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jgj^gjTOIBER 18,858._RICHMOND, V?Tm?NDAY, J'AL'UARY 8, 19l?
-?HE WEATHER TO-DA*-C.oa*r. PRICE TWO CENTS.
BOVERHOR'SHAND
MAY SAVE SLAYER
Not Believed Foss Will
Let Richeson Go
to Chair.
MORE DETAILS
OF CONFESSION I
To His Lawyers Minister Tells
How He Prepared Fatal Cap?
sule and Gave It to Avis
Linnell That He Might
Wed Violet Edmands,
Heiress.
Boston. Mans., January 7.?Specula?
tion wan rid: to-day as to what ultl-l
matcly will be tho rate of Rov. CDr-!
ence V. T. Richeson, who yesterday. :n
a written statement, confessed to '.ho
murder of his former sweetheart, A?'lsJ
Mandl.
1'roiu a source close to Governor)
Foss tbo statement camo to-day that,
the attitude of the Executive, prob??!/'
would be In favor of a commutation
of aor.tcuc.; of death In tha electric
chair to one of life Imprisonment, it
the law's fullest penalty Is imposed by
tho court. Members of the Governor-t
Council are known nlrcady to have
been approached concerning their atti?
tude In ease tho death penalty Is Im?
posed and a petition for commutation
is made.
No Leniency K* pec ted.
No leniency for Richeson on the part
of tho district attorney Is expected.']
and c loss pico than that of murd-;:'
?in tho llrst degree will meet with h'i
approval, according to a stateme-t
which he reiterated to-day, so that tbo
only hand that seems able to iuy
Itlchcson'a march to tho electric chs:r
Is that of Governor Foss. acting ur.<'.' :'
the advice of the council.
Kichern Is expected to appear I"
court late to-morrow afternoon anl
ask to be permitted to change his for- ?
inor pies and be adjudged guilty ?(!
murder. Whether .ludge George :?
Sanderson and District Attorney Pelle?
tier will accept this change or will!
put aside the confession for futuri I
consideration. In order that the reguli
proced'Jre may be followed and a Jury
called upon to pronounce tho verdict i
was not announced to-night j
ItlchCAou learned to-day from t l?
papers thnt blr. confession was knows
throughout the land, but while he rtti<!
the various accounts he made no com?
ment upon them. He passed a qui<-:
ua>'- 4
Rlchcson's confession, as mi';r pub
!'.' yesterday, was bare of details. It
understood, however, that he en
1 at god on it In conversation and pos.M
|>iy In writing to his counsel, and that
The district attorney is now In po?e<?
t of most of the Information which
has come to the defense.
hlle no pen-on can bo quoted as
responsible for it. the st*tenicnt Is
made on high authority that Riehe,
r-on's amplified confession to his cot?n
sftl was on the following lines:
After purrhnflrg a qtiaiit't:* of cy
sn'.'le cf potassium from William llalin.
r. Newton Centre druggist. e>n October
10. the minister took the poison to hts
rooms In Cambridge A few days
lat *r he borrowed from Mrs. Krank H.
Carter, In whose home he was s lodger,
en earthenware mixing bowl, "to mal:?
some book paste."
Returning tho bowl to Mrs. carter an
hour or two later, be warned her to be
sure and wash It out thoroughly, say?
ing: "I have been mixing poison In It.''
It w?s in this bowl and at this time.
It Is said, that the minister, by mix?
ing cyanide of potassium with flour
and water, made the capsule which ul?
timately caused Miss LinnelTs death.
This was Thursday, October II.
Given fler Cntot Capsule.
On Saturday. October II, Richeson
met by appointment bis one-time
fiancee, who still believed herself his
intended wife. Following their custom,
tho couple had a short walk and then
went Into a Byleston Street cafe. Here
they had luncheon, after which the*
took another walk, this time to the
Fenway. It was while seated In a He
eluded bench In the park, after the
girl again hod told him of her worry
over her physical condition, saying
she feared it was becoming apparent '
to her friends, and once more had
entreated him to procure some remedy
for her that the minister Is said to:
have handed the girl the capsule, de?
claring It w-as a medicine which would'
certainly act In Ihe manner desired.
