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WASHINGTON, I). C\, SATURDAY, - MARCH 12, 1910?TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
MANY FLAT DENIALS
Contradictions of Ballinger by;
Chief Engineer Davis.
V
DIRECT EXAMINATION ENOS
Absolves the Secretary of Any In
tentional Wrong-Doing.
TELLS OF BLACK TENT AFFAIK
Testifies Before the Committee In
vestigating the Ballinger
Ptnchot Controversy.
The direct examination of Chief En- j
gineer A P. Davis of the reclamation
service. before the Rail infer-I'ineli ot In-j
vestigatir^g committee, rnil'd at the morn- j
in? session today and lys cross-examina- j
tlon was taken up when the committee ;
i esumed in the afternoon. Mr. Davis con-j
tinued today to flatly contradict state- J
inefits made by Secretary Ballinger. Re
'erring to a recjnt letter in which Sec- j
rotary Ballinger had stated that he had
ordered certain words on a sign at To- [
luca. Mont . painted on. Mr. Davis de
. I ared that no such orders had been is
sued and that the words had never been
erased.
Mr. Davis testimony has been taken up
blrnoBt wholly with contradictions of Sec
retary Ballinger. but at the end of his di- '
rect examination he asserted that he did
not wish. In anything he had said, to in
sinuate that Mr. Ballinger had been guilty
intentionally or consciously of a wrong :
art In anything he ha<l done.
The Inquiry continues popular with the j
Indies. One. sitting in the front row of j
spectators, brought her knitting with hot
today. There were about ten men in the
hearing room.
After an executive session this morn
ing It was announced that the commit
tee would sit only Friday and Saturday
of next week.
Ballinger's Constant Criticism. .
Chief Engineer Davis was questioned
further a.-; to interviews he has had with
Secretary Ballinger- He declared that
the heau of the Interior Department had
continued constantly to criticise the rec- j
lamation service and that within the last ,
week had told the witness he thought
th* salaries paid in the service were too
b4gh and that he proposed a new salary
scale Mr. liavis declared that the rumor
had persisted that Diiector Newell was
s*Jat*4 to go.
?The witness referred further today to
the eurnity against the service in some
communities Ui the west
Senator Sunderland soueht to show that
?mueji ?f the dissatisfaction was due to
the fact that on some projects the orig
ipal estimate of the cost of water had
been increased from S3) to a tinal charge !
yn'f an acre.
Mr. Davis admitted that this "might" j
ha the cause of some of the discontent,
Mr. Davis declared the engineers of tiie;
reclamation service, in order to succeed
in their work and in their relations with j
landowners, ought to have the earnest i
support of the Scretary of the Interior,
lie did not feel that Secretary Ballinger
had given this support. ?
Assertions by Ballinger.
Attorney Pepper read into the record a
letter recently addressed to the House |
committee on ways and means by Secre- \
tary Ballinger in support of the S.H?,OGO,- I
<tf?0 bond issue for reclamation work. In
this letter Secretary Ballinger spoke of
the hardships which had resulted to set- ,
tiers on some of the projects where co-!
operation agreements had been entered
into by former Secretary <Jarlleld. He
also claimed that inducements had been
held out to settlers to come on thY> land, j
and that at Toluca. Mont., there had been1
erected a large signboard inviting set-1
tiers to come there. This sign included
the statement: "Settlers can work out
their payments." Mr. Ballinger said he
ordered this part of the sign painted out.
Davis Contradicts Ballinger.
Mr. Davis contradicted practically every 1
statement in the Ballinger letter. Tie;
said he was with Mr. Ballinger when
he saw the sign; that no orders had been j
given to paint out the words refcrr^
t3 and that up to a few days ago they
had not been painted out. Mr. Davis
said there had been no co-operative
agreement or certificates at Toluca; that
no such signs had been erected anywhere
else and that undue inducement had
never been made to settlers tq ko into the
? ?-operative work. At Toluca the reclama
tion work had been completed and there
was more water available than laud un
der cultivation. The lands were public
and it was decided that they should be
taken up.
