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INVESTIGATION IS
DESIRED BY HOUSE;
Resolution to Look Into
Department of Pub?
lic Instruction.
COLONELS SECURE
NEW LEASEON LIFE
House Committee Abolishes Only
Half of Brass Buttons?Con?
vict Labor Bills Reported.
Wage Exemption Measure
Is Declared Ohi
cially Dead.
If a resolution adopted yesterday byl
the House ot Delegates is concurred in'
by the Senate, there ivl|J be an Invest!-;
gallon by a committee lrom the Gen?
eral Assembly of the Department ot
X'Ubilc Instruction. This in asked for
by cltiz-na "1 Chcsterileld, atid arose
from tiie recent oiaoosui ?s regarding
Iii? condition ot alfairs in the oltico ofj
the county treasurer.
The enlarges. Waich have been recent?
ly pubiiahiu, refer to reports said to!
IlUVe been Changed In the r.tllce ot too
State department, moneys said to have
been perniitico to be liie-guiiy palu, an.d
fcu(.h irregularities.
Superintendent Egglestnh has ex?
pressed a desire for ine passage of the
resolution tor an Investigation ot his
department, und it is supposed it will
bu adopted by the Senate, unless that
body takes the view that it Is unne?
cessary. The resolution e.-ns referred
there to the Committee on Public in-1
Htitutions and Education
l'rnbll.4 ion Again To-lluy.
Affairs in me House yesterday, and
In the Senate, too, for that matter,
centred about the light o\er the Jor-i
dan prohibition enabling act. which
the House ret used to t.i ti up out of
Its order. It received a majority of
voies. but not the necessary two
thirds, it will come up again to-day,
Mr. Jordan'?standing by hi* intention of
forcing a dally repetition. He said last
lligllt that he had as soon die ot small,
pox as typhoid fever.
It la pel baps worthy of note that Mr'
Jordan hlniseif believes that should
the bill becofhe law and should the'
election be held, the Stale would go
??wet"
r.xemptlim Hill l.ont. -1
The event in the Senat? was the'
parliamentary fight over the status of
the wage exemption bill. This meas?
ure received a majority of those vot-]
lng on Saturday, and a motion was
made to reconsider and to pass by.
Later the point was brought forth
that the necessary sixteen afflrmuilvc
votes had not been secured, and tliat
the time had gone by In which to re?
consider.
Further points were made yesterday,
but Lieutenant-Governor Ellyion ruled
that the bill had been defeated, al-i
though some of the lawjers In the!
Senate did not agree with linn.
Senator A. It. Hobes introduced an
amendment to the Constitution pro?
viding that Senators shall be elected
In alternate terms?all for four years,
but choosing half every two years.
This was the custom under the old,
Constitution.
Governor's Colonels Saved.
Half of the Governor's staff was sav-1
?>d from extermination r.ui night by
the House Committee >h Militia and
1'ollce. On a suggestion from the staff.
St was said that the excel live might
desire to recognize some personal and
political friends who would wish llie,
honor. Mr. Cox accepted an amendment
to the bill allowing the Governor to;
nppolnt twelve men from private life,
th addition to the proposed staff from
officers of the organized ml lit la.
This, however, will oe fought on the1
floor of the House. It w'li bo argued
that the amendment destroys the ef- j
lect of the bill, as it cout'nues the sit?
uation in large purl, anu will make
colonels of men who, as one conimittec
man expressed it, "don't know how to
wear their sabres," who will outrank'
men who have won their t ommisstons
through service. In the Virginia Volun?
teers.
Convict Labor Hills.
Further progress was made last
night by the House Committee on
Heads and internal Navigation in the
settlement of the convict labor ques-;
tlon, when It reported both the Gov?
ernor's bills as already recommended
by the Joint committee from the Sen?
ate und the House. The measures per?
mit the continuance of contracts for
those men too desperate to work on
the public roads, and pro 'Ide that the
remainder shall go to the read forces.
This committee also put the final seal
of the grave on the "full train crew
bill," which would require additional]
brakernen on long trains. The measure
was Indefinitely passed by, and every?
body familiar with legislative pro?
cedure knows what that means.
Issue I'ennlon Dottda,
C. W. Throckmorton. of Hjnrlco pro-1
posed a novel plan In th; House to take
care of Confederate veterans. He would
double their pensions, and to that end
would Issue $500.000 bonds a year for
the next tin years. These bonds would
mature at tiie rate of $500.000 n year
for the succeeding ten years, to be
taken care of by the continuance ot
the present appropriation to that
emount. Within a doendj, it was es?
timated, the veterans will be so few
In number that they can bo easily
oared for.
This matter went.no further than the
adoption of a resolution requesting the
opinion of Hi3 Attorney-General as to
the legality of such a proposition.
Senator Tavenner spoke in the. Sen?
ate for hla bill forbidding the placing
'of more thnn one tollgate on any sec?
tion of a highway of live miles. He
did not conclude his remarks, and the
matter was made a special order for
1 o'clock to-day. There seems to bo
plenty of forco behind this bill from
the Valley of Virginia, where a recent
decision of the State Corporation Com?
mission Is objected to.
Increase Liquor Licenses.
