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fderlehr Wins in Lee
Respite Eleventh
Hour Attack.
.ND JURY M AY
LAKE UP MATTER
Jallot in Second Jefferson
Recount Though Re
ras Not Changed?Bat
I'fi Defeat Another Sur
rse?Readc and Hob
)n Lose in Madison.
imary Winners
URO Or ALDERMEN.
jOrdnny Puller.
MO.\ COUNCIL,
"larnirr \. Son ?ii ii,
Cray llmldon, It.
Iluber.
! It. HtttcllffCi VV.
J. Pollard, I'red
Vonderlrbr.
Aidlmin Word?EC II. Puller, <.ll
bert K. Pot lor k, fnrlrr C. Jones,
Harvey 1'. Wklnaon. John YV.
Moore.
Jefferson Ward?Urorizr W. Hoc
era, William K. Sullivan, Morgan It.
Mill". George If. I.uraadrn, .loarpb
II. Welab.
Members of the now Common Ooun
i\ and one Alderman were nominated
Demo-ratr primary yesterday to
OtTlce Sept ni>e!. The surprise
was the victory of Ordway
3r the poard of .VI denn en over
ike in ''lay Ward, the
??;?!? In Madison and
:.- ? and the victory of
general!) taken as a
iti-jij of eleventh ho.ir
. ilnst him by
2nd and llenrlco
committee
been tOMIid
cC ut fioc
:e hand* ol.
fl-Ven Vvr? Dial;" pro
how.\ , r, the result
|lianged. and Chairman
absence of
the part o"f a candidate
'regular! Uca were the
fof Investigation by the
jtty cotnmlt
?t Primary Vote.
said to have been
t r voted In it democratic
Incfthe new registration of
or Richardson, who was
oppiltion, received the < n
icts] vote cast as follows;
Vard. TJ4; Jefferson Ward. 1,
,ee Will. 1.427: Madison Ward,
maklnia total yot< <>f i"..">0<",. In
lilon sbo; forty Improperly mark,
allots wet discarded at the var
precln<j<. making the total of
! applylg to vote cx.eed 0.G0O.
large via was gent rally taken as
a hfealttiy location ??( t??e Interest of
Lus'lncss me' In the government. At
Syten/tion was ailed to the fact that K.
I *-r.. Davlson. te candidate of the Amer?
ican Federam of Labor in Jefferson
Ward, ran lir behind his ticket, re?
ceiving onN3S7 votes.
Myor Introduced.
The City, ?emoeratie Committee re?
ceived retuis at Murphy's Hotel, the
first preclm to make Its report being
Fifth Jeffefon. which came In at S:10
o'clock. Tlis is the old Third Mar?
shall Prcctct. and In former years
was notorltJsly slow. The others fol?
lowed In Click succession. About 9
o'clock CH.lrman Martin Introduced
Mayor Rlc\ardson as the winner of
the nomination to succeed himself af?
ter a "strenuous campaign." The
Mayor expressed his appreciation of
his renominatlon without opposition.
He was not a political genius, he ex?
plained, nor was he a spectacular
Mayor, hut a plain, plodding man, -n
deavorlng to do his duty in the posi?
tion the people had placed him In. lie
-_Ermrir.l'.fe,i tl;ot for thirty-two years he
had serve,] the city in various capaci?
ties, an(i after his first nomination had
never had opposition for any office.
Stray Ilnllot In Jefferson.
Workers for Messrs. Mills and Wllt
* shire reported to the committee the
alleged Irregularities In the conduct of
tho election at the Second Jefferson
Precinct. Thnt precinct was' the last
to make its report, not coming i" until
after 11 o'clock, when nil others had
been tabulated. S'nce there was no
tabulation of votes with tho return?.
Mr. Saunders moved the -ippotntment
of a committee of recount, und Chair?
man Martin named' Messrs. Saunders,
f Clay; Duke, of Lee, and Lndd. <.f
lay.
After the recount wns partly over
eglstrar R. P. Hrophy produced a
abulatlon of the return-. The pbll
bY'Oks showed the names of per?
sons who had voted, while his ballot
boV showed on a recount 317 ballots.
Thfc precinct had been supplied with
1,000 ballots, and after allowing for
the spoiled and torn oner, and the un?
used ballots the number '.allied cor?
rectly.
In answer to the protrst in regard
to a ballot having been in the hands
of a worker outside of this precinct,
Mr. Brophy stated that it had been
brought to the window by \v. a. Evans,
?who had stated that he secured It
from Theodore Folkes. janitor of the
First Regiment Armory, and a worker
at the precinct for Mr. Welsh.
M:( ter for firand Jury.
"Wo cannot question Mr. Folkes
here," said Mnjor Martin. "That
must be done t)efore another tribunal.
'This return until-a'. recount Is asked
for or a contest enterci .must stand as
Official."
