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ISA Philadelphia Business Men Demand Arbitration BANI SALSO TAKE HAW i GeneraLWalkout of JJnlbn Workers May Be Ordered Tomorrow Merchants Discuss Calling oi Political Leaders tff Making Direct Representa tions to Rapid Transit Company Mayor Reyburn Confident of Settle ment if Outsiders Do Not Interfere Few Disturbances During the Day Philadelphia Feb 28 In fcpite of the constantly increasing number of demands by Religious bodies and others that arbitration be resorted to to settle the itnke against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit 4 Company officials of that company declared tonight that no proposition look ins toward arbitration In any form Is Being considered by the boaid of directors There were very few distmbances along any of the lines of the company today and an Inereastd number of cars left the various barns Heavy rain which fell to nlgfyt kept the crowds from the stieets and the most complete after daik schecp Vie jin effect since the strike began was run Ion all lies until midnight Labor leaders still hope that public sympathy will force arbitration before the general strike voted for jesteiday goesf into effect on Saturday In addition to the many out of town labor leaders already on the scene the national heads of labor organizations in the country are expected to reach here In time to participate In another meets lng of labor chiefs which will be held on Wednesday night May Advance Strike Order It is possible that the general strike order may be changed at the meeting to become effective immediately in many trades At the session of the labor representatives on Sunday many of the delegates were in favor of an immediate Strike and only consented to a postponement after sC 6 Watt of the carmen had pleadtd for delay as a compromise it was agreed to hold a further meeting of all the imflpa wiu ay when an immediate strike could be ordered The impression strengthens hourly that jfhe Central Labor Union was not bluft Jng 1 It ordereda genil sympa tttehtte 2rants and manufacturers vho laugher a few days ago at thojpossibilijy of extended trouble have become apprehensive They are scared and they admit it During the day half a dozen movements were started to compel the to arbitrate Xobody wants a geneial Stride not even tlxe union men who are preparing to walk out but the town is thorpughly convinced that a geneitl strike is exactly what It is facing in case the Rt refuses to draw cards Say They Will Go Out Investigation of the situation today de veloped this Employers of all kinds brewers heads of wearing factories the pramps men who employ machinists steajnfittters carpenters tailors milk wagon dthersi electiical workeis a hun dredj other kinds of woi kmen have asked theij men what they really intended to dotf the refused to arbitrate In almost every case they hae been in i formed that their employes would abide bythe decision of their unlors Wjien this became well nigh certain theg banks took a hand in the game There are many large industrial concerns InPhiladelhpja that hae large contracts on hahd They are carrying these contracts on money borrowed from the banks The banks are keenly interested in preventing a general strike They put the solution of the problem up to one of thejmost poweiful institutiosn in this city the Market Street Merchants Association I Twa Plans Suggested The merchants headed by Klhs Gim bel uid Samuel Lit got together and agreed tentatively to two plans of ac i tlon one of which or bnh maj be brought forward The first plan was to call lrom Florida Senator Jim Mc Nichol and Recorded Vare nrhn the jstrike last June The second was to make direct representations to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company thatj something would drop ir the comi panj continued to hold out jOrganizer Pratt said tonikht that Jnhri Mitchell was coming here to look over the situation and take sl hand if neees Earyf President Mahon of the international Street Railway Emnlnvps got ere tonight JMaye Reyburn said tonight that the situatoft had materially improved during the day and that he was confident the Jlapld Transit Company and the men woulji get together for an amicable set Itlement if outsiders would leave Avell enough alone The proposal of arbitra istiqnjhe said was talked over at todays fleeting or the rapia transit board but a tpoK no part the discussion rMpn whn rennrt fnr rtcrirti tnmntxn Sinrnine the mavor stated ntll ho taimr feeclqand will be subjected to no run Jhment iney must come as individuals ijnever and will not be permitttd to arthe union button Iayor Reyburn denied that George irljrt representative of the city 0n Fe rapid transit board was the only Lnfber to speak against arbitration at llfip OAIlMENyjHZLp JS2ryp Wtixey RepoftsrTheir Cause TViaafiJnatnn TkfanatnVi Ia Ia vAvJrr ytthij On JIarch fivedays hence William IT Taft will havi mmrAatA ntivMrs Servicers Presldeilfi Of theVlnifpA RtntPR Wliot ha nnrtni tnnlr in narfnrnfA what he actually accompWsnVd and what still hangs In the