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WHOLE NUMBER 18,866.
RICHMOND, VA., TUEST AY, JANUARY 16, 1932.
THE WKATHER TO-DAY?Fair PRICE TWO CENTS.
CONTRACT LABOR
IS BEFORE SENATE
Governor Submits Bid
for Convicts From
Shirt Company*
HOLT DEMANDS
ITS aj?ujl,ITION
Matter Laid Ovcr to To-Day.
Would Acquire Part of Ford
Hotel Block for State?Of?
ficials Are Rcappointed,
Investigate Proies>sora'
Salaries.
Contract convict lubor constituted
the centre ol im-.-rvsl 'n the legUiullve
session of yesterday. Governor .siaim,
tu u special niusauge, iransinitluu the
report ol the buuiii ot unectois ot
the blute Penitentiary, wiin me one
bid offered for pi icon lunor. Hecretury
lien Owen dm nut reu.cn tno ilouse ot
Delegates with tnu uoeuiucut until ui
tcr thul bouy nuo uujuurnuu, Out It
tortned the basis ot cuuaiueraoio de-1
bate In tho Senate
?A resolution waa offered by Senator
baxon Wi itolt, uuolurmg It to tu me
luagmcnt ot tno General Assembly Wail
the system of contract convict labor
In this Stale enoutd cease. Its pasaugo
wob urged by Senator J3. C. Fois.es. on,
tho ground thul public SeQtiniunl de-|
mantlb such action.
ln'l opposition. Senator Edward
Echols took the grounu mat tin Scn
ato should not act so hastily ou so Im?
perium a question, but mal public I
bearings should be had in committee
ar.d the matter thoroughly digested, so
that the JUeglsiaiui c, might juuge of
the whole mailer and dispose of ll
with all the intormuliun ui hand.
The resolution lluully went over un?
til to-day.
Can Get Other Bids.
While- but one bid was submitted in
response to the Invitation of the peni?
tentiary directors, it was stated in
their communication to the Oovcrnoi
that oineru could be secured; witnoul
trouble, In case ll was deciued 10 con?
tinue the system. It was not sail whe?
ther or noi the Tbacher Company, ibe
present contractor, would be billing
to renew its agreement.
The aolltary oiu came from the Re?
liance Manufacturing Company, cf 612
South run. Kueet, Chicago, Hi. it*
ternib aro regarded a* distinctly favor?
able, und us inucn more auvur.luguous
thon any the Slate nat.cvor had
Thlu company jiropoavs to pay 65
ctnts per day tor the hire of GOO men.
and lo lake all the women that can t>e
supplied at a price one-third on
paid for mule labor. This woulu
thu female labor bring 43S)i-u . ...it
per day. At present the Thachiv >.oin
pdny pays 42 cents for men and 34
cent.*, (or women in its snoe lactory.
Details of Proposal.
The Reliance Company would require
thirty days, at the beginning ot lib
regime, lo leacli the operatives. it
nould guuranlec that no dangerous
machinery would be used; its purpose
is to make shirts and kindred <ti itcleaJ
including overulls. Inasmuch as its
machinery would be In long rows In
laige rooms, fewer guards would b?
necessary than are now required The
company desires those men whose
tctins are for longer than one >eur,
which includes prucileully all who en?
ter the penitentiary. However, the
bid calif for only 600 men. i
In <asc Congress passes n bill for?
bidding Interstate commerce In pilson
made goods, or if at any time laws are
n.ade to place 'convict-made" labels
on the product, the company would
nave the right to annul Its contract. I
A wflllnghcss is expressed to send
n representative to confer with the j
directors or with n legislative coin-j
iiilttec. and to enter into negotiations
looking to the payment of overtime
money to the convicts themselves.
References are given to prison of lie als
in Kentucky, Connecticut and South
Dakota, where the company has em?
ployed such labor. It will furnish its.
own light and power and desires *o
contract fo' live years, with the privi?
lege ?t renewal.
Acquire Kord llolel Land.
An IntereStlr.g proposition came up
lb the House looking to an exchange
between the State and the c'ty of ,
Richmond of the grounds of the Sol- i
liters' Home for a portion ol* the Kord
Hotel block. On the latter would be1
erected a fireproof Slate 11 bray build?
ing. The bill was referred.
Colonel .1 P. Templeion, of Augusta, 1
started un interesting propos.tion by
offering n resolution, which wan adopt?
ed, calling upon nil educational'insti?
tutions supported by the State to re- ]
pott tho number of liielr olllcers, teach?
ers ''? 1 employes, with tluir salaries,
und the amount of service they are
lender.ng l>y the day or week. It is
gathered that certuln Institutions arc]
paying very large amounts for salaries.1
The Governor sent to the Senate the
reappolntments of J. Richard IV'ngfl.ld
to be a member of the State Corpora?
tion Commission for six years fro.n
February 1; of William I). Sniiut1.ru.
to be State Dairy and Foo.l Commis?
sioner lour years, un.l of Junes B.
Dohcrty. to be Commissioner or Labor !
and Industrial statistics for two years.!
Those appointments have been fully
expected. He also sent In h's appoint?
ments of Major James D. Patton and
Luther I* Scheret- to be inombers of
the board of directors of the State
Penitentiary. All of these went to |
ihc Committee on Nominations.
Appropriation? \eeded.
