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WHOLE NUMBER 18,585
RICHMOND, VA., MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1911.
THE WBATHEK TO-DATf?F?tfr.
PRICE TWO CENTS,
Only That Much Can
He Rightfully Collect
From Society
BRYAN PLACES
FIGURES HIGH
In Address at University of Vir?
ginia Commoner Denounces
Criminal Corporations, Their
Subsidized Newspapers and
Their Lawyers?Speaker
Before Y. M. C. A.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. J
Charlottesvillo, Va., April a.?The
feature of the thirty-second State
Convention of the Virginia Young
Mei.'a Christian Associations was the j
udaress In Cabcll Hall, at the Unlver- j
slty of Virginia, by Will lam J. Bryan; j
on "The Prico of a Soul."
Mr. Bryan arrived from Washington
at 7:1". o'clock this morning, and be?
came the guest of President Alderman,
who Introduced him to the audience of
men which filled tho hall from pit to
gallery.
Or. Alderman said that for the past
fifteen yuara the country had been
passing through the clearest moral
crisis In all |ta history, and that dur?
ing that crisis no man has persisted In
B, more consistent moral course than
William Jennings Bryan.
In his address. which consumed
nearly two hours. Mr. Bryan covered
u great many moral issues involved In
American life, ?.?specially in political
and business endeavors.
KiuphastM mi "Blghtfnlly."
How much money, he Inquired, can
a man rightfully collect In society?
and suggested that probably a visit
to the penitentiary would throw light
and emphasis upon the word "right?
fully." His own answer to the question
was that a man should not collect
more than he honestly earned. Beyond
that he Is stealing. How much money
can he honestly earn? Not more than
his service Is worth to society. He
held that a man can inherit money
without offense when the money was
honestly earned by him who trans?
mitted It. Cvery right-minded man
expects to pay back to society what he
has received from it. and this includes
what he inherits. The stamp of dis?
grace must be placed upon the Idler
who uses what he does nut earn as
vternly as upon the man who steals.
How much can a man honestly earn
In an average lifetime, supposing h s
working years to be a little more than
thirty-three years-.1 Is $100,000 too
much? Mr. Bryan thought not, be?
cause It would require only a little
more than 5.1.000 a year of Income to
make this total In a little more than
thirty-three years. Ho even believed
that a million dollars in thirty-three
years was possible, as only a little
more than $30,000 was necessary in a
year. He surprised his audience more
und more by gradually raising the
amount that a man might honestly
earn until it amounted to as much as
$500,000,000 in ;i lifetime. He said that
a man had the right to collect as much
as his services were worth to society.
Those of Thomas Jefferson were so
large that if he had collected this
great sum he would not have been |
overpaid; and the same, he said, was I
true of Abraham Lincoln. Ho had thus
been nonpartisan, since he had named
n Democrat and a Republican, but he I
did not feel called upon to look for a
Republican to match every Democrat
lie could name. Neither Jefferson nor
Lincoln had desired to collect any?
thing like what they had earned. j
Men of this type are so busy earn?
ing from society that they have no
time to collect what 1s due them,
while those of tho opposite character
are so busy collecting that they have
no time to earn what they collect.
The Important Question.
What would Jefferson and Lincoln
have done with $500,000,000? The ques?
tion Is interesting, but the more Im?
portant one is, what would this vast
sum have done with Jefferson or Lin?
coln? A man may earn more than it
would he well for him or society to
collect. Bvery noble soul deserves to
earn more than lue claims.
Mr. Bryan said that a man should
not desire to collect more from society
than he can use worthily, and he can
use wisely not. so much as he desires,
but only what he needs, and his neces?
sary needs are confined to food, cloth?
ing and shelter. Some men spend long
years amassing wealth, and a few
years before they die in distributing
what they cannot, use. what the. world
needs is men who give their lives to
the solving of present-day problems
rather than to tho accumulation of
great wealth and the making of prob?
lems for the future.
Mr. Bryan discussed the profession
of law and the attitude of different
lawyers to life. Unding I hem divided
into two great classes?those who sell
their souls In their practice, and those
who refuse to do so. He quoted Roose?
velt as saying that there was scarcely
a predatory conspiracy against the
country that did not have Harvard
brains behind it. Those men. he said,
who provided the way of escape from
the responsibility and consequences of
their conspiracies were no better than
the men who held the horses in a
dark place, for thieves to get away.
In the discussion of criminal cor?
porations. Mr. Bryan referred vig?
orously to the newspapers owned by
them and run in their interest. He
said it is not now possible to learn
who owns the stock of some of these
journals. lie advocates a national law
to make "These assassins who own
papers come out of the dark and stand
before the public gaze." The criminals
who have been growing rich by sell?
ing poisoned food, especially those who
were "coining the blood of little ones."
were vigorously denounced.
