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AGREETODIVISION |
OFRQLLiNGSTOCK
?-i
Committee Gives Cities
40 and Counties 60
Per Cent.
THREE COUNTIES ?
TO LEAVE NINTH
Giles, Bland and Tazewell Go to
Sixth and Halifax to Fifth.
Thomas Speaks for Initiative,
Referendum and Recall.
Agree on Milk
Bill.
By tho terms of a compromise agreed
to yesterday afternoon by the Senate
Committee on ltoads and Internal Nav?
igation, the rolling stock taxes on Vir?
ginia railroads, which now go enUre
to tho cities where arc the home
offices, will be divided?40 per cent,
to bo retained by the cities and CO per
cent, to be divided among tho other l
cities and the counties through which
tho roads run. It is understood that
this agreement will be acceptable.
While Senator Saxon W. Holt and
Delegate Martin Williams, the patrons |
of the bills, provided for a division
according to proportionale valuo of
ul". railway property. It was felt that
this wodl3 bo unfair to cltiej, which
porforco have little mileage within
their borders when compared with
counties. By the comprotnltj, neither
aide gets all It wants, but it was felt
last night that tho proposition will
go through.
Ninth District Reduced.
Coming officially from the Ninth
District Democratic Cnmml'.lt;. a re?
quest was made yesterday afternoon
of the House Committee on Privileges
end Elections that the counties of
Giles. Bland and TazcwoM be taken
from the Ninth and put In thi Sixth
District. Although this was opposed
by some of the representatives from
the Sixth. It Seems morally certain
that It will bo done. Halifax 16 appa?
rently as sure to bo taken from the
Sixth and put In the Flfth.
It was hintid that the changes in
volvo a good deal of politics. The
I.ynchburgers prenent wanted the
.Sixth left alone, but the delegate from
Itoanoke. Mr. Watts, suggested that
l.yncnburg should be taught that It
IS not the only place of Importance in
that section. Possibly the rodUtr'ct
lng will give Itoanoke tho supremacy
In the affairs of the Sixth.
The hearing was held t-ir the pur?
pose of reopening the case as ta the
Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Districts. I"t
is now closed definitely, and the iom
inltteo will prepare a bill and report
it as a corr..nlttcj substitute for the
Bowman bill
Halifax doos not want to go Into
the Fifth, but It will probably be re?
garded as best for the parly that this
change be made.
For Modern Doctrine*.
It is Interesting to note that twice
within tho short space ot the present
session ha? a new demand and a vita!
change in political polity been heard
in the Capitol of Virginia, with her
traditions of conservatism. Before
the House Committee on Privileges
and Elections yesterday afternoon for?
mer Senator A. P, Thomas, of Eynch
hurg, made for tho firti time In thia
State an official plea for the IntroJ?c
lion of the doctrines of the Initiative,
the referendum and the recall.
Taking somewhat the line of argu?
ment pursued by Governor Wo^drow
Wilson on tho preceding n'ght, Mr.
Thomas said that Virginia is not Im?
mune to the dangers that have come
to other State*, and may not always
continue to have a satisfactory form
of representative government. His]
generally admitted forccfulness and |
u'oillty as a speaker secured for his ]
argument the closest attention. He
did not, ho said, expect that this Leg?
islature would approve iho amend?
ments to tho Constitution which he
uivocated, nor possibly would the ]
next, hut that the time would come. I
His appearance at this time, he frank- I
3y admitted, was entirely missionary i
in its nature.
JtlllgCS Arc i;]ec(e,l. I
Important committee, hearings made I
the features of yesterday's session, |
and but little business of rial impor?
tance was transacted in the actual ses?
sions of the Sonate and House. The
bodies cleared away u necessary piece
of work by electing tiv> Judge of tho j
Supreme Court for the term beginning I
February 1, 1?13, and the Judges of
four corporation courts for tho same
terms. It would have been Illegal to I
elect thes? prior to February l.
The votes were unanimous, the nom?
inations haying been previously madi
In caucus. Judge Stafford Q, Whittle j
was named to succeed himself as a
member of tha Supreme Court of Ap?
peals; Judge Samuel B. Witt to the
Hustings Court of the city of Rich?
mond; Judge E. C. Barlpy to tho Cor?
poration Court of Alexandria; Judge
It. W. PoatroSfl to tho Corporation
Court of Danville, and Judge A. D.
Da'oncy to the Corporation Cour*. o*
Charlottesvlli.).
In the Mouse, most of the time was
consumed in debate over a bill to re
?niire the Commissioner of Insurance!
to hnve charge of the placing of lire]
insurance on State property. This was]
objected to on tho ground of cen
Iiralization of power in n bureau. Tho,
mutter was not disposed of.
Woman Suffrage Next Thursday, 1
Tho House agreed to make woman
suffrage a special and continuing
order for next Thursday at 12::il>,
when it will be disposed of after a
hearing which Mr. Montague, tho pa?
tron of the proposed amendment to
tho Constitution, promised to make
short.
