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THE DAILY PRESS ?? only newspaper published Newport News that recelvei full news service of the / elated Press. VOL. XIV. NO. 21M;. RESOLUTION GALLS S Inter-Collegiate Athletic Asso? ciation on Record for Less Dangerous Football. COMMITTEE INSTRUCTED TO MODIFY THE GAME _____ Final Action of Comprom'ss Follow? ing Confusion Caused by Numerous Propositions Offered on Floor ? Larger Colleges Favor Present Rules, Slightly Modified. (Bp Associated Prath). NSW YORK, Der. 2s.?The toter OOiiegiata Athletic Ass<.elation adopt? ed -and submitted to its rules com? mittee tonight a resolution calling fa? a mi.-difieation of the football ,iiay ing nidi whereby the injury to con? testants may be confined to a mini? mum. ? This Is the rcsoiutlcji as introduc? ed by professor K. K Hall, of Dart niuuth, anil adopted Itter three kntri of acrimonious discussion: 'That the football ru'es committee of this association be instructed '." use every possible enceavor to brin;; about such a modification of the rub's as may reduce to a minimum the dan ger of physical injury to the players and at the same time retain as far as may be possible the most desirable and wholesome feature of the game." Only Three Negative Votes. Only three negative votes were registered against the resolution, but nearly ev< ry college in the West had something to say concerning it. Professor Alonza A Stagg of the University cf Chicago, made a motion which prohibits all officials of a foot? ball game, including umpires, referees and all other participants from talking to newspajier men after a game. Stag:; made a strong appeal ftr this motion, saying that he had been grossly mis uuoted at times; but the convention defeated the motion by an overwhelm? ing rote. The revision of the game was order? ed, it is understood, with due con? sideration of the association of Yale. Princeton, Pennsylvania. Cornell and n few other institutions which are not members of the Intercollegiate organization. Harvard Will Not be Bound. Harvard has joined the su-sociatiori. but its representative let it be known that his institution would not M bound- by the new football rules of tne ass- ciation. although it would recog? nize irs regulation of otaer mine; t ports. A letter was read from David Stan Jordan, president of Iceland Stanford, Jr., University, stating t;iat the Amer? ican gam-- had been abandoned th.^re and that the English Rugby game had jcen found satisfactory, not only to the students, but lo me spectator Tbe committee submitted a set of resolutions" which calls for a radical ?hang?- in the playing rules, bi.T. thi se other r-.-solutions, were sub stitnt.-d by the reso-iiiu a offered Tiy Mr. Hal:, of Dartmouth. Large Colleges Favor Present Rules. It became apparent that the larger colleges were in favor of the preeei.t placing rule?, perhar* in a mcdifl.*! fi rm, ard that the smaller institutions wen- violently op|H*ed tc them The icpresentative of nearly every .nstitu tion -?f higher earning oerween Ned? York and San Francis? o made an ad dies* and many offered motions which would limit the danger r.f the present football game Th? se offerings be rami .nfused 'ha: Hail - resolu? tion ?a.- adopt?-d as a compromise. Representatives firm Cornell and ether institutions .not directly repre? sented in the association, ?ufcjrostel that the rules minimirn,. the dan gcr would b?- acceptable it was Hie esawrer.-us of opinion thst the rules regulsting mass play andjhe running tawk'e. otherwise known aa the liv? ing tackle, and playing through the line, would have to be done away with The repreeeatatires of a number of barge << Urge* expressed l beSSfel ve* not milv In favor of this, bet con eeyed the threat that they would etth er adopt a modi ft "d form of foot ha<l ar wee>d withdraw from, the as eoclatlon Offrcrr^ Elected. CMcer* of the association were rlcied a? fcRows: Captsin ralmer E. Pier"- ' .