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BOTH CLAIM MISSOURI
Today's Convention viii Show
Strength Of Taft and Roosevelt.

St Louis. Mo, April 22-With both
factions of the Republicans in Mis-.
souri, politics claiming the delegates
at large to the Chicago Convention.
the State Convention on Thursday
promises to exceed the pace general.
~ set.
Otto f. Stifel, manager Of the Taft
forces In the State. claims control of
the convention-after a proper hearing
OF the contests. His figures show that
there are 494ls uncontested Taft
votes, iilis for Roosevelt, and 224
contested
The Roosevelt managers are less
modest in their claims From the
figures reported to State headquart.
ers, the Roosevelt men claim that
b6ih votes are instructed for the ex.
president 1854 for Taft. "A contest
ed and uninstructed.
Charles Nagel, Secretary of Com
merce and Labor and CONGRESSMAN
Bartholdt will arrive some time to
morrow.
The convention will elect four dele
gates at large, four alternates eiph
teen electors TO be voted on in No
vember and National Committee
man, and draft a platform
Congressman Bartholdt or Nathan
Frank is the Taft candidate for TEN
porary Chairman, while Gov Harley
who is leading the Roosevelt forcel
IN MISSOURI. Is his opponent
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ENGINEERS HALT.
AS GOVERNMENT
INTERVIEWS
Temporary Suspension Of Big
Railroad Strike Order
LOCOMOTIVE DRIVERS READY
Claim They Were Ready to Go Out
in SO Hours If Demands Were
Refused

New York April 2S.-At the
eleventh hour, when a strike OF more
than 10000 locomotive and electrical
engineers on fifty eastern railroads,
with a mileage of more than 10000
seemed no further off than tomorrow
morning, the United States Govern
ment, through Martin A. Knapp, the
Presiding Judge of the United States
Court. of Commerce, and Charles T..
Neill. the United States Commission
er of Labor, changed the whole strike
situation by taking the initiative,
lookink first to mediation and finally
TO arbitration of the wage dispute be.
tween the railroads and the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers
The intervention-or, rather, tend
err of kindly offices-it was said in
railway circles last night, is without
precedent in the railway history OF
the country Both the United States
Commissioner of Labor and the
Judges of the Federal Court of Com
merce, by the provisions of the Erd-
man act, are duly authorized to give
their services as official mediators to
either side in labor dispute, In
this case, however, they took the
initiative, thus preventing, at least
temporarily. a strike that seemed in
evitable and opening the way to a
peaceful settlement.
The situation at o'clock last night
was this. The committee of railway
managers, acting with the approval
and sanction of the Board OF Eastern
Railway Presidents, had made its fl
nal answer refusing 10 grant the en-.
gineers the Is per cent raise in
wages which had been demanded.
The engineers. on an acceptance of
this final answer, had sent an ulti-
matum IN which they clearly assert
ed that they intended to strike with
in thrty-six hours The fifty.two
chairmen of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers, who had as
sembled from all parts OF the coun-
try to argue their case with the com
mittee of railway managers, had
packed their suitcases and were on
their way to their homes.
Just at this juncture Grand Chief
Stone OF the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers and J. c. Stuart, chair
man of the Conference Committee OF
| Railway Managers, were accosted by
messengers bearing letters with the
official seal of the United States Gov.
eminent Within a few minutes the
strike atmosphere had considerably
cleared.
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CONTROL HALF THE RAILWAYS
U. S. Steel Directors Also In Banks,
Express and Insurance Cos.

