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VOL. XL NO. 297.
LAYMEN SAVING |
CHURCH IN FRANCE
By Making the Necessary Declar?
ation They Can Worship With?
out Disobeying the Pope.
CLEWS RESISTANCE PASSIVE
One Socialistic Paper Says That Ro?
manists are Armed, But There is No
Evidence That Violent Resistance
is Contemplated?Cabinet Preparing
to Amend the 1905 Law.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Dec. iL?There has been
issued from the offices of tho Arch?
bishop of Paris. Cardinal Richard, an
important document which will factli
nte a way io settle the church dlffl;
culty. This compensation sets forth
a declaration that for laymen to wor?
ship is nut in disobedience to the In?
structions of the Pope, provided their
purpose is honesty to avoid disturb?
ances, and admit that their purpose is
not to infringe upon the helrarchy of
ihe church, as tin? Vatican ha.s only
forbidden clergymen to carry out the
required legal formalities.
It is now apparent that the resist?
ance of the clergy will be purely pas?
sive und that there is no prospect of
religious passions being aroused un?
less the churches are closed. The
government is now resting on its oars
and may continue which the cabinet
is preparing.
in the meantime in the city, except
in churches where legal applications
were filed, the police again took notes
of Infractions of the law at the morn?
ing masses. Cardinal Richard Is
aWaiting exnulslon from the Episcopal
mansion. The government, however,
wants to avoid the appearance of force
in tiie case of the aged primate who
is in bad health and postponing action
in the hope that he will depart In a
few days of his own volition.
No Sign of Armed Resistance.
The action, a violent socialist or?
gan, today made an attack upon the
government, calling attention to the
nlleged fact that the Catholic gymnas?
tic societies had a number of rifles.
There is not the slightest, evidence,
however, that armed resistance is
contemplated.
Drove Out a Policeman.
At a church in Vincennes a notice
was posted characterizing as "trea?
son" the action of two parishoners in
making an application and saying that
Cardinal Richard was the authority
for the statement that the Pope's pro?
hibition applied to laymen as well as
to the clergy.
At Llttlenorth Catholics drove out
a policeman, who was rejiorting an
infraction of the law at tho church of
Le Grand Phillip.
Meeting of the Cabinet.
Tho cnblnet met today, with Presi?
dent Fallieres in the chair, in order
to decide upon the now legislation to
be presented to parliament. Tho steps
to be taken are of a very sweeping
character. It is proposed to amend the
law of 1005. providing for the separa?
tion of church and state by which a
year's grace was allowed before*the
permanent alienation of the churcti
prooerty, and to suppress the privilege
of forming new cultural or diocesslon
associations, and nil church nroperty,
including the seminaries, will he im?
mediately handed over to the state.
NO NEW TRIAL FOR
MRS. ANGIE BIRDSONG
Woman Who Shot Dr. Butler at Mon
ticello, Miss., Sentenced to Five
Years in Penitentiary.
(By Associated Press.)
HAXELHUR3T, MISS., Dec. 14.?
Mrs. Angie Blrdsong was today denied
a new trial by .Judge Miller. She was
sentenced to five years In the peni?
tentiary and notice was given of an
appeal to the Supreme Court. When
the notice of appeal was filed coun?
sel for Mrs. Birdsong made applica?
tion for bnil which was granted In
the sum of $1.000.
Major Fox. father of Mrs. Birdsong,
ox-mayor of Jackson, and other friends
of the woman, signed the bond. Mrs.
Birdsong shot and filled Dr. Butler
at Monticello, Miss., November 2!">, and
the trial was concluded several days
ago. She was convicted of manslaugh?
ter. Since that time she has been
seriously Ml. Because of her young
child and her own Illness, Mrs. Bird?
song was never sent, to jail.
HOLY GHOST AND US.
Governor Cobb and Council Decide
They Have no Jurisdiction .in Case.
AUGUSTA. GA., Dec. 14.?Tho
Governor and council have no jur?
isdiction In tho matter of investigat?
ing conditions said to exist at the
colony of the Holy Ghost and Us
Society of Shtloh, according to a
decision reached at the monthly
NEWP(
meting of Hie council. The matter
was brought before Governor Cobb
several weeks ago in a petition ask?
ing 111 in to stop alleged abuses
at Shlloh. Govornor Cobb issued
the following statement:
? After careful consideration of Hi"
Shlloh matter und after consulting
with the logal department <>f Hie
state, through the Attorney General
ami County Attorney Crockett, of
Androsoggln County, who at my rc
ipiesl investigated the conditions at
Shlloh, the Governor and Council
have decided that there Is no oc?
casion for executive action In the
mailer.*'
BRIDGROOMS TO HAPPY
TO THINK ABOUT LAW
City Clerk of Burlington. Vt., Digs
Up an Old Law That May Cost
Somebody Some Money.