Ho directed her as to the manner of
taking It, and then the pair walked to
the car line. Miss Ltnnell went to her
room In the Young Woman's Christian
Association house, while Richeson
boarded a trolley car for Brookline,
going to the home of Miss Violet UTd
mands, the wealthy heiress, whom he
was to have married a few weeks
later.
Meeting her chum, Miss Lucille
Zeigler. Avis sn'd she had been walk?
ing with her "friend'" (by which Miss
Zelgler understood she me^i,. Riche?
son, and complained of a headache ua
her excuse for hurrying lo her room..
A few hours later she1 was found un?
conscious In the 'bathroom, and died
. without regaining consciousness.
Judge Sanderson was Interviewed to-]
day as to what action probably would!
follow Rlche.sbn's plea of guilty to-,
morrow, but he refused to make any
prediction or comment upon the caso
in any way. It lies wholly with th.i
court to accept or reject the expected
plea, and his decision Is awaited Willi
much Interest.
If the plea of guilty- Is accepted sen?
tence may bo imposed Immediately o.
Vttcheson may be remanded to Jail to
nwalt sentence later, or both court and
district attorney may refuse to ac
ecpt the change .of plea and .-way send
the prisoner bock lo jnll to await trlsl
by Jury a week from to-morrow.
Believes Him Insane,
That Richeson is a man'of two per.
sonalitlcn and Is Insane was the belief
expressed to-dny by Frank IT. Carter;
of Cambridge, one of the loading mero
7 {Continued on Second Pog?T) *"
Panama Legislative Ma?
chinery WillBe Started
To-Morrow.
FIRST MEETING
OF COMMITTEE
Question of Treatment to Be
Given American Shipping and
How Much Power to Accord
President Will Be Threshed
Out Before Bill Is
Drafted.
Washington, January ".?Legislative
machinery to provide for operation of
the Panama Canal and control of th'i
Canal zone will be started Tuesday,
wh'.n the House Committee or. Inter?
stiit? '"ommeree will hold Its first meet?
ing to frame a program for hearings
and other preliminary work as a basis
of the bill which will be reported out
to the House latpr In the session.
Chairman A.lamson and hl* commu?
te' have Just returned from a trip to
Panama, where they conferred with
Chief Enrlneer Ooethals and other offi?
cials who working to put *<e grant
Isthmian due:) into active operation
by January 12, 1913. and perhaps, as
they say, a year earlt-r. Mr. Adam- !
son has voiced the opinion that the j
progress and quality of the work done |
there |k entirely satts'artory. The in?
tention of the committee is to seek as |
much liitht as possible. Mr. Adamson
;.a:,| Colonel Ooeihals mljrVit he sum?
moned to Washington, and that if th?
Secretary of War or the fecretary of
tnc Navy could give the committee any
Information they would he aslcd to
appear.
The question of the treatment to be
accorded American shlpptne?whether
to slve craft flying the American tlag.
in service either coastwise or to for?
eign port-'-. preferential rate? In con
nertlon with the passagi through :hc
canal, etc.?and the problem of whether
to vrst wide discretion In the President
?p 10 the amount of tolls or to make
spe.-lflc legislative provision (V tr.2
rates in th: bill, will be foutrht out
in the committee. The Senate Commit?
tee on Inter-Oceanic Canals has made
no plsr.s. being disposed to wait upon
the House.
nilT? Nenrly Ready.
Two appropriation bills arc about
ready (n -merge from committees of
the. House. The District of Columbia |
hill, which Isst year carried 112.000,000,
will be completed r?id reported lo the
Hoa.-e early this v.-oek. and will he fol?
lowed quickly by the pension appro?
priation bill, which runs usuallv close
to ?150,000,000.
Even with this Mg pension supply
mosfarr. a formidable supplement to
the penrion expenditures, Cie Sherwood
eo-rsllcd dollar-n-dAy bill, will he con?
sidered in the Senate Committee on
Pensions to-morrow. The Sherwood
I hill, which already Jibs passed the
House, has few friends In the ?enate.
and the. 'ilspojltlon Is to cut any expen?
diture aiong- that lln? to at least S2S,
000.000 or ?30.000.000. Chairman Mc
Cumb<--r, of the Senate Committee on
Pensions, has a bill of his own em
beJylng both age ane; service features,
wivioh he will urge as a substitute.
