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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
NEW SENATORS IN SEATS
Two Democrats Placed on the
Rolls From Tennessee
and Texas.

It's duh day nowadays when a new
member of the United States Senate is
not sworn in. Appointments by governors
and elections by state legislatures for a
few weeks for new terms have result
ed in numerous changes in the member
ship of the Senate within the last few
weeks. and required the printing OF a
new roll call almost before the ink was
dry the last one.
Two new senator's took the oath of Of
flee today as soon as the Senate con-
vened. Prof. w. r. Webb. democrat
elected to serve from now until March 4
next as the successor of Senator Newell
Sa nders of Tennessee. and Morris Shep
pard. chosen by the Texas legislature to
until March and for new term of six
years are the new members.
Advocates of Temperance.
Both are sturdy temperance fighters
and are arriving in the Senate just in
time to vote on the Kenyon bill to pro-
hibit the interstate shipment of liquors
into dry states. Prof Webb has been
Mr.. Sheppard won the recent enatorial
y
ance issue.
Prof Webb adds TO the whiskers of the
Senate. making a rival to Senator Isaac
Stephenson. He has been schoolmas:er
for many years, conducting preparatory
school for boys at Beifbuckel, Tenn.
Successor to Col. Johnston.
Mr.. Sheppard succeeds Col. r. NJ. John
ston. who was appointed by the Governor
of Texas to succeed Senator Bailey. Mr.
Bailey gave up his seat two months be-
fore the expiration Of his term so that his
long time friend. Col. Johnston, could
have the honor of sitting in the Senate.
1t was expected that Col. Johnston would
be elected by the legislature to complete
the term until March T. but the state leg
islature decided to let Mr. Sheppard S
service begin at once instead of March
T. Col. Johnston has left Washington :;
his service was not marked by combined
maiden and swan-song speech such as
marked the even briefer stay of Senator
HeiskelI of Arkansas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
State Official Breaks Arm.
CORRESPONDENCE of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md. February ). 1913
W. X. L. Taliaferro. state agriculturist
of the Maryland Agricultural College. Is
in Washington suffering with a fractured
right arm. and his physicians have adj
vised him 10 learn TO write with his left
hand. Several days ago, while attending
To some work at the Maryland experiment
station. he was tripped by piece OF wire
and fell Prof Taliaferro as soon as Inc
is able to leave the hospital. will spend
several weeks on a farm in Virginia be-
fore resuming his duties At the AEricul
turalyCollege.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
FORMER SLAVE DEAD AT SO.
Smith Twyman Was Teamster and
Soldier in Union Army.

smith Twyman. a former slave, died
yesterday at his home. 502 21st street
northwest. at the age of eighty-eisht
years. Funeral services will be held
AT o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
Shiloh church.
Mr.. TwNman was born i'm Madison
county Va. and during slavery days
was owned by the Willis family and
later by the family of William T.
Banks of Madison Court House. He serv-
ed as a teamster and later as a soldier
in the Union army during the civil
war Since then he had made his home
in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03

Der Company in August 1905. The COM
pany went into the hands of a receiver
not long afterward
Partridge was indicted in 1908. but
was not called to trial until the spring
of 1912. nearly seven years after the
alleged offense. He was convicted and
sentenced by Justice Anderson to serve
three years in the penitentiary. He
noted an appeal. which was decided to-
day adversely to him.
+ Attorney f. l.. Gies represented the
defendant. United States Attorney Will
son was aided in the prosecution by
former Assistant United States Attorney
Charles II. Turner. under designation by
the Department of Justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
and some pleaded mole contendre. There
now remain eleven individual and eleven
corporation defendants.
Unlawful Combination Charged.

They are charged with controlling So
per cent Of the output of enameled ware
products, combining to restrain trade. fix
ing prices and refusing to sell tc jobbers
who handled goods for the so-called in
dependent dealers.
The first trial vas before Judge Alexis
c. Angel, who has since resigned. The
defendants are represented by Robert 3.
Honeyman of New York and Henry E.
Bodman of Detroit Edwin P. Grosvenor.
assistant to the attorney general Dis
trict Attorney Glide l. Webster and for
mer District Attorney Frank Watson of
Detroit have charge of the case for the
government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
CONVICTION IS AFFIRMED.
r. H. Partridge, Who Robbed Priest
Must Serve Sentence.

The Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia. in an opinion by Chief
Justice Shepard. today affirmed the con-
viction of Robert Fl. Partridge. indicted
for false pretenses in securing $4,000
in cash and note for $500 from Rev.
Eugene A. Hannah. pastor of ST
Martins Catholic Church. Father Han
nan was induced by statements made
to him to invest IN the National Lum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
Hotel Clerk Cashes Worthless Check

Report was made to the police last
night that a worthless check for SO had
been cashed by Clarence ID. French night
clerk at the ST. James Hotel. for man
who registered as w. y. Woodbury. and
said he was related to Levi Woodbury..
proprietor of the hotel. The check was
drawn on a Philadelphia bank. purported
to have been signed by c. NJ. Gilbert and
was made payable to w y. Woodbury.
French told the police that the man who
presented the check told him he was
from Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
CONTROL OF UTILITIES
BY CITIES ADVOCATED
Gov. Dunno of Illinois Urges
Immediate Legislation on
the Subject.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. February 3.-Im-
mediate enactment of legislation giving
all cities the right to build or buy and
to operate their public utilities and an
amendment to the constitution to gain
the initiative and referendum We're rec
commended with other things by Gov.
Edward F. Dunno in his inaugural add
dress to the legislature today.
Gov. Dunno says that most cities may
not be ready as Yet to operate other than
waterworks. To carry out the plan of
municipal ownership, cities should be en-
powered to issue bonds subject to a ref
erendum and reasonable safeguards.
Will Enforce Decent Service.
eff such rights are given" says the
governor. lit will force private corpora
tons now furnishing these utilities to
give decent service at decent rates or
face the alternative of public ownership
Important as it is to give the cities the
right to manage their own public utilities
1t is also important to give to state and
local bodies large powers of regulation
of the public utilities that remain in pri-
waite hands.
The governor also recommends that the
necessary legislative steps be taken to
amend the article of the constitution
which provides that the assembly shall
have no power to propose amendments to
more than one article of the constitution
at the same session.
Initiative and Referendum.
Coy. Dunno says an amendment pro-
viding the initiative and referendum
should first be proposed, after which pro-
posed amendments relating to revenue
and taxation should be considered. An
other recommendation is the ratifica ton
of amendment for popular election of
United States senators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
FIGURES SHOW UTILITIES
COMPANIES PROSPERITY
Anacostia and Potomac and
BrightWood Lines Only
Report Deficits.

Prosperity is seen in the figures recent
~ submitted to Congress by several
public utility companies. although two
OF them show deficits. after certain items
have been charged off the books. The
Potomac Electric Power Company shows
revenues from private lighting in the
District 81 2Jt251 from power sold in the
District s30I .35l 80: the total gross rev
cnue being 81 $50 Us. 40. The total oper-
ating expenses are given as SS29.Slo4f'
The surplus. after paying all expenses.
fined charges but before paying diVl-
bends. is given at SJ61. 1861.
Washington hallway and Electric com
pany receipts from passengers. Sl.J'S.-
al. 5S. additional receipts. for sales OF
power etc, bring the total receipts to
So $50 1:;..tS}. The total expenses of oper-
ating are given as S41 So: credit 10
given in the report for power and cars
used by other companies to the amount
of S197 .?23 81. Charges for interest.
taxes. depreciation. etc. are Inquired at
S793 OIL a. and the net income is written
down as So. 7-Jl -. After paving = per
cent on the preferred and per cent on
the common stock the balance is given as
S,;- - ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03

An oiCht-fOot black make as big as a
mans arm has been keeping watch over
F. T. Griffith'S plantation. near Luray
Va, for several wears. The snake has
kept the premises unusually free of rats
since taking up its abode on the farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
Deficit for Brightwood Line.

BrightwoOd Railway Company reports a
deficit of ST., -r,3 30 Ii carried $4,000
passengers at an average of cents OPP
Grating expenses were S116.0a405 Other
charges were S165. 114S1 and the receipts
were Sl34, 1,;1 o..
Georgetown and TenleytOwn Railway
Company reported receipts of S15.914.0i
operating expenses of SI1 612. IS. surplus
$4.191 -.
AnacoStia and Potomac Railway Com
pany for eight months. shows a deficit OF
$40 1915 Receipts were sos. 81, - and
operating expenses We're ST., J49. 40.
city and Suburban Company reported a
total receipt of S,;6@16.S4 with total
operating expenses. S:'S6.3Si.99 Charges
for interest and depreciation. including
the fire at the 18th and u street caThouse.
amounted to S1G2, 61;;.51 The surplus re-
ported i S1J.gi1 IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03

