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I FEAR
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PRESIDENT, EXPECTS NO BUSI
NESS UPHEAVAL BECAUSE OF
TARIFF REVISION.
BUSINESS WILL AD1UST SELF
if Any Plants Are Shut Down, SayS
Democrats, It Will Be for Political
Effect Expects Senate to Pass
Sill.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington. President Wilson does
not expect any . business upheaval be
cause of the changes in. the tariff. He
thinks that business will adjust itself
rapidly to a competitive basis and be
just as prosperous as it has "been in
the pas t, and this in -the face of the
fact expected by "the Democrats that
prices will be lowered to the consum
ers of the country. It will be remem
bered that some time prior to his in
auguration Mr. Wilson had something
to say about hanging higher than Har
mon men who maliciously should cre
ate panics. -The president was criti
cised for saying this and was called
to account for it by a good , many
.newspapers.
There was no word from New Jer
sey after this speech was made and
the critics had been given a chance
to say what they wished, that Mr. Wil-
snn was nt nil rticfiirhfxl hv what he
read and what he heard concerning
his "higher than Hainan" utterance.
It is known today that he thinks that
if sugar plants or any other manufac
turing plants shut down following the
enactment of the new tariff bill they
will do so for effect, and that they
will be glad enough to start the wheels
going after a short 'period of silent
and thoroughly understood protest.
Democratic senators and representa
tives of the progressive kind are talk
ing today about the possibility of the
phutting down of shops "with malice
prepense" after the tariff bill goes in
fio effect. They seem to think that
Mr. Wilson's words before his inau
guration and his known feeling since
he became president, will check any
attempt on the part of the protected
industries to make what the Demo
crats call "a grandstand play" against
the new schedule.
Senate Will Pass Bill.
President Wilson has been receiv
ing reports from progressive Demo
cratic senators which have given him
a more cneenui view 01 me proDame
tariff outcome in the senate. The sen
ators who have been cheering Mr.
Wilson may, of course, be overhopeful,
but they have given the president
" hat he apparently thinks are genuine
reasons for a belief that the upper
house will nut throueh .the customs
measure in the shape in which the
. Democratic majority in congress ap
parently desires it to go through.
In talking about the tariff measure
after they had seen the president the
progressive Democrats, vhose hearts
are cheerful on the subject, prefaced
their words by saying that the senate
oday is known to be .more progressive
"than the house, "and if the house -shall
pass the bill in the shape that Mr. Wil
son wishes why should not the senate.
more progressive, put it through
also?"
The o?mous answer of the critic to
these prefatory words will be .- that
"while the house may be more conser
vative th&n the senate, as It is at pres
ent constituted, the' Democratic ma
jority In Ihe lower chamber is over-
wceimuig auu a. iTumuiaauiug part 01
their majority Is willing to stick to
the party program even though it does
Tint TrctL thp wlshps of Inrlivirhial TVm
ocrats.
This view of the matter was pre
sented to the progressive upper house-
mAYi and his rvnlv -was that all hnt. nna
or twp of the conservatives in the sen
ate were ing to be good. He named
Senator Simmons of North Carolina.
the head and front of conservatives in
the senate, as one of the "promised to-be-good-ones
then he added that if
Senator Simmons was of a mood to
stand for Mr. Wilson's tariff measure
it could be taken for granted that the
less militant protectionists among the
. i j i n .. 1 1
Jjemocrais wimiu surety lijuuw euiu
" v Simmons Will Be Good.
"Senator Simmons is acting most
:dmlrably," said the senator. "He
- ;as made chairman of" the finance
ommittee and was given the place in
he' face of strong progressive v oppo
sition, or in the face of what was
strong opposition at the outset. - The
fact that the progressives yielded and
gave Mr. Simmons his place as chair
man ought to suggest that there was
hope at least that . he would not at-
tempt to stana in iub aj ui icjioia
tion -which the majority of the mem
bers who tad honored htm desired ?t6
see given a.plaee on uio -stxrata fiooics.
