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ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 20, 1912.
PRICE THREE CENTS
MANYMEDICAL
MEN ARRESTED
I
Raids in 72 Cities
Persons Accused of UsinjtN'
luiuis to rromoxe
Criroinal Practice.
SOME OF THE ACCUSED
RICH AND PROMINENT
Leading Physicians and Drug
gists Landed, Along with
Lesser Lights by Postof
flce Inspectors.
By Automated Prett.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Actlns
under direction of Postmaster
General Hitchcock, postofflce
inspectors and United States marshals
in 72 leading cities of the country be
gan practically simultaneous raids for
the arrest of 173 persons charged with
using the malls to promote criminal
medical practices or the sale of drugs
and Instruments used for illegal pur
poses. This concerted official action cover
ed the United States from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and from the lakes to
the gulf. Many of the persona to be
arrested are prominent commercially
and socially In their communities.
Some are leading physicians; others
are rich and influential business mem
yet others are men who live by their
wits and are comparatively . little
known. One Is a Chinaman who Is
alleged to have practiced his calling
upon women of his own race and upon
those of the lower strata of society.
All of the arrests were to be made
for alleged violation of section 2 11 of
the penal code of the United Status,
which bars from the mails any lie
or obscene matter, whether sealed t
unsealed; any advertisement, letter or
circular proposing or suggesting crim
inal practices; or any packet contain
ing any substance, drug or thing In
tended to be used for Immoral or un
lawful purposes. , ... . '..--.;...
Chief Inspector Robert S. Sharp of
the postofflce department and many of
his force of 390 Inspectors have been
working upon the case for many
months. The .developmenta of the
plans which culminated today Is the
most extensive raid In the history of
any department of the government
Approximately ninety of the persons
arrested already have been Indicated
by United States grand Juries in vari
ous parts of the country; and the
cases of the others will be presented
to grand juries now sitting as rapidly
as may be feasible.
Strict enforcement of municipal and
state laws In the' east was said by the
postal authorities to account for the
comparatively few arrests In the large
cities in that part of the country.
While It was declared that violations
of the law are frequent In such citl'ss
as Boston, New York, Philadelphia
anil Baltimore; the accused persons, It
was asserted, have been pursued
closely by the state and federal offi
cials. I
Postofflce Inspectors said the hot
bed of this class of criminality Is In
the Pacific Coast states. In San Fran
cisco, It was claimed, a fictitious name
was used by several well known physi
cians who employed a woman to d.
the necessary advertising and clerical j
work. Cases were solicited by corru-1
spnndence and by printed circulars!
sent through the mails. Scores of
complaints have been received by the
department from respectable women.
complaining of the receipt of this j
class of matter. I
Approximately twenty per cent of
those arrested today are so-called "pill
doctors" men who advertised their
practice by correspondence or other
wise and sent to their patients eith r
by mall or by express various com
pounds In the forms of pills or pow
ders. Careful analysis of these com
pounds by the government authorities '
is said to have disclosed that some of ,
theme are wholly Innocuous while i
others are dangerous poisons. Under j
another section of the penal code, the I
sending of poisons through the malls
Is expressly forbidden. One or tno
men accused is said to have been the
secretary of the board of health in the
city of his residence. He responded,
It Is stated, to a decoy or test letter
sent to him by the inspectors on the
stationery of the board of health. He
has been Indicted according to the re
ports received by the postofflce lnspf
tors.
Particular care was taken by the In
spectors In collecting the evidence
fi gainst business concerns drug
houses and remedy compunles. The
men actually responsible for the Illicit
correspondence were ordered arrested
and In this class of cases it H said
many Indictments already havo been
returned.
Difficulties Enoounterei'.
As showing the difficulties encoun
tered, the following case Is citad by
those who have conducted the Inquiry.
Interviews of the Inspector with
mnny of these .practitioners Indicated
c!eiirly that the knew they wor vio
lating the law and were tra1ln-c up
on dangerous ground. In Chicago an
Inspector called upon a iih.mlelun lif
ter having received from him it re
rpnnse by mnll to his decoy lottc".
