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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-06

ayers. They're stripped the Hobbies of
smashable furniture and hurlable Gus
pidors anent the advent of the mobs.
Purple, white, and yellow suffragists
are here looking like sunrise in the
Catskills.
Blacksmith John Blake, of Altoona,
IA, Is here with his hammer out for
everybody but Roosevelt. He wants to
see his imperial strenuosity forge
Elmer j, Burkett, of Nebraska, is
dragging his own Vice Presidential
boom around Candidates Row by the
heels. Burkett ought to 20 down in
history as the only man that ever
wanted the Vice Presidency and admit
ted 1t.
Five OF Senator Weeks delegates
walked into Room 1919 about 3l3 this
morning looking for bad luck They
found II waiting for them in the bed, In
which all five of them had to sleep.
Teddy may be interested to learn that
a group of soprano gentlemen with a
vest-pocket piano are piping him up In
all the Hobbies.
Albert ]. Beveridge Is with the Pro-
gressives here this time only In spirit,
pen and ink He's so busy writing his
John Marshall memories at Beverly
Farms that he can't come.
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CABINET TO ATTEND
ST. LOUIS MEETING
Presidents Advisers Going to
Convention Next Week.-Mrs.
cuss Platform at Session.

with few exceptions members OF
President Wilson's Cabinet expect to be
on hand in st. Louis next week for the
opening OF the Democratic national
convention. Some OF them may drop
on in Chicago to see the wipd-up Of the
q. o. +. assembly.
The entire Cabinet session was de-
voted to going over the tentative draft
or the platform.
Senator James Confers.
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky,
chosen as permanent chairman OF the
convention, conferred at the White
members of that body to get sugges-
lions for the speech he will make at
the convention.
Considerable enthusiasm was mani
tested at the White House on receipt Of
dent and Secretary Tumolty concerning
yesterdays elections in Chicago:
The President: chicago and Cook
county greet the Republican national
convention by electing the entire
Democratic judicial ticket by a major
ity from 1900 to 10000, Just a forecast
of November. James A. Daley. chair
man, Democratic managing committee
OF Cook county"
Telegram to Tumulty.
Joseph p. Tumulty, Secretary to the
President: The Democracy OF Chica 20
with it's orga nization Differed by Sui
Ivan men. have shown the Republican
hosts OF the nation, assembled here that
Chicago is a Democratic city. electing
every man on the ticket In Its judicial
election held here today dune 81 by ma
jorities ranging from 1900 to $1,000. II
is a forerunner OF what will happen in
November. Thomas j. Webb"
Among members of the Cabinet who
will go to Chicago are Secretary OF the
Treasury McAdoo, Secretary of War
Baker, who is a delegate to the con-
vention from Ohio; Josephus Daniels,
Secretary OF the Navy; Postmaster Gen.
eral Burleson. and probably Secretary
of the Interior Lane, They will remain
here until after the Flag Day prepared
ness parade.
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Public May Aid In
Platform of @. O. p.
Public Hearing To Be Held at Coliseum by Resou-
tons Committee Before Framing Planks in
Party's Standard-Hilles Is Originator.

