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i VOL. LIV.—NO. 101 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1912 ISMAY REGRETTED HE DIDN'T DROWN Second Officer Says He Seemed Possessed With Idea He Should Have Gone Down. IN NO MENTAL CONDITION TO DO BUSINESS His Mind Affected By Knowledge That Women Had Drowned—Acting Premier of Canada to Aid in Investi- gation By Obtaining Deposition of a Steamer Captain— Fifth Officer Lowe Ordered Ismay Out of His Way. ‘Washington, April 24—Harold G. Lowe, fifth officer of the sunken Titan- ¥c, told the senate investigating com- mittee today of his part in the struggle by the survivors for life after the cat- estrophe. His testimony showed that, with a volunteer crew, he rescued four men from the water, saved a sinking ‘collapsible lifeboat by towing it astern of his, and took off twenty men and one woman from the bottom of an overturned boat. Evary one of those under his charge he landed safely on the Cargataia. > I'rom first to last, Lowe's recital demonstrated that he ptayed the man. Ordered away In charge of lifeboat No. 14, he packed it to ity full ca- pacity on the top deck and, fearing that some might attempt to jump into it while it was descending, kept up a fusillade from his revolve’s Once afioat, he took charge of a flotilla of small raft which were eventually picked up i,v the rescue ship without loss of a ife. Saw the Titanic Sink. Competing in interest with the day’s Yestimony was the interchange of tele- Erams between Senator William Alden ‘Smith, chairman, and the acting pre- mier of Canada, George B. Foster. The latter mentioned the docking of e steamer Mount Temple at St. John, \. B., gPith passengers aboard who pro- essed to have seen the Titanic sink. t was believed that the Mount Temple Was the ship waich was only five miles Irom the White Star liner when she went to the bottom. Senator Smith hag reguested that the depositions of the officers and crew f the Mount Temple be sent to him. En addition, he accepted the offer by or. F. C. Quitzman of Toronte to ap- pear before the committee. Dr. Quita- iman was one of the passengers whoe pay they say the Titanic sink. Acting Premier’s Telegram. Acting Premier I'oster's telegram, dated today, follow i “Captain Mount Temple reports re- ceived C. Q. D. message from Titanic 12.30 a. m., ship’s time, Monday., Was then b0 miles west and south of posi- tion seut out by Titanic. Immediately sltered course to reach Titanic, but did not afrive at her position until 4.30 a. m., when could not sce Titanic’s light. Saw no sign of ship or boats. Crulsed @around position until received mes- enges from Carpathia at 8.44 a. m. that she had picked up 20 boatloads and that Titanic had sunk. Recelved an- other message at 8.50 from Carpathia; no need to stand by, as nothing more could be done. Under these circum- stances it does not seem necessary to detain boat due to sail Friday evening. 1t considered necessary, commission could be. appointed to take captain's eviderce. Will no doubt be examined Jater by British commission.” Asks for Depesition of Captain. In reply Senator Smith despatched the following: “Teiegram received. I will greatly appreciate If deposition of captain of | Monnt Temple, which is scheduled to | mai]l from St. John, N. B, tomorrow (Friday), could be taken by commis- sioners, as suggested by ¥ou, and for- warded to me at Washington, relative to the movements of his ship on Sun- | day evenimeg, April 14, stating relative position to Tianic and Carpathia, to- gether with a detailed report of wire- less messages sent and received.” ! Did Not See Titanic's Lights. | The committes also received a tele- &ram signed by T. H. Moore, mastar of the Mount Temple; A. H. Sargen chief officer: H. Heaid, second officer, | and J. Durrart, the Marconi operator, dated at West S, John, N. B, today, practically repeating tha information | ocoriiained in the premiers’ message, and adding that tie Mount Temple 4i4 not see the Titanic’s Hghts. At 8.30 a. m. the Mounc Temple sighted the Carpatiia and later the Cadifornian. At 8 o'clock she sighted the Russian #teamer Birma cominy from the south and west. The names of the passen- gers who claimed they waw the lights of the Titanic, the measage said, were not known. (Toatimeny In detall Page 2.) WOMEN HYSTERICAL. Waman Passenger in Lifeboat Says 8he Wanted te Go Back to Ship. is peinted on Tos Angeles, Cal, April 24.