Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1913, Page 1

im INCLUDING | | | EIGHT PARTS Star’s Sunday Magazine And Colored Comic Section | he Sunday Star. Increas' er today FULL Ri fair and somewhat colder. WEATHER. ‘ing cloudiness and warm- probably rain. Monday /EPORT ON PAGE THREE. & FIVE CENTS. No. 453.—No. 19,429. WASHINGTON, D. ©. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1913." sae 7 ] = an - =~ | ! OHNSON EXPLAINS IS NOW CANDIDATE GIRL OF MYSTERY a LONG PEACE TALK HUERTA PREPARING : ” FOR STATUARY HALL’ ON HUNGER STRIKE SENDS HOUSE HOME SINISTER SURPRISE EXEMPTION BILL” ON HUNGER STH | i) Says the District Has Prac-|“Butch” McDevitt Breaks His | Claiming to Be Her Father, In- sae y a NOPE, THE ‘Attendance Dwindles From So en. Villa Believes as He ticed Extortion Upon the Long Silence With an Am- diana Man Wires for Her LETS see, DoE Zz A won Does ALL, 200 to 5 as Hensley Reso- Moves Cautiously on to United States. | bitious Proposal. to Be Returned. | Faved ANTON Ke” xy lution Is Debated. Chihuahua. 1 Teese GRU) | = i \ REPORT TO CONGRESS COMING HERE, SO HE SAYS, |PHOTOGRAPH SENT HERE — ‘ta ne os | MAY VOTE TOMORROW TO OCCUPY THAT CAPITAL IN SPECIAL TRAIN SOON MAY UNTANGLE PUZZLE. READ” ¢ | ON NAVAL HOLIDAY IDEA| AT NOON TODAY, HE SAYS MADE LATE YESTERDAY Dangerous Measure May Come Up in the House for Discussion Tomorrow. With the charge that the District of Coiumbi practiced extortion upon i | s in treating the rent of the Washington Market Company as a revenue and having .. matched by an sum by the United States Trea ative Ben appropriations, Represe nson, chairman of the House cem- mittee on the District of Columbia, ex- in a report to Congress made | rday, the merits of his recent put $500,000 of District bill exemp'ing | place in St | Declares He Will Be Accompanied by a Band and Vocalists Who Can Sing in Ivish. Attorney Declares Police Thought She Had Done Wrong and Tried to “Bluff” Her. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. December 6— The “most successful failure in the! world” will be the 1 te for al “Butch” ) on aire for a day, a with all ‘his heart that money is only good for! {what it will buy; who likes special trains better than marriage, good fel- | wship better than place and pelf—| “Butch” John J. McDevitt, late of | Wilkes-Barre, Pa., but now a guest of | Countes: genia Hildegarde von Boos revenues from the principle of the half- and-haif plan of appropriation. The District committee Friday ordered the Dill rep son's explanation of his views Although this bill is the most da ous to the organic act of the District of Columbia of all the legislative pro- posals that have been aired around the Capito: recently, no citizen has asked for a hearing on it—the bill was introduced | and reported .almost the first hour District committee could get together. This bill may be taken up for dis sion in the House tomorrow. it will be the first inroad Representative g' it half-and-half plan, but speedily foliowed by others. Provisions of the Bill. As explained in The Star on previous ons, the bill provides that money liquor licenses, market company} tish wharf licenses, revenue from} passage of cars over the may from rent, the | rted, after hearing Mr. John-| be | tion the | born {1 act -|the age of t If it passes | that I was not been able to make on / $3. Highway | Landsdowne at Landsdowne, would p s statue that of famous men in the 1 Capital the second week of Jan- uary next “War clouds are hanging all over the] horizon,” began “Butch” tonizht, “just! like the day I was born. There was a] strike a-goin of. Two things happened In that Is and the Pl i 1 simil: ant } coal 1 tennial other children until | when it was observed! n ordinary child. Ay they gave since th M0 to get off th county, and I took to New York, my ing. It's now at fever ing point, you would pimple. “Here is the li me ticket in Luze: thi little journe has been grow heat, the bur Ay it Was t- a it the next great contribution ‘ature of the world.” 4 pointed to the manuscripts lying about him on the table, for, be! it known, he has sought the quiet of; in order to complete his| t bridge and from all other licenses and) autobiography. fees derived from the use of property in which the United States has an interest shall not be matched by an equal sum from the United States in appropriations. “Por many years,” says the report, made by Mir. Johnson yesterday, “the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia have made their estimates for ex-| penses sufficiently large to annually | exhaust the District treasury. When those estimates are being made up the actual needs of the District of Columbia are not given as much consideration as is | the desire to spend every dollar obtaina- ble. In this way the Commissioners have grown into