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hopes mm go
President Would Give Chance
to Keep Promises.
SENATOR FLINT TO HELP
Will Join With Governor in Efforts
to Modify Antipathy.
SITUATION CONSIDERED GRAVE
Mr. Roosevelt Regards Problem as
Most Serious Matter for Congressional
Consideration. *
Concerning proposed legislation by Cali.
fornia against the Japanese, the President
talked cautiously with some congres.
sional visitors today. He went so far as
in say he thought nothing before Congress
now* and none of the differences
between himself and Congress were half
so important as this question.
Although talking with great deliberation
and care, the President still recognizes
the existence of a deeply founded sentiment
antagonistic to the Japanese in
California, and is convinced of the wisdom
of placating that sentiment so as 10
end the agitation with as little delay as
possible.
He lias been informed from best advised
sources that the auti-Japanese feeling
in the state is not confined to any one
class of people, and is widespread, due to
the practices, methods and habits of the
Japanese, both laborers and the better
class.
Governor's Task Onerous.
Because of the unanimity of the people
of the state in this respect the President
realizes the responsibility upon Gov. Gillett
in using his influence upon the legislature
to stop legislation at tills session,
aqd wants to do all he can to share some
of that responsibility. He sent today for
Senator Flint of California, and talked
some time with the senator, impressing
upon him the necessity of California's
congressional representation using its influence
to as full an extent as possible in
allaying existing antagonism so far as it
is likely to take shape in laws that may
be resented by Japan.
Senator Flint agreed with the
President in considering the burden
upon Gov. Gillett important and onerous.
He Is willing to share in the work
and responsibility of trying to hi^It
what is really an uprising of the Cu.11 casion
race against the yellow man of
Japan. The President is not hesitating
io use the power of Senator Flint. Nor
will he retrain from anything within
i on uikii li a 1. im jol f <>n n / ! d\
i \ O'-uu nv iiiiiiocii van uv.
The entire work of the President, it
is known, Is based upon the policy of
a square deal for the Japanese in efforts
to prevent legislation that would
l?e a blow to their national pride, and
which they would most assuredly resent.
At the same time lie takes it for
granted that the higher officials of
Japan are simultaneously doing good
work in trying to prevent overt acts or
unwise agitation that would arouse the
people of the T'nited States, who are
patiently watching the situation and
reserving opinion or explosion.
Japan Must Be Good.
The President, while striving in the
tare of overwhelming public opinion 011
the Pacific coast to uphold the international
obligations of the I'nited States as
to the Japanese, will not he in the least
inclined t<> tolerate anything like a
pugnacious attitude by Japan. As lie
sees jt all must be aroused to the necessity
of smoothing the wrinkled feelings
of the people.
Senator Flint and other < 'alifornians
have told the President pretty plainly
that while they are willing to help him
they do not place much confidence in the
figures of tlie government as to ^he de?
reading number of Japanese in this
country
'The facts dispute the figures," they
tell the President. " 'alifornians, whose
towns are being practically taken by
the Japanese, whose farms in whole communities
are passing into their hands,
whose eyesights do not deceive, have no
faith in Japanese promises- and no Ix-lief
that the Japanese are being kept from
Pacific shores.
The Japanese slip into t'alifornia and
nin-i rn''in>" eoasi states without the
government knowing anything about it.
They come a<ross the Canadian border,
across tlx* Mexican border aixl by devious
other ways. The government gets
no figures, cannot get any. All the government
can get is the departure of thes*people,
when its officers see them going
aboard ships.
"What's the use to tell the people of
"alifornia towns that the Japanese are
leaving this country faster than they
are coming when the fact stares them in
the faee that the Japs have increased
so fast that they are almost in charge
of the town or community?"
Hopes Japs Will Go.
That's the sentiment put up to the
lYesident by a man as conservative as
Senator Flint, who is willing to jeopardize
his re-election to the Senate by aiding
ffov. Gillett as far as is fair, but who will
not attempt to deceive his people b> de- j
flaring the Japanese will soon leave tne j
i'nited States of their own accord.
The President advised his California!
visitor* mat he would like t?? s-e a fair
trial Riven to the promises of the Japanese
to decrease ti t1 number of their citizens
in tiiicountrj. If this trial shows
that there is no decrease, then lie will lio
lotiRer use !;- influence, even after he;
Koes out of office to prevent hostile leRis-,
lat ion
S nator Fulton or Oregon. who was at
the Wh'te House today, said that antip- '
athy to the Jaj anese in 'is state is not as
acute as in t'alifornia.
