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WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1?11 -TWENTY-TWO PAGES.
>N'K CENT.
STEEL ACTION LAGS
No Attempt Has Yet Been
Made to Serve Subpoenas.
DELAY IS IN WASHINGTON
Court Officials at Trenton Await
Orders From Capital.
GARY ISSUES A STATEMENT
Believes Suit Will End in Victory
for Corporation?Criminal
Action Discussed.
TRFNTo.W N. .1. Octot>or -The six-j
ty-on^ subpoenas issued yesterday by thej
clerk of the ! nit?<l Stat'.- circuit court in'
the Milt of the government against the
I'nited State*. 5>t I Corporation still lit-;
on th?- desk of the clerk awaiting word
from Washington. Saturday i?= usually
an off day in the courts an<l for this
rea-on it is not expected that any of the
aubpicnus will li?- served until next week.
N<> reason is known in Trenton fori
^Vashington's delay in ordering the sub
poenas sent out. hut the theory is that
the Department of Justi- e is making up,
a list of mar.-, als to whom the papers i
shall !>? sent for service. Fourteen of!
?he per-on- !'a:ned in the subpoenas re-1
side tn New Jersey and it is probable!
that the sub,-tuna for the others will be!
mailed by the I'nited States cour* clerk '
to th?- Marshals in th>- districts where (he
other persons summoned have their iega!
residen* e.
Steel Trust's Attitude.
NEW YORK. October ->.--Tho follow
ing statement was given out last night
by K. H. <5ar>. chairman of the 1'nlted
States Steel Corporation's board of di
rectors :
"I think it would be improper for me
at this time to make any comments con
cernlug the still which has been brought
? y the government against the I'nited j
States Steel Corporation, except to say )
i regret ? xceedinglv that tl:e Department
"f Jt:siic" felt calltd upon to institute
ito ??editigs. If any hatm results. It will
'all npon the sto kholders and employes, i
.?.g^r.t:?!t.iiig ;? verj great number, and;
.,ov lo-s to Uieai m is i l>e deplored. It;
Is a time for e\er>' one 11? keep cool,
with .? disposition to patiently await re- j
suits, knowing that in the end justice .
".?? ill i.?- done to all interests.
"1 belbvc a di> -.o.-ure of ail the facts!
applicable to the allegations contained
in the governmci t's bill of complaint as I
3 ground for relief will show ttiat the i
suit ought to be decided in favor of the r
corporation on the merits, and that the ;
'oIIowmi^ facts will be established:
Defense of Corporation.
"One?That in the organization of thej
l"n!!ed States Steel ? "oiporatlon those in
t.arge had iater.tion of creating a 1
i.o .of&'v. or of restraining trade.
"Two-That the corporation never has
.td. or attempted to exercise, a monop
;. or to restrain trade.
"Three -That the condJet of the affairs
?A lha ccrjwration has clearly arid posi
vd; negatived any effort or intention to i
folate hi.v provision of the Sherman law. ?
"Fourth?Thai the existence of the cor- i
; oration has been of benefit and not of!
.iijury to its employes, its customers, its '
ompelltors ami the general public.
"Fifth?That no misrepresentation was
.tiade to the I*r?-sHent relative to the Ten
.icssfce Coai an<1 Iron properties, ar.d that j
the motive of those connected with the '
purchase was to prevent u threatened !
re:.era I financial disaster, which would '
ave adversely affected the corporation
.s well as others."
No Criminal Action Now.
implying to suggestions that criminal
lion iojld he taken >>y the Department .
Justice ytalnat some of trie big men
oiincctid w.tb tlic steel trust. Attorney
ieueral \\ ickershum states that nothing
: that kind is in contemplation now. He J
ould not say. however, what the future
ourse of the department would l>e. The j
uftrence i* that the government will
avail the bringing out of ti.e facts when
the evidence Is taken in the ^te< I trust
;it, an?l t. at if tins should ir,dicat?- that
tueve iia. been individual responsibility
?t a criminal nature the situation will j
ea be considered.
.\lr. Wickersham make, it cleat that h? '
ouid not ob> t to having the steel t: st
? en negotiation; "ith the department
'.<? ui.foi it"1!. >? agreement V* t" een t .e
? ??: u.ii' .j* i nd th- trus-.
Steel Men Are Fijliters.
1
The fact i-? the Department of Justice I
? not neoi so sanguine of its probable i
?ucce?.s in the .steel trust suit a? it has
t?een in the other big iiv-es instituted. j
Mr. W.ckersliam says himself that the j
ruet people are lighters, and he has lit- I
lie hope that the official*, of that com- {
olnation will do anything more than fi*ht i
to the last ditch in the court?, claiming j
frankly and op* n!.-. that the combination !
does not iolate the Sherman anti-trust ,
lawe
President Taft i.as directed or sari- tion- j
ed all the steps taken against the big '
trusts so f.?r according to the \ttorney j
General. Tii' l'- e^id^nt many mooti s ???.go i
directed that the D- partni'-.it of Justice
apply the law to biK and little concerns, '
as veil as individuals, violating the laws. ,
and this i-i T\hs?t t':< administration is
doing. Mr Wi<k*rs..am declared. i
would regret any disturbance to business, i
but that could not stand in t :c way of
enforcement of the lav.
