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PARTY. jVA0H0.Y
BATTLE ALL
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Meeting- of Progressives Will Dec. '
Whether ligii tOver Committee v
Places Will Go to Senate.
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ONE CONCESSION IS GRANTED
Senator Bonrne Placed on Appropria
tions by Request.
DEADLOCK DEVELOPS AT CAUCUS
About Fifty Senators Attend Gather
ing to Discuss Question.
CUMMINS STATES ISSUE QUICKLY
In Imntor Irirn Appointment of
l,n Fiillrtt to lltemtnt (era
rnrnr Committee rlerause
of Seniority,
WAKHINOTON. April Following
day of caucuses, conference and socret
meetings. In which the demands of the pro-
grcsslv re publicans of the senate were
blocked by the regular senators, the two
factions tohlght are resting on their arms,
Whether the fight of the progressives for
more appointment to committee of Im
portance will he transferred to the floor of
the senate rhamher will be decided at a
meetmg of the proBresslvea In the morn-
The skirmish beiran at the meeting of the
republican committee on committees early
In the day. Senator Oalllnger. chairman, re
ported the list of appointments. Immedi
ately Senator I -a Fnllette objected, Insist
ing; that the progressives were being treated
"unjustly and unfairly." He said he would
reserve the right to oppose further In his
own time.
As a eoncelon to the progressives, a
change was made In the assignments which
places Senator Bourne on the committee
on appropriations. The attempts of the
other three members of the committee, La
Follette, Cummins and Brlstow to get places
on the committees on Instate commerce,
finance and foreign relations, respectively,
were voted down.
When the Caucus met about fifty senators
were present, all of the progressives being
on hand except Fenator Crawford.
Cummins State I sane.
Senator Cummins put the Issue squarely
without preliminaries. He urged the ap
pointment of La Follette to the Interstate
commerce committee, because of his fitness
and "seniority' and the naming of Brlstow
to the committee on finance, because of his
"capacity for hard work and deep Interest
In the subject."
' Senator Galllnger replied the committees
were already filled and It was Inexpedient
to enlarge them. He added the progress
ives had ben shown all due consideration
. and given all the committee assignments
to which they were entitled. Senator Cum
mins asked for a separata vote on the two
propositions. Tba motion to place La FV1-
' lette on Interstate commerce was voted
down, ft tU iU In !sorf Mrr-Brtetow
. that motion was lost, 31 to 12, Senator
Curtis deserting the regular camp for a
moment and voting with the progressives
out of compliment to his colleague. , '
Mr. Cummins Immedlaely gave notice
that he reserved the right to carry the
question of reconsideration of the vote to
the floor of the senate. Mr. La Follette
went further. He said be proposed to
decide for himself whether he would take
Into the open senate, not only the question
of the votes, but also the broader ques
tion of the committee appointments.
I Progressive Hold Conference.
Immediately after the adjournment of the
cauoua the progressive group held a secret
conference to decide on their future action.
Although they were In session nearly two
hours, no decision was reached and the
entire ' matter went over until tomorrow,
when another conference will be held. It
was reported the progressives are not In
accord as to the extent to whloh they
should go as a group In showing their re
sentment of what they term the high
handed methods of the regulars In making
the committee assignments. Most of them
expressed satisfaction with their assign
ments and offered to believe they had
beer) dealt with liberally. All of them
seomed . to feel, however, that there had
been a studied effort to minimise their
representation on the two Important com
mlttees of Interstate commerce and finance.
whloh deal with question In which the
progressive group has Its liveliest Interests.
List Mad fcy Galllaa;er.
Following la the completed list of ap
pointments to the Important committees
as submitted by Chairman Galllnger:
Finance Penrose, chairman; Cullom,
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Superintendent
of New York Prisons
Hands In Resignation
.nelius V. Collins, Who Has Had
Charge of State Penal Institutions
Thirteen Years, Quits.
ALBANY, N. T.. April 27.-CornellUS V.
