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THE DISPATCH FOUNDED IS60.
TIIKVlJIESFOUNDEDu,^
WHOLE NUMBER 18.658.
RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911.
THE WEATHER TO-DAY?Fair
PRICE TWO CENTS.
FIGHT IN SENATE
NOW ENDANGERS
BILL'S PASSAGE
Lines Disrupted and In?
surgents Form Coali?
tion With Democrats.
INSIST ON FULL
TARIFF REVISION
Finance Committee Is Over
Thrown and Woo Bill and
Farmer's Free List Must Be
Reported, Thus Making Suc?
cess of Reciprocity Al
most Impossible.
Washington, D. C, June 21.?mo
throwing of the Democratic wool re?
vision bill Into the senate to-aay
drovo the Insurgent Republicans of
that body into an open coalition with
the Democrats In a demand for a gen?
eral revision of the tariff, and brought
about the threatened crisis In the
Finance Committee's control of tne
Senate. At the end of a bitter light
the resolution by Senator Gore, requir?
ing the Finance Committee to report
back the wool bill before July IV. was
passed by a voto of 33 to 18.
Western Republicans, who have
fought the reciprocity measure, tak?
ing up challenges thrown down by the
Democratic leaders, followed cacti
other in rapid succession In their ul?
timatums to the Senate leaders.
These ultimatums were Invariably
that before the reciprocity bill is per?
mitted to pass a Republican Senate
will be forced to undertake a revision
of other schedules of the rarltt, in?
cluding much more than the woolen
revision bill and the free list bill,
which have gone through the House.
Full lunurgeut Strength.
Of the affirmative votes cast for the
Gore motion overthrowing the Finance
Committee, sixteen were Republicans.
They were Senators Borah, Bourne,
Brlstow, Brown, Clapp, Crutftora.
Cummins. Dlxon. Gronna. Jones, Ken
yon. La Follctte. Nelson, Poinuexter,
Towrisend and Works. This Includeu
the full Insurgent strengtn of tnir
leeri and In addition senators Jones,
Kelson and Towriscnd. ::cnator Myers
was the only Democrat voting wltft
the Republicans a?alnst the motion.
A8 the result of the Senate's action.
Senator Penrose, before adjournment,
called a meeting of the Finance Com?
mittee, of which he Is chairman, tor
10:30 o'clock to-morrow morning, and
he and other Renular Republicans pre?
dicted that when the Senate convenes
at noon to-morrow the wool measure,
together with the free list bin, win
be reported adversely.
Notable speeches on reciprocity were
made in both branches of Congress to?
day. Senator Root, announcing that
he favored the agreement, advocated
and explained his amendment to th<
wood pulp and paper provision of the
bill, around which amendment the reci?
procity fight has centred and wjileh
amendment President Taft opposes on
the ground that It might jeopardize
the whole agreement. Republican
Leader Mann, In the House, attacked
the Root amendment as a violation of
the Canadian reciprocity agreement.
To-day's fight began the instant that
the wool rovlslon bill appeared from
the House of Representatives. Sena?
tor Gore, apparently with the approv?
al of Democratic leaders, moved that
the Finance Committee be instructed
to report the bill hack to the Senate
on or before July 10. His admitted
purpose was to prevent the Finance
Committee from holding the bill In?
definitely or from falling to report It
at all.
Linen Disrupted.
The result of the Gore motion was
to disrupt so completely the lines that
have formed In the Senate that It can?
not be foretold now when a vote can
be reached on the reciprocity bill, or
whether enough votes can he mustered
to pass It without amendment.
Senators Cummins. Nelson, Crawford,
La Follette, Jones and other Republi?
can Insurgents from Northwestern
States, who have opposed the reci?
procity bill because of alleged dis?
crimination against the agricultural
Interests, declared that before a vote
would be permitted on the reciprocity
bill they would demand that the other
schedules of the tariff bo taken up,
and would insist upon an attempt to
tack many of them upon the recipro?
city measure.
The Republican leaders. notably
Senators Penrose. Smoot, Gallinger and
.Lodge, all members of the Finance
Committee, declared that such a limi?
tation upon the actions of the Senate's
chief committee was "unfair, uncalled
for and unreasonable." Senator Pon
rose characterized the Gore resolution
as "rank absurdity and shallow dema
gogism."
The. Insurgent Republicans took up
the fight by declaring that the Finance
Committee must either report out the
free list bill, tho wool bill an<j otner
measures of tariff revision or prepare
. for a long fight to secure a vote on
Canadian reciprocity.
? Death to Reciprocity.
The Republican leaders pplnted out
that If the wool and the free list bills
were reported to the Senate now, It
would be Impossible to pass the reci?
procity bill. The fight over tariff re?
vision that Is sure to follow the in?
jection of tho three bills at one time
Into the ope nSenate,- would endanger
the passage of the reciprocity bill
except in such a changed form that
the President might find himself un?
able to sign it.
