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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
DEATH SENTENCE STANDS. .
But Governor Will Investigate in
Case of William A. Dorr.

BOSTON. March 1.-THE state board
of parole refused today to interfere in
the case of William A. Dorr of Stockton,
Cal, who is sentenced to die next week
for the murder of George E. Marsh Of
I,ynn The vote was three to two.
Gov. Walsh announced that because of
the closeness Of the vote he would not
accept the decision of the board until he
had made further investigation.
Unless the governor acts Dorr will be
executed next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
THE DAY IN CONGRESS,
Senate:

Met al noon.
Senator Salisbury offered bill to
have government purchase Chesa-
peake and Delaware canal
Senator Tillnlan's directions for
physical exercises were read to
the Senate /.
House:
Met at noon.
Debated pension bills and river
and harbor appropriations.
judiciary committee conferred on
the report on the McDermott
charges in the lobby investigation.
Interstate commerce committee
took testimony in favor Of authoriz-
ing price fixing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
March Out in Good Order as
College Hall Is Destroyed
by Flames.
AROUSED FROM SLEEP,
$50 ESCAPE UNHARMED
Burned Structure Most Pretentious
of the College Group, Val
ued at 81, 100000.

WELLESLEY. Mass, March 1.-Two
hundred and fifty Wellesley students and
1c0 othe" persons. including members of
the faculty and servants. fled for their
lives early today when fire destroyed Col
lege Hall, the largest and most preten-
tious of the buildings in the college
group. No one was injured. The loss is
estimated at 81 100000. .......
The college sessions have been tempo
rarily suspended and special trains were
made up to take the girls TO their homes.
Practically all of those who had rooms in
the building lost their personal posses
sions and clothing.
The superb behavior Of the young wom-
en- probably prevented heavy loss of life
or injury to many who groped their way
through smoke-filled halls and down
stairways and fire escapes to safety.
Occupied Commanding Site.
College Hall had commanding site on
a hill just east of Lake Waban. The
corner stone was laid in 1871. The building
was of brick and stone with an interior
of wooden fittings. 1t was five stories
high, with floor space of 500 by 120
feet.
The building was divided into dormi-
tories, administrative offices and quarters
for servants. Three hundred and fifty
persons slept there last night-250 stu
dents. so members of the faculty and 81
maids employed by the faculty and stu
dents.
Miss Charlotte Donnell of Wiscasset,
Me-, and Miss Virginia Moffat of Orange,
n. j.. both seniors. We're the heroines OF
the fire. They occupied rooms on the
third floor, under the laboratory, where
the fire originated. supposedly from spon-
taneous combustion. Their rooms faced
in the court around which the building
was constructed. and the glare of the
flames aroused them. Miss Moffat saw
a bright light reflected on the transom
over her door. and springing from her
bed rushed into the hall, where she met
Miss Donnell.
"There is a fire." she cried.
Miss Donnell replied: Tll ring the f1re
alarm, while you call the girls"
Suiting action to word, Miss Donnell
ran down q fight of stairs and started the
fire gong on the second door Miss MOI
fat hurried along the halls pounding on
every door She did not yell fire." but
commanded: Put on your wraps QUICK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
One Killed; Three Hurt in Crash

WASHINGTON. Pa. March 1I-One
trainman was killed and three others
We're hurt probably fatally when a
, freight engine ON the Baltimore and
OHIO railroad jumped the track and
crashed into the West Washington sta
ton near here early today The injured
are hurt 50 badly that ii is not believed
they will survive the day j. T. kinsley
OF Benwood. W. Va. was killed in
stantiy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
2,493 Idle Men in Jersey City.

JERSEY CITY. n. J., March IA
police canvass shows 249s men are out
of work in this city. The figures were
mailed today to the United States COM
mission on industrial relations in reply
to an inquiry sent out by the commits
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
Harvard Has $50, 900 Deficit.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 17.-Not-
withstanding an income Of So, ,727, ,s77, Har-
ward University last year spent more than
it received. The annual report Of Charles
Francis Adams, I'd. treasurer, shows a
deficit of nearly $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
Edward S. Holden Dead.

