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PATHETIC SCENES
There is No Hope of Life En-
tertained tor the tn tomb
ed Miners.
WILL BE MANY GLOOMY DAYS
Of the Scores of Miners Enclosed In
the Mine Only Twenty-two Bod
ies Have Been As Yet
Recovered y
Briceville, Tenn., Dec. 11. Famil
ies of the one hundred or more ml-"
r.ers entombed in Cross Mountain mine
tnlay began to realize that there "was
nc chance of their ever seeing their
loved ones again anve. At nightfall
jctlies had been recovered and moro
tban 20 cross entries to the mine are
made to be explored. It will be days
before all of the entries are penetrat
ed. A day more gloomy or more In keep
ing with the, feelings of the surviving
inhabitants of this stricken village
would be difficult to imagine. A cold
rain began falling before day-hreak
and continued until late in the after
i.mn converting the roads, which com
prise the streets of Briceville, into
nud puddles.
From the little shacks in which the
miners live came wailing sounds fronr
womeu and children, thereby adding
tc the general gloom. For the most
part the women remained, in their
homes, but a few of them stood, in the
rain outside the mine entrance wait
ing for their dead to be brought forth.
The rescue wonk has gone relent
lessly on since the explosion occurred
early Saturday morning. Dr. J. A.
Holmes. headcof the United States Bu
reau of Mines, took personal charge
o; the government rescuers today and
dlTectecP his men into the unexplored
recesses. ' " .. :
Wearing oxygen helmets they were
able to penetrate to corners in which
tie miners themselves dared not ven
tre for fear of the ATread'af ter-rdamp.
Not the slightest sign of life had been
detected when the government res
cuers came out of the mine tonight
for the first time since they entered
at 11 o'clock this morning. Practical
ly all of the men who are believed ""to
have perished are Americans,, born
and raised in this village. Many wo
men have been deprived not only of
their husbands but also of brothers
arid some of sons. The stricken ones
seem to have cried themselves out and
apparently are in a sort of daze, un
able fully to realize the extent of
their losses.
A new grave yard was established
today at Laurel Branch, near here, to
take care of the Cross Mountain dead.
The graves are being dug in a circle,
the plan being to eventually erect a
rronument in the center in memory
of the explosion victims. Volunteers
were 'called for today to perform the
sexton's task, and twelve responded.
All afternoon they could be -seen ply
ing pick and shovel on the mountain
fide under an improvised snelter to
protect them from the rain.
There was not enough work for the
lindertakers' corps to do and, clad in
oil cloth aprons, they presented a
sruesome sight as they stood about
the mine waiting for bodies to he
bought forth. .
Many are the theories advanced as
to the cause of the accident. Presi
dent Stephenson, of the Knoxville Coal
Company, which owns the, mine, said
today it probably had been caused by
j "windy shot," which is a sort of
"flare back" on powder inserted In a
hole bored in the coal to be dislodged.
This powder might have Ignited gases
accummulated in one of the many
'rooms" in the mine or miguc have
set off the coal dust on the floor of the
room.
Cross Mountain mine Is more tnan
20 years old and fontains some of the
richest coal deposits in this region. It
1)34 an average output of COO tons a
-ay. Xever before in its history has
't had a serious accident..
. The coal company is supplying the
immediate needs of the stricken, fam
'ieis, but later there will be need of
funds to care for the widows and or
phans. Indication are that there will
be more than fifty of the former and
spoilt 100 of the latter. A Knoxvine
,aker distributed 600 loaves of bread
anion? the families today and there
vas no snortage of food.
Three Later Reported Alive
briceville, Tenn., Dec. 11. Three
mon were brought out of the Cross
fountain mine alive at S o'clock to
niht. They were William Hender
''.in. aw d 55; Milton Headerson, aged
-2, his son: Irwin Smith. aed 35.
AH of the men are married. They.