The Black Tent Affair. ,
The witness went at some length into
the so-called "black tent" affair. He de
clared that under orders of Secretary Bal
linger, E. T. Perkins of the Chicago of
fice of the reclamation service went
through the west lecturing in a black
tent to advertise reclamation work It
< ame to the attention of officials of the
service that l'erkins. in addition to re- S
< eivlng 4) a year from the govern
ment, was getting an allowance of
a month from the Harriman railway
lines. The Hill lines protested that l'er
kins was coming into their territory and
lecturing about projects on the Ilarriman
lines.
Mr. Davis said he recommended Per
kins' dismissal Director Newell did not
agree to this at first, but at a later date
wrote to l'erkins and "In a polite way"!
leqiiested his resignation.
Secretary Ballinger reprimanded Direc
tor Newell for interfering in a matter
which was being personally conducted by;
lam.
No Conscious Wrong by Ballinger.
When his direct examination had been
flnished and he was being questioned by
members of the committee, Mr. Davis
suddenly remarked:
"I want It understood that 1 do not
wish to Insinuate in anything that I have
said that Secretary Ballinger has Inten
tionally or consciously done a wrong aefc.
J do not believe he has."
The Witness thought it decidedly "bad
tact" for Perkins to lecture on the beau
ties of southern California and Arizona
when he was in Minnesota. He also
thought that the taking of Perkins away
liom his regular work was a subject for
criticism.
The luncheon recess here was ordered.
Found $3,000 in a Trunk.
INDIANA, Pa.. March 12? While tear
ii g down an old barn Frank Kehue found
a trunk, in which was secreted ?*,<*10 iu
hills. The property formerly belonged to
I < nar?es CJeishch. an uncle of Mrs. kehne.
aj.U it is thought lie hid the monej.
Shipwrecked Sailors in Row
bpat Brave Arctic Gales.
TWO MONTHS ON VOYAGE
Part of the Time at Sea and Part
on Frozen Shores.
SUFFERED UNTOLD HARDSHIPS
Started Out to Obtain Succor for
Comrades on Wrecked Vessel
and Barely Succeeded.
SEWARD, Alaska, March 111.-? Worn
and exhausted by almost Incredible hard
ship.*! and bearing the marks of weeks of
battling with Icy gales, lour of six men
who on Janaury 7 left the wreck of the
Farallon In Cook Jnlet. and in a small
rowboat undertook the desperate task of
rowing'to procure relief for their com
panions, were brought in to Seward just
before midnight last night on the revenue
cutter Tahoma, which for almost three i
weeks has been searching for them. The- i
Tahoma also brings word that the other 1
two men are alive and safe.
The four men on the Tahoma are G:is j
Swanson, a second mate of the wrecked j
taralyton; Charles Peterson, seaman;;
Otto Nelson, seaman, and Alber Bailey, ?
passenger, en route to Kodiak. The other ;
two are Charles Kerne, a resident of
Afognak. who is now at Kafllar bay. and
Capt. Wedding of'the launch Sea Wolf,
who was left at Kodiak.
From the men brought to Seward, a
story of hardship and suffering together
with dogged courage almost beyond be
lief is gathered. The party of six left
the wreck of the Farallon January 7,with
a light but fresh wind from the north to
northwest. This increased during the
night to a gale that compelled the men
to beach their rowboat at Lrsus Cove,
where they earned until morning. At
daylight with a light northeast wind and
in a heavy snowstorm, they left I'rsus
Cove only to have the wind suddenly veer
around to the northwest and fast reach
the proportions of a gale.
Boat and Men Ice Coated.
At every interval that could be snatched
from the toil at the oars the men were
compelled to keep haling out the boat.
