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VOL. XXVUX, NO. 51
BODSEVELT HASHX
SI HEWDUHT
TAKE riOMirJATlDfJ
For Tlils Reason Advocates of
Ex-President Are Cham
pioning Him Openly
OPEN HOSTIUTY
-
4
AGAINST H. s. new
Hitchcock Says ;There is no
Friction Between Htm and!
i . ; Secretary of President
1 iiX-'iV-'
.WASHINGTON", Dec.. l,Hofill
tieaVof 'an' onexpepte"-teharaeter and
rnim u unlooke lor -quarter devel
oped today among .members of the
republican . national committee . nl
5 other, prominent, party , leader ,ho
are nf in. couneorioii wm i"""
In tomorrow to iHli;Um nd
place for the prealdehtkU nominating
convention next aummer. f opposition
to Colonel Harry ,8. New, of Indiana,
- administration candidate ' for
- ' chairman . of th .powerful- sub-corn
' irittt on ' contention . arrangemsnta.
was responsible tor tha lll-feellng n-
gendered. - No eettlement ' had been
reached late tonight but , some of
President Taft' closest ',, frlsnda iaa
' nounced that they would not only in
' aiat upon tbs election of ,,Mr, Naw,
but upon "naming a majority of -th
.' commlttes, v' PSCR"
'.Ouly leea mtereetlni than to un
looked for controversy over the "cbn-
' trol' of the sub-commltee- In "charge
of the convention, wear the exploit?
tlon" throughout today . o Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt a, the: possible
candidate for the presidential nomina
tion. TM advocacy of Colonel Rooae
vrt. but thinly veiled yeatarday, wa
openry and promlaoaoualy 'proclaimed
today.. . TUia . advocatea of Colonel
Roosevelt' ,. ' nomination . apparently
based their arguments Id bta behalf
upon the- fact that at no time had
the former "president annosnosd that
ha would "not accept ttbs nomination if
It jrer tendered him. . 'It waa reeog-J-,
'-r Wed Soat he would not openly be
h''aom a. nandtdaU. ths aaldi but the
f -" mmrm a..." ooswcMm members of the
,-- national aommlttea and other preml
' " nent republican in thi city as to
their sentiment tn retard to ""forcing"
the nomination upon the cftloneL
Want Action Postponed
There" were 'many who connected
the open advocacy of Colonel Roose
velt'a nomination wiftn the opposi
tion to' naming a eommlttaa of ,r-
rangeAtenta dominated by adminis
tration men. It waa apparent throught
the day that friend of Colonel Rooae
velt were ndavoHn7 In every way to
postpone action by the national com
mittee wMch would definitely commit
anybody to any man' candidacy. The
Rooaevelt enthusiasts frankly stated
that their hop lay In. worklnr up
a demand for Colonel Rpoaerelt to
be expressed In the convention It'
' M.
Friends , of Colonel Rooaevelt also
, declared today that they were making;
(Continued oa Ja Five) '
TO APPEAL FRGFJ DEGREE
Supreme Court Renders De
cision, Bill May be Intro
duced in Congress
CTTMMINS' MEASURE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 Refusing
today the request of the leaf tobacco
board of trade of New "Sork to re
view the decree of the United States
circuit court for southern New York
which approved the reorganisation
plan of the "tobacco ' trust,"" three
reasons ware issigned by the suprems
oourt of the United State.- These
reason which wera set forth by
Chief Justice White 'were:
One who la not a party to a rec
ord and Judgment Is not entitled' to
appeal therefrom.
Tha action of the court below
In refusing to permit . the movers to
i become parties to the record is not
j susseptlbla of being reviewed by
, this court on appeal, or Indirectly,
under tha circumstances hers dis
closed by the writ of mandamua
."Ths merely general nature and
character of ths Interest which ths
movers allege thay have In the pa
pers her filed Is not in any event
of a character as to authorise them
In this proceeding to assail the ac
tion of the court below."
