Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1912, Page 1

_ WEATHER. Fair tonight and Friday; mod- erately cold; lowest temperature tonight about 24°. 0. 18,726. WASHINGTON, D. ©, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, NAVY YARD STRIKE EXPECTED T0 END Officials Say Card System Of- fensive to Mer’Was Not Aushorized. DEPARTMENT SENDS ORDERS TO WITHDRAW Believed That Norfolk Mechanics Will Now Return to Work. DANGER OF A STRIKE HERE Question in Washington, However, Is One of Wages More Than Introduction of | “System.” A delegation of Virginia statesmen consisting of Senators Swanson and Martin and Representatives Carlin and Holland, the latter representing the Norfolk district, today called on Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy Winthrop in regard to the strike at the Nor- folk navy yard. They were informed that the introduction of the card sy tem, which the employes of the Norfolk yard suspected was the beginning of the Taylor system, was unauthorized by the Navy Department, and the Sec- retury also stated that the officials of the Norfolk navy yard had been in- structed to withdraw the offensive card system at once. The statement was made that the system, which brought about the strike yesterday, was introduced wholly on the initiative of un official of the Norfolk yard and withouf the sanction or authorization of the Navy Department. ‘The withdrawal of the card system removes the grounds upon which the strike at the Norfolk yard was called, and it is believed the strikers will at once return to work. At the Washington Yard. That a strike of the 2,00) or more machinists at the Washington navy yard may occur at any moment is the state- ment made today by officials of the ma- chinists’ organization. The further state- ment is made that every effort is being made to avoid a strike or a walkout, and s 3 the navy yard, Capt. Willard, no effort has ever been introduce the Taylor system or fication .of it in the yard here, he, as commandant, had nevi sidered the introduction system in the local yard or shops. Question of Wage Scale. Thomas E. Carroll, president of Co- lumbia Lodge of the machinists’ organi- zation, stated today that the whole source of trouble and dissatisfaction among the navy yard machinists here is on the wage question. President Carroll said that an order which went into effect yesterday, raising the pay of machinists at the gov- ernment printing office 40 cents per day, bas had the effect of aggravating the dissatisfation of the navy yard machin- ists, until at the present time but very little would be required to precipitate @ wa'kout in which every machinist em- ployed in the navy yard shops would Hicipate “The navy yard machinists,” said President Carroll today, “receive the low- est rate of pay of any machinists em- ployed by the government in Washing- ton. Machinists at the government printing office work under a minimum seale of $4.40 per day. Last November the bureau of printing and engraving raised the minfmum that establish- ment to $4.16 per day. The minimum et th Yard shops is $3.04, while the maximum ‘is only. $3.76—which is below the minimum of other government shops in the District, and 20 per cent below the scale establ'ghed in private shops of Washington by the Central Labor Union. ‘The average minimum wage ‘in private concerns in Washington is above $4 per a ‘The law provides (page 587 of the jutes at Large) as ‘follows: “That the rs of labor and the rate of wages of the employes of the navy yards shall conform, ax nearly as is consistent with the public interest, with those of private establishments in ‘the immediate vicinity of the respective yards, to be determined by the commandants of the navy yards, subject to the approval revision of the Secretary of the Navy.” | Wi at the Washington navy yard do not con- form with the rate of wages of private establishments in this immediate vicin- § Committee to See President. At a meeting of Columbia Lodge, Inter- national Association of Machinists, held last night in Naval Loage building, at which about 600 navy yard machinists were present, the matter of wage in- creases was discussed, the Taylor system ing touched on merely as a side issue. \ dozen motions to order a strike were the statement was made that very little would be required to precipitate a walk- out in which every machinist employed in the shops would take part. Men Holding a Conference to Decide on Their Course NORFOLK, Va, January 4.