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if' llain in east, rain or snow and cold-1 V-v' 7l I I' I i - vfeJ O-l UhYhV acllf VSfe" ' ' V- Y A 'TTIN ' ' '-' i- ' ; .r in west; Saturday cleary, with a '., . . ;-V ' - v J - AH 51& 15 'Zk JK$ mlm arCv'.V. 1 AY " Subscriber, not receiving The Star cold wave. . J ; ;t- : (;: J I V SA k ifiij 5F' fflT " "kV,v rrV' "AV : Promptly and at reawnabl. fftur are VOL. LXXXDf-NO. 9G. GREAT DETEGTf VZ II Charges Against W. J. Burns Held to be Null and Void, FURTHER DYNAMITE EVIDENCE Coi'rt Entered an Order That Makes It Impossible to Prosecute Burns Under These! Indictments. ' The Court's Action. Indianapolis, Indv, Janl 11. Compli mented by the ,4Federar court for hav ing "rendered a great service to his country." William" J. Burns, the 'de tect i ve,' today was released ; from ' the charge of having kidnapped John J. McNamara, the convicted dynamiter. All the charges in' the Indictments against Burns for having captured the labor leader in Indianapolis last April and taking him to California for trial were held to be null and void. "If I or this court had anything to o with the arrest of Mr. Burns in this instance I should certainly now tender him an apology," said Federal Judge A. B. Anderson in dismissing the in dictments brought by the county grand jury, under which the detective had been held in $10,000 bail. "The order which the court shall enter will make it impossible for any prosecutions to be brought under the indictments." ' j1- . . The court held, that when Burns and James Hosick, a detective of Lios An gles, Cal., arrested McNamara on a nquisition from. the Governor of Cali fornia and honored by the Governor of Indiana, they acted legally 'under the Federal statutes and any conflict In the State law with the Federal law, which made it possible to bring an In dictment waa not constitutional. "... ... The Federal constitution , and" Con gress, the court said, had delegated to the governors of , the States the power of honoring requisitions for fugitives from iustica an dtb Indiana Legisla ture had ntf'rearrtghUtO'takerthis power from the governor arid add it td tfic duties of a ounty Judge. 'The in-, lictments against Burns and . Hosick had alleged that" McNamara.! was de n. ed a right .to resist extradition in a county court. '. - i . -: , ; Judge Anderson . indicated , if Ho sick, who also was indicted, petitioned icr release, the re!ease would be granted. -. : ' ; Detective Burnsp in a' statement, sf.id: "Ever. since my arrest I have contended there was no - justification' in prosecuting me. . Then I repeatedly asked for a prompt: trial, but this -was denied by the county authorities. '" At lie time I regarded it as an attempt tc hamper my activities at Los Ange les. I am still working on this dyna mite conspiracy and.; constantly turn: up more evidence. I am asserting very where that organised labor will not be interfered with by the present proceedings, for it will be a benefit to labor to have it purged of corrupt po litical leaders.."" . It is understood if any prosecution results from : the . present Federal grand jury Investigation. of the dyna mite conspiracy, they are to be heard before Judge Anderson. About a dozen witnesses, some ,of them from Chicago, were before- the s?rand jury today. They included Aloys, Suverman, former ' keeper of a saloon in Chicago, where Ortie McManigal is .said to have met others in reference to places that were not to be blown up; Bert H. Morgan and Arthur J. Fitzgerald. Chicago is known, to. be one of the places through which dyna: u.ite and nitro-glycerine were carried in suit cases by the dynamiters and at one time McManigal kept a store of explosives there for use on "jobs" in visconsin, Missouri and Iowa, Witnesses, presumed to have infor mation as to the identity of persons 'responsible for . explosions against "open shop" structures In Boston and Springfield, Mass.,' and Hoboken, N, J., also were examined. DIVORCE THE CONCERNS. Lehigh Railroad and Lehigh Coal Company Separated. l'hiladelphia, Jan; 11. At separate meetings here this afternoon of the board of the directors of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, and of the i-' uigh Valley Coal Company, a plan to divorce the concerns In the mining iiiul Felling of coal was agreed updn find as a result $6,060,000 will" be dl viiN'd among the preferred and com mon stockholders of. the railroad com- :mny. In order to f carry out the. plan 1 iK' directors