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vol. xxviil, no. 53 :
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FORMAL MESSAO
E
The "Eternal Question:
STOKES DENOUNCED
T OF
TIZEN
M DECLARATION
ABROGAT ONTO BE
BY PIGEONHOLED FOR
III EFFECT BEFORE
HOLIDAYJEGESS
Sulzer Resolution Already
Passed by House Brought
up In The Senate ' ,7
UNMERCIFULLY
BOARD OF INQUIRY
ATTORNEYS
Unsparing Denunciation of
Millionaire Sportsman Who
Lies Critically 111
POWER OF WEALTH AT
WORK IN THIS CASE
Summing up of Prosecution.
Judges Charge. Then Case
f Goes to The Jury
r NEW YORK, Dec. 14. The Jury
which is trying Lillian Graham and
Kthet Conrad for their alleged at
tempt to murt?r T. "E. D. Stokes,
heard from counsel today two final
pleas for the show girls' acquittal
that bristled with unsparing denun
ciation of fie millionaire sportsman
who now Ilea critically 111 aa the re
sult 'Tit an operation. Tomorrow As
sistant District Attorney Buckner
will sum up (or the prosecution and
aftrr Justice Marcus' charge, the
case will .go to the Jury, probably
before nightfall. . Renewed motions
by the defense' today to have the
Cross examination of Mr. , Stokes
which was Interrupted by his Hire-as,
stricken out were denied. .. Stokes
Avas painted by Assistant Robert M.
Moore as a' "monster," determined
to get possession of a beautiful young
girl and by getting an exoneration
. Mote from her free himself of ail re
sponsibility for causing her downfall."
i The chief accusation, that of plot
of the girls' to extort noney from
the. minionatm ha held was amply
disproved by the fact that the girls
bought their revolvers with nt at
tempt at secrecy. Attorney Moore
displayed a photograph ,of Miss Gra
ham, taken at the time of tuer visit
to the Stokes farm at Lexington to
etrrphaeize the point that she had
changed, from a beautiful, healthy,
buxom girl to the worn fragile crea
ture that had wept on the witness
otad. He declared that Stokes took
700 from Lillian Qraham, not be
cause he wanted tho taon sejant be
eause she wajfa'preffy" gJJrT"fa!,M!"-T
Apolon-y for "Horwh Words"
"Witih. her money gone, her patri
money lost.' continued the attorney,
"he might say, when you want mon
ey, then come to me."
Clark L. Jordan, another . attorney
for the show girls, apologized for say
ing harsh, things about a man who
was ill "but these things wre done
by a man who had no mercy to show
these girls who stood In the path of
his purpose."
"The power of wealth has been at
work in this case," he exclaimed.
"Stokes has spent thousands of dol
lars to rake up every evidence which
afterwards was not allowed on the
record In order to place these two
young girls In the worst possible
light.
"Wn ask you men to deotde this
case in a way so as you can look any
ibonest woman in the ace and tell
her that you -judged these girls on
the one standard of morality, that
you did not favor a man because he
Vaa a millionaire."
US ARE NOT LARGE
ENOUGH ON MOST SHIPS
TO Ml THE LIFE OUTS
House Committee on Mer
chant Marine Startled by
This Announcement
DISASTERS RESULT
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. William
.H. Prazler, secretary of the Interna
i tional Seamen's union of Boston,
Mass., startled the house committee
. on merchant marine and fisheries to
day by declaring that on a majority
of the passenger carrying ships on
. the Atlantic coast hr were nt
enough members of the crew to man
the life boats. H said most of the
ships carry boats enough or 75 per
ctnt of the passenger carrying capa
city of the ships. The witness de
clared that in all his experience he
had never seen a boat drill at sea
where the life boats were swung out
on the davits. Mr. Frazter also de
clared that the Slocum disaster was
duo to an insufficient jcrew. The loss
of life would have been reduced one
half with a proper crew, he said.
The witness was one of a score of
sailors in the various trades who urg
ed the passage of the Wilson bill
to improve the condition or men hi
the seafaring trade. The bill would
Increase- from It, to 100 cubic feet
the spare for each member o the
enssjr and from 12 to IS feet deck
space. It i would provide for mors
officiant men in the Are rooms and
other reforms.
