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ZJfS DI*PATCU FOUNDED ISSa
THE T1?E8 FOUNDED ISO.
WHOLE NUMBER 18,807.
RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, NOVE-vrBER 18, 1911.
THE WEATHER TO-DAY-K.I.. PRICE TWO CENTS,
Their Pay Stopped, Even
When No Substitutes
Are Employed.
SHARP WRANGLE
WITH CHANDLER
Women Who Seek Higher Sal?
aries Reveal Many Facts Bear?
ing on Public School System.
Driven to Distraction by
Complicated Certifi?
cate Scheme.
Several -harp tilts between Superin?
tendent of Schools J. A. C. Chandler,
teachers in the public schools und mem?
bers of the committee marked a hear?
ing oh the petit ion of the women teach?
ers In the elementary white schools of
the city for an Increase in pay before]
a Subcommittee on Ordinance, Chartei i
find Reform last night. Dr. Chandler
look exception to a question by Mr.'
lllrsohberg. of tho commit lee, in regard
to dating back certificates, which tho
superintendent not only vehemently
denied, but asserted w?s u reflection
on his Integrity. Mr. Illrs'chberg said
that he referred to the certificate of
Miss DlckerSon, who whs present, bttt
Who did not have the paper with her,
and Dr. Chandler made an extended!
statement of the manner In which Cer?
tificates are issued and countersigned,
till of which was xutlsfaclut y to Ihe
committee.
State Laws Complicated.
Although the matter of salary In?
crease was the only problem before the
committee, the discussion took on a
wide Hinge, the various grades of cer
tlflc tics and the involved and compli?
cated .State lawn on the subject of
Schools coming In for condemnation
Captain Carl ton McCarthy, who was
pri sent, stated that no one understood
the certificate system, which was driv?
ing teachers almost to distraction by
its complications. He described the
State schob] laws as a "iimii"?a mass
of confusion, which no one really un?
derstood, and asserted that the teach?
ers were being hectored ami annoyed
by all manner of petty and tyrannical
restrictions and senseless requirements.
It developed after the spat between
Mr. lilrsuhbcrg an.j i>r. Chandler that
M?s Dlckerson's < ? rtiflcatc was? of the
live-year type expiring in 1*12, and its
limit was in nowise affected by the
countersigning of the superintendent.
Jt also developed that she was not a
member of the association seeking the.
Increase in p*u>".
Atleth? r complaint of. the ieacliAro
was that several of tln-m now teaching!
on tin- live-year certificates, properly!
Indorsed by the superintendent, have
since secured through supplemental '
summer study life certificates, which!
l?r. Chandler has up to this tltm* re?
fused to Indorse. Miss McCarthy
showed a lift- certificate she had held
nearly three years, not yet signed by
tho superintendent. Dr. chandler ex?
plained that she was already down
on the records as torching under a
five-year certificate, which hud not yet
expired. I
t'n.t Stopped W'li?*! ?.4Nm?uv. ,
In stating the grounds for asking :
an increase the teachers also called
attention to the fact that they ,-irc re?
quired to pay for substitutes whenever |
absent from Illness or any other cause. '
Teachers rose all over 'he room tb
tell of Instances where they had been
ill or absent for a f< w day.-, when no
substitute had been employed?when
other teachers had done their work?
and yet when the pay of the substi?
tute was deducted from their weekly j
vage. it was ulso argued as ground !
for an Increase that teachers were re- i
quired to take courses at summer nor- ]
mal schools. Dr. Chandler stated that j
tho teachers were misinformed?that ]
they were not required to attend the .
summer normals, but were given the ;
alternative of attending them Instead
?of standing certain prescribed Stale
examinations.
Mr. Corley, of the School Board, ad?
vocated an Increase of pay for all the
teachers, but said that Instead of mak?
ing It on the basis tho teachers pro?
posed be would prefer to have It on
an annual basis?the teachers to be
paid for tho full nine months with a
specified summer vacation. Mr. Kbel I
agreed that there should be a general
Increase. Chairman Pollock ruled that
the only matter before the subcom?
mittee was the petition of the women
touchers In elementary white schools.
Muy Cut Oft Some nir.b Salaries.
It was brought out through ques?
tions addressed to Dr. Chandler that
Director of Music Mercer is paid $1,100
a year, giving a half-hour a day two
tlnys in tho week at the- while High
School and similar time at the colored
High School. Three women assistants
conduct the music work In the elc
mentary schools. A supervisory wo?
man teacher for the primary and kin?
dergarten grades Is paid $2,uOo a year
.?more thnti most of the principals I
receive. Dr. Chandler asserted that !
this supervisor had come here from 1
Rochester, where she received $2.500.
A demonstrator of penmanship at
$2.000 a year and several other super?
visory ofilcors, a man and a woman
to touch Swedish dances and physical
exercise, at $1.100 a year each, and
Instructors In millinery, manual train- |
|ng and neveral other courses are em- i
ployed. The committee asked Dr.