balancesolaraV tbei larger propositions poliTr are concefneoV Is made clearlypparent from these tables i if WHAT PltESIDEKT TAFT HAS ACC03IPLISHED Revision of thetarlff In hUiudgment downward ivlnV free hides leather boors and shoeSjou and lowr rates pn coal and umber A A proyjsionf taxing the earnings of corporations Acourtof Customs appeals i jr A maximum and rnlnlmum tariff Alaw limiting appropriations In Porto JRfco Compelled the prosecution of the tobacco trust and the Standard dll Appealed the famous Panama1 libel suit against the World which was thrown dut of court by Judge HoukrhJ 3 IXApDITIOar TO TARIFF IlEVISIOV PRESIDENT TAFT AAMEB ASPABA 3 cCZ MOUJfT POLICIES tf A Federal incorporation law Jj Separate statehooo for Arizona andNewrlexIco j2 A postal savings bank1 system ijsv sP Amendments to thelnterstate commerce lawsTlncludrng the creation of a commerce court prSf sj1 An elaborate plan fonconserving natural resources i5jrJjl1r i A pew form of clVih government forAlasTca iEV ToexpeditelitigaUon JnrFederal courts jr a An invesUgatlon oftheBallInger PInchot controversy a iaw ummng tne use or injunctions An Investigation Into the Increased cost of living The issue of reclamation certificates i Amendments to the Sherrnanantltrust act Prosecution of the beef trusOj 1 AVHAT PIIESIDEMT TAFT WILL OBTAW FROM HIS LEGIsATIVE lROGRAM Separate statehood for Arizonaand New Mexico Xt postal savings bank bill bWunsatisfactory and constituting merely the entering wedge i Two or three features included in the conservation scheme although nine bills were introduced to make ineffective To expedite litigation in Federal courts if there lstlme The ibsue of 30000000 in reclarnationcertificates I A railroad bill somewhat changed but along the general lines Indicated by I Aiiurney uenerai wicitersnam i A congressional investigation of the Balllnger Pinchot controversy An inquiry by the Senate into the increased cost of living PRESIDED TAFTS MEASURES WHICH HAVE STRUCK SSAGS AAD ARE THREATENED WITH DESTRUCTION AT THIS SESSION The act providing for a system of Federal incorporation is marooned in the Senate judiciary committee and no steps are being taken to consider and report it The understanding is that no action on it will be attempted and the Preidcnt has acquiesced in that program The postal savings bank bill will pass the Senate In a form entirely unsatisfactory to Western senators and may met fierce opposition in the House The President will be satisfied to have It go through in any form believing that amendments can be obtained in the future to make it more complete and effective The railroad bill which it is declared by legal experts will undo allthat was accomplished by the Hepburn act and leave the situation the same aa or worse than prior to its enactment will pass the Senate with but little change from the Wlckersham draft but that cannot be accomplished without six weeks or two months of warm debate The bill will be tilttpriv ncsaiiofl gressive Republicans and the Democrats The Alaskan civil government bill has alreadv hee ahanHnnoi mi further effort will be made to pas ar at this session Of the nine conservation bills Litinsr nr Mnn tCciki i i Riven serious considpritlrtn vpfriV iwiirirTArf rpi I juihul iiiwb are iu permit ino with drawal of lands by the President give the government ntmi nt power sites and to provide a plan for teasine coal nil iQn i govcrnment to receive a royalty The proposition to amend the Sherman antitrust act has been abandoned The President has agreed to that plan holding that it might interfere with the tobacco and Standard Oil cases now pending before the TTnlt sat court uiq The investigation of the Ballinirer Pinchot rawiinm ii i cannot be completed in time for a report before the adjournment of Congress i i uCOU lu 01l Aiaii ana iook at tne Cunningham coal lands The joint committee has not yet determined that point Ihe select committee of senators now investigating the higher cost of Jlyin declare that their work will be speedily accomplished and a report submitted before June In dny event a nartial report Will be filed even If the inquiry wiu iuijjs uu cuumesbioniu reces yj pAtvi Ayalan Bufi Burke Idaho S0Feet Beep THRILLING RESCUES MADE TfionianiXcn DIsiln iijTSnow in H6pes of Saylagf Liyes Warning Sent From Mace Wlen First Tragedy Occuned Prevents Heavier i Loss Four Rescuers Among Victims of Second Crash Italians Buried in CarlWith RailwayTools Cut Out Pass ageta Safety Survivors Experience central body last night that conditions existing in the Quaker City at present are such as to warrant the support to the striking carmen by organized labor in general If riots occur Jn Philadelphia he said they will not follow the plans mapped out by the labor men At Sundays meeting in fact the delegates ere requested to do everything Jn their power to prevent riots I Organized labor throughout the country will support the strikers The unions realize that upon the outcome of the present strike1 in Philadelphia depends the future of their organizations Everything points to victory for