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? I CS*7 L The Star is the only afternoon I a -A J fZ> A A. l^|H^ I paper in Washington that prints I hi> irllPTTTiTn w|?Ti. I IJ>V rj= | WftflTTT>TrnvYNr. P C TTTF.KrtAV, APRIL 2. 1912?TWENTY PAGES. _? " , | No. 18,815. r ? ? " SCOn NARRATES STORY OF PERILS IN HARCTIC Leader of Expedition Sends Back by His Ship Account of Thrilling Adventures. WITH FOUR COMPANIONS READY FOR TRIP TO POLE Has Harrow Escape From Death in a Crevasse. _____ DEEP SHOW HAMPERS PARTY Men Without Food Forty-Eight Hours?Motor Sledges Valuable. Motion Pictures Taken?Telephone Line Operated. Copyright. 1912. 1>t the York Times Compsny. All Rights Reserved.) Copyrighted In the United Kingdom by the Central News, Limited. Iiondon. Registered in the Department of Agriculture, Copyright Branch. Dominion of Canada. By the Central News. Limited, London. AKAROA, New Zealand. Tuesday, April 2.?Lieut. Pennell, commander of the Terra Nova of the British antarctic expedition of 1910, which arrived here yesterday. brought with him a long and intensely interesting account of the work and experiences of the expedition up to January 3 last, written expressly for the New York Times by Capt. Robert F. Scott, the leader of the expedition. Capt. Scott's story is as follows : BY CAPT. BOBEBT F. SCOTT. McMURDO SOUND, October 30, 1011 ? Shortly after the departure of the depotlaying party from Cape Evans on Janu ary 23, 1911. the sea ice broke at South Cape and severed communication with the station. The depot party, consisting of twelve men. eight ponies and two dog teams, occupied till January 30 in establishing a base camp at thp barrier, seven miles east-southeast of Hut point. Owing to the heavy weights to be transported the main part of the supplies were left at this camp. The party proceeded with single loads east-southeast twentyseven mile# to a spot named Corner Camp before turning south to avoid the crevasses of White Island. The snowsurface proved very soft, making terribly hard work for the polnea A three-day heavy blizzard at Corner Camp was a further severe trial to the animals, which were not in good condition. February 8 we proceeded south, marching by night and resting by day. The weather was exceptionally bad, but the surface improved. The three weakest ponies were sent back, but these unfortunately were caught in another bad blizzard and two succumbed. With the remaining ponies and the dogs we reached latitude 7b1- degrees the 16th, when I decided, owing to the condition of the weather and the animals, to make a depot here and return. We left more than a ton of stores at this point, which we namei". One Ton Camp, and which should be a great help to us this season. We then returned to our base camp with dog teams. Held Up On a Crevasse Bridge. Whilst cutting a eorner of White Island in a bad light the whole of one dog team fell into a crevasse. Meares, myself, and the sledge were miraculously held up on part of a bridge across the crevasse, along which we had been traveling. and most of the dogs hung by their harness. With great difficulty and after three hours' work we extricated the animals. One. which was badiy Injured by falling sixty feet, afterward died. At Base Camp I found every single pony well. and. visiting the Hut point. 1 received news of the Terra Nova and Fram. On February 24, with men on skis, and a xingle pony, I started to take more stores to Corner Camp. On the outward journey we passed returning ponies going well. Returning from Corner Camp I was held up by a blizzard on the 27th, but reached Base Camp on the 28th. I found the storm had been phenomenal at this place, raging for three days and causing enormous accumulations of snow. Shifts of wind had baffled all efforts to shelter the ponies with snow walls, and the animals had suffered very badly, so 1 decided to retire to Hut point without delay. IVtlson and Meares, driving dog teams, reached Hut point In safety. < >ates. Grain and I remained to try and save one pony which had been badly hit by the blizzard, while Bowers, Cherry. Gerrard and Crean. with the four best ponies, set out to follow the dogs. Nearlng Hut point they foundly badly working cracks In the sea ice, and hastily turned and marched four miles south. Adrift on the Ice. There at 2 a.m. on March 1 the tired condition of the ponieis obliged the party to camp. At 4:30 Bowers, awakened by a noise, found the Ice broken all around the camp and moving with the heavy swell. One pony had disappeared from the picketing line and was not seen again. Hastily packing their sledges, the party decided to try and work southwest over the nark ice. With tnfl r,i?? -*1 ?-1* , - ??