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MlE TIMES FOUNDED 18M.
TKB DISPATCH FOUNDED IN 1S50.
WHOLE NUMBER 18,496.
RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1911
THK WBATIIKH TO-DAY?Kalr.
PRICE TWO CENTS,
KNEW OF FRAUD
Crawford Ready to Vote
to Unseat,Illinois
Senator.
TELLS OF BRIBERY
IN THE CAMPAIGN
Makes Scathing Arraignment of
Alleged Corrupt Methods Used
In Election?Says Eleven
Votes Cast for Candidate
Were Tainted?Steps in
"Gum-Shoe" Work.
Washington, .January in.?in an ex?
haustive speech. Senator Cnrt I. Craw?
ford,, or South Dakota, to-day d?:
nounced the alleged methods employed
by agents of senator William Dorl
iner In the Legislature of Illinois, and
declared Ii his conviction that Mr.
l.orlmer was not entitled to fetalri his
seat in the upper I) ran eh of Congress.
In the faco of Mr. itbrlmer'a report od
protestations of. Innocence, Senator
Crawford flatly charged that the lat?
ter, was cognizant of lite (|iiostlonabla
practice* <>r his lieutenants.
"I regret tu ?jy It.' declared Mr.
Crawford, with 'emphasis, "hut I ?m
personally convinced hat Mr Ijbrlmer
lincw enough about what was going
? ?Ii at Springfield to put a reasonably
prudent man upon Inquiry; that Shurt
lerr ami Hrowno were his political
tigents, and that ho ratified their act*
mil necept'd the fruit- of their cor
i npt practices where ho must at least,
have had Mimr knowii'ilijc, and tint
ilu was not legally and duly elected to
?< seal In the Senate tho United
States by the I^Kt?lature of Illinois.''
The evidence. In the opinion Of Mr.
Crawford, ?hon-ni conclusively that
the election of Mr. l.orlmer wns the
outcome of a carefully laid plan, he
ylnnin* with the election of Edward
Shurtleff, whom he described as a "hit?
ter enemy of Senator Hopkins and a
political henchman of Mr. borlmor." to
l)C Speaker of the legislature, and Lee
O'Neill Browne to be leader of the
mlnorlt).
Annlvif? I'vltlrnee.
The Senator carefully analyzed the
evidence of alleged bribery, which, he
mild, proved toi his satisfaction that
money was used In the garnering of
votes for Mr. l.orlmer. ShurtlcfT and
ftrpwne were the active agents In this
campaign of corruption, contended the
Benator, and lie charged that Mr. l/irl
mer wan aware of what was trans?
piring.
Not only did Senator Crawford argue
that eleven of the Democratic, votes
rast for Mr. Lorirner In Ids election
<\ ere "tainted with fraud and corrup?
tion." but ho contended that Mr. Lari?
mer himself at leas! must have sus?
pected that fraud was being com*
milled',
Mr. Crawford reviewed the essential
features of the testimony to show why
the four men who confessed bribery
Should be believed, and why the dc
ilals of the seven others that their
voles wore tulnted should not be ac?
cepted as conclusive
Appeal? for Tradition*.
"Whither are wn drilling." he con?
tinue,], "If conditions like those ot
SpringtlChl are to be passer! over In
silence? Wc may make mistakes In
framing tariff lawn, but they can be
amended. Wo mux adopt wrong poli?
cies in the administration of public af?
fairs, but they can be corrected. But
what is the- future of representative
government If men are to enjoy scats
In the legislative, department which
have been purchased with paltry gold?
What li to become of our Institutions,
mid who can answer for to-morrow,
If legislation In great States like Illi?
nois Is to be bought and sold by men
who are provided with a corruption
fund for that purpose; a United States
senatorshlp thrown Into the bargain?
Are the members of this Senate 'will?
ing that testimony like this, which I
have attempted to review here, shall be
put aside as insufficient to overthrow a
formal certificate of election simply be?
cause that certificate comes here under
the seat of a great State?
"I know Senators will not do that if
they see this evidence as I see lt. I
ilnlm no superior virtue and woulu not
reflect in the smallest particular upon
i he sincerity and good faith of any
Venator. My only fear is that the tes
llmony was so much broken into by ln
lerruptlons and argument of counsel
?luring tlie hearings, and the time in
which to weigh and analyze it was so
?bort, that tho subcommittee did not
give It the weight to which it seems to
mc It is entitled, and the full commit?
tee had little opportunity to examine it
liefere submitting its report. I may be
wrong, sir, and the subcommittee may
lie right; but 1 am bound to say that
1 am not willing that this report shall
be adopted without my protest, -.mi the
other hand. I stand ready to voto lor
? resolution declaring that Mr. l.orlmer
was* not legally and duly elected to a
Real In tho Senate of the United Slates
by the Legislature of the State of Illi?
nois."