The president has been told that
there will be" no material ' changes
made by the senate in the tariff bill
.as if comes over from the :house. '
Some of the progressive Democrats
In the senate,: men who have been in
clined to hold fast to' the free-trade
faith,, think, that . Mr. Underwood has
"kept the rates too high on some arti
cles of import. They say that sugar
and wool and a few other things have
so occupied the " attention' that sight
has been lost of some , of , the other
schedules which they think well might
5e given the. surgeon's treatment. . It
eeems likely, however. . from, what
some of the progressives of the sen
ate say, that if they can keep the wool
and the sugar legislation intact as it
i3 drawTi by the house, that It will be
injudicious to attempt to carry the
matter much further.. '. - " -To
Hold Open Caucuses.
It seems now virtually to be as
sured that before the present jiies
sion of congress comes to an jsnd
the Democrats of the house will
be holding open caucuses. This may
not seem at first blush to be a very
startling statement',' but It is full of
significance of tbe change which has
come over the mind3of the leaders
of the parties on the subject of taking
the public into their confidence when
they are caucusing on matters of leg
islation or upon the question of what
men shall be given the chief offices
in the hpuse of representatives. . ;;
, Never in the history of congress
until the present session has there
been an open caucus of any party in
the house of representatives on 'liny
vital matter. Already this .year there
have been two open caucuses, one of
the Progressives, and another, of the
Republicans, the members', of' the lat
ter party having elected to open their
second 'caucus of the: session to the
public. W . '''. '
,-. The Democratic tariff caucus was
held' behind closed V doors, but " the
doors .were not : ordered tobe kept
shut.' until several of. the Democratic
leaders' had urged vehemently that
they should be open, and . the . press
and public should be admitted in order
that there could be no misunderstand
ing of the minds of the Democratic
members towards the great subject of
tariff reform. If the tariff bill, which
the Democrats had under, considera
tion; in caucus for about two weeks,
had been one affecting any legislation
except the customs' . the chances are,
it is said,' the doors would have been
thrown wide open." The-insistent-demand
.by many Democrats. .that cau
cuses hereafter, shall be public "-it
seems almost . unquestionably will re
sult in wide-open proceedings . when
the next caucus of this session comes,
but if the leaven does , not work as
quickly as that it probably will work
with sufficient strength -to force open
caucuses at the next session. -Reasons
for Secrecy.
There are particular - reasons why
the Democrats wanted their tariff con
ference keptTsecret. It must be re
membered that the tariff is a "local
issue" and one or two other things
must be remembered in order to ap
preciate the reasons given; for Demo
cratic secrecy in conferences at thi
stage of the legislative game. In re
cent years members of congress have
come to realize " that the country
thinks a senator and a representative
have duties to perform outside the
domain of legislation affecting only
the states and districts which they
represent. .' . .
In the Democratic caucus local de
mands that the tariff must be main
tained on this thing or that thing
have been urged insistently.
It is possible, even probable, that
there are other reasons why . the
Democratic tariff caucus has been se
cret, and this reason will hold true
for all past secret caucuses of other
parties. Members of congress do not
like to have it said of them that they
are the representatives of special in
terests. Not many of them are ; In
thi3 day, but some of them were in
times past, a charge which would lie
more truly .against the senate of a few
years ago than ever It would against
the house. A ' representative pleads
for the retention of the duty on cer
tain articles made in bis district As
he views it, and as other members
view it, it is an easy thing for the
public to put the special manufactur
ing concern in the place of the repre
sentative's constituents and to say
that he represents the particular in
terest involved In the case.
In the secret caucus also trades are
made, or if not actual trades, combi-
nations are formed between the rep-
resentatives of one manufacturing dis-
trict and the representatives of an-
other so that by the coalition duties
valuable to the districts represented
by the members or the combination justice in taxation, flexibility and sta
may be kept in the bill as it is to be . bility of revenue and economy in ex-
reported to the house. It is possible
that not as much that: will not stand
the light of day is done in the' secret
caucuses as' most people suspect, but
the throwing open of the doors and
the consequent full reporting of the
proceedings will do a good deal, many .,
representatives claim, to lift the cloud
criticism.
Will Not Hurt Farmer.
