FOR CONFERENCE
Good Attendance Indi?
cated for Opening
Session To-Day.
TAKE BREAKFAST
WITH GOV. MANN
Visitors From Rome in Behalf of
Rural Credits?San Francisco [
Exposition Represented?Each |
Governor Has Local Com
mittee for His Entertain?
ment?Reception Tonight.
Nine Oovfrnor?. two (orjml OOVOI"?
r.ore, the man who oiigmated the j
Ooviruois' Conference. th' acting I
Secretary, together with people wtio j
will present lm>| to the m-eting of |
this week, had arrived In the city j
last night. Kariy. saoradng tratas
tring otbc.it. so that there will be ??
Kood Attendance at the opening sea- |
Olon this morning Acting Secretan I
* c Rlls] tadd last nlghl that tr.e;
largest attendance in ih- history ?I
Um conference was already assured
Tha early arrivals wars as follows: |
Governor Francis K. M Govern, ot j
Wleccnalt.. Chairman of the executive'
committee, Governor and Mrs Fred?
erick \v. riuisted, of .Maine. OovernorI
j.dwin I? Korrls, or Montana Oover?
nor ff. W. Kitchen and i' B Aronatell,
? i North Carolina. Governoi Albert j
W. Glich! in. of Florida Gov i nor
Vu?ker L. Uddie. of Nevada. QoSoraOl
Mmeon K. Baldwin, of ? .-inecwcut. I
Governor and Mrs John A. i>ix and |
SJSCS. Mlas Douglass, of N< w 101k.
GOVSnSOf BsalaOt ON'-a). of Alabama.
(orassf Qovi rnur and Mrs John
Franklin Fort and Maas Kort, of New
Jersey; former Governor Augu.-tua t?
Villeon, of Kentucky. M. C Rlley. i
S>ctlng sccreaar>. of Madison. ?Via
William '?eorge Jordan. "Father of tne
ConaTsTOaVCS of Governors.' of New;
Vjrk. Mr and Mr- .-amuel Heliuer. i
of Spring LsjM, >; J., L?.-. Lillian IV.I
Johnson, of Memphis. Tenn., and Miss
Krnestine Noa. of Chattanoogu Tenn
W'llrsssad hj I.uirrnur Maun.
Govtri.or William Hodges Mann, who
a.is .11 Norfolk yesterday welcoming;
the National Guard MsSSlSllon. re- ;
I ir.-.ed to tin- city last eve ning, and I
oTtth Mrs. Mann, went to the Jefferson |
Itotel last night, where he greeted j
tn. lu CO mi mm OossiBaWk. "Hello, j
Governor, ?.19 the general ?aluta
liOS in the lobby, as one after anotuei
BJ : hfOjJ
jjecretai y ii. C hiley. chosen to act
In tins eatjsaeity by the executive com-'
luittee for trw interim between meet?
ings, came in car!}, and saw ali tic
Governors in gulch auccesslon ' He j
is the man who doea tho work. ' said |
cuvernor McGoVrrn Mi. RMof it"
X SO tod h.niBeif of his tiave.iug gaur
ir.ents. shook hnda with ail the visi?
tors, msde himself of s> rvlce to ?
dozen people at once, and then pro
?? ? ded to business.
First he delivered th- customary eti
logium of the Jefferson Hotel, then he
praiaed tht hard work whici. BOSerBOl
Mann has done and his auccsSSCal ef?
forts to make the r.ieetir.g fall of |
j.leasurc. Next Mr. Rlley showed how
and why this paslicUiaj- Cosdoroa I
of Governors will liave th? larger at?
tendance, n/HI b' Um Basal important
and the most anccessfu] of ali
Finally he up- ned a natch ol -
gran.s, which show matters that ujrttl
Le BMTSSJOBtsd to the conference, pro?
vided a hearing hi granted.
OreetlDga I r..m I rlaco.
One of them was from the f'anema
loclfic Fxposltion. containing the in?
formation that Dr. T. Jor..s. Lomls
l u.a commiaaioner to th- San I ran .s
OS show of 191.". and Dr. Frank A.
Wolff, assiciate physicist of the Bu?
reau of f^tar.darda. Lmpartment of Com?
merce and Labor, will be here to say
some ...:.ga in behalf of the next
world a falr.
Acother revealed the information
that Mlas Kali BaT.ard. of Oklahoma
?III visit the conference. She is tn
tfduud b> Oofoiaoi QCOTSJI w
Hunt, of Arizona, who m;? thai She is
tnoroughlv familio, with the "ArtsSOS
Institutional j;. i .. as, seas can explain
It. First tlie corf' r< met ?:!| try to
End out what it Is.
