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THE WEATHER.V j f-, -'S N''-' r 'ifl5:SSS ' ' ' H 'I ' " " - it'- .rrM''' ' Wlw'aMRL -' .IM '"' ' '--r ADVERTISING !AYS. TiifiK miiqt nnr iuiii muur uuu TO ALLIES' TERMS Powers at .Work Behind '. the Scenes Force Further Concessions. J IN NO SHAPE TO . RESUME WAR Tu rkey Rehou nces; Rig ht in Island of CreteTPromlies Further Recti -'$&)$&Qi$tyjic$ri: Fron- . firsT stage of the TurkiiirBalkaixpea:ce negotiations, which: s : rtgaVded 'diplomats . "s largely-iis one of pretense on Turkey's part to avoid. the' appearance of yield ing to" tie!dem,iid?;f 4he allies wlA- out pressi frOm-llxei powers, is over now. ,iV Vv.- Vr . It is expected' that 'the second stage will isoon Begin, with the powers . act ing behind the. scenes and pulling the strings which ' w ill . compel Turkey to concede the bulk .of : the allies' de mands. V Without money, her army in - adequate and demoralized, her states men realize that Turkey is in no condi tion to. resume hostilities; f '- '.- At" today's sitting, of the conference Turkey, renounced in. favor or the al lies her rightrfn the island of Crete " and .promised further' rectification . of I the Tttracean trpjiuerDut insisted up- on the retention of Adrianople. The allies declared; this was not satisfac tory and suspended.' the. conference. ' That does not mean a,rupture of the negotiations; . The conference may be ' resumed either' by Turkey giving noti ficati6n"that , she has afresh proposals to submit oV, by the ' allies on . the ground thatthey have-communications to make to the Turks. It is generally expectedithat the work .of the. confer-. . ence , will be taken ) up." again at the - end of . the , week. when the festivities in connection " with? ; the v Orthodox Christmas axdeS:-V& ' y ' Tbttallie-todayr-helda slidrt.ineet . ing befdre.tEefficia7sitting-and dis cussed three; possibilities' with refer ence to 'the statement which Rechad Pasha."' had been .asked to make res pecting the " Balkan ultimatum, and agreed on the' reply ibf the allies. rs r i . First, if? Recbad'Pasha'8 statement was arrogant ", an provocative, then notwithstanding the .advice of the pow ers in . fayo of - .'moderation, : they would break off the . negotiations ; sec ond, if lecbad5 ' were courteous, but the new concessions tinimportant, they would suspend ' th'e; conference,- third, if Rechad made important concessions, withoiA - absolutely4cbnceding" the;" al lies' demands, . they- would adjourn the sitting until Friday 'in order to' allow time to consults their respective gov ernments. V ;Y Xj: V.'? : ; - - " ' " Immediately after the conference convened, Rechad. .Pasha Tnade a brief speech in wbich'he ,aid Turkey would prepare proof df heir, conciliatory spirit and then read the .following: ' . "If we refuse -the."-cession of Adrian? ople it is because i its-cebsion is impos- sible for the. security df Constantino-" pie and the tpardai&eiles. Besides, I must add, cthat;.we; are here with the firm intention. to establish a"' lasting peace with such cohditfjons as -will in sure friendly relations - and .6mmejr cial facilities profitable.' to both par ties. . r. . j'VV' h :-cv "W(e still . are ready ir today to dis cuss the frontier"; line between' Turkey and Bulgaria, ' bntf this .frontier mut leave Adrianople in Ottoman territo ry. Wishing to give inew proof of our spirit of cognation, we consent to desist frqm our rights " over Crete on ' conditions naturally; that the allies, do not claim the cessions of any other .is lands in, the: -Aegean .Sea. If, notwith standing thesenornjous sacrifies, the allies reject , all : idea of entering the road of concessions, wishing to break the negotiatipnditb.e : whole responsi bility for thevponsequences of this rupture will fall 6U: ?; them. In this eventually we' declare all of the con cessions madej.intil. .today null and void." -Mx'rf;''- ' The Balkan delegates could not con ceal their, dissatisfaction with the statement and -various ones asked Re chad Pasha r if he could not" add some thing.. , The .Turkish 'rd8legate expres sed great surprise .at 1 the dissatisfac tion of the allies, J saying they - were never satisfied., v Dr; Daneff , the Bul garian delegate,' 'jsaid. Jhe allies asked only what they - had; fought for . and what they expected - after the succes ses attained.