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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
GOMPERS ON STAND
CONTINUED from First Page.)

CONTINUED from First Page)
marked on the margin an ''Out" charac-
ter, known to printers and writer's. which
indicated the name was to be dropped
from the list. He then called all his
employees, he said. and told them not
to distribute anything referring to the
Injunction without letting him see 1t.
Judge Parker took up Seriatim the ur-
gent appeal, editorials in the Federation
list and alleged speeches and excerpts
from reports claimed to have been made
by Mr.. Gompers and. after reading each
one, propounded to the witness the query.
WAS this done Cor said villa the intent
against the Bucks Stove and Range Conn.,
pany?"
To each inquiry Mr.. Gompers an
swered. 1T was not 81 did not" or
1T could not have been, because there
was no boycott"
Counsel brought the witness back to
the purpose Of the urgent appeal"
which Is one Of the strong points of
alleged contempt urged by the COM
mittee OF prosecutors. In sending out
this appeal. he asked. did the witness
have any other purpose than the Sc
curing of funds for legal expenses.
Mr.. GOmpers repeated the purposes OF
the urgent appear and declared that i'm
no manner was the appeal distributed
with the idea OF aiding or abetting- any
boycott whatsoever.
He declared the references to his adj
Indication In contempt and to the rights
Of labor In his annual report, cited also
tas a basis OF contempt. were merely the
statements Of legal propositions by lay
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
ACCUSES OFFICIALS
Of DRAINAGE BUREAU
Charges That They Helped to
Boost Private Interests
to Be Pr0bed.

The House committee on expenditures
in the Department Of Agriculture de-
cided this afternoon to investigate the
drainage bureau Of the department
Serious charges have been made in
connection with the officials In charge.
The committee took action after Rep
resentative Clark of Florida had emphat-
ically declared that private interests,
which have coined millions of dollars in
exploiting Florida everglade lands, have
used the officials of the department ia
boost their selling schemes. He told the
committee that one company alone had
sold millions of dollars worth of land
that is now under water on the strength
of the governments drainage project.
These underwater lands will not be
drained for years. Mr.. Clark said, and
even when they are, will never be
worth the money the public has been
induced to pay for them.
Two Were Dismissed.
Chief Engineer Elliott and Assistant
Engineer Morehouse of the Department
of Agriculture made an adverse report
on the Florida land scheme, Mr.
Clark said, and he made the sensational
charge today that after the land inter-
ests had made vain attempt to influence
Elliott and Morehouse their report was
suppressed and they were dismissed from
the department He insisted that the
land comr Anies secured their dismissal.
Solicitor McCabe told the committee
that Elliott and Moorhouse were re-
moved not on account of anything In
connection with the Florida land
scheme or any influence from those
interested, but because OF "looseness
In their accounts"
When the committee adjourned
Chairman Morse announced that the
investigation would be begun in the
near future.
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Government Voluntarily Re-
leases Several Defendants.
Thirteen FIRMS TO PLEAD
Indictments Allege Conspiracy IL
Restraint Of Trade.
USE OF A PATENT INVOLVED
Charge That Device Was Employed
to Conceal Purpose of the
Combination.

DETROIT, Mich, February 6.-When
the governments criminal case against
the so-called bathtub trust was called
today in the United States district court
the government nolle pressed the indict-
ments against w. c. Winfield of Warren.
Ohio; ]. ]. Mahoney of Chattanooga,
Tenn; George w. Frauzheim of Wheel
Ing. w. Va, and Bert O. Tilden, secre-
tary OF the Colwell Lead Company of
New York. The trial was then adjourn
ed until 2 pm. because of the non-ar-
rival Of five defendants coming to De-
troit on a delayed train from New York.
Array Of Counsel.
Attorney Robert B. Honeyman of
assisted by Henry f. Bodman of De-
troit, eX-Leut. Gov. Walter Lyon of
Pittsburgh and John Hunter of Pitts
burgh. Judge Lewis Brucker OF Mans
field, Ohio; Judge Carey of Pittsburgh
and Attorney McFall of Indianapolis
also appeared as counsel for some of
the defendants. At the government
table were Edwin p. Grosvenor, special
assistant to the attorney general; for
mer United States District Attorney
Frank II. Watson OF Detroit, United
States District Attorney Arthur futile
and Special Agent Joseph Darling OF
the Department of Justice.
The nolle PROSE- action today reduced
the number OF defendants to thirteen
firms and twenty-four individuals.
Record of the Docket.
The case is docketed as United
States agt. Standard Sanitary Manufac-
turing Company and other corpora
tions, and Theodore Ahrens and other
individuals" Theodore Ahrens being
president Of the Standard Sanitary
Manufacturing Company. which has
factories in Allegheny and New
Brighton, Pa, and Louisville, KY. One
of the two indictments charges con-
spiracy in restraint of trade and the
other charges combination in restraint
Of trade and attempted monopoly.
Charges Made in Indictment.
1t Is charged in the indictment that
a sO-called license arrangement for
the use of patent tools amounted to a
device for concealing the alleged con-
spiracy in restraint of trade. Edwin L.
Wayman of Pittsburgh, to whom it is
alleged the patents were to be as
signed by the defendants owning them
is regarded as witness for the gov
eminent.
1t is alleged in the indictment that
all the defendants agreed to execute
so-called license agreements with
Wayman.
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he government in the steel corporation

