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RICHMOND, VA., MONDAY, JULY 31, 1911.
THE WBATHEK TO-UA V-F?lr. PRICE TWO CENTS.
CANNOT ESCAPE
Tariff Revision Problem
Is Squarely Up
to Taft.
SURE OF CENSURE
IN ANY EVENT
Upon Him Will Rest Responsibil?
ity of Delay in Tariff Legisla?
tion, and He Seems Deter?
mined to Exercise His Veto
Power ? Some Believe
He May Sign Bill.
Washington. July 30.?General tariff
legislation at this session of Congress,
so as to leave the responsibility for
any delay In tariff revision squarely up
to the President. Is the slogan of tne
Democratlc-Progresslvc coalition In the
Senate and the. Democrat;. In the House.
The President to-day Is accredited
with being as determined as ever to
veto any tariff bill passed by Congress
prior to the submission of the report
of the tariff board to Congress at the i
regular session In December. Mean?
time, the Democrats, continuing to
press their revision measures. are
wondering what the President will do
when the wool bill, emerging from con-|
ference with lower duties than the La
Follette compromise. goes to the.
White House for approval or veto. !
Is is tho most remarkable situation j
with respect to tariff legislation that
?> has arisen In a long period. Despite I
tho apparently authoritative declara- ,
Hons that the President will refuse o :
place his approval on the tariff bill;:, j
some of the Democrats, even Speaker j
Clark, still express the opinion that
the President may yet approve revi?
sion legislation. The Dcmoeratic lead- j
???ra, encouraged by the effective results'
of the combination of their parly with !
the Insurgent Republicans In the Sen-j
ate, are becoming more confident that1
the tariff schedules passed by the!
House will go through the Senate In.
some form.
Tbr Legislative Outlook.
This is the way the legislative out-j
look stands to-day: The wool revision'
bill win he in conference early in thr!
week. A compromise measure on Oae'
basis of 20 per cent, ad valorem on i
raw wool will be reported out ptobab-|
ly. The combined Democratlc-Inourg-?
ent republican forces are confident It
Will run the gauntlet Of both houses
and be the tlrat revision measure to
go to the President aa the test of his!
veto disposition.
The farmers1 free Hat bill will be;
voted on Tuesday In the Senate uhdVr
agreement. Coalition Senators and]
Hout-e Democrats express certainty of
its passage. There will be a Senate1
Democratic caucus on ihe bill to-mor
row morning, however, to insure l's!
passage. As the bill comes up for voto!
immediately after morning business
Tuesday^ the only opportunity for de-]
bate will be to-morrow.
Senator Cummins. Progressive Re?
publican, will address the Senate to- |
morrow on his amendments to the
bill. Effort will he made to get tho
measure through without changing its
general character as a free list nieas-l
ure intended to add to the number of'
articles of common use which mayi
come in free of duty. it is expected
that In this shape It will receive prac-1
tlcally the solid Democratic and In?
surgent Republican vote.
The cotton tariff revision bill will I
be passed by the House Thursday.
Though by no means certain, the i
coalition < Senators and the House
"Democrats sre moderately hopeful that ]
the bill will go through the Senate j
Some Senators are insistent that i
hearings should be held on it before |
It is put to vote. The amendments [
that were at tirst contemplated In con- I
nectton with the measure?those re?
lating to sugar, steel, rubber, etc., will j
be offered as riders to the cotton bill I
when it comes up In the Senate.
Resides tariff revision some other |
Important legislation figures in the I
program for this week.
.May Decide Its Own Sl?.
The congressional reapportionment j
bill Is to be voted upon In the Senate
liegt Thursday. It alrendy has passed j
the House and provides for a House '
membership of -132. A large majority |
of Senators are prepared to concede to ]
the House the right to decide Its own |
Size.
Tho new Mexico. Arizona statehood
bill will have consideration this week.
Senator Borah will oppose the judicial
retail feature of the bill on Friday,
and Senator Bourne will advocate that
provision In a speech Saturday. The
indications are that the Senate on
Tuesday, August 1, will pass the bill,
with directions to the people of Ari?
zona to eliminate the judicial recall.
House Democrats will caucus to?
morrow night on what course to adopt
with reference to the campaign pub?
licity hill.
The House Judiciary Committee to- j
morrow will resume tho Alaska !
syndicate Inquiry, respecting charges
of failure of the Attorney-General to
prosecute Alaskan corporations. Both i
Attorney-General Wlckersham and
Delegate Wlckersham, of Alaska, the
accused and accuser, arc expected to
be present.
The House Sugar Trust investigating
committee will reconvene to-morrow.
The Senate Lorimer committee will |
spend perhaps Its last week of taking i
testimony here and may then recess i
to meet In Chicago at some time yet
to be decided.
The. House Rules C ommit tee will act
this week on the Lindbergh resolution
to investigate the. so-called "banking
trust."