—The 600 Norfolk navy yard mechanics who quit work rather than sign work cards which they felt was an enforcement of the Tay- lor system at thiy naval station were to- | day still in conference on the subject of the best course to protect their interests. A committee from the mechanics who have quit wil] this afternoon confer with Capt. Doyle, U. 8. N., commandant of the Norfolk yard, and report to the gen- eral meeting the result of this conference. ‘The naval authorities today made pub- lic a dispatch from Washington in which it Is asserted that neither the Taylor system nor any system akin to this is to be installed here. The men, however, insist that the cards which they have been told they must sign is an enforce- ment of the Taylor system in @ modified form. ‘The men are hoping for some adjust- ment so that they will not miss their third muster tomorrow, which means they will be dropped from’ the roll unless a physician's certificate is presented showing that they were physically unable to per- sonally deposit their time checks. Should there be no adjustment; it is said, a major portion of the men will’remain out in an effort to secure a withdrawal of the ob- Jectionable cards. ‘As a result of the walkout work was delayed on several warships, including which was the battleship. Kansas, scheduled to leave the join the Atlantic fleet at cruise to Cuba. ARSENAL MEN PROTEST, Complaint From Rock Island Laid Before House Committee. Protests against the “stop-watch method” of timing their work and against the adoption of the Taylor system of shop management by the War Department were made before the House committee on labor today by a delegation of em- Ployes from the Rock Island arsenal. Gen. Crozier, chief of the ordnance, de- partment of the army,, questioned the employes, who expressed the fear that “gclentifie management” would oppress the slower workmen. SCORE FOR CITIZENS Senator Works Will Support Their Transfer Bill. MERIT 10 CONTROL Plan to Take Post Office De- partment From Politics. BIG MACHINE, SAYS NORRIS Introduces Bill to Put Employes in Classified Service. PROTECTION OF POSTMASTERS Management of Campaigns or Par- ticipation in Outside Busi- ness Forbidden. Declaring that the Post Office Depart- ment has come to be a huge political ma- chine, used as a factor of machine con- trol by the party in power, Representa- tive George W. Norris of Nebraska, leader of the republican insurgents of the House, today introduced a bill to place every employe of tho Post Office Department under the protection of the classified service. Even the four assistant postmasters general would be transferred to the civil service roll if the Norris bill became a law. Any vacancies would be filled by promotion. The provision that Mr. Norris, says would take the department out of politics reads as follow: “It shall be unlawful for any employe of the Post Office Department to be chair- man or @ member of any political com- mittee, or to have control or management of any political campaign, or for any post- master of the first or second class, while holding such position, to engage in the getive management or control of any busi- ness, trade or profession that in any way interferes withthe full and proper per- formance of his official duties. Any em- Ploye violating the provisions of this sec- tion shall be removed from office.” ‘The bill also provides a graduated scale of fixed salaries, based on the receipts of the post offices throughout the country. This, Mr. Norris says, would decrease a good many salaries and effect an annua! saving of about $1,000,000. The salaries prescribed in the measure are from $2,000 in post offices where the receipts are from $8,000 to $9,000 a year to $6,000 in offices where the receipts exceed $8,000. Postmasters in Politics, Mr. Norris, referring to his charge that the Post Office Department is used as a DROPS HIS OWN MEASURE Thinks It the Better, But Yields to First blood in the contest between the District Commissioners and the citizens’ of dny efficiency | conference committee to establish by different legislative measures universal transfers in the District was drawn ‘by the committee today in the announcement by Senator Works of California of his intention to withdraw the universal transfer bill which he introduced last spring and offer as a substitute the com- mittee’s bill. Although declaring that he believed his own measure is. preferable, Senator Works stated that in response to urgent requests by members of the committee he had decided to offer their bill as a sub- stitute. This probably will be done at the first meeting of the Senate District committee, when the universal transfer bills are considered. Basis of Commissioners’ Bill. The situation is given a somewhat pe- culiar aspect in view of the fact that the Works bill largely is the basis of the Commissioners’ bill, which recently was introduced in the Senate, In fact, the! withdrawal of the former