Japanese and < "i int-^e ehiltiren attend
the siiii- schools .is white children in
out state." said the senator. "We have
not l .ol any trouble so far. tleneral sen- i
tinier,I in I lie .state, however, is that the I
? hlnanian is tar- preferable In a com- j
limn t> than the Japanese.
' We a\e niar> Japan -se ill the state.]
Tt c> s. em to have < olonizcd more extensively
iri t'alifornia. however, than i
with us."'
Senator Fulton iike inanv odmr ,--.ii?..-s
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express <1 I opinion that tin* situation
would be < ;. rt 'I u,> iir.it possible trouble \
avoided. This view wa.-? taken by a num-i1
her of White lb use nailers, among them!
Kepresenntives i? nliy ami Towttsend.
who ntiodmed visitors. Mr. Deiiby lived
iii t'iiina a number of years.
"1 ilon t believe tiie situation is as eritieal
now it was two vears ago." said
Mi Den by. "and l think it will be satin-j1
f u torilv settled."
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Head of Field Museum Retires.
?'HH'.\t?t> January Ml.? Harlow N. His- 1
ginbothanv lor years tile president of the !
hoard i,f trustees of the Field Museum o !
Natural History, has h vu re tired from
that nosition. I1
ONLY TIM IT
i Sims' Prohibition Bill Killed in
Committee.
LAWS DEEMED ADEQUATE
Members Believe Changes Should Be
Made as Amendments.
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GAS HEARING NEXT SATURDAY
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Prohibition Relating to Ownership
of Securities of Public Service
Companies Tabled.
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The Sims bill for absolute prohibition in ,
the District of Cftlumbin was killed by
the House committee 011 the District at
its regular weekly meeting today. Eleven
members voted to table the bill. Two j
voted to keep it alive.
1 Before the vote was taken the committee
discussed the matter of prohibition
in the District of Columbia at considerable
length. Most of the members of the
committee expressed the opinion that the .
excise laws of the District are excellent
in themselves and well enforced, and
that if anything is to be done in lite near j
future it should deal with some possible 1
amendments to these laws and not with |
! the general subject of complete proliibi- |
tion.
Representative Smith of Michigan,
chairman of the committee, offered an
amendment to the Sims hill. He moved to
amend it so as to permit residents of
Washington, under proper qualifications, j
to decide by their vote whether the city j
and District should hereafter be wet or
dry. This amendment and the original
bill were voted upon simultaneously and
both were tabled by 11 to 1. : iras and 1
| Campbell of Kansas voted in the nega- ]
tive.
i tie mailer 01 naving more Hearings on
the subject was also touched on, but no
sentiment at all developed for the affirmative
side of this proposition.
Much Testimony Printed.
Last year, it will be remembered, the
hearings were quite extensive, and an
effort was made by Chairman Smith of
the committee to give botli sides, the
wets and the drys, the fairest kind of a
show. These hearings also have been
printed, and the members of the committee
were all familiar with the subject
matter contained therein.
There are several other prohibition bills I
remaining before the committee, but a< - '
tion was taken on the Sims measure, as
that was the bill on which hearings were
held at the last session. Later the committee
may take up these measures and
put them on the table to keep the Sims
bill company: but tliis is doubtful. To- r
day's action is held to sufficiently demon- i
strate even to tiie most enthusiastic prohibitionists
the impossibility of getting
anything in the shape'bf prohibitory legislation
through the committee and the fu- J
tility of further efforts.
Ownership of Public Service Stock.
The committee also tabled the hill introduced
by Mr. Sims forbidding members ,
of Congress and officials of the District *
of Columbia government to own or held
stocks or bonds of local public .service ^
corporations.
On the proposition to tahle the bill the
vote stood 8 to e. Representatives Campbell
of Kansas. Taylor of Ohio, Olcott of
New York, McGavin of Illinois, Kahn of
California, Moore of Pennsylvania. McMillan
of New York and Kelliher <>f Massachusetts
voted to kill the bill, while
Representatives Smith of Michigan, Murphy
of Wisconsin, Sims of Tennessee,
Cary of Wisconsin and Poster of Indiana ('
voted in its favor. a
The committee decided to favorably report
to the House the resolution introduced
.<v Representative McGavin of IIlinois.
a member of the committee, call- sting
upon the District Commissioners for c
information as to the alleged non-en- j,
for?-ement of the local tire-escape law. V
Another Gas Hearing Saturday.