-,-- - , ' , Rechad Pasha said his instructions were to onununicat only the . state ment which-, he; had 'read, but he be. lieved his government' might be Induc ed to grant another sinall rectification of the Thracean -frontier, ceding sever al districts, 'the .population of which is for the most paf tChristian. : - The sitting theft '-was suspended ; to give time , to, the : allies to formulate their answer . After"' a short . discus sion they decided ;'-that the Turkish statement, jcorrespohded- with the sec ond alternative contemplated in the,de cision taken at' the . inee'ting held prior to the official . sitting.- - An .answer was drafted . accordingly and the sit-, ting was re-opened, ,.M. Novakovitch then read the;, following ' statement : "The positions Of !,Hheir . excellencies, the Ottoman delegates,; do not corres pond witivttie' demands formulated by the allies In- the ; former - sitting. The (Continued an. Page Eight.) ', . N'-. ,'-'-:'.V' ; C' WEQOyy JAKUAliY 7, 19ia. ,1 WHOLE SrUMBEB HARD AGROUND Steamer WKKsh Jamitied the Juliit v 4Luckenbach : Badly Damaged .. Schooner 'Picked Up With ' :-";tJ- One of Crey Gone vv':-;-:v Norfolk, ya.,- January C Reports receiyedin. this city tonight from the British steamer Indfakuala, which cot lided with the steamer Luckenbach on Friday, sending that vessel to the bot tom of Chesapeake Bay, indicate that the t British ship .is i "hard aground. -The Indrakuala.has a big hole in her star board .bow. .and her, forepeak is flood ed. : No. 1 hold is- also, filled with-wa: ter. The revenue '-. cutter Apache is still standing by the vessel. . - ;;v Captain Smith. commanding the British ship,- is said . to be. greatly un strung by the great los of life. He is qupted . as paying that : he did - all he could to v sate the men on the Lucken bacb'."i;;;;" .; It ia reported here tonight that' the government will investigate the. col lision f and place the , responsibility. Steamship inspectors here . who have jurisdiction in Cheapeake Bay say they have not received instructions" to in vestigate.' f " .'; ;; '.. . Bessie Whiting Towed In : :,,V- Norfolk, Va." January 6. With one of her crew missing, her foresail gone and the vessel leaking, ; the schooner Bessie Whiting was tqwed into Hamp ton Roads lite; today by the revenue "cutter Onondaga. , The Whiting, while bound . to Port -.Royal from ' New Or leanswas caught in the gale of Sat urday and blown more than a hundred miles off her. coufse. She'was sighted hear Hatteras, but the Onondaga after searching for her for 30 hours, did not find her nh til today. She was pick ed up off CatJe Charles light. ' Several members of the; crew of the schooner , were badly hurt by being thrown about the vessel by the gale One member of the crew was washed overboard by high" seas which broke overthe vessel, but his name was not learned: The Whiting is commanded by Captain : Lowery. His wife is on board. - . -vw-- ';-'" ...-" TRYING TO SAVE FRUIT - ' : . - : " :-' '' Freeze Entails Great Loss to Califor- "' v"! rfiaCjltnis Growers ix)s -Angeies, jai.,- January wjcuu Thousands of men were out. tonightta.'.' in ah effort to save from further dam age; by cold weather 5 Southern v Cali fornia's orange and lemon crop, valued at nearly $50,000,000. - - That the loss entailed by last night's freeze cannot. be estimated accurately, but it - was so serious, growers say, that it will have an appreciable effect Upon the price of the' fruit. . The weather bureau tonight predict ed temperatures as low or lower than those last night. - The temperature then fell to 18 degrees. ; Tampa, Fla., . January 6 . Fearing that the freezingweather predicted for this State during the next , 24 hours will cause disaster similar to that or 1895, when an untimely cold wave de stroyed the major portion -of the or ange crop,, orange growers throughout the State are tonight making every preparation for the protection of their groves. : . . General Manager William C. Tem ple, of the Florida Citrus Exchange, today issued, a warning to growers in Which he ipointed out that trees are how in practically th$ same delicate stage , as when the low- temperatures of 1895 did so much damage. Most of the treesare in full, bloom- .T..T..T..T..T..T..T,Tt TTTT .A v ' : .' ." t ' YESTERDAY IN. CONOKfcoo .. Senate Considered amendment to enlarge powers of campaign fundsf investigation commit tor ' ,bill for an industrial commis sion to control corporations' 4 and with power similar to that A of Inter-State Commerce Com 4 missibh... . -. '; - ;- i, Samuei Gompers, - at Judici 4 clary XJommittee's heaTing on antirin junction and ;i contempt " 4. bills, advocated these bills and 4 discussed for first time pubj 4 licly the dynamite conspiracy j. cases. 