'! tound in left cross entry No. 19
had escaped death in the explos-
"" of Saturday morning by erecting
u brattice cutting off the deadly after-
Jmi. All were in good condition
win live. In fact, the elder Hen-
I'H-Hon was so strong that he wanted
tj his home:
Hk; finding of these men alive lias
'routed new nc,pe in the breasts of the
resfiiors.
fo-w-den, W. Va., Dec. 11. John
n Hoose, a detective, and Gideon
Tr!!UT'lllll WHU oVint . 4an tt In a tual
f 'r yesterday. Van Hoose was shot
y Marcum when the former tried to
'est. him for burglary, and as Mar
""i ran he was shot down by Depu
ty Sheriff Crumnv of Wayne county,
ftn had accompanied the detective.
HOOD BRIGEVILLE
v IsnilPn PPH" paqp nine
Enforced . Federal Rule Practiced in
Courts for More Than a Hundred
Years-Accused Wrote Ob
scene Letters
Philadelphia, Dec. 11. A techni
cality based on a Federal rule of prac
tice In force for more than one hun
dred years brought to an abrupt end
Ir. the United States Court here today
the "poisoned peri" case, in which
Miss Harriet DeWitC of Easton, Pa.,
was accused of writing anonymous
cbscene letters to an Easton clergy
man, his wife and some of the neigh
bors. ''
The case was called before Judge
McPherson, and when the government
attempted to have admitted in evi
dence a sample of Miss- De Witt's
handwriting the 'court ruled it out on
the ground that under the Federal rule
of practice a test paper cannot he ad
mitted as evidence unless it has some
other bearing on the case other than
a mere test to show comparison of
handwriting.
Judge McPherson therefore directed
the jury to return a verdict of not
guilty
The "poisoned pen" case nas at
tracted considerable attention. The
letters were evidently the work of a
jealous woman, according to the law
yers in the case and most of them
were aimed at the Rev. Elmer E.
Snyder, of Christ Evangelical Luth
eran church of Easton. He had re
ceived between 200 and 300 of pen
printed anonymous letters, members
of his congregation had received
them, and his wife ana some of the
neighbors were also the targets of the
letter-writer.
The letters had been coming to
these people for more than nine years
end various persons in the church and
in the community had been .falsely ac
cused of writing them and much ill
feeling had 'been stirred up. Last
Summer the postal inspectors, who
had been working on the case for sev -eral'
years arrested Miss DeWltt..
Rev. Mr. Snyder, his wife and sev
eral other women drawn into the case
through receiving anonymous letters,
testified today to having received the
defamatory communications.
The government then, called Valen
tine Schoenberger a postal inspector
who Investigated the case. He told
of jsuspteipn,,. vQlntiRS .ioMlas,, DeWltt.
He-sit for her and after getting her: to
pen print four lines with ms dictation
in the presence of ' her .'attorney, he
said he accused her of writing the let
ters). She denied it, he said, and she
told him she also had received some
o the Tetters. With this testimony
the government offered the sample
writing in evidence and the court
threw it out.
Miss DeWitt smilingly accepted the
congratulations of her friends who
crowded about her when the jury
rendered its verdict in accordance
with the court's directions.
NOT AN EARLY END
Lorimer Bribe Case Will Extend Long
er Than First of Year
Washinrton. Dec. 11. Whether the
Senator Lorimer Investigating Com-
. . A. A 1
mission will go imo me anegea rea
sons why the International Harvester
Company and the McCormlck family
were opposed to mm, may noi oe de
cided for several days. Chairman
nnHne-ham. said today that an exam -
nation of the record was necessary to
decide the point.
Judge Hansey, counsel for Mr. Lor
iTnAr has indicated that he will fight
hard to. show what he claims is the
inspiration of the charges against tne
Illinois Senator.
it hwamfl evident today that no
Senator on the committee entertained
hope that .the first of the year would
see the end of the inquiry. It is gen
r;iiiv emected that the case will be
carried well over into the Spring.