the government In the steel corporation
prosecution.
The order fixes March > and Trenton as
the time and place for argument on the
governments application for permanent
Injunction.
Meanwhile the clerk OF the court Is
directed to issue writ to the various
defendants restraining them from the
destruction Of the papers. ETC.. pending
the final disposition Of the case. These
writs will be issued this afternoon.
The defendants named in today's Pc
tition, In addition to the steel cor
poration itself, are: Carnegie Steel
Company, Federal Steel Company,
American Steel and Wire Company.
National Tube Company, The Shelby
Steel Tube Company, American Tin
Plate Company, American Bridge Com
pany, The Lake Superior Consolidated
Iron Mines, The Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad Company. The Union Steel
Company. The Clarion Steel Company
and The II. c. Prick Coke Company.
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List of Defendants in Dyna-
mite Cases to Be Withheld.
GRAND JURY TO ACT TODAY
Indictments Expected Of Various
Parties in Twenty Cities.
ARRESTS DEFERRED ONE WEEK
Time Given for Action in All Cities
simultaneously - Three
Charges Before Jury.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, February g.
Indictments IN the dynamite con-
spfracy cases were expected today to
be returned before night. What evi.
dence the government has procured az
to who were responsible for the many
explosions which eliminated in the
wrecking of the Los Angeles Times
building in October, 1910, and as to
who, through payment Of money OF
otherwise, helped to blow up viaducts
bridges and buildings before and after
that time, is expected to be revealed
at least in part. by the number OF
indictments returned.
The federal grand jury prepared to
hold its final session beginning at
o'clock this afternoon. Federal Judge
A. b. Anderson arranged to be In
waiting to receive the jury's report
but 1t was not known how long after
the jury met that would be.
Inquiry Of Wide Scope.
AS indicating the wide scope of the
jury's six weeks inquiry into the RANT
f1cations Of the hundred or more explo
sions which were directed against "oper
shop" contractors in the last four or five
years. and in which the Mcnamara broth'
ers and Ortie MECHANICAL were declared
to be only q few of the conspirators, II
was said action following the jury's re-
port might be expected in twenty cities
lyn, Philadelphia. Buffalo. Pittsburgh
Cleveland, Detroit, indianapolis. Chicago
Milwaukee, Peoria, ILL.,: Cincinnati, st
Louis, New Orleans, Kansas City, Sal
a aaSe ss oaty; San Francisco Los Angeles
Thirty or more indictments had beer
drawn up against men whose names here.
tofore had been mentioned only in the
secret testimony heard by the jury.
Facts Developed.
The following facts were made known
in connection with the probable return OF
indictments:
The number of defendants might be
greater or less than the number Of in
dictments, because more than one true
bill might be returned against an indi-
vidual and more than one defendant
might be named in single indictment.
The jurys report to Judge Anderson
would be secret as to the names OF the
defendants. but the number of indict-
ments would be divulged.
An interval of five days or week
might elapse before any arrests, to en-
sary papers to the federal districts where
the defendants reside.
The arrests, as nearly as possible, will
be all on a day secretly agreed upon by
the government.
Indictments Contain Three Charges.
Three charges are embraced in the In
dictments as drawn up.
These are violations Of the federal law
regulating the interstate shipment of ex-
plosives, conspiracy to violate the law
regulating the shipment of explosives. and
concealment of knowledge of the guilt of
others in the two crimes.
The charge of concealment of knowl-
edge is said to have been invoked not only
in connection with money spent by the
Mcnamara brothers for explosives, but
also in relation to the stores Of explosives
kept by the dynamiters at Tiffin, Ohio;
Rochester. Pa. Muncie, Ind, and In
dianapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
cold WAVE IS FOND
OF CAPITALS ENV|RONS
Shows No Disposition to Move
Along in Favor of a
Warmer Spell.