CHICAGO. June GA public hearing
at the Coliseum by the Republican
resolutions committee. so the folk here
from back home" can have chance
To say what they think should he in the
platform. appeared a certainty today.
Such meeting will he an innovation.
1t will be held Wednesday. The Oldest
call when national platform commit,
tee ever threw open the doors and
asked the public for Ideas,
The plan SriSnatad dve with fv,, Ma.'1 ana
today had the official approval OF the
National COMMITTEES.
Under motion passed by the ma
tional committee the resolution commit
tee will be requested to hold public
hearing Wednesday afternoon.
ct believe there should be the freest
discussion of the big platform problems
facing the convention" Hilles told the
committee; There are me aue ss.aan
of preparedness and woman suffrage
They deserve all the thought the reso-
buttons committee can give them.
Open-Door Plank.
Japan's demands on China, declared
TO endanger the "open door and Amer
lean prestige In the Orient. MAJ he
given again plank in the Republican
platform. III,
dominate the resolutions committee,
will draft n declaration denouncinS the
Democratic party for allowing Ameri-
can prestige In China to wane without
protest, and for alleged encour, cement
10 Japaa in its suspected ambitions to
dominate the East by proposal to
weaken American power over the Phil
ippines. II was learned today that 4
strong effort will lie made to have such
a plank included in tho fit,al declara-
When the platform committee In
formally named, 1t Is regarded as
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certain there will be lights on
planks dealing with woman suffrage,
universal military training. and will.
tho Democratic handling of foreign AT
fairs as a phase Of Americanism Both
Borah and Lodge favor universal serv-
ice.
But they are prepared to compromise
on AN opportunity for universal serv-
ice" 1t Is expected the feht over the
suffrage plank will result In a declara-
ton. promising support to the move
ment, but outlining no definite plan for
ultimate requirement OF. the vote b.
women.
Will Charge Incompetence"
The Democrats will he ,ayed for in
competence" for filling depleted
treasury by war tax in time OF
peace and breaking Baltimore pledges
as to one term for President, free
sugar and Panama canal tolls.
"Watchful waiting In Mexico will be
assailed Gnrcservedly, and protection,
under a Republican ADMINISTRATION.
any other rart of the world.
The platform will further declare ir
favor of making the American navy the
second in the world. thus approving the
recommendation Of the naval board.
'ency of the Treasury will be declared
10 have been saved only because the
European war arrested the effects Of the
Underwood tariff.
Full protection to American industry
and labor will be promised.
The trust declaration will be the same
as that OF 1912.
The Democratic proposal to build q
Government armor plate plant will b.
denounced as unfair to American bust
ness.
The La Toilette seamen's bill and tn,
proposal for a Government ship line will
be denounced. and the upbuilding of tn,
merchant marine by a subsidy favored
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HUGHES TALKST|RS
CHICAGO DELEGATES
Continued from First Page.)


ton today Of Frank H. Hitchcock. when
asked regarding Justice Hughes speech.
Hitchcock maintained the same air of
calm certainty today that he has adopt
ed ever since he started headquarters
here for Hughes.
Perkins Astonished.
George w. Perkins expressed as
constituent that any significance should
be attached to the Hughes speech be-
fore the National Cathedral School In
Washington. AS to whether Roosevelt
had said he would not accept Hughes.
Mr.. Perkins said
Sometime ago Mr. Roosevelt said he
was not for or against any candidate.
That Is still his position"
With respect to the Hughes speech
in Washington, he said:
II am perfectly amazed that people
should try to place Mr.. Hughes in the
dress made to girls college to infiu-
ence a Presidential nomination. Any
one who does that does him great in
justice. and attempts to place him in
Mr.. Perkins denied reports that
Roosevelt had wired or written tell
ing his friends of the Bull Moose to
go ahead and nominate him.
leaders and other Republicans, Mr..
Perkins said he had nothing to report
on these exchanges.
Kitchener's Fate Lesson.
Asked about the death Of Lord
Kitchener, Mr.. Perklns took occasion
to speak OF 1t as emphasizing the
need for Roosevelt. He said:
81 would like to ask the people II
they are not in danger OF allowing
this little local puddle in which we
are all splashing to obscure events
Of unprecedented magnitude and
menace which are taking place in tho
world. Every day for tho last two
years the world has been moving
nearer to a mighty worldwide cata-
clysnl. This added disaster OF yes
terday IS hut another OF long list OF
such events.
EVERY man and woman In every
civilized country Is appalled, by IL nil
md prays for some way out. The United
States has its matchless opportunity
ut this moment to render a world-wide
service by providing tho world with n
leader In whom the entire world has
confidence. That leader Is Roosevelt"
He said nomination OF Roosevelt
would give the world hope as nothing
else could
Touching the death of Yuan shi Kat
Mr.. Perkins said
THANK God. Roosevelt isn't dead"
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THREE STATES ELECT
CAUCUS CHAIRMEN

CHICAGO, June 6--Various State dele
cations held their caucuses today elect
ing chairmen and deciding on procedure
during the balloting OF the convention.
The caucus results follow:
Arkansis-H. s. Remmell, Little Rock,
chairman. Whether the delegation will
unite on any one candidate on the first
ballot will be decided at further meet
ing tonight.
South Dakota-Governcr Byrne chair
man Delegation for Cumm!ns
The Kansas delegation elected w. 8.
man: Fred Stanley, OF Wichita. ma
tonal committeeman: Emmett George
Of Mankato, as secretary. and Charles
+. Scott, Of lola, as the Kansas mem.
Der OF the resolutions COMMITTEES.
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WEEKS HAS BARKER"
AT HEADQUARTERS
Senator Announced as Next
President" to All Visitors.

