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GLYNN'S MODEST DEMAND.
Asks for $1,000 Only for Executive
Department Expenses.

ALBANY, y y. November lin the
pehef that economy should begin at home
Gov 6lynn VIII ask the legislature to ap-
propriate only .l.02o for the expenses OF
the executive department and the execu-
tive mansion for the fiscal year beginninp
October J. 1914.
During the present fiscal wear unda,
former Gov. SulZer s14I.5I7Gs; was an.
propriated- In 1912. under Gov. Dix. III.
appropriations amounted to s1O2 a!J 90
As long as am asking all other heads
of departments OK the state even officiaI !.
Of ali our institutions. to help me briun
down the expenses of the state" ths
governor said yesterday. II believe
ought to take the Initiative and show
what can be done in the pruning line in
the executive department.
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NO PRESENT DANGER
OF OHIO RIVER FLOOD
Upper MonongaheIa Valley.
However, Suffering From
Unusually High Waters.

PITTSBURGH November L. = The
Mononsahela river reached its high point
at 10 o'clock this morning-oo22 feet-and
an hour later had fallen two-tenths of a
foot. Not much change is expected By
the local weather bureau until tonight
The Allegheny river is also falling, and
for the present all fears of Il heavy flood
in the Ohio river have passed.
Heavy snowfall in the mountainous sec
ton of West Virginia. followed by an un-
usually heavy rainfall has caused the
greatest flood in twenty-five years on the
upper Monongahela. Weston and Graf
ton, W. Va. report streets inundated
Railroad tracks and business streets in
t'ayette, Pa, are under ten feet Of water
FIatboats Substitute for Hearses.
Flatboats We're used at Weston. w Va
to convey the bodies OF Charles Ward and
his son, George, to the cemetery. Father
and son were drowned last Tuesday night
According to . statement issued today
by flood commission appointed by the
Pittsburgh Chamber Of Commerce, the
loss from floods in Pittsburgh during the
past ten years was $12,UN,UU. The flood
area within the city limits is computed a,
!, J4 acres.
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Oldest Woman Resident Dies.

CHICAGO, November 11.-Chicaeo's S old
est woman resident. Mrs. Harriet E.
Sayre, ninetyfour years old, is dead at
her homo III Mont Glare, "A suburb. She
came to this city seventy-two years ago
with her parents in an oX-driven wagon.
and was the donor of Sayre Park TO the
city Mrs. Sayre' witnessed the trans
formation of Chicago from a tented vii
lage TO modern city. The house in
which her parents received friendly pro-
lection from the Indians during the out
breaks in the early hfties still stands
near her late home.
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Senator Norris Believes Act on
Statute Books Specifies
Charges.
is CALLED TO ATTENTION
OF UTILITIES COMMISSION
Suit in District Entered by Manning
& Co. Abandoned After Five
Years Litigation.

That there is an old Law on the statute
BOOKS which sets the limits for rates
charged for telephones in the District OF
Columbia. and that tile Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company is violating
this law. is the opinion Of Senator Norris
or Nebraska, expressed today after look
ing into the ma tier. Senator Norris is
the author of a resolution PASSED by the
Senate last week calling for an nvestiga-
ton of the telephone company's methods
OF business in Washington by the public
utilities commission
The law to which Senator Norris had
reference was tackled on to All appropria-
tion bill enacted into law June 80. 1898.
This law provided specifically that no
telephone company in the District Of Co
lumbla should charge in excess of $50 d
year for each telephone OH a separate
line: not in excess of $40 if there We're
two telephones on the same line: not in
excess of $50 if there were three tele-
phones on the same wire. and not in ex-
cess of Sd if there were four telephones
on the same wire
The language of this law is clear and
is not susceptible of misunderstanding.
said Senator Norris Il believe the law
is still effective and could be invoked. !
have called the attention of the public
utilities commission to this law, and also
TO case which tried in the courts
resting upon this law.
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SAILS FOR UNITED STATES.
Illness of Wife Calls Thaddeus A.
Thompson Home.

