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THE WEATHER. Fair today, probably becoming un-j ttind Sunddy; moderate variable wind. , ' 1 -PM ; ; ; v w :: 5 . yk Wl M A Sivr A ' AX -v n - r .:try to. Prov u yWnu that bu-. V-'r .J V,riLL,-l-:' J v, - lAA: Olf' ItliW fi C-Sx, 1 W trlj .:f k: X rAA , : ; it bring, you should bo credited VOL. LXXXIX-NO. 11 nl l'P PA PlUAIIf PI r FORMALLY OPENED t J.:'-''"" Former Missouri Gavernor Spoke to Joplin "Folk for President Club. ;; ' BEST EFFORT FOR DEMOGRAGY Joseph W. Folk Spoke to an Enthusi astic Gathering of Democrats Doesn't Wantj a Split in , the : Party His Talk with Bryan, Joplin, Mo., eb. 2. Joseph W. Folk, former Governor of Missouri, formally opened bis campaign for the Democratic Presidential . , nomination here tonight at a meeting ndec' the. auspices of the Joplin "Folk -for 'Presi dent Club." The meeting was largely attended. .' . In presenting his claims for endorse ment of Missouri jDemocrats, Mr. Folk recalled the action of the State con vention two years ago' whIcn Pledged Its support to him. The St Louis city committee was attacked by Mr. F61k, who declared that it is dominated by agents of the great corporate powers of the State. j , The name of Woodrow Wilson was brought out by Mr. Folk .when,, in re ferring to the State convention to be held here February 20th. ; He urged the co-operation of his friends . and those of Governor; Wilson, If he falls to g?t the convention Indorsement -in the support of a! progressive candi date. I ' ; '. .... i r .i The mission, of Democracy ia' to make men free, toj llberat? them frpm the oppression of privilege and 'to give to each man an qual opportunity," de clared Mr. Folk, in ' his, Address yto- night. "we are approaching In the na tion the time for a great battle for those principles, an important part Missouri, will have In .that conflicfT If there is anything I could say or anything iKiould do to relieve "the un fortunate state of, affairs :withinV the Democratic party- $t Misapurt j TwtMild most cheerfully do, it. .If I, 'had "to split the party to win this contest, 1 -would prefer a hundred-time not to it- . .' . ' .;' -'.' 'The success of Democratic' princi ples just now is more important than tlu advancement of any individual. Neither Mr. Clark nor myself should he considered, but toe welfare of .the party alone kspt In view. If it . is better for the party, after accepting the benefit, to break the pledge made hy the last Democjratic Convention of which Mr. Clark jwas a memfber. and temporary chairman, ths-n let it , be broken. I "It is simply a Question of whether the party would be in a better posi tion before the Dedple with the Dledge liept or broken. If the pledge is hon ored I shall be Eratifled: if not. I naii not complain, but will give my b st efforts to the cause of Democracy and do my best td quiet disaffection." The speaker then told of his con ference with William J. Bryan at St, Louis last week, in which the Nebras ka urged a spli( delegation at the National Conventlbn as a solution of the Missouri qusstion. Speaker Clark, he declared, was responsible for the ejection of Bryan s suggestion. .' V : . ; - : V. . EFFORTS CAME TO NA'UGHT. Body Embalmed land Now Poison ' Can't be Traced. Fort Worth, Texas, Peb. 2. Be cause Edward Throckmorton's body was taken from the hospital where he ned to an undertaking establishment and embalmed before, the court's or . directing that! an autopsy be held, as served today, efforts to ascertain oy this means whether or not the gate's principal witness against J. B. accused or having murdered a- (. Boyce, Sr., Was poisoned, came naught; . - jnrocumorton was found at a local hotel unconscious; Sunday, night He ''fid last nitrht Physic ians declare his death" result Ir.om drinking liquor and a grand investigation Js anticipated to de- leinillie Whether nk KA n.o o 'i'f ed' Before he died Throckmor 'on declared that he had been "doped." Members of the 'Throckmorton JJami- f". .v"y lnat 1 hey gave instructions hoS,,h e, mnu0val V tQe body, , ,whUe fr'in i authorl-1es contend that .they, W hi ,the custom of years in turn j"k tije body over to undertakers. nt n 1 i a! of Sneed win be .resumed ' 0 Clock tomorrow whAn a aanA it-ial venire of 125 men .will renort. NASH ROAD BONDS. Sixty. F 've Thousand Dollars ta he Ex pended in Four Tnwmhin - llieri.-il to n jr--x . ,. 