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RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911. ~ this wkathek to-dav?
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Repels Recent Insinua?
tions Against State
Committee.
CANDIDATES TO
PAY $13,000 EACH
Committee Refuses to Define
Rules for Republican Participa- j
tion in Primaries?U rges
Judges of Election to Strict
Compliance With
Party Law. j
-?- !
Stirred by recent hostile criticisms of!
the Stute Democratic Committee, which
have intimated that that body used
er countenanced improper methods In
order to perpetuate tho leading fac?
tion In power. Judge lt. T. \V. Duke,
of Chnrlottcsviitc, last nlghi in the.)
commit tee meeting denounced the au?
thor of any such enhrgo, as applied to
hlin. as a wilful, deliberate and mali?
cious falsifier. Judge Duku read a
abort statement which he had written,
so that there might be no mistake
about Iiis meaning. He was heartily
applauded by the members of the cum
in It ice.
"Any man or set of men," read Judge
b?ke, in a voice which showed his
feeling and reflected his indignation,
VI care not who they tiro, who say
or insinuate In any way, shape or form
that I, its a member of this commit?
tee, have eve- connived at or in any
Way been a party to anything or any1
measute, not absolutely fair and
square, lh my pudgmont to the best in?
terest of tho Democratic party as I
that Interest, or who t-ay that I have not
lilwuya acted on my own judgment, or
that I have had knowledge of or been
a party to anything any gentleman
would have had reason to bo ashamed
of. utters a wilful, malicious, deliber?
ate and baseless falsehood."
Preceding the presentation of tins
statement as a question of personal
privilege. Judge Duke paid a tribute
to the committee. In which ho has
served for eight years.
Charged -Sb'too Knelt.
Each candidate for the United Slates
Senate was assessed |3.0?)u to pay
the expenses of tho primary, whose
cost was estimated t.j exceed I12.00?.
A complete plan was adopted for the
conduct of the primary election, which
carries tho usuul parly pledge. Can?
didates for thu two different terms in
the United States Senate are lo bo
voted on separately, and, iu fact, no
suggestion was oven made that all
lour names should bo placed together,
and that Din voter Bhould be permitted
lo vote for any two.
In accordance with tho party plan,
the datca of September 7 for the pri?
mary, and of Juno 1 for tho Illing ol
notices of candidacy, were adopted.
Resolution Defeated.
Resolutions coming from the Vir?
ginia Democratic ijeague were quick?
ly disposed of, One of these was In?
tended to define under what circum?
stances and with what quallltcatlons
Republicans might participate In
Democratic primaries, and was voted
down with practical unanimity. An?
other would have allowed any two
candidates for the United States Senate
to name one of the judges of election
at each precinct. The latter was
ruled out on a point of order.
On the subject of Republicans voting
In Democratic primaries, it was tho
sense of the committee that the bon>?
had no right to add to or modify the
party law ns adopted in convention.
Dut determined Instead to merely em?
phasize upon the judges th. Import?
ance of observing the lett r of that
law. There was some argument over
these matters, but the meeting, with
the exception of the vigorous protest
of Judge Duke, which was easily thn
feature of tho proceeding, was rather
quiet throughout.
Thirty-four of the llfty members
of the committee wero In attendance
When State Chairman J. Taylor llliy
son called the meeting to order. A
liumher of prominent Democrats from
different points in the State wero
Ceatcd outside of tho railing.
Hnte for tluiillflcndon.
As soon as .Secretary .1. Nf, Hreuaman
h-id called the roll, I. p. u hitchcad,
? ol .Amherat, offered the following res?
olution,, which, as adopted, forms the
~u',? for this campaign:
\ "Resolved, That the attention of tho
i judges of election is. cspocinlly cuWed
to that portion of tho plan for a pri?
mary election which declarer that only
white. Democrats aro entitled to vote
lp-,the primary election, and this com?
mittee cnllo upon the said judges of
?Vectlon to rigidly enforce, this pro
Vision iv! the primary plan."
air. Whltehcad said he thought cm-i
phasis on the paVty's plan was as far!
as the committee could go. The reso-1
olution was seconded by Judge Duke, i
of Charlottcsvtllo.
IIa? Different 1'lnn.
J. M.' Curtis, of Newport News, ap?
parently tho only supporter of .Mr. j
Jones who attended tho meeting, of?
fered a substitute resolution, which,
ftftor reciting the party plan and say?
ing that It has been alleged that Re?
publicans have been voting In Demo?
cratic local primaries, proceeded:
"That in Democratic primaries no
person shall bo permitted to vote for
the candidates of the Democratic party
unless in the last next preceding gen?
eral election he voted for the presi?
dential electors nominated by tho Dem?
ocratic party, or for the nominee
for the House of Representatives of
that party, or for tho nominee of
tho.l party for Governor; or for the
nominee of that party for the. House
of Delegates; ' provided, further, that
it he did not vote nt such general
election, then upon his declaration that
he will support nt the ensuing elec?
tion the nomlneo or nominees of the
Democratic party, ho shall bo allowed
to vote."
