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The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
PROBE LOWE KILLING.
Plow share and wheel Spoke Were
Used In Fatal Fight.

Rockville, Md, June 26.-State's Attor-
ney Spates and Sheriff Peyton Whalen
spent the greater part OF this morning
investigating the killing at Derwood last
night Of Edward Lowe by George s.
Mills.
According to the information they gath
cred. Mills and Lowe had not been on
good terms for several years. Shortly
after s o'clock last evening Lowe visited
Hoyle's store, at Derwood. to make a
purchase. Mills was sitting on the porch
when he appeared. Lowe. who had been
drinking. il is said. stopped on the porch
and stared at Mills, who picked up
plow share and threw II at him The
plow share missed Its mark and as Lowe
stumbled toward him Mills grabbed an
automobile wheel spoke and struck Lowe
three or four times about the head and
face Lowe collapsed with a fractured
skull and died within about ten min
utes.
The officers deemed an inquest un-
necessary. Mills today retained Attorney
Thomas Dawson to defend him. A pre-
liminary hearing will be held before
Judge Arthur Mace in the Police Court
here Friday afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
PRESIDENT TO open
UNIVERSITY TODAY
Many Noted Educators Will Assist
in Open-air Ceremony on
University Grounds.

President Wilson will formally open the
American University this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock Many noted educators will
participate in the open-air ceremony on
the university grounds. Secretaries
Bryan and Daniels are also among the
speakers.
As the Marine Band plays an appro-
pirate air the doors of the national uni
versity will be thrown open. The rails
ing of a big naval ensign from a lofty
mast will give patriotic touch 10 the
occasion. The dedicatory speech by the
President will follow the flag-raising.
All seats that are left will be offered
to the public at 2:3o There will be room
for all on the big campus. The new elec.
trio line will carry the crowd to and from
the university. The Washington Railway
and Electric Company will put a five
minute schedule into effect from Fifth
and streets direct to the grounds.
Adds Browne, president of the board
of trustees, is still too i'll to attend.
Bishop Earl Cranston, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. will preside. Bishop
Alfred Harding will deliver an invocation.
Then will come an address by Bishop
William Fraser Mcdowell of Chicago.
Ill. music: address by Bishop John Will
lam Hamilton, of Boston, Mass; address
by Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels; flag rasing. the ensign to be
held by John B. Hammond, superintend-
ent of the university grounds; singing.
THE Star Spangled Banner" address by
Secretary of State William Jennings
Bryan: singing. America" opening Of
the university by President Wilson: sing
ing; doxology; benediction, by Bishop
Alphaeus Waters Wilson, Of the NJ. E.
Church outh.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
MERCHANTS SEE MOVIES.
Making Of Paper Described by Man.
ufacturer and Tradesman.

More than a hundred representatives of
the firms of the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation went to the movies last night
at the New Willard Hotel as the guests
of the r. p. Andrews Paper Company
and the District of Columbia Paper Man
ufacturing Company. For two hours the
mysteries of the manufacture of paper.
from its entrance as rags from Water
street into the Georgetown paper mill to
its sale In the finest grades from the new
store OF r. p. Andrews on Thirteenth
street. were shown and explained.
Because II is not generally known that
the District has any manufactures, the
paper mill and r. P. Andrews have had
these pictures taken to carry abroad the
information that Washington Is a city of
production as well as lawmaking. To-
gether with general views OF the city.
street scenes. the fire department In ac-
ton. the District Commissioners, Mai
Sylvester and the public buildings these
pictures are to be shown in 5000 towns
of the United States. Last night was
the first run of the reels and gas given to
show the merchants of the city the inside
workings Of the paper industry and the
advertising methods used.
The moving pictures were preceded by
a short stereoptican lecture on paper
making by Neill Brown. of the paper
mill. and a talk by R. p. Andrews, who
is president OF the Retail Merchants AS
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
HIRED BABY, Paying
MOTHER $IOO A DAY
Girl Suing Hoe Then Told Friend
Little Cutie" Was Her Own.
Naming Father.
LITTLE PEACH WITH 3 TEETH

