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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29
Thirty-nine Years in Prison
and 100000 Each Is the
Maximum Sentence
ONLY TWO OF FORTY
ACCUSED GO FREE
Verdict Convicts Others OF
Conspiring to Dynamite
Non-Union Buildings
and Plants

INDIANAPOL1S. IND, Dec. rs
After three months OF luxurious ifv-
ing, spent in the best hotels of the
city at the cost of the unions. thirty
eight labor union officials. convicted
CT completely in the nationwide Nc
Namara dynamite plots, tonight oc-
cupy cells in the Marion county JAIL
OF the forty officials who stood
trial. twenty-three of whom were in
fuential In the councils of the Inter-
rational Association OF Bridge and
Structural Iron workers. only two
were acQuitted-Herman g. SETTER.
OF Milwaukee, and Daniel Buckley, OF
Davenport, la.
Although the jury was out forty
and one-half hours. it took only the
shortest possible time 10 agree upon
the guilt of the thirty-eight. But a
single ballot was taken on each OF
these, and In each ballot Of the
thirty eight, the unanimous verdict
was guilty"
The remainder OF the forty hours.
except the time necessarily used IN
sleep and meals. was taken up In
elaboration on the cases OF Sefnert
and Buckley Ballot after ballot was
taken on these two names, several
Jurors holding out for conyicting
them also, but in the end they were
scquitted.
The thlrty-eight prisoners viii Do
taken before Judge Anderson In the
United states district court at 10
o clock Monday morning for sen
tence, after which they will De taken
forthwith to Federal prison, prob
ably I1earenworth, Kansas.
The possible punishment in eaen
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29
All But Nine New Men and
Sixteen of Number Are
Democrats
INCOMING SENATE
TO BE DEMOCRATIC
Party Certain to Have Ma
jority of Two and This
May Be Increased
to Half Dozen
TAKE OFFICE WITH THE
BIRTH OF TE4E NEW YEAR

simeon n. Baldwin, Democrat.
of Connecticut.
Iuacae \. boss, Democrat,
Massachusetts.
Adoiph d. IbarhaFt. Republican,
Minnesota.
Coleman L. Blcasc, Democrat,
south Carolina.
Ben ". Hooper. Republican
Fusion. Tennessee.
Oscar Il. Goinquiti, Democrat.
Texas.
William spry. Republican. Utah
Francis T.. Mcoovern, Republican.
Wisconsin
Aram j. Pothier, Republican,
Rhode Island.
EJias VI. aratuons, Democrat.
Colorado.
Charlie H. Miller. Republican.
Delaware.
Park TsstntmeII. Democrat. fiori-
da-
John III. Haincs. Republican, Ida
no.
Edward 4. Dunno, Democrat, Ilii-
nole.
Samuel VI. RaIston, Democrat.
Indiana.
George W. Clarke. Republican,
Iowa.
Woodbridge \. Ferri-, Democrat.
Michigan.
Elliott ". Mayor, Democrat, Mis-
souri,.
Samuel Z. stewart Democrat,
Montana.
John III. Norchead, Democrat.
Nebraska
William suffer. Democrat, New
York.
Losks Craig. Democrat. North
Carolina.
Louis ~ Hanna. Republican,
North Dakota.
James If. Cox. Democrat. Ohio.
frank Nj. isyrne. Republicans,
south Dakota.
Ernest Lister, Democrat Wash
ington.
Dr. IL ID. Hatfield. Republican,
ogresslte. West Virginia.
Ma galewnaforial candidate I'm
Ness Hampshire obtained the ne
eessass plurality. and la eonse-
aueut,e the choice of the govern
or devnises upon The Legislature.
Iiie Republicans win have con-
troll of the holy and viii elect
Franklin Worcester to succeed
Governor Bass.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29
WILSON WOULD GIVE
PHIL PPINES FREEDOM
AXE. Clear His Intentions Banquet and Also Puts Joke
on Mr.. Flood Which He Enjoys With
the Others Present ~

6TAENTON. VA, DEC. 2s.-At the
banquet given in his homer toniSnt.
Governor Wilson stated unequivocaliy
that he hoped to give Independence to
the Philippines at the earliest possible
moment This confirms the statement
made by Representatives Jones. OF
virginia, chairman Of the committee
on insular AFFAIRS, after his conference
with the governor yesterday.
In the course OF happy address
consisting chiefly of humorous stories
and an appreciation OF his reception
by the people OF Stanton, Governor
Wilson told the story Of frontiers
man who used a rasp as weapon
against a bully. and after the bully
had been overcome, the latter said:
Stranger, what kind OF weapon
was that
No Frontier Now.
There IL no frontier now, said
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29
statesmen HEAR
PRAISES SUNG.
MORE SUBSTANTIAL FEAST ALSO
TExpraE:p THEM AND EVERY
noDY HAS GOOD TINE.
FIVE HUNDRED THERE
BANQUET AT JEFFERSON HOTEL
GIVEN nv CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. is WELL
ATTENDED,