the habit, not so much of estimating the expenses of the District of Columbia, but of ascertaining the last dotlar of revenue and then providing for expenditures. Every dollar that comes into the District treasury is treate] as a} revenue, which the United States is asked to match with an equal sum. Whenever the United States becomes generous toward the District of Colum- bia, beyond contributing to the payment of ‘half of all its expenses, that gener- osity or contribution is treated by the financial agents of the a reve- nue, which must be matched by an ad- ditional like sum of money by the United States. “Subject td the unwise lease made a number of years ago of the property at 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue upon which stand the buildings of the Wash- ington Market Company, the United States owns the land. The Wasiington Market Company, since 1871, has been paying to the District of ( per annum as rental for property by the United States. This is a gift pure | and simple from the United 5.2 District. of Columbia. Nocwithstanding | is fact the District treated this Wx) per annum as a revenue, against which the United States has put up additional each and every year since 1871 “In other words, the District of Co-| lumbia, the beneficiary of the United States. so treated this gift as to ex- tort from the United States a lik annually. When Congress passe act making this donation to the D’stri of Columbia it is reasonably certain that * did not then think the District mbia would so handle her finan- vunts as to extract from t Treasury of the United States double that amount. What Act Provided. “The aet of Congress which granted a charter to the Washington Market Com- pany provided that said company should t pay the District of Columb!a as rental bove mentioned property the Wo) Der annum; further that this amount siou!d go to District of Columbia. passage of the s- which fixed market company, main, succeeded in and 40 th authorities of tne District of a (not Congress) reduce this ren- tal to $7.40 per annum.” This will b. more fully gone into in a future report, says Mr. Jounsor pe ‘The $7, annual rental.” the paper continues, “since 1871, forty-two years, amounts to », all of which should nave one t OF pe of the Di trict of Colum ut not a single dol of it has gone to th The Columbiz this ict which the fed- ce ISTS has matched nother $7.00) annually, | contr ment traf tent the nbia to the ion dollars as power ove Intive to the s: liquor | District. For each © sell liquors in the District of ‘ a the District receives the sum while the fe: governm| n of he $1,000 re Columbia a revenue, ‘ Eovernme: xisting law, to put u 0.” Therefore the ted. penalized to the extent strict deral ral zovernme annually on every liquor license ranted in the Distriet of Columbia. “During the last ten years the District ef Columbia has collected f lique icenses the sum of $4,604,S6, which | has t by th trict as a rev- © h wh federal gov- od nment has a ‘i out of the publi posed to having a tax placed upon what they eat and wear in order to iend in- ducement to the District of Columbia to increase the number of barrooms in the Nation's Capital.” Honor Bestowed on M. Dejean. PARIS, December M Dejean, first | cerpts from hi | var; the wine, scripts sold, mind you, before they're finished. tor and the railroad al the | “Here is the ma jece that is going | to buy my next special train the second week of Ja ke my statue down to Washinzton and place it in the} hall of fame."” He paused and read ex- autobiography. Where the Money Comes From. ou want to know how I'm going to} pay for that marble bust they're making of me over there in New York and how I'm going to pay for that special train, the the band, the en- and the cars, to say nothing of the who will be instructed to sing} especially Irish? I'll igars, gine he said, hove his head, waving the manu- “are already sold; “I guess we're going to pay that sculp- right, aren't w he said, gieefully. “‘And what are we going to do if they don't let us put the statue in the hall of fame? jive yourself a mental picture of me, I, myself, John Jay McDevitt, standing before the committee on artistic furnish- ings of the National Capital and asking permission to set up my statue. Imagine the pompous gentleman in the frock coat aining that it can't be done. What will be the next move? How will I get out of the National Capital without los- ing my self-respect and the last word in the argument? “It's all as clear 4s dominoes to me. I have my purchasing agents out look- ing even now for an island in the West indian waters, just the size for my king- dom. I'm going to set myself up as a dictator, oligarchy and b-e-l-o-n-a not- withstanding. And we will declare war on the United States for the insult of- fered to the King of Acre. It is to be just one acre in size, that island. And I'm to be king of Acre. With the war hern at et all around the sou ted States, as th dig think they will tinder. SENATORSHP. AN ISSUE California Progressives Re- pudiate Republican Party and Lay Campaign Plans. are Now, honest Injun, do| | °0, December 6.