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WHOLE NUMBER 18,693.
RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1911.
THE WBATBUIl TO-DAY ?Pair.
PRICE TWO CENTS
VOTE TO SUPPORT
HOUSE WOOL BILL
Senate Democrats, in
Caucus, Agree on
Measure.
ACTION WITHOUT
DISSENTING VOICE
Tentative Program Arranged De
pendent on Willingness of La
Follette to Submit to Sharp
Modification of His Meas?
ure if It Is Introduced
as Substitute.
Washington. D. C. July 26.?.Solid
support, for the House wool tariff re?
vision bid was pledged In caucus to?
night by the Democrats o? the Senate.
A resolution setting forth their alti?
tude, ottered by .Senator Culberson, of
Texas, was adopted without a dibSi-i.t
lng voice.
The discussion was devoted largely,
It lg understood, to the discovery ot
some parliamentary method of resus?
citating the La Kollettc wool bill it
the House measure Is voted down. The
La Folietie bill will be offered as n
substitute for the House measure when
a vote on the latter is demanded, sno
It is conceded It will be kllied Then.
If the House bill meeta a similer fate,
en effort, It Is said, will be made tu
reconsider the vote on the House bill,
which, lf succe.tsfui. will be followt?
promptly by reoffering the La Pollelte
measure as u substitute, and. by a
coalition of the Insurgent Republicans
Democrats, pasting It.
This program, it was said to-nlghl.
la entirely t-mtalive ana dependent on
the willingness of Mr. La Pollette to
submit to u sharp modification of his
moas.ure.
t'ndrrwoiid Ulli Pp.
The t'r.derwood wool tariff bill had
Its first serious consideration in the
Senate to-day. with a vole upon il in
prospect for the opening of to-morrow s
t-es.-don. The honors weor divided bt
tween the two Senators from Montana
Senator Myers, the new Democratic
rr.'-niber, declared he would vote tor
the passage of the bill as It came from
ihe Hou?e of Representatives.
Senator Dixon, Republican, speaking
from behind a denk filled high with
samples of wool and woolen clotha. ex
pr?-fScd the belief that no wool legis?
lation thciuld be passed at this session
of Congress, and that the revision,
when taken up, should be based on the
forthcoming report of the tailff board.
Senator Dixon declared there Is a real
"Joker" In the wool tariff, known us
the "skirling clause." By permuting
Importers to discard all the rought
pans of the fleece, he said, it reduces
the actual protection to American
sheep raisers from 11 cents to 5 cents.
Senator Meyers said he was ready
to accept the Underwood bill as a fair
adjustment of the wool tariff, and fav?
ored Congress remaining here to vote
"on all remedial legislation needed by
the people." He said: "The Interests
and trusts want Congress to adjourn."
He declared the Senate had accomplish?
ed less In the last four months than
'a good board of county commission?
ers could accomplish In a week."
The new cotton tariff revision bill
will be considered In the House to?
morrow.
Attack on Antl-Truat Law.
Washington, July 26.?.Following an
ntteok by Senator Borah, of Idaho, up?
on tho enforcement of the Sherman
anti-trust law in the twenty years It
has been in existence, the Senate to?
day adopted a resolution offered by
Senator Clapp. of Minnesota, calling
for an investigation Into the operation
of the. law. to determine what changes
or amendments are necessary Jo make
It an adequate protection against un?
lawful monopolies and trusts. Mr.
Borah's arraignment of the statute
?was Inspired by Senator Pomorene.
?who called up his resolution demand?
ing criminal nrosecutlcn of the of?
ficers of the. Standard Oil and Ameri?
can Tobacco Companies, under the re?
cent decision of the Supreme Court.
The resolution of Senator Clapp gives
sutnorlty to the Senate Interstate Com?
merce Committee, of which he !s\-halr
man, to conduct a searching Inquiry
into the lav.-, and to make recommen?
dations to the Senate of nny changes
It may think necessary "relating to
the creation and control of corpora?
tions engaged in Interstate commerce."
"Either the Sherman law Is a fail?
ure," declared Senator Borah, "wrong
In contemplation of law. and inexpe?
dient as an economic proposition, or
else there has been the most remark?
able trifling with the execution of the
law that has ever been noted since
the law was first placed upon the
statute books to be regarded and
obeyed by man."