—Tha life- boat in which Mra. Jobn Jacob Astor, Mre. C. M. Hayes and Mra. Walter M. Clark were rescusd from (he Titanic was one boat at least that onm turn fascoed men from the waler after the | ic went down, according to Mrs. rk. who arrived home today. Her husband, who was the only son J. Ross Clark, vios president of the Fan Pedro, l.os Angeles and Salt Take road. and a nephow of former Senator W. A. Clark, was drowned. | Mra. Clark seid when it was pro- M to return to the ablp and i1l the fehnalt, which easily onuld hold fifteen IMOTs DATSONS, some of the women grew hysterical ““Mhey went so far as to impeds the rowers,” said Mre. Clark. “Mre, As- tow, among ofhers, insisted that the hoat return {o the sinking ship, but as wa approached her the Titanic sank, fotlowad by two almost simultaneous osions. We rowed about the scene afl might and picked up eight men from the water, two of whom subsequentiy diad of exposure and one loat his mind. We workwd over them all night, the women: taking off thefr coats and furs to provide warmth for them.” STRIKE ON OLYMPIC. of L April 25—~ When Btar liner Olymple, sister ship Pitanie, was ready to sall from the ow sboard and no possibitity of sailing hefors noon uul::', «ven if then. There weys reposis thad seme of the passen- R R LR | her breast. 8 | and that the bodic | 8top and piek up the podles, | two was also reporied soon after the strike began that the company had succeed- ed in gettting men to take the strik- ers' places, but this proved to be in- correct. As a matter of fact the difficulty has extended to the crew, which now de- clines to sail with the ‘‘blackleg,” othewise non-union firemen, who were brought aboard yesterday, and the British Seafarers’ union is support- ing the men in this decigion. Pickets are patrolling the docks to prevent the | recruiting of ‘“blacklegs.” In an endeavor to have the strikers return to work, Commander Clark, chief of the emigration office in South- ampton, offered to demonstrate in the Cowles Roads that the boats on the Olympic were absolutely safe. The men refused to listen to this propos- al, but later, it is learned, they declar- ed that they would have been ready to | sail if the company bad agreed to demonstrate the seaworthiness of the boats at this port. This in turn, the | company declined to do. SAW PLOATING BODIES. Liner Passengers on a German ‘ Wanted to Have Them Picked Up. New York, April More than 100 bodies of the Titanic dead were seen fioating on the water by the steam- ship Bremen, which arrived today from Bremen. The German liner on April 20 passed over the place where the Titanic went down, The officers of the Bremen did not care to talk about the tragic specta- | cle, but among the passengers gevera were found who gave accounts of the | dismal panorama through which thelr | ship steamed. | Mrs. Johanna Stunke, a first cabin passenger, gave a vivid story of the scene from the liner's rail. “It was Dbetween 4 and © o'clock, Saturday,” she said, “when our ghip | sighted off the bow to the starboard an iceberg. “It was a beaudful afternoon and | the sun glistening on the big iceberg | was a wonderful picture. But as we ! drew nearer and could make out smail “ots fioating around in the sea, a feel- ! ing of awe and sadness crept over ev- ervone in the ship. “We passed within a hundred feet of the mouthernmost drift of the| wreckage and looking down over the | rall we distinctly saw a number of | the bodies so clearly that Wwe could make out what they were wearing and whether they were men or women. “We saw one woman in her night | dress with a baby clasped closely to | Several women passen- gers screamed and left tive rail in a fainting condition. There was anoth- er woman, fully dressed, with her | arms tight around the body of a shag- y dog, a dog that looked like a St | jernard. “The bodies of three men in a group, | all clinging to one steamer chair, float- | ed nearby, and just beyond them were | a dozen bodies of men, all In life- preservers, clinging togethér as though In a last desperate struggle | for life. We couldn't see, but imag- | ined that under them was some hit of wreckage to wh they all clung when the ship went down, and which | didn’t have buoyancy enough to sup- | port them, Those were the only bed- | ies the pteamer was near enough o | distinguish, but we could see the | wiiite lite-preservers of many mere | detting the sea ali the way to the ice- berg, The officers told us that was probably hit by the Titanic and ice had dr ed aleng togeiher | Mrs, sStunke said a number of the passengers demanded that the Bremen but the officers assured them they had just received a wire message saying the Cable ship Mackay-Bennett was only | hours away from the spot and! Was coming for that express purpose. | Other paxsengers corroborated Mrs. | Stunks. The scene moved everyone on | beard to the point of tears, thej i even the officers of the ship mak no pecret of their emotion, z NEW YORK BENEFITS, State to Receive Several Millions in | Inheritance Taxes. Albany, N. Y xlata will 1 lary in inheritanc April 24— XNew York several million dol- taxes from the es- tades of a number of the vietims of the Titanic disaster. It is estimated that between 54,000,000 and 00,000 wiil | be paid by the Astor a. The Btraus and (uggenheim pay a large tax, The Jargsst inheritance tax hereto- fore paid was on the estale of George | Smith, formerly of l.ondon, the total being $2,036,552, { Was Net Within Five Miles of Titanic. | St. John, N, B, April 24.