Chandler to furnish It a list of all
such supervisory teachers with their |
salaries, in the hope that by cutting
off such positions the amount to be
expended In increasing pay of regu?
lar teachers would not be so large.
Teachers spoke up from all parts of
the chamber to say that some of these.
supervisory officers had not been In
their grudes for a year or more, or,
if there, ut all, for from five to ten
minutes.
In the class of women teachers In
the elementary grades there aro 2S8
teachers at present, of whom 137. who
have taught live years or over, receive
1686 and now seek $?'00. Fourteen re?
ceive $r,40, having taught less than
five years, and ask $810. Twenty have
taught four veors ut $195; nine throe
years at $150; nine two years at $406,
and thero are twenty-five first-year
teachers nt $300, who now ni.k $610.
Tho total Increase in the payroll
nsited by these 228 out of the 453
teachers employed hy tho city is $5C,
620. With the first-year teachers
graded up and allowances made for
professional certificates after tho sixth
year, the annual cost of tho incro.'iso
asked will ho $61.000.
The subcommittee will meet again
this afternoon at 3 o'clock to go fur?
ther Into the matter.
UP TO CORPORATIONS NOW
Harvester Company's Neil Move In Dis?
solution Proceedings.
Washington. November 17.?Negotia?
tion! between tho International Har?
vester Company ami the Department
of Justice, looking to the voluntary
dissolution of the "trust," have been
temporarily suspended, pending action
by officials of tho so-called trust upon
the department's objections to the plan
of dissolution submitted by the repre?
sentatives of the company. Tho next
move, therefore, rests with that cor?
poration.
13. A. Duncroft and John I'. Wilson,
counsel for the company, after having
laid before Attorney-General Wicker
sham and Assistant to the Attorney-1
General Fowler a method of disinte?
gration to which the corporation was
willing to submit, have gone, to Chi?
cago fully informed as to the condi?
tions which the government will In?
sist upon as the basis of ? decree to
make tin: Harvester Company square
with the untltrust law.
No conclusion in the mutter, n wasj
learned to-day, had been reached. Tho
conferences of the punt few days have
resulted In u complete understanding!
by the government and the corpora
lion as to the position and conten?
tions of each, but It cannot be prophe?
sied at this time whether the pego- 1
tlatlons will succeed or full.
EXPRESS CAR LOOTED
Messenger In Killed by Robbers, Who
Slake Their Escape.
Scranton, Pa., November 17. ? Be?
tween >>::;?', and 8:30 o'clock to-night |
Express Messenger Irving <!. Burger,
of till i city, was killed anil the safe:
in bis <ar looted as it sped between
Taylor and tills city, on the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western Hallroad.
The train left Northumberland at 5
o'clock. It marie Its regular stop at
Taylor, just to the south of the Scran
ton city line at S:2U. Harger was seen !
by train hands ut work in the car
during the minute that the train was
stopped at Taylor, When the train
arrived at the Seranton station ul
8:30, four minutes later. Harger was
lying dead in a pool of blood on the
door of the ear. with his head battered
In. Doctors later found a bullet In hi-,
brain. It < utered at the base of the skull.
His revolver, usually worn In a hol?
ster at his Ide. was found In the cx
pre.SS safe, and the safe was looted,
and It !s said that betwen $1,600 and
18.000 I? missing.
The robber, or ltobbers, it is supposed
cot Into the car ai Taylor, committing |
th) deed, and dropped off the train ?:
It slowed up on entering the Scran ton
yards.
Barger was forty-five years old and
lived in South Seranton.
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE
England 'a Strengthening it- Forts In
Jaaaalca,
Kingston. Jamaica, November 17.?
!'.?? LUSC of the decision of tho United
States government to fortify the Pan?
ama Canal, the defenses on the Island
Of Jamah a are being Improved. The I
forts commanding the outer channels
to Tort Royal and Kingston will be I
remodeled und more guns placed In i
them, and when this work la com?
pleted the islar.it will be one of the |
most strongly fortlfi?d of the British,
possessions.
General Sir Ian Hamilton, Inspector
general of the overseas forces of Great
Britain. In April last made an exten?
sive Inspection of the fortifications and
garrison of J.amuica, A dlapatch from
Kingston In .September said the British.
War Office waa arranging to send to
the Island 1.000 European artillerymen
and Infantrymen to strengthen the lo- I
cal forces in view of the Increased
Importance which would come to the
stnlion with the opening of the Fan- I
uma Canal.
SEA TAKES HEAVY TOLL
Gales Senil Daten or More Sailing
t raft to Destruction.
Boston, November 17.?The high
gales of the last forty-eighth hours
have caused the destruction or serious
injury of a dozen or more sailing craft,
wh'lc at least a score of seamen have
perished.
