The times dispatch. [volume], February 15, 1912, Image 1

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MAY BE EFFECTED
Bills Are Offered to Re
verse Status of
R., F. and P.
PROPOSES TO CUT
MEMBERS'SALARY
Carman Believes Economy
Should Begin at Home?Many
Measures Introduced?Com?
mission Government Amend?
ment Passes?House Ad?
vances Important Bills.
tli anticipate n of the ixplratloti ot
the, time limit for the Introduction ot
new bin?, the efforts of members of the
Legislature, was largely concentrated
yesterday on getting their proposals'
Irjfore the two houses. A flood ot
measures wa.s Introduced, the most im?
portant, perhaps, of which were com?
panion bill" designed to permit the
merger and relncorporatlon of thu
Richmond, Frederlcksburg and Potomac
Ha 11 road and its correlating parts, wltn
surrender of its exemption from taxa?
tion and relief from Its special bur?
dens and responsibilities.
While there Is nothing contained lb
these bills which could force the rall
r >iid Into a merger or Into a change
of Its status, H'lh understood that Ha
dir:-ctor? and stockholders win he will?
ing to accept the terms offered by the
Slate, and they will ngrec to merxc
within a year. The. advantages which
would accrue as a result of the binding
togcthir of the component parls ot
the Hichrrond-Washington system
would. It le believed, outwe gh the
saving now effected by reason of the
fart that the road cannot be taxed
?ither by the Stats or by the localities
through which it runs, this constitut?
ing a non-depeaiable feature of Its mi
clent charter.
A commission !? provided, composed
of the Governor; the State. Corporation
Commission and one other party, to
c onduct the t ;rms of the chang--. on tn?
part of th? State, and the proxies rtp
rcseullng Virginia's stock interests In
the road would be required to vote us
directed by this commission. The mi?
nority holder? are cartel for. The
bills w,ro proposed III the Senate by
Sehai rs, Fletcher, Lesner and F.chols,
and in the House by Messrs. Howmun.
Oliver. Challtley, Weaver. Lune-ford and
Hyrd.
f nt Memliers' Snlnrlr?.
The retrenchment and reform spirit
is sill] abroad In the Capitol?at least
In Ills minds of ft few legislators. In
n resolution offered yesterday by dtiVal
Hndford, 10 per cent, of the anhtilt'es
all higher Institutions of learn?
ing Is to be cot out of the general ap?
propriation bill, and the same restric?
tion applies to primary schools, leav?
ing, apparently, the hljrh schools In?
tact. The only exemption named In
the resolution is the Virginia School
for the Djar and the Hllnd.
Worse still, in the minds of members
of the General Assembly. Is a resolution
edf'.ed by George N. Barman, of Rock
ingham, which cuts the compensation
of lawmakes. It goes further than th ;
Radford proposition of Tuesday by re?
ducing; the salaries of members of the
legislature from $500 to $100 for the
session, and of the President of the
Senate and th? Speaker of the House
from $600 to 1500. For extra sessions,
officers are to get $300 and members
$200. Mr. Barman prefaces -lis .lire
proposition with the significant remark:
"Whereas, there Is. a great dsmand on
the part of the taxpayers for economic
legislation, and whereas example is
better than precept."' Ther rfore lie
would have economy to begin at home,
and. if anything Is to be cut, let It bcl
the, compensation of members.
Consolidate Medical Schools.
Among other n :w bills Inttoduceo
was one to permit the consolidation ot
the. medical department of the Univer?
sity of Virginia and the Medical Col?
lege of Virginia, whenever the govern?
ing boards of thos.? Institutions maj
agree upon a plan. Further, the con?
solidation of any private medbnl col?
lege, would be allowed by agreement.
This follows out the recommendation of
the Virginia Education Commission,;
which said there should ha but otic med?
ical college In Virginia and that it
should be located In some city. Thoj
bill permits any part of the course to
b.-. given In Richmond, and allows the
use of the property of the Medical Col?
lege of Virginia for this purpose.
Apparently there is little chance to
secure a Democratic caucus to decide
upon the matter of redlstrlctltig for
congressional lines. Chairman Cox has
.iald he would not Issue a call for a
meeting unlsss asked to do so by a ma?
jority Of the Democrats'. A call was in
circulation yesterday, but had not Hie
requisite number Of signatures, and i!
is stated they cannot he secured. Op?
ponents of the proposition to change
Ins Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Districts say
they can defeat it if the Republicans
in the House are allowed to vote.