A bill waa Introduced , today by
. Senator Cummina granting to tha In
dependent tobacco companies the
right to appeal to the supreme court
from the New Tork decree approv
ing 'the tobacco company re-or-ganlsatlon.
.
The bill give a the reason for
review a desire to ascertain whe
ther the circuit court's decree 1 In
conformity with the suprama court";
deole'on lp the ftabacce - r. Mr..
Cummins will speak on bis V.'A ftext
HOPE REVIVED BY
FINDING FIVE MEN
ALIVE IN THE MINE
Had Escaped Death by Erecting
Brattice i Cutting fof f Deadly A iter
:DampA W in Good Condition and
WH) Live.
BRICEVIIXB. Tena.. Dec. 11.-
Three men wera ibrouaiMt out of the
Croat Mountain, mine alive at nine
'c4oclt tonicht. They were: William
Henderson, aed OBty-flvai Milton
Henderson, aid' twenty-two, hla soni
Irwin Smith, aed tWrty-flva. r
All ot tha men' are married.- They
were found, In left -tiroes antry No. 1
and had oscap-ed deats W the explo
sion ot Saturday morning by .erecting
a brattica cutting oit h deadly, after
IdatDJ -,'AU war in good condition
and; will live In fart, the alder Hen-
decson waa so strong Chat he wanted
to -wa& to his Jiora. , Tte' flndlng of
these men allva kas teraated new hope
In 4he breast of tha raaeuar. -
- 'V 5 urn ii , ?.r :r-;: ....-ni
-; v TU'fl VflRU FOTJJfDi AUTE
' BRICBVILL.B' Tinn, ,lec. ' "11-
iTwo mora man,' making Ova In alt
were brought out of .Cross Mountain
mine alive shortly .after eleven o'
clock - Monday night. " Rescue ; man
are now digging for thrae mora men
who are reported to be allva. -"
The two man ara .Arthur Scott
aged - 10,-who has a - wife and two
ohlldren and Dore . Irish ,aged 10,
who. Is also '; married. Irish 1 badly
burned " about . the face and hands
but probably "will recover. Scott is
practically unhurt. '"' ' '
All the men. rescued wera working
in the second . room on left hand
side or entry i. . a. insn, agea
, who-was bossing the gang, was
killed Instantly by the explosion and
his body was found tonight,- badly
burned. His son Theodore, ; waa tfhe
only ether one of the gang's messbera
accounted fer ki was Injured.,
Two members strayed away ' and
have not been located. ,."B1U" Hen
derson, ths oldest of the rescued men
came oat of tl mlnemoklng his
pipe and resisted when"' efforts were
made to aarry btvn bnM on a strstch
. "Oh, let m walk," he protested, but
wltfhout avail.
Mr. Henderson- mad the foltowfngf
statement of hJa experlenca la the
' 'Vn&or my direction, we b rati iced
up the entire entrance , to the mine
floor. "With .our coats we fought back
th after - damp that came through
ttes cracks in .the. brattice and 'then
stack our coats and Other article
COUNSEL- FOR L0R1MER
EO OF PRETEXTS
II
More Witnesses, Introduced
to Discredit Testimony
of Rep. White
NOT NEAR THROUGH
WASHINGTON. Deo. 11 Whether
ths senats Lortmar tnvsstlgejtioa com.
mtttee will so Into, the aUeged raasoas
by the International Harvester oora
ewuigr and tba - McOortnick family
were opposed to him, may not ba de
cided for several days. Chairman D11-
Una-ham said today that an examina
tion of thv record was necessary to
decide ths point Judge J, Hanecy,
counsel for ttr. Dorlmer, has indi
cated that he will flght hard to show
what he claima la Dhs lnaplratlon of
ths charges against tha Illinois sena
tor. It became evident today that no
senator on the oommsttse entertained
bops tfest She first of ths year would
sea ths and of the Inquiry. It Is gen
erally expected that libs esse wilt be
carried well ovr into the spring.