?It was remarked that there was a
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CONTAINS NEW FEATURES
Perfected I'oat-ooiee Appropriation Dill
Agreed Upon by llounr.
Washington. April 30 ?The perfected
peM-ofHce appropriation bill, as agToed
upon after a session of the House I
'? :.: h lasted itrrttl 7:">0 ?(?clock to
night, contained sevcrnl new fcatur's
of legislation advocated by the li-mo-'
erat,.
Une was on obrogatio of the rule.;
d?r. rlhed liy Democrats as a ??gag"
rule, which prevented Federal em-!
ployei in the postal rervlc-' from com
plaining to Congress or their treat-.
incut t
The Mil also ror.ta't:r a provision
??-hi'-'1 would Corrspel lisivspspers, mag"
arme.? nnd oth'r pjrlodlcnts to pub
Hi ih" name of thel: managing cdl
tors and yti-kho'.'orr who own ?to<-k
valued ?: mor thin I$550.
The Bsrnharl Mil sl?o provides that
*li editorial or reading matter ?Ot"]
Which money Inf teen ?eerlved mtist
bi labeled "a i\r r< ,ie>rnent "
A compromlSA en the pare 1 post and'
T.'prcs? provlsloir occupied m^s' of
the tlm.^ of debate T.ios?- questions
arc. given 'o a .''.Tm.tlc- 61 three
Senators nnd tr.r t Repr?sentative* for
study sSitl rcpert to the next ?.*F?|on
of Congrrf ?
In the m.-irit:m? a nral route par?
cel service Is provide*. It-- rat'-?- ar?
5 cents for Mis first fivind and 1 cent
I for each additional nofirid tip to ?>ven
j pounds. All of thl? mail matter Is'
confined I" rural roull icrvlce.
A K?n<'ral parcel ?ejvie>e of 1- cents'.
I a pound for eleven polnds Is contained
i In th? hill. A proposal fty Represen- j
I ta Live Kodd-nb.rry Lot Georgia, to
i prevent the rlrenlatlej o' ne-wrpapers
Iir|>it#.alnin$ liquor atvertisemenfs in
dry to: rltory was defi-rited
FAILED 0 FARfl DIVIDENDS
, Deflelt of More 'I hn' ?0,000.00? Ilr
portrd hy Steel ! orporntlon
! New York. April :!?>?? That the United
i States Steel Corporation failed to earn,
ih dividends on the preferred and,
I common shares for|_ the first thteo- '
I months of this year tj more than $6.- ,
000.000 was (Unclosed to-day at the
quarterly mooting of the directors, at
which the regular d-f'dehda were de?
clared.
Earnings; after charging 'merest
on subsidiary companies l?onds. to?
gether with Interest ptl outstanding
subsidiary bonds, amounted to only
$17,826,873. After making '.he usual
allowances net earnlsgs were reduced
to ?12.108.416. A further deduction of
(5,711,849, representing interest for
the- quarter on the outstanding Isstios,
reduced the balance Applicable to div?
idends to 8^.3?>?.5K'>.' Inasmuch as
1112,868,700 was necessary to meet d'v
l Idend ri-'inlremonni an the preferred
land common shares, ja de;firlt of 16.
292,134 was created.
To-day's meeting Ivas largely nt
j tended and unusually prolonged. It
was rumored that iome of the dl
teetors favored a deduction ejf the
common dividend because of the ?hat
lug. but this was denied,
STRIKE IS AVERTED
Arbitration Vnr'rmeiit llraelird 11
I ween llnllrond* and Engineers.
N.rtV.York. Aiiril lie ?The I ::rea te?;td I
Bt.-.ttr of ,)?,? rife'v ????"'
I re.a.l? east of f'hlrngo and north of |
the Norfolk and Western and f'hrsa
! penke adn Ohio was averted to-night
j by the signing of an arbitration ngrei
! merit between the two , i>mm!tties
i representing the railroads and the *n
| glre?rs.
I The arbitration committee will con-!
j eist of seven members, one from the
rallroael?. one from the engineer! and,
the e?ther live to be appointed by th?
two. If the two fall to aJrree on the
five umpires. Chief Justic? White, Com?
missioner of Labor Nelll and Judge
Knapp will be asked to make tbe ap?
pointments,
NEW HIGH WATER RECORDS
I l nhrnken Line of Guards Keeping
I,ever Intact.
I Baton Kotige. La., April 30.?Not
only has the record for high water
In the Mississippi here been broken
I long since, but the indications were
I to-day that the estimate of the Up'ted
States Army engineers and weather
i ofllclals would also be exceeded.
From the mouth t.f the Fled River
I to Baton Rouge ..n th- west side th*.
I levee Is one unbroken line of guards
to ke.-p the levee tntact or to give
! the alarm the moment an incipient
'corvnss-e makes its appearance.
