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Cloudy and unsettled tonight and tomorrow NUMBER 5088 WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 20 1908 PRICE ONE CENT J I i mfi r a fit U gt e LAST EDITION j WASHLNGTO I t i I U U on tm Once More Urges Senate to Give Colonel Stewart a Hearing HIS BANISHMENT DECLARED UNJUST Says Roosevelt Assumes More Au thority Than Any Civilized Monarch Would Dare Rayners Sarcasm What rlfht has anybody to be dissatisfied with anything that stiafie President Who woud be gnrllty of such a trea- sonable aet The Executive sever can blunder Infallibility i one of attribute No one of urn is perfect no one except the President It is too appalling to con- template that an American should sit by and permit a wrong of this sort to be perpe trated with impunity Public opinion not yet comprehend that the President has taken a stand no sovereign or monarch in any other civilised land wewM daze to take at this enlightened day HAYNER ATTACKS PRESIDENT AGAIN r the r hi I S- ate a j doeR ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ + Bitterly sarcastic at tile expense of the President ironically OepfeUag him as one who could do no wrong aad predicting that the force of public opinion would yet compel Jus- tice Senator Rayner of Maryland once more addressed the Senate today in behalf of Col W F Stewart who Is exiled at deserted post ef Fort Grant Arizona by order of the Chief Executive Senator Rayner spoke with reference to his resolution toe a oovrt of Jury sjCwred to the Senate MUttary AJCsirs Committee but the committee shows no sign of acting this session In tile remarks today Sena tor Rayner said he was satisfied that there would be no from the com- mittee this session and consequently he made one final appeal to the Sea to see that the wrongs of Colonel Stewart were righted Before addressing the Senate Senator Rayner moved to discharge the Military Affairs Committee from consideration or He was proceeding to address the Sen ate when warren started to in him He refused to be inter- rupted whereupon Senator Warren to his proceeding Attar a brief Rayner withdrew his refusal and Senator Warren defended the committee from the charge of delay Senator Rayner was then allowed by unanimous consent to proceed Ridiculing the reason given for the committees delay that certain papers had not yet come from the War De- partment Senator Rayner said that Congress was but a few days from adjournment and it was doubtful whether a messenger from the War could reach the Senate by relent lb JIw MI t at e his obj- ected De- partment Iiis- aj1Iuon renolutien ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ It is not probable said Mr Rayner that he can make the trip within that time It is a long and tedious journey and it would be cruel to compel anyone 0 make it continuously without re- laying at the White House and at other stations between one terminus and an- other Senator Rayner then pictured In lan- guage that aroused the laughter of col- leagues the anxiety of President Roose- velt and the chairman of the MWtary Affairs Committee to see Colonel Stew arts cue expedited It is proper he continued for me to remind the Senate however that white this Is feeing thus expedited Colonel Stewart is upon the heights of Arizona He is at a high altitude as explained upon a former occasion by the chairman of the Military Committee as high as the President can get him with very little chance of h getting down any lower within any definite period of time Being at a high altitude he ought not to complain The climate is salu- brious and uniform it being as cold in winter as it Is hot summer the surroundings are all salutary his com are festive convivial con- sisting of a care taker a teamster and several Government mules and the noel Continued on Ninth Page WEATHER REPORT The rain area of the last twentyfour Jioum includes the Atlantic States the Onto vah y the lower lakes and the South Atlantic dtatee Frees 1ijjC temperatures prevail In the extreme Northwest Unsettled weather will prevail tonight ii northeastern districts ut much rain On Thursday fair war nfr weather is indicated for the Wash- ington forecast district Steamers departing today for Eu- ropean have fresh southeast south winds and rainy weather to Grand Banks TZMPURATURK 5 n m 7- ii roon f 74 a jx m T7- in rises n sets r TIDE TABLE High water tofiay 1148 p m iow water today Iiiyh water loratHTOw 1116 sm Luw water Q i am 702 p m A Lsa Trip pa 11 t h iN 44- S 11 tom ease ALL j ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ WANTS MORROW OUT OF BRENNAN CASE COMMISSIONER MORROW Who Was Charged Today With Unfair ness at the BreBflaH Hearing NO PROVISION MADE FOR GUARD ARMORY Senate Committee Amends Omnibus Bill Authorizing Purchase of PropertyT- he Senate this afternoon began con- sideration of the omnibus public build togs bill which wa reported yesterday Among the changef which were made In the hUh in eommUUe were severed of importance to the District of Colum- bia InchitfRfe t ettwrtasttton of UM- prorMem a site tjr M sjrmory for the Dtstrfct zofeztf The committee also eliminated an ap- propriation of Z4f0 for to expenses of a commission to prepare plea ad esti- mates for a suitable armory fr the Dis- trict On the other hard the Senate com- mittee added an amendment carrying 250MdO to purchase five blocks at Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street southeast of Treasury on which to erect one or two buildings for the departments of State and Commerce and Labor This is the Scott amendment which passed the Senate in the sundry civil bill but to which the House conferees objected The sum of 60600 ws added to the bill by the committee to provide for park on Meridian Hill near Six- teenth street 15069 to purchase the Graceland Cemetery tract for park pur poses 300000 for the Carpenter tract near Branch and Pennsylvania avenues southeast to be used for a park and 900000 for an addition to the District courthouse to be used for the Court of Appeals retained include 600400 for a receiving and distributing near union Station provision for the a po offtce JustIceS ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ grabbers the Government land in the District and provision for a commUr to plans and estimates for a memorial amphitheater at Arlington and for various monuments in Din trict DIVORCED TOO LONG FORGOT WIFES NAME Oh Yes Said Witness I Knew Her Once I Was Her Husband The usually dull and uninteresting line of evidence which is being intro- duced by the attorneys for the prosecu- tion in the HydeBensonDimond Schneider alleged land fraud case was enlivened for a brief time today W