Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1912, Page 1

Fair and warmer and southwest winds. WEATHER Tuésday fair; moderate south tonight. No. 19,038. WASHINGTON, D. ©. MONDAY, | Ghe Evening Star. The Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that prints the news of the Associated Press. NOVEMBER 11, 1912—EIGHTEEN PAGES. Steck” quoranioss PAGE 13 * ONE CENT. TELLS OF REPULSE OF THE BULGARS Adrianople Commandant Says Attacking Force at Maras Has Been Driven Back. \ VIENNA LOOKING FOR IMPORTANT DECISIONS Frequent Conferences Regarding Bal- kan Situation Held. EUROPE FACES CRITICAL WEEK Little News Being Received as to) Actual Fighting—Cholera Said to Be Spreading Among ‘Wounded. | | | ! \DRIANOPLE, November 9, 145 p-m. (by indirect route via a, Russia, November 11) —The bombardment of this city by the Bulgarians began again Friday and continued today from the south and west. In the after- noon it stopped and Shukri Pasha, the military commandant, had cards posted all over the city nouncing the victory of the garrison which had repulsed the; Uulgarian attacking force around Maras and had driven the be- siegers a considerable distance into the surrounding country. This is the first dispatch sent by any. correspondent with the besieged Turkish garrison of Adrianople. Expect Important Decisions. VIENNA, Austria, November 11.—Symp- toms that important decisions in connec- tion with the Balkan situation are under consideration in Austria-Hungary are Seen in the fact of the frequent audiences between Count von Berchthold, the Aus- tro-Hungarian foreign minister, and Em- peror Francis Joseph, who has also sev- eral times conferred with the war minis- ter and the chief of the general staff of the Austro-Hungarian army. To these significant occurrences are duke Francis Ferdinand, Austro-Hungarian throne, and his forth- coming visit to the German emperor, as well as yesterday's conference between i Daneff, the president of the Bul- zarian chamber of deputies, and Count n Berehthold, and subsequently German ambassador at Vienna. Audiences With King Peter. Daneff, who before leaving Bul- garia was received by King Ferdinand and while passing through Servia had audiences with King Peter and Premier Pachitch, is belleved to be the bearer of culty an Ad with proposals connected with the diffi- in to Servia’s desire for He also is supposed to make a special Hungary con- sts and Rou- regard port a Austrii intel the Sonn Und ‘ up the position -HUngarian empire in the ion in the following four ured and unrestricted fa- cess to the eastern mar- cominercial transit to RY ir lities for a and st et slon free ‘The integrity of Albania. The protection of Austria- cry’s. political Interests by the of local relations with Servia exclusion of political antagon- rth May Involve All Europe. Compensation for Roumanta. DON, November 11.—Europe the n eks 5 st It may end in a war in i whole of Europe will be in- volv it may be remembered as a which diplomacy su ing problems that appeared to many. ne Bu'garian army is on the point of entering Constantinople and this will be resented by Russta. At the same time the Turkish capital is threatened with massacre from within On the other side of the Balkan penin- sula there is an acute conflict between the alms of Austria-Hungary and Servia, which, if it is not arranged, might start a general European ke. t hopeful s t the present t that moderating in- brought te bear by * ally of Austria-Hu' aria, the comrade in Servia. Both of these nations tig themselves to avert a con- | insol- ne Bu :stro-Hungarian minister at Bel-j has just returned to his post. hat ‘a reasonable settlement Austria, in return for cor- es in the Balkan ports railroads leading to hem, ‘via running privileges over the Ine that is to be built to tht port of Durazzo and that the two countries should together use the port as a free por’ would be t responding and on should gi the Jealousies Are Intense. usies are so intense, | will take a lot of pres- elther Austria or Servia to om its demand Austria, in iy t advance of a toward the port of Durazzo = dispatched a steamer there Austrian residents when the ervian troops arrive. ervia’s friend, Russia, also is preparing eventualities. Besides keeping her jou: take time-expired men in the army she is mobiliz) her forces. At Sebastopol transports have been prepared to con- vey Russian troops across the Black sea, er arsenals and commissariat de- are working night and da: ! fighting. very he port The of » whic! Sunday, i en re wever, ‘The situation at s something of a rid- {never improved ATTACKS ON BRYCE London Press Bitter Toward Retiring Ambassador. STAYS HERE SOME — Diplomat Will Clear Up All Pending Negotiations. SUCCESSOR COL. SPRING-RICE British Foreign Office Is Not Yet Ready to Make Definite An- nouncement, However. AMBASSADOR BRYCE. LONDON, November 11.