Callers, Luncheon and RedCross Meeting Occupy Most

of His Time.

DEMOCRATIC SENATORSCOMMEND HIS ADDRESS

Receives Delegations From Chicago.New York and Brooklyn.LangList of Callers for Tomorrow.

President Wilson was hustling: fromearly this morning until late this after¬noon. the day being one of the busiesthe has had in a year. Me held an im¬

portant conference with Senator Gal-

linger. republican leader of the Sen¬

ate. on national preparedness: enter¬

tained the members of the democraticnational committee at luncheon, and in

the afternoon presided at the annualmeeting of the Red Cross. He receivedtwo invitations to speak at public func¬tions. Gov. I>unnc of Illinois and a

-Committee of Illinois citizens urged him~ to attend the annual celebration of

.-Lincoln's birthday at Springfield. 111.,

.5".January 12. which he said he would ac-

'¦7 cept if business would permit. GeorgeA. Post of New York and a committee

-.from the Railway Business Associa--- tion urged him to attend the annual

banquet of that organization in NewYork some time in January. He prom-

rifled to consider the invitation.Senators Underwood. Simmons. Civ. ton

*nd other democratic congressional jrallersjjBongratulated the President on liu»* ad-

4ress to Congress. Senator Indrrw^od%oing to the White House lor *au otherpurpose. "The message suited me." de¬clared the Alabamian.

Senator Chilton, who has steadily main¬tained that Roosevelt would l>e thenominee of the republican national con¬

vention, reiterated his views today.r Receives Brooklyn Delegation.The President consul ted Postmaster

General Burleson about the fights, ovex theNew York and Brooklyn poe4masterships,and a few minutes later received a dele¬gation of the democratic members of theHouse from Brooklyn, who cohtinue tourge the selection of P. J. Cleary. nowassistant postmaster, for postmaster ofthat city. Mr. Burleson has declared thatCleary. "for departmental reasons,

" can¬not have the Brooklyn post office. Rep¬resentative Fitzgerald has favored Cleary,but if the President refuses to name theassistant postmaster, he will ask for thenomination of Walter C. Burton, tempo¬rary postmaster.

Senator Thomas and Gov. Kendrick ofWyoming conferred with the Presidentabout a pardon case.The President.has a large list of callers

for tomorrow, and will endeavor to dis¬pose of as much business as possible be¬fore^ leaving tomorrow night fdr his tripto Columbus, Ohio, where he snakes Wospeeches Friday afternoon.

Seated Next to Chairman.At the dinner to the national demo¬

cratic committee President Wilsonwas seated between Chairman,McCombsand Vice Chairman Homer Cummingsof Connecticut. Thomas J. Pence, elect¬ed yesterAay^ secretary, and ^Josepji,^Tumulty, the President's private sec¬retary. occupied seats not far from Mr.Wilson. J*he luncheon was Spread i^f ]the state Hitting room. * it" >\The conynittee has finished if«r work

here, but Chairman Jld'ombs expectedto remain probably till tomorrow toarrange further details for the conven¬tion, with James K. Smith, chairman.f the St. Louis delegation. When MrMcCombs returns to New York he willtake with him, for deposit in a NewYork bank, five drafts handed him ves-terday by Mr. Smith, totaling {100.000,the sum pledged by St. Louis for the"convention.The subcommittee on arrangements^

which will arrange details for the conivention, will not be named until tb£last of this week. A meeting of thatcommittee will be held probablv inNew York. December 20. and officialheadquarters in St. Louis will be desig¬nated.

HALTS STEAMER REQUISITION.State Department Protest Appar¬ently Heeded by British GovernmentRequisitioning by the British gov¬

ernment of the American transatlanticsteamer Hocking, protested by theState Department, has been postponedfor three weeks. Secretary l^ansing wasadvised today. The steamer is at Hali¬fax. where she was taken by a British* arship.Ambassador Page's presentation at

London of the American protest is be¬lieved to be one cause of the postpone¬ment.

CAPTURED BY SUBMARINES.iTwo British Army Officers Reported

Taken From Greek Steamers.LONDON. December 8..An Athens

dispatch to th«* Kxt hange TelegraphCompany says that according to theGreek papers. Col. H D. Napier, thelate British military attache at Sofia,has been taken off a Greek steamer bya German submarine near Messina.A British offi'-ial report says thatCapt. Arthur Stanlev Wilson, memberof parliament for Yorkshire, has been

made a prisoner of war. 1 f.- was con¬veying letters from the eastern Med¬iterranean to London and was travel¬ing by a Greek steamer which wasstopped by an Austrian submarine. It1)kh been ascertained, the ..?.port says,that none of the papers taken fromhtm \*as of any importance.

