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THE DISPATCH FOUNDED 1840.
THE TIMES FOUNDED 148?.
WHOLE NUMBER 18,639.
RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1911.
THE WEATHER TO-DAY?Unsettled.
PRICE TWO CEOT&
PRIVATE PAPERS
Flatly Refuses to Per?
mit Committee to Ex?
amine Them.
SEARCHING FOR
LOST VOUCHER
Probers Want to Know What
Became of the $2,450 Which
Was Not Paid to Artist for
His Portrait of Ex
Secretary of State .
Day.
Washington, June ?.?A lively con?
troversy over the executive's right to
withhold confidential papers Irum a
congressional probing com mit tee was
precipitated at the Capitol to-day by
u Hat refusal of Secretary of State
Knox, on the Instruction ot President
Taft, to lay before the House Com?
mittee on Expenditures m tho Stale j
Department books showing thy record
of the payment for the rcrtralt of ex
Becretary of State Pay. The commit?
tee Is seeking to discover what be?
came of the fi.COO balance on the $2.150
voucher drawn for the payment of the
portrait. Arllvt Roscnthal rece'ved
only SS.SO for his work, ami the i 1.000
is yet unaccounted for.
The President held that the J2.C0
was paid out of the emergency fund
for Unforeseen emergencies in the d'p
lomatlc and consular service and lor
extending diplomatic Intercourse with
foreign nations, which Congress bad
provided need not t,e accounted for If
the President certifies that an Item
fihould he paid from this fund. Presi?
dent Roosevelt hud made a certifica?
tion, ami President Taft hesitated to
go back of that certification. Further?
more, Secretary Knox explained to
the committee that It wa.s Improper to
produce th- hooks becuuhe thereby oth?
er undisclosed Items of expenditure
would be revealed. Secretary lynox
*ald he wns directed to complete his
investigation Into what became of the
money anil to report the facts to the
president.
Takes l*?in> With Secretary.
Chairman Handln, of Missouri, took
issue with the secretary's asserted
right to refuse to produce the record
of the expenditures.
'.'Do you mean to say that $2.150 may
be spent for a portrait and congress
refused all Inf urination In regard to
It?" he asked.
Secretary Knox replied that It was
proper when a former President cer?
tified to the expenditure from the
emergency fund.
Mr. Humlln threatened to take the
matter to the lloor of the House, A
colloquy between the chairman and
the secretary finally resulted in the
suggestion that the. chairman might
be allowed personally to Inspect the
particular record. This course prob?
ably will be followed. Mr. Knox said
that the books showed no further In?
formation than the committee was in
possession of.
Mr. liamlln questioned Secretary
Knox closely as to wliut justification
there was for paying for a portrait out
of a secret fund set aside for unfore
Been emergencies and extending diplo?
matic Intercourse.
Mr. Knox said It had been the prac?
tice since 1R90. He Informed the com?
mittee that no trace had yet been
found of the |2.t50 voucher which Mr.
Kosenthnl said he signed In blank af?
ter receiving the $S;,0 personal check
of former Chler Clerk Michael, now
consul general at Calcutta. He con?
ceded it was very Irregular for a
voucher to be made out for more than
the signer received, and that such ac?
tion placed a burden on htm vho made
It out to explain the circumstances.
"I surmise?it is Just my impres?
sion," said the secretary, "that if we
find that this fl.tiOO was legitimately
expended, notwithstanding the Irregu?
larity of the record, that will end It.
but If it has been filched, the greater
the punishment of the offender the
???Creator will be our pleasure."
Taft Will Xot Permit It.
President Taft, in his reply to Sec?
retary aiiox's letter to him asking
what course he should pursue In obe?
dience to the committee's summons to
produce the records, said that In view
of the facts and circumstances, and
that the emergency fund expenditures
for this per'od have, under the expre.su
authority of Congress, been ccrtlticd ;
by Secretary Day, "for my predeces- i
eor. President Roosevelt, as being of
euch a character as ought not to be
made public, J feel that nothing but
some extraordinary circumstance
would justify . 10 In directing you to
take such record.- before the commit?
tee named, because the discretion thus
exercised under the statute should, in
my judgment, in general be conclusive
and binding upon this point."
The President added that when Sec?
retary Knox concluded his investiga?
tion of the particular expenditure and
submitted the matter to him he (the
President) would determine whether
the money was lawfully "or dishon?
estly and Improperly misappropri?
ated."
"If I have reason to believe that
the latter alternative is the true one,"
the President added, "then 1 shall di?
rect you to submit the result, of your
investigation with reaped to tho item
to the committee. In the meantime,
I do not deem it proper tha,t you
should submit to the committee the
telegrams and other steps or; partial
details, of your investigation."
Senator Root, who was Secretary of
6tate about the time the portrait was
paid for, will testify next Tuesday
as to what he may know about tho
ease.
MINISTER IS KILLED
Automobile Struck, by Train .While
Crossing TrncKM of Southern.
