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CLOSUG WEW YORK DA/^r , t
STOCK QUOTATION* *
No. 19,045.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1912-EIGHTEEN PAGES.
ONE CENT.
FAIL IN OUGHT
ON TCHATAUA LINE
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Bulgarians Are Unable to
Make Impression on Strong
Turkish Positions.
SHELLING OF WORKS
CONTINUED ALL DAY
Capture of the Fortifications Will
Prove Hard Task.
DEAD AND DYING LIE ON BOADS
Frightful Scenes at Hademkeui Are
Described?Desperate Fight for
the Fortress of Monastir
Continues.
BELGRADE, November 18.?
I he Turkish fortress of Monastir
surrendered this afternoon to the
Servian troop.s. Fifty thousand
Turkish soldiers and three gen
erals laid down their arms.
LOXDOX, November 18.?The
first Bulgarian attack on the
i urkish line of fortifications de
fer ding Constantinople at Tcha
talja has failed. The whole of the
Hulgarian army was engaged.
Every available man was moved
lo the front from the Bulgarian
threes investing Adrianople, where
.hey were relieved by Servian
iroops.
The Bulgarians, with all their
artillery, began their advance on
the Tchatalja fortifications Satur
day and continued the bombard
ment of the works throughout
Sunday. They, however, found
the Turkish positions so strong
that they could make no impres
sion on them.
Observers who have been to the
Turkish front agree that the cap
ture of the Tchatalja lines must
prove a task of tremendous diffi
culty. The days the Bulgarian
troops were compelled to use for
the bringing up of guns, ammuni
tion and reinforcements were
utilized by the Turks to intrench
themselves and place their guns
in positions giving them a distinct
advantage over the attackers.
Place of Main Attack.
The Bulgarian troops made their main
attack to the east of Tschatalja, aiming
to break through at the point where the
railway to Constantinople makes a loop.
The strong forts, the marshes ahd the
guns of the Turkish warships evidently
ad discouraged them from making any
uttem; t to turn either flank of the Tur
kish lines.
Should the Bulgarians be successful in
t . ir effort to break through the Turkish
i.-ft center. Naztm Pasha's Ottoman army
will be pushed bark to the northeast and
its retirement upon the capital will be
tut off.
The Turks seem to liave no hope of roll
ing t ack ihe Bjlgarian forces, but if they
eed in hold ng the lines of Tchatalja,
? iotii the military and diplomatic situation
v. .11 i:idergo a marked change, for a long
defense of the from probably will compel
the Bulgarians to enter into negotiations
without rapturing the Turkish capital.
In Albania, on the other bide of Euro
! ? an Turkey, the opposing a;mies again
have come together, and. as the Turkish
eomander had predicted, another battle is
in progress today in the vicinity of the
fortress o'" Monastir.
Gaining at Scutari.
\t Scutari the Montenegrins are at last
making some headway. They have suc
ceeded in driving the Turkish troops from
one of their mountain positions, but the
T irklsh commander ha.s not given up
hupe of making a long defense.
The Invested fortress of Adrianople
ai.so. accord* ng to independent corre
spondents, Is still able to withstand a
siege of several months. The Greek
army is on Its way to Janina, the fort
tre.^s in the south western jortion of Eu
ropean Turkey, and the Greek fleet con
tinues busy ;n the Aegean sea. It oc
cupied yesterday the Island of Icarla.
The Austro-Servian question is less dis
quieting today, except for the attitude
of the press on either side, and for the
ai tion of Servians in intercepting the re
ports ot the Austrian consuls in Albania
and even preventing them from retum
i::K home.
Acting on the recommendation of her
ally, Italy. Austria is said to have modi
tied her demands and no longer objects
to the construction of the railway from
the Danube to the Adriatic sea. She also
iias abandoned her scheme of a customs
union with Servia. Servia still talks of
t-tkin*; one or more ports on the Adriatic,
? ?in doubtless in the end will listen to
tlie advice of her friends and accept
some compromise.
Terms of Armistice.