Expatriation Law Constitutional.The Supreme Court of the I'ntied

States has affirmed the decision of theCalifornia supreme « ourt interpretingthe federal expatriation law of 1907 ;tsconstitutionally applicable to womenwho continue to live in the I'nitedStates aftei marrying foreigner* aswell as to tho*e who marry foreignersand live abroad The case was broughtby Mrs. Ethel <' Mackenzie, u ho wasdenied registry by San Francisco elec¬tion officials because she married a. ubject of Great Britain.

OUR YOUNG WOMENAre so often subject to headache <

Sare languid, pale and nervous.be-*cause their blood is thin or irisuffi-

< cient. They are not really sick, and j\ hesitate to complain, but they lack;( that ambiaon and vivacity which is }\ their birthright They do not need}\ drugs.but do need the tonic andj nourishment in Scott's Kmulsion'/ that makes richer blood, fills hollow \) cheeks, suppresses nervousness and >establishes strength. Nourishment}alone makes blood, and Scott's Emul-;gion is the essence of concentrated )nourishment, free from wines, alco-\hols or opiates

If mother or daughter is frail, paleor nervous, give her Scott's for one (month and see the betterment. It)has .a wholesome "nutty" flavor.)Avoid substitutes. At any drug)store. )8coU * Borne, BlopraOeld, N. J..)

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Federal Grand Jury Indictments invon Rintelen Case Expected

Within Week.

NEW YORK, December 8..Indict-ments are expected to be handed downwithin the next week in the Franz vo.i

Rintelen conspiracy to instigate strikesin American munition factories, it waslearned from federal authorities heretoday. The grand jury, which has beeninvestigating: the activities of Capt.von Rintelen, is expected to reconveneat the end of this week. Samueldompers, president of the AmericanFederation of Labor, is the only re¬maining witness, who, it is believed,will be called before the inquisitors.

I nited States Attorney Marshall, de-clared today that he had no expecta¬tion that the grand jury would takeany cognizance of the aliened Mexicanintrigues of von Rintelen. "If he at¬tempted anything it was a fiasco." saidthe government attorney. "His move¬ments were mainly, if not entirely,connected with the instigation ofstrikes and interference with the man¬ufacture of munitions."

TO RESUME PLOT INQUIRY.

Federal Grand Jury Again ConsidersAlleged Munitions Conspiracy.

SAN FRA NCISCO, December S..Thefederal grand jury is to resume todayits investigation into the alleged Ger¬man dynamite plots to destroy shipsand munitions plants and hamper com¬merce with the allies. Additional wit¬nesses have been collected here, andDistrict Attorney John W. Preston isprepared to probe still more deeply intothe activities of C. C. Crowley, detec¬tive, and Baron George Wilhelm vonBrincken. who claimed to be a militaryattache of the local German consulate,both of whom arc under arrest oncharges of attempting to destroy com-merce with the allies. Crowley also ischarged with conspiracy to destroy ves¬sels and docks with fire and dyna¬mite.

WIFE-BEATER WHIPPEDAT THE ROCKVILLE JAIL1

Richard Clubb Endures Ten Lashesjon Bare Back Without Mak¬

ing a Sound.

ROCKVIIiLE. Md., December 8..|Richard Clubb. a white man livingat Woodmont, in the southern part ofthe county, was today sentenced to re¬ceive ten lashes on the bare back forwife-beating. The sentence was car¬ried out in the jail yard here in thepresence of several witnesses, SheriffWhalen wielding %he whip, a heavywagon whip of the kind known as"blacksnake."According to- the evidence presented

before Judge Mace in police court to¬day, Clubb created a disturbance at hishome last night, striking his wife andterrifying her to such an extent thatshe took refuge at the home of aneighbor. From there Deputy SheriffPeakes was summoned and placedClubb under arrest, taking him to thejail here.Clubb was apparently much surprisedJ* the ser|tence-DasEed_on him by JudgeMkce. t>ut' took "h*is"punishment *withoutmaking a sound as the ten lashes werelaid on vigorously bv the sheriff.! ¦") . jRAILROAD CONDITIONS-SCHEDULED FOR INQUIRY

Bills Will Be Introduced in Con¬gress in Accordance With Presi¬

dent Wilson's Suggestions.

