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THE TIMES FOUNDED IBM. WllUJjllj JS'UMBER 1S,600.
RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1911.
THE WEATUEB TO-DAY?Folr.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
FORTUNE IS GIVEN
FOR SINGLE BOOK
Gutenburg Bible Goes to
HuntingtonforRecord '
Price of $50,000
A TREASURE OF
HOE COLLECTION
Largest Auction Sale of Books
Ever Attempted Is Opened,
and Almost Priceless Speci?
mens of Printers' Art Are
Offered to Public?First
Day's Bidding Spirited.
Now York, April 24.?Tho first book I
iver printed from movable typo to
ilght brought the highest price ever
paid for any book. The prize was tho ,
I'.ulcnberg Bible, the purchaser Henry
H. Huntington, of Eos Angeles, and
the price ?50.000.
The purchase was made at the open?
ing tesslon to-night or tho salu of the
library of the lato Robert Hoe, tin
largest public auction sale of book?
over attempted. Experts have esti?
mated the collection to be worth mnro
than a million dollars, and wealthy i
?jiiiateurs an'l dealers from Europe
have come to Vie with the American
collectors In the bidding, it was evl- I
dent from the progress of the sale to- |
night that American bidders were tak?
ing the croaiii of the offerings at prices
averaging higher than any ever offered
iit a public auction.
Tho highest price previously paid
for the Gutenberg Hlble at nuctlon was
120,000, at which Bernard Quaritch |
purchased It In England fourteen years
ago. At a private sale ho disposed of
it shortly afterward to Mr. Hoc at a.
profit of ?2,500. and It has remained
in the Hoe collection ever since. Tho
copy was printed some time between
H50 and 1455.
Hlildlug for the treasured book was
spirited, with Bernard Quaritch, son
of tho former owner, participating un?
til tho bids passed tho ?21.000 mark.
From there It Jumped bv thousands
it a clip to Sir,.ooo. At ?19,000 P. A.
II. Wldener. of Philadelphia, who had
i-ieen the most determined of the run- |
ners-up, dropped out of the race, and
the even ?30.000 was hid by Mr. Hunt- j
Ington. The winner Is a son of the
iiite Collis P. Huntington.
Tin: entire collection of first i
editions, historical bindings, illumU
natcd manuscripts, Incunabula, rare
Americana. uulogrnphs, holograph
manU6crl|>ts and other treasures prized
by bibliophiles which the late Hobert
Hoc put fifty years to gathering, wi? ?
placed on sole. The actual value, of th? j
collection Is what It will bring, but
the London Times feels no hesitation In
predicting that the "Robert Hoe sala J
will constitute in the way of nggregato
totals, the greatest event of Its kind ]
In the annals of book auctions." And |
-.he prediction soems safe, for, whereas
the largest amount hitherto realized
from a sale of books at auction Is ;
?325,000, competent experts estlrnato
the Hoe collection to be worth from
?1,000,000 to ?1.500,000. It Is true that
the collection of the lato Earl Spencer
brought ?1,250,000, but that was ut pri?
vate sale, to Mrs. Ryland. who later
gave It entire to the city , of Man?
chester. England.
> Sinker and I.over of nook*.
Robert Hoe did not Waat his books
to go to any public collection, there
to Ho unhandled and unread. In glazed
?how cases for the Illiterate to stare!
at. He himself was a maker of books
as well as a lover of them. He canio
of a family of pressmen: the processes
of the binders' art wcro well known to
him; he not only bought book's, but
be read them, and it was his desire
that at his death the treasures he had
spent so many loving hours In amass?
ing should pnss Into the hands of those
who could appreciate thorn, and he be- :
llevcd the best means to Insure his
desire was to d'strlbute them at publlo
auction. How far his desire will bo
realized romnins to bo seen, for J. P. j
Morgan has been a conspicuous buyer |
Ht all notable sales of recont years,'
and It is supposed that at his death
his colleotlon will paBS to the Metro?
politan Museum of Art. Mr. Morgan,
is in Europe at present, but his repre?
sentatives will undoubtedly attend the
sale. .