With the heavy sea that was running the
little craft was fast becoming a mass
of ice and sinking under the weig!>?.
All six men w^re drenched w ith spraj,
which hi turn frose until they resembled
icebergs. At sundown the boat reached a .
little shelter off t ape Douglas, hut at
the same time ran into a heavy pack ot
ice. which soon had the boat in a sink
ing condition.
They managed to reach dry land at
<ap?- Douglas, but not until the boat
na.j sunk under them with nearly all the
provisions it carried. The water- was
shallow and by wading to their arm pits
they reached the shore ice. By this time
it had grown dark and a howiing ga e
was blowing. At daylight the partv man
aged to reach the cliff above the'beach,
and there a makc*-shifi tent was riggeo
up and a tire kindled. All were terriuiy
frostbitten. The winw again increased to
a b.izzaid, and, huddled together, lying
Hat on the frozen ground, they passed the
next thirty-eight hours.
When the wind moderated somewhat
they set off down the beach and only two
miles from where they had spent the
night, found the camp of Michael Pab
lov, a trapper, with a schooner hauled
out on the oearh.
No amount of persuasion would induce
Pablov to attempt crossing the straits.
Two hundred dollars was ottered him, but
this he refused, declaring the attempt
meant certain death, as he well knew the
fury of these waters in a storm.
Started Out Again.
Pablov, however, deprived himself of
provisions to share with the men up to
the time he left them. The party of six
remained at the trapper s camp, storm
bound, until February 7, when they start
ed cut once more.
Bailey led the way to Kaguak along the
beach, with Swanson, Peterson, Bourne
anu Wedding, who were unable to walk,
following In a native bidarka.
Beaching Kaguak the party found an
old skiff which they dug out of the snow,
and in this they made their way to Kaf
liar bay, living the entire time since
leaving the traopers camp on whale oil
and dried fish flour.
At Kalhar bay they killed a seal, and
this furnished the first semblance of fresh
meat they had had sin e leaving the Far
allon.
Here they decided to make an attempt
to c ross the straits, and February "JZl in a
sixteen-foot ooat they started. Bourne,
however, refused to take the risk and
was left with the natives. The party just j
managed to make land at Cape I'gat, '
their boat being wrecked in a fierce gale ,
that sprang; up.
Near where they made camp an old na- '
tive bidarka was found and they made
their way in this to I'ganek village. There
they remained stormbound until March S,
when, in a dory with two natives they J
made Afognak, where the Tahoma found
| them.
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NINA S CREW HAD NO CHANCE.
No Time Even to Lower Boat Be
fore She Sank
j NORFOLK, Va . March IT-' ?The naval !
I tug Nina probably went down in the
j storm off the Delaware capes without
I giving her crew of thirty-two men time
even to lower a boat.
The condition or the lifeboat from the
missing tug, found this week near Me
tomk.u inlet on the I>elaware coast
seems to show that the boat was torn
awa> from the davits either as the Nine
went down or after she sank. This has
been shown by a careful examination at
the Norfolk navy yard.
The block from a davit was still hang
ing to one of the rings of the boat.
LILLIS LEAVES HOSPITAL.
Wounds Well Healed and Patient
Said to Be Cheerful.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., March 12-?After
nearly a week spent at St. (Mary's IIos
i pital, waiting f?>r the knife wounds in
' flicted by J. P. Cudahv. the packer, to
'heal, J ere F. Ml lis, president of the West
, f Kxchange Bank of this city, was able
, to l?e removed to bn home last night
The fact that Mr. Ullis had left' the
hospital was kept from the public till
this morning. Hospital attendants stated
that the banker's wounds were healing
I rapidly, and that when he left that iu
Istitutivu he was very cheerful.
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"I have nothing to say ond shofl
| have ntlhins K> say on American or
European politics: on any poHticil qury
tion or on any phase or incident ton
Ineeted witk politics.