Counsel for Lortmer ara being accused
of using every jaratesjt for delay of
any sort, ' '
More witnesses were introduced by
ths defense today to discredit the tes
timony of Charles A. White, tha for
mer Illinois legislator, who mada an
alleged confession that e had Jeen
bribed to vote for Lortmer.
Homer V. Shaw, a banker of Be
ment Ilia, and a demooratlo repre
sentative at the assembly whidh sleet
sl Lorlmer, testified that Whits had
told Mm ba. would vole for Lortmor
If be get tbs chance." Shaw said he
and all tbs country democrat had
vpted against Lortmer but tha Chi
cago delegation was swung 6ver. "I
wasn't surprised at anything ths Chi
cago democrats did," said Shaw. .
James W. Doyle. -one of tha laibor
lobby at Springfield, who said ha waa
there seeking certain legislation, de
clared White had Intimated to him
that "he wasn't living on wind," but
Doyle gavs no testimony of having
been asked directly; for a bribe. ;
' MOXUMEJTT TO HOMES ;
CH A RLESTON, a C-, Dec. " 11.
Colonel A. 8. Horns, a prominent resi
dent, of Clayton, N. - C, has given
$10,000 for the erection-of a monu
ment te tha women of ths Confeder
acy at Raleigh, N. C, according to a
telegram received here from General
Tuliaa 8.,-Carr. by Generei C Irvine
Walker, chairman of th U. C. V.,
oomntltts eo woman's monuments.
of wearing apparel In the hole of the
brattice. We had lights, our dinner
and each of u bad from a half to
threa-quarters of a gallon of coffo
and water In bur dinner pail. W
remained In ttUs room quietly for
several hours burning one light and
takmg turns at eating, late Sunday
evening Arthur Scott and Dore Irtsti
left the room and attempted to make
their way- back and : reaoh ; th en
trance of the mine througft the ,ovtr
pa., - This was the test we -aaw of
them. t
-Ths next- morning- ws made our
way,, the air having ben purified by
the fan, into the entry- and passed
over Into No. It, endeavoring to find
1R way iout; '( ff ran i and ; wera
forced to go beek to room 1 in. No.
It, where the air 'was pura Ws re
matned there until dlaeovsred tonight.
We ate the last of our food about
ths middle vf Sunday afternoon, but
till had some: water left and plenty
of light. ,..-', , . .. ;
v"Ws wera endeavoring to reach the
'main entrance again WHa
discovered oy the mine rescue man
about .IS o'clock tonight
h RKAWZIXQ IIOFKI,FX8XE8a
BR1CBVILLB. Tenn., Dee. 11.
Families of the one hundred or mpfa
miners antombed in Cross .Mountain
mine today began to realise that there
was no chance of their ewer seeing
their loved ones again live. At night
fall twenty-two bodies had been re-oo-vered
and mors than twenty cross
entries to Ch mtna rmalned to be ex
plored. It will be days befora all of
vha entries are penetrated. - (
' ' WaiUnc gonnds
' From the little shacks in whidi wie
miners hre came wailing sounds from
wpmet) and children, thereby adding
to the, general gloom. . For the most
part' the women remained in their
nomas but a few of ttism eaoad in ths
rate ontaid fh mine suu-aoce, wait
ing for h sir drad to be brought
" Praottcally all of ths men wto ara
believed to tiava perlefoed ara Ameri
cans, bom and raised In this valley.