Counsel for Lorimer are toeing accus
ed of using every pretext for delay of
any sort. -
More witnesses were introduced Dy
the defense today to discredit the tes
nf o.harles A. White, the form
er Illinois legislator who made an al
leged confession tnat ne naa ueeu
bribed to vote for Lorimer.
wnmo re. Shaw, a hanker or ue-
ment, 111., and a Democratic represen
tative at the assembly wnich elected
Lorimer, testified tnat wnite naa 101a
him he would vote for Lorimer "if he
got the chance." Shaw said he and
all the country .Democrats naa voteu
aeainst Lorimer but the Chicago dele
gation was swung over. "I wasn't
surprised at anything the Chicago
t. iA AtA " oqIH Rhaw
James W. Doyle, of the labor lobby
ists at Springfield, who said he was
seeking certain legislation, declared
White had intimated to him that, "he
wacn't Hvinfir on wind." but Doyle gave
no testimony of having been asked di
rectly for a bribe.
DURHAM MAN'S GIFT.,
Ten Thousand Dollars for Monument
to Women at Raleigh.
Charleston, S. C, Dec. 11. Col. A.
S. Horne, a prominent resident of
Durham, N. C, has given $10,000 for
the erection of a monument to the wo
men of the Confederacy at Raleigh,
N. C, according to a telegram receiv
ed here today from Gen. Julian S, Can
by Gen. C. Irvine Walker, chairman
of the U. C. V. committee on'women's
monuments. - .
Colon, Dec. 11. Jacquez . De Peret
ti De La Rocca, French vice consul
here, was drowned last evening while
bathing in the sea. His body was re
covered. It Is believed his death was
due to heart disease. ; s -
WIL1VIIKGTON, N.
LARGEST COTTON
CROP Oil RECORD
This is the Result of a Low
Official Esti
mate. NEARLY EVERY STATE GAINED
A Low Estimate is 14,885,000 Bales
All But Four States Made Gains
Production by States
No Surprise
Washington, Dec. 11. The great
est cotton crop on record, 1 4,885, OwO
bales, is the Department of Agricm
ture's estinjate of the country's total
production this year. This s greater
by l,447,0u0 bales than the record
crop of 1904.
Officials of the Department of Agri
culture were not surprised at the size
of the crop as condition figures
throughout the growing season indicat
ed that the production would be large.
Unofficial estimates made monthly
during the year, using the Depart
ment's condition figures as the basis,
were greatly exceeded by the official
estimate made today. .
Every State In the cotton belt, ex
cept Mississippi, Louisiana. Arkansas
and Oklahoma, established new rec
ords for production.
The total production for the season
of 1911-1912 will amount to 7,121,713,
000 pounds (not including 1 inters) or
14,885,000 bales of 500 pounds, gross
weight according to the first official
estimate "of th esize of the crop is
sued at 2 P. M. today by the Crop
Reporting Board of the United States
Department of Agriculture and made
up from reports of the correspondents
and agents of the Bureau oi. Statistics
throughout the cotton belt.
Heretofore the record cotton crop
was that of the year 1904 when 13,
438,012 bales," exclusive of linters,
were grown. Other large crops" were
those of 190C, which was 13,273,809
alea-"aJId -tSOS" when 13,241,799 bales
were grown, in point of value, how
ever, the crop of 1910, which was 11,
608,616 bales, exclusive of linters, was
the record one, the fibre being valued
at $820,320,000 and the cotton seed, at
$142,000 a total of $963,180,000 as
the aggregate value of the cotton crop
of that year,
Conditions early in the growing sea
son this year led to the belief that
the crop would be one of record pro
portions. First estimates of the yield,
based on the condition figures, placed
the probable production well toward
the figures of the biggest crops here
tofore grown. The acreage on whkh
cotton was planted this season was es
timated oy the' Department of Agricul
ture to be 35,004,000 acres, a greater
area than ever before planted in cot
ton in this country. This vast area
exceeded the previous record of acre
age by more than 2,500,000 acres, there
having been planted 32,444,000 acres
In 1908, and 32,403,000 acres last
year. In the record production year of
lt04 only 30,053,739 acres were plant
ed. Scorching hot and excessively dry
weather during the middle of the
Summer 'caused considerable damage
to cotton in many parts of the cotton
belt. Later in the season weather
conditions were distinctly favorable in
most parts of the belt and the crop
improved. The hot weather and
di ought, however, were responsible
for a smaller yield thjs year than ex
perts early in the season predicted as
a result of the record acreage and
splendid growing conditions then pre
vailing. One result of the hot weath
er was that the crop matured about
two weeks earlier than usual.
