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TUB TIM EH KQUNDBDinj "**
WHOLE NUMBER 18,872.
RICHMOND, V?., MONDAY, J?JST?ARY 22, 1912,
TIIK BATHER rO-DAY-F.I, PRICE TWO CENTS.
ROYAL VISITORS
MARE EN ROUTE
-
Arrive in New York To
Day to Be Guests
of ReicU.
SOCIAL PROGRAM
IS VERY CROWDED
Ambassador and Wile Disclaim
Any Intention of "Weeding
Out" Society in Their Enter?
tainment of Duke and Duch?
ess of Connaught and
Princess Patricia.
Ottawa January 51.?Canada's Cov
Iti'nor-General, the Duke of Connaught.
accompanied by the duchess und their
daughter, tho Princess I'atricla. left
this afternoon fur Now York, to b? the
Kucsts for four days of Wliltelaw Held,
*t>u American umbusiiador to Great
Uriuin, and Mis. Uri?. The ducal
party Ifett on Uic car Cornwall and
York, und were attended by Dieuten
ejit-Colonnl L>owther, military secre?
tary; Captuin Hlvers-Bulkoley, aide-de
camp; Captain Beaupre, comptroller oi
the vice-regal household; Miss I'cltcy,
lady In waiting, and several sertams.
The vi?n is to be strictly Informal,
and there will be ao official recogni
tlon of it on the part of .Vtuerlcun au?
thorities. It is the outcome oi a proin
JBe made by lite duke to Ambassador
Kcid some time ago, and of which Mr.
Held recently reminded the Governor
General.
The ducal party is expected to return
to Ottawa on Friday next.
I'irM \'1?H In l-?tft>-t>*n \ tart.
New York, January 21.?The urrlvaJ
lure to-morrow of tin: Duke a.:id Duch
???h of ConnauKht will mark the lirsi
Visit ?X Iirillsh royalty to New York
City since fifty-two years ago, wlitn'
the then Prince of Wales, who latui
bccoiiK lid ward VII;, traveled fron
New Vork to the P"nr West, wliero he
hunted buiraloi The leader* of society
here have prepared to extend a wel?
come befittltiK the royal visitors.
Whltel?w Heid, ambassador to the
court of .St. James, and Mrs. Iteld wlli
act at* boat and lioness of the ducu:
party, which will arrive Monday at
M. The parly will bo driven to
Ambassador Ueldja home and remain
liier.? until Thursday afternoon.
The program in altogether u social
one, as the royal visitors desire to
avoid i he round of public functions
which an official visit would make nec?
essary. The program thus far urrunKtd
follows:
Monday noon?The Rclds give :
luncheon at their home, with the visi?
tors and several New York friendt l.
guests,
Monday afternoon?Sightseeing tours
about th-.: city.
Monday evening?An informal din?
ner at the field home, with Cardin.il
Farley one of the guest?. A musicale
will follow the dlnn> r.
Tuen,jay afternoon?Luncheon and a
slghtseQing tour.
Tuesday evening?A formal dinner
at the ftelds's, with Several hundreo
New York BOClet} leaders invited to
imet the royal guests, followed oy a
small dance.
Wednesday evening?Dinner and mu?
sicale at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ok
dcll Mills. Mr. Mills la a brother ol
Mis. lirid
Thursday afternoon?Departure for
Ottawa.
I'eel Itcporl? Keenlj.
Ambassador Held made it known that
both he and Mrs. Held felt keenly the
pilbllc reports that they intended l<
?'weed out rertjjn element" in soc!ct>
in the matter ol invitations." It was
raid that there was no attempt to dis?
criminate. In none of the arrange?
ments hns any partlcuar reference Wen
made to tile entertainment of Princess
Patricia. She If. the first prlnceas o
ihu royal blood of England ever to set
foot on the soil of the United States.
She is prct.ty and as democratic a, fjir
as Is found In the royal tank In Eu?
rope. Her popularity at home Is un?
bounded, and she was the favorite
niece of the late King Edward. She in
an accomplished hot.,e woman and has
shot big game In Africa. It is said
that she once refused the proffcre
hand of King Alfonso uf Spain,
Taft Not Offended.
Washington. D. C, January 21;?In
confining his visit to the United States
to a short stay In New York, the Duke
of Connaught. the uncle of George V.
of England, has not offended President
Taft, nor has the fact that he would
not como to Washington causey any
groat surprise in official elides here.
The "White House knew several weeks
ago that the duke would not come to
Washington.
Wliltelaw Kcid, United States ambas?
sador to Great Drltain, when he was
a luncheon guest at the White House
tavly in the month, explained to ifffi
olals that the duke wished to pay onl.
uii unofficial visit to the United .States
and that he deslroj to avoid all of tne
official "pomp and circumstance" that
would necessarily accompany a trip to
the capital. He was understood
wish lor a "day or two off" to sue
something of Now York, and President
Taft v. as snid to be thoroughly in sym
pathy with the duke's wishes.