Dr. Lillian W. Johnson and M;>
Krnesttne. Noe nave come esaar from
Rorrr?. Italy, to attend the Cssaft rot
ef Governors Th-y have been in the
Kternel city studying the aaesjasdal "f
toe International lustiiut.- ?{ Aglilaal
tu e. on nrMch DevvM i.ut.in has I
for himeelf everlasting fame. They
esp'-cially destr- to inter. s? th. t> v
e'nors In the mattet <>f rural crcdns.
a?. work<d ..'H h) mai:\ RSMrSS>SOSi resjaa
tries, *.n?i a e we || fortined n l?ii Ute i ?
Isars on th- asjfofacti B ?fafasa they
have been ?eu the ?IsjsjbjsJ an?l know
Of what lh? - oSS talking.
MI??!?? e>r Indltldaet*.
My ton T 11. r:..-g. .-.mbas?.ad... to
France, will b- h?re to aet as the
persotaal representative of I" ?ld<nl
Taft In this ?ano n ati-- ..f ? i .1 , re.
gits Or Johnson and Miss N<-e have
keen Invited tb- \\ t- . .. shoe
per In Washington S ii i-.:.'- "h. m the
tiovr rnors ? til I? |. ' ??nl
Mr snd Mr? Melln.r ??:. hOJPI ?.. .
Canoe they are int.rext.^1 m ihe < SO>
ference it met last je-ii SJ th ir toon
mi f-pring |j?he. N. T
Former <er>\.r. v r' nod \\ illre.n
srere ??pevlnlH Ir.vlteM ?w>vernor
Mann TTiev ajSoaggS tOOtl tb.- k.....t
|n?ep??t Ir tbe . or. !? r.n. r ^ ft II. arrive
fjnemhers. ami were lead.- a "f thought
In that r>e?dv
Got CT nor Mctrovern ws* Ihr Rooae
?e|t candidate f"- :emporar\ . h<tr
risn of th'-i hv?.. ".i.c ?-.liorc nht.-h
renomlnsted Mr Taft Ife ?urvu-d
the T'emeo-s'l ' ? "as
e.' 'ed
Mr Jordan was the a'lthor of the
?famous letter is !?<??? os a*NIMs
lc.K>sevelt which had as fta te?i?|t the
formation of th. ? onferen ? "f c^\
ornor? toiat 'ear lie was *-rr*t* \.
iarrofcne.1 mt 'S???!???.
At I 1 '? ?? e i'? h this m?rnlng aste?ro ?
klley ?111 call st the Jeffr-rer-n for the
?CtsitlnaT leosernevrs snd th??. 9rttM
them, and will tahe them to the execi
"oa Eighth Tag- > j
VISITS PARLIAMENT
Prraldenl-llect ? lu?0 listens l? De?
bate on Tariff.
Hamilton. Bermuda. Dt-ccmber 2-?
Weedrow Wilson h'nril to-.lay th? first
tariff discussion mh-i in? election as
Pn eid'-rit of th< CnKed States. He vis?
ited the Bermuda Pari lament, where
he was < heered, and sat amoni the
Bsombers for three h>urs listening to
tkv di i,at. on th. rerstsbaa schedules
and observing t ? Bjetheds ot budg* t
e\|daiiatioii. Iii reply to the welcome
i . t. ii.I. d Mr Wilson, ha Bald:
? I have aeea letereeted in the de
bat. , thinking that If we every year
w ent through the it. ms of e.\r>enditu. e
and revenue for twelve Baeaths t an
aroutd be a oontlauous |tsi fai taaui a
which would excel au\thing toe the
a tree ouid over prsdaoa. b .t the
Idea la an admirable one. because it
affords th,- HlMM "TIlTUBt OPPOrtUntt)
to i .-view the ? hanging rlrrthesBtl I ?
of the colony. I have admired the
business-:.k- manner of getting
through the rat I mates
While aralhing from the Qoverasseat
House Mr. Wilson raid he thought that
a >earl> revision ,r the a assrlran taiift
schedules, i ash aa obtains iri Bermuda,
would he lasgracticable. It would be
Impaaalhls to d.acuss the eetlMatea tan
revenue simultaneously, but he wished
that the fritted States would adopt
BOSSe budget Si heme.
Tb.? Pr?eldent-elocl was. a pr.nclpal
In u "Bret aid' i BS< t::i>> morning. ID
tee- .I.-.1 a hon. } moon couple v. ho f.ll
from their bicycles In front of his I
houa?. Tbc br.d- r.a? ?lightl*- Injured,
and one of Mr Wilson's daughters
as.-is'e.J in bathing her wound
NEWSPAPER LAW ARGUED
'uprerae I nurt Hears It ItfSM ked as
AbrldSTlos I reedoso of Press.
Was.niiKton. Daoambar :.?Oral argu?
ment jf the constitutionality of the
aewa paper peMietty law waa began to?
day before the supreme Court of t ? ?
I'nited States Robert C. Morris, on
behalf of the New York Journal ot
Commerce, attacked the law a.? abrids
ing the freedom of the press, whih
.Solicitor-General Hullltt defended the
act as merely imposing additl mal con- f
ditlons u;.< n whKh newspapers t.iay ob?
tain the second- lass mail privileges.