The Democrats in the house and sen
ate seemingly believe that the tariff
bill when it has the effect of law will
not injure seriously-the agricultural .
interests of the country. They say;;
that they realize a reduction in the
duties on the products of . farm, plan
tation and range may cut a little some
thing from the profits of the men en
gaged in getting a livelihood from the
soil, but they claim that a reduction in
the duties on things which the farmers
use will more than offet any. damage
done by reduced duties on farm prod
ucts... ' - :
"In the ' Democratic house caucus
there was - a- trong effort -made to
raise -thetdatiea on lliiiigs , which are
produced on the farm, but the effort
was r unavailing. "Another, determined
effort was made to bind the caucus to
a duty of 15 per cent on raw'wo'oL" A.b
far as the house can so make it raw
wool will be on; the free list, and : it
was placed there 'with the full con
sent. In fact,, in part by thef ; request
of President Wilson. U
Reduction in the duty on " citrus
fruits also was made the . object of
attack In' the caucus. When this pro
vision of the tariff bill is reached the
debate in the house California aad
Florida will be heard from and the
representatives from those states will
do what they can to secure at leasta
"compromise raise." The leaders-of
all schoolff-of tariff thought in con
gress, however, are -one Jtoday in say
ing that it will be- virtually impossi
ble to L prevent - the : passage ; by - tae
house of ' the tariff . bill as' it wil) jba
'creportetf byIr. Underwood.;
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DEFEiSIGOITM
HULL MAKES REPLY TO CRITICS
OF BILL IN HOUSE TARIFF
. DEBATE. . '
DECLARES IT IS HERE TO STAY
Asserts Circular Sent by Insurance
Companies to Policy Holders Were
Issued Merely to Frighten by
Veiled Threats to ftaise Premiums.
Washington, April 28.T-A compre
hensive analysis of the income tax by
Representative Hull of Tennessee, its
author, featured the general debate
on the tariff in the house. Other
speakers were on the program for
the discussion of the tariff itself.
Mr. Hull replied to many comments
upon provisions of the income tax.
To the suggestion that it is class leg
islation and a distinction between
citizens of, large means and those
without particular means, he an
swered that its purpose was to reach
for taxation ' those who have escaped
taxes and who are most able to bear
them. He declared the masses of the
people were paying most of the $312,
000,000 tariff taxes, save in a few
states.
"Where, then," he asked, "is the
justice of requiring the receivers of
incomes more than $4,000 to equalize
in some measure ; these tax burdens
by contributing less than. $100,000,000
to the federal treasury?" He denied
that there was any sectionalism- in
the effects of the tax.
Country Supplies Big Incomes.
The tax, he said, is fair, productive,"
responsive to changes in rates and
cheap of collection.
"Victims of our intangible and in
visible tariff taxes, with all their fea
tures of spoliation and plunder, will
welcome the proposed tax; the receiv
ers of large incomes and . owners of
great wealth should prepare to accept
it as a permanent tax, for it has come
j to stay. Its effect will be to displace
j abouj $70,000,000 derived from vicious
custom-house taxation, to the end that
' this country may have in the future
penditures.
Circulars of Intimidation.
, Mr. Hull said he had received from
policy, holders of mutual Insurance
companies circular letters issued by
the companies designed to frighten
. them into the belief that the proposed
i per cent tax unon th net inrnmp
of the companies 'would do the policy
holders injury and carrying veiled
threats to Increase the premiums. :
, "These companies," said Mr. Hull.
well know there Is no purpose to ax
the proceeds of life insurance nolicies
n0r the return of any amount of the
principal invested in insnranc dnr-
ing life for; business purposes, but
only the gains and profits that" arise
from the same.' The tax would not in
the least increase the amount ot the
premiums under , any theory of fair
dealing." : " '.';
BELGIUM STRIKE IS COSTLY
Socialist Leaders Think Money Well
Spent If Workmen Have Won
-j ;',- ;: Suffrage Right .;
; Brussels, Belgium, April 28.-Compe-tent
economists reckon the money loss
caused by the recent strike for equal
suffrage at $20,0$. 000. This, the so
cialist leaders declare, has been, well
lost -if the country has thereby won
equal suffrage. The strike ended in
most of ; the Industrial ; towns, of ' the
provinces. A good many miners still
refused to descend into the coal pits,
but it is believed that by Monday even
these insurgents against the orders, of
the national socialist congress will
obey. ; ; . ' '. , ."'
. Town Welcomes Kidnaped Child
Opelousas,. La., April 28. Practical
ly the entire town of Opelousas '. wel
comed . home Mr. " and Mrs. C. J F. Dun
bar and the child they say is thelre,
which was kidnaped from his home
'ast August. - A half -holiday was pro
claimed.. ' . - - " . ' -
SECRETARY BRYAN REFUSES
TO SPEAK ON COAST ISSUE
Tells ' Sacramento' Commerce" Body
Why He Will Make No Address .