Step? in the ClinipnlK?.
Senator Crawford took up the steps
In what he culled "u corrupt program"
and "a gumshoe campaign for his
(l.orlmer'*) election." Three facts. Mr.
Crawford argued, are all correlated,
iml "they are sequences which must bo
lie pi In mind in order to properly un?
derstand the manoeuvres which are
disclosed in the evidence presented Ip
.is here."
These three facts, he staled thus:
"h'lrsl?The election of an anti-Hop
_kins man and n Worlnier Republican as.
speaker by means of Democratic votes,
in order that the l.orimer men might
Control the organization of the I louse.
"Second. The election of I.ee O'Nfeil
Browne as Ihc absolute dictator of u
faction consisting of about thirty
Democratic members of Ih-d House, for
whom he could make corrupt und iin
Bcrupillous deals and whose votes ho
? ouid deliver,
"Third, a complete understnndlnK
between the men who handled the
Mnekfipr fund In both the'Senate and
House, and the men who were further?
ing the campaign of Mr. T.orlmei- fov
election It) the office of Culled sinies
L ^Cont^ed-oa Sixth Paee.j~
i
PERSIA ALMOST HELPLESS
Appeal* In World for Justice Against
Great Id-Hutu anil HumhIii.
New York, January 10.?uui of thq
tangled web ?f diplomacy, plot and
counterplot, that hau wrapped it about
for centuries, tlio Persian government
has raised its voice In appeal to thii
whole world?ail appeal lor what It
Stylen justice against Great Britain
and Russia. The first cry reached this
Country to-day. bearing the seal of
the empire and the signature of Mos
tofi-Kl-.Uanalik, president of the Coun?
cil, it is addressed to the American
people, through II. P. Topakyan, Per?
sian consul-genera] at New York. The
appeal sets forth In full the dealing:)
of Gr?at Britain and Russia in Per?
sian uflairs, and charges that Britain's
bad laitli has brought the Persian
government to the brink of collapse.
The story unfolded Is one of financial
dealings, Joint diplomatic note.-, revo?
lutions alleged on various Persian
soil by Russian and British armed
forces, nominally to enforce collec?
tions, hut In reality, it is declared,
with a view to securing military and
naval bases or strategic points In the
European game, In brief, the Persian
government states that through a loan
made to It by the Russian govern'
mcnl some years ago, and which it has
found itseli unable to repay because
Great Britain and Russia have thrown
every obstacle In the way of repay?
ment. It Is almost helpless, and unable
to maintain order in certain provinces
whore Russian troops have been quar?
tered to enforce collections. Great
Britain. It Is charged, expressly agreed
that'no other than civil means would
be used for collections; yet that coun?
try now stands Idly by while Russia
pours regiments over the borders. Tho
presence of the.se foreign troops has
roused Persians to fury. Three' prov?
inces have been thrown Into revolt.
RusStfi and Britain have demanded
thai the disorders be repressed, yet the
Persian government declares Itself
helpless while Russian Hoops are
within Its borders.
The appeal declares that Persia
stands ready to shed her blood to de?
fend British subjects, and would defend
them If allowed to art without tho
Buss Ian troops
All last year Perslu was the storm
centre "f European international poli?
tics.
LATHAM HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Antoinette Monoplane Wrecked, but
V viator In \ot Injured.
.-'?hi Francisco, January lfi.?Hubert
Latham, the young Kreuch blrdman.
had a remarkable escape from death
on San Francisco's aviation field to?
day. In his second fllghi of the after?
noon he encountered adverse wind con?
ditions that forced htm to descend
suddenly, after he had attained a
height of about thirty feet. Alighting,
he crashed into a fence, completely
wrecking his Antoinette monoplane.
The host-like body of the craft was
broken Into three pieces, breaks oc
cttrrihg Just In front and behind the
driver's seat. Latham sal light, and
escaped without a scratch, while his
machine splintered about him. The
engine was badly damaged, both
blades of the propeller were snapped
off short, the planes were torn Into
strips, and one wheel of the running
goat was wrenched completely off.
When an army ambulance. which
dashed out from Camp Setfrldge, near
which the accident occurred, reached
the aviator. Litham was found rue?
fully Inspecting the wreck of hla ma?
chine, and puffing hard or. a consoling
cipnrette.