OUR NAVY TO BE THE BEST.
Secretary Meyer Believes That It
Will Surpass All Others.
CHTCAtrO. October "_*s - ? Jeorge von L.
Meyer. Secretary <>f the Navy, believes
the I'nited States wil have th< finest
navy in th> world !n another year.
Speak rig of tit* n? w naval :r.iimng sta
tion a- T.aiv* Bluff, twenty-flve n;ile.
nort'. of Oii'cago, to dedicated te?iay
by President Taft. Mr. Meyer said:
??The naval training station will be the
finest in the world. I believe that when
?he station is in full operation fully 7.1
p?r cent of the men joining the navy
will tnlist trom the middle west.
"It the interest in enlarg ng our navy
and in reasing its efficiency goes on nn
abated for one more vear. which it un
doubtedly will, the I'nited Srates will
have the finest navy in tit? world.'*
Th* new naval train ng station has been
constructed by the government at a cost
of
Dies From Companion's Shot.
STAMFX>RD. ?-our. o^obcr J-?Kd
mund F'oltra- k. ii'teen \ear? old. I.. ?iea<J
here fron ? ri"e shot in ? ? Uft lung
fired b?' a companion. Otto >? ;b??rt Whih
the bo?werr s"lioo'in^ at .i targ>* Sei
bart. m a ^ririf of fun. po'nf.l the gun
at Poltra< k. It slipped from his siiouhier
and was dif liarged. Seibert '-ailed the
f?o!icc und asked them to arrest him.
IE
Federal Grand Jury to Inquire
Into Dynamite Case.
TRANSPORTED ILLEGALLY
Headquarters Said to Have Been in
John J. McNamara's Office.
j PROGRESS MADE IN TRIAL
Examination of Talesmen Is Con
tinued in the Los An
geles Court.
INDIANAPOLIS. Tnd.. October -*v?
That acrording to Information In the pos
session of the Fnited States district attor-1
ney a conspiracy unlawfully to transport
dynamite from state to state has existed,
with headquarters In the offices of John
J. JIcNamani here, is the statement of a
petition tiled In the county criminal court
today praying for possession of evidence
in the ease to he used in a federal grand
Jury Investigation.
McNamaras and McManigal Named.
John J. McNamara- James B. McNa
mara. Ortie I-:. McManigal. "and others
working in concert with them." are the
persons alleged by the I'nited States at
torney for this district, Charles \V. Mil
ler. to have engaged in the conspiracy.
Dynamite and nitroglycerin were un
lawfully transported on ta^senger trains
:ii interstate commerce through Inuiana,
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Cali
fornia, accord.ng to the petitioner.
Admissions, .ncriminating letters and
other evidence, the petitioner recites, are
contained in books, papers and boxe.; of
explosives and weapons seized by tiie t>o
liee in a raid on the offices in this city j
of the International Assoc atlon of Bridge I
and Structural Iron Workers, of which
John J. McNamara is secivtary. Evidenc , i
it is charged, was also found in a box at \
the hon.e of D. Jones, an iron woiKei , j
and was found at the lodging of John J. j
McNamara. All o! this evidence, is now !
in charge of Judge Joseph Markev of the i
criminal court, and it is des.red for a j
federal grand jury Inquiry, to be opened ;
November 7.
PROGRESS MADE IN TRIAL.
Examination of Talesmen Continued
in Los Angeles Today.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., October US.? |
When the McNamara murder trial open- ;
cd today it was evident that a l*t!c
cloud of dissatisfaction among counsel '
for the defense, first visible only a lew j
days ago, had reached .sufficient pr >por- ;
tions to overshadow most other inter- j
eats among spectators. Ftulin^s by
Judge Bordwell on Talesman A. C. Win- |
ter, challenged for cause by the defense j
four days ago and on Talesman Walter j
N. Frampton. also under challenge by ;
the defense, were eagerly awaited by ,
counsel representing James K. ilc.Na- J
mara, the defendant, but neither r .1
ing from the nature of tlie. casts, couM
throw further light on the insi.-ient coa
t?-ntion of the defense that the court
should rule immediately after such chal
lenges are made. This Judge Bord..ell
declined to do yesterday afternoon in
the case of Frampton and ? lare.iee S.
Darrow, chief of counsel for the defen.e,
temporarily refused to go on nun t e
case until Distilct Attorney John IX
Fredericks had demanded that the court
proceed in the selection of jurors, Tt.eu
L> arrow, under direction of the court, con
tinued his examination.
Second St?p by Defense.
Demand for immediate ruling by the
court formed the second step by the de
fense in veek'ng to alter conditions gov
erning examination of talesmen which
obtained at the beginning of the trial and
are usual in Loss Angeles county, al
though not in all cases specified by
statute.
Ordinarily there would have been no f
Saturday session of court, but ow.ng to i
the short session of Thursday, which:
lasted only thirty-nve minutes because '
the supply of veniremen ran out. Judge ?
Bordwell decided to get in three hours
today. This is more th:'n half a usual
day's session. ;? nd the work was pushed |
vapidly, sj that when court adjourned
it was felt that nearly a full days work j
had been done.
Doubts Dynamite Did It.
