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VOL. LXXXIX-KO. 118.
SIEffs
Jury Finds True Bills and Ar
rests Are Expected With- x
in a Week. '
. ! .1 - ' :
THE DAY IS SECRETLY FIXED
Eetween Thirty and Forty Union Offi
cials and Agents Will be Arrest- -edNo
"Higher Up"
Arrests' '' " , ' "
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 6,. Union
jf.bor officials and jageiits, said to num
ber between 30 and 40, whom the "gov
ernment holds criminally responsible
with the McNamaraa and Ortle Mc
Manigal for perputuating more , than
100 explosions which occurred in 'cit
ies from Massachusetts tq California;
in the last six years, and in which the
wrecking of the Los Angeles Times
lullding was an incident, were indict-:
eJ today. j
Thirty-two indictments were return
el Capiases for j arrests have been
Issued and all the men indicted 'are to
be taken in custody qti a day secretly
fixed by the government, but known to
be within a week.1 U - .,-,
March 12th has been set for the ar
raignment before 'Federal Judge A.
B. Anderson in Indianapolis. The, pa
pers for the arrests designate 'the
amount of bond, which .the defend
: ants may give in the Federal districts
ii. which they reside,' for their appear
ance here. The amounts of the bonds
in the individual cases were not made
!:own. but it was said In the aggre
gate they would total $300,000. '.
Although the names of the def end
arts and their lexact number were or
dered withheld, pending the arrests,
i! was stated probably more than 32
and possibly 40 men. were accused, in-a-mirch
as more than one defendant
v as named in some of the indictments.
Almost all the ; men; 4t was declared,
v ere either union officials or jnen who
trc charged vltb;'afl5Ifij.tQff; with, the
dynamiters. .
Asked if any men '"higher up" had
bren indicted, United States District
Attorney Charles W.' Miller refuse to
sny. He declared; that he was highly
g-atified with the results of the in
quiry. Intimation came; from another
source that no officials higher than
tl;tse who had had, headquarters ..in
li dianapolis were) Involved.
Frank M . Ryan, president of the
Irternational Association of "Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, and Her
b.Tt S. Hockin, the secretary-treasur-ev,
when informed of the indictments,
refused to c&mment,' except to repeat
tlieir statements Ithat J. J. McNa
n ara acted on his own responsibility
when he organized I his "dynamiting
ciew." Hockin succeeded McNamara
as secretary and treasurer of the as
sociation. j i . . - .
With the return of the indictments
District Attorney jMiller completed an
inquiry began last October, and the
Federal grand jury ended six weeks
hearing of testimony in which, it Is
siid, McManigal's confession, , given'
tefore the jurors verbally in detail
and involving others, and papers tak'-'
fu from the headquarters of the Jroh
Workers,, had important bearing. , ;,,
Those papers were said, not only to
have shown under Nvhatlcircumstapr
C"s McManigal was J Indnced - to start
ji to the dynamiting; business against
""Pen shop" contractors, beginning In
Detroit in June, 1 1907, but -. also .. to
tl row light on the $1,000 a month al
lowed McNamara! for organizing pur
poses. ' ' f ;
It took the grand jury just ten mln
lites to vote the indictments, ;.
The grand jury filed Into Judge
Anderson's court at 2:10 P.,M; with
two suit cases of indictments.- . : - .
"Have you anything to report?" ask
ed Judge Anderson. .
"We have 33 indictments," resopnd
ofi Herbert M. Glossbrenner, the fore
man, handing the bundles of typewrit
t' ti documents td a clerk.
"The court thinks some expression
"1 gratitude is dtie you for your' faith
"Uness," said Judge Anderson. "You
" not be dismissed at this time, as
u is possible, but not probable, you
may be recalled before the end of
,r'R term in May."
, district Attorney Miller, - first ; ex
i mauling that only 92 of the indict
ments pertained to the dynamite con--Piracy,
then held a conference -with
""Ise Anderson lat which issuance of
'Muases and fixing of bond were ar
some delay in
'he indictments
forwarding copies of
A j n m . .
Wets where the
io me eaerai ais
(lAfonHantn Am tr hfl
Z a' wuld' ensue, Mr. Miller salaV
; use 3,000 typewritten sheets had
V transcribeid. i The arrests ' of
even within easy reach; would
I.":.,' effected at once, he said,-be-
diise by demandine- a cnn nf'hii in.
;'mont on arrest a defendant could
.".l ,h(- names cf others. .
