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J r^5ic on'< i- made from B Mo Alum?/I TAFT IS WEAK An Old Staunch Republican Newspaper Says He Lacks Ability SCORES HIS CABINET Which Is Composed Largely of llailroiul ami Trust Lawyers?TimPresident is a Disappointment i?> the Republicans, Who Expected Great Things for llim President Taft pretends to stand the administration's spokesman, Alsafe and sane business methods and. administration in con iucting tne affairs of the government fr.m too to bottom; lie make ! ng spepciws ?u Washington and els wiure, and gets the administration's spokesmen, A!drich, to introduce a bill 111 tlie senate appointing a commission to run this government on a common sense, business plan, eliminating aupliv.aU.-ii /- of bureaus, ohsjlete methods waste and extravagence. "But what does President Taft really stand for?" asks the Washington correspondent of the Spartanburg Journal, who proceeds to answer his own question as follows: "lie favors bigger appropriations for the army, more money for the navy, building of islands in tlie Chesapeake bay for stragetic purposes in case of war, creating many kinds of special courts, judgeships and running gear at salaries in keeping with 'national' plans?all down the line ho is for J spending tho people's money unstintedly, and yet all the time lie favors those projects, lie harps on economy. "He is beginning to prove a disappointment to many of the old, reactionary, dyed-in-the-wool republicans who hailed his advent to the presidency as a relief from tho turbulent Itooscvelt. Here is the way the Philn/lnlnl.ln V uuci |III in . >w? L /\ IIIUI iLilll Cl/.L'b lip Tafts cabinet, and the North American is as republican as South Carolina is democratic. In a recent leading editorial that paper says: j>v . "'There is loss of faith in President. Taft. That is the whole story. Faith in his integrity has not been lost. Faith in his ability has. And it is simply because he is surrrounded by such influences as make it impossible for him to do what the people believe ho would like to do. Grouped about him from the beginning have been his official family? the cabinet. Let us survey, briefly, the group of men to whom he avowedly intrusts more power that has been the case in any administration * : i 106 Be han?is " 'We do not think tha'. the sentiment of any nunP er of those western men lwts been altered because ( f the handling of our foreign relations. But the record of Knox certainly has been a contributing cause. Within a year the work * of Hay in the orient and of Root in Soimh America has been undone. The ultimatum to Chile and the bluster about Zelaya have been futilities that made all Latin America our enemies. The Manchurian proposal, for the \ benefit of Wall street, made America the subject of contempuous laughter In every civilized land, and with the Crane scandal practically ended our Influence for the 'open door.' " 'MacVeagh, as secretary of the treasury, we do iiot think has driven many followers of Taft from him, because, to all Intents and purposes, the country has regarded Aldrich as the head of the currency and finance of this administration. Rut Mr. MacV Vcagh, as champion of oleomarger-v > ine, has had his share in the creation of enmity. "Attorney General Wlckersham? former attorney of the sugar trust and writer of embarrassing letters in accordance with his earlier affiliations. " 'Rallinger?unfit, exposed, discredited and a natural disgrace? and still upheld by the President. " 'Hitchcock, the administration 0 Heathhil Qualities f| to the Food J ortomizes Flour, f| latter sad Eggs y tHsmuiy puwuer r Royal Grape Cream % >1 Tartar M fa Lime Phosphates poflice-broker; the man to whom other cabinet otlicers are compelled to refer applicants for positions; the revivor of a system of spoils unknown since before the first administration of Cleveland?this debasor of an ollice of the greatest public utility to the rottonest depths of petty political scheming is allowed by the president to he regarded as the controller of national patronage. "'Wilson?patron of the dopers and accomplice of food poisoners, breaking down the pure food laws as Hitchcock is crushing the civil service. | "'Dickinson?the TTarriman lawyer, groomed now for the senate by the Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central railroads in the Tennessee, has shown Ills hand by blocking an independant line of steamshins to Panama. " 'And these are the men who, with Aldrich and Cannon, have stood between Taft and his countrymen.'" WILL BE IN FIGHT LAllOlt UNIONS LINING VI* FOK POI I'I'U ' \ I ItiTTI W I m Will Seek