2HE WASHINGTON HERALD SATURDAY MAY 25 1907I1

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DYER LOSES POSITION

President Resents Attempt-

to Force Vindication

WILL BE DROPPED ON LANDING

Former Employe nt St Loul Sn-

ltrcnsury AcQnlttcd on Embezzle-ment ChnrKc on Way Unck fromEurope with Prisoner Stories Com-

plimentary to Dyer Cause Removal

Newspaper stories complimentary to

F Dyer Jr of St Louis caused

President Roosevelt yesterday to dtemiss-

yer from his office as an agent of theFemoral government designated for thesjf ai purpose of brInIng a confessed

dft1t r from Europe to this countryTh prisoner was Charles F Grotefend

paying teller of the WashingtonBank of St Lout He hid de-

faultpd fled to Europe and nal y writtrn to the Federal authorities In St Louis

tKit he would surrenderIijfr was designated by his father then

Ini 1 States dtotrict attorney m St

Loui nd now a United States Jttdge U-

S i to Europe to get Grotefend and bring

Him home Young Dyer had been triedn harp of embezzling J35W from

the United States subtreasury In StLouis and had been acquitted

Seek to BmiihnaUe Vindicationi papers chronicled this morning

that Dyer and Orotefend were to arriven tV Deutschland they said that Dyer

ad been designated to go to Europe andtVe defaulter home to emphasize

is vindication When the President andAttorney General Bonaparte read these

tries they made an inquiry and Dyersf moral from his special office was

pphofollowing omcial statement on the

sul j 1 was given out by the Departmentf Justice last night

It was stated at the Department ofio today that the President knew

nothing of the orders directing David Py r jr to go abroad to receive the surTvlr of Charles F Grotefend former-

ly teller of the WashingtonBank of Louis

It usual for the United States Ationiry in the district in which similarpr pedings originate to designate somePerson UP suitable to bring an extraditedprieorT hack to the United States IntlJs th district attorney was the presentJuflC David P Dyer who designated hisan i David P Dyer jr and the appointrr nt was made In the usual course as amutter of routine without having been

cal to the attention of the AttorneyGenf ral or any other superior officer oftjr 1partment without any directionc i part of the President and whollyrlMvit the Presidents knowledge WhenU lcmne evident from newspaper publl

ti ions that an effort was being madeth appointment the character of

to the younger Dyer the dejiyrtM nt took steps to at once terminateI yrs Connection with the service

ro lie unmoved tit OnceUnited States marshal at New York

vs r eted to meet the Deutschland and-t tak Grotefend from Dyers custody

ordinary circumstances the personVTI biotigbt Grotefend from abroadv Ui have continued to St Louis In-

ru of the prisoner The Departmentf r Justice desired to dispense with DyersE jfPS so u to show that a whollyum rranted significance had beent tf appointment which was in factC t an inadvertence and as he hadf i l for the United States the

rouid only take effect on the arrivalc f steamer

When Dyer was arrested in St Louis onl iharge of embezzling money from thetihtrfJisnry his father was district attor

md it was necessary to employ aFi rial attorney to prosecute lim Before1 i f he was dismissed from the ottice1 In the subtreasury After his

Dyer paid the full amount of1 s bTd to covet the loss of the moneyf T which he was officially responsible

MOODY ACCEPTS CHALLENGE

hand Contest Arranged for May 30at Handle Highland

Jacb II Moody leader of the NavalGun Factory Band has accepted theciall nge from the Laurel Military Bandfp ii contest between these bands atNTth Randle Highlands May M-

Tils will be the moat exciting militaryrivsscal event ever witnessed in Wash

n and is awaited with a great deallrr st The Gun Factory Band is to

r a Northern airs and the Laurel Mili-

tary Hand Southern airs At the end oftii contest a vote is to be taken by allrresfnt and the band which receives thering votes is to be awarded the gold

irrdil offered by Col HandleTie excitement over this contest is felt

tirghout the city great numbersnc g ing to visit North Handle High-

lands and from present indications mostof the lots will be sold before the big dayof rile as the demand seems greater for-th property than that of Randle HighIsTids that property was put on thejrket eighteen months ago on whichoocicion many camped on the groundto iih before the salo to secure thech p t lots