1 unesponaence.j live S Mlint' - C- Feb- 2-Sixty-tovItt"SKnd dollr3 in Nash county t)rv v u .nds for the townships of nd astalia. North Whitakers, ih-oh1' Whitakers have just been sotiatcu by the Planners' Bank and ,,s soon ao -yr . rvr . to th0 . iUlve Deen suDmittea Messrs n orn's 'or the purchasers, oiic ?L t,s & Hought- of Cleveland, mo,l - , s"me wi be issued and- the ,st laid some time about March te,ietG;Ju00(? tnust secured will be de' Within th lniI,rovement of the roads havini ?c townshins named, the Issue Pen !T ''"bniltted to a vote of 011 Mav I--,! , the several townships - liisi year. ; , 7 l t. IS TO BE PROJECTED President Taft Informed Governor Cof , quitt That: Orders VVUI Be .. , ued To Protect Americans .. ',:'' Border . . '-.,'. ,AuaUn,;''.TexagFeDl:2 to the- appeal , of Governor Colquitt, of Texas, that in advance of possible hostilities between ' Mexican soldiers and mutinous ' troop's at) Juarez; sters be taken to insure protection to the residents of fil Paso, President Taft nas inf OTmed ( Qovernbr Colquitt that thenecessary instructions have been given. In a message the Governor re J teived early tonight, President Tait said: -; J . "Telegram received.' ' Have issued orders with a view to meeting the difficulties at Juarez'and have Invited tne attention of the Secretary of War for the necessity of , action." Governor- Colquitt, in a. message to the President earlier in the day,' sug gested that the Mexican government and the mutineers be darned against directing their bullets across the bor der. - . v 1 In reply., Governor Colquitt asks, that he be advised as to what action would be taken by the Secretary of War. : in his first message the Governor inform ed the President that drastic steps would be taken by the State of Texas. If necessary, to prevent a : recurrence oi conditions such as prevailed during the battle of Juarez in the Madero re volt.' - -- " v. . Ru rales .Release Prisoners Chihuahua, Feb. 2. Ninety mu tinous Rurales, aided by - a score of recruits, after a sharp fight today, com pelled Governor Gonzale& to release from the penitentiary Antonio Rojas. a former militant partisan of Emilio Vasquez Gomez and three of his fol lowers. ,Gonzale3 surrendered to the demands after three hours of fighting near the prison in which the loyal Ru Jfales were ; commanded by -General Pasqual 1 Orozco - in person. The, mit tineers. agreed with Governor Gon zales, to quit fighting if the. four pris oners were released. ' .. , ! Tonight Colonel Rojas, at the head of a force reported to be not less than 30Q is preparing to lead them against the. city unless .Governor Gonzales re leased all political prisoners. To a committee he sent to the State palace tbe governor replied that 'it would be necessary for him to secure permission fropX MesJc'"Qty;V-0zc ing td' ;withstand an attack. , "Heha3' placed sharpshooters in the towers ot the cathedral, and other high buildings. Fiver .Rurales are known to, be dead and a . number wounded. 'Among the latter is Silverio Orozco,; cousin of Pasqual Orozco. The dead included Captains Salvado and Guiierez. The Rebel losses are yet unknown." - Rumors were : current that more bands in the hills will join the Rebels and residents of Athe city are,' not a(f ell confident that the. successful ;mu tineere will keep their agreement with the State executive. This did not in clude a promise to " surrender. The men still retain their arms, and it is believed will Join ; the campaign in fftvor of Gomez. h, -' " '- Within a half hour after the Gov ernor, had aereed to the demands of the Rebels .Rojas and his. companions walked out of the penitentiary. Each man carried a rifle which was handed to hi mi with a belt filled with car: tndges, as he left the prison.' s . .Stared af by the soldiers who had fought their rescuers and a few loit erers, the men marched through the streets .to: the State palace where they .conferred! with . Governor After their conference they made their way into the hills.: J : ; ", -The seditious movement was mau- eurated at a: 30 this morning when the (0' Rurales deserted from one or tne barracks, taking their arms with tnem. At the' western edge of the city tney iolned . bv Refuerio -lendoza. a former captain of the Rurales,, recent ly dlscharKed by General Orozco. An hnnr later ' they ' attacked the' 50 guards at. the penitentiary. A't few minutes later, a detachment of the re maining 200 Rurales came to the aid of the guards. .':, ; . 