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The Times-Dispatch "prinls all the news and prints it firat." I , m w ' u= THB TIMES rOUNPBD HH, THE DI8PATCH FOUNDBO 1?C WHOLE NUMBER 18,127. RIOHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1910. TIIE WEATHER TO-DAT?Raln. Merchants who advertise in the Times Dispatch reach the bitying public. PRICE TWO CENTS, Light Will Be Let Into Ballinger-Pinchot Imbroglio. NOWHITEWASHING WILL BE ALLOWED Bemand Is Made That Hearing Be Public and Complete No Mat? ter What Boncs May Rattle. Speculation Rife as to Pcrsonnel of Probing Committee. U'AHHINOTON, January 5.?Investi? gatlon of tho Balllngcr-Plnchot con troversy is ordered by a Jolnt resolu? tion torday Introduccd ln tlie fe'enatn by Mr. Jones, and ln tho House by illr. Humphrey, both ot Washlngton. Ah horotofore announccd, tho provlslon in for the broadest klnd of publlc In? qulry, the resolution belng of tho character requirlng the algnature of tho Prenidcnt, which glvcs to it all thc force of general law. A committee of twelve la to be ap polntcd to conduct thc Investigatlon, : i . of wlioni shall be destgnated by Vice-Prcsldent Shonnun and six by ?Speakor Cannon. Unquealioiiably Scn aior Nelson, chaiiman of the Sonate Committee on Publlc Lands. will head tho list of Henators, and trits doubtless ] wlll rcsult ln his aelcctlon as chnlr Jiian of tho Jolnt committee. Thc acope of the Investigatlon is outllncd as fol? lows: "Tlie cointnlttce lu hcrehy ernpowcrod and directed to make a thorough and (.oniplcte investigatlon of tlie admlnls? tratlon and conouct of the Interior De? partment. Its several bureaus, offlcera arid employes. and of the Bureau of Korcstry ln thc Agricultural Depart? ment, Its ofllcers and employea, touch i'ng or rclatlng to tho. reclatuatlon, con Hervatlon, umnagerur-ut and dlsposal .?f thc publlc lands of tlie Unlted State*, or any lands held in trust by ihe l.'r.ited States for any purpose, in cludlng all the natural resourccs of laach lands. and said committee ls au tiiorlzcd and empowered to tnako any further Investigatlon touchlng said do ii."t tmciit. Ita. bureaus, t ofllcers or cm ployes, and of aaid Bureau of Forestry, Ita ofllcers or emptoyc-s, as It may deem desfrabld." ? Widc Autliorlty GIvcn. TUd authorlty to slt during scsslons of Con?froat4 s?nd ln vecanac^. to- jo qulre the attendance of wltnessea and the producUon Of papers usual to conxreeslonal lnquiric-s, ls granted by tho resolution. lt ls provlded further, thnt any porson refuslng to obey tho propeas of thc committee or to an? swer any questlon propounded shall bo dcemed gullty qf contempt, and jurls liictiou ls conferrcd upon the Court ?t Appcals of tho District of Columbia, to try and detcrmine any such charges ,>f contempt. Kmployment of assistance, "legal or otherwise." ls spectfically attthorlzcd. Thls provlslon ls for the purposo of cnabling thc committee to procuro tho servicea or able attorneya to taliTa eharge of tho probing so far as the dl rect Ing of questlons |s concerned. It is thc Intentkn of President Taft to havo the committee name somo com jietent attorney to conduct thc ca?e, and it ls possiblo that both of the prlnclpals to the controversy muy be rcprcsentCfi by counsel. It jvas agreed by all poraons who have given close attentlon to the Halllnger-Plnchot squabble that the investigatlon should bc open to the publlc, and this Is ordered by the I resolution. Ono of the blg rooms In j tho new Senate ofllce bullding wlll be j uaeifl for thls purpose. In prcacntlng the resolution Mr. Jones said: "Thc varlous departments and bureaus of the government are or sanly.od to do Its business ln tho In? terests of tho people. Every offlclal J i.s but tlio servant and agont of the | pcoplo to act for them under and J wlthin the llmits of the law. Tho -, cffiolency of public servlco depeuds much upon tho confldence of the peo- I plo ln the honesty and Integrlty of their sorvants and agents. , Sad Coninientary. "lt ls a sad commentary upon the stato of publlc opinion that the mo ment a man accepts a public ofllce ho hecornes a scoundrel ln the eyes of inany of our people, atid hls prevlous llfe of honesty and rectitude is no warrant of offlclal Integrlty. His acts nre mlsconstrued and hls motlves ?luestioned. Inslnuatlon and Inundoca \ aro freely made under the guise o the public wejfare, but in reality to 1'oster some prlvate Interest. Popuiar vlews are taken advantage of to dls crodlt an offlclal who, after lnvestl satlng all phases of a subject, may roach a declsion at varlance wlth somo prlvate. interest. ".Many do not stop to thlnk how sel dom have government ofnclals gono astray compared with thclr oppor? tunities and temptatlons for wrong doing. ln the hundred and twcnty-tlve years of our natlonal life few of tho nien ln high posltions have been uctutited by other than the highest and inost patriotlc motlves. This should eause our people to hesltate to accept charges ot base conduct