'i the
asents that are to make the ar-
iu?Lyur the country by not -making
hri uie names until all are within
,..:.; ieilPn- sad Mr. Miller. ."The
i,. ,s, ai'e to be made on the same
"."''ever the men live or mav be
, 7n(?; The arrests may not be
Jr t "nlLl Saturday oi this week, or
i i ton f next There are 3,000 type
: iiten pages in the indictments, and
t..' uldSI accompanT the caoiases
aays nrobablv win hA iwnir
e cp' icai work and the processes
G!II!:ESE HHUSTICbsinRAIiGED
Empress Dowager Lays Down Terms
r of Abdication Which the- Repub
W Meant' Will Not be Likely ;: " "
. v: ; . -:- ; to Accept. ': ":' -:; l" ;
- .... , 'vy :
. . Peking Feb. 6. A complete armis
tice has beftn arranged but bargaining
between, premier Yuan Shi Kai and
the ' Republican leaders Is likely to
continue for several weeks before the
court yarially retires'; ; '
r Chihese papers publish the terms
laid down : by the-.Bmpress Dowager,
which include" the perpetuation of the
titles of the entire court,-retention by
the Imperial family of the palaces in
Pekihg, continuation of the Imperial
guard at -the expense of the Riepublic,
and the right of the court to exact re
gal homage from the Nation. It 13 not
believed that the' Republicans will ac
cept all of these terms, '.
. Gen. Tuan Chi Gui, . acting viceroy
of Hu Nan and Hu Peh provinces, and
commander of the second Imperial ar
my, has "withdrawn his forces which
were formerly; stationed at Hankow,
to Pao Ting Du. Gen. Chang Hsun; in
command oi the Imperial' army which
was recently at Nanking; has been - in
structed to receive a Republican emis
sary ' and arrange for- peace. w ; -
;: Anarchy in Manchuria is causing
much concern and a Japanese battal
ion has been moved into Mukden. The
Japan legation herey declares that, ex
cept .for this change no . troops have
been moved. ' , A . ' . .
CAR LINE FOR NEWBERN
Reorganized Company Will Have Them
Runnfng May r 1sW .Promoters
(Special Star Telegram.)
Newbern.'N. C.Feb. C.The gen
tlemen interested in the Neuse Trent
Traction Co.,-stated today that they
will begin work on the street railway
withid a short time and that Newbern
will enjoy the advantages of transpor
tation system by May 1st. Under
their plans jf using the-Edison stor
age battery cars, the . system can be
running much, sooner, than in the pld
fashioned trolley r way. ; r. ' Edisbn
has spent ten years in perfecting the
electric batteries tised on these cars
and aays five, million is invested in the
company, handling this electric appli
ance." Mr ir " Norman : T ', oggs, . first
vice f president of the 'reorganization,
M3mpaJiy,'; Nb 1-,-Wall 'street, , New
York, now president of v the NeuseJ
Tenr,x?icuoB a4 ana is ra'wus cuy
The, 'directors, and stockholders of
th6 reorganization company are among
the most v prominent people in New
York.;.' ;-:... " :""
,Mr. Ni P . "McGrath, engineer and
cpnstru-ctor, was 'here : a week last
nkmth going over the ground. He
has built more than SO lines' in' this
country and , states .that he -can 'have
this line in operation within the time
set. A. E. Stevens, of Black Moun
tain, N.vC.; has been'; tiie active pro
moter of this project ior the pasj two
years. " , ' ' . . ' ;. ' '.' ' '': '
GOMPER3 ON STANDS
Denies Intent to Disobey Injunction of
. V the Court.
.Washington,- Feb. 6. Samuel Gom
pers, president of t the American Fede
ration of Labor, made an unequivocal
denial of any' intent to disobey the In
junction of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia when he took the
stend today in his own defense against
tne charge -or contempt in couueuiiuu
with, the Buck stove & Range Compa'
hy ; boycott ' case. His testimony was
hot-completed and he will be" a witness
again tomorrow.' ; .
- - 1 ..... . ,5Ji.J. V.