the unionists AETIST HIDES HER ARREST GUILTY OF ELECTION jfttATJI Refuses to Tell Plight to Friends and Is Fined as a Shoplifter Boston Feb 28 Rather than have her weaiuiy Boston friends know ofrher ar rest tor shoplifting a young waman who gave ner name as Miss Bella Quimby and said she was an arttat with ciir Km Chicago remained in jail from Sdtui riav ftflmrAB ll a ill AT yni ui Luuay wiinout Dail fcihe was fined lOJbr stealing less than 10 woith of merchandise from a department store The woman was richly clad in furs and her gown and hat were of the finest material She had almost 50 ner purse wnen arrested Mls Quimby was told Saturday that ir she notified some of her friends they might have her released for 50 cash bail She Replied I dare say my friends in Boston would put up thousands if it were necessary but I dont want them to know of this disgrace Besides I think the punishment of a few days in jairwill be a constant leminder for me the rest of my life when am tempted to steal The woman Was here on a visit She paid the fine and took a train for the West 3 MR FISH ATTACKS RULES I vIuv support lni peNedr secretary offhe Centra 1 sJfaoTJpionsand one of the organizer of littin American Federation at TAnr ii tiiTnnA In Washintrton vfstri1nv flap a BnnrTviKitiin irfniianpinma xpnppo nftj3itL ft tended thfe meeting the Central Labor union ia ounaay jvir ve rseary re I Representative Maintains This Is Not a Representative Government Hamilton Fish catalogued as a silk stocking of insurgent tendencies in surged mightily durlntr yesterdays ses sion of the House He went after the House rules rourh shod The iurisdrctlon enjojed by the committee on rules was the chief object of his attack This Is no a representative government shouted Mr Fish Without a majority of three members of the rules committee no subject of legislation can even ceme up for consideration before thisHouse Mr Fishs Irritation wti7anser1 hv Jite inability to get action on a parcels post resolution Representative Fitzgerald also of New York a Democratic member or tne rules committee suggested that when Mr Fish was the presiding officer of the lower house of the New York legislature it was not supposed that any committee of that body could exercise any irdependence because Jthey were eon trolled by a machine Representative Moon of Tennessee senior minority member Wthe committee oi postofflces and post roads advocated a strict enforcement of apostal monopoly by the government sothat express companies might not carry that portion of the mails that5 prove profitable 1 A Rodenbery successor of the late eRprcsentative Griggs of Georgia was sworn in as a member of the HouseT Councilman Convicted of Permitting Brjbe Offer to Rival Candidate Speclar to The Washington Post Newprt News Va Feb 28 Ernest Cx cuncilman frm the Secnd ward tne repudiated Demcratic candidate fr cn stable in the fall electin was fund guilty Vilating lho Barksdale electin law and fined M0 in th ecorporation court tdnight His attorney moved that the verdict be set aside Cox was convicted of permittingA Burcher to promise jr Fraley 75 In cpnsideration of which promise Fraley is said to have withdrawn from the race for the Democratic nomination for constable After the primary revelations concerning Coxs rntiWc itv paving companies caused the city Democratic committee to repudiate Cox and as the result Hesterr the Republican candidate was elected Cox is sill rJ2TD5cts counc motion to uaving oeen lost by two votes DEATH0F CAPT B0NJER Commodore of the Holland American Lines Trans Atlantic Fleet New York Feb 28 The HniMr American Line receded a cablfodav containmg the formation of the death of the commodore of their fleet Cant Bonjer at the age of 55 yeais Vt Rotterdam Holland at tfPtB0njer enterid the servcs of th Holland Ameriea Line as fourth officer passing on iaViv fpn uincerr became a captain In obfainTnt ou vt oieamer Maas Ho ho came7 the commMn Cant Bonier mmmgnj uu crwv new X10I tnlAminia vesse fls it was added ure iieet xne last ship under his command was tho ffin ls steamer Rotterdam on which ve4l he completed his 225th round trip as can tain fa 1909 Hi career as fcaptota remarkabo for th fnf had any serious accident or loss of life ulu wie snips commanded by him HELD FOR HAVEMEYER LETTER Boys Alleged to Have Demanded 2500 musr a en tne Truth Says Judge New York Feb 28 George stahl 13 years old and Sammv wimam accused of writing Mrs Hrd Have meyer widow otthe presidejitof the Amei lean Sugar Refining Company a letter demanding 2500 onpain of death were arraigned in court todayr The boys alleged that thev wer miniiirn gers for a man they did not know i They prsisted in this story today despite tbe deelaration of Justice Wyatt that a handwriting specimen which the older boy George Stabl furnished In the courts presence tallied1 to adot with tne writing the blackjhand letter une noys jvere remanded forfurtber declared he would hold them until they ioiaineiruin MrsHavemeyerrwas in court but did not testify a ilHOGSATlOrLEVEL JTt SpokaneiWash Teh 28Twenty foifr nerfinns