Mr. Borah declared the Sherman law
has been In effect for twenty years,
with four apparently "simple, efficient
and drastic remedies" against Illegal
combinations or trusts.
"Vet every one knows that the last
twenty years have been years in which
the most retnarkable progress has been
placed upon them, so far as tholr
made by these combinations," he said.
"And not an embarrassment has been
ultimate success was concerned, al?
though this simple, efficient und dras?
tic law has been upon tho stntutu
books all'tnat time."
Without specifically mentioning the
United States Steel Corporation, Sena?
tor Borah declared that the Sherman
anti-trust, act was permitted to re?
main a dead letter during the. time
of the formation of this corporation,
which, he added, has now apparently
passed beyond the control of the Fed?
eral government. Mr. Borah stated
that lf ho mistook not, this powerful
combination "places the stamp of ap?
proval or disapproval upon many an
act of legislation in the Congrosa of
the United States."
FINAL SOLUTION UNCERTAIN
But Ualfour anil l.nrimIhu nr Will Itc
ni a I u an l'nlonlnt Lradrra.
London. July JG.?The final solution
Ol the political trials is uncertain, bull
it may safely bo uusumcd now that I
Halfour and Lansdowne will remain as
leaders of tile Unionist party.
Mr. Buifour, at one of the most seri?
ous crises in his career, has again
proved himself to be an astute leader.
No sooner was his letter affirming his
Intention to stand or fall by Lord
Lansduwne published than the Incipi?
ent mutiny collapsed. Organizers ot
tho Halsbury banquet tumbled over
each other to repudiate any disloyalty
to Mr. Halfour. A list of more, than
280 peers Is published to-night, who
by letter declare themselves to be sup?
porters of Lord Lansdowne's policy
and ready to allow the Parliament bill
to pass under protest.
Tne dinner referred to was given In
honoi of the Karl of Halsbury. at which
several hundred Unionist peers, Union?
ist members of the House of Commons
and party worKers attended The
exact number of peers adhering to the
Karl of lialsbury is not known, but it
is believed It will not exceed 130.
'ireat enthusiasm was displayed at
t the Halsbury banquet to-night, but all
the speakers emphasised the view that
they could exercise individual Judg
? ment without necessarily causing a.
: breath in the party or implying dlsloy
! alty to the leaders.
GOING TO ALASKA
Secretary Flabrr Will Obaerve for
Hin... ir the Situation.
Washington. Jul> 26.?The Secretary
of the Interior will leave Chicago Au- '
gust 2 fin the first lap of his trip to j
; Alaska, where he goes to gain llrst
I hand knowledge of the situation tnerc,
and particularly In respect to the use
of Controller Bay as a harbor for the ,
outlet of coal from th<- Bering River 1
fields.
At the {-resent Secretary Fisher Is
busy at his office here getting affairs t
In such shape that they may be left
Iti charge of his subordinates, He will
leave Washington Saturday, and will
spend several days with his family in
Chicago.
On his way to the coast he proposes
to ?top at it number of land offices,
irrigation projects and Indian reserva?
tions to take note of the day the dif?
ferent agencies of t:.(. Interior Depart?
ment carrv out their lines of effort.
After these visits. Mr. Fisher believes
he will be able to reach Seattle. Wash.,
in time to embark on the steamer
which leaves that port for Alaska Au
gust li.
SEARCHES FOR DAUGHTER
William n. Kiria Fnlla to Find Trace
of Mlsalng Girl.
Philadelphia, July 26 ?William Ft.
Swan, of New York, father of Louise
Swan, the girl who disappeared from
her hom<- ;n that city on July IT. came
to Philadelphia to-day In search of I
his daughter.
I L.vie this afternoon he handed .to j
the newspapers the following note,
with the request that !t be printed:
"Louise Dear: Please telephone me |
at the Hot<jl Walton to-night.
I 'Signed). "FATHER." !
Mr. Swan's visit to this city was
'broUgh( about through the receipt of.
a night >ttcr mesfage at his home in !
