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^ " WEATHER. /2\ W a. ^ ML A a A ? a . a A ^ ^ a^7\ The circulation of The Star, i 7 M 1 ^\>w%VWy#/W l^9Bk ^T Vw'^ir both daily and Sunday, is greater Increasing cloudiness and M H 'T | B^ I ^ T1 |/ B | B | ^ J B by many thousands than that of warmer tonight- Saturday unset- \j I Wr j J I I WT H fl B B any other Washington newspaper. tied; moderate southerly winds. . ' f y M ^ ^ y^l CONTAINING ON Plf.K M CLOSING ^ ^ SEW YORK STOCK 4lOT\TIO\N. S _ I ? No. 18,699. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1911-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ONE CENT. CALLEDJYDEFENSE Witnesses Contradict White in the Lorimer Inquiry. LEGISLATOR'S BRIBE STORY JB. J. Bell, Chicago Street Car Conductor, on the Stand. CHANGES MANE IN TESTIMONY Contradicts His Statements Made at Second Trial of State i i .ft Senator Browne. ? E. J. Bell, a Chicago street car con-1 ductor, was a witness before the lx>rimer senatorial Investigating committee today in an effort of the defense to show that Sidney Yarbrough was- in Chicago the nigbt of May 24. 1909, instead of in a hotel room at Springfield. 111., with Charles AWhite, the state legislator, who made a confession of bribery. White had sworn that he was in Springfield. Bell corroborated Motorman George Gloss by swearing that tie saw Yarbrough on a trolley oar the night of May 24. l>-' <-?f V?r> cororal witnesses who U^JJ IO ui n-v w?-- ? will be called by the defense In its effort to discredit the testimony of White as to what happened at Springfield in 1H00, when the legislature was balloting in the election which resulted in sending Mr. Lorimer to the Senate. Senator Lorimer attended the hearing today. He was absent yesterday. Differs From Former Statement. When Bell was taken in hand for c.roase.xannnation he contradicted his former testimony. References to the record of ' the second Browne trial disclosed that ^ his statements today were substantially different in answer to practically the same questions. Senators Lea, Kenyon and Jones questioned the witness closely, and he ad- 1 mitted that he had changed his testimony 1 materially. j At first he maintained that he had testitied at the Browne trials from his | memory of having seen Yarbrough the night of May 24. Under questioning , he admitted that he had fixed that j date in his mind by talking with (Jloss i before he went on the stand in the sec- | ond Browne trial. Attorney Marble < for the committee spent much time In ] going through Bell's testimony at the i Browne trial, to prove that Bell's an- , awers were different today. 1 Says White Feared Lorimer Crowd. ] John J. O'Keefe, a Chicago policeman, ' attached to the state's attorney's office during the Browne trials, was called. jveeie paid wnne was in nw uusioay at the Lexington Hotel in Chicago between August 1 and August 10, 1910. "White was in constant fear at the "i-ori- s mer crowd." he said. ( "I asked him what he was afraid of t thetn for,' the- witness declared, "and j White said he was In fear because of a the testimony he had given in the ^ Browne trials. t "White told me that if Browne were , convicted Larimer would be unseated, t that State's Attorney Way man would be ( Gove, nor of Illinois, and that he expected , to be made warden of the state penitentiary. He told me to keep my mouth I shut and 1 wouldn't have to stay in the police department. * , "White boasted that Edward ft. Wright. , president of the - INlnOte Federation of , .Labor, had brought him word from the ( governor of ?hc state that he need not be afraid of being put lu jail for any . testimony he had given." j Referred to Gov. Deneen. ' "He meant that word had come from j 1 Gov. I'enern?" was asked. "That's what lie did." "Did White tell you that he had sworn falsely against Browne?" asked Senator Ktnj on. "Yes" I ' Did you report that to anybody?" "Yes. to Wayman's assistants." "What did he jay when you reported that?" "I don't remember." "Why didn't you tell Browne or hie at-, torneys?" "1 don't know." "Vet you never told of this when Browne was on trial for his liberty?" "So. I didn't." Hanecy Wins Point. There was a dispute between counsel as to the admissibility of testimony relating to White's moral conduct while in O'Keefe's custody. A majority of the committee voted to hear It. "I want to prove that White was no reformer, but a moral leper," said Judge Hanecy. O'Keefe then gave some testimony about White's behavior. ENDURANCE FLIGHT RECORD. Aviator, With Passenger, Remains in Air 4 Honrs 23 Minntes. JOHAXXI8THAJU Germany, December B.?A new endurance record for an aero piane usoi wiui a passenger was achieved today by Herr Suvelack, the well known aviator, who stayed in the air for 4 boors and 23 minutes. The previous record was held by Herr von Illner, who accomplished a flight with a passenger lasting 2 hours, 10 minutes and 56 seconds. STILL HOLDS THE EECOED. Kistler's Strength Test Hot Yet Equaled at Yale. YEW HAVEN, Conn.. December a?The tests Just completed by Dr. Born at the Yale gymnasium of the freshman