—Pro- y congressional dis- trict of the state met here in party conference today, repudiated their one- time affiliation with the national re- | publican party, cheered their leader, | Gov. Hiram Johnson, and prepared to consider the senatorial situation as it affects the next candidate of the party for governor. Francis J. Heney and Chester Rowell | eed of Fresno are candidates to suc enater Perkins, whose term expi next year, and who will not be a c didate for re-election. There has been # feeling that this ri- ought to be settled before it went the primar Many le who to ders uunseled settlement urged Gov. t as the party strongest man represent the ationally. Opposed to this group one which argued that Johnson was “din the state to hold his party to- s a candidate for governor again. was expected the governor's set h would point out a way of settle- ment, but the executive ignored the sub- He exhorted ail id together and fight h ject progressives to None of the leaders seems any nearer a solution of their differences than they ere when the GOV. GLYNN'S BILLS READY Abolition of the State Convention for Nominations Provided. ALBANY, N. December 6.—Aboli- tion of the state convention as a nomi- nating body, adoption of the sachu- setts form of ballot at primary and gen- eral elections and the nomination of | United States senators at primary elec- tions are provided for in bills which Gov. Glynn will send to the legislature next week. By the Massachusetts ballot party em- blems will be eliminated at primary elec- tions and figures will be substituted for the convenience of those who have dif- ficulty in marking their ballots. ‘The ef- fect of the laws will be state-wide. ‘The bills will go to the legislature next | week apparently with the support of all factions of the democratic party. “ rest and she has an impediment in her | ch when she is excited. When Miss Ferris came to this city, the police . she Was accompanied by M . said to be her father, and was left in charge of a physician who is a to be cared for Louise Ferris, the name given by the girl who was arrested last Thursda night and around whose identity much! mystery has been thrown, started on a| unger strike yesterday afternoon, but! jast night changed her mind. She { was returned to the house of detention | yesterday afternoon, when the effort made by Albert H. Lovett for her re- lease on a writ of habeas corpus failed. | Chagrined at being sent back to the| institution, she refused to eat. Offic! at the house of detention, how ever, refused to take much stock in her | hunger strike. They said she told them! the other that on seve she abstained from food for time. Dispatches ions ys at a from Princeton, night said hree members of the fam- ily of Miss Mary Louise Farris recently were indicted a federal grand jury upon charges of violating the postal laws in conducting a matrimonial bureau here. Mer father, Martin W. Farris; her moth- er and a sister were alleged to have swin- Ind, last died men in many parts of the country with their scheme. “According to the government agents the daughter answered let! posed marriage and promised to go to the men upon receiving money to pay her expenses. This, the government charged, she failed to do. It also was alleged she received many presents from her numer- ous fiances. which pro- is, wl here, today telegraphed the Wash- who formerly was city _mar- ington police asking them to send his daughter home and requesting that the jewelry she had be expressed to him. He did not explain how Miss Mary acquired such a large assortment of rings.” The difference in the name—whether it is Ferris or Farris—the Washington po- lice say, is explained by the girl, who told the police that some of her’ rela- tives spelled it Ferris and some Farris. Her Picture Sent Here. Yesterday afternoon after Justice nard refused to discharge the girl from custody a number of telegrams passed between Princeton, Ind., where Miss Ferris resided, and officials in this city. United States Attorney Charles W. Miller, at Princeton, last night mailed to United ‘States Attorney Clarence Wilson a photograph of Mary Ferris, daughter of Martin W. Ferris, who is under indict- ment in Indiana in’ connection with the conduct of a matrimonial bureau. Messages exchanged between the Princeton police, Martin W. Ferris and the local police yesterday afternoon con- tained the suggestion that the girl in custody is Mary or Tressie Ferris, daugh- ter of Martin and Emma Ferris. Attor- | ney