It is estimated that a large per centor the white population of Washingtonnl witness this contest as North Rand Highlands will be crowded with pleasiire oekrs on the Wh Many wH bringth ir baskets although refreshments willl furnished free on grounds to all

Still Held Mrs Cnic

Mrs IsabeUe Emerson Case still re-

mains at the House of Detention al-

though the Cambridge Mass authorities notified her husband of her deten-tion here at Instance of localpolice She claims that she will not

avp here without seeing PresidentRoosevelt and that if is forciblyr moved it will not be loos before she

turns The police will wait a shortime to hear tents her relatives and Innso they do not asysar will have heranty tested with a view to sendingvr to Ft ElUaaeths

Clerk Ibid for Rxnmlnntiriiii n cmplaint of Dr A T West Charles

A Ross a clfrtt connected with tiregeological Survey was arrested last night-

ly Emerson of the Tenthrennet charged with Insanity He att mptPd suicide some weeks ago In a Sevnth Ktr et sala n aad thate4 to have bees acting In a

Manner He will be examined by theca surgeons today

First Sleeping Car Cnse FiledThe first cue involving an alleged vio-

lation of railroad rate an act onbe part of a sleeping car company was

filed with the Interstate Commerce Com-mission yesterday The Pullman Com-pany is the defendant George S Loftusof St Paul complains that the Pullmancompany charged an unreasonable ratefor sleeping car accommodations betweenthe cUr namd and Superior Wis

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JOHN HAYES WILL FILED

Greater Portion of lib Estate Left toIII Wife

The will of John Hayes was filed forprobate yesterday naming Michael PSullivan executor The deceased directsthat all his personal property go towife Catharine Hayes and that she minthave possession during her life ofproperty at iW 717 719 and 721 Grant ave

It is further directed that premises4S6 and S N street go to John Joe Stafonl and William Paul Stafford chit

droa Of John and Mary Stafford uponcondition that they pay 500 to MaggieLoefller a daughter of Mary Ann that

within ten years of testators de-

cease The property bequeathed to Ui

wife of the deceased after her death Issold and the proceeds to be divided as

follows To S F Ryan of theChurch of the Immaculate Conceptionit the Little Sisters of the Poor

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vided among relatives

COL HARRISON UNDER FIRE

War Department Asked to Investgate Dance Incident

Col G F E Harrison stationedFort Monroe may be asked by the WarDepartment to explain his actions In

the wives of two wellknown menleave the ballroom at Hotel Cumberlin last week The husbands Archibald S White president of the ColumbiaGas and Electric Company and CharlesK Thorn want a vindication awl

Evans has secured a reportshows the army officer to have beenerror

The two women had been Invited tobell and when asked to leave didunderstand the motive There was somediscussion and they were later askedleave the hotel They had oral Invttalions from Lieut Pendelton of the armyand escorted by Lieut fleeceSurgeon Schwerin who are naval oftteersThe court of Inquiry exonerated these of-

ficers

BLACKBURN SUIT

Throws Out Case Brought

Against Charles II Campbell

Justice Clnlmnph Finite Complnlnnnl-

Proilncea X Corroborntlnic Evi-

dence to Support Contention

The rule to show cause Issued recentlyagainst Charles U Campbell at the instance of Orlando B Blackburn a NewYork broker was yesterday discharged by

