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RICHMOND, VA.
FRIDAY. DEC EM HER Iti. 1 Dio.
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TORIES NOW WUNT
TO TRTJIMMII
England’s Business Suffers
From Over-Production of
Politics
ACTION OF KING
GEORGE DOUBTFUL
Creation of New Liberal Peers
Means Abolition of Lords'
Veto Bower, the Bone
of Contention
LONDON. Dec. 16.—Whether Kng
laiul 1m to have any relief iruni po
litical agitation and consequent busi
n«s stagnation dept nos to-day on no
thin*, the creation of enough new
Liberal peers by Kin* t.eorge to give
the go.eminent control of me upper
body.
Although the kin* has goon no In
dication of whai lie will Oo in this
matter, the concensus of opine.n is
that lie will refuse the demand oi
ITemier Asquith. this will leant the
situation, at the conclusion ol the
present do tlon, precisely where It
v, as ut the dissolution < f the last par
liament. for It I* now practically cer
tain that the Conservatives and the
coalition parties will hove about the
same strength In th. next parliament
as in tile’ last.
Tories Waul Another Klectlon.
The Tories arc hopeful of for mg
an Immediate re-c>. • tl. n, belle' In*
that a continuation of the struggle,
v.lth its blight upon the bueln-ss In
terests of the country, will i‘nall>
drive the voters to elect a t ons'r a
the administration for th. pure
of gaining peace. The Liberals end
their allies are Just as confident that
a prolongation . f the tight will event
linn* (Mill in* j*’ ii ni>> ii'i.i i •
in sm h m cr« helming numb' rx that
the klntr w ill 1. i Tii .j in abandon
h!» w< II known 'I c ry sympathies aim
change thi I'omplcili'n ••! th» lln««
of through f>nr that his mi
1 Inued refusal might >ndting> i th*
«row n.
With both sidi* therefore
to Hoop up ih' lifrht. th> rr i* no r.
spite In sight. h* rlons as the situ
iiflon Is to the poMtloal fatal ra-s .*1
*i.mt> of th (irr-wm *<mil r», :t Is
far more i*eri<>u* t • hairiness Inf routs
and they are volelng th' ir protests
ir no uncertain manner.
While lh*> coalition majority in tin
coming parliament will probably b<
tat least lit. the majority In the hunt
isarliament. undoubtedly M a.r * '<
of it* votes Will be Irish Nation*lists,
who are making the only npiirofiabb
gains In thi present a motion Their
I valty to the Liberals is conditional
upon th.- utter s tight for lumir rub.
\t»t Kinpliaila- \ppm\al
I it view of their failure to show in
creased strength It Is doubtful if
(Continued on st*th l'»gr i
BEST MAN SHOT
AT WEDDING SUPPER
t.nnoM Amm \mi.v siiootn
FHIKXD. WHO KXONFHATKh
HIM FI LM.
PH I LA llKI.r III A. FA. IH;<. 1C.—
As at at'itai'.'l to an a lop. merit anal “t
a ret wcrttFng lit WilmitiKtota. In i.,
.1 irn«9 Flack, I-‘ years old, carp. in.
aiaj shot and fatally woBi.dnl ha's ii st
Man. Norman Yates, who l a... t bci.
I la !>.>»..m .hum end toontmata. Tin
t hooting oa oairred ins* sal<»>n after nr
o!!-n1gbt eelebratlon "f the nuptial
event. Yale* is dying In St. la » pi «
hospital with a bulb t in hl« braita.
while lilei-k I* a primmer held to w ait
I III' IVJ'Ml Cl I4IUH UIJU1 I'
Yatt " n an ante-mortem statement
fully exonerated lilai k of any inten
tional shouting.
"Wo wore ci lehrntlng the wedding
nod had a lot of drink*,” ho declared,
• We wore singing and laughing, when
I Hack, in fuu, pulled out the revolver
and hi nan toying with It. All at mu»
It went off, I tel* |>aln ill the nerh
and when blood ennui 1 knew 1 wan
allot. He Is not Rullty of Intentional
shooting. It wu* all an accident."
The huljet entered Yato*' mouth*
and lodRed in the ha * e of the brain
Physicians say he ha* small chance
of recovery.
Mr*. Hhu'k is in a critical condition
Bt her parents’ homi. She. together
with Mi»s llary M. Coleman, the
bridesmaid. were released on their
own recognisance at the hearing.