of the coal company were directed to form a new company ' r be known as the Lehigh Volley Coal lilies Company, to be incorporated maer the laws of New, Jersey, with 'in authorized caDital of $10,000,000, The action ojT the concerns is in con- 'rmity with a decision of the United Hates Court In this city, which- held n the famous commodities case that t was unlawful for any railroad com 'any to transport! any article of com modity other than lumber, mined or "d.nuiacturea by I any concern which " t controlled. The Lehigh Volley . t.uiroaa Company controls the Le ugh Valley Coal Company. -C - - tJ. Mr. Morgan Will Sing BV His song at The Grand today wil ; e new and catchy. , Don't fail to hear NOT ,t. .: v , . y v - THE BOOKS AIID RECORDS GOIIE Employes of Packers on Trial Fai'r to Produce Record - Used In Fig- luring the Test Cost of , .Meat. go, ;Jan' 11. Books and rec- showing : the items . and allow used in figuring the test cost of,fresl1 ?eat?' which ,were,; inspected by a Federal grand jury, investigating charges of rebating against the pack ers in 1909, cannot be found by em ployes of the defendants for use In the trial of the ten packers charged -with conspiracy in restraint of trade before United States "Judge ; Carpenter. - Three accountants employed by the packers testified today that they" had searched for the. records In question and lhad been unable to .find them. They said they believed the documents had been destroyed. , The witnesses, were asked to .'bring, the price ledger and other books bear ing on the manufacture and sale of fresh meat into court tomorrow, but it is expected that- the. defense . will make a 1 determined effort to prevent them from going Into the record of the case on the ground that the bcok of 4 corporation cannot be used as evi dence against Its officers In a criminal proceeding. I . The" three witnesses heard today, previously had given testimony in re gard to the packers before Federal grand Juries, but Judge Carpenter de clined to permit the witness to , read the stenographic report, of the grand JuTy evidence for the purpose of re freshing their memory. The packers' accountants were unable to remember many of the items and allowances us ed in figuring the test cost of slaugh tered cattle. i The three witnesses heard were Henry F. Moyer, chief accountant in the dressed meat department of Ar mour & Company; Edgar Rothschild, a cjerk in the same department, and Harry A. TImmlns, chief accountant for Morris & Company for more than ten years.. The government endeavored to show by : the testimony of these ' Witnesses that the system used- by . Armour & Company and Morris & Company, in figuring the , test cost, was .substanti ally .the same and that the allowances rnade for the. different , byproducts were inadequate."'. V- - .TImmlns - was questioned as" to the whereabouts of the .company's -cattle cost books, which1 were urged before returned "to: the company. V ' "I have searched the office vaults, but can. find no trace of them;" .said the "witness. ' . - "Do you remember being ordered to produce those cost- books;.in-1910T'Vx" "I do not." v ' The witness said-hetestified before Federal grand juries in 1909 and 1910, Timmins said the information re? garding cattle-costs was kept on loose sheets after 1910, and these were de stroyed' after being kept a. few weeks. : - ARBITRATION TREATIES Lodge Amendment Has Stirred Unex pected Opposition Washington, Jan. 11. The Lodge amendment to the resolution for the. ratification of the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France has stirred unexpected opposition from Democratic .senators. It is favored, however, by 'three-fourths of the 'Re publican senators, wno accept u as a baopy cbmpromise of; all differences. The amendment, presented-t tne ror eifeii relation meeting yesterdaywas ntroduced by Mr,. Lodge miexecuuve gesslon of :the" Senate today. . Before the 'Lodge modification was suggested, seven or eight Democraae senators' had indicated; a ..willingness to support 'the; treaties, some without amendment and others witn amena ment: which would reserve from arbi tration all questions involving strict er American .subjects.