Mr, Bryan said that he was amazed
that the public conscience of the coun?
try had not before now forced full
reformation along the. lines that he
hod discussed. Tho achievements of
the last fifteen years are encouraging.
" jfConUnued on Second Page.)
j LIES IN MASS OF RUIN
I Hunlncaa IJlock of Pulton Horned to
the Ground.
Dal ton, Ga.. April 9.?The main busi
nfps block of this little city lies a
mass of ruins to-day as a result of
the most disastrous tire that has oc?
curred In this section, it is estimated
that tiie loss will reach a quarter of
a million dollars, with insurance of
about $7*i,000.
The fire started at midn'ght In the
local hotel oh the third floor, but the j
exact cause probably never will be
known, as the building was in flames
from one end to the other Within a
few minutes after the first alarm was
given. At 3:30 A. M. the fire was prac
ItJcally extinguished Among the
Josse:- are the following:
Hotel Dal ton, McWllliams lb-others,
three stores; W. A. Robertson, Fincttor
& Nichols, Thomas Dry Goods Cbni
pany, Garret! Brothers restaurant, A
J. Showalter Publishing Company, Mal?
iern Opera House. Ogles by building.
Lack of pressure In the Witter. pipes
was responsible for the lire gettihg
beyond control.
Practically every telephone in Dal ton \
is out of commission to-night. Plaits i
are under way for the rebuilding of '
the burned district.
C. V. Downing, of Atlanta, was the
only man injured during the progress
of the lire. Downing was seen to
climb out of a window of the hotel
when the building was a mass of
flames. A ladder was being raised to
take him down, and the crowd urged
him not to Jump, l.'nheedlng the frantic
! voices, he swung from the window,
grasped for a water pipe, missed it and
went tumbling to the ground. In his
I descent he struck a mass of telephone
wires, which broke 1's fall, and he
landed badly bruised, but not. serious?
ly Injured.
IN TERROR OVER RATS
German Invasion Lout Sight of Bccaiiae
.V utu re I* Upfvet.
London, April U.?Menaces to the safe?
ty of England continue to multiply.
The German peril Is always present,
the free trade threat against the em?
pire is an old friend, and Socialist spo?
liation often clouds the future. The
latest source of Pertubation is the dis?
covery in England that "the balance of
nature has been upset," and that In?
numerable evils are- expected to flow
from this; dislocation. So many of the
natural enemies of rats have been de?
stroyed that the long-tailed terrors are
rampant in every direction, and the
Associated Chambers of Commerce are
advancing a solid phalanx against the
rodents.
"Incredible though it seems." says
Secretary Matthews, of this organiza?
tion, "the country suffers from rats to
the extent of f 15,000.000 (f75,000,000)
annually. Nor Is the plague of rats
the only Blgh of the disturbed balance
of nature. The Hoard of Agriculture
lias ordered a general attack on the
migrant pigeons, which are descendintr
by hundreds and destroying whole
clover Heids in various parts of Eng?
land. Rooks, larks and starlings, some
working in one place and some In
another, have more than decimated the
wheat Heids.
"All these evils are due to man's
meddling with the course of nature.
The fox. the deadliest foe of rats. Is
about the only enemy of these pe?ts
that we have not killed off. Hawks
-and stoats are nearly all gone."
REID TURNED DOWN
X? Room tu Westminster Abbey During
the Kluu'h ( oroiMMlou.
London, April 0.?The representatives
of foreign governments in London have
been deluged with applications for
seats in Westminster Abbey, and for
invitations to other functions in con?
nection with the coronation. Though
they are anxious to comply as far as
possible with the requests of tiieir
countrymen, the foreign representa?
tives are powerless in this matter, as
no places can be made for any except
those whose oilicial positions require
their presence at the various ceremo?
nies.
Whitelaw Reid. tho American ambas?
sador, in this connection has received
j the following note from an official of
the Foreign Office; "I regret to say that
owing to the limitation of space in
the Abbey it is qu/e impossible to nro
I vide- accommodation for personages of
I distinction other than those who are
I Officially sent from the several co?n?
I ti les."
HAGAN DIES FROM WOUND
Husband Who Shot Him Will Urge
t'uvrrlttcn Law lu Defense.
Kansas City, Mo., April 1).?William
E. Hagan, long a leading politician in
this city, died yesterday of the wounds
Inflicted when John P. Bramhall, a
local lawyer, shot him from ambush
while he was riding with Mrs. Bram?
hall. 'Mrs. Hagan, who watched by j
his bedside throughout the night,
heurd Iiis explanation of the ride.
"It was business," he said. "1 prom?
ised to give her a place as a flour '
demonstrator. She wanted to see me
about it."
The unwritten law Is to be tho de?
fense of Bramhall. according to John
II. Lucas, his attorney. "Of course,
we'll have some legal Interpretation:
of it." he explained, "but the unwrit?
ten law, as it Is understood popularly,
will just about size up RramhnlPs do
fense."