Justice Clabaugh court also de-

clined to appoint a receiver for certainstock in the Intercontinental Correspond-ence University and the National Hotelin watch Blackburn claimed to have an

interest Attorney John Ridout appeared

for f CampbellChief Justice Clahaugh In announcing-

his decision said that the complainant-had produced no corroborative evidence-

to support his contentions whereas thedefendant had entered a complete de-

ntal of every point at issue and thisdenial was supported by two affidavitThe weight of evidence he therefore con-

sidered was all on the side of the de-

fendant

NEWS CUT SHORTFOR BUSY READERS

Justice Barnard yesterday issued an or-

der enjoining William F Dailey from in

any way Interfering with his wife Char

lotte Dalley who has Iliad A suit for alimIted divorce alleging that her husbandhas never contributed toward her support

Samuel Petrallo recently convicted foran attack on Mrs Nary A Fox June a-

iM was yesterday sentenced by JusticeStafford to serve years In the peni-tentiary Attorney J S EaebySmith forPetrallo noted an appeal to the Court ofAppeals

Joseph J Maebs has sWt againstJames F Brennan for a diaeoluttoa ofpartnership to appoint a receiver and

for an accounting He claims that thedefendant tAiled to keep the terms of theiragreement Attorney C F Diggs appearsfor the complainant

A sentence of six years penitentiary Im-

prisonment was imposed by Justice Staf-

ford yesterday on Harvey A Smith whowas convicted of houeooreaklng and lar-ceny Smith according to the testimonyhad served three years m peahentlary as well as a term In the reformschool

George W England yesterday petitionedthe District Supreme Court to Issue a

annulling his marriage to VeronicaM England alleging that the same wasprocured by fraud Attorney CampbellCarrtngton for petitioner says thatthey were married in Kansas June 30

ISM and that there are no children

Edward Leon Thompson alias Dr Ed-

ward Leon yesterday was sentenced byJustice Barnard to two years In theMoundsville Penitentiary on the charge ofhaving performed a criminal operation onSadie Yolk Attorneys Leo Simmons andThomas C Taylor for the defense notedan appeal and Justice Barnard admittedthe defendant to ball the sum of 2000with S H Walker as surety

Justice Stafford yesterday requiredSamuel J Clarke who was recently ar-

rested In Pittsburg and brought to thiscity to answer a charge of failing to sup-

port his wife and two minor children togive bond to secure the payment of 7 perweek to Mta Ida Grew of the AanociatedCharities to be applied to the use of thewife anti children Clarke testified thathe to ewpittance house P J Clarke hit father

WM offered a surety on the bond At-

torney C F Dlgga appeared for the de-

fendant

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President Talks at FriendsSchool Graduation

GIVES ADVICE TO THE BOYS

Tells Them Xot to Be a Hull Nor

to lie Afraid of Hough Piny IJIn-

tliiKiiiMhcd HdueatoM Ann iK theYinltor at the 13xcrelnen ArchieUnoHerclt a Student of School

sweet girl graduates In prettywhite gowns and bearing bouquets of pinkroses and four bashful young men theclass of 17 of the Friends School hadthe honor of receiving their diplomas hurtnight from the hand of the Presidentafter the Chief Executive had delivereda short addreee tilled with bits of timelyadvice to young folk and their parentsThe President was accompanied by MrsRoosevelt They remained throughout-the presentation exercises after whichthey received the school classes and theguests of the evening

Thomas W Sklwell the principal pre-

sided during the exercises Dr Jesse IIHolmes of Swartbmore College deliveredthe opening prayer following which ITUz

hugh Coyte Goldeborough a local youngviolinist rendered several numbers withbrilliance

Mr SMwell Introduced the Presidentwho beamed upon the gathering andlaunched Into of bit characteristicImpromptu addresses In which he referred to himself at on point as prettymuch of a sermon

President Talks to BoysHe spoke mostly to the young boys

gathered before him among whom wasseated Archie the Presidents son sad apupil of the school

foe boy who misuses his strength andphysical courage to abuse smaller andweaker boys or girls said the Presi-dent or to torture some dumb animal Is

the meanest kind of a boy there Isboy who Is kind and gentle but who iafraid to mingle with other boys lest theybe rude to him Is a poor specimen butthe bully Is more to be despised Bright kind of boy around house Actin your in such a meaner thXwhen you are out of the house you leavebehind you genuine sorrow aad not asigh of relief

