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TUB DIBPATCH FOUNDED UM.
THE TIMER FOUNDED ISM.
WHOLE NUMBER 18,881.
RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1912.
THE1 WEATHER i'O-DAT?File PRICE TWO CENTS.
W REFORM BILL
Much Opposition in Evi?
dence, Desiring
Segregation.
WOMAN'S COLLEGE
WINS A VICTORY
Senate Committee Makes Favou
able Report?Opponents of
Prohibition Given Hearing.
, Byrd Consents to Three
Salaried Tax Commission?
ers Instead of One.
Disousslon of tax reform In Virginia
*m tho centre of Interest In the
Legislature yesterday, almost tho en?
tire time of the Mouse session being
consumed In this debate. Judged by
Botual ground coverod, It could be
said that no progress was made, but
In view of tlio fact that the presenta?
tion of a 6Ubstltulo precipitated the
entire question of the advisability og
the creation of a, State Tax Commis?
sion, consideration of the proposition
as e. wholo Is woll under way. Uno
opponent of the Byrd bill gave hlB
views at length, while another began
his remarks, yielding to a motion to
adjourn.
Many members of the General As?
sembly, axd a great many people oul
eldo, regard the problem ci equaliza?
tion of taxes, and the remedies which
have been offered and winch are un?
der consideration, us tho most im?
portant matter of the entiro session.
For days: tho Byrd bill has been
studied from one standpoint or anoth?
er, and tho aatual dobato has been
looked forward to with Interest. The
measure was originally ?ot lor hear?
ing last Thursday, but was thereafter
continued from day to day on motion
o( the patron, who desired all members
to formulate their views.
Have Three Members.
Mr. Byrd occupied the Moor during
a largo part of yesterday's proceed?
ings, lie said In tho outset thut he
wanted tho advice of everybody in
constructive work, en that the linlshed
product should bu Mia House of Dele?
gates bill and no man's. He made no
objection to an important change of
lsred by eeveral members, which
would create a State Tax Commission
of three paid members, lnntead of a
rnmmlsslon composed of State officials
und one salaried man. He welcomed
any further amendments which would
help to build up and strengthen tho
bill.
An important modification will be
made on Mr. Byrd's own motion, when
the time comes, providing for the
equalization of taxes on railroads
?.long with those on all other prop?
erty. This was to meet objections to
the effect that It was not proposed to
assess railroad properly 3t its full
market value, and that corporations
would be the gainers to the. loss of the
tax-paying public. These corporations
would, of coura?, get the btneflt of
any resultant reduction In tax levies.
Prefer Segregation.
Headed by Hugh A. White, of Bock
bridge, a contingent In the House de
elrcs the substitution of segregation of
taxes Instead of a centralized equal?
ization commission.
Mr. White offered a. substitute for
tho Byrd bill In the form of instruc?
tion to the Committee on Finance to
prepare a segregation measure. In
reply to a suggestion that the old State
Tax Commission has declared 'this
course to be Impractical, the Rock
brldgo man said the figures of the
commission's report were erroneous In
Homo Instances, and thai Investigation
at tho Auditor's office would disclose
the fact that segregation was cntlrcly
pusslble. Mr. Byrd agreed that he
favored the plan, but asserted that it
would not be put in effect now with?
out gross Injuslce to many counties,
while It will be practicable within
etven or eight years if there is effec?
tive equalization in the meantime.
Judge Martin Williams began ' the
statement of his ground of opposition
to the Byrd bill, but yielded to ad
ournment before he rcuchde the sub?
ject matter. It will come up again at
1C:30 to-day, and debate 1.? likely to
consume most of the week.
Favnm Woman's t'ollenc.
By a vote of S to 5, tho Senate Com?
mittee on Public Institutions and ICdu
catlon yesterday morning voted to re?
port favorably the establishment of a
womnn's co-ordinate college at or near
the University of Virginia. The com?
mittee, approved the. Early amendment,
which forbids coeducation in any de?
partment at the university.
It had been expected that the vote
Jn committee would hi- quite, close, but
there lias been a feeling that the bill
would be reported favorably. A sim?
ilar bill, but without the Early amend?
ment, is on the House calendar, having
been reported from the Committee on
Schools and Colleges with no dissent?
ing vote. It will bo fought in the
House by Speaker Byrd and other
leaders, and Us passage in that body
is regarded as unlikely, although it
is believed its chances in the Senate
arc good.
oppose Prohibition.
For nearly twit hours yesterday
morning the opponents of the Jordan
bill providing for Initiative and refer?
endum on the subcel of State prohibi?
tion were heard before the House
Committee on Privileges mid Elections.
Citizens of .Hampton, Danville, Peters?
burg, Alexandria and Newport News
spoke against the bill and asked the
? committee not to report a measure
which will precipitate III feeling and
plunge the State Into the turmoil of a
prohibition election.