Sew York this morning, and which j
had been sent by his daughter from a
[local t'.legraph office here. The father
Identified the handwriting of his
daughter r.'hen shown the original of i
the telegram. Up until a late hour to- ]
1 night no trace of the missing girl had
been found in Philadelphia.
NEW ORLEANS PROTESTS
Fight* Against Reduction of Force end ;
Equipment of Navy Yard.
Washington. July 26.?Protests from '
commercial bodies of New Orleans
against the reduction of the force and
equipment of the navy yard there were
received by Acting Secretary of the
Navy Winthrop to-day. The communi?
cations expressed the belief that the
decrease of the Importance or the
abandonment of the New Orleans naval
station would expose Cic city to a dis?
astrous attack in time ?f w \r. Mr.
Winthrop has replied that a navy yard !
has no fortifications, and cannot be
regarded as a means of defense. On
the other hand, he added. It was ac?
tually an Invitation attack, as It :?
an axiom with naval comman 1< r.s to
attempt to destroy the nav yyiirdt of
an enemy In order to cut off his i.ase
j of supplies and repairs
. ANOTHER BODY RECOVERED
Almost Entire Skeleton Tnken From
Ilerth Deck on the Maine.
Havana. July 26.?A skeleton, almost
entire, but presenting sllghl hope of
Identification, wns discovered on the
berth deck on the starboard side of
the Maine to-day. These are the first
i.?nes found below the main deck,
which has been now entirely explored.
It is believed that the skeleton is that
Of a warrant officer, whose quarters
were In that Vection of the ship.
This makes the total number df re?
mains so far recovered approxlmVtely
fourteen, leaving sixty bodies unrecov
ered. Practically all hope has been
abandoned of the recovery of other re?
mains forward of the central super?
structure, as all that section has been
I destroyed.
TRAFFIC ORDERED STOPPED
Certain Streets In Chicago Turned Over
to Children as Playground.
Chicago, July 6.?In an effort to
transfer a thickly populated tenement
house district on the North Side,!
known as "Little Hell," into a "Little
! Heaven," Mayor Harrison to-day. at
tho request of woman's clubs and so
oIhI settlement workers, ordered traffic
stopped on Oault Place, between .Chi
| cago Avenue and Oak Street, during
the summer months, so as to make the,
[ "treats available as a playground for
! loor children
There are said to be 2,000 Italian
children In the district, and tho near
ost public playground is a mile away
LIONESS FOR ROOSEVELT
Cage, With Snarling: Animal, Is Taken
Onck to Coney Island.
New York, July 26.?An ingenious I
Press agent is suspected of rcsponslbil-1
Ity for the delivery of a full-grown
lioness to-day at Theodore Roosevelt's
editorial office. Tho cage was address
to Colonel Roosevelt, but before he
had a chance to see its contents tho i
police took charge of the snarling
animal, and held It until the owner
called. After some difficulty the own?
er obtained permission to take the
lioness back to Coney Island,
First Lynching In Junres.
Juarez, Mexico, July 26 ?Twenty
Chinamen were locked up to-day,
charged with lynching a Chinaman,
whose body was found hanging from
a tree on the outskirts of the town at
daylight. It Is the first lynching on,
record in Juaren.
SAYS TRUST GAVE
REBATE BN STEEL
H ?rv ester Company
Benefited to Extent
of $3 Ten
NO ACTION ON
TOWNSEND REPORT
Asserts That Corporations Are
Practically One?Attorney
General Wickersham Never
Saw Findings?Bonaparte
Will Be Asked Why He
Did Not Prosecute.
Washington, July 26.?Attorney
Cen?r:?l Wickersham appeared before
the Stanley ?'.Steel Trust" Investigating
committee to-day to tell what In
knew concerning a report made to
former Attorney-Oeneral Bonaparte by
Burdette Townsend, a t,peclal agent of
the department In lftOS, in which the
latter urged that the International
Harvester Company had operated In
violation of the 'Sherman anti-trust
act. The Attorney-General, when shown
a copy of the voluminotiH document by
Representative Stanley, said he never
had seen It before, though since ho
had been head of the Department of
Justice tie had heard rumors that there
bad been an Investigation of the Har?
vester combine.