Macon. Ca., .Hine 2.?While driving
Across the tracks of tho Southern Rail
Way In Fort Vnllev this afternoon with
Mrs. T. C. Kberhardt. .Rev. H* R. Dean,
a Methodlsi minister of that place, was
Instantly killed and his companion ho
rlously injured when a freight troJn
Struck; their automobile.
THEATRES HALF EMPTY
ICleli Harvest l-'rom Coronation >ot I
' living Heaped.
London, Juno 'J.?Social functions, I
such as house purlles, dinners and '
balls. In connection with the corona?
tion arc becoming so numerous and
so engrossing, that, combined with
the unusually brilliant and hot weath?
er, they are driving the people to seek
outdoor recreation, and the theatre
managers who anticipated a harvest
from the Influx of visitors to London
llnd themselves confronted with half
empty houses.
The coronation procession will be a
splendid cavalry parade over a mile
long. The representatives of foreign
courts will not ride In the procession,
but, will be accommodated with seats
on the stands alone the route.
Lord and Lady Derby to-night gave
a grand dinner und ball at Derby
House. Kltjg George and Queen Mary
attended the dinner, but on account of
mourning for Prince .John of Den?
mark left before the dancing com?
menced.
Crown Prince Gustave Adolph of
.Sweden and the Crown Princess ar?
rived In London to-nlgiu for the coro?
nation.
CASTRO IS RETURNING
Uxlled Former President In Dlm-ulncd
Ahoiird Ship.
Havana, June 2,?The Cuban govern?
ment Is In receipt of what Is believed
to be authoritative information from
Spuln that Clprluno Castro, the exiled
former President of Venezuela, sailed
recently from Cadiz on the steamer Lv
gaspl. which Is due here to-morrow
en route for Central and South Amer?
ican ports.
According to this Information. Cas?
tro Is traveling Incognito. It Is be?
lieved also that he is carefully dis?
guised, but it is unlikely that he can
avoid detection by the Cuban officials
who will board the Lega?">i.
11 Is not known whether Castro de?
sires to land In Havana, or whether
the government would object to his
so doing.
The conjecture here Is that Castro
does not desire to land at Havana, :
but will endeavor to conceal his Iden- !
tlty while here and proceed on the l^e
gaspl to some ports adjacent to Venez?
uelan territory, probably Sabanilla. Co?
lombia.
WILSON WARNS EDITORS
Tells Them Tury Must Fight "System"
With Publicity.
Columbia, S. C, June 2.?Governor
Woodrow Wilson. of New Jersey,
speaking to-night before the State con?
vention of the South Carolina Press
Association, pointed out the dangers
of the concentration In a few hands
of the nation's wealth. He warned the
editors that their duty was not only to
comment upon the workings of "the
system with ii capital S." but also to
report to the people what these activi?
ties were and \i-hot they signified. The
lawyers of the country, he said, aro
the men who must solve the difficulties;
"und I believe they will have sense
enough to do so."
Governor Wilson said that the coun?
try is menaced by a wave of socialism
unless some stops ar*- taken to unlock
the double-bolted doors of opportunity.
GAMBLING IS TABOOED
Government Will Try to Stop It In
Canal '/.one.
Washington. June 2.?At a confer?
ence between President Taft, Secre?
tary of War Stlmson, Colonel Goelhols
and Senor C. C. Arosomena, a member
of the Panama Cabinet, ut the White I
House to-day, It was decided to adopt
measures to prevent gambling by em?
ployes of the Isthmian Canal Commis?
sion In the cities of Panama and Colon.
According to reports. gambling in
those two cities is open. It Is probable
that the Panama government will be
asked to stop It.
PARENTS DENY KIDNAPPING
Hut Police Are In ventlsutiug Story Told i
'?>' Boy.
New York. June 2.?Police headquar?
ters Is Investigating a report that kid?
nappers are holding the three-year-old
sen of CalogBio Buffa, a wealthy gro?
cer, for a ransom of J10.000. According
to the child's elder brother, he has boon !
held for a month and his parents no- i
tMled that unless the ransom were
forthcoming the little fellow would
be cut Into line bits and sent, pickled
In vinegar, hack to them.
Both the father and the mother de?
cline to discuss the case beyond deny?
ing that the boy lias been kidnapped.
They insist lie is in the country with
a relative.
HUSBAND HAS REVENGE
Shoots anil Kills Prizefighter nml
Wounds Wife. ' I
Bend. Oregon. June ?I.ouls Long, o.1
Oakland, Cal., a prizefighter, whs shot
and killed, and Mrs. R. Rlley. of Port?
land, Ore., was severely wounded by
the woman's husband to-day while on
doavorlng to escape from Riley In an
automobile Rliey followed in another
ear. Long's machine broke down, and
Hie pursuing husband drove up and
killed Long, and then shot the woman.
I'iley surrendered to the sheriff.
