Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1907, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR WITT FUNDAY MORNING BDIHON. Business Office, 11th Street an’. Pennsylvania Avenue, ‘The Bvening Star Newspaper Company. THEODORE W. NOYES Presideat. gud cua New York Office: Tribuse Building, Chicago Office: First National Bank Building. ‘The Evening Star, with the sunday morning edi tion, ts delivered by carriers. on thelr own account, within the city at 50 cents per month; without the Bunday morning edition 44 cents per wonth. By mail, postage prepaid: Daily, Sunday included, one mon’ Daily. Sunday excepted, 60 cents, one month, 50 cents. $1.00. 60. Che £Hvening Lae. No. 16,999. WASHINGTON, D. ©. WEDNESDAY, APRIL~ 10, 1907-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. Weather. Fair and slightly colder to» night ; tomorrow, fair, with slow= ly rising tempetature, THAW'S ACT COLD- BLOODED MURDER, SHYS MB, JEROME Terrific Arraignment of Stan- ford White’s Slayer by New York’s Prosecuting Officer. VERY CURIOUS CHORUS GIRL Speaker Says That No One Would Be- lieve Her Story as She Tells It. EFFORT TO DEFEND ARCHITECT Frequent Reference With Much Sar- casm to the Angel Child—Case May Go to the Jury Tonight —The Law in the Case. District Attorney William Travers Jerome began this morning the final speech in the case of the state against Harry K. Thaw before a crowd the like of which the present Criminal Court building had never before seen. From the moment he began, in a low conversational tone, until the noon recess made him stop, he held the spectators, who filled every available inch of the court room, silent and motionless. There was no “oratory” in Jerome’s speech today. It started in the even tone of one man talking to another, and went on throughout without a single flower of speech to decorate it. Thaw listened to the speech, which ac- cused his wife of having lied upon the stand, for the most part without any apparent emotion. Mrs. Thaw also listened to the arraignment of her without any show of emotion. N At t b EW YORK, April 10—It was District rney Jerome's turn in the Thaw case When court opened he began on alf of the people the summing up of the tion's ca n pre se agi Mr. Jerome disclaimed all intention of entering into an oratorical contest with Mr. Delmas, but it is seldom that an ad- ress more powerful, more subtle, more logic heard he 1 has been in a court room. passed to biting sar- invective, with logic n, and then here and there a touch of pathos. He had the closest attention of the jurors and spec- tators, including the Thaw family. His de- fense of Stanford White, whose spirit, he said, seemed to be hovering in the court room begging to be heard before it was blackened forever, was uttered with im- pressiveness and with tears in his eyes. Mr. Jerome may conclude in time for Jus- tice Fitzgerald to charge the jury today. Great Crowd About Court. owds were Insignificant the mob which stormed the court room doors this morning in an effort previous « compared to to hear Jerome sum up the state case Thaw for the murder of Stan- te. Alth court was not con- "clock, fully two hours advance guard of to arrive and took up in the corridors lead- to be among the mitted w doors w i T police however, an- t move on the part « i we pared r the rush ‘ s closed until 11 o'clock. I event a large number of fa ends from getting into the « room be e that hour Court at- t npl the side doors leading to the ante-room to good advantage, and so w main entrance was opened the tria yom was almost filled. The small enclosure in front of the see's bench was also taxed to its utmost capacity by the friends and assistants of the district attorney, and altogether the room when Mr. Jerome address the jury was one of tense and suppressed ex- scene in the court rest expectancy Stirring Scenes. wridors the more of disappointed men and onslaught upon the po- a last effort to pass the por- scenes were an repulsed and fairly dragged Men with with the off- threatened, but entrance © pleaded ed and the session was amily began the first to enter He court room wé Thaw was accom- I s sister, the Countess of Yar- me gle and her husband t arrive. Mrs. Edward Thaw Thaw fo i Thaw came last. All and confident. Justice Fitzgerald took the bench, the jury was t in and Harry K. Thaw was called upon Pt A Field of Romance. “Gentlemen of the jury,” said Mr. Je- LE TNE A TE rome, arising when the court had opened, “from all I can judge from the reports— I having been absent—you have been wan- dering through a mere field of romance for two days. The life of a human beiwg is not to be judged on such a premise. The issues here cannot be determined by quotations from the Scriptures. You have been enjoined by the court to make up your verdict solely from the evidence. “The attorneys