His estimate of the annual cost und*r
nls bill Is approximately $17.000.000,
while the Sherwood bill is estimated
at .-.bout $75.000.000. Action thus far
has iieen delayed to await revised cost
estimates trcm the Pension Bureau.
Th'p arbitration treaties with Great
Britain and France probably win be
called! up in open session of the Senate
within a fortnight. Friends of the
treaties have, held up action pending a
marshalling of the strength necessary
for '.heir ratification. This strength
h3s not doveloped sufficiently yet, hut
there are indications of a gain among
the Democratic Senators and a senti?
ment inrreaslncly favorable to Senator
ftoot's proposal to provide directly that
nothing In the troatleis shall bo con?
strued to bind the United States to ar?
bitrate such questions as the Monroe
Doctrine or control of immigration.
Lorlnier Will Te?t!fy.
iv^ator Lrorimer to-morrow will trs
UfSun?er oath for the first time since
th'senate ordered an investigation of
his election. Judge Hanecy, his coun?
sel, intends to let the Senator tell his
own story In his own way. He may
take two days to do so. Then the
r?ross-exainlna;lon will begin.
Following his testimony the com?
mittee Is expected to begin work on
its report to the Senate, where tho
llnal fight Will come
The House sugar trust Investigating
committees arc scheduled" to resumo
hearings to-morrow, and the National
Monetary Commission will make Its
final report to Congress on Tuesday.
.Senator Dupont will speak In tho Sen- I
ate Tuesday on a bill to ral?e volunteer I
military forces In time of actual or
thrsutcned war, and the House Foreign
Affairs Committee the same day will j
act on tho bill making effective the
International protection of fur seal;
and otter in the North Pacific. An?
drew Carnegie is expected to tostlfy
before the House 6tcol committee on
Wednesday.
ELKINS EULOGIZED
Lauded an So'dlvr. Stutesrunn, Lawyer,
Friend aud Mnn.
Washington, January 7.?The lato
Senator Stephen B. Elklns, as soldier,
statesman, lawyer, friend and man,
was eulogised to-day in the Houso of
Representatives. The rlvo Representa?
tives from Wost Virginia?Davis,
Brown. I.ittlepage Hamilton and
Hughes?praised his achievements;
Minority Deader James n. Mann mar?
veled St his constructive statesman?
ship and Representative Sulzer charac?
terized 'him as a wIbo councillor, a
champion of the good and a man of
clean thought and clean speech.
Ah assemblage of distinguished:
friends of Senator Elkine occupied the
door and galleries of the House, among
them being former United States Sen?
ators Henry O. Davis, Nathan B. Scott,
Charles J. Faulknor and Stephen B.
Elklns, Jr.. and former Governor At?
I klneon. of West Virginia.
TerriblyMutilatedBodies
of Aged Couple
Found.
NO MOTIVE FOR
CRIME IS KNOWN]
Isaac Futterman and Wife,
Wealthy Residents of East Side,
Are Believed to Have Been 1
Victims of Religious Ma?
niac?Murders Discov?
ered by Son.
New York. January 7.?A coro ? ?:* j
double murder found In ah East S-d - !
house to-day Is one of tha most s . .<ek- '
in? In details of any since th"S Oulde:;
Huppc dismemberment and '.he ".'ark
tau Ripper" scrle* of crimes Isaac '
Futterman. eighty years 'old. anl nil
wir?, Rachel, seventy-two years old.
were found dead In their room.', their
bodies terribly mutilated.
The polb:c believe the aged people i
were practically torturid to death, an i. '
In th? absence of any well ?-Etablishcd :
motive for such a crime, think the :
Futtermans were victims of a religious
maniac
Futterman was a retired manufac?
turer, who had accumulated a sm.%11 I
fortune, but always had refuse,] to ,
leave. the East .Side neighborhood,
where he settled when he ca-ne fr-'Ui
Russia many years ago. He wa<; a
r.salous church worker, and aict-.d '.'.t
founding the synagogue In his disi-rlst
which he and rhis wife attended. The
couple live] alone. Their thr^e (fell
dren dwelt In other parts of the c:iy.
