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SHOPPING DAYS
TO
CHRISTMAS.
ONLY FOURTEEN
TALKS TO SHOPPERS
"Time and tidc wait for no man,"
so thc wise shoppcr will take advan
tagc of thc present and?"avoid the
crush."
THB TIMRfi FOtWDBD 1M?.
THB DIHPATCIf FOUNDIGD IN 18S0.
WHOLE NUMBER 18,463
RICHMOND, VA.. KRT DAY, DECEMBER 9, 1910.
TII 15 WKATHER TO-DAY?Pair.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
RICHARDS FAILS
10 PROVECHARGE
Assistant Engineer Todd
Tells of Q Street
Excavations.
COMMITTEE HAS
HEARD ENOUGH
Will Now Sit in Executive Ses?
sion to Consider Plans for Re
organization of City En
ginecr's Department.
Saville Answers
Atkinson.
To a largo cxtent, if norabsolutely,
1'ourth AhHi.sta.nt clty Engineer ciiarie?
L. Todd, Jr., vindlcated hinmclt on tlu
.charges brought by Councilman Charles
K. Rlchards beforo thc Lynch Investi
, gatlng commlttee Iftst night, th<- com?
mlttee declarlng al a late hour that it
had heard enough; that lt was not nci.
Icssary to call thc rcmalnder ol Mr.
iTodd'a wltncsBea, although all those
It.ummotied by Mr. Itichurds had boen
hoard. The comrolttoo wlll tncct n<-.\t
Wedneeday night ln tho ofllcc of tho
City Kngineer ln executive session to
forrnulate lta report to thc .Street Com
1 mlttliO both on tho Todd charges and
on tho general plun for a reorganiza
llon of the Clty Hnglncer's offlco. Mr.
Bolling wlll at that tlmo present a plan
,lor a goncral reorganizatlon of the dc
lpartmnnt, on which tho subcomrnittec
wlll pass. and thc wholo will probablj
result ln tho recommendatlon of an or
dlnance to tho Clty Council glving the
(Engineer complete authorlty withln his
?own department to employ and Jis
chargu hls assistantfl and to dlrect their
daily work, wlthout intervention of
Council committees.
\\ hnt Itlcbnrdu < Imrnrd.
Mr. Rlchards, u member <-f ?hc City
Council from Marahail Ward, charged
that he secured an estimate from As
/?iBtaul Engineer Todd for Krading <er
ir.ir. Bldowalks on Q Btreet; that the
amount nf work larif.-lv - .-I--1 the
cstlmate; that Mr. Todd did not c.-oh
section tlio work in advance, and that
tho contractor had iicen largely over
pjld for the parl that had b*-en done.
Mr. Todd was able to Bhow by wlt?
nesses that although not cross-sec
tloned. he bad taken certaln general
measurements In advance ot the work;
tliat the iac< avatlon.- were much larg
er than wuuii appear, aud that com
parativcly uttle more work was neees
?sary to make up thc- amount which had
been allowed the contractor. Thc-rc
1- as much cunfiioting testlmony through
which the commlttee had to pick Its
way. wlts some omphatlc staternents
of a more or less personal nature.
which, desplte the efforts of Chalrman
I.yneh to preserve order, again and
unain thri-atencd tho peaco of the In
vestigattop.
Ani?cr? InHpertnr.
Before the Rlchards matter was gone
Into evidence produeed by Asslstant
Kngineer Saville tended largely to
clear hlmself of imputations of errors
east by .Sewer lnspector Atklnson, and
to leave the burden wlth Mr. Atklnson,
tho man who was discharged by Flrst
Asslstant Clty Kngineer Bolton after
Jie had tcstltled' adversely to the de?
partment. Mr. .Saville presented his
liotes and estlmates which had been
fully cht-ked over and found correct
?s to the Eleventh .Street sewer on
?whi, h Mr. Atklnson. thc lnspector, had
tcstltled that hc had found lt neces?
sary to change the grades to keep the
eewcr from runnlng out of the ground.
A letter from the forcman on the job
fctated that the grades were not charig
cd at any time. but the Importance of
tho letter was wcakened by the admis
elon that the forenian had been slck a
week while the work was in progress.
A letter from l.ouls Washer; lnspec?
tor o? the Tullp Street sewer, on which
4t was alleged Mr. Saville had made an
error. stated that the sewer had been
covered past the polnt Indlcated be?
fore lnspector Atklnson was put on
?ho job.
Mr. Saville stated tliat hls proflles
for the Eleventh Street sewer Jjad
?heon shown by englneers to be abso?
lutely right, and that if they wore
not followed, it was lnspector Atkin
?on's error. Mr. Saville said he was
on tho work every day, and Mr. At?
kinson had not said anythlng to him
aboui thc grades having been wrong.
Jlr. Hurry Testllles.
Thomas A. Barry, head of the con
"tracting iirm which built tlie sewer,
testlfied thal he had followed the blue
(prlnls fttrnlshod, and that he did , not
make any change by order of Atkln?
son or any other lnspector, that Mr.