-' \ Wrat Point, president. _ I?r R T VrK'Mlr. UnfVersity of Penasvlvanla. ric* president Wea'eyan. Cms. i A. 9* \lco"^oa. W e aad tranwarer id the I'nl-erwlt* or \ r was apaadstrw a at* ?*er of uV eae<etl?c coantaltte The rules cassalttee which wSl nndertake the taaft of ariag ng sh?e;t a ?.??ir.n I? SO fofb.w. Dr . ra. RV laaaik n ?tti ant H H. Haekctt. IT. S A.. tT?Sl Point; Prof C VV Savage, Obcrlm, Ohio: Prof. W U Dtatiey, Vanderbdt. und Dr W- A. l.ambeth, University of Virginia. ? EXPERT RAILROADER VIOLENTLY INSANE Bernard H. Bad, Second Vice-presi? dent of P. &. R., Removed to Asylum. _ \ (By Associatod R?al) PHILADELPHIA. PA.. D?C. Mr , Bernard II. Bail, second vice iresi ' dent and general freight traffic .nan-' ?gaff >'f the Philadelphia and Brasil? I, Kailro:td Company became vioictit'v insane today in his offl(e in the ttead ins Terminal, the company's big ot flee huilditif.", an'l after a struggle wa removed to a hos|>ital for the in-atn Policemen hastily summoned found Mr. Hail on the tloor handcuffed and | I bold down bv private policemen and j railroad officials. He was taken from I I the luilding struggling and fighting J to release himself from those who held hltn. I? is believed that overwork was tic?) cause of Mr. Hail's breakdown Mr. Ball was reoent'y app intci second vice president. He was con .-idcrcd one of the greatest expero in, frcignt traffic in the country For a week Mr. Bail's associates noticed that something was wrong] with him. Ba was incoherent ml speech, e.ttd pur|M seless of acti. n I Mr. Bail It ?1 years old and is a native Of Oneida county. New York. ? He came lo the Beading as division freight agent in after having; tilled various posit inns In the ireignt i . departments of the New Ycrk Central,! j the Wabash and other roads. CALLOWAY APPOINTED RECEiVEK Southern Public Service Corporation , Thrown Into Involuntary Bankruptcy. (By Associates Press). I CAMHEN, N. J.. Dec. 28.*?Vir? Chancellor Learning trday appoint'd I James Calloway. of Atlantic City, re? ceiver of the Southern Public Service Corporation, incorporated under th--* laws of New Jersey to build railroads in S uth Carolina and Georgia. I The company bj capitalized at $1, 500,000. The receivership was ap [tointed upon application of Ludwig and Company, an engineering orncern. which c'aims the company is insol I vent. EXI RAO B?RT^C?REE R1 New Mississippi Senator Oncej Was Fugitive. WANTED DEAD OR ALlVEi Colone! Gordon. Appointed to Succeed! McLaunn, Was Suspected of Com? plicity in Plot to Murder Lincoln j and Had to plv Country. (By Associated Press). I i: Ml'HIS. JBXX , Dec. 28?Tli* News Peimitw today says: "Sought j at one time by the Federal, authori-1 ties under a $10,0011 reward f.:r b< capture, dead or alive, for his ti lpgcd part in.the conspiracy that re-1 J I ulted in the murder afe a president 1 of the I'niled States, and now ap? pointed as a member rf the highest legislative body of the country. Is task] strange exi<crfcnre ' f Col. .fame, Gord:n. of Oklahoma. Miss , who ha . If-en named senator by (K.vernor Vr-el, of Mississippi, as a successor t-j\ , the late senator ?. J. Mrljutrin I I "Mr. Gordon was one of several con- J (federate leaders suspected rf being n ' lOawaf ? iicy with J. Wllkes Booth to kill I President Ahraham Lincoln. He es I ca|>ed arrest and probably death otto I by the intervention. It is stated, of a Yankee coionei. with whom he bid ! f H ?sed swords in a fight in Vlr , Rinis Took Refuge in Canada. I ?Tmrlna the earlier years cf the war Col <enSBV>n had forated an inti? mate fnendsaha with Booth and aft - the assess tnati. a of l. neoln u?e ie> ward of flo.oon wns oRered for hi* capture. Col. O rden went to Canada I and It was Several months after the f lone of hostilities before he found ?: safe to return. ? I "During one of the campaigns in I Virginia Col. Gor 'on had troattd , sw< rds with the colon of a Mew j York eavaJrv regiment Doth ?