—The rumor that the steamer Mount Temple was within five miles of the Titanic when she sank, and without heeding signals of distress steamed away, is indig- nantjy denied by Captain Moore, who Wwas in command of the vessel. estates will TO CLEAN OUT DEMOCRATS AT MERIDEN CITY HALL. New Republican Mayor Voted That Power by Aldermen. Meriden, Conn., April 24.-"Magor Daniel J. Donovan, who by decision of the supreme court of errors was re- asutty declsred mayor, was given pow- or tonighl ¥ 4 majority of the board of aldermen 1o remove any democratic sommissioncr he desires from the hoard of public worss, the fire, police and park hoards, The vote on the reselution was six republicang in favor % four demecrats opposed. Mayor 8 1, Reilly during his six years In sffics made the boards strictly par- tisan, not allawing the, republicans aveén a minority representation. Mayor Donovan is expected, to remove all the | demccratie eommissionsrs now that ihe republicans are in full power. This is the first time the charter prevision for ;ema\'ml eammissioncrs by vote of tie ward of aldermen has prebably ever buen eEerciass | ident Taft was endorsed by Iowa re- | sional | gates-at-large to the, national conven- { tional co i delegates. | Roosevelt policies and in an eloquent | odorf®e Rooseyelt of today. | ¥ Cabled Paragraphs Lisbon, Portugal, April 24—Many soldlers and civillans were killed today in the course of an encounter between the striking textile workers and a de- tachment of troops at Villa Nova de Gaia, a suburb of Oporto, Peking, April 24—Premier Tang- Shao-Kai has practically agreed to the demands of the ministers of the United States, Great Britain, Germany and France for the cancellation of the ar- rangement with the Belgian syndicate for a loan. Copenhagen, Denmark, April 24.—The Scandinavian-American line today is- sucd a statement that the Hellig Olav, one of their steamers, which was men- tioned during yesterday's senatorial inquiry into the Titanic disaster as having been near the scene of the col- lision, was al Ieast 350 nautical miles west of the Tifanic at the time of the \‘-atus(rophc. Paris, April 24—A further crime was added this morning to the long list of these recently committed by the gang of bandit anarchists which is terroriz- ing Paris. Assustant Superintendent Jeuin of the Paris detective depariment was shot dead, and his comrade, Chief Inspector Colman, serieusly wounded while trying to arrest one of the gang | named Gallot at Petit Ivry, a suburb of Paris, today. IOWA REPUBLICANS ENDORSE PRESIDENT.! “Favorite Son” Candidacy of Cum-| mins Rejected in State Convention. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 24.—Pres- | publicans in their state and congres- convention today, four dele- tion were instructed to vote for him, his list of Jowa delegates to the na- | ‘ention was increased to 16! and the “favorite son” presidential candidacy of United States Senator Albert B. Cummins was rejected, President Taft having a majority of 41 votes. All Iowa districts have now chosen Counting the four dele- | gates-at-large, President Taft's strength is 16. Senator Cummins bas | 10 delegates. DENOUNCED ROOSEVELT. Rhode Island Convention Instructs Delegates for Taft. Providence, R. I, April 24—With| harmeny and celerity the Rhode Island | repudlicans today selected ten dele-| tes to the Chicago rational conven- | fon, and instructed them to support| he candidacy of President Taft until | released. Theodore Roosevelt's attitude was denounced amid applause, and the presiding officer at the state conven- | tlon challenged ‘any one to vote| against instructing resolutions. The Rhode Island delegation to the| Chicago convention will be as follows: | Delegates-at rge, United States Senator Henry . Lippitt, R. P. God- | dard, Jr., and Herbert A. Rice of Pro dence and George R. Lawton of Tiver- | iton; alternate-at-large, Charles A.| | Wilson, -William Gammell, Jr., and Henry O. Potter of Providence, and Rowland Hazard of South Kingstown. From the First district: R. Living-| ston Beekman of Newport and FEzra Dixon of Bristol; alternates, Clark | Burdick of Newpert and James G. Blaine, 3d, of Providence. | From the Second district: George B. | Waterhouse of Warwick and Frank T.