measure will affect the issue at stake but slightly, as many of the more important recommenda- tions are contained both in that bill and the one prepared by the Commissioners. Members of the citizens’ conference committee expressed themselves as de- lighted with Senator Works’ decision to, support their bill It was learned today that Senator Works probably will be one of the speakers at the citizens’ mass meet- ing to be held for the purpose of arousing interest in the proposed legislation. Put Candidates on Record. The fight to obtain universal transfers in the District of Columbia may be made @ factor in the approaching election of, the Chamber of Commerce. The execu- tive committee of the citizens’ conference on universal transfers last night decided to ask the forty-odd candidates for vacancies in the directorate of the char- ber how they stand with respect to the proposed legislation. William A. Foster introduced the reso- lution directing that the secretary of the committee write to the candidates for an expression of their views regarding unl- versal transfers. it was seconded by P. declared out of order, as the officers of | 3. Ryan of the Central Labor Union. P. the organization are determined to take! V. “‘iveating, who acted as chairman in no snap action, or, as President Carroll | the absence ef Charles W. Darr, express. <pressed It today. not to ‘go off at half- cock.” A committee was appointed to call President Taft and on the Secretary of Navy tomorrow, the committee to up the question of increases in the If nothing is accomplished this conimittee President Carroll be- Veves that @ strike cannot be averted. William H. Johnson, president of the 1 Association of Machinists, said that the action and attitude Assintant Secretary of the Navy Win- thvop on the occasion of a former con- was such as to aggravate the ssictt of discontent in the navy yard ps. Mr. Johnson said that the assist- ant secretary's attitude was “discourteous jn jthe extreme and had a decidedly ag- eravating effect”; further, that the as- ristant secretary “refused to permit the committee or the machinists to appeal to the Secretary of the Navy’ in the ef- fort to secure action on their alleged erievances.”” “Sitting on the Lid.” Fvesident Carroll of the local organiza- tion said that the local officers are to- coy “sitting on the id” in the effort to »vold the precipitation of a strike, add- ing that he did net feel sanguine of the success of the officials’ efforts to prevent 1 duble. ed opposition to the motion, while H. Clark, the only other member of the com: mittee present, did not vote. Mr. Keating advised against dragging Chamber of Commegce politics into the transfer fight. Mr. ter asserted that in a proposition affecting the interests of the District to such an extent as does the effort to obtain universal transfers it is only right that candidates for offices in a representative ‘organization like the Chamber of Commerce should be asked to record their views. ‘Mr. Foster stated that his resolution contemplated giving the greatest amount of publicity to the answers that the can- didates make. Plans for Mass Meeting. Arrangements for the mass meeting of citizens to be held in Old Masonic Tem- ple Friday evening, January 12, in the interest of the universal transfer bill om by the citizens’ conference, prac. ‘ily were completed at last night's session of the committee. It was announced that there will bé another meeting of the committee Setur- day night, when the speakers for the ‘mass meeting will be.made public. Sev- eral subcommittees last night ‘reported that arrangements for musle, badges and At the shops today no indications of| other features of the program have been gay immediate trouble were visible, but] completed. Political machine by the party in power, remarked that ‘the roll call of a repub- lican convention nowadays sounds like a list of second-class postmasters, and every republican state committee has Post office employes for about two-thirds of its emmerahie @ purpose of his meas- Mr. Norris madp the following state- Changes Based on Merit. “The bill which I have introduced, if enacted into law, would take the Post Office Department entirely out of poll- tics. It takes away from the President the power of appointing postmasters, and places the postmasters of the first. sécond and third classes in the classified civil service. It likewise places the first, second, third and fourth assistant postmasters general in the classified service, and provides for the filling of these offices, as well as all post offices, by promotion and transfer. It provides for the transferring of railway post office clerks to post offices, and the transferring of