classes show that the strength test of Barle O. Klstler of Denver stands Intact. H. A. Pumpolly of Oswego. N. Y., Is the strongest man In the college freshman class, with a total of 1.667.9 points. The record held by Klstler Is 2.27*>. At the time Dr. Born gave out Kistler's figures he said that the record stood for tests made during five years, which was the period In which the present system had been used. Kistler, who was coach of the freshman foot bail team this fail, is convalescent from typhoid fever at the infirmary. Compensation for Injuries. HEW YORK, December 8 ?Injuries to workman, their prevention and the employers' responsibility wore discussed here today at a meeting: of the department of compensation for Industrial accident? and their prevention of the National < lvlc Federation. Francis Dynde Stetson. Prof. Henry R. Seager of Columbia University, J. Walter Lord of Baltimore and C. If- A. Vitl of Philadelphia were some of the prominent men scheduled to parti4fc*te. / . # ASK TOJECITIZENS President Told Porto Ricans Are Loyal Americans. IS URGED BY GOV. COLTONi Holds Question of "Paramount Po-1 litical Consideration." TELLS OF BOSTON'S WANTS Mayor Fitzgerald Calls at White House With liist. of Bequests. Maine Report Submitted. President Taft today talked with Santiago Tglesias, who is president of the Free Federation of Working-men of Porto Rico, and who has for years striven to have Porto Rican citizens given the same rights of citizenship as citizens of this country. ? Mr. Tglesias today laid before President Taft resolutions adopted by the American Federation of I>abor at its last session at Atlanta, together with a letter from Samuel Gompers, calling attention to the earnest desire of the federation that citizenship be granted. Mr. Iglcsias himself was exceedingly earnest in trying to bring about relief for his fe.llowworkingmcn and the people generally on the island- He presented, among other things, a letter from Gov. Colton of Porto Rico strongly urging citizenship. Worthy of Citizenship. oamut'i wompcris icns ine iresiaent tnai the people of Porto Rica, in spite oC repeated promises to give them full citizenship, "are practically without a country they may call their own." He says that t>oth the republican and democratic parties, in their national conventions in 1W8, declared in favor of citizenship, and that President Roosevelt sent to Congress sevpral messages urging the passage of a law that would give the people of the Island a closer relation to this country. Gov. Colton, in his letter, states that he believes the granting of full citizenship "is the paramount political consideration low pending in their behalf; that it would nave a far-reaching, beneficial effect upon their lives and activities; contribute more than anything else to their happiness and contentment and thus promote the progress and prosperity of their native land, vhich has become, through the interests if ail affected, an inseparable part of the L'nited States. The people who await this act are sympathetic, lovable and oyal and there is nothing in their character incompatible with our national life." Boston's Mayor Sees President. Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston called upon President Taft today to request him to ake steps to prevent the proposed consolidation of the Eastern Steamship t'om>any, the Maine .Steamship Company and he Metropolitan Steamship Company, nto a single corporation. Mr. Fitzgerald lubmitted to the President a letter in which he points out the disadvantage to he public if the proposed merger is carled out. The President promised to lay he matter before Attorney General Wicktrsh&m for investigation. The proposed lonsolidation, Mr. Fitzgerald's letter <ays, will proDaDiy result in an increase jf ras?en."t>r and freight rates. Mr. Fitzgerald also had a conference with Secretary of the Navy Meyer, in which he suggested that the annual army ind navy game now held in Philadelphia take place at the Harvard stadium in Boston, where a crowd of 40.i*n? can be accommodated. Mr. Meyer advised him that this scheme was impracticable, as the West Point athletic authorities would not agree to the plan. Mr. Fitzgerald asked Mr. Mcye.r-to hold a naval mobilization nex fall in Massachusetts or Capo Cod hay similar to that held recently in New York. Mr. Meyer promised to consider the plan. "I am certain," said Mayor Fitzgerald, "that the people of Boston will vigorously oppose Secretary Meyer's plan for the sale of the navy yards at T'ortsmo ith, Boston and New York. The plant, at the Boston yard "mplovs a large number of persons, and tho business interests of the city of Boston will undoubtedly oppose tlie sale or abolition of the yard. Report on the Maine. Secretary Meyer, accompanied by Rear Admiral Charles E. Vreeland. U. 8. N., president of the board, which recently went to Havana to investigate the causes of the destruction of the battleship Maine, called at the White House today to present the report of the board to President Taft. The members of the board returned to Washington