—The British ambassador to the United States, James Bryce, will remain at Washington until all pending negotiations have been cleared up. These include, it is under- stood, the question of the Panama canal. The British foreign office ts not yet pre- pared to fssue any statement in regard to the ambassador's retirement or as to the appointment of his successor, who will, owever, undoubtedly be Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice. It was stated at the foreign office today that Mr. Bryce will endeavor to leave a clean slate for the new ambassador. With the exception of the official West- minster Gazette, the comments of the evening newspapers on Mr. Bryce’s term of office at Washington are most unfa- vorable. Unable to Forgive. This is due to the assistance he gave the Canadian government under Sir Wil- frid Laurier in the negotiation of the aided the arrival at Budapest of Arch-| reciprocity treaty, for which the unionist heir to the|press is unable to forgive him. “The Westminster Gazette says: “It is the fashion for unionists to de- cry and attack Ambassador Bryce, but his record is an admirable one and there fs nothirg in it which does not redound to his honor. He has been extreme.y popu.ar in the United States, and at the same time a vigilant guardian of the in- terests of his country. His probable suc- cessor, who has already served in Wash- ington under the late Lord Pauncefote, is a dipiomat of another type, but he will get a warm welcome, and we feel sure his great abilities will find ample scope in his mew work.” Cannot Regret Decision. The Globe says: “Ambassador Bryce will take with him into his retirement the good wishes of a lishmen and the thanks of some Americans, but we cannot pretend to re- gret his decision.” The newspaper proceeds to condemn Mr. Bryce’s attitude in regard to reci- procity. The Pall Mall Gazette wishes it were possible to speak more cordially of Am- bassador Bryce’s term of office. It say: “We have always insisted on the u fairness of attacks on a diplomat who is not a free agent and must accept his policy from the ministers at home. It is possible that no ambassador could have given a more satisfactory aspect to the reciprocity treaty or to the Panama canal business from the imperial side. “Relations Not Improved.” time our relations were . the presence at Wash- ington of a politician whose national sentiments are notoriously lukewarm and whose instincts are all for peace at any price. It is the greatest illusion in the world that an aptitude for ‘graceful sur- render’ acts with moral impressiveness upon the American people.” ‘These remarks allude to the attacks on Ambassador Bryce at the time of the publication in May of the letter of Presi- dent Taft to Theodore Roosevelt, in which the President used the expression: “Meantime the amount of Canadian products we would take would produce a current of business between western Can- ada and the United States that would make Canada only an adjunct of the United States.” “At the same Departure Not Fixed. the British ambassador to the United States, tendered his resii nation several days ago. In a statement today the British embassy announced the time of Mr. Bryce’s departure had not been fixed. Mr. Bryce intimated to his government in July, 1911, his wish to re- tire, it said, as the questions he had come here to settle all had been disposed of. At the request of his government, it stated, he remained to deal with certain matters then pending. Mr. Bryce iring, it was announced, to devote If to the completion of two literary on which he has long been en- James Bry | “While the news that Ambassador Bryce is to retire will be ved with deep re- in official circles and by the coun- There has been no break in the har- monjous relations of the distinguished Englishman and his government, but it has been an open secret for some time that Mr. Bryce, advancing in years, de- sired to surrender his post and give en- literary work which has occupied so large a part of his life. His book on South America, written