T Randolph of Slut Francisco was on the stand and wee being ex- amined by District Attorney Baker in an attempt to prove that he and his wife had signed application school lands at the request of the defendant Schneider What is your wifes name Mr Baker Mary answered the witness What did you say the name was again asked Mr Baker as if to make sure ha had heard right Mary repeated Mr Randolph Do you know a Pearle E Randolph How do you spell the first name inquired the witness The witness seemed to be up with a queer smile Why yes he said I remember now was my wife once We wore divorced eight years ago The trial stopped for a1 minute while the jury suppressed their laughter and even rustle Stafford the per- sonification of judicial seemed in Imminent danger of giving awmy to his mirth T A McINTYRE INDICTED NEW YORK lay 0i ThomaB A McIntyre head of the brokerage nrm or T A Mcmtyre A Co that failed was today indicted the grand jury on a charge of grand larceny Il commISSIOn protect irom lana skin ked 1 said Mr Baker his memory At last hs LO ransacking ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Contractors Lawyer De mands New Hearing Be- fore Commission Engineer Makes Statement After Objection Is Declaring that the Engineer Gomails siontr has assumed the attitude of a defender of Fernald and the engineer- j department and that he has shown mort intense dislike of the president ana other officials of the Brannan Con- traction Company thereby disqiuctify Ing him as a judge Attorney A Douglas counsel for P J BreniMui today asked that Major Morrow retire j from the case and that the entire hearing be continued by Oomraieanoners- Mflcfarbuid and Wont or thai the President be asked to appoint a com nusslon of Investigation into the charges of favoritism in the giving of District contracts The request was denied by the Commissioners fallow Ing a temporary adjournment to permit uf a conference I Mr Douglas statement surprised Ute Commissioners coming as It did after a declaration by Major Morrow as to the attitude assumed by him in the cue When the demand was made by the attorney the board adjourned to the ot Commissioner Macfartand Morrow Makes Statement Upon retnrn to the board room the following statement made by Major Morrow- I desire to state that In view of the statement of the attorney for Mr Bren nan as to the attitude which the public may take toward the investigation now In progress I consider that it would be Incompatible with my appreciation ot my duties as a member of the Board of Commissioners that I shouM retire tram my position as a member of that board in effort to obtain all possible light on th various questions at issue But I can M no possible objection to my vol- untarily refraining from taking part in the decision of the case and I will so ref lin I I Overruled- i I I I I office was the Charles ¬ ¬ ¬ t do not however believe It compat- ible with his as a the Beard of Commissioners that member should be sworn as a witness I have made and shall make before ths board where such will throw any at that in conclusion of tide hearing see tit to forward the record fc to d ta Attorney for affidavit In order that they may be M the balance of the record which is sworn testimony Explains Attitude Immediately after convening Major Morrow submitted the following set- ting forth the attitod of the Engineer CammtesiorAr in the conduct of the In Before we resume the hearing this morning I want t make a statement- to meet a criticism which has been made against the present investigation by tte Beard of Commissioners Into those matters That criticism has Wen presented by tho attorney for Mr Bran nan and was yesterday referred to by a member of rm of the Brennan Construction Company I want to make it as clear as I can that this Is an Investigation initiated by the Board of Commissioners on the motion of the Engineer Commissioner and that any other attitude into which the attorneys for Mr Brennan or anybody else may attempt to place the Engineer Corn missioner as to his action in the con duct of this investigation is a mis- construction The Board of Commis- sioners and no member of that board more than the Engineer Commissioner possibly not quite as much to interest- ed in getting at every possible pertinent fact In retard to this hearing The Engineer Commissioner then en- ters a comprehensive review of the feels in connection with the to the present controversy In concluding this resume Mor row says I am simply Inviting the attention of the board to details as showing the evolution in Mr Brennans as to the meaning of Mr in using the expression You fellows are too ehinchy Wants Complete Examination In regard to the examination of wit- nesses wherein I have ben criticised I want to state that I ha e been com- plete in my cressexamination of these witnesses because I am satisfied that the attorney for Mr Br9nnan is pos- sibly misinformed as to some facts possibly misunderstands some of the facts and without Intending any de- fense of Mr Fernald without possibly intending any defense of the engineer department except to defend it against criticism I want to get before the Board ot Commissioners the abso- lute facts in every to prevent any statements of witnesses before this bonrd from being misundertsood by the Board of Commissioners through a lack of direct application In the questioning- of those witnesses and I think a num- ber of facts which would not otherwise come out have como out by reason of some of the questions which have been asked by myself and Captain Mark am I want to state that the conversa- tions of Mr Bradleys and these specific charges of Mr Brennans namely that to him and the statement you wont get any work unless you put up money were drought to my attention separation of Mr Fernald from the engineer department Tho conversa- tions with Mr Bradley were brought to my attention after ordering of this investigation by the Commissioners I do not want anybody to get the idea that anything is going to be at tempted to be concealed at those hear- ings I have placed the resources of the engineer office at the disposal of Mr Brennans attorney I am going to try to bring out some facts that possibly Mr Brennans attorneys will not bring out but that is the object of questions which I have asked In asking that Major Morrow retire Continued on Page Eleven an And I should properly state case the board should at the ri netiec h- 8tenta before that In same vUW Ion Fern ld unjust the ton ehinchy nad been used th f is- sue here u be form placed h anna ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ pun ON New York Senator Admits Calling Mae Wood Dear Catty TELLS OF VISITS SCORNS