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- 1- t -VI 1. t THE WEATHER. ' - Kain today and Wednesday. VOL. XCI NO. 40. ORTIE NliL CONTINUES Confessed Dynamiter Tells of Explosions Where "Soup" Was Used IMPLICATES MORE OFFICIALS Mentions Others Among the Defen dants Who, He Says, Knew He Was Employed by Iron Workers Union Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 11. Prom that part of his career whenhe had discarded dynamite and was resorting to i he use of nitro-glycerine which. he carried about on passenger trains by the dozens of quarts, Ortie E. McMani- ual related at the "dynamite conspi iac " trial today how he had caused explosions at Cleveland, Jersey City, Pittsburgh. Omaha and Superior, Wis. He named Peter J. Smith and George Nipper'' Anderson, of Cleveland; Charles Wachtmeister, Detroit; Hi ram Cline, Indianapolis; William E.fand five negro men Keddiii. Milwaukee; Fred Mooney, Du lutli. and Eugene A. Clancy, San Fran c:; o. all labor union officials, besides those he previously had mentioned as being among the "45 defendants who knew he was employed by the union iron workers to "blow up work under construction by "open-shop" contractors. Carrying 12 quarts of nitro-glycerine. in the company of Herbert S. Hockin. from a hiding place in an old cooper shop at Rochester, Penn., Mc Maniyal testified he delivered the ex plosive to Smith and Anderson in Cleveland, to be used "by them .in blowing up a building at Akron, Ohio, .luly 4th. 1910. The witness said , he wa5 to have done the "job," but Smith insisted it had been promised to some one else. - ,v' V V- - - -. Thev did not knowtftow-to use the alarm deck arrangement sm -had fpi tuma ou somes,: -VMara - aioivteiuifeac. "so 1 was sent to Chicago to forward feet of fuse by special delivery. It arrived in time and the Akron job was i'lown tip July 4th.. ;f- : On my going, again to Indianapo i s. I J. McXamaf a aid he had talk ed to President Frank M. Ryan, of the Iron Workers' Union, about Hoc'a in holding out "part of thy pay for each job M;Xamara said '$200 a job had been set aside by the union and here after I would work directly under him. H..- said he had jnst received a letter from Frank C. Webb, New York, ask ing to send me to blow up a Phoenix Bridge Company job at Jersey City. I 'vas to return by way o,f Pittsburgh and look over the Mcltee Rooks job and also by way of Scran ton. Pa., and vt in touch with Michial J. Hannon. local business agent. McNamara told me not to talk much to Hannon as he was not sure of Hannah yet. Webb met me in. Jersey City and took m out to show me what to blow 'K. While I surveyed the job, he sfood back, saying, the workmen knew him around there That night after "aiting two hours to learn that the " at( hman made a round only once an. hr".r. I placed two bombs in some gird rs after midnight, July 9th: In the turning I saw Webb with a newspa per giving an account of the explo sion On the way back I stopped in Scran ton. but did not see Hannon. At 1 i'rsburg bought a dozen alarm 'locks and on July I4th blew up the -M K es Rock job. - 1 When I got back to Indianapolis VcXaniara was talking to" his brother, 'niK-s B.. who- said he had received ' "-leg ram from Clancy1, at San Fran-cir-co. and that he (James B.) was to the coast. ' I. said to his brother: 'Look up lancy as soon as you arrive and he'll you in touch with the bunch and ' old man. "n the way to Chicago where I left I. B. said that he expected to be :-' ''' months on the coast; that they "anted some one to go out and clean ; 'I.e coast, particularly Los Ange " 'bat they had had a couple of fel working out there, but did not 1 r any results. Later I received a '"'"'ram from J. B. dated at Seattle. 1 went to Omaha and on July 21st ' '!' 'w up a job there with eight quarts ' ' i'ro-glycerine. I knew the explo--i'iiis occurred, for I heard it while '''ins tor a Chicago train at the sta T:,,!i half a mile away. F. wanted to know when I re ' :.(( to Indianapolis why I had not ,;,! i-ffj two explosions on the job. I ' b! him a watchman with a dog was " io .-. in? me around and I did not take ''' chances. I was afraid the dog " !'-i scent me out of the dark. ! 