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STILL ANOTHER LETTER
I Tola One From Wilson Favora State?
wide Prohibition.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
? Washington. January 7.?A fow
members of the Pemocratto National
Committee are studying with doopest
Int irost onothsr letter from Governor
Woodrow Wilson that seams to prom?
ise more trouble for tho party?at
least for the Governor's candidacy?
than even hie letter of rive years ago
to Adrian H. Joline denouncing Wil?
liam Jennings Bryan. Tho old letter
was directed against Mr. Bryan's per?
sonal qualifications as a leader, and ns
such might personally be forgotten and
forgiven by tho Nebrasknn. But tho |
lettor that is now causing earnest talk
nmong both Governor Wilson's friends
and his enemies goes Into a question
Of public policy which before this has :
cost the party many States. It prob
ably will be received by Mr. Bryan as
n compliment, but It will meet chilling
response from many Democrats In a
number of Slates, it is nothing loss I
than n declaration from tho Governor. |
in one of the many letters he writes,
favoring prohibition In certain State?
under certain conditions. lie does hot |
ko so fur as to advocate national pro- |
li'bltlon. that matter was not under
illscusslon. hut he does odvocato In
States where conditions. Ijomogenclty
of population and other circumstances
make it practicable.
The letter was written on July 6,
1911. a little over four years after his
outburst against Mr. Bryan, nn<1 ad?
dressed to K. W. Grogan, of Byars,
Tex. At that time Texas was, as she'
Iibb (been ever since. In the throes of
n great political light, with prohibition '
as tho chief Issue.
Mr. Grogan was Interested In the.
matter, and he wrote ta the Demo-',
oratlc Governor of New Jersuy for an ?
opinion. This is th'.< answer that he
got:
"I believe that In some States State?
wide prohibition is possible and do
Blrablo, because of their relative
homogeneity, while for others I think
that State-w'de prohibition is not
practicable.
"1 have no reason to doubt from
what I know of the circumstances
that State-wide prohibition Is both
practicable and desirable in Texas. In .
replying to your letter, I was only I
trying to Etate what I think must til- j
ways be kept in mind?the wide <11- [
vergonee of conditions which makes
It Impossible to reply to any single '
question like tirohlliiitlon In terms I
?which would fit the whole country." I
Politicians recall that when Mr. |
Bryan, after his last defeat, spoke in j
favor of national prohibition, Ills ut- |
terances were halleii as his fluni re- ?
tlremcnt from party leadership. The
whole proposition wag held so at va- '
? lance with th; Democratic doctrine i
of Individual rights ami In a pocullar !
venjo so much in opposition to strong
fitments of tho. parly In New York,
Mllnois and elsewhere, that it wa^ eon- \
side-rod inconceivable that ho Intended :
furthsr to '.ic a candidate. Mr. Wilson,
of course, does not go ny far as Mr. !
Brysn In the matter, but the publica- I
t!on of his letter on the eve of the
meeting of the national committee Is
??onsidcrod a serious blow by his
friends. His enemies are correspond
Ihgly delighted.
ASHLAND NEWS NOTES
Ashland, January 7.?Mr. n?id Mrs.!
George II. Ilutchlngs, Mr. nud Mrs. Gro-j
ham B. Hobson and Misses Leila Oro-|
liam and Kllzn belli Hobson. Of Rich-'
mond, spent to-dny with Mr. and Mrs.I
f'. C. Bridges.
Miss Lutch, of r,H rteraburg. Mil., is'
viuitlng relatives here.
Miss Margret Lee. who has been at
St. Luke's Hospital in Richmond, where
?'-as was operated on for appendicitis,
has returned home.
Miss Greyson Hoof nagle l"ft Snttir-'
day ior Randolph-Macon Women's
'ollege, Lynchburg, ofte.r spending
some tlnia at her home here.
Mcsdauifs Hugh Denoon and Wll-I
liam Bndd. of Richmond, wore frucats
Saturday of Mrs. C. M, Bridges
Miss Annie Doswell delightfully en-!
tertalned the bridge class on Friday, j
Mrs. J. Dig on Price returned on Sat?
urday to her home In Chane City. I
Lawrence Martin, of Clin riottesvllle.l
is lh? guest to-day of Webb Mtdyetto.
Mrs._'nMlliajJ* Lasher has returned
H orn'1ft vTsit to relatives in New- Yorlt.
Miss Cond? Bridges will spend Jan?
uary with her sister. Mrs. Graham B. ?
Hobson, In Richmond.