Senator Kenyon. of Iowa, former as?
sistant to the Attornty-General, r>um
nioncri before the committee for same
purpose, said he had advised further
Investigation before any prosecution
was undertaken under the report
Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith, of
the Bureau of Corporations, which is
now investigating the International
Harvester company, also had heard of
the report.
Rebate of 93 Ton.
The matter was Injected into the
steel Inquiry because the report
charges that the steel corporation pays
a rebate of i'i a ton to harvester
companies on steel purchased, and be?
cause the committee has notification
that there Is an agreement between
the two giant corporations whereby
the harvester companies buy exclu?
sively from the steel corporation.
The Commissioner of Corporations
was required to intercede with the
President on behalf of the committee
to see if informotlon regarding _ the
relations of the two corporations at
present in the hands of the bureau
could not he placed at the committee's
disposal.
Richard Llr.dabury. counsel for the
T.'nlted States Steel Corporation, offered
to furnish all the Information of the
records of his corporation bearing on
the points si issue.
Despite protests from the Steel Cor?
poration counsel that the International
Harvester line of inquiry was apart
from the inquiry directed by Congress.
Chairman Stanley insisted that it was
essential, and he declared he had in?
formation tending to show that the
Harvester and Steel Corporations were
practically the same. Attorney-General
Wickersham agreed to have Mr. Town
send, who Is still In the service of
the department, appear before the com?
mittee at a later date
"We will have Mr. Carnegie before
us in October," said Chairman Stanley,
"and perhaps you could arrange to
have Mr. Townsend here about that
time."
The Attorney-General said that It
would be possible to do so.
"Do you know of any reason." Chair?
man Stanley asked, "why this Harves'
er Company Investigation was not act?
ed upon by the Department of Justice
prior to the time you assumed charge
of the department?"
Supreme Court Declalon.
"I do not know," Mr. Wickersham
replied. "I surmise?this is only a sur?
mise? that the case was delayed pend?
ing a decision by the Supreme Court
In the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases.
It wns not considered desirable to
press these cases until a decision of
the Supreme Court was received, and
in this case I think many of the same
points wore involved."
Chairman Stanley announced that a
subjoena had been Issued for Mr. Bon
npnrte. who is now in Canada, to as?
certain from him why the International
Harvester Company was not prosecuted
upon Townsend charges.
Mr. Townsend. in his report, stated
that the International Harvester Com?
pany was organized in 1002, the trans?
action being directed und guided by
J. Pierpont Morgun & Co. The report
that the McCormlck Harvester Com?
pany wns "related by marriage to the
great American family of trusts." the
Standard Oil Company. It also re?
ferred to J. Pierpont Morgan as 'the
trust architect, a good builder, who
received fabulous fees for Ills work."
The report particularly referred to
the price paid to J. Pierpont Mor?
gan & Co. In the Harvester deal, de?
claring that 55,000.000 is a very high
price for the simple service of sug?
gesting to people how they can agree
in n legitimate transaction.
"It is not unusual," he said, "in Il?
legal transactions, such as creating a
trust, which can evade the laws.
Doubtless If proceedings were Insti?
tuted against the International Har?
vester Company, the manner of its
defense will demonstrate that the fee
wns earned."
The steel committee left to-night
for New York, where the Investiga?
tion will be resumed to-morrow.
CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP
Timothy I.. Woodruff Give* Pp Control
of Repuhllenn Organization.
New York. July 26.?Timothy L.
Woodruff, former Lleutenant-Qovernor
and former chairman of the Republican
State Committee, relinquished control
of the Republican organization of
Kings county (Brooklyn), where he
lives, to-day. His action is regardeJ
as a victory for his opponents, headed
by Congressman William M. Calder,
Michael J. Dady and Naval Officer F.
J. H. Kracke, who' yesterday Induced
fourteen district leaders to sign a
statement calling for a change In lead?
ership.
Mr. Woodruff has been chairman uf
the county committee for fourteen
rears. His successor will not be choaon
or some time.