Colonel 10. D. Cole, of Fredericks
burg, opposed tho substitute. IVi
wanted to know how the party could
tie bullt ?P unless Republicans wore
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GOING TO SUPREME COURT
'Hint Tribunal win Scrutinize licor
gln n Liquor Laws.
Washington, D. C. May 3.?Georgia's
liquor laws will he subjected to scrn
?My by the ?uprcmo court of the
United States In a case docketed to?
day In that court. It Is the case ot
the State against G. W. Curet?n.
Tbc question raised Is whether the
Georgia law or 1307, In prohibiting the
sale of liquor within tho Slate, applies
to a transaction where persons living
In Alabama or Tennessee order liquor
of another in Tenncsi.ee, who ships the
liquor through an ngent In Georgia
Cureton Is charged with receiving or?
ders and payment for liquor at his
office In Tennessee und directing his
agent at ttlslng Fawn, Ga? to ship the
liquor ordered. The mate ia\v claims
thai Cureton thereby made a sale In
Georgia. Cureton claims the sale toolt
place In Tennessee, and, furthermore,
that the lleorgia law Is unconstitutional
because It Interferes with interstate
commerce.
GAYNOR TRUSTS HIM
Heel/ires lie linn Found Hyde "Correct
to ii Unl."
New York. May 3.?In a letter ac?
cepting the resignation of City Cham?
berlain Charles 11. Hyde, who yester?
day was Inflicted in connection with
the Carnegie Trust llasco, Mayor Guv?
nor to-day expressed continence in Mr.
Hyde, declaring that lie has always
found him "honest and correct to a
dot." nnd that lie hates to see him
"sacrificed even for the time being."
In Mr. Hyde's letter of resignation,
which the Mayor made public; together
With his own letter of acceptance, ihn
i' tiring chamberlain says that "humil?
iating necessity of answering to an
Indictment" on a bribery charge In
which he finds himself is due lo a
"campaign waged against him by cer?
tain uoliticai enemies and ihelr news?
paper allies." He reiteraU? Unit "it
v. ill only be a shot t lime until the.
Whole conspiracy Is laid bare,'1 |,ut that
under the circumstances ho felt that
Ik- was taking tho proper course in
asking the Mayor io appoint Ills suc?
cessor. Mayor Gaynor lias not yet an?
nounced Mr. Hyde's successor.
LETTER BRINGS~$25,000
It Wno Written by Mnrtln I.other lo
Kinpcror Chnrles V.
Lclpllc. Saxony. May .'!.?At nn auto?
graph sale to-day a loiter written by
Martin I.tit her to Kmpcror Charles V.
was bought by a Florence dealer for
{25,500. The purchase is said lo have
been made for -I. I'. Morgan.
The letter, whir l: is la Latin. Is of
great historical Importance. It was
written In 1521, during tho reformer's
reiorn journey from the Diet nf
Worin?, and. describing the proceed?
ings, defended ins attitude.
The epistle ivas Intrusted to an Im?
perial horalei. who gave Luther safe
rondttcl through the Tliurlnglail forest
until he v.-fip ostensibly tekeo prisoner
for his own protection by the order
of bis friend, the Ulector of Saxony.
The contents of the letter were such
that none dared to deliver It to the
Kmperor. and n nr>te to this effect
wns written on the manuscripts In the
l-.mpororV archives A letter written
by Luther's wife, who was Kathadinj
von Horn, a nun. who renounced her
vows, brought $1,500,
AGED BANKER ACQUITTED
Found \of ' Guilty of Aiding In Mis?
application of Fiiuda.
Plttsburg, Pn., May 3.?R. IC. (lis?
som, the aged president of the Farm?
ers and Manufacturers National Hank
at Mount Pleasant. Pa., was acquitted
In the United States District Court
to-day of the ciiarg" of aiding and |
aliening Cashier C. K. Mullln In mis- !
application or the hank's funds. The
Jury returned tho verdict under In?
structions front Judge Charles P. Orr.
Mullln Is in the Allegheny county jail
awaiting removal to tho United States
penitentiary nt Leaven worth. Kar...
while E. if. Stelnman. convicted on
charges growing out of the hank fail?
ure. Is already serving his term at
Lea veil wort b. Mullln and Stelnman
wore; convicted at tl second trial, while
llissem goes free.
WILL REORGANIZE
New Intercut*, tn no \dmlltcd to nnld
v?ln Locomotive WnrkN.
Philadelphia. -May 3.?That the di?
rectors and stockholders of the Bald?
win Locomotive Works had decided
to-day to reconstruct the present close
corporation in such a way ns to admit
new interests into the company wns
admitted to-night by ofll.lals of the
company. It was stated that lircxel &
company-, of this city, and White. Weld
<fc Company, of New York, would act
as hankers in the matter. How the
change would bo effected was not
stated. Vice-President Johnson, who
made nn official statemont on behalf
of the company, declared that the do- j
tails of the reorganization had not
been completed.