BROKER FAILS FOR $144,000
.1. Frank Ilnle, of Boston, Files n Petl- j
tier, in nnnkrtiptcy.
Boston, April 9.?J. Frank Hale, a
clerk, ?formerly a stockbroker, whose
address is Beacon Street. Brookline,
has lilod a voluntary petition in bank?
ruptcy, naming his liabilities as ?H1.
S*.0. The assets are given as $31:172;
Of the liabilities. $1*7.Mo are secured
and $22.000 are unsecured. Accommo?
dation paper Is out for $95,000.
Tim largest secured creditor is
Hornbjower A- Weeks, whose claim is
$13.000. The largest unsecured cred?
itor is A. F. Moore, of New York, with
a Sl.OOn claim oh a check. Of the $95.
000 out on accommodation, paper $50,
000 is on the Worcester North Savings
Bank and $45,000 on the. Ncwburyport
Institution for Savings. Both are made
out in the name of Teasle Hale. Mrs.
Hale was Tess|e Mooney, an actress.
MANY HOUSES WRECKED
Hall und Windstorm Worst In Mnny
Yearn.
Livonia. Ga., April 9.?As a result of
the worst hail and windstorm known
in this county in the past thirty years,
which swept this section yesterday,
more than a dozen houses are wrecked
and score.- of tries blown down. Many
farmers in the county had every out?
house on their premises damaged. No
I lives have been reported lost.
NOTICE.?We beg to notify the general
public that PinUcrton ?? Co.*.-. United States
Detective Agency, hiving a Commercial De?
partment, Is not connected In any way with
the original Plitkorton National Detective
Agency^ nor with pinkorion's Rank ntul
Bankers' Protei lion operated by uit. I'hiker
ton'.s Niitlnnnl Detective Agency, By Win, A.
Plnkerton, Chicago! Allan linker loll, N. Y.
Great Lmer P r i n z e s s
Irene Escapes Death
in Waves.
HER RELEASE
UNEXPECTED
After Three Days' Imprisonment'
in Sand, She Is Pulled Out Into j
Deep Water, Bearing No !
Marks of Disaster?Will
Be Rushed to Newport
News.
New York, April 9.?Bearing no '
visible scars except a shattered rud?
der post, the North German Lloyd ?
Jiner Prinzess Irene slipped away from !
Fire Island this afternoon as unexpect?
edly as she had come in the fog of
Thursday morning.
After eighty-three hours of imprls- ?
onmcnt in the sand off the Lone 1P11
Life-Saving Station, she cheated the i
"graveyard of t'ne Atlantic" and was
floated with the aid of tugs at 3:05
P. M. At 3:40 she left in tow for Scot- j
land Light, practically at the entrance '
of New York harbor, to anchor for the ]
night.
To-morrow morning the Irene will
come up to her dock, and after divers
have examined her hull she will be
rushed to Newport News for more
thorough examination in dry dock. Her
stay there will depend upon what this
Inspection discloses. The vessel has
ne?t taken a drop of water, however,
and her plates are thought to bo in?
tact.
Grief His Punishment.
As Captain Peterssen, of the Prinzese
Irene, will take his ship back across
the Atlantic under her own steam, sub?
stantially unscathed, it is believed here
among those who profess to know, that
Potersson's personal grief will be his
chief punishment. He has had a flaw?
less and notable record heretofore.
To the life savers, who followed
the work to save the Prinzess Irene,
her sudden floating this afternoon was
a distinct surprise.
Two hours before the water was due
to its full height the great ship, which
had, been stationary for three days,
rocked in the swelling tide, and twenty
minutes later her how raised slightly.
The powerful wrecking tugs Relief j
and Rescue were pulling valiantly on i
her stern to both starboard and port, !
and the Irene's donkey engines were
straining at the cables, which were !
caught in kedge anchors to seaward.
At 3:03 the anchor cable began to
slacken. Another pull and her stern
was free in thirty feet of water, and
at 2:1- the six feet of the ship's red
belly, which had shown while she i
stuck In the sand dwindled to a nar- !
row ribbon of red as she slid away ,
into deeper water.
murder premeditated
t'.'rowu Prosecutor Report* on Killing
of body In Wailing.
Rome. April 1?.?The crown prosecu?
tor has drawn up a report embodying
the results of the investigation into
the killing of Princess Giulia Trlgona
Di Saht Elia, lady in waiting to Queen
Helena, by Lieutenant Baron Paterno.
The conclusion is that Paterno Is
guilty of premeditated homicide. He
dismisses the- dcfense, based on Pa?
terno'? assertion that he committed
tiie crime because of jealousy. In the
belief that the princess was about to !
leave him for another friend, Slgnor
Scrrao. This plea the prosecutor con- |
siders absurd, as on the eve of the ;
crime Paterno wrote to Serrao in very j
cordial terms with reference to the j
princess.