FUMES OESTROr
GRTtMim com
BtlliDIXU iT)R COLORHD IlliXP AT
KAXATORIVM (.OKS IT IV
SMORK.
Fire early Friday morning destroy
ed the cott**o for colored help at Ca
tawba sanatorium for consumptives in
the western part of the State.
This Intelligence was conveyed to
State Health Commissioner E union
Williams In a telegram which said
that the cause of the blase was un
known.
No special inconvenience has re
sulted from the fire. It Is said, the col
ored help finding quarters in neigh
boring buildings without delay.
The cottage was a frame structure
located at a safe distance from the
main building and at no time was ths
latter In danger of catching Are.
The damage Is estimated at 1800.
Killy covered by insurance.
HED HOT REPLY i
TO ‘THETMItEYS’ |
Congressman McLachlan De
mands Square Deal For
the Army
NOT “COWARDLY”
TO ADMIT WEAKNESS^
Th<>usands Have Perished Un
necessarily by Lack ot Pre- ;
paration on T'art of Coun
try For War
WASHINGTON. D. C.. December
16.—Am the author of the funvua
resolution which led the war depart
ment to admit th*- «■ f
the United States. Uepresentatlve
James M« iAchlan. of California, U
the pivotal renter about wnieh <»m of
th* m« Ht 5* nsatioiml contest* ♦ v.»r
i*een in Washington t.s now being cor
dot’d to-da> Mr McLachion this
afternoon wrote exclusively for th*
1*tilted Press his reply to those w ho
hii\ e opposed the publication *f th*
farts contained in th* war depart
ment's answer to his resolution---es-|
piM-ially t<* He prose ntntiv* Tawnej
t Republican of Mtmunota, wh • 1*
credited with priming President Taft
to oppose and pre\ent th - purposes
of s*•< r* tary of War DP klnson and
General Leonard Wood, chief *»f the
armv. The answer follow*
H> licprrm’iiUitlvr .liuti'v Mr larcliljm.
tOopy right, 1*10. by th* United Press
Associations.)
The charg*. i Jt» p% s. ntative Taw *
ney that li e.:nspira > exists to stam
pede < otifn-ss t > larger military ap
propriate ns. through making Known
to the American people the wretched
condition of our military establish
ment Is t<»<» childish t" be taken
* ri 'usl- yet carries u t*n* dangerous
< v« r
tmprcs«t«*n t • th'* people t«* »*e
io ok d.
' U>*pret=chtative Tuvwii y, if th«» in
t*-rut‘>v «• *<r» dited t * him Ip « orrect.
say* that it in “cowardly** to make
known -nr admitted national weak
n* ; s oith r t»* *»>r own people or t »
th * w >rhi at targ< . !C»* Mdmitp that
vc f\r** i* u fatted rap"fi and would
h«4\'i up p» H- a** K ino i-ock In other
word-* he * •■'}]«« that we tr;i»t our na
tional unty to 'bluff.''
UlTiH’Ui i4 Our “lilnffH."
“We hav.t bluffed* wince th* be
ginning of our national «jxi*Uno«. and
Wf* have been at regular Interval*
'called i war/ Our appalling pen
sion roils. the great fi**rt-gtar« car
ried by thousands of our people bear
witness to the fact that there have
t een Tawneya* in the council* of our
nation b.for Alleged patriot* have
kept the nathm in utter ignorance of
Up help!*-** condition. until war bus
come, and then placed unondurlng. un
trained and untutored men. armed
with oh*- let** weapons in the : eld t
uphold the national honor.
“Thousands *f the be*f of our blood
end Inor* .r td I'rnwi hav*- pertshe-u if.
typhoid ranipi* through ignorance of
tie• elein* ntal sanitary precaution*
The Filipino was better armed In IS:**
than our volume* r,« The most wicked
national V-wardfee’ I tan picture .*»
d* : minding of our P«**pl* t*» c<e t *
th- national deft!;-, and thej. send
them forth . unequipped mob t-*
d* ;idly t umps «.r against h prepared
ciiHin to be murdered
Tawn*y’s in Washington'* Time.