The Inspector professed a d-sl.-a to
encase the doctor's services. The doc
tor wb cautious and the Inspector
was called upon to show the letter be
hud received. , It was In the physi
cians ca-n handwriting. Evidently
Biif pli lous, ho snatched the letter from
tin- Innpi'ctnra hand, tore It twice
(Continued on Page Three.)
nEuirc miHiTTiupT
JIILU nuiiiii 1 1 11 D
GUILT TO WOMAN
Miss Farley Testifies Detec
tive's Story of Confession
Is Untrue.
By Associated Press.
Ctlumbus, O., Nov. 20. Cecilia Far
ley, the former state house stenogra
pher .on trial, accused of the mur Jer
of Aivln E. Zollinger, from the wit
ness stand today denied that she hud
told a woman detective about her
case while she was In jail.
Miss Farley declared that some of
tho detective's testimony "was not
true" and that the remainder of it
had been secured by eavesdropping
from the next cell In the county jail
while Miss Farley was talking with
her mother of her relations with Zol
linger and Mr. Qulgley, the man whom
she was to marry.
Miss Farley stated that she had
"confessed" at police headquarters on
the day of the tragedy to save her
fiance, who, she was told by the po
lice, was believed to be Implicated In
the shotting.
Tho witness testified that although
she had no malice toward Zollinger
when she went to tho park with him"
on the day of the shooting she hid
carried a revolver because Zollinger
had told her he had a, revolver and
she was afraid "he would do some
thing and I ought to be protected."
Shortly after Miss Farley and Qulg
ley were arrested Miss Farley told
Chief Carter that she shot Zollinger.
Early In the trlul the defense at
tempted' to prove that she made this
confession under pressure when she
was led to believe that Qulgley, whom
she was engaged to marry, was likely
to be held for the shooting. Yester
day Miss Farley testified that the
shooting was accidental.
The test of Miss Farley's story Is
expected to come today when she Is
submitted to a gruelling cross-exam-Mattoit
; by , Prosecutor Turner. . The
state will endeavor to entangle her,
the only witness, to. the shooting, con
cerning details. 1
Hundreds of women were anxious
to hear the remainder of the, young
woman's testimony and crowded into
the court room when the doors were
thrown open today.
SAYS HE DIDNT
TO EXPLODE DYNAMITE
Los Angeles Man's Skull Prob
ably Fractured by Blows
with Clubs.
By Associated Preat.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 20.
Strapped to a hospital cot, Carl Warr,
the German pattern-maker who took
posesslon of the central police station
yesterday by threatening to destroy
the building with an infernal machine
unless Paul Shoup, jr., of the Paplflc
Electric company was brought to him,
told an unusual story today.
"I did not want to hurt anvcno
about the police station," declared
Warr. "All I was after was the head
of the Pacific company. I didn't want
to hurt him. I merely was going to
tell him I was going to blow htm up
unless he raised the wages of his
workmen and otherwise Improved
their condition.
"1 believed the best way to got him
to promise to do what I wanted him to
was to go to the police station and get
th officers to co-operate with me."
Warr begged to be shot. It is be
lieved .his skull was fractured by the
blows rained upon him before his
capture was effected.
BRANDS TWO LAWYERS
AS WHITE SLAVERS
Birmingham Ctrl In Federal Court
tilvos Evidence Against Members
of Chattanooga Bar.
By Associated Press.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 20. The
case of R. T. Cameron and A. T.
Roark, members of the Chattanooga
bar, and Frank Roark of Birmingham,
charged with violation of the white
ilave law, was called in the United
States District court today. Louise
Nixon, the little Birmingham girl
whom Cameron Is charged with bring
ing to Chattanooga for immoral pur
poses, was the first witness. She tes
tified that Cameron sent her money
to corns here and that after she came
he drugged and abused her,
Itev. W. B. Thompson, who led the
vies crusade resulting In the exposure
of this case, was .also examined.
Wilson Enjoying Bermuda Buy.
By Associated Press.