1 -Both sides fouehU from vantage itnlnts behind the surrounding build ings, Orozco forcing the Rebels back to the outskirts or tne my. , HAVE AN AGREEMENT, Railroads and Express Companies Are , in Partnership. Washineton. : Feb. 2. What Virtu ally amounts to a partnership between the railroad and the express Compa nies was suggested. today by Commis sioner Lane at the investigation: oy tne inter-State Commerce Commission m- rto the express 5 rates and regulations. To develop this relationship wouia ap pear to be tne crux or tne present m nnirv. '' " );' : '' ' George C. Taylor, -vice president of the American.. Express Company, and general manager of the Western de- partment,"' explained . tne mecnamca nneratlons of the company. - . . - - - . v"Whyf ia; it not possible, V inquired rommislohet Lane, if you weigh eve rv THeee of txDress. matter to' pay the railroad- companies upon the basis of thie RctuaC weights transported ? As a fact is 'it 'hot because, the railroads an thr exnress comDames are w nraeiical nartnership?" .. . " Mr. Taylor referred 'the inquiry to men older in the service than he. ;.Mr. Tavlor explaiaed that th'e railroads were 'demanding continually , a. great er division oMhe express ratejor their ,share. , . ,' :s ; ' -' ' I "Wnat is tne .meory ou wmuu iuc UCUiauit mm" v .o "..'r inndrwi. fiommissioner Lane. " - v ; "We make our divisions with the railroads oh a basis, of service jenderr ed and on facilities; which -we require 1 thihk the roads are honest In: their demands." - s ' ; . 1 -': I i ' . . -. ; -I; : : 7 ' 1. 1 WILMINGTON, OST. MllSi Mynterious Quadruple ..Mur - " der Revealed in Law- rence, Mass. 110 CONNECTION WITH STRIKE Police Found Four Victims With Throats Srashed But Have No - Clue to Murderer Bloody - O Foot Prints. 1 Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 2. A myste-. rious quadruple murder in which two men and two women were killed, was revealed tonight by the discovery of the bodies of the victims in a tene ment house in the heart of - the " city. The dead are Mrs. Annie Denis, ag ed 35 years; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sa via, aged 35 and 30 years, respective- yl, and an unknown. . A disturbance was heard in the Sa- via apartment, about 3 o'clock -this morning by the family which lives down stairs, but no investigation .was made.v When no member of the house hold appeared during the day, how ever, the police were called in. . The. body, of the unknown man was found in the kitchen with his thioat cut and knife wounds on his body. In a corner where the bodies of Jos. Sa via and his wife, both of. whom had evidently met death during a bloody battle for their lives. In a bedroom adjoining, was found the body of Mrs. Denis. Her throat had been cut. . ' . The . police say no connection be tween tbe murders and the mill strike here 13 .' apparent. It Is believed the murderer escaped by" a rear door,, as bloody - foot prints were found . on a stairway , leading to it. The' police have no clue. - V .v - , MURDER AND- SUICIDE Atlanta Man Killed C. C. Cadle and v Then Shot ; Himseu - Knoxvillel T'enn.. Feb . 2 .-Philip SUlTow; oJ Atlanta shAt-attd tnatan,--": 1 killed C. C. Cadle in the lobby of a local hotel this afternoon and im mediately committed , suicide. Yjow was a son of E. M.Ypw, a prominent business man of Atlanta, Ga., and was formerly engaged in business in this city. :. He came here about a week ago en route to San Francisco. Cadle was a detective. - The cause for the shoot ing Is not known. V . Yow . entered the lobby with a re volver in his hand, and walking toward Cadle - who' Was seated, fired the first shot vWhich struck Cadle in the left shoulder and passed through the back of a tchalr in which another hotel guest wa3 sitting. " Cadle started to run and was shot again, the bullet striking hira at the base of the neck , and ranging downward, passihg through the heart. Yow immediately placed te weapon over his heart and fired two shots, the bullet in each instance, according to physicians, passed through the heart and entirely througn tne Doay. tie then sat down on a sofa and shot him self through the temple. Cadle -was 26 years old . and married. Yow wa3 21 and unmarried. - v v . TURKEY; TROT SHOCKS Said to Have -Been Danced at Execu te Mansion . Albaay, N. Y., Feb. 2. The talk of the town here today is the report that the naughty : "turkey trot", has been dari'Ced in the Executive Mansion. Neither Governor nor Mrs. Dix knew of it at the time, and they may not have heard of it yet; but from the descriptton given by some of the up State Assemblymen vvho have ., dis cussed nothing else today, the dance that made the Barbary Coast famous is 'her ," It was at the Governor's reception to the Legislature last fight.; jSome of the vouneer. nersohs were standing when the orchestra struck up a lively two-Btep.