One of thes;, Aaron Futterman, super?
intendent of a brass factory. ,lls;ov
sred the bodies on his weekly >Mlt to
his pircnts. The father's body lay eti
i snfa and the mother's on a bod
Each was only partially dressed. Thar*
were de?p gashes across both f;>cs
and bodies, and the eyes of both were
terribly mutilated, one of the man's
having b?en torn from its socket- The
man's abdomen was terribly slash*)')
and there were cuts running length'
wise from head to foot. The nature
of the mutilation led the police to be?
lieve that It hail been begun -r.-hlle the
Futtermans wore alive, and that death
actually had been caused by hlovs over
the head, which fractured both .hulls.
Tile bodies bore finger prints, e.f
which the polic; experts took photo?
graphs. A small neck hag. In which
Mrs. Futterman Is said to have carried
money and Jewelry, and which Mr.
Futterman Is said to have worn, conld
not be found. Tha police, however,
scout robbery as the motive for the
crim?.
Aaron Futterman said he did net
know that his father had an enemy.
H1E father kept practically a'.l his
money In a bank.
Tho police believe that the murder
occurred several days ago. as decom?
position hRd set in. Neighbors do not
remember having seen the aged couple
since January Z.
DauKhtrr Is Suspected.
As a sequel to the finding to-day
of the bodies of Futterman and bis
wife. Elka Futterman, the forty-years
old daughter of the nlain couple, was
taken to-night to the Bellevue Hos?
pital for observation as to her mental
condition. She had becomo hysterical
when Informed of the double killing,
and a search of an apartment In the
house where she lived, some distance
from her parents' home, revealed, ac?
cording to detectives, a blood-stained
shirtwaist and various other articles
of apparel atalr.ed with blood.
No charge was preferred against the
distraught woman, who declared she
was tnr leant of tho crime.
Elka Aitterman's removal to Belle?
vue was at the request of Aaron Fut?
terman. her brother, who declared that
she was confined In an Institution for
the inssne several years ago.
DEFEND COTTONSEED
MonufBctnrcr* Wo No? HeHcve It Is
Responsible for I'ellaffra.
Washington. D. C, January 7.?Cot?
tonseed oil manufacturers are gathering
evidence and statistics to refute a the- ,
ory that cottonseed oil might be one i
of the many suspected contributing
causes to pellagre. Assistant Surgeon
General Eong, of the Public Health Ser?
vice, in a public address recently, men?
tioned the names of some investigators
who were Inclined to that belief.
Pas'ied Assistant Surgeon lavender,
writing In one of the recent public
health bulletins, says the theory is all
out of harmony with the facts and his?
tory of pellagra. Dr. Charles C. Bass,
of Tulane University, at New Orleans,
also ridiculed the Idea. Dr. George A.
Zellcr. of the. Illinois State Hospital,!
at Peorla, has studied the thoory and
pronounced It absurd. All three seien- I
tists are recognised students of the {
subject.
Th% cottonseed oil makers point lo
the feet that the theory Is In no way!
supported In any government publica- i
tlon reporting tho official Investigations 1
which the Public Hoalth Service Is con?
stantly conducting In tho South.
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE
Fort Worth Tlas Bad Sundsy Blaze,
end Six Persons Arc Injured.
Fort Worth; Tex., January 7.?Six
persons were Injured, one fatally, In
a fire which destroyed tho Long room?
ing house and damage^ adjoining
buildings here to-aay, with a total
property loss of $126,000. The blaze
started In the rooming house. Al?
berta Williams, a negress, was fatally
injured when she leaped from a
third-story window, missed the life
net and struck the pavement! An?
other woman leaped from tho same
window, but landed in tho net with
slight injuries-. The U?nperature was
11 abort sero.
Both Bryan and La Fol
lette Say It Was
Accidental.
