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P^-*' ;V; : s I' ; .-vV' j9 ""* ^ ' ?5jjv . . WANT MM FIRED Democrats Publish Their Findings in the Ballrager Case. THEY FIND HIM GUILTY Republican Members of the ComV miftee Refused to Take I*art In Meeting of the Committee, Hut Will Issue a White Washing Statement After They Meet. "That Richard A. Rallinger has not "been true to the trust reposed In him as Secretary of the Interior, that he is not deserving of public . confidence, and that he should be required by the proper authorities to resign his office." The foregoing Bums up tho finding of the four Democratic members of the BallingerPinchot Congressional investigating committee, which were, made public late Friday after they held a meeting at Minneapolis, iMinn. The Republican members issued no report of any kind bearing on the controversy. An independent report was given out by Mr. Madison, the "Insurgent" Republican from Karuvaa, which declares that Mr. Baliinger "should not be retained that he was an unfaithful trus'ee of the people's interests and enemy of (conservation." and that the charges of Glfford Pinchot should be sustained. These findings will be printed and filed with Coagress. The decision of the four Democratic members, an I Mr. Madison to make the report:) public followed a session which was unusual. Three Republican members, Senator Sutherland, of Utah, and Representatives MoCall, of Massachusetts, and Denby, of Michigan, refusing to attend the meeting. Finally the chairman of the committee. himself. Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, left the committee room and failed to return. Chairman Nelson gave notice that a meeting would be held in Chicago next Tuesday. The Democratic mem bora adjourned to meet again In Washington. December 3. Representatlve Ollle M. James, of Kentucky, one of the Democratic members announced that all of the Democrats. ' 'would refuse to attend the meetings, fe-.. of which Senator Nelson has just ^ given notice. The Kepublicans will t^P then be In the same position that ^P the Democratic members and Mr. Madison found themselves Friday. 9 The report of the Democrats is * signed by Senators Duncan II. Fletcher, of Florida, and William Fur cell, of North Dakota, and Representatives Ollle James, of Kentucky, and James M. Graham, of Illinois It says:' "Summarized, the Democratic findings declare that the evidence shows: "That there was no conspiracy against Mr. Balllnger. "That Gilford Plnchot and L. It. Glavis were faithful trustees of the people's Interests. "That Mr. ltallinger's conduct 011 certain occasions was intended to and did have the effect of fooling the President. "That Mr. Hallinger's action in havintg 'clearifted' these so-called Cunningham Alaskan coal lauds and ordering them patented showed bad j faith. "That he advocated a bill to validate Alaskan coal claims alleged to be fraudulent. "That his action in acting as attorney in cases pending in the land offices while he was commissioner was reprehensible. "That he helped to force the Cunningham coal claims to a hearing before the government was ready to proceed. "That he encouraged subordination In the reclamation service and condoned improper official conduct in that connection." Numerous official acts of Mr. Hallinger are attacked. High praise is given Clifford Pinchot. former chief forester, and I.. It. Cllavis. former chief of the field division of the general land office. Mr. 'Madison's conclusions are: "That the charges of Messrs. Glavis and Pinchot should he sustained. ! "That Mr. Hallinger has Ween unfaithful to the public interests. "That in the matter of the Cunningham coal lands lie was not a faithful trustee of the people's interests. "That with regard to the reclamation service he has taken action tending toward its disintegration." Secretary Hallinger's action in restoring water power sites without intention to withdraw is also criticised, along with his conservation policy among other things. A resolution adopted by the Democrats and Mr. Madison provides for publication of the flndings. When Senator Nelson left the committee. Senator Fletcher was made chairman pro tern and the menrbera present proceeded with their work. Earlier in the day an effort was made to secure a quorum, but althout euccess. Paul Sleeraan. of Washington, D. C.. secretary of the committee, was Instructed