FALLS EIGHTEEN INCHES
But Short Drop Brings Death to Wil?
liam Blley.
New York. July 30? William Bllev,
thirty-five years old. a machinist, of
Now Haven, was sitting on ft ground
floor window sill, at 27f> Rider Avenue,
tho Bronx, where he wua visiting
friends, when he fell to the sidewalk,
eighteen inches below. l>r. Wright.
?f Lincoln Hospital, was called und
J'fonounced him dead, giving heart
allure as the probable cause,
GRIM TALES OF STORM
Heavj l,o?? of Life auil Damage t<>
? Shipping In Decent Gal*.
Boston. Mass. July 30.?Grim talcs
of loss of life and disaster to shipping
by the West Indian hurricane which
swept the New Kngland coast Friday
continued to come In to-night. Eleven
lives are known to have been lost, and
a long list of Ashing and coasting
craft and yachts wrecked or disabled
Is constantly growing. |
The dead Include five men of the:
Boston sword Pshlng schooner Noko
mlB, wrecked on Nantucket South
Shoals: four dory men of the Province-]
town fishing schooner Arbitrator.'
JamoB b. Whlplcy, cook of the Brltlsn
schooner Tay, which wont to pieces on j
Mount Desert Island, and John Wade.1
of Northport. Maine, who wa, blown
off a wharf at Bolfast. Maine.
At Mercy of Storm.
Provincctown, Mass., July 30.?The
loss of four Provlnoetown fishermen.1
the narrow escape of two of th?- local
tlshlng fleet, and. the almost helpless
condition of a lumber schooner trying!
to make Its way Into Boston, as a re- |
suit of last Friday's sixty-mile gale,
were reported here to-day. The
:tchooner Arbitrator, of the local flsh-j
Ing fleet, lost her four dorvmen. who!
failed to get back to the schooner <lur- I
ing the hurricane. The schooner l>?ah
C, made port with all her boats and
llshlng gear gone and with the crew
thankful to get home alive- A llshlng
steamer, the J. B. Bishop, reported that
the lumber-laden schooner Sarah Wood,
of Bridcton. N. J.. was some where be?
tween Provlncetown and Boston light.!
with her headgear gone, a large parti
of her deck load of lumber washed
ove.-board, and her stern shattered.
She was short it food, but refused as?
sistance after taking on a few supplies
A wireless dispatch from the revenue
cutter Gresham to-day reported that
she was alongside the derelict ,o r.ooner
Harry C, Shepherd, which was aban?
doned thirty-four miles southwest ot
Boston light during the gale. The
message said the derelict had been
burned to the water's edge.
CHARLOTTE IN DISTRESS
Water Famine Hen Assumed Very
Serious Proportion?.
Charlotte. N. C. July 30.?With the
big ponds which have furnished Char?
lotte's water supply for many years
only inundations of sun-baked mud,
and the stopcocks to tho small supply
In the reservoir shut down tight since
early Friday morning, this city Is un?
dergoing u period of distress that is
as unique as it Is serious The plan |
to haul water in tank cars from the
Catawba River, twelve miles away,
was gotten well under way Saturday,
and thousands of gallons were dumped
Into the settling basins, but this move?
ment received a setback to-day, when
one of the big pumps at Mount Holly
broke down, delaying the program of
the authorities to resume regular wa?
ter service by Tuesday.
The numerous mineral water agen?
cies are overwhelmed and cannot be?
gin to supply the demand. Ma, ur
Bland t- -day peremptorily suspended
the blue law. which forbids ihe dis?
pensation of mineral waters and soft
drinks at soda fountains so far as tho
water is concerned.
No rain of consequence has fallen In
this steiion in many weeks. With
the famine of water the sewerage
system has been abandoned, and the
hurried Installation of surface closets:
has brought about a menace to health
that hai necessitated stringent sani- j
tary regulations. Special sanitary
guards ate being sworn in every day
to patrol the city, along with squads,
of extra firemen to minimize the dan-j
ger from fire, for the city now is
absolutely at the mercy of flames.
Hundreds are leaving Charlotte, flock?
ing to the seashore und mountain
resorts to escape the present perils.
KING RETURNS TO-MORROW
Will I.earn Theo of Arrangement? to:
tnrrj Ye-to Hill.
London. July 30.?The King will re?
turn to l.omlon Tuesday, and is ex- !
pected to receive Mr. Asquith Wed?
nesday. By that time the Prime.
Minister will be in a position to ac?
quaint His Majesty with the arrange?
ments that have been made for carry?
ing through the veto bill.
The insurgents, under the leader?
ship of the Earl of Halsbury, now are
trying by propaganda methods to ex- j
cite an apathetic country to u proper i
sense of the enormity of the offense'
Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Balfour urel
committing In aiding the government'
to carry the hated measure, but as;
Lord Lansdowne has the activo or
passive stipport of some 330 members'
of the House of Lords, he is not likely !
to be greatly disturbed by this.