"If the Senate wants to defeat tho
reciprocity bill." said Santor Martin,
the Democratic leader, "why should It
not lie permitted to do so If In its
Judgment that Is the best course to
pursue."
Then across the nlid'1 began an open
bidding for Republlc.nl support for a
general tariff revision. Senator fctal
<Continued on Second Page.)
OLYMPIC IS DOCKED
Largest Steamer Aflont Arrive* Safely
In New York.
Now York, Juno 21.?Twelve stout
tugboats strained and pulled on the
White Star liner Olympic to-day on her
arrival from England, warping the
slant steamship of the seas Into her
dock. The Olympic was given a noisy
welcome as she moved up the Hudson
River, escorted by a fleet of tugs, that
darted alongside like pilot fish about
a shark. The berthing of'thc Olympic,
with her 882 V4 feet of length, was no
small task. Tho Federal government
had permitted an extension of one pier
Into the river in order to dock the
Olympic, but the greatest care had to bo
exercised to prevent tho bulky liner
from carrying away the new temporary
extra dock.
The Olympic made an average speed
of 21.17 knots on her maiden run to
New York, covering the coin-Be in five
days, sixteen hours and forty-two min?
utes. She was abeam of Ambrose
Channel lightship at 2:24 o'clock this
morning.
Julius Adler, the pilot who brought
the Olympic through the harbor lanes,
remarked as he relinquished the wheel:
"She handles like a catboat.';
Throughout tho voyage the Olympic's
giant engines, the largest afloat,
worked smoothly, and the 800 cabin
passengers landed well pleased with
thenr crossing. Bruce Ismay. presi?
dent of the International Mercantile
Marine Company, was a passenger, and
expressed himself an being delighted
with the latest and greatest steamer to
Join tho White Star Line.
EVERYTHING "FREE1
Enthusiastic Democrat AnkM for Horse
and Household Articles.
ISreclal to Thc.Tlmcs-DIspatch.] I
Washington, D. C., June 21.?There is |
much misconception In some sections
regai ding the true meaning of the
free list bill, recently passed by the
House. To-day a member from South
Carolina received a letter from a con?
stituent saying that he had been wait?
ing patiently many yearB for the Dem?
ocrats to get control of the House, ho
that everything would be "free." He
had read of the bill and was glad that
hcrenftcr he would not have to pay
for anything. He asked his represent?
ative please to send at once a horse to
take the place of one that recently died;
a dozen dining-room chnlrs. some new
chinaware, a new carpet for the parlor
and n few other incidentals. After
closing the letter he added a postscript,
in which he said that he hoped the
Congresman would not forg.'t to send
the "old lady" a new sewing machine
to take the place of one she had used
many years.
Tho recipient of the letter was
touched by the appeal, hut had to reply
that If the writer got tiie things he
wanted he probably would have to pay
good American dollars for them.
P. H. McG.
FIGHTING FOR ESTATE
ADnther Phase of Famous Will Litiga?
tion nispoNcd Of. I
Cambridge. Mass.. June 21.?Another
phise of the litigation over the $000.000
estate of the late Daniel Russell, of
Melrose. was disposed of In the Pro?
bate Court here to day. when Judge
Oeo-ge F. Lawton olsmlssed a motion
pro confesso. filed several months ago
by Daniel Blake Russell, of Dickinson,
N. D.. who claims to be a son of the
testator. The motion set up the alle?
gation that the representatives of the
will?William C. Russell, tne bonen
elary. and Ferdinand Almy, the execu?
tor?had not answered the questions
propounded by the claimant In a pre?
vious motion, and that this alleged neg?
lect to answer was a tacit admission
that the allegations were true and that
the court therefore should so rule.
Judge Lawton ruled today that the an?
swer of tho representatives of the will
had been properly filed, and the motion
was dismissed.
Judge Lawton assigned September 2(5
next ns the date for a hearing on a
question concerning the construction
of the will. In October the Supreme
Court will give a hearing on an appeal
from tho decision of the Probate Court,
which decided against the claimant.
HAIL DESTROYS TOBACCO
Storms In Connect lent l'proot On-hnnl?
und HrcnU Window?,
New Mllford, Conn., June 21.?This
section of Connecticut faced a scene
of desolation to-day as the result of
a record hailstorm, which swept across
the State last night. The heaviest
damage was to the tobacco farms.
w here many thousand young plants
were cut to pieces.
At BaylorOsvllle every tree in an
apple orchard owned by Alfred Hun
gcrford was uprooted by the wind. At
Long Mountain the hail broke win?
dows in every house in the village, an
average of twenty panes each bein,T
smashed In. Sixty-five panes, the high?
est number, was the loss at the home
of Edwin Hill.
