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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-10
DEATH COMES AFTER 40 YEARS.
Tarrytown, N. Y, Man Succumbs as
Result of Poisoned Well.

TARRYTOWN, n. Y, January 10
Abraham d. Tompkins died here yester-
day, indirectly the victim of a poisoning
plot forty-nine years ago.
In February. 1864, Tompkins' sister The
resa received a letter from a Jealous
lover warning her not to keep company
with certain young man. She did not
heed the warning and arsenic was placed
i'm the well. She was the first to be taken
i'll and died within a week. Another sister
was bedridden for twenty-five years be-
fore she died. Tompkins was paralyZed
through his left side from the poison, but
although cripple he had been able to
run little news store. The man who
placed the poison in the Well was never
caught
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THREE-YEAR SENTENCE
FOR EDWARD F. HOFFMAN
Convicted of Securing Sums of
Money From Various Persons
on False Pretenses.

Edward F. Hoffman of New Orleans to-
day was sentenced to three years inn
prisonment by Justice Stafford, in Crimi-
nal Court No. l, on conviction of false
pretenses. Five other counts in the in
dictment against Hoffman We're dropped
at the request of his counsel. Matthew
O'Brien. who asked that his client be per-
mitted to plead guilty to a single count
and take the maximum penalty
Hoffman was arrested in Washington
last May, after he had been staying at a
prominent hotel on Pennsylvania avenue
and posing as a wealthy contractor, it is
declared On his statement that he held
claim against the isthmian canal COM
mission of s271 600 for supplies. it was
charged, Hoffman secured 5000 from J.
Raymond Colby of New York. besides Sc
curing other sums from various Washing
tonians, including senators and repre-
sentatives. +te
Hoffman is thirty-one years old, and
during his stay at the hotel, it is stated.
he claimed he was about to marry the
daughter of a senator When brought to
trial his attorney set up the defense of
insanity, but an examination by alienists
showed Hoffman to be mentally sound.
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Controlled by Conference,
ARRIVES AT GUANTANAMO.
Repair Ship Panther Reports and
Proceeds to Cape Cruz.

The naval repair ship Panther reported
at Guantanamo late yesterday afternoon
and proceeded To Cape Cruz, on the
southern coast OF Cuba, where she will
be on duty for the torpedo practice to be
held in the Gulf of Guacanayabo as a
part OF the winter maneuvers of the At
Iantic fleet.
Cnfounded reports to the effect that
the Panther was lost had caused scores
Of inquiries TO be made at the Navy De-
partment by relatives of the officers and
la men aboard her. Declaring that the
officials always make public any report
they received of II disaster to any vessel
Assistant Secretary of the Navy VIM
throp said the Navy Department "depre-
Gates greatly the alarming reports that
are frequently sent out broadcast from
irresponsible sources regarding the prob
able injury TO or loss of naval vessels
such reports. said MIR. Winthrop
always unnecessarily create great dis
tress In the minds of the wives and fam
lilies of officers and men on the vessel
concerned"
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INDIAN BILL IS PASSED.
Measure Approved by House Carries
$8,OOO,O0O Approximations.

The Indian appropriation bill, carrying
approximately $1,000 600. was passed by
the House late yesterday.
The principal items in the bill as finally
adopted by the House include: For gra-
tuity appropriations, s6,0S4 .O93; for full
filling treaty stipulations, $40, $50. and for
reimbursable items, $4,000.
Representative Murdoch of Kansas had
called the attention of the House to GER
tain statements that had been made by
one of the members of the board of In
dian commissioners to the effect that a
report had been made to Secretary Fisher
Of the Interior Department by E. b. Lin
men, special inspector of the Indian bu-
reau. showing that the Indians of this
country are in deplorable condition.
Representative Cooper here interviewed.
and asked that final action on the Indian
appropriation bill be delayed until the
House could learn of the contents of Mr.
Lennens report. His request was not
granted and the bill passed.
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APPROACHES TO BRIDGE
WILL COST $76,162.5S
Jury Fixes Damages and Ex-
penses for New $685.
900 Structure.