One of the. sp .alters was Phil Metz,
president of the Virginia Federation
of Labor, who asked for consideration
for men dependent upon brewery and
allied Interests for their support. He
said he could not sen the Incentive for
adopting In Virginia a policy which
has linen Irled and found wanting in
other States of the Union.
Tho opposition had nol concluded
when the committee rose.'and another
meeting will bo held to-night In tho
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HEAVY DROP IN
STEEL EARNINGS
LowestNet Profits
Since the Year
190 8.
BUT LITTLE
FOR SURPLUS
Charge Made That Company
Pays Less Than Actual Living
Wages to Men Employed in
Works and Grinds Them
Down to Misery in Their
Living.
New York, January 30.?learnings of
the United Status Steel Corporation
tor the fourth quarter of 1011, made
public to-Uay. were $23,100,115, wah
net earnings of $1?,978,6?1. These fig?
ures, which are subject to slight
change upon completion of the audit
lor the year, bandy cover the amount
applicable to preferred and common
dlvidt-ndB at the present rales of ~, and
5 per cent, per annum, respectively.
The usual quarterly dividends at these
rates were declared by the directors
at their meeting to-day.
Earnings for^. the year aggregated
$101,255,5*3. with net earningH of tst,
536,330. These figures compare with
1141.144,001 anil $1 Ib.s'j 5,134, respec?
tively,' In 1310, and are the lowest re?
turns since 1 Olli?, the year following
the financial and general Industrial de*
Pression.
After payment of the preferred and
common dividends, the surplus net In?
come for the final quarter of the year
was reduced to |89,ti38, as against
$408,000 in the corresponding quarter
of is*I o. At the end of the latter year
the corporation carried forward a bal?
ance surplus of 810,928,718, At the did
of 1P11 the total surplus was reduced
to $1.735.46;.
I>uring the year 1'Jll the Steel Cor?
poration made no appropriation from
surplus for expenditures or any kind,
whereas In l'Jio the sum of 836,000,0.00
who appropriated for various expendi?
tures, including additional properties,
new plants and construction and 41.
000.000 to cover advanced mining roy?
alties.
Not I-lTlng Wages.
Washington, January 30.?That 65
per cent, of the employes of the
United States Sieel Corporation In t.'io
Pittsburgh district earn less than tho
actual coat of subsistence of the aver?
age American family InPUUburgh was
a calculation made nt the steel trust
hearing to-day by !>>uls D. Braudels.
"Tha Associated Charities of Pitts?
burgh havecomputed the cost of bare
existence of a family, a wife and three,
children, in that city at $76S a year,"
said he. "By working twelve hours a
day 365 dnva a year 65 per cent- of
the steel workers there can earn 31.30
less than the amount actually required
for the bare cost of living-"
"How about other Industrien which
pay an average of 10 cents an hour?"
asked Attorney D. A. Heed, for the
Steel Corporation.
"We are not here to extol your
neighbors-. They are not under investi?
gation, vou are," retorted Mr. Bran
dels.
Mr. Brandeig declared that in ten
years the Steel Corporation had taken
from the American people $650,000,000
in excess of a liberal profit on its in?
vestment.
"This enormous profit," he said, "has
been used to grind down its employes
to the misery of their present condi?
tion."
AMBASSADOR HERRICK
President Snid <<> Have Named Him to
Succeed Robert Bacon.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, January 30. ? President
Taft has offered "le Important post
of ambassador to France to Myron T.
H< rrlek, of Clevoland, O.
information of the President's de?
sire to name Mr. Herrlck as successor
to Hubert Bacon was obtained here
to-day from excellent authority. It
was learned that the President Intend?
ed when lie left Washington on his
trip to Ohio to ask Mr. Herrlck to
accept the diplomatic post at Paris,
and. In the event of Mr. llerrlck's de?
clining to go abroad, to invite him to
assume charge of the headquarters
that are soon to be opened in u'ash
ington In furtherance of the Taft
campaign for ro.nomination.
Dispatches from Columbus to-day
indicated that President Taft liad au?
thorised the statement that lie had not
asked Mr. Herrlck to take charge of
his preconcention campaign - head?
quarters. In view of this circumstance
it |s believed here that Mr. Herrlck
has signified his Intention to accept
the Paris post or lias asked for time
to consider it.
NEGRO LYNCHED
Georgia Mob Sloriued Jail and Hung
Assailant of White Girl.
Cordcle. t'Ja.. January 30.? An en?
raged niob of 500 men to-day stormed
the local jail and lynched Albert Ham?
ilton, a negro Identified ns the as?
saulter of n prominent white girl in
the residence section of this place last
night. For forty minutes the mob ns
sailcd the Jail and finally effected en?
trance by battering in the locks of
the outer door.