HAS DECIDED ON HOOK
Believed Taft Will Send III? Nomina
nation in This Week.
Washington, January 21.?Among
friends of President Tall It ,wus gen?
erally understood to-night lhat the
nomination of United States Circuit
Judge Hook, of Kansas, to the Supreme
Court, succeeding the late Justice Har?
lan, would be sent lo the Senate dur?
ing the present week. Objections to
Judge Hook, referred to Attorncy-Gon
erol Wlckershiun, It was said, have not
proved convincing to the President,
and he. 1? inclined to make the appoint?
ment shortly.
Tho President got back front New
Tork early to-day. (
NO RISE IN PRICES
Ilnlfluiorc Promis'* Heal Southern Hos?
pitality <? Dcinocrnl?.
Baltimore, Md., January 21.?Chair?
man Norman K. Mack, of the Demo- ?
italic National Committee, came toj
Baltimore to-day to confer with Bo
Lerl Crane; chairman of the local I
Democratic Convention Cdninilttee. Mr. |
Mack was accompanied by John A.
Mason, secretary to Clovernor L>lx. of
New York, and secretary of thn Der.w- i
cratlc State Central Committee of New ;
York. They arrived at 3 A. M. and i
I left for New York at 5 P. M. Mr M iele i
I Haid the arrangements at the Flfih
I Regiment Armory will be modeled af?
ter those at the convention hall In
Denver. At least two additional exists
will be provided, additional galleries
erected at each end of the hall and
the present gallery extended, as soon
as blue prints of plans are received
from the architects, Mr. Mark will j
call a meeting of the committee on ar- ',
rang'etnonts, which probably will he
held here within the next ten days.
Tills committee will consist of ten mem?
bers and win be announced by Mr.
j Mack In New York to-morrow.
"1 have gone over the hotel question
with Mr. Craln." said Mr. Mack, "arid
I boliove thut Baltimore Is amply able
to handle the crowds."
In speaking of rumors elrcilatcd in
other eitlen to the effect that Bnltl
more hotels arc already taxed to their ;
utmost capacity by those who have]
made reservations, and that prices j
ar,. to be raised, Mr. ('rain said:
"Baltimore will entertain with gen- \
nine Southern hospitality every visitor
to the convention. Ther?- Will be no
increase In prices: no attempt to get :
rich quick at the expense of our I
guests. Within a few weeks we will]
have data on hand from which we will
furnish information regarding prices
and even the kind of food that will
be supplied the guests.
"I wish the new* to he ?pr?a.d broad- |
cast that Baltimore will bo prepared ?
to entertain all who may come."
"MOONSHINER" IN COURT
Supreme Trlhiionl Will PnB* on C'nuc
I'rom Virginia.
Washington, January 21. ? From his
modest little home in the Virginia
mountain!-, John Powers Is to appear
to-morrow to counsel before' the .Su- !
premc Court of the I'nlted States to!
show. If he can, why he should not!
he held guilty of "moonshining." It!
is the- Urn time In years that the
highest court In the land has been
called upon to doal with an alleged ?
illicit atllL
Powers was tried at Rig Stone Gap. ]
Va., in 190D, on charges of connec-1
tlon with a ?tili to make apple brandy. |
He was convicted and sentenced to jail. '
/le claims that his constitutional lin- ,
muni ties against bring compelled to
te'stfy against himself were violated
In the prosecution.
Objections Is made that the trial
? ?ouri admitted testimony about an ai
Icged confession Powers made of his
connection with a distillery other than
the one for which he was urrested.
It Is urged that Powers made the "con?
fession" only after he was told by
officials of the government examining
him nt a preliminary hearing that he,
would he put In Jail If he did not I
answer.
GOING TO LONDON
Dr. I.en fi. Ilroughtnn Aeccpt? Call to
?brist Church.
Atlanta. Lin., January 21.?Dr. I.en G.
Broughton, pastor of the Baptist Tab?
ernacle, thu first Institutional church I
to be founded in the South, to-day
tendered his resignation to the con?
gregation, to become effective April 1.
He will Ko to the- pastorate of Christ
Church, London; England; succeeding
Dr. F. B. Myer, another widely known
divine.
The- present Tabernacle was founded
by Dr. llronghton about nine years
ago. hut he was pastor of the old Jones
Avenue Church, which It succeeded, for
the six preceding years. Before coming
to Atlanta he held charges at Winston
Saleni, N. C, and Uoanoke. Va. The
tabernacle is known as the home of
the international Bible Conference, for
which several thousand minit-lers of
all denominations gather here yearly.
Dr. Broughton has reached at Christ
Church during his vacation for several
years, s.nd accepts the pastorate in re?
sponse to the second call. A meeting
of the tabernacle ofllc.lals will be held ]
to-morrow nitht to net upon the resig
nation, i
1JURY SAYS THEY ARE GUILTY
Humphrey ii mi Ilm i nr n Convicted of'
Daring Jewelry Bobber)'.