since his tour of that country two years ago, is just off the press, and be is about to begin a work covering his recent tour of Australia and New Zealand, Mr. Bryce’s Appointment. Bryce's appointment as the British to Washington attracted | ambassador made. | Br Irish affairs tulgarians claim to have ab- rounded the city. A t cable dispatch, however, was received today from within the Turkish lines. This had been sent off Saturday Sir Campbell Bannerman. He came to Washington under most fa- < (Continued on Second Page.) (Continued on Ninth Page.) try xenerally, it is not wholly unexpected. | tire attention to the completion of the} widespread attention at the time it was| He was then a member of the h cabinet, serving as secretary for in the liberal. ministry of FOURTEEN KILLED INRAILROAD WRECK Ninety-Two Are Injured, Forty- Two of Them Seriously. Near Montz, La. MANY VICTIMS CREMATED IN FIVE BURNING COACHES Through Freight Crashes Into the! Rear of Passenger Cars. COMPANY BLAMES BRAKEMAN Charged He Failed to Place Signals | as Ordered—Of Fourteen Bodies Recovered Nine Are Negroes. Bodies Badly Mangled. NEW ORLEANS, November 11.—Fo"r- teen or more persons were killed a 1 | forty-two seriously injured and fifty w«7 slightly hurt in a wreck on the Yaz70 ‘and Mississippi Valley railroad near} Montz, La., twenty-seven miles north of New Orleans, at midnight, when a {through freight train crashed into the rear of an excursion train of ten coaches. ‘e of the coaches of the passenger ltrain were burned, and many of the | wreck victims are believed to have been | cremated. Four of Victims White. Of the fourteen bodies recovered up to noon, nine were negroes and five white persons. The majority of the ‘njured are white. Practica‘ly all were from Louist- ana or south Mississippi. ‘An official statement issued by the rail- road company placed the blame for the wreck on a brakeman named Cunning- ham, who was charged with faflure to have signaled the freight train. The ex- cursion train, hauled by two engines, left New Orleans at 11 p.m. In approaching Montz one locomotive broke down and the engineer signaled to the brakeman, it is sald, to go back and warn the ‘freight train, running twenty-five minutes behind the excursion train. Brakeman Failed to Obey Order. This order, it is charged, the brakeman failed to execute and the freight tore into the rear of the crowded passenger train at a speed of about thirty miles an hour. Relief trains were sent from New Or- leans and Baton Rouge. Thirty of the injured, all negroes, were taken to Baton Rouge.’ The dead and the more seriously hurt among the whites were brought to New Orleans and placed in hospitals. ‘The ill-fated excursion train left New Orleans at 11 o'clock last night, carrying several hundred people who had spent Sunday in New Orleans. It slowed down on approaching a sharp curve near Montz soon after midnight, and the freight train crashed into the rear coaches. Many of the victims were so badly mangled as to make identification impossible. Scene of Confusion at Station. of the excursionists were from points south of Woodville, Miss., which is thirty miles north of Baton Rouge. The scene at the Union station whea the relief train bearing the dead and injured arrived in New Orleans was one of confusion. i Practically every ambulance in the city had ‘been summoned to take the injured to hospitals and patrol wagons were used to move many of the dead to undertaking establishments. The rear coach of the excursion train was demolished. Prac- tleally every one in this car was killed or seriously injured. Among the badly wounded were two women, and several small children in the rear coach were killed. No Racial Lines in Rescue Work. The two rear coaches which were tele- scoped by the freight engine caught fire immediately. Passengers who had escaped injury rushed into the wrecked coaches and dragged dead and injured from the flames’ reach. Several of the occupants of the front coaches who escaped Injury were badly et heir -fforts to save those le: Ha rete whice men risked their lives save the Injured negroes from the rap- idiy spreading tlames, and negro men rushed into the steam and fiames to res- cue white persons as well as members of their own race. The majority JAIL LIBRARIES DISCUSSED. Annual Congress of American Prison Association Continues. BALTIMORE, November 11.