Amendments to the Hyrd liquor law
are embodied In a bill introduced in the
flouse by Walter Tanslll Oliver, by rc
fCon?ii?cd onTthlrd page.) '
POST-OFFICE TAKES HAND
It In Investigating; Cumynnirn Exploit?
ing Bvertcladea in Florida.
Washington, February 9.?The Post
Ofnce Department Is investigating land
syndicates dealing in Florida ever-1
glades property. Involved in the con- 1
Iroversy pertaining to the Department (
of Agriculture, which Is to be probed j
by the House Committee on Expend I- ;
lures.
W hile Representative Clark, of Flor?
ida, whose charges precipitated the
congressional Inquiry, was preparing
for that Investigation to-day. ne re-1
cclved u request from the pOSt-offlce
Inspection division for epics >-i bis '
speech in the House assailing olHcials
of the Agricultural Department for the
attitude In the everglade drainage ease
a :id fur other Information he lias on
the subject.
The inquiry by the Expenditures
Committee Into the drainage division,
the discharge by Secretary Wilson of
Drainage Engineer C. <;. Kiiiott and
his assistant, A. D. Morehouse, and the
suppression of reports On everglade
lands, will begin to-morrow.
George P. M> Cube, solicitor of the
Department of Agrict I tu re, will appear
ifcefor* the cotnmlttei to complete a,
statement regard Ins the case, whlc'i he
began before the committee several
day:- ai/o. Following this a financial]
statement showing the total cost of!
everglade's drainage projects, the pub?
lication Of reports which were never
published, mi.? other data from the Ag?
ricultural Department win tie sub?
mitted.
J. O. Wrli'ht, chief drainage engineer |
of the State or Florida, and former
atsl^fdiit it linage engineer in the
Agricultural Department, who made
the churg'.-s upon which Elliott und
Morehouse were dismissed, has been
subpoenaed to testify before the com?
mittee next Tuesday, when the taking
of testimony will begin.
WILSON ON "BIG BUSINESS"
Believes It 1? timid !( Properly oper?
ated.
Frankfort, Ky., February 1?.?Wood
row Wilson expounded his views or de
mocracy to the Kentucky Legislature
to-day. giving wtiat he termed "a
straight Democratic talk." To'-nlght
he spoke at me Woodrow Wilson
League of Kentucky banquet.
Mr. Wilson brought oui his Idea of
"a system of trusteeship" before the
Legislature, which he said grew out
of the power wielded by Ihj big ln
torcats In the political world by ?men
v.-lio could not see iatlhef than across
the directors' table."
Charging that Republican o:flce
nolders were guided by these men, he
said government virtually resolved It?
self Into a trusteeship.
"These men consider themselves
guardians Of the country." ne said.
"They don't believe Judgment Of me
people 1= sound, hence the guardian?
ship.
"Privilege?this ghost ha? captured ;
business in this country.
"No business Is tree and the whole
situation shows un artlMelal advant?
age. Business men are afraid to talk,
and this tremor Clutching business is
the proof of the grip tney huve and
their fear of It. j
"Our laws of twenty years ago don't
fit conditions as they arc to-day. We
stand In the presence of a new order
of things. Formerly tne people were
against change, bui now they know It
is necessary.'' ^ Vl,fl g^L,
nesafabric til one upheaval, but would
try to "clear the channel/' give big
USlnesa interests a chance to read?
just themselves on the theory that big
business with privileges Is bad. but
big business properly operated is good.
MARTIN INTRODUCES BILL
It Provides for Retirement of Lite
Savers.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, February S.?senator
Martin to-day Introduced an Important
bill providing for the retirement of
certain employes of the life-saving
service. He would retire all superin?
tendents of life-saving districts, keep?
ers of stations, members of crews and
surfmen. who shall receive 7,i per cent,
of tne compensation of the grade held ?
by them at the date of such retire?
ment. When any of these men shall i
have served thirty years, they may. j
upon their own application, be placid
upon such retired ?list, und when they ]
s.iall have reached the age of sixty
four thej shall be placed on such list
by the Secretary of the Treasury. It
l< proposed that hereafter, when such
employei become incapacitated for the
performance of duty, they shall be
either dropped from the government
.?oils or placed upon the retirement
list. I
The Secretary of the Treasury Is au?
thorized from time to time to assent
ble a life-saving retirement board for
the purpose of examining and report?
ing upon such officers and Burfnicn in
the service as may bo ordered by the
secretary to appear before It. In addi?
tion to th's. there are ot!i?r provisions
lh the bill which, Senator Martin be?
lieves, if passed, will provide protec?
tion for a class of men who, throughout
the entire year, are called upon to ren?
der hazardous duties In the saving of
life and property.
MRS. SCHENK WANTS JEWELS
Sues Wheeling: Dnslnesa Man With
Whom They Were Pledged.
Wheeling. W. Vs.., February 9.?Mrs.
; Laura Farrisworth Schenk has riled a
' petition In court here against Clem E.
! Peters, ,i prominent business man. for
the recovery of jewels valued at ?3 000,
which she claims she pledged with him
f?r ST00 shortly after her arrest on the
charge of attempting to poison her
husband. Millionaire John D. Schenk.
more than a year ago.