It was decided by the committee to hold b
another hearing on tlio monoxide ^as hill A
Saturday at in o'clock in the morning. At s
that time, it is understood, the Washing- t]
ton tias Light Company will be permitted >'
to produce witnesses to show that the introduction
of water gas into the illumi- J
nating product it furnishes is not parth-u- w
larly harmful, and the the presence of a s
small amount of carbon monoxide is not
more than ordinarily dangerous to life.
PART OF TOWN UgDER WATER.
Cloudburst at Camp Near Stockton, p
Cal., Washes Out Houses.
STOCKTON. Cal.. January HI.?At An- ''
geles camp last night a cloudburst '
washed out nine houses, killed one China- a
man and left part of the town under;''
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water.
At Fanntngton tiie water is higher than 01
before the big flood of two years ago.
The water is very high and rising at
h
Linton. p
The San Joaquin is rising over an inch "
an hour. Nearly two incites of rain fell tl
here last night. ai
FLAMES LICK UP BUILDINGS.
Fire Wipes Out Business Section of . ul
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Pennsylvania Town. tl
Sjiwial lMs].ai. h to Tin* Star.
WILKKSBARKE, Pa.. January 21.? A ec
tire which started at 1 o'clock this morning
and raged until T wiped out the I'
business section of McAdoo. a mining !
town near here, and caused a loss of j to
al>out The tire broke out in j si
John Richardell's siioe store. Panned by
a hifih wii^l the tlaincs <iuickly spread j
from 'one building to another
McC'arroti's Jiotel. the principal strtn? ]
ture in tiie town, was one of the tirsl !
buildings destroyed. Firemen from i In
tiazelton and nearby towns went to the i ,s
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UIU tr:*' .UU1UUU JUtfJTieil.
Carnegie Hero Awards.
riTTSBI'Kli. January 'J1.?The t'arnegit t!
hero furi'l commission at its annual meetitig
liere awarded twenty-six medals, SI 4.- j ?
in ash and pensions aggr* gating Sada i lj,'
per montii for d-eds of valor jierformed j ..
since the last meeting of the commission 1
last October. j
Returns From Vacation. ' ol
ST. PKTERSBl'RU. January I'l.?Mont- ; a'
gomi'iy Schuyler, jr., secretary of the !
embassy here, and Mrs. Schuyler return- j .,i
-d to St. Petersburg today from a vaca- ti
lion spent in the I'nited Stat s.
Arizona Wants Statehood at Once.
PiJQENIX. An, January -J|. Th fil
house ci representatives yesterday uuoptd
a manorial to t'ongress asking inane- j
Jiate stavahotid for Arizona. i
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MMT II JURY
Counsel Examining Talesmen
in Carmack Case.
50URT IMPOSES $25 FINES
finishes Several Summoned for
Failure to Appear. j
ilRST PANEL IS EXHAUSTED
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Additional List of Eighty-Nine Or- j
dered and Attorneys Again Retire
for Conference.
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pc?i?l Dispatch t<> Tlir Star.
NASHVII.I.E. January HI.?The trial of
'ol. Duncan B. Cooper. Robin J. Cooper i
nd John I>. Sharp, charged with the
turder of former United States Senator
2. VV. Carmack. was resumed shortly
ftor !t o'clock tltis morning. When the
ourt adjourned late last evening four
jrors had been selected out of the sixty>tir
talesmen examined,
t'ol. Cooper, his son and Mr. Sharp enered
tlie courtroom at !?:??". o'clock. The
oor and galleries were crowded with
pectators. atid the movements of each <>f
lie defendants were watched with great
itercst
The first talesman called was J. M.
ackson. on whom the usual line ?>f $H.">
as imposed for failure to respond to tlie
ttmmons. He is the nineteenth talesman
ho has been fined since flic beginning of
he trial for no'twittendance.
Accepted as Fifth Juror.
J. M. Whit worth was accepted as t lie <
fill juror, lie was the eleventh talesman 1
ailed within twenty minutes, two having <
en fint-rl and the others excused be
ause they had formed an opinion.
When the name ot A. (lotto was called
deputy said: "Mr. (Jotto just eele- I
rated his l?HKli birthday yesteruay,
nd "
"I presume lie is not over ' y I.*' if :
aurt remarked. "We will excuse the
uiin^' man."
