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SAY SXOW USED STOCK.
PIIOXE CONCERN CHARGES
Suspicion of Irregular Deals Led to
Treasurer's Resignation.
Inability to explain a discrepancy in his ac
counts of a sum approaching £!.'.< MM* is said
to have, caused the resignation last Monday
of Henry Sanger Snow, of Brooklyn, from the
Mirer* — p of the Now York and New Uer
sey Telephone Company. Though one or the
directors of the company said last night that it
• -was of his own volition" that Mr. Snow had
resigned from the office which he has held for
fifteen years, he admitted that that official's
action had been forced by the results of the in
vestigation which was instituted last month,
and that there was little else that Mr. Snow
could do under the circumstances.
T :.£rh the apparent discrepancy is supposed
la have existed for more than a year, it prob
ably would not have come to light had not the
usual periodical examination of the company's
books been for some reason shifted to an earlier
date than usual last month. The examination
revealed that almost $150,000 which was sup
posed to have been paid into the treasury of
the company for a portion of Ike ifsue of treas
or stock issued in HXKS could not be accounted
for. Mr. Snow, when called upon to explain.
admitted that he had taken the stock into his
own possession, and said it had been recorded
as beins: paid for. but a further scrutiny of the
book? failed to reveal the payment of the
amount involved in 1 the transaction. It was
then teamed that Mr. Snow had some $100,009
.• the stock deposited as collateral with the
banking firm of Spencer Trask & Co.. whore he
had been a regular customer for a dozen or
more years. Some ?25.1«00 of the stock is also
said to have been given to the People's Trust
Company as collateral for- a loan made to Mr.
En- .
I/nion N. BethelL president of the New York
-- New Jersey Telephone Company, gave out
& statement mat nJght in -which he said that the
auditors who had been at work on the books
had completed their examination of the stock
vookP and had succeeded in finding no short
age. The examination of the other accounts of
iir. Snow has not yet been completed.
" Mr. Bothell's statement that there had been
r,p improper issue of treasury stock and that it
had all been accounted for was confirmed last
r.:p"' ' by ■ director of the company. As treas
urer of the telephone company Mr. Snow
handled the stork, and in this way he was sup-
Based to account for its f=alep. In this way it
was comparatively easy for him to assign some
of the issue, which amounted to millions, to his
pan account, and up to a fortnight ago it was
supposed that full payment of the stock re
corded to his account had been made to the
company.
James Jourdan, one of the directors of the
Key York and Kew Jersey Telephone Company.
said last night that Mr. Snow's resignation had
been practically forced by the investigation
Wilch had been begun by the directors. That
the examination had revealed that Mr. Snow was
;-'"; -'" 'bled to the company in a large amount he
i rot prepared to say. Mr. Snow", he inti
mated, had made an offer to make up 'or any
'fbortape hat miglit be discovered, but Mr.
Jourdan bkM no action had as yet been taken
baimHih the completion of the examination of the
auditors.
Mr. Snow denied himself to callers at his home,
X". 270 Henry street. Brooklyn, last night, and
ihe members of the family said he had no state
ment to make ir. regard to the alleged shortage
in his accounts.
The former treasurer of the telephone company
*as born in Brooklyn fifty-, no years ago and
has been prominent in the social life of the
Heights section. At one time he was president
cf the Polytechnic Institute, from which insti
tution he received the A. 3. decree in IS7S, and
fee is still a member of the board of trustees.
After completing his cour«p at the Columbia Law
School he was admitted to the bar in this city
in ISSO and practised hjs profession in this city
until hi«? appointment as treasurer of the tele
phone ■ • any.
He was a member of the executive committee
of the New York Civil Service Reform Associa
tion and belongs to the Hamilton, Marine and
land Dyker Meadow golf clubs. He -is a
trustee at the Hassan Trust Company, of Brook
lyn, and a director of the Ottawa & New York
Railway. Although among his' business asso
ciates it was known that he was a consistent
speculator in •-. stock market, he had the repu
tation of being a shrewd investor and his fortune
ana estimated to be of considerable proportions.
STEAMER ROD A ASHORE.
British Freighter's Crew Refuses to
Leave Her — Wind increasing.
The British steamer Bada, Captain liurJis,
from Huelva lor New York, with a cargo of
Iron or*, went ashore early last ni^ht abreast
" the Jones Beach Life Saving Station, just
below a trvfUe. Long Island. She was lying
may when tact reported and the Fea was
EX.OOth.
The weather looked bad. however, and the
irfad was increasing from the southeast. The
captain and crew of the Jones Beach Lifesa'v
|b« Station went out in the surf boat and boarded
me aVada, the crew of which refused to leave
:•-
The :.T.rr^t-<"hai.n-an ivre. kers have been
ajnt fat u4Kh espeeaei that they will be
■ • •• ; - er off at nrxt high water.