*?? j woundea In lh*- conflict, hut the. afterward became fast friends Appealed to Former Ae. C'l Oordoe wrote a letter to th> New Yorker, deny last taa: he had -tnv 'part nt the ron^adraev and Staff*! th*t he <?? ircd tr retain home. Th> frrmer foe 1^? k the matter up wtta Cen Dva*. Oiep ?n cc.jrsne: nt th? ' army forces <B New York, and th<* latter seat htm a passport ana an ?? 1 Mat ton to :naai to Now York and sift ?Bit, trite* he did He afte-. wards 'atisfted Gen Dirk* that h< knew n tbiac ?f the Ose? cam aadraey "He t<s*k the rsth of altc-g.sner ?nd NEWPORT NEWT. ESTRADA WILL NOT ACCEPT CONDITIONS Madriz Proposes that Revolu? tionists Lay Down Arms and Leave Situation to Him. RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY TQ ELECT PRESIDENT DENIED Though Insurgent Leader Has Con? sented io Meet Peace Commission? ers, He Refuses to Recognize Ze laya's Successcr Except as Usurper ?Mar.nes Feeding Prisoners. tIly Associated Press). WASHINGTON. |). C. I) fc -V - OeSSBXSj Kanada, the revolutionary 1. ud t in Nicaragua, will not accept the extraordinary tcrnij proposed by the tit w pr'siiinit. Madriz. as a basV5 fcr peace. A telegram from Hlu fields receivej late last nit In slat's that on Dici.ni? ber 3*1 PimMshM Maelrli ha i pec posed in a telegram to Kstnid.i. I su-p usion' if hretilitics pending the arriv-l ot a com mission, which he was sending to Estrada to discuss an amicable and equitable settlement of thr present strife. Madriz begged the revolution? ary leader not to obstruct his eff na for i eace. tientral Estrada, in his icply ex |ir i-sed bis w illingn? ss 10 meet the Madr 7. commissioners, but said that the rev luiionary party would not rec? ognize tne action of the assembly in I lacing power In the hands cf Madriz. Regards Msdriz as Usurper. He denii d most emphaticslly the assembly's right lo deal with the elec? tion of president, and stated that he i aw :n Madriz the usurpir of the rights of the Nicaraguan |>eop|e.' The terms upon which Madriz is willing to make peace. It la believ d. are shown in a letter which p iri> rU to have been signed by htm and an drfssed to a friend, la It he express? ed his d'sire for peace with'ut furth? er i loodsbed and stated that whatever might happen compatible with his dig? nity and with the public intends lie i was willing to accept. He says futtn er tiiat the revolutionists should rec? ognize bis govrnment and that after stich reeogn.ti n both arnii-s should ta disbanded, sll arms and ammuni? tion being turmd ever to him. He states thlt he would recognize the d< hts and contracts of the r> volution - bTAS and that within six months he would lock for the holding i f an elec? tion, he guaranteeing free \oting. H? ados that he wcild tirn tver such pewer as he bad impartially to the person ?leetcd presidt nt and HiM he w< uid accept any oth' r proper condi ticn. Conference Probatly Will be Futile. It is net d nbted here that Estrada's known astnteners win frevent him from accepting terms of |?ace. pre? dicated upon the prior surrender by him of hi* jtrmy, arms and ammuni? tion to hV enemy. Therefore. It >* net l.tUevi d that the conference be? tween *%*strada and the Madriz com nils.'i'?er? will result in any part cil? iar chang< in the p;es?nt statns. I A telegram from Manazua r'cplved st the state drpartriVnt ?npn 'hat the Madriz part* is nuking prcjiatation* to send troops to the eastward to meet Fr-trada's army. A feKgram fn.m C n<u| Moffatk. at Mu Heins, dated last Sunday, says that under ihn direct supervision of Commanders Shipley an(j \:?>lck. tacn detailed from the Den Jfoines and the Tacoma began n Cirtstndu mom.ing to ration l.SOn hungry Zelsyan sold? iers i ronght there as prisoners. Peart, ing the srrival of the Prairie rrtrm C k-a with [ revisions, surplus sup? plies from ihe ships are being landed. Kj trjf'la > ? ffirials are rendering all possible assistance and are furnish? ing, blsnkets. clothing and sh'es as rspMly as posrihi'. Three hnndret pr son. rs are being '*nporsril.