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OF THEIR SERVICE
10 UNION LABOR
McNamaras, Entering
Prison, Believe They
Are Misunderstood.
NOW OCCUPANTS
OF FELONS' CELLS
They Are Lodged in Penitentiary
at San Quentin, Where James
B. Must Remain for Life and
John J. for Fifteen Years.
Welcome It as
Relief.
Sud Qucutln, Cal., December 10.?The
McXnmnrn brother* to-day entered Son
Uncntln Penitentiary, where Jnmea u.
In condemned to spend tbc remainder'
of IiU life for his confessed crime of
tmirder, and John secretary of the
International Association of Bridge and!
Mrartnral Iron Worker*, I* sentenced
In fifteen years' ImprlioumeDf far djna
tniUnar.
It was James B. who blow up the Loa I
Angeles Times building. October I, 1910.
with the loss of twenty-one lives, and
.lohn J. who abetted In wrecking part
of the Llewellyn Iron Works, In Los
Angeles, the following Christmas Day.
The pleas entorcd by these men closed
their two cases and opened up a na
tton-wldo Investigation, ' Including
probes by two Federal grand Juries.
Into a series of dynnrnttlngs reaching
from coast to coast and perpetrated |
generally where labor differences ex?
isted to a marked degree.
Believe They Helped Cause.
, The men entered the prison. It is
fairly authenticated, believing that
they had achieved much for the cause!
of union labor and had been misunder?
stood in their efforts and the results
thoy obtained.
Whirled from Los Angeles on a fust
nlsht train, the men wore taken from
It at sunrise to-day, put on a little r'vor
steamer, nnd landed two hours und a
hair later at Kan Quc-ntln Prison wharf,
on the shores of Han Pablo Bay. The
?hackles which bound them together
on the boat trip wore slipped off. and
they tolled up thu prison hill beside
Micrlff William A. Hammel, of Los An?
geles county.
As tbc clock struck ten, John J. Mc
Numara, preceded by Wurden John
lloyic, stepped over the threshold of the
prison door, with his brother directly
behind him. In live minutes Jarnes B.
McNamara had become convict 25314,'
end John J. McXumara wan No. 25316.1
They were measured for Jail clothing, I
photographed In two positions, given i
h carbolic tinctured bath, put Into'
? tripes, shaved and cropped und re
1 holographed within an hour, and
turned over to John Murray, lieuten?
ant of the yard, who took them to cell
18, in u stone tier looking out over the
prison's "upper yard,"'a great Jlower
garden.
Cell IS adjoins the tier of cells in
'which condemned murderers are kept.
Further down the row, toward the
other end, Ig the cell of Abraham
Itueff, who Is serving a fourteen-year
sentence for bribery in connection with
tho San Francisco graft casos. itueff
is In cell .1.
Soon aftor tho mon ontcred the Jail
tho prison bat d bogan to play und1
continued until l p. M. At ?> o'clock
Sunday dinner was served. The Mc?
Namaras wore furn'shed with a prison
niudc dinner card, dono In three colors,
und marked "San Quentin Grill." The
prisoners wjio devised It had taken
occasion to point out the attractions
of the place. ,'
A Prison Wag.
"Never since tho opening in 1852
has thu Son Quentin grill enjoyed a
bettor reputation or greater patron
tigu than undor the present mnnage- }
mcnt," wroto the wng In stripes, j
"There are at present more than 1,340 j
regular "boarders tutting their meals '
at the grill. Tho cuisine and service
are unsurpassed. Some of the hoarders i
Breturn six, eight and oven ten times I
after trying other establishments. Tho '
location nnd climate aro the llnest '
In the world. Situated at the foot of
Mount Tamalpals, busked In the grand
end glorious California sunshine,
fanned by the breezes of San Pablo
Buy. the grill Is an ideal resort the
Jj'ear round."
A list of house rules, likewise Jest?
ing, fills tho buck page. Tho dinner
thu McNnmarns nte consisted of corn
beef, brown gravy, steamed potatoes,
boiled beuns, stewed drird fruit, coffee
enke, bread and coffee.
The brothers passed tho remainder
of the day In their cells. To-morrow
they will begin work In the Jute mill,
Warden Hoyle said, but James B., on
tho advice of Sheriff Hammel, will <bo
examlr <d for tuberculosis, and If lie
?hows symptoms of It ho will bo given
ttlier work.
Slipped From Trnln.