%*? uimcuiiy the sledges were dragged, the ponies jumping from floe to floe toward the barrier. About noon the party neared the barrier, but found its Ice wall unclimbablt and the swell churning and breaking heavy floes against It. In this dilemma Crean was allowed to attempt to obtain help. He traveled east over the moving pack to find a break In the ice wall, an*! eventually hoisted himself to the barrlei surface by wedging his ski stick in a crack. Ignorant of these events, after failing to save our sick pony, my own party haul reached the barrier, where the ice. breaking under foot, forced us to retreat hurriedly, with Cie gravest anxiety for out companions. My fears were confirmed when Wilson, who had traveled out ovei land, reported having seen, with glasses ponies adrift on sea Ice. An hour latei Crean was seen approaching, and, learn .g his news, Oates, Crean and 1 set ofl immediately to the west. Worklnf around the bay, we approached the barrlei (Continued on Tenth Page.) WILL BE GUARDED I ???? Taft to Take Up Case of Del Rio, Tex., Citizens. PROMISE TO MR. GARNER Ambassador Wilson Pleads for Agreement With Railroad Men. SHIPMENT OF RIFLES HELD UP President Madero Calls the Idea of Intervention by United States "Insensate." President Taft today promised Representative Garner of Texas to take up with the War Department the question of protection of citizens of Del Rio, Tex., on the Mexican border. Mr. Garner presented to the President letters and telegrams from officials of the town showing their alarm over conditions south of Del Rio. and asking for aid. American Ambassador Wilson, in urging the Mexican government to come to an agreement with the American railroad men in Mexico, said it would be a serious mistake to let thees men walk out now. He told the Mexican authorities that if the demands of the men were not complied with it would have the effect of tying up railroad traffic which it was necessary to maintain. The State Department, according to Acting Secretary Wilson, instructed the ambassador to impress the Mexican government with the fact that serious consequences might result from tying up traffic now. Rifles Are Held Up. A shipment of .100 rifles and 20,000 rounds of ammunition destined to the Madero garrison at OJinaga was held up at Eagle Pass yesterday on the ground that the arms might fall into Oroxco's hands, and a decision is being withheld. President Taft has approved Col. Steever's action in preventing delivery to the insurgents of the French aeroplanes in El Paso. It is thought the machines came from New York. The Mexican congress held its opening session yesterday, at which the president and the diplomatic corps were present. Nothing unusual occurred. A number of Americans left Mexico City last night for the United States. MEXICO CITY, April 2?Calling the idea of Intervention In Mexico by the I'nited States insensate,*' and declaring that thinking Americans understand that such a course means war. President Madero last night submitted his message at the opening of the congress. Touching on the relations existinsr he tween Mexico and the United States, the president said: "In the coure of her relations with the United States there have occurred incidents to which I should refer on account of their interest. The armed agitation which exists in various parts of the republic has given rise to rumors regarding the posslb lity of intervention in Mexico by the United States. These rumors, fomented in that country by unscrupulous newspapers, have not succeeded in causing dlfferene&if between the two governments, nor has the Washington government been influenced by these efforts. Solely a Euphemism. "The great and respectable newspapers of the United States, their most notable statesmen and deepest thinkers, as well as those who have legitimate interests in Mexico, understand that the term 'intervention' is solely a euphemism that spells war, in view of the fact that this people, in spite of all its deficiencies of adolescence or which are attributed to it in political order, loves its independence and its dignity more than its own life. "The government of the United States has been the first to put an end by its own acts to the insensate idea of inter, vention, and has given reiterated proofs to the government of Mexico of its profound spirit of justice and since respect for the rights of this country as a sovereign nation." The military operations in Chihuahua initiated by Gonzale? Salas will be continued aggressively, said the president. The government has ordered concentration of all essentials to warfare in Torreon as a consequence of the battle at Rellano, in which the federal infantry suffered losses which did not