The negro was dragged from the
building and strung up to a tree.
Armed members or the mob vented
their rage by riddling the: dangling
body with a fusillade Of shots.
Hamilton was arrested tills morn?
ing, nnd was taken before the young,
woman, who is said to have positively
Identified him as her assailant. Feeling
was so intense that tlie sheriff ap?
pealed to Governor Brown for aid In
protecting the negro. Tho troops,
however, did not arrive before the
lynching look place.
Tlie uooy of the negro was taken
down lute to-day, ibut n<> demonstra?
tion was made by the populace, und
the town lp quiet to-night.
AFFAIR OF HONOR
Physician Shoots Man Who He Snys ln
milled hin Wife.
Athens. Ga.. January 30.?Dr. If. M.
FulUlove. one of the most prominent
men in this section of the State. stint
and probably fatally wounded C. I*
McKoo. u formt*r slock dealer. In the
lobby of a hotel here to-day after Mc
Kee had refused to leave town whon
requested to do so by Fullilov who
claimed McKee had heen annoying Mrs.
Fullilove. When McK#o declined to
leave town at the physician's request
hoth men drew revolvers and begun
llrlng. the former receiving three bul?
let wounds. Fullilove was -not lilt.
In >a statement after the shooting
McKee el.timed that when Fu?ll?ve
asked him t ol.eaVO Athens he denied
he had been guilty of misconduct to?
ward Mrs. Fullllove or any member of
the physician's family.
McKee formerly lived at Shclbyvllle,
Jty. . i
Declares United States
Must Protect the
Panama Canal.
DEMOCRATS MAY
RECONSIDER
Secretary of Navy Points Out
That the Navy Should Be for
the Benefit of the Nation
and Not for Local Interests.
Says Many United States
Warships Are Obsolete.
Washington, January 30.?Abandon?
ment of the program for two battle?
ships this year brought out a state?
ment from Secretary of the Navy
.Meyer to-day. The action of the
Democratic caucus last night also
caused activity In the Democratic
ranks in Congress, with the results
that another caucus to rctonsider the
matter probably will be tilled.
Secretary Meyer arraigned the
action >-f the De-ino.ratic caucus as
"giving another Illustration of govern?
ment by snap Judgment." lie asserted
that "the Monroe Doctrine Is as big as
the naVy and no bigger," and that
the United States, guaranteeing tne
neutrality of the Panama Canal, must
be prepared to make good Its pledges.
"Even with a contiguous program of
two battleships a year," said Secretary
Meyer. "The United State? would fall
a little behind Its pruuent effective
strength for the reason that in anoth?
er year tour of our battleships built
during the same period, will become
non-elfectlve.
"The Dreadnought type is the war?
ship of the present day. One Dread?
nought built by a foreign power In
excess of the numoor built by our?
selves Is equivalent to wiping oft our
list at ono stroke the Indiana. Massa?
chusetts, Oregon, Iowa, Kcarsargc and
Kentucky.
Counts to Protect.
"We have an enormous extent of
coaEt line: we have Alaska, Porto
Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii, and
we have the obligation to guard and
protect Cuba and maintain her neutral?
ity. To perform these obligations sat?
isfactorily, we must have a strong
seagoing fleet.. The only sure defense
of the country und the only asBcrancc
of safely is for the fleet to be able
to seek out its en?my on the high
seas and to cripple or destroy It."
England, the statement declares, has
authorized for the corning year five
Dreadnoughts, and Germany three
Dreadnoughts and one armored cruiser.
Japan Is said to have authorized five
ships of the latest Ddearlnought type
and $79.000.000 for new construction
between 1911 and 1917.
The secretary asserts that the
Democrats might have brought about
economy If they had had the courage
to abolish needless navy yards, which
are costing the government several
million dollars a year far maintenance
alone."
"A navy for the nation and not for
local Interests Is what should be
sought,' the stateme-nt coreiudes.
ABDICATE THRONE
?loyal Family of China Will rtetalu Ti?
tle? nod Drnw S-,0O0,0Ofl Anana! Pension
Peking. January 30.?It is understood
that immediate abdication of the
throne has been decided upon, as a
result of the conference to-day be?
tween the Empress Dowager. Prince
Chun, the px-regc-ni. and Prince Ching.
the ex-Premier, in accordance with
conditions laid down by the republi?
cans, namely, that the Imperial family
and princes are to retain their empty
titles, reside In Peking or elsewhere at
their pleasure- and receive annual pen?
sions aggregating 3,00?,0o? taels ($2,
000,000), and that tho transfer of power
will bp effected with as little loss of
dignity to the throne as possible.