Saville was on thc job every day and
Jlr, Bolton almost every day, and that
the foreinan would certalnly have notl
fied him had there been any eonfllct
in plans. Mr. Barry considered Mr.
Atklnson a competent lnspector, but
sald he would tako ordoi'S from no
lnspector which Involved a dhange ln
the plans wlthout notlfyiug tho en?
glneers. lle was not tho contractor on
the Broad Street sewer and hesltated
to express an opinion, but as an export
of long experience In sewer work he
thought that liad the pipe thero, been
tlioroughly covered in the runniils by
tho excavatinsr contractor li certainly
would not havo buekled. Mr. Atkln
eon recalled to the stand renowcel his
assertlon of having changed the
grades, and sald tliat sotnetimes Mr.
Bolton came to the job only onco a
week, and dldn't always get out of
3ils buggy. Mr. Atkinson admltted
that ho dld not know of his own
knowledge whut lie had leslifled as to
tho connectlon for tho Tullp Street
sower, not having been on that work
at tho tlmo. llo In.slsted, however, that
had he followed' the grades given on
Kloventh Stroet the sewer would havo
run out ot tho ground, although ad
xnitting that tlie last out was inarked
slxteen feet doop. Mr. Barry said that
he had boen paid by tlie prol'lle, and
tliat lf tho clty lnspector hud insisted
on a cut slx inches doepor the oliy
should pay for tho additional cut or?
dered by Mr. Atkinson.
C. Manning, Jr,, tool< Ihe utand in
reply to Sewer Porerhan iioizimch as
ito tho llndlng of a sewer connectlon
for tho Broad Stroet sewer, llo stated
"posltivoly und omphutleully" that ho
dld not flnd tho eonnuetloii whero tho
foreinan had told hlm to cut, and th-at
ho had dug into every nai't of tho col?
lar until he was afrald of throwlng
the front out ol' tho building by fur
thor oxeuvatlons boforo tho CQlineo
t1ou was found. Mv. Holzback, recall?
ed to tho stand. testilled tlmt he h-;i(l
floiu- to tlu- building aiul put his fo'oi
ion tlie spot wlu-ru thc out wus tp- bo
..XCinUliUBd.oa &80?B<1 EttgeO. ...
FNIOFU-EDDY
Followers See Her Body Laid
Away in Mount Auburn
Cemetery.
MHS. MAUV UAKEIt EI)I?V.
. Boston. Mass., December S.?The fol?
lowers of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, tne
foundcr of the Christian Kclence
Church, partod with her vlslble form
to-day nt a funeral servlco that was
marked by simpllctty and lack of osteti
tatloii; liiai yielded no ofprcsslOn pt
sorrow, at least not by her followers;
that wa? sttrrounded oy no trappin_i?
of niournlng, but was novertheless _uf
flciontly Impresslvo to llnger long in
tho mcthbry ot 120 persons who at?
tended.
Jtldge Cllfford P. Smith, first reader
of the Mother Church, read thc greater
part of thc servlce prepared by himself,
whlch conslsted of selectlons from the
Blble, correlative passages from Mrs.
Eddy's book. "8ciencc and Health,'
and a prayer. He was asslsted by Mrs
Carol H-yi Powers, the second r^aaer,
who rendered Mrs. Eddy's poem, "Moth
i-r's j-vcnlng Prayer." wlth sweet and
lend.r cxpresslon.
There was no eulogy. no Fohhlng e..
ccpt by the young granddaugliter. Mary
Baker oiover, whose erepe-covered hat
was the only sombre color note ln the
house.
The spaclous parlors whero thc little
gathering sat eighteen minutes ln calm
thought were bathed In sunllght. whlle
n spray of roses on thc coftln and here
ahd there a bouquet as lf for decoratlve
effect were the only evldence of the
customary masslng of flowers.
Those who wished to look for the
last tlme on tli- face of the leader of
the sect saw the small, dellcate facc of
a woman who looked slxty Instead of
nlnety, and whose cxpresslon was sing
Ularly peaceful and showed no sign of
suffering.
Eighteen carriages followed the
hearsc aero'-s the snow-clad hills to
Mount Auburn Cemetery, ln "Watertown.
There, before the open doors of the re
ceivlng tomb. Judge Smith ilnlslied tiio
servlce nf the day by readlng thc
Iwci.ty-third P-alm and pronounclng as
a benedlctlon tho last vcrse of Judc.
The coffin was slipped into Its nlclie.
and thc door was shut and sealed, and
a man was placed on guard.
WANT LONGER HAWSERS
Tovrlng nnd Steam-hlp IntercKtJi Make
Plea to Coiiinil-Hlou.
