Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1909, Page 1

| THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue. The Evening Star Newspaper Company, Ruropean Office: 8 Regent St., London, England. New York Office: Tribune Building. Chicago Office: First National Bank Building. ‘The Evening Star. a eiition, is delivered’ by carriers within the city at 50 cents per month. | mail or telephone Main 2440. ¢ by carrier at the end of each month. Ry mail Daily, Sunday ine’ Daily, Sunday excepted, Saturday Star, $1 year. postage prepaid 3 month, with the Sunday morning ‘Orders may be sent by ‘tion is made | No. 17,971. SHINGTON, D. WEDNESDAY, DECE MBER 8, 1909—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. Weather Fair, much colder tonights temperature about 15; Thursday fair and continued cold, LET THE CONGRESS HAVE FIRST WORD President Taft’s Advice in Speech to Rivers and Har- bors Convention. BOND ISSUE CAN FOLLOW WHEN POLICY IS FIXED Aim Should Be to Arouse Interest in Individual Projects. ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR Count Von Bernstorff Tells Conven- tion of German Waterway Sys- tems—Report of Presi- dent Ransdell. Joseph E. Ransdell. Resembling in magnitude and enthu- ‘Wasm a great political convention, the WNational Rivers and Harbors Congress ‘was called to order this morning in the gesembly hall of the New Willard Hotel by {ts president, Joseph E. Ransdell. very seat in the large hall was occupied mnd several hundred delegates were com- pelied to stand during most of the pro- ceedings. Not in months has the Willard Hotel been the scene of such a large as- sembly. Before the convention met the lobby was crowded with delegates from gil parts of the country, and as the time for the convention drew near the eleva- tors leading to the tenth floor resembled crowded street cars, where even standing room was exhausted It was shortly after 10 o'clock when a sudden outbreak of applause at one end | of the hall announced the arrival of President Taft. As he reached the plat- form the convention arose and greeted him with prolonged and enthusiastic ap- plause, which reached its climax as some one called for three cheers and a tiger for the President of the United States. After the invocation, pronounced by Rev. Dr. George Alexander of New York the presiding officer introduced nt Taft “on the best of waterways in the Union.” President Taft's Address. President Taft's address aroused the greatest enthusiasm among the delegates, and time and again he was compelled to pause while various suggestions he made were vigorously applauded. The President said: I don't know that I have any right to here to talk about waterways, unless it makes 4 man an expert on the subject to have gone down the Mississippi river ‘The dangers to wh one was exposed on that journey reason of the shoals friends be and other obstacles and temptations of the journey, rtainly offered an op- portunity for careful study and delibera- ten. Now, I think I am a sufficiently established resident of Washington to make what I have to say an address of welcome. 1 am delighted that you se- Jected Washington as your place of meet- ing. You have done it wisely, first, be- cause when you want a thing done it is just as well to get close to the is to do it, and, secondly, Washington is always « good place to come to, and you can induce the ladies of the family to come with you, which is always an assurance of beth work and “YT congratulate this Congress on h ing brought the sul to such a point that the in Congre om one end of the coun- try to the other, recognize it as a snb- ject that calls for action. They have] not come to a detinite conclusion as to the policy that ought to be adopted, but | they have come to the conclusion that some policy must be adopted with ref- erence to the development of those in- strumentalities which nature has fur- nisheé for the transportation of goods and the controlling of lroad rates A Wise Platform. You your declaration, say that you are in favor of a policy and not in favor of any particular project. 