early this morning, and Admiral Vreeland Immediately submitted the report to Secretary Meyer, who in turn took it to the White House. While the members of the board decline to discuss their finding, it is understood that the Vreeland board supports the contention of the Sampson board of lSUS, that the Maine was destroyed by an outside explosion under the hull of the battleship. It is probable that the report will be sent to Congress shortly. Will Be Dinner Guest. President Taft has promised to attend for a short time the dinner of the American Civic Association, at 9:30 o'clock nleht. in this city. The meeting of the Lincoln commission, to have been held at the White House this afternoon at 3 o'clock, has been postponed until tomorrow afternoon. The Riverside Republican Club of New York has sent to the President resolutions adopted by that organization declaring that President Taft should be renominated and that no other man can lead .lie party to the success that is predicted. . , President Taft today received a large number of the members of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association, attending the Rivers and Harbors Congress. He also shook lianas wuu me uieuiuers ui me board of managers of the National Soldlers* Home. rarCHOT ON CONSER VATION. Expected to Address the National Irrigation Congress at Chicago. CHICAGO, December 8?Glftord Pinchot, president of the Conservation Association, was expected to address the delegates of the National Irrigation CongTess at the Auditorium Theater when the session began today, his subject being general conservation projects and his recent trip to Alaska Norman E. Webster, jr., of New York, was schedi^ed to talk on "Irrigation Accounting"; T. U. Taylor, professor of civil engineering of the University of Texas, had for his subject "Pumping for Irrigation." while President Widtsoe of the Utah Agricultural College, was to explain the "Relation Between Irrigation and Dry Farming." Speakers announced for the afternoon session were Willard 15. Holt, New Mexico; E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture, commerce and labor. South Carolina; Dwight B. Heard, Arizona, and Horace G. Clark, Colorado, TRIAL OFjANDFORD Holy Ghost and Us Leader Charged With Murder. * INDICTED ON SIX COUNTS i Members of His Faith Without SufU.f A _1 uciem rooa, is unarge, " SURVIVOR TELLS VIVID STORY | Sailors Fed on One Biscuit a Day During Cruise, While Leader's Family Feasted. PORTLAND, Me., December S.?An indictment containing six counts for the death of six of his followers on the cruiso of the yacht Coronet was reported today by the grand jury of the United States district court against Rev. Frank W. Sandford, leader of the Holy Ghost and Us Society. The trial of the Shilohite leader was begun immediately. The indictment charged Sandford with having caused the death of George Hughey, Charles Hughey, Ralph Merrill, Stuart Wolf,. John Roister and John Adamson. ft was charged in the indictment that ! Sandford did ' unlawfully, knowingly and willfully cause and allow the Coronet to proceed and continue upon a voyage without suitable and sufficient food to supply the necessities and sustain the life of George Jlughey and the officers, crew and passengers." .Sandford, after listening to the reading, pleaded not guilty. He dismissed his attorneys early in the week, explaining that he could defend himself. "God." he said, "is the only counsel I need." Followers Still Have Faith. | Interest in the unusual rase is at a high pitch. An amazing feature Is the way In which the followers of Sandford cling to their faith in him after all that has happened. Forty of Sand ford's disciples were with him when the barkentine Kingdom sailed from Norfolk, Va... it being announced that her destination was a port on the coast of Palestine, where the leaders intended to establish a colony for the propagation of the new faith. y She was next beard from at the Cape , Verde Islands, in April, lttll, and it was declared at that time that the vessel 1 had not been to the Holy Eand, but had spent the previous six months in cruising 1 up and down the west coast of Africa, 1 seeking converts and also on the look- ^ out for a suitable place for a colony. i Through European shipping agencies t came the news May 18 that the Kingdom had been wrecked off Sangomar, on the * west coast of Africa, and that the sur- I vivors, numbering sixteen, had been landed on the coast. It is not known what * became of the twenty-six other members r of the party, as it was denied any colony 1 was. established anywhere. The King- J dom's people were afterward taken 1 aboard the Holy Ghost yacht Coronet * and then in June began the terrible 1 voyage to Portland, Me. George and Charles Hughey of Poptland, who died on , board the Coromet, are only two out of { half a dozen who met the same fate. Survivors of the cruise declare that they . begged Sandford for more food, but he . constantly refused them, allowing rations . of one biscuit a day. . Ralph Paine, a sailor on board the ves- i sjel In all its wanderings up and down the seas, toils a vivid, almost a gruesome story of the cruise. Story of the Cruise. "We were sometimes living on a ration of one biscuit a day," he said. "I had to take my turn at the wheel, besides helping to do the work required on a sailing . vessel?working until I dropped from I faintnese. "We left about a year ago. The idea was to evangelize the world, and thos?