Mrs. Schenk alleges tlint Peters de?
manded (1,200 for tho return of the
jewels, an exorbitant sum. she savs,
and they have, been forfeit!-.' to hint.
She asks the court to appoint a spe?
cial receiver for Hie property.
KILLED BY TRAIN IN STREET
Laborers Arc Run Down in Ra'tlmore
Thuroughfate.
Baltimore. Md., February 9.?Joseph
Costlc, laborer, was killed and three
other trackmen badly Injured by a
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
plowing through a gang ol street rail?
way laborers engaged In relaying
tracks at Ostend and Rldgcley Streets
to-duy.
An intervening freight train prevent?
ed the engineer seeing the men in timo
to avert tho accident.
. BOYS MAKE CONFESSION
Wreck Atlantic Coast Line Train -'.lust
to See What Would Happen."
Walterboro, 8. C. February 9.?"Just
to see what would happen." was the
excuse which, according to the police.
Joe and Strobart Mack, brothers, aged
fifteen nnd thirteen, respectively, gave
for throwing the switch that wrecked
Atlantic Coast Line passenger train
No. 88 at Whitehall, S. C. January '-!!>.
The boys are In Jail here, and tho
officers say have made n full confes?
sion.
Rural Mail Carrier Drowns.
Miirlettn. O.. February 0.?While
crossing tho Musklngitm River on the
Ice. hero to-day Rural Free Delivery
Currier Leslie Burrows broke through
and was drowned.
DEMDCRATiCTOES
RUOELYTRODUPON
-
I Now Bryan Must Ex?
plain Why He Has
Offended.
COMMONER WILL
BE FIRST WITNESS
Banking Committee Will Ask
Him to Tell What He Meant
When He Said Wall Street
Felt Safe With Money
Trust Investigation
in Its Hands.
Washington. February P.?William
Jennings Bryan will be ill* first wit
neis to be summoned before the House
Committee on Banking and Currency
to testily in the money trust Investiga?
tion, which the Democratic caucus, re.
; pudiating Mr. Bryan's demand for a
special committee, referred lo stund*
1 lug committees of the House. Mr.
Bryan trod on the toes of the Democra?
tic members of lite committee when tic
recently declared that tne money trust
thought It could control the committee.
The committee insists that Mr. Uryan
must explain what he mca.U. notwith?
standing the fact that the Uryan ad?
herents In the caucus Wennesdny night
offered u resolution whlcit was adopt?
ed, ??xprvisiiife confidence in the integ?
rity of their colleague.! on that com?
mittee.
"The committee Is a unit.' said Rep
rcsentativo Fujo. chairman of the
Banking and Currency Ct.mmlttec, to?
day, "in the decision that Mr. Bryan
must explain to us exactly what ho
: meant."
What Bryan ftnld.
This Is what Mr. Bryu.t li credited
with saying about the committee, con?
cerning which the Democratic member?
, wish to question him:
I "Democrats beware: The money
trust, baying failed In its effort to pre
I vent ah Investigation. Is new trying to
! force nn Investigation by the Banking
Committee. The fact that the money
I trust wants that committee entrusted
I with the investigation Is proof positive
that it thinks ii can contiol that com?
mittee."
in marked contrast to the proposals
made by Representative Henry, of
Texas, chairman of the R'Jles Com
TfflWeT*" for an investigation of the
I money trust, was a resolution Intro
j duced to-day by Representative I'ujo,
eliminating all specific reference to the
I money trust.
! The P'.ijo resolution >vas approved by
the majority members of 'he commit?
tee to which me Democratic caucus
referred mosl of the Jnqu'ry.
The Pujo Banking and Currency
Committee resolution waa referred 10
the Rules Committee.
It sets forth that the "committee Is
desirous of securing full an" complete
information regarding the 1 anking and
currency conditions of the country for
the purpose of determining what legis?
lation is needed." and autr.cri7.es It to
sit as a whole or by subcommittee dur?
ing the sessions or recess of Congress
a4".d to compel the attendcr.ee of wit?
nesses. There are no specific refer?
ences In the resolution to control of
nu.ney by financial groups and their
domination of railroads, industrial cor?
porations, national hanks and the New
York Stock Fxchnngc and clearing
house, such as were contained In the
Henry resolution, refused by the cau?
cus.
Scientific, Not Political.
' This resolution has b;m Introduced
by ine upon my own responsibility and
reflects only my personal views," said
Representative Pujo, aftir the confer?
ence of the Democrats. "There has been
much loose talk hy uninformed persons
about monopolistic control of financial
conditions In this country. Should such
conditions exist, no doubt legislation
along proper lines will nit only be re?
commended by the Commit we on Rank?
ing and Currency, but will be enacted
by the House. The monetary system of
this country, in my Judgment, is a
scientific and not a political question.
It should be Investigated and consid?
ered along those lines."
WILL PLEAD INSANITY
Ground Work Noiy lleinu I.nltl In Case
of Sueeil.
Fort Worth. Tex., February ft.?That
tho defense will contend that Jahn B.
Sliced, the Amarillo, Te.\., banker, was
mentally irresponsible when he shot A.
