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The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
THE SPECIAL CONTEST
AWARD IS INTERESTING
THE WHOLE CITY

When $50 Conover Baby Grand Piano
can be obtained without cost. II Is no
wonder that enthusiasm runs high among
contest workers. The Advocate has pur-
chased this splendid instrument from Per-
cy Foster. the piano merchant, 1880 G
Street Northwest. and will give II to the
person casting the most votes in The
Herald's $500 Contest between the dates
Of December 2s, 1872, and January, Is, 1913
This competition is not limited to con-
testants. Any one Is given the oppor-
tunity to win this extra award. How
ever. all votes must be cast for q reg
istered contestant. Votes are pouring In
by the thousands. II Is by far the live
Hest period OF the contest. for hundreds
of new workers have enlisted since the
announcement of the piano award.
Visit the contest building. IA Thir-
teenth Street Northwest, and examine the
superb Conover Baby Grand. 1t ranks
among the worlds finest small pianos
and has won the approval OF the stars
Of the musical world.
This piano has a richly figured mahog-
any case and beautiful tone. In construc-
ton. action, and finish the Conover Baby
Grand Is peerless.
All votes for the extra award must be
turned in not later than p. m on jan
uary Is.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
PINCHOT AGREES WITH
T. R. ON MERGER PLAN

New York. Jan. s.-Mr. Munsey had no
comment to make upon Mr.. Roosevelt's
dissent from his project, which will con-
tinue to be urged, 1t is said. with as
much vigor as though the standard
bearer favored IL. Friends of Mr.. Munsey
got the impression that Mr.. Roosevelt s
view had disappointed. the editor.
Clifford Pinchot expressed an opinion of
the project very like Mr.. Roosevelt's. He
said:
The Progressive party Is worth while
because it has living. moral enthusiasm
in the cause of human welfare and hu-
man rights. AS long as IL keeps this
enthusiasm alive II will deserve to live
but II II ever loses II the party will be
dying, and ought to die. 1t exists not
merely to win Offices, but to carry out
principles. How can you hand a great
moral enthusiasm over to a holding COM
pany? What will happen II you try?
There are many reasons against the
merger proposition, such as diverting the
control OF the party to the men who
stole the nomination at Chicago, who
are much more adriot and capable poll
ticians than we are; the fact that great
numbers Of our own people could not be
delivered in such an arrangement and
the more than questionable wisdom Of
merging with an organization that Is more
than half dead now.
But the essential reason Is that the
proposed holding company would be
found to hold nothing but the empty
shell Of party from which the living
spirit Of progress had slipped away"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
oLDSM oBILE
AGENCY
MT. POLLOCK, ''l' ss..:et,sat s.s .s;s $500 NV
WANTS WICKERSHAM
TO SUE GAS COMPANIES
Representative Loveck Believes Rights
Of Two Should Be Determined
BY the Court.

Representative Lobeck. Of Nebraska,
yesterday introduced a concurrent resolu-
ton instructing the Attorney General to
bring suit In the District Supreme Court
to determine the rights Of the George
town Gas Light Company and the Wash
ington Gas Light Company as between
themselves and as to the consumers OF
gas.
The resolution was prompted by the
fact that a recent report Of the George
town company showed that Of the 5000
shares OF capital stock of that company,
1850 are owned by the Washington Gas
Light Company. 1t was reported, asserts
the resolution. that at a recent annual
meeting OF the Georgetown company the
minority stockholders refused to permit
the voting OF the Washington company's
stock.
The resolution asserts that II Is a ques-
ton IL the purchase of a majority of the
stock OF the Georgetown company by the
Washington company is not against pub
lie policy and illegal The Attorney
General is instructed to determine the
rights and equities Of all parties con-
cerned.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
NEW YORK BROKER
FACES INDICTMENT
ON CONTEMPT CHARGE

Following the unanimous action of
the House Committee on Banking and
Currency, Representative Pujo OF Lou
isiana, chairman Of the committee. ap-
peared yesterday in the House during
the recess of the special subcommittee
investigating the alleged Money Trust
and presented to the House a pesolu-
tion calling upon the Speaker to GER
tify to the United States Attorney for
the District of Columbia the charges
of contempt of the authority OF the
committee by George G. Henry. a New
York broker.
The contempt was alleged to have been
committed when Mr.. Henry declined TO
answer interrogatories propounded by
Samuel Untermyer. inquisitor for the
committee, touching on the Identity Of
the national banks and directors Of ma
tional banks participating In the promo
tion and fotation Of the securities issues
OF the California Petroleum Company.
Mr.. Pujo moved that the House pass
at once his resolution, and by a viva
voce vote in which Mr.. Pujo furnished
the lung power for a single yes and
no response was heard to the call for
the negative votes, the resolution was
passed.
At the Office of United States Attor-
ney Clarence r. Wilson It was said last
night that the documents had not yet
bsen received, but that they were ex-
pected tomorrow morning.
=, The United States Attorney will pres
ent the papers to the Grand Jury now
sitting as soon as he has had an op-
portunity to review them.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
TWO SEATS CONTESTED
OIin Young and William Kent Must
Fight for Places.