Early In the afternoon Latham made,
a short exhibition flicht to try out the
air currents, and an hour later he
set out on his st-cond and disastrous
trial, with the Intention of trying
some target shootinR- He had a shot?
gun within easy reach when the
smnsh-up came.
To-day's exhibition developed noth?
ing of a spectacular nature.
ADMIRED WOMAN'S HAT
Auto Then lllln Tree mid Orciipnnts
lla\? Narrow Escape.
[Sneclal to Ti e Tlmes-Dl6patch.]
St. Louis; Mo . January 10.?An auto?
mobile accident yesterday afternoon.
In which Miss Kate Halle, of Staunton,
was cut by flying glass and bruised,
and her isiner-lrt-law, Mrs. Columbus
Halle, of St. Louis, wife of Vice-Presi?
dent Halle, of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas Railroad, was more severely
bruised, resulted, it developed to-day,
from Miss .Halle's admiration for a
hat worn by a woman pedestrian.
"Did you* see that hat?" Miss Halle
Inquired. "'Isn't it heautlful?"
"It's a perfect dream, and look at
her suit!" Mrs. Halle replied. The
automobile, an electric one. driven by
Mrs. Halle, crashed into a tree.
"I regard our escape v/lth our lives
as miraculous," sold Miss Halle to?
day.
The automobile was damaged $500
worth.
SUCCESSOR TO COREY
Election of .1 nines A. Fnrrell Will lie
Recommended to Directors.
Now York, January 10.?The finance
committee of the United States Steel
Corporation to-day unanimously de?
cided to recommend to the board ol
directors at Us next regular meeting
on January 24, the election of James
A. Parrel], of Brooklyn, as president
[ of the Steel Corporation, according to
a statement issued bv Chairman Gary.
Mr. Farrell. who will succeed William
E. Corey. Is fifty-two years of age.
and has been president of the United
States Steel Products Company ever
since It was formed in 1903, and which
oreanlzatlon handles all tho export
business of the parent corporation. It
Is understood that when elected pres?
ident of the Steel Corporation Mr.
Parrell will devote himself to the
practical and technical side? of that
vast organization.
SCHOONERS IN COLLISION
Vessel From Xorfolk Hits Unknown
Three-Master Off Cape May.
Atlantic city. x. .T., January io.?
News reached hero over government
wires tn-nlc.ht of a collision between
the f nur-niasted schooner Fanny 0.
Bowen, front Norfolk, for Fall River,
mid an unknown three-masted schooner
near Northeast lightship, off Cape
May. The Bowon's ringing was badly
torn, and a report was sent to this
city to secure a tug to meet her on her
way up the coast." Temporary repairs
are being made.
The captain of the Bowen could not
make out the ntitne of the other boat,
but believes she was not badly dam?
aged.
PRESENTED TO CONGRESS
Memorial Of Protest by Mount Vcrnnn
Ladles' Association.
ISneclal to The Tlmes-Mspntch.l
Washington, D. ?'.. January 10.?
Senator Martin hns presented to Con?
gress the nieinorl.il of Mrs, Charles B.
BalLivlco'-regrenl of the Mounl Vernon
Ladles'" Association for tho State of
Virginia, remonstrating against the
location of a criminal reformatory for
tho District of Columbia on what Is
known as the BelVoIr or White House
tract of land, which Is very near
.Mount Vernon. !'. II. McG.
Drnfh of "Apple King."
Lea veil worth. Kan., January 10.?
Frederick Wellhottso, known as the
"Apple King." nt one time said to bo
the greatest apple grower In the world,
died here to-dny. aged olghly-two
years. In I SOU the yield from Ihe
Wellhouso orchards was so.ofni bushels,
and it required 200 cars to shin his
fruit.
Mr, Wcllhou'so was n native of
I Wayne county. Ohio, and cuine to
Kanena In 1850, i
SPEECH CHEERED
Big Crowd Hears Ex
Convict in Leading
Richmond Theatre.
DENOUNCES SHOE
LABOR SYSTEM
Charles Morganfield, Who
Served 18 Years, Says False
Charges Are Made to Keep
Prisoners at Work?De?
clares He Was Wrong?
fully Accused.
Seven or eight hundred people heard
Charles Morganfield, a truln robber
lately released aller u long term In
the penitentiary, deliver what he rail?
ed u lecture directed at ihe convict
labor system of Virginia last night at
the Academy of Mimic. Ho chose for
his subject ??Klfteen Years in Hell."
Morganfield spoke for llfty-llvc min?
utes, and. whether be did any good
for his cause or not. he received con
Blderablu applause, an,] was evidently
pleased with his reception.
