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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Airship Carries Five Persons.

HEMPSTEAD. n. Y, March %
George w. Beatty, in Wrigh. biplane
carried four passengers besides himself
early last evening at Nassau boulevard.
This is the first time the performance has
been accomplished In this country. The
total weight carried was $50 pounds.
Beatty was i'm the air for twelve min
utes and established a new American rec
ord for five persons In a biplane There
was scarcely any wind blowing when the
passenger-carrying test was made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Operators Would Grant Small
Increase, 1t Is Said.
READY TO MEET MINERS
Resumption of Negotiations Would
Be Welcomed Move.
SUSPENSION MONDAY, ANYHOW
Work to Cease on April 1, Even if
Only for Short Time-No-
tices Are Posted.

NEW YORK, March 29-The anthrac cite
coal operators are not inclined to reject
absolutely a demand for small increase
in the wages of the miners. in the opinion
expressed today by person authorized
to speak for one of the most prominent
coal operators. He said. further. that the
operators are ready to meet the miners
at any time and resume negotiations.
Would the operators welcome a re-
sumption of negotiations" he was asked.
1t is my opinion that they would well
come any negotiations looking toward the
avoidance of a strike lie replied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Roosevelt Sets Forth Views on
Tariff Question.
WOULD GUARD WORKMAN
Farmers Interests Also Should Be
Safeguarded, Colonel Declares.
IN FAVOR OF A COMMISSION
Present Methods of Congress Never
Will Be Satisfactory, He Tells
Minnesota People.

ALBERT LEA, Mimi. March 29-De-
claring that the prime need in all future
revision Of the tariff schedules is to pro-
tect the interest of the farmer and wage
Garner. Theodore Roosevelt spoke here
for a short time this afternoon on his
way from Cedar Rapids to st. Paul.
He also declared it has been conclu-
sively shown that tariff making methods
as practiced by Congress can never bring
really satisfactory results. Col. Roose-
welt said in the course of his speech:
ION September 3, 1910 / spoke a fol-
lows on the tariff at Sioux Falls, having
gone over the speech most carefully with
my lamented friend the late Senator Doll
yer. whose ideas it expressed as we'll as
my own:
Whenever men just like ourselves
possibly not much better, but probably
not in the least worse-continually fail
to give us the results we have a right
to expect from their efforts. we may
just as well make up our minds that the
fault lies, not in their personalities but
in the conditions under which they work,
and profit comes, not from denouncing
them. but from seeing that the condi-
tions are changed. This is especially
true of tariff making.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
SAYS HE MISSTATED FACTS.
Delegate Wickersham Makes Attack
Upon Alaska's Governor.

Delegate Wickersham of Alaska, be-
fore the House territories committee to-
day, charged that Gov. Clark OF that ter
ritory had deliberately misstated facts
in reporting conditions in Alaska.
MIR. wickersham denounced VIII he
termed the governors ''pessmism," and
declared that Alaska was progressing and
prosperous lin spite of it's officials and
the neglect of Congress" He urged upon
the committee a more liberal policy to-
ward Alaska with respect TO appropria-
tions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Wait for Miners to Act.

The demand for a 20 per cent increase
in wages. he continued. never will be
granted. He said that as the miners de-
clined to submit a compromise PROPOSE
ton the formal consideration of a small
er increase has not come before the
operators. He added that the miners
had shown apparent unwillingness to
compromise upon the basis of a small
increase or to consider any other terms
than those contained in their original
demands. The operators. he said. had
shown disposition to meet the miners
on middle ground. and in view of this
apparent willingness any further over
lures should come from the miners.
IF the miners should ask for small
increase, would they get it?' he was
asked.
In my opinion they would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Plans for the Day.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. March 29.-The fol-
lowers of Col Theodore Roosevelt from
all over the northwest will gather here
today to greet the former President.
Delegations are announced as on the way
from nearly every county in this state
and from North and South Dakota.
special train carried the Roosevelt
reception committee to Albert Lea, where
Col Roosevelt made his first speech in
Minnesota this afternoon. The st. Paul
contingent will escort the party back to
St Paul, expecting to arrive here at 80
this afternoon.
Following an address at the auditorium
at 80 this evening Col Roosevelt will &c
Immediately to Minneapolis, address an
audience at the auditorium at that city
and at 1870 he will leave for Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29