The Governor also .-out In reports
from u-l State departments and Instl- I
tutlor.s, stating thu amounts they need
for Improvements and betterments, j
This Is for the guidance of the Finance
Committees In prcpnr'ng the general,
appropriation hill, oh'1 largely tokos
the placo of tho usual hearings from
representatives of these 1 stitutlons.
The House Finance. Committee acted
favorably .on the deficiency pens on
bills. The. Richmond charter hill was
approved by llio House Committee on
Counties. Cities and Tow a. i nd pass?
ed the House on its first reading.
< The House decided to investigate,
(Continued on Eighth Fase."f
OVERSHADOWS EVEN TARIFF
tlryan Sa? Wall Street Should Not
Name Demoi ratio Candidate.
Columbia, 8. C, January 15.?"The
?arlft question Is the one that la the
nost talked about, and I have no
loubt It will occupy a prominent place
?n tho cumpalgn. but tho Democratic
Dnrty cannot Ignore tho fact that back
? f the turlff, back of tho trusts and
lack of the rallroada stunds the Wall
?street ollgarcliy. as heartless as a
hand of pirates and as despotic as the
Isar or the Sultan ever wore. And
that Is why I am not willing that J.
?Plcrpont Morgan pick out the porilO
iratlc candldnte."
This was William Jennings Bryan's
reply when asked what he regarded
?n the princlpnl Issues In the ap?
proaching presidential campaign;
Mr. Bryan declared that while tho
outlook for tho Democratic party was
nrlpht, still the Democrats should not
ac overconfident, and a great deal de?
pended on the action of Democrats
during tho present session of Con?
gress.
FIREMEN NEAR COLLAPSE
Hintes lu New Hoven Make Big Loss
In Forty-eight Hours.
New Ha. . n, Co..n., January 15.?A
four-story brick building on Grand
Avenue, owned by Governor Simeon F..
Baldwin, was destroyed i.y lire eariy
to-day with a loss of $10.000. The lire
started In a resiauianl, und spread
rapidly to the apartments above. M?iiy
of the teams were taken down lud
dcrs in an exhausted coud.tion or un?
conscious codiuoii.
Thc lire loso in this city in the past
forty-eight i.oors is p.accd at a quar?
ter of a million dollars. Most of the
(ires arc believed to have been of in?
cendiary origin.
Several 01 the firemen are on the
verge of toilapse as the result of their
continuous liaid work and exposuro
111 below zero weather, and efforts are
being made to enroll un emergency
uropB of recruits. Thc lire cnlef .s in
a hospital uuttering trom an attack
of appendlclt.a prougnt on by expo?
sure at a urc ttdttiiday n.ghL lie was
operated upon yesterday, but Is not
yet out of dunger.
AMATEURS INTERFERE
Interruption of Wlreimn Service
Arouara Navy Department.
New York. January 15.?Several re
'cent cases of scrloue Interference by
umutcur wireless oper..tois in trans?
mission of .mportaut messages iiui
aroused the Navy Department to sucn
an extent that an official Investigation
will be begun at the Brooklyn navy
yard this week. It is announced thai
this action was accelerated largely oy
an Incident u week ugo, when 0 mes?
sage of distress from the destroyer
lorry ws interrupted by novice oper?
ators here, caus.ug a delay of moio
tiiun an hour.
Officials of the Brooklyn navy yard
have tin: names of several young upor
I utors wnobe activit.es they ciubs as
pernicious, and th-y expect to che.k
tuny furtner trouble by pereonal ap
penla to these men. The enactment
of a Federal law requiring all opera
lorn to obtain a license will also be
recommended to me secretary 01 me
Navy.
ACCOUNTING DEMANDED
Field ilclra Seek 10 Recover Funds In
vested lu Virginia.
New \ork. January la.?An account?
ing of an Investment of j. ? ad?
judged to have been made bv the lau*
aiarshall 1- leid, ot Chicago, in tne Vir?
ginia Coal Purchase Company, a 5C
? ..jo.iju.j concern organised to develop
coal lands in tho Clmchileld district
o; Vlrg.nia, Is soug-it in a suit tiled
here to-day by the executors and trus
tees of tlie dry goods merchant's estate
against Thomas F. Ryan, Norman H
Ream, T. Jefferson Pi.oiulge and ti..
New York b.,nkltig tlrm of Blair ti.
Company, who, with Field. It Is alleged,
word members of the syndicate winch
raised tlie $t'..O00.O0O capital.
Thc complaint sets forth that Field
completed payment of $600.00u as h.s
proportion of the capital In 1906. and
that In June of thai year the defend?
ants, without authority, formed a new
syndicate, called the Cumbsriarid Syn?
dicate, with a capital of $15,000.000,
and sold the assets of the Virginia Coal
Purchase Company for $?;.000,000. These
assets, the complaint alleges, were not
distributed, nor was any payment made
to tho Fl.-ld estate, although demand
was duly made.
HAS NO INFORMATION
Secretory N'ngrl Can't A?x|*t Id I'robr
of Shipping Combi??..
Washing ton, January 15.?Secrctarj
of Commerce and Labor Nagel wrote to
Chairman Henry, of the House. Raid
Committee, to-day tout lie .lad no .acts
that wouul aid in thc Inquiry into the
so-called shipping coin -n:.'. lie rc
1 erred to reported combinations of for?
eign steamship lines with certain rail?
road*. AUorney-Grcnoral Wtckcrshhin.
uC-cdtise of oiner olllcial business, was
tillable to attend the nueting of the
committee, which began hearings on
the proposed sweeping investigation of
the so-called money, shipping and nar
itnt-r trusts.