Half n dozen passengers, craning
?heir necks from cur windows, discov?
ered to-duy that they had traveled
fill night with tho McNamaras as
train companions. Scores more had
walked through tho combination ob?
servation and compartment car with?
out a hint that tho brothers wero
within reaching distance. At Cnr
oulnez Straits stat'on the men, hund
' cuffed together, wore slipped from the
rear platform of tho observation car,
with Sheriff Hammel on one side and
Under Sheriff Robert T. Brain on: the
other. .
Chief of Police Sebastian, of Los An?
geles, and s cluster of deputy, sheriffs
?followed. The men were hurried to
the little steamer Caroline, 100 yards
o'wny. .Captain W. M. Lesle, who mskos
the. dally trip, from the Straits to the
?prison, ? took them Into tho saloon. At
' '.tils request, the men wrote their names
: (Continued on Second Page.)
COLDER WEATHER COMING 1
?''?'??V (/; ';.').: ::??>,; , I
Warmth Will Give Way Before Week'e
PromUed Frost".
Washington, December 10.?Colder
weather throughout the country gen?
erally Is forecast for this week by
the Weather Bureau In Its weekly j
bulletin issued to-night. Although no |
remurkablo drops In temperature are
cxpoctod during this time, there may
be a sharp full in the Northwestern
States "by Thursday or Friday.
"The warm weather over the East?
ern half of the country," says the bul?
letin, "will give way to seasonal tem?
perature in this region by Tuesday or
Wednesday.
"There Arc, however, no Indications
of unseasonably low temperature In
any part of the country until next
Thursday or Friday, when a change
to considerably colder weather will
overspread the Northwestern States.
"The pressure over the Northern
hemisphere, as shown by the interna?
tional weather chart. Is such as to
Indicate that the next several days
will be unsettled, with more than the
normal rainfall in the region Kast of
the Mississippi Valley, while In the
Plains States, the Rocky Mountain and
Plateau regions and the Pacific States,
except Washington and Oregon, where
there will bu rains, the weather will
be generally fair during the coming
week.
"A disturbance that is now over the
Mississippi Valley will move north?
eastward down the St. Lawrence Val- ?
ley during Monday and Tuesday, und 1
there are strong indications that an?
other disturbance w.lll appear In the
I Southeastern States about Wednesday j
I or Thursday and move thence up tho I
Atlantic coast."
WOOL REPORT DELAYED
I Won't lie Sent to Conicreaa Until Late
ThU Week.
Washington, December 10.?Presi?
dent Taft probably will not be able to
send tho wool report of the Tariff
Board to Congress until the end of
next week. In spite of the vigorous
efforts to rush the work so that the
President might havo the work to
dny, the task is still uncompleted. The
board's summary of Its Investigation,
which will bo a comprehensive digest
of tho difference In the cost of the
production of wool in this country and
abroad, will probably be given the
President on Wednesday. The com?
pilation of tho extensive statistics col?
lected will not be ready, however, un?
til near tho close of the week.
In order to avoid deficiency in its
appropriation, the board already has
begun to reduce Its force. Practically
the entire field force, which Investigat?
ed .wool and about fifty x:lerks have
boon dl6churg?d. After tho woolen and
cotton reports have been made. It Is
estimated that tho board will have a
balance of $60.000 or $70,000 on Jan?
uary 1 for the second half of tho fiscal
year. Its total funds this year amount?
ed to $276,000.
Tho balance on hand will be. applied
to Investigating the leather and metal
schedules. '
NOBEL PRIZES PRESENTED
Interesting Exercise* In Academy of
MnslQ at Stockholm.
Stockholm, Sweden, December 10.?
In the hall of the Academy of Music
to-day. King Oustav presented the
Nobel prizes, with the exception of the
peace prize. to the winners. Mme.
Marie Rklodogska Curie personally re?
ceived tho prize for chemistry; Pro?
fessor Wilhelm Wien, of Wuerzburg
University, tho prize for physics, and
Professor Allvar Gullstrand, of Upsala
University, the prize for medicine. The
Belgian minister rccolved the prize for
literature in behalf of Maurice Maeter?
linck, who la ill.
The Nobel prizes each amounted to
nearly $40,000.
Peuce Prise Awarded.
ChrlsUi?fla, December 10.?The No?
bel peace prize has been awarded Joint?
ly to Professor T. M. C. Aosor. of the
Netherlands, founder of the "Institute
do Droit International" (Instltuto of
International Law), and the Austrian
poaco advocate, Alfred Fried, of Vien?
na, editor of the Journal Friedensha^.
warte. Kach will receive $19,500.
LOSES LIFE WHILE BATHING
Freueb Vlce-Consal'a Drowning Prob?
ably Dtte to Heart Disease.