Long has been lighting in Central
Oregon for some time. He was in
Portland a few months ago. and It is
thought that Mrs. Riley went on a tour
with him. . i
K?HLER IN BAD SHAPE
"Golden Rule" Chief of Police Fear?
Xrrvoiiii Breakdown.
Cleveland. O.. June '2. ? Fearing a
, nervous hreakdown. Frederick Kohler,
Cleveland's "Golden Rule" chief of po?
lice, this afternoon asked for and was
granted an Indefinite leave of absence.
He will leave for a German health re?
sort ,tt onco.
Kohler has been the subject of an
Inquiry on charges of unbecoming con?
duct and the object at which a revolt
of patrolmen has been aimed during
the past year. His physician says that
his condition has become, such that he
has not slept more than two hours
nightly for month3.
TO KEEP CADETS SOBER '
mil Propones to Make Liquor Selling a
Misdemeanor.
Albany, X. Y., Juno 2.?Major-Oen
cral Thomas H. Barrock. commandant
of the West Point Military Academy,
has written Assemblyman Cuvllller.
chairman of the Assembly Committee
on Military Affairs, advocating tho
passage of tho Cuvllller hill making
it a misdemeanor to sell liquor to
United States soldiers or cadets within
half a mile of the grounds of the Mili?
tary Academy. Tho bill has passed the
Assembly, 'but has been , opposed in the
upper house.
Cashier Is RobUrtd.
Minneapolis, Minn., June 2.?The po?
lice to-night ? are making a diligent
search for three men, who. according to
.1 D. Bron, cashier of the University
of Mlnnosota, robbed him of $14,000 of
University funds near the campus to-.
0ajr, No arreata hav? been .made.
PEACE IS DESIRED,
BUT WAR PROBABLE
Real Service Predicted
for Naval Academy
Graduates.
EFFICIENT NAVY
ALWAYS NEEDED
Assistant Secretary Winthrop
Addresses Young Midshipmen
on Completion of Their
Course?Control of Sea Al?
ways Crucial Point in Any
War Country May Wage.
Annapolis, .Mil., June 2.?"Out of the
wilderness, out of the wilderness, and
no more rivers to cross," sang tho
members of the class of 1311, as they
wiggled und twisted through the long
armory ut the Naval Academy in a Joy?
ous serpentine dance to-day. With the
coveted diplomas for which they had
worked hard the last four years, and
which they had only a short time before
received from the hands of Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Beekman Win?
throp, waving aloft, the young officers
marched through the yard and thence
into Bancroft 11 a 11. where a rapid
change was made into new uniforms.
These uniforms are. different In cut.
and, of even more importance, bear a
narrow band of gold on the sleeves, to
show that the wearers are "passed
midshipmen." ,
With the armory well filled, the bri?
gade of midshipmen, minus those
about to graduate, paraded on the main
lioor under arms. The graduating class
marched In separately and look the
seats assigned them shortly after 10
o'clock.
Opening <,f Exercises.
The booming guns of the short bat?
tery had announced lo the town that
the United States steamship Dolphin,
bearing Assistant Secretary Winthrop
and an official party, hud arrived from
Washington during .the night, and that
all ?Tis in readiness for his coming
ashore. When the party reached the
outside of the armory the word was
paused Inside the building that all was
ready. Immediately the brigade of mid?
shipmen under command of Lieutenant
W. Steel, came to "attention." while the
band played a few strains from a mlll
ary march as tho officials, headed by
Superintendent John 11. Gibbons, Mr.
Winthrop and the former's - personal
aid. Lieutenant Adolphus Andrews,
marched down the length of the room
and took place's on the platform.
Captain Gibbons immediately Intro?
duced Representative 1-emuel P. Pad?
gett, president of the board of visitors,
who delivered the "farewell" address
to the graduates
Need of Powerful Navy.
Expressing the belief that any fu?
ture war In which the United States
may engage will largely. If not en?
tirely, be decided by a battle or battles
of the sea, Mr. Winthrop said he was
strongly impressed with the necessity
of maintaining a navy sufficient In
power lo diminish to a minimum any
danger of losing control of the sea.
"Graduating at twenty-two you will
have about forty years of active ser?
vice before you. and although we are
all most desirous that war shall not
check the peaceful progress of the na?
tion, we must recognize that th's coun?
try since its inception has never en?
joyed forty years of peace uninter?
rupted by war. The average period
between wars of this country has been
only a few months over twenty-nine
years, so If anything like this ratio is
preserved in the future you will prob?
ably see active service.
"Understand me, that I am most de?
sirous of continued peace, and sin?
cerely trust thut the agitation for
arbitration treaties and an interna?
tional tribunal with adequate power to
enforce its ordained decrees, will bear
fruit, but he who believes that Inter?
national peace has arrived and that no
more wars will occur enjoys an opti?
mism greater than 1 can acquire.
