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ALBUQUERQUE 'MORNING OURNAjL. MEXICO, THURSDAY," MAY 22, 1913." 'iiiiirrv-i'irni VOL. (XX.VVIII, NO. 52 Hi arrlrr, IW I'mtn Month Hr Mull, Ml (rhli Mwtb. Hingl tuple, A ('(, HIOODIUO TESTIMONY SHDIVS JAPAN IMPRESSED ARMOR PLATE FOR and each one of hl competitors would receive for a part of the order." t'oncludlnjf his statement, I (unlets commenti on the act that the liid for the Pennsylvania armor Were per cent hliuher than the price of the last previous armor made.

BE THORQyGHiy AMERICAN SHIPS FRANCISCO PEB DELEGATE TO 98111 CONGRESS. DIES list and pliicliiK them on the dutiable list, They maintained that the ways and means eommitlee thought that In putting a duty of per ceiii on cs-Hential nils, tiley were taxiiiK oils used exclusively III perfunied'uml like luxuries, while as a matter of fact many oils Included are not lined In perfume hut in laundry soap. This, they ai-Kiied, would put tax on the "poor mill's soap," a result which the commit tee did not contemplate. II, Wiiltluims, of New York, made one of the al'Kijiiietitu and lie also that the duty on laundry hi hi Ii in the t'lideiwood bill, 6 pel' REVISED FI HONS Pi esident of American Woolen Company on Trial for Con spiring to Do Harm to Law- rence Labor EGOTIA Oil PLANTING DYNAMITE Daniels Charges Collusion Be- tween Three Firms of Man-1 ufacturers With Consent of! Nnw DfnartiriPIlt IKlvJ' ul'Kal l1111 GOVERNMENT PLANT TO BE INSTALLED WITNESS IMPLICATED iCOUNTRY GENERALLY BETRAYS CONFEDERATES: ADMIRES BROWN MEN t.iklllir off tils skull cap, wa i iibom to kneel when the pope, streti h- Alleged Agreement Exists i him, say. Which Contracts Are Prorated, and Not Let to High i a I i IJ'rrii raieCli anO INOt LCI 10 nlsll" est Bidder as Law Requires, (V MORNINO JOURNAL IRCCIAL LCASKO WIRII 2 1 Uesponstbil- by for price agreements among nianu-i faeturers furnishing annul' plate for American warships was pla'-ed direi l- ly upon the navy department Itself today, by Secretary Iianiels.

In a statement following his announcement yesterday of his intention to submit in plan for a government armor plant, the secretary declared that the policy of the department in dividing plate contracts among all bidders at the lowest figure offered "makes all pretense of competitive bidding to get Hie lowest market price a farce that cannot possibly deceive anyone acquainted with the facts." Mr. Hiiniels said he was glad the resolution for an Investigation of this matter Introduced recently by Senator Ashurst, was before congress and that it only anticipated a formal statement whic lie proposed to prepare rciticst-ing relief from "an intolerable! situation." How contracts for armor for the new battleship I'elinsylv allia were let by Secretary Meyer Just March, was told in detail in the statement. Three steel companies submitted virtiiulH identical bids and the contracts wen: divided anions thein. "If we are going to subsidize the Carnegie, Mldvale and lletblchciii companies," said Secretary Daniels, "so as to have the udvanlaKe of their armor plants In times of war, then s'h" li us do so honestly and niiin-l' ion. by statute, without concealment or attempt at hypocritical evasion of the intent of congress to force ruiii-.

petition and to award contracts t' the lowest bidder. If, on the oilier hand. Fi President Wilson Had Much: to Do With Framilig Reply: to Note of Protesf Against! California Law, About One Thousand Words of Highly Complimentary. Language Sent to Mikado's Government by Bryan, i rBV MOHNIN3 JOURNAL SPCCIAl. LCA5C0 WlRI WnshiiiKti'ii, 2(.

