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VOL. LXXXIX-NO. 119.
SEC. HAGEL WILL
GET
President Taft Will Nominate
Him For Supreme Court
Vancancy.
JUDGE HOOK OUT OF RUtllllllG
Kansas Judge Loses Out on Account
of "Jim Crow" Law Decision -The
Secretary's Possible
Successor. ...
Washington, Feb.
7. -The existing
vacancy on the Supreme) Court bench,
the fifth that hasoccurred in the pres
ent administration, probably will be
iilled by the appointment of Secretary
of Commerce and Labor Charles Na
eel, of St. Louis. f
President Taft is expected to send
the nomination of Mr. Nagel to the
Senate within a i few days. United
States Judge William C. Hook, of Kan
sas, who until last! night was most
prominently mentioned for the vacan
cy, is said to have been eliminated,
from further consideration at an
hour's session of the cabinet today.
All of the lawyer In the cabinet, ex
cept Mr. Nagel, were present and af
terward it was learned that the Presi
dent had made clear his intention of
appointing his secretary of Commerce
and Labor. ; . . ' '
This report was so generally credit
ed tonight that rumor was busy with
a possible successor to Mr. Nagel in
the cabinet. Louis Marshall, of New
York, and Julius Rosenwald, of Chi
cago, were mentioned among .'those
who would be considered by President
Taft. ...i - .,
Judge Hook's name was scratched
from the President's list today at the
11th hour. This action was said to be
due to his concurrence in" a : "Jim
Crow" law decision in an Oklahoma
railroad case. Both the President and
Attorney General Wlckersham are un
derstood to hold ..the obinioa - that-t
.(.dee Hook "went ! too far" in this
case and Secretary of State KnoxKee
. j .ury- f War Stimoi'ad -4Boreap)t
of the Interior-Fisher,, the other 4a wr
yers present at the cabinet ' meeting,
evidently agreed; !' ; .' :
Secretary Nagel has been mention
ed among those men " the" President
was considering . for . the .Supreme
Court place ever since Justice ;Hart
lan's death last FalL Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham and Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock are-both known to have
strongly urged .his. appointment... Mr.
Taft's only objection to . the appoint
ment has been-the "fact that Mri Na
gel is 63 years old, and although a law
yer of wide practice, has had no ju
dicial experience.' -. ! " ;
DUKE TO RESIGN.-,
Head of American .Tobacco Company
Will Make a Change.
New York, Feb. 7. James B. iDuke
very shortly will resign from the 'presi
dency of the American Tobacco Com
pany to become' chairman of the British-American
Tobacco Company, lim
ited, with its chief office in London, it
was announced late today at the Amer
ican Tobacco Company offices." He
win- be succeeded as president of the
American Tobacco Company by Perci
val S. Hill, long a' vice president.' -
Mr. Duke's desire in making the
change, it was explained, was to.de
voie himself to the extension of the
business of the British-American . To
bacco Company, limited, which now
lies principally . in China, India, Aus
tralia, Canada, South Africa, and con
tinental Europe. ' ' ' '' ' . ' '
Mr. Duke said that he felt that a
larger field of activity and usefulness
awaited him in the British-American
Tobacco Company. . He added that all
the companies' formed out of tie
American Tobacco Comnanv and the
other companies which were disinte
grated under the uecree of the Circuit
Court, were now fully organized, and
mbarked on their senaratA careers.
in explanation of tho nmlsotnn hvlha
American Tobacco Company today to
-uare a dividend on its common
mock, Mr. Duke said he had advised
I'lat. in view of the large payments
in cash which the comnanv had re
cently been compelled to make in the
retirement of its bonds and for other
I'urposes required by the courts', de
it would be wise to pay. no'dlvV
" on its common stock at present,
.f ml that the directors had concurred
111 mis opinion. r . . ,
TO RESTORE HARMONY. !
i s
and Hides Will Try to Make
. . . reace in Virginia.
isiunjvton. Feb.; 7. -President Taft
inn. Secretary Hilles made a determin-
; " tuuit tonight to assure peace
"I-" me Kepublican factions in Vir
wma. At a conference with Reoub
"an National Committeeman A.lvah
! .martin, of Norfolk, and Commis
;er of Internal! Revenue" Cabell,
no was formerly nostmnator nt'Rlnh-
niond, the President made it clear that
fxpected Republican leaders in the
, a V get together", forget faction
i dinerences and do their fighting for
Jatt degation to the Republican
rrf inal Convention. According to
lTniis of the administration, there
....- !'n some trouble between, Mr.
;'nd Mr. Cabell over the'ques
ot Itadership in theState. - -
Ca'l today at
J.-l M.. Solky & Co!
ll.'lVO
your measure taken for a
"it by Strouss
cutter.