The worst disaster was that which
befell tho Norwegian full-rigged ship
Antigua, of Christiana. ut Martin
River, at the mouth of the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. A violent gale drove, the
big vessel on the rocks last night, and
of the crew of eighteen men. tlfteen
perished In the terrific seas. Tho sur?
vivors were picked up suffering from
cold and exposure to-day. The Antigua
is a totnl wreck.
Another wreck was the schooner
Charles H. Wilson, St. Johnson, for
Bath Bay, KahtUCkot. Captain Calley ;
und his crew of five men clung to the '
rigging fnr nearly six hours, and final?
ly were rescued by llfesavers.
FIERCE FEUD IN DETROIT
Itallnn Cnnsrn Enirngcd in Ficht of
Ex termination.
Detroit. Mich.. November 17.?Hid?
den under a cloak of bland smilC3 and
nonchalant shoulder shrugs, is a dead?
ly battle raging in Detroit's Italian
district, say the police. Without tan?
gible clues, the officers point out as
evidence of a fierce feud the fact that
every week they lind the. body of an
Italian stretched tiDon the streets or Ree
a building wrecked with dynamite.
The police believe the five Italian
murders, the many explosions, both
successful and unsuccessful, and the
great number of bloody fights have
some mysterious connection. One
theory is" that two rival "gangs" have
become bitterly opposed to eacht other,
probable over some misunderstanding
connected with campaigns of extortion
or robbery.
EXTENSION IS GRANTED
Powder Trust Gels More Time In Which
to Dissolve. I
Wilmington. Del., November 17.?
Judge Gray, In the United States Cir?
cuit Court here to-day, extended until
December 15 the tlmo for completing
suggestions as to the form of the
final decree to bo entered In tho gov?
ernment's suit for dissolution of the
so-called powder trust. The extension
was made nt the request of counsel for
the defense,
The decree will be based on the de?
cision of the Circuit Court handed
down last June, in which the court de?
cided that the alleged powder com?
bination must bo dissolved, and grant?
ing time for suggestions ns to how
the dissolution shall be brought about.
DISMISSAL IS EXPECTED
Actions Against Standard OH Not Like?
ly to He Prosecuted.
Ktndlay, O., November 17.?Since the;
Circuit Court dismissed all the suits
that had been Instituted against the
Standard OH Company and Its sub?
sidiaries at Lima, it is declared hero
that the samo action will be taken
In the cases pending here when court
convenes December i. It Is contended
that all the points covered In. tho
Lima cases nre applicable here.
ROOSEVELT NOT
ITS DISCOVERER
Cure for ' 'Big Business''
Ills Found First by
Taft.
AGAIN WILL URGE
IT ON CONGRESS
Scheme Which Has Caught Col?
onel's Fancy Was Advocated
by President Nearly Two
Years Ago, and Will Be In?
corporated in Coming
Annual Message.
Washington, D. C, November 1".?
President Taft nearly two yeu.ru ago.
that la to say. January T. 1910, Called
the attention of Congress to the situ?
ation of '"big business," which Colonel
Uoosevolt exploits In his latest mani?
festo, and proposed a remedy for It.
Colonel Roosevelt in his artlClQ says
that a policy "constructlvc and not de?
structive" shoul,i mark the regulation
of great business combinations.
The record shows that President
Taft was just about two years ahead
of him In recommending such a pro?
gram. CutII such a policy Is enacted
Into law, President Tuft and his ad?
ministration are, of course, compelled
to act upon the law as It stands.
"The object of the antitrust law,"
said President Taft In his message to
Congress, "was to suppress tho abuses
of business of the kind described
(monopolies in clear restraint "r
trade?. It was not to interfere with
.1 ?:-r.t volume of capital, which, con?
centrated under one organization, re?
duced the cost of production and made
Its prolits thereby, and took no ad?
vantage of lta size by methods akin
to duress to stifle competition with it.
lymphatic lu Distinction.
?'I wish to make this distinction as
emphatic us possible, because 1 con
. ? lye that nothing could happen more
destructive to tho prosperity of this
country than tho loss of that great
economy In production which has been
and will be effected In all manufactur?
ing lines by the employment of large
capital under one management.
"1 do not mean to say that there is
not a limit beyond which the economy
of management by the enlargement of
plant ceases, Sind where this happens,
anil combination contlnuee beyond this
point, the very fact shows rntent to
monopolise nnd not to economize.
"it Is possible for the owners of a
business of manufacturing und selling
usefti] urtlcles of merchandise so to
i on luct their business as not to violate
the inhibitions of the antitrust law, und
yet to secure to themselves the benetU
of the economies of management and
of production dun to the concentration
undtr one control of large capitofl and
many plants.