Argument over the Jordan bill en?
abling the people by petition to call
ah election on tha subject of State?
wide prohibition, was concluded last
night before the committee. Two hours
were Riven to Hie. opponents and one
hour to the advocates =f ihe bill. As
previously announced, tho committee
Will consider the matte:' 111 executive
session on Monday morning. It Is
(Continued on sixth page.)
FOLK OPENS CAMPAIGN
Want* to Do Only What Ib Best for
III* Party.
Joplln. Mo.. February 2.?Joseph W.
Folk, former Governor of Missouri,
formally opened his campaign for the
Democratic presidential nomination
hero to-night at a meeting under the
auspices oi the Joplln Folk for Presi?
dent Club. The meotlng was largely
attended. <
In presenting his claims for the in?
dorsement of Missouri Democrats, Mr.
Folk recalled the action of the state
Central Commltteo two years ago,
which pledged Its support to him. The j
St. Louis City Commltteo wob at
tacked by Mr. Folk, who declared
that it Is dominated by agents of tho
great corporate powers of the State.
The name of wood row Wilson was
brought out by Mr. Folk when, re?
ferring to tho Ktato convention to oe
hel<i hero February 20, he urged the
co-operation of hlu friends and those
of Governor Wilson, If he falls to get
the convention Indorsement in tho sup?
port of a progressive candidate.
"The mission of Democracy is to
mako men free, to liberate them from
tho oppression of prlvllego and givo
eaoh man an equal opportunity." de?
clared Mr. Folk to-night. "We uro np
proachlng In the nation the time for
a great fight for these principles. Mis?
souri will have an important part in
that conflict.
"If there is anything I could say
or anything I could do to save tho un
forulnatc state of affaltB within the
Democratic party of Missouri I would
most cheerfully do it.
"If I had to rpllt the party to win
this contest, I should prefer a hun?
dred limes not to win It.
"Tho statement of Democratic prin?
ciples Is more important than the ad?
vancement of any Individual. Neither
Mr. Clurk nor myself ahould be con?
sidered, but the welfare of the party
alone kept In view. If It is hotter
for tho Party, nfter accepting the bene?
fit, to break the pledge made by the
last Democratic convention, of which
Mr. Clark was a member and tempor
ary chairman, then let it be broken. I
"It Is simply a question of whether
the party would bo In a better posl
tlon before the people with the piedgc
kept or broken.
"If the pledge Is honored I shall
be gratltlcd; if not I shall not com?
plain, but will give my best efforts
to the cause of Democracy and do my
best to quiet disaffection."
The speaker then told of his con- I
ferencc with William J. Rryan at St. j
l>ouls last week. In which tho Ne- '
braakan urged a split In the delegation i
at the National Convention as a solu- |
tion of the Missouri question. Speaker
Clark, he declared, was responsible
for the rejection of Bryan's suggca- i
tlon.
IS THERE A PARTNERSHIP?
Suggested That Express Compnnles and
Ilallroads Are Vlrlunlly One.
Washington, February 2.?What sub?
stantially amounts to a partnership
between tho railroads and the express
companies was suggested to-day by
Commissioner Lane, at the Investiga?
tion by the Interstate Commerce Com?
mission into express rates and regula?
tions. To develop this relationship
would appear to be the crux of the
present inquiry.
George C. Taylor, vIce-preRldenl cf
the American Express Company and
general manager of the Western de?
partment, explained the mechanical
operations of the company.
"Why Is It not possible." Inquired Mr.
Lane, "if you weigh every piece of ex?
press matter, to 1 ay the railroad com?
panies upon the basis of the actual
weight transported? As a fact. Is it
not true that the railroads and the ex?
press companies are In practical part?
nership'?"
Mr. Taylor referred the inquiry to
men older in the service than he. Mr.
Taylor explained that the railroads
were dfmending continually a great?
er division of the express rates for
their share.
"What Is the theory on which they
demand higher charges from you?" In?
quired Commissioner Lane.
"We make our divisions with the
railroads on n basis of service rendered
and on facilities which we require. I
think tho roads arc honest In their
demands."
RECEIVED BY THE POPE
New Papal Delegate to Putted States
Pays Visit to Vallinn.
Home, February 2.?Monsiguor Gio?
vanni Bonzano paid a visa this morn?
ing to the Vatican, where he ws? re?
ceived by the Pope for the tirst time
us papal delegate in the United Stales,
to which olhce he has just ocen ap?
pointed in succession to Diomedc Fal
conlo, who recently was elevated to
trie cardinulate. The occasion wus the
Feast of the Purification. usually
known as Candlemas. In accordance
with ancient tradition all the heads
of religious orders and of Roman
bnsllicus and colleges presented the
pope with beautiful candles maue pur?
posely for tho occasion.
Monslgnor Bonzano tor the last time
look the candle offering of tne col?
lege propaganda of faith, while Mon
signor Thomas F. Kennedy, rector of
the American college In Rome, repre?
sented that institution. Many Amer?
icans wero present at tho iereinon.es.