Most of tho day's hearing was de
10ted to an argument by Representa?
tive Humphrey, of Washington, many
of nliose statements had been pre?
viously made elore congressional In
vtsiigating committees with r.-spect to
shipping rim.nations.
RULE IS MANDATORY
.xntlonal Knnks Mu-t lie ISxnnilnrri nt
S ii I cd Periods.
Washington, January 15.?Every na
t.oiilil b. nk ,n the country must be ex?
it Dil rcguicrly at stnte.-l periods, ac?
cord.ng to stringent Instructions issued
v Contptrol.n "f the Currency Mur?
ray to-day. U-- has nhoiiBhod ihe list
>f ..links "oveidtiJ for examination."
rcyiouily kc, 1 in tlie cilice of the
im t roller ir. nr.lor that tie Irivestl
;at...n Of lib nntlOII.il bank may be de?
rived, Mr. Murray directed the exam
ne'rs to ca'l for help -.> hen .vor over
it helmed with work. Thc comptroller
also decided that ttTienevev the officers
nd dlrertnrs of a national bank appeal
to the comptroller for a;review of th>
crillelsms or Insti nct ions o' it national
bank examiner based upon his Inves?
tigation of a bank, the examiner will
he given thc right'to attend thc hear?
ings.
TWELVE PERSONS KURT
Pnr.scngcr Trrilr on ''outhern Pacific Is
IIRehed.
Host Bernard, Texas, .Irnunry 15.?
Twelve persr.ns wore In lured, several
seriously, when Southern Pacific pas?
senger train No. 10 east' onnd. running
ten hours Into, vns dernilid near Engle
Lake t?-iMy. Four "onches vent over
a lon-foet embankment, nocor-linir to
advices received here ' The list of in
lured Includes S J. Knfourg. of Phila
I ilelphla. hurt Intsrnally, and Mrs. Dora
I Dycrle, of Philadelphia, badly bruised.
TAFT KOT PEEVED
BY PUBLICATION
Report of Friction Be?
tween President and
Hitchcock Denied*
FULLY INFORMED
Or LiAiTn.iv b rL.AN
Not Likely That He Will Make
rtny -oo.uiiieui on fostnidster
Licneiai s ftecommenuauon
Titat uovernment naxe
Uver ieiegrapn opines.
Views me Divergent.
Washington. January 15.?Alte.
PoaiiuuBier-oeueral rli&clrsocfc hau
been in uonuo once w.ih PvaoiOi.ni 'luii
lur n.orc nun mi uuur l?-uu.,, un uu
irioritauv* aLaitinuiii >.us iiiL.au ui tno
V? 11.le HOUhe UIUI tllUrO llaU bed! au
iricliun t-etWeuU me P. eo.ueni uno tile
i-obiiiiatn.vr-Ueiiet.il over In? lal.e. a
i'iuiiobcu recommendation that the s?
urilltiOlll bC^Uiie allu upel'tiio ail lele
ola,lll I,net ?b Uli UUJUliCl Ol Iii? 1IU3
lal Bjblelll.
Mr. Hitchcock had boon summoned
to the Wn.lc iloube biio. tiy bet?re
nuuu, anu inure tidu been re,.ons liiut
tne President was annoyed uver tue
publication ul ttiu matter at ihitj time
it ueveloped, however, inttt jir. Hlleh
coek hau caileu the matter to th*
President's attention a year ugo, but
lo muko a more complete In vet.gat.on
B ueluy had been uectdou upon. sir
Irlllciicock had intenued to br.ng the
mailer up aga.ii In recent Cabinet scs
bioiib, but picas ul otuer bueineaa had
prevented.
Will It Aid Roosevelt!
One report abroun to-uay was to thu
cited that Mr. Hitchcock's action
meant a break wltn President Talt
und u probable aligi.meut ot the Post
tnaMier-Geiieral w.ln ihe advocates ol
Colonel Tlicodore Roosevelt for Presi?
dent. Tins waa BPccllicully denied.
It also was said mat the Poaimaster
General's recomtuendut.on would go
to Congress according to schedule to
receive euch cons.deral.on as the lead?
ers ot House and Senate saw tit, and
without comment by tho Pres.dent.
There was no disposition at thu
Capitol to-day to avo.d any Eerioua
consideration of the proposed plan. In
the House, Representative Moon, of
Tennessee, chairman ot the Posi-Ortlca
Committee, annuunced that u.c matter
woulu bo given earnest attention.
fpeaker Champ Clark declared th?t
government telegraph was too big a
subject to discuss until all the details
of tho Postmasic-r-Gencral's plan be?
come known. Democratic Deader Un?
derwood was reticent, and Hepuhll.an
Deader Mann, of the House, treated the
project gingerly.
Senator \\ illlaras, of Mississippi,
said he had been In favor of the gen?
eral proposition for twenty years.
"I think all kinds of intelligence,"
ho said, should go tnrough tne Poat
olllce Department, ultnough 1 can see
very good reasons why it might not
be practical to take over the tele?
phones ut this time.
'T think Mr. Hitchcock is trying to
' chunge the subject and draw, attention
away from Mr. Taft anu the coming
election." said Representatives Adam
son. of Georgia, chairman of the
ilouse Committee on Interstate Com
' morce.
' "1 am not In favor of the government
I owning anything that individuals can
I own under proper control."
Senator Stone, of Missouri, who has
been much opposed to government j
j ownership of railroads, said:
j "I can see no good reasons why the J
j government should own the telegraph
j more than it should own tnj railroads.