LETTERS Examines Alleged Marriage Certi ficate and Says He Never Saw It Before XEW YORK Mfcy Senator Watt took the stand own defense in trial of the ttvre suit of Mae C Woods against him today He very feeble T accompanied to the courtroom by twO nurses Senator Platt dueled that he had ever married Mrs Weed He said he JIM never promised to marry her never wrote her any love letters never bought her a ring or acknowledged that Senator Putt reached the oourthoys a few minutes after 11 oclock He driven in a carriage accompanied two attendant and tottered tesbly int the with man supporting him on either W H to the witness stand where he was helped into his chair It was the of the lawyers to take his testimony at once so that he might be excused and allowed to leave Senator Platt tes anc d as a forgery the inscription T my darling bride over his signature on hack of a photograph Miss Wood testified that while she sat in his Up and his bond This the Senator angry nod wfcA his lawyer Mm about it he snapped dut a forgery the woman never sat in my Calls Dear Catty On rross f rumination the Senator ad- mitted be had wVttXM to her as Dear Catty He did thai he said because he liked her and rated to correspond with her He als addressed her in a letter a Dearest mae She was a veiy agreeable womaq STAND DENIES MARRIAGE and WIt hi wes u a made nit a 3 a very IbIS the appeared as she mate I asks yery agree ¬ ¬ woman if his mind dwelt a nr peat charms The alleged marriage in the Avenue Hotel be was a myth as nothing of the kind had ever When psssed socalled mar- riage certificate ae Inspected it ck and then declared It was first he ever saw tt I reduce two men t J pr- tween himself ssd Mae Wood EndwrBg Terms Used Did you never aJdree Miss Wood in endearing be was asked Well yes What was your pet name for her Well sometimes I called her Ceaty The witness shortened the pronunciation so it sounded Hies Caty and the speet es What was the name of your forme secretary T Howe Was he not formerly a Episcopal minister I believe so Did he ever perform marriage cere- monies Hot to my knowledge DM you ever marry a womsji secretly and tien have it come out No I never AM you ever Know J Martin Miller I met him frequently Platt positively had ever been ccminisstoaed him to Mne Wood to surrender letters that he had written her He denied he had secured letters that were stolen from h r Do you know of any money being used I never knew until this messing that then was even talk of money having hem used Did indorse a for J MarUn Miller What was the amount One thousand dollars Never Proposed I never made a proposal ef marriage- to Miss Wood nor received one from her he said The letter bearing his signature set ting forth an alleged acknowledgement- of the marriage relied on by the de- fense to prove its case was simply a blank sheet of paper when he signed it be swore He said the paper was brought to him at the Arlington in Washington a a request for his auto- graph and he wrote on it T a Piatt One of the vital points whjoh the Sen- ator will to clear up is the fw lowing statement My Dear Mae I am willing to ad mil you are my legal wife The letter under date of December 14 If which was subsequent to the aged politicians marriage to Mrs Lil- lian Jftneway caused a sensation when it was tiled by Miss Woods lawyers before Justice OGorman in special tern of the supreme cour The courts refusal to entertain a motion that the case be dismissed when the little determined woman who has been on his trait for live years left the stand forced the aged Senator roun set to proceed with the dsfenrfa This ruling was a surprise to the defend ants lawyer John B Stanohneld who had picked big holes in the plaintiffs testimony had forced many dam- aging from her during a long Threatened to Destroy Her A remarkable letter written by Miss Wood to Abraham Hummel In which she declared Senator Platt had threat- ened to destroy her If she published what she knew about Mrs Janoway his wife was read during the creseax- amlnatlon I dont know how he is to destroy me whether I am to be or put out of the way m some other man- ner she wrote Senator Platt said he first learned that Miss Wood claimed to be his wife rthraugh a publication a Chicago newspaper front row the eeurtreojn presented motley look Ing row df had gath Cocflnuefl on Fourth Page aisle be Mid reflectively U hap- pened tel He be did not tAU th7 A 7 tar DId Yea ever r Y Hot have I n In a t swore in I Weed and isea las note d Ion ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ = > ASSAILED BY CONGRESS I 1 I S REPjyCSBKTATIVE LILLEY OF CONNECTICUT fie Fatted U Make Good His Charges of Corruptien in Congress Jury Brings in Verdict Cnirging Fraud on Part of Niles After deliberating for twenty minutes the WILL IS BROKEN BY HUGHES HEIRS I which has Use the will of the late Mrs IXMiise A B Hughes the aged widow DmvM M Hughes brought in a verdict finding th will was procured by fraud and th un- due inHwoce of the late Edward G XUe e Washington attorney and tha the h lady was of unsojnd mind when XMMu own wiLl Mtfi- tfsrstood that this sum will now be trtfeoted between the beneaciaries MIMWC a former will of Mrs Hughes and four nieces of Mr Hughes his hstrsatlsw who united in fighting what is known as the Nltos will and finally succeeded in smashing K Claim K9 c Used Fraud Startling tvidtnce of fraud perpetrated- on Mrs Hughes was brought out during the trial of the case before Justice Bar nerd In Criminal Court No 3 The con- testants the will declared that after dissipating a fortune of noisily mi- st which the old lady had In her own name dismantled her beautiful on R street and spirited her to Baltimore Thar It was alleged he induced her to sign a wilt making himself and his wife the benenciartes and then took her to New York and had her committed to an insane asylum as a pauper whence she was rescued by friends 2Ciles widow now Mrs Mary M Farrell of Brooklyn with the aid of her counsel Oiddings chamberlain fought the ef- forts of the heirs and beneficiaries stub- bornly and the trial lasted for over a week Four Washington Beneficiaries The of Mr Hughes are four nieces Mrs Elisabeth K Carson Mrs me I Brown Miss Cora Hughes and Miss Maria Scutes Hughes aH of New Orleans The Washington beneficiaries the former will who will share in the Ks000 estate are Cuno H Ru- dolph 9M0 Mrs Fannie B wife of William H Sholes 1000 George- town University 16630 and the Baptist Hone of the District of Columbia CfO9 The Sisters of Bon Secour for the Cue of the Sick Baltimore were given Usst under that will Judge Ivory G Kimball of the Pollee and William H were named as executors Counsel for the contestants