1 think that a wise platform to tak 1 yet, | when it comes to the practical enforce- ment i omplishment of something, t to get into projects. You that a policy ought to be ‘and you have tn sted, and I doubt that you have—indeed, [ you have—made that distin- member of Congress, the head rivers and harbors sit up nights to devise a policy which shall be presented to the country and satisfy the demands that have arisen in such a—I had almost said unani- mous—way the country through. But you are coming near now to the detail of projects. “One has to travel over the country to find out what the country is thinking about. You go into the northwest and you find the development of the Columbia river as one of the great projects of many who live in that neighborhood. You go into far-distant Texas, and you find that they have an inland waterways project “—~“Continued on Eleventh Page) sist man that; ommittee, | Reports the Rebels De- | Zelaya | feated at Rama. TRUTH WILL MEAN MUCH) | This Government Committed to the Success of Revolutionists. | MAY CHANGE WHOLE POLICY | |No Further Steps by State Depart- | | | ! | ment Expected at Present—Trou- ble Feared in Honduras. | ‘The Nicaraguan legation here has re- leeived contirmation of the report that | the Zelayan furees won a decisive vic- tory over the revolutionary forces of Estrada at battle of Rama, ‘Th | dispatches the government los} about ) soldiers and that the lo: of the revolutionary forces were much | heavier. | It is sald at the State Department that no such information had been re- ceived there. The officials were evi- dently inclined to doubt t curacy fof the repe (will be th |revolutionary movement and may seri- | ously complicate the situation. The ad- | ministration is committed to the suc jcess of the Estrada movement, and its | failure might involve a radical change lor policy. t. If it should prove true it first serious setback of t Martial Law in Honduras. | The government of Honduras, on ac- }count of the apprehension of an armed Jinvasion, has proclaimed mar law throughout state. 7 information | reached the State Department today, but no indication was given as to the sour from which the inv ras expected. It is believed, however, that Manuel Bonila, former President of Honduras, who was deposed by Davila, the present president, may be taking advantage the situation in Nicaragua to become re- ie venged .on his old-time enemie For some time it has been suspected among Central Americans that Davila was in sympathy with Zelaya in his efforts put down the revolution under Estr: It is hoped that Bonila’s threatened in- vasion of Honduras at this time mj serve the purpose from pyeventing any joutsidg aid being given Zelas t pregent is said to be at Belize, Briti Honduras, and if he has any considerable following {t is thought it is made up of Hondurans dissatistied with ...e avila government. The indications are that the State De- further action with respect to the Nicaraguan situation for the immediate present, at least, or until after President Taft has sent his special message to Con- gress on the subject. This message, is understood, may be looked for within the next few weeks. KEPT IN IGNORANCE. People of Nicaragua Uninformed of Break With United States. PANAMA, December 8.—Passengers ar- riving here from Nicaragua state that the people in that republic are kept in ig- norance of what is happening in the country. So strict {s the censorship main- tained by President Zelaya that residents of the western part of Nicaragua have matic relations between the United States and Nicaragua. The President of Hon- duras, reported to be an ally of Zelaya, has wired the Honduran mir vador inquiring about events gua after having waited ten days for a repl numerous messages sent by him to Managua One of the arriva here, who is not z native of Nicaragua, states that the gov ernment officials at Nicaragua assert that Mexico will support Nic in any controve in which it m come involved with the United States. No foreign newspapers are allowed to enter caragua at points in control of the government. All passengers on land- ing there are searched and not allowed to bring in arms or anything which the of- ficials believe might have been used to help the insurgent cause. The situation in the int is reported as desperate for every one, including Zelaya’s sol- | diers. MEXICO'S “GOOD OFFICES.” | Rumors of Her Attitude in the Nica- rauguan Affair. NEW ORLEANS, December —A special to the Picayune from Mexico City says Authoritative information s been ob- tained here that Mexico will exert her good offices looking toward an amic; ettlement of the Central Amer! | imbroglio. | Charles E. Magoon, formerly governor |of Cuba, will be appointed a special envoy |by the United States to meet Senor En- rique Creel, now on his way to Wash- ington from Mexico City The United States will see to it that Nicaragua carries out the rules and |regulations that may be decided upon | by the special envoys | former President Cardenas of Nicara- |gua, who wus overthrown by Zelaya in | |Tsor, has taken the field against his old enemy and is heading an expedition from Costa Rica into Nicaragua, accorning to | It fs said C jabout 500 well | rdenas is at the head of rm his objective point. former president has his follow Gen. Estr NO FRENCH WARSHIP. Frenchman Held by Zelaya Is Re- | leased Upon Demand. PARIS, December 8.