PASSENGERS L.WDED
TANGIER, Dec. 14 All the pas
sensora of the wrecked steamer Delhi
landed. .. ; , .. '
PERM TIME
National League Tables Amer
ican League "Ultimatum"
Without Consideration
GAMBLING ON GAME
STRONGLY DENOUNCED
Resolution Adopted Calling
For Legislation Against
Ticket Speculating .
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. -The Ameri
can league's "declaration of war" was
pigeonholed for at least two months
and probably for all time by the Na
tional league today. It was not wn
seriously considered, President Lynch
declared, at the close of the session.
None of the magnates could de-cipher
jts purpose, ho said, so they tabled
It
In the final session of the three
day meeting the National league
adopted two resolutions today, one
ealling upon tha six states containing
cities en the circuit to make ticket
scalping punishable by tine and im
prisonment, the other declaring war
on baseball pools and offering $100
reward for the conviction of persbns
gambling on the game. The organi
zation also vested President Lynch
with powers to act for it in dealing
with the request of three principal
minor leagues for higher classifica
tion. A list of , recommendations in
this cohneotlon were submitted.
Among them were the following:
List of Recommendations
That major clubs be allowed ito
play in minor league territory and
vice versa, either before or after the
playing season; reduction of drafting
season to Ave days beginning Septem
ber 16; drafting of umpires; an
amendment requiring the major
leagues to - inonease the salaries of
drafted players $50 a month over
their miner 'league salaries; the adop
tion of salary limits by. minor leagues;
restriction of player limit in all
leagues to 31 during tho playing sea
trt-- durtae? tha off season;
the retention of slayers in the high
est class .league In which they , are
purchased so far as possible. Draft
ing .prices of 12,600 )n class AA;
$1,250 In class A: tl.000 in class B;
750 In class C, and $500 in class D;
( Continued on Psjre Six)
IN INDUSTRY, DECLARES
E
Appears Before Senate
Committee in Advocacy of
LaFollette's Bill
ASSAILS "TRUSTS'1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. That
there is no such thing as a natural
monopoly In industry, was the declar
ation of Louis D. Brandies, the Bos
ton lawyer and anti-trust champion,
who today appeared before the sen
ate committee on interstate commerce
In advocacy of Senator LaFollette's
bill designed to supplement the Sher
man -law.
He declared also that If the law
prohibiting the practices, through
which existing groat combines grew
up Is clearly defined and enforced no
trusts will arise in future.
"Supporters of the LaFollette bill."
he said, "believe in competition in
Industry ofi economic, social and po
litical grounds, they agn?e tijat only
unreasonable restraints of trade
should be prohibited but they believe
the law is Inadequate, difficult of
application and unsatisfactory in Its
remedy. They propot, to let the law
remain, but to supplement It with
provisions remedying these detfects."
Again stating that there are no na
tural monopolies in Industry, Mr.
Brandeis said:
"Even the oil trust got control by
ruthless and unconscionable viola
tions of law, by criminal rebating,
bribery and corruption which brought
it wealth with which to destroy com
petitors by price cutting and like
practices. The steel trust acquired
control, not through greater efflckfncy
but by buying plants and ore sup
ples at Tabulous prices. Not one In
dustrial monopoly Is a natural
growth."
Mr. Brandeis mentioned the tobac
co, shoe machinery and sleeping far
combines as other "trusts" that had
been able to fix prices as a result
of acquired monopolistic positions.
Mr. Brandeis referred to the opo'ch
of Senator Cummins In tfe senate
yesterday asking that independent to
bacoo dealers be permitted to appeal
to the Supreme court from the dis
solution plan under which the "trust"
Is now proceeding and declared that
should the present decision stand, the
future eect of the law would be
"w-hetman has illegally founded, let
as court put asunder."
Mr. Brandeis will continue on the
standi tomorrow. .