The aollcltor-goBeral will conclude bia
argument to-morrow, when James M.
Bach, on behalf of the Dewie Publish
Ing < "o:is r>a ny. e>f New York. Will make :
the Mnal argument on behalf of tht
newspapers.
Chief Justice White questl -ned Mr.
Man I at l- ngth. several tln-.e? sug?
gesting that the quetslon of the law
was one to be addressed to Congress
and not to the rourts In this connec?
tion, he aald be nad in mind the oleo- I
margarine case. In which any one "who
looked bey >r.d his face" knew that the
object wa* to prohibit the manufacture
of a product, while It merely put port-d
to levy a 'a\ He also suggested an
Interprotatloa that would permit the
Bd?01 llaiiaiant** section to stand as a
valid act only as to newspapers In the
D:str. -t af Celan*Ma or jurisdictions
over whirh the United States nas ex?
clusive Jurisdiction
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
Hitht He.. Dennis J. O t oaaeI, Pro
a?Btaaed HUbop at Hlrhnsond.
Rome. December I?The Pope To?
day officially announced the appoint
m? nt of the following American pre
.at. s
Right Rev. Dcr.nis J. O Conner!
Oishop if Ricnmond.
Right Rev. Patrtch A. McGovern
bishop of Cheyenne.
Right Rev Austin Dowllng. bishop
of Der, Mol nee
Rev. Edward J. Hanna. auxiliary
Ma bop of San FYaacsece
A consistory was held by the Pope
to-day. at which the red hat was placed
ape.n th-- heads of the several prelates
rao. ortet Ar hht?h ;p Parley, of New
jork. and Archbishop TP Council, ot
Boston, were on November 27. 1811,
designated as cardinala Tiey are:
Francis X Nagl. archbishop of Vi?
enna.
Otuaepps Maria COB e Macho, arch?
bishop of Yalladolid
Ant-.r.--. Vi. . jupal r.ureio to Spain
/?"rata is S. Bauer. arehbsShJg ot
OltnueUE
Enrique de Almaraz y pantos, arch?
bishop of Sievllie.
Several hundred Americans witnessed
to-day's ceremonie*. The Pope looked
very well and his voice was quite
streets
TRIPLE TRAGEDY ENACTED
Mother I.rape With Iv.n ?hlHrcn Im?
\ I,nii.ion. il Uusrri.
R.-cklaiid. Maine. December Z.?Mrs
Auetin Klwell killed her two children
rself to-day by Jumping with
them into an abandoned quarry
f- .-t ?le. ,. aa nearly filled with wa?
ter Domestic troubles Is believed to
have caused the act. Mrs. Elwell was
tarenty-thr.-e years old, and the chil?
dren both bejrS were aged five and
.our .am Tn.ro Were r.o \?itre>"?es
to th- traced]
The woman and the children were
>?-. n fOSSSJj int.. the oiiarrv enclosure.
laSte their ?.ute.- garments were found
, . ii,. . in- f th ? lift. Mis Klwell
aeaerratsd ftwa he. aaaaaaaai a
vcs. iR"
JOBBERS BRING SUIT
I he. \?l? Heai t H:im??M I ?Her *her
n?aa IoHiomI I .aw.
New York. Derrmoer 2 ?The trial of
> -nit under tee Sh?rm.in antitrust law
for . damaa-s brought by E. E
l/H-ker a ''" of Brnoklvn. against
th- sBsMdSS] PlesaBS f?mi*ny, which
sine. to. ,:itl'.n ha? l?e< n lejrally dis?
solved. ?:<? .?..?nmen.-ed to-day in th'
I'nited Stit?s District i oilrt Cnder
the Sherman la?. it filter * fV. win
the suit th. v will be entitled to treble
dam**'? or swf*Xdf9 Tie plaintiffs
all? arc #h*t th. defendant comparrt
.-...i- ;. e-l ? ?? r p?lise th? Jobbing
b?u?. and r. fused I? sell fcrmxts t?
them.
TILLMAN SUIT ENDS
Weeber III Relate < htldrea Penrllna
? ewrt's t>eel?lea.
< o|i;mhla a C. |?e*?aber ??ffser
.ns of tne suit of P P T llTi^n Jr..
eo- r t ? .? d >'st.e s n*t'.- . ilmari.
f^r i.o?%e??. ,n ..f ht? f?o r ild*?n was
'oiirlnj.d :o the Suprem. i .. .rt to
da-i ?'. :.' I ?!. ? ilary annom^eel
thst th. no^her. Mrs le> > Dues,
who seenr?d a dlvor e from < oung Titl
man. should r.tatr rustody ?f I he tao
Pfile eirla p-ndina the decision of the
court, which win be announced later
Signing- Armistice
Protocol.
TROUBLE AMONG
BALKAN ALLIES
Powers Counsel Turkey to Make
Peace, and Negotiations Likely
to Begin in Few Days?Cor?
dial Relations of England
and Germany Clarify
General Situation.
