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MAYOR URGED 10
VETO FRANCHISE
Old Company Will Ap?
peal to Court if He
Signs Ordinance.
CITY ATTORNEY
TO RULE ON LAW
Question of Policy Will Be De?
termined by Mayor, Whose De?
cision Will Be Announced by
Thursday ? Lawyers Pre?
sent Able and Extended
Arguments.
Argument on the proponed light and
pbwef franchise for thy Richmond and
llenrlco Railway Company was heard
for* more than four hours yesterday
ttfterhoon by Mayor Richardton, Henry
w. Anderson, in an extended argument
t u tae Virginia Railway and Power
1 ump* ay. attacke?! both tho dtsira
b'llty oi s competing franchise and the
legality of the document which has
boon approved by both branches of
t:.. Council. Charles V. Meredith and
Samuel j- Kelley replied fur the ap?
plicant company.
At tho close of ta-: argument, Mayor
Richardson stated tfcat as to tr.e ques
fon of' poncy Involved, he would de?
termine for himself aher due deliber?
ation. As to the very Intricate law
points which bad been r.used. he said
the charter provided that the city At
torney should act ai the legal i.dvigor
of tho Mayor, and In that rcsp?ct he
would act In nccoiei;.nce with whatever
opinion Mr. Pollard may render. In
any event he will roach a determina?
tion within the next day or two. in
order to return the ordinance either
r-1 If nod or with his vote to the City
Clerk within the five days allowed
law for consideration of auch papers,
\\ in Act Shortly
The ordinance went t > Mayor
Richardson lest Friday, and he there?
fore has until T.iu.-sday to act on the
matter. The Mayor usked a numoer
of questions of' Counsel to bring out
the points involved, giving It the llrst
teai eonsf.eratlon it has had by city
aiithor't'es since It Ci-ir.o from the sub
committee on street*. Commenting on
the provision which makes the grunt
expire ..t the same lime as the exist?
ing light and power franchise, the
Mayor asked whether It was within
the power of the city to grant an cx
< Itislve franchise, and on being told
that it was. though it had never been
done heic. expressed the opinion that
i..ere thould be monopoly in such on
lerprises, but ORly where there was
public ownership. He said rr.at per?
haps the same results could be ob?
tained by the use of private capital
w .< i ?- there was strict regulation,
tnrirrsou Attacks Ordinance.
Henry IV Anderson opened the argu
i "t.t, : reviewing tho history
of the contest, bringing out the fact
that an examination of lb* rates in
more ban fifty cities had shown that
Richmond now hat electric current as
low or lower than iho average. The
sub.committee, he stated, after Unding
that the rates here were reasonable,
and the service adequate, had recom?
mended that a very careful Iryiulry be
l idi as to the desirability of a com?
peting fianchise, which study was not
given e'ther by the Street Committee
or the Council, the full committee
limiting the hearing to one and onc
..u! hours to a. s'jie. and adopting
amendments practically ollmlnntlng
the wrok of Its sub-committee. Pass
lag on to a discussion of tne powers
niid duties Of the Mayor to review and
?heck unwls? and hasty and ll-con
hidered legislation. Mr. Anderson ar
i- ii . against competition In the case of
l emulated public service enterprises.
* .\:ng that the regulation tied th?lr .
Ininds, and when competition was then
permitted they were then told to fignt
with hands tied. Competilon In such
? isea he said was war. and was only
Justified, as a last resort, slr.ee it was
Obvious that one service with one. set
of conduits can serve the community
at less ,-ost than can two.
Cltj Gain* \othJag
'I he double tearing up and obstruct?
ing of the streets he held was only
justified when the public gained thore
by After wasting tho resources of
both companies in a destructive trar,
consolidation would result; with de?
preciated service, higher rates and a
greater cipttal on which the com?
munity would pay a return. If not
fully regulated already, he was willing
to agree to oompleto regulation by the
Corporation Commission, or to submit
any questions that might arise to nr
bitiation. He saw no reason why tho
City shorn! give the Henrico company
n light and power frnnchise merely
because it now has an unprofitable
street railway line?a railway which
?ho claimed was as little needed as
something not needed at all.
If it is the object of th? city to
make their Investment profltablo, re
pandlens of whether It Is for the good
of the community." he said, "why not
give them a gas and water franchise
and carry the thing to Its logical con?
clusion? Why uso an Instrument of
warfare against a company which is
serving you well, and against which
there has been no complaint? What
encouragement is that to Invested capi?
tal to give good service If it gern no
"approval thereby?"
Attacke its Legality,
Leaving the question of policy, Mr.,
Anderson then attacked the legality
of the ordinance as adopted, on the.
ground that It does not designate thrt
Streets to be used, or the time In which
they are to he used, because the ordi?
nance nttempts to delegate to tho
street Committee legislative powers ofJ
the Council, which cannot be delegated.1
nnd because It does not in other re?
spects comply with the mandatory I
provisions Of the State statute. The
Whole trouble, Mr. Anderson said, was
that the Council had drafted a fran?
chise after the old lines, as the law!
stood prior to irifi.1, when the new Con-.
BtltUtlOh took effect with the acts ani-j
pllfylng thai document, and the Cor-i
poratlon Commission took Office. Time?
(Continued on Fifth Puiie.)