While fighting Is going on at Tchatalja
the negotiations for an armistice have
lost some of their interest, but have not
been forgotten by the belligerents. It Is
stated that the terms of the Balkan al
lies will include a demand for the ces
sion of all the Turkish territory down
to the Krken** river and the pavments
of an indemnity of
At Constantinople everything is quiet,
although the landing of larger detach
ment.-. of marines and blue jackets than
usual has caused some perturbation
among the Turks. The most comprehen
sive measures have been taken for the
protection of Peru, the foreign quarter,
and. on a signal which will be given in
case of ti e outbreak of disorder, the for
eign marines and blue jackets will co
operate with the Turkish military police,
which enjoys the confidence of the foreign
embassies. The warships of ti.e foreign
fleets have been assigned to positions
from which they ran command i..e out
lying parts of the city
Dead Lying in Boadway.
BERI..IN. . November 18.?The liveliest
Imagination wou'd be unable to depict
the frightful conditions existing among
the Turkish troops at Hademkeui, on the
^.Continued on Second Page.)
Extent of Waterways Commis
sion Jurisdiction Questioned.
VITAL POINT IS BROUGHT UP
Contended That Only Matters in
Controversy May Be Considered.
CONTEST OVER DESIRED DAM
Construction at Outlet to Lake Nam
akan Opposed by Lumbermen
and Navigating Men.
The newly created international joint
commission on waterways, which was or
ganized in January and which began a
series of meetings at its offices in tiie
Southern building today, is facing at the
outset of its career a vital question as
to Its jurisd.ction.
Attorneys representing a Minnesota
corporation which desires to have a darn
constructed at Lake Namakan, in that
state, and other attorneys representing
lumbering and navigation interests In
Minnesota and on the Canadian side ot
the boundary which are opposed to the
dam, appeared before the commission to
day to argue the question of whether or
not it has authority to fix water levels
in Lake Namakan if both Canada and
the United States agree to the construc
tion of the dam.
Purpose of the Commission.
The commission, which is composed of
three Americans, of which James A. Taw
ney is chairman, and three Canadians,
of which T. Chase Casgrain is chairman,
was created by the American and Ca
nadian governments under a treaty with
Great Britain to settle ail questions at
issue in regard to the international wa
terways lying between the United States
and the Dominion
The Un.ted States by act of Congress,
passed several years ago, gave its con
sent to the construction of the dam
wanted at the outlet to Lake Namakan,
and there was a i rospect that the con
struction of the dam would be begun, but
attorneys representing the lumbering and
navigation interests along the lake and
along the Rainy river, which connects
with the lake, raised in arguments today
before the commission the purely legal
question that it is only in cases of dis
pute between the governments of Canada
and the United States that the commis
sion has authority.
Arguments Heard.
The commission heard arguments by
George Watson, K. C-, of Toronto, Can
ada, representing the lumbermen and
navigating men; Prank Keefer, K. C.t
representing the government of the prov
ince of Ontario; John Thompson, K. C.,
representing the federal government of
the Dominion of Canada, and Attorney
Rockwell, representing the Rainy River
Improvement Company, the Minnesota
corporation wWch desires the dam.
The Improvement company wants the
dam constructed at the outlet to Lake
Namakan, so that it may provide for
powei development. The lumbermen and
navigation men are opposed to building
the dam because they say it will reduce
the flow of water in the Rainy river and
prevent the running of logs.
Legal Question Raised.
The legal question raised as to the
authority of the commission rises above
whether or not this particular dam shall
be built, and the arguments made, which
will be taken under consideration by the
commission, were all along the line of
whether or not it is true that the com
mission has authority only in case of dis
pute between the two countries. That is
the contention of the interests opposes
to the dam. and pending its settlement
the commission will not pass on engineer
ing plans which have been submitted
which provide for the dam, as permitted
by act of Congress.
MAY HAVE BOY'S SLAYER
George H. Stearns Said to An
swer Description of Mur
derer of Joseph Josephs.
ROCHESTER. N. Y., November IS.?In
George H. Stearns, who claims Boston
as his home, the Rochester police be'ieve
they have the murderer of Joseph Jo
sephs. the Syrian boy. of Lackawanna.
Stearns was arrested Saturday night
on a charge of maltreating a boy. The
description answers in every particular,
the police say, to that of the Lackawanna
murderer.
Handwriting to Be Compared.
Stearns insists that he has never been
in Buffalo or Lackawanna.
Specimens of his handwriting have
been obtained and sent to Buffalo for
comparison with the postal cards re
ceived by the Buffalo police, and Chief
of Police Gilson of Lackawanna will
come to Rochester today to attempt to
identify the man.
MONGOL PRINCES REBEL.
Repudiate Recent Convention With
Russia and Ask China's Aid.
