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FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1912-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
ONE CENT.
FLOYD ALIBI GUILTY
Murder in First Degree Is the
Jury's Verdict.
DELIBERATED ALL NIGHT
Twelve Men Reach Agreement After
Judge Tells Them Their Duty.
ELECTROCUTION THE PENALTY
Carroll County Mountaineer Will
Die in the Electric Chair
at Richmond.
FLOYD ALLEN.
WTTHEVILL.E, Va., May 17.?Floyd
.Allen, first of the Hillsville mountaineers
tried for the Carroll county courthouse
murders, was adjudged guilty here today
and will ray the penalty of his crime in
the electric chair at Richmond. The
jury wag ou^ all night and it was not
until after 10 o'clock this morning that
the twelve men reached an agreement.
When court opened today the jury was
called In and the foreman questioned by
Judge Staples. The jurors declared there
were a number of points of difference ex
isting in the panel and it was doubtful I
whether a verdict could be reached. Judge [
Staples declared the case was of such
magnitude he felt he must send the jury
back with a few words of caution and ad
vice. lie said when a number of men)
were thrown together in intimate isola
tion for a long period of time, with all
their thoughts and attentions centered
upon one matter, it was but natural
there should be a tendency to different [
views and positions. ? ,
The Point at Issue.
Judge Staples declared the jury had not
been sworn to do other than to reach
one conclusion, the guilt or Innocence of
the accused. I^e said if the jurors lost
sight of that issue In any private individ
ual opinion they would do wrong to
themselves, an unintended violence to
their solemn obligation and grave Injus
tice either to the commonwealth or the
accused.
The jury again retired and it was but
a short time before announcement was
made that an agreement had been
reached. When court reassembled, the
foreman read the verdict of "guilty as
charged ir *?ie indictment." Judge
Staples held that was not the proper
form. The foreman then explained that
the verdict was one of guilty of murder
In the first degree, the penalty being
electrocution.
Charged With Silling Foster.
Floyd Allen was charged specifically at
this time with the murder of Common
wealth's Attorney William M. Foster,
prosecutor in the Carroll county court
at Hlllsville last March, when the trial
of Fioyd Allen culminated in the killing
of five persons? Presiding Judge Thorn
ton L. Massie, Prosecutor William M.
Foster. SherifT L. F. Webb, Miss Eliza
beth Ayres and Juror Augustus Fowler.
The news of the shooting-up of the court
created a sensation and sent a thrill of
horror throughout the county.
The tragedy created a panic in the lit
tle mountainside town of Hlllsville, where |
the inhabitants always held the Allen
clansmen in deadly terror. Arrests of
several of the Aliens followed the shoot
ing. but five of the principals escaped to
the mountains Rewards for their arrest
resulted in three of them being taken,
but Sidna Allen, leader of the clan, and
Wesley Edwards, his nephew, still are
at large.
The other prisoners, it Is expected, will
be tried immediately. On the first bal
lot taken by the jurors the vote stood
ten for murder in the first degree and
two for nrirder in the second degree.
This vote remained practically unchanged
until Judge Staples had addressed the
.jurors again this morning, after they
had announced they were unable to reach
an agreement.
The verdict came as a distinct sur
prise. as it was thought the Jury was
hopelessly divided. One of the twelve
men is known to have said previous to
being summoned for jury duty that
"you '-an't always get justice in courts,
and mavhe the Aliens were not far
wrong," and the attorneys for the com
monwealth had made arrangements to
arrest him on a cliarge of perjury should
he bring about a disagreement. This
morning he agreed to a verdict.
Sentence Not Pronounced.
Sentence was not pronounced on Allen
today, being suspended in order that he
may testify In the other cases, which
he could not do if sentenced.
The commonwealth announced a change
of the plan of trying Claude and Victor
Allen jointly, and that they would next
take up the case of Claude on the in
dictment charging him with the murder
of Judge Massie. The trial will begin
Monday, and a venire of ten men has
been summoned, from which it is hoped
to get a Jury without all the delay ex
perienced in the trial just completed.
In discharging the jury today Judge
Staples thanked them for their patience
and promised that none of them would
be called upon to do Jury duty for two
years.