New York. May 2s.-After admitting she
had paid 800 for the use of baby for
one afternoon, Miss Mae A. Sullivan, who
is suing Arthur I. Hoe. son of the print
ing press manufacturer. for sljO,o0o for
breach OF promise, today broke into a TT
of weeping.
1t took her twenty minutes to COM
pose herself.
With the wife of the defendant an
attentive listener. Miss Sullivan went into
details regarding the courtship on which
she claims to base her suit. 1t was
the second day of the trial before Justice
Cavegan and a jury in the Supreme
Court.
After the reading of three letters writ
ten by Miss Sullivan to a Mrs. Nellie
Glassberg. in the Bronx, showing Miss
Sullivan's love for babies, the witness
admitted she paid s1O0 to Mrs. William
]. Daily. wife of Miss SuIlivan's cousin.
for the use of the Daily baby for an
afternoon. while Miss Sullivan went
visiting Mrs. Glassberg
Miss Sullivan admitted she told Mr.,
Glassberg not only that the baby was
her child. but William A. Burr was the
father, and that she was the wife OF
Burr.
A lstter written by the witness said
in part: -
II do not know what TO do. Can YOU
picture that? He is little peach with
all that. ] want to have a long con-
versation with you about baby talk.
The little cutie has three teeth. Bill
is going to start him in business, he
SAYS"
Miss Sullivan was the target for a
grilling cross-examination when she
took the stand.
William II. Hamilton. of counsel for the
defense. made Miss Sullivan admit yester-
day that she wrote to the defendant and
called him My Dear Mr. Hoe" after the
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
TRIAL OF P. G. THOMSON
AGAIN HALTED BY DEATH
Fate Continues Playing Hand in Case
of Millionaire Paper
Manufacturer.

Fate is playing a strong hand in halt
ing the wheels of justice in the case of
Peter G. Thomson, of Ohio, millionaire
paper manufacturer, who is standing
trial on a charge of bribery, before JUS
tice Gould and jury in Criminal Court
No. I.
Death yesterday for the third time
within the last year caused a postpone
ment of the trial and the officials of the
Criminal Court are beginning to regard
the case as something in the nature Of
a hoodoo. Mr.. Thomson received a long
distance phone call yesterday morning
to the effect that his mother, Mrs Mary
n. Thomson, Of Cincinnati. Ohio, had
died suddenly. This necessitates another
rostponement of the trial and adjourn
ment was taken from noon yesterday until
Monday next, to enable the manufacturer
to attend his mothers funeral in Gin
cinnati
Last March a formal trial of Mr..
Thomson was halted by the sudden death
of Chief Justice Harry NJ. CIabaugh. of
the District Supreme Court, who was
presiding, and a contemplated trial in this
case about a year ago also was inter-
rupted by the death of Mr.. Thomson's
wife.
Aside from the three deaths which have
effectively halted the progress of the
trial. the court has had to contend with
illness of Mr.. Thomson which necessi-
tated several other postponements. Then
also. the Dayton flood came along and
destroyed books and papers of the Cham
pion Coated Paper Company, which were
necessary as evidence.
Witnesses yesterday were Frank E.
Elder, former attorney for the Gov
ernment Printing Office, and Howard L.
Strawn, a former member Of the inspec-
ton board.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
QUEEN Of BULGARIA
AGAIN CANCELS TRIP
Many Social Events Had Been Plan
ned in, Honor Of Royal
Personase.
FEARED MEXICAN TROUBLES

Queen Eleanor Of Bulgaria has as
serted = woman's perrogative and has
again changed her mind.
Announcement was received at the
state Department yesterday that the
Queen. who had planned and aban-
doned two visits to America-and had
recently decided again to come here
the last Of May-has cancelled the trip.
The Queens royal press agent. WILL
ing final arrangements for the visit OF
her majesty when the Mexican trouble
broke out and the Queen. misjudging
the distance between America and
Mexico, wired her representative that
she was afraid that harm would befall
her and her cortege during the threat
ened war and refused on that ground
to make her visit.
The royal AIR. Fixit" then wrote the
Queen that the situation here was safe.
and that she could come with perfect
safety. but her maj '-.y was still shy, and
wired Mr.. Caspar that II he would come
to Bulgaria and escort her and her train
to America she would again consent to
come.
Mr.. Caspar and his press agent, Mr..
Rockville. then hastened back to Bull
garia, after accepting many Invitations
in Washington from the President and
Mrs Wilson. the Russia. Ambassador
and Nine Bakhmeteff, the Daughters Of
the American Revolution, and a number
of other societies. who were eager to
entertain the royal parsonage. and then.
after all. the Queen refused to leave
Bulgaria. ~ -
The plan Of the Queen in coming to
America was to study the SCHOOLS and
the hospitals of this country for the
Of institutions In which
she 10 interested In her native country.
and her visit was looked forward to by
political and diplomatic sets. as we'll
as society and II will be a great dis
appointment when the news of her final
refusal to visit America will be. re-
ceived.
Nine. Bakhmeten and the Ambassa-
dor had postponed their annual sum-
mer visit to Newport to await the ar
rival Of the Queen and the President
and Mrs. Wilson had anticipated en-
a crowned head for the
first time In history, In the White
House,
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
WANT HIGHWAY OILED.

