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Evening star., 1913-12-05
Many Pledges Received.

A large number of names came TO Mrs
Logan in the mail this morning. AM q
number Of organizations have joined il,
the campaign body. Mrs. Logan
declares that she is particularly anxious
ti:at all clubs and organizations Of tho
city should take definite stand OF the
question. Many men signed thu petition
Yesterday when Mrs. Logan went to the
dinner given al til" ''ongregat onal
church.
This morning, said Mrs. Logan. Il
talked with twenty five women in differ
ent parts Of the city. all of whom in
formed me that since the campaign start
ed they have been offered eggs at from
. TO ;, cents lower than the price which
prevailed tile day before the inaugura
ton of the campaign.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
States Miners Number 7O,321.

CHARLESTON. W. Va, December s.
Earl Henry, chief of the mine depart
nent of West Virginia. has compiled a
statement showing that there are 1O,32l
men employed in the states mining in
dustry. OF this number 32.612 are Amer
leans, 14oo0 are negroes and 23. 700 are
foreigners. of whom the majority are
Italians.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
PRESIDENT HAS THE GRIP.
Ordered to Remain in Bed Again
Today-Engagements Cancelled.

President Wilson has the grip. His
cold is in his nose and throat and his
physician, DIR. Cary T. Grayson, L. S. N,
has ordered the President to remain III
bed again today. Engagements were
Cancelled and the President will be con-
fined to his room tomorrow and possibly
Sunday. No engagements were made for
earlier than Monday.
Secretary Tumulty said today that
while the President had a little fever.
his illness was yielding TO trea trnent and
he would be out again in few days.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Looi. W.. Has 100000 Fire.

SENECA FALLS, N. Y, December 8
Fire believed to have been started bv
an incepdiary early today wiped out
the business section of Lodi, a town
in the southern end of Seneca county
The loss is about 100000. The village
library and the Masonic temple were
among the structures destroyed.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Widow Gets Hearn's Art Collection.

NEW YORK. December o.-George =
Hearn. the millionaire merchant who
died recently. did not leave his art treas
ures TO the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
as had been predicted. In his viii. filed
for probate today. the collection goes I'd
the widow, with the provision that IL be
sold on her death.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Mansion Is Destroyed.

LONDON. December THE threat ~
the militant suffragettes to resort TO vio-
lent methods of revenge for the arrest OF
their general. Mrs. Emnelin. Pankhurst
MAS put into effect this morning with the
destruction of mansion at NemNSs
Bay. Scotland. several attempts 10 de-
stroN letters by pouring acid into maA
boxes here. and numerous isolated cases
OF window smashing. Moreover. II W3S
stated the women had 4 plan to do some
thing sensational within the next twenty
four hours. ami tho police every where
kept strict watch.
In the meantime Mrs. Pankhurst re-
manned in Exeter jail, the authorities
not having decided TO remove her to
Haliau..r
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Travellers Indignant.

Passengers on the Majestic. on which
Mrs. Panh. ..urst made the voyage across
the Atlantic, told today of the indigna-
ton of tic travellers at being detained
for over an hour IN Plymouth harbor ia
order to enabl,. the police t. outwit tho
siIffragettes who planned to rescue Mrs.
Panllhursi. .As one American put II. Nj
this to arrest one little woman.
The English press also is inclined TO
snear at the elaborate police plans. Th.
Manchester Guardian remarks: There
Was an absurd disproportion between tho
actual danger Of disorder OF rescue ana
the plans of the authorities.
The Westminster Gazette says. 1t is
absurd to describe the arrest Of Mrs.
Pankhurst as a triumph for the police
Evening star., 1913-12-05
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
House,:
Met at noon

Met AT HUUH-
Rejected a resolution of inquiry
regarding Postmaster Generals
permission of mailing of game
birds.
Good roads committee agreed to
begin hearings on many federal
aid bills Monday.
Passed resolution extending to
February ] time for classification
OF surface lands of Chicka saw and
C'hoctaw nations.
Authorized Chairman Garrett of
the lobby committee to read his
report Tuesday.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
MILITANT LEADER
COLLAPSES IN JA|L
Mrs. PankhurSt Goes on Both
Hunger and Thirst
Strike.
SUFFRAGETTES RESORT
TO VIOLENT METHODS
Take Revenge for Generals Arrest
by Burning and Smash
ing Property

EXETER. England. December Mrs
EInneline Pankhurst. the suffragette lead
CT. is said today to he in q state of coll
lapse in iail here. having started both =
hunger and thirst strike since her arrest
on board the Majestic yesterday.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
CONVENTION PROBLEM
PUZZLES REPUBLICANS
Monder How Wilson's Sugges-
tions Will Affect Future
Course.