(By Associated Press.)
BURLINGTON, VR10.MONT. Bee.
N.?Young men of this city who
have taken wives outside of the
Stale in the last two years are
alleged to have neglected to com?
ply with a certain portion of the
Vermont statutes and are therefore
liable to a line of $in each.
City Clerk M. I). McMahon hns
compiled a !i.-t of bridegrooms who
have come back here to reside, after
their honey moon and has sent out
notices calling attention to their de?
linquency.
The statutes containing the mai?
ler reads:
"if a male resident of this state
is married without the state he shall
within tin days deposit with the
clerk of the town or city where Tie
resides a certificate and upon full
uro to do so he shall be liable to a
Hue mil h ss than ten dollars."
The city clerk says young married
nun have neglected to comply with
the provision and that some of them
have been liable to line for more
than a year. lie does not intend
to begin immediate proceedings look?
ing to the imposition of lines, pre
fering to give the d< llnquents a
warning tirst.
SPECIAL MESSAGE ON
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
President Roosevelt Thinks He Was
Misunderstood in His Annual
Message to Congress. "?
?WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. li ?
That President Roosevelt will send
to Congress a special message, ad
vcoating the passage of a ship sub?
sidy measure was stated by sev?
eral members of the house today
It slated that the President had
declared that the recommendation in
his annual message was misunder
Stoo. It. is said that he now propos?
es to correct any false impressions
that may have been gained by the
House. The house committee on
merchant marine and fisheries will
meet on January 7, and it is as?
serted that the President will fur?
ther communicate his wishes to the
Hotise before the meeting.
SHIP SUBSIDY MEN
SPLIT UP IN A ROW
Four Committee Members Refuse to
Submit to Caucus Rule and Each
Favors Different Proposition.
WASHINGTON', P. C. Dee. 14.?
Ship subsidy brought on a row In
the House Committee on i.Merchant
Marine and Fisheries today. Its ad?
vocates spllj. uiKin the merits of the
modified bill. An effort, will be
made to settle the issue at a meet?
ing of the committee tomorrow.
When the question of holding a
caucus was taken up Representatives
Wilson, Hlnsbaw, Blrdsoll and Ford
ney declined to submit to any cau?
cus rule on the bill. Mr. Wlilson
anounced his opposition to ship sub?
sidy In general. It was then agreed
to "confer" tomrorow.
I It developed today that Mr. Wat?
son is opposed to subsidies for mail
lines running to Mexico, that Mr.
Liltlefield thinks the bill has been
hurl by striking out cargo subsidies
and Mr. Fordney wants a subsidy
for a mail line touching both sides
of South America, via the Horn.
It was reported today there 1s a
written agreement in the Speaker's
room that, if the Ship Subsidy bill
gets on the door It shall stand as
passed by the IlStise, If pnssed at
all, and not attempt shall be made
In conference to return the original
cargo subsidy bill of the Senate.
New York Firm *Held Liable.
STAIIHCTON, VA., Dec. 14.?The
case of Thomas Smythe vs. T. A.
Mclntyre & Co., brokers, of New
York, ended last night, after a three
days' trial, with a verdict of $883.2.1
in favor of Smythe. The suit orig?
inated in a claim against R. D.
Armstrong & Co., stock brokers, who
failed here in the summer, owing
Smythe the above sum. The suit
was prosecuted on the theory thai
Mclntyre lb Co., instead of being
brokers executing orders for Arm?
strong & Co., were doing business
here iu the letter's name.
Killed in Boiler Explosion.
STAUNTON, VA.. Dec. 14.?In a
fatal boiler explosion near Cralgs
vlllo, at the quarry of the Allegbany
Coal and Iron Company, Floyd Zlfhbro
was instantly killed. The cause of
the explosion is not known.
MIT NEWS, VA., SAT
Fl MUST SERVE
1 TIE FOR PEONAGE
Prominent Lumber Men Convicted
in United States Court
at Pensacola.
