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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
VOTING STAGE REACHED
Amendments. to railroad Bill Being
Considered in Senhte.

WASHINGTON, D. g.. April Ill he
senate to-day entered upon the voting
stage Of its consideration OF the ad i
ministration railroad bill. In accord
ance with the previous agreement. SEN
ator tlkins was prompt in moving the
Consideration of the bill soon after
the senate met. and 1t received con-
tinuous attention until the close OF the
session.
cod" the Elkins amendmonts'to he the
amendments aG Of the majority OF the he
Committee on Interstate Commerce,
thcy consented TO allow them to be
treated as SUCH thus consentlng TO
their completion in advance of the pre-
sseentation Of other amendments. SEN
ator Cunlmins. In turn, succeeded II,
nrocuring the concession that his and
Senator Clapp's amendments should be
III The only amendments acted upon
during the day were those regulating
The Jurisdiction of the sproposed Court
Of Commerce and granting appeals
from r.. intarlocutory orders OF the Court
Of commarce and permitting Ave days
notice of hearings in Injunction pro-
ceedings. The last two amendments
ware accepted without opposition, but
there was sharp debate ON the first
series. and several votes were taken
~ 40 }Offarafl "a hv ti,r,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
HAD AN "AFFINITY
Young Woman Suspected of Causing
NUNS Murder.

Chicago. ILL.,, April n-The staying
Of Henry $. Meyer, Jro at the door door
of his home early to-day. at first
attributed to burglars, developed ele-
vestlSntion progressed. An alleged
affinity" and revenge as motive
figure In the problem
Meyer, street car conductor, livlns
at 2D51 quinn Street with his Wite.
to whom he was married two years
ago, their baby and Meyers father.
returned home at ! o'clock He was
shot at the door of his home. Three
shots were fired. one of them pene-
trating his heart.
The elder Meyer and the slain mans s
wife were aroused by the shots, but
did not observe any one leaving the
premises. 4 black cambric mask was
found In the yard later. Meyers watch
and cash were not taken.
The first man examined by the po-
lice in connection with the case was
Cornelius Sullivan, an expressman, said
to have been a suitor of Miss Ella
alleged TO have looked with favor on
Meyer. The young woman herself was
examined by the police.
Meyers father told the police that
bis son had been rather attentive to
Miss Gaygan. and that the latter and
Sullivan had quarreled as result.
He said that recently Miss Gaygan
was wearing ring given her by
young meyer, ana tndI SuIllShll, WllelI
he saw 1t on her finger. pulled 1t off.
but that during the high words which
ensued he threw 1t back In her face.
Sullivan advanced an alibi In an
swering his inquisitors, and he was
livan stated that Mrs. Gaygan had
sold her candy storo near the Meyer
home, and that Yesterday she had
been engaged in moving her effects.
He said 1t was late when he made the
last trip, and remained overnight at
the GaYgan home.
Miss Gaygan did not accompany her
mother TO their new home yesterday,
but spent the night with a friend.
Miss Gaygan became hysterical at the
police station. but sa Id she knew moth
ing of the killing of Mayer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
REHEARINGs ORDERED
May BE Months Before Decisions in
Famous ..Trust Cases"

Washington. d. c.. April ll.-unwil-
ling at this time to render decisions
in the dissolution suits against stand
ard Oil and the so-called tobacco
trust" the Supreme Court OF the
United States to-day ordered re-
hearing of these cases. This. post
pones the final disposition Of the ap-
plication Of the Sherman antitrust law
to to these corporations for weeks. aan1d and
probably until after next October. The
present term will end about June !.
The immediate cause OF the reas-
signment of the cases is believed 10
have been the recent death of Justice
Brewer. His death left only seven
justices actively at work on the
bench. as Justice Moody has been alb.
sent all of this term by reason ot
illness. 1t is believed the court VII!
not advance the cases for rearSument
mntil President Taft has heen given
ample time to fill the vacancy created
bv the death OF Justice Brewer II
tbis vacancy is not filled before the
senate adiourns for the summer, II
ia probable the cases will not be
taken up again until after the hrst
Of next December, when the Senate
meets again This is based on the as,
sumption that recess appointee woula
unbroken for more than 100 years II
he took his seat on, the bench before
being confirmed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
GUILTY OF MANsLAUGHTER
DR.. Miller mud Mrs. SayIer Convicted of
killing Lntter'n Husband.