Collins of Troy, state superintendent of
prisons for thirteen years, has resigned.
His resignation which reached Governor
Dlx todny takes effect Immediately.
Superintendent Collins had supervision
over the four state prisons. Sing Ping. Au
burn. Clinton and Great Meadows and of
the Mattewean and Dannemora state hos
pitals for the criminal Insane. He also was
a member of the state parole board and
was chairman of the commission on new
prisons appointed by Governor Hughes to
select the site for the new prison to take
the place of Sing Sing.
Soon after Governor Dlx assumed office
In January he requested Superintendent
Collins to resign, but the superintendent
refused. The governor's next move was to
order an Investigation of the state com
mission In lunacy, the state prisons and re
formatories and the excise and highway
departments. The prison department was
the first to be lnvestalgated.
As a result of the investigations at Sing
.Sing and Clinton prisons alleged Irregular!
ties In the purchase of supplies were de
veloped, but no charges were preferred
against Superintendent Collins.
In his letter to the governor the superln
tendent gave no reason for hi resigna
tion, but it Is understood a business op
portunity was presented which, if accepted,
made It Imperative for him to sever his
connection with the department at once.
He was not in Albanytoday.
Search for Baconian
Manuscripts Goes On
Detroit Man Thinks Boat-Like Struc
ture Sunk in Mud of River Con
tains Long Sought Secret. '
CHEPSTOW, England, April 35. Dr. Or
vllle W. Owen of Detroit and his lieuten
ants started afresh today delving Into the
mud of River Wye for Bacon's secret. The
American believes that the boatlike struc
ture discovered In the bed of the river Is
the long hidden cache supposed to contain
the Baconian manuscripts. Sounding rods
were put clown today and they struck a
hard surface.
Dr. Owen has been for many years
Shakespearean student and believes that
be has discovered the key to a cipher In
which Bacon reveals the hiding place of
documents to eatabllsh that he (Bacon)
wrote not only the Shakespearean plays,
but other works long credited to various
authors.
"Pure Fiction," Says
John A. Chaloner
Former Husband of Amelie Rives Says
She Never Loaned Him Twenty
Thousand Dollars.
RICHMOND, Vs., April W. John Arm
strong Chaloner, today Issued a signed
s'ator t declaring that a statement of
his .imer wife, now Princess
Troubi tzkoy of New York, that she loaned
him $20,000. Is as much fiction as anything
she ever wrote In any of her "Amelie
Rives novels." The author of "Who's
Looney Now?" states that he Is perfectly
willing to pay her the $.1,800 annuity re
cently awarded her by the court decree,
I but he will refuse and resist that if she
I floes not withdraw her claim, which, he
alleges she has made, to dower rights In
his estate. '
Chaloner says he has made a will leaving
practically all of his estate to the Uni
versity of Virginia and the University of
norm v.-arouna ior educational purposes.
Quarry Worker Uses
.Dynamite to End Life
Gust Westin of Weeping Water Sets
Off Stick of Explosive on
Body.
WEEPING WATER, Neb.. April 28
(Special Telegram.) Oust Westin. a Swede,
who has worked In the quarry of the
Commercial Land company for years, com
mttted suicide this afternoon. He pluced
a stick of dynamite on his body while
lying flat on the ground and touched oft
the fuse. He had made threats to end
hta life. ,
Rumor of Big Battle
Near Mazatalan
NOG A LBS, Max., -April It la reported
that a battle of serious proportions between
the Mexican fed era! and the Insurgents
has been fought near Masaialan. the big
port on the Pad tie coast lit the state of
Slnaloa, Eighty wounded are said to have
been brought Into Masatalan from the
battle.
PORTERFIELD WILL NOT RUN
Atlantic Man' Keys Conditions Do -No
Favor lass Man Rnnnlnar for
I'Mireu. ' '
ATLANTIC. Ia.. April W.-lSpeclal Tele
g'am.) In a statement Issued to the local
press today, Dr. Frank W. Porterfiel
says he will under no circumstances be
come a candidate for congress. He say
local conditions are not such as to en
courage union of strength on any one
candidate and, that so long as conditions
are as they are. there Is small prosper
of Cass county landing any state or die
trlct office.