The prosecutor argues that the crime >
was due to the decision of Princess
Trlgona to abandon Paterno. and to
the fact that Paterno was angered at
losing $4.000, -which he expected to re?
ceive from her to pay his most urgent, i
debts.
Finally, the prosecutor doubts the
sincerity of the attempt of paterno to j
commit suicide, expressing the belief j
Giat he wounded himself merely to in?
fluence public opinion.
duck's 28th egg in 14 days;
_ !
Fred Mar? It pi I* of Greenwich. Thinks
He Hns n Reeord-Brenklng Fowl.
Greenwich. Conn.. April 9.?Fred :
Marshall, the superintendent of the. j
Greenwich High School, is the owner |
of a duck that yesterday laid its |
twenty-eighth egg in fourteen days.
Mr. Marshall has three ducks. When
he first found two eggs Tn the nest he
set a watch on the ducks, and the next
day discovered that the same duck
that laid the first egg went back on
the nest about an hour later and laid
the second. This has followed day
after day with regularity ever since.
Mr. Marshall thinks his duck is a
record-breaker. j
two hundred perish
Mon, Women find Children ('might in ,
Fire Trnp. '
Bombay, British Indln. April 0.?Two .
hundred meu, women nnd children were
burned to death to-night in a fire which
destroyed 11 tltnfchcd structure lt? which
they had gntbered for a festival.
Five hundred persons were hi the
building' Tihct> the (Ire broke out
There was only one e.\lt and nu liidc
Acrthuhle pnnlc ensued.
eugenie's OLdVsORT dead
Member of Legion of Honor l'ii?scn
A way ?1 Boston.
Providence, April ft.?Once u lieuten?
ant-colonel in the French army and a
member of the Legion "f Honor. Henrv
A. Dolph died at bis homo here. He
won the cross of the Legion of Honor
in the African campaigns of the
French army, and was for a time a
personal escort to ex-Knipress Ftigonie.
He war seventy-bight years of ago.
Bank Employe n Suicide.
Paris. April 0.?Herman Guthman,
about forty-five years old, said u> !>?<
an American bank employe, committed
suicide to-day by shooting at the Ho?
tel Continental. He arrived from New
York six weeks ago. .
What Is Promised
by the Weather Man
Washington, D. C, AnrM 0.?The
Weather Durcnu to-day Issued the
lolloping weekly forecastj
I-'ulr weather will continue Mon?
day eHst of the Itocky Mountain*,
und on Tticaday In the lower I.nke
region, the Middle Atlantic Stuten
iiud .New Fnglmid. Low tempera?
tures will continue Monday in the
Atlantic States? with freezing tcm
pcrnturcs Mouday morning over tlu>
northern sections anil front a over
the southern, UM fnr down us .North
I nrollun.
A marked depression that In now
central over extreme Western Urlt
JkIi Colonihln' will move enstwnrd
and southeast wurri, reaching the
upper u issin ?111[ii Valley l?y Tuesday
night, the I.ukc region by Weilncit- I
?lav, und the Middle A tin title Stuten I
?tml Sew iOuglnnd by Thursday.
It Ising temperature will precede nml
accompany this disturbance, nud it
"ill ulso he attended by rain* over
the central nnd northern portions
of the country. Iu the South fnlr
wentlicr will prcdontlnttte. although
there Is Home probability of Mliowern
about the middle of the neck in thc
>\cst Gulf State?.
A Ntrong high preSMiire area from
Mnskn will follow the Northwestern
disturbance, nnd It will be nccompa
nletl by clearing nnd colder weather
Hint Will reach thc Middle Atlantic
States nnd New Englnnd liv Th?rs- i
day nlg-ht or Friday. There arc j
no present Indication* of n second
storm during the week.
Floods >?lll continue In thc Ten?
nessee Itlvcr below Chattanooga*
1'enn., for several days.
Over Europe pressure Is high,
with plcnsnut wenther, while over
Asln the wentber Is ulso generally
settled, ntthough with comparatively
low pressure.
BAIL NOT SECURED
Repented Efforts Made in iieltnlf of
Convicted Broker.
Aberdeen, Miss., April 9.?Repeated
efforts to secure ball for J. S. Miller,
found guilty Saturday of fraud through
the malls during his connection with
the defunct Steele-Miller Cotton Com?
pany, have failed, but renewed effort.-;
probably will be more successful Mon?
day.
It is expected that the other three
members of the firm?L. C. Steelt. C.
FI. G. Linde and James I. McKnlght?
to-morrow will plead guilty to a con?
spiracy charge in the United States
Circuit Court of using bogus bills of
lading and throw themselves upon the
mercy of the court. One witness, F.
Schaunk, of Havre, France, under
$15,000 bond, failed to appear and for?
feited It.