In Milford the hailstones renohoj a
record size and many of them were
strangely colored. Fifteen of 1 the
largest ones were picked up oy one
of the town constables and put on the
scales of the nearest Jeweler's. They
weighed more than an ounce apiece,
end one of them, of Irregular shape
and beautiful coloring, was a full two
ounces, of 300 carats.
TRAIN IS HELD UP
Mnpked Men Rob Lnat Train In City
Limits of .Memphis.
Memphis. Tenn., June 21.?Two mask?
ed men to-night forced the eight t.-.ail
clerks aboard a north-bound Ill!n>-.|s
Central passenger train to gather up
the registered mail nnd deposit it in
a gunny sack while the train wes
still within the city limits of Mem?
phis.
After riding for several miles and
satisfying themselves that they had
all the valuable mall, the men signalled
for the Brakes and escaped In the dark?
ness. Immediately Information of the
hold-up was telephoned to police head?
quarters, officers began a search for
tho robbers with the aid of blood?
hounds.
BLOW TO "LOAN SHARKS
Government Clerks Forhlddcn to Deal
With Them.
Washington, D. C, June 21.?"Loan
sharks" come under the ban In an order
which Secretary of Commerce and La?
bor Nagel has issued, forbidding any
assignment or making over of salary
by an employe of the department as
security for a loan or under any cir?
cumstances to loan brokerage concerns.
Assignments may be made to mem?
bers of employes' families and to banks
for deposit to the credit of the em?
ploye's account.
WILLARD P. TISDELDEAD
He Warn One of Country's Lending
Commercial Experts.
Washington, D. C, June 21.?Wlllard
P. Tlsdel, one of tho leading commercial
experts of tho United States, died at
his homo here to-day of heart disease.
Ho. was born at Madison, Ohio, sixty
seven years ago, and served during the
Civil War with the Seventh Ohio Reg?
iment. During a varied arid notable
career, Mr. Tlsdel occupied many posi?
tions of prominence. His latest
achievement was the building of a link
to the Pan-American Hallway In Gua?
temala.
MAKE IMPOSSIBLE
EDICINE FRAUDS
Taft Asks' Congress to
Strengthen Pure Food
and Drug J^aw.
FALSE CLAIMS
' AHE ARRAIGNED
In Special Message President
Scathingly Denounces Makers
of Nostrums and Cure-Alls
Which Raise False Hopes
in Hearts of Sufferers
From Disease.
Washington, D. C, June 21?.?Manu
facturers of "dangerous drug fraui
received a scathing arraignment at
the hands of President Taft In a spe?
cial message he transmitted 10 l>otn
bouses of Congress to-day, In which
he declared that ihe pure-food ana
drug law should be amandcd at imco
as a matter of emergency. Recent de?
cisions of the Supreme Court ot tne
United States, In which vital points of
weakness In the pure-food law were
pointed out, furnished the initiative
on which the I'resldent urged new
legislation.
President Taft Is of the opinion that
the sale of dangerously adulterau-a
drugs, or the sale of drugs under
knowingly false claims as .o their
effect In disease, constitutes such ac
evil and warrants it being called 10
the attention of Congress. In part,
the message Is as follows:
"Fraudulent misrepresentations of
the curative value of nostrums, not
only operate to defraud purcnasers,
hut are a distinct menace to the pub?
lic health. There are none So credu?
lous aa sufferers from olsease. i tie
need Is urgent for legislation w.ucn
will prevent the raising of false hopes
of speedy cures ot serious ailments
by mlsstatements of facts as to worth?
less mixtures on which the sick .vill
rely while their diseases progress un?
checked
"I fear If no remedial legislation
be granted at this session that tne
good which has already been accom?
plished In regard to these nostrums
will be undone, and the people of the
country will be deprived of a power?
ful safeguard against oangerous
frauds."
It Is said that the House win take
the matter up at an early date.
House Rejects Brlntorr Amendment.
Washington. June 21.?The House of
Representatives to-day. by a vote of
172 to 112. practically a strict party
vote, refused to concur In the Brlstow
amendment adopted by the Senate to
the House resolution providing for the
direct election of Senators. The Brls?
tow amendment gives Congress the
power to regulate the time and man?
ner of holding these elections, while
the resolution, passed by the House
during the early days of the present
session would change the Constitution
so that "the times, places and manner
of holding elections for Eenators shall
be as prescribed in each State by the
Legislature there of."
RcpresentatlveSells, Republican, of
Tennessee, voted against the amend?
ment, while Mr. Burke. Democrat, ot
Wisconsin, voted for it. The resolu?
tion, therefore. Is returned to the Sen?
ate for reconsideration by that hody
as to whether it will reverse Its former
action.