The cold wave is here to stay awhile,
according to the best judgment at the
weather bureau. No warm weather that
could possibly be induced to linger in
Washington is in sight, and the mercury
Will not have a chance to get above
twenty-five for a day or two, at least.
Last night saw the mercury at twelve
Tonight will see it in the same general
neighborhood. In other words, there will
be fair weather tonight and tomorrow
and continuing cold.
Meantime the river fronts oldest in
habitants are comparing the present
freeze-up with the cold winter of 1904.
Since January ., the Potomac river has
been practically solid sheet Of ice ex-
cept in the channel, where the big steam
ers OF the Norfolk and Washington line
have been able to beat a way.
Little Traffic on River.
Two Southern Transportation Com
pany's tugboats, towing two loaded
barges, arrived here yesterday by follow
ing the opened channel. but 1t required
several hours to take one barge from the
forks of the channel to Georgetown
though the track had recently been OPEN
ed by the tug NJ. NJ Davis when II took
a Standard Oil Company's barge to Alex
andria. The Norfolk steamers and the
tugs to Indian head and Fort Washing
ton are the only boats making regular
trips. and there is no immediate prospect
| of other steamers resuming their trips.
Accidents on Streets.
| An icy street was responsible for the
accident to Miller Braxton, colored, 2O3
F street southwest. yesterday. He was
thrown from his brick wagon at 18th
| street and Massachusetts avenue north
east. Because Of the slippery condition
of the street, II is stated, Braxton was
| unable to get his team OF the car tracks
| before the wagon was struck by the car.
He was taken to the Casualty Hospital
for treatment.
| Edward Fields. sixty years old, was
| found in the White House grounds by
Policeman Regan yesterday afternoon
! suffering from cuts about his head and
| hands. He had been injured by falling on
/ the Ice. The police took him to the
| Emergency Hospital for treatment.
| Howard Williams. seventeen years old.
357 X street southwest, fell on the ice In
| front Of l411 New York avenue northwest
about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
sprained his ankle. He was given treat
ment at the Emergency Hospital.
| Frank W. Gray, sixty-twO years old,
was found at I'd and H streets northeast
| this morning about go o'clock suffering
| from the cold. The police took him to
the Casualty Hospital for treatment He
was able to leave the hospital today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
REBELS WIN
Claim Victory Over Imperial
Troops at ChuichoW.
REPORT OF 1900 KILLED
Five Hundred Prisoners Also Taken
by Republican Forces.
MAY HAVE A DOUBLE HEAD
Plan to Have Both Spiritual and
Secular Ruler Under Considera-
ton at Peace Conference.

SAN FRANCISCO, February eff
teen hundred Chinese imperial troops were
killed or wounded and 500 captured in.
a battle at Chuichow yesterday, ac-
cording to a cablegram received here
today by the Chinese Free Press.
Brig. Gen. Linn Chang of the Canton
army led the republican forces, number
ing 5000. The imperial forces, number
ing $780,. were commanded by Gen.
Chung Fung.
The revolutionists captured Soochow
in Anwhei province Chuichow, the
scene of yesterdays battle, is in kiang-
su province.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
BURTON FOR PEACE
Ohio Senator Urges Ratifica-
ton of Arbitration Pacts.
PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHERS
Declares in Speech No Nation Can
Afford at This Time to Stand
in Way of Movement.
PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHERS

