Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 12, 1911, Page 1

T PRICE TWO CENTS GRILLING OF A McNAMARA JURYMAN Counsel for Defense Segks ‘to Learn His Attitude Toward L@bor Unions TRIAL OF JAMES McNAMARA BEGINS Defense Elects to go to Trial With His Case First—Ques- tioning of Jurymen in Progress at Adjournment of Court—Farmer on Jury Declares He Has no Preju- dice Against Labor Unions—No Session Today. s Angeles, Cal., Oct. 11.—James B. McNamara went on trial for nvarder here today before Judge Walter JBord- well in e superior court amid cir- cumstances as austere and simple as ! proverbial justice. District Atlkorney John D. Fredericks, for the présecu- tion, elected to try him for the mur- der of Charles J. Haggerty, a. ma- chinist, who, with twenty other men, met death in an explosion and fire which wrecked the Los Angeles Times building, October 1, 1910. Haggerty’s Body Nearest Explosion. This case was picked from imndiet- | ments for murder found against the prisoner, his brother, Johr J. Mc¢Na- mara, secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers; William Caplan and M. A. Scbmidt, both at large, and four unidentified persons specified as John Doe, Jane Doe, Richard Doe and John Stiles. Haggerty's body was that near- est the spot where the explosion oc- curred. The Two Contentions. The prosecution- contends that this explosion was caused by dyvnamite; the originally numbered 125, but now con- tains less than forty. The Indictment Explained. District Attorney Fredericks read the indictment to the veniremen, point- ing out the prisoner and explaining | the case briefly, “so that the venire- |men might know in general what it was about should they be called upon to Become trial jurors.” Juror Asked as to His Sympathies. Lecompte Davis for the defense ask- ed the usual , questions concerning qualifications. %, T. Nelson, a farmer, 62 years, was the first man questioned. “I presume you ,are aware of the bitier warfare going on between organ- | ized Jabor and capital?” he was asked. “Yen.” “Are your sympathies with organ- ized labor or not?” Objection by Prosecution. G. Ray Horton, counsel for the prosezution, cbjected, and Mr. Dav defended his question to the court, on the ground that the case was “one that involved organized labor.” o “I have no doubt,” said Mr. Davis, trial is being held, is only a stone’s|aS @ motive the contention that or- ganized labor caused the explosion. I think it would be proper to ask if a man had any_ bias or prejudice against organized labor.” Asked as to Attitude Toward Labor Unions. Mr, Davis finally withdrew his ques- tion and asked Mr. Nelson: “Have you iaken any interest in the labor war or have you studied the question?” “No more than I have read in the papers.” “Well, have you formed any opinion as to whether iabor unions are proper, are inimical, or are a menace in the United States?” Not Prejudiced Against Them. Counsel for the prosecution objected that the defense was endeavoring to agcertain the opinion of jurors as to matiers that were bound to become questions of evidence in the trial and that in a direct way an effort was be- ing madc to determine how a juryman might vote on the verdict. Judge Bordwell ruled that the ques- tion [concerning 3abor organizations could he arswered, and Mr. Nelson saide ” “I am mot prejudiced against labor unions as an organization.” Unions Not Responsible’for Act of Cne Man. 5 “Well, do you believe labor unions as yon understand them to be carried on here in California are a menace?’ District Attorney Fredericks inter- jected that the question assumed -that the jurymen knew of the conduct of labor unions and that the issue was foreign to the subject. Union Labor Not on Trial. “Union laber is not on trial” said ‘W. Joseph Ford of the prosecution. “James B. McNamara is on trial for blowing up The Tiices building. The motive may refer to labor unions, but that is not the issue involved.” Judge Bordwell ruled again that the question was proper. “It is hard to answer,” replied Mr. Nelson. “I éon’t think an organization Twelve veniremen were placed in | should e held responsible for the the jury box out of the venire which lacts of any one lawless man.” _ PITTSFIELD WOMAN MAKES | | EASY DIVORCE PAVES MANY CHARITABLE BEQUESTS. | WAY TO FREE LOVE Strong Denurnciation of System at Methedist Conference. throw from the scene of the explos- jon. Separate Trials Demanded. This was the setting of the legal etage today. Upon it, counmsel for the defense, headed by Attorney Clarence S. Darrow of Chicago, in questions to 1he jury and arguments to Judge Bord- well, sought to depict a mighty con- test, between organized labor and ifs opponents, without much opposition by tha presecution. The application for & change of venne was denied. It was not known until court opened today that the defense would make formal demand for separate trials for James McNamara and his brother John. Brothers Handcuffed Together. Hence the brothers, handcuffed to- gether, were tak to court. All Los Angeles knew aPout this, but when meven deputy sheriffs beside the jailer and an assistant, left the jail with the prison they found an empty street except for newspaper photographers and a few stray spectators. In the courtroom where only a moderate crowd of spectators gathered, the for- mal openirg of the case was not heard | ten feet from the bar. " John Absent in Afternoon. “Case 6.9°29—James B. MecNamara,” someone said casually after District Attorney Fredericks had announced his seloction and the trial was on. John J. McNamara was alicwed to re- main during the brief morning session, bhut in the” afternoon the tables of counsel which had been arranged in one long line were changed to face each other. No Session of Court Today. After a brief recess in the afternoon, G. C. Xemp, a venireman, was excused, as was W. A. Spalding, secretary the ctvil gervice commission of Los An- geles. Epalding was excused after he had refused to plead exemption on of- ficka] srounds. Tomorrew is a state holiay and neo session of the court will be held. The Jury in the Box. Wife of Episcopal Rector Remembers Several Institutions. Toronto, Ont., Oct. 11.—Divorce, so- cialism, labor vnions, and wealth were some of the subjects concerning which emphatic opinions were expressed by speakers' at_the_ sessions of the Ecu- menical Metkedist conference in this city today. The general topic in hand was The Church gnd Social Service. The subject of divorce was sharply discussed hy Rev. Dr. Gross Alexan- der of Nashville, Tenn., editor of the Methodist Review. In his address on The Social Teachings of Jesus, he as- Pltisfield, Mass, Oct. 11.—A number | of bequests to religious and charitable | institutiens are contained in the will| of Mrs, Mary L. Nickerson, wife of Rev. T. W. Nickerson, rector of St.| Stephen’s Episcopal church, this city, which was filed for probate today. Mrs. Nftkerson, who was a daughter of the | late Very Rev. Eugene Hoffman of New York, left an estate valued in the miMions. Practically all of her property is left in trust for the benefit of her husband and her son, Hoffman Nickerson. Ten |Serted that there “urgent need for thousand dollars is left direct to St.)mors preachers’ like Dr. G. G. Rich- Stephen’'s church in this ecity. Upon | mond of” PLiladelphia, who fearlessly the death of her husband and his son, | exposed the iniquity of the recent mar- public benefactions are distributed as | riage of 2 divorced millionaire. All follows: Fifty thousand dollars to the | honor to him and equal honor to the fund for the relef of widows and orph- | Poor Methodist preacher who flatly ans of deceased elergymen and for the | refused a fe. of $10,00 to perform the relief of aged, infirm or disabled cler-| ceremony. and then declined a gift of of the Epistopal faith in the ! another $10,000 offered to him as a re- S’nm States. | ward for doing his duty” Five thousand dollars to the House | ‘“The easy disruption of the marriage of the Holy Child, an institution for | bond,” continued Dr. Alexander, eplored children in Philadeiphia. “mears the ultimate destruction of Ten thousand dollars each to tha|the family and inevitably leads to free Berkshire Coumty Home for Aged|love. which even now prevails to an omen, Pittsfleld, and the House of | appalling exfent.” % hospital, Pittsfield. ty thousand dollars to the west- JGAR & ern Massachusetts Episcopal diocese. pager OTFOS:EGARRE:S;JISE: NOV. 15 A RICE TRUST IN THE PHILIPPINES BUSTED. Governor General Forb Resorts to Effective Measures. House Com ee Already Has Vol- uminous Testimony. Washington, Oct. 11.