Full Text of Report of Investi
gating Board Into Explo
sion of The Maine
MORE DESTRUCTION
THAN ANTICIPATED
Explosion Occurred Almost
Fourteen Years Ago. and
266 Lives Were Lost
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. President
Taft today sent to congress a brief
formal message transmitting the full
text of the report of the Investigating
board which found that the battle'
strip Maine was blown up In Havana
harbor by an external explosion. The
board was Aieaded by Admiral Vree
land, of the navy, and Included Colo
nel Wm. H. Black of the corps of
engineers of the army. It fegan work
on the exposed wrecx at Havana No
vember 10 and found that the injur
ies to the bottom of the Maine were
caused by the explosion of a charge
of a low form of explosive exterior to
the ship between frames 28 and tl
port side. This resulted in Ijnltlng
and exploding Who contents of the six
Inch reserve magazine. The more or
less complete explosion of the con
tents of the remaining forward m'aga,-
mes rouowea. rne board in its re
port emphasised the fact that It found
that what is called the port garboard
strake, a continuous line of planking
running from stem to stern was "dis
placed upwards as much as twenty
four inches from a straight line";
that another strake. technically call
ed "C" was displaced "upwards and
Inwards for 100 square feet;" and
that part of the inner bottom plating
was "displaced upwards and left ap
proximately ' six feet above its origi
nal position." '
Destruction Wrought1'
The destruction wrought by ' tha
two "explosions of distinctly different
charaotor" , was found to be much
more extensive than (had been antici
pated, The port ih technlcaljerms
nescriDea now p lares wore crumpled,
how some portions of what had once
Ibeen a great battleship were turned
inside out and how parts of the bot
tom works igenerally were displaced.
"The debris of one-pounders, slx
pounders, six-inch and ten-inch am-
(Con tinned on Page Six)
ONLY SLIGHT INTEREST
IN CAPITAL OF RUSSIA
Tl
Not Believed Abrogation of
Treaty of 1832 Will Af
fect Relations
RUSSIAN VIEWPOINT
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 14 The Jew
lsh passport question has awakened
only slight public interest here. The
prospect of the abrogation of the
treaty 1832 does not seem to dis
turb any one. Good relations witr
the United States are duly appreci
ated especially as they affect the
far east; but it Is pointed out that
Russia and Germany waged a tariff
war In the nineties during which
they remained on good terms po
litically. The abrogation of the
treaty would affect the Russian trade
to the extent of about eight million
dollars annually whereas American
trade to four times that amount
j would be affected. Abrogation of the
treaty it is realized would strike a
more vital blow if by reason of
this Rusiinns were shut out of Amer
ican, from the standpoint of the
Russian government the cessation of
Jewish emigration would be very
disagreeable hut the government does
i not believe that the matter would
be pressed so far. On the other hand
the government sees a graver per
il In the lndlerrlmlnate admission of
Jews to Russia, as many of these.
It is asserted by Russian officials are
revolutionists. TheiT coming armed
with American passports and with
the rlsht to claim consular aid It
is argued .would endanger public
peare and cause ultimately diplo
matic friction and a serious aggra
vation of Russo-Amerlcan relations
The Jewish question looms so large
In Russia proper that the question o
Russo-American relations takes a
secondsry place, and, . finally it 1s
dpolared Russia connot surrender
control over the admission of for
eigners within her borders. These
are the representative views In gov
ernment and ether circles, but though
not yielding on principle It Is felt
L that Russia would be willing to
ameliorate the conditions In practices
nnder rertain circumstances. A dan
ger exist that a congressional dem
onstration might provoke the Rus
sian nationalists and members of the
extreme right and aleinata the sym
pathizers of other groups. This fear
is voiced by Prof. Rut N. Mllukoff
leader of th constitutional dsrao
WHO FURNISHED MONEY FOR BUYING
DYNAMITE
Federal Grand Jury Probes
the StartIdentity of Few Witnesses Coiled Kept m Strict Secresy by
Deputy Mar BhalsM'ManigaTe Complaint,'. ''.. 1 '
INDIANAPOLIS, lad.. Dee. 14
At a .direct lead Into the , heart of
the alleged dynamite conspiracy,
District Attorney ; Chos. W, Miller,
while the-federal grand Jury, .held
Its initial hearing in the oast today
took p th otiesUon jis to who fur
nisbed the knoney for marchsing' and
paying the expense of carrying about
the country, the explosives by which
more than 100 structures wore blown
up.