SHUBERT IN TROUBLE
Tliriltrlcnl Mounter Chnrged \Vl*h
Striking Churns) Girl. ..
Xc-.v York, May 3.?Jacob J. Shubcrt,
the theatrical manager, was placed to?
day undo:- $500 ball fur trial In Ihc
Special Sessions Court on the charge
Of Miss Mario Taylor Burnett, a grand
niece of president Zachnry Tnylor, who
Pi known on the stage as Peggy Forbes.
Miss Barrien declared In Police Court
thai the manager struck her three
weeks ago during nn argument over
her dismissal as a chorus girl from one
of his theatres.
TO PRESERVE BIG TREES
Hoprenenf ntlv?? linker Mould Have
Them Purchased by finvernitient,
Washington. May 3.?Representative
Baker, of California, nnd Chief For?
ester Graves submitted to President
Taft to-day a proposition leslgtied to
preserve the big trees In the Oaku
voras region of California. .Mr. P.i.kc-r
will ask Congress for nn appropria?
tion to purchase the trees as a forest
reserve. At present they are owned
by an Individual. Mr. Raker said the
President approved Ihe Idea.
TAFT MAY REVIEW PARADE
livery President Since Crnnf Uns Seen
March ..I' Sunday School Children.
Washington. May 3.?Represcntatlve
Colder, of Rrooklyn. received a tenta?
tive-, promise from President Taft to?
day to witness the annual parade of
Brooklyn Sunday school children Juno
S. Mr. Colder said 200,000 children
would be In the parade. Every Presi?
dent of the United States since Grant's
time has witnessed these parades.
BARTH0LDT SELECTED
Will Represent United State? nt Pre?
sentation of Statue to Kaiser.
Washington, May 3.?Representative
BurthohU, of Missouri, has been se?
lected by President Tnft to represent
the United States nt tho presents Mop
lo the German Umperor of u replica
in a miniature of the statue of Baron
Von Steuhen, recently unveiled hole.
Tho date has not been set, %
Congress Is G iv ing Itself
Wide Range for In?
vestigations.
NO FAVORITES
WILL BE PLAYED
Big Corporations, Alleged Trusts
and Monopolies and Senator
Lorimer Must Stand in the
Spotlight of Congressional
Publicity?Probes Get?
ting Under Way.
Washington. D. C, May 3.?The TTi
vestlgatlng trend of Congress look a
wide range to-day, for Inquiries Into
the affairs of the United States Steel
Corporation, the American Sugar H??
nning Company and th* American j
Woolen Company were placed on thej
program of the Democratic House; the
big shoe industry interests were under
fire, and a Senate committee on ex?
penses opened the way for a decision
as to a rclnvcsiigatioti of the charges
against Senator Do rimer, of Illinois.
Resolutions directing that special com?
mittees probe the records lo determine,
whether any of the tlrst three named
big corporations Involved are operating
In rlolalion of the anti-trust, interstate
commerce or national banking laws
have been started on the legislative
ways. Tho stool trust resolution, the
creation of Representative Stanley, ol
Kentucky, wjia approved to-day by the
House Committee on Rules, and will bo
reported to Ihn House to-morrow.
I? There n Wool Trust f
Representative Ilardwick. ot Georgia.
Is author of the resolution providing
for Inquiry into the American Sugar
Rofinluc Company, and this will be con?
sidered by tho Rules Committee to?
morrow. If the committee has lime it
may also consider a .similar resolution
submitted by Representative Francis,
of Ohio, directing that a special com?
mittee of live, be named to Inquire Into
the American Woolen Company, ot
Boston. Whether there 1h a trust in
wool in this country Is information tit -
sired by men interested in the wool
schedule soon to be revised.
Opposition attacking, through the
same channels, but with contradictory
statements, the proposed removal ot
the duty on shoes, as provided in the |
free list bill now before the House of J
Representatives, developed simultane?
ously at the Senate and House ends ot
the Capitol.
Whlje large shoo manufacturers tes?
tified to the Senate Finance Committee
that they were forced to keen prices
high because they were In the grip ol
a shoe machinery trust, which con?
trolled absolutely every manufacturer
of shoes In tills country. Representative
Weeks, on the iloor of the House, was 1
praising the concern which owns all ?
the patents on and controls all the shoe
machinery In the United States. He da ? I
dared that because the United Shoo J
Machine Company refuses to sell any I
machine outright, only leasing It to I
the manufacturer, the latter is enabled '
to engage in business with less capital,
and that the tendency of this method
was to Increase manufactures.
Statements niiTer.
