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THE TIMEB FOUNDED 1884.
WHOLE NUMBER 18,854.
RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1912.
TUR WEATHER TO-D AY-Falr PRICE TWO CENTS*
KHEWGU1LTV OHES
IN DYNAMITE PLOT
Mayor of Indianapolis
Failed to Prosecute
McNamaras.
DETECTIVE BURNS
MAKESTHE CHARGE
Former City Official Admits
His Investigation Disclosed
Who Were Responsible for
Destruction of Non-Union
Buildings?A gain Inti?
mated Gompers Knew.
Indianapolis. Ind. January 3?De-:
tactive WiUlain J. Burns, 'before leav?
ing lato to-day fur Philadelphia; open
ly charged former Mayor Charles A.
Uookwaltur. of thla city, with nogll
tfwnco In not having prosoculod Job:i
J, McNamara two year:! ago oil bvt
deneo in hla possession indicating that
?jfficlals of tho International Associa?
tion of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers had caused dynamite explu
i Jona here.
Burns declared that the former
.Mayor dropped the investigation, and
not lone afterward was invited to be?
come a member of a punting linu
doing mud work fui national labor
unions, and In which tfamucl Gompers,
president of the Amarlcun Federation,
ii reported to him to have been lnt< r
cstcd.
Bookwaltor, in an interview to-day.
denied tha.'. uompcrs ai any time had
tieeti concerned Iii the printing firm or
that he knew him Intimately, b'Jt said
that partners In the llrm were Leo M.
Itdppaport, counsel for the Interna?
tional Association of Bridge and .Struc?
tural lion Workers, and Hugo Thorach,
a long-time friend of (Jompere.
AdinUi TelllUR Labor headers.
Bookwaltor admitted that two years
ago he had told a score of prominent
national labor loaders affiliated with
2jamuel| (tampers and the American
Federation <>( Labor mat he was con?
vinced of Iba guilt of John J. McNa
ihara and tho Iron worktrs' union Iii
connection with tho four explosions on
property of Albert Von Spreckels?!!, In
October, 1909.
?Why didn't Bookwalt'r pursue his
Investigation?" queried Burns, "either
Mayor of a? a private citizen after
ho retired from office shortly aftor
^.::-<i:~ If he knew, as he jay,H he did.
that John .1 MeN'n thorn and the Iron
workers were dynamiting property of
non-union contractor*. It waji hla duty
t'i prosecute or tell t!io public what ho
knew. If he hud done so, scores of
ibsequcnt explosion?, might have beon
prevented."
The detective said that all informa?
tion developed In his Investigation
would be turned over to the govern
r.irnt prosecutor;. The Federal strand
Jury resumed to-day Its inquiry Into
the a!l?g<vl dynamiting plot of national
extent.
Kor the Von SpreckcIsen explosions
the dynamite 1ft presumed to have been
l.roug'ht from Bloomvllle, O.
"People who defeat the ends of Jus?
tice," h? said, "arc guilty with those
who were, actively engaged in a con?
spiracy to violate laws."
Hugo Thorsch, partner of Rookwal
teT. declared he would give Detective
Burns free access to the books and
records, of the company.
"f never have had business relations
with .Samuel Gompers," said Thorseh,
"though I have obtained larg.j print-.
Ing contracts with labor unions. Mr.
Bookwalter came Into this llrm be?
cause he wished to engage In the busi?
ness, and he was a desirable partner."
Why Ho Dropped I?.
Bookvvalter, in turn, stated that his
icason for dropping the dynamiting
investigation was .that he personally
had financed It, and when his term of
office as Mayor expired he felt that his
public Interest In It was ended.
"Wo were on a street car together
one. day shortly after the. Von .Sprcck
elsen explosions In October, 1909," said
Bookwalter to-day, "when John J.,
whom 1 knew very well, asked me In
it taunting way If I had learned who
blew up the buildings. I was Irritated
those, days because I myself hud re?
ceived threalenlng letters, and had to
have a guard ut my house for aLxty
days, so I answered rather hotly, "Yea.
and I could put my hand on one of
them without leaving this cor.*"
Asked whether he told any one else
beside McNamara of what his Investi?
gation had disclosed, ho said:
"Yea, 1 told a score of labor leaders
what 1 knew, and that the Iron work?
ers we.rc to blame."
"What did they say when you blamed
the iron workers?"
"I think some of them said It was a
d?d shame."
"Did any of those men tell Mr. Oom
pera thai suspicion pointed strongly
to the guilt of tho Iron workers?"