LONDON, November 18.?Trouble has
arisen over the recent convention between
Russia and Mongolia by which Russ a
recognizes and guarantees the indepen
dence of Mongolia.
A meeting of 110 Mongol princes and
chieftains was held yesterday in Peking
according to a dispatch to the Daily Tele
graph- They decided to repudiate abso
lutely the convention signed by Russia
and Mongolia at Urga, the Mongo ian
capital, and resolved to ask President
Yuan Shi Kai to afford military protec
tion to those Mongolians willing to join
the Chinese republic.
The advisory council of the president
indorsed the Mongolian princes' resolu
tion.' and 4.Y000 trops belonging to the
northern At my were placed under orders
to proced to the Mongolian frontier. A
number of battalions have left by train
for the city of Kalgar. half of which it.
Mongol and half Chinese.
Cave-In Kills Two Miners.
TVOOSTER, Ohio, November 18.?Adam
Utsler and William Graybill were smoth
ered to death by a cave-in of quicksand
at the bottom of a sixty-foot shaft in the
Wertz coal mine at Dalton early today
Five other miners had just quit the spot.
Compliment Paid National
Guard of District.
NEW TACTICAL PLAN MADE
Troops of Country to Be Arranged
in Sixteen Divisions.
LETTERS SENT TO GOVERNORS
War Department Will Detail In
spector?Instructors to Assist the
State Officials.
Tn the new tactical arrangement of the
land forces of the United States the Na
tional Guard of the District of Columbia
will be the only militia organisation to
be regarded tactically as "regular troops."
The War Department has divided the
I nited States inio sixteen divisions
for tactical purposes, comprising every
National Guard organization in the va
rious states.
The first three of these divisions are ex
clusively made up of regular army troops.
The fourth division comprises regular
troops and the National Guard of the Dis
tr.ct of Columbia. Officers of the local
brigade look on this as one of the highest
compliments ever paid to the National
Guard of the District of Columbia
The plan to organize sixteen divisions,
making each division a tactical unit, is
part of the general scheme to reorganize
the land forces of the United States,
and is in keeping with the forward
movement of mil.tary experts in every
country. A general outline of this p.an
was announced to the local brigade at
the dinner given by Company K, 2d In
fantry, Saturday, November 9, in a speech
by Capt. G. V. H. Mosely, U. S. A.
Will Have Headquarters.
Each of the divisions will have for its
vital center headquarters and a storage
depot, and the business of the entire unit
wll. be carried on there. The War De
partment will communicate directly with
the headquarters of a division Instead of
with many detached state organizations.
For instance, in the fifth division the
troops of New England wi.l be massed
into four brigades. In the first brigade
the: e will be three Massachusetts regi
ments; the second brigade will have two
Connecticut regiments and a Massachu
setts regiment, the third brigade will
have a regiment from each of the states
of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
and the fourth brigade will be composed
of one regiment of Massachusetts troops
and two separate battalions from the
same state. In addition, there are thir
teen t: oops of cavalry in New England,
four signal corps companies, three field
hospitals, two ambulance companies and
a other excess organizations.
i his will be a tactical unit, and the
troops of the District of Columbia will
be p aced and moved by the War De
P^tment in just such an organization,
with the exception that the military com
panions will be United States regulars.
Letters Sent to Governors.
Letters addressed by Secretary Oliver
to the governors of all the states and ter
ritories, inviting co-operation in the
plans of the War College for the organi
zation of the militia into the twelve tac
tical divisions.
It Is pointed out in the letters that if
the militia is to be used as a field force
effectively in time of war it can only be
done by this system 0f divisions. To in
sure the proper working of the plan all
of the details should be worked out in
time of peace, 'leaving as little as pos
sible to be attended to when the emer
gency is upon us." *
By taking up this subject now Gen.
Oliver declares that not only will the
whole militia be put on a better basis
a field force for employment under
the federal government, but the military
authorities of both the federal and state
governments will be enabled to gradually
balance the force in all amis and be
ready for orderly war mobilization.
No Place for Single Companies.