COBOIIERISjOSESTIGIlTIIIG
Deaths' of Three Young, Men in Ra-
- leigh Lodging House Being Dili,
gently Inquired Into Element.
of Mystery Being Injected., -
. (SpeciaV Star Telegram.) ' : f
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 7.--The coro
ner's ' jury completed for. the present
its inquest into the deaths of the three
young-men from BensonJ found dead
Monday, night Jn the Wilson apart
ments, and took a' recess this, evening
to await an analysis of theirvstomachs.
" One of thsi jurors, speaking of this
action, said: "''In' the meahtime, po
lice and detectives . must ' do a great
deal of work, as there is a mystery
about this case.'' He referred to 'how
there could' have been no deadly accu
mulation of gas in Room No. 4 fbr. so
many hours without its pervading oth
er portions of the. building to a most
noticeable degre; to the testimony of
Im&w rot he gasoSany thai despondence of Abraham ,Lincoln , as u
he blew out the gas pipes in the build- text book and six newspaper reporters
ing at; 5 o'clock Monday evening and as pupils, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
detected no odor of gas "around the addressed what he called his " "first
locked room, and the testimony of , l-rin-j jf,f ,'i;h rni
Chief of Police Stell that he found he class in applied decent pontics. Col
could lift the door up and without an onel Roosevelt prefaced his talk witn
Instrument of any kind, oRen the door, the declaration that he had - triedY u
although locked on the inside, .. take-Lincoln's letters as a erUide for
The inquest consumed the entire
dav. without comntatlnflrMhA' hpaHnc
and without developing any evidence
as to culpability on the part of any-
body, although there was the loosest
Bort of questioning ,wlth a view of
getting around the . evidences of as.
phyxiation by gas In the room, when
the three bodies were found Monday
night. . . , x . , I
The most notahle evidence was that 1
of Frank Miller, of the Get Rich Quick
Wallmgford theatrical troupe, who oc-
cupied a room adjoining that of the
thre ill-fated nxsn. He heard them
come m shortly -after midnight Sun-ltion
day. night and" heard some groaning
towards daybreak. . He detected no
gas in' his room ...Ho said his gas heat-
er went out before he want to. bed, I
and. he turned it off. to avoid an accl-1
dent of any sort1 He be-evd the same
thing happened, to the heater Inthehetter to' A. Jonas, written on June
room occupied by . th& young men and 1
that' they -left the jet turned on sol
that when the -flow of gas was opened I
by . the gas workmen the fatal flow
passed In. w , . - .' ; ' i '
Seventeen witnesses were sworn; 1
for examination. Mls Edna Weeks
and Miss iMary, HasweU, the Jadies, in
toM of their coming to Raleigh with I
the threa- deceased young ;rten; of I
their failure to report Monday, and
efforts-to .locate them. ,.They" testified
that , they telephoned ' three times - to
Wilson's ehop house itoask for them. I
Wilson .and. two clerks could only tea-
tify to one telephone inquiry,-and that
was answered to the effect that the
young men. had not come "in - to din-
ner. - No new-. evidence to incriminate
any one has been developed.
The stomachs "of the three young
men have been turned over to unem-
1st C. B. Williams for' analysis as to
poisons. ,The physicians who . made
the autopsy, Drs- Freeman, Jordan and
McKee, are to testify later.
HAD HOUGH VOYAGE.
British Steamer Used .Woodwork
- When Coal Gave Out.
Newport News, Va. Feb. 7. Twenty
days' overdue and with only .the wood-
en fittings of the ship for' fuel during
tne last two , days' run, tne cnusn
steamer Bracondale arrived hers- in
distress, this, afternoon,' after-one of
the roughest voyages experienced in i
years. . 1 :
The steamer left voio, ureece, cargo
aden for; Philadelphia, December 29th.