Most of the political leaders are
spending the week-end In the coun-j
try, evidence that the crisis Is no j
longer acute.
SHOTGUN BATTERY USED
Four Ilnrrel?, Loaded With Slugn, Fired
at Voting Italian.
New York. July SO.?A battery of
two double-harreled shotguns, from all :
four barrels, of which sixteen heavy
lead slugs were fired simultaneously.
Is believed by detectives to have been .
the trap which assassins of Bartholdl j
Cardinal, aged thirty-two. worked from ]
the window of n vacant Eastslde
house early to-day. The young Italian ]
was hit In the nock and instantly |
killed while sitting at his window, on '?
the second floor, directly opposite tho
vacant house. Two slugs were found
Imbedded In the wall near where Mrs.
Cardinal sat. but she was unhurt.
The discovery of two discharged i
shotguns In the vacant house opposite,
footprints on the dust-covered carpel. |
dnd the fact that Cardinal's brother ;
was assassinated three years ago. was
the principal clues.
KILLING MADDENS MOB
Attempts to Kiin Car Over Motormnn
mid Conductor.
New York. July 30.?Three-year-old
Morris Goldberg, weakened by a seven
days' fast, was run over by a trolley
car in front of his home to-day. Two
thousand persons thereupon stormed
the car. captured the motorman and
conductor, laid them on the tracks
and were about to run over them when
u lone policeman seized the ringleader
at the. controller. Reserves then %lls
persed the mob. It was ascertained
later that the entire Goldberg family
of nine were In a starving condition.
Released From Perilous
Position cn Cape Sa- I
ble Lejges.
VESSEL t LOATS
ON RiSIinG il^h
Cause of Disaster Not Known, ??
i but Heavy Fog and Southeast
I Gale Believed to Have Been
[ Responsible ? Contrary to
Early Reports, No Lives
Are Lost.
Halifax, N. S., July 30.?The now i
Canadian navy was nearly deprived of,
! half Its strength to-day. when the i
llagBhlp Nlobe crashed on the ledges!
! on the southwest of Cape Sable. Plve
j hours later she tloated, leaking badly
; and proceeded under her own steam
power to Shag Harbor, ten miles away,
j where she Is at anchor with six fath?
oms of water and a soft mud bottom
under her.
j The tlrst to reach the s'de of tue
j disabled cruiser wat, the UnlteJ States
revenue cutter Androscoggln. which
j was cruising In the vicinity. The
; Nlobe's wireless call for help was j
picked up by the Androscuggin. which
promptly Hashed back that she would
stand by to help and would do all 'n
her power. Through the dense fog
and heavy sea, which is believed to
have been the cause of the Nlobe's
accident, the Androscoggln rushed,
anil was standing by the Canadian
cruiser when the Canadian govern
'ment steamers Lady Laurler and
' Stanley, which had been sent to the I
scene, arrived from St. John. N. B.,
with the tug McNaughton. of Yar- |
mouth. The Nlobe found that she was
aide to take care of herself. Though wa?
ter was pouring into several compart
I ments. her pumps kept her fairly clear,
and Commander McDonald, of the
' cruiser, expressing his thanks to tho
American cutter for her help, pro?
ceeded to a safe harbor convoyed only
by the tug.
The exact means of the release of the
Nlobe were not known here up to a late
j hour to-night, but it Is % believed she
tloated on a ristng tide. Commander
i McDonald, In command of the cruiser,
anchored the Nlobe In a safe position|
some distance from the scene ot her
mishap, awaiting the arrival of the
government steamers 1-ady Laurler and
Stanley, which were dispatched to he.
assistance early to-day from St. John,
t'uune .Not Known.
The cause of the accident is not yet
known, but a heavy fog enshrouded
the coast, and tt Is said also that a
i southeast gale was blowing.
Sixteen men of the crew, who left
I the cruiser In two boats, were the
cause of much anxiety for many hours
I after the accident, as they were lost
j in the fog and at the mercy of the gale
and strong tide, which It was feared
would wreck them on one of the many
, ledges thut abound about Cape Sable;
but it was learned by wireless to-night
j that all had rejeined their ship. They
i went back to the cruiser In one boat,
I the other apparently having been
I wrecked.
So extreme was considered the plight
of the Nlobe when the ship first
grounded that Commander McDonald
I had ordered all boats cleared away, j
ready for abandonment of the vessel
If necessary. The two boats which
were lost for a time, with their crews,
(were the first over the side, general
launching of the boats having been
! deferred until a definite idea of the
condition of the vessel had been gained,
i The Nlobe piled up on the southwelt
I ledge at 12:35 this morning, while
j rounding Cape .-;.ble on her return to
Halifax, her home port, from Tar
mouth, where her officers and crew had
I been participating in an "old home"
I week celebration. The impact was so
'heavy as to drive her hard upon the
I pinnacle of rock and to arouse every
man on board.