! Fifteen hundred people In the now
overflowed section near the mouth of
Red River were reported destitute to?
day, und supplies were Immediately
dispatched to their relief by the armv
commissary cleps rtment.
TRUCE IN TOBACCO WAR
Warring Elements nt Klon City will
Take Matter lo Court*.
Chicago, April 30.?rTruce was do-'
I elared in the Zlon City tobacco war
i to-day after n recurrence of the riot?
ing of yesterday, when the adherents
of Wll ur TJlenn Vollva. overseer of
Zlon. were routed by the tobacco-using
employes of a manufacturing concern.'
Vollva declared there would be no
more militant marching against th
employes e>f the factory. Mayor M:l
ler. whose deputies have had a busy
time In quieting thi warring elements.
. said he was satlslied to leave the
, eitestion for the courts to sottle.
When Zion City, the lake shore
: home of the followers of John Alex?
ander Dowle, wa's organized the use
eif tobacco in Its precincts was forbid?
den.
TAFT LE?VEsToR~GEORGIA
'Will ?ffend Services In Memory of
Minor Archibald But*. :
Washington. April 80.?President
Taft returned to Washington from
his campaign through Massachusetts'
Shortly before 1" o'clock to-day. His
Stay in' the capital was brief, how?
ever, as he left for Savannah. (Qa., at
.1:30 o'clock this afternoon. The Pres?
ident will also visit Augusta. Oa.. and
attend memorial services there for h s
late aide. Major Archibald \V. Butt. I
II.. will attend a dinner of the Yule
nluuinl at Savannah to-morrow eve.
, uing nnd will fc-o from there, to Au?
gusta to attend the memorial service
for Major Butt President Taft will
be back In Washington Friday morn?
ing.
CHANCE FOR RECOVERY
Condition of Jules Vedrlnes, Hot ever.
Still I? Critical.
Paris, April 80.?Jules Vedrlnes, -who
yesterday met with a serious aorident
whilj flying' over his 1>lrtihT>lace. at
Salut Denis, a suburh of Paris, fa fi.|)|
In a critical condition, but the su.-goon
In attendance _ expresses the oalninn
that there Is sonic hope of hlsjiecov
ery. j
Vedrlnes has been decoratal with
the I.eglon of HoVior for his at xicve.
ments in aviation.
TWELVE TALESMEH
ALREADY SECURED
In All Probability Re?
maining Four Will Be
Quickly Chosen.
FLOYD ALLEN IS !
FIRST DEFENDANT
_i
Will Be i ried on Indictment
Which Charges Murder of Fos?
ter and With Conspiring to
Kill Goad and Webb?Jail
and Courthouse Heav?
ily Guarded.
II V A I.i:\ AMJi-.Il 1'On.WAUD. I
Wythevllle, va.. April 30.?Twelve i
talesmen sat in the Jury box when
court adjourned this afternoon at the
em! of the first day of the trial of
Floyd Allen for the murder of Win.
M. 1 oster. the late Commonwealth*.?
Attorney -,f Carroll count v. They
were the product of two venires und
of numerous summonses from by
stan-i. rs in the rourtroom, fortv In
all.
new venire was summoned to?
night, to I..- present at 9:30 o'clock
to-morrow morning. It is necessary
to secure four additions) talesmen,
sixteen In ail. Tho defense will have
four peremptory challenges, and the
Jury will then be complete. In all
probability the. remaining men will be
quickly secured.
? With the exception of one citizen,
who had conscientious scruples
israinst the infliction of capital pun
I Ishmi nf. all of the venlremen dis?
qualified were excused because of
oplr.ions formed and expressed which
It would require evidence to remove.
The interrogations took every possi?
ble form. Evidently Judge Waller It.
Staples was bent upon complying
with the letter and spirit of tho law
Covernlng the selection of jurymen,
so as to avoid the possibility of error.
Bord Is Questioned.
The ease of Charles n. Uoyd proved
j the hardest r.ut to crack. Time and
I again one t-|d? or the other returned
! to the attack. Many questions were
asked. Mr. Boyd was certain that he
would give the prlEoner the benetit
of a reasonable doubt. But he had
formed an opinion in the case which
might possibly affect his credence of
witnesses.
??Supposing." asked Tt. II. Willis, of
counsel foj^ahe defense, "one witness
v.-ec i., teatif- in Rceordance with
yffuV IttrfiTwBMoil l dl this raoe, and an
othi r were to state Just the opposite,
would you not give more credence to
j the one whose testimony agreed with
I your view?"
; "I think l{ might effect me to some
extent," replied Mr. Royd. The state?
ment was qualified under questioning
i v Joseph C, Wytor, for the prosecu?
tion. ]??/ a statement that the demean
t r and apparent credibility of the wit"
i est would really determine the point.
At last the defense challenged Mr.
Boyd for cause, but Judge Staples
permitted him to remain In the panel.