Ibm Bods is » rr^T-ton steel reaaet bu;!t at
Isailii. l ITi wTmnl. in Itft. She Is US feel
bog. hi,* a Beam af 44 Beet, and hi owned by
£ T Bus i Ins. & Co.
KISS BIZAVALLA GIVES UP ALAMO.
Weak from Hunger. Exposure and Lack of
Sleep, Surrenders to Governor.
[By ..... to The Tribune. I
Saa Antonio. Tex.. Feb. !».—^eak and ex
fc*usu-d from hunger, want of sleep and ex- (
IWsore. Miss Dczavalla vacated the Alamo to
nfcbt. turning the property over to Governor
■
The opposition submitted to alt of Miss Deaa
«aSs*'« contentions, mgnj&ni that the questions
at i.<su« b« submitted to the courts for t««I «]« -
cfc-on aad that ail jn ;*-r.-st.d In the en* abide
I* the result. 15efor<.- ,: c would turn over the
Pypeity to ... Governor tfhe insisted that the
«qwty sheriff on su.ird withdraw. leavtns bn .n ,
tUKJispmrd possession.
MSEH LEAVES ESTATE OF $150,000.
I-,., tv-*.-,!,!* l« I*" Tribune. |
CLMtanJsl Ten"n . rV,., U^John McMiHin. for
ti-irty >e*r* u'recli^. was found dead U.-day. and
«>« county authorities in examinins *" old trunk
'oua3 curr^c-y. bankbook*. ****** of "<"*•**
<^s which indicate thai be i* worth over WWW.
H!s daughter. Mrs. James McClugjran. cf BM^HUI,
bi; U «*ected ■„ arrive Saturday. McMUUa,
*■■-- wife commitua suicide several y «-«.:« ago
**c*u*- a] his haiMaj «*«* win want of ioo<i <m<l
T^om.J'^^.u w..*, NEW- YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 11)08. —FOURTEEN PAGiK—^WS^StSL.
TRAIX STALLED IX DARK
Short Circuit Scares Subnai/ Passen
gers Under Central Park.
A trair.ioji.j (if passengers was held prisoners
in the darkened subway beneath Central Park
at ...';<» o'clock last night, wnan a train leav
ing the J»^th street station struck some iron
object on the third rail, causing a short circuit
and darkness from jMJth street to 14."> th street,
on the Lenox avenue line.
Electric flashes sputtered along the third rail
and the guards refused To permit passenger? to
leave the can for nearly nr. hour. The doors
of the cars wero fasi-Mied and the guard-
brought axes from the l»'»th street station and
stood ready to < hop away the windows if the
cars took fire. It was after 9 o'clock when
the service resumed its normal schedule.
For a time there was a small sized panic in
the cars, but the guards reassured the pas
sengers, and althoupli the latter oould not sco
each other they waited patiently and, with few
exceptions, cheerfully, for the~ current to be sent
through the rails again.
The short circuit caused a loud explosion, and
the fuse of the stalled train blew out, burning
the motorman a 'pout the hands and face. He
disappeared before his name could be learned.
IIE RESCUED CERVEEA.
C-jrgc 11. Xorman, Banker and
Sportsman, Dead.
Boston. Feb. 13. — George H. Norman, of
Brookline and Newport, prominent socially and
as a polo player, who distinguished himself
especially when, as an officer of the gunboat
Gloucester during' the Spanish-American war
he took Admiral Ccrvera, of the Spanish fleet,
off the burning flagship, the Infanta Maria
Teresa, died to-night at the Corey Hill Hospital.
in Brookline. Mr. Norman went to the hospital
two weeks agn from his Newport home to under
go an operation. He was 1 operated on twice,
after which pneumonia developed. Ho was
forty-three years of age.
Mr. Norman was a member of a family known
as "Tiie Fighting Normans of Boston," he and
his three brothers having been in service during
the Spanish- American war. He enlisted as an
pnalgn when the war broke out. and as the result
of an examination was appointed lieutenant on
the converted Gloucester, commanded by IJeu
fnant Commander Richard WaJaw right, who,
with his men. took part in the battle of Pantiaco
with the Spanish fleet. When Admiral Cervera
was rescued from the disabled and stranded
flagship he -was carried through the surf by sea
men and lifted into the gig of the Gloucester
by 1-ieutenant Norman.
Mr. Norman was born in Newport, and was
graduated from Harvard in 1889. W nile at the
university he was a member of the Porcellian
Club. From iv.xi to lS'.t.'j he was associated
with the firm of F. H. Prince & Co., bankers, of
this city, at one time being a member of the
tirm. Afterward he became president of the
Newport Water Company, holding that office at
the time of his death. Mr. Norman was an en
thusiastic polo pla>er and yachtsman. He was
a member of the Somerset and Brookline Coun
try clubs and the YVestchest^r Polo Club, and
also the Boston Athletic Association. He was
unmarried.