Washington, April 23-Directors
of the United States Steel Corporation
through stock ownership and places
on the directorates of the great rail
way systems of the United States,
have controlling voice in nearly SO
per cent of the railroads of the coun-
try, according to a statistical study
prepared for the Stanley Steel Trust
Investigating committee of The
House.
The aggregated value OF the rail
roads is fixed at approximately $751;
0O,OO0.OOO and of that steel corpora
ton affiliations are said to control
more than S1O,0O0,0O0, 900.
The twenty-three directors OF the
steel corporation also sit on boards Of
directors of banks, insurance compan-
les, express companies, and various
other industrial corporations with an
aggregate capitalization of Sass, 099,-
416.
Figures collected for committees
record by one of the special investlga-
tors show that steel corporation Off
GERS and directors sit as officers or
directors in banks, trust, and insur-
ance companies, having aggregate
capital. surplus, deposits, and undiv-
ided profits of $3,Sl4.Sll,17S.
In industrial corporations having
aggregate capital and bond indebted.
ness of S2,S03, 5O9,S4S, Qncluding the
steel corporations Sl,464, 995.467)
In street railway, steamship ex.
press, telegraph and terminal compan.
les having aggregate capital and
bonded Indebtedness of S1,271.77S,.
$50.
OF the individual officers or Direct
ors. George f. Baker holds the great
est number of memberships In other
Boards Of Directors.
Mr. Baker is a Director in indus
trial corporations with combined cap
ital OF nearly 100000, 900; railroad
and express companies with capital OF
more than S4,O00,OO0. 600, and banks
with capital Of more than $1,5O00O
600.
Each Of the other Directors is also
in Industrial corporations with com
bined capital of more than 81 1000 600,
600.
j. Pierpont Morgan. j. Pierpon
Morgan, Jr., William Il. Corey, II. c
Frick, w. II. Moore. George w. Per
kins, Norman b. Ream, Daniel c. Reit
=. A. Il. Widner. percival Roberts
Jr., and Il. G. Converse are promnen
in the names upon the tabulations pre-
pared for the committee showing
their representation in other corpora
tons
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Why 1881 Was Chosen.

In 1881 n so called prophecy of Moth
er SYMPTOMS was In every ones mouth;
The world then to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and cighty-one,
A travelling tailor denied inspiration
TO this prognostlc nor, as now appears,
was 1t remarkable FOR accuracy. But
he went further lie demonstrated In
the dust Of the road why that exact
date was chosen. Not only was Il
cabalistic. a multiple Of nine. etc, but
Il was the only date available to Moth
err Shlpton which In Arabic numerals
was the same backward. forward aud
upside down. Eleven hundred and
eleven was past, and not tn 1881 would
the coincidence recur. The next Moth
err Shptou will select sOOs. which Is
not tomorrow or next day.-London
Saturday Review.
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ALIENS BACK FOR TRIAL
Outlaws Taken Under Strong Guard
to Hillsville.

Roanoke, Va, April 22.-The seven
Hillsville prisoners who have been
in Jail here since their arrest for con
nection with the assassnatons in
the Carroll County Court were taken
to Hillsville today under strong
guard In the little courtroom where
the shooting of Judge Massie, Attor
ney Foster, Sheriff Webb, and Miss
Betty Ayers occurred the men will be
placed on trial tomorrow.
Floyd Allen the first man arrested,
though still suffering from a broken
leg, was taken back to face the
charges against him With Victor
Allen. his son; Byrd Mario. Sidna
Edwards, Claude S. Alien and Friel,
he is under indictment for murder.
John Moore. the seventh prisoner, is
accused OF felony. the charge being
that he assisted the Aliens to escape.
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards
are still at large,
Los Angeles, Cal, April 22.-Pri.
yate adyices that Sidna Allen and
Wesley Edwards. fugitive leaders OF
the Allen gang from Carroll County,
Virginia. have friends in Southern
California and are probably travelling
hither has created activity in the
sherifs' Offices.
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HELP WITHIN FIVE
MILES AS TITANIC
WENT DOWN
Unknown Steamship Failed to
Answer Distress Signals
MASTHEADS LIGHTS VISIBLE
Testimony Given by Fourth Officer
BoxhaII Before Senate Investl-
eating Committee