The occasion was unique. A man
who was at one time a desperate crim?
inal occupying the stage of the lead?
ing theatre in the capital city of a
State Is no usual performance. The
audience was made up of all classes
and conditions, there being quite a
sprinkling of social workers.
Keep Men In Prison.
The man denounced the Thacker
Shoe Company, which operates the
factories In which the prisoners work.
He asserted that good workmen are
kept in prison by false marks and
charge.- to prevent their release on pa?
role and thus to add to Ihe profits
of the shoe concern.
Morganfield presented a not unin?
teresting figure. Large, with smooth
face which shows power In every
lineament, with gray hair, he Is rather
handsome. (Jlvcn a good suit of
clothes, a hair cut, a shampoo and
Various other modern treatments, he
would make an exceedingly creditable
Congressman In appeurance
lie Is a far more interesting study
than his lecture. He seemed not de?
void of humor, yet the Inevitable Iron
of prison life had seared his soul and
made him bitter, vindictive, unreason?
ing, and while he showed feeling more
than once, there were times when this
emotion, revealed through ihe eyes
and lips, showed the tigerish impulses
of the desperate outcast;
T:ie ex-convict, who intimated during
his remark* thai this Is not his real
name, held up and robhe.l a passenger
train, near AcquTa Crook, on the Rich?
mond-Washington line. In 1SJ1. After
1 he robbery he sent the engine at full
speed up the track, where, but for o
fortunate circumstance, it would hava
collided with a irain bearing scores of
people.
He was given eighteen years in the
penitentiary, un? served fifteen year*
and eight months, having been released
only a few days ago. An accomplice
named Searcy, who turned State's evi?
dence, got off with eight year.-'. It
was stated that Morganfield had sworn
vengeance against Searcy If he ever
found him, and it Is understood that
Searcy has severy.l times sent out an?
nouncements that he Is dead.
Waves to Crowd,
No one introduced Morganfield. H?
walked on the stage on his crutches
when the curtain rose, waving his arm
to the audience, lie walked up and
down Incessantly during the-lecture,
using sometimes one crutch, 6ometime.-.
both. Several times he took-'counse:
with some newspaper men In the wings
as to the loudness of his voice and as to
the length of hl3 remarks.
He rambled to such an extent thai
a connected account of Ills charges is
almost Impossible. His voice was fair?
ly good, but his delivery and language,
as might have been expected, poor.
Beginning with the assertion that if
he told all he knew he would bo hanged
and the audience would hang all the
penitentiary officials. Morganfield an?
nounced as his mission to "make the
shoe shop leave Oregon Hill." Kvery
word sent out by the management of
the prison about the conditions there
he declared to be a lie. They had lied
about him and about everybody else, he
said.
Present Conditions.
These things he spoke of as existing
at this day. although some of the In?
cidents related referred to periods
under former managements.
The gist of Morganflcld's charges arc
that prisoners are deliberately robber!
or their time earned by good conduct
in order to make more money for the
shoe company. If they continue to be?
have, they are beaten until they say
something, and are then put down tor
insubordination. There is blood, as?
serted Morganfield, on every pair of
shoes turned out. He would like to
march the skeletons of the men mur?
dered under the prison labor system be?
fore bis audience.
For himself, ho had never made any
shoes. Vet he had been punished, he
said, under false charges, although lie
did not explain why he should have
been punished when his work did not
go to the shoe company. Hn was
beaten lliree times and put In Solitary
confinement for saying he would com?
plain to ihe Governor If he was made
to work on one day when unable lb do
so. For this he was put down In the
records as having assaulted an officer.
This was ihe worst Ihing he did dur?
ing his term, according to his state?
ment.
Vnrlou ? more Or less wild assertions
were made. One of these was that
prisoners in Ihe penitentiary are all
right save on sonic occasions, while
ihe management is all wronj; on all
occasions. Another was that 2. ?'?'/ J
goats. Which were impounded in Rich
?ttujnd n couple of years ago, were fed
to' t he prisoners.
There nrp hooyters in the penitentiary
among the officials, said Morganfield,
ami he made dark ihreats thai ho
would rovoal the fell secret of their
names some day. Ho Is going to lec?
ture some more, ho said, having 'or
his object the amelioration ut condi?
tions "under the big top."
part ?f losses
Restitution to Amount;
of $1,300,000 Made !
to Pennsylvania.
CAPIiOL FRAUD
CAS LS SETTLED
In Consideration of Agreement
Commonwealth Agrees to Drop
All Further Criminal Action
Against Defendants Impli?
cated?This Ends Sen?
sational Prosecution.