In the definition of the twelve divisions
no place is given to separate companies
of infantry, which, it is said, should be
absorbed into regiments or other larger
organizations. Field armies would be
formed by the grouping of two or more
divisions of the militia, or by combining
one or two divisions of militia with one
of regu ar troops. These organizations
would form the fourth brigade of any di
vision assigned to a field army, for the
reason that the organized militia is lo
calized, while the regular army must go
anywhere upon call. If placed in divi
sions with the organized militia these
withdrawals of the regular troops would
constantly be disrupting divisions to which
they were assigned. Some money will be
avai.able for the assistance of the state
authorities for that purpose out of the
unalioted portion of the funds appropri
ated under the act of 11)08.
The War Department also will detail
inspector-instructors to assist the state
and teritorial officials, and war material
for the militia will be distributed and
stored in suitable depots, to be at hand
locally when mobilization is ordered. The
governors are invited to inform the de
partment if the arrangements proposed
are satisfactory to them, as it is desired
to proceed promptly with this important
work.
Composition of Divisions.
The last twelve divisions will be com
posed of the following state militia or
ganizations:
Fifth division, headquarters, Boston
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa
chusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Sixth division, headquarters, Albany?
New York. Seventh division, headquar
ters, Harrisburg?Pennsylvania. Eighth
division, headquarters. Washington, D. C.
?New Jersey. Maryland, Delaware, Vir
ginia, West Virginia. Ninth division,
headquar' >rs, Atlanta?North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Tenth
division, headquarters, Nashville?Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Missis
sippi. Eleventh division, headquarters,
Columbus?Ohio and Michigan. Twelfth
division headquarters, Chicago?Illinois
and Indiana. Thirteenth division, head
quarters, St. Paul?Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North Dakota. South Dakota.
Fourteenth division, headquarters, Kan
sas Cit>*-Missouri, Kansas. Nebraska,
Wyoming, Colorado. Fifteenth division,
headquarters. San Antonio?New Mexico,
uklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana.
Sixteenth division, headquarters, San
Francisco?Caifornla, Oregon. Washing
ton. Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada and
Arizona.
Robberies Aboard Pullman Car.
Special Dispatch to Ttie Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va., November 18.?S.
S. Hirsh, a Lynchburg merchant, was
robbed last night on a Norfolk and West
ern Pullman car while en route from
Richmond. He lost |23 In money, a
watch, a scarf pin and other valuables
worth, he said, more than $100. G. D.
Bryan, jr., probably of Richmond, who
went to Alta Vista to hunt, lost jewelry
>n the same car valued at *$150. The
thief found 70 cents In one of Bryan's
pockets, but overlooked his wallet
V
"What's Si so perky about?"
"Ain't you heard? He's been mentioned for a cabinet job."
APPEAL OF THE ALLENS
FOR NEW TRIAL REFUSED
Gov. Mann Not Expected to In
terfere With Execution of
Court's Judgment.
RICHMOND, Va., November 18.-The
state supreme court t?day refused to
grant a new trial for Floyd Allen and his
son Claude, convicted of participation in
the HlllsvlUe court murders. They were
sentenced to death in the electric chair at
the penitentiary here next Friday. No
vember 22. Gov. Mann, it is believed, will
not interfere with the execution of the
court's judgment.
Floyd Allen was convicted May 17, spe
cifically for the killing of Commonwealth's
Attorney William M. Foster. His son,
tried on the charge of killing Judge
Thornton L. Massie, was convicted and
sentenced to fifteen years in the peniten
tioary. A second trial on an indictment
for the killing of Attorney Foster result
ed in a conviction for murder In the first
degree July 27.
Appeal Fending Some Time.
The appeal to the supremo court for
new trials, decided adversely today, had
been pending some time.
The HillsviHe courthouse shooting in
March, when the Allen clan resented the
conviction of Floyd Allen on a minor
charge by killing five persons in the
courtroom, is still holding attention in
Virginia because of the trial of Sidna
Allen,* the c an leader, now under way
at Wytheville.
Propose Medal for Claude.
BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., November 18.?
With the date near at hand for the elec
trocution of Claude Allen more is heard
from those persons who praise him for
defending his father on that occasion.
Miss Jezabel Goad, for .protecting her
father in the same shooting, received
from the wife of Gov. Mann and other
Virginians a gold medal. Now it is pro
posed by residents of Cumberland county
to present Allen with a gold medal, and
money for the purchase of tfie medal is
being subscribed.
OPPOSES JOHNSON'S PLEA.
Wickersham Objects in Supreme
Court to Hurrying His Case.