adv lecs rciicheil the state ill from Japan late today indiintei! that the American reply to the protest ax I list the California lu w-s rc-ciivecl in Kood Hiirits by liie Toku li-ovel nnieiit, anil that tbii ituatioii had taken on a nun moi baurnhlc than at any tiui since the in bei(an. officials ailiolttcil their satisfaction over the turn ef events. dispatches related abo th it tin: Japanese sm i rumciit realized fully the difficulties; under which the Wasliinuton iidiiiinistiatiou had labored in hatullins; thin situation, under-itamiiim the dual Hystom of govern in lit In Ihe I'nited States and Hollow rs of legislation held by California. Today's inlvlecs were of a preliminary character and made no prediction of ensuing steps, but in general tiny reflected a faMualde view in Tokio of the American note replying to pa li prote-'t president Wilson, who had no sniail part in tlie writing of Hie ia said to have described In must un-plimenlary terms what he believed to lie the real feeling annuii: American people toward Japan. Tokio, it is said, was pointed to California anil only part of California, too, as having Mb en evidence- of a iliwrimimi-tory disposition anil insisted that the I'Mit-d Slates as a whole admired the progi'eSD Japan had made in the last half century, rcsmoi ted the achii ve-inelits of the people, and was sincerely anxious to show that it regarded Japan cm a I asis of equality with all other powers and nations.

The note was about words long and dealt chiefly with the spirit of the American people toward making little liference, it Is understood, to the tec hnicalities of the new taw or the treaty, but discussing Jnpau'H contention that the California agitation was in reality au act of unfriendliness and discrimination toward the Japanese. officials here were not hi the least opposed to publication of the document, tmt decision on this point was bit with the Tokio government. Wliile the situation toni-ilit was regarded as satisfactory in official circle's, the Japanese answer was awaited with keen interest, officials, generally, however. Were inclined to hope, that the acute stage in the negotiations had passed. The Ol-esiiletil liy.lnu that SI lies in congress at this time might em-' ongress at this time might em barruss situation, ropicsted IJep-rcsenta live Sisson, of Mississippi, who had aiinuunced his intention of speak-on Friday on the alien land iiicstinn, to handle delicately as possible diplomatic phases of the case.

I Kv .1 to t.ivi: ip ihi.i:.mih Sail Francisco. May 21. of fifty Japanese lorn in Honolulu and eligible to American citizenship, hut fifteen have availed themselves, of the opportunity, according' to tlie statement of Gilbert Melzger, a Honolulu contractor, who urrived here today. "It has been Illy observation," he said, "that Japanese are absolutely loyal to their own government and do imt care to become American citizens or permanent residents, even when Hoy may" The Hawaiian islands have a population of Japanese laboreis estimated at 7. 'inn E.

STRONG HEADS RETAILERS OF STATE IBV MoRNINII JOURNAL BPiriAl ItASBO WIRI Koswell, X. jv 21. K. .1. Strong, of Alhiii'icriu tins last night elected president of Ho New Mexico Itclallers' association in annual convention here.

Patoii and A both bl are th other priiioipi PMI oH'lc mention. is elected. are: Stanley i Hist vice pr 1 W'S tit n. ef Tuciimcari, of p'esidcllt: T. thud vice plesi- sol, Ol' Itllt, III.

Las Vegas, second A. Potf. Poswel dent: M. P. Mi ml fourth vice president: K.

Vaiilni-i sen. of Patoii, scci'duiy, and t'lal'l, I I of Koswell, ireiisurer. Tuo I ires Alli ibiilcd lo Mllilaiil-. London. Mnv Two fires In 1am-loii tonight are suso.

ti lu na I ecu if suffragette oilgin. one was lu Ful- ham. in the I nt of -i paving coin- i pane, which via- dam lent of I The mis, was in a timber g. ii to the ex- less seri ni in Knlburu WORABLY BY AMERICAN LETTER 1 I I i CARDINAL O'CONNELL IS RECEIVED BY THE POPE iar MOKNINO JOUKNAt. (riCIAL IIMI1 wirii llome, SI.