Ml.- uompersKinsisieu uuuwwiu
that his.; ;editoria!s in . .the American
paomUnnist: awd ; the -utterances of
himself . ana otner omciais oi. oi sauc
ed labor during: the ca-mpaign oraays
were. not ! intended; to aid orabet the
ttovcott of the company. For. ? these
alleged acts in violation of the court's
crder, Mr.' Uompers -was- Benienceu i-o
one year, John Mitchell to nine months
and Secretary " Frank Morrison to six
months in the , Washington jail, s
Mr. Gompers- expiamea . 'taai .u
n!hL were based on his under
standing of the American right of free
nnocn Hft denied specifically each
Instance cited by the committee of at
torneys who are prosecuting mm anu
stated that the boycott of -the Bucks
Stove Company was not m nis .mma
Washington, , Feb . ' 6 President
and Mrs: Taft received in tnewnue
House tonight, in honor oi .tne miu-
bers of Congress. This reception
th. . iat. hut one of Winter. The se
.orin ' 4imu Frfruarv zutn wun
the . reception to the . army and navy,
of then be delivered to the United
States; marshals' various districts --in
n.'hiPH thev are to -be aerved-': All this
nir fAnr or. five days."
Walter Dre'W. oOttnseV forthe .Na-
tnv,ai uire-ftrti-a' Association: an or-
cahlzatiftn V of ' . ''open shop';; iron r and
otor, nontraclors. . whose members
have suffered from explosions against
their nroiierty.' called At the district
""This is the ciihninatlon of years of
effort on the part of . theKrectors as
onoiattnn not only to protect its mem-
frnrrt lass but to clear the labor
unions of the criminal element," said
Mr; Drew.-' I have devoted my whole
lime to pursuit of the dynamiters since
the Erectors "Association in the Spring
f 1 QMt cancelled Its contract with the
international Association : of-: Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers and. de
.lflrwi for onen Shops. ,
,"Tho nnblte does hat n'ow- realize
the sphere .of. this . investigation, but
th a- arrests are made and the
'facta' heeome known, the: enormity of
w p-overnmenf a task will - appear.
Workingmen and society generally will
be benefitted." : 1 ,; : ,
UIIGLE SAM READY
Army Posts Getting in Shape
v" to Proceed to Mexican v
. Border. - '
PRESIDENT IS NOT ALARMED
Taft and the War Department, Have
' Their Eyes on Mexico and Will
J..'-V; Be Ready to Protect
r ' ' ' Americans' ' ' J .
Vashington;; Feb, , c' President
Taft and . his cabinet turned a scrut
inizing eye toward Mexico today. Offi
cial dispatches - placed before " the
President spriously questioned the loy
alty 5 of 'General ; Pasquel prozco . , to
the Mexican Federal government and
intimated, that ! the" present condition
in the State of Chihuahua, hordering
on Texas, -might develop into a move-,
ment of secession, , estaolishing an In
dependent. rpublii in the North.,
The President discussed precaution
ary measures with his-'Offlcial family,
and tonight the War Department has
sent additional , orders tp army post
through the country to oe ready for a
possible, mobilization. The Depart
ment of Justice has instructed ;its
agents to exercise "all possible, vigil
ance in 'enforcing . neutrality laws,
wmie the .'State . Department . has ask
ed for , reports from consul agents of
any danger In the interior, to' Ameri
cans i and their interests, ' ' ...
After . today's cabinet meeting the
President professed not to be alarmed
over the situation. It, was admitted
in" official , circles, however, -that ; the
separation, of Chihuahua from the re
mainedr of Mexico would -create a sit
uation "different in respects from those
that existed during the last' rebellion.
- It 13 not believed that there would
be 4nuch,JBghtIng. on the iorder, " for
.with Juarez in the hands of the Oroz-
co adherents, (he new Revolutionists
woul4 concentrate at the city of Chi
uhahua, 100 "miles' scuth-vof the' bor-
tested. " .
Special agents are reported to be
watching the activity of Milio Vas
iuez Gomez, ,jiow in San. Antonio,
Texas, and declared to be the real
leader of the new rebellion. It was
rumored that Gomez In exile might
have made .common cause with Orozco
at. the moment when the hopes of the
latter to become Governor of Chihua
hua were blighted by the Federal, gov
ernment. MONOPOLY ON yKRMY SHOES.
Committee on Expenditures Will In
vestigate These Contracts.
. Washington, Feb. 6. The House to
day authorized its Committee on Ex
penditures In the War Department to
go outside of Washington to seek evi
dence in the alleged monopoly of army
shoe contracts by a Massachusetts
manufacturing concern. The passage
of a resolution to this effect, by a vote
of 168 to 105, followed a renewal of
the , counter ' charges . between .Repre
sentatives Diffenderfer. Democrat, of
Pennsylvania, and Gardner, Republi
can, Of .'MassachuseUs, which , charac
terized a preyipus consideration of the
tnatterin the House last Summer.