exceed 9 per cent of its total force, while the enemy lost enormously by the federal artillery Are. "The total available fighting force." he continued, "is 27.796 men. If we add to this the body of rurales. which in round numbers, is 12.000, we may say that the government has under arms approximately 40,000 men." HEADS INDIAN RAID. Speaker Clark and Red Hen in Moving Picture Panorama. Flanked by gaudily arrayed Indian chiefs. Speaker Clark today led an Indian" raid on the Capitol of the I'nited States. It was a dignified foray, however, and moving picture machines clicked off several thousand feet of film while it was in progress. The pictures are to supplement the films taken of the Speaker a week or so ago, while he was In the act of presiding over the House, and will be used in advancing Mr. Clark's candidacy for the presidency. The Indians are chiefs of several tribes, Delawares, Chippewas, Poncas and others who are here seeking legislation for their people. NEW RULE IN EFFECT. Order Against Use of Saccharin as Substitute for Sugar. The order of the Agricultural Department against the use of saccharin in food as a substitute for sugar became effective yesterday. This will necessitate a change in the labels of food products containing saccharin, as the law provides that saccharin may be used In foods for the benefit of those who cannot use sugar. The way is open, therefore, for the use of saccharin in any food, provided the fact is stated on the label. i ? , RECOVERS SIGHT ON DEATHBED | Woman Who Was Also Dumb Re1 ? { gams voice. FREDERICK. Md., April 2. Having 1 been bl*id and speechless for the la?? three years. Miss Effie Pearl Smith. aged 1 twenty-five years, recovered her lost powers for a few hours this morning be fore she died, and was able to see and 1 talk to a few relatives and friends Miss Smith had been a helpless invalid from birth. Of recent years a remarkable " thing developed about her case which 1 baffled physicians. From time to time mall bony substances, some larger than a silver dollar, worked their way out of her body, penetrating even the bones of ' her skull. [ Physicians declared it a remarkable > ca?-. In her dying hour Miss Smith had " the satisfaction of seeing her relatives and bidding them good-bye. BAR TO MODS President Taft Recommends Appropriation of $500,000. HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS Money Needed at Once to Save Mississippi Valley Levees. i MANY POINTS OF DANGER Overflow at Hickman, Ky.. Sends Deluge Through the Streets. In Other Sections. At the request of the ent re Louisiana congressional delegation. President Taft today sent to Congress a special message urging the appropriation of $500.0 <0 to strengthen the levees of the Mississippi river, now in flood. Both the President and the Louisiana congressmen bel'eve that prompt action will be taken In both houses to Insure the passage of legislation that will be necessary to make the half million available for protection work against the flood at once. The need of such action is pressing, according to what Senators Foster and Thornton and the House delegation told Mr. Taft this morning. The President was greatly interested in the reports, which added to what he had already learned of conditions In the Mississippi valley. Text of the Message. Just as soon as his callers left he called in a secretary and dictated the message. It reads as follows: a "To the Senate and House of Representatives: "I am advised by the Secretary of War, whose report I transmit herewith, that the flood of the Mississippi valley, by reason of the rise in all of the rivers tributary to the Mississippi and Missouri at nearly the same time. Is likely in the lower part of the valley?that Is, Missouri. Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana?to reach a higher point along the levees than it has ever reached within recent memory, and that there is very grave danger that the levees may give way under this unusual pressure and that great damage may be done to property In the states mentioned, requiring, unless prompt action is taken, great future outiay in preserving the proper navigation i>f the streams. "These levees contribute not only to the safety of the adjoining agricultural land? and settlements, but are also a part of the great governmental projects for the maintenance of navigation in the lower waters of the Mississippi. "It seems proper, therefore, that the government should take Immediate action to make the loss impending as little as possible. In view of the character of the emergency and the safeguards surrounding the expenditures made under the Corps of Engineers I have no hesitation In asking for an appropriation of $500,000 as recommended by the Secretarv of War "I urgently recommend an Immediate appropriation so that no time may be lost in talcing the necessary steps to prevent what but for governmental action may be a loss not only of many millions, but of lives as well. (Signed) "WILLIAM H. TAFT. "The White House, "April 2, iyi2." Deluge at Hickman. HICKMAN, Ky.. April 2.