Xo Paule on Board
Quarters was sounded, and all the
1600 men on board responded with true
naval precision. There was no panic,
und the order to clear away the boats
was executed as If tn a routine drill.
! Pumps were manned and set nt work,
nnd It was found that they could dis?
pose of the water.
\ Meanwhile the wireless apparatus
was brought Into play, the operators
flashing the "S. O. S.'- signals in all
directions and giving the vessel's posi?
tion. These calls were heard at Kast
port and as far south as Boston, and
were picked up also at Cape Pace, N.
V.. and .-".ible Island, and also at Father
j Point. Quebec. They resulted in the
kulck dispatching of the government
! steamers Aberdeen from this port and
the Lady Laurlir and Stanley from St.
[ John, N. B.. as well as several other
vessels from other ports.
HAITIEN GUNBOAT RETURNS
1 Flndn Revolutionists In Control Along
Conat.
j Port ail Prince, Haiti. July 30.?The
! Haitien gunboat Seventeenth of De
t cemher returned here to-day from Aux
Cayes, where government troops, un
| der command of General Simon, son
I of President Simon, recently put down
a rising. The gunboat Brought sev->
enty-rtve soldiers under a Haltlen
i general.
[ The American crew of tho vessel is
' dissatisfied and anxious to leave the
ship. The gunboat made stops at sev
I cral ports with the evident Intention
l of forcing the inhabitants to remain
I loyal, but the revolutionists were In
? control, and no landing was made. So
I far as can be learned no ports were
I bombarded by the gunboat,
j It Is reported that the cruiser Axr
tolnc Simon Is at Grand de Cayemltte
out of coal. The crew is endeavoring
to secure wood, hut the movements of
the cruiser are apt to be delayed. The
t'nltod States auxiliary gunhont Peorla
is returning to Cape Haitien. The
cruiser Chester has heen sent to Port
do Falk.
_1
What is Promised
by the weather Man ;
WriHliluKtmi. L). C, .Mil: 30?
Showers nuil coDtloucil seasonable
temperatures will feature the
vti-atker u'-m-rnlly throughout the
country the coming "irk. according
to the Weuthcr Bureau. The neck. |
ly forecast. Issued to-day, sayni
"The general haroiuelrle pressure
distribution ?bovin In th? iutrrua- !
tlonal neatlier rbart Ih such OM tn !
lutlleate Hint there ?III lie no un
Keuaoaabl}' temperatures tbr
eon; lug week in an> part of the j
country except pn?slbl> the extreme i
South vtest ami the Interior of the j
South Pacific Stuten. Falrlj ?eil
distributed precipitation l? probable
during the ufek in nil districts trout
the Hocky Mountains eastward to
Hie Atlantic roast,
??A barometric pressure that Is
over the Northwest ?III nilvnnrr
hIuhI) eastward ami be attended
by Inenl showers tbe first part of
tbe neek from tbe Mlssls?lppl Val?
ley eastward. Another dlM iirliauec,
wblrb promises to be ntteniletl by
cenernl shower*, will appear lu the
.Northwest nboiit Wcduestlay ami
move rastvarri, crossing tbe Central
Valley? Thursday or Friday mill the '
Atlnntle States at the eml of the
week.
"Tbl? disturbance will lie followed
by considerably cooler weother Id |
all Middle antl Northern Stateit from
tbe liorky Mountains tn tbe Atlnn?
tle State?."
SALESMAN ARRESTED
-
He la t barged With the Theft of ills
Sample?.
Boston. July 30.?tjti'.a T'norner. a :
traveling salesman, fchargeji. with the I
> larceny ol sample? valued at $4tui from
ju Philadelphia manufacturing es tau
l ii.-htnetit. and also wfth the forgery of
a signature to the bond he furnished j
whe> he obtained employ mem. Is held
bv tne police under..bm! ol $2,600. Ac?
cording to the police,Limmer, who re- j
sides on Homestead 'Street. Roxbury, 1
secured employment from the Phlla- j
delphta Waist Company by claiming
to have as his sponsor Samuel Stier- \
llpp, a Boston business man.
He was sent the sample?. It la
charged, and when his work proved
Unsatisfactory he. failed to return |
them, and sold them In Boston,
The police ate Investigating similar
thefts from other tlrms by the same
scheme of an alleged forged name as
sponsor on bonds In securing employ- j
inent, said to have occurred early In
the spring. They wish to discover It j
any further charges will he brought
against Thorner.
TO PRESERVE MILLER CABIN
FrlcadN of the I'oet Move Ilia I'lirnicr
Washington Home.