Ill 11 n Are Advanced.
Aside from the passage by the House
of the amendm.-nt to the Constitution
pel-milling the Legislature to grant
commission form of government to
cities, theic was little- business ol
public. Importance In the Legislature.
Committees continued their labors, and
many bills were advanced on tho cal?
endar, mainly those which provoked no
opposition.
Among the measure? which were ap?
proved on their secend reading In the.
House, were Ihe. Creamer semi-month?
ly pay hill, the Cox safety appliance
hill, the hotel Inspection bill, and the
measure lengthening the hours of
labor of employes ot the Capitol.
Those which were deferred In the
House on ten objections, wore tho pro?
position to approve the Income tax
amendment to the Federal Constitution
the bill to establish a State Board of
Optometry. and the Throckrnorton bill
designed to provent the consummation
of the pale .of the Seven Pines line
under tne agreemnt as approved by
tue Richmond City Council.
Vole 1? lleferred.
No voto was taken In the Senate on!
tho rolling stock bill, nc.tlon being do
(ClmTltTiied^on- sixth page.)
SNEED TELLS HIS STORY
On Impulse of Moment lie Drew Pistol
nntl Killed Boyce.
Fort Worth, Tex., February It.?
John linu\ Kneed, AmariHo, Tex., brink
er, told the Jury which Is to determine
as to whether he Is guilty of murder
that on the Impulse of the moment ho
drew his pistol and "started shooting
as fust as J could" the bullets that
caused the death of a. G. Boyce, Sr..
wealthy ranch owner, and father of
tho man bo declares disrupted his
home. This avowal came as a climax
to the banker's dramatic recital of In?
cidents preceding the elopement of
his wife and A. <!. Boyce, Jr., and their J
detention In Winnipeg, Canada.
Speed declared that during tho nf-|
ternoon preceding the killing of
j Boyce he had studiously avoided tile
I cattleman, but early that night It was
necessary that he enter the hotel where
i Boyce was stopping. His relative, J. H.
. Bowman, was with him. Kneed de?
clared that as he entered the lobby
)? heard some one say: "Here comes
tho - now."
"I turned anil saw two men rising
from their chairs, one of them Boyce."
Speed assorted* "whom I knew made
the remark. I Jerked niy pistol aim
started shOOt'ng as fast ns I could."
At tlfls point Snoed seemed on the
verge of collapse, but quickly com?
posed himself and, continuing, declared
that he held the elder Boyce respon?
sible to a great extent for his domestic
difficulties.
Immediately preceding the shooting.
Speed said, he had dined with W. 11.
Atwell. his personal attorney, and At
wel] had Informed him e.f a remark
, credited to Captain Boyce that he was
! wining to spend his fortune In seeing
the affair between Ids son and Mrs.
Sneed "through."
Atwell advised him to separate from
Mrs. Sneed, wno at the time, was an
Inmate of a local sanatorium, Sneed
' declared, but replied that he would
j rather be dead "than to let her be
| taken out and sent to Canada to the
I Boyccs."
Sneed concluded his testimony this
j afternoon. To-morrow witnesses will
j be called In rebuttal by the prostcu
1 tlon.
TAFT HEARTILY INDORSED
I Wins Id Convention, llnlf of Whose
Member* Arc Nritrom,
I Atlanta. Ga.. February II.?President
Taft was given 11:1 enthusiastic and
' unanimous Indorsement by tr.c Repub?
lican stutc Convention, which met hue
j to-day and selected delegates at large
I to the national convention. The del
legates, four in number, wer? Instruct
. ed to vote "first, last arid all the time''
for the rehcmihnt Ion ?l Mr. Taft.
Before the convention met, in? lead?
ers had agreed upon a complete pro
' Kiam, and they succeeded in carrying
. it through without the etralgt\tou.is'
indications of opposition. Henry S 1
Jackson, of Atlanta, and Henry Liliin.
Jr.. rival eandidnt for national com
mute. inan. settled their differences In
! the conference, and tho latter an
1 pounced to the convention that he had
withdrawn In favor ot Mr. Jackson in!
the Interest of party harmony and 'n
I accordance with the wishes of Presl
I dent Titft.
I Negroes composed more than half
(of th- membership of the convention,
; And Henry IjfiVcoln Johnson, a negro,
; was mad" permanent chairman. None
?of the contesting delegates was seated.
Equal representation was given the
? two races e-n the Chicago delegation.