Colon. December 10.?-Jacques de
Perettl do la nocca. French vice-con?
sul here, wns drowned last evening
while bathing in the 6ea. He entered
tho water with several friends, who
later discovered that he was missing.
A search was made and his body was
found lying in several feet of water.
It Is believed his death was duo to
heart disease. He was a brother of
Count De Perettl de la Rocca, first
secretary of the French embassy, in
Washington. .
WILL EXPEL ITALIANS
TnrklBb Government Decides That They
Must no.
Constantinople. December 10.?The
Constantinople papers announce that
the Turkish government has decided to
expel most of the Italians from the
Gnlllpoll Peninsula, the territory
around the Dardanelles and Smyrna
It Is understood that the expulsion will
become operative first In all fortified
places.
Must Go In Five Days. '
Smyrna, Decomber 10.?Tho police au?
thorities have Issued ordors for the
departure of all Italians from this dis?
trict within flvo days.
VOLCANO IN ERUPTION
Vesuvius Spooling ana SeTeral Vil?
lages Are Threatened.
Naples, December i 10.?Vssuvlue
again 1b In eruption. Large volumes
of lava and m?d ore threatening the
villages of Resina and Terra del Greco.
1 Will Open To-Day.
Atlanta, Go., December 10.?W|th
more than 4,000 entrlea covering six?
ty-five dlfforent breeds, the first an?
nual exhibit, of the Southern Interna?
tional Poultry. Association will be
opened'to the publto at the- auditorium
armory to-morrow. The show- will
continue for the entire week. More
than $8,000 ltKCMh prises will bo dis?
tributed.
Present System Keeps
Land Forces in Inef?
fective Condition.
STIMSON SHOWS
ITS WEAK POINTS
Secretary of War Says That With
i Minor Usefulness, Cost Per
I Man for United States
Troops Is Far Greater
Than in Other Coun?
tries.
Washington, D. C, December 10.?
In hlB annual report to tho President'
to-flay, Secretary of War Stlmson do-]
clared that the contingency ot war i
with a tlrst-class power would find tho j
&rmy of tho United States practically
unprepared. Ho attributed this large- j
ly to the fact that the army was "scat- '
tercd out over the country" In too!
many posts, and to a lack of reserves, i
Tho army, on tho peace fooling habit- I
ually maintained, with mlnlxturc cum- !
panleB and troops, he characterized as
ineffective for any serious war service. |
As to the unpreparedness of the array
in artillery and ammunition. Secretary |
Stlmson says that "at the present rale '
of appropriation It Is estimated that It,
would take more than flftyjyears to sc- I
cure a reasonable supply of field artll- ',
lery guns, carriages and ammunition j
that would be necessary in the event
of war."
Ezpenne Per Illflcmnn.
The report makes the somewhat start?
ling statement that at a conservative
estimate, the expense per effectlvo
rifleman In the United States Army Is!
between two and five times as much as I
any first-class power on the continent'!
of Europe. This comparison la madoj
ufter excluding from consideration the]
higher pay and belter subsistence that |
American soldiers receive. This fact Is
stated as an Illustration, Secretary
Stlmson declares, of the extravagance
of the existing system of wide distri?
bution of the army.
Dealing with insular affairs, the Sec?
retary of War urges that the right' ol
American citizenship be granted to the
natives of Porto Rico. A Porto RIcan
traveling abroad now Is literally a man j
without a country, and Mr. Stlmson says
that a continued refusal to grant citi?
zenship to the Islanders will "gravely
wound the sensibilities of this loyal
people.'' The demand for citizenship ot
the Porto RIcanB Is entirely disassoci?
ated from any thought of statehood,
and It is asserted that neither in the
United States nor In Porto Rico It
there any contemplation of statehood
as the ultimate form of government
in the island.
Congress is urged to express Its
wishes regarding the disposal of the
unoccupied friar lands in tho Philip?
pines, to increase the limit of Indebt?
edness which may be Incurred by the
Philippine government for public
works from 55,000,000 to $16.000,000,
to pass a Philippine naturalization law
nnd to grant pensions to Americans who
have served ten years in the Islands.
Aakn Buiilneset nonla.
Secretary Stlmson recommends that
the permanent organization to operate
the Panama Canal be established on a
strictly business basis, and not with
the Idea of uplifting or governing a
dependent people. The question of
tolls, he believes, should be left to the
determination of tho President, based
upon acquired experience. American
shipping should be granted practically
free use of the canal. The Interstate
Commerce Commission should oitend Its
Jurisdiction over the new transcontinen?
tal route through the waterway and to
regulate rates, thus preventing the
ijreat railway interests from exercising
control. While the government should
build and operato dry docks, repair
shops and coaling stations along tiie
canal. Secretary Stlmson urges the op?
portunity be offered for the sale of
coal and other supplies by private per?
sons.