CHICAGO, June 6.-'Step right in,
ladies and gentlemen. See the next
President OF the United states. The
Senator is within
The doorkeeper at the portals OF
Senator Weeks suite In the Congress
Hotel thus officially opened the carni-
val along Candidates. Row, and was
still barking early today for the
benefit OF the late dangerous.
Senator Weeks was on exhibition in
his parlors. A vast throng OF people
who assembled early. today to partfci-
pate In the side shows" entered be
suite and greeted Massachusetts fav-
orite son.
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gates will arrive by night. Hotel lob
bies along Michigan Boulevard, stripped
of every movable bit of furniture and
niche by a seething. jostling, talking,
singing. shouting. moving mob of poiiti-
clans. near-politicians. hangers-on, and
spectators.
Michigan boulevard was only fairly
sprinkled with knots of takers. the
weather being so cool that the super
heated smelly Hobbies were preferred
TO the open air.
The home stretch in the race was in
dioated In the way workers redoubled
their efforts to get rid of badges and
buttons boosting their candidates.
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Burton to Stay Home.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 6.-Theo-
dore F. Burton will not go to the Re-
publican national convention he told
friends today. 1t would not be digni-
ned. he said.
Evening star., 1916-11-12
A Day ON the Crowded Paris Boulevard in War Time

treuse," explained the matire-d'hotel.
No more absinthe! All gone. Soldiers
drink coffee, white wine and beer. All
the cafes are making more money than
before the war: yet everything. whole
sale is one-third dearer. It's the
crowd. because retail prices have not
gone up in proportion. Beer. cents.
the same as before; coffee. II cents;
aromatic wines, u cents; lemon squash,
20 cents, and whisky soda, 40 cents,
which used to be 25 cents.
We sat in a crowd of old men, young
men. old women, young women. boys
and girls, soldiers on permission. SOL
diers of the Paris garrison, graceful
women, beautiful women. ordinary
women. soldiers holding. hands with
bravely cheerful women-and all
watching the river of humanity flowing
endlessIy along the boulevard.
Fakirs peddle novelties-rabhits that
jump. wooden figures that climb a
circle band of shining nickel that re-
wives and resembles cage, two SOL
diers with guns and bayonets. each on
the end of a long wire which. wriggled,
makes them fight. Sales depend on the
names they give them. ears ago the
soldiers with bayonetS were fighting
cocks. There are two wooden figures,
each with a pickax, making digging
movements when you pull string.
Ditchers" Now. they are the Poilus
of the Trenches
SO we watch idly. until at last we
see what all are really staring at.
They're counting "brisques" or 'chev
rons"
See the eyes of these Paris women
what are they glued on in the throng?
Evening star., 1916-11-12

US. aged seventyfive years, felt a trife
faint I broke the law and ordered her
a Hqueur.
"Garcon. a cafe-cremc for madame
and benedictine for myself
'farfait, MONSIEUR says Jean, the
Belgian waiter. and he turns his back
while madame sips the sweet, thick,
strong and aromatic liqucur-which she
has no right to in q wartime cafe.
Exactly. Women and soldiers may
not be served with drinks above 80
degrees of alcohol.
Nobody may have drinks above 30
LiQueurs are 60 degrees: cognac, 80 de-
Grees: whisky. - degrees. and aperitifs.
Pfcons. vermouths etc. from 35 to SO
da"rees. Port wine is not 30 degrees"
The boulevard is changed, surely.
Sweet and touching things are seen.
The boulevard Is gay, but not with
the old sayety. The crowds flock to
il for innocent distraction. Almost ev-
eryone is worrying about some dear
one. Yet ali keep a bright front 1t
is natural Partisan tact.
For example there were six wounded
soldiers on that terrace. yet they sad
sight OF them c,2eered worried wives
and mothers. Here is a queer thing,
high-hearted: touching. and-Parisian.
One was lieutenant with crutches.
but he had both his legs. and he was
gay Fehind him, a sol ier with his
arm in sling. but it dark-blue
sling. no white bandage appearing.
Beyond came young fellow. dragging
a wounded foot on two canes. but 1t
was neatly hidden in a sky-blue club,
replacing the bandaSes and shoe, 1t
Evening star., 1916-11-12