| Tillinghast of Johnston: alternates, | Jesse Sharp of Woonsocket and Wil- liam B, McColl of Providence. Doth the state and district conven- | tione were practically ratification meetings. The actual working time of the state convention was not more than man George H. Utter, who presided, occupied half an hour in'criticising the appreciation of President Taft. Congressman Utter In accepting the| chairmanship gaid: “The Theodore Roosevelt that we stood by two years ago is not the The- Knowing the things that we know now, the time has come for the American people to say that while we bad an idel, we have no idol now.” President Taft’s name was greeted with prolonged cheering. Resolutions instructing the delegates o support the candidacy of President ft “as the nomines of the republican rty for president and that such sup- be steadfast and continued until port | releaged,” were adopted. WILLIMANTIC WATER i SYSTEM CONTAM!NATED.'} | Secretary of State Board of Health | Ordered to Take Action. Harifs Cenn., Ap! 24.—At the quarterly meeting of ‘he srate hoard of health at the capitol tonight State | Chemist Jjames A. Newlands reported | that the water systems of Willimantic | {and Cromwell were wontaminated and | pigh he had so reported m{ the proper authorities nothing had| | been done to remedy the situation. | Tests talzer within the Jast six montl x | revealed tho p ence of germs that | cause typhoid fever and other diseascs, | Dr, J. H. Townsend, secretary of the boarl, was instructea to act at on in regard to the Willimant and Judge W. U. Pearnes, county health officer of Middlesex county, was orcered to investizate the Cromwell situation. situation, | | CRUISER MARYLAND STRUCK BY TORPEDO. Was Hit Nine Feet Below Water Line | and is Being Repaired. The United States « last night prac E ide the breakwater and a decided list to starboard. The accident to the Marviand oc- curred at_ 10 o'clock last night while the destroy ra Lawrence, Iarragut, (roldsborongh and Whipple and the submavine Grampus were firing torpe- does ut her. The cruiser was struck nine feet below the water line. Divers were sent over the side to ascertain the damage. ard the work of repairing has been in progress all day, One comnartment only was flooded, but it is said the Maryland had a nar- row escape from disaster. The officers rofused to discuss the aceident, but it wag sald the blame lay between the destroyer Lawrence and the submarine Grampus. It was said tonight that it was hoped to have re- pairs made in time to allow the Mary- land to sail late tonight for San Diego. McStea Acquitted of Murder, Albany, April 24—John V. McStea of New Orleans, a theatrical manager, Was acquitted tonlght of the murder of Arthur Brown of Wilkesbarre, the for- mer Frst baseman of the Albany state league bageball team. The jury an- noutnced the vecdict after lessg than four houry deliberation, | conviction of ‘the person or persons 20 minutes, although Congress-4 | boat for an average load of | trict attorney, | and referendum in Massachusetts was | the First Baptist church at Fort harged with p 1ty by a ju i | treasury PRICE TWO CENTS Condensed Telegrams Bubonic Plague Has Broken-Out at Caracas, capital of Venezuela. All of the 10,000 Coal Miners in Ohio resumed work after being idle since April 1, —— | The Allentown Rolling Mills at Al- | lentown, Pa., we?e destroyed by fire caused by heat from the ore ovems.l The loss will be about $100,000. | Professional Cracksmen who went | to a great deal of trouble to blow the safe in the postoffice at Chapa- qua, N, Y., got only §50 in stamps and money £Qr their pains. Sir Francis Taylor Piggott, chief Jjustice of the supreme court of Hong- kong, has been appointed legal adviser to jthe Chinese government, The Swananoa Inn, one of the best known of the summer hotels in Liber- ty, N. Y., was destroyed by fire, The loss is about $30,000, Major Claudius Lee Goodwin, who was a member of the staff of General ‘Wade Hampton of the confederate ar- my, died in Baltimore, aged 81. J. S, Wood and Charles Hyer of Springfield, N. Y. were killed when lightning struck a barn in which they had taken refuge from a storm. Refiigess from Mexico continue to tell of harrowing experiences with Mexican guerillas and self-styled in- surrectos in the southern republic. St. Paul’'s Church, Boston, for the next 25 years, at least, will be the cathedral of the Hpiscopal diocese of Massachusetts. All Strikes in Chicago have been eliminated for one year. A number of labor unions have agreed that any disputes arising under the new con- tracts shall be referred to arbitration. After a Two Hours’ Running Fight with a posse of cilizens, four robbers who had blown open the vault in the bank of Midland, Ark., escaped with their loot, valued at about $8,000. As a result of a Modification by Judge Curtis of the injunction order issued by the superior court against the Windsor Locks Savings bank, that institution will resume doing business next Saturday. The Estate of William