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REPLY TO BRYAN I Vfttbal InUiUt is find at A* (real g CuMiaer By Oadciwaad. v M. , HADE CAUSTIC SPEECH j ? The Nebraskan is Denounced by the | Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of Congress for his I Charging Underwood With mocking Revision of Tariff Standing on chairs, waving handkerchiefs and yelling at the tops of their voices, Democratic Representa< tives Thursday acclaimed Representative Oscar W. Underwood, leader ' of the house, when he fired a verbal I broadside at William Jennings Bryan for criticising his position of an extension of the tariff revision pro! gramme. It was the most remarkable scene in the house since the beginning of. the extra session of Congress. Excoriating the three times candidate of the Democratic party for presidential honors, Deader Underwood denounced Mr. Bryan's staters ments as false, defended his (Under^ wood's) attitude as to revision of the iron and steel tariff schedules, and said Bryan had placed upon every Democratic member implications un^ founded in fact. He called on his Democratic colleagues of the ways I and means committee for corroboration of his attitude in committee and in caucus. Mr. Underwood was backed up in a similarly striking speech by Representative Kitchin (N. C.) long a de*I voted friend of Mr. Bryan Mr Kitchin expressed surprise that any Democrat should so malign| Mr Underwood and the party. I It all came about from a published Interview, which purported to be "authorized" by Mr. Bryan, declaring it was time Democratic Leader Underwood was "unmasked." "The action of Chairman Underwood in opposing an immediate effort to reduce the iron and steel schedule reveals the real Underwood," said the j Bryan interview. "Speaker JClark and other tariff reformers tried to ^ secure the passage of a resolution instructing the wayfc and means committee to pass a resolution including the iron and steel schedule, but Underwood and Fitzgerald?the Fitzgerald who saved Cannon in the last congress succeeded n defeating the resolution. "The unmasking of Chairman UnderVvood will serve a useful purpose," added the interview, "if it arouses the Demdcrats to an understanding of the mistake in putting Mr. Underwood at the head of the committee if he solidifies his policy of delay. The House listened intently tas tne wnoie interview was reaa rrom the clerk's desk. Word of the answer that Underwood was to make 0 to Bryan had been passed among Democrats and an almost full membership on the (Democratic side greeted the majority leader. Cheers and applause that lasted for several minutes greeted him as he rose to speak. As the clerk finished reading the Piryan interview, 'Mr. Underwood In .Jjpi calm and even tones, opened the vial of his wrath. If <Mr. Underwood's attack was remarkable for its bitterness and vigor, it was not more so than the general applause |which greeted his sarcastic references to the Nebraska leader and his specific and complete denials of the charges made by Bryan He declared that he was Interested in iron and steel mills In his own State of Alabama, and he had urged the ways and means committee at the beginning of the session to save him from embarrassment by taking f up the iron and steel schedule at once. This had not been done by the committee, he said, because it had determined that the textile schedules over which there is the greatest cornel plaint from the public should be the subjects of earliest revision. His op position In the recent case calling for a revision of the Iron and stJeel schedule, he said, had been due to the fact that it had been determined no further tariff programme should be worked out until it was certain what would be done by the president. Mr! Underwood had read the published Bryan statement, and speaking very deliberately said: * "Mr. Speaker, the statements contained in that paper are absolutely false. If the reflections which that article contains rested only on myself T would not take the time of this house to answer them. But those statements reflect not only upon myself, but upon Democracy in control on this side of the capitol, and as leader on this floor I would be untrue to my fellow Democrats here and to myself if I did not reply to this attack. * "That interview charges that there .V is a difference between the speaker ( , of this house and myself as to legislation in this house. The statement in absolutely false. We have been together, we are together now, and I predict that we shall be together to the end." Mr. Underwood had read a telegram from Mr. Bryan to Representative Jamee (Ky.) transmitting congratulations to