Attorneys for the defendant announced
after court adjourned that they would
ask for a writ of error. The charge de
livered by Judge Staples this morning, it
was said, touched on points upon which
the Virginia court of appeals had never
passed.
Few Persons in Court.
There was barely a handful of people
In court other than the attorneys, detec
tives and newspaper men when the ver
dict was announced. Whether this was
because of fear that the Aliens might at
tempt to repeat the scene enacted at
Hlllsville is not known, but at least there
was no reason for such fear.
The prisoner's wife sat beside him. She
was dressed in black and wore a large
poke bonnet so that her face could not
be seep.
Allen seemed brighter this morning
than on yesterday, evidently expecting a
mistrial, but lie was the picture ol
despair when the verdict was read.
Duff-Gordons Likely to Refute
Titanic Fireman's Story.
PROBERS HEAR BOAT CREW
Others Who Escaped Death in Dis
aster Take the Stand.
CROSS-EXAMINE HENDRICKSON
Accuser Sticks to His. Original Evi
dence, Though Memory Fails
Regarding Dates.
T.OXDOX, May 17.?Lord Mersey, the
president of the board of trade commis
sion: his Ave assessors and an array of
Great Britain's most brilliant attorneys,
with an audience of fashionably dressed
?omen looking on. spent the greater P&rt
of today during the sitting of the court
of inquiry into the Titanic disaster in
probing the statement of Charles Hen
drickson, one of the surviving firemen.
He had said that Sir Cosmo and l^ady
Duff-Gordon, who were two of the five
Passengers in a partly filled lifeboat, had
protested against returning to the scene
of the disaster to try to rescue some
of those struggling in the water. They
.are expected to deny the story.
After a preliminary bout of sparring be
tween counsel and the judge as to the
order in which the evidence should be
# Mas decided to let the members
or the crew who were in the much-dis
< ussed boat tell their stories first, jwhile
_*!!;stlmony of Sir Cosmo and Lady
Duff-Gordon wodld be taken later.
Firenjen Called to Stand.
r f'osmo and Lady Duff-Gordon were
both in court with their legal advisers.
Charles Hendrickson, whose cross-ex
amination had been postponed until to
day at the request of Sir Robert Finlay,
counsel for the White Star line, was
called to the stand. Sir Robert Finlay
was not present, and his colleague put
only a few unimportant questions.
, The witness was then taken In hand by
Henry K. Duke. M. P., counsel for the
- ns- Hendrickson stuck to his
| evidence, and although he could not
specify when he first made the state
ment discrediting the Duff-Gordons, Sir
Rufus Isaacs, the attorney general, was
able to prompt him from depositions taken
at the time of the arrival of the crew In
Lngland. In which the witness bad said
?passengers protested" against the boat
going back.
Expected to Deny Story.
Mr. Duke's examination indicated the
ease for the Duff-Gordons would be an
absolute denial of the story, and that
they would support this with tjie evi
dence of the other members of the crew
who were in the lifeboat.
Mr. Duke suggested that Lady Duff
Gordon refused to go into the boat with
out her husband, and after the boat was
lowered she was so seasick she was un
able to protest. Hendrickson admitted she
was ill, but said she was able to con
verse with her husband.
Mr. Duke also suggested that Hendrick
son was the first to hint at a reward for
the crew of the boat, and produced a
document in Hendrickson's handwriting
giving the names of the crew which ue
had handed to Duff-Gordon to enable him
to make out checks of the value of $25
for each of them.
Anthracite Miners Expected to
Sanction Agreement With
Operators.
V\ ILKESBARRE, Pa., May 17.?Devel
opments in the anthracite miners' con
vention today, according to the leaders,
make it practically sure that a majority
of the delegates will ratify the agreement
entered into with the coal operators and
bring the present suspension to an end
in a short time.
The missionary work among those who
have opposed the agreement, the leaders
say, is bringing results.
The vice president of the first district,
who was opposed to the agreement, to
day announced he was in favor of it.
The president of the seventh dlstriot
spoke in favor of the abolition of the
sliding scale, and an influential delegate
among the foreigners in the Schuylkill
region, who has been strongly opposed to
the agreement, took the floor and indi
cated that he was in favor of doing a/wav
with the sliding scale.