M, Laffan, publisher of the New York Sun, who died November 19, 1909, iz valued at | 31,689,555 in the report of the ap- | praiser, filed yesterday. The estate is left to the widow. Stockholders of the Westinghouse Air Brake company yesterday voted unanimously to approve the proposition of the board of directors to increase the capital stock from $14,000,000 to $20,000,000. Paterson, N. J,, Has a Curfew Law for girls. Delinquents were taken to the police station until their mothers explained why they were un the streets. The Officials of the Allan Steamship line in Montreal denied the report, which was being cir Allan Mner Corsican iceberg. ated, that the had struck an The Comptroller of the Currency yes- terday issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks in the United States at the close of busi- ness on Thursday, April 18, Mayor Reeves Yesterday Offered = reward of $1,000 for the arrest and who set fire to the city hall or any other building in Waterbury during the past few days. It Is Alleged that Stsamers on the Rhine that engage in heavy tourist traffic in summer, carry only one life- 000 pas- sengers. The German newspapers are demanding an official investigation. | Mayor Baker of Cleveland, in an! open letter to Governor Harmon, | charged that E, H. Moore, the gov- ernor’s . political lieutenant, is circu- lating evil reports and distorted views of Woodrow Wilson. Henry A. Wia: nited States dis has instituted 4 suits New York Central rail- road to recover penalties for vicla- tions of the federal law preventing cruelty to animals while in transit, against the An Article of Amendment to the con- | stitution providing for the initiative defeated in the vesterday. Masachusetts house Rev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, pastor nf] ment charging arson is vet to be tried. The Haverhill, Mass., Authorities vesterday refused permission to the 200 striklng morocco dressers at the moroxo factory of Lennox & Briggs to parade or to hold meetings in the streets. C. T. Lunt, Head of the Bookkeeping department of the United States sub- in New York, ome of the most prominent Masons in the coun- | try, dropped dead in the Kenmore | hotel at Lockport, N. Y, from acute | indigestion. Princess Cantacussene, Daughter of N General Frederick D. Y yesterday on Wilhelm II to her father on ne of be- 0, is crtt- n Hinsdale, 111, decapitation. Governor Foss Yesterday Signed‘l requisition papers to the zovernor of | Californla for the extradition of Wil- | liam A. Dorr, under arrest in Stockton, Cal.,, and indicted on a charge of the murder of George E. Marsh, the aged Lynn sbap manufacturer. mission will give a further hearing on May 2 upon the application hy the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company to acquire the ma- Jority stock of the Rutland Railroad company. Kimber Baskin, a Traock Walker on the Pennsylvania rallroad, was as- saulted by three men near Shamokin, Pa.. and badly beaten; although he was nearly dead, he managed to flag the first train that passed. The traln men found that a short distance in front were three ties laid across the track. The New York Public Service Com-l | dy, HOW HARVESTER SUIT WAS STOPPED “Please Don’t File Suit Until! Hear From You,” Wrote Roosevelt to Attorney-General. CORRESPONDENCE TURNED OVER TO SENATE Commissioner Smith of Bureau of Corporations Wrote President That “It Is a Practical Question Whether to Throw Away Great Influence of So-Called Morgan Inter- ests”’—Perkins Said Oil Magnates Gave Him the Laugh. Washington April 24—The confl- dential correspondence which passed between President Roosevelt, Attor- ney General Bonaparte and Commis- sioner Herbert Knox Smith of the bu- reau of corporations in 1907 about a government anti-trust suit against the International Harvester company, was sent to the senate today from the files of the department of justice, Ordered Not to File Suit. One letter from Colonel Roosevelt to Mr. Bonaparte, written at Oyster Bay on August 22, 1907, said that the Colonel had had talks with George W. Perkins about the company's affairs and directed Mr. Bonapartet ::t n‘;‘;ttt]l: i to over it Commissioner Smith and Mr. Perkins. Merely Technical Question. A letter from Commissioner Smith to the Colonel on September 21 told of conferences with Mr, Perkins and ex- plained Commisgioner Smith's objec- tions to a prosecution at that time. The commissioner wrote that he | thought the question of the company’s guilt or innocence was merely a tech- nical question and described a con- ference with Mr. Perkins on August 24, Perkins Threatened to Fight. Commissioner Smith wrote that Mr. Perkins concluded with great empha- sis, that if after all the endeavors of this company and the other Morgan interests to uphold the policies of the administration, and