SAYS CHILD IS EXPENSE. NOT ASSET.
Psterson (N. J.) Jury Awards Parents $159
to Cover Funeral Expenses.
Paterson, N. J.. Feh. 13.— Acting upnn th« ru!»
of iaw in this state that a child Is an expense
rather than an asset to its parents, a jury here
to-day, before Justice Blade, awarded a suing
parent SI.V. die cost of the child's funeral. The
suit was brought by K!ik Weiss against the
FuliT Express Company, a wagon of which ran
down and killed the three-year-old child.
The court recalled the decision given by Chief
Justi 1 c Gttmmere in affirming a verdict of SI
that the plaintiff was entitled ta damages only
for the actua* pecuniary loss that the parent had
sustained and the jury could not be> governed
by any sentimental consideration. The rinding
of the jury was in accordance with the charge.
BRIDGE BUILDERS RACE lOR PRIZE.
Gang That Finishes Its End of Biackwell's
Island Structure First to Get $3,000.
A midair contest for a $3,000 cash prize is
under way between gsngr of workmen coupling
up the Manhattan and Long Island ends of the
aew Blaekwell's Island Bridge with the main
section of that structure, which looms above
Blackwell's Island. The Pennsylvania Steel
Company is anxious to have both ends of the
overhang joined with the mainland before the
March gales begin.
There are 100 men in each gang, and the
Hvtstoa of the $".0"0 prise among the winning
g;-ng would net 120 a man.
The total distance of the span from tower to
tower over the west ihannc-i is 1,18:.' feet, while
the spun from tower to tower on the east or
Long Island side is 984 feet, giving the Long
Island workmen considerable advantage.
P. R. R. ORDERS 85 STEEL COACHES.
Largest Contract fcr This Style Car Ever
Placed — To Ec Ready Soon.
[By Tt> 2r:!;2 r:!;i v i t.. Th<- MbWM I
Pittsburg. Feb. 13. — ■ The largest order for steel
passenger coarhes ever awarded has been given
by the Pennsylvania Railroad to the Pressed
Steel Car Company, ot this city. The order
.alls for eighty-five coaches, and tome will be
ready for delivery the iir:-t of the month, with
the whole order to be filled by the first of April.
The c:«rs are steel throughout, while the floors
are a combination of concrete and sawdust,
which is ri'»n-lnflammab":e, but soft enough to al
low the seats to be screwed down. That the
Pennsylvania has ordered so many steel cars
„ thought to indicate that the company will
adopt th( n «X'!usively.
MARYLAND AMENDMENT PASSED.
I Hj T<-lesia:>!i to Th* Tribune.]
Annapolis. Md.. Feb. Vi— The Demo, rat ie
machine easily passed through the House to-day
the bill for an amendment to lie constitution to
disfranchise the negro voters of Maryland, and
it will aias pass? the Senate and I* signed '<y
• i.. Democratic Governor.
Mr. Pail spoke tuf lilf " Kepuiiliciins against
the measure "Why mate pratcnoe of purify
ins the electorate, when everybody knows the
real motive hi for the perpetuation In power of
the Democratic machine?" be Bald. "We Re
publican.*, however, intend to have this question
passed upon by the United States Supreme
<;ourt."
Congressman Mudd and othe- Republican lead
ers are determined to carry the matter to the
highest court.
ex-gov;ernor indictei
F. M. VOORIIEES ACCUSED.
Former Jersejf Executive and F. J.
Combes in Insurance Case.
Foster M. Voorhee.", former Oovernor of New
Jersey, and Frank .T. Combes were indicted yes
tesway by the special grand Jury which lra= been
investigating trte affairs of financial Institution?
on the charge of porjucy in connection with a
sworn report of the Bankers' Life In^urar.oe
Company in 1904. when Mr. Vcorhees was pres#>
deal and Mr. Oasoaea secretary of that com
pany.
Both Mr. Voorhees and Mr^ Combes live in
Xew Jersey and are legal residents of that ytato.
FOSTER M. VOORHEES.
Ex-Governor of New Jersey, who was Indicted
yesterday in connection with the investiga
tion of the Bankers' Life Insurance Com
pany.
Neither of them waa arrested yesterday, for
1 Hstrict Attorney Jerome was assured, it ta
said, that both would appear before Justice
Uowlinsr for arraignment to-day. Heavy bail, it
was said, would be asked. The Penal Code pro
vides that perjury may be punished by impris
onment not to exceed a term of ten years.
The indictments were handed up to Justice
Dowling when the grand jury reported to him.
They are the outcome of an investigation of the
clmrp-e that Voerhees and Combes in their 1904
report to the State Insurance Department swore
that certain dividends were not due certain
stockholders of the company, thereby making a
false report to the department. This subject
was laid before the grand jury by Mr. Jerome,
and for weeks the jury has been quietly looking
up evidence and carrying on a searching Inquiry.