Washlngton. December S.?Sugges?
tions were recelved to-day from tow
Ing and stcamship intercsts ln various
purts of the country by the hawser
commission. authorized by Congress ln
1908, looklng toward a modiflcatlon
of the recent restrictlons on the length
of hawsers attached to seagolng
barges when towed In inland wator
ways. A plea for a longer hawser
than 150 feet, the present rcriuirement.
\vafl entered. The hawser commission
conslsts of Goorge Uhler. suporvlsing
inspeetor-general of thc steamboat In?
spectlon service; G. R. Putnam, of
the Eighthouse, and Eugene T. Charn
berlain, Commlssloner of the Bureau
of Navlgatlon.
The commission has practically com?
pleted the taking of testimony con
cernlng hawsers and expects to pre?
sent its report to the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor ln thc neur fu?
ture.
FOR HONEST TOBACCO
Scnntor Taylor Wnntu "Weed Drnught
luder I'urc Food tmv,
Washington. December S.?Senator
Taylor. of Tcnne.sec. Introduced a blll
to-day to extend the provislons and
regulatlons ot* the natlonal pure food
law to tobacco, In whfttever form it
may he offered for salo. Hls blll is
deslgned to prevent the mislabellng or
brandlng of domestic tobaceos, ho
that they can bo offered as Imported
stock; to prevent the adulteratlon of
tobacco wlth any other substance; the
treatment of tobacco wlth any delcte
rious substance, or the offering of
packages upon whlch the weight is not
correctly stampod.
Senator Taylor wlll urge the oon
sideration of his bill at this sesslon
oi Congress, aud expects it to have
considerable support lrrospective of
party. In addttlon to speclflc deflni
tions of the standard* by whleh to?
bacco shall be iudged, the measuro
seeks to prevent the substltutlon of
anothor grade or klnd of tobacco ln a
box or pnekage.
LOUISIANA GROWING
Pupiilntlon Shows rncrca-c of 10.0 Per
Cent. iu Dcende.
Washlngton, D. ("'., December 8.?
Iho population of the Stato of Eouis
iana is l,lir.l!,;iSS, an Increaso of 27-1 -
I--.--"?rn,."'"'.por <-"ont" ovel* 1.381.665 ln
19(10. 'lhe increase from 1S90 to 1900
was 26.'I,0,':S, ot- 23.5 per cent. Popula?
tion of tho parlshes containIn? tho
prlnclpal cltJes is: ^ b
Caddo, 58,200; Culeasleu, 62,767: Enst
Baton Rotigo. .'I-J,5S0: Orleans, 339,075
Ouaehita, 25,830! Rapldes,' i4;5_B,
Tho population of Spokane, Wash.,
ls 104,102. Thls Isjui Increase of 77,
551, or 183,3 per cent., ovor 36.S.S in
1900.
Tho population of Bismarek, n. x_.,
is 5,1-13. compared wlth 3,319 ln 1900.
Rovlsed statlstl'cs of the population
of Tampa, Fla., show tho population
to bo 37,7-2, an Increase of 21,913, or
138,5 per cent., over 15,839 ln 1900 A
prevlous unnouncement gave tho 1910
eonsus a:i 38,521.
I "lutt Kiiu-rul To-Dn-y.
, Washlngton, D. C.. December 8.?
. unornl services for Commander Rob?
ert Platt, IT. S. N., retired. who died
in this clty yosterday following ti
Htroko nf apoplexy. wlll bo hold hero
to-inorrow morning. Intorment ?fflU J?0
-fl--QvMJ_?s-.^a_ii Ceaeiorii ?--,
F
Cash Was Far From
Plentiful at Last
Election.
DEMOCRATS USE
. P'ALTRY $27,771
This Amount Less Than Was
Spent by Republican Party
Which Went to Defeat?Re?
ports of Expenditures Are
Filed With House Un?
der New Law.
Washlngton, i>. ?'".. December 8.?The
Republican Congressional Committee
received $77.161 and dlsburoed $74,373,
while th<- Democratic Congressional
Coriimfttee received $27,790 and dls
bursed $27,771 during the recent cam?
paign, according to reports died to-day
with the clcrk ot the liouse of Repre
sentu llves.
These reports wero mado ln accord
anee wlth thc act <>f .lunc 25, llno. pro
vldlng for publiclty of contrlbutlons
made for the purpose of Influenclng
elections at which representatlves iu
Congress are olected.
llHd Money l.ett Over.
Of thc amount contrlbuled to thc Re?
publican cause, $l7,ono was cash on
hand at the tlme the publiclty act was
passed. The Democratic balance on
hand at tliat time was only $13,258,
The ,-t requires a divislon of recelpts.
showing i-ontribiitlons of $100 or more
nnd contrlbutlons in BUtirts less than
$100. In thc former class the Repub?
lican report shows Ilfty-two Items. mak?
lng up all but $2,102 of the total re?
celpts. In the $10.1 class the Democrat?
ic committee reported thirteen contrl?
butlons, amountlng to $3,650, whlle thc
aggregate of contrlbutlons of less than
$100 was $10.8S3, thc remalnder being
made up by cash on hand.