postmasters, postmasters and clerks in po: from_orie post office to another and to the Post Office Department at Wash- ington, D. C. “The result of its enactment into law would de that men would go into the Post Office Department in every section of the country with the purpose of making this thelr life profession. Promotions and transfers would be made entirely upon merit and without regard to any partisan or political influence, so that an employe of any first, second or third class post of- fice in the United States, relying upon his own efforts and ability alone, and without the assistance or pull from any political source, could eventually become the postmaster of any of the largest cities in the country, and would likewise have an opportunity dependent entirely upon his efficiéncy to become first assist- ant postmaster general in Washington. Big Annual Saving. “In addition to this the bill provides for the reduction of salaries of postmasters wherever the present salary exceeds $2,000, the maximum salary being $6,000. “The aggregate reduction would make an annual saving in the Post Office De- partment of nearly one million dollars, and this reduction would, as a rule, I believe, be welcomed by the men whose salaries will be reduced, because It would give them a permanent tenure of office and an opportunity of promotion on their, own merit, to a possible salary of $6,000. It would free them entirely from partisan polltical obligation and assessment. “The greatest benefit of all, however, ‘would be the increased efficiency of the| Post Office Department. Under present conditions men are appointed as post. master for partisan political reasons, and to pay political debts. Regardless of| the efficiency or the ability of the post- master, he knows that he will be put out of office as soon as the opposite Party or ‘perhaps another faction in his own party comes into political control, and he goes into the service knowing that his position is going to be temporary. He does not, therefore, give up his busi- ness or his profession, and in order to hold his own job as long as possible, he necessarily becomes a part of a great political machine. Increase in Efficiency. “It this bill is enacted into law the Post’ Office Department, instead of being a po- litical machine, as it has always been under all political parties, will become a great ‘governmental business institution, having| for its object the efficient, economical: and honest performance of the postal business of the country. It would give economy and efficiency in the greatest degree, in the greatest department of the govern- ment. - “I intend to make strenuous efforts to secure « favorable report from the com- mittee having the bill in charge, and be- Neve that the prospects for its enactment into law at the present session of Con- are exceedingly bright. I am satis- fled it will appeal to members of Con- a8, a8 well as to the citizens generally, being the legislative to fake to place the Post Office Department ‘on an efficient, economical and paying —-—___ Will of Henry Guy Carleton. NEW YORK, January 4—The will of Henry Guy Carleton, the dramatist, as filed for probate here leaves all he pos- seged to his “dear friend, John Clevé- land Osgood.” Mr. Osgood is a capital- ist who resides in Redstone, Col. Carle- ton died at Hot Springs, Ark., December 10, Two sisters, who live in Nice, France, survivegnien. bets ure, ment FIREAT MOUNT RAINIER {PARIS MAKES DENIAL. . ROYALISTS AND CLERICS RAZES BUSINESS SECTION) OF JUSSERAND' STORY} ROUTED IN PORTUGAL Post Office and Drug Store Among Buildings Destroyed. Incendiarism Suspected. Special Correspondence of The Star. MOUNT RAINIDR, Md., January 4, 1912. As the result 6f a fire that started in the rear of the post office building here about 5 o'clock this morning, a portion of the business section of this place is de- stroyed, and the yoss aggregates several thousand dollars. The prompt response of, the chemical engines from Brookland and Langdon, D. C., undoubtedly saved many buildings which for a time-were in tmmi- nent danger. ‘The engines secured water by a long line of hose from a stream nearly half a mile away. The alarm was sounded by E. A. Gladden, who discovered smoke coming’ from a small room in the rear of the post office building. The buildings being of, en the fire spread rapidly, and the ef- forts of the citizens were confined to sav- ing the adjacent buildings. The post office building, owned by the Mount Rainier Real Estate Company, D. M. Nesbit, man- ager, was totally destroyed. The structure was one story, and was insured for $400. Mail and Fixtures Saved. Practically all of the mail was gotten out of the office, and the larger fixtures