to bring in the absentees after being designated GOING FOR TEDDY K008KVKLT HAS STIKRKD UP A 1 HOIIXKTS XKST Sl'lCK. Senator lajrimer's Friends Are Renouncing the Kx-President and ail His Works. A Chicago dispatch says the Hamilton Club, of that city, often called iiit; uaniu-r riepu uucan ciun Ol I 111? nation, is greatly wrought up following the Roosevelt-Loriuier incident of Thursday. Senator Lorimer has a host of friends in the membership of the club, and Irom these men came rumblings of revolt. All declared they were anxious to rebuke Presi- ] dent Ratten for acepting Col. Roosevelt's ultimatum regarding the ban- ( quet. , The Senator's trends say th.?y are ] only waiting the cue from Mr. Lori- j nver and if he resigns his member- j ship from the clu^> they will do flikewise. So far he not given the , word and has refused to talk on the subject. Senator Lorlmer's friends, with considerable effort, maintaned silence when asked by the newspaper men for interviews bearing on the situation. They then relieved themselves by expressing their personal views on the incident and everything Rooeeveltian in words extremely torrid. President Taft's meeting with Senator Lorimer when in Chicago last March, as the guest of the Hamilton Club, Is declared by members to have the Roosevelt move all the more unexpected. When President Taft was here. Senator Lorimer was a conspicuous guest at the various banquets and receptions, and the President seemed pleased to have the junior sena tor from Illinois close at hand. Those club members say that if the President of the nation did not feel there was any official impropriety in meeting the Senator in public, they did not apprehend that a private citizen would consider it impossible to attend the same public function with the Senator. * MAY OIK OF FKKiHT. Murderer Falls in <'ourt Koua IteI'ore Sentenced. It is possil)le that the negro Hunk Sberard, who was convicted of killing Officer Waldrop at Piedmont, may escape the gallows. When the tie gro was brought in court at Green ville to be sentenced he fell In .1 dead faint and his groans cansel the spectators to believe that the n* grc was in the throes of death. He was carried from ll?e court room > his cell in the co-,n?.." Jail and J physician has been In almost constant attendance on him. It seems the negro was literally almost scared to death. The man is still unconscious and the court Is In a quandary as to when he shall he sentenced. " Leprosy Alioard Train. John Kokas, a greek, in an advanced stage of leprosy, who has been under quarantine at Salt Lake City for the last three months, was missing Friday from the tent in which he has been quarantined and I it was learned that he had taken a I train on Wednesday evening intending to go to New York and thence to Greece. Funds for the journey were provided by his countrymen. Friends would not divulge the route he has taken. * They Were Dro&'ited. According to men landing at Old Point Comfort from the batlh snipe, the three men who met death aboard the North Dakota were no' killed by the explosion of oil as a* first reported. but were drr wned when fire room No. 13 was Hooded to pr ;\t? t the spread of the tlantes and ilu ex plosion of the magazine jocated just over the fire. Police Inspector Killed. A native police inspector, Sarat Chandra, was shot and probably fatally wounded Friday at Dacca, Itritiah India, where a number of young Indians are on trial for conspiracy against the government. The assailants of the Inspector are youths of good families. " Declared Ineligible. At a meeting of the Greenville V Wlllll\ licillil Tillll' COI1I 111 U I V ,i|, ! John O. Cireer, w ho w as elected ;u i the legislature in the first primary, was declared ineligible because of tlie fact that he failed to file ex.?en-e account on the day before the ela tion. .lohn lv )':ir>ison was declared elected in his stead. as serseant-at-arnis. He was ordered to arrest them, but it was found there was no power to do this under I the resolution authorizing the committee. It was said that the Republicans had remained away from the meeting because the feared the possibility that the action of the Democra'i Ic members and Mr. Madison, in I adopting a resolution urging the diamissal of the Secretary and condemn' In* his official act. might b? ratified. STEAMER SINKS Ilie Worst Disaster ii the History ol Lake Michigan Happens. MANY PEOPLE PERISH Kerry Bout (i?e? to Bottom When Half Way Across futke.?Heroic KITorts of Crew to Prevent Catastrophe tnn vailing.?Indescribable Scenes of Horror. Twenty-nine lives were lost near Ludington. 