—The an- nual congress of the American Prison Association, which began here last Sat- urday evening, was continued today with the forenoon session in the charge of the Chaplains’ Association. Rev. H. Cresson McCheney of Philadelphia, president of the Chaplains’ Association, delivered his annual address. Addresses also were made by Mrs. Maude Ballington Booth, president of the Volunteer Prison League of tke Volunteers of America, and the Rev. C. P. Sparling of Baltimore, chap- lain of the Lay Readers’ League. Mrs. Percival Sneed of Atlanta, Ga, read a paper on “the organization and use of the prison library.” Mrs. Sneed is chairman of the committee on federal sions. ‘A general discussion of the subjects treated at this session followed. SAYS HODGES LEADS HIM. mi Kansas, to Continue Fight. TOPEKA, Kan., November 11.—Arthur Capper, republican, for governor, admit- ' George H. Hodges, democrat, are not official. “I am not giving up the fight,” Capper. “I shall contest the case and have every confidence that I will win by close to three thousand.” ——_+—_—_—_ Court’s Thanksgiving Recess. States today announced that it would November 18 to December 2. Big Cases Still Undecided. The Supreme Court of the United States did not give its decisions today in the Union Pacific merger sult, the hard now pending, 4 counties in, although six of the counties | © said Mr, | Beward coal cases or any of the other big cases| many changes ‘sassadors uae LIST OF EE ARNUKRNRE CAN CCRNUACCUTTCTITT AS. creuttl POLICE SEEKING CLUES TO WOMAN'S IDENTITY Finding of Her Body in Pond) May Develop Double Murder. _ GEORGETOWN, Conn., November 11.— While the identity of the woman whose! body was found in a local millpond Sat- urday, with a dozen stab wounds in it, | remains undisclosed today, the local au- thorities have taken up an investigation of the disappearance of Niccoccia Arnes- tina and his wife from their home, three miles west of Ridgefield, late in October. ‘The theory is that there is a connection between this and the murder of the un- known woman. Home Under Surveillance. The Arnestinas lived on the Lake Wac- cabue road, close to the New York state line, and their house was one of those | that the state police had under suspicion | during recent liquor raids, when about | twenty Italians were arrested. The authorities at first supposed that the couple had fled across the New York state line, because they feared arrest for illegal liquor selling, but now fear is ex- pressed that both the Arnestinas have been murdered and that the body found in the pond in Georgetown is that of Mrs. Arnestina. The features of the murdered woman are so discolored and distorted that identification will be difficult. ‘The state police declared today that neither Arnestina nor his wife gave them information in regard to the liquor cases. Another Murder Recalled. Prosecuting Attorney Beers of Danbury is much impressed with the theory that the murdered woman may have had some connection with Gioviannia Cavagileri, the woman who was slain in Stratford a few weeks ago, but both he and State fin which he had a quantity NEEDS OF THE RED CROSS. In view of the great suf- fering as a consequence of | the war between Turkey and the Balkan states, the Red Cross organizations are bad- ly in need of funds. Contributions for this char- itable purpose may be made through The Star. Checks should ,be nrade..payable to | the American Red Cross, and these and cash contribu- tions turned in at the bu: ness counter of The Star will be promptly forwarded to H. S. Reeside, at the Ameri- can Security and Trust Company, treasurer, who will furnish donators with the | official Red Cross receipt. ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE. Indiana Miner Sent to Hospital for Examination as to Sanity. White House policemen at noon. today arrested Jesse Dowdell, fifty years old, a miner of Silverwood, Ind, as he was seeking to go into the White House ex- ecutive offices to see President Taft. Dowdell, who is believed to be dement- ed, explained that he was a labor com- missioner, representing thes miners, and that his mission to the President was to secure an amelioration of present condi- tions among the working classes. He carried a much-worn Gladstone bag, of disar- ranged papers and a copy of the last geo- logical report of the state of Indiana. These, he explained, were data he had prepared, showing that the workingman's wases were insufficient for his needs. Dowdell was sent to the Washington Asylum Hospital, where he will be held