'The delegates named were '.'. P. Oo
ree and Henry S Jackson, of Atlanta.
1 II. I- Johnson, of Columbus, and I) J
Davis, of Dawson. Alternates: Wil?
liam Prlscdll, of Atlanta; Ft. It, Wright,
of Savannah; Dr. K. J. Turner, of Co?
lumbus, ar.d W. It. Harris, of Athenj.
WITNESS ADMITS CHARGE
Finally Acknowledge* Ordering Flnt
fh'innc* In Deef Price*.
I Chicago. February 1 I?H. A. Bus
sell, manager eif the beef sale* depart?
ment of Armour Co.; admitted while
testifying in the packers' trial to-day
that he at times ordered flat 'ncreasos
i and reduction- in prices of dr'-ased
? meal, regardless of the ejuallty or
grade of the product
I At llrst the witness, when eiuos
; Honed by Oovemment Counsel Sheenn.
denied ever having ordered any Hat
changes In price, but a moment later
I changed his answer and admitted the
J practice, when the following telegram
1 was rend to the jury:
I "Chicago, July II. tniO.
I "Raulersori. New York:
I "Be-BlUabeth 9CS0. I wired you
! early tit's week that request Id branch
, houses will bo changed, and we would
i add L'f- Instead of "io cents.
I (Signed) "H. A. RUSSELL."
i The witness said he acted on his
'Own judgment in changing the price
to nirei market condl'lons. He- denied
ever having seen weekly summaries of
margins or shipments from Swift
Co., Morris & Co, nnd the National
Packing Company.
i The direct examination of r.us-:.-'ll
had not been concluded when court
I adjourned.
j TAFT IN MOVING PICTURES
Cnmcrn Men Spend lluay Day n< the
White House.
I Washington. Feb. 1 i. ? Moving pic?
ture men made valentines at the While
House to-day. which may go Into the
records of the government and be
handed down to future generations.
From the lime President Taft sinned
the proclamation admitting Arizona to
the Union to the hour when he took
n short stroll through the White House
mounds with Mrs. Taft the moving
picture men wore busy. They clicked
ofi* a few thousand feet oif films while
Mr. Taft sat at his desk signing the
proclamation; they caught Secretary
Hilles ns he left the executive offices
for lunch, und to wind up the series
they took "'action pictures" of tho
newspaper men stationed at the offices
' as they talked to visitors who came
to see Mr. Taft.
The films will be submitted to the
president for his approval within a few
days.
HIGH, BUT MUST HAVE IT
I'nele Sani'? Fight Inn I. mis Get Best
Dairy iiut??..-v.
WAshtngton, February It.?Uncle
Sam's fighting lads at sea won't lack
for butter even if the nrlce Is high.
T'lds for nOO tons?600,000 pounds?
of the finest butter the best dairy
herds can produce, were opened at
thej Navy Department to-day. The
proposals specify that 540,000 pounds
are to be delivered In New York and
48.000 pounds In San Francisco.
The lowest bid wns more than 7
cents n novo, the average weekly mar?
ket wholesale price nt the t'me of de?
livery. The government pays this ex?
tra charge for packing nnd handling.
Future King I? Coming.
Vienna. February 14,?Archduke
Charles Francis Joseph, who-one day
jinny become Emperor-King of Austria
Hung .try. will start next month on an
extended joumev through Asia. Ho
I will probably complete the circle of
the. globe and return by way of tho
I United States.
W. L. ANDREWS.
GRAND MASTER
i
Roanoke Man Head of
Grand Lodge of
Masons.
700 MEMBERS
IN ATTENDANCE!
Alost Successful Session Ever j
Held in Virginia?All Present I
Officers Go Up a Step. J
Warm Fight for Grand !
Junior Deacon?Ban?
quet To-Day.
Resolutions Increasing the yearly
Grand Lodge per capita te>? frr.tn ii
to ?1.60 and abolishing the degree tax
Of |3 w, re passed last night at the ;
business session of the Grand bodge
of Virginia Masons by the greatest
crowd of delegates that ever attended
a session of the State organization. ,
ii la estimated thai :<?> Masons voted
on thla recommendation of the finance
committee last night, making the mo.?t
j successful Grand Lodge ever held. Un-'l
der the new ,a.\ system. " ?"> ants wilt i
co to the Grand Lodge and 7.". cents to
the Masonic Home.
The recommendation of the commit?
tee on jurisprudence that the new !