Through his attorney, Jack Johnson, the
pugilist, today asked the United States
Supreme Court to advance his case for
hearing January 6, when four other case.
questioning the constitutionality of the
white slave law will be argued. >
Since his appeal last Monday, asking
the Supreme Court to release him on bail,
the pugilist has secured his freedom, but
his attorney asks that the question of the
constitutionality of the white s.ave law
under which Johnson was indicted be set
for early hearing.
Attorney General Wickersham in open
court said the government opposed the
advancement of the case.
Bryans Guests of Daniels.
RALE1GN. N. C., November 18.?Wil
liam Jennings Bryan and Mrs. Bryan ar
rived in thlB city today, and are the
guests of Democratic National Commit
teeman Josephus Dahiels. They are en
route to their Florida home. Bryan will
speak tonight at a local hospital benefit.
Yeggmen Escape With $1,000.
KINGSTON. Tenn., November 18.?Rob
bers dynamited their way into the vaults
of the Kingston Trust Company early to
day, obtained $1,000 in cash and escaped
The charge of explosive was so heavy
that books and currency in the vault
were torn to ?hreds.
FLAGS NB WING ML
D1SPUWD fOR WIS?
Throngs of, People Line the
Streets to Welcome Ameri
can to the Bermudas.
HAMILTi Bermuda, November 18.?
Wood row Wilson and his family, on
board the steamer Bermudian, arrived at
Hamilton this morning.
Alderman Black, representing the corpo
ration of the city of Hamilton, went out
on board a private steamer to invite Air.
Wilson and his party to accompany him
to Hamilton.
Declines to Leave Steamer.
Owing to the large number of women
in the party Mr. Wilson declined the in
vitation of the Hamilton Corporation to
go aboard the private steamer, and he
remained on board, the Bermudian until
that vessel reached her dock. The
American visitors to the island and
others gree'ed Air. Wilson with rousing
cheers as he stood on the upper deck
bowing to the crowd while the steamer
was beinj; berthed.
Mr. Wilson and his party landed at
noon. He was received by the officials of
the city. The mayor, in the course of his
welcoming address, said:
"We trust that during your term as
President the cord'al relations between
the' United States and Great Britain will
be maintained and unimpaired and that
the strong bonds of the union will be
strengthened."
Cheered by the Street Crowds.
Large crowds of people lined the streets
and wharves awaiting the arrival of Mr.
Wilson and all public and private build
ings were decorated with flags and bunt
inr Mr. Wilson was enthusiastically
cheered as he passed through the streets.
..v.. a ./.iii'', w nter residence of
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, has been of
fered to him during his stay here. The
weather is charming.
Mr. Wilson was favored by fair weath
er on his trip from New York and he
thoroughly enjoyed his days and nights
at sea.
After a long nap in his cabin yesterday
ifternoon he spent most of the evening
vith his friends telling stories. Mrs.
Wilson, who was feeling the strain of the
campaign, spent most of her time in her
stateroom. She sent word that she was
not seasick but tired.
Trust Investigators to Frame
Future Plans at Sessions
Wednesday.
Plans for renewing the "money trust"
investigation will be made at a meeting
of the House committee to be heid in its
room in the Capitol at 11 o'clock Wednes
day morning. It is expected that the date
for the resumption of the oral hearings
will be fixed at that time.
Repiesentative Pujo, chairman of the in
vestigating committee, who arrived in the
city yesterday, expressed the hope today
that the Hearings could be closed by De-'
cember 20 and the? final report submitted j
to the House d>- January Ho. thus giving :
a period of several weeks before the close
of the coming session of Congress for dis
cussion of the reforms recommended.
It is expected that the legislation to be
recommended by the committee, in Mr.
Pujo's words, will aim ' to correct exist
ing abuses or evils in the carrying on the
business of the clearing houses, stock ex
changes and national banking associations
of the country."
All the members of the Investigating
committee may not be in Washington for
the meeting next Wednesday, but a
quorum is expected and more probably
will be here to attend the hearings when
they are resumed. The hearings, it is an
nounced, will be held in the committee
room at the Capitol.
V
LEWIS JURY DISCHARGED;
UNABLE TO FINISH WORK
Acquits on Three Counts, But
Cannot Agree as to
Others.
ST. LOUIS, November 18.?The jury in
the case of E. G. Lewis, charge, with
using: the mails to defraud, reported to
Judge Willard in the United States cis
triet court today that It had found that
Lewis was not guilty on 'aree of the
eleven counts in the indictment, and that
it was unable to agree as to the other
counts.