WILSON DESIRES
WILEY RETAINED
Declares Leniency IVust
Le Shown Pure Food
i xj.ert
WANTS PRESIDENT
TO AbMONiSti HIM
Favorable Recommendations of
Secretary Made on Account of
His Valued Services to Gov?
ernment in Past and His
Usefuness for
Future.
Washington, July 2$.?It became
known here late to-day that Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, in a report to
President Taft, had recommer.ucd that
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the pur* food
expert, be admonished, but not dis?
missed. Secretary Wilson, it is under?
stood, declares leniency must be shown
Or. Wiley because of his valued ser
uces to the government In t.:>- past
and his usefulness for the future. For
this reason, he l.pparently does not be?
ll*-., that "condign punishment ' shoulo
be meted out in the case.
Under the recommendation the Pres?
ident will be able to retain Or. Wiley
in his position, as It has been be?
lieved .ill the time he would do. with?
out seeming to Ignore the advice of
his Attorney-General. Thus, an em-(
l.arrasslinf situation will be avoided.
Secretary Wilson declines to discuss
the nature of his report before the
President sees lit to make It publ'c. j
What little .ie has had to say has lit
dicated that he had not advised "turn?
ing down" dally the recommendatiJti
of his department personnel comm't
tee and Attornty-deneral Wickersham
that the pure food champion be al?
lowed to resign.
Should Rr Retained.
From what was learned to-day it
appears that the secretary upholds the
charge of the committee that Dr. Wiley
committed a grave error and violated
the law, but suggests that in view of
the doctor's splendid work In tne past,
and his value to the department, he
should be admonished and retained in
the service.
There has been no Intimation as to
when President Taft will announce his
decision, and make public the papers In
the case.
The personnel committee charged Dr.
Wiley with permitting to an agree?
ment to mo made with Dr. H. H. Rus?
ty, of Columbia University. New York,
for compensation in excess of the
maximum allowed by law.
Since this became known, protests
against the proposed dismissal of Dr.
Wiley have heen pouring In from all
parts of the country. It was charged
that Interests whose activities have
been Interfered with by the pure food
champion sought this means to get rid
of him.
An investigation of the case has been
ordered by the House, and will begin
soon, whatever may be the final deci?
sion of the President.
RIOTS IN PEDDLERS' STRIKE
Three Policemen Injured and Scores
Severely Heaten.
Chicago. July '26.?Riots in which
three policemen were injured, one ped?
dler was hit on the head with a hatchet
and scores were severely beaten, mark?
ed to-d-iy'6 peddlers' strike against the
anti-noise ordinance.
Women carrying babies in their arni3
took part in the biggest riot to-day,
when police, with revolvers drawn,
charged Into a mob that had attacked
a peddler who refused to Join the
strikers. The peddler's wagon had been
overturned, the contents spilled In the
street, and the owner was being stoned
when the police arrived. The rioters
hurled bricks at the police, and two
of them fell, seriously wounded, under
a shower of missiles.
Numerous delivery wagons were
mobbed, their drivers beaten and the
contents destroyed.
Police were forced to shoot over
the heads of the rioters many times
to-day to compel them to "retreat.
Scores of arrests were made, a num?
ber being women.
CHALLENGE IS ISSUED
Liquor IntrrefttM Invited to Joint De?
hnte b> Antl-Suloou Leugne.
Raltimore. July 26.?The Anti-Saloon
League of Maryland to-day issued a
challenge to the wholesale and retail
liquor interests of the country to send
a representative to this city to en cage
In a Joint debate with the Rev, ,l"nn
Roach Straton. D. D., on certain pbase.t
of the liquor question. Dr. Straton
recently won the first prize for an *s
sav on "What It Costs the People of
Riiltimore. Morally. Physically, Men?
tally. Financially and Industrially, to
Secure the Million Dollars a Year
Which the Cit'- Now R<i elves fsom the
Liquor TraftV Under the High License
Law."
Dr. Straton reached the conclusion
that It costs J50.0ao.000 annually to se?
cure the million dollars excise tax col?
lected by the city In a single year.
The liquor Interests are Invited to
send any representative from nnv
tvhere to meet the author of the essty
In a discussion of the subject.
