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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Wife of President Is Deeply
Touched by Tales of Suffer
ing Among Lawrence
Mill Workers.
WITNESSES RECOUNT
CRUELTY OF POLICE
Declare They Saw Women
Clubbed and Herded Into
Court; Fined With
out Hearing.

By International News Service.
-ASHINGTON. March o.-Mrs.
MAJ William Howard Taft, wife of
NM the president or the United
Wv states. came to the hearings of
the Lawrence mill workers be-
fore the house committee on rules today
She heard Tina Committa tell how WON
en- and children had been herdcd together
in police wagons during The strike She
heard of the rough words. OF the club
bincs. of the almost unbelievable brutal
tiles which the narrator described quiet
~ and in an even voice that lent more
horror 10 her story, Hut when Miss
Committa. looking directly at the COM
mttee members, told how q delicate
woman had been kicked by a rufian who
had been set over her, the wife OF the
president, with White face, hurriedy
left the room. accompanied by the two
women companions who had come witt
her 10 the hearing.
As she passed the door her hand fcl
in Il caress on the shoulder OF a little
dirty boy who looked no at her with {
cheerful smile, never suspecting VINO il
was who touched him. The examination
OF the witness on the stand ceased for 3
minute, and congressman and factor!
employees watched the first lady of the
land as she passed from the room.
Then Judge Henry, turning to the wit
ness. requested her to resume, as one o
the impressive incidents OF this remark.
a bic hearing was closed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Important Investigations.

The secretary Of war ,Irew attention
to the investiga tions that have been
made under President Taft into prob.
lens that had been the subject Of
serious controversy for years The
work Of the tariff board. the Hadley
railway securities commission. and the
Hughes commission on second class
mail matter, were typical, he said of
tho methods sought by Mr.. Taft 10
ascertain facts, Mr., Stimson went on
10 say:
81 doubt if there has ever been an
administration where so many vital
questions of progress were under care
Tul, scientific investigation and scrutiny
by commissions of competent experts.
There is nothing dramatic about such a
method; but a reform accomplished in
the light Of such carefully accredited
facts is more likely to be permanent,
This is the story in the essence Of Mr.
Taft 5 method AS "A rcformer,
President Taft has been most false
" viIlifed and abused in connection
with the tariff, and has. in fact, taken
the Republican party out Of the grasp
Of the special interests benefited by
the tariff. and has made a part Of the
Republican progressive policy the
downward revision Of the tariff law
schedule by schedule
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Feared Misrepresentation

II at this time | announce that !
would accept II nominated. IL would
be blaZoncd abroad by all my enemies
and ultimately believed by a large
portion. even by my good friends and
well wishers. that ] had in my own
interest announced my candidacy;
that I was an active candidate; that
] was striving by every means to
secure the nomination for president.
Al this time-wha atever may be the
case In the futuTe-I do not see that
any other outcome could he expected.
II is simply a case where the Ian
Guage would not be accepted al its
exact face value. and would inevita
bly, be given false construction; and
this being so II seems TO be wise
not 10 use language.
Let me illustrate what | mean by
referring vow 10 the lauGuap" i'm
which. after the election of u 90i, 7 an
nouncc that I would not be candi-
date for denomination ~ The time
good friends of mine suggested that
I would use some such formula as
stating that ] would not he candi-
date in 1905 because Of the custom
that had grown up not 10 elect
man as president for third con-
secutive term. but on thinking lt over
| became convinced that IL | used
such language IL would bc inevitably
taken as an announcements that I
would be a candidate for another term
IN l3l2-and this in spite oi the fact
that. of course. tho language. II taken
literally. would only have referred to
1908. and have had no more bearing
on 1912 than on 1916 or 1915.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
CHIHUAHUA IN &
HANDS OF RE-

CHIHUAHUA. Mexico, March (
Rebels are In control OF the mn
OF Chihuahua tonight. ColonsI
villa and his force are still In N
but SO outrumbered as 10 be Ins
The column under Generals sai6
Campo moved TO the city this n
from Sauz and, with Orozco's h
In camp al the cdCe Of the n
saloons are closed by order Of Orr
immense crowd welcomed ths
from JuareZ.
Under Oro1co's immediate conn
500 former government troopg. b
generals tonight declared that Ia
Gus volunteers who are offerin1
selves will soon swell the rebs|
5000 men, who will be taken d
secure control OF Durango, Tom
all other towns between here
City OF Mexico.
The misunderstanding by wall
eral Salszar delayed entering e.
apparently has been cleared up.
surface, at least, all dlstrust q
has disappeared.
A report from Parral says thai
Ia Luz Soto, with a small data
federals, has Joined Villa.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Tremendous Achievement.