1 shall hold no interviews.and any
Ithin^ purporting to be in ihrndT^rttif
|an interview can be accepted as false.
This apples during my enfir?
in Europe.* T.R.
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president tafts brother
in-law shot HIMSELF.
Body Found by Servants in Pitta-!
burg Home With Wound
in Head.
PITTSBURG. Maxeh 12.?That Thorn a:- ;
K. LaugliUn, director of the Jones-I^ugh- <
tin Steel Company, and brotfier-ln-law of ,
President rtift. died by his own hand
was the statement of the coroner of A I- |
h gheny county, made public toda\, thir- |
ty hours after the body was found in the
Laughlln mansion, in Woodlawn road, j
East End. yesterday morning.
Death was first reported as from cere
bral hemorrhages, according to the state- j
ments of two attending physicians, who
said they "arrived too late, as death had
been evidently instantaneous."
Body Found by Servants.
According to the authoritative infor
mation, Mr. Laughlin's body was found
by servants, with a gaping wound in the
side of the head, in the basement of his j
home. A report of the death was not |
returned to the coroner, it is said, until j
last night, when a return was quietly ;
made and entered by two doctors.
For months Mr. Laughlln has been a
sufferer from complicated nervous trou
bles.
President to Attend Funeral.
President Taft will leave this evening
for Pittsburg, where tomorrow afternoon
at a o'clock he will attend the funeral
of Mr. Laughlin. Mrs. Taft will not ac
company liim.
rj*h?. president will leave Pittsburg to
morrow evening and reach NV ashington
eurly Monday. On account of the death
of Mr. Laughlln the President is consid
ering but has not yet decided, whether
he will cancel his trip to New \ ork
March li>, where he had planned to at
tend the opera, and instead begin his
week's trip by going direct to Chicago
where he has an engagement March 17.
Mrs. Laughlin was in Washington miu-'h
of the past winter, while her husband
was abroad. Sne was the rompanion
of Mrs. Taft in the White House.
MRS. whitney EXPECTED.
May Identify Jewels in Chicago Be
lieved to Be Stolen.
CHICAGO. 111., March 12.?Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney of New York is expected
to arrive here tomorrow to try to identify i
the diamonds l>elieved by detectives to
rest in a safety deposit box in one of the
Chicago banks, said to have been rented
by the three men who are under arrest
here charged with the theft of gems val
ued at $4oo.OUO. Through an identifica
tion the police hope to place the guilt of
several robberies committed in prominent
eastern hotels and at Palin Beach, Fla.
The men. It is alleged, entered the
i rooms of prominent persons in their ab
sence by means of talse keys and took
| all the jewels In sight.
GALE OFF VIRGINIA CAPES.
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Forty-Mile Wind Sweeps From Hat
teras to Delaware.
NORFOLK, March 12.?A northeast
storm that has prevailed during the past
three days off the Virginia and North
: Carolina coasts, became fierce and dan
perous to outside shipping today. The
! wind attained a velocity from the Vtr
' ginla capes to the Delaware , oast of be
I tween thirty and forty miles an hour.
! Telegraph wlreB to Hatteras atid point?
on the Carolina coast are prostrated.
' The Old Dominion liner Princess Anne.
In coming in toda\, struck and sunk, off
I Pinners Point, a large mud scow of the
M*r>land Dredging Company engaged In
government work in the outer harbor.
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VARIETY OF GERMS
ON PAPER DOLLAR
Total of 92,000,000 Found by
Aid of Microscope?Mr.
Wiley's Statement.
Germs? 92,000,000 of them, of mani
fold variety?-werr found on a one dol
lar l>ill microscopically examined at the
request of Representative Wiley of New
Jersey, according to a statement made
by him today before the House commit
tee on banking and currency, during an
argument in support of his bill to pro
; vide clean currency for the people.