“The great Washington pleaded
*iguin*t the Tnn no «' in our struggle
for imlei^nden. 4. that lie bo given
trained troops, and utter the end «>t the
struggle charged such men with th<
prolongation of the war. The dis
sr a< * a « -f the war of 1 M **. which cul
minated in the sacking of th national
capital, are chargeut.de t<> tin* sann un
warranted action <tr legislative non
combatant* who would dem our sol
diers proper equipment and demand
that th* > ueodifxftly sacritb e them
seives foi their country's honor. It
was win h as th* who brought « ; th*
var of I *f • I, when the Federal strength
"aos measured by an armed nub at
Hull Hum in*! who were responsible
f*»r out s*\ hundred uncared-for
wounded still remaining on the field fit
SeeiUKl* Hull Hun «lay*» aft**r that
l*ntiU* v\as jViusrht. th< iRh u\ v r » ymr
u’onUniiftl on I’aue Fourteen.)
CANADIAN FLAMES
MEAN BUSINESS
>IAKi: AO HOAK* OF VlKMlMIIMi
KHKF. TRAOK WITH I AITKI)
STATIC AT «\I K.
! OTTAW A. ONT.. Dec. 1 ♦» - -With the
! }kius(» of commons chamber jammed
| with farmers from all over Canada,
j *-H|\ecfally by "coon-coats’ as they arc
i railed. from the nnrthweat, Sir Wilfrid
! Daurler to-day listened to the d^man-N
j of the moat i» markable deputation « v. r
received at Ottawa. Tlu* demands call
for free trade with the I’nlted State's on
aartcultural implements, cement, oil.
rt**h and lumber. rlo.. an<l absolute fre**
trade with Hrltain within ten yeare.
JAPANS BUDGET
IS ANNOUNCED
T0KI<\ Per Iti.—Japan's buda- t for
1911-1912 vvhh announced to-day by
; Premier alol Minister of Kruno- Kflt
mira. receipts for tills period nr-- esti
mated at $270,467.4S5, and expand Imre*
i of -practically thr same amount. Kal
aura speak* liopofully of the financial
outlook. In tin- six yoars ho says that
j |41,000.000 will bo spout In oupplomot
■ Ins and Improving the navy and that
! $2(1,000.000 will Ini spent on railways
| the com Inn your.
I CENSU S lU'RIStl' filVKH
RK.ftll.T* l\ KOI N CITIES.
WA8HINOTOX, Poo. 1*.—Tho rensits
huroatt this afternoon announced tho
fo'.lowtnR rosults of tlic 1010 enumera
tion:
Monterey. California. 4,02:1.
Palmyra, Inti., 6,STS,
Mnnnnirnhrla, Pa.. 7,391.
.North Union township. Pa.. U.9S*
TWO SECTIONS
1 20 PAGES
“CIFT OF TONGUE
CULT” DIVIDES
FOLLOWERS OF LEVI LUPTON
FORGIVE HIM, BUT DON'T
WANT HIM REINSTATED.
ALLIANCE, oillo, I >»•< M. Apos
tit- Let i Lupton. hi-a.I of the <1ift of
Tongue* cult an I self-confessed gru •
fuller. Is to-day fai.lrig the practical
certainty of a upll* In his following.
Although granting Win forgiveness. his
followers h*-ro are refusing to reinstate
him. Nine of his I>uj>1 la*, under the
leadership of Miss <»rue< I.. Davis, ■
Cleveland, a teacher In the mission
school, to-day seceded anil will curry*
on their work independent of I npton.
Those most oposed to Lupton's "vei
being reinstated to-day declare this
will unquestionably prove the first step
lit a complete schism. The only dan
ger they foresee is that there may he
so many schisms that the sei t will
be entirely disrupted.
OLD ESTABLISHMENT OF JOHN
SON A CHEEK CARRIED DOWN
BY CLIENTS' FAILURES:
(Special i*t The Richmond Vlri-aiita. ■
DAW UJ,K. \ A , litre. 1G. —The l a
cute bunking nr:n of Johnson At <'h-ci;.
Of which • harlo.i J„ Holland umJ Kd
found 1! M-ude were proprietors, aus
pended this morning and will 111* a
deed of assignment to-day. ll us un
derstood that their liabilities total
about 11 T.j.OOU. of which *lSe,0»d co- -
smls ol deposits, while the :i*>ots nr>
staticl at fSOu.OOd. much which con
sists of j»uj.»-r upon which Huh i:m l..
realized.