A contested election case, in which a
Bull Moose will be pitted against a
Republican, that is bound TO attract
national attention. will be brought to
the attention of the House in the new
Congress. Col Roosevelt has taken q
lively interest in this case, and II is
understood that at the appropriate
time re will utter a few well-chosen
remarks.
The case in questions is that of WILL
lam ]. Mcdonald. of the Twelfth Michi-
gan District, against Representative
Olin Young, the sitting member, who
was given the certificate of election.
The contest is based on the ground that
in the preparation of the Official ballot
IN Ontanagon County, Mich, an error
was made that unjustly deprived Mr..
Mcdonald, who ran on the Progressive
ticket, of a victory. The night of cleo
ton and for several days after It was
conceded, even by Mr.. Young, that Nc
Donald had won. 1t was not until the
Michigan State board of canvassers
counted the ballots that any one in the
Twelfth District had any idea that Nc
Donald's election was in doubt.
Charging that Representative William
Kent, of the First Congressional Dis
trfct of California, spent $4,000 to bring
about his nomination and election as a
member of the Sixty-third Congress, l.
G. Zumwalt, the defeated Democratic
candidate, filed a notice of contest for
kent's seat with the clerk of the House
yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
FIREMEN APPLY FOR
MEDIATORS' SERVICES
Judge Knapp and Charles P. Neil Go
to New York to Settle Wage
Controversy.

New York. Jan. e.-Representatives of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen and the COMMITTEES OF
managers from the Eastern railways
agreed to-day to ask Judge Martin A.
Knapp. OF the United States Commerce
Court, and Commissioner of Labor Charles
P. Nein to come TO New York and do
what they can toward settling the diner
ences between the men and their en-
ployers This action followed the final
refusal OF the firemen to consider the
managers proposals.
Charles p. Neill, Commissioner OF La
Dor, and Martin A. Knapp. presiding
Judge of the Court of Commerce, the
mediators under the Erdman act, left
Washington at midnight last night for
New York to attempt to settle the con-
troversy that has arisen between the
firemen and the managers OF hfty
Eastern trunk lines over wages ana
working conditions.
The firemen and the managers OF the
railroads yesterday agreed to leave the
controversy TO these mediators. Com
missioner Neill and Judge Knapp VIII
hold a conference this morning at $50
with the managers of the roads at the
Manhattan Hotel. and after this confer
ence a time will be set to confer with the
representatives of the nremen. Recent
ly, through arbitration, the roads In
volved in the present proceedings settled
a controversy over wages and working
conditions with its engineers.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
BANK THIEF, SHOT,
DIES In RICHMOND
Webster Morton, Who Stole Sc, 900
Intrusted to Him as Messenger,
.. Succumbs to Wounds Effects.