Beverly Chew, himself a collector
and lltoratus of note, and long a friend
J of Mr. Hoe. is the authority for- the
motives behind the sale. "Mr. Hoe
nnce told mo," he has written, "on his
return from Europe, of n visit he had
mnde to one of the great libraries, and
of his feeling of surprise and disgust
at tho utter Inck of reverence and ap?
preciation he found, as shown In the j
care given to the great monuments
of printing. Tho catalogue of this
library was rich In tho masterpieces
of the early printers, and when he
nsked for them, volume after volume
was brought to him covered with dust
with leaves stained and bindings I
broken, and In every way proclaiming
the effects of Indifference and neglect.
*' 'This,' lie said, 'confirms mo in tho
conviction that thoao who love books
should have them in custody, and will
tako the best caro of them. If the
great collections of tho past had not\
been soldj( where should I havo found
my books?' "
Historical Intercut.
The value of the Gutenberg Bible
Is not alono in its beauty as an exam?
ple of the book maker's art, consid?
erable though that be, for more beau?
tiful books havo bean printed; nor in
its rarity, for there are thirty-four
copies in existence; but In Its histori?
cal Interest, for it was the first book
known to havo boon printed from
movable types. One hundred and
eighty copies were struck off on paper
and thirty on vellum, and of these
twenty.seven on paper and seven on
vellum are now known to bo in exis?
tence, of which two?one the Hoe copy
and the other owned by Mr. Morgan_
are In this country. Tho Hoo copy la
tho more perfoct of tho two, and it is
probably the last thnt will over ho
sold at auction, for tho others are now
either In lihrftrlos or museums.
But tho Gutonborg Blhle, though
tho chief, is by no moans tho only
(Continued on F'fth Page.)
MUST FORFEIT LANDS
Unllroad* May Lose ?7C,0OO,000 by
Cuurt'a l)c-c!filon.
Portland, Ore., April 24.?Federal j
?/"'?lice Charloe 13. Wolverlon to-day de?
cided that the SjuiIilth Pacific and tin*
Oregon und California Hallway Coin
.iuuIok must forfeit to tlio United States
(fovernmont about 200,000 acres of lund
fthich lu valued at $10,000,000 to $J6,
Ouu.OUO. The *case probably will be ap?
pealed.
Interpreting the act of Congress
framing the land as an aid to railway
construction, the court held that Con?
gress Intended that this land should be
sold to bonatlde settlers lu tracts not
greater than 100 acres to one Individual
And at a price not exceeding $2.GU an
Acre.
While deciding in favor of the gov
ormnt-nt. Judge Wolverton decided
against the 5.00U Individual intorveners
Jn the case. He held that they had
Acquired no right whatever, either by
eetlllng on tile land or by tendering
the maximum oums Hpcclited by tlio
law. The offoct of this portion of tlio
decision is that tho lands cannot be
procured by an individual until the
1'resldent or Congress again opens
them to entry.
POLICE IN REBELLION
They Conduct Wholcnnle Itnld Without
Order From Chief.
Cleveland, O., April 24.?Mayor Buhl
to-day began an Investigation of yes?
terday's rebellion In the pollco depart?
ment, when n number of patrolujen and
plain clothes men, without orders from
Chief of Police K?hler, raided fifty
saloons and resorts for Keeping open
'in .Sunday, only to have the prisoners
froed. Declarations were rife to-day
that a battle to oust the chief from
his posltlo'i Is on. Political enemies
of K?hler and members of the. Forum
Club, an organization In the police
department, which Is opposed to him,
will carry on the fight. It Is sutd.
Patrolman Savage, secretary of the
Forum Club, and the man who directed
yesterday's raid, attempted to have
Police Captain Thomas Madden, with
whom he had an altercation while the
'"aid was on, arrested to-day on a
char>re of assault anil battery. He
failed because the police prosecutors
refused to become embroiled In the
matter, Warrant.? wore Issued, how?
ever, for the proprietors of the places
raided yesterday. Church nocletles also
are taking n hand In the matter and
j urging an Investigation.
BOWYER APOLOGIZES
Teil? Mix? Herr? Hp Jr? Sorry for
Acndrmy Ineldcnt.
Annapolls. Md.. April 24.?It was
learned to-day that Captain .1. M. Bow
yer. superintendent of the Naval Acad?
emy, has forwarded to Miss Mary II.