The estimated production by Sates
;n 500-pound "bales, exclusive of lint
ers, follows:
Virginia, 23,000; North Carolina,
935,000; South Carolina, 1,480,000:
Georgia, 2,560,000; Florida, 73,000; Al
abama, 1,600,000; Mississippi, 1,195,
000; Louisiana, 395,000; Texas, 4,
280,000; Arkansas, 915,000 ; Tennes
see, 420,000; Missouri, 83,000; - Okla
homa, 915,000; California, 11,000.
KILLED BY ENGINE
Engineer and Fireman Met Death
When Engine Fell From Chute
Greenville, S. C, Dec. 11. Engi
neer Lawrence-Maddox, of Columbia,
and the colored fireman of a local
fi eight train on the Southern Railway
between Columbia and Greenville,
were Instantly killed at Pelzer, S. C,
today when their engine fell 20 feet
off a coal chute. The engine was
placing cars on . the chute and . tne
brakes failed to work. Both men
jumped to save their lives. As the
tender of the engine turned over it
fell upon the men horribly mangling
them.
A little factory girl was standing
nearby-' when the accident' occurred
and was seriously scalded by steam
and hot water from the burst pipes
of the engine.
New York, Dec. 11. The coffee ex
change will be closed December 23rd,
the Saturday preceding Christmas.
Members of the cotton exchange have
also voted to close the exchange on
Saturdays preceding Christmas and
New Year days.
' ' "The Panama Canal."
Realistic portrayal of stupendous en
eineerine feats Grand Theatre to-
C, TUESDAY MOKOTKGj
COURT GIVES ITS REASONS
Supreme Court Assigns Three Rea
' sons Why New York Tobacco
Board m Not Entitled to '
Review Defree.
' i
Washington, Dec. li In refusing
today the request of the Leaf Tobac
co Board of Trade of New York to re
view the decree of the' United States
Circuit Court for Southern New York,
which approved the re-organization
plan of the "Tobacco .Trust", three
reasons were assigned hy the Su
preme Court of the United States.
These reasons which were set forth
by Chief Justice White, were:
"One who is not a party to a record
and judgment is not entitled to ap
peal therefrom. 1
"The action of . the Jeourt below in
refusing to permit the movers to be
come parties to the record is not sus
ceptible of being reviewed hy this
court on appeal, or indirectly, under
the circumstances her disclosed, ' by
the writ of mandamus.5
"The merely general, nature and
character of the interest which the
movers alleged they have in- the. pa
pers here filed is not on any event of
siuch a character as to 'authorise them
in this proceeding to assail the action
6f the court below." - -: -
A bill was introduced today by Sen
ator Cummins granting to the Inde
pendent Tobacco Company's right to
appeal to the Supreme Court from the
New York decree approving the tobac
co company's reorganisation.
The bill gives as the reason for re
view a desire to ascertain whether
the Circuit Court's decree is in con
formity with the Supreme Court's de
cision in the tobacco case. Mr. Cum
mins will speak on his bill next Wed
nesday. THE BASEBALL SCANDAL
National Commission Issues Statement
to Public to Get Proof
New York, Dec. 11. The' National
Commission issued a" statement to
night to the public to prove it if there
was coltrsion .between the New York
National League baseball club' or any
of its officials, and ticket scalpers in
the world's series last October. So
far, Chairman AugusJ Herrman said,
the Commission has spent $1,500 look
ing Tursaidence and was prepared to
spend more. ... It .has investigated . the
scandal, he declared.. anVl W(Studvcoh-
tinue td'invegiteTtnitifei&tJrfiwai
hard to get. What evidence had al
ready been garnered, he did not dis
close. Another matter discussed was
gambling in .baseball pools, upon
which the members placed a ban. To
correct tnis evil, the Commission
adopted a resolution recommending
to the National and American Lea
gues that they do all in their power in
their respective circles to end the cus
torn. It also was announced that the
Commission will consult with 'the
postoffice authorities and the proper
Federal officials, to secure taeir co
operation to that end, it having been
reported to the Commission that sev
eral newspapers and other periodicals
carried luese pool's-, making it seem
a lottery."