Webster Morton. negro. twenty-five
years cid. who fed from Washington
with $500 in cash. which he had stolen
from the Washington and Southern
Sank. where he had been employed as
messenger. died In the City Hospital,
Richmond, Va. last night from the bull
let wound inflicted when he was cap
tured by Detective Sergt. Kellam.
Kellam trapped Morton in a house In
Richmond, and when the negro drew a
revolver. the detective opened fire. in
fiicting the wound which caused his
death. Twelve hours after Morton stole
the money he was arrested in Richmond
by Kellam and Detective Wiley.
While the two detectives and negro
stood on a corner waiting for a patrol
wagon, Morton suddenly turned, struck
Wiley, and knocked him down, and es-
capped under a revolver fire from Kellam.
In his flight the negro dropped a sat
chel, which contained all but $50 of the
stolen money.
II was not until several days later
that Kellam trapped the negro In q
house and shot him.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
FLOOD ENGULFS
Three VALLEYS
Allegheny, Mononsahela, and
Ohio Out Of Banks, and
Great Damage Results.
PITTSBURG IS INUNDATED
Thousands Are Driven from Homes by
Deluge-Wheeling Suffers Heav-
ily-0ne Fatality.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 9-The fourth
greatest flood in Pittsburg in the last
forty-seven years was recorded when q
crest of 3l.3 feet was reached at the
junction of the Monongahela and Ale
Eheny rivers early to-day. The water
remained stationary for two hours then
began to fall slowly and had dropped to
29Is feet at six this evening.
The waters reached Penn Avenue
and Federal Street in the downtown
section of Pittsburg and temporarily shut
of busnes below that point, Inundated
hundreds of homes in the lower section
of the North side and West end and
South side, flooded many of the mills
lining the river banks, made approx
mately 5O009 men idle through manu-
factories shutting down, and caused in
the neighborhood of 100000 loss through
property damage.
Stories of privation and suffering come
from both up and down the rivers, where
thousands of homes have been Hooded
and relief is being sent from every quar-
ter. Failure of the temperature to drop
to the cold point expected did much to
alleviate suffering in many homes In
which families were compelled to seek
the upper rooms without fire.
Only Three Greater Floods.
Only three greater floods have occurred
in Pittsburg in the last forty-seven years,
or since 1866, and in the 10 years that
records have been kept there have been
only ten more serious inundations.
The first drowning as a result OF the
flood occurred here this afternoon. when
william McDaniels, twenty-seven, lost
his life in the Ohio River opposite Nc
Kees Rocks. He was out in a canoe with
several companions when the canoe cap
sized.
The penitentiary for Western Pennsyl-
vania near the Ohio River was practi-
cally surrounded by water to-day. The
entrance was the only dry place around
the wall.
Miss Nellie Allen, sixteen. and Tony
Valia narrowly escaped drowning when
they slipped from the railing of a bridge
in Homestead. which they attempted 10
walk over. Both were rescued.
North side firemen were today called TO
fight blaze in a warehouse at the Ma
son Company stone yards. Arriving
there, they found the building surrounded
by water The fremen searched the
neighborhood for skiffs and finally
reached the blaze, which was quickly ex-
tinguished.
There was intense suffering among the
poor
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
EASTERN STAR MEETING.
Friendship Chapter of Twenty-onc
Members Granted Charter.


A charter was granted to twenty-one
members of the Order of the Easteln
Star last night, by the Grand Chapter,
o. E. S., of the District Of Columbia,
at the first session OF its annual meeting
held at the Masonic Temple, to form a
new chapter Of the order, to be known
as Friendship Chapter, No. II, o. E. S.
The new chapter takes its name from
Friendship" the country home Of John
r. Mclean, with his consent. It will
hold its meetings in Masonic Hall, in
Tennallytown, D. c. The Grand Chapter
will institute and constitute the new
chapter in Tennallytown tonight.
Grand Patron Charles +. Roberts will
have charge Of the ceremonies and
Grand Matron Fanny Taylor will install
the officers as follows Mrs. Edith A.
Lynnworthy, matron: James L. Giles,
worthy patron; Fronie r. Bergman, as
sociate worthy matron; Miss Alice P.
Seller, secretary; Mrs. Anna B. Paxton,
treasurer; Mrs. l.. Mazella Parks, con-
ductress; Mrs Eta Marks, associate
conductress: Mrs. Edie c. Long, chap
lain, and Mrs. Rosa B. Decker, warder.
Following are the charter members of
the new chapter: Mr.. John W. Lynn,
Mrs. Edith A. Lynn, Mr.. Edward L. Kel-
Ter, Mr.. Arthur Copeland, Mrs. Lucy
Copeland. Mrs. 21amie H. Walker, Mr.
T. Marion Walker, Mr.. James L. Giles,
Miss Alice F. Seller. Mrs. Anna B. Pax
ton, Mrs. Edie c. Long, Mrs. Ritie NJ.
King, Mrs. Grace NJ. Roberts, Mr.. John
S. Bergman, Mrs. Fronie r. Bergman,
Mrs. Rosa B. Decker, Mrs. Eta Marks,
Mrs. Laura H. Calyer. Mr.. Daniel G.
Calyer, Mr.. Fred Decker, and Mrs. L.
Mazella Parks
Reports of committees and other gen.
eral business took UP the time Of the
session OF the Grand Chapter last night
1t took a recess until tomorrow night
when the second session will convene.
1t is possible that the election Of officers
will be disposed of tomorrow night.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
WHEELING W. VA, SUFFERS
IMMENSE DAMAGE

Wheeling, W. Va. Jan. 9.-The arrival
of severely cold weather, along with the
flood here. is causing intense suffering
among the poor of the city. With stage
of forty-one feet to-day, a large part OF
the city is under water. The river Is
rising at the rate of five inches an hour
and a maximum stage of forty-five feet
is expected.
The Island, the fashionable residence
district where over 5000 persons have
their homes, already is entirely sub
merged.
The jobbing district men were COM
PEELED to cease operations at noon, and
the railroads are already partially out
of commission. Practically every
manufacturing plant in this city has
been compelled to cease operations. The
loss will exceed 81, ,000DQ.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
ARRAIGNS I M0RM0NS.
Woman Speaker Says They Control
Congregational Elections.