> w ho asked why Mr. Sand ford did not begin at home were told that .America had reached so high a civilization that, at the ' appointed time, conversion would come easily, and that the less civilized countries should be evangelized first. "Whenever we signaled the shore of a new country all hands would be called on deck, whether they *rere working or sleeping, and Mr. Sandford, with uplifted arms, would pray for the salvation of t^e natives. "From Africa we went to South America, and for thirty days cruised up and down its coast. As eaclj country was approached, we never went near enough to enter port and get something to eat, and the prayer service was always renewed. "Why they didn't think of China or ' some other country as a fit subject for 1 evangelization I don't know, but, anyway, we started for Greenland. Mr. Sandford decided that its natives were in need of salvation and that in the interim of the passage the members on 1 board would have still further opportu- s nlty to attain that absolute purity for j which, at home and abroad, they are constantly seeking. . "We never got as far as Greenland, but the distance we did go was enough for me and all the rest. Weak From Lack of Food. J "When the time of the wreck came, t every man was required to man the pumps on a ration of one biscuit a day' 1 T rrrn n / n t?rvi orl If ctWAnrr Kilt T fr, J If.. 1 wfta luiiuctij 0iivu6? "ui x lduucu. my ( fainting did not secure me more food; I i was relieved, of necessity, from work.' "Mr. Sandford took his own turn at the pumps, but Elijah' did not for a day, nor did his family, go wtihout full meals of the kind that one ought to have in order to do any amount of work and ' really live. 1 "When we were in desperate danger of i being sunk, when all but a <ew had given up hope of ever seeing land again when only a faith in God that was greater than our faith in Mr. Sandford kept 1 up our spirits, relief c&me in sight in the 1 shape of a vessel. ] "From it supplies of 5^ or 600 pounds i of salt pork and two quarters of beef were then sent to the Coronet in a boat manned by sailors from the other vessel at the risk of their lives. "The food was welcomed with tears on < board the boat. Men who had for days been keeping up the fight for life purely , on their nerve, unsustained, almost wept at the sight of real food. "And yet few of us ever saw one pound of the new rations. "The others still had to go on their previous rations of one biscuK a day. "The time came when off Newfoundland we Importuned Mr. Sandforu to put ashore and get food to keep up the courage and drooping spirits of the men. "And each time that the request was made the answer was that God had ordered him not to go in, and so the meager diet continued. "For a little longer we subsisted on crackers and biscuit and potato skins; skins of potatoes that had been eaten tfcr the Sandford family. "Again and again the demand was made that the vessel be put into port, and each time without avail. Few Knew He Was Sought. "Whether or not the refusal was made I because the United States authorities J * Ov \\ vero looking for Mr. Sand ford, I do no. enow. Few, if any, on board knew that le was being: sought. "Then one day we became insistent. iVe were not getting any nearer Greenand, as far as we could figure, and we vere exhausting the two and a half bar els of crackers which had been almost he only provision for sixty people. "Mr Can^fnrH nro a Inrlltrnant Ha TA 4UI< W* ?JI (J O.U ? - ? 'used the request to put Into port, and >raye<f. 'The situation grot so bad that mem>ers of the crew, devotees of the cult, nen who today, now that they ara ashore utd have a chance to get well, will not say a word about their experiences, 'ought among themselves for possession >f the single biscuit that was their daily atlon. "I owe my life to the fact that I reach?d shore when I did, and the lives of nany more of the crew were saved by he same fact." The headquarters of the queer sect of he Holy Ghost and Us are in a set of luge buildings on the summit of Shiloh lill, near Durham, Me. The growth of he society was due entirely to Sandford. formerly a Baptist minister, he took up he preaching of a new evangelical dncrlne, claiming through the Immediate Lid of the Holy Ghost to heal the sick jnd even raise the dead. He recruited followers from all parts of the country, ind with the money collected from tliem v? erected the temple and other buildngs. 