—The house committee which investigated the af- fairs of the so-called sugar trust dur- ing the extra session of congress will resume its consideration of the subject about Nov. 15 next. The committee probed for weeks with a galaxy of prominent witnesses and when it ad- journed early in August Chairman Hardwick announced that some sup- plementary testimony might be taken when the committee reassembled here in the autumn to prepare its report. Mr. Hardwick is ngw at his homein CGeorgia. DES MOINES STRIKE IS DECLARED OFF. Controversy Will Now Be Settled by Washington, Oet. 11.—“Trust bust- ing” has spread to the Philippines, wherer Governor General Forbes has blocked a combine of rice traders to @ the price of the Filipinos’ staple food. Spspecting the combination and acting on the insular bureaus’ author- ity, Mr. Forbes arranged for an ade- quate supply of American c¢ern to re- place the rice and for purchase of cargoes of rice in bulk in Indo-China and for its sale at cost to the famine- threatened natives. The effect was magical. As soon as the rice traders found that the Philippine government was enteri into competition with them they ?f-gu. to reduce prices, and today Governor Forbes cabled that Arkitration. lh: ,fllure wilt .sonn. be at a normal Des Moines, Ta.,, Oct. 11.—Deg Molnes’ Pt g L s W proposed street railway strike was of- E ficially declared off today upon the se- Girl Bound and Gagged. lection of the third member of the ar- Cinelnnatl, O,, Oet. 11.—A young | bitration board in the person of John woeman, bound, gagged and uncon-|A. Guiher, an attorney of Winterset, scious, was found in a rear -yard on|la. Mr. Guiher says he will accept. Agnes street. Cumminsville, tonight: It was expected that the controversy “The.vard is in the center of the dis- | will now be Settled without further dif- trict where a series of murders of | ficulty. voung girle have taken place dutring e yoege the last few pears. It is not believed Great Britain Has Formally declared the her neutrality im the war. woman will recavar. _ Cabled Paragraphs London, Oct. 11.—Henry Broadhurst, for many years a liberal labor ---mber of parliament and formerly secretary of the parliamentary committee of the trades union congress, died today. Peking, Oct. 11.—News reached this city today that the Chinese revolution- ories have captured Wu-Chang, the capital of the province of Hu-Peh, where trouble has been reported for several days. London, Oct. 11.—The, American ambassador, Mr. Reid, and Mrs. Reid gave a dinner tonight in honor of the American officers who attendéd the German army maneuvers, and who are spending a few days visiting the Brit- ish milifary establishments on their way home. % Berlin, Oct. 11.—The German and French governments have decided to keep the nature of the Moroccan agreement absolutely secret until the second part is .also completed and signed. It is stated that any versions of the understanding made public will be unwarranted pending the official an- nouncement. Manchester, England, Oct. 11. was a very serious fire along the-banks ofg the ship canal early today. It stdrted in the oil tanks and soon gredt quantities of escaped and burning oil poured into the canal and covered the water for a long distance, igniting ev- erything combustible along its path. The fire was controlled after a fight of tkree hdurs. Rome, Oct. 11.—The Corriere D'Italia says that a patrol of carabineers last night encounYered four men armed with guns in the wood$ around the cas- tle of San Rossore, where the king is staying. Shots were exchdnged. Three of the men escaped, but the fourth was caught. The men are said to be pcachers, but the paper points out {hat they were not kndwn in the neigh- ‘berhood. WHOLESALE VICE CHARGED AT ALBANY. Two Years' Job to Visit Places Where It Flourishes. vestigating the affairs of the city and county. In approaching the subject, James W. Osborne, counsel to the com- mittee, said: , “I think I can show that Albany has been practically a wide open city for a great number of years and that this ndition of affairs had