Mow to Avoid Laulei?nt?,
"If th-y use no other Inducement than
the constant low price of the!r products
and Its good quality to attract custom,
and their business is a profltablo one.
they violate is law.* ? ? But If they
attempt, by a use of their preponderat?
ing capital and by a tale of their goods
temporarily at unduly low prices, to
drive out of business their competitors,
or if they attempt, by exclusive con?
tracts with their patrons and threats of
non-dealing except upon such contract.-,
or by other methods of a .-tlmllar char?
acter to use the 1-irgcness of their re?
sources and the extent of their output,
compared with the total output, as a
means of compelling custom and fright?
ening off competition, then they disclose
a purpose to restrain trade nnd to es?
tablish a monopoly and violate the act.-'
It was such a method of doing bus?
iness that the L'nlted States Supreme
Court reprehended in the cases of the
tobacco trust and tho Standard Oil
Company and ordered discontinued. The
government claims that in a degree the
steel trust is guilty of some ot the
same practices.
President Tuff? Pinn.
President Tnft's proposed plan by
which great business could be carried
on, availing itself of modern methods
and still not be inimical to the pub?
lic Interest, was the enactment of
a Federal incorporation law.
"I, therefore, recommended," ho said,
"the enactment by Congress of a gen?
eral law providing for the formation
of corporations to engage In traJe ]
and comerce among the State and with
foreign nations, protecting them
from undue Interference by tho
States and regulating their activities
so as to prevent the recurrence, under
national auspices, of those ubusot
which have arisen under State control.
Such a law should provide for tho !
Issue of stock of such corporations to
an amount equal only to the cash paid
In on the stock; nnd If the stock be
issued for property, then at a fair
valuation, ascertained under approval I
and supervision of Federal authority, i
after a full and complete disclosure of
all the facts pertaining to the value i
of such property and tho Interest
therein of the persons to whom It Is
proposed to Issue stock In payment
of such property.
"It should subject the men and per?
sonal property only of such corpora?
tions to the same taxation as is Im?
posed by the State? within which it
may bo situated upon other similar
property located therein, and It should
require such corporations to lllo . full
nnd complete reports of their opera?
tions with the Department of Com?
merce and Labor at rogular intervals.
"Corporations organized under this
act should bo prohibited from acquir?
ing and holding stock In other corpo?
rations except for special reasons upon
approval by tho proper Federal au?
thority, thus avoiding the oreatlon,
under national auspices, of the holding
company with subordinate corporations
in different States, which has been
such an effective agency in tho crea
(Continned on Second Page.)
ORGANIZATION FORMED
It Will Try to Secure lletter Dlstrlbu
llou of Iinmlgrotlon.
Washington, November ! T.?Tlio con?
ference of Federal und State Immigra?
tion officials. In session here for ttie I
purpose of solving the problem of dis?
tributing unemployed labor to the lo?
calities where It Is needed, became a
permanent organisation to-day. [twill
be known as the ??National Conferehi o
ot Immigration, I*md and Labor offi?
cials "
The conference adopted several res?
olutions recommending measures in-1
tended to Induce immigrants to leave
the congested centres for the agricul?
tural and other industrial districts. In
creased appropriations by Congress for
the bureau of Information of the Unit?
ed States Immigration Service and the
creation at the expense of the States
of State bureaus of immigration and
Information, with representatives ;U
ports of entry, were favored.
It was iilno recommended that the
States establish free employment bu?
reaus and enact laws safeguarding
laborers in search of employment.
The following officers were elected:
Honorary President, T. V. Powderly.
Department of Commerce and Labor;
President, .lohn It. Cummins, Indus?
trial Commission of Wisconsin; Vlce
Presldcnt. A P. Snndlee, state Board
of Agriculture. Columbus. (?; Treas?
urer. Charles F. Gettemy. Bureau of
Statistics, Boston: Secretary. Miss
Frances A. Keller, Bureau of Industries
and Immigration. New York.
These officers, with the following,
were elected an executive committee:
Justin F. Denchaud, Louisiana State
Hoard of Agriculture and Immigration.
New Orleans; J. B. Haynas, Special
Commissioner from Nebraska, Omaha:
Robert Newton Lynch, vice-president
California Development Board, San
Francisco: Raymond A. Pearson. Com?
mission of Agriculture, Albane, N. y.
PACKERS ARE JUBILANT
They Believe Court Will Crr.nt Their
Writ of Hullens ( orpun.
Chicago, November 17.? Indicte<] Chi?
cago meat packers, who are seeking a
ruling from the United States .Supreme
""'?lit on the validity of the Sherman
antitrust art, expresses! themselves as
much encouraged late to-day, when
United States Circuit Judge C. C
Kohlsaat said that lie saw little to
question of the effectiveness of the
custody of the defendants under the
habeas corpus proceedings now before
the court.
The government contended that the
packers were not legally surrendered
to Judge Kohlsaats court under the
writ, and that the city court, there?
fore, did not have jurisdiction.