Washington, July 30.?The log cabin
of Joaquln Miller, built and lived In
for several years on Meridian Hill, near
I this city, will be moved to make way
1 for an apartment house. Old nc'ghbors
I of the poet have subscribed to put the
I cabin on a new eile In the woods near
by,
twenty pear* ajo 'dii. Miller cabin,
j which has since been visited by hun?
dreds of persons, was In a secluded
i spot on the outskirts of the city With
I the passing of ench year, the modern
I homes gradually approached the Hille
[ home of the poet, und recently the old I
shack was flanked with asphalted;
I streets.
The cabin Is well built and consists
I of an upright and wljig, five rooms ln 1
I all. All the doors were made by Mil?
ler himself, and have old-fashioned
wooden latches which the poet delight?
ed to stand and rattle as ho bade his
callers good-hy.
DISINFECTANT KILLS MAN
Muriatic Acid l ?eil In Store Has Fatal
Effect.
Toungstown. O., July 30.?One man
was killed and two were overcome by
muriatic acid fumes in the store of the
John H. Fitch Company late last night.
Clyde Messerly, twenty-eight years
old, a watchman, was killed, and those
overcome arc F. O. McBrlde, twenty
six year.-: old. shipping clerk, and John
H. Filch, president of the company.
When the store was closed late last
night it was deckled to use a solution
of muriatic acid to destroy moths. Mes
serly and McBride sprinkled the solu?
tion about the building. Mr. Fitch and
Fried G. King, secretary of the com?
pany, waited for the men. and when
they did not come entered the building
to Investigate.
In getting out the bodies Mr. Fitch
hlmstdf was overcome, and had to be
taken from the store.
GIRLS LIVED IN A CEMETERY
Gunrded for Four Years Murin! Ground
of Indian Ancestors.
^ Kansas City. July 30.?Three sisters.
Eda, Lyda and Lena Conley, who for
four years with unceasing vigilance
have guarded the burial ground of
their Indian ancestors in Huron Ceme?
tery, in the heart of the business sec?
tion of Kansas City. Kan., met defeat
through a trick to-day. when the
I'nited States marshal and two depu?
ties tore down their "fort" while they
Were in court pleading their cause
I The three sisters lived in a small
house in the cemetery. To-day for the
tirst time the place was left unguarded
when tho Conley sisters were.tempted
to go to the Wyandotte county District
Court to make a legal defense of their
home. While they were in court of?
ficers went to the burial ground and
demolished it.
WON'T HEAR BRYAN
Harmon Will Not Attend Jefferson
Club Outing;.
Toledo, O.. July 30.?William Jen?
nings Bryan will he the guest of honor
nnd principal speaker at the big an?
nual outing of the Jefferson Club a
week from to-morrow.
Governor Judson Harmon, who als?;
had been Invited to bo present and
speak, has wired that ho is extremely
sr rry. but thai he happens to have
another engagement.
Political sharps smilingly say It Is
significant that the Governor's regrets
were received directly alter announce?
ment that Mr. Bryan had accepted.
They say tho Governor Is glad to avoid
the embarrassment of meeting face to
face In his own State capital the man
who has openly declared war upon him
as a presidential candidate.
LONG SLEEP~Bl?KEN
For Post 10f? Days Young; Girl Han
Slumbered.
Vandalla. 111.. July 30.?After sleep?
ing almost continuously for 105 days.
Miss Hazel Schmidt, the eighteen-year
old girl, whose strange case has puz?
zled physicians for weeks, was awake
for five hours to-day and ate three
meals. She said she felt no 111 effects
from her slumber Attending physi?
cians say the girl's trance Is broken,
and that she will soon be herself
?gain. ^
WILL ASK MORGAN
10 JELL OWN STORY
. o.irmittee Wants Ver?
sion of T< nnessde Com?
pany 's Abs rption.
OFWUbHV LUii.
Chairman Stanley Believes Money
King Can Best Defend Him?
self Against Charges Which
Have Been Made?Sub
. poena Awaits His Return
From Europe.
New York, July ."!".?It was made
known here to-night at tiie head?
quarters of the House of Representa?
tives Committee of Inquiry into tho
United States Steel Corporation, that
the committee now is very desirous of
hearing personally from J. Plerpont
Morgan with regard to the absorption
of the Tennessee Lo.il and Iron Com?
pany by the Steel Corporation in 1!'?7.
That a subpoena will uc Issued within
a few days for Charles M. Schwab,
former president of the United States.
Steei Corporation, also was revealed.
Mr. Schwab has Just returned from
ESurope.
Since sr. many important witnesses
have defended Mr. Morgan for his part
in the negotiations which led to the
consummation of the Tennessee Cool
and iron acquirement by the Steel C >r
poratlon, the desire of Representative
Stanley, chairman, and other members
of the committee to hear Mr. Morgan
has Increased.
Lewis Cass Ledyard, attorney for
Oliver Payne, who first urged that Mr.