existed flag- rantly and openly and with the know- ledge and consent of those vhose duty it is under the law to suppress it.” Rev. Herbert Tinsley, a former field agent for the state anti-saloon leagu testified that he went to various plac in the ‘“red light” district of the city dfter he began studying vice condi- tions about two vears ago. “IL visited as many places as my finances @ time would allow me to,” he said. I were to visit all of them it would take me two years.” As Mr. Tinsley enumerated the va- rious resorts Mr. Osborne put in ev dence tne number of voters registered from each place, contending he would rrove that the official registry list showed a ratio of ten republicans to democrat. ‘What difference does it make whether they are republicans or demo- interrupted Senator Wain- “It makes the great difference in the world,” replied Mr. Osborne. *“I shall show that the magyor.of Albany is a republican, and shall show that the police commissioner is a republi- can, and I shall show that the entire police. department is in the hands of this gentieman, and I shall connect the entire matter of prostitution as an ele- ment in the voting In this town. That is the difference.” In detailing his experiences Mr. Tinsley said he counted in a single night 35 women soliciting in one block. “What were the police déing?” asked Mr. Osborne. “They were looking on,” replied the minister. SHIELDS GOT $250 OF STEPHENSON’S MONEY. Now Committee Wants to Know What He Did With It. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 11.—Just what was done with the small sums of mon- ey paid out of Senator Isaac Stephen- son’s $107,793 campaign fund was in- quired into today by the senatorial committee which i investigating charges of bribery in the senator’s election. 5 S. L. Perrin, an attorney, of Supe- rior, Wis,, as one of the workers, dis- tributed over thie state in the primary campaign of 1908 told of spending $5,000. He testified he paid $250 to R. J. Shields. Shields, who also has been ator Lorimer, recelyed in addition $470 from the Stephenson fund. He e been summoned to appear at thigiin- vestigation. Depite the testimony of J. J. Blaine, the state senator who brought the charges against Senator Stephenson, that he had no facts to substantiate them, Chairman Heyburn announced today that the investigation would pro- ceed. About 75 morc witnesses will be examined. “We want to kno activities of Shields, Heyburn. “Shields was given the money to promote the campaign. He was to talk to the voters and urge them to support Stephenson.” The witness said he was unable 10 say what Shields did with the money, as he gave no accounting. more about the UNDESIRAELE NEGROES LYNCHED IN MiSSOURI Body of One, Riddled with Bullets, Found in the River. Caruthersville, Mo., Oct. negroes, A. C. Richardson and Ben Woods, taken from the ty jail here last night by a mob which battered down the docys, were lvrched, The hoc¢y of Richardson, riddled with bul- lets, was found today floating in the Mississippi river. That Woods met a like fate is the accepted belief. For some time, feeling against the negroes has Leecn at a high pitch which presazed trcuble. Negroes known as police characters were warned to leave the city and many complied. Richard- son, regarded as a desperate man, was locked up wtkile the police were inves- tigating s2veral robberics. Woods was arrested last right for an attack upon two young white women as they were returning home from a store in which they were employed. News of the ar- rest broughi 756 masked men to the jail. "hey brcke ‘into the .cells and Qdrageed the negroes out and di reared. +.—Two Torringtan's 16th Typhoid Victim. Torrington, Conn., Oct, 11.—The .ty- phoid fever epldemic which has been holding sway here for the past: two months and a half tonight claimed its 16th victim in the death of -Ravmond Cleveland, 17 months old,-at the emer- gency hospital. There are 5% cases in the hospital and all are reported to- night'as comfortabls. > There. mentioned in the investigation of Sen-! said Chairman | Disheartened OTHERWISE 1rEY mwsriT HAVE RETAKEN TRIPOLL HAD MUCH SUPERIOR FORCE Too Lats for a Successful Attack Now, as More Italian Troops Arrive—Iltaly Claims to Have Bee1 Misrepresented Rome, Oct, 11.