' G. Boyce. Sr., to death developed to?
day in the trial of Sneed, who is
Charged with having murdered Boye?.
The. elopement of his wife with A.
G. Boyce. Jr., rendered the man insane,
counsel for Sneed argued. In an effort
to have read lo the jury a letter writ?
ten by Sneed to W. H. Fuqua. of Ama?
rillo, after the depnrlure of Mis. Sneed
and the younger Boyce from Fort
Worth. Attorneys for Hie prosecution
vigorously opposed Hie reading of the
letter, but later, when it was explained
that the letter was intended as the
ground work of un eifort to prove
Sneed Insane, the objection was with?
drawn. The letter told of Sneed's love
for his wife, of his humiliation, nnd
I of the effect of their mother's action
on the. future of their children.
I Several witnesses testified this af
I ternoon that the slain man had made
I remarks derogatory to Mr. Sneed.
DROPS DEAD IN CHURCH
11 lehne 1 O'Donm-Il, SO, Overcome by
Grief Over Friend's Death.
Cheboygan. Mich., February 0.?Over?
come with grief. Michael O'Donnell,
eighty-six, dropped dead in church
while attending Cue funoral of a friend.
O'Donnell, one of tho wealthiest far?
mers In this sect ion. had Insisted on
attending the funeral, the decedent
having been a lifelong companion.
As the pallbearers were leaving the.
church with the casket the aged man
arose, then fell back In his neat, dead.
Killed by Ilia liven Automobile.
Athens. On., February 9.-<-Formor
State Representative John C. Stevens,
aged sixty-six. wealthy planter and
merchant and Confederate veteran, was
killed by his own automobile near Co?
rner, Ga., to-day. His wife was in
iho car. which had been ieft on tho
high gear, and Mr. Stevens attempted
to crank It. Tho oar plunged forward,
dragging him sovernl yards. Ho was
dead when plolted ups
LEAD SORDID LIVES
Mlaa Rylugton Tell* or Conditions at
Home? tead.
Washington; FebiuEry o.?Miss Mar*
garet UylnglOn, of Pittsburgh, the first ?
woman witness who has appeared, tes- I
tilled to-day before the House commit- :
tee Oil "steel trust" affairs regarding j
conditions at the Homestead p.ant of;
the United States Steel Corporation.
Miss Bylngton once wtote a book on'
the subject.
Miss Bylnx'on's picture of conditions
nt Homestead was a sordid one. Sho
told of the Slavic laborers' children
playing among garbage cans and the. 1
families living In tiny. unsanitary'
houses.
As to racial differences, she said that
the American laborers spent more.
I money on rent and. the Slavs more
1 mom y on their food.
"Is It possible tor tne American tin-;
skilled laborer or any other laborer
to have, on their wugi s, sufficient
clothing and nourishing food?"
"No."
I "Is that peculiar to the steel Indus- I
i try? Doesn't It apply to any other?"
"I should say no man could provide
[ sufficient for bis family on 510 a week.",
I Miss Bvlngton said the foreign;
I laborer did save to go back to his ?
! native heath, but that more of them !
I saved to buy houses. She said she1
1 never had seen in s'icli places any such ,
unsanitary conditions as ut Home- i
stead.
[ The witness said that 05 per cent. ]
I of the employes at tho Homestead
; plant arc day laborers at about $10.50 1
a week. Based on personal investiga?
tion of ninety families in 1907-190$, I
she said that the labor, r thore getting
?12 a week divided hit expenses in tliis
way: Bent. *1.?S; food. $:.ltl; cloth?
ing, 94 cents; furniture, 9 cents; fuel,
3>i cents: insurance. 70 cents; miscel?
laneous, 92 cents.
Miss By)ngton's investigation ?jld not
go beyond the rteel company plant.
Chairman Stanley assured Attorney
Reed, Tor the United States Steel Com?
pany, that he believed the company
treated Its la/borers us liberally as any
other similar employing concern and
perhaps better than some. He said
he regarded the conditions at the
Color.'do iron and Fuel Company plant
at Pueblo us the worst of all.
; WOULD REDUCE CAVALRY
: Hay's I'luu la Voted Into Army Appro?
priation Bill.
Washington, February ?a rcduc- ]
I tir.n ol :i-.e cavalry force ?i the United'
1 States Army from fifteen to ten regi?
ments, with e. conseqiienl reduction of
the enlisted force of the uimy >y 3,9 SO !
men. was voted into tlie army appro?
priation bill in the House late to-day,
I after a bitter fight. I
The cavalry reduction amendment
I was presented by Chairman Hay, of
the Military Affairs Committee, who
; was In charge of the $88.000,000 appro
; pria'.lon. but it did not i ear the in- .
I dorsement of the committee. It was
' vigorously opposed by ir.c- Republicans
Of the House, and It probably will be
the cause of another light when the
bill 1= put upon its final passage;
Mr. Hay declared the United Stales
Army was topheavy with cavalry.
Where the British army hr.d a cavalry
force equal to one-sixth of the in?
fantry, he said, the American cavalry
i was eoual to one-half the Infantry
strength.