'Mtich.. Friday when Pete Marquette car ferry No. IS. bound from Ludington to Milwaukee went to the bottom of 1-ake Michigan half way across the lake. The dead include Copt. Peter Colty of I.udlugton. S. F. Sezepanek. of Chicago, purser and wireless operator, whose signals of distress brought assistance to the sinking steamer, and two members of the crew of car ferry No. IT. who lost their lives in an effort to rescue the crew of No. IS. shrouded in mystery. K. K. Pevin cabin watch, said the boat was very low at the stern when the first alarm was given. He said they pushed 25 railroad cars into the lake to east the vessel, but without avail. Seymour Cochrane, of Chicago, auotlici survivor, said he was reading a magazine in his berth when a cabin boy rapped at the door about 4.20 a. in and shouted that the bow was sink ing. Cochrane floated on a cabin dooi until picked up by No. 17. Tlu purser had given him $1,000 whicli was due Cochrane's employers aftei they had delivered the boat to ttat Pere Marquette company, they having leased her all summer. But Corn ranee could not load himself down with the coin and tied the money to the stairs rail as '.lie boat went down. Many o? the life boats wore stove in by wreckage, tumbling in every direction on the tossing sea, lite occupants of the small boats being thrown in the water and many drow n?d. The sum total of the catastrophe is told In the fatal figures. 29 1 i\os lost and tlie financial loss amount* to' $r?oo.ooo. The story of the loss of car ferry No. 18 constitutes the most tragic and thrilling chapter yet written in the history of Lake Michigan marine. Leaving Ludington Thursday night at 11.30 with a fair hut stiff wind and 29 cars loaded on deck, the ferry made good weather for live hours on Its course to Milwaukee. At 4.4."> word was sent to Capt. Peter Colty that his boat was rapidly making water and that the pumps were unable to keep even with til* inflow. Wll full confidence in llit stability and seaworthiness of hi* craft the veteran car ferry nuvlgaloi headed his ship with all speed tc Sheboygan on the Wisconsin side. The puni|>s were worked to tlieli fullest capacity and all expedientknown to a skilled and resourcefu mariner resorted to. Hut despite every effort the ter rilile fact dawned upon the captait: and on all on board that the hoal was gradually but surely sinking. An effort was made to run a nil in her of railroad cars overboard nnc thus lighten the load and gain a few precious minutes. With great dith culty nine were dropped off the steri of No. IS, but this gave the vesse only alio lit and temporary relief. The ship was doomed. Yet. not withstanding this important fact ant in the hone of savinc lw?*h en.tir n.w craft, the captain crowded it is shi| to the utmost limit hoping to reaicl shoal water. The effort was futile At 7.20 Friday morning time cane when 'he boat's honyaney was n< longer sufficient to sustain it. Sud denly without warning and befon the horrified gaze of 50 men 01 hoard ferry No. 17, which had jus arrived on the scene in response t? a distress signal, the big black bov of the ship rose high in the air. tin stern settled swiftly toward the hot torn and wit.. a roar and crash liki an explosion the ship shot downwar< and was lost to view. The horrified onlookers on nam her 17 stood for a moment speech less and petrified. There among tin surging waves were fellow being struggling for their lives. Agonne imr cries for help were heard a bov | the sea. All was confusion, indes iscribable, terror and chaos. In twinkling *-'!