were H H CHassle 3L J Caivert W H Sholes Andrew Ship man H R Kimball and G W Republican Insurgents May Balk Plans for Action on Injunction Bill On the outcome of the conference to- night of the Republicans win depend the date of the adjournment of Con It ha been the plan of the House leaden to end the session Saturday aft- ernoon but Republicans who favor antUlnJunctton legislation got together yesterday afternoon and secured enough signatures a caucus call to insure the conference being held tonight It the conference goes on record for an anti Junction bill it will be impossible to adjourn Saturday ae the Senate will have to be allowed time enough to act- on the mea we I Members ot the House do not believe that the Senate will pass this bill but the Republican insurgents and the Democrats are to put the responsibility for the failure to bnact- suah up to the Senate Through Trains to BMton Via Pennsylvania Railroad leave Wash- ington a m weekdays 596 p m No caange of of I the wilL Mrs of her P u t of home i heirs fiX AOJOURNMENT PERHAPS TONIGHT the t ta carsAdv f see e flu by itS will hue r ser Nile under boles hole Anti- green ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ John W Foster and J B Sebtt of Washington Speak- at Opening Session LAJOB MOHONK N Y May 20 With 469 delegates the largest in the history of the movement the fourteenth annual SMSMH of the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration opened her today the only drawback being the weather it raining hard Dr A iu Smiley the founder wel- comed the delegates and the sessions wilt last day Most of the busi- ness meeting will be held in the even The Opening address was by the founder of the Mohonk Confer- ence Albert Smiley who congratu lated the delegates on the progress made during the year on behalf of in- ternational arbitration The Hague Conference he said ap- proved tour of the five applications made on behalf of the conference This showed the strength of American dl Momacy abroad he argued Approved Work The four granted he said were Stated meetings of the conference a permanent tribunal a raoAiOed general treaty of arbitration and the prohibition of armed forces eolleoUr private claims The only one turned down was the guaranteeing of the in violability of private property at sec Smiley referred to the recent meebig of the representatives of the Ctrtal American republics and their agre v meet on the plan to prevent civil strife as another tribute to the efficacy of the Lake Mohonk conference end closed by appealing to all conferees to continue the good work James Brown Scott of Washington solicitor of the Department of State member of the second Hague confer- ence reviewed the work of that body saying that certain failures were more than offset by success War was not abolished nor was price leg8Jt C l Into existence he said Rut we ahouW nt overlook the real positive progress that was made The future Is very There are thirty four powers that are willing to agree on treaties that vili make for peace and we can assure our friends that the last Hague confevence resulted a de cided American which will make certain America influence in the next Gains Made in Year Benjamin F Trueblood secretary of the Aniertctn Peace Society of Boston said universal arbitration had made great gains throughout the year Among other things he said Tha failure of The Hague to give us a treaty of obligatory arbitration is being made up in part by the continua- tion of the conclusion of treaties of ar bitration between the nations in pairs Since the close of The Hague confer- ence this Government has concluded six treaties and we have at the present time in effect no losS than fiftyfive treaties already in force The entire year has shown great gains of the uni- versal arbitration everywhere Former Secretary of State John W Foster of Washington president of the conference praised both The Hague conference and the meeting of the Bu- reau of Central American Republics He also declared that the prospects for the future are bright I have studied the and policy of the nations of Europe and of the East he and I see no threat ening danger to our peace or safety In my opinion there never was a time when there was less likelihood of war between us and foreign nations as the present Our destiny in the future as in the past should be along the paths of peaceful Industries and the intel and wellbeing of our pen pie The victories of peace are Infinite greater than those of war GRADUATES ENTERTAINED Edward W Thompson principal of the Martha Washington Seminary and Mrs Thompson gave a reception to the members of the graduating class and their friends in the college 1214 Fourteenth street last night Mr and Mrs Thompson will give a dinner to the olass In the Now Wlllard tonight Tomorrow night the graduating will be held in I AT LAKE MOHONK I fUr d J Lake a said exer- cises ARBITRATORS MEET I shy ti eia doenlitttfte sis aLe judicial ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Charges of Corruption in Congress Without Founda tion It Is Said 4 REPORT SCORES CONNECTICUT MAN Characterized as Tool of Boat Company Who Knew Accusa- tions Were Untrue The Lilley charges apinst Con- gress are false Excoriated and denounced George L Ltflcy of Con- necticut author of the charges of corruption of Congress by the Elec- tric Boat Company was described to the House aday as a man who had violated his obligations as a member of the House sworn to what he knew to be false and acted in bad faith It came in the report to the House from the special committee which investigated the Lilley charges from March 9 to April 30 The report which covers eighty seven printed pages refuted all the charges wa signed by all ire mem- bers of the of Illinois Olmsted of Pennsylvania Stevens of Mineaota Howard of Georgia and Broussard of Louisi- ana Seldom if ever has a member been subjected to such fierce criti- cism as wa disclosed by the read ing of this report While it wa being read the mem- bership of the House sat in absolute silence The Speaker solemn and regretful was proof enough of the deep import of what wa happening the destruction in Congress of a fellowmembers reputation TBW Hwtivsc isrV ode censured his veMeitjr and his honesty turned into nothing ness The report said in plain terms that the Connecticut member had to be ud as a tool by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company the bitter rival of the Electric Boat Com- pany and that the investigation of 3JI leys charges against members of Con- gress and newspaper men had been started by the Lake people as an attack on the Electric Boat Company Some of the conclusions of the com- mittee