Secretary Stlmson takes a stand with
his predecessors?Root, Taft, Wright
and Dickinson?In favor of a system of
selection in making army promotions.
Instead of complete reliance upon the
rule of seniority. He notes a distinct
Improvement in tho personnel, but de?
clares that thero Is much dead wood In
the army and many backward tenden?
cies.
Army Posta Unfit.
The army posts as at present located
are declared to bo wholly unflt and to
lead to great oxtravagance. They
were originally In many cases located
with reference to possible Indian
troubles, and few of them are In po?
sitions suited to meet tho strateglu
needs of national action or defense.
Tho average number of companies to
each of the forty-nlno poets Is only
n'ne.
"In short," nays the secretary, "we
have scattered our army over the coun?
try as if it "were merely groups ot
local constabulary Instead of a na?
tional organization. The result Is an
army which Is extraordinarily expen?
sive to maintain and ono whoso effi?
ciency for tho main purpose of its ex?
istence, hau been nullified so for ns
geographical location can nullify It.
It Is true that the small units into
?which It has thus been subdivided
have, as a whole, maintained efllclenoy
to a remarkable extont.But for
the remote contingency by which n
national army must be always Judged
namely, the .contingency of a war
with a first-class power, the army I?
practically unprepared."'
Calling attention to the fact that
upwards of $01.000,000 .has been agent
on existing army posts, and that the
profit which eaoh post, furnishes, to
neighboring communities causes strong
local pressue against any change In
location, the secretary declares that,
nevertheless, stops have been- taken,
and others are In the course of prose?
cution to correct as far ns possible,
these faults of organization.
DrlnK Cnvnlry South,
It Is also In contemplation to remove
tho cavalry situated in the far North
Stanley Sends Pointed
Letter to Oil King's
Almoner.
NONE ADDRESSED
TO ROoKJiiFULLER
Subpoenas Will Not Be Issued
for Them Because of Pending
Suit by Government?Con?
gressional Activity This
Week Will Be Mostly
in Committees.
?Washington, December 10.?The re- j
fusal by John D. Rockefeller and hit |
almoner, Rev. F. D. Gates, to accept .
the "Invitation" of the House "steel
trust" Investigating committee to ap?
pear and testify, drew a pointed and [
laconic noto from Chairman Stanley,
of tho committee, to-day. Mr. Stanley '
sent Dr. Gates the following letter:
"Sir,?My recent communication to !
you was intended not to provoke a dls- i
cusslon of tho value of Mcrritt testl- |
mony. or of your personal Integrity j
but to glvo you an opportunity to de?
fend it"
No letter was addressed to Mr.
Rockefeller. The. committee will re?
sume Its Inquiry to-morrow and. with
all differences In committee adjusted,
expects to press Its work to a conclu?
sion as speedily as possible. Messrs. I
Rockefeller and Gates wero not Bub- i
pocnacd because of tho pendency of
a government suit against tho United |
States Steel Corporation.
Most of the congressional activity
this week will bo In committee, though
the Sherwood pension bill Is to be I
voted on by the House Tuesday, and I
tho urgent deficiency appropriation
bill, always accorded right of way te
meet government emergencies, prob?
ably will be enacted Into law before
Congress takes Its Christmas holiday
recess.
Leaders In both houses appear to
favor some form of service pension
legislation. The Sherwood bill, the de?
bate on which has been largely di?
rected toward the effect on tho pres?
idential election, would involvo ex?
penditures estimated, at from $40,000.
000 upwards for Union veterans who
served ninety days or more, tho month?
ly pension to range from $15 to $80,
according to length of service.
Passport Problem.
The Russian passport question, with
the proposed abrogation of the Russian
treaty of 1832, will bo threshed out
at a hearing before the House Commit?
tee on Foreign Affairs to-morrow.
Chairman Sulzcr already has predicted
that Congress will act.
The Lorimer senatorial election In?
vestigating committee, of which Sen?
ator DUllngham is chairman, will con?
tinue Its session to-morrow, and the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com?
merce still Is engaged on hearings de?
signed to bring out a variety of views
as to needed changes In the antitrust |
laws. Tho Houho committee on "sugar |
trust" affairs has taken a recess over
the holidays.