for the defense have had the responsibility of a human life rest- ing upon them. But there has been a re- sponsibility equally grave upon the prose- cution. “The law is not a cruel law. It does not punish for the mere sake of punishment. It purlishes to protect those who live under it. “Important as it is tnat no human life should be put out unjustly, it is equally im- portant to the community in which you and I dwell that the law shall be justly upheld. No Easy Task. “I, gentlemen, have had no easy task. If in the heat.of the battle I have trans- cended the courtesy due to counsel, I will beg you to overlook it. If in the judg- ment of the court I have gone farther than I should have gone in making certain statements in court, I have nothing but re- gret for it. This is a time for us all to lay aside our animosities. The issue here is not to be determined upon my personality or upon that of the counsel for the defense. “Keep clearly in mind that while the de- fendant’s counsel stands for the defendant individually, there is another side, the side of the people, of whom you are a part. This ts no action between the executors of Stanford White and this defendant; it is not a trial to determine whether Evelyn Nesbit was ravished by Stanford White. It is an Issue between the people of New York and Harry K. Thaw, and it is to determine whether what he did was justifiable or ex- cusable, or whether he should be punished for it. Bound to Decide Issue. “T will assure you that not on the words of counsel but on the evidence you are bound by your oaths to decide this issue. On the evidence I will try to point out to you that this defendant's crime was not justifiable or excusable, and that he should be punished. “You are not entitled to say that this man is guilty because the grand jury in- dicted him for murder in the first degree, but you are entitled to consider that on their oaths they said the unexplained evi- dence justified them in charging him with murder in the first degree.” Mr. Jerome then went briefly into the law covering the various classes into which homicide is: divided, describing each. No Dementia Americana. “If you find that this defendant was in- sane when he killed Stanford White it is your duty to say so in your verdict. If you do not say so it is because you be¥eve that this killing was justifiable. Justifiabie does not mean ‘dementia Americana,’ it means self-defense; but when a man sits with his head in his hand and is deliberate- ly shot with a pistol held so close to him that after the shooting the victim’s own brother-in-law did not recognize him, it ean hardly be called self-defense east of the Mississippi river. “There can be logically but one of four verdicts returned by you—murder in the first degree, because there was not only design but premeditation; murder in the second degree, because there was design but no premeditation; manslaughter, be- cause there was neither design nor pre- meditation, but merely the heat of passion; or lastly, ‘not guilty because of insanity. Judges of the Iseue. “Gentlemen of the jury, it is for counsel to appeal to you as they themselves see their duty. To me the duty points only to an appeal upon the evidence in court. Counsel should not Inject other things into this case. An effort to inflame your pas- sions and to turn your minds from the fasue in this trial to another case is not considered the duty of counsel on the At- lantic seaboard. “Your oath binds you to render your vér- dict upon the evidence, and that alone. You must reach your verdict by purely and plainly an intellectual process—as you would dispose of a problem in geometry, an equation in algebra, or a sum in arith- metic. You are to be the sole judges of this Issue, and you are to judge by the facts, You must take the law as the court gives it to you. “If we are going into the proposition of sympathy in this trial it can be played upon by both sides. Have you thought of tne widow in Cambridge and the fatheriess boy in Harvard? I mention this, men, that you may see that the question of sympathy has naught to do with the issues here.” Quoted From Examination. Mr ‘ome next quoted at length from the examinations of the twelve jurors, re- minding them of their oaths and what they promised while being s ted to serve. “Whether you believe the story told by this girl, whether or not you believe in the sublime renunciation she Made of Thaw's offer of marriage, your sympathies are bound to assert themselves in one form or another. There is here every element to arouse your passion. You can't help it. But when yowretire to consider your verdict you must lay it aside and guide yourself solely by intellectual processes.” Mr. Jerome discussed the question of rea- sonable doubt. He said it was such a doubt as a man would act upon in matters