—France send a warship to Nicaragua. This was decided today, following the receipt by he foreign office of advices from M. Ar- is It is asserted the bound himself and ee to support the candidacy of a. will not | tot America. The charge reported that the sole basis of the rumors that French cftizens had begn mistreated in Nicaragua was the arrest and sentencing to a year’s im- prisonment of a Frenchman who was alleged to have fought in the ranks of the insurgents. Upon M. Arlot’s repre- sentations to the Nicaraguan government the Frenchman was released. Under the circumstances this govern- ae does not deem it necessary to send | @ war vessel to Nicaraguan waters. CLAIMS BIG VICTORY of partment does not contemplate taking any | it | not learned of the breaking off of diplo-! publicly | advices received here Ly the sympathizers lof the revolutionary movement in the! |latter country i men and Managua | French charge @‘hffaires in Central | Pt i I 2g \ if THE EARLY MORNING SHOPPER. » STRAEBREAERS HOME. WRECAEDBY DYNAMITE Aged Man Nearly Suffocated. Six Others Just Escape Bur- ial Under Falling Walls. STRUTHERS, Ohio, December 8.—A large double frame house, occupied by the families of Harry Birney and Louls | Smith, recently imported here by the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company | | to work in the local mill, where a strike jis in progress, was dynamited early to- of in: in The house was practically demolished. A portion was blown away. The pla ter was torn from the wall of every room. Believing that the dynamiting may have |had some connection with the bitter re- ations existing here, Sheriff Turner is | conducting a rigid investigation in this | direction. mi mi a mi house collapsed. |a reward of $6,000 was offered for the ap- prehension of the dynamiters. BRUSSF ficial retice ists. rheumatisn ther the extraordinar; LIFE IS IN DANGER. dition of Belgium’s King. Paralysis Is Reported. ELS, December King Leopold’s’ health “is formation from private uurces, g the utmost anxiety. He was determined to ents might be resumed. it the journey. Late in the day ade official denial LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 8. OFFICIAL DENIAL THAT HIS Private Advices Hint at Grave Con- 8.—Though* of- ee concerning the exact state maintained. toda: is to the effect that his condition is caus It is reported that his rheumatism is | jied under debris. Six other members of |trouble. He is unable to rise from his! the two families sustained slight inju-| chair. | ries. For years he has undergone jectrical | Cook's treatment at the hands of Paris special- return to Paris last week, in order that these treat- The physician of the royal household refused to per- wa f the report that King Leopold | car. which is exceedingly pain- ‘Whe- circumstances of LEOPOLD IS ABLE TO WALK COOK'S RECORDS ARRIVE SAFELY IN COPENHAGEN Locked Up in University Strong Room, Where They Will Re- main Under Guard Pend- ing Examination. “The north F erick A. on board the polar ob: of Dr. Cook reached here today steamer United States. Extraordinary precautions were taken i | day jextending, and has been complicated by |to make sure that the long-heralded data | William Birney, father of Harry Bir-|paralysis, of which he has experienced | were delivered safely to the university | ney, was almost suffocated by being bur-|two strokes, as well as with pulmonary | authorities. As soon as the United States was tied up at her pier an iron box, containing Dr. report and the diaries in which his original entries were made, was brought ashore. The box was closely followed by Walter Lonsdal Dr. Cook's secretary, who had stood guard over its contents since they left the hands of the explorer. ; Upon the pier Lonsdale and two