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WASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911-TWEXTY-FOUR PAGES. ONE CENT.

1 TRUSTS SOLE TOPICDISCUSSED BY TAFT;IN SHORT MESSAGE!i

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Urges Federal Incorporation!as Means of Keeping Busi- \

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ness witnin xne Law.___

LAUDS THE SHERMAN ACT jAND DECISIONS UNDER IT

Favors Supplemental Statute MakingOffenses Plain.

FORESEES PENAL SENTENCES!________________

VRelieves Time Is Near When Offend-

ers Against the Law Will Have

to Go to Prison.AppendixShows Prosecutions.

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President's tliirdannual message to

y Congress, devoted

exclusively to tiicM 4^ Sherman anti-trust

act and the

Question in general,was read in«'ontoday.The President de-

fended the Sherman act a? interpret-ed by the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates, indicated plainly his opposition to

the repeal or amendment of this statute,but suggested that Congress pass a fed-

oral incorporation law and supplemental i

legislation that "wouia describe and de- 1

nounce metho«3s of competition that are

unfair." <

To supervise corporations chartered un- !der federal law, President Taft proposed i

the creation of an executive bureau, or ; ]commission, with powers akin to those J <

of the Interstate commerce commission, j JTobacco Decree Effective- 1

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-Speaking of the much discussed dis- :

e-.-lution of the tobacco trust, the Presi-^

dent declared that in his opinion "not in «

Tie. history of American law has a decree ^icoi : effective for such a purpose been g

entered by a court." JPortions of his message of January,

I'.'l't, p/dfWs'inh 1 incorporation were

i'f'-rrc-d to in this message.' 1 renew," continued the President, *

the recommendations of the enactmentof u general., law providing for the vol- 1

uiitary formation of corporations to en- c

in trade and commerce among thestates and Mtn foreign nations. It iswen more manifest now than it was then 1t»sat the denunciation of conspiracies in '

rt-HOtiint of trade should not, and doe? ]po mean the denial of organizations «

large enough to be intrusted with our in- «

teratate or foreign trade. It has beenmade more clear now than it was then ]that a purely negative statute like the ]anti-trust law may well l>e supplemented i

by spec! tie provisions for the building upand regulation of legitimate national andforeign commerce."

To Strengthen the Act.The supplemental legislation the Presidentdesires is explained in a paragraph.

"The attempt and puri>ose to suppress a

competitor by underselling him at a priceso unpiohtable as to drive him out of jbusiness, or the making of exclusive 11

contra' is wall customers under which ;'

they ar«' required to give up associationswith other manufacturers, and numerouskindred methods for stilling competition. i effecting monopoly, should be de8'" ibed with sulftcient accuracy In a criin- ji?.«1 statue, on tlie one hand. ;o enable thegovernment to siiorten its task by prose<tting single mMwlemeanors instead of annitre conspiracy, and. on the other hand.

!.> ..eiv. ike purpose of pointing out mors j.:i detail to -hc business community wnat ]in; st le avoided."" i

Mr Tuft did not attempt fo set forth thedetails of the federal incorporation act 1

n. re< otuin- ntled, but suggested that com- 1bin itlons of capital a llowed to h«omc <icderal orporation.s should he subject to ,

riuid rules as to organization and procedure,including eSective publicity, and *

to th'- "etaaest nipeitlkOB" aa to stock '

nd 'ootid Is- tes by the nroj>o8etl execu- itive bureau ar commission In the Com- itneree and Isibor department. .

I'^jeral Incorporation, the President declared,would not i-xempt any ronoern or1

its ofijeers from prosecution under the <

Mherman act for illegal acts.

As Aid to Courts.t

Such an act could be framed so as to <

prevent "vexatious and unnecessary In- i

^aeion by the states," but yet permit con- 1i nr.l Kv the states w ith tesneet to ruirelv i

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lo<"al business. The courts should be em- <

!>owered. the President said, to invoke theaid of the bureau of cor;>orations in de- '

T.-rmtmn^ the suitable reorganization of©monitions dissolved hy decrees. Thiswork, he pointed out. might be intrusted ,

to the proposed supervisory commission'hich "should be an executive tribunal of

the dljcni'y and power of the. controller jot the currency or the interstate com- jmerce commission." I ]The fact that it dealt with only one sub- !