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"Seconds" from the best hat
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his home hero for somn time, Ims re-'
turned to his work at Johns Hopkins.
University, Baltimore.
M-Ihs Marlon Lasher leaves this week
for New York, after a visit to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lnsher.
NOT WORK OF SCIENTISTS
Keen Police Official 11 in!? True Cmne
ot Seventy IH-ntbs Id Ilerlln.
?Berlin, Januaury 7.?Berlin's great
poisoning epidemic, which killed
seventy Inmutcs at a municipal
sltSUer for ? the homeless and put 101 j
others In the hospitals, has dealt
rathor a black eyo to Germany's vaunt?
ed medical science, especially In the
pathologlcnl branch.
The loading bacteriologists of tho
country uro still engaged in an tin
seetnly squabble over the real cause
of tho scourgo. Their first dlngnosis
of deleterious smoked (lnh lias boon
uttorly abandoned.
It was really not until a kern police
official ran down a cellarful of spurious
"brandy," which proved lo bo a
death- eating concoction of methy?
lated spirits, that the medical wise
men had a glimmer of tho genuine
cause of tho plague, and reluctantly
withdrew their microscopes from what
they supposed to be macllll in Bis?
marck herring.
They have not yet fully espoused
the methylated spirits theory. Thero
is every reason to believe, however,
that It was actually poisonous
"Schnapps" which (brought about the
deaths. The druggist who distilled and
retailed tho deadly firewater has been
arrested, and wfll be placed In the dock
charged with manslaughter.
FOUR ARE FOUND DEAD
Myxtc.ry Surrounds Tragedy In Phila?
delphia Hoarding House.
Philadelphia, Pa.. January 7.?Mys?
tery .surrounds the deaths of four per?
sons, whoso hodiCH, fully clothed, were
discovered to-day In tho second-story
back room of the boarding houso of 1
Mrs. Bridget Flanagan. 1H23 North I
Twenty-fourth Street. Mrs. Flanugan
who was nmong the dead, was deserted
by her husband ten days ngo, but was
said to have been In fairly prosperous
circumstances.
She was thirty-eight years of age.
Her daughter, Annie Flnnagnn, aged
ten years, and Joseph Flanagan, aged
fifteen months, an adopted child, died
with her. The fourth body was that
of Catharine Murray, aged elghteon
years, a boarder In the house, who re?
cently camo to this country from Ire?
land.
The police, officials and coroner, who
are Investigating the case, are unable
to determine whether the deaths were .
caused by coal gas or whether a poison
had been administered in milk, of
which all four had partaken.
Mrs. Hannah Curran, a sister of?
Mrs. Flanagan, was found Uhr.onsclous
In another room. Physicians arc un?
able to dutermlne whether or not sho'
also was poisoned.
TALKS WITH ROOSEVELT
Stlui?ou *ays Colonel Will Not Be ?
Candidate.
New York, January 7.?Henry I*
Stlmson, Secretary of War, said after
luncheon with Theodoro Roosevelt at
Oyster Hay yesterday, according to the
Tribune, that In his opinion Mr. Roose?
velt would never be o candidate for the
presidential nomination Hgalnst Presl-I
dent Taft. Secretary Stlmson Is a per?
sonal friend of both tho ex-Presldonl
and President Taft. Ho is quoted as
deprecating the stories of Mr. Roose-1
celt's political activity us a possible]
candidate In 1912 as being without nnyi
foundation. '
"I have never believed Mr. Roosevelt]
would be n candidato for tho nomlna-i
tlon against Mr. Taft, and I have not
the slightest reason now," he said, "af?
ter talking with Mr. Roosevelt, to.
change that opinion."
MADDENED BY FLAMES
Man rights Oil Efforts of Urtde to Ks-J
[ tluKUlsb Fire und Die? in Agony.
miavllle, Gn.. January 7.?Maddened
by tho ilames which licked his body,
Jo. Hear.- fought off the frantic at-!
, tempts of his bride of three weeks to
extinguish the lire last night and died
In agony several hours later. Clad
only in a night shirt. Mr. Bears was
(-landing in front of an open fire bo
fore retiring when tho garmont caught
and In a moment was a mass of flames.
Ills wife ran screaming to his os
Blstanee, but could do nothing.
The young man was the only son of
Dr. W. T). Hears, a prominent physician
Of F.llnvllle.
MRS. ROOSEVELT ILL
Coiidltlou >ot ^erlotm, and necovery
Within Few Days Looked For.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.. January 7.?Mrs.
; Tneodore RooEevelt, it was learned to.