Damages and expenses amounting to
$40. 1898, the total amount of which is
assessed as benefits, have been found by
the jury appointed to condemn the land
for the approaches to the new two-hun-
dred : and seventy five thousand-dollar
bridge to be built across Rock creek, con-
Meeting Q street, in Washington. with Q
street, in Georgetown.
The verdict of the jury, which has not
yet been confirmed. was transmitted to-
day to the District of Columbia Commits
sioners by Corporation Counsel f. III.
Thomas.
Work Starts in Spring.
i is now regarded as practically GER
tain that work on the bridge will be
commenced this spring A year or. more
will be required for completing it.
The total valuation found by the jury,
consisting of William I. Galliher.
Charles I. Corby. John A. Hamilton.
Frank c. Henry and l.. f. Breuninger. is
$73SS0.20. to which will be added the
cost of condemnation proceedings,
10 $2,2S2.3S, making a total
of 76,162.5S.
The property area against which the
cost is to be assessed as benefits is
bounded by I'D and 3lst and Q and r
streets northwest.
Confirmation Expected.
The iurys finding is i'm accordance with
the law providing for the condemnation
of the land, and it is expected that the
verdict will be confirmed.
Plans for the new $o75 GEO bridge. which
were commenced under the supervision of
the late Thomas c. j. Baily, engineer of
bridges of the District, are now being
completed under the direction of David E.
McComb, Mr.. Bailys successor.
The structure will be a concrete mason
ry arch. AT each approach to the bridge
there will be two lfesiZe buffaloes de-
signed by A. Phimster Proctor, the ia
nous American sculptor of wild animals.
Plans for the architectural decorations
of the bridge are in charge of Glenn
Brown, the Washington architect.
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GOMPERS DEFENDS BILL
Opposition to Anti-Injunction Meas
IRE Held Due to Wrong Precedents.

The right of labor to organize and to be
exernpt from injunction without notice in
labor disputes was the OASIS OF another
argument before the senate judiciary
committee today by Samuel Gompers.
president of the American federation OF
Labor.
Mr.. Gompers declared that much OF the
.rg,,ment against the anti-injunction bill
that has already passed the House was
based on court decisions and precedents
that were wrong in the beginning and
that violated all of the private rights Oh
labor.
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PLACED ON PROBATION.
Fife Lloyd, Sentenced to Four Years,
Given Chance to Reform.

Effie Lloyd, the young colored woman
who drank poison in the corridor of the
city hall last month when about to be
sentenced on a charge of robbing a
chance acquaintance. was placed on pro-
baton today by Justice Stafford. The
court imposed a sentence of four years
in the penitentiary, but suspended its
operation and gave the young woman a
chance to reform.
When she took the poison the woman
said she was innocent and would rather
die than be sentenced for something she
did not do.
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CHEAPER FOOD ITS AIM.
New York League Plans Markets
and Law to Aid Producer.

NEW YORK, January 10.-Establish-
ment of food markets in all cities in the
state and the enactment of legislation to
favor the producer, as two ways to re-
duce the cost of living, are aims of the
State of New York Market League, or
ganzed here, according to announcement
today by William Church Osborn, chair
man of the committee on markets of the
state food investigating committee.
Producers of food in every county will
be organized into units to work for lower
shipping rates direct to consumers.
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Asks $4,000 for Convention.

For the entertainment of delegates and
by delegates from the
United States in the second Pan-Amer-
lean Scientific Congress, to be held in
Washington in October. 1914. Senator
Root of New York has proposed that
Congress appropriate $4,000. The money
will be used to cover the usual expenses
of a convention of this kind, including
the publication of the proceedings in
both English and Spanish. The Secretary
of State it also is proposed by Mr.. Root,
is to be given authority to invite the
governments of all the American repub-
lies to send delegates.
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WOULD AMEND SHERMAN Law
Senator Owen Proposes to Give States
Right to Enforce It.