"Tho control of the sea will, In my
opinion, he the crucial turning point
of any war in which we may be en?
gaged, and it is, therefore, evident
how Incumbent it will be upon you so
to maintain the material and personnel
allowed us by Congress that it may
always be at the highest point of effi?
ciency."
IOWA MAN'S PROPHECY
If Reciprocity Pull*, Washington will
Sec 31 any Xcw Knees.
Washington, June 2.?One of the
many letters which come to the White
House uommendlng the President's ef?
forts in behalf of Canadian reciprocity,
contained a sentence which was par?
ticularly pleasing lo Mr. Taft, and
which elicited from him an enthusias?
tic reply. The letter was from a. man
in Sioux" City, Iowa, whose name was
not made public.
"If reciprocity fails," wrote the
lowan. "you will see many new faces
at Washington after tho next eleci
tlon."
STORM IS DISASTROUS
nntfery of Artillery Struck by Light?
ning nnd Officer Killed.
Paris, June 2.?A terrific thunder?
storm, which broke to-night, did con?
siderable damage here and In the
provinces. At Grenoblo, a battery of
j artillery, while manoeuvring, was
struck by lightning and an officer was
killed and six men were Injured. At
Evrenx, a bolt, set fire to the courts
building, which was destroyed with
all tho archives. *
BODY IS CREMATED
Ashen of Noted Drnmutlc Author Bnrlcd
at Stanmnre.
London. June 2.?The body of Sir
William S. Gilbert, the noted English
drama lie author, who died of syncope
May 23, while attempting to rescue
one of the women of his bathing party
at Harrow, was crnmatcd to-day All
the persons prominent In Theatrical
circles here attended 'tho subsequent
burial of the ashes at Stanmore.
Whltelaw Rold, the American ambas?
sador, sent a wreath as a tribute from
America,
ODD DIET PRESCRIBED
Mm. Ole Mull Was Treated by Boat
Indian Doctor.
Alfred, Me., June -.?Bread made of
wulnuts, red pepper und raw wheat
and milk, secured by crushing pumpkin
seeds, formed tho diet recommended
for Mrs. Ole Bull by an Hast Indian
doctor, who was called In during her
dying days, according to the testi?
mony to-day of Miss Slrl Swunander.
of Brooklyn, N. Y.. in the action
brought by Mrs. Ole Bull Vaughn to
contest her mother's will. she also
testified that the patient was given
three dltferent kinds of Indian medi?
cine ugalnst her will.
Miss Swanander suld she herself
was a believer In Kaja Yoga, as
taught by the Hindu priests. Tho wit?
ness entertained Mrs. H?ll In Brooklyn
when Miss Margaret Xoble, known as
Sister Nlvedlta. a .priestess of the
Hindu cult, was Mrs. full's attendant.
One day, the witness-said, she heard
loud voices In Mrs. Bull's apartment,
and heard her say, apparently to Miss
Noble. "I shall go crazv If I can't do as
I want to with my money."
On one occasion, th?, witness said,
Dr. Reed found a little black pill in
the medicine he had ? jirescrlbed for
Mrs. Bull and crushed/It.
"What was the result?" Miss Swan?
ander was asked.
"It gave off a strange odor and por?
tions of It fell into a plant pot, which
continued to give off the odor for
some lime."
Describing the effects of the Indian
medicine administered, to Mrs. Bull,
the witness said that Mrs. Bull "would
He with her mouth partly open and her
eyes partly closed."
On one of Dr. Reed's visits Mrs. Bull
told him. according to the witness,
"that she was suffering from a "hidden
power." She had her bed full uf Jew?
elry, and remarked to the physician.
'The only strength I have I am goiug
to put Into this Jewelry." "
MAGAZINES IN: MERGER
Consolidated Company Has Been Incor?
porated for *M,OOt),UO0.
New York, Juno 2.?Announcement
was made to-day of a consolidation of
magazine Interests, In which six pub?
lications will be brought under one
control, known as the Columbian Ster?
ling Company. The consolidated mag?
azines are Hampton's Magazine. Co?
lumbian Magazine. Home Magazine.
Sterling Magazine. OrffT* Farm Review
and the American Woman's Review.
Frank Orff, of the Western Maga?
zine Publishing Company, will head
the new company, which was incorpo?
rated to-day for % 1,000.000. Ben Hamp?
ton will continue as editor of Hamp?
ton's.
While the various magazines In the
combination retain their separate Iden?
tity, the main manufacturing of the
consolidation will be done at St. Louis,
the present home of the Western Mag?
azine Publishing Company. Albert El
lory Hergh. managing editor of the
Columbian Magazine, will assume du?
ties of that character on all the maga?
zines. R. A. IT. Long, associate editor of
Hampton's, becomes editorial executive
of the associated magazines.
CHARGE AGAINST ELKINS
Late Senator .Said to Have Been Lessee
of Seal Privileges.