Residents living along Lincoln road
from Florida avenue to Glenwood Ceme-
terry complain so much Of the dust from
speeding automobiles and wagons, that
the North Capitol and lexington Citizens
Association last night decided to ask the
District Commissioners to have the high
way thoroughly oiled.
Other resolutions were adopted asking
that/V street be improved from North
Capitol east to Second street and for
the grading of the bank on the north
side of v street from North Capitol
streets to Lincoln road 'Dr: M. D. fhonp-
son, presided at the meeting which cwhs
held at the lexington Presbytertan
Church. Florida avenue and North
Capitol streets.
Henry Mitchell was elected member.
The next meeting will not be held until
the fourth Monday IN September.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
WILL CALL CITIZENS MEETING.

Roy C. Clanin win call meeting Of
prominent citizens soon to perfect An
organisation with the object Of secur-
ing for the District fun representation
in both houses of Congress and In the
electoriaI college. Onicers will be elect
ed and plan Of campaign outlined.
Among the leaders who have identified
themselves with the movement are: John
Joy Edison, Justice Wendell P. Stafford
OF the District Supreme Court, Theodore
Noyes, william F. GUIDE. s-James F.
Oyster, DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, Henry
w. Blair. p. T. Moran. Roy C. Clanin,
A. Leftwich Sinclair and Albert Schulz
tets.
1t is contended by those behind the
movement that full representation IN
Congress will not involve any change
in. the status Of the present form Of gov
ernment In the District. They are In
full sympathy with the present financing
Of the District and the half and half
plan will not be brought into the move
ment.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
WITNESS SAYS PUBLIC
OWNERSHIP IS failure
Makes for Bad Service. c. M. Rose
crank Tells the Crosser
Committee.
POLITICS PLAY A BIG PART

Declaring that municipal ownership
makes for bad public service, Charles M.
Rosecrantz, of Milwaukee, made an ap-
peal against the Crosser municipal own
ership bill before the House District
Committee yesterday.
THE threat of municipal ownership
makes for bad public service" said he,
because the companies can't get money
for extensions and the discharge Of their
proper public duties.
"who will put money into bonds OF a
street railway company when 1t is threat
ened with municipal ownership? 1t Is
not question of banking. Investors
simply hold aloof and say they will wait
and see what happens"
Mr.. Roosevelt was interrupted by men,
bers of the committee after he had said
that politics always plays a big part
in the management of properties under
ownership.
Not here" broke in Representative
Caraway. There are citizens associa-
tions in every neighborhood and they
make loud protests against such action" 4"
THE government of the city is con-
trolled largely by the Monday Evening
Club" interrupted Representative Reed,
Of New Hampshire. There are 1,6Do en-
ployes here who are not under civil
service rules. and you could not dislodge
one IL you tried. I have heard of one
who was told by one Com
missioner that the District was no dump
ing ground for incompetent constituents
of CongressmeE."
Mr.. Rosecrantz attacked the theory of
ownership from various angles
and cited numerous cases and examples
Questioned by Representative Igoe as
whether he would concede municipal own
ership to be desirable, provided it were
as efhcient as private ownership and
operation. he replied:
"Emphatically, no. The government
should control. not go into business Some
things should be left to private enter
prise"
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27