—(Via Frontier.)— There is a feeling in official circles here that Turkey and her sympathizers, as well as those elements which are an- tagonistic to Italy, are doing every- thing possible to engender opposition among the powers to Italy’s plans, and it is believed that certain reports which have been circulated aim chief- 1y to play on Anglo-German antagon- isms. Rumor Denied by ltaly. With this objeet, it is supposed, the report has been spread broadcast that Germany, having planned to obtain Tobruk from Turkey prior to the be- ginning of hostilities, will end now by obtaining this important strateg point from Italy as a base for opera- tions in the Mediterranean against British supremacy. All these Tumors -i\m} reports are officially = denied by taly. * Turks Disheartened. Advices from Tripoli, sent by Rear Admiral Borea D'Olmo, the governor, and Captain Cagpi, the commandant, say that the sailors who are now in- possession of the city have given ex- cellent proof pf their power of resist- ance and endurance, their numbers are small, and in addition to the grea amount of work they have been com- pelled to do, they must guard against the danger of an attack by the ene- my. It is believed, however, that the Turkish troops are thoroughly dis- heartened, as otherwise, being only one day’s march from Tripoli and twice outnumbering the Italians, they might have attempted to recapture the place, or at least inflicted serious losses. Is Now Too Late. It is too late now for the Turks to do so, for thé first section of the troops of the expedition have landed, and great preparations are being made to welcome the Italian soldiers as liber- ators of Tripoli from the Turkish yoke for all time. Transports Moving Satisfactorily. All the wireless messages_received. by the government convey the infor- mation that the transports and their escort of warships are proceeding sat- isfactorily. Several alarms during last right proved false. These were occa- sioned by the ‘approach of vessels, which it was feared might prove the enemy. But investigation disclosed that they were merchantmen, two of them British and a thiri Fiench. Turks Deny Existence of Slavery. ‘While the Turkish embassies deny the existence of slavery in Tripoli for the reason—as set forth—that the Ot- toman empire was a signatory to the anti-slavery convention at Brussejs, Italian officials declare that notwith- standing the denial, Tripoli up to two weeks ago was the only outlet of the great slave market of Central Africa. Slavery, they point out, had always in Africa 1ts established seat, since it was allowed by the Koran and approv- ed by usage. Its worst feature in Tripoli was that for each slave who ar- rived alive at the Mediterranean coast, ten died while crossing the desert. MAY SURRENDER. Turks Are Not in Condition to Con- tinue the Struggle. London, Oct. 11.—A despatch the Daily Mail from Tripoli, dated Oc- tober”9, says: “I just heard a courier, who arrived from Muhnir Pasha, asking the Ital- ian governor to enter into negotia- tions with a view to a Turkish surren- der. It appears that the Turkish of- ficers held a council and decided, ow- ing to the shortage of provisions and water and an outbreak of fever, not to cfler further resistance.” The Daily Mail's Constantinople cor- respondent says that in an interview the war minister, Shefket Pasha, ad- mitted that the defense of Tripoli was impossible since Turkey had no fleet. Asked whether the porte contemplated suing for peace, Shefket replied: “We hope italy will spare us that.” More Troops Reach Tripoli. Tripoli, Oct. 11.—The fast transports bearing a portion of the Italian expe- ditifnary forces arrived here today. They were escorted by warships and accompanied by the hospital ship Re- gina D’Italia. The disemba: the troops began immediate! sreatest enthusiasm prevailed. The batteries of the fleet, all through the night, shelied the 'surrounding country, which was swept by the searchlights, Tripoli has nothing more 1o _fear from Turkish attacks. RUSSIAN GIRL LOSES MIND THROUGH SHAME Said to Have Been Criminally Assault- ed a Few Weeks Ago. rkation of Hartford, Oect. 11.