The manufacturers declared that this
trust operates on a different basis with
foreign manufacturers from what It
does with those In this country, for
one thing, allowing those abroad to usc
some of their own machinery. Mr.
?Weeks, on the other hand, said: "Tho
United Shoe Machine Company leases
its machinery abroatl exactly as It is
loosed in tills country, and at the same
rat v."
Senator Bailey told the manufactur?
ers that. In his opinion, their contracts
wi* the trust could be proved Illegal;
that, in spite of the shoe machine com?
pany's patent rights, ho thought Its
action could be construed as an effort
to restrain trade, and he declared that
the Attorney-Ceneral might make some
trouble for the trust after he had
learned of the statements at to-dny's
hearings.
Bepresentative Difendorfer. of Penn?
sylvania, to-day Introduced resolutions
calling upon the Secretary of tho Navy
and the Secretary of War to furnish
Congress with all information relating
to shoe contracts for tho army and
navy prior to 1909. This was based
upon charges made by Mr. Difendorfer
that one shoe manufacturing concern
has a monopoly on government con?
tracts and has "frozen out" nil compet?
itors.
Investlgntc ConKulnr Service.
Washington. May .1.?The diplomatic
and consular service is lo he Investi?
gated by the Democratic House. Rep?
resentative Rroussard. of Louisiana, to?
day introduced n Joint resolution to
appoint l special committee?threo
Senators and four Representatives?to
examine tho laws and departmental
regulations governing the methods of
selection of diplomats and consuls nyd
the service. The resolution, carrylnfe
$2ri,000 for expenses, empowers " the
committee to hold sessions in foreign
countries if necessary.
The resolution, which wns referred
to tho Rules Committee, grows out of
alleged favoritism in the appointment
of consular agents.
Ilrfxcs Favorable Report.
Washington, May 3.?Secretary Mor?
rison, of tlie American Federation of
Labor, to-day urged tho House Com?
mittee on Reform in the City Service to
report favorably the Lloyd bill, giving
government employes the right to af
tlliiitc with trade unions.
Second Assistant Postmaster-Gencr.il
Stewart will be hoard Friday In oppo?
sition.
A Lecture on Shoes,
Washington. May 3.?Speeches in
support of tho Democratic free list
bill were made In tho House to-day
by Representatives Ilardwick, of Geor?
gia; Helm, of Kentucky: Curley, of
Massachusetts: Sweet, of Michigan;
Graham, of Illinois, and Rubey, of Mis?
souri?all Democrats. Mr. Weeks, of
Massachusetts, was the only meniber
who spoke against tho measure, de?
claring that there was no monopoly,
trust or combination In tho shoe In?
dustry.
Mr. Weeks used on array of shoos,
brogans, boots, slippers and sandals
lo Illustrate, his argument against ihn
Democratic measure. The lecture on
shoes drow the largest audience of
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They Clasp Hands and
Inaugurate Peace
Negotiations.
SPEND NEARLY
HOUR TOGETHER
Preliminary Details Are Ar?
ranged and First Formal Con?
ference. Will Be Held This
Morning?Scene of Meeting
Is Made Sacred to Envoys.
Armistice Extended.
El Paso, Tex.. May 3 ?Shaded from
tiie sun's heat by a cottonwood grove
at the foot of the barren hill over
which the insurrecto army not long
ago had threatened to make its way
into the city of Juarez, Francisco 1.
Madero, Jr., the revolutionists leader,
clasped hands to-day with Judge
Francisco Carabajul, official pcacu en?
voy of the Mexican government, thus
Inaugurating formal peace negotia?
tions betwen the warring factions of
the republic.
As Judge Carabajal's credentials had
Instructed him to deal with Francisco
I. Madero, Jr., as leader of the revo?
lution, tho two men met on neutral
ground and talked alone for nihrly i
an hour. They arranged the prelim?
inary details ot the first conference:
which will begin at 9 o'clock to-mor?
row.
Judge Curabajal first culled on Gen?
eral Navarro, tho Federal commander
of 'Juarez, accompanied by Senors
Eranlff and Obregon, who have been j
go-betweens in the negotiations. Thoy
preceded by automobile to the moot?
ing place, where Judge Carabajal and.
Honor Obregon alighted.
A few minutes later Madero entered
the uutomobile, followed by a troop
of cavalry, wiio escorted lilm to the
meeting ground. General Pasqual
Orozcd and Colonel Francisco Vlllar
rode beside him.
On the meeting ground tho entire
escort dismounted. They fondled while
rifles at a respectful dlstuncc wnile
Judge Carabajal and General Madero
sat in Hie automobile alone, arranging
details of the conferences that are
to follow.
Idly Observe Scene.
A squad of United States troopers i
basked In the sun. near the water's
edgj, across the international line, and
munched peanuts, i'djy observing the
scene across the river.