I.'-:..pt for J;;dg- Bo:<lr.*el!'s rulings.!
the examination of Talesman T. tl. Lee
by the -tate was the i:.1 thing on the ?
progiam after court opened. Le? was'
accepted os to cause by the defense late
yesterday. Ib said lie was slightly ae- j
quainted with Attorney Joseph Scott of
the defense, and belonged to a Society
o*' which Seott is a member. Balanc ng
this, he had heard District Attorney
Fredericks speak at .? political meeting.
I!" wa- doubtful, he said, if the Times)
explosion had been caused by dynamite, j
and he had seen ;? good many dynamite j
explosions.
V ith this basis. Assistant District At
torney Horton undertook Lee's examina
tion to see 'f his Ik lief was based on
anything except n**v.; paper report-. ru;n<jr
tnd commun yo-slp.
If it Was not I.ee C" lid not be ? 1 il# I -
lenged oil Oiat ground, bee:*; . fii?-sc
sources of !?> !i< f are i xempte 1 b\ statute.
If, howeve; otii?r source- ciuld he
shown. he was liable to challenge. I n
der Morton's examination I.ee said he
had visited the scene o the Times ex
plosion half a dozen time*, but never
got very near the building. He went, ne
-aid. to'confirm his belief' toai the lur'd
Ing was n<-t wrecked through dynamite.
He said he wa?- doubtful a* to what di i
.ause the esplosion.
Accused Man Is Cheerful.
Janies B. MoNamaia cair.e cheerfully to
th? courtroom today and expressed the
hope t: at he wo.ild be as successful in
the outcome of i.is trial a- Charles F. 1
Reynolds, accusal of wile murd*'r a:. 1
acquitted yesterdav. After his acquittal
Hevnolds sue; t the t'ight keeping .Mc
Namara company ;.i Ms c? II
"Reynolds certaini> was a happy man.'
sa'd SieNaniara. "but he is a little afraid
I of the threat of a brother of Mrs R< y
nolds."
Reynolds, incidentally, was defended bj
a business associate of Lecompte Davis,
; one of' McNamara's atto. neys.
TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
One Chicago Labor Leader Convicted
of Killing Another.
! CHICAGO. October L'S.-Jliiurici Kn
? right, labor union orgar.izer, was today
? found guilty oi' the ir.urdci of Vincent
Altnian, arid lis punishment tlxeed at life
imprisonment. EnrU'lK s!;ot Altaian, also
;i la >oi orgar.i7'-r, In the barroom of a
(downtown hotel.
' 1 , a long confession, ina le shortly after
ibis a vre-t. Enright admitted that be kill
ed William Gentleman, a labor union
'delegate, but denied that he had any
j part in the killing of Altaian.
DECIDE UPON CHANGE
? .. i i mmrnrnrnm
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Commissioners to Have Excise
Board Reorganized.
POWER TO BE CURTAILED
' Recommendation, Also, for Limit on
Number of Saloons.
REPORT GOING TO CONGRESS
I
Exoneration of Assistant Assessor
Kalbfus Expected to Result From
Present Investigation.
To reorganize tlio excise hoard entitely
and to juit h; tlio hands of Congress a re
[ port which will recommend that the num
ber of saloons to he licensed in tlie Dis
trict of Columbia be left to Congress, is
the present plan of the Commissioners.
From an authoritative source at the Dis
trict building it was learned today that
the Commissioners have about made up
their minds on these points, even with
the investigation iivto the excise board
incomplete. However, the hearings in
the Investigation will probably close
Monday or Tuesday. Frank J. Hogan,
attorney for Samuel T Ivalbfus. will pro
duce six more witnesses, the first of
which will testify ^Monday, when the
hearings arc resumed.
Mr. Hogan has stated that he is prac
tically sure his client will be entirely ex
onerated by the Commissioners from the
"charges- presented by F. Oden Horst
maiin, former inspector of the excise
board. Persons close to the Commis
sioners said today that this view will
probably be borne out in the Commission
ers' final statement. Although the Com
missioners have said officially they do not
rec- gnize the Horstmann letter as
charges. It is said on good authority ?
, Kalbfus will be given a clean
bill of health.
Separation Contemplated.
The Commissioners now have in mind '?
to recommend to Congress a separation !
of the members of the excise board from :
the board of assistant assessors.
*i he excise board is now composed of
Samuel .. Kalbfus, Alexander T. Mo-'
Kenz:e Matthew Trimble and William P.
Richards, assessor and chairman, and all
o! t.iern are members of the board of as
sistant assessors under Mr. Richard* it I
is presumed at the District but ding that I
the (onimiss oners will recommend that
the new excise board shall be composed
o: members who shall serve for life or
during good behavior.
When < ongress took away the excise
powers of the Commissioners in lWKi the
law set no limit on the number of sa
loons which could exist in the District of
Columbia. This limit was given to the
excise board to determine. Whether there
should be ten saloons or ten thousand was
left to the board.
As a matter of fact, the excise board
has pursued the policy of leaving the
number about stationary.
Regarded as Too Much Power.
The Commissioners now believe this is
too much power for a board, and will ask
Congress to determine a limit. Much of
the testimony of the critics of the board
during the present investigation has been
directed to showing tiiat saloons are
bunched too closely in some neighbor
hoods.
The report of the Commissioners will go
to Congress in voluminous form, probably
having all of the testimony presented.