Washington, June 2.?Charges that
the late Senator Elklns, of West Vir?
ginia, had been one of the lessees
of the government seal killing privi?
leges In the Prlbilof Islands were made
to-day by Henry W. Elliott, of Cleve?
land, q.. before the House Committee
on Expenditures In the Department of
Gcmmerce and Labor. Mr. Elliott
charged that George W. Bowers, now
head of the Federal Fish Commission,
was appointed through Mr. Elklns's In?
fluence. <
Commissioner Bowers answered Mr.
Elliott by saying that although he be?
came commissioner in iSOS, his bureau
had nothing to do with the sealing
Industry until a year later.
AVIATORS ARE RESTING
Vcflhcr Rentiiunut Nor Garros Attempt
1,ust Stage of Flight.
Rome, June 2.?There was no com?
petition to-day in the great heavler
than-alr machine race from Paris to
Turin. Andre Beaumont and Roland
Garros, leaders In the race, did not
attempt to start from Rome on tho
final stage of the flight to Turin. Frey,
the German entrant, who Is broken
down near Pisa, tinkered with his mo?
tor all day, and hopes to bo able to take
the air in the morning. Vldart had
mechanicians working on tho broken
wing of the aeroplane nt Cecina, and
also hopes to be able to resume the
race Saturday.
GOODPASTURE INDICTED
He Is Accused uf Ifavlng Offered Bribe
to I.eglMlator.
Nashville. Tenn., June 2.?The David?
son county grand jury to-day returned
an indictment against E. C. Goodpus
ture on a bribery charge. Representa?
tive. .1. Q. McDonald, of Overton county,
a Republican, accused Goodpasture of
offering htm SI.500 before tho Legis?
lature met to vote with regular Demo?
crats on organization and to repeal tho
liquor manufacturers" law and the elec?
tion law. The Tennessee Anti-Saloon
League pressed the charge and Gooil
pa?ture was arrested.
OLD SOLDIERS'. DAY
Veterans of North and South Celebrate
at Phlllpnl.
Philipp!. W. Va., June 2.?Old sol?
diers" day was observed at the cele?
bration of tht, fiftieth anniversary of
tho bottle of Phillppi. the first land en?
gagement of tho Civil War, to-day.
Veterans of the armies of the North
and South paraded and later held re?
unions. The Slate militia gave a sham
battle. Speeches were delivered by
Governor W. F. Glasscock and Chnrles
F. Moore, of New Vork.
NOT ANTIQUATED
Sherman T.niv .lust nt Beginning of Its
(Usefulness.
Washington, .Tune 2.?President Taft
was asked to-day by some callers
whether he thought the Sherman anti?
trust law was antiquated.
"No," replied Mr. Taft, "they are lust
beginning to mako It useful."
Too Good To Miss
Don't fall to rcud (he Illustrated
Magazine with Sundny'n Tlmcs-Dis
pntch. It contains n number of nr
ttdea by some of the best known
writers In the country, nmong.thc
stories of the coming week being
"JP Lord Goes Adventuring," "The
Devastation* of Uncle 7,cl?," "Hohn
Hotels mid Their (.nests," "Crliul
nolouy a In .Mode," "Haaebnll'M Won?
derful Feat," "The June Bride and
Groom" and other features ton goon
to inlss.
DYNAMITE PLOT
AGAINST MADERO
Attempt Made to De?
stroy PI im at Juarez
Ball.
BOMB IS FOUND
IN NICK OF TIMEi
It Is Being Carried Into Hall
Where 500 People Are Danc?
ing When Its Bearer Is
Stopped and Searched.
Elaborate Conspiracy
Suspected.
El Paso. Tex.. Juno 2.?Soon- after
the departure of Francisco 1. .Madeto.
Jr., lor Mexico City to-day. details
were made known of an alleged at
tempt to dynamite him. The plot, ac?
cording to Insurrectos, was to have
been carried out during the ball which
Senor Madero attended In Juarez last
n'ght.
Senor Cruzrey, formerly Jefe politico
of Guad?lupe, whom Madero deposed,
has been locked up In Juarez and
placed incommunicado. Insurrecto
secret service men have been detailed
to make other arrests.
When the plot was discovered
enough dynamite was being carried
into the ball room to blow" up the
building. About 500 persons, includ?
ing Senor Madero and his wife, were
the participants in, and spectators of,
a grand march about II o'clock, when
a man was stopped at the entrance
in the man's pocket was found a largo
tin can, tilled with dynamite and pro?
vided with a time fuse
The Juarez police believe that tho
Incident Is only port of an elaborate
conspiracy, formed by a political party
opposed to Madero, and that further
developments may follow.
Juarez is now In charge of General
Jose de lu Luz Blanco and 1,500 In?
surrectos.
Kleotlon Ik failed.
Mexico City, June ?By ofliclal de?
cree. Issued to-day by Provisional
President de la Burra, a special presi?
dential election was called. In all
states and territories, electors will bo
chosen on October 1, and these ' will
select the successor of Porllrlo Diaz on
Sunday, October 15.