1 gave me 14 quarts more and "i'i idp to go to Milwaukee and get ! tomb with William E. Reddin and to do a job at Superior, Wis. I ' '! to Miwaukee ' and buried six ' 'it on West Wells street. Then I 1 ( ' Ueddin, telling him the Milwaukee did not have enough material on ' ' blow up yet, , but that he should ' I .1. know when the material ar-riVf-d I blew up' the Superior, job Au-ust 1st. I took a Duluth newspa-"-" account of the explosion back to 1 1 but he said he had beaten me to for Fred Mooney at Duluth had writ ;tu him a letter thanking him for ending a real dynamiter up there." ''ic.Manigal was telling of his start !,,r RoeheRter, . p,a,.r td! procure 20 FOURTEEN KILLED IIEH HURT Flagman's "Negligence Caus ed Appalling Disaster on Yazoo Railroad FREIGHT HIT AN EXCURSION Smash-up Occurred Near Montz, La. Distressing Scenes of Death And Suffering Witnessed Negroes Panic-Stricken New Orleans, La., Nov. 11. Four teen lives were snuffed out and 9&J passengers iBjured when a through freight train crasned into the rear-end of a northbound excursion train on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad near Mont,;. La., at 12:20 this morn ing. ' The appalling disaster is charged by the railroad officials to the negligence of a flagman named Cunningham, who disappeared when the two trains crashed together. Of the dead, four are white women, one a white infant, four negro women Forty-one of the injured are white and 49 negroes. It is expected that all of these except possibly three, will recover. Although the scene of the wreck is 'but 27 miles north of New Orleans and relief trains were sent from this city and from Baton Rouge, the rail road officials withheld from the press information of the wreck until a late hour this morning. An " amazing feature of the wreck "was that the loss of life was confined almost entirely to the last and fourth from the last coaches of the excur sion train. The second from the . last coach escaped -injury almost completely. The excursion train was made up of 10 -coaches, with negroes occupying all the Jtwovrear poaches, --.. . v . ; 7i:,ne rear-coacs jisjowuaiieu the tltira- anA itonrtsh ears were-tele-i slopelAir freight engine; were burned. Pathetic stories of the ghastly hor ror were brought to New Orleans to day by survivors, many of whom bare ly escaped death. The confusion and excitement incident to the distressing scenes of death and suffering was in creased by the cries and exclamations of the hundreds of negroes -who ran about in a panic-stricken condition. A few Of the negroes were self-possessed and lent their aid to heroic efforts of white passengers to save from the flames those pinioned beneath the wreckage, but most of them ran wildly about shrieking, shouting and praying. Mrs. Thomas McGinness. wife of a New Orleans plumber, and her hus- band and two small babies, are in a local hospital. The other wnite vic tims were Mrs. Charles Grece, Mrs. "Montendo and Mrs. Jennie Lomeaux, all-of Zachary, La. At an early nour nnp-ht nn one had appeared to claim the body of the white infant found in the wreota. It is supposed that the child's mother perished. ' Of the injured 46 were brought to New Orleans for medical treatment and 44 were taken to Baton Rouge or to their homes. The Louisiana Railroad Commission tndav telegraphed to the Inter-State Commerce Commission to join m an investigation of the wrecK. An official statement issued by the railroad company places the blame for tbe disaster on a DraKeman uameu Cunningham, who is cnargea witu failure to obey orders and signal the freight train. xT - The excursion train, wmcu ii Orleans northbound at 11 P. M., last ,ot xet,a drawn by two engines. On approaching Montz, one engine broke iAn onH th eneineer signalled to the brakeman, it is said, to go back and signal the rreigm iram, u.uu was running 25 minutes ueumu excursion. . , , This order, it is declared, the brake fciiort t-n-. comDly with and the freight tore into the rear of the crowd ed passenger train at a speed of about 30 miles an hour, neuei uam, sent from New Orleans and Baton Rouge. THREE NEGROES DROWNED Accidental Discharge of Gun Blew a Hole In Their-Boat -Tvnia v.. Nov. 11. Three ne gro youths were drowned in Dan river just above the city this afternoon In a very singular accident, two other rf the same boat being ame to keep afloat untll rescued by boat men who heard tneir cries. rmM were in a boat in mid-stream trossing Dan river with a view of shooting birds, and out. cue - 4.-UA. mtn 1X7 Q Q fi innirt In finmA WHY L11C ft LlXi . irtnxr ioi-hflrepd and Uie charge of shot bored a hole in the bottom of the boat and it immediately oegan lin ing. John Henry Corbin, Reuben Cor k onH w Hairston. being unable to swim, went down with the foundering boat and drowned before iney cuuiu ho reached. The other two boys -kept a'float until boatmen from the shore hauled them aboard. Many excueu negroes living along shore were power less to extend succor. quarjta. of nitroglycerine for use in an pxninaion at Kansas City. Mo., August 23rd. when court adjourned i Founde: WrLMINGTOK, N. C, GUNMEN ON TRIAL FOR ACTUAL KILLING OF ROSENTHAL. IS HERE TO STAY, SAYS T. B. Declares Fight Has Just Begun and Work ,of Progressive Party Is Unparalleled In History of Free Government New York, N. Y., Nov. 11. Theo dore Roosevelt made a formal state ment tonight bearing upon the elec-J tion and the future of the Progressive party. In line with previous expres sions of his own, and of his colleagues, he reiterates that "the Progressive party has come to stay'' and "so far from being over, the battle has just begun." The statement follows: "I congratulate the Progressives of the country that is, I congratulate those good men and women ."Wbb, with Wncenty ot purpose ror wec common sincerity of purpose, for -thee common the coming years and see what the fu ture demands from us. "What the Progressive has done since the theft of the Republican or ganization by the Republican bosses at Chicago last June is literally un paralleled 4n the history of the free government worked under represen tative institutions. "Three months have gone by since the new Progressive party was found ed. Without much money, without any organization"' against the wealth of the country, against the entire organ ised political ability of the country, against the bitter hostility of 90 per cent of the press . of the country, against the furious opposition of ev ery upholder of special privilege, whether In politics or in business, and with the channels of information to the public, largely choked the Pro gressive party has polled between four and four and one-half million votes ; has hopelessly beaten one of the old 'parties, both in the electoral college and in ' the. popular vote; has taken second place in the Nation and either first or second place in some 37 of the 48 States. ' "No task in any way approaching this has ever before been performed by any party in our country. Such a feat, performed by volunteers hastily brought together, and without any pre- rvious co-operation with each other against the trained veterans of the political arena these trained veterans Including the entire mercenary forces 'of politiC3 should be a source of pride, not only to those who perform ed the task; but to all believers in good citizenship and in the capacity of Americans for self-government. ' "During the campaign, I said re peatedly" that this was in no shape or way a one-man movement, but a movement for great principles a 'movement which has sprung, as all healthy movements in our democracy, must spring from the heart and con science of the people themselves. This truth must be kept steadily before the minds of all of us. The Progres sive party has come to stay. If either Of the old parties will endeavor to put into legislation anyone of our planks, it can count tfpon our hearty support in so doing, but we will not rest con tented until the entire platform is enacted into law and becomes part of Our political system, National and State. "I am proud, indeed that the great good fortune has been mine to fight shoulder to shoulder with the men and women who, in the ranks, and in va rious positions of leadership have waged this great battle for social and industrial justice. So far from being over, the battle has just begun. "We will not rest content until ev ery feature of the Progressive plat form has been put in eff ect and, when this has been done, unquestionably there jtwill have opened to us new ave nues along which it will still be a duty to work for the moral and economic-betterment of our people. (Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Shawnee, "t)kla., Nov. 11. E. H. Herndon, a farmer, shot and killed his mother,' aged 90, and committed suicide at his home near Shawnee to day. Herndon is believed to have been temporartlyvinsane. ; 1 TUESDAY MORNING, JUQ6E6OPAN0 the gunmen (From left to right: "Dago Frank," "W hitey" Lewis, "Giyp the Blood" and " Lefty Louie.") ANOTHER SWINDLER ARRESTED Detectives Haul in James McDonald, Helper in Wire-tapping Game. Wilmingtoniars Offered Bonus -to Drop Case. .. , (Special Star Telegram.), y ,., - . New Yofkovrw.esterayVfr ternoon two of Deputy Commissioner Dougherty's dctives, Dally and Wil bur, arrested another sleek gentleman of fortune, who, it is alleged, was also one of the stars in doing up the Wil- mington bunch" in the wire-tapping game, besides old Simple Simon K. Jones, the Pittsburg coal merchant, out of 128,000 and William J. Mason, a Norfolk, Va., real estate man, who, it develops, was another victim to the tune of $20,000. He Ts James Mc Donald, a commission merchant also, who lives at the Hoffman House, Broadway and 25th street, and in a stunning Sunday afternoon walking suit was enjoying charming weather on the upper deck of the Fifth avenue and Riverside Drive recreation bus. Last night he was held in $2,500 bail by Justice Murphy for the trial and round-up of the other six star wire-tappers in the West Side court Tuesday. He is 50 years old and an old timer in the swindling business. Dougherty says he has a long record as a bank swindler and burglar. Dougherty says also that his pur suit of this Wilmington wire tapping case has cleaned up the town, seven (Continued on Page Eight.) OUTLINES Charles Page Bryan, United States ambassador to Japan, resigned yester day. "nV? ' 31 Daughters of the Confederacy meets at Washington today. The Aldrich Currency bill will like ly be a bone of contention during the next Session of Congress. Division of opinion