RURAL SCHOOLS DEPLORABLE
Money and Methods for Improvement
Munt lie Given by Federal Government.
Chicago, July 8.?Reports aubmtttod
to-day to the National Education Asso?
ciation, which opened its llftleth an?
nual convention here, said that of tho
BO.OOJ.AOO school pupils In tho United
States 12.000,000 were being oducated
in rural schools, and that only onu
thlrd of tho country boys and girls
were making a satisfactory showing
Thomas II. Harris. State superinten?
dent of schools, of Raton Rouge, La..
?Iceland the condition Of the rural
schools was becoming bo deplorable
It was time for tho Federal govern?
ment to provide both money and meth?
ods tO remedy tho situation.
"The fear of Federal Interference
with .-"t?te control of schools should b?
set aside In tho interest of tho rising
generation.?? said Mr. Harris. "Na?
tional supervslon of country schools
Is an absolute necessity, our country
needs a better educated rural citizen?
ship"
.Mr. Harris left It to the convention
to decide what steps should ho taken
to induce the Federal government to
lend assistance. A special committee
appointed to Investigate the subject
will urge appointment of field work?
ers to travel over the country In tho
Interest of country schools.
Meetings of active members by
States were held to-day to select mem?
ber:- of the nominating committee,
which will report to a full meeting of
the active members on "Wednesday,
when Officers are to be selected.
The active members at that tlm?
probably also will consider criticisms
made at the directors' mee-tlr.c to-day
concerning the report of Secretary Ir?
win Bhepard. Charges were made In the
president's annual report that Mr. Shep
ard's record" were not being kept ac?
cording to the hy-laws. Mr Shepanl
declared he was attempting to rid the
association of "fake" members nnd
prevent "stuffing"" of the rolls, which
he said was dene at the Boston ronven.
tlon two years airo. when Mrs Ella
Flagg Young, of Chicago, wes elected
l :? "-.dent Mr* Your.tr told th? direc?
tors she bad been treated ?'like a slx
teen-year-old school girl," and if th?.
association adopted Mr Shen?rd"s re?
port every school t'-n?her In Chtor.tro
wai lustifled in snlnsr the association
for slander
RIOTING BREAKS OUT
"?crnrs of Violence Attend Strike of
Seamen.
New York. July s.?Serious disorders
In connection with tho seamen 'i strike
I broke out to-night. A man belicv-d to
be a striker was kliled. a Brooklyn
i policeman probably lataily s.:.ot. an?
other policeman serLously ihjtired, and
La Btrlke-hreakiot probably riaiallv
I woui.de I.
I One disorder occurred In New York
Von the lower East Rlvor water front,
when the police tried to disperse a
crowd Of 500 strikers and sympathiz
Many shots were ired. mainly as
a show of defiance, and mudles of all
kinds were thrown,
j When reserves disparted the mob a
? man with a. bullet wound through his
1 head was picked up. He died on the
' operating table at the hospital
The police declare that one of the
strikers iired the bullet. Twenty men
w.-r.: arrested.
In Brooklyn, Alexander Zavano, 'a
striking r> reman, shot Anclento Gon?
zalez, a strlke-brenker. GonzHes will
"probably die.
Policeman aPtrick Hanley .who gave
chase who nho saw the shooting, was
shot by the lleeing assailant. A. bul?
let p.erccd his lungs, and at the hos?
pital It is said tayt he probably could
j not recover. John Williams, another
police officer, was shot through the
right thlrfh and tho left leg
GOLD MINE FOR GREELEYS
, Title to Virginia Property Does to edi?
tor's i. rundchlldren.
New York. July 8.?-Horace Oreejey's
ttrandchlldren, as ihe result of a do
I cls'.on by a Virginia Judge, will gain
! possession of a aOO-acre farm near
! Lu liingham Courtaouse. Vs., on which
I iiere Is an undeveloped golel mine. Dr.
Horace Greeley. of 14T Paclt'.'- Street.
Brooklyn, a member of the Board ot
Health; Xlxoia Oreeley Smith and ldu
flrcelcy Smith, of East Orange, N. 31,
ure among ihe heirs.. The property has
behe In litigation since !S>1.
Dr. Oreeley said that in tho sixties
iTrdted States Senator James a. Bay
?rd, of Deiawure, father of Thomas F
!*a>ard. Secretary of State under Pres?
ident Grover Cleveland, secure-, a loan
r-f $10.000 from Hora^o GreeKy. The
money was borrowed to develop a gold
mine on the property, and the land was
given as security. Senator Bayard, It
is said, was duped by a woman spiri?
tualist, who inveigled him Into pur?
chasing the land, claiming it to be "full
of gold." When Senator Bayard died
tviem ortgago on the property was fore?
closed.
Judge Hundley in his decision de?
clares the title of the grandchildren
unclouded and orders a partition sa'.o
of the property.
WILL MAKE "RAT SURVEY"
I?r. White II an Finn to Protect City
From Plague.
New Orleans, I.a.. July S.?Dr. John
El White. In charge of the United
?Suites Marine Hospital Service hero.
Uaid to-day that he would propose to
f.he. municipal and tho State health
authorities the making of what he ]
iermed "a rat survey" along the river '
l.'ront. with a view toward insuring -
lieiv Orleans against the bubonic '
Rlaguo. A conference of the officials
\xili he held to-morrow.