Chicago, 111., January 21.?Albert
Humphrey nnd Martin Thorscn were
found guilty In the Criminal Court
here of robbing Edward Albert!, a
Jeweler, on Milwaukee Avenue, on tho
Northwest Side, of Jewelry valued at
?20,000.
The Alberti robbery stirred the city
because of its daring. Several men
drove up In an automobile at noon, en?
tered the place and held up, bound and
gagged Albert!, his wife and fnthei
and llvo customers and a salesman.
Currying the bound persons Into a rear
room, the thieves look their time at
looting the place, but overlooked the
salesman's sample'case. 1
Tlu-y drove away In their automobile
as a police patrol wagon turned a cor-!
ne.r several blocks,away, having been
summoned by neighbors.
OCCUPY GHIRGARISH |
Italian Troops Meet With \n Opposi?
tion From TiirUs.
Tripoli. January 21,?The Italian
forces have occupied Ohlrgarlsh, a
small oasis, situated about ten miles!
along the const to the west ot tho
town. They met with no opposition.
Blockade Declared.
Home, January 21.?A blockade- has
lie-- ticlally declnred of the. Turkish
coii. ,ii -1ic Bed Sea from Itns oi Isa,
near IIo ,'tln, to Ras of Gotilni.
B???|flrde?l by Warship.
Constant foplo, January 21.?Tho
town of Khan Tun us. on the Syrian
coast, has been bombarded by on
Italian warship, according to advices
reaching here. There Is considerable
talk of collective Intervention by the
poweri/ to end the war, but It meets
with nothing but derision In Constan?
tinople. Tho government organ, Taiyln.
avers that no Ottoman or Ottoman
Cabinet would ovor agree to abandon
Tripolltana 'and Cyrenalca In return
,?or tho payment of indemnity.
Iron and Steel Schedule
Will Be Called
Up.
DRASTIC CUTS
ARE PROPOSED
Republicans Charging That Dem?
ocrats Are Purposely Delay?
ing Legislation So That Con?
gress May Be Kept in Ses?
sion Beyond Dates of
National Conventions.
Washington, D. C, January 21.?
?Steel tariff revision will occupy the
centre of the stugc In the House this
Week, an<J the long expected tariff fight
will be on for months.
Both houses of Congress have shown
marked lethargy In the past week, the
idea apparently being to head off oils
c-ollarieous legislation so as to leave
the Held clear for tariff, Panama Canal I
appropriations and other questions
that must be acted upon at this session.
The Senate has been disposed so far
to take up only the pending; arbitration
treaties with Great Britain Ufnd France,
and no limit has yet been set for the
discussion along this line. Republican
Representatives already have com?
plained that the tariff revision program
has been delayed deliberately for po
littcal purposes and thai the Dehi?
? rats are ll-rurlng on keeping Congress
in session beyond the dates of the na?
tional conventions, so as to conduct
the Democratic Campaign largely oh
the tb'or of the House. Democratic
leaders, particularly chairman Under?
wood, of the Ways and Means Com?
iniit'-f. say'the plans for revising the
Important schedules have progressed
as rapidly an possible and that the
i revised Iron and steel schedule is all
that the committee has been able to
t prepare, despite the fart that the com?
mittee haa been working day and
I night.
Caucus Will Appro-c It.
The iron and steel revision schedule
will be submitted Tuesday afternoon to
a caucus of the Democratic Represent?
atives for ratification. Mr. Underwood
said to-day that he believed the cau?
cus would approve It; that the bill
may be presented to the full member:
r ship of the Ways and Moans Commlt
tf ii.-.nu-duiir'v. tnd that thfc real tar?
iff tinkering In the House might hegin
by Wednesday, when he expects to
call up the measure. It Is barely pos?
sible, however, that these dates may
lie changed to latur in the week.
The revised schedule will pul Iron
ore on the free list, cut the tariff on
wrought Iron and steel by r>n per cent.,
arid make reductions ranging upward
from 3'j per cent, on manufactures of
steel, the lower reductions applying to
articles requiring skilled labor.
To-morrow will be a busy day In
Oongrcss. President Farrell and J. A.
lleed, counsel for Andrew Carnegie,
will testify before the House commit
[ tee on steel trust affairs. The report
on the Wiley pure food controversy
wilt be. submitted to the House.
Senator Lorimer will resume his de?
fense before the elections Investigating
committee. The Senate Committee on
I Pensions will take up the big Bervtce
pension measure, and Attorney-Genera!
Wlckersham will discuss the so-called
tobacco trust before the Senate Com?
mittee on Judiciary.
To Oppose Pensions.
Senator Bryan, of Florida, will speak
to-morrow in opposition to pending
pension general legislation.