-Morgan he called In to effect the Ten?
nessee purchase by the Steel Trust,
strongly defended Mr. Morgan before
the committee yesterday ami denounce.)
intimations that a conspiracy existed
at that time. Mr. Ledyard also Inti?
mated In his testimony that an effort
wns being made In the Investigation to
manufacture political capital.
"The best man to defend J. Pierpont
Morgan for his part In Ihe Tennessee
Coal and Iron transaction," said Chair?
man Stanley to-day, "la Mr. Morgan
himself. We sincerely hope that Mr.
Morgan's engagements in Europe will
not deter him from a hearing before
the committee investigation is con?
cluded. Mr. Morgan's own story of
that transaction and the momentous
events at the time of that financial
panic and the effect of the steel stock
transfer in tho midst of It, are certain
to be of great value."
will lie Subpoenaed.
That the New York financier will he
subpoenaed to appear before the com?
mittee upon his return, there seems
little doubt.
Mr. Schwab will he examined par?
ticularly about steel prices and tho
Steel Corporation's power In steady?
ing the market price of steel products
throughout the country.
Chairman Stanley made a flyiner trip
to Washington last night, returning
to New York te-day. While In Wash?
ington he received reports from
agents of the committee at work there
on features of the investigation not
yet developed. He also learned therj
of the resolution introduced In the
House by Representative P.oberts, of
Nevada, urgin? that a committee of in?
quiry Into the House Investigating
committee be appointed. On this Mr.
Stanley would make no comment ex?
cept to say that the constant work he
is doing in attempting to probe the
affairs of the United States Steel Cor?
poration thoroughly. he would let
stand for Itself.
Grant F. Schley. former manager of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com?
pany syndlcnte. and a member of the
brokerage firm of Moore & Schley.
which Is declared to have been saved
from a financial crash when the Steel
Corporation took over the Tennessee
company, has been subpoenaed to ap?
pear before the committee Tuesday
morning.
HELLO. MR. PRESIDENT
Young Woman First Spies Taft on
Knltlinorr Automobile Hide.
Baltimore,. Md.. July 30.?Hello. Mr.
President," called a young woman, as
a big black touring car passed on its
way out Fulton Avenue to Druid Hill
Park shortly before 5 o'clock this af?
ternoon.
Rising from his seat, President Taft
(for it was he) took a handkerchief
from around his neck and waved It
with a smile. From that time on until
the. car left, the Southwestern section
of the city about an hour later on- its
way hack to Washington, the President
frequently asknowledged greetings
from the crowds of pedestrians along
the way.
Major Archie Butt and Private Sec
retarv Hilles were In the car with the
President, and a second car, containing
secret service, men, followed a short
distance behind. The two cars left
Washington about 3 o'clock and came
to this city by way of the Washing?
ton-Baltimore Boulevard.
On the return trip the party had to
stop at n garage near the park for a
supply of gasolene. Some one in the
crowd cried, "Speech," but the Pres?
ident shook his head, made a bow and
smiled.
ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE
Motorntmi Killed nnd Five Dangerously
Injured.
Detroit. Mich.. July 30. ? In a collis?
ion late this afternoon between two
lnterurban electric cars on the Anr
Arbor division of the Detroit United
Railways, one inotorman was killed,
five persons were dangerously Injured,
and n-.ore than s score were less seri?
ously hurt. The collision occurred
near Dearborn, about ten miles west
of the city limits. The cars, both
traveling at a high rate of speed, it Is
said, met head-on at n switch.
A number of those hurt were brought
to hospitals In Detroit. All are ex?
pected to recover The dead motor
man Is Louis Hamilton. He was ter
rlhly crushed and died soon after being
removed from the wreck of his cox,
STILL HOPE FOR PARDON 1
Friends or Stripling Will Try In Stnirf (
Hin Release.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. ]
Atlanta. Ga.. July 30.?In the next
\\f?|< ,,r so lawyers for Edgar Strip?
ling wir. make another appeal for ex?
ecutive leniency for their client, who
Is now serving his life sentence in the
Georgia penitentiary for the murder
of vi', J. Cornett; fifteen years ago, a
few months before he made his escape
from prison and went to Danville. Va?
where he became Chief of Police.
Ii is the belief of his lawyers that
Governor Smith will be more Inclined
to look with favor on the petition than
was his predecessor. Governor Brown,
who turned it down after the prison
commission had passed favorably upon
the application The fact that the
prison commission had seen fit to re
commend a pardon on account of Strip?
lings good record as a citizen since
his escape, will play, they believe, a
strong part In any action that Gov
ernor Smith may take.
Mrs. Howard Durham. sister of
Stripling, and the woman on whoso
account the killing is claimed to have,
been committed, was In the city last
week, and made two attempts to sec
Governor Smith. Her trouble In get?
ting an audience grew out of the fact
that the Legislature Is in session, and
Governor Smith la very busily occu?
pied with niatters of State.
