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SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. Increasing cloudiness tonight, followed by unsettled weather and probably showers Tuesday; slightly warmer tonight. TAFT STANDS FIRM; COUNTRY WITH HIM Hides Must Be Free and Leather Goods Compromise by Him. NEW GLOVE SCHEDULES NOW CAUSE OF HITCH Aldrich-Payne Unpleasantness Explained in Several Ways.

HOUSE LEADER TOO ARBITRARY Conferees Go Ahead Again Today, and in Considering the Hides Schedule a Parliamentary Obstacle Is Encountered. President Taft will not accept! any compromise for a reduced duty on hides. It must be free hides and a 10 per cent duty on boots and shoes, together with 'i reduction in other leather products. Neither will the President give his assent to the higher rates of i duty on gloves, as proposed in the House bill. He is for the Senate rates on gloves.

Any set of men taking it for granted that the President wiil yield on these questions are far from understanding the man. Up! to time he has not grown arbitrary in any of his many conferences. He has quietly, but firmly, stood for what he considers the proper interpretation of the republican party platform, and he doesn't to be arbitrary. But the plain fact is that he will probably not sign a 'bill that does not carry out his on the hide, leather and phoc schedule. Somewhat sensational information taken to the White House today, and no doubt 1mid before the President, is that the real hitch In the conference is more over 4 he clove schedule than over hides, leather, etc.

Speaker Cannon and a coterie of the personal friends of ex-Representative Littauer of New York, the largest glove manufacturer of the country. are using every bit of influence within their power to force the acceptance of the House rates on gloves. The President. it is learned today, has been reluctant to use pressure as to this schedule. believing that, in line with his policy of downward revision, the House conferees would yield.

Just what attitude he will assume on this point before an agreement is finally reached no one is authorized to say. Country Is Behind Him. The President is highly pleased with sentiment developing throughout the country in support of his position. Every mail and many telegrams bring him the information that he has struck a popular chord in all directions. Even with the enormous leverage this sentiment gives him lie has not undertaken a blg-stlck campaign.

He has felt that in the end his course will aid him to accomplish what he wants. Equally satisfactory with the strength of public sentiment is the strong backing the chief executive la getting from the House. Practically every, member of that body for the last week has told him that no bill unsatisfactory to him will be ratified by that body. This situation was exemplified today in the; emarks of Representative Douglas of Ohio, after he had conferred with the' President. told the President." said Mr.

"that he need not give any thought to having to veto the tariff bill; that the whs with hini and would repudiate any measure upon which he did not put his stamp. Th? plain truth is that President Taft. the House and the country are hack of Representative Payne in his demands in conference, and that ought to stimulate him in his duties." That Aldrich-Payne Bow. Ml sorts of reports as to the ill feeling that has developed between Senator and Representative Payne are told by White House congressional visitors. but the President is carefully keeping out of the trouble.

He has no wish to inouire what is at the back of the alleged difficulties. Some of the reports say that Jlr Payne's demands on the tariff are not half so Irrttatiilfc to the Rhode Island senator and his senatorial associates as the manner In which he couches these demands Keeling the strength of his position. he uses bludgeon instead of tact nr.d discretion. Rut an important story today Is that Mr. Payne is not on good with Speaker Cannon as an outcome of the tight.

Mr Cannon is trying to force Mr. Payne and the House conferees to s'and pat on the glove schedule of the House, and Mr. Payne is inclined to follow the President's lead on this schedule, even to the point of a break with the Speaker of House. Mr. Payne is sahl to recognize tha the House is far from being vvith Spesiker Cannofi, and that iie his it in his power to do as he wishes, no matter how much lie would Ilk" to oblige the Speaker.

Mr. L.ittauer has been in Washington for weeks and is w.u? hiiig the glovo schedule fight with greatest care. on the print paper schedule the President has been told that at the House rate paper factories would actually be pm out of business. He has favored a of per ton on print "Fight Not Senator Ilristow of Kansas was with esident Tatt over half an hour this morning. The Kansas senator said that "progressives" in the Senate stood with President Taft for downward revision.