Rotterdam, April 23-That the
steamer Brema, of the Russian line,
sailing from New York, was within
100 miles of the Titanic at the time
the White Star liner colllded with
the iceberg off Cape Race Is the
statement made by the Brema's cap
tain upon the arrival of the steam
ship here today.
The Brema received the wireless
message sent out for aid from the
Titanic and turned back but found it
impossible to make Roadway because
of a vast field of ice intervening. The
Brema was forced to steam in cir
cuar course and in the meantime she
picked up a wireless from the Car
pathia, stating that the latter steam
er had rescued all of the living pas
sengers of the Inflated liner.
Washington. April 23.-With sue
cor only five miles away, the Titanic
slid into its watery grave, carrying
with it more than 1000 of its passen-
gers and crew, while an unidentified
steamer that might have saved all
failed or refused to see the frantic
signals flashed to it for aid. This
phase of the tragic disaster was
brought out today before the Senate
investigating committee when j. B.
Bozhall, fourth officer of the Titanic,
told of his unsuccessful attempts to
attract the strangers attention.
This ship, according to Boxhall.
could not have been more than five
miles away and was steaming toward
the Titanic. So close was it that
from the bridge Boxhall plainly saw
its masthead lights and then its red
sidelight.
Both with rockets and with the
Morse electric signal did the young
officer hail the stranger. Captain
Smith and several others in the vic
Unity OF the bridge declared at the
time their belief that the vessel had
seen them and was signalling in
reply Boxhall failed to see the re-
plies. however, and in any case the
steamer kept on its course obliquely
past the Titanic without extending
aid.
This, and the declaration by P. A.
S. Franklin. vice president OF the
White Star line, that there we're not
sufficient lifeboats aboard the Titan
ic to care for the ships company at
one time were the features of the
hearing.
The official was quizzed throughout
the morning session on the messages
exchanged between the Carpathia
and himself after the ship had start
ed for New York with the Titanic's
survivors aboard. Among the surviv-
ors was j. Bruce Ismay, managing
director OF the line.
Among the wireless kilograms read
into the record was one from Mr..
lsmay urging that the steamship Ced-
ric he held until the Carpathia arriv-
ed with its sorry burden. He declar-
ed he believed it most desirable"
that the survivors of the Titanics
crew be rushed out Of the country as
quickly as possible. He also, the
message said, would sail on the Ced.
ric and asked that clothing be ready
at the pier for him when the Carpa-
thia docked. The Senates subpoe
mas blocked the plan.
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THIRTEEN FIRES
At WATERBURY,
IN ONE NIGHT
Residents Of Connecticut City
Thoroughly Alarmed
STATE MILITIA CALLED OUT
Blazes are Believed to Be of lncendi-
airy Originality Hall
Destroyed

Waterbury, Conn, April 22.-
Twelve fires, each apparently of in
cendiary origin, occurred here be-
tween SO this afternoon and y:35
tonight, causing intense excitement
throughout the city and destroying
the old City Hall, which was recently
renovated at a cost of $4,000. AS a
result, the streets are bling patrolled
by three companies of the State Mill
tia Citizens are being warned frorl
the streets and ordered to their
homes in the hope that by placing the
city under practically martial law,
the incendiary or incendiaries may
be prevented from doing further
damage
The outbreaks recall the great fire
of Feb. 2, 1902, causing damage to
the extent of $2,500,O00 the city be-
ing laid waste The fear that this
catastrophe might be duplicated has
spurred the firemen and police to ex-
traordinary efforts all day and prob
ably had much to do with Mayor
Francis T. Reeves order calling out
the militia.
Two arrests were made this after
noon of men suspected of having had
a hand in starting the fires. One
suspect was released after he was
able to account for his actions
throughout the period, when a man
answering his description was seen
at the location of one of the first
fires. The other man arrested is
well known locally for his propensity
for sending in false alarms for the
sake of seeing the Fire Department
respond He calls himself Jackie
Lane, and is not known to have a
permanent address.
Lane was arrested because of his
habit, not because the police had any
evidence against him concerning to-
days fires. 1t is a coincidence, how
ever, that his arrest occurred at $40
o'clock and that the last fire was dis
covered at 9:35 o'clock. From that
moment there has been no other
alarm.
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TROUT ARE THRIVING
Fry Planted in the DunvlIe Stream
Are In Good Condition.