Cardinal William II. tl'Coiinell, ni'iibtshop of lloslrm, after a lotiK audiencj' with the pupe today, summed up the impies-nion he had received in a coniprthensili'i; sentence. "The potie," he said, "seemed like ered fresher, stronyer, revitalized." J'' ft Michael J. Slpaine and Dr. Slattery ef who nmained in the unt- c'lHlnhi'l'.

Mopt'iKiior San dc Samier, papal chamberlain, conducted the cardinal to the library, where 1'ope I'lus wax sealed at a writing table. The canll- "I Coin) come." ine pope iem- imstrateil his intimate knowledge of onditlons in the I'nited States. He referred to the recent clianK In the administration ami also to President Woodravv Wilson, and Indicated how much he had at heart the prosperity of the t'nited Slates. TeltTiaplicr Close Session. Ualtimoie, May 21.

At the final session here today of the convention of the grand division of the Order of Kailroad Telegraphers, St. Louis was chosen as th" meeting place for the next convention. The oftlee of fifth vice presidi nt was created and K. J. of New Haven, ctcd to that position.

The cither cd'l jeers Were re-elected. Manufacturers liplcasct. Imsseldoif, Rhenish Prussia. May 31. The northwest group of the Society of Herman Iron and Steel Manufacturers voted emphatically today to reject participation In the San Fran cisco exposition.

SEE CRITICAL Deplorable Consequences May Result Should Either Nation Not Give Careful Treatment to Question, islution in California has entered upon a second, more difficult and more Important stage, since it Is directly between the Japanese and American, governments. They warn the pub-lie u'ainst thoughtless agitation, pointing out that this would now be interpreted as being directed against the American nation and not California alone, The they aver, demands the most careful and most conscientious treatment on both sides, lest it. load to oonsecpienccs. Tho. essence uf opinion is that as Wash-: ington has gone on record In opposition to the legislation, it is reasonable to expect that the American; government will exert further efforts1 in nullify It.

The Hoc hi Chlmbun says: "Should Washington fall to carry out this obligation, the responsibility for any estrangement, would lie with that administration." other papers emphasize the urgency 1 of determining the causes and sources, of tin- anti-Japanese feeling- in the I'nited States, und the desirability of to remove thorn. (M.ii iiiiM i nn: ins I'kidi; Lou, Ion. May J. liegarding thf controversy be tween the i'nited States ami the I'aily Mall, in an eell-tol i.d, iv "It seems unlikely that Japan will force a rupture with so potent an ad-'ersarv over a mutter of this kind, Pul the Wibli law treats the Japanese as if they were only seml-barbar- ians and Asiatic undesirables. The uspeisiun rouses tbcin to fury, and In their anger they mnv drive their gov-ci nun ul to pi riious lengths.

"The gravity of the situation has' a close personal Interest for ourselves. It would he distressing to find our American kinsfolk In a sot ion con- i'lict With our Japanese allies upon' an issue In which the American would' command the smv pathics of western: i 'a uad 'i and' A usiruliu. It may ne taken for granted that Sir Kdivatd Cray, whuff1 peace nink-' ing has been less luateiuish. than Scrota, Pr.van's will use nil legitimate I'rilish Influence to bring the disputants "li understanding," I'rotot Again-! anal Concession. Salvador, May 21.

A formal protest was made today, by prominent Mcaiaguaus ami Hotidurans Icsidetif lu re to the American minister, William lleimke, against the action of it he Nicaragua ii government In gtunt-ing to t'le lilted Slates the llglll to build a canal act ess and establish a mivnl station. It is con. tended thai sili-h a uiii e-soui would Jeop.ii disc the sov ereignty of the Celi-' ti .,1 Ainei i' an states. TOKIO NEWSPAPERS SITUATION we are going honestly to award our contracts to the lowest bidder, let us 'do so. The effect will be possibly to mornino journal uricial liasio wirii encourage real competition among the Tokio, May 21.

