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WxtMu0himi art $mt0 Last Edition ' Fair Tonight and Prob ably Wednesday. NUMBER 7477. Yesterday's Circulation, 50,717. WASHINGTON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1912. Sixteen Pages. PRICE ONE CENT. MUCH MYSTERY IN WICKLIFFE'S TRAGIC DEATH .Neither Friends Nor Police Able to Account for Accident. .NONE KNEW HE WAS ABOARD TRAIN Pathetic Scene in House When Wife Learns of Mishap. Mystery, which seems to grow deeper with each passing hour, sur roundB the tragic death of Congress man Robert C. Wlckllffe, of tho Sixth district of Louisiana, which occurred shortly after 9 o'clock thU morning at the north ond of tho railway bridge over the Potomac rivor. That ho either was standing on the edge of the track and was struck by train No. 255, of the Southern rail way, southbound, or was aboard the train and pitched head first to his death, are tho two theories advanced .by the police officers working on the case. But tho question of why ho was aboard the train has arisen in the minds of his colleagues and close friends. If he was not on the train they are at a loss to understand why he was in that locality. Killed Instantly. A gash two Inches long:, a fracture of tho skull at the base of the brain, and a badly broken right lee: proved to be wounds that resulted in his In stant death. , The train was stopped after It waq discovered that a mari1hndbeen hurt, and tho crew investigated. They tele phoned to tho Emergency Hospital, nd the police In turn were notified. But It was found unnecessary to re move him to the hospital. Not know ing that ho wus a member of Con gress, tho enn-lneer climbed aboard again and started his train. Numer ouh. messages have been flashed order ing tho crew to return to Washing ton Immediately to tell what they know about the accident. Broussard's Theory. 4notlnr theory was advanced bv Con pressman BroiiHH.ird of the Thlid Con gressional dUtilct of Louirianu, that possibly Mr. Wl'-kllffe had boarded tho train at the Union Station to lido a short dlsinnco with some visiting Knights of Columbus from that Stato, who were here, and as the train slowed 1.P at thu bi M as Is customary for , thm to do to got the slgnr.l to pastf ' over the draw, ho jumped off, and In Jumping stru k something As soon as the sad news of the death ol fonm-wi'ian Wlckllffe leached the Tlousrf. menb(irs who itnow him well. iiimrd into cabs to go to ihe morguo to l'lcntliy his uoay, amoiiR uiu'- kui"k beln Senator-elect Rjnwlell, of Louis iana; Congressmen Rclllv of Connecti cut, who was a close pcrsonnl friend; SIhsoii, of Mississippi; Candler, of Mis sissippi. Broussard, of Louisiana; Bcall of T;xaa; Alexander East, serrctary to Mr. Wlckllffe; C. B Willis, deputy prgcant-at-arrs of the House, and others. ijm glance at tho body told thm there had been no mistake In the earlier laentlflcatlon. "It was only yesterday afternoon I was talking to him," said Congressman Ttellly of Connecticut. "Ho heemed pleased at having been made a dele gate to the Democratic convention In Baltimore. He had lust reached the city, and did not say ho was going to return this morning. I can advance no theory whv he was there; whether he was standing near the track or whether he was on the train and fell ntt " In company of Congressman Slsson of Mississippi, and Congressman Bmus ard of Louisiana. Congressman Rellly drove In his automobile to the scene of the accident to study out, If possible, some explanation of the affair which has cast such a gloom over Congress. Found By Crew. When tho body of Congressman Wlckllffe was found by the railroad crew It was slightly doubled up In a cavity at the edge of the railroad bridge, or rather a gap made bv the absence of a cross tie. Tho right leg was broken in four places. The head had evidently hit an electrical switch (Continued on Third Page.) WEATHER REPORT. FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT Fair tonight and probably Wednesday; not much change In temperature. TEMPERATURES. U. S. BUREAU. I AFFLECK'8. 