> pro? vided fcr ly Batrada at Rama, and 2M asore are h* Ing cared for by fn-nd* and rMarttve, in Hlaedelds. Reports Were Exaggerated. Commander Shipley, at Hlurn Iriv. in a dirpatcb dated yee'erday states that the reports hitherto sent <?t re carding the nnmb- r of k<11ed am anaarnfaaj in? n. ? > :*?en. Mr ?t trie recent ba*He at Rama, were mTrh ex iggerat'j and thai the enaanaan*tJoa aaaaavcd aawssnttd M on!> aboai l"? ?na anaads and th? k hVd not taore than lea ? Cnmrnamp - PJhii.p . also stated ibat be baa fed l.ron trlefm.rx J war stars Deoetwh." and aw.rc see te arrive Zelsya Denies M# t? Prisoner U'HUxIRO. MKX, Doc. 2*?**< VA? WEDNESDAY, I Santo* Zelaya ?enteil today that he Ms a prisoner in the hands of .\|cn. can official*" in any sense of the word Me stilted emphatirelo that sueh was I not the ease and that lie was free pi I leu w here he choee. Zelaya dertand that he favored friendly intervention ;i the part ot Mexican and I'ulted States govern Beute to the end that a consoiidatltai of all the Central Ann-m-an republic might be brought about He said he believed Secretary Knox was now reaUatfig the injustict? of his attitude toward him and declared he never ondersioid why the secretary should haee molested hiai. He niiKhf go to Belguim to live, he said. ?? In any i vent, he would not return to Nicaragua until. Mace Is restored it va? u.s egdalfin tn ibe war arowVI end witii in two month-, but lie WO aid net veattara an opinion as to which of the combatants would he final f successful. REFUSES TO BE DISCHARGED. Nicar.igu.^n Consul at New York Does Not Recognize Midi ?. (r?v AS social as] Press.? \ i:w YORK. IK?c. 2k.?Wo noianos, the Nicaraguan conscl in New York, refvaaei to take si ricuslv his discharge as consul by the new Madrlz admlnls nation at Managua. The consul de elates that he will not tSCCejRlaa the erdi r from Managua. cancelling Ins letters. Today lie eave cut the text or the lollow'ng cal legram he had s<nt to Managua: "I will not reeoRiii/.e ativ < rders rrOSB yon. being that it Is not from a c ns'.it-.itional govcrnm nt and 1 will not Ti cognize orders In the future un? less it !s from a government that )?> terognized by the l*ht?d States." "This dispatch.' sani Mr. Ilolan s. "wa? sent ln*Beply to a communication received by a gentleman calling him reil minister general from Nicaragua land advising the consul that his let I ter.? patent have been cancelled. "I maintain that the government I now established at Managua, and I headed by Jose Madrlz. is n t recog nizid by the government of the Unit? ed States and the other republics of Central America, t >1 in consequence the rrdets issued from Managua are void." Exile Would Fight Zelaya. WASHINGTON. D. C, De;. 27. Native Nicaragtians, exiled and luven from home by President Zelaya dur? um; bis reign, are rejoicing over tne latter'* downfall and an- taunting th> tleeing president with insulting tele crams and even invifing him to "owe to the Mexican frontier and mer' them in physical combat. <>?io of them. Dt. Marc? s K. Vulez ? ,-ie.. new in Washington, wirei Zelaya at Mexico City today, reciting the letters alleged shameless career itiid inviting him to 'he border of the United States to fight a duel He vai 1 exilei ? years ago and he has sine-" ?been a resident of Panama He came t< the I'nited States two weeks ago to lend aid to the cause of General Kstrada, bearing with him letters to Pi i -Id-nt Taft and Serretary Knox. invktigaTi^Tlurry in rock island stock Co-nmiMee Find* That Eight or More Brokerage Houses Were Active in" Buying. (Ry Associated Press.! NEW YCRK. Dec 28? Without I lay the Stock Kxchangt- committee to? day began its investigation into the causes which sent Hock Island com? mon steck a soaring fcr a.i advance cf points yesterday and then dropped the s-tn?k back again to its starting point, causing a squeoae cf the aborts. The committee of thne met Today rasl will gc over the trading sheets. My the testimony of a number oi wIUll is? s who appeared before t?