She action of these men is expected to
e an influence on delegates opposed
to the agreement, especially the foreigners.
CRASHES THROUGH CAR.
Block of Terra Cotta Falls From
Building, Fatally Injuring1 Woman.
NEW YORK. May 17.?A solid block of
terra cotta coping fell from a holding
tackle near the roof of a twenty-five story
hotel structure at Broadway and 34th
street today and crashed through the roof
of a passing street car on Broadway. One
woman passenger, whose identity Is un
known, was struck by a fragment of the
block, and probably will die from her
injuries. Several other persons were
struck by splinters that were dashed in
side the car from the force of the impact,
but they were not seriously hurt.
The foreman in charge of operations on
the upper stories was arrested on a
charge of criminal negligence.
DETROITS THREATEN STRIKE.
Will Refuse to Play Ball Unless
Cobb Is Reinstated.
DETROIT, Mich., May 17.?A News spe
cial from Philadelphia says that the De
troit American League players have re
fused to play another game after today
unless "Ty" Cobb, indefinitely suspended
yesterday for his battle with a spectator
at a recent New York game, is rein
stated. A telegram to that effect, signed
by all of the players, has been sent to
President Ban Johnson.
HARVESTER COMPANY SUED.
Said to Have Violated Kentucky
Anti-Trust Law.
CYNTHIANA, Ky., May 17-State's At
torney Dedman filed suits today against
the International Harvester Company t?
four counties, comprising the eighteenth
judicial district, alleging that the com
pany operated in these counties In viola
tion of the Kentucky anti-trust law. Five
thousand dollars and costs are asked to
each case.
Calm Upon Learning He Must
Die in Electric Chair.
MONDAY EXECUTION DAY
Avis Linn ell's Slayer Now Denies
"Confession" of Guilt.
ALIENISTS DECLARE HIM SANE
Gov. F088 Declines to Interfere.
Former Pastor Protests Love for
Miss Edmands.
BOSTON, May 17.?The news that he
must be electrocuted next week for the
murder of Avis Linnell of Hyannis was
received calmly by Clarence V. T. Rlche
son today. He was Informed that Gov.
Foss had declined to lay the petition for
a commutation of sentence before the
executive council by his attorney, Wil
liam A. Morse, and his spiritual adviser,
the Rev. Herbert S. Johnson, pastor of
the Warren Avenue Baptist Church, who,
with the prison chaplain, the Rev. H. W.
Stebbins, and Deputy Wfarden Allen, were
admitted to the death chamber this fore
noon.
Although the former clergyman ex
pressed disappointment, he showed no in
dication of collapsing physically, and
when the prison physician visited the cell
at noon his services were not required.
Messrs. Morse and Johnson remained with
the condemned man untl after noon.
Richeson read the governor's statement
in the morning papers carefully, and after
a talk with Mr. Morse and Mr. Johnson
sent for some books from the library.
At End of Resources.
Attorney Mors* in an interview today
said that he could do hothlng further to
ward saving his client's life. Mr. Morse
and Rev. Mr. Johnson went to the prisofi
shortly before 10 a.m. and there had a
lengthy conferenoe with Richeson, pre
paring him for the news that the alien
ists had reported adversely.
While the attorney and the minister
were with the condemned man Richeson
made a request to see the morning papers
and a guard took the papers to him.
The execution of Richeson probably will
take place early next week. There is a
prevalent sentiment against a Monday
morning execution as occurring so close
after Sunday, which has been recognised
by the warden of the prison. An excep
tion may be made, owing to the highly
nervous state of the condemned, and it is
not improbable that Richeson may go to
the chair Monday morning.
The time within the week of May 19 Is
entirely at the warden's discretion, and
only the legal witnesses will know be
forehand at what time the sentence of the
law will be carried out.
Confession Not His.
Coincident with the announcement last
night that the alienists have reported that
Clarence V. T. Richeson was sane and
that Gov. Foss would not interfere with
the sentence of death, came the state
ment that Richeson declared to his alien
ists that the "confession" sumbitted for
him was not made by him.