The examination of talesmen was prin- '
ipally conducted today by G. T. Fitz- '
ugh. associate counsel for the state, and ;
y Judge J. M. Anderson of counsel for ]
te defense. Within less than an hour
verity men had been questioned, and of '
iese nearly all had formed or- expressed ! ?
n opinion regarding the case. ]
Progress Is Rapid.
The examination progressed more rap- 1
lly than yesterday, and at lor.'to o'clock ' j
iere were left only eighteen men out of I 1
ie first panel of 1<C to be interrogated, i 1
At It'ioO o'clock the panel was exhaust- .
1 atid another pastel of sb was ordered,
he state had used four challenges and ,
te defense an equal number, and five
irors had been selected. At fOt.Vi o'clock
it- names on the new panel were handed
i the attorneys and they retired for conlltation.
At noon the attorneys for l?oth sides
sked for time for a conference, and
nirt adjourned until 1:3o o'clo k.
Appearance of the Defendants.
John i> Sharp is not charged with
uving tired any of the shots which ki led
matur Cartnack. but with being an ac?
ssory before tin- fact. The three defendants
when they first appeared in
nirt vesterdav took seats a hue' inside of t
te railing inclosing the liar and just '
fiiind their array of counsel. Mrs. '
urcii and young Cooper sat together 1
rid Iris father and Sharp side l>> side. '
ire three men were all chewing gum.
obin and Sliarp wer- dressed in dark I
lits and the co'one! wore a tan one.
Sharp and tire hoy?Robin Cooper is
venty-nine past, but has the appearance j
' a boy?were plainly nervous. Sharp I '
ppear d to be well fed and to have en- j t
>yed all of the good things which lie .1
nl ti e other two defendants have hceit t
>1 to i Main through the sheriff since
reir arrest.
Colonel Had No Pallor.
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K? bin's fin e, small featured likr* Ilis j ti
it her's. was pale and drawn, but the | t
hotel had no pallor. Indeed, the colonel ! t
luifd s if in lad sa; up until .1 lab i '
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FIRED.
TO BAB RACETRACK MESSAGES
BILL TO PREVENT SENDING OF
GAMBLING INFORMATION. |
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Arguments Heard in Behalf of the
Measure by a Subcommittee
of the Senate. <
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A hearing before a subcommittee of the
Senate committee on judiciary on Sena- (
tor Burkett's bill against interstate race
track gambling by telegraph was held today.
Senator Rurkett, who introduced the
bill, spoke of the need of its immediate
enactment. He called particular atten- ]
tion to a paragrapit in the President's
message, in which the urgent need of
legislation to wipe out race track gam- (
tiling was emphasized. Dr. Wilbur F.
Drafts, superintendent of the international
reform bureau, announced that there were
only four states which have no laws
against gambling, namely, California. Nevada,
Kentucky and Indiana- These
states, he said, could telegraph odds and ;
other racing data in advance of tlie race 1 1
to ?fther states, which do not permit race '
track gambling within their holders, ana 1
it was tlie purpose of Senator Burkett's (
bill to prevent this practice. y
Senator Clarke of Arkansas, a member f
of the committee, raised the question of 1
the legality of federal legislation, and ex- J
Senator Blair of New Hampshire presl- {
dent of the national reform bureau, replied
in support of the measure as meet- 1
ing all such objection. (
Others who spofce in favor of the bill c
were Rev. O. R. Miller, district secretary <of
the reform bureau of New York, and
Mrs. Ellis of the Women's Christian Tern- I
peraru-e Cnion. *
The bill prohibits gambling of any kind '
or the sending of any message whatever *
containing gambling data either by tele
graph or telephone from one state into r
another. It prohibits the interstate ex- i
change of gambling information. It 1
makes the violation of tlie law a misde- *
in'eanor and provides a fine of Si.qfNi and 1
imprisonment for two years, or both, for c
the first offense. Imprisonment only is a
provided for the second and subsequent
offenses.
SAVED BUT TO PERISH. ?
Drily One Rescued From Burning 5
Home Fatally Frozen.
Special Dispatch to 'the Star.
WINNIPEG. Man., January 21?Five v
persons were burned to death and one fatally
frozen near Kronau-Cask yesterday '
is a result of a tire in the house of a J
homesteader named Inglis. The lire was t.
auserl by defective stove pipes while In- t
;lis was at Milestone for supplies. Mrs. v
Inglis carried one of her sons to safetv
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ind rushed hack for the other four, but j,
vus overcome b.\ flames and perished with ii
ter children. The boy who escaped ran n
o neighbors for help, but was so badly
rozen lie will die.