Although Judge Kohlsaat announced
that he would not hand down his de?
cision on the government's action to
quash tlie habeas corpus writ until
to-morrow, some of those interested
In the defense hailed the court's re?
mark on the point of custody was ai
forerunner of victory for the packers .
In the habeas corpus case-s.
Comment regarding the point of cus- j
tody whs made by the court while
I'nlted States District Attorney James !
II. Wilkerson was concluding his ar- I
guments ngnlnst the packers' writ.
"I don't think there is much ques?
tion about whether these parties wore;
In custody that would Justify the lssu
ance of the writ." sal<i Judge Kohl- j
sunt.
The remark challenged Instant at?
tention from lawyers, defendants and
spectators In the courtroom.
Counsel for both sides finished their
arguments on the governments motion
to quash, and the judge nFke<i for a
list of the citations advanced In the
last two days. The court then an?
nounced that his decision would be
ready to-morrow morning.
PRESS BEGINS CAMPAIGN
Says American Is Overriding Authority
of tJoverument of Persia. j
St. Petersburg. November 17,?An. In?
spired pi ess has oegun a bitter cam?
paign against W. Morgan Shuster, the
American who is supervising the
finances for the Persian government.
He Is accused of overriding the au?
thority of the government at Tehe?
ran and of Intriguing against Rus?
tle.
The seml-offieal Novoe Vremya pos?
sibly foreshadows the intention of the
Russian government when it saya that
Russia, after her troops have entered
Persia, must not be satlsllcd with an
apology to the Russian vice-consul at
Teheran, M. Petreoff. but must de?
mand the expulsion from Persia of Mr.
Shuster. The Novoe Vremya declares
that "the expedition Is directed prin?
cipally against the American adventur?
er, Shuster."
It was officially announced yesterday
that as the Persian government had
made no reply to the Russian ultima?
tum of November 11, troops had been
dispatched to Persia and for the pres
ent would be concentrated at Kasbiu.
100 miles northwest of the capital.
REFUSED TO PAY INSURANCE
Locomotive Engineer* Sny Qulnn'n
Widow Caused Ills Death.
Chicago, November 17.?The Brother?
hood of Locomotive Engineers will re
fuso to pay un insurance policy of
$1,500 on the life of John Qulnn, whose
widow Is in the county Jail charged
with responsibility for his death.
Officials of the organization Inform?
ed Lieutenant James Mooney, of Ken?
sington Police Station, yo?terday that
this action had been taken because
of a clause In the by-lnie*s of the or?
ganization which states that the money
will not be paid In cases where the
beneficiary is supposed to be responsi?
ble for the death.
Two former boarders of the Qulnit
household, who are now In Chatta?
nooga, Tenn.. were visited by Detec?
tive James Cafferty. It was stated
they will bo compelled to return to
Chicago to testify before tho grund
Jury.
ROOSEVELT VS. TAFT
Mack Says It Is Neck and Neck for
Nomination.
Detroit. Mich.. November 17.?Nor?
man E. Mack, of Buffalo, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
said in an interview here to-day:
"Roosevelt Is now an avowed can?
didate for the Republican nomination
for President. It will ho a neck-nnd
neck race between him and Taft in
the convention."
Uncle Sam to Farm
in Virginia
An Illustrated article in the In?
dustrial Section of The Tlmes-Dls
patch to-morrow, will give the his?
tory of (he movement on fool for
the United States government,
through experts, to operate a large
demonstration farm in Virginia.
That farm will be' a big thing for
the agricultural Interests of the
.State. Read the interesting story
In to-inorrow'a Industrial Section.
GENERAL ATTACK
ON COURT'S DECREE
Attorney-General Wick-j
ersham Also Comes I
In for Censure. i
HIS ACTIVITIES ;
ARE CRITICISED:
Pomercnc Declares It Is Repre?
hensible for Head of Ij-.mc-*
Department to Refuse to Pros?
ecute Criminal Provisions
of Antitrust Law?To?
bacco Case Discussed.
Washington. D, C, November I".?A1
sen oral attack upon the decree of tho
Circuit Court of Now York In the dis?
solution of the American Tobacco
Company, and a specific comparison o?
tho activities of Attorney-General ;i
Wlekersham and former Attorney
General .1 orison Harmon In enforcing
the Sherman antitrust law ..gainst
great combinations, enlivened to-day'a
hearing of the Senate Committee on
Interstate Commerce, which is Inves?
tigating the trust problem with u view
to new legislation.
Senator Pomorene, of Ohio, In vigor?
ous questions directed toward II. 13.
Martin, a witness before the commit?
tee, asked if he knew of "any Justi?
fication for the head of a department
of tho government to take the posi?
tion that he will not enforce tho crim?
inal provisions of the Shermau anti?
trust law.
Attack* WIcKcrabam.