The Hay amendment, a? adopted to?
day, would establish a maximum of
ten regiments of cavalry. The enlisted
i men In the live re?Ir:?TtB IV.us to be
, dropped would be mustered out. but tho
officers would be retained and absorbed
into other regiments of cavnlry, or into
? other branches of the army, without
j reduction of grade. It was estimated
I by Chairman Hay that the Immediate
? saving from the reduction In cavalry
j force would he 14..ITS.253.
The present strength of the army Is
I thirty regiments of Infantry and fifteen
! regiments of cavalry. The Hay amend?
ment, if retained in the final draft
i of th? army appropriation bill; would
J become effective July 1. 191?.
COASTER DIES OF INJURIES
Buy on Sled Sbontn Suddenly In Front
of Automobile.
i Elizabeth. NT. February P.?Frank
W. Dcnman. a nlne-year-cld boy, died
early to-day from Injuries received last
? evening when he was run down by an
automobile while coasting on his sled.
The automobile was driven bj George
Robertson, the automobile racing drlv
' er, and In the car was Burton S.
Brown, a New York newspaper man.
The automobile had just turned the
I corner when Dcnman on h's sled shot
, suddenly from under a fence which
j runs along the road and passed In front
of the machine. Robertson tried in vain
to stop the cor. but tho wheels passed
over the boy's body. Browi. and Ro?
bertson picked the boy up and carried
htm to a nearby house, and medical aid
was summoned. Dcnman died this
morning.
WILL SEEK TO REGAIN TROPHY
! Aero Club Challenge* for Ralloou
I'rize Won by Germany,
New York. February 9.?America's
I formal challenge for the coupe interna
; tlonale des aernautcs, which Germany
took away from the United States lust
I year. is on Its way to Berlin to-day. n
1 Is signed by the Aero Club of America,
and gives notice t.Tai three American
I balloons will toko part In the next in
I ternationai contest The aeronauts
' who are, to represent America will be
i selected in an elimination contest to
be held at Kansas City.
The date for the international race
! remains to be set by the German or
'. gahizatinn. Under the rules of the
1 trophy It may be contested for at any
'. time between April 1 and November 1.
'. The date must be fixed by the end of
I the present month.
?
I YET IN CONTROL OF COASTS
Turks and Allies Hold Ground In
Tripoli ami Cyrcnnlt-n.
I Tripoli, February 9.?The coasts of
Tripoli and Cyrenalea are still com?
manded by the Till ks nnd their Arab
aillcs to such an extent that Italian
! action Is greatly restricted. The Ital
? ian cruiser Cltti dl Catania, which re
1 turned here to-day from a cruise along
1 the coast, report:; that she bombarded
I sevan small ports nnd Turkish camps
I In the vicinity of the shore, and that
largo numbers of armed Arabs were
observed.
At Mlsrata, about 150 miles to the
east of tills city, the Arabs erected
two small forts. In which they took
refuge during the bonnbardment. They
also made shelters out of the sunt!
along the dunes.
The Italian Commanders ore making
preparations for more extended action.
NEPHEW IS FOR HIM
Assemblyman Robinson Want* to Vote
for Uncle Theodore.
Little Falls, N. Y.. February 9.?In
announcing his candidacy ,to the Re?
publican county committee at Its meet?
ing at Horklmar this aftornoon for
delegate to the Republican National
Convention for the Thirty-third Con?
gressional District, Assemblyman
Theotlore Douglas Robinson, a nephew
of Colonel Theodore Rooneve.lt, de?
clared that although Colonel Roose?
velt has not yet announced hit candi?
dacy for the presidency, he was satis?
fied that the colonel would accept.
?'I am a candidate to go to Chicago
to vote, for hlrni" declared Robinson, j
Tho announcement was received
'jrrUhout demonstration of any. kind.
,/.v:v:.. ' ?; -v.
LOVE FEAST SV1?RKS
Attorneys Never In?
tended to Display
Tempers, Anyway.
EVEN BLUMENBERG
TENDERS APOLOGY
Counsel for Lorimer Files Brief
to Effect That Senator Had
Been Exonerated Once and
Senate Had No Right to
Investigate His Elec?
tion Second Time.
Washington. February 9.?Public
hearings in the second senatorial in?
vestigation into the election of .Sena?
tor Lorimer were declared closed to?
day by Chairman billingliain. of the
senate Lorimer committee. Attorney
Hanecy. representing Senator Lorimer,
was allowed to tile a brief lo Hie el
leci mat tue Senator's election had
been uujudicated bet?re me present
investigation began, und therefore m.tt
it coulu not be tno SUuject of a second
Investigation.
'the inquiry has proved lo be one of
the most exhaustive ever made by a
congressional committee, in tne eight
months' heatings uoout io.u'j') pages
of pr.ntcd testimony were taken, cun
siituiing about ?.uuo.u?? worus. It is
estimated mal the htunogri-pners" tecs
alone reached Si?.Ouu.
Ine closing hour ul Ihe hearing was
a veritable love feast. 'the attorneys
explained lhai they had never inlorni
ed reu?y lo display lumper, and the
i committee aduea mat u t.ad noi en
tertatned like .mentions.
iL W. Blumenberg, tne official steno?
grapher who was discharged for his
conduct before ihe comnutteo Satur?
day night, wrote a letter of protusa
apology, which was read into the re?
cord.