Hamilton, Bermuda, Nov. 20 President-elect
Wilson Is thoroughly rn
joylng his sojourn here. He spends
much of his time driving and explor
ing the Islands. '
Lieutenant-General Sir George
MiKkworth Bullock, governor and
cortininnder-ln-rhlef of Rermudo, re
turned Mr. Wilson's visit this after-noon.
FIGHTING ENDS SEE WORKINGS '
IT TGHATALJA OF "IHTEREST")
Commanders Confronting One
Another at Key to Stam
boul Now Negotiate for
Armistice.
MAY BE PRELIMINARY
TO FINAL ADJUSTMENT
Decision Virtually Rests with
Nazim Pasha as to Wheth
er the Struggle Shall r
Continue.
By Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 20. Fighting-has
ceased for the moment between
the Turkish and Bulgarian ar
m's struggling for the possession if
the key to Constantinople's gHtes an l
the opposing commanders-in-chief ,iro
engaged in negotiating the terms of
armistice. If the' negotiations prd'e
successful they would be preparatory
to a meeting of plenipotentiaries who
will discuss conditions of peace.
The Turkish commander-in-chief,
Nazim Pasha, who has been putting
up such an excellent defense, now has
thrown on him the additional burden
of deciding whether a further display
of tenacity behind the fortifications
of Tchatalja may bring easier terms
and save to the Ottoman empire more
than Constantinople and a strip of
Trace, along the shores of the Sea of
Marmora, which seemingly is all that
the conquerors are at present disposed
to leave to the vanquished.
In the meanwhile the two armies
hold their respective positions.
Simultaneously with the lull on the
battlefield comes news of a diminution
of tension In the Austro-Servlan dis
pute, by the compliance of Servia wllh
the demand of the Austrian govern
ment for an investigation on the spct.
Many ArrcHts at Constantinople.
London, Nov. 20. Both Ottoman
and foreign Interests . in .Constanti
nople, while awaiting the publication
thero of definite news regarding the
war's progress, are chiefly concerned
in the large number of arrests of poli
ticians and writers belonging to the
party of union and progress. ; '
According to a special dispatch from
the Turkish capital, the Ottoman gov
ernment through a local press agency
has Issued a statement that only 40
arrests have been made and that the
sole reason for these was the organi
zation of a demonstration by univer
sity students in front of the govern
ment offices. At first remarkable
stories were circulated In explanation
of the arrests. Aiming to influence
Mussulman opinion, it was explained
that the unionists were plotting to es
tablish a republic. An attempt was
made to' divert Christian and foreign
sympathy from the arrested men by
the circulation of a report that the
object of the organization was to ar
range massacres and blow up the
foreign quarter at Pera.
These reports were so manifestly
and clumsily false that the Turkish
government felt Itself constrained to
issue today's statement regarding the
students. Diplomatic circles, how-
over, attribute the arrests to a very
different reason. They believe they
were due to the nomination by the
sultan, at the behest of the unionists,
of Mahmoud Shefket Pasha as inspector-general
of the army. This action
was Intended to accomplish the fall of
the Ottoman cabinet.
Servia Yields to Austrian Demand.
Budapest, iov. 0. Servia has
yielded to the Austrian demand that
an official from the Austrio-Hungarlan
ministry of foreign affairs should be
allowed to proceed to Prlscend to In
vestigate the complaint made by the
Austrian consul there that he had been
hindered by the Servians In the per
formance of his duty. This relieves
the Immediate tension between Aus
tria and Servia, as an oportunlty is
now furnished for an unbiased ex
amination of the grounds of the dis
pute. Fighting Cranes on Tchatalja Lines.
Sofia, Nov. 20. The Bulgarian
troops operating before the Una of
fortifications defending Constantinople
at Tchatalja have received orders to
cease firing and merely to hold the
positions they have won because ne
gotiations have been begun for the
conclusion of an armistice at the re
quest of Turkey.
Kays Bulgars Lost Heavily.