De la Barra fully realizes the Im?
mense responsibility he has assumed,
and men who were prominent in" the
conduct of the revolution do not un?
derestimate the difficulties that will be
encountered In holding open elections
in Mexico. In small towns and rural
regions there doubtless are thousands
to whom the word "election" conveys
little or no meaning.
The various parties will now select
their candidates At present Francisco
I. Madero, Jr., is the only man whose
name. Is certain to be on the ballot.
Until General Bernardo Reyes, who will
be here In a few days, declares that
he will not be a candidate, support?
ers of Mailero will not be as ease.
That any effort will be made to pre?
vent General Reyes from reaching tho
capital Is not expected, but stories of
plots, both In his favor and against
him, are heard dally. This afternoon a
newspaper published a story that a
group of army officers had planned to
proclaim him president and use their
forces to place him at the head of
the nation.
No ofliclal cognizance has been taken""
of the alleged plot, but late to-day
President de la Barra. in receiving a
largo group of officers of the army,
made a statement which might bo con?
strued as a hint.
"Your acts are known to the Presi?
dent, and will continue to be known,"
he said. However, a few minutes be
forV he had rererred to their meri?
torious conduct in the war.
"Red" Lopes Killed.
Cananea, Sonora. June 2.?"Red" Lo-|
pez, ordered imprisoned by Francisco
1. Madero, Jr., on the charge that he
had "sold out" to American interests
while in command of a section of the
insurrecto garrison at Agua Prietn.
has been put to death. Lopez was be?
ing conveyed here (o serve an eight
year sentence Imposed by a court
martial: When tlte guards of Arthur
(Rod) Lopez arrived nt Cananea they
delivered his serapho and sombrero til
General Iiomloli. "He tried to escape,"
reported the guards who were taking
him to prison.
Lopez's mother visited General liomi?
oli yesterday and asked: "Where. Is my
son?"
"Here is your son," the general re?
plied, as he handed the serapho and
sombrero to the aged woman.
Governor Asxnsslnnted.
Kogalea, onora, June 2.?Governor
Die^o Redo, of the Stale of Slnaioa,
was assassinated on May SI, according
to advices received here to-day.
Passengers arriving here to-day from
Guyamas, the seaport city which ls"-*'t
present the southern terminus ofvrnil
road service on the weVt coast of Mex?
ico, brought the Information. 1 They
said the Federal officer was killed af?
ter he had surrendered the capital,
Culiacan, to the . Maderlstas.
Socialists Present Problem.
Alpine, Tex., Juno 2 (On board
Madero's special train)?The Socialists,
anarchists and filibusters in Lower
California, as Frnnclsco I. Madero
characterized them, occupied the at?
tention of the former rebel chief to?
day along the first stretch of his
journey to Mexico City. He passed
through here at S:35 o'clock to-night.
Senor Madero has realized for some
time that the chief obstacle to the
restoration of tranquillity will be the
Socialists under arms, and when he
received a message to-day, from Am
hroslo Figueroa, tho rebel leader of
Southern Mexico, offering to lead 1,500
men in nn expedition to Lower Cali?
fornia, he telegraphed Figueroa that
tho matter would be decided after he
reached Mexico City, but to hold Ihe
troops in readiness.
Figueroa, in his messngo. referred to
the possibility that Lower California
might become separated from Mexico
through filibusters.
HEYBURN IS ANGRY
Ills Ire Aroused by Wrcnth of Klnwer?
?tu Lee Stutue.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. J
Washington. L>. C. June i.?Senator
Meyburn. of Idaho. It Is learned here
to-day, will wave the "bloody shirt"
in ttie Senate again when that body
meets next Tuesday.
Seuatur Hcyburn is incensed that
the bronze statuo of Robert E. l.ee.
which stands In Statuary Hall at tho
Capitol, should have been decorated
last Tuesday. Memorial Day, and still
more angry that whj-n the flowers were
placed on It by Joel Ornyson, of Vi?
enna, Va., and torn down by a Capitol
policeman, that they should have been
restored by J. J. Slnnot, doorkeeper of
tho House.
There is a difference of opinion here
to-day as to whether or not Mr. Gray
son exercised proper Judgment In plac?
ing the flowers on the statue, knowing
that Memorial Day Is a day set apart
solely and dlst nctly for tho decora- i
lion of the graves of Federal soldiers.
It was natural for Mr. Slnnot, who
is a Virginian, to order the flowers re?
placed on tho statue on the spur of
tho moment, but oven his action Is
being criticized to a certain extent.
If the policeman, W. L. Walto, is dis?
charged, as it I3 now said he may
he for his part In the affair, there Is
little doubt that Senator Heyburn will
give utterance to his opinion concern?
ing Lee. the Confederacy and the peo?
ple of the South In general, as he has
frequently done before.