Five hundred members of the
Richmond army or commercial con-
ouarors met in the auditorium OF the
jefferson hotel last evening to eat.
drink and listen TO speeches. They
ate, they drank and then they listen
ed. doing all with equal enthusiasm
and singing in the intervals
All of which means that five hun
bred travelling statesmen OF Richmond
gathered around tables to feed the
physical and mental man and to DO
Justice to the banquet spread in their
honor by the Richmond chamber OF
commerce
Enjoy Themselves.
Promptly AT Z o'clock the invited
guests crowded around the doors
opening into the hotel auditorium
and shortly thereafter surged through
The entrances and stood at attention,
while Rev Russell Cecil. or the sec
ond Presbyterian church, delivered
The Invocation, asking Gods olessahg
anon those who advanced the COM
snerc;al interests of the city OF Rich
mond. The FIVE hundred hungry
statesmen then seated themselves and
attacked the grapefruit. This deli
eacy disposed of the rest Of the BAN
,1uet followed and TO the music OF
Kessnich's band and the mighty
chorus of several hundred voices, put
ting the din in dinner, the repre-
sentatives of Richmond's manufac-
turers and jobers enjoyed themselves
70 the utmost. While the appetite OF
these was being satiated and mighty
thirsts were being slaked popular airs
were rendered by the band. AS
natural sequence vocal music-so
called by courtesy--made the air VI
brate. The old songs caught the din
ers at the start and odd Folk Al
Home" 'yrhe Old Oaken Bucket"
! MY ola Kentucky Home" Every
,.body's DOM 1t" and Hail. Hall. the
Gangs All Here" struck responsive
chords--several OF them. They
though they could sing and no one
told them better. for every one else
thought the same thing and whether
II was music or not 1t sounded better
than any chorus in grand opera. Take
Ave hundred men who see home two
or three times q year and give them
way Down on the Suwanee River
and the result is worth listening to,
whether you have an ear for music OF
not. Possibly the less you know Of
music and the more you know Of
homesickness the better you will like
1t.
Tho banquet was a great success
from every point OF view. The
travelling statesmen en5oyed them
selves; the menu was superb; tbs
speakers had the opportunity TO rel
their great thoughts out o. their rye
y - ~ A1-... - asht~A -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29
ALLIES WAX WARM
WHEN TURKS GIVE
OUT THEIR TERMS
"Why Did We Fightf" Asks
the Bulgarian Envoy, When
He Hears Proposals
MONTENEGRO READY
TO RENEW THE WAR
Sultan Would Hold Adriano-
pie and Make Macedonia
a Principality With
Salonika ~ Capital

LONDON, Dso- 1s.--A coapisss
change Of front by TrAkay with the
acceptance Of eondistons which to the
Porte. at least. cannot bat seem hu
initiating, or . var to tbs anish, that
can only be prevented by Drastic ia
tervention by the powara
This 10 the situation toaight re-
garding the prospect of peAoe Ia the
Balkans. following the dat and angry
rejection by ths Balkan ENJOYS this
afternoon of every counter proposal
submitted by the plsnipotentiariss OF
tho sultan.
The Balkan ENJOYS entertain little
hope of \ settlement; in fact they
profess to be 10 incensed NJ Tur-
keys attitude that they would prefer
to abandon the fruitiess conferences
Mt ST. James palace, and settle the
matter by bullet and sword.
This afternoons session was per-
haps the stormiest meeting OF inter
national import ever held. Rechad
pasha had no sooner begun the read
ting Of the Turkish proposals than
there were angry outbursts from the
Balkan atatesmsn. A. he continued
to recite Turkeys demands the Balk-
an ENJOYS became excited and at ons
or two points only one or two cooler
neAos pfevontod an angry etAkAspc0e
from the room. Tho men from the
conquering countries were hvid with
rage when Rechad Pasha had M
ished his reading
Bulgarian Grows Warm.
Why did We nghtf" cried Dr.
DanstI. the chief Bulgarian pisni-
potenttary when Reohad Pasha said
AdrfAnople must remain under the
direct STANDARDIZATION OF Turkey.
'Thsy are making sport OF 10 with
their mockery.. cried another dele
gats
IAsar Miyusk oviscA tbs Nontens-
grin delegate, jumped to hin feet and
- Als,.sah Ihaea Pa 1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29