The indictments substantiate the charge.
Friends of the former Governor, both in New
York and New Jersey, received the news of his
Indictment almost with incredulity. Th'~y found
it difficult to believe that the man who had
made such a record for himself was now facing
a criminal charge, and said that they beiieved
Mr Yoorhees innocent of the charg p . or at least
guiltless of any intentional wrongdoing. They
seemed to feel confident that he would be
cleared when the case came to trial.
The Hankers 1 Life Insurance Company is not
now in existence. In 1906 an Impairment of its
capital to the extent of $71. 5^6 57 was reported
by the State Insurance Department, and a plan
for reorganisation was set forward and carried
out by Eugene Van Scbaick and Henry B. Towns
ley. This plan provided for the removal of
Voorhees. Afl president of tjie company he re
oeived a salary of (8,096 a year, and for a num
ber of years he, with William riherer. con
trolled it.
Ejc -Governor Voorhees is at present a Commis
sioner of New Jersey's Board of Water Supply
end his term does not expire until 1312. His
career as a p< litician and a lawyer has been a
brilliant one Before he was elected Governor
of New Jersey, in 1599. .Mr. Voorheea had been
the state's acting Governor, for. es president of
the Senate when Governor (irigg:^ resigned to
aeoome Attorney General in President McKin
ley's Cabinet, the Governor's duties devolved
on him. Previous to that time be had been in
the state Legislature as both Assemblyman and
Senator.
In January 1594, he discovered a conspiracy
among tl:e ten Democratic Senators to control
the Senate, although they were the minority.
By common consent he became the leader In
battling against this conspiracy, and the result
w:is thar the case was forced into the Supreme
Court and the conspirators were foiled. Then
the Democrats attempted to lure him from the
Senate with a Circuit Court judgeship for bait.
Goverr.or Werts actually nominated him, but h»
declined the nomination.
He was chairman of the Senate investigating
committee m 1895. This committee exposed the
State House frauds and aroused a storm that
resulted in the election of Governor Griggs. the
tirst Republican Governor elected in New Jersey
iti twenty-five years. Mr. Voorhoca was the
youngest Governor the state baa had
MAKING SIJNDAY LAW OBNOXIOUS.
Police of Winnipeg Arresting Undertakers
and Newspaper Men.
Winning, Man., Feb. 13. — Police officials are
making out and Bervtag hundreds of sum
monses for alleged breaches of the Lord's Day
act. The campaign started two Sundays ago,
and trie first cases appeared in court yester
day. Already five hundred summonses have
l-een issued, and several hundred more are to
be made out.
The police are proceeding under instructions
of the Police Commission, their action being a
counter movement opposed to action by mem
bers of the Lord's Day Alliance. Each Sunday
police have poiimed upon undertakers at funer
als, newspaper men making notes of Sunday
sermons, and editors. One man was taking a
bath when the police arrested him.
ONE OF BOOTH'S CAPTORS DEAD.
Chicago, Keb ML— Colonel Andrew Wendell, who
vi ;i^ a member of the iuind of soMler* which capt
ured .1 Wilkep Booth after the Rssas.si.;uiion of
rmeMrnt Lkteam. died here to-day.
ANOTHER MISSOURI COUNTY DRY.
ChllliCOthe, Mo, Feb. n.-I.ivhigsion County
voted In favor of local option to-day hy a n.ajorlty
of i to 1. A taapa vote was c«st. Sixty-nine of
the 111 cou nles of Misst uri have \ote<j for
prohibition.
QUICKER SCHEDULE TO FLORIDA.
Seaboard Florida Limited, dally Pullman train to
St. Augustlne-Plnehuret-Camden-Columbia. Short
est "outo Office l**J Bway.— AdvL
SEVEN NEW TREATIES.
ALL FOR ARBITRATIOX.
To Replace Conventions Xoic in
State Department Pigeonholes.
[From Th» TMbBCf B;ir-~au.]
Washington, Feb. V.\.— The State Department
expects to send to the Senate Within the next
few weeks seven new arbitration treaties, which
ar* substitutes for the arbitration treaties ne
ori.t'atcd with Great Rritain. IWajri. France.
Switzerland. Germany, Italy and Spain, pursu
ant to The Hague convention, and ratified by
the Senate on February 11. IMS. The Senate
refused to ratify these treaties without amend
ing then, and after they were amended the
Presidert and the Secretary of State decided not
to exchange ratifications with the other powers,
so that the seven treaties have remnined in
pigeonholes at the Department of State for the
last three years
The treaties, as negotiated- by Secretary Hay
and submitted to the Batata, provided.
Difference* whteh may arise of a legal nature,
<r relating to the interpretation of treaties ex
isting- between the two contracting parties, shall
be referred to the permanent court of arbitra
tion . stablishod at The Ragoe . . . provided,
nevertheless, thnt they do not affect the vital
interest*;, the independence or the honor of th"
two contracting state-, and do not concern the
interests of third parties.