Dr. White's plan Is to have the river ?
?front divided into districts. Tests will ?
1 b? made upon ratsi captured in each j
district. Should any of the rodents be
fimnd to lie Infecteei effort;- to ex?
terminate them will he concentrated
upon the district or districts from
which the infected rats were taken.
The same plan was put Into operation
In San Francisco when Dr. White was
Lttiatloned thero in 1901.
SAFETY THEIR OBJECT
Aviators Form OrKuulziiilon for Tbrlr
Own Protection.
Chicago. 111.. July 8.?"The American
Aviators' Association," founded "to
stavo tho lives of remaining American
fliers." was organized to-duy at the
flying Held of the Aero Club of Illi?
nois. Permanent organization will be
completed July 20. when every aero?
plane operator In the United State:-,
licensed or unlicensed. Is cxp> cted bl
the Chicago airmen to become affiliated
wJth Bho organization. Members
pledgeel themselvos. no to fly In nr.
noroplune they do hot think safe. r< ?
grardless of Jeers or accusations of
cowardice, they agree to soek action
through the national aeronautical holy
against managers or employers who
seek to force aviators Into unsafe
flights, and they have Arranged for a
mutual exchange of experiences.
Flood Relief Fund.
1 New York. July 8.? Contributions
' from all sources received to elate by
1 the Mayor's Southern Flood Relief
Committee and by LhO Red Cross offi?
cers were reporteel to-day to havo
rencb. ,1 the totitl of $1)5,510. The com?
mittee of the Merchants- Association
collected more thnn Jio.oan of tho
amount.
POLITICS Eras
CASE OF ARCHBALD
Effort to Delay Trial
Until After Novem?
ber Election.
POSTPONEMENT
WILL BE OPPOSED
Judiciary Committee Makes
Unanimous Report Calling for
Impeachment of Judge of
Commerce Court?Thirteen
Articles, and Each of
Them an Accusation.
Washington, July S.?A sharp dif?
ference; along political lines has de?
veloped in the Senate over the pro?
posed Impeachment Of Judge Robert
W Archbald, of the Commerce Court.
Many Senators, including Influential
Republicans, favor deferring the trial
until after the November elections,
contending t.uat ample time should be
given to prepare for the hearing of
the Impeachment charges, and that
many Senators are n-eded at home to
look after their political fence ?
Other Senators, among whom are
.Senators Simmons. Bailey and Beed.
all Democrats, urge that Impeachment
proceedings are of such high privi?
leges that they BhoUld be taken as
soon as the House shall prefer ih?
charges, Irrespective of the personal
comfort and convenience of Senators
The thirteen articles of Impeach?
ment, each an accusation, were pre?
sented to the House to-day. with tho
announcement that their consideration
to-morrow would be demanded Speak?
er Clark emphasized the solemnity of
the proceeding by securing the undi?
vided attention of the House while the
articles were being read by Represen?
tative Clayton, of Alabama, chairman
'if the Judiciary Committee, which
I unanimously reported th^m Mr Clay?
ton dwelt on the gravity Of the
j charges.
\ot n ?.Inclc Objection.
The committee's report and resolii
I tion calling for the Impeachment were
ordered printed and distributed to
members without the voicing of a sin?
gle objection.
It constitutes the ninth Impeach?
ment of a judicial or civil official of
the I'r.ited States since ih* foundation
of the government, and is" tee r.r-t
since the Impeachment Of Judgo Cha~.
Swayne, of the Northern District of
Florida, who was aCqulltod Oil Feb?
ruary 27. 1S0D.
"The conduct of this judge has been
exceedingly reprehensible and in mark?
ed contrast with the high sense of
Judicial ethics and probity tnat gen?
erally characterize tne Federal Judi
' clary. ' the committee says In gumming
up its findings of misbehavior in of?
fice against Judge Archbald.
His business transactions wh'l; a
judge or, the bench were held to unlit
him for further service on the bench,
and a resolution was presented im?
peaching him and haling hirn for trial
before the United States Senate.
"Your committee is of olnion that
Judge Archbala's sense of moral right?
eousness has. become deadened.1' says
'the report. "He has_ prostituted his
j high office for his personal prorlt Ha
? r.as attempted by various transactions
to commercialize his potentiality is
'Judge. He has ?hown an overweening;
ei.-sir- to make gainful bargains wltn
parties having cases before him or
likely to bav* oases before him. To
(accomplish this purpose he has not
j hesitated to use his official power and
I Influence .He has degraded hit high
office and has destroy., 1 the confidence
of the public In his judicial 'ntegrll
! He has forfeited the condition Upon
i which he holds his commission, and
j should be removed from oftice oy im
i peachment."
MnQUKeini-nl of Trial.
To-morrow Chairman <'iu>ton w'U
present a resolution providing for the
'management of the trial before tho
Senate. The mil committee designated
Chairman Clayton. Representatives
J Floyd, of Arkansas, Davis, ol West
1 Virginia, and Webb, ?l North Caro?
lina, Democrats, and Representatives
Norrie, Nebraska; Sterling." Illinois
.and Howland. Ohio, Republicans, man?
agers to prosecute the case before tne
Senate.