;ect. that it was comparatively hr.ef andtha* accompanying it was an appendixshowing trust prosecution* instituted byall administrations since the enactment ofthe Shcrinan act ftf WW ma»ic the mes-vage unusual. According to this appendixseven suits were brought under this acttn the administration of President Harrison.eight in Mr. Cleveland's second term,three under President McKiniey. fortyfourunder Mr. Roosevelt in about sevenand a half years, and thirty-seven, sofar, in the Taft administration.

Text of President's Messageas Read in Congress Today

The following Is the text of the President'smessage:To the Senate and House of Representatives:This message is the first of several

which I shall send to Congress duringthe interval between the opening of itsregular session and its adjournment forthe Christmas holidays. The amount ofinformation to be communicated as to the

, operation.- of the government, tbe numberof important subjects calling for commentbv the executive, and the transnils(Continuedon Thirteenth Pnge jf

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SAYS HEM WIFEAndrew Gonzales Pleads Guilty

to First Degree Murder.

UNUSUAL SCENE IN COURT

Accused Man Defiant, Saying HeiWanted No Counsel.

ATTORNEYS SAY HE IS INSANE

Seven Persons Arraigned for SimilarCrime Today, First Instance

in Court's Historv.'

!Andrew Gonzales, who claims to be

of Cuban birtli. pleaded guilty to mur- jtier in the tirst degree when arraignedthis morning before Justice Barnardin Criminal Court No. 1', charged withfatally stabbing his wife, Madellene,last July. The plea was accepted bythe court and the man remanded.Counsel was assigned liim. who will Jconfer with the prisoner and ascertainwhether or not the plea should be jchanged to "not guilty" and a trialhad.When the clerk had finished reading the

indictment Gonzales, throwing back bishead, said in a iirm voice. "Guilty." Jus-jtice Barnard inquired if the prisonerunderstood be was pleading guilty to acharge of tirst degree murder whichmight result in his execution."1 did it." responded Gonzales; "1 am

guilty and I want no lawyer."

Legal Bights Preserved.Assistant 1'nited States Attorney'

Hawken, addressing the court, suggestedthat tile mail he iTmanrtwl r.nrl thatcounsel lv assigned, despite the state-1merit of the prisoner. He said that bytills means ;he legal rights of the accusedcou'd best be preserved.Attorneys Charles H. Hemans and

George F. Collins later advised with tiie 1

court, and. announcing they had been retainedto defend the man, were instructedto confer with the prisoner and take such '

action as they might decide on.When the suggestion was made to Jus-

tice Barnard that the plea of guilty incapital cases has not heretofore been acceptedin tills jurisdiction, but that formalpleas of not guilty were uniformly rejulredhere, he said: "There is nothing toprevent a man pleading guilty if hewishes Was not the plea accepted in the j*ase of the McNamaras? Before passing;sentence the courts always require an in-vestigutlon to be made to see whether theman be sane. If he is, he has as perfect a jright to plead guilty to this charge as toiny other."The crime of which Gonzales pleaded

guilty, as charged In the indictment, consistedof the stabbing to death of hisvifo, Madellenc Gonzales, July 21 last.Counsel for thy prisoner claim he is inlaneand say they have papers to showhathe was legally adjudged of unsoundnfnd a few years ago in New York.

Seven Arraignments for Murder.Another unusual occurrence, and probiblyfor the first time in the history ofhe local criminal courts was the araignmerit in one day of seven personsbarged with murder.In addition to Gonzales, indictments for

murder in the first degree were read toJohn Lee, charged with the killing ofS'elson Conway; William Nixon, for deathjf William Stewart: Willie H. Sabens,tor death of Ada Haynes; Wade Baker,tor killing Nannie Biker, and Belle Mills,charged with stabbing John Mills toloofl. All ontor^wl nlpuK nf r ftt iruiltv 1

Second-degree murder was the chargeigainst James E. Thomas, who was heldt»y the coroner's jury for the death ofRobert II. Chesley. He also pleaded notfullty.