WASHINGTON. Dee 2S.-ln ii
physical sense the most n Nv rkable
political event that will take place
in American politics with the birth
Of the new year viii he the inaugu-
ration 81 governors i'm twenty eight
states in the Union
Al but nine u these states exc
cutives viii he new men. ffve of the
nine men who succeed themselves ara
Republicans and the remaining -four
are Democrats OF The chief execu
s}ves IN the remaining States. how
ever twelve are in the Democratic
column and seven arc Of Republican
persuasion This gives the Demo-
cratic party slight advantage IN
numbers in the entire twenty eight
states their pasty having sixteen
members coming infp office against
twelve allotted 70 the republican
ranks by the voters on November
9TH
while rot as widely sweeping in
politica! change as the result Of the
presidential aud congressional fight
would eeeu to indicate, the change
in the state legislatures OF these
tSates was sufficient ri insure. ~
United states SENATE with working
majority of the Democratic per-
suasion Unofficial. bat nevertheless
accurate figures compiled by sena-
torial authorities show that the
Democrats viii control the organiza-
lion Of thar body at least by a ma
iority Of two, eliminating all probable
CONTINGENCIES There is good rcascn
10 believe that Ills majority may be
increased 10 eour and a possibility
ever that il may rcaen six. Tho pos
sn'Iity Of increase majority, ever the
t1t, already asSprsi. Hes chiefly In
thc outcome az the haiiosing In the
illinois legislature where no party
has majority, and whore there must
he compromise or combination IN
order 10 elect any scnastr.
Torty-Nine Derrecrars certain.
,.e.re viii be n ITO neNt senate
ninety-six members. If whom forty
r.nt will hy, Der'ocr = waite the
hess the Republicans 2a@ caun. upon
is forty-flvc ail they are ~ no
r,tsns eerstln ~ tiia- nfmher, be-
ea,Iye If the deuut whksh exists as
70 the outcome in two or three
States
There SIRE in the present senate
fifty-ene Repnbleans, forty-threc
Democrats and two seats are vacant.
one from Colorado and one from I'LL
nols. Az n result of the late election
the Democrats will gain ninc sena-
tors eight II whom VIII succeed Re-
publlcaus ana one will FIJI vacancy
from Colorado. These who Will sac-
coed Republicans. or so-cailcd pro-
eressive$ who were elected as Repuh-
lcans six years ago. will come from
Colorado, Nevada. Oregon. Montana.
Kansas. New Jersey, Delaware and
Tennessee This would Increase their
number to hfty-two. but for the fact
that they will lose three sests, one
from Idaho. one from Maine and
enc from West Virginia. SO that their
net positive gain Will be six and fix
theiY assured number at forty-niEse.
should the democrats elect one
member from Illinois their total viii
be fifty and their majority four:
! should they win two. from Illinois,
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29
BIRTHDAY JUBILEE
/ REMAINS FOREVER
ONW|LSON MEMORY
Will Be Remembered Second
Only to His Election
to Presidency
TOUCH OF ROMANCE
BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Referring to Picking Flow
ers on Scene, Looks Up
and Eyes Meet Her,
OF That Time

sTAuHToN. VA. Dec. 2s---The
Woodrow Wilson birthday jubilee.
which concluded with a magnificent
banquet at the Staunton Miiitar.
academy tonight. will be remember
"a by the president-elect as one OF the
most notable events OF his career
probably as the one bis occasion aside
rom his elections to the presidency.
that will remain indeiiibly impress
I'd upon his mind.
There was \ dignified reception al
the manse in the morning, monster
parade at noon, reception to Mrs
Wilson in the afternoon. and the
banquet at night, but the most Inn
portant feature Of the day was the
welcoming ceremony at the Mar,
Baldwin seminary in the afternoon
where the entire population or tins
town, augmented by thousands OF Wis
ftors congregated to greet the distin'
guished visitor.
Governor Wilson, because of
husky voice, had intended delivering
five-minute address of appreciation
hut hardly had the applause tha'
greeted the Rev A. NJ. Frazer's de-
lightful address Of welcome and IN
PRODUCTION, died out when the govern
or embarked upon uiSCVutSS thA
consumed half an hour. and Included
Z variety Of topics. including poll
tics, philosophy and humorous re-
miriscences of his boyhood days here
for although the president-eiec'
left hero when he was only two year.
old, he returned many times after
wards to visit friends and relatives.
Touch OF Romance.
A touch Of romance was impaired
to the proceedings when the govern
or, in the course OF his address, point
ed to the little two-story grey hous'
across the road and recalled having
played in tho yard many times wher
q boy.
II remember flowers that have
picked there. In the presence I viii
not say with whom" he added.
The governor glanced over hi
right shoulder at little woman VIII
was leaning out Of the window o
the seminary just back Of him. I
was Mias Janet Woods. and Il wa
she to whom the president-eiect re
ferred, It was In 1868 that woodrow
Wilson used to visit his fivs cousins
then students u the seminary. Mis
Woods wa related to Mary Baldwin
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the governor. unless 1t might be
the Philippines. and presently l hope
to deprive ourselves of that front.er.
The story was told to illustrate the
confusion OF the New Jersey pohtl-
clans, the Smith-Nugent ilk. at their
deafat-
THAT is the kind OF curiosity that
New Jersey now feels.' he said.
Eleaking OF his plans In the pi esi-
cal.cy. the governor said:
II haven't got my gun out e,- any
body. Somebody might accidentally
E.t in the way Of the gun, but the
level Of the gun is establi snc,i. and
the range is well understood. I small
feel ] am not responsible for acoi-
de, ts,''
The governor then cause I some I'M
easiness among the virginiAns who
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-29
STAUNTON CLAIMS
INDUSTRIOUS son
AS ALL HER OIL
He Is Dined and Feted a1
Showered With EvidenceA
of Regard
HEALTH RETURNS I'm
HOME ATMOSPHEE
Splendid Weather Gre
Governor Wilson and Mx
Wilson Is Also Much
lnvigorated
BY II. w. VINCENT,
staff Correspondent.