pending an investigation into his sanity. FIGHT FOR LOCAL OPTION. Policeman Virelli said today that so far no evidence to connect the two crimes had developed beyond the fact that the initials C.," embroidered upon the bedspread in which the body of the mill- pond victim was wrapped, were those of the woman killed in Stratford. ‘The autopsy showed that the body was in such an advanced stage of decomposi- tion that death must have occurred at least ten days prior to Saturday, when the body was discovered in the water, and the indications are that it had been there at least a week. CLINICAL CONGRESS MEETS. Two Thousand Surgeons Gather in New York Today. NEW YORK, November 11.—Two thou- prisons of the league of Mbrary com-| sing surgeons from all parts of the United States and Canada gathered here this morning for the opening session of the Clinical Congress of America, which will continue throughout the week. More than 700 of the delegates are registered at a single Sth avenue hotel. Capper, Candidate for Governor in| puring the week 955 clinics will be held for the visitors in New York hospitals. Anti-Saloon League Planning Cap- ture of Maryland Legislature. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 11.— The Anti-Saloon League held a fleld day here yesterday. Rev. Dr. L. L. Seiber of Hagerstown, superintendent of the west- ern district, spoke at the Central Young Men's Christian Association and at St- John’s Lutheran Chureh. Rev. Dr. C. M. Levister of Baltimore spoke in the morn- ing at the First Presbyterian Church and at night at the Bedford Street Meth- odist Protestant Church. Rev. Cyrus P. Keen, superintendent of the Delaware district, spoke at Kingsley Methodist Episcopal Church, and J. Bibb Mills, -at- torney for the league in Maryland, spoke at the First Baptist Church. ‘The Anti-Sa‘oon League will at once raise $25,000 for the preliminary fight toward capturing the next legislature for the local option bill. This was announced yesterday. TOTAL VOTE OF SOCIALISTS. Leaders Declare Increase of 100 Per ‘Those attending the various clinics will have the opportunity of seeing operations performed by the most advanced meth- ted today that he was 28 votes behind} ods, and in addition there will be demon- with all|strations in radiology, surgical pathology, -xperimental surgery and other subjects. ‘The president of the congress is Dr. Martin of Chicago. —_—_-+—_ HOPE OF MINISTER EGAN. Believes Wilson Administration Will ‘The Supreme Court of the Unitea| Not Shake Up American Ministers. COPENHAGEN, November 11.—United take its annual Thanksgiving recess from | States Minister Egan hopes that, in spite of the election of a democrat as President he will not be disturbed by the incoming administration in Washington. Mr. Egan states that under the system of keeping and promoting men in the diplomatic service, inaugurated in recent years, he does not think there will be of ministers, though am- may be suspended. Cent in Country. NEW YORK, November 11.—According to tabulations made by socialist leaders here, the socialist vote in last Tuesday’s election showed an increase of more than 100 per cent over the vote in the last presidential election. ‘The increase is not confined to any par- ticular state gr. section, but is general throughout the country. The party lead- ers, moreover. maintain that their total would have been much larger but for the third term movement, which, they declare, attracted many votes from the ranks of socialist sympathizers. Safe Blowers Secure $2,500. CHICAGO, November 11.—Robbers blew open a safe in a saloon at West Madison and Halsted streets early today and es- caped with $2,500, after binding the bar- tender~ and porter with rores. The thieves wrapped a large rug about the safe and executed their work 50 skill- fully that 100 guests in a hotel above the saloon were not awakened, « j face of the international cri: CABINET IS DEFEATED ON HOME RULE BILL Division Was a Snap One on Financial Provisions of the Measure. LONDON, November 11.