An amendment of the Sherman anti
trust law giving the different states the
power to enforce il was proposed today
by Senator owen of Oklahoma.
1.-THE states are helpless to look after
their own welfare IN matters affecting
interstate and trans-state traffic because
the statute restricts relief TO the Attor-
ney General OF the United States" said
he explaining his proposal to the Senate.
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ROUMANIA TO MOBILIZE ARMY.
Delivers Ultimatum to Bulgaria Re-

PARIS, January 1O.-Roumania decided
today to mobilize her army IL she does
not obtain within forty eight hours sat-
isfaction from Bulgaria in regard to
the rectification of her frontier, accord
ing to dispatch from Bucharest to the
Temps.
LONDON, January 1O-Roumania prac-
tically delivered an ultimatum to Bull
garia today by demanding the cession
of Silistria and the territory to the
north of a line stretching from there to
Kavarna on the Black sea, according to
news agency dispatch from Sofia
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came from Billings. Mont. and was in

came from Billings. Mont. and was I'M
his third year at West Point.
None OF the cadets today could recall
a similar romance. and they wondered
what the authorities will do II anything
further than declare him disqualified as
cadet. The charge OF absence without
leave Is now pending against him. but
cadets say that Adler will undoubtedly
return to face the charge
Miss Davis met Adler at q foot bail
game more than a year ago. She had
attended a number of dances here and
was highly regarded. while Adler himself
was one of the most popular cadets at
West Point.
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WEST POINT CADET WEEDS.
Speculation as to What Action Will
Be Taken for Violation of Rules.

WEST POINT, y. Y, January 10
Cadets at the United States Military
Academy speculated today upon what
action the authorities would take over
the marriage of one of the cadets yester-
day In violation of the rule that cadets
are not permitted to marry. The romance
in question is that of Elmer T.. Adler,
sergeant, who, dressed i'm uniform, was
married at Tarrytown yesterday to Miss
Florence r.. Davis. daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Harry j. Davis of Buffalo. Adler
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ALCAZAR PASSES IN CAPES.
British Steamer Listed to Port. But
Otherwise in Good Condition

NORFOLK, Va, January 10-The
British steamer Alcazar. with a crew
of'twenty-three, which had severe times
off the North Carolina coast for two
weeks. and was reported last night
leaking and calling for quick assistance
off Diamond shoals lightship, passed in
the Virginia capes today under her
own steam, with "A bad list to the port,
but otherwise in fairly good condition.
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Senate Wrangles Over Bill.

No sooner had the Senate agreed to-
day to vote January 20 upon the Ken
yon bill to prohibit shipment of in
toXicatng liquors into dry states, than
parliamentary wrangle developed
which carried final decision over until
tomorrow.
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scheduled to hold its first meeting this
afternoon at o'clock in the ShOreham
Hotel
Goodwin Named as Chairman.


Earl Goodwin has been appointed chair
man of the press committee. to succeed
Thomas Pence. who resigned the Office
because OF press of other. work. Chair
man Eustis announceds the appointment
of Mr.. Goodwin yesterday afternoon
The question of whether supper is to be
served at the inaugural ball is to be de-
cided soon by the supper committee, of
which 0. II. P. Johnson is chairman. Ar
thur {. Moses, chairman of the supper
committee four Years ago, recommended
in his report after the inauguration of
President Taft that the supper be elimi-
mated from future inaugural balls.
lie explained that only IL per cent of
the persons attending the ball took sup
per. but in making arrangements it was
necessary to erect kitchens and provide
large force of cooks and walters, and
the supper resulted in a net loss of
S2.514.
If the public supper is eliminated. it is
expected that supper will be served for
the President and Vice President and
their parties. The matter was taken up
at the meeting of the inaugural commit
tee Yesterday, Frederic d. Mckenney in
Producing a resolution providing there
should be no pubic supper at the ball.
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Lobster Famine in Nova Scotia.

HALIFAX, n. S., January lowest
ern Nova Scotia is the latest section of
the Atlantic coast to report az lobster
famine. The season, which opened De-
cember Il, is said by the fishermen and
packers to have been an almost COM
plete failure.
A succession of storms made the taking
of Holsters difficult, so that the catch
was nearly nil when ice set in on the
coast and barred all further fishing.
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ELECTORS MEET JAN. IS
Choice by Ballot of President
and Vice President Next
Monday.