It was arranged tha,;.. the scene of
the--'peace negotiations immediately
should become sacred to the envoys,
no one else be allowed herenfter to
come within a radius uf 100 yards ol
the spot. Honors Braniff and Obregon,
who are unofficial advisers lo Judge
Carabajal, euch day will await Judge
Carabajal outside the reservo/l space.
General Madoro will not participate In
the conference, being represented by
Dr. Vasqitez Gomoz, Francisco Madero,
Sr., and Honor I'inoa Suarez.
At the conclusion of lo-dny's meet?
ing, which lasted one hour. General Ma?
dero declared that he had examined
Judge Curubajnl's credentials and found
them satisfactory in every respect, lie
also said he had exchanged "general
impressions" with Judge CarnbuJal as
to the procedure to bo followed by the
pence commissioners.
The three days' prolongation of the
nrmlstlcc went Into effect at noon to?
day.
Attack Imminent.
Douglas, Ariz., May 3.?An attack on
Agua Prlcta is expected here within
two or three days. If made, this city
will come under a fire from the rebels
more direct than any heretofore expe?
rienced. The Federal garrison has so
arranged Its fortifications that an at?
tacking force must fire dlroetly into
the people ot" the United States over
the border. '
United States cavalry ofHcers havo
advised Washington of the danger to
tho United States citizens.
Armistice Nat Violated.
Mexico City, May 3.?The War De?
partment denied to-day tho assertion
of tiie rebels that Genera) Navarro hod
violated the armistice by moving sol?
diers disguised us workmen from the
American side into Juarez.
Dlnz'N Nephew Named.
Oaxaca, Mexico. May 3.?Governor
Kmilio i'imeii tu I has been given a leave
of absence and Brigadier-General Felix
Diaz, tho President's nephew and Chief
of Police of Mexico City, has been
named as the new Governor of Oaxnca
Sew Home for Free Pres*.
Detroit. .Midi.. May 3.?The Detroit
Free Press to-day, on Its eightieth
birthday, announced the plans for a
ten-story office building on the site
of the present Free Press building and
that of the Lafayette Theatre adjoin?
ing. The Free Press will occupy most
of the ground floor and basement and
Die tenth floor. It Is expected the
building will bo completed in a year
Writs Being Argued.
Chicago. May 3.?Argument was con?
tinued to-day In the Circuit Court on
writs of habeas corpus obtained last
week by Edward Tilden. George W
Benedict nnd William C, Citmmfngs, nf
tr-r they had been arrested on charges
of contempt In the Illinois Stata Schute
Dctiiched From Out,v.
Washington, May 3.?Hoar-Admiral
llugow Ostorhatis to-day wan ordered
detached from duty ns commander of
tiie Mnre Islnnd, Cnl? nnvy yard, nnd
assigned to special temporary duty nl
the Nnvy Depnrtmeut preparatory to
becoming commnudcr-ln-chlef of tho
Atlantic Moot, about June I.
Short Masterpieces
?II1 Lord Goes Adventuring," by
.IncqitCN Futrellet "Marie of the
Hollow Hills," by Hoy Norton j
"Frank Hoble? of Family Folks,"
by Sophie Dene l.oeli; "Why In n
Comic Artist f" by II jr Gngc, und n
hit of humor, "Pepper nnd Snlt,"
by .lohn Kenrtrlck Hnngn, nre ?nme
of the literary offerlndM of the
11 lux (rated Mngnrlne which will he.
issued with The Times- Dispute!)
next Sunday.
i iiiiMii
Ohio Legislators Ac?
cused by Grand Jury of
Soliciting Brib?s.
IF GUILTY, MUST
"DO" PRISON TERM
House and Senate Pass Bill
Making Imprisonment Manda?
tory in Bribery Cases In?
volving Public Officials.
Sergcant-at-Arms Was
the Go-Between.
Columbus. O., May 3.?Three State
Senators and two Representatives
were Included In bribery Indictments
returned this evening by the Franklin
county grand Jury, which has been
engaged In investigating corruption In
tho Assembly.
The Senators arc Isaac E.'. Huffman,
of Butler courtly; D. R. Andrews, of
Lawrence county, and Coot-go K. Co?
lone, of Montgomery county.
The Representatives are Dr. George
B. Nye, of Bike county, and A. C.
Lowry, of Lawrence county. One In?
dictment was returned against each save
in the case of Nye, charging the so?
licitation of bribes. Four indictments
wero returned against Nye.
In addition, Rodney J. Diegle, of
Erie county, scrgcaut-al-armj in the
Senate, and alleged go-between In ne?
gotiations with Senators, was indicted
with the Senators for aiding and abet?
ting In the bribe solicitation. Diegle
was indicted three times, as he is in?
cluded in each of the bills against
Senators. 1
All of the Indicted men appeared at
the courthouse soon after tlio bills
were returned and furnished bonds.
The amount was $5,000 for the three
Senators and Representative Lowry.
The bond of Nye und Diegle was $10.
000.
".No Hills" Found.