WEST POINT, n. Y. March 17.-Dr Ed
ward s. Holden. famous as an astrono-
mer. scientist and educator. and librarian
of the United States Military Academy
since 1902 died here yesterday at the age
of sixty-eight. , -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
J0HNSON-PROUTY
PLAN IS ADOPTED
Ordered FavorabIy Reported
to the House by District
Committee.
A LEGISLATIVE CRISIS IS
EXPECTED NEXT MONDAY
Mem bers Will Then Have to Decide
Between George System and
Ideas He Opposes.

The Johnson -Prouty plan to levy taxes
on real estate, personal property, tangi-
Bile and intangible. all at the Same rate.
with the expectation of raising $l4.OOoOOa
where but half of that is now collected
was ordered favorably reported to the
House by majority OF the District
committee members today. and will he
in shape for the next District day, Mon
day. March %.
On that day. assuming the George bill
with its Johnson Prouty amendments will
be taken up for discussion. will occur =
legislative crisis in District affairs, as
the House will have to decide on the
question of whether it will support Repre-
sentative George and his carefully
planned system Of real estate taxation,
or Representatives Johnson and Prouty
and the more hastily devised system
which Will tax everything in sight. and
which has been characterized by Repre-
sentative George as an indirect method of
attack against the half and half plan.
How Members Voted.
The vote for the Johnson Prouty plan
today was as follows: Caraway. Hart
Thompson. Claypool. Cary, Prouty. Mapes
and johnson.
Against it Were Representatives George.
Igoe, Crosser. Walin and Walters.
Absent from the committee room were
Representatives Aiken. German. OLeary,
Reed l. Eugle, WiIrslow and keister.
The bill will be officially known as the
George bill for assessment and taxation
but the Prouty-Johnson amendments rob
it Of the character which Representative
George wrote into II.
Representative Prouty Will write u.
majority report on the amended bill.
while Representative George will write a
minority report.
Representative George will offer amend
ments to the bill providing for com
mission to investigate the fiscal relations
between the United States and the DIS
trict of Columbia, for the purpose "f
establishing the fact that Representative
Prouty's ideas on the subject and neces-
sity for a personal property tax are
wrong, and Representative Prouty Will
retaliate probably with an amendment To
establish an Investigation looking toward
the establishment of different form OF
| government In the District of Columbia.
Would Change Municipal Life.
Representative Prouty believes that
| the national capital should have g. mu-
nicipal life exactly the same as other
cities, and should not receive financial
aid from the United tSates.
The District committee met today to
make the George bill conform to the
recen amendments taxing all sorts OF
property at a fixed rate. not less than
rs mills to dollar At the conclusion
of the adoption of the various slight
amendments necessary all through the
bill the committee voted to report the
measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
Speaker Heartily Received.

\ hearty reception was accorded the
speaker The occasion for the gathering
was a piano recital by George Alexander
Mosshart, which was followed by tea.
Among those present were Mrs. Ray
mond b. Morgan, Misses Nina +. Allen,
Helen Anderson, Alice c. Atwood. Mar
garet Bayly. Angie NJ. Beckwith,
Heloise Brainerd and Jessie ]. Brainerd.
Mrs. Alberta W. Brown. Mrs. Albert b.
Bushnell, Misses Vera h. Charles, Ma
bel Colcord. Lulu f. Conner. Emily S.
Cook Carrie NJ. Davis, Cora K. Dun
nells, Cora L. Feldkamp. Stella r. Fox.
Helen N. Gary, Malina A. Gilkey, Mary
A. Hartwell. Emma B. Hawks. Flor
ence A. Hill. Bertha c. Hite, L. 3. Hol-
brook. Cora Jacobs, DIR. Anna NJ.
Ketcham. Mrs. J. A. LIE Clerc, Miss
Katherine H. McReynolds, Mrs. Haven
Metcalf, Miss Emma S. Miller, Mrs. Ag-
mes Nourse. Misses Anna Pierce and
H Juli Pitman. Mrs. Malcolm Price.
Mrs. Willis Rice Miss Helen Silliman,
Miss Emma F. Shrine. Mrs. Mary Cor
don Slarrow, Miss Marion z. Stover
Mrs. L. b. Swormstedt Mrs. Thompson
F.. E. Throckmorton. Hannah l.. Wess-
ling. Helen d. Wise and Gertrude Lee
Woodin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
WEATHER.