IT IS STILL "THURSDAY"
Nebraska Legislature Working l.'ndcr
That Legislative Uuy,
Lincoln, Neb.. April 9.?A session,
which has continued practically since
Friday, failed to bring a sine die ad?
journment of the Nebraska Legisla?
ture to-day. Roth houses worked Sat?
urday nicht until nearly midnight
only to find themselves In a deadlock
over the general maintenance appro?
priation bill. Still working under the
legislative day of Thursday, both
houses held two sessions to-day and
reached an agreement on the different
bills, but were unable to adjourn be?
cause of bills awaiting engrossment.
A recess was taken until Monday
morning.
DR. RINGG0LD DEAD
fie Had Spent Fifty Years iu the
Ministry.
Knoxvllle, Tenn., April 9.?Rev.
Samuel Ringgold. D. D., aged eighty
six years, dean of the Convocation of
ICast Tennessee, of the Episcopal
Church, and rector F.meritus ?f St.
John's Episcopal Church, died here to?
day. He spent fifty years In thc min?
istry, coining to Knoxv'lle as rector
?of St. John's Church In 1887. Dr. Ring
gold was a native of Maryland.
MORE THAN $60,000 RAISED
Money Will Re Isert for Woman's Col?
lege nt Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala.. April 9.?The an?
nual educational conference of the
Methodist Church. South, closed here
to-night, with a big mass-meeting.
Special services were held at all of
the Methodist churches In Montgom?
ery to-day. and collections were taken
for the building or a dormitory for
the woman's college located here. More
than $60,000 was secured.
ROBBERS BLOW BANK SAFE
NItro-GlyccrInc Wrecks Combination,
hilt Foils to open Doors.
Rochester. April 9.?An attempt was
made yesterday to blow the safe of
the Phelp.s National Bank, at Phelps.
? >n,- charge of hiiro-glycerlne was ex?
ploded. It failed to budge the doors,
out wrecked the outside combination.
Blankets stolen from nearby stables
were wrapped about the safe. Susp!-'
cions characters were noticed in the
village.
Tribesmen I "decided.
Fez, April 9<p?The tribes which sur?
round the city have not yet decided to
submit to Mulni I la lid or attack tin
town. On April 2 the tribesmen
charged down upon the government
troops under thc walls, but were
tjttickly dispersed by sharp artillery
tire.
An Easter Picnic
at the White House
In The Tlmcs-lJlspntch of next
Sunday, v?hleh is I3n*fcr, .lohn El
fret h Wnlktns will <cll of the Pres?
ident's big I'la.Mtei' party nt the
I White House. Tills Is- n story fur
the j oungxtcrs, anil it tle\>s a
I perennial event front a new angle.
It tells what u party of lots hDW
on Easier Monday \thlle guests) nt
the President's annual picnic. The
little folks learn how their Buster
customs and pastimes originated,
mid ulso absorb some American Ms
tnry. Cousin, Molly is disappointed
because the President does not
tvehr brass buttons?bui (bat's nil
? In I tie story.
Trained Corps of Res?
cuers at Work in
Banner Mine.
LIST OF VICTIMS
HAS REACHED 128
No Mourners at Scene of Dis?
aster, as Men Were Convicts
and Had No Relatives Near.
Rescuing Party Has Har?
rowing Experi?
ence.
Littleton, Ala.. April 0.?With the]
precision of clockwork, a trained corps j
of rescuers to-night is bringing a i
steady stream of bodies from tho Ban-)
nor mine of the Pratt Consolidated
Coal Company, In which yesterday's,
disastrous explosion occurred. It is
believed to-night that 12$ is the exact
number of victims.
This figure was obtained after tnak- j
lug a careful check of all the men who!
entered the mine yesterday morning.!
There is no longer any hope of finding
men alive underground. Of tho 1-S
dead, only fourteen were writes.
It was 'J o'clock this afternoon when
the rescuers were able to establish j
working conditions in the mines, and
n,t 3:20 o'clock the first three bodies
wore brought to the surface. They
were all negroes. Within two hours j
ten more had been brought tip, includ- j
ing Lee Jones and O. W. Spradllng,
both white. State Mine Inspector)
James Hlllhouse expressed the belief
to-nisht that the mine wouid be cleared]
to-morrow.
Powder CnttKcd Trouble.
The general belief to-night is that
powder caused the trouble, the opinion
being expressed that damage was heav?
iest near the point where the day's
supply of explosives was kept. I
When the rescuers asked for assist- |
ancc this afternoon, company officials
called for volunteers among the con?
victs, stating that no man need go if
he were afraid. Sixteen of the negroes.
In stripes stepped forward In response
to the call, and accompanied Inspector
Hlllhouse arid six white men under?
ground.
There are practically no mourners at i
Banner. None of the convicts had rel- !
atiyes near, but a few curious negro
women stood around the opening and
I would break into a low, mournful,
dirge-like chant when the bodies were
brought up.
