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The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27
PROBE SCANDAL
 OF EVERGLADES
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN ATToR- NEY AND COMMITTEEMAN IS
 BARELY INVERTED.
Leak in Government Printing Office Is Occupying the Attention
 of the Committee.

Washington, March 26.-The Flor ida everglades hearing by the house committee on expenditures in the az ricultural department was marked to- day by several lively incidents.
 Chickering's of attorneys and ire quent tilts between them and mem bers of the committee occupied much of the time and a promised sensation was averted when Solicitor McCabe of the agricultural departmnet assured Chairman Moss that he had no desire to impugn the motives of the com mittee
 c. L. Goodrich, an expert agricul- mralist in the department, was on the stand when objection was made to MT McCabe's cross-examination.
 Am I to understand the depart ment of agriculture is to be attacked and testimony supporting this attack i is to get into the record and am not to have an opportunity to reply l to it?" asked MT. McCabe. Ut seems to me-" he continued the rulings have been both ways and l submit that have the righi to show why this Everglades report was held up.
 If you impugn the motives of this committee, we will settle that ques. Moss.
 Mir. McCabe assured him that he meant no imputation against the com mittee
 The department of agriculture, it was testified today, Is at a loss 10 know how Thomas Will who was in- terested in the exploitation of Ever glade lands in Florida, got proof of the first report on the drainage of the wet lands of Florida, which Sec retary Wilson did not approve and ordered suppressed. Joseph A. Ar hold, editor of the department, so tes tified. He said never before within his knowledge, had the government printing office failed to preserve the integrity of report. He said all publications were treated as confi- dential and he had no idea how the proof fell into Will's hands.
 This proof was given to Senator Fletcher by Will and later appeared in a senate document.
 Mr Arnold said he had made no effort to find out how MT Will got the proof
 Under cross-examination, Mr Ar mold said.
 People were writing the depart ment and calling in person at my of flee and at the office of Secretary Wilson, some urging that the report be published, others protesting aginst it. In view of this controversy came to the conclusion that it would be best not to print any re- port on the Everglades"
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DRASTIC copYRIeAr BILL.
Author Townsend Introduces Iron
 Clad Measure In Congress.

Washington. March 26.--Stipuated penalties for moving picture opera tors. singers. newspapers and others who unconsciously, or knowingly ylo- late copyright laws are provided Ill a bill. which Representative Town send. author of "Chimmie Fadden' introduced in the house today.
 MT. Townsend is a newspaper man and author. The bill was referred 10 the committee on patents.
 Under the Townsend bill 1t will cost A newspaper not more than S20O and not less than $50 to reproduce a copy righted photograph without permis- sion. A moving picture exhibitor, who unknowingly presents any part of an undramatized work, may pay from $50 to $l,O00. A maker of mo tion pictures who distributes such films may be compelled to pay from s25o to S5,000 for his error Repro dnction of dramatic or musical pro duction in violation of copyright are nenalized at $lO0 for the first per formance and $50 for each succeeding performance. Delivery of lectures or other oral efforts like sermons speeches, etc. will cost $50 for each offense.
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MORE TEXTILE STRIKES.
Fifteen Thousand Workers Idle In
 New England States.

Boston, Mass, March 26.-More than f5,O00 persons in New England were idle today on account of labor difficulties. The cotton cloth mills of Lowell, employing l2,000 or more were shut down because of a strike of $500 operatives, for higher wages; 1900 operatives at the Globe and Sanford mills of the New England Cotton Yarn company in Fall River struck for 10 per cent raise; 200 workers of the Kimball shoe factory in Lawrence. were laid off because of a strike of 300 others who demanded an increase in wages of 5 per cent; the Hillsborough wooIen mills in Mil ton. N. H., employing 800, were closed on account of a strike in some depart ments for a wage increase. Minor strikes occurred at several other points
 The 500 strikers at the Saeo-Pettee Cqfton Machine works in Newtln,
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DISASTER IN
 COAL MINE
EIGHTY-TWo MINERS KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF GAS IN viR-
 GINA COAL MINE.
Only Eleven Out of Working Force of Ninety-three Escape With Lives. Thlrty-three Bodies Locat-
 ed by Rescuers.