"I don't know whether they told him
or not, but Sam Gompors la one of the
best Informed men in this country."
Bookwalter said that Gompers vis?
ited Indianapolis several times subse?
quent to his own conversation with
the lnbor leaderf, both befo.-e and at
tcr the McNamaras were arrested, and
that lie (Bookwaltor) mot Gompers
himself twice while with labor union
men, but that no reference was mudo
in his presence to the explos/ons.
Bookwaltor waa then told that In?
vestigation was bolng made as to
whether ho had Informed Gompers. Ho
denied that ho was Intimate enough
to have discussed t.ho question because
of hd alleged business association.
"It's true that my partner, Hugo
'Thorseh. Is a c|o*c friend of Mr. Gom?
pers, having known him for twenty
years," said Bookwnltcr.
"Do you think Mr. Gompers knew
whilo these explosions were going on
who wss responsible for thorn?"
General of Great Army. ?
"Gompers Is ?enorai of n great arjs>/;
and like, a general ho did not inquire
when any of his men wore engaging
in guerilla warfare. But if tills were
~ ^Continued on Seventh Page.),
FATHER AND SON CONFESS |
Stcul Uank'H Money to Ktrp Manufac
turlUK L'oiupouy (??Inn.
Battle Crock, Mich., January 3?In
the hc.ii-?ig to-nttrht before United
ritulca Commissioner ClarK, H. M. Uwr
lug, cashier of the fulled Albion Nu
Uonal Hank, ami hla son. I'. M. De.tr
Ihg, pleaded guilty to chargeu ot am
bezzlement ami forgery. They wem
bound over to the Detroit grand Jury
und bonds wer-! placed ul t/<J?,00d ea.cn.
Uulli declared they would n-jt seek
temporary freedom on auch conditions
and '.inlu.sn sohle of their friends vol?
untarily offer to furnish the bonds
they will be taken to the Waya? coun?
ty (Detroit) Jail to-:morrow morning.
Hoth men made f ullft signed conten?
tions. They told of ftpur Operation?
by which they obtalneu IfSO.oUM from
Ine bank by means- oi notes to whlcti
they forget, either fictitious names or
iho names of wealthy larinem livlnii
I aear Albion. In addition to tula amount
' ihey admitted tnat forged documents,
signed by the Cook Manufacturing
j Company, of which the elder Dear
Jtig wad president ar,u the aon secre
lary-ti euaurer. would bring tneir total
peculations tip to about M/H,uuu
I '1'ho turner, an aged and whitu-nalrcd
man. tolu tne story oi Ins dealings
I with quivering Hps. Ills face waa
drawn, pale aim haggard, and he seem?
ed to be suffering unucr a great load.
Occasionally be brushed tea, a from bin
I eyes.
i The younger Wearing seemed calm
land composed. Wiiun asked If he hud
any statement to majtc he eald only
one?that he i>ad been trying to run
I a business on wind." In this lie refer?
red to the Cook Manufacturing Com?
pany, which ho acknowledged nad been
uuanecd during the last uve years or
more on mouoy obtained by forging I
notes. 1
"My father and 1 have nothing to
show for the amount of money em?
bezzled," he said. "All, or mom of It,
went to the upkeep of the Cook eon-'
cern. J wuntuu to make a clean oreust j
of everything from too atari, and am j
now ready to Iuko my medicine."
CAVALIERI GETS DIVORCE
No Pleadings mid JudKmi-ut In lUad in
Kuiply t.ourll
Paris, January 3.?"it Cavotiert coihea
in by the door, 1 Will Jump out uy tne j
winuow," was tne staiemeiit made bj
Itobvrt Winthrop Cnauler, of New
fork, according to the ueclalon of tu?
Civil Court hue to-uuy In granting a
divorce id Mine. iJcnii Cuviiltcrt, ih>
grund opera singer, trom Chanter, on
the ground that Chanier constantly re?
fused to receive Ina witc ai nis con?
jugal domicile.
? Hauler adhered to hla purpose no I
to cop teat the divorce, and me proceed
inga were of a purely formal char?
acter. The court found that it nad
no choice but to accord a ulvo-rce In
Iavor of i.'avalb. rl. There were no
pleaulngc and the Judgment was read
1:1 an empty court.
It waa pointed out that all legal re?
quirements to preserve the union had
been observed. "When an authorized
agent." says the Judgment, "summoned
? -Hauler to take up married lite again.
Cltanler replied that lit declined to live
With his wife, arloing that ho nad map?
ped out hla lift otherwise."