Mo&>iw. Midland anil At.ade wM; ,
s!*ii Uu-h individual t|oldi:>a« of nnlty
and i« rsonalt».
i ht suspension of lie t inning lirm
is aurll utal.l (.. tie r. c, t fadur. .d
Swain At wyltle, |.-,-u tor.acoo dealers,
and the cudiarrassnu tit of the Suth«r
lhi-M-.vb* Tobacco t otiipruij. which
vv:.s also heavily involved by the Swain
.v \\ yllle ! Itlnre Tie attorney for tin
Stitlu rllii- Meade Tobar.I'anniMii).
which consists of A \V I nut hat. presi
dent, and John S. and Will Mend--,
stated to-ila.v tiu.t the tfrrn is insoivint,
hut would make no estllnati of us lia
bilities and i*»s< ts.
The other banks of the city, all .V
Uon.d and State institutions, nr< *ol
vent and strong, lain* who) t uuaffeef.
<<1 *»> the Johnson (.Tuck failure,
which had been nmifefipatei]. Johnson
At Cheek was -»m of the otdi st firm
names in the city. Moth Johnson and
Check died years ago
WOULD BOOST WEST
IN CHURCH LECTURE
TRUSTEES MAY NOT PERMIT USE
OP ROANOKE CHURCH BY
FORMER PASTOR FOR
SUCH PURPOSE
(Sjuved Th» Hirtnni' itl Yirmniiin.'
HOAXOKi:. YA, L)r., Is?. A beturo
on “uklnh-*ma md Its < tpportuniih V
{'• I t- d*dlv<T«*n by K* \ Thomas «
Jones, of Oklahoma lias been an*
rsourued i'or Monday evening at M*i
rns* Methodist t hnrt h. 1. st y» ,ir Mr
Join#* wn* ptistcr <‘f A!- iros* >!• It
mnt out by the OKI.tkor,-.,i Aid i.T.di,
When he arrives in R <ii«»k» h» will
find among the • • fti• -era of the «hbreh :**
groat deal • '* opposition to ins lioivor
tug his ieitnr* then, :i k ing h**ld by
tin officer.*? that thoy cannot lend their
church for .1 liifrours. whose purpose
i« to take people Irom the 1 n> and
section, a nn tub* r of the char? Ij, now
acting pastor. s-»\s that in all prob
ablliiy the Jones . ngug-ment will h»
ran? oiled and 11 is ..Is** v« ry probubb
that will not be asked t>* fulfill his
efigagenent t" preach at M« In*-* *»j.
Sunday.
rnu: D.iMhiKs s.wn
n vi v iii;%imji uiTKHv
Nf’WAHK, N J . Dee U> - \ MM
tabular H re t h t eatened the dost rumor
of a four-story factory buildig belong
ing to Joseph Mundy on Prospect street
this morning. The total loss was from
$65,000 to $<9.000.
The firemen after a hard batth that
necessitated two alarms simdued the
flames, hut tut until several thousand
dollars worth of Christmas novelties
had been destroyed.
The greatest loss was sustained by
V F. Mtschelbach ami brothers, oecu
punts of the top floor
1, —
DAUGHTER WILL
SlffljJHCIIES
Little Girl of City Electrician
to Put New Plant in
Operation
ORNAMENTAL LIGHTS
TO BE ILLUMINATED
Engineer I rafford Has Every
thing m headmen—switch
U ill be Thrown Satur
day AUetnoon
In ih' presence "l m< v i ral city offi
cial* ,lli» Lutn*- n, tliuothtor
oi i ii> i,ii i iru uil; I'lponpson, wm .it
. |i>vK f-iiiurin.1 > all.-ri»<*« n throw
th, luin- nrn.'S I, iii winch '.'ill i>ui
ill.- Kr, at ctiftiricv • th. m-v ninnn-i*
i -i, point In motion.
That part »t th“ syetcui which . ill
l.c put in operation i» now in thor.. x'.t
rcuiitncKH. Practical ; . very detail ten
In en intended to. .uut a aretul t*-d
li.if l.ftfi ms'll l>; itupcrvisins IVn
Kim ■ r TrnltonJ, win, has reported In
laconic wcrdH "the plant i« ready.'