which fell ominously clear roll the lips of the reader in the House to- day were as follows That Mr Wileys resolution was not introduced in good faith That Mr Lilley had no information to justify his charges made before the Committee on Rules That Mr LUfey acted in bad faith In his charges before the Com- mittee on Rules That Mr Lilley acted in bad faith In- stating before this committee that be no charge reflecting upon members of the House the Com- mittee oa Rules Acted in Bad Faith That Mr Lilley allowed himself to be used as an instrument of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in its rivalry and attack upon a competing company That Mr Lilley acted in bad faith In concealing from your committee the real parties In interest who were behind this investigation and furnishing him with information and evidence That charge that the four battle- ship proposition was defeated by the adoption oi the submarine clause in the Naval Committees bUt was false that Mr Lille ae a member of the Naval Committee knew that the charge was false and that he refused to main- tain the charge before this committee That Mr Lilley violated his obliga- tion as a member of the House in form ulating and urging herON this com Representative Loud t That Mr Lilley acted li contempt of this House in destroying le forged let- ter from to in stead of delivering it to this committee That Mr violated his obliga tions as a member of this House in per- mitting his clerk to send out in Mr LUleys name reflecting upon the honor and integrity of members of lain House That Mr Lilley acted in contempt of this House In not disavowing openly upon the floor of the House the to Goff published over his reflecting upon honor and Integrity- of members of this House That Mr charge of exces- sive profits In the submarine contracts was on fictitious figures by an agent of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company by a perversion of testimony In 1ML Knew Charge Was Faye That the charge that an excessive profit In the submarine contract was due to special and exclusive legislation- in favor of one company was taJ and Mr Lilies knew that the charge was false when he made it That no representatives of the press have been bribed or corrupted by the Electric Boat Company That no member of the Committee on Naval Affairs has been induced by the officers of the Electric Boat Company or any one else to act in his official ca- pacity from corrupt or Improper mo- tives That no member of the House has been induced by the officers of the Electric Boat Company or any one to act in his capacity from or Improper motives Referring motive In mak Continued on Eleventh Page ULLEY FALSIFIED SAYS COMMITTEE I Repre- sentative committeeBoutell NJ mitt the oundl chArge against EcUnborou h Ln y nature b com- posed else i i nM al- lowed himself ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ >
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What rlfht has anybody to bedissatisfied with anything thatstiafie President Whowoud be gnrllty of such a trea-sonable aet
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Senator Rayner spoke with referenceto his resolution toe a oovrt of Jury
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Before addressing the Senate SenatorRayner moved to discharge the MilitaryAffairs Committee from consideration or
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refusal and Senator Warren defendedthe committee from the charge of delaySenator Rayner was then allowed byunanimous consent to proceed
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laying at the White House and at otherstations between one terminus and an-
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It is proper he continued for meto remind the Senate however thatwhite this Is feeing thus expeditedColonel Stewart is upon the heights ofArizona He is at a high altitude asexplained upon a former occasion by thechairman of the Military Committee ashigh as the President can get him withvery little chance of h getting downany lower within any definite period oftime Being at a high altitude he oughtnot to complain The climate is salu-brious and uniform it being as coldin winter as it Is hot summer thesurroundings are all salutary his comare festive convivial con-sisting of a care taker a teamster andseveral Government mules and the noel
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COMMISSIONER MORROWWho Was Charged Today With Unfair
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NO PROVISION MADE
FOR GUARD ARMORY
Senate Committee AmendsOmnibus Bill Authorizing
Purchase of PropertyT-
he Senate this afternoon began con-sideration of the omnibus public buildtogs bill which wa reported yesterdayAmong the changef which were madeIn the hUh in eommUUe were severed ofimportance to the District of Colum-bia InchitfRfe t ettwrtasttton of UM-
prorMem a site tjr M sjrmory forthe Dtstrfct zofeztf
The committee also eliminated an ap-propriation of Z4f0 for to expenses ofa commission to prepare plea ad esti-mates for a suitable armory fr the Dis-trict
On the other hard the Senate com-mittee added an amendment carrying250MdO to purchase five blocks at
Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenthstreet southeast of Treasury onwhich to erect one or two buildings forthe departments of State andCommerce and Labor
This is the Scott amendment whichpassed the Senate in the sundry civilbill but to which the House confereesobjected The sum of 60600 ws addedto the bill by the committee to providefor park on Meridian Hill near Six-teenth street 15069 to purchase theGraceland Cemetery tract for park purposes 300000 for the Carpenter tractnear Branch and Pennsylvania avenuessoutheast to be used for a park and900000 for an addition to the District
courthouse to be used for the Court ofAppeals
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to plans and estimates fora memorial amphitheater at Arlingtonand for various monuments in Dintrict
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FORGOT WIFES NAME
Oh Yes Said Witness I Knew
Her Once I Was HerHusband
The usually dull and uninterestingline of evidence which is being intro-duced by the attorneys for the prosecu-tion in the HydeBensonDimondSchneider alleged land fraud case wasenlivened for a brief time today
W T Randolph of Slut Franciscowas on the stand and wee being ex-amined by District Attorney Baker inan attempt to prove that he and hiswife had signed application schoollands at the request of the defendantSchneider
What is your wifes nameMr Baker
Mary answered the witnessWhat did you say the name was
again asked Mr Baker as if to makesure ha had heard right