Many women have been deprived hot
only of their husbands,' but also of
brothers and some , of sons. Ths
(Continpfd on "Pago Threw) '
IIT.TI0N TO PUBLIC
TO PROVE GOLLUSIOH
AS TO TICKET SCALPINC
National Commission Has
Already Spent $1,500 in
Investigations
OTHER BUSINESS
NBW TORK, Dec. n. The na
tional commisalon Issued to statement
tonight Inviting the public to prove it
If there waa collusion between the
New Tork National Deagu Baseball
club, or any of Its offleiala and the
ticket scalpers la the world's series
last October. So far Chairman Au
gust Hermann 'said Kne commission
has spent 11,500 looking for evidence
and was prepared to apend more. It
ilea investigated the scandal, ' he de
clared, and would continue to Inves
tigate, but real proof 'was hard to
get What evidence had already been
garnered, hs did not disclose. .An
other matter discussed was gambling
In baseball pools, . upon which S7i
members placed a ban. To correct this
evil, the commission adopted a reso
lution recommending to tbs National
and American leagues that they do
all in their power In their respective
circuits to end the custom. It asm
wa announced that e oonuntsston
will consult with "tbs post . office
authorities and the proper federal of
ficials to secure their cooperation to
that end, it Slaving bean reported to
ths commission that several nswapa
pers. and )ther periodicals carried
(Mse pools.' msklng it seem a lot
tery." . .
. The commission reported that lt
had referred to President Lynch of
ths National and President Johnson
of the American leagues tnr request
of ths Eastern and Pacific Coast
leagues and American association for
higher rating. Bad major lesgus
will consider the question at its meet
ing tomorrow. The commission will
receive their m ports at Its aomial
meeting at Cincinnati January . and
dispose of the matter then. , Incident
ally, while the commission was con
sidering hs request ths" Eastern
league meeting a few blosks away
approve it and voted ur Chiangs Hs
nam to tha International league.
President Edward O. Barrow wa re
elected president secretary and treas
urer for a- term of five year. -The
slaving season will open April II and;
class September It. ,-,y '."::- - . ,
y Gee,
f,,1. f fT"? s N Nv Sbjtn sfry
INDIVIDUALS
V ;$25.000
'i
Wachovia Bahic and Trust Co Declines io Tafct Any of Th Bonds Citizens As
' sert Themselves and in Short Order $12,000 of Bonds Are Taken up by
;'..
. At a meeting of the directors of ths
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
yesterday morning; it we decided
that that Inatltutfoa win not take any
ot ths Ibonds offered s by Dr. EL W.
GWova, of St Louts, Rhe proceed of
wbloh wHl be uasd bwafda erecting
mammoth f SOO.COOftiotel at ths toot
of Sunset nvoumtain, pa of the offi
cials Of the bank ftatad ysaterday
that ths batik bad declined tha prop
osition of Dr. drove, elthourjli ha re
marked tost h preferred to make Do
statement as to why thi deoision iad
been reached. .
. It was learned yesterday that ths
Battery Park bank ha forwarded to
Dn Grove Jett 'V-'4ird' - the
matter of ths ond (ituet One of the
efflceala of tbia,bank was unwilling
yesterday afternoon, to aiva'-'Atit Just
what th latter contained, although
aha opinion waa frequently expressed
on Che street that ths contents' 'con
sist of a proposition from tha bajik to
Dr. Grove. If that la true, M is quite
probable that within a few daya, that
bank will bs ready to make its deois
ion In regard to the rejection r th
acceptancs of ths fconda .
4t meeting of the committee,
whidh has th sale of ths bonds In
oharge, held yesterday morning, . It
was decided to dispose of ths bond
Issue through sale to private individ
ual, and within an hour after the
meeting had disbanded til. 000 worth
of ths bonds had been ubscrtbed to
by business and professional men of
AshsvW w&o felt that an opportun
ity to. secure another hotel for this
section should not bs allowed to pass
by..
B1GHESDN TRIAL MAY BE
Counsel for Defense Says
That More Time is Need
ed to Prepare Case
BOSTON, Dec, 11. An effort wa
mads today by the attorneys for the
Rev. Clurenc V. T. Rlcheson, charged
with the murder of Mis Avla Unnell,
to have the trial pontponad from Jan
uary It until later in the winter and
OA Wednesday next Judge Sanderson
will bear argument on the question.