However, It Is said that the flowers
having onco been placed on thi statue
should have been allowed to remain
there. P. H. McG.
MAY TIE UP PENNSYLVANIA
Shopmen Tbrenten General Strike to
llnve Union Recognized. .
Plttsburg. Pa., June 2.?Negotiations
to settle the strike of the shopmen
of the Pennsylvania Railroad have
been declared off.; Committees of tho
strikers who have been in conference
with officials of the railroad company
Insisted that the union be recognized.
The railroad olficlals were willing to
accede to other demands, but refused
llatly to negotiate with any but Indi?
vidual workmen, und refused to recog?
nize fhe organization of the work?
men.
The strikers said' they would call
out every union workman on tho Penn?
sylvania Railroad. This includes the.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
tho firemen and conductors and brake
men. Officials of the. brotherhood have
had a difficult task in holding their
men at work, especially among tho
freight crews. A majority of these
have demanded that they be called out
In a sympathetic strike with the shop?
men.
The strikers allege they will so
crlpplo the Altoona shops that they
will have to close by tho ond of tho
week. The strike is also to be carried
to the middle division, between Altoona
i and Harrisburg, and on toward tho
eastern division, between Harrishurg
and Philadelphia.
AGAIN IN TOMBS
Alleged Wife-Murderer's Fourth Stnrt
for Freedom Falls.
New York, June 2,?Henry A. Schelb.
who Is held on a charge of slaying his
wife. Lillian, made a fourth start for
freedom to-day, und landed once more
In the Tombs. A writ of habeas cor?
pus, procured by his lawyer, was dis?
missed this afternoon by Supreme
Court Justice Biscl,off, who held that
there had been presented suftlcle.nl
evidence to wnrrant the suspicion that
Schelb killed his wife and left her body
in the bath room of their apartment
for several weeks until it was found
last Tuesday.
Detectives busied themselves to-day
seeking the actual cause of tho wo?
man's death. It will be several weeks
before a chemical analysis will deter?
mine whether the mass of decomposed
flesh contained poison, as In the Grip
pen case, but physicians completed a
preliminary examination to-day. They
announced that the woman apparently;
was deud when placed In the tub. Tho
lungs showed that she had Inhaled no
water and no bones were broken, they
said, nor was there any evidence of
violence.
STILL UNSETTLED
Differences of Southern and Its Fire
men No Nearer Healed.
I Washington, June 2.?Efforts to
I medlato the differences between the
Southern Railway and the company's
i firemen continued to-day without a
result, and to-night the situation ap?
parently Is just what It was throe days
ago. The firemen are holding out for a
20 per cent. Increase in wages and
other concessions, while, the company
insists upon a compromise.
Representatives of the firemen were
closeted with tho mediators practically
nil day. Officials of the railway will
be cnlle.d In to-morrow morning.
Representatives of the (Southern's
engineers, hero to ask for an Increase
of 25 per cent. In wages, have not yet
appeared nt the railway oillc.es. It is
understood that the engineers do not
contemplate an attempt lo force com?
pliance in the evont tho company de?
nies their petition.
TRINITY CHURCH EXHIBIT
Corporation In New York Owns Prop- J
erty Worth $13,700,0011.
New York. June 3.?The. annual rc- |
port of Trinity Church Corporation i
shows that ihc receipts of the parish]
for the past year we.ro SSii.S.OOO, the
largest Item being SJ5?.000 front real
estate rents. Pew routs were Jlti.OOO.
The parish spent JO?O.OOO for new
buildings, $.110.000 for the maintenance
of lls ten churches and eleven schools
and S157.00? for taxes. The report re?
cords a considerable deficit for the
year.
Trinity's balance sheet shows Hint
the parish now owns productive prop?
erty assessed nt $13.700.000. These fig?
ures do not Include the properly used
for churches, chapels, schools and bury?
ing grounds.
Tho number of communicants report?
ed Is 8,600, it slight increusc. "Church
attendance, throughout the parish,"'says
the report, "has shown no falling off,
but, on the contrary, in most of the
churches shows n marked increase."
DENIES DISPUTE AT YALE
President Hadley Says John Hnyn Ham?
mond Resigned Long Ago.
New Haven. Conn., Juno 2.?Presi?
dent Hadley, of Yale, says the printed
reports that John Hays Hammond had
withdrawn' from the Sheffield Scientific.
School because of differences of opinion
between him and Director Russell VI.
Chlttendcn are misleading. Ho adds:
"Two years ago Mr. Hammond pre?
sented his resignation, and It was re?
luctantly accepted on the ground that
Mr. Hammond, because of his multitude
of business obligations, did not have,
time to attend to the duties of this
i .cilice as he ilcslrod."
GARY FORETELLS
STATE CONTROL
Believes Federal Regu?
lation of Corporations
Must Come.