< committee it was <hown that eight ir mcr? hr< keragc house* a-tre arti? ? ;:i th? iiiikir.r of Rock Islam' ri.mmnn curing yesterday * flarry. it ia th' purpose of the committee to tra. th< s- orders to their source. If Is es pecte-l that the inquiry will be con? cluded by Friday Full publicity c? ibb result ts prtnaivd by the ofnr'ai i.f the exchange ? they propose To keep appropriations down Champ Clark Outl-net Program of House Oentoerati?Against ? Ship Subsidy. tRv Associated Preset WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 2*.? "T>e program of the Deaaorrsts ta lief hues at that luastaa ts t-y keep down tb- amount ? f aaosropriatton Mils and to vote atalnst ship swb Btdy." *a .1 .I'lmri, l>ider Chimp yfhlnt ta ?et the asayrrp-kettoti isares throTifa and ?hat n.ih, ?>: the ?btp -skaldi prnpna'ti a aewat sj i nly thing that are m u- taken W# ttr** ?pfi?oi"^rJ to 'lew* *tV*** BsJ?V* Mil We favor a rteer and hai hUl I look f. r astp-nmsaaat af trews I? April, certainly i,y May DECEMBER ?9. l!Mii>. MORE VICIIMS OF GREAT COAST STORM Wreck of Schooner Davis Pal? mer Discovered at Entrance to Boston Harbor. MASTS OF ANOTHER ARE SIGHTED NEAR THE GRAVES ! C. cw Escapes When Schooner Ada K. Damon Gees Ashore Near Ipswich High Tide Opens New Breaks at I Chelsea, Where Two Thouaand Are Homeless. (Hy Associated Tress ) BOSTON MAS--". Doe. is.- Tin oim. i vei > today of the wreck < f the flve masti'd schooner Davis I'ainn r. winch rank with II' men S unlay morning ai 'lie entrance of llroad Sound, was f II'.wed by the n ports of SasstJkfnT I w reck in Hie outer harb: r. This sec? ond victim of the great storm, which swept New England Saturday and Sunday, waB reporti d hj I'attain Kemp, of lye tug Ariel, who a.'.ierts ( that he taw three masts of a echoon (t projecting above the wat*r near . the shoals known as ' The Graves." Alth> ugh Captain Kemp b cates the raSSt I ihiec miles east of the wreck of the Tallin r. some mariiie autjiori : tles think thai he may have been ?a*) 1 taki n in his b. arlngs and that hesiw I the Palmer's masts. i Seafaring men wi.o believe that the tug captain hi not in error about bear ngs ate disciMSlng the possibility of a collision between the Palmer sad i the unknown mtl ocner. Were Celebrating Christmas. Tr' bnbly the last person to see the Palmer before she sank, was Captain ? Sookamp, of the barge Hoptacong, , which docked at Lynn today, rrom Ho! ken. He n ported parsing the Palmer off Cape Cod late Christmas alti rno n. At that time the Talmei .1 sailois w. re on* dtck singing and celebrating the holiday in true, sea fashion, all unknowing of the fate tnat I awaited them within a few h., at the entrance to their borne port. j Yesterday s U.U rt wrecks wa.i in? creased today. The schooner Ada K. l anion. the sole sn;i>ort of her maw tor. A. K. Biewster, of York. Me., want ashore nesr Ipswich. She prob? ably %i!l be a total joss. Her crew managed to reach .-htm- safety. Mere Trouble at Chelsea. In Ch< Isea, where a tidal wave j broke a dike and flooded the home s ! of 2,00?) p'ople. a high tide today I opened two new breaks.. Ma fly of the cellars on higher ground, which had been pumped out i by Ore <narin?s. were again floe den. It j will be weeas b? f:re the (M-ople ? j the eighty d&ea. ?hieb are ander water o\,r> high tide, will bo- able to return to their homes. SCHOONER WRECKED; FATE OF CREW IS NOT KNOWN I British Steamer Radtar.ce Reports Pateing Derelict Off Virginia 1 Capes. (Hy Associated Press). NORFOLK. VA. Dec ?.--Candaln Dunn, of the British steamer Rsd iance from Savannah, reported here j having paseed K> mike off Pape Hen ty. yeyterday aftern.^?. the d?-reim three-nwted sebocaer Hetfle Cham pion. ?