Within n IV* minutes after the , n
jjim- iri in operaton th<- dynamo at
' ichim nt.H will tie ini m. amt In ;i
frti< timi of h second l.'it'T the ornumen
tail lights nionic < r ad wl:
burst into brilliant illumination. . that
part of the system being also < "in
pi- '• ■
All Will Hi- Jtoudy.
Il had Inin at first feared that the
mw lights could n«*t !.••• lit as missing
parts had not arrh ed from I’ittifhurg.
Most of these h*vt now been re> lived,
hov. wr. uml what has hot come can
i.e temporarily dispensed with, the
city electrician declares, and he has
.determined t‘> turn on the lights as
soon as thi plant has men started
l» ' I s furnishing current f -r this
light* the plant will manufactur
eieetri. Ity lor alt th« arc lights now
In j~i on noth sld> » of the river
With lt« own power house the i ity
will us si "ii as posstlde put iii other
ar-s. n.i i erdlnif to ordinances non
ponding. and within a short time IUi h
mend bids' fair to he a veritable "<‘it'i
el ldghts."
The municipal pleiit stands on the
siti d the old wati r w rks near Holly
Wood ,t Part of the old liulldlnir -iua
utilised. Work was begun In Au
gust. and under th-- supervision
"t Knginct r Trafford rueh excellent
proari - - has been n; ole that it Is now
nearly completed.
Appropriations mad from lint, to
Urn- by the city to rover the ripens- a
of the building. uMVhtn«rv and equlp
tm ol ,-llld fees the Wire HfllSB swtw
kale close to i he halt' million doflar
flgur* , hut a the city will now get
lights und power at a gr< titlv reduced
rati-, money li.c really been saved, the
pleat i einu regarded at' one of Kii.ll
tru mil's most > ■< onotnlc Investments. ‘
I tier f-et wires run into the ilty
crossing near the corner of Marshall
,ind Madin n streets From then ru
bles lines . r* now being run In every
direction. directed Into u!l parts of the
tit'
F, ’ .... ed wires ouxi uls* in
rut to tie i punij.i-tni.se, w'ore
the i ll' trie: .. driven 1 00 S w||l I).
"penibd. 'I'h s system has not la eu
emirel' mi pb ted, blit unit ss the
•:> ' • i- ts • • iriin<T-i .:« ir.wHri*
» u all onn*-< tli'ns* will 1*» made within
t! • next ■ > «.• ) • -rs»
Run Until Midnight.
l%*i » month or two the plant will
close down every nifthf at 1- o'clock.
1 ut as the * ' wioil anticipates* requests
from nv rclui’it- all over town t = hu\<»
the |• i:*::t »\.n ‘11 nlctht c*’ that tin
str.-t !.- -na\ t* !*rhted until daybrc^k.
plan* . io now h*'liiK drawn providing
for #uck action
Tht plant will probably l »■ operated
l*v Ft*. Saturday, tin r.>.r lxir.y
rather “w T o* equlpno\A is such,
li'-’vcvu . that in time «»f normal condi
tions* the wat*r ran be utilized alto
K th* r. t!.i.> aakititf pcussibh the snv
If K o. hundrtds of dollar* in t* .i.
Anv*nc tin--*. a ho will wuinss Mias*
Thome-on throw the switch Sat ui day
aftern* : r- Kngine*t Traflford, Sin
jrerinf* lab el Kimwlcs. tin- 3ja* <le
pat tin* tit. < uv Eiectrb ian Thompson,
aei-ompa4.ie*l l>\ ht* entire line staff,
and a rcprem nuttive from tin ■ ry en
gineer* ofla « .
Little Miss Thompson 1j* {opted
daughter of the Intornatloi al Assocla
ttinu of Mnnnipal Electricians, of
which Ik i father lifts he* r, number
to* many years.
KHAKI MW HAS HAM)
HAD IA M \S1IKV)
LAVK t *H A11LE8, VA . Dee*mber
lib—\V. K Kit' hie. brnkeman employ
* *1 on tin New York. Philadelphia and
Norfolk railroad, while corning South
* n ■ h>* al might between Weimar
and Pape Pharlws got his* hand badly
mashed vhlle trying to close a car
door at P«e oin «k** Thursda. morning
Hitt hie returned to his* home at Deb
jmar. when* he received medical atten
»tlon.