—Stephanida Uze- vitch, a 17 years old Russian girl, was taken from the home of the Woman's Ald society to the ¢ day afternocon, appa hopelessly insane. - The girl's case is a particu- larly pathetic one. She came here from Russia only a few weeks ago, and went to work as housekeeper in the ‘house of Morris Silverberg at No. 18 Morgan street, She was pretty and attractive ana a few days later Silver- berg was arrested for committing a riminal assault upon her. Silverbersg was bound over to the superior court under a bond of $10,000, but his case was nolled. The girl, however, con- ued to brood over the shame she felt had been brought upon her, and kept brooding until her mind began to give way. She. began to make threats against her own life and at the home, where she has been confined to her bed for some time, it is said that the plastering is worn off the walls at the side of her bed, where she is sup- posed to have attempted to dash out her brains. She is wasting away rap- idly, and has been physically unable rk for some time. Miss Ugzevitch has persistently re- fused to tell the names of her parents, sterday she admitted that she d_sister by the name of bulski, living in Claremont, t in what state the girl professed not to kpow. Her home, she says, i in Vilna, Russia. The city authorities thought last night that the girl would have to be removed to the state insane asylum at Middletown. -A Movement to Have the School Year changed so that the public scheols of the state will be- opened for the fall than at present of the citi- Me from anare Conder, Forir:er President Borrero of Ecua- dor is dead, at the age of 84. There Were Four Bidders for the contract to build the new Washington Dostoffice, ¥ vne donation to Brown Univaru‘ity of two valuable private libraries was an- nounced yesterday. The Nalioha\,&usmbly of Nicaragua has aporoved the selection of General Mena as’ president. Reorganization Plans of the Ameri- can Tobacco company will not be filed before Friday next. .\ Otey, the Last of the Pulajani Chiefs in Samar, Philippines, has been killed by the constabulary. : Hon. Orlando T. Daniels Yesterday took the oath of office as attorney general of Nova Scotia . Premier Borden and His New min- istry were sworn in by the Canadian governor general at Ottawa. ;The New Torpedo Boat Destroyer Phtterson was placed in ccmmission at the Pfiladelphia navy yard. The Catholic Party of Mexico decid- ed to continue their campaign for E‘rflnclsco de la Barra for vice presi- ent, An Earthquake of Considerable in- tensity was rccorded by seismographs in New York, New Orleans and Wash- ington. Major George W. Ruthers, of the subsistence dGepartment, has applied for retirerient under the 30-year serv- ice law. Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst, leading ex- ponent of woman suffrage in England, arrived at New York on the Oceanic yesterday. The Announcement That the General education board fund of $200,000 for Middlebury,Vt., college had been raised in full was made yesterday. Ouster Proceedings Brought by Ohio against the Hocking WValley railroad at Columbus came to an end, the rail- road zgreeirg to the state’s terms. Twenty-cne Persons Were Hurt when a Seaboard Air line passenger train from MHeiena to Columbus was partly derailed east of Cordele, Ga. The 4,000 Striking Shopmen former- ly employed at the Burnside shops of the Tllinois Central railroad were paid their wages for September vesterday. Extra Police Measures were taken for the protection of the king of Italy ts, during his visit to Naples to say farewell to his troops. The Natianal Association of Railroad Commissioners recommended that the business Jf the express companies be taken over by the railroad cempanies. Secretary of Agriculture James Wil- son went to Chicago vesterday to take part in the international brewers' ex- position and congress which opens to- d; the of\ Rev. Pneumonia Caused Bangor, Me., yesterday Dr. John S. Sewali, professor emeritus of the Bangor theological homiletics at seminary. Southwestern Montana is in the G p of a terrific snowstorm that has cut off Butte from communication with the More than two feet of outside world. snow has fallen. Two More Men Charged With Mur- der in connection with the lynching of Zack Walker at Coatesville