! Senutor llorah, of Idaho: "1 am in
I favor of the general proposition."
Progressive leaders of tho House
favor the governm. purchase of the
telegraph lines un. proper safe?
guards.
"I am Inclined to b n favor of the
proposal," said Representative Nortis,
of Nebraska.
?1 am u.so favorable," said Repre?
sentative Murdock, of Kansas, "but it
wi.i hav.c to be carried out only after
thorough investigation."
"l am against, ownership of tole
. graph companies," aa.d Repi'OSentU
j tive Hill, of Connecticut, Republican.
"The government controlled tele- i
graphs ot bnglailds are a heavy ex?
pense to the taxpayers there and n |
iiuiure so rar as financial prom is,
concerned."
"Ii tue Government acquisition of i
, telegraph lines is to be considered the
acquisition arid operation of express
companies shoiud be. considered ut the
same i.r.ie," said Representative
Lloyd; of Missouri chairman of the
t Democratic congressional committee.
jluekuy Predicts I) Kimt e r.
New York, Januuiy l.t.?Clarence H.
Mackay, president of the Postal Te.c
graph Company, declared to-day that
If the government look over the tele?
graph l.nos of tlie country as Is des.red
by Postm.ibler-GeiK nil Hitchcock, he
believed the Investment would be un?
profitable. He said tilc OSt would be
enormous and he did noi believe the
plan would be tarried out as long us
there waa com,.etit on in the telegrapii
business.
"The step would lead to taking over
the telephone lines also." said -Mr.
Mackay. "The Rrit.sh government
found this to be so, and two weeks
ago it took over the telephone lines
in England at an enormous expense.
Tho telegraph and telephone lines in
this country are worth from $2.000,000.
000 to $3.000,000.000. This would In
j elude tlie independent telephone com?
panies, owning nearly $.100 000,000 of
property, ard having some 450,000 1
stockholders. .
"I venture to say that they would!
be operated by the government at
great annual loss. Just as in Great
Britain, where tlie losses on the tele?
graphs alone up to dale aro llgured
at $175,000,000. Moreover, tho gov?
ernment would then be employing hun?
dreds of thousands of clerks, telophono
girls, telegraph operators, managers,
etc. It would be a colossal political
machine."
MILL TOWN RULED
BY MARTIAL LAW
Militia Takes Charge of
Lawrence Atter Day
of iuoting.
30,000 MEN ARE OUT
UF HiiVll-L.vJilVlJl.lNT
Mobs of Armed Strikers Dis?
seised Only Wnen Didiers
Cnarge Vvitn Fixed joayo
neib?i'ire Hose is used
Vvith uood bttect?More
Trouole expected.
Lawrence, Mass, January 15.?Blghlj
companies ot state militia, itic.uutt.g
one Held battery coinmuiiued by Col?
onel fciilory Bwitstr, placed ine mil)
uiatrict 01 tula city unuer mutual tun
to-mgnt, aner a uuy oi rioi.na uue to
lau bi, live oi i?.ouvi opci'uu v ctj in um
u.g cotton uuu woolen nuns.
AI leant Io.'cj'j oiucr uuudu were
Uli o,. n out Ol worn, by tile stopping ol]
machinery unu the attacks u:i me
rnliia oy the BtriKnis. In one mstauce i
a company ot miuua had to cuuige s
moo ?im nxed baybiieta. one boy uemji
probuoiy fulally nurl. Ttnrty-r.ve ar |
rests oi armed rioters were inuji um-, i
Hits tlie day, and a few strikers and
null employes wn'j were ael ending me
mill gates were treated tor bullet
wounds.
Will Use tirustle Measures,
A mujorlty oi nie mm* ate expected
to reopen in the muuiing, unu the
limit.uinen Have been lliJll'UCied to use,
drastic measures to preven: a rep.n-.
tiou oi to-uuy a outbreaks
Kven It nie nulls reopen U Is expect >
ed iney can run uiu> wim a 'eoucud
torce, us the striaeis nave treoieu ineii
strength since iliu beginning ot the
strike Friday.
Aiihoiign tne strike originally wa?
Instituted in protest oi a reuuction in
pay because of tne operation of the
new ntty-tour-liour luv.. iiiaKing tlie
working week' two noura Shorter, in*
strikers now declare that tney w.il not
return wiinout u la per cent. Inereust
and otner concessions, tnciuuiug couoie|
pay lor oveitinie worn unu tile ? boil
uon of tho premium or ocnos system.
'Ibis decision of the eirlKers wub
made at a conference bolttceti .IriKo
leaders and members of tne clt/ gov?
ernment this utternoon.
Througnout Hie duj mere wort out
breaks in rapid succession, the police
??iiuinv t-h- strikers'and their hVmpar
tnhsers particularly hard to ueul who
because of the many nationalities rep?
resented! No less than foiiy-tive
tongues are spoken by employes of
the Lawrence mills,
.Sturm thc Galen.
The opening ol the mills at 7 o'clock
was the s.gnul lor the nisi ouioreuH,
when strikers stormed tne gates oi me]
Wood, Washington, Prospect and otber|
mills. Tne.. i.e. v rtpUlseU oy police j
and mill employes witn si: earns of
water, but their tactics resulted in th<:;
ciosing uowu of nearly twu-iuiids ol!
the plants. Later tnere were iiasnts'
between birikera anu me soloieis and;
mill olllciais uooUl tne Lower i-'ucilic. I
Atlantic anu Arlington and othe.' mills,]
in which shots ?vre exenangjd and.
several persons slightly injured. The j
police ilred into tne air to irighitn thej
riotei E. but the lire hose proved more
effective.
