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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
MAKES REPORT TO JUDGE
First Suspicion of Attempt to In.
fuence Decision.
DEFENSE MAKES CHALLENGE
Contractor Goes Through All Tests,
But Attorneys Seem Afraid
of Him.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CHICAGO. December 9-The first sus-
plclon of an attempt to tamper with the
jury which is to try the ten Chicago beef
packers made Its appearance today when
NJ. Veale. a venireman from Malta, ILL.,,
told the court that he had been spoken
to- In the corridors of the Federal build
ing
Neale created sensation when he de-
clared that Springfield man had ap-
preached him and attempted to talk to
him concerning his opinions in the case
An investigation was started Immediate
ly, but the man was not located Veale
said that he repulsed the man, and was
unable to give an accurate description of
him
"A man came up to me and asked me
If l had been summoned as a juror,
said the talesman. Il told him that I
had been, and he asked me whether L
had an opinion. I told him to get away,
aS l could not talk about the case.
didn't pay much attention to him and
didn't know him. lie said he was from
Springfield
Judge Carpenter questioned Veale
sharply. but was unable to ascertain
whether the man intended to tamper with
the juror.
May Not Be Jury Tampering.
1T looked little queer. but may have
been merely q passing incident" said
District Attorney Wilkerson.
'Veale cou.d not describe the man, so
there is little chance of finding him.
However, the jury will be carefully
guarded to prevent repetition Of the
occurrence"
When the session closed at noon today
the defense had practically selected elev-
en- jurors after putting them over the diff
ficult educational hurdles. Attorneys for
the packers continued to Apply psychic
tests 10 the jurors to determine their ac-
, curacy of observation and the analytical
pOWelS Of their minds.
OF the eleven men apparently sdtSfac-
tory to the defense six are of the original
twelve rendered by the government and
are certain Of being accepted.
Defense in First Challenge.
The defense used its first peremptory
challenge today to be rid of John ID.
Brown. a contractor, rendered by the gov
ernment. Brown went through all the
tests Attorneys Payne and Miller could
devise. but they seemed afraid Of him.
Alonzo Kelley one of the jurors who
has puzzled the court and been the source
of considerable perplexity to the indicted
packers because of his brilliantly evolved
replies to questions. was peremptorily
challenged by the defense after he re-
fused to state whether or not he had
fixed opinion.
The name of Senator Kenyon, who will
act as advisory counsel for the govern
nent, was brought into the case when
Edward p. Skene. a land expert for the
Illinois Central railroad, said that he
knew the senator, as well as members of
the counsel for each side. He was left
In the box tonight.
]. Ogden Armour and Edward Tilden
led a delegation of seven of the ten pack
ers into the courtroom just as the session
opened. The four days of the trial have
begun to wear on the packers, and all
took the proceedings more seriously than
on previous dayA
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HOPE OF QUICK RESCUE ~
ABANDONED BY WORKERS
Heavy Fall of Slate, Rock and Earth
in Passages. /
FEAR ALL HAVE PERISHED
Mouth Of Mine Surrounded by Fran
tic Women and Children-Red
Cross Makes Offer Of
Assistance.

BRlCENILLE. Tenn. December o.
Hours must elapse before rescuers, work.
ing desperately. can reach the miners.
now definitely determined To be from 1913
TO 49, who were buried alive in lateral
workings Of the Knoxville Iron Com
pany's great Cross mountain mine hero
early this morning. The most sanguine
hope is that tomorrow's daylight Will see
the shafts cleared enough 10 gain access
to the chambers where the living may be
confined or where their dead bodies may
be recovered. Few expect to find any
living, and wives OF the hapless men have
given up hoping
Briceville tonight is a scene of mourn
Ing. The wives and children OF the
miners now fear that not single man
lives In Inflated Cross Mountain mine.
In scores Of homes the pitiful walls of
women and children are heard by the
passerby. while at the mouth OF the
mine fully fifty women, some with babes
at their breasts and others with children
pulling at their skirts, still battle bravely
TO keep UP their spirits, and hope against
hope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
GETS UNWELCOME FREEDOM.
Patrick Herman Will Soon Be Re
leased From Sing Sing.