The largest Indlvidual contrlbutlon
to the Republican fund was made by
Representative Willlam B. McKIniey, ot
Illlnols. the chalrman of the commit?
tee, which amounted to $5,000. A con?
trlbutlon of $5,750 was received from
Ihe treasurer of the Union beaguf
Club, of Philadelphla. The Republican
State Commlttee of Louislana contrlb?
uled $2,000, former Secretary of the
Trea?ury Ersllr M. Sliaw. ns treasurer
of the Manufacturers' Club. of Phila?
delphla. $1,830. and John Pitcalrn. ol
Plttsburg, $1,000. All of the remalnder
was made up from contrlbutions of
less than $1,000. Thc National Repub?
lican Committee gave $S^7.
IiUrffent Hemorrntlo Olver.
The largest Indlvidual contrlbution
| to the Dcmocn-ttc fund was $1.0)0. from
W. C. Beer, of New York Clty. Colonel
I A. D. Martln and South Trlmble, both
j of Franltfort, Ky., and J. C. Mayo, ot
? Raintsvllle, Ky.. gavo $500 each.
The Democratic Siate Committee ot
| Georgla contributed $150. Travellng
! expenses durlns extonslve speaklng
i tours were contributed by Representa
| tlves Champ Clark. of Mlssouri; A. S.
I Burleson, of Texas, and Ollle M. James,
i of Kentucky.
From the sale of 216 campaign text
I bvoks the Republican committeo re?
ceived $107. Thc Democratic report
does not show any receipts from this
source.
Only one member of President Taft's
Cabinet is shown to have contributed
anything to the Republican cause
Postmaster-Gencral Hitchcock gave
$500, and If others of thc President'."
ofllclal famlly opened tholr purses they
gave amounts of less than $100.
Some Dlplomntle Cnsh,
Tho dlplomatlc corps is represented
by R. C. Kerens, of St. Eouis. ambassa?
dor to Austrla-Hungary, who gave
$500. and David Jayne Hill, of Roches?
ter, who gavo $100. Charles Dyer Nor
ton, secretary to President Taft, con?
tributed $100.
Senator Root made a contributlon of
$500, his being the only name repre
senting the United States Senate. As
the iaw does not requlre the publlca?
tlon of the names of small contrlbutors,
it does not appear how many members
of that body contributed to thc cause
of the other branch of Congress.
How Money Waa Spent,
Under the head of disbursements, thc
Democratic report shows no extraor
dinavy expenditures and no largo sums
other than those covering rent, print
intj aud wliere the salarles and ex?
penses of a number of employes had
been combined Into one item. Expen?
ditures of $200 each are shown for the
campalgns ln tho Thlrd Congressional
Distric/t of Kentucky, the Sixth New
Jersey, the Thlrd Mnssaeliusctts, the
Ninth Missourl, the Elghth Tennessee
Second Nebraska, Seven th Missourl,
Elghth Nortli Carollnu, Slxteenth Mis?
sourl, Elghth Mlssouri and Tenth
North Carollna. In Kansas $803 ln dls
burs'.-ents was reported, whilo $200 was
expended In lowa. These amounts do
not include traveling- expenses of
speakers
Tho Republican report shows many
largo expenditures In comparison with
Democratic disbursements. Thc prlnt?
lng ollls wero far larger, and tho same
was true of items for rent, telegrapn
and telephone servlce and salarles.
What Speakers Were Pnld,
Under tho head of expenses of speak?
ers lt. Is shown that Representative
Duncan E. McKlnluy received $1,000;
A. C. Rankln, of Chicago, $1,774; Rov.
John Wcsley Hlll, of New York, $2,250,
and many other amounts between $50
and $S00.
ln twelve dlstricts the Republican
. exponded $1,000 cash, losing slx dlst
I trlcts and winning slx. Thoso dlstricts
I woro thc Sixth Kansas, tlio Ninth lowa,
tho Tenth Kentucky, Flrst Michigan.
. Fourth Minnosota, Fifth Minnesota,
Second Tennossoe and tho Thirtoenth,
Soventh, Flfteonth, Sixtecntli and Four
teenth Missourl Dlstricts. In splte of
these' expenditures, tho Republlcuns
suffered a not loss of four seats In the
House ln tlie dlstricts naniod.
In nlne other dlstricts expenditures
of $500 eaoh wero reported. Thoso
woro the Flrst and Slxth lown, tho
j Ninth and Eleventh Kentucky, Sixth
nnd Flfteonth Ohio, Flrst nnd Soqonri
Oklalioma and Second Wost Vlrginia.
In the Ninth Wl3consln $100 wus spent.
Contrlbutlons were reported-of $2,000
to the Roptlbllcun Stato Commlttee ot
Norlli Carollna; of $1,6.10 to tho Repub?
lican State Commlttee of Missourl, uHid
$500 to tho Kopublicun fHute Coinmit
?ep o? Mftl'Xluad, ? .