- rnese- demo crats, however, today took the posi tion that ' the Lodge amendment con fiicted with " the : treaties themselves. Consequently; these senators object to it as a bractical- nullification of the trpatlea' vital parts. ' The last clause of Article III, of the treaties, provides for final determinations of the justi- ability of questions by the join high commission. These other Democratic uniitnrs who : desire tne treaties nmAndprt contended today that i nrftterable to the Lodge amend ment 'would be to omit entirely uij last clause of Article III as originai- iv was Riieffested by the majority of the foreign relations committee, ineir c ... m. . argument was that' tne esrect oi me acceDUnce . of the amendment vouiu h tn reRtorft alt the. iSfenate preroga-l nvAB of ratification and eonnrmation " - - .a i Th Reiiublican senators are ui ttrbrig enough " to put through r the treaties without, considerable Demo fraf c -assistance and some concern was ! expressed as to the- attitude - of Democratic senators -'who . heretofore haverbeen classed as friendly to the treaties. ; ' ' . - ; I - TRINITY WON. Defeated' William and Mary-in Pretty Basketball came. a - h'iSnecial 'Star Telegram.) nnrham. ,N. Cl Jan. .11 By the Brora of 63-to 16, the Trinity College basketball team tonight- defeated tne tntn from William & Mary College in a atnw. but hard fought game. Trin ity had the best of the fight from the first and In, the first half succeeded In 'rrfUrijr iiti' a score.of 38 to' 16 in her favor. IriUhe latter, half, WUllam & Mam showed ud much, better ' and BOAmt) seven points , to Trinity's 15 The stars for Trinity were Jones and Crowell, forwards, and urinn, guara. vm. wiiHiiit & 'Mary. HalL guard, did th heat work, throwing eight, out o: the nine points scored by his teany In ords, ' lances the" flrst.nair-i;, v; : -r. WILMINGTON, A STATE FOR U. S. SEHAtE Governor Kitchin Makes Pub ; lie Correspondence With i Senator P. M. Simmons. WOULD MINIMIZE THE EXPENSE Builders'. Exchange Concludes Session In Raleigh Grand Lodge of Ma sons Completes Its Session.' Other. News Notes. ' (Special Star Correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 11. In a state ment' to the press today, Governor W. W. Kitchin . made public correspon dence he .has had with other candi dates for the United States Senate rel ative 'to the holding of the proposed Senatorial primary. He; ; and ' Senator Simmons . have agreed on' the advisability, of inducing the State Democratic executive com mittee to meet -early for the purpose of, ordering a State primary on tne EenatOrial question,- He has not heard from either ; ex-GoVejnor . Ayccck or Chief Justice Walter Clark on the sub- ect, but understands that they both favor .leaving the whole Jfnatter of the senatorial primary and when it shall be held to the State convention. Gov ernor Kitchin says that, all the candi dates ' are on record as desiring that the primary expenses,' including the campaign - expenses, shall be held right down to the minimum, and he s eager to join in seeing to it that these expenses are kept very much below the maximum, that is. allowed by the' Federal statute, -which requires that all candidates, whether -elected or not, shall make; under oath, an item ized statement of expenses, except those .for postage, , telegrams, clerk hire. and printing.-' . J In his ketter to the other three can didates made public . today, Governor Kitchin, in advocating early action by the executive committee as to the pri mary, says that, while .the. primary . . i ' . . . I Fair, tt .lS . WtMy; L?0"! 6 certainty of holding a primary be es tablished beyond question as soon as possible. - He takes the position tnat the, primary is essential-to determin ing the choice of the people for sena torial candidate; will give the voters of' Republican counties equal expres sion , with ( those in' Democratic coun ties as to "choice; will relieve legisla tive' candidates from much embarrass ment in seeking nominations, and as sure them of the united Democratic support which is essential in those counties where Democratic majorities are small.. ' " The North Carolina Builders' Ex change, which closed its 1912 session here with a sumptuous banquet, re elected all old officers for the next year and selected Newbern as the place for its 1913 meeting. The offi cers are J.. A. Jones, Charlotte, presi dent; N. Underwood, Durham, vice president; E. P. Tingley, Charlotte, secretary-treasurer. The business of the Nortn Carolina Grand .Lodge for the 125th annual convocation was rounded up today by the installation of the officers for the ensiling year headed by W. 