STORM ALONG GULF COAS
arioa WsikM on Illinois Cenl
Make It XfMMirr to Meteor
Tmffle.
NEW ORLEANS. April trt -Because of
high water and strong winds along the
gulf coast last night and today, all train
scheduled on the Louisville A Nashville
railroad between New Orleans and Mobile
have boon temporarily abandoned. Serious
washouts oa the main Mne of the Illinois
Central railroad near Teaalr. La., made
It necessary to route all trains via the
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TENINDICTMENTS
FOK 0RECAR1UERS
Four Railroads Entering Cleveland
Charged witn Rebating and Vio
- lating JiJkms measure.
THREE OFFICIALS UNDER . FLUE
Hann, Ireland and McCabe Accused of
Breaking Law. .
IMPORTANT SUITS TO FOLLOW
Cases Are Interstate Commerce Com
mission Actions.
MAY BRING CIVIL SUIT, ALSO
Penalty for Rebating- Fine of . Mot
More. Than Twenty Thousand,
wltk Imprisonment Not
Over Two Years.
CLEVKLAND, O., April 28.-Ten indict
ments on 107 counts charging four Iron ore
carrjlng railroads entering Cleveland with
rebating and alleging two, of them guilty of
conspiracy to violate the Klkina law, were
returned by the federal grand Jury here
today. Several Indictments of Individuals
also were returned.
The railroads are the Pennsylvania, the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, the Bes
semer A Lake Erie and the Chicago, New
York, Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel T-late).
United States District Attorney Day an
nounced tonight that the three officials
mdlcted are Dan R. Hanna, prestden, and
R. L. Ireland, Second vice president of the
M. A. Hanna company, Cleveland, and D.
T. McCabe of Pittsburg, fourth vice presi
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad.
. Important Salts to Follow.
District Attorney W. L. Day announced.
following the filing of the report, that
"large and Important suits" would be begun
Immediately.
The cases are Interstate Commerce com
mission actions, brought to Insure that
published ore shipping rates are effective.
The government will seek to show the
Indicted railroads 'owned docking facilities
in Ashtabula, O., and Conneaut, O., har
bors; that these were operated by com
panies In effect "hired" by the railroads;
that the roads pxide excessive rates to
the docking companies for loading and un.
loading Iron ore; that the docking com
panies paid over a portion of the moneys
received to the shippers and that the
whole constitutes a conspiracy in violation
of the Elklns law. "
The penalty tor rebating Is a fine of not
less than (1,000 nor more than $20,000 with
Imprisonment not to exceed two yearn. ..
The penalty for conspiracy Is not to ex.
ceed a fine of $10,000 and Imprisonment not
to exceed two jrears. . .
In addition, under the Klklns law, the
government has the right to bring civil
suit for' three times the amount of money
rebated. It would be possible, in case of
conviction, for the government to collect
many .millions of dollars. . :
The investigation leading up to the action
was started several months ago and I
the first government Inquiry Into ore trans.
portatlon methods in the - lower lake
regions. The matter was brought to the
federal government's attention three weeks
ago. The government's 'next step will be
the Issuance of warrants for the persona
named. It Is District Attorney Day's In
tention to expedite matters as -much as
possible, as he Is soon to assume the office
of United States judge of the Cleveland
district.
NORRIS ON COFFEE MONOPOLY
Kebrsiks Attacks Uninvited Guest
at All Breakfast Tables la
I'nltrd States.
WASHINGTON, April 28. Attacking the
Brasilian coffee monopoly as a monster
that Is "a dally uninvited g-uest at even'
breakfast table In the land," Representa
tive Norrts of Nebraska, In a speech In the
house today, urged the adoption of an
amendment to the tariff law which will
permit the United States to Break up the
alleged combination.