Further along the treaties provided:
' In each individual case the high contracting
parties. Before appealing to the permanent court
of arbitration, shall conclude- a. .special agree
ment defining clearly the matter in dispute, the
scope of the powers cf the arbitrators and the
periods to be fixed for the formation of th* ar
bitral tribunal, and the several" stages of the
procedure. . * .. >
It will be recalled that a radical difference of
opinion developed between the President and
the Secretary of State on the one hand and the
Senate on the ether. The Senate maintained
that to ratify the treaties as negotiated would
be equivalent to delegating the treaty making
power to the executive department, a's appar
ently it was the purpose of the executive to
negotiate and approve such "agreements" with
out submitting them to the Senate for ratifica
tion. Accordingly, the Senate, by a vote of 50
to 5), amended the treaties by striking out the
word "agreement" and .inserting the word
"treaty" in the article last quoted.
When the ratified treaties were returned to
the. Department of State it was declared that
they amounted to nothing, being "merely agree
ments to agree to arbitrate, subject to the
agreement of the Senate." Accordingly, ■ rati
fications were never exchanged.
Considerable curiosity is expressed in the Sen
ate as to the manner In % which the administra
tion has avoided the difficulty which led to the
amendment of the former treaties, it being con
fidently assumed that Secretary Root has found
some way out oof the dilemma Consequently,
the arrival of the new arbitration treaties is
awaited with interest.
It is reported, however, in negotiating
the new French treaty, announced several dayd
ago, the Executive has practically yielded to
the Senate, for it is understood that provision
is made that the article which specifies in de
tail the subjects to be submitted to arbitra
tion and the scope and manner of the proceed
ings .«hall be submitted for the approval of the
Senate.
London, Feb. X?.— The subject of a general ar
bitration treaty such as has just been con
cluded between France and the United States
has been mentioned in the course of the nego
tiations now going on regarding the submission
to The Hague <->f the questions under discussion
between Canada, the United States and New
foundland. Great Britain, it was learned to-day,
hopes that such an understanding will be
brought about.
THAW TRAPS FISHERMEX.
Precarious Situation of 165 Men on
Ice in Saghutn liaif.
[ By Telegraph to Thf Tribune ]
Bay city, Mich., Feb. l.'i.— On the ice of Sag
tnaw Bay five miles from shore M 5 fishermen
have been trapped by the thaw. The ice is cov
ered with water from two to three feet deep.
For nearly a week it has beer, impossible for any
one to reath the colony with trnins, the horses
bring unable to travel such a distance through
the icy water. As the fishermen, who throughout
the winter live on the ice of the bay, depend on
teamsters to bring them their supplies of food
and fuel, it is generally be!ie\ed here that their
situation must be critical. An effort will be
made to reach the men to-morrow. The rapid
thaw of this week allowed the fishers no time to
escape.
STAHTS AFTER GERMAN STEAMER.
Revenue Cutter Pursues Vessel Which
Sailed After Seizure by Government.
Mobile, Ala." Feb. 13.— The United States rev
enue cutter Winona, Captain Hanks, left this
port this morning at 11 o'clock under full steam
in pursuit of the German steamer Delta, which
left Pensacola harbor two days ago after having
beeu seized by the I'nited States Marshal there
on a bill of libel for f8,606L
Little hope is entertained of overtaking the
fugitive steamer. l«Mt the Winoiui will continue
the chase until called off by wireless around
Key West. Fla.
JAILED FOR MARRIAGE SWINDLERS.
Berlin. Feb. 13.— A bogus American. "Colonel"
Bcbtemaagk. has been sentenced by the criminal
court to three years' imprisonment, the loss of . his
civil rights for five years after his release and to
perpetual police supervision. M Veil as to pay a
flue of $300. Behiemaagk having been convicted of
wholesale marriage swindles by means of adver
tisements whereby be succeeded in obtaining con
siderable sums of money from women.
WOMAN ENJOINED FROM TALKING.
[Uy Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Boston. Feb. 13.— ward Klley. a lawyer, to-day
secured an injunction restraining Nellie V. Allen
from talking to him. Three months ago Rlley ran
an automobile li.to the woman and knocked al!
her teeth out. Be paid damages and got her a
set of false, teeth, but she found them unsatif
factory and. he says, has followed him all over
town telling him about them and demanding nfw
ones.
CRANK SIDETRACKED IN HARRISBURG.
Harrlsborg, Perm.', Feb. Bettering that he had
an important business engagement with President
Roosevelt at Washington. Walter While, from
Madison, S. D.. was taken from a Pennsylvania
Railroad train last night and committed to v the
Dauphin County prison. White says he met a party
of friends in Chicago, and they "doped" him to
prevent him from getting to Washington to see the
President.