HER COMMITTEERESUMES HEARINGS

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Further Inquiry Today RegardingElection of Senator

in Illinois.

The L«orimer investigating committee,ifter a few weeks' respite following Itsmeetings In Chicago, will resume itshearings in Washington this afternoon,with Fred G. Hull and F. I>. Brown ofthe Illinois Central railroad of Chicagoan the witness stand. Mr. Hull la an {>fflelal of the transportation department»f the road and Mr. Brown Is a coniuctor.They were called to identifypasses made out to Cliarles A. White jwhich were used on the road. White is

the former Illinois state representativewho made a so-called confession of briberyin the Lorlmer election.

Committee to Meet Daily.The committee hearings will be held

laily with a view to permitting AttorneyHanecy for the defense to call allthe witnesses that he may deem necessarv.Tomorrow's witnesses will beGeorge E. Oloss and Mrs. Ella Gloss,William tlturmer and K. J. Bell, all ofChicago, and Fred Zentner, a travelingman. These witnesses are expected totestify for the defense regarding conversationsalleged to have been held byWitness Yarboro, a friend of White.

AWAITS CONSULTATION.

Subcommittee Holds Up Inquiry inStephenson Election Case.

The subcommittee of the committeeon privileges and elections having incharge the investigation of the flectionof Senator Stephenson of Wisconsinwill not resume consideration ofthe case until the testimony is in shapefor consultation.The hearings were extended and the

testimony covers about 2.00b pages ofprinted matter. Most of It has beenpublished, and is now being indexed. ]As soon as the volumes are coiQPlet-ed and the index in shape to be of usothe subcommittee will meet and tryto agree on a report to the full com-mittee.Senator He-yburn. chairman of the

subcommittee, has prepared a tentativereport, but it, of course, will requirethe indorsement of his fellow investigators.It is not expected that the fullcommittee will be called upon to takeup the subject much before the Christmasholidays.

Another Term for Auk&xn.The nomination of George C. Aukam to

be Judge of the Municipal Court for anotherterm was sent to the Senate todayby the I*resWent.

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HITS SECRET FUNDSj

Representative Hamlin Scoresthe State Department,

MENACE TO THE TREASURY

Could Be Made, He Says, 41Haven ofOfficial Piracy.''

HAVE EXCEEDED ALLOWANCE»

Expenditures Far Beyond the $90,-000 a Year Voted by Congress.

Wants Reports Made.

Additional charges of the juggling anddiversion of funds at the disposal of theStale Department wore made on the floorof tho House this afternoon by Repre- |sentative Hamlin of Missouri, chairman jof the Hou.se committee on expenditures '

of the State Department, who investi- jgatod the Day portrait charges that at- jtraoted so much attention during the spc- '

cial session of Congress last summer.Rising to a question of personal !

privilege, Mr. Hamlin today assertedthat, the "secret fund" authorized foruse in the State Department might bomade "the haven of official plracs*" under.the construction placed by thePresident and Secretary of State on thestatute providing the fund.

"Tt may be interesting as well as aston- !ishing for the House to know," he said,"that during the last six fiscal years theState Department has used money frommany funds in addition to the emergencyfund, and they declined to tell how the;money was expended, but settled with theTreasury with a blank certificate of secrecy."Mr. Hamlin declared that during the

last six years the State Department hadexpended secretly $7o2,9$l,52, or an averageof $122,lH3.f»8 annually, although dur-ing that time the appropriation for thesecret fund amounted to only $*>.OOM a Jyear.