. Edward Hlnes was the last witness.
1 He denied he had attempted to bribe
Mist, rielc-n Zavers, a 1 jcul telegraph
operator, to see a mcsscgi a privaio
[ detective In the case had just sent.
The early hours of to-di.v's session
I were marked by tests of the ability
I of J. E. Sheridan, of a detective agency,
ito make shorthand report of a con
versa i ion. such as he sty ore he made
: when Charles McGowan was alleged to
have admitted receiving money for
' "perjuring" himself before tho com?
mittee.
Two committee stenographers took
notes with Sheridan, and the test end
I ed in a wrangle. The Lot liner lawyers
I maintained that Sheridan "had not
j made good."
I Representatives of the other side de?
clared he "had dono as well as could
be expected."
Immediately after the test Sheridan
was put In the wltno<s chair, and
seemed to have no difficulty In reading
his notes. There were frequent breaks,
blit It was said they represented parts
j of sentences which ho d' l not record
because he had been instructed to take
only conversation relating tc the Lori?
mer case. Detective Bailey and H. E.
Kerr, of Detroit, who claimed lo have
heard McGowan'a admissions of "per?
jury," talked with a committee clerk
In one room while Sheridan recorded
their conversation in another as the
first test. And In the second test Sen?
ator Lorimer's secretary talked with
them.
! OBJECTION FROM ITALY
Delegates May Refuse to Participate in
Pence Consress in nru?sc!n.
Rome. February P.?The meeting of
the Interparliamentary Peace Union,
which is to he held to-rnorrow at Brus?
sels, is regarded here as highly Im?
portant, owing to the decision of tho
members of the Italian group not to
participate and. Indeed, to sever their
connection with the union if the meet?
ing insists upon discussing and con?
demning the action of the Italian Gov?
ernment in the conflict with Turkey.
The Italians wish the Peace L'nlon
to-morrow to acknowledge that those
delegates who In one way or another
at the sitting of the union In Octo
her. 1911. or later, entered Into a dls
i mission of the merits of the war be?
tween Italy and Turkey, exceeded the
object of the union.
They point out that the union has
never Intervened on former occasions,
such as when Russia accused Japan of
open hostility before the expiration of
the ultimatum, when protests were
raised against England for attacking
I the Boers, when an outcry was made
over alleged Belgian ciueitles In the
Coni'o. and when Austria. notwith?
standing the terms of the treaty of
Berlin, annexed Bosnia and Herzego?
vina.
Unless the Peace Union agrees that
neither as a collective body nor as
Isolated groups can its members pro?
nounce judgment for or against bel?
ligerent parties the Italian Toup will
retire definitely.
MIDSHIPMEN "FLUNK"
Fail In Examination*, nuil Are Forced
to ItcKigu.
Annapolis. Md., February 9.?Fifteen
midshipmen of the. fourth class of tho
Naval Academy failed In the semi?
annual examinations, nnd were forced
to risign. Tho Navy Department for?
mally accepted the resignations to?
day, and the delinquents left the in?
stitution.
Among those who resigned to-day
are Donald B. Fitch. Louisiana: CUap
lan E. Evans and Webster F.. Timm.is,
Virginia: John M. Tildsley. Mississippi;
Armlstead C. Rogers, fennassee; John
B. intnbar. Texas: Jonathan D, Reed.
Kentucky; Sidney W. Klrtiahd, Flor?
ida, and Clarcnco E. Doschamps, South
Carolina.
DOZEN W0RKMEN~k7llED
Prcmnttirc illnst Harle-. Them Under
Book and Dirt.
Fort Francis, Ont., February 9.?
Twelve men ars known to have been
killed and flvo were injured by a pre?
mature explosion of dynamite in o
construction enmp on tho Canadian
Northern Hallway near Fort Francis
this afternoon. A number of workers
arc unaccounted for. and some, of these
may have been killed.
The fearful blast blew down Into a
cut In which many men wore working
thousands of tons of rock and dirt,
hurylnjc tho helpless workors allvo.
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TROOP MOVEMENT CHECKED
Mexican Soldiers May Not Ue Per?
mitted to Cross Inlted State? Soil.
Washington, February 9.? Diplomat?
ic complication* arose to-day between
ths State of Texas and the United
States government, on one band, and
the .Mexican government, on tho other,
which, temporarily at lea?t, will not
allow Mexico to move any troops over
American territory In connection with
her revolutionary disturbances.
Secretary of State Knox to-night
I made further Inquiry from Mexico
I through the American embassy at
Mexico Cltv. asking the specific pur?
pose of the military expedition for
which permission Is sought to travel
from Eagle Pass. Texas, to El Paso,
T. \as. In order that points In northern
Mi xtCO may be reached to which the
r< bels have cut International railroad i
communication.
Governor Colqultt. of Texas, pointed
out to the Slate Department in his]
messages to-day that residents of El
Paso were apprehensive that rebels at
Juares, Mexico, might resist the entry
of Mexican troops from American ter- j
ritory, and precipitate a battle, endan
gering American llve3 and property.