de- !tectives bundied the iron box into a motor Jumping in themselves, they were | jwas seriously fll. It was also stated | driven hastily to the University of Co- The seven occupants escaped death by|that he was suffering neither from an|penhagen. Their car was followed by a |the narrowest margin. Cut and bruised, | apoplectic stroke nor puimonary troubles, | Donnagen:, ne they had no more than reached the| The official announcement concludes: At the university the papers were for- |street when the front and one side of the| “The king is afflicted with muscular | m; nally turned over to the authorities there and placed in a strong room. There of the explosion caused con-| ful, but today he was able to walk about] tiey will be guarded closely until the sternation in the neighborhood, Within | his’ apartments.” | Counties! anodiuted io cxemuie them i ja short time deputy sheriffs searched the i ready to begin {ts labors territory for some clues to the perpe- The examination will be made prob- trators, but without success. |JUDGE GAVE PLEDGE TO HANG. | any at Copenhagen Observatory. None The Eooa of ar that the one but the duly chosen commission, repre- mite was discharged by the same parties } a ai the University of Copenhagen, |who three months ago attempted to|Extraordinary Circumstances At-|SqUURE the University of Copenhag | wreck the residence of C. 1. Gibson, su- *, 5 United States Minister Egan was to perintendent of the plant. At that ‘time! tending Condemnation of Negro. |e tet See eee itiee mectines, but will not be able to do so because of the delay in the arrival of the records Ithe trial and sentence to death at Wi | ME Pen leaves tomorrow for the United | MAY SEE THE CHIEFS. liamstown, Ky., yesterday, of the negro.|~ The coming of Dr. Cook's papers is ac- | ‘Order Extending Privilege to Mem- i bers of Congress. | By order issued by Secretary | Dickinson, members of Congress having | business with the War Department may an tr Li mation which a chief of bureau or the 4 of the same general tenor. tions Committee Announced. ings illegal was a | in Kentucky today. ganization committee for $8,500,000. R. T. Thorp, representing Philadelphia | Earl Thompson, will make the proceed- subject of discussion down to him in the name of the Norfolk | recti and Southern reorganization committee. evival of the The Politiken pporters 0 trying to enlist companied wit sofa this morning that Commander Peary are A mob which had met Thompson at the|the services of Greenland explorers in rain when he was brought back from] organizing an anti-Cook press cam- exington to answer a charge of criminal | Palén. assault, virtually exacted a promise from ——— deal directly with the chief of staff or the| Circuit Judge Cammack that he would at VY |chiefs of bureaus “on all ordinary and one Bentenoe eRe to hang ae ain eS EE ERCEDSED: routine matters pertaining exclusively to/ thirty days, and keep him meanwhile in ; the Williamstown jail. Congressmen M: * | their respective offices.” But even the|" Gammack delivered. the pledge from gt ies ‘ust Not Serve as At | officers mentioned are prohibited from/the jail steps. Within the courthouse, torneys in Certain Cases. giving members of the,legislative branch | previously, Thompson had been tried and! jiprisonment for not more than two nformation bearing *on questions of! found guilty, while a mob overran the] | /mPFSenn i rey policy; or on important or unusual mat-|court chamber, and @ member of it lung-|¥€4?S and ® fine of not more than $10,000 ters; of a character which sound|ed at the negro with a knife. jis the penalty prescribed in a bill in- Judgment would indicate as coming prop-| ‘Thompson had entered a strong plea of|troduced in the Senate by Senato: erly within the discretion of the head of|not guilty. Judge Cammack fixed the! Borah, to be Imposed upon « the department whose views Congress| hanging for January 7 next of Congress who ac its committees and members are entitled ; any person or corpor om en ed in to know in their consiceration of ques interstate commerce or whu receives any tions affecting the department; Gs in} NORFOLK SOUTHERN SOLD. ; fee for services to person or corporation | chief of staff would wish brought to his i oaiee ERO TET DEE nate knowledge if he were the head of the de-|Bought in by Reorganization Com- features of the bill are partment.” Such information is not to é sane i pilive-Gn daless be given