Arter passing uroraitar, sne encoun-
tered "high winds and rough seas, and
for 1& consecutive days iaDorea in tne
teeth or a strong' neaa gaie. etea-
day morning, :whiie J00 miles east i
southeast of Cape Henry the coal sup-1
ply becamen completely. (exhausted, andariv- DUt any .. weapons in their
ail over lueBaay, . mesaay uigui. nuu
thl3lnornmg the crew worked cease-
lesslt- in tearing out and cutting up
bulkheads, grain partitions, laoaers,
flttings and iramewonc. mis: was
used ior iuei, out tne oesi euon u
. m m m i mm x
tha crew only resulted In getting a
speed of from three to five knots out
of the engines In a calm, the first good
weather of the trip. . When the ship
entered port here the supply was ex-
hausted and before she could be docK -
ed the fires weje out. Captain Allen
said tonight mat tne trip was xne
worst In his sea-going experience, and
but for the calm weather yesterday
and last night the ship could not have
reached ' port. . Even tha cabin, and
galley fires had to be extinguished fori
economy, V;
PRESS ARRANGEMENTS
Daniels Makes Appointments Appli
cations for Correspondents' Seats
Washington, Feb , 7 . Josephus
Daniels, of Raleigh, N.! C, Democratic
National Committeeman from that
State, who will have charge of the
press section of the Democratic Na-
Honal Convention at Baltimore in June
tnrtav aobointed James D. Preston and
Charles. H. Mann, the superintendents
of - the -Dress galleries of the Senate
and House, respectively, as sergeants-
at-arms of the convention m cnarge
of the press section
Mr. Daniels ' today announced that
all ; applications. rom( daily : newspa
ro fvr cpatft for their correspondents
ot. th nn vention1 be addressed ':
ra Albert.-: chairman- of the
standing v committee oi , correspon-'
anotfl mress eailery. Washinte-
that unnltcation for reserva-
tions for COrresponueato ' Ui weewj
nnhHcations should . ibe. addressed tp
uvua . Mnrr-h' 51
WIIiMlSTGrTON,
JA(CQ
Roosevelt Talks to His "First
Class in Applied Decent
Politic.,, V
REPLY TO QUESTIONS ASKED
With Six Reporters As Pupils Ex-Pres-
Ident Quotes Excerps In 4rswer
to Present Day Questions
- Lincoln Letters Guide -.
New York, Feb. 7. With the cor-
himself and he thought that excerps
from many of the martyred President's
letters Would make ' proper, replies; to
questions that are being asKed mm
daily. . .
One of Lincoln's letters especially,
Mr. Roosevelt thought would, apply to
conditions today. This was a letter
written at Springfield on April otn,
18G0, to C. F. McNeill. The part em-
phasized by Mr. Roosevelt reads ao
follows:
have made this explanation to
you as a friend; but I wish no explana-
made to our enemies.
"What they want is a squabble and
a foss and they can have It k we ex-
plain:! and they cannot have it if we
don't.'"
Another 'missive read ' by Colonel
Roosevelt: was Lincoln's confidential
21st ' 1860. . In oar. it , said
.VAnd.now. a word of caption ; -Our
advetsaries think they can gain a point
if they could openly force toe-to deny
tne charge, by which some degree of
offense would -be given to the Amen
cans. For this ; reason It must pub-
llicly: appear. ithat L am .paying no at
"That reminds me .of some-more of
mv- oast answers," commented Col
onel Roosevelt. "You may . recollect
that on. several occasions I have said
that I had nothing to say
" fit r were'to labor a month,' " he
Iread from Lincoln's private and confi
dential letter of October 29th, i860, to
G . D. Prentice, " "I "could not express
my conservative r views and intentions
more clearly and strongly ; than tney
are expressed in our platforms and in
Lv manv. speeches already in print
j.ni before the -public.
, Colonel Roosevelt interrupted the
radine hre' to say: "I am not speak:
ing now of my Immediate problems,
but referring only to general politics."
He continued: "And now, my friend,
do not misunderstand me.' I have not
decided that I will not do substantial
ly what you suggest. If . I do finally
abstain it will be because or appre
hen nn that it will do harm. For the
entJr man of the South and I regard
Jthe majority of them as such I have
na objection to repeat 70 and seven
times. But I have bad men to deal
both North and South, men who
are. aeer , for something new upon
which to base misrepresntations.inen
-h wrmid like -to friehten me. or at
least tn fix UDon'me the character of
timidity and cowardice. TOey, would
upon almost any letter I should
wrte as being an unlawful coming
down
t iBtend keeping my eye open upon
thta eentlemen and not to unneces-
hands. .
-The politicians of those .; days,'
Mr. Roosevelt said in closlng, "had
mttcn tne same sort of problems tcon-
frontine them as we have today.
.,
; t MAY. REM AIN .CAPITAL,
Republicans Will Not Insist on Nan
kina is Report.
Nanking, Feb. .7. The answer of the
LRepUDiican government to Yuan. Shi
jcai's requests, on behalf of the Man-
Chus, has been iorwaroed to reKing.
tn nearly all essential pointB the reply
I jS jn We affirmative, and an answeT
J from : Yuan' Shi Kai is expected to
reach here promptly.
. The conservative element among the
Republicans does not insist on making
Ranking, the capital : and it now ap
pears probable tnat resing win con
tinue to be the capital of China,' pend-
ine the final action of the Nationa
Convention to decide on the future
form of government.