Beers, daughter of Professor Heers, of ,
Vale University, a letter of apology
/or the action taken by one of the
acodemy officers, who suggested to her j
midshipman escort that by reason of
r,er employment she should not again
be Invited to an academy dance.
The letter was not made public, but
It is understood that Miss Beers was
assured that the notion was due en?
tirely to a misunderstanding of her
status.
In connection with the affair. It may
op said of the body of the midshipmen
that they wore not In sympathy with
tho attitude apparently assumed by
some of the academy officers In this
matter. It is the frequently expressed
opinion of the cadets that a mldship
I tnan has a right to bring any rospect
I able woman to a dance, no matter -what
l nor employment or status may be.
SUCCEEDS M' CRACKEN
Dr. Rimer El I-worth nrown to Br
Chancellor of XetV York University.
New York, April 24.?DS-. Elmer Ells?
worth Brown, of Washington. United
States Commissioner of Education
since 1906, was appointed to-day chan.
collor of New York University, to suc?
ceed the Rev. Henry Mitchell Mac
Cracken, D. D., resigned.
The appointment wn? announced by
the university council to-night, after
an executive session, at which the re?
port of a substitute committee recom?
mending Dr. Brown was adopted.
Dr. Brown was born at Klantone,
Chnutauqua county, JT. Y., In 1861. His
education was received at tho Illinois
Normal University, tho University of
Michigan and tho University of Halle.
In Germany, with the supplementary
honor of the degree of Lit D. from
both Columbia and Wesleyan Univer?
sities.
It Is understood that Dr. Brown has
accepted the chancellorship and will
assume Its duties soon,
ALLEGED PLOTTERS HELD
Chnrged With Planning to Overthrow
Government of Santo Domingo.
San Juan, Porto Blco, April 24.?
General Carlos F. Morales, former
President of Santo Domingo; Maurlclo
Jlminez, former Vlco-Presldent, and
General Zcnon Torlblo, formerly an
ofilcor In tho Santo Domingo army,
were arrested here to-day by United
States Marshal Hubbnrd, charged with
violating section 13 of the United
States statutes having to do with act?
of hostility against a government with
which the United States is at peace.
It Is alleged that papers found
among their personal effects Indicated
that the accused men were preparing I
to organize a military expedition from
Porto Rico against Santo Domingo.
They wore arraigned before the United
States commissioner. Tho hearing was
postponed and tho court demanded
bonds of $7,000. This was not given
by tho prisoners, who, on being held,
applied to tho Supreme Court for a
writ of habeas corpus.
MAY BE TENNIS CABINET
Statesmen nnd Diplomat? Agnin Prac?
tice on White Honne Court.
Washington, April 21.?Although
President Taft doesn't play tennis?lie
prefers golf?a tennis cabinet may yol
come Into being to compoto with tho I
golf cabinet. For tho first time in :
many months the court in the White i
H0U80 grounds was used to-dny nnd 1
among tho players wero Ambassador
Jusserand and Assistant Socrctary of
tho Navy Beekmnn Winthrop, two of
the men who once upon a tlmo aided
a former occ.upnnt of the White House
to got n bit of exercise and keep in
trim. Tho old tennis* court lay juflt
across tho windows of the oxecutlva
office When tho offlco was enlarged
tho court had to go, but another was
built further down In the Whlto House
lot, nnd as long as tho President Is
in Washington this summer those
whom ho invites to play In hla back?
yard will attempt to qualify for a possi?
ble tonnla cabinet.
fyladero Invites Themi
to Hasten to
El Paso.
TRANQUIL ITY
T? BE GENERAL
Armistice, Which Expires Fri?
day, Will Be Extended to Al?
low All to Arrive at Selected
Meeting Place?Soldiers
Anxious to Return
to Homes.
El Paso. Tex., April 24.?General I
Francisco 1. Madero. desiring that tho !
trauquillty which seetus about to be j
restored In the district between |
Chihuahua and Juarez, shall extend i
over tho entire country where there
have been outbreaks, has Invited tho
Independent leaders to hasten to El
1'aso to participate in the impending
discussion of peace terms.
The telegraph, the mall and In some
Instances couriers, were used by tho
insurrecto general to' send the call.