Mr Underwood "for # 4 1 I / r' ' * t his great work." "The gentleman from Nebraska did not think I was trying to protectfonlse the Democratic party then," said Underwood "It was not until I differed with him on the wool schedule that he changed his mind." "The gentleman who has issued that statement, William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska," said Mr. Underwood, "charges that the chairman of the ways and means committee, standing in the interest of a protective tariff, has led this house into lines that were unwbrthy of any Democrat In the land. "I know this is false, Mr. Speaker, you know it is false, so do the Democrats of this side of the house. But we must let the country know it is false. The gentleman from Nebraska says that my leadership of this side - 1 ? * J 1. -i J 1? il.? or tne nouse couia uui biuiiu m me , open. There is not a Democratic member here that does not know that if I misrepresented for one moment the Democracy of this house in bearing my commission, I would send my resignation to the speaker's desk." , Both fMr. Underwood and Mr. Kithchin were greeted with deafen- , ing cheers. Speaker Clark repeatedly pounding his gavel to restore or- , der. , Mr. Kitchin confirmed Mr. Under- , wood's statements in every respect, ( and declared that Mr Biryan had launched his criticism without having any specific information as to , what the committee had done. "Mr. Underwood stated the facts ( clearly to the caucus," said Mr. Kit- j chin. "Ho did state before the committee at the beginning of the session that he was interested in the , steel and iron business and it would ( relieve him of embarrassment if the committee would take up that schedule and get rid of it at once "But it was the judgment of the committee that the most iniquitious schedule that had ever been put on the statute books the woolen schedule ouigiht first to be revised. , Mr. KItchin referred to Mr. Un- . derwood's frank statement about his Iron company's holdings and said he , had expected that mlgiht be made "an occasion by our opponents to slander arid libel the Alabaman and the po- j sltlon of his Democratic house, but I ( never dreamed that any Democrat In this country would attempt to malign ?Mlr Underwood or the Democratic , party. , fMr. Bryan is not responsible," said Mr. Kitchin, amid great laugh ter from the Republicans, "for he ( was not in our caucus; he must have ( gotten his information from some- ( body and he was the most badly informed man in the world." WILL DECIDE RECIPROCITY. ] Canadian Voters to Hear Both Sides I of the Issue. The Canadian election campaign will not be in full swing for a fortnight. Both parties feel that they ] profitably can spare some time to perfecting organizations. Prime Minister Laurer will start next upon his Breaking tour, with ratification of the reciprocity agreement with the Unit- < ed States as the vital issue. Opposi- , Hon Deader Borden probably will be- , gin his public appearances a little ( early. I Clifton Sifton, a minister of the j interior, Monday issued a letter urg- | ing, Canadians to vote against reciprocity, which, he declares, would ? prove injurious to Canada and to the , British Empire.. , Supporters of reciprocity and fol- ] lowers of thA Government regard this , as significant. Mr. Sifton announced ( also today that he will not seek reelection to Parliament. He was a , member of the Laurier government ] for many years, but resigned when j Sashatchefan was constituted a province. He did not, however, break ( from the Liberal party until it broke in the reciprocity agreement. Sleep in the Same Grave. Because they were to have been) , married in September the bodies of Miss Bertie Boyles, a school teacher and Leo Davidson, a travelling salesman, of Clarksburg, W. Va.,, who were killed Sunday in an automobile accident were buried in the same grave. A double funeral was held from the First Methodist Episcopal church. + Ambassadors to Berlin. Although President Taft and Sec- i retary of State Knox are expected to , have a final conference within a few days to determine on important re- ' adjustment of the diplomatic ser- i vice, it was reported on high authority 'Monday that John G. A. Leishman American ambassador to Italy, j has been selected to succeed David Jayne Hill, who resigned last spring as ambassador to Germany. Plunge From Train. Frank McGee, alias Clark, under arrest on perjury charge, made daring escape, while in charge of a sheriff on a swiftly moving train near Sallisaw, Ola. IThe officer turned his . back for a moment, and the prisoner dashed through a window of the car and escaped. ? a a Fifteen Million