, Prof. C. D. Tenney, Chinese secreta-
ry of . the American' legation at Peking
has arrived in Nanking and has ar
ranged to make ah unofficial call on
the members ox me itepuoncan gov
emment. His missiom here is to in
vestlgate the stability of the Republic,
i MACHINIST. KILLED.
H. V.. Bryson Run Over by Train at
1 -South Rocky Maunt, n. u.
1 (Special Star Telegram.)
Rocky Mount N. C Feb,,7. H. ,V
tolBryson. aged 25, a machinist at South
Rocky Mount, was run over and in-
stantiy iimeu, m i .ou igmBm,, m
body was terribly mangled. He had
been living here for several: years. He
leaves a. ic ,"'. "H'"vu. us
was standing on the track,-but there
lure tin eve witnesses to' state how the
LETTERS AS TEXT
C, THURSDAY.
READY. FOR
Capiases With Copies 'Kftttments
lis. Completed' and DyoamUeWIM 1
' y. Be Arrested Satuhiay'or Vkf-y
' :' '" " -MndY'v-;"-.-i'1
' ' ' ' -' ' '' " "'y' ' ' ' '
Indianapolis, Feb . ; -rbapiases for
the simultaneo'BS' arrest all the men
iiamed inJthe 32 indictments returned
by the Federal grand- jry n Jthe dyna
mite conspiracy case, vwith- certified
copies of the indictmentkjwere com
pleted today !in the . expectation that
the arrests might be ? effected within
five days, i3ssibly .on;; Satiirday but
more probably next; Monday, v-; '
Althiough the men, most of them la
bor, .union officials' and agents, -are
scattered from Boston to the Patific
coast, the papers for their apprehen
sion have been so arranged . that they
are to be arrested and afforded an op
portunity to give bond oa jthe same
day and as for as, possible "within-a
few hours.,- The bond, -said for all the
men to . aggregate $390,000,- is ? to be
asked for their appearance ini Indian
apolis on, March- 12tavwhenj"they are
to be arraigned before Federal Judge
A. .B,' Anderson. - i ..
The necessity of the government to
take into custody so'toany 'prisonere
located Jn at least 20 distant cities
within a given time so that, ttirough'
premature arrest, one tiefndant by de
manding a copx of his Indictment, may
rot 1 reveal the names of his alleged
co-censpirators, is regarded as. unus
ual. . ' j .. - .;
Jt has developed' that? tho defend
ants, accused of complicity with the
McNamaras and Ortie McManigal. In
perpetuating, more than i 100 explos-
ons bafore and after the wrecking of
the Los Angeles Times building, yrtil
number at least ,40 and probably more.
The statement was made that -there
are at least eight more defendants
than the 'number of .indictments re
turned, as many of the true tills on
tained more ' than one! name. ' '
Telegrams' announcing the-return of
the Indictments are said to have been
forwarded front United! States District
Attorney Charles W.' Miller's office to
day to authoritie's in various Federal
districts where arrests are to folio w.
SUNDAY SCHOOL; CAMPAIGN.
t:
lan Met Wittnth Apn&val of Con-
New Orleans, Feb-'-'lT-.A contfhenl
wide campaign in the interest .of ..the
Sunday School, as proposed oy Marion
Lawrence,- of Chicago, general , secre
tary of - the World and International
Sunday School Association,- met -xwith
tne. entnusiastic approval touay . oi
the general secretaries, field workers
and officers of the associations in con
ference here. ;?
A committee was appointed to con
sider pranst : and tp report , at tomor
rows, session: r Today s programme
provided -for. meetings of the varioud
committees for the purpose of discuss
ing routine matters. .- -,
.
Brunswick, 1 Ga., Feb. 7. Informa
tion was obtained here late . tonight
that James J. Hill, with his secretary,
wife and daughter, are on, Jekyl Is
land. - As soon as it became , known
here that there ' was some doubt as to
Mr.. Hill's whereabouts, an effort was
made here to find him, and it was as
certained that he is-enthe island, hav
ing reached there several days. ago. ;
O UTXINES.
.Florida Republicans will send a sol
id delegation to the Chicago conven
tion' for Taft.
Three i thousand Lutheran laymen
and ministers were in attendance up
on the missionary convention at Salis
bury yesterday. '
J. B. Duker president of the Ameri
can 'Tobacco Co., will shortly resign
that office to become chairman of the
British-American Tobacco Co.
Capiases, with copies of the indict
mens, were completed yesterday, and
the arrests of the dynamiters will be
made either Saturday or Monday.