J n!%ht. has been 111 for several days
t pi?st. but Is recovering Two months
ago she was lnjursd by a fall from her
horse while riding with the Colonel.
Her present -Illness Is said, however,
not to be a result of tho accident.
One or the attending physicians said
Mrs. Roosevelt was more comforluble
' to-night; that her condition was not
now considered serious, and^ that her
recovery within * few 'lays was look?
ed for. i
RUMORS OF PEACE
ARE PREMATURE
Italy Is Ready to Examine Pro?
posals of Turkey With an
Open Mind.
Rome, January 7.?All reports pre?
suming that ptaco between Italy and
Turkey Is near arc premature. Tho
ofllctal attitude ut Home Is thut, lu
view of the fact that Italy Is In the
possession ut victory she cannot usk
lor pence or Initiate negotiations look?
ing for peace. Rut it Is pointed out
that Italy Is ready to exainino Into
peace proposals with an open mind, j
If advancud by Turkey on tho basis
that Trlpoolllana and Cyronaca shall |
bo detlnltely annexed to Italy, accord"
Ing to the royal decree of December j
12, which will bo transformed Into a
law of the nation at tho rcopenlns of |
Parliament the ond of January.
Therefuro any discussion of this |
point, say officials, would bo superllu
ous and. Indeed, injurious to any un?
derstanding between ltoly and Turkoy.|
Without Foundations.
Constantinople. January 7.?Tho ru?
mors that peace negotiations have been
entered Into by Turkey und Italy, It
Is announced, are without foundation.
Pence Rumor? Disposed Of.
I<oudun, Jununry 7.?A statement
mad? to-day by the Turkish Foreign;
Minister appears dually to dlsposo of
Vfac peace rumors* He. declares that
never while ho is minister will pcaco
he arranged on the bnsls of the annex?
ation of Trlpolltann to Italy.
A Rome dispatch gives an uncon?
firmed report of n massacre of tho
villagers at Gagaresh by tho Turka. in
revenge for their submission to the
Italians.
Pnrtl.v Destroyed by Fire.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Warrenton. Vs., January I.?T.ho|
house of Ii. H. Chamberlain, on Win?
chester Street. wn? found to bo on
lire about 11 o'clock this morning.
The tire wan caused by defective wood?
work around a Hue. Tho house was
ruined by water and much of tho
building was destroyed In locating the
source of the flumes. The contents
were saved and the loss partially cov?
ered by Insurance.
MEETING CAUSES
T
(Continued from First Page.)
matters pending beforu tho committee.
Neither would he talk of the letter said
to have been written by Woodrow Wil?
son a few years ago urging tho party
to rid itself of the NebraBknn.
W. F. McCombS, manaser of the |
woodrow Wilson headquarters, charged I
to-night thnt tho report of friction
between Wilson and Dryan wus in?
spired In Wall Street, and that other
stories of tho same charnctor might
be oxpected from thnt source. Ho did
not deny the exlStenco of the Jollne
letter, however.
Tlietfi will be gathered here
morrow noarly every man who has I
been mentioned for the Democratic j
nomination, or st least all of the ac?
tive and receptive cnndldntes will be
represented. In person there will be
Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey; Oov-1
ernor Foss. of Afassochusetts; Speaker
Champ Clark and former Oovernor
Polk, of Missouri; Governor Dlx, of
New Vork: Senntor Kern, of Tndlnna,
who Is supposed to be tho representa?
tive of Governor Marshall, but Is re?
garded by many ss being a dark horse
probability, and Senstor Ncwlands. of
Nevada, who ha? a progressive plat?
form.
Senator Pomerent, of Ohio. Is look?
ing after the Judson Harmon boom;
Representative Underwood. of Ala
bams. Is within roach, hut will not
attend the Jackson Day banquet, and
then there will be William Randolph
Hearst, who ir spoksn of as n possi?
bility, although generally accredited
as n Clark man. and Colonel Bryan,
who does not lack supporters.
Ftjth*lng for Convention.
St. I.ouls and Baltimore seem to be
struggling hardest for the convention.
Chicago, it senma, does not offsr sny
financial Inducement beyond actual ex?
penses, and the Democrntlo commlttoe
fools that the city which rocelves the
convention should provide something
with which to start the campaign.
Denver and New Tork also aspire to
entertain the convention, It Is said,
?but the race seems to be narrowing
down to the cities first named. It was
declared to-night that Baltimore's
chances were Increasing.