against their public servants without investigatlon und proof. "Tha press and magazinos of tho country for several months havo been fllled wlth charges agalnst the present Secretary of tho Interior and hls con? duct of tho ofllce ho holds. Those charges rango from petty lnslnuations and lnuendoes to direct charges of malfeasance and mlsconduct in ofllce, which, lf true, show that.he has most xuiworthlly dlsoharged hla truat. A aiioment's thought should cause an lionest and fair-minded man to hosl late to accept such charges agalnst a iiitin whose wholo llfe horetofore has been ojie of tho hlghost rectltudo, and against whom no dlahonorablo churgo has evor been made in elthcr prlvate Pr public llfe. BiitltngeirV Record. "Suoh a man Js tho presont Secre? tary or tho Interior. H? ls. oveY.fifty j-oars of ago, an honored graduuta of iwllllams Collogo, and a lawyer of dia liiicllou. Ho camo to our State in 1889, fend has llvod thoro evor slnco." TOa Vas a superlor judge for four years ijind Mayor of tho olty of, Seattle, v~_?.-,,.. -. ... (Coatlnued ou Pasa Two-^olumu JL). ,1 KNOX HAS PEACE PLAN Ho Would Clothe Prlse Court Wlth I'owers of Arblfrnl Justlce. WASHINGTON, January 6.?Wlth a vlow of making Internatlonal arbitra tlon judlclal In fact as well aa In theory, Seoretary Knox 'haa addrcssod a clrculur note to the powers propos* Ing that tho juriadiction of the Inter? natlonal prlze court authorlzed ln 1007 by Tho llaguo Peace Conference be ex tended so as to make lt a court of arbltral Justloe. Thls note waa dated October 18, 1903. No responoea havo been received. A statement explaln Ing the contenta of the noto and tho reasons for tho propoaal waa glven out to-nlght by Secretary Knox. The Internatlonal prlze court was to bo composed of flftecn judges, elght of whom wero to be choaon from the larger marltlmo countrles?Germany, Austrla-Hungary, France, Creat Brltaln, Italy, Japan and thc United States? and wero to scrve slx yeara. The other Judges were to bo chosen from tno romalntng natlons, and were to slt for a Ionger or nhorter perlod, as deter mined by the marltlmo standlng of their respeotlve countrles. ln hla statement Secretary Knox explaina hlt> rea?on for suggestlng that the Jurladlctlon of the prlze court be extended. He saya ln part: "The advantage of lnvesting the prlze court wlth the functlona of a court of arbltral Justlce neods no argu? ment. because lt is obvlously easler to utlllze an exlatlng body than to creato a new Institution, and as tlio Judges of the prlze court must neces sarily be versod ln Internatlonal law they could weil be entrusted wlth any quontlon suBceptlble of arbltration. The proposltlon has the very great advan tago of provldlng tho natlons wlth a permanent court of arbltration for the peaceful settlement of controversles ln tlmes of peace, whoreas the prlze court proposcB a state of war, for without war the capture of property i.-. illegal. "Utlllzing the mcthod of composition of the prlze court by thus lnvesting lt wlth tho JOrlsdlctlon and functions of a court of arbltral justlce would cotiatltutc thla latter trlbunal, and tho world wouki thus havt for the states freely conssenvlng to and accepting tho propoaltlon, ono internatlonal Judlciary to adjudgc casos arlslng In peaco as well as controversles sprlnglng from war." AT THE PiE COUNTER Yirginlan* Are Anxloiisly Wnltlug to Be Served. [Special to Tho TimoB-Dispatch.J WASHINGTON, D. C. January 5.? Virglnians are flve deep at Uncle S'am's pie counter and every ono of them is looklng for the blggest sllce. Local hotel rcslsters are fair'.y cov t-rcd with the names of Old Dominion Republicans. The chlef of Ihe ple counter aervers, Representatlve Slemp. has been ln the woods for two week3 and the hungry oncs could not get at hlm, but he must face the mtiv'c from thls day on untll all the patrun age has been jllstributcd. The llvest contesi over a sltrnlflcant appointnient is that between ilessra. Smithers and Treat for the marshalshlp for the Kastern Dlstrlot, It has been thfc- cou seafcus Of ojjTuibn hore for a jnorfth. that Smithers had the best eml of the controversy. It was even rumored that iiis name would go ln before Chrlst mas. Tho very fact that It dld not. however, haa glven the Treat sup ?porters courage and renewed hope. Judgo Lewls, it ls understood, is out of the runnlng for the district attor ncyshlp. This plum wlll go to Groner. Collector Lowrv's positlon Is being sought by B. C. Grlfflth and John O. Laice. Thomas J. Muncy. It ls reported. would liko to be asslstant district at? torney to Thomas Lee Moore. All of these thlngs must be fought out with In the next few weeks. Tho White House haa not taken up Virginia mat tcrs seriously yet, at least that is the word that went out from thoro yesterday. Among those on the ground to look after their interests aro C. G. Smlthers and Morgan Treat. H. B. C. B. MANY PERISH ATTEA Lurcd by Fiue Weather, Ftshernien Are Cnught by Storm. CANSO, N. S.. January 