The motion that the House concur In
the Senate amendment was made by
Representative Olmstead, Republican,
of Pennsylvania. Those who spoke In
favor were Representatives Olmstead,
Moon, of Pennsylvania, Cannon, Prouty.
Jackson. Madden and Mann, all Re?
publicans. Those against It, Represen?
tatives P.ucker, of Missouri Cullop,
Hardy, Clark, of Florida; Sherley,
Witherspoon, Blsson, Hughes, of New
Jersey; Randall, Richardson and Hef
lln, all Democrats. The Democrats
protested that the people of the States
could safely be. entrusted with the.
power of controlling the elections of
their Representatives In the upper
House, while the Republicans con?
tended that such delegation of au?
thority would take from Congress
power which It should retain.
Representative Rucker. of Missouri,
in charge of the resolution on tne
Democratic side, declartd that It was
"the command of the American people
that tho election of United btatcs
Senators be taken out of tWs Inarket. ?
Hn? Xo Fear of People.
"I have no fear of the people." he
said, "but of the combinations behind
closed doors which trample on the
most sacred rights of the people. Ulvo
the States just a little more power
and we'll take the lumber trust, tho'
sugar and all the other trusts out
of politics."
Represtntatlve Mann, on the other
side, asserted that this was an attempt
of the Democrats to accomplish Indi?
rectly what they had been unable to
do directly.
"You are. afraid." he said, "that
your grandfather clauses will be de?
clared unconstitutional."
"I have spoken on the stump for ten
years in favor of direct election of
Senators," said Representative Prouty,
of Iowa, "but I would prefer to leave
the Constitution as It now stands
rather than yield any of the power
of the Federal government to the
States."
The resolution, when It Is returned
to the Sonate. Is expected to precipi?
tate a lively discussion, but it Is an?
ticipated that it will go to conference
within the Immediate future.
Attacks Root Amendment.
Washington, D. C, June 21.?Attack
on the Root amendment to the print
paper and wood pulp section of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement as a
"violation of the agreement" was
made In the Housa to-day by Repre?
sentative Mann, of Illinois. He de?
clared tho practical effect of the
amendment was to say:
"This station shall never take ef?
fect."
"It would be of no benefit to an.y
one," he said, "except those paper
(Continued on Second Pago.)
LOUIS L. GREGORY
CAUGHTIN DENVER
Defaulting Cashier of
. Atlantic Coast Line
Under Arrest.
WILL hE BROUGHT
BACK FOR J RIAL
Chief of Police Werner Notified
That Fugitive Has Been Cap?
tured in Western City and
Will Return Without Requi?
sition?Was Kn'own
There as " Whitmore."
Louis I.. Gregory, nbseondlnjj cashier
of the Atlantic Const Line Railway,
was urrcsted lust night hi Dcuver,
Col., accordtng to a telegram received
thin morning otter 3 o'clock by Chief
of Police Werner. The dispatch read?:
"Have I.ouls Gregory, alln? ?lt
innrc. tie ?111 return without requisi?
tion.
(Signed! ?H. ARMSTRONG,
"Chief of Police.?
Gregory disappeared from Richmond
on May 2?, leaving a note, which In?
dicated suicide. Subsequent develop?
ments brought forth facts that he had
misappropriated funds of thc Atlantic
Coast I.lne Railway amounting to
about 3'JS,000.
Chief Werner sslcf this morning that
he had Informutlou that (he" missing
cashier ?n? In the Colorado city, and
he had advised the- police there to he
on the lookout for him.
Gregory's dlsapp'carauce caused a
profound sensation In Richmond. He
wuk prominent here, and well known
throughout the city. He engaged in
the automobile business aside from his
work us a railroad cusuicr, and was ;
thought to he well fixed financially
until the discovery of his shortages.
A warrant', for his arrest itsi sworn
out on May It* by Ernest-foindeifer,
special attorney for the American
Surety Company, In which Gregory wns
bonded for $30,000. The specific charge
was that of the theft of $3,000. The
fnct that he Is willing to return with?
out requisition Is a source of gratifica?
tion to the local authorities, who are
nnxlous to bring the prisoner to an
early trial.
Gregory llveil with his wife and chil?
dren at nronklond Park, where he re?
cently built a fine home.
HE EMBEZZLED $1,200,000
Duel Convicted of Gigantic- Theft *nd
Sentenced to Prison.
Paris, June 21.?Ferdinand Edmond
Duez, receiver for the dissolved re?
ligious congregations, was convicted
by a Jury to-day of embezzling $1,200 -
000
Duez was judicial administrator of
the civil tribunal of the Department
of the Seine. He was In charge of
the liquidation of the property of tnir
teen of the congregations dissolved
by the association law of 1901. In
March, 1910. Duez confessed to the
embezzlement of $2,000,000. and was
held for trial before the Assize Court,
charged with breach of trust and for?
gery. He was sentenced to twelve
years' imprisonment at hard labor.