THIRD PARTY TALK
QUICKLY STARTED
Politicians Wonder if Something
Was "Pulled Off" When Pro?
gressive Republican Leader
and Many-Time Presidential
Candidate Confer?Com?
mittee Meets To-Day.
Washington. January 7.?Col. Wil?
liam Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, and
Senator Robert M. La Kollctte, of Wis?
consin, had a conference at the Union
Station to-night upon their Joint' ar?
rival here, tho former from the South
anil the latter from the West. Tho
meeting between the three-time presi?
dential candidate of the Democratic
party and the progressive Republican,
who is seeking to wrcBt the Republi?
can nomination from President Taft,
was said to be accidental.
No sooner was It known that the
progressive leaders of the two parties
had come together than tongues be?
gun to wair. and third party talk flew
thick and fast about the hotel corri?
dors. It was not wholly routined to
members of the Democratic National
Committee, who were gathering for
the meeting to-morrow. Republicans,
too. showed a lively interest.
All Depend* ou Bryan.
All day the Democratic committee
men had been seeking methods of deal?
ing with the severnl perplexing ques?
tions scheduled to come up at to-mor?
row 3 meeting, bui. nearly every possible
solution advanced seemed to depend
?jpon the probsbie attitude of the Ne?
braska leader. Progress was slow he
r.ausp of the general desire to consult
Mr. Bryan, and his arrival, scheduled
for 4 P. M., was awaited with great im?
patience. Finally it was learned that
his train had b.-cn blockaded by a
wreck and was two hours late.
Shortly before 6 o'clock the Nebras
kan'e train arrived. Mans- prominent
Democratic leaders were at the station.
After handshakings, Mr. Bryan sighted
Senator La Foilette. or to bo exact,
they Bccrued to Eight each other about
the some time. They rushed toward
each other and shook bands, and then
sat down on a bench and conversed
with evident earnestness for several
minutes.
"What's being pulled off:" was the
question the waiting Democrats seem?
ed to be asking each other as they
watched the. two men. This interroga?
tion. In the vernacular of the street,
was r. t actually propounded, but that
there was some consternation in the
party was apparent.
Sbon of Good Feeling.
When Mr. Bryan and tho Senator |
parted there was another show of
good feeling. Mr. Bryan then ex?
plained tersely that Senator La Fol
iette and he had talked about tho
resolution pending In Congress pro?
viding for the election of Senaton-i
by popular vote. Senator La Folletto
to-night gave tho same explanation
by telephone, hut In the minds of some
there remained n little sk- ptlclsm.
It was reported that Senator La Fol
lette had gone to the station to meet
Mr. Bryan. Senator Lu Follctle later
said thnt the meeting was purely ac?
cidental, resulting from tho fact that
their trains happened to get In at
the. sr.me hour.
"We only talked about the direct
elections resolution," said the Senator.
"We are both deeply interested in the
subject, and Colonel Bryan agrees with
me that the resolution should be
passed."
Colonel Bryan drove from the station
to the home of Cotter T. Bride, his
closest friend In Washington. He de?
clined to talk about nny of tho prob?
lems the national committee eill have
to solve. It was evident that he want?
ed to get his bearings tbefore plunging
Into what promises to be a stirring
gathering.
Colonel Bryan drove to the hotel
apartment of Norman E. Mack, chair?
man of tho national committee. Tdie
colonel dined with Chairman Mack.
IVebrosknn Reticent.
At the hotel Mr. Bryan was met by
a large number of newspaper men. He
would not discuss candidates, contests,
presidential primaries or any of the
(Continued on Second Page.)
Snow, Sleet, Cold
Coming This Week
AVBsblnBTton, D, C, January 7?
Snow and nlect nnd unseasonably
eold weuthcr throughout |bc entire
country will usber In this week, ac?
cording to the special forecast Issued
to-night try the Weather Dureuu.
A general rcuctlon to warmer mid
Irsn intolerable conditions will mark
j the close of the week The forecast
continues i
"The first general storm to cross
the country lo now central over
1 i mil, whence it will move cantwarri
and cross the great central valleys
Monday ulgbt or Tuesday and thr
Kl?stern States Tuesday or Tuesday
night. It will be preceded by mod?
erating temperature and rnlti or
snow In southern nnd snow In north?
ern district*, and be followed by a
I widespread change to colder wrnth
: cr. The cold wave wll| nppcur In
j the Northwest Monday night.