per- taining to his own private affairs and nothing more. “It must be a doubt of which you are reasonably or morally certain. A reasonable dovbt is not a mere whim. “Qn the subject of Insanity you jurors were carefully examined,” said Mr. Jerome. “Dementia Americana.” You swore you would not inject any ideas of your own into your judgment, but take the law as It was laid down to you by the court. You swore you would accept only that form of insanity which deprives a man of the knowledge of the nature and quality of his act or that it is wrong—that is, against the current morality of the com- munity. You did not swear to bring this ‘dementia Americana’ into the-case.” ach mention of jementia Americana” was uttered by Mr. Jerome with a sarcas- tic inflection. 2 Yementia Americana, men,” he said, s no place in your verdict. You swore to take no higher law than the law of your state. “Dementia Americana! What is this dementia Americana which waits and glares at its enemy for three years and then kills? It waits three long years and grows bitter and then strikes. “Dementia Americana—that flaunts the woman for whom it kills through the capi- tals of Europe for two years as its mistress, Is that the higher law? Violation of Oath. “No, gentlemen, the higher law does not ox = ee hide ekirt. “Dementia Americana—is that the law which puts a woman up to tell of he: shame—or misfortune, as the case ma) be—to all the world in the hdépe it will shield a worthless life from a people's just @emand? “That is not the kind of law you swore to accept, and {f you do it, men, you violate your oaths.” Mr. Jerome took up the evidence of the witnesses for the people on the direct case, and with the aid of a large diagram show- ed the jury how Thaw moved about the roof garden before and after the shooting. He referred to the testimony of James Clinch Smith. “Do you remember Truxton Beale and the case of two men and a woman? Thaw asked Smith. Perhaps, gentlemen, my learned friend from the Pacific slope re- members it; perhaps he remembers that case of dementia Americana. “Thaw walked deliberately across the room, and in such a manner that his enemy should have no chance to defend himself, then turned suddenly and, holding the pis- tol so close to Stanford White’s head that after he was dead Mr. Smith, his brother- in-law, did not know him because of the powder marks, fired once, twice, three times.” Mr. Jerome picked up the pistol from the table in front of him, and as he spoke the words punctuated them by pulling the trig- ger three times. “Deliberately he shot the-man who had barred him from clubs, who had once taken from him the woman he loved and threat- ened to take her away again, and tnen, my learned opponent tells you, he stood with his arms extended, like a priest dis- missing a congregation. I did not see any- thing in the evidence about that. Rational and Cool. “He held the pistol up that the people present might know that there would be no more shooting, in order to prevent a panic. When the men who arrested him asked why he did it Thaw answered: ‘He ruined my wife.’ “He did not say: itself under the hem of a woman’. ‘I am the apostle of God, appointed to kill this ravisher of American virgins.’ No, my friends, this apostle of God business came after this defendant had the advice of my friend, Dr. Evan: Mr. Jerome went into the details of the evidence regarding Thaw's actions and words after the killing, and said that there as not one thing that did not show abso- lute calmn coolness and rationality, Naturally He Was Pale. “He was rational, he was calm and cool,” went on the district attorney. “He walks up to his enemy, after carefully locating him, and carefully takes aim. He does not take any chances of hitting any one else. You are told his face was white. Here was a man who had nursed an enmity for three years; who for three years had glared | Taft, Knox, Hughes or Shaw. at_his enemy until, after a good dinner and hearing the story of two men and a woman in which Truxton Beale had figured, deliberately shoots down his enemy. Is it any wonder he was white? Is the killing of a human being a thing so common that a man can do St without even turning pale? A “You locate your enemy, you locate the man who blackmailed you at clubs, who hi you say ravished your wife, who spread stories of perversion about you, you shoot him down and then come here with your ‘dementia Americana.’ It is absurd. Why, the crime bristles with premeditation. Murder in First Degree. “Unexplained it is murder in the firs? de- gree. A man shoots down his enemy, who, no matter how bad he may be, is entitled to the protection of the law. Let him be blacker than the cloak of midnight, which counsel yesterday threw about his memory, and I say he still had a right to be where he was the night of the 25th of last June. He had a right to believe that the laws of this community would protect him. “Who made this man the executioner of Stanford White? Had he no right to put his faith in the laws of this state? Must @ man go armed here as in a mining camp? “There is nothing in this direct case, gen- tlemen, that does not show cold-blooded, premeditated murder. And to this what answer is made? ‘I was insane when I went thirty feet ‘oss that room and fired three shots into ‘a man's head. I did not know it was a pistol I held in my hand. I did not know it was Stanford White, my enemy, I was shooting. I did not know the (Continued on Seventh Page.) DOUBT BOTHERS THE POLITICIANS 5 Uncertain Over President’s At- titude Toward Nomination. HIS WISHES WELL KNOWN Claimed That He Has Not Said He Wouldn't Have It. BELIEF OF WESTERN MEN Some of the Leaders Hold That Only Roosevelt Has Any Chance of Being Republican Candidate. “I don’t want it.” ‘That is what the President has told four or five of his close personal friends in the past week, when they have sought to ob- tain his views as to the next republican nomination. Not one of them, from information that has been carefully gathered, has once heard the words, “I won't have it.” Not a single man of the number believes that any other man than Roosevelt stands the slightest chance for the nomination next year. In most instances they have pledged the President the votes of their states, to be used elther for his nomination or that of any other man he may see fit to name. Of course, the President knew he would get these votes, as his visitors have, without exception, been men from far western states recognized as at the disposal of the President. It {s notable that to none of the eastern republican leaders has the President un- bosomed himself with frankness. He has not even seen any of these leaders lately except Senator Scott of West Virginia, who returned to his home and gave out an in- teryiew saying that he and the President were the best of friends; that he accepted the statement of the President that he would not be a candfdate and that he would support one of the men now named for the nomination—Fairbanks, Cortelyou. ‘He went so far as to say that he did not consider that the President would allow these men to go forward with their plans for the next con- vention and then permit himself to be nominated. A Recurring Question. The question bobs up frequently in front of even the men with whom the President has talked. : “Why is the President less emphatic in ‘is private conversation as to the nomina- tion than he was when he talked to the Gridiron Club a few months ago and when he made his announcement the night. after the election in 19042” Notable among the almost daily call- ers upon the President is Senator Bourne of Oregon, who, it is claimed, has pre- dicted to intimate friends that the Pres- ident will be nominated in the next re- publican convention. Senator Bourne, who is to have charge of the campaign for the President on the Pacific coast, has had a half dozen conferences with him in the past ten days. Senator Hans- brough of North Dakota, who will Pper- sonally take charge of the campaign in the upper middle west, has been just as emphatic as Bourne in his assertion that the President will be the nominee again, and he has spent much time with the chief executive. Warner of Missouri, Warren of Wyoming and Curtis of Kan- sas have passed in and out of the execu- itive offices with more or Jess freedom and frequency, and have sent out to their respective constituencies the same announcement—“Roosevelt must be the nominee again. Effect on the East. The politicians are asked whether the west Is to be put forward with the shouting and the noise for the effect it will have on weak-kneed republicans of the east? Will New York and New Jersey, as well as Con. necticut and Massachusetts, be brought into line, with the same cry by directing their attention to the west? Eastern republicans are beginning to wonder what it all means, but in New York at least there is no hubbub, no furore at this time over who is to be the nominee. The leaders there refuse to come out and commit themselves to any man and are apparently waiting until the time comes to take action. Despite the lack of emphasis in what the President says, his friends who have not talked with him declare their belief “that he has no !deg of permitting his best friend Taft to make a campaign in Ohio for his own nomination for the presidency and at the last minute of allowing the convention to name himself for a third term. Their ar- gument is that the President is anticipating the work of his enemies by allowing states that are for him to name Roosevelt dele- gates, which he will turn to his own choice. —_—_—.———__ STANDARD OIL TRIAL. Victory for the Defense in Rate Case at Chicago. CHICAGO, April 10.