Ilnrrlsburg, i?a.. January in.?Resti?
tution t'> the amount of $1)300.000 and
the surrender uf warrants aggregating
$200,< 00| upon which payment had been
stopped, were made in the Dauphin
jCouti'.y Court to-day by tho men con
; vlcted or otherwise implicated by tho
Slate of Pennsylvania In the Capitol
j frauds. In consideration of tho return
j of titls money and the surrender of tho
: warrants, the Commonwealth agreed to
drop all further criminal action against
tin defendants indicted, and, with the
exception of the case of Joseph M.
Huston, of Philadelphia, who is under
an Indeterminate sentence of from six
months to two years, and who has an
appeal In the Superior Court, the Cap?
itol fraud cases are declared to be
ended and the State satisfied. Thus
endji one of the most Important crim?
inal prosecutions ever brought by the
State, and which has stirred Pennsyl?
vania from end to end.
The new State Capitol, a magnificent
structure, with its rich furnishings,
cost approximately $13.000,00). Of this
sum the State alleged that It had been
defrauded out of almost $3,000,000. At
tornoy-'Jeneral M. Hampton Todd, who
conducted the prosecutions. In a state?
ment after the settlement was an?
nounced, said that the total amount
received hy the State to-day ann
through restitution heretofore made by
certain of the defendants, was $1,596,
740. L'p to date the State has expend?
ed $107,961, In prosecuting the cases.
Drfrndsnts In Settlement.
Among the defendants who partici?
pated in the .settlement to-day were
the following:
Kstatc of John Sanderson, of Phil?
adelphia, contractor for the wooden
[furnishing, etc., who died in New York
-.after he had been convicted and sen?
tenced, and was out on ball pending
an appeal of hlB case.
I'state of W. L Mathues. of Media, a
former State treasurer, who died after
being convicted and sentenced, and
was out on ball pending an appeal.
William P. Snyder, Spring City, a for?
mer atn-'ltor-general. now serving two
years in the penitentiary.
John M. Shumaker, Johnstown, a for?
mer superintendent of grounds and
building's, now serving a two years'
sentence.
Joseph M. Huston, architect of tho
Capitol and designer of its furniture,
under sentence and awaiting disposi?
tion of an appeal from conviction.
Krank G. Harris, of Clearfield, a for?
mer State treasurer, and B. B. Harden
burgh.' HonesdV.e. a former auditor
general, predecessors of Mathues and
Snyder. and who were only sued civilly
to recover money.
Former Congressman H. Burd Cas?
sel, of Marietta, Pa., who was acquit?
j led of a charge of fraud in connection
with a metal furniture contract.
One of the Interesting features of the
case Is the fact that the amount each
party to the settlement contributed is
a lawyer's secret, and probably will
never be made public.
There were two civil actions brought
by the State. One was against tho
contractor for wooden furniture, San?
derson. On this the sum collected was
$1,100,000. The other was against tho
contractors for metal furnlturo, in
which Cassel was Involved. On this
contract $200,300 was turned back Into
the treasury.
The colossal Capitol fraud exposure
was one of the indirect results of tho
political upheaval in Pennsylvania In
190S.
CURTAILMENT IS URGED
it c, ii n i In n ; Adopted liy Textile Manu?
facturers' Kxrhnime nt Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., January 10.?Drastic
curtailment In tho manufacture of cot?
ton goods until the prices of tho manu?
factured product nssume a more cor?
rect ratio to tt,? oat of raw cotton
was urged In a resolution adopted by
the Textile Manufacturers' Exchange
here this afternoon. More than 2,000t
000 spindles In nine Southern States
and Illinois ana Indiana were repre?
sented nt the meeting- All State or?
ganization:- also were urged to co?
operate in this movement, and it was
suggested that a peneral nicotine be
called in the near future to consider a
plan for patting the curtailment Into
. effect_
OPERATOR FALLS
DEAD AT HIS KEY
(Special to The Tim s-Dlspatch.l
Itoanoke, Vu., Jniiuitr} in?White
slttiuf;' nt his (elcgraph Instrument
in the etiler of the Boiinoke Times
l?rnlghi; C. f. Hoyd, representative
here of Ihr Associated Press, wna
stricken with neuralgia of the heart,
aud died In n few seconds.
lie fell from bbi I'hrilr ?villi n sin?
gle cxClntnnllon, und uns not con?
scious afterwards. Mi". Iloyd hail
been ? resident of fliianohe fifteen
years, und lind been ?villi Hie As?
sociated Press n lung Blue.