Watseka. Ill, April 1l.-Dr W. r.
Miller and Mrs. j. b. Sayler today
were found guilty of manslaughter for
the staying last July of ]. Byron Say.
Ter, banker of Crescent City. John
Grunden, medicine vendor from Okla
homa. father of Mrs. Sayler, was ac-
Quilted by the jury.
punishment was fixed by the Jury K
twelve years imprisonment for DR..
Miller and three years for Mrs. Sayler
Golda Sayler sat beside her mother,
Mrs. Sayler. When the verdict, finding
Mrs. Sayler guilty, was read, she threw
herself into the arms OF her daughter
and sobbed convulsively. Coda sought
to comfort her mother and caressed
and Kissed her.
Mrs Miller clung weeping to her
husband when the verdict against him
vas read.
Judge Dibell set April 80 for argu-
ments for new trial.
DR.. Miller was taken from the court
room to the county jail after an affect
ing farewell to his WIFE
Mrs. Sayler, somewhat recovered
from her emotion, walked unshacklea
to tho coll which has been her home
FOR many months.
j. B. Sayler was shot to death In
the parlor of his home by DR. Miller
Friends of Sayler alleged that there
was plot between Mrs. Sayler and
DR.. Miller. who We're great friends, to
get rid Of Sayler The defendants al
legged that Mr.. Sayler precipitated his
death by attacking DR. Miller with a
hatchet without provocation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
THAW ON STAND
Gives Testimony In Indistinct nnd Dis.
connected Manner,

New York. April ll.--Harry *.
Thaw, looking pale and nervous. took
the witness stand to-day in the trial
OF the suit brought by Clifford w.
Hartridge against Mrs Mary Copley
Thaw for $4,000, which Mr.. Hartridge
claims is due him for services as
counsel in ,Thaw's first trial for the
murder OF Stanford White. Thaw gave
his testimony in an indistlnct and dis
connected manner. He said he never
had authorized Mr., Hartridse to spend
money on women in order to silence
them. Up to December. 1906. he said,
he paid $4,000 to Mr.. Hartridge,
Gle told me-" said Thaw, that he
was spending money for counsel fees
and 10 obtain witnesses. III October.
1906, / heard that Hartridge was gam
bling with my money and had lost
$1,000 at roulette The next month,
he said, the case virtually was taken
out of Hartridge's hands.4nlthnne-h h q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
Ousted Forester Pours
His Tale in Ex-Chief's
Ear.
NEITHER TALKS
O f INTERVIEW
Spend Day Together, but Anx.
ious Newspaper Men Are Met
With Statement That Time
Was Devoted to an Ex-
change Of "Remi-
niscences.'