The Commission reported that it
had referred to President Lynch, of
the National, and Johnson, of the Am
erican Leagues the request of the
Eastern and iPaicific Coast Leagues
and American Association for higher
rating. Each major will consider: the
question at its meeting tomorrow. The
Commission will receive their reports
at its annual meeting in Cincinnati
January 3rd, and dispose of the mat
ter then.
Incidentally; while the Commission
was considering the request, the East
ern League meeting a few . 'blocks
away, approved it and voted to change
it? name to the International League.
President Edward G. Barrow-, was re
elected president, secretary and treas
urer for a term of five years. The
playing season will open April . 18th
and close September -ord.
In length of discussion of the
world's series the ticket scandal ov
ershadowed every other topic before
Ihe National Commission.
OUTLINES.
Briceville, Tenn., is a, pathetic
scene. Of the large number of min
ers who were in the coal mine at the
time of the explosion which occurred
Saturday morning, only 22 bodies
have been removed. There is no hope
of life for any of the men. The mourn
ings of the -families in the shanties is
pathetic. -According to the estimate
of the United States Department of
Agriculture this year marks the larg
est yield of cotton ever recorded,
The United States Supreme Court has
assigned Jthe New York Leaf Tobac
co Board of Trade three reasons why
it will not let It review the Circuit
Court's decree Twenty-one boys
from the Southern States are in Wash
ington this week taking in the sights
as one of the rewards therare to get
for, their efforts In the corn' contests
for raising banner crops. Their work
has been pleasing to the Department
of Agriculture officials r-An engi
neer and fireman of the Southern. Rail
road were killed at Pelzer, S. C, yes
terday when an engine ran off a coal
chute, turning over on them.
New York maTkets: Money on call,
steady 2 to 2 1-2 per cent., ruling rate
4 1-2, closing bid and offered at 3f
Spot cotton closed quiet. Flour stea
dy with demand quiet. Wheat, spot
easy; No. 2 red 94 1-8 elevator export
basis, and 95 3-8 f.o.b. afloat; options
closed 3-8 to 5-8 net lower. Corn, new
78 1-2 f.o.b. afloat; options nominal.
Rosin steady. Turpentine firm.
Oporto, Portugal, Dec. 11. Sixteen
persons were killed tonight and thirty
injured by the derailment of two cars,
which fell Into the river Douroud. ;
DECEMBER 12, 1911.
FARMER
AT CAPITOL
Receiving One of Their Re
wards for Good Farm
Work.
RAISED BANNER CORN CROPS
Jwenty-one Boys From Southern
States Taking in the S ghts at
Washington Their Work Has
Been Pleasing .
Washington, Dec. 11. Twenty-one
boys from the Southern States, who
won prizes this year for raising ban
ner crops of corn, arrived here today
and will spend the rest of the weeK
taking in the sights of the National
capital, one of the rewards of their
efforts.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson "to
morrow will present each of the boys
a diploma in recognition of tie good
work done by them in . the advance
ment of agriculture. They also will
be presented to President Taft.
Agriculturtal Department oflicials
in. charge of the farm demonstration
work are highly pleased with the Te
sult of this year's work by the boys'
clubs. Both -in quantity of corn rais
ed and in cheapness of production it
has been by far the best year since
tne idea was inaugurated three years
ago. They point to the fact that six
of the boys now here raised more
than 200 bushels on their acre of land,
whereas, last year this was done by
only one boy. The average produc
tion among the twenty-one boys is
about 175 bushels per acre.
Bennie Beeson, 11 years old, of Mon
ticello, Miss., who grew 227 and a
fraction bushels on his acre at a cost
of 14 cents per "bushel, is the leading
prize winner, having come within a
bushel of the best previous record.