Republicans. progressive and regular,
Who were looking forward to the meet
ing of the republican national committee
here. December Ii, TO call a national by
convention to reform the rules of repre-
sentation in nominating conventions are
i'll 4 quandary
They are wondering what effect Presi-
dent Wilson'S interjection of the primary
question-cnoosng of presidential canJi-
dates by direct primaries-may have upon
the future course of the parties toward
national conventions. Several republican
senators interested in the coming meeting
of the committee said today they We're
uncertain whether the opening of the
primary question may not cause post
ponement by the calling of the hy-con-
vention until it is seen whether Congress
is to revolutioniZe the method of nomi-
mating presidential candidates.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Burned Old Market, Is Charge.

~ District official" lie said, told nc
that il was an open charge that the Of
ficiais of the new market company burned
down the old market So that tho stall
masters would have 10 come to them and
paw rent. lie also said that the original
rent for the market space was ny law
$4,000. but that il had been reduced. not
By acts of Congress. to $500, which the
District receives: and that the National
Guard of the District OF Columbia pays to
the market company Ss,po a year for
rent in the market building.
The market company has given itself
about s1o0.Ooo in that way
II <have heard said Representative
o'Lears- Of New York that the stall
rents III tae Washington market are en-
orbitant. and in addition The stall masters
have to purchase certain things from
certain people, or get out" The COM
mttee voted unanimously to report the
bill, and il probably will be on the calen-
dar in time for District day.
Discussing the bill to exempt liquor
license fees etc. from the half-and- half
plan, Representative johnson explained
why he had introduced the measure.
In brief. his reason Is that III the mat
ter of liquor licenses the District gets
p thousand dollars for each barroom.
cafe, etc, and that the United States
gets s25 as II revenue tax. Then the
United States puts up $1,000 under the
organic act and half-and-half plan.
Mr.. Johnson said:
u. S. Substituting Liquor Sale.
In this way. deductins the So which
the United States gets as an Internal
revenue tax. the federal government is
subsidizing the sale of liquor in the D.s
trict Of Columbia to the extent of 1913
for each license
The Highway bridge, government
structure, gives half cent from each
passenger The District gets half of that.
said Chairman Johnson, and treats it as
a revenue "and compels the United States
To double il. In my bill" he continued.
lit is arranged that the District of CO.
lrmbia sha not treat such gifts as that
as revenue.
The fish wharf receipts are In the same
class h. said.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
PROBING Y.M.C.A. FUNDS|
Shortage of Nearly $4,000
May Be Due to DetaIcation
Of E,npIoye. 1t Is said.

An investigation is being made Of the
finances of the Y. NJ. {. a. 10 ascertain
what has become of a sum, believed to
be inside of $4,000. said to be missing
from the Y. NJ. c. \. funds, accoI diu s
TO statement this afternoon by Will
liam Knowles Cooper, general secretary
of the association.
committee OF three. consisting of
John b. Larner, Henry r. L. Mac
farland and Mr. Cooper. is now pre-
pairing statement in regard TO the
missing funds, which, Mr.. Cooper to,'dy
declared, may turn out to be the result
of defaication by an employc of the
y. NJ. G. a.
No Arrests Yet Made
No arrest of the employe in question
has yet been made, but Mr.. Cooper said
that is in contemplation. Mr.. Cooper
further stated however, that the sources
from which the missing money came are
numerous that the absence of many of
the items of cash may be possible of ex-
planaton by the employe whose account
ing is being investigated
The employe is understood to be in ill
health. He has been with the Y. NJ. G.
A. organization for some time.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Central RESERVE BANK
ADVOCATED BY WEEKS
Senator Opposes Great Num-
ber of Regional InSti-
tuti0nS.
Many Wise and Sound Provisions in
Pending Bill, He
Declares.