Porto Maurizlo. Italy. April IL
Clifford Pinchot, the former chief for
ester of the United States Department
OF Agriculture, whose interview with
the ex- president has been looked for
ward to with great interest. spent
the entire day to-day with Mr.. Roose-
Welt, but what passed between them
is a secret
Mr.. pinchot arrived at the Carew
villa before o'clock in the morning.
He remained for lunch and accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt and
Miss Carew on five-hour excursion
into the mountains. They had dinner
together also. and the former forester
did not return to his hotel until short
ly before midnight. Mr.. Pinchot de-
clined to say what he had communi
Gated to the ex-President, and Mr..
Roosevelt's prediction a few days ago
that neither would have anything to
give out concerning the meeting
proved to be entirely correct
Mr.. Roosevelt's secretary. however,
gave to the anxious newspaper men a
long and graphic account OF how the
party drove through the olive orch
ards of picturesque Caramagna valley.
then climbed six miles UP the winding
road to the famous little chapel once
visited by Charlemagne on his way to
be crowned at Rome. which contains
interesting relics of the old Mediter-
ranean galley slaves and votive offer
ings of sailors: also. how enthusiastic
the villagers were the party was
returning, crowding about the carriage
and fairly deluglng it with wild flow-
ers.
"Reminiscences"
But when pressed about the sub
ject of the long conversation between
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.. Pinchot, the
secretary announced without smile
that it consisted largely of te1ninis-
cences and hunting stories. gravely
confding the information that Mr..
Pinchot was almost as good shot as
his former chief.
Mr.. Pinchot will see the eX-Presl-
dent again tomorrow and expects 10
leave here In the evening for Zurich,
where he is to meet an old forester
friend. From there he Will go to Eng
land to visit Sir Horace Plunkett, of
the Department of Agriculture in Ire
land. He will sail for New York on
the steamer Baltic, April 80.
Shortly before dusk secret service
police, who were detailed to guard MI.
Roosevelt. arrested a suspicious indi-
vidual prowling about the villa. AT
the police station where he was locked
UP pending Investigation, he gave the
name of Magagno, and said he was a
native of Bologna. He explained that
he was a barber and had been WORK
ing in Nice, where he learned little
English A letter found in his pos
session was addressed to Mr.. Roose-
Welt. asking for position as valet
The police believe that the man IS
demented and will hold him until the
story of his identity and record can
be established.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
BOY MURDERER CONVICTED
Fourteen -lcar-old irwin Hnnchett Must

n ouAsSch,A cdT.Otu irwin ltnnCHctt Nust
Go to Gallows.
DeLand. Fla, April l1.--Irvin Hanch-
EFT. the fourteen-year-o Connecticut
boy Vas found guilty in the Criminal
Court here to-day of the murder of
Clevi Tedder. thirteen years old, and
sentenced to be hanged.
The crime of which the youthful
murderer was convicted was one of the
most brutal in the criminal annals of
this State. He met the little girl
while she was on her way to school,
and. after she had rejected his pro-
posals, he stabbed her to death, Her
body. was mass of knife wounds, one
physician ,testifying at the trial that
he counted seventy five wounds.
Following the boys arrest he only
escaped Wnching by being spirited
away.
Throughout the trial Hanchett main
tanned stolid Indifference to the tes-
t'mony, and received the death SEN
tence with the same demeanor.
Hanchett is former inmate of the
Connecticut State Reform School.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
returns to Knnsns City

Kansas City, Mo-, Aprl 1l.--John T.
Cudahy, who attacked and cut Jere s
change Bank, at the Cudahy home last
month, returned to Kansas City from
the West to-day, Mrs, Cudahy said
she did not know her husband Lad
returned. 1t was recently rumared
that the Cudahys had become recon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
ROMANCE IN WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. Taft's swede Cook TO Marry 70
iiceYnnn.

Washington, u. c., April ll.--Poli-
tics and the affairs OF State temporar-
lly were forgotten at the White House
to-day when news OF spring ro-
nance below stairs came TO the knowl-
edge of the President and Mrs. Taft,
Martha Petersen a pretty Swede girl
and first cock at the Executive Man
sion, has become engaged to Policeman
Mulvey, who Is stationed at the White
House,
II is seen that the marriage has some
thing OF an International aspect.
Martha came from New York az tho
aniinitniinrl OF Mrs Taft. and Will no
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
HARVARD is DIVIDED
Studcnts Break Even on Straw Vote
for Rc-eIcctiOn of Vnft.