Askith tn lie. Premier's savage
retort.'
But whin I'd square mesilf away
contintedly f'r an intellechool
threat I'd read that Misther Bal
four, havin' been nudged be a col
lague, slowly unbraided his legs,
grajooly rose to his feet, smoothed
his hair, curled his mustache, put
on his eyeglass, an in a vice rem
dhered almost inaudible be passion
said that, much as 1t panied him
to speak at amy time, he was more
panied thin he cud say be havin'
to speak in criticism, IL he cud put
1t so f'r lack iv a milder wurrud,
iv tn right hon'rable gintlemen
whose sarvices in behalf iv tn en-
pire he wud be tn last to undher-
estimate, but he (Mr. Balfour) felt
that tn crisis in tn affairs iv th'
nation was such as to compel plain
an aven brutal frankness, little as
he relished it, an he must declare,
IL it was with his dyin' breath, that
tn honorable gintleman was, he
could think Of no other wurrud, in
correctly informed. loud opposi-
ton cries iv 'Plucky wurruds, be
gad.' and hoarse governmint mur-
murs iv indignation.)"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Favors Tariff Commission,

AS means toward the attainment of
the end in view, we have as yet devised
nothing in any way so effective as tar
III commission. There should be a COM
mission OF we'll paid experts, men who
should not represent any special interest
or industry, who should be masters of
their subjects, men of the very highest
character, who should approach the mat
ter with absolute disregard of every out
side consideration.
L should be the duty of some govern
mental department or bureau to nvesti-
gate conditions in the various protected
industries, and see that the laborers real
ly are getting the benefit of the tariff
supposed to be enacted in their interest.
And if, from an Investigator of certain
industry, il appears that the tariff. sup
posed to be imposed for the benefit of the
wage worker, results in such shape that
the benefit does not reach him, the tariff
on that industry should be taken off.
Moreover, to secure good treatment
abroad, we should keep the maximum
and minimum provision
There is but little to add to what l
have thus said. We believe this country
is committed to the principle of the pro-
tective tariff. treated honestly as prn-
ciple and not as A bundle of preferences.
so that the benefits and burdens may be
fairly and evenly distributed. and special
privilege eliminated. We do not believe
in any unwarranted profit for anybody,
but we do believe in standard of pro-
lection adequate to maintain the high
standard of living of American citizens"
After an alI-night ride from ST. Louis
on his way to ST Paul. Col Roosevelt ar
rived in Cedar Rapids at $50 o'clock thiS
morning. The special train was moro
than an hour late, owing to a washout
near Hannibal, Mo. Cedar Rapids was
Col Roosevelt's first stop of the day. He
remained ten minutes and addressed a
crowd which was waiting at the railway
station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Says He Fired Four Times.

Claude Allen reiterated in interviews
today his participation in the courthouse
shooting. He admitted firing four shots
i'm the courtroom and one outside at
Clerk Dexter Goad. He aimed to hit every
time. he said. but did not know IL he
was successful.
Symptoms of legal tangle over this
point already are visible. Court officers
shot and so did the Aliens Just which
individual was responsible for each Of the
five murders will be a moot point at the
trials, though the prosecution claim they
can account for each act.
Starving sleepless and fatigued, Claude
Swanson Allen, namesake of United
States senator, came out of the laurel
thicket in the Blue Ridge yesterday,
pointed two six-shooters toward the sky.
and gave himself to the posse which for
nearly two weeks has hunted him.
All day the posses, divided into small
numbers, had been following trail
thought to be that of Wesley Edwards.
nephew of the Aliens. Claude Allen had
been given up as having escaped. De-
tective Lucas and four men were working
toward Floyd Aliens house, when, twen
ty-five yards or so off the Mount Airy
road. a figure creeping through the un-
dergrowth dimly seen through the
mist. Close behind Lucas the other men
brought their rifles to their shoulders.
when to their surprise. Allen stepped out
into the road, his hands upraised, a pistol
in each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
PHYSICAL VALUATION
OF ROADS PROVIDED
Bill EnIarging Power of Inter-
state Commerce Commits
sion Is Reported.