The Legislature will adjourn In
about two weeks, however, and Gov?
ernor Smith will be at liberty for tho
other duties of his office, since he has
decided not to go to Washington until
December.
It is understood that Mis. Durham
has been given an engagement, and
will return to Atlanta this week to see
Governor Smith about the matter.
Stripling's health lias been very poor,
and this will be another one of the
reasons urged for his liberation. The
application will be bitterly fought, as
was the case at the first hearing.
CITIZENS DECLARE STRIKE
Indignant Over "Liquid Mud" Which
Flows From HxlrantN.
Baltimore. Md., July l.u.?All Balti?
more is on a strike. The whole city
has declared [Kisltively that It will not
drink the water that Is being fur?
nished from the city's reservoirs, and
neither will it use. this water for cook?
ing or bathing.
For nearly a weoK now. as the sup?
ply of clear water In the several ser?
vice reservoirs got lower, the Water
Department has been forced to turn
Into the city's mains more and more of
the mudy water, which Is all that Is
I held In the great storage reservoirs
I out on the watersheds. The result is
I that to-day fron, every hydrant In the
city the only thing coming out Is liquid
! mud.
To take the place of this muddy
; water Baltlmorcans are sending or
! going themselves to springs In the
parks or on the outskirts of tho city |
I for water. This spring water In hot
tied up and brought Into the city and
I used sparingly for drinking purposes.
Water from nearby country towns and
? from the mountains is being hauled
through .be strecta, and vast quanti?
ties of it arc sold. The normal water
' consumption of the city has been cut
In halt since tho llow of muddy water
began, and Is expected to go down still
further. Men and women refuse to
bathe. In the liquid being furnished
them, declaring that It has no cleans?
ing properties.
A long continued series of almost
dally thunder storms, some amounting
to cloudbursts, along the city's water
i shed, washed down the mud into the
big storage reservoirs and prevented
the water there from clearing up.
FINDS HIS WIFE DEAD
lluaband ninths Into Home and Dis?
covers Sulfide.
Buffalo. N. V. July 30.?When Nich?
ols Christo, twenty-five years old, who
1 lives on Rush Creek, returned home
this morning he found the doors locked
and the windows fastened. Securing
a ladder, he entered by one of the up?
per windows, and found the dead body
of his seventeen-year-old wife stretched
across the bed. Be?lde her lay his
I revolver, and there were blood stains
' on her breast.
It Is said the young wife, married
I only one year, shot herself to end do?
mestic troubles, over which she had
been broodit.^ for some time.
When Christo fully realized the
j tragedy, he took up thp revolver and
I was about to turn it upon himself
, when neighbors he had called when
[ his fears Of trouble were first aroused
I overpowered him and took the weapon
i away.
The weapon was purchased recently
j for Mrs Christo, because she feared
: to be alone without moans of defend?
ing herself. Christo admitted to the
i police that he left homo yesterday
j morning in a fit of anger.
BLAZE IN BROCKTON
Fifty People Overcome and Much Prop?
erty Lost.
j Brockton. Mass.. July 30.?Five build?
ings wer,, destroyed, fifty firemen over?
come, and a property damage estl
' mated at $250,000 caused by a'general
: alarm fire, which threatened to wipe
. out the entire business section of this
city early this mornlns
The 'Ire started In the Pawtucket
block, in West Elm and Main Streets,
and lumped to the New Martin block.
Iliree small houses In the re,; of
? these two buildings were destroyed.
! Aid was called from Boston. Qulncy,
j Avon and Stoughton. The firemen .who
'were overcome were treated at the
' V. M. C A. building directly opnoslte
the fire.
ORDERED UNDER QUARANTINE
Whalers Will He Held for Inspection
Acnlnst Cholera.
New Bedford. Mass., July 30.?Pear
Ling cholera, the board of health Issued
an order to-day that all whaling ves?
sels entering this port shall he ile
t Uned at quarantine until after a thor?
ough medical Inspection had been
made-.
This step was taken at the sugges?
tion of Dr Samuel H Durgin. of the
Boston hoard of health.
Hitherto It has been custoinarv to
detain only those vessels coming from
foreign ports. Every summer many
i New Bedford whalers cruise around
the Katteras grounds.
TRAIN KILLS EMPLOYE
Struck on TtaUway Crossing While
Going; tn His Home.
Wilmington. Del.. July 30.?Joseph
Weldln. aged fifty, an employe of the
Baltimore and: Or.lo Ballroad. wi>
struck and fatallv Injured by a train
on that road at the Loverlng Avenue
crossing while on his way home at
11:20 o'clock last night.
Ho was alive when picked up, and
; was sent to a hospital, hut died in the
j ambulance on the way. Henry Me
Monlgal. a companion, witnessed the
I tragedy. Weldln was married and
lexVea a family;
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Is?
sues Address to Car
nadian People.