1 he investigation has already cost the
District of Columbia yno, it was said
today.
Testimony of Witnesses
at Excise Board Hearing
George T. Ibirper's version of what hap
pened near ihe home of Michael Lawler
in Alexandria county. Va? the night that
a piivate detective named Payne claims
the two men hud a violent altercation
and 11. Prescott Gatley's refusal to give
up any of the Horstmann papers relating j
to the Bennet speech on the floor of the
House of Representatives formed the
most interesting portions yesterday after
noon in the investigation being conduct
ed by the Commissioners into the affairs
of t!i; excis*- board.
The Harper saloon licence at ."lUs."} M
str ? * northwest keep* bobbing up in the
testimony at frequent int?-rva as some
of the c ritics of the board hi-ve held that
the licence improperly granted, liar
per's i. >titnony rstenla.;. was exceeding
ly frank, and hi.- language in describing
the scene b< tu ecu himself and Payne was,
picturesque, lie said he "went for Payne" j
with a piece of a bllMard cue, and admit-j
ted that. owing to this, Payne might hold
against him "?sonic trifling grievance."
Payne had testified several days ago
that while doing some detective work in
Virginia one night Harper had come from
Lawler s house and had threatened him
v. ith a club.
Would Cause Him to Hesitate.
Alexander McKenzic. member of the
excise board, who had testified that he
feIt peif'???tlx justiued in granting a li
cense to Harper. !:i vice of the facts in
his pos: ? -ion at the tin c of the cppli-i.
tion. and in \ ie . of :i.?. fact that < ran
?i;il Mackey. commonwealth's attorney
for Alexandria eo inty, Va., had said that
he believed Harper would run a clean
place, was put on the stand. Mr. White
a^ked him:
"In view of the frank testimony of Mr.
Harper would you now vote to give him a
license?"
"In view of what I have heard from j
him," said Mr. McKmsde v.iih deliberation. I
"I must say that I would hesitate. Mind j
you. ! say I would hesitate. 1 do not !
sav I would refuse, but I would investi-'
tuf tile matter further."'
Frank .1 Hogan. attorney for Samuel j
*!'. Kalbfu--. pointed oit that the com
monwealth's attorn* ?. had recommended i
Ha; per, ami also brought out the fact
that Harper's place in Georgetown since'
tlie license was granted has been run I
bett?-r than tl.<* plice ever v as run under
prev i ou s inan a gemen t.
Gatley and Hogan Clash.
II. Prescott Gatley, attorney for F.
Oden Horstmann. went to the stand at I
the request of Mr. Hogan. who asked j
if he had the paper which Mr. Ilorst- i
inann had shown to the President.
"Mr- Hogan," said the witness, "you j
know you have no right to ask me for j
that paper."
"You are mi>takt n. replied Mr. llogan. j
"I have the right to ask you any q.ie:
lion I choosc. You. of course, have the j
right t?> decline to answer.
"You have it i right, and you know it,1
to ask me an.* questions concerning any-'
I thing that lia-~ happened in the oast be-j
(tween any client of mine and myself. And
i your purpose in asking sueh a question ]
.is uhotii the same as your purpose in
I asking ceiiaiu other questions of other
j witnesses in this hearing."
Declines to Answer.
I Your think about my purposes," te
torted Mr. Hogan. "is the most iitima
ten^! thing in the world to mc. Again I
ask you, Do you know where the papers
are?"
"I decline to answer."
"Do you know who was the author of
the paper dated January 30, 11H1, which
was the basis for the present investiga
tion?"
"I do."
"We i, tell us who it was."
"I will not."
Mr. Hogan asked Mr. Gatley if he
would get Mr. Horstmanu to waive the
rigiit of secrecy concerning these papers,
but Mr. Gatley replied that he did not
need to be advised as to how to proceed
with a client, and left the stand.
Other witnesses yesterday afternoon
were James J. Collins, R. M Montague.
L. I... Nicholson and A. G. Clapham.
BO/11 TRAIN WRECKED;
NO AMERICANS INJURED
Ambassador Bacon and Mrs.
Bacon With Others on
Way to Liverpool.
LOXDOX. October *28.?The American
?oat train which left Euston station at
noon today filled with American and other
passengers for the steamer Lusitania,
sailing frotn Liverpool for New York, ran
into the Trent valley local train at Col
wich, about six miles south of Stafford,
at "2:;iO o'clock.
None of the passengers on the boat
train was injured, Ivat three of those on
the local train were hurt, two seriously
and the third slightly. Alarming reports
were at first circulated, one from Staf
ford saying that .1 score of people had
t ecu killed.
Denied by Officials.
This was promptly denied i>> l ie offi
cials of Lie I.un^on and Northwestern
road, which operates the line. TI.ey de
scribed the ac ident ii- not serious.
Among the passengers on the boat
train were tin American ambassador to
France, Mr. Bacon, and Mrs. Macon, and
Leland Harrison, second secretary of the
American embassy in London.
After a brief delay the boat train was
able to proceed and it was expected that
it would arrive at Liverpool in time to
catch the steamer.