Richeson is quoted as saying that he
demanded a trial and was misled by his
own lawyers, who overruled him.
"The confession that was given out,"
he declared to the alienists, "was not the
one I wrote. The one I wrote, which was
longer, was destroyed. In mine I said
that when I gave Avis Linnell the
cyanide it was not with homicidal in
tent."
"My lawyers told me," Richeson con
tinued, "that if I would confess the mur
der they would get me off with a sentence
for murder in the second degree, which is
imprisonment for life.
"When I discovered that I had to go
to the death cell they told me that public
opinion would shift in my favor and that
the governor would be forced to commute
my sentence."
Richeson, it is said, told his alienists
much about his love affairs. He fre
quently proclaimed his love for Miss Vio
let Edmands, whom he would have mar
ried but for his arrest.
Edmands His Best Friend.
"Moses Grant Edmandsv Miss Edmands'
father," the prisoner said, "is the best
friend I have on earth."
"I would have married Avis Linnell
had she agreed to wed after we became
engaged at Hyannis," Richeson said.
"First she delayed our wedding with the
excuse that she wanted to finish her mu
sic course at the New England Conserva
tory. Again she refused unless I leave
the ministry and enter business. She told
me certain members of her family were
opposed to her marrying a Baptist clergy
man. She knew a year before her death
that she would never be my wife.
"Before I met A vie I would have mar
ried Miss Howe of Georgetown had her
father not broken our engagement after
I had one of my spells, on the ground
that 1 was crasy. 1 wasn't crazy, but In
those spells my actions were strange. I
was at the home of this girl for more
than a Veek, and when I got well enough
after my attack her father told me to
get out and not return."
Gov. Foss' Statement.
Gov. Foss issued a statement last night,
in which he says that no executive clem
ency would be shown to Richeson.
"While there is some divergence of
opinion among the alienists es to whether
attacks of hysterical Insanity Indicate
actual Insanity." the governor says,
"there is sufficient ground for the con
elusion that Richeson is accountable for
his crime and that the exercise of exe *
tive clemency In this Instance would be
contrary to the public good.
The decision of the governor was made
known last night after he bad carefully
studied the- reports of Dr. Edward B.
Lane and Dr. Isldor H. Corlat. acting for
the defense; Dr. L. Verbob Briggs. act
ing for the governor, and Dr. Henry R.
Stedman and Dr. George T. Tuttle. repre
senting the commonwealth.
Richeson ate heartily three times yes
terday. and seemed in excellent spirits
when he was visited by the prison chap
lain. the Rev. H. W. Stebbins, and tne
jail physician. Dr. Joseph T. McLaughlin.
Expected to Tell All.
That Richeson will make a statement
covering many of the details of his crime
which never have been made public be
fore he goes to the chair Is believed.
Gov Foss received the reports of Drs.
Stedman. Frost and Tuttle yesterday aft
ernoon He also had an hour's confer
ence with Dr. Stedman. These alienists
agreed with Drs. Briggs and Corlat that
Richeson had been suffering from out
breaks of hysterical insanity, but all
agreed that he is sane now and was ac
countable for his acts when he gave Miss
Linnell cyanide of potassium.
The alleqlsts reached their conclusion in
the face of a mass of documentary evi
dence tending to support the contention
Iof Rleheson's lawyers that he has boon
lnsani since boyhood. Many of Riche
son's relatives are Insane, affidavits de*
THE BAYING OF THE HOUN' DOG DISTURBS THE DOCTOR'S DREAMS.
clared, and Beveral are inmates of insane
asylums in the south.
The only unusual event about the prison
yesterday was the appearance of a sup
posed crank near the door of the death
house. The man carried a revolver and,
when discovered, ran out of the prison
yard and escaped. In his flight he drop
ped a number of loose cartridges.
FAVOR REVISING OF CODE
Commissioners Would Have
Notaries Public Eligible
for Jury Service.
Amendment of the code of law of the
District relating to notaries public, which
will permit a person holding that office
to qualify as a juror in all civil and
criminal cases, is recommended -by the
District Commissioners in a report to
Congress. The report deals primarily
with the bill of Representative Prouty of
Iowa to amend section 538 of the code of
law relating to notaries public, which
would bring about minor changes in trie
wording of the section.