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Asks Report to Committee.Chairman Hamlin urged that here- !

after the items accounted for in thissecret manner to the Treasury Departmentshould be communicated to a

committee of the House and Senate,which would hold them secret afterlooking them over. He has alreadyintroduced a bill intended to put thisarrangement into effect.Discussing liis investigation recently j

concluded into the secret funds of theState Department, Mr. Hamlin said: i"Congress, faMtnjj ^efce^ofore to exercise

what I believe tb be its ihdisputable rightin this regard, liae been -fruitful of greatabuse, for there seems to have grown upin tho State Department thin pernicious Iand dangerous practice of not only using }the money out of the emergency fund,but out of any fund, which we give them, Jana n lor any reason tney ao not care

to divulge the purpose for which thismoney is expended they cover it up bya secret certificate."Then Chairman Hamlin mentioned eighteenseparate and distinct funds at the

disposal of the State Department., out ofwhich the department had spent moneyfor purposes which it did not care to divulge,and had covered the expenditurewith a secret voucher. This, be contended,was against the law."Keeping in mind." said Mr. Hamlin,that the statute creating the emergencyfund was designed to enable thePresident to conceal from the publicthe details of such expenditures asmight involve us in trouble with foreignnations, if the manner of its expenditurewas known, but that as toail other expenditures he must reportspecifically, it will certainly createsurprise in the minds of people whenthey come to know that he expended$10,000 of the money we appropriatedto participate in the celebration of thediscovery of Lake Champlain and coveredthat expenditure in settlementwith the Treasury with a secret certificate.

Wholly a Domestic Affair."That was wholly a domestic affair.

There could not possibly have t>een anynecessity for secrecy as to the expenditure<>f tliat money. We don't knowwhether this money was used in connectionwith that celebration at all, hut if sothis $10,000 was probably used in paringailroad fare, hotel hills, automobile nire,wine, etc., and yet, instead of furnishingvouchers to the auditor for the Treasuryshowing just what this money was usedfor. the President causes the Secretaryof State to make a certificate solemnlydeclaring that "the nature and object ofinis cxpriuuure is aeemed inexpedientto be made known.' |"To my mind this is a monstrous proposition,and one freighted with great dangerto the welfare of the public treasury."Mr. Hamlin wanted to know what conclusioncould i^e drawn from the refusal

of the President and Secretary of Stateto take the people, or at least Congress,in'.o their confidence and explain for whatpurpose the money, or some part of it.was expended."It seems to me," he said, "that theycannot complain if we draw the Inevitableconclusion that this money or at

least some i-art of it has been improperlyexpended, and therefore they cannot dareto make it public. Tills conclusion isstrengthened, I think, by recent occurrences."Mr. Hamlin then recalled the fact that

during the inquiry in connection withthe Day portrait mystery Secretary ofState Knox had directed the disbursingofficer oi the Sta.e Department not tofurnish certain Information to the Hamlincommittee."It has been a matter of gome discussionas to whether the Presidenthas authority to refuse Congress or acommittee thereof certain information,but this is the first time, I think, inthe history of the country that a headof one of the statutory departments,subjected to be aholished by Congressat will, has presumed to d'rect a subordinateto ignore the mandau

Kress, expressed through one of itsstanding committee*.

On a Hot Trail.Referring to President Taft's executive

order of July 7, 1§11. directing the Secretaryof State and the subord nate officersof that department not to give informationto Congress about the secret fund,even If demanded by subpoena. Mr. Hemne d '"Hie comniittee was on such ahot trail that the President was appealedto, and issued that order, which wasdoubtless intended to protect forever thesee xpenditures from the vulgar eyes of tha,public.

,ii that order the President arrogate*to himself greater authority over the exIpenditure of public, money than is poejsensed by either bouse of Congress or anyI {Continued on Second rage).

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THE JACK!

HHON DISTRICT AFFAIRS!