Twenty convicts this afternoon dug
la long trench In the convict cemetery
for the burial of those convicts whose
bodies are not claimed by relatives.;
Oho hundred coffins were sent to Ban?
ner to-day Horn Nashville. Tenn., and
undertakers are preparing the bodies
for burial as fast as they are taken
from the mine.
!>r. J. A. Holmes, chief of the Gov?
ernment Bureau of Mines, is en route
to Banner to assist in the investigation
of the disaster. j
Narrow Escape.
The first party of ten government
rescuers, headed by Dr. J. J. Rut ledge,
who entered the mine at 3 o'cl uck this
morning, had a narrow escape from
death. An accident occurred to the
boiler used for the fans, and the air
was stopped for a few minutes. Within
a few seconds a faint cry for help was
heard from below, and men with oxygen
helmets hurried down. The entire
party was overcome by the after-damp,
and when they wore brought to the.
surface physicians had to work over
I them for nearly an hour before they
were able to bo moved to the rescue
car. Members of the first party give
a harrowing account of the experience.
"We were "going along all right until
we got to the first entry," said Dr. II.
IT, Hamilton, "and in u few seconds,
nearly every man in the party was
down. I attempted to carry one man
over ?he lift, but failed, and fell my?
self. That is the last 1 remember until
the surface was reached."
Dr. Caraway managed to stagger to
the bottom of Hie shaft, and cried:
"Get us out; we are dying."
It was when this cry was heard at
the top thut the second party, headed
by Dr. Wright, was sent down. Those
in the first party who were overcome
; were Dr. J. J Ru Hedge, Dr. W. H.
Rountree, Dr. Caraway, J. D. YVeldou,
J. W. Newby. A. R. Blown. U. S.i J. W.
Key. U. C; William Routenlusch, 11.;
j II. Hamilton, George T. Gambili and'
I Harry McCrory. Rutledge, Rountrco
I and gambili were at first thought to
be dead. All returned to work a few
hours later.
Damage 1 Slight.
While tiie loss of life at Banner Is
the most disastrous in the history of
Alabama mining, the damage to the
j mine itself is slight. Mr. Ramsey es?
timates that ?1.'J00 will cover it fully.
The entire State Board of Convict
Inspectors is on the. scene. Of /the
j l'_'S nun Iii the mines, before the rescue
j work started, five were free, two
whites and three negroes; r.';> wero
convicts, twelve Of whom were white.
Practically all of them were short
term men sent from Jefferson county.
One of the most pathetic incidents
was tho death of o. W. Spradllng, one
e.f the mine foremen. Following tho
explosion he escaped with others, and
then returned to the mine to render
nni. lie was found sitting lo-day on
; a rock with his head in his hands. II,.
was only a short distance froth the
open air. Ho lived at Leeds. Ala., and
leaves a widow and one child. He had
been handling convict, work for the
past twenty years;
\ Day of Funeral*.
Scranton. Pa., April !)-? Every nook
and cranny 6l the workings of the
Pancoast, colliery; where the sevenIy
three miners and United states Rescue
Foreman Joseph M. Evans lost their
lives Friday, have been searched since
noon yesterday, but no other bodies
were found.
The laying out and burying of the
bodies is now going on. Among tho-,
thai laj beneath sheets awaiting cas?
kets were three brothers and ? cousin
in one room. FH <? funorii 1. rif linn
gar la its were h<M to-day. The i.ao'i
Surviving miners 1)1 Throop marchei
from one hons- to the other to pa
(Continued second i'ago.j
KEEP SUICIDE PACT
Father ami Adopted Daughter Try io \
Die In Hospital.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 9.?As the
result of a suicide compact, S. L.
Danla, a Spaniard, fifty-seven years
old. and Eva Bovee, his youthful
adopted daughter, llo at tho county
hospital to-night In a critical condi?
tion. It Is not belloved either will
live.
Tho attempt to end two lives was
made last night, and. according to tha
'nvestlgatort. it is believed the shots
were fired by Dnnla from a revolver ,
that the young woman had brought to j
the hospital where Danla lay in a
serious condition as the result of an?
other shooting affray a wceTc ago.
It was ufter a revolver duel with
George Koerner that Dania killed h's
six-year-old daughter, saying he want?
ed her to dlo with him. That killing
took place after Danla was badly
wounded.
The authorities found letters in
Dan la's bed and In tho girl's purse
which Indicated that Dania feared
being hanged for killing his daughter.
There was a strong attachment be?
tween the man and his adopted daugh?
ter, and she visited him constantly at
the hospital.
During such visits they were closely
watched. Tho letters, six In number,
wore written In the hospital ward. Tho
deed, carefully planned, was carried
out after the lights in tho ward had
been extinguished.