President "Wilson's suggestion toCongress yesterday for a commissionto investigate railroad conditions andlegislation will be embodied in billswhich will be introduced in Congressin the near future and pushed by ad¬ministration leaders. Senator Under¬wood. who first mentioned the subjectto the President, conferred with himregarding it today, and said that hewill introduce a bill providing for thecommission if somebody else does notdo it.Senator T'nderwood said, after seeing

the President today, that he believedthe rate-rnaking powers of the Inter¬state commerce commission should bebroadened and steps taken to protectthe railroads from conflicting state andfederal legislation.The plan was praised today by a

committee of the Railway BusinessAssociation, including George A. Postof New York, president of the organi¬sation. and 11. H. Westinghouse, presi¬dent of the Westinghouse AirbrakeCompany. Mr. Post, told the Presidenthe believed an Inventory of the rail¬road situation should be taken, to learnjust what legislation is needed.

RESTORED TO LIBERTY.

Jefferson D. Daly Discharged FromCustody on Court's Order.

Raymond W. Pullman, major andsuperintendent of police, today con¬

sented to the discharge of Jefferson D.Daly of Ohio from custody. JusticeGould last week issued a writ of habe¬as corpus and admitted Daly to bailawaiting a requisition from Pennsyl¬vania for him on a charge of non-sup-port. Daly claimed that he had se¬

cured a divorce from nis wife and was

no longer liable for her support. Thepolice were unwilling to oppose the re¬lease of the accused and the dischargeof the bond and Justice Gould soordered.

HONOLULU "IN THE RING."

Makes Bid for Honor of Entertain¬ing Republican Convention.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 8..Hono¬lulu will make an effort to get the re¬

publican national convention, and to thatend th»t island residents have pledged$ 1UOIOOO, and, in addition, are preparedto charter two special steamships to carrythe delegates. according to LorrinAndrews, republican national committee-man from the territory of Hawaii, whois en route to Washington today.Andrews said he would urge the selectionof the island city at the meeting of theitational committee.

G. W. U. Hospital Benefit.The hoard of lady manager* of the

George Washington University Hoapltalare to give a luncheon, bazaar, tea anddance Tueaday afternoon and night atthe Raleigh Hotel for the benefit otthat instttation. The bazaar will startat noon and continue until midnight,while luncheon will be served fromnoon until 2 o'clock. Tea Is to beserved all afternoon. Numerous bootHswill ofTer for sale fancy work, candyan dother attractive thing* A meetingof the class presidents and officers ofthe fraternities of the university Is tobe held tomorrow. I

Those Serving in EuropePraised at Annual Meeting

of National Red Cross.

FORMER PRESIDENT TAFTPRESIDING AT SESSION

President Wilson Is Expected to Oc¬

cupy Chair During Afternoon.Vice Chairman to Be Named.

With former President Taft presidingand President Wilson expected to oc¬

cupy the chair for. a time this after¬noon, the eleventh annual meeting ofthe American National Red Cross was

in session today at Rauscher's.Tribute to the 250 American nurses

in Europe vied with business featuresfor the attention of the large leatheringwhich crowded the hall. A long seriesof amendments to the by-laws of theRed Cross were approved, subject tothe right of any member to call them

up later for reconsideration, upon mo¬

tion of Robert W. de Forest of NewYork.The most important amendment was

one authorizing the appointment of avice chairman of the central commit¬tee, of which Mr. Taft was recentlyappointed chairman by President Wil¬son. The amendments, whi'e numerous,it was pointed out, follow mainly oneline, and were proposed chiefly for thereason that Mr. Taft cannot be inWashington all the time to attend tothe duties of his position as chair¬man of the central committee, and thathis very acceptance of the positioninvolved a greater degree of concen¬tration of power in this city.Another amendment provides that

"the vice chairman in the absence or

disability of the chairman shall exer¬cise all the functions of the chairman.""The experience gained by the work

of the 250 American nurses in Europeshould help for constructive work inthis country in case of that greatestof all disasters.war," declared MissJane A. Delano in her report on theRed Cross nursing service. Miss T)el-iano asserted that definite standards ofnursing have been established in Ea-;rope. tfirbtXgh tHe^work-of the Americannurses, and "that Ifro^ th^r,3^ork willcome many training school through r

out all Europe, modeled on', Americanmethods.Mr. Taft paid high tribute to the

nurses abroad and to Miss Delano,"through whose skill and devotion," hesaid, the foreign work had been large¬ly organized.At this point laughter was caused

when James Tanner called out:"She is almost entitled to vote. Mr.