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Calls at White House to Lay!Memorandum Before

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Commissioner Judson today laid beforePresident Taft his views on Important >

local questions now agitating the people |of the District ana aooin wuim nw,-

dent Taft will send a special messageto Congress. Presumably the individual i

views of Maj. Judson were alone con- f

tained In the document submitted to the jPresident.The Engineer Commissioner would not j

disctiss his business at the White House'

or even admit that ho had submitted a jdiscussion of important District subjects.He did not have opportunity to talk with !the President, who was overrun with '

callers and had the cabinet members ;

waiting for him to enter the cabinet j

room and open the business there. ,

Asks Further Information. '

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Maj. Judson waited some time until the \

President had a minute to receive the

paper from him and to ask for further i

information aJong certain lines.1

Some comment was caused by the fact

that Maj. Judson and not CommissionerKudolpli, the president of the board ofCommissioners, had submitted the pres-enfatton of District ciueslions, as wouldprooably have been the case had the{.aper represented the attitude of the en- 1

tire board, but it is known that the Presidentwill probably send for CommissionerRudolph so soon as he finds time to give (to District subjects. i

Heard All Last Tear. !.Cast year, before preparing his reeom-

mendatlons as to the District, the Presi- <

dent t :nt for all three Commissioners andtalked with them as a body. CommissionerJudson's appearance at the White »

House this year without his colleaguesof course attracted notice, which willprobably lead to Commissioner Rudolphbeing asked to make an official call and

presentation of views on matters vitalto the uistrict. 1

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LOS ANGELES ELECTION.

Heavy Vote Being Cast, With WomenActive at Polls.LOS ANGELES, Cal., December 5..

Election day in Los Angeles dawnedclear and bright and a heavy earlyrooming vote was polled. The votingplaces, 23S of them, were opened at « '

a.m. to remain open until 6 this evening.In those precincts where what is known

as the "labor vote" was heaviest theearly voting was spirited. Long lines of,men and women were In waiting. Be- ]cause of the heavy registration of women,many of the precincts were dividedInto two or three voting places.Leaders tor both the "good government"and socialist forces claimed the

big early vote presaged victory for theircandidates.

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Do Your ChristmasShopping Early i

EARLY in the day for yourown sake and tne sake ofthe tired clerks.

EARLY in the season forthe sake of the fricnas youwish to remember. Youcan't choose well at the :last minute. 1

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SON DAY DEMOCRATIC I

SPEAKER WILL IGNORE !DEMAND FROM MARTIN

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Speaker Clark fit the House of Representativesannounced roday that he fwould take no action on the petition i

for the impeachment and expulsion'

from the House of Representative Mar- jtin W. Littleton of New York.The petition was filed by Henry B. j

Martin of the Anti-Trust League. TheSpeaker's decision was based upon theground that the petition contained 1

nothing of a pertinent matter of busi-ness for the House.

LIKELY TO WIN WAGER. 1

Cripple on Walk From New York '

to Chicago and Back.YONKIJRS, X. Y., December Ralph (

Tompkins, a one-legged youth, who leftNew York city July W to walk to Chicagotnd hack on a wager of $500, was in this jsity early today on his return trip and ' *

?xpected to complete his journey beforenight. Despite had weather ho is only 11

twenty-four hours behind schedule. *Tompkins reached Chicago October 2 1md left there two days later. He is nine- tteen years old and uses crutches. i \

CHARGED WITH FORGERY. jSon of Prominent Planter Arrested i

After Chare Across Continent.XEW YORK. December .After a six- j

week chase thut led from Chicago to SanFrancisco and other cities on tlio Pacificcoast and thence hack across the continent,detetlves for the American Hankers* jAssociation today have under arrest here jJames F. Long, twenty-three years old,said to be the son of a prominent planterof Robertsville, Mo., on the charge ofhaving forged a check for $5,000 on theFirst National Bank of Chicago.According to an alleged confession. Long

was given the spurious check to cash byF. L. Friek, since arrested, an employeIn the brokerage lirm of Francis Brothers& Co. of St. Louis, of which former Gov.David R. Francis of Missouri is the headFrick furnished him transportation toChicago, it is a<leged, whence he returnedto St. Louis with the proceeds of the:check and, after giving Frick a part of 1the money, started on his continental! 1tour. He had but 10 cents In his pocket iand was hunting a job when discoveredon Broadway by detectives.

BATTLE WITH BLIZZARD.

Bridal Couple on Honeymoon TripHave Horrible Experience.