Among the many choice diseases found
! to be circulating about with this money
were smallpox, scarlet fever, typholi,
i tuberculosis and diphtheria. Another
s bill examined by the Agricultural De
partment, Mr. Wiley said, disclosed the
presence of 13,518,000 living bacteria.
No Germs in Metal.
No germs were found on metal money.
Copper money is fatal to germs and
they die in a few hours after getting
on it. The dollar bills of constant cir
culation have the most bacteria about
them, and it was found that the larger
the denomination of the bill the fewer
germs it contained..
Mr. Wiley has introduced a bill pro
viding for the burning of all currency
returned to the United States Treasury
i and replacing of it with new bills.
TRENTON STRIKE IS OFF.
?
Union Gets Recognition, Men's De
mands Granted and Cars Rnn.
SfX'i'la) Dispatch to The Star.
TRENTON, N. J., March 12.?After two
days of riot and turmoil the cars of the
Trenton Street Railway Company were
placed in service this morning as the re
sult of the agreement between the com
pany and the employes, reached last
night. Through the good offices of the
committee of citizens the differences of
the employes and the company were
I patched up in order that the business in
terests of the city no longer should be
disturbed.
Th? agreement reached practically
grants to the men all their demands.
The employes are to get 2.'l cents an
hour, an increase of 5 cents; shorter
hours, arbitration as to "shifts," and the
reinstatement of all employes discharged
prior to the strike because they had
joined the union. This is considered by
the carmen to be virtual recognition of
their organization.
Many cars that appeared on the streets
this morning bore evidence of mob vio
lence. Trenton has long been subjected
to a poor service and second-hand cars.
For this reason popular feeling has
been altogether with the strikers. It is
understood that the company has or
dered a number of new pay-as-you-enter
ears rather than repair some of the
patched wrecks from other cities.
Gangs of men started to work early
fixing up the roadbed and repairing the
overhead wires, which had been damaged
the last two days by the mobs. The
company has suffered severe financial
loss and was apparently only too glad
to make terms.
SENDS FORGED TELEGRAM. *
Frederick Horner, Correspondent,
Goes to Prison in London.
LONDON, March 12.?In the Old Bailey
court yesterday Frederick Horner was
convicted of having forged a telegram
sent to the Daily Mall during the recent
campaign and was sentenced to |lx
weeks' imprisonment.
The ai.*patch received by the Mail over
the name of its Falmouth correspondent
told of an alleged hostile demonstration
against David IJoyd-Oeorge, the chan
cellor of the exchequer. The letter
impugned the accuracy of the report, and
an inquiry showed that it had been sent
by Horner, who had formerly braBight
a libel suit against the Mail.
The prosecution suggested that Horner
had beeu actuated by vlndictiveness.
SUCCESS OF LONG FIGHT
PUBLICATION OF CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS.
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McCall Bill Favorably Reported by
Democrats on Committee and *
One Republican.
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The bill providing for the publication of
campaign contribution.", which was intro
duced by Representative McCall of
Massachusetts, was favorably reported to
the 1 louse today by the committee on
election of President, Vice President and
representatives in Congress. Tlie demo
cratic members of the committee voted (
solidly for the bill and were joined by
one republican, sufficient to constitute a
majority.
The McCall bill has been slumbering in
the committee since early in the session.
Perry Belmont. Oov. Judson Harmon,
former President Eliot of Harvard Uni
versity and other prominent men recently
resumed with renewed vigor their efforts
to induce Congress to act. Democratic
members of the committee gave out a
statement recently expressing indignation
at their inability to obtain a vote in com
mittee on the bill.
After much effort a quorum of the com
mittee was obtained today. All the
democratic members wre on hand, but
several republicans were among the miss
ing On the final vote today Represent
atives* -Rucker of Missouri Hardwkk of
Oeorgia. Conroy of New York, all demo
crats and Representative Kills of Oregon,
a republican, voted for it. Representa
tives Sulloway of New Hampshire and
Madden of Illinois voted against reporting
the hill. Representative Gaines of VV ??si
Virginia, chairman of the committee, did
not vote at' all.