8 a. m 61 8 a. m A... 70 J a. m w I na. in 73 10 a. m 71 I 10 a. m 80 11 a. m 74 I 11 a. m &2 12 noon 75 ! 12 noon 86 1 p. m 76 1 p. m SS 2 p. m 78 I 2 p. m SS TIDE TABLE. Today HlBh tide, 4:18 a. m. and 4:48 p. m. Low tide. 11:06 a. m. and 11.03 p. m. Tomorrow IIlKh tide. 5:08 a. m. and 6H0 p. m. low tide, n:B8 a. m 11:63 p. m. and SUN TABLE. Sun rises 4:33 Sunsets 7.26 Exactly What the Legislator Who Was Killed by Train I'M I I I ' '' IUII "H'" fjgl V niiilllnl(u,i'iVii'lllilliHitiliHilfi-),iiii(fhii.iliMHi I mi. mini" n li ill Hiiiirt.i iiifi III n ""Mj f .. ..-.& , '. Li I. f. !. 'i BBaBBBBBT.?'SiS:B??Oa,f,aiii 5HVrit:VJ!JtrWtWrJ.'VOt . a, ?,. ' i-:i (, 3.vrBB?vfi?'ssxArirvvs:'.t!''' :vm4'JHHUik. 'joHHbbHbbHSHbbHII i IHHBHIbIHI! ROBERT C WICKLIFFE. CLAYTON NAMES MEN TO CONDUCT - BEEE-TRUST PROBE Action to Be Taken Archbald and Other Urgent Matters Are Disposed Of. f Chairman Clayton, of the House Judiciary Committee, today appointed a eubcommitteo which will conduct an investigation of the Beef trust, and the entire trust question. The Beef trust investigators will be Congress men Clayton, Webb, Carlin, Floyd, and Davis of West Virginia, Democrats, and Congressmen Sterling, Howland, and Norris, Republicans. Mr. Clayton will be chairman of the subcommittee, the appointment of which was formally authorized by the full Judiciary Committee today. Chairman Clayton said that the investigation of the trust question will begin as soon as the commiteo disposes of the Judge Archbald and one or two other urgent matters now subcommittee, in addition to its probe of the trust, which will be a drastic one, will take cognizance of the entire trust question in order to deter mine what amendments, if any, are needed to the Sherman anti-trust law. According to present plans the trust inquiry may extend beyond the Ecssion of Congress and far into the summer. It is understood 'the At torney General will be asked to appear early in tho proceedings relative to the beef monopoly. RAILROAD'S SHIPS CANNOT USE CANAL Will Be Barred If Committee Recommendations Are Adopted. No ship owned, operated or controlled by a railroad company will be permitted to pass through the Panama Canal If engaged In the coastwise trade, accord ing to a provision of tho Panama Canat bill reported to the Senate today. Exception la made with reference to fchlps of American registry engaged In foreign commerce and which toucHi American ports while en route. This provision takes the place of tho proposed amendment to tho lnterstato commerce law which declared It un lawful for railroad companies to have any Interest in vessels engaged in water trafttc which were engaged In competi tion. The question of fact as to com petition was placed in the hands of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A provision is Inserted that the rato of toll shall not be changed except upon six months' notice. Instead of wiping out the existing Isthmian Canal Commission of seven members, headed by Colonel Ooethals, after the, construction of the canal Is practically completed, tho President, under the terms of the lnteroceanlc Canal bill reDOrtOd to thn Sprmte tnrinv. 1 shall appoint a commission of three ImemDers, comprising one member of the Army CorpB of Engineers, one mem 1 bcr experienced in sanitation in the 1 tropics, and one civilian. As Soon As Judge pending before the committee, The Suggested By The Times. The determination of the House com mlttco to Investigate the beef combine followed the recent publication In The Washington Times relative to the In creased cost of meat and the manner In which the beef prices are manipulated by tho bcof barons regardless of the law of supply and demand. This editorial caused Congressman Edwards or Georgia to Introduce a resolution' directing an Inquiry Into and a suit against tho Beef trust by the Department of Justice. The Judiciary Commlttoe, however, de- eatlon would eo hand In hand with a probe by tho Department of Justle. and the House Investigators