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WHOLE NUMBER 18,831
RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1911
TriB WEATUEU TO-DAY?Halo.
PRICE TWO CENTS
FULL PUBLICITY
IS BLSI WOT
More Effective Than
Laws in Regulating
Railroad Securities.
FEDERAL CONTROL
IS NOT APPROVED
Commission, Headed by Presi
dent Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale,
Makes Its Report?Believes
That for the Present All
Regulation Should be
Left to the States.
.?Washington, December 11.?Tho Rail- I
road Securities Commission, headed by
President Arthur T. Hartley, of Yale,
hu reported that It would bo practi?
cally impossible at this time to place
issues of rallroud securities under
Federal control. Tho commission re?
commends that enforced publicity for
all railroad financing Is the most ef?
fective weapon against stock watering
?which the government has at its com?
mand.
A distinguished group of Investiga?
tors was named by I'rcstdent Taft to
co-oporato with Professor Hadley.
They were Frederick N. Judson. of St.
Douis; Frederick Strauss, of Now
York; Walter T. Fisher, Secretary of
tho Interior, and Balthasar II. -Mover,
a member of the interstate Commerce
Commission.
The commission was created in 1910,
when the Senalo refused to accept a
House amendment to the pending rail?
road bill, providing that all futurb Is
BUo of stocks untl railroad securities
be placed under the control of the 111"
terstalc Commerce Comr.Vsslon. Many
of the Senate Democrats opposed It as
un Invasion of States' rights. Presi?
dent Taft ut the time told Republican
leaders the party was committed to
?such a measure, but when it appear?
ed Impossible to pass It, the President
agreed to have the clause, eliminated,
with the understanding that n com?
mission to study the subject would be
allowed. This was donu and the com?
mission began work In thu autumn of
1910. Public hearings were held and
Chairman Hadley studied tho problem
abroad.
The commission's report Is dis?
tinctly adverse to the legislation pro?
posed in tho raT?jroad bill.
Conclusions of Coiuiulnnlon.
Prcisldenl Taft, in transmitting the
report to Congress to-day, declared
that he heartily concurred in'lho rec?
ommendations. The commission's prin?
cipal conclusions are:
That any attempt by Congress to
adopt the policy of Federal regulation
to the exclusion of Stale regulation
would be premature.
That for the present State authori?
ties should make a concerted effort to
harmonize existing requirements.
That Congress should prepare for the
future by giving consideration to a
Federal Incorporation act which would
permit Interstate railroads to exchange
their State cliarters for national ones.
The commission takes the ground
that constitutional questions Involving
the scopo and extent of Federal au?
thority are unsettled and will remain
so for ?omc time; and that while such
a condition exists, to superimpose Fed?
eral regulation upon State regulation
would add to the conflicts and com?
plexities., which. In the public Inter?
est, should rather be diminished than
increased.
"Unless tho constitutional power of
Congress to regulate securities of In?
terstate railroads Is definitely estab?
lished as being exclusive of State con?
trol; either tho Federal government
and the States will come to a genera)
understanding as to the principles to
be adopted, In the control of security
issues, or the railroad systems will be
given tho opportunity to exchange
their State cliarters for Federal ones,"
aays the report.
Not Expedient or Economical.
"Until such exclusive Jurisdiction
can be established the creation of a
separative administrative body sub?
jecting the railroads to a new system
of concurrent supervision, In addition
to the many old ones which now exist,
does not seem Just, expedient or
economical."
For tho presont, the commission re?
commends that full publicity be re?
quired to surround all Issues of securi?
ties and that any Interstate railroad
Issuing stocks and bonds bo required
to furnish to the Interstate Commerce
Commission a full statement of the
details of the lsj?ue. the purposes for
Which the proceeds are to be used and
un accounting for the expenditure of
such proceeds.
"Accurate knowledge of the facts
surrounding the Issue of securities,
and tho expenditure of the proceeds Is
the mutter of most Importance," tho
commission says, "it 1? the one thing
lipon which the Federal government
can effectively insist to-day; it is the
fundamental thing which must serve
as a busls for whatever regulation nitty
bo desirable In the future.
"If full publicity be given wo shall
also lessen the fraudulent creation of
debt. It is the degree of publicity
rather than the stringency uf the law
which gives to the peoplo uny real
protection. A .stringent law Inade?
quately enforced and secretly evaded
is the worst thing that can be pos?
sibly offered to the public, because It
gives color to claims which have no
foundation In fact."'
In determining the physical value of
railroads In relation to their .securities
now outstanding, tho commission puts
nulde ns entirely out of the question
any nttempt to scale down outstand?
ing securities on tho ground that con?
stitutional difficulties, public oxpend
lency and conildence In American rail?
road Investments would forbid It. ?
A Complex duration.
The commission feels that railroad
development has gone'so far and such
a volume of .securities has already been
issued thnt the (inly questions of real
importnnco rtre whether It Is deslrublo
^Continued on. Second Page.)
MISS DEWITT ACQUITTED
Accused Owner of "Poisoned l'cu" la
Krced ou Tecliulcnllty.