out without being first. submit- mittee for $8,500,000. atieviniepeleatiowiand heiress EO She toa to and authorized by the Secretary of NORFOLK, Va., December 8—The| uance in office, shall re e or ag These orders are issued in accordance | Norfolk and Southern raflway property | receive ay Ne with the President's clreular of December | was late yesterday bid in by the reor-|Tectly or DE ATEd aie DEseOnT ndered to any person, ation, either by him- relation to any pro- dered or to be corporation or a: self or another, in | interests, started the sale at $7,500,000|ceed'ng, contract, claim, controversy, | DIVISION OF DUTIES. and carried it up to $8,100,000. Rath-| charge, accusation or arrest, or other at Lae borne Gardner of New York then bid} matter or thing in which the United Subcommittees of Senate Appropria- | $5.0 and the property was knocked | States. us a party, is directly or indi- interested, before any court what- eve “That no senator, representative or The subcommittees of the Senate com- mittee on appropriations have been an- nounced. Senator Gallinger, who has been for several years chairman of. the subcom- mittee on District of Columbia appropria- tions, will continue in the same capacity \ for the session just begun. His colleagues jon the committee will be Senators Elkins, | Curtis, Tillman and Foster. ‘The other subcommittees are as follows Deficiency-Mr. Hale, chairman; Mr. | Gallinger, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Clay and Mr. Culberson. Diplomatic and consular—Mr. Hale, chairman; Mr. Kean, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Clay and Mr. Foster. Fortifications—Mr. Perkins, chairman; Mr. Warren, Mr, Elkins, Mr, Tillman and Mr. Daniel. Legislative—Mr. Warrea, chairman; Mr. Elkins, Mr. Burkett, Mr. Daniel and mr. Foster. . Sundry civil—Mr. Hale, chairman; Mr. Perkins, Mr. Kean, Mr. Tillman and Mr. Culberson. ; é 4 Shopping Days Before Xmas. 14 Now is the tlme to do your Christmas shopping. Don’t walt any longer. The advertising columns of The Star are full of suggestions for Christmas shop- pers. | delegate, after his election and during his rontinuance in office, snall uct as attor- ney or counsel for any person, corpora- tion or association engaged in commerce to which the regulative power of Con- gress extends under the Constitution of the United States. “That every person offending against these sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not more than two years and fined not more than $10,000, and shall, moreover, upon conviction thereof, be rendered forever thereafter incapable of holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the gov- ernment of the United States. Kermit Roosevelt’s Doings. NAIROBI, British East Africa, Decem- ber 8.—Kermit Roosevelt arrived here to- day. He is going to Mombasa on a hunt for sable and other antelope. He has just secured two bongo. Col. Rooseve! has not arrived here from Njoro, ‘texpected soon, t but is] EVADE THE POLICE Relatives of Dead Woman Be- lieved to Be in Hiding. | NONE ATTEND THE FUNERAL | Additional Mysteries Develop inj Case of Mrs. Snead. | | | |POLICE THEORY IS MURDER) Woman in Arrest Charged With | { Causing Death of Niece Found in Bath Tub. { i | i | —_—____. j Secial Dixpateh to The St ; NEW YORK, December 8.—The funeral of Mrs. Ocey W. M. Snead, postponed yes- terday by Prosecutor Mott of Essex |county and Chief of Police Bell of East / Orange, took place this morning at $ o'clock. There was no hitch in the pro- ceedings, the Rev. John F. Kern of the | Orange Presbyterian Church performing a, simple ceremony in Kunz's morgue, where | the body had lain sinse it was found in a bath tub In the East Orange home of the Wardlaw woman. By railroad the body was taken to Hoboken, and thence | to Mount Hope cemetery in West Chester, | where the burial was slated to take place. | | Mrs. Martha Wardlaw, grandmother of | the young woman found dead in a bath tub at her Bast Orange home, has joined | the list of those whose whereabouts were | unknown this morning, a list on which! were the names of Caroline Martin, moth- er of the dead woman, and Fleteher W. | Snead, the latter's husband. ‘The aged grandmother was last even- ing taken away from the house at 466) West street, where she had been stay- | ing with Mrs. Mary W. Snead. Two men, | one of whom resembled her counsel, Franklin W. Fort, conveyed her from! the house in a taxicab. She