"There appears to be little effort in
the Department of Justice to enforco
the criminal provisions of the law,"
said Senator l'omerene. "Do you
know of any statute or other authority
which Justifies an Attorney-General In
taking the position that ho may en?
force the statute In the civil courts,
but decline to enforce its criminal pro?
visions'.' I regard the courso of tho
department In its failure to enforco
these provisions as most reprehensi?
ble."
Senator Oliver was the only member
of the commlttco who replied to the
attack on the Attorney-General. Also
addressing the witness, he wanted to
know what tho latter thought of the
"comparative reprchensiblllty" of an
Attorney-General "who actively and
successfully enforced a law like this,
who resurrects It and makes it effec?
tive and proceeds at least toward suc?
cessful civil prosecutions as compar?
ed with one of his predecessors who
did not and who practically declared
the law a dead letter."
"I refer to former Attorney-General
Judson Harmon, of Ohio," sold Sen?
ator Oliver, looking across tho tabla
to Senator Pomorene.
The committee showed signs of an
incipient outbreak. Senator Pomerone
declared that It was not Mr. Harmon. |
but his predecessor, Richard Olncy,
who had raid in substance that the i
law was i dead letter. Mr. Harmon,
he said, took up and pushed to a do
vision in the Supreme Court tho trans
Missouri rate caties, and made every
effort to revivify the Sherman law.
Other members of tho commlttco re?
frained from taking part in the dis?
cussion, and It was quickly dropped.
Full* to it.-More Competition.
The dissolution decree In the Ameri?
can Tobacco Company case, dividing
the trust Into four separate organiza?
tions, was characterized several times
during the hearings as a construction
of the Sherman law that failed to re?
store competition or meet tho spirit
of trust control. Senator Cummins
said ho did not believe that actual
competition could be enforced under
the present Sherman law.
"There are clearly two movements
under way for changes In the Sher?
man law." said Mr. Cumrntns; "the
first a mitigation of the provisions of
the law; the other toward amendments
and supplementary acts that will make
It a more efflctent Instrument for the 1
preservation of competition." . He cx- j
pressed his sympathy with the lntter. |
The effect of a law prohibiting dl- i
rectors of steel nnd coal companies i
from sitting In the directorates of rail- |
roads was briefly discussed during the
hearing. Senator Townsend. of Mich- ,
tgan, declared he favored such an net. J
but he believed tho one offered to tho j
committee would permit of tho samo
end being accomplished through
dummy directors.
Ilonkn Will Close December I.
New York, November 17.?The direc?
tors of the American Tobacco Com?
pany to-day adopted resolutions pro?
viding for the closing of tho transfer
books for both the preferred and com?
mon stockholders Decembor 1. & spe?
cial meeting of the stockholders wan
called for December 2fi to uct upon an
amendment to the charter to give the.
preferred stockholders the right to
vote as provided for In the disintegra?
tion plan.
Tho transfer books f-T the preferrod
stock aro to remain closed until Jan?
uary 3 for the payment of the regular
quarterly dividend January 2. The
common stock books will remain
closed from December 1 until March
H for the purpose of the regular an?
nual meeting of the stockholders on
March 13, as well as for tho special
meeting on December 2fi. Under the
decree of the Circuit Court tho com?
pany is given until February 2S to
carry out the provisions of tho dis?
integration plan, and consequently It
has been thought best to keep the
common stock books closed until af?
ter tho ?annual meeting of tho stock?
holders.
CROWN PRINCE'S SENTENCE
Reported That lie Mast Undergo a
Month's Detention.
London. November 17.?A special dis?
patch from lierlln says that Crown
Prince Frederick William has been
ordered to undergo a month's deten?
tion for his recont public display of
opposition to the government's settle?
ment of the Kranco-German contro?
versy over Morocco.
There Is no direct confirmation of
this report thus fur.
HIS TEMPER UNGOVERNABLE
w ttncaaea Tell ul Peculiar Action,, uf
Allotted Murderer.
Springfield Mass., November IT.?
Relatives ami persons who had worked
with him were the principal witnesses
called to-day in behalf of Bertram
G. Spencer, charged with the murder
? >. Miau .Martha \>. Ulaekstoiic. They
related many stories of Spencer's
? eemlngly ungovernable temper and
threats he had made to harm persons.
It had been expected that the prison?
er's father would appear on the stand,
but he was not culled.
One of the exhibitions of temper
was described by Horace M. Clement,
who worked with Spencer at ;?- local
store. He said that one day when ho
tailed Spencer':: attention to a nils
Iukc ho had made. Spencer reached
lor a hatchet, but did hot pick it up.
Spencer then wont into the laiRc re.
frigorator n the store and remained
for boiiu: time. H. L. Handy. Jr., cor?
roborated the st?.ry. He added that
he had followed Spencer Into the re?
frigerator and found lilm in a corner,
crying and sobbing.
Spencer once drew a revolver and
threatened to shoot Robert E. Miles, of
Florence, so Miles testified. The
trouble aroae when they were work?
ing on a. railroad, and Spencer tried
to occupy Miies's seat as a fireman
in a locomotive cab. The engineer
quieted Spencer.