1 4..- Courts of impeachment - re sumed trial of Judge Archbald. Adopted v Senator . Works' resolution requiring' Secretary' of the Treasury to furnish in- r 4 , formation as . to expense of : 4 running government, health ! 4 and medical services in 1912. 4 Senator Kenyon introduced 4 . resolution calling on Post- .. 4 A ' master Hitchcock for cost of . handling franked mail mat-- ! 4 ter. - ' " ; $ -' . , , House. i Considered - legislation on jm unonimous consent calendar, r. . A v . ,3Vays and Means Committee Ju began tariff -revision' hearihgs, 4 listening -to v.manufacturerBV 4 .objections tov reductipns on A chemicals. ' ' ' ju t ."MOfley, Trust" investigat--4 ing committee .resumed hear-J.-ings. - -v- - ' . JL Notice of contest . against re-election of U Representative . J Harrison, of, New . York filed. . ' Commerce-Commission re V ; ported lighthouse ' appropria 4 tion bill, carrying .$1,350,000. 4. Considered , hjll to .incorpo- rate Rockefeller) Foundation, 4.' - - ' - . -H-H- WrH-H uuHutKo ILLtUAL, FINDING OF COURT Highest Tribunal Holds Indict ments Against Patten V; ; ; -Are. Valid. RAN ALLEGED COTTON CORNER 4 Case Against -Wall Street Operator and ' . Associates 'Sent' I Back j for - : ' - Trial -or Other; Proceed-. f . ; ings Dissenting. ''' ; Washington, January 6. The . Su preme Court of the . United States to day laid. down the far-reaching princi ple .ithat .."corners'" of inter-State com modities, such as articles of clothing and food, are in violation of the, Sher man anti-trust law, 'and held that as far as the Sherman law was concern ed, :the indictment in the New ,York Federal; Court " of James Patten, Eu gene di ' Scales, Frank H. Hayne and William P. Brown, for "conspiring to run an alleged cotton corner," was va lid. Th- case against them was sent back for trial or other proceedings. ' Justice Vandeventer announced the opening, of the courts- Justice Lurton delivered; a: dissenting opinion, - in which-Chief Justice White and Justice Holmes concurred. The majority, of the court held that the Circuit . Court f or Southern , New York1 had ; decided that the indictment charging a "with- holding"of the cotton from the mar ket, a necessary element of a corner, as ad mitted by ' the government. The minority. ..held , that the- Circuit Court that found ' the- indictment did not so chafge, and for that reason the indict ment was faulty.. ' " , f - . According Jto ' all the justices, the correctness of 'the ; holdingor. the Cir- u(iGoVt"3io the "indictment - charging withholding," and as to. the &wBi- ciency.- :oi the Indictment on other technical points has to be accepted at this time without Question : bv the Su preme Ceurt. . The points thus left un decided today may be made the basis for bringing the case' to the court again,. If the defendants are convicted. Solicitor General Bullitt, who pre sented 'he government's side of the case,- issued a statement after the de cision in which he said at least a way haa'been found to stop the running up of brices by men who sought to corner thevinarket not only of ; cotton but wheat, corn, lard and other commodi- tiesi T . : 1 ..--"" -J m ins opinion, justice vanuevenier dealt af length with the defense that the accused were not engaged fn inter- State, commerce. I : , 4 . '"The first section of the act, upon which the -.counts are founded," said he, "is not confined to voluntary re straint, as where persons engaged in inter-State trade j or commerce agree to suppress competition . among them selves,but includs as well involuntary i restraints c where i persona not . os '. en? gaged inspire to compel ; action by others or to create artificial conditions which necessarily Impede ; or burden the due course of such trade or com merce, or restrict the common liberty to Engage therein." " . The Standard Oil case was quoted in support of this doctrine. Govern ment officials claim this, language will materially , strengthen their fight against combinations violating" the. law. Jusuga . Vandeventer , replied to the argument, that running a corner stim ulated instead of restrains inter-State trade, by saying that this might be true.f or a time,"but the corner was for bidden hx the act .because .it thwarted the usual, operation of laws, of