Monslgnor Bonzano in presenting his
respects to the Pope, said that he felt
the weight of responsibility which hid
talien on his shoulders with his ac?
ceptance of the office of papal delegate
in the United States. The Pop* con- ,
gratulated htm mid said he knew that
Monslgnor Bonzano was extremely
well litled for the post.
TRIPLE MURDER AND SUICIDE
Bodies of Four Victims Arc Found In
Kurm bouse.
Applejon. Wis., February 2.?What
Is believed B>y the sheriff to bo a
triple murder and suicide was reported
to District Attorney F. J. Hooney to- j
day, when the bodies of four persons, I
all members of the same family, were
found at the farmhouse of Lewis Muil
ahan, Blnghnmton, a settlement fifteen
miles lrom hero. The dead are:
Lewis Mailahun, aged slxtv-f Ix
years, phot In head.
William Maimhun, aged twenty-one
yeurs. throat cut.
Dora Mailahun. uged sixteen yours,
throat cut.
John Mnllnhan, aged eight years,
throat cut.
William Mailahun. according to
neighbors, recently had been acting
strangely, and the supposition is that
he murdered his relatives and then
killed himself. He had boon at outs
with his father slnco lost fall, nml
had been absent from homo until lust
Sunday. A fancied grievance over
favors extended to other members of
the family Is thought to have inspired
the deed. Mrs. Mallaliau died several
years ago. William was a favorite
wilh his mother, it is suld, and had
not lived in accord with his* family
since her death.
WEDDING HALTS DIVORCE
Jmlge Pauses lu Untying One Couple
to Tic Another.
Butte, Mont., February 2.?The un?
usual spcctaclo of a divorce suit being
Interrupted to allow a marriage cere?
mony to proceed was witnessed bore
yesterday. -P, J. Maxwell and Miss
Margaret Marshall, of Boston, secured
a marriage llccv.se. Then they asked
?a deputy clerk if a Judge could not
be secured to pcrfor..i tho roremony
at once. Judge McClnron, who was
engaged In hearing a divorce case,
left the bench and made the couple
man and wife.
COSILY MISTAKES
I BY GOVERNMENT
George W. Perkins Com?
plains of Attitude To
| ward Corporations.
NEED PATRIOTISM
I AND LESS POLITICS
Charges There Is No Logical
Connection Between Evils That
Have Existed and Remedies
It Is Sought to Apply?Sug?
gests Constructive Pro?
gram to Congress.
I New York, February -??"Somebody
In this country is making a colossal
mistake. What we need is more
patriotism and less politics."
George W, Perkins thus complained
of the Federal government's attitude
toward corporations In an adaress de?
livered here to-night before the Traltlc
Club, un organization of railroad men
and merchants.
"There is no logical connection,"
1 said Mr. Perkins, "between the evils
that havo existed in our large in?
dustrial concerns and the remedies
that the government is trying to ap?
ply. In place of regulation we ore
given segregation, and are told that
dissolution Is the solut'on: while
I every practical man knows that dlsso
| luilon is a mere delusion. Govern?
ment regulation Is all right, but gov?
ernment repression is all wrong
"somebody In tills country Is ma?i
' ing a colossal mistake. Somebody Is
I woefully wronr- Is it the theoretical
I politician or the ipracttcal business
man? Would it be a mistake at least
to try to regulate before we strangu
late? It is time that the business
men of this country awoke to what
the theorists of this country arc trying
to ao. Business men havo made mis?
takes; they realize them and admit
them, but these mistakes in their
costliness to the people will be but
as a drop In the bi cket In comparison
; with the costliness of the mistakes
that 'our theoretical friends have
been making In lecent years and arc
j continuing to make.
Constructive Proginm.
"A constructive program oocs not
present Insurmountable dlftlcultles. Its
solution would be comparatively easy
, and prompt if we could have a little
more patriotism and a little less
politics. Congress could In a very
short time adopt a po.lcy that would
give both Immediate and prospective
relief, and this could be done by work?
ing somewhat along the following
: lines:
"First?Create at once. In or out ot
the Department of Commerce and La
. bor, a business court or controlling
commission, composed largely of expe?
rienced business men.
"Second?Give this body power to
license corporations doing an Interstate
or International husiness.
"Third?Make such license depend on
I the ability of a corporation to comply
with conditions lahJ down by Congress
when creating such commission ana
with such regulations as may be pre?
scribed by the commission itself.
"Fourth?Make publicity, both before
and after license is Issued, the essential
feature of these rules and regulations.
Beqttlre each company to secure the ap?
proval of sa|d commission of all Us af?
fairs, from its capitalization to its bus?
iness practices. In the beginning lay
j down only broad principles, with a view
to elaborating and perfecting them as
conditions require.
"Fifth?Make the violation ot such
ruls-s and regulations punishable, by
the Imprisonment of individuals rather
than by the revocation of the license
j of the company, adopting in this re?
spect the method of procedure against
national banks In case of wrongdoing."
Prospective nellcf.