Miss Bovee, learning that Danla
would die, to-day made the following
statement of the shooting:
"Father shot trio before he shot
himself. I had him keep his promise
that he would. Tho first bullet struck
mo on the top of the head. He then
shot himself, but I cried to him that
I was not hurt and begged him to
shoot again. Ho did. He shot me four
tithes, and I hopo I will die."
Three of tho bullets entered Miss
Bovec's body. Danla shot himself
once in the head.
GOT WRONG BAG ON TRAIN
Dr. Sern, Who Snys He Is n Count,
Was Arrested ami Freed.
Hartford. Conn., April 9.?Dr. Eme
lih. G. Sera, who says lib is an Italian
count and cousin of the Duke of the
Aibru/.zi, bad a decidedly unpleasant
experience In Hartford which culmi?
nated in a police court trial. He was
charged with the theft of a suit case
j belonging to J. \V. Ponielus, secretary
of the international committee of the
Young Men's Christian Association,
but was acquitted after a trial lasting
four hours.
Dr. Sera and Mr. Pontelus were oc?
cupants of chairs In a parlor car which
left" NTew York Thursday morning.
' When Mr. Pontottis arrived ltfSpring
1 field his suit caso was missing. He
notified the authorities, and word was
sent to Hartford. Railroad detectives
located tho bag at the package office
here, and when Dr. Sera appeared for
it Friday morning he was arrested.
In the court he said that the train
porter took what he supposed was Ills
bag from the train and gave it to
j another porter, who checked It. When
he was to return to Now York Friday
j morning he went after the bag./ and
I when arrested declared he had nor pre
I vlously noticed the mistake. He said
j bis own hag had contained only even
I tilg clothes, and. as he had not needed
j them, he had not called for it tho
; night before.
VAST DISTRICT BURNS
Four Square Miles of Houses Are l.ulil
in Ashes.
..okio. April 9.?The notorious Yoshl
i Wart, the principal quarter of Tokio.
Inhabited by the licensed lletalrae,
was destroyed by tire to-day. Many
of these houses were almost palatial
In appearance, and 1.000 of them were
burned in a little more than three
hous. Six thousand femnle Inmates
were rendered homeless.
The Yoshl Warl is conducted under
government licenses, which provide for
the establishment of nospltafs, and
several of these institutions also were
burned. The fire, which began at 11:30
o'clock In the morning, spread over a
? vast area. It was fanned by a strong
I southern wind, and the flames were
swept to the surrounding structures to
j the north. Altogether it is estimated
! that 5,000 houses are In ruins, cover
i ing an area approximating four square
j miles.
j A large number of women were se?
verely injured, but so far as Is known
no deaths have occurred. Five hun?
dred troops are guarding the terrl
I tory to-hlgiu. When the w?nd died
[ down on the clear night, the entire
northern skies of Tokio were ablaze
from tho plowing embers, it is im?
possible at present to estimate the
total loss
POSED AS A SON OF ELKINS
Oulon a Also .Sought Large .Sum by
Impersonating nn on Operator.
Washington, April After having
1 posed as Stephen B. Elklns, son of the
j late Senator from West Virginia, and
i as Frederick L. Coogan, a wealthy olj
operator of Tulsa, Okla.. Carl Hafd
I man. of Marietta. Ohio, is under arrest
nere for passing worthless checks upon
several local brokers.
I lard man was introduced at tho Clti
j zens' Savings Bahk by one of tho brok
; ers as Frfcflerlck L. Coogan. He want
, ed to deposit a $t>7,0oo draft on tho
1 Central Xatlonnl Rank of Tulsa. and
; was Informed that Coogan was hot in
Washington. Wneri Hardman later ap
j peered to cash some checks he was
. taken into custody. Subsequently lib
admitted his identity, saying Coogan
j was a friend of bio.
MISS TURN6ULL RETURNS
Claimant (o Baldwin Estate Had Been
Reported Missing,
Boston, April !'?The presence at her
home in Brookllue. of Mrs. Beatrice
i Anita Turnbun, who lost her suit in
the California courts for a portion bf
? the estate of 'Lucky" Baldwin, on (ho
ground H?tt she la Ills daughter, has
Sol at rest rumors circulated that she
libd dis i ppea red.
it was sui.l nl the Turn bull home
that Beatrice had been visiting a \vb
. man music teacher.'
SEES BROTHER SWORN; DIES
Trip to Wnsliinicton of Chicago I.rower
?Ost Him His I.He.
Washington. April 9.--Arthur F.
Evans, a lead jpg lawyer of Chicago,
< i, ?! here of pneumonia.
lie came here Monday to sc.- his
brother Lyndon swNfflfen m as .< Uepro
[scntatrvo in CdngrelKS and wad taken
ill Wednesday.
eaders Have Little
Hope of Restoring
Harmony.
BOTH PARTIES
BADLY SPLIT
Republicans Divided Into Hostile
Camps, While Democrats Have
Separated Into Bryan and
Anti-Bryan Forces ?- All
Looking Forward to Na?
tional Campaign.
