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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-05
HARDAMAN In LEAD
In RACE FOR SENATE
Three ASpirants for Missis'
Sippi TOga Withdraw.

Jackson. Miss, Jan. facing a field
Of eight opponents, former Gov. James
X. Vardaman. who aspires 10 the unex-
pired term Of the late United States SEN
ator McLaurln. to-day weeded' out candi-
dates by exerting his own personal e.
forts.
Three aspirants withdrew. leaving six
in the race TO be considered by the Mis-
sissippi legislature. which met to-day and
which VIII renew efforts tomorrow 70
choose between Vardaman. Hon. Leroy
? Ecy, looked on as the corporation can
didate; Hon c. H. Alexander, an anti
corporation lawyer. and others not re-
garded seriously.
A conference or a caucus will be held
Wednesday. Proceedings to-day showed
that there viii be plenty Of opposition Il
vardaman. whose friends claimed he
would be chosen on the first ballot
Il is stiu Vardaman against the field
but with che Withdrawals from the race
on Wednesday the .Vardaman forces ex-
pect to overwhelm the other two-Alex-
ander and Percy. The choice must be
made by January IS. according to the
constitution: therefore, no deadlock IS
anticipated. There are no Republican
members Of the Mississippi assembly, but
Republican leaders and Ro0seveltiar
Democrats are working against Varda-
man.
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AGAIN AIN AT NEGRO
Maryland Democrats Nay Re-
fuse to Register Him.
BREWINGT0N SPRINGS PLAN
ON Eve of Legislature Opening,
Plans Are Set TO Pave Way for
the T.strA Negro DisfrHnchisement
Amendment - Negro Out of Way,
Clause Would Carry.
Special to The wssAlrgtoa Herald

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Nd. Jan. 4-When the van
guard Of the general assembly Of Mary
land reached Annapolis tonight, former
State Senator NJ V. Brewington hurled
a bomb among the Democratic leaders
with a plan to disfranchise the negro in
Maryland by refusing to register him ss
a voter.
The scheme, which is being seriously
considered by other Democratic members
on the scene. provides for a new general
registration Of voters in the State and city
next year at which the registration Of
colored voters Is to be refused. To carry
this idea into effect it viii be necessary
to abolish the present bipartisan system
OF registration officers and return to the
cid system Of two majority and one
minority registration officers. The Dem
ocrats win be the majority officers.
To Submit Another Amendment.
It is proposed that the general regis
tration OF voters shall take place as late
as possible. so that the interim between
the registration and election shall be
brief, thus staving of court interference,
If possible, until after the election. and
then il VIII be too late Included in Il
IS the submission next year Of a suffrage
amendment to the constitution this
amendment 10 be passed by the general
assembly this year. Thus the disfran-
chising amendment would be voted on by
only white men.
Mr.. Brewington and other party leaders
declare that they VIII be able, with the
elimination Of the colored voter, to carry
through the suffrage amendment, elect
their candidates for governor, comptroller,
for attorney general and a majority Of
their candidates for the senate and house
Of delegates
The success Of this scheme depends
upon the action of the State and Federal
courts. IF the courts interfere in time,
Of course, the whole thing will fan
through.
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The Taft administration has under Sc
rIous consideration the question Of TAX
ing steps 20 show that It stands with
the regular Republicans In Congress. who
are supporting the administration as op-
posed 10 the Senate insurgents.
II became known yesterday that the
President IS considering the edvisablHty
Of ignoring in matters Of patronage the
recemmendGHcas Of those Republicans
who withhold their support from the
regular organization in its efforts 10 put
through administration measures.
Acting for Cannon.
This question was laid before the Pres
ident by men acting in behalf of Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon.
Pending its determination by the Presi-
dent, many appointments formerly al
lotted as a matter OF right to Senator's
and Representatives are 70 be held in
allegiance. Leaders Of the Cannon organ
izauon are insistent that the insurgents
are not Republicans, and that Il is high
time steps were taken to have them
come into line or leave the party
Additional information obtained yester-
day was that attacks on the insurgents
have been countenanced by the RepubH-
can Congressional Committee
That organization. it IS said. has au-
thorized the distribution Of literature in
which statements are made that the in
suTgents are not Republicans. and init
mating that Il would be better all around
iS those leading the attack upon the or
ganiZation were retired to private life.
Further, II is charged ap active cam
paign is 10 be waged by supporters Of the
House organization in opposition to the
denomination Of the insurgents.
Campaigns Already Begun.
Such campaigns have already been
started, It is alleged, in the First Wis
cOnsin district, represented by Henry
Allen Cooper, and IN the Fifth Nebraska
district, represented by George William
Norris.
Representative Cooper said yesterday ne
had been advised of activities In his dis
trict that could be traced to the House
organization, but at this time he did not
care TO go into particulars.
Representative Norris declared efforts
Continued on Page ?, Column 4.
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the rate Of S5.3S month. Il IS claimed
he was in distress. and signed the paper
without fully understanding II.
An instrument the nature Of which
] do not know" Is the manner in which
it is alluded to in his bill of particulars.
Pierce declares he was not able to meet
the installments because of family
straits, and on March 2 the conpany's
agents came TO his house, presented the
paper bearing his name. and seized his
household effects. leaving HIS family IN a
dire condition.
No Right to Take Stove.
Pierce SAYS the loan people had the
right, according to the paper, to take his
organ, bed lounge, sewing machine. two
beds. and three chairs, but the stove was
not mortgaged TO them.
Pierce learned through The Washington
Herald that Washington is infested with
loan sharks who extort money Illegally.
and he placed his case in the hands OF
lawyers.
In the bill Of particulars filed yesterday,
the specific demand Of the piaintiff is for
one cook stove S2j. and amount paid on
loan. with interest SI59.S5.
Pierce's suit is one of several entered in
Washington courts since The Herald took
UP the cause Of loan shark victims.
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SUES MONEY LENDERS
FOR TAKING HIS STOVE
John Pierce Charges Home Was Stripped and His
Family Plunged Into Distress Over
Terms of Small Loan.

