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Once More Urges Senate toGive Colonel Stewart

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HIS BANISHMENTDECLARED UNJUST

Says Roosevelt Assumes More Au

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Rayners Sarcasm

What rlfht has anybody to bedissatisfied with anything thatstiafie President Whowoud be gnrllty of such a trea-sonable aet

The Executive sever canblunder Infallibility i one of

attributeNo one of urn is perfect no

one except the PresidentIt is too appalling to con-

template that an Americanshould sit by and permit a

wrong of this sort to be perpetrated with impunity

Public opinion not yetcomprehend that the Presidenthas taken a stand no sovereignor monarch in any other civilisedland wewM daze to take at thisenlightened day

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the President ironically OepfeUag himas one who could do no wrong aadpredicting that the force ofpublic opinion would yet compel Jus-tice Senator Rayner of Maryland oncemore addressed the Senate today inbehalf of Col W F Stewart who Isexiled at deserted post ef FortGrant Arizona by order of the ChiefExecutive

Senator Rayner spoke with referenceto his resolution toe a oovrt of Jury

sjCwred to the SenateMUttary AJCsirs Committee but thecommittee shows no sign of acting thissession In tile remarks today Senator Rayner said he was satisfied thatthere would be no from the com-mittee this session and consequentlyhe made one final appeal to the Sea

to see that the wrongs of ColonelStewart were righted

Before addressing the Senate SenatorRayner moved to discharge the MilitaryAffairs Committee from consideration or

He was proceeding to address the Senate when warren started to in

him He refused to be inter-rupted whereupon Senator Warren

to his proceeding Attar a briefRayner withdrew his

refusal and Senator Warren defendedthe committee from the charge of delaySenator Rayner was then allowed byunanimous consent to proceed

Ridiculing the reason given for thecommittees delay that certain papershad not yet come from the War De-

partment Senator Rayner said thatCongress was but a few days fromadjournment and it was doubtfulwhether a messenger from the War

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time It is a long and tedious journeyand it would be cruel to compel anyone0 make it continuously without re-

laying at the White House and at otherstations between one terminus and an-

otherSenator Rayner then pictured In lan-

guage that aroused the laughter of col-leagues the anxiety of President Roose-velt and the chairman of the MWtaryAffairs Committee to see Colonel Stewarts cue expedited

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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WEATHER REPORTThe rain area of the last twentyfour

Jioum includes the AtlanticStates the Onto vah y the lower lakesand the South Atlantic dtatee Frees1ijjC temperatures prevail In the extremeNorthwest

Unsettled weather will prevail tonightii northeastern districtsut much rain On Thursday fair war

nfr weather is indicated for the Wash-ington forecast district

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WANTS MORROW OUTOF BRENNAN CASE

COMMISSIONER MORROWWho Was Charged Today With Unfair

ness at the BreBflaH Hearing

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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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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up with a queer smileWhy yes he said I remember

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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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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Examines Alleged Marriage Certificate and Says He Never

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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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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

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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-

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