''Is not this tremendous achieve
ment in the direction OF national
progress. TO completely rescue his
party from the methods and IN.
1uenccs which, if uncomfortable, would
inevitably turn it into a party Of spe-
ciaI interests and reaction? Is he
not right in standing to the uttermost,
even 10 the exercise of all Of the ex-
ecutive powers Of veto against the
old privilege breeding methods of
tariff revision employed by the Demo
cratic house Of representatives. Is he
not right in insisting, even against
popular clamor that we shall make a
clean break with the past, and that no
tariff revision shall take place except
upon these conditions and after a
scientific study by bipartisan
board OF experts7''
Secretary Stimson reviewed the adj
ministratio and its achievements. lie
said that the president had outlined
the system of trust reform. which, II
adopted, would put the country in a
fair WAY of solving our trust problem
and solving 1T right; that in the
corporation tax the president had
''turucd the flank Of one Of the most
stubborn fortresscs Of reaction. HIS
interest in human welfare was evi-
drnccd bv his devotion to the progress
of the Filipinos, and through his ac-
tivitv in behalf of the arbitration
treaties. his efforts for adequate work
mems compensation and effective en-
plovers liability laws. and his sugges-
tion for an industrial commission, the
president has clearly defined his poll
cics. said Mr.. Stimson.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
CHALLENGE TAFT
FOR PRIMARIES

WASHINGTON. March "a letter
challenging the Taft ca,mpaign! forces "to
to Direction William p. Mckinley of the
Taft campaign committee late today by
Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon, Roosevelt S
executive chairman.
My Dear Mr.. McKinIey-For the
whether the Republican voters Of the
country desire Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt or President Taft as their
Sens m s sgsS2 Challenge ReGs
you 10 a test by means OF primaries
In every state in the union.
The letter calls attention to the va
been or are being made for primaries
and adds:
With your cooperation, similar ar
rangements no doubt can be effected
in all other states where legislatures
are not now considering the enact
ment of presidential preference pri-
mary laws. l am informed that In
several states whore the presidential
Ing legislative action the influence
of men who are working with you is
cast deterrinedly In opposition Your
cooperation with me in such states
actment Of these laws and the con
siderable spread thereby of the presi-
dental preference primary under d.
rect legal sanction by the state.
Let me call your attention again
to the fact that Colonel Roosevelt
has declared repeatedly that he is
not an active candidate for the nom
ina,ion, but will accept If IL comes
10 him as the demand OF the voters
OF tho party. His letter 10 Mr.
Moore Of PittSburs. sent out by Your
hoadauarters last Night and pub-
lishcd in the newspapers this morn
ing. is an additional proof Of this
attitude and Of the fact that in pow
saving he Will accept The nomination
under the conditions specified lie is
merely responding to a popular de-
m1nd
The voters Of the country have tho
unuuesti bic right 10 express their
desire and ! sincerely trust YOU will
accept this challenge and prepare 10
cooperate with me in the arrange
ment of such primaries.
Commissioned officers are ueccs-
sary to direct an army, but Il is the
rank and file that win the victories.
Respectfully yoGrs.
JOSEPH NJ. DIXON.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
STIMSON GIVES REASONS WHY
TAFT SHOULD BE RENOMINATED
lomtnu Fmmp

piled just as much when my first
pired term OF my predecessor as u II
ON the other hand. IL had no appIIca
tion whatever TO the candidacy OF a
man who Was not at the time in OF
fee. whether ne had or had not been
president before. Yet, even rs 1t was.
men at once began to ask me whether
my remark was to he held 10 apply TO
1912 or 1916. TO which J, Of course,
responded that 1t would he prcpoS-
terous TO answer any such question
one wav or the other.
BY tho way. ! may recall 10 you
that the very papers which arc howl
ing now to have Inc make some pub
lie statement are the ones which.
four and five years ago, when / had
made q. definite public statement, we're
continually bowling I should make
some additional statement. These
people people such as the editors Of
the newspapers above referred to, are
not honest; they do not wish tho
truth. and TO pay any heed to their
demands would be worse than folly.
Nothing | could say, no statement
by me, would avail TO prevent de-
libcrate Misrepresentation by bad
mon. designed 10 puzzle and mis-
lead good men. who, In the nature
OF the case. could not be expected to
have first hand information, They
now misreprcsent my position de-
signedly and purposely. They would
merely misrepresent IL even more ef-
fectively II I should at this time
make the statement you desire
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Lines the Primary.