Ii: cheapness of cost, Junius Hill, of
Alabama, cornea first, his 212 bushels
having been. raised at an average cost
of onlv. 8 1-2 . cents ft h-ushel
trls year seorrf 'work tas; srfi&ad-Hfcel
wild fire throughout the entire South,"
said Professor Martin today, who will
have charge of the boys during their
stay here, "ra the extremely low cost
of production shown by them; and we
are much pleased with this, for one
of the things on which Dr. Knapp.
who started the movement, insisted,
was that no efforts should be made to
produce freak crops, no matter what
the expense incurred might be, but
that costs should" be kept down.There
fore, in awarding the prizes cost
counts equally with amount of pro
duction in determining the prize win
ners. Quality also is rated and the
boys' general knowledge of correct
farming methods, as shown by a pa
per he is required to prepare.'
The boys now here are: Eber A.
Kimbrough and Junius Hill, Alabama;
Burley Seagrave and Walter Hale, 'Ar
kansas; Ben Leath, Arthur Hill and
Monroe Hill, Georgia; Cal Duncan
and Howard Burge, . Kentucky; John
H. Henry, Jr., Louisiana; Bennie
Beeson, Barnie Thomas and John Bow
en, Mississippi; Charlie Parker, Jr.,
North Carolina; Phillip Wolf. Okla
homa; Miller Hudson and Claude Mc
Donald, South Carolina; John V. Mc
Kibbon and Norman Smith, Tennes
see; John A. Johnston, Jr., Virginia,
and Edward Doyle, Illinois.
THE SHERWOOD BILL
Will Increase Pensions Will Probab
ly Pass House Tonight .
Washington, Dec. 11 A-Sharp inter
change between Representative Sher
wood and Anderson, of Ohio, whose
districts adjoin and who have rival
bills before Ihe House for the increase
of Civil m ar pensions, characterized
the Houese debate on .the Sherwood
Pension Bill today. General Sherwood
declared hev would resign his seat in
Congress il Mr. Anderson could find
"one of the 5,000 soldiers in any dis
trict that I ever asked to vote for
me."
The debate on the Sherwood Bill
will end tomorrow afternoon with
speechesi by former Speaker Cannon,
Representatives Fitzgerald and other
House leaders. It is expected that the
bill will pass the . House tomorrow
night in an amended form.
CONSTRUCT INTERURBAN R. R.
Recent Grants Insure Line , Prom
Greenville to Charlotte
Greenville, S. C, Dsc. 11. The
directors of the Greenville, AnderBon
and Spartanburg Interurban Electric
Railway at a meeting here today ac
cepted the franchise recently granted
by the Spartanburg aldermen tor. tne
entrance of the interurban into the
city..
This action removes the last od
stacle in the construction of. the gap
between Greenville and " Charlotte.
MOVING WRECKED STEAMER
Navy Collier .Sterling Being
Moved
Into Deep Water
Norfolk, Va., Dec 11 .Wreckers
have succeeded in moving about one
hundred feet the Navy 'collier Ster
ling, which lies aground just inside of
Cape Henry, where she had "to be
beached December 3rd to prevent , her
sinking, following a collision with the
steamer Dorothy. With 1 favorable
weather it is believed that the Ster
ling may soon be gotten into deeper
water.-
SOUTH
ROYS
WILL ROOSEVELT BE THE GHM7
Republican National Committee Mem
bers at Outs Same Oppose Can- -didate
for Chairman Many
Conferences.
Washington, Dec. 11. Hostilities
of an unexpected character and from
an unlooked, for quarter developed , to
day among members of the Republi
can National Committee and other
prominent party leaders who are here
in connection with the meeting tomor
row to fix the time and place for the
Presidential nominating convention
next Summer. Opposition to Col. Har
ry S. New, of Indiana, the administra
iton candidate for chairman of the
powerful sub-committee on convention
arrangements, was responsible for the
ill feeling engendered. No settlement
had been reached late tonight, but
som of President Taft's friends an
nounced that they not onlv would in
sist upon the election of Mr. New, but
upon the naming a majority of the
committee.