It was further act forth that when
the sheriff visited Chanler with a sum?
mons. Chanier finally signed it, saying
he did ho on condition that he would
never again hour Ma wife spoken of.
The court then quoted t.'hanler'a ex
prcsslon thut |f hla wife Insisted on I
entering the house ho would jump out
of the window, and concluded by num
tng a liquidator to arrange the proper4 i
ty rights of the parties. Chunl^r was
ordered to pay all the costs of the pro?
ceedings.
LIVES BEYOND MEANS
XuiT Vnndcroef la Arr*-*?cd for Kmber
rlemcut of * 1U>,000.
New York. January 3.? Ferey G. Van
derocf, well-known In mercantile cir?
cles here, surrendered at the Criminal
Courts Uuildlng late to-day to faca
??.ursres of embezzlement of approxi?
mately JH'j.O'JiJ trom the large whole?
sale dry goods house of the Van Keu
reh-Thornton Company, of which ha
was treasurer. He entered a rormal
Plea of not guilty and was locked
up In the Tombs for further examina?
tion Friday.
Vunderoef Is thirty-seven years old,
and lives In liast Orange, N. J.. with
his mother and sister. Ilia salary has
been Jl.'jiio a year, one] lie held JlS.uou
stock :n the corporation, which counsel
said to-day haa been turned over as
partial restitution foj; the alleged de?
falcations.
District Attorney Whitman, appear
lng at the urraignmcnt of Vandcroef
I on the technical charge of larceny of
j $.00 by drawing a check on the ilrm
to pay personal lestaurant and l_nxi
cab bills, dec-lan d the treasurer's books
indicated shortages amounting to over
(100,000, covering a period of four?
teen years. All of the alleged defalca?
tions were by check transactions, cov?
ered up. it Is alleged, by fictitious en?
tries In the firm's books.
"I never knew of Vunderoef specu?
lating In the market," said his counsel.
"My opinion is he simply lived beyond
his means."
AN UNWILLING WITNESS
Government fjeta l.lttli- of \ nine From
Former Mnnngier for Armour,
Chicago, January 3.? William D. Miles,
general manager for the Armour Pack
ins Company, at Kansas City, from
lb'.H t? 1002, testified to-day In the
trial of the ten Chicago packers
charged with criminal violation of the
Sherman law, thut the old packers'
pools were organized to prevent the
glutting of the mnrkot with fresh meat
and that there always was actlvu com?
petition between the members iti all
parts of the country.
Despite the fact that MIIcp on two
occasions had given testimony against
the packers before Federal grand Jit- !
lies, he proved an unwilling witness
to-day, and Uttlo of value to the. gov?
ernment's case was gleaned from his
direct examination, which was not con?
cluded when court adjourned tor the
day. ;
The witness brought out for the Urst
time that there waa a "black test
cost" and a "red test cost" used In
the bookkeeping of tho Armour Pack?
ing Company, the former being used
as the lint price of the animal and tho
latter included freight and other item's
of export.
The government contends that the
"red test cost" wus secretly used by
the combination In the llxlng of the
price of meal.
MEMORIAL TO CHARLES MINOT
Operator Who Transmitted Flrnt Trnlu
Order by TclcgErnph.
Mlddletown, N. Y.. January 3.?Mrs
IC. H, llarrlman and two association?
of railway telegraphers aro erecting
at- the stutlon at llarrlman, N Y., u
memorial lo Charles Mlnot, who, til
18&1, transmitted the first train order
by tolegraph. Mrs. llarrlman Is giving
tho monument, which will bo complet?
ed and dedicated by veterans of tho
wire early In the spring..
The design evf tho memorial tablet is
artistic and Ingenious. The figures on
the pilaster, like ornaments on either
side, are made up of bnttory Jars and
other things from the equipment of
the early telegraphers. At tholr base
arc larger Jura, while tho scrolls of
the capitals aro made up of curled
tlokcr tape.
Dr. Wu Ting Fang In?
sists That He Come
to Shanghai.
NO PARLEYING
BY TELEGRAPH
Republicans Decline to Negotiate!
by Wire, and Prospects Are
That Fighting Will Be Re?
sumed Soon?Confidence
of Imperial Court Is
Reviving.
l<ondon. January 4.?\V?j Ting Fung
has written to Premier Yuan Shi Kal,
says the Dally Telegraph'? Shanghai|
correspondent. Informing the Premier
that he declines to curry on negotia?
tions by telegraph. Ho insists upon
Yuan Shi Kal coming to Shanghai for
that purpose. Dr. Wu believes that the.