Strongly advocating the establishment
of a central reserve bank, Senator Weeks
of Massachusetts today addressed the
Senate on the currency bill. He said.
however that as the democratic plat
form had declared against the central
bank. he knew that 1t would be impos-
sible to get legislation of that kind He
urged that if there were to be a number
of regional reserve banks the smallest
possible number be adopted.
Senator Weeks referred TO the action OF
the Baltimore convention in condemning
the report of the national monetary com
mission. which provided for central
bank
Too much reliance must not be placed
on its having been condemned by the
Baltimore convention said Senator
Weeks. for it Is well known that all
democratic platforms in recent years
have been dominated by one whose
financial theories have been unqualitiedly
whenever the people have had
q chance to pass on them at the polls
Senator Weeks referred TO Secretary OF
State Bryan.
Evening star., 1913-12-05

Dip lines, or over 1S columns,
which is more than two pages
of advertising greater than all
the other papers combined.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Johnson's Bill Against Wash
ington Company Ordered
Reported With 0. K.
SEVERE IN DENUNCIATION
OF ORIGIN OF THE FIRM
District Committee Chairman
Measure May Be Debated In
House Monday.

The bill of Chairman Johnson OF the
House District committee 10 repeal the
charter Of the Washington Market Conn
pany and turn the title OF the property
back to the United States was today or
dered favoraly reported To tn" House,
to be taken up probably next Monday,
District day. for debate on the floor. This
was the first bill 10 leave the District
committee at this Congress, the commit
tee holding u meeting today.
1T also was voted 10 order "A Favorable
report on Representative Johnson's bill
to prevent the District from treating as
i, revenue TO he matched by federal
moneys liduor licenses. highway bridge
receipts, fish wharf receipts. and an
amendment Will be added to the bill in
GLIDING receipts or license moneys DO
tanned from any property i'll the District
in which the United States has in
terest.
The committee started off with its
sleeves rolled up, ready for business.
Because il was pointed out that much
legislation lay before il, the committee
changed the meeting day from Friday a
- o'clock am. t. Tuesday ut o'clock
Nay Be Taken Up Monday.
- 7 ia tFaGal Johnson CNpi3ine1 TO the
committee that the calendar has on it
already tho Prouty resolution to pay
back to the Tinted States about Si,W3,1o
advanced by the United states to pay the
interest on the funded debt. 1t is pos
sibIe that this resolution will be taken
UP ON District day-neXt Monday. Rep-
resentative ProutN predicted hight in
the House before the resolution Is
adopted.
WHY a light asked Representative
tiorruan of New York.
because of an objection to paying
honest debts" said Representative john
son
The District auditor adults this money
is due he continued but Will raise The
question Of whether the District should
pay it all or whether the federal govern
ment should pay half of a debt coming u
itself Chairman Johnson also said that
the expert accountant of the conmittec
would soon bring In other figures showing
perhaps a million more dollars due to the
United States from the District of Co.
lumbia.
Mr.. Johnson was severe in his denun-
citation of the origin of the Washington
Market Company when his bill to repeal
that charter was under discussion.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Division of Opinion.

Some were of the opinion that if the
plan of primary nominations is put into
effect there will be no need of calling the
convention to change the rules. Others
thought, however, that there should be IL
change in the method of choosing dele
gates, even to the convention which is to
make the platform and transact other
routine business.
The question will be thlashed oct b,
the national committee at its coming
meeting Unuues-ionabl there is strong
disposition among many committeeman
to obviate the calling of u by-convention,
if possible.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Assistant District Commissioner.

He was assistant to the Engineer Com
missioner of the District of Columbia
until February, 1901. lie then took
charge OF river and harbor work On
Lake Superior, remaining there until!
June, 1905. He was then detailed with
the general staff of the army in Nav.
1903. and with the exception OF a few
months he remained on duty with the
general staff until March. 1907.
He was serving in Cuba OH the general
staff as chief OF the military information
division IT the time of the disturbance
there in 1905 and was appointed TO duty
on the Isthmus of Panama while stil,
on the island in February. 1907 He was
promoted TO the rank of lieutenant col
onel April IL, 1893.
Col. Gaillard was a member of the
National Geographic Society. the Hugue-
not Society OF Charleston. s. c., and the
University Club in Panama. He was
author of Wave Action in Relation to
Engineering Structures" published in
1904
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Mr.. Williams Is Sustained.