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Who Celebrated Ills iisvsutjr-sievanta litrthday Tuesday.
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BANDITS IN AUTO ROB STORE
Four Men Visit Chiago Jewelry Shop
and Carry pff Stock.
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CHICAGO, April '& Four armed roo
bers, who had a Lliiousene car, entered
the Jewelry store of Kdward Albertl, No.
1248 Milwaukee avente, today, beat the
proprietor and a clerk helpless, drove seven
other persons In the) store , Into a back
room and bound theri to steam radiators
and escaped with the plunder.
The cacln which the jobbers escaped
waa stolen by them In a dltttant part of
the city a short time previous. As soon
as possible description of the four men
was telephoned t$ elvery police station In
Chicago and to !' mounding placJ'"l
' Apparently the rati oVthtf jewelrjT sture H" 'J1"
i.. i ,,.., Mnivxl ered by Mr. La
was cureiuiij " - :
a telephone call for an automobile said to
be wanted at a fashionable apartment
building where the chauffeur spent a few
moments endeavoring to find- the person
who had ' summoned the machine. In
stead, on emerging he discovered that the
car was gone.
Fonr Men Tarn Trick.
Shortly afterwards the automobile con-
Ltaining four men Btopped m rront oi ai
bertl's Jewelry store. The strangers en
tered ' the establishment and felled the
proprietor by a revolver blow on the head.
One of the robbers carried the proprietor
into the repair shop In the rear. The other
three robbers directed their attention
to Albertl's son and two clerks, who were
compelled to stand against the wall, hands
up while one of the robbers seised trays of
diamonds and other Jewelry and looted the
cash drawer.
As the four robbers started out of the
store they encountered a third clerk, who
waa promptly knocked senseless, carried
back Into the repair room and tied to a
chair a few feet from Albertl.
Superfluous Enthusiasm
and do something for George.
Senate Committee
Refuses Demands
of the Progressives
Senator La Follette Announces Fight
Will Be Carried to Floor of Senate
Caucus Meets at Three.
WASHINGTON, ApVll 20. The split In
the republican ranks whloh threatens re
public supremacy In the senate assumed
grave proportions today when the regular
republicans flatly refused to meet three
demands of the progressives. These de
mands were that Senator La Follette be
given a place on the committee of inter
state commerce, Brlstow on foreign rela
tions and Cummins on finance. Coupled
with these demands was that Mr. Bourne
be appointed to the appropriations com
mittee which was meeting. v The meeting
was brief and reported to have been some
what acrimonious.. Senator Galllnger,
chairman of the committee, 1 presented a
completed list of -appointments" to the
m. - Whn It .wn duwsovt
by Mr. La Follette that only one of
the four final progressive claims had beea
allowed, he Immediately announced hi
complete disapproval of tbe tentative list.
"I reserve the light to object further,"
he said, - "because we consider ' we have
been treated unfairly and unjustly."
On a vote to adopt the Galllnger list, the
committee divided 7 to 4. the four progres
sives voting solidly. The caucus which
meets at S o'clock probably will support
the regulars In their selections and the
fight will then be carried Into the open.
Receiver is Likely
For Atlantic Road
Judge Green About Determined to Put
Management in Hands of Court
Officer.
ATLANTIC, la., April 28. (Special Tele
gram.) Indications are that at a night
session of court Judge Green will appoint
a receiver for the Atlantic Northern A
Southern railroad. The court wrestled
with the problem all day today and late
this afternoon a decree was written, but
had not been formally entered at 6 o'clock.
The court called a number of men In
consultation as to who would be a good
man for receiver. Ed. 8. Harlan, vloe
president of the Iowa Trust and Savings
bank of Atlantic was most prominently
mentioned and will probably be the receiver
though his appointment may rot come for
a few days.
The receivership wipes rat $JU0,0u0 of ob
ligations of the road U farmers, but the
farmers of the north end will save their
1140,000 worth of bonus.
New Government
For Kansas City, Mo.