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[CE MENACES OREGON WORKS, j n
iValls of Canal at the Dalles Jeopar- si
dized by Floods. c
TIM-: DALLES, Pro., January 21.?Tons Jj
ipon tons of ice are crashing down upon
he government works at Celilo. The ice is ri
died against the outside wall of "the e
anal on a level with tiie top of the 11
tregon side. The whole of the govern- "
nent works is not only jeopardized, but 0
very build'ng as well is in danger of- p
?eing swept away. The river is reported
o have risen thirty feet at Celilo and
ontinues to rise rapidly.
At the narrows the ice rose as high as
he tops of the cliffs and lias the aplearance
of huge white mountains.
A'eather Hotet aster Brooks says the ba- c<
onieter was lower yesterday than at
my time for the past two years. t
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Tinnish Lecturer for Johns Hopkins, p
1IELSINGFORS. Finland. January 21.? b
laron Korff. professor of law at Helsing- c.
ors I'niversity. has accepted an invita- R
ion to d diver a s ries of lectures at a
olins Hopkins I'niversity at Baltimore tl
>egirming in May, 1910. C
Seek Mayor's Recall From Office. r(
l/JS ANGELES. Oil.. January 21.?At a
11 ass meeting yesterday *JoO citizens voted
> circulate petitions demanding an elecion
tor the recall front office of Mayor
i. Harper. It will require the signa- i
ores of about 8,0iM> voters to call the d*
lection. l\i
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DECLIHES_ra APPEAR
Mr. Bonaparte Too Busy to 1
Meet Senate Committee.
SENDS COURTEOUS LETTER
Committee, However. Refuses to
Make Contents Known.
?OT IN FORM OF SUBPOENA
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Chairman Clark Explains That At- 1
torney General Was Merely In- i
vited to Tell About Steel. i
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A highly developed order of unctuous |
curtesy is being maintained between the
Senate committee on judiciary and Attor- 1
tey General Bonaparte over the question *
if whether the Attorney General will or j
will not appear before the committee to ,
>xplain the merger of the Tery lessee Goal j
md Iron Company and the t'nlted States
steel Corporation. When the subeommitee
having this investigation in charge ?
net today Senator Clark of Wyoming, the v
hairinan, submitted a letter which he re- !
eived yesterday from Mr. Bonaparte de- 1
lining the committee's invitation to ap- '
sear today for the reason he had an en- j
jagement in the Supreme Court. The r
iominitt.ee considered the letter, and then
iolmnly agreed not to make the letter or j
ts substance public. The committee also ,
ledined to authorize Mr. Bonaparte to t
lublish the letter, even after he had < x- '
iressed a willingness to do so, although ,
he committee decided it had no ohjec- '
ion to the Attorney General giving it '
tit if lie desired to do so upon itis own .
mtliority. J'
Not a Subpoena. I
The investigation begun by the subcommittee
was ordered by the Senate j
ifter the receipt of a message lTuin r
resident Roosevelt that lie assumed re 1
ponsitoility for the failure of t(ie Attor- ^
ley General to bring an aetion against
lie steel corporation because of the C
rierger. v
Before proceeding the committee decided -i
0 invite Mr. Bonaparte to appear before I
lie committee and make an explanation,
'hairman Clark was careful to explain in
onnection with the announcement that
he invitation had been sent and that it o
iras not in the form of a subpoena. f
In spite of this precaution the imprest- g
ion prevails that it was so worded that J
1 would he difficult for Mr. Bonaparte to ^
iterpret it differently than a polite sum- j,
ions. I
Increases the Tension.
While members of the subcommittee o
natt.mously say that Mr. Bonaparte's
eply was the embodiment of courtesy, it j,
> evident that it contained some expresion
or ignored some suggestion from the tl
innmittee tliat has not tended to increase v
le cordial relations between the commit. "
?e and tlie Department of Jus.ice.
The fact that the committee has seen ?
t to make a mystery of the correspundnee
probably lias exaggerated its itnortance,
but at the same time it has
lade k manifest that the committee will ei
ot receive any aid from the White House X
r the Department of Justice in pursuing
,s inquiries.
Correspondence Called For.