—A victory for the defense was scored today in the trial of the Standard Oil Company when Judge Landis, in the United States district court, an- nounced that the Standard Oil Company may produce evidence showing that the company did not intend to violate the law in the acceptance of unlawful rates. The court also decided that the shipper does not need to go further than a railroad sta- tion to learn the legal rate. Arguments on these subjects had been under discussion for four days, attorneys for the defense maintaining that the Standard Oil Company did not “knowingly and willfully” accept unlawful rates from the Chicago and Al- ton railroad. The decision by the court that the de- fense may offer evidence tending to show that the Standard Oil Company was ig- norant of the lawful rates on shipments of oil from Chappell, Ill, to East St. Louis, and that the company made honest at- tempts to ascertain what was the lawful rate is of great importance to the defense. It is practically the first strong point gained by the Standard Oil Company’s attorneys during the six weeks of trial. : The question involved was brought out soon after the defense began the examina~ tion of its witnesses, A rate clerk employed by the Standard Oil Company was ques- tioned by Attorney Moritz Rosenthal as to whether he knew the lawful rate on ship- meats of oil. Upon the witness answering that he did not know that the 6-cent rate was contrary to l2w, an objection was made by Assistant District Attorney Wilkerson on the ground that ignorance of the law was no excuse for the commission of an offense. Judge Landis sustained the objection, and the reply was stricken from the record. OVERLAND TRAIN WRECKED. Two Killed and Many Passengers Hurt in Oregon. PENDLETON, Ore., April 10.--The west- bound Oregon Railway and Navigation overland passenger train was wrecked in the Umatilla riyer bottom near Cayuse, fif- teen miles east of here today. Two tramps were killed, the §remen is missing and fifteen passengers were hurt. THE GENTRY MURDER. Suspect Constantine to Be Taken to Chicago to Answer. NEW YORK, April 10.—Frank J. Con- stantine, jr., will be taken to Chicago tomorrow to answer to a charge of the murder of Mrs. Arthur W. Gentry. Con- stantine was taken before the district attorney in Brooklyn today and signed a waiver admitting his jdentity and con- senting to go to Chicago. Assistant Superintendent Schuettler of the Chicago police said today that he ex- pects to leave New York via the Penn- | sylvania railroad at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, after he has colected further evidence in this city. bs —_.-___ SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT CASES. Selection of Jurors for Ruef Trial— Writ for Release. SAN FRANCISCO, April 10.—In preparing the Mmdictments, four or five of which will be brought by the grand jury against offi- cials of the Home Telephone Company of this city and Los Angeles, it will be neces- sary to examine the Los Angeles officials once more. The examination .will be con- tinued and cent ‘ben t- sued for the witnesses . ‘The trial of Abraham Ruef will not be 7 continued until tomorrow morning, as the defendent will have to be produced in the supreme court this morning. The application for a writ asking for his release from the custody of Elisor Biggy wil then be argued, which will determine the position of the latter, to whose charge he has been committed. Already seven jurors have been selectéd to try the Ruef case, two additional tales- men having been passed yesterday, sub- ject, of course, to peremptory challenge later on. A portion of the testimony about to be sought for now by the grand jury bears on the question of the alleged exemp- tion from taxation of slot machines, in which the “grafters” had an interest. ——. NOT AFTER THE PRESIDENCY. Senator Culberson Says He is Not a Candidate. Special Dispatch to The Star. AUSTIN, Texas, April 10.—In an address to the legislature last night Senator C. A. Culberson referred to the boom that has been started for him for the presidency. “I am not a candidate for nomination for the presidency,” he said. “That is such a delicate honor, and it would involve such responsibility to myself and to the demo- crate party that I would not seek It. There is something In the suggestion that I am @ southerner, as well as my ancestors to the foremost generation, some of whom served as confederates west of the Mis- sissippi and some of whom shed their blood iu Virginia, when her rivers ran red. “But I would not have you understand me that there is sectionalism in the land; that no contingency can arise in which a man of sound birth and lineage could not aspire to be called to the great office. That democrats of other sections of the country, although it is improbable, might do so, is another contingency which I do not be- lieve is so far removed. ‘The democratic party was born in the south and a south- ern dernocrat may yet be called upon to preserve the principles of the party.” SWETTENHAM’S RESIGNATION. Statement From Winston Churchill in Commons Today. Special Cablegram to The Star. LONDON, April 10.