*ajita.n IJnyd. of B?rners Point. K. J.. frosn Xorfrlk. D-ceasber it 11 N*-w Y>rk, tum Her laden. The crew was misslrg with their fate unknown The Champion's stanchtens wer turned oat ward with the straps dan/ Una. ahowlng the crew er als or moo bad gone "> ff In their yawl, which was also m tuning Short of coal and ear ryahg a 1*31 .ion caraa of cotton, th ? Radlsnre con'.d not low la the prise. L'ptitsnip Sacs in Place. I.BAIPORT X C Dec tt -The Diamond saMlj. Ughtsblp. watch was blown ten mikes Off her station na < MsSsasbj Dnff, la bee* ?t the sropcr endures- -?.night The (ate Ust took off the liffhuatti raced as bars as *?? sTasnal an boar. Tewing Ira ans is In. *ani ymnxfms. m. c. nee. r*. T*? f*lve> Une stewnvbip D< jaxsK ?sich ?*aa as dastrvea at PttbW Pan Hh sis lighuhl* by reaaon of a dtaabkd rod der. I, betaaj V?Wrd to cHerWon bp tbr Mai lory \Jmt- steanwt Has Mar? en? ewe at the ?tressrrx which were l7*?n by 1 be how-Hew during b?t tr.m DR. GRISANll'S MISSION TO FRANCE TERMINATE! Because Trench Govern - : Presses Claim* cf Expelled Citizen* Venezuela '? Huffy. (By Associate i Pre** ) CARACAS. l>eo 28.?The Vene ztitlan government has terminated the diplomatic ailaaliai of in- c?m Griranti in France because Fram-i-Tii ?fafj upon the arbitration of th claims of French elt'zens expelled Irom Canipano by Castro. V. ne /?ueia bases Its actU n on the treutv af lss:. Grisuntl. who wart appointed diplt matte agent to Prance and Holland last Augwtt, will cintin.teKotiatlotiM with the bvtter country looking to tie recstahllsbtnenl of mutual friendly re la lions In February, inns, rn s:dent Castro ? x|m PeO from ( arupann the Spanish flea) (onsui. as well as eight French merchants, wiio were engaged in bust nest, at that |Kirt. The reasens for Oils drastic action i? re nut divulged, but it served to mrrease the resent men? of public opinion of the treatment of Castro toward French residents. The French government has mad I strong representation to Venezuela le garding the claims or ,ts e:.pel|e(| cIt I ? xens ami has Insisted u|hui full and icinpiete reparation. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SOLD? Report Say* Modern Office Building Will Replace Structure. NF.W YORK. l>ec. 28 ? Madison Sipiare Garden, erected at a cost Jt $:;,imio,iiihi, has been sold to a real estate syndicate and will be torn j down and replaced by a m< dern if flee building, according to a report j in realty circles today The property has bi-on on the mar I ket for some time at $:i.OUii.ihw. I Demolition of the garden would mes'i J s Kill *ja loss to the National Horse j Shc-.v which the event is held there an? nually. Record Price for Hogs. KANSAS CITY. MO.. Doc. 28.? Hogs brought $H ?0 In the Kansas City market today, the hlglust mark at? tained sine? 1882. Packers stated the* I the high ir ee: marked another step I In the constantly Increasing va! le ot i hogs. I Contradicts Previous Statemen? ts under Cross-examination. ACCUSED WIFE TO MOTHER Defendant Aden ts, Tco, That He and His Secretary Broke Open Mrs. BrokavV* Bedroom Door?Irritable and Forgetful of Details on Stand. (Dy Associated Press.) NBW YORK. Doc. 28. ?W Gould Itickaw had a bad day of it oh the stand at Mine la. U L, today. He bad ?previiosly testified of hU sttltude of fa races toward hi* wife, who is st ing for sr;statlon with alkmooy of S&Mioo a year, '< ? today under skillful cross exaniipation by" h< r lawyir. he was fcrecd to admit that he had accused her In a Ictt* r to his ntcther-in-iaw f loving another man. ? f drinking too nreca port wine, and of smoking cigarettes. He al-o admitted that bis aeeretary. Hyford had assisting :a breaking down the doer of his wife's b d ro n on one recasion. Rrokaw wa? la irritat le mood and forgetful of Seta to. The pntty plaintiff, however, was to a* light humor as her fcu-l.an i was dark. It became known today that Mr* Frank i Gould Uenteaant Governor and Mm. H race White, of Syracuse, sad ether friend* <f Mrs. tbrokaw had offer'd to appear a* wttnesaes In her hebalf. hwt ecasaeel for Mrs. Krc-acw said that .be eon,aide .id his cRrat'? ease ?ufocieatly strong sad a> efaed to or r The nearly all ssewtb* h* a/ a b* whfrh Rr-kaw prted aad R to said they are to give their viralen of the a Rrokaw gare feto at totting asea He trstlSed b fore tfeet he 4c * swt drlak T?a eoa recall aar Hase vwbea y<1 sere la what bad beet 'rlv'lalt eshlirrated ?n>.