The President closed by using a maximwhich he said came from the football field He told the youngsters to begame and then said Dont flinch dontfoul and hit the line hard

Mr Sidwell called off the name of eachgraduate who advanced and received thediploma from the President The

were Harold Beverly Chase HelenDouglas Alexander Boiling Gall GeorgeWilliam Lyman MargueritePhillips Thora MIra Riley and LeroyOrdway King

UlntliiKulfthed Guests PresentAmong the guests on the platform were

Charles Jenkins editor of the FriendIntelligencer and Mrs Jenkins ProfHolmes of Swarthmore College and MrsHow William W Birdaau principal-of the Hip School of Philadelphiaand Mrs Blrdsall Dr 0 Edward Janney-of Baltimore chairman of the FriendsGeneral Conference and Mrs JanneyProf Ell Lamb and Mrs Lomb E CWilson principal of the Friends SchoolBaltimore and Mrs Wilson and DeanPennlman of the University of Pennsyl-vania

Among the other special guests werePresident Woodward of Carnegie In-

stitute and Mrs Woodward PresidentGallaudet of Gallaudet College DeanWilbur of George Washington Univer-sity and Mrs Wilbur CommissionerMacfarland and Mrs Macfariand ProfJameson of the Carnegie Institute andMrs Jameson and Mr B T Janney su-pervising principal of the public schoolsand Mrs Janney

Itecltnl by MtiHlc StudentA programme consisting of

numbers by American SpanishFrench and Irish composers was

successfully presented by the pupils ofMiss Edith Pickering of the Univer-sity of Music and Dramatic Art before-a large audience at the rooms of tho institutlon night programmewas a follows-a CMW Am-b la Old XM Tratm

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sMACCABEES HONOR ORGANIZER

Three Tents of Modern JvnlKlitu-Jlold Ilnnqnct

The Knights of the Modern Maccabeesheld a banquet representing the threetents of the jurisdiction at FreundsThursday night where over sixty of theSir Knights gathered to fraternise andpay their respects to F W Stevens gen-

eral organizer of the order who warpresent as the guest of honor-J II Junghana supervising deputy

for the District presided as toastmasterand delivered the address of welcome tothe guest

A pleasant surprise was the presentationof a finely engraved goldhandled um-

brella to W E Porter commander ofProgressive Tent by Its members

Frank M Introduced as thegreatest fraternal man in Districtwho was present by invitation also spoke

The other speakers of the evening wereLabor sad Bdaeauoo 1 J SvlHraa Pmtml

K 1alrfatkM B H Tyler PraamtotcTnt loW Hwlnw C O Mclatoah Mod-

ern Teat KJ1 Tlw Aarttat XaoeaoMt 8 8-

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Silent r rt n W Ilirter IwwwMiTeDtsnt Work J M Poster Pnittml

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Coiupnnlcn Must Itcpnlr StreetsIn response to the numerous complaints

regarding the dust and dirt arising fromthe street railway tracks CommissionerWest has directed that the street carcompanies be required to repair theasphalt surface between the tracks andthe two feet outside the tracks as required by law John T Twohey super-intendent of street cleaning was yester-day directed to submit a list of the streetson which repairs are rjeeessary-

Ao Color and IVn ComicThe Sunday iasuo of The Washington

Herald is growing with each succeedingissue because It is so different from othorSunday papers It Is bright and newsyand clean all the way through

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TRIAL BOARD DISAGREES

Differs TrHlt KM Attorney Over31nllialliIatliewM Case

In reference to tile delay of the poliotrial board In submitting Its verdicttho MathewsMulhall ease CoramlseloneWest said yesterday that he hada verbal report from Maj Sylvesterstated that the bindings of the board hadnot as yet boon submitted to him aithough he had made numerous Inquiriesconcerning It