Constantinople, Nov. 20, Condi
tions at the Tchatalja lines were de
scribed by Nnilm Pasha, Turkish commander-in-chief,
In a telegram to the
war office timed 12:16 p. m. today as
follows:
"Reports received at this moment
state that the enemy facing our left
wing withdrew, completely last night
In the direction of tho slopes of Papez
Hunt as. Our rectinnolterlng parties
counted over 500 dead Bulgarians on
the slopes In the environs of Tchatalja
railroad station. From their epaulets
It was established that the dead be
longed to the first Infantry regiment
of Sofia. A number of rifles, caps and
officers swords were brought In by
our troops.
"According to statements made by
Bulgarian prisoners the enemy has
been without food for three days and
Is retreating. The Bulgarians were
unable to carry away all their
wounded. ' ' -
"The morals of our troops Is very
good." '
Bulgars Deny Tchatalja Reverse.
Hotla, Nov. 20. Reports emanat-j
(Continued on Page Three.) '
Lawyer Tells Salem Jury That
the "System" Has Incited
Prosecution of Lawrence
Leaders.
THE DYNAMITE "PLANT"
PART OF CONSPIRACY
Asserts Ettor's. Counsel, to De
. stroy Man Who Demand
ed Higher Wage for
Workers.
By Associated Preat.
S ALEM, Mass., Nov. 20. Declar
ing that Joseph Ettor, leader oi'
the Lawrence strike, was inno
cent of any responsibility for the kill
ing cf Anna Popizzo, Attorney J. S.
Mahoney today addressed the jury
which for five weeks has been trying
his client, together with Arturo Gio
vannlttl and Joseph Caruso. Mr. Ma
honey pointed out the unusual feature
of the case, In that Ettor and Gio
vannitl are'ehorged as accessories to
a murder without any claim that
either had any hand in the crime or
were anywhere near the scene of Its
enactment. .
Taking up the strike from the ar
rival of Ettor In Lawrence, the law
yer said his speeches to the strikers
aimed to better their conditions. Mr.
Mahoney denied that the defendant
ever uttered a word which could be
construed to form a basis of the
charge that Ettor incited riot which
resulted In bloodshed.
"Who asks you to send to the elec
tric chair this labor leader, striving
to. better -a suffering people?" asked
Mr. Mahoney. "You and I know that
when a man strives to get increase in
wages for. laborers he runs counter to
the interests. You and I know that
men In the corporations of the coun
try and the big manufacturing plants
are men who are., ablatio move the
machinery of the jaw more than you
and I."
Outlining the action of the police,
private detectives and agents of the
employers throughout the strike,
counsel charged that from the begin
ning the mill owners sought to get
rid of Ettor and Incited the alleged
planting of dynamite as a feature of
a "conspiracy to discredit him."
Counsel for Caruso also addressed
the Jury, attacking 4n particular the
testimony of Thomas Canada, of
Cleveland, O., that he saw Caruso
stat Policeman Benolt. The lawyer
asserted Caruso had established an
alibi.
WOMAiTSTHROAT
Eye-Witness of Mrs. Szabo's
Death Says Lawyer
Strangled Her.
By Associated Prett.
Goshen, N. Y., Nov. 20. Testifying
for the state in the trial of Burton W.
Olbson, the New York lawyer accus
ed of the murder of his' client, Mrs.
Rosa Szabo, In Greenwood Lake, John
Mlnturn, an eye-witness today declar
ed that he saw Gibson grab the wo
man around the neck and then thrust
at her throat, after which they both
fell from, the boat
Minturn declared he was within
700 feet of the tragedy scene and that
after the man and wioman had fallen
into the water Mrs. Szabo disappear
ed while Gibson swam back to the
boat and overturned It
CRISIS IN TIE KIT
T
Banker's Wife May Be Punish
ed for Refusing to Pro
duce Assets.
By Associated Prett.
Chicago Nov. 20. The crisis In the
contempt proceedings ' against Mrs.
Margaret L. Klrby, wife of Dr. Wil
liam Klrby, head of the defunct Klr
by Savings bank, came today In the
hearing before United States Judge
Landls. s
Counsel for Mrs. Klrby was given
an hour and IS minutes for argu
ments against the order requiring her
to show cause why she should not be
punished for contempt of court for
failure to produce. $20,000 of the miss
ing assets. '
Dr. Klrby, who was adjudged In
sane on November 1, was today taken
to a hospital for further observation,
lie has been ordered to appear, how
ever, In the federal court on Novem
ber iZ to answer to a petition In bank
ruptcy filed against him by creditors
of tho defunct bunhi
SI
GIBSON
GRAB
STRIKERS FACE
T
Vigorous Action Begun by
West Virginia Authori
ties to Clear Kanawha
Coal Fields.