Chairman."Mr. Taft smilingly ruled Mr. Tanner

out of order.Gen. C. A. Devol gave the report of

the central committee, which held a

meeting at 9:30 a.m. Other reportswere as follows: Treasurer's report,John Skelton Williams; bureau of med¬ical service, Maj. Robert U. Patterson:town and country nursing service, Mrs.Harriet Blaine Beale, and the RedCross Magazine, Austin Cunningham.

Shows Balance on Hand.The American Red Cross had a balance

of $554,114 on hand November 30, 1915,according to the report of the treasurer,

which was $147,140 less than it had on

hand November 30, 1914. Receipts forthe first eleven morrths of 1915 totaled

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Tribute to members of the NationalPress Club and others who contributedarticles to the Red Cross Magazine was

paid by Mr. Cunningham, the editor, inthe course of his recital of the growth ofthe magazine during the year.This afternoon a series of special pa¬

pers are being heard. These followeda luncheon to the delegates at 1 o'clock.Among those giving papers are Maj.Raymond W. Pullman, Dr. Richard P.Strong, Charles J» O'Connor, X>r.4Rhoadea F^yerweather and Miss^Rosa-imond K. Bender. ~

Tonight "Miss Mabel T.* Boardman andhothers are scheduled to give papers ort*various phases of Red' Cross work. Theannual meeting closes tonight.

All Officers Re-Elected.At this afternoon's session all the na¬

tional officers were re-elected. Maj.Gen. Arthur Murray, U. S. A., was elect¬ed vice chairman of the central com¬mittee. and will have his offices in thiscity at headquarters under the work¬ings of the new by-laws.

BELATED PEACE ADVOCATES.

Members of Ford Party to Sail forEurope This Afternoon.

NEW YORK, December 8..Twentypeace advocates, constituting the secondcontingent of the Ford expedition to TheHague, will sail this afternoon on theScandinavian-American I/me steamshipFrederik VIIJ for Copenhagen. Most ofthe members of the party were unable to.make arrangements to leave Saturday onthe Oscar II, carrying the main Ford ex¬

pedition.A list of these additional members of,

the i>eace party, as given out by Mr.Ford's representative, included under¬graduates of Yale, Harvard, Jowa State,Vanderbilt, Washington, Minnesota,Oregon and Iceland Stanford universities;representatives of the governors of Idaho,Arkansas and Alaska, and of fraternalbeneficial societies.

Marshall B. Cushman Dies.Marshall Blair Cushman, seventy-six

years old, for the past thirty-one yearsfirst assistant examiner in the patentoffice, died last night at his home, 2949Tilden street northwest. Mr. Cushmanwas a native of Massachusetts. Hewas appointed to the patent office in1877.

Abe Martin Says:

Miss Mame Moon addressed th*Shakespeare Club t'day on "Th'Effect o' Refrigerator Car Seepin'son Iron Railroad Bridges."

Ever'thing is t' be velvet this¦winter.but.not fcr.father, ~ ^

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SPEAKERS AT OPENING SESSION OF RIVERS AND HARBORS CONGRESS

MAKT1X BBHB1IAX.

APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCESEES COMEDY 'ZARAGUETA'

Play Presented by Spanish-AmericanAtheneum.Songs and Dances

Also Features.

A Spanish comedy. "Zaragueta." waspresented last night at Rauscher's toa large and appreciative audience bymembers of the Spanish AmericanAtheneum. Native songs and dancesmade up a part of the entertainment.Mrs. Rosario Munoz de Morrison, a

native of Seville, Spain, widow of Prof.Frederick Morrison, formerly of thedepartment of languages at the NavalAcademy, directed the performance,while William J. Kavanagh of the De¬partment of State coached the players.Mrs. Morrison had the role of the lov¬able heroine, Maruja, the sweetheartcousin of the spendthrift Carlos.A full synopsis in English was given

before each act by Mrs. Jennie O. Ber¬liner, secretary of the Atheneum. Tnescene of the play was laid in a smalltown in northern Spain. Mrs. Edith B.Newman presented Dona Dolores, wifeof a wealthy farmer, while Marcos F.;Finley. treasurer of the Atheneum, was