M. E. O'Brien, who appeared yes- terday as the girl's counsel, last night | told a reporter that his client is not a| daughter of the Ferris’ mentioned in the Princeton dispatche “She is a niece of Martin Ferris,” said the lawyer, “although she was always, known as his daughter.” Attorney O'Brien declared that Miss Ferris has not done any wrong, and when she is presented in court tomorrow morning, he said, he is certain she will be discharged. ‘Louise Ferris, under arrest, is my daughter,” Martin Ferris wired Maj. Sy vester. “Yes; buy her a ticket for Prince- ton, put her on a train and send her home Ship money and jewelry by ex- press after deducting expenses Wire answer when she leaves. From D. J. Haley, chief of police of neeton, Maj. Sylvester received a mes- saying he had reason to believe t the girl in custody is Louise or ressie Ferris, daughter of Martin and Emma Ferris. Chief Haley ventured the information that Ferris thinks the girl is his daugh- ter, but he refuses to say any more ac- cording to the chief. It is stated in the message that Mary Ferris has an im- pediment in her speech, and her descrip- tion is given. The description in the message,” said of the officers interested in the case, s with that of the girl under until latei that she thought by the police intended to return home when the case in Indiana was disposed of in court. Martin Ferris, it is stated, went to the Capito! and saw Representative Lieb of Indiana to complain against the post office authorities. Complained of Mail Trouble. ‘The complaint he made, it is stated, was about the handling of his mail, his ciaims having been that his court trou- bles were brought on by persons nected with the postal service. 5 |turned to Indiana, and tne girl ren | here, con- ained ccupying a room in a th street | house. It was because of her hysterical condition, it is stated, that an occupant of the hou: rest in the en Went to police headquarters to settle Gispute about the payment of a bill for om rent, and she readily settled the pill. It is said she also wore a number of articles of Jewelry at that time. | The jewelry taken from her and that recovered in her room, the police say, is worth about $1,250, making her cash and jewelry represent about 32,000. The younx woman was disappointed yesterday afternoon at the failure of the effort to free her, and she com- plained bitterly when she was returned to the house of detention. “Why do I have to come back here?” she asked, having declared she had done nothing wrong, and did not know why she was being’ detained. “if people wanted to befriend me," she stated, “why did they not offe- me a good home ‘with them? I am used to better than I have here. ‘According to information received from Chief Haley of Princeton, Mery or Tres- sie Ferris has been away from. there since August 15. Not much was seen of her in Pringston, the chief stated. ‘Attorney O’Brien last night conferred with Detective Burlingame about his Client's case. He later told a Star re. porter that since the receipt by the pos Hee of the letter from Ferris he had sent Mr, Ferris a dispatch concerning the girl's identity, and said he expected to receive an answer before morning. “The girl is innocent,” he declared. “She has never been ciarged with any offense, and when the case comes be- ~ Wontiiudd on Second Page)” » SQUASH CENTER (¢ COMMEN: NG) PRES WONDER /F He/LL TRY To PUT THE 7 LIASPRIMARIES. IDENT’S AGE. Schedule of Ten Members to Speak | an Hour Each Proved Last Straw. Although “international peace.” one of the most comprehensive subjects before the Sixty-third Congress, was discussed on the floor of the House yesterday after- noon, the attendance of that body dwin- | dled from about 200 at noon to about tive when the House adjourned Full, ix hours of talk on the Hensley tion, pledging the House to asree | with the Winston Churchill proposition of a naval holiday for one year, occupied the time of the lower lesislative body yesterday, and whether or not the House believes in a suspension of naval activi- ties on the part of the world’s powers will possibly be known tomorrow, when a vote may be taken. However, no matter how hot was the oratory and no matter how deep into the subject the speakers delved, the uttend- ance of the House simply dwindled, so that when Representative Sioan of Ne- braska, in a frock coat, arose at 4 o'clock with a. ripping good speech, but a dozen and a haif members were present. _ One of the notable addresses in favor of universal peace and a naval holiday was delivered by Representative Hulings of Pennsylvania, a warrior who has seen service with the Pennsylvania volun- teers and who fought during the Span- ish war. Mr. Hulings, who is also known as “general,” accompanied Gen. Miles and his famous porcelain tub to Porto Rico, in "0S. As a man who had stood in his place on the firing line, Mr. Hul- ings assured his colleagues that Sherman struck the right note when he charac- terized war as “hell.” Nearly All Agree With Hulings. Nearly all the members of the House agree with Representative Hulings. Near- ly ali of them agree with the Hensley resolution that the President be asked to QUICK ACT SAVES TRAIN Passengers on Runaway En- dangered After Engine Blows Up, Killing One. ROANOKE, Va., December 6.