were saved. The registered: and other val- uable mail was locked in the safe, which ‘came out of the fire intact. The drug store occupied by Alexander Mickels and owned by Messrs. Rogers & Farden was burned to the ground. This build- ing was valued at $5,000 and was insured. Considerable stock was removed, but Mr. Mickels places his loss at $1,500, with no insurance. The shoe store adjoining the post office was also destroyed. This was kept by an Italian named Riggo, and there was no insurance on the stock, it is said, although the bullding, owned by the Mount Rainier Company, was insured. The building in rear of the drug store, owned by 8. White and used as a grocery store, was damaged to the ex- tent of $1,000, and was insured for this amount. ‘Most of the stock was remov- ed, but Mr. White states that he will lose about $500 worth of stock on which there is no insurance. Saw Man Running Away. A. J. Plummer, one of the residents, stated this morning that when he reached the rear of the post office building he ob- served a man leap over the fence in his shirt sleeves. It was dark, and he could not say whether the man was white or colored. Maurice E. Stallings, the post- master, states that the rear door to the office was open, although it is always locked when he leaves at night. The origin of the fire is a mystery. There was nothing in the room where the fire is Potpomea to have originated that could have caused a blaze. The post office ts temporarily ‘located in the building re- cently rented by the Mount Rainier Social Club, and business is being conducted without inconvenience to the patrons. ‘The citizens of Mount Rainier are laud- ine the efforts of the District of Columbia firefighters, and had it not been for the prompt and efficient work of the chemical engines many more buildings would have been destroyed. OBSERVE TREATY SIGNING. * French and Americans to Unite in a Dinner February 8. NEW YORK, January 4—To commemo-| rate the signing of the first treaty of al- Mance between France and the ‘United States in 1778 by Benjamin Franklin and the Count de Vargennes, all the French societies of the east will unite in a din-' ner to be given here February 8 The of honor will be M: Jusserand, am- Sertador ot ‘and .the chief speak. er_ Attorney eral Wickersham. Henry ‘White, former ai si te e, will act as toastmater. Che Evening Star. 1912—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. No Ill Feeling Exists Between the French Ambassador and |. President Taft. PARIS, January 4—A_ semi-official statement was issued today in régard to a) newspaper report which has been repub- lished here that the French ambassador at Washington, Jean Jules -Jusserand, had been affronted by President Taft-and had left Washington on a trip to Panama 80 as to be absent from the New. Year reception at the White House and thus to show his adhesion to his friend Roose- velt. : The statement declares that the truth of the matter is quite different. . It says that Ambassador Jusserand left for Panama at the request of President Taft, who repeatedly pressed the French am- bassador to visit Panama before the con- struction of the canal was completed. Will Return January 9. M. Jusserand and his wife, accompanied by Attorney General Wickersham and his wife, left for Panama December. 20 and expect to return to Washington January 9% after which M. Jusserand will go to New York to attend the banquet of the New York bar, at which he and President Taft are to speak. “The good relations existing between President Taft and Ambassador Jus- serand,” continues the statement issued by the foreign office, “are well known. Far from lacking cordiality and readiness in connection with the negotiation of the treaty of arbitration, as one newspaper insinuated, it was M. Jusserand who was the first to approve publicly of the idea. It was thanks to his initiative that the treaty between France and America was Town to Conduct Store. TORRINGTON, Conn., January 4—The plied. A shop for the purpose fitted => fetid hall. Supplies. Plead Bad pure! at wholesale prices, * | Tangement 1s expected’ to economies. BEACH Enters another story in our $10,000 competition. The author of “THE BAR- RIER” has -written a ‘lit- te story of Alaska life that has humor, romance and dramatic action.. See - “The Wag Lady’ In the Next ites Sunday . Magazine of The Sunday Star Attacked While Condoling With Prelate Banished From Country. LISBON (via frontier), January 4.