The charges against Judge. Arch?
bald set forth in the thirteen articles
range, from his business transactions
with actual and poselhlo litigants In
his court to a trip to Europe willen,
it was cnurged, was given the judge
by Henry W. Cannon, a railroad mag?
nate ana railroad power In New Vor <.
Favoritism to a railroad litigant Wits
i also Included in the charges, and In
I the thirteenth count of the Ihd'ctment,
under the heading. "General Misbe?
havior of Judge Archbald.'' the com?
mittee reviews the charge., and found
that Judge Archbald "grossly abused
the proprieties of his said oftice of
judge, was guilty of misbehavior and
of mlsemeanor in office.
Accompanying the article of im
1 peachment. Chairman Clayton present?
ed a brief to show that the actions of
Judge Archbald ..escribed "as misbe?
havior." came within tho purview of
! the constltui ional provision for im?
peachment which enumerates 'treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and
misdemeanors."
The penalty provided in successful
impeachment eases is removal from of?
fice, and niuy Include n ifoar from ever
holding any office of trust or honor
again.
"GAG- RULE APPLIED
It nrhiK* v Igoroun I'roteat from In
surgent Republican*.
Washington. July v?Introduction of
a "gag'' rule to Insure (ho passage un
amended of tho Clayton contempt bill
precipitated a bitter light in the House
to-day. The rule which prevented
any amendments being Offered to the
bill, and limited genera! debate to
three hours, wan adopted, after the in?
surgent Republicans upbraided the
Democrats for deserting orlnclplcs for
which they fought togefhor lit the vic?
torious campaign against the alleged
"gag'' rules of Speaker Cannon In tne
closing days Of the last Congress,
The contempt bill would provide fcr
Jury trials in cases of indirect con?
tempt or nets held to be In contempt
of a Federal eoitrt and not actually
committed in the pr tsence of the ceiurt. '
Republican Lender Mann declared
that It was the most sweeping rule he
had known in his fifteen \,ars of ex?
perience in tho House,
Representative!) Bartlett, of Georgia,
Democrat, and Honry, or Texas, chair?
man of tiie Rules Committee, defended
the program. The title was adopted
after many roll calls, and Chairman
Clayton of the judiciary Committee,
explained the contempt LIU. it will
be considered again, probably to-mor?
row.
Leaders of Band Must
Serve Thirty Years
in Prison.
CONVICTED MEN
SCREAM IN FRENZY I
Pandemonium Breaks Loose
When Judge Anounccs Find?
ings, and Di Marinaz Cuts
Throat With Piece of Glass
in Effort to Cheat
Justice.
! Vlterbo. July 8.?The Camorrists. who
hove been on trial tor nearly two
|years on the charge of having murder?
ed Gennarn. Cuoccolo and his wife. In
, June. liOti. were to-day adjudged
;BUilty In varying degrees. The ver?
dict declares Corrado Sortino guilty of
I both murders, Nlcolo Dorra, Anlonio
| Ccrrato and Mariano ul Gennao yullty
of the murder of CueCcolo and Qtilaep
? pl Salvi guilty of the. murder of Cuoc
: cOlo'a wife. Enrico Alfano, the al
! Kgfcd leader of the Camorrlsts; Giovan
j nl P.apl. dl Marthas und the others ara
c< nvicted of belnu instigator.- of the
and member ot .. criminal or?
ganization.
'i he president of the ?.i,urt immedlate
' ij sentence! the condemned men.
?Sortino, Merrato. Salvl, Mori. . d!
Gennaro, Alfano. Rap I . rid !ji Marinas
' wort sentenced to thirty years im
, i-risontnent and to ten years police
j surveillance each; Matt:o to ten years
i and six months Imprisonment and ten
years surveillance; Ascrlttore, to ton
; years imprisonment und three years
jsurveillar.ee; the : otners to five
yuars imprisonment and three years
j surveillance.
, When th l accused m'-n were placed
in the lion cage to hear the verd'et,
l.i Marlhais suddenly atew forth a
I piece of glass and cut his throat. He
? fell to the floor in a pool of blood and
general pandemonium broke loose,
i'risoncrs In I'renry.
The prUoners screamed like wild
, animals, .-'nouting invectives a.nd lm
pievatlons.
Rapl shouted: "This innocent blood
' is crying for revenge." Alfano
raged nround and recalled his broth
1 tr'E death, who. he cried, was a victim
' i'f Justice, and a man who had suffer?
ed the rr.artydom of innocence. Vnozzi
I knelt, woaplnc' aUd" 4 graying. All the
prisoners acted like muuiaes. and the
larblneors had difficulty in forcing
their way Into the cage to maintain
order and carry out the wounded man.
The pronouncement of sentence was
received with uproarious protests from
the condemned men. One of them
shouted: "Wo are Innocent. This is
legal assassination."
Some of them shook their fists at
the Judge and others tore at the bars
ot the cage. They attempted in con?
cert to harangue thos assembled in
th.- court. In addition to the nol'ee
and carbineers, within the building, a
battalion of troops with fixed bayonets
was drawn up outside. It was feared
that some attemjit might he made to
rescue the prison' s.