Three detectives, F. S. Harrison, A.
C. Bailey and David II. Berry, who
allege they trapped the legislators In
the bribery deal ,and who wore ar?
rested last week at the Instance of
Nye, were bound ovt. to tho grand
jury Monday, hut to-day the grand
jury returned "no bills" In their cases.
The detectives will be tho principal
witnesses at the trials of tho Assem?
blymen and Dleglo. which, It Is de?
clared, will bo pushed as rapidly as
possible. It is announced that ad?
journment of tho April term of court
Will not be taken until the bribery
trials are disposed of. Meanwhile, the
grand Jury will contlnuo its Investi?
gation tp-morrow.
To-day Detective Burns questioned
grand jury witnesses, present and
prospective. In tho office of Prosecutor
Turner. The presence also of Ser
geant-nt-Arms Diegle led to reports
that Immunity had been offered him
for his testimony. However. Diegle
to-night declared he wns Innocent of
wrohff-doUtg. The Indicted oillclals
nlso assorted they were Innocent.
To-day wltnesstvi the reluctant res?
ignation of Dr. Nye from the House
Calendar or Steering Commitleo. All
tho other members had resigned yes?
terday. To-day Speaker Vlnlng ap?
pointed a new committee.
Arrnlnrnod T?-morro?T.
Those indicted to-day will be ar?
raigned Friday. The two Lawrence
county legislators. Andrews and Lowry,
are Republicans, and the other four
Indicted are Democrats. Lowry and
Nye are physicians. The former Is a
son-in-law of Colonel H. A. Martin?,
of Ironton, a manufacturer, who for
years has taken an nctlve part In poll
tics.
Sergonnt-nt-Arms Dleglo Is a for?
mer newspaper and hotel man.
Huffman Is an attorney and grand
master of Ohio Odd-Follows. Andrews
is an attorney at "Ironton and Cctone
a fruit grower.
The legislation In connection with
which the lndlctmonts were returned,
Include tho woman's nine-hour bills,
the Whlttcmorc Insurance bill to ad?
mit mutual Insurance copanles now
barred, the Gerrymander bill, designed
to put off the bench Judge A. 'A. Blair,
of Portsmouth, who was Instrumental
In the Adams county election probe.
Tho bribes which tho Indictments
allege wc-e solicited, range from $100
to $5.000. The latter, It Is alleged,
Nye demanded from a detective pos?
ing as a lobbyist to seouro passage
of tho Whlttemore. measure. Nye, It is
charged, sollcltctl bribes In connection
with all tho bills mentioned.
Both tho House and Senate to-day
passed a bill, making penitentiary
sentences mandatory in bribery cases
Invovlng puhllc ofllclals.
PASSES COMMITTEE STAGE
Velo Hill Hoes Through Practically
Without Amendment.
London. May 5.?The Parliament bill,
known also as the veto hill, for tho
curtailment of tho powers of the House
of Lords, to-day passed tho commit
too singe In the House of Commons
practically without amendment amidst
i cones of great enthusiasm.
The refusal of A. J. Balfour. lender
of the opposition, to vot? ngninst tho
preamble to the veto bill removed any
danger that might have been appre?
hended from tho. revolt of tho Labor
lies against tho preamble, and this
portion of tho measure, the considera?
tion of which was regarded as tho most
critical test for the government; provtd
easiest to carry. Tho Unionist opposi?
tion to the bill almost vanished.
MEDAL FOR CARNEGIE
It In Awarded to llim ux "nenofnetor
of Human Ilnrc."
Washington, May 3.?A gold medal
awarded to Andrew Carnegie As n
"benefactor of the human race," by the
International Conference of American
States, held nt Buenos Ayroa last sum?
mer, will be formally presented to him
Friday afternoon In tho Hall of Amer?
icas by the governing board of tho
Pan-American Union. Prosldonl Taft,
Secretary of State Kho'x and the Mexi?
can nmbasaailor will bo among the
speakers.
PRICELESS RELICS TAKEN
Iiihnhltniit* of Jrrumilrni Aroused to '
Point of IlloHng.
Jerusalem, Palestine, May n,?Tho!
Inhabitants have been aroused to tho'
point of rioting by tho operation^ of';
a party of English archaeologists, who j
arc accused of having excavated be- ?
neatli the Inviolable mosque ot Omar!
ami removed relics reputed to Include I
tho Ark of the Covenant, tho Censer
and other sacred vessels which bo
longed to Die tribes of Israel.
Asiny Dey, tho Turkish Governor,
was mobbed on tho streets for sup?
posed complicity In tho profunattoti
and hooted as a "pig." Tho mosque
has been closed and Is closely guarded
pending tho arrival from Constanti?
nople of olllclals of tho government,
who will make an investigation. Tho
explorers are credited with having
excavated n passage from the pool of
Slloam toward tho place where once
stood Solomon's Teiajijo, built In U>I'?
ll. C, pillaged and restored and Anally
destroyed by Titus. A. 1). 70. Palling
to reach the relies sought In this man?
ner, tho explorers, according to tho
alleged confessions of the guards of
the mosque, bribed the guards, en
| tered the mosque and. after digging
on six nights, spirited away the. treas?
ures, "the whereabouts of which." says
an Arabic paper, "noun know except
God and theso English."