OSSINlNG. n. Y, December 9-Patrick
Kiernan, who has spent twenty five years.
eight months and seven days in Sing Sing
prison for killing 4 man in Long Island
City, is to be paroled In few days The
board Of parole which met at the prison
this afternoon has agreed to his release
Herman Is the oldest convict now in the
prison In point Of years of confinement
and has been model prisoner, never
once being reprimanded. When Gov Dix
a few days ago commuted the convict s
sentence so that he would be eligible
for parole Herman seemed little moved
and said he did not believe he would
know what to do with his freedom when
he got it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
DISSOLvNG TOBACCO TRUST.
Carrying Out the Plan Accepted BY
the Government

RICHMOND. Va, December 9.-Fif-
teen directors of the American Tobacco
Company. led by r. 3. Dula of New
York. gathered here today to inspect the
vast properties Of the company and
adjust their distribution under the plan
of dissolution accepted by the federal
government.
The American division of the trust
takes over the r. A. Patterson and the
p H. Mayo branches, Liggett & Myers
take the Allen & Ginter branch, and the
+. Lorillard Company takes the Federal
Cigar Company.
1t is understood throughout the various
plants and departments that there will
be no. changes in present working con-
ditions.
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KNOWN AS PRYCE LEWIS.
Man Who Jumped to Death Fed
eral Spy in Civil War.

NEW YORK, December a.-The man
who somersaulted down from the dome
Of the World building, 375 feet. to death
on the sidewalk last Wednesday. was
identified today as Pryce Lewis. said TO
be the first federal spy of the civil war.
Charles Newkirk of Jersey City made
the Identification by the dead mans
clothing, the face being unrecognizable.
New kirk said that Lewis was eighty
three years old, lived in Jersey City
and committed suicide. he thought to
escape poverty after the rejection of his
application for a pension.
Newkirk said that Lewis had recounted
to him many thrilling experiences of the
civil war; claiming that he had been
twice captured, imprisoned for nineteen
months in southern jails and once con-
demned to die. Many times, Newk.rk
said, Lewis was the bodyguard of Presi-
dent Lincoln.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10


To hold a distorted mirror up to great
men and show them there reflected in
travestied but not unkindly fashion: to
paraphrase politics, if you please, and to
speed many winged shaft of wit into
the bull's-eye Of comment on public af-
fairs is within the province of a Grid
iron Clubs dinner. This was exemplified
in the first dinner Of the season given by
the club last night at the New Willard.
to the apparent amusement of COM
pany OF distinguished guests.
The diners, to the number of some 25O
guests and hosts. filed into the great BAN
Quet hall. the President Of the United
States escorted by the vice president of
the club, Louis Garthe. leading the way,
While the Marine Band played an ap-
propriate march. AS they stood behind
their chairs one could have observed
among them men prominent in every not
I'd walk OF life.
Song of Good Cheer.
The room in darkness. they were greet
ed with d song of good cheer. followed
by brief and hearty welo me from Vice
President Garthe, upon whom devolved
that pleasure in the absence of President
Oulahan, who is presently beyond The
seas. Then the lights flashed up and vi
talized u scene of rare beauty IN the en-
bellishment of floral decoration and flash
ing glass and silver.
The dinner started off with a swing, for
much must be done within four hours
speeches BY the guests that are never re-
ported ana SkitS by way of entertain
ment BY the hosts. In this gathering of
newspaper men who live by the pen it Is
ordained that guests may freely WELD
oratorical the sword without danger of
committing harl-Nri.
One and only one writ of admonition
runs against the company--tO speak as IL
ladies We're indeed present
IL SeeIned last night that Attorney Gen
eTdl Nickersbam was the most popular
man present nt-leastways he was most i'll
demand. Hardly had the last oyster dis
appea red before q strident-voiced but
tons meandered the length of the room
paging Mr.. Wickersham. First it was
card from j. Pierpont Morgan, presi-
dent OF the money trust" VINO was
anxious for word with the Attorney
General. Later, j. Ogden Armour of the
beef trust, President Baer of the hard
coal trust. Mccormick of the harvester
trust, WinslOw OF the indicted shoe ma
chlnery trust, Weyerhauser of the lumber
trust and Gompers of the labor trust -
were announced as being on the anxious
bench.
Vote at Primary.
1t fell out that presidential primary
Was 10 be held Cfor insursent candidates
only and each diner found at his rla,s
ballot, printed thus:
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MILLION FOR PICTURES.
P. A. B. Widener Said to Have Paid
That Amount for Rembrandt's