-Dawn this morning revealed the awesome colors in the scene of deluge that obliterated the landscape here last night, when the flood waters of the Mississippi river breached the West Hitman levee and poured a muddy current eight feet deep through the business streets, the factory and the tenement districts of the town. From hill to hill the river flows this morning covering farms and flooding stores and factories. The railroad tracks are on the bed of the broad stream. Two thousand persons are homeless. With the coming of daylight the work of systematically caring for the refugees was taken up. They were temporarily sheltered by residents of the highlands last night and the tents shipped by the state military will arrive today. Organization of the commissary* is giving concern. Much of'the food supply was destroyed In the rush of water, and there are not enough provisions on hand to last the refugees through the week. The west end of the levee went out about 9:30 o'clock last night at a point where it was supposed to be strongest. Workers in Bed When Crash Comes. Men who had been working in relays for four days to reinforce the levee, stood by their posts all day in a driving rain. They had built the levee up with sandbags fully a foot above the surface of the river. Some of them had gone home to rest, and most of the inhabitants were in bed when the crash came. The patrol instantly sounded the warning signal agreed upon, then sprang into the boats, which had been moored for this emergency since the flght against the Mississippi began, and rowed across the lowlands on the crest of the flood. All the workers and those whose homes were endangered reached the hills in safety. but there was much distress among the women and children before they were housed for the night. At midnight residents on the Missouri shore opposite Hickman were warned to flee, as the levee there was in Imminent danger of going out. The water is two feet higher here than ever before recorded and is expected to rise two feet more. Property loss is estimated at not less than $2W),0lX). the burden of which will fall on the raljroads. All the stores are flooded and factories have sustained great damage. No Break at Memphis. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 2?While the flood situation has been aggravated by | the oontinued rains of yesterday and last night, there had been no break In the Mississippi river levees this forenoon in this district. Although the strain is great against the upper portion of the St. Francis levee, in Arkansas, opposite Memphis, both the government and levee board officials express confidence today they will be able to hold all main line levees in this district. The water from the break of the small levee along Bayou Gayose, which protects the low lands of the city, continues to cause discomfort to residents of that secton. On some of the streets the water Is six feet deep. The predicted rise of forty-four feet announced V the weather bureau will add greatly to the damage already done in tne cuy. The gauge this morning registered 41.0, showing a rise of seven-tenths since the last reading, the highest mark ever recorded. St. Louis Reports Standstill. ST. LOUIS, April 2.?The rise of the Mississippi river at St. Louis apparently has ceased temporarily. The gauge today registered 28.8 feet, the same as yesterday. The liver is not expected to rise ? - f * ONTC rUk I ft l ^n*MliBnl^^ * KS^fl^flCZnHKjM further until the flood in the Missouri reaches here. Abating at Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 2--Both the Missouri and Kansas rivers continued to rise here today, but the government weather forecaster said they would become stationary before night and soon afterward would begin to fall. Conditions in Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa. April 2.?Flood conditions in central Iowa were reported to be greatly Improved early today. The Des Moines river had dropped below the seventeen-foot stage and was still falling. mm AGAIN CHAIRMAN Heads the Newly Elected Republican Committee in New York State. NEW YORK, April 2?William Barnes, Jr., of Albany was today re-elected chairman of the newly created republican state committee, which met here today for organization, as prescribed by the new primary law. The other officers also were