I THEY WERE ALSO FINED HEAVILY
Case Is the Moot Important of Its Na?
ture Ever Tried?All of the Men
Convicted Are Wealthy and Well
to Do?File a Notice of Ap?
peal.
1 (By Assoc iated PrtBS.)
PENSACOLA. Dec. 14.?In the
United Slates court today Judge
Clin l ies Swayno, passed sentence up?
on Manager W. S. Harlan and five
I employees of the Jackson Lumber
' Company, of l.oekhurl. Ala., convicted
after a trial of nearly a month, of
conspiracy fo commit peonage. Man?
ager Harlan was sentenced to serve
is months in the penitentiary and in
addition pay a fine of $5,000, Superin?
tendent Robert Gallagher to serve 15
months and pay a fine of $l,0oo and
W. B. Grace, Oscar Sanders. S. E.
Hugglns and ('. C. Hilton to serve 13
months in the penitentiary and pay a
fine $i.nnr? each.
In passing sentence upon Superin?
tendent Gallagher the court gave him
n lecture upon his conduct and ndvis
ed him that when he went to the At?
lanta penitentiary to leave hin pistol
behind und not to attempt to slap any
i of the keepers in the face.
The cases were all appealed and
I bonds in the sum of $0,000 for the
manager and $:!.Ooo each for the other
? five were made. The oases which
came to a conclusion so for as the lo?
cal court is concerned, today were
, considered the most important of their
j nature ever heard and there still
I stand two Indictments in the court
' against seme of these defendants, hut
? it is understood they will not he
pushed. The principal owners of the
Jackson Lumber company which is
the largest lumber plant In the state
are Or. Walt/kev. Q. W. Gates and R.
S. Cresset of Davenport. Iowa, who
ore also interested in many bin mill?
ing plants in other Southern states.
COURT MARTIALORDERED
FOR MAJOR PENROSE
He and Captain Maclin Are Charged
With Not Doing Their Duty at
Brownsville.
fBy Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 14.?On
the recommendation of the general
. staff, the Secretary of War has order?
ed the trial by court martial of Major
I Chas W. Penrose. and Captain Edgar
Maclin of Co. C, 1st battalion. Twen?
ty-fifth Infantry, under the G2nd. ar?
ticle of war for "conduct to the pre?
judice of good order and discipline'"
in falling in their duty in preventing
and suppressing the riot at Browns?
ville. Texas, last August. The speci
. fications will include among other
things the charge that the two offi?
cers named failed to exercise due dil
I Iconco in preventing Hie oeournnco
when the condition of affairs at
Brownsville made It necessary that
nil proper precautions should he tak?
en to prevent a clasli between the
troops and citizens, and also that they
did not examine the rifles until day
light although they learned of the
j true state of affairs by 1 or 2 o'clock
In the morning.
The details as to the members of
court and place where the trial will
be hel\ have been left the discre?
tion of the commanding officer of the
department of Texas.
SOUTHERN MEN IN
NEW YORK BANQUET
, Twenty-first Anniversary Celebrated
at the Waldorf-Astoria Last
Evening.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.?The South?
ern society of the cfly of New York
celebrated its twenty-first anniversary
with a dinner at the WaTdorf Astoria
I tonight. A striking feature of the
I decorations was the background of
the gucsts's table, formed by three
large American flags nnd symbolizing
? tho "Reunited country." At this ta?
ble with President Marlon .1. Verdery,
Jr.. who presided, were Col. Wood row
Wilson, president of Princeton Uni
i versity; General Horace Porter, for?
mer nmbassador to France; Augustus
Thomas the nlaywrlght; William A.
Banter, President of Ihe South Caro
I Una society. Bedell Parker, president
I of the Georgia society.
WASHINGTON. D. C , Dec. 14.?The
senate committee on the District of
Columbia exhibit today authorized a
favorable report on a bill appropriat?
ing *2f>.'000 for a District of Columbia
building at the Jamestown Exposition.
?URDAY. DECEMBER
SHAW NOT IN FAVOR
OF BANKERS' PLANS
! The Secretary of Treasury Says
That it Will Not be far
(teaching Enough.
1 WANTS CURRENCY MORE ELASTIC
House Committee on Banking and
Currency Urged to Adopt Some Plan
of High Taxed Credit Currency?
Faults i of the Scheme of Bankers
Pointed Out.