—En- sutig:oW’ the punishment of the Patriarch Mgr. Anthony Mendes Bello; Sit beintee oe the Portuguese gov- ernment ordered to be expelled for two years, all the Portuguese bishops today proclaimed. their independence of the government. ‘The minister of justice in reply to @ communication from them notifying him of their decision, declared that if they per- sist in their refusal to recognize the civil authorities they all will be expelled from Portugal. At the same time he will hold them responsible for any disturbances. ‘The expulusion of the Patriarch of Lisbon caused disturbances in the capital today. Shout “Death to Clergy.” More than 10,000 people proceeded to the patriarachate in order to offer their condolences to the departing prelate. The extreme republicans in the mean- time organized a band of 4.000 mani- festants, who marched to the patri- archate and rushed upon the Catholics assembled there, shouting: “Down witl the monarchists! Death to the clergy!’ ‘The ‘Catholics responded with cheers for the Pope, for Dom Manuel and for Dom ‘Miguel, as well as for the mon- archy, The republicans succeeded in breaking through the lines of police and soldiers - surrounding the patriarchate, which. they invaded, forcing the clergy to flee for safety. Reinforcements of troops arrived on the-scene. and drove off the republicans. Many persons. were. injured and there were a large number of arrests. FARMER MER FROZEN TO DEATH. Howling of Dog Directs Searchers to Master's Body. NESS “CITY, Ken. January 4.—The howliig of a dog led to the discovery near ‘this city-today of the body of E. Taylor, a farmer,’ who had fallen from his wag- ‘on-on the way to market and frozen to death by’ the roadside. Taylor's team jwasfound-by farmers yesterday wan- ering about the country. A searching party was organized. It had traveled ‘over miles of drifted country roads when party came upon Taylor's dog shiv- erine Henle the snow-covered body of Meier left a widow and five small children. i ns are known to wy fates, sty to dase DISTRICT BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr, Johnson Offers in House Several Local Measures, Representative Johnson of Kentutky chairman of the House District commit- tee, today introduced several local meas- ures at the instance of the District Com- missioners. One prohibits the use of pub- He drinking cups in the District; another authorizes the Commissioners to end or widen streets and avenues without legis- lative process when in their judgment it necessary; another terminates the lease now held by William W. Riley on wharf rty along the Potomac between 1ith sath etree or, tne, employment of (01 See te report on the Question of gen- Grating water power at Great Falls to ccpply public light and power in the Dis- frict; another appropriates, $10,000 for the preparation of plans for 2 garbage reduc- The Star is the only afternoon = paper-in Washington that prints the news of the Associated Press. CONTAINING ON PAGE 18 CLOSING NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS. READY FOR A CELL Michigan Banker Is Anxious to Begin Prison Term. FREELY ADMITS HIS GUILT Surrenders With Son to Custody of United States Marshal, ~ SHOCK TO HIS ASSOCIATES Dearing Was One of Oldest and Most Highly Respected Bankers of His State, BATTLE CREEK, Mich, January 4.— “It’s Leavenworth prison for me, and the sboner the better,” said H. M. Dearing, the Albion banker, as he pre- pared to leave for Detroit today with his son, Palmer M. Dearing, in custody of United States Marshal Milo M. Campbell. Father and son had con- fessed forgeries amounting to $165,000 that resulted in the closing of the Al- bion National Bank last Tuesday. “Is there any hope for the de- positors?” the elder prisoner was asked. For an instant the man appeared on the verge of breaking down; then he choked back the tears with a great effort and replied: “No, none at all.” The son, who had been very quiet and apparently unaffected during? the hearing before United States Commis- sioner Clark here last night, continued to leave most of the talking to his father up to the moment of their de- parture for Detroit. Confession Voluntary. After the men were bound over tothe federal grand jury at Detroit under 000 bonds each the proceedings in the commissioner's office here were extended late into the night in order to give time for the preparation and signing of state- ments showing that the confessions weré entirely. voluntary. The two. bankers came here voluntarily from Albion and met United States Marshal Campbell and United States District Attorney. Tuttle last night at Commissioner Clark's office. ‘The senior Dearing. is-one of the oldest and best knowh bankers in Michigan. Many bankers of prominence today re- membered him as one of the leading bankers back in the days when they were just entering their careers.. That “there couldn't be anything wrong about the old man” was an expression frequently heard when suspicions of forgeries were first reported. Tells of Discoveries. ALBION, Mich., January 4.