Premier Is willing to join the repub?
licans, but is afraid to leave Peking.
A dispatch from sit. Petersburg to
tho Telegraph says that there is dan?
ger of Mongolia splitting into three
separate kingdoms. Kastern Mongolia]
has already proclaimed independence
at Urga. \Ve3tern and Southern .Mon?
golia are preparing to follow suit
with capitals at Kobdo and UliasUtal
A recent dispatch said that tho
princes of Southern Mongolia had
unanimously resolved to support the
Imperial government against the
Chinese revolutionaries. They de?
clared they would proclaim their in?
dependence if a Chinese republic wui
j established.
Uns Doue Ills Beat.
j Shanghai, January ::.?"1 have done
j my bowt tor my country, and do not
desire to embarrass my old chief."
This Is all that Tung Shuo VI would
say tor publication after the an?
nouncement of his resignation as a
representative of Premier Yuan iShl
Kal to the peace conference.
Tang Shao Yt appears to be much
affected over the Situation. Up to last
night he believed peace was assured
and that there would be no further
bloodshed. It is feared now that a
continuation of the peace, conference
In Impossible, as the telegraph Is an
unsatisfactory means of negotiating,
and certain republicans will never con?
sent to hold the conference in Peking.
Will Attack Mutineers.
Peking. January 3.?Three thousand
Manch-u imperial troops, drawn from
the garrisons of Pao-Tlng-I'u and Shlh
j Wang-Tno. have been ordered to Chln
Wang-Tao and Laachow to attack tho
mutineers there if thej- do not sub?
mit.
Gha.o-.Urh-Fer.g. formerly viceroy of
t:,e province of Sze-Ohuan. assisted by
Manchu soldiers from Tibet, has re?
captured Cheng-Tu, the capital. Se?
rious disturbances, however, continue
throughout the province. All foreign?
ers arc reported to have left the city
of Chung-King.
Tho railroad authorities a.t Tsln
Tlen, fearing an attack by the rebol
troops, hai'o stopped the Siberian malls.
General Li-Yuen-Hlng, commander,
in-chief of the rebel troops, who has
been mad; vice-president of the pro?
visional republic, has apologized to
the Imperial authorities for the viola?
tion of tho armistice at Hankow, and
has dismissed two colonels who were
responsible for It.
Tho viceroy of the province of Hu- j
Pish has Informed the revolutionary I
leaders that l.??n. railroad cars will
bo needed to remove the Imperial troop3
from their positions, and that only
fifty cars are available. The troops
cannot, therefore, carry out tho pro?
posed evacuation in less than a fort?
night.
General L,i Hucn Hing has approved
a special ugreement to meet this dlf
liCUlty, and is arranging for the revo?
lutionary troops to undertake the polic?
ing of the evacuated district.
Confidence continues to revive among
the adherents of the imperial court
The Chinese nation Is very easily en
eouragd or discouraged, owing to its
trait of timidity. Nowhere olse in lhr
World could SO.000 ounces of gold bars
such as were delivered from the Impe?
rial purso into the hunds of Premiei
Yuan-Shl-Kal yesterday, seriously, af?
fect a great empire ut a critical mo?
ment.
A belief is current to-night thai
lighting will lie resumed soon. Pre-!
micr Yuan-Shi-Kai has not received any'
reply from Dr. Wu Ting Fang, al
Shanghai, whom he Informed that h"
would in future carry on negotiations
by telegraph. It Is understood that the
republicans object to negotiating by
wire.
The Imperial delegates who have re?
turned here from Shanghai say u reign
of terror prevails in that city. No?
body duros to venture an opinion in
favor of a constitutional monarchy.
BRINGS PEACE MESSAGES
President (if Pence Forum Returns
Prom Hie i m i;:im.
Now York, January 3.?Rev, John'
Wesley Hill, u. D., proldent of tho
International Peace Komm, returned
hero to-dny from a four months' peace
mission to the Far Kast. Dr. Hill
visited Japan. China and the Hawaiian
Islands, and from the Emperor of Ja?
pan and various government oillclnls
'.ie brings to President Taft a. number
of peace messages. These message.-,
win bo delivered at Washington next
week.