Tendon. December! ii--The imperial
Ooi l?B|| f'hanoellor's statement of the
twapatii aituatlo.i. together with mat
of Herr von Ktdcrtcn-Waoehtor. t h"
German Foreiirr ooeretarj "?nfirming
that Great Britain m?l Ge-:nany are
co-operating amicably in favor of
Peart ia regarded in the Kuroperin
.-apttals an reassuring mm I us calcu?
lated to have an effect when the; peace
delegates Saasas to discus* terms.
1 >r. Von Bethmaim-Hoilweafadeciara
tlo.i of the solidarity of tt, triple &1
llOJtCO, which, it is 'reported, lias just
been renewed and hla announcement
? ?? rtsrsi a n a'a aWtei 'inlnatton to pursue
n Pottcy Uphol ling Turkey in a,n SOOOjS
mit sejise. are !ilce!> to influence, the
?i. < nates of ali the eSSUBtries con- !
eernosV to disc ass pogos roadltlo? las ]
the spirit of moderation already staoWB
in tiie armistice negotiations.
Although there is no change in the
actual situation to-night, some mis-;
giving is beginning to be expresst - j
with r -gard to the attitude of Greece, j
Vario.s reasons are asslgne-d for |
Greek reluctance to sign the armistice. |
According to the Greek minister at i
Paris. Greece opposes the proposal
tlittt the besieged garrisons shall be
provisioned during the arinistn e. and
thinks that the. allies ought to have
insisted upon their surrender.
There is no doubt that Jealousy ex?
ists between Greece an<l Bulgaria
Ol. asserts that the Greek fleet
player) an important role in tlie war.
tspet alto m preventing Turkey from
moving her troops b* sea. 2nd that
without her naval assistance the al?
lies could not have achieved such a
b-ill'ant success. The race between
the Greeks and the Bulgarians for the
occupation of Saloniki and tne inci?
dents which followed tins increased the
Ul-feelU.g. and now tlie .rreeks con?
sider tiiat their Interests are being
sacrificed n tue peace negotiations
It is expected the armistice protocol
will be signed some time to-morrow
rut it is possible that tbla may be
still delayed
Mandl hj Dual Monarehy
Berlin. December^.?Germany stands
firmly with Austria-Hungary in the
conflict which has arisen between that
country and Servla. or. for that mat
ler. In any conflict which may be
forced on the dual monarchy.
In a brief, pointed speech in the
Belchsiag to-day. the Imperial Chan
c.lior. Dr. von Bethmann-Ho'.iweg,
made this declaration which is taker,
to mean unquestionably a warning tr
Ratals, although Russia was not J
named.
All the parr*- leaders, except ttV
i-ocialists. who followed the Chan?
cellor, expressed approval of the gov?
ernment s position.
H?rr von Kiderlin-Waechter. Sec?
retary of State for Foreign Affairs
also won applause when. In replying
to the reference of the Social Demo
1 craf.c leader. Herr I^edebour. to ai
rged MscOfSl with Great Britain, said:
?"These remarks offer a welcome oc?
casion to state that durlnc the whol*
late- crisis our relations with GjTeat
Britain have <5v*n especially metrked
by mutual trust, which has not only
brought about a raoet gratifying Inti?
macy in our relations, but haa also
performed good services towards an
understanding between all the powers.
1 .-an exrrcss the certain expectation
that they srBi continue to do this."
The effect of the speeches In the
Keichsra,, to-day ?a? heightened this
? evenins when it became known In
parliamentary circle* that an agree?
ment had been reached for a renewal
Of the Dreibund.
I.rrrlu WooJd < ontlnur W or.
Sofia. Deccrr,T.er 2.?The plenipoten?
tiaries held a meeting at 3 o'clock
at Baarhtche. but it Is considered
d'Mibtful whether any definite ccsiclu
pSSSJ ?? -rardirig the a-mistlce will be
reached before Tuesday night or W?d.
n-yday The Important (.Dints of the
armistice nlr'ad?' have been settled
The question of the Bulgarians us?
ing the Adrlanope railway probably
will b- dropp.d as will also the Turk?
ish counter demand for permission to
s?nd <or?d to th* garrts. n there. The
vdrianople rsliway is now leys lasBOt
i et-aoMe to Bulgaria. >->ecau?e great
supplies of wheat have be<.n discov?
ered at I ?edeashateh with a mill r?
parity of many tons of flour da:
which cm be sent by railway dir. -t
|o the t'oop? ?t Tchstsljs
The third sfansahs of the protocol
relating: x- th.- blockade of j.o-t* on
the Black Se? and Arg. an P.* ? ???
eotalderrd vltalay important and prob?
ably will not give rise to SotSStB :
If sny further delay occurs In the
completion of the armistice, 1% Is felt
here that th? blame will rest with
i he Greeks, who. for some ln?rrut
I'ason. wish to continue the war
l:ulrarla. Servia snd Montm. sre
'ssor pea.-e Turkey also Is believd
to be actual* d bv the ssme desire.