The jury was discharged.
The counts on which the jurors found
Lewis not guilty related to some 7 per
cent notes. The Jury had been out eighty
nine hours, and on the first ballot voted
8 to 4 that Lewis was not guilty. Sub
sequent ballots showed the jurors stood
9 to 3 for acquittal. *
This was Lewis' second trial on the in
dictment which was returned by a special
grand jury July 11!, 1911. The jury in
tile first trial stood 9 to 3 for convicMon.
The indictment covered four proposi
tions winch were placed before the public
by i.ewis through ihe malls. It was al
leged that he obtained millions of dollars
from investors by making misleading
statements in advertisements in his pub
lications. Lewis was the incorporator
and the mayor of University City, a resi
oential suburb.
Lewis' de-ense was that the Post Otnce
Department by issuing a fraud order pre
vented him from carrying his companies
to a successful end. He was acquitted
May 14, 1908, of a charge of misusing the
mails in the organization and conduct of
the People's United States Bank.
BODY PARTLY IDENTIFIED.
Woman Murdered in Chicago Prob
ably From Michigan.
CHICAGO, November 18.?Mrs. Edna
Snafer of 3450 Indiana avenue told the
police today that she believed the woman
who was murdered at a downtown hotel
last week was Mrs. Renner, formerly of
Mount Clemens and Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Shafer viewed the body at the
morgue. "It looks like Mrs. Renner,"
she said, "but it is some time since I saw
her, and I am not positive."
Mrs. Shafer told the police that she
met George Renner, a son of Mrs. Ren
ner, in Chicago a few days ago. She
said: "He is about six feet tall." He to'd
her, he said, that he and his mother were
in Chicago, coming from Detroit, on their
way to the Paciuc coast- Mrs. Shafer
sa!d Renner told her he had no money
and borrowed 25 cents from her for food.
The police later telegraphed to Detroit
and Mount Clemens for information.
COFFINS FALL UPON HIM.
North Carolinian Fatally Hurt While
Arranging for Wife's Burial.
RALEIGH. N. C., November 18.?While
selecting a coffin for his wife, who died
last night, George Newton, aged sixty
five, was fatally injured in an undertak-1
ing establishment today when a stack of
coffins fell upon him. Both of his legs
were broken, several ribs were fractured,
and he was injured internally. He is not
expected to live through the day.
E. M. Gouch, the undertaker, was also
injured in the accident.
Aid for Obscure Playwrights.
NEW YORK, November 18.?Plans
whereby obscure American playwrights
whose manuscripts are rejected in this
country because of over mportation of
mediocre plays from abroad will have
opportunity to step into theatrical fame
and fortune are outlined in a statement
given out here by the National Federa
tion of Theater Clubs. The federation
purposes to produce once every six
months a play by some hitherto un
known author.
10 BE HERE TONIGHT
President Taft Will Return to
Washington About 11 P.M.
MEETS YALE CORPORATION
Only a Short Stay Planned in City
t
of His Alma Mater.
SPENDS SUNDAY IN NEW YORK
Attends Church, Lunches at Broth
er's Home, Dines With College
Men and Avoids Politics.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. November 18.?
President Taft. accompanied by Messrs.
Ke!sey. Bannard and Charles Hopkins.
Clark fellows of the university, arrived
at 10:.'?5 o'clock this mornins to attend
the regular meeting of the Yale Corpora
tion.
The President left New York a few
minutes after 8 o'clock. He expected to
make only a brief stay in the city of his
alma mater and to leave New Haven at
2 o'clock this afternoon. This schedule
woujd take him back to New York about
4 p.ni. He will motor from the Grand
Central to the Pennsylvania station,
where he will take a train that reaches
Washington about 11 o'clock tonight.
Politics Avoided Yesterday.
Not a single incident of political import
characterized President Taft's stay in
New York yesterday. The President spent
Saturday night at the Waldorf-Astoria,
where he breakfasted early in the morn
ing. after which he motored to his broth
er's home in West 48th street for a fleet
ing visit. From there he was driven to
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church,
where he listened to a sermon by the
Rev. Dr. J. H. Jowett. He was accom
panied by his brother. Henry \V. Taft:
Maj. Rhoades, his military aid, and the
secret serv.ce agents under the direction
of George T. Sloane.