The committee amended the bill but
slightly. It provides for the publication
ten days before election of full details on
contributions and expenditures of all
political committees in all elections where
more than one state is concerned.
SEES NO SIGN OF WAR.
Japan's Foreign Minister Scouts
Idea of Trouble With Us.
NEW. YORK, March 12.?A cable mes
sage, dated Toklo, from Count Komura,
minister of foreign affairs for Japan, to
the New York World, and pointed here
thla morning, denies that there Is any
danger of war between Japan and the
United States. The message reads:
"I am convinced there is * nothing in
American-Japanese relations to cause un
easiness. The real far eastern interests
of the two powers are not inconsistent or
antagonistic. War is inconceivable. It
would be a crime without excuse or palli
ation. My conviction finds ample support
In the understanding of 1?08.
?./ "(Signed) KOMURA."'
THREE DRUNKS A YEAR.
Judge Decides That Is Not Exceed
ing a Gentleman's Limit.
NEW YORK, March 12.?"Three times
a year is not too often for a gentleman
to get drunk," said Surrogate Daniel
Noble at Jamaica, D. I- yesterday in decid
ing a will contest, where two brothers of
the testator sought to have the will de
clared void on the ground that he was
a "habitual drunkard." Surrogate
Noble promptly decided the will was
valid, and gave the contestants a lec
ture.
The will was that of William Treeter
of Evergreen, L. I., who left an estate
of $4,000. To one brother he left $5 and
to another the same amount. The two
sisters got the residue and the brothers
protested.
Memory of Perkins Honored.
After listening today to the eulogies ac
companying the acceptance of the Calhoun
statue, the Senate adjourned out of re
spect to the memory of Representative
Perkins of New York. No other business
wag transacted,
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Dust of. Inhospitable Albion
Shaken From His Shoes.
PRESS HAS NO REGRETS
Lack of Sympathy Over Rough
Treatment of Cotton King.
SURPRISE AT HIS "IMPUDENCE*
Liverpool Merchants, However,
Show Shame Over Insult
to American.
liONPOK. March 12.?J*mes A. Patten,
the Chicago speculator, who was jostle<l
and driven out of the Manchester Cotton
Exchange yesterday, sailed from Liver
pool for New York on board the steamer
Mauretania today.
The English press, generally strong for
law and order, extends no sympathy for
Mr. Patten in his Manchester experience.
Views of the Press.
The Westminster Gazette today says:
"We are glad that the American cotton
king got out of the Manchester exchange
with nothing worre than some hustling
and hooting, but cannot profess any sym
pathy for his wounded feelings."
The paper expresses astonishment that
Patten had the "Impudence." consider
ing the injury which liis operations had
done to the l^anoasliir* cotton Industries,
to presume on the courtesy generally ac
corded visitors from across the Atlantic.
It adds:
"Men who make corners in raw ma
terials, in men, life and labor are no
longer sent to prison. But they cannot
reasonably expect to be welcomed by
the people who have suffered through
their onerations."
The Pall Mail Gazette does not Question
that the Chicago speculator may be, on
his own lines, an honeM dealer, "but
what is interesting and important is the
judgment of the Manchester business men
upon the lines which they themselves con
sider reprehensible."
The paper calls the cornering of the
necessaries of life monstrous, ami adds:
"It would be difficult to draw the line
between the legitimate and the illegiti
mate in market methods, but that there
is such a line is the confident judgment
of our common morality, to which the
Manchester exchange has given rofcgh
and ready execution.
Liverpool Merchants Ashamed.
LIVERPOOL., March 12.?The Patten
incident- at the Manchester Cotton Ex
change yesterday lias stirred up consid
erable feeling against the brokers there,
between whom and the Liverpool dealers
there is much Jealousy.