K> :dma t ?> reliable Information
-?.-et-.-e j ?<?-. ..-.?? Br-'a-r a~d I: ?
s'a. as well as i;ermaay. have
?eled Turkev t" make peace and i?
is expectefl negotiation* to this end
will beam soon st fanfla
The Tirfc? nropoeed t> hold the
p?,c# cent- -enc? at Brussels, and th?
. -.re. ka suggested ''onstsntlnop'.e. b'?t
ihr other allies favor the Bulgarian
rapltal
K m KeSNlfnrtnd -> ? > ompanled b> the
Minister of Vlnarte*. hsa left fsofas
|M Trhsiat}*. and this is resnsroed st
a positive indication that the arm:?
tics is at the point of completion.
SHORT SESSION
GEIS UNDER WAY
Animated Scenes Pre?
sented as Congress
Resumes Labors.
rWO GAVELS WORN
OUT BY SPEAKER
Clark, in House, and Bacon, in
Senate, Rap for Order?Brief
Sessions Held, Adjournment
Being Taken Out of Re?
spect for Members Who
Have Died.
H 'aahl>OB, iJcifmbfr 2 --The Sen?
at- and House settled clown to worK
to-day tot the high presaBr* session
that ns to end the Btxty-soeend Con?
gress Speaker Champ i.'.urk succeed?
ed in treakiriK two valuable gavels
before he had brought the enthusiastic
Ho s- through ati hour and ten min?
utes of buala< The sessions in both
Houses served to LOBSP el [he pr.i.m
Inary work of oiganization and left
Congreea read} foi legislative business
to-niorr rar.
The Haasts. <i.pie?sod by the recent
death of V,. IPrsaldrM Sherman and
Sf-nator? Hey burn auid Kayii' r. was in
session but tWentv-twa minutes. Botn
houses adjourned as soon as the pre-i
liminaries ,.t nrganlratl Jn were con
eluded, out of reapirt f members
and orR.-ers who had died since, the
adjournment in August.
President Tafts message will come
to botn houses to-morrow. The Senate
will meet at 11 o-* lock, an nour be?
fore the customary time, so the mes
sag< o may be reiid bet?re proceedings
are bfgun in the court of impeachment
Which is to try Judge Hubert W. Arcn
ba!d. OT the- Commerce Cour?.
Boisterous enthusiasm greeted the
return to the KetUK of Speaker CUrk,
former Speaker Cannon and other
memoers wliose names have long been'
associated with the important affairs
of that body.
s-peaker Clark. In the House, and
Senator Baron, presiding in the Sen- ;
ate. rapped the respective bodies to 1
order.
1: was not |2 o'clock wntn Senator ,
Bacon, president pro tern , touk the
chair at the desk of the 1: te Vive-'
President Sherman and rapped for or?
der in the Senate Senators surged I
through the doors at the last moment \
Some Ilsae was required to get order
for the prayer by the chaplain. Rev.
I P. m R. Pierce.
I Failure of members of the Mouse
to reach the floor delayed the opening
of the BSSStOa about one minute after
the hou.- of noon.
Applauee for Speaker.
When Speaker Cark climbed the
stairs to the roatrum he was greeted
by applause and cheers. The roll cal
by Mates followed.
When the name of former Speaker
Cannon was called, the members ap- '
plaudeu the veteran leader, whoso ser?
vices at this session will conclude for?
ty years in the balls of Congress
"l'ne.le Joe'' bowed his acknowledg?
ment.
After the adoption of the customary
resolution to appoint members of a
joint committee to notify the President
that Congress had assembled. Senate>r
l>odge moved that the Senat, meet to- '
morrow at 11 o'clock. It was adopted
without debate.
Resolutions were adopted .-onveylng
the .Senate's sympathy to family of the
late Vlce-President Sherman.
Senator Borah presented notification
of the death of Senator Heyb :rr\ and
Senator Mult!., of Mary and. that of
the death of Senator Rayner.
Resolutions of sorrow wen adopted,
and after a session of twenty-two min?
utes, the Senate adjourned out of re?
spect t.? the memories of Vlca-Preal
dent Sherman and Senators Heyburn
and Rayne
Kour new members w ere sw orn In :
the House They were I^ewis as -Mor?
gan, of I^ouialana. who succeeds the
late Representative Wtckliffe. Jr. hi
baW <" Hart, who a icceerls Represen?
tative Hughes, of New Jereey, elected
to the Senate. George t; Scott, who
succeeds the late Representative Hub
bard, of Iowa, and Edwin A. Merrltt.
i who succeeds the late Representative
George Malby. from X*w fork.
The House, after a session of one
hour and ten minutes adjourned until
noon to-morrow out of reapect to the
members who had db-d Bl n r ?? the last
adjournment.