Unawed by tlie shower, however, the
strikers pressed forward. Captain El.
liott told his inen to tix bayonets and
charge. In the charge several persons
were injured, a hicilian boy, L^mlnic
Raprasa, being so badly hurt that he I
probably will die. Police from other!
cities arrived to-night to aid the forces]
already here.
Three local militia organisations, j
two Infantry companies and Buttery C,j
Light Artillery, were called out early j
when it was seen tho police could not
cope with thc situation.
Hinters SeUtCUCCd.
Judge Mahoney, ot tlie local court, |
held a session to-nignt, when twenty-,
seven rioters we.e placed on trial and;
tonn i guilty. Three were sentenced
to two years in the ilouso of Correction,
mid tlie other twenty-lour were given
oiie-yeiir sentences. j
Fourteen hundred strikers attended j
the mass-meeting to-night in the city!
riail, mid twice unit i.umoer assembled
outside, unubic to gain admittance. '...<, j
speakers urged tne strikers to stanti|
together, to avoid rioting und to do nil j
in their power to keep others from
reporting for duty in. the morning
i he sani^ speakers spoke outside u.
an ovcrilow meeting, und iheir >ug
gesiioiis of peacellil methods were met
wuh hisses. Beiore adjournment the
strikers voted lo stand by the dc'maiifi's,
for un increase ol 15 per cent. aflTJ
otuer concessions.
Mayor .Man.on to-night issued an
order that a.I saloons must remain
closed to-morrow.
ANOTHER SCENE IN DRAMA
..ou*ehulil BIVci.tM or General liejCM
Sold ut Auction.
San Antonio. Texas, January 15.?
.. neu t.io auctioneer's gave) fell over
ult last of the uou.-'chol.i effect? in the
t....i..c sale tit ',01 San Pjdro Avenue
?o-d...v, another seine "f the pathetic
ratiiu in which General Bernardo
toy en played the leaning role was
rought to a close. While the former
mister of ths household lay In prison
n t .e land he had hoped to rule, sou
.enlr hunters eagerly snatched up ar
... cs of persiliul property thai have
ant little Intrinsic value. Mexicans
were conspicuously absent from tha
.hi le.
The saje took place In the dining
ro,!ii. Society women formed n large
P_*. of tlie personnel of tlie crowd.
TAFT SHOWS MERCY
He Commutes < .re of Convicted
Ilnibei/.ler.
Washington, January 15.?President
Taft to-day commuted, to expire at
once, the three-year sentence of Oscar
Strauff, convicted of embezzlement at
Jockron. Miss.. NOVimber 15. 19)0. fie
was tried for embezzling $200, while
deputy collector of Internal rovenue
for the district of Alabama. He is now
In Uie Atlanta ocnlteutlary.
Tells of Rise From Boot?
black to United States
Senate.
VOICE UNSHAKEN
UUKliNLi K^UlTAL
Only at Mention of Mother's
Name Does accused Senator's
Tongue Falte r?Explains
Wny rie Dia Not Testily at
Former Investigation
of Charges.
?Vashlngton, January 10.?Senator
Lqrliner, ot 111.no.s, in his testimony
:o-<luy beforu tue Senate cointnittoe
.nvestigatmg his election, was dra
xiatic in the extreme, tic told tue
jlory with many homely details, of hm
ilfC
Blacking hoots at the ago of ten
.a support a ty.duwod mother and livo
oroihurs ana si Biers, then a cash boy,
a. tuuurtr Wheeling coal, a tiousu
painter, a street ear conductor and a.
ouilU'ng contractor, were tue suueus
sive steps ho dutailud in h.s progress
to his present position as uresiuem ot
a national bank, lie traced his way
in poi.t.ua Hum a con--taute to a scat
Hi the Lih.teu Slates Seiiuie.
'the I nun unuer hie v. us tiie coolest
inuu in mo room while ho told me
story. Uis voice uas unsiiuken except
Vynen iiu spoao of his meiner?two
years deud. Then his eye glistened
ami tils words were a bit hoarse. Tlie
ucaing of itie clock v>ua auu.ble be?
tween Lne btniencea.
The Duy'a Sensation.
Tho political seusut'ou ol the day's
testimony came when he dc.lured that
the faithlessness of former Mayor
i'.;. '?. ot Ub.cagO, and former Sen?
ator Alburl J. Hopkins defeuteo former
Governor Yutes ,n the primary con?
ical with Dcuuen, tho present Gover?
nor, lie said Busse iiad promised to
support Vaies und pledged a lumpaign
funa of 5:,.mi', when ho never pa.d.
"After that I was convinced that
Hopkins had turned on his friends,"
sa'd Dorluier, "and i treated him as !
Vtoula neat any other man wno tries
to uestroy my friends."
"Why did Charles A. White vote for
you as Senator!'" h.e was asked to-day.'
White was the fo.mcr member of thu
Illinois Legislature, whose .ihcgcd con
lesalon of bribery, published ,n a Chi?
cago newspaper, formed tho founda?
tion of the inquiry Into Senator Lorl
nier's election.
"He cutiio 10 me and volunteered his
vote." replied Senator I_orimor. "It
w as about ten day0 bet?re my election.