"The Commissioners are not advised of
the reasons for the proposed changes,
but can discern no objection thereto,"
states the report. "If Congress shoilld
deem it proper to enact the bill with
these changes, it is suggested that'a pro
viso also be added which will permit a
person holding an office as notary public
to qualify as a juror in all civil and
criminal cases in the District of Colum
bia. ? Local courts have held that notaries
public are officers of the government and
are> improper persons to serve on juries.
This ruling has sometimes resulted in a
mistrial, and In some cases has prevented
the securing of jurors who were other
wise competent."
LOAN SHARK MEASURE
SENT TO CONFERENCE
Lobbyists Hear Profession
Criticised by District
Committeemen.
In the District committee room at the
House office building this morning Rep
resentative Prouty of Iowa and Repre
sentative De Forest of New York, both
members of the District committee, gave
some strong advice on the practice of
engaging attorneys and lobbyists for the
purpose of "passing" ? bills. ?
; James Freeland, a park policeman, was
pleading for the passage of the bill which
would put the park men on the same sal
ary plan^ as the metropolitan police:
"Are you a policeman,1* ? asked Repre
sentative Prouty, who introduced the bill
to prevent policemen and others from
"chiding in" for a lobbying fund
"Yes, sir."
"Have you contributed to any fund to
pay any one to lobby this bill through?"
"No, sir." ? ; -
"Is any one paid to lobby this bill?"
"No. sir." '
"You haven't engaged any attorney?"
asked Representative De Forest.
"No, sir."
"Well, don't do it," advised Mr. De For
est. "It is not necessary for any one to
hire an attorney to have- their views pre
sented before this committee. You are
The Supremacy of The Star.
YESTERDAY'S FIGURES.
LOCAL DISPLAY ADVERTISING
Greater than all others combined.
The Evening Star 23,366 lines
2d Newspaper 8,240 lines'
3d Newspaper 6,716 lines
4th Newspaper 6,086 lines
21,042 lines
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
(Not Including any free advertising).
Greater than all others combined.
The Evening Star 10,822 lines
2d Newspaper 3,307 lines
3d Newspaper 3,152 lines
4th Newspaper 2,616 lines
9,075 lines
The reason for this is that The Star's present
daily circulation is over 65,000 net after deducting: all
unsold, returned or spoiled papers.
Wise advertisers know where to invest their
money.
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not dealing: with that class of men at all.
Simply keep away from the lobbyists."
Lobbyists Hear His Advice.
Listening: to his advice were at least
half a dozen well known lobbyists of the
District of Colum'bia. Every one of tbem
had gone to the District of Columbia com
mittee room this morning with a view to
adding a little boost to some bill.
For the first time in some months the
District committee did not report favor
ably any legislation after this meeting,
j With the utilities bill, the excise bill and
I scores of other important pieces of legis
I lation waiting to get on the House cal
endar, the District committee could not
get a quorum today until 10:45 o'clock.
Chairman Johnson sent hurry-up calls
throughout the office building and barely
got enough men to make a meeting. As
the House sits at 11 o'clock now, the
10:45 meeting had just fifteen minutes
for work. ,
James Freeland, the park policeman,
who went away with the anti-lobbying
advice, took up about five minutes in his
argument for more pay. Representative
Littlepage of West Virginia consumed
about four minutes asking that the prop
erty yard on West Virginia avenue be
done away with. After that the com
mittee went into executive session. Be
hind closed doors the committee decided
to send the loan shark bill to conference.
BODY IS AT COPENHAGEN
Remains of King Frederick
Placed in Chapel of Chris
tianborg Castle.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 17.
The Danish royal yacht Dannebrog ar
rived at noon today at the Toldboden
wharf, in the inner harbor, near Amalien
borg palace, bringing the body of the
late King Frederick VIII from Trave
muende. The coffin was borne ashore by
twelve officers and placed in a hearse.