As a means of obtaining prospsctlve
I relief, Mr. Perkins suggested the fol?
lowing:
I "First?The House and Senate to
I join at once in supporting a commls
' slon to make a careful study of thb
I Sherman law and the various sugges
I tlons that have been made regarding
its repeal, amendment and umplitlca
tton.
: "Second?Said commission to study
, and report on the wisdom and practi?
cability of a national incorporation act.
"The time has now come when we
are obliged to stop and fight the ques?
tion out. The developments of the last
! few months make' It clear that dlssolu
' tlon Is no solution. The wrecking crew
has been working overtime. It is now
' timo to put the construct Ion ging on
! to the job."
COALITION FEARED
Democrats nod Progressive Republicans
May Put Ulli ThrouKb.
1 Washington, February 2.?The Sen?
ate Committee on Finance will begin
i hearings Tuesday on the House bill re
I vising the Iron and stool tariff. The
I committee so decided to-day. No op
' position was made by the Democratic
j members to the Republican proposi?
tion for hearings, but the work will
I be expedited as much as possible. Mem?
bers of the committee generally ex?
pressed the belief Hint the hearings
would be completed within two or
three weeks. Senator I.a Follette. who
was present, nt to-day's meeting of
the committee, gave no intimation re?
garding his position on the bill, lie
said ho had not had opportunity to
study the measure, nnd was unpre?
pared to express an opinion as to Its
merits. Even If he should unite with
tho Democratic members In support of
. the bill the ropular Republicans on
j tho committee could outvote, the com?
bination, unless tho Senate should
'adopt tho Newltiiids resolution provid
| lng for tho addition of one Demo
? erat and one progressive Republican
' to this committee. Some of tho Rogu
? lar Republicans express apprehension
that this course might bo ? pursued.
Tho committee now consists of eight
regular Republicans, six Democrats
and Senator Da Follette, progressive
Republican, making fifteen members.
? Tho addition proposed by Mr. Newlunds
would Increnso the membership to sev?
enteen and give, tho I'A'mocrats ? and
progrossivo Republicans a majority in
case they should unite. Tho commit?
tee Is receiving a largo volume of
I mail from interests protesting certain
j reductions in the proposed now tariff.
MEXICAN REBELS
ATTACK PRISON
Compel Release of Pris?
oners After Sharp
Fighting.
TOWN TERRIFIED
DURING/BATTLE
Five of Loyal Soldiers Killed,
While Rebel Losses Are Not
Known?Foreign Flags Are
Run Up, and People Be?
siege Consulates for
Protection.
j Chihuahua, Mexico, February 2.?
Ninety mutinous rurales. aided by a
, score of recruits, after a sharp fight to
i day, compelled Governor Gonzales to
release from the penitentiary Antonio
Kojas, a former militant partisan or
Kmlllo Vusquez Gomez, und three 01
. hin followers. Gonzales surrendered
I to the demands after three hours ot
fighting near the prison, in which the
loyal rurales were commanded by Gen?
eral Pascual Orozco in person. The
mutineers agreed with Governor Gon?
zales to quit lighting if the four pris?
oners were released.
I To-night Colonel Rojas, at the heaa
of a force reported to be not less than
! 300, is preparing to lead them against
' tho city unless Governor conzaies re
1 leused all political prisoners. To a
committee ho sent to the state palace
the Governor replied that It would be
necessary for him to secure permission
from Mexico City. Orozco is preparing
i to withstand an attack, lie has p.aced
? sharpshooters in the towers ot the ca?
thedral and other high buildings.
Five rurales are known to be dead
and a number wounaed. Among tho
latter is Sllvcrlo Orozco, cousin ot
! Pascual Orozco. The dead include Cap?
tains Salgado and Gulierez. Hie rebel
losses are yet u-..known,
j Rumors were current that more
bands in the hills would Join the reb?
els, and residents of the city are not nt
all confident that the successtul muti?
neers will keep their agreement with
the State Executive. This aid not in?
clude a promise to surrender. The men
still retain their arms, and it is be
t lie c J will Join the campaign in favor
1 ot Gomez.
Walk Ont of Prlsou.
Within a half-hour utter the Gov?
ernor had agreed to tho demands ot
. the rcbeis, Rojas und \i-, companiu'.s
walked out of the penitentiary. Bach
I man carried a rlile, which was handed
! to him, with a belt illlcd with carl
! ridges, as he left the prison. Staren
' at by the soldiers who had fought
their rescuers, and a few loiterers, the
men marched through the streets to'
the state paiace, where they conferreu
with tho Governor. After their con?
ference they made their way into tue
hills.
I 'Ihe seditious movement was inaugu?
rated at 9:^0 this moralng. when the
ninety rurales deserted from one oi
' the barracks, taking their urms with
I them. At the western edge of the city
' they were joined by Refugio Mendozu,
a former captain of the rurales, re
' cently discharged by Genernl Orozco.
An hcur later they attacked the fifty
guards at the penitentiary. a few
minutes later a detachment of the
remaining iOO rurales came to the uio
of the guards.