Charging the Reliance Loan and Trust
Company, Of GIG f street northwest, with
demanding usurlous interest on a small
loan. and with stripping his home of fur
niture when he failed In a payment, John
Pierce entered suit yesterday for S15S. S5
in the Municipal Court
In an affidavit filed with the suit by
Carter & Brooke. counsel for the plaintiff,
Pierce declared the furniture was taken
from his house against his protest. Oh the
strength of a paper purporting TO have
been signed by him, He charged that a
stove used for the family cooking, not
mentioned in the paper, was sold at
auction.
The case was set for trial on January
10 at 1880 o'clock. and the Reliance Loan
and Trust Company was served with
papers.
Interest 1sO Per Cent.
Pierce said on January l, 1909, he bor-
rowed sS5 from the Reliance Loan and
Trust Company, agreeing to pay them
t6l.2a nearly twice the amount. He signed
a paper giving the money lenders the
right to enter his home and take his fur
niture IL he failed to make payments at
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PERISH IN BRAZIL.
German Laborers Taken There Un-
der False Pretenses.

Berlin, Jan. 4-The Vorwaerts prints a
sensational story of the fate of COO Ger
man workmen who were recruited at
Hamburg in July TO work on the Ma
deira and Mamore Railway, which is be-
ing constructed in Central Brazil The
paper says that when the men arrived
at the scene Of their labors they found
the climate intolerable and fifty Of their
companions IN the hospital suffering from
malaria. Most of the mer refused to
work
The contractors gave them the choice
of working or being driven into the forest
to starve. The ultimatum was backed
by rifles. About seventy of the men
elected TO so into the forest. They start
ed TO walk along the Amazon River, hop
ing TO reach habitations. Many died
along the route.
Those who chose TO work were stricken
with malaria and a number of them died.
About 100 Of them were ultimately re-
shipped to Hamburg where sixty-nine
are now in the hospitals. The others
died on the passage home
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Man OUT OF WORK
CUTS His THROAT
Son Stumbles Over Body of
W. Il. TrOuland.

Despondent because he could not find
work. William II. Trouland, thIrty-eight
years old. formerly a German translator
in the War Department, ended his life by
cutting his throat with a razor at the
home OF his father. Robert TrouIaud. A.
Massachusetts avenue northwest. about
Il o'clock last night.
His body was found half an hour later
by his son. Otto Trouland. sixteen years
old. The son had been TO a theater and
with a boy companion, f. I. Wither OF
5l9 Fourth street northwest. came home
about 11:sO o'clock. he found the door
locked and forced front window.
Thinking that his father had gone to
bed Otto and young Wither made a raid
on the pantry, and after they had con-
sumed several slices Of pie. started up
stairs When otto went 20 the third floor
he stumbled over his fathers body in
the dark
Trouland evidently carefully planned
the suicide, Before using the razor he
placed himself on the bed I'm HIS sleep
ing room and drew the blade across his
throat, severlng the jugler vein.
Dropping the razor, he pulled himself
10 his feet and staggered through the
hallway to another room, where he fell.
When the boy made the discovery he
summoned Dr. Cunning. Of the Kingman,
across the street
TrOuland was divorced, and his wife.
Frances Trouland, who lived In the same
neighbOrhoOd. was summoned by tele-
phone. She went to the scene. Marchet.
aged twelve years, who lived with the
mother accompanied her.
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FIND HEIRESS' LETTERS.
Police Get Important Data in Dis
appearance Case.