Don Indolecio. !j" Miss ^fpdith L. Kelsey was an angrymother. Pio, a bashful young divinitystudent, was portrayed by Dr. ArthurL. Guerra. George R'euter visualizedan awkward little country boy, and inthe part of Gregoria, a sympatheticfamily servant, was Miss Helen V.Bauskett. Oscar Blount Ralls. Jr.. wasthe lover, and Dr. Gustave I*. Guerraportrayed a village doctor. IZaragueta, a moneylender, was playedby Alton Ross Hodgkins. Wilmer

Tomlinson was stage manager, while jShirley Macias assisted and acted asproperty man.The-*co*nedy was followed by a musi¬

cal, Beetle. Those participating wereSenorita Stella Amores, pianist; MissIda Ullntan, violinist; Mrs. Selma Selln-ger Danforth, in Spanish songs; MissHoward and Mrs. Morrison, in songsand dances, and Messrs.Ralls, Reuterand Howard.

Will Repeat Performance.By request of the committee in charge

of the entertainment of the delegates tothe second Pan-American Scientific Con¬gress. to lie held here beginning Decem¬ber 27. the Spanish-American Atheneumwill '»*epea-t its Spanish comedy "Zara¬gueta." given last night at Rauscher's.January » has been set as the date fort^-e Second performance to be held inMemorial Continental Hall.

RESIGNS AT END OF 53 YEARS.

Mr*. Ella Flagg Young Retires FromChicago Schools.

CHICAGO, December 8..Mrs. EllaFlagg Young, who has been identifiedwith Chicago's public schools for fifty-three years.the last six as superintend¬ent.retired today. She is seventy-oneyears old.

Mrs. Young plans to leave immediatelyfor southern California, where, with MissLaura Breton, who has been her com¬panion for years, she proposes to estab¬lish a home. The educator gave awaymany of her personal belongings, whichhave been in her office during her termas superintendent. To numerous schoolprincipals she presented her photograph."I am going to take a rest," Mrs.Young said, "and shall not look at anewspaper for six months. After the waris over I shall go to Europe."

HENRY P. CATTELL DEAD. I

Was a Retired Member of the PoliceDepartment.

Henry P. Cattell, a retired member ofthe police department, died at his homeat the Madrid this morning about 11o'clock. Arrangements for his funeralhave not been completed.Mr. Cattell, who was a native of New

Jersey, was born September 7, 1838,and was appointed a member of thepolice force September 17, 1883. Heserved as station clerk in several pre¬cincts and later was placed in chargeof the property room at headquarters,where he handled thousands of dollars'worth of lost, stolen and abandonedproperty.A number of .years ago he did duty

at the Baltimore and Potomac depot,and his last assignment was at Unionstation, where he was in charge of thepolice room. He was retired from theforce March 1, 1912.Mr. Cattell is survived by five daugh¬

ters and one son. His daughters areMiss Fannie Cattell, Mrs. F. J. Mer-sheimer, Mrs. William Barclay andMrs. Elizabeth Wood of this city andMrs. Harry Ritjner, Rocky Mount, N. C.The son is William Cattell, who is inthe Philippines in the service of theAgricultural Department.

SMALL DAMAGE BY FIRE.

Department Called to Three DifferentPoint* in the Capital.

The fire department responded to analarm shortly before 5 o'clock thismorning and extinguished a tire in thekitchen at the residence of Mrs. MaryEvans. 437 16th street southeast. Rich¬ard k. Carver, a neighbor, who actedthe part of volunteer fireman, was

slightly burned on his right hand. Thetire did *200 damage.Truck company No. 8 responded to a

call about 2:30 o'clock this morningand extinguished a Are In the woodson the property of Heiskell & Mc¬Laren. Alabama avenue near the rillerange. The fire was or unknown originand no damage resulted.steus in rear of houses 644 and 646

Orleans place. William C. Jones andJohn H. Harwood occupants, were dam¬aged by Are last night. The originof the fire was not determined.

Skilled Draftsmen Wanted by U. S.The United States civil service com¬

mission will conduct an examinationJanuary 4 to «U thirty-five vacanciesin the position of jWlled draftsmen inthe ordnance depawment of the unitedStatu Army, at ei*rie» ranging frojn1WW1WM a y*WV _ 1__.:

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palities that have neglectec] to own.develop and operate modern terminalfacilities so essential to all waterwaytransportation."The speaker said that the opposition

to water development charged to therailroads he had been unable to find.He also pointed out that the successfuloperation of waterways in Europe dem¬onstrated that the waterway should oc-cupy a distinct field of its own in thetransportation service. It is particu¬larly adapted to the .hauling of heavyand bulky low-class freight, while therailroads are better adapted to the fastand high-grade freight.