(Rv Associated Press.1
WASHINGTON, I). ('.. Doe. If.?
I Secretary Shaw appeared before the
j house committee on bunking and cur?
rency, suggesting live per CO tit, IIS II
desirable rale. He emphasized Hier
limed for greater elasticity in currcn
j dy, but expressed the opinion that the
plnn framed by the American Hank?
ie rs' Association will nol bring ubout
sufficient elasticity to be very use
, ful.
I Granting that the baukors' plan re?
sults in the Issuance of $200,0<iO.OO(i
additional National bank notes, Mr.
Snaw said, that In his opinion not
mine thou $20,000,000 worth of thes>'
will lie redeemed. Mr. Shaw thought
the bankers' plan wholly Inadequate
, to meet the requirements of the com
j inbrcial world, and said It was en
I cumbered with loo much machinery
I for the limited good results it Is cap
i able ef accomplishing. He would not
I wain to be regarded um an opponent
? of the measure suggested by the
I bankers, but he fell that any step to
I ward relieving (he demand for more
; currency at cerlnln seasons of the
year, was desirable, hut urged that the
commission strive to frame a more
effective measure.
it was urged by the Secretary thai
I rtn effort should be made (r, make all
i tiiur currency mere r-lasllc. rather't trim
to Imnarl elasticity to n certain
I amoiitil ef eniergenev ctirreriov. l'n
I der the ??ankers' plan. Im said, onlv
i Hip eredll ciirrenev which goes into
j National I n-iks would he on |fs wav
j to redoitinllnti Th"r<- would he no
reason why hnnks should seek the re
| dem lit ion of National Mnk notes and
I ronspniioMtly the" would innRn no of.
fort to do s<?. In the hankor?' "tan
' National t--"<ks are ?<> lie ncrnilttcd to
j Issue ?"r. or?n nddlltonnl notes fi r
ovor'v ^P'onnn r-r ti.eir ennllal, nt no.
I Internst rntn <>f '? ) " >t??i coi|| ?,?,.] '"i
laddltloonl $I2 V"> with interest al the
j rale of 5 nor cent.
SIX DAYS' BICYCLE
RACE IS VERY FAKEY
Attendance Dropping Off Because
Some of the Riders Are Resorting
to Petty Tricks.
(By Associated Press.*i
NEW YORK. Dec. 11.-?Though
thousands were present there was a
noticeable falling off today and to?
night In the attendance of the six day
bicycle at Madison Square garden.
Riders fell so often lit times when
: some team bid fair to gain u lap that
j reports were current of revolt on the
I part of pome of the contestants. Dur
i ing most of the day the puce was
I Plow, the riders creeping around the
j track at a snail's pace. Some of them
I including Breton. Hobby Waltboiir
I Samtielson and Bedell, who had to
submit to the penalty of n lap by
teaming anew, were much satisfied.
There was a ripple of excitement
I when late tonight a fast sprint wan
started by Root. closely followed by
MacFarlnnd. The result was the loss
of a lap by Vnnderstuft and Stolun,
and Cnlvan and Wiley.
Midnight score eight leaders 1,943
miles and -1 'Aps with order of others
unchanged.
SILVER SERVICE SETS
FOR TWO BATTLESHIPS
? Norfolk is Planning to Give the
the Tennessee Delegation a Right
Royal Good Time.
(By Associated Press.)
NORFOLK, VA.. Dec. 14.?-When
Governor Cox of Tennessee and his
party arrive here tomorrow to lire
sent a sliver service to the armored
e.ruiser Tcnessce in Hampton Roads,
he will be welcomed In a most cor
dial manner. Committees of the
Board of Trade. Chamber of Com?
merce, Citizens' Commission 200.00C
league. Seventy-first regiment, Wom?
en's club and .Inimstown Imposition
ccmpany, will meet him. The pro
gram arranges for a tour of the
Exposition grounds before the pre?
sentation ceremonies and a big re?
ception at the Montlcollo Hotoi to?
morrow lllghl at which Governor
? Swanson and Lieutenant Governor
Ellyson of Vlrglna will be present.
15, 1906.
Senator Cnruiaok nn?| Prnxor of
Touessea will nlso lie Horo from
Washington. Tho BU'rvleo to bo pre?
sented by Miss Cox. (ho governor's j
daughter, consists of a fall dinner
m>( ami a punch bowl, nod coat
$0,000.