I did not solicit ins vote. He wus a
street cur couduc.or, and I had been
one, and there is a tellow feel.us
among street iar men in Cn.eago. AI?
ti.ougii most of lilt 111 ore Democrats,
w believer 1 have been running fo
Congress 1 have reeved Uu per cent
ot ineir votes."
"Did \\ bile suggest he ought to
have something for his vole?"
"Ho never mentioned nucu a thing."
This portion of Senator Lomne.'a
testimony developed ;i conflict with
the statements of other witnesses.
WllltO tcstttied to the committee that
he hud never beard l.o'rlmer mention?
ed as a senatorial possibility until May
24, two days before the election, when,
be testified. Doe O'Neill Browne, who
was charged with having "bandied
the Lo rimer money," came to his room
and "fixed it up."
Browne In turn, before the commit?
tee denied While's nlory of bribery,
and declared Hint White had pledged
bis vote lo 1/Oiiiner u week before.
White denied all that, and swore that
he hod never seen Larimer or dis?
cussed Ills cundiducy With any one.
"Why did not you tes.iiy 111 your
own behalf at lne lornier investiga?
tion?" asked Judge Hanecy. Thul was
asked in the senute w..en l.orlmcr's,
cuse was voted upon. Tho fact mat1
ne did not test.ty is said to have hud
much we.ght in iniiuenc.haj tho Sen?
ate's dcc.slon to order ike present re
nuuring.
Why He Didn't Testify.
"Why, in lne nrst place, counsel for
tlie Chicago Tribune were iirosecuting
1110 case,'' replied Mr. Lorlmur "and
.hoy stated they did not Intend to eon.
iiuci nie personally with any bribery
or corruption. 1 ielt that it was below
the office l uns holdina to on ibe
stand and deny a charge which had not
been made against me, ami that It
would establish a precedent of calling
Senators unuer oath to lostlfj about
any charge or lie that iriignt be made
against them.''
"Did you lake Into consideration lbs
country-wide Intel ?st in WOUr case'.'"
asked Senator Jones.
"We had that In mind, but It might
not have the same effect1 on me now. I
have lived through this sort of a storm
u good many years and 1 suppose i
thought if all the people lived 'n Chi?
cago they would not think this assault
unusual. Hud It been the firs: attack
1 iniglii have felt different." j
The story of Ir.s lile was gl' on ill
response to a question by Senator
June?.
.-i the close of the story Jud-re Han
ecy turned Senator Lo rimer over to
counsel for the committee for cross
examination; which hud only started
when .1 recess was taken until to-mor?
row morning.
FROZEN TO DEATH
Seven Persons Victims of ( old Wave
III Oklahoma.
? Dalhart, Texas, January 15.?Soven
person* are reported to have frozin 10
tleath In whit is known us "No Man's.
Land." In the extreme southwestern
corner of .Oklahoma, during the recent
blizzard, according to advices received
to-day. A . family of live was found
iliad on a f.irfli near Gtiyjhon, Oklal;
the'bodv of Henry Palls, a farmer, was
found in the roadway near Hooper,
Ala., and a "freighter" was frozen to
death while on route from Ochllirec,
Texas, to Liberal, Kan.
revere house burned
Famous Hostelry In Flame*, and Many
May Ue Dead.
Boston. January 18.?-Uoaton'a fantooi
hoetelry, the llcvere Ilonae, In Bow
doln Square, took Are shortly before 3
o'clock this morning. The flre started
In the dining-room, on the street floor,
and quickly spread up through the
entire alx stories, .Many guests were
carried down ladders by flrenieu, and
others ruabed from the building
through the smoke, scantily clod.
From the Itevcre House the lire sprend
to ihr bnll of the National Cancers, on
llulinneh Street, und theo to the house
of BliRlne Company No. 4, ou Ilullllncb
Street. Hotel Itexfurd, another of the
older hestelrlea, la In ?langer, und the
guests have been ordered out. One Ure
?nan Is dead. '
Police nlllvcrs who went luto tho
hotel to rescue the guests were driven
back lij the deu?c Smoke. They declare
thut doseaa uf pcuiilc were still In thc
build.ug und tout ui'aay must i?c deuu.
Minister is wanted
? f Found, Will Ue .Arrested on Serious
Charge.
Pittsburgh. January 10.?The Rev. W.
?. .UcFaiiunu, luniicr head' of tne
ucuueiiue uepurtnient of t.ie Plttsburgii
n.gii Seiioul. .ina weil known us uii
;uvieat?r, is being .-.ought oy tne Pitts,
burgn puiico ui-nigui in connection
WHll Ulu uealn in a lOCUl ilobp.lal Ol
tosio uouu. Coe. uged tw eiio -o.giu.
?flu uied last Friday. Miss Coe nad
..ecu ur. Mor'ariand's secretary, and
ufcture ner uealn sne mauj an anle
morium btaleiiient to a uepuly coroner,
in i. a,cn sue implicated Dr. .ue ear land
and one Roilin McConncll. who is now
employed in the v\ estuignouso olllce In
Cnicago.
At an Inquest hild to-dav, and at?
tended by the district attorney, ovl
uoiue Has presented to show tnat Dr.
.ucl- arianu left here In l'JIO to lake up
missionary work in Tennessee, witn
iieauquurtcrs at Greenville; According
to tnu youn^ woman a statement, ur.
McFariand was known to her mother
alia sister us a pnysiciah, und twice
-?nice he le.l lae city Pad returned ai
ner request.