—The cabinet was defeated today by a vote of 228 against 206 in the committee on the home rule bill, The division was a snap one on, the financial provisions of the measure. * Sir Frederick Banbury, a unionist mem- ber for the city of ‘London, moved an amendment providing that the total pay- ment from the imperial exchequer to the Irish parliament should not exceed $12,- 500,000, exclusive of the amount received from Irish taxation and having regard to the amount saved in the Irish admin'stra- tion by the transfer of certain services to the control of the Irish government. House Adjourns. The house of commons then adjourned. There has been considerable opposition by members on the ministerial side of the house to the financial provisions of the home rule bill. Some seventy liberal members have given voice to their ob- jection to the Irish parliament being given contrdl of the customs, as they argue such control would enable the Irish parliament to introduce protection. The followers of William O'Brien only this morning announced their intention of withdrawing from the house during the proceedings of the committee on the finance clauses of the bill The government is coi sition in view of the adv mittee. The cabinet doe: have to resign and is unliket: not ne to do Revenue From Ireland. Herbert Samuel, the postmaster gen- eral, in opposing Sir Frederick anbury’s amendment to the home rule bill, said it would mean that the total sum payable to Ireland would be limited to $12,500,000 a year. The revenue from Irish taxation would be $47,000,000, estimated on the present basis of Irish revenue, and the amendment would mean that the sum handed back to Ireland wou'd be $12,500,- 000 for services which cost $20,000,000 a year. When the result of the vote was an- nounced the unionists present cheered wildly. i Premier Asquith when he came in quiet- ly announced that the sitting would be adjourned. Snap divisions during the. meetings of committees of the house of commons are not unusuai, although this is the first ex- perience of ‘the kind of the present gov- ernment. Arthur J. Balfour when he was premier suffered in this way several times during his last parliament. “PRISON SHIP” REVIVED. Old Mode of Punishing Naughty Middies at Annapolis. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 11.—Al- though no official announcement has been made, it is understood from reliable sources that the Naval Academy authori- ties will shortly revert to the old cus- tom of having a “prison” ship for the in- carceration of the naughty midshipmen. The prison ship—“guard boat,” it will be officially called — will be the cruiser Reina Mertedes, one of the trophies of the unpleasantness with Spain, captured at the blockade of Santiago, and now the station ship at the Naval Academy. Roofed over from stem to stern, this ves- sel is well adapted for the purpose. For many years the old training ship Santee, now a derelict and which will shortly be dismantled, having been sold to a Phila- delphia junk firm, was used as the prison ship, but her service in that respect was discontinued several years ago. Since then midshipmen reported for minor in- fractions of the regu.ations of discipline DAUGHTERS OF DIXIE Great Gathering in City for Their Annual Convention. DELEGATES NUMBER 1,500 Corner Stone of Monument in Ar- lington to Be Placed. PROGRAM OF THE EXERCISES “Welcome Meeting,” First of Con-| vocation Series, to Be Held Tomorrow Evening. 1 | | The greatest gathering of United | Daughters of the Confederacy in thelr! history is assembiing in Washington for the nual convention and the laying of nt to be cemetery a soldiers | it 11 Capital, by and wo the corner stone of the Arlington monum: national erected in the se of Dixie, estimated, will bein the Natio: with this number further a veterans of the Confederate armies the families of the members, Fu-ty » dele: , accredited to the convention from their st There is one distressing 1 illness of her husband will prevent the | attendance at the convention of the pres- | ident general, Mrs. Alexander B. While. | in nented Word has been received from Paris, | Tenn., her home, that the duty of at-} tending at the bedside of Mr. White makes imperative her absence from the great convocation of the society in Wash- ington. | Mrs. White, according to precedent, | woud receive r ion to the office she ho ds. ssip 10 the id not stand for a second but it is vn that ‘Tenne: legation is authorized to nounce her candidacy and put he into nomination, Maryland Woman to Preside. The pr instead of Mr: G,. Odenheim: esiding officer of the convention, first vice president gen- 1, Mrs. Odenheimer ts a Mary and woman, from the town of Jessup, and is most popular and exercises a wide in- fluence in the A in lobbies, a | Hote! dquarter and where the greater part of { gates arc housed for the week The most notable insignia of the