Further evidence of foul play in the
deaths of three men la a Raleigh
apartment house has been brought, to
light and a thorough investigation is
being made.
Roosevelt quoted exceprts, from
some of Abraham Lincoln's . letters
yesterday to six reporters as answers
to some of the questions that - have
been asked him lately. ' . -'
The Henry plan for a special com
mittee was voted down by the 'Demo
crats in caucus last night and Under
wood was 'Upheld in his -efforts to have
the money trust investigated.
It became known yesterday that
President Taft will recommend.' the
appointment- of Secretary Charles Na
gel, of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, to fill the -vacancy on the
supreme Court bench.
" The House Committee on Expend!
tures in the. Agricultural Department
has determined npon a thorough probe
of the charges that Secretary .Wilson
and Solicitor McCabe suppressed, un
favorable reports on the Florida ever
glades., r
-New- York markets: Money.' on -call
steady, 2 1-4 to 2 1-2 per cent., ruling
rate 2 1-4, closing bid 2 3-8, offered
at 2 1-2. Spot cotton closed quiet, 25
points higher. : - Flour firm. Wheat
steady, No. 2 red ..04 elevator export
hasis, and L06- f.o.b.-; afloat. Corn
steady, export 73 f.o.b. ' afloat. Itosin
steady. "Turpentine' quiet -'.
- - 1 '
Your Soring suit will be measured
for and delivered when you want.it by
Strauss. Bros, expert cutter-now at
store of J. M. iSolky & Co.;.,v
. :- - - ' v :
can't afford to" miss ' Piatt , &
Anniversary, Sale.
si! wituAfj j. bryan mmm mm
'FEBIt LTARY 8, 1912.
, ' ' .
Democrats Upheic 1 Under
wood and Will Investigate
ney Trust'
SPIRITED, FIGHT III CAUCUS
The Henry Plan for a Special Com
mittee Was Turned Down Last
Night and Inquiry Will Be . ,
Started :
Washington, Feb. 7.-An invest!-
gaticn of the "money trust" was or
dered by the Democrats of the House
in caucus tonight after the Henry
plan for a special committee had been
defeated 115 to C6. The caucus then
instructed the standing : committees
of the House on banking and cur-'
reneyr judiciary, inter-State commerce
end elections, to proceed with the 1h ".
quiry. . ,
This action was taken after a snirit-
fcd debate, a feature of which was the
reading oi aelegram from William J,
Bryan, to Representative Henry, of
Texas, who led the flsht for investi
gation y-a, .'special committee. The
telegram was as follows: .
, X regard the caucus on the monev.
trus inquiry as a crisis. Its- results
will largely affect 'our chances in the
coming campaign.. Please say to any
one wno values my judgment that ' I
am heartily with you in a demand for
a special committee. There are many
objections to an investigation by reg
ular 'committee,- but it is enough to
know tnat Wall Street prefers regular
conrmitcees. We cannot " afford ; to al
low accused parties to select this jury
Success to you.' If oUr, party is afraid
to qffend the powerful financial inter
ests thai have fought us since 1896
we cannot expect public confidence.
(signed) WM. J, BRYAN",
The Democrats adopted the plan of
tered-by.. Representative ' Underwood
majority leaders as a; sulistitute ; Cor
the , special i Jnvestieating oommittee
oy Kepresntative iienry,-T or" Texas.
Sharp criticisni of William J;AJBryan
tor ms. imputations that- the ' RankinaH
and Currency Conmittee of the House
leanea towara tne financial interests.
and the passage of a resolution ex
pressing confidence in that committee,
cnaracterized the debate. .
A roll call, 'enforced, under a new-
rule, was made public After the cau
cus. Among those-who supported .the
Underwood resolution were Speaker
Clark, Chairman: Fitzgerald, of the
Appropriations Committee; Clayton, of
tne Judiciary Committee; Adanison,
of the Inter-State Commerce Commit
tee ; rujo, or tne Banking and cur
erncy Committee and members -f
those committees.
The Henry resolution was support
ed by Representatives James, of -Ken
tucky; Burleson, of Texas, chairman
of the caucus; Stanley,. of Kentucky ;1
Moss, of Indiana; Rainey, of Illinois,
and Bryan Democrats, of the House.