Harrison Rhodes,
novelist and dramatist, leads
our Sunday .V'agazinc t >
morrow with ti'< iirsT 1 alt"
of a satirical fantasy on
American life. which he
c:Jls "l'.?.vj--T!ie D'ar> of a
Vi-.ung Girl." Woman suf
fragitts, politicians. liction
lovers, almost every one
who reads, will find this in
teresting. anJ to some, per
haps, not including the suf
fragettes. it will be hilarious
ly funny. For Instance:
"Oh, 1 forgot. Chief Jus
tice Lee." says one of the
feminine appointees to the
Supreme Court. "I ut could
you tell me of some nice,
eai.y book, a sort of primer
to the law? I thought I'd
try to r*ad up a iittle to
t,if;lit. so as to be ready f r
my duties tomorrow.""
"Oh. I shouldn't bother."
re idles the masculine chief
justice. "Just trust to wom
an's instinct, you know."
The women in all ;
\sear trousers, and it is
thought scandalous of the
heroine to desire ribbons
and <tlier furbelows on
hers. The heroine is tue
president's daughter. and
official life is described in
her diary.
ji TOMORROW
In the
Sunday Magazine
of
The Sunday Star. i:
TAFT LOSES HIS VOTE
BY FAILING TO REGISTER
Affidavit Sent From Wyoming
Didn't Reach Cincinnati in
Time?Changes Route.
CHICAGO. October 2-S.?President Taft
again today changed his plans for his
travels after leaving Pittsburgh Tuesday
and incidentally learned that he had failed
to qualify as a voter at the election to
be held November 7. He failed to regis
ter and received word from Cincinnat.
today, while entering on the duties of his
first day in Chicago, that he will not be
eligible to vote this fall.
The President's new itinerary will takf
him from Pittsburgh to Morgantown. W.
Va., instead of dircct ;to Hot Springs
Ya. From Morgantown ,Mr. Taft will go
direct to New York city to review the
Atlantic fleet November J.
After Inspecting the fleet the President
wl.l go to Hot Springs to stay until No
vember C?. when lie will proceed.to his
home in Cincinnati, despite the tact that
lie cannot vote.
Post Office Was Too Slow.
Mr. Taft was much disappointed over'
the fact that be had failed to register
and was also chagrined to learn that ig
norance of the registration law had been
his undoing primarily and that the lack
of necessary speed by the postal service
had finally barred him from voting.
The President sent h'.s registration pa
pers from the west two weeks ago, but
aid not have them attested by a notary,
lie I ate i rcce.ved word that his unsealed
s gnanire would not be acceptable under
the hiw. M<- thori made a uew affidavit
at Xe-.\castle, \Yyn., swore to his signa
ture before a notary ai:d forwarded it to
Cincinnati.
The Post Office Department did not de
liver it in time and the President cannot
vote unt.l next spring.
ALLEN GARD, CONSUL AT
CEIBA, COMMITS SUICIDE
Despondent, He Ends Life by Shoot
ing Through the?Head?Had
Been Transferred.
ClviLlA. Honduras. October is.?Allen j
Card, who was relieved til's week as
American consul hep-, committed suicide]
yesterday by shooting himself through
the head.
He had been despondent for several j
weeks.
i
Alien Card was born in Baltimore Jiily !
in, J>M. i;nd received liis education at
Pratt institute and at the Sheffield Scien
tific School of Yale I niverslty. He taught
school in the Philippines from 1!H)1 to
and was district secretary for the
islands during P.K?5 and 1!M7. He wr.s
govern or of thv district of l^anoa. Morru ?.
province, from I'- "7 to I"." ', and was ap-j
t>oh.ted consul at Oiba. Iloiiu-iras, his I
iirst post. Aug.*>st - He had only
ecoMtlv been transferred from the Hon- i
du'ran post to Charlottetowsi, Prince LX1- |
i\aid Isbind. Dominion of I 'anjda. an i
was expe led to start tor las new post ;
on the northern Atlantic coast at this
time.
INVADED BY BUSINESS.
J. Pierpont Morgan's Madison Ave- j
nue Exclusiveness Receives Shock. |
NEW YORK, October 'J'.?'The residen
tial exe'usiventss which J. Pierpont Mor- J
aau lias.spent large mitt.s to maintain in j
the immediate neighborhood of his Mad- |
i.-:cin averU' home is at last to yield to :
i b.isiness invasion. Immediately oppo- !
v jtr- ;.lMorgan's big trown.-tJUP house;
on the not -beast corner or :{i?th street a ;
large sign is displayed today, advertising !
the t'our-storj Hejnze residence "to rent j
for business purposes."
The house placarded is* the home of j
Arthur P. Hcinze, brother of F. Augus
tus Heinze of copper fame. Arthur
i lleinze was convicted of obstructing jus
Itice in connection with the disappearance
' of some books of the Cnited Copper I'om
j pany and served a sentence of ten days
in the Tombs in October. 1JMO. His fam
ily is now occupying the house, but is
ready to move out at a few days' notice.
TRIAL OTlii SLAYER
HAS ITS DRAMATIC SIE
Testimony Adverse to Mrs.