The coroner's Jury found thai thc
.. oung woman died of peritonitis, su?
perinduced i>y malpractice. Dr. Mc
i-ariun?. who is uuo..i sixty years old.
was at one tune eiiguged In editorial
woik. und laier he was president of
a small Wettern college.
reform rule tested
Itemueruts Detest iiepunlieuus lu Their
Filibuster.
Washington, January 10.?Thc re
.loriu roie lo permit the discnargc of
measures irom turuiur consideration
.,y tie use committees, a rule mal grow
uui ol me insurgent Republican und
Democratic light in tac last regular
session of Coiigrt-as. whu-n deprived
me apeaKCr oi iituuit ot nis power, was
tested to-uuy, wnen the Democrats
>uie?i down every ttvpiiuiicaii attempt
tu uriag bins out of committee.
? itepahilcun Leauer Mann, w no fought
' with Speaker camion in tne nig rules
Vg'nV iilaiJt' a scries ol moves to put
the Democrats u:i record, llu wa-s sue
cess'ivel*)' ucieiUOd In attempts to bring
Up .or consideration in the ilouse me
.ii?ihion laihroad valuation bin, me
Austin bill- lo regulate Hie nours of
iaour of postal employes, and tlie bill
,o pens.on soldiers w no Had bc-Jll coti
tined in Conleduruio prisons. All these
..nil resi snug.y in liie committees, to
Which they were long ago referred.
Tiio Payna tariff commission u'"
various oilier measures, more than u
d?sen in all, were ieu In status quo
.a me illibusier. which nnully resulted
,n tne iioiiac. at 3:oS P. M.. aujourn
,ny until noon to-morrow.
bellboys in hero role
Rescue Siek Child From Uurulng
Intel In Pasadenot Cut.
Pasadena, Oil., January l?.?in the
tire thut destroyed the Pasadena Hotel
early to-day, at a loss of S-iiu.i.'u?, a
heroic rescue of thc sick child of Mrs
Ueorge II. Cherry, ot Sun Francisco,
was made by bellboys, who fought
their way through a dense and suffo?
cating smoke lo the room where the
child lay.
The destroyed building was thc first
big tourist hotel to be erected In Pasa?
dena. U was built In IMiS anil was
then known as La Plntorosco, and for
many years was the favored winter
homo of many wealthy Easterners, it
was ttireu stories high and contained
155 rooms.
Although more modern tourist hotels
have been constructed in recent years,
the Pasadena has retained its popu?
larity. Last fall tho hotel was ro
iiioueled and refurnished.
not denied nor verified
Uncertainty lie?nn.lun Mine. Schu
inu..ii-ue.uk'* Divorce Proceedings.
Sing'ac, N. J . January l?.? Will.am
Kupp, husband of .Mine. S-humunti
ciuiiiK the s.ngcr. was not at iio.no to
uuy und no ver.licit on or d< mal >f
tlie report that luu latter was aoout
to sue tor d.voice was forthcoming at
the country estate Which me coupie
have matte their noilie lor the past
six years.
Mine. Sciiumanii-Helnk, who Is in
St. Louis, was quoteu lust n.giit us
saying mat sue had Separaten fro.n
her husband and would bOv.li sue loi
divorce. Sue was furtner quoteu us
say ng that it had come to u question
Of cnooSing between him fn.d her eigiit
chiiurcn by former marr.aa.es. In?
formation us to Mr. R.ipp's whore
uboius wus reius.d at tiio house.
Will Investigate Ranks.
Washington, January li.?National
Bank bixuiulner Frod A. Hull was ,i is
?glinted by Comptroller of the Cur?
rency Murray to-day to Investigate tlie
coilvillion Of the National Rank of l.il
lington, N. C. which closed Its doors
Saturday. Tfio comptroller was ad?
vised that the institution had suspend?
ed business v 1th tho purpose of goin^
into liquidation.
Ilnttling With Sen.
Washington, January lfi.?The steam?
er Northwestern, oil laden, from Pott
Arthur. Texas, with twenty-three men
aboard. Is helplessly battling ivItll tile
sen Off Cape Lookout, N. C, Roth pro?
p-lb is ure gone. The revenue cutter
Ita.'va sailed this afternoon from Heaii.
fort, N. C, lb the .steamer's assistance.
F. V. Morirnu Notnlnutcd!
Washington. January 15.?Among
the nominations sent to the Senate by
President Taft to-day were Ii. V. Mor?
gan, of New V'ork; as. ambassador to
Rratll, to succeed Irving B. Dtldlofyi
iie.eased; chief of Biirc.ni of YnriUt and
Docks, with rank of rear-admiral. Clv.ll
Engineer llojner It. Stanford. Culled
stuns Navy, succeeding Admiral H; c
. Holly dar.
COURT UNANIMOUS
IN ITS APPROVAL
-
Employers 'LiabilityLaw
Is Declared Consti?
tutional.
EPOCH IN LABOR
LEGISLATION
Old Common Law, Which Haa
Jne?gea in Kignts of Employes,
Is .Displaced and "Fellow
Servant" .Doctrine Abolish?
ed?Opinion Announced
by Justice vandevanter.