proposed to General? haMn0ny wlth the Attorney Whiin' thn Rpif tp.iM invniiMtinn proceeds In Washington threo members ot...tl'0 Jud.lcla.r,y Committee, Piobably will be In Seattle taking testimony un- der the Impeachment charges preferred by Congressman Berger against Judge ford. Congressmen Houston. Ora- iian ham, and HlgglnB probably will con stltute the subcommittee in charge of the Hanford case. . Army Officer's Wife Ends Her Own Life SAN FRANCISCO. June ll.Mrs. H. H. Sharpe, wife of Lieutenant Sharpe, of tho Medical Corps of the army, sta tioned at the Presidio, committed sui cide early today In her bed room at the Keeley Institute, where ahe had Bono to be cured of the "drus habit " Mrs. Sh.irpo was only twenty-two years old and was one of the most beautiful of the younger army sot. Mrs. Sharpe was the daughter of a wealthy faintly of Colorado, and told her friendo onlv a short time ago that she was heiress to a fortune of t&O.OOO which she expected to receive this year. Nationals MARINES HELP CUBANS RESIST REBELS' ATTACK Three Hundred Americans Involved, With No Casualties. INSURGENT CHIEF GAVE WARNING Guantanamo Saved by Combined Efforts of Federals and United States Fighters. SAN DIEQO, Cuba, Juno 11. Cuban rebels havo been decisively defeated by American marines and republican troops in an attack on Guantanamo, according to reports received hero today. The attack is said to havo bogun late last night and lasted until early today. Tho marines wore commanded by Lieti tonant Colonel Lucas, and the gov ernment troops by General .Machadel. The attack followed a warning by Genoral'Ivonct, the robol leader, that he intended to destroy the entire town, including the United States naval station. Tho warning was un heeded until outposts reported that rebels were marching againBt the city. General Machadel then called upon the American officers for help, and 300 marines were immediately dis patched to aid in the defense of the city. Intervention Favored By Majority of the 'Members Of Cabinet! For more than two hours tho Pronl Ocnt and his Cablne: dlscisyed cvciy phato of the Cuban situation today, and while no statement was Issued at the conclusion of tho session the belief Is general that Intern ntloh Is favor ed by a rnJorlty of Mr. Taft'a advli eis. Despite tho fact that ccitaln mem bers of the Senato and House Joubt ihf- mithorltv of the President to land armid forces in the Island, officials of the State, War. and Navy departments In Id that Mr. Taft 's Ji stifled In taklmt tuch action, and have no advised him. That tho President, Secretaries Knox and Meyer believe they have this power without first notifying Congress is in - dlcated in the continuation of their policy of sending warships and marines to Cuba. The torrential rains in the island havo temporarily checked the race war, but the army of 5,000 men Btatlon.d at vari ous forts near tho Atlantic seaboard of the United States are held In readiness to board transports at New York and Savannah the moment the writes and blacks renew hostilities. The gunboat Nashville sent a wireless message to tho Navy Department today stating that marines had been landed for the protection of tho Spanish-American Iron Company's property at Wood fred. From President Gomez come optimistic messages regarding the situation In tho province of Orlente. Ono bulletin an nounces that Ivonnet with 700 lnsu rectos Is cornered four leagues from Sagua de Tanamo. G0LDSB0R0UGH PARTY MOTORS TO CHICAGO Governor Expects to Make Trip to Windy City in Record Time. ANNAPOLIS. Aid., June 31. Cover not Ot.ldsborough, of Maryland, who Is enc of tho .lelegatoa to tho Republican , national convention, lert hero this morii'tii: for Ch("ago Is an uutomobllu. With tho governor wero several proml- nicnt Maryland Republicans. Tho partv cxneets to nrnko th pin t li ,vih 0XPC"8 to make tne trip to the Windy '1,v ,n 'coord time, and bo part of thf vanguard of the Republican delegates fiom the Eastern section of the ..nun. try to reach the convention "lly. i.Hirnor