OPPOSITION IS
ROUNDLY SCORED
Premier Declares That Conserva?
tives Are Seeking to Reverse
Lifelong Policy of Their
Greatest Leaders of the
Past, and Lauds Pro?
posed Agreement.
? Ottawa, July 30.?The opening gut.
in the campaign which will determine
the fate of the reciprocity pact be?
tween tho United States and Canada,
was lired to-duy by the Liberal
leader, .-Sir WUlrld Laurier. It was
in the form of an open address to the
Canadian people, and in It is set forth
very clearly the issuys involved In the
present campaign.
The question at issue Is not a new
one, Sir Wilfrid asserts, reciprocal
relations with the United States hav?
ing been sought by both parties for
over half a century. The present
Conservative party, he declared, is
seeking to reverse the lifelong policy
of its leaders of the past. The enact?
ment of the agreement, the Premier
predicts, would further Improve tho
friendly relations existing between
Great Britain. Canada and the United
States, and would be an important
factor In bringing about a general
, treaty of arbitration.
Treaty Long Sought,
I Sir Wilfrid then referred to the re
! clproclty agreement of 1S.">4 between
Canada and the United States which
terminated In 1866.
"Ever since the termination of that
treaty," said he. "iill public men of
any prominence in Canada, whatever
their differences on other questions,
have been unanimous In the attempt
again to secure the free exchange of
natural products. Nor is this to ue
wondered at. seeing: that In the In?
dustries of agriculture, fisheries, lum?
bering and mining. Canada possesses
advantages not enjoyed by any other
country on earth, and that upon tho
markets secured for the products of
these Industries depends the growth "t
our manufacturing and commercial
interests and the prosperity of all
classes In the Dominion."
Sir Wilfrid, ufter reviewing the ne?
gotiations which culminated recently
in the agreement for a freer exchange
Of commodities between Canada and
the United States, said:
"This agreement was strenuously re?
sisted in the United States Hy various
interests on the alleged ground that
11 was nil to the advantage of Canada
ar\d to the detriment of the othor
e'i untry, but thi? view that it was
mutual!) advantageous to both coun?
tries linally prevailed In Congress, anl
the agreement stands to-day as an
offer by the United States to Canada
of that very measure of reciprocity
which for more than forty years has
engaged the earnest and constant ef?
forts of every leading Canadian states,
man.
"The present Conservative party In
Parliament seeks absolutely to reverso
the lifelong policy of Its great load?
ers of the past, declaring that it will
oppose to tho bitter end the. very
principles enunciated by both Sir John
A Macdonald and Sir John Thompson
In the last election addresses upon
which each of these statesmen ever
appealed to the Canadian people."
A Clumsy Attempt.
The speaker then referred to th*
attempted obstructive tactics of tho
Conservatives In the House of Com?
mons to prevent any vote being taken
in Parliament upon the agreement, and
said:
??Such pretenses are simply a clumsy
attempt to give some color to un?
warranted nnd undignified obstruction.
To overcome that obstruction, after a
session which has already lasted eight
months, would not only mean the con?
tinuation of an unseemly spe.ctaclo
presented by the opposition in th.?
House of Commons since the resump?
tion of its sittings on the IRth Instant,
but would also mean weeks and
months of wasted time and perhaps
In the end. the loss for this season to
the Canadian producer of the freo
American tnnrket.
"In this condition of things, it ha*
seemed more In accordance with th*
? dignity of parliament, with the tradi?
tions of those British institutions which
all true Canadians value so highlv. and
which the present opposition degrades
with such a light heart; with the best
Interest of the country as a whole, to
submit the Issue to the people them?
selves, so that the people may Judgo
between the government and the oppo?
sition and declare whether they have)
changed their mind or whether they
still are In fHvor of reciprocity In
natural products and whether they
will or will not have the American
market for the promising crop soon to
he garnered In Canada.
"This agreement, bv opening new
avenues of trade hitherto closed, would,
further improve the friendly relation*
j which now so happily exist between
this country and the mother country
on the one hand and the American re?
public on the other, and which it la
hoped may at no distant day eventuate
into a general treaty of arbitration,
the effect Of Which would be to remove
forever all possibilities of war be?
tween the great empire of which w*
are proud to form a part nr.d the great
nation which we are proud to have as
a neighbor."
The address declares there is no war?
rant for the claim that reciprocity
will lead to annexation and states that
Canada will conttnue the policy of
British preference.
Government "In Panic."
R. L Borden, opposition leader, In.
a statement Issued to-night, declare*
that th" government apparently "de?
cided upon the dissolution of Parlia?
ment In a hurry or even In-a panic, a*
tbev gave no intimation to the many
memhors who are accustomed to spend
the week-end with their families, and.