Fair tonight; Wednesday unset
tied and colder, probably rain;
moderate variable winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE EIGHTEEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17
Minister'S Third Wife.

prison told her she was to be put in a
col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-17

About every one in Washing
ton who reads at all reads Tho
Star.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02
Two Standard Cigars

Those two Standard brands Of
smokes, the Palencia at a bit and ;he
Regencia at cents, distributed BY
Boltz, Clymer & Co., of San Fran
cisco, are on sale in Carson at Kitz
meyers, Mrs. Raftice's, Vaughn
Smokey, Bakers, Kelly & Lindsay
and Shoots. Ask for no other i
you want the best on the market.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02
Automobile Supplies

The Capitol Garage and Engineer
ing company has taken the Carson
agency for the Columbia Hot Spark
battery, something new and eff
cient. A complete stock OF inner
tubes, Goodrich castings, tires and
general auto supplies. Garage open
at all hours. Main street, opposite
the Arlington. aIN-tf
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02
Carloads of Coal

are here, some Of which ought to
be in your cellar You may have a
warm heart, but what your family
wants as we'll as warm house. Be
good now and order coal today. Bet
er pay us for coal than the doctor
. cure pneumonia or some other
disease
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02
County Commissioners
GOLCONDA, NEW.


The board of county commission
ers of Ormsby county will hold their
regular monthly meeting on Monday.
November 2, 1914, at the county
court house. Persons holding claims
against the county are requested to
have them on file before that date.
E. O. PATTERSON, Clerk.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02

PAxTON'S-For everything of the
best in wines. liquors and cigars
An excellent box ball alley iot
sport and recreation. Drop in anJ
time and roll game. Courteous
treatment and good service.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02
Phone Your Orders

w. b. Yates has opened a plumb
ing and steamhtting establishment
on the west side of Carson street,
opposite the capitol building. Shop
phone, 14ll; residence phone, 1913.
s16-ti
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02
Woodl Woodi

One hundred cords of good dry
wood from 81 to 50 per cord deliv-
cred Phone your order to H. c.
kattlemans seed yard. l8-ti
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02

Everything frst-class at the Sac
ramento saloon. Drsp in, get ac-i
quainted and ask for anytkinx yeus
want. #
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02
Millinery and Dress Goods

Our full line OF coats. suits, dresses
and millinery has arrived and is now
on display. Mrs. Sweetland, liz W..
Second street. s22-.f
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02

Don't bother your neighbor Sab.
scribe for the Appeal.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-11-02

Candies and swee's o. numerous
varities are amde fresh daily a,
Bakers Candy Factor. Drop in and
take box home to he ladies and
Riddles. SIS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
The Real Romance of Jefferson Davis