Both sides fought from vantaare
points behind '.ho surrounding build?
ings, Orozco forcing the rebels back
to the outskirts of the city. Rebel tir?
ing slackened, and Orozco gave the
order to cease firing. Soon after.vards
the rebel emissary appeared and asked
for a contorence with the Governor.
To-night members of the White Cross
Society assisted in the work of recov?
ering and caring for the wounded.
During the fignt citizens were terri?
fied, business housrs being closed, and
residences were barricaded. Foreign
resloents ran up their tings and be
] sloged their consular, representatives
j for protection.
PROTECTION IS PROMISED
Attention of Secretary of War called
to Munition nt El Paso.
Austin. Tex., February 2.?In answer
to the appeal of Governor Colquftt. of
Texan, that in advance of possible,
hostilities between Mexican soldiers
and mutineer troops at Juarez, steps
i be taken to Insure protection to the
residents of Cl Ptiso. President. Taft
bus Informed Governor Colquitt that
tne necessary instructions have, been
given. In a mossttge to the Governor
received early to-night. President Taft
said:
"Telegram received. Have Issued
orders With a view to meeting the
difficulties at Juarez and have In?
vited the attention of the Secretary
of War to the. necessity for action."
Governor Colquitt. in a message to
j the President earlier In the day, sug
' gePtod that the Mexlcun government
i und the mutineers be warned ngnlnst
' directing men bullets across tho bor?
der.
In reply Governor Colquitt asks that
; ho bo advised us to whut uctlon would
I be taken by tho Secretary of War. In
h's llrst message the Governor In
; formed the President that drastic
i steps would bo taken by tho State of
Texas, It necessary to prevent a re?
currence of conditions such as pre?
vailed during Ihe battle of Juurcz in
I the Madcro revolt.
WILL CONFER WITH BARRETT
Wntson Wants to Interest Farmers'
I'nloii In Cotton Arrcngc Pinn.
Atlanta, Ga? February 2.?E. J.
Watson. Commissioner of Agriculture
for south Carolina, und president of
tho Southern Cotton Congress, arrived
In Atlanta to-day for a conference with
State officials and others interested In
the cotton-holding movement. He was
accompanied by j. O. Anderson, of
Rock Hill, S. Ci author of tho "Rock
Hill plan" for reducing the cotton
acreage for the. coming season. After
a conference with Governor Brown,
Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson
and other prominent business men, Mr.
Watson decided to romnln over until
to-morrow to meet President C. S.
Barrett, of the Farmers' Union, and
confer with him 'as to tho feasibility
of Interesting that organization.
Struck by Gunboat, Brit?
ish Vessel Goes to
Bottom, of Sea.
NO CHANCE TO
SAVE ANY OF MEN
Only Bare Official Report Avail?
able, and Responsibility for Dis?
aster Is Not Known?Acci?
dent Adds Another to Long
List Which Has Brought
Sorrow to England.
Portsmouth, England. February 3.?
Another of the unfortunate Class A
1 submarines of the British navy, two ot
i which had sunk previously, and on
1 board two others ot which various
. members of their crews had been killed
I or Injured In explosions, went to the
! bottom of the sea to-day at the en?
trance to Splthead, with a loss of four?
teen lives?four lieutenants and ten
members' of the crow. Not one of the
ship's company escaped.
The catastrophe was tho result of
a collision with the British gunboat
11 ad. which rent a hole In the side
of submarine A-3. The submarine was
engaged with a tlotilla of sister ships
' in practicing evolutions, and was Jus*
j coming to the surface after a dive,
j when the Hazard, proceeding at a good
I rate of speed, struck her.
I The submarine tilled and sank In
' stantiy. Plenty of assistance was
! speedily at hand by moans of wlrelostf
j culls from the Hazard, but there was
no chance to save any of tho men on
board the A-3.
Under admiralty regulations, only tho
bare official report of tho sinking ot
the submarine Is available, and It is
not known yet where the blame, if
there bo blame, for the ace'dent lies.
None of those who witnessed tho disas?
ter will he permitted to speak of It
until after the official inquiry.
Located by SuIvnjjcrM.
Salvagers late this afternoon located
the sunken submarine, lying or. tho
' sandy bottom off Splthead. some, forty
\ feet down. Owing to the darkness,
! however, they auspenoed operations
for tho night, and to-morrow morning
will make on attempt to raise the lit?
tle vessel.
The A-3 belonged to the early type
of submarine, which Is practically ob?
solete except for coast and harbor do
! fons j work.
King George and Emperor William
! this ovenlng sent telegrams of regret
] and sympathy to the families of tho
? victims.
1 Tho loss of the A-3 and her crew
adds another to the long list of slmi
! lur accidents which have In recent
i years thrown the British navy and ru
tlon into mourning.
! The crew of tho little vessel, which
is one of tho older class, was com?
posed of volunteers from the men .-f
the fleet, as Is the case with the com?
plements of all submarines. The men.
in spite of the hazardous nature of
tho service, like tho work and volun?
teer In large numbers to be detailed
to the submarine flotillas.