BOGOTA Colombia. November IL
Thaddeus Il. Thompson. United States
minister to Colombia, has left for Bar
rananilla to sail for New York owing
TO the illness Of his wife. Leland Har-
rison. secretary of legation. will act
as charge daffaires during his absence
and will continue the negotiations be-
tween the United States and the Colom-
bian governments in connection with the
claims of Colombia arising out of the
partition of Panama.
The Colombian congress pro-
rogued Saturday until November 30
when it will take up discussion of the
tariff and OF the petroleum and banl.
contracts recently entered into by the
Colombian government.
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RAILWAY YIELDS
AND STRIKE ENDS
Wheels Again Turning on
Southern Pacific in Texas
and Louisiana.
OFFICIALS TO MEET MEN
TO ARRANGE THE TERMS
Trouble Due to Sixty-Seven Griev-
ances, Which Unions Had
Sought to Adjust.

HOUSTON. Tex, November 1.-The
strike of operating employees of the
Southern Pacific lines in Texas and
Louisiana was ended today. when the
railroad yielded to demands of the men
to meet "a federated committee of the
four unions in the controversy. The
men were ordered to resume work i'm
mediately.
Within thirty minutes after the an
nouncement was made that the strike
had been ended idle wheels began to
turn in the Houston railroad yards.
Announcement of the settlement was
made by General Manager w. 6. Van
Week of the Sunset-Central lines here,
and was confirmed by the federated
committee of the strikers.
Idle for Three Days.
The strike. beginning November 13, at
! pm, lasted three days and 81 half.
during which not freight wheel was
moved on 2,4O0 miles of track and not
one act of violence was reported. Com
pany officials helped TO man enough,
engines TO keep about d dozen passen-
ger trains in motion.
The trouble was due to siNty-Seyen
grievances. some of them dating back
two years. and which the four unions
had been negotiating individually. These
unions, by referendum vote. decided last
week that the railroad must meet them
Jointly or they would strike.
The railroad replied that it had never
refused to try to settle the grievances.
but that * could not meet the federated
unions committee. It claimed the road $
compliance with safety regulations i'm
posed by the interstate commerce COM
mission was one Of the main causes Of
grievance.
The question Of wage was not in
voived except the firemen. for whom a
rate of 1915 was demanded in accord
ance with certain agreements.
The lines affected We're all in the
Sunset Central. or Atlantic division of
the Southern Pacific. stretching across
southern Louisiana and Texas from New
Orleans to FL Paso.
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TO ARRANGE COMPROMISE.
Premier Asquith Plans Compensation
in HOme.Rule Clause

LONDON. November 1.-THE govern
ment has decided to seek to arrange a
compromise with the opposition lead
ers in parliament on the home rule bill,
according to the Times Premier AS
quith, 1T says, within n week will make
an offer OF clause suspcnding the
operation Of the bill in Ulster for a
definite term Of years. and also will
propose TO place an additional burden
on British taApaA crs in order 10 com :
penSatc the nationalists of Ireland for
the temporary loss Of the wealth OF
Ulster,
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Restraining Injunction Sought.

The case to Which Senator Norris had
reference was that of Manning & Co., a
local concern, which soon after the enact
ment of the law of 1898 sued the tele-
phone company because it charged in ex-
cess of $50 per year. Manning & Co.
sought an injunction restraining the
telephone company from cutting off it's
service.
Legal action in the case was begun
July IA, 1S.,S. The suit was dismissed -
the District Supreme Court. but the Court
of Appeals of the District reversed the
decision of the lower court and sent the
case back to the Supreme Court, with in
structions to issue perpetual injunction
against the company.
The telephone company carried the con-
test to the United States Supreme Court
and that tribunal reversed the court Of
appeals and sent the case back to have
more evidence taken in the lower court
This occurred in Ane. 1892.
The case was again tried in the Dis
trict Supreme Court and again dismissed
there. 1t found the telephone compa ny
was furnishing two kinds Of telephones,
one the ground surface phone and the
other the metallic. the better kind the
long distance instrument The court
found that Manning 4 co. had the better
kind, and held that Congress did not in
tend the restriction in rates to apply to
any but the ordinary instrument
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Prexy Passes 85th Birthday.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. November IL
DR.. Timothy Dwight former president
OF Yale University. today passed his
eishtyiiftl birthday, still in possession
OF good health. He received many con-
sratniatory letters ana messages. lie was
graduated from Yale IN 1879. and sue
creded the late Noah Porter as president
of the university al 1856.
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Fencing Bout Proposed.

BOSTON. November IA team OF
English fencers and broadswordsmen
will come to this country next February,
for a competition against a team repre-
senting the Amateur Fencers' League, ac-
cording to an announcement made today
at the Boston Athletic Association. Ii is
eHpected that each team viii consist of
four men. Arrangements are under way
for. a series of elimination bouts TO de-
termine the makeup OF the United States
team
Evening star., 1913-11-17
AFTER MOVIE WASHERS.
New York Magistrate Serves Notes
on Future Prisoners.