MERIT
is not without it?- toward in dear old, solid old Richmond
The Richmond Virginian quietly but earnestly has been en
deavoring to make a good newspaper in (act a little better
! newspaper than has heretofore been made in Richmond,
It has recognized the lunt'amentals in successful newspapering
to be: hirst, a good newspaper,' printing the real news of the
proper doings of the jieoplo; Second, reaching the people with
the paper; and Third, the keeping of the pajKT in touch with the
people.
The merchants of this city recognize the merits of the Rich
mond Virginia by buying nearly 100 columns of advertising
space in to-day’s issue. There is no advertisement in this issue
j that the paper is not willing to be read aloud at every fireside
, in Virginia.
The Richmond Virginian
STANDS FOR VIRGINIA.
WILL SET WHEELS MOVING 1
iJaiifcht* I' or ('liy i:i« ctr:< lari Thompa or., wi-.o
day afternoon and .start the machinery in the
com pit lion _
will
new
throw brass
municipal
lever
plant
tintur
nearing
LAW TAKES IIS
IF TWO SLATERS
num: ami ciiloukii jii hiikmui
tin TO KI.KCTBH' < HAIR FlU’.
HIM TUB APART.
RESIGNED TO SATE
JOHN sMTTII A AII JAHK» Hl.TIMi
TON I'lV Y'ORI KIT TO Al'ATF
AWTHIHT A Ml H.HIR—MK.V Wl
UTKAOILI TO tHAlll.
Two live* were snuffed nut within
. five minute* at the penitentiary Friday
| morning, when John J Smyth, the
' Norfolk bartender who shot find ktll
j ed his wife and vhild, and James
; Mtllngton, a negro, who t>eat an aged
I woman to death after rooblng her in
j Kookbrldge county. walked steadily to
I the electric chair and paid th-ir awful
1 forfeit for their rage
Smyth was me drat to hi lead to
the quick agency of death ’.(• was
.■.trapped in the eleetri. chair at 7:22
.o'clock, and three minutes inter all
Mgn« •! lie * had left his frail form.
immediately nfu r th* removal of
his iharred body from the fatal seat,
'and while the chair was yet warm
from his occupancy. Sltlington was
escorted to the death chamber, thong
ed to the life-claimer and In two min
uter passed Into the valley of shadows.
Hoth men were convicted during the
l i ictober terms of th" Norfolk and
I tuck I ridge curts. Both had taken
their cases t * th*.art of appeals
without a1, ail. and petitions for clem
ency for both had been made to <5ov- ,
crttor Mann nnd r >■ f' i s,-,! Both were :
i informed a week ago that tvcry ef
fort u> t h >-i r lift* had hp. ti ex- |
hausted, and they ait.' resigned to j
th« ir gruesome fat. .
Smith murdered his wife by shoot
ing her thifn t!m"s with a tevolveri
u h!h» drunk .-tt tin morning of Pop- ;
teinbcr 1. When his litth' daughter, |
Rita Slay, nine years "hi triad to 1
saw hfr mother. Smith killed her. He
fought conviction on the ground of
Insanity produced by over-indulgence
in whiskey, he having taken sixteen
drinks on the morning of the double
1 tragedy.
Sitlington slew an aged whit** wo
man In her cabin In an isolated sec
tion of Rockbridge county last Sep
tember. He had erept into her house
to rot> It. and when the aeventy.-year
old occupant dlsn over* d him in her
parlor, hi seized a si ids of wood and
heat her to death.
PACIFIC COAST
IS DEFENSELESS
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gORKinti KOE <‘01*1.0 KVrHKM H
ITSELF OX 1’1‘CIKT SOI \ II.
WA SHI NO TON, Her. 1*.—“A foreign
foe—Japan for Instance—could land an
Invading force at Bellingham, on l‘u
got Sound. Washington, without com
ing within fifteen miles of a gun. and
establish itself In an almost impreg
nable position,"
This statement by Kepresi ntatlvc ,
Humphreys i Republican), of Washing
ton. at the White House to-da> was
riilb'd forth t>v the agitation .o r the
famous “ecnfldentlal reply" made bj
Secretary ”f War Pii'klnaon to Repre
sentative Me l-achlat.'s roiju* si for in
formation as to the prepar. ilness of the !