Htudcnts Break Even on Straw Vote
for Re-elcction of Taft.
Cambridge, Mass, April 11.-With
two blanks cast, 500 members Of the
Harvard law school broke even in a
straw vote cast to-day under the SUPER
vision Of the Harvard Political Club
on the question::
Resolved That the record of the
present administration during the past
year would not Justify the recollection
of President Taft"
The vote stood 14o to 149 Divided
yby parties, 1t was as follows:
! Democrats-7Tor TAFT, o; against, 65
i Socialists--For, l; against, H..
{ Scattering For, 10; against, "a,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
Deauest Tor Tulane.

New Orleans La. April 11.---Among
the bequests mentioned in the will OF
S. o. Thomas, y wealthy capitalist.
who died here recently, was one or
city. Among other beneticiaries Is
NIrs 4f,lnnde w. Ballinger. a niece. of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
Placed In Commission.

Boston, Mass, April 1l.--The new
26, 900 ton -battleship North Dakota
was placed In commission to-day at
the Charlestown navy yard 1t will
take four months to equip the big
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
CONDITION. LITTLE. CHANGED.

Especial TO The Timas-blapatch.I
l,nnnon says to-night that senator
DANIEL liz restlng m0re quietly than
yesterday, and has talked more
sn.aIx, ana CIenr1y CtherYiae his
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-12
BOYCOTT SPREADS
Kosher Butcher Shops Rapidly Closing
Nlaaix

New York, April 1.-THE boycott
against Kosher butcher shops to-day
spread from Harlem and the Bronx,
where It started, across the East Rlven
to Williamsburg, Brownsville and East
New York. All meats advanced ! cent
a pound wholesale.
The protest against high prices Is
spreading more rapidly than any SINH
lar movement remembered in New
York City. Already 95 per cent. Of the
Kosher butcher shops in the city, sup
plying a population Of 100000, have
been either forcibly closed or have
shut In sympathy with the movement
In turn, the butchers, who say they
200 strong on the United Dressed Reef
.C,nmnanX tn-dar In such threatening
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
HARTMAN CASE Up
NO SETTLEMENT YET.
President in Conference uith
Railroad Mem.

WasAiagtoa. Jan 1e-Nssotja:ieus hars
begun Looking to settlement eoct OF court"
o. the soveTnmsnt's suit for the dlssolurion
OF the merger Of the s9-callsd Hartman
lines. brought under the provisions OF the
Sherman sati-truss Law. Rgnaers of such
nesetiasioas had been current fer some
time. To-day they took conerste ferEa 81
a conference at the White House granted
by President Taft at The solicitation OF ths
railroad afseials-
II can he stated aslthoritativeIy that m
decision of any sort was reached. II was
said that to-dav's eenfsreree was the frst
OF a series OF meetings which are 20 be held
for the pFpose Of determining on whas
ground. Il any. the representatives OF thu
Hartman ARes aRd the goYerausns can
meet for an adjustment 9s the situation
President Taft has given 70 intinatic7
10 what his attitude viii %. and h.s ansl
Gete1ninatior. il - said VII depend large
~ on the propositiol the railroads have ~
make locking toward eonPliapee win ths
anti law
'FRs case will not be dropped. Il is said
except on such ternas as priIl look % cor
reczioS OF the eNils complained o. in ths
Eovernnent suit. CT unless the gossraHsus
can be shown to he completely IN errcr.
Fo-deys conference was ATTENDED b.
1OoSe f-opsC- = .LpFStts pLSSlrsnL o. Ia
Union Pacific and allied Hartman lines
Attorney etensral ViekerSham, Frank :
kellogg. special azornsy for the Unissd
States IN the case against the railroads. ami
ex-senator John C. Spooner and Maxwell
Evarts. OF New York. attorneys for the HaT-
r!nan lines The conference lasted from
shortly after eclack until : 2 N None
OF the raiiread men would discuss the sub
ject i'm any way.
Attorney General WickershaIa has taken
TO defpite position in the case as yet He
went irSo the conference today open mind
ed for up 10 this tine he has not been
called on to deal with the suit In any way.
No TINA uas fixed for resunlnshn o. the
conference. but IL viii probably be within 4
faU- DAYS
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