3ATE OF DEDICATION OF GRANT MONUMENT Jen. Dodge Expresses Belief That Work Will Be Completed by Fall of 1913. The monument to Gen. Ulysses S. jrrant wmcn is in course 01 construction n the National Botanic Garden, at the 'oot of Capitol Hill, 1b to be dedicated In :he fall of 1013, according to advices received here from Gen. G. M. Dodge, presdent.of the Society of the Army-of the rennessee, whose. office is In Council Bluffs, Iowa . . . Text of Letter. The following letter from Gen. Dodge las been received by Col. John A. Joyce, ecretary of the Army of the Ohio, dealng with the matter: "It Is impossible to state definitely when :he Grant monument will be completed, jut we .are in hopes that it will be in the fall of 1918. "The sculptors received two years' extension that, I think, took them only to the fall of 1912, but I have received intimation from them that it will be some time in 1913 before it will be ready for the dedication. "I am in hopes that when the date does come we will have not only the army societies but also the Grand Army of the Republic with us." Attorney General Still Weak. Attorney General Wickersham Is still -julte weak and confined to his home as the result of the attack he suffered while attending a cabinet meeting Tuesday. His Illness now has been diagnosed as ptomaine poisoning. Mr. Wickersham was up today for the first time since he was U* fa rATifliirtlnff nrootlpollv VIA Ill |l vx, UW business and will not be able to return to bis office before next week. "Christmas With Dolly Madison" How the Yuletide was spent in the White House a century ago. An intimate study of a most interesting household. By RENE BACHE In the Next Sunday Magazine of The Sunday Star MEXICO CITY DOUBTS j REYES IS COMING EAST J Reported to Have Passed Through St. Louis on His * Way to Washington. ? i MEXICO CITY, December 8.?Further mystery regarding the movements of Gen. Reyes has been created by a news report from San Antonio that he had passed through St. Louis, but the belief is still held that he is in the vicinity of Brownsville. as was reported by secret agents of the Interior department. Small uprisings are reported from San Martin in the state of TUtxcala and also in the neighborhood of Tehuao&n, in the state of Puebla. as well as on the southern border of Zacatecas. To all of these disturbances the military authorities are payihg close attention. The situation in Yucatan is said to have improved. Reported In St. Louis. S.-YX AXTfjiNIO, Tex., December 8. - Gen. Bernardo Reyes is not in Texas trying to-cross into Mexico, nor is he over I the Mexican border trying to incite a rebellion against the Mexican government, but \b in St. Louis, Mo., according to Information received here and to all ap- ? pe&rances authentic. A telegram was received at the local Reyista neadquarters last night, according to those well informed, dated St. Louis and signed Reyes, which conveyed the information that the general, on whose trail hundreds of United States and Mexican federal officials are camping, is on hie way to Washington and New York. It is said Gen. Reyes Is on his way east to get in clpse touch with Franclsca Anclra. who is" to act as the Reyista agent and representative at Washington. May Have Been Beyes. ^ ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 8.?Two unidentified Mexicans, well dressed and of distinguished bearing, arrived in Union station from the southwest last I night at 8:30 o'clock, and departed for 1 the east at 10:56, over the Big Four, * according to Union station employes. s Whether one of the Mexicans was Qen. Reyes the station employes were unable , to say. j NEW ORLEANS, December 8.?Soon f after the steamer Burstad had received t clearance papers today for Frontera, c Mexico, agents of the United States customs and secret service went alongs.de s in a government launch and a thorough search was made for evidence of a filibustering expedition to Mexico. FIGHT BEGUN IN HOUSE ' FOR $1 -A-DAY PENSION t Opponents of Measure Demand That c Time of Debate Be X Divided. \ . c I The fight to establish a general service 1 pension of $1 a day for veterans of the j civil war opened In the House of Repre- t sentatives early this afternoon when Rep- \ resentatlve Adair of Indiana called up the Sherwood bill, which has been before the House since the opening of the special session last April. Opponents of the plan began their at- 3 tack at once by demanding a division of [' the time of debate so that the friends of v the bill would not control the floor. ^ Representative Fitzgerald of Brooklyn. r N. Y., demanded that half the time be T given to those who oppose the "dollar-a- day" plan. Republican Leader Mann objected to the fixing of any time limit on the debate. ana the House began consideration of the measure with the prospect of a long and vigorous debate. Liabilities, $588,500; No Assets. NEJW YORK, December 8.?George E. Wallace, a farmer of Rochester N. H.. has filed a voluntary petition in bank* 11 J .1 1 ] 1 -1 -uptey here, listing his liabilities at 1 1588,500 and his assets at nothing. Of 1 ;he liabilities the largest item is $300,000 i )\ved to the Rochester Loan Banking Company. AGAINST TIPPING EVIL. International Hotel Workers' Union Declares for "Living Wages." NEW YORK, December 8?A campaign igainst the tipping evil is to be the chief vork of the