5.?Forty two tishermen are missing and may have pcrlshed In the blizzard that has been raglng for more than twenty-four hours. Fourteen men are known al most certalnly to have been lost, and the remalnlng twenty-elght already are belng mourned, their chance for eseape being regarded as small. The storm Tuesday eaught the flsh ermen al] unawares. Lured by a flno morning that promlsed good flshlng, the men vent,ured to the outer edge of the paddook flahing grounds. At noon the storm came up wlth great rapidlty. and ln a period measured hy mlnutes tho ten-mlle-an-hour wind was trans formed Into a gale, the temperaturo fell many degrees, and thick snow ob scured tho vlew, so that many of the little craft were unable to make har bor. Steamers wero sent out to-day to search for the smacks. Several crews, frostbltten from a nlght of ex posure, were picked up, but many are still missing, and the cnance that they have escaped grows less as tho hours pass. At the entranco to Whitehead Har bor a boat from the Port Fellx settle? ment struck on Dogflsh Rocks, and her crew of seven was lost. Another boat, hor sail In tatters, was slghted off shore at Canso, but before assist ance could be put off she was lost from view in the blinding snow. Her crew must have perished. DR. COOK NERVOUS WRECK Member of FamUy Tella Why He ne main* tn Hldlng. NEW YORK. January 5.?Another member of the Cook famlly, this time Mrs. Josephine Dudley, a slater of the dlsoredlted explorer's wlfe, made a statement to-night Mrs. Dudley says Dr. Cook is a norvous wreck, unable to thlnk conseoutlvely, and that the rea? son he remalns ln hldlng is that he could not stand the atrain of further controversy "Wo are praylng," says Mra. Dudley, "that ho will soon recover, so that he may come forward and defend hlm? self. Mrs. Cook ls at her husband'a slde. Sho loves hlm and truats him. There haa been no quarrol; thero never was any trouble between them about money," Mrs. Dudley reoelved a message to day, sho sald, from Walter Lonsdalo, Dr. Cook's secretary, dated Copenha gen, and readlng aa follows: "Cable Fred's addreBa at once. AU Irapor tant. Must see hlm nov." Mrs, Dudley has not anawered the message yet because she fears that it may bo a trap. The dootor has had a dlsheartenlng relapse, she sald. aod lt is important that his rest should not be dlaturbed. She says she la aware of the doctor's whereabouts, but wlll no,t even apecify whether bo is ln thls country or abroad. , . . Taft la invited. . .WASHINGTON. D. C, January 5.-r ?X delegatlon of promincnt Tennc3s?e ans ? to-day - tnvtted Presldent ? Taft to open-und-att?nd tho Appataohian Kx ?poeitlon to be- held ln Knojcvillo next Septomber. ? Tho Presldent projnlsed to' open' the-exposHlon by tolograoh and to attend lf posslblo. The falr ls deslgned to oxplolt the natural ro ftyurcoa of tho, AppaUoJiUa MeurUainu. [ IS No "Pie"UnlessEaten at the Administra tion Table. NO ATTEMPT MADE TO DENY CHARGE: Insurgents Are Bitter in Denun ciation of Policy Inaugurated by Taft to "Whip" Them Into Line?Cannot Be Sweryed by Official Sop. "WiASHXNOTON, D. C, January 5? Whlle no formai statement was forth coming at tho Whlto Houso tb-day, thero was no attempt in admlnlstra? tlon clrclcs to deny that President Taft ls withholdlng cortaln custom ary congresslonal patronage from thoso "insurgont" Senators and Rcp resentatlvcs who, the adherenta of the President say, show no dlaposltlon to support admlnlstratlon measurcs. President Taft ls reported ao taklng tho attitude that lf an obllgatlon rcsts upon hlm to givo certaln patronage to a representatlve of hls party, there Is a reciprocal obllgatlon upon the rep? resentatlve to support the President. A number of the so-callod "Insur rrents" were out ln Intcrviewa to-day say.'ng that they heartlly agreed with tho Presldent's leglslativo./ program, anc"" assertlng that instead of uslng tho "whlp" on them, the President should use lt on those leaders who In the past had opposed the Roosevelt poll clcs which Mr. Taft ie seeking to enact Into law. On the part of the President, it was sald to-day that the wlthholdlng of patronage does no't apply to all of tho "insurgents," and ha? absotutely noth? ing to do wlth thclr flght agalnst Speaker Cannon or thc House rules. Taft'x Slde of Caae. VIctor Rosewater, Republican Na tional Cornmltteeinan from Nebraska, one of tho Insurgent States, saw Presi? dent Taft thls afternoon, and In an au thorized intervlew said: "The President said to me that ho wantffi trto to help corrcct the reporta that are being circulated to the eftcet that ho is uslng the patronage club to whlp so-called "'Insurgents" into llne. The Pre3ldent says that there ts a well-founded custom that haa be coftrfi :r?JriKst' a- rulc th.it lf mthklng Certaln nppolntmenta stieh as p.ost.