Di Marinaz was in a serious condi?
tion. The. glass with which he at?
tempted suicide severed an artery,
which was tied, but Di Marinaz. the
moment h? was left alone, tore off the
bandages and reopened the wound.
Surgeon? again dressed h's Injuries,
but the wounded man declared that he
was determined to die.
The verdic t as a wholj proved some?
what of a surprise, and all are agreed
that the severity of the sentences is
the last blow to the ."lamorra. which
has practically been annihilated since
the arrest of Its leaders.
OUTRAGES ARE REPORTED
Horrors of the Congo Reins Repealed
III I'eru.
Washington. July 9 ?A repetition of :
the horrors of the Congo rubber in
dustry among the native rubber gath- [
erers of Peru is the cause of a dan?
gerous mission which the State De
partment h.vs quietly sent up the
Amazon River In the interest of hu?
manity. TOrday Acting Secretary
Huntington Wilson received informa?
tion that Captain Stuart Puller, one
of the depart ... . I s most trusted |
agents, had arrived at Iquites, S.OOfl
miles up the Amazon, on hi-, way to
the wild stretch of country to learn
the facts at first hand.
The State Department reports indi- >
cato the existence ? >{ conditions below
the equator thai parallel the Intoler- !
able outrages In the Congo country i
In Africa, where natives were forced
by tortures and mutilations to collect
pertain quantities of rubber for Bel?
gian and other com esslonn'reS.
Captain Fuller Is an lowan. who
rendered s!gn.;l service for the StaLi
Department during the disturbed days
in China, and later as a consular offi- ?
cor at Gothenburg, Sweden and ,
Naples. ^_
EITHER CAMP OR JAIL
Regulars Sent nut to Arrest Members
of Valloual Ouard.
Annistoii. Ala., July S.?Excitement '
, prevailed fo/ a tic., to-day at Camp
Pet tu? the national manoeuvre silo,
when a dotnehuo of regulars was
I dispatched to Talladega, Ala.; with or?
ders to arrest a., members of Com-:
pany. M. National Guard of Alabama.;
Cnptalp McAlpin, md Second Lien-,
tenant Brennai; could not be located,
but all other members of the com
panv were brought hero.
It is a coSe "i go to camp or bo
jailed." declared the regulars when
making the arrest.
Among the militiamen who have
been arrested are -clons of some of i
the m..st prominent families in the
Mate, and their apprehension created ;
consternation at Tailadcga. There ?
were H.365 privates md 27T> officers at
the camp to-day A featute of the i
day's manoeuvres " is an extended or- I
der di'iil by companies nnd battalions. '
< unKressmnn is nobbed,
Washington, July S. ? Representa?
tive Joseph v Johnson, of south Chro
Una did no: hear :i burglnr who got
into his npartmi nt last night, so the
burglar got In money,/several
Panama coins and a pnss on th.' Pan?
ama Railroad. The burglar got
through it rear window and left no
Clua.
Leaders Are Seeking
to Force His
Withdrawal.
REALIZE THEY
CAN'T ELECT HIM
Nation-Wide Movement Begun
to Petition Taft to Step Aside
in Interest of Harmony and
Permit Some Compro?
mise Man to Head
Ticket.
Washington, July S.?A nation-wide
movement to petition President Taft
to withdraw as the Republican presi?
dential candidate is being bucked by
u large number or Republican office?
holders who feel that they face tiefeat
in November unless the breach In the
; party can be healed.
j Those men include members of State
legislatures which will, elect Senators,
State ar?l county officeholders and party
candidates, If the movement to peti?
tion Mr. Taft to withdraw succeeds in
gaining any volume, it is 3iild tliei
[same men in the Interest of paty harro
I ony may ask Colonel Roosevelt also to
i withdraw as B prospective ear.dtdat
for an independent nomination and per
! m't a compromise Selection of some
! man agreeable to both factions of the
party. It is the desire of the promo?
ters of the scheme that a decision shall
\ be reached before August when tno
Roosevelt faction plans id hold a con
: ventlon In Chicago.
The circulation of petitions, it was
declared to-day. would start within a
week. It was said tile movement
would he?>n spontaneously In every
' State. The organizers are now circu?
lating blank forms of petitions and ap
, pointing supervisors who In turn will
.'engage canvassers to solicit the sign*
tuies of Republican voters. The au
; thors of the plan expect to offer to
: practically every Republican voter in
the United States a chance to express
bis opinion of Mr. Tafi's candidacy
either by slgh'hg the petition or re?
jecting It.
The movement is In th* hands ot
? several well known member? of Con?
gress. Tney are being aided by many
of the extreme Roosevelt Republicans.
The enlistment of the national prpj
] greeslvo organisation ht6 been sought
;and ii was stale J tu-day that Senator
' blx?jYs organization was willing to
cu-operate
Information that the petitions were
, to be put before rl-.e voters leaked out
to-day. No particular person is au?
thority for the statement and mem*
> hers of Congress concerned were un?
willing to stand sponsors fn- R until
the movement was under way.
' The sponsors of the plan say one of
i its first results would be to let Mr.
j Taft know if there are any consider?
able number of regulier Republicans
! who believe he should step aside in
I the Interest of harmony.
Will Submit it to People.