"The whole trouble about the revision so far." said Mr. Bristow. "is that it has not been done upon the proper A protective tariff, from th" view many -jenators, is one based upon the diflereiire the cost of production home and abroad, if that is used as we will not have this bill or 1.11(2 like it. tight is not over. No light settled wrong Is ever ended.

It will continue lo be a-ii issue. Senator Aldrtch had no on Eighth Page.) Orville Wright to Make Flight at Fort Myer. LIEUT. LAHM HIM Endurance Trial of One Hour. With One Passenger.

BOABD OF JUDGES TO WITNESS I Formal Announcement Made by Chief Signal Praise Frenchman. i Formal announcement was made today by Chief Signal Officer Allen of the army that the official test of the Wright aeroplane will 1 be begun this evening on the Fort Myer drill grounds. Today's trial is to be an en! durance flight of one hour and with one passenger aboard in addition to the aviator. The War Department has designated Lieut. F.

P. Lahm to accompany Orville Wright in the flight, which is to be witnessed by an official board consisting of Maj. George O. Squier, Maj. C.

McK. Saltzman, Capt. C. de F. Chandler, Lieut.

Benjamin D. Foulois, Lieut. Humphrey and Lieut. Commander Sweet of the navy. While the people of two arc enthusiastically discussing the dariiiK II iff lit of Bleriot, the Frenchman, who stole a march on his rivals and glided across the English channel last Saturday, Wilbur and Orville Wright quietly left I their hotel this morning: and proceeded I to Fort Myer.

where they worked on their machine for several hours prcparaI tory to the flights anticipated this even- ing. The gTeat public interest aroused in I flight, and the fact that the Wrights have but three days in which to make their officials tests for the government, without asking for an extension of time, will, it is expected, attract a record-breaking crowd to Fort Myer late this afternoon. Tuousandu of persons in Washington today are planning to go to Fort Myer. as the opinion is general that there will be some interesting developments in the trials this evening or tomorrow. The Wright brothers, however, will not deviate from their policy of systematic and progressive flights, and although time Is short for the government tests, and they are anxious to leave for Germany and other European countries where they will negotiate for the sale of their rights, they will not take any unnecessary risks at Fort Myer.

Neither will they attempt to break any records at Fort Myer. Their object Is merely to fill their contract with the government as soon as it can be done without unnecessary risks. Records Now Held. Of the twenty-three longest fights with heavier-than-air machines the Wright brothers hold fifteen, including the four highest, and the remaining eight are divided up between six competitors, Farrnan, Latham, Paulham, Tlssanlier, Curtiss and Bleriot. Wilbur Wright longest flight was a few seconds more than two hours and twenty minutes.

The next longest was that of Farman. who remained in the air for one hour and twenty-three minutes. From the moment lie news of Bleriot's feat was flashed across the water to this country the Wright brothers have been asked many limes for opinions regarding the relative merits or monoplanes and biplanes and the general signiricanee of the flight from a military and commer- cial point of view. Both Wilbur and Orville Wright have talked freely on the subject. o'clock Sunday morning, when the news first i reached Washington, they were called i out of bed by telephone to be informed of Bleriot's feat and asked fur expressions of opinion it.

The Wright brothers are I always willing to talk about aeroplanes. but will not discuss their personal or i business affairs, nor their future plans, nor even what they intend to do on their next flight. Enthusiastic in Praise. Both the brothers were enthusiastic in their praise of Bleriot, whom they regard as the most daring of all aviators. They think the flight is a personal triumph for I Bleriot rather than as any indication of the advancement in the art of flying.

They believe their coming flight in the cross-country test, called for in the government specifications, is far more difficult and more risky than the crossing of the English channel, or than any of the cross-country flights tlmt have been made bv Bleriot or Farman in France. It is very rough country between Fort Mver and Shorters Hill, near Alexandria, the course over which Orville will fly during the test. Some of the hills are lietween and feet high, and the distance to be covered is five miles and return. He must carry a passenger and make forty miles an hour. The difficulty lies In living over uneven country, the aerograpliical conditions of which are unfamiliar to him.