-'. mastors, tlie President should act on j recommenctatlon of the member of Congress in whose dlstrlcts tho ap polntments lie. If ropresented by member of the same political party. This obligation restlng on the Presi? dent, however, ls reciprocal, he feels. Thc Repnblican Congressman, he de? clared. is under a simllar obligation to support admlnlstratlon measures rcc ommended by tho President to carry out platform pledges on which both wero elected. The President says ho has not turned down recommendations of Insurgent Republlcans, but ia slm ply preserving the status quo to im press them wlth their obligation. Wlth amazoment. in some cases, bor. doring on anger, the insurgent Repub? lican members of the Houso to-day read the published rcports that they wore to bo singled out by thc admin Istration for punishment for thclr "rc bellious conduct," as members of the majorlty of the House. ? Pollcy Ucnouncnl. Scvcrai of them wero unsparing ln their denunclation of a pollcy which sought to punlsh a man for froedom and independence of thought and ao tlon', aa they espressod it Not a few wero loth to belleve that President Taft would lend hls ald to an effort to adminlster castlgatlon to them for supportlng the very prlnclples and policles for which thcy clalmed the party itself stood pledged. Representatlve Madison, of Kansas, expressed a vlew of tho matter, to which several of his assoclatcs sub scribed. Ho sald in part: "We insurgents, as we aro called, are not agalnst Taft or hls policles. Wo are unanimously, I belleve, ln favor of every leading reform to which the President and the Republican party is committed. "It is slanderous to say that we can be swerved from the course of sup? portlng these reforms by the wlthhold? lng of any of the patronage by any body or be lnduced to support this or that proposltlon by tho offering of offlclal sop of any klnd. "It is not the Insurgents of tho House. but men like Aldrich and Can? non whom the President wlll have to induce to support his 'policles.'" Representatlve Hayes, of California, sald to-day that he would call a meet? ing of the insurgents next week to ascertaln from the President where they stood. PEACE IS IN SIGHT Estradu'a RepreaentatlTO I,cave? to Confcr Wlth Mitdrlz. 3VIA3VAGUA, January 8?Managua la jubllunt to-nlgfat over tne proapeeta of ?arly peace. President Mndrla made publlc tUIg evenlnn a telegram which be luid recelved from General Fornla Dlaz, one of the leader* la General Es trudn'e Insurgent anny, saying tliat he was leavlng Rama for Managua to dla ousa the altaatlon wlth Ihe Freatdcut. General Dlaa'a telegram ivnB aa fol? lows t '?Be uasured of our patriotlsm and of General Eatrada'a honorable character. I am leavlng for Managua to aettle the couutry's altaatlon wlth you dlrectly." President Madraa to-day began a personal Investigatlon of the execullbn of tho Amerlcans, Groce and Cannon, with the object of plaolng tha re?rpon slbillty. Salomon Selva, who served as government proaeoutor before - the court-martlal, wlll bo found Jolntly re sponslble wlth Zelaya, lt ia expeoted. Admlral Klmball, ln command of tho Unlted States navat forcoa in Corlnta Hurbor, has deellnod. a glft of sl ?steers tondered by, Prosldont Madrta for tho American sallor's mess, Oongress haH passed a blll provldlng for tha Isauo of paper money to tho mnount of $15,000,000 to replaoe tho, ,$12,000,000 in notes now. la clniulaUofl. DOOtEY SAW NO HOPE Of BtSCUL Stranger Fa^ed Horrors of Death in Freez ingCanal > ?" ? FELL EXHAUSTED AT WATER'S EDGE Thcodoriq Nunnally Stumbled Over Apparentry Dead Body Yesterday Morning, and Summohed Ainbulance, After Givingj Relief That Saved Life. Left to frecze to death, as he be? lleved, on the bank of tho canai near the foot of Cherry Street, James Doo loy, thlrty-fopr years old, of Elizaboth, N. J., waa 'found at, an carly hour ycstorday mornlng by Theodorlc Nun? nally, of 723 South Cherry Street, who removed the unconsclous man to hls home, and there furnished usslstanco that rosultod in savlng hla lifo. Doo loy ls bollcvcjj to havo fa.llon into tho water about 11 o'clock, and, aecordlng to hl3 atatement, must have atrug gled for an hour or more before reach lng the shore. Dooley'a story of hls experience, whlch waa rcclted to physiclana at the City Home yesterday afternoon, ls that he made every effort to make hlmself hcard, and that ilnally, ovorcomo by exertlon, he fell into unconsclousness. Nunnally says that Dooley made no statement as long as ho waa ln his charge, and that he dld not telephone for the ambulance, aa ho belleved the coroner would moro than llkely be called. Aa soon aa Dooley showed slgns of llfe, about 6 o'clock yesterday mornlng, the ambulance was aummon cd, and he was removed to the' City Home. Both Lcgs Frozen. As a result of his nlght In the water and on tho bank Dooley may loso the. uso of both legs, whlch wero stlffly fio/.eu when. bo was roscued. His eseape from death ls consldered almost mlraculous, as his entiro body wus num!1 fat .the lima he was re? moved to Nunnully.'s: !,'>me. The. feet und" liiKd were"h ma'ss of "b'-'iittor' witeir" thc physiclans took