to adopt methods of wmodern publicity, this company was now going to be attack- ed in a prely technical case, the inter- eats he represented “were going to fight.” | “Great Influence of So-Called Morgan Interests.” Further on, in the same letter, Mr, Smith wrote: “While the administration has never hesitated to grapple with any financial interest, no matter how great, when it is believed that a substantial wrong ia being committed, nevertheless it is a very practical question whether it is well to throw away now the great in- fluence of the so-called Morgan inter- ests which up to this time have sup- ported the advanced policy of the ad- ministration both in general principles and in the applieation thereof to their specific interests and to place them generally in opposition. I believe Mr, Perking’ statement that his interest would necessarily be driven inte active opposition, was a sincere one, and, in fact, I can hardly see hoew those great interests ean teke any other attitude should this presecution be started and the final adoption of this policy be made publie.” Qil Trust Gave Perkins “the Laugh.” In another portion of the letter, Commissioner Smith reported Mr, Per- kins as having sald s tantially that the “Standard Oil people in New York were giving him the laugh for having thought he was trying te be geod and keep solid with the administra- tion and that he was mow going to get the same dese which the others ot . - ‘With the correspondence was a let- ter from William Loeb, Jr., the pre: dent's secrstary, making an appoin i\ ment for Mr, Bonaparte to talk the business over. Roosevelt’s Letter. The president’s letier to the afitor- ney general follows: “Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1907. “My Dear Mr. Attorney General: Mr. George W. Perkins of the International ‘Harvester company has just called up- on me and submitted to me certain papers of which I enclose copies. Ao- cording to these papers and Mr. Per- kin's slatement, it would appear that the Harvester company has repeat- edly on its own initiative asked that its husiness be {nvestigated by the de- partment of commerce and labor through the commissioner of corpora- tions; that three years ago the Inter- #late commerece commission decided that it had accepted whuat amounied substaatially to rebates; that Mr, Moo- the then attorney general, wos absul to take action on this report, but the Hervester company at once promised to rectify the practices and ses that nothing ecentrary to the rul- ing of the commission was again done, This was satisfaetory to the atterney general and the suit was dropped, Ssnate Ordered iInvestigation, “The Harvester company says it is : in position to prove that it has Hved up o this agreement made In May, 1904, The Harvester company ad- vances this as a proof that if any sgal action is pointed out it will rectify the matter on its being d out, It further appears that a December ®enator Hansbrough Zot the genate io pass a resolution di- | | recting ithe depariment of commerce and labor te make an early investiga- tion into the charactor and eperation, ! and effect upon inlerstale comimoerce, of the International Harvester com- and thai in January last, Messrs, ield and Smith met various repre- es of the Harvester company | possible, which conclusion was an- | nounced publicly in the prees, On Mareh 7, Commissioner Smith neti- fled the Farvester company that the inquiry would be into the incorpora- tion, valus of its property, securities and the general management of its businese, 1. appears by his letter of August 8 thet Cemmissioner Smith haa begun the investigation but has net made much pregress with it, as he would like te, on acceunt of his being erowded with work, “Please De Not File Suit.” “Mr. Perkins' request i6 me is thet | before the eempany !s expesed to the certain ioss and damage that the mere institution ef a suit would entail, this investigation by Mr, 8mith as required by senate resolution should be carried to cempletien. He explieitly states to me that there weuld be ne inten- tion te plead the examinatien by the depariment of commeree and laber as conferring any immumity frem pro- ceedings by the department of justice, Will you see Mr, Perking and Commis- their | ew York, and a conclusion was | ned that the department would be- | v ! gin the examination as speedily as sioner Smith, go over the matter in full and report to me thereon? “Please do not file the suit until I | hear from you. “Sincerely yours, (Stgned) “THEODORE ROOSHVELT. “Hon. Charles J, Bonaparte, Attorney General. “Hotel Aspinwall, Lenox, Mass. (“Inclosures).” Had Not Knowingly Violated Law. Commissioner Smith wrote the pres fdant that Mr. Perkins outlined the position of the Harvester company as having committed no violation of law which