The local business men are anxious to
dearly dissociate themselves from a sus
picion of complicity in the insult and ex
pulsion which followed the appearance
of the Chicago speculator on the floor of
the cotton exchange.
A Liverpool merchant today received
from New York this cable message:
"Is the report of the treatment of Pat
ten at Manchester true? England pre
tends friendship for America. Would
heathenish China be guilty of this? Pat
ten is one of America's purest men."
_^-Tlie recipient of the cablegram replied
thus:
"Liverpool resents the Manchester treat
ment of Patten. The best Manchester
men are ashamed and personally feel the
discourtesy strongly."
Patten Avoids More Trouble,
Mr. Patten was to have paid a visit to
the cotton exchange before sailing today,
but abandoned his purpose, as there ap
peared to be a possibility that his ap
pearance would be greeted with counter
demonstrations. He had no desire to be
the cause of further excitement.
He did. however, pay a farewell visit
to the corn exchange.
In the course of an interview he said:
"I went to Manchester to show them
that I was an ordinary man, not adorned
with horns and a tail, but simply a bull
on the market, as I had told them.
"That the hostile demonstration did not
represent the best elements in the cotton
exchange is shown by the personal and
written expre-ssions of regret which I
have received from leading spinners of
Manchester, some of whom visited me to
day to convey an expression of their keen
regret over the occurrence. I have also
received many letters of like tenor.
"During my stay in Liverpool I received
between 5U0 and WO letters from all parts
of this country. Many of these inclosed
money with which I was asked to spec
ulate on behalf of the senders. Others
were begging messages, some of the
writers wishing assistance in developing
inventions.
"Of course, all of the money sent me
was returned immediately."
ROBBER LEAPS FROM CAR.
Body Believed to Be at the Bottom
of Salton Sea.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. March 12.?Pas
sengers arrived here today from Yuma
on a Southern Pacific train without their
watches and other valuables, which are
believed to be at the bottom of Salton
sea, together with the body of a robber
who had drowned himself rather than
submit to arrest.
William Derrickson. a mining man of
Arizona, who surprised the thief while he
was rifling the clothing of the sleeping
passengers, told of the adventure. The
man was subdued with the aid of the
Pullman crew, said Derrickson. While
the train was passing over the Salton
trestle the prisoner smashed a window
and leaped into the water. The train
was stopped and backed to the spot, but (
no trace of the man could be found.
VICKSBURG IS UNSCATHED.
Gunboat Twice Hit in the Fog in
San Francisco Bay.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 12.-As
a result of a dense fog two collisions oc
curred in the bay here shortly after mid
night. The sailing schooner James of
San Francisco, loaded with gravel and
outbound, crashed into the gunboat
Vicksburg off Mare Island. The schooner
lost her masts, but the war vessel was
not damaged. A wireless message to the !
navy yard from the Vicksburg brought
the government tug I^eslie to the scene.
In the tangle of shipping the tug was
turned by the tide and also crashed into
the gunboat, losing, her smokestack, but
again the Vicksburg escaped unscathed.
Another tug from the navy yard, sum
moned by wireless, towed the Leslie and
the schooner to the yard. None of the
crews of any vessels jvas hurt.
Statue of Great Southerner
Unveiled at Capitol.
TRIBUTES IN BOTH HOUSES
Northern Senators and Representa
tives Join in His Praise.
EULOGIZED BY SENATOR LODGE
South Carolina Statesman Compared
by New Englander to Webster,
Hamilton and Sumner.
(>OV. ANSEL.
|
To John <"*. Calhoun, fovmed Vice Presl
! dent of the United States, former Seerc
I tar-y of War and former senator from
South Carolina, stanch defender of the
south and of states' rights, friend and
yet opponent of Webster and Clay, trib
utes wre paid at the Capitol today.
The occasion for the ceremonies fn
tribute to this man of Iron will and ora
torical invective was the acoeptance of
his statue from the state of South Caro
lina, as the Palmetto Tree state's con
tribution to the national hall of fame.