The defendant's conduct in Jail was
described by William M. Carl, of
Holyokc, who said he guarded Spencer
each night. He said Spencer frequent?
ly had headaches and asked for wot
towels to put on his head.
The prisoner often would ask Carl
if any ono was speaking when no one
bad said anything. Spencer showed a
peculiar Hatred for one of the guards,
and would become excited and scream
when tills guard came near the cell.
..0 was often gloomy and melancholy.
SOCIALISTS ACTIVE
Begin Compnlgn Within Hnnks of fed?
eration of Labor.
Atlanta, da., November 17.?Socialist
Insurgents In the American Federation
of La Dor convention began actively to?
day their campaign against the exist?
ing order of things within the organi?
sation. Their first action was to Inau?
gurate a movement for adoption of tho
Initiative arid referendum in tho elec?
tion of officers. A secret meeting to
consider thlH und other matters wua
held to-night.
The plan I? to nomlntito the. various
Officers of tho federation on the lloor
Of the convention, the tiutnea of the.
candidates to be placed on ballot..
Which shall bo mailed to every mem?
ber of the organization and Its af?
filiated bodies for a mail vote.
As a constitutional amendment is
necessary for such an Innovation, and
as a one-third vote would defeat the
resolution, there is thought Vl be little,
chance for Its aduptlon.
Other matters of a like nature nrc
expected to be set on foot by tho So?
cialists. Joseph Proebstto. of tho In?
ternational Brewery Workers of Amer?
ica, Is active, in its behalf. A resolu?
tion to appropriate $00,000 for the de?
fense of the McNamara brothers was
Introduced by Delegate A. J. Gallagher,
of California, at ten minutes before
last midnight. Just before the time
limit for resolutions. It Is expected It
will precipitate a tight on the floor of
the convention when It comes up for
action.
The convention was In session only
two hours to-day, adjourning to enable
various committees to work.
READY TO RESUME PROBE
Committee Issues Summonses for Steel
Trust Wit ii case a.
Washington, November 17.?Sum?
monses have been sent to officials of
the Duluth and Iron Mountain Railroad
and the Duluth, Mcsaba and Northern
Huilroad. the lines In the Lake Supe?
rior orii region owned by the steel
trust, to appear before the House com?
mittee of Inquiry into the United States
Steel Corporation, which resumes hear?
ing next Monday.
Representative Stanley, chairman of
tho committee, announced to-day that
the Inquiry for some time will be di?
rected Into the transportation charges
for the shipment of ore which. It Is
contended, are exorbitant and greatly
to the disadvantage of independent
shippers; it Is contended that tho
Steel Corporation has a monopoly of
the transportation facilities Into the
Superior region, and that whilo it pays
tho same high rates charged to In?
dependents, tho shipping receipts go
back into the corporation's coffers. Tho
investigation probably will continue
until the holidays. Andrew Carnegie
and probably J. Plcrnonl Morgan will
testify before the hearings are con?
cluded.
JUDGE TAFT QUOTED
Attorney Daof* Arg-iiiuent ou Decision
by President Wlien on the Bench. ]
St. Louie. Mo., November IT.?The
attorney for Mrs. Fannio K. Morton,
whose trial on a charge of using the
malls to defraud In connection with a
matrimonial bureau, began before Fed?
eral Judge Dyer yesterday, brought
forth mention of a decision by Presi?
dent Taft when n Federal Judge. Her
attorney maintained the Indictment
was insufficient, in that It did not
set out in detail the letter written by
Mrs. Morton to the chief witness for
the government. The attorney sold
he would rely on a decision mado by
Judge Taft when ho made his argu?
ments to-day.
What a man says to a woman when
he proposes marriage Is a privileged
conversation and need not be repeated
on the witness stand. Judge Dyer
ruled, while Joseph Nemlerc,'of Tulsa.
Okln., was on the stand. Nemle.re
testified he had proposed marriage to
Mrs. Morton, who Is charged by the
government with having corresponded
with thirty-three men on the subject
of matrimony.
EX-MINISTER KILLS SELF
Leaves Note F.iplnliilng That Despon?
dency Caused Sulrldr.
Adrian, Mich., November IT.?A short
timo after lie mot two of Iiis daugh?
ters on the street yesterday and com?
mented on the fact that they did rot
speak to him, tho body of Rev. U W.
Oraves. a former Methodist minister,
was found In ills home. Death was
caused by strychnine.
Later a note to his wlfo was found
indicating that despondency caused
him to commit suicide. Mrs. Graves
recently started divorce proceedings.
VICTIMS OF WRECK
ITrrmnn and Brnkemnn Die of Scald?
ing; and Other Injurien.