- They joined in uand two counles began :. with the swaying shoulders-to give the real "turkey trot" The rest of the dancers stop- ted. and the Assemblymen, some of them deacons in their .home towns, watched with Interest, perhaps educa tional, but plainly with interest, the oance. v v- : " ; "'' ' . A. 6 M. AND GUILFORD. y Quakers ; Capture . , Basketball Game From- Farmers at Raleigh.' , , , ' (Special Star Telegram.) : Raleigh, N. C, Feb." 2. A; & M. lost to Guilford tonlghf py fouls, the score being. 25' to 21. The Quakers and A. & M. each scored eight goals, but Guil ford got nine points .on fouls out of 20 chances. A. & M. led at the end of the first half., the score being 13 to "9, but Guilford took a brace 'In the last period and won out . by superior team work and ability to throw fouls: - - Benbow and HayeB starred for Gull- ford, while Capt. -cnamDers, Lreurana and Phillips did exceptional work for a gr M ' Time of halves zv minutes Referee and Umpire Cartmell, Univer- a - I..4 .ll.J.. AAA Sity Of ;PnnByvauia.iicnuance ouu. ' Lccount Laymen's Missionary Meet inr - . Chattanooga, Tenn., Tuesday, February C-8.rthe Seaboard, Air Line will operate tnrougn ruiinian car, vvii Islington to Chattan'ooga, leaving Wil mington 3:25 Pr M . Monday Feb. 5th. arriving at Chattanooga Tuesday 11130 A. M : Call 178 for Pullman reserva- tions.:. , ' "' . r- .' ' - I, - 1 CM SAT IT UP AY MOR;srmft, FOURTEEN f.1EfI AflEOROVNED The British1 Submarine A. 3 Collided r With Gunboat vHaiard .and All '. ' On Board ther ubmarine '. ' ; , Were Drovjrned " ' : Yi -:';' ' '"y' . Portsmouth," England,- Feb . . An other of the unfortunate Class A sub marines 'of the Britisji navy .two of which 'had sunk previously and on beard two others of ; Which .various members of their crewlhad been kill ed or injured ' hi explosions, went; to the botton of the sea Uday at the en trance, to Spithead, wih 'a loss of 14 lives, four i lieutenants. Land ten mem bers of the crew. Not one of ' the ship's company escaped. ; , ; . The catastrophe wai the result ' of a collision with the Bjitish- gunbdat, Hazard, which rent a.rlolefln the side of Submarine A. 3. The submarine was engaged with a ftotilla of sister ships in. practicing evoUitions and was justtoming to the surface! after a dive when the Hazard, .proceeding, -at a good rate of speed, str ick her. 4 t The submarine filled and sank in stantly. "Plenty of " assistance, was speedily' at. hand! by' riana i of .-wireless calls from, the Ha :ard," but there was no chance to save my of the meu on board the A- 3. .1 f .j -. - ; . Under .admirably re ;ulatidns, ' only the bare official report Tof the linking of the submarine is ai ailable,and ' it is not known yet where the bJame, if there be blame, for,-the; accident, lies. None'of those who witnessed the dis aster will be permitted to speak of it until after the official inquiry. ; ' Salvagers late this afternoon locat ed" the sunken submarine lying on the. eandy, bottom off Spithead some 40 feet down. Owing jo f the darkness, however, they suspended, operations for the night and tomorrow morning will make ah attempt to? raise the little vessel. ' The A. 3 belonged' to the ear ly type of submarine Jvhich is prac tically obselete. except ,;for coast and harbor defense; work. ...: ; King George and Eni peror ; "Wi lliain this evening sent telegrams fSL -regret and sympathy to the families .of the victims. . ' - , '. ." ; ; MILLIONAIRE.A THIEF ; , Young Man Got Thirty Days for, Steal- - v- l. -' . Ing- Bread .. : -., ' ' : ' Woodcliff . , K.. ; J : M;'i ,.2 .v-The theft-of A lbaf ot .b5Uy itatthew W ." Harbeson, soh " of - 5 sea millionaire brick manufacturer,' for which he was sentenced yesterday to serve 30 days iu jail, prompted bis relatives to take steps today to have alienists examine him. His mother, Mrs . Julia Wood Harbeson, said that' her son had been "erratic" 'for some time and believes his recent eccentricities were due . to the.many wounds he received in', duels fought while he was a student at. Kiel University, . in Germanyv s In all, she said, 'he fought 37 duels and once was so seriously injured that a portion of his skull -had to -be cut away." She said her son had plenty of money and his theft of bread was inexplicable, except in the light of his ill health. Harbeson was arrested and sentenc ed on the complaint of a grocer .who had . been missing a loaf or two of bread daily for several weeks.