Former State Senator W, A. Mora
and Fillip R. Dubar of this city and
ohn I Lee of Lynchburg, V., re
presenting Rlcheson, conferred with
Justice Aiken snd were later closeted
for two hours with District Attorney
Pslletisr. It was then announced that
an agreement had been reacfted to
submit the qtKirtlon to Judge Sander
son. It Is understood that ' Richeson's
lawyers said that they bad not suf
ficient time to prepare defense, and
would not bs ready for two or three
month. '
Gi.tNTS VICTORIOUS
HAVANA. Dec. 1 1. .Baseball
New Tork National. 10; Havana,' 2,
SHOWERS?
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 1 Forecast:
For- North Carolina, local " rains,
Tuesdpy- ssinewhat colder Wednes
day fair colder east portion: mod
srats winds, mostly northeast
Wouldn't it be Great?
WILL SUBSCRIBE TO ;
WORTH OF HOTEL BONDS
Business and Prof 'essiona)
The gentlemen who ubeoribsd to
thla amount of th Issus declared that
fhey did so for two reasons) th Drat
that AshevlU must have th hotel)
ths second, that ths bond a offered,
constitute an rccsllent Investment and
should bs taken toy those who deslrs
to invest Dheir money in an absolutely
safe proposition -which will ' brlngi
t)m returna and which will help th
town at ths same time,
A gontleman who Is ,ln elosu (ouch
with Dr.. Grove was seen by a Cltlaen
reporter yeatarday afternoon and de
clared that th hotel will be ereortod,
Hs stated that - ths projwitioa l lhat corporation, hloh own th
which f was mad to the bauker 1 Manor, yeeterday Svenlng sttd that
by Dr. - Cirov a merely see J was heartily in Aavas at th ero
whether or net th people of thi city I H I. Grov" hotel. He de
ar ibehind ttti promoter of ths new I lard that h 4ltvd that It Would
hoteL ' . - ! ti on of Aahevllle'a mot valuable
Individual Snbsnriptlon , Jaswrt and pred th opinion that
It was . learned last night that a i th hotel men of thla eity will res
numb of th gentlemen who hav j great benefit from fh arseflon of th
Biibscribsd to th bend a Individual
took only enough to assurs Dr, Orov
fiat they are willing to co-operate
with him. No amali number orf them
declared, that rather than ses th
chance for aeotiiing th hotl loat,
they would subscribe to mors than
the amount whioh they hav already
atreed to tak. It 1s , not bellvd,
however, that thay will be called up
on to add to their amounts, as th
general opinion is that whloh wat
sxpressed toy - a prominent bualnass
man yesterday afternoon to ths effect
that when ths public feels that it I
Invited to take a part of h iasu. It
will do so without hesitancy when it
learns that the bonds constitute n
excellent Investment and will result
GREATEST COTTON COOP
ON RECOHDJIS ESTIMATE
Country's Total This Tear
Million and Half Bales
"Larger Than Ever
WASHINGTON, Dec. II. Th
Area test cotton crop on record, 14, -88
S.000 bales, la th department of
agriculture's official estimate of "tn
country' total production this year.
This Is greater by 1,447,000 bales than
ths record rop of 1004.
Official of ths department of agri
culture were not surprised at ths sla
of ths crop, as condition figures
throughout the growing season Indl
oated that Witt production "would be
large. Unofficial estimate mads
monthly during th year, using ths
department's condition figures as Che
basl, were grestly exceeded by the
official estimate mads today.
Kvery stale In th cotton belt ,
cept jflsslsnlpi, Louisiana, and Ar-
kanxa established new record for
production.
THIRTEEN TEAMS ARE ETEX
NEW TORK, Dsc. ll.-Pedalln
steadily something over five mile be
hind the record, fifteen teems of bi
cycle riders, thirteen of ttiem oa even
terms, 'tonight completed ths first
twenty-four hours of thslr slx-dsy
grind In trie snnual race at Madison
Squars Oarden. Two' of ths teams,
Ryan and Cavanatigh and Wiley' and
Calvin, were lapped during a fore
noon sprint '
r Aside from ths exciting dssh which
broke the straight out tie among th
contestants, ths day was one of com
paratively little Incident. Thi eve
ning th riders kept steadily at ths
srlnd wl5i soly an occssional sprint
None of th rear, guard riders mad
any attempt to retain hi lost dis
tance. Thirteen team wr tied at
47 mile and two lap at 1 o'elook,
th end sf ths twenty-second hour
with th Calvin-Wiley and Ryn-Ca-
vanaufh teams gtlll lap thlnV
Men. ,
In th ainendltur of thousands of
dollar in (hi city, which will not ba
spent unless th hotel bsdomsl A Mai
lt. ' v ,..'