Merely l.iplrlng Maare
While Kb* present seesion is i.ie;ely
the expi-tr.g; stage of a Congress ? *M
to go out of existence and to be super
seded in ?..?llttea! control and policy
after March 4. yet to-day's sessions in
the Senat? nnd Hons* brought togeth?
er for the first lime sin.-- the recent
ov? rtumtng those leadera and ele?
ments of the various parties who have
been most prominent in public affairs.
The old farra and figures were again
In evidence t .-day. although some of
them. Hhe 't-Speaker i'?n-:on. will
soon pass off the congressional stage,
while other llhe Speaker riark and
?>sf-man I"n?lerwood. hav? had th.lr
tenures renewed and atrenatbesjrg
\s ? whole, however tie ?Inmlli-lllt
notes .?? both branches If < 'ongress as?
sembled was that neu conditions, new
policies and new men have been ush?
ered tr. as a result of the recent elec?
tion, and that abou' tt?< PI Iv fur-tion
of the present short session lasting
untM March i. I? to pass ariiosl s-ipplv
bilis ard ? ind up wh?? remains of the
old eglnne
In >.n?'< V: ?< T" d*nt Sher?
man has beert removed hy d-?- from
the presiding officer', -hair, which mm
be filled temporarily h-. Senators Bacon,
of Georgia and Galllngar of New
War-PshW. alte>-nattrg Th< RepnMI
. irr.l o? l> se*'S'e. with about
fifty votes as against the present pern
ocrati. sf^ngth of about forly-tw?.
? '1 ..nttnoe un'll March ?. although
th.? . .. tr. ? i? < ondltlone.i la-aeH hy
the pr, ?er,,. of two elements, regular
sr-l r gr ?? v ?. ? >e R< p-ibllran ?o
?al of fifty <s? oa'ors He v hum of I da ha.
~ fOn'mwd us Psge tTeieai
Delivers Opinion Dissolving Merger
Jl/STIXE T V*? R. DA V.
ANOTHER BILLION
DOLLAR SESSION
Department Heads Submit Esti?
mates of Money Needed for
Year Ending June 30. 1914.
THREE BATTLESHIPS ASKED
.Matter of Conjecture How Vari
ous Items Will Tare at
Hands of House.
Washington. December 2.?It will
cost fS22.41S.4M.14 to conduct the a/
fairs of th-- government for the tipcat
year ending JuM M, 1914, according
to the estimates of the various de.
partrn-nt keaas. submitted to-day to
the Sp.-aker of the House by the Secre?
tary of the Treasure
This amount, which does not in
rj .de any provision for the pustai ser?
vice, which is STpSCted to be self
sustaining, is an increase of $72.078.
24s over th> appropriations mad.- far
the present year by tht last session of
Congress.
Of this increase. $2S.312.220 appear-*
la estimates of the Secretary of the '
Navy, and $2".597.. |; represent trie in-,
crease asked by the Navy Department
In the appropriations for building and:
equipping new vessels.
The estimates would provide for I
three new battleships to be laid dow n I
staring the year. This w ould make up .
for the lapse of one ship from the
two batt.eships a >ear program of the I
department, cause! hp the action ot
the Democratic House in providing for
but a single yhip at th. last sesalon of
Congress.
Another |24v4*M.44a or more of tbs
total increase 1.- shown in the esti?
mates for the payeSOat of pensions
The amount ask..! :'. r is |l)C..-'-'?.oou
Last year flfet.lM.4f* war expended foi j
pensions. An hat lease of about the
BasM amount appears in the estimate!
far public works for the year.
The construction of public building: 1
planned for th-- year als ? shows in
Increae. of $1.012.530 over the appro- '
priations for the present yesr. $?.722 -
2"0 bring asked for that purpose Th
work to be done during the >ear on the
Panama Canal will cost f.*?.l 74.432.
arBSSh is $1.HO.56.". less than the sp
proprioii'.ns for th- current year. Of
11. I sum $v7*->.&22 is ask- 1 to build
fortiricatioi.y and ini'.it.ir;. barracks M
the Canal Zone. of this $22.r..'i<io Is
for fortitt.-atio.is at Pansma
The estimate... forecast another bit
I ion-dollar session of C-ngreas. far. in
addition t" the $>..; 11 . t;.;, which |a
the total ertimated f .r. the Poatmastcr
?i?-neral estimate* that $2*1 rtl IfSj will
he nicsosary to conduct his department
for the year. This amount will be
supplied out of the postal revenue-,
and ?111 bring the total estimated ap?
propriations for th. i-ar .n t. $1.
l?e.:0g.?g.1.