MEEKER, Col., December 5..Lost in a.blizzard while on their honeymoon,John L. Hadden. an attorney of!Cambridge, Mass., and his bride of threeweeks battled for eight days against therigors of zero weather and deep snows inthe mountains.The couple arrived, in Meeker early

today, hazard and weak.Mr. and Mrs. Hadden were married in

Boston and had decided to spend their *

honeymoon in the open air. A week ago iSunday they s.arted from Salt Lake City, j1'tah, for Rifle, Col. The second day outthey encountered the blizzard and be- Icame lost. ]"If it had not been for my \vife," said

Hadden. "1 would have given up. Hhekept me encouraged, and only for hercheering words we never would havereached the ranch house twenty miles \from Meeker, where we found

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shelter junfier several toes and many Angers hadbeen frozen."The couple made the trip In a light c

spring buggy. , 1a f

Ashore Off Ocean City, Md. 1

OCEAN CITY, Md., December C..The *

Italian ship Fortuna, from Buenos Aires T

tor Philadelphia, with a cargo of bone, (stranded off here yesterday evening, c

Her crew of twenty men were taken offthis morning by the crews of the Isle of tWight and Ocean City life saving sta- \

tions- IIt is thought tlrtkvessel may he saved. 1

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DISTRICT SUPPLY BILLTO BE PASSED EARLY

Probably Will Be Ready forHouse When District

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Recess Ends.

The District of Columbia appropriationbill will probably be first of the big annualsupply measures to be passed by theHouse of Representatives. RepresentativeBurleson of Texas, chairman of theDistrict subcommittee of the appropria-ions committee, who is in charge of thepreparation of the measure for recommendationto the House, said this morn- *

ng that he would call his colleagues on

:he subcommittee together in a day or

:wo and that hearings on the bill wouldnimediately be begun."I am pretty well satisfied with the

estimates." said Chairman Burleson.'The members of the District subcommitteewho went with the full committee !to Panama considered the District esti- 1

mates and talked tilings over. But as:here was no quorum of the subcommit-:ee on the trip, everything was quite informal."

Expects a Long Session.Mr. Burleson added the comment thathis session of Congress begun yesterday.vouid probably be one of the most promotedin history."1 wou>dn't be at all surprised." saidbe Texas member, "It next October foundCongress still here find working hard. Its only necessary to review mentally the !vast amount of work which Congress Jmust, accomplish before it adjourns toreach the conclusion that the session willPe a great deal longer than even any onesf the unusually busy long sessions of re-rent years." jMr. Burleson declined to discuss the

estimates in detail, in view of the factthat his subcommittee has not yet even

begun formal consideration of the Dis-trict budget, but did Bay, very frankiy, indiscussing the recommendation of the,Commissioners for the expenditure ofieve ai hundred thousand do lars for themrcnase of land for park purposes thatte wits in favor of several of the projectsurged upon Congress.

Sessions During Holidays.Mr. Burleson's colleagues on the submmmitteewhich will prepare the Dis- '

rict bill are Representatives Saunders>f Virginia, Cox of Ohio, Taylor ofbhlo and Dwlght of New York.Messrs. Burleson and Taylor are the>nly two members of the subcommitteevho have had previous experience Inhe local work.According to present plans, the Dis-rict subcommittee will begin work thea'ter part of this week and hold sessionsstraight through the holidays inirder that the District measure will ben shape to lay before the House uponhe reconvening of Congress early In tlanuary. I

EACH WILLS TO THE OTHER.

Last Wishes of Woman Twins WhoDied by Asphyxiation.

HARTFORD, Conn., December 5..Thevillg of "the New Britain twins." Miss2va Eno and Mrs. Ada Sanford, twosighty-year-old sisters, who were accllentallyasphyxiated while on a visit toMew York recently, leave the entirestate of each twin to the other. Proractedlitigation to establish whichvould have probably died first Is avoid

d,however, by the fact that there are

dentical provisions also for the disposal>f the estate in case of the previous*leath of the chief heir.The fortunes left by the twins are saido l>e worth more than $200,000. Theyvcre greut travelers, and their personal>roperty includes trophies and souvenirs"rom every corner ot the globe.

MUSI STAND TRIAL!i

Supreme Court Denies Motionof Chicago Packers.