? "The nest general disturbance to
cross the country Will appear on the
Pacific Coast Wednesday, ctosh the
Middle West about Friday nnd the
Kastern States at the close' of- the
week. It will be attended .by wide?
spread cloudiness and precipitation
nnd n general relief to warmer
weather.
"Stormy weather will prevail the
coming week over the North Atlantic
ateamsblp routes, the British Tales
and Europe."
j
Centrai Figures in Letter Episode
W. J. BUY AN
WOUDROW WU.S?ZV
Believes It Will Promote
and Protect Public
Interests.
BETTER LAWS ARE NEEDED
Present Statutes Xot Suited to
Rapid and Proper Develop?
ment of Federal Domain
Washington, January 7. ? Enlarged I
application oi the leasing principle'
as applied to the public dumain, espe- I
daily a liberal leasing law tor tue'
development of the mineral resuurcus
o? AlusKa, particularly iis coal land*,
and immediate consideration by Con?
gress 01 inc who.u subject of wau-r
power development und control are
tlio most important recommendations
contained In the annual report of bec
rttary of the Interior Fieber, made
public to-day. I
A general overhauling of conditloiis ;
In Alaska Is needed, the secretary
says. He favors a law for the retire
ment ot government employes, placing
it on the ground of goud business
policy. He urges tho creation of a
bureau ot national parks, each of
them at present being "a separate and
distinct unit for administrative pur?
poses." There is also serious need, lie
declares, for the enlargement Of tho
work of the Bureau of Mines.
Kut Opposed to Oevelopiucut.
"The. great public movement for tho
conservation of our national re?
sources," suys Secretary Fisher, "Is
not in any way opposed to prompt
and wise development of the publlo
domain. The cssentlnl thing Is to oeo
that, under the guise of settlement we
do not permit more exploitation, which
in the last analysis retards both set?
tlement and development." Ho recom- |
mends, therefore, certain modifications i
of existing laws relating to the public :
domain so as to permit Its proper j
development.
Many of the restrictive provisions, |
which now, irrltato and hamper tho '
'bona fide settler and industrial pioneer, j
should be removed, he says.
"The man on the ground should (be
the objoct of our solicitude, and wo |
should protect hlra against thoso who |
would place upon his shoulders any.
unnecessary burden."
In regard to agricultural land set?
tlers, Secretary Fisher holds that the
law should insist absolutely upon cut- ;
tlvatlon. but "should permit the relaxa?
tion of the fute requiring residence
during tho first two years." in some
cases on account of conditions there
being "no reuson whatever for Inaist- |
lug upon the requirement of actual
residence at tho outsot."
Some modification of the law in re- |
gard to repayment of reclamation 1
charges is recommended, and a change
In tho law Is proposed to permit the
settler at any time after five years
from thn date of entry and after lie
has lived for three years upon his
land, to acquire title to the property.
Miould Aid Iloiaeiuakers.
"No land should be open to home?
stead entry," he declares, "except that
which Is really suitable for homes; and
then the homemnkor should be a id od
In every proper way.
"The timber end stone act should
be Immediately repealed, and also the
act authorizing the cutting of timber
on mineral lands. They hold out a con?
stant invitation to abuse and to mere
exploitation.
"The public range cannot be prop?
erly administered under the existing
law. It should be leased for grazing
purposes under the broad administra?
tive discretion of the Secretary of the
interior, so that the leases can bu
adapted to actual conditions and the
legitimate Interests of the sheep and
cattlemen. At presont the range itself
is being destroyed and both sheep and
(Continued on eighth Fag*.)
Cruiser Prairie Ordered From
Hampton Roads to Assist
Damaged Vessel.
OTHER SHIPS IN TROUBLE
Fears Felt for Safety of Torpedo
o Flotilla Cruising With
Atlantic Fleet.