McRee, Who Pleads the
Unwritten Law.
j GPELOUSAS, La., October 28.?A Louis
; iana grand dame was the first witness
"n today's session of the trial of Mrs. Zee
Runge McRee. accused of the murder of
Alien Garland, the Tulane I'niversity stu
dent. She was Mrs. Henry Garland,
grandmother of the slnin youth. Iier
testimony, following that of yesterday,
was expected to open the way for the
, prosecution to attempt to show that the
underlying motive for the tragedy was
I deeper than Mrs. McRee"s explanation
1 that she shot to "defend her honor."
j The unwritten law is urged in her behalf.
Speaking in low. even tones, Mrs. Gar
i land became a picturesque figure on the
] witness stand. Frequently during the
bickerings of counsel she would exclaim:
"Gentlemen, gentlemen". I am not ex
cited; I want to tell only what you want
me to."
Scene Becomes Dramatic.
Thiougiiout her testimony the weight
: of her low-toned words produced of them
j selves dramatic moments without tiie
least effort ??n the part of the grand
dame. She relate* J how calm Mrs. McRee
i had appeared the day of the traged;. .
"i want to go t" my poor boy.' " Mrs.
Garland said sh? ex !ai:i:<-d to Mrs. Me
Ree. "Maybe he Is not dead. "Oh. I
assure you .Allen is dead,' s... -aid Mrs.
McRee replied. " 'I slu?t him three times,
Mrs. Garland." "*
Wounds All in the Back.
The testimony as to the location oi
j the wounds in the body of young Gar
j land, who met death in the McRee
| home September til last, was given by
[ Coroner Uttell.
He said thai the wounds appeared to
have .ill been inflicted from the rear,
the one in the ha<*k of the head and a.
little to the. sid:* being a mortal wound
in his opinion.
The two other shots struck the body
oi' the young man in the ba.-k. but sonic
v^ .ai to the side, passing th'ouuii the
body in one car * end lodging in the I* ft
armpit in the other. The snots produced
almost instant deat;i. l>r. I*. A. L.1 ttel 1
testified to practically the same facts.
The jury was fa^en to tiiM?*Ree j
home and then returned to the court
room, where Albert t Jar land, brother of
the siain man, put on Allen's shirt to
Illustrate how the killing was done.
Mrs. McRee, who is the mother of four
children, was comforted during the day's j
ordeal by her husband. Seven lawyers j
are defending her.
MEMORIAL TO INGERSOLL.
Bronze Statue of Hcroic Proportions
Is Unveiled in Peoria.
I'KORIA. Hi.. October -S. ? Former
friends and admirers from all over tlie
1'i'iited States toua.y attended tj:e unveil
ing of a statue ii honor of Robert G. Ir.
gersoll.
The statue was unveiled in tilen Oak
Park in the presence of the widow and ;
family of the former orator. Charles
Adams of Boston was the chief speaker.
The statue is of bronze and stands seven
feet in height on a i-ra.nl:c pedestal.
HORRIBLE FORM OF SUICIDE. !
!
Mine Employe Throws Himself Upon !
Charge of Dynamite.
DL'LL'TH. Minn.. O'tober L'v?After
waving iiis hand in a farewell salute
I to his fellow-workmen. Miles Subnlz of [
! Ci.isholm. ? aged twenty-two. last night
threw himself upon h charge oi dyna
mite :ibout to explode and was blown t<?
pieces before the eyes of his com
panions.
Subalz wai ap employe of a miue at
Cliisholm.
Resigns as Chief Clerk and
Successor Is Selected.
NOT FORCED FROM PLACE
?
Secretary Nagel Says His Service
Was Satisfactory.
HATHAWAY GETS THE JOB.
New Chief Clerk Has Been Eleven
I
Years With Bureau and Has
I
a Good Record.
Willmu: A. Hathaway of Pittsbui gh. j
Pa., was today appointed chief > lerk of i
the census bureau, to -uc> eed \ oler \ . I
Viles. resigned. to he effective Novcm- j
her ).
Mr. Viles* resignation was in no sense '
a dismissal, u' .l lie will he appointed to
another position In the government serv
ice, though Just wliat position this will
he Secretary Nagel of the Department ')f j
Commerce and Labor. said he could not \
announce today.
Mr. Hathaway lias been in the govern- |
merit service about eleven years, serv- |
ing continuously in the census bureau. i
Ho was expert chief of division at
a year until appointed to be chief elei k ,
i today. His salary as chief clerk will be j
J Sf.MXI.
Backed by Director Durand.
The appointment of Mr. Hatha a av vva"
| strongly recommended to Secieta;\\ Nagel ,
i by Director Durand of the census bureau, j
I after the resignation of Mr. V'.les \>as ;
! handed t*> Secretary Nagel two days aso. |
! Mr. Hathaway was born in Ohio .11 1
l*7'J. He. has made a good record, ris
i ing from a clerkship at ?1,"JOO through
[ successive stages.
To succeed Mr. Hathaway as expert
I chief of division. William J. Barrows of
Missouri was appointed today l>y Secre
tary Nagel. Mr. Barrows lias leen nine
years in the census bureau, and has been
a clerk at a year. No appoint
ment has yet been made to fill the [ilaee
ma le vacant by Mr. Barrows' promotion.
Nagel Compliments Viles.
Secretary Nagel today, speaking of Mr.