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EFFORT TO DELAY HEARING

pHighest Tribunal Asked to Review!Habeas Corpus Proceedings.

ACTION OF U. S. DISTRICT COURT

Denies Point Raised That Sherman JLaw Is Unconstitutional as

Criminal Measure.

IThe Supreme Court of the United States

today refused to grant a stay of the beefpackers' trial In Chicago until the courtIs able to pasR on the constltu tonal qucs- ! _

tion raised by the packer? In habeas'*'corpus proceedings.The packers are cited to appear tornorrowIn the United States district court at ®

Chicago for trial on Indictments allegingcriminal viola Ions of the Sherman antitrustlaw. Today's action by the Supreme |Court will permit the trial to proceed.The court's decision was the finale of a J

long legal contest to avoid trial at thistime. Shortly before they were first citedfor trial, November 20, nine of the indictedpackers sought to have tne UnitedStates circuit court at Chicago releasehem from custody on the ground thatthe Sherman anti-trust law under whichthey were indicted was unconstitutionalas a criminal measure, particularly Inview of the recent interpretation of thelaw by the Standard Oil decision.

Appeal From Decision.The circuit court refused to release them

and an appeal taken to the SupremeCourt. Chief Justice White individuallyrefused to grant a stay of trial until theSupreme Court could review the proceedingsbefore the circuit court. Attorneysfor the beef packers yesterday askedthe full court to grant the stay and to re-lease tne aerenoams on nan.

Chief Justice White announced the decision.of the court when that tribunalconvened today at noon. No opinion wasrendered in the case, the Chief Justicecontenting himself with the mere state-ment that the packers' motion was refused.Announcement today of the court's decisionin the case was somewhat unexpected.Ordinarily the court would not

have taken the matter under considerationuntil the ^Saturday conference. Thefact that the trial of the case was setfor tomorrow is supposed to have ledthe court to speedy action.

Government. Beady for Trial.CHICAGO. December 5..United States

District Attorney Wilkerson, who has Iprosecuted the cases against the packe s,was elated at the news from Washington, i

"The government is ready, as it has beenfor a Jong time, to proceed with t, e !trial tomorrow morning. The Jury wasordered to report tomorrow, and I thinkthe trial will begin.**

ATTORNEY GENERAL ILL,INDIGESTION THE CAUSE

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Attack Occurs at the Cabinet jMeeting-.Not Regarded

as Serious. jI

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Attorney General Wickersham becamesuddenly 111 while attending ine camnei i

session today. Dr. De Laney, President,Taft's physician, was summoned from the;War Department to attend him. Mr.Wickersham was reported not to be Inserious danger.After working with his patient for fifteenminutes, with the President and

other members of the cabinet doing what!they could to aid him. Dr. De Laney orderedthe Attorney General to be re-.moved to his home. j

Taken Home in Automobile. ! £(His waiting automobile was taken to. ..

the rear of the White House and a small« **

gate, rarely used, was opened. Unas Jsisted Mr. Wickersham walked to the au-tomobile. Dr. De Laney entered withhint and they wcro driven rapidly to theAttorney General's homo on 101 n fttreet. fiAs an indication that the illness was |not serious the cabinet continued in ses- /sion.

tlDue to Indigestion.

At the Attorney General's home, Mrs. ^

Wickersham explained to a Star repor- jjter that the illness was due to an attackof indigestion. «

"He was not feeling at all well thismorning." she explained, "and I ad- ;vised him not to attend the cabinet «

meeting. He went, however, in spite "

of my protests, and 1 expected to see

him coming home very aoon afterward, j 0So I was not surprised when be camewith Dr. De Laney. He i» much bet- j "ter now, and the attack was not jserious."

Officially Announced. QThe following official announcement

was issued from the White House latothis afternoon: .

"During the cabinet meeting this morn- T.ing. Mr. Wickersham, the Attorney Gen- 1

era!, suffered a slight attack of simple ,

indigestion. Maj. De Laney was called Inand the Attorney General waa able to go jlO Ills IWUir.