President Taft went from the church
to the home of his brother, where he
greeted his younger son, Charles, who
had come down from the Taft School at
Watertown, Conn., where he is a pupil,
to dine with his father.
Luncheon a Family Affair.
The luncheon at the Henry W. Taft
residence was a family affair, and, as
soon as it wap over, the President, with
his brother and "Charlie" Taft, motored
to Westbury, L. I. The trip occupied the
greater part of the afternoon, and on the
return of the party the President was
dropped at the Waldorf-Astoria, where a
number of callers were awaiting him, in
cluding William Nelson Cromwell and
i Senor Don Ramon M. Valdez, the new
minister from Panama to the United
States.
Dines With Yale Men.
The President dined at thU Waldorf,
where he was one of a party of five
Yale me nat the dinner table. Besides the
President, who is a member of the class
of '78, the diners were Clarence H. Kel
sey, president of the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company: Otto T. Bannard. presi
dent of the New York .Trust Company,
'76: Charles Hopkins Clark, editor of the
Hartford Courant. *71, and Henry W.
Taft, '80. All of those present, witli the
exception of the President s brother, are
members of the Yale Corporation.
"TAFT IN 1916."
Barnes Declares It Absurd to Talk
of Prospective Candidate.
NEW YORK, November 18.?It was re
ported last night that William Barnes,
jr., chairman of the republican state com
mittee, had conferred with the President
during the latter's brief stay at noontime
yesterday at the home of his brother,
and to Mr. Barnes was later attributed
a strong hint that Mr. Taft would be
placed in* nomination for the presidency
by the republican.party in 1916.
This was denied emphatical.y iater by
Mr. Barnes. The state chai man admit
ted that he had paid a fleeting visit of
courtesy to the President, but dec ared
that political subjects had not been
touched upon.
"It is absurd to prophesy who the
standard bearer will be in 1916," declared
Mr. Barnes, "but it Is s:ife to say that
after the 4th of next March Mr. Taft
will take an active part in the leorganl
zation of the republican party. He Is a
republican first, last and all the time, and
he Is working with every good republi
can for a common end."
Mr. Barnes dec- ared that the fisht of
the republican party was "to safeguard
the Constitution of the United States."
ASQUITH'S PLAN CARRIES
Unionists Raise No Objection
to New Method of Procedure
on Home Rule.
L.ONDON. November 18.?An amicable
arrangement of the home rule incident
In the house of commons was brought
about today, when the dispute as to the
government method of procedure, which
led to such disorder last week, was set
tled. The government announced today
its Intention of reaching the end It de
sired by a more roundabout means, and
the unionists, having made good their
demand for observance of the precedent,
raised no objection. Premier Asquith at
tributed his change of mind partly In
repugnance at a possible recurrence of
disorder and partly to a desire not to
ignore the appeal of the chair.
The house of commons then, on the
l motion of the premier, negatived Its origi
nal financial resolution, the amendment
of which by Sir Frederick Banbury in
committee led to the troub*e. Another
resolution will be substituted for it.
The net result of the squabble will Be
to delay the progress of the home rule
bill for ten days.
FEDERATION TO MEET.
Retail Merchants Assemble in St.
Louis for Business Session.
ST. LOUIS, November 18.?The board of
directors and officers of the National Fed
eration of Retail Merchants prepared to
day for the first annual convention of j
the organization, which begins tomorrow. I
About 4,(XX) delegates are expected. |
Martin J. Maloney of Detro.t, president
of the federation, and John T. Russell of
I Chicago, treasurer, were among the day'S
I arrivals.
UPHOLD TRUST LAW
"Bathtub" Combine Is De
clared Illegal.
SUPREME COURT DECISION
Opinion Is Rendered by Justice Mc
Kenna Today.
GOVERNMENT WINS ITS FIGHT
License Agreements of Enameled
Ware Makers Held to Be in Vio
lation of Sherman Act.
The Supreme Court of the United States
today delivered a deathblow at viola
tions of the Sherman anti-trust law under
the cloak of the protection of the patent
laws by annulling as fnvalld "llcenMe
agreements'" which he d manufacture? of
san'tary enameled Ironware together In a
combination.
Justice McKenna delivered the unani
mous opinion of the court. He said that
rights conferred by patents were, ln?feed.
extension, but they did not give a univer
sal license against the positive prohibi
tions of the Sherman law, any more than
other rights do.
Pight Begun by Government.