was accom-} panied by a negro maid. It was thought possible that she would| appear at the burial in Westchester later | today. Mrs. Mary Snead was left alone in the house. Police Have Papers. The police have in their possession three more bags <2 papers and documents | belonging to the women of the Wardlaw | family. These have been turned over to them by Mrs. Evelyn Cook of 250 Mar- | tens avenue, Brooklyn. Mrs. Cook thinks | it was Mrs. Martin who left the things in her delicatessen store, at Rogers and Canarsie avenues, consisting of legal pa- pers apparently concerned with litigation over land in the south, about one hun- | dred photographic films an@ four p¥ctures of men. The East Orange police were busy this morning going over these pa- pers in an effort to find further evidence that may solve the strange mystery of | young Mrs. Snead’s death. | Several other interesting bits of evi- | dence are now in the hands of the po-! lice. One of them is a letter frum a resi- dent of Murfreesboro that tells of finding an express package in the express office of that town, left by one of the Wardlaw women, the letter alleges, and containing morphine. Another is the story of Louis Jacobsen of 1979 7th avenue, who told the police that a woman whose appear- ance tallies with the pictures of M Mary Snead attempted to purchase chloroform about ten days ago in his store. William Doscher’s Story The story told by William Doscher of 249 West 48th street, who identified the body of Ocey W. M. Snead last evening in Orange, is also of interest from the police viewpoint. “Ten years ago,” said Doscher, “Mrs. Martin came to us and rented rooms. The daughter, at that time thirteen or fourteen years old, was unusually attrac- tive. We became greatly attached to her. Mrs. Martin was frequently cruel to the child, who would come running to my wife and fling her arms around her neck and sob. My wife tried many times to learn what troubled the child, but she would) never tell her and we did not discuss | the nature of the fear she had of her parent. | | | SURPRISE FOR EARLY MOTION OF PROSECUTION Follows Refusal to Stand Trial Without Being Present. COUNSEL ASKS FOR MORE TIME Motion to Quash Case Overruled by Court—Prisoner May Stand Ex- amination in New York, Judge E. C. Everest, Attorney for John R. Early, The case of John R. Early, who is held by the District authorities in quarantine as a leper, moved quickly in the Police Court this morning. E. C. Everest, attorney for Early, asked that the case against Early be quashed and thatthe prisoner be discharged, ar- guing his motion on _ constitutional grounds. Judge Mullowny overruled this motion. Mr. Everest took exception. Mr. . Everest announced that Early would never consent to trial by the court unless he were himself present to hear the proceedings and to take the stand | himself. Menace of Life in Prison. When Mr. Everest completed this an- nouncement, Assistant Corporation Coun- sel Pugh immediately rose and moved, in view of the statement just made, that the case be indefinitely postponed. .This would mean life imprisonment for Earl the case were taken to another court Mr. Everest dec ed he was amazed by |this motion. He asked the court to sus unless pend ruling upon ft until he had oppor- tunity to argue the question. He said it was 2 new proposition to him and asked until tomorrow morning’ to ider it The case was therefore continued until temorrow morning. Judge Mullowny. made it cl in talking with counsel late: not at present intend to come into court for tr a6 not until it was | did not have leprosy or of it. Agreement May Be Reached. i n that Karly aad been cured Before the court adjourned Mr. Eve suggested a plan of procedure which may take the case out of the Police Court. “after they had stayed there several months without paying us a cent of! rent we were forced to begin proceed- | ings to evict them and after a time we! succeeded. I did not know that there | were other members of the family liv-/ ing, but after they had gone a woman! who looked something like Mrs. Martin, | and said she was her sister, came to the} house to claim the effects left there by | the mother and daughter. . Of Apparent Good Standing. | | least people who appeared to be of some | }consequence. She had many callers from among folks of what you would call the upper cla: “The stories I have read in the papers about the queer ways of the