Hearings on a resolution to investi?
gate the flnanctal situation of the coun
i try, with particular reference to the
< existence of a money trust, will be held
I this week.
I The decision of the Committee o".
I Public Buildings to report a $16,000,000
j omnibus public building bill, and the
i recent decision of the House Committee
j on Rivers and Harbors to.report a gen?
eral rivers and harbors bill, both meas?
ures popularly known for years a
"pork barrels." in the interest of con?
gressional constituencies, and both de?
cided upon against the protest of tin
Democratic leaders, probably will re?
sult soon In a Democratic, caucus on
reform. This will be with a view to
heading off these measures from p
tight on tho floor of ifle House and to
keep the expenditures of the House
within reasonable limits.
AEROPLANE FOR ARMY
Wright to Work Out Plans for XcW
Type of Machine.
Augustn, Ga., January 21.?Tho re?
sult of a conference between Wilbur
Wright, Captain Chandler und other
officers of the signal corps, fit the
army's aviation camp in Augusta, will,
it is stated, be tho development of a
machine capable of carrying a greater
amount of army equipment and of fly?
ing successfully In winds which tiia
present machine cannot navigate.
Mr. Wright, after npendlng a day
and a half with the army officers at
the camp here, left this afternoon for
Dayton, to work out plans for a new
typo and higher power engine than
that ? now in use. With the develop?
ment of higher power, It Is under?
stood the aeroplane, could carry, in
addition tri an officer and operator,
the necessary amount of lnci'e?aed
wolght in wireless apparatus, distance
measuring insttuments, maps and like
paraphernalia.
PLOT TO KILL AMERICAN
Attempt Was Made to Create Political
, Incident.
Teheran! January 21?A Plot to kill
I one of the Atnerlcan officials haa been
discovered, and this explains the at?
tempt against the American. Colonel
Bruce, attached to the treasury gen?
darmerie, who was shot at white0 leav?
ing tho barracks January 16; A former
officer of tho gendarmerie has made a
confession of the plot in whlclj he im?
plicates himself. The object Uppear*
to have been to create a poltvical In?
cident in which the Unltod States
would be involved.
Moderate Weather
Promised for Week
V* nshingtoii, 12, C. .Innunrj ill,?
There I* nntlilnv; ?t 'he |in ?rn( lime
tt> indicate (hut n general eulil navr
Mill cross i tic country thin week,
'?'In- bulletin IxMUed by the Weather
liurenii to-night nay* temperatures
?111 nvrrnRc nrnr or above the nor?
mal thronKholit tbe country.
"Generally fulr weather," the bul?
letin ciintlauen, "will prevail cunt of
tbe Hock.? Mountain*, except that n
short period of ruins and HfinVf? will
attend n disturbance tbnt will np
penr In the I'nr West Tuesday or
WrilncHilny, emu* tbe >liddle Went
about Tlmrndny nnd the Atlantic
Stole* Friday or Saturday.
??There ore ludlcnt Inn? that gen
crnl riilu? will net in over Hie Pacific '
M'Mrs by the middle of the Meek null
continue several do>?. Moderate
weather nnd Ideal conditions will
prr\all over the North Atlantic
atraumhlp route during the coming
week."
YSOBEL" IS GREAT SUCCESS
Ma^cngnl'? Opern t'roduceil nt I.a
Sealn. In Milan.
(Special Cable to The Times-Dispatch. 1 j
Milan. January 21.?The production
of Mascagni's "Ysobel'-' at La Scala here
last night, was a great success f?t?
al) concerned.
The prospective duel between the
composer nnd the Duke of Modrone
because the latter was insulted when
he refused to order the premiere post?
poned, probably ?Hl he declared off
on account of the good feeling over
j the triumph of the production.
There lias ibcoh trouble over
"yaobel" ever since it was announced
that it would be produced in Decem?
ber, 1910. It was not ready at thut
time, and the composer got very in?
dignant because he could not produce
it In Home In his own manner. Then
liiere was n row with Llebler ?fc Com?
pany, of Now York, who had engaged
Bessie Atbb?tt and a fine company to
produce the opera in the L'n'led States.
The LJoblcrs dropped the ?-pera after
Mascagnl had sued them for breach
of contract in Italy. Mascagnl wns
awarded damages against the L>leblcrs,
as wa salso San Zogno. the music pub?
lisher, and some Of the artists brought
suit against the managers in New
Tork. All Italy was stirred up over
the matter by this lime, and the ex-|
citemcnl was adde<j to when the man- I
agemenl of the Home exposition again
refused to produce the opera on Mas?
cagni's terms. It wus finally produced
In Buenos Ayres on June 2. 1911. and
achieved a grtat success. The produc?
tion there was for the purpose of
protecting the copyright.
ABSCOIMDER IS ARRESTED
l nmi ma i inn Leading to Capture
Given by Hin Wife.