Charles Breton, a lawyer, and Henri
Lefebvre, a clerk, wero convicted of
aiding and abetting Duez in the em?
bezzlement and were sentenced to two
years' Imprisonment, which was sus?
pended pending good conduct.
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Vonth Shoots When Father of Sneei
lienrt Refuses to Kill Bint.
Somerset. Pa., June 21.?The father1
of the girl whom he was courting hav?
ing refused to kill him. Frank Flnley,
a railroad conductor, of Connellsvlllc,
Pa., shot and killed himself on top of
the Laurel Hill Mountain.
For the past several months Finley
had been courting Mrs. Mildred Whip
key, dnughter of Milton Rurg. who has
been living apart from her husband.
Burg and Finley had an encounter yes?
terday, the father accusing Finley of
having improper relations with his
daughter Finley handed his revolver
to Br.rg nnd asked him to shoot. Burg
refused. Finley then left the house.
Going to a nearby cornfield. Finley
faced the Burg home, waved a farewell,
and put a hullet through his head.
MUST PAY HUSBAND'S DEBTS |
Woman Can't Uvea Keep Automobile
Purchased With Own Money.
New Orleans, June 21.?A marrted
woman In Louisiana cannot even own
nn automobile, paid for with her own
money, without its being subject 'o
attachment for her husband's debts.
A decision holding this view was
har.ded down to-day by Judge King
in the Civil District Court. The court
sustained an order of attachment filed
against Mrs. Walter J. Dnrand's auto?
mobile to satisfy a claim of $tsi
against her husband.
-!-,
Uncle Sam's
Tomato Clubs
Three thottsnnd Southern girls,
organized In tomato clnbs, nre. now
competing with the boy corn rais?
ers for agricultural honors. They
have gnrden patches of one-tenth
of an acre nnd work under the di?
rection of Uncle Sam. Rend about
them In The Times-Dlspnteh next
Sonday.
DEATH BLOWOEALT
10 POWDER TRUST
Court Holds It Illegal
and Orders Its Dis?
solution
GIVEN '1IMEFOR
READJUSTMENT
Government Wins Decisive Vic?
tory in Its Fight Against Com?
bination Controlled by Du
Ponts?Court Follows De?
crees Issued in Standard
Oil and Tobacco Casea.
Wilmington. Dol.. Juno 21.?The
United States Circuit Court for the
District of Delaware to-day handed
down a decision declaring that the |
alleged powder trust, which Is doml- I
nated by tbo E. I. Du Pont, De Ne?
mours & Co., Is a combination In re?
straint of interstate commerce In pow?
der and other explosives In violation
of section 1 of the Sherman anti?
trust law; that It attempted to monop?
olize and has monopolized a part of
such commerce In violation of sectton
2 of the same law, and decreeing that
the combination shall be enjoined from
continuing this violation and that It
shall be dissolved.
The action against the powder trust
was begun by the government in 1DOT,
and was directed against forty-threo
corporate and individual defendants.
The suit as to fifteen of the defend?
ants was dismissed oecause some of
the concerns are out of existence or
it was not shown that they were
parties to the combination.
Given Until October in.
The court. In an Interlocutory de?
cree, fixed October 16 as the date to hear
both sides In the action as to the na?
ture of the injunction to be granted,
and consider a "plan for dissolving
said combination, which shall be sub?
mitted by the petitioner "and the de?
fendant or any of them, to the end
that this court may ascertain and de?
termine upon a plan or method for
such dissolution which will not de?
prive the defendants of the oppor?
tunity to re-create out of the elements
now composing said combination a new
condition which shall be honestly in
harmony with and not repugnant to
the law."
This follows to some extent the de
xrees Issued by the United States Su?
preme Court In the Standard Oil and
Tohacco cases.
-' There "are 'thirteen corporate?O.fd.
fifteen Individual defendants declared
to be In the Illegal combination. A
majority of the Individual defendants
are members of the Du Pont family*
all of whom, except Edmond G. Buck
ner. are 'either directors of the Du
Pont Company, organized In 1902, and
the. Du Pont Company, organized in
1003, or of one of them. Thomas Cole
man Du Pont Is also president of both
of them. Buckner Is an active direc?
tor of the International Smokeless
Powder and Chemical Company.
The corporate defendants arc The
Hazard Powder Company. Ijtflln &
Rand Powder Company. Eastern Dyna?
mite Company. Fairmont Powder Com?
pany, International Smokeless Pow
dor and Chemical Company. .Ttldson
Dynamite and Powder Company, Dela?
ware Securities Company. Delaware
Investment Company. California In?
vestment Company. E I. Du Pont De
Memours & Company, of Pennsylvania;
Du Pont International Powder Com?
pany, 13. I. Du Pont De Nemours Fod?
der Company. E. I. Du Pont De Ne?
mours & Company.