Washington, January l?.?Alter near*
<y u your a coiiuiueruuon, tno supreme
Court ui me umiuu biuies tu-u>iy guvi
its uiiuuiioous appiovui lo tut- cm
piuyerw liuoiuty enacted 'jy Con'
Kress in Uuo, 10 Uaii me ,,.?...? ot a
fuiai.tr act Uec.arou UnuOusiilUtlohaL
l ne decision uiui'Ka an uyouu in laoui
legislation,
'J,n? uiu cummon law, hedging In thi
Sifeilis ox e.up.uyea, la u.apri-ecu in
luv'er?i piinicuiata. oy me sunuie as
?pproved lo-uuy. -mji.-ujv among Uioao
lb me uliuiuiuu Ol lue "teilOVt aervunt
HOC U lue" uiiu inu auusinuiion 01 a
law malting empioyuia liao.e tor tin
/legiigciice ot an employe ruauiling *n
injury 10 un uiiuisiuie employe. Fur
tnermore, it iroea me enipioy-j from
'contributory Degiigeiica" in many m
sianuua unu iuuits tno cucci ot ma
uuuiriuo in otners, und imewist in
many cases liberates tno employe from
assuming me riak when ho enie-n em?
ploy men I Knowing 01 me aangcr m
ma employment.
In tne lieaaio Babcock case from
Montana, the alary A. Walsh case trorq
Mnsaucnusblia, unu ihe bugur U. Man
uuu case troth Connecticut, the iu w
was attacked seemingly irom every
conceivable point 01 view. Jusiico
Uunuot miier, 111 announcing tne opin?
ion ut tho court, considered tlivse ob
Jectibns and rejected each.
Ho tlrsi decided, mat Congress had
Ihe i>owcr to regulate mo uuu..* ol th?
common earlier in respect 10 In; sulety
ot its employes, wnilo buth arc on
gaged In commerce among the States,
anu me liability of tne toiniei tor ln?
Juries auauiined by the latlor.
"Both have a real or suumantial re?
lation 10 tntcrslalo comuierco, and
therefore are w limn the range ol mis
power," said the justice
Objections ttefutcd.
Objections were reiuied that me lav;
prevented contracts whereby the rail?
road exempted liseii front liability and,
that tho law Improperly classiMi d car?
riers Into interstate and lntrastato
groups.
Authorities were cited also to show
that no valid objtclion could be ground?
ed in thu tuet that several Stales al?
ready determined tho liability of Juier
Mtatc commetce employers. Pursuing
ih.s line, the Jusileu said that "now
thai Congress Has ucleu, lite laws ot
lne malts, 111 so tar a.s they cover tiie
s.iiiio iieiu, are bupeiseded, fur neces?
sarily Lbai wiiicii is not supreme must
yleid to that vvnicn ia."
t'luaiiy, justice vun.ievanter consid?
ered mo position auvuneed by Jungs
oa.dwin. ot Hie Connecticut oupreimt
Court ot errors, that Connecticut could
not oiltoroo the .aw because us publics
policy ivus contrary to tlie law.
"Wo are unite unable to assent to tlvs
view Hint the enforcement ot the rlghtrj
Whlcli tlie congressional act creates waa
originally intended to bo restricted to
the Federal courts." said Justice Van?
devanter. "The act contains nothing
which is suggestive of such a restric?
tion.
"The suggestion that the act of Con
gross is not in harmony with the pol?
icy of the .suite, and therefore that tho
courts of tile State are flee to docliim
jurisdiction, is <iuttc Inadmissible, be?
cause It presupposes what In legal con?
templation does 1.01 exist. When Con?
gress in the exertion of the power, con.
tided to It by the Constitution adopted
that act it spotte for ull the peoplo
and ill] tue Staioe, and thereby estub
ilrihe,] a policy 10! all. '1 hat podcy i3
as much the policy ot Connecticut us
If lite act had emanated from its own
Li BaSiature, and snould he respected
accordingly in the courts of ihe State.*'
Justice Vandevanter said the court
was not disposed to believe that the
exercise of ju; Jsdicilon by tho Slate
courts Mould be attended by any ap?
preciable inconvenience or confusion.
The Srcoiid Attempt.
This was the second attempt of Con?
gress to .-hange the old cummon law
rule that an employe of b common
carrier could not sue for damages tror.i
me earner tor injuries received In :ho
course of his employment when tlie In?
juries resulted from the negligence of
a fellow-servant. The iirsi law, that
enacted in 1900, was declared unconsti?
tutional In lOOS because It embraced
within its terms a regulation of int.-a
stato commerce, as well as Interstate.
The Ijw considered to-day was enacted
by Congress In |008, Immediately alter
the first low was held unconstitutional.
The constitutionality and interpre?
tation of tho new law cume before- tho
court in a number of cases heard us jno
ease aboilt the last of February. Tho
prill'.:! ::l eise was that of Bessie Hab
uoek. widow of pro l.. Babcock. ngu'nst
tin- Northern Pacific Hallway Company,
Her husband lost his life in a rullroa I
ll:- ion <m tlie Northern Pacific iu
Montana in I DOS.
Mrs. Babcock sued under the Federal
employers' liability act, which had Just
been passed, and under Its ternia sho
waa entitled to the entire amount of
judgment Babcock left a sister also,
and If the judgment hud been procured
under the statute of Montana, she
would have been entitled to one-half
of it. The Northern Parlf'c resisted
the claim, on the ground that if tho
Federal law was unconstitutional^ 1
might he required to pay the sister,
even If it had settled with the widow.
The law w.is upheld by the F?deral
court of Minnesota
The Witlsb Cone.
Another case arose out of tho death
of Daniel .1. Walsh, brakenian on th<i
New Voile. New Haven and Hartford
Katlro-.d Compan). The United tUUi