TO PHILADELPHIA EVERY HOUR
on the hour, in two hours. See New Jersey Central
schedule, page 9. THOSE WHO CHOOSE IT AIR
WAYS USE IT!— Advt
UNITE- OX TAFT IX IOWA.
Action of Allison Organization Said
to Make the State Solid.
[By Te!pj;raDh to The Tribune. 1
Dos Molnes. lowa. -Feb. 13 — Not to be outdone
' by. the Cummins faction, the Allison organiza
tion joined forces with Taft this afternoon, thus
i insuring the Ohio man the solid support of the
i lowa delegation at the Vhlcago convention. A
I resolution Indorsing'. Taft was presented at the
' state conference , of Allison workers by J. T.
Adam?, of D/dbuque. chaitmalti of the lowa Alli
son executive committee. The resolution ••!
supported by 'Adams ,-md C,- >rge D. Perkins in
j strong speeches. ' The only opposition v.as by
!W. ( >. Payne, of Nevada, and the resolution was
: carried with only eleven negative votes.
! The conference was atttnded by over one hun
dred N representative Republicans, cornlns from
eyery Congress district in the state. • ■
ST. I XDS BY FAIRIUXKS.
Indiana Has No Other Candidate,
Says Senator Bcccridge.
Wabash; Ind.. Feb. 13. — Senator Albert J. Eev
: erids<" addressed the Indiana. Lincoln League of
j Republican Clifbs here to-ni?ht. delegates boing
, present from all parts of the state. He said, in
! part:
The- Indiana delegation is going to Chicago for
. Vice-President Fairbanks. Statements arc be
. ing sent out that after a few ballots shall have
i been cast for him the delegation is to be liv
j ered to this or that candidate, This is an m
' sult to the Republicans in this state, which, in
] their name, I denounce. The Republicans in
i Indiana whom we will represent are not to be
j traded or delivered. We will vote for our candi
' date tinti! he is nominated or until he himself
; tfclla us to vote no longer for him: and if that
; time ever comes the delegation will not be dcliv
! ered to any cr.e. The self-respecting, indepen
| dent m.-n who compose that delegation will then
vote for whom they please. As a body we are
groins to Chicago for Mr. Fairbanks, and for him
alone.
A TAFT CONGRESSMAN DEFEATED.
Secretary Indorsed, but Foraker Delegates
Named in 15th Ohio District.
[By Tp>*raph to TIM Trih;.n« ]
Cambridge. Ohio, Feb. IX— Delegate? tn the Mi
I Congress District Republican t«-day
bore out Senator Foraker's assertion that Beeman
G. Dawes. a Taft Congressman, would l>e defeated.
Oo the i.".2d ballot James Joyce, of <iuern?ey Coun
ty, was nominated for CfcaSNM over Dawes, Gen
! eral R. B. Brown, of Zanesville, and Judge Jen-
I nlngs. of Mti.skingum.
Resolutions indorslngr Secretary Taffs candidacy
! were adopted hut. in striking contrast two Fnm
j ker men were named as delegates to the Republican
National Convention in Chicago. Hmm men. al
| ways supporters of the Senator, are M.-ywr*,,! M^r
| ris. of ("aldwell. and S. A. Welter, of Zanesvil'.e.
fight for the Conjrress nomination was bitter.
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PREFER ROOSEVELT TO TAFT.
Republicans of Bryan's Home Express Their
Choice. for President. '
[By T#l»uraoh to Th* Tribune. i
Lincoln. Xeb.". Feb. 13. — The Republican pri
maries held in Lincoln and Lancaster County to
day developed, a big surprise so far as the ex
pression on Presidential preference is concerend.
It had been expected that Secretary Taft would
have a walkover, but the returns show that he is
second to President Roosevelt, and this in face of
the fact that on the ticket the name of Roosevelt
did not appear and his supporters were obliged
to write it in. The vote, which Is only about
one-fifth of the normal, in seventeen of the
twenty precincts of 'the city gave Roosevelt 265,
Taft 227 and La Follette 62. The country pre
cincts are oven stronger for Roosevelt-
BRINGS HUGHES NEWS FROM SOUTH.
Lawyer Returns from 4 Trip in Interests of
National League.
J. Douglas Wetmore, a lawyer, with offices at
No. 5 Beekman street, returned last night from ■
trip to Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi in the
interests of the Hughes National League. He will
make a report to the officers of the league at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Wetrnore was at the state convention in
Florida on February 6. when the antl-Taft men
eleoteci a contesting delegation to the national
convention. It is understood that Mr. Wetmore
sounded all the Southern Republicans with refer
ence to voting for Hughes He seemed cheerful
and his report to the National League is likely
to be optimistic.
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CANNON INDORSED IN ILLINOIS.
Committee from Springfield Congress District
Takes First Action.