Physical valuation Of all the railroads
Of 1.-The United States is authorized in a
bill reported unanimously to the House
today by the interstate and foreign COM
merce committee. The measure en-
larges the power of the interstate COM
merce commission, and empowers it to
make the valuation for the purpose OF
fixing and adjusting rates. The legisla-
ton has been pressed upon Congress
for several years. but up to the present
time always has failed of favorable ac-
ton.
Both republicans and democrats on the
committee voted for the measure 1t
provides for a comparative investigation
into the actual value Of the property
OF every common carrier.
II also authorizes the commission TO in
ouire into the stock and bond issues OF
all roads the connection OF banking cor
porations and capitalists. or combinations
of capitalists or financial institutions, with
the various roads and their connection
with the reorganization OF any common
carrier in recent years.
Provisions of Bill.
The bill provides for the beginning Of
the investigation sixty days after its ap-
prevail and the commission is instructed
to report to Congress at the beginning of
each regular session.
The commission is clothed with all the
powers of a court and would be enabled
to compel the production of papers. maps
and records of the companies. This pro-
duction of data would be made periodical
ly, at the discretion of the commission,
and all changes or increases in physical
property or financial holdings would be
reported promptly.
Short shrift is given the railroads, on
the completion Of the physical valuation
Of their property. for within thirty days
after the commission files it's report each
railroad displeased with the valuation
must enter its protest or the valuation
stands. All appeals from the valuation
are to be heard by the commission itself.
Fines are imposed on carriers that re-
fuse to furnish the Information demanded
by the commission These would be fixed
at $500 for every such refusal or offense,
and the fine would continue at the same
ratio for each day the offense was con-
tinued Writs of mandamus may be is
| sued by any district court, upon applica-
| ton of the Attorney General, command
| ing the offending common carrier to COM
ply with the provisions Of the proposed
| law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Glad to Give Up.

I'm glad to get a chance to come in
he said. Il haven't slept in bed since
the shooting. I'm hungry"
The young mountaineer swung in be-
tween the men of the posse and they
started back to Hillsville. His pouched
eyes and roughened face confirmed his
plea of exhaustion.
Il could have shot YOU" said Allen.
as he smiled and nodded toward Detec-
tive Lucas, but | was a little excited at
having you come up on me so soon. Any
way. L didn't want to have to Kill any
body"
Some bread and cask of water were
found hidden in the thcket. and Allen
said they We're al! he had been living
on for several days. Detectives declared
one OF the revolyers in his hands was
used in the courthouse shooting.
The boy talked freely on the journey
over soggy roads back to Hillsville, and
when the party reached the jail the driz-
zle had turned to downpour. The
horsemen picked their way into the VII
lage where hardly light broke the
dark. The young fellow was put IN
charge of two armed deputy sheriffs.
Will Seek Change of Venue.
Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND, Va. March 29.-'I am in
formed that there will be a motion before
Judge Staples, in Roanoke. tomorrow.
for a change of venue in the cases OF the
Aliens" said Attorney General Williams.
who is in the city from trip to Carroll
county This can be done I'm vacation
and without the presence of the accused
men in court. The defense, L am told.
Will make the motion.
While at Hillsville | was in conference
with the attorneys engaged to prosecute
the cases and heard much of the evidence
which was adduced and taken steno-
graphically. The lawyers are managing
the case with admirable judgment.
My informant, gentleman of unaues-
toned integrity, also says that this horri-
BILE affair means that the people of Car
roll and that entire section have taken
stand for the uprooting of the moonshine
distillery business which has so long
f1ourished in that section, and which vio-
Iation of the law is responsible for this
last outbreak. Moonshining will be erad-
icated.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Methods Held Wrong.