W. A. Rowe has announced his candi-
dacy for the democratic nomination for
the house of delegates from NOrthumber-
land and WestmOreland counties, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03

Herbert Ridsely. prominent farmer
of near Ellcott City, Nd, and family
had a narrow escape from death when
their home with its entire contents was
destroyed by fire early Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
BOWEN-KRAEMER CASE
DECISION is REVERSED
Prosecution of Caveat Against Will
Not Estopped, Appellate
Court Rules.

The Court of Appeals of the District Of
Columbia. in an opinion by Justice Robb,
today reversed the action of the lower
court in holding that Mrs. Carrie Bowen
was estopped from prosecuting a caveat
against the will of her sister. Mrs. Rose
Kraem The appellate court declares
the signing of waiver of citation and
the receiving of bequest Of personal
property, afterward returned. does not
preclude "a person in interest from subse-
quently attacking the will
The signing of the waiver. the Court
of Appeals finds, merely aided in the ad-
ministration. and the temporary accept
ance of d legacy when no prejudice has
resulted and the condition of the parties
i'll interest is not changed leaves no room
for an eStOppel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03

The lower court should have decided a
verdict for Mrs. Bowen on this issue.
says Justice Robb. and the case is re-
manded for further proceedings.
The will of Mrs. kraemer was executed
September 80. 1910, and devised practical
ly all her estate, valued at $4,000. to
Herman r. Howenstein, as trustee. The
trustee is authorized to sell and pay 5000
to Rose Phipps. a niece. and $1,000 each
To- Vernon NJ. Knox. Alma Knox and
Rowland Howenstein. The remaining es-
tate was to be conveyed by the trustee to
Mrs. Bowen.
Attorneys d. ". Baker and W. b. Reii-
" represented the sister. while Attorneys
II. Prescott Galley and Barry Mohun
appeared for the executor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
Shoe Department.

W81ens Turkish Slippers. broken sizes. and Mems al
Women Slippers-tlat have sold SOC REDUCED to
WonenS Shoe Trees Low Shoes and Slippers. Regul
price SOC REDUCED
Womens High Shoes in all feathers and
shapes Broken sizes of $500 and $500 grades RE
Womens Patent Kid and Nc hid Evening Slippers. with
French heels and straps $500 and $3.50 grades. RE
DUCED
Mems Shoes lot OF many styles, in all leahers-broke
selling lines that worth $500 RE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
Mems and Boys Sweaters.

Mems Atwood Coat Sweaters-fu fashioned-in all the
desirable Broken Regular prices have been
S225 50, $500 and $3.50 REDUC ED to
Mems Al-worsted Derby Coats. with collars. in White
Tan and Scare-only small lot Regular price So so RE
Bows Alwool Coat Sweaters. assorted coorS and
all sizes. Regular and s1.5o grades REDUCED to-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03

Gray and Tan Herringbone; sk-lirvd and
silk faced Sizes from 3S II. Not many of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03

Worth "p sfoo REDUcED 9c
Wrght Health Underwear heavy ribbed fleece tn
lined Always REDUCED fIC
Mems Domet Pamas: patterns: silk ~
"Faule make Values REDI CED to. T.1c
Mems Domet Night Shirts. full desirable color: silk
med "Fault make. Values REDU CED UTc
Mems Madras Pamas correctly cut; CT -
neatly finished Values REDUCED IL
Mems Mercerized Isle Hose make plain 9th
Black. o
DC ED ~
Silk Accordion Knitted Fouin-FIand - high class On
REDUCED se1c
Silk Accordion Knitted Foui Iandsmanv coors 4
select Regular ST grade REDUCED TO VIC
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-29
ELECTED new STAFF
Editorial Staff for The Cynosure, the
Local High School Paper,
Chosen This Morning, -