Bales. A New Orleans dispatch says August report on the condition of the cotton crop by the government fell flat In the cotton market. Bears claimed that the government report pointed to a 15,000,000 .bale crop. '< BRYAN HITS BACK CRITICISM BASED ON WASHING 1 TON NEWS DISPATCH. If That Dispatch Reported Under- ] wood Wrong Bryan Will Withdraw His Criticism. A Chicago dispatch says William J. Bryan replied to the criticism of i Representative Underwood, made in i the house Thursday, by declaring 1 that' the statements which Mr. Underwood criticised were based on a , % I Washington dispatch which appear- < ed in an Omaha paper. t "If that report is incorrect," said ( Mr. Bryan, "I take it for granted ( that Mr. Underwood will read the report before the house and deny it." ( "If the report is correct, I have j nothing to withdraw. If it is eroneous I shall withdraw my criicism of Mr. Underwood so far as it is based on his action in that particular case. "Whatever the outcome in this instance, I do not withdraw my criticism of Mr. Underwood on other occasions and I intend to take early opportunity to give him some other things to discuss. "Yes, I read the report of Mr. Underwood's speech in the morning papers," said Mr. Bryan. "The criticism to which he refers is contained In an editorial which I wrote myself." "The report on which the editorial was based," continued Mr. Bryan, "appeared last week, after the House caucus of July 15. "I am not sure of the exact date, but it was not earlier than Wednesday of last week and not later than Saturday. The dispatch from Washington said that Speaker Clark offered a resolution?a modification or a substitute for a resolution?instructing the ways and means committee to proceed with the preparation of other bills. The dispatch 3tated that 'Mr. Clark was supported by a number of members, but that . Mr. Underwood and Mr. Fitzgerald . led a fight against the resolution and defeated it. [ "The report also quoted Congressman Kitchin as Insisting upon in- ' troducing a bill reducing the tariff upon iron and steel, and quotes Mr. tntnliln aa /tallfmon aHontlnn tn M r IV| tV/ it A11 VUHAAA151 M vvr Underwood's holdings in the steel company and as expressing the fear J that in case of failure to proceed with the reduction of the tariff on iron fi and steel, such failure might be at- f tributed ' to Mr. Underwood's interasts in the business. My editorial was based on this published report. J Mr. Bryan was in the city between trains and is now on his way to Iowa. ' ? ; "mournful comforters. s * Ts What Democratic Congress Calls g President's Advisers. Declaring that he desired to defend 3 President Taft because the latter a "had no one in his own party to a 3r.y a word in his .behalf," Representative Burnett, of Alabama, Dem- 1 ocrat, said in the House Wednesday t that the only trouble with the Pres- t Ident is, being honest himself, he is a too credulous." t "No honest man, as I believe 'Mr. t raft is," said Mr. Burnett, "ever had 1 such mournful comforters since the 1 Jays of Job. I have no doubt that t his daily prayer is that Wickersham 1 and Hitchcock will do as Ballingter i did." ? JMr. Burnett said Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was another honest I man to fall a victim of bad advisers, t and that consequently the downfall of j Dr. Wiley, who has often stood be- f tween murderers and the people, had 1 - 1 A. 1 , ci 1III US L ueeil ilCUUlll JMI aiit-u. SELLS HER RRAINS. * Queer Transact ion of Lady Professor in Georgia. Miss Celeste Parrish, who has for years been head of the department of pedagogy at the Georgia state normal school, director of the Muscogee elementary practice school at Athens, and much sought writer for educational and psychological journals, has sold her own brains to a northern institution of medical research for purposes of examination and analysis after her death. (Miss Parrish has been noted for her remarkable powers of mind and scientists have remarked upon the unusual size of her brain. Miss Parrish sold her brain to the medical and scientific institution, it is said, for $40,000. ? Frencli Sugar Rest. Samples of sugar from Russia, France and Germany transformed the House special committee, which is investigating the Sugar Trust, into a "fudge" party Monday afternoon and interrupted the sober pro-1 ceedimg? of that body. Everybody , voted for the French sugar. j ~ 1 Murder for Robbery. i Paul Geidel, a 17-year-old bellboy, 1 was arrested in New York early Fri- ] day as the murdererofWm. Henry < Jackson, the aged Wall street broker i whose pody was found in h*s apart- < ments at the Iroquois Hole! in 44th