At dm same thno tho presentation
ecromonloa occur on the Tennessee
in die Honda Governor Swansea will |
present a silver service lo Hie bat?
tleship Virginia now ul the Norfolk
navy yard.
BOND ISSUE ORDINANCE SIGNED.
Election to Decide Question Will be
Held on February 28.
Mayor Ihtxton lias signed Hie ordi?
nance (Missed by both brunches of the
council providing for an election to
be held on February 28, 11107, to de?
cide the question of whether or not
the city shall issue bonds for $100,000
for permanent street Improvements.
The Mayor hut) also signed all the
oilier measures adopted by tho com?
mon council and board of llhlcrtUOU at
their regular meetings.
MORAL; FAT WOMEN
SHOULDN'T BE RACERS
Large Lady Wanted Damages From
Railway Company But Sprinting
Proclivities Prevented.
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSUUItO, PA., Doe. 14.? Be
'cmise hIic wtis entered in a fal
woman's race at the annual picnic
of tho miners of the Keystone Colli,
and Coke Company, Mrs. Nellie R.
Stapletou of Oroonalmrg, was denied
bi? damages for personal Injuries
by a Jury in the common picas
court. Mrs. Stapletou hud brought
suit agnliiBl a street, railway com?
pany fiir $K,nun because of Injuries,
alleged :o hnve been received In
alighting from a car. The testimony
as developed for defendant, was Hint
she had participated In a fat wom?
an's race subsequent to Hie time
of the Injuries wert? alleged to have
been sustained.
MRS. ADAMS VIEWS
SENATOR BROWN'S BODY
New York Woman It ia Said Showed
Great Emotion When She Look?
ed at the Remains.
(Ry Assoelnled Press. I
WASHINGTON. I). ('. Dec. 14.? ]
The body, of rainier Senator Brown
of Utah, who Hied Wednesday night
as a result of a bullet wound III- |
Illotod by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, left '
this city for Salt Lake clly at 12:15 i
today over Hie Pennsylvania rail
load, accompanied by late Senator's ,
son Max and daughter Alice.
Ii was stated today by ihe tin- '
derlaker who prepared the body of.
former Senator Drown Tor burial, I
that Mrs. Annie ('. Adams whose!
name figured prominently in the opl
Si.de, Is in this city and viewed Ihe |
body of Ihe bite Senator at the'
Utulcrtnklng establishment. She I
showed great emotion, the undor-]
I taker said. According to the un?
dertaker's Information. Mrs. Adams
I returned to New York today.
TRAIN ROBBER GETS 20 YEARS.
Alton-Burlington Bandit Pleads Guil?
ty and Escapes Death Sentence.
MARSHALL, MO.. Dec. 14.?Jesse
Clyde Rumsey, of Chlcaifo, who rob?
bed tin- Alton-Burlington train on
November 25 an<| the Rock Island
Limited on November 8, both near
Glasgow. Mo., pleaded guilty here
today, and was sentenced to twenty
years" Imprisonment.
Rum.-ey pleaded guilty to two
charges connected with tho Alton
Darlington hold-up. upon promise
thai tin' minimum seiitonco would
be Imposed. He refused to [dead
guilty io the Rock Island robbery
although he had previously confessed
lo It. The inhirimum penalty for
train robbery in Missouri is death.
GIRL WHO PROTECTED
HOME WILL BE FREED
Fifteen Year OH Miss Who Killed
Man While Trying to Get in I
House Exonerated.
(By Associated Press.)
JOHNSON, it. I., Dee. 14.?AI the
Inquest today on the death of El-j
tner O'Uriggs, who was shot by 15
year ol I Ethel Smith, as ho was at?
tempting to break into her home tn
Thornton on Thankskglving day to
attack his wife and three children
who were In the Smith home, Cor
ionor Worth exonerated tho ?Irl and
stated that she showed much cour-;
age in having protected tho inmates
of her homo and further that she
did not shoot until in great danger.
The case will come up for a hear?
ing next Monday In the Eighth dis?
trict court as the girl was arrested
on a charge of manslaughter after
the shooting, but was released on
nominal reaoginznace. it is bet
lleyed she will lie discharged.
I Sentenced for Life.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 11.?
Max Miller, a saloon keeper, who
. In a fit of Jealousy shot and killed
, J. F. Turley, a railroad man, form?
erly of Mompitls, Tenti., while the
victim, who was unarmed, begged for
his life, was found guilty of mttiS
i der in the flrisl degree by a jury
bete today, and wns^ sentenced to
the penitentiary for life.