Th fact that th erection of h
new hotel Is contemplated la. not
learned With diasatisfscilop. by th ho
tel men of Ashavllla, Thay, a ft tul,
' call that their bualnea will not b
injured by th rrtlon of another
httry (here. Thomas W, Itaoul,
who Is welt known as on of th
lamest stockholder of th Albamari
Iark company, bsing pvsildent of
hotel U aapes that It will b .act
ed at an early data and believe that
whan It ia completed, a class of visi
tor will b awratd to this elty whs
do not now com to- AshevlU ta larg
nunabsra. :, si---; -, ,-.
Pranttrally Aaanrsd ': ' -:
Th htuj is practically '. assursd.
Uttl doubt la felt but thst It will b
rectd and that K will b built with
in a short time. Tb who. ar Inter
ated In Its' construction: war as op
S tknlatld yeatarday as thay wst when
ths proposition wa first outlined in
Th Ortissn, , Tttey hav th utmoat
confidence in Dr. Orov and th cltl
aen of this city and bellev that th
construction of'th hotel la not a
dream.
PEHSI03 BILL DAT PASS
IN AMENDED FORM TODAY
Debate Made Interesting by
Dispute Between 'Ad
joining" Representatives
WASHINGTON', Dae, 11. Sharp
Interchange between Representatives
Sherwood and : Anderson of Ofhio.
who district adjoin, snd who hav
rival Wit befor the iboua for the
Increase of civil war pension char
acterised ths house debate on th
ajierwood pension bill toddy. ' General
Sherwood declared he would resign
hi spat In oongiws If Mr. Anderson
kuld find "on of th five thousand
soldier in any district that I ever
kd to vot for me." Th debet
on th Sherwood Mil will snd tomor
row afternoon with p etches by form
er Speaker - Cannon, . Reprentatlr
Pltagerald and otltsr houa leaders.
It la ekpectsd that the bill will pas
the house . tomorrow ' night In an
amtndsd form.
TOAOSTI OAMPAIGJf Ilf ILI4XOIS
CHICAGO, Dec. . II. Governor
Wood row Wilson's presidential cam
paign was begun In Illinois today
when tils friend announced a com
mlttrs on organisation and prepared
to open headquarters her in a few
days ... - - , - -- - -
' Wm. C. KI black, vies president of a
truat company. Is chairman or the
organisation . committee, and Prank
H. Jones, former assistant postmast
er general. Is at ths head of th fi
nance commlttss. v ' ,
DACGHTER FOR SPAXISK QVTT.S
MADRID, Dec. 31 Queen Victoria
of Spam, gavs birth to a daustiter
tbia morning, , .,..;,
This is tb fifth child of Qusn Vlc
toita, the fourth being erill-born.
King AVfonao and Queen Mary, a prin
ce of JSattenberg, i war , marrtsd
May 11. l0f. Thslr- first child,
Princs1 Alfonso,-wss . born May 10,
1107. Th other children sr Frlr-ce
Jalm anj Prims E'r i,
IRON WORKERS TO
TELL THEIR STORY
AS TO DYNAMITING
Officials Surrendering Infor
matlon Needed Voluntar- -Hy
to dovernment v
DETECTIVE BURNS .