A procession then was formed, headed
by a large force of cavalry* King Chris
tian X of Denmark, King Haakon of
Norway and many other royal per
sonages followed the hearse on foot. Then
came carriages containing Dowager Queen
Louisa, Queen Alexandrine and several
of the princesses. The streets from the
landing place to the palace were thronged
with people.
On arrival at the chapel of Christian
borg Castle the coffin 'was borne in by
officers and placed on a catafalque. The
members of the royal family then sur
rounded the coffin and knelt for some
minutes in silent prayer. Before leaving
the chapel each of them kissed the Dan
ish nag, which had been spread over the
bier.
YALE SOCIETIES 'TAP' SENIORS.
A. B. Gardner of This City Elected
to Scroll and Keys.
new HAVEN, Conn., May 17.?A
heavy downpour of rain failed to dampen
the #interest of the annual "tap day"
ceremonies at Yale yesterday afternoon,
and a larger crowd than usual witnessed
the tapping of the men elected to the
principal senior secret societies?Skull and
Bones, Scroll and Keys and Wolf's Head.
Among the men elected were:
Skull and Bones?W. A. Harrlman, New
York; L. V. P. Schwab, New York; H.
A. Colgate. West Orange, N. J.; Holladay
Philbln, New York; G. B. Cortelyou, Jr.,
New York.
Scroll and Keys?Jesse Spalding, Chi
cago; Walter Camp, Jr., New Haven; A.
B. Gardner, Washington, D. C.; Henry
H. Parsons, New York; J. A. Appleton,
New York; Vanderbilt Webb, New York.
Wolfs Head?H. A. Scragg, Scranton,
Pa.; Murray Rushmore, Plainfleld, N. J.;
C. M. Noyes. Warren, Pa.; E. C. Lord,
New York; J. W. Twichell, Pittsburgh;
A. A. Vanderpoel, Orange, N. J.
Emperor Greets Panama Commission.
VIENNA, May 17.?Emperor Francis
Joseph today received in audience the
Panama-Pacific exposition commission,
headed by John Hays Hammond. The
emperor greeted the members of the com
mittee cordially.
Grounded Submarine Boat in
?
No Serious Danger.
LIFE-SAVERS STANDING BY
Eevenue Cutter and Collier to Aid in
Refloating Vessel.
ALL MACHINERY IS REPAIRED
Sea Is Quieter and Haze Lifts, Al
lowing Thousands on Jersey
Shore to See Spectacle.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. May 17.?The
submarine boat Tuna, which ran aground
yesterday on a sand bar three miles out
to sea while on Its way from Newport
News, Va.. to Bridgeport, Conn., lies easy
today, and there is every reason to be
lieve that the boat will be gotten off
without serious damage. The sea is much
quieter, though a stiff breeze is blow
ing. The haze which enveloped the sea
has lifted, and thousands are perched
011 the sandhills of L>ongport watching
the unusual spectacle. Four boats of the
life-saving service are standing by ready
to render any assistance necessary. A
revenue cutter is expected from Norfolk,
and when this arrives it is believed the
work of pulling the submarine into deep
water will be an easy matter. Capt.
Dannehauer, the representative of the
builders, in charge of the boat, talking
to a reporter from the conning tower of
the stranded boat, today said:
All Mechanism Repaired.
"I thoroughly examined the Tuna this
morning when the tide was out, and
found her intact. During the night my
engineers succeeded in repairing the en
gine, a pix-cyllnder, which had Jammed
when we struck, and adjusted other
mechanism that had been slightly dam
aged by the shock. I expect to be on
my way again some time this after
noon."
The fourteen members of the Tuna's
crew who were brought ashore last
night, after spending the night in this
city, have come down to Longport. A
I detail of five expect to be ordered
aboard the submarine to relieve the
crew which remained on her over night.
The boat is 160 feet long and very
heavy. From the shore it resembles
a big box floating on the surface of the
ocean. The five men who refused to
leave the craft can be seen from the
shore through giasses walking on the
whale deck of the boat.
Simon Lake. head of the company
which built the boat, arrived today from
Bridgeport. He Joined the men who
were taken oft the stranded boat yester
day. Mr. Lake said:
Second Largest Ever Built.