to Fleet as National and State Representatives Only Those Who Help Labor. The American Federation of Labor this year will take a more active part in politics than ever before. The votes of the laboring liven are to be used as never before to gain for the great laboring class all the benefit possible. Plans of active political labor campaigns in every state in the union were made public, this week, by the executive council of the ocganization, which adopted a ir solution, reading in part: "Resolved, that the American Federation of Labor most firmly and unequivocally favors the independent use of the ballot by the trades unionists and workmen, united regardless of party, that we may elect men from our own ranks to make new laws and administer them along lines laid down in the legislative demand of the American Federation of Labor, and at the same t iii< ? secure an impartial judiciary that will not govern us hy arbitrary injunctions of the court, nor act as the pliant tool of corporate wealth.' A series of questions will he put before every candidate for the House Of Represent at iVI s nml pvorv r?nr?i-H_ (late for the legislatures of the various states this year. If a candidate's answers are evasive or unsatisfactory he will he put in the class of "indifferent or hostile" and will l>e designated as a target for the opposition of organized labor. The candidates will he asked to declare themselves 011 the following legislation sought by the labor leders: Ant iMnjunct ion Sfpialatjon, eight-hour bill, and amendment to the anti-trust law, emompting labor organizations from its provisions, and the employers liability bill. The Federation 1 adors regard anti-injunction legislation as the most important of their demands, and every effort will be made to elect representatives who will favor a bill limiting the authority of Federal judges in isnuing injunctions in labor disputes. Thte record of every representative throughout the country has been carefully watched and the Federation is informed as to how t very member has voted on matters affecting organized labor. ii Bi>uiiKimi or tno now campaign Frank Morrison, secretary of th'v Federation, say: "We have nearly 1,500 district organizers in the country and the machinery in all the districts nee ssary to put this political programme into effect. We are starting up a general campaign to j defeat candidates who are hostile or | indi Akron t to our friends, irrespccj tive of whether they are liopubli* leans or Democrats. Three Workmen Killed. Three men workmon were klllod and Reveral. injured when tons of earth fell on sixty workmen in al trench at Flat llush, N. Y. J AWFUL DEATH Avalanches of Snow Sweep Down the Mountain Carrying With it RUIN AND DESOLATION One Canyon Almost hilled With Snow uiid a Town Almost Completely Wiped Out.?One Old Woman Uom lied Alter lleing Ituried Tldrteen Coot ruder the Snow. Twenty-three are known to he dead as the result of the snowslides Sunday and Monday in the mining districts of northern Idaho. To the 1 S known to have perished in the snowslides at Mace and Hurke, Idaho, Sunday and Monday morning are rdded two more, who died in a similar district about noon Monday when the camp of the Catenate Hill Mining company at Mullan, Idaho, was destroyed. Two more were killed at Horsey, Idaho, late Monday aft ei noon. The tight against time and cold at Mace and Hurke has been waged bravely and persistently by the little artnv of men who hope to find under the heaps of ruins in the ravine some who have escaped death. The rescuers have dug for many hours. Kvery available able-bodied man has been pressed into s> rvice. old men and boys joining the rescue forces. Mace is situated on the creek bed and the mountains rise high on either side of the town. The main body of tlie avanlanehe. which started from the top of Custer mountain, passed beyond the town and striking the opposite slope with terrific force, rushed up to the opposite mountain side. The canyon is filled to a death nf from .in to 5 0 feet. The damage to the town was done by a branch of the main slide, which carried a construction train on the track, as it plunged into t7ie ravine. As it rolled up to the other side, it demolished the houses in its path and stopped a short distance beyond the Pascoe home. The boarding house of the Standard mine, where about 300 miners were sleeping, was missed by 120 feet.? The tirst slide, which almost wiped out the town of Mace, occurred at 10:45 Sunday night, while all except the men on tho night shift in the mine were sleeping. The Hurkc avalanche occurred at 5:30 o'clock Monday morning. That more lives