1t has been conclusively shown by ex-
the methods of tariff making by Congress,
which have now obtained for so many
years, cannot. from the very nature of
the case, bring really satisfactory re-
suits. With the present tariff. made by
the same methods as its predecessor and
as that predecessors predecessor there
is grave dissatisfaction. The people
know that there are some things in 1t
which are not right, and therefore they
tend to suspect the, as l think, more
numerous things in it which are right
They know that the system Of which it
was made. the same system on which it's
predecessors were made, encouraged a
scramble of selfish interests. to which the
all-impOrtant general interest of the pub
lie Is necessarily more or less
subordinated.
There was time when this scramble
was regarded as the natural course in
tarih making, and was not resented The
people demand, and rightly, that the
profit of the special interests shall be
subordinated to the general welfare in
every case. 1t is this attitude-practical-
ly new attitute-of the people which
must be met in dealing with the present
tariff. and with proposals to amend the
present tariff. Very little Improvement,
indeed, will follow any attempt to revise
the tariff by methods hitherto used The
thing to do is to change the methods.
~ believe that this country is fully
committed to the principle of protection
but it is to protection as a principle
to protection primarily in the interest OF
the standard of living of the American
workingman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
New Demand of Miners
Is for Increase Only

| CLEVELAND, Ohio. March 29.-As a
minous coal fields the miners proposed to
| the operators today to abandon all the
original union demands and to ask only
| for an increase in pay of cents ton
over the present scale and for five hours
Saturdays instead Of eight. The oper-
ators will argue on the proposition this
| afternoon. with a prospect that an ac-
| fore night
John P. White. president of the United
| Mine Workers of America, said he had
received no overtures for a renewal of
the anthracite conference. II the bitumi-
nous conference ended today in failure to
agree. he said. the number of men who
would quit Sunday midnight in both the
anthracite and bituminouS fields would
approximate 100000.
Can Negotiate Any Time.
| 1t was said if negotiations were broken
! off both sides could be brought together
at any time, as the operators committee
| of thirty-two members remains as a con-
| tinuing body subject to call.
Soon after the full conference met the
| miners asked for an adjournment until
noon. This was granted and the miners
| Immediately held separate conference.
One of the contentious of the operators
| is that the findings of the present con-
| ference shall apply to me whole COM
| petuive field of western Pennsylvania,
| ohio Indiana and Illinois and that each
| district shall settle it's local differences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
April l Not a Workday.

Although the nine-hour worsday is in
force at the coal mines, Monday viii be
celebrated according to annual custom as
an eight-hour day by the anthracite
miners. The collieries throughout the
anthracite coal fields have always been
closed on this day. SO that under ordinary
conditions none of the mines would eX-
pect to operate April 1. The Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and iron Company an
nounces. however, that the collieries will
be ready for work Monday morning II the
men care to report.
Failure of the men to report Monday
will not be taken for granted that the
men are on strike, and Tuesday morn
ing the company will also have its plants
ready for work After Tuesday no effort
will be made to operate any OF the col
lieries that did not work on that day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
MAY AVERT STRIKE CAPTURE IS AWAITED
Ouerators Would Grant Small HsvIe Expects Search for
Increase II Is Said Aliens to End Soon.
READY To MEET MINERS MEN THOUGHT TO BE NEAR
Negotiations Would detectives Surround Section Where
Be Welcomed Move Claude Was Caught
SUSPENSION MONDAY ANYHOW WILL ASK CHANGE VENUE
attorney General Motion
Only for Time TO be Made in Roanoke
Are Posted tomorrow
HiI!sviIIe Expects Search for
Aliens to End Soon.
MEN THOUGHT TO BE NEAR
Detectives Surround Section Where
Claude Was Caught.
WILL ASK CHANGE OF VENUE
Attorney General Learns Motion Is
to Be Made in Roanoke
Tomorrow.

HlLLSFll-LE. Va. March e9.-This
section today awaited news from the
North Carolina border, expecting TO hear
at any moment that what is left of the
Allen gang had been taken. The capture
or Claude Swanson Allen, son OF Floyd
and nephew OF Sidna Allen, revived the
nope that all of the outlaws soon would
De behind bars. With the detectives
promising captures day after day with
out results. interest had begun TO lag and
many people believed the fugitiyes had
mace their way out of the mountains
Young Aliens starved and wretched
condition when he walked out of the
pusnes and gave himself up exploded
the Idea that the outlawed mountaineers
We're IN communication with friends who
supplied them with food. as well as with
information concerning the movements of
the posses.
Sdna and Friel Allen and Wesley Ed
wards are supposed TO be in the vicinity
OF where Claude was found, in spite of
the latters story that he had been sep
arated from the rest OF the party for
days. The section is surrounded by the
detectives under Thomas l.. Felts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Knows Hiding Place.