supply and demand, witharew the commodity from thg; normal; current of trade, en hancedprices and l produced practical ly , the -same evils as "i;he" suppression of ;, competition. . He aaid" the statute did not apply to corner of purely intra state trade, nor jwherei the effect upon inter-State' trade was -indirect, and added tha' in the present case the traae was not mtra-atate,-ana tine ef fect waB ndt: indirect. . It" wa..a conspiracy to run a" corner in tha'i'market,"i said he. . "The com modity : X6 Tbe. cornered was cotton,1- a product of the Southern States, largely used: and consumed in the Northern States. V.It was an inter-State trade. " - The corner was to be conducted on the cottoff exchange inNew York, byJamuel Gompers, appearing" before meaui wuBpu-iuwiB, ui 5aau uuuiroi of -the available supply, and so enhance the value , tov all, buyers in every mar ket in the country '.'Bearing in mind that such was the nature, of the: original conspiracy, we regard It ' altogether plain that by-its necessary operation it would directly anjd-maUrially impede and burden the true course-" of trade and commerce amongthe States,, and therefore inflict upon the public;.the injuries which the anti-trust act is ' designed to prevent." ,.The court 'said it made no. difference that -there -was no allegation of a spe cific : -intent, 1 to" restrain' inter-State trade.-;-; " ? "y ?Th conspirators must be held to have; intended j the necessary &ndv di rect xconseqUedces pf .their acts; and cannot be - heard to say tothc- con trary," Jtistifce Vandeventer explained. REJECTS PAPER DISSOLUTION : .-f . - . Supreme Court Turn! Down. Plan Pro-! . posed; by., Union Pacific ' Attomeya ". for Dissolving Great 8aii-' . ' road M-ger. : f i , : . ' ' 1 Washington, .January 4. The plan proposed by Union Pacific attorneys for "dissolving" I the -. Union j Pacific Southern Pacific merger by allowing the Union Pacific stockholders ;to have the exclusive privilege of buying the Southern Pacific now; owned toy the Union Pacific Railroad Corporation, was curtly -4iut. positively rejected to day toy the Supreme Court of flhe Unit ed., States.- , v- - - - Justice Day announced,, the 'conclu-. sions of the court in regard" to the plan proposed by the; railroad's attor ney, and opposed byf the government as he- delivered r the' opinion ! December 2nd,1 holding that the ownership of the stock by the -Union -Pacific : Company was a violation' of . the Sheroum. anti trust law. ; Government . offisials who heard Justice 'Day were convinced that a complete end of the merger must be agreed upon, and .tht any "paper" dissolution would be rejected by the court. '. - . The court" took the position that, a cdrporation is only another name- for the stockholders and - to allow the' Union Pacific stockholders to buy jtke stock now held by : the Union Pacific Company! the corporation - of - which J they are the stockholders would amount to nothing effectual. , Tbia ac tion is regarded. as.avhighly important precedent in anti-trust litigation. ; ; The case j now iwilL go back to ttie District ' Court of Utah, in which the suit originated, for "that" court to en force the decree of dissolution. p . The court did not changetoday the power of the District Court to approve the method of the proposed dissolution, further than to hold that the railroad attorneys and Attorney General Wick ersham are expected to resume negoti ations at once for; ending: the merger and soma persons in Washington re gard it as not improbable;;t!hat, the. rail-' road attorneys will assent- to the gov ernment's proposal to allow the Union Pacific ; and . Southern Pacific EPock holders to share in the purchases of the. stock. Such :a plan would not" re quire the :tock .ta s.dumped - upon the open market. . " - COTTON PRODUCTION INCREASED Acreage for 1912, 13 Pounds Greater Per. Acre Than Five Year' Average. -Washington, Jan. 6. The produc tion of cotton per acre during 1912, while lower than in 1911, was more than 13 pounds greater than the aver age for the previous five years, i the Department of Agriculture's prelimi nary estimate announces. , . :: .;.' -The acreage production in 1912 was 193.2 pounds against 207.7 pounds in 1911, and 180.1 pounds, the five year average. In Mississippi, -Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and California the production per acre was greater than in 1911, while In Arkansas it equalled the 1911 production.; In. other