Later, at the very moment of ad?
journment, the prosecution conceded
the point and agreed to excuse the
talesman, fearing the possibility of
error. A Virginia decision holds that
If evidence would be required to re?
move an opinion, a citizen Is Ineligi?
ble for Jury service.
Mr. Boyd Is n son of the late Cap?
tain Chas. R. Boyd. one of Virginia's
noted geologists and mlnralogists of
his day. He Is an Insurance agent of
Wythevllle.
Panel an It Mauds.
The panel now stands as follows:
Oeorge J- Kepnss. farmer; J. B. I'm
berger, farmer; Krank B. Nelms. mer?
chant: W. M. Ruchanan, farmer; J.
Saanger Brown. Mock raiser. Chas. P.
Buck, farmer: Gree K. .lames, farmer;
r (Continued on Ninth Page.)
SAFE sjpMSHlP
Says His Company Will
Carry Bq0,ts for
EveryjQne.
TALKS AB&iJT
DOUBLE HULL
-f
Would Have Rafts That Are
Easily Launchcci or That Will
Float When 'Ship Sinks.
Senate Comrnityee Adjourns
bearing Tjiitil Fri?
day'^
_
Washington. April,: More llfc
boutB on the tranEWliiin. llner.?, an:
equipment of raft?"tlj5i automaticallyI
would float clear av i sinking v. ...
pel. and the const ruefe.i of great r>a^-|
senger steamers v. itfi'.O ' iblc hulls and
|extended watertight! .-ompartmcnts?
'all these reforms. it jw.i: Indicated to
'day, before the- Senate commlttc? In
j vestlgattng the Titanac disaster, would
follow in the Immc-?jut : tur<
I J. Bruce- Ismay, p'jpsldcnt ;;nl tnan
j aging director of ehe International
['Mercantile Marine Company, told thi
committee that in M.< "pinion this
should be done. Me n imised to t.-k
up the question witbrthe constructors
I of the big liners aii ?"un as h-., re
i turned to England.
j The head of the powerful shipping
combination shared i, ter<st in to?
day's hearing with ?)?.. i. Dunn, o New
York Importer. Mr. 1 unn proved a
recalcitrant witness, lor. after tell?
ing of information 1. had received to
the effect that the V? .-'tar Line of
liclals had received ^ontlvu informa
lIon of the Titanic . ? i.-!-.t tet fourteen
hours before they fcavc it out, ho!
refused to give the ?>.ii-. of h;s Infor?
mant.
Senator Smith Instated upon know?
ing the nn me of the. j -.'rfjn responsible
for the statement. liitl said he had
received it In conud ire. and had
pledged himself not u divulge th?
name.
Summarily dirfniisscl 'rem the stand
In charge of an assl?t t.t Bergeont-at
arms of the Senate, the witness spent
most of the morning 0J1 the long dis?
tance telephone end-{it-ulng to be ab?
solved from his"pledge:.
As a result of- Dunn's testimony.
Senator Smith rtisnut. rtrd two ofllcers
to New York toylnt-rrogate the of
ficlnla nt\) the Western i'alon Telegraph
I Company, by whom "??'?* employed the
Imah who was saUi t--? hav originally
. muoe ttie statement (
! Late in the fla> h?1 fa fnod that the
ortlcers were having trouble in getting
at the facts. As a result he announced
that he possibly woi Id ko to New York
to-morrow and conduct the Investiga?
tion himself.
Adjourn* to Friday.
The hearing to-day came to an
abrupt end when Senstoi Smith sud?
denly announced that the committee
would adjourn to reconvene on Fri?
day. This, he said, was necessitated
because the Senate Corrmerce Commit?
tee, to which the members of the Ti?
tanic investigating committee belong?
ed, was completing Its work on the
rivers and harbors appropriation bill.
It was desired, he sale that all mem?
bers of the committee be present.
Before the subcommittee meets again
it may decide logo to New York to hear
other surviving passengers in nn ef?
fort to tlear up some discrepancies in
testimony.
Most of the Tltnnlc's ofllcers and
crew wio were here left to-day for
New York to proceed to their homes In
England The Investigation entered Its
final stiges to-day. J. Bruce Ismay.
managing director of the International
Mercantile Marine, owners of the lost
liner, was recalled u> the witness
stand, and put through r. last search?
ing examination.
Mr. Ts-may indignantly denied that he
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WOULD DISSOLVE
HARVESTER TRUST
Government Files Suit
Charging Restraint
of Trade.
CHARGES INJURY
TO THE FARMERS
Asks That Injunction Be Issued
to Bar From Interstate Com?
merce the Products of the
Harvester Company?Would
Have Receivers Appointed
to Wind Up Business.
St. Paul, .tprll 50.?Suit against the
International Harvester Company,
charging It with being .t monopoly
In restraint of trade and asking tVat
it be dissolved, was Hied by the gov?
ernment In the United States District
Court here to-day.