All the cross-country flights in Fiance have been over level The'obstacles In the course of the flight which Orville must make-trees, houses, hiils and uncertain local currents of air which cannot fce detected until they begin to act on the planes of 1 the machine. "If the countrv over which I have to flv" he said, "were clear, with clumps i of 'trees and houses here and there. It i would not be half as difficult as with trees and houses scattered where, I make a good landing difficult to find, i "In an emergency I might land on the i top of a thick clump of trees, but it is i the scattered obstacles that cause me iconcern." Endurance Flight First. Orville will not attempt the official speed trial until he has made the one? hour endurance flight 011 the field at Fort Myer. It is said that Orville Wright expected to cross the English channel last vear.

but was prevented from doing so by his accident at Fort Myer last was a daring feat. said Wilbur Wright, discussing Bleriot ilfirht. "but one which such as Bleriot might be to accomplish lie the most daring of 1he and slnco be has i been flying he has never hesitated to ri-k hi- life ur.nccessarll> If lie announces i bis intention of accomplishing a certain 1 feat makes an attempt to keep I word regardless ot cwndiUone. The p. Wm in HE'S JUST DROPPED IX.

IX AX OFFHAND SORT OF WAY ment of caution does not seem to enter into his exploits. "There- are those of us who believe that in developing: the science of flyine: a great amount of carp should be used. However. Bleriot Is deserving of great praise for his feat. It was particularly wonderful when one takes his machine into consideration.

I am surprised that it behaved so well." Mr. Wright did not care to discuss the relative merits of the biplane and monoplane. "The only thing we care to say is that we think we have the best heavier! than-air machine in the world." The Wright brothers are not particular- attracted by prize contests. "Those things do not appeal to me particularly," said Wilbur. "If they did I should have gone alter them long ago.

1 did permit myself to fall into the habit somewhat in France last year when I went after a prize of $4,000 and won it, but I alwavs thought that the time I wasted in doing that could have been put to much better There is a priz? of still pending in England. I don't believe I will try for it. Even putting things on a purely financial basis, there are much more valuable things that we could do. instead of attempting to win that prize. We have our rights to dispose of In four or live European countries, and they are more important." UNCLE SAM MAY LOSE LOAN SUCCESS OF TAFT WIRE TO CHINESE REGENT DOUBTFUL.

Now the Allied Bankers Are Using American Attitude for Excuse to Say "Your Own July success of President Taft's message, sent about a week ago to Prince Chun, the Chinese regent, with the purpose, it is understood here, ing tin bunds of Grand Councilor Chang-Cld-Tung in the matter of Ameri- a's claim for equal participation in the railroad loan of appears doubtful. The Chinese foreign board today was unable to vouch for Chang-Chi-Tung's actions, and fears that he will memorialize the throne in favor of the original loan ajJVeement. thereby forcing the prince regent to decide between himself and the risk of losing American friendship. Putting Clamps on China. Following their unacceptable offer to America during the meetings of the international hankers in London, when the European bankers offered to the American representatives a quarter of the Hupeh section of the loan, the British, German and French bankers here are using the American refusal for the purpose of putting the responsibility for the failure of a four-sided agreement on America, and witli this object in view are adroitly pressing China through the German banks.

The tripartite banks are taking full benefit of the influence that the Germans acquire over by underbidding British and French bankers last March, when China accepted a German loan of for the Yamrtse section of the Canton-Hankow railway, and are using it for the purpose of applying pressure to China's structural weakness. In view ol this the result will be cither the rejection of America's claim oi tlie dismissal of Some Friction in Peking. llenry p. Fletcher, American barge d'affaires at Peking, today warned Hir John X. Jordan, the British minister at Peking, and also the British bank, that the American government will understand a continuation of pressure on to mean that it is sanctioned by Great Britain.