Ensign Young Found;
Taken to Morganton
Charlotte, N. C, July SO_Ensign
Robert s. Young. Jr., of Concord,
X. C, nlio dlnnppenred from hl?
ship, the torpedoboat destroyer Per?
kins, In New. York recently, arrived
nt Morganton on n midnight train
lnst night, accompanied by his
rather. Dr. Young. He woa Imme?
diately taken to Rrnnd Oaks Sana?
torium. The arrival was very care?
fully planned, nnd news of Young's
presence did not become knonn
generally until thin afternoon. He
appeared to he In perfect health,
buf beyond the statement that he
would remain at the Institution long
enough to hnve n complete rest, no
Information nan given out. It Is
said that the missing ensign irt?
discovered by Ills father In Yew
York ' aevernl dnys ago, nnd hnd
been kept quietly In a hotel there
nntll arrangements could be made
to take him to Morganton.
WILL N01 BE DISMISSED
DR. HARVEY W. WILEY.
PRESIDENT SIGNS
RECIPROCITY BILL
Congratulations Received at
White House From All
Over World.
GOLD PEN GOES TO PENROSE
Instructions tor Administration
i
of Law Sent to Custom
Collectors.
Washington. D. C, July 26.?Presi?
dent Taft signed the Canadian reci?
procity bill at 3:10 P. M. to-day.
Secretary of State Knox, Secretary
of Commerce and Lahor Nagel, Secre?
tary to the President Hilles and Repre?
sentative Littleton, of New York, sev?
eral newspaper men and a battery of
photographers witnessed the signing.
As he picked up the pen the President
turned to Secretary Knox.
"Come over here. Brother Knox," he
said; "you are responsible for this."
The Secretary of State stood beside
the President as he placed his name
on the parchment.
"It's done," said Mr. Knox.
"It's done," echoed the President, as
the two clasped hands across the desk.
To give the photographers a -hance,
the President went through the mo?
tion of signing the act again a few;
seconds later.
"I did not know there was so much i
Interest in it as this." he said, "but?" |
He was "snapped" wearing a broad
smile.
The gold pen used by the President
In signing the treaty was aent to
Chairman Penrose. of the Senate Fi?
nance Committee,, who led the tight for
the bill In the Senate.
Instructions for the adm.nlstratlon
of so much of the law ns Is effective
until the whole agreement is ratified
by the Canadian Parliament were tele?
graphed to customs collectors along
the Canadian border to-day. Tho new
regulations provide for proper Identi?
fication of the imports, to prove they
are of Canadian orlg.n, and the State
Department hns been asked to instruct
consular officers In Canada to ndd their
certificates to tho declarations of the
importers.
One Section KfTectlve.
L'ntfl the Canadian Parliament ratl-|
lies the agreement only Section 2,
which covers wood pulp, paper and
paper board, will be .effective The I
regulations, under the new law. pro-1
vide free, entry to all such Imports
from private lands or from crown
lands, provided no export tax has been
levied British Columbia, Ontario and
Quebec Impose export duties on wood.
New Brunswick will do so after Oc?
tober 1.
Congratulations upon the passage, nt
the measure kept the Wh'te House
telegraph wires busy all day. Mes?
sages came to the PresMent from
friends all over the world. Secretary
of War Stlmson and General Clarnnoo
R. Edwards, a close friend of Mr. Tnft,
cabled their congratulations from Pan?
ama; Secrttary of the Navy Meyer knd
former Secretary of the Interior R. A.
Ballinger sent warm messages
Andrew Carnegie sent the following
message from Sklbbo Castle:
"Cordial congratulations upon <ie
served success your n?iiR? neighborly
policy. Now for treaties; secure these;
then re9t. No other worlds to .conquer."
From James J. Hill came this mes?
sage:
"My warmest congratulations Tor
jour steadfast support of Canadian
reciprocity. Its success will greatly
teneflt whole country without injury
to any part."
? One of the shorest messages wns
from J. C. Sehmldlapp. of Cincinnati,
a warm trlend of tho President, now
in Europe. Ho cablod one word:
"Shake."
"TWO FRENCHMEN9
PLAY 'SKIN' GAME
Offer of $5,000 Will Be Sent
Eroadcast for Alleged
Swindlers.