THE WEATHER.
Rain Saturday; ex?
cept fair In Southeast
portions; Sunday fair
and colder.
- ' ?? ?j_
PRICE TWO CENTS
PRESIDENT, ROOSEVELT
TO OPPOSE STATES
Message on the Retcalf Report
Fxpected lo CiStlie Cle lor
Federal Supremacy.
TO TAKE NO POLE GROUND
Will Advocate Sweeping Asldo of
State Privileges In Questions Af?
fecting Entire Nation and Will At?
tempt to Meet tho Attack Made
Upon Him by Senator Raynor.
(Dy Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. 0. Hoc, 11 ?
President Roosovolt In Ids mesa
ago liunamittlng to Congress next
Tuesday lite rppbrl of Mr. Mctcalf,
the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor, ein Japanese school and labor
conditions In California, If Is BitiO;
will take the most advanced ground
In favor of centrall/alIon of power
In the federal government lie lias
yot occupied.
It Is said (bat the speech of Se?
cretary Hoot In New York last night,
which attracted so much attention,
was but the forerunner of this mes?
sage, and that the President will
no longer occupy and middle ground
as to the right of Ilm federal gov?
ernment lo lie supremo In all mat?
ters In which the affairs of foreign
countries or the welfare or American
people are concerned.
In doing Ihls the President will
fairly and squarely meet. Hie jit
lack made on his policies by 'Sen?
ator Raynor, of .Maryland, in the
Senate Wednesdny, and will sweep
all thoughts of States' rights to the
background. In this collection It
J Is said that, having definitely and
I finally settled In his own mind that
I he will be able to combat the ottoi-va
of those who- would UiftlcU'-V.lT,', n"lftf\J^
I a second nomination for tho Presi?
dency, he throws political expedien?
cy t.i the winds and will come our
as an advocate In Its broadest senso
I of the power of tile federal govern
i meiit to bundle questions not only
I connected with other countries wher3
1 their rlghtK are concerned hut other
, questions of a domestic character
which concern the entire nation.
u this way the President will
shove to ouo Bide all petty and mill
|.or matters and open up the broad
? fcst discussion of the rights of the
Federal Ion of Stales that lias pre?
vailed In this country since the
adoption of the fodera) constitution.'
It is not to be understood that
he will be wrl.lllg upon the subject
or treatment of the Japanese at all.
So lar as diplomacy is concerned
thai question Is being settled, but.
he will use the .Japanese Incident,
to point the moral he is bringing
to the door of the Senate.
I It Is said that the speech of Se
|cretary flool can be taken as a good
I Index to character of discussion
which the President will preclptale
iiprm Congress. It is also said that
there will he more messages Trout
I be President "...? wt re ever de?
livered at a short session, and tho
country will be given ample food
I fur thought.
I NOW CONTROL ENURE
OUTPUT OF COPPER
Amalgamated Company Has at Last
Succeeded In Gaining Control of
Greene Mines.
MOW YORK, Dec. II.?The Amal?
gamated Copper Company has secured
Icontrol or the big Greene Consolidated
Copper Company of Mexico. The deal
I will he announced late today. Mil
I It is are said to have been paid by
I the Copper. Trust to gobble its dan
igorous rival. Previous attempts to
1 gain control of the Greene interests
I have always failed, but today it was
learned that .lohn 1). Ryan and Thom?
as Cole, of the Butte Coalition Com
jpany, had completed negotiations
I whereby the Greene Company will be
turned over lo the Copper Trust.
I The mines of the Greene Company
' are located In Sonora, Mex., and the
company's stock has a market value
of over $:i0.(..iO.ono. Colonel Bill
Greono is the president of the com?
pany. With the Copper Trust in con?
trol of the Greene mines, the pro?
duction of copper is in virtual control
of the Rockefeller and Rodgers inter?
ests in this country.
Floyd Hughes Forgot Account.
NORFOLK. Dec. 14.?Floyd Hughes,
one of the Republican candidates for,
cengress, who failed to tile his cam?
paign expense nccount with tho prop?
er authorities, laying himself liable
under the Barksdalo pure-election
law. explained uuon his return from
Richmond that his campaign cost him
absolutely nothing, l?nd as a result of
this he had forgotten^ to file a notice
to this effect.