he was in no condition physically To- re-
siSt disease.
The damp walls. the coarse food. the
loss Of sleep caused by the tramp of
sentinels inside his room, outside and on
the roof over his head and the steady
blaze of lamp in his eyes at night
within forty-eight hours had completed
his prostration.
But his jailers Were not content.
On May % Capt. Titlow entered mis-
cell with two blacksmths bearing "A pair
of heavy leg irons coupled together by
"A ponderous chain.
Il am sorry to inform you, sir" the
polite young officer began, that have
been ordered To put you in irons
Has Gen. Miles given that order"
He has
Il wish to see him at once please"
My orders are p"remptory"
You shall nOt inilict on me ana on
my people through me his insult worse
than death. viii not submit 10 it,"
Il sincerely trust. sir" the Captain
urged kindly, that You will not compel
me 10 use force
II am gentleman and a soldier, Capt.
Ti.low,' was the s,crn answer. Il know
how to die -" he paused and pointed
1" the sentinel who stood ready. Let
your men shoot me at onCe--I will not
submit 20 this outrage"
The prisoner backed away with his
HAND on a chair and stood waiting.
The Captain turned 10 his black
smiths:
"Do your duty; put them on him"
As the workman bent with his chain
Davis hurled him to he. other side Of
the cell and lifted his chair,
The sen Incl cooked and lowered his
musket, advancing on the prisoner who
met him defiantly with barred breast
The Captain sprang between them.
"Put down your gun. I'll civ" you
orders TO fire when necessary"
He turned To the officer at he door.
Bring in four of your strongest men
-unarmed--you understand"
Yes, cir ----'
The men entered, sprang on their
helpless victim, bore him to the floor,
p.nudA him down with their heavy
bodies and held him securely while the
blacksmith rivctcd the chains ON one
leg and fastened the clasp ON the other
with heavy paddock.
His TALLER persisted in denying him
the most innocent books to read. He
asked the doctor to get for him n pos
sihle the geology or the botany Of The
South, Gen. Miles thought them dan
Geruus subjects Al least the names
sounded reasonable. He denied the re-
quest.
The prisoner asked for his trunk and
clothes. Miles decided to keep them in
his own office and dole out the linen by
his own standards nf need
Davis turned to his physician with a
flash Of anger.
IT'S contemplate that they should
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thus dole out my clothes as If were
convict In some penitentiary. They
mean To degrade me. 1t can't be done.
No man can he degraded by unmerited
insult heaped upon the helpless. Such
acts can only degrade their perpetrators.
The day will come when the people will
blush at the mern(fy of such treat
ment--"
At last the loss of sleep proved be-
yond his endurance. He had tried to
fight it out, but gave up in a burst of
passionate protest to Or. Craven. The
sight of his eyes was failing. The hor-
ror Of blindness chilled his soul.
MY treatment here" he began with
an effort at restraint, lis killing me by
inches. Let them make shorter work
Of it, I can't sleep. No man can live
without sleep. My jallers know this.
| am never alone a moment always the
eye Of "A guard staring at me day and
night. If | doZe a feverish moment the
noise Of the relieving guard each two
hours wakes me and the blazing lamp
pours it's glare into my aching, throb-
bling eyes. There must be a change or
| shall go mad or blind or both"
He paused "A moment and lifted his
hollow face to the physician pathetically
"HaVo YOU ever been conscious of be-
ing watched? OF having an eye fixed
on YOU every moment, scrutinzing your
smallest aC,, the change of the muscles
of your face or thu pose of your body?
To have a human eye rlNeted on your
every movement, waking, sleeping, sit
ting walking, Is "A refinement Of torture
never dreamed Of by a Comanche In
dian-it is the eye Of a spy or an enemy
gluating over the pain and humiliation
which 1t creates. The lamp burning in
my eyes is a form of torment devised by
some one who knew my habit of life
never to sleep except in total darkness.
When ! took old Black Hawk, the In
dian chief, a captive to our barracks at
81. Louis I shielded him from the vulgar
gaze of the curious. ] have lived too
long in the woods to be frightened by
an owl and I've seen death too often to
finch at any form of pain-but this tor
ture of being forever watched is begin
ming To prey on my reason
The Doctors report that day was
written in plain English
81 find Mr. Davis in very critical
state, his nervous debility extreme, his
mind respondent, his appetite gone.
complexion livld and pulse denotng deep
prostration of all vital energies. ! am
alarmed and anxious over The RESPONSE
blity of my position, II he should die
in prison without trial subject tn such
seventies as have beer Inflicted on his
attenuated frame the world VIII form
conclusions and with enough color to
pass them into history"
DR.. Craven was getting too trouble
some. Gen. Miles dismissed him ana
called in DR.. George Cooper, physician
whose political opinions were snppost31
TO be sounqer.
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Continued from rum Page,