Just be?w three ?atimnten art 1 far
at the 'and* ??f th. I? r*ti. ma?
jority in the Ho ... 1 t?-. BSSkpsct of
eonaid?rable conjecture
FATE RESTS WITH JURY
?\?? ftepwrt la ?nr.H ? aar H?r*lif<l ? a*
(st Tbl? sMaSjSkaj>
Port Worth T.T?f I. . ?Tha
fate of John R ai Sn-ed aSjafaSt. se?
cure of Imiirii v t -? I a <; |;
?r. w-n|tbv rsn-hmar real, with the
Jury to-rtgh' Ma repext will b* re-i
.?ei-.ed from ? ????m un'1l OS art
ror.vcnea te-frtorroa
Presiding J'Hi*- --a "Intel
his charge sf 1:41 this sffemoon. and
at 9 o'clock the jary hsd n n re*. it?l
a kajBJJfjSl Judo eiwavo. theft In
?truct.i t?,at rha nirora b- Whed >tp
far the niahl an I ann?Tin?.,| tha* he
would ' ?' wn . ort urt,l tn. usual
boo 1 i?.-m<' roe
The greatest BsWl "f lo-4ay was
taken up with tb -l<-?lrh argunaenl
af the prooecattoa*
SIGNS ON TRIAL
AGAIN FOR LIFE
?
i
Indictment Charges Him With
Death of Commonwealth s
Attorney Foster.
ONE OF VENIRE DROPS DEAD
Had Been Accepted as Juror, but
Later Excused?Opening
Statements in Case.
Wythevllle. Vav, December -'.?The
second trial of Sidna Allen, this time
on an Indictment in which he is!
charged with the death of Common?
wealth s Attorney Foster, was begun 1
in the Wythe County Circuit t^ourt
here to-day. A Jury was secured at
tin- morning session, the jurors com?
ing from various parts of the State
In the afternoon the opening state?
ments of counsel in the case were
made, and all is In readiness for the
beginning of the evldencI for the
State.
W. C. Seibert, of Luray. one of the
veniremen summoned in the Allen case,
dropped dead in the depot Just as he
was about to take the train to return
home. Apoplexy !s said to have be* I
Use cause of his death. Mr. Soibert
had been accepted as a juror, and as
he was about to retire V the room
informed the judge that he had heat*
troubl -d with an organic affection from
which he had been relieved, but which
might Interfere with his duties as a
juror. Another Juror was selected
from the panel. It was a great shjek
w-hen court convened tn:s afternoon to
hear of the death which occurred a i
few moments befoie.
The judg, . att'-rne> ? and court offi?
cers will ejcort tile remains to th.
station her,, for the 9 S'eta* k train to?
morrow morning Judge Staples has
appointed .1 M. Sudduth. of Wythc-J
vlllc, to escort the remains to Luray.
Jury IS Chosen.
Judge W. K. Staples. >'f Koanoke. by ;
designation of Governor Mann. :s pre?
siding over the trial The panel from
which the venire was selected came
from various counties in Piedmont, the i
Valley and extreme northern countu-s
uf the State. AlM>ut s.\enty-live ap?
peared th:? morning in response to the
sumrrons. and >f this number thirty
four w-r. examined le>fore the requi?
site sixteen were obtained as quali?
fied |?fas? Prom this list the attor
? d -f-nse struck oft four, as
B*as : a. I hi <aw. h aving fjM following
a.? the ratal jury .
s !?? k Pier. ? Culpeper County R
P <;i!i. orange County. Thomas A.
Williams. Fairfax County G. T. Dong.
Page tVunty; James Madison. <~>rar.gc
Cawatj I: R Buchlev. Fairfax Conn
I ?. C K P< rd Fairfax County C i.
Graves. Pag? County. C. C ??einer,
orange County. Ambler Towell. Cul?
peper CSsSsstJ C H Hunter. Fairfax
r<. :nit K H Hopkins. R.h-ktnghaai
Oaajsjej
\fter awe ?ring the jury and the;
sheriff and his deputies as la usual, j
?he fssnrl adjourned until | od,., k
when the opening statements w ??
made
Th' p. n na atateirient fo; t: Com
?i-onwealth w-ss made by J. tVygor. I
o! Pulaskl wh.?t stated the la er
governing such cesea. then the con
uectlon of saafJ of th. parties engacd
? n the shooting, and the threats mad.
hv the various participant* in the!
traged- 'aylr.g i-s-tieuiar stress "n
I ? eats of Floyd Allen, in arnica
he sa.d he would kill Judge Mass ?
He then comaaen'ed on all the Al>n?
??Ins aiia?d an-1 the (.oettlowa tahen
h th. ti and the two Pdward? Ms
atw! s'ated thit on the evening ?*??
f.. . The .hooting the, r, r pled thej
?em- Raj t.? ? i.? that they did ei the
morning of the shooting H
ferr.d t" the fact that the ?h, ? ff
and his deputies, b-v.Btatute < i
(Contlaueg a* ragaj We ten) i
PACIFIC MERGER
IN VIOLATION OF
ANTITRUST LAW
Great Railway Combina?
tion Ordered Dissolved
by Supreme Court.
HASTHREE MONTHS
TO PRESENT PLANS
At End of That Time Court May
Proceed, by Receivership and
Sale, if Necessary, to Dispose
of Stock Unlawfully Held, and
Disintegrate Merger?Decision
Is Announced by Justice Day,
Roads Brought Together by
Harriman, and Government
Fight for Dissolution Began in
1908.