Members of both houses of Congress,
representatives of the people of the state
which Calhoun represented so well In na
tional legislative councils and officers
of patriotic societies availed themselves
of the opportunity to praise Calhoun's
greatness as a citizen of the United
States.
Although Calhoun, especially in the
later years of his public service, fought
for the south and the principles for
which it stood, the tributes to his memory
came not alone from representatives of
the south. Men of the north, even of
New England, voiced eulogies to Cal
houn's public service to the Union.
The ceremonies began in Statuary Hall
with the unveiling of the marble edgy
of Calhoun. Then followed the cere
monies in both houses of Congress. The
paying of tributes to Calhoun was the
special order of business for the day in
both the Senate and the House, and the
speeches began after the disposal of rou
tine business.
Ceremonies in the Hall.
In the presence of a large gathering
of descendants of Calhoun, representa
tives of South Carolina and members of
patriotic societies, the marble figure was
unveiled at 11 o'clock. As the American
flag which had enfolded the ststue was'
pulled back and the stern visage of
Calhoun was revealed to the expectant
gathering a huge volume of applauSe
rang through the hall.
Gov. M. F. Ansel of South Carotin*
! presided over the unveiling ceremonies.
! And in the throng that was gathered
around the speakers' platform were Sen
ator E. L>. Smith of South Carolina, Mi
nority leader Money of the Senate, Sen
ator Bailey of Texas. Senator Kean of
New Jersey, Secretary of War Dickinson
I and others of national prominence.
! Directly in front?of the statue were his
direct descendants?Joiin C. Calhoun. 3d,
and Patrick Calhoun, the only ll\ring
. grandchildren; Mrs. Patrick Calhoun and
! her children. Margaret, Martha, Patrick,
! jr.. George W., John C. and Andrew P.
Calhoun. The absence of the family of
, John C. Calhoun, 3d, in Europe made it
? impossible for them to attend the oere
monies. An interesting incident of the
family history is that Capt. James E.
Calhoun, I". S. A., served on the staff of
Gen. M. C. Butler In the Spanish war In
the uniform of blue and that his father
had served with Gen. Butler in the Con
federate army In the gray uniform. His
other children?great-grandchildren of the
man honored today?are Adams Cal
houn, MLss Julia Calhoun and John C.
Calhoun, jr.
The ceremonies began with a prayer by
Rev. J. H- Taylor, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian Church, and the unveiling
of the statue by Mrs. Robert Mountrie
Bratton and Miss Margaret Adams Gist,
both of South Carolina. The agitation
which resulted in the selection of Calhoun
as one of South Carolina's representatives
in the national hall of fame started In the
, King Mountain Chapter of the D. A. R..
at Elkin. S. C. Therefore it was regard
i ed as fitting that tin- representative of
that chapter. Miss Gist, and the state
regent of the D. A. R of South Carolina,
Mrs. Bratton. shou'd pull the cords that
would unveil the statue.
Gov. Ansel's Tribute.
Gov. Ansel paid a high tribute to Cal
houn in his introductory remarks. He
pointed to the forty years of life which
Calhoun devoted to the cause of hie
country; he remarked that Calhoun rose
to be honored not only in his own coun
try, but throughout the civilised world.
In the very hall where his statue is now
placed Calhoun served as a member of
the House of Representatives; and Gov.
Ansel remarked that the maijple visage
looked to the Senate chamber, where he
served so illustriously.
E*-Gov. W. H. Mauldln of South Caro
lina was introduced as the principal
speaker.
"South Carolina today pays a merited
| tribute to her illustrious son," he remark
ed in the beginning. He continued by re
viewing the public services of CalhouA
and, pointing to incidents of his career,
said:
"No senator served with greater hos
es ty or sincerity than Calhoun. Theftg
were some in his own state who fljfftfai