Police Get Important Data in Dis
appearance Case.
Philadelphia, Jan A package Of ten
or twelve love letters which Miss Ro-
berta T. de Janon. the missing grand
daughter Of Robert Buist, the millionaire
seed merchant, is said TO have written TO
Frederick Cohen, the middle aged waiter
with whom she disappeared on Wednesday
of last week. from the Bellevue-Stra
ford, was given into the hands of the
police tonight
The hesitancy Of Mr.. de Janon to sub
nit to police inspection Of two suicide
notes that he received from his daughter
the day after her disappearance was
partly explained to-day when the nature
of their contents became known. In these
letters Miss de Janon referred 10 several
reasons why she wanted to die.
After telling her father that she did
not wish 70 live without her mother she
referred 10 an attachment which he is
said to have formed with a young woman
in New York, and which is said 10 have
been distasteful TO his daughter. The
tone Of these letters is such as TO show
that she was practically estranged from
her father. because he was thinking Of
marrying so soon again after her mo-
theirs death.
No progress was made to-day in the
efforts to locate the missing girl.
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MINES FORCED TO CLOSE.
Switchmen's Strike May Involve
Other Labor I'm NI0nfnna

Switchmen's Strike May Involve
Other Labor I'm Montana.
Butte, Mont. Jan. 4-There is grave
foqr that labor troubles originating with
the strike of the switchmen Of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific railways
may spread and involve the miners and
gmelter men.
Much suffering from actual want has
resulted among the 4000 miners and
smelter men laid off on account Of the
switchmens strike five weeks ago.
The Butte Miners Union has indorsed
the switchmen's strike. An effort Is being
made TO persuade the officers TO submit
the question to a referendum vote Of
the union. They have already refused to
do this and unless they recede. all mines
and smelters will close.
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Farmer Frozen to Death.

Utica. n. Y, Jan. 4-The body Of
Morgan Tuffty, a weIl-to-do farmer, was
found by a searching party frozen stif
in the snow a few hundred feet from his
home tonight. Tunty was about three
miles from home when the blizzard
struck that section and the roads be-
came so drifted that he left his horses
at a farm house and securing snow shoes
started TO walk home across fields He
had nearly reached his destination when
he became exhausted and died hours be-
fore he was found.
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SANFORD IN LURTON's PLACE.
Senator Taylor Tells President He
Is the Logical Man.

Senator Taylor. Of Tennessee. told
President Taft yesterday that he did not
know of better man for the vacancy
In the Sixth circuit caused by the eleva-
ton Of Judge Lurton to the Supreme
Bench than Judge Edward T. Sanford
of his State.
The Republican party in Tennessee. as
well as the Democrats, Senator Taylor
said. are in favor Of the appointment Of
Judge Sanford. Kentuckians, it was made
known yesterday are backing United
States District Judge A. NJ. j. Cochran.
The President. it was understood. was
considering a Michigan man for this
appointment. Ohio, Kentucky. Tennessee.
and Michigan are in the Sixth circuit.
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EXPLOSION is FATAL.
Three Men Dead and Eight Are
Fatally Hurt.

Buffalo. Jan. 4.-The plant Of the
Buffalo Cereal Company was wrecked by
an explosion of grain dust tonight
Three men are dead, and nine others are
In the hospital frightfully burned. Eight
Of them. it is believed. will die.
The flames spread 70 other parts OF the
plant practically all Of which were de-
StTOycd involving a financial loss Of
500 COO
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TAFTS OLD COACHMAN
IS DEAD IN NEW HAVEN
John Shea Is Recognized in Crowd on President
Visit to Connecticut After Inauguration.