'B. McKoy as grand master and F. M. wincnesier, Charlotte, as Deputy Grand Master. The other elective, grand officers, all of whom' passed up from the subordi nate chairs, are Jno. T. Alderman, sen- or grand, waroen; naan r. nouguou, junior grand warden, and -Leo. u. Heartt, treasurer, and Jonn urewry, grand secretary. Appointive officers: Rev; CE. Maddry, grand chaplain; R. F.. Edwards, grand lecturer; -A. B. An drews, Jr.,' senior grand deacoiy C. L. Pridgen,1 jiinior grand deacon; jueo. s. Norfleet, grand -marsnai; Henry A. Grady, grand sword bearer; J. C.'Bras well, grand pursuivant; Chas. Selzer, grand steward; H-. u. uantwen, grand steward; R. H. .Bradly, grand tiler. The session of the Grand Lodge has been especially successful with nearly 700 delegates here from the 405 subordinate- lodges . In the State. - - TAFT ON IMMIGRATION. Declares "We Need a Great Deal of ' v . jv Labor." Washington, Jan. '11. President Taft . laughingly admitted today be fore a delegation or tne American As sociation jot Foreign Language News papers that be had been compelled to abrogate the Russian treaty more quickly than he had intended. The party represented 4u newspapers, published in 29 . different1 tongues, and as they filed past the President In 'the White "House, an editor of a 'Jewish paper made a brief speech, thanking Mr. Taft, for, his part In the passport question. . - .. v ' ; ' ' , The publishers were in Washington today1 to urge less restrictive immigra tion measures - and,' after ; presenting their views1 to the Senate Committee on Immigration, went to the White House.", ,The President Informed them that, while he "was not In favor of hav ing Europe "dump its undesirable pop ulation" Into' the United States, he felt that the sturdy, iaw abiding immi- srant : should be admitted. ; "We need a great deal of labor," he gaid. .f'We are beginning . to feel a pinch In the production of food. We don't have enough or at Meast we could dispose of a 'great deal more. We need an agricultural population; and what ought to be done Is to turn the immigration that comes into the country Jnto agricuitirai parts." &t 1ST, C, CARELEbSHESS VITH ABICH Caused the Equitable Building. Fl . Employes Waited Too Long. Be- f ; r . fore Calling the Tire Oe-; ' ' !"' '. v- .partmentJ' ' ; - "'.' New York, Jan. 11 Between $300, 000,000 and ?400MM,000 iVcash ; and securities 'were moved jintaet late to day from; the vaults ;bfjt wo ; of the fi nancial institutions ii.whose: quarters were destroyed in. the lire' that gutted the Equitabfe Life Assurance Society building Tuesday. Tfaeyaults.; of the Equitable Trust, Company alojnejfield ed ?300,PQ0,O0O, which;t"wasansferred to the company's temporary offices. Many - millions mbrfc ' are ' taken from the vaults or thp:i Mercantile Trust Company, of" wMeh; $6,000,000 was represented in a tingle box of gold certificates whichi an officer . Of the institution carried! through , the streets tucked under, hi arm, "with on ly a lone policeman to protect" him.; There remains yet to be-opened the great vault of the Equitable Assnrance Society; itself, with, its treasure of $300,000,000, which was jstlll burled so deep today under tons et ice cement ed debris that the doorsvcould-not be reached r ' :. !;' " ..-;. ' Y "" The body of Battalion Chief Walsh is still fin tho rains and its recovery seems likely to-be' a task of days.. - One of the peculiar freaks of the fire came to light today; with the" dis covery that the clock in the officjes of tto Mercantile Trust;-Conipany was still telling the time. The mahogany case had been nearly V burned - away, but the pendulum was still' faithfully swinging and the hands pointed to the correct time. ; A. contribution bf $20.000. to a fund for the benefit of the workers at tne fire, was .announced -Jate today by "a committee of directors of. the Equita ble Life Assurance Society. ( r "The official information la regard to the Equitable building fire leveals pretty certainly that the disaster was caused by the careless throwing away of a match " reads a report submit ted to Mayor Gaynor today by Fire Cpmmissioner ; Johnson. -"Our investigation shows,' the re port continues, "that employes in the building discovered the fire at 5:14 A; M., and that they tried to fight the fire until 5:34 A. M.i when a police man turned far an.alaifeeTn, xxi oil lu j U.CU. s-u au ntoi . ment promptly. I amv, suM the fire could easily have been, extinguished." A DENOUNCED COTTON EXCHANGE. Jeff Davis Declared It to be a Qamb ' ling Institution. '- Washlngton. Jan. 11. Senator Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, denounced