re-elected. The committee ratified the selection of Nicholas Murray Butler as temporary chairman of the state convention to be held at Rochester, April 9 and 10. It was learned that Mr. Butler would also be elected permanent chairman of the convention. Will Indorse Nobody. Samuel S. Koenig, chairman of the New York county committee, offered resolutions governing the state committee, one of which was to the effect that no candidate for public office should be indorsed by the state committee. The pesolution was unanimously adopted. Members of the committee heard that Mr. Barnes would be elected chairman of the committee on resolutions at the state convention., The state chairman is said to be devoting his attention to a platform which he hopes, it is said, will be reflected in the drafting of a platform at the Chicago republican convention. JAPAN'S WAR MINISTER DEAD. Gen. Ishmoto Succumbs to Consumption, Aged Fifty-Eight. TOKIO, Japan, April 2.?Gen. Shiaroku Ishimoto, minister of war in the Japanese cabinet, to which post he was appointed in August last, died here today of consumption. at the age of fifty-eight. Born in 1854, Shiaroku Ishimoto received his preliminary education in military affairs in Japan, later going to France, where he was graduated from the French Military Academy. Returning to Japan. Col. Ishimoto commanded the ttth Regiment during the Chinese-Japanese war and distinguished himself under fire. During the war with Russia Gen. Ishimoto was vice minister of war. Subsequently he was made a baron of the empire and was given the portfolio of war with the incoming of the present administration. The Japanese embassy has not yet been officially advised of his death. Griscom Not Tet Out of Danger. PHILADELPHIA. April 2?The condition of Lloyd C. Griscom, former American ambassador to Italy, who was operated on yesterday at Bryn Mawr Hospital. near here, was reported today as satisfactory as can be expected. He is not out of danger. Mr. Griscom is suffering from acute stomach trouble. ' ? ? ? ? W J m \ THE SPIRIT OF TWO. WRECK AHEAD DELAYS i o ximi An nuirrwi ti\iiii ^ IAYLUK rliMtKAL IKAIN i __________ 8 Congressional Party and Fam- ; ily Held Ninety Miles ? From Bristol. 1 Special Dispatch to The Star. j PULASKI, Va., April 2.?The funeral train Bearing the body of Senator Taylor and the large congressional party accompanying Is being -held here, ninety miles [ east of Bristol, Tenn., on account of a bad wreck ahead, caused by a slide of earth In a deep cut. It has been raining hard all night and continued this morning. making continual slides and much difficulty in clearing the track. The train may be delayed here ten or twelve hours. Departure of Funeral Party. 8 c Accompanied by members of the fam- p 11 y and a large party of members of Con- j, gress appointed as th.e official escort from ^ the Senate and House, the body of Senator Robert Love Taylor of Tennessee was f taken from Washington last night to 0 Nashville. Tenn. It was planned that the c body should lie in state in the capitol at ? Nashville tomorrow, affording an oppor- c tunlty for the people of Tennessee to pay their last tributes of respect to the t senator. Later the body will be taken to r Senator Taylor's old home in Knoxvllle, t where funeral rites will be held Thurs- c day, If the* arrangements are carried out. ( In the party which left last night were Mrs. Taylor, David Taylor, a son; * Mrs. Campbell Piicner. a daugnter, and % her husband; Mrs. S. B. Williamson, a j cousin. For the Senate Senators Lea, Bacon, Culberson, Sutherland, Bourne, Bradley, Overman, Johnston, Fletcher. Page, Watson and Kern accompanied the body, as did a party from the 1 House which included Representatives Moon, Hull, Houston, Byrns, of Tennessee; Padgett, Sims, Garrett, McKellar, Austin, Sells, Tilson, Gudger, a Jacoway, Langley, Rouse, Lee of Geor- t gia; Heflin and Beall of Texas. ' g Brief Masonic ceremonies were held over the -body in Senator Taylor's apartments" in Stoneleigh Court yesterday afternoon. t Members of the Tennessee Society s had been looking forward with pleasant anticipation to its meeting sched- c uled for tonight, for Senator Taylor I some weeks ago promised to attend t and relate some of his "Happy Valley" s stories. Instead, the members now plan a memorial session for Senator Taylor. BRITISH SHIP HELD DP. I Charged by Italians With Transporting Contraband Goods. 