States it was lower. The highest ; acreage production was in California, with 430 pounds. North Carolina produced 271 pounds; ' Missouri 267; Virginia 266; South Carolina 219; Texas206; Loui siana 197; Arkansas 190; Oklahoma 184; Mississippi ; 177 ; Alabama 173 ; Tennessee 171; Georgia 173 and Flori da 119. -; All -States except Georgia! Mississip pi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri exceeded the five-year average acreage production. - . "' ;'-.;",!.: You will find all grades of Onyx bos- iery at C, H. Fore & Co. ; (Advertisement.) OUTLINES . The running of the Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prix "automobile races was yesterday awarded to Savannah. ' 1 After Turkey ..made further conces sions yesterday the peace conference was :- suspended, the allies refusing to accept the Ottoman terms.- ; ; Railroads and express companies won a .revolutionary decision in the Supreme Court yesterday when it was held that contracts limiting their in ability " loss- of shipments , were " not subject to State laws. -zX-';::. Judge Archbald, who took the stand in his own behalf at the. impeachment proceedings against him yesterday, de; clared.his negotiations. with: Erie Rail road officials was the result'of friend ship "for his .Scranton, Pa.,- associates. ' Manufacturers and other interests affected by customs changes, appeared at ,the Ways and Means Committee's chemical schedule hearing . yesterday, the burden of - their argument . being that thfl-nrpRAiit tariff hft maintained. nhe genate sub-committee on judiciary yesterday., defended organized labor and answered criticisms - directed against - the ' American Federation of Labor on account of the conviction of the Iron Workers. " . The U.-, S. Supreme Court; yester day laid' down the principle that "cor ners" in inter-State commodities are illegal and .held that as far, as the Sherman law was' concerned, th& in dictment : in the New York . Federal Court against' James Patten and. others for conspiring to run a; cotton'cornerj was valid. - - '- ' ; x . New York markets Money on call easy, 2 1-2 to 2 3-4 per-cent.; ruling rate 3 3-4 ; 'closing bid 2 3-4 ; offered af 3. Spot cotton closed quiet. Flour steady. Wheat irregular; No.; 2 ' red 1.06 and 1.07 1-2. ' Com firm; 55.3-4. Turpentine steady. kRotein quiet. '"; m S Oil STAND III HIS OWN DEFENSE Archbald Negotiated With the ' Railroads Out of Friend ship, He Says. ' WIFE TESTIFIES ALSO Recused: Jurist Gives Chronological - , History of Transactions ' Upon - j i Which Impeachment Is Bas- . v V .ed The European Trip Washington, January G . Friendship for Ms Scranton associates, with -whom he had ..lived and worked Jfor years, was the motive that led Judge Robert W. Archbald, of the United v States4 Commerce Court, to negotiate with officials of the Erie, and Lehigh Valley railroads over the settlement of coal land matters and that 4nuced them to endorse certain notes, according to the statements: made, by the accused jurist today when he took the stand before- the impeachment court, of - the Senate to testify in his pwji behalf. : Judge Archbald followed his wife upon1-- the witness stand. Let by his own'attorheys, he gave a chronological history of the transactions upon which the House of Representatives had bas ed . its , - impeachment "proceedings against him..;? He repeatedly ; denied that,, any improper motives influenced his n actions - or that he" had .sought to corruptly use his power as a Federal judge. A 'Mrs . Archbald, an eloquent figure. in defense of her husband's in tegrity, as to the trip to Europe which he enjoyed at the expense of ( Henry W. - Cannon, a director in ; the- Great Northern and other railroads, was un examinatibn but a short time.' She said Mr.' Cannon was her cousin and-that the two families . frequently had enjoy ed pleasure trips together. . s .. . The ' invitation to , theArchbalds to to go- Europe in 1910 came, to: Mrs Archibald, personally- ? .$he ave ; the Senate the letter.AIfiafaafihai This and other. letters that passed , be? t ween " Mr . Cannon and .. Judge and Mrs-.