Philadelphia, Pa., December 11.?A
technicality bused on a F?deral rule
of practice In forco for more than 100
years, brought to un abrupt end In tho'
Uultod States Court hero to-day thu
'poisoned pen" case; In which Mira
darrtet DoWitt. of ttimlun. Pa., wan ac?
cused of wrltliig anonymous obsccno
letters to uu Easton clcrgymun, his
A'lfe and sotuo of his neighbors.
Tho cuso wan called beforo Judge
McPhcrson, and when the government
Attempted to huve admitted In evidence
4. Bumplo of Miss De Wilt's handwriting
the court ruled it out on the ground
that under the Federal rule of p?""^Uec
a test paper cannot be admitted us evi?
dence unlevs it has some other bear?
ing on the case than a more test
tu show comparison of handwriting.
Judge McPherson therefore directed
tho Jury to return u verdict of not
guilty.
''The poisoned pen" enso has attract?
ed considerable attention. The letters
were evidently the work of a Jealous
?vornun, according to the lawyers In
tho case, and most of them were aimed
?t the Ucv. Elmer E. Snyder. otChrist
Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Eus
lon. Ho had received between 200 and
J00 of pen-printed anonymous letters,
members of his congregation had re?
ceived them, and his wife and somo of
the neighbors were also tho targets
uf the letter-writer.
Tho Rev. Mr. Snyder, his wife and
several other women, drawn into tho
case through receiving anonymous let?
ters, testified to-day to having received
defamatory communication)*. The gov?
ernment called Valentino Schocnbcrgcr.
a. postal Inspector, who Investigated
the case. He told of suspicion point?
ing to Miss DeWitt. He sent for her,
und after getting her to pen-print four
lines at his dictation in tho presence of
her attorney, he said lie accused her of
writing the letters. She denied It. he
said, and she told him she also had re?
ceived some of the letters. With this*
testimony the government offered the
sample writing in evidence and tho
court threw It out.
Miss DeWitt smilingly accepted the
congratulations of her frljunde, who
crowded about her when the Jury ren?
dered its verdict in accordance with the
court's directions.
TAFT TO LOOK THEM OVER
Virginia Republicans Will Call in
White House December 14,
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
Washington. December 11.?It was
learned here to-day fiat Congressman
Slemp has perfected arrangements with
.Secretary Hilles for practically the
entire line-Up of Virginia Republicans
to sec President Taft at the. White
House on December 14. At that time,
it is proposed to have present not only
Mr. Slemp. but Alvah Marlin, national
cnmmltteeman: John Paul, of Harri
sonburg; George Hart, of Roanoki-;
Ureen Protlit. Collector Summers, and
practjcally all tho other prominent Re?
publicans In different parts of the
Suite. It Is understood that they will
probably number not less than twenty -
five, and possibly more. Tho meeting
at the Wihlte House will be for the
purpose of showing the President what
the Virginia Republican party looks
like, and of assuring him of tho parly's
support at the national convention.
Similar gatherings of Republicans from
?jth.tr States have been held at the
White House on former occasions, and
it is now proposed to let the President
see the Virginia line-up.
After the White House visit is over
?phoBQ who have eomo to Washington'
will meet and arrange for a time and
place for holding the State convention,
and probably agree upon a candidate
for Governor, though it could not be
learned to-day whether or not a can?
didate would be placed In the field. It
has been recognized here that elncc
the close race mado against Congress?
man Slemp by Henry Stuart last year
for Congress in tho Xir.th District. It
will be necessary for tho members of
the party to get together and fight
hard If tihey mean to hold the district
hereafter. "The Washington meeting
will h? something In the naturo of a
love feast, though the prime purpose,
probably Is to have President Taft see
the organization, and to announce that
It Is In fighting shape.
DEFENSE SURPRISED
Xew Letters Introduced In Cone Acalnxt
ChuruH filrln.
New Tork, December 11.?The prose?
cution In the trial of Lillian Graham
and Kthcl Conrad, the chorus girls
charged with shooting W. E. D. Stokes,
the millionaire, now critically 111, con?
fronted Miss Graham on the culmina?
tion of her "cross-examination to-day
with some new letters put In evidence
to show that the young woman's "ex?
oneration" of Stokes had been the sub?
ject of considerable negotiation, and
that she had previously promised in
more than one letter "not to make him
any trouble."
One of th*ese letters, which took the
defenfic coihplotely by surprise, con?
cluded with a request, that Stokes sub?
mit the statement ho wished hc-r to
sign.
Miss ?arham, however, was ready
with an explanation. She declared th?
letters all related to the $1,700 which
she said she had let Stokes keep for
her. Toward the end of her cxamluu
tlnn. Miss Graham was asked If sh*
had ever been In Lexington more than
once.
"Did you not send Mr. Stokes this
telegram:
"New York. June. 15. 190S. 'Will Join
you In I^exlngton. Wire me.