London Una No Advices.
London. May 3.?The head of the ex?
pedition excavating In Jerusalem Is
Captain Montugu Brownlow Parker,
brother of the Earl of Morley. The
syndleato which Is financing the enter?
prise received letters from Parker de?
scribing the progress of tho excava?
tions In the neighborhood of the Pool
of Slloam at regular Intervals Up l"
a month ago. since when no word has
come from him.
Before leaving hero the explorers
stated that they expected to discover
among the rock tombs honeycombing
Mount Morlah a manuscript which
would set at rest all doubts concerning
the resurrection of Christ. The party
included Captain Duff, a relative of
the Duke of Wife: Major Folcy, one of
the Jameson raiders, and Captain Wil?
son, who Is related to Lady Sarah Wil?
son.
Neither the Foreign OfTlco nor the
Turkish embassy has any advices re?
garding the reported trouble with the
populace of Jerusalem.
TRUCE DECLARED
It I? .Made Possdliln for Premier to
Attend Coronntlon.
Ottawa, Ont., May 3.?As the result
of a conference to-dtiy between Sir Wil?
frid Luurlor nnd R. L. Borden, the op?
position lender, an understanding was
reached which makes it practically
certain thnt the Prime Minister, with
Sir Frederick Borden and Hon. L. P.
Hrodeur. will leave on the Virginian,
sailing from Quebec on May 13, to at?
tend the Imperial conferenco and the
coronation. j
Assurance was given by the'opposi-j
tion lender that there would bo no ob?
struction of supply In the Commons
to carry on tho administration for nt
lenst thrco or four months during the
Premier's absence, and that the polit?
ical crisis threatened through tho ob?
struction of supply und the forcing or
an appeal to tho country on tho reci?
procity issue would not aventuato dur*
lng the Premier's nhsencc. If It comes
ut all.
The understanding between tho two
lenders Is not coupled with any condi?
tion thnt the government will In any
way abandon Its reciprocity proposals.
STRIKERS CONFIDENT
AsMcrt That Hngliipitirn, Trainmen nnd
Conductors will Join Them.
Pittsburg. Pa., Mny 3.?Striking
shopmen of tho Pennsylvania Ilnllroud
along the Plttshurg division arc con?
fidently asserting to-night thut they
soon will be joined by the cnglneirion,
trainmen nnd conductors, although
the officials of their various unionu
will make no direct statement.
Tho leaders of tho engineers con?
cluded to-day a two-days' conference
on tho strike situation nt Pltcalrn, but
they refused to make any statement.
A special meeting of tho engineers
has been called for Saturday morn?
ing.
Tho headquarters of all the union
leaders wero shifted from this city
to the strike zono nt Pltcalrn to-day.
Following last night's sinnli out?
breaks at the Twenty-eighth Street
yards. renewed caution was sent
broadcast to-day to refrain from vio?
lence, nnd no further disorder hag
been reported.
HOPES TO CONCEAL HAND
Prosecution -Mny IJIhpcnHe With Ar-1
rnlgnnient of Alleged Dynamiter*. !
Los Angeles. Cal., May 3.?William 1
J. Ford, assistant district attorney,
who will nld In the prosecution of John
J. and James B. MrNnmara, accused of
dynamiting tho Times building, ar?
rived from Indianapolis lute to-day.
Ho is supposed to have brought with
him most of tho evidence said to have
been unearthed concerning the con?
spiracy charged against the labor
leader and his brother.
i That the district attorney is con?
sidering a question of dispensing with
arraignment was the development of a
cnll paid to tha prosecutor to-day by
Leo M. Bappaport, counsel for tho
j prisoners.
A preliminary hearing before a Jus?
tice of tho pence is the. alternative
course, nnd the advantage of this lies
In the fact that tho prosecution could
withhold from tho defenso tho evi?
dence upon which the indictments
! wore based.
WARMER WEATHER COMING
Sharps Predict That More Cnmfnrtubte
CouuitloiiH Soon Will Prevail.
Washington, D. C, May 3.?Warmer
weather Is on tho way east, according
t? Professor Willis Moore's Weather
Bureau sharps. Up through Now Eng?
land nnd n largo part of the rest of
the East It was freezing to-day, but
In the Southwest and the Rocky Moun?
tain country a change to more com?
fortable nnd seasonable weather is al?
ready being felt.
Hunkers' Trial .?et.
