK.
F. H. Lathrop and ]. G. Bass of Ala.
bama Are Punished for Activities

Announcement is made by the United
States civil service commission that F.
Fl. Lathrop. campaign manager i'm 1910
for j. Q. Thompson, collector OF internal
revenue. Birmingham, Ala, who at that
time was republican nominee for gov
ernor of Alabama, has been sentenced to
pay fine Of $50 for violating section 119
of the criminal code of the United States.
which prohibits any person from solicit
ing or receiving political contributions in
buildings used for federal purposes.
j. G. Bass. who was Mr.. Lathrop's
clerk. and who participated with him in
violating the law. was also convicted
and fined s25 on presentation of the facts
to the Department Of Justice by the
civil service commission. The cases were
brought to trial and Messrs. Lathrop and
Bass pleaded guilty
Much of the solicitation of political as
sessments in violation of section 1l9 OF
the code was done by telephone calls by
Mr. I.athrop or his clerk upon postmas-
tiers throughout the state. The charges
were investigated by II. A. Hesse chief
of division in the office OF the civil serv-
ice commission. and by E. III. Kline, post
Office Inspector.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
NO GOLD FOUND IN BOLIVIA.
Report Of Discovery Said to Have
Been False.

The State Department is in receipt Of
a telegram from La Paz. Bolivia, regard
ing false reports of gold discoveries in
that country. According to this telegram.
a great many Americans are arriving in
that country to seek gold. having been
misled by false reports circulated in q
letter signed by a man called Ferguson.
1t is reported that this letter, which is
said to have been circulated widely
throughout the United States, is a fake
Miners now are returning from Tipuani
bringing unfavorable report. The pres
ent prospects are discouraging. The lega-
ton at La Paz il receiving many letters
and cablegrams of inquiry and is inform
ed there are great many Americans.
particularly from the western states, on
the point Of proceeding to Bolivia.
The Bolivian government is sending
prospectors to certain districts and as
eisting them in SO far as possible, but 50
far no discoveries warranting . trip to
Bolivia have been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Roosevelt or q Democrat"

"If the people can't get Roosevelt
mark my words. they will take a demo-
crat.'
This utterance il ACCREDITED to former
Attorney General Bonaparte in introduce
ing Col. Roosevelt at meeting in that
city last night. Mr.. Bonaparte is quoted
as saying -.=4--s9..
The American people have had enough
of Mr.. Taft. They didn't really want him
in 1908: they couldn't get the man they
wanted then and they took Mr. Taft on
faith. because that man. the man they
really wanted, said Taft would do. Four
years ago the people called for Roose-
welt as they call for him now, but Roose-
welt wouldn't come then and sent Taft
in his place. The people had to put up
with Taft for want OF Roosevelt. Now
Roosevelt will come. and the people have
no further use for Taft.
1.-The plain truth is that the people
didn't want Taft in 1908. and after more
than three years trial they want him so
much less now than they did then that
they won't have him at any price in 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Harmon's Day in Maryland.

Gov. Judson Harmon spent yesterday
campaigning in Maryland. He went to
Bel Air for an open meeting, where he
spoke mainly of the duties and response
bilities of the presidential office.
He said that government could be con-
Quoted only by parties The question for
the democratic party to decide is whose
nomination will offer the greatest chance
Of success, and who will rally about him
the greatest number this fall
The President and the former Presi-
dent. he declared, are engaged in recrimi-
nation and controversy, which is I'M
dignified to say the least, but we are
delighted it is in the ranks of our op-
ponents and not in our own ranks
On his return trip to Baltimore Gov.
Harmon stopped at Towson, the county
seat Of Baltimore county. He went to
the courthouse. whereupon the court took
a recess in his honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
DOUBLE FUNERAL HELD.
Services for Mrs. Burlingame and
Mrs. Watson, Monoxide Victims

Funeral services for Mrs. Lola NJ. R,,r
lingaine and Mrs. Stella Watson, who
were killed Wednesday by carbon monox-
ide gas escaping from hot water heater
at the home Of Mrs. Burlingame, were
conducted at Lees chapel at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Rev. V. Hinson
Hewlett. pastor of the Second Baptist
Church. officiated. and the inte~ments
were N Congressional cemetery.
Mrs. Helen Naylor, colored, who suffer
ed from the poison in the kitchen of the
Burlingame apartment, at 14431a street
southeast, at the time the two women
named were suffocated. as still in a crit
ical condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Tillman Asks for Reelection.