" 'LILLIAN.* "
"Yes, sir; Mr. Stokes was taken 111
and went to Lexington and wired tne
to come, and I sent that telegram, but
did not go."
Mr. lteckner also read n telegram
dated Cincinnati. In which the girl
asked him for $20 "as a favor," which
she said she would return.
The prosecutor was blocV.d In ef?
forts to get her to answt-r questions
as to her alleged attempts at suicide.
Counsel usually objecting on the
ground that suicide Is u crime and that
she might incriminate herself.
GIVES BIRTH TO DAUGHTER
KIC.h Chilli Horn to Ivinfv and Queen
of Spain.
Madrid. December 11.?Queen Vic?
toria, of Spain, gtryc birth to a daugh?
ter this morning.
This Is the fifth child of Queen Vic?
toria, the fourth being d<jad. King Al?
fonso and Victoria Ena, Princess of
Unnenberg, were married May 31,
1906. Their first child. Prince Alfon?
so, wns born May 10. 1907. The other
children are Prince Jamie and Prin?
cess p.outrlce.
WILSON CAMPAIGN IS ON
Illinois Trlcud.i Stnrt Fifth) for Jersey
Governor.
Chicago. December 11.?Governor
Woodrow Wilson's presidential cam?
paign was begun In Illinois to-day
when his friends announced a com?
mittee on organization and prepared
to open headquarters hero In, a few
days. William C. Nllilack. vice-presi?
dent of a trust company, is chairman
of thu organization committee, and,
Frank If. Jones, former Assistant Postr
master-General, is at tho head of the
finance committee. The committee will,
It Is said, urso a presidential primary
in this ?tat\o, __.(
SECRETSDFUHION
ARE SURRENDERED
Some One Is Giving In?
formation to Govern?
ment Officers.
NO PROMISES OF
IMMUNITY MADE
Resistance Not Offered When
Letters and Records of Iron
Workers Are Taken From
Their Headquarters to Office
of District Atterney to Be
Used by Grand Jury.
Indianapolis. December 11.?That one
or more officials of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers are surrendering volun?
tarily to the government Information
needed In the Investigation of an al?
leged natlon-wldo dynamiting conspi?
racy against structural Iron contrac?
tors who maintain tho "open shop,"
was made known to-night In state?
ments by representatives of the Na?
tional Krfctira' Association. Without
resistance being offered, letters and
records have been conveyed by de?
fectives engaged by the Erectors' As?
sociation from tho headquarters of the
lion workers" association In this city
to the ofllcc of the United States dis?
trict attorney, it was announced.
"No promise of Immunity to men
suspected of complicity in tho dyna?
miting conspiracy have been made by
tho government." declared Charles W
.Miller, lbi< district a'.'ornoy. "But, of
course, no will accept evidence from
any direction to be presented to the
grand Jury when It resumes its sessloc
next Thursday."
Warrant Not Necessary.
"1 have got tho evidence from the I
' flier of tho iron wo'liera ut-socl ttlon,''
?aid Detectivo Robert K?ster, of the
Erectors' Association, "but I will not
::ay who turned it over to me. Cer?
tainly, If it had been necessary we
?.ould have obtained a search warrant
and made a raid, but this was not
necessary."
The members of the Erectors' Asso?
ciation, who aru employers of non?
union lion workers, have suffered from
100 explosions ugainst their property
slnco the association declared for the
"open shop" In May, 1900.
It has been the principal agent In
1 the searcTr~for"" thoWTelipSKslble for
the explosions, resulting In the arrest
of John J. and James n. Moamara
and Orlle E. McManlgal.
In the fucc of the announcement of
the Erectors' Association representa?
tives, Herbert S. Hockln, secretary o!
the Iron Workers' Assoc'atioh, flatly
denied to-night that any papers had
been taken from his office. The Erec?
tors' Association and the Iron Work?
ers' Union stood now as antagonistic
as they had for thu last five years, he
?*U? Ihaveen'tered no ^gotlatlons
with tho erectors or with the federal
authorities," he added. "I am not seek?
ing Immunity, and there would be no
reason for m to 'come through." The
authorities can get anything In thl*
office through the legal means provid?
ed, but nothing has been given out oi
taken by force s'nee the raid on this
office lasi April, whin John J. Mc
Samara was arrested and a mass ol
our re-cords solzed."
Will Ue Vscd by Jury.
The letters taken from the iron
workers' headquarters are to be used.
It Is said, In tho Federal grand Jury's
Inquiry Into the allegations that
groups of men In many cities were
Implicated with John i, und James U.
McNamara In dynamiting" depreda?
tions.
Detective William J. Bufns. who was
In the city to-day, refused to make a
statement regarding his ptesent activ?
ity In the case.
"It is entirely In tho hands of the
Department of Justice." he said.
Franklin Held to Court.
Los Angeles, Cal., December 11.?
Hurt H. Franklin', an Investigator em?
ployed by bite defense in the murder
trial of Jhmes H. McNamara, just end?
ed, wus hold to tho Superior Court
to-day by Justice William P. Young
to answer to charges of bribing o
Juror end attempting to influence the
verdict of n Jury.