The election of Congressman from
Idaho, Montana, New Mexico. Nevada.
Utah, Arizona, and Wyoming are con-
trolled by the Mormon Church, accord
ing to Mrs d. Miller Wiber, in an address
before the mission board of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church last
night. Mrs. Wiber has been a missionary
in the Mormon States for several years,
and says that polygamy is spreading rap
idly and that it will be only q question OF
a few years before the greater part of
the Western States will be controlled
by II.
Notwithstanding the law against plural
marriages, the Mormons still practice It
to an alarming extent" said Mrs. Wiber.
Government officials believe that by the
mere passage of the anti-poly gamy meas
ure that they have prevented this corrupt
practice, but they are badly mistaken. In
stead of decreasing, 1t has increased.
There is ten times as much polygamy in
the United States as there was twenty
years ago"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
Pas. New Auto Law.

Albany, N. Y. Jan. s.-The senate to-
day passed the Fitzgerald bill, which was
framed to punish drunken and reckless
chauffeurs. 1t imposes as penalties i'm
prisonment Of a year and a fine OF $500.
The bill was drawn to supply the CAL
Ian law omission of adequate penalty.
Within the past three weeks, a drunken
New York chauffeur escaped even a fine
of SIS. merely because he pleaded pow
erty. The bill is likely to receive the
approval OF the assembly very soon.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
TURKISH DELEGATE MAKES
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT

London, Jan. 9.-Formal announcement
that Turkey will not request a resumption
Of the peace negotiations was made late
to-day by Rechad Pasha, the chief Turk
ish delegate. He said:
IN SO far as am concerned, the whole
matter now rests entirely with the great
powers. / am not prepared TO ask for
a renewal OF the peace conference with
out direct instructions from Constanti-
nople.
I'VE have conceded everything possi-
Bile. while the allies have conceded moth
ing. We gave up 0.0O0 kilometres OF
Turkish territory. and they have given up
nothing OF their demands. They came
into the conference in the most uncon-
ciliatory spirit, and that was their atti-
tude throughout
Turkey absolutely refuses to give up
Adrianopie, even IL the allies capture
the city we will not give 1t up when
finally peace is made. The poi Llation
of Adrianople is essentially Turkish. so
the desire to possess II cannot be a mat
ter Of sentiment with the Bulgarians-
Likewise with the Aegean Islands.
They are Indispensable to the defense
OF the Dardanelles, but are not a menace
to any other nation. while Turkey holds
them"
DIR. Danefr. the chief Bulgarian dele
gate, announced this afternoon that the
negotiations between Gen. Savoff, COM
mander OF the Bulgarian army and Ma
zim Pasha, the Turkish commander, has
been broken on, Savof refusing to al
low the Turks to revictual Adrianople
DR.. Danef received a long cipher mes
sage from Gen. Savoff to-day stating that
the garrison and population of Adriann-
ople had practically exhausted the city's
food supply, and could not hold out much
longer.
The ambassadors conference adjourned
at 2:3o o'clock this afternoon until to-
morrow. The conference Is said to have
agreed upon a general plan OF interven-
ton. but the triple alliance opposes the
plan suggested by the triple entente. con-
ceding the Aegean Islands TO Greece, anc
Austria has demanded Albanian territory,
which the other powers are not willing to
0rant
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
POWERS HASTEN
PEACEEFFORTS
New Complications Make Bal
kan Situation One Of Ex-
treme Delicacy.
SPARK MAY KINDLE FIRE
Triple Alliance and Triple Entente Al
Logserheads Over Set
tiement.
SPARK MAY KINDLE FIRE