charge, and the only slgns of llfe were irregular heart beats and a sllght pulsatloit The faco and arms were blue from freezlng. Dooloy recovered sulHciently yt-?cer day afternoon to say that he rcached Iilchmond Tuesday afternoon from Durham, N. C, where he had been em ployed as a bricklayer, and hls state? ment ls that ho walkcd up the canai to avoid belng arrested as a vugrant .on tho streets. At the point where he fell into tho canai thc edge of the water ie scarcely more than a foot from the rails. Thc upper portions of tho body were not submorged, or elsc thero would have been no chancc of hls survlval. Sereaiucd Loudly for lielp. "I was too weak to tnove after reachlng the shore," says Dooley, "and after experlenclng every thought of a man who haa glven up hope of living, I gavc myself up to tho fate I belleved to be awaltlng me. I screamed loudly at flrst, but I grcw gradually weaker, and at the time I gave up 1 could not speak above a whlsper." Dooley was well dressed, and has not the appear? ance of havlng been a tramp. He is sald to be in a crltlcal condl tlon by Dr. Davls, of the City Home corps, but thero ia hope of his living, although there is little chance that ho wlll be ablo to walk again for many months, if ever. Dooley clalms tp havo relatlves ln Ellzabeth, and was on hls way thero when the accidont overtook him. Tho physlclan says another hour of exposure would have resulted fa tally. Thought He Was Dcad. Nunnally says he was making a short cut to hls homo up the rallroad and was about to turn off the track when the object, whlch he dld not re cognlzo at flrst as the body of a man, attracted hls .attentlon. After making the dlacovery he went to hls home, and there secured helpers. Three men as slsted him in moving Dooley to the houso. The general impresslon with Nunnally and hls helpers was that tho man was dead, and the excltement of aeelng aigns of llfe caused them not to aeek professlonal asslstance ln fur nishlng stlmulants. ' One foot was half under water when the body was found,. and the lower half of- the body was incased in Ice, The raln was not falling at tho tlme, whlch was fortunate for Dooloy, whil could not have withstood any more than "he "had alrcady undergono. Tho attentlon giveu the stranger before the ambulance arrived was. entlrely extcr nal, as he was in no conditlon to swal low warm drinks of any klnd. It was necessary to cut tho olothing from tho body, aa tho limbs were'much swollen. BATTL.ESH1P STICKS IN'mUD/ Pulled Off In A? HoiuV Tlnic Without SutYering Auy Damage. NORFOLK. VA., January 6.?Round Ing lambert's Point, under tho neces slty of dodglng a blg drodge at work daepenlng the channel, the' battleshlp Georgla late thls afternoon stuck her nose in tho mud bottom. on tho edgo of the channel, and was nearly an hour ln again gettlng afloat. Fortunately, owlng to tho congested 'conditlon of tho harbor at this point. opposlto thfi lurge coal plers> tho blg battleshlp was ' barely oreoplng along, and the crew was flnally ablo to clear the shlp's riose without calllng for asslstance. No damage was sutitalned, and tho journoy to the Boads was reslumed." -Uleged Krubessleiw Acauitted. MACON. GA.. Jan"J"'y 6.-?Chnrloa P. Bannon aud Alexander Wachtel were acauitted to-nlght sh<?rtly boforo mld nlght on a ('f]ar5e 'J?v . embezzlcmont growlng out ?{ tha ^oliarige Bank of thls ulty. '?a0 annoupcJsment .'that tho jury h"1 aerped, ypon a verdlot came tw a surprlao, us tW foreman stated to Ihe court at' a lato hour that an aero|;ment ftPPOarod ImpoiMl GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY Mqiior Man Confe*?c* and I'aTa Flno of 85,000. COLUMBIA, S. C January 5?James S. Farnum, agent In thls Stato for a number of browery and liquor firms who did buslness wlth tho Stato dls pensary, to-day ploaded gullty to a ehargo of consplracy to dofratid tho Stato, and pald a llno of $5,000. Thu stidden endlng of tho caso caino with? out any prevlous lntlmatlon. Attorney-General Lyon appeared ln the Hlchland county Court of General Scsslons to-day and prcsentod a now iudlctment agalnst Farnum, charglng hlm wlth conapira-jy wlth Joseph B. Wylie, former member of the Stato Dlsponsary Board, to defraud tlie State. Aftor examlnlng Wyllo aa a witness. the grand Jury roturnod a truo bill. Farnum, accompanled by hls attor noys, appeared ln court and presented a plea of gullty, which was acceptcd by Judge Prlnce, who, in imposlng sen tence. gave hlm the clioico ot a flno of {5,000 or ono year on tho chaln gang. The Attorney-General will, ln viow of Farnum's plea, nol pros the other llvc cases agalnst Farnum, two for hrlbcry of State dlsponsary offlcials and threo for consplracy, all based on tho same teBtlmony. At the last torm of tho court Farnum waa ac qultted of a charge of consplracy based on practlcally the aarne set of facts. Ho was soon afterwards relndlcted In Chester county. The cases brought by thc Chester county grand jury are Included ln tho Attorney-Genoral'a