Only less interesting than the un
looked for controversy over the con
trol of the sub-committee in charge
of the convention was the exploitation
throughout the day of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt as the possible candidate
for the Presidential nomination. The
advocacy of Col. Roosevelt, but thin
ly veiled yesterday, was openly and
promiscuously proclaimed today. The
advocates of Col. Roosevelt's nomina
tion apparently based their arguments
in his behalf upon the fact that at no
time had the former President said
that he would not accept the nomina
tion if it were tendered him. It is
recognized he would not openly be
come a candidate, they said, but they
were busy sounding members of the
National Committee and other promi
nent Republicans in the city as to
their sentiment n regard to "forcing"
the nomination upon the "Colonel."
There were many who connected
the open advocacy of Col. Roosevelt's
nomination with the opposition to
naming a committee of arrangements
dominated by administration men. It
was apparent through the day that
friends of Col. Roosevelt were endeav
oring in every -way possible to post
pone action . hy . the National- conven
tion, whicn would . definitely comnjit
any body to any man's candidacy. The
Roosevelt 'enthusiasts frankly stated
demand, for- Cot -Roosevelt to be. 'ex
pressed InVthe convention itself.1
Friends of . Col. ' Roosevelt also de
clared today that they .were making
an attempt at this time to force the
issue. Their object was, they said, to
leave matters sufficiently open to per
mit of his candidacy at the psycho
logical moment.
Many conferences were held during
the day and continue until the White
House dinner tonight when President
Taft was the host to a body far from
united on the business which brought
it to Washington. In the executive
state dining room, however, it was
realized that animosities would have
to be laid aside for the dinner was ar
rangedjn formal honor of the commit
tee, the guests including both the ar
dent supporters ,and the luke-warm
friends of the President.
The sensational. ; feature of today's
skirmishing was the fact that Secre
tary Hilles, who is the active leader
of the Taft ' forces in , the campaign
for re-nomination of the President and
Postmaster General Hitchcock," . who
managed the President's campaign
three years ago, seemingly were ar
rayed against each other. The ru
mors that the two were working at
cross purposes flew thick and fast
through the hotel corridors. Finally
Mr. Hitchcock issued a statement in
denial, but it did not entirely set the
reports at rest. Mr. Hitchcock's
statement follows:
"Statements which would indicate
that there is friction between Mr. Hil
les and myself are absolutely unfound
ed. My resignation as chairman or
the National Committee was tendered
in good faith on the day that I was
confirmed as. Postmaster General and
from that time to this I have refrain
ed from participation in the affairs of
the committee. I have all that I can
do at present to look after the busi
ness of my department and do not
wish to be drawn into any controver
sy respecting National politics." '"
Friends of President Taft entered
upon the work of the. day, preliminary
to the meeting tomorrow, thorough
ly confident that there would be no
opposition to Mr.. New. It was not
until afternoon that they learned that
the programme arranged on Sunday
was giving dissatisfaction. Strangely
enough, the opposition came from
rmembers from the Southern States,
the section over which the adminis
tration was supposed to be In undis
puted control.
Members of the committee irom me
Southern States met early in the day,
ostensibly to take measures of self
protection agamst any attempt in the
next convention to reduce their repre
sentation. A motion was adopted au
thorizing Gen. Powell Clayton, of Ar
kansas, who acted as chairman, to
name a committee of five to devise the
method and provide the sinews to
fight any movement to curtail the
Southern delegation. At the confer
ence, also, E. C. Duncan, from Norton
Carolina, was endorsed for memDer-
shlp of the executive committee.
After this formal business nao Deen
transacted several members made im
passioned speeches advocating oppo
sition .to preferment for any position
of power .of a man who had been a
member of a State delegation that
had voted solidly in the convention of
1908 to reduce the representation of
the Southern tatesf It .was recogniz
ed that Col. New was meant -by this
characterization, although iifteHthe
ijneeting several, members blandly re-
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WHOLE NUMBER 13,769.
CONVEY RECORDS
TO 0. 5JFFICIALS
Association Giving Govern
ment Light in Dynamiting
Investigation.
EVIDENCE WILL BE PLENTIFUL
Officials of Iron Workers' Association
Offer Testimony Evidence From
Several Sources Burns Re
frains from Talking.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 11. That one
or more officials of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers are surrendering volun
tarily to the government, if needed in
the investigation of an alleged nation
wide dynamiting conspiracy against
structural iron contractors who main
tain the "open shop," was made
known tonight in statements by rep
resentatives of the National Erectors'
Association. Without resistance being
offered, letters and records have been
conveyed by detectives engaged In tbw
behalf of the Erectors' Association,
from the headquarters of the Iron
Workers' Association in this city to the
office of th United 6tates district at
torney, it was announced.