The Empress Dowager has summoned
a Cabinet meeting to-morrow to ar?
range details of the abdication. Pre?
mier Yuan Shi Kai, In a statement to
the newspapers, avers his readiness to
accept almost any solution which will
ensure peace. He has no fear for tho
country's future, he says. If the set?
tlement Ik the fruit of reason, truth
and justice.
Yuan further says that he has no
ambition to become President of the
new republic and only elesires the es?
tablishment of a stable rovernment.
Many soldiers were killed by the
explosion of a dynamite mine under
an imperialist troop train which was
proceeding from Slaokan. thirty miles
north of Hankow, to Hu-Xa.ii. A bomb
was thrown at the viceroy who was
traveling on another train, but It
struck the car adjoining, killing a
number of soldiers, but not injuring
the viceroy.
General I.inng-Pi. the former com?
mandant of the Imperial Guards, who
was injured on January 27 by a bomb
thrown by a Chinaman while the gen?
eral was alighting from his carriage at
his home in Peking, has since died.
A Youthful Divorcee.
Elyrla. O., January 30.?Mrs. Lillian
Huntington Dawlcy, sixteen years of
age. daughter of Commodore W. R.
Huntington, of the Sanduslcy Yacht
Club, and heir to the uig Huntington
estate in Clcvelond. was granted a di?
vorce to-day from Noyes Hand Dawley.
son of a Charleston. W. Va.. banker,
with whom she eloped last April.
At the time of their marriage the
bride and groom were students, the
one at Brlarcllff. N. Y? and the other
at Ashevllle, N. C.
'?.Senator" Ollle James.
Washington. January 30.?The cre?
dentials of Ollie James. Senator-elect
from Kentucky, were presented to the
Senate to-day .by Senator- Paynter.
whom he will succeed on March 4,
1913.
Six Months For Gossips
Annapolis, Md., .Innunry no.?A
hill designed to protect women fron?
gnsHlp wan Introduced In the House
of nelcgntcf? to-dny I?' .Mr. Philip*,
of VI leomlco county. The proponed
Inw' Inflict* n pennlty of frmu tlx
months to three yenrn upon any
pcrxon w.tio. In tho hearing of
other*, mnkes-nny nsNertlnn reflect?
ing upon the cood name of n wo?
man, . .
STRIKE LEADER
UNDER ARRES1
Charged With Accessory
to Murder of Anna
Lopizo.
SYRIAN STRIKER
DIES FROM WOUNDS
Troops Under Orders to Shoot to
Kill to Preserve Peace at
Lawrence?Permission Giv?
en for Funeral Procession
in Honor of Dead
Girl.
Another Arrest
Lawrence, Ma**., .lanunrr HI.?.\t
1i30 o'clock (bin'morning Ibc State
police mittle a ne?rond nrrcM, taking
iaiu custody Oi-tiirn ji. Gluvannltl,
??r New York, wlio tian been Strike
Lender ICttor's rlsrbt-bitiiil man. lie.
I like loiter, in charged with betau mi
I ncurnnory to murder In cnuncctlon ,
with (lie dcatb of Anna Lo|ilsu.
Lawrence. Mas?.. January 30.?
Charged with being an accessory to]
murder. Joseph J. litter, of New York,
leader of the great textile strike,
was arrested by officers of the Slate
police just before miai.ighl. The
charge agulnsl the strike leader is
In connection with tiie death of Anna
Lopizo, a striker, who was shot dur?
ing an outbreak last night. The bul?
let which caused her death ivaa fired
by some one In the cro-*d of strike
sympathizers, the polic-3 allege, and
was aimed at the grounu, but re?
bounded and struck the woman.
Etier's arrest was not unexpected,
but it was thought tnai some other
charge, would be made against him
because of alleged inflammatory state?
ments at public meetings.
To guara against possib'c attack by
strikers or sympathizers the police
station where Elter is locked up was
entirely surrounded oy soldiers' to?
night, while inside many others were
hidden away prepared for an emer?
gency.
Wounded Syrinu Dead.
With the exception of an early
morning outbreak when a Syrian
striker, John Ram!, was so seriously
Injured that he died to-night at thu
hospital, the textile strike situation
was unusually quiet to-day in contrast
with Ihe turbulence of yesterday.
Armed militiamen patrolled the streets
under orders of Colonel E- EeRoy
Sweetser to shoot and shoot straight
If need be. to enforce orders against
demonstrations of thy kind. Appar?
ently this had its effect, for no efforts
were made to hold mass-meetings or
parades. All but three of the mills
were running to-day. and it was
claimed that a larger number of opera,
tives than yesterday reported for
work.