; While There. V
Sacramento, Cal., April 2S. "I ap
preciate your invitation, but I am
coming to confer with the governor
and legislature, and so do not deem
it proper to make engagements to
speak. I shall return as soon as pos
sible."'., .
Secretary of State" Bryan thus' re
plied to an invitation telegraphed him
by the Sacramento chamber of com
merce to make a "public speech here
during, his visit in connection with the
proposed alien law. legislation.
New York, April 28. The Japan so
ciety at a meeting of its executive
committee adopted a message which
was dispatched to President Wilson
supporting "him in all he is doing to
maintain the honor of the nation" in
his attitude toward California's pro
posed anti-Japanese legislation. The
alien land bill, the message declares,
ignores treaty obligations of the
United States and is directed against
a friendly nation that has. "scrupu
lously - observed its engagements in
this country" and raises a grave is
sue. -
California's bill was deplored in
speech, letter and telegram at the
meeting. Communications were read
by Lindsay Russell, . president of the
society,' from Andrew Carnegie, Jacob
H. Schiff, Charles' W.. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard university-; Pres
ident David Starr Jordan of Leland
Stanford university, .former Mayor
Seth Low and Lloyd C. Griscom, for
mer ambassador to Italy, all execu
tive members.
- Dr. Eliot wrote: "The California
law is the result of local selfishness
and exclusiveness combined with ig
norance of the Japanese people, of the
real wishes of the Japanese govern
ment and. of existing conditions of in
ternational competitions. Thanks,
however, to the' wise action of Presi
dent Wilson, its ill effects seem likely
to be limited." -
LAWRENCE 0. MURRAY QUITS
Comptroller of the Currency Resigns
Office," Having Completed Five
. -: .. Year Term.
-Washington, April 28. Comptroller
of the Currency Lawrence O. Murray
resigned his office, having completed
Lawrence, O. , Murray.
his five, year term. Murray was ap
pointed by President Roosevelt. " He
will probably be succeeded by a Dem
ocrat ". ;- - ; V :
MILL EXPLOSION HURTS MANY
Blast' at the La Belle Iron Works
Plant In Steubenvllle, 0? Fatally
' , Injures Five. -'-;
Steuben ville, 0.,v April 28. The
blooming mill of the La Belle iron
works, plant here blew up and injured
a number of employes: Eight 'were
ruehed to a hospital, i five of whom,
will die.
lino ESCAPE MlB
MEN RESCUED FROM MINE
WHERE 86 PERISHED AFTER :
FIFTY-TWO HOURS. '
RATTLE FOR LIFE IS TOLD
Charles Crawl Saves His Partner as
They Grope Long in Effort to Flee
After Finleyville Explosion One in
Marianna Disaster. '
Pittsburgh, Pa., April 28 Two men
were taken alive from the Cincinnati
mine of the Monongahela River Con
solidated .Coal & Coke company at
Finley ville. , the scene Wednesday of
a. disastrous 'explosion.-
Suffering untold agonies from ex
posure" and from" the shock- of an "trx-
plosion that is known ;to have claim
ed the Jives of ninety-six miners, tne
two man, Charles Crawl and Philip
Legler, each thirty-six years ,ot age,
were brought to the surface almost un
conscious. - ' - ' ;
That they survived the explosion
and-poisonous; gases of the mine for
sixty hours is considered , almost mi
raculous. , . '
J. McVickers and - Clyde Gibson,
members of the coal company's rescue
crew,, entered the mine late last night
to search for-bodies. At a point two
and a half miles from the entrance
they heard a faint cry. Investigation
disclosed the two miners alive in what
is known as room 10, or entry 20. ;
Carrying, and at times dragging.
the miners, the rescuers reached the
open.- Crawl seemed to grasp at once
the fact that he was out of the mine.
He exclaimed: - . -
"My God, I want to see my children
at once. It seems I. have been in
there a week."
Crawl and Legler were hurried" to a
hospital' at Monongahela City, four
miles away, in an ambulance.
Crawl is a survivor, of the Marian
na mine disaster of November 28,
1908, in which 154 Hve3 were lost . In
that explosion Crawl lost his right eye.
Ha is a widower and has two children.