—An en- (gine drawing a fast passenger train; blew up this morning at 7:15 o'clock | about a quarter ef a mile east of Willis, twenty mi'es from Bluefield, on the Nor- folk and Western railroad, killing the fireman, C. M. Virts of Roanoke, and slightly injuring Engineer Linkous. The force of the explosion was downward, and Norfolk and Western officials say it was due to the blowing out of a crown sheet. Engineer Linkous was blown through the window of the cab, but fell beside the engine only slightly bruised on the leg. Fireman Virts had just finished putting in “a fire’ and was in front of the fire box door. He was blown off his feet, going through a maze of telephone wires into a field, leaving parts of his clothing swinging to the wires. The body was horribiy burned and had two bad wounds in the head. He died within twenty minutes after being found. The presence of mind and prompt ac- tion of W. C. Sale, a railway mail clerk, probably averted a serious wreck. The train was running away when Sale dis- covered the engineer and fireman were missing. He pulled the emergency cord and stopped the train. Traffic. was de- layed four hours THREE DIE IN EXPLOSION. Windows in Two New Jersey Towns Smashed and Buildings Rocked. MILLVILLE, J., December every window glass in Millville and the nearby town of Bonhamton w broken, a forest tire was started and bui!d_ ings a inile away were rocked as though by an earthquake by an explosion today in the smokeless powder and dynamite factory of the International Praeposit Company, on the edge of Millville. Three buildings at the plant were blown into matchwood and three workmen were killed. Flames from the debris spread to the Surrounding forest and threatened the storehouses of the company, containing thousands of pounds of explosives. A large force “of men was set to work to check them. The flame before they reached the storehous The men killed were Charles Bradley, foreman; his son, Charles, and Leo nyder. The company manufactures mokeless powder and dynamite. PLAN GRAPE JUICE COCKTAILS. To Be Served in Bryan's Honor at Kansas Democracy Banquet. TOPEKA, Kan., December 6.—At the annual banquet of the State Democratic Club here January Secretary of State, will be the principa speaker, In celebration of the coming of the Nebraskan, a grape juice coektail will be served to the 2,000 men and women who will attend. Two hundred and fifty gallons of grape juice have been ordered. “HARVESTER KING” William Deering in Critical Condi- tion at Miami, Fla. MIAMI, Fla, December 6.—William Deering. the “harvester king,” is lying critically ill of a paralytic stroke at his country home five miles south of Miami. He was brought to Miami in a helpless condition several weeks ago, and taken to his residence in an ambu'ance. Deering is eighty-eight years old. No hope is entertained by relatives and friends here, who regard his condition as serious and say that it is merely a matter of time until death comes. His wife DYING. bedside. in the woods were put out! 5, William J. Bryan, | BELIEVE LOPEZ ESCAPED Search of More Than Half of Mine Fails to Reveal Slayer of Six. — BINGHAM, Utah, December 6.—Search of more than half the Utah-Apex mine for Ralph Lopez, Mexican desperado, was completed tonight without result. The probability is that the slayer of six men has escaped. The poisonous gases forced into the mine for the purpose of asphyxiating Lopez, following his killing of two dep- uties in an underground fight a week ago, were cleared from all the passage- ways and tonight the search was contin- ued in parts not yet explored The clearing away of a cave-in in the upper workings showed that Lopez had not taken refuge in the stope behind it, as had been supposed. More than 200 miners, who were thrown out of © ployment When the mine was closed in order to fill it with gas, returned to work in the lower levels today. PHOEBE COUZINS IS DEAD. Was First Woman Lawyer and First United States Marshal. ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 6.