NEW YORK. November 17-The dark
ness of the moving picture theaters has
proved such a cover for annoying flirta-
tions that Magistrate Campbell, in night
court last night. sentenced to the work
house for ten days young man who
'ad spoken to three young women sitting
in front of him 1T q movie show
The magistrate declared that this
moving picture mashing done under cover
of darkness in such places cannot be toll
Grated for an instant and said he would
deal severely with prisoners brought be-
fore him on such a charge
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THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate:

Met at noon.
Winston Churchill's S naval holiday
was Endorsed i'll resolution intro
duced by Senator Thomas.
Banking committee continued
work on the administration cur
rency bill.
House:
Met al noon.
Progressive Leader Murdock in
;roduced his party's anti trust bills.
adjourned at 1910 pm. without
transacting any business. until noon
Thursday.
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Each Gets a Handshake.

: Th. President greeted the women ~afil-
" and shook hands with all o. ITEM
after Mrs. Feichert and Mrs Van Win
exile had made short speeches To fiEi- tie
promised 10 consider the Question
I'VE came to ask you TO lrake suffrage
a national question, said Mrs. Felchett,
land We would like YOU TO include In
your annual message support Tor the con-
stitufional amendment now pending In
Congress We would like. too, for you to
use your efforts to have the House ap-
noint a woman suffrage committee to
push consideration OF this amendment
Il was just talking the other day, re-
turned the President. with some gentle
men from the House about the appoint
ment OF such a committee. and we have
the matter under consideration
..Oh thank YOU" chorused the women.
Mrs Van Wickle told the President that
she represented the working women OF
New Jersey. and repeated the appeal of
Nrs Faichert Both women left with him
petitions signed by large numbers OF
women. He promised TO consider them
"a refully "
Evening star., 1913-11-17
Booming John Mitchell.

Friends of John Mitchell are pooming
him for the presidency of the federation
provided Samuel Gompers does not desire
to succeed himself. III Mr. Gompers de-
cides to retire he will be offered the ed
itorship OF the American Federationist
and Il pension equivalent to his present
salary. il is said.
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Three Justices Dissent.

When the case was before the Supreme
Court of the United States three of the
juctices dissented from the action of the
majority of that court in reversing the
Court of Appeals. They We're the present
Chief Justice White. Justice Nick emma
and the late Justice Harlan.
Manning IL Co. abandoned their case.
Five years litigation at considerable ex-
pense is believed to have been the cause
Senator Norris declared today that the
courts had apparently tried in every way
to find some lOOphole by which the tele-
phone company might escape this law
and that the case certainly showed the
need of reform OF court procedure.
Many letters are being received by Sen-
ator Norris regarding the telephone com
pany and it's methods. Protest is being
made against the charges made by the
company for the removal 0 fphones and
for the removal of a phone from one
house TO anOthec.
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Withdrawal of Embassy From
Huerta's Capital Is Now
Expected.
DISMISSAL OF ALDAPE
DEFIANCE OF WILSON
Minister of Interior 0usted Because
He Advised Provisional Presi-
dents Retirement.

MEXICO CITY, November i7.-An
early severance of relations between the
United States and Mexico Is regarded
here as inevitable
None OF the newspa pers. whether
printed in English or Spanish published
more than the brefest dispatches today
touching the situation, and no indication
was given in these of the intentions OF
Washington toward Mexico
Whether the United States embassy :
IL remain or to be immediately with
drawn appears to Dc a matter OF which
Nelson 'Shaughnessy. the American
charge daffaires. himself is uncertain
The staff OF the embassy is ready 10
leave at a moments notice and little
surprise would be felt here, althoua II
much alarm would be caused. in east.
Mr.. O'Shaughnessy and his establishment
should take the evening train to Vera
cruz.
There was considera Bile gossip iii DO
Atical circles today OF further changes
in the Mexican cabinet. Gen. Aureliano
Blanquet. the minister of war. is said -
have had misunderstanding with Pres.
dent Huerta, which may cause him tc
leave his post
Evening star., 1913-11-17
Serious Loss to Cabinet.