Washington. December ?Tho gr?<l
Harriman merger, created w!?on th*
t-'nion Pacific Railroad Company
bought 44 per cent of the stick of the
Southern Pacific Hallway syateru. was
split asunder to-day by the giiprsfiitj
Court of the United States as a v.csla
tion of the Sherman antitrust law.
Then, with the end of the merger
before It, the court sent forth its.
portentous declaration that "while the
law may not be ab'.e to enforce cngii
petition. it can reach combinations
which render competition impra tava
hle.""
Justice Day announced the unani?
mous opinion of the court. Judge van
devant-rr took no part in the conssu
eration of the case to-day. His
sonal rinding as a judge of the Plait
Circuit Court, that the two roads wtare
not competitors and tbesafore BO vio?
lation of the law hail res ilted from tile
purchase, was reversed and anivifseo.
Instead of following the reaaonla^ of
Justice Vandevanter and Judges Sfctn
born and Adams, the court in substafiaa
approved the minority lioiding of .luag?
Hook that the roads wer. competitora.
and that it was just as much a I illa?
tion of the law for one road to buy
the controlling stock al a competitor
as it was for a holding company, es
in the Northern Securities case, to buy
the controlling stock of two competing
1 companies.
The Circuit Court fur tile District
of Utah directed to supervire tpie,
separation pf the two roads, after
hearings, and in emergency to appoint
a receiver to sell th? stock. The Ulaton
Pacific. It the Circuit Court sees prop?
er, may retain control of the old ven?
tral Pacific line from Ogden to San
Francisco. The decision of th. lower
court that there was no violation of
the law in the attempt to acquire in*
Northern Pacific, stock and the stock ?C
the Atchison. Topeka and Bagta *??
Railway Company, afterwards aban?
doned, and a certain interest 111 the
San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt Lake
Railroad Company, was a lowed to
stand
It is the general belief here tjiut
the application of the decision to the
railroad situation Of the country a/il.
be widespread. "facing a pawegfa]
? deal in the hands of the Attoriaey
General to prevent consolidation 01
competing r?> oda
Wlckerstaasn Plated.
Department of justice offl. la./. fttw
ever. were not prepared to-nig?t to
aThscstaa the fall effect ot the u-c:s
lon. Attorney-vleneral Wickcrsnam.
. iateel ii-. er th- outcome, issued a state?
ment in which he simply declared tr.-i
case extended principles of t.T< North?
ern Securities case. and reamrnaea
those of the Standard Oil and St. Loaita
Terminal Assuciatioi: cases
Justice Day. in his opinion, trat dealt
with the :.iw In the case He SPSKS
of the Standard Oil and Tobacco .ta#es
of last ye,,r as th- ttial authority on
th.- interpretation ot the >he rman in
titr at ? t. and then proceeded to ap?
ply to this merg. r th.- principles dfcs
caaaed in those decisions.
"We take It. therefore.' he said in
this connection, that it may be re?
garded as se ttled. that a combination
which places railroads engaged In In?
terstate comm.-rce in su> h relation as
to create a sing e dominating control
In one eo-poration whereby naturell
and existing competition in interstate
eaaataerc. Is unduly iestrtcted or sOg>
pressed, is w Ithtn the condemnation ot
the act Whil< the law may not ff.
able to enforce competition ?t can reaah
tsaaahtaatloaa which reaaV red competi?
tion impractl aMr
" It is tl ? ?. opt of nu h .- ?mPinsttoe.a
and the-, power to suppress and stgle
competition . crest- monopoly wharta
det.rmines the applicability of the
a-? l ust .. \>r> -. declared
luafJVe* Daj -epif> the a -gum-wit
that a MfOTtl Sf th Stach had not
been purchased ard therefore no coa
?rol : .td heen atgattad. He q ;oted Mr.
Hairlman say hag that a compact.
t ' ownership K pe- , ent of
a b|g corporation was sufH i- nt te>
control H Anroundng the optntoav
Juati ? Dag ?akl
?This ... - rSS the <1 .isiorCat
the t'ri.oi. Pacta, and Southern Pact
Be systems prior to the Staates P*sT**
.hate were ,.-mietitors engaged la
-?at tuaasssres. aettn? Indepen
> . r- ?- 1 'tnpetttrOi b?
rwat the sTatessa and pai fat tad a
, - ? -e.r-?int of tnterstato
ceanme- 1 wtthta tha proMWtteo? of
rde; to enforce tt^e ?ta-ete taa
s roe red to for 14 the d->iatg
n th< rata f ? is ,ise tlwec which
?Ione In vie>?
)at<- 11 thereof, and te eater a eataaaw
*? . S .Jlsaolve the)
nation found to exist IB TtSjfSj*
tioa of th- statate.
- ? -. 1 - s 1
toawttva against Shi tatajj