"Methodical Digest1' be issued was
adopted by the Grand Lodge without
dlssehtloh. This action is taken in
order to bring the '?Digest" tip to date,
and the nowest rules anil laws of Ma?
sonry will be Incorporated In It. Ac- !
cording to the established rustom. all I
the grand officers of the lodge will be 1
advanced a grao-e- at the election session
to be held this morning at 10 o'clock j
lit the Ma?onlc Temple. Which means
that William Luther Andrews, of P.on
(Poke. present deputy grand master.!
\ will he elected to succee.i Grand Mas- j
; ter McChesney. of Ftaunton. Ills elec?
tion Ik unanimously ronceeded. both
Jon nccouht of his excellent qualifies- |
j Hons for the position and his present I
place of honor In Masonry.
Flirht for Grand Junior Dmrnn.
With the election of the higher of
ficer* already mapped out, a strenoua
fiKht will develop to-day over the
Choice of a grand junior deacon, the |
lowest oiTicer In the scale. So divided
Is the sentiment of the delegates on
this officer that It 1? expected a dozen
lor more names will be presented. This j
j will probably he. the hottest point of I
what has up to this time been the
quietest session of the Grand Lodge,
on record. The meeting of the Grand
Lodge will cdruj to an end to-day.
j when the new grand master names tho
standing committees and the district
deputies for the coming year.
Tho resolution increasing the per
capita tax Is expected to mean a great I
Improvement In the financ'3 of thel
Home. According to the report of the
"nance committee, th? pecuniary affairs
Of the Grand Lodge were found to be
In a most satisfactory snaps; henc?
the unanimous action In regard to thel
yearly Income of the Home. The Home]
was reported to be doing the finest]
work in Its history, and recor.tiner.da- i
Hons for wholesali Improvements of!
buildings ,-ind equipment met with]
hearty approval from the Grand Lodg.>. |
\ll Report* Approved.
Reports of all the standing commit?
tees, which were rendered at the meet?
ing Tuesday night, were acted upon]
lns.t night i>y the Grand Lodge. All I
were given the seal of approbation.
Th? committee of charters reported
several new lodges: the committee on i
propositions had little to off**, while
the committee on appeals. C. II. Calla-1
ban. chairman, had no appeal to decide. I
The conimitte?. on Jurisprudence prof?
fered the motion for the new "Method- !
leal r>iire?t." and the committee on
grant! officers, Thomas X. Davis, chair?
man, reported everything to he in cx
cillent condition.
Each of the following grand officers j
are to be moved up a peg in the scale I
at the meeting this morning. Their
nrescnt positions are: William L. An?
drews. Roanoke. depute grand master:]
"hn|t> K. Raumsn. Lloyds, grand ssnior
warden: James Ft Wood Charlottesvllle,I
grand junior warden: Frederick Pleas-I
ants. Richmond. grand treasurer:!
George W. Car-lnctor.. Richmond, grand
secretnfy: .Tames Alston Ca bell Rich?
mond, grand senior deacon: Henry Ko . v
Field, Alexandria, grand Junior deacon.
The committees appointed Tuesday
night tii consider the reports of the!
various standing committees were In!
session nearly all of yesterday, pre?
paring for the mooting inst night. If-'
?he afternoon the visiting delegates
were entertained by a program of ex?
ercises rendered by the chlldrjn of the
""?'sort!? Home.
CHEMICAL TARIFF APPROVED
If Paaaed by Congresa, It Will Incrcuac |
Revenues jn.OOO.OOIl n Venr.
Washington, February 14.?Demo?
crats of the House, In caucus to-night,
ratified the new chemical tariff sched?
ule, which is calculated I" increase
revenues from chemical Imports more
than $3.000,000 a year.
The bill was approved Just a.-- It cants
from the Democrats of P*.ie Ways and
Means Committee An effort of some,
members to cut down the proposed in
crea??s on morphine and other habit
forming drugs was voted down. The
bill will be reported to the House on
Saturday by Chairman Underwood.
Tho majority and minority reports
on the Smoot general pension hill were
presented to-day In the Senate. Sen?
ator McCumher, for the majority, re?
ported that the Smoot bill would carry |
an average annual increase of $160.50;
for each pensioner, and that for the '
first five years of Its operations It
would cost the government, respec?
tively. $32.000.000. $86.000,000 (which
would carry the arrears), $50,000.000,
$54.500.000. $50.(100,000 and $50,500.'/00.