ELECTION RESULT
Politiciansof EveryFac
tion Are Nonplussed
by Pollings.
PREDICTIONS
ARE ALL UPSET
Both Parties Went Into Battle
Expecting Great Gains, and
Votes Show There Will Be
No Change in Their
Standing in Par
liament.
London, December -.?At thc close
or the polllng to-nlght iu tho general
electlons ihe standing of the parties
ls as follows:
Government Coalitlon?Llberals, 147;
Laborltes, 2S; NatlonallSts, 45; lnde
pendent N'atlonallsts. 6; total, 226.
Opposltion?Unionists, 193.
Thc- fifth day of the electlons endod j
wlth lhe parties stlll runnlng ne:k and j
noik and wlth the prosp.ct that they
wlll .-oiue under the wlrc in almost
prccisely tho same relative position
ihey held al the start. Returns had
been recelved up to nildnlght from thc
votlng for 419 members, and the result
is a Unlonlst gain of two seats ln ihat
number over those held by that party
ln tho last Parllament.
Thls amazlng result ls unprecedented
in English history as lt is embarrass
ing to pollticinns of all factlons. Both
parties went lnlo the electlon prcdlet
ing great galns. Both are now con
vlnced that the new House of CommonS
will bc practlcally ldcntlcal with tho
old.
Conieain Close.
Forty-four seats were ballotcd for
to-day. Returns were recelved from
twenty-one of these and from forty
four whicli were ballotcd for yester?
day. In these slxty-ilve thc L'berais
gained ltadnor. .ilre and Bedford. whlle
the Unionists gained Eskdale. The
contests were close nearly everywhere.
The Unionists continuo to cut down
the Liberal majority, and to make a
number of gains all along the llne.
but insufficient to turn out the Liberal
members.
Glasgow, whlch the Llberals counted
upon for an Increased vote, went off
some 2,000. Wlnston Spencer Churchlll,
the i;oi?e secretary, ivas returned by
Dundee. but about 1,500 votes uhlfted
to thc Unlonlst column. largely as the
result of attacks upon his personallty.
The Unlonist candldate in South Bel
fast, where opposltion to home rule
was the strongest, made a - v.wsiderh.Io
gain over th. Unionlst m-jortty ln thc
last electlon. whllo Indlcations are that
the O'Brienltes are cuttlng down the
strength of the Redmondltes In most
sectlons of Ireland.
Heavy ralns to-nlght, coupled wlth a
delay ln the reports, decrcased tho
general enthuslasm. John Redmond,
speaking at Dublin, said:
"Thc elect ion has already killed tho
veto power of the Lords, and tho
abolition of thc veto means witlt
mathematical certainty the establish?
ment of home rule."
At Belfast. riotlng followed the
closlng of the polls. There was much
stone-throwing and many windows
were broken. Police relnforcements
ouellcd the trouble.
KIDNAPPED BOY FOUND
Flr..t Cnsc Where New York Police
Have ISffeeted Uccovery.
Xew York, December 8.?"They told
me I was in Chlcago," said Gluseppl
Eongo, eight years old. when the po?
lice led him to freedom to-day from
the tonement room where he had boen
looked a prlsoner by kldnappers
Among the scores of children stolen
by lawless Italia.ns this is said to be
the only New York case on record
In whicli the police have citected n I
recovery.
The boy found to-day was t-aced I
by tlie aid of another chlld, whose
brother is also held for ransom. The
police learned lhat Giusepoi was a
prlsoner In! an East Slde tenement.
They searched the corrldors. llstenlns
at transoms. At the door of a rear
room thev heard a chlld crying. Tho
littlo truide was llfted up and poered
over the transom. "That's him." ho
whispered excitedly, and the pollco
broke in tlie doom Guardlng Gluseppl
were two men, and ln the same room
wlth him were two other children, a
boy and a glrl. whom he knew only
by thelr first names. The police thlnk.
they also may havo been kldnapoed.
The two men on guard wero arrested, I
as were flve other Italians, amontc
them a woman.
Gluseppl's father is n well-to-do
Brooklyn grocer. Slnce ho disappear?
ed on November 19 the father recelved
two letters demanding money, the lirst
asking $10,000 and tho second S13 -
000.
The recovery of the boy makes the
thlrd in less than a week, two other
Italian youngsters having turned un
without the aid of the police." ?
DIX0N BRINGS SUIT
C'hnrgeH Mlulstcrs Wlth PrcvenUng
Productlon of III- Play.
Mucon, Ga., December S.?Charging
conspiracy on the part of two mlnis
ters of the gospel nnd llvo members of
thc Councll of the clty of Amevleus,
Ga., to prevent the pres-titatinn of hls
play, "Tiio Slns of tho Father," ln that
city, Thomas Dlxon, tho author and
plavwright, to-morrow wlll flle suit in
the Unlted States Clrcult Court hore,
asking $10,000 diimngos, actual and
punltive. Thc two preachers named, the
Rev. E Burroughs and the Rev. R. L,
Blvlns, lt is charged, ontcred Into tho
conspiracy because of tlie play's "lin
moral tendenoles." In Curtherance of
tlfo alleged conspiracy, it ls declared
they presented a resolutlon to tho
Citv Councll, whlch was passed, for
blddlng tho productlon of Dlxon's play.