He vtns bom In Concord, \. p.,
forty-two years im?, nnd Is survived
by IiIm widow nnd live children, lu
addition to his work ns telegraph
operator, he vui* inn advertising spo
elnllsl, In which he was "iuosl suc
cosiiil. lie vtn* the representative
here its correspondent of n number
of Important papers, Including the
lllellinond TIjnes-DlHpntch, the
Washington llrrald nnd llnltlmorc
Anierlcnii,
NEW SENATOR FRQM OHIO
Aii.KK POM KU K> B.
Columbus. O., January 10.?In spite of tho bitterness of the Ute Demo?
cratic senatorial campaign, the vlctpr, Lieutenant-Governor Atlee Pomerene.
was elected to the United States Senate by the Legislature to-day by the
vote of every Democratic member of that body.
in ihe Senate Lleutenant-Governor Pomerene received nineteen votes, and
In the House seventy votes.
The two houses meet at 11 A. M. Wednesday to complete the election.
LOAN TO HONDURAS
IS MADE POSSIBLE
Convention Binding Government
to Fulfilment of Obliga?
tion Signed.
TREATY WILL GO TO SENATE
Action of United States in Line
With Precepts of Monroe
Doctrine.
Washington, D. C, January 10.?
After more than a year of negotiations
consummation of the proposed loan
for tho rehabilitation of the ilnancea
of Honduras was made possible to-day
when Secretary of State Knox and
Goneral Juan E. Paredes. Minister of
Finance of Honduras and special finan?
cial agent of Honduras In the United
States, signed a convention hlnding
Honduras to the fulfilment of the
obligation to be imposed by the loan.
The treaty will be submitted by
President Taft to the Senate within a
few days for ratlrteatlon, and Senor
Paredes declared to-night that within
a week the contract between Honduras
and J. .T. Morgan & Oo. for tho pro?
posed loan would be signed.
The State Department did not make
public the text of the convention, but
it Is known that the treaty does not
establish any financial protectorate
over Honduras. Ii merely assures the
guaranty by the United States of the
observance by Honduras ol the finan?
cial contract about to be made with
the Morgan syndicate Should any
friction occur between the financial
syndicate and the government of Hon?
duras, provision Is. made for the ad?
justment of difficulties by the submis?
sion of the question to the heads of
the two governments Involved.
Tho signing of the "-.-Jnvontlon to?
day Is In line with precepts of the
Monroe Doctrine, In that It nets as
an intermediary between the foreign
holders of bonds against Honduras
and that country by arranging for the
payment of its bonded Indebtedness
without foreign intervention.
Will neorgnnlzc Flunnees.
The convention signed to-day. it Is
believed, will completely reorganize the
financial status of Honduras. Tho out?
standing debt of the country Is esti?
mated at about $1 P.',000.000. the accu?
mulation of principal and interest on
four loans made since 1 SC7. J. P. Mor?
gan <"'o.. In August. 1H09. entered
Into an arrangement with the holders
of bonds against Honduras in P.urope
by which a settlement of the loan then
proposed was effected, and through the
auspices of tho United Slates, Ifi per
cent, of the vnlue of the bonds would
be paid. This contemplated the pay?
ment of $lii on every $100 of existing
bonds, with unpaid coupons attached,
thus making necessary the payment by
Honduras of only $1,000.000 or about
15 per cent, of $;.r..ono,ooo, the approx?
imate face value of the bonds?the in?
terest coupons being returned with the
bonds In lieu of the I.", per cent, pay?
ment.
A loan of $10,000,000, however. Is be?
ing nogotlllled by Honduras with a
view to expending nbi ill $f>,000.(. to
ward tin.' completion of the partly eon*
sirucied Interoconplc railway, joining
the Atlantic and Pacific sea coasts of
the country, at Puerto Corte? and the
Hay of Ponsccn;
WILL RESIST B0NILLA
Porres ?f. President ?livlln Are tiring
Put In ItrndJurMH,
New Orleans. I.a.. January 10.?Sonor
Jesus Pilot, consul generhl of Hon?
duras, said __to-da^v_^lha I he^had l1*-*.
celved no advices confirmatory of ihe
reports that the rovolutlpnlsls had
captured the bay islands, ami the porl
oi Teilt.
"I signed the manifests to-day of two
steamers which cleared for Tola.
Ktillan and Puerto Porte/.." said Senor
1-lloa. 'i would not have done thin,
Ii" I hod been advised that revolu?
tionists had seized the ports
"1 have been Informed ihn! ihe fbr?;ei
of President Diivila arc bring pul lh
readiness to resist Honillli, and (.hoi
the feeling generally In Honduras Is
strongly in favor of Hie administra?
tion. From Hie commandant at Puerto
;fCQnUnuod7ott SoaonoTpago.)