Welch, Va, March -Eighty-two men were killed today by a gas ex- plosion in the Jed Coal and Coke com panys mine at Jed w. Va. six miles from here Only II men escaped alive and one of these died within an hour after being brought to the surface. Tonight s bodies have been located and the rescuers hope to have them out shortly
 Exploring parties will have covered all of the mine by o'clock Wednes- day morning and expect to have all the bodies out by noon
 When the explosion occurred prob. ably the II men working at the foot of the shaft had a chance for their lives. They readily made tihelr way up the cakes which were not dam aged. Though some of the blades of the fans were shattered, they contin- ned to operate with the fortunate re- suit that enough air was present to admit searching parties immediately.
 Less than half an hour after the news of the explosion had been com. municated to this place, effort were made to hurry relief to the scene. l Oxygen helmets and other appliances were rushed from the plant of the United States Coal and Coke company. d United States Steel corporation mine nearby. government rescue car en route to Huntington, w. Va, was turned back on telegraph orders from Washington, and another car was started from Pittsburg. The first car reached here shortly after noon The experts immediately con- ceded that all in the mine were dead.
 State mine inspectors immediately organized rescue parties and began the exploration of levels. AS the gases were cleared out and they be- gan searching lower levels they i'm mediately began to come up on min CTS. killed almost instantly Other mines nearby sent experienced fore men to lead hundreds Of volunteer rescuers who flocked to the scene.
 The usual scenes of horror and | grief which attend mine disasters were lacking here today No families of the miners crowded about the mouth of the shaft Women have kent 'v''N'n their homes overcome with 1 gried and distraction.
 The mine was inspected last Fri- day and pronounced safe. PrelImi- nary investigations today have not divulged the eause..of the explosion. Some local mine men are inclined to regard it as a physical phenome- non. Barometers in this vicinity have been showing unusually low readings. last week without the usual atmos- pheric changes.
 The families of the. dead men find themselves in sore straits Work has 1 been very siack Ut tiIS side aid will be asked
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27


 If the closing days of as memor- able campaign as has been waged in this county in years are indicative Of any one positive fact, that fact is that there Is general landslide to the candidacy of Hon. Clip Witt of Montgomery county in the race for prosecuting attorney.
 Realizing that the contest was largely centered between the candi- dacy of Clip Witt. representing con- servative government, and J. B. Wood. with his straightlaced policies, the support of the other candidates has been drifting from them recently, un- til the issues are now clearly drawn. The weather man had been offering bright prospects in the weather line throughout the district until last night, when bulletin suggestive of more rain pointed to a much larger country vote than had been antici- pated.
 In the country the planting season Is far behind, and if the day was ideal for blowing there is many sturdy voter who would spend his day in the field rather than devote it to the country saving" that voting Is often characterized iocularly in the coun- try precincts.
 But if the weather is threatening or rainy. the farmers can do nothing at home, and the vote in the rural precincts will be heavier than 1t has ever been before
 These conditions especially please the advocates of MT. Witt, for his sup port in his home county is almost wholly from the farming element, since his Is strictly farming county.
 The stage is set for strenuous campaign in this city. The various candidates have their organizations perfected, their workers are ready and the field will be occupied shortly after hurried breakfasts this morn ing
 The rules laid down for the judges by the officers of the county demo cratic central committee are proDaniy as plain as could be laid down, ye' hey do not fully cover the situation in reference to persons formerly ldeh titied as republicans entering the DIT mary election Of today. The reasol is plain. The law says as to quailii cations that Known white democrats are qualified, and so far as that goes 1t indicates that republicans may he participate. but on the other hand ! man formerly identified as a repuu lican presents himself, is challenge' and swears lie will support all th' nominees of the primary, there IS eVi dently nothing in the law to proven him from voting.
 Now, the judges must largely man age this situation. Every republican entering the polls will probably p' challenged by some democrat, wnlc, puts it up to him to swear ne WI support the nominees.
 Many republicans had declared ane! will endeavor to vote. Ot course there will be controversy, but tner is always controversy in elections.
 One thing particularly pleasing T connection with the election or eoua is that the first real organized eiior ever made In this state to get retufi.
 romptly Is being made by the Sou,l western Telephone company, anu 'h leports from the various parts '
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27
CHICAGO PACKERS
 ARE ACQUITTED
AFTER A TEN YEARS LEGAL BAT. TIE JURY SAYS NOT GUILTY
 OF CONSPIRACY.
Defendants Show Joy in Court Room Department of Justice Is
 Disappointed.