Colonel Sweetser has granted per?
mission for a parade of strikers in
connection with the funeral to-mor?
row of Anna Eoplgo. a striker, who
was accidentally shot yesterday, but
only after Strike Leader Joseph J. Ei?
ter hud agreed that it should be purely
a funeral procession and not a demon?
stration. It is expected that neurly
10,000 strikers and sympathizers will
be in line. The route of the proces?
sion probably will be. guarded Dy mi?
litia and police.
Xo CO'ort for Agreement.
No efforts were made to-day to bring
about a settlement of the strike or an
agreement of any kind. The strikers'
committee met, but practically ignored
the suggestion of Governor Posa that
the operatives return to work for thir?
ty days pending a settlement of their
differences with the operators. The
military arrangements in the city to
might appear as closely to a state
of martial law as is permissible under
ihe laws of the. State. Colonel Sweet?
ser has under his command twenty-one
companies of infantry and two troops
Of cavalry und the whole city Is un?
der guard.
P.cassured by the presence of addi?
tional militia, the Arlington Mills re?
opened this noon. The only plants that
were wholly idle were the Atlantic.
Everett and Pemberton, and It was said
that the Atlantic and Pemberton Mills
would attempt to renew operations to?
morrow.
An nuiopsv is to be performed upon
the body of Kami, tho Syrian killed
during the disturbance early to-day,
to ascertain whether his denth was due
to n bayonet wound or n stab with a
knife. Witnesses differ as to how the
injury was received.
SHOOTS WIFE. BURNS HOUSE
f'rn/.y Man, Knitting Boby Before Him.
Fight* rosse.
Hartford. Conn., January 3i>.?After
Indulging In n wild outbreak at Gol
Insville to-day. during which lie shot
and perhaps fatally Injured Iiis wife,
attempted to shoot his sister-in-law, set
lire to their home, and held off a posse
until the house was destroyed, John
Kenefic, a former local ilreman, is pris?
oner here to-night. He tried finally
to end his own life, but had exhausted
ills last bullet when he snapped the
revolver against his forehead.
Kenefic had been separated from his
wife for some time. To-day he went
to the home of Arthur Johnson, his
rnthoi'-in-law, in Colllnsvlllo, to see her.
After saying thai he knew he was
"queer'" and that he did not blame ner
for not living wilti him, (ho man sud
deulv drew a revolver and pointed it
tit the baby. His sister-in-law grab?
bed the child and lied from Ihe room,
followed by a bullet thai struck the
I doorway. Ho then threatened his
mother-in-law, who escaped by a rear
door, and later turned to Iiis wife, who
was on her knees, begging him not to
shoot her mother.
Kenefic forced bin wife Into a cor?
ner of the. room and fired twice at her.
'both shots taking effect In the neck
and urni. Ho then set the house aflro
and taking the baby from the place
It had been hidden, went to the door.
Holding the child before him as a
shield he made his way to ft tree, from
behind which he exchanged forty or
morn shots with a posse.
After nttemptlng to shoot himself
Kenefic surrendered.
Pension for Tolstoi's Widow.
SI, Petersburg, January 30.?Tho
Vtusslan Emperor has granted a pen?
sion to the widow of .Tolstoi, who
horcafler will receive 10,000 roubles
(iO.000) annuully.
LISBON UNDER
MARTIAL LAW
Strikers Terrify Govern?
ment, and Troops Sur?
round Town.
THROW BOMBS
AT SOLDIERS
Royalists Said to Be Behind
Trouble, Having Furnished
Supplies and Money?Repub?
lican Officials, in Interest
of Peace, Offered to Re?
lease Arrested Strikers.
Lisbon, January 30.?Oaring to the!
grave situation caused by the, generali
strike, the constitutional guarantees
have been suspended und martial law
has been proclaimed in the district of
Lisbon. The city ti.xs been bunded
over to the keeping of General Car
vuihal, and troops surround the. town.
Reinforcements a,r?j constantly ar?
riving, but because ot the presence of
troops there were few disorders to-,
day. Liberty to work is absolutelyI
guaranteed by the government. Thercj
are 3,000 troops under arms In Lisbon,!
where the. strikers declare they have,]
-'0,000 bombs with whicn they will be
able to annihilate tho soldiers. Sever?
al bombs already have been thrown
with terrible effect.
Offer* to lie lease !?. trtkers.
The government is desirous of pre?
serving ;i moderate and piudent atti?
tude, und offers to concede part of the
strikers' demands, which include the.
release of all the litrlkeia arrested
during the disturbance In tho livora
district, and the dismissal of the
Governor of Evora.
But the situation to-nlgh*. was such
that It was deemed expedient to pro?
claim martial law <n the capital. A
large number of agitato's already
have been arrested. Tho troops are
under orders to raid all suspected
places, with the result that wholesale
arrests have been mode and Innumer?
able tire arms seized. The prisoners
are being placed aboard warships In
the harbor.