Mrs. And row 3. Hull, now of
Kimball, Neb., who as Miss Edith
Wlnerbrenner, was bookkeeper for the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, and
who was familiar with Its money
receipts and disbursements, was
closely questioned by Mr. Miller,
while Into the grand jury room were
taken the tubs of (check books and
amounting records ot the associa
tion during the five years In which
the explosions took place. It was
during a large part of these five
years that Ortle K. MrManigal, ac
cording to his confession, did dyna
miting for John J. MrNamara, tha
convicted secretary-treasurer snd of
ten In company with James B. Mc
Namara. Complained of "FVes."
An important fenture of MrManl
gal's confession was In connection
with Mrs. Hull's visit to the district
attorney's office. This was the admis
sion by McManlaal that he usually
received about $200 for each "Job"
HOT SINGLE MERER, DEAD
OR LUG, BROUGHT OUT
Rescue Men Devoted Their
Entire Time to Putting
Out Fire
BRTCHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 14.-
Not a single miner, living or doad,
was brought out of Cross Mountain
mine today ami tonltrht the Hat stands
at five rescued and fifty-six .dead. .Firs
burned briskly all day long in two
of the cross entries and to the tat
of extinguishing It the rescue men de
voted their entire time, kfrplurers in
the mine have Wrntnf! eJxbt or nlnn
more dead bodlct and these may lie
brought out tonight. It was learned
today t.hat tho v.-ldow of John Duff
whoso body was recovered last nlajht!
Is a niece of Blnhop James Atkins, of.
the Methodist Episcopal church.
South. Duff's body was taken to
Mary svl lie today tor interment.
' RBYAN IKJl VD FOK HOMK
COLON. Dec. 14. Wm. Jennings
Bryan left here today on his home
ward journey by way of Jamaica.
' "
SHOWERS)
WASHINGTON, Dee. 1. Forecast
for North Carolina: Rata Friday and
probably ftaturday, variable winds,
brisk ever northeast portion. ' 1
USED IN THE
Into Heart of lleged Dynamite Conspiracy Right From
and ' that when ho complained that
part of the money Was being hold
back from htm, James B..McNamara
had admitted seeing the stub for
the cheek and had said John J. woiild
"fix it -up.!' iMost .of the jury's at-.
Untlou .today was lakes p with aa
Outlining bylHswict, Atlotnsy sIllUilroquot-Rtsl plant at South Chi
of what the investigation was to be,
how far It was to go and the number
and character of the witnesses to bo
called.
The Identity of the few witnesses
called today was kept In. strict so
csecy by deputy marshals and out
siders wore not permitted in tha
corridors near the grand jury rooms,
Mrs. Hull's appearance at, tha fed
eral building followed that of II.
S. Hockln, acting secretary of the
Iron Workers Association who had
been conferring with Frank M. Ry
an, the president. Hocktn now, oo
cuples the position in the union for
merly held by John 3. McNamara.
Police officials of Indianapolis who
were present when records were
taken out of the Iron worker's head
quarters and former stenographers
of MrNamnra Ante air present. Me
Manlgal in his tconfrJon told of at
leant (5,000 having been paid him
and said some, person other than
John J. McNamara did the paying,
but after he and Jamoe B. McNa
mara blew up a viaduct In Cleve
land on June 22, il0, hs had had
a dispute with the man over the j
amount ne was to receive and in
OR. SUN YAT SEN RESERVES
Chinese Reformer Will Not
Commit Himself to Any
Definite Policy
PENANG, Straits Settlements, Doc
14. Dr. Sun Tat Sen, the Chinese re
former, and General Homer, the
American w.ho it is alleged Is to take
charse of the military government
in Chins, landed here today. Dr.
Hun Tat Sen declined to grant an iD-
tniew, preferring to reserve his
Judgment on the situation In China
and not desiring to commit himself
to a deinlte. policy until ho was In
f ill pOKSKslon of the facts and ac
quainted with the Intentions and
views of the reformers.