Commissioner communicationMaj Sylvester asking when a verdictmay be expected wag referred totrial board by the superintendent oflice who according to CommhHrtonaWest states that the delay Is the resultof a disagreement between police mem-

bers of the board and Assistant Corporation Counsel James Francis Smith

In reference to this Inspector Swindellyesterday said that an agreement hadbeen reached but that It wasthat the board would render Its decIsionwithin a few days

Capt Mulhall and Capt Mathewscharged with oflicial interference inwork of rescue of Hugh Murphy an engi-

neer from a wreck on the SoutheriRailway in this city last

BOY BITTEN BY DOG

George It Spruce Attacked byllcrnnrd

George R Spruce an elghtyearokboy was badly bitten by a huge St Ber-

nard dog yesterday afternoon at Ninthand I streets The lids arms and leSSwere a moss of scratches and bites whenhe was carried to the house of Dr ArthurHall who cauterIzed the wounds andtook him to his home at til I street

The dog to said to have had no provoca-tion for the attack and will be taken to

the pound this morning dog Is theproperty of Roawell White

LAWYERS GRADUATED

Five Given Diplomas by Washington College of Law

ISqtinl nnilier of Men Ilccclvc TheT-

Shccimkln AVnrncd to KeepOut of Politics

Tea disciple of Blackstone five o

whom are of the gentler sex receiveddegree of Bachelor of Law at the ninthannual commencement of the WashingtonCollege of Law In the banquet hall ofNew Willard Hotel last night In an ad-

dress to the graduating class Josiah AVan Orsdal Assistant Attorney Generalof th United Stiles sounded a warningto the young lawyers against enteringflew of politics

I am talking to young people enteringthe profession said he and letagain beseech you UT public office

that will interfere with your progressprofessional attainment as you wouldshun a pestilence Above all things dnot tempted into the acceptance of aioffice In Washington unless it berarily one of the few where theare such that It will keep you inpractice and demand a high type of

skill and training Better followthe advice of Gin Oarfteld when be saidYoung man own something If It is onl

a square foot of ground to stand on ownIt and as a teat resort alter everythingelse on earth has tailed accept a

in WashingtonFollowing the address prizes for schol-

arship were presented by Prof Emma MGlllett LL M as follows A goldmedal Miss Sophie Bishop Kentprise Edna Spoffazd honorablemention Miss Grace Burke andMiss Edith Keen The priaifor moot court work twoElliotts Practice

of IndianapolisInd was presented by Prof Edward CDutton to Miss Fannie I Peter

Rev Samuel H Woodrow pastor ofFirst Congregational Churchthe invocation and benediction Degreeswere conferred upon the following gradu-ates by Mrs Ellen Spencer Museey deanof th Anna Grace Burke ElmerE Clements John W De Maine WallaceJ Hill Clifford L SophieBishop EdithFannie Edna J SpoffardAlbert M Walker

NO LET UP IN COTTON FIGHT

Bureau of Corporations Pushing Inrestitution of Exchanges

Col L F Livingston of Georgia onhis return to Washington yesterday toassist in the Investigation Into themethods of the cotton exchanges of thecountry being made by the lenin ofCorporatIons declared that he lookedfor a report to be made to the Presi-dent by the middle of July or thenf August

We are sure to win our nght heand bring the exchanges back

a legitimate method of doing busi-ness which wilt mean a reform In theirpresent contracts

Representative Livingston said hethe public was in danger of as

that because the Bureau ofCorporations was rot making any noisein its work and was making no an-nouncements through the press noth-ing was being done A representative-of the bureau has for the Pest sixweeks been investigating the affairs ofthe York Cotton Exchange andothers will look into the New Orleansand Memphis exchanges

Asked about the activity of Theo-dore H Price who has turnedbull Col Livingston said he wasIfled that Mr Price had taken up thelight and was moving along the verylines he himself had outlined In

his light Mr Price declaredthat all the charges made by Cot ivingston were true It was pointed outhowever that the government couldtake no part in this personal campaign