Pittsburg, Pa., Mny 3.?Thn trial of
Frnnk N. Ilnffstot. the wealthy banker
und cur manufacturer, on charges
growing out of the recent council
manic graft scandal, this nlernoon was
set for next Monday.
TAFT EMPHASIZES
HANDS-OFFPOLICy
This Country Seeks No
Extension of Politi?
cal Power
NATIONS HAVE
NOTHING TO FEAR
At Peace Conference President
Gives Voice to Pacific Inten?
tions, at Same Time Calling
Attention to Necessity of
Maintaining Order in
Neighboring States.
Baltimore, Md., May 3.?President
Taft, In his speech at the opening o?
tho third National Peace Conference
hero to-day, declared that tho United
States would keep hands oft and not
seek to extend Its domain or to ac?
quire additional territory. The Presi?
dent mado no mention specifically ot
Mexico, but to those who heard him
It was evident that tho troubled situa?
tion there, and the suspicion In the
South American republic as to tho
Intention of this nation In regard to
Its southern neighbors, had Inspired
him.
Tho President had been speaking of
tho recurrence of internal disturbances
in countries not so well able as tho
United States to maintain order and
peace, and had said that it was in?
cumbent upon tho great nations of
"this hemisphere to exercise their
kindly and peaceful influence as much
as possible."
"One of the difficulties that the
United States finds is the natural sus- ?
piclon that tho countries engaged
have of tho motives which the United
States has In tendering its good of?
fices," continued the President.
Xb 1'ixtcnntoti of Power.
"Asseveration of good faith helps
but little where the suspicion Is real,
and yet I like to avail myself of an
opportunity In such presence as this
to assert that there is not In the whole
length and breadth of tho Unltod
States among Its people any desire for
territorial aggrandizement, and that
Its people as a whole will not permit
its government, if It would, to tako
any steps in respect to foreign peoples
looking to a forcible extension of our
political power.
"Wo have had wars and we know
what they are. Wo know what re?
sponsibilities thoy entail, the burdens
and losses and horrors, and we would
have none of them. Wo havo a mag?
nificent domain of our own in which
wo nro attempting to work out and
to show tho word success In popular
government, and wo need no more ter?
ritory in which to show that. But
wa havo attained great prosperity and
groat power,
"We havo become a powerful mem?
ber of the community of nations In
which wo live, and there is therefore'
thrust upon us necessarily a caro and
responsibility for tho. peace of tho
?world in our neighborhood, and a bur
don of helping those nations that can?
not help themselves, If wo may do
that peacefully and effectively."
The President spoko to several
thousand people In tho Lyric Theatre.
Cardinal Gibbons, Secretary of War
Dickinson, Senator Gore, of Oklahomn,
and more than a dozln men prominent
In the movement for world peace snt
on tho platform with the President.
Cardinal Glhbons and Hamilton Holt,
president of tho conference, who spoke
before tho President, voiced tho opin?
ion that tho negotiation of the pro?
posed arbitration treaty between the
United States and Great Britain would
mark tho greatest step toward uni?
versal peace that the world had over
seen.
An Impnrtntit Step.
"Ah arbitration treaty between two
great nations of tho world," said tho
President, "would bo a very Important
stop In securing tho peace of tho
world, if such an arbitration .treaty
can bo concluded. I have no doubt that
an Important step will have been
taken, but It will not bring an end
of war. It Is a stop only; and we
must not defeat our purposes by en
,,-glng tho expectation of the world
bb to what is to happen and by then
^wTtust'roniuc that wo. are deal?
ing with a world that is fallible and full
of weakness, with somewhat of wicked?
ness in It. and liiat reforms that are
worth having are brought about littln
bv little, and not by one blow. T
think that wo are likely to make more,
progross if wo express our hope with
moderation and realize tho difficulties
that nro to be overcome, than If wo
proclaim that wo bnve opened tho
gate to eternal peace with one key and
within one year."
Tho President was particularly in
tornsted in a speech by Dr. J. A.
MacDonnld. editor of the Toronto
(Cnnadn) Globe, a warm advocate of
reciprocity.
??If that arbitration tro.aty between
vour countrv and Knglanrt is ratified,'
said Mr. MacDoiiald, "the. name of Wil?
liam Howard TaCt will be remembered
in world history so long as man loves
peace.
"Above all other nations, Canada has
the greatest stake In the proposed
treaty; slio has the most to gain by
peace; the most to lose by war.
For Suke of World.
"Canada desires the pact not for her?
self alone, hut for the sake of tho
whole world. The time to do it is at
hand. The hour Is trembling, ready
to strike; the tide Is swelling to the
flood and if I ever had the right to
speak for my country or for the empire
to which I belong. It is now, and I
ask that tho Parliament of Great
Britain and the Congress of tho United
States Join to Insure the peace of tho
whole world."
President Taft returned to Wash?
ington immediately after the moot?
ing.
Andrew Carnegie, who followed the
President, was Introduced as "Tho
Dreadnought of Peace."