$500,000 CLEANED UP
For Seven Years These Men
Have Been Preying Upon
Steel Importers.
New York. July 26?An offer of
55.000 reward will be sent broadcast
over the country to-morrow by the
Swedish Iron and Steel Company, of.
New York and New Orleans, Cor ev'-|
dence that will cnvlct two or morn
alleged swindlers' of a fraud by which
It ts charged $500,000 has already been
cleaned up. and which still is flourish?
ing.
For seven years the swindlers
known to the trade as the "two F ench
swindlers"?have been preying upon
steel importers, a body of men who
annually bring into the. country goods
valued at $25,000,000, to such an ex?
tent that salesmen handling Imported
steels now report that they have diffi?
culty in persuading customers that
they are honest men, representing
reputable firms.
The victims chosen huve been al?
ways of first financial rating. They
include business concerns of ull kinds
In New England, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Columbus. Indianapolis. Brooklyn, New
York, Buffalo, Lansing. Detroit and
Grand Rapids. In essence, the swindle
wns this:
The "two Frenchmen," representing
themselves as Count So and So, and
his secretary, would visit a factory
office, pick the'r way through the
shops, compliment the superintendent
on his progressiveness, and then solicit
sample orders for high-class tool steel
made abroad by tho count' father.
Way Swindle In Worked.
While the "count" engaged the su?
perintendent, his secretary would dic?
tate op the firm's stationery 311 oni.^r
for ft much larger amount and v-.-.tlk
out with a perfunctory Signature.
the order would be turned over to
a supposedly i:\nocent Jobber, who
would deliver Inferior quality of steel,
worth perhaps n cents a pound, and
collect from 11 t'> 110 cents a pound. I
Usually the manufacturer would pay
rather than frijln in court a transac?
tion that appeared bona tide
The Frenchmen began operations
seven yearn ago. hut two years ago
found It was getting too hot for them.
They vanished, hut the game, was too
good to let die. It had nev?r brought I
a proseoution or even exposure, and I
now evidence Is rapidly nc~umula?'ng
that It Is being Industriously pushed
again, either by the two Frenchmen of j
close students of thflr methods.
Originally the swindlers represented
themselves as agents of an unknown
foreign company. Now. however, they
have brought into the game an Ameri?
can company, which Is determined ?01
protect Itself. The result has H>,?n a
vigorous campaign, which will be
pushed to the end.
NO CHOLERA IN NEW YORK
With Grent Hellet, Ajtthorlf lea Make
V on u o tie eine n t.
Now York, July 2?'..?There !s app.tr
entlv no cholera ln.Xow York City
proper. With a feeling of considerable
relief, the city health authorities ma le
announcement to this effect to-day. fol?
lowing bacteriological examination f>{
two suspects at Belleviie Hospital. The
test In tho most suspicious i-ane, that
of Edgar Ilerrman. the hospital order?
ly, wns found to be absolutely nega?
tive In n second examination, und al?
though a third test will he made, the
hospital authorities seemed confident
to-night they had no cholera on tbelr
hands Tho case of the laborer, named
Louis Much, which was regarded with
suspicion nt the hospital last night,
turned out to he nothing worse than
.summer complaint.
STATECOMMITTEE
IS CALLED TO IVIEET
Asked byNorfolkCounty
Fusion ists to Settle
Contest.
ELLYSON 'S ADVICE
IS NOT FOLLOWED
Chairman Suggested Expedition
by Allowing County Commit?
tee to First Act and to Let
Matter Come Up on Ap?
peal?Meeting Called
for Next Monday.
Upon the positive refusal of tho at?
torneys for the "Stralghtout" faction
in Norfolk county to accept a sugges?
tion from State Chairman J. Taylor
Ellyson that they facilitate matters
by allowing their contest against the
??fuslonlsts" to come up In the regular
way on an appeal from the county
committee. Mr. Ellyson last night is?
sued a call for a meeting of the State
committee. This gathering will be held
in the assembly hall of Murphy's Hotel
on Monday evening. July 31. at 8
o'clock.