run for roughly somsthlng in the nsixh.
borhood o1 - kiIometersL We sent down
in canoes something in the neighborhood
Of go kilometers and then down by
steamer to the mouth In the neighbofhood
of 800 to 100 kilometers. making from
= 400 to 1.5oo kilometers. ali told. some
where between 800 and go miles. The up
per part. the upper course. Of that river
that we traversed was not only unknown
but unguessed at a. regards the maps.
and no civilized man had ever been there
Or ever traversed ths country through
which II flowed. The lower course was
known to the rubbermen. but not known
to any cartographer. The dinicuities we
encountered were. ~ have said. In the
rapids. They were most severe In what
We called the rapids Of the chasms That
and Is minutes south. where the river
cut It's way thrown two low mountain
ridges. which were lSo or possibly only
LIS meters above the level of the stream.
At that point the canyon. a. We should
say In the west, was 20 Steep-that ID,
the canyon walls were 20 steep. that II
would have been an absolue impossible
fly to take canoes over them by port
age. II was hard enough to take the
loads
IF We could not have gotten the ca
noes down through the canyons we
should have had to abandon them and
build other canoes lower. down, taking
number OF days which We could Ill
AFFORD to spare In view OF the constant
decrease In our provisions. We did.
however. manage to get our canoesl
down, losing. however. one In each can
yon; that Ii, one in passing through
each mountain chain One canoe swamp
ed when 1t was being let down by ropes.
The other canoe beat its bottom fairly
out on the rocks. It had become pretty
shaky in the previous rapids. and II went
to pieces completely In going down
through the final rapids Of the canyon.
We had by that time lost three members
Of our company. the larger part of a
boatload: and cutting down our personal
belonging to the limit. We were able. by
loading to the very limit, 30 that the gun
wales were down within two or three
inches of the water, We were able to
get on with the remaining four canoes
until we got into water smooth enough to
make 1t relatively safe to proceed at
once.
"The expedition, as have said. was
not undertaken In pursuance Of any plan
or idea formed here in this country. It
was undertaken at the suggestion Of Mr..
Lauro Mueller on behalf Of the Brazilian
In Rio. I feel very grateful
to him. to the Brazilian government. and
to my Brazilian associates for having
given me the chance to take part In
exploring the upper course Of and put
ting on the map an unknown river OF the
size Of the Rhine or the Elbe; chance
that from now on, in the present state
Of the worlds geography. can come to
only a limited number Of men.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
LEAPS rs FEET INTO FLAMES.

Cleveland. Ohio, May 26.-An un-
identified man lost his life in the fire
which swept the lumber district along
the Cuyahoga river last night. The fire
was still burning this morning but was
under control. Estimates today put the
loss at two million dollars. The dead
man became confused while police were
clearing the endangered central viaduct
and leaped from the bridge seventy-five
feet into the heart of the raging flames.
Three persons were injured.
The central viaduct sustained s150. 900
damage which will put it out of COM
mission for several weeks. Street car
traffic to the South side is seriously
crippled. .. -. .-..
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
CRAZED NEGRO FIGHTS POLICE.

New York, May GA battle in an un-
lighted cellar in East Seventy-fourth
street between a drug-crazed negro and
police. in which nearly score Of shots
were fired, brought to an exciting climax
today the search for the man who shot
Detective Emil Panevino a few hours
earlier Four policemen located the negro.
who afterwards gave the name Of Mich
olas Hollingsworth, in a dark cellar at
"a East Seventy-fourth street crouched
in a corner with long revolver in his
hand.
Hollingsworth's first shot smashed the
f1ashlight and then he began shooting at
random. The detectives fired back at
the flashes but the negro was not hit
After he had fired away all his ammuni-
ton he surrendered.
Panevino was shot while trying to ar
rest the negro for fighting.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
BEES PRECEDE ROOSEVELT.
Swarm Comes Into Capitals More
Easily "SettIed'' Than Colonel.

A swarm Of bees preceded Col. Roose-
welt to the Capital. Efforts to settle and
hive them were more successful than the
efforts Of certain Republican leaders to
settle and hive Col. Roosevelt. The ap-
pearance Of the swarm OF bees in the
vicinity Of the Senate end Of the Capitol
was heralded by the noise Of pounding
on tin pan. which aroused the interest
Of Senators and employees. Evidently the
man who was,trying to settle the swarm
was a Maryland farmer. and he sue
ceeded In bringing the queen bee and her
workers to rest on the upright Of a
freight elevator sticking out Of the pave
ment near the Senate restaurant.
Swarms Of bees are not unusual In
Washington at this season OF the year.
but this In the first time In the memory
of the oldest Capitol habitue when q
swarm has been settled at the very
door Of the Senate. s~szs ~
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
Six Hundred Lives in Peril.

Scranton. Pa May es.-An appeal was
received at midnight tonight by the fire
department of this city to rush freight
ing apparatus to Hillside Home. where
more than coo OF the eolntys POOP are
inmates OF a half dozen buildfngs- One
building already has been destroyed by
the flames and tie call was sent to
Scranton in the hope of saving the re-
manning structures.
The alarm was given by a Lackawanna
train dispatcher. II is not known whether
any body persisted
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
WILL HARASs q. s. TROOPS.
Mexican Federal Volunteers on Way
10 American Border.