Many submarines are stationed at
' Portsmouth, from which port they con?
stantly go out for diving and tor?
pedo practice in the roads, and a num
I bcr of fatal accidents have, occurred
j In tho vicinity.
Submarines 1'nfortunntc.
' British submarines belonging to the
"A" class have boon singularly un?
fortunate. The "A-5" had six" men
killed and twelve Injured by an ex?
plosion at Quecnstown, February 16,
I 1905. Tho "A-S" sank off Plymouth.
i June. S. 1005, when fourteen men out
'; of her crew of eighteen lost their
lives.
? The "A-4'' sank during tho manoeu?
vres it Portsmouth, November 16 of
the. same year, but tho whole of her
crew were rescued wtth considerable
difficulty. Tho "A-l" had seven of her
crew badly injured by an explosion
August ti. 1010.
Thia class of boat is a single screw
submcrslvo of a modified Holland type,
with a length of iuo feet and a beam
of 12 feet S inches. Their displace
j nicht Is ISO tons. They are driven by
? susolone motors when on the surface
I of tho water and by electric motors
I When submerged. They havo a surfneo
! speed of twelve knots, and a sub?
merged speed of eight knots. The
; motors develop 500 indicated horse
I power on the surface, and 150-horso
j power when submerged. The'r anna
? ment consists of two torpedo tubes.
FATALLY HURT COASTING
Sled 'Descending Deep Hill Crushes Into
Fire 1*1 IIa;.
Wilmington. Del., Fobruary 2.?While
a largo sled containing twenty young
men and women was descending a
Steep hill on West Fourth Street here
last night, the steering gear gave way
and the sled crashed into a fire plug
With serious results. Robert McFar
land, aged twenty years, the steers?
man, was fatally hurt. Four others
were seriously Injured, while the re?
mainder of the twenty coaster.-, were
till more or less hurt.
Tho seriously injured, in addition to
McFurland. are Miss Margaret McDon
OUgh, aged twenty, condition critical:
Balph F. A. Gawthrop. aged, twenty; T.
Bayard O'Toolo. aged seventeen, 'ind
Miss Mary Conway, aged twenty.
Tho sled was being run over a meas?
ured half-mile course. It had covered
the dlstaticc repeatedly in less than
half a minute.
ON E-EYED M EN EX EM PT
Not Liable to Poll Tin In Alnhnnin, Soya
Attorney-General.
Montgomery. Ala., February 2.?Omv
oyed men In Alabama having taxable
property not exceeding $500 In valua?
tion are exempt from tho nnnual noil
tax of $1.50 required in this Stato in
the opinion of Attorney-General R. C.
Brlckell. The ruling- was made in h?
COI'dAnce with a section of the State
Code, which exempts from poll tax' "all
persons permanently disabled whose
taxable property does not exceed $500."
. "It cannot bo said that tho loss of
an eye Is not a permanent disability,"
ruled the Attornoy-Goncral.
BAILEY IS CROSS-EXAMINED
Detective's Story of ?'Roplns'' McGowan
Probed by Committee.
Washington. February 2.?Dotectlvo
A. C. Bailey was cross-examined to-day
before tho Senate Lortrner committee
as to how he claims to have "ropod"
Charles McGowan Into admitting he
testified (alscly before the committee
in saying he did not hear an alleged
conversation on a train about a Lorl
mer election fund. Bailey was still on
the stand when tho committee adjourn?
ed until to-morrow. Chairman Dllllng
ham announced that the commlttoe had
decided tho examination of all the wit?
nesses summoned by tho government
on the McGowan point must bu con?
cluded to-morrow.
The principal assn.ult was on tho
alleged admissions of McGowan in tho
presence of Balloy and H. L. Kert. of
Detroit, at Toronto, when a dictograph
was employed. Bailey acknowledged
that the stenographer in the adjoin?
ing room. workln~ tho dictograph, did
not get all that was said. Tho Instru?
ment fuilcd to work at times, ne ex?
plained. Bailey declured that, al?
though the stenographer had never
met McGowan, he could distinguish
McGowan's voice from Bailey's or
Kerr's. Tho attorney demanded of
Bailey to give any "plausible reason"
why he did not try to catch McGowan
with the money on his person the day
lie was nllegcd to havo been paid to."
"perjuring" himself. Bailey said ho
had been directed at that time merely
to keep In touch with McGowan.
On one occasion while In Canada
I Bnllcv said he suggested to his office
l that his chief. \V. J. Burns, might be
I able to get corroborating .evidence out;
I of McGowan. He was usked why hol
I did not make this suggestion to Burns i
when McGowan was In Chicago. j
"I would hot do that." replied Balloy.
"So you do not hold young Burns
In such awe?" Inquired Attorney Haina, i
"No. sir."
Several alleged Inconsistencies In the
dully notes made by Bailey and bis
reports to his office wcro pointed out
by tho attorney.