de clslon to nol pros. ln passlng scntence Judge Prlnce took occaslon to say that he did not conslder Farnum's offenses as great as thoso of the diapensary dlrectors, ac ciiscd of fraud ln purchasing liquor, as Farnum was only a prlvate cltlzen, while tho dlsponsary dlrcctorB wero sworn ofllcers of the State. Thereforo, sald Judge Prlnce, "I am golng to bo Icniont, but not so lenlent as your counsel would llko mo to bc." Ho then annouriced that scntencc was a llne of $5,000 or ono year im prisonment. When counsel for Far? num announced that his cllent would pay tho llne, tho Judgo amended the sentence, omltting referenco to im- I prlsonment. In explanatlon of his action m re ceivlng Farnum's plea of gullty and dropplng the other cases agalnst tho defendant, Attorney-General J^yon said tiiat in view of the jury's fallure to convlct in the former trial he thuugnt it best to have Farnum punished by a line. in order to vlndicate. in some de? gree at least, the power of thc law tn kiouth Carolina. _____ RAILWAY MEN CONFER Itatca Between Washlngton nnd Other Citles. WASHINGTON. O. C, January 5. General passenger arrangemeuts and passenger routings wero informally dlscussed at a meeting of the Asso clated Railways ot Virglnia and tho Carolinas thls morning ln the Ralelgh Hotel. Nothing dennlte was accom plishcd. it was stated by those at tending, ajthough the dlscusslons en gagcii ln would probably have some lnfiucnco in the event changes are deeme.l necetwuxy in thc present meth uds of handlirjg large bodlcs of pas Kengers ln Virglnia, North and South Carolina. Tlio meeting was of short duration and lasted a little over an hour. -, . .. -stmrang otlic-r- mubjectj! undcr. dlscus siun were orobable routlngs and rates between Washlngton and sevoral of thc larger citles of the three States nanied, where it was nccessary to travel over two or more railways or steamship lines. What ilguros there were submltted for the assoclatlon's deliberatlon were but tcntativc. Tho dl.scusslona, it was stattd. also cov ered In several Instances excursion rates between the larger cities in tho territory covcred by tho assoclation. Members Present. Thc meeting was presided over by W. H. Fltzgerald; ooinmissloner of the Assoelated Railways. Among those taklng part in the dc llberatlons wcre H. I*'. Carey, general passenger agctit of thc Southorn Rail? way; J. K. Byrd. general passenger agent of thc Baltimore Steam Packct Company; J. D. Potts. general pas? senger agent of tho Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and W. H. Callahiui, general passenger agent of tho Nor? folk and Washlngton Steamboat Com? pany. Several of tho minor offlcials in thc passenger departments of theso companles were also in attendancc. It ls prohable another meeting of the organlzatlon will bo held in the course of six weeks or two monXbs. CONGRESSMAN DIES I,ojs of Representatlve Griggs WUl Be Kccnly Fclt by Colleagues, DAWSON, GA., January 5.?Repre sentative James M. Griggs, of the Sec? ond Georgia Blstrlct, died suddenly at hls home hcro lato this afternoon of appoplexy. Sorrow Auiong Colleaguea. WASHINGTON, D. C, January 5.? Sorrow was expressed by all of hls colleagues in tho House of Represcnta tlves when they learnod to-night of the sudden death of Representatilvo Griggs, of Georgia, at hls home ln that Statc. Representatlve Clark, of MIs sourl, Democratlc leader of the House, voised his deop sorrow and declared that Mr. Griggs was a brllllant member who would be missed and mourned by all who knew him. Representatlve Bartlett euloglzed hls dead colleaguo as a "man of blg heart and honest pur? pose, who whose loss to his district, as well as to the natlonal body, would be ?severely felt." Re-elected to the sesslon of Congress which met only a month ago, Mr. Griggs had served as a member of six prevlous sesslons of the natlonal leglslativo body. As a member of the ways and means committee and of tho conference committee, Mr. Griggs was ospeclally actlve during tho special sesslon of Congress, which laat yoar passed the new tarlff blll. Havlng heon popular'on both sldea of tho House, it was declared to-night that tho death ol' thc Georglan wlll bo felt by a ma? jorlty of the mombcrs of tho House as a personal loss. GRAND ARMY TOO TARDY TS'ot ln Us Towcr to Hnvc l,ce Statue Removed. [Special to Tho Tlmes-Dispatch.] WASHINGTON. D. C. January 5.? ?fhe Grand Army ot the Ropublic peo? ple who would make trouble about the' statuo of Robert E. Leo, now ln Statuary Hall, locked tho stablo aftor tho horse was stolen. Tho Congress ot I the Unlted States passod a la,w ln ? liSBl. providlng tor tho statues for! Statuary Hall, each State .placlng not moro than two statues, of "porsons ihoy deem proper." Congress has noth? ing whatever to do wlth the accept unco of the atp.tues. Once in the hall they are thoro to stay, The ceremonles of aoceptanoe are not iiccessnry. CUn ton.and Idvlngston, of New York; Al lon,'of Ohio: Curry, of Alabama^ aml others aro thero without formtil core monles, Congress has nothing to do wlth lt, and unless tlie Vlrglnla Con gresstnen seo tlt to usk for formai ceremonles tho stivtuo of l?o wlll be eorhn part of Statuary Hull without moro ndo. Tho delegation has not tlc cldod upon a oourso of actlon. . U. E. 0, B, ? BILL LEGALIZING PRIMARY DRAFTED BY SUBCOMMITTEE Adqption of Plan Is Left to Determina* tion of Leaders of Each Party, Com pulsory Clause Being Omitted. GENERAL ELECTION LAWS TO APPL^ Judges to Be Paid by Counties or Cities?No Restrictions Placed on Expenditures of Can didates?Nominating Convention Provided For, With Delegates Selected in Primary. Newspapers Must Mark All Paid Political Matter as Advertising?New Bill Drawn by Robert Gilliam, of Petersburg. . i After a sesslon lastlng several hours yesterday, the subcommlttco of the Wtato Dcmocratic Commlttee, appolntcd to draft and present to the Loglslature a measure Icgalizlng and lossenlng the expenses of prlmaries, adopted a blll whlch will be Introduced ln tho Gen? eral Assembly aa practically the of (lcial party measure. Thc blll ls short, and contalna but few of the provlslons found ln tho bill drafted by Spcaker R. E. Byrd. The subcommlttce consldered three bllls and numerous suggestions, finally adoptlng, wlth sltght modlflAtlona, the measure presented by Commlttee man Robert Gllllam, of Petersburg, the tncmber of the subcommlttce from the I'ourth District. AVarni Contcut Certaln. . The actlon of thta body makes it practically certaln that primary legls latlon wsll bo the moat Interestlng and important matter to como before the General Assembly. It is understood that Speaker Byrd will introduce and lnslst upon the passage of hls blll. and that means sharp dlsagreement and a llvely llght before a?iy measure can be come a law of the Commonwealth. .Practically. tho. orly provlaion of the Byrd blll .adopted by the subcommlttce la that clausc requlring newspapers to mark pald polltlcal matter printed as an advertlsement, that feature being amended so as not to requlre the pub Ilcation of tho name of tho person, flrm or corporatlon paying for the ln sertlon. Judges of primary olectlons are to bc pald by the countlcs or citles, but no provlslon is made for tho other primary oxpenscs, auch as prlnting ballots nnd rent of places for holdlng electlons Partles aro allowed to choose tholr own methods of nomlnations, tho tlme of holdlng prlmaries and the munner of declaring candldacy. They may also prescrlbe tbe qualifications for tho partlclpation of voters. No llmltation ls placed upon the expendlture of can dldates, and no fee la rcqulred of asplr ants. Subcominlttee In Sesslon. The subcommittee met at noon at the rcsidenco of State Chalrman J Tay? lor Ellyson, 10 East Franklln Street. J. N. Brenaman. secretary of the State Commlttee, acted as secretary of the meeting. Bosldes Chalrman Ellyson, the followlng wero present: First District, T. J. Downlng, ot Lan< caster; Second District. J. E. West, ot Nansemond; Thltd District, Clydo W. Saunders, of RirAhmond; Fourth Dis? trict, Robert Gllllam. of Petersburg; Fifth District. Rorer A James, of Dan vllle; SIxth District, Henry O. Hum phrles. of Bedford; Elghth DJstrlct, Paul Garrett, of Loudoun; Tenth Dis? trict, Josoph Button, of Appomattox. Mr. Garrett, who ls a member of the State Commlttee, took the placo of Ralelgh T. Green, who ls out of the SKte, whlle Colopol Button took that of I. P. Whitehead, of Nelson. E. W. Carpenter, of Rockingham, in the Soventh District, was reported to bo en route to Richmond, but dld not ap poar at tho meeting. Nothlng was heard from tho ninth. Enabiiuir Resolutlou. The subcommltteo first consldered the terrns of the resolutlon adopted at the State Conventlon ln Roanoko ln 190S, under whlch thla meeting waa held. That resolutlon provlded: ! "That all resolutlons regarding tho I primary be referred to the Democratic \ Sta?te Central Commlttoo, and that that body bo, and hereby ls, instructed to make such changea in the primary elec tlon plan as shall tend to choapon thc cost of candldacy, relating solely to tho qiiestlon of expenso; to throw legal safeguards about prlmaries, and to provldo that primary olectiona shall bo held aftor full publlo notlce, uot less than slxty nor moro than nlnoly days baforo the anaulng regular oleo tlon; and it ls fttrther authorlzod and instruuted to put Into effeot such rules necessary to promote such results and to preparo and present to tho next sos slon of the Loglslature a blll to legal Ize und protect all prlmaries ln every part of tho State." Three BUla Consldered. An Informal dlacusslon of the hls tory. praotlcal appllcation and futuro of the primary was participated in: aftor which the members of the sub? committee woro entertalned at lunch by Mr, Ellyson. In the afternoon cou aideratlon of'the eubjeot was resumed. The Byrd law, co'pias of whlch had bean placod in the hands of tho com mitteemen, waa gone over and the mombera