Among those to whom ho sent word
arc Jose Maria Pino ?aurez, a lawyer,
who was appointed provisional gover?
nor of Yucatan by the rebels, and who
is now ut New Orleans; Guadalupe
Gonzales, provisional governor of
Zacatccas, now at OJinlga; Abrain
Gonzales, provisional governor of
Chlhuahu.i, with headquarters at Guer?
rero.
These officials are In military as well
aa civil command of rebel activities In
their States. Dr. Vasquez Gomez, the
Insurrecto diplomatic agent at Wash?
ington, also will come.
General Madero set at rest reports
that he would succeed Ramon Corral
as Vice-president.
"I will accept no office not given
me by the people at an honest elec?
tion," he declared.
"Peace terms, I am absolutely con?
vinced, will be agreed upon to tho
satisfaction of nil- members of tho
revolution throughout Mexico."
There is no doubt that the armistice,
which expires next Friday, will bo
extended as necessary to allow for tho
arrival at the selected meeting place,
probably El Paso, of the special peace
commissioners and of the responses
from the rebel leaders to whom Gen?
eral Madero has sent invitations.
Now that peace Is In sight, the sol?
diers are anxious to have the wai end?
ed and return to their homes.
Han Plenary l'OTTcr?.
Washington, D. C, April 24.?Vasquez
Gomez, head of the confidential agency
of the Mexican revolutionists here, to?
day received plenary powers from
Francisco I. Madero, Jr., the rebel
leader, to ratify the armistice arrange?
ment entered into by the latter with
General Navarro, of the Federal forces,
yesterday at Juarez, Mexico.
Dr. Gomez to-night officially noti?
fied the Mexican government of tht
consummation of the armistice, and
exchanged messages with .Mexico City
to secure an extension of the five-day
period of the armistice. He pointed
out that as he ha'd been summoned by i
General Madero to Juarez to partlcl- !
pate In the peace negotiations, it '
would be impossible for him to get to
that point until after the present arm?
istice agreement will have expired. Itj
Is not believed that any difficulty will
be encountered on this point.
Dr. Gomez Intends to leave here to?
morrow night, and though he probably
?will proceed immediately to Juaroz to
confer with General Madero, ho said
to-night he thought it likely that tho
peace commissioners would go to some!
neutral point to draw up a dcflnlto
peace agreement.
In discussing the forthcoming nego?
tiations, Dr. Gomez to-nlgl.i. expressed
tho bel'of that peace soon would be
arranged to the satisfaction of the
?whole country.
Not Yet Accepted.
Mexico City, April 24.?That tho
armistice agreed on by Francisco I.
Madero for the revolutionists and Gen?
eral Navarro, for the Federals, has
not yet been approved by tho govern?
ment, and will not be approved until
after tho arrival of a messenger with
documents containing the proposed
terms, was the declaration of govern?
ment ofilcors to-day.
Only after careful study of the pro?
posed draft of an ngreemenl exchanged
by tho two commanders yesterday will
formal ratifications be ntado.
Notwithstanding this disclaimer,
which Is generally regarded as in pur?
suance of the government policy not I
to admit negotiations of any sort with
tho revolutionary party, there aro few
in the capital who doubt tho terms
proposed will bo approved. The
news of the armistice has pro?
duced a notlccablo relief from the
high tension which has prevailed
for many weeks among all classes in
tho capital, and particularly among
?the foreign residents. Tho armistice
was generally regarded as a forerun?
ner of a permanent peace agreement. !
That to General Bernardo Reyes, 1
who is about to return to Mexico nt I
the invitation of General Diaz, will
bo offered tne portfolio of war, was
the opinion cxpresseu by a momber of j
the Cabinet.
Government Confident.
Paris. April 25.?With a view to
clearing up the contradictory natnro |
of tho dispatches announcing an arm-,
Istlco In Mexico, tho Matin sent a'
cahlegrnm to President Diaz, asking'
for a statement on the situation. The ,
following reply was received:
"The government is confident that!
peace will bo ro-cstabllshod.
(Signed) "PROFIRIO DIAZ."
GET JOBS ON MERIT
Ilnnk Examiners Will Be Removed
Krom Political Sphere.
Washington. April 24.?National bank
examiners will ho removed largely
from political Influences if a plan now
being worked out by. Treasury oftlcials
becomes active.