Daug! ters is the narrow silk ribbon of tw red stripes and one white stripe, worn over the shoulders and brought to a point at front and back, where the ends are fastened with pins of the order. State badges designate the division dele- fates; these are of red. Some of the Higher dignitaries are festooned — with medals and badves, indicating thelr many activities and affiliations. . Bryan, who is. to be the ‘orator at the laying of the corner stone of the mofument to the Confederate dead in Arlington cemeter: row afte spent the morning at th rd Hotel r i ’ the de Much of hi convention. t a confer Mrs. man of the prograin commit- with her the nature of his at the ceremonies tomorrow. Reception Tonight. Mr. Bryan will be present at the re- ception by the authorities of the Library of Congress to the Southern Relief So- ciety tonight. Miss Nannie Randolph Heth, president of that organization, has vited to meet the general officers . all members of that Socie te vet of veterans s of Revolutic and the Loyal L be held from 8 unti! The cre committee vention held a_ meeting rooms at the lew V Drury C. Ludlow of Was! cl man, presided. The authentica of cr¢ dentials was the business considered. Official Program Announced. The program of the ceremonies at the corner stone laying and of the convention was officially announced this morning. The proceedings in Arlington cemete! begin at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Col. Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy in the cabinet of President Grover eland, w’ be master of ceremonies. He will lay stone and make : > of the will Bryan, shop irginia will invok Randolph H. pronounce eater will that are to | put in Butler. eh tee, dil | remar! | f the con- this morning in d_ Ho 1M | Robert j the blessing, and Dr. | Kim of Washington w benediction. Wallac announce the articles an- be placed in the metal box to be laid in the corner stone. Mrs. Frank G. Odenheim- er, first vice president general, will in- troduce Mr. Bryan. The 15th Cavalry Band, directed by Bandmaster Arthur 8S. Whitcomb, will present-a musical pro- gram, in which is included a selection of southern melodies by Lampe; a_par: phrase of “Nearer, My God, to Thee’ eaihie “Lost Choral 7) 2 oly ary with comet solo; the national airs, ‘My Country of Thee” and “Star Spangled Bann which brings the occasion to an end. “Welcome” Meeting. The nineteenth annual convention will be called to order for the “welcome meet- ing” tomorrow night at o'clock in Continental Memorial Hall by Mrs. Marion Butler, president of the District of Columbia division, U. D. C. Mrs. Butler will make an address of welcome in the name of the members of the or- ganization in Washington. Cuno H. Ru- doiph, president of the board of Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, will officially welcome the convention as head of the local government. President Taft will then address the convention. Mrs. Monroe McClurg of Mississippi will respond for the assembly of daughters. The Confederate flag, gift to the U. D. C. from Maj. Orren Randolph Smith of North Carolina, designer of the flag of the Confederacy, will be presented to the convention by Mrs. Fannie Ran- som Williams, president of the North Carolina division. Mrs. Butler will ac- cept it, closing the program. Music will be provided by the Marine Band and a double quartet of male voices. The singers: first tenors, J. F. M. Bowie and G. Calvert Bowie; first basses, J. M. Waters and Harry M. Forker: second tenors, Ernest H. Daniel and H. McNamee; second basses, George Terry and W. H. Waters. They will sing Kipling’s “Recessional,” set to music by De Koven, and “Tenting on the Old Camp Ground.” The invoca- tion will be asked by the Right Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of Washington. White, will be Mrs. Frank | oon, | HELD BY CORONER Five Men Accused of Satter- field’s Death. IN AUTOMOBILE AT TIME Were Located at Hughesville, and Brought Here. WILL BE RELEASED ON BAIL Dr. F. D. Chappelier One of Those Charged With Running Down Victim. SATTERFIE made a few ye Five men located at Hughesville, Mé., as allegea occupants of the automobile which killed Charles Satterfield of 721 7th street northeast, in this city Friday night, were held this afternoon for action of the grand jury by a coroner's jury after an inguest at the morgue. The men held for the grand jury are: Smoot, a bartender, twenty- three 3 old; F. D. Chappelier, phy | siclan, one