The Tokio morn-eompinles, provided always, thai th- newspapers agree that the tim- 1 1 resent contention of the depart men'. land owti.Tshlp leg- Cereals and Livestock and Products of Them to be Treated in New Schedules to be Prepared, IF FLOUR IS FREE WHEAT WILL BE ALSO President Said to be in Accord With Numerous and Important Changes Proposed in Tariff Measure. IT MOON, NO JOURNAL IPKC'AL LIASIO WMRffl Washington. May 2 1. letoi niiiiu-1 lun to eiiiallzi: livestock ami grains iiinl th'li respec tlvo products In the I'mli rwbod nirlff I'll! has been Veuch-' I'd by the senate tinnine sub-commit-t(" considering the agricultural sehod-i in.

It him been agreed tlnit if cattle, shce-p, hogs, wheat mill outs arc Id re-I ii (1 ill lit l.i It im tin- Fuderwooel dill classifies thrill, I lien a duty shall be plac-d upon hoof, mutton, I'lii U. flour, wheat and outim-ul, or if these products to rriiiiiln on the l'r' list, I.1W llllltl'l'illl Will I illlll IC Ill'O lift. TliiM is thf llrst basic tariff change to In; planned by senate democrats since' lht. bill in mo from llii' house. Whether raw materials und their I ml in'ts ail- to In' i if listed or all are to la- liuulr ilutialilr had not been ili'lirinlni'il.

tut that all would In treated alike, was asserted today li Senator Sharp Williams, chair-ti in ii of the suh-coiumitlcc, which has llii' hi In-dull' In hand. Tin- decision to these schedules, it also was fi'poi trii, had Im i ii reached Willi the knowledge of thf president and not Uln-ut his uppl'oval. When Senator Williams was told of a report in i-l rciilittii.ni that his cotn-inlltre had decided to put all livestock anil grains on Hie free list. Il keeping with their products as they are treated in tile rmlerwood hill, he declared lu re was no ground lor such a report. "Hut." declared the senator, "Hide is this much alioiit it.

If rattle, sheep and lings ale to relnuill dutiable ill tliis hill, then 'Ihe products will carry a duty. The same Is true of wheat, oats, flour ami oatmeal. There will he no discrimination between these law materials and their products In this hill, lint wo have not determined whether Ihey shall ho dutiable or Un-dulluhle." The light over this feature of the I'mlerwood hill begun In the house Mini there Mas considerable democratic opposition lo tile floc-llstlllg of f.irill products, while Hie raw in.iteriul was lift dutialde. Some deinoerals prc-ilicted that the Senate would change tile Selleilllle, of tllelll USSeltlllg tha livestock a ml would Bo to Hie free list. Whatever the sub-cum-milt 'e does III the matter is expected to meet with the approval of, the li-iiaiicc coin initi.ee majority.

Jt wa. learned today that Senator Wnjsh, of planned to Introduce, mi amendment in the senate to put cattle on the fl'ee list If the Mil, were presented without such change. The rnderwood hill, puts a duty of 10 per cent ad valorem on all livestock and free-lists all fresh meal; duly of HI cents per hilshel on wheat and oats and free-lists wheat, flour and mil meal, Pcpl'cscntative I'nder-wood, chairman of the house ways and means committee, when asked alioiit proposed senate changes today, said that he lias heard nothing about them and that he did not Intend to take any further part in the tariff consideration until the hill gets to conference. That there are to he a great main iliangcs In the hill in the. senate, was admitted today by Senator Simmons, chairman of the linance committee.

He announced, however, that next Wednesday the suh-coiu mlttee would he-gin framing lip. various: subjects and thai they Imped to have the ready for the finance committee by 1st. The dehujeratie he said, would he called for consideration the hill alioiit June 3d, and an effort will ho made to report it to the Senate the following week. The decision today of Ihe majority members of the finance committee to. close all private hearings on the Mil next Tuesday, lias not met with republican approval and an attack on this plan If; looked for In the senate ti ilTow.