In a petition III equity this JI40.
000,000 corpcu-atlon. popularly called
the harvester trust. Is declared to ex?
ist In violation of the Sherman law.
To accomplish the. disintegration of
the Ko-called trust. Ihc government
asks the court to Issue injunctions to
bar from Interstate commerce the pro
ducts of the International Harvester
Company or the International Harves?
ter Company of America, Its selling
agency. The appointment of receiv?
ers to lake uharge of the property
and wind up the business, "if the
court should be of the opinion that
the public Interests will be better
served thereby." is suggested.
The nilng of the suit came as the
? Umax of live years of Investigation
by the government. Lately the case
has figured protnlnently in public dis?
cussion between President Taft and
ex-Proslilent Roosevelt regarding cer?
tain instruction's Mr. Roosevelt while
President gave to his Attorney-General
concerning prosecution of the concern.
i That feature of the case was recently
j be fore the Senate.
In brief, the government charges the
Harvester Company with being a com?
bination in restraint of trade, mono?
polizing or attempting t" monopolize
the manufacture and salt of harvest?
ing machinery.
Advnnrrd Prices.
H Is alleged that ihe company has
advanced the prices of the articles to
the grave injury of the farmer aftd
general public, and la extending lt?
business Into all linen of agricultural
! implements with the purpose of mono?
polistic control.
The government alleges that the In
i c ?national n.'t ve s'or company con?
trols lit least 90 per cent, of the trade
In the United StAties In harvestors or
grain binders, 7.". per cent, of the mow?
ers and more than ">0 per cent, of the
binder twine. There are only three
or four manufactures of harvesting
J machinery III the I'nlted States other
: than the International Harvester Com*
? puny, the petition says. These, it is
! added, arc comparatively small, and
las their business dioes not embrace the
entire United States. In many sections
'of the country thej International Hnr
I vester Company lia.s a complete mono
I poly of harvesting machinery. Con?
sidering agricultural Implements of
I every kind, other than harvesting
' machinery lines, the petition declares
that the output of the alleged trust
I amounts to over 30 per cent, of the
i whole.
The government, contends that tile
corporation has eliminated competition
by securing control of a great ma?
jority of the relail Implement dealt rs
j in the I'nlted States, who are made
their active selling agents.
The IVtltt.
The petition says:
"The opportunities for any new
competitors are constantly being
closed by defendants In all lines of
agricultural Implements; the ag\ncios
for distribution, the retail Implement
elealers, and others are rapidly coming
fContinued on Third Page.)
FUNERAL SHIP CARRIED BODIES
OF FIVE WOMEN AND ONE CHILD
Halifax.* X. S.. April 30.?The cable
ship Mackay-Bennett, which came with
l^n of the White Star liner Tltanic'a
dead Into Halifax to-day, first cast
gloom over the city by her mere pres?
ence as a funeral ship, then sent a
shock through those waiting hero for
bodies with the announcement of her
commander that lifty-seven of those
reported by wireless as i-lentltied had
of necessity been cast again into the
sea.
Vet none, not even the few hero
whose friends or relatives had thus
been recommitted to the Atlantic, ex?
pressed any criticism of Captain Lard
ner's action, believing him sincere in
his explanation that lack of space on
board, shortage of embalming material
nnd the mutilation of bodies was sole?
ly responsible for his course.
That there was no favoritism shown
In the reburlal, that is, that the bodies
of prominent persons were not kept
aboard to the exclusion of the more
humble, is indicated by the White Star
Line's announcement that among those,
bodies sunk ttgaln was that of George
I). Widener. the Philadelphia capitalist
Although this appears to he a mis?
take, In that Mr. Wid. tier's son, now
here, believes from Captain Lardner's
description that the body was that of
his father's valet, the name Widener
stands on the official list of reburled
as issued by th- White Star Lino late
to-day.
Sixty I'nclnlmed Bodies.
The ono great hope held out to the
bereaved to-night w?s the fact that
there lay stretched in the rough pine
coffins In the morgue sixty bodies for
which there were no claimants. By
morning all will have been prepared
for close scrutiny, and persons who
found only bitter dlsoppointmet |n the
denth house to-day will go back to?
morrow prepared to exhaust every re?
source before turning homeward.
A majority of those <as,t again Into
the sea were members of the Titanic's
crew, and second and third-class pas?
sengers.
i Eliminating Mr. Wldncr's name from
the list there remain*, in far as can
he checked up from the data here, the
i name of only one ftrsl-ciass passenger
recommitted. He ?as Frederick Sut
' ton, of Philadelphia, Reginald llule
was among the second-cabin pnsseng
' ers.
Xo Morbid Curiosity.