street Thursdat. Robbery was the . object of the mui der. i - . . - ' MANY CHANGES MADE I BASE BALL PITCHING NOW AN1> 1 AS IT USE TO BE. Formerly the Pitcher Use to Throw O for the Benefit of the Batter But Now He Doesn't. The most interesting discovery in 1 P i chase through the rather inaccu*ate and incomplete history of the ^ lational game of baseball is that the j 'unction of the pitcher has been ;ompletely reversed, says an ex- j ;hange. It becomes comparatively, w iasy, therefore, to answer the ques- d ion: "What is the difference be- j ween the pitching of today and that )f fifty years ago. The difference is that the function ^ >f the pitcher fifty years ago was t ,o toss the l>all so as to enable the .j jatter,to hit it. It was a common f( hine in those days for sixty or more h *uns to be made by each side. The 'unction of the pitcher today is to ;hrow the ball where the batter can n. lot hit It, and to strive to strike him Nv >ut. Though the original framers of ;he rules were ignorant of the fact it that time, pitching is and always las been the pivotal point of the {) ?reat American game. It naturally follows that this part if the science has been afforded the greatest opportunity for develop- ' nent. Practically every important ihange at the rules in the game has leen aimed at the pitcher. The bat, ^ he ball, the distance between the iases and the fundamental rules of he game have stood for half a cen- ^ ufy while the pitching has gone j through a steady grind of evolution. The history of pitching science can )e divided into four distinct eras: The day of the underhand toss. The day of the overhand toss or u c< hrow. The day of the curve ball. The day of the spit ball. ^ When the first rules were adopted >y the old Knilerbocker club in 1 845 ^ he framers did not realize that the litcher was to be t'he pivotal point of jr he game. They placed him behind i line that was forty-five feet from he batter's box and he was instruct- p id to throw the ball so that the bat- jr :er could 'hit it. He could stand at iny place behind the line that he t( :hose, but to prevent him from n. hrowing the ball with too nnooh ipeed he was forced to deliver it with ni in underhand toss. That is to say, le could not bring his throwing Ql land above his waist line. p( Under those rules the pitcher was rj lompelled to deliver fair balls to the a latter and the batter refuse to hit c, it them until he got one to his lik- f| ng. No strikes were called unless he batter struck at them. An initance of the great advantage enjoy>ti by the batter is that in the early lixties in a game between the Atonies and the Mutuals, A1 Smith of the F Vtlantics pitched fifty four balls to dcKeever of the Mutuals before a (trike was called. Can you imagine i thing like that today? n This method of pitching under- ic landed kept up for many years, unil several pitchers saw the necessi- j y of lesening the number of runs V: ma began to find means of evading ti he rules so that they could prevent 0 he batter from hitting the ball. Cj ^robably the best of these under- j land pitchers was Tony R-on 1 of Roson and Hartford. He kept inching n lp on the rules until he was throw- r, ng from a point several inches r ibovd his waist. d That forced a change in the rules t< ly which the pitcher was allowed c< o throw with an overhand motion t< ind put as much speed on the ball s< is he could. It was then that the t( irt of pitching really began to de- v / elop. That is getting a little ahead :S )f the story, however, for it was in j. lie days of the underhand toss that ii lie curve ball was discovered. h In 1867 pitching became recogniz- si ?d as science. The Charter Oaks )f Hartford, Conn., came to Brook- b yn that year to play the Excelsiors i> >11 the Capitoline Grounds, and they l> vere noted for their heavy batting. B The Excelsiors had a young pitcher h lamed Arthur Cunmvings, however, tl who completely knocked them off Tl heir pedestal. Cummings had dis- b covered in practice that by twisting tl lie ball in the hand and spinning it tl is it started toward the batter it h would curve in a direction contrary b o the laws of gravitation. He waited for the arrival of the t< Charter Oaks to give this curve a tl borough trial, and when he did start t< t the heavy hitters were absolutely d lelpiess. They could not. understand a low a man could cause a ball to B jurve, and several of them were so B stubborn over the matter that tliey tl ipent the rest of their lives insisting It :hat it could not be done. Never- e heless, Cumniings had opened the o way to many pitching discoveries, V ind his name went all over the coun- p ;ry as a wonderful inventor. The overhand throw came Into w /ogue In the late seventies, but the \v litcher was still hedged around with 1< restrictions in favor of the batter. J While he was allowed to throw the p 3all with great speed, he was com- e gelled to throw it at a point indicat- tl 3d by the hitter. In other words tl he batter could call for "high ball," e 3tc. o Of the early overhand pitchers it Asa Bralnard of the famous Cincin- C latd Red Stockings was probably the e B . 