After consideration of the petition
of the "Straightouts" that- the state
committee take original jurisdiction "n
the matter of the contest, and of t'.e
reply of the "Fuslonlsts," Chairman
Ellyson wrote to counsel for the con?
testants. He made the point that both
time and expense would be spared m
letting the matter be heard by the sub?
committee 'of the county committee. Ii?
called attention to the. fact -hat the
State body would first decide whether or
not tt would take original Jurisdiction.
If it consented to do so it would then
appoint a committee to make an in?
vestigation of the recent primary elec?
tion, and would meet later to hear
and determine pon the report. Still
later, In September. It must assemhle
against to canvass tho returns from
the primary for Cnited States Sen?
ators. This would make three meet?
ings within two months, at personal
expense and loss of time to the mem?
bers.
Case Wotlld He ltcady.
On tho other hand, said Mr. Ellyson,
should the county committee render Us
decision tirst the case would be mudo
up. and the State committee on appeal
could settle the matter at one session.
However, the "Straightouts" would
not listen to this. They had made up
their minds that they wanted original
Jurisdiction by the State Democratic
Committed, being convinced that the
county committee was prejudiced
against them. A telegram to this ef?
fect was sent to Mr. Ellyson last night
by the attorneys for the "Straight
outs." He Immediately mailed ouj. tile
notices for the meeting to be held next
Monday night.
That this will b*. one of the llvest
meetings which that body has held In
recant years no doubt Is expressed, .-v
Norfolk or Norfolk county row, aver?
aging about one a year, is always pro?
ductive of Interest, while the bitter?
ness with which the recent primary
for the nomination of county officers
was waged insures a reflection of that
feeling before the party leaders.
Leading party men last night ex?
pressed the opinion that under tho
plan of organization the State commit?
tee cannot assume original jurisdiction.
The contrary position Is held by the
"Straightouts. and this will be the
principal point of argument at next
Monday nlgln s meetlnf. Counsed will
appear for both sides, and the argu?
ment will be largely ' t a legal natura
on the subject of Jurisdiction.
The Correspondence.
The communication of State Chair?
man Ellyson, the telegraphic reply of
the "Straightouts" and the call for
the meeting of the comm'ttee are as
follows:
Virginia State Democratic Committee,
J. Taylor Ellyson, Chairman.
J. N. Brenaman. Secretary.
Richmond. Vu., July 25, 1911.
Messrs. J. C. Heard, H. Lawrence
Brooke, James G. Martin, B. Van
deventcr. Kussell L Bradford,
Counsel for W. C. Coleman and
Others:
Oontlemcn,?I share with you In your
desire for a speedy consideration and
prompt decision with reference to tho
contest in Norfolk county growing out
of the primary election held or. Juno
28. I take It for granted what we all
wnnt Is that this matter may be set?
tled as speedily as possible, and re?
spectfully submit for your considera?
tion that It will save both time and
expense If you will consent to let tho
matter be heard by the subcommittee
of the Norfolk county committee, and
I would suggest that you take live
days In which to take your own testi?
mony, allow five days for the contes
teea, and then allow five days for tho
argument of counsel and tho consid?
eration by the committee. If this plan
should be followed and the decision
of the local committee was not satis?
factory to you. you would still have
the rght of appeal to the State Cen?
tral Committee, which could be prompt?
ly called for the consideration of the
appeal. If. however, the State Com?
mittee should assume original Jurisdic?
tion. It would necessarily involve two
meetings of the committee, first to
; hear the appeal and determine, whether
I tho original Jurisdiction should he as
i sutned, and If assumed, then the ap?
pointment of a subcommittee to tuko
the cvldnnce and prepare their report,
which, would have to be referred back
to mother meeting of'the StaJo Com
| mlttee, and inasmuch as tho State Cen?
tral Committee must meet In Septem?
ber to rctelve and canvass the returns]
of the State senatorial primary. It
would make three meetings for the
committee within the next two nn>-\ths.
Now, wh(n It is remembered that he
members have to pay their own ex?
penses in attendance upon meetings. I
am sure you will appreciate the bur?
den that Is put upon those who live,
at. a long distance from Richmond.
I would be very glad If you would
adopt this suggestion, because if you