Viles' resignation, said that it was in no
way a dismissal, and rompliuu-nted Mr. ;
Viles on the record lie had made in the
1 government servicc.
it is understood that the publicity given
Mr. Viles' marriage last spring within
a few week> of his flrat wife's
death, and the comment which it
called forth, had much to do with ills
resignation from the otfiee of chief clerk
of the census. Mr. Viles, it is under
stood, talked the matter over with the
officials of the department, and reached
the conclusion that it would be advisable
ior him to resign.
VANIMAN POSTPONES FLIGHT.
Regards Conditions as Too Risky for
, Trial Balloon Ascension. i
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. October 28.?
j Melvin Vaniman at N o'clock this morn- i
, ing officially called off the trial llight
! of the airship Akron, scheduled for this j
afternoon. A twenty-mlb?-an-hour north
west w ind and threatened storm made the |
trip too risky.
"I will go up Monday or the, lirst calm
day thereafter," Mr. Vaniman announced.
More than a thousand persons were on
hand at the hangar at the inlet at ti
o'clock awaiting definite news. The
flight was to have been made over the
ocean and Atlantic City to test out all I
parts of the great balloon in preparation
for an attempt to cross the Atlantic to j
Europe.
PICKS THE WRONG BOTTLE.
Woman Fatally Poisons Herself by
Taking Oxalic Acid for Salts.
Special Dl#pateb to Tbc St hi-.
HAGEKSTOWN, Md., October -S ? It
became known today that Miss Lourinda
p. Zahn, who died suddenly yesterday
at the home of Louis I*. Dou'?. at Beaver
Creek, had accidentally poisoned herself.
She was visiting at the Doub home, was
not feeling well and went to a cupboard
to look for some home remedies. She
took a dose of what she supposed
: salts, but an un;:lys;s later by Dr. S. S.
Davis of Boonsboro showed that the bot
tle contained oxalic a;"d. She died witnin
'five ininut >s aft?r .-lie had swallowed 1
the poison. Following tne report 01 i'r. 1
i Davis the authorities decided an inquest
1 unnecessary . Miss Zahn was aged forty
! vears and was a daughter of the late;
I vVilliam C Zs?hn of this count' .
if RESIDENT ORDERS NEW HAT.;
I Frequent Ackr 7ledgnient of Cheers j
Wears 'Out Headgear.
CHICAGO. O- to'x i li*. - President. Tal't
! iiau placed an order for a-iioti silk hat- ,
This will make the third one he has pur- !
chased during the prss.-nt tr.'p. He raises |
his hat to the crowds .-o often that It '
does not last lung. wears a seven and ?
j three-o.oai teiI
Pres dent 'l aft will get all the pie lie;
j wants duri; g his -taj here.
! Dui n? ti " Preside' tV coi, tor;, of the,
1 west he has be'n denied pastry generally |
! and pie in part! nlar. Pr;>ni this evening j
until Mondav afternoon uc will be given (
! all the pie he wants and as many kinds .
? as he may choose.
"Whatever President Taft wants wli;le
! in Chicago, let him have it." wa< tla:
t command issued by the general committee ^
I at Its meeting yesterday.
The manager ??:" the hotel where thro- 1
of several luncheon* v ill be Kiven the !
! President has ordered that pumpkin p:e
served on each menu. The manager
of the hotel when t-.e Association of ?
! Commerce banquet w 11 bf4 givei' has ubu I
agreed to the pastry schedule.
i
CARMODY ENTERS THE FIGHT, i
New York's Attorney General Asks;
to Be Heard on Tobacco Plans,
| NBW YOKK. October 2s.?Attorney
I General Carmody ot Xct* \ ork to-iaj
| submitted to tile United States circuit
court a petition asking that lie be heard
at the pub'ic hearing on the disintegra
tion plan of the American Tobac o Com
pany next Monday.
John W Verkcs. as counsel for .he In
dependent Tobi -co Manufacturers' Asso
, elation, today lil-d a brief staling ob
jections to the ado; t on o* the company s
plan of reorganization.
! Eligible for Ordnance Sergeancies.
j As the army now has an eligible list
of forty-four candidates for the position
' of ordnance sergeant, and in vie.w of the
fact that this will be enough to till \ai-ai:
cles for approximately two and a hall
years, it was announced at the War De
partment today that there will be no ex
amination held February 1, 1012.
MPERIAL FORCES <
Chinese Rebels Are Defeated
With Heavy Loss in Two
Desperate Battles.
DEAD ON BOTH SIDES
NUMBER OVER 1.200
Fighting Kept Up in Heavy Rain,
and Lasted the Whole Day.
WAR MINISTER SENDS REPORT
Claims Complete Victory Over In
surrectionists, Tog->ther With the
Capture of Cannon and Large
Store of Ammunition.
SIA< t.VK A X. I'liinn, ??? t?-iKro n
ii correspondent ultli the irt?j"???< >I amy
under (Jin. Yin Tchang> The native < It;.*
of Hankow was recant ired trom t'.-?
rebels yesterday sunguinai?> tlgl.t
ing tli.it lasted tli<- <lay long.
l-ixge quantities or u.ins and ainiii.ji.l
tio:i fell int't the hands of 111? imoet 1.1 -
lsts. The casualties anions t !??? lute.
number**! about w ;.ile t.ie re . . !?>-t
al'Oijt '?*? m? n
Two ej.eiigcinents were foug it T:.-?
fit st was begun at <? k hi the morn
ing south of Shekoii at Saotao I>.??!;??
towjinJ l,iuchia:m><<>. .Suppor;, d lt\ t!>
warships. the imperial troops lov. t. ?
rebels from their position at Liu-lux
Temple. which was captured at II o'clock.