| th. wits ? think a asa -Well.' aehf flroaww "t wonkf not ?II ?*v one ? 'drfakiae asen' who nkre kasa then erven, an eight disks Mr BfnBaw was .(aeaOocH sharply (C0C'towea nw Fanrth 1 aaja} THE WEATHER. Jnsettled weather Wednesday. ostibly light snow in north nd west portion; Thursday lir, light to moderaie west to srlhwcst wind*. PRICE TWO CENT* IRST IN Supreme Court Justice Howard Says Patriotism Has Yielded to Commercialism. 4 RAKEOFF HAS COME TO BE A MATTER OF COURSE' Graft, He Declare*, it ae Much an Ele? ment to be Reckoned With In Com? puting Coat of Public Structure sa Cement or Lumber?People Are teamed for Conditions. (By Associated Press.) THOY. N. V.. Dec. 2s.? The ag.J of patriotism has yielded to the axe of commercialism I'ppermost in lh-5 human mind today Is not the atari and stripes, hut the dollar mark. Such was the declaration of Su? preme Court Justice Weslev <). How? ard, in an opinion today reducing the compensation cf members of a commission appointed to appraise damages to pro|>erty resulting from the construction cf the Ashokau reser? voir In Dialer county, which Is to. furnish n water supply for New York City. "White the commission furnishes avenues for the reckless escape of. many dollars, there are other chan? nels of leakage and waste-fullness as appalling." said Justice Howard. "Appalling i_o?s. Called Graft." "It is greptly to be regretted that no public enterprise csn be projectnt and consumated without this "appall? ing loss, called 'graft.' Graft is not necessarily an Illegal expenditure ..ft money, but it Is that un'iecessary. wasteful use which characterizes the construction of every public welfare. At least forty per cent of all the money appropriated for public use is lost In graft. All things could be pos stble if this frlgVful leak could be stopped?roads. canal*. 1 brarles, asylums and hospitals People to Blame. "Graft is a product of our times and institutions.. It Is the people who ara responsible. They expect giaft and I even spoil and bootv to dep'ete their resources when of the any great un? dertaking 's ventured by them; and they look with complacence and to'eratlon and indifference at ravages upon their property. Gran, is as much an element to be reckoned with la computing the erst of a public strac turo, as te cement or lumber. It has tone to be a matter of course??bis rake-off -a Ions recognized by all who make est'mates of cost In such cases. A public structure built hon? estly would be a freak." Justice Ho ward df dares that the whole" project of the eondemnetlot ,Tf land In the Afchofceo V ob y la char? acterized by waste, disorder cr confus loa GUNS FOR NAVAL MILITIA. Acting Secretary Winthrop Orders New Equicment for Armories. (Br Associated Press). WASHINGTON. D. C. Tec, With a view of procuring a higher degree of proficiency among the nacsf ! militia of th? varWms states. Acting Secretary Winthrop, of the navy tt-Jay dii-eted that a f. ur-ineh gun. caul*. ped with Morris tubes, be sent tn each of the naval militia armodM-< throughout the country for traicms; purposes. The remitting office in 'he dlstrlr-t In wbJeb the armories are )orMri wilt be ordc.-ed to Superintendent rhe practice This Is d ae with the two fold o*> ject o,f bsvlnn the practice craduetM along proiier lines and ot making; the wr rk of recmltiiut mere aneceaafsav; Armories in twenty-three states are affected by this step. PORTRAIT OP SWANSOSI. Wait mann'* Bieters W'll be Placed m State L'brary. RICHMOND. VA. Dee. Am portrait of Governor Claude A. Bwaat sea. painted by Frank Waftianna, New Torh. baa been easnptPted the picture te to be ptace la the Baabt l ibrary gaJlery wtthla 'he neat few days. The portrait I? a* excellent UhiM n of the governor, at tfcreo ewarscj . ?n ? id b sa arm chair, erect and ata la the art of #ny A