number OF cattle in the Southwest ana WITH
II a decreasing efYiciency in range ron6i'
tions. There were no regulations governy,~
grazing on public lands. The numbers -,
cattle, sheep and horses on them Increased
until the ranges became exhausted.
IT was at about this particular time tha,
Clifford Pinchot was sent West by Sso,.
tary Wilson to study the condition q, ~.
ranges in the national forests He me+ NJ
Potter, who had become secretary OF N.
Arizona Wool Growers Association Az
Potter accompanied Mr.. Pinchot ON his trI.
of investigation and gave him practice, A.
formation obtained In many years. .xn.,,
ence In The West Mr.. Pinchct was ,n,
pressed with the thoroughpess of tht.
knowledge and asked Mr. Potter 10 h..s
the division Of grazing. That was IN ,s0,
and he has held the place ever since ,ha,
time.
Mr. Potter has never made q sc,.n,ts.
study of forestry. His knowledge has h..r
gained through a long and hard exr.r,-
ence in active work ia the field. His sns
claity is the condition of range. uis
sooIation with the Bureau Of Forestry has
however. led him TO look into the prohl.n,
OF the business of srowing trees a. well as
grass GA the waste lands,
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
Mr.. MACvEAGEs S BOND BILL.
Designed to Equalize Value Of Twos
and Threes.

Washington, Jan. 1o--A bill framed by
Secretary MacVeagh. designed TO eauslize
the 8 per cent Panama Canal bonds a,i-
thorized in the Payne law with the PER
cent bonds previously authorized, when
used as security for national bank circula-
tion, will he introduced In the next few
days by Chairman Vreeland OF the Bank
ing and Currency Committee of the House.
An issue OF per cent bonds. without
some feature 10 equsiize them with the .
per rents would practically depreciste IN.
value OF the Is 10 avoid this. Secretary
MacFesgh's bill proposes TO increase the
tax on the Is when used ns security for
national bank circulation. SO that the net
income viii he The same as from the as.
For private Investment. however. and 10
estates ard in1ivideais Tic gs win repre-
sent al The features Of the usual pea cent
bond.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
GERM4NY 4PPROTES.
viii Reply Fauordbly to inner
ican Plan.

Berlin, Jan. 1o-Gernany viii reply
favefsbly 70 the proposition of the
United states with reference 10 the neu-
tralizatlcn Of the Msnchurian railroads.
according TO ? semi -ofTiciai communiauc
Issued tonight. This says:
'Gernianys answer TO the American
rnernorsnduIn viii be in the same sense
Is Ensiano's. which expresses funda-
mental agreement Herewith, as the
American proposition fully recognizes
rhe principles OF the open door and equal
rights for sl. which have always been
tho foundations Of the German policy
in Eastern Asia
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
THE OCEAN MAILS.
Department Wants american
Ships to Carry Them.