Norfolk, Vu_. January T.?In response
to appeals for help from the torpedo
boat destroyer Terry, which is said to
bo in. distress near Cape Hutteras. the i
cruiser Prairie, which was lying at I
anchor in Hampton Roads, was ordered
to *ca to-night.
Tho cruiser Salem, herself crippled
us a result of Friday night's storui.
and creeping up the coast en route
to th. Norfolk navy yard, was or?
deret, to look for the Terry and ren?
der assistance.
The machinery and steering gear
on the Terry arc out of ordor as a
result at the severe storm she en?
countered while endeavoring to keep
u,. with the Atlantic, fleet on its cruise
to Cuba.
Several other ships o. tho Atlantic,
fleet ere reported to have sustained
more or less dnmage. Tho battleship
Delaware is reported to have lost sev?
eral 1'i'e boats, and tho cruiser Dixie
wns so badly damaged it is said that
she put in at Bermuda, convoyed by
two lattlcshlps.
The cruiser Salem lost two men at
sea, and had all her life boats torn
away The names of tho dro nod men
are Taylor Bagwell, or Bellehaven, Vs..
and Herman Goldstein, of New York,
both seamen.
Several other ships of the fleet are
reported to have lost lifo boats and
somo fears are felt for the torpedo
flotilla, which went to sea with the
tlect. It Is reported here that sev?
eral torpedo '.man have put Into- Ber- i
mud.: more or less damaged as a re?
sult of their encounter with the storm.
Coudltlon of Che Terry.
New York, January 7.?Wireless mes?
sages indistinctly received here to
nlg '. report tho United states torpedo
boat destroyer Terry In trouble. The
vessel's position was given as 38.21
north, longitude fi7 west, which Is a
llttlo .tortheast of Cape Hatteras. The
vessel was In communication with ttie
steamrr Tagus and tho battleship
South Carolina. No other details were
received.
Further wireless advices from ves?
sels In communication wit': tho Terry
were to the effect that the destroyer's
turblnu onglnes and pumps were out
of lommlsslon, that all her stores were
ruined and her wireless apparatus not
working.
A message received from the battle- j
ship South Carol'na indicates that the
disabled craft is somewhat further
north than reported by tho Tagus in
a previous message, the battleship re?
porting tho Terry's position as latitude
U8.21 north and longitude ?7 west.
The Tagus left Hamilton. Bermuda,
at 11 A. M. Saturday, and is duo at
New York nt 2 P. M. to-morrow. At
noon to-day on her regulnr seht dole
she' would have been about sixty miles
from tills port, to tho .southeast.
The revenue cutter Onondagu was
reported by tho South Carolina to be
in the immediate %'ictnlty of tho Terry.
At Mercy of High Seas.
Baltimore. Md , January 7.?After
having lighted their last signal torch
and given themselves up for lost. Cap?
tain i' W. Harrison and his en w of
three men were rescued by a passing
schooner last nLvht off Hooper's Island
from the disabled schooner Klolse,
(Continued on Seventh rajroj
KNQCKMR.BRYAN
INTO COCKED IIAT
-WOODROW WILSON
Words Were Written in
Letter to Adrian
Joline.
NOW THEY'RE USED
BY HIS ENEMIES
Recipient of Epistle Chances to
Be Collector of Autographs
and Preserved It, Not Sus?
pecting Importance It Would
Assume in Jersey
Man's Future.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.J
New York, January 7.?The letter
from Governor Woodrow Wilson, of
New Jersey. In which he had occasion
to say a harsn tning on the subject of
William J. Uryan. now may be read
us It was written back in the days
when tho writer was president o?
Princeton University. Cor the lii3t tv.u
days politicians and political onlook?
ers the country over have been specu?
lating ns to Its tenor and its possible
effect on the fortunes of rrionusnip*
of the New Jersey candidate tor tno
preslucncy on the Democratic ticket.
Very reluctantly and tnrough a fear
that as It went the rounds by word Of.
mouth It would expand and accumulat e
undue significance. Adrlun II. Jonhe,
to whom the now fatuous letter was
written, allowed a transcript lo ba
mitdo to-night. This Is it:
"Princeton l.nlvcrnlty. Princeton, X. .1.,
April -U. 11)07. President's Itoum.