Mrs Atiou Taken HomeMrs James Axson of Chester Pa

who was arrested in the BaltimoreOhio station Thursday night on t

charge of insanity was removed to hem

home yesterday morning her husband who had been notified bylocal police Policeman Xussbaumnoticed the peculiar actions of thwoman tut she got off a late train andAccosted her just after she had endeavored to reach President Rooseveltover the telephone

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NAMES APPROVED BY

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ifnctnry to time Secretary of WarConfirmation May lie Opixmed inthe Senate Next December

Seven Ohio postmasters were appointedby the yesterday and In eachcase the was approved by thefriends of Secretary and not by Sen-

ator Foraker or Dick Buckeyepoliticians In Washington are talking

the significance of this action andis no secret whatever of the

that the appointments were madeth object of strengthening Mr Taft forthe Presidential nomination of J238

The appointments were as follows Wil-liam E Halley Greenville David C

Dennison Charles R WhiteGeorge II Lewis Biuftton

Frank AVetherill Sponccrvllle George WWhite Unrlchsvllle and Charles LThompson Georgetown The PresiderInterested himself personally in the Ohioappointments consulting with friends ofSecretary Taft and politicians in Ohiowho an known to b Identified with theTaft movement In national politics-

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pointment the candidates for appoint-ment art usually recommended to thePresident by the Postofflc Department-but In this ease of th Ohio postmasterswho were named yesterday the depart-ment was not consulted at all Ofseven appointees three were sent to theSenate last winter but were not con-

firmedApproved liy Dick

The candidate for the postoffice atGreenville was recommended by the Re-

publican county committee with theof Senator Dick but this Is one of

the names that was sent to Senateand failed of confirmation because of lackof time

The men named for office at DennisonMIHeraburg were recommended for

office by exRenreeentativ Sroyser andsit the others in tit list are men knownto be favorable to toe nomination of MrTaft for the Presidency

They are presumably hostile thereforeto Senators Dick and Foraker and theSenators were not consulted in any wayregarding these appointments Whetherconfirmation will be opposed by the Senaloes when the reeves appointments aresent to the Senate next December Is notknown

Other postonce appointments announced yesterday were H J Bostwlck PagOMSprings Colo Josephine B Cox Fowlerlad John S Van Onion Spring ValleyX Y William H Cox Laurtnburg NC and Alexander W Harrison Lawrenceville Va

COMBE HEARD AGAIN

Gives Further Testimony HcfrardiiiKthe UrovrncHVllIe Shunting

The Senate Committee on Military Af-

fairs Investigating the Brownsville af-

fray heard the testimony yesterday ofthe mayor of Brownsville a saloonkeepera milkmen a Mexican who talkedthrough an Interpreter and a deputysheriff Mayor Combe was the fleet witness A letter was Introduced which waswritten to the mayor by Maj Penrosewho commanded the garrison repudiatingan alleged conversation between himselfand Mayor Combe Voshel a white sol-

dier had testified that while he was pass-Ing near Maj Penrose and the mayor heheard the latter warn the commander ofthe garrison that If any of the soldiersappeared on the streets of Brownsville atnight they would be shot Maj Penrosecharacterized Voshel as a liar who ought-to be brought to justice

The deputy sheriff Ambrose Llttlefleldtestified positively that he saw negro sol-

diers carrying muskets and skulkingalong the streets on the night of theshooting

Considerable Interest was aroused In thetestimony given by Alexander Blllingsleythe milkman He said preferred ne-

gro soldiers as customers to whites be-

cause the negroes used moe milk andpaid their bUts more promptly

Joseph L Crixweil the saloonkeeperwas subjected to a searching crossexamination He saw no negro soldiers butwas positive they did the shooting