exists among Democratic Senators and Representa tives as to the wisdom ot calling an extra session of Congress to revise the tariff. Fourteen passengers were killed and 90 injured early yesterday morning when a freight crashed into an excur sion train on the Yazoo & Mississip pi Valley Railroad near Montz, La. Ortie E. McManigal, the confessed dynamiter, continued his story of ex plosions at the "dynamite conspiracy" trial yesterday, and touched on that part of his career when he substitut ed nitro-glycerine for dynamite. President-elect Wilson is pursuing a listening policy in regard to calling an extra session of Congress to revise the . tariff and will hear the matter thoroughly discussed before he makes a decision. Col. Roosevelt issiied a formal state ment yesterday in regard to the elec tion and the future of the Progres sive party. He declared his party had come to stay and had just begun to fight. . - . - The jury which will pass on the guilt or innocence of the four "gun men" charged with the actual killing of the gambler, Rosenthal was com pleted last night and evidence will be begun today. ' . . New York markets: Money on' call firm, 4 to 4 1-4 per cent; "ruling rate 4 1-4; closing bid 5 1-2; offered at 6. Spot cotton closed quiet. Flour steady. "Wheat steady; Nc 2 red 1.06 to 1.07. 'Corn steady, 55 3-4. Turpentine .quiet Rosin steady.; :; iljUD6E60FF AND I NOVEMBER 12, 1912., "GUNMEN" JURY IS COMPLETE Last of 12 Jurors Who Will Decide Fate of Alleged Actual Slayers of Rosenthal, the Gambler, Chosen Last Night. New York, Nov. 11. The last of 12 jurors needed to decide the 'fate of the four gunmen" indicted as the ac tual slayers of the gambler, Herman Rosenthal, was chosen when Justice Goff adjourned th-eecond day of the trial at 7 o'clock this evening. The first of the State's witnesses will be heard tomorrow. More than 100 talesmen were exam ined before the last juror took his seat in the box. The four prisoners, "Dago Frank," "Whitey Lewis," "Lefty Lou ie" and "Gyp the Blood? all took, a hand in directing their counsel, Attor? h6yrWaJludleiif: taJeameiuiDut "Dago Frank", who sat neat-:"th lawyer appeared to be the leading ad viser among the four. " The jury is as follows: . William H. Montgomery, a buyer, foreman ; Lee XC t q lr Ci t roo 1 acfotn rl co lor' XP.ri Fishei.f Carpet designer; Samuel M. Comstock, real estate dealer; Charles ;P. Huntington, architect; John Gude brod, manufacturer; Henry C. Rey nolds. manufacturer; Henry I. Ditt- man, broker; John G. Guffy, salesman; Sidney J. Hamilton, advertising agent; Alfred J. Hermsheim, manufacturer, and Frank H. Gould, manager. All are middle-aged men' of differ ent nationaliay and all married. The lateness of tonight's session was in part due to the fact that after the choice of a 12th juror had been made, Frederick Shaleck, who had been chos en as juror No. 4, was taken ill and the substitution of Comstock for him became necessary. The jurors, after being warned to discuss the case with no one, were permitted to go to their homes. It is likely that Jack Rose, who test! fled against Charles Becker, convicted for instigating the murder, will be among the first witnesses called to morrow. GAVE THEMSELVES UP Young White Men Surrender at New- bern Wanted Here ' (Special Star Telegram.) Newbern, N. C, Nov. 11. Ran 'dolph Williams and Andrew Crumby, yolng" white men who iclaim Wilming ton as their home, voluntarily- walked into the city hall this morning and in formed Chief of Police Lupton that they were escaped convictsfrom th New Hanover county chaingahg. So unusual was their case that the chief was not at first convinced that their story was true. However, they were placed in the. Craven county jail and a telegram sent to Sheriff Cowan, of that county, informing him of .the men's surrender. They stated that they had rather be back at work on 'the roads than tramping over the country. Sheriff S. P. Cowan stated . yester day that he had received telegram from Newbern with reference to the convicts and that he would send ah officer at 5:30 o'clock this morning for Randolph Williams, who is wanted here, but that he knew nothing of Crumby. The officer, however, will look Crumby over while in Newbern and if he is wanted here, he will be brought along too. Williams is the young white man who escaped down the fire escape at the hospital when he was sent to that institution from the county roads for treatment. ALLEN JURY COMPLETE. Twelve Men From Grayson County to Decide Sidna's Fate. . Wytheville, Va., Nov. 11, A jury was secured in the Wythe; county- Cir cuit Court today for the trial of Sidna Allen for the murder of Judge-Thornton L. Massie, when the Aliens shot up the Carroll county court , house on March 14, last. . The jury cbhaea frOtn Grayson county, which 'adjoins the county of Carroll. A motion of the de fense to dismiss the jury was overrul ed by the court, and adjournment was