were ac- quitted by a jury in the Chester coun- iy, Pa., court yesterda: The Request of the Kni~hts of Labor shoe cutters for an eight hour workday bheginning next Monday was granted by A. E. Little & company, one of the largest manufacturers in Lynn. The Plant of the H. H. Manufacturing company at Sevmour, Cenn., was almest entirely burned ves- terday. figures at between 000 and $100,000. Jacob Apter, a Hartford Insurance collector,” committed suicide -at his home vesterday by drinking carbolic acid. He was 32 years of age and is survived by a wife and three children. President Taft’s Speech at Vancouver yesterday was translated into the sign language by Thomas P. Clarke, super- intendent of the state school for the deaf and dumb, for the benefit of 125 pupils. Thirteen Hundred Dollars’ Worth of Stamps and two hundred dollars in money was stolen from the South Hadley, Mass,, postoffice by a trio of burglars who blew the safe early yes- terday. R During the Year Ending Oct. 1, there were 450 new subordinate grar -~ or- ganized in different states, and 60 granges reorganized in 17 states, mak- ing the largest gain in any one year since 1876. G. W, Campbell, Chief Food Inspector in th= bureau of chen left Wash- i vesterday for ampa, Fla, to .nvestigate complaints arising over the alleged shipment of unripe oranges and citrus fruits. m L. Kilpatrick of Hot s, Ark., was killed and several passengers seriously injured when the eastbound Hot Springs spe- cial on the Rock Island railroad was cerailed yesterday forenoon. The Entire Board of Directors head- ed by President Cherles S. Mellen, also of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. was re-elected at the arnual meeting of the stockholders of tha Boston and Maine railroad vester- day. On the Application of Central railroad, Judge Humphrev in the United States circuit court has is- sued a temporary injunction restrain- ing strikers from interfering with the road in the southern district of TH;- nois. In the Arrest of a Man who gave his name as George H. Miller, the po- lice of Plymouth, Pembroke, Kingston and Duxbury, Mass.. believe that they have solved the mystery surrounding a series of burglaries in that section during the past month. - Charged With Having Stolen several thousand dollars from the offices of the at | 8 Great Northern Paper . company Madison. Me., George W. Smali, vears of age and employed as an ac- countant for that company, has been bound over to the December term of the supreme court under $5,000 bonds Rodgers “at Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo, Oect. 11.—C. P. Rodgers, the coast-to-coast flier, reached Karsas Ci today. He has covered 1,482 miles, according to rail road “mileage, and is within a fe hours’ flight of the half-way mark m!hmug‘,\ 2 o e A g0 Mathews Estimates of loss placed the the Illinois Ireland Calls ~ It Mobocracy ARCHBISHOP ON INITYATIVE, REFERENDUM AND.RECALL. A TEMPORARY EXCIT.EMENT Believes People Are Suffering From It —The Recall is Serious Peril When Extended to Judiciary He Declares. . Council Bluffs, Towa, Oct. 11.—The initiative, the referendum, and the re- call were termed the weapons of mob- ocracy by Archbishop Ireland in an address at the banquet of the Army of j the Tennessee here tonight. iDemccraey—Yea; Mohocraey—Nevcr. _“The clamor now is heard,” Arch- bishop Ireland said, “that the organ- ization of American democracy such as the republic has known for a cen- |tury and a quarter, must be altered, torn asunder, under the pretence that Wwith it the peoppe do not govern with sufficient Girectness., Let us hope that this clamor is but a passing ebullition of fecling, Democracy—yes; moboe- racy—never. And towards mobocracy We are now bidden to wend our way. People Suffer from Temporary Excite- ment. “In the long run Ameriean public obinion will be sure to right itseif; the misfortune is, as we know too well, the people may suffer from a tempor- ary excitement. From the consequen- ces of such excitement we should strive to save the republic. All Conclusive Authority Lost. “With the Initiative and referendum legislative bodies become mere bu- reaus of registration and exchange for popujar views and gpinions. All com- clusive authority lost to