The committee decided to print all briefs of nianiifai'lurers not heretofore published ullil to receive briefs until the hill ivac lies the senate floor. Another problein confronting the democratic leaders is the nnti-diinip-llig clause in the 1 lideivv nod bill, which makes no provision fir articles on tile free list. This clause would us-scss au additional duly hot to exceed 1 5 per cent on imports sold In tills country for less than the foreign price, hut it Is not made to apply to the free list mid some democrats insist that the flee list should he included. Soup miiliufuctui'crs appealed be- ii'le Senator Johnston siili-comimt-tce today, protcstinti against taking certain essential ells from the fi' iLiini cent, was too low. lie cald the liilinu-j fuiturorii were willing to stand i'e- i dilction hut Ihiniuht it should Ilut be1 below 10 per cent ad valorem, Senator Stone'o mib-commlttce wum at work all day on the woolen iiiunu- i faeturers' schedule, while the Hub-! committee headed by Senator Williams took up the xUfjur schedule und listen- ed to pleas from Louisiana and I'orto Kico cane urowers for a higher dtit.Vj than promised in the rnderwood bill, i Henry f'hurr, president of the islana Cane (Irowers' association, nuule i an nrKUini iit for the growers of hi state and promised to file a more ex- tended statement.

Senators Thornton! and Uunsdcll and many planters lis- ti lled to his statement ami added their comments lor the committee's Infer-' mation. Aceordiiiji to Mr. I'harr, the American Itefinimr company, the "siiftir trust," would be the main hellel ieial'y under the t'llderwood bill lie claimed that factories of Louisiana would he turned into useless Junk and that the siinar kiowIiik lands of his slate would lose millions of dollars if onm ess unreex on free suar. He said there were thousands of small siiKar growers In Louisiana and Insisted that tlie industry Is not in the hands of a few IiIk planters. Mr.

I'harr (old the neither President democratic platform people of Louisiana that llson nor the had Kivell the reason to fear free sunar. He said the president had wired a positive refusal to approve flee sucar to the collector of Ihe port of New Orleans. Asked by Senator Williams if the cane grower could tmt turn their lands over to the cultivation of other products, Mr. I'harr iliKiieil that In- had proved that in no other way could the lands be made so profitable. STEEL TRUST CAN Schwab Completes Testimony in Suit by Government to Dissolve Greatest American Corporations, mt Monsisa jouiinal ipccial liasio wirii New York, May 21.

the I'nited SI Hie States Steel Corporation owns per cent of the ore reserves country, it would have been ol the impossible in Hml to have oiKanlzi-o ai. other corporation Us eiiual, Charles M. first president of the Corporation, tcstificn today, hi Ihe suit to dissolve the corpora-Ih as au ilb'iial comliination. Tin' testimony was adduced 111 eross-ev-ainiiuilion by vpivei niiieiit ounsi Mr. Schwab said, however, that ore ii'Uld have been imported from coiinirbs and a corooration My as the steel corporation organized, provided Us plant was located in the Mi'l.

He conceded, on the nhi baud, that there were no other financial llilcicsts in the fulled State-' as strom: as those which went into the corporation, namely: J. P. Morgan and company the ItnekcfelhT- Standard interests nil interest, the Cainiijic and the W. II. Moore "uroiip.

Mr. Schwab completed his testimony today and In the face of pcrlustcnt efforts on the part of JinlKe Jacob M. I'lckinson, tile mr. el nnieiit attorney, lo Main admission tending In show that the corporation was chiefly to prevent ilcstriict wars allium? competing steel concerns, defended the company at every point. In his conversation with J.

P. that led to the organization of the corporation, he had never, he declared, discussed tlie alleged threat e-f Andrew t'arneiclo to build a tube plant in competition with the National one of the concerns afterward taken over. This alleged threat, the uovernnieiit maintains, was one of the factors which precipitated the In connection with present coiull-lions in the steel Industry, Mr. Schwab testified that I live lonvr eliuimll anil hav the money" the Pothlrhein Steel corporation, of which lie Is ilnVV chairman, would manufacture every product now produced by tlie sled corporation. He said that the steel corporation, owlim to the inhumane of owning th" principal facilities, was lo uuiii-ufactiire steel rails four to five cheaoer than Its competitors, tail said that was only "because the lletli-b licin Steel corporation has not net the resources pi puild railroads of it" own." I I'i'Iglil Male Advance Suspended, Washington, May 21.