Congress Is in a lethargic condition
regarding the hlg Issues on which <t
will battle. Tariff and trust plans
still are unshnped in committee. The
House Republicans are looking ahead
to the tariff board's report, which Is
expected by the end of the week. Tho
Democratic Hou6e, through the Ways
and Means Committee which frames
the original tariff measures, has agreed
to defer action until tho report is re?
ceived. The Senate Is marking time
on the House. The Insurgent Repub?
lican Senators aro playing a waiting
game. So far they have held no con?
ferences to shape their policies. The
e .ergence of tariff and trust legisla?
tion from the committees will glvo
them their cue. , .
TO GIVE TABLOID OPINIONS
Justice White'? Invention for Relief
of the U. S. Supreme Court.
Washington, December 10?Skeleton
opinions have been invented by Chief
Justice White to relieve the Supreme
Court of the United States of much
labor. Ho has namod thorn officially
"memorandi eg' opinions.
Tho new .-.-"ce, of opinion was de?
signed to meet tho heavy demands
upon tho Umo and energies of tho
Justices, duo to tho increased number
of cneos taken under advisement since
Chief Justice Whlto came to be the
head of the court. It will relievo the
Justices from making an exhaustive
statement In regard to all tho facts
and law concerned In each caso.' and
yet will glvo to litigants more rea?
sons for the court's decision than
would be contained In tho time honor?
ed "percurlom" .opinions.
STORK OVERTAKES A FLYER
rtiiby Girl Born on Knit Train lo Men
niter of Chlengo Opera.
Chicago, December 10.?Tho stork
delivered a flno baby girl to Mrs. Ber?
nard Ulrich In a drawing-room on
tho Pennsylvania elghteen-hour train,
sixty miles outside of Chicago.
Mrs. Ulrich, who Is tho wife of the
manager of the Chicago Grand Opera
Company, had loft Baltimore, where
she had boon visiting relatives, yes?
terday about noon. 8ho was accom?
panied by a maid and a trained nurse
from the Johns Hopkins Hospital. .
SHOT TO DEATH IN DUEL
Boih Detective and Man He At temp tn
to Arrest Killed.
Breeder,, W. Va., Deoombor 10.?John
VanHooae.. a detective, and Gideon
Marcum wore shot to death in a duel
here to-day. VanHoose was shot by
Marcum when the former tried to ar
rost ;hlm for burglarly. and as Mar?
cum ran he was sho.t down by Deputy
Sheriff Crumm. of Wayne county, who
had -accompanied tho , dotectlvo: . Van
Moose lives at Cotlcttsburg. Ky? and
Marcum Is of a prominent family In
this county.'
ROOSEVELT FEARS
PRIMARY SYSTEM
Its Adoption Might
Keep Him Out
of Race.
NO INDORSEMENT
BY COMMITTEE
Colonel's Friends Hope That He
Will Be Named in Burst of
Enthusiasm?National Con?
vention o f Republican
Party Will Be Held in
Chicago.
Washington, D. C, December 10.?
With the arrival In Washington to?
day of practically all the members of
the Republican National Committee,
reinforced by party leaders from
nearly every State, It became possible
to forecast Just what will be done by
the committee at Its meeting Tuesday.
As a result of the many conferences
held to-day. tho program seems to
have been agreed upon:
Chicago will get the natlodal con?
vention apparently beyond all ques?
tion of doubt, and it probably will be
held the last week In Jute.
There will be no fight for the chair?
manship of the committee at this time.
Former Governor John F. Hill, of
Maine, the vice-chairman, will bo
elected to serve until tho presidential
nomination Is made. William Hay
ward, formerly of Nebraska, but now
of Now York, will conllnuo as secre?
tary. After the convention a chairman
and other oltlclals agreeable to the
candidate will be elected by the now
committee.
Stnten .Munt Decide.
The question of selecting delegates
at presidential primaries, or by thi
customary delegate conventions will bi
left entirely to tho various States to
determine for themselves. President
Taft is said to have favored this dis?
position of the matter.
The committee will not act on the
resolution for a reduction of Southern
representation, declaring this to bo a
question for determination by the con?
vention Itself.
Colonel Harry S. New, of Indiana,
probably will head the all-poworful
subcommittee of live to mako arrange?
ments for the convention.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock's res- '
ignition as chairman will bo nccoptcd
formally. It was tenderer Immedi?
ately after ho ontorod tho Cabinet,
ind Is declared to havo had "no strings
s/hatever attached" to It President
Taft.will entertain the commltteomen
it dinner to-morrow night This din?
ner probably will be tho most Import?
ant politically given at tho Whlto
House during the present administra?
tion.
The committee will not bar Federal
officeholders as delegates to tho na?
tional convention, taking tho ground
that this question, like that of South?
ern representation, la ono for tho con?
vention to decide. The representatives
of the Southern Stute", are oxpectcd
to discourage officeholders from seok
lng election as delegates, and Presi?
dent Taft It Is said, will approvo this
program.