Meeting at the capitals of forty-eight
states. the members of the electoral COL
lege, chosen at the national election last
November. will cast their ballots for
President and Vice President Monday
next. Woodrow Wilson and John r. Mar
shall will be chosen President and Vice
President. respectively, according to the
direction of the voters of the country as
expressed by the ballots Of the electors.
Gov. Wilson's lucky thirteen will
again be in evidence. for the electoral
college will choose. him chief executive
of the land January IL,
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Canvass of Vote Later.

The choice by the electoral college will
be preliminary to the canvass of the cleo
toral vote which will take place in the
House OF Representatives February II.
The Senate, in accordance with the Gus
tom, Will meet with the House on that
day in the House chamber at / O'clock
The electors ballots will be counted
and the result announced by the presi-
dent pro tenn. This will be the final
official announcement of the election of
a new President and Vice President.
Two sets of electoral ballots will be
signed by the governor of each state
One will be sent to Washington by
mail, and the other by special mes
senger. The messengers are chosen by
the electors, usually from their own
membership.
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Members Would Not Obey.

In the fap the assembly held a meeting
and voted not TO allow turkey trotting.'
Only two dances of the winter have been
held A continuation of the usual series
was stopped, because the members would
not obey the rule against the modern
dances. Today it was announced that
those who desire to dance them have pre-
vailed upon the president of the assem-
bly,, Thomas Hyde, to call a meeting of
the entire membership of sixty for tomor-
row night at the Dumbarton Club, to de-
bate the question of whether the dances
shall be resumed with turkey trotting.'
There is sure to be good attendance.
Reporters will not be admitted.
Mr.. Hyde said today that he preferred
not to talk for publication on the sub
ject He said he and the other men,
bers OF the assembly's committee, DIR.
r. $. Beale, Atchison Hassan and VIII
liam A. Bell, were anxious only TO carry
out the wishes of the majority.
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Committee Closes Its Case.

The last of the testimony from Witness
es brought into the insurance case by dl-
rection OF the House committee was hearo
Yesterday afternoon, when Charles Ha'i
Davis produced files of letters bearing on
the stock negotiations whereby the secu-
rifles of the Southern Building Corpora
lion were. taken up by the Commerclai
Fire Insurance Company ana the flrSt
National Fire Insurance Company. After
the committee had gone into executive
session to determine what would De CON
sidered relevant, il was announced pv
Chairman Johnson that the committee
would admit any and al papers TO ana
from Mr.. Davis and the Richmond Realty
Company and officers and directors OF the
Insurance. companies, the syndicate
which was handling the stock, ana any
attorneys interested.
one of the statements in the letters
brought forth the suggestion from
Charles f. Carusi, general counsel for
ti.y Commercial Fire Insurance Company,
that threats had been made" by Mr..
Davis Another letter was objected to
by Mr.. Douglas. who said
This seems to be going into the griev-
ances. real or imaginary. of these gentle
men against the Richmond Realty COM
pany and is outside the scope of the rule
as aid down by the committee The OBJ
lection however, was overru.ed by the
committee.
Following a line of inquiry started by
Representative Redfield. the committee
undertook to establish that seven direc-
tors of the Richmond Realty Company
Wee also in the Southern Building Cor
poration at the time the stock sales We're
being made from one to the other.
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HOUSE AGREES J0END
PRESENT SEATING PLAN
Benches Will SuppIant Chairs
and Desks, as in English
Parliament.