Dr. Hill says the Japunese saw in
the organization of a branch of tho
Peace Forum a method to bring to?
gether the leaders of capital and labor
and by arbitration prevent strikes and
lockouts. Dr. Hill says also that the
question of international peace com?
mends itBolf to Japan, which- "Is us
scntlnlly a peaceful nation, and the
government In in full sympathy with
uny movement for the ostablls".inicnt
of peace and good will throughout the.
world. President Taft wob frequently
spoken of as 'Tho I<untorn-Ucuror Of
Ppac*,'"
Underwood Declines to
Attend Jackson Day
Banquet.
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
HIS EXPLANATION
Decision Made Known After
Committee Gives Last Place
on Speaking Program to W.
J. Bryan at Latter's Re?
quest?Many Disapprove
Arrangement.
Washington, D. C, January u. ? Dt:u- I
?er?tio Uoador Oscar W. Underwood's
decision not to attend the Jackson Day
banquet hare next Monday night, which
became known to-day Immediately af?
ter the announcement that the manag?
ing committee had given to William
Jennings Uryun, at his own request,
j the last place on the speaking program,
threw Democrats In Congress into a
j Hurry.
Mr. I'nderwood declared he woultl
, not attend the hnlitiuot because of his
recent attack cf threatened appendi
[ cltls. His physician, he said, had or
i dered him to attend no banquets and
particularly to make no speeches or do
I anything requiring; unusual exertion.
"1 will not have ?ny speech to be read
at the dinner," added Mr. I'nderwood
"If I were there id make a speech
I would desire to deliver it myself."
Nevertheless, the absence of the ma?
jority leader of the House from a na?
tional Democratic affair at which other
leaders of the parly and men who are
mentioned as candidates for the presi?
dential nomination arc to speak aroused
discussion, particularly In Connecticut
with the so-culled break between Bryan
and l.'ndcrwood.
.Mr. Underwood's letter to the man?
aging committee announcing he would
not attend was sent after it became
known that Bryan was to speak last.
Tilt arrangement did not meet the ap?
proval <jf many leaders, but it wMI
stand. Some of Mr. Underwood's
friends pointed out that Mr. Bryan,
speaking last on the program, would lie
In l position of decided advantage to
make derlara'lons which would of ne?
cessity romain unanswered, and that
such a contingency was to bo avoided.
Others said Mr. Underwood did not
wish to enter an oratorical contest with
Mr. Bryan.
The controversy between Mr. Bryan
and I-i-ader Underwood, which devel?
oped over the woolen schedule, the se?
cret caucus and party affairs at tho
special session of CongrcBS last year,
was recently renewed when Mr. Bryan
practically referred to Mr. Underwood
as Wall Street's choice for the Demo?
cratic presidential nomination.
Mr. Underwood never has denied that
his political views differ much from
Mr. Bryan's, but many of Mr. Unde?
rwood's friends recently have declared
that he has no hesitancy In expressing
himself concerning Mr. Bryan's position.
Mr. Underwood had a confer-mce with
Speaker Clark to-day, but If the Jack?
son Day affair was discussed that fact
was not announced.
Bryan Not n Candidate.
Tampa, Fla., January 3.?"I cannot
conceive any condition that would
make It possible for mo to consider
the question of my becoming the can?
didate for the presidential nomination
of the Democratic party in 1912."
This was the declaration of Colonel
William Jennings Bryan shortly after
his arrival here this afternoon from
Havana, in rompanv with Mrs. Bryan.
They left to-night for St. Petersburg.
Fla., where they will remain several
days.
Mr. Bryan declined to comment on
tho nctlon of the Progressive Demo?
cratic League of Ohio yesterday in
pushing his name to tho front as a
candidate, und the utterance of Con?
gressman l.entz, who said Bryan wan
tho natural candidate of the Progres?
sive Democrats.
I DEFINITE MOVE EXPECTED
Counsel for Hcv. C. V. T. nicheaon
Spcud Dny In Conference.
Boston, January '.!.?The fact that at?
torneys for the I'.av. Clarence V, T.
Kleheson, accused of tha murder of
Avis Llnnell, did not visit him In his
cell to-day, but Instead held a con?
sultation lasting most of the day, led
to a report that an Important definite
move Is soon to be announced by tho
defense. While the nnture. of the plans
Is only a matter nf surmise, the belief
gained ground in court circles that
the. minister will not bo brought to
trial on January 15, tho date sot.
Attorneys William A. Morse and
John L. Dee, the prisoner's counsel,
who Interviewed him yesterday, re?
ported that he collapsed utterly at
one time, nnd showed such mental
weakness that he could not follow th?
'mutters presented, so that In their
opinion ho was far from being In con?
dition to stand trial.