Senator Culberson today introduced in < <
iie Senate a resolution directing the At- is
jrney General to send to the Senate o!
oples of all correspondence in the De- tl
artment of Justice relating to the al- p
ged violation of the Sherni m anti-trust pi
et by the American Sugar Reiining Com- c<
any in connection wiln an alleged loan
y ti.at company "to one Segal." in which 1 tl
as pledged as security a majority of toe j w
ipitul stock of the Pennsylvania Sugar i t?
etlnlng Company, and under which it is , til
1U ged an agreement was entered Into i st
? < Iia I n oil ir-i n i o C!* II -- u ? ' ? ? 1 <i.
iai uic I nou.a migjl liCUIHIIg | O
onipany should not engage in business, j
Under objection tin* consideration of tiie j tl
^solution was postponed until tomorrow, j se
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Battleships Off for Smyrna. i J)^
SA1-OXIK1. Turkey. January "Jl.?The fy
merican battlesliips Ohio and Missouri
ft here today for Smyrna. Before ti.?.irj
?parture officers of the ships exchanged .
isits witu tlie local officials. J
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SUBPOENAS ISSUED
FOR ROOTANO KNOX
C. W. Russell Also to Testify
in Government Libel Case. 1
CALLED BY GRAND JURY
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Attorney General Defers Canal State- ,
ment Until Next Week.
CROMWELL NOT SENT FOR
Believed That Indictment Will Be
Found?Few Other Witnesses
to Be Heard.
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Klihu H Root. Secretaiv of Stale: Phi- '
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lander C. Knox, senator from Pennsylvania,
who was Attorney General at the 1
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linte of the purchase of the Panama Ca- , j
rial, and Assistant Attorney General i
Iharlts XV. Russell will testify tomorrow ]
aefore the District of Columbia grand 1
jury concerning the government's con- ! '
nection with the purchase of the canal.
Subpoenas for all three official.-- were j
ssued late this afternoon. It is expected |
hey will be the only witnesses examined 1
tomorrow. ! '
Mr. Baker was not at his office this 1
afternoon. Assistant United States At- (
Lot nev McNaniara declined to say wheth- j
er these subpoenas were issued.
It is learned on good authority that
such orders for appearance were placed
in the hands of the marshal for service '
Application for information along these j
lines was also met with a refusal tit the!
marshal's office. j ,
Attorney General Bonaparte lias de- j i
ferred giving out a statement on the 1
Panama libel investigation until next 1 '
week. He conferred today with ilie |
President on this subject. It was in- j
tended to make the statement this week. I ,
There appears ^o be a hitch somewhere
in the proceedings that makes this postponement
advisable. What this hitch is i
Mr. Bonaparte would not say.
News Articles to Be Read.
The full text of the alleged libelous
statements which, it is claimed, were
published in the New York World and
the Indianapolis News concerning the
connection of Charles P. Tai't, Douglass
Robinson and William Nelson Cromwell <
with the purchase of the Panama canal ! '
will be read to the grand jury tomorrow j
b\ Assistant United States Attorney J ,
Stuart McNaniara. ;
As the articles are said to have ap- j 1
wared for several weeks prior to tlie re-j (
ent presidential election and afterward j |
11 several issues of tiie papers named I i
luring the month of December, it is ex- j '
lected the greater part o: tomorrow's
vssion of the grand jury will lie taken up ,
iv the reading.
There was no session of the grind jury
oday owing to other engagements of
i'nited States Attorney Baker. j f
it is probable that tli re ate only a few I n
nor? witnesses to lie examined, unless the!,,
fraud jurors should express to the 1'niteu
states attorney a wish lo hear from oilier
persons who were ciosely connected witn '
he purchase of tha, canal. r
i e
Cromwell Not Sent For.
Nothing couhl be learned today as to ihejf'
jxaminatiou of William Nelson from-!'
veil. He has not yet been heard by the 11
;rand jury. It is learned that no sub-{a
icena lias been directed to him. Ii is nv re t
J.
han likely, however, tiiat the grand jj
urors may desire to hear from him and ( ..
nav request his atten lance.
i lie general Impression about the cityi;,
tall today is that Mr. Cromwell will not '
in* offered as a witness unless his attendance
is especially requested by the ,
jrand jury's foreman. e
It is now hinted that tin discovery yesterday
that the Indianapolis News is not
i eorpnratioii, but a private partnership. ,
nits a different phase upin Ilie inquiry Vi
iffecting that publication. 'i'liis i b< rne v
lit by tbe fact tiait although books ai d i ,j
i.ipers were t-alled for they woie not ; re- , ,
icnted to the'grand jury. |a
The impression remains strong thai an
ndictment will be returned from this ju- |
jsdietion. Alf efforts to obtain any m- j (j
tirmation, eitiier from the district at tor- I n
ley's ofliee or the Department of Justice,
vere in vain. ,1
>uit Under Old Federal Law j ?