?"Sly bear .Vir. Jollnc:
"Tbauk you ^cry much for nctnllu-;
inc' jour udikrcsH at I'ursous. Ivuimni,
before the hoard of directors of tho
Missouri, lvnusa* and Texas Itnllrond
CouiimUy. i buvc rend It with relish
und entire ugrccnicut. Would that v?o
I could do BOtuctbluK nt once difjulUcil
Iand effective to kuock Mr. Uryuti oueo.
tor ull Into n cocked bat.
"Cordially uud sincerely yours,
j (Mgucdl "WUOUIIOW WILSON,"
Why It Was Written.
Air. .lollne. was chairman and presi?
dent of Ihe Missouri, Kansas and Texua
hallway Company at tho time he madii
to the board of directors, on
April 1. 1307. the address which is.
referred to in the letter and which in?
spired It. Mr. Jollnc discussed tho
epidemic of enmity to the railroads
and said what he thought of the opin?
ions expressed by some ot t he railroads'
leading critics, lie took isuue. with Mr.
Bryan, classing him among the "badly
Informed," and among those who do
not appear to have given the subject
' "any intelligent attention." Ho him?
self called the address "what Is per?
haps a feeble protest against the blind
and foolish outcry against all rail?
ways."
The speech was reproduced in a St.
Louis newspaper. It was the spring
before tho panic, and. many people,
were acutely Interested In the su-ojeet.
A number of men wrote. Mr. Joiine to
nsk fur a copy. In response he Issued
the address In pamphlet form. Dr.
Wilson, in Princeton, received a copy
and was minded to write the lcttev
which has now risen out. of the past
to confront him. That It was still abla
to rise thus spectre-like; that such a
casual note of acknowledgment ami
expression of sympathy In viewpoint,
should have been preserved through
the passing years, was due to no one's
foresight as to the significance and
interest It would acquire later on.
Uesides being a lawyer, a reor
ganlner of railways and a writer, Mr.
Joliuo happens to bo a collector of
autographs. In the course of years
he has gathered together a collection
of tremendous value, and the "Medita?
tions of an Autograph Collector" was
from his pan. So, Instead of destroy?
ing the little note, he paid Mr. Wilson
the compliment of preserving It as an
Interesting autograph.
Spectre Starts Walking.
In the early months of last year, at,
a time when It seemed to Mr. Jolinu
that Governor Wilson was fraternising
wlth Mr. t>ryan In an Interesting fash?
ion, when It struck him that the two
men were patting each other on the
back, speaking on the same platform
and generally harmonizing, he hap?
pened to chance upon that forgotten
letter of four years before. He wbs
mildly diverted at the contrast. It
just goes to show, ho thought, how
his views will change wtth tho yens,
and perhaps with one's becoming a,
candidate for otllce. It was with some
such amused reflection as this that ho
took tho letter out and showed It to
a friend. But that started the spectre
walking- It stalked abroad through
the land. The anecdote spread and
spread. It was too jjood to keep, and
the nrst thlr.rc Mr. Jollnc. knew hints
as to the contents of the letter wore
In the newspapers, with the story that
Otto T. Bur.mud had reported It to
President Taft, und later, with the
story of it.-- circulation among tho
gathering clans In Washington, yes?
terday's papers were out wltH the ver?
sion that was In the air. somewhat
twisted and diluted In the process ot
retelling.
Mr. Jollnn was much dlsturhcd. He
had attached no such Importance to
the Utter. It hail not seemed to htm
a startling thing that Governor Wllsun
should show; a change of heart toward
Mr. Bryan once he hod changed his po?
litical principles, us illustrated In the
mutter of tho Initiative and referen?
dum. He certainly did not wish to be
put in tho position of ono-who would
seek to harm Governor Wilson In any
respect or err-broll him in a squabble
with tho Nobraskar. leader. When
?visited on Saturday he. slatly declined
to Show the letter or to quote (t. It
was not until to-day, when the quqta'-,
tlon wns taking on extreme propor?
tions in aorne quarter*., that It seemed
fulror all around to furnish the rts.l