newly organized Intern&tionl1 Hotel Workers' Union. The union's jlatform declared for "a living wage for lotel workers," which would render tips , mnecessary. "The tipping evil is a relic of pa- , riarchal times," declares a statement by , ^resident Paul Vehling. He scoffs at the t dea that waiters can make fortunes ( hese times, and scores the heavy flne6 j evicd by employers on their men. Then le explains the perils of hotel employnent. Hotel workers, he says, are more >rone to disease than any other worknen except miners. He attributes this < condition to the fact that many of them i vork in overheated rooms, in a smokeaden and often "alcoholic-saturated'' atnospliere. Shorter hours will help alle- ' late these conditions, he declares, and if advocates a twelve-hour workday, * nth one day off each week. Shorter < lours of employment and hetter pay is lio solution of the tipping evil, he says. HAPPINESS CUT SHOBT. Jouple, Married After Waiting Many Years, Suddenly Stricken Dead. XEW YORK. December 8.?Childhood iweethearts in Germany, but by circumstances prevented from being married mtil a few months ago, a Williamsburg :ouple were preparing last night to receive a few friends for a birthday cele>ration when suddenly their home be:ame a house of mourning. The hus>and. Bernard Koch, sixty-five years old, vas stricken with heart disease and his vife, Catherine, two years younger, died ; rom shock a few minutes after his atack ended fatally. FOBTUNE IN AN OLD BAG. Voman Supposed to Be Penniless Leaves $47,000. 1 PERU. Ind., December 8.?A fortune of t 47,000 has been found in an old leather i >ag In the home of Mrs. Salome Koerner, i vho died last Saturday and who was ] iupposed to be penniless. ? The money was found yesterday by j drs. Magdalene Kleinhaus,' a sister of , drs. Koerner. There was scarcely any . urn'.ture in the Koerner home and neigh>ors were of the opinion that the woman 1 lied in want. The treasure consisted of $7,000 in gold * md $40,000 in government bonds. < POTATOES GOING UP. Hack Crops Throughout the World Reported. NEW YORK, December 8.?Importaions of potatoes from abroad are beglnling to arrive In this port, the main bulk >f them coming from Ireland. Up to date h s fall about 25,000 sacks have arrived. Wholesalers quote Maine potatoes In he ma.ket here at $( a sack and say his price is Just about double the price >f a year ago. Since eariy fall the price las risen steadily and $4 a sack is exacted by February. Not only Is there a scarcity of potatoes n this country, but from practically all he potato-producing countries of the vorld reports show slack crops. ? m Palls Dead While at Banquet. BOSTON, December 8.?While speaking it a banquet of Grand Army men here ast night Capt. John K. Laxeman 01 lalero droped dead of heart failure. He i-as prominent as a campaign and afterlinner orator. He was one of the first nen In this state to enlist for the civil var. Shop Early avoid the Christmas crush ? only 13 more shopping days. ' a /OICE OFTHE WEST Governors Approve the District Organic Act. JPBUILDING OF CAPITAL ?artnersmp nan Authorized by Congress Should Be Respected. EXPRESSION FROM THE SOUTH tTisitors Say Nation Should Not Impose Burden on Taxpayers of the District. The great west, through the mouths of the governors of eight states and the ieutenant governor of a ninth, yesterday /oiced its approval of the plan by which :be federal government bears part of the expense of the National Capital. There ivaa no hesitation, no hedging, in the statements of the governors that it was Lhe dirty of the entire country to contribute to the improvement and maintenance of the national city. One and all lemanded that the city should be made the most beautiful in the world. " And 5ne and all asserted emphatically that tills could not be done without the federal contribution of money. The opinion expressed by the governors, who were here on a special trip to l>ring :he whole east into closer touch with the west, was that the country, through Congress, had made a contract with the District of Columbia in the enactment of the organic law of 1878, and that contract should be lived up to. The contract caiia for an even division of the expenses of the District?bar none?one-haif to be jaid by the federal government arul oneialf by the taxpayers of the District. Nation Should Bear Larger Share. Several of the governors went so far is to say that in their opinion the share !