Senator Tillman of South Carolina is a
candidate for reelection. In letter to
his constituents, he says. in part:
L have held this Office (the senator
ship for nearly eighteen years, and am
now asking YOU to re-elect me to it al
though my health is broken and am no
longer the strong and vigorous man
once was. / have a ripe experience and
thorough knowledge Of the workings Of
the government, and have many warm
personal friends in the departments and
in both branches Of Congress.
II came to the Senate in q cloud Of
obloquy on account Of newspaper abuse at
home. l have fought my way in spite of
1t. and have lived to see most of the
newspaper men in the press gallery my
friends.
Il have f1attered no man and feared no
man in debate. and I have q strong de-
sire to die in harness for sentimental
reasons only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
AWARD ENDS OLD SUIT.
Baetrotsky Gets ZOO for Injuries
Received Four Years Apo.

After celebrating for more than, four
hours. jury in Justice Stafford's court
has rendered verdict in favor Of Lewis
Baetrotsky for $1,000 damages for in
juries received in the summer OF 1908,
near 9TH and G streets northwest. The
plaintiff five years old at the time of
the accident. was struck by a car.
The defense was that the boy ran di-
rectly in front of the car just behind an
other car going in the opposite direction.
The plaintiff alleged that the car was
running at an excessive rate of speed
and was not operated under proper con-
troll of the motorman. Attorneys A. l.
Newmyer. Leon Pretzfelder' and Charles
Bendheim appeared for the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04

Harry Mckeldin has assumed his du-
ties as chief operator OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company here, to sue
coed j. w. Collins, who goes to higher
position in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Mckeldin, it is said, comes to this
new position well equipped for its duties.
Although originally from Baltimore, Md,
he has been engaged in telegraph work
here continuously since 1879. After COM
ing to Washington Mr. McKeldin worked
for shore period with the old Bankers
and Merchants Telegraph Company, and
then entered the services of the Western
MON Company, with which, except for
short intermissions. he has been closely
identified ever since.
Classed as Expert.
Mr.. McKeldin has worked with all the
press associations and has been and still
is regarded as one of the fastest and
most expert telegraphers in the country.
During the period Immediately success
ing the shooting of President Garfield
Mr.. Mckeldin was detailed because of his
recognized ability for service in handling
the great bulk of press matter at that
time
Mr.. McKeldin is well known in Masonic
circles here, being a member of Pental-
pna Lodge, No. %. F. A. A. M: Mount
Horeb Royal Arch Chapter. No Z; Adoni-
ram Council. No. 2, Royal and Select
Masters, and Kallipolis Grotto. No. Is.
Yelled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04

Wilson headquarters has issued state
ment saying: Gov. Woodrow Wilson'S
friends have scored an important victory
in the first presidential primaries to be
held in West Virginia. They won out de-
c!sively in Wheeling and Ohio county,
where preferential primaries for the Sc
lection of a democratic presidential can
didate were held yesterday. BY reason
of its size and population Ohio county
has dominating influence in the first
West Virginia congressional district. and
the victory there means that Gov. Wilson
will get the delegates.
prosecuting Attorney Handlan ran as
an instructed Wilson delegate to the Bal
timore convention, receiving A votes in
the county convention to % in favor of
the opposition candidate. who was sup
ported by both Senators Chiffon and Wat
son. Over 5000 democratic votes were
cast in Wheeling county, and the returns
indicate that Gov. Wilson was the ia
vorite in the primaries in the ratio of two
to one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
LAKE HALF AS BIG AS STATE.
Bids for Cutting Timber in Canal
Area to Be Flooded Are Asked.

The making of an artificial lake
about half as big as the state Of Rhode
Island as an incident to the construc-
ton Of the Panama canal will result in
submerging a vast amount OF ground
now thickly overgrown with yegeta-
ton Already the waters are slowly
rising in this basin as a result OF the
closing Of the dams at Gatun.
The canal commission has issued an
advertisement asking for bids for the
privilege Of cutting timber within the
area to be flooded. AS that land has
been occupied to some extent for $50
years. most OF the original wood has
been cut, while much OF the area has
been burned over many times Still
there are some valuable CABINET woods
remaining, while much of the softer
wood can be turned into charcoal for
which there il q good market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
BIRTHS REPORTED.