With the departure Of Manuel Garzs
Aldape. late minister OF the interior.
foreigners here feel that the caoine.
has lost one of its most level headed
members. an official whose moderation
could be depended upon. His successor
has not Yet oesill chosen.
In the meantime, Gen. Huerta Is pre-
ceeding with his efforts 10 organize the
new congress tomorrow, regardless OF
the notice given to him by John iiEa
that serious consequences would follow
such Il step.
1t was expected today that q further
attempt would be made tais afternoon
to organize the senate, as Saturday )
effort failed. owing to the lack af a
Quorum
Unless the United states finds j
means to bring about alteration o. TIE
present plans. the first regular meet
ing OF the house viii occur Thursday )
The report was revived to-day iba,
Gen. Huerta intends 10 resign on lie
conyening OF Congress in regular ses-
sion Thursday. 1t was based on tnt
alleged declaration of Il member of tls
new chamber ,f GcpGltipS
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Report of Committee.

The report of the committee which was
presented TO-DAY. IS. in part as follows.
Thr needs of tn forestry committee
for this year seemed best mct by the
iContinued on Twelfth Pagel
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Noble and Fierce Race.

The Iinparclal TODAY refers ,ditoiiai i!y
To the organization OF the Mexican con-
:sress
1T appears" says the Iiups rciai THAI
this congress displeaSes til, Mighty Per
sOnaSe Of the White House. .ie takes "a
for slaves, whereas We belong Ia lhe noa.e
and nerce race of Circumference. the last
Aztec sovereign OF Mexico. crossed with
the blood of that other indomitable and
proud people whose monuments of glog>
rear themselves on the heights OF the
Andes.
Our grand president, Eow uncm6ai-
rassed by inrtigues. stands more fira!
than porpnyry or bronze.
a people which loses its independence
and dignity without supreme effort j.
worse than dead and merits eternal is-
nominy"
The article continues 10y saving that IN
writer cannot believe she Yankees VIII
launch upon such an insane adventure a
war with Mexico.
Gen. Huerta regards his part III the
recent exchange o. communications with
the United States as finished.
What further move may tie taken 4.
Washington Is a question which neiJhcr
the Mexicaas nor the foreigners here
ind easy one to answer. but th.re
was noticea ole today an increas ca
States would continue her nands-on
policy.
1h IS WAS not a predominatinS belief,
but those who expressed IL pointed ou,
that there was an element at Washing
ton which would be contented ~ see tiaS
federals and constituuona-ists play tnci.
own game 70 the finish, the recent talkia-s
of Juarez by the retel forces being cited
IS perhaps all encouraG enent OF such
disposition at Washington.
Evening star., 1913-11-17
Topics This Afternoon.

Al the afternoon session. which began
al o'clock, papers were presented on
..The Legislative Reference Bureau as a
Factor in State Development" by A. Z.
Sheldon, director of the Nebraska legisla-
tive referencen bureau; Charles 5. Tying
II the Commercial Club Of Salt Lake,
Utah: John A. Lapp. director Of the legis-
iative reference bureau OF Indiana. and
Henry : Green. state historian of West
Virginia The subject Of The Blue Sky In
state Development was discussed by
y. :. DaTSt. vice president of the National
Blue Sky Law Protective Association.
The subject OF state Publicity will
be taken up by the commissioners at the
session this evening \ paper will be pre-
Sented BY j. r Beal. president OF the
Michigan conservation and public welfare
commission. to he followed by a discus
sion BY various state commissioners with
motion picture films TO illustrate the talks
The meetings of the commissioners
which are being held in the gridiron
room OF the New Willard are in charge
- =. l.. Gondra OF the University OF
chairman OF the Massa chusetts fish and
came commission, vice president and
Henry \. Barker OF Providence r. l.,
secretary.
The meetings TODAY of the forestry
congress are being held III the cabinet
meetings constitute the forestry section
II the congress Henry S. Graves. chief
forester of the United States is chair
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Woman Voter Gets In.

\ California woman who had been IL
waiting to shake hands with the Presi-
dent slipped in with the New Jersey
women.
II votec Tor you. Mr.. President, she
said proudly as the President smiled.
The suffragists were about to leave the
executive Offices when they heard mat
senator Hughes OF New Jersey was III
Secretary Tumulty's office. They lnliiie-
,liateiy decided to camp al the v ME
House. until he came out While fhes
waited one Of them recognized Senator
Ollie James standing nearby ana nut
tonho ed him. He said he had not made
,,p his mind on the question.
senator j. liam Lewis also happened
along at about that time and alaiost got
in a picture which was being taken OF
the women The entire executive Offices
were searched for Senator Hughes. but
he ESCAPED in some way and the women
then began their march to the Capitol.
The delegation left for New Jersey late
afternoon.
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HOPE OF COUNTRY
IN ITS RESOURCES
Plea for Cooperation by
State and Nation in Con-
Servation Work.
SECRETARY LANE REFERS
TO CONFLICTING VIEWS
Addresses Association Commissioners
on States Rights Main Con-
vention to Open Tomorrow.