MILITIAMEN ARREST
BREAKERS OF PEACE
Lawless Bands Terrorize Com'
munities and Stop Trains,
. Menacing Their
Passengers.
By Associated Preat. '
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 20. Vig
orous action was taken today by the
state militia to dec;" up some of the
most troublesome spots in the Kanaw
ha coal field, where martial law pre
vails. Soldiers were sent through the
district to arrest known offenders,
continuing the campaign inaugurated
yesterday. The most Important ex
pedition was sent to Montgomery,
where last night a man named Mc
Coy was murderously assaulted.
Montgomery has been one of the
most troublesome spots, a lozen or
more men .from the Cabin Creek dis
trict havin'g made it their headquar
ters. Trains have been stopped, pas
sengers questioned and those who
could not give an account satisfactory
to the bnnd have been ordered out of
the country. Similar bands have been
operating In different parte of the dis
trict. More than 50 men are held by the
military it Paint Creek junction. Gen
eral Elliott's headquarters, awaiting
trial by the military court, which re
sumed Its work this morning.
GOFF JILL SENTENCE
26
Rosenthal Slayers Will Then
Be Transferred to Sing
Sing.
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 20. Sentences of
death on the four gunmen convicted
yesterday of murdering Herman Ro
senthal will be pronounced by Justice
Goff on November 26. He so an
nounced when the prisoners were ar
raigned , before him today. After sen
tence is passed the men will be taken
to Sing Sing, where former Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker Is await
ing death.
The pedigrees of the gunmen were
taken today at their arraignment.
"Whitey" Lewis said his real name
was Frank Seidenshue, born in Rus
sia 24 years ago and a book binder,
by trade. Both his parents are living
and he has served two- Jail sentences.
"Dago Frank" gave his correct name
as Frank Clrofici, 27 years old, native
of Italy and -a steam fitter by occupa
tion. He has served one Jail term and
described himself as a moderate drink
er. "Lefty Louie" said he was christ
ened Louis Rosenburg, was 21 years
old, a nattve of Austria and married.
His vocation was salesmanship he
said. He was temperate and had served
one Jail sentence. . "Gyp the Blood"
was recorded as Harry Horowitz,, a
clerk, 24 years old, a native of New
York city, married and temperate, i
The state's Informers, Rose, Vallon,
Webber and Schepps, who have been
held In prison during the trial, prob
ably will be released this afternoon.
RICH FARMER KILLED
Mule Draws Body of Stabbed Florida
Man Homo Revenge Sua- ,
pected Motive. i
'' By Associated Press.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 20 WlllJIam
Green, a wealthy farmer living dust
north of the city, win stabbed to d path
last night while returning to his b.'ome
from Jacksonville. There are no 'Clues
to the murdi.-er.
Green was driv'ng a mule hltjched
to a wa-on and xne body of the man
was carried home by the faithful ani
mal, where It was discovered lying at
the bottom of the vehicle by members
of the family. i
Revenge Is hinted as a motive for
the crime and detectives are Working
on this theory.