The meeting of the committee will
bo called to ordsr at 12 o'clock lo-mor
.row. The first question that will re?
ceive attention relates to the contests
which come from Tennessee nnd Penn?
sylvania. The right of R. F. D. Mount
castl?. who was elected eommlUoomsn
by the Tennessee delegation at the
Denver convention, to continue ss
commltteemsn from that state Ie op?
posed by John J. VertrcKs. who wns
named by a Stats committee, which
auestloned Mountesstle's party loyaltv.
The place held by Colonel James F.
Ouffey. of Pennsylvania. Is soinrht by
Representative A Mitchell Palmer
GufTey is charged by a faction of his
party with having bsen- Indifferent to
tho success of his party's candidate fo
Governor In the last election.
These contests probably win provoknl
a long struggle unless tho committee'
-shall declare that a State committee!
has not the power of vacating the of-'
i flco of national commltteemon. which1
I would have, the effect of rotatning both!
I Mountcaatlo and Ouffey. It In said
that Mr. Bryan favors the retention
1 of Mountcnstle nnd the rejection of
1 Gttffoy. which Is Just contrary to the
'.wishes of what are known na the Old
j Guard members of the committee. |
The Prlmnry ftueatlon.
There Is little doubt that the com?
mittee will be compelled to face the
.question of primaries for fho scleo-l
I tlon of delegates, although the major-!
? Ity sentiment appears to be against it I
j Many members of the committee ai^'
opposed to primaries on account of the!
cost, and therefore will urge the vot?
ing down of general Indurooment o''
jthe primary plan. It appears likely!
[that tho Democratic ConiTnHte? will
i follow the example of the Republican
Committee. wMch leff th? Stntes hav-l
.ing primary laws fro* to follow tbatl
' plan of electing delegates
I Utile attention is bein,; pai? to tho!
, demands of the representatives 0f aomoi
(of the candldatea for the abrogation
of the rule of the party. whlch require"'
a two-third,, tote of ,he convention lo1
nominate cundldates for President and!
Vice-Preslden,. ,, 1?,,^^ a ' |
was ? "^opo^",, ,i w,m b?
Famous Actress III
The dentb of Deila Kux, the sprig htly ?Inner untl comedienne, who "on
a narm place Id (he bcortn of the the ntrc-Rolnir public inor- (hon twenty
yenrs nRO. In expected. She In In 4 M nltnrlum In New York iii], Buttering
from appendicitis and perltonlts. I
TALK UxNCOMMON BOLD
WHEN BRYAN IS AWAY
Courage Oozes When He starts to Washington,
and Now nvery Man J.c? Swears tie has
been Loyal to Nebraska?.
"Washington. January 7.?To-day's
Washington Times prints '.he follow?
ing:
A few hours ahead of ihe schedule
that had been planned for him. Wil?
liam Jennings Bryan left Raleigh, N.
C on a night train last night, und
was duo In Washington this aftcroo.
wag duo in Washington this aftornoon.
to-morrow morning.
Putting two and two together, the
Democrats ussembled for ' the meet?
ing of their national committee to?
morrow assumed that Mr. Bryan was j
hastening his arrival In order to have
time to prepare for a big light In the
committee in favor of the widest recog?
nition of the presidential preference
primary.
This belief was strengthened by
receipt of advices that In his Raleigh
speech last night Bryan was vigorous
mid uncompromising In his Insistence
that primaries are the only means by
which the rank and file may express
preference for candidates.
F"uec? Complication**.
Mr. Bryan lands In Washington to
face a complication that no one excepti
himself can straighten out. The Wll-I
son people are demanding primaries,
confident that they would make their i
strongest Bhowlng through this re- |
flection of public sentiment. They
count on Mr. Bryan to lead the tight
for them.
But the enemies of Wilson are mak?
ing desperate efforts to pry Bryan away
from Wilson. Thoy do not hope to In?
duce Bryan to Stop his light for the
widest possible use of tho primary,
but they are determined to drive Bryan
away from any open, direct expression
In favor of the Jersoyman.
To this end they havo circulated
widely the story that six or seven years
ago Dr. Wilson wrote a leltor to Adrian
11. Joline. of Now York, demanding to
know If means could not be devised to
rid the Democracy of Bryan. The anti
Wilson people say they have this let?
ter, and they demand to know how
I Bryan can fight tho Wilson fight with
that evidence of disloyalty staring him
in the face?
Told of Letter.
Nobody In Washington has assumed
to speak for the Nebraskan In this
affair. But the story was given out
to-day that Bryan was told several
weeks ago at Kansas City of the ex?
istence of the Wtison-Jollne letter:
I that the friends of Wilson admitted
that It had been written, and that Mr.