New Haven, Jan. 4-John Shea, former
Of President Taft in Cincin-
natl died at st. Raphaels Hospital in this
city to-day of a complication Of diseases.
Shea met President Taft at the railroad
station in this city as the President was
leaving here on the occas. on Of his first
visit after his inauguratio last spring.
President Taft was sta ading on the
platform OF his car saying good-by to
some friends when Shea, who was at
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HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.
Pages.

Pages.
reception at White House.
Loan Shark" Is Sued.
Taft After Insurgents.
Vardaman in the Lead.
Five Dies in Snow Slides.
2-Students Test Earth Sway.
Richmond Elopers Here,
S-WaT on High Food Cost.
District Bills Numerous.
Willard Heads B. & Q.
+Fears for British Supremacy.
Col. Thompson Dead.
5-News Of the Social World.
editorial.
Financial Notes and Gossip.
Death OF D. o. Mills.
S-Sport Of All Glasses.
9-Plans for New State Laws.
u-Financial and Markets.
l2-Snowstorm Due To-day.
Nurse Develops Pneumonia.
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CAN EXPLAIN SHOOTING.UP.
Capt. Bill Mcdonald Says He Knows
Guilty Negroes.

Austin. Jan. 4.-Capt. Bill Mcdonald. the
former ranger commander who investi-
gated the shooting-up Of Brownsville and
claimed to have fixed the guilt upon
eleven negro soldiers, says that he has
notified the investigating committee in
Washington that he can furnish them with
the names Of witnesses who can. by their
testimony, establish the guilt Of the
eleven men who took leading part in the
shooting-up Of the town.
Capt. Mcdonald offers to 20 to Wash
ington and testify.
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Chicago, Jan. A severe storm
is raging over the Central Western
and Northeastern States tonight.
Five deaths in Colorado are re-
ported, and railroad and street car
traffic is generally impeded. TeIe-
graph and telephone service is in
terrupted in all directions.
This city was visited by a severe
sleet storm late tonight.
-Four men are said to have lost
their lives in a snowshde at Shenan-
doah, Colo.
LOST IN AVALANCHE.
One man lost his life In an avalanche
which swept past the Iowa mine. near
Snverton.
The tracks Of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad between this place and
Silverton are covered in many places 10
a depth OF fifteen TO twenty-five feet, and
10 trains have been operated for several
days It will be weeks before the line
can be opened. The RIO Grande Southern
Railroad is blocked between Rico and
Ophir.
Worst of the Winter.
In many sections the storm Is the worst
Of the winter. Stockmen expect heavy
losses.
With the Thermometer registering IS
degrees below zero at Weiser. the State
Of Idaho is experiencing the coolest
weather of twenty-two years. The coal
shortage approaches the proportions OF q
famine. owing 70 delayed shipments.
At Des MOines the Thermometer regis
tered below zerQ.
IN Central and Western Kansas the fall
Of snow was the heaviest in ten years,
and extended west TO the Colorado line.
The temperature IN Missouri, Kansas.
and North Oklahoma averaged about 10
degrees above zero.
Blizzard fn Nebraska.
Omaha. jan 4-The worst enOwstorm
and blizzard OF the winter struck Ne
braska and Wyoming last night and to-
day. Business Of every description is
simply paralyzed.
During the forenoon from to Z inches
OF snow fell throughout the entire trans
issOurA country. and. added to that
which already covered the ground. makes
white mantle OF fully two feet IN
depth over the country between the Mis-
souri, River and the Great salt Lake.
extending nOrthwaTd into the Dakotas
and southwark far into Kansas.
Almost every point in Nebraska and
Wyoming reported belOw-zero weather
all day to-day. IN only a few towns did
the temperature rise above zero, and the
thermometer is falling at all points to
night.
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work in the railroad yards here pushed
his way toward the President and waved
to him. President Taft recognized him
and shouted over the heads Of the crowd :
Hello, Jack
Shea was then allowed to make his
way to the President with whom he said
a pleasant word.
Shea was planning a trip 10 Washing
ton in February for the purpose Of cali
ing upon President Taft.
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nIi.er Fnnnd stnrvtne

Evansville Ind, Jan 4-MarshaI Nc
Murran. a miserly recluse, who lived in
a dilapidated shack near here, was found
starving and suffering from exposure to-
day. His clothes were searched and
so. 900 was found hidden in pockets and
in the lining of his coat.
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PTOMAINE KILLS FOUR.
Six Others Dangerously Ill from Eat
ing Canned Pears