Patoskey, Mich.. November IT.?Phil?
ip Tohey, of Traverse City, and Anton
Hartman, of Muskegon. brukeman and
fireman, respectively, on a Pere Mar
queue freight tralp, died late yester?
day from a scalding and other in?
juries sustained In a wreck near her?,
a few hours previous.
Both men. In tho engine, were
switching cars at a stone crusher. The
rngltto by accl?1ent was run beneath
fhu low. stone crusher, which strippcl
it of everything above the boiler.
End Comes After an Ill?
ness Which Began
One Week Ago.
SEVERE ATTACK
BEGAN SUDDENLY
Distinguished Lawyer Served on
Bench Since 1886, and Was
Leading Member of Consti?
tutional Convention?No
Plans Announced for
Funeral.
JUDGE J. II. INC.HAM.
After nn illness of one week, which
began with a cold and terminated In
pneumonia. Judge John II. Ingram, of
tho Law and Equity Court, died at hlu
residence, S30 West Grace. Street, at
half-past S o'clock last night. Whllo
his family and those frlonda closest
to him realized on Thursday that his
condition was desperate, they had
great hope that he would bo able to
survive the attack- Early yesterday,
however, thorn was a change for the
\vor3o, and tho physicians saw that
the end was only a question of hours.
Arrangements for the funeral had
not been completed last night.
Judge Ingram would have celebrat?
ed his fiftieth birthday next March
Up to the tlmo of his first Illness on
November 10 he was apparently In ro?
bust health, and this was regarded as
an element In his favor. Early In tha
week thero waa great Improvement In
hla condition, and It seemed to be
assured that he was then out of dan?
ger. Ho la survived by hla wlfo, who
waa Miss Octavla Sublctt, daughter of
James M. Sublctt, and by two sons,
John IL, Jr., nnd Nelson, and two
duughtcrs, Misses Elsto and Carter.
Had Many Friends.
Few men in Richmond had a widor
cotcrlo of friends than John Henry In?
gram. Away from the dignity of tha
bench', ho was a charming companion
and a faithful friend. He greeted no
one without a smile which won all
with whom ho came in contact Ho
was, besides, a man of wonderfully
bright mind.
Although born In Culpeper. practi?
cally all hla Ufo was spent within
the shadow of tne State Capitol. Ilia
father was Dr. Sylvanus Ltttlepago
Ingram, formerly of Laurel HUI, Luit?
enburg county, but who for a num?
ber of years prior to his death was
a practicing physician In tho old city
of Manchester. Judge Ingrum's moth?
er was Miss Eliza Smart, of Leesburg,
Loudouu county.
Educated first In tho public schools
of Manchester. Judgo Ingram attended
McGulro's University School. He
studied law at both Richmond College
and at tho University of Virginia, tak?
ing tho bachelor's degree In the for?
mer In 1881 and In the latter In 18SC.
He then began the practice of law In
Manchester, being successful from the
beginning.
Judge Since ISSfl.
In 1SSG he was elected judge of the
Corporation Court of tho City of Man?
chester, entering upon ilils office on
January 1, 1887, succeeding Judge S.
Bassett French. This office Judgo In?
gram helil for more than sixteen
years, being elected by successlvo
Legislatures, and giving universal sat?
isfaction on the bench.
Upon the death of Judgo Minor, In
September. 1803, Governor A. J. Mon?
tague uppolnted Judge Ingram to pre?
side over the Law and Equity Court
of the city of Richmond. This desig?
nation was regarded as an unusual
compliment. In vlcsv of tho fact that
he was not a resident of the city in
which he was to serve, Manchester
having then been an Independent mu?
nicipality. When tho Legislature con?
vened a few months later, it unani?
mously elected Judge Ingram to the
position. He was re-elected nt the
conclusion of the term, Ills present
term expiring on February I, 1915.
In Constitutional Convention.
In addition to his attention to hl9
duties on the bench. Judge lngrnm al?
ways took the deepest Interest In pub?
lic "affairs. In recognition of this fact,
he was elected to the Constitutional
Convention of 1901. representing the
city of Manchester and the counties
of Chesterfield snd Powhatan. As a
member "f the Committees on Suffrage
and on Corporations, the two most Im?
portant of the convention, he rendered
service which was generally regarded
as exceedingly valuable.
On September 19. 1901, the regular
business of the convention bolng dis?
pensed with, the body held services
In memory of President William Mc?
Kinley, who had just then fallen by
the assassin's bullet. Among those
who delivered addresses on that occa?
sion was Judge Ingram. He was
among thoso who voted to proclaim
the Constitution.
During his service as Judge cf tho
Law and Equity Court Judge Ingram
took a leading position among the
"turists of tho State. His - Indicia! abil?
ity and Isis knowledge of the law were
universally admitted.
Judge Ingram h<td long been promi?
nent in the. social life of P.tehmond.
He was a rnomber and a former presl
First American Roads Congress
November 20-23, Richmond, Va