Peopis to . Vote on Amendment
Charter to Give it Modified
Commission Form.
to
KAN BAB CITT, April 36. It was an
nounced here today that a new plan of
government for Kansas City, Mo., similar
to the commission form, which contem
plates eliminating ward aldermen. Is to
be demanded for submission to the people
for approval In the form of an amendment
to the city charter.
Mayor Darius Brown said today that he
would champion the plan and that he
would initiate a movement Immediately
that would give the people a chance to
pass upon the question.
ASSOCIATED PRESS ELECTION
Frank B. Korea Is Chosen President
and Melville K. Stone General
Manns-er.
' NEW YORK, April I.-At a meeting of
the board of directors of the Associated
Press, held at the general offices today,
th following officers were unanimously
elected.
President Frank B. Noyea, Washington
Star.
First ' Vice Preeldent-R. M. Johnston.
Houston Tex ) post.
Hecond Vice President Frank P. Mae
Lennan. Topeka I Kan. I Stat Journal.
tecretary and General Manager Melville
E Htone.
Treasurer J. R. Touatt. i
Executive Committee Frank H. Noyes.
Washington tar: Victor F. Iwson. Chl-
Irano laily News: Charles W. Knapp. Kt.
I ..nils Republic: Charles Hopkins Clark,
Mart fori! Courant; Adolph ti. Ochs. New
York Times; General Charles H. Taylor,
Boston OUibe, and W. L, UoLean, Phila
delphia bulletin.
He seems to be out of his head!"
SMYTH GETS ANOTHER LETTER
Father of Alleged Kidnaped Youth
Conrinced of His Story.
BOY IS EXAMINED BY THE POLICE
Yon its; Man Cllnrs to His Story with
Occasional Variations Mayor De
' mands Kshnastlvo Inqnlry
Be Made.
With an exacting and careful Investlga
tlon of the alleged kidnaping of Bernard
Smyth In progress.' further complication
has been added to the already confused
tangle of doubt by the receipt of yet an
other "blackhand" letter, addressed to C,
J. Smyth, the boy's father.
The young man was examined by .the
police and postofftce officials yesterday at
ternoon -with reference to tils story of the
kidnaping, which he says took place Tues
day evening. The officers are Inclined to
doubt the story told by young Smyth. In
fact, they declare there Is little doubt but
that Srayth. prompted by a desire to appear
the hero In the eyes of Miss Frances Ho
tetler. concocted the series) of letters and
kidnaped himself.
The parents of Smyth accept Ms weird
tale as true. The receipt of the last letter
Is, In the opinion of his father, absolute
vindication , of his son. So positive Is Mr,
amyth that tbe letter clears his sons
story of doubt, he presented the facts bear
ing on Its receipt, to The Bee last night In
rebuttal tq - the Implied charge embodied
In police statements.
This last letter was marked with a time
stamp indicating its delivery at the post-
office at 4 o'clock. It was delivered to
Mr. Smyth one hour later. There la nothing
to show when or where it had been mailed.
In contents this letter differed little
with the others. Threats of death to
Bernard Smyth and Miss Frances Hos-
tetler were repeated. However, It was
written In a different handwriting and,,
while) couched In ordinarily intelligent
English, It contained much ohsenltx. This
la the first of the letters to be addressed
to C. J. Brnyth. the father. All others
have been addressed to the son.
In his statement concerning this letter
Mr. Smyth traced the movements of hi
son for the afternoon, Indicating that It
would have been Impossible for the youth
to have written and mailed this communi
cation. .
Further facts In connection with the
case are coming to light They are taken
by the police to substantiate their theory.
On Tuesday night young Smyth, who was
at Crelghton when the choice of tennis
players for the annual state match was In
progress, refused to go home with a class
mate In an automobile.
"I have got to go somewhere else." he
Is quoted as having replied to the Invita
tion. He then went toward Cuming street, ac
cording to the statement of the classmate.
Postoffloe authorities have been called
Into the ease and asked to Investigate the
sending of letters to Smyth, which de
manded money to prevent the kidnaping of
hla son.