—Dr. W. 0. O'Donohye, president. of the Albion Na- tional Bank, yesterday told a dramatic story of his first suspicions and-the sub- sequent investigations which led to the discovery of the foreries which brought about the bank’s collapse. .For years Cashier H. M. Dearing -had been the trusted employe of the bank, and, as the president put it, “when Dear- ling told us to make a loan a loan wan made. His word was always final with us and never questioned. “kt was last Friday,” he said, “that by accident I found a discrepancy of 50 cents in the books. I did not think much of it at the time, but my curiosity was arous- of 5 mate aso investigation, halt to-satisty my curiosity.end- half to try-to Saree to ero Neat? found a dis crepancy of $2. I-became alarmed and continued my investigation. The result was I found startling discrepancies. Lost Confidence in Mankind. “For the first time in niy life I lost confidence in mankind. I realized we had been deceived. 1 was sick at heart and called other members of the bank to me. I told them of my findings. We decided it would be useless to try and straigthen out the matter ourselves, and notitied Mr. Johnson, the national bank examiner, who took charge of the insti- tution on his arrival in ths city a short time later. “They tell me the forgeries reach close to $150,000. It seems a hard blow at this time, in my life, but all I can say is that I hope the matter 1s adjusted speedily to the best interests of the creditors. All I have will be turned over to them, for if any one must suffer I want it to be myself.” President O'Donohue in his seventy-third year. » Bankers Placed in Jail. DETROIT, Mich, January 4.—H. M Dearing and his son, Palmer M. Dear- ing, the Albion bankers and confessed forgers, were received at the Wayne county jail today as federal prisoners. ; They were assigned to section I, the “federal section.” Their only com- panion in the section is an English- man, charged with a violation of the laws regarding the admission and con- duct of aliens. The grand jury is not in session at present, and it may be two months before indictments against the bankers can be returned. Contgoller of the Currency Murray to- day appointed Frank L. Irwin of Albio Mich., receiver of the failed Albion Ni is now tional Bank. i INDIANA BANK FAILS. President Said to Be Short $25,000 in Ais Accounts, TERRD HAUTE, Ind., January 4.— With the statement that W. H. Taber, president of the American State Bank, is short in his accounts $25,000 and that the bank has made loans on worthless securi- ties amounting to $20,000 more, the state banking’ department today closed the in- stitution. A receiver will be appointed. If.the bank's assets can be realized on, as expected, it will not be necessary to assess the stockholders, and they ma receive some return on their holdings, according to H. L. Arnold, representing the auditor of state. ‘The bank was organized in 1907, and Taber has been its president since its opening. No information: as to possible legal action against him was obtainable today. ‘ . _——— SAILOR REFUSED SEATS. Wearing Naval Uniform:He Is De- nied Orchestra Circle: * SAN FRANCISCO, Januaty 4—The.ac- tion of a local theater in refusing seats to a sailor in uniform except in the gal- lery brought a-letter of protest today to Mayor McCarthy from Rear Admiral C. B, T. Moore,~the commandant at the naval training station at Yerba Buena. ‘Twice the man Was refused seats in orchestra circle,’ sald the admiral, told the lower floor, was | . preurees tear satin a good peciion, Th seat a tion. the treater was deplored by Carthy. ONE CENT. IGNORES ROOSEVELT Taft Will Not Allow Friends to Attack Ex-President. HE FEELS NO BITTERNESS President Cannot Understand Enniity of Former Friend. HEARS CHEERFUL REPORTS Callers at White House Tell Him “Stand Pat” Statement Has - Clarified Atmosphere. President Taft has decisively passea the word down the line that his ¢riends must not assault former President Roosevelt, no matter what the ulumate intentions of the Oyster Bay statesman are. The President wants the nowtnatien on his own merits, his own record, and he does not want it by decrying the former President or his friends. There will be no Gifford Pinchots in the Taft ranks going over the country, lambasting Col. Roosevelt. and if the President finds: that any intimate friend is doing so he will at- tempt to stop it at onee. In his talks with friends today the Pres- ident was immensely puzzled over the talk that Col. Roosevelt 1s hostile to him. Mr. ‘Taft told those who. talked with him that he had done nothing that he could re member, either directly or