An Increase uVoruKinx about cents h'liiilrrd pounds approximately per cent, in the freight rates on wheal from various points of origin lu middle western stales to destinations in the hwest, was suspended by the Interstate commerce commission today, until September An investigation of the advance be made, UNDERSELL COMPETITOR i Final Summons Comes to Pioneer Who Had Resided Oyer Eighty-three Years in Bernalillo County, INTIMATE FRIEND OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN Present in Ford's Theater, it? Washington, Night That the Chief Executive Was Shot by Assassin, Colonel Frnr.clsco Peri'u, ilpltKate from New Mexico to the Thirty -elKhth congress, war veteran, ex-legislator, former postmaster at and fur eighty-three year a resident of JJer-nallllo county, died at 5:30 yesterday afternoon at his home, 1209 South' Ptoadway. Colonel I'erea had been lu falling heulth for several yearn and his death wiih not unexpected. Mem. hers of his immediate family und TpU ali vos wile present when the final summons came. Colonel Perea celebrated bis Had birthday on Junuary lUU.

last. Perhaps no man In Now was mofe widely known than he, or had lived life varied and interesting a had the noted Plo ne'er. Xews uf his death vv be received throughout the state with regret. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made, but probably will bo announced today. Perhaps no man In Albuquerque; had a more intimate nciimintance with Colonel I'erea than William II.

II. Allison. Mr. Allison the author of the following history of the veteran patriot und soldier: I'arenluge. Francisco I'erea, the uubjevt of thin sketch, and whose name wi hold word throughout the rtnte of New Mexico, and who vvns well known from oce-un to Jhe--house of his maternal grandfather.

Uovcrnor Francisco Xavler Chaves, ut the village of r'udlllas, Iiornutlllo county, Junuary 1 830. Tie 'n th third child of Juan Herea und his wife, Chaves do Pereu. Juan I'ereH. the father, was born ut Corl'ttlleg, Suto-doval county, probably ubout the yen 1Si2 or 1X0.1, and wus the ton. of Pedro.

Pereu und wife. IJnrbiirltn Ko-nioro de Pereu. Pedro Joe Perou, the grHiidfalher, was ulso a native of Cor-rallcs, where he whh born probnbly alioiit the year 180. and was the Hon of Pedro Acenslu I'erea und his wife, whose first name is not now renietp-be red, mid who 'us of the Velurde family at Juureg, Mexlvo. A branch of this family is now residing In Uio Arriba county, l'edro Accnslo Pereu, the great grandfather, came from the City of Mexico and settled in Corralleu here he built a house thut ha been continuously us a residence Hi ncn about the year 17S0.

Nothing Is definitely known of his parentage. I 411 1 fcdlHUtioll. Francisco Pcrea's first experience. In school was at Ilerliulillo, htu home town, durlntc the winter of th yearn and This was select school, kept by Professor Jose and was attended by'only tlirew or four persons other than the aiib-Joct of this sketch, among them be. lug Xeslor Arinljo.

Jese oud Jiiaiuln I'el'eu. Paring the winter of the yearn 1x37 and 1S.1S young' Pereu, in company with J. Francisco Chuves and Juaguln Percn und a few other small boys, attended a school In Suntu Ke, kept by one Captain Sena, who Home. years before came there with the dru gocuis. from Mexico.

Hurlntf the jfreat-er part of the winter the captain was actively engitgi'd with Governor in. the. bitter's for the suppression of the Insurrection of the When Sena was eiiK'-'ged with the nrmy his wife heard the recitations. Imflng these stirrifttf times excltment run high. Many of the wealthy residents of the Kin Orandi valley, with their families, through fi-ur of being molested by the Insurgents whe hud threatened to Invado that part of the country, vesldcd In Santa Fe until peace was rvstoved.