NEW YORK. December 3.--P. A. -.
Widener of Philadelphia, who bought
Rembrandt's picture of THE Mill for
$4,000 last spring, according 10 infor-
nation just received by the American
Art News from its London correspondent,
has acquired three great ReInbrandts for
the approximate sum of $1,OOOOOO. These
three paintings, said to be of exception
ally fine quality and typical examples of
the great Dutch master, are Apostle
Peter at q Writing Desk" PORTRAIT of a
Man and scriptural piece
Mr. Widencr has figured in several large
picture sales. but this is one of the Iars
est purchases yet credited to an Amer
ican collector, and is the most important
art transaction recorded this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
TAXES AMOUNT TO MILLION
Right to Collect From Naval Stores
Corporations, Saws Court.

JACKSON, Miss. December "A Harri-
son county circuit court decree today sus-
tanned the right of State Revenue Agent
Adams to collect delinquent back taxes
from naval stores corporations, about
twenty in number, aggregating more than
100000.
The suits are based on the theory that
turpentine land leases represent money
invested or employed in manufacturing
and leagally may be assessed as such.
despite any claim that the land and tim
Der on it are assessed against the original
owners.
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RUSSIA IS MORE AM|ABLE
Feeling in st. Petersburg Is
That Passport Controversy
Will Be Adjusted.
Special Cablegram 10 The Star.

Special Cablegram 10 The Star.
ST. PETERSBURG, December Al
though the negotiations are not yet near
a satisfactory conclusion. President Taft S
message to Congress. together with the
efforts Of Ambassador Guild, has had
the effect Of bringing Russia to a more
anl!2ble attitude toward the passport
question. and 1t is believed here in diplo-
matte circles that the controversy will be
settled in such manner as to preclude the
necessity of the United States abrogating
the treaty Of 1892
The Russian government, in the nego-
tiations now in progress, has emphe>zed
it's desire not to enforce a total exclusion
of the Jews and to investigate all legiti.
mate complaints of hardship impo ed by
the existing laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
BLAME FOR AUSTIN DISASTER.
Trial Postponed of Those Charged
With Involuntary Manslauphter

COCDERSPORT. Pa. December O.
George c. Bayless of Binghamton. n Y,
president of the Bayless Pulp and Paper
Company OF Austin. Pa: Frederick NJ
Hamlin. superintendent. and Michael c.
Bailey. an employe. charged with invol-
untary manslaughter. in connection with
the deaths OF three score persons Sep
ternber 10. when the paper company's dam
at Austin burst, will not be tried at the
DeceinDer' term of court. This became
known today when the cases were con-
tlnued until the March term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
FIRE IN OIL-COATED BASIN.
Lighted Match Cause of Damage to
Vessels at Anchor.

NEW YORK, December "a lighted
match droppad into the Erie basin in
Brooklyn ignited its oil-coated surface to-
day and two vessels at anchor in the
Handicapped waters were badly scorched
before the blaze died down.
The Pennsylvania railroad lighter Lo-
Gust Valley was almost destroyed. and
the South American liner Javary. just in
from Rio and preparing for dry dock. ex-
tinguished a dozen fires about her bow
before the blaze had licked up its floating
fuel F1reboats and battery of fire en-
gines combined efforts In fighting the fire,
but made little impression except to scat
ter 1t.
1t is the custom Of vessels preparing for
dry dock to shed their oil and waste upon
the water of the basin and that IL what
caught fire today ..---
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
DEFUNCT TRUST HEAD
ENDS LIFE WITH GUN
Peter Boyd, President OF
1radesmen Trust Company,
Shoots Self.