ViMr, Gardner objected unavaiimgiy
$6 the; conduct of the investigation by
a committee of which Mr Diffender:
ferv yho; promoted the inquiry, was a
member. . snarp woras , passea oetween
the two representatives. Mr. Gardner
jdeclared that , if . the investigation did
not produce facts to justify Mr. Dif-
fenderfer's charges of a. wrongful
awarding of .the contracts, tne House
ought then to begin proceedings
against , Mri Diffenderfer. ,; .
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CONFEDERATE VETERAN DEAD.
Col. B. W. Wrenn,, Aide on Lee's
- . . - Staff, Passes.
New York, Feb. 6. Colon e-1 Bever
ly Winfred Wrenn, who served through
the Civil War as aide on General Rob
ert E. Lee's staff, Tlisd here tonight
from the effects of a small cut, inflict
ed while removing some callous flesh
from his foot with a razor three weks
ago. Blood poisoning set in ana in or
der to prevent its spread, his leg was
amputated last Saturday. , The colonel,
who wasV67 years oid leaves ienree
sons and a widow, who is at present in
the South. . ;;
. Colonel Winans wasvborn at Culpe-
pr, Va.', and first served; with General
Jackspn as a telegrapher- ., He wanted
more actionand he became, an aide to
General Lee, for f whom it is said he
carried the message) to Grant at Ap
pomattox, offering to discuss terms, of
surrender.' ' After the war he was as
sociated with Henry B. Plant and was
for 'many years general, manager of
the Plant steamship lines.; , ,
"- ';" - ; . ', ; - '.
Washington; Feb . G. Senate to
day ratified and made public the con
vention for international protection
of Industrial property, signed at Wash,
-ington,' June nd, by leading govern
ments. - The signatories were Great
Britain? France, Italy, Germany. Aus
tria-Huhgary, 'Spain. Portugal, Nor
way.' enmark, Sweden, Mexico, Cuba,
Brazil, Belgium, Netherlands, Japan,
San Domingo, Servi a, Switzerland and
Tunis." : . . .; :'" . . -:
1
:A f . ' "e Cozy and Comfortable
Continued cold, ; says the ' weather
man. -' Thi? has no terrors for patrons
of The Grand pTheatre. .v -
JivVu.i. 'S. z'..L ......
.
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U'CJUt A6UH5T THIRD TERM
Representative, From Massachusetts
t ; 1 Declared Presidents Had Set A
; Precedent Against 'ItThe"
' ;-si' Insurgents-:'.''
- Washington, Feb . C--Appiauded by
i majority of the-regular jRepubllcans
and sharply questioned py ;Insurgentif .
Representative Sam'U McCall, of Mass
achusetts, -long a .prominent .Republi
can in the House; today aligned him
self with the' .movement against a
Presidential third terinl ; .
In a- speech Jn the JHo use, . liberally
interspersed with" Insurgent .interrup
tiqns, Mr,,McCall declarea tnat Am
erican Presidents hadset a precedent
of retiring after a-serrice of eight
years, and ' quoted - ' the . declaration
made by "President Roosevelt before
the end of his, last term?, that he wouid
not be a candidate for .re-electlbn."
- Representative Norris of Nebraska,
Insurgent leader: questioned: Mr: Mc-
Call, repeatedly 'with the evident pur-
l-'ose ot muicaung tuay iue sentiment
against a. third term 'probalfly ". waa
against a . "third . consecutive term,"
rathe? than against a third term serv
ed after, a lapse of four-years out of
the . White House. ; . 2 ;
"Were not Mr..' Roosevelt's state
ments made when "he was serving his
second term," asked Mj Norris, "and
in response, to the suggestions that he
become a candidate for a "ward consec
utive term." '
"That Is undoubtedly true," said Mr.
McCall, "but the statement will stand
now on Its merits."", , "
The attacks of the Massachustts Re
publican upon the - danger that might
lie in the use of Presidential power to
enforce a nomination .for a third
term, brought ah-olhet ; Interruption
from the Insurgent -leaders. ' 5 .
Representative Norris asked if the
sentiment against r the third , term
should apply to a man who' had. drop
ped out of office for four years.
"With-the authority ; one has, who
has served eight , years? in. the Presf
dency," replied Mr McCall, "these
men could undoubtedly ; have- stlmu
lated their friends1 tcr, such an extent
that they could have become.. candi
dates 'again after a japse f years."
He. added that nt- President but
Grant had ever attempted a third term
fight. '- , : -..:.' J',, ,, - ..
"He wsras defeated in the nominating
convention and I, believe that he would
have,; been ' m&re: aeverei,",defeated: at
the noils had he ternominated.