The following births have been reported
to the health Office in the past twenty
four hours:
Agostina and Maria Dispenzo, girl.
Giuseppe and Adalgisa Di Larenzo, boy.
Hugh ]. and Margaret L. Linthicum,
girl.
William III. and Ada NJ. Lawton boy
Edward S. and Rosa E. Manuel, girl.
Vincenzo and Carmela Stasulli, boy
Harry A. and Eva NJ. Schultze, boy
William and Rosa S. Thornton, boy.
Scofheld and Annie Banks, girl.
James D. and Josephine Campbell, girl.
girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
Gives Right to Lay Gas Main.

Senator Overman has introduced bill
giving the Georgetown Gaslight Company
authority to lay a gas main along Con-
duit road, from the end OF the present
main at Fox Hall and Conduit roads, to
the District line. The construction is to
be under the supervision Of the War De-
partmcnt which has jurisdiction over the
Conduit road. The bill went to the Sen
ate District committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
Royal L. Totter and Bessie Walker.
Landon Cabell williamson and Mary
C. Van Week
David A. Little and Hattie Tallafor
Tyler w. Spear of Rockland. Me-, and
Helen NJ. Wagner OF Baltimore, Md.
Vernon D. Venable of Farmvile, Va,
and Helen r. Lea OF this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
BAN ON POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
Hull's Bill Would Keep Government
Employees Out of CAMPAIGNS.

Representative Hull OF Tennessee, demo-
crat yesterday introduced a bill intended
TO prevent government employees from par
ticipating in presidential campaigns or
omcfal connection with any organisation
or movement looking to such an election
Inc OIL would impose a maximum fine of
100 and summary dismissal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04

Plans arranged under the direction of
Jake Wells, who has leased the building,
have been completed for the restoration
Of the Academy of Music at Lynchburg.
Va. which was burned year ago, and
the work will be let to contract by May
Is,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04

William Walters of Midland, Nd. mas
qualified as state mining inspector Mr..
Walters is "a member of the republican
state central committee for Allegany
county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
QUERIES TO BUILDERS
ON SHIP CONSTRUCTION
Senator Burton Wants Information
Relating to Bulkheads and Water
Tight Compartments.

To throw more light on the technical
features of the Titanic investigation.
Senator Burton of Ohio has sent to promi-
in this country list OF fifteen questions
which he desires to have them answer.
The inquiries relate to many points
which have come up during the investiga-
ton Of the horror by the senatorial COM
mittee, OF which Mr.. Burton is g. mem
Der. concerning bulkheads. tight
life-saying boats and RATS
and other apparatus Of that kind
According to Latest Ideas.
The Titanic was constructed. it is
claimed by her builders. in accordance
with the latest ideas in the way Of bulk
heads and watertight compartments. and
was thought to be practically unsink-
able. That these failed in the crucial
test has been proved in the most horrible
way. Just where the faults lay will
probably never be exactly determined, but
the opinions of experts in shipbuilding,
Senator Burton thinks, will throw much
light upon that phase of the problem Of
prevention. !.
OF course. the views of the naval con-
structOrs among the officials Of the
United States Will be obtained by the
senatorial committee Some of them were
in attendance at the investigation. and
others will study the testimony in its
printed FORM They will probably assist
the committee In going over the replies
Of the ~shipbuilders with view to the
preparation Of proper legislation.
Ready to Draft Report.
But little more testimony will be taken
by the Senate committee. The members
said today that they were ready to be-
gin the drafting Of the report and have
their ideas for remedial legislation pretty
we'll developed.
As Chairman William Alden Smith is
still in New York Strengthening out con-
f1icts of testimony and endeavoring ia
clear up some odds and ends, there was
no hearing today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
POLITICS DAY BY DAY
Wilson in West Virginia.

II they can't get Roosevelt, mark my
word, they'll take a democrat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
In Memoriam.