The $10,000 cash bond furnished al
the time of his arrest by counsel for
the McNaniaras again was made surety
for Franklin's appearance. An in
foriuiltlon by the State's attorney,
which in California may replace grand
Jury proceedings, probably will be
filed within a week, Assistant District
Attorney W. Joseph Ford snld to-night.
Tho prosecution duc-s not seek an early
trial.
Tho name of Clarence S. Harrow,
chief of counsel for the McNamaras,
was brought Into the cuso twice to?
day by witnesses at tho preliminary
hearing.
Ueorgo N. Lockwood, a vcntrenian,
j who was arrested when Franklin was,
I and later released, said Franklin told
1 him he would see Harrow "and. arrange
how the money was to be paid."
Robert F. Bann, a Juror who ac?
cepted a bribe, told how ho came to'
do It, and added that Franklin told
him Da.'i'ow had given him the money
"to use."
Franklin, In court, denied hhnt ho
ever said anything of the sort.
"I never mentioned Harrow's name
to these men." he declared, "I owo It
to Mr. Darrow lo say that ?mtich. It
Is an absolute lie."
Previously Franklin said: "I might
be guilty?though I don't for a mo?
ment admit that; hut I'm no fool."
He refused to elaborate this declara?
tion.
Attorney Darrow denlc-a any com?
plicity In the affair.
"I havo had nothing to do with 'get?
ting to' any jurors," ho said. "Lock
wood, I am told, said lato in tho day !
tihat he spoko to Franklin about 'the
big fellow.' saying ho supposed I was
meant, and Franklin replied, 'I didn't
mean Darrow: I meant Captain White.'1
It look.s as If TK>cUwood >mlght have
had my mime in mlml when Franklin
was not talking about nie."
I District Attorney Fredorlck" says i
I that tho Stoto does not poasess evl-J
denen which would warrant Including
[Mr. Darrow 1a the tangle. . j
FUGITIVE JUROR
CANNOT BE FOUND
Police Force and Fifteen
Deputies Search for
Him in Vain.
SUICIDE THEORY
GIVEN CREDENCE
Driven Desperate by Homesick?
ness After Seeing His Children,
Juror in Hyde Case Leaves
Hotel Quarters Through
Transom and Disappears.
Mistrial Is Likely.
Kunsas City. Mo., December 11.?A
mistrial oC Diu second hearing of Dr.
U. Clarke Hyde, charged with killing
Colonel Thomas lit Swope. appears
probable to-rugnt.
Made desperuco by the sight of two
of his ehildron, from whom he had
been, separated for six weeks, in the
court-room lust Saturday, Harry Wul
dron. one of the jurors, escajicd from
ine Jury's hotel quarters early to?
day. While Frank Jasper, a deputy
county marshal, who was on guard,
slept, Waldron pried open a nailed
transom, crawled through the open?
ing, tiptoed to a tire escape and leap?
ed fifteen feet to freedom. Tho entire
city police force and lltteen deputies
from the county marshal's offlee have
searched in vain for him since Iiis ab?
sence was noted near daylight
Fear of Suicide.
If Waldron Is not located by to?
morrow night the eleven remaining
lurors will be discharged, Judge For
terfleld said to-day. Or. If the miss?
ing man Is found and he cannot provu
that he has not discussod the case
during his absence, the same action
??.'111 be taken. Should hu return in
lood health and sweur thut he has
mentioned the trial to no one, land thu
court is ?alisfied with his story, the
trial will proceed. Fear that Waldron
nas killed hlmsell is growing, lie was
.n a highly agitated state when last
jecn on Sunday night, us indeed, he
aad been almost every day sinuu ho
was chosen a Juror, no objected to
serving when he was lirst selected,
raying his duiry Interests would not
permit his absende. Later he was
taken ill and begged pltclously for his
wife and children After that his wife
.vrotc him dally, and he seemed better
contented.
On Saturday his children went in?
to the court room to see him. From
his scat in the Jury box he smiled and
nodded. When court adjourned ho
grasped them In his arms and kissed
and fondled them. Yesterday was
Sunday and a dull day for tho Jury.
Some of tho Jurors pluyed games and |
others read, but Waldron rat alone
playing on his old and battered violin,
''Homitt, Sweet Home," his favorite
tune. He played it repeatedly. It
was on his Hps when he retired, ear?
ly this morning.
"Be It ever so humble.
There Is no place llko home."
Those were the words he hummed
when he got Into bed. But he did not
go to sleep?he escaped at the earliest
opportunity. He took notlhing but tho
clothes he was wearing.
l'unlnhmcnt Would lie Light.
Even If Waldron'a escape should re?
sult In a mistrial, which would mean
a loss of thousands of dollars to the
county, no severe punishment could
be inflicted upon him. He Is In con?
tempt of court, but tho maximum pen?
alty for tills offense Is but a fine of
$50 or a ten days' Jail sentence. Tho
suggestion that .Waldron committed
suicide was most generally accepted.