Secretary Knox assured Governor Col- |
qultt that no permission would be
granted until the mutter hid been
carefully studied, and Indications to
night were that II would he adjusted
In a leisurely, diplomatic manner. Ad?
vices reached here that no troops had
started on the proposed expedition,
and none would do ?o until the ques?
tion had been decided.
Improvement I? Slight.
i Mexico City, February 9.?Slight Im?
provement In the revolutionary situa?
tion was indicated to-day by such offi?
cial In ormatlon as was made public,
but press dispatches add to the long
list of uprisings.
The most spectacular was that to?
day at Poca del Monte, a station on
the Mexican Railway, where British
subjects haive large Interests. The
place was sacked, and later the rebels
looted Ksperanzn, a station a few miles
I away.
I From the state of Coahulla the rebels
were reported to be raiding haciendas,
and at Allende, a town on the Inter?
national Railway, forty-four miles
south of Cludad Porlirlo Diaz, sharp
lighting Is said to have occurred yes?
terday afternoon between the fiscal
guard's and reb:ls. The casualties. If
any. are not known.
' From a few cities reports have been
received of the departure of many
American women and children for the
United States. In anticipation of per?
sonal danger. Many ure said to have
I left Guanajuato last night.
ADDRESS BY OFFICIALS
1 "ruturcn of Closing Session of Sunday
School Workers' Convention.
New Orleans, La., February 0.?The
! meeting of the executive committee
of the World and International Sun?
day School Associations, the confer?
ence of tho general secretaries and
Held workers, and the annual conven?
tion of the local Sunday School Asso?
ciation were brought to a close here
to-day with farewell addresses by high
oincials.
It was announced that Franklin
Brown, of Brooklyn, N. Y., had been
elected assistant secretary of the
World Association, and ? - that - W. C.
Pearce, of Chicago, had been elected
to a similar position for the Interna
: tional body. Both are assistants to
[ Marion Lawrence, general secretary
' of both bodies. The committee on
resolutions of the International Asso?
ciation recommended that its meet?
ings be held trlennially, and that the
meetings of the general secretaries
and field workers precede those of the
international executive committee.
REPLIES TO BLEASE
Attorney-General Addrcnaca Note to
General Assembly.
Columbia, S. C, February 9.?Taking
exception to certain statements of
Governor Cole Blease. made In ex?
planation Of the pardon of .lohn Black.
: convicted of conspiracy to defraud the
State in connection with the old South
! Carolina dispensary, J. Frazer Lyon,
; Attorney-General, to-day addressed to
the General Assembly a communica?
tion In reply. .Air. Lyon, who was in
'charge of the prosecution of Black.
Ilatly denies that prejudiced political
and personal enemies attempted to
.leap humiliation on Biack. as charged
by Governor Blease.
In hla message, Governor Blease re?
ferred to the trial of Black as a "trav?
esty on Justice." und hinted that he
was brought to trial before a "spe?
cial picked and appointed attomev."
presiding as special Judge. lie also
Intimated that he considered personal
and political feeling responsible for
the conviction of Black.
CRACKSMEN'S GANG CAUGHT
Surprised While Preparing to Blow
Siife tu New York Grocery.
New York. February 9.?The gang of
cracksmen who are believed to he ro
? sponsible for the number of safe blow
lings ilint have kept the police busy for
weeks were caught af work early to?
day, but only surrendered after there
was an exchange of shots.
The cracksmen were surprised while
preparing to blow a safe In a Firs;
Avenue grocery store. A Squad of po?
lice closed In on the store and the
saf.-blowers, biding behind barrels, be?
gan tiring. The police relumed the
shots and they made n rush and over?
came the safe-i,lowers. Four prison
Iers were taken. Near tho saf,: the
police found two Jimmies, a bottle of
nitre-glycerin, seven bits and u brace.
FLOODS IN SPAIN
People In Southern Provinces Suffer?
ing) Property DuiuuKcd.
Madrid. February 9.?The Hoods In
tho southern provinces arc rapidly
becoming worse. The Minister of Pub
1U Works arrived In Seville this morn?
ing to Investigate the damage and
the condition of the suffering popula?
tion.
He proceeded later to the village Of
Ca mas, throe miles away from the city,
where the situation Is critical.
UP IN AEROPLANE
First Plight Of Ml?n Sntton, World1?
Woman Chnmplon In Tcuuln.
San Diego, Cal., February o.? Miss
May Sutten, former world's champion
teniils player In woman'* singles, made
her first ascent tn a hydro-aeroplaho
near here yesterday, she was taken
up more than too feet with Lieutenant
Tin odore Kllyson, U. S. N.. pilot.
"I enjoyed every minute of the time
I was |n the air, she said.
Negro Lodged tu .lall.
Atlanta, (la., February 9.?Vine Col?
lier, the Mllledgevlllo, On., negro b?y
who barely escaped lynching last night
at Mllledgevlllo and Mncon, was '.min?
ed in the Atlanta city Jail io-day, after
an anxious trip from Macon. lie was
In the custody of Sheriff Terry, of Mil
ledKoYlllo. He was accused of at?
tacking two girls.
Former Mayor Adam Bend.