FOUR HURT IN CLASH AT LIMA. Conflict Between Strikers and Police. Public With Former. LIMA, Peru. July Four persons were inured today in a conflict at the Callao station between the police and 200 striking engineers, firemen and conductors.

Public opinion is unanimously in favor of the strikers, and censures the attitude of the Peruvian corporation In trying io introduce innovations into Peru, as as its system of committee of strikers will all on President I.c^uia today More Honors for Wright Brothers. PA IMS. July and Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplanists of Dayton, Ohio, and Henry Farmon. the English aeronaut, were today decorated with the legion of Honor for their achievements in aviation. Hart O.

the European business manager of the Wright brothers, and Alberto Santos Dumont. the Brazilian aeronaut, were promoted to be officers of the legion of Honor. PRESIDENT TO VISIT NORFOLK ACCEPTS AN INVITATION TO WATERWAYS CONVENTION. Meets There November 19-20, and Mr. Taft Will Also Inspect Hampton Colored School.

President Taft today accepted nn vitation to attend the convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 'to be held November IS, 19 and 20. at Norfolk. Va. The invitation was presented by Senator Simmons and Representative Small. Nor li Carolina; Representative Moore of Pennsylvania, Rep' resentative Maynard of Virginia and ex! Representative Burton of Delaware, They letters front Gov.

Swanson of Virginia. Mayor Rlddick of Norfolk and the various business men's organisations of Norfolk. The President will be in Norfolk November 19. and he has i promised to isit the colored school at Hampton November 20. The delegation invited the President's attention to tin- project known as the Boston-Beaufort waterway, with its extension to Key West and along the gull" to New Orleans.

Authorization for surveys was made in the rivers and harbor bill, and the army engineers are 1 now making their preliminary uxaininat ion. Water Course of 1.800 Miles. The project calls for an inside passage In water through existing canals and rivers, a of about miles down the Atlantic coast. Work has been commenced tinder contract upon a section of this waterway between Norfolk and Beaufort, N. C.

The War Department has also granted authority to a private company to cut through Cape Cod, and actual work there way. Tiie convention at Norfolk w'ill rally all of the eastern advocates of waterways who are expected to proceed to that city by boat through existing water courses both north and south. The principal argument in favor of the continuance of the inland passage is the avoidance of outside danger points like Cape Cod, Cape Hatteras and the several shoals along the coast. BELIEVED TO BE A MURDER. Body of Benjamin Nippinger Found on a Newark Vacant Lot.

NEWARK. N. July police of Ibis city found a probable murder mystery on their hands today when the dead body of Benjamin Nippinger. a mechanical engineer, was discovered in a vacant lot on South 10th street. There was a bullet hole in the head, the pockets of the man's clothing were turned inside out and his watch and a diamond ring which he always wore were missing.

Although a revolver with two chambers empty lay nearby, and a note in a pocket asked that Miss Anna Maier of this city be notified If anything happened to him, the police believe that Xipninger was murdered for the valuables in his possession. Miss Maier. who identilled the body, said that when she saw Nippinger yesterday he was in good spirits, and told her that he intended going to New York city todaj to close a real estate deal. NEW ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC. French Captain Reports SomethingUncanny About.

Discovery. SAN FRANCISCO. July to Capt. Quatravaux of th? French ship Thiers, which arrived liere yesterday i from New Castle. Australia, a new island has sprung up from the waters of the Pacific near the Galbier group.

Capt. Quatrevaux says that there is something uncanny about the new island, for when his ship approached it, although no wind was blowing, a mysterious swell drew the vessel toward the shore, and it was with the utmost difficulty that she was saved from going on the rocks. The island is located in latitude 24.25 degrees soutiH longitude 128.90 degrees west, and seems to he composed of volcanic rock. ''Brothers of Friendship" in Riot. ST.