Sawtelle, Colo. Jan. 4-Four persons
are dead and six dangerously Ill OF
ptomaine poisoning caused by eating
canned pears on Sunday at the home Of
Mrs D. c. Valdez The dead.
Mrs A. FERNANDEZ. tweuty-tlree years old.
ISABEL FERNANDEZ her daughter two years
old.
Mrs. d. G. VALDEZ, ffty-eisht, mother of Mrs
Fernandez.
Valdez.
The pears was canned by Mrs. Valdez
The police seized part OF the contents
OF a can and are investigating.
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Head Brewer Ends Life,

Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 4-Prohibitlon
having deprived him Of a livelihood. and
his wife having died. Frank Pabst. head
brewer for the Capital City Brewing
Company placed a shotgun against his
breast, pulled the trigger and blew a
ragged hole in his left breast to-day.
His heart was pierced by several bull
lets yet he lived two hours
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Protests Against Deportation.

New York. Jan. 4-W. P. Splller, the
American who was deported from Pana-
ma by order of the President for enticing
laborers from the Canal Zone. is a pas
senger by the steamship Thames, due
tomorrow from Kingston. Jamaica. He
says he viii take the subject Of his ex-
pulsOn to the state Department.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-05
FIVE LIVES LOST
IN SNOW SLIDES
Worst Storm of the Year
Raging in the West.
CAR TRAFFIC TIED Up
Fifteen Degrees Below Zero in
State Of Idaho.
CAR TRAFFIC TIED Up

Heavy snow Fall Reported from All
Points in NOrthwest-COaI Shortage
approaching "a Famine, Owing TO-
Delayed shipments-Sieet Storm In
terruDts Telegraph and Telephone
Service I'm the Windy City. 3
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PRINCE IN a RUNAWAY.
Soldier stops Horses and Is Warmly
Thanked by ConEort.

Paris, Jan. A dispatch from The
Hague to the Eclair says that while the
prince consort was driving 20 the palace
to-day the horses bolted
A noncomnissioned grenadier seized
them by the bride and succeeded in
checking the runaways. Prince Henry
warmly thanked the soldier FOR his
bravery
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RooseveIt On the NInrch

HoimI, Uganda Protectorate. Jan. A.
The American hunting and scientific ex-
pedition left to-day for Butiaba, which
they expect to reach tomorrow. All are
well.
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EDWARD N. ROBINSON DIES.
Member of Morgan Interests Fol.
lows Wife In Nine DAYS,

lows WIG In Nine Days.
Philadelphia, Jan Edward Moore
Robinson, a member Of the firm OF
DTexel & Co, died tonight at his home
in Villanova, nine days after the death
Of HIS wife, Mrs. Ailene Ivers Robinson.
Mr.. Robinson. who was forty-two years
old, was suffering from pneumonia.
Several weeks ago complications set IN
His condition was made worse by the
death Of Mrs. Robinson. Robinson was
a member OF J. P. Morgan & Co, Of
New York, and Morgan. Harjes d Co, of
Paris
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-05
TAFT NAY YET
GET IN5URGENT IS
Administration to Show 10y
atty to Regulars.
APPOINTMENTS HELD UP
President IncenSed at the Criti-
ciSms of La Toilette.

Republican Congregational Commit
tee said 10 Have Circulated Litera-
ture TO Defeat Those Leading Attack
on Organization - Effects of Cam
puign Felt in Certain Districts.
Would Reiegate "PrOgressiveS.,
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Leslie Combs Coming Home.

Lima. Jan. leslie Combs, the Ameri-
can Minister to Peru. sailed from CallaO
this afternoon for Panama en- route TO
the United States on leave Of absence.
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Rear Admiral BurweII Dead.

London. Jan. 4-Rear Admiral William
T. Burwell. L. S. N. retired. died to-day
at Ladubno. a watering place in Wales.
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Washington To-day, Florida Tomorrow
Via Atlantic Coast Line. the standard
railway of the South. Four limited trains
daily 1913 New York avenue northwest
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An Expert I'm Floral Work.
Blackistone's decorating - sunsrb.
18th and II StreatS
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BETTING FAvORS LIBERALS.

Odds on British Election Now at
seven to Three.
London, Jan. 4.-FOr the past week or
so betting at Lloyds on the result Of the
general election has been at even money
A day or so ago the price advanced to
odds Of to on the Liberals. To-day
the odds were again suddenly advanced
to to 3 on the Liberals winning out. Il
is stated, however, that the layers Of the
odds were Liberals