! Perhup:'. never was an occasion so]
. fraught witii gruesome aspects, mark-1
i ing a clceing chapter in the greatest'
disaster in history, attended with
' more respectful silence and lack of
morbid curiosity than was the doek
' Ing of tli'- Mackay-Benndt to-day. Not
half a dozen of those actually con?
cerned visind the pier proper, and the
general public contributed not more
than 200. They stood in silence over?
looking the terrace ititc the navy
'dock yard. 3uu yards away. They
could see nothing but .he'upper struc?
ture of the Mackay-Uennett, tents
housing the colrlns and a canvas lane
under which the dead were being cur
i ried to the long Mo A undertakers*
'wagons for transfer to the morgue. It;
j whs nearly \ o'clock when the claim?
ants of bodies began to arrive there
i by twos and threes. Nicholas Biddle,
of Philadelphia, win accompanied
Vincent Astor here in * private car.!
went alone to identify the body ofj
Colonel Astor, and il war the lirst pre?
pared for removal to New York. The
body of Isidor Strain u few moments
Inter was turned over to Maurice!
Rothschild, of New York and In quick!
succession, with little or uo cere?
mony, the bodies of Knnk D. Mlllett,
the artist; H. .1. Allison, of Montrenl,
and many others were given In charge
I'of friends.
j By to-morrow nearly all of the
! claimed will be on their way home for
; burial.
Five \\ .linen's Hollies.
The slight scrutiny of the unidenti?
fied to-night led to what may mean
the identification of two of the vlc
I Cms. One man, whose name was not
learned, said he. recognized one of the
I bodies as that of J. F. P. Clark, as
slstant purser on the Titanic, while
letters found on another body bore
the name of Arthur White. There are I
only live women's bodies among the
unidentified, and as one of them ap?
pears to be that of a Swedish wo- j
man, and the other four those of
Italians, there is little hope apparent?
ly of recovering the body of .Mrs.
Isidore Straus, who stayed by the ship
with her husband.
One Utile child, A baby girl of
about two years, lies among the un?
claimed, nameless and without a sug?
gestion of wliu her parents were or
are. Of ?11 the bodies picked up hers
was the only one that the waves bore
without the aid of a life; belt, she was
found floating serenely, looking very
much like a Mg doll.
Desniie predictions to the contrary,
nearly all of the bodies bore Indica?
tions thai the victims had died swiftly
if not nlmosl painlessly. In many
eases their features were etilni, and
with the exception of those who had
been severely Injured, I hey were re?
markably free from the stamp of
horror or suffering. All were In a re?
markable state of preservation.
] Samuel Wallach, who Inspected part
of the unidentified to-day, said thst
lie had but faint hope Of lindtnc. the
body of his brother-in-law, Henry B
Harris, the theatrical man. Never?
theless, he will remain here until he
has exhausted every means In his
power to recover It.
Bodies In Ciulf Stream.
New York. April .,80.?The White
Star Line made public to-da> a wire- |
less telegram from the Western Union '?
cable ship Mlnia, now searching for
bodies on the scene of the Titanic
?lsaater. The message reads:
"If bodies afloat. 1 cllovo lute north
gales swept them Into dull Stream
and carried ninny miles east. Uocov
ered one body to-day. Total, four?
teen. Two unknown buried at sea.
and believed on board mostly of
crew."
^^lderwood by 7,000
nnrl> Returns Show Ttant Alnburulnn
Huh Baally Defeated
t\ ilaon.
Jacksonville. I ln..' April 30.?lie
tunin from the prrnldrntlnl prefer"
race primary held in tht? Mute to?
day, ??Ith Wood row Wilson und
Onear Cnderwood nn |he only par?
ticipants, were meagre nl tnldnlabt.
I'ew prcelneta bud been reported
complete, bm tbeac and the vote nl
other precincts, mm far nn eountcdi
ludleated Hint I nder?.I vwi? lenil
Iiik by n fnlr majority. The Florida
rim<-?-i niou. In n- early editions,
rlalnied I he State for I uderwood by
u majority of about 7,000.
The bniint in lo-day'n primary
wn? more limn two feet ??? length,
mill in audition (a Ihr presidential
raudlriates, carried thr name* of
delcgnten nnd State officials, fr<?ni
(Governor down* vi bo nrr to be
elected. TmU In counting; Ihr lial*
lot* showed Ibnt It <nkc? four to
six minutes to count one vote. Any
thlng like complete llEtirrs on Hie
voti" nre not expected before Intc
Wcilncmlny night or Thursday
morning.
In the content for t.overnnr. In
dlcatlouN are thnt Park Trammel!
nnd Cromwell tilbhnn* nre runnlnc
n close rni'r.
UNDERWOOD liBADS.
Orlando, Pia., April :u>.?Only one.
fourth ?if thr vote In thin city In
to-day'* primary had born com?
pleted nt midnight, the figures
ntanillnci Underwood, T2; Wilson,
TU. Scattering return? from tills
lOrnnccl county Indlcnlr n major?
ity for Vndrrwnnd.