SEVENTEEN LOS!
M BO W SURF
Lifc-Savcrs Witness Disaster,
but Unable to Rentier
Assistance.
TRAGEDY ON CAPE COD COAST
Men Make Desperate but 1'miU
Fight to Reach Shore
iu Safety.
Highland Light, Mass.. January 10.?
The worst disaster tho. life guards of
the storm-lashed coast of' grim Capo
Cod hail seen in more than a dozen
years occurred to-day on. the treacher?
ous sandbars that make off i'rorit mo
Peaker Hills. They stood on the beach
with their lifeboats and other appa?
ratus, unable to render assistance,
while three stout coal-carrying barges
tvere hurled to destruction, and all on
board?seventeen men?lost their lives
In the boiling surf. The barges wero
the Trevcrton, Corbln and Pine Forest,
valued together at $125,000, With tlie
exception of Captain ('", I. IJrown, of
the Treverton, who belonged in Lln
colnvllle, Me., and Captain M. W. Hall.
( of tlie I'lne Forest, a Provincetown
t man. all were drowned, including Cap?
[ t?in Charles N. Smith, of Philadelphia;
1 of the barge Corbln.
i As two of the barge-1, the Treverton
and Corbln. broke up very quickly. It
I i sbelievcd that twelve lives were lost
; within an hour after the barges broke
I away from the tug Lykens, about' ?
o'clock this morning, and went into the
breakers. Five of the teamen wero
/ecu clinging desperately to the Pino
Forest, until the inld-torcnoon, when,
in attempting to reach shore In their
own little boat, they were hurled into
the seething billows and lost.
The tug Lykens. of the Heading Coal
Company, started from PhtladelpFiTa
I last week, with tlie Treverton for Port
I la nil. the Corbln for Portsmouth, nnd
the Pine Forest for Marbleheadi
Coining over Nantuckei Shoals Mon?
day, the Lykens encountered a heavy
southwester. which began hauling Into
the northwest as she rounded Monomoy
Point and headed down the Cape,
Full Force of Uule.
The Lykens, with her tow, was off
Nausen lue in the evening and could
be soon in the moonlight from the
shore, as she was hugging the cape for
a lee. She dually met the flt|| force
of the. gale at the bend in the arm of
the cape.
Tho life saving patrol saw her stand?
ing off shore to. avoid tho Peaked Hill
bar., but darkness blotted her out four
lours before dawn. The gale Increased
In fury, and about o'clock the long
hawser astern bl the tug parted, Tho
Lykens was then a mile or more lb the
?vestward of peaked Hill Life Saving
Station,
The last watch of tho nig hi patrol
.vas Just starting out from 'he. Peaked
mil station, when ho discovered wreck
in- In the breakers. The crew was
quicklj summoned, but it was too (lark
to make out anything. More flotsam
came tumbling the bench, but theru
was nothing to Identify it. At dawn
the form of a stranded barge, with a
single mast, could bo seen far out In
Ihe breakers \i\ the outer bar. while
In the oiling havered a tug, which af?
terwards proved tii bo the Lykens. The
life cavers soon realized that no lif<
t-oat pulled by men could traverse
those son yards "f cross-whirling b:i
l-.ws.
Two men were seen clinging to the
rigging and three others holding on to
the house. It was apparent that the
nt her two bargei hail long since broken
up, Tile LykeiiB could not render
assistance, owing to tho heavy sea, and
started for Provincetown.
Shortly liefere 10 o'clock, the men of
i the Pine Forest were seen to gather In
a group. Hcfore those on the beach
I realized their purpose, the little dor.-,
on lop of the luirgo's hoiiHcTind becft"
cut loose ami launched, ah live men
then tumbled In for the last light t"i
life, but before Ihoy had grnspoil then
oars a big comber came rolling round
the stern of the barge and over Hutu
Thn-t wits tin- end.
Overwhelmed h> Grief.
Philadelphia, January I" llelallves
and friends of the men who were
drowned off the Massachusetts coast
(.Continued on Second Pago.)
COMBAT POSITION
OF GOVERNMENT
IN TOBACCO SOU
Counsel Declare Cor?
poration Triumph of
American Industry.
PATRONAGE SHOWS
ITS POPULARITY
Its Only Enemies Are Competi?
tors and Politicians?When
Argument Ends To-Day Su?
preme Court Will Take
Up Standard Oil Dis?
solution Case.
Washington. D. C. January 10.?.
Counsel for ihe tobacco corporation
to-day, pounded the government's po?
sition in seeking to have tho Su?
preme Court of the I'nlted States d's
solve the so-called "Tobacco Trust."