-' - Archbald were ; fille.d , with ; dis cussion of the trip. ;; - Tomorrow the managers for the House, appearing' as "the prosecutors in the case.will take. up. cross-examination of the s jurist. - ; .... . '- ' Judge Archbald appeared composed and his voice carried to all parts - of the " chamber. He admitted his- asso ciation with Edward J . . Williams, bf Scranton, in negotiations for the Katy did refuse coal dump, owned, jointly by a subsidiary of the Erie Railroad and by the firm of Robertson & ; Law. Judge Archbald declared he ; had no. interest whatever in the settlement' bf the case of the Marion Coar Company against the Delaware, Lackawanna ' & Western. Railroad. He Went to Offi- icials of the railroads in that case, he said. as a friend of George W. Watson the attorney for the coal company, and one of the owners of the coal company. He had no thought of reward for his efforts, he said, and no purpose to ih: fluence the railroad to make ..a favora ble settlement. . ;; He denied he had tried to get credit from litigants or possible litiganta-in his courts. He declared that he had hever attempted to conceal his interest in the Katydid dump or in the settle ment of the Marion Coal. Company case,; and tnat, on tne , contrary, nis action in these cases was kell-amown before the r impeachment - proceedings were brought against him. Upon one point only; was the jurist subjected to much questioning. This was in refer ence to the charge, that, as member of the Commerce Court, he .had; written to Helm . Bruce, an attorney for the Louisville & Nashvilte Railroad, as to the evidence that had been presented in the case of .that road against the Inter-State. Commerce - Commission,' tried by - the Commerce Court. Judge lArchbald declared certain points in the evidence were not called and that he had written to ,Mr. Bruce to clear them up. The correspondence amounted to nothing, he said, because' the points at issue had no part in the settlement of the case . - , . Members of the Senate asked, if lie had shown the correspondence to oth- per members of the Commerce Court, or- informed them. Judge Archbald sai d he had not. . SenatorMteed asked if he thought it proper for a judge,, in passing on doubtful points in evidence, to ask the opinion only of the attorney likely to coincide with his own "views. . "N. I do hot," said Judge Archbald. He declared he had no .knowledge :of the making of the "silent party agree ment in the office" of William P.' Bo land, -in' Scranton, ' through which . it appeared that the- Kaytdid dump ;was controlled by E. J Williams, W P Boland and a, "silent party": known to but a few persons. . ' "i never heard ; of - the preparation of this agreement and. would nothave submitted to having any such' ; paper drawn," said Judge Archbald. "I. never concealed my connection with ' this matter. On the other hand I was. very prominent in it" v - -"'k- - Representative ; - Sterling,' ; of .? -the Hpuse -J managers, fought against al lowing Judge Archbald's attorneys to ask "him' : direct questions as to his mo tive in going to the . railroad offieials in ' the various coal-land deals , that formtneS basis of the; impeachment .charges against him; v- ; 1 '-' . Senator Bacon, presiding .over the OPPOSE REVISION OF TARIFF Manufacturers Appear. Before Ways - And Means Committee at Chemi ' '" cal Schedule Hearing and Oppose Reduction y Washington, January 6. A score of Manufacturers, importers and repre sentatives of other interests affected by customs changes aired their grievr ances before the iHouse CommitteVon Ways and Means', today in the first of a series of hearings preliminary to sharp revision bf the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, at the coming extra session of Congress? - - The discussion ranged from poker chips to sponges, and from ; potash to laundry soap. The burden of the ar guments was the maintenance of the present tariff ; instead of the1 changes proposed by the Democrats along" the line of the terms of the chemical tariff revision bill that was put through both houses to a White House: veto last year. ? , The spectre of a gigantic glue trust, whose tentacles reached out over Eu rope and into South America, was rais ed by Charles Delaney, president of the National -Association of Glue and Gelatine Manufacturers. Mr. Defaney pictured "the European glue trust" as doing its work with the approval of the various European governments absolutely controlling the glue manu facturing 'industry of Germany and Aus tria with plants in Italy,' France, Hol land and Russia and recently extend ingits operations to South America, controlling 75 per cent of the ' output of , glue of the continent and Europe. , "The glue trust,'-he said, "also was largely, engaged in the manufacture of , gelatine The witness said the tariff s on glues and gelatines. was not prohi bitive and that any material (change in; present v conditions would , weaken the - industry. There is an output ' of $10,000,000 worth sof glue and Mr . , De laney suggested a tariff of 25 percent ad valorem on glues, 35 per cent on a gelatine up to' 25 cents . a pound and 45 per cent above that price. v- .;. - The committee sharply- questioned several witnesses regarding their pref-its.