The caucus was the most spirited
since - the . Democratic party "has been
i x i - iL T-r -- .
in
cuuiroi . oi . we nouse. r rom tne
beginning there " was a fight between
the Bryan, and the. anti-Bryan 'Demo
crats.' : .-' . .. .'"'" . f '
Chairman, Henry, In urging the ap
pointment of a ' special' committee to
investigate, the : "money trust,'' made
a vehement appeal lor the adoption, of
bis plan. . Mr. Henry denied he was
inspired by Mr. Bryan to ' demaitd a j
special committee. He emphasized
the. influence of the 'money trust" ov
er the capital of corporations, rail
roads and banks, and its influence in
National elections and in legislation;
- . ' i , . - i '
Aiajonty . ieaaer unoerwooa maae
j powerful appeal for the adoption of
his . substitute for the Henry resolu
tion. His plan, which eventually was!
adopted, set forth primarily that all
matters of legislation and investiga
tion of the character" proposed, should'
be confined to the standing commit-!
tees of the House, and provided spe
cifically that the subject suggested for
Inquiry in the Henry resolution be re
ferred respectively to"he committees
ol: banking and currency , election of
president, vice president, and reprer
rentatives in Congress, . ' inter-
Slate and foreign commerce and ju
diciary. -;,. ' . - ,' ; ', .. -'
Mr . Underwood pointed out that the
integrity . of the, H6use ; sHould ; be
guarded : against ' interference, though
his talk'was entirely Impersonate Oth
ers who championed thgj Underwood
substitute were not so. reserved. They
broadly stated that Mrv 'Bryan had
tried to force the. Democratic Congress
to conduct, an investigation of. his own
proposal and in his' own way.; '; r-
, Representative Pu jo, ; of Louisiana,.:
chairman of the Committee on Bank
and Currency, frankly, declared, that
he; never 1 was , a Bryan Democrat al
though he had . voted for him ;
Representative Hard wick, of ; Geor
gia, a -member, of the Rules i Commit-,
tee, criticised . Chairman Henry for
taking Initiative action in" the-matter
without consulting his colleagues, on
hte committee. Others who declared
they ""would not put on . the Bryan
yoke" - were Representatives Stevens,
of Mississippi ; mass, 01 v lrgima, auu
Garner, of Texas. . '-' r-.
Ollie James, of Kentucky,' senator-
elect and long-time friend of Mr. Bry
9n nd Atr. Henrv's chief lieutenant
in the '' dehate,: followed ; Mr.. Under
in' 1of?ine the discussion. He
urged the necessity of a special inves-
tigatioa. '; . -,.' ;- - -
. '
No Trace Has Vet Been Found of the
Men Who Held Up' Passenger .
Traln'jn Arkansas Posses '
' After Them.'-
. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 7.'-rA all daj?
sejarea "of the heavily, wooded territo
ry" bordering the Mississippt river op
posite Memphis, In an effort to locate
the five men,; who. held up antl robbed
Rock Island passenger train" No. 43,
near Hulbert, AfV, this morning, was.
barren of results, so far as' can be as
certained tonight Ajscore'or more of
railroad and private detectives ' . and
several - posses, under the ' direction of
local officials, threshed the woods and
underbrush today'ln the'hope of find
ing the hiding, place of the men, but
up to a late hour tonight, 'no arrests'
had been made. . .With the expectation
that the men might attempt to cross
to Memphis tonight' a - patrol of the
local levee and "along the river with
gasoline ' launches-is being maintained.
" It was' persistently reported today
that a shipment of specie destined for
an Oklahoma City bank was in the
safe dynamited. ' This,' however, Is de
nied by express company officials. The
amount of loot secured, they declare,
is smau. , . -v .
Postal officials assert that one pouch
of mall Is missing. Search , for the
men will be renewed tomorrow.
The 1 men escaped, going into the
woods in different directions. . . : '
The train left Memphis ' shortly af
ter midnight and was boarded by two
men, masked and -heavily armed im
mediately. after it cleared the western
terminus -of the ."bridge over the Mis
sissippi river from Memphis. ' Crawl
ing over the tenderf the engine, the
two, took charge of the . engine crew
and several miles . further : the train
was stopped at their' direction ' where
their three companions were in wait
ing about a camp fire.. Here the bag
gage and mail . cars were ". detached
from the pat-enger coaches, the engi
neer made to disembark and the fire
man .; forced to drive the engine with
the two cars several miles.
-In the meantime, tour; of, the band
had forced-their way into the express
and - mail cars and - bad brought - the
postal clerks and express messengers
to subjection;; ' - 'A .-, ..- :
Practically.no resistance was: offer
ed, v When a. point about a mile, east
of Hulbert and s within a fewyardB of
where 4he-- same train was robbed
gine. was bro'ughtto a. stop,1 the.. ex
press safe dynamited and - registered
mail .pouches rifled-" ' : - , '
Coincident with 4 the - hold-up tele
graph," -wires were out of, commission
and the .first intimation had in Mem
phis that ; anything was amiss witb
tha train was when , the , explosions
were heard by railroad employes sta
tioned . atn. theV . Memphis- end of .the
bridge. What was taken to .be a heavy
fire of small arms,; but which proved
to be the explosion of a consignment
of ammunition when ;the baggage car
was set afire,; followed and a hasty
call was sent to the. Memphis police
for aid. A posse went , to the scene
aboard-a switch engine - but before
their arrivar the robbers were well
on. their way and a superficial search
of the surrounding twoods was with
out result, t.. ...:.'...'