1 ffcitiiAi, ?ea sea, Apni a.?me captain of the Italian cruiser Plemonte, one of the squadron of Italian war vessels which 8 n " " a CONTINUATION OF 5 CAPT. SCOTT'S STORY j The second part of Capt. h Scott's thrilling account of h his journey toward the South J Pole and his explorations and scientific discoveries in the Antarctic region will be published in tomorrow's 1 STAR. J t Exclusive in Washington. c ? ? ? yOyW'O ^~v las been cruising In the Red sea since he beginning of the war between Italy Jid Turkey, today proclaimed a blockade >f the ports of Lohela and Salif, on the Temen coast of the Red Sea, and also of Camaran Island, the cable station which nnnoot c vai?fAti? nitloo nn *V?a AroKlan hore with Egypt. The Italian war vessel has severed the onections by cable between Kamaran ind the Arabian mainland. The British steamer Woodcock has been irrested by the Italians In the vicinity of ^ohela because she was transporting conraband. M TO CALL MORGAN )ecision Reached by Steel Trust Committee After Warm Debate. After a lively debate In executive sesion, the House steel trust Investigating onjmiftee today decided not to call J. lerpont Morgan as a witness and not to old the hearings open until he could reurn to this-country. The committee decided, however, to hold he hearings open for further testimony f James Gay ley, a director of the Steel orporatlon, and for testimony of Don H. lacon, Joseph Sellwood and Thomas F. 'ole, all of Duluth. These men are all ore experts and have >een sought as witnesses by republican nembers to give accurate information on he value and extent of Lake Superior >res held by the United States Steel Corporation. Chairman Stanley desired to close the tearings, but the republican members lnisted that the ore men should be called. time has been fixed for these hearngs. EDWARD TERRY DEAD. fated English Actor Succumbs to Neuritis, Aged Sixty-Eight. LONDON, April 2.?Edward Terry, the ictor. who has been suffering- for some ime with neuritis, died today at Barnes, Surrey, aged sixty-eight, Edward O'Connor Terry was one of he most popular actors on the British tage, on which he has appeared almost ontinuously for nearly half a century, ie was a writer of distinction, and had raveled extensively in India, Australia, South Africa and America. TWO KILLED IN FIGHT. llinois Deputy Marshal Defends Life With Revolver. CENTRA LI A, III., April 2.?Charles Jrod was killed and Jess Bay and Henry irose wounded, the latter fatally, early oday by George Wlngler, a deputy marital, in a fight at Odin, seven miles orth of here. Brod and his companions were creating . disturbance when they were overtaken iy George Flram, the village marshal. 1mm, after deputizing Wingler. started 1 o take two of the young men home, {rod, according to reports. felled Wlngsr. who emptied his revolver at the men. Bay and Grose were brought to a ospital here. Grose died Just as the hyslci&ns were about to operate on him. t is said Bay cannot live. Silver for Ambassador Bacon. PARIS, April 2.?The Harvard Club of 'arts today presented Robert Bacon, reiring American ambassador to France, rith a handsome piece of silver plate, to :ommemorate the fact that he was the ounder and to the honorary president of he elub. HOI FIGHT INCHICAGO Spirited Contest Between the Harrison and Sullivan Men. ALDERMEN TO BE ELECTED Effort to Down the Socialist Administration in Milwaukee. VOTING IN VARIOUS CITIES Fair Weather Causes Heavy Poll in 1 kflnoa. fmttr?t,ai>?1 tmnm in Colorado. CHICAOO, April 2.?At the municipal election being held today voters will select thirty-six aldermen and pass on bond issues aggregating $10,000,000 for the construction of an outer harbor, bathing beaches, a new contagious diseases hospital and other improvements. There Is a spirited contest between the supporters of Mayor Harrison and friends of National Democratic Committeeman Roger C. Sullivan In nearly every ward in the city. It Is the first municipal election since the recent redistriding of ward boundaries. Effort to Displace Socialists. MILWAUKEE. Wis., April 2.?The greatest struggle for votes in years began in Milwaukee this morning at 6 o'clock, when the polls opened for the election of a municipal ticket, board of aldermen and delegates to the republican and democratic national conventions. Non-partisans are endeavoring to displace the socialist city administration, and followers of Taft and La Follette and Wilson and Clark are fighting for representation at the national conventions. Heavy Vote in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 2.