expjressod ? their oplnlona of Us provlslons. Colonel J. E. West had a bill, as had Robert Gllllam. Every body had aiiii'tjoBlloha' u,!i to provlslons which thcy thought should hc Incor poratcd ln the measure. It soon became cvldent that thc sen. tlmont was practically unantmoua against making the primary compul sory upon all parties. Nearly all th<j membera wero averse to Umlting thn oxpenscs of candldatcs, espectally as already expense accounts must be fllcd by all asplrants for offico ln pritnariea as woll as in regular clections. Other features of the Byrd bill wero like wiso deemed unwlso, and It was felt that no public demand exlstod for them. The final judgment of the committee was that it should follow the lines laid down by the State Convention, and that this requirement was met by tho Gllliam blll, which was accordingly made the party's bill by general agree, ment. Full Tcst of Blll. The text of this measure is as fol? lows: Be it enncled by thc General Assent bly of Vlrglnla: Sectlon 1. That any polltlcal party havlug east not less than -.*>,ni)0 votes at thc srnrriil electlon for Governor and other State ofllcers nc-xl precedlug thc primary proposed to ln- held, shall hnvc thc rlght to hold and conduct primary clecilons for the nomtnatluii or stnte, county, municipal, natlonal or other ofBcera or representatlve* nnd for i'd&- electlon of, delegntcs io any ncmlnatlug conveutlou, undcr the full protcctlon of all Iawa of thls stato for the punlshnicnt aud prevenilon of frnud, iutlnildntlon or other Irregn laritles, or corrupt practlces Ia general clections ao far aa they may bc np pllcable thereto. Sectlon S. That the ofllcers to con? duct snch electlona, when held undcr thls act, ahall bc aelected by thc locnl commlttees of the party holdlng such primary electlon, and ahall coualst ot three judffes, one of whoui ahall nct .-,a clerk at each polllng placc or prc clnet ln the State, county, clty or dln trlct for which the primary ls to hc held, which sald ofllcers shall reecivo for their aervtcea tbe sum of J$3 each, to be pald out of thc trcaanry of tho county or city whereln they shall havo served. Sectlon 3. That the c.TCcutlve com? mittee of such party for the Stnte, eouiiry, city or district for which w nomlnatlou Is to be made under the provlsloos of this act ahall havc the rlght to determlne whothcr such iioml. nntlon ln any given case shall be mado by dlrect primary or by k nominatlng convention, but !f a nominatlng con? veutlou Is deeided upon the delegatea thereto shall be choscn by prlrnur? electlon to be held throughout thc State, county, clty or district, as tho case may bc, on the same day, provld? ed, however that nothing* lu thls act shall be construcd to prevent polltt eal parties from holdlng nominatlng conventlona otherwise than undcr thla act, to which tho delegntcs may be chosen by auch mcthods and at such tlincs as tho party authorltlca may prescrlbe. Sectlon -1. It shall be uulawful for any owner, proprletor, editor, ranuager, ofllcer, clerk, agent, reporter. or em pluye of any newspaper, mngazlnc or perlodlcal printed or published ln thla State to take, accept, or reeelve, or agree to take, accept or recelve, eithcr ilirectly or ludlrectly, for hliusclf or any other persnn, peraons, flrm or cor? poratlon, eithcr by htniself or auy other porsoit or peraons, flrm or corporatlon, any money, grn t ti lt y or oth? er valuable conslderatlon or nrdele o{ value for or on account of, or as h couHlderation for such newspaper, iiuignztnc or other perlodlcal suppovt Ing, fuvorlng or advocatlug thc elec? tlon or defent of any cumlldute or cnu dldaten at anry primary electlou. Auy such owacr, proprletor, editor, muna gcr, ofllcer, clerk, ngcut, rcporler or cmploye of auy newspaper, umguzlnc ? ir other perlodlcal violatlug thc pro vixlous of thls nct shall be dcenicd gullty of a iiilsrieincanor aud sluitl ho lined not less than *>100 nor more thttu *AO(t for each oll'cuse. Provlded, however, that iiolhtug hervla shall prevent auy person or peraons, flrm. or corporatlon engased lu tlie jritblicatlon of auy newspaper, nmgti. ?/.Iiie or perlodlcal from recelvlng from nny person for publlcatloa and puh Ilshlag any matter, article or artlelcs advocatlug the electlon or defent of any candldate or caudldatea and re? celvlng from sueb person a eonalduru. tion there for. lf such article ao puh ll.shed or prloted bave placed at tha heginning thereof la plaln type ht blnck-facc Komau capltala In a eou Hlilcuous place the statemeutt ''Pald ndvertlsomeut." Sectlon 5. Priniaries couducted untli-r the provisloiia of tUix act nhall be hetd not lesa than aixty nor more than ulnety days before the general electlon for which the nomlnatloua are to be made. Sectlon 0. Any ?,uc.h polltlcal party as may hold primary elecrtloas under the provlsloos of this act roay pr*>'? aerlbe aueli rolos and regulntlons fi,r the conduct nntt government thereof as may not eontllet wlth tbe protUloa# hcrcof. '?*