The minority report, signed by Sena?
tors Curtis. Brown. Shively. Polndex
tci- and Johnson, favored the Sher
wood bill, on the ground that it would
give to a large number of soldiers a
dollar a day, while the Smoot bill
would give a dollar a day only to those
who had served three years or more
and were seventy-flve yeass old.
REPUBLICAN ILLS
FULLY DIAGNOSED
Progressives Are "Neu?
rotics" and Taft Fol?
lowers ' Taranoiacs.''
G.O. P. LEADERS SAY
SO THEMSELVES
_
Medill McCormick, From "Roose- j
vclt's Headquarter?." Hands |
Taft a Roland for His Oliver,
Saying He Has Embarked
on Policy of Political
Suicide and Murder.
Washington*. February 14.? A state-'
merit Issued to-nlgpl ot "the Washing- '
ton o'fllces of tho Roosevelt national:
committee-' In tho Interest of Colonel |
Roosevelt, and sign"'' by Mcdlil Me
Cormlck, il eel a ret! that President Taft's
administration has embarked upon a
policy ol "political suicide anil mur- j
der."
President Taft's New York speech
In which he referred to "political
neurotics." hi criticized, as |s Secretary
MacVesgh'S speech at I^ir.iitig. In
whlcli h-? declared that Mr. Roosevelt
would not and could r.ot bo a candi?
date for the presidency. ?
Mr. McCormick, who recently with-*
drew from .Senator La Follette's cam?
paign, lias opened offices In s down
; town oftlcc building. The statement
was issued from there.
Until to-night there had been no
RoOsevclt "headquarters" here. and
these offices ore not now known as
such, but the former President's friends j
say they will he as soon us the colonel'
makes a public announcement of his j
position, which they think will be soon.
Tho statement fellows:
"The administration lias embarked j
upon a policy of politics! 'suicide and
1 murder'?murder If possible and sul- i
cldo If necessary. in its efforts to
discredit the friends of Mr. Roosevelt J
it has Sought to destroy the Republi- j
cans who favor his candidacy and has i
cast its lot with the moribund icac
tloti8ry leaders of the Republican
party, at the risk of losing the support
of the great mass of progressive voters
throughout the country.
Seeks to Divide ' IppoM t Ion.
"Xot content with viciously attack?
ing the progressives In one speech. In
j another it has sought to divide the
Republican opposition to the Pres:- I
idem by confusing fuc:> with reference |
I to .Senator Ouminlns, Senator Da Pol
! lcttc and Colonel Roosevelt. It Is not
j credible that tho Seerr-tary of the I
Treasury could !'.?, .. ma?o 'his Lansing I
speech If he had not been misinformed
as to facts.
"The country will not be confused
I by the President's characterization of
Co'onel Roosevelt's supporters as po
j lltlcal neurotics. It has noticed that
the elements which opposed President!
Tail's nomination in 190S arc back of
the- movemrnt for his renomlnatlon
i under the leadership of the extreme
reactionaries in f':e House and Senate.
"Those Republicans who really si- ;
cured his nomination and election are'
now opposed to his renomlnatlon. At
first they were merely disappointed by ,
the administration's vacillation, and
hoped that the administration event
] tially would adopt a consistent and
progressive course. But what st first'
they took 'or temporary weakness,
they have now ,li.-covered to bo a po
j HUcal paranoia.
(Signed i "MKDILD McCORMICK."
i FIGHTING THE HOOKWORM
? .More Thun 140,000 Cnsrn Treated In
South In Pnst Tear.
I Washington. February 14.?Mor? than!
140,000 persons in nine States of thej
I South were treated for the-hookworm j
by the Rockefeller Sanitary Commis?
sion during the past year, according to,
the second annual report of tit; com-;
j mission, made public to-day.
The great value of the work done, |
however, was not In the number of.
' people aided to better health. th> re-1
port says, but In the fact that the pco-j
pie arc being educated In sanitation
and that the States, co-oneratmg with
the commission, have 'anllsted In lh?
I war against disease caused by unsan?
itary conditions.
"The t'rst effort heing made.*' 'he re
I port adds. "Is toward establishing the
I work on a permanent basis. The or
| ganlzatlon In each State is Systematic
! cally nllsiing the physicians in the
sarviee, SO that thfcy may be relied upon ?