-Falr weather brought out a heavy vote today in the election to choose an entire city ticket, including a mayor and twenty-four councilmen. A proposition to increase the city tax levy for the purpose of adding to the salaries of teachers also was placed before the voters. Local Issues in Colorado Towns. DENVER, Col., April 2.?Municipal elections today in many towns of Colorado are confined chiefly to local issues. At Sheridan, a suburb of Denver, a woman s ticKet, heaaed by Mrs. Lyaia Gallagher for mayor. Is running on a platform pledged to eradicate the roadhouses and make the town dry. "Wets" Gain in Michigan. DETROIT, April 2.?Reports from seventeen of the twenty-five counties Which voted yesterday on the local option question give the saloon forces a net gain of three counties. They won In Preeque Isle, Lapeer, Shiawassee, Ingham and Otsego counties, which had been dry* The drys won Mecosta and Wexford from the wet column. Of the counties voting, eighteen are dry and seven wet. One remarkable feature of the election came in the town contest at Lapeer, where the Rev. Father E. W. Dunnlgan. a Catholic priest, was elected mayor. At Flint the socialist mayor, J. A. G. Menton, was defeated by Charles Stewart Mott. a weXRhy manufacturer, by a majority of 1,003. Every socialist candidate in the municipal election was beaten. EUGENE GRACE IS DYING. Physicians of Wounded Man Discover Blood Poisoning. ATLANTA, Ga., April 2.?Eugene Grace, who says his wife, formerly Mrs. Daisy Ulrlch Ople, drugged and shot him, is doomed, according to statements by his physicians. Sunday Grace was thought to be improving, and preparations were made to operate on him to remove the bullet, which has caused paralysis of twothirds of his body. Yesterday, however, he took a turn for the worse and has been sinking. Four days of life are all Grace may hope for since his relapse, according, to the opinion of the doctors. To add to his danger, meningitis, which might kill him instantly, is feared. Evidences of blood poisoning have become manifest. In it the physicians see the beginning of the end. It is now practically certain that an operation cannot be attempted. Mrs. Grace, who has been hidden by her attorneys in an Atlanta suburb, is greatly depressed by the news that her husband's death is Imminent. DIES AS HE IS RE-ELECTED. ??? ' 4 Justice of Peace Expires Before Returns Come In. LAPEER, Mich., April 2.?John Wright, eighty-five years old, candidate for re- < election as Justice of the peace, received a majority of the votes cast here yesterday, but died before the returns were all In. 1 Mr. Wright had been ill for several < weeks, and although his recovery was considered doubtful his name was placed ' on the ticket as a mark of respect. CAR BADLT DAMAGED. - < Ambassador Leishman's Automobile in Collision in Berlin. BERLIN1, April 2.?A motor car belong- 1 ing to John G. A. Leishman. - United States ambassador to Germany, in which his daughter, the Countess Leuls de Gon- 1 taut-Biron, was driving, was badly dam- i aged in a collision with a taxlcab last ] night. None of its occupants was in- i Jured. ' The passengers In the taxlcab sustained ' A rtf Ante a IlUlllVCi VI vuia. Woman Flies Across Channel. LONDON, April 2.?The first woman to cross the channel from England to France as a passenger in an aeroplane made the trip today. She accompanied Gustave Hamel, the aviator, who left Hendon at 9:38, passed over Dover at an altitude of 2,000 feet at 10:50, and landed at 8t. Inglevart, to the southeast of Cape Grisnez, at noon without Incident. Blast Kills Man and Wife. MEADE, Kan., April 2.?The explosion of a gasoline tank in their sod house near here today brought Instant death to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Miller. The roof was blown off and the interior of the dugout demolished by fire. The Millers came here from Atkinson, III., eighteen months r ago and filed on a claim. - -- . J A FORTY ttVOR TAFT Canvass of the Republican National Committee. HOW MEMBERS LINE UP Claims of Roosevelt People to 29 Disputed. STATEMENT BY MR. HILLES Confident Contests Will Be Fairly Decided, But Expects Success Without Contests. National Committee for Taft. RfplMnff today to direct laqulry a* to wkrtkrr Senator Dlson'a claim that a majority of Ifct republican aatloaal committee la with Col. Rooaevelt, Secretary Hlllea made thla emphatic statement at the White Houae: "The member* of the aatloaal committee, la orerwhclmlas majority, are anpportlnic the candidacy of President Taft. Thla la demonstrated by letters, telearama, Interview* and public statement*, la which the member* have made their poaltluaa perfectly clear. We are confident that the committee will decide all content* fairly and on their merit*. All we aak la that we shall be aivea a real *t*arc deal. "Bat President Taft** nomination will not depend on the dedal on of the contest*. He will have a lame majority of the uncontested delesratea.