METHODIST CONFERENCE
Twenty-Fifth timid mm In I (.inhering'
nt Mlnncnpoli* Hrlngs SSO Ilclcgntcs. ]
Minneapolis. Minn.. April 30.? Klein
hundred and fifty delegates, Including!
twenty-one "bishops from North Amor
lea and bishops f r ? ? :n Kiirnpo. India.
<*bina. Africa. South and Centra]
America ami the Philippines, said to
constitute the largest assemblage of
Mothodlst Church notables over held,
nre here for the twenty-fifth quadren?
nial General Conference of the Metho?
dist Episcopal Church, which begins
B month's session to-morrow. The
oldest active leader. Bishop Henry W.
Warren, of Den vir. consecrated b'shon
In 1SS0. will open the conference, and
Karl Cranston, of Washington. the
next nclive bishop, oldest in point of
service, will speak.
A business session by the General
Conference will be held each morn?
ing, committee meetings in the after?
noons nnd representatives from for?
eign missions and loi.a'. conferences In
the evenings.
Among the delegates to arrive will
be .lames M. Bunkley. one of the edi?
tors of the church publications, who
hits attended all the general confer?
ences in the last forty years; Rev. W.
W. Van Orsdel, of Montana, the old?
est ministerial delegate In po'nt of
service, and Thomas II. Murray, of
Cleat-field, Pa., the oldest lay dele
Bute.
About 100 delegates are here to rep?
resent the church In Southern Status
and In many Islands in the tropics.
Among the Lwenty-flye women dole
.tines Is Mia? Hulls Garibaldi of Itome
a grur.dda.aghl. r oi the ttSklhtn liber
at or.
To-night the delegates were wel?
comed at a public demonstrat'on.
URGES HOUSE METAL BILL
Senator Simmons Opens Tariff Klght la
(he Semite.
Washington, April 30.?The tariff
light in the Senate opened to-day when
Senator Simmons, in charge of the
Democratic House measures, mad-- tin
opening speei li in support of the House
metal bill.
Senator Plmmons criticised Presi?
dent Taft for his refusal to sign the
tariff bills of the last session and de?
clared that the President's determina?
tion not to sign any tariff bills pre?
vious to n t Ion by the Tariff Board
was an Impeachment of the competen?
cy of Congress and "reactionary to the
last degree."
The metal bill probably will be be?
fore tin- Senate at bast two weeks.
ATTEND CAM0RRA TRIAL
? irortre II. McClellan nnd Party Given
Special Seats In Courtroom.
Iterbo. Italy, April 30.?George B.
McClellan, former Mayor of New York,
logother with Edward Robinson, di?
rector of tlic Metropolitan Museum of
Art. and a patty were present to-dny
nt the sltt'ng of the court trying the
Cnmmorra prisoners. The presiding
lodge granted them the privilege of
sluing !n special seats In the court?
room.
The sentence of the prisoners 's
expected to be decided at the end of
May or 'li.- beginning of June, when
Mr. McClellan will again be present,
returning for the purposl from Flor?
ence, where he Is going to-morrow.
DEGREES FOR VIRGINIANS
Two to tirndunte from Massachusetts
Institute of Tecauology.
(Special to The Times-Dtfrphtch.1
Boston. Mass., April 30?Among the
successful candidates for the bachelor
of science degre-> at Massachusetts In?
stitute of Technology nre John Comp
ton Freeman. A. B.. of Areola, Va., and
Walter Herron John Taylor, B. A., of
Norfolk. Va. They complete courses
In electrical cngincrlng and eh ??nils
try, respectively They will receive
their degrees with honors at com?
mencement on June I.
iL ntli of John Samuel.
St. Louis, Mo.. April 3.V?John Sam?
uel, said to be tiie Invontor of the
Mason fruit Jar. is dead, lie was nlne
ty-flva years old. Samuel was the
founder and first president of th
Glass Blowers' Union, and was horn
In'Swanses, Wales
?'Grnudfntber l.mvs'' Vllneked.
Chicago, April "0?"Grandfather
laws" of Southern States. whlc*s lire
declared to disfranchise thousand.- Of
negroes, were condemned by the dele?
gates to the fourth annual conference
of the National Association for Iba
Advancement of Colored People to?
day. A resolution suggesting that
these laws be attacked it>,.. United
States Supreme Court was adopted
Drstroyer Launched.
Philadelphia. April 30.?The torpedo
boat destroyer Beale was launched at
the Crap shipyard to-day and chris?
tened by Mrs. John P. McLean, of
Washington, daughter of Lieutenant
Commander Kit.vurd Fitzgerald Beale.
only our Hid Received.
Washington. April SO.? only one bid
was received by the Now Department
to-day for the construction of the
submarine tender Niagara, the New
London Shipbuilding Company o'd at
?191,000.