Savannah, Ga? January 21.?At the
request of the police of Philadelphia,
W. Atwood Rnowden, alias J. C. Wil?
son, was arrested here to-day. He Is
said to be a former cashier of a Phil?
adelphia trust company, and Is alleged
to have absconded with S3,000 of tue
company's funds.
It is not known ii he will demand
requisition papers.
Information leading to the arrest of
Snowden Is sat to have been turnlah
ctl by his wife, who Is tn Philadelphia,
it Is stated ho sent' a message to hel?
lo send htm JSOO, which he had given
her. and she turned the message over
to detectives, revealing his where?
abouts and alias.
Lost Money Gambling.
Philadelphia, Ps.. January 21.?W.
Atwood Snowden, who was arrested In
Savannah to-day, was assistant teller
of the Trust Company of North
America. At the time of his disap?
pearance last July it was stated thjt
his peculations amounted to 83,000, but
later it was learned that the young
man had stolen nearly S3.00Q. It is
said that Snowden lost the money in
gambling
SOCIALISTS LOSING
Hesulta of Second Mullet for TtclcbntnS
Decidedly Against Them.
(Special' Cable to The Times-Dispatch.)
Berlin, January 21.?Second ballots
were held In seventy-seven districts
yesterday for members of the Reich?
stag, and everybody in surprised Ht
the results, which arc decidedly against
the Socialists. Tho results In seventy
three of the seventy-seven districts
were announced, nnd show the elected
representatives as follows:
Socialists, 7; Progressives. 16; Na?
tional Uberuls, 21; Conservatives, 17;
Centrists. 7. and other parties r>.
The Candida ten elected on the sec?
ond ballot Include Count Weimer
Posadowsky, formerly imperial Secre?
tary of State; Herr Bassorman, the Na?
tional Liberal l.-ader; Baron von Rlch
tofen, formerly of tho German em?
bassy at Washington; Herr Pac.hnlcke,
Herr Mueller-Meinlngeh nnd General
Libert, the lending Chauvinist.
There is no excitement in Berlin
over the result. Eighty more ballots
will ibe held on January 23, and thirty
five on January 2.1.
u Summoned to Appear.
ISpeclal to The Times-Dispatch.1
Bristol, Va.. January 21.?K. Gouge
and others, of the Gouge Distilling
Company here, which plant wan seized
n few months ago. but was allowed to
rebuild by Judge II. V. McDowell, of
the Federal Court, have been summon?
ed to appear in the Fcdoral Court at
Ablngdon. Va.. during the next term,
and show cause.. If any, why the at?
tachment against the company's plant
i should not be executed and the bus?
iness forfeited. The plHiu Is one of
large capacity, anil In the seizure was
I Included a large quantity of whUkey,
I probably more than 10,000 gallons.
8ncnk Thief (;eta g.17.1.
[Special to ThoTImes-Dlapalch.J
Raleigh. N, C January 31.?Tim po
lice are looking If. vain thus far for
one of the boldest ancak thieves this
city has lenown In a great while. J.
I,. Thompson, a prominent farmer of
this county, had just cashed a check
for 1375 last ove.nlng when the money
was snatched from his hand on
Wilmington Street, and the thief dis?
appeared around the corner. No' trace
of him and no clue to hla Identity
has been discovered.
Train Held Ready to
Aid in Escape From
Peking.
THINKS MANCHU
CAUSE IS LOST
If Yuan Shi Kai Resigns, His
Attitude Will Be Republican.
Abdication of Throne Not
Yet Accomplished, and
Younger Princes Continue
in Warlike Mood.
i-ek'ng'. January 31.?A special tram
has been held in readiness since Fri?
day to take Yuan Shi Kai to T'-on
[Tsln. It was evidently the premier's
plan to transfer the provisional capitul
I to that city, where the danger fror.;
Manchus was slight. Apparently ho
intended to escape from Peking as
sooti ns the edict of abdication was
signed, but the reactionary princes
gained the upper hand temporarily,
and prevented the issuance of the
edict. Meantime the republican ulti?
matum arrived, resulting in a con?
siderable change of program. This
ultimatum demanded the abdication of
the throne and the surrender of the
sovereign powers, and set forth the
refusal of the republicans to permit
Yuan Shi Kai to participate in the pro?
visional government until the repub?
lic had been recognized by the foreign
powers and the country restored to
peace.
May Need Train.,
Premier Yuan still may have need of
the special train, because It Is ex?
pected he will refuse to carry on the
government nt Peking without abdica?
tion, and his troops will be subject to
the gravest Manchu hostilities.
The ex-War Minister. Yin-Tchang,
and the ex-presldent of the Hoard ct
War. Tch-L.iang. are mentioned as pos?
sible successors to Yuan Shi Kal.
Both are Manchus, and, therefore,
should the throne appoint either of
them, it would be a breach of one of
the nineteen constitutional pledges, but
national exigencies might be consider?
ed a substantial excuse for such ac?
tion.