ATTEMPT TO CUT
MILEAGE FAILS
Proposal of Congress?
man Cox Is N ot W arm
ly Welcomed.
CLERKSHIPS'
PRUNED DOWN
Republicans Taunt Democrats
With Having Permitted Econ?
omy to Carry Them Too
Far?Committee Assign?
ments in Senate Will Be
Made This Week.
Washington, D. C, April 24?An at
| tempt to out down the amount of mile?
age paid to members of Congress foi
* their expenses in going to und from
Washington, and a controversy oVct
; the extent to which Democratic econ
l omy should effect the clerkships to
I committees, brought about a long do
j bate In the House this afternoon, and
i resulted In the defeat of a provision
I for nine clerks to committees entailing
j an expenditure of JC a day each.
I The provision for the clerks wna
! brought In wltn a minor appropria?
tion bill by Chairman Fitzgerald, ol
the Appropriation? Committee. Re?
publicans charged the Democrats with
not having thoroughly systematized
their atlalrs, and with trying now to
add some of the clerks that had been
I previously dropped when the economy
experts pruned down the House pay
roll.
Democratic leaders asserted that the
clerks were those usually assigned to
the Important committees ot the House.
Mr. Fitzgerald finally urged that the
provision bf his bill relating to the
clerks be voted out.
Representative Cox. of Indiana, pro?
posed to cut the mileage allowance
for Congressmen from lu cents to ;>
cents it mile, but his plan met with
no warmth of welcome, anu was ruled
out of order. Representative Garret,
of Tennessee, urged Mr. Cox not to
make the motion now "when we all
need the money," but to mane It at
the next session.
The House passed bills to pay ?201,
000 In in'icage to members of tho
House and Senate, and to provide tor
pages, extra employes and stationery
and printing of speeches for the indi?
vidual members.
KcnyoM Jolus Progressive*.
Washington. April 2 I-The Progres?
sive Republicans claim to have had as?
surance from Senator Kenyon, the
new Senator from Iowa, that he will
stand with them In their contest foi
Senate committee places. Therefore
they will go Into the organization com?
mittee to-morrow claiming thirteen ol
I the fifty Republican Senators Instead
! of twelve -is heretofore. This addi
| lion will be urged In support of thclt
? contention for one-fourth of the Re
i publican committee places. The gen?
eral Impression is that the regulat
Republicans will make most If not all
of the concessions asked. If they da
not do so the Progressives say they
i will appeal to the Senate,
j The Democratic Organization Com
? mlttee has decided to nil the Demo
! cratlc vacancies on the Committee on
I Finance by the appointment of Sen
j ators Williams, of Mississippi; John
; son, of Maine, and Korn, of Indiana
j This action will give the radical Dem
I ocrats a majority of Doinocratlc repre?
sentation on the committee.
Bunkers Will Act.
Washington, April 24.?The Ameri?
can Bankers' Association probably will
take somo interest at this session of
Congress In favor of legislation to
I settle the cotton bill of lading ques?
tion.
A joint committee of foreign and
American bankers has not disposed of
the. question. A bill satisfactory tc
the bankers passed the House at tho
last session, but failed to pass tho
Sonate.
High Places Filled,
Washington, D. C, April 24.?Appoint?
ments to three high diplomatic posts
wero confirmed by tho Senate to-day,
when Ambassador William W. Rock
hill, now at St. Petersburg, was con?
firmed as ambassador to Turkey, to suc?
ceed Oscar S. Straus, resigned; Curtis
Guild, former Governor of Massachu?
setts, was confirmed as Mr. RockhlU's
successor at St. Petersburg, and for?
mer Representative Henry S. Boutell, of
Illinois, was confirmed as minister- to
Switzerland.
Mr. Boulell's appointment was sub?
mitted by President Taft to tho Senato
to-day. and It wns immediately passed
upon favorably, without reference to
committee, because ot Mr. Boutell's long
service In Congress.
Other nominations sent to the Sen?
ate to-day w'ere those of Edwin V. Mor?
gan, of New York, ns minister to Por?
tugal, and Maurlco S. Swenson, of Min?
nesota, as minister to Norway.