1 " IEW ERA IN WARFARE ? 4-INCH GUN WILL MAKE COAST DEFENCES HELPLESS. nly Powerful Squadron or Fleet of Submarines Could Protect a City From Attack. At Boston Tuesday Rear Admiral ranees T. Bowles, retired, made the >llowing remarks upon the adopon of the 14-inch gun for battlelips: "The adoption of a 14-inch 1. I..U 1 -1 .. 1. ? ? i ? .r. 1 O /\M Iliuil cuuiu aiiu t tttcuiait'ijf x& ui 5 miles would revolutionize naval arfare. It would make all the coast efence of the present day practical* useless. "A fleet of battleships equipped ith 14-inch guns could send into oston messengers of death and deduction suflticient to reduce the enre city to ruins before the coast deMice could train their guns on the ostile fleet. "If the new 14-inch iguns turn out 3 successfully as is hoped," the Adliral says, "their destructive power ould be terrific. Not only is the 11 pact very great and their penetraU lg power practically unlimited, but lso the explosion of the shell would lay havoc that would be appalling. "There is no question that the genral introduction of guns of very irge caliber will revolutionize warire. It will make many changes ecessary to naval construction. "For instance, it will necessitate \\e improvement of armor. The late will have to be made thicker or f more impenetrable material in orer to withstand the increasing striklg power of the new ordnance. "The coast defence would serve, erhaps only to withstand an actual lvasion should the enemy resort to [lis after having demolished the oast cities. "There is no doubt that a fleet quipped with new 14-inch guns of le finest type could raze New York r any other seaport in less than an aii r "The only way to prevent a naval ivasion is to have a fleet which auld successfully prevent it. Ships re about the only thinig- that would revent destruction of our eeacoast I case of war. "It seems to me that the answer ) this problem of coast defence is lade by submarine. I believe that le submarine is going to be taken lore serious every year by naval exerts. It is the most deadly enemy f the battleship. In the naval exeriments made with them submaines have proved themselves capble of doing great things. They in prevent an invasion of a hostile eet even in the absence of the home eet of battleships. ? MORE CONVICTS CO FREE. ivc Paroles are Granted l?y Gov. ernor Blease. Five convicts were paroled Wedesday by Governor Rlease, as fol?ws: Otis Hilton, white, sentenced y Judge DeVore at Chester, in April 910, to life imprisonment upon conIction of murder with recommendaon to mercy; parole conditioned upII -Hilton's abstention from intoximt's. James Love, sentenced by udge Ernest Gary, at Spartanburg, 1 December 1 904, to life imprisonlent, on conviction of murder, with ecommendation to mercy. Mellie olton, white, sentenced by Judge Alricli at Marion, in February 1911, i one year on chain g'ang, for lar?ny. Sam Williams, colored, senjnced by the late Judge D. A. Town?nd, at Camden, in September, 1900 i 20 years imprisonment, on coniction of manslaughter. Young pringfield, white, sentenced, by ude Robert Aldrich at Greenville, l September 1909, to two years at ard labor, upon conviction of manaughter. est exponent. He could throw the all at the point indicated by the atter and still prevent hard hitting, rainard did not pitch the curve ball, owever, one of his reasons being lat he did not believe in it. Asa rainard, by the way, must have een a striking figure as he went into le box. He wore a long black beard lat completely covered his face and ung down to the top button of his aseball shirt. It might occur to the baseball fan )day that it was a good thing that le old-time pitchers did not have 3 slide to bases. A beard full of ust and gravel could not have been ir /\i? oaiii f n 111 a o (Y a J n Wl J JMCll .Jf V/I VUlllllM UlUIVJ tt I I (I I I . rainard pitched for the Cincinnati :eds on their famous tour, when ley went a whole season without >sing a game. He did not pitch very game, but would rest every nee in a while and give Harry bright the center fielder and chance itcher a chance. The next school of great pitchers, hlch came out in the early eighties, as made up of Johnny Ward, Char?y HadbouTne, Jim Whitney and ohn Clarkson. They were great itchers in every way. They had peed, curves and practically everything that is used today. Either of liem would have been a great pitchr on the diamond of 1011. 