"Didn't you have a sinister motive
In leaving out some things?" was de?
manded of Bailey. The wltnesB denied
the suggestion.
QUADRUPLE MURDER
So (lue to MyxtcrloiiFt Killing of Two
Men nud Two Women.
Law 1? once, Mass., February 2.?A
mysterious quadruple murder, in which
two men and two women were killed, i
was revealed to-night by the discov?
ery of the bodies of tho victims In a
I tenement house In the heart of the
I city. The dead are: Mrs. Annie DennlH,
aged thirty-live years; Mr. and Mrs.
I Joseph Fnvlas. aged thirty-five and
thirty years', respectively, and an un?
known man.
A disturbance was heard In the Fa
vlas apartment about 3 o'clock this
morning by the family which Hvo3
downstairs, but no investigation was
made. When no member of the house?
hold appeared during the day. how?
ever, the police Were called in.
The body of tho unknown man was
found In the kitchen with the throat
cut and knife wounds on his body.
In a corner were the bodies of Joseph
Favlas and his wife, both of whom
had evidently met death 'during a
. bloody battle for their lives.
In a bedroom adjoining was found
the body of Mrs. Dennis. Her throat
I had been cut- The police say that
! there Is no connection between the
murders and the mill strike. Bloody!
footprints were found on a stairway!
leading to the npartmcnt. I
The police have no clue.
EFFORTS COME TO NAUGHT
? Court's Order Direction; Autopsy
Served After Body Is Embalmed.
Port Worth, Tox.j February 2.?Be?
cause Edward Throckmorton's body
was taken from the hospital whore
ho died to tin undertaking establish?
ment und embalmed before the court's
order, directing that an autopsy bo
held, was served to-day, euforts to
ascertain by this mentis whether or
not the State's principal witness
against .). B. Snood, accused of hav?
ing murdered A. O. Boyce, Sr., was
poisoned, came to nitught;
Throckmorton was found at a local
hotel unconscious Sunday night. Ho
died last night. Physicians decluro hla
death resulted from drinking liquor,
und a grand jury Investigation is an?
ticipated to determine whether or not
the liquor; was drugged. Before ho
died Throckmorton declured that be
had been "doped."
Members of the Throckmorton fam?
ily deny that they gave Instructions
for the removal of the body, while
hospltni authorities contend that they i
followed the custom of years in turn
inn the body over to undertakers.
The trlul of Sliced will be resumed at
fi o'clock to-morrow, when a second
special venire of l-'? men will report.
FOUGHT IN 37 DUELS
Eccentricities of .'nrbeson May Be Re?
sult of Wounds Ilccctvcd.
Woodcllft", N. J., February 2.?The
theft of a loaf of broad by Matthew \V
Harbeson, son of a millionaire brick
manufacturer, for which he was sen?
tenced yesterday to servo thirty days
In Jail, prompted Iiis relatives to take
steps to have alienists examine him.
His mother. Mrs. Julia Wood Harbe?
son, said that her son had been "er?
ratic" for some time, und believes his
recent eccentricities were duo to the
many wounds he received in duels
fought while he was a student at Kiel
University in Germany. In all. sin
said, he fought thirty-seven duels, und
once was so seriously Injured that a
i portion of his skull hud to be cut
I away. She said her son had plenty of
I money and Iiis theft of bread was in
I explicable except In the light of his
ill health.
I Harbeson was arrested und sentenc?
ed on the complaint of a grocer who
I hud been missing a loaf or two of
bread daily for several weeks. Tho
prisoner's great-grandfather was Rob?
ert Morris, ? signer of the DeclarationI
of Independence.
DIRECTS FIRE FIGHT
Mrs. DiS, Wife of \cw York Governor,
Saves Niece's Home.
Albany. N. Y.. February 2.?Mrs. John
A. Dlx. wife of the Govbrhbr of New
; York, took churge of u lire light last
: high! ut the home of her niece, Mrs.
George W. C. Low, braving suffocating
smoke while she tore down costly1
curtains und draperies that blight
have proved easy fuel for the flumCS,
which started from n defective beater.
Mr. and Mrs. Low had planned to
entertain to-night, nnd Mrs. Dlx was
to have been One of the guests. When
some one telephoned her that tho Low
residence was ablasse she hurried there
in an automobile'. Pushing her way
through the fire line, she practically
assumed command of the firemen und
directed their work. Most of tho
damage resulting was caused by
smoke.
ROASTED BY FLAMES
One Womnii Dead, Another Fatally In?
jured, When Dwelling Burns.
Erie. Pu.. February 2.?Mrs. Elizabeth
Crnndall was literally rousted to death.
Mrs. Samanthu Abby, aged eighty, was
j fatally burned, and Homor Hilllker
was seriously iniuro.l in attemotin?
! to rescue the women early to-day. af?
ter u gas explosion at tho Hilllker
home, in North Girurd, Pa.
. Tint women were sleeping In a room
lighted by uii nil lump and hoat.ed by
a gas stove. The hose connecting' the
stove with the pipe was forced loose
during tho night, and tho lump ilr>d
tho gas.