-. ;;.sa
IT WILL EXTEND
EVEN TO PRICES
Calls Sherman Law Archaic, and
Declares It Never Can Pre?
vent Great Combinations of
Capital?Tells How Roose?
velt Approved Absorp?
tion of Tennessee Co.
Washington, D. C, June 2.?Elberl
H. Gary, chairman o? -the United States
Steel Corporation directorate, told the
Stanley steel trust Investigating com
mlttco to-day thut his corporation stood
behind J. Plerpont Morgan in averting
a disastrous financial upheaval in 1007.
lie Insisted, challenging the statements
of John W. Gates before the comlttee,
that the purchase by the Steel Corpo?
ration of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company at that time was made at a
price more than it was worth, for the
express purpose of preventing the
crash of the New York banking firm
of Moore & Schley/
Mr. Gary related a dramatic story of
the momentous events which preceded
the absorption of the Tennessee con?
cern. He described In detail how he
and Henry C. Frlck, at the Instance of
Mr. Mot,Mil, had revealed the plan of
buying the company at a price greater
than Its value, to President Roosevelt
and Mr. Root, then Secretary of State.
He told how he had concluded after
their Interview with Mr. Roosevelt
that . any government prosecution of
their act would have been an "out?
rage."
StnrtlinK Prediction.
Mr. Gary made many surprising
statements during his eight hottfs'
examination, but none more startling
than his declaration that government
control "and publicity of corporations
In this country must come. He said
that, 'through the American Iron and
Steel Institute, the heads of the steel
Industry were trying to steer a course
between the Sherman anti-trust Taw,
which he characterized as "archaic," on
tho one hand, and the old-tlrne math
ods of destructive competition, on the.
other, lit order to operate for the pub?
lic welfare.
Mr. Gary announced to the commit?
tee that ho wanted everything known
concerning tho Steel Corporation, and,
moro than all, he. pleaded for some re?
sponsible government source to which
such a necessary great corporation
could appeal for guidance In the con?
duct of Its business. He agreed to
furnish the committee so much that
It wishes to know that he will be re?
called when It meets again next Wed?
nesday. Others who have been sum?
moned to appear are W. B. Dickson,
of the Steel Corporation, and John
Lambert, of the Republic Iron and
Steel Company.
Mr. Gary told the committee the en?
forced publicity and government con?
trol of corporations must come, even
as to prices. He said he believed the
Sherman anti-trust law was too ar?
chaic to deal with modern situations,
and never could fully prevent great
combinations of capital. What the
United States Steel Corporation wants,
ho said, is some official department
to which If could go and say. "What
price can we charge and just what can
we do?"
Tells of Acquisition.
Telling in detail of the ucquisitlort
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com,
pany, Mr. Gary said several offers to
sell had been made by people repre-'
seining that company prior to the fall
of 1907, and finally Mr. Morgan told
him that Grant B. Schley, managing
director of the Tennessee Company,
was much In need of money to use
at tho bank, the firm of Moore &
Schley.
"The business finally resulted," con?
tinued Mr. Gary. "In my accommodat?
ing Mr. Schley with a loan of $1,200,
000 par value, of United States Steel
second bonds, and taking from him an
agreement to return those bonds arid
received as security for tho fulfilment
of that ? ifoemerit $2,000,not) par value,
stock -f the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company. The agreement provided
that If the loan was not returned
April 2:t, 130S. the ownership of tha
$3.000,000 of Tennessee Company stock
should icmaln in the control of the
United States Steel Corporation."
Later. Mr. Gary said. Schley told
Prick that he must sell the stock to
lceep him from bankruptcy. "I have
heard since," Mr. Gary went on to say,
"that Schley has mude statements that
he could have got through all right,
but any one w'tri heard him talk at
that time would not have thought so.
"Therefore. I began to talk to At?
torney Ledynrd, for the Tennessee
company, about the purchase of tho
stock at ninety, and we finally agreed
to it. subject to tho objection that
might possibly be made at Washing?
ton. '? ?!
"Mr. Gates says in Ills testimony
that when ho got home lie made them
ralso the price In the transaction. If
he made that statement, it must have
been by Marconi, because the whole
transaction was closed before his ar?
rival from Europe."
II nose veil nitln'i Object.
Of his conference with President
Roosevelt, snld Mr. Gary, "I remember
that Mr. Root said to the President
flint of course he had no right to say
that we could buy this property. The.
President said he understood that, and
that all we wished to know was what
would be the attitude of the Depart?
ment of Justice. The President said
that in case of objection we would not
be permitted to buy. I remember' the/
President saying also that ho was gladj ?
to know that tho percentage of 'steel.:
prcductlon of the United States Steel
Corporation had not Increased, but was
less than at the time tho corporation
was organized.
"I think he said: 'In view of tH?i
fact that your percentage of control,
of tho steel Industry has not increase^
hut- decreased, and appreciating th<;
financial distress. I don't believe U.W;
necessary for me to say that I don'j,.