United Htute.r for war.
j The secretary of war expresses an :
opinion which has been known to nv
, ary man on the 1’aelrtc (toast for,
years." Humphreys said. "<*ur people
on the Paelflc slope have l*e»u crying .
for defense, absolutely unhesJed. An !
invading force onue landed from Puget ,
Sound, cmild capture the fortlftcatlons ,
about Seattle, from the land side; tie
up that territory from eommunicatlon
with the outside world, and devastate
that part of the northwest. It would
take a big foroe may months to jlls
! lodge them
| "We wat torpedo boats and all man
1 nor of coast defenses, it Is a orying
need." ”
JERSEY BOSS IS
OUT RMRIITE
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F.H*» IA AAMIAG MAHTIM:.
CONTROLS LEGISLATORS
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AllOISF. MJ.ATI»K>T
MACHINK’11 PHOOHAM.
XUE.NTuN, X. J.. December l<! -In
order to compel the legislat ire to
elect the popular primary choice.
Janie* E. Martin* , to the I’nlted States
senate. Governor-Elect Woodrow Wil
son will have to light
Janies Kmlth, Jr. former .senator,
and "Boli" Davis, the boss of ’ I u.. so n
county, control a large percentage of
the Democratic Jegtslators-clect. T»
win them away from the bowses Wil
son v. til have to a reins* public senti
ment for his position. In an effort
to do that It is understood h* re to
day that h* "111 take th* stump per
sonally and assail Smith s position.
The. New Jersey flgnt has already
assumed national chara. t* rl'ties. WII
t. n has been told bv both Smith and
I)«\i* that at the end cu two years
hi- will b. forced luck to political
oblivion. To this Wilson has replied
that he will see If he cannot fore*
the two bosses out of the arena.
.-'mlth Is to-daj an avowed candi
date. !•'■ 11*. wing his letter of last
night. In which he a< i pted the in
his homo county <>f Ksscx to run for
tho senate he coni’* rr»‘«i with a mini -
her of the machim lenders H< r« -
fused to comment on a report that
if he ran control the Rssex and Hud
son county delegates he veil! he given
enough Republican vM«*s to assure his
election when the joint session meets.
The feeling between th* factions is
very hitter and the democrat-> of New
Jersf' is s«*rci\ split as th< result of
the break between Wilson and the
"oid guard leaders. *
ORDER SET ASIDE
i-m ri.i riM» mu \ faimhi:
win v »i;i'.vkati:i> AM) WISH
TU HI M MtKA .
BOSTON*. MASS.. December . 1*>.—
Afi r seven years «<f happy married
life, during which t«» 0hiHir.11 wore
barn to them. Arthur Hnstlen ami hi*
wife. Alice Whenlau Hastelm dis
agreed Hiid uyre divorc’d. That was
a year ago, and tho divorce decree
forbade cither of them t>* remarry
within tv... years.
The y,. ar of single life him n d been
happy for the Hustleris. Mrs. Hnstlen
mad.- little headway try in* to support
her children and aged mother, while
Bafttlen dec lares life alone wasn't
worth living.
So they effected a reconciliation and
are to remarry. When they secured
a marriage licence, they found the
two-year decree staring them In the
fact T i-day they are holding con
sullation* with attorneys, trying to
huvt the divorce order sot aside *o that
they mnj remarry Immediately
VV11STION OF Fill KFU
riTLF kktti.ko nv Form*
TKKNTON, X J., December !«.'—
Holding comtiiutlonal the act of April
111. llois, providing that when a Pres
byurlnn < hurch l» dissolved the prop
erty of the church snail thereupon
vest In the presbytery with which
the local church war. affiliated. .Iiwtl.
Trenchant ha* tiled an opinion tn^hn
supremo court giving judgment In
favor of the trustees ol the Presby
tery of Jersey City, against the trus
tees > f the First Presbyterian ehurch
of Wcuhaken and uthara.
OR. COOK TELLS
KIS OWN STOI
Defends His Honesty in
lievingThat He Reached
the Pole
SAYS HE HAD NO
PLAN TO HOAX WORLD
Insist Upon His Own Since!
ity—Explains Mental Con-* :|
dilion—Suffered Insom- ^
nia; saw Phantoms
NEW YORK, Dec. Hi.—"No
should discredit mo until ho ka
what l endured tho two and a
years of Arctic experience—until
hungers with m«, lreezes with
shudders with n« in the specter-rid
den Arctic night and grows mad with
mo In the glaring, burning, long and,
trucking Arctic day. .Not until than,
cun ho understand tny mental condi
tion at the time and appreciate
how l feel now and what I bellitvsfj
to he true."