were not lost at Burke is due to Seamans Howe, foreman of the llecla mine. Realizing the danger that threatened the sleeping citizens of the town, a mile furthei up the stream, he sent Bert Clement to Burke to arouse the inhabitants and urge them to seek safety. Koui of those who lost their lives at Burke were members of the rescue party that had been at work all night at Mace. Among the last to be taken out of the snow alive at Mace was Mrs George Hooper, an old woman, who lived on the outskirts of the town She was buried fifteen feet under the snow and it took four hours to reach her. She had suffered from the cold, hut was not badly injured. The little town of Burke, it was learned, is buried fifty feet under a mass of snow and earth. The slide is 300 feet long and completely fills the canyon. James Rodgers, who was supposed to have perished, was rescued at Burke, late Monday afternoon. He had been buried in the snow eight hours. M\l>i: r.VT.Mi MISTAKE. Took Poison in Tonic Believing it Was Quinine. 'At Salina, Kan., Andr.ew Bell Monday gave up his life to stive that of his father, ICnoch Dell. Death was caused by the drinking of a tonic in which strychnine had been placed, in the belief that it was quinine. The father prepared the medicine and to assure his son that the tonic was properly made, tasted is first. Both m n soon became violently ill. When a physician arrived, the son insisted that the father be cared for first. The doctor complied but when he turned his attention to Uv younger man, it was too late and the son .is.. i w.v.i 111 Kii-ni iinoiiy wiiniii the next hour. Enoch Dell, it is stated, will recover. ? Kills llis Wife. Samuel Cochran shot, and killed his wife at Tom's Creek, Va., late Saturday night. On tire returning home he found Mrs. Cochran in company with Thos. Turner. Cochran shot his wife three times. She died almost instantly. Turning the weapon on Turner, Cochran snapped It hut the gun did not go off. Turner tied from the house and notified the ofp.ccrs. Cochran was arrested. Militia Withdrawn from Cairo. The five militia companies that have been on duty in Cairo, III., since February 17 because of tho fear of race riots wero withdrawn Sunday. I TAUGHT HIM A LESSON (oi.oki:!) .jamtoic of tiik Atlanta tostoi i ici; IIniilcil I p Ilefore (lie < it.v .IikI'Jso anil (iiven Heavy Sentence lor Delving Oily Laws. 1 The popular fallacy that goverumen employes are exempt from! state and municipal authority in ease J of law violation committed on federal property was exploded hy He- | corded llro-ilc of the Atlanta City i Court in the trial of Tress Logan, a, negro janitor ut tin* Atlanta ]><> -t-> ofl'tce, for calling a small hoy a \ i 1 ' name because the latter failed to. move from in front of his broom with the respectful celerity that he seems to have thought his due. "I'll lino you $:?<) or lilt days at hard labor on public works for cursing this child," imposed the wrathfrl recorder, "and an additional fine of the same amount for contempt of court." When a policeman went around to serve Logan with a copy of the charge ho refused to recognize the paper, and informed the ollleor that ho was exempt from recorder's court authority by virtue of the dignity of his position in Uncle Sam's employ. "Alright," said the ollleor, "thai may be all true, but if you don't come to court tomorrow afternoon we'll come and get you, and you can tell that to the judge." When he had delivered Logan's son t ("ice, the recorder paused long enough for Logan to comprehend the full significance and then delivered himself of a very severe roast. "it is just, such negroes as you. Logan, that incite race riots in which innocent well meaning members of your race are killed and wounded. You needn't think because you sweep the Honrs in the postotlico that you can defy the law. You arc just as much subject to it as the negro who tries to paint Decatur street a lurid crimson. And for your future guidance I would suggest that you take yourself down a peg and behave voinsolf with :i tiffin mnm i-nciu?