Roosevelt Is being urged TO hurl a
def al tho Taft managers 70 come out in
the open and declare their attitude iowa rd
preferential primaries. The Roosevelt
men maintain that IL they can get the
preferential primaries in all the doubt =
fuI states II will he waIkover for the
colonel.
81 haven't thought OF A def" said the
eN president II have taken the stand
that believe in preferential primaries.
so the people NAV indicate their incllna =
ton would be entirely satisfied TO
abide bv inc result OF any such primary
vote, ! hope. as have stated many
times that thev will he made possible in
all states"
the coioncrs permission 10 go as far as
they like on this iseue
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
WHAT ROOSEVELT
SAID IN LETTER

NEW YORK, March $40 clear mp
conflicting statements as 10 what he had
said In tho past regarding the prcsidcu-
tial nomination. Theodore Roosevelt to-
day made public q letter which he wrote
last January 10 Frank a. Munsey the
publisher. Mr.. Roosevclts object In CIV
ing out the communication, he said. was
to refute the charge that he was break
ing a promise In agreeing 10 accept the
nomination II II were offeTeTd To him. He
called particular attention To a passage
In the letter, which while stating that
he would not be a candidate. he declared
that he would not go on record as being
unwilling to accept the nomination.
ITO every man | talked to- said Mr.
Roosevelt, II made in substance that
same statement and / made IL also in
lctter''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
MKINLEY ASKS
DIXON,.S STATUS

BY International News Service
WASHINGTON, March 5--W Is. Nc
I<iaicy Of the Taft bureau made the fo
lowing reply TO Senator DiXon's chaliengi
on the primary question;
My dear senator-I am just in re-
ceiDt of your letter of the fifth inst
delivered by messenger. Since you
are pleased 10 apply TO your com
municajion so grave a term Az "chal-
lenge," IL becomes somewhat impor-
tant TO have our respective relations
as 10 candidates made clear at the
outset I would, therefore, say that
] have been asked by President TAFT
10 act as director Of a bureau. with
headquarters in Washington. or
ganjZcd for the purpose OF securing
his denomination for a second term.
Before answering your Challenge" I
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Senators Interested

trsI, Spurred into activity nv q
rom ,h Mexico and the aS, os The rsyt
ne nc senate COMMITTEE action by i
Mons !, win also hold On ,n torcIsa
session session tomorrow. at wbin1ys b'inns and Z
6;nG,,p 6M;,iropean intervening" ",,iS9 wIlI ihe u
tnei Is added 10 tho
,lal'ie IIa, BY the incsndinrv ' r. already
Galero, Mexican mInisi, rhren Of
lalls. that all Amcrlcnns OF forcI
eigners will be held a. ps hond and oth'
ment a pacifyIng force T., hostages d
puts foot on the "sacrodd' loreign i
Ihe Subdued temper 81 soii Of u
lnglon Is voiced By sers W Official
night when nc said; ''Oor Tilln
The situation is On,
states and Mexico elono 'or the
poan nations attempt ~ should
tact viii be cause for RI, intsrrm|
vigorous assertion OF III tbo ''9,m,tdia
Should a msSsac,o
threaten, believe thai ,hw AM
President Taft will djrec, "s y pairio'
army into Mexico Him 10 q
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
NO COERCION OF
OFFICE HOLDER S

WASHINGTON, March 5.-PresidenI
Tafts manager, Representative McKin.
ley. made the following statement re.
garding the alleged activity among fed
eral employees;
Cndcr tho recent ruling Of The
civil service commission the man
ayers of the campaign OF any presi-
Dental candidate may inquire OF any
federal office holder as to political
conditions in his vicinity and may
even ask his own political prefer
ences. which I distinctly did not do I'm
my letter OF the 2fth.
No office holder WAS asked BY me
To do anything which was not con-
slstent with his duties under the law
and especial emphasis was laid on the
subject Of reply for no other pur-
pose than 10 GN in the recipients
mind that he owed no further oDli-
CATION TO anybody than the cour-
tesv OF an answer.
In this connection / might suggest
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
STIMSON SOUND'
NOTE OF WARN