Secretary McAdoo fully sustains all
That was dorc by Assistant Secretary
Williams. Who in charge Of tue de-
tails of the WoriS leading up to the alb
sorption OF one bnuking institution by an
other. Mr.. Nc.sduc. il is stated, is per
fectlv willing that ther. should be an in
yestigation of tGe entire matter. lie
stands. it i said. on the law and the
right TO care for many dcpositors and
has nothing to do with tine various per-
sonsI elements entering into the affair il
is claimed
Secretary NcAdoo last night issued the
Following statement:
The publications. in New York news
paper concerning the action Of the Treas
ury Department with respect to the ac-
quisition Of the nited States Trust Com
pany by the Munsey Trust Company are
fun Of falsehood and innuendo, and are
without the shadow of possible justitica
tion. The source of these publications j.
known to and thoroughly discredited ny
til, department.
THE Secretary said that he had not
card. until these publications appeared.
tasst an investigation of the local bdnkin z
situation by Congress was contemplated
but il il be true. the Secretary said he
would welcome such an invest. CATION. II
eouId not. he said, fail TO disclose the
complete falsity Of the publica tions in
question, and emphasize the wisdom of
the department III having saved, by ills
prompt action. a large number OF iuno-
cent depositors from threatened losses.
This was the only thing in the local
financial situation which was caus ng
concern. IL was an Inheritance I! ON the
p!erious administration. Through the ar
ranSements consummated. AMI the de-
partment's opportunc action. the disturb
ing elements have been entirely elm
Iu.tted
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Wants Available Reserves.

What we should aim 10 do is 10 get all
of the reserves of the country where they
will be available in protecting business in
terests without causing serious trouble in
reserve centers. To do this l believe that
IL would be best TO have one reserve bank.
irto which all reserves other than those
held in a banks own vaults should be de-
posfted. and from which supply assist
ance could be diverted wherever needed.
while I believe that any number over
one will weaken the system. ! am Well
aware that ii the banks 10 be established
are connected so that the reserves OF one
max be readily transferred TO another.
one Of the objections 10 a number will be
greatly lessened.
The Hitchcock committee has decided
IN four. very largely because there are
three central reserve cities. and II . re-
serve bank is established in each one OF
these the ordinary course OF banking
will not I'm any way be
disturbed: and it seemed TO the committee
that one should be established on the Pa
citic coast to care for the needs of that
great and developing section.
Evening star., 1913-12-05

BALTIMORE, December J.-I-ieut. Col.
David Du Bose GaiIlard L. S. A., who di-
rected the engineering work in the Gu
Zebra cut division of the Panama canal.
died at Johns Hopkins Hospital here
today.
Col. t;aiIIard had been Il patient AT the
hospital since August II last. suffering,
fCom growth in the head, the result Of
seven years arduous labor i'm the tropi-
cal climate of the canal zone. lie failed
gradually but steadily. and for the last
two months had been i'll state of coma,
due ~ the pressure of the cranial growth
upon the brain cells. The physicians de-
cided some time ago that an operation
was useless and might hasten his death.
Leaves Wife and Son.
lie leaves a wife and son. Lieut..
Gallard, Y. :. \. Both We're at the
bedside when III. end came
\ bill! was Introduced in Congress last
month promoting hin IT, the rank Of
colonel in recognition of his distinguished
services which cuiIninated in the great
engineering feat IN the Cuebra section
OF the Panama canal When Cuehra cut
was flooded by tile blasting Of Gamboa
dixie October IL col. Gailard lay uncon-
scious in his bed at the hospital in Bal
timore.
Col. Gsilard's work on th.. Culebra cut
as stupendous. and yet Col Gail
lard performed his duties as quietly
and clearsiShtedly though en-
gagged upon mere trifie of every
erous clay sliding upon slippery soap
stone, intruded Itself upon the work.
making il necessary 10 remove hundreds
of thousands additional cubic yards of
dirt. lie regarded the extra labor as a
mere incident, in no wise affecting the
ultimate accomplishment OF the task To
which he was set lie Internationally
sholeied the clay objections out of the
WAY. much as the householder shovelS
d snowside from his sidewalk. and went
about his business of cutting the back
bone of Culebra.
Native of South Carolina
David Du Bose Gaslard was born i'll
Fulton, Sumter county. :. C.. September
!. 1859 the son Of Samuel Isaac and
Susan Richardson Du Bose, Gail.ard
His education began III the South Carolina
private schools. and Was academically
finished at West Point. where he Was
graduated in 1881. Then followed two ana
half years at the Engineer School OF
Application. From there he went as as
sistant river and harbor and fortifica-
tion work i'm the Florida district fer over
four years. From February 1892 to De-
cember. 1894. he was i commissioner on
the Mexican boundary survey. In 1895
he was fortiiication work at Fort
Monroe, Va.
Early III 1925 he took charge OF the
Washington aqueduct and raised the dam
at Great Falls across the Potomac river
and remained on that duty until the out
break of the war with Spain in Nav
| 1898. when ne was appointed colonel OF
i 81 tafE Nnly
which served in the United States and
| Cuba IA 1895 and 1889 Then for four
months he was Setailed to design the sub
structures for the gatehouses on the new
| aqueduct tunnel TO the filtration plant
| in Washington.
Assistant District Commissioner.
! He was assistant to the Engineer Com
| missioner of the District of Columbia
| until February, 1901. lie then took
| charge OF river and harbor work On
| Lake Superior, remaining there until!
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Shop Early