BY unanimous action and without de-
bate beyond brief statement by the
chairman of the appropriations commit
tee, the House of Representatives today
made sweeping revolution in the ar
rangement for the seating of it's men,
bers.
The desks and chairs are to be abolish
ed and in their stead benches will be
supplied, much upon the system now in
vogue in the British house of commons.
The change is to be effected in the in
term between the adjournment of this
Congress and the extraordinary session
of the next Congress, which President
Wilson is expected to call
Chairman Fitzgerald presented a reso-
luton appropriating S2J,uo0, to be eX-
pended under the direction of Supt. FL
lott Woods and the Capitol commission,
explained to the House that the change
is necessitated by the increased member
ship of the next House.
Change Is Necessary.
There are 500 members of the present
House, said Mr.. Fitzgerald, anc it is
obvious to all that the hall is crowded to
it's utmost. There will be 40 members
absolutely necessary to accommodate
them.
The Capitol commission has been go
ing over plans for some time with Supt.
Woods and has drawn up a plan for a
system of benches to replace the desks
now i'm use. This would involve no
change in the walls of the hall
IT is thought desirable to try out the
plan of substituting benches during the
extra session of Congress and let us see
how the new seating arrangement works
before we undertake complete rearrange-
ment of the hall and the ventilating IA
cilities."
Mr. Fitzgerald went on to explain that
in addition to the benches, where men,
bers would be seated tables would be ar
ranged Immediately in front of the
Speakers rostrum to be used by men,
bers in charge of bills under considera-
ton for the accommodation of their pa
pers.
No Objection Made.
No objection was made to the resolution
and 1t was adopted. Supt. Woods will
begin at once to get in readiness to tear
out the old system at five minutes after
noon March next and get to work on
the new plan.
1t is a question whether the change
may not delay the calling of the extra
session beyond the middle of March II
there should be difficulty in getting the
material
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Additions to Committees.

Additions to the committee on civic or
CARNATIONS were announced as follows:
+. c. Handy, c. c. Lancaster George p
Hart, III. w. Fisher, Charles 7. Corby, J.
|. Weller. Charles r. Cummings, III. l..
Thornton.
Additions To the committee on review
ing stands were announced as follows:
William F. Gilmore, b. III. O'Leary, IL.
ID. Digney. j. Calhoun Patterson.
Propositions involving fireworks dis
plays OF all sorts are in the hands of
Isaac Cans. chairman OF the fireworks
committee, which will hold meeting to-
night The amount of money TO be spent
in this form of celebration will approxi-
mate $500, il is understood and pyro-
technical manufacturers are figuring on
that amount
The committee has about decided that
set pieces low to the ground will not
be acceptable at the inaugural cere-
monies. because of the fact that people
will not flock to the Monument grounds
as they would in July. Therefore the
fireworks will probably be of the sort
which are effective high in the air, to be
seen from a great distance in all direc-
lions.
The committee on street decorations, of
which WaJdy b. Wood is chairman, is
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Think BALKAN SITUATION :.
IS NOW MORE GRAVE.
Threat of Turkey to Recall Her
Peace Delegates Is Be-
ing Discussed.

LONDON. January 1O.-The threats of
Turkey to recall her peace delegates from
London to Constantinople and the menace
OF a Roumanian invasion of Bulgaria
tended today to give the impression that
the Balkan situation has become more
grave in the last twenty four hours.
Much was expected from today's meet
ing of the ambassadors, who planned to
reach decision concerning the collec-
tive attitude of Europe
Rechad Pasha. head of the Turkish
peace delegation. today reiterated the
'immovable determination of the Turks
not to abandon the fortress of Adrian
ople or the islands in the Aegean sea.
He said:
where all the concessions emanate from
one side? Had this been known before
hand there would have been no need to
go to the trouble of bringing together
a peace conference in London
1t is not likely that the peace con-
ference will resume its sittngs before
next week. Premier Venizelos OF
Greece intends to spend Saturday and
Sunday at oxford.
Plenty of Food, It Is Said.
PARIS, January 10.-The Constant
nop1e correspondent of the Journal learns
from a former governor of Adrianople,
who now occupies a high official position
at Constantinople, that the city has food
enough to hold out for six months. He
points out that Adrianople is the center
of great cheese-1naking district, and
that 1t Is the custom of the makers to
hold their stocks until November and
then export them, SO that there now must
be cheese enough for several years.
Note to the Porte.
CONSTANTINOPLE, January 1O.-The
European ambassadors in the Ottoman
capital today succeeded i'm drawing up a
colorless note. which probably will be
presented Monday to the Turkish govern
ment.
The document guardedy advises Tur-
Key to yield on the question of Adrian
ople, but no suggestion is made of pres
sure being brought to bear by the powers
to insure the acceptance of this advice.
Greeks Lose Heavily.
SALON1k1, Turkey, January 1O.-The
losses of the Greek troops fighting
against the Turks in the vicinity of Jani-
ma have been very heavy. To date they
have lost no fewer than 1000 killed and
wounded.