then taken until tomorrow, - when the onening statements of counsel will" be made, - If 1 TURKS BEATEN AT . TGHATALfA LINES Bulgarians Win What May 0 Be Last Great Battle of the Campaign EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY ACTIVE Bulgarians May, After All, Forego Tri umphal Entry Into Constantino ple Question of Media tion Is Advanced London, Nov. 11. Judging by all precedents in the present war, the news from Constantinople tonight is the hsrald of another Turkish defeat at the Tchatalja lines, where a battle has been proceeding for the last two or three days. The Turkish admission that so many wounded are arriving at the capital as to show that the Turks are offering fierce resistance, has a great signifi cance, in view of previous admissions of a similar nature, and may be re garded as preparing the minds of Turks for another disappointment. It nxcy be quite possible that this will provide the last great battle of the campaign. There are indications that Bulgaria may after all forego a triumphal en try into Constantinople. According to some reports, Bulgaria will be content with finding Winter quarters for her army while the peace negotiations are going on and subsequent settlements are being arranged. The question of mediation has been put forward another step, according to the announcement from Paris to night that the Austrian government has agreed to join with the other pow ers in transmitting Turkey's request for mediation to the. allies, and ques tioning on, what terlns the allies are disposed to accept mediation. .; lieyeitiQftjO the daie ofr hii Europjanipfci& istliilnteresf s nf A nalia-aad-Sarvie i appears 1o have quickened the sense of the powers and probably of the Bal kan States also, -to the imperative need of working in amicable co-operation to procured settlsfcnent accept able to all concerned. Another factor making for the spee dy cessation of the war Is the ap proach of severe Winter conditions, which would give to the campaign an exceedingly arduous character. There is talk still inVienna of send ing an ultimatum to Seryiar and other warlike ports, but it is believed Ger many is exercising an ameliorating influence in the directionf persuad ing both Austria and Servia to con sent to a postponement ofithe settle ment until the whole matter can be ylealt with by an European confer ence. Meanwhile, diplomacy is ac tive in all the European capitals. It is understood that after his im portant mission at Budapest is con cluded, Dr. Daneff, president of the Bulgarian unamoer ot Deputies,, will go to the other European courts to ex plain the views xf the allies. The Serv ian premier, M. Pachitch, after an im portant cabinet meeting, left Bel grade tonight for Uskup, to consult with King Peter on the situation. The reported mobilization of Austro. Hungarian forces is denied. Rouma nja, however, is taking certain mili tary measures with a view to be pre pared for eventualities. No late news of importance has been received from Adrianople, Scu tari or other points where the armies of the allies have the Turkish troops in close quarters. Fighting on Tchatalga Lines. Constantinople, Nov, 11, 10 P. M. The Bulgarians began an attack on the Turkish advanced positions along the Tchatalja line yestecday afternoon. The fighting continued throughout to day. Judging from the number of wound ed arriving in Constantinople the Turkish troops are offering fierce re sistance. The Porte tonight sent a note by tel egraph to the Turkish representatives abroad inquiring what progress had been made with respect to obtaining positions of the Balkan States in the matter of an armistice. The Porte still is without a reply to its recent appeal to the powers. Cholera has appeared among the Bulgarian troops, according to reports. The- number of wounded soldiers reaching the capital is increasing to such an extent that the war office has decided to send contingents to. Bruisa, in Asia Minor. Every possible accom modation in the, capital is being utiliz ed for the care of the wounded. Sever al warehouses, a wing of the barracks, and other buildings have been trans formed into hospitals, and two large hospitals in the suburbs of Kadlkeui were opened today. The Unionist and other political clubs, temporarily clos ed by order of the government, also have been converted into hospitals. An official bulletin says that during the last 24 hours six new. cases .of chol-. era, with two deaths have occurred among the refugees. The usual sani tary and quarantine measures are be ing applied to shipping entering Con stantinople. The warships in the harbor were dressed today and salutes were fired in honor, of ,the 'King' of Italy's birth days 1. ;: ;",., "'"- : .. ;;r- r vv ?-: V " .