As a result of this statement'from
tho dnfens;e, there was renewed spec- [
illation as to tho prospect of a peti?
tion for a lunacy commission, while
the report v,ns also persistent thut tho
defense would ask thut physicians bo
I numad to examine the prisoner as lo
his ability physically to face trial on
the date set.
i Neither of the attorneys for the de?
fense would make any sUitemonts as
to the nature or results of their con?
ferences.
TOWNS CUT OFF BY SNOW
Three In Kansas Fare Suffering I n
ItHH Hellet Colors Soon.
Topokn. Kan.. January 3".?Snow?
bound nnd cut off from railroad com?
munication for more than a week, tho
pcoplo of the town of Dlghton. In
Western Kansas, to-day appoaled by
telegram to the State utilities commis?
sion for aid.
Hcaly and Jotmore have also been
wlthoul railway sorvle? for a week.
Tho citizens report thoy are short of
provisions and coal, and that, unless
aid onmos soon th?ro wjl| be groat
" ring. Tho towns aro on a brunch
of the Baata. Fe, ;>
REAR ADMIRAL ROBLEYD. EVANS,
FAMOUS SEA FIGHTER, IS DEAD
IlKAU-AUMIItAL, ItoilLISY I). EVANS.
DANGER OF OPEN
OUTBREAK OVER
Angry Italians Mollified by As?
surance They Will Be
Paid To-Day.
NECESSARY MONEY SECURED
Smithfield Resumes Its Wonted
Calm After Day of
Excitement.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Norfolk, To., January 3.?After a day
of excitement, during which olghty
nlne unpaid Italians practically ran the
town, Smithfield is breathing easy
again to-night. Assured that the money
Is now in a Smithfield bank and that
they will be paid to-morrow morning,
the Italians, formerly employed by ths
Smithlleld Marl, Clay and Transporta?
tion Company, now in bankruptcy, at
i o'clock Ulis afternoon raised the siege
on J. Lindsay Heard and John T. UciU,
the Norfolk lawyers, whom they were
WS telling in a sjniitlitield Hotel.
Tile money, J3,000, and enough to
pay tho Italians f'O per cent, of their
wages, was secured by telograph from
Norfolk tliis afternoon. They were
promised their wages If they would
ieave Smithfield to-morrow morning.
They will come to Norfolk. lJart ol
them will go to work In Princess Anne
county, and tho others will keep on tu
New York and Philadelphia.
Foreigners Desperate.
This morning, when Messr3. Uearc
Hiid heid, receivers for tho bunkrupl
company, started to catch tho boat te
Norfolk, the Italians surrounded ihoni
While the foreigners were not armed
they were desperate, and would not
permit the lawyers to board the
steamer.
The Norfolk lawyers returned to ths
hotel, around which the Italians gath?
ered, chattering among themselves and
gesticulating wildly. Whenever Messrs.
Heard or Held went out on the atreot
the Italians followed them. During uia
clay tho Italians threatened again to
blow up the plant of the company un
less they were paid.
Tho thirty American laborers, who,
like the Italians, have, over a month's
wages coming to them, will not be paid
to-morrow morning, and are expected
to complain. While tho sentiment oi
the residents of Smlthflold favors tho
Italinns, they will lie glad to pee thorn
leitvo. Since tho company went under
they have been living as tlioy could,
Preying on pig pens and corn cribs of
farmers living near Smlthflold.
Governor Mann Bald last night that
he had received assurances that trouble
at .Smithtlcld woulo bo averted, and
tlint no necessity would arise for cull?
ing put State troops to protect life and
property. The Governor was In confer?
ence with Judge Edmund Waddill, of
the United States District Court, and
with Colonel UoMowny, of his staff,
who lives at Smlthfisld, and was in?
formed that tho money neoded to pay
off ttie Italian laborers up to tho time
tho Smithfield Marl, Clay and Trans?
portation Company went into bank?
ruptcy, had been transferred from u
bank In Norfolk to Smithfield, and the
men had been assured that tlte money
for their wages wns actually In hand
and would bu puid out ad soon aa a
proper court order could reach the re?
ceivers. The. Governor said ho was in?
formed that the men would disperse
us soon as they reoelved tholr wages,
and that all danger of an open out?
break was now passed.
Chinese Piraten Loot Spanish Ship.