A conference was held In the chiefs of
floe shortly before noon Wednesday, wnicn
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Bee Publishing- Co.,
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we have placed a considerable volume of advertising In the
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We strongly commend the attitude of your publica
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ACCUSED tei
AT LOS ANGELES;
ONEJENTIFIED
J. J. McNamara, James W. MoNamara
and Ortie . McManigal Reach
City.
TAKEN AT ONCE TO FRISON
Hurried to County Jail and Locked ia
Cells.
WOMAN SEES JAMES M'NAMARA
Mrs. Ing-ersoll Declares He is Bryce,
Whom She Knew.
SAW HIM WHILE AT PASADENA
District Attorney Fredericks Asserts
Identification is Made.
BURNS BEFORE GRAND JURY
Detective Kefnaes to Testify la
Dynamite Inqnlry In ladlaa
polls Other Wltneaea
Examined,
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April W.-Jame
W. McNamara and Ortle K. Mi-Mnini
rrtved here at t:S5 p. m. and . were
locked In cells at the county jail. There
was no demonstration.
District Attorney Fredericks states today
that Mrs. ingersoll of Ban Francisco told
him that James McNamara, whom she
saw at aPsadena as he left the train there
this afternoon, was without doubt the J. B.
Bryce whom she knew, and who la one of
the much wanted alleged dynamiters.
INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., April 26. - The
Marlon county grand Jury today continued
to probe the so-called "dynamite con
spiracy" involving on one hand charges
that Indianapolis has been the seat of an
alleged conspiracy by dynamiters who In
two years are said to have caused mora
than 100 explosions directed against em
ployers of and sympathisers with non
union workmen, and oil the other hand
charges that enemies or the International
Association of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers have attempted, by "planting"
dynamite In Its office building, to convict
It and its secretary, J. J. McNamara, of
dynamite outrages. '. "
Detective William J. Burns, who was ar
rested last night on' the charge of com
plicity in the alleged McNamara kidnaping,
was the first witness before the grand jury '
today. It Is understood he tooksJvantage
of hla right to decline' so testify. . . .
Walter Drew and J. A. O. Badorf of
counsel for the National Erectors' associa
tion, and W. Joseph Ford, assistant district
attorney of Los Angeles, alt of whom are
charged with the kidnaping and bound- to
the grand Jury Inquiry In bonds of S10.0U0,
were. It was expected to be examined either
late today or tomorrow.
Following Burns, two women, said to
have lived In a downtown building In
which some members of the Structural
Iron Workers' Union had rooms, were
called Into the grand jury room and
amlned briefly and then a recess was taken.
Detective Barns Arrested.
Detective Burns was served with a war.
rant at S o'clock last evening, charging
him with complicity In th alleged kid
naping of J. J. McNamara, secretary-
treasurer of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron 'Workers.
Three attorneys, arraigned earlier In the .
day on the same charge, spent two hours
in Jail because of delay in obtaining bonds.
They are Walter Drew and J. A. O. Badort
of New York, counsel and assistant counsel
for the National Erectors' association, and
W. J. Ford, assistant district attorney of
Los Angeles.
Burns was arrested while going to the
court of Justice of the Peaee Manning to
surrender himself. He waa released under
$10,000 bond to appear before the grand
jury and was subpoenaed to testify this
morning. Drew, Badorf and Ford were re
leased from Jail under bonds of the same
amount They waived preliminary exami
nation and were bound over to the grand
jury. Frank Fox, a chauffeur, charged
with having assisted In the alleged kid
naping of McNamara, In that he bad
driven the automobile In which Mo
Namara was taken from here last Satur.
day, was released under $5,000 bond to
appear before the grand Jury. Constables
with "John Doe" warrants are said to be
seeking some of Burns' assistants.
These were the developments la the
probe of the alleged conspiracy to collect
dynamite here to blow up structure being
erected by "open shop" eor'ractor and
an alleged plot to discredit the Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
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