In these words does Or. Kre_,
A. t ook, iii the flrst installment .of*
his "own story” in the January iitnb-*
her of Hampton's magazine,
to-day. lay the groundwork for
defense, not of his North Pole
covury claim, wnith he nodt
m»j ne without merit, hut of hl» j
esty in believing '.hut he accompli
this marvelous feat. “ Kl
Ail through the story Cook'
to ths terriuie physical and
strain h-- underwent and to thO
harushlps he endured affected
mind so that he was In no
tiwi to make sclentltieally correct
servntions as to his movements.
Ilo explains how he "got In
the outset In those worus: 'Ketuf
from a life, savage In Its
body and mind, i was tossed to £
zenith of worldly honor on a war# j
enthusiasm, a ivorld-madncw
startled me. In the ebb of that
1 was plunged into the depths of i
plelon and discredit, a victim of
own lolly and the sufferer fro#*'!
storm of adverse circumstance*.
After reciting a chapter of
ships and privations that trill
ar.ly move to pity many an adv
critic. Cook says: "When 1 fee
many hair-breadth escapes
death, the hazards w« took. SI
again that physical and mental
i*. ring, 1 wonuer whether any
man would do this were bo fft
lattng a lie."
.No J’tuii to Mon* the
ll I did believe in myself.
•stly and sincerely. If 1 felt yOavl
wf my claim when 1 reached Cti
hagtn and later New York," I
plorer says. "Is It just to call i
world's most Intrepid fakir, «
mon, deliberate swindler? Us
mously 1 may hate made StatO
which 1 myself now question,
is lnex> usaole. lint most emj
cally iind positively, I am not i
most certainly there was no
hoax the world to my own fln
pront.
Ur. Cook says that he has beea*j
cused of being a colossal liar,
y« t that many lies have l>een to
him. lie cites the gum-drop
a sample. He says he took o
drops with him and never he
st' ry until h. got to New York,
says that the trip was not undo
for scientific attainment. "It
personal conquest. In which I
ni only the return due a pathf
Continuing. Ur. Cook says:
not give In this story my
observations. They have been*
llshed and scientific authorities
rejected them as Inadequate,
seem u eurtous thing, us so
made of (igures—-which can be i
la. lured by the ream—for me
that figures of Instrumental oh
tl ms are only self-convincln#.
1 am telling the truth, as 1
frankly."
pole never was baaed solely U{
sormtions, figures or matt
cab illations, | did take the
course. S.metlme* j took tllMtJ
til', attain working them ottttjf
most i»a m staking accuracy.
, times my mind was clear a#
again 1 was dazed with hunger,,'
• attd cold. These figures did
i vince me of my achievement,
only corroborated my inner
it*.ti of progress.
Questions Ills t)nu Sac
"Was my inner conviction
' attained the Pole Insane?
i which raisin the whole pr
thi border line of sanity. 1
f.-el, no more insane than
w ho frantically pursues an
ideal which may seem hair-br
th* pra. tkal man—and who"
i to himself, if to no other, h|p
tied that he has accompliahod ,f‘~
sire. Jly conviction may bn
tip- bounds of reason. Son
I feel that it la Again 1
do not know Moreover,
dally since I have viewed
a peculiarly suspicions, thou
viable angle, of late, I have
pressed with the instability,
icnlity of all human reason.'
As an illustration of that
feet the far North has on
Cook says that after leavl
Tamil, th. "fantastic unrealtt!
north began to manifest
most. Peaks of enow were 1
ed into volcanoes. belchlnf;
oyt *d the pearly mist rose
t itles, with fairy castles;
tur< ?, misshapen and grot1
ed along the horizon,
denizens of the north acooa
i during the entire journey
fugged of brain and snap)
i lly strength. 1 felt my
mlng in a s»'a .of half-C
1 they tilled me almost
pressing me a“ the mo
; In a nightmare.”
Cook explains his ms-8
' partially by his Inability I
one who has suffered fro
he say*, "may be able
grec to gauge mjf„
, sleep became imp
: the end of my journey
1 haunting. ever pr
thought of my wakeful
"1 never *a peeked
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