FL Paso. May S.-Several groups of fed
eral volunteers, who escaped villas
troops at Paredon and after the evacu-
alton of Saltillo, are pushing northward
toward the border with the sole purpose
of harassing the American soldiers.
1t is estimated by constitutionalist Of
ficials that there are between 300 and 100
Of these volunteers or "colorados'' head
ed for the border. They have divided
themselves up into bands Of ten and fif-
teen each for the purpose of operating
more easily.
Information telegraphed to Juarez and
El Paso constitutionalist officials as to
their destination is that part of the force
is headed for Ojinaga, Chihuahua An
other force is headed toward Boquilla del
Carmen in the Big Bend country. Other
groups are coming toward Juarez
Nearly all of the groups are composed
of former Orozco revolutionary officers
and soldiers. who had been incorporated
into the federal ranks as volunteers
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
BURIAL OF D0WAGER EMPRESS.
Clay Figures in Armor to Guard
Body Of Mut.uhito's Widow.

rite, the coffin containing the body Of the
late Empress Dowager Haruko was
placed today in a grave at the imperial
mausoleum of Monoyama. The burial
place Is near that of Emperor Mutsuhito.
Many thousands of people assembled and
knelt in prayer during the ceremony.
Fulfilling imperial tradition four clay
figures representing guardian warriors
were buried with the coffin. one at each
corner. They are the spirits who will
guard over the body Of her majesty.
They wear armor and helmets with
swords in fur sheaths, quivers, bows. and
arrows, and their feet are encased in
metal shoes.
A little shrine with roof that was
made from the bark Of the sacred hinoki
tree was placed over the grave. -
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
WHITE WOLF AT LAST ROPE,

Lanchau. China. May eS-The notorious
horde of outlaws. have been surrounded
Chinese brigand. White Wolff and his
by government troops and their extermi-
nation is expected
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27
when she said she was engaged to

time when she said she was engaged to
him.
The round-faced girl says the million
aire gave her thousands of dollars and
maintained her in luxury from the time
she was seventeen until some time last
year
She said that Mr.. Hoe, posing as q sim
gle man, asked her to marry him and
gave her Sl.o09 a week for a long time.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-27

sociation. as well as the paper company.
Following the entertainment a buffet
lunch was served to the guests.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
axe The Schools Free
ii. Fact As Well
As In Name

THE Huntington platform OF the
Repubiican party which was written
~ the Progressivcs who dominated
aiiS state convention OF 1912, and
tiie state Progressive platform writ
zen II Gbarleston In July, 1912,
masie certain platform pledges and
GoSernpri Hatfield and other state
offieials were elected on that plat
form. TlefRepublican sttac commit
tce mot at Charleston on the 25th
dag Of February, 1914. and re-af'
firmed both OF these platforms and
nfedged iii Republican party to car
~ them out:
GoyernorSHatfiel has used his
utmost endeavor to carry out every
nIa1k of these platforms, and consld-
ering fllo fact that a great deal OF
time was consumed In tho election Of
n t1nfted States senator by the last
legislature,E and the further fact thai.
mo Democrats had half of the sen
ate. ne has done very. will in having
passed. many OF these progressive
laws. There are others yet to be
passed and they will be made tile
l,sw Of me state Il y Republican
legisiatlire fs$feturned to Charles
ton next wiiter.s 5ss.
'ite Hntss Sot elegates in 1919
bad Rep.tbl Jean majority, tho
Senate was ne with Is Rcpubli-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-19
Danish The Robber Fee.
System. Save The State
A Half Million Dollars

system which has exposed the rob
berry OF the tax payers by the county
fec system and which will lead to a
county salaries law.
Gave us the non-partisan Board
OF Control, another big saving in the
Intelligent and busincss-like han
ding OF the various state institu-
lions.
<. Abolition OF the fee system in all
state offices. The Secretary OF State
under the Democratic plan formerly
got for his work in fees from 500
coo to 100000 per year. The Audi
tor and other state. officers were
growing rich at the expense of the
tax payers. New they draw fair sal
aries and the state saves the differ
encc. We are now paying under the
fec system some sheriffs in this state
as much as the Auditor, tile Cover
nor. the Secretary of State, the AL
torney General and Treasurer all
get. This is an outrage upon COM
mon decency and II am elected 20
the Senate, as i think shall be, 1t
win be my greatest purpose to help
pass the county salaries lave radi=
eating the robbcr fee system.
n Most all of these progressive.
A have been adyocat ting for
years In the d ewspape 4 have been.
edit believe In them All