- The prisoner's great grandfather was Rob ert. Morris, a signer of the Declaration cf 'Independence. , .- OUT-LINES '., Fourteen men were drowned' yester day afternoon when the British subma. rine . A-3 ' collided with the gunboat Hazard. , : Philip R. Yow, of Atlacta, shot and killed C. C . Cadle in. a - Knoxville, Tenn., hotel yesterday, afternoon and then killed himself. ,-;.--;' . , The . Hamburg-American,, liner Alle-i gfceny was sunk yesterday after a col lision with the British steamer. Poma: ron off Cape Henry. All the passeng: ers were saved. - President Taft notified . Governor Colquitt, of Texas, yesterday that pre cautions , wpuld be taken to protect Americans and their interests on the Mexican border. - . Two men and two women were mys teriously murdered at Lawrence, Mass., yesterday. It is - not thought that' tbe murders are connected .with the strike in any way. , ' ; - j . . " President Taft sent two messages to Congress i yesterday,. ' one r recom mending an International ..high . cost congress and the other concerning the public domain and government i own ership in Alaska. v v- NGeo. W Perkins spoke before the Traffic Club in New 1 ork last night and submitted some advice to Con gress, members of . which,, he claimed, were strangulating corporations - rath er than regulating them, -. - - , . Former Governor Joseph W Folk, Of Missouri, opened his campaign fur the Democratic s nomination for.' the Presidency, last night with a speech to the Joplin "Folk for President Club." : ; ---,. ' ' , - A C. Bailey, the Burns detective, was given a gruelling' cross examina tion yesterday on his testimony on- cernmg the use of the dictograph in securing admissions of having com mitted perjury, from . McGowan, .the Lorimer withess. ':, New York markets: Money on call steady 1 3-4 to 2. ruling rate, closing bid and offered at 2. Spot cotton clos ed steady, 10 points higher. Flour firm. Wheat . strong, No. 2 ed 1.04 elevator, export:, basis, and 1.05 1-2 f .o.b. afloat, Corn firm, 73 1-2 J f .o.b afloat. ' Rosin j&nd 'turpentine . steady. "Lead.' Kindly Liaht " ; - Cardinar Newman's famous hymn ,is the basis for bS ' feature picture at i ne urand Theatre toaay . PEBRUAltY 3, 1912. Perkins pmplains 6f : Gov ernment's Attitud6 to- - ' ;ward Corporations. PATRIOTISM, LESS POLITICS Geo. W. Perkins, in an Address Be fore the Traffic Club in New York, Gave Some Advice to Congress. - New York, Feb. 2. "Somebody, in this country is making a colossal mis take.' What we need is more patriot ism and less politics." ' - ' ' ' George W. Perkins thus complained f the Federal government's attitude toward corporations; in' an address de livered here tonight before the Traf fic Clubman organization . of railroad men "and merchants.. - . . ' - "Thiere is no logical connection," said Mr. Perkins ' between the evils that have existed : in ourlarge indus trial concerns and the remedies that the government is trying to apply., In place of regulation we are given seg regation, and are told that dissolution is the solution, while every practical man knows that dissolution is a mere delusion. Government regulation is all right, but government repression is all wrong. ' ;p ' j "Somebody In this country is mak ing a colossal mistake. Somebody is 1 woefully wrong. Is it the theoretical politician or the practical -business man? Would 1 It be a mistake at least to try to regulate before we strangu late? . It is time that the business men of - this - country awoke to what" theo rists of this country are trying to do. Business men bave made . mistakes; they realize them and admit them, but these mistakes,' In their costliness to the people, wiH be but as a drop in the bucket ' in comparison . with the costliness, of the mistakes that ' our theoretical friends have been making in. recent years and are Continuing to makei-.v-:; .5r- '"A cbristru'etrve programme des-not present' insurmountable difficulties..! Its solution would be 'Comparatively easy and prompt if we could 'have- a little more patriotism and a little less politics.' ,, , , : ; . . , ; . ' Congress could, in a very short time, adopt a policy that '. would give both immediate and prospective relief, and this could be done by, working some what along the following lines: :.