nm Vnitin nniohr in hiix Aoor as the result of snowslidea yesterday andtodayln tne mining region of northern Idaho iTothe nlnetee who perishei ln the avalanches at Macs and Burke Idaho last vUlght and early today are added tnrtomoto who died in a similar dls aster yesterday when the camp of the Carbonatf Hill Mining Company at Mullen Idaho was destroyed and two Tttlled at DoTsey Idaho today The fight against tlmeand cold at Mace and at BurEe hasheen waged bravelyand persistently by tW little army of men whohope to find under the heaps of ruinsjfiome who have escaped death The rescuers have dug frantlcallyf or manyhours Every avail abre man and boy has been pressed into scivicc Mlce is situated oria creek and the mountains rise high on either slde the town The main bodyof the avalanche which started ft onl the top of Custer mountain passed beyond the town and stiilungthe opposite slope with terrific force rushed up totheopposita mountainside The canyon is filled toa depth of 43 feet Mfssed Main Slide The damage to Mace was done by a fragment of the malnjslide which carried a construction train from the track as it plunged into the ravine As It rolled up the other side demolished the house fa Its path and stopped a short distance beyond tha Pascoe home The boarding house of the Standard mine where 300 miners were sleeping vaV missed by 120 feet JnfHTfc Burkfe avalanche occurred i Indlananrtlfn TndrFfth After vm Eiderable objection by members fhe MethodistMlnlsteb5 Association today adoDted thfr following Jrr view oft Jhe masterful memorial adrpss delivered at Tomltoson Jlall yesterday afternoon on Washington and Iincoln In view of the Integrity and upngntruiness of hisjife in view of me splendyld service he Is rendering the nation aa a Christian statesmanr be it ResolvedV that thik ministerial as sociation convey to DnltedStatesSena ipr ijeverwge tne neartiesr expression sl appreciation and that furthermore be it Kesoivea that we bespeakfor him future endeavors Borne of the ministers rsaid that It placed the association inthf attitude of tacking on to the Berefidge boorn aiSd thev ODDOsed It anil snmn nlJitr 1iS clared that the resolution was too broad out ine resolution was adopted with four qr five dissenting votes WOMErJ SHOT AS BURGLARS Wife Killed andMother Wounded by Mistakein Texas a Wharton TexrFeb 2l News was re Lticu iicjol luudj iium jjaua jiiy mat Kemper and jhia brother had shot and killed iWsrF FKemperr and seriously wounded their inother Mrs Kemper 3 a The women were mistakenfor burglars as they were entering the rear door and were flredupon with shotguns DELAY FQHPREM1ER Asquith Goyernment Wow Safe Until After Easter BUDGET IS SIDETRACKED Rich Farmer Slays His Fattier and Brdther in Law DEFIES P0SSE AM0NG HILLS Pursuit Is Dropped to Be Resumed atDawn Migd Unhalanced byKilling a Bandit Pennsylvanian Murders Aged Parent on His Way From Church Sisters Husband Pead by Shot Through Door Maniac Has 3000and Much Ammunition After Appropriation Bills the Power ol Lords Will Be Taen Up Resolution Adopted Without a bivision Work of Revolutionizing British Gov ernmental System Will Be Taken Up After Easter Peers to Be Shorn of AU Powers Save Those of Delay and Dis cussion Existence Is at Stake Tinnlnfl Tah iLTWttiAnAnniAH The firs iw Mn im tt 2 t7rrrii 0flul 1 niycu uui nuuso uitcomnipijs joQay ine outpomtj or Arac occurred Sunday while all except which ivas awaited as eagerly as the the nleht mm In tha niTins i 4 cic oitcp uuivuoiciii ui a mosi exciung irageay ine Thfi Tlnrlfta ii 9ini2 11 tWS i by all the members of both Houses fable fJj today Thatjmore lives Tveremot tolpack themselves into thechftmbei lost at Burke Is diuito Seaman Rowe Premier Asquiths governments obtained i tlio iicua liime xteaiizingi ine unui aiier easier inls I iL wa3 uie gut oi me conservatives who were anxious to avola two general elee Unhurt After Three StoryFalL Special tiTthe Wishingtcn Post Roanoke Va Feb 28 John Calvin of Knrfnllr fpll three istnrlM with on oto vatorin the new First National Bank DuiiQingana escapea practically unnuru OrderOId Bri ick Maryland Bye Direct if Its more convenlent Jas ClarK Jla ViT ii Vri istilllng Co Paave Jtfc yun cuaj uic wcciujr iu5cuuei tuo lutaij earthy ilgr Postal or phone Main 1095 Eastern Shipper Buys jloVa Swine fpr iiiighest Pnce Since 1870 SpecialtD The Washington Post lj unjeago eD xne tw nogmade his first aDDearance on the local market since lSTOat todays session A load 264 pound hogs 6s in number was bought by an Eastern shipper at that price The sale was made early tat was unde cover till nearthe rooWouT strohm of Cushing lw was the lttkv man who ownedtha linVa aa they netted him the most money of anV sunuar weignt nags in year the danger that threatened the steeping citizens he sent Bart Clement to arouse theJnhabltants and urere them to seek safety Four of those who lost their lives at Burke were members from the rescue partif that had been at work at night at Mace They were David Bheppard Dick Rlchol William Painter ana James Rogers Returned to Meet Death These men