'to trvit all Infected persons. The press
and the people are backing the work |
I'uhllc sentiment Is now forming In
favor of an ifflciont county superintend-,
ent of health In every county, to devote
his whole time to the medical examina?
tion of rural school children :nd the
conservation of the life, and health ot l
the peoplv" I
The commission and States togetherl
spent during the past year ?148.600,1
making the average cost of each person
I treated fl.27.
RANCH IS RAIDED
Bebels Force British to ?Ivo Up S.OOU
Pesos.
Fl Paso. Texas. February 14.?Ad-1
vires from Parral. State of Chihuahua.'
gay .! band of Mexican marauders early]
to-day raided the home of James llarn-.
(Hon. n wealthy British subject, and'
aKont for the Torreon Smnltor. Hamll- |
ton was compelled to give up S.OnO ?
pesos. Mrs. Hamilton, a relative of,
Francisco I Madero, the advices add,
was assatilted by the party.
Palomas, a suhport, eighty mllei
w.st of Juarez. Is held bv Vasepilstas,
! according to reports to-night
? Abraham Gohzslcs resumed the office
i of Governor, according to advices from
"?hibuahua, and Is malting a vigorous;
effort to ferret out the lenders of the I
recent mutiny at Juarez. It Is said the
'??xtcftn Central Railroad between Chi-I
"iiiahua and Torreon has been freed of
rebels, and train service will he re?
sumed probably to-morrow.
-fix-King ?f Suiaiia Bead.
Melbourne, Australia, -'February 14.?
The announcement is made from i.e
vukn. FIJI Islands, of the death of M.t
tnfa. ex-Klna of Samoa, who main?
tained resistance ngntnst ' the treaty
powers In 1SDS.
Heads List of "Dynamite" Arrests
FRANK 51. RVAX,
ITcRlrlcnt International Association iif Bridge am] Structural Iron Workers.
MADE INVISIBLE
BY LEGAL MANTLE
^Court Can't Sec Chaloner W hile
rlc Is in New
York.
FIGHTING FOR HiS ESTATE
Master oi The Merry Mills Hopes
Finally to Have Brand of
Insanity Removed.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
New York. February 1 I.?Within tho
next ten days John Armstrong Chaloner.
brother of William As tor, Lewis Stuy
vesant and Roben Stuyvesant Chanler,
will come to this city to appear be?
fore Judge Holt In the United States
Circuit Court. Mr. Chaloner. under the
laws of this State, is a lunatic and
refugee from the Bloomlngdalo Asy?
lum.
Mr. Chaloner will come here In a
mantle of legal Invisibility, like, that
of the hero in the old fairy tales. UN
order of the United Slates. Court, the
State of New York cannot see John
A. Chaloner. of VlrjInH, while he Is
In this, State attending to his Interests
In his action to have the committee
of bis person discharged and his san?
ity declared.
The. trial of ni.. case was set down
for to-day. Unfinished business of the.
court put it over. The only proceed- (
lng was a roo,ucst by Hugh Gordon
Miller, of counsel for Mr. Chaloner,
that a deposition by tho Princess
Troubetzkoy, formerly Amello Hives
Chanler, the wife of Mr. Chaloner,
who divorced him, and another by Or.'
Shackedford. of Virginia, a physician, i
now dead, be especially searched fori
by the officers of the court.
Former Wife's Deposition.
The deposition Of the Princess
Troubetzkoy Is expected to reclt that,
she regnrded Chaloner lit the time hoi
was found insane as of sound mind|
and able to attend to bis own business. 1
and that her reason for seeking aj
divorce was due to her differences Otj
temperament with nlm.
The paper has been mislaid In tli?' I
recent confusion of the Federal Court!
records, due. to changes of the filing'
system. If It Is not found It Is prob- j
able the case will go ahead with the j
agreement of both sides that a carbon j
copy may Lev-used for the original.
Twenty-seven neighbors of .Mr. I
Chaloner In Virginia have made de
positions in his favor. There are1
farmers, judges, professional and busi?
ness men among them.
Judge A. D. Dabncy, Judge, of tho City'
Court of CharibttCSVllle; Dr. Francis
Lies Thurman. of Keswlck, and Lawyer
W. Gllmer Dunn, of Charlottisvllle, are
In this city to give their testimony.
I; Is the contention of Mr. Miller,
William D. Reed and F. A, Ware, of Mr.