-, 1 "First Create at Once, in or out of the Department of Commerce and La bor, a business -court or-"controlling commission composed ' largely of ex perienced business 'men.' 1 0 ". "Second Give this body power to license corporations doing an inter State' or international business. "Third Make such license depend on the ability of a corporation to com ply with conditions laid down by Con gress when - creating such commission and with such regulations as may be prescribed by the commission itself? "Fourth Make publicity, both before and after the license -is issued, the es sential feature of these rules and regu lations, i Require each company to se cure the approval of said commission of all its affairs, from its-capitalization to Its business practices, v In the be ginning lay .down only broad princi ples with a "view to elaborating ana perfecting them as conditions . require. "Fifth Make the violation ; of such rules . and ? regulations punishable Dy the imprisonment of individuals rather than by the revocation of the license of the .corapanyv adopting in . this res pect trie method of, procedure against National banks in case of wrong do ing."' '..-. -' As a means of obtaining prospective relief, Mr. Perkins suggested the fol lowing: - , - ' . ... "First The House' and the Senate to join at once, in supporting a com mission to make a careful study .of the Sherman law and -the various'sug gestions tht have been made regard ing its repeal,' amendment and amplifi cation. , . ' , " ' . "Second Said commission to study and repfirt on the wisdom and practi-' cability of a National w incorporation act. , . - "The time, has now come when we are obliged to stop, and fight the ques tion out. The developments of the last few. months make it clear that dis solution is no solution. . The wrecking crew , has been working overtime. Is it not time to put : , the construction gang onto the Jobr 'c.. - ; ' WITH SISTER'S $POUSE. , 1. FifteenJr'ear-Old Heiress Confesses. - Man. Held- for Abduction. i New York. Feb. 2.-r-Flfteen-year.-old Mary. Russell, said to be the daughter of a wealthy contractor of Hazelton, Pa., who died, leaving her $50,000, ad mitted in court' here today that' she had run away from Bethlehem, , Pa., with her sister's husband. Christopher Annica, 38 years old, and manager, it ia said, of a laree steel plant there. - The pair , were arrested today . in aft East Side apartment after having Deen trailed for - a week by private detec tives - The irl was turned over to the Children's Society " and ; Annica, who riftims td be a member of the Italian nobility and 'a; former; University of Pennsylvania student, was neia on a charge of abduction. 2 - ; The Rural Building & Loan Assoc! ation opens hew' series on" Saturday, February 3rd; 1912, 3t. DETECTIVE . CRQSS-EXAM1HED. Bailey, Burn's Operative, Was Ques . tfoned as to Hw He Roped Mc Gowan Into;. Admitting He , Committed Perjury - Washington, Feb. 2 Detective A; C.: Bailey was cross-examined today before tbe Senate Lorimer commit tee as, to-how he claims to have. "rop ed"; Charles MrGowan into admitting he testified falsely before the'eommft- tee in paying he did not hear an alleg es conversation on a train about a Lorimer electloh fund. Bailey ' was still on the stand when the commit tee adjourned until tomorrow. Chair man Dillingham announced that the' committee had decided , the" examina tion of all the -witnesses summoned by the government on the McGowan point must De concluded tomorrow.". The, principal assault was on the alleged admissions of McGowan In the presence of Bailey and H; E. Kerr, of Detroit,, at Toronto, when a dicto graph was employed. Bailey acknowl edged that 4he stenographer in the adjoining room, working the dicto-i graph, did not get all that 'was said. The instrument failed to " work at times, he explained, 'Bailey, declared that, although the stenographer had never met McGowan, he could dls-f tmgulsh MCGowah's voice from Bail ey's or Kerr's. The attorney. demanded ot Bailey to give any "plausable reason" why he did not try to , catch McGowan wiia tbei money on his person the' day he was alleged-to have been paid for "per juring" himself. Bailey said he had been directed at the time merely t6 keep in touch" with McGowan. . xOn one ; occasion, while in Canada. 