were among the first to respond to the call for help when the news of the Mac disaster reached Burke After working several hours at the mass of ice and earth that blocked the canyon they returned tn Rnrkfi nnr wore nnt in the slide there Among the last to be taken out of the snow alive at Mace was Mrs George Hooper an old woman who Jived on the outskirts of the town She was hurleri 13 feet under the snow and it took four hours to extricate her She had suffered from the cold but was notseverely injured At the time the slide occurred said McLeod of Mullan who with his son John A McLeod was rescued after a burial of two hours I was steeping In a small bunkrbom just off the compresserroom Mysonwas on shift at the compresser at the time I was aroused rom sleep when he ran Into the bunkroom crying an alarm The slW struk thee building with great force and we were burled under a whlrlingmass of snow and timbers My son was knocked onjthebed across me With the exception of my right hand I was unable tojnove sWIth this band I scraped away enough snowto give us air --Buried Fifty Feet Deep Burke isburledJOfeet under snow and earth The sllde Is 3000 feetlong and fills the canyon James Rodgers whoaws supposed to have perished Vas rescued at Burke tonight He had beerf buried In the 5noweighthours One thousand rescuers aretiowfat work Amonff the bodies recovered am thoseof I HPascoe superintendent of mc uauuaii iixiuciia irascue 411s son Eddie and Inez Pascoe Mrs George1 FernwelC Mrs A1R Leard JohruFenneJl Mrs Ed Kettrell and two children Thompsonsectlon foreman of theO Rt frN Railroad burled under car in ten feet of wafer in tho rlverV 3 Thirty five Italians sleeoiner In an outfit carbn the Northern Pacific sidlne wher were sweDt awav with thufr ra in fh uuiium vi me rttjiyonuseoxinaioois their car to dig tiiemselves out Jsg Supt and Mrs I HPascoe pKthe Standard Mine jn which pipertklarg3 majority of the male residentsWiface are employed werefisleeViStnetr hpm6 was crushed UkeaneggshelJMrj Pascoe two sons andu aughterere killed His wife was onlyslightly injured 1 1 UMITED JUMPS TSETBJlCK Three Hurt in Wreck of the Twentieth entwy Train Cleveland eb 2irrfliree persons were slightly Injured today when the TwentU eth Century Limited westbound on the Lake Shore and Mlchls an Southern uon vay left the track ear Olmsted Fallsfc 20 miles west otere while travelfnff attm rate of 60 mile arr hour Tha train wasideTfttlpfl hv hmvn truck in onorbf the forward car tlOhS successively within ftn brfef nerlnrl that thej accepted th premfer3 program wunout caning ror a vote When the house of commons meets after Easter it will ake ud thestruesle to revolutionize the British government system Resolutions will be presented on March 29 to deprive the house of I6rdsof all authority over finances and also 6f tne power of vetoing the measures of the lower house leaving tothelprds only the functions of delay and discussion If this plan succeeds the government proposes next year to proceed with the transformation of the house of lords from a hereditary toa democratic bodyt Budget Is Sidetracked Such Was the Tr02Tam thatthe nrline minister unfolded andhe and Chancellor Lloyd George declared that the government ctajced its existence on Inthe uicauuiuo uie uuugei sianas siaeiracKea It Is likely that when it Is taken upit will combine the budgets of two years shorn of the features objectionable to the Irish members Before the Easter adjournment the houseof commons will deal with resolutions enabling the government to continue to borrow money and the appro prlatlonbill for the army navy and other departments Mr Asquiths plan gained the support 6t the advanced radicals and laborites who have been wiver In with the result that the government ater lii the evening had majorities Of 31 and 45r respectively against two pro posed amendments to Mr Asquiths resolution lThe Irish members had withdrawn from the housefora discussion of policy when tne program was accepted They had however decided to refrain from voting Most of thenTwJH return to Ireland until the question relating to jthe1 A houSa of lordstakes the center of the stage ts Adopted Without Division The premiers motion eivlnir erovern ment business precedence at every sitting up to March 24 was adopted without division In laying xdown the governments nroirram Mr Asnutth emnhnatft 4h cesslty of proceeding with financial busi ness firsts and he said that after that would come the questionnf reforming the house of lords The financial leirislatinni ho derlared TcnnlH ho nrmflnol iu army and navybills and other urgeijtde uianaa wjnicn wouia cccupy me Wnol9 ati tentlon of the house up to the Easter jd journment With regard toihe house of lords the hoped thatchamber wouldagree with tne proposed plan but whether It aid or not the government Intended Ho place on ilje statute books a provision which would set free the house of commons from the veto of the lords Chancellor Lloyd George delivered a telling speech Herald thatfhe government could not ask for the exercise of the royal prerogative uponproposals