PAUJL, July between factions resulted in a riot when the Brothers of Friendship, a negro or! ganization, attempted to begin its annual national convention here today. Both faci tions tried to obtain possession of the jold state capitol, where the meetings were scheduled to take place, and there was a hand-to-hand conflict on the steps, which the police quelled without bloodshed. IfOUR DIE AT 6UN PRACTICE jFIVE OTHER JAPANESE INJURED AT ISE BAT. i i Twelve-Pounder Explodes on Board the Battleship Officers Among the Wounded. TOKIO, July the crew of the Japanese battleship Asahi was engaged in gun practice at Ise yesterday one of i the twelve-pounders of the vessel blew up, killing four and wounding- Ave of the gunners.

Among the wounded were two officers of the battleship. Is? bay, which is slightly over miles from here, in the ince of Ise, bus Jong been used as a place for target practice by the ships of the jJapanese navy. No additional details of the explosion have been heard from there. The Asahi is one of the older battleships I of the Japanese navy, having been built at Clyde Bank in 18JW. She is the sister ship of the Shlklshima ajid, like her, bore an important part in the sea tights of the Russo-Japanese war.

Besides four twelve-inch and fourteen six-inch rifles, the Asahi carried twenty guns of the caliber of the one that exploded yesterday. COL. CHALARON'S FUNERAL. Casket of Former Southern Officer Is Draped With Historic Flag. NEW ORLEANS, July Col.

J. A. Chalaron, who was buried here yesterday. served as an artillery officer in Beauregard's division. C.

S. during the civil war. He was chairman of the committee which drew up the constitution of the Confederate States of America. The casket in which his body was borne to the grave late yesterday afternoon was draped with the same Confederate battle flan that was entwined about the biers of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate states and of (Jen. Beauregard.

Tulsa Editor Mysteriously Shot. TULSA. July a pistol lying on the floor beside hint. Mara Bassette, editor of the Tulsa Daily News, was found in the shop of a printing company by his little son. Although Bassette was shot through the brain, he is still alive.

Opinion is divided as to whether tho shooting was an attempt at murder or suicide. Dozen Rescued From Denver Fire. DENVER, July dozen men, women and children were rescued in an unconscious condition early today from the Dorrance rooming house at 15th and Welton streets, us the result of a tiro whieb started in the cellar of a butcher shop below All were hurried to a. hospital and are expected to recover The flames were eontined to the cellar and the property low li PUBLIC PARK BUDGET Col. Cosby Asks $399,570 for Improvements.

NEW AND BETTER ROADS Desires to Open Part of Potomac Park to the Public. OIL WANTED FOR LAYING DUST Appropriation of $3,000 Recommended for Children's Playgrounds. Items In the Estimates. Potomac Park roadways For park iratrhnn'o 5,000 Grading; Henry Park 25,000 Oil for macadam ronds 5,000 Kxeeutlve Mansion WOO Grant Memorial 83,000 For small reservations 4,000 For children's 3,000 Increased pay for park policemen. Estimates aggregating $390,570 are submitted by Col.

Cosby, the engineer officer in charge, for the preservation and improvement of the public parks and reservations in the District for the next fiscal year. He says it is desired to open to the public a portion of Potomac Park east of the railroad embankment, and is requested to commence the construction of roadways therein. An increase of $4,000 is asked for the portion of Potomac Park extending from the inlet to the foot of 26th street, in order that that very popular drive may be maintained In better condition than is how possible. There are more than fifty acres of lawn surface and over a mile of macadam road and cinder bridle paths in this stretch, and Col. Cosby says the $3,000 now granted is barely enough to keep the grass cut and the road sprinkled.

The amount ($10,000) appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, for continuing the southern half of North street from Virginia avenue eastward to loth street west as a park roadway will carry the road only to 16th street. Col. Cosbv asks for $10,000 in order that the roadway may be constructed to 14 th street, so that there shall be a macadam driveway along the entire north side of the Monument grounds. The sum of $15,000 was appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, for commencing the Improvement of the Interior portion of Potomac Park south of street north. That area has recently been raised to grade with materials dredged from the tidal reservoir and river bed, and is now in condition to be improved by laying out roads and walks, planting and draining.