'Many Id players who still take anactlv? iteresrt. ip the game regard John Jarkson as the greatest pitcher that ver lived. I ! ? rlk >* . 'i K* j ? . jtS : a- '** r A \ , t f> v ' *< * ? / WHY THEY WON Liqoar Farces Spcat Oae Millie a Dalian la Ketp Texas Wet. ? MANY UNLAWFUL VOTES The Prohibition Campaigners Are Preparing to Contest in Every District.?There Were Many Surprises in the Very Close Fight.?Excitement Marked the Campaign. Statewide prohibition was lost in the recent election in Texas in a contest in which the Prohibitionists claim 30,000 fraudulent votes were cast by unnaturalized Mexicans and negroes who came by their tax receipts illegally. The brewers' association which is composed of all the brewers in Texas and many outside the state whose drinks are sold in Texas admits having ekpended $1,000,000 n the fight. The brewers say the funds were distributed in newspaper advertisements, paying] the salaries and expenses of speakers, hiring halls and music and giving the barbecues. The 'drys" admit the "wets" carried the election by lees than 5,000 majority but the election will be contested in the courts. The expected heavy Prohibition vote in the larger towns failed to materialize, and several towns counted < In the "wet" column gave majorities the other way. The greatest surprise in *he. poli*> leal history of Texas during a generation is Dallas county. Defore the election the anti-prohibitionists claimed- a majority of 8,000. The prohibitionists wore willing to concede 3,000. Unofficial returns from every voting: precinct in the county gave the prohibitionists a majority of six votes. All of the larger towns, including San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Galveston and Waco went wet by largo majorities South Texas gave the wets their majority and showed a better proportion of the 500,000 voco3 cast in the State. The election was characterized by the activity of thousands of women and children at the polls. In many cities and county precincts the women served free soft drinks to the voters. Gen. Colqudt's stump activity in the interests of the wets aroused the bitterness of his political foes and probably cost the wets thousands of votes. Excitement ran high throughout the State and hundreds of people crowded about bulletin boards day and night while the counting was going on. Statements from both the wet and dry headquarters warn election officers to guard well the ballot boxes as it is almost certain that every vote will be recounted before the result of the election is knbwn exactly. One of the most significant probable results of the election is the political downfall of Senator Bailey. The victory of the wets by a small majority is regardeq as a practical defeat and places in the saddle a new political element in Texas, strong enough fto overthrow the present Democratic faction. This same element is anti-Bailey, and is just as strongly opposed to Gov O. B. Colquitt. AN AMERICAN RELEASED. * ? A Missing Man Was in a Mexican Prison Eleven Years. A Galveston, Texas, dispatch says Albert Thurman, thirty-nine years of age, and for eleven years mourned as dead, has been released from prison in Mexico City. Thurman was a fireman on the Mexico international railroad when three Mericans were killed in a wreck. lie was arrested and sent to jail. Thurman's father was a wealthy land owner in Kansas and spent a fortune trying to locato his son. Thurman said he was takeen before a court in Monterey about two months after his arrest and then sent to San Juan de Ulua prison at Vera Cruz. No Extra Pay. Though ,, all or Monaay in rno House was supposed to be devoted to Republican speeches against tho Underwood cotton tariff revision bill, about half the time was taken up by Democrats for pension legislation and in an ineffectual attempt to secure the passage of the senate amendment to the deficiency 'bill providing' for an extra month's pay for employees of Congress. Abandoning a practice of thirty years standing, the House voted down the amendment, 181 to 25. ? ? Poured Ilooze in Hewer. At Lexington on Saturday ninety-two quarts of whiskey and live hundred hot lee of beer were made to* flow through sewer pipes at the county jail Saturday afternoon under the supervision of Sheriff Patrick Henry Corley and Deputy Sheriff Sim S, Miller. This booze was seised u short time ago. There Is another big lot on hand to be destroyed. . " &4-W