STANTON, VA, Dec. 2S.-l1
celebration of Woodrow VII
fifty-sixth birthday lives as lOn
the memory in the next preside1
Il does with his fellow-town11
the event will survive until
shall be no more. Staunton had
illustrious son. whom she claimM7
her own. all to herself today.
Stauntonians of every degrees
ceeded to show him how PROUD
are OF the distinction. ana
showing the little mountain city
cred itself with glory.
They wined, dined and fete0
| showered him with evidences
their regard and climaxed th9
preston OF the place he ho.Q
! their hearts by laying at his
priceless gift that he Will ire
more than that rendered him.
| the people of the United StatS
| Novem ber-ivory miniatures
father and mother. The pres
ton was in as exquisite taste
| the birthday remembrance if
and was unheralded.
Touching Remembrance.
| Shortly before the hour sci
the Official reception this mora
committee of four, heads
Charles Catiett. gained audienS
THE Little White House.. anti
Catlett, in dozen words, tent
the birthday gift In behalf ok
people of Staunton. and Mr..
Iyisibly affected, accepted There
lno ceremony and only privt1
few were present.
The miniatures, which are 49,
| be excellent likenesses or MI
sons parents, are magninc
done in oil colors on ivory Tt
in silver. They were execute9!
Miss Ellie Stuart. nie9e OF GeA
J. E. B. Stuart, and repose IN ~
lined leather cases.
Another little feature. not on
program, that pleased the next
ident immensely occurred durln&|
official reception this morningss
THE sterner sex had entree,
when two distinguished iookinoS
tie women pressed through the
1.-The hearts of the big policemen
, ened. and they we're admitted -
mansa. Introduced by Mayor
Ithey presented him with g
knife and fork, used Dy
: Madison, and given him oy
der Hamilton.
The ladies were the Masses
Imam. lineal descendants q IT,
Iident. The governor acceptee r
UNIQUE gift gratefully, ana e.
ladies he would eat his iun
with the treasured imple
. Has Strenuous Day
To the committee from N
N G.. headed by K. Rando4ens
ton. who asked him TO visit
May 20, 1918. on the occaaom
annual celebration OF the
Q burg declaration OF indePe
= which President Tart graoe9
@ years ago. the governor repaass7Baz
:. he hoped to be present. a.!
: committing himself
summing up the next preMt6
{ tho United States. had = 1tx
r day He held two big rDce
!. made a speech, reviewed pax
= | looked in on a banquet, aAQ
! he retired tonight to sleep
a second time IN the room
v he was born, he had earned
!. he crayed. But he must have
a happy as he was tired D0r eW
! dence of esteem are ten0e&
: men in a lifetime. Certainly
has benefited him physically m
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-03
Planet Now a Bright
Object In Evening
Sky; Power of Sun
Offsets Its Great
Force.
Bv GARRETT P. SERVISS.