Scnntor Not Concerned.
The only member of the Du Pont
family mentioned In the suit who Is
not included among those found to be
violating the law Is Henry A. Du
Pont, one of the United States Sena?
tors from Delaware. In his case tho
court found that In June, 190R, a year
before the suit was begun, "he re?
signed all his official positions In the
defendant corporations, and that since
that time he has had neither real nor
nominal connection with Ihe manage?
ment of any of the defendant corpora?
tions."
The decision, written hy Judge W.
Mi Lannlng. and concurred In hy Judge
George Gray and Joseph Rufnngton,
goes Into the history of Interstate
commerce in gunpowder and other ex?
plosives back as far as 1S72, when, the
government charged, the first trade
agreement of manufacturers was en?
tert d Into. The court reviewed the
evidence In the case, and found when
the suit was begun that the Du Pont
Company, organized In 100.2, controlled
In the. United States the Iradc In block
hlasting powder. 64 per cent; saltpeter
blasting powder, 72 per cent; dyna?
mite. 72 per cent: black sporting pow?
der. 73 per cent; smokeless sporting
powder, 64 per cent; smokeless mili?
tary and ordnance powder, ' exclusive
of what the United States govern?
ment 'tself made, 100 per cent.
The court also found that the Du
Pont Company of 1003 and the Eastprn
Dynamite Company, controlled by tho
Du Ponts, had acquired control of six?
ty-four different corporations between
April, 1304. and September, 1907. and
caused them to be dissolved.
Ohnoxlntm to (,a\v.
The court summarizes the numerous
companies controlled by the Du Pont
Company, organized |n 1902. and tho
Du Pont Company, organized In 1903,
and then discusses whether the com?
bination it founl to ex.'st was obnox?
ious to the provisions of the Sherman
antl trust act, and comes to this con
cl"sk n:
"It matters not whether the comnt
natlon be the form of a trade associa?
tion or, a corporation, .If U arbitrarily
uses its power to force weaker com?
petitors out of business or to coerce
thern Into a sale or union of combi?
nation. It puts a restraint upon Inter?
state commerce and monopolizes or at?
tempts to monopolize a part of tnnt
commerce In a sense that violates tne
anti-trust act."
The court finds that the case In
hand Is obnoxious to tho anti-trust
law and then takes up the nature of
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WARRANT FOR GLAVIS
Chicago Trlhnne Aecnsc* Ulm of Steal?
ing "Evidence.''
Washington. June 2L?James Keeley,
general manager of the Chicago Tri?
bune, to-night swore out a warrant
for the arrest of Georg? O. Glavls.. of
Chicago, charging him with stealing
books, documents and pupers. the Tri?
bune's property, said to concern evi?
dence of "moral turpitude of a United
States Senator and other government
olflcers."
Wade H. Ellis, former assistant to
the Attorney-General, has beer, en?
gaged by the Tribune us Its counsel.
Mr. Kecley said to-night that Mr. Gla
vls came to him In Chicago some time
ago and said that ho knew thnt tho
books of a certain firm In Washington
contained documentary evidence 30th
of the moral turpitude of a certain
United States Senator and other offi?
cers of the govornment.
"Mr. Glnvls, as agent for the Tri?
bune," said Mr. Kceley, "was author?
ized to purchase the business and all
its books and papers, and was paid a
certain amount of money to make the
purchase. Mr. Glavls reported that
he had made the purchase of the
business and Us records, but has de?
clined to turn them over to tho Tri?
bune or to say what disposition has
been made of them."
Mr. Glavls Is said to be with an
advertising agency In Chicago.
The books and records that figuro In
the case were stated to-night to be In
connection with business relations of
the "certain Senator" and government
officials hefnr? cartaln Federal depart?
ments, Indicating payments of money
to them. Tho Trlhune was to use this
as evidence, "wherever competent In
the public Interest."
The Tribune alleges that It furnished
Mr. Glavls with $650, which it states
was the amount he said the vendor of
the business demanded. Mr. Keeley
chargod to-night that Mr. Glavls says
tho records are not now in his posses?
sion.
The Washington authorities to-night
notified the Chicago police to arrest Mr.
Glavls.
TAFT EXTENDS CLEMENCY
Orders Release of Lumbermen at Re?
quest of Senator Fletcher.
Washington. June 21.?President Taft
to-day ordered the Immediate release
of W. S. Harlan, C. C. Hilton and S. E.