wtilchfhad not yet received the sanction of the houseof commons or the opposition of the house of lords Existence Is at Stake The government wiir stake Its existence said thftchancelloivliponthe ad Yice it will glvethe sovereign if it becomes necessar to Aa nn Thla la ttit ter 0 greatest moment tdjhe democraiy ui 411111 xiiiLLiiL2iLiu uieianni ivnipa fighting powerful combination wliieh Speciarto The Washington Post TJhlontown Pa Feb 28 Frank Smith aT rich farmer liVini 10 miles south of Unl6ntown apparently went Insane late last evening and killed hla father Smith aged 63 years while the latter was going borne from a church mieung Smith then went to tne home or his brother in law Evans Moser another ich farmer whom he killed with hts Winchester In a bedrooiru The murderer then escaped to the mountains on horseback leaying his only sister dying from the shock ofjseeirtg her husband Killed by her brother r7 Driven Back by Maniac Sheriff A Johns and County Detec uve Aiexanaer iaicuein neaaepj armea poises In the mountains all day hopfng to capture the insane armer Instructions were given all deoutles ta shoot when they met him unless the murderer puis ins nanus auuvts nis neau ana Kepi themtherev On several dlfferenfoccasions thlsafter noon4the pursuing party came within hailing distance of Smith who called to them from cover ordering them to retreat at once or he would open fire In each case the armed followers needed no second command from the Intrenched maniac with the Winchester At 10 oclock tonight the sheriff and county officers cajled oft their men 3intll daybreak not casing to risk further exposure in the mountains I i Crazed by Killing Bandit Smith who ownrf a large farm is thought to have gone Insane brooding over his killing of iDick Cooley leader of the notorious Cooley gang In the mountains bere twelve years ago Smltly was a SouftgfarmeraJtthetlme andtook charge of a squad oC deputy sheriffs which had been swornsin tn hunt i therCooley gang whlehHadJterroriied that part of Fayette county for years Smlth camefaceto face with Dickl Cooleyieaderof the outlaws on a ione some mountain road and both opened nre bmith who was always a splendid shot killed Cooley 4 Slnce that time hVhas not been the same man At times his relatives thoueht ne showed sirns nfinsanftir 9ntjn he rode Into Uniontown and drew 3000 in Dills frOTTl RhflntrBvlnnk to go to Lurope Later he bought much ammunition for his rifle from many dN fergnt dealers and he is thmie hf enough to stand off an army Murders His Father About 10 oclock last evening Smith rode one of his best horses to the farnr of Moser where the elder Smith had been Yisitlng for some days and without dismounting called tohis sister for his fatherto Come out to the road He was told that the elder Smith who had not mised a Sunday nights church In 25 yearswas at church a mle down the road 1 Ill go and meet him said the son as he dismounted in the semidarkness and ashe did Mrs Moser his sister from the doorway saw he had his rifle He ted the horse to a enfflv and went An am a road over which his father past three score years or age was soon to pass on his way home from church Ten minutes later the sister heard a shot and in a few minutes later her brother came rushing up the road and on to the porch Shot Through a Door Ive killed the old man and Im intTi to kill Evans God told me to do it and 1 in going to ne snouieov as he shoved hisslsler to one sldeland tore Into the house Moser hearlne the hnntsinnd divining that his life wna in Anncrar rushed Into an unused bedroom and held ihe door shut Smith fired through the door evidently killing his brother in law at the first shot as the door swung open afterwhich Smith poured shot after shot into the prostrate body He then ran framjthe house Jumped on his horse and escaped ij tThe lifeless hnftv nt ihe plderRmlth waa found In the bushes by the roadside He hadbeen shot from the back or Herself aM DaWhter Washington PaFeb 2iTAfter she una ner aaugmer naa aa JU lor hours the resulrT of nftiaoa Jn their coffee Mrs Amanda Bailey tbJa morning recoverea sumcienuy from the effects of the drug to crawl half a mlle to the nearest neighbor for help While both women are expected to recover they are tn a Berlous condition The daughter Is stllruriconsclous Upon returning to their home from a visit Saturday they made coffee aa is their custom vand after drinking It found a white sediment in the cups Soon afterward both became unconscious A chemist is analyzing tha sediment No motive for a crime is known P0LITICAI LEADER Cf CEIL John Godwin Surrenders and Faces Term of Two Yearst Dover Pet Feb 28 John Goodwin the Republican leader will probably be forced to serve two years imprisonment in the New Castle county workhouse for attempted election bribery When the State supreme court over a month ago affirmed bis conviction Goodwin disappeared Today he appeared before that court and surrendered Owing tothfe absence of ChancellorCuftisthe court adjourned until next Thursday Goodwin being committed to prison LEANING TOWER WEAKENED Scientists