OoldBborough v.as extremoly cr.tlnlstlc regaidliu tho outcome of the convention, and decluied thf-t every- thine won d be adUmed satlafactorllv before th business mcetlnur of the meat political conference wer cmi tludcl. All members of tho party wero In uot.l health and seemed to coincide with tliu optimism expressed by their leader. Senators Too Busy to Go. Although receiving Individual Invi tations to visit Mt. eVrnon today In the party accompanying Senor Her rarte, of Cuba, to the shrine, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee wero too much engrossed with other business to accept the courtesy. The invitations were addresses to Senators and not to tho committee as an official body. Are Doing NO NOMINATION NOW LOOKED FOR ON FIRST BALLOT E CRY OF FRAUD IN TIE STATES Committeemen Expected to Give Taft All Kentucky Contests. UNFAIRNESS SHOWN BY NIEDRINGHAUS Missouri Cases Trumped Up and State in Danger, pe- clares Leader. BULLETIN. CHICAGO, June 11. 2 p .m Tho Republican national committee this afternoon Toted 88 to 11 to seat tho four Taft delcgatcs-at-large from Kentucky Tho Taft delegates from the First Kentucky were also seated. CHICAGO, June 11. Tho first contosts to come boforo the national committee today wore thoso from Kentuoky, involving throo distrl t delcgatlone and the dolegates-at large. It was conceded in advance that the contests would be awarded Taft by tho committee, if it followed tho rulo set yesterday In not going back of the returns of any convention or primary to ascertain whether or not fraud had been perpetrated. Tho entire Kentucky contest is , based upon the contention of tho , Roosevelt forces that tho Federal j machinery used strong-arm methods in B0Veral districts and in tho State J , A , . , . 1 convention to gain control and elect . flolppntpn Fraud Is Charged. In the attack by tho Roosevelt forceh on the Taft delegates-at-largo from Kentucky, W. C. Bradley, James Breathhltt, W. D. Cochran, and J. E. Wood, It was alleged that because of fiaud seven counties were prevented from participating In the convention, that the result should be thrown out. and the contesting delegates-at-largo seated. To this contention the Taft people said: , "Tho contestants In this casoadmlt that the State and county conventions wero duly called in accordance with the directions of the national committer and by the proper authorities, and that tho State convention was held at the tlmo and place April 10 and 11, to which It was called. The contestants do not claim that their names were presented at this convention or at any subsequent convention. Their contention Is that they would have been elected if tho Roosevelt forces had been In control of tho State committee. Tho State com mittee assembled at Louisville, Ky. Contests were presented from nineteen counties, having a total vote of 440. Signed By Majority. "The majority report was signed by eleven members of tho conmlttee and seated S36V4 votes on behalf of Piesl dent Taft and 112 votCB on behalf of Roosovelt. "The report of tho majority was adopt by the convontlon. Tho Roosovelt dele gates, for the most part, remained In the convention and participated In all further proceedings of the convention. The convention adjourned without pro- "t or bolt of any description. No no- I tlce of any contest was given until the contestants, on the 25th day of May. . Bent notice to the national committee at I . h!neton which wnB reCclved on the aemnBton wmen v,as receivea on xnc th day of May. It was signed by E. C. O'ltear, who was nominated for gov- ernor at the State convention held In July, 1911, and which unanimously adopted the following as tho first plank of the platform: " 'We recognlre the high character and ability and distinguished public service of President Taft and Indorso his Administration and unreservedly in dorse his nomination in 1912.' No Contests Presented. "It is claimed by the contestants that in seven counties there was fraud, which prevented tho Republicans of the counties In question