Jacob Schmldlapp, of Cincinnati, an?
other Intimate friend of President Taft,
Is also mentioned for the place.
Other so-called candidates named are
John Hays Hammond, / Ambassador
(Continued on Second Page.)
Will Add Billions
to Nation s Wealth
Frank (i. Cnrpentcr, the well
known writer, who has recently re?
turned from u trip to Europe, hau
prepared n story, which will npprnr
In next Sundny's Times-Dispatch,
describing tonic of the big schemes
undertaken by the notional govern?
ment, which will ndd billions of dol?
lars to the wealth of this country.
Among the fertile lands to he re?
claimed are the millions of acres In
the Mlsslnslppl Helta, the F.verglndes
of Florida, und the great Dlstnnl
Swamp. He discusses lu nn Inter?
esting ninnner sonic of the huge
iinderlnklnKM of Uncle Sam, Patri?
arch, and bis article ennnot fall to
Interest nnd Instruct.
ACCUSED AND ACCUSER
JOHN J. M'XAMAHA.
Twenty-Three Miners Are Cut
Off From Avenues of
Escape.
VICTIMS ARE AMERICANS
Partial Suspension of Work in
Mine Averted Far Greater
Calamity.
Elk Garden, W. Va.; April 24.?
Twenty-two miners aro entombed In
Ott Mine, No. 30, of the Davis Coal and
Coko Company here, as the result of
an oxploslon early to-day. and Utile
hope Js entertained for the rescue of
any of them alive because of. tho tons
of debris that has thus far Impeded
tho progress of rescue. It cannot be
learned yet whether the explosion was
caused by dust or gas. Olilclals of the
company say they have never known
their mines to be gaseous.
As soon as the accident became
known Superintendent Robert Grant
organized a rescue corps of the miners
off duty, and these attempted to enter
the mine, after notifying the officials
of the coal company at Cumberland,
Md.
The rescue parties had not advanced
far Into the workings before they dis?
covered it would take several days
to dig through the heaps of roof conl
and slate that had been loosened by
the explosion. It then was decided to
effect an entrance nearer the probable
point of the explosion by cutting
through the woll of an adjoining mlno
owned by the same company. Late Lille
afternoon the rescuers had penetrated
to the No. 20 mine at a point about
4.000 feet from tho outside entry There
Btill remained about tho same dlstanco
to go before reaching the miners.
The Ott mine. No. 20, Is almost direct?
ly under the town of Elk Garden,
which is on a hill. The mouth of tho
mine Is about half a mile from tho
town.
In striking contrast to the usual
mlno explosions, tho victims in this
case, with one exception, aro Ameri?
cans.
The mine usually employs 200 men
on -he shift and about the same num?
ber at night. A temporary suspension
of work, however, required fewer men
In the mines, else tho casualties might
have been greater.
After penetrating about a mile down
tho main entry, the rescuers to-night
found the body of a man, not yet Iden?
tified. It had been crushed beneath a
fall of slate, as though .the roof had
crumbled as he was running out of the
mine. The discovery of this body dls
henrtened tho rescuers, who are posi?
tive that none of the others can bo
alive.
Sevoral yards beyond tho passage
was completely blocked by the collapse
of the roof. Behind and under this fall
It is believed the bodies of the miners
lio.
Havoc wrought in tho mlno would
Indicate that tho explosion was ter?
rific. Kor n snunro mile or more tho
slato and coal was split, and props
were splintered, letting tho roof fall
In in largo portions.
Rescue Cnr in Scene.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 24.?Upon re?
ceipt of news of the dlsnster nt tho
executive offices of the bureau of mines
here, rescue cnr No. 1, stationed at
Wllkosbarre, was orderod to Elk Gar?
den and a crow was dispatched from
hero for relief work. From tho execu?
tive offices wont W. D. Roberts, first
aid miner, and George T. ICellant,
mine foremen; while from the govern?
ment testing station went I* M. Jones,
assistant mining engineer; John T.
Ryan and David D. Dnvls, first aid
miners.
The relief car and crew will reach
the scene before daylight In tho morn?
ing.
BLACKTHORN FOR CLARK
Hin Now Gnvcl Presents Silhouette of
Bx-Suraker Cnnnon.