PHILADELPHIA, December 9-Peter
Royd. we'll known member OF the
Philadelphia bar and president Of the
Tradesnen Trust Company of this city,
which went into the hands of a re-
killed himself today In his law offices
building.
His body was found by scrub wom-
en who entered the offices to clean
them late this afternoon. There was a
bullet wound i'll his head and near the
body was found revolver
Worry Over Failure.
Worry and anxiety occasioned by the
failure of the trust company. Is believed
to have mentally deranged Mr. Boyd
After the closing of the concern he
was much broken physically The
trust company closed it's doors Sep
tember Is. In n statement to the de-
positors Mr. Boyd said that inability
to promptly realize on certain out
standing loans impaired the bank S
financial condition and promised to pay
depositors dollar for dollar
Mr.. Boyd was fifty-seven years old
He had lucrative practice in the
civil courts and In the management of
estates. He was prominent In city af-
fairs, and was popular speaker on
the stump in the interests Of the re-
publican party, but never sought an
oftlce for himself lie is survived by a
widow and one son, twenty-one years
old In 1909 he was married to Mrs
Isabel Warner Bartholomew, formerly
OF Hartford. Conn. and New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10

After the ballots were gathered In and
counted some confusion was caused by
Two men. resembling Bourne and La
Toilette, rushing into the room in a state
of & eat Indignation. They hotly declared
they had been ''buncoed." and upon in
Sesugation their complaint seemed TO be
well founded. The returns showed that
the utmost independence had been exer-
cised in balloting, with some ringers
appearing among the candidates. James
X. Garfield received votes. Senator
Cummins L. Senator C.app l. Senator
brtstow l. La Toilette 1012. Bourne B
and Doc" Wiley 16l. Notwithstanding
the protests of bogus La Toilette and
Bourne. Doc Wiley was declared the
choice of the primary
Opera Faust" Rendered.
The excellent vocal material available
In the clubs list of members permitted
lC0ntinued on Fifth PagAl
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DENIES MERRITTS' STORY
Declares Their Charges Are False
and Have Been Retracted.
DEEMS REPLY UNNECESSARY
Rev. E. T. Gates Takes Similar
Ground and Lays Stress on the
Retraction.

NEW YORK, December 9.-John D.
Rockefeller and the Rev. Frederick T
Gates formally declined today the invita-
ton Of Chairman Stanley OF the congress
sional Investigating committee to appear
before the committee If they cared TO
make statement concerning the testi-
mony recently given by Leonidas and AL
fred Merritt. Mr.. Rockefeller's letter,
dated at Pocantico Hills, December Q. and
addressed to Chairman Stanley, reads:
Dear Sir: The narration of Leonidas
and Alfred Merritt before your committee
was in substance the repetition of state
ments made by them in a controversy
closed fifteen years ago. The statements
are false. They were so declared by me
at the time in sworn testimony and upon
crosS-eXamination. Before the receipt of
your invitation 1 had repeated my denial
In a statement generally published in the
press. Their own signed retraction is be-
fore you.
Il therefore deem it unnecessary TO
avail myself OF the opportunity now Of
fered to appear before your committee.
Yours truly,
"InkIN n ROCEEFEJJ
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PROVIDES FOR PRICE
Bill Concerns Recording Sales
of District Real Estate.
AMOUNT MUST BE GIVEN
Real Consideration, Not Fictitious,
According to Measure.
WILL BE HELP TO ASSESSOR
Official Then Has Opinion of Both
Buyer and Seller Is Argu-
ment Advanced.
AMOUNT MUST BE GIVEN
WILL BE HELP TO ASSESSOR