PATTON" under date of February /, 1917,
to his slave, Beaver Ludwell, with this
condition: Beaver undertakes to keep
my present woman, Nancy, his wife,
who is in infirm state of health
The deed is signed by Elizabeth Lee,
the wife of r. B. Lee. There is on rec
ord bill of sale from Richard Bland
Lee to Gen. Daniel Parker, July IS.
1918, of "a slave, Lefty, and her three
children-William, aged six years: AL
fred aged four years, and Alexander, or
Aleck, aged about four months''-for
the sum of $3.50. There is another bill
of sale from Lee to John Van Ness,
June is, 1919, of "a female slave named
Milly. about thirteen years old for
$500. There is a record, April 81, 1921.
of an indenture between Richard Bland
Lee and William Rrent which. stripped
of verbiage, recites that Joseph Pear
son and Robert Y. Brent had obtained
judgment in the circuit court of the
United States for the county of Wash
ington for the sum of S1.ah0 dam
ages and 1926 costs and s4 cents ad-
ditional costs" had served an execu-
tion of capias and satisfacendum
against Lee and had caused him to he
arrested by the marshal of the Dis
trict. In consideration that the
plaintiffs consent to have the execu-
tion not called" Lee conveyed in trust
for them certain of his lots in the
South Washington square to be sold
for the satisfaction of the judgment
Richard Bland Lee seems to have come
Evening star., 1916-11-12

took the steps which later resulted in
the treaty of annexation and in the sep
rate convention for the cessation of
Samana.
The United States Senate at that time
was not very open minded on the sub
ject of acquiring more territory
Charles Sumner, in his hatred Of Presi-
public mind. even to creating the sus
picion that the administration was in
fiuenced by corrupt motives.
The treaty was rejected. but the Sem
ate grudgingly consented to the send
ing Of a commission to investigate the
whole subject. This commission had
Andrew D. White. then president Of
Cornell College. as its chairman. Its
favorable report was accepted by Presi
dent Grant as vindication of his course
in negotiating the treaty. and he was
content to let the proposition drop. He
did not, however, change his view as
to the value of Santo Domingo to the
United States.
Gen. Grants fears that Europe would
step in and establish power in Santo
Domingo a menace to this country
were not realized. although now. more
than half century after the failure OF
the Grant treaty, any movement for the
acquisition of Samana bay has as its
motive the necessity Of the Tilted States
maintaining its supremacy in West In
dia waters against European designs.
Gen. Grant also believed that should
the United States incorporate Santo Do
mingo into Its own territory there would
Evening star., 1916-11-12

through that trouble, for those lots
remained in his name up to the time of
his death, in 1927. and in the name of
his heirs for several years afterward.
In that square on which the Thomas
Law Richard Bland Lee house stands,
az the corner of 9Th and \ streets, the
lot owners of record'in in 1902 We're Leon
ard Cook, John Cox, James Dant, Joshua
Green, Levi Green. William Prentice
Isaac Reed. Michael Shank. Francis
Pratt and Charles NcNantz In the tax
assessment books of 1919 Richard Bland
Lee appears the owner of lots 13
to 19 inclusive. assessed at cents a
foot In that year the other owners in
the square were Lund Washington Ed
ward s Lewis. Samuel Elliot. jr: James
Greenleaf, Peter O. WASHINGTON. Thorn
as pougherty and Levi Green's heirs.
Elliot and Grccnleaf owned forty five
OF the lots in the square, Peter q
Washington. nsne. and Lund Washing
ton. two In the assessment books
1s2a-33 the square owners were Lund
Washington. ir.: Edward $. Lewis, Sam
uel Eiiot's heirs, John +: Webb Rich
ard Bland Lees heirs and Peter g.
Washington Forty-four lots still
stood in the names of GreenIeaf and
Elliot. In 1899 the C;reenleaf and II
liot lots appear as assessed in the name
of the Bank of Washington, the Rich
ard Bland Lee lots in Tho name
of Francis \. Dickens. and the other
square owners AS iund Washington. jr.: :
Samuel Eiliot's heirs. John f. webb
and Samuel Ryington, who owned nine
Evening star., 1916-11-12
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

~ ANTO DOMINGO and SANTANA
bay are again coming into the
a NJ limelight. There is a renewal
~ of rumors about the naval sta
tion as sequel to the benevolent su-
pervision which the Washington ad-
ministra ton, by means of the navy, has
been exercising over various countries
in the West Indies.
base, but the Santo Domingo part of
the island. which comprises the two
countries. possesses Samana bay. And
the navy always has believed that the
possession OF this bay was essential to
the security of the United States. Naval
officials believed it long before We en-
Panama canal. They still believe it,
whether or not Denmark ratifies the
treaty for the acquisition of st. Thomas.
Little is heard about the diplomatic
status of the subject. The navy, in
reality. for the last year has been our
chief diplomatic arm in the West In
dies. Having ended anarchy and set
up an administration in Haiti which
was easily persuaded to negotiate the
fiscal protectorate treaty now in force.
the navy then gave its attention to
Evening star., 1916-11-12