The golden shopping hours are
from $50 am. until noon.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Article in the Tribune.

he article which was published in
The New York Tribune :. ednesday morn
lug and which mas caused the troubles
now being considered by the Police Court
and has evoked the statement Just issued
y Secretary McAdoo. set forth first that
there was a probability of AN investiga-
zion by Congress OF the facts connected
with the absorption by the Munsey Trust
Company Of the United States Trust
Company.
II raised the question whether ,ho
transaction mad been facilitated bv tbe
relationship between John Shelton VIII
lIams, assistant secretary of the Treas
ury, and X. Lancaster Williams ) nj
rector OF the Munsey Trust Connany
who are brothers. IL asked whether me
assistant secretary had uumiliated a ma
ticndl bank examiner and practicaIlx.
oyerruled the acting coutroIIer 81 81
Treasury who had recommended the
closing Of tie United States Trust Corr,
Tany on ground oi an impairment
of its capital.
The T ibune stated the circumstances
preceding the absorption OF the United
States Trust Company by the Nunsey
company, following an examination OF the
affairs OF the former corporation by Bank
Examiner Goodhart OF the Treasury. :
meeting of local bankers and the acting
controller was held and il was proposad
that the former take over the assets Of
the affected company and qua -an,ee the
depoSiters. Means for supplying cur
rency from the Treasury 10 meet tbe
emergency were discussed
The examiner reported large lunair.
mert The Tribunes article states that
the next morning Assistant Secretary vii.
Hams oyerruied the acting control er and
criticised the examiner. Then came the
quiet withdrawal of deposits by those
who had learned Of the condition OF IN.
bank. followed quickly by short after.
noon run.
That evening the eleven members
OF the clearing house We're still pre-
pared 10 take steps to protect the de-
positors. when Frank A. Munsey ap-
peared In Washington. and at 10 pm. il
was announced by stuart Olivier. or
behalf OF Mr.. Munsey that the Munsey
Trust Company has acquired the as
sets and deposits OF the United States
Trust Company. guaranteeing to return
70 the stockholders anything left afte.
paving of the depositors"
Between ] ana . m, the Tribune story
cpnt!gues. the local bankers We're called
into session and informed thar ths
United States Treasury would advance q
d4posi. Of 81 100000 with which to rneet
the demands OF the depositors OF tn
CONTINUED on Second PaSe)
Evening star., 1913-12-05
Favors Legislation.

While criticising any undue haste in the
enactment of the currency law. Senator
Weeks declared that he was in favor OF
currency legislation. and that he con-
sidered the pending bill contains many
sound and wise provisions. which. il en-
acted into law would be better than tho
existing law. He praised the Senate COM
mittee on banking and currency for In
sisting upon full consideration OF the bill
NO member of the Senate banking and
currency committee would vote for the
House bill as il came 10 the Senate with
out material amendment, said Senator
Weeks Either one or the bills reported
from the committee is materially better
than the bill AS il came from the House
! think that the Hitchcock bill. TO which
nv name is attached, has many features
which are SUPERIOR To those i'm the other.
Evening star., 1913-12-05
WEATHER.

Fair and slightly cooler to-
night; Saturday partly cloudy;
moderate northwest winds.
FULL REPORT PAGE TWENTY-oNE.