No nation can afford at this time &c
stand in the way of peace movement
This was the keynote of a speech in tn
Senate today by Senator Theodore E
Burton of Ohio in support Of the arbitra
ton pacts now before Congress.
The treaties with Great Britain ant
France must be ratified. declared Senator
Burton, not so much because they are i'm.
portant in themselves, but because they
"pave4the way for other agreements with
nations strong and weak alike"
I'm nothing" said the senator, has
the development of the last twelve OF
thirteen years been quite so marked as In
measures which make for peace and a
better understanding among the nations
This new development Is not without
cogent reasons. Undoubtedly there will
be wars in the future; slaughter and de-
struction may still occur here and there
but the movement toward mutual good
will among rival nations and the promo
ton of greater equality of rights as be-
tween the strong and the weak has as
sumed the form of an evolution In the
worlds history. No sovereign and nc
nation can afford to stand in the way or
stay the progress of this evolution.
Expense Of Maintaining Peace.
Among the factors which make fol
settlement of disputes by arbitration are
the growing absorption In peaceful pur.
suits, the desire for the maintenance OF
good order and the avoidance Of the con.
slant threat Of disturbance among ma.
tons. The discordant note in the pres.
ent situation is the maintenance of mill.
tary and naval establishments on q scale
never known before. This Is the incon.
gruity OF the present situation. which in
wolves the withdrawal OF millions from
the most useful pursuits and imposes q
burden of expenditure now exceeding
So, 1000 100000 per year among civilized
nations; and 1t is to be regretted tina
this expenditure is increasing rather thar
diminishing.
1.-The disadvantages Of the existing
conditions and the transcendently
greater advantages which would arise
from an established order in which
peace and justice prevailed are sure
to lead to a new order of events. II
which public disputes will be settled
in the same manner as private contro
versies."
Great Advance for Peace.
The senator declared, nevertheless
that greater advance had been mad,
in the direction of universal peac,
within the last thirteen years than ii
all the preceding centuries. He traces
| the growth of International law from
| the time of Hugo Grotius. commenting
on the manner Of effecting settlement
| in international controversies and re
viewing some of the most importan
/ peace treaties Of the last two centuries
THE progress toward peace In tn,
| past few years." he concluded. prom
| Uses an amelioration in the condition
| Of mankind which far surpasses tn
most sanguine forecast.
THE most strenuous advocate Of wa
| will not deny the inestimable adyan
| tages which would pertain to an era o
| peace. He only questions it's possibfI
| ity or practicability."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
AS PHYSICIANS DO.
Dentists Want Right to Respect
Confidential Communications.

ALBANY, N. Y, February 6-The den
lists of New York state will ask the pres
ent legislature to pass a law which will
give to them the same status as physi-
clans, as far as privileged or confidential
communications between them and pa
tents are concerned.
1t had always been believed by the dem
lists that they were in the same category
- surgeons under the law. A decision of
the state supreme court recently over
turned this contention. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
Religious Question Intrudes.

Whether the new China to emerge
from the present throes will be double
headed, with spiritual and a secular
ruler, somewhat on the plan of the
Japanese empire before the overthrow
of the tycoon, is the question that is
now to be determined by the negotiators
at Peking and Marking, who are trying
to put an end to the war of rebellion.
Today's reports to the State Department
from its agents in China are so con-
flicting as to leave the issue In grave
doubt.
AS Rear Admiral Murdoch sees the sit
uation at Marking, the proposal for the
retention of the emperor as the religious
head of China probably will be accepted
But other reports from Marking to the
State Department are to the effect thai
the republicans spurn that proposal, com.
ing from Yuan Shi Kai, and declare thai
unless it is withdrawn or modified the
civil war will continue.
Tartar General Joins Rebels.
A significant gain for the republican
cause is indicated in the report thai
Chang Hsun, the Tartar general at Nan
king, who SO stubbornly resisted the ad'
vance of the revolutionists, has teie'
graphed to Tong Shao-yi, who represents
Yuan Shi Kai at Shanghai. his adhesion
to the revolutionary cause.
A telegram from Marking to the Navy
Department reports that the proposals
made by the Manchus concering the fu-
ture status of the Emperor of China are
at present being considered by the revo-
lutionary assembly at that place. 1t is
anticipated that an agreement will be
speedily reached. The revolutionists are
reported to have 100000 men under arms,
and they have declined to grant an ex-
tension of the armiStice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
ABSORPTION OF POISON
PROBABLE DEATH CAUSE
Man Believed to Have Been
Fatally Stricken by Dis
infectant in Clothing.