>orne by the federal government should be more than one-half. One or two, while declaring that the federal government should pay for all the big improvements looking to the beautification of the National Capital as such, said that in their opinion the residents of the District should pay the ordinary municipal expenses. But they admitted that they had not given the subject careful study when the fact wai called to their attention that under the rontract laid down in the organic law of 1878 tne cltisens or the District art called upon to pay one-half of all tht expenses of the District, many of whiei are for the improvement of the Xationa Capital as such. A number of the delegation were na informed in detail as to the rclatlonshij between the federal government and tht District of Columbia, but as soon as tht facts were laid before them they deelarec In favor of retaining the present plan ol apportioning the expense. An expression of opinion from tht south, in favor of continuing the preseni contract between the federal government and the District, was given The Star by L?ov. Noel of Mississippi, who was alsc In Washington. Views of the Governors. The following interviews were given exclusively to The Star on this subject t>y the governors: Gov. James H. I law ley of Idaho, democrat: "The people of Idaho are interested in seeing the National Capital maintained jn a proper scale, and they believe that the federal government should do its -hare in the up-keep of the city. This, I >e!iev<\ is tho spirit throughout the tvest. We are proud of our National Capital, Lvhieh is si national city und should be nade the most beautiful in the world. Flic people of my state do not feel that t. is a burden, but a duty, to contribute heir small sltaro to the expenses of tlie ^apital. The government should eertalny pay one-half the expenses of the DisLrict, if not more." Gov. Adolph O. Eberhart of Minnesota, -epublican: "I believe that the government should lo its share toward the maintenance and mprovement of the National Capital. If :he government owns half the property In he city of Washington, as I have been tssured that it does, and a little more Shan half, it should pay one-half of the uxpenses of the city, bearing its share lust as other property holders. Washngton is a beautiful cltv, and should be nade still more beautiful, and that can t>e done only by a liberal policy on the part of the federal government." Organic Law Not Unjust. Gov. Tasker I* Oddle of Nevada, republcan: "In my opinion the federal government should pay one-half of the expenses of he National Capital. I am not sure but vhat I would favor the government's paying all the expenses of the capital, rhe organic law of the District Is not in Injustice to any one In the country? tnless It be to the citizens of the Dls:rict because it Is not sufficiently liberal. "I take a pride in Washington, as must svery other citizen of the country. The :lty belongs to every American Just as much as It does to every resident of the District of Columbia. It is impossible to :onsider the relations of the federal gov?rnment and the city from any other itandpoint. If the citizens derive a beneIt from the erection of fine buildings >y the government and the establishment >f beautiful parks and wide streets, the sntlre country derives great satisfaction -and benefit?from the establishment and naintenance of a National Capital of vhich all may be proud." Gov. Oswald West of Oregon, demo :rat: "The citizens of the country take a JusIfiable pride in their National Capital, ind I believe that it should b.e maintained as a beautiful city should be. I beleve, however, that the federal governnent is doing its full share in the upkeep and development of the capital. I io not think the citizens of the District vould have just cause for quarrel even f the federal government should pay less han one-half of the expenses. But I lay that If the people of the District can >revall upon the national government to >ay half the expenses of the government et them do it. Makes Property Valuable. "The federal government has spent lundreds of millions of dollars in the irection of splendid buildings and the mprovement of Washington. These im>rovements and the fact that the governnent Is located here are the assets which lave made property valuable in Wasbngton. I think that the benefits derived ?y the residents of the city from the loation of the government here are great inough, and the citizens should be willing o pay a large share of the expenses of he District to keep these benefits. If Congress should change the method of impropriating for .the National Capital (Continued on Eleventh Pfcgaj~ t. AGAINJN STAND McManigal Begins Second Day Before the Grand Jury. ? ? - ? ? - -? MANY WITNESSES WANTED United States Marshals Have 128 Names on List. 1 ARRESTS MAY BE DELAYED* No Further Indictments Expected to Be Returned for a Week or More. Work in Indianapolis I I EOS ANTTCTLES. Cal . IVeembrr A? Ortle E. McMantgal. confessed dynamiter, was taken before the federal grand Jury here again today to resume his story of dynamite outrages throughout the United. States, United States deputy marshals are searching for 128 witnesses subpoenaed to appear before the federal grand Jury. McManlgaJ occupied the entire time of tho grand Jury yesterday in telling W.s story. it was said today that in all probability no indictments would he returned for a week, and perhaps for even a longer time. Whereabouts Not Known. The wxereabouts of some of the men said to be sought a#; witnesses are not definitely known, and the list Is so long as to render it likely that many days will elapse before atj are heard. Information gathered here indicated that the scope of the Los Angeles investigation is not entirely determined 1 by the Department of Justice at Washington. In view of the similar investigation in progress at Indianapolis, it is possible that the one here will he used to "clean up" the Pacific coast angles of the affair, leaving the wider range for the east. In this connection is recalled the interview with W. J. Burns, In which he said that papeia serving the territory between the Appalachian and the Rocky mountains probably would get first news of further arrests. Leaders to Be Called. 