—Miss Phoebe Couzins died here this afternoon at the age of seventy-two yea Death came as the result of a long illness which she had suffered in pov- erty in a squalid room in a crowded sec. tion of the city. Appeals for assistance recently had been made by friends in her behalf. Frequently in recent ars she had sought aid from the federal gov- ernment and from breweries, whose cause she had championed in many campaigns st prohivitory legislation. Miss Couzins Was the first woman law yer in the United States, having grad- uated from the Washington University Law School. She also was the first wom- an to become a United States marshal. STEAMSHIP IS BEACHED. Seminole Not Believed to Be in Dan- ger at Puerto Plata. ANTO DOMINGO, December Clyde line steamship Seminole, which has been beached Plata, on the north coast, is not- believed to be in serious condition, advices received here The Seminole, which sailed from New York last Saturday for ports in the West 6.—The ding to the latest Indies, struck some obstruction while en- tering the harbor of Puerto Plata and began to ke water rapidly. She was run ashore to prevent her sinking. Part of her cargo was landed, in a slightly damaged condition. Efforts are now be- ing made to repair the steamship so that she can proceed on her voyage. Considerable water has been pumped out of the vessel and the cargo in the ilower hold has been greatly damaged. |A German steamer, on entering the Pu- jerto Plata harbor this morning, hit the same obstruction, the nature of which {has not been ascertained. ‘This steamer ‘escaped injur; MANY MAINE DIVORCEs. “Brake Must Be Put On,” Judge of That State Declares, PORTLAND, Me., December 6—“It marriage is to mean anything, a brake must be put on the granting of divorces, said Judge Jose Connol'y in the superior court today when he insisted that all the facts in a case on trial should be pre- sented, “I'm not going to grant divorces,” he continued, ‘ta accommodate people or be- cause they want to take up with some other man or woman. ALSACE-LORRAINE tional Rights Shall Have Stricter Observance. tion of Alsace-Lorraine is not going territory province, to be made into a Prusst: as Emperor William conduct. Now comes the deciarati from him that its constitution shall upheld. The official spondence, in an article announcing tl transfer of the Zabern garrison, says: er observance in all respects. The return of Count Charle: the governor general of A from Donaueschingen von Wed. recalls the retu interview, which appeared in the Lond: Daily Telegraph in October, 1908. cellor von Buelow was then able nounce that his majesty had promised imp greater restraint upon Now com ernment shall be a government of laws. IS SAME CALIBER BULLET. Ky., Murder Case. MAYFIELD, Ky., December 6.--A bull removed from the body of Hugh Atel in the cemetery at Bardwell t afternoon proved to be of the ame jury before Lucien trial, wa which Turk, her fiance, had been charged with Atd¢hison’s murda discharged yesterday after it fai to agree. Miss that’ killed Atchison, and toda utopsy was aimed at clearing up doubt on this point. serted she killed Atchison, who was h brother-in-law, because hé had her. FORBES WILL BE HONORED. pines to Be Tendered Dinner. NEW YORK, December 6—A comp Dean C. Worcester, secretary of the i non-partisan in character and is inten ing his service in the Philippines. TOBACCO MOVES SLOWLY. Crop-Moving Loan. LEXINGTO:) Ky., United States Treasury Department to- $375,000 made to three Lexington out of the mational crop moving fund. Judge Connolly quoted statistics show- ing the ratio of divorce in Maine is 1 to every 6. it is 1 to 12; (in | Massachusetts land 1 to 51, w because the tobacco crop, the tis being moved slowly. be handled in Kentucky. WINS Kaiser Declares Its Constitu- BERLIN, December 6.—The constitu- be “smashed into fragments,” nor is the was re- ported to have threatened in a moment of anger last year over the Alsatians Strassburg Corre- “Furthermore, the viceroy has firm as- surance from the emperor of his will that hereafter the constitutionally guaranteed rights of Alsace-Lorraine shall find strict- ace-Lorraine, of Chancellor von Buelow from an inter- view with the emperor during the excite- ment over the famous Emperor William Chan- to an- himself. the governor general of Al- sace-Lorraine with the important deciara- tien of the emperor's will that the gov- Another Point Made in Mayfield, Copeland ana | the: It was the contention of the prosecution that Turk, not Miss Copeland, fired the any Miss Copeland as- wronged Former Governor General of Philip- mentary dinner to W. Cameron Forbes, Just returned from the Philippines, ot fan Wi Tri which he was governor general, will be| Cleveland Man Will Be Tried on siven here Friday, December 19, by the Animal Cruelty Charge. Philippine Society and the Harmony Club] Gy eve LAND, Ohio, Decen “: of America, it was announced tonight | CLUVEIAND. ile. December ¢—ls Former President W. H. Taft will preside| ‘t cruelty to animals to burn rats to and be one of the speakers, Mr. Forbes, | ¢ath? terior of the Phi ippines from 1901 to 191% and Judge Almet F. Jenks are