Not a few persons have
expressed the opinion that
the trout fry which were
received here from the state hat
cherry by the Bennington County
Fish and Game club and which were
planted in the streams in this vicini-
ty would not survive because of the
swollen conditions of the brooks and
the low temperature of the water.
That the fry have lived and that they
are in good condition has been prov
ed by the club secretary, Emory S.
Harris, who has made trip to the
Dunville territory Mr.. Harris says
that he inspected the pools in which
the fry were planted and found that
the little trout had been able 20 over
come the adverse conditions and that
they were still in the locality in
which they were planted. The fry
he says, also appeared to be lively
and healthy.
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CAMPBELL FLAWS ROOSEVELT
Questions coloners Sincerity in Att
tude Toward Trusts

Washington, April 22.-Representa-
tive Campbell, of Kansas, Republican,
made a bitter attack in the House
today on Col. Roosevelt The speech
was in reply to an attack made upon
him by Col Roosevelt during the lat
ter's tour through Kansas. His de
nunciation OF the colonel was vigor-
ously applauded on the Democratic
side Of the House.
He brands every man as an infa-
nous scoundrel whom he cannot
force into agreeing with him. said
Mr.. Campbell.
Il want to ask these two questions
OF Mr.. Roosevelt" said Mr. Campbell.
Did you or did you not send a note
to the department OF justice asking
that further steps for the prosecution
of the Harvester Trust be suspend
ed2
did you or did you not fay male
factors OF great wealth and then in
the night time in private conference
with the heads OF the Steel Trust
and the Tennessee Coal and Iron
company agree that they should be
united for their own benefit
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ROOSEVELT AHEAD IN KANSAS
Only one-Third Of Delegates Chosen.
and Taft May Show Gains

Kansas City April 22.-Thirty.two
Kansas counties. that will send a
total OF about onethird the delegates
to the Republican State Convention
at Independence on May s. have nam.
ed their delegates or signified by pri.
maries the candidates their delega.
tons will be instructed to support.
So far Roosevelt controls practically
to !, and this is admitted by the
Taft supporters.
The results in thirty.one counties
now stand 22S for Roosevelt and 12S
for President Taft Roosevelt men
are claiming twenty-five counties.
with 2S6 delegates, and say that Taft
has but 9S in seven counties.
Practically all the delegates will be
chosen by the end OF the present
week
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HIT BY AUTOMOBILE
North Adams Man Knocked Down by
A. G. Parker's Machine

Thomas Gribbons. a young man In
the employ OF Daniel Smith. colllded
with an automobile owned and driv.
en- by A. G. Parker of pownal, VI. on
the corner of Main and State stree 3
yesterday afternoon just before four
o'clock and was slightly injured He
was attended by Or. n. NJ. Crofts.
Gribbons was crossing Main street
and the automobile was coming down.
lie did not see the auto until IL was
almost upon him and then. to save
himself tried to jump up on the
front OF IT, He misiudged the dis.
lance and was struck by one of the
mudguards aud thrown to the ground.
Mr. Parker Immediately stopped
and saw that the man was properly
attended TO and then went on after
leaving his name and address with
Officer Walter Goodrow North Ad.
ans Transcript.
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ROOSEVELT READY
TO BREAK INTO
SOLID SOUTH
Says He Expects to Receive
Help Of Democrats
TO GET TAR HEEL STATE
Former President Says He is Relying
Upon the People to Help
Him Win

Greensboro, n. c., April Elf
Col. Roosevelt gains the nomination
for President he will come to the
south, he said today, in an effort to
win il over He made claim to the
support of Democrats as well as Re
publicans, and said that he would
embark upon a determined campaign
to break up the solid south"
Il have the right to the support OF
every heir TO the Jacksonian Demo
cracy," he said in his speech here.
Il am fighting for the principles in
which the great bulk of the people OF
the south believe and they are kept
away from me only by name. am
going to see to it that they are not
kept away by a mere name | shall
fight so that they will vote the way
they feel-and when fight fight.
In another part of his speech he
said
when ! am nominated III do my
best to get the old tar heel State"
Col Roosevelt said that his recep
ton in Arkansas on Saturday and in
North Carolina today had pleased
him greatly
The Colonel arrived at Ashevlle.
n. c., in the early morning in the
midst of a downpour OF rain which
continued most OF the time while he
was on the way to Greensboro. De
spite the storm he was met by
crowds at a number of stations and
made several brief speeches from his
train.
The rain had ceased when he
reached Greensboro and he delivered
his speech from the wide yeranda OF
an old-Southern mansion which
stands near the center OF the city.
Senator Dixon, his campaign mana.
ger. introduced him
Col Roosevelt said that he was re
lying for his support upon the plain
people
That's the only chance have he
continued. Il have nobody with me
but the people Wherever the people
are allowed to express their prefer
ence by voting we will win, nine
times out OF ten. In Pennsylvania
and Illinois the people had such an
opportunity. and they have not got
through counting the majorities yet
After his speech Col Roosevelt
was taken to the State Normal Col
lege, an institution for young women
His audience consisted of 700 girls
and one man.
Addressing the crowds which met
him on his trip from Asheyille Ia
Salisbury the Colonel said
The thing that has touched me
most in this campaign is North Car.
olina's loyal support of me. con
slider my self a pretty good American
half north and half south
I'VE have won Oklahoma. Illinois
Pennsylvania. Oregon and Nebraska
II is no under.statement to say that
three times out of four We'll beat
them to frizzle. an am. pretty gen
erous TO allow them even that one
time
Il am making much more than q
mere party struggle. am fighting
the battle for the men within the Re
publican party and also for every
good man Of whatever party"
\ change of plans for Col Roose
velt's trip to New York was decided
upon today and he now expects {,
reach the Pennsylvania Terminal il
New York shortly after noon tomor
row, instead OF at 2:31 p. m.
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BASE BALL BUNTS