—In the house of com- mons today Winston Churchill, under sec- retary for colonial affairs, said in reply to a question that the resignation of Sir Alex- ander Swettenham as governor of Jamaica was tendered on January 24 in a telegram couched in the following words: “I re- spectfully apply for permission for retire- ment on account of age and desire forth- with to be relieved.” Mr. Churchill declined to state whether the incident concerning Rear Admiral Davis had any connection with the resignation He said that the whole correspondenc tween the government and Sir Ale: was not suitable for publication, another government being affected. —— PEARY’S POLE FLANS. Left Boston Today for New York— Leave Granted. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, April 10.—Commander Robert E. Peary, who was in Boston for a brief visit, left on an early morning train for New York today. He expects to receive official notification on his arrival there that he has been granted another leave of ab- sence by the Navy Department to make a dash for the north pole again. “Until I have the necessary leave of ab- sence in my hands in black and white, I cannot discuss the plans for my next das for the north pole,” said Commander Peary this morning. a i, “However, Capt. Bartlett will be in ew York in a few days, and in the event of my gaining the required leave the start will be as on the last voyage, calling at C. B., for coal, and making the start from Etah, Greenland.” Commander Peary’s application for leave of absence for a new dash to the pole was granted by the Secretary of the Navy in Washington yesterday, but as it was prob- ably sent to New York he had not up to this morning received official notice of the fact. —_>+____ THE ELLEN MULCAHY CASE. District Men Placed on Trial in Balti- more Today. Special Dispatch to ‘The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., April 10.—Clarence M. Bryan and Warren Thompson, both of Washington, were placed on trial this afternoon in the criminal court charged with conspiracy to defraudg perjury and larceny. The complainant in the case was Miss Ellen C. Mulcahy, also of Washington. The prisoners were represented by Representa- tive Harry B. Wolf and the prosecution was conducted by Assistant State's At- torneys Harvey and Stinchcomb. The se- lection of a jury began at 12:45 o'clock, and was a slow and tedious process, eight talesmen having been challenged by the defense and the panel exhausted without securing twelve men to sit in judgment on the case. The case then went over until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, when an ad- ditional number of talesmen will be se- cured, 2 ——S THE SHIPBUILDERS’ STRIKE. Strikers at Lorain Awaiting Patiently for Promised Funds. LORAIN, Ohio, April 10.—The striking shipbuilders are still patiently waiting for the promised strike benefit funds which are due today. The amount to be received and distributed is now declared by the ghion men to approximate $150,000, Meanwhile’ the yards continue to enlist recruits steadily from the ranks of the en out. This morning seventy-five more returned, including several carpenters, the first of this. craft to break away. The rivciers and iron shipbuilders continue firm, not one so far as known having de- serted the strikers. ——_.—____ Miss Schwab Married. Special Dispatch to ‘The Star. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 10.—Miss Ger- trude Schwab, sister of Charles M. Schwab, was married to David Barry of Johnstown this morning. The ceremony took place in St. Nicholas’ Catholic Church at Loretto, the home of the Schwabs. Rev. Father John Barry, brother of the bridegroom, officiated. It has been reported that Charles M. Schwab's present to his sister was $2,000,000. The Barrys, after their honeymoon, will live in Johnstown. Sa aERe ALLEGED GAMBLING JOINT. Plaint of Alexandria Mayor to Gov- ~-ernor of Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 10.