HECK UND ICK
Massachusetts Primary
in Doubt Early This
Morning.
I THE PRESIDENT
LEADS BY 1,403
Speaker Clark Wins by Over?
whelming Vote Over Gover.
nor Wilson?La Follette Fails
to Make Serious Showing.
Democrats Stay Away From.
Polls, and Republican Vote Is
Only Half of That Cast at
Gubernatorial Election Held
Last November.
Summary
With tuo-tblrds of the precincts
hcii-d from, Tnft leads Roosevelt by
1,403 10 ten.
Wine politicians ?tute that of thr
thirty-six delegates fr-,,m Massa?
chusetts. Tnft will crt (rvrenty nnd
Itoonevclt Mxtrcn.
Clark's vote over Wilson, vrlth
bnlf Ihr preclncta Mill to report, Is
1 1.1
I.u Kollettr running fnr behind.
Hnston went for Tnft by 000
voten.
Democrats stay array from noil*.
Republican vote but half of that
rost nt November election.
Tuft Lead* by 1,403.
Iloston, Mass., April 30_Returns In
j the presidential primaries to-day from
Tit out of 1,080 election precincts
I ?Ivel
j Itepubllenn prefereucea?i,n Pollette,
1 1,130; Roosevelt, 43,83(11 Toft, 45,230.
I Roosevelt Silent.
Oyster Hay. N, V., April 30.?l.oto
<o-ntKht Colonel Roosevelt hail no
comment to muke on the niurc? then
ut linuil from Massachusetts.
The Colonel bud received nuoatMnus
luesHqifps, !?. n,i aee.nie<l Plcefcoii vi f"t*?i
Hie uewa I bey brought blm, but in
the lack of positive luforuintloii of
the result, he Indicated hla decision
(o -.-.!,Mi Moid anything be might have
to any until the outcome wns known.
State In Doubt.
Boston, April 30.?Tbc struggle for
the control of Ihr Massachusetts dcle
Kutlou to the Republican convcutlon
In Chicago between ['resident Tuft and
Colonel Roosevelt wus ?1 close In the
Primarien to-day tlint ut midnight.
?Ith half ihr State tubulnted, the two
1 iiHplriinti. for nouiiniitlon were run?
ning neeli inul neck for presidential
preference, viblle incomplete returns
showed Hint they bad also an equnl
illvlnloii of the district delegntes.
llu the preferential vote returns from
half the slate gnvc President Tart 30,
033, Colonel Roosevelt ?0,804.
On the other hand, IlnMer, 11I10 head?
ed (he Rooscvrl'. group ct candidates,
j hnd 30,834, to 50,340 f?r Senator Crnnei
who led the Tuft ticket.
The closeues? of the tight In the llf
I publican ranks overshadowed the con
! test In the Democratic. Returna from
[half the Mate gave Speaker Clark II?,
! -on. Governor Wilson 8,39-7.
Of ihe delegntes nt 'arge, Coughlln,
! who amis pledged to Governor Pus*.
polled 18,410, tvblte George Fred Wll
' Hum* received (M?ll votes in the same
precincts.
The 1 11 Pollette vote bad fnllrd tu
reach four figures nt midnight.
President Tnft carried ttoston by obout
ihm? votes, but Ihr eastern towns, in?
cluding tunny I" Ihc ^ ape Cod nud
Plymouth districts, lined up strong for
liooseveM, while Ihe central portlou
?hj. evenly spill.
Thr mini vote for th. <?o cnnill
?14 en wns about ."<> per Cnt. of thnt
polled by the Republican candidate foi
Governor last November
NECK AND NECK
! Tnft nud Itooaevelt Running Uvcn,
Clnrk Par In Lend of Wilson.
Boston, .Miss. April 30.-?The contest
I In the presidential primaries lotday fog
, lha thirty-six delegates to the Repub
: lleaii National Convention far exceeded
? in interest thai for control of the Dein
I ocratio delegation to Baltimore,
j Marly returns showed that four He
I publican voters went to the polls to
1 on j Democrat.
The nee between President Taft and
i Colonel Roosevelt, which on the show?
ing of the preference of voters, was a
rieck-und-njek affair, for several hours
absorbed so much attention that the
' long lead of Speaker Clark over Clov
' ernor Woodrow Wilson was almost for?
gotten, i*
Presldi ".1 T.ift carried Boston, ex
I elusive of Hyde Park, by more than,
BOO, but ran behind In ths small towns
that hnd reported up to in P M.
In these small towns, together rn-lth
a number of wards In the cities of
North Adams, flaverhlll. Newhuryport.
I.ynn and Woburn the vote stood:
Roosevelt. r,.tbS; Toft. ."..3:.;..
These sam* cities an 1 towns gavo
Baxter, who'headed the Roosevelt group
of delegates ?.S?l (o 1.537 for Senator
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