It is estimated that during 1911 the sum of can be profitably expended, and that amount has been requested. Col. Cosby says it is i desired to construct additional roads, the existing ones, erect band stands, land improve generally the part of Poto1 mac Park between the tidal reser voirand Potomac drive. An estimate of $40,000 la submitted for the purpose. Lodges for Park Watchmen.

An estimate is submitted for $5,000 for the erection of two park lodges In West Potomac Park: one In the east section and one in the west section. They are to be used as watchmen's lodges, tool houses and convenience stations. There are no facilities in either of those sections for the storage of tools, and much time is lost by the workmen in going to and from the storehouse at 15tli and streets southwest, where the tools have been kept over night. They will also furnish shelter for the park watchmen in inclement weather. An estimate is submitted of $3,000 for a cement pavement on the sidewalks on the south and west sides of the Treasury Department building.

There is at present an old stone Hag pavement there, whicn is in bad condition. Col. Cosby says It should be replaced with a new pavement. An item of 125,000 is submitted for grading and improving the of Henry Park and Seaton Park bordering 6th street northeast. The area whicn was occupied for many years by the station building and the tralnshed.

tracks concrete of railroad. Col. Cosby says, is most unslghtlv and should be improved in order to make it conform to other portion3 of the pji rk. The earthen embankment west of he site formerly occupied by the railroad station, and the embankments. the park road which led up to the formerly crossed 6th street over the contain about yards of material.

This needs to be leveled, and the area to be graded, soiled and planted and walks constructed through it. Oil for Macadam Roads. An appropriation of $5,000 for oiling macadam roads is recommended. Col. Cosby says that the automobile traffic has become so heavy and its effect so wearing that it will be impossible to maintain the roadways In good condition unless some means are provided for effectually laying the dust and preventing the road from raveling.

The road surrounding the Washington Monument is of gravel. The hill on which the monument stands is very much exposed, and during dry and windy weather the air around the monument is tilled with flying sand and gravel, which is painful" and annoying. Col. Cosby says that this annoyance can be remedied by naving the roadway with asphalt, and an appropriation of $7,500 for the purpose is recommended. The sum of $3,500 is requested for improving the gravel roads in the inclosed grounds south of the executive mansion.

There are several objectionable sharp curves in them which Col. Cosby says should he eliminated. He adds that the roads should also be resurfaced with broken stone. An estimate of is submitted for the repair of the United States wharf at Wakefield, the birthplace of Washington. The wharf Is an iron-pile whaif.

with timber deck, ajal was badly damaged by a severe storm and ice jam In February, and again in the winter of In its present condition. Col. Cosby says, it is useless for the purpose for which it was built, as a landing tor steamers carrying visitors to the mon' ument at the birthplace. The amount authorized by Congress for i the construction of the memorial to Gen. i I'lvsses H.

Grant was of which $157,000 has been appropriated. It is expected that the memorial will be com! pleted within the next two years, and the balance of Is there fore requested. Maintenance of Improved Parks. The improved and park spaorx were maintained In good condition diiring the year. The work consisted In mowing and raking lawns, edging their iContiausd on Ninth SPARRING FOR TIME; mm SET BUCK Continued Hearing May Force Mrs.

Parker to Testify Before She Is Willing. REQUEST FOR RECESS IS REFUSED BY COURT Utley, Cook, Kennedy and Victim's Sister Still to Testify. TODAY'S SESSION WASTES TIKE Osterman and Willing and Chauffeurs Owens and Griffith Is Reviewed. Special From Staff Correspondent. ANNAPOLIS, July on the part of Attorney Henry E.

Davis to get a postponement of the Sutton quiry until next Monday was blocked by Commander John Hood, presiding officer of the court, this morning. The object of Mr. Davis, It Is believed, was to keep Mrs. Rose Parker from going on the stand before Lieut. Utley and Surgeon Cook, who are on their way from Europe, have given their testimony.