Muggins, of tho Jackson Lumber Com?
pany, of Lockhart. Ala., who arc now
serving sentences In Atlanta peniten?
tiary for peonage. Formal action com?
muting their sentences to expire Im?
mediately ?nd remitting tlielr fines
will bo Issued in a day or two.
The President extended executive
clemency to the men at the request
of Senator Fletcher, of Florida, who
has been active In their behalf for
some time. It Is understood President
Taft, before leaving for New Haven
yesterday, told the Senator he believed
the men had been punished enough I
and thnt he would order their release I
after a conference with Attorney-Gen- j
eral Wickcrsham. The President met
the Attorney-General In New York last
night and sent an order for the ro
lease of Harlan, Hilton and Hoggins.
Two other men. Gnllagher and Grace, j
convicted at the samo time and for
tho same offense, are not Included In
the clemency extended to the other
three. It Is understood, however, thnt
Senator Fletcher has a3ked President
Taft to releaso Grace and Gallagher
also.
The cases ot the five men attracted
wide attention. Harlan Is a successful
lumberman of some wealth. President
Taft first commuted i:ls original sen?
tence to six months and a fine of $5.
I 000. Harlan later applied for pnrdon.
land the Prosldcnt refused It. Hilton
was sentenced to six months and fined
il.OOO, and Hutrglns received a llko
sentence and fine. Grace, however,
was sentenced to thirteen months and
fined $1,000, and Gallagher was sen?
tenced to fifteen months and fined
$1.000.
The senernl charge against the men
v as that they had Imported foreign
lahorers from N'ew York to a lumber
camp In Alabama and forcibly de?
tained them there.
INDICTMENT PREPARED
Importnnt Action Against Steel t'or
liiirntlon In Contemplated- .
New York, June 21.?Preliminary
drafts of an indictment of an Important
nature have been drawn for presenta?
tion to the Federal grand Jury here,
and the Indictment probably will bo
handed down next week. This grand
Jury, It was learned to-night, has boeu
conducting a secret Inquiry Into tho
affairs of the United Slates Steol Cor?
poration.
The probe was started about the
time that a complaint of the Aloha
Portland Cement Company, of Man
helm. W. Va., against the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, was heard by an
examiner of the Interstate' Commerce
Commission. Louis H. Porter, for tho
compnny, in presenting his case, then
said:
"The United States Steel Corpora?
tion practically dominates tho rail?
ways of the country and Its tremendous
Influence has enabled tho Universal
Portland Cement Company, of Pitts
hurg, which Is owned entirely by the
Steel Corporation, to obtain more fa?
vorable rates than can be obtained
by Its chief competitor and rival, the
Alpha Portland Cement Company. We
charge unjust discrimination in freight
rates, and back of It all is the attempt
to drlvn the Alphn Company out of
business, for that would be the logical
oirtcomo unless both companies be
placed on a basis of equality in freight
f rates."
Mr. Porter's statoment was brought
to tho attention of United Slates Dis?
trict Attorney Wise, who In turn placed
it before the grand Jury.
LEE RUN TO EARTH
Paymaster's Cl?*rk Admits Theft of
S-ld.OOO.
Buffalo, N. Yii June 21?Edward Val?
entine J-ee, aged twenty-six, a natlvo
of Russellvllle, Ky.. and a paymaster's
clerk, charged with taking $16,000 from
the battleship Georgia February 11,
at Havana, was nrrested here this af?
ternoon by local detectives.
Word anent the. man had been sent
to Washington from Toronto, where
it was reported he was spending con?
siderable money. Two government:
agents took the trail there ami fol?
lowed him here. Lee was taken into
custody while, out automoblllng with
a woman.
At police headquarters $25.00 In Mils
was found in a small bag he carried, and
$800 was found In his pockota. Ac?
cording to the police. Leo said that
he had lived beyond his pay of $140 a
month and began stealing In a small
way and doctoring the books. When
he realized that exposure was Immi?
nent he took most of the pay of tho
ship's crew and lied. He had traveled
extensively In safety, oven taking ;i
trip about Europe In an automobile.
Ho will be arraigned In the Federal
court, here to-morrow. He told the
officers he would plead guilty.
Suffrage Rill Killed.
Hattford, Conn.. June 21.?The Legis?
lature, to-day finally disposed of its last
women's suffrago bill hy killing tho
proposed constitutional amendment,
which would have struck tho word
"male" from the State Constitution and
govern general stiffrugo.
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Connects at Norfolk with Old Domin?
ion stoamor for New York; also M. &
M. T. steamer for Boston.
APPETITE FOR
REGAL DISPLAY
S1ILL UNSATED
Public Fervor of Brit?
ish Never Before
Equaled.
EXCITEMENT IS
AT FEVER HEAT
Streets of London Filled With
Seething Masses of People, All
Intent on Gaining Points of
Vantage From Which to;
Witness To-Day's Coro?
nation Procession.