Experts in the conservation of the
including a delegation from Canada.
and many men and women distinguish
ed in public life who are allied with
the movement gathered in Washington
today from all over the continent.
Foresters, educators, legislators and
others took part in the annual meetings
and discussions of the National ASso-
citation of Conservation Commissioners
and the forestry committee of the Ma
tional Conservation Congress. which
began their sessions today at the New
Willard Hotel. as preliminaries TO the
fifth annual meeting of the conserVa-
tiou congress.
The congress. a body of 5000 delegates,
of whom more than f.aJb are in the capl-
Il! today and which is the outgrowth OF
the first conference of the governors OF
th~ states at the White House flve years
ago will begin its convention at the New
Willard tomorrow morning To-Day many
~ its members. particularly the con-
SGrvation commissioners OF the states,
listened as the first work of the great
gathering t. an address made by Secre-
,arv Lane in which he pleaded for great
authorities in the conservation OF the
country natural resources
Speaking at the opening meeting OF the
conservation commissioners this morning
Secretary Lane called attention TO the
fact taat the great difference IN the con-
ssrVation camp lies in the cOnHictlhS
opiniors rs to state rights
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Suggestion to the South.

Il nope 10 see the time. and not far
from row, when the southern states Will
become interested in the method by which
lands can be drained. There are $4,000
ufta acres III the south, overfiowed and
swamped. which. il is rot too much TO
say would be worth SS.o00,O0o,000 if IL
were drained.
There must be some way these things
can be done. the states and the federal
government acting together. II you, as
state commissioners. can work out some
way there is no doubt that YOU will get
our help here in Washington.
Air. Lane also pleaded for interest in
the Indians and the conservation of the
race which he said was the richest
single race OF people in the world. but th'
protection of whose minors estates cos
~ per cent. as against an expense Of !.
per cent for such legal work for white
children's estates.
other addresses were made before ths
National Association of Conservation Com
Tnissioners by Dr. 4. r. Van Hise, presi
dent of the University of Wisconsin,; by
DIR. George Otis Smith, director of the
geological survey: by Fl. j. Waters. presi
dent OF the Kansas State Agriculture
College: by &. r. Marbut, United States
bureau of soils. and by &. B. Wadlron OF
The department of agriculture and for
estry North Dakota Agricultural College
The selection Of committees concluded the
morning session work.
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w WEATHER.

Parib cloudy tonight and .rue,-
day: warmer Tuesday; moderate
winds. becoming south.
FuII REPORT ON PAGE SIXTEEN.
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Cites Divisions in Opinion.

1T has been said. he declared that
tie United States is divided in opinion
among Hamiltonians and Jenersonlans'
between those who believe in strong
federal government and those who beileVe
in a government more decentraized; be-
tween tn. federalists and the state rights
men But the truth is that i'll government
the test is that Of efficiency.
Now the government is not Wedded
10 any particu ar theory. but 1t Is welded
To practical tests that will work out some
thing 10 better the country We are IN
different to the agency employed 1ou
represent the states. ! represent What Is
called the central government We can
,.,-operate together'-SecretaryL Lane en-
,hasized the word "can''-'and manifest
il there can be no success unless We 40
cooperate
There was hardly state ] visited on
nv recent trip through the west IN when
some one did not visit me and plead that
the government should carry out It's ob-
li=aJions under the Cary act
If We furnish land for settlers under
that act there Is an opportunity Ior the
states to cooperate in selecting those
who are 10 turn the necessary water
upon IT, In only a few states ana l
ind a consciousness OF the respohslDil-
ity that rests on the states 10 see ina
their own obligations are carried out
I'VE are now making some practical
efforts at co-operauc'I with Tie states.
We are conducting survey or the IN
terror Of Oregon to put into effect a
practical irrigation project We are
trying 10 what water power, may
T.. developed along the Columbia river
Me are attempting to work out an Trl-
cation scheme in Washington
There are tens of thousands OF acres
there in Washington, altogether unde-
e:opad and the legislature of that state
has appropriated a certain amount OF
money as its attempt at cooperation