Uombard Soldiers.
Toward evening strikers assembled
in various quarters and bombs were
thrown at mounted republican guards
In Klcco Square, and in the suburb of
Allcantare troops were obliged to
charge the mobs with drawn sabres.
The government has now ascertained
that the strike w:ik forne-nted by
royalists, who supplied t'.ie strikers In
Evoru with JfiOO.OOO. Th4 Intention of
tho royalists was to aenei 1.500 armed
men across the frontier into Eastern
Portugal, that region being favorable
to a monarchy,' and start a general
rising, but the government hurried
reinforcements there. It Is reported
that strikers, bandlt.-i and smugglers
enticed a column of troops Into the
heart of the mountains near Evora.
where the column was in danger e>f
being surrounded and wiped out, but
was finally saved, by rciTforcemenls
which were rushed up to Its assistance.
SENATORS POOR LAWYERS
The Georgia Cyclone Humbles the
Pride of the t^rcntcat Clnh on Earth.
Washington, January 30.?Mrs. Mary
Harris Armour. of " Eastman, Ga.,
known In prohibition circles In her
own State as "The Georgia Cyelonv"
jarred senatorial dignity to-day. She
told the dignified members of the
Senate Committee on the Judiciary in
the hearing on the proposed law pro?
hibiting shipment of alcoholic liquors
into "dry" States that "they could
learn n lot," ond that whoever on the
committee votes against the bill was
"a mighty poor lawyer." She was
supporter] by Mrs. I. M. N. Stevens,
president of the Women's Christian
Temperance Ctilon, a hnlf-hundred
members of that organization, several
Georgia women nn<i a scattering of
men.
"I don't know why we should be
here at all." said Mrs. Armour, "since
it Is an insult to your intelligence for
us to have to plead fur such a law. I
don't want to hurt anybody's feedings,
Ibut I'm here to talk common sense,
and I haven't any time to waste on yo?
all."
Mrs. Armour and Mrs. Stevens spoke
to-night at a temperance rally, and
the former tola the Senators she
thought It would do them good If they
would attend.
"You Senators think you all are too
big folks to come nn(| hear me speak,"
sin- saiel. "but I want tu tell you that
you could learn a lot. But speaking
of this bill. I'm no lawyer, but I've
read law. arid any one who votes
against this bill bfcnuse of alleged uh
constitutlohality Is a mighty pour law?
yer."
A MODERN MOSES
Mayor tinynor Smltcn Ttnrk nn,i W liter
1'Iomm In ?w Acqiiciluct.
Storm King. X. V.. January 30.?
Mayor Gaynor. nf New York, to-day
touched Tin electric button and fired
the blast that joined the two tunnels
sunk on opposite sides of the Hudson
River for the Xew York-Catsklll aque?
duct. Nine feet of granite separated
the two eighteen-foot shafts when
tin- Mayor and his party arrived on
their special train. The blast tore
this rock from its bed 1.173 feet below
the" bed of the river.
Bryan Will Not
Be a Candidate
Lincoln, Neb.. .Innunry HO.?The
name of Jtidnnu Illinium, uf Ohio,
IVOS filed Um n prexlileiit I'll <iui.ll
dnte here to-day, while that et W II.
linni J. Urynn won wltlid.-.nt it. 'I'll,'
lliiriiiou pctltlou wn* n?t mi tile
very long before the llrynn petition,
tiled more tbnn n month ?>;?<. wj:s
taken out of the custody of the
Secretary of Slnte hy A. A. Ir'er,
whose name wait first on the pe?
tition.
The letter read? on followai
. "Learning that It !.i not the dc
tlrc of William J. Bryan (hrit his
iinntc appear on the Democratic
ticket n? n presidential candidate,
and lenrnlnsr flint he desires trt ko
to the Democratfc Xatlnnnl Conven?
tion as a. deleicii'e ot Inn-.e from
the 8<ir,1e of .\'ebrrt?kn I hereby
withdraw the petition filed hy ntc.
"A. A, AHTEH."
TAFT HEARS THAT
OHIO IS "SAFE"
Discusses Politics With
Leaders of His
Own State.
REPORTED ILLNESS
IS "ANANIASED'
President, in Speech Dedicating
New Federal Building, Pokes
Fun at Governor Harmon,
Saying They Were on
Duty, Not on Politi?
cal Trip.
Columbua, O.. January- 30.?President
Tafts second day In Ohio developed
less speechmaking nnd more politics
than did Iiis sixtecn-hour stop in
Cleveland. for many Republicans
dropped in to-day to have a word or
two and to add something to the Presi?
dent's growing information about po?
litical conditions here. The 1'rcsldent
spoke at a luncheon of the Chamber
of Commcrco on "Peace." and dedi?
cated the. new Federal building with a
speech against the judicial recall, and
to-night, as the guest of the Columbus
Glee Club, repealed portions of ills
speech last night to the Tlppe
canoc Club, of Cleveland. He spent
ihc night in* Columbus, and ends his
nip to-inorrow at Akron.
shortly utter his arrival tho Presi?
dent held a reception in a local hotel,
and more than J.U'JU persons shook the
presidentlul hand.