LIST-NARROWING
Supreme Court \ iilioliitiiit .i<n M?ij- Hc
Itendy FItnI of "Week.
WVtshlngton, December S.?President
Taft c-lled a npoctal .meeting. of ltls
Cabluot late to-day to go ovor tho
Supreme Court situation. Tho llst of
likely appolntoes is narrowlng rapidly.
but it was said to-nlght that Mr. Taft
has not roached a concluslon, nnd
probably will not untll noxt Monday
or Tuosday.
Mr. Taft hns consulted wlth ovor
tlfty Senators regarding tho forthebm
ing appolntments. The. Insurgent lead?
ers, wlth tho exccptlon of Senator En
Folletto. who has doollned to go to
the Whlto House, havo boon qulto cop
sple.uous ln the moro rocont .WlUto
ilpuB? couforqnoofc -,
BIGELOW STANDS OUT
AMONG IMMORTALS
I ll! HHII
JOHN BIOEI.OW.
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.J
New York, December S.?Wlth a group of "The Amerlcan Immortals"
danking him left and right and fllling up the background on the stage
of the New Thoatre, John Blgelow, grasplng a sturdy stlck. looked out to
day over the audience gathered to attend thc jolnt session of the Amerlcan
Academy and the Natlonal Instltute. both of Arts nnd Letteri>.
Thero were many dtstlngulshed men on the platform belonglng to one
or the other of the socletles, but none of them stood out as dld the venet
able man who celebrated his nlnety-third blrthday only a week or so ago.
Mr. Bigelow sat In the mlddle of tho stage. Around hlm were sucr
men as Wllllam Dertn Howells. presldent of the academy: Wllllam Crar>
Brownell. Henry Mllls Alden. reviowcr of Current Events; Hamlin Garlanc
and Dr. Furness, who reads from and wrltes of Shakespeake when he u nol
smtllns? at tho moribnnd Baconlans.
Mr. Bigelow, after he was Introduced by Mr. Howells, told of the fa?
mous men and tlmes of old.
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Waterways Boosters ? Believe
That Their Liong Fight Is
Nearly' Ended. ?
FIND MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT
They Foresee Adoption of Im?
provement Policy by Fed?
eral Government.
Washington, D. C, December S.?
That tho great object which led to
the organizatlon of the Natlonal Riv?
ers and Harbors Congress?the adop?
tlon by the government of a policy ot
Inland waterway Improvement and thc
adequate support of that policy wlth
annual approprlatlons?ls withln sight
of accomplishment ls the belief of the
hundreds of delegates now her.! attend?
lng the seventh annual gathering of
the body.
? Posltlve declaratlon, w'as inado to
the assomblagc to-day by Champ Clark,
looked upon by lhe delegates as prob,
able Speaker of the next House of Rep?
resentatlves, that thc House would-ap
provc such a blll and make necessary
approprlatlons. Thore would, in hts
oplnlon, bo fow dissentlng votes. A
simllar oplnlon was exprcsscd by other
speakers. includlng Governor Harmon,
of Ohlo, and General Blxhy, chlef ot
Unlted States Englneers.
Saf-guurdlug Tcriniunl-.
The safeguardlng of termlnal faclll?
tlcs along waterways to be improveu
was declared by severai speakers to be
of great lmportance. Some of them
stated that the rallroad companies are
already ln possesslon of doekuge sltes,
whlch will hamper the work of trans
fcrrlng heavy frelght trafflc to water
llnes. Ouster proceedings must now be
resorted to, tt was clalmed, and tho
dockagc sltes secured by munlcipal
ownorship beforo the full benollt ot
tho mlllions to be expended could be
enjoyed.
Tho delegatos to-nlght llstened to
addresses by Mrs, lloyle Tomkies, pres?
ident of the Women's Natlonal Rivers
and Harbors Congress, und others.
ln hls address to tho congress Rep?
resentativo Clark urged tho delegates
to dlrect tholr mlsslonary efforts for
legislation to the Senato and Whlle
House.
"If all the words ln favor of linprov
Ing Our waterways," he said, "could be
transmuted into dollars we would have
funds sufllcient to bulld granite dlkes
on both sides of ovory rlver ln tho
country. What pu/.-los mo ls thut wo
all profosH-to bo ln favor of waterway
Improvemont, and yet nobody seoms to
havo sense enough to dovlso a system
of dovelopment that can ho startod und
turrlcd through.
Favor- _.onniuy.