tte New York cotton exchange as . a "gambling-institution pure and sim pie," in a speech in the Senate today, in which he supported his bill to pro hibit gambling in cotton, wheat and corn. The cotton marnet of the world is controlled by a little crowd of gamb lers." . He named a$ men, headed by John D. Rockefeller, who, he said, had come into fortunes by advantages con ferred by law, by "tariff robbery and cotton gambling." He wanted to see "the gamblers of New York driven out of the stock ex change with a cat-'o-nine tails the law just as Christ drove the. money changers out of the temple. Richmond, Va., Jan. 11. At - Uie joint 'Democratic caucus of the Gen eral Assembly tonight, C. Lee. Moore was elected State . -auditor. .Rosewell Page -was elected second auditor and John C. Richardson re-elected regis trar of the land office. OUTLINES. - Robert Bacon, Ambassador to France, tendered his resignation to President Taft -yesterday, to become a fellow in Harvard University W, J. Burns, the Metective charged with' kidnapping the McNamara- brothers, was exonerated from that charge and the indictments against him declared null and void The Supreme Court took up the day yesterday endeavor ing to settle a matter of jurisdiction between the new Commerce Court and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Dr.K John Grier Hibben, professor of philosophy in Princeton University, was elected" president of Princeton to succeed Woodrow Wilson Rev. G. V. T., Richeson was denounced yester- doay by the pastor who was to have performed ; his wedding ceremony $300,000,000 in cash and . securities were removed from the burned Equita ble building and the careless throwing away of a match was found to, have caused , the" fire. r-iAndrew ' Carnegie was given a" severe grilling before the steel investigating committee . yester day and compelled to admit- that he recommended the appointment of Sec retary of State Knox The Lorimer investigation was' continued and the Illinois Senator told how he made ene mies of the Chicago newspapers Jeff Davis denounced the cotton ex change as simply a gambling institu tion -Samuel Gompers, president of the American - Federation of Labor, thinks the, labor unions should be ex empted from the provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law -President Taft admitted to a delegation of news' paper publishers yesterday that he abrogated the Russian treaty too soan- .New York markets: Money on call steady. 2 14 to 2 1-2, Tuling rate 2 1-2, closing bid 2 1-4,, offered at 2 3-8. Spot cotton - closed ' Steady: Fkur steady Wheat, spot Irregular.. No. 2 " red . 98 3-4 elevator export basis and 101 1-4 f.o.b.' afloat. Corn : firm; export new w 3-4 x.o.b. afloat. .Rosin r, quiet. Tur Pontine steady. , JANUARY 12, 1912. GARHEGIE GETS A SEVERE GRILLING Admitted He Recommended - Appointment of Secre tary ICnox.. ! TED TARIFF REDUCTION The Iron Master Declared He Didn't Know That the Carnegie Steel ; Company Was Breaking' th'ev Sherman Law. ';.-' Washington, Jan. 11. Anirew Car negie, pressed hard today by 'members of the House committee of inquiry in to the United States Steel Corporation admitted that he recommended the ap pointment of Philander C. Knox, the present Secretary of State; as. attor ney general in President McKlnley's cabinet in 1901, Mr. Knox having been one of the chief counsellors : for the Carnegie Steel Company . since 1890, when the Sherman anti-trust law was passed. . , - Mr. Carnegie repeatedly had declar ed before the committee that he nev er knew that the participation of his company In the steel plate pool and other like pools was unlawful. "' . Mr. Carnegie also told the commit tee that he believed no protective tar iff was necessary on steel rails or steel products, with the exception of needles that are not manufactured fa this country. He asserted that Con gress need, have no fear that foreign rails would flood the United States if the tariff were removed. The Iron master was given ah un-' comfortable half hour late In the day by Representative McGillicuddy, and he is to be recalled again tomorrow, though he urged that he be permitted to conclude his testimony today. ? "You said that you did not know for many years the scope of. the Sherman anti-trust-law,"- said Mr Gillicaddj. "Between the years 1890 and 1900 you wena the, head of the Carnegie Steel Company, were you not?'V: j 5 i . "I never was a. 1 1 : h it n of vm arecTgrTIralrTaegTee wan tho moinrlfr tnVhn1ar nmnlmr I was the majority stockholder, owning 64 per cent, of the stock.". , .. "From 1890. unUM900 you had at torreys?" Mr. McGillicuddy . asked. . 