London. Juno 21.?Tho British na.
?Jon shows not tho slightest sign of
diminishing favor towards monarchical
government. A half century o? quiet
life under Queen Victoria has been
suooeded by a stirring decade, which
has seen a coronation and two at.it?
funerals; yet the public appetite la
unsated. but rather augmented, In lts>
enthusiasm for royalty and kingly dis?
play. Never before has thl3 enthusi?
asm reached stich a high pitch, and tho
ceremonies attendant upon to-mor?
row's great event, the coronation of
King George v., appear likely, to bo
marked by a degree of excitement and
public fervor unrivaled on any great
state ceremonies in past times.
The King and Queen spent the day
as busily ns nny previous' day of thi3
exciting period, receiving coronation
visitors, attending to matters of state
and dropping In <>n the horse show at
Olympia. Wherever they appeared
they were the objects of unbounded
enthusiasm,
At Fever Hent.
The eve of the coronation found
London at the highest point of feyev
heat. Immense crowds of people be?
came to-night seething masses, all
determined to gain vantage ground to
view the morning's royal procession.
Late at night a strong escort of Ufa
guards reached Wostmlnster Abbey,
conveying r great sealed wagon, In
whlch'"'the royal regalia was carried,
and handed over the historic crowns,
sceptres and swords to thc dean and
canons, who placed them for safp cus?
tody In the Jerusalem chamber", sur?
rounded by an armed guard of eight
towor warders, until the arrival of the
royal procession.
In preparation for to-morrow's or?
deal, and after a trying day. King
George and Queen Mary passed the
evening alone with the Prince s*
Wales In Buckingham Palace, before
which great multitudes waited) pa?
tiently, hoping to obtain a sight of
Their Majesties.
There had been considerable anxiety
concerning the weather, but the clouds
gave place at midnight to a beautiful
starry sky, and hopes rose for to?
morrow. Dense crowds of people, who
had retired early, about that time
began to make their way towards the
centre of tho city. Late trains ana
street cars poured tens of thousands
Into tho capital until the streets over?
flowed.
Long before dawn drums and trump?
ets gave evidence that 60.000 troops
wore preparing for their strenuous
duties, and the people waited curi?
ously to see them march out. Sev?
eral regiments encamped in tho out?
lying district started to-nlEht for their
positions along tho route.
Portraits of tho King and Queen
aro displayed on every hand. They
called forth cheers and cries of "Gocl
savo the King."
Hotels Are Taxen..
Thousands of Americans are In
London for tho coronation. Perhaps
the greater number arrived from tho
continent to-day and to-night, and
they arc taxing the hotels to the ut
more. Every State In the Union is
well represented. Among the best
known aro J. Plerpont -Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. August Belmont. Air. ana
Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mr. and Mrs. Cor?
nelius Vondorbllt. John - W. Gates and,
Mr. nnd Mrs. John Keor Branch and.
Miss Branch, of Rlchmonu.
Tho Duke and Duohess of con
naught gave a dinner to-night at at.
James Palace to tho representatives
attending the coronation officially.
Tho Clarence House, tho residence of
the duke and duchoss, was considered
too small for tho function, and the
King permitted the use of the state
rooms of tho historic palace, together
with the use of the Windsor sold,
piste. The scene almost equaled In'
brilliancy that of the royal dinner at
Buckingham Palace last night.
Special Ambassador John Hays Ham?
mond and Mrs. Hammond were among
those present.
COLLIDED ON CURVE
Engines Crnsb Together nnd Two Peow
pic Arc Killed.
Nashville, Tann., Juno 21.?Budd
Cleveland and Charles Dennis, engin?
eers, wore killed and fifteen others
Injured In a head-on collision this
afternoon at Mill Creek, on the Ten
nessoe Central Railway.
The Monterey shopping train, rihich
leaves Nnshyllle; at 4 "o'clock for the
Knst, collided on a sharp curve with
a switch engine. Tho engines and
the baggage car of the passenger train
were domolifched, and two passenger
coaches telescoped, injuring several
passengers. Tho injured Include ..x
Governor Benton McMlllln, who was
slightly hurt.
MRS. HILDRETH SMITH DEAD
She Wn? Mother of Former Governor
of Oeorgln.
Atlanta. Gn.. June 21.?Mrs. Hildreth
H. Smith, niothor of former Governor
Hoko Smith, of Oeorgln, died htre to?
day, cged seventy-six years. Mrs.
Smith was Miss Mary Brent Hokc, of
Llncnlnton, X, C, She resided at one
tlmo at Chapel 11111, whero her hus?
band was a member of the faculty of
the University of North Carolina. Gen
eral R. G. Hoke. of Raleigh,.N. C. la
her brother.