MISSIONARY MOVEMENT
Lutheran Laymen Begin Three. Days'
Session Today -
' Charlotte, N C, Feb. C The first
general convention of the ; Lutheran
Laymen's Missionary Movement to be
held in this country, will convene at
Salisbury tomorrow for a three days'
session. Delegates from every State
it. the Union and the Dominion of Can
ada will be present Governor Kit
chin will welcome the visitors and
the, response will he made hy Dr.
George B. Cromer, of Newberry, S.
C. : Prominent preachers and laymen
froih every section are on the pro
gramme for addresses pertaining to
the work of the movement.
Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 6. The Lynch
burg Y. M. C. A. basketball team to
night defeated . Wake Forest College
of North Carolina, the score being
46 to .26. The game' was a hard
fought one "and teemed with, brilliant
work, though not as fast as usually
seen here. - This gives the loeal quin
tette nine victories this .season with
out a' defeat ,
OUTLINES
A complete-armistice has been ar
ranged, by .the warring factions - in
China. : - -.'-.
Col. BeVerly 'Wrenn, an aide on Gen.
R. E. Lee's staff, died in New York
yesterday, from Wood poisoning.
Representative McCall, prominent
House Republican, yesterday aligned
himself with the movement against' a
Presidential third term. ' , .
The Federal grand jury investigat
ing the dynamite conspiracy returned
between 30 and 40 indictments yester
day against labor, union officials and.
agents who Will be arrested,-on a day
already determined, in about a. week
Expert stenographers :. declared be
fore the Lorimer committee yesterday
that your Sheridan's record taken over
the dictaphone in regard to McGow
an's admission of perjury, was an. im
possibility. . -' ' '-V '
President Taft has taken the Mexl
can situation up' with his cabinet and
made, all precautions to protect Amer
ican interests -in' Mexico. Army -posts
throw ahout the country have been or
dered to get ready to proceed to the
border - on a moment's notice. -'
Another investigation of the Agri-
oultural Department will be made as
Secretary Wilson and Solicitor Mc
Cabe have been charged with suppres
sing the engineers' report on the Flori
da everglades as they were requested
to do by land promoters. .
Judge George Gray issued an in
junction 'yesterday against the United
States Steel Corporation and 12 other
defendants restraining them from de
stroying books and records which may
be used by the government in its an
ti-trust suit : ' '
New ( York markets y Money on call
steady 2 1-4 to 2 1-8 per cent, ruling
rate 2 1-4. closing hid 2 3-8, c-ffered at
2 12. Spot cotton quiet. Flour steady.
Wheat firm. No. 2 red 1.03 1-4 eleva
tor, export basis, and 1.05. 3-4 .--Lab.
afloat Corn steady.v export 73 f.o.b
afloat Rosin steady. . Turpentine
firm, -52. f l : (.... '
For new white r goods' silks,; wash
goods, laces . and einhroideries, go to
. ...
CLAIM DFFICIAtS
WINKED AT FRAUD
Agricultural Department to be
Investigated on Seri
v ous Charge.
INFLUENCED BY SPECULATORS
Wilson and McOabe Will be Put on
the Grill AgainEngineer Dis-
missed Because of Unfav
orable Report. -
Washington, Feb. 6. Another inves
tigation of the Department of Agricul
ture, Involving orders of Secretary
Wilson and Solicitor McCabe, similar
In many respects to the recently con
cluded McCabe-Wiley controversy, but
which -embraces charges of suppress
ed reports and influence of land specu
lators over government officials, is to
be "instituted by the House. Committee
on Expenditures in the Agricultural
Department Circumstances smolder
ing for months relating to exploitation
of Florida everglades lands, millions
of acres of which have been sold
throughout the couatry by syndicates
in the past few years, .burst into a
flame before the committee today fol
lowing the summary ; dismissal from
the government service, by Secretary
Wilson last Saturday of C.; G. .Elliott
chief engineer-of the drainage , divi
sion of the department and Assistant
Engineer A. D.. Morehouse, and theH
suspension of F. Esmgton, an account
ant on a technical charge of transfer
ence of public funds.
Representatives Frank Clark, . of
Florida, and E. R. Bathrick, of , Ohio.
who have instigated the investigation.
charged before the Congressional Com
mittee today that officials of the De
partment of ' Agriculture had been in
fluenced by Florida, everglade . land
promoters in the suppression, of a re
port 0 tne.conoiuon Qt tne lanaa maae i
by.idTTrm
Chief Engineer Elliott was threatened
by. agents of the land promoters unless
hevrTJuld revise a circular letter to
the public, which did not contain laud
atory references to the ' lands - they
were selling," and that upon receipt of
his refusal, the circular and subse
quent fuller report were suppressed
by the order of Secretary Wilson, and
that later Engineers Elliott and More
house were removed from office.