>n'i.l decency in tliis hallowed precincts of the federal building." i>m:l ovi?:it a <;ikl. Father and Lover Fought Willi (heat ( Bitterness. i Alleging that the reputation of 1 the girl in the case had been blasted, s Charles Melelo, the father of the young lady, and Anthony Speradino, her friend, and the on 1 accused of having made the accusations, got ( together on the front lawn of Mele- ' lo's residence, in (Jreenwich, Conn., j one afternoon last week in what was to have been a duel to the death. Melelo was armed with the faniil> ax, while Speradino chose a keenbladed knife as his weapon. After gravely saluting each other, while a half dozen frantic women, including Miss Melelo looked on, they began ::t each other and hack d and slashed at each other for a period of ten minutes. At this time both foil from exaustion and friends took charge of the wounded men. Surgeons discovered that Melelo's ax had indicted a bad scalp wound on Speradino, while the hitter's knife had slashed M' lelo's right hand, the one in which he grasped the axe, to ribbons. Both men will recover. The young woman who was the /??i 11 /?f n 1 1 I a /-? iiw\iilvfA v ? f? ? I i ii*" II nil liir, >\ | l 11 \ | the flight and was hysterical for several days after it. Speradino and she were good friends and friends of the young man declare that 'evilminded gossips, inclined to jealousy, started the stories that resulted in the trouble. ixsam; rito.m i: \TiXfi a.\i;n.\< i: Lived on I'ood Collected From Yards for Three Years. Disdaining to ask for town aid and too proud to heg a family of six persons, three of them children, for three years have been living on garbage which the father of the family, seventy years old, has daily collected from yards in Darlington, Vt., ostensibly to feed his "pigs." This was the startling fact revealed Sunday when the local authorities were called in to take charge of two insane, middle aged women, l?'d r. wr i / I /\ urci f Vi/J ? f'>l h/v.. -- ' A ' - 1 1 oiwwtv n, i m. u Itllliur illiu ( II I'f'M ?*!1.I dren, 1, 7, and 14 years of ago, respectively. To the nnspp.ix iM.diet upon which the two women, Mrs. Mattie Sipples and Mrs. lOmery Lcavitt, have subsisted for 3G months is attributed their present insanity. Panic on Steamer. A general panic among the 7f> passengers on board the steamer Nowport News followed that boat's collision with tbe British tramp steamer Dord Roberts Tuesday off VVolg Trap light during a heavy fog. Dropped Ten Stories. 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Pastor of Protestant I'lock at Papal See Says ('at liolieism Needs Stir ring up by Oilier Churches. A cablegram from Koine, Italy, says the American Methodist church was crowded Sunday morning, the congregation including many American visitors, who were attracted by the subject of I'astor It. M. Tipple's sermon?"Why Methodism is in Home." It was the American Methodist church that Charles \V. Fairbanks, ex-vice president of the United States, delivered the address which shut him off from being received in audience by the pope. The 11ev. Mr. Tipple said that the Methodist church was meeting with great success throughout Italy. Such an inference could he drawn from the extraordinary action of the Vatican with regard to the proposed visit of ex-vice President. Fairbanks to the pope and also from the bittter resentment of the Catholic clergy. As Mr. Fairbanks spoke in the American Methodist church the pastor said it was fitting that from the same pult > i t the charces nrefoirn-l Methodism should bo considered. | "With reference to the assertion that Methodists have no right to be in Italy," said the preacher, "the answer is that we are here under the Italian laws guaranteeing religious freedom. Another assertion by the Catholics is that Methodism is not needed in Italy. But Methodists believe. that the need is urgent, as the Catholic church is always more efficient for good when compelled to compete with aggressive protestantism as conspicuously evidenced in America. "Tlio Catholic church suffers cmbarassmont when it is required to satisfy the deals of a great, libertvlovlng republic contemporaneously with heeding the demands of tin* Vatican, which is still bound by the deals of the middle ages. This is proved by the experience of Archbishop Ireland, when he was here a year ago studying the Methodist propaganda. "A great Lincoln banquet was arranged by t he American colony. Very properly Archbishop Ireland was asked to speak. Very properly, as a patriotic American citizen, he accepted the invitation. But suddenly the good archbishop recalled his acceptance. The Vatican had forbidden him to speak or attend the banquet because a toast to President Roosevelt was followed by a toast to the king of Italy. "Italy n eds Methodism because it 1st 11r? Innimr Cnf U/.lln ... > viiuiiMiv c.M l'|H III IlilllK*. "The Issue in Italy today is not Protestantism versus Cathollslsm but faith versus atheism. Archbishop Ireland lias said that every convert to Methodism costs $1,400. If that is true, can not the American Methodists bettor afford to pay it than every throe Italian laborers who ca#rry one priest?" 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