lie made his way successfully to Eng
land and won fame and fortune in the
uld World.
On hearing that the Federal cavalry
were securing the country Breckenridge
and Reagan proposed that Davis dis
guise himself in a soldiers clothes, n
wool hat and brogan shoes, take one
man with him and go to the coast Of
Florida, ship to Cuba.
His reply was firm.
Il shall not leave Southern soil while
a Confederate regiment is on ii. Kirby
Smith has an army Of $4,000 men. He
has not surrendered. Gen. Hampton
will cut his way across the Missi.SippL
w can lead an army of 10000 men on
the plains Of Texas and fight until W.
get better terms than unconditional sur
render"
The soldiers were dismissed and the
money still remaining in the Treasury
was divided among them. \ picked
guard of ten men rode with the fallen
chIcftain in search # his loved one.
They Joined Mrs. Davis after hard
rid" ana found her camp threatened 10y
marauders. He travelled with her two
days, and, apparently out of danger. she
begged him to leave her and make good
his escape. He finally agreed to Gn this
and with Reagan, the members of his
staff and Burton Harrison, his secre-
tary started for the Florida coast
The day was one Of dismal fog and
rain. ana the party lost the way, turning
in "A circle, and at sunset met Mrs. Davis
and her company at the fork Of the
= AL near the bcmulycr River.
IA.
his wife next day and made twenty
eight miles. At Irwinsvlle their pres
ence was betrayed to the Federal cav
airy, his camp surrounded by Col.
Prtchard, and the Confederate prcsi-
dent and partly arrested.
The soldiers plundered his tarpage,
tore open his wifc's trunks and scat
tered her dresses. In one Of these
trunks they found a pair Of new hoop
skirts which Mrs, Davis had boueht
but never worn. An enterprislng news
paper man Immediately invented and
sent broadcast the story that h, had
been captured trying to escape in his
wife's huopskirts. His enemies refused
to hear any contradiction of this in
ventlon II was too good not to be- true,
They chung to 1t long after Col. prltch-
ard and every man present had given
II the lie.
His escape from Fortress Monroe was
a physical impossbilty without one Of
the extraordinary precautions taken.
The purpose If these arrangements
could have only been to inhlct pain,
humiliation and possibly to take his
life, He had never been robust since
the breakdown Of his health on the
Western plains Worn hv uri\ation "A nd
exposure, approaching 90 years Of age,
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easily find that $4,000 Of it goes for
travelling and hotel expenses at the end
of an average year"
What, in your opinion, is the moral
condition Of the country, compared with
its condition. say, generation ago
that Is. the entire social fabric of the
United States; are the American people
living on lower plane or a higher
The reply was instant, unhesitating.
The standards Of honesty, decenCy,
right living were never so nigh, in my
experience Of thirty-three years of aC-
tive work. as they are to-day. Men of
business would not dream of doing to-
day what they did without question
even a dozen years ago. Politicians
would MT dare to repeat that which
their predecessors of a generation ago
carried out as matter of course.
The one great falling Of men in our
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

large cities. as ! see them to-day, is
that too often they are afraid to face
all the facts in a given case. our
country is so young and vigorous. it is
so buoyant. so rich in opportunity for
rich and poor alike that men are in
clined 10 discount the future, assuming
that everything will turn out all right
somehow, and avoiding-from lack of
C"urage-the disagreeable duty Of
facing all the facts. examining them i'm
partially and reckoning with them.
In too many instances they refuse
To accept the axiom that history re-
peats itself. in political life as in bust
ness or social relations one reason
perhaps is that most II the men are
too deeply engrossed in their affairs
To take time for study and reflection
In this the American women arr getting
far ahead of the men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

"All over the land. in every small
town as in every city, you see women
young, Of middle age and elderly as
well-formed in cubs and societies,
carrying on regular, systematic study
of civic problems, economic theories.
domestic experiments. reading along
scheduled lines, writing papers, dis
cussing them: with the result that be-
fore long the average woman of intel
lgence will be far better equipped
mentally in such directions than the
average man. And II is still true" DIR.
Boynton concluded with a smile, that
knowledge is power. Some day perhaps
the men will wake up to this fact"
The assistant mnister--the little tele-
phone on the desk close by-called DIR.
Boynton just then. reminding him of an
appointment; and the visitor took his
departure.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-07
Miscellaneous-FOR SALE

FOR SALE - TWELVE BOTTOM
Reeves Engine Gang Flow with stub.
Bile and breaker bottoms and supply
tank: plowed less than one hundred
acres; cost thirteen hundreds: eight
hundred buys. Bacon Bros, Cando
N. d.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-07
GOSSIP,

Chicago. lnter-Ocean says: Real
winter WEATHER prevailed in the
western and southern wheat fields for
the first time this year. There has
been a light snow fall in Kansas and
some in Oklahoma and rain in Texas.
Over Nebraska it was one to twenty
below ger with no snow. Although
winter wheat is o a hot house plant
fears as to its safety prevail in the
wheat trade as 1t is abnormally ad-
it is in better shape to Withstand the
freeze than usual as it is healthy and
thick on the ground. Where there is
snow covering there is believed to
be little danger.
Corn-It was the gossip last night
that Barrett and Lowitz had covered
more corr yesterday than any other
set Of shorts. Pit traders who were
bullish for the past two days took
profits on the advance. It was freely
remarked that the buying was more
easily traced than the selling.
Chicago-Cash sales: Wheat lO,-
900 bushels. corn 10000 bushels, pats
10000 bushels. Seaboard reported
$4,000 bushels wheat sold for export.
Argentine-Rain has fallen in west
corn but is unfavorable for the move.
ment of wheat.
Michigan state crop report-220
correspondents say no damage to
wheat during January, Sc report
some. Farm deliveries trifie larger
than a year ago.