"This is not the largest submarine ever
built, but the second largest. We have
one larger boat at the Bridgeport yards.
"The size of the boat will make the
effort to release her from the bar dif
ficult.
"The Tuna was built for the govern
ment and we were taking her to the
Bridgeport yards to prepare for the sea
trials to be made off Provlncetown, Mass.
The government holds Insurance on the
boat.
"Capt. Dannehauer. who is in command,
was an ensign in the navy before he
resigned from the service of the govern
ment, and I cannot believe the plight of
the vessel resulted from an error by him."
The boat cost $450,000.
Collier Goes to Her Assistance.
The Navy Department this morning or
dered the collier Lebanon from the New
York navy yard to go to the assistance
of the submarine Tuna, or G2, which is
aground off Great Egg harbor. The col
lier sailed from the yard at 8 o'clock, ex
pecting to arrive at the scene of the
wreck before nightfall. With her power
ful cranes and other apparatus she should
be able to lift the Tuna off the shoals
with little difficulty. .
The revenue cutter Mohawk, which was
cruising off Nantucket, Mass., also is on
her way to the assistance of the Q2. The
Mohawk received her orders by wireless
telegraph late yesterday, but was more
than 200 miles away from Atlantic City.
It is expected by revenue cutter service
officials that she will reach the G2 some
time this morning.
ASKS MONEY FOB LEVEES
Mississippi Commission Holds
Impurtant Session in
St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 17 ?The Missis
sippi commission met here today to com
plete arrangements for bank and levee
improvements to cost $1,307,000. A tele
gram was sent to the chief of engineers
at Washington last night asking for that
amount, following a special meeting at
which plans were made to combat the
unusual flood conditions in the Missis
sippi valley.
Work on the levees will commence as
soon as the allotment Is granted by the
government, which Is expected in a few
days. The money will come out of an
emergency appropriation made by Con
gress April 30.
The first work, according to announce
ment this morning, will be around Cairo,
111., and the Reelfoot Lake district. Levee
reinforcements at Hickman, Ky., and
New Madrid, Mo., will be taken up next
The work will extend from Cape Gi
rardeau, Mo., to te Gulf of Mexico.
NO FIGHT OK ASTOR WILL.
Document Is Ready to Be Offered
for Probate.
NEW YORK. May 17.?The will of
the late Col. John Jacob Astor was ready
today to be offered for probate, special
guardians already having been appoint
ed to protect the interests of Mrs. John
Jacob Astor, the widow, and Col. Astor*s
two children, Vincent Astor and Muriel
Astor.
Unless one of the special guardians
is prevented from being on hand, the
will Is to be offered for probate and
admitted without protest. A decree pro
bating the will will be signed If no
notices of contest are presented before
the case Is called. There were no in
dications this morning of any contest
being made of the will, whkrh disposes
of an estate variously estimated at
from 176,000,000 to ?100.000,000,
TAFT IN THE FIGHT
TO THE LAST OITCH
Friends Say No Dark Horse,
However Ohio May Vote
at Primaries.
RENEWS HIS CAMPAIGN
FOR STATE'S DELEGATES
Makes First Speech Today During
Heavy Downpour of Ram.
ACTIVITY OF THE PARTISANS
Fourth Day of Roosevelt Tour.
Speaks at Ironton?Demands
Right of People
to Rule.
ed fron ? May ,7~K*fre?h
ed from a comparatively <??? dav
nd prepared to keep up the right afrHnut
Jhe ^?mnnat,?n ?f ?*oosev,|, until
earlv t/vt Pr"sid'nt Tsjf' ?"t OvHand
da> to Jake up a*ain his speech
ak.ng tour of the Mate. Friends of the
President were confident today that h
tht T?re , ,"rm,n"d than eV"' <? m?Ke
the struggle for 0hio s tartv+'.ght
gates to the republican national con
ventlon as strenuous as possible
Although Mr. Taft denned to d.scuss
reports published here that he might
abandon the tight for a ^nomination If
he should lose in the Ohio primaries men
close to him place no credence in such a
report. They point to the fact that hun
dreds of delegates to the convention are
instructed and pledged for Mr. Taft and
that the Taft workers throughout the
country have put up their best fight for
him. They figure also on the bitter re
sentment the President has shown toward
Col. Roosevelt, and few of them would
concede that be would ever withdraw in
favor of his predecessor.