years old; Raymond Hiteh, ant, thirty years old; Wil- clerk, twenty-seven . an attendant for the In- Accused by Verdict. The verdict of the coronor’s jury was as follows: Charles Satterfield came to his death at the Casualty Hospital November 9, 1912, from rupture of the liver and hemorrhage caused by being run over by an automp- bile the night of November 9 1912, on Pennsylvania aveaue southeast near 15th street said automobile being oceupied by Smoot, Raymond J. Hitch, Fred »elier, William C. Woodburn and . We hold them for the ry.” lerstood that these men will be pd on bond today, as soon as the tof the bond has be t. George Ray of Georgetown will be their bonds. man. Testimony of Witnesses. Eugene H. Stobbe, an electrical ma- chinist, was the first witness. He was on bis way from Randall Highlands to Wash- ington about 10:0 pm., and he found | Satterfield lying in the street. Coming across the Pennsylvania avenue bridge he an antomobile with five men in , and the lamp on the right side was Mr. Stobbe thought. | The car was going at high speed, |the men w itting low in it | not identi of the men nine, Saw Wheels Strike. Lenard’ G. White, elevator operator, Riggs building, saw the front wheels of an automobile pass over an object lying in the street and at the time did not know it was a man until the man’s hat blew off. Then ne went out to it and found it was that of a man. He did not see the man knocked down. “The car that struck the man was black and looked like a Ford,” he said. He cduld not recognize any of the men in the automobile. |" Miss Naomi Hanover stated that an jautomobile running at_thirty-tve or jforty miles an hour struck an object in the street. Arrival at Police Headquarters. It was about 11 o'clock last night when the five Marylanders in one car and five detectives in two other cars reached police headquarters. The detectives had spent the greater part of the day and evening in Charles county, having returned there yesterday after their visit Saturday night It was not until about 2 o'clock Sunda: morning that the Saturday trip of Detec. tives Mullen and Warren’ and Precinct Detective Wise was finished, the officers having been lost in the woods shortly after they left Hughesville. On the trip to ryland Saturday night the five men who returned here last night je. They admitted been in this city Thursday and q they had returned home yy of the Pennsylvania idge Silver Hill road to Brandywine, but they denied that their car had struck Satterfield, or that they had participated in an accident of any kind. e Had Supper at St. James. Statements made by the men were that they had supper at the St. James Hotel and that they started home about 10:30 o'clock. Satterfield was fatally injured near the west end of the bridge shortly before 11 o'clock. Although the five men discussed their trip freely and denied having participated in an accident, the detectives were convinced that their car had struck Satterfield. ‘Ambrose Smoot, who was operating the car, and Clarence Woodburn, who occu- pied the front seat with him, declared the car could not possibly have struck Satterfield without their knowing it, while Spencer Carrico, Raymond Hitch and Dr, Frederick D.'Chappelier, occu- pants of the rear seat, were equally posi- tive that the car was not in an accident. Leaving the vicinity of Pennsylvania avenue and 6th street northwest about 10:30 o'clock, the police say, the automo- bile should have reached the place where the accident happened just about the time Satterfield was struck by @ car. Conti uing in the direction of Charles county. the five men in the automobile reached T. B., Prince Georges county, before mid- NOTES OF THE U. D. Cc. Mrs. 8. E. F. Rose of West Point, Miss., president of the Mississippi dfvision, will address the Mississippi Society of Wash- ington, Saturday, on the subject, “Arling- have been punished -by confinement to] ton, Past and Present.” Mrs. Rose is an the precincts of Bancroft Hall, the dormi- tory of the student body, for periods ac- orgins to the gravity of the offense com- mitted. author. She has contributed widely to the literature of southern history. During (Continued on Second Page.) 1 night. Dance in Town Hall. There was a dance in the town hall at T. B. that night and the automobil- ists made a short stop there. A. C. Wheatley, who conducts a bar at Brandywine, and who had attended the dance, rode home tn the automobile (Continued on Fourth Page)