Officers think worry about his family
may have temporarily deranged him.
Prosecutor Conkllng Issued a state?
ment Intimating that Waldron had
been Induced to escape. Attorneys for
the defense gavo out a written state?
ment deploring the Incident and set?
ting forth that they had always urged
a speedy trial for their client. They
were especially emphatic In denying
the prosecutor's Insinuations.
TAFT STARTS CAMPAIGN
AmUn Gr?Dua to Support Arbitration
Treutlett.
Washington, December 11.?A per?
sonal campaign to secure senatorial
Bupport for the French an(j British
arbitration treaties was begun to-day
by President Taft. The first man he
approached was Senator Gronna, of
North Dakota, un acknowledged sup?
porter of Senator La Follette. Mr.
Gronna told the President that he be?
lieved that he could vote for the
treaties It they were amended so as to
preserve tho Senate's prerogative more
closely.
FRANCHISE ACCEPTED
I.aM Obstacle to Uutldlng of (irceu
vllli?t'hnrlottc (inp iteniorcd.
Greenville, 8. C? December 11.?The
directors of the Greenville, Anderson
and Spartunburg Interurban Klcctric
Hallway, nt a meeting here to-day. ac?
cepted the franchise recently granted
by the Spartunburg Aldermen for the
entrance of the InterUrban into that
city.
This action removes the last obsta?
cle In the construction of the gap be?
tween Greenville and Charlotte.
Gives Money for Monument.
Charleston, S. C, December 11.?Col?
onel A. 8, Home, a prominent resident
of Clayton, N. C has given $10,000 for
the erection of a monument to the
women of the Confederacy at Raleigh.
N. Cm according to a telegram received
here to-day from General Julian S.
Carr by General C. Irvine Walker,
chairman of tho United Confederate
Veterans' committeo on women's monu?
ments.
Itnctnfc Men Jubilant.
Columbia, S. C, December 11.?Chiof
Justice Jones to-day grnntod a post?
ponement of tlio hearing on tho peti?
tion for an injunction against the
Columbia Racing Association, almod
to stop t'ho booktnnkliYg at the track
until January t. -This will enable the
meeting practically to run Its leuyth
oven If the racing association Ik on
Joined on that date. The meeting was
supposed to run to January 6. Racing
men are jubilant this evening:;
FIVE MEN TAKEN
ALIVE FROM MINE
They Had Saved Them?
selves From Deadly
Afterdamp.
THEIR RESCUE
GIVES NEW HOPE
Twenty-Two Bodies Have Been
Recovered From Cross Moun?
tain Mine, in Which Explo?
sion Cost Scores of Lives.
Briceville Is Scene of
Desolation.
Briceville, Term., December 11?
Five mon have been rescued alive from
the Cross Mountain mine. Three
wero brought out at 9 o'clock to-night.
They were William Henderson, aged
fifty-live; Milton Henderson, aged
twenty-two, his son; lrwln Smith,
aged thlrty-tlvc.
All of tho men are married. They
were fouud In left cross entry No. 19,
and had escaped death In tho explosion
of Saturday morning by erecting a
brattice, cutting oft tho deadly after?
damp. All wore In good condition and
will live. In fact, tho elder Henderson
was so strong that he wanted to wulk
to his home.
Two more wore brought out allvo
shortly after 11 o'clock. Rescue men
uro now digging for three mure men
who are reported to b? allvo.
'l he last two men uro Antbur Scott,
ugi-a thirty, who has a wifu and two
children, and Doro Irish, aged thirty,
who 1b ulso married. Irleli Is budly
burned about the face and hunds, but
probably will recover, bcotl la prac
tloally uninjured.
The Unding of these men alive has
created new hopa In th ? breasts of tho
rescuers.
Twenty-two Bodies ltcct*?cred.
At nightfall twenty-two bodies had
been recovered, and more than twenty
cross entries to the mine remained to
bo explored. It will be days before
all of the, entries aro penetrated.
A day more gloomy or more in keep?
ing with tho feelings of do surviving
lunabltanis of this stricken village
would be difficult to imagine. A cold
rain began fulling Just before day?
break and continued until lato In the
afternoon, converting tho roads which
comprise the streets of Briceville Into
mud puddles- .
From tho little sliacks In which the
miners live came walling sounus from
women and children, thereby adding
to the general gloom. For the most
part, tho women remained In their
homes, but a few of thorn stood in the
ruin outside the mine entrance, wall?
ing for their dead to oo brought forth.
The rescue work has gone relent?
lessly on since, the explosion. occurred
early Saturday morning. Dr. J. A.
Holmes, head of the United Slates
Board of Mines, took personal charge
of the government rescuers to-day,
and directed his men into tho unex?
plored recesses. Wearing oxygen hel?
mets, they were uble to penetrate to
corners in which tho miners them?
selves darned not venture for fear of
the dread afterdamp.
Practically all of the men who aro
believed to have perished are Ameri?
cans, born and roared in this valley.