Not in 111 Health.
The alarming reports us to his phy?
sical condition that went out of Cleve?
land last night were discredited to?
day, both by the Provident and by Dr.
Thomas L. Rhoads, the army physi?
cian who Is accompanying htm on the
trip. The President dcclured that he
was far from being a sick man, and
Bald the only Inconvenience he suffered
was from his cough and from tho fact
that Ills cold Interfered with his sleep.
Dr. lthbads said that tho President
was recovering from a bronchial at?
tack that could be expected to run Its
course without serious consequenco In
several days. Although his voice was
still hoarse, Mr. Taft spoko to-day with
less difficulty and coughed much less.
The President arrived in Columbus
early. Republican National Commit
teeman A. I. Vorys, of Ohio, came down
from Cleveland with lilni, but said
there had not been any political talk
en route or even at the breakfast
table.
Itrgnlars on Hauil.
Aside from Mr. Vorys. however,
there were other Republican leaders,
who discussed politics with the Presi?
dent. Among them were Congress?
man Taylor, of Ohio; former Congress?
man Grosveiior, known when ho was
In the House of Representatives as
"Old Plggers;" former Senator Dick,
I& C. LAyltri, who Is generally conced?
ed to share the leadership of the Tatt
movement in the State with Mr Vorys;
Lawrence K. Lsngdon. fleer leader of
the Ohio House; Malcolm Karscliner,
wlio lias taken an active part In the
organization of Roosevelt clubs in
Ohio, und many others. Several lead?
ers told the President that the Taft
forces would control tho Ohio State
central committee by p. comfortable
majority and others that : the move?
ment i'n his behalf was gaining
strength.
? lukes llnriuou.
Governor Mann, who was a luncheon
guest with tho Prcsldciii, could not
escape the political atmosphere, l or
when Mr. Taft rose to speak lie pre?
faced his address with ?. few confes?
sions in which he and Ohio's Governor
figured, much to the .Plight of tho
diners and to the amusement of Mr.
Harmon, who apparently enjoyed it
as much as the President.
"When u man has been traveling
about the country, as 1 have been do?
ing," said the President, "and as some
other executives have b-jen doing, there
are times when there 'is; an unjust
suspicion that the Journey has other
than olllclal motives.
"Now the advantage I have in com?
ing to Columbus, Is that 1 am but?
tressed around with reasons tor com?
ing other than politics. Horo is a
I public building that has to lie dedi?
cated.
"Governor Harmon und I, because of,
I our old and affectionate associations,
could not keep away from euch other
j upstairs when we got \>ithin reach
of each other, even though the pro?
prieties require thai we should ob?
serve the ?lue official relation to each
I other Hint circumstances suggest, and
so we had a talk, and WC talked poli
I tics, and you would be surprised to
: know how many subjects, personal and
j othe.rwt.se. we had complete agreement
j about. Our views of insurgency don't
I differ greatly; there is iP.Ue dlfforence
as to detail as to persona, but as to
the principles of the li.'r.g wo are
'sot.' "
Governor Harmon did net continue
tho confession. He did not have an
opportunity .
Denunciation Hum ('rase.
Columbus, b? Jnnuary 30.? Review?
ing the achievements of bis adminis?
tration before the Columbus Glee Club
here to-night. President Tuft drew
the line shandy botwean the ol.l Una
Republicans and the progressives of
his party, and practically declared thai
tlie time was at hand when the "do
i nunc'atlon" of the progressives must
; cease, nnd when the. nation will de?
mand fnets. Ho had noi the slightest
i doubt, he said, that the Republican
I party would win out in the November
I elections.
?153,5711,000 Penalou?.
Washington. January 30.?The pen?
sion appropriation bill, carr.vi.is' $1"?'J.
.".70,000 for the coming fiscal year, was
reported to the' House to-day', und de?
bate on the measure- was Immediately
begun. ? The bill w-iuld cllnilual 1 sev?
enteen branch pension agencies
throughout the country, at an
ntated saving of $2.?0,0O0 a year. Dem?
ocratic leaders declared to-day that
they wM'a determined upon their
abandonment.
Governor Wilson De?
clines to Reply to
Watterson.
ROOSEVELT BRANDS
BUT ONE LIAR
Says He Never Gave Interview!
to Representative of Chicago
Evening Post, and Urges
Public to Wait for State?
ment Over His "Own
Signature."