Adjusted Out of Court.
Tho question of presidential prima?
ries had promised to be tho most In?
teresting and far-reaching in its po?
litical effect of any to be brought be?
fore tho committee. Its apparent am?
icable adjustment "out of court" was
attended by unusual clrcumstancos,
the most significant of which was tho
fear of friends of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt that tho primary system, If
adopted at th'ollmc, might cut off tho
possibility of nominating tho former
President for a second elective term.
At presidential primaries the votors
would be called upon to elect delegates
to support certain announced candi?
dates. This would mean, as tho situ?
ation now appears, a cholco between
President Taft and Senator La Follette,
of Wisconsin. #
No attempt U being made hero to
lisgulse the fact that thero Is a well
defined movement In favor of the nom?
ination of Colonel Roosevelt Tho men
behind this movement feel that their
hopo of success lies In working up
tho proper amount of sentiment be?
tween now and tho time of the con?
vention. They do not bcllevo tho sit?
uation, as they would like It, will have
time to crystallize prior to tho holding
of primary elections by certain of the
Western Stat a. Tims, States whero
they would look for tho strongest
Roosevelt sentiment, might bo com?
pelled to record their preference for
some othor candidate. Neither do
thoy bcllevo thnt Colonol Roosevelt
could be Induced to announce himself
ns a candidate, and thus permit votes
to be cast for him. His nomination,
thoy say, must como through an out?
burst of enthusiasm at tho conven?
tion itsei:.
Would lie Impolite.
Behind tho Roosevelt phaso of tho
situation, however, there seems to bo
a very general sentiment among the
members of the national committee
that they have no right or at least
thnt it should bo decidedly impolite,
as a central body, to dictato to the
States what they should or should not
do. Each State, It was argued, should
bo free to determine tho manner of
choosing delegates.
Consequently, It appears certain sow
that the only resolution on the sub?
ject that, will be adopted by tho com?
mittee will be ono to tho effeot that
"delegates to the national convention
shall he chosen pursuant to the laws
of tho various States,'' and under the
authority of tho Republican State Cen?
tral Committees. Six 8tates thus fat
have adopted presidential preference
primaries?North Dakota, Wisconsin,
Nebraska, Oregon, Now ' Jersey and
South Dakota.
While Chicago sooms to have been
determined upon definitely as the con?
vention city, tho .champions of St.
Louis, Denver, Cincinnati. Philadelphia
and Baltimore, havo probably by no
(Continued on Seventh Page)
HIS AUDITORS LAUGH
Governor of Nevnda Tickles Risibilities
with Talk of Y. M. C. A. In Ueno.
New York. December 10.?The Gover?
nors of eight States, on their special
train, bearing also exhibits from their
territory, arrived here this morning
and spont a busy day In tho met'opolls.
They were tho guests of William H.
Hearst at luncheon, and sovoral of
thorn were guests of tho Young Mon's
Christian Association branches, where
they mndo speeches.
Oovernor Oddle, of Nevada, told of
having laid the cornor-stone for a
Young Men's Christian Association in
Reno, rind many of the auditors
laughed. "I know what you mean," ho
said, "and T am going to tell you about
It. Reno Is a city of only 15,000 peo
pie. bttt It raised $100,000 for that
Young Men's Christian Association
buildings in Just ten days. Gambling
was stopped out there two years ago.
and the day of tho wide-open State has
passed away.
"The press of tho entire country has
had much fun about tho easy condi?
tions of divorce In Nevada, and there
Is much truth in what they say of con?
ditions there. Nevada is ready to make
a strong effort to bring about uniform
dlvorcoMaws throughout all the States,
and her people wish heartily to do
away with the evil. At the next con?
ference of Governors I hope to sec
things started for uniform divorce Hwb
In all the States, and I expect to be
very active In that regard."
Governors Gary, of Wyoming; Eber?
hard, of Minnesota; Hawley, of Idaho,
and Llcutcnant-Govornor S. It. Fitz?
gerald, of Colorado, also Hpoko at
Young Men's Christian Association
meetings. All of tho Governors urged
that their territory offered fine oppor?
tunities for relief from the congestion
of tho cities.
The party was entertained nt dinner
to-night by John Hays Hammond. The
official entertainment of the visitors
will begin to-morrow.
MRS. VERMILYA STRICKEN
Woman Suspected of Poisoning Ten
Persons Is Ilelplcnn With Paralysis.