Bryan In substance assured them that
Dr. Wilson's views In l!)05 were of
small present day concern; the Wilson
performance! since that time were a
Rood deal more convincing In Mr.
Bryan's survey of the situation.
In short, the- Wllsonltes declare that
Dr. Wilson had been assured long ago
that Bryan would store up no griev?
ance by reason of this letter of 1905.
If this proves true, a deal of assiduous
effort at creating friction will have
been wasted without even producing a
spark.
Prior to the arrival of Mr. Bryan
this afternoon it became plain that in
his fight for primary expression ho
will meet a dotermlnod opposition.
First It became noised abroad that
Roger Sullivan, of Illinois, who hates
Bryan with nn unquenchable hate,
would challenge Bryan'o right to sit
In the national committed meeting.
On what ground could not be learned,
for Bryan holds what Is understood
to he n porfootly regular proxy from!
the Nebraska commltteoman. Sorna of I
tho opponents of Bryan admitted that |
'.hey could not imagine a ground on !
Which Sullivan could mako good In
such a fight.
Not In Favor.
More serious than this Sullivan oppo?
sition was the developing ovldence that
the primary Is not In high favor with
many committosmon. Conservatives, I
?Hid some not so conservative, were I
pretesting against the Innovation, and
declaring that Mr. Bryan would not
ha permitted to force It Into the party's |
policy, further than to allow those
States ' which have general primary |
laws to elect delegates under these.
The good old Democratic franchise
of mixing things when there .Is a]
chance of winning seems to havo bean !
redeemed. Five months ago It was i
commonest observation that tho Demo?
crats had played groat politics during
the Congress session; that they had
employed taeir control ?f the Houso
most, effectively to strengthen them- j
salves before the nation; und that the .
Etcpuhllcans appoarod to have seised
upon tho Democratic tradition ut
"when In doubt, do the wrong tiling."
liut now, hew different! Democratic
candidates uro lighting each oilier with
weapons that cannot fall to leave scars I
after the convention Is past. Ur.
Bryan and Mr. Underwood have become
Involved In a controversy of most se?
rious character. Ohio Duuiocracy is
split about us badly us Is Ohio Re?
publicanism, between the Harmon and
Bryan factions.
Even Missouri Is suddenly discov?
ered to have a big, serious schtbm, re?
sulting from tho Clark-Folk light. They
lire getting out tomahawks und blund
erbubses. lining up for a tine old-time
shindy, und the. Missouri electoral vote1
Ik conceded to bo menaced In propor-j
tion as the temperature rises.
Tiimiiinuy Crowd.
Tho Tuminany crowd from New York
is dun to-night, and then there will bo
conf orenccs of the tory loaders undi
counter-conforencen of the progressive,!
crowd, all looking to the management,
of details In the committee maoting to-]
morrow. Bryan must mHko Wilson's
tight, whether he likes It or not. In be-'
half of primaries; but the ahtl-Wilson,
anli-llryan people arc organizing to'
make it Just an dlftlcult as possible for!
Bryan und Wilson to work together.I
''Divide and Conquer" is the motto they'
have adopted. I
Tulk about the candidates and the
bosses! Thor? In only one big, dnml-|
? ateng individuality in sight, und that
Is Bryan. Of couise. It Isn't true that',
all the othor speakors who were toi
have appeared at tho Jackson banquet]
to-morrow night have been scared Into
Incipient pnoumonla, laryngcal paraly.
sis. or loss of voice. Most of them will
be on hand, despite reports to the con?
trary; even to Governor Folk, whose
failure to receive an Invitation in tho
first emission of invitations caused a'
lot of grief and renewed complications
In Missouri.
But as to Bryan, the situation re?
minds one of that which provaulod. al?
most exactly four years ago now. Tim
Democratlo leaders In Congress had
conversed for weeks, and finally de?
cided on a plan. They would have a]
big dinner for Bryan, and when thoy,
got biro squarely up against tho ma?
hogany they would tell him. kindly bu'j
firmly, that, while they entertained the
kindliest sentiments for him, they
could never, never be more than sisters
to him Really, ho must not assumes
to ask another nomination. Ho wouldi
have to sacrifice any ambitions of that
Bort to the party interest.
Well, we all romembcr that "double
barreled dinner of discontent." asi
Beverldge oalled It Bryan camo to
town, and the dinner was divided Into;
a two-seoslon affair at the home of]
Senator Newiands. The thing was "go-",
ing to be put squarely up to Bryan;"
yes. Indeed. The real conservators of
party Interest would 'Just naturally!
serve the "never again" notice on him.,
j Courage Files.