** I The republican national committee Is with President Taft by about four to one. according to good authority, and that disposes of the claims of the Roosevelt people that their unlimited and unrestricted contests will bring them results In June. The President and his friends have mads an especially careful canvass of the situation as to the national committee and have long been satisfied as to the friendly sentiments of the committee. They ara confident that the contests for delegates will be decided fairly and squarely upon their merits The claims of Senator Dixon as to tha national committee have been more op less Irritating because they were so far from the known facts as gathered by those close to the President as to make them absurdly ridiculous. The President has gone Into the subject a number of times, and the White House is confident today that at least forty of the nfty-three members of the national committee are with the President now and win be with him to the end. In the final show-down it is considered highly probable that the Taft people will have forty-five of the members of the committee. leaving seven to Roosevelt and one to La Follette. Line-Up of the Committee. The line-up of the national committee, from the best inside information, is understood to be about as follows: For- Taft?Alabama, P. D. Barker; Alaska, L. P. Shackelford; Arizona, W. 8. Sturges; Arkansas, Gen. Powell Clayton; California, George A. Knight. Charles E. Cavender; Connecticut, Charles F. Brooker; Florida, Henry S. Chubb; Georgia, Henry Blunn, Jr.; Hawaii, H. L. Holstein; Illinois, Frank O. Lowden; Indiana, Harry S. New; Iowa, Ernst K. Hart: Kansas, David W. Mulvane; Maine, Mr. Simpson; Maryland, William P. Jackson; Massachusetts. W. Murray Crane; Michigan, John W Blodgett; Mississippi, L. B. Moseley; Missouri, Charles Nagel; Montana. Thomas A. Marlow; Nebraska. Victor Rosewater; Nevada, P. L. Flanlgan: New Hampshtre, F. W. Estabrook; New Jersey, Franklin Murphy; New Mexico, Solomon Luna; North Carolina. E. C. Duncan; Noth Dakota. James Kennedy; Ohio. Arthur Vorys; Oklahoma, C. M. Cade; Oregon. R. E. Williams: Pennsylvania, Boise Penrose: Philippines, Henry B. McCoy: Rhode Island, William P. Sheffield: I'tah, C. E. Loose; Vermont. James W. Brock; Virginia, A. H. Martin; Washington. 8. A. Perkins; West Virginia. Nathan B. Scott. Wyoming, George E. Pexton. This gives to President Taft forty members of the committee. The accuracy of this list Is little open to real dispute. Claims of the Roosevelt People. The Roosevelt people have claimed twenty-nine out of the total membership of flfty-three. In their clailms they have placed Chubb of Florida, who really controlled the Florida convention for Taft and had the delegates Instructed for him; Duncan of North Carolina, who Is openly working for Taft, gave an Interview at Chicago In favor of the President, and was named as one of the subcommittee on arrangements for the national con ventlon; Murphy of New Jersey, v.ho has plven several Interviews favorable to Taft, and recently spent two days as a guest jf the President at the White House; Blodgett of Michigan, so strongly lor raft that the Roosevelt people there have been scheming to get him off the committee; Marlow of Montana, who a few days ago used his Influence to commit the state conimlttte to Taft, which was lone by a vote of 29 to 111; Perkins or Washington, one of the managers of President Taft In that state; Williams of Oregon, openly for Taft in many interviews, ana Sturges of Arizona, who took uncheon with President Taft Friday last, and Is out for him. Of the remaining thirteen members :>f the committee. Col. Roosevelt can :la!m only the following: District of Columbia, Sidney Bleber; Idaho, William E. Borah; Kentucky, A. R. Burn?m: Tunisians. Pearl Wleht: New i'ork. William L. Ward; South Dakota. Thomas Thorson, Tennessee, M. Monday; Texas. Cecil A. Lyon?a total of eight. Those whose positions ire not known or who are classed as loubtful are: T. C. du Pont of Delaware. Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota. R. H. Todd of Porto Rico, John 3. Capers of South Carolina, and Al'red T. Rogers of Wisconsin Du Pont, ttellogg and Capers are believed to be 'or Taft. Todd's attitude Is not known, tnd Rogers is a La Follette man. Democratic Senator Praises President Senator Smith of South Carolina used tome of his biblical knowledge toady to ipply to present-day political conditions. 4e was at the White House to talk with he President. "President Taft Is the jreatest-hearted. finest republican Presilent who ever sat in the White House." leclared the South Carolinian. "La Folette may be described in what Paul said >n one occasion. He has the seal of God, >ut not according to knowledge. As for Sol. Roosevelt, he has the knowledge, but lot the seal of God." As to. the democratic candidates, Mr. -? < * # 4