Greensboro, N, c. Julv g.?Republi?
can leaders In the State who were ac?
tive In the recent campaign in support
or Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, held a
conference here this afternoon for the
purpose of agreeing on some plan of
concerted action regarding the course
to be taken by the Republican organi?
zation in North Carolina "of retain?
ing their party regularity while \ot
inc for Roosevelt electors as against
Taft electors. The conferetu s was the
i result of a recent call by National
Commltteeman Richmond Pear.on. A
'majority of the delegates irom this
State to the recent Chicago conven?
tion were present
Following the conference ex-Seria?dr
Butler siate.i that :t was unanimously
acrer-d to submit the question , f
.Roosevelt's nchttul nomlnatIon to the
; Republican precinct primaries when
;the delegates are selected for the State
I convention, which will like he held
iu August. This was presented In the
following resolutions. which were
unanimously adopted:
"First. That we cannot indorse the
action o:' the recent National Repub?
lican Convention nt Chicago or recog?
nize such action as binding upon the
allegiance of Republicans.
"Second. We favor the submission
of the idea as to which. Is the right?
ful nominee. Taft ?>; lloosevelt. by
way ot referendum to the precinct
primaries tnrotiKhoiil the state."
The resolutions bind the two f,-,.-.
lions to abide by the action of the
next State Republican convention, ami
call for Instructions binding th.- twelve
electors to be chosen by Iii? conven?
tion to vote for Roosevelt for ! :??>:?
d.-nt. -as th.-. rlghttui and only legiti?
mate candidate the party for the
presidency
North Carolina, it was stated, will
ivr be officially represented at the
Roosevelt convention In Chicago, the
State convention being held after it
lias convened. a number of itoose?
velt supporters, however, declared thi ir
intention of being pit-sent at the Chi?
cago convention. Cominltteemnn Pear?
son stated that by reason of to-day's
.action the question of Itoosevelt or
Taft in this Mate would be Clearly Up
to the people, lie claims Sentiment
among Republicans of the State is ten
to une for Roosevelt, and declares
Roosevelt supporters win he in con
itroi of the State convention. Com
, mltteoman Pearson, with ex-Renntor
Butler, left to-night for Morehend
cttv to hold a conference to-morrow
.vith Stute Chairman John M. Morer
i head.
Still In the Vir.
I Washington. Julv s ?The selection
? f a chairman for the Republican Na?
tional Committee was Still In ilr
to-night.
For four hours rresldcnt Taft, his
secretary, Charles D Hilles, and a sub?
committee of the Republican National
Comm'ttec discussed the question of
the chairmanship. At r> 30 o'clock this
afternoon they adjourned until 9130
to-morrow morning, no nearer to a
choice than they were when thev m. '
here early to-day for their first ses?
sion
More than a dozen names were con?
sidered during the long discussion
held in the While House Th- ,-.in?
ference was entirely amicable.
No feeling developed against ony
particular candidate. About the only
actual rcstilt Of the tin of tig was the
final elimination from consideration
of the name .,f Mr Hilles. He tobi
tin- commltteemon that under no cir?
cumstances would he take the posi?
tion, but thai be would work With nil
his ability for the President's re-elec
(Continued on Seventh P=?ge i
ROOSEVELT ARRAIGNED
Mim-k ?in mm Feature ?I Speech In
Defense nt Lorlmer,
Washington, July $.?An attack upon
Theodore Roosevelt for condemning
Senator Lorlmer, of Illinois, featured
the defense lit th.' Lorlmer election j
case in the Sonate to-day. Senator
Fletcher, of Florida, following up the
conclusion of Senator nillin-tham's
speech for Lorlmer, arraigned ftbose
velt.
"Theodore Roosevelt could enjoy a
luncheon with Booker Washington at
the Whit- House. ' declared Mr Fletch?
er, "but could not afford to dine In the
same room with Mr Lorlmer, a mem?
ber of the eluh where hi a guest.*'
The Florida Senator referred to the1
former President as ?the headquarters
of morality," who condemned Lorlmer
041 the false allegation repeated to him
by editor u. H. Kohlsanl that tlOO.OOO
had been raised anil used to elect Lorl?
mer Senator Fletcher said that Col
one) Roos.-velt did not. know then, and
had not sine.- taken the trouble to be
eome acquainted with the facts.
"The damnlnir of , respectable citi?
zen, the head ?f n beautiful family,
the representative ? State in high
office." said Senator Fletcher, "'was
i welcome thine if it gave opportunity
to attitudinize as the standard of honor
and righteousness and the acme of
civic virtue."
j "He Is the man aspiring for the
I highest honor* of the country, and on
I his flnmbuoyant arrival in Chicago on
I the 1Mb of las? month, engaged in the
frantic effort to nominate himself for
a third term, made a speech, in which
to denounced his boponents on the Re?
publican National Committee as -tol
eratlnc robbery' and as being guilty of
brazen theft ? Some of these traducers
and defnmers would do well to studv
Mr. t.orlmer's life ami strlv. to ap
i proach as he can the Ideals of Klp
, ling "
Mr Fletcher expressed th'- opinion
that Senator Lorlmer would hot stoop
' 'o the purchase of votes or the de?
bauching >s( a Legislature, and that
? the Illinois Senator would surrender
I his office if i,.. fell his .lection had
been the result of fraud.