5 "The company had attorneys.-" . "Was. Philander C. Knox,; the pres ent secretary of state, one of themr' "Yes, Mr. Knox was one of our at torneys. He yas of the firm of Knox & Reed J. H. Reed." Mr. Reed was sitting at Mr. ' Car negie's side appearing as his counsel at the Inquiry. Was Philander C. Knox counsel for the company between the years 1890 and 1900?" Mr. Carnegie whispered to Mr. Reed and then answered that he -was. ". During all-that period did Mr. Knox or any of your counsellors ever advise you of the existence of the Sherman anti-trust law passed in 1890 and that pools such as yoir company partici pated in, were unUwful?" v I never heard a word from any of them," said Mr. Carnegie, "and I don't think they understood that the Sher man law. had anything to do with, our business. I had heard somewhere, of the Sherman law biit thought , it . ap plied only to rallwaVv. ' A V- Wasn t it the dutr or your legal advisers to keep your pompany, advia- ed as to tne laws passtd py -uongress and the States?". asKei Mr. McGiiil cuddy. "I suppose that they would consult with the officials of the company,' was the reply. : "1 nevenwas an i offi cial "What did you have attorneys for?" "To appeal to In case, ofysuits, wap the reply. Now, Mr. Carnegie, ai principal owner or tne jjarnegie eteei compa ny for which Philander,' C. inox was the principal attorney,, wouldn't you have expected him to InfoVm you about legislation as importam as the Sherman anti-trust law?" . ; "No sir. I had no relations ' witn these gentlemen. I was . simftly a holder of stock. Was I, as suchtto be bothered; by these lawyerj when I had men to run the business for md?T "Then you were left m absolute Ig norance as to the effect or tne bneT man law?" "Yes. sir." "Mr..Carnegie,r,. Representative wc Gillicuddy continued, "did you recto- mend to President McKinley, after Vis election in 1900, that this same attor ney. Philander C. Knox who left y in blissful ienorance all those yea about the effect of ..the Slvarman law' be appointed, attorney general .of the! united states: ..Mr.. Carnegie looked athls question er for a. moment In amazemenL He started to speak and turning sudden ly to Attorney Reed, ' he exclaimed, "Did I, judge?". . i ;r v- . Mr. Reed, almost in a whisper; and with a smile on his face, replied: v "Yes, you wrote a letter to the Pres ident about Knox's appointment." "Now, Mr. " Carnegie," Mr. McGilli cuddy. went on, "After ten years' ex rerience with that attorney who didn t lot vnn irnow about- the laws you ought to have known, you recommend-. ed him as a proper nu ut mou attorneys xi general of : the . United States?'' w''- ..Ji V v "Yes I did," he replied, "but I ob ject to th"3 form of your question You ask Rafter I had had experience. V"T had had no experience with Mr. Knox so " far i as the corporation ; was ; (Continued on Page Eight) AMBASSADOR BACOII BESIBIIS! Robert Bacon, Ambassador to France, Tendered His Resignation to President Taft Effective , March the 1st. Paris, Jan. 11. Robert Bacon, Amer lean ambassador to France, has ten-j dered his resignation to President' Taft. In 'confirming his resignation,1 Mr. Bacon, who yesterday was chosen a fellow of Harvard place of Judge Lowell,' deceased, de clared that it had no hidden meaning, implied no difference between him and t-resiaenv Tart and did not mask a decision to help Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Bacon said that he could not de cline the honor, of becoming a fellow of Harvard, which he considered to be the best single influence for good in America and added that his work in that., connection would be active and that , alone, he said, necessitated the giving ap of the ambassadorship, which he surrendered with considera ble regret,. -Mr. Bacon added that his accept ance of the fellowship of Harvard meant his residence in America and the devotion of much of his time. Moreover, he welcomed the opfOrtun ity to identify himself actively with the great problems of American civic and National life.1 Continuing, Mr. Bacon said that he would be happy to re-enter the ranks of American citizens' at home and work with them for the solution of the vast questions confronting the coun try. America needs earnest and sincere men on the firing and fighting lines who - see the needs of the practical idealism of city, State ' and