> lives were snuffed on and sixty strong men were precipi tated into a death trap as cruel a it was hopeless. Then began the rescue. I.owei ing one of her life 'boats, contain ing four sailors the crew of Nunrbe 17 began a work which marks man of them as heroes. No sooner ha the tiny boat touched the angry wat es than it was hurled with territi force against the side of the ste? steamer and crushed to a shapele.mass. Two of the sailors were rescue by those on board while the otht two. Jos. Ueterson and H. Jacol son. a scrubber, immediately tc.n and drowned. After this incident it said that the men were loath I eater the small boats, but others < J QUITS THE RACE <;oV. PATTKRSOX WITHDRAWS FROM OOXTKST. The Hitter Fight Against Him Kmls With His Upturning His Nomination to the l'arty. Gov. M. R. Patterson, of Tennessee. withdrew from the race to succeed himself on Saturday night, when he issued a long statement from Nashville announcing the fact. Governor Patterson was the nominee of the regular faction of the Democratic party and has been bitterly opposed by the independent State-wide prohibition Democrats, who, in coalition with the Repuhli- 1 cans, elected a State judiciary last t month, defeating a ticket for which | Governor Patterson made a strenuous campaign of the State. On Wednesday, the 14th instant, the independent Democratis meet in i ' Nashville in State convention, a ma- . ' jority of the delegates going instruct1 ed to vote for the endorsement of , H. \V. Hooper, the Republican nomii nee for Governor. Governor Patterson. In his ad. dress announcing his withdrawal, de' dares he will not be an obstacle in i the way of his party's success at 1 the polls nor will he willingly con' tribute in any way to the possibll itv of success of the Republicans in " Tennessee. He withdraws in the Interest of ' ' harmony and that Democratic fac-j Hons may get together to prevent the loss of the State in November. | lie makes reference to interference " of a Republican President in Ten! nessee politics. i In an interview following the is" sunnce of the statement. Governor J > Patterson declares that he has no personal preference In the matter of , a Democratic nominee and that lie i will take the stump for him, whor ever he may lie. L Patterson's political career has been a stormy one, including his de| | ' feat of former Senator E. W. Car- j mack, for the gubernatorial nomi- j [ nation in a sensational campaign, j followed by the killing of Carmack J liy the Coopers, their trial, which at- ' tracted natioral attention, and Pat- j ' terson's pardon of D. 11. Cooper with-'1 > in a few minutes after his conviction)1 > was sustained hy the Supreme Court. ' i P.Vl.l.I\(i IMK'K lv I I.I.S N INK. ' j Ten Others In jured at Mouth of. l Old Krie Tunnel. i At least nine laborers were killed ' . outright Sunday and ten others ser- '> iously injured, in the collapse of an ' overhanging shoulder of rock above the western mouth of the old Krie ( tunnel, under Bergen Hill. N. Y. J The collapse was directly Ik teath ' . the edge of the Hudson Boulevard, ' i which, at that point, runs along the inner line of Bergen Hill. Thous- ' , amis lined the boulevard all afternoon. peering down at the wo t ,?f ! . removal. For seven years the Krie has been I I working at the gigantic task or tarv- 1 ing an open cut for its pas.-eng v , '< . trains through the solid rock of Bet- ' , gen Hill, which in some spots, is 30u 1 t feet high. The cut was opened for travel not long ago, but there s'lll 1 . remains the task of hewing a conij nton portal for the old tunnel an 1 r lite new cut. , Resign* ttii*iii Club. I A terse note of resignation from the Hamilton Club, of which he hail - been a member many years, was the I answer made by I'nited States Sena1 tor William l.orimer Sunday to the > action of the club president. John H. i Ratten, in withdrawing iiis Invitation to the Roosevelt banquet Thursday p night. The invitation was wlth> drawn at the dentand of Col Roose velt. who refused to attend a bane quet at which Senator l.orimer also 1 was a uest. j greater courage manned another, v which was successfully launched. 0 This boat, in charge of Duncan - Miiligan. of (aldington, did heroic e work and in less than an hour pick1 ed up 14 survivors, who were floating about clinging to bits of wreck ?ee. then another life boat was man nod and joined in the work, it was p a race for time and more than thirty s were saved. - .Meanwhile the tug A. C. Tessler, i' of Mil\vaukee. car ferry No. 20, Pere - Marquette steamer No. 6 and a tug a from Sheboygan towing the Shebovt gan life saving crew arrived on the - scene. They instituted a thorough s search for survivors and bodies and succeeded in picking up seven of the - former and eight of the latter, i- The cause of the disaster may air ways remain a mystery. The men y who know what the trouble was arc d all dead and among the survivors there are only two theories and ic speculations. The best conclusion il seems that the car ferry's after wat.s er compartment tilled through on open or broken deadlight which was d followed at the last minute by a sr bursting of bulkheads. j- his first assistant. Chretuspec-dlrtsec '< Chief Kngineer Hogs Leedham it and his first assistant. Chas. Rosen:o crans, died at their potta in the en>f gine room. STERN REALITY He Skeptical Should Entertain No Further Doubts About DREAD HYDROPHOBIA [tej>ort of Public Health Service of Federal Government Says Disease Is no "ltesiH*ctor of Season nor Species of Mammal."