Chicago, March 26.-Chicago pack. CTS ended 10 years legal battle with the government today when a jury in United States District Judge Carpenters court found them not gull ty of violating the criminal section of the Sherman antitrust law.
 Whether further investigations in The beef packing industry will De made, District Attorney Wilkerson re. fused to say. He was overwhelmed by the verdict. He had been con- fident of convictions.
 The verdict came after the jury had been out 19 hours. At no time during the deliberations were the packers in danger. Only three ballots were taken. The first was eight to four for acquittal, the second II to one and the verdict came with the third.
 Failure of the government to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt was responsible for the verdict, severa jurors said. They did not review the exhibits fn the case. The nslss oi figures and reports mystified them To have attempted to untangle them would have been useless, it was agreed
 The verdict was received quietly
 Only two defendants, Thomas J Connor, q director and general super intendent of Armour and Company and Edward Tilden, president of the National Packing company, were in court when the jury returned it's yer diet As soon as the verdict was read, the two packers leaped to their feet and thanked the various attor' neys and iIhe jurors. Attaches of the district attorneys office, greatly de pressed, left the court room hurried ly. The 200 spectators made no dem. onstration. In half an hour the room was clear
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27

state district and county, will moi he so late in being reached.
 The polls will be opened promptly at o'clock this morning. and viii close promptly at 6:S0 o'clock. That means that the vote at the noon honr VIII be extremely heavy, and that there should be some preparation made for this by the workers. in that the voters who can vote early or later in the afternoon should be urged to do so
 everywhere there is a general dis positlon to urge large vote. Prob aDiy no candidate on the ticket would care to confess that he wanted a small vote. But regardless of this there are some candidates which will be materially enhanced should the vote be very large both in city and country.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27

still were out today. but a settlement has been agreed upon by the English speaking employees. Operatives at the Lancaster gingham mills, Clinton, Thorndyke cotton mills. West War re nand Saxony worsted yarn mills. Nonetun. who struck recently for higher wages, remain out.
 A strike of 1 800 Lynn shoe factory employees yesterday for an advance in pay was virtually ended today by the manufacturers granting their de mands.
 The situation in New Bedford, where the operatives have been of fered per cent increase in wages and demand 10 per cent, was uncer- tain tonight. Some indications were for a general strike unless the higher rate is paid The 67 mills in New Bedford employ 3O,000 operatives
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OHIO RIVER RISING.

Cincinnati Ohio. March 26.-The Ohio river continued to rise here dur ing the day and tonight a 53-foot stage being reached early in the evening. Fifty-four feet is expected by noon tomorrow. when it is prob able the Union Central depot will have to be abandoned Water is over the tracks now, but the service has not yet been impaired.
 The crest of the flood is expected when 54 feet is reached. Damage all ready done is estimated at $50,000.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27
RoosgvELrs CAMPAIGN.
Colonel Continues His Speech Making
 Tour in New York.