1 There seemed to be no doubt today ' that prominent labor leaders on the 1 Pacific coast would be called upon to 1 aid the government in its work in tlis capacity of witnesses. That J. B. McNamara superintended the placing of ' bombs at the homes of On. Harrison Gray Otis, proprietor of the Los Angeles i Times, and Felix Zeehandelaer. secro, tary of the Merchants and Manufao turers' Association, was the assertion ' made today by one of the state s des tectives who worked on the case. 5 When the McNamaras would go to Stm 1 Quentin penitentiary was as much a . mystery today as at any time since sentence was pronounced. A report that they already had gone t was denied by the sheriff, and on good j authority it was learned that their <oni; mitment papers, without which they can; not be taken to the penitentiary, had not I reached the sheriff's hands, t Will Call McNamaras. It was informally said today that As sistant Fnited States District Attorney r E. A. Ragan and others connected with 1 the grand Jury inquiry had made no change in their plans concerning the calling of the McNamaras before the jury to testify. The brothers have said they would not testify to anything. While federal activities attracted th? larger share of general attention here other possibilities of no mean -izc wop seen in the coming arraignment of Bert If. Franklin, an investigator cinployrd by the McNamara defense, who was arrested on a cliarge of bribery and who will have his preliminary hearing nevt Monday. Members of the district attorney' orfice today wr re discussing tlie f,e 1 tha< F. M. Ryan, president ot the Asso< tain of Bridge and Structural Iron Woi-Jo : did not sign the statement of iL- <nr mittee of the American Federation of I imr mu-oe ytJirinai in i-'iint"11! 'J nounrinc the McNainam ?! >?i1 t It to but one of u number of in stances where the district attorney's nffii e lias manifested an especial interest i what Mr. Ryan says and does and whore he goes. As head of the organization of which John J. McNamara. was secretary and treasurer, it was said, too, it was not unlikely that he would he subpoenaed to appear as a witness before the federal gTand jury. ! McManigal's Story of Jobs Done at McNamara's Behest INDIANAPOLIS, December H.?The complete confession of Ortie McSlaniga! to Detective Burns, made at the time of the arrest of himself and James B. McNamara, is now given to the public for the first time, and it deals so with details of the "Jobs" carried out under John J. McNamara's direction, giving dates, purchases of dynamite and times of explosions, that no doubt can be entertained of its genuineness. McManigal began working with the McNamaras In June, 1907, and committed various crimes under a man whose name he does not give because he is not under arrest. but who is supposed to be the nuch-wanted Caplan. This man kept 1 back part of the money that-was paid for wrecking bridges and factories, and after this discovery McManigal dealt with John J. McNamara personally, coming to this city frequently for consultation an<l getting the explosive at the Jones stable, where It had been planted, and in the basement of the Central I.tfe building, where McNamara had his office us secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Went Direct to McNamara. After referring to his dynamiting of bridges and other structures and finding that the man under whom he was working was keeping part of his pay. he reported it to John J. McNamara. MoManlgal's story continues: "We looked the matter up with J. J. McNamara and ho could hardly believe it at tirst, but later on was convinced of what had been done. We did the Dennison Harvard viad :? t Job at Cleveland and on June 19H>, J. B. McNamara and myself doing the work, paid us flOO apiece in Toledo for this work. J. J. McNamara told me to go right on with my work and if did not pay me he would settle the thing right with nie. lie further wanted to know what had paid me at Toledo for the Cleveland Job and I told him $100 and transportation and he said that was all right. " 'Now you go on up to Pittsburgh and you will get in touch with him at Pittsburgh." said J. J. McNamara. 1 went to Pittsburgh and found there. While we were in Pittsburgh we received a telegram from J. J. McNamara addressed to stating that he would have to get along without J. B. McNamara, as J. K McNamara would not work under him. This was quite a while before Jhe McKees Bocks, Pa., job. Big: Supply of "Soup." I "About the 22d of July said: *Tou get a suit case and we will start for a