Would Bar Bate Cutting.Amendment of the interstate com-'

merce act to prevent railroads fromlowering rates at water-competitive points [will lie sought by Senator Joseph E.Rq^isdell at the present session of Con¬gress. Senator Ransdell made knownhis plan's in the course of his annual Jaddress as president of-the Rivers andHdnralrs Congress. I"Congress must pass a law authoriz¬

ing the interstate commerce commis¬sion to fix minimum as well as maxi¬mum rates. Boat lines will not oper¬ate unless they can do so profitably, andthey cannot operate profiably so longas the railroads are permitted to slashtheir rail rates at water points to anoutrageously low figure.to a figureoften below the actual cost of trans¬porting the freight. These losses arerecouped by excessively high charges tointerior points.

Discrimination Charged."Under present conditions water

points obtain low rates at the expenseof interior towns, and. in turn, pay forthis privilege by the loss of still lower-rates on water, if the interstate com¬merce commission is empowered to set ja limit below which rates shall not Ibe lowered at water points, the rail¬roads will be unable to place theirfreight charges at such a low figureas to crush water competition. Boatlines will then be established and ourwaterways actually used."But protection to our carriers by

water is absolutely necessary, anilthe interstate commerce commission'spower to fix minimum rates will affordthis. It is my purpose to introducean amendment to the interstate com-merce act to this effect during thepresent session of Congress, and I be¬lieve the National Rivers and HarborsCongress should get behind legislationof this character. The I. .C. C. in itsannual reports has repeatedly recom¬mended this legislation, and i hope tohavevMts co-operation in securing itsenactinent."

Interest in Harbor Development.Declaring that the encouragement

and money given for years to the rail¬roads by the government now are beingshifted to helping the waterways de¬velopment. Mayor Martin Behrman ofNew Orleans, speaking at the sessionthis afternoon, said that "interest alsois turning to the development of har¬bors and terminal facilities in orderthat there may be better preparationto handle the great volume of businesspromised under rapidly changing com¬mercial conditions."Water transportation, he said, has no

superior as a freight regulator. Hepointed out that a great mistake hadbeen made by many ports of the coun¬try in allowing their water fronts topass into private ownership.

Views of Logan W. Page.Speaking on "The Relation of Roads

and Waterways," Logan Walter Page,director United States office of publicroads, said that proper development canbe brought about, first, by the improve¬ment of waterways themselves; second,through provision of terminals withproper facilities for handling transfercargoes, and, third, by a well plannedsystem of improved highways reachingout to the surrounding region andforming direct contact with shipperand receiver.Under such a system. Mr. Page be¬

lieves, the waterways would form thelogical trunk lines of transportationand by correlation with highways forimmediate feeders and railroads fortapping more distant regions wouldfurnish the cheapest and most naturalsystem for handling a large portionof the country's freight. The need forgood roads extending back from wa¬ter ports always has been great, hedeclared, but with the development ofthe country between Waterways it hasmade itself more keenly felt.

WOMEN'S CONGRESS TO MEET.Col. £. U. Thompson to Address Con¬

vention to Open Tomorrow.The woman's national rivers and har¬

bors congress is scheduled to open itsannual convention tomorrow morning inthe cabinet room of the New WillardHotel. Col. Robert M. Thompson, presi¬dent of the Navy League, is scheduledto speak at the opening session tomor¬row.Beautification of river banks, better

sanitation of all streams and improve¬ment of the harbor defenses are to be.uWect® ct discussion,

SBXATOH JAMES A. RUED.

Gen. Kingman Calls Attention to Insecure Condition of Aqueduct

Structure.

Gen. Kingman, chief of engineers,again has called the attention of Con-gress to the necessity for building anew bridge to replace the old and in-secure Aqueduct bridge across the Poto¬mac river, between Georgetown andRosslyn. In his report he says thatwhile the present diver's method ofrepairing the piers of the old bridgemay prolong their life to a certain ex-tent, it is believed to be only a ques¬tion of time when all of the old pierswill have reached a stage when thatmethod will be impracticable even fortemporary repairs. He says it is con¬template?! to make an examination inthe near future and do such repairwork as may be found necessary."It has been evident for a number of

years that the method of repairing thebridge," says Gen. Kingman, "is un-satisfactory, and that sooner or laterserious injury may occur to the oldpiers, necessitating the stopping oftraffic over the bridge.Wider Structure Is Needed.