Many of the Chinese troops am at
present loyal to Yuan Shi Kai. It is
not doubted that his attitude would bo
republican if. he resigned. The Slancnus
and inner Mongol would then be loft
without support.
.Another meeting of the princes of
the Imperial clan will be held to-mor
iow. Those favoring favoring abdica?
tion probably will absent themselves
so that It Is difficult to see how a
definite decis'on can be reached. Thoso
who desire to continue the lighting, for
the most pnrt, have noUiing to loao.
Prince Chlng. the ex-Premier, evi?
dently Intends not to spend his wealth
In supporting iirmics which may not
be victorious. Chlng has received
many threats from Manchu soldiers. It
Is said that one of them warned nlm
not to try to escape.
Prominent Manchus and Chinese are
deserting Peking hastily with their
families and seeking safety in the for?
eign settlements at Tlen-Tsln. Tslng
Tau and elsewhere. The foreign rep?
resentatives have not yet assembled
to discuss measures against the fulfill?
ment of the republican ultimatum, al?
though several of them anticipate that
intervention will sooner or later be
forced upon them.
Younger Prince* Warlike.
A fight to the death is the spirit of
the younger Manchu princes, nnd it
has resulted from the wavering of
the court on the question of abdica?
tion. Yuan Shi Kal'- position is con?
sidered by his friends as considerably
shaken. The young bloods arc urging
the appointment of Tc.h-L,iang, who,- in
addition to h's oxperlence on tho war
board, was Tartar general at Nanking,
to take command of the northern
army, with instructions to march his
forces against the republicans. The
ex-regent, Prinre Chun, continues a
strong supporter of abdication.
The Manchu troops are Indifferent.
They arc ready for war or peace,
whichever Is decided upon. Yuun Shi
Kiii'.s position is unenviable, and ho
appear? to be satlslled that the Manchu
cause Is lost.
Chinese Are Starving,
Shanghai, December 2S.?Tho excit?
ing news of war and diplomacy has
caused tho world to forget the terrible
destitution which now prevails ib
China. It is no sioe issue, but one
Whiclt may have a vital effect upon th?
setthmciu of the revolution. Th<
Hood in July and August last of the
Yangtsc has resulted in famine areaf
Which are now accurately defined. Pit's I
there Is tho great Ilwal Valley rcgTnh
measuring about ICO by 300 miles
where the farmers have had only one
good crop .since 1U06. Not only Is til er-?
no reserve to meet present conditions,
hut the people have lost heart and
win not try to help themselves. The
second area is about Wuhu, whore th"
overflow formed for a time an inlanc
sea fiom eighty to 100 miles long and
varying In width from thirty-five to
forty miles. The lust district is lluiuill.
Where the Hoods were local. One sec
tlon thirty miles square and containing
at least 10,000 people was completely
submerged. An estlmutc of I00,00<
people facing absolute starvation in
llunan alone is considered conserva?
tive, whilo in the three, others the esti?
mate of the destitute is 3,750,000.
Destitution such as experienced :n
China Is undreamed of In more, progres?
sive, countries. There nre almost no
charitable institutions, and ninny funi
IIIess arc left shelterless and nearly un?
clothed to endure the rnlns. Pillage
und destruction have commenced in tip
country, where the revolutionists ar<
unable to" keep order. In tho towns
which they have taken the rebels koop
fair order.
The Central Chi mi Relief Commit?
tee, with headquarters In Shanghai, is
making an appeal lo all countries foi
funds to carry on relief work. ICvory
effort. Is being made to avoid fidupet
Istng tho people, nnd much of the work
is planned ? to tide the farmers ovct
.until they can get In a crop.
gompers is defiant
Challenges llcrburn to Prove Charges
In Court of l.nvr,
Washington, January 51".?Senator
Hey burn. .?c Idaho; Is challenged tiy
Samuel Oompers, President of tho
American Federation of Labor, in :in
editorial in the February Issue of tho
American Fo'deratlonlst to produce in
a court of law any evidence which ho
may have on any Illegal act3 perform?
ed by Mr. Oompers.
The editorial is based upon the oc?
currence In the Senate last Thursday
when Senator Hcyburn declared that
no communication should be received I
from Mr. Oompers "because of tie
facts disclosed in the McNamara trial
and subsequent thereto. The Idaho
Senator also declared that tho pres?
ident of the American Federation of
Labcr was not qualified to address a
communication to Congress or to tho
government. Referring to his chair
lchge to Detective Burns and hla
sponsors to prove in a court of law
any charge which either or all of
them may bring against him, President
Oompers, addressing Mr. Hcyburn, con?
tinue...:
"I now and here Include you, and I
defy you and challenge you to produce
in a court of law any such evidence.
Ynu will observe that I specifically
state 'In a court of law,' rather than
under tiie constitutional protection
which surrounds your privilege to wag
your unbridled tongue in indirection
and Insinuation."