Detective Felts declared today that ne
knew positively the bounds of the zone
in which the outlaws are concealed 4
Gordon of pickets has been stretched
around it for days
They cannot possibly escape" Felts
asserted. He said his men would en-
deavor to capture the trio without blood
shed.
Only few detectives guarded Claude
Allen today preparatory to the journey
to Roanoke, where he will be lodged i'm
Jail with his father. Floyd Allen. and
kinsfolk similarly indicted for five mur-
ders.
The majority of the posse spent the
night i'm the wilderness, sheltered, how
ever. from the heavy rainstorm, which
produced mud axle deep and swelled 10
abnormal height the numerous creeks In
which this section aboundS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
Work to Cease Monday.

suspension of work. however, April
1 was regarded today by operators as
practically certain. Each side asserts
that the responsibility for the present
situation rests with the other. Coal
dealers do not look for a long suspension
in either the anthracite or bituminous
districts, and believe that its effects will
not be felt in the main centers of popu-
lation for at least a month.
President Taft is said to be keeping In
close touch with the situation in both the
missioner of Labor Charles p. Neill, who
is comforting with the operators and
miners at Cleveland.
Notices Posted at Pottsville, Pa.
POTTSVILLE, Pa, March 29.-Notices
were posted at a number of anthracite
cOllieries today ordering the men to leave
their tools in the mines until Saturday,
when the present working agreement
practically expires. This action was
taken in order to insure the working Of
the collieries Saturday. as the operators
possible before the expected suspension
comes.
Another notice was posted notifying
the men that measurements OF coal cut
by contract miners would not be taken
until Monday. This will make it neces-
sary for the miners to report Monday to
see that the measurements are correctly
made to assure them their proper pay.
Both of these orders created consider
able feeling among the men. The COM
panies cannot enforce the order with ref
erence to the removal of TOOLS as they
are private property Of the miners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
"Mr Dooley on
English Politics.

RIM what l
heerd about
tn English
parlymint l
figured out
that 1t was
no place f'r
me-" said Mr..
Dooley. I'D
picked up the
pa-aper and
read: Bal
four gi V e s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-29
WEATHER.

Cloudy and colder tonight. Sat-
urday fair, with high southwest to
northwest winds.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-09

McCluskey at the Stafford Springs
postollice,, or Edward E. Stebbins, us
trict secretary, Boston.
Good Attendance at First Mass Meet
ing.
The first mass meeting conducted UNI
der the auspices of the Men and Re
ligion Forward Movement, held at the
Comique theater. Sunday afternoon,
drew a good sized attendance. Former
State Treasurer Patten presided at To
meeting. Two selections were sung ~
the Apollo quartette. Rev. William A
Bartlett, pastor of the Harrington
Avenue Congregational church, Hart
ford, spoke on the work and motives
Of the moyement. He said that ne
had addressed SO meetings in the last.
35 days. He believed it was time that
the men took hold and not leave all OF
the church work to the women. He
thought the taking Of a church census
a good thing.
He also spoke Of the work of the
committee en- Bible study and on boys
work.
Dr. Bartlett is an unusually inter-
esting speaker, and held the closest
attention of his audience.
Suit for Money Loaned.
Louis Abrahams has brought suit
against John Anthony to recover $500
due for money loaned. Mr.. Anthony's
stock Of goods has been attached. The
store is closed in consequence.
Silver Causes Blood Poisoning.
EIery Chamberlin Of StaffordYille
was taken to the Hartford hospital
Sunday afternoon for treatment for
blood poisoning. About ten days ago
Mr.. Chamberlin got a silver in one fin
ger. He paid little attention to it, ana
it gradually began to swell and get
/ sore. When taken to the hospital his
entire arm was badly swollen and an
/ operation was necessary. Amputation
/ Will probably not be necessary.
From to IA Degrees Below.
Monday morning was the coolest thus
1 far this winter the thermometer in
/ this section registering from 6--to' "a
/ degrees below zero, according to local.
I ity.