Vomig Peri'ii, then eight years of age. vvitnesscid, from nafe distance, th execution of llittfe or four of the lenders of. the, insurrection," The third and lust school he atlendi ed before going to St. Lou In Wad nt Los Italli hos de Alhu(Uei'fue, kept by Pryfessor Fell Peilivedex, thell lilt-. Iv from Carrlzal, Mexico.

This a.jliool was kept during the winter of the years and ISiis, nd us uttend- ecl by the following named person other than young Pereu: untie I Aranda. Jose Armijo, afterward! i ailed "Che" Arinljo, Xentnr and Xtco las T. Arinl.li, fhavea und Ills bli.ther, Jose dc) la l.UK ChaVeH, Felipe Chuves, Manuel Uarclu, Jose i iiitlerriK. Joso Moutano, Pedro Mon-taiiu, AtiHiaito Montoya, Juuit Sandoval, Manuel Sani'hvs, Perfecto Yrtwrn and Jniiiiuln Many of these, names have been lepeutedly honored with offiolal and other pusltlous In the county and territory, The rmder will note the conipfcu mis aiiseucej of the numt. J.

FruUclto (Continued on PHge Two.) i Who Confessed. John Breen, Crime, Tells Story of Those Who Are Said to Have Hired Him to Commit Act, VOS'na JCIJNU SPECIAL LIASCO 'lfll' Huston, -'I. Testimony al out what, ent on behind the ai Lawrence, at the time of the 'fc'ieat textile strike in lli, was (ilven today by John J. Preen, convicted and confessed "planter" of dynamite, at the trial of William M. Wood, prislilcnt of the American Woolen company.

Frederick K. Attcaux und ii-nnis J. Collins, charged with eon-spirflij; to iliscreilii the strikers by planting dynainite in at Law leiioe. Hrcen's story of his ai tivitlcs on holm If of both strikers and mill own-eis culminated in a declaration that he refused pi accept $7.111111 from At-leuux's alli'irney. Haniel II.

Coakley, the lavvjer who was him. Tcsiiinony previously introduced was that ciirln pel-sous who had been arrested when dynamite was found In I 1 1 i 1 1 1 i 1 1 iH-i'iipied by them at Lawrence, latirliail brought damage suit'-against Preen, who had 'planted" th" explosive, Ureell testified tluit be had Hi t. to Attcaux to Kit JHI.iuui after, bis own counsel had ndd him that all the suits could lie setlled for 1 2.00c. lie denied that he knew the dam-ae suits cimlcl be si tiled at a lovvcr fiKtilv when lie was einb-av orini; to ir.iiiice Alteaux to pay him Hrccn filially said that lie had refused all offer of $7.111111 from Coakley himself hi- would not imree to th. terms.

Asked by Coakley what llv. terms were, Preen replied: "You told Hie to put most of it tl: my po, ki and settle with the pool slobs as cheap as I could. I didn't want that kind of money and 1 reject ed the offer." Preen acidised Atteaux of beiiiK lb'' 'luaii hiylli 1 up." He said that At-, It ails had uitaKfil him to plant the dynamite and he urranKed with Krn-esi P. PHUiall, tile Alulover builder, Who clmmitted hell th grand jury begun Invvstigutlnif the ul- letted conspiracy, to furnish the explosive. Wood's inline was mentioned oiilv once and that was when Preen said Ii" asked Atleuux it Wood knew anything al out (lie matter and Atteaux replied tluit he did not.

I if the five rsons who have figured proniiiii lilly in the aliened con-spiiacy, only two really are on trial. Pi ten was convicted last May; I'U mall took his own life and Collin" mined slate's evidence yesterday, al-, thoiiKh in his testimony he iniplif atcd neither Wood nor Atte-iux. His story of the part lie played lu the affair, related wholly to his association with' Preen. fader cruss-exa mi na tioii, the witness was doubtful al. times rcHardiii'-r i certain inoelinns and conversations It Hons persons.