Solicitor McCabe, who was "called
before the House Committee, of which
Representative Moss, of Indiana, is
chairman, denied today that the dis
missal of the department officials was
in any way caused " by the Florida
land case, and declared that the ac
tion was taken following charges that
the dismissed men had misapplied
funds.
All the papers relating to this fea
ture of the case he turned over, to the
Department of Justice . for possible
prosecutions. - - -
In this connection it is charged by
Representative Clark that Elliott was
assured, that there wculd be no prose
cution of the' charge against him if
he would "keep still" : about j the ac
tions in the department on the Florida
land investigation: Representative
Clark an Bothrick : asserted v today
that they would show before: the com
mittee that the order dismissing the
men did not come from Secretary Wil-.
son until after It had become certain
that the House Committee was plan
ning to make an inquiry, and Repre
sentative : Bathrick had appeared- be
fore the committee in executive- ses
sion last Saturday. A few hours -later.
the letters were issued dismissing the
two drainage officials and suspending
Singleton. . ; ' - i ;
The charges involving the. dismis
sed men were reported to havebeen
made to Solicitor McCabe recently by
J. O. Wright ; a ' former - subordinate
of Elliott but-, at present chief engi
neer of the board of trustees of the
Internal Improvement. Fund ofr (the
State of Florida. Wright made favor'
able report upon the everglade lands
and soon after resigned from office
to enter the employ of the, State of
Florida. ' -
Solicitor McCabe told the committee
that all reports and papers bearing on
the everglades case had been collect
ed . by the department and would- be
turned over " to . the committee for its
investigation. The department he
said, welcomed the investigation.' He
declared further that the reason - Sec
retary Wilson had ordered that the re
port on the everglades be not printed
was - because the engineers An ' the
drainage department were ed at var
iance in the matter. When asked why
a new investigation " was not institut
ed, in view of this situation and )n
view of the" public demand for. infor
mation, Mr. McCabe told the commit
tee that the State Of .Florida -by that
time had taken the matter 1 in. hand
and was conducting an inquiry. -- :
- Representative - Clark said today
that Secretary Wilson would be sum
moned as a witness and that he would
be asked .concerning an interview he
had wjth the Florida representative
some time ago in which the Secretary
is said; to have admitted that he had
suppressed the report on the ever
glade lands.." Mr. Clark charges this
was done at the request of the land
companies. . He said that, '..together
with four Florida, citizens, he called
on Secretary Wilson to ask why the
report was suppressed. -,' One of these
(Continuea on ragei.i5aw
EVIOEfiGE OF STENOGRAPHERS
Experts Declared Before Lorimer In
- vestigating- Committee - That"; V
, w Sheridan's Record Was an
.-. '' Impossibility.'
Washington, Feb. 6. One day's ef-i
forts to determine by expert stenogra
pners the genraineness of J. E." Sheri
dan's stenographic report of Charles
McGowan's alleged - "perjury" admis
sions at Toronto last January made
the Senator Lorimer ' committee so
weary today that it voted to try an
other method. It was resolved to put
young Sheridan to a practical test in
the committee rooms, 'staged after the
fashion of the hotel rooms at Toronto,
where 'McGowan , was alleged to have
talked Into a phonographic apparatus,
An executive session was held this
evening to determine the nature , of
this test. . V - ' .
After the conclusion of the testimo
ny of Milton W. Blumenberg, H... H.
Pechln, a local commercial stenogra
pher and Allifiter Cochran, one of the
official stenographers of the House of
Representatives and an employe of
Mr. Blumenberg in. reporting the Lori
mer committee, testified as experts.
Both said, in answer to hy oothetlcal
questions, that they considered it im
possible to make, such a record under
the conditions under which Sheridan
worked. ' - - : - , -.
In cress examination Pechln said in
order to be absolutely certain, it would
be necessary for him to know all the
facts surrounding Sheridan's record
ing the notes, but without such an un
derstanding, he was of opinion ' that
tne notes were not a correct , report.
uoenran, ? like Pechln, spoke of 1 the
"curious uniformity" of the notes, no
more speed being manifested in a parr
agraph of 89; words, where no breaks
were indicated and which both" thought
must have been, uttered at, a fast rate
Decause of the subject matter, . than
was shown t in the Isolated sentences
of the report Senator Kern suggest
ed Sheridan had ' indicated a break
after the paragraph, but Cochran tes
tified -that it.Vould have been a men
tal. Impossibility for-the stenographer
to-have carried the paragraph in his
mind' and written it down at leisure
during the break. ! -
Attorney Hanecy objected to being
deprived entirely of the t privilege " of
presenting expert jstjmony on the the-
merelyi demonstrate' Sheridan's capa-
city to . taKe notes ana not the issue
as to whether he did take the partial
lar ncte3 on a particular occasion. .