New York, March 26.-1Theodore Roosevelt left today on his western speech making tour, protesting yigor- ously against what he declared to be the "scandalous way the country machine" was behaving in connection with the New York county primary fight, then in full progress. He call ed Police Commissioner Waldo on the telephone from his editorial offices and protested against the refusal of Mayor Gaynor to afford police pro tection to Roosevelt watchers at the primaries. He said Commissioner Waldo promised his interests would be protected.
 "There has never been anything more scandalous," said Colonel Roose- welt, than the way the county ma chine is conducting this fight for President Taft in New York county They first threw out all inspectors who were known to favor my candi. dacy and have just received word that the Roosevelt watchers have been thrown out of the polling places.
 Colonel Roosevelt said he expected to receive the returns from the New York convention on the train tonight, but that he did not intend to make any comment or the result
 He also refused to comment on the dispatches from Indianapolis an nouncing that the Taft forces had elected delegates at large to the Chl- cago convention, but Medill McCor- mick. manager of the Roosevelt bu- reau in Washington, who Is accom- panying Mir. Roosevelt on his west ern trip, dictated statement declar- ing the Taft managers in Indiana were guilty of political grand lar cenv.v
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27
WILSON AND UNDERWOOD.

Tampa, Fla, March 26.-The con. test in the democratic presidential preference primary in Florida, will be confined to Woodrow Wilson and Os- car w. Underwood. according to the official list of those who have quail fled, issued by State Chairman VII liam H. Price today.
 Although the final date for qualify ing is April |. statements have been issued from the Clark and Harmon headquarters that. the names of these candidates will not be on the Fioriaa ballot. The primary in this state will be held April 30.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27
TAFT GETS INDIANA.
President Controls Convention and
 Gets instructed Delegation.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 26~Con- trolling the Indiana republican con vention by a majority of 105 of the i 439. delegates, supporters of Presi- dent Taft today elected their four candidates for delegate at large to the national convention and instructed them to vote for the renomination Of the president.
 Advocates of the nomination of Col onel Roosevelt, charging they had a majority of the delegates, but that their majority was made ineffective because of the road roller methods of the Taft organization, held an in- dependent convention, while the crowd was passing from the hall, and elected four delegates at large, in- structed for the former president The contest will be carried to the Chicago convention, Roosevelt cam paign managers said.
 Fourteen members of the Indiana delegation of the 30 to the national convention have been instructed to vote for the nomination of Taft and the Roosevelt forces have two. Seven district conventions are yet to he held and roll of the delegations to- day indicate Roosevelt would carry five and Taft two. making Hlle final division of the Indiana representa- ton IS for Taft and l2 for Roose- welt.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27
TAXI RoRBER GUILTY.

New York. March 26.--Robert De lio was found guilty today of reeeiv- ing stolen goods in connection with the $25.0O0 robbery of the two bank messengers sn taxicah recently He was remanded for sentence later. Delio's conviction is the third in con nection with the robbery. James Pas quale. partner of Delio in a Thomp- son street saloon, where, it is alleged, the robbers divided their loot, will be tried next.
 Geno Montaini. chauffeur of the taxi, was given a sentence of from 10 to IS years, last week, and Eu' gene Splain was given an indetermi- nate sentence of from seven and a half to 14h years.
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NEBRASKA CONVENTION.

omaha, Neb., March 2G.-The num- Der of delegates entitled to seats in the republican national convention is placed by Victor R0sewater, acting chairman of the republican national committee. at LOTS, making $40 the necessary majority to nominate,
 There Is nearly 100 more than this in the convention of four years ago, which consisted of 9S0 dele delegates, said Mir Rosewater to- day. With exception of Hawaii. whose representation is increased from two to six, all the increases cor respond with increased from two to six, all the increases correspond With increased congressional representa- tion under the 1910 apportionment.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27
Receluer for san Rois.