Preen admitted that up to and in-; hiding January he was worried lest the dvnainile in the city yarn would do sonic harm, hut his attitude changed on la and he was anxious to place Ihe explosive where it was likely to cause more ilaunme. than It could in the illy yard. Asked about bis activities dtiriim tlie Lawrence strike. Preen "aid that he went anifiiii; the foreigners eii-ileu vrlUK to keep them and ml- vised thcui not to commit violence. It was because of his pride In hi-4' city thai he showed sn activity ill He said that he did not remember tellins State officer Klynn that bis mother would bo ruined if the strike continued and said Unit If he id made ouch a statement, it was false.

He iiiluhl have (old Sellle people that his tilth-' it's estate held in American, Woolen company sto, but this also; vv as iinlriie. He was unable to tell of any speoil'i. payments made bv him from I Ii i money he claimed to have received from Attcaux. with the exception of; tlie that was tfiven to Collins and the car fares between ItoMlon ami; Law rence. He said be had disbursed between ami but he; naiile no iicoiinl of bis expenditures.

thoiiKh he iinilerstoi.il that Attcaux; was to reimburse hint. Preen said had been sued by the persons arrested ill Lawrence as the result of the tie- iiamite planlliiir, but later he learned thai possibly a Hett lenient llliKllt he, nuule for i.i'ini. Cross-examination of Preen will bo! continued tomorrow, '(cuige II. Illvby PI, in Vol Los Angeles, May L- -Hcoi ge H. P.lxby, tlie Long peach banker, not guilty today to two iudli tliichls lehnrg-lng him bav ing contributed lo the i mi i of minors.

The pleas were entered after Oscar Lavv-b-r, attorney for Pixby, had tailed have tlie illiiii ini. -Ills iUasiied, tihy jW.is not in coin I during the i of Justice that the steel companies are a combination, Is disproved by the evidence." Pids for the Pclinsv Iv aula were opened, the statement continues, the publication of notice one inch long, lu the smallest type, In on paper onlv, the Philadelphia Item, that sealed proposals would be received at the navv department I'ebruar' 1Mb, with no hint of the aiiiouht and only four wciks in advance of the date set for the rec eiving of tin- bids." It would lie natural, the statement Iiiilili'r would receive the award, nut such was not the case, nor has it been the for a bmg time, and here is where tin- whole trouble lies, on the theory that all three companies must be encouraged to maintain their armor plate departments, the eoiiiract arbitrarily was divided among them. All three companies agreed to a price of per toil for Class T. I for tur-i-e armor: for Class and J.ois for Class 'C. I'nder the eirciiiu-slanees.

I am surprised at the moderation of tin- bids, because under this theory that wo must distribute tile work at. the lowest price bid among three firms, I don't see that any- tiling but modesty or fear of a congressional investigation keeps tiiem from putting In, say 7 ti per ton as their lowest bid." The secretary made public two letters which lu- received from companies which submitted bids for the Pemisvlvaiiia contract because, he said, they were "so remarkable for their frankness and so completely il-lustiatlna, from their own words, the evils of the situation." The Mldvale Steel company, of Phil- adclphla. Wl'ole: "It llaS been Hie to divide1 the work between the companies in! the price of the lowest bidder after asking other companies if thev would accept the work at lids price; this being deemed expedient, by tile department, on subsequent bids for similar natural for the to hid the plioi material it was but iimpcting companies set by the previous div ided The Pctlllcllelll Steel I Spilth Pi thlehi 111, P. t' ompa ny, ild practn. al- Iv the story: "Instead of awarding a contra the wlmlc of im order to the bidder, the departinenl, in most of the kind has tlie ol for invest cases tween two of more of the competing firms upon the highest bidders Hgrtc-liig to reduce their pt'l es to the price named the lowest bidder, in view lu ol thai practice.

It has become known by every manufacturer thai be the naming ef a lower ligure by him would merely lower the price that Ins. I i fi.