| A bill that is liable to cause con-
siderable commotion in local real es-
tate circles was introduced in the
House yesterday by Chairman John
son of the District committee. 1t
requires, in brief. that in all deeds,
mortgages and deeds of trust re-
corded In the District of Columbia
the real consideration must be stat
ed. The measure is intended to aid
the board of assessors Of the District
In their work Of placing accurate and
proper valuations upon improved and
unimproved property.
The following explanation Of the bill
was given out upon its introduction by
Representative Henry George, a men,
ber of the House District committee:
Too frequently in the District the
real consideration is not recited in
deeds of conveyance. Often a con-
sideration of only 81 is given as the
price paid for parcel of ground.
when the newspapers state that $780,
900 or 100000 was paid instead of the
traditional "one dollar
Help to the Assessor.
IF the real consideration Is set out
in the conveyance. then the assessor
has the opinion of both buyer and
seller to what the property is
worth. We have here entirely too
many instances where property is as
sessed for only very small per cent
of the reported consideration paid for
the property. A disclosure of the real
consideration will greatly aid the as
SCISSOR In his official work"
Following is the text of the measure:
Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any
whose duty it is or may hereafter
become. to put to record any deed
OF conveyance for any real estate
in the District of Columbia, or to
put to record any mortgage or deed OF
trust upon any real estate in said Dis
trict, unless said deed of conveyance,
mortgage or deed of trust is accompanied
by statement, subscribed and sworn to
before some one authorized to administer
an oath. by the grantor in deeds Of con-
veyance. or by the mortgage in mort
cages or deeds of trust. to the effect that
the consideration, as set out in the said
deed OF conveyance, mortgage, deed Of
trust or other like recordable paper, is
the entire and real consideration actually
passed or to be passed.
Provision for Liens.
Neither shall any consideration greater
that that fully expressed in the convey
ance. mortgage or deed of trust. be or
become lien upon the property described
in the said paper.
Neither shall any consideration for the
execution of any such aforesaid paper,
which is greater than the consideration
mentioned therein, be coilectible in any
court of law equity.
Any person who shall swear falsely in
making the statement herein provided for
shall be deemed guilty of perjury and
subject TO all the penalties imposed by
law for that offense
ANY recording officer who shall violate
the provisions of this act shall upon con-
viction, be removed from office; and in
addition thereto, pay fine of 500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
ENGLAND'S OBLIGATED
Fears to Take Hand Because of Pos
sible War With Germany.
SHUSTER HELD RESPONSIBLE
Believe He Is Efficient and Has Coco
Intentions, But Not Considered
Diplomatic.

LONDON. December "Details as to
the advance of the Russian troops III
Persia have been kept for several days
completely in the dark. How large a
force has been dispatched by the Rus
sian government and particulars as to
its movements are unknown in London,
but the public generally feel that the end
VIII be that the. establishment of a Rus
sian protectora'e over the best parts of
Persia. including two northern capitals.
TabEiz and Teheran.
Newspapers and politicians generally
regard 1t as unlikely that Russia, once
entrenched in Teheran, will ever with
draw.
The Teheran correspondent of the
Times predicts that Russias first act
will be to substitute new form of
government for that of the national
council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
Men Work FeverishIy.

In the rescue room, fathers ant
brothers of men who were entonl ued
worked feverishly. refusing to leave their
posts even though urged by others, and
although volunteers for the rescue work
were plentiful. until they had worn them
selves completely out, and had to be aid
ed to the pure air outdoors.
One of the rescuing party who was
among the first to arrive after the eX-
plosion was Ernest McDaniels, the solo
survivor out of 1S5 employees of the
dreadful Fraterville mine explosion of
nearly ten years ago
Three only have come out alive. Thcv
had entered a lateral off the main shaft
fore the flames and smoke caught them.
The body of Lee Polston, operator of the
miones fans plant. was found buried and
mangled under the csve-in I'm the main
shaft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
For 1nsurgent Nominees Solely.

Mark lively. please. polls close at
SO o'clock,
Candidates:
Inimediatista. Jonathan Bourne jr-
Editor Daily%eague Bulletin.
Explosivista. Robert NJ La Toilette
Editor Progressive News.
Put an Y in the square opposite
your favortte. If YOU scratch, bear
in mind that the name Il spelled
C-u-m -nl-i-n-s,' a Progressivista.
Tally clerks will collect votes
promptly on time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
Blow to British Prestige.

Possible damage to British commercial
Interests is absorbing much attention.
but the blow to British prestige among
orientals causes most anxiety.
The Outlook says: I'VE are face to face
with one Of the gravest crises in the his
tory of British policy in Asia"
The Nation says: 1T means the worst
blow which our prestige could suffer in
the east. We appear as the weak part
ner. who dareS not try to check his
powerful and INSCRIPTIONS associate"
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Was an Engineer.

North was an engineer and had worked
1T the Woodward apartment house from
May until September. Since September
he had not been employed, and Illness and
failure to get employment made him de-
spOndcnt.
The deceased, who was thirty five years
old. had told Mr.. Quinn that he served
in Colorado regiment during the Span
lsh-Amerlcan war, and that last year he
spent some time in the cOnvalescent camp
at Nashville. Tenn, coming from that
place to this city
A sister of the deceased. it is stated,
lives at Wtlla Walla, Wash. and other
relatives live at Latimer. Iowa, where
he lived after the close of the war; The
police will make an effort to commune
cate with his relatives and advise them
of his death. If they are not found 1t
is likely that the body will be inferred
at Arlington by the Spanish War
Veterans.