LUTH ER AN S AT SALI SBURY." '
Three Thousand Ministers ' and Lay
men . Attend Convention. "
'-'Charlotte, ; N, C.Feb; 7. rDelegates
representing every-.State in .he Union
and the1 Dominion of Canada gathered
at Salisbury this af ternoon for the
first general, convention of the Luther
an Laymen's . Missionary Movement.
In round numbers there are-3,000 min
isters ' and laymen prespt,- forming
what is probably the greatest and most
Important religious gathering, a South
ern town .has ever entertained. Gov
ernor Kltchin welcomed the visitors,
band - speakers, of national repute, in
the Lutheran cnurcn niea oui we .pru-
gramme., Dr: E. T. Horn, or Philadel
phia, addressed , the .convention A on
"The Awakening of the. World," .-'and
Dr. J. Henry Harms, president of New
berry College, South Carolina, follow
ed with an inspirational address on
The Supreme Opportunity or tne uen-
eration." Dr.' S. P. Long, or vians
field, Ohio, closed the, meeting tonight
with an address on "Inspiration, for
Conauest." Every home in .Salisbury
has been thrown open to the .visitors
and7 even then the . accommodations
are taxed. to. the limit.
SALARIES OF- CLERKS
Efforts
Being Made 'to1 v Get Some
,; --; ' Additions J
Greensboro. -N. X3 . , Feb . 7 . United
States Clerk) James. M. MUlikan has
received a letter from Attorney veu
eral Wickersham advising that the sal
aries of the deputy clerks for the west
ern' district of the.United states jouri
under - the re-organization plan have
been fixed a s follows :'. , W . S ; . Hyams,
lAshevIlle,", -$2,200; ,H C. Cowles
Statesville, Charlotter,tjaiiSDury,- w
2C0; Miss Hattie' Causey, Greensboro,
$L500;,TViiss M. RobiSO'n, Asheville.
$s0; H. BFurches; Statesville, $900 ;
Mtltbn - McNeill, WIlkesbord, . $800. The
salary of C jerk Millifcan, who- will
make' his headquarters in Greensboro,
is fixed by statute at $3,500, though a
bill to increase ithe salaries of clers j
to 5,000 is now pending in' CohgressJ
-;".-?-, ;n. ' ' i''
' the" newest patterns ih-Spring suit
ings now on. display' at. J. M. Solkv
& : Xo.'s store ? with expert gutter to
take your measure. : : '. .;.' ;-
"A Glrl of the West." , ; ' ;
Big yitagraph film: At -The - JJ rand
Theatre today. jDon't" miss it; .
lYoutcan'tffordVto'rmi jPlatt &
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WHOLE NUMBER 13,819.:
EVERGLADE
FRAUD
House Committee 'Decides
Upon a Thorough Invcs
tigation of Charges.
OFFICIALS CLAIM IIIIJOGEIICE
Charges Agafnst the Agricultural De
partment Officials of Having Sup1-
pressed-Reports' Will be '
V . - - Taken Up. -
Washington, Feb.- 7. thorough in- "
vestigation of the charges that . gov
ernment reports on Florida, everglades
lands were . suppressed by .officials of
the Dieparment of Agriculture at the
instance of land speculators, and that
department engineers were dismissed
because of controversies n this-connection,
was determined upon today
by the Democratic members of , the
House Committee on Expenditiures in
the Department of Agriculture. After
a conference Representative Moss, of
Indiana, chairman of the committee,
declared thaL the formal ordelv of In- "
quiry would be . executed' at . a meet- ,-,
ing of the full committee tomorrow. "".
t ''The committee has determined that 1
there are circumstances in connection
with this case that need thorough In
vestigation," said Chairman Moss,
Vand we already have decided, to sub
poena as one of the first witnesses J. V
0 Wright, the chief drainage engineer
of tle State of Florida,, formerly an
engineer; in the drainage division.' of 1
the Departmeht-rof Agriculture, who
made eharces aeainst his formRft.
ciate engineers in the . deptjtment, . v ' U
which -resulted' in their dismissal last v ' ". f !
Saturday, by order Of Secretary Wll- S .." : '
Saturday, hy order Of - Secretary VOl
son." "' -i; .-'
son.