"No matter how carefully the divermay work, his inability to see the pieralways leaves a feeling of uncertaintyas to whether all defects have been dis¬covered. The five old piers shouldeither be rebuilt or the bridge be en¬tirely replaced by a wider and strongerstructure, adequate to accommodate theincreasing traffic. To rebuild the pierswould render the substructure safe,but would not provide additional facili¬ties. A new bridge is needed and thenecessary preliminary steps should betaken."The chief of engineers submits no es¬

timates and is silent on the question asto the location of the proposed newbridge.

COL HOUSE, CLOSE FRIEND,NOT BIDDEN TO CEREMONY

John M. Wilson, Near Kinsman.Also Omitted From President's

Wedding Guests.

Col. E. M. House of New York, themost intimate friend President Wil¬son has, wiii not be a guest at thewedding of the President and Mrs.Norman Gait Saturday. December 18.Neither will John M. Wilson of Frank¬lin, Pa., one of the President's nearestkinsmen. Mr. Wilson frequently is aguest of the President at the WhiteHouse, and they have long been cordialin their relations.On the President's side the guestswill be limited to his brother and

daughters and to the members of hisimmediate family, including Miss HelenWoodrow Bones ami Dr. Gary Grayson,who is considered as belonging to thehousehold. It had often been statedthat Col. House would be present inthe capacity of the President's mostintimate associate and probably bestman. The conclusion was reached thatif Col. House and John M. W'Uson wereinvited it would be necessary to extendthe list to a number past the capacityof the home of Mrs. Gait, where thewedding will take place.

GIFT OF BRAZILIAN GEMSPRESENTED TO MRS. GALTI

Ornament of Tropical Bird FeathersAlso for President's Bride-to-Be

From Dr. Botelho.

Dr. A. J. de Oliveira Botelho, a tu¬berculosis expert of international fame,who arrived in Washington a few daysago to attend the coming pan-Americanscientific congress as the representa¬tive of Brazilian medical organizations,has presented to Secretary Lansing, fortransmission to Mrs. Norman Gait, thePresident s fiancee, a gift of a braceletof Brazilian tourmalines and othergems found in Brazil, and an ornamentof tropical bird feathers. To SecretaryLansing Dr. Botelho brought a tourma¬line stickpin.Dr. Botelho said today that TheodoreRoosevelt is generally considered inBrazil to be the greatest living Ameri¬

can. He declared that the suspicions ofthe motives of the United States in itsrelations toward other pan-Americancountries have largely disappeared, aresult considerably attributed to, hesaid, by the work of the Pan-Ameri¬can Union, for whose director general,John Barrett, Dr. Botelho said, Bra¬zilians have a high regard.Dr. Botelho has gold medals from theFrench and Spanish governments forhis work in the disease of tuberculosis.He is to read a paper on that subjectbefore the coming congress.

MORE AID FOR DISABLED SHIP.Minnesota Drifting About Helpless¬

ly in Pacific Waters.SAN' FRANCISCO, December 8..Ad¬

ditional tugs are to be dispatched todayto the assistance of the disabled steam¬ship Minnesota, north of this port, in re¬sponse to a radiogram received late lastnight by C. W. Wiley, marine superin¬tendent of the Great Northern SteamshipCompany, from Capt. Garlick of the Min¬nesota. In his message Capt. Garllckstated that although the wrecking Iaquaand the tug Dauntless, sent last Friday tothe aid of the crippled freighter, arestanding by, more assistance was impera¬tively needed.Capt. Garllck further stated in his mes¬

sage that the Minnesota's last batteryof six boilers collapsed Sunday morningand that the vessel hud been driftinghelplessly since then. The Minnesota wasbound from Seattle to England.

The Weather a Year A*o Today:Rata. Temperature. High. 42s. Low, 3.1"-

remember I^xatlre Brrnno Quinine curv* a '""I'1In one daj. There la only ono "BuuLook for signature B. W. (iKOVB/'Sic.-Aaver-Uxmeat, .

NOPE FOR SUCCESSOF SUFFRAGE CAUSESpeakers at Opening of Con¬gressional Union Convention

See Victory Ahead.