Washington, D. C, April 9.?It ia
daily becoming more manliest that Con?
gress Is facing a stormy session and.
that there can be made no forecast ot
tho probable legislative results. Lead?
ers appear to have little hope of re?
storing anything more thun surfacs
harmony.
There are virtually four parties, each
with a large representation, working
at odds In tho present session. Tha
Republican minority o.f the House is
divided between Regulars and Insur?
gents, as was evidenced by the vote *rj
tho spcakershlp contest. Thc breach
between these two factions Is even
wider in tho Republican majority oil
thc Senate.
A sharp line lias been drawn be?
tween tlie Conservative Democrats ot
the .Senate, who are opposed to any
attempt at dictation on' the part oC
William Jennings Bryan, and the Pro?
gressive Democrats, including practi?
cally all of the new members and sev?
eral veterans, like Senator Stone, of
Missouri, who are Bryan adherents.
The llousA Democratic major'ty
seems thus far to have escaped a
break, but the leaders four that tint
party contest in the Senate may at any
time spread to the oilier branch. Tha
situation has Interfered with the selec?
tion of committees ami the beginning
of legislative work.
Tin.' real cause of the remarkable,
uneasiness in Congress is believed t?t
be due to the proximity of thc party,
convention, which will select the stand?
ard-bearers for 1912, and tho knowl?
edge that a slip by either during thc
ext raordinary cession or tho regular
session to follow may very easily de?
termine the re sult of the next national
cam palgn.
Republican* I'owcrlc&s.
There is no doubt that measures on
direct election of Senutora, publicity
before elections of campaign contribu?
tions, Canadian reciprocity, revision of
tho woolen anil cotton schedules, and
any further tariff changes the majority
desires will be sent to the Senate in
whatever order is decreed by tho Ways
and Means Committee. The Republi?
cans -will be powerless to prevent. The
real legislative problem, therefore, will
be in the Senate.
Of the fifty Republicans in the Sen
ale, twelve have practically formed a
separate organization. The Commit?
tee on Committees probably will ac?
cede to their request for one-fourth of
the majority places. Of the forty-one
Democrats?forty-two when Colorado
elects?seventeen are on record as op
posed to the election of Senator Martin,
of Virginia, as minority leader. Their
opposition was based upon the ground
that Mr. Martin was too conservative.
The division in the Democratic ranks
probably would not huvo been so pro?
nounced If <t had not b. en for the in?
terview given by Mr. l?.yan yesterday
deploring the election of Mr. Martin.
It throws the issue In bold relief, and
it im freely predicted tiiut it will crop
out ftequently in debate.
Breaker* Abend.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, D. c, April 9.?Inter?
esting events are looked for in the Sen?
ate to-morrow over committee assign?
ments. To-day the Washington Times
carries the following story:
"Complications threaten to arise in
tho Sena to in the making up of com?
mittees, because of the disposition of
the Regular Republicans to till the ad
I ditionnl places oh the Democratic side
of tin- committees with Bailey Demo?
crats. Senator Callinger. chairman ot
the Republican Committee on Commit^
lees. and Senator .Martin, chairman of
the Democratic caucus, have been con?
ferring over the question of increased
membership on the Democratic side of
tho committees.
"The Democrats in the Senate num?
ber forty-one, and the Republicans
fifty, and the Democrats want the com?
mit:, cs to stand in the ratio of five,
i Republicans to tour Democrats. This
would make the larger and more im
p?rtnnt committees stand nine to
seven.
"Senator Martin, for the Democrats,
insisted on the Democrats having seven
'members and on the five to tour ratio.
At this thc Republican leaders?thai is.
the Regular leaders?balked. Thoy
pointed out thai such an arrangement
went Id enable the Progressive Republi?
cans to hold the balance of power on
the r?mmittees, and thus virtually die?
tntfc legislation.
Siring to Concession.
"But the Republican leaders hava
yielded. They have acceded to the de?
mands of the Democrats, but with o>
i string tied to the concession. That 's,
they are willing to have the Demo?
cratic membership on committees in?
creased to seven in the case of tho
larger committees, but they do not
want the radical Democrats to get tho
benefit of the increase. What they are
willing to do t.- to have the additional
Democratic places filled by Democrats
of the conservative type, the reaction?
aries, or Bailey Democrats.
"In a pinch they think that su-:i
Democrats could he lined up with
them, and by this arrangement the
progressive Republicans, plus Proges
slve Democrats, will hot he enabled
to control the committees.
"Of court e, as to many of the com
mil tees i< matters little. But it is an
important, question which element con?
trols the Finance Committee, which has
jurisdiction of tariff matters, and of
currency and financial tdiD. Control
of :hc Judiciary Committee, of tho
PoHt-OllicC Comtnttteei (?f. Interstate
Commerce, of Privileges und Flection