Chaloner's counsel, that by lus man?
agement of his Virginia estate, by his
plantation nnd mills in North Caro?
lina, by the legal textbooks hi hasj
written, by the Inventions which he|
has patented, by his many charitable
enterprises In Virginia, by his politi?
cal utterances and by his social Inter?
course among his neighbor.-. Mr. Chal?
oner has shown hlmsMf much more
competent ?.nd sane than some of his
New York relations.
Trunkful of Exhibits.
This Is In line with Mr. Chaloner s
dispatch to his brother. Robert Chari?
ler, after the Cavallerl incident: "Who's
looney now?" They havo a trunkful of
exhibits to show the Jury as evidence
of this claim.
Furthermore, the lawyers will Heek
to establish that in even! Mr. Chaloner
should die while the brand of lhsan!t>
rests on him. his S2.000.I. estate here
would rev.Tt to his next-of kin, hl?
brothers, who got the Lite stnnforo
(Continued on Third Pago.)
Present Labor Organizations
Are Denounced as Un
American.
STEEL DIRECTOR ON STAND
He Invites Committee to Visit
Mills and Discover Real
Condition-".
Washington. February 14.?Percival
Roberts. Jr.. a director of the United
States Steel Corporation, told the Stan?
ley steej investigating committee to?
day, that his company would llko to
sec labor unions under the. same gov?
ernmental control as corporations.
Trade unions In this country he de?
nounced as "un-American."
"I can see no reuaon." said Mr.
Roberts, "why men should not combine
to dispose of their labor just as men
combine to use capital, provided hot.t
are under government control, and that
full liability is imposed on labor
organizations for all their undertak?
ings and that neither side has any
monopolistic tendencies.
Closed Shop Monopoly.
"The difficulty with labor organiza?
tions is that their first requirement is
monopolistic. They demand the closed
shop, which Is a monopoly, and there
Is uo law in this country to prevent
tap. closed shop. Neither is thero any
law providing liability upon labor
unions regarding contracts. The aver?
age labor union I? In no sense an
American Institution. Tho Idea Is
Imported and has no p:ac.o In the In?
stitutions of this country."
Mr. Roberts made an exception of
railroad labor organizations which, ho
said, were entirely different from tno
manufacturing organizations.
The committee was urged by Mr.
Roberts and D. A. Read, counsel for
the Steel Corporation, to visit steel
plants and sec actual labor conditions.
They declared that she committee
could get more Information In two days
of Inspection than It could In two
Weaks of testimony.
Chairman Stanley said he approved
the Idea, and would like to have tho
committee do it. provided members
would pay their own expenses. He
said thn Investigation already had cost
$34,000, and as there had been some
protests shout* the expense, he did
not fe*l like asking the House for
nn additional appropriation.
Auonj- Is AppulllnR.
"It Is appalling, Dae agony that tho
expense Of this committee Is causing
some people," said Mr. .Stanley. "The
Inquiry by the Bureau of Corporations
cost the government 1200,000 or JSOO,
00O a year for a period Of years, and
tha Steel Corporation says It has cost
it half a million dollars. That part
of the expense, 1 am satisfied, was
foolishly spent. I think that this com?
mittee, with an expenditure of $34,000,
'has discovered more Information thi^>
the executive branch of the govern?
ment."
Several members of the committee
volunteered to pay their own expenses
for a visit to the steel mills.
FOOD FOR ISLANDERS
Cutter Apache Cets Five Tons to Itcsl
dentn of Tangier.
Baltimore. Md.. February 14"_A
wireless report from Captain Carmine,
of the revenue cutter Apache, to-day
said that vessel had succeeded frt
transporting five tons or- general stores
to Tangier Island, where food supply
was getting low.
lee conditions on the Chesapeake
Hay wefe much better to-day than 'or
the lust week, ami while tin lee em
bargo continues ut nil Southern Mary
nml ports nn.l Eastern Shore towns the
passage to tho sea Is comparatively
open.
Nearly All Indicted for
Dynamite Conspiracy
Now Under Arrest.
LIST IS HEADED
BY FRANK M. RYAN
Chief of Iron Workers and Prac?
tically Entire Staff Prisoners,
Charged With Implication in
Campaign of Destruction.
Many Unable to Get
Bond.
Indianapolis, Ind., February 11.?Tho
United States government to-day ar
rcsted almost all of the tlfty-four men.
Indicted In the dynamite conspiracy
cases.