Rumor Discredited by His Friends.
Talk of Mr. Taft s retirement from the
ace for a dark horse in case he lose*
OUlo is also discredited by h s friends.
Advisers with him on his Ohio trip say
he will stick in the fight to the end.
The President's schedule for todav railed
mJT??8PSeclie!. 411 Bellevue. Frr
I mont, Fostorla, Tiffin, Carey, I'pper San
duaky. Canton, Flndlay. Bowling Gr*en
and a night address at Toledo.
Says Boss Issue Is a Sham.
LORAIN, Ohio, May 17 ?The President
delivered his first speech at Lorain to a
crowd that had been reduced in sise by a
downpour of rain.
"Roosevelt says the real issue of the
campaign is bossism. but he is mistaken."
declared Mr. Taft. "During the seven
years he was in office, did you hear of
Theodore dyeing his hands with the blood
of the bosses? Did you hear of the colonel
going out with his elephant gun and
shooting any bosses? No, you did not.
Bossism is a false issue and a sham "
The President defended the Payne-Al
drich bill, upheld his administration and
denounced the recall and third term.
Attacks Roosevelt Supporters.
BELLKVL'E, Ohio, May 17.?In a speech
here today President Taft declared that
much of the support now being given C'oi.
Theodore Roosevelt In his tight for a re
nomination is coming from men indicted
by the Taft administration.
"Mr. "Roosevelt does not differ from ma.
and to say that because a man supports
you, therefore you are bound up witti
him, is to say something that the mere
fact of his support does not justify, if
it did I could say that Mr. Roosevelt
ought not to be supported because all
the indicted people are. supporting him,
as they are, or most of them."
Mr. Taft added a few words more.
"Mr. Perkins, who is a director in the
steel trust and in the harvester trust,
was influential enough in the last ad
ministration to prevent suits against
them." he said. "He is not influential
enough now. He is a contributor to Mr.
Roosevelt's political fund
"He says that a suit helps a trust.
Well, if it helps the trust, he was mar
velously anxious to prevent the suit
in the last administration. If it helps
the trust, he ought to be supporting me.
Instead, he Is opposing me with all
possible power."
RULE BY PEOPLE
BY PRIMARY VOTE,
SAYS ROOSEVELT
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio. May 17.?The
fourth day of Col. Roosevelt's campaign
I in Ohio began in Ironton, which he
reached at S o'clock after an all-night
ride from Toledo. Although a light rain
was falling, there wap a crowd of several
thousand persons in the square in front
of the courthouse.
Col. Roosevelt spoke for fifteen minutes,
saying that he was fighting first of all
for the right of the people to rule.
Eleven states have held popular pri
maries. he said. "In the eleven states
in w hich we have had the people express
their will the progressives have won
every time except one, and that time
we lost by less than one per cent. If
we could have had a direct vote in
thirty-three states, instead of eleven, the
fight would have been over two months
ago."
"Stung-" by Live Owl.
On the platform from which Col. Roose
velt spoke there were two stuffed foxes
and a live owl. Col. Roosevelt put out
his hand to stroke the owl, which tried
to bite him. The colonel withdrew his
hand abruptly, and the crowd laughed.
"I want to say that you 'took In' iae
African traveler." said Col. Roosevelt. I
thought that owl was stuffed.
From Ironton Col. Roosevet came to
Portsmouth, with a brief stop at Scioto
ville, where he talked from the rear plat
form. His address in Portsmouth was de
livered in Tracy Park. Other speeches
during the day were scheduled at Wa
verly, Chillicothe, Hamden. Wellstrn,
Jackson. Athens, Nelson ville, Logan and
Lancaster.
Col. Roosevelt is due in Columbus at
#:20 p.m. and will make his night address
there.
COLONEL'S DEFEAT
CONCERNS PEOPLE,
TAFT DECLARES
CLEVELAND, May IT.?"I would not
be here to bother you tonlgtft if it did
not concern tba American poojtu mors