Many women have been deprived not
only of tholr husbands, but also of
brothers and some of sons. The
stricken ones seem to have cried them?
selves out, and apparently arc in a
sort of dazed condition unable fully
to realize the extent of their loss.
A new graveyard was established
to-day at Laurel Branch, near in
to lake care of the Cross Mountain
dead. The graves are being dug in
a circle, the plan being eventually to
erect a monument In the centre In
memory of the explosion victims.
Digging New Graves. ?
Volunteers were called for to-day
to perform the sexton's task, and
twelve responded. All afternoon they
could be seen plying pick and shovel
on the mountain side under an Im?
provised shelter to protect them from
the rain.
There was not enough work for the
undertaker's corps to do. and, clad in
oilcloth aprons, they presented "a grue?
some sight as they stood about tho
mine waiting for bodies to be brought
forth.
Many are Mie theories advanced as
to tho cause of the explosion. Presi?
dent Stephenson, of the Knoxvllle Coal
Company, which owns the mine, said
to-day it probably' had been caused by
a "windy shot," which is a sort of
"tlare-back" of powder Inserted In a
holir bored lr. the coal to he dislodged.
This powder might have ignited gast r
accumulated in one of the many
"rooms" In the mine, or mig>.H havo
set off tho coal dust on tho floor of
the room.
Cro>s Mountain mine is more than
twenty years old, and contains some
of the richest coal deposits in this
region. It has nn average output of
60U tons a day. Never before in Its
history lias It had' n serious accident.
Tho coal company is supplying the
Immediate needs of tho stricken fami?
lies, but later there will be need of
funds to care for the widows and or?
phans. Indications arc tlhat there will
be more than flftv of the former and
about K.0 of the latter. A Knoxvllle
baker distributed ?00 loaves of bread
among the families to-day. and there
wus in) shortage of food.
FALLS FROM COAL CHUTE
Euglue Topples Over and Two Men Are
Killed.
C.reenville. S. C. December 11.?En?
gineer Lawrence Maddox. of Columbia,
and the colored fireman of u locai
freight train oh the Southern Railway,
between Columbia and Oreenvllle, were
Instantly killed at Pelser to-day, when
their engino fell twenty .feet off a
coal chute. Tho onglno was placing
cars on the chute nnd the brakes fail?
ed to work. Both men Jumped to savo
their lives. As tllo fender of the en?
gine turned over It fell upon the men,
horribly mangling them.
A little factory girl was sliin?tng
nearby when the accident occurred
und was iterlously scalded by steam
and hot wator from the burgled pipes
of, tho engine.
BOY FARMERS REWARDED j
Youthful Corn-Urowers N'on Seeing
of National Capitol.
Washington. December 11.?Twenty
one boya from tho Southern Status
who won prizes this year for raising
banner crops of corn, arrived hero to- '
day and wlU spend the rest of the
week taking th tho sights of the' na?
tional capital, one of the rowuids of
their effort?.
Socrutary of Agriculture Wilson to?
morrow will present each of. tho boys
u uipioma In recognition of the good
work ilono by thorn In tho advance?
ment of ugrlculture. They also will be
presented to President Taft.
Agricultural Department ofllciala In
churgc of the farm demonstration
work are highly pleased with tho re?
sult of this year's work by tho boya
"clubs." Uoth la quantity of corn
raised and in cheapness of production
it nas been Uy far the" oest yeur
since the Idea was Inaugurated throe
years ago. They point to tho fact
that six of tho boya now hero'ralsuxl
more than 200 bushels on tnulr acre of
land, wnereas last year this was uone
by only one boy. The average produc?
tion among the twenty-ono boys la
about 175 bushels per acre.
Bcnnic lioeson, cloven years old. of
Monticello, Miss., who grew Til and u,
fraction bushels on his acre at a cost
of li cents por bushel. Is tho leading
prize-winner, having como within a
bushel of the best previous record. In
cheapness of cost, Junlus Hill, of Ala?
bama, comes first, his 213 bushels hav?
ing been raised at an average cost of
only 8 1-2 cents a bushel.
The boys now here are: ?ber A. Klm
brough and Juuius Hill, Alabama: Bur
ley Seagruvc and Waller Hale, Arkan?
sas; Ben Leuth, Arthur Hill and Monroo
Hill, Goorglu; Carl Duncan and How?
ard B?rge, Kansas; John Honry, Jr..
Louisiana; Bennie Beeson. llarntn
Thomas and John Bowen, Mississippi;
Charles Parker, Jr., Mississippi; L. C
Wolf, Oklahoma; Miller Hudson and
Claude McDonald, South Carolina; John
V. McICIbbon and Norman Sinith, Ten?
nessee; John A. Johnston. Jr., Virginia,
and ISdward Doyle, Illinois.
WANTS TO SHOW ANIMUS
Lorlmer Hopes to tiring Out llcnnons
Huck of Fight on Him.
Washington, December 11.?Whether
the Senate Lorlmer Investigating com?
mittee will go into tho alleged reasons
Why the International Harvester Com?
pany and the McCormlok family wer?
opposed to him, may not be decided for
several days. Chairman Dlllingham
said to-day that an examination of the
record was necessary to decide tho
point. Judgo Hanecy. counsel tor Mr.