National life," said Mr. Bacon. "I cannot predict the future, but 1 hope to put my shoulder to the wheel and complement the important work at Harvard by service in the progress of the country." Mr. Bacon has always been attract ed by the power and influence of jour nalism to do good and" perhaps the time will arrive when he will identify himself with the ownership or man agement of one of the ' great daily newspapers. '';. Mr. Bacon is leaving the date of his retirement to President Taft and President Lowell," of Harvard, but it probably will. take place in March. Mr. Bacon's departure will be Kxeat- ly , regretted by the' American colony in Paris, where he made himself ex tremely popular and ir diplomatic appreciated. ' f -'f. '-.: DENOUNCED RICHESON Minister Who Was to Have Perform ed Ceremony -Denounced) Hint Boston; Mass., Jan. 11. Rev. Clar ence V. 1 T. Richeson, condemned to L death yesterday for ahe murder of Avis Linnell, ; his . former sweetheart, was scathingly denounced in . an ad- dress made by President George H. Horr today, -to the students of the NewtOn Theological Institute, of which Richeson .is a graduate, . President Horr, who was to have . solemnized the marriage of the pastor . to Miss Violet Edmands, described - Richeson as "a scoundrel," "a . man convicted of colossal crimes" and "a traitor to God and man." . Of Richeson's relations with Avis Linnell, President Horr said: "After this' girl had been debauch ed there was but one course open to Richeson and that was to marry . her; but the vision of wealth and social station had dawned on him. To car ry out his. purpose it was necessary to make way - with . the j girl .who ' had" be come his victim. . "Richeson is only, exceptional, in the cold-blooded, heartlessness with which he subordinated- every consideration of honor and fidelity to his. own ego tism to. hi3; pleasure and to his am bition." . .. It is expected that ; within the next two weeks,1 an appeal will be sent to Governor .' Foss. and the legiilative counsel in an effort to save the life of Mr. Richeson. The fight for com mutation .or -the., sentence will be fi nanced by Moses - Grant Edmands, father of Miss Violet Edmands. He has retained faith in the minister, be lieving him mentally unbalanced when he gave Miss Linnell the poison which caused her death. ' - It; also transpired today that coun tel for Richeson. will seek a re-hearing of the proceedings in court . on Janu ary 9th on the ground that the men tal condition of Richeson was such at the time he, pleaded guilty to murder In the first-degree, that he was uriaute to fully comprehend the nature of that act. This move .will have to be made in "the Supreme Judicial Court, and If the contention of the defense is sustained; the case will have to go again .to.-the Superior Court, there to be disposed -of as if ho, previous ac-t tlon had been-, taken. HORRIBLE -ATROCITIES V -, , Committed by Tribes In Portuguese, V Lisbon - tvia Frontier), Jan. iirr orrible. atrocities have been commit- ti oj uie inues in. roi iu6ucb,.aiih.o, drlng a rising of the - natives there, according to a dispatch received today froVi Angola- by the Seculo.- A num benof Portuguese officials, who were capiired by them, were' burned alive. .-Tie rebellion. occurred in the prov ince bf Muxlma and the. natives .cap ture all the white" men Who crossed their tpatb. Some of these were Im mediately burned at the stake, while others had their lips severed and their eyes pVlled out. of their sockets be fore, they were '- thrown . into . the flames. -I , .. : " .' 0 " . . ? One" British 'merchant was maimed tut IateV' Uken to his house, where his servants were murdered. - The, government has decided to send a pt yr Expedition. . . : . s WHOLE NTJMBEB 13,796. " -- i . . .... OF jScTION Commerce Court and Inter State Commerce Com mission Conflict A TEliSE SITUATION EXISTS The Supreme Court Will Stti thm Matter of Jurisdiction Between ' the Court and the : Commission . ' ' "Washington, Jan. 11.' The unset tled conflict of Jurisdiction between the: new Commerce Court and the Inter-state Commerce Commission to day; .overshadowed' other . intricate problems of governmental rate-mak-ing, considered by the Supreme Court of the United States. ..