indirectly, to cause any feeling toward him on the part of his old friend Roosevelt. He could not understand for a minute the talk ‘that Mr. Roosevelt would fight him. He will not believe this until he sees it in such form that he cannot doubt. Not Bitter To-vard Roosevelt. It is an interesting fact in connection with the present situation that in the many talks of visitors to the Président regarding Roosevelt—mosi of the talking being done by the visitors, some of them bitter to the ex-President—Mr. Taft has never said a word that could be ton- as unfriendly to Mr.” Roo evelt. |.He has repeatedly referred to hig grati- ‘tude to the ex-President. : Republican leaders at the White House said today that they were absolutely eon- fident that when Mr. Roosevelt surveys the probable future, and sees thai if he were nominated following a bitter, fight with the Taft people his defeat wo2id be almost inevitable, he will check the .ac- tions of his friends that give color to the current talk that he is willing Mr. - velt, it is pointed out, has few. if any, equals in this country a3 a student of politics and men. It.is easy for him to See that his nomination over Taft would him thousands of enemies, who would knife him in November. Thinks Roosevelt Too Shrewd. “Roosevelt is far too shrewd a mah. to get into this game now,” said one of ihe biggest men in republican. politics today- "He would be defeated in the most criish- ing manner if he were able to defeat 1 for the nomination, He would probably lose the nomination, make th@ election of Taft impossible and hurt himself so seri- ously that he would never again be con- sidered for the presidenc: “I am willing to make the prediction that there will not be another Roosevelt of consequence and that the momi- hation of Taft will be conceded’ on ait Sidés in less than two months. Taft. will ‘be’nominated, too, without the enmity of Roosevelt, He will have the support of Roosevelt, “open and active, ‘for election, and this will be of immense value jn the campaign.” President Is Cheerful. In the face of hundreds of reassuring telegrams rolling into the White House from all parts of the country and of words of cheer from political friends in Washington, President Taft today wasin excellent spirits, which sent his callers away confident in their attitude that he will be renominated next June and that he will stand as good a chance as any democrat in the November election. « ‘The “Roosevelt scare” had passed, like one of Willis Moore's atmospherical lows, into the Atlantic ocean or some other region. The President's spirited declara- tion that he was in the fizht to the end had ‘cleared the atmosphere remarkably, according to the views of dozens of call ers, They were sure that the T: forces in all directions would rally fast Now, assert their purposes and leave no doubt in the minds of the country of the {strength back of the President. “I told President Taft that he would have the twenty-four votes of Tennes- © on the first ballot and every ballot thereafter, if there should be more than 03 declared Representative Austin, the deading republican repre- sentative of that state, after a short talk with the President, Assure Taft of Votes. That was the kind of talk that emanated from all the callers, some, of whom. however, were not disposed to be quoted at this time. Senators * Crane, Nelsgn, Smoot, Dillingham, - Brandegec and Brown of Nebraska told the President he cour! stand pat. with the certain knowledge that the delexa. tions of their respective states—Massa- chusetts, Minnesota, Utah, Vermont, Connecticut and Nebraska—would be for him to the end. Vice President Sherman, ex-Speaker Cannon, Repre- sentatives McKinley and Madden of Illinois and many other republicans saw the President, most of them giv= ing him.words of cheer and encour- agement. Republican politicians at both ends of the Capitol shut up like a trap today over the Roosevelt-Taft situation. . Guarded talk in private conversation, nothing 40 say for publication; this was the policy of most of them today. Tt would he quite within the bounds of safety to venture the assertion that the opinion prevails widely among leading re- publicans of the House and Senate that Col. Roosevelt is playing a waiting game ‘a receptive candidate for the presi- dential nomination, provided conditions turn out favorabl No Longer Scout It. Men who a month ago scouted the ea of Roosevelt's entry into the field now admit privately that they can piece no other construction upon recent happen- ‘ngs than that he is holding himself free and uncommitted, to announce his candi.’ ter if he sees At oF 0. le @acy lat of the fight if it promises to one. “original colonel would polls in Novs