L-oruner, has inulcutod that he will
light hard to show what he claims Is
the Inspiration of tho charges against
tho Illinois Senator.
It becumo evident to-day that no
Senator on tho committee entertained
hope that flic first of the year would
see the end of the Inquiry.
It Is generally expected that the case
will bo carried well over Into tho
spring. Counsel for Lorlmer are being
accused of using every pretext for do
lay of any sort.
More witnesses were Introduced by
the defense to-day to discredit 'testi?
mony of Charles A. White, tho former
Illinois legislator, who mado an al?
leged confession that ho had been
bribed to vole for Lorlmer.
Homer D. Shaw, a banker of Bement,
111., and a Democratic representative
at the Assembly which elected Lorlmer,
testified that White had told him he
would vote for Lorlmer "If ho got the
chance." Shaw said he and all the
country Democrats had voted against
Lorlmer. but ttm Chicago delegation
was swung over.
"I wasn't surprised at anything tho
Chicago Democrats did," said Shaw.
James W. Doyle, one of the labor
lobby at Springtlidd. who said ho was
thorn seeking certain legislation, de?
clared White had Intimated to him that
"he wusn'l living on wind," but Doyle
gave no testimony of having been ask?
ed directly- for a bribe.
REQUEST IS REFUSED
Supreme Court Denies Appeal to Inde?
pendent Tobacco lntcrc.it?.
Washington, December 11.? In re?
fusing to-<luy tin- request ot the Leal
Tobacco Hoard of Trade of New York
to review Hie decree of the United
States Circuit Court for Southern Now
York, which approved the reorganiza?
tion plan of the "tobacco trust." three
reasons w.ere. assigned by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
These reasons, which wero set forth
by Chief Justice White, were:
"One who Is not a party to a record
and Judgment is not entitled to appeul
therefrom.
"Tho action of the court below In
refusing to permit the movers to be?
come parties to the record is not sus?
ceptible of being revlowed by this
court of appeal, or, Indirectly, uiidw
the circumstances here disclosed, by
the writ of mandamus.
"The merely general nature and
character of tho Interest which th*
movers alleged they have In the papers
hero filed Is not In any event of such
a character as to authorize them in
this proceeding to assail ehe action
of the court 'below."
A bill was introduced to-day by
Senator Cummins granting to the In?
dependent tobacco companies tho
right to appeal l" the Supreme Court
from the New York decree approving
the tobacco company's reorganization.
The bill gives as the reason for re?
view a desire to ascertain whether the
Circuit Court's decree is in conformity
with the Supreme Court decision in
the tobacco ease. Mr. Cummins will
speak on his bill next Wednesday,
DISCRIMINATION CHARGED
II. S. .steel Itallroada Said i<> ??ve Low
Kates t? That Concern.
Washington, December 11 ?Inde?
pendent steel manufacturers to-day
a I rod before the House "steel trust in?
vestigating committee complaints thai
railroads owned by Ihe United Stales
Sioel Corporation discriminated I"
favor of that concern.
F. O. Baird. rrclght t rattle managet
of the Bessemer and Hake Brie Hall
road, anil George D. Dlxon, frolgnt
traffic manager of tho Pennsylvania
Railroad; were witnesses. The latter
declared that Charles M. Schwab, pres?
ident of the Bethlehem Steel Com?
pany: had complained against discrimi?
natory' rates and had threatened to
build a terminal railroad to overcome
shipping disadvantage. Mr. Bulr.l tes?
tified t I?l t 'i' ll'o Pittsburgh district
the rates were fixed In conference. Mr.
Dlxon said the Cambria Steel Com?
pany the Bethlehem Company oiet
others hud complained of the division
of the freight rates In the district.
"Mr Schwab, of the Bethlehem Com?
pany " said Mr. Dlxon, "was formerly
president of lire United Steten Steel
Corporation, and knows nil at>oiit how
these rates are made. Ho wants the
same thing for ?Bethlehem."
I Heprescntatlve Beall asked Mr.
Dlxon about changes made In the rates
by agreements, and tho witness an?
swered that to get business they wero
forced to meet competitive ratts.
SIXTEEN PERSONS KILLED
Train Derailed and FnUs !???*? Klver
Doiirnuil.
(Jporto. Portugal, Doecmbor IL?Six
Icon persons were killed lofniRht and
thirty Injured! l?y the derailment of
two cars, which Ml uu.it? ihy iUvor
Douroud, -?- -
Advocacy of His Nomi?
nation No Longer Even
Thinly Veiled.
-
HOPE TO "FORCE"
HONOR ON HIM
Endeavoring to Postpone Action
by Committee Which Would
Mean Commitment to Any
Candidat c?Southerners
Opposing New, and 111
Feeling Is Engendered.