ADDRESS OF WELCOMEBY MRS. NINA ALLENDER

Committees Named and SecretaryElected.Report on Credentials

Submitted and Adopted.

The first annual convention of theCongressional I'hion for Woman Sui-frage. meeting in this city, got downto business this morning at itso'clock session in the Cameron house.Miss Alice K'auft chairman of the na¬

tional executive committee, presided,and Airs. Nina A1 lender, chairman of theDistrict of Columbia branch of theunion, delivered the address of welcometo the delegates" who crowded the bisdouble drawing rooms on the secondfloor."Washington is the city of ;«11 Amer-

icans," she declared, "and there is nooccasion to welcome any of ytu to thecity, but I do wish to express Vie greatpleasure of the District branch in hav¬ing the first national convention here.Mrs. Allender said it was when she

first came to the National Capital thatshe got the vision of the states as a

whole and could see the federal amend¬ment movement in all its aspects as a

great national question.Confident and Hopeful.

"We meet today filled with both con¬

fidence and hope," said Mrs. LawrenceLewis of Philadelphia, member of thenational executive committee of the union,in her reply on> behalf of the national 01-

ganization. "We are confident that theplan of work outlined by our leader. MissPaul, is the most direct and economicalone to follow, and we are hopeful thatthe prosent Congress will take favor¬able action on our amendment."Next came the fraternal greetings of

delegates elected from unorganizedstates and unaffiliated organizations.These included Mrs. Grace BenefieidCotterill of'the Central Labor Council ofSeattle, Wash. Mrs. William Severin ofthe Woman's Republican League ofIllinois; Mrs. Robert Adamson of theadvisory council. representing theWomen's Democratic Club of New "YorkCity; Mrs. Mary Howe of the Civic Clubof Seattle; Mrs. Laura G .Fixen, repre¬senting the Illinois CongressionalUnion, and Mrs. John Winters Bran-nan of New York, chairman of thecommittee of one hundred.Mrs. Hugh L. White, representing the

president of the Johnson City, Teun..Suffrage League, was the only one toappear under the classification of dele¬gates from affiliated organizations.

Convention Committees Named.Committees appointed to serve the

convention were as follows:Nominations.Mrs. Nina Allender.Mrs. Emanuel Einstein of New. York.

Mrs. Harriet Dulles of Philadelphia,Miss Sara Bard Field of Oregon, andMrs. Alden H. Potter of Minnesota.Resolutions.Mrs. .John Rogers of

New York, chairman, and one memberof each state delegation.Elections.Mrs. Nelson Whittemoreof Michigan and one member'of each

state delegation.Mrs. Annie G. Porritt of Hartford.Conn., was elected secretary of the

convention, and Mrs. Helena Hill Weedof the same state submitted the reportof the credentials committee, whichwas adopted. Mrs. Jessie H. MacKayeaddressed the delegates on the worknecessary to insure the success of theSusan B. Anthony pageant, scheduledfor December 13, the work of Miss Jes¬sie MacKaye.

Searing of Reports Postponed.Miss I'aul postponed her report as

chairman of the national executivecommittee until ihe afternoon session,and reports of state branches weretransferred from the 2 o'clock hour tothe morning gathering. Those submit¬ting these reports included Mrs. Fieldfor California, Dr. Caroline Spencer ofColorado Springs for Colorado, and Mrs.W. D. Ascough and Mrs. William Spen¬cer. Murray for Connecticut. Miss Paulintroduced each of the speakers.At the conclusion of the session

.luncheon was served in the headquar¬ters building, this to be a daily fea¬ture of the convention. Tonight thenational advisory council will meet.Mrs S. M. B. Young being chairman ofthe committee on arrangements.

EFFECTS OF SUFFRAGE.Mrs. Allen Hoar Describes Benefits

of Franchise to Women.Mrs. Allen Hoar of California last

night described the effect on businesswomen of the influence of suffrage inher home state, at the convention head¬quarters of the National AmericanWoman Suffrage Association. 1307 Fstreet northwest. She pointed out thebroadening influences exerted on thefeminine mind by personal interest inand contact wtth vital civic and socio¬logical problems. Mrs. Hoar will re¬

peat her address tomorrow morning atII o'clock, by request.Headquarters will be open every

night until the opening of the conven¬tion of the association, which beginsDecember 14. and informal nightlympptinKS will be addressed by womanworkers in various lines^Among those scheduled is Mrs. An¬toinette Funk, vice chairman of thenational congressional committee, whowill speak tomorrow night. I

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