The sister of Lieut. Sutton is counted on as a star witness by her attorneys. They want to save her until the last. Davis Asks for Recess. Mr.

Davis asked the court to take a recess at the close of today's proceedings and let those witnesses who are here in Annapolis, and who would not have been reached today, await the arrival of Cook and Utley. This plan would be preferable. Air. Davis said, to the original plan of exhausting the list of witnesses on hand, and then, after necessary recess, coming back Just to hear two witnesses. Commander Hood, in reply to Mr.

Davis request, said that the court would meet every day until the inquiry is brought to a close. "If there are no witnesses on hand, the court will meet, as usual, at 10 o'clock every morning, if only to adjourn for the day." Few Witnesses to Be Heard. It is thought bv the Sutton attorneys that all the remaining witnesses can be heard by the end of the morning session tomorrow or perhaps this afternoon, even. Those on the list are Mrs. Parker, Mrs Sutton, Frank Fogg of Washington, who will probably not be called at all; Private Charles Kennedy and Dr.

McCormick. who was present when Dr. Cook performed the autopsy upon Sutton. It is not at all certain that Mrs. Sutton will take the stand.

Her see no reason for it, as she knows nothing of the affair except by hearsay. McCormick. Mr. Davis said at the close of the morning session today, knows little. Thus, with Mrs.

Sutton and Fogg eliminated, and the probability that little time will be required for the examination of Dr. McCormick, only Kennedy and Mrs. Parker are left. No dellnite announcement has been made as to the time of the arrival of Cook and Utley. The original opinion was that they would land In America about August I.

Mrs. Farker to Be Sensation. The appearance of Mrs. Parker on the stand will be the signal for everybody at the Naval Academy and in Annapolis to go to the courtroom. For days the regular attendants upon the proceedings have watched Mrs.

Parker. Her seat faces the audience. She lias drawn more attention than the witnesses I themselves. But when she comes to testify she wilt take the regular witness chair, which is opposite her seat. Then she won't have to fare the feminine audience that is sure to be on hand.

This is pleasing to says so it will disappoint the onlookers. Mr. Davis said today that he will decide tonight about putting Mrs. Parker on the stand and will make a formal notification of his decision to the court tomorrow morning. Today's proceedings were marked by a waste of time more than anything else.

Witnesses Are Recalled. Lieuts. Osterman and Willing were recalled and questioned as to their knowledge and of how Sergt. De Hart got possession of the Smith Wesson revolver, which he subsequently threw away, and later told Lieut. Utley about.

Neither Willing nor Osterman knew anything about it. Owens and Griffith, the chauffeurs, were also called back to the stand. They added to the former testimony by saying they had known Sutton well, and had liked him because he always them. Griffith said all the officers tipped him. Owens said the others were not so nice about it as Sutton.

Then a lot of time was wasted in reading over the testimony of the various witnesses that they might pass upon its correctness. The morning session came to a close with the examination of J. F. Anthony, a cierk at the Carvel Hall Hotel, who. on the night of the tragedy, was tending bar at the hotel.

He saki lie sold Sutton a bottle of iwhiskv. The rest of his testimony corroborated regarding the appearance of Sutton and the other offiIcers at the hotel prior to their departure for the barracks. Continued Hearings Directed; Witnesses Recalled to Stand Spe. ial Dispatch te The Star. ANNAPOLIS, July court of inquiry frivestigating the death of Lieut.

James N. Sutton took under advisement today the question of taking a recess from tomorrow until next Monday. when the remaining witnesses are expected to be on hand. MaJ. judge, advocate, and Henrq K.

Davis, counsel for the Suttena. agreod that the witnesses still to be Ueut Utley and Surgeon Cook, still absent, and Mrs. Parker, who was to follow sot de much more than All the oourfc's tima today. Mr. Davit arose tfcs opsaiat.