JOHNSTON. In sad hut loving remembrance Of
our dear father. JOHN +. JOHNSTON, who
died eight years ago today. May 4. 1904
By HIS CHILDREN.
father RALPH YOUNG, who departed this
life eight years ago today, May L. 1904.
BY HIS CHILDREN
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-14
BLACK CATS GAVE
HIM REAL HUNCH

NEW YORK. Special.-The Herald
published the following story OF "a
superstit'ous youth:
Three black cats,
Perched on the stoop.
They all sat round in a dismal bunch.
But they all gave to mo a joyous
hunch-
Three black CATS
So sang youthful resident of the
Bronx yesterday. the while counting
over five new yellowbacks. This young
man works at night for his bread
and butter and bets on the ponies for
pasume. and II isn't often in these
days of sounding board apartment
house courts that he would consider
three black cats that prowi around in
the dark and yowl are worth more
than the necessary bullet to scatter
them TO the street, but right now he
knows three feline pests which have
an intrinsic value in his eyes Of 100
When the young man reached his
home at o'clock Friday morning he
oeheld three shadowy forms on the
top step of the stoop. and as the cats
materialized, leaped to either side Of
him and disappeared in a coal hole
as black as their own fur.
Speaking Of lunches murmured
the young man, what's q bunch IL
that isn't2 III bet everything black
on the board tomorrow" and three
hours before his time he was down
n
whispered conversation with a secret
hand ookmaker for the races at
Laurel Park. in Baltimore
Looking at the second race entries
he saw horse called Black Bridge,
quoted at to 1.
'I'n put $40 on that fellow" he
told the bookmaker -
That races just over. Black
Bridge won, too was the response
The young mans belief in his
bunch strengthened as he glanced
down the card. There was nothing
with a black" entered in the third
race, but in the fourth he saw a horse
named after the negro porter In his
office.
AHA, there's my chance" he said
to himself, and placed his $40 on
Sam Jackson at 10 to 1.
Down in the last race was a horse
called Blackboard. and the superstitious
one entered into negotiations with the
bookmaker.
What's -our price on that fellow"
he asked.
Eight to five"
Nothing doing. Give me q better
price and I'll lay a few"
can't do any more than that" re-
marked the bookmaker. and just at
that minute the ticker for the fourth
race flashed Sam Jackson a winner
and the young man collected 800.
I'll just forget that Blackford
bet" he remarked. II guess 100
bones is good enough for three black
cats in one day"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-14
WILSON MUM ABOUT
AN EXTRA SESSION

PRINCETON, n. J-Speeial-
President-electW Wilson's mail these
days amounts TO considern bIv ovev.
1000 letters a day The first mail
this morning brought him 02O Ief-
ters, most OF a congratuIaAory ma
ture-
This is entirely aside from the
thousands OF telegrans that hnve
been coming almost contiI1uousyx,
The Governor answers each Iefsey.
and telegram with a personal let
ter.
Nearly everybody whNp writes
apologies for adding TO tive Num-
Der OF letters" said the G,over0or
me ~OVernoT was asked today IL
he had read Congressman Under
woods statement favoring an e~-
ira session of Congress innnae.Iiafa.
~ after the Inauguration.
Yes" he said. 81 noticed Mr.
UnderVVood'S statement. III have
1850 .s ~ la 1tll.orAais ALSO about
He did not add anything that
would seem TO commit him ~ an
extra session, however. The Gov
ernor was greatly pleas ed that
illinois, Kansas and Ct,IIforDie
were safely In the Democrt1tic COL
umn-
ne - concerned about the
United States Senate, and roads All
reports with deep interest,"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-14
BRYAN MAY RUN
AGAIN in 1916

WASHINGTON. d. c. Special,
The Post Thursday printed the follow
ing significant article:
Two days before the election, Will
liam J. Bryan. in copyrighted news
paper article summing up the political
situation. said in his opening para
graph:
The choice OF President will be
made between three candidates
Either MIR. Wilson will be elected for
single term-his platform pledg-
ing him to one term-or Mr.. Taft
viii be elected for a second term, or
Mr.. Roosevelt for third term"
Politicians interpret that statement
OF Mr.. Bryan as serving notice on
Governor Wilson that he must not
be candidate for recollection in 1914
When Mr.. Bryan used the term, "hisN
platform pledging him TO one term"
he had reference to the plank in the
Baltimore platform, which reads as
follows:
We favor a single presidential
term. and to that end urge the adop-
ton of an amendment to the Con-
sutuion making the President in
eligible for reelection. and we pledge
the candidate OF this convention TO this
principle"
platform by Mr.. Bryan himself, or. at
any rate, at his instigation. without
doubt IL is open 10 more than a single
construction, although Mr.. Bryan de-
clares that IT commits Mr. Wilson to
but one term. and bars him from
being candidate for reelection. Az
ready the issue as to its precise in!y
depreciation has been raised by the
adherents of the President-elect, and
their attitude seems to foreshadoW a
controversy of large proportions be-
fore the new administration 10 well
along in its career.
Men who disagree with M. BRYAN
in his construction OF this plank are
contending tonight that Mr.. Wilson IS
pledged only to the principle of one
term, and to an EFFORT to have the
Federal Constitution amended so as
TO disqualify for a second term any
many thereafter elected. But they in
sist that this rule cannot be made to
apply to Mr.. Wilson until after the
Constitution is amended in the man.
ner described. Sooner or later. tn
President elect will be called upon ~
give his own Interpretation of thu
language of the platform, and II II
varies from Mr.. Bryan's an interest,"
ing situation Will Immediately arise.
But quite likely there will be other
candidate for the presidency in the
event the average Democrat sustains
the Bryan view as to the ineligibility
OF Mr.. Wilson for a second term. and
the new Democratic Governors of
Ohio and New York may be among
them.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-14
GUNNER NOW ON
TRIAL FOR MURDER