They talked uncommon bold while;
Bryan was 2,000 miles away. Couragei
oosed after It was reported that Bryan!
had started for Washington; when bei
was three days away, It wee Impossible
I to get anybody to discuss the ultima*
I tum dinner; at two days, folks began
to have pneumonia and other dltltcul
tles making it Inadvisable for thom to
go out o'naghts. The day before ho
got to town, you couldn't find a man
Jack of them all who wasn't telling
i how persistently loyal to Bryan he had
always been; and when the double
ended dinner actually carne off, it wao
a love faast Instead of u palace revolu?
tion!
I Nobody ever mentioned the unpleas
I ant subject supposed to have been In?
spiration for the event; Bryan did all
'the talking he wanted to do, every
I body was delighted to see him; not an
ultimatum was produced from a single'
hip pocket, and at the en-1 It was
i quietly concedod that the party Just
naturally couldn't shake off the Bryan
yoke, because there wasn't a man ln.lt
I wl.h nervo enough, to mention tho
! matter in Bryan's presence
i This year it's, not so vory different.
Brypn is the one to whom all eyes turn.
Wilt ho bo for or against this candi?
date or that? noes he want this or
that In the platform? Mow vhard will
ho tight for primaries? Everything is
referred to Bryan: everything seems
to depend more on his attltudo than on
anything clso.
KVAXS FOR AHMY IIBSEBVE,
Alm? Suggests Ipedernl Pay for Mllltla
Service.
Washington. January 7.?There were
1.673 less men in tho organized mllltla
last ycur than tho year bofore. tho
total for 1011 being P.172 officer* and
108,810 men. says tho annual report of
Brigadier-Genera] R_ K. Evans, chief
of the Division of Military Affairs.
General Evans wants Federal pay
for adjutant-generals of th? States,
special financial old by the government
for the Hold artillery and cavalry of
tho mllltla, more sergeants In tho rog
Ular army who may bo detailed to duty
an Instructors, to tho mllltla, tho sup?
ply by tho government of a limited
number of horsej and forage for the
mllltla eavalry. and Federal pay for
mllltla service.
Called into active servloe, the mlll?
tla would contain only about <2 pot
cent, of the war strength to which It
should bo raised, showing. In General
Evans's opinion, tho need for a reserve.
The United States, of all the groat
powers of the world. Id tho only ono
which provldc? no reserves, and Gen?
eral Evnns suggests n schemo for the
creation of one, based on nn enlist?
ment period of seven years, not less
than two nor more than three, of
which shall be Borvcd with the colors.
WANTS TO SHUT OUT WOOKMFVX.
North Plnlnllcld Councilman Think*
llurounli Should Exclude Them.
Plalnfiold. N. J., January 7.?If the
first regular mooting of tho North
Plalnfield Common Council In 1913,
held Friday night. In to be a erltorlon.
Ihe citizens feel sure that tho yoar
wilt sec some warm sessions. William
J. riutlleld. n Now York ten Importer.
Signalised his advent as a Councilman
by Introducing a resolution designed
to prevent worklngmen with large
families from living in tho borough.
In support of his measure, he pointed
out that It costs ?26 a year to ssnd a
child to school, and the children of me?
chanics' families usually average three.
The houses they build and llvo In are
of a class from whloh not more than
S22 is returned in laxes. In addition
to the school cost, he nrgusd, It was
necessary to provide police and fire
protection, which enlarged the deficit
in the borough on this class of citizens.
The matter wa? receiving a warm
airing when Councilman M. C. Van Ars
dale nsk?d Mr. Butfleld what remedy
ho would suggest. He said ho had
none. Further discussion resulted in
the resolution being withdrawn for
modification and revision.
limsniPJIEX PUNISHED.
Ileennse of Connection With Club R?
Crntly Unified by Authorities.
Annapolis, Md.. January 7.?Because
of their oonnectlon with a club in
Annapolis. where midshipmen fre?
quently gathered, punishment has been
administered to five midshipmen by !
the Naval Academy authorities upon j
th? recommendation of a board that
Investigated tho matter. llach has
received fifty demerits, and will be ro
Mrlcted to tho academy grounds for
four months. The names of the younir
men are withheld, but It la known that
one Is a member of the first class and
the other four nre second classmen. ]
The club room was rallied n few days
ago Jointly by the naval and civil
authorities, and was found to be well j
Hocked with Intoxicating liquors.
Jefferson Hotel Arrivals.