at Pisa Investigating Damage Done by Springs Pisa Itaiy Feb 28 A special committee of scientists Bsf making an investigation to ascertain the stability of tjje leaning tower from the foundation of which water has been springing for a long time This has resulted itls feared Jn weakening the understructure of the historic iower BOYS IN WRECK PLOT Planned to Derail Rockefellers New Haven Train CAUGHT THROWING A SWITCH Youngsters Attempted to Cause Disaster They ConfessAfter Arrest for Purpose of Looting Victims Switchmans Discovery Saves Multimillionaires Many Notables on the Train Iflnrt rnmradeshin lnvnltv ttnnvcatrlRfa 1 Th6 Chancellor annealed tn thn llhei aTs to trust the government and rork to gether Soeehl ta The WshInEtoh Post Greenwich ConnT Feb 28 The arres of GeoreeTjenko aeed 10 SteDhen Yoskl aged JtYward Gjdoojskl aged 13 An dooskU aged 19 today reayealed thejat tempt of tHese youngsters Satnrdayisto wrfeck the New Havan railroad train leaving New York shortly aftr noon Sot the purpose as they confessed of looting the bodies of the dead and in Jured They got as far as opening the switch pear the East Port Chesterfreight yard That their plan did not succeed waa due to the circumstance that a switchman happened to see them throw the switch He closed it in time to avert an accident 3Pick Millionaires Club Train The train in question carries one of the special club cars on which travel Converse the steel magnate William Rockefeller of the Standard Oil Com pany Benedict banker Kennedy Tod and a7 score of other multi millionaires tv ho have homes In either Greenwich or Stamford and who come out early on Saturdays One of the ladstoday coolly told of the plot and stated as their reason for the attempted crime the hope of eettinc a few dollars from the pockets of the dead and wounded Disastrous WreckNear Had their plan not miscarried the re sult would have been truly a terrible onefor the switch on to which the fast suburban train would have been sent ends abruptly at the base of a hupe 30 foot rock embankment Matthew Gydooski the oldest boy uras bound over for the next term of the superior court Yoskl was sent to the state reform school and the other three were paroled in charge of ProbatlanOfficer Philip Flnnegan MINISTERGUDEINAGGIDENT Becomes a Goal Fellow at University Club Dinner GETS TWO lAlCml0LL These1 Commemorate TerpsIcWeaa Feaf at Recent Ball In Serious Mood Prudent Says the Col lege Man Is Charged With Duty tb i Puncture Sham and Uphold Sub ItanceJ Champ Clark Senator De pew Job Hedges and Dr Wiley Makk Merry Razor i or Senator Carter 1 WATER WAGON SAVES HIM Whisky Refused by Man Proves to Be Acid and Kills Nephew Pittsburg Pa Feb Zi It John Baust stepped off thewater wagon as he was1 tempted to do he probably would not be alive to relatethls tragic dialogue John Fell nephed tol3aust Come on uncle lets haver a drink whipping a whisky iflask from his pocket Baust No John I nult long ago Fell Well then here goesalone Forty minutes later before a physician could respond to a summons Fell was dead for the draught he had taken from thft flask was carbolic acid Pell had son arated recenly from his wife He was 2 years 01a GUEST OF ERENCHx PRESIDENT Mr and Mrs Fairbanks Received at Elysee Palace Paris Vli 58 tresldhnt TTallUr re ceived Charles Fairbanks At th Elyseft palace thjs af termpon Tha Amerl thftfnrmer VlcPrespwent and change of greetings was most cordial During the stay In Paris Mrs Falr hankn has been entertained nt several luncheons and teasb Mrs Bacon an othermerican ladles Mr and lira Fairbanks will leave foif Londop tomorrow Dead al the Age of 110 Years gptsttl isTj VhiBton Vett cannot be overthrown without courage MUford Ht Feb 28 Micheal eav and comradeship loyalty andTsacrlflca let here Aay at tie a5ef Carriage Containing Himself and Wife HitbyAuto Bystander Catches Horses i They Are adoui to KUfl Away Ifo One Hurt veara He bom In Ooiint Tferrw Ireland and came to America 70 years Bfffl nntll whhln 9 VMr arm ha ate to waur conniaerabie dlstancea Gude minister to the TTnitert stol from Norway and Jllme Gude had a nart row escape irom serious Injury aboutT8 oclock last night when the carrlaee in which they wereriding collided with an automobile at Fourteenth and streets northwest Neither the HnVimnt urn kie wife was IniurecL Mr and Mrs Qude had a dinner ngag ment with friends who reside in the northwestern section of the rltv nnn were in a hurry to reach their destination When thev left tha lotrntiT it Vermont avenue northwest Minister Gude instructed the driver to proceed at possible speed The carrlarwa movlne rnMi atreet waa reaLhed An gutnmnviM owned and operated by Jfoward Rhiac i16Qstreetwasrencountered at the corner ATr Rhine tsraa AmldvrH i I viB iutn JntoQ street aa the carriage occupiecL by me uipiouiaiauu nia wiie came into view The driver of the carriage swung his horses toward thn car tranin a -Rhine guided his tnachlnein the samad ra uu Aiicjr iu wn a crasnj and a crov Jf people quickly lathered ihv Stanuer ran forward unA tihn4k hores Just as they were about