—J.. Fred Paff, mayor of Alexandria, Va., has writ- ten a letter to Gov. Warfield caling the governor's attention to a gambling place at Jones Point, on the Potomac, in Prince George county, and almost within the city on ‘x ivousebost o>, tne fates regular business carried on, a1 there and disorderly conduct, espe- cially on governor has referred the matter to the of Prince George county. FORAKER 1S ABOUT TO BEGIN CAMPAIGN All Ohio Intensely Interested in the Coming Fight. FIRST GUN FIRED TONIGHT Opening Speech Will Be Made Before Board of Trade IN McKINLEY’S OLD HOME TOWN Senator Spends a Part of the Day in a Visit to Mrs. McKinley. Senator Joseph B. Foraker arrived in Canton, Ohio, this morning from Washington. He will speak tonight at the Auditorium at the annual banquet of the Canton Board of Trade. Senator Foraker was met at Alliance, Ohio, by a nonpartisan committee from the board of trade, headed by President Dougherty, and escorted to this city. Many of Senator Foraker’s friends in Cz ton called on him during the da There is intense interest in his speech tonight. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 10.—Senator Foraker or his frienis are evidently termined that the crowded house at n- de- a senator shall have Canton this evening, board where he is scheduled to address the of trade and its friends on the subject of “Civic Pride.” When Cantonians awoke nie this morning they were surprised to see the entire city billed with portraits of the sen- ator and with announcements that he would ake an address The now ion of politics, but the committee that Invited the senator to make the address hastened to make pub- lic denial that they nad the Placarding of the city. The report was that some friends of the senator in Cin- cinnati are responsible for it. Senator Foraker arrived in Canton about 11 o'clock and was met by a committee of citizens at Alliance and escorted to Canton. He will be in Columbus tomorrow to meet such state leaders and others who d to see him and an important conte witl be held with them before the senator goes to Cincinnati. He will see Gov. Harris, Atmosphere is Cloudy. Nothing that Senator Foraker has said himself, or that has been said by any of his friends in any authoritative wey, hag tended to clarify the Ohio situation, and what he has chosen to say has only served to mystify it. He has let it be known that he is coming to Ohio to demand that the Taft candidacy be submitted to the test of a popular vote for delegates and to ask for his party’s support for himself. But for what office he wants that support he has not said. In no authoritative way have the senator's constituents been told whether he is about to begin a campaign for the sena- torship or the presidency, or both. Silence was the only answer when that pertinent question was put to him by Charles P. Taft, and Ohlo republicans are wondering if this silence is to be preserved during the projected Foraker-Taft campaign, Not Worried Over Taft. Poth he and Senator Dick disbelieve that the Taft sentiment in Ohio has reached such proportions as need occasion them any concern. The Cincinnati situation {s puzzling. Foraker men say when the sen- tor reaches that city the opposition, if there is serious opposition, will disappear. ‘The local republican leaders, on the other hand, were reported for Taft for President and are willing to go for Foraker for sen- ator at the proper time. Ags Senator Foraker and Senator Dick are in control of the state organization, the Taft men are waiting for the senic ator to make his proposal to the st this evening. an- -ements made no men authorized te ce tral committee relative to the manner of making the projected Foraker-Taft con- test, if Foraker still desires to make it. Politicians here were interested in At- torney General Ellis’ statement that the proposed primaries could not be held under the Bronson law, but his argument against the advisability of holding a primary at all failed to persuade the Taft men to aban- don their plans to demand a direct primary. Senator Foraker made a trip to Monument Hill to view the McKinley monument this forenoon, Returning from there, Senator Foraker was taken to the McKinley home and had a chat with Mrs, McKinley, re HEAVY SNOWFALL IN QUEBEC. Remarkable Conditions Reported for This Time of Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. MONTREAL, Quebec, April 10.—Between 7 o'clock last evening and 7 o'clock this morning the snowfall in this city was just twelve inches. Added to this was a gale of fifty miles an hour, which piled up the snow in every direction, making the streets in many places impassable Within twenty-four hours the fall of snow has amounted to twenty-four inches, which is one of the largest April snowfalls in the history of the province. Ordinarily the city’s streets are bare and dust flying at this time, but now there is as much snow as in January. —_— Many Burned in Lisbon. Special Cablegram to The Star. LISBON, April 10.—There was a dis- astrous fire last night near the Central market. Many persons, including a number of children, were killed or received injuries, ed Seven Sentenced to Death. VILNA, Russia, April 10.—Seven men who participated in the mutiny of a Sapper battalion here last year have been sen- tenced to death and seventy-seven to various terms of imprisonment.