others| Stephen Carman will be tried on a who will speak. charge, of cruelty to animals, preferred The dinner, it is announced, is to bel yy H. K. Ferry, officer of the Humane ed to constitute a tribute to Mr. Forbes work as this country’s representative dur- Kentucky Banks Get Extension of | he claims, is slow and painful. December 6,—The day extended for thirty days a loan of banks The request for the extension was made principal marriages; while in Kansas] product of central and eastern Kentucky, ‘About three] Whether to ‘have this done. and sons, Charles and James, are at his|1 to 17; in Minnesota 1 to 24, and in Mary-j hundred million pounds of tobacco will] cessfully appealed to the courts to compel | ci let the world powers know that the United States is ready to begin a naval holiday—but very few stay around while it is being discussed When Representative Sloan concluded his speech Representative Townsend, who loves the good things of life, mildly reminded the Speaker that it was nearly dinner time. "Some of us here indulge in the hope that we may be able to get away in time for an early dinner,” he remarked. However, the Speaker announced that Representative Hardy of Texas was due to speak for one hour. Mr. Townsend left. “How many more gentlemen are sched- uled to speak?” asked Representative Mann. “Ten members are down for one hour each,” responded the Speaker. Ten minutes later, while Representa- tive Hardy was saying that the Hensley resolution was one of the greatest meas- ures ever placed before any Congress, bound to attract attention from one end of the world to the other, eleven mem- bers were discernible from the galleries, but each and every one applauded Mr. Hardy. Five minutes later eight mem- bers were present. In order to keep the House from dissolving into Representa- tive Hardy and Speaker Clark and Joe Sinnott, the doorkeeper, some one sensi- biy made a motion to adjourn. BARS CITIZENS’ CLOTHES Chicago Police May Doff Uni- forms Only With Knowledge of Their Wives. to lan jon be he el, mn lon to Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, December 6.—Every uni- formed policeman in Chicago was last night put on parole to his wife or mother or whoever is at the head of his house- hold. Chief Gleason issued an order that no uniformed man shall wear citi- zens’ clothes unless he has first gone home so that his family thay know that he is off duty. “Chicago is the only city let hi- his ul- iber as those used in the pistol with so far as 1 which Miss May Copeland declared she | Kow. which compels its policemen tc killed Atchison in his home last July. A| Wear their uniforms all the time unless y have permission from the command- ing officer to wear citizens’ clothes,” saia the chief. Must Go Home First. Now, I'm going farther with this thing. No man shall keep his citizens’ clothes around the corner from the station, mak’ the change and go out for the evenine while his family thinks he is at work. He must go home first. In other words, if he goes out at night he will go with the approval or knowieage of his wife or his mother. on er, led y's her ny man disregarding this order wili ble to trial before the board. It be hard to get a line on all the s at lirst, but we'll land them all BURNED RATS TO DEATH. pli- This question will decided in the local courts some time next week, when be ae pe Society. Ferry caused Carman’s arrest | efter he cremated tive rats he had canght in a cage last night A local attorney will defend Carman free of chargé. He wil contend that it is no more cruel to burn a rat than it is to give it rat poison, tne action of which, Bishop Divorce Decree Signed. NEW YORK, December 6.—A final de- cree divorcing Mrs. Abigail Hancock Bishop and James Cunningham Bishop, a New York banker, was signed today. Six weeks or so ago the time limit expired | Does Not Expect to Be Unresisted in Advance Toward Mexico City and Will Mass Troops. JUAREZ, Mex., December 6.—The f | ing spread among rebel leaders today that the Huerta government was preparing some sinister surprises in connection with the projected march Franciseo Villa's army toward Mexico City of Ge That the federal tro: had abandoned nearly all of the northern part of the republic, after they had been beaten and forced to seek safety In the moun | tains or on the United States border; | an that en. Salvador Mercado, the | federal commander, had pronounced his forces bankrupt, was not accepted as in- dicating that the rebels will unre- sisted in their advanc h Some belief was exp: erals had an object in ¢ atin) huahua and other isolated federal sons where it was impos: to do much more than defend the: and that th purpose in abard their more col certed in the ce tral and southern states where forts a more numerous and communi among them easier. Villa to