CHICAGO, March "a sla1
Americans in Mexico. IL Mexican
Idea that the United States ha<
on Mexico, was predicted here
Secretary OF War Stimson. n
prediction applied to China, ha
spoke thus.
We are watching the q
closely and the armies In bot1
tries are keeping away from
residents, because the first m1
utters Il lingo cry will he re;
for the slaughter OF an unlol1
Der OF foreigners In those co{
When they come to believe "
army's object is TO acquire y
stead OF protecting our counl
they will wreak their vcnseaA
foreigners,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
ional questions, it had been a failure

tional questions, it had been failure
lie asked:
"Should the national Republican who
lives in New York be read out of his
party because he declines TO accept the
referendum as the best remedy TO cure
the abuses Of popular government in
1T only confuses and distracts to
drag into national campaign the
preiudices and shibholeths which have
arisen in the contests of the different
states. Mr. Taft s administration must
be Judged by the altitude with which
he has approached and the success he
has attained in dealing with these ma
tional problems. and not according to
the views which any of us may hold
up on these local questions of state
machinery -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Americans Missing.

Whom The eods would d,.,
iirst make mad" was III. ues,roy
Senator Robert l.. Owen 0s eomr
tne threat bv Senior Caisro NJ
alarm Of tho Department ,omg1
accumulated today by ~. ~ sa|
search as il will. il is ,,nas,. a. iac
single trace or the Gftv ss 70
zens, including Eugene Hr"e,,e1 y.
wealthy mine owner, who ,, ~
from Azsrco: WI" are
Great fear is Felt ,,,s, ..,
party, who were last aesn 'n
borhood infested with band,,nn ~
sponsible insurrectionists ian sn
slain. naye
The situation Of comnlo,s
exists throughout Mexico IL sna ~
lustrated by the alarming fac, ,u sn
sands Of Americans. taxing th. w =
partment at its word ara n H..1. y
only from the widest coun,rs y
but from the cities OF MsfIcn ~ =
A general exodus Of Americ.s
and children is in progress frnn, @
City Itself. 'iVln
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Herd Women Like Cattle.

George Roewer, counsel for the strike
committee, told how the women and chill
dren arrested by the police for obstruct-
Ing sidewalks We're herded like droves OF
cattle into the dock OF the local police
court and fined by r. magistrate without
a hearing.
The testimony of Josephine Jiss OF the
strikers WAS another feature Of the day,
such as has seldom been witnessed In the
humdrum committee room. Miss Liss
was fined on a charge OF assaulting a
soldier. She earned 81 n week at Law
renee, but had made from SO to SIG a
week at Watertown.
81 was out walking one day. she said,
land ! met a soldier who told me L had
10 go back. / told him / wouldn't. He
SWore at me and he grabbed me by the
arm and tried TO push me back. I hit
him with my muif. I was arrested and
charged with assaultinG the soldier. I
was fined so and l have now appealed
the case"
The girl told OF seeing men and women
dubbed when they were leaving a strike
meeting the following Sunday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Children in Rags.

out of 1l9 children we brought out
only four had underwear We had u
leave behind some i'll with chickenpoX
and diphthcria,l Their outer clothing
was In rags, They were sick and half
starved. They said they had not eaten
meat for weeks
Simon Knebel, organizer of the Indus
trial Workers of the World. said that the
system OF taking children away from
strike centcvs was European in origin:
but that 1t would prevail in this country
in future labor warfarcs.
Under the plea that the Massachusetts
authoritics are able TO deal with the
situation in the state, Senator Lodge
tlus far has ben able To prevent ac-
ton upon the resolution of Senator Poin-
dexter Tor an Inquiry into the labor sit
uation In the Massachusetts city
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06

that Mr.. Roosevelt's managers are ss
free as I am To write to any office
holder in the United states at any
time. and what Is moro to the point,
they are doing II. The friends OF Mr..
Roosevelt. among whom Senator
Dixon has always been conspicuous.
did not hesitate 10 follow a similar
line Of action four years ago. and
properly, too. because only i'm that
way could they have secured any re-
liable information on which TO map
out their campaign
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
ROOSEVELT SAYS
HE IS ATLSFIED
Rv International News Service