V DECREASE IN SHIPMENTS
Last Year a' Lean One for the Lumber
Manufacturers
New Orleans, Feb . C A . decrease
of nearly 11 per cent In the shipment
of yellow pine lumber for 1911 ' under
the. 10' year average, was recorded n
the report submitted at , the opening
session of the 22nd annual conven
tion here today of the Yellow Pine
Manufacturers Association, . by Secre
tary' George K. Smith, iuere has
been a decrease- in the shipments
each month during the past year, with
the exception of February.
The address of J. L. Thompson
was largely given to' a plea for an in
crease in the membership of the as
sociation. ,J ..i
While pointing to .the large grain
and cotton crops of the past year and
lean,, year ; for the lumber manufactur
the activity in trade generally, Pres
ident Thompson, said it had been a
lean year : for the lumber manufactur
er, and! the production fell about one
billion feet under the' production of
1910,". This, he said, ' was simply the
old r story , of " over-production and un
der consumption. He--, regarded .the
business of the year as unsatisfactory
to the, manufacturers. - ;-, ' ,
CHARGES DISMISSED
Dr.
Fullilove, of Atlanta, Who ' Killed
C, Lv McKee, Set Free '
Athens, Ga., Feb, G.-r-Charges of
murder against Dr. H. M. Fullllove,
who shot and killed C. L. McKee in
the lobby of a hotel here on January
29th, Roland" Fullllove a brother of
the physician, and Colonel Percy Mid
dlebrooks, an attorney -and cousin, of
the Fulliloves, wereV dismissed at the
completion of preliminary hearing In
the case tonight Relatives of .-Mc
Kee will Insist that the case be brought
to the attention of the grand Jury, it
is stated. ; v ' . ' . .".
Dr. Fullllove killed' McKee, accord
ing, to a-statement by the physician,
after McKee had "refused to- -leave
town at the demand of Fullilove who
alleged that I the' former had insulted
Mrs... Fullilove. " ;
ENCOUNTERED BAD VvEATHER
British Steamer- Ferndene Had Very
i'-X Trying Experience. -Pensacola,
Fla., Feb. .6. Nineteen
days overdue;- the . British steamer
Ferndene reached : here today- ;. from
Nordenhanx, Germany, with a cargo of
Kalnit : Captain . Newman stated that
never before had-he experienced such
severe weather., on a trip', across the
Atlantic'. When within 90 miles, of
the Bermudas the coal supply was ex
hausted, y He was picked up t . by a
Spanish steamer bound from Tampa
to Baltic .ports, after drifting about
for several days. Captain- Newman
said the vessel was stripped' of every
bit of available woodwork In" order to
supply the holler with 'sufficient fuel
to enable the ship to reach the sta
tion in. the 'Bermudas. , '
. You can ; buy blankets and comforts
cheap at-C. H. Fore & Co. -.-
f Any felt slippers in the house 98p
J at Hewlett ft , Price's.
TVHOIiB lOJMBEll 13,818.
TRUST OFFICERS ;
W BE IIIDIGTEO
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Injunction Restraining Steel
Corporation prom De-
, stroying Records, v .
SO HE HAVE B EEH OESTROYEQ
AJI Paper arid ' Books . Government
May Desire to Use In Its Antl-
Trust Suit "Must be Pre- y
-y aerved. .
Washington. " Feb. 6. Judge Gray,
In the United States - Court of the , ;
Third Circuit" ha h issued an injunc- "
tloi restraining the defendants in the ,
government anti-trust sruit against the . .
Uriifte'd States Steel Corporation from ;-
destroying books ' and papers desired
by the government . ' v 1 . t
The Injunction, which is returnable a ,
March 5th. .-was Issued on a netitlon
of the Department of Justice which al
leges that sevefral thousand papers and . :
documents which were used by the .
government's ' criminal prosecution of
the wlre pool", last Fall have been " '
destroyed.; ,?
The injunction.,-which Is a temoora- - .
ry one, is. to forbid the destruction of
any other' books" or papers which the
government; may desire in the antl
trust suit.-4 . ' ' ' ,
, one portion bf the government s pe
tition seems to he susceptible of, the ?