"No promise of immunity to men sus-
v. wiuyiivitj iu lilt; UJ" llULUllilig
conspiracy have been made by the gov
ernment," declared Charles W. Miller,
the district attorney.
"But, of course, we will accept evi
dence from any direction to be present
ed to the grand jury when it resumes
its session next Thursday .
"I have got the evidence from the
office of the Iron Workers' Associa
tion," said Detective Robert Foster, of
the Erectors' Association, "but I will
not say who turned it over to mo. Cer
tainly If it had been . necessary, we"
could have objtalned.i search.' warrant,
and made a raid, but this was not nec
essary." -.The.
memhere cf he Erectors Asso-.
elation -who am AnwlflVitYf tMi.nfilin'
iron workers,' have suffered from one
hundred explosions against their prop
erty sinoa ,the' association declared for
the open shop in 'May, 1906.
It has been the point, of the agent to'
search for those responsible for the ex
plosions, resulting in the arrest of
John J. and James B. McNamara and
Ortie E. McManigaT. , .
In the face of the announcement of
the Erectors' Association, Representa
tive Herbert S. Herkin, secretary of
the Iron Workers' Association, flatly
denied tonight that any papers had
been taken from his office.
"The Erectors' Association and the.
Iron Workers' union stood as antago
nistic as they had .for the last five
years," he said. "I have entered no
negotiations with the Erectors or with
tfce Federal authorities,", he added. "I
am not seeking immunity, and there
would be no reason, for me to 'come
through.' The authorities can get any
thing in this office, through the legal
.means provided.' but nothing has been
given out or taken- by force since the
raid on this office last April, wnen
John J. MoNaimara was .arrested and a
mass of our records seized."
The letters 1 taken from the Iron
Workers headquarters are to be used,
it is said, in the Federal grand jury'3
inquiry into the allegation that groups,
of men in many cities were implicated
with John J. and J. B. McNamara, in
dynamiting depredations.-
Detective Willdam'J. Burns, who was
in the city today; refused to make a
statement regarding his present activ-.
ity in the case. It i entirely in the
hands of the Department- of Justice,"
he said.
MAY POSTPONE TRIAL.
Rev. C. V. T. Richeson May Not be
Put on Trial in January.
Boston, Dec. 11. An. - effort was.
made today by the .attorneys for the.
Rev. C. V. T. Richeson, charged with
the murder of Miss Ay Is -Linnell, to.
have the trial postponed from January.
15th amtil later in the .Winter and on.
Wednesday next, - Judge Sanderson
will hear arguments on the question. .
Former Senator Morse and Philip
R. Dunbar, of this city, .and John L.
Lee, of Lynchburg, Va.r representing
Richeson, conferred-with Chief Jus
tice Aiken and later were closeted for.
two hours with District Attorney Pel-,
letier. It was then -announced that
an agreement had been reached to
submit the question te Judge Sander
son Wednesday forenoon. . . . .
It is understoodthat Richeson's law
yers said they had not had .sufficient
time to prepare a defense, and would
not be ready for two or. three months.
CHILD LABOR. BUREAU.
Senator- Bailey Object! to Bill
and
Gives His- Reasons.
Washington, Dec. 11. Vigorous pro
test that the bill .creating a child la
bor bureau In the Department of Com
merce and Labor was unnecessary in
terference -with the. home, was made
today when the measure was called up
in the. Senate by Mr. Borah; of Idaho.'
Senators Bailey and Heyburn object
ed. .
Mr. Bailey contended .'the present
system had produced the greatest race'
of jeaple in the .wdrld'l history and
there, was no need of .invoking the. gov
ernment's aid. . Mr.:Heyb.urn declared
it. meant the establish' nient of nurse-'
riei throughout the country, to deter-'
nine the wisdom- of parents- - -
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