The fight against the enameled ware
manufacturers was begun by the gov
ernment in the United States district
court of Maryland, it being charged
that the fifty defendants named had
entered into a combination to restrain
interstate trade in sanitary enameled
ironware, and had attempted to monopo
lize that trade. Sixteen of the defend
ants were corporations- One of the in
dividual defendants was Edwin L?. Way
man. with whom the corporate defend
ants and their officials were charged
with having entered into illegal agree
ments.
Agreements Were Licenses,
The agreements were In effect licenses,
whereby Wayman permitted the manu
facturers to use his patented dredger, a
tool employed to sprinkle enamel over
the red hot Iron ware. The manufacturers
were to pay $5 a day per furnace for
the use of the dredger, ^ut Wayman
was to refund $4 of this in three months,
provided that the manufacturers had not
violated any conditions of the agree
ments. Among these conditions were
ones that they would not sell any "sec
onds," except bathtubs; would not Bell
to any jobber who did not sign a con
tract not to buy from any one other than ?
the corporate defendants, and not to sell
at a lower price or on more attractive
terms than those named In a schedule
of prices attached to the agreement. * 1
Decision of Lower Court.
The lower court held that the agree
ments destroyed competition and fixed
?prices In violation of the Sherman law.
and, furthermore, that the patent on the
dredger did not make the agreements
lawful. It prohibited the defendants
from attempting further to restrain trade
by means of these agreements, pro
wourced illegal.
Justice McKenna began the announce
ment of the Supieme Court's opinion to
day by describing the alleged unsatis
factory state of the art of enameling
ironware before the Invention of the pat
ent Wayman bought. He next spoke of
how effective the combination of the
manufacturer^ became through Way
man's plan to grant licenses on his pat
ent.
Bestraint of Trade.
"The agreements clearly, therefore."
said Justice McKenna, "transcended what
was necessa y to protect the use of the
patent or the monopoly which the iaw
conferred upon It. They passed to the
purpose and accomplished -a restraint of
trade condemned by the Sherman law."
He said there was nothing In the mim
eograph case" of last year which con
travened the views he was expressing.
"The added element of the patent in
the case at bar cannot confer immunity."
he added. - ?
After discussing several anti-trust cases
lie cont.nued:
"Rights conferred by patents are tn
deed very definite and extensive, but they
do not give any more than other i guts
to universal license against positive in
hibitions. The Sherman <aw is n limita
tion of rights which may be pushed to
evil consequences and therefore re
strained."
Tobacco Case Decision.
Justice McKenna referred to the to
bacco case decision as being the very
latest and comprehensive interpretation
of the law. He quoted that opinion
as saying that the law was designed to
prevent evasions of its policies "by re
sort to any disguise or subterfuge of
form."
"Nor can they be evaded by good
motives." added Justice McKenna, Tho
law is its own measure of right and
wrong, of what It permits or forbids,
and the judgment of courts cannot be
set up against it in a supposed accom
modation of its policy with the good
intention of parties, and. It may be, of
some good results.
The manufacturers had set up that ono
of their objects was to prevent "seconds'"
being sold to an ignorant public as ttrst
class w are.
Complaint of Defendants.
Justice McKenna touched upon tli?
complaint of the defendants that they
had been prevented from offering certain
testimony by the criminal proceeding*
against officials of the companies before
the Michigan courts.
"The Sherman act provides for a crimi
nal proceeding to punish violations and
suits in equity to restrain such violations
and the suits may be brought simultane
ously or successively.
"The order of their bringing must de
pend upon the government: the depend
ence of their trials cannot be fixed by a
hard and fast rule, or made Imperatively
to turn upon the character of the suit.
Circumstances may determine and are for
the conside ation of the court An im
perative rule that the civil suit must
await the trial of the criminal action
might result in Injustice or take from
the statute a great d al of power."
The justice concluded by saying that
the most favorab e view which can be
taken of the rights of the de'endants was
that they must depend upon the discre
tion of the court. In the present case, x
where the court declined to postpone the
civil salt until after the criminal trial, no
abuse of discretion arose.
Decision Kaiks an Epoch.
The decision marked an epoch In anti
trust decisions, because it sustained the
government's contention that a violation
of the Sherman antitrust law could not
be concealed behind the patent laws of
the country. The decision of the lower
court was upheld throughout as to the
main defendants and the Colwell Lead
Company, which claimed it was not en
gaged in interstate commerce.