Internretation . that rrhnfnnl fnillc-
nients and prosecutfons of certain offi-
cers-of , the. Steel Corporation and Its
subsidiaries, are under consideration .
by the" Department of Justice. V A , r
The destroyed papers, it 1b charged,
were in a-;trunk which, with its corv
tents," were delivered on June 29, 1911, : ,
by - United States Attorney : Wise to ' '
Charles MeVeagh; 'general solicitor of
the United States Steel Corporation,'
who gave a written agreement,- It- is '' ;
saidi that vhe : would keep the papers' "
in his personal charge, Subject to ex-'' ' : .
amination by Wise or his assistants' at. ; - . -
hey General ylh the '.dissolution suit",
against the; Steel Corporation,, began'
negotiations for these papers in con
nection with the pending proceedings
on January 26tb. r '
R. C: Boiling, aRBlsfant general soli
citor of the Steer Corporation,' Inform
ed Mr. Colton, It Is alleged, tht tho
trunk had been returned to the Ameri
can Steel & Wire Company about Oc
tober 1, 1911; and that air the papevw
had been destroyed by. Frank Baackes,
vice president and general sales agent,
for the wire company.
The papers, it is charged In the gov
ernment's petition, "contained matters
tending to show, that J..A. Farrell, for
merly president the United State
Steel Products (export) Company, now
Corporation, not only knew of said uc- t
lawful pools and combinations describ
ed, but aided and abetted in their suc
cessful' operation' .. ' . '
The petition avers .that certain
much. wanted documents are in immi
nent danger of destruction because
"they are officers of the United Stated
Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries,
who .have, not yet beeh indicted for -the
practices which said papers teqd.
to show them guilty of, to-wit: '
r Of having been involved in the afore
said unlawful association,' and also be-
cause none of the defendant compa- v
nies. have yet, been indicted in respect
thereto..' " .,'.'.' " ; :
1 Through the' destruction of thevpa-
pers the petition declares, the govern
ment has suffered "Irreparable injury." ; '
In view of the destruction of the pa-, '
pers, the petition continues, the spe
cial assistant to the attorney general, -Colton,
jequested Assistant General '
Solicitor Boiling., of the corporation, ;
February 1; last, , to take appropriate , " ... ,V
affirmative action' to' the end that, all -' . vi - :
papers belonging to the United States
Ste4l vCornoration and its subsidiary
companies be -preserved, so that '.the
government might avail Itself, of their
productiof on tne tnai or ine case. '
"Mr. Boiling has as yet made nd for-
mal fepIyC'vit Is.added, "but indicat--- v 4 ;
ed verbally to Mr. Colton a purpose oL , ' -doing
what he could to. comply with w ;
his reqaest",. . ' ;
The petition specifically mentions a , . , , -
numberof doouments which the gov- j .. :
ernment desires, preserved. These, it '.; . I
Is claimed, 'were presented to - the ,.; l( .'v.
grand Jury" investigation of the "wire v ;v;v
oool" about the tame time the trunk . v i:,.
fufi of documents were laid before the . ..
inquisitors. 'They were betters and , ... ...t
papers pertaining to the so-called ; v
'Hofse-.Shoe .Manufacturers'' Assocla- '
tinn Un which the American Steel '" ": !,
ft WireKJpmpany wa? represented by .
Mr. 'Taylor, an officer' of the Ameri-, .
can Steel ft Wire Company ,and cor
respondence . between Russell T3. . Bud- ( '
da, salesman- of the United States
Steel .Products Company; and J. A. .
Farrell, William P. Palmer president .
of the American Steel . ft Wire Com-
pany; George A. CralgenK assistant i jt;'
general sale agent of the. American ; ,
Steel & Wire Company . certain Mr. , T t '. .
Rummel, Mr. Taylor, 'pi officer of the ; . , '-', I
American Steel ft, Wire Company: Mr. - l
Merriman, a sales 'agent of the Ameri-:
can Steel ft Wire Company; Edwin E. f . I '
Jackson, supervisor of , the various as- . ; rn ;
sociations, and Louia -V. Hubbard, a ' '., j
partner of. Jackson t and assistant su- ', . ; J ' ,
perrlsor of several of the .associations.1'. . ;
i Writs WMi e Served Todajr ' (
; Xrenton,' N.VJ.J Feb . 6 .Deputies s ;
from United States Marshal Alaotfa , - ;
Office here will SUrt tomorrow -morn-.
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