Special Cable to The Washington Hsrald.
London, Jan. 9.-Ambassadors repre-
senting the powers in the triple al
lance and the triple entente are d.
recting ah their energies toward find
ing a speedy solution Of the Balkan
situation before peaceful measures faii
and the dogs of war are loosed- With
new complications arising daily. little
progress toward a definite understanding
is being made.
Rechad Pacha. chief Turkish delegate.
to-day served formal notice that Turkey
would not request a resumption OF the
peace negotiations On top OF this. Rou-
mania entered into the controversy by
threatening to invade Bulgaria. claiming
TO be entitled to certain Bulgarian terri
tory as the price of her neutrality In
the war against Turkey. Armenia has
caught the general fever Of unrest and
is clamoring for reform.
Russian Fleet MoboliEed.
Dispatches received here during the day
stated that the Russian Black Sea fleet
had been mobilized and ordered TO pro-
ceed to Roumanian waters, and from
Paris 1T was reported that France and
England have decided to support
Greece's claim for the Turkish islands
IN the Aegean Sea.
WIN tneSe anu
complications TO contend with. the rep
resentatives OF the powers are finding
their task OF securing peaceful settle
ment of the Balkan situation an under
taking OF stupendous proportions.
In the hope of aiding the peace plans.
the powers have instructed their ambas-
sadors in Constantinople to urge Tur-
key TO make concessions. Their repre-
sentations are embodied in a joint note
to be presented tomorrow.
AdrIanopIe in Dire straits.
Reports concerning the desperate sit
uation within the walls Of Adrianople.
which may have the effect Of forcing
Turkey to relinquish the fortress. are
reaching here tonight. DR.. Daneff, the
chief Bulgarian delegate. is in receipt
OF dispatches from Gen. Savoff. the Bull
garian commander, stating that Turkish
deserters have reached the headquarters
Of the allies with the news that the SOL
diers and residents In Adrianople are al
ready subsisting on starvation rations.
Disease Is rampant and scores are dy-
ing daily. Several Red Cross workers
were conducted within. the walls to-day
by Bulgarian soldiers
The Turkish commander has given his
final decision that his garrison will die
Of starvation before he will surrender the
fortress, and for that reason all who can
are endeavoring to escape.
Gen. Savoff's report is confirmed by a
dispatch from Belgrade. Turkish desert
ers having reached the Servian frontier.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
HIGH COST OF LIVING AGAIN.
Blamed in Report for Decrease I'm
Parental Affection.

Trenton, n. J., Jan. s.-That modern So
cial conditions and the high cost Of living
are working together TO decrease parents
love for their children was the assertion
made by Mrs. Caroline B. Alexander to-
day in her report as president of the
State Board of Children's Guardians to
Gov. Woodrow Wilson
Her report stated that the increase in
the number of children given over to the
custody of the society recently to be
placed In institutions or with private fam
lilies was larger than ever before.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
TO MARCH TO CAPITAL.
Sufrragists Are Coming on Foot for
Big Parade Here.

New York, Jan. 9.-Definite announce
ment that woman suffragists Of New
York will march to Washington was
made tonight. The pilgrim army was
so successful in its hike from this city
to Albany that the women are rushing
their preparations for the Washington
trip. They expect to be present at the
Inauguration OF woodrow Wilson as
President.
Col" Ida A. Craft, one of the four
who marched all the way TO Albany,
made the announcement. The pilgrims
expect to start from New York Feb
ruary 10.
Delegations from New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania- Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
are to join the ranks at convenient
points.
The itinerary so far planned follows:
Philadelphia, February 10; Wilmington,
February IS; Baltimore, February Is:
Washington, March .
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
MAKES PLEA FOR HEIKE.
Attorney Begins Arguments on AP-
peal of Sugar Man.

Arguments we're begun in the United
States Supreme Court yesterday in the
appeal of Charles r. Heike, convicted
in the Federal Court for the Southern
district of New York in connection with
the sugar frauds. Heike's attorney, John
B. Stanchfeld, asked few weeks ago
for a pcstponement of the argument
until March. but the court refused It.
Mr.. Stanchfield insisted that the error
in the case was in convicting the de-
fendant of being a party to a conspiracy
while acQuitting him on the counts which
charged him with overt acts.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
Mrs. ,rhaw Wins Suit.

New York. Jan. s.-Justice Mayer, in
the United States District Court, to-day
dismissed the suit of John B. Gleason
against Mrs Mary Copley Thaw. mother
Of Harry Thaw. to recover $4,000 coun-
gel fees for services rendered at the
second trial of the young millionaire for
the murder of Stanford White. The
court held that Mrs. Thaw could not
be held responsible for her sons debts.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-10
CHINESE GIRL EXECUTED In
PUBLIC SQUARE FOR BREAK
ING OPIUM SMOKING LAW

Shanghai. Jan. "A Chinese girl was
publicly executed here to-day as a
punishment for smoking opium in viola
ton of the manifesto sometime ago by
the Chinese government forbidding the
use OF the drug by the people. The girl
was taken TO a public square and shot
in the presence of a large gathering OF
people. She was shot by order OF the
governor OF the province.