TIME most conspicuous object in
the evening sky at present Is
the planet Jupiter, the great
est world in the solar system. About
10 o'clock at night you will see 1t
directly in the south. 1t is above
the reddi sh star Antares in the con-
stellation Scorpio, but it is bright
er than any fixed star. With a
powerful field glass you can see one
or two of it's mans. like little
specks of light beside it, Jupiter
is equal in size to about 1,SOO
earths. 1t is now about 400,0OO,00O
miles away from US
But what l wish particularly to
call your attention to is the fact
seldom thought of, that Jupiter is
pulling upon the earth with a force
which. when translated into ordi-
nary language, appears inconcelv-
able. That force. due to the at
traction of gravitation, is equiva-
lent to about 10000, 1000, 100000
tons! The earth bows little to
this force. but yet goes serenely
on its way, held safely by the still
more gigantic power of the sun,
which curbs it with a force
amounting to 100000, 900, O00,O 600
tons.
One can not grasp the meaning of
such a force expressed in figures.
- To xrYh a
it means. 1t can be shown that a
bar of solid steel one foot square
would sustain pull of about S,640
tons If the bar were one mile
square it would sustain pull of
more than 100000, 100000 tons. Now
it would take 100000 such bars
to resist the pull of the sun upon
earth. Or to put it in another way,
if the force of attraction between
the sun and the earth were de-
stroyed. and we had to substitute
for 1t a steel bar, to enable the sun
to hold the earth in check, and pre-
vent it from running away that bar
would have to be about 1875 miles
thick
The earth. which weighs about
six sextillions of tons, is flying in
it's orbit with a speed of 1912
miles per second, and it would go
straight away into space if the sun
did not restrain it, and hold it to
it's duty. with force equal to the
strength of a steel bar nearly 1000
miles thick or the united strength
of 100000 such bars each one
mile thick!
Forces of a like nature are acting
upon the earth from all possible
directions. Every planet and ev
cry star is pulling upon it with a
force depending upon its distance
and its mass. The moon joins in the
sport. The moon would run away
from the earth. if the latter in it's
turn, did not restrain it with a
force amounting to about 21,000,
100000, 600, 900 tons which is equiv
alent to the strength of $500 bars
of steel. each one mile thick.
The nearest star in the sky pulls
upon the earth with a force of 90
100000 tons, while the force exert
ed between that same star and the
sun amounts to 100000, 000,0 900
tons. All the other stars, at least
a hundred millions in number, pull
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-03

in similar way, each according In
it's inherent strength and it's dis
lance
1t is amazing to think OF the
cobweb of forces in the midst OF
which we live. You see a spide-
suspended in his web, held up bv
the strain Of hundreds of minute
threads, each pulling its own way.
Those threads are so arranged
that they act together, and keep
the spider virtually motionless in
the center of his web. But the
earth is not at rest. 1t circles
around the sun, and the strain OF
the infinite forest acting upon il
is continually changing in direc-
ton and in amount. The sun itself
is in motion, flying twelve miles
second toward the north, and car
rying the earth and the other plan
cts with it. They pull one az
other; the stars pull them.
In books on astronomy the orbits
Of the earth and planets are repre-
sented as regular curves. They DO
maintain a certain regularity, at
least sufficient to keep them from
falling into hopeless disorder, but
they are not really regular The
planets all stagger about, more or
less. The path of the earth is
constantly changing a little, now
on one side and now on another
Jupiter makes 1t bend little one
way, Saturn another, Venus an
other. But the sun is so much
more powerful than any OF them
that he keeps the earth, upon the
whole, obedient to him.
1t is well to think Of these things
when we look out on a starry night
1t gives a new zest to existence. 1t
shows us that the universe is not
mere tinsel display of glittering
specks. 1t is alive with wonderful
forces, which never sleep. No star
can be so far away that its influ-
ence is not felt, acting upon all its
fellows. Astrology asserts thai
the heavenly bodies exercise mys-
ferrous influences. Astronomy
knows nothing of that. Astronomy
finds nothing mysterious In them
1t only finds that they all obey the
mathematical laws of force. 1t is
true that gravitation is mysterious
in the sense that we do not know
what makes it act as it does. But.
on the other hand. it is as familiar
to US as anything could be. We
see it in action all the time. It is
no more mysterious than we our
selves are. When Jupiter pulls
upon the earth he does exactly
what the earth does when it causes
an apple to fall from a tree or
cannon ball to come down to the
ground after it has sped away
few miles. No matter how fast the
ball may go under the impulse Of
the powder, it will fall sixteen feet
toward the ground in the first sec
ond of its flight, and As. feet farther
in the second second, and no pow
er known to man can prevent It
from doing so.
Whether In motion or at rest II
is, like the earth and all other
things involved in the universal
web of forces, which never let 60
their grip. If man can not explain
the inmost nature of these forces
he may, at least, pat himself on the
back for having contrived to find
out how they act a1td to calculate
their amount.