A statement, issued" tonight by SoUr
c.ltor 'MCahe tif .'h.vTlensrtmont- rif . - i
Agriculture.-with tne-aporovai -of. See-
retary Wilson, declares that thecharg- - , ; ; i ! ;
es against-the department, are .untrue v , ', , '.- v
and thai v.the .effort J to besmirch the - ' f. f I r
Secretary-Vof Agriculture' will fail." ' ') s
ThelHqus committee.- tojPortsWWU tJ& : '. 1
htxRhe) fornt'H- thelttvpstlgation and . . ;' '
probably , th first witness,. will. be- the . 2 '
chief accountanrof the Department of'
Agriculture, Mr.-.A.:'Zappone,: who al
so was flrst'tcf appear as a witness in
the case against Dr. Viley.h -
- C. G. Elliott, : former chidf engineer,
of' the drainage division, and his as
sistant, - A:' D. : Morehouse, who were
dismissed upon recommendation of So
licitor McCabe, today engaged as coun
sel to represent' them at the hearings ; . : , " ;
Henry E. Davis, 'wrho defended Dr. .
wiiey. . ...."?-" - ' . "'- '. .. ;:v
The determination to sift to the bof" .,. ; .- .v
torn .the circumstances 'concerning the
Department of Agriculture's vrelations
withrthe Florida land cases was pre
ceded by; a conference : between Sena
tors Duncan U. Fletcher and Nathan"
P. Bryan, of. Florida, and ' Chairpian
Moss, early- in the day. ; The 'Senators
called upon the representative as soon
as they learned ' of -the proposed In
quiry.' ' .' - -
Neither of them would make a state-'
ment but both asked to, be present at
tne nearjngs. .. - - V' , -r'. " ': i :..
proved b: Secretary. Wilson, foUows: VJ; -j !, ;; -1
"Irt a -.prejudiced bne-side"d - state-(;,;, ,,v : . t i
ment- given out, by Representative . !. J. ' .''Vh
Frank : Clark, of Florida, on the ever- '-.i" i f l
glades 1 -controversy, Ait ! is ;sught .to
show that, the reason the .Secretary of .
Agrieuit'ui'e suprf ssea,a,' circular' of , , (",
lniormauon wmcn naa , oeen preyarcu
by ; the office -of ' drainage "... lnyestiga
tiens; and declined to print a complete
report. 'of the .drainage work which .the' , ,;:,,
department has; done in , the 'Ever- , ;
giaoes, was D.ecause tne secretary oia : ,
not regard the .circular and reports as. , ;
sufficiently favorable to please;- the ', '
land promoters -who. were operating .
in the glades. In Mr. .Clark's state- ,
meat it' is further sought to show that v
the recent dismissal of Messrs. Elliott - ,
and Morehouse, drainage engineers, ;
was for failure to show sufficient fa
vors to the land promoters.
"Both of ' these statements are un-
true and Mr.. Clark's effort to be- , .y,
smirch the Secretary of - Agriculture , . ' ,
will fail; ' The Secretary refused to .-. "
print the report of the work done In , .
the'glades because not only were his. v .-'', .
engineers, Mr wrlgnt and Mr. KUiott . , . -
in disagreement as. to. the correct In
teroretatton of the work done by the
department in the glades, but Mr. El-,;
liott, without further Investigation,
radically changed nis position, and the
experts of the bureau of plant Indus-"
try. familiar with Florida; conditions, :
disagreed with4. both Mr., W right and
Mr. Euioti . .. -V-.. ;:. . -' ;V-
. .'Elliott and Morehouse werd -dis- r' : ;
missed by the. Secretary df Agriculture-f ...
because thej 'had.i certified ' and pre- ?j
sented false . accounts, ' knowing them ;,r - '
to be falsa, on which- the government " )j 1
had paid , put -moneys. Npt only did '-' -
tney know...tmj. accounts-were iaise,
but they procured the persons to make,
the false accounts, telling - those ; per-. '
sons That they , would receive money
for their, trouble. : ,They admit they
did this; they, concealed their unlaw-
ful. acts ;irohf their, chief,, Dr A.. C "
True, and. when Dr.. True .dlspovered ;
the facts he recommended, their dis?
missal. The .Secretary ' dismissed
them,' and' as' there ,was: a. violation ,of
law involved,. seiji all of-the facts and (
papers .in'ls pbssassionrto the. Attor:
neyuenerai -ior .cemncation r ,io we j' . -. 1
disfrict- attorney' for -prosecution V and;;
lor' such Jother. action as 'the Attorney fvvf'
Genera) rafght deem proper. ' :"' - v - jr ';
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