This morning the annual Cynosure
election was held at the high school
when the officers for The, Cynosure for
next year vas held.
Harold HUFFMAN was elected edit
or-in-chief and will pilot the pen
pushers during the years 1913-14.. Miss
Margaret Meredith was elected senior
assistant editor and HeWison Pollock
was unanimously. elected Junior assist
ant. A close race took place for the
exchange editor in which Miss Vir-
ginia Lowell of the freshmen class
won out: Houghton Harrington was
elected athletic editor. The ace for
business manager was very close be-
tween Murray Baldwin and William
Pearson. the latter winning out by a
slight majority. ~
This has been the twelfth consecu-
tive year that The Cynosure has been
published by the students and -four
splendid monthly issues hava been the
result; the annual will put in it's an
pearance on June IL: and it is without
doubt the largest and the best one aver
put out by the high school.
The annual this year has 100 pages,
thirty full page cuts and fifty seven
individual cuts Of the seniors, and
many etchings, a full page cut of the
high school building and one of the
Agassiz building which will help make
it attractive, The success of The
Cynosure this a is due to the work
of Fern Monsoon. .editor-in-chief, and
George Dixon, who has had the man
aging of It.. ,~ -, .
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-29
TRAIL BLAZERS
Are IN FARGO
SIGNS AND LETTERS ON POSTS
ABOUT CITY PLACED THERE BY
MEN WHO ARE BLAZING TRAIL
ACROSS CONTINENT FROM N, Y,
TO SEATTLE,

Fargo people have wondered and
pondered over the big red and black
letters and other signs that have been
seen today On telegraph posts and
other conspicuous spots about the
CITY,. They are signs showing part
of the official automobile trail across
the continent, which goes through the
heart of Fargo.
A. L. Meiss Of st. Paul was in the
city with his car of painters. He is
the representative of the Automobile
Trail Blazing association and is bIaz-
Ing the trail between New York and
Seattle. The trails that are being
laid across the country in every direc-
tlon by this association will make it
possible Tor a man to start from any
given point n travel to any. other
point without asking any questions.
The telephone posts and corners are
marked by. different colored signs and
there are thirteen of these trails.
AT every turn there are large letters
which tell the driver how to turn and
also marks that indicate dangerous
spots. In the larger cities official gar
ages are selected and also hotels
which are marked with the insignia of
the association.
The trail between New York and
Seattle is called the red trail and from
Fargo to New York it is marked in
such a way that no one need hesitate
to make the trip. This idea of blazing
the trails Of the country will do away
with the necessity of a touring party
carrying a route book. The book has
never been satisfactory owing to the
inaccuracies that is bound to occur
through the variation in speedometers
and a variation of one-tenth of a mile
would cause the tourist to be lost.
With the trail blazed and every turn
marked it will be an easy task to 20
to any city. The only thing that will
be necessary is to know the color
Of the trail blaze and to follow that
color.
The Wheelock garage and the Wal
dorf hotel were selected in Fargo as
the official stopping places Of the tour
ing autoists and they are being mark
ed today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-29
Tom Johnson's Advice.

Brand Whitlock in American Maya
zine: Il had gone into the mayors Of
fee feeling that l was about the most
i'll -prepared man for such a job in the
town. Naturally l had turned to Tom
Johnson, who had a tremendous repu-
tation as an executive; even his worst
enemy, as the saying is, would not
deny his wonderful executive ability.
1 went to him in sort of despair, and he
laughed and whispered: r. III
cts the simplest thing in the
world; decide every question quickly
and be right half of the time. And get
somebody who al do the work.
That's all there is to executive ability
II looked at him in amazement. He
had grown quite serious.
"'There's another thing ne added.
Don't spend too much time in
your office. A quarter of ar hour each
day is generally quite too long, unless
there are a whole lot of letters. Of
course he went on refiectively, You
can get clerks who can sign your name
better than you can"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-29

London, May Miss Frances
Roeder of New York won quick, success
in her debut at Covent Garden before
q brilliant audience when she sang the
part of Concita in The Jewels of the
Madonna. Her operatic debut has been
looked forward to with interest for
some time. -.
Miss Roeder is the daughter of ON
Of the best-known newspaper men. Her
father Gus Roeder, has long been one
of the chief investigators of the New
York World, and some of the most i'm
portant criminal stories of that news
paper which have startled the coun-
try, have been obtained by him. The
daughter has been studying in Europe
for several ears. 's-t .'r-, 49,
Though the part she undertook was
small, it was sufficient to prove she
had a. full, sweet, and flexible voice.
She has qualities of personality and
ability as an actress which will carry
her far. It is the ambition Of her father
to present her to ar American audi
ence when she has had more profess
sional experience under good training
abroad, -.- a-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-29
MISS DARL'S RECITAL.
Miss Della Dahl Gives Graduation Re-
cffal Under Auspices OF Fargo
Conservatory.