them. A small fraction of the population sets the machinery of legislation in motion, retards or annuls its decrees. And this for all subjects the most abstruse and complicated. The Recall the Worst. “But the worst is the recall. Sta- Dility and independence in office for a fixed veriod of time are essential. Lia- ble to recall, the official is continu- ously watchful of public pinion. A Peril to the Judiciaryas “The peril from the recall is shown when it is extended to the judiciary. If ever independence from popular clamor is imperiously demanded, it is when men are bidden to speak in the name of supreme justicé, reg#rd- less of consequences; when absolute calmness of mind is the prerequisite to a decision, No Sacrilegious Hand en Courts. “Whatever -~ the social or political revolutions with which the ecountry may be threatened, for the sake @f America, let us pray the God of Na- tiong let thére be mo sacrilegious hand laid on the courts, impairing their in- dependence or lowering their majesty.” Death at HARD COAL CASES UNDER CONSIDERATION. Two Days Consumed in Arguments for’ and Against Combines. Washington, Oct. 11.—The so-called “kard coal case” was taken under con- sideration today by the supreme court of the United States, after astwo day argument by counsel for the govern- ment and for the principal railroads and coal owning companies in the an- thracite regions of Pennsylvania, charged with violating the Sherman anti-trust law. The main argument for the defend- ants was made by John G. Johnson of Philadelphia. He said that it would be ideal to have the anthracite railroads and coal companies independent, but that close relationship between them, essential to the growth of the coal re- gion, was necessary, because the rail- roads had to have tonnage assurance to recompense them for the expense of building into that region. He combat- ted the government's contention that the railroads were competing lines, say- ing that on account of reaching differ- ent coal localities the railroads were not competitors, though -they carried competitive material. The closing argument for the gev- ernment was made by J. C. McRey- rolds, special assistant to the attorney general. ANNIE M'ELHANEY IDENTIFIES NEGRO Says Thomas Hampten Is Man Who Assaulted Her. West Chester, Pa,, Oct. 11,—“Father, there goes the negro whe attempted to assault me,” exclaimed Annie McEI- haney. the pretty 16-year-old school- girl, who was attacked on Monday aft- ernoon near Coatesville by a colored man, as Thomas Hampton passed on an opposite side of a street here today, in charge of officers on his way to the courthouse. The negro was arrested Vvesterday and Misg McElhaney accompanied by her father came here today from their home to endeavor to . identify him. Later ths prisoner and the girl fzaed each other in the district attorney's office and she positively identifled him as_her assailant. Hampton’s face is bruised and the authorities say he received the marks in the struggle with the girl The negro will be given a’ hearing probably tomorrow and will be rushed to trial. FOUND NOT GUILTY OF TRAIN WRECKING. Four ltalians Arrested at Middletewn Are Discharged. Middletown, Conn., Oct. 11.—The four Italians, Antonio Diorio, Alphonse Cec- chinni, Antonio Di Stefano and Giaco- mo Lisi, who were arrested on the ac- cusation of having .conspired to wreck the express train over the Valley lina of the New York, New Haven -and Hartford Railroad. company on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 27, at Maro- mas, were discharged by Judge Pearne today. The further accusation against the men had been that they had re- moved spikes from the rails which produced a wreck in which ene man was killed anfl about 40 passengers in- jvred, The hearing, which lasted two weeks, was closed a week ago. Close Vote on Suffrage. San Franciseo, Oct. 11,—Returns on the womaa's suffrage constitutional amendment indicated tenight that the margin by which it had been defeated probably would be ver)y close. With more than a thousand precincts still to-report, the majority against the amendment is 4,103. At noon the ma- jority against was metre than 9,000. All the larger precincts have ux::ported _chance practically_complete