-:- ; &yA:, :z& ..lrl, Delaney did not give anyround figures atifirstj ; but ter, said he had; side 0 usmess,: which - gave hinr consid erable pront. "What is" Unerheiwa asked. "Curling hair,:, he. replied. 4 - t ;1 ; ."You'll find the gentleman - from Kentucky a pretty good- customer," in terjected Representative. Lpngworth, of Ohio, while Senator-elesct James, of Kentucky a member of .the 'committee; who loves a joXe abpui bis bald bead, smiled indulgently and - promised is patronage. y ' - - The committee interrogated M.k O. Dorian, treasurer . of -.the American Craphaphone Company, of Bridgeport, Conn., so closely about: its business that he told the members he did' not think it ; their business to ask about private details. Mr. Dorain wanted shellac and copel kept on the free list instead of making them dutiable as proposed by the Democrats. 'Mr. Underwood drew from the. witr ness that the graphaphone company pays . 7 .per cent dividends on a,1; .$10, 0Q0.000 capitalization that it carries a bonded indebtedness of more than $1,000,000 and that the suggested duty on these two articles on which . the Democrats plan to raise about $300,000 would mean an expense of about $25t- 000 to $30,000 to his company.; -. -Mr.'- Dorain did -not care . to state how. much of the capital was paid in. . Representative Kitchin, of North Carolina, reminded him .that it was the committee's privilege to ask "how. much was paper and , how much paid in." .';.-::, ; ,, ; -i Representative Rainey, of Illinois, was curious to know if the graphophone company could not regulate the price to consumers to suit itself.- ,;:: The witness said the company sold its prdducts at a fixed price tp thecon- supera. v ,;;- . -n-: ;: :: ; : ' , f Suppose the"; tariff is required and they import these graphaphones as"k ed -Representative Payne, of - New York.- i V; .i-'V'y': v-. ;n -,;.; ; ; "They cannot import them because we hold patents that are not affected even by. the old patent bill pending in Congress," said Dorain. ; .. '':;: "Well, you need a tariff," Mr. Payne responded. ;,;: :-.,, .-'- " '' '.-:r 1 William D. Wladhams, 1 representing soap interests, paid la; tribute to7, the great need T of laundry soap. He por- trayed it as a necessity , of life and contended . that to put the . burden bf tariff on .the raw materials used in an article that goes into the homes of the poor would be unjust. . " Mr. Wadhams said the soap indus try had -been builf upon a reliance on free raw materials'. - He countered on a. suggestion from the committee that that authority might be able . to get along without any duty whatever in stead of with the proposed reduction! from 20 to. 15- cents o nlaundry soap, by saying that while the manufactur ers, did not oppose a .moderate-reduc-tion an eliminiation of theduty would have a veTy serious effect. - Several manufacturers' - representa tives before the committee declared they wished the present chemical tar iffs, to remain unchanged. - i impeachment court, ruled direct ques tions outr as improper, " but permitted the attorneys ; to ask Judge Archbald his motives In the " case of the deal involving the ; Erie' Railroad, he-' said, it was not the' desire to expedite a de cision as it ; whether, or not the option on the Kaytdid dump would be given; ihthe Lackawanna itiyas as a -friendly act to George M . Watson and C Q . Boland. - - v.- GOUPERS DEFENDS ORGANIZED LABOR Answers ' CriticisinT:Ainied at . Federation on Account of Dynamiters. i ATTACKS EMPLOyERS' METHODS Head of American Federation of Labor Speak in Favor of Anti-Injunction Bill Denounces the . . - Steel. Trut. . Washington, Jan. 6.- Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fede ration Qt Labor,' speaking today before the Senate sub-committee ' on - judicia ry in favor of the Clayton anttin junc-. tion and' contempt bills, gave answer to - criticisms aimed' at the organiza-; tion of workers which he heads be cause of the trial andconviction -for dynamiting of officers of the ptructurr al Iron Workers Union. - ..