'?1 am in favor ot" economy, hut every/
oxpendlturo is not wnste. Nearly every
member of tho House of Representa?
tivo. ls rnudy to help you. und lot mo
add that resolutlons do no good unloss
you keep up an actlve campalgn lu
Congress. Dlrecl your mlsslonary
worlc to tho Senato and the Whlto
House."
General Blxby iu hls address declared
thut the day had passed ior the uppcur
auce ln rivor und hnrbor bills of pro
i'oets "whero tho , woi'tlilnoss of tho
Improvement ls stjibjoot lo uuy reuaon
ftfclo dQUbL" s..
G
VIGOROUS FiGH
Comes Out in Signed Statemcr
Against Election of
. , ' Smith.
FAVORS JAMES E. MARTINi
Declares It Duty of Legislator
to Vote for Choicc at
Primary.
Trenton, N. J.. December S.?Wood
row Wllson, Governor-elect of Nei
Jorsey, to-nlght gave out a slgne
statoment In whlcli he declared hlmsel
ln positive terms ln favor of the elci
tion of James E. Martlne, Democra
of Union county, to thc United State
Senate, to succeed John Koan, Jr. D
AYllson, in oqually positive terms, dc
clurcs himselt' opposod to the electlo
of former United States Senator Jamc
Smith, Jr. For some tlme past th
Govomor-clcct has boen holding cor
fereneej' with Democratic members c
the Leglslature and urglng upon thct
thc wisdoinof olec(lng Mr. Martlne.
.Dr. 'VVIlson refrulned - from tnukln
any publlc statoment untll tho preser
tlmb.'hoping that Mr. Smith would ar
nounco hls retlremont from the fieli
Dr. AVtlson called upon Mr. Smith a
his liome in Newark on Tuesday nlgl"
and porsonally urged hlm to rotire. 1
Is understood that Mr. Smith decllne
to do so.
ln hls statement isstiod to-night D
Wllson says that he had hoped to hav
avolded. oxpressing hlmself. rcgardin
tho selectlon of a succossor to Senato
Kean, but that ll had becoino neces
sary to do so. He then refors lo th
recent campaign. whleh placed him l
an unusual posltlon.< Ho offered, h
sald, If elected, to bo thc spokesma
of tho people. Contlnuing, he says:
. ,"I even askod those who dld nt
care to ntake tholr cholco of Governo
upon that' undcl-.-Uandlng not to vot
for mb!. . I bellov'e tliat the cholco we
made UPQH . that. uildorstutuling, and
canno.t . eseupo. . Ihe responsibility ln
volvod. . I have no dcslro to oscapo lt,
"I know that the people of New Jei
sey do'not deslro'Mr.'James Smith, Jr
lo be' sont again to tlio Senate. If h
should'be' he Wlll hot go'iis'tholr rop
resuntatlvc. The only means I have c
knowing whom they do deslro to rer
resont them ls tho vote at tho recen
primarJes, whero 4ti,000 . Oemocratl
votars, u majorlty of the whole nuiu
ber who voted at tho prlniarles, doclare
their ' proferenco for Mr. .Martlne, c
Union county. For mo that vote is con
cluslve. ' I thlnk lt'sh'otiiil be for ovor
inetubor of the Leglslature."
, Tho Governor-elect then, declare
that lt is the duty of evory Domocrati
legislator to voto for Mr. Martlne an
his luty to advocate hls (Martlne's
election.
MAGAZINES CONSOUDATE
'J'onl WiiInoii'm I'lihltruttuii iuerKcd Wlt
Tuylor-Trotwood, ,
Atlanta, Oa., Pecembpr S.?Annoiinei
ment Is mado of tho qqilSQltdutlon c
Watson's magazli^o. of Thpinson, Ga
edltod by Thomas E. Wtitson, tlio we
known Southern wrlter, .und the Tay
lor-Trotwood tuuguisine, of Naahyjiii
Tonn,, Into one great Southern jnagu
vslno, Now oapltul wlll be, lnve.sU-d;t
the outnrprlHo und tho publlcatlon \vl
dovote its atlentlon largoly to Soutl
em problunm and InterostB.' Mr. Wul
son wlil nuuuiln. aa eiUlor.ln-.clilof5
THREE OFIIIOIS.
ALL DIFFERENT
ConspiracyCase Against
Railroads and Coal
Companies Decided.
ONE POINT IS WON
BY GOVERNMENT
All Others Are Decided in Favor
of Defendants, and They Will
Not Be Compelled to Change
Present Price of Coal.
No General Con?
spiracy.
Philadelphia, Pa.. December 8.?Tha
Unlted States .Circuit Court of tho
Eastern Dlstrlct of Pennsylvanla to
day declded that thero ls no general
conspiracy among tho anthracite coal
carrylng rallroads or coal companie_
to reslraln trade or commorco or to mo
nopolize thc trade or to malntaln cer?
tain prlces, but lt did dccldc that the
Temple Iron Company is a combina?
tion of anthracite coal carrylng rall?
roads. In violation of thc Sherman antl
trust law, and granted thc prayer ot
the government for an Injunctlon re
strnlnlng that corporation from contln?
ulng a violation of the act. Thc sum
and tubstancc ls that the government
wlns only one of severai points, that
ln tho Temple Iron Company case, and
that tho defendants will not. bc com?
pelled to change the present prlces ot
coal as a result of the court's declslon.