- ELECTION OVER! Now for business. Early advertising -reaps a rich harvest during the holi day season. WHOLE NUMBER 13,166. WILL WILSON GALL All EXTRA SESSION? President-elect Follows Close ly Various Expressions of Opinion WINTER HOME AT -COLUMBIA South Carolina Buys His Boyhood Home and Invites Him to Spend Winters ThereWill Likely i Accept Invitation Princeton, N. J., Nov. 11. -President-elect Wilson has his . mind open on the question whether he shall call . an extra session of Congress to revise . the tariff. He asked the newspaper correspon dents tonight to obtain for him a list of the public men and business men who had declared themselves for or against the extra session. Though the Governor has tried to follow closely in the newspapers the various expres sions of opinion, he said tonight ' he was afraid he might have missed some of them in his reading and that he was anxious to get all the opinions before him. It is known that Governor Wil- 'son has a high regard for the; opinion of Oscar Underwood, the majority leader of the Democrats in the last : session and that in making up his mind, he will give careful attention . to Mr. Underwood's argument. Mr. Underwood is reported as favoring an ' extra session. "I have no immediate intention of -making an announcement," said the President-elect tonight, "but I would ' like to get names of those who have "given affirmative and those who have7 given negative opinions in regard to the advisability of calling an extra ' session. I refer not only to members of Congress, but to all important Dem ocratic leaders." ' . The President-elect was . asked . ir he Ja4 received many ; request .that --an :v extfa session be called.; ''No I have ' ':bt,Kne;:;tep 'smr.fdr.laeeleamra?e-hair:w' none among the telegrams: ' My secre- : tary has sifted' out most of the letters ; and I-'know as yet only their general ; nature and I do not think they touch : on a special session." ; A newspaper dispatch . from Wash- . ington was called to Governor .Wil- . son's attention declaring that close friends of W. J. Bryan said .he would ; decline a post in the cabinet. i "Oh, but Mr. Bryan did not say that," remarked the Governor, "that : "was just a piece of dope." The future President was invited today to spend his Winters at Colum- -bia, S. C, his old home. William E. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State; Mayor .W. H. Gibbes, Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the Univer sity of South Carolina; J. E. Swear ing, State superintendent of educa tion, and James Woodrow, a cousin of Mr . Wilson and an instructor in the university, officially informed him of the purchase by the State of his boy hodd home and that it was being re modelled for his use as a Winter home. It is probable that the Wilsons will spend part of their Winters there. "It's a very prettey sentiment?' said the Governor tonight. "When I was a half-grown boy my father built a house in Columbia which my mother altogether planned, and, of course, I remember all the details of its build ing and the development of the little piece of property. These gentlemen today came to tell me that, my friends 'in South Carolina had interested them selves to get control of that house -which they would fix up in any, way convenient for me for use in the Win ters if I wanted to go South while President. The house is hear a very big and comfortable hotel, built since our tim?that will make It quite con venient for the secretaries and their families to live within easy reach of me. it seemed to me it was an ideal suggestion and that it embodied a very pretty sentiment. - In that little Southern home I had perhaps the largest number of my boyhpod asso ciates. Of course I expect to have my same old room when I return to the ' old homestead." . , ' Mr. Gonzales, of the delegation, said after calling on the Governor, that the house had been purchased by the people of South Carolina and. that it had been placed at the disposal of the President-elect "for a period of eight years." . The attention of the Governor was called today to a newspaper editorial which said that his conceptions of the Presidency could be found in his book on Congressional Government." "I wrote that 'when I was 26 years old," said the Governor. "I have not read it since, so I don't know whether I have changed 'my opinions or not." The President-elect has had a great number of requests for speeches, but he said he was declining them all as he had plenty .of work ahead of him. Two engagements made before the election will be kept, one at a dinner of a Southern . Society in New York and one at a banquet of the Commer cial Club of Chicago, both in Januarv. He said today he probably would take in the jubilee for him at Staunton, Va his birth place, on his way to the con- -Terence of Governors at it Richmond, Va., during Christmas weefc. ' The Governor announced that in his Vacation retreat he would go "incog." (Continued on Page Eight.) - MAS Mi -. mm n 1 r "i ' v. . it ' f ( V f j nil! M: - : t
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