Washington, April 34.?An Irish
blackthorn gavol, that, presents In
Us handlo tho ourlous phenomenon of
a silhouette of former Speaker Cnnnon.
was presented to Speaker Clark to?
day by Arthur Rollly, son of Represen?
tative Hellly, of Connecticut. Tho
blackthorn root enmc from KlUnrney,
and is fantastically carved.
WIM.1AH J. BUHNS.
PROTEST AGAINST
ORMON LIKENESS
Committees Ask That Utah's
Gift of Silver Service
Be Rejected.
senator smoot explains
Declares That Figure of Brig
ham Young Is Merely
Incidental.
"Washington, April 24.?Secretary ol
the Navy Meyer to-day received verbal
protests against the government's ac?
ceptance of a silver service containing
tho likeness of Brlgham Young, of the
Mormon Church, as Utah's gift to Its
battleship namesake. The protests
were from committees, bearing a let?
ter of Introduction from Cardinal Gib?
bons and representing the Daughters
of tho American Revolution.
The cardinal's lottor was followed
by verbul protests from committees
representing the Daughters of tho
Amerlcun Revolution and tho Pastors'
Interdenominational Association of tho
District of Columbia, and Mrs. R. H.
Owen, of Salt Lake City.
Senator Smoot, of Utah, to-day had
a conference with Socretary of the
Navy Meyer regarding the design of
the silver service to be presented to
the battleship Utah. Uly call was the
result of the criticisms made in tho
meetings of the Daughters of the
American Revolution that th&- silver
plato was to carry a likeness of
Brlgham Young. The Senator told Mr
Meyer that the only representation ol
Mr. Young contulned in tho design
was 'that of his figure as it appears
on the pioneer monument in Salt Lake
City. He said that this monument had
been chosen by a committee, composed
of three Mormons nnd three non
Mormons, the chairman being Colonel
D. C. Jackling, who Is not afllliutcd
with the Mormon Church.
lie. said Colonel Jacklln had been
largely Instrumental lu selecting the
design, and that the inclusion of the
statue of Brlgham Young was only
incidental and .Ino entirely to the fact
that It wns a part of the monument.
Mr. Meyer said the gift was not yet
within his Jurisdiction, but that when
It had been received he would decide
tho matter.
Baltimore, Md., April 24.?Cardinal
Gibbons to-night made tho following
explanation of the letter which ho sollt
to the Secretary of tho Navy:
"A few days ago a number of ladles
of tho Daughters of tho American Rev?
olution called on me and staled that
thoy wore to protest against placing
tho likeness of Brlgham Young on the
silver service. They asked me to sup?
port them In their stand. I at once
wrote to Secretary Meyer and recom?
mended to him that ho give the ladles
n hearing, and commended them to his
Indulgence. I took no further action
than this, and my letter only recom?
mended their causo for tho secretary's
consideration."
his s?larycut in two
If Ormshy Mellarg Keeps Plnce He
Will Get Only 811.00?.
Washington, April 24.?Unless Orms
by McIIarg, former Assistant Secretary
of the Department of Commerco and
Lobor, agrees to accept $6.000 Instead
of $12,000 a year, his presont compensa?
tion as his feii for representing tho
Choctaw Indians, his contrnct with that
tribe will be terminated In six months.
Secretary of the Interior Pisher has
written Mr. McIIarg to this effect. This
stop was taken after a tclegrom to
tho Indians asking If they wanted to
rotnln Mr. Mcllnrg's services, to which
thoy replied they did, but at $6,000,
ARRESTED FOR
KIDNAPPING QF
LABOR LEADER
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New Turn Taken in
Case of Alleged
Dynamiters.
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FOR DETECTIVE
WARRANT ISSUED
Charged That John J. McNa
mara Was Taken From State
111 e g a 11 y?Books of Iron .
Workers Withheld From
All but Prosecuting At?
torney and Jurors.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 24.?Wolter
Drew, counsel for the Erectors' Asso?
ciation; W. J. Ford, assistant district'
attorney of Los Angeles, and Krauls
Fox, chniiflfcur, were arrrsted to-night
on affidavits charging tlicm with hav?
ing kidnapped J. J. McXamnra, sccrc- \
tary nnd treasurer of the International
Association of Urldgc nnd Structural
Iron Workers.