Muskogee, Okla, March 26-The af- fairs of the San Bois Coal company at McCurtaln. in one of whose mines 73 miners lost their lives last week in an explosion, were placed in the hands Of receivers today by order of Judge Ralph F. Campbell in the United States district court. The re- ceivers were appointed on the peti- ton of the Superior Savings and Trust company of Cleveland, Ohio. holders of $250,O00 mortgage, se- cured by the property of the coal company at McCurtain The banking company alleges that s55,2O0 in in- terest on the bonds is past due and that the company has other debts which it is unable to pay. w. E. Beatty and w. k. Crane were ap- pointed receivers.
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QUALIFICATIONS.

Under instructions of the county executive committee. the primary is open only to known white democrats. If the politics of a voter are challeng- ed, he mnst make oath he will ; support all the democratic nom. inees in the coming general election. If a voter has chang ed residence since the publica- tion Of the official list, he must be permitted to vote in the ward lhe now lives, but can be required to make oath that he has voted in no other ward. Where neither of the judges or clerks can fix the identity of voter. they have the privilege of calling in some responsible citizen to identify him, and in the event this can not be done, he must produce his poll tax receipt.
 l.. H. BARRY, Chairman.
 c. F, IfOGABOOM, Sec.
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EXPLOSION INJURIES EIGHT.

Bmefields, w. Va. March 26.--A powder explosion in the mines of the Thomas Coal company at McComas. near here, today, resulted in the in- jury of eight men, four of them seri- onsly, but not fatally. The men were entering the mine carrying cans of powder. when a torch set fire to a bag on which the powder was car riad
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27
STAGE IS SET
 FOR ELECTION
WITT ADVOCATES ARE CERTAIN OF MAJORITY HERE AS WELL
 AS IN MONTGOMERY.
Landslide All Over Garland County ln Closing Hours of Campaign to Make Witt's Majority Here
 the More Certain.
POLLING PLACES.

First Ward-Tax assessors room, court house.
 Second Ward McT.aughlin's baking store. 40S Malvern. Third Ward Olmstead's paint store. S03 Central.
 Fourth Ward - Elleman's building. 5O7 Park.
 Fifth Ward-Father McGllls house.
 sixth Ward-Aker's store. Hot Springs Township-W Wait ing room, court house building. Polls oben from s am to 6:30 pm.
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NEW BOWLING RECORD.

Paterson, IN. j., Marth 26.-A new worlds record for a single game score by a five man team, was made at the National Bowling association tonrna- ment tonight by the P. Spacke qaln- fet of Indianapolis. The team rolled .O69 in the last game.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-03-27
THE WEATHER.

Washington, D. C., March 26.--Fore. cast for Arkansas: Rain Wednesday. or at night, and probably Thur5day. somewhat colder Thursday.
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Tn VEEZTF fUt7 NUlIf "
 she state there were no con- eRts a,hese districts included those f'tests. t.ss..,otIyn. Long Island and most of ot brvtate brnr.state districts. Among the
The Washington times., 1912-04-23
Amusements.

National-Aborn Opera Company. in
LA Boheme," S:15 p. m.
Columbia-ColumbiaP Players. in Bobby
Burnt" S:l5 p. m.
Belasco-Butterfield Players. in The
Spendthrift," S:l5 p. m.
Poiis-Poli Players In The Virginian,"
2:l5 and S:l5 p. m.
Academy-"East Lynne, 2;l6 and S:l5
csslno-vaudeville. /, $3.50, 1880. and 9
Cosmos-vaudevllle and pictures, to II
Majestic-Vaudeville. l, $3.50, 7;3o. and 8
p. ~.
notwithstanding and motion pic
lures, continuous.
Gayety-Al Reeves Beauty Show. 2:l5
and s:15 p m.
Arcade-Skating, bowling, and motion
Forty-first anniversary of the Woman's
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society,
Calvary Baptist Church.
Exhibition of horses by the officers OF
the Fifteenth United States Cavalry,
Fort Myer.
Reading for the blind, Library of Con-
gress, p. m.
Regular meeting OF Argo Lodge, Order
Of B'nai Birth. Eighth Street Temple,
Dinner TO Granville NJ. Hunt by the
Washington Ad Club, Columbia Coun'
try Club, p. m