TO INSPECT BIG MILK CANS

Sealer of VcIfjlitn anti Jlcasurctihear They Have Ueen Short

The Inspectors of the office of the sealerof weights and measures will today

the work of inspection of the largemilk cane used by the dairy farms in thewholesale delivery cf milk to the dealersThe cans will be tested as to their ca-

pacity and sealed with a steel die sothere will be no difficulty In quickly de-

termining the quantity of milk containedThe Inspection Is the result of numerouscomplaints from dealers who state thatin many instances the cans contain fromone to two quarts lees than the requiredmeasure

Col Haskell kl that an Inspection ofberry boxes has shown that every boxexamined was of standard capacityShould any be found short they will beconfiscated

Beginning next week an Inspection willbe made of the scales of dealers in IceDealers will be cautioned to instruct theirdrivers to give full weight and failure-to do this will result in prosecution

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CONFER ON OKLAHOMA

Three Member of Convention Callon the IrcMtlent

members of the constitutionalconvention of Oklahoma called on thePresident before the meeting of the Cabi-

net yesterday and talked with him forsome time about the constitution recentlyadopted for the new State The mem-

ber were S W Hays W A Ledbetterand Charles L Moore They had a con-

ference with the Attorney General In theafternoon the object of this meeting andthe nf Tnce with the President beingto obtain an advance opinion from thelegal officers of the administration as towhether the constitution as adopted Is

acceptableNone of the Oklahoma delegation would

make any statement as to what progressis being made but they called attention-to the fact that the convention is stillwaiting to be called together again

another meeting proves necessary

WOULD PENSION ARMY MULE

W H Lowder Makes Plea for the

Downtrodden Beast

AdrocntcN Sending Dlgn1 led Animalto Government Ileacrvntlonn Snyn

Bayonet Practice Is Seeded

That horses and mutes that have servedin Uncle Sams army sbotrtd be takencare of the same as tfce soldier himself

alter he te too old to do any active duty

for the government te the optafam of W

H Lowder of Camp Spanish WarVeterans

At a smoker of the Regular Array Social

Club heN last night Comrade Lowder

was called upon for a few remarks and

referring to the dumb aatmalfloldierp

saidItis a pitiable sight for you men in

the service as well as us exregulars to

see that our old army horses and mules

after having seen service in foreign coun-

tries especially those now in Cuba and

the Philippines which are to be broughtsoon should be sold to unscrupulous

dealers Every one of these noble

animals Is branded with the United States

that they should be hitched up to scaven

gee wagons ash and brick carts I have

horses sold that have seen years of

service afcd every soldier must

reel the iajusttee oC the treatment they

are receiving especially a country likeours where there art thousands of acresof land lying Idle in Virginia Texas

and Western forts Why couldnt these

animate be allowed to spend the rest of

their days at these places on the pension

roll of Uncle Sam instead of being sold

for the paltry sum of JlirReferring to uniformed men of the serv-

ice being refused admittance to placesof amusement Mr Lowder expressed thehope that Congress would phi a lawimposing heavy penalties oa any place

of amusement or otherwise that wouldbar the uniform of the United Statesenlisted man

Bayonet exercise is not sufficientlytaught in the regular army according to

views of Mr Lowder He said Menought to be taught more thoroughly theart of selfdefense so that when it comesto handtohand lighting they will beadepts In the art They should also betaught the use of heliographs or nagsignals and night signaling so as not tobe dependent upon the Signal Corps

ofCommander Foster of Miles Camp wilt

be chairman of the memorial servicesbe held tomorrow night at Carroll

Institute Hall under the auspices of theDepartment of the District U S W VThe addresses will be made by RevFather Donoghue of St Pauls CatholicChurch Rev H A Brown chaplainU S A of Fort Myer and Rabbi Julius-T Loeb of the Adas israel Jewish Synagogue

Dutch Official HereHerr M A van Perk director of

cleaning aad sanitation of BettorHolland accompanied by Joint T

Twohey superintendent of street cleanyesterday made an Inspection of the

streets of Washington

Will Sell IlnthlnK llctich OutfitUpon recommendation of W X Stevens

superintendent of the bathing beach thefloating baths wharves and piles of theold beach will be sold to the highest Ud-

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