- ; ; The tense situation existing 'in Washington was , shown by the ., fact that, ostensibly .over a question 'of class rates between Cincinnati and Chattanooga upon a single road, the Cincinnati, New Orleans and' Texas Pacific, there appeared to address the court, hot only attorneys for the rail road and the shippers interested, but tne legal representatives of the Inter State Commerce Commission and the Department of Justicer The case, was the first from the Commerce Court to reach tiie, Supreme Court. ' The court. Itself, "was the first to suggest a question about the jurisdic tion Of the Commerce Court. Francis B. James, representing Cincinnati shippers'; was detailing to the court an account of how the. shippers had fail ed to get. a induction of the seventy-six-cent schedule of rates over the Cin cinnati, Hew Orleans and Texas Pa cific to a sixty cent basis He told how the commission . ' reduced ; tha bchedule to seventy cents, and. then, how. the shippers appealed to the .Com merce Court to annul !the. ;commia sion's rder. . . ''.' ''X ' A". ' ': - Justice -y Van . DeVenter . inquired about the power of the ; Commerce C&u'rjti!xiethji tho commission. gTantlrelletitd-s; ;sh!p ' per;: Mr. James replied: that the - act creating the Commerce ; Court, ppened that court to the shipper an well M tj? .the railroad.. -AsGJ&tant Attorney Ueneral . Denlson . then addressed tho cpurt and the jiwlsdiotion of thel.Com- . merce Court came squarely in issue . ."In, a Tjarrow literal view,' said Mr. . Denison, '.'these words of 'the statute creatlng-the Commerce Coujrt, . any order of -the commission which the Commerce: Court has Jurisdiction to annul or set aside, might be consider ed to apply even to :. negative orders tuch as those denying relief or dis missing complaints . but the" context and the spirit and purpose of the act show that such could, not have been the intention." Mr. Denison pointed out that In the case before the court the Commerce Court had decided it had Jurisdiction over orders of the commission deny ing relief to shippers, but held that the order affecting rates between Cin-. cinuatl and Chattanooga was not to be disturbed.; ; . ; ,'"If the Commerce Court ' had con eluded," said Mr. Dfenisda, "as urg ed by the shippers, that-the seventy cent scJiedule. was excessive1 and that a 8lxty-centschedule was' proper, it could . have, done " nothing to : accom- , plish ny, resWn - It could only an nounce its opinion. If it had taken that view and entered ah order annull ing and setting aside the order of tho commission, the sole direct effect would have been-the opposite" to its desire; because, by wiping out the Ol der of reduction . to- seventy cents it wouid have accomplished nothing but the ire-instatement of the former, pev- enty-aix-cent schedule, Which the-com-missiou, as well as the "court and the shippers, would have agreed to be ex' cessive. ' It would have been increas ing the error it was criticising. It seems hardly reasonable to suppose that Congress,, if it had intended to give he Commerce Court this Juris diction, would have thus left the court without any means of. bringing itself to bear on the Issue.' Solicitor P. J: Farrell, of the Inter-State- Commerce ' Commission, r poke along the same -line: ; ln addi tion he replied to Mr.t James, argu-. ment that the commi3slon allowed the . Cincinnati and New Orleans and Texas Pacific to earn forty-four .per cent nei profit in order that this Louisville and Nashville, with a number of unprofi table branches, might have a reason - able rate. Mr. Farrell declared It wast well within the powers of the commis-, sion. In making "a rate, , to . take into . consideration all ; tb - circumstances and asserted that Jt, was not limited to conditions on a 'lfiea-llae" railroad between . two cities. : c" - .-j . . R. Watson Moore, spOxe for the Cincinnati, J New Orleans and ' Texas Pacific "- ' - . Boston, 'Mass.; Jan. 11. Two thous and freight handlers employed at the Boston and Maine Railroad freight terminals, the New' York v Central , Grand Junction docks and the Boston and Albany Railroad- docks in this city, will go out on strike at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning in sympathy with the -longshormen, 2,800. of -whom are now-on strike. ' r'":- . rHe Who Laughs Last"' : ' -Pretty Western comedy and "The ReasonWhy," both'higti-class comedy films, at The Grand Theatre today. . '" -.'- . ' '' ," ,. .. -ill'-'1 MV m l;V-' 't 1 . , ': -'. 'Vf mi ' ;!' f ,1 f:. 4' I St 1 tin t i,' f'i; I, t ( , i IV;-- i , U i' t. I it : - W w 4 I ' a " a' t ". . . i . rl tlM l 1. ' ' v ...v
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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