MANY DEATHS FROM HEAT
Eleven t Ictlms In Philadelphia und
Three In Boatun.
Philadelphia. Pa., Juh 8. ? Eleven
dcths were reported to'the coroner
here to-day as being due to the ex
Icesslvi heat. Prostrations were nu
I morons. The maximum temperature
jlor the day was DB, which was re?
corded at r. p. m. This is the tlfth
day of the present hot wave, and the
! loral forecaster to-night said that no
permanent relief is expected for
I thirty-six hours.
Three Ufa Ii,? In motion.
Boston. Julv 8.?Three deaths and
tWenty-flvo prostrations due to heat
'were reported In Gr. ater Boston to?
day. For tlie sixtn consecutive day
I 'I.rTb la; thermometer registered over
! '.><? degrees, the maximum boiiiK 91.
Four Oral ha in New Vork,
! New Vorkj July 8.?Four ?le-iths and
. scores of prostrations were ascribed
to-night to the heat. Weather Bureau
officials tigure-d thai it was tho warm?
es! July S that the city has. known
, since ik:*. Oppressive conditions con
! tinned to-night.
Heavy Toll in Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh. Pa.. July S.?1-ive dead
? from heat, three dead seeking relief In
'various forms and upwards of twenty
j flve prostrations Is the tell in the last
i twenty-four hours exacted by a heat
! wave that has held Pittsburgh In its
grasp since July :t Previous to ' to
]?lay seven deaths and .-Istoen prosira
: Hons were reported, Conditions to
i day were almost unbearable Tfte max?
imum of the thermometer was BS, Suf
i fVrln gambng mill workers .v.?s in?
tense, many of the men being1 compelled
to i|tut anil go home.
Hoi Wave Kettirna.
Chicago, 111., July S.?The hot wave,
which received ?? temporary check yes?
terday, r, turned to-day, whim the
tmeperature rosef rom 71 to 5"> de?
grees, a< ompanled by excessive hu?
midity. Five deaths und nine prostra?
tions attributed to the heat were re?
ported tO the police to-day.
WORK WILL BE CONTINUED
Plans for Til's V*nr'? ' nrn * luhs Have
Been t oiunleted.
Washington, July s?I'l ins for con?
tinuing the corn club work in the
South haVi bene completed by the State
agents in charge of tie work, at a
meeting here. A bronae bunt of Dr.
Seaman -\ Knapp, founder of the corn
rlub ,v;?;i;. yva.' offen 1 hy the agent
for S?iith Carolina, to ba presented
the Sotitl-.eii St-,: malting the best
showing ea>h year throi.gn its '. ys
and girls' ? ont clubs Tlie first award
of the oust will h- made at the National
Exposition School for Roys, t be held
in countcritut with the National Corn
Exposition, in Columbia, S C,, Janu?
ary '.'7 February ?>. 1013. Two boys
will he si nt t" the school from each
county In the south.
HOTEL IS DESTROYED
m> Hundred fSuestN Lose Their I'er
Hillinl 111! eels.
Mlenhursi, N. .1 , Julv 5.-?Nearly 300
:
i
hen lire swejit the Dimes Hotel 10
e ground laic this afternoon. Three
? tt.tt. i also caught lire and tvcri
ai'lically destroyed. Tlie hotel was
ef the largest at tills resot't, The
i.i ? i ; owner) .'ind managed by R
Schultz, of Philadelphia, who is In
critical condition following an oper?
lt, n for call sie.n.-.- and from the ex
tement of the lire Mr. Schultz! tvjto
seventy-two year, old, was 10 a cot
:
e pstimate|l bis io ,? as not ovr
i'c'mi.'. The hotel binding "??.> eigrt
? u '.ear- Old
ELKS IN ANNUAL SESSION
Member* of Order Welcomed to City ?>f
Purtlnnd
Portland Ore Juli 5 ? To-ni-tht
!
fc-rlv-Y'thfh annual tbnventlco of the
flrand Lodw ? Bert I.erM >rd PrOtoe
slted ruler of th* Portland lodge, Pre
?
Addresses of woteome in I.u ?J
the reunion commission, the city and
?t?te pnei the response ' ? Orand Ex?
alted nu'.er John P. Stil'.tviin consti?
tuted the program.
To-morrow the delo<r?tes will take
nr. the nci'ial work of the organization
The reports ?f the > irloas officers "ill
be read and firnnd Exalted Ruler Sui
llvah will .)? liver Ms unitunt address.
STATE RESTS CASE
Defense Takes l i> Work or Trjlng to
firitr Harrow.
Los Ansreles, Cnl. julv ?The State
rested late to-day in the 'bribery trial
of Clarence s Darrow.
The defense al once opened Chief
Co"li?el Rollers h.'."'n the reading of
.?> formidable nirrav of depositions taken
Ii ebiefteeo several months ftjw to show
ihn -r,,od r.">utntlon and the hielt
standing of Mr Darr?v as a lawyer
?nri in politic" In,that city and In Illi?
nois, a reputation, nceefrllntr t.> the
deponents, which had not been altered
because of Indictments returned
against Darrow In California.
I IS FIELD DAY
FOR JERSEYMEN
Hundreds of Them Gath?
er to Confer With
Governor Wilson.