4 Bailey said he suggested to his of fice that his chief, W. J. Burns, might be able to get corroborating' ev idence outof McGowan. He was as!c--ed why he did not make the suggest tlon to Burns, when McGowan was. in Chicago.;- '; '.'-.: "I would not do that," replied Bam ey. . - ' i . , So you do not hold young Burn3 fn. such awe?" -inquired . Attornet Hynes. " . - . "No," sir." ., ':-' f .v Several alleged .insistencies in. the daily notesrmade by Bailey and his reports.: to his Office were pointed out by the attorney. - . " 1 ' v tZ "Didn't you' have' a .sinister motive 'in-i leavlngout- some: fixingit-Vas dt mftncTedft Bailey. VThe witoess denied ine suggestion. ' ' : frr- .. . , HEARINGS BEGIN" TUESDAY. Democrats and- Progressives Unite Vn Steel Bill May "Washington, Feb.. 2. The Senate Committee on Finances will begin hearings Tuesday on the ' House bill revising the iron.and steel tariff. The committee so decided 'today. No op position was made' by the Democratic members to the .Republican proposi-' tion for hearings, but the-work will be expedited, as much as possible: Members of the committee generally expressed the- belief that the hearings wOuld be completed within two or three weeks. .' ': Senator- LaFollette, who as pres ent at today's meeting of the com mittee, gave no intimation regarding bis position on the bill. He said he had not had opportunity to study the measure and was. unprepared to ex press an opinion as to' Its merits. Ev en if he should unite with the Demo cratic members in support of the bill?- the regular Republicans on1 the com mittee could out-vote the combination unless the Senate should adopt the new lands resolution providing for the addition of one Democrat and one Pro gressive Republican to this commit tee., r. -,' Some t the regular Republicans ex press apprehension that this course might be pursued. ' ' '. ; The committee' now insists upon 5 regular Republicans, 6 Democrats and Senator . LaFollette progressive ne publican, making a5nembers."' The addition DroDosed ' by --Mr. Newlands would increase thtenembershlp to 17, and give the Democrats and Progres sive Republicans .-. a majority in case they should unite- ' , ; The committee .la-receiving a large volume of mail jfrbm Interests protest ing certain redaction m tne proposea HILLES'OFF, THE TRACK. Governor Stubbs Doesn't Believe Taft V;;' Will Carry. Ohio. .'. Phlladelohta. Feb. . 2. Governor Stubbs,. of - Kansas, . tonight . issued, a statement In reply to -the one given out bv Secretary Hilles In Washington yesterday 'to the effect that President Taft was gaining; in v strengta ana would "be nominated and elected." Among , other things the Oovernor "We have the amazing, spectacle of tne 1 President's, private ..secretary try ing to stop the rapidly rising 'Roose: velf tide'-and put heart and hope into his associates - by claiming the , State of Ohio for his chief. .! have , reports of the most reliable and trustworthy character, which In dicate that, unless , conditions change at the very last a majority of the Ohio delegates will be opposed to the re-J nomination 01 .tne. president.. . -, ' "The-introduction. Into Congress of an anti-third-term resolution. ; in the same way, illustrates the panic strick en condition,-of the Democratic lead ers. This is caused by the : spohtanr eous Insistent demand from all sec- Itions of the country and, by all' classes or people, tor uooseveu s nominauou. " ; : , '"-'"'''.' The Rural Buitdlng & Loan Associ ation' opens- new series -on Saturday, 3t WHOLE aSTOliBjrSK 13,815j FRESH. SENDS IH TWO MESSAGES Taft Urges an International In-' quiry Into the High JClost ' ' of Living. ' j ALASKA AHB PUBLIC iOOMAUI The President -Urges Authority to In- viw nations in a Price Confer ; ence Pryposes Leasing Sy. ' tern In Alaska " r ' Washington, : Feb. . 2. President ' - Taft in a message to Congress today - urged an mterpatibnal inquiry into the ' high cost of ' living. The' President : asked authority to invite the nations of the world to a conference in this ; ' city br elsewhere to make plans for the ' ' ' Investigation of the -high prices that ' . i; have so distressed the people of the world.: -. - , " ',,; Ir Taft also urged the appolotment . , of a Federal commlsion . to make a ' searching Inquiry Into the subject Of industrial relations." -v For some years nasfv said the President, "the high and steadily In creasing cost of living thas been -a matter of such grave public concern that I deem it of great Dublic Interest .that , an International conference ' bo . 