After declaring that hp has been a
cltlxen of the United states since [373,
President Oompers says in conclusion: j
?'There I- nothing which you can
say, Senator Hcyburn, which win at
a'li reflect upon my work, my life, atitl j
try character, and 1 am willing that
the American people shall Judge be-|
tween you and me as to which of us j
stands for the dollar and which for
the manhood, the womanhood and the I
ch'ldhood of our country.''
hines eager to appear
Snjs Public 'Will Soon Know nf Latest
Outrage la I.orlmrr Case,
Chicago, January 21.?Kdward Mines,
Chicago lumberman, departed to-day
for Washington, I), c., accompanied by
Attorney William 3. Hypes, his legal
representative In tho tiortmcr investi?
gation. When questioned regarding
reports of Detective William 3. Burns'a
activity in tho Lorlmer case, nines
said:
"I am In possession of the facts, and
am eager to present them tu the United
States Senators in official chiirgo of
this Investigation, but am not privi?
leged to enter Into any discussion of
these facts now. If the Burns detec?
tives can bo forced to offer their al?
leged discoveries to that committee
1 shall be more than satisfied
"In any event, the public, soou will
learn the truth concerning this latest
and most astounding feature of the
complicated plot to unseat Senator
Lorlmer and to cast discredit upon me.
I know little and care less concerning
tho, testimony whlah these detectives
may give, hut 1 do know that tht real
truth will throw a flood of light upon
the desperate character of the methods
now employed by those responsible
for this latest outrage."
thousands turned away
(.rce.i Pnhlic Reception at Ulppudrnnic
In Honor nt C'nrdinnl Farley.
New York, January 21.?A ^reat
public reception arranged by the laity
of the archdiocese for Cardinal iTarlcy
In the Hippodrome to-night opened a
week which will be filled with a rourd
of honors for hiru, and In which Cath?
olic and non-Catholic citizens will
unite. Thousands had to be turned
away to-night because the big Hippo?
drome was not large enough to seat
them.
United States Senator James A.
O'Gorman presided, and Cardinal Far
lay occupied a seat on a. dais at tho
centre of the platform. His Eminence
listened to eulogistic addresses by for?
mer Congressman W. Bourkc CocKrnn
and others, and wus presented with a
set of engrossed resolutions fron, the
Catholic laity thanking the Pope, fjr
the signal honor conferred upon the
New York archbishop.
His Eminence made a modest ad?
dress, In which he thanked tin: people
for the honor they had bestowed upon
him.
The principal ceremony of the week
will be a formal Installation of the
Cardinal at St. Patrick's Cathedral
Inext Thursday. Clergymen from all
parts of the United States and Canada
will participate.
family is murdered
Sixth ^Tiolesnle NegTO Slaughter
Within n Ycnr.
Lake Charles, La., January 21.?
Badly mutilatod. the bodies of Felix
Broussard. ills wife and throe children,
aged eight, six and three, negroes,
wore found to-day In their home here,
making the second wholesale nogro
murder In this State within a week,
and the sixth within a year. A bloody
axe with which the crime apparently
was committed was found beneath the
bod upon Which the bodies lay.
No clue to the murderer has been
found oxcepl this Inscription written
on the front door of the Hroussard
home:
??when lie makcitli Hit inquisition
for blood He forgetttoth not tho cry
of the humblest human bolriff."
In many respect:? tho crime Is Identi?
cal with the murder In f rowley, La,,
last Thursday of a negro woman nnd
her three children. Two similar crimes
during the past year were committed
at Lafayette, La., two at Crowlcy and
one at Raye. Ln. In each Instance an
entire family was murdered.
hareIvTIhjtharemed
P.ven Snlinn Would Have Been Sur?
prised ?t Goelet Dnnrc.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. I
New York, January 21.?Abdul
Hamid, once Sultan of all of the Turk::,
would have had the surprise of his
life had he been at the "harem dance"
given at hoi- Fifth Avenue mansion
last night by Mrs. Robert flockt. Only
150 of tho "Innermost circle" of so?
ciety were bidden, and it was reported
that the customs out-haromed any?
thing the Egyptian harems ever pro?
duced. Real Turkish "pantalettes."
draped with the finest of laces, were
worn iby many of the feminine guests,
while more than a king-.*-- ransom was
represented in the Jewels worn.
Mrs. John Jacob A.stor wfis resplend?
ent In a wonderful costume of Nile
groan', gold gauze and a golden turban,
which displayed her iShivrms of person
wonderfully.
Colonel Roosevelt's
Boom Not a Headless
Wonder.
SHREWD MINDS
ARE BEHIND IT
Taft Managers Realize That
Former President's Campaign
Is Being Adroitly Managed
by Powerful Organization
With Plenitude of Funds.
Still Won't Attack Him.
! Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, I). C, January 21.?Ac?
cording to some ?f, tho Tuft political
managers here, evidence 13 aooumulat
Ing lit their hands that there Is inuflft
more than a ".spontaneous" demoud
from tho rank and file of the Republi?
can party In tue current movement
for the nomination of Colonel Thoodorc
Roosevelt by the national oonvontiori
in Chicago next Juno.
This evidence ahows that there if? ,
one effective and far-reaching organ?
isation, backed by plenty of monoy and
guided by some of the shrewdest and
most skilful politicians In the It. pub?
lican ranks. The Roosevelt boom is a
wonder, they say, but It is far from
being a headless wonder.
The Taft loaders are aware of w*hai
is go.ng on in the Roosuvelt organiza?
tion. In fact, so little effort is madu,
by the Roosevelt organizers to conceal
thel rtracks that almost, anybody who
keeps half an eye open for political
developments may see what is doing-..
MnmiKcd by K.ipcrta.
The Roosevelt ??spontaneous'' la ex?
pertly managed and carefully drilled, to
j be stire, but It would take more than
drill and management to cover up the
organized effort which Is behind K,
Of course, organization alono would
not accomplish results . if there wero
no genuine popularity for the candidate,
as plenty of "busted" booms prove.
Hut neither would mere popularity do
the trick. If there were not skilful and
persistent organization to lead.
The Roosevelt organization haa
demonstrated Its achievement in the
last few days from Maine to Oregon,
land from Minnesota to the Gulf. There
Is aa much energy expended In the
effort to develop "spontaneous" demon
j sinitlons for Colonel Roosevelt u-S
there Is in the effort to obtain dele?
gates to the nullonul convention lui
atructod for tho President.
The Taft managers have not sug?
gested thus far that Colonel Roosevelt
was himself taking nny pan in the
direction of this organization which
is working so Industriously to nomi?
nate him for the presidency, but they1
arc remarking on the curious coinci?
dence of late of the visits of different
men to New York and their subse?
quent achievement in the Roosevelt
move. Still, the expected desire Of
the President that there shall b0 no
attack by his friends on Colonel
Roosevelt Is being heeded by the Taft
supporters,
The recent declaration of Governor
Glasscock, of West Virginia, urging
the people of that Stnt.e to see to 10
that Itoosevelt tuen aic chosen as dele
Kales to the national convention, wan
cited to-day as an example of tho
cleverness with which the Ro.uso.volc
movement Is being directed. Men who
know Governor Glasscock well uro say?
ing that the style of his statement Is
of Itself evidence that he was not Its!
author. The suggestion is made that
It came from one who is on more in?
timate terms with Colonel Roosevelt
thun Governor C.lassco' k has maintain?
ed. It is strikingly similar in purporb
and effect to the. statement iaucd hero
a few days ago by Frank A. Munsoy,
who is known to bo working hard ill
the Roosevelt organization. Mr. Mun
sey, In fact. Is credited by some ai
the Taft supporters with being onq
of the Roosevelt movement.
Money I? Plentiful.
There is no doubt that the Roosevelt:
boomers have plenty of money, and
evidence of their willingness to part
witli it has come frequently to tins
Taft managers. Thousands of dollars
have been sent into Ohio for instance.
Hut it is not so well known that In
other Instances chairmen or other
members of state committees havo
been assured that ample funds would
be available to finance opera lions aim?
ed lo push the campaign for Roose?
velt's nomination.
In spite of all this activity, however,
the Tan managers urs satisfied that
iltc President Is going strong. Tho
trip to New Haven and New York
furnished new evidence of this in sev?
eral wn>s. There Is alao ground for
expecting that within a comparatively
short lime the situation with respect
to Colonel Roosevelt win be made clear
and after that the complexity whicli
now Involves tho Republican situation
will disappear.
I'lrst Attack on llarinnu.
Columbus. Ohio, January SI.?The
Progressive Democratic Deaguo o
Ohio, organized January ", with the
avowed purpose of hindering Governor
Harmon's presidential chances, but
which refrained from mentioning hid
name In the initial meeting, to-day be
gan Its first direct attack on the State's
Kxocutlvc. The first copies of a pamph?
let, of which it was said 100.000 copies!
arc to he distributed, were seht out by
former Congressman John J. Deutz,
president of the organization, and VV,
W. Durbtn, of Kcnton, secretaify,
T.he pamphlet attacked 'Goverooi Har?
mon as being ihe choice of Wall StreoC,
It professed that tho time is ripe for
I a Democratic victory, and warned Dem?
ocrats not to lose'the chance of this
victory by the nomination ?f anV bus
a progressive candidate.
rlr?t De'egates for t'nlouel.
Chicago. January 21.?Political 1-id.
er-, hero expressed belief to-d-iy that
by actio? laken last night Tb 'oAtifn
Roosevelt was assured f.-f his fi.'st tva
delegate" io the Chicago convention.
Tho move was made in tho FPsfc
Ill'noirt Congressional District, whlchi
In 190S was th-l Initial on? lit Hto
I State to take an open stand for lu*