CHAIRMANSHIP
NOT YET SETTLED
Judge Hudspeth Out of Running
at Own Request, and Opinion
Is General That Honor Will
Go to McCombs?Nugent
Clasps Hands With
Nominee.
Seagirt, N. J., July S.?Former Judgo
Robert a. Hudspeth, vice-chairman oC
tho Democratic National Oommittco
and member from Now Jersey, asked
Governor Wilson this afternoon to
erase tils name from tho list of. thosu
from whom tho Governor will tnaku
his choice for national chairman.
Judge Hudspeth afterwards told tho
reporters that ho wanted William F.
, McCombs, tho recent Wilson campaign
manager, to have the position,
i Judge Hudspeth'a action 'removes
i from tho race, tho Governor's closo
friends assert, Mr. McCombs, most for?
midable rival.
"It would be Impossible to devoto
the whole of my time to the ofllce, and
: this would be required," Judgo Huds?
peth declared. "I would willingly servo
: In some other capacity wore 1 asked
; In which I could give part of my time
I to my private business Interests."
Judgo Hudspeth said he would con
I vey to tho national commltteo a mes
: sage from the Governor. Ho thought
i It likely that the national commltteo
i would open a western oftice, either at
San Francisco or Denver.
The Governor and James E. Nugnt,
his recent political foe m Essex coun?
ty, clasped hands this afternoon for
the tirst time within a year. Mr. Ku
{ gent came down with the New Jersey
i delegates and alternates to attend a
luncheon to which the entire delega?
tion ..ad been Invited by E. E. Gross
cup. Democratic State chairman.
? .eir. Invitation Too Late
Former Senator James Smith Jr., who
also worked against Governor Wilson's
candidacy, received his lrfvitatton too
late to come, according to a telegram
Of regret sent by him to Mr. Grosscup.
Governor Wilson appeared only lu
the role of host lia greeted Mr.
! Nugent courteously and then passed
j on to the next man;
It was a field day for Jerseymen.
|They brought along a couple of
mayors, hull a dosen representatives.
; including Messrs. Hughes. Ktnkead,
: Hamll and TownsWd from this State,
:a .sheriff or two and ;,00 of the 'rank
innd file."
i Representative Hughes made an
appointment with the Governor to
I meet Samuel Gompers, president or
I the American Federation of Labor,
and several of the executive commit?
tee to-morrow in Trenton.
"This has been to me a very de
[jtghtfui day," Governor Wilson said
to-night, "because the New Jersey
j men came In such force, and showed
. stich genuine and generous enthu?
siasm Moreover .there were so many
'old and tried friends among them
I that 1 was able to get all sorts of use?
ful counsel and information from them.
' 1 was made to fee) during the day
jliow thoroughly the working force of
; the State was bohlnd me."
In addition to the Jerseymen anil
several New Yorkers. W. H. O'Brien,
State Auditor of Indiana, headed a
delegation of four who congratulated
the nominee.
There was unlimited speculation
and little else concerning the. course
the nominee would take regarding
the governorship of New Jerse]
Judge Westcott, of Camden, and Mr.
Hudspeth advised him not to resign
[until about lnaguratlor. day.
i...re mid wiKou Confer,
Senat..'.- Gore, of Oklahoma^ and th?
Governor conferred for an hour to?
day. At the end of the conference, the
! Oklahoman dictated a formal state?
ment In which he said that the Demo?
crats, "united and battling as one man
til |er Wilson's leadership." faced a
divided f?e and would Win In Novem
"We have a chieftain who Is not
revolution?r'' oh the other hand nor re
Bctionarv upon thin other." he said. "He
simply embodies the real spirit of
progress I cannot say too often?t
ivnht this to go down?that Governor
Wilson Is wise enough to know that
?tr,'o swift arrives as tardily as too
.-! ,'??.' There are but few Sl.it-, that
.,: ? on the impossible list in this ram
P |gn fhe Democrats are organizing
and conducting s vigorous, thorough
i going campaign."
AtVent the national chairmanship.
Senator Gore said: 'Th* chairmanship
is a question that rests exclusively
with the Governor and I do not w'sh to
embarrass the situation by any sug?
gestions. I have no doubt that all
Democrats on the committee and off
ti lommttlee ?will rest entirely satis
I tied with his selection."
Peal tlrod, the Governor went to bed
i t ? o'clock to-night. He plan? to go
to Trenton earl',' to-niorrbw.
York i" l-oysili
Seagirt, N. I -Ttity 8.?N'ormsn T..
Mack chairman of the Democratic Na?
tional' committee, held a long ;;>';f,,r
,.?,?? to-night with Governor Wilson,
during which the loyal support O.f the
organization in New'York was pledger!
to the Governor and detailed plans of
the coming campaign . were discussed.
Mr Mack told the Governor that the
Tammanv leaders were going to fight
for him. "Just as If they had to get out
and do so."
The chairmanship of the new na->
ttonal committee was the topic of n
long talk Mr. Mack said on leaving
the Governor's cottage that he had
conferred with the Governor also re?
garding the desirability of appointing
a camoaign niannafer to co-ooeratjS
With th< national chairman in direct?
ing the campaign.
??W- did not get down to names. '
Mr Mack added, "but I did suggest to.
the r.oi-n.or that it would he well t/?
(Continued on Seventh rage.)