Inspector Boardman, chief of detectives,
and Coroner hewitt this afternoon began
an investigation into the circumstances
attending the death at the Emergency
Hospital today of Henry Makley, colored,
who lives at 1851 10th street northwest.
Makley was conscious a few minutes be-
fore he died and his statement was that
he had used a disinfectant yesterday
while moving.
The dying man declared he had not
swallowed any of the disinfectant, but
that he merely. put some of it on his
clothing. Physicians who attended him
say he probably absorbed enough of the
deadly poison TO kill him. They recall
that two patients who were similarly af-
fected were successfully treated at the
hospital about a month ago.
Makley moved from the 18th street
house yesterday. He remained there
late to superintend the moving OF the
last of his effects and became i'll. Mrs.
why he remained so late, and found
him apparently suffering from an at
tack Of heart trouble. When he
reached the Emergency Hospital he
was unconscious.
Body Forwarded to the Morgue.
Coroner hewitt viewed the body at
the hospital this afternoon and direct
ed that it be sent to the morgue in
order that an autopsy might be per-
formed later in the day. Whether the
colored man inhaled or absorbed the
poisonous disinfectant will probably be
disclosed by the autopsy. Coroner
hewitt thinks it probably was alb
sorbed. The respiratory centers were
paralyzed.
The two men taken from the Central
Union Mission to the hospital a month
ago were in a critical condition when
they reached the hospital. They had
used the disinfectant, which they pur-
chased before going to the mission, and
had applied it to their clothing as a SAM
time to save their lives. Samples of blood
taken from them showed how the poison
had affected them.
Disinfectant to Be Analysed.
This afternoon Coroner hewitt COM
municated with DR.. H. H. Curtis Of the
bureau Of animal industry to have him
participate in an analysis of the disin-
fectant on part OF the federal govern
ment
"Just what the outcome Of the investi.
CATION will be-" said Coroner hewitt this
afternoon. II am unable to tell at this
time II 1t Is shown that poisonous disln.
fectant caused the mans death, 1t will
be q matter for jury to pass upon
Should the autopsy show that the poi.
son killed Makley. the coroner stated, he
win order that an inquest be held. Ply.
sicians at the Emergency Hospital stated
| this afternoon that the odor of the fluid
on the clothing OF Makley seemed to b.
the case Of the two men who were made
1 III month ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
Baltimore Railroad Man Dead.

BALTIMORE. Nd, February 6.-Rob-
ert B. Ways. a foreign freight agent
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and
widely known as an expert on railroad
subjects. died at his home here today
from the effects of a stroke Of par
alysis. He Was fifty years old: - -..-4z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
Victim of Train Wreck Dies.

TAMPA, Fla, February 6.-Dr Henry
Wise TribbIe, president of Columbia Uni
versity, Lake City, Fla. died this MORN
ing at Roadman. Fla, from injuries re-
cefved in a collision Of trains there last
Saturday. He was well knwn educator
and native of Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
MONEY TRUST INQUIRY
A SUBJECT FOR CAUCUS
House Democrats to Meet and
Decide on Method of
Procedure.

Democrats of the House are preparing
for the fight in caucus tomorrow night
over the method of conducting the pro-
posed money trust investigation urged
by Representative Henry. chairman of
the rules committee and Representative
Lindbergh, insurgent republican. author
of the original resolution.
Representative Henry, whose resolution
directing a special committee, is opposed
by Majority Leader Underwood and other
leaders in the democratic organize alton,
has received hundreds of letters from all
parts of the country favorable to his plan
Tor a special inquiry.
Caucus to Get Letters.
These he will present to the caucus in
an effort TO win support Of his resolution.
as opposed to the plan of Mr.. Underwood
to refer the subjects suggested for in
quiry to the various standing committees
of the House.
Today former Representative Charles
N. Fowler, republican, OF New Jersey, who
was Chairman OF tie committee on Dank-
ing and currency. wrote the rules CON-
mittee chairman as follows:
Fowler's Strong Approval.
1T will be q crime against the Ameri-
can people not to pass your resolution"
Another letter urging the inquiry came
from Arthur h. Stiiiwell, president OF
the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient rail-
way, in process of construction, who
claims to have been a victim OF "the In
sHisition OF the money trust