Tells'of Fight for Life.
At the hospital the men were able
to talk.
"I entered the mine at 6:30 Wednes
day morning,", said Crawl. "Legler and
I were -eating lunch where we were
found when, shortly after 12:30 Wed
nesday, we heard ' a dull explosion,
which seemed to be far away.
"We continued eating, finishing our
lunch. I began to get nervous when I
did not hear the other miners at work
and went to investigate.
"I found dead miners lying all
around and then I knew what the ex
plosion had been. Remembering my
former experience, I told Legler to
follow me - and we crawled into the
old workings In an effort to find a way
to get out.
"I think we had been crawling fifty-
two hours.. In that time we had only a
slice of bread apiece and we quenched
our thirst with sulphur water from ths
mine floor.
"We ' . crawled and crawled and
couldn't find any way out I gave up
hopo several times of ever getting out
alive, but as long as my strength last
ed 1" pushed, on.
Wanted to Lie Down and Die.
"Legler wanted to lie down and die,
but I urged him on. In room 23, entry
10, we found an old man' and his son.
They were alive, but could not move.
We tried to carry them, but their
weight was too great and we were ex
hausted. - . -
"When we left the old man and his
son my mind seemed to wander, but I
held to Legler's hand and in some way
we got back to where we had started
from after the explosion."
"When Crawl was taken from the
mine a message was found scribbled
in chalk on the legs of his overalls. It
read: "Goodbymy children. God bless
you." '
Legler furnished a simple account of
his experiences, giving credit to Crawl
for saving his life.-
"But for Crawl," he said, "I would
have given " up "a .hundred different
times. He urged me on. . I never ex
pected to "see daylight again, but God
was with us and helped us."
On their trip the two rescuers found
the bodies of eight miners, " which
brings the total known dead upv to
ninety-six. ' '
BODY FINDS rGLQVER GUILTY
House Commitre8"Rwcommends That
: Banker, Who Assaulted Member,
" ' .Be Arretted.
.. Washington, ApriX 28 Declaring
that Charles 0 Glover, t Washington
banker, is guilty 'of an affront to the
privileges of the house by assaulting
Representative Thetus" W. Sims of
Tennessee, a wcelcago, here, a special
Investigating committee of the house
filed a formal Vt?irt here recommend
ing that . Glover b3 arrested by the
sergeant-at-arms - and - brought-before
the house' 'for . (rial on contempt
charges. "
Tunica (Mis)-) Bank Suspends.
' Memphis, Tenn., April 28. The
bank at Tunica, Miss., failed, ita sur
plus and ' capital Is $50,000; depos
its, $100,000. The bank is owned prin
cipally by the Leo Lesser Cotton com
pany of Memphis, who say financiers
will be heavy losers and may be forced
to close. . ,' . - . 1 "
No Right to Ore Under Water.
Duluth, Minn., April 28. That the
state or Minnesota can not - claim
; mining rights in bodies of ore. lying
under public waters Is the effect of a
decision by District Judge "Cant
UNSETTLED TtliEKIG
REBELS AGAIN.: SHOW TEETH
WHEN THEY CAPTURE VAN-
AGES, A FEDERAL OUTPOST,
i
In Continuing Contest Against Insu
rectos Government j Forces Are
Mobilizing at Chihuahua City.
Western Newspaper Union News Servic.
Mexico City. With Zapata and his
allies waging a campaign of destruc
tion in the? south, further evidence of
the aggresiveness of. the rebels in the
north was given when several hundred
of them, heavily armed, and mounted,
captured the town of Variages,-a fed
eral stronghold on the Rational .rail
way in the state of San Luis-Potosi.
They 'cut the ratlway'ttf the' north and
then moved over to Matehula, a min
ing and smelting center. Dozens of
engagements have taken place during
the last week in various parts of the
republic. The mjaority of these have
been victories for the federals, accord
ing to reports here, but in no case
have" the rebels lost .heavily. The
greatest losses were at Reata, where
their casualties are said to have num
bered 150. The rebels continue to
cover new territory and cripple trans
portation facilities. More than 2,500
miles of the National railways system
are out of commission. - To this is add
ed a long stretch .of thd Southern Pa
cific, south of Guaymas, and other
short independent, lines.
MILITARY MOVEMENT BEGUM.