Triifrr bkwmeh restless
CALCUTTA, Dec. 14. Thrt revolu
tionary fever in China has crossed
tho border provinces and Is spread
ing in Tibet. The rebels have driven
out of the town of Shera the Chinese
garrisoned there. The Chinese Im
perial troops made a stand at Gyan
kto, a walled and fortified town on
tho tradu route between DarJIIlng and
L'Hasa, the capital, but Were defeat
ed by the Tibetans.
OLD VETERA. DIES
WASHINOTON", Dec. 14. Hardin
B. Littlepage, one of tho few sur
viving participants in the great me
rino bawie between the Monitor and
the Merrlmac, died at his homo bsrs
today. He wss seventy years old and
was born In Virginia. Hs resigned
from the Nary academy as a midship
man to enter the Confederate navy
at tho outbreak of the civil war and
participated In a number of engage
ments Including that twtween , the
Monitor snd the Merrlmac In Hamp
ton Roads, March and . tut.
EXPLOSIONS?
consequence "J J, took. lbs mat
ter in hand himself all tho way
through." '';.' s
iPor tB Cleveland "job" McManl-
gal said ' and James , B, were
paid 1109 vach, '
Referring ta an explosion at the
oago, MoManlgal -said ho said 10
pounds of dynamite and added
"when I went to Indianapolis, J
J. McNamara paid me 1109 in sash.
as that was all the cash ho had in
tho office. I saw him pay J. J. Mo-
Name ra for the Job." That records
were kept of some of tho money
paid - out was : Indicated In a part
of tho confession tn which McMan
tgal tells Of his complaint of tho
small nay hs reeelvwd before ho
dealt directly with McNamara. Mo
said ha previously had been recelv
Ing only 1115 each for the Jobs but
on a train between Cincinnati and
Indianapolis he discussed places that
were still to bo blown up with J.
8. McNamara. "J. S. told me he
had the stubo (or tho Mt. Vernon,
Illinois, job and tht they were mads
for ttli while I received only f 1B0.
After that 3, 3, McNamara handled
the money," he ssld.
Among tho other Items mention
d were 1200 each, for jobs at Green
ville, N. J,, MoKees Rocks, Pa.,
Superior,' Wis,, Omaha, Neb., Los
Angeles, Cal. and Hoboken N. J.,
Worcester, . Mass, and Milwaukee.
wia
DELEGATES HIKE VISIT
TO
North Carolina Farmers'
Union Elects Officers and
Puts in Big Day
WnsOS, N. C, Doc. 14. -Fsatunes
of the day with delegates to the North
Carolina Farmers' union were visits
to tho tobacco warehousa whore rec
ord breaks were made, the election
of officers, a musical concert, barbe
euo and an address by R. A. N. Wit
son, of Mississippi. Mr. Wilson x
plained In detail the workings of the
warehouse system and tha cotton
holding movement In Mississippi.
Tha election at officers resulted as
follows:
President, H. Q. Alexander, of
Matthews; vice president, J. M
Templeton, Gary; secretary and treas
urer. B. C. Falres, Cbarlottg; state
organizer, 3. Z. Green, Marsh y II le;
business agent. 3. K. Rives, Sand ford.
ThVse -with the following compose
the executive committee: W. G.
Crowder, Wake: W. B. Gibson. Ire
dell; C. C. Wright, Wilkes; I. P.
Coggtns, Chatham; W. IL Moore,
Pitt. . .
Tho b?ak at the tobacco market
were the result of cash prizes offered
for beat grades and tho rivalry for
awards was so great that many .farm
ers could not find floor space. Tho
average prioo on tho floors) was 11 H
cents. . : ,.