Pirat. Delancey Nieoll addressed tho
court. He was followed by John G.
Johnson, and he in turn, by W. B.
Hornblowcr. The last spoke on behall
of the Imperial Tobacco Company, re?
ferred to as the ?'British Tobacco
Trust." The first two appeared for
the American Tobacco Company.
During; Mr. llornblower's address
Justice Harlan, whose love of .good to?
bacco has been the basis of many
amusing Incidents around the court,
asked If any explanation could bo ad?
vanced as to why he was unable tc
gel any chewing tohacco that was not
unsound, or rotten, or unadulterated.
"The Imperial Tobacco Company
never manufactured chewing tobacco."
the attorney replied. "My understand?
ing Is that the English people do not
chew tobacco, and the only demand for
it In England Is by tourists."
Delancey Nieoll In his argument to
the court, said:
"The history of tho American To?
bacco Company is the history of the
expansion of trade, not of its restraint
The business structure which tho com?
pany has erected Is a triumph of
American Industry and Intelligence.
It is the government's largest tax
pawer. It has no enemies nxcept c6m
petltors, who would rise to fortune,
j and politicians who would rise to fumo
' on Its ruins. The enormous patronage
Iii receives from tho public attests Its
i popularity.
Preposterous Proposal.
I"What more preposterous proposal
was ever made to this court than that
It should lend Us aid to destroy this
j great business, to raze this frabrlc of
American Industry to the ground, drive
buyers from-the markets, until the to
i bacco rots In the field, withdraw this
pioneer of commerce from foreign,
j marts, embarrass merchants, annoy cus?
tomers, and destroy the returning con?
fidence of the financial and Industrial
world? I cannot believe that any such
proposal will find favor In this august
tribunal, where common sense pre
j va'ls, where reason reigns, and where
i passion and prejudice play no part."
Mr. Johnson first attacked the gov?
ernment's reference to the Wilson tariff.
I act of IS'.M us a congressional Inter
, protatlon of the Sherman act of 1SJ0.
Mr. McKcyuohh hud made this refer
! once in support of u broad interpre?
tation of ihe Sherman net. Mr, John?
sen? said that iie had always believed
I that such a second enactment Indl
! eatoil that the Legislature considered
that the second act war, not Included
j the ilist.
I The government's interpretation oS
j the Sherman act was attacked further
I because of the insistence that the word
i ' material" was meant by Congress to
j be inserted before "restraint" In ike.
statute. Mr. Johnson said that the
I nest minds of the country had failed tr>
j convince the court that the word "un?
reasonable" should be Inserted before,
"restraint." and he prophesied that tho
government's present attempt would
result In failure Consequently, Mr.
Johnson argued that the government's
whole theory fell to tho ground.
The attorney contended that the
Knight case controlled the present
still, and therefore, that the court must
hold anain that the manufacture, of
goods, which might later enter into in?
terstate commerce, could not be reach?
ed under the Sherman anti trust law.
Standard Oll Suit.
The Stundard Oil dissolution suit
will advance to tho centre of the stags
in the Supreme Court of the United
State s to-morrow, immediately after
arguments arc concluded In th-3 u:
bacco dissolution suit. For the re?
mainder of the week at least, the court
will give Its attention to a considera?
tion of this section problem under tho
: hi rnian ant I-1 rust law.
For the government there will ap?
pear At lorncy-Gcnorul Wiekershairif
Frank R. Kellogg and possibly C. A.
Severance- Opposed to them and de?
fending tho Standard Oil will be John
G. Johnson, John if. Mllhnrn and D, T.
Watson.
The government's chief object is to
navo tb>.u.rl declare void the cor?
porate organization of I $09. whereby
Hie Standard till Company, of Now Jer?
sey, with it-; Increased capitalization,
exchanged Its stock for the stock of
nineteen other oil corporations, which
controlled in turn a great many more
c.orporiilius. It if claimed that this
amalgamation of the stocks of all theso
companies la the Stundad Oil Company,
of New Jersey, resulted In a comblna-,
lion more closely nhd effectively held
together than before and In restraint
of trade The resultant control of oil,
through the subsidiary corporations, ts
said to constitute a monopoly. Both re?
sults, flic government contends, are In
violation of in.- Sherman anti-trust
law.
in support of its case, tlii1 govern?
ment will claim that following tho
nellon of the couii in the Northern
Securities case, It must dissolve the.
Standard "U Company of N'tfvi .lersoy
as a holding company, suppressing
compel it ton.
In urging up.01 the < run t the propo?
sition thai the Standard is monopolism
,lng, the government will argue that