Washington, December 11.?HoatUl-t
He? ot an unexpected character and.
from an unloosed for quurtor develop
ed to-day among members of the Rc?
publican National Committee and otln
or prominent party leaders who aro
here in connection with the meeting
to-morrow to tlx the time and place)
for the presidential nominating con-"
ventlon next summer. Opposition to]
Colonel Harry S. New, of Indianapolis
tho administration candidate for chair*
man ot the powerful subcommittee on
convention arrangements, was rcspon*
alblo for the ill feeling engendered.
Tho altuatlon, however, cleared con?
siderably lute In tho evening. At tho
President's dinner to tho committee
mon there was r?p open discussion <>C
politics, but It became known lmmedl~?
ately after tho diners had adjourned
thut Secretary Hilles and other sup?
porters of President Taft had won. a
complete victory, and that Colonel
New undoubtedly would head the
subcommittee on arrangements.
It also was evident that the Taft
forces would control the entire mem-v
berahlp of tho subcommittee, und that!
the slate of tho subcommittee or fivd
Included. In addition to Colonel Now.
National Commltteeinen Mulvecn. of
Kansas; Vorys, of Ohio; Murphy, of
New Jersey, and Williams, of Oregon
All of these mon are known to bo
friendly to President Taft. Commlt
teeman N. C. Duncan, of North Caro-t
Una, may bo added later as a sixth
member of tho subcommittee.
Opcu for Itooaevclt.
Only loss Interesting than tue un.
looked for controversy over tho con-'
trol of the subcommittee In charge ot
the convention was the exploitation
throughout the day of Colonel Theo?
dore) Hoouevult as the possible candn
date for the presidential nomination.
Tho advocacy of Colonel Koosovelt,
but thinly veiled yesterday, wus open?
ly and promiscuously proclaimed to?
day. The advocates of Colonol Koos?'
velt's nomination apparently based
tholr arguments in his behalf upon the
fact that at no time had the formet
President announced that he woulo
not ucccpt tho nomination {t It were
tendered him. It was rocognlzed that
he would not openly become a candl"
date, thoy said, but the/ worn bus.
bounding members ot the national
committee and other prominent Re?
publicans In the city as to their aentl
ment In regard to "forcing" the nonv
lna lion upon tho colon id.
There wore many who connected the
open advocacy of Colonel Roosevelt's
nomination with tho opposition to
numlng a committee on arrangements
dominated by administration men. It
was appurent throughout the day (hati
friends of Colonel Roosevelt were en?
deavoring In every way possible to
postpone action by the national com?
mittee which would definitely commit
anybody to any man's candidacy. Tho
Roosevelt enthuslusts frankly stated
that their hope lay In working up u
demand for Colonel Roosevelt to bit
expressed in the convention itself.
Friends of Colonel Roosevelt also de?
clared toduy that they were making ar
attempt ut this tlmo to force tho Issue
Their object wps, they said, to leave
mutters sufficiently open to permit of
his candidacy at the psychological mo?
ment.
Many conferences wero held during
the day and continued until tho White
House dinner to-night when President
Taft was the host to a body far from
united on tho business which brought
It to Washington. In the executive
state dining room, however, It was
realized that animosities would have
to be laid aside for the dinner was ar^
ranged In formal honor of the com
mittel-, the guests including both tho
ardent supporters of and the lukewarm
friend.i of the President.
At Cross Purposes.
The most sensational 1'ea.turo of tho
day's skirmishing was tho fact that
Secretary Hilles, who Is the uctivo
leader of the Taft forces In the cam?
paign for rcnnmliiallon of the Presl
dnt, and postmaster Hitchcock, who
managed the President's cumpaigu
tin- !ti year* ago. seemingly were array?
ed against cacti other. The rumors
tliitt the two were working at cross
purposes Hew thick and fast through
tho hotel corridors. Finally Mr. Hitch?
cock Issued a statement in deniaJ but
it did not entirely set the reports at
rest. Mr. Hitchcock's statement fol?
lows:
"Statements which would lndlcato
that there Is friction between Mr.
Hilles and myself arc absolutely un?
founded. My resignation as chairman
of (he National Committee was ten?
dered in good faith on the day that
I was confirmed as Postmaster-Gene?
ral, and from that time to this i have
refrained from participation in tho af?
fairs of the committee. I havo all that
1 can -do at present to look ajrter tho,
business of my department and do not'
wish t- bo drawn Into any controversy'
respecting nutional politics,"
Friends of President Taft entered
upon the work of tho day. preliminary
to the meeting to-morrow, thoroughly
? onfldent tluit" there would ?a no Op-v'
position to Mr. New. It was not until
afternoon that they learned that tHo
program arranged on Sunday was giv?
ing dissatisfaction. Strangely enough/
tho opposition came from members'
from the Southern States, the section
over which tho administration wa*
supposed to be In undisputed control.
Members ?f tho committee from thd'
Southern Slates met curly in the day..
OHttMtBlhH t" t.iK? ?. measures of Self-,
protection against any attempt in tb*'
next convention to reduce fhelr ret>ra
ssuUUon, A ?Stlop. W.M ndoj>t*4 dm