Amoy, China. January 3.?Tho Ban
bee, a 3inall Spanish steamer tradtrtg
nlong the coast, was attacked and
looted by rlvor pirates to-day at Tun
gan. The commander of the revolu?
tionary troops In the vicinity has sent
a strong punitive oxpedltlon against
tho plraton. Heavy reinforcements aro
arriving here from Fooohqw,
PLOT OF REBELS
IS WIDESPREAD'
Mexican Troubles May Xot Be
Ended With Capture
of Reyes.
WAR MUNITIONS SHIPPED
At Least Eight Carloads Have
Left New Jersey Within
Fifty Days.
New Orleans. L*., January 3.?Evi?
dence Indicating a more widespread |
revolutionary plot against Mexico than |
has herotoforc been attributed to tho
opponents of the Madero administration \
has come to light In tho discovery ot j
the shipment o? at leust eight carloads
of ammunition and Implements from a
point In Now Jersey to New Oilcan's
within the past fifty days.
The fact that these shipments were
detoured at points north of New Or?
leans la said to have been clearly es?
tablished, leading to the suspicion that
j the real destination was one ot the
I Gulf ports between this city and Mo?
bile, trom which filibustering expedi?
tions have cleared until observed In the
past.
in addition to these eight carloads,
with an estimated total uf more, than
j 200,000 pounds of munitions of war,
j agents of the .Mexican government as?
sert that ono lirm In New Orleans has
shipped 150 rllles a week fo. the past
live weeks to points in Texas near thu
Mexican border.
Secret agents of tho Mexican gov?
ernment are. working with tho agents
of the United Slates, and for tho past
few days have been keeping several
stenmcrs, as well as the Gulf ports, un
] der close surveillance. Four Moxkans
! in this city, who uro said to have been
associated with General Bernardo
i Reyes In his revolutionary operations,
I aro being shadowed, and It is not |m
I probable that arrests may be made
within the next few days.
While the government agents and
officials hero decline to make a Statc
I mont, railroad employes say that the
first of tho eight carloads left Phila?
delphia on November l?. and the others
were sent forward at intervals of about
l week, with New Orleans given as the
destination on each of the through
waybills. Tho name of tho consignees
Is not given, but It Is said thut one
of tho cars was checked into New Or?
leans.
It Is not denied in Mexican official
circles that ISfhillo Vasques Gomez Is
suspected of connection with the rev?
olutionary plot against the Mexican
government.
While a revolutionary Junta has Just
been formally established here, the
I Mexican population of Now Orleans has
I been augmented within the past few
I weoks by the arrival of a dozen or more
i citizens of that country who have not
I been inconspicuous in Mexican politl
| oal affairs.
i BANDIT'S BRONCHO BUCKS
Olsbivunber Who 'l urns Desperado Is
tnptured by Croud.
Tulsa, Okln., January 3.?Walking
into the Pank Of Bixhy. at Bixby, a
small town fifteen miles southeast of
Tulsa, a man. at the. point of a gun,
held up Cashier Utpncond to-<hjy, se?
cured $700, rushed Out of the bank und
mounted a horse, which, however, was
a Texas broncho and commenced buck
lng. The cashier had given the alarm,
and the man was pulled from his horse
by!.a crowd thut had congregated, lie
was found to he O. C. Brock, dish?
washer in a Blxby restaurant, und
1 Was placed1 in. t^o Tulsa. City Jail,
End Comes Very Sud?
denly in His Wash?
ing Home.
- i
"FIGHTING BOB''TO
ADMIRING NATION
He Was Link Which Bound Olct
to Modern Navy and in Each
Was Commanding Figure,
For Years His Name Had
Been a Household
Word.
Wnnhington. January :;.?i'.cn r-A d
mii.-ii It?hlejr D. ISvnns, "FlKhltnjt Bob"
to nn admiring untlnn, died nuddi-iilj
late to-day n< his home In this oH>.
Acutr indigestion ended the career ot
one ot the most popular oMccra in tha
uavy, lie nan III lens tbnn two hours.
Admiral Evans, horn sixty-live ycura
ago in Floyd county. Virginia, arns?
to-day apparently in1 butter health and.
spirits than he had enjoyed in aomo
time. For years a sufferer from old
wounds sustained In the Civil War and
from recurrent attacks of rheumatic
gout, the aged fighter seemed to hava
shaken oft the burden of hla advancing"
duys. Ho displayed high spirits at
br< akfast and ate a hearty luncheon,
at noon.
Stricken in Ills Library.
While In his library at - o'clock tha
admiral was stricken. Instantly his
tumily sent for Dr. if. S. Adams, who,
on Ins arrival, lound the patient In
great pain. After treatment. Admiral
.?.vans loll Into a. restless sleep, and it
was believed that the danger nud pdsSr
ed. Shortly alter l o'clock, However,
he awukcnud and. raising himself with
dltllcuily, announced that he was chok?
ing.