Mary repeated Mr RandolphDo you know a Pearle E Randolph
How do you spell the first nameinquired the witness
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now was my wife once We woredivorced eight years ago
The trial stopped for a1 minute whilethe jury suppressed their laughter andeven rustle Stafford the per-sonification of judicial seemedin Imminent danger of giving awmy tohis mirth
T A McINTYRE INDICTEDNEW YORK lay 0i ThomaB A
McIntyre head of the brokerage nrmor T A Mcmtyre A Co that failedwas today indicted the grand juryon a charge of grand larceny
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Engineer Makes StatementAfter Objection Is
Declaring that the Engineer Gomailssiontr has assumed the attitude of adefender of Fernald and the engineer-
j department and that he has shownmort intense dislike of the presidentana other officials of the Brannan Con-traction Company thereby disqiuctify
Ing him as a judge AttorneyA Douglas counsel for P J BreniMuitoday asked that Major Morrow retire
j from the case and that the entirehearing be continued by Oomraieanoners-Mflcfarbuid and Wont or thai thePresident be asked to appoint a comnusslon of Investigation into thecharges of favoritism in the giving ofDistrict contracts The request wasdenied by the Commissioners fallowIng a temporary adjournment to permituf a conference
I Mr Douglas statement surprised UteCommissioners coming as It did aftera declaration by Major Morrow as tothe attitude assumed by him in thecue When the demand was made bythe attorney the board adjourned tothe ot Commissioner Macfartand
Morrow Makes StatementUpon retnrn to the board room the
following statement made by MajorMorrow-
I desire to state that In view of thestatement of the attorney for Mr Brennan as to the attitude which the publicmay take toward the investigation nowIn progress I consider that it would beIncompatible with my appreciation otmy duties as a member of the Board ofCommissioners that I shouM retire trammy position as a member of that boardin effort to obtain all possible lighton th various questions at issue But Ican M no possible objection to my vol-untarily refraining from taking part inthe decision of the case and I will soref lin
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affidavit In order that they may beM the balance of the record which
is sworn testimonyExplains Attitude
Immediately after convening MajorMorrow submitted the following set-ting forth the attitod of the EngineerCammtesiorAr in the conduct of the In
Before we resume the hearing thismorning I want t make a statement-to meet a criticism which has beenmade against the present investigationby tte Beard of Commissioners Intothose matters That criticism has Wenpresented by tho attorney for Mr Brannan and was yesterday referred to bya member of rm of the BrennanConstruction Company I want to makeit as clear as I can that this Is anInvestigation initiated by the Board ofCommissioners on the motion of theEngineer Commissioner and that anyother attitude into which the attorneysfor Mr Brennan or anybody else mayattempt to place the Engineer Cornmissioner as to his action in the conduct of this investigation is a mis-construction The Board of Commis-sioners and no member of that boardmore than the Engineer Commissionerpossibly not quite as much to interest-ed in getting at every possible pertinentfact In retard to this hearing
The Engineer Commissioner then en-ters a comprehensive review of thefeels in connection with the
to the present controversyIn concluding this resume Morrow says
I am simply Inviting the attention ofthe board to details as showingthe evolution in Mr Brennans asto the meaning of Mr in usingthe expression You fellows are tooehinchy
Wants Complete ExaminationIn regard to the examination of wit-
nesses wherein I have ben criticisedI want to state that I ha e been com-plete in my cressexamination of thesewitnesses because I am satisfied thatthe attorney for Mr Br9nnan is pos-sibly misinformed as to some factspossibly misunderstands some of thefacts and without Intending any de-fense of Mr Fernald without possiblyintending any defense of the engineerdepartment except to defend it against
criticism I want to get beforethe Board ot Commissioners the abso-lute facts in every to prevent anystatements of witnesses before thisbonrd from being misundertsood by theBoard of Commissioners through a lackof direct application In the questioning-of those witnesses and I think a num-ber of facts which would not otherwisecome out have como out by reason ofsome of the questions which have beenasked by myself and Captain Mark am
I want to state that the conversa-tions of Mr Bradleys and these specificcharges of Mr Brennans namely thatto him and the statement you wontget any work unless you put up moneywere drought to my attentionseparation of Mr Fernald from theengineer department Tho conversa-tions with Mr Bradley were brought tomy attention after ordering of thisinvestigation by the Commissioners
I do not want anybody to get theidea that anything is going to be attempted to be concealed at those hear-ings I have placed the resources ofthe engineer office at the disposal ofMr Brennans attorney I am going totry to bring out some facts that possiblyMr Brennans attorneys will not bringout but that is the object ofquestions which I have asked
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New York Senator AdmitsCalling Mae Wood
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Examines Alleged Marriage Certificate and Says He Never
Saw It Before
XEW YORK Mfcy Senator Watttook the stand own defense intrial of the ttvre suit of Mae CWoods against him today Hevery feeble T accompanied to thecourtroom by twO nurses
Senator Platt dueled that he had evermarried Mrs Weed He said he JIMnever promised to marry her neverwrote her any love letters never boughther a ring or acknowledged that
Senator Putt reached the oourthoysa few minutes after 11 oclock Hedriven in a carriage accompaniedtwo attendant and totteredtesbly int the with mansupporting him on either W H
to the witness standwhere he was helped into his chair Itwas the of the lawyers to takehis testimony at once so that he mightbe excused and allowed to leave
Senator Platt tes anc d as a forgerythe inscription T my darling brideover his signature on hack of aphotograph Miss Wood testified that
while she sat in his Upand his bond This theSenator angry nod wfcAhis lawyer Mm about it hesnapped dut
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Calls Dear CattyOn rross f rumination the Senator ad-
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The alleged marriage in theAvenue Hotel be was a mythas nothing of the kind had ever