Buffalo. N. Y., February 9.?James
Noble Adam, former Democratic Mayor
of Buffalo and founder of ihe dry
goods house of 3. N: Adam ei Co., died
, hero at :t o'clock this morning, after
p. brief Ulnes-i.
Fails of Two-Third ? Vote
to Take It Up Out
of Order.
JORDAN ASSERTS
HE WILL TRY AGAIN
Threatens House With Daily
Recurrence of Question?Elec?
tions Committee Members
Resent Charge of Delays
Made by Patron of
Measure.
Refusing to take up the Jordan pro.
j hlbltion enabling bill out of its order.
; the House of Delegates yesterday
registered a voto of 66 for and 37
against the measure. A vote of two
thirds was required o.i the motion, and
this wu3 not secured, as sixty-two
votes were necessary.
This may be regarded as largely a
test of strength, although perhaps "not
entirely so. Speaker Byrd, taking tho
lloor made a plea to those who oppose
prohibition to allow the matter to
come up and be debated and voted on,
so as to secure an expression of opin?
ion. It is staled that several members
yielded to thla, and that as a result
the total casl for fie bill was some?
what larger than it would be If on Its
tlnul passage.
V*ltl Try It Again.
Mr. Jordan did not lake the vote at
all philosophically, but, Jumping to hla
feet when the result was announced,
said that he would maku ihe same mo?
tion every day until it waa successful.
This la what the opponents of the bill
'aope for. in the belief that the House
will soon become wearied and that
the opposition will gain ground, us
was the ca6e two years ago, when the
Myers bill was weakened by repetition
of appearances. At the lasi attempt,
I men who favored the bill openly pro
I clulmed their disfavor.
The Mil is far down on t..c calendar,
and, unless the patron Is more success?
ful on some future day. it will hardly
be reached In less than two weeks.
11 will then if passed, have to go to
tho Senate, where no sucn ball haa
been Introduced at this session.
Waltor Tansill Oliver, who led tho
opposition to th i Jo\an motion, call?
ed attention to the many other mat?
ters awaiting consideration, and this
argument is likely. It Is believed, to
have still more weight In the days to
come.
Committee Criticized.
The resentment of members of t"no
Commllie.e on Privileges and Elections,
Including Chairman Martin Williams,
who favors tiie bill, was aroused by
references made by Mr. Jordan to de?
lays In that committee. It was point?
ed out by Judge Williams that tho
prohibition people got more than they
had asked for, and that the committeo
acted with the utmost fairness and
Justice.
The gallery was crowded, and ex?
citement was in the air when tho
House met, as the result of the an?
nouncement in The Tiimes-Olspatcli
that the matter would come up on a
motion to take the bill up out of its
order. Mr. Jordan determined that no
would not ask for u vote to-day. but,
if he could get consideration, he would
move that It be made a special order
for next Wednesday, at 4 o'clock.
After the disposition of the business
of the morning hour, Mr. Jordan made
the expected motion. He said the bill
was not In Its rightful place on tho
calendar, as It had been introduced
arly In ihe session. The bill, he as?
sorted, had received less consideration
at tho hands of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections than tho
members TTad received at his hands in
other matters, it was tho flrst lime
tu tila legislative experience he had
asked for special consideration of any
matter.
Speaker Asks fur Vote.
Speaker Byrd (.Jr. Throckmorton In
tho chulr) said that the resolution
should be adopted because so many
people of the State are interested. All
matters of great importance, ho
thought, should receive n respectful
hen ring, and he pleaded with members,
even if opposed lo prohibition, to take
ilie matter up. He called attention to
the fact that a special order had been
made for woman suffrage, although it
received only twelve votes.
Judge Williams detailed the history
of the bill. In defense of Ills committee.
The dale for the lir.-t hearing had been
tixed by Ida advocates o. the bill
themselves, because of their meeting
in this city at the time. He made the.
appointment; and the committee rati?
fied It unanimously. Then it was da
cided when tne hearings began that
I each side should have the same time,
j ?ad the advocates consumed live und
one-half hours.
Mr Jordan interrupted to say that
the Antlsaloon League consumed all
thla time because the opponents were
not ready, and Judge Williams said
they need not have used It, but could
havo rested after half an hour, and
the opposition would i lso have been
limited. If the league got Itself iito
a pre?letment. it was no ftuit of tho
! committee. As a matter of tact, the
I advocates ifj thalt r.n hour more tlma,
they they were entitled to. Ho was
I ^oing to vote for the hill and to take
j It up out of its order; but -Md net llko
the criticism of tho committed.
Xo Chnaee In Senate
Mr. Oliver c-iilod attention to tho
; many matters of importance on tho
i calendar awaiting consideration, lie
also defended the committee, and said
that the advocate;, ot the bill had act?
ually" Interrupted the deliberations
within the. committee by showing ihelr
disapproval of one member and their
approval of anothe'r. lie had been told
by many of those in favor of the bill
that there, was no chance of Its pasa
age In the Senate, and therefore, the
move to force It In '.he Uouee was
merely to have the members put on
record.
Mr. Jennings briefly favored the mo
t'.on. ? . ?
Although supporting the . Jocda^