A. A. Dew s, Cincinnati; Felix B.
I.lpperman, New York; Geo. T. Hunton, 1
Baltimore; F. M. Blake, Trenton. N. J.; j
F. H. Nlles, Kock Castle. Vn.; Cassnr
'HiVol. and wife, N'c v York; Wm. Walts
and wife, Bounoko, Vs.; E. M. Pepper.
Now York; Mr. nnd Mrs. !-: E. Novak,
Now Prague. Minn.; Mr. and Mra. F. J.
Cnrcland. Brooklyn; J. C. Rubon. Now
York; H. T. Thomas, Baltimore; J. H.
D. Rowan, Trenton; II. T. Pratt. North
Carolina; C. L. Welch. Kokomo, Ind.;
Mr. and Mrs. A H. Porter, New York:
Mr. and Mra. H D. Bourke, Bosemond.
Mont.; B. D. Rlekart. Chicago; Mr. and
Mrs. J If. Turner, Cleveland, O.; Milses.
Nora and Nannie Turner, Cleveland,
O.; Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Myer. New
York; E. E. Abbott. Manchester; 1). o.
D in, New York.; Mrs. H, M. Davle.
Now York; Miss Florence Davlo, Now'
York; J. C. Nelson. Norfolk. Va_
MAY SAVE SLAYER
(Continued From First Page.)
Ibers of tho pastor'a former church, and
the man with whom Rlcheson made his
home. In addition to a typewritten
statement expressing hia vlewe, Mr.
Cartsr gave on interview In which ho
said that after a nervous breakdown
from which Rlcheson suffered, last
June he (Carter) never return*.,-to
his home after an absence of V'.ny
length of time without searching the
house from top to bottom, fearing
to find the dead body of the minister.
Says There Is No Change in'
Friendly Relations With
Colonel Harvey.
New 'York, January 7.?Governor
Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, sttyf '
there Is no breach between him and
Colonel Ilnrvoy, of Harper's Weokly,:
who Btartod tho Wilson boom for the,
Uomocratio nomination for tho preal
doncy. Colonel Harvey contlnuoo to
say nothing. Ono other man who
knows Bomothlng about it tu Colonel
Jlenry Wntterson, of tho Doulsville
Courier-Journal. Louisville roportt
that ha in silent as tho grave.
The farts as told by those who are
In a position to know them thoroughf?
are that there was a recont mooting I
between Oovernor Wilson. Colonel Har
yey and Colonel Watteroon, at which
Qovemor Wilson openly declared, and
With emphasis, that tho advocacy of 1
his presidential aspirations by Har-1
por's Weekly-wias doing positive detrl- ]
ment to als cause. Colonel Harvoy was1
very mu'h surprised at this statement,
but Oovernor Wilson repooted It with
so much emphasis that Colonel Harvey
decided then and there to ceajse his
advocacy of the Governor's candldaoy.
and has continued that course.
Disclaimer by Wilson.
Trsntnn, January 7.?Governor Wil?
son disclaimed to-day thnt ho was In
any way responsible for tho recent
change of front on tho part of Hnr
por'? V.'aekly, which for two succas
ing the Holidays
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rive Issues has Ignored Instead of ad
vacating his presidential candidacy.
11', made a posltlvo statement that
there had been no breach In tho
trlondly relations betwoen Colonel
I Harvey and himself, and that he knew
of nothing which could have given rise
' to such a report.
j When Informed by a correspondent
j that It had been definitely reported
I that at a rocont meeting ho bad said
J In tho proconco of Colonel Harvey that
j tho advocacy of Harper's Weekly at
; tids time was damaging to hla presi?
dential aspirations, the Oovernor .spe
I clfloally denied the truth of the re
; port,
"When I said that there had been
j no broach between Colonel Harvey
i f nd myself. I meant It literally." he
added; "There te no foundation what
I ever tor the story, at I never made any
I such remark as that which you say
hag b?en attributed to ma."
The Governor also said that he failed
to recall the ooeselon which oould have
riven rise to such an Impression.
Candidates Initiated.
(Special to The Tlmea-Dlapatch.]
Alexandria, yaw, January 7.?Twen
I ty-flve candidates wero Initiated to
| night by Alexandria Division. No. 1.
Ancient Order of Hibernians. The de?
cree work was given by a degree team
>f the Washington division of that
organization.
OBITUARY
OeorKc O. MetJUvray.
Oeorge C. McOllvray. a wcll-Vnown
Insurance adjuster, died at his home
In Staunton early yesterday morning
of pneumonia, which developed in
acute form on Saturday. He was it
son of the late Ruv. W. P. and Mr*.