BORE TRIP WEfib
BALTIMORE, Md.. Poo, 14. Bish
op Alpheus W. Wilson of tho Metho
dist Episcopal church, souUv who was
takes III while attending to confer
ence duly In tho senth brought
to his bonis here today from Pensa
cola, Fla. . Ho bore tho strain of the
tone trip welV J
IMMEDIATE ACTION
IS STRONGLY URGED
Several However Would Havt
It Referred to Foreign Re
lations Committee ,
WASHINOTON, - Doe. ' II, Ti,
abrogation of the Russian tratjr of
lias, because of demonstrations
against American - Jews and kWir
may become the law of the land he'
foro the Christmas 'recess of eon
gross. Tho Soulwr resolution, already ,
passed by tho house, directing term!-
nation of the treaty afbtr a year's,
notice, was brought up today In tho I
senate. The result of running de
bats on the question of whether to
refer It to tho eommlto on foreign
relations or to act immediately was
an assurance from tho oommlttee that
It would report Monday. Tho senate
may then adopt either , this resolu
tion with a slight change or tho Cul
berson resolution 'practically ldenti '
cal. '
Tho debate In the senate Included
same ' discussion of tho attitude of
tho state department Senator Cu)
barson , wanted Immediate action on
Monday without reference to tho
commute. Ho contended that nottr
of abrogation cannot take sffect until!
cse year after tho action 'and there
fore if tho resolution did not pas
beforo tho holidays It coutd not go
into. offijct until lilt or more than
two years hence. .
i .Senators Cullom and lodge pleaded
for tiro reference to the ommlttea.
Both pledged their utmost efforts to
obtain committee action to permit
tha senate to act on Monday,
"I iiave no doubt that we raa
It," said Senator Cullom. Mr, Lodge
added his assurance to tho same of-)
feet.
: fj'nator Rayner eyas somewhatj
skeptical as to the committee's abll-l
ity to agree within that time. Ho
pointed out tho possibility of differ
ences of opinion. . ,
"Tlmo for ArtJon" '
' Tho time has come for a dster.
mlnatlori. of fvts question," ho ssld.j
'The argument Is all ons way, Tho'
treaty has boon violated for tho post
40 years, Tlmo and again wo havo
yielded.' Wo should not now,"
. Senator Clark, of Arkansas, con-,
tended 'that if tho. treaty wss to bo
so promptly disposed of action should
b taken without rofersnco to tho'
committee, Ho said congress should
either axvt Immediately upon tho gen
oral public demand or go Into tho
question thoroughly. - Senators Lodge,'
Paeon and Cullom refused to accept'
tho 'view that tho stats department'
was on trial, ."Ths presldertt has
told us," said Mr. Cullom. "that 4io
Is at work on tho question and wilt
havo something ready after thto holti
days, and the secretary of stats as.' .
sored me a day or two agp that ho
expected to accomplish Something of
value to tho country,"
OF
WILSON for Anon
CONGRESS OF BREWERS.
Natl Anti-Saloon Conven
tion Opposes Re-Instate ;
mentof Army Canteen ",'
OFFICERS ELECTED
WASHLWTON, Poo. X4.Tho dis
missal of Secretary of Agrlculturo
Wilson from the cabinet because ho'
attended the Brewers' convention at
Chloago as (honorary president recent
ly, was demanded hero today at thai
national Arrtt-ftaloon invention which
likewise went on record as opposed
to the re-lnstatement of tho army
canteen. The demand for Mr. Wil
son's retirement was mads by Judro
A. Z. Blair of Ohio, In a speech which,
was applauded to the echo. Ho said
If President Taft did sot dismiss tho1
secretary of agrlculturo he would'
fight his re-nomlnatlon with all his
power next year.' Tho resolution pasav
ed by tho convention laid emphasis
on tho adoption of legislation to pre
vent the sals of liquor in prohibition'
territory and protested against the
government sals of confiscated liquor
In territory which has become prohi
bition. Tho following officers were
elected to servo two years: t
President. Bishop Luther B. W1U
son; Tiee-presldents, Bishop - O. M.,
Matthews. Rev.. Father James M.
Cleary, Rov. Pavld J. Burrell. Rw.
W. B. Crumpxon, Jodire Charlei a.
Pollock, Rev. Wsohlnston Gia.M r;
Rev, Wm. L. McBwen, Rev. J. v. f -h--.
Bishop 'H. C Morrison. ! si ; -. ..'
uel P. Pj-reng; .-r-
tp.m; tr "urer, I