DECLINES TO TALK
Says That Case at Present Is
Entirely In Hands of Jus
ttce Department
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind De. ; tl. -
That one or more officials of the In
ternational . Aaaoclatlon Jot Brldga ani
Struoturat Iron Worker , , are aur- ,
rendering voluntarily to th govcrn-
.ment information needed In Inveati-
gatlon of an alleged nation-wide dvn
tmltllig coniplrscy agalnt atructural
ron contractor who. maintain "th
open ehop" waa md known tnntxht
la etatimenti io th National KUcttua ,
fcaioolatlsn, i without mlaianoa ba
ing offered letter and rtrpfil Wer
conveyed by deiectlve engaged by th
Urtrtora' aaaoclatlon from tha head'
tllarUra at th Iron ajianclatlon lit
thla otty to th offlo of th tf, ,
district attorney. It waa announceil,
No promt of Immunity to men ua
ptcted of complicity in th dynamiting
conspiracy hav been mad by the
government," declared Charle W.
Miller, the dfatrict attorney, "but of
coura w will accept evldnnra from
any direction to b preaented to ti
grand ury whan It rumi its aa
alon neat Thursday.
Will not Tell N
"t hvi got th vldnc from tli
bfflcr of th Iron- Worker' im.
elation," aald Robert router, d(n'iiv
Of th Crentora' annoclatlnn, ''but t
Will ntiV y Who s turned lt.ovr to
me. Certainly If It had been nce
aary w nuld hv obtained a wit re ft t
wi ant and mad raid but till waa
hot necessary." '
. Th member of thr ftrctnr' '
aoolatloo who ftr em piny era of non-,
from on hundred enploiion aatnlnxt t
union iron wvtrken have ni;,r ll
their proiwrty since., tun uiiii'i.i''."ii
declared for th "open ahop" In M,iy,'
1004. It he bn th prlnrlpul
gent in th search for thoe reT'n
slbl for th plonlon( renultlng 1 r
th arrest of Juhn J, and James H,
McKamara and Ortls . MeManigal.
la kh face of th annonncament of
tit erectors' association rpresn'
Utlv. Herbort S.'Hoflkin, aaeretary of:
th Iron Workers" association flatly
danled tonight that any ; paper had I
been taken from hi office; ; Th Free
tor association and th Iron Work
re union atood now a antagontatlo
a they had for th last flv yr,
ri aald. "I v entered no ngo
tlationa with th Erector' association
or with th federal authprttlea," hj
idded, "I am not aecking Immunity
and ther would b no reaaon for
m to 'com through.' : Th utiiorU
ties can gt anyohlng In thla' offi:
through legal mean provided, but
nothing ba been given out, or iskrn)
by fore sine tha raid on hla office j
tact April, w.in John J. McNamara)
waa arreetsd and a mas of our rso
Ord selaed."
- Th letter takn from th . Iron
Workers headquarter are to b used I
It I aald, In the federal grand Jury 'a
Inquiry .Into '. ths allegation that:
group of mn In mny oltle were;
Implicated with John J. and ,J. B.j
McNamara - in dynamith-(g depreOa-j
tlon. - j
Detective Wm. . Hums, who war
her today, refuaed to make a atate
mnt regarding rf present ' activity
in th cave. "It is entirely In th
hand of tfh department of 'usticVl
he ald. '
BOYS HE SITS :
OF SIWS CAPITAL1
A'
Success in Corn Raising Re-1
warded Through U. S. Ag-
ricultural Dept.
ONE OF THIS STATE
WASHINGTON. Dee. ll.-Twenty-n
boys from th outhrn state'
who won priar til year for ralait.H.
nanner crop of corn arrived her to-!
day and will spend th rent ef the'
week taking In tha sights of th na-j
tlonal capital, one of th rewards of'
their effort.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to.
morrow will present each of the boy
a diploma, In recognition of the goodj
work' done by them In tr advance--,
ment of agriculture. They will also
be presented to president Taft. Agri
cultural department officials in charge
of the farm demonstration -work era,
highly pleased with the result of tMa
year work by th boya clu'-. fut i
In quantlty of corn raw-l " 1
ehsapnes- of production it t- .
by far the best ycr i .
wa inaugurated t