Litchfleld. 111.. Feb. — The Republican Con- j
gress Committee of the 21st District me: in this j
city to-day and Indorsed Joseph G. Cannon fcr j
President and issued a cal! for a Congress con- j
venison to be held here March IS to elect two j
delii;ates and two alternates to the national con- i
vention at Chicago. :
This is the first Congress district in Illinois J
to take any action as to national delegate*, and, j
bein.c: the state capital district, it will doubtless
be followed by others. . j
MAY RUN MITCHELL FOE GOVERNOR.
His Popularity with Miners Makes Kirn At- >
tractive to Illinois Democrats. i
my T?:rc.-iph to TIM Tribune] X * |
Chicago, Feb. 13. — John Mitchell* president of j
the United Mine Workers of America, may be !
the Democratic candidate for Governor of j
Illinois. He held a conference here to-day with j
Fred W. Blockl and John Connory, of the Demo- j
cratic County Central Committee. Later he was !
introduced to Roger Sullivan. John P. Hopkins
and other Democratic leaders.
It was conceded by Democrats everywhere
that he would make a strong candidate, as he
has not been identified with any of the factions
into which the party in Illinois is split. The
fact that there are. 30.000 coal /Diners in Illinois
and that Mr. Mitchell is their idol adds to his
attractiveness as a candidate in Democratic
eyes.
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THINKS SIX N H. DELEGATES FOR TAFT.
[Bjr T.!«-nra;.h to The Tribune. J i
- Concord. N. H.. Feb. 13.— "New Hampshire's i
delegation to the Chicago convention will contain
at least six Taft ; men out of the eight, though
unpledged mmi uninstructed.'* This is the belief
of Senator Galllngfr as expresTud through his
lieutenants. Senator tJalllnser will keep himself In i
the doubtful dM to the end. but he will undoubt
edly be one of the delegates. Four certain Taft
men are Attorney General Eastman. ex-Governor
Jordan, H. P. Straw, agent of the Amoskeae Man
ufacturing Company, and Edwin F. Jone«.
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TWO WEEKS" TOUR TO FLORIDA
Via Pennsylvania Ral!road: leaves New York Feb
ruary IS. Or.lv $"0 round trip Special Pullman
train to and from Jacksonville. Itineraries and full i
Information of lliket agent*. — Advx.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
j PEOPLE A WAKE-TAFT.
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CA&SE OF "RECENT pasic.
Secretary Advocates More Authority
\i ■*.- . for Interstate Commission.
! ' Detroit. Mich.. Feb. 13.— Secretary Taf. who
j was to*- guest this afternoon .of the Michigan
j Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, talked for
• half an hour at the luncheon tendered Mm* by
[ the association upen "The Moral; Awakening
; Recently from Business Methods Which Permit
i Illegality and Fraud
' The address .was the culmination of a. busy
: els hours in Detroit. Arriving la the •■>' at 12
o'clock from Grand Rapids, in company with 3*.
Jusserand. the French Ambassador; Governor
! Curtis Guild. Jr.. of Massachusetts; ' United
[States Senator William Alden Smith, of Michi-
I gan; Governor Warner, and several other speak-.,
! ers at last night's Lincoln Club dinner in that ;
! city. Secretary Taft and 1 --- party were driven.
j-. the Hotel Pontchartrain. The secretary
greeted several thousand* p«rson.< at a public re-.
! ception, which began Imtnsdiately after his pf* ■
[ rival a: the hotel. . !.*..*, . ';.-.• - *" /
Throughout his stay in the city the secretary's.'
j every appearance on the .street was the signal
! for cheers and enthusiasm. More than six
' hundred men were gathered about the tables UV
j the banquet room of Harm, Hair to 'greet'
I Mr Taft when he arrived there. wl:h several '
i hundred more men and women, its capacity,'
| seated in the gallery.
: Thomas W. Palmer, former United State*,
I Senator, presided as toastmaster. '
Governor Warner, while voicing the state"*
. welcome to the :-ttretary. brought a tremendous*
! outburst of enthusiasm when he declared he was
j convinced that So" to "•'•' per cent of the people
! of "Michigan are for Mr Taft's nomination" for
; the Presidency on the Republican ticket. ; This
; Governor then suggested Governor Guild for
I the nomination for Vice- President on the ticket
j with Secretary Taft. '->;*Xrir?
! Ambassador Jus.- -rand received a thundering*
j welcome when he was presented by the toast
i master for a short address. The ambassador.
' after declaring that because of his position h»
i naturally could not meddle in American politics.
' eulogize.l the American Presidents of the past
! and present and said that it was his wish and
i hope that the country, when it elected another
j President, would add another glorious name to
I the already glorious list of names. " r do not
I know whom he shall be." said Ambassador Jus
i serand. "but it seems that you know. '
Applause interrupted him for several mo
; ments.
| Secretary Taft opened Mi address by remark
ing that a. stranger might suspect that the
Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers' Association
had more to do with politics than with business.