Mass 20,000 Mex. Gen. Villa’s intention to augment his Present army of 7,000 by scattered bands about Torreon and Zacatecas and to mass a solid force of 20,000 or more rebels on the march to Mexico City would place | tfe rebels in a unique position. Heretofore they have been scattered, while the strength of the federals was divided by their having to garris-n the northern cities. As the ‘rebels gain territory the rela- tive positions of the federals and rebels will be reversed, the latter having t» pro- tect what they have won, while thy fed- erais will be more at liberty for ageres- sit fighting. It was this conditio that jled Villa to consider whether thr gov- ernment at Mexico City was not pleaning jiderable extent ff rther e comparatively jundis- ciplined rebel forces might have te con- tend with greater numbers and superior fighting machinery Noon tomerrow was fixed by Gen Villa for his entry into Chihuaaua, the state capital evacuated a week ago by Gen. Mercado, who with six other generals and 5,000 troops and civilians are fleeing toward the border at Ojinaga. Is Thirty Miles From Chihuabua.|_ Gen. Villa was encamped at Sauz tow night, about thirty miles north of Clile huahua. ‘Communication between the city and his capital was by courier, as the telegraph between the two points had not been restored. Federico Moye, the civil governor, an- nounced his readiness to turn the city over to the new authority. It is the first time since the days before President Diaz that this capital had changed au- thority while a revolution was pend- ing. The event will be signalized by the ringing of bells and the blowing of bugles, Word came from the vici Mercado and the other federal wificers and troops were moving slowly, and that many of the civilians were 0, foot. The rebels had promised not to d-sturb them until the border was reached. The picturesque exodus of the seople across the desert has attracted :thou- sands of persons to Presidio, opvosite Ojinea. Somewhere behind the refugees & bul- lion train is straggling acros? the desert with $2,500,000 worth of metal from the silver mines at Parral Parral has been cut off from train service for months, and it was decided to bring the silver to the bord in wagons. Villa Repairs Damage. Reconstruction ¢@f the telegraph lines and temporary rebuilding of the railroads, marking the first semblance of peaceful industry in northern Mexico in ‘many months, occupied Gen. Francisco Villa's rebel army today. Almost the entire line from Juarez southward is guarded by rebels to pre- vent fugitive federal troops from cutting it. Both telegraph apd railroad are still onty in a tem f repair and. zen. Villa hi ke his time ith reconstruction, lieve the federal troops have been thoroughly sou! ed and there is not much prospec; of early fighting Intimations have reached the rebel cmp that Gen. Huerta would welcome’ the massing of a large body of rebels ir the territory, and would even’ en- e their 1 e into the intestor, with a view of preparing for them given point, and then attempting to = them down with machine guns and perior numbers. Thousands of th are undisciplined and accustom to guerrilla tactics in fighting. T ing massed in # large body such says he will tuke toward Mex’ would expose them to an attack by erat y acquainted with technical d= Washington Hears Check Is Probably Received by. Constitutionalist Armits In the absence of any change in the political situation in Mexico, official ‘n- terest in Washington centered last night }upon the mill Con- fidential reports vi torious sweep southward the tutionalist armies has received a shoc H extert of which 's not yet know nseives have one ders t preparing to 1 That the rebel le: [taken alarm and a | fy their plans of campaign to m threateniag aspect of the federal has, however, positively affirmed. Owing to the absence of telegraphic communication and to the reluctance of the officals here to divulge any of the movements of the contending armies sa Mexico, which by any chance might al@ one or! the other factions unfairly, st Wax not possible to ascertain ull of the Phases of this last military development. It was understood, however, that Uh federal leaders in the north, who, after the supposed defeat sustained by them in the battle at’ Tierra Blanca, were believed to be fleeing northward in an effort to find refuge across the bordyr in ‘Texas, actually had abandoned thist se. 4 Pinstead, it was reported, they have reob. ;| for making Mrs. Bishop's interlocutory Bishop her to take out a final decree. ganized their forces and began a flanking decree final, and she was still undecided | movement on the army which the rebel rie ave this done. p suc-|Gen. Villa has rushed from the captured ity of Juarez toward Chihuahua. Villa's Une ts very much extended and his com. A oe