rhat Revives Older State Law S
r,
NEW YORK. January ill.?Although no
fficial confirmation iould be obtained
rom United States District Attorney y
itimson it was learned yesterday that
lie mysterious proceeding against the t
Vorld for alleged libel ordered by Preslent
Roosevelt because of publications in s'
hat newspaper concerning the Panama ci
anal purchase, would probably lie based
n a federal statute, enacted March :t j {;
S'.'.'i. and which in turn was based on .a j,"
lew York state law. enacted April ..
si
For several days it had heen rumored : jj
tiat the Department of .lusti e \v mid reive
some practically archaic law on tj
hich to base a proceeding against the u
i'orld and ther-by carry out the wishes i,,
f President Roosevelt
Statute's Provision in Brief.
is
The statute which many believe the fed- f,
ral authorities propose to use is section ti
till of the R vised Statutes. This see- d;
on relates to land ceded by a state to sl
ie national government.
In brief it provides that if an offense is .
mimitted on sueli ceded land and there id
no federal law spe iti'ally covering the
(Tense, tlie laws of tiie state which ceded
ie land and which were in force when
ie territory was taken over may be used j!;
y tlw federal government for the puroses
of prosecution in the United States
lurt. l'
On the assumption that the federal au- ; re
lorities p: opose to charge the World j di
itii libel these who looked up tiie mat- j
;r yesterday made an investigation to s
tid the libel law that was in force in this ; ^
ate when section .Vflll of the Rev'sed!,^
tatutes was enacted, on March 1N?>. J(,
They found that on April ?i. lNO."i. more j
iau a century ago. the senate and as- I
>moi> or ims .state enacted a lifei law : sw
lit- law then enacted stood for mor* than i"
fty years and was consiqnerttjy 'he libe' 1 ,
w hi orce when section ohttl of the .
dera! statutes was enacted
i at
Supposed Plan of Prosecutor. mi
The plan worked out by tii I departineut j
(Continued 011 Second Puye.; i I
ONE FHFOH All
Forty-Seven Crib Victims to
Be Buried Together.
CORONER IS INVESTIGATING
Number of Dead Probably Never
Will Be Known.
DIFFICULTY IN FIXING BLAME
Responsibility for Conditions Evaded
by All Authorities?Hope That
Some Live in Tunnel.
S|h'i,?! I*ix;i;ifrti it* Mi#* Star
t'lll'WCJO. January I'l.?A coroners ;nvt
stigatinii such as Chicago has not wl'iu
sse<i since the days following the li"aiiis
Theater tiro was instituted today,
with the object of fixing the responsibility
foi the wholesale loss of life?the total
may reach sixty?in the burning of the
intermediate crib established by the
1 orge W Jackson Tunnel Huildlng Company
in Lake Michigan, one and one-half
miles from the shore, at "1st strcei \eserday.
With the bodies of forty-seven nvn.
who died in the Inflammable wooden struc.ure
without a chance to escape. lying hefore
him at South Chicago, Coroner
Peter M. Hoffman this morning began
mpaneling the jury to embark upon an
inquest which probably will last ten da\s.
Until all evidence has been presented,
:he coroner said he would withhold ?11
personal opinions respecting the guiit of
Individuals or others for a death list
which may be much increased by the time
ill the bodies have been recovered from
he grim fortress of smoldering debris: or
Tom the waters of the ice-coated lake.
Dead May Never Be Numbered.
It is not likely that the exact number of
lead ever will be known. Contractor
Jackson furnished a list of seventy-nine
names as the roll of the men employed on
die crib. That this list is not complete is
nbvious.
IV J ? **t \ _ CO V in he.li/t '*> -> 1 ? ? ? 1
. ...... .. . , ii ijuuirn lia>C uecil I CCOV ercQ.
Porty-right nw:i were rescued by tlie tug
Morford. It is believed at least a dozen i
svera drowned before tlie tug reached tlie
scene.