from participating (Continued on Sixth Page) and How Told on Page 12 Steam Roller Chiefs & jX J, c AfllB tRLJjrB)MJ'r-'& 1 CHARLES JXrLf O&TO.r- (d)A&At 3C ' timti Last Regular Meeting Of Commerce Chamber The last regular meeting until fall of the Chamber of Commerce will be held tonight The proposed five-year tenure of office of Government clerks and other changes in the Government service proposed In the legislative, executive-, and judicial appropriation till will bo considered. A meeting of the manufacturers committee, preparatory to making a report tonight, will be held this after noon at 4 o'clock. - - v i fr k r T..L5oM11rf 'n jJ. J Sk 1 bbbHbI vbb - ' BHlBMlLEiilK?"'" HjBjBmfeBaNpflHIBMBV'!' (iAHBBBBnwl I v""?? Vw tHSwJEj. i Hft bIbbbbbbH I I SwUaitnBMktLi bIbbbbbbH I !VHH? VbbbbbbbV BBBBBBBBHJBBBBKllBW-BWiBBV HbbHFbIEPSb x mm 'fa mm OPINION HALTS STEAM Qonviction Grows That No Candidate Will Have Majority. INDIANA IS STOLEN, BUT NOT CALIFORNIA Weak Spots Discovered in Taft Line-up and Attack Centers on Them at Present. By JUDSON C. WELLIVER. CHICAGO, 111., June 11 On the basis of developments thus far In the work of the national committee, politicians settled down today to con viction that no candidate will have i votes to nominate on first ballot Tho Taft men yielded their plan to steal California yesterday. They took Indiana, but everybody has undet stood from the start that they would do that They havo not, thus far, taken a single dlelegate that they have not listed throughout the fight as their own; nor "a" single one that the Roosevelt insldo figures did not concede they would take. Uncertain About Missouri. The largest element of uncertainty about the temporary roll now centers in Missouri. The Roosevelt people should win most of the contosta there and they should save tho Washington State delegation. Their policy In giving up on Indiana strengthens them great ly In Missouri and Washington. In Indiana they mado the concession that a primary ought to be given recognition as prima facie honest, and that is Just what they want their opponents to I namu in mhouuh .. ,,...-.-.. State. Indications today are that the na tional committee, under proBBuro of public opinion, will try to be reasonably decent about WashlngtAn. Practically all thought of stealing Oregon and South Dakota on technicalities has been given up by the Taftltes. Petty larceny appears now to be about the caliber of the outfit in charge of the steam roller. They quaver at the notion of grand larceny, and McKlnley will probably not be able to hold them in line for It. Tho big, basic question of electing the ticket Is being megaphoned at the lead ers by thousands of people who are coming Into Chicago from the surround ing States, and demanding that tho party management bo sane. Weak Spots In Taft Line. "This thing has gone far enough," Is the statement that Senator Kenyon of Iowa made last night; and the echo of it was surprisingly strong. The Taft people And so many weak spot In their (Continued on Second Page.) IN CONGRESS TODAY SENATE, j Senate met at noon. Panama Canal bill reported. Hearings continued before Judiciary subcommittee on Clayton anti-lnjunc-tlon bill. General debate on Commerce Court pro vision and legislative appropriation, bill. Mllltarv Academy appropriation bill re ported. Hearing on navigation laws continued before subcommittee of tho Com merce Committee. HOUSE. The House met at 11 o'clock. Prompt adjournment was taken out of respect to Congressman Wlckllffe, who met a tragic death hero today. Tho Judiciary Committee named a Bub. committee to investigate the Ueut trust- . . .. The Judiciary Committee on party lines voted against the report at this tus- slun of the workmen's compensation bill. The Everglades Inquiry was continued. White House Callers. SENATORS. Cullom, Illinois. Nelson. Minn. CONGRESSMEN. Willis. Ohio. Klnkald, Nebraska.. Goodwin. Arkansas. Mondcll, Wyo. Anthony, Kansas. OTHER CALLERS. Ambassador Wilson. Judge Wilfley. Major Harrington, Philippine Islands. LR