Native City Entered.
The righting: was recoutmen?*ed in th<s
direction of the-Tachlh pt^ of llmkn*
The rebels were ?trongly entrem-hed w - i
of tin- ra<-.' ooiUH". The imperialist .4
forced their e. ay across Saotao bridge
j and seized tin* town of l.luchia. I'riving
I the enemy before them the loyal tro?.pj?
i victoriously entered the native > it.1.- u>
i Hankow.
i The imperialists lost aiHvit forty iiil<-d.
'including a captain and two lieutenant?.
I wlilie 1.70 ?.thcrs were wounded. Tho
i rebels lost gfo men.
Field and mountain guns were cap
' tured by the im|>eriallsts. Fifty niedli-ai
officers at Liuchia and Shekou are doiut;
excellent work.
War Minister's Report.
PEKING. October The minister of
war, Gen. Yin Teh^ng, in a report to th?
government received today, describes x
victory over the rebel forces In the vicin
ity of Hankow as follows:
| "The lirst division of the imperial army
! advanced from Hhekou yesterday, attach
ing the position of ;he rebels. The im
perialists crossed Sflotao bridge, defeat
ing the enemy with much slaughter and
capturing large quantities of guns and
ammunition.
"Liuchia was seized and the arm:.,
flushed with victory, advanced and occu
pied the Chinese city of Hankow.
"(Jen. Yin Tehang is now at Siaokan,
otherwise known as Kilometer Twenty.
He further reports that he lias sent d? -
tachments of troops to Tohow and Ylng
chong, In which district it Is teported ttin
rebels are assembling. These detach
ments will also protect the railway com
munication. which Is threatened by the
revolutionist*.
Fought in Heavy Rain.
"Yesterday's lighting took pine <;.<?.mg
a heavy rain. The troops fought witli
great valot."
The foielgn hoard als> states that
loyal troops are matching on Oi;?ng?na.
which is in the possession of the rc;?!-.
The troops arc proceeding from Yuchow.
The recapture of Pihtden. a city in S :e
chuen province, by the government for es
is officially confirmed.
The adherents of Yuan-Shi-Kai. who
has been placed in supreme cotmiiand of
the land and naval fones. met ufda? w ith
prominent radical members ??'. 'tie i..j
tional asaeembty who ate planning for
entirely new Chinese cabinet. ;? eonsu! >
tional government and the inuned t'
smnrti -ni'isr uf parliament
Yuan-Khl-Ksii has postponed his i I i'ii I
departure trom t hangte for tic sou:
and it is ex|M!< ted tnat lie v ill .""ti i -
turn to Peking in the capu<tly p; . -
miei
City of Cautou Neutral.
Canton is practically in a state of in
dependence. Ttie city has declined ">
contribute men or money to: tlie sup
pert of the government in the tncs*n
crisis.
The central government demanded a.
large sum a> a special military contribu
tion. hut the viceroy of Kwantung. aft^
consultation Tilth the sentr\. curtly re
plied that it was impossible to supply
the funds, as at a meeting of sentrj it.
ha?l been deterniinetl to refuse the <!?*
maud and that Canton should lo k att^ *
hti own interests.
The business i-f rl.e <itv is procccdt g
peacefully.
The government hu stic^eedcl m <o
taining a targe loa-i from a French aii<t
Helgiall sv ndlcate. T'.a- amottnt 1r Tiol
divulged, but the issue price is wit ?
t? per cent interest.
Toe board 01 foreign affalr>- ant.ojnce
thai the train service on the Peking
Hankow railway will lie resumed next
Monday.
Rebels Are Incredulous.
SHANGHAI. China, October ^. ? Wire
less dispatches from Hankow reporting
a sweeping victory for tl.v lin;>eri.< i
troops there yesterday caused a fluttei 111
Shanghai ti'siav. Tlie reports were re
ceived even in official circles with it
cred.:Ut.v. Rebel sympathies de? lar. d
that the dispatches weie undoubted! *
j-er.t from a government source to bolster
up a faltering cause.
The w in-less dispatches v.ere caug.it 'or
some of the German naval operators.
They gave no details, but -aid that the;*
was fighting all day yesterday at Haji
kow and that the result was a sweeping
government victory, compelling the revo
lutionists to abandon Hankow and fall
back across the Han river into Hanyang.
Other Cities Threatened.
Whatever the situation around Hankow,
matters have grown more desperate for
the government cause In the vicinity uf
Shanghai and along the lower part of the
Yangtze river.
There were persistant reports today
tiiat Ohingkiang. 1-VJ milea above Shang
hai. war* about to fall into tlie hands ?>i
the rebels. Chingkiang is the first of
the scries of lower river fort? aho^
Shanghai, and is regarded here a- th?
keystone of the defense of the city, ir
it falls, it is conceded that all the fort*
below It as far as Wusung will quickly
follow. Wusunc. ten miles above shang
hai. marks the city's last line of defenses
West of Slianglial, the wealthy city of