- " f v"- "If ever ; the titoebaJJCcomeV said f . Mr. Gompers in the ciimax of; his , ' '' dress, 'Jwhenoerenby dynamite ; 1 shall be attemptedA and let .us' hope . :; and rwbrk;i that it shall never .come, It ; will have as its main causp theory4 and . . policy upon which, ;based govern-,. , ment by injunction personal govern-' , V ment ' foisted uponbur people ''Instead 1 ' of ' government by' law." -A?" ' . In closing his statement, which con- ' , stltuted'v an assault upbn employes -c ' and manufacturers', assbciatibns,; par- r ticularly the United States Steel Cor- , , -poration and the . "National . Erectors' ' Association,' Mr." Gompersdeclared "or- k t ganized labor would npt repudiate the' ? ' Structural Iron Workers' Union ana -leave them; helpless and at the mercy of organized capitarand insatiable un- t . curbed greed "for profits'' ; ':- ' r - ' VThou"gh' all' ;ceh'sureY.';th6se;'whom. ' 1 toen may-- deem:: guilty.' of dynamite ' conspiracy; Thedefaiio pontinved, 4 "none feeis tne yterriDie , ctjnsequencesb.f the Indianapolis -trial - more-- - keenly, -than organized" labor. ' There have been added heartaches - and sorrow" to ouialfeady heavy bur- , dens. ' Thevmn accused and sentence . ' ed cannot suffer the penalties- alone upon them and . all; working Inen : fall the suffering and penalty. ' . : ' , "But. what of the conspiracy of or ganized capital the conspiracy , to . murder the liberty of; the toilers, to tear from them the! means of protec tion by which they have bettered their v condition, to leave them bare and de-M fenseless in the competitive struggle? -Is not such a conspiracy sufficiently " dastardly to incur some odium? Should they be allowed-to continue to. manipulate the powers bf government. the administration of justice until the " oppressed find the. burden intolerable?, "More wise it is to seek social jus tice while yet we may. The judge who- presided "at the trial realized one of the .issues government ..by ; i Injun c- , tion, lawless, ; autocratic, irresponsi ble exercise of government 5 authority according privileges to the strong and denying justice1 to the- weak." : , Judge Anderson, whd presided over, v the trial of the Iron Workers, was re ferred to particularly by Mr. Gompers when he declared that "our whole so cial organization seems to be on trial." V "Even the judge,! who tried the case, snugly assured of personal irres-, ponsibility," : Mr. Gompers said,"fatu-': ously declared that the -evidence in this case will convince any impartial person that government by Injunction is infinitely to be preferred to govern ment byi dynamite.' ' . ; ' "The korthy judge j had blindly chanced uDon one bf ' the causes, but had failed, to realize casual relation- ' ship. The words to; him were simply a. conventional epigram-ha doesr-not ... know that there is a law, of . life, just as immutable as the 1 law of gravita? tion ; of attraction and 'repulsion, a' " law of life which rnets tyranny and injustice by resistance.' he inaptness, yea, the. unwarrantable character of , this utterance of the judge, .discloses how far afield outsider the case he ' went to take ahother ( sla. at labor."" Mr. Gompers - defended . the Ameri can' Federation of Labor as ft force for . - betterment of conditions -and. resented the attacks made upon it since the be ginning of the dynamiters case.; I - have challenged and now chal- lenge any of our enemies "to show that -there has been any unlawful conduct . or any connection,- direct . or - remote, with any violence in connection with ' any " labor controversy : or. otherwise, said Mr. Gompers. .' The 1 Federation leader referred to statements made by JohnvKirby,, Jr.,, president of the National Manufacture . ers'i Association; , Wlnlaln Burns, the . detective who caused-the arrest, of the 4 McNamaras after the Lda Angeles Times explosion ; Harrison Grey, Otis, , editor of The Times, attd others whom he characterized as "enemies" af or-. ganlzed labor. r -, , i .' 1 - Mr. Gompers said he, would have , the biiblic consider the Convicted Iron Workers with the understanding mind and the spirit taught by the Teacher . of; old, ; who saidr JLet him who. is without sin cast tne nrst; stone. Launching into his attack Upon the' -employers, who ' he declaredhad per-, sistently fought thf lion Workers'- Un- ion, Mr.. Gompers said ; that they nev' . - - (Continued on Page TWo, : - f v';. I