RICH, AS FORETOJiD
; I
Seer's Propbexy of Vast snd ! Unex
pected Wealth for Georgia. Of
ficial Ilns Come True.,
By Associated Press. '
Athens, Ga., Nov. 20. The jprophesy
of a fortune-teller a month ago that
he would fall heir to a fortufne Is be
lieved by State Commlsslone of Agri
culture James D. Price of F rmlngton
to have eome true. Hs tJ,d yester
u.ir that he had been notlfts d that hs
was one of several souther) i heirs to
property In Baltimore valuef 1 at many
millions. The property, 'Mr. Price
aid, was leased moret hen a hundred
years ago by Mordecnl PrWe, an an
cestor, ana tho title to It
,had never
been lust
M T
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STORMY SCENE
AT ROCHESTER
HYDE TRIAL BEGUN
IN GOFTS COURT
Former New York Official
Charged with Improper
Use of Funds. -
. By Associated Press, ;
New York, Nov. 20. Justice Golfs
court, which has just completed the
notable trials of Police Lieutenant
Charles. Becker and the four gunmen
slayers of gambler Rosenthal, was
the stage today for the opening of
another legal drama of country-wide
Interest The case is that of Charles
H. Hyde, former city chamberlain who
is charged with having ocrruptly com
pelled Joseph G. Robin, former head
of the Northern "bank, to lend the
Carnegie Trust company $130,000 by
threatening to withdraw city funds
from the Northern bank. The indict
ment against Hyde was found by the
grand jury on May 1, 1911.
The principal witness against Hyde
is Joseph G. Robin, who has pleaded
guilty to grand larceny In that he stole
funds from the Washington Savings
bank and has been In the Tombs for
22 months. Robin will get a suspend
ed sentence for his work in building
up cases against Hyde and Banker
Cummins.
The Northern bank, of which Robin
was a director, failed. The failure of
the Carnegie Trust company followed.
Robin nwore before the grand jury
that Hyde had maintained large de
posits pf city money in the chain of
banks of which William J. Cummins,
the master of the Carnegie Trust com
pany was interested. Robin added
that Hyde had practically forced him
to transfer $130,000 to the Carnegie
Trust Company under a promise of
depositing in the Northern bank, Rob
in's tottering property, city money to
make the withdrawal good.
GDQD ROADS CONVENTION
Reports Are Submitted by
Representatives of Various
State Associations.
By Associated Press,
Atlanta. Nov. 20. More than 200
delegates were In attendance today at
the opening session of the Southern
Appalachian Good Roads convention.
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt state geologist
of North Carolina and president of
the association, called the convention
to order.
After welcoming addresses by state,
city and county officials and responses
In behalf of the delegates by Dr.
Pratt and others, E. J. Watson South
Carolina's commissioner of agricul
ture, spoke on the Importance of good
road development to the agricultural
Interests of the south.
The afternoon session of the con
tlon was devoted to a discussion of
roadwork In the southern Appalach
ian states. Reports also were submit
ted by the representatives of good
roads associations in Georgia Alaba
ma South Carolina North Carolina,
"Kast Tennessee and Virginia.
Senator Jonathan Bourne of Ore
gon is scheduled to deliver one of the
most important addresses of the con.
ventlon tonight.
Ashevllle Likely to Get 1913 Meet.
Soecial to The Qaiette-Hewt.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20. A committee
consisting of Dr. C. P. Ambler, E. C.
Chambers. F. Stlkeleather, W. S.
Bradley. W. E. Breese, Jr., and S. H.
Cohen Is working hard to land the
next good roads convention for Ashe-
vllle. An Ashevllle banner Is In the
hall end 80 per cent of the delegates
axe wearing badges saying "Ashevllle
1813."
I W. E. Breese, Jr., president of the
(Greater Western North Carolina nsso
elation, replied in behalf of North
Carolina to the address of welcome
mads by Alderman Candler. Indlca
tlonff point to Ashevllle getting the
1913 convention.
POSTOFFICE EMBEZZLER
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Major D. HoiiRton of Annlston Admits
tietClng S60O0
oi
Funds.
By Associated Prett.
AnnWon, Ala., Nov. 20. Charged
with eibbezzllng funds from the money
order .Jepartment of the local post
office, Jfojor D. Houston Smith, assist
ant postmaster, today was found
guilty and sentenced to five years In
the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
Hmlth admitted getting $8000 from
the postofflce. The Indictment against
him charged lhat he obtained 18052.
Government Uuos for Back Duties.
By Atsox-iated Press.
New York, Nov. 20. Claus A.
Spreckles today ws-s served with pa
pers In IL government suit to recov
er $119,080.88 as bark duties alleged
to be due on Importations of raw su-
gar said to have been fraudulently un-
durwelghed.
Disorder in Convention Hall as
" Radical Faction Strives
to Capture Labor
Federation.
INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM
ADVOCATES TURBULENT
Hayes, Walker and Mitihell of
the Mine Workers Take
Sharp Issue with
Gompers.
By Associated Prett.
OCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 20.
1th the first -big fight of the
l An
American Federation of Labor
convention, that against the Sherman
anti-trust law, temporarily disposed
of, the convention today took up the
subject of organization of the federa
tion by industries "Yather than by
trades. The debate brought about a
sharp division between the radical
and conservative wings of the con
vention. The federation has always been un
alterably opposed to industrial union
ism, but this year the radical faction
has forced a fight on the convention
floor. Conservatives, headed by Pres
ident Gompers, say that the adoption
of the industrial plan would only be
a step toward changing the federation
into another political party.
At the presentation of the minority
report of the committee, which favors
industrial unionism, the cfTnventien
floor became a scene of excitement.
As soon as President Gompers called
for the vote and before remarks had
been allowed, a dozen men were on
their feet calling for recognition.
Gompers recognized one delegate who
was against industrial unionism, say
ing: "I am pleased to see that at
last you are waking up."
As the debate progressed It became
at times disorderly. Frank J. Hayes,
representing the United Mine work
ers pok- In favor of the .minority
report and was seconded In his re
marks by John Walker and John
Mitchell, both of the miners' organi
zation.
John P. Eagan of Toledo attacked
Industrial unionism, which brought a
dozen delegates to their feet In noisy
dissent. John Walker demanded the
right to reply. Gompers called him
to order but refusing to comply.
Walker stalked across the floor and
started a personal argument with
Eagan. Walker was Anally forced
Into his seat at Gompers' orders.
Attack Sherman Law.
1 tiroughout yesterday speakers ar
raigned the Sherman law tm a menace
the right of workers to associate for
purposes of common interest but a.
difference of opinion arose as to the
best means to combat the law. Mem
bers of the radical wing of the con
vention argued that political action
through a party organization of
workmen was the only means. Presi
dent Gompers, and other members of
the conservative wing held that the
remedy lay in the election of labor
men, of whatever political affiliation,
to congress and agitation against the
law by time-honored union methods.
Whatever means Is employed. It was
the convention's sentiment that the
law must. In the words of President
Gompers, "be amended or ended."
At the afternoon session, socialists
urged their plan for defeating the law
and several leaderajof the conservative
side rebuked them for bringing up a
political discussion in a labor conven
tion. Charges of disloyalty to labor's
cause were made by President Gom
pers and others o' the conservative
wing, and there w .'e replies by Dun
can McDonald, Frank Hayes and John
rf. Wallace of the United Mine Work
ers. James B. Conroy of St Louis, repre
senting the foundry workers, led the
attack on the socialist position.
Among those who followed him, was
MIfs Mary McCauley of Buffalo, repre
senting the commercial telegraphers'
union, the first woman delegate to
take part In the discussions of the
convention.
Radicals urged the federation to
support the Danbury hatters, and to
assume the fines and Judgments that
mny be Imposed, upon them. This
policy Is opposed by President Oom
psrs and others on the ground that It
would Invite prosecution of (he feder
ation under the same law, . .
Illckt Indicted for Murder.
Buffalo. N. Y., Nov. 20. The Erie
county grand Jury today returned an
indictment against. J. Frank HIckey,
'now under arrest at Toms River, N.
J.,. charging him witn muraer in me
i first degree In having caused tho
death of Joseph Josephs of Lackawan
na October 12, 1911.
Chloroforms Wife, Child, Self.
By Associated Press.
Worcester, Mass., Nov. 20. John
Wood, a grocer's clerk, killed his wlf,
Ms four months' old baby and himself
with chloroform During the night A
note found by a IS years old daughter
when she awoke today told of the
crime.
Slain Woman Identified.
By Associated Prest.
Cincinnati, O., Nov. to. The wom
an who was .murdered In a Chli'mro
hotel Inrt Thurwlny him len Idenum-'l
as Mrs. Emma Kmft, a '1n I r. im 1 1
woman, according to a statement
en out by tho lo-nl oollcu