ToItui awe After somevdelay Mr and Mrs wi mu uu tncir wayt xne wm thecarriasrewerB hrnlrpn hut nri hurtj rH i 4 Si i tm sr It Jk Tfg iV se Vsj tt yXt 5 fejfc msr I f3Tt Florida TomorrBw OL Aine ixtts outuuaru ouin FOUr HmttM iwxojiic avenwv Throning aside his robes of stale and adopting once more the role inwhiph Tils intimates most delight to see him a good fellow a gkuii and lones man of yate 78 Presldpnt Taft was the guest of honor at the sixth annual banquet ot the Unlyersrlty Club at the New WiilaM last night With Ill concealed delight he toldof his Immense pride in being a leader in a club which had sprung to maturity In the short span of six years President Taft then Secretary of War was chosen as the first president of tha organization and in that capacity was a vital factor Jn advancing Its Influence VI have eaten your bread and salt I havo drunk your water and wine waa the keynote of a speech of presentation In which the President was the recipient of two dancing dolls as an echo1 of his recent ezplolt at a cotllllonr In harmony with this Jest rwhlch was the concluding episode of a series of burlesques tha or chestra wrote finis on the banquet by playing Waltz Me Around Agaiff Wil lie Andtb entire list of banauetera C50 in all sang the swinging melody with a zest which shook the chandeliers Senator Depew Toastjnaster Senator Chauncey DeDew of New York who was toaEtmaster declared he had attended 64 university banquets with out a break ever slncehls graduation at Yale in 1855 and that this was tha most distinguished and most brilliant he had seen The air was charged with coile spirit and President Taft roso to thf occasion wlthna fervor He struck Mb characteristic militant pot6t in favo of sound and moral thinking and aecliejj that to the University man was en tru8te4 tlrPresponsIbillty bringing tha nation round to this mood I ant notunaware that some men are educated beyond their physical and mental capacity educated into a fine ecstasy as it were from which no common sense can come he declared I believe you university men are charged with a great duty This Is a period when we need sane and level headed thinking It Is a time when we need to nuncture sham and uphold substance His sense of humor led him Into many A a clever sally when he toi Champ Clarlr he would probably have more Influence in the next session than in this one i when he admonished Job Hedges that he had not suffered all the pangs and trials of Job because he had not spent ons year in the White House and when he narrated the various adventures of Steve and Scotty of West Virginia The Toasts and Roasts The toasts of the evening and the roasts of the evening were in clever handsiv Job Hedges of New York1 spoke on Things in General Senator Depew was limited to A Few Things Champ Clark to Things in Particular and genatorCartert of Montana to Any Old Things1 The roasts anfi Tjiirlesques were led by Walter Penneld Claude Ben nett and Golden Donaldson When a man admits ht own virtue It may comfort his mind but It doesnt prove anything said Job Hedees Th rea4 gupstion is whether the bills ar 1 marked and whether anybody saw you Av man needs moral courage to be natu a rai under all circumstances and to say tiucjjuuui jiiviL uiua are iuo npSHjJtr ous I have been nervous for a vetffcf lest the President overlook me 5fi What good Is a mission In llteVZyfai body wants a mission but everpttBdyft wants a Job A voice of my right ay i Ttyt mltnlren Pell mav he rPnt iM would rather be natural andfratiUkaaaJf4Lv to corrugate my brow with selfsfifeEMj plation Much of insanity in psbie a MI4ta Iffer nmoa frnm retrfttnuuititn very easy to have a good character Kfip have agOQd press agent an heWtoe ki make far more trouwe tnan at 0eafcj tice Wki Whenever I neat a man iOMrWm grand larceny5 I wonder where hefSP5 his When I hear a man cry StoB thfeft jnever watch the crowds ltteally fsavlotincstf interesting to do something for8omebdy than to be doing somsbody WltfttWs1roorar will conclude Tn trnWn and motar board Dr Harvey Wi Wiley thenippeared on the scene with a witty speech about Job his hedges and his trials Then Toastmaster Dqpew came back by saying that since be had heard Dr Wileyjtpeak be no longer won derea why ne wougnt so much about cold storage gg Mr CUrk WUinV Chamn Clark told the bawjueters that he was not from Missouri regarding the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912 and like Barkis was wUllnV I am In the situation Tom Beed waa In 1896 he said Tom averred that the Republican party might go further and fare worse than to take himself And 1 think they will he always added If I am elected President Ill be us good a Democrat as ever aat In the chair anf a thorougll going American But Ive learned several capers you catft Jearn at college I was a school teacher once and hadto lick three students WTien I thtoWof Jim Jeffries getting JlV0fr for a8lnglefight I realise I bays misse4 rar callinE i Th minority leader ttofl plunged Into bhtoub owcaasionoi sauoaqonHx th eIaMdftlcka theroufhue ilelDs qwm am eoHvictii iBc ttojfihe 1.