NEW YORK Special Two
hundred taleSmcn drawn from a
special panel for the trial of the
gunner were called into court
but were almost Immediately ex-
cuSed by Justice Con until .
O'Clock this afternoon.
IL was learned that the deter
minatton TO try all the men to-
gether was brought about at the
insistent plea OF the defendants
themselves. Each man was afraid
TO allow the others TO be tried
separately, for fear one would
"Squeal' OH his companions To
escape the death chair.
NEW YORK. SpeciaI.-The trial
of the four gunner accused of
the actual assassination OF Her
man ROSepthai, for instigating
whose murder Charles Becker. ex-
lieutenant of police, Is now under
death sentence, was called before
Justice Con i'm the Supreme Court
today.
Believing that their best
chance of escaping death lay in
"A group trial, the four defendants
decided against separate trials,
and District Attorney Whitman
mas eAAAAAOAnCCu nus ITO OU~
lection to such a plan.
Attorney WahIe, chief counsel
for Harry Horowitz, alias "Gyp
the Blood; Louis Rosenberg,
alias Lefty LOUIS; Frank Muller,
alias Whitley Lewis" and Frank
C1rofici, alias "Dago Frank" said
that ne expected n jury to be Sc
cured before night.
I'VE are not after any particu-
lar kind of jury" he said, "but
merely want the best we can
find"
The gunner make up the
youngest group OF defendants
ever placed on trial for their lives
in this city.
The combined age OF the four
Is only ninety-fourt an average OF
tventy-fOur.
All of them vViH take the stand
as witnesses for themselves and
each other. The State has called
eighty-five witnesses.
1t is stated that the four men
insisted upon testifying in their
own behalf after Watching the re-
suit of the Becker trial. where
they concluded that the policeman
hurt his chances by not testifying.
just before court convened
there came report from the West
Side prison that Louis Weber, or
"Bridgie" Webber, as he Is also
known, was pretending insanity.
Weber, who is one of the chief
witnesses against the gunner, Is
I'm desperate fear of the prisoners,
and breads the ordeal of testIfying
against them.
linden this fear he has been for
a week, so his keepers Intimate,
putting himself through crazy ex-
erciSes and feigning insanity.
IL IS estimated that the trial
of the four young professional
killers will take less than ten days.
AS In the Becker trial, Justice
Golf ut the beginning made 1t evil
dent that he desires the greatest
dispatch.
"Bald Jack" Rose, Weber,
Harry WALTON and Sam Sleeps
are expected to be released Inn
mediately after the gunmen's trial
Is over. Their liberty comes as
their reward for turning States
evidence against Becker.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-14
PASSENGERS ARE
TAKEN FROM ship
ROYAL GEORGE, ON ROCKS IN
ST. LAWRENCE, SEEMS DOOM
ED-4S1 STILL ABOARD.

QUEBEC, QUE Special Four
hundred and twenty of the 9O1 pas
sengers on board the Canadian North
ern Royal mail steamer Royal George,
which went ashore on the rocks in a
heavy fog last night In the St. Law
renee River, ten miles from this city.
were taken off early today, leaving
4S1 on the stranded vessel.
The Royal George, which was
bound from Bristol for Quebec, will
probably be q total loss.
Wrecking steamers, ferry boats and
tugs were pressed into service as res
cue ships and stood by the Royal
George all night.
The captain OF the stricken ship
sent word by wireless that the bal
aDce Of the passengers would be taken
off without delay.
The scene Of the accident Is on the
north side of the south channel near
the Island OF Orleans.