it knew and wished only that the investigation then under way by the department of commerce and labor might be continued. The company was willing to stand prosecution i found to be violating any statutes, he said. The commissioner wrote to the president, In part, as follows: Attitude of Morgan Interssts. “To the extent of my present under- | standing, I am satigfled that the facts are as stated by the company, with the single exception that I do not have | definite knowledge as to the nature of the case now in the hands of the de- | partreen: of justice, but from the ev- | pressions of the attorney general L am | inclined to believe that it 1s as Mr. Perkins statz:d, a purely technical legal | question. h { _ “Furthermore, the attitude of tha | Morgan interests generally, which con- | trols tha company, has been one of | active co-operation. Suit Would Be Moral Injustice. “As to the legal question, where thia company’'s organization has been a vislation of the Sherman law, T am not particularly interested nor have T any fixed opinion on the subject. I there- fore feek that the starting of a suit under the Shermen law against this company would bs a moral injustice and a reversal of the correct and ad- vanced modern policy of the president in dealing with corporzte business. “Finally, this case against the com- pany i& a civil, not a criminal, one. De.- lay will not affect the case through any statute of limitation. If there is a good equitable case against the company it wiil be in a thousand-fold better -hl.r for trial after the investigation by the bureau than now. “These consideratione explain and Justify the attitude taken by the In- ternational Harvester company, which attitude represents, I helieve, that of a majority of the financial Interests of the country.” Bristow Criticises Procedure. The sending of the correspondence to | the senats was not without sensational incidents. Only a fe wweeks ago At- torney General Wickersham flatly re- fused to do so in response to a resolu- tion by Benator Lea of Tennessea. To- day Benator Johnson of Alabama cali- ed upon the attorney general for the correspondence, and within two hours it was in hand. Senator Bristow, an ardent supporter of the colonel's, defended the former president in a spirited speech and warmly critieized the procedurs re- specting the &orrespondence. | | ROOSEVELT SILENT. ! Says He Will Have Nothing to Say en i This Subject Yet, | Opyster Bay, N. Y, Aprll 24—The hour at wlich the correspondence of 1607 bearing upon enti-trust prosecu tion of the International Harvester compeny became available here tonight made it imposgsible to call it to Colone! Roosevelt's attention In detail before his usual retiring hour. Earlier in the evening, however, whan the first news concerning the correspondence was communicated o the colonel, ha 2ald that he would have nothing to say en | the subject at that time. The reporl from Washington that at a meeting with his cabinet last night President Taft decided upon a severa attack on Colonel Roosevalt to ha made in Massachusetts. tomorrow, wos taken to Cologe! Roomevelt.. ‘“Frightfol, frightfnl” was tha enly commeant he would make, REDDING'S SWEETHEART BELIEVES HIM INSANE Mrs. Lena Hudson Testifies for De- fense in Murder Tri New Haven, April 24-—Ths defense in the trial of George Redding, Jr., for the murder of Morris Greenberg on February 24 last, announced today that they will probably reast their case on Friday. At the conclusion of to day's testimony onmnly three or four witnesses remained to be examined. It is now expected that the case wil go to the jury before the end of nex weel, Mrs. Lena Hudson, the ! whom Redding was nurse to engaged to be married, was the principal witness to- day. She was called early in the case by the state for the purpose of showing that Redding was engaged (to her and thait he was in need of money. This afternoon she testified | that she thought Redding insane. On the stand she testifled that she told Redding she would marry him, provided he could secure a position and earn emough money to properly support them. Under oross examina- tign she admitted that she did net think Redding crazy at the time hs was courting her, but she thought him “scary” for he jumped at the slight- est noise, | | ALIENIST OBSERVING | RICHESON’S CONDUCT : His Opinion to Have Great Weight in Matter of Commutation. | Bosten, April 24—Dr, Bdward B Lane, a welil-known alfenist, called at the Charles street jail today to observe Clarenca V, T, Richeson, the forme: ialer.ymm, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Miss Avie ‘Linnell. The spinion of the allenist regard to Ricneson's sanity is expec to have much weight when the petit for commutation of sentence is sented Governor Foss next Frida; attorneys P; the ¢ man,