>T. M. McOllvray. of Richmond, ami
, wae ni brother of J. A. McOllvray. or
I this city. Tho funeral services will
be conducted In Staunlon to-day. Mr.
McOllvray was widely known through?
out Virginia and North Carolina,
.toho Herbert Klnia.
John Herbert Bims, of 1109 West
j Main Street, died last night at ?:1G
! o'clock. He was thirly-alx yearn old.
! Ho leaves two brolhtra und three sla?
ters?Dr. Goo. K- sintB, of this city;
F. W. Sims, of Loulau. Va.; Mrs. F. M.
Harris and MIbh Bllsi b'lms, of thli
city; Mra. W. J. Hubbard, of Bucking
hum Courthouse. The body will be
taken on tho Cheuapeukc and Ohio b>
o'clock truln to-morrow (Tuesday) fur
l.oulsu, where Interment will be mud.
Funeral of Mr?. Wade.
IBpuoial to The Tlnies-Dlapatoa,)
Obristiuusourg, Vu_. Junuury /.?The
(unerul services of Mm. June Wade
were aonuuetud ut thu reBluunae by
Huv. E. l.?.-ic at 3 o'olouK to-day.
Mrs. Waoo wua one of the moat lntar
? ..tiiig churaciera of the town. Her
memory was wundertul, und tno stories
mo told of long ugo interested all
wno knew nor. hue was a devout mem?
ber ot the Preeoytortan Church, and
was elghty-tlve yeure old. She ww
Is <l,i motor Of Elizabeth Kandolpb
While and Dr. Josepli npeora Edie. Sr.o
\i Htirvived by two tlsiwra. Mrs. Millie
Flggut and MIbh fcmma Edie; one
brother, Colonel Ouy Edle, of the Phil?
ippus IslanUB, also by live children.
Mrs. Mury Crush, Mrs. H. Hlcoclc. Mrs.
[ D. M. Juukln. HounoKe; P. Wade, Blue
i Held, w. Vu.. and Joeoph Wadu, Jphn
| eon City, Tunn.
Captulu Charles XV. Wilson.
IBpeuiul to The Ttmea-Dlapatch.J
Norlolh. Vs., Junuury 7.?Captain
Charles W. Wilson, well known alt
over the South au a gallant Confeder?
ate soldier, died at hla home In this
I city to-day. Ho was aoventy-threa
years old. He was In most of the
principal battles In the Civil War. and
was a member of Mahono'a Brigade,
i Ho was taken prisoner and conilnod
j at Fort Delaware until June, I860. Ho
is survived by a widow and several
children, one of whom 1b Leutenant
, Cary R. Wilson, U. S. A.
Hernia i Unynea.
[Special to The Tlrnea-DIspatch.l
Alexandria, Va., January 7.?Her?
man Haynas, about thirty years old.
died last night at his homo, 116 North
! St. Asaph Street HIb wife survives
I him.
Mrs. Cordelia Foaey.
[Special to The Tlmos-Dlspatch.l
i Alexandria, Va-, January 7.?airs.
Cordelia Posey, wlfo of James Po3oy,
died yesterday at the State Hospital.
I Staunlon. Tho body was brought here
for burial.
DEATHS
EVERETT.?Died. January 7, 1912, LO
RETTA LOUISE, daughter of E. L
and L. E. Everett, aged eight yeare
and six months.
Dear, we uliall meet when this life Is
past,
Under the Dawn and Dew;
And Light shall break on my life at
lust.
When I dream In the dark with
you.
MOTHER AND FATHER.
Funeral will take place from Sn?
ored Henrt Church MONDAY AF?
TERNOON at 1 o'clock. Burial In
Hollywood Cemetery. Friends am.
acquaintances Invited to attend.
SIMS.?Entered Into rost. at 1109 West
Main Street, Sunday evening, Janua?
ry 7, 1912. at 7:15 o'clock, JOHN
HERBERT SIMS.
His remains will leave on the ?
o'clock train TUESDAY MORNING
over the Chesapeake and Ohio. Inter?
ment at Woodbury, Louisa county.
Va., at 1 P. Mr
WRIGHT.?Died, Saturday, January 6.
1312. at 1116 P. M-, MATTID WOOL
RIDOE WRIGHT, wife of W. Ster?
ling Wright, of 1110 North Twenty
seventh Street, In the twenty-fourth
year of her age.
The funeral will take place THIf!
(Monday) AFTERNOON, January R.
at 8 o'clook. from East End Baptist
ChnCPh^ Interment in Oakwood.
Children Cry
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