family agree perfectly with our experience of | the mother und child at our house. | They were untidy and their roéms were always in the utmost disorder.” | The identity of the woman who went} to Kunz’s morgue yesterday in company with detectives of Chief Bell’s staff Is still a puzzle. If it was her visit that | caused the postponement of the funeral | she must be an important figure in the | case, for both Prosecutor Mott «and/ Chief Beli agreed that they were sure | enough of Ocey Snead’s identity with- out the evidence given by this mysterl- ous woman. Mysteries Upon’ Mysteries. Mysteries piled up today in the case. The question of whether or not chloro- form had been used in making away with the young southern woman in an East Orange house more than a week ago w: brought to the fore through a story told by a Harlem druggist. He asserts that a woman resembling one of the relatives of| Mrs. Snead sought to buy a bottle of| chloroform from him a day or two before the body of Mrs. Snead was found in the Hast Orange house. He refused to sell the drug without a prescription, It has been the theory of Chief of Po- lice Bell of East Orange that Mrs. Snead “I observed while they were with us that Mrs. Martin seemed to have good standing with prominent people, or at { | | Was first chloroformed and then drowned. | Not a friend or relative attended the | funeral. | Miss Virginia Wardlaw, aunt of the j victim, is still locked up in the Essex county jail, charged with the murder of her niece. ' After the Black Handers. - PITTSBURG, December 8.—The authori- ties of Leechburg, Pa. and the United States government are conducting a rigid investigation in an effort to learn the | | agree to quash the case against ,ot He said he had consulted with Corpor tion Counsel Thomas and with Dr. Fow!- er of the health office, in regard to send- ing Early to New York immediately to be examined by Dr. Simon F ad of the Rockefeller Institute for Res h in that city. : He said that he believed all parties in- teres woud be willing to abide by the decision of Dr. Flexner as to whethe Early was a leper. He said that cor- poration counsel had practically agreed to this plan, and that it really only awaited the approval of Karly himsel and of Health Officer Woodward before being put into execution. He guaranteed that Early would accept the proposition. He said, however, that if Eacly aminetion, he here hanging words, that went to New York for this ex- go without the case in mus o the other must rly. hi autho Woodward Non-Committal. Dr. Woodward was in court. He would not say this morning whether he would agree to this plan. A meeting between Dr. Woodward, Mr. Everest and Corpora- tion Counsel Thomas was arranged for this afternoon, when the matter will be threshed out. Dr. Woodward said it had been sug- d last year to Early that he go to Dr. Flexner for examination and that Barly had refused to go. When Mr Everest announced in court that this plan was under conside: jon he said that he had wired to Dr. L. Duncan Bulkley New York specialist who proclaimed not a leper, asking wihetier he would consert to his exami by Dr. Fiex- ner. He read Bulk ply to the ef- [fect that he would consent to Dr. Flex- amination and accept his verdict. Since sid Dr. Wood “has Dr. been a member busi ner counsel fo hie whether Early or not?” He was plainly put out by adopted by the counsel for E ing to Dr. Bulkele: After Mr. Everest left the courtroom he declared that Corporation Counsel Thomes had practically agreed this morn- ing to examination by Dr. Flexner. No Case for Police Court. Judge Mullowny told Mr. Everest that he had nothing to do with the case but try it; that Early was not in the custody of the court, but in the custody of the health officer, and that that official must decide whether or not he was to be al- lowed to leave Washington for examina- tion by Dr. Flexner. Dr. examined the darly course in wire identity of alleged Biack Hand members who have repeatedly threatened the life of Maj. Joseph G. Beale, former repre- sentative and banker of Leechbury A number of persons are under surveillance and arrests are expected Judg2 Mullowny, however, expressed the opinion that it would be eminently” more fitting for experts on leprosy to de- cide whether Early was a leper than to leave that question to a police court for determination or for a jury in that court, The motion filed with the court by