(Spoclal to The Times-Dispatch.)
New York, January ;i0.?It was u,n\
offday in the Contributing Editor's
department at tho Outlook to-day, and
I never a. Governor came -ircund to add
himself to Colonel Roosevelt's collec?
tion. To he sure, Governor Stubbs, ot
I Kansas, called, but ne svas a repeater,
having told the Colonel several days
before how Kansas longed for him.
Governor Stubbs said ho'd dropped
In lb say good-by before going to
Washington and then to Kansas tri
lead the Roosevelt shoutors. Ha
reiterated his belief that Colonel
Roosevelt would be tho candidate for
the presidency, that he will accept, and
that he will be elected.
The Govornor said that he would
like to sou President Tuft, but sup?
posed thu President would bo absent
from Washington during hin visit To ci
suggestion that, in view of his Koose-.
veil enthusiasm, he might bo consld
I cred u polltlcul enemy to the Presl*
dent. Governor Stubbs said:
Just for Itoonevclt.
"Oh, Pm not thinking of fighting
Sir. Tuft. I haven't time for uny-t
thing like that. I'm just tor Roosc?
volt.
The only comment on affairs polltl
;al that Mr Roosovclt would mako
was a denial that ho hod given an In?
terview to a correspondent of the
Evening Post to the effect that ho
irouui take the presidential nomina?
tion If the people declared for hlai in,
j unmistakable terms. Ho hud never
(seen a representative of the Chicago
Evening Post, .so far as he could re
cull, and ho said he was sticking to
I his previous announcement that when
?he had anything to say about tho
[nomination ho would say It publicly
and over "my own signature.*'
Colonel Roosevelt took a lato after*
I non train for Oyster Bay. Ho doesn't)
[expect to bo in town ugaln boforu
Friday. He wouldn't talk about pros?
pective callers at Sagamore Hill, but)
I it Is understood that there will ba
I several political pilgrims to Oyster
! Buy in the next few days.
letting In Line.
! New Jersey ' progressives, among
jtheili ex-Governors Port and Stokes,
I Everett Colby, Senator w. J. Bradley,
of Camden; Sheriff Hotcrlcks, of Moni
mouth county, and William Lloyd.
} vice-chairman of the Essex County
j Republican Committee, met at tho
Viilon Club here lo-day und perfected
? an organization, which has for Its pur?
pose the capturing of the New Jersey
'.delegates for ColonolRoOsevelt. It wan
Jannounced at the close of the meet?
ing that an aggressive Rooscvolt cam?
paign would be started at once. About
1 thirty Now Jersey Republicans were
I present at the meeting.
Wilsen la Mien'.
Governor Wilson conferred with a,
number of bis political advisers at
Trenton to-day, and then reached tlio
conclusion that It would be the pare
of sound discretion io make no reply
to the latest broadside of Colonel Wat?
terson, published this li.ornlng. ;'.\.
statement like that admits of no com-,
mentaty from me," wer; the words
of the Governor whin hfc gave audi?
ence to the waiting newspapermen^
who were seeking interviews.
Vpon being urged to make some,
further comment upon tue charges, tha
Governor, speuklng with the utmost
j deliberation, said:
"l am sorry to liave tu regret a,
] friendship which while it lasted was
certainly most interesting and agree -
1 able."
Some one suggested to the Governor
that perhaps lie meant to say he wusi
sorry to regtet the loss of such a,
friendship, but he repeated that he had
intended exactly what he. had said,
that he must speak sincerely. and
therefore, could not say that he re?
gretted the loss of that which proved
to be only ashes.
Later iu the day the Governor was
I Informed of the publication of cor
J respondenco which passed between
j him and Colonel Georgo Harvey fol?
lowing the incident which resulted In
: his name being taken from Harper?
. Weekly as a presidential candldutc.
Inasmuch as he had given his con?
sent to the publication ef these let-*
ters. and was Informed that Colonel
I Harvey had done the sa;r.c, the Gov?
ernor said that further comment upon
his part seonied unnecessary. Ho det
? clined to make a statement.
THE LETTERS
Correspondence Between pot. Wnodrotv.
Wilson und Kdltor George llorvey.
New York, January 30.?The New
York Evening Post, has sought, for the
sake of justice to all concerned, to se?
cure the publication of the correspond?
ence between Governor Wilson and
Colonel Harvey. In that sense It applied
to them both. ? ,
Neither wished to be put in the posi?
tion of giving ->ut private, letters, but
both assented to tho publication, with,
the distinct understanding that tho
Initiative came from the Evening Y0**-.
The first letter addressed to colonel
Harvey by Governor Wilson Is as fol
loWS: ? University nub.
.Fifth Avenue and 64th _ Street,-'.'
?ji December. 1911.
t Personal.)