"We have heard." he continued, "a great deal
recently in connection with the moral awaken
ing from business methods which permit ille
gality and frauds." He spoke of the revelations
of the insurance Investigation and then of th«
evils of over issues of stocks and bonds, which.
he Mid was obtaining money under false pre
tences. Taking up the Question of railroad dis
criminations and recent legislation to prevent
rebating, he said:
Th" truth is. gentlemen, that we have net
quite enough regulation of railways Other
powers ought to be conferred upon the In.M
state Commerce Commission. It is said that the
Interstate Commerce Commission is not a -a.*
way in which tv control the railr ads of ib»
country. -It is the only way in which we can
control them. We must see that we secure
strong men to sit upon tha' commission who
can prove by their administration that it H the
proper way. It is that cr go to government
ownership, with all the state socialism which
it involves and I have no doubt that government
ownership of the railway's, with the tremendous
concentration of power it would involve would
endanger the republic. We have enough con
centrated power in Washington now To in
crease it so that the Executive should control
'■ the enormous body of civil servants, which would
' necessarily follow, would result in making a
President more powerful than any kins who
lives to-. lav
I believe it is possible to enforce th» present
anti-trust law. but we need a new law more
specific to bring all within Its provisions.: I
think that to-day Ik* violation of the law Is by
no means so fashionable as it was formerly .
Now. we are not goinsr to have a business
mlKcnium. gentlemen, but we shall have a quick
ened public conscience and an eye on whether
we have business demoralization or have bust
ness conducted within the terms of the La.v Th»
people have waked, up. ---- ~ ~L ' V~ ■
We have just had a panic. Some of the «en
tlemen who have felt the lash of public opinion
have been only too glad to attribute it to the
legislation to which I have referred. The charge
Is unfounded. It is due. if students of finance
are to be trusted, to th»» gradual exhaustion of
all the free capital of the world In enterprises
which have not been -•• profitable as it was
expected they would be Now we must wait—
the whole world must wait— until we earn ■«■■
free capital.
There is no doubt that European investors '.«
on- 'securities have been frightened by the reve
lations c* dishonesty v hi. have been shown or
late in many of our large institutions. But is
the man who pointed out that dishonesty t<> '•»
charged with this lack of confidence, or is it to
be charged to the gentlemen who engaged ta
the illegality? It Is not necessary to argue.
Secretary Taft left Detroit at 6:05 o'clock for
"West Point. N. T.. where he will attend to*
graduation exercises at the Military Academy
to-morrow. ' .
Arthur I Vorys, manager of Secretary Taft'«.
Presidential campaign, was in Detroit to-day to
meet the Secretary and talk over the. political
situation. When his attention was called to the
statement of Senator Foraker last nigh:, that
the Ohio primaries were so managed that none
but Taft supporters would take part in them and
that the Taft victory In the primaries is of no
significance. Mr. Vorys carefully dictated th«
following statement:
The struggle in Ohio, what little there ever
was of it is over. Every one. in Ohio knows It.
and I believe it 13 useless for* any one to attempt
to make people in other states believe that Taft
will not have the solid delegation or that there v
v.as no; ■ fair opportunity to niak- any contest
at the primaries that any one desired to make
in Ohio.
C. P. TAFTS AXSWER.
Thinks Foraker Statement Is at
Least "Remarkable:'
IHr TVlej-r-jph ti> The Trtbun- I
Cincinnati. Feb. 13.— I'nder in* caption "Senator
Foraker Objects." Charles P. Taft. brother of Sec
retary Taft. prints in (Mi newspaper to-day an
editorial, of winch tre following is a part:
"God Almisrhty hates a. nuUter." exclaimed i '.:*-
Ki;-.t>d :■!■•«.■! of "Tola* Kr-rii to 'Joe' M .n..-y
when the latter became discouraged at the fort
unes of the man It":;. Maine cSmmg: thw Republi
can National Convention of l>lti. >•■• mJsh» fcivo
proprrly atliled ii th«-re hail bven any • urn that
all mankind hiitts a moo**)** in this latter un
lovely ..if. it i.-. painful la state the ser.ior Senator
from Ohio. Mr. c' •.raker, seems to be appearing at
the pi f sent moment.
Senator , Foraker i*- quoted as saylnz in Wash
ington that the total vote pulled at Tuesday's pri
maries will not aggregate more ' ■■■■ 10 per cent of
the total number ■■'. Ohio Republicans and that
therefore the .-.• 1 ■••. not Indicate anvthiri^
eonelujilv*. -
This »tate»nent can only b<* regarded as re
markable. Mr. Foraker askftl for* primaries. At
the earliest possible moment his request was com-
lied with. If he hud any confidence in his strength
with the people the lists w «te ' open . to him. .He
could have battled tvlih the Secretary of W^r .ip
even terms. Inaie**, i: 30*. a* soon a* a date «M