It is variously estimated that about 100
men. were in the crib. Some survivors
venture an estimate of 150. Of these it
s thought that about one-third were at
svork in the tunnel, as tlie men worked
in thre? shifts. A majority of the remainder
were in hunks ranged about the
wooden walls of the octagonal structure
Taking testimony by the coroner's jury
will not begin until Saturday. The intervening
time will be spent in finding every
survivor of tlie disaster and assuring Ins
ittemlan at tiie inquest.
As for the identification of victims, it is
loulitful if even one of tlie bodies can lie
uentiti -d as that of any given individual.
Tlie best that can l?e done, in the opin011
of the coroner and tlie police, is to
heck up lists of survivors and missing
ind in this wav arrive at a list of tlie
lead.
In almost all instances the heads wcrs
luriu-d fi-i.in the bodies. Mutilation frotn
aiming was unspeakable in all cases, so
iiuch so that canvas sacks were used to
oiitain the shapeless fragments of human
lodies. which were assorted with all tlie
ikill tiie searchers could muster in their
fforts to determin-- the number of dead.
One Funeral for All. ,
Mow to dispose of tin* i etna ins of tli*
orty-seven dead b >dies already in a uiuBii
r satisfactory to the relatives was anther
problem, as import a lit as is tlie initios!
itself. President Jackson of tlie
"iitracting company said lie would arange
for all funeral expenses, besides
a ring for the injured workmen.
It was deeid d to bury all the forty-sevn
dead bodies on the same day In a plot
if ground to be purchased by Mr. Jackoil.
This funeral procession, with its for>-seven
hearses, each conveying a body,
ittended by hundreds of relatives and
housar.ds of sympathetic spectators, will
>e the largest public burial in tlie hisory
of South Chicago, and will be held
'a turd.ay afternoon.
The latest information about tlie disaspr
at mses much unfavorabl comment 011
h< methods of tunnel construction. The
. oodeti temporary crib was notninu more
fan a fire trap, wit bout a lifeboat moord
at its wails.
The natural risk was intensified a thou.iixlfold
by tbe fact that the shanty was
place of storage for dvnuniite. Men
,"ho escaped -a d three lolls of explosives
ere wit.iii the wo>.|. n wall- This is
etiied by Mi Jackson, who declared foil
ootids a day's supply, was the gross
mount. Tbe tlire tons, he declared,
* re on shore.
Anyway, and by some queer freak of the
yuatiiite, the freakiest explosive known,
r the merciful dispensation of Pmvience.
the "no pniimis, or the three tonal
not explode. It simply burned like
i> much sawdust soaked with an itiflamuihie
fluid. It it bad exploded the surioe
of tlie lake, unbroken except for
i aiing bodies ami debris, would have
een the only tiling to greet the eyes of
e scuers.
One Explanation of Fire.
The lire seemed t'> be spontaneous,
i'hile officials connected with the invest!,
ation were unable to ascribe any satisstctory
theory regarding its origin. a
lory which sounded plausible gained
nrrencv Here it is;
Bedbugs had infested the structure and
tken up their habitations in the cracks
etwee n the pine hoards. A negro worutan,
with the idea of abating the nuitnce.
had secured gasoline and potired
into the cracks. The gasoline in some
ay, poss bly from the red hot stoves
utt warmed the building, became ignil-i.
ith the result that the wuoie structure
urst into flames.
Another theory is that the tire started
i*ar the west door. wliere the dynamite
kept, one man said that a torch tell
oiii the cap of a miner as In- got out of
ic bucket and dropped on a stick of
ynamitc lying on the floor. The explore
began to burn, frightening the men
> they became panic-stricken.
Tills theory may Ic true. Not a malt
.1 aped h\ the west door, which was cut
f by i sii et of flame.
Search for Dead Continued.
CHICAGO. January ill.? A thick mist
ing'iig over tin- city today gave the last
iiicli necessary to complete the gloom in
e viinity o' "Murphy's morgue," where
st the bodies of the victims of yesteriy
s crib fire.
Inside the undertaking rooms are fortyven
sacks, each containing an unitrfiiizabie
bod> . in many cax -s only the
rsi . In the .street a grief-stricken
oxvd st -lids taikh.g softly in groups or
raid ng up and down M e slippery walks.
"Any news?" was a t|U ry always anreied
in the negative as wine wife or
ruber seeks to learn ii husband or son
id been identified.
"Poor Andy." cr:od one watcher, a friend
Andlew Andc-son. v.lm is among the
is.s ng. "lie had not lie n here long,
herd on Ids mother and father in
"ooklyn."
Inquirers unless persistent are not