1 " proposed at this time for the purpose - or preparing plans,; to be submitted to the various governments, for an inter national inquiry into the higfl cost of ".-. living,' its extent, causes,, effects and possioie remeaies. .... t v "There, is no doubt but' that'a com- 1 mission could be appointed of such un- prejudiced.. and. impartial persons, ex- rerts in .Investigation - of economic facts, 'that' A. 'great, deal. of very valu- able HgbcOuld be shed upon the rea sons fof the high prices tkat have So ! distressed the people of the world, and ; Information; given, upon : whfch action might be taken to reduce the -cost of iiving:r;-.'..''::'--,:-.:. '.;.:.' .;' :. ' ."Those .who Jh.ave conducted lnvetl gatlonjaV ndvthaX: non or rising-. prices-is aimov lfnot Quite?.iBrie.rai; tnrougliottt' the-orld't l)ut they . arc, baffled in the attempt to trace the causes by the lmpossibii- ity eft making any accurate Interna tlonal-comparisons. This is because, j In spite; of the:nucdber of investiga- tions already made, "we are still without-adequate data, and because as -yet no two countries estimate their' price levels on the. same 'basis or by 'the same methods.". , , As to the commission on industrial relations, the . President aaid: ' "There should be an inquiry by the Federal government Into the general conditions of 'labor in -' the ; United , , States, notwithstanding the fact that some of Ijhe remedies will lie with the separate States, or even entirely out side the sphere of - governmental ac- ' ' tlvlty, In the hands of private Individ- , uals and of voluntary agencies. " Ono legitimate object of such an-offlcial In vestigation and report Is to enlighten and inform'1 public opinion," Which it- ' " self;' will ' often induce- or compel the reform ; of unjust conditions Of . the abatement of unreasonable demands. "Unquestionably: the '..time is "now ripefor a searching inquiry, into the ' ' subject of - industrial relations ,, which' shall be - official,.-,!, authoritative, bal-r snced and well grounded; such as only..,' . )(. the1 Federal government can success fully understand. . The present wide spread Interest in the subject , makes this -in opportune time for an investl-, t . gatioh.-' which in any event, "can '-not long be -postponed. It should be non- , partisan; comprehensive", thorough, pa-. . Government Ownership Jn" Alaska Washington, Feb ., i 2. President ' ' Taft today sent to Congress his prqnj- '. ' ised message on Alaska and the pub lic domain in generaL, In urging the. construction of a government rail road, a commission form of govern- ment and others needed , legislation for the far-away territory, President Tart declared there was nothing in the hif tory of the United . States which af forded such Just reason: for criticism as the failure of the Federal govern- . ment to extend the benefit of Its fos terlhg care to Alaska. .-"; - r, "I am not ln favor of government . cwnership -whre tbe same certainty ; and efficiency of Bervice can be had. by 4 private enterprise. -said the President "but I think. Conditions presented iu . Alaska are ,of such .'a charater to war- 1 rant the governmefit, for the.purpose . of encouraging" the : development r ..,, that - vast and ' remarkable territory. to buiid anl own a' trunk line railroad, which ' It can' lease- on .' terms which , 4 : may be vanea-ana'cnangea w-meei ( . tsj the -growing -prosperity and develop- ,. roent of the terrltoryi" :. v - r- President Taft said there was. little, ,' likelihood that- the Morgah-Guggen,-heim interests would open up a rallr- , road under the present tionditions m Alaska.' - .;-.' ,-;''--'1i, ' The President - would, have', a com mission form; of government, for Alas ka, one-half of the commission to be elected and the, otller half appointed by (he President ii . : ' - A leasing -system, was. proposed by the President for government tcoal ana phosphate lands in Alaska, as well as in the. United1 States.,; -.; . The reclamation laws of. theuUnited States should be modified, hi the opin ion of the President, so' that1 a home1- steader mieht.be eranted a patent at the end of flyeVars jf cultivation and thrfee years of occupation. The Pres- ,1 !,'. --ii; ', rl v.'.r V" ' : V '' ,1 ..." .... . ;'-. , I " f -: - : - . .. J-. '; - f i-. . . . --. . :.,". I.