Three Oplnlon-.
The case was heard by Judges George
Gray, Joseph Bufllngton and William
M, Danning last Kebruary. Three opln
lons wete handed down late thls after?
noon, and each dlffers from the .(.her.
.ludge Gray dtsmlsses all of tlu? gov
ernment's charges except that relatlng
to the Temple Iron Company, whlch he
sustalns.
Judge Bufllngton dlsmlsses all the
charges except the one agalnst the
Temple Company and the one relatlng
to the 65 per cent. contracts ex?
isting between the big corporations and
the independent coal companles, he sus
talnlng the charges of violation of law
on these two points.
Judge Lannlng disinlsscd all the con
tentlons that were made by thc gov?
ernment
The suit was filed ln June. 1D0K, dur?
ing President' Roosevelt'. admlnistra
,tion. The dot'endants included the
Readlng Company, Philadelphia and
Readlng Railway, Lehigh Valley Ruil
road, Delaware, Lackawanna und West?
ern Rallroad, Central Rallroad of New
Jersey, Erle Rallroad, New Vork, Sus
quohanna and Western Rallroad, Phil?
adelphia nnd Readlng Coal and Iron
Company, Lehigh Valley Coal Company.
Lehigh and Wllkesbarre Coal Company.
Pennsylvanla Coal Company. Hlllslde
Coal and Iron Company, Now Vork.
Susquehanna nnd Western Coal Com?
pany, Temple Iron Company and about
forty Individuals or so-called Independ?
ent coal companles.
Tho theory of the government's case
was that all the defendants had long
beon parties to a general combination
nnd conspiracy, whlch stitled competi?
tlon and obstructed trade and com?
morco In anthracite coal; that tho sep?
arate acts charged in the suit against
various groups of the defendants were
steps toward the common goal, and
that theso separato accounts of the
various groups were Independently ln
violation of tho Sherman antl-trust
act.
What Government A_ked.
The government asked that tho court
adjudge and decree that:
1. Thc defendants are parties to a
combination and conspiracy ln. re?
straint of trade. and that they bo en
Jolncd from contlnulng this combina?
tion. ?
.. That they be enjoined from contin
uing lhe 65 por cent. contract existing
between thc blg companles and tho In
dependents.
_. That tho accjuisition by the Erle
Rallroad of tho capltal stock of the
New York, Susquehanna and Western
Rallroad and of trfo Pennsylvanla Coal
Company and the Delaware Valley and
Klnsston P.ailroad was lllegal under
tho antl-trust act.
I. That the acqulsitlon by the Read?
lng Company of the capltal stock ot
the Jersey Central was also lllegal.
5. That thc acqulsition by the Lehigh
Valley Rallroad of tho capital stock ot
Coxo Brothers & Co. was ulso lllegal.
6. That the Temple Iron Company
bo declared a combination of the de?
fendant railroads, in violation of the
law, .nd that the combination be. dls?
solved.
The Independent coal companles were
brought Into the case through the so
called 65 per cent. contract transac?
tlons. The Indopcndents sell their pro?
duct to the big companles for 65 por
cent. of the prlce. tlie blg companles
recoivo for lt at tidewater. The gov?
ernment contended that the Independ
onts were forced Into making these
contracts because there was no other
way to gqt their coal to market lf the
coal companles chose to dlscriminate
against them iu tho matter of cars and
rates.
Tiio case will probably not he taken
to ihe Supreme Court of the l'nlted
Statos.
LOOKS GOOD TO HARMON
Whlte House Stlll I'leuNiug to Ohlo'*
Governor.
? Washlngton, l">. C December S.??
Governor .ludson Harmon. of Ohlo
called at tho Whlto llouse to-day tn
pay hls respects to Presidont Taft.
He stopped only a few moments, btt'
borh he and lhe I'resident seemed '<
enjov thc visit. Governor Harmon was
greelcil most cordlally Two stortes
of the campalgn were oxch-anged, but
nelthcr story was divulgod.
When Governor Harmon visttcd the
White House during lhe conference of
Governors last year. hc was usked lf
he Itked thn look* or the place. Hls
reply at that tlme was that a man
should always cousult hls wlfe before
takiug a lease ,m any placo nf abode.
Tu-dav- tho Governor declared that th
?fi'l/c M'lrtto ii.iini and th? subdued
greoji wall- of the oN-ctithe office were
quilc. 'lUltrtiVtiW.
"I n.v'ur' _aw the President looklng
rtner'or'ln better splrlts," he declared.
"lt l?- always a pleasure tu h_va _
cjwt with him."