"1 cannot get my breath," he said,
und sunk back. At IMS o'clock ho
died, conscious to the end.
At his bcd?iuo at the lime of his
death were hla wife, his duughtcr, Mrs,
11. 1. Sewoll, and his daiigiiLcr-m-law,
Mrs. Frank T. Evans, wile of the ad?
miral's only son. a llcuienant-coiii
mandcr In the navy, now on duty on
tho torpedoboat destroyer Monuhun.
at Boston. Tho only other member of.
his immediate faintly who was not
present was Mrs. Marsh, wife of Cap?
tain Churies C. Marsh, commanding tue
armored cruiser North Carolina.
Thu news spread''With great rapide
lly und cuusud a profound shock ia
oltlclul circles. President Taft was one.
of the tlrst to express his erlcf and
condolence. He said:
"Admiral 12vans was one of the most
auecessiul squadron commanders wo
liavo had in the navy for a long time.
He wus a rigid disciplinarian, ot quick;
decision und admirably advised in the.
intricacy of the machinery of ? cruis?
ers and battleships and skilled in drill.,
ing then). 1 am very sorry to hoar of,
his death."
Admiral Ucivcy Overcome.
itear-Adniiral Dewey was so over?
come mut no could utter but a lew,
words. "1 uiu shocked ueyona meusuro
at tue suauen acatn of my luo-ioiig
friend, Aumiral Evans," wus ail ho
could say.
secretary Meyer pays this tribute to
the otneer a memory:
"By the auuuen death of Admiral
Evans, thu country loses one of its
most brilliant und able otilcers. It wan
on account of hts ablliW that Fresi-.
dent Koosevelt selected him as eom
niuuder-ln-cruef of the Ileet that cruis?
ed around tho world Althougn on tho,
retired list, he had kept up his actlvo
interest In tho service, and his unex?
pected death cornea aa a shuck to ihQ
navy."
Former Secretary of the Navy Mein
calf, who happened to be In Washing-"
ton to-duy, pointed out that he hinn
I ?elf had given Aumiral Evans tho
command, of tho Atlantic Floct in its,
cruise around the world, the choicest
i assignment over extended to an Amer
I icun naval officer in time of peace.
"Ho was practically an 111 man when
ho was selected for this Important
duty," snld Mr. Metcalf, "but his spien-,
[did record justuled the department In
giving him this recognition ot his long
und. C?lclent service. He was one of
thu most efficient and capable olticera
the navy has known and hts name haa
been a household word for many]
years."
One of the Iron links that bound thu
old navy to the. new, a commanding
figure In each, was Kobley D. 10vans.
He did not take kindly to the sobri?
quet of "Fighting Bob," for, although
j of gruff exterior, he was a man of tho
kindliest impulses. Thus it never waa
used In his presence by his friends.
But his dauntless ciurage In times Ot
great emergency, the grim determina?
tion with Which he faced overw holm
i ing odds and the stoicism with which,
lu b.^re his wounds and gazed unflinch?
ing in the tace of death made the tltlo
iso appropriate that ?s "Fighting Bob"
he was known wherever thai English,
language is spoken.
Throws Ilooks to Winds.
Evans was a mere boy when he was
sent to tile Naval Academy at Annapo?
lis Before lie had got far with hla
studies the Civil War broke out. and,
throwing Iiis books to the winds, hi
went to sea und was assigned to block?
ade duty, it wa.s ill one of the, two at?
tacks made by tho Northern n.ivy upon
the powerful defenses at Fort Fisher.
N. C, that young Evans received tlH
wound through the thigh that rnail?
him a cripple for life.. He suffered
thrco other wounds, but an soon as bs
was discharged from tho hospital ha
a gal il plunged into tue lighting and
.?c.-\-;u until the. end '>f the Civil War
with great credit.
With thu ending of the war ihcrs
cainc ii period of stagnation which
marked the passing of the old ?vooden
navy." E^ans drifted for a time Into
civil pursuits, although never rcllu- .
? uiishing his connection with th". ser.
vice. In fact, as soon as Corigr?S?
manifested its purpose to meet tin1 in?
sistent demand of Secretaries C.-..Iryiler
; and Whitney for a renovation of th?
I American navy, Evans came back Int?
' UM service, and was one of tho lead
I ing spirits in (planning tho rudltneniq