When psssed socalled mar-riage certificate ae Inspected it ckand then declared It was firsthe ever saw tt
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tween himself ssd Mae WoodEndwrBg Terms Used
Did you never aJdree Miss Wood inendearing be was asked
Well yesWhat was your pet name for herWell sometimes I called herCeaty The witness shortened the
pronunciation so it sounded Hies Catyand the speet es
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ministerI believe soDid he ever perform marriage cere-
moniesHot to my knowledgeDM you ever marry a womsji secretly
and tien have it come outNo I never AM
you ever Know J Martin MillerI met him frequently
Platt positively had everbeen ccminisstoaed him to MneWood to surrender letters that he hadwritten her He denied he had
secured letters that were stolenfrom h r
Do you know of any money beingused
I never knew until this messing thatthen was even talk of money havinghem used
Did indorse a for JMarUn Miller
What was the amountOne thousand dollars
Never ProposedI never made a proposal ef marriage-
to Miss Wood nor received one fromher he said
The letter bearing his signature setting forth an alleged acknowledgement-of the marriage relied on by the de-fense to prove its case was simply ablank sheet of paper when he signed itbe swore He said the paper wasbrought to him at the Arlingtonin Washington a a request for his auto-graph and he wrote on it T a Piatt
One of the vital points whjoh the Sen-ator will to clear up is the fwlowing statement
My Dear Mae I am willing to admil you are my legal wife
The letter under date of December14 If which was subsequent to theaged politicians marriage to Mrs Lil-
lian Jftneway caused a sensation whenit was tiled by Miss Woods lawyersbefore Justice OGorman in special ternof the supreme cour
The courts refusal to entertain amotion that the case be dismissed whenthe little determined woman who hasbeen on his trait for live years left thestand forced the aged Senator rounset to proceed with the dsfenrfa Thisruling was a surprise to the defendants lawyer John B Stanohneld whohad picked big holes in the plaintiffstestimony had forced many dam-aging from her during along
Threatened to Destroy Her
A remarkable letter written by MissWood to Abraham Hummel In whichshe declared Senator Platt had threat-ened to destroy her If she publishedwhat she knew about Mrs Janoway hiswife was read during the creseax-amlnatlon
I dont know how he is to destroyme whether I am to be orput out of the way m some other man-ner she wrote
Senator Platt said he first learnedthat Miss Wood claimed to be his wiferthraugh a publication a Chicagonewspaper front rowthe eeurtreojn presented motley lookIng row df had gath
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fie Fatted U Make Good His Charges of Corruptien in Congress
Jury Brings in VerdictCnirging Fraud on Part
of Niles
After deliberating for twenty minutesthe
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which has Use thewill of the late Mrs IXMiise A BHughes the aged widow DmvM MHughes brought in a verdict finding thwill was procured by fraud and th un-due inHwoce of the late Edward GXUe e Washington attorney and thathe h lady was of unsojnd mind when
XMMu own wiLl Mtfi-tfsrstood that this sum will now betrtfeoted between the beneaciaries MIMWC
a former will of Mrs Hughes and fournieces of Mr Hughes his hstrsatlswwho united in fighting what is known asthe Nltos will and finally succeeded insmashing K
Claim K9 c Used FraudStartling tvidtnce of fraud perpetrated-
on Mrs Hughes was brought out duringthe trial of the case before Justice Barnerd In Criminal Court No 3 The con-testants the will declared thatafter dissipating a fortune of noisily mi-st which the old lady had In her ownname dismantled her beautiful onR street and spirited her to Baltimore
Thar It was alleged he induced herto sign a wilt making himself and hiswife the benenciartes and then took herto New York and had her committed toan insane asylum as a pauper whenceshe was rescued by friends 2Cileswidow now Mrs Mary M Farrell ofBrooklyn with the aid of her counselOiddings chamberlain fought the ef-forts of the heirs and beneficiaries stub-bornly and the trial lasted for over aweek
Four Washington BeneficiariesThe of Mr Hughes are four
nieces Mrs Elisabeth K Carson Mrsme I Brown Miss Cora Hughes and
Miss Maria Scutes Hughes aH of NewOrleans The Washington beneficiaries
the former will who will sharein the Ks000 estate are Cuno H Ru-dolph 9M0 Mrs Fannie B wifeof William H Sholes 1000 George-town University 16630 and the BaptistHone of the District of Columbia CfO9The Sisters of Bon Secour for the Cueof the Sick Baltimore were given Usstunder that will
Judge Ivory G Kimball of the Polleeand William H werenamed as executors Counsel for thecontestants were H H CHassle 3L JCaivert W H Sholes Andrew Shipman H R Kimball and G W
Republican Insurgents May BalkPlans for Action on
Injunction Bill
On the outcome of the conference to-night of the Republicans win dependthe date of the adjournment of Con
It ha been the plan of the Houseleaden to end the session Saturday aft-ernoon but Republicans who favorantUlnJunctton legislation got togetheryesterday afternoon and secured enoughsignatures a caucus call to insure theconference being held tonight It theconference goes on record for an antiJunction bill it will be impossible toadjourn Saturday ae the Senate willhave to be allowed time enough to act-on the mea we I
Members ot the House do not believethat the Senate will pass this bill butthe Republican insurgents and theDemocrats are to put theresponsibility for the failure to bnact-suah up to the Senate
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LAJOB MOHONK N Y May 20With 469 delegates the largest in thehistory of the movement the fourteenthannual SMSMH of the Lake MohonkConference on International Arbitrationopened her today the only drawbackbeing the weather it raining hard
Dr A iu Smiley the founder wel-comed the delegates and the sessionswilt last day Most of the busi-ness meeting will be held in the even
The Opening address was by thefounder of the Mohonk Confer-ence Albert Smiley who congratulated the delegates on the progressmade during the year on behalf of in-
ternational arbitrationThe Hague Conference he said ap-
proved tour of the five applicationsmade on behalf of the conference Thisshowed the strength of American dlMomacy abroad he argued
Approved WorkThe four granted he said wereStated meetings of the conference a
permanent tribunal a raoAiOedgeneral treaty of arbitration and theprohibition of armed forces eolleoUrprivate claims The only one turneddown was the guaranteeing of the inviolability of private property at sec