Ii looks as If there is a real move
ment on foot to keep North Adams
out OF the Twin-State league. Men
behind such scheme should go slow.
North Adams is more or less of a
rival of Pittsfeld and Bennington. 1t
plans to invest money in team and
should not be passed up without con
siderable thought OF course the
feeling of North Adams should be
considered in the matter. If a league
team is not desired that is one thing
but II North Adams wants to get in
both Pitts6eld and Bennington
should hesitate before throwing 1t
down.-"The Referee" in the Pitts
field Eagle
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The DELEGATE List

The New York Tribune shows OF
the G24 delegates elected to the Re
publican national convention Presi-
dent Taft has 344. Col. Roosevelt PIP
Senator La Toilette 80 and Mr.. Cum
Minis 8. Twenty-four are classed as
uncommitted. These are the figures
after a week Of large gains by the
former president, and they do not
point TO an early collapse OF the Taft
candidacy or to a final triumph for
the colonel The managers of the
Roosevelt campaign are trying to
make 1t appear that the president is
without strength except in the south
ern states, which do not give Repub
lican majoriues on election day. As
matter OF fact. the president is only
few delegates behind the colonel
without counting those named from
the southern states. 4 Roosevelt
agent who is known to be skilled in
the manipulation OF delegates is busy
In the South, presumably working to
persuade delegates now instructed fol-
the president to prove false TO their
instructions A few have yielded Ia
the peculiar arguments presented by
the direct representative of the auth
or and sustainer of the only genuine
brand OF human uplift, but the proba
billty is that the majority will have
manhood enough to remain true "a
the voters who gave them instruo
tons.
The last OF the national delegates
will not be named until early in June
and It will be we'll toward the end OF
May before the final lineup car
be estimated with reasonable accur
acy. Ohio is one of the important
states. and It's direct primaries will
not be held until May 2l New Jer
sey votes on May 2S. and other states
will not conclude their work before
that time. II Ohio should reject the
president and side with the colonel
the former might feel that his chan
ces for the nomination were small. To
day President Taft has every reason
for believing that he will reach the
convention with larger number OF
delegates than will Col. Roosevelt
The results of last week have moi
increased the talk OF a compromise
The president naturally will not talt
compromise at this time, and Col
Roosevelt who a week ago scorneC
any such suggestion no doubt now
feels more than ever that he Is IN,
choice of the people and that the,
will have no other candidate Tn,
| fight will have to 30 on until one OF
the other Is defeated. or It Is decided
at the convention that the sharp rival
ry has made the selection of som,
one else advisable. Even then tn,
Roosevelt forces probably would hol,
out for their oandidate.t for he is fo
himself all the time and to the las
will maintain that he Is the chosei
one OF the people and that there Is M
second choice.
The best friends Of President TAT
admit that Roosevelt Is showing an
expected strength. but there Is M
reason for their feeling that furtho
effort Is useless The president is IA
In the lead, and until contrary cor
dition develops the contest for del,
gates should continue with unabate
vigor When June comes Il viii M
time enough to talk of compromis,
Now there Is only one thing to do. an
that Is to hght-Troy Record.