The house was blown to pieces.
TAFTURGESPROBE
DNCOSTOf LIVHilB
Asks Authority to In?
vite All Nations to
Conference.
SENDS MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS
Recommends Inquiry by Govern-*
ment Into Subject of Indus?
trial Relations?Says United
States Is Justly Subject to
Criticism for Its Ne?
glect of Alaska.
Washington, February 2.?President)
Taft, in a message to Congress to-duy,
urged an International inquiry Into tho
high cost of living. The President
asked authority to invite the nations
of tho world to a conference In thlfl
city or olsowhero. to make plans lor
the investigation of tho high prlceu
"that have so distressed the people ot
tho world."
Mr. Taft also urged tho appointment
of a Federal commission to make
"searching Inquiry Into tho subject ot
industrial relations."
"For some years past." said the
President, "the high und steadily In?
creasing cost of living has been a mat?
ter of such grave public concern that
I deem it ot great public Interest that
am iuternationul conference be pro?
posed at this time for the purpose of
preparing plans, to bs submitted to the
various governments, for an interna?
tional inquiry Into tho high cost ?r,
? Ivlng, Its extent, causes, effects and
possible remedies.
"There is no doubt but that a com?
mission could bo appointed of auch un?
prejudiced and Impartial persons, ex?
perts in Investigation of economic facts,
I that a groat doal of very valuable light
could bo shod upon tho reasons for the
high prices that havo so distressed .'ha
people of the world, and Information
.given upon which action might bd
taken to reduce the cost of living.
General Throughout World.
"Thoso who have conducted Investi?
gations have found that tho phenom?
enon of rising prices is almost. If not
quite, gonerni throughout tho world,
but thoy arc bafllod in tho attempt to
traco the causes by the impossibility
of making any accurate international
comparisons. This is because, In splto
of the number of investigations already
made, wo nre. still without adequate
data and because as >et no two coun?
tries estlmato their prico levoiB on the
same basis or by tho same methods."
Ah to the commission on industrial
relations, the President said:
"There should bo an inquiry by tho
Federal government into the general
conditions of labor in the United States,
notwithstanding tho fact that some ot
the remedies will llo with the separate
States or oven entirely outside tho
splie.ro of governmental activity and
in tho hands of private Inuividu'ils and
of voluntary agencies. One legltimuta
object of sucli an official Investigation
and report is to enlighten and luform
public opinion, which of Itself will of?
ten Induce or compel the reform of
unjust conditions or the abatement of
unreasonable demands.
"Unquestionably the time is now rips
for a searching Inquiry Into the sub?
ject of industrial relations, which shall
be official, authoritative, balanced and
well grounded, such as only the Fed
oral' government can successfully un?
dertake. Tho present widespread in?
terest In the subject makes this an op?
portune time for an investigation,
which iti any event cannot long be post?
poned. It should bo non-partisan, com?
prehensive, thorough, patient and cour?
ageous."
Mvasugc ou Alaska.
President Tatt to-duy also sent to Con?
gress his promised message on Alaska
und the public domain In general. In
urging tho construction of u govern?
ment railroad, a commission form of
government and other needed legis!.i
lun for tho far-away territory, Prc"
Idcnt Taft declared there was nothing
in llie history of the United States
which afforded such just reason for
j criticism as the failure ot tho Federal
. government to extend too benefit of
j its fostering care to Alaska.
I "1 am not in favor of government
I ownership where the same certainty
and efficiency of service, can bo had
by private enterprise.'" said the Pres?
ident, "but I think tho conditions pre?
sented In Alaska are of such a char
1 actor as to warrant the government,
? for the purpose of encouraging tho
development of that vast and retnark
, able territory, to build and own a
I trunk line railroad, which it can
I lease on terms which may bo varied
and changed to meet the growing
j prosperity and development of tho
! territory."
President Taft said there was little
likelihood that the Morgan-Ouggen
Selm interest would open up a rail?
road under the present conditions in
: Alaska.
j The President would have a com
j m'sslon form of government for
i Alaska, one ball' of the commission
! to !><? elected and the other half ap
j pointed by llie President.
Lcasiug System Proposed
I A lousing system was proposed by
I the President for government coal und
. phosphate lands In Alaska, us well as
I in the United State.-.
I The reclamation laws of the United
; States should be modified. in tho
j opinion of tho President so that a
homesteader might be gramod u
! patent at the end of the years of Ctllj
! livatlon and three years of occupation.
. The President also would relieve home
i (Headers from the requirement of oc?
cupation at a time when the condl*
tloii of the land would make It bur?
densomo und difficult."
Following a suggestion of Secretary
of the Interior Fisher, President Taft
declared In his message that the eon
' rol of Waferpower sites .should re?
main in 'the national government rather
than hp turned .over to the States, lie
would have the sites disposed of by
direct louse, fram the government, tho
rental to be used in Improvement >>t
the stream and for the .Senollt of t*\e
local community, where the power otta