It took into custody within a few
hours practically the entire. official
staff of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work?
ers. Including the chief officer*, mem?
bers of the executive hoard, and about
twenty business agents and former
business agents. Those included arc
Frank M. Ryan, tho president; John
T. Butler, of Buffalo, ,V. Y.. the llrst
vice-president, and Herbert S. Hockin,
the second vice-president, and succes?
sor of j. j. McNamara. as seoretary
troanurer. Each of these men was re?
quired to give $10,000 bond for his ap?
pearance for arraignment here with
all th other defendants on March 12.
More thn forty of the men. chiefly
labor union officials who arc charged
with conspiring to destroy by dynamlto
or nltro-glycerinc tho property of em?
ployers of non-union labor, were under
arrest by to-night, and it was declared
the apprehension of all the others
would follow within forty-eight hours.
IdcntltlcN Revealed.
By Its action the government re?
vealed tho identities of the men
whom it charges with being the ac?
complices of the McNamaraa and Ortlo
E. McMnnlgal in the dynamite plots,
embracing a!' ost 100 explosions, which
were begun in Massachusetts in 1005.
were scattered over the country for
1 six years, and resulted In the wrecking
i of the Eos Angeles Times building and
I an attempt to blow up President Taft's
I special train at Santa Barbara, Cat.,
last October.
I Fourteen of those Indicted are, each
j required to furnish 510,000 bond, and
j forty are each required to furnish
' $6,000 bond, making an aggregate bond
required of $3 10,000. Some of those
whom the government was unable to
find to-day were reported to have dis?
appeared through fear of Inability to
get bond. It was Intimated that the
Iron Workers' Association would bo
unable to furnish security for Its in?
dicted members.
Ernest O. W. Basey, former business
agent of the Indianapolis Iron Workers'
Union, and Edward Clark, former bus?
iness agent of th: Cincinnati union,
who were brought here following their
arrest at Cincinnati, were unable to
obtain ball and were taken to Jail.
When Clark appealed to Secretary
Hockin, of ths Iron Workers' Associa?
tion, for aid. Hockin advised the United
States marshal to inform Clark the
International Association could do
i nothing for him, and referred lilm to
his local union. Hockin said It would
j bo impossible for tho International As
I soclation to take on tho burden of supi
I plying ball for many of the men af
j rested.
rroclatmst Tita Innocence.
j Immediately upon his arrest Presi
i dent Ryan addressed a statement to
i union labor men throughout the coun
I try calling upon them to believe In his
! innocencs and In the Innocence of his
co-defendants.
United States District Attorney
Charlys W. Miller intimated to-nlgh?
that tho Federal grand Jury which re?
turned the Indictments might be re?
called to resume Investigation of tho
conspiracy.
"After tho defendants are arraigned
on March 12 and tho trials proceed,"
said Mr. Miller, "we have reason to f-.n
tlcipate new aspects. Informat'on 'a
expected to develop at the trials Indi?
cating the complicity of many more
than those Indicted now. We do not
assert that we already have all those
Implicated. This is. however, a begin?
ning."
The Indictment on wli'clt all the men
were arrested was made public to-night.
It charges all the fifty-four men with,
conspiracy to violate, the statutes for?
bidding the carrying of explosives on
passenger trains, and d Halls forty
seven transportations charged as overt
acts, and names onle E. McMahlgnJ,
he McNamaras or Herbert S. Hockin lit
each act, but does not specify the part
taken by the other defendants.
Claims Each Wan Guilty.
All of the defendants are named in
each of the thirty-two Indictments, and,
according to District Attorney Miller,
Sentences may be Imposed for ?ach of
the offenses. It Is the contention of
the government that each of Mie, de?
fendants was guilty In each of tho
conspiracy charges, although his active
participation may have been 'u one
transportation only.
There are fourteen Indict ...cuts
charging overt acts, and touiiaen
? iiiriring unconsurnmated acts of con
splracy. Another Indictment of thirty,
four counts, charges all tho de
fondants as being principals In tlto
transportation ot nitroglycerine.
A further Indictment of thirty-four
counts charges McMdnlgal and J. ?.
McNamara With physical transporta?
tion of nitroglycerine and all the other
defendants with abetting. Two othor
reihalnlng Indictments with sixteen
counts caoh charge all the defendants
with being principals In the iranspor
tatlon "f dynamite and with having
aided McMaiilgal und f. fl. MoNainara.
'Altogether the Indictments coiil.ti..
123 count-, against each Of the de?
fendant:), and the penalty for any ono
of the offense.-, varies from eighteen,
months to two y< firs.
Sixty-ilvo of the oxploalona con-?