?Certain Miul Ih>K Fallacies Hepudiated. Hydrophobia is a reality and is a espeetor of no particular season nor species of maninml, says a public tealth service report, issued Saturiay from Washington. A. M. Stimson, its author, repudiates certain mad dog fallacies and idvices those sceptical of the exist?nce of such a disease as rabies to have their doubts dispelled at a scientific laboratory. This report from Surgeon General Wyman's bureau admits rabbles may i;ot uniformly be fatal, thou . it it is almost so. Pasteurization generally prevents development. "We do know," says v.?v i, mui u111uciiiuy immunity can be conferred during the usual incubation period. The possibilities of anti-rahies serum have not t?een exhausted by trial. It deserves further investigation, but our present data does not warrant us to expect very much lienetit from this source. Despite discouraging results of past experiences at cure by drugs, continued efl'orts to find an effectual remedy are weighed, the most promising line of investigation appearing "to he based, not upon the phsioligical action of the drug, but upon its Action upon the parasite." .Mad dogs are not always wihlcved and frothing at the mouth and determined upon the attacking of Bvery person they meet. The report -ohtends that when the attack first begins to develop dogs are frequently more playfully inclined; "the rabd dogs is sick; lie is not necessarily running wild and furious; he is frejuently obedient up to a late stage, ind often seems to have a hone in lis throat, or to have sustained inlury to the back." Another fallacy is the general brief that rabid dog Is sick; he is lot necessarily in the summer than n other months. The explanation s that more people are moving abort md become subject to attack. Nor s the malady confined to any cli ?1 ir^iuil. 11 1H llKeiy 10 OC ur in the Artie or the equatorial jungles. r>ogs. wolves, coyotes and >kunks se?-in to !>e especially suscepible. itut not even with the canine tribe s the disease of spontaneous origin, rhis fact renders isolation or deitruction ineffective; elimination of infected animals is the only sue preventive. In this way (Jreat ltritain has eradicated the distemper. "If r?ll rabid dogs could be prevented from biting other animals," says the report, "rabies would within u year be a historical cusiosity of medieinee. an illegitimate held of research for the investigator in pure pathology, a plaything for the controversialist. The mad-stone and chicken breasts as cures for the madness are arraigned as real dangers because they frequently prevent people from seeking other remedies. Lastly, human hydrophobiacs do not seek to bite other persons. The average period of incubation is a little over ten weeks, but in some persons the effect of a mad dog's bite is not manifested for more than a year. * A VKHY Sit'K MAN. f ' ? "...lit-i imuirn (i. i 111mil 11 * iirrKMi to Asheville, X. An Fdgefield dispatch to the Augusta Chronicle says Col. James II. Tillman, who has been in very bad health for a number of years and who is in a very low state of health, was taken to Asheville, N. C., on last Tuesday to see if the climate there would be beneficial to him. For the past nine or ten months, lie has been living in a lent in order to be in the fresh air as much as possible. lie had to be put on the train in a cot. He is exceedingly thin and very weak, being a mere shadow of his former self. Mr. Tillman Hunch accompanied Col Tillman. He has lost his voice almos (rovernoi-'s Daughter Killed. Miss Florence Pardee, the eldest daughter of former Coventor Pardee, of California, was killed Sunday in an automobile accident at Corle Madeira. The machine went over an enbanknient and Miss Pardee was thrown out. .Miners Have Fatal Full. John Little, aged 25. and K. I. Davis, aged 22, miners in Hurra Copper 'Mine at Ducktown. Tenn., fell 200 feet from a ledge of the shafl Saturday, striking a floor of solid rock. Their bodies were terribo mangled. 