Chicago, December 10.?Mrs. Louise
Vermilya, charged with having poison?
ed a. policeman, Arthur Blssonettc, and
suspected of having poisoned nlno
others,. was stricken with paralysis
yesterday, nnd Dr. Thomas Hogan, phy?
sician at the county Jail, whero aha
is Imprisoned, says her condition Is
critical.
The paralysis affects all her limbs,
and she Is unable to speak. Her con?
dition was discovered by a matron who
attempted to talk to her. Mrs. Ver?
milya could reply only with a motion
of her hands.
Mrs. Vermilya was arrested on a
charge of murder when an examina?
tion of the clscera of the policeman
revealed sufficient nreonlc to cause
death. This charge was dlnmlssed, but
she was ordered held to the gTond
Jury by tho coroner's Inquest.
Tho deaths of nine other persons
within a few yeaj-a. all of whom hud
(boon related or associated with Mrs.
Vermilya. caused Coroner Hoffman to
exhume tho bodtes of two of them.
Traces of ar3enic wero found In both.
RING DOVES DEFY TRADITION
Dy nalslog n Family In n Hempatead
Bars in Midwinter.
Homstead. L I., December 10.?Tho
bravest caso of domestlo happiness and
home building recorded hero in years
la found in tho barn of Mr. and Mrs.
Alexnndor Butler Duncan, whoro a pnlr
of ring doves have started nesting.
Undaunted by the prospect of win?
ter dose at hand and a possible
slump In the grain market, this feath?
ered couple havo begun to raise a
family. Tho eggs were laid on_De?
cember 7. which Is said to bo romark
ablo for birds In this cllmato. Tho
renrlng of the children will bo wotch
ed with keen Interest by occupants
of The Lodge, the Duncan home. The
birds nest only onco a year.
Ring doves aro said to bo wonderful
exemplars of conjugal faithfulness In
this age of marital unrest. They en?
tertain neither divorce nor separation.
The male can do no wrong. Therefore,
there are no disputes, nnd woman suf
frngo is unknown.
Ring birds mtvto only onco. If one
of the birds die, the other goes sin?
gle.
JOHN F. DRYDEN'S WILL READ
Family and nelntlves Get Entire Es?
tate, Which In Estimated at 91.1,000,00t).
Now York, Docember 10.?The will
of John F. Dryden, president of tho
Prudential Insurance Company and
former United States Senator front
New Jersey, will be probated in the
Surrogate's office In Newark to-morrow
morning. The will was proved In the
Dryden homo at Newnrk, yesterday
afternoon.
It divides his estate into five party.
Three-lifts lo left In trust to the
widow, Mrs. Cynthia F. Dryden: ono
flfth to Mr. Drydcn's son, Forrest F.
Dryden. absolutely, and one-fifth in
trust to his daughter. Mrs. Anthony
R. Kuser. To her Is also loft $100,000
In cash, which she Is to get ut once.
To a nephew and nleco, Edward H.
and Harriett M. Stark. Is left $10.000
each. These aro the only bequests out?
side of the tmmedlato family.
Thero Is not a public or chnrltnblo
bequest of nny kind. Thn will was
executed four years ago. The estate
is conservatively estimated at $16,
000,000.
SIR GEORGE LEWIS DEAD
Was Gunrdlnn of Secrets of Half of
England's Nobility.
London, December 10.?Tue funeral
of Sir George Lew.ls, the famous so?
licitor and guardian of tho secrets of
half of England's nCMllty. occurred
th's aftornoon at Wlllosden Conietory.
Among the many present was Lord
Swaythlng, Sir Rufus Isaacs, Sir A.
W. Plnoro, J. M- Barrio, and Sir Foilx
BImon.
MAN WHIRLED TO DEATH
Clothing; of Quarry owner Catch In
Cogs of Crusher.
Toledo, O., December 10.?Leaving
St- Mary's Church, whero ho attended
early mass, John H. Dwyor. fifty-six
years of age, a quarry owner, caught
his cjothlng In tho cogs of n crushor
at his plant this morning and was
whirled to doath. Only t few minutes
before ho had been warnod by tho
eng'noor to bo cnrofnl nnd laughingly
replied, "I am always careful/
NO IK THING
REMAINS ALIVE
?EBS'IOMB
Certain That All Were
Killed by Terrific
Explosion.
MANGLED BODIES
AREBROUGHTOUT
Of More Than Hundred Victims
of Mine Horror, Remains o?
But Eight Have Been Re
[ covered ? Thousands o f
I Morbidly Curious Flock
I to Stricken Village.
Urlccvillc, Tenn.. December 10.?? .
Somewhere In the depths of the Cross*.