London. Austria has begun its mili
itary movement against Montenegro to
compel" the evacuation of Scutari. Ac
cording to a report published in Berlin,
an Austrian naval division : has left
Trieste with 10,000 troops, ' with the
intention of occupying Antivari, Dul
cigno and San Giovani di Medua and
advancing against Cettinje. The
Strassberger Post assarts - that the
German emperor has received a tele
gram saying the Austrians 1 already
have entered Montenegro. .Thi prob
ably is premature, but little- doubt now
is felt that Austria' is determined to
move alone unless the ambassadorial
conference resolves ujon European
action.- .vff
TRIED TO HAVE 300 DANCES.
Beaver Falls,-Pa. Mrs John Kuzlus
is reported to be dying as a result of
her effort to establish a mark of ,300
dances at $1 a dance at her wedding.
She collapsed when within seven of
her goal. In keeping w ith a Polish -custom
each male guest was permitted
to dance .with the bride after deposit
ing a silver dollar in a hat. Two hun
dred and sixty-three dollars had been
contributed and the bride was exhaust
ed, but urged by friends to reach the
300. mark she made a. desperate effort.
She fell fainting while dancing with
the 294th depositor.,
CINCINNATI MARKETS
Corn No. 2 white 6162c, No. 3
white 6061c, No. 4 white 58
O t T A n - n . - A
ow, iw. t. jenow Die, io. o yeiiow o
60c, No. 4 yellow 5759c, No. 2 mix
ed 5960c, No. 3 mixed 5959Vc.
No. 4 mixed 57 59c. white ear 61 &
63c, yellow 62 5j 64c mixed 6163c.
Hay No. 1 timothy $1818.75,
standard timothy $1717.75, No. 2
timothy $16165, No. 3 timothy
$13.5014.25, No. 1 clover mixed
$15.5016.50, No. 2 clover mixed
$14.2515, No. 1 clover $1516, No. 2
clover $1314.50.
Oats No. 2 white 3939e, stand
ard white 3839c, No. S 3738c,
No. 4 white ZSZVAc.' No. 2 mixed
3a36c, No. 3 mixed 3535c, No.
4 mixed 333'4c.
. Wheat No. 2 red $1.091.12, No. 3
red $1.061.09, No. 4 red.86c1.05.
Eggs Prime firsts 18c firsts 17c,
ordinary firsts 15.c, seconds 14c.
1 Poultry Hens, heavv over 4 lha
and under. 16c, young staggy rooaters
12c, old roosters 10c, springers (1 to
1 lb) 3540c, (2 lbs and over) 20
(under 4 lbs) '13c; turkeys (8 lbs and
over) 16c, young 14c.
'Cattle Shippers $7.508", choice to
extra $8.108.25; " butcher 'feteers, ex
tra $8.108.25, good to choice $7.508,
common to fair $5.50 7.25; heifers,
extra $8.108.25, good to choice $7.50
', common to fair $5.25 7.25; cows,
extra $6.757, good to choice $6.25
6.65, common to fair $4.506, canners,
$3.50 (14.50. . ,
' Bulls Bologna $6.507.50, extra
$7.60, fat bulls $7 7.50.;
. Calves Extra $10, fair to good $8.50
9.75, common and large $6g9.25.
Hogs Selected heavy $99.05, good
to choice packers and butchers $9
9.05, mixed packers $8.909, stags $5
7.50, common" to choice heavy fat
sows . $68.40, extra $8.50, light ship
pers $7.758.S0 pigs, 109 lbeand less.
?4.507.65. '
Clipped- Sheep Extm $5.65 5."75,.
good to choice $5.255.60, -common to
fair $45, wool sheep $40 5.50. -Clipped
Lambs Extra $7.50, good to
cnoice ?7(87.40, common to rair ?&7,
wool lambs $58.15, spring lambs $7.50
10. ' ' -. .,
NEGRO SAYS HE KILLED PRIVATE
Sharon, Pa. In a signed, statement
Ernest. Daye, a negro, confessed that
he shot and killed Private Lightfoot
In the riots, in Brownsville, Texas, in
1906, and that he killed a policeman
in Winston-Salem, N. C, in 1911..
Daye entered a police Ktatirm
bottle of carbolic-acid, and told Po
liceman John Lynch th it he' was go
ing to commit suicide, iiynch grabbed
the, acid and Daye askTi;0 be locked
np.
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