Washington, Jan. 1a-Transportation OF
the mails by railroads, steamship lines and
various star routes cost the government
in the fiscal year ended on June 80 1909,
ssS, ,fe2 These figures are given in the
annual report of Joseph Stewart, Second
Assistant Postmaster General.
In discussing the foreign mail situation
Mr. Stewart says:
Under existing provisions OF law the de-
partinent is unable to secure contracts for
the transportation of our foreign mails III
American steamships 20 the ports of Brazil
and Argentina and those of the Orient and
Australasia. More than 20 per cent OF the
fly foreign flags, and not single one car
rying them TO Austria lasia and South Amer
lea, except TO the north coast, flies the
American fag. The department has no
control over vessels performing service to
these countries, and therefore cannot pre-
scribe schedules.
our shipping 10 South America has been
placed at marked disadvantage by the
building OF fast, modern steamships for
service between European countries and
Brazil and Argentina. under the stimulus
OF government aid. The service from Rio
de Jsneiro is made In Italian, English.
snesiTe nnrts In from SDvs tweve 20 ~ tsr faen
days, while the time OF the trip from New
YORK TO Rio de Janeire In the fastest yes
much as twenty eight days
These countries are of great commercial
Importance 10 our own. Trade with the
Orient could be developed 10 immense pro
portions under enconra gitlg conditions. The
foreign trade of South America anounts
10 si,51a aao.eC1, and is increasing at the
rate of sleoon, ,ooo q, year.
The passage Of an act 70 euthoriz- the
service in vessels of the second class on
routes to South America. the Philippines,
Japan. China and Australasia. four thou
eaiiG miles or more in length, outward Wy.
rate applicable 10 vessels Of the frs, class
as provided in the act Of March g. 1891,
will, IL is believed. enable the department
10 secure. contract service 10 these parts OF
the world.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
JAPAN AGAINST PL1N.
Knor's Suggestion Not WeH
Receired IN T'nL,in

Toxic. Jsn. le.-No doubt may be enter
tsined concerning Japsn's attitude towa I'd
the American plan 10 neHtralfze the Man
cnpriaE railways. Secretary Knox's PROMO
sition has not called forth word OF favor
f,cIn any source in Japan. The diplomats
he-e. while disinciined 10 express their opin-
ions, certainly 90 not support the project
To the foreign commercial element the
whole thing appears impra cticable Count
Hsyashi, former Minister OF Foreign AZ
fairs. in an interview to-day said:
II amounts 10 q connscs ton By the now
.eYe os Japas's rights in Manohuris sec,,red
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
HELP FOR INJURED MAcHiN,sT.

William Higgins. his wife and seven chill
dren were in a happier frame OF mind yes
terday after receiving the a. hill sent 10
The Tribune anonymously Fortunately
some strangers have taken an interest In
the family's condition and several contrl-
buttons have been made
III TINS weather continues, warm clothing
seems 10 bt, Inc thing needed. as well az
money for food. The injury to Mr.. fIig-
gins arm. received I'm the shops OF tho
bfookiNh kapie Transit Company. made
~ useless. Inc main nerve il Affected and
thc doctor Yesterday gave little hone for
recovery OF its strength. Paraiysis has
set IL. - 80 ~
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
ARMY BILL IN HOUSE.
attempt to Cut Appropriation
for Man9uUres Defeated.
fFrorn The tribune Bureau.1

rFrorn The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington, Jan. I0.-After a number of
Unimportant District of Columbia bills had
been disposed Of to-day the House resumed
consideration of the military appropriation
bill. Excellent progress was made until the
paragraph authorizing an expenditure of
sl,350,0o0 for militia nanoeuvres was
reached. This brought on a long debate IN
which the chief defenders of the paragraph
We're Chairman Hull Of the committee and
Representative Knapp, of New York. They
contended thar these nanoeuvres were a
necessary part of the general scheme OF ma
tionsl defence, and that il was only because
OF an efficient militia that the standing
army could be safely maintained at a
minimum.
Representative Mann, OF Illinois. took the
opposite view. He declared that after read
ing the reports from army experts on the
value of nfanpuvres he had come to the
conclusion that the appropriation could be
safely cut down, and he offered an amend
ment making il $4,000
After several hours debate the amend
ment was voted down
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
IN PINCHOTS PLACE.
4. +. Potter 4cting as Chief
Forester.

Washington, Jan IA. T. Potter. cat
tleman OF Arizona, has been designated as
acting chief forester of the United States
in place of Clifford Pinchot. who was re-
moved by the President. Mr.. Potter has
been an associate forester, in charge OF the
division of grazing.
Mr.. Potter was born in the Sacramento
Valley, California, lie went TO Arizona
in 1859 and established himself in the cattle
business. He ran his great herds on the
open ranges for many years and worked
as an active member OF the COW punching
fraternity. He witnessed the increasing