OYSTER RAY. y. Y, March p
Colonel Roosevelt came back from New
York tonight in high spirits after nav
ins received reports from mis- MANAGERS
on the progress of his campaign. He
had been informed that the work of
drafting prospective candidates through :
out tho state 10 run at the primaries neHt
month for election as delegates 10 Chi
raco is proceeding satisfactorily. The
Roosevelt mon arc hopeful OF securing at
least thirty out OF the ninety delegates
from New York.
Tho ex-presdent disposed abruptly Of
a suggestion made by some Of his cam
psign supporters that he may try to nave
himself elected as a delegate
II hadn't given any such thing this
the slightest thought remarked the
colonel I'm not expecting to go as a
n
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Sentence Woman 10 pe

PLYMOUTH. Mass, March e
first time in Massachusetts cnm
cedure, a woman, Mrs. LeH
mano OF Hull was TO-DAY ~
death In the electric chsir z
Quinn In the superior coulS .
Kascioli. who was cony'cteo w.
Mrs. Cusuamano for the @ @mmu.
worna.ns husband In sepssm9
was also ssntecned 10 desU',
teuces are TO be carried out ~
beginning July >. .
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
White Predicts Victory.

Among Rooseyelts callers in New York
today was William Allen White the
Kansas editor WHO declared that Roose-
Welt already can count on two-fifths Of
the Chicago delegates. Bv convention
time. lie predicted. Roosevelt will have
things his own way lie based his opin-
ion largely upon the campaign going on
In the west. where he said Roosevelt is
gaining In strength, White believes
Roosevelt Will have more than ma iorty
ri the delegates west OF the Mississippi.
Juror Roosevelt goes TO the county
court at Mineola tomorrow 10 sit with
his fellow Long Islanders on the petit
panel and hear the law doled out
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Hunors

Come to the surface in the spring as
IN no other season. It's r. pity they
don t run themselves all of that way;
bur in spite of pimples and other erup.
tions, they mostly remain in the sys.
TEN. That s bad.
Hood 3 Sarsaparilla removes them
and cures all the painful and disfgur-
ing troubles thev cause. Nothing else
clennses the system and clears the COM
pleXion like Hood IS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
Saw Woman Clubbed.

II saw one woman dubbed right down
into the mud There were men with
their heads broken, all bloody. Five or
six were arrested. Then the cavalry
troops came and rode down the sidewalks
and the streets"
Miss Liss said that two OF her little
sisters went to New York and arc still
there. She explained that the children
Of Lawrence were very seldom properly
dressed and she corrohorated the state
ment that the mill workers have meat
generally only once a week.
Miss Margaret Sanger, a trained nurse,
who had charge OF the first group o.
children taken from Lawrence. said the
physical condition Of many OF the chill
dren WAS horrible.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
GoIdield Miners Killed,

GOLDFIELD. New, March 5.-Mikc
Nicovlch and J. f. Gordon, miners en-
ployed In the Silver Peak mine, were
killed Sunday night in a tunnel in the
mine by an explosion OF 4o per cent gela :
tin. Their mangled bodies We're found
hours after the accident, which is sup
posed to have been caused by the men
having smoked in proximity to a cache
of giant powder
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-06
MAY ATTEMPT
To PUT WOOL
ON FREE LIST
vDemocratS Threaten to Re
move Duty Entirely if In
come Tax Bill Meets
Expectations.
FIVE CENTS POUND IN
UNDERWOOD MEASURE
Proposed Act Will Be Pre-
sented 10 House of Repre-
Sentatives Within Next
Thirty Days.

Ev International News Service.
ASnINGTON. March a oiil
providing for tariff on wool of
NM not more than cents per pound
Wv will be presented TO congress
within the next thirty days The
bill will be drawn personally by Oscar W.
Underwood. chairman or The house com =
mttcc on ways and means.
II the Democratic members OF the
house arc convinced that the income tax
nil recently agreed upon hy the Demo
cratic caucuses will pass in the senate.
the proposed new bill viii provide for
IRE. wool.
4 careful analysis of the wool report
made by President Taft's tariff commits
sion is now complete and in the hands Of
the committee.
From an authoritative source il is
learned that the analysis shows that Il
duty of ~ cents per pound affords a
complete and effective tariff wall around
the wool industry.