Mountain conl mine probably one buu
dred men lie dead to-night, while their
sorrow-stricken families keep vigil at
the mouth of tbclr tomb, hoping
ngninst hope thnt their loved ones may
be alive when rescuers reach them. '
Bight torn and mangled bodies had
been brought forth at nightfall, when
search wns nbandoned for the dar?
irhlle ten more hnd been found. Out?
side or the immediate fnralltes of the
entombed men no one In this little
mountain village believes that any "V
living thing In' the mine ycatcrday
morning survived the terrific explo?
sion of conl dust that -wrecked tho .;'<
Workings,
For more than thirty-six hours every
surviving miner In this region had
tolled with no thought of food, sleep or
pay, to remove tho debris and forco
fresh air to tho Innermost recessos
of tho mine They practically havo
penetrated to the main entry head
nearly three miles 'n. To-morrow thoy
expect to bo ready to work tho cross
entries In which the other bodies un?
doubtedly have been cast by the force*
of tho blast.
Rescuers Overcome.
Black damp developed late to-dny
and retarded progress, but tho silent
forco pushed dauntlessly on. some of
them till thoy woro carried out over?
come by tho noxious gases.
Thousands of morbidly curious flock?
ed into tho vlllagu to-day, and crowded
about tho main entry of tho mine.
They saw nothing, because thero was
nothing to sco but tho pitiable grief,
of the stricken families.
All of tho bodies recovored have
been Identified Among them was that
of Will Farmer, assistant foreman ot
tho mine. The top of his head had
been blown off. He Is survived by a
widow and two children
Many days may elapse until the
mine is cleared of lta dcbrlB. which is
seriously Impelling the progress of the
seekers of the dead. Seven of those
removed were Identified to-day as
follows:
i .<-i- 1'olston.
Eugene Ault.
Taylor Ault.
Ilolnnil Enrly.
W. A. Fanner, bank boss In the mine,
Hurmon Sharp.
.Inn.cm Fount.
Tho eighth was thought to be Alon
zo W?*od, a youth, of eighteen years,
but his identity was not positive.
There Is hardly a famjly in the en
tiro Coal Creek vicinity that has not
felt tho Icy touch of death. Tha prob?
lem of caring for the widows and or?
phans will be a grave one, requiring
Immediate solution. Certainly Brice- '
vllle will be unable to cure for hor
living, with most of her wage-earners
numbered among tho dead.
New Cemetery Crenled.
Demands upon tho little Brlceville
graveynrd, caused by the terrible hol?
ocaust, havo necessitated tho creation
of a new cemetery. Land was staked
out to-day and preparations made for
excavating graves In which to bury
tho explosion victims as fast as they
arc brought out. Identified and pre
pnrod for burial.
The first of tho Interments occurred
this afternoon In tho graveyard lo?
cated upon a commanding elevation In
rear of the little church opposlto tho
Brlceville depot. Tho remains laid to
rest woro thoso of Lee Polston. Taylor
and Eugene Ault. Rev. W. II. Rlggs,
pastor of the Baptist Church, at Brlce?
ville, offered a brief but fervent prayer
In behalf of the victims, their surviv?
ing loved ones and friends. The
prayer was tho extent of formal reli?
gious ceremonies held over the re
mains.
The tulvept this morning of 175 cof?
fins was tn> signal for a renewal of
the grief suffered by tho loved ones
In the many fatherless and husband
less homes. This was Intensified as
the gruesome . ptno boxes, containing
tho cotllns, woro plied high In front
of tho Improvised morgue.
Tho relief work has been systemati?
cally and effectively organized undet?
tho direction of Cioorgc P. Chandler,
president of tha Tennessee Coal Com?
pany. Volunteers from practically
every mine in ' the Coal Creek and
Brlceville region arrived Saturday
night and to-day. Others also came
from mines at Jellico, Ollvo Spring*.
Mlddles'ooro and even from up In tha
Southwest Virginia coal belt.
Rarly to-day trains and automo?
biles brought men, women and' chil?
dren to Brlceville from points many
miles distant.
Working In Sqiiada.
Mr. Chandler marshaled the relief
volunteers In squads of about fifty
men each. Thoso squads are being?
sent Into tho mlno In shifts, working
two hours each. Tho atmosphere and
debris In the mine preclude tho possi?
bility of continuous working-. Thla of-?
ternoon It was necessary to resusci?
tate two or three of the rescuers who
had suffered exhaustion In the mine. '
Tho electric haulage apparatus has
been put out of commission, am. ?ule
drawn dump earn are bringing the
mass of rock. ? earth and other debris
from tho mines.
A terrible pall of silent eorrow pre-*