Smiley referred to the recent meebigof the representatives of the CtrtalAmerican republics and their agre vmeet on the plan to prevent civil strifeas another tribute to the efficacy of theLake Mohonk conference end closed byappealing to all conferees to continuethe good work
James Brown Scott of Washingtonsolicitor of the Department of Statemember of the second Hague confer-ence reviewed the work of that bodysaying that certain failures were morethan offset by success
War was not abolished nor wasprice leg8Jt C l Into existence he said
Rut we ahouW nt overlook the realpositive progress that was made Thefuture Is very There are thirtyfour powers that are willing to agreeon treaties that vili make for peaceand we can assure our friends that thelast Hague confevence resulted a decided American which willmake certain America influence in thenext
Gains Made in YearBenjamin F Trueblood secretary of
the Aniertctn Peace Society of Bostonsaid universal arbitration had madegreat gains throughout the year
Among other things he saidTha failure of The Hague to give
us a treaty of obligatory arbitration isbeing made up in part by the continua-tion of the conclusion of treaties of arbitration between the nations in pairsSince the close of The Hague confer-ence this Government has concludedsix treaties and we have at the presenttime in effect no losS than fiftyfivetreaties already in force The entireyear has shown great gains of the uni-versal arbitration everywhere
Former Secretary of State John WFoster of Washington president of theconference praised both The Hagueconference and the meeting of the Bu-reau of Central American RepublicsHe also declared that the prospects forthe future are bright
I have studied the and policyof the nations of Europe and of theEast he and I see no threatening danger to our peace or safetyIn my opinion there never was a timewhen there was less likelihood of warbetween us and foreign nations as thepresent Our destiny in the future asin the past should be along the pathsof peaceful Industries and the intel
and wellbeing of our penpie The victories of peace are Infinite
greater than those of war
GRADUATES ENTERTAINEDEdward W Thompson principal of
the Martha Washington Seminary andMrs Thompson gave a reception tothe members of the graduating classand their friends in the college 1214Fourteenth street last night Mr andMrs Thompson will give a dinner tothe olass In the Now Wlllard tonightTomorrow night the graduating
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REPORT SCORESCONNECTICUT MAN
Characterized as Tool of BoatCompany Who Knew Accusa-
tions Were Untrue
The Lilley charges apinst Con-gress are false
Excoriated and denouncedGeorge L Ltflcy of Con-
necticut author of the charges ofcorruption of Congress by the Elec-tric Boat Company was described tothe House aday as a man who hadviolated his obligations as a memberof the House sworn to what heknew to be false and acted in badfaith
It came in the report to the Housefrom the special committee whichinvestigated the Lilley charges fromMarch 9 to April 30
The report which covers eightyseven printed pages refuted all thecharges wa signed by all ire mem-bers of the ofIllinois Olmsted of PennsylvaniaStevens of Mineaota Howard ofGeorgia and Broussard of Louisi-ana Seldom if ever has a memberbeen subjected to such fierce criti-cism as wa disclosed by the reading of this report
While it wa being read the mem-bership of the House sat in absolutesilence The Speaker solemn andregretful was proof enough of thedeep import of what wa happening
the destruction in Congress of afellowmembers reputation
TBW Hwtivsc isrVode censured his veMeitjrand his honesty turned into nothingness The report said in plain termsthat the Connecticut member had
to be ud as a tool bythe Lake Torpedo Boat Company thebitter rival of the Electric Boat Com-pany and that the investigation of 3JIleys charges against members of Con-gress and newspaper men had beenstarted by the Lake people as an attackon the Electric Boat Company
Some of the conclusions of the com-mittee which fell ominously clear rollthe lips of the reader in the House to-day were as follows
That Mr Wileys resolution was notintroduced in good faith
That Mr Lilley had no informationto justify his charges made before theCommittee on Rules
That Mr LUfey acted in bad faithIn his charges before the Com-mittee on Rules
That Mr Lilley acted in bad faith In-stating before this committee that be
no charge reflecting uponmembers of the House the Com-mittee oa Rules
Acted in Bad FaithThat Mr Lilley allowed himself to
be used as an instrument of the LakeTorpedo Boat Company in its rivalryand attack upon a competing company
That Mr Lilley acted in bad faithIn concealing from your committee thereal parties In interest who were behindthis investigation and furnishing himwith information and evidence
That charge that the four battle-ship proposition was defeated by theadoption oi the submarine clause inthe Naval Committees bUt was falsethat Mr Lille ae a member of theNaval Committee knew that the chargewas false and that he refused to main-tain the charge before this committee
That Mr Lilley violated his obliga-tion as a member of the House in formulating and urging herON this com
Representative Loud tThat Mr Lilley acted li contempt of
this House in destroying le forged let-ter from to instead of delivering it to this committee
That Mr violated his obligations as a member of this House in per-mitting his clerk to send outin Mr LUleys name reflecting upon thehonor and integrity of members of lainHouse
That Mr Lilley acted in contempt ofthis House In not disavowing openlyupon the floor of the House theto Goff published over hisreflecting upon honor and Integrity-of members of this House
That Mr charge of exces-sive profits In the submarine contractswas on fictitious figures
by an agent of the Lake TorpedoBoat Company by a perversion oftestimony In 1ML
Knew Charge Was FayeThat the charge that an excessive
profit In the submarine contract wasdue to special and exclusive legislation-in favor of one company was taJ andMr Lilies knew that the charge wasfalse when he made it
That no representatives of the presshave been bribed or corrupted by theElectric Boat Company
That no member of the Committee onNaval Affairs has been induced by theofficers of the Electric Boat Companyor any one else to act in his official ca-
pacity from corrupt or Improper mo-
tivesThat no member of the House has
been induced by the officers of theElectric Boat Company or any oneto act in his capacity from
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