The men were arrested on Warrant?
Issued In the court of Justice of the
Pence banning, uftcr affidavits against
them had been made by an attorney
for McNnmarn. Drew nnd Ford were
released under bond of 93,000 each, nnd
Fox under bond of ?.1,000. All the '
bonds were Blvcn by Wllllnm A. Ketch
nro president of an Iron foundry com- '
pany nnd an ofllccr of the Indianapolis.
Employers' Association.
It Is chamcd that although McNa
niarn was not turned over to a detec?
tive sergeant from Los Angeles until
Governor Marshall hart honored requi?
sition papers from the Governor of
California, he hud not been permitted
to consult with connsel or to make a
plea of resistance to extradition heforq
Foltcc Judge Collins when he wns Iden?
tified as the man named in the warrant
for his arrest.
Fox drove the automobile In which
llc.Voniara was taken to Gblt-ng?" of
Saturday night to be placed aboard n
train for Los Angeles.
It was stated that a warrant olio
bad been Issued on the same charge
against Detective William J. Burns, la
the employment of the Erectors' Asso?.
elation.
J
Books Closed to Outsiders.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 24.?By an
order of Judge Joseph T. Markoy, of
tho Marlon county Criminal Court, Is?
sued late to-day, only the county,
prosecutor, tho members of the grand
Jury and the officers of the Interna?
tional Association o? Bridge and Struc?
tural iron Workers will bo permitted
to examine books nnd papers taken by
the police 'and deputy sheriffs from tha
offices of tho association In connection,
with tho Eos Angeles Times explosion
Inquiry. This action, taken on appli?
cation of attorneys for the association
and with the approval of the county
prosecutor,, burs private detectives and'
unofficial Investigators from Inspect
Ing the books, eorrespondonao and doc
I umonts.
The material to-night was locked
up in the grand Jury room, and will
bo submitted to tho grand Jury to?
morrow during tho investigation as
to the identity of persons who depos?
ited a quantity of dynamite in the Iron
Workers' Association's storage com?
partment in the basement of the build?
ing, in which are Its offices.
Seized In Saturday's Raid.
A.part of the books and papers were ?
seized by the police last Saturday night
in a raid on the offices, led by Wllllarr!
J. Burns, a private detective In the.,
employ ot tho National Erectors' Aa~
soclatlon. Investigating the responsi?
bility of dynamite explosions that havo
damaged bridges and buildings in
course of construction in many, parts
of the country and. destroyed the Eos
Angeles Times building, with great
loss of life. The raid followed the ar?
rest of John J. McN'amara, secretary
and treasurer of the Bridge and Struc?
tural iron Workers, indicted in Eos
Angeles for complicity In an explosion '
at the Llewellyn Iron Works.
Superintendent of Police Hyland
was summoned with these hooks and
papers before the grand Jury to-day.
and afterwards a summons was Issued '
for Frank M. Ryan, president of the
Iron Workers' Association, ordering
him to produco certain other records.
Ryan failed to appear, and by order
of the grand jury deputy sheriffs went
to the otneo building with a wagon,
nnd hauled the documents to tho court-' ,
house.
The books and papers demanded to?
day by the grand Jury wore stacked :
indiscriminately about the four pack?
ages of dynamite, fuses, explosive"
caps and alarm clocks discovered by
the police in Saturday night's raid.
The explosives were removed to a
sccrot place by tho authorities, and .
the other mnterlal was guarded by" '?:
the police and to-day by deputy'?:
sheriffs until It was taken out.
Attorneys for the Iron Workers' As?
sociation, 'who strongly protested/
against the removal of tho records,
frankly stated that their purpose tri?*
asking tho court for the order granted
by Judge Mnrkey was to prevent ox-'.
anilnatlon of the hooks by Delecting
Burns nnd his assistants, nnd by*"-:
Walter Dew. chief counsel for the NftSS
tlonnl Erectors' As-socintlon. the Irony,
contractors' organization.
Drew said he awaited with special';
interest, the return to-night of Detec?
tive Burns from Toledo, where, ' flj&j.v
patches had related, he to-day obtatri?qC")
in the checkroom of tho union station';
a suit-case, which. Burns said,' 't>a>?'
longed olther to J. W. McNarnura of'