The Fargo conservatory will pre-
sent Miss Della Dahl In her gradu-
alton ~recital this evening at stones
auditorium. Miss Dahl will be assisted
by Hubert Beard, b%arytone, and Miss
Lillian Wright, accompanist, and the
Fargo College Symphony orchestra.
Miss Wright's programme is an espe-
cially pleasing n and all of her
friends and friends of the conservatory
are invited to be present.
The programme is made up of stand
ard compositions of Bach, Chopin,
Schumanr, Liszt, Tschaikowsky and
MacDoWell, and will be concluded with
Grieg's Concerto in A minor with or
chestral accompaniment.
It is as follows
Gayotte n Musette (from English
Nocturne Opus 80, No. 1.:.... Chopin
AuIscnWung .............. Schumann
Songs CAY Persian Serenade.... Colyn
CD The Sands o'Dee .......... Clay
Etude ~JaponaiSe ....... Poldini
10 Wlld Rose ........... Mcdowell
vase ,Scherzo ......... .TSchaikOwSky
Consolation No. List
Vision Fugitive ,(from H%erodiade)
Concerto in A minor (irst move
Orchestra accompaniment by Fargo
College orchestra,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-29
MAS BAN'MAN.

Proud as ah can be of nah little nigga
Jim.
Neva knowed befo' day was music
sto'ed in him;
Foun' it out by axident lest ali neva
wouldn't know.
He was alters kind o. modest, an he
wasn't much to blow,
He wasn't much at wo'kin', an he
wasn't much in school,
But when it comes to music, well, all
gaise he amt no fool.
Was deliverin' NAH washin' up to
Misses Kunnel Sweet
When ali met de Cullud Ban a-comin'
down de street.
Stopped awhile to lissen to de tunes
ah used to know;
"Gwine Back to Dixie" "SWannee Rib
ber.' "Ole Black joe
Got to thinkin' O. de Southlan', long
afore dey sot is free,
When we wo'ked among de cotton-ole
man Ike an me. !,
Nah mind was not on glory, an NAH
thoughts was not oh fame,
When de BAN KEN oun de corner, an
it started up de lane.
An dere, right in front me, comes dat
little yaller coon,
Wild a drum, mai goodness, wot look
ed bigga dan de moon:
He was leadin' all de Ban'-mah little
Honey Jim, Il.
An dey had a big buck nigga jes' to
beat de drum for him. t2
He mus be some fine player from de
favors he was shown,
All de odder ban'men he'd to play de
piece alone:
Dey's a. chicken in de oven, dey's a
pie dat's big an deep,
An dey's new straw in de bed-tick
whar nah ban'man goin' to
sleep
He kin do jest what he wants to an
ahll neva' raise a han
'Gainst nah only one relation what
was leader in de BAN
Tobias Martin Bray.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-29
RowIey's Father Dead.

Albert Webster, of the Webster
Theatrical Exchange, this morning re-
ceived a letter from Sam Rowley, the
little man with the big voice." who
has been frequently seen in this city,
which states that Mr.. Rowley, who has
been travelling in the orient, visiting
Japan, the Philippines and other plac-
es. reached Sydney, Australia, where
he went to visit his father, who was
quite i'll when he left the states sew
eral months ago. Mr.. Rowley writes
that he reached his father a few hours
before the latter passed away and he
vas glad that he reached Australia in
time to see his father alive once more.
The many friends of the actor in this
city extend their sympathy to him in
his bereavement. Mr.. Rowley expects
to return to the states in a few weeks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-29
elliott IS APPOINTED
Governor Hanna Appointed f.. S. ELL
OFT Delegate to Labor Convention
in Chicago.

E. S. Elliott, editor of The North
Dakota Advocate, the leading labor
paper of this state, has received ap-
pointment from Governor Hanna as
delegate to the American Association
for Labor Legislation, which will hold
a convention in Chicago on June 6 and
Z. This labor organization has it's
headquarters in New York city and as
its name implies, it has for it's object
uniform labor Legislation in the differ
ent states of the union.
Particular attention has been paid
by this society to the Workingmen's
compensation law. employees liability
laws and child labor laws. This APP
pointment is a special honor to Mr..
Elliott and his friends will be glad to
learn of his good fortune.