was named as trustee to sell them, and
a public auction of these lots was held
at McKeowen's Hotel October 25, 1916.
AS a result of that auction Richard
Bland Lee became the purchaser of lots
Nos. 13. IA, IS, is, II, IS and 19, in
square 502. The price was s4,550, and
there is no mention of the big house.
Richard Bland Lee executed a deed of
trust on these lots, as the Rambler
reads the record, to Richard Smith.
cashier of the Office of discount and
deposit of the Bank of Washington"
Mr.. Lees business affairs appear from
the record not to have been very pros
porous. There is a deed of trust to Jo-
seph Gales in 1917 and one to Roger c.
Weightman in 1913. On June IL, 1917.
he borrowed from the Bank of Wash
Walter Jones and Edmund 1. Lee and
commonly called Peter Jones-Alexan-
der. Henry and Thomas, valuable young
men: Frank. valuable boy; Kitty and
Caroline. young women; Harriet and
Betty, valuable girls, and Lefty and
her two sons William and Albert; also
the household furniture and plate, val
ued at $500; glass and china, 500; beds
and chamber furniture, $500; looking
glasses, prints, carpets, sideboard, pi-
ano. table and chairs. $500. and kitchen
furniture. 5000" The debt was paid.
There is recorded in the name of
Richard Bland Lee deed of emanci-
Evening star., 1916-11-12

be an immediate development Of the re-
sources of the country and that a great
commercial port at SANTANA would
supplement the naval base. His expec-
tations in this matter possibly were too
saneuine yet the prospecting Impetus to
the commerce and industry OF Santo Do
mingo is today one of the collateral ad-
vantages which is in mind in any ac-
quirement Of the naval base.
One point of historic interest which
Gen. Grant dwelt on was the probable
influence OF the annexation Of Santo
Domingo to the United States in ending
slavery not only IN Cuba and Porto Rico.
but possibly in Brazil.
Gen. Grant believed that both the
economic and moral factors would
bring about this result. and many
statesmen agreed with him. but Charles
Sumner the abolitionist. did not see 1t
in that light. or. II he did. his feud with
Grant blinded him to its value to the
colored race.
1t was of interest at the time that
some descendants of American negroes
were still living in the Samana region.
Along about 1924 a colony Of 800 freed
negroes from Pennsylvania and Mary
land had been established there. News
paper writers who went down with the
Evening star., 1916-11-12

We spoke to a flower girl, at her high
barrow.
what do you sell mosto" we asked.
Roses. to cents each" answered
the comfortable brunette. "dahlias,
very fine, 80 cents the bunch OF SIX;
chrysanthemums. dear just now, 40 to
so cents apiece, but see how big they
are; pinks, 80 cents per dozen, ana vlo-
let's, cents per bunch. Who buys
them? (She swung her arm.) Every
body? Duchesses? and? shopgiris,! war
contractors and heroes Monsieur Woulo
have blue roses? Fifteen cents a piue
rose?"
The blue roses were as blue as IN, IN,
digo. fresh. healthy. half-blown. Or
course, they are trick flowers:
Two nice children, boy and girl IN
some kind of Flemish costumes. came
running. breathless, Offering beautiful
red roses
See therew said the American. al
most in fancy dress, on the street, yet e..
it doesn't jar! Hello. kids how mueh? :?
Red roses 10 cents the bunch, they
giggled; twelve In bunch"
"Can't afford it," said the American.
but I'll take "a bunch for cent apiece.
Boy and girl consulted. with a glance.
The girl counted quickest, and she
urged her partner with a gesture. as II
saying: Sell. SELL" With guilty haste
the deal was consummated;
Now, decamp. oust! Spelling my
prices"' laughted the flower woman
Poor tots, it's for their parents
But how do they get the roses so
cheap?' we asked.
From me-" she answered simply.
We found an empty table under the
awning of the Grand Cafe This sitting
on the sidewalk always charms Ameri-
cans. WHY can't we do 1t at home?
How many do you serve an after
noon?" we asked Constant.
"On the terrace, 1.200 persons; inside,
about 800," he answered. "Dlnners' l2o
or thereabouts."
It is the sidewalk terrace" which
makes the money.
Coffee, chocolate. orangeade, lemon
squash. beer, quinine wines, Byrrh Du-
bonnet, benedictine. Tarragona char