4 1 STOLEN IN TRANSIT LKAD SlIkSTITlTKI) KOK C.OLU OX UOAHD STKAMKK. The Seals of the Boxes Were Intart and How the Metal Was Stolen is a Mystery. Gold bullion valued at $r>?,r>0ft. part of a consignment of $170,000 from the Washington-Alaskan hank of Fairbanks to Dexter Horton National bank of Seattle, on the steamship Humboldt, was Sunday stolen in transit. lx?ad was substituted in the strong box. ' Discovery of the theft was announced Sunday. The stolen gold weighed Uf?0 pounds. Wheu it left Fairbanks on a Youkon river steamer for Dawson and Whitehorse, the gold was contained in three wooden box-s and was in the care of the Alaska Pacific Fx press company. When the hOYOB u orn * " L ?. uy me uanadtuii customs officers at Dawson , the goH bars were found to l?e. as stated, in the express company's papers. The boxes were opened again at the Tnited States assay office in Seattle Friday noon and the theft discovered. One contained pigs of lead instead of gold. The seals of the boxes were intact when th >y reached the assay office and it was evident that the robbery had been committed on board ship. The gold was insured against loss by the express company. KKTI ILN'KD BY l\ 11 >N A PI'KItS. As Much Mystery Surrounds IteaoIHsarauce as Disappearsr?oe. kittle Michael Scimeca. the U-yearold son of I)r. Michael Scimeca. a prominent Italian physician, is now safely in the hand of his rel tUves In New York after having been held for nearly three months a cai-Mv- by "l>lack hand" kidnappers. Y.t > abductors of the boy have so far escaped the police dragnet. Much myster.. surrounds tlu circumstances of the c ?ild's reipoeunance. It was paid that a telephone message was received that , little Michael would be found walking on Fifty-fifth street. The boy iutered a cry of joy when he say his relatives and was soon snugly wrapped up in a carriage and on the way to Petrellas'. Dr. Scimeca's father-inlaw, Brooklyn home. Michael Scimeca was spirited away from his parents' home on Juu 1 17. Shortly afterward demands for large sums for his ransom began to pou in on his well-to-do father 'hrough the mail and in mysterious telephone messages. Threats that the b?y hdy would be killed also were received and his parent were in an agony of terror lest harm would come to him. STABBKD WITH I'K.M'IL. Jackie on <iunt>out Itancovk Is killed With I nusual Weapon. The stab nf :? ? ? - -? ??* ai WrtJ> (11(9 weapon which brought death Saturday night to Albert C'tirren, a Jackie on the gunboat Hancock. ('urren had obtained a leave of absence to visit his sisters in Brooklyn. In a saloon near her home lie bec.i me e.: gaged with John Schmidt, an acquaintance in a lively discuss t.n as to the merits of the battleships of Germany and the I'nited States. Schmidt declares Curren struck him. Schmidt said he did not realize that he held a lead pencil in his clinched hand when, resenting Curren's attack he struck back. The blow caught Curren on the neck and the pencil pierced his jugular vein. FATAL At'TOMOmi K. SMASH. <V?iii|>act With Kleclrlc Pole Result* in I tenth of Two. Albert K. Hanna, aged JS. of Lowell, .Mass., and Mrs. Fannie Reed, wife of Charles I. Reed, a manufacturer, of Nahant, Mass., were killed, and Herman Stegeman. of Jamaica Plain, was slightly injured when an automobile, in which they were riding, crashed into an electric pole on the Nahant road, early Sunday. Th" bursting of the tires on both wheels, which Caused Hanna. the chauffeur, to lose control of the machine, while it was traveling at high speed, was resnonsible for tli? I '? killed by Fall from At Florence Mat tic Ituehnnan. a well known no;ro woman, wife of a highly respected carpenter, w i , kili% ed by being thrown front a bu'rg./. She was riding with another negr-> woman. The horse took fright and ran away and the occupants of t!t<? buggy were thrown out. The Ituchanan woman was instantly killed by the breaking of t1 e base of the i skull on the ha**d pavement, 9 1 Killed by Lightning Stroke. Quince Mowen, 12-year-old son of Sid Mowen. was killed Sunday after noon by lightning at Baftlman. Ga. I He and his little brother were standt Ing under a mulberry tree when I struck. The stroke rendered the r other boy unconscious but it is b*'[lievtfd that they will recover. i 1 i