"Maj. De Laney stated later that the attackwas not serious; that the Attorney 34

General would be all right in a few hihours, and probably at his office tomor- 0]row morning."

HOTEL GUESTS FLEE FLAMES. Zin

All Escape Serious Injury at St. Jo-seph, Mo., Hostelry.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo., December Flro piin the Hotel Metropole annex early today e<

was kept from the main building. All j*of the eighty-three guests in the annexgot out of the building. Several women c

jumped from second story windows to ..

the grass of the courtyard.Men broke into, one woman's room and ,

found her overcome by smoke. No onewas severely hurt. UJ

csw

Tea Men's Appeal Denied.The request of eastern teg importers

that the Treasury' Department adopt a ]

more stringent test of tea t» detect artitt- T1

cial coloring wan dented by the Secretaryof the Treasury today. The prerent te»method of analysis, adopted tu October thand uniform throughout the United thStates, will not be altered. An appeal reiprobably will be taken to jhe customs j

court. K J ell

JFE SENTENCEAND 15 YEARSFORJMTERS

Penalties Imposed Upon McNamaraBrothers in LosAngeles Court.

AMES B. WRITES OUTCONFESSION OF CRIME

'lea of Non-Intent to Murder ItScored by Judge.

OTJRT SESSION W\S BRIEF

Neither Prisoner Has Anything to

Say When Arriiened forSentence.Statementb7 district

Attorney Fredericks.

McNAMARA TELLS HOWHE EXPLODED DYN \M1TE

j LOS ANGELES, Decem,ber 5..James B. McN una- jra's brief confession, pennedby his own hand late yester- |day and be- ing many evi-dences of a man little skilled |in letters, was made publictoday. It is as follows:

"I, James M. McNamara,defendant in the case of thepeople, having heretofoiepleaded guilty to the crimeof murder, desire to makethis statement of facts:

44And this is the truth: On |the night of September 30, j1910, at 5:45 p.m., I placedin Ink alley, a portion of the

| Times building, a suit case i' containing sixteen sticks of '

i eighty per cent dynamite, setj to explode at x o'clock theI next morning.

"It was my intention to in|jure the building and scare |the owners. I did not intend| to tajpe the life of any one.I sincerely regret that these

, unfortunate men lost theirlives.

"If the giving of my lifewould bring them back Iwould gladly give it. In fact,in pleading guilty to muiderin the first degree I haveplaced my life in the handsof the state. (Signed)"JAMES B. McNAMARA."The confession covers one

siide of an ardinary sheet of |paper, and was written witha fountain pen supplied byone of the attorneys. It isprobably the only writtenstatement of the case thatwill ever be made by thewriter or his brothei, JohnJ. McNamaia, who pleaded '

guilty to dynamiting theLlewellyn iron works.

LOS ANGELES, Cal., Decerner5..James B. McNamara, conessedmurderer, was sentenced to

ife imprisonment here today byudge Walter Bordwell.His brother, John J. McNamaa,secretary of the International

Association of Bridge and StrucuralIronworkers, who confesseda the dynamiting of the Llewel*onworks, was sentenced to

fteen years in the penitentiary.Twenty-one persons lost theirves in the Times' disaster. None was killed in the Llewellynon works affair.Imprisonment will be in San

luentin penitentiary.The court was in session onlyventy-three minutes. between0:23 and 10:47 a.m.

Crowd Gathers marly.Two hours before court opened aevralhundred curious men and womenssembled about the corridors of thoa.]] of records to get a last glanceP the prisoners. A hundred men dotiledfrom the sheriffs force of uepu

smarshaled the throng Into linoiong the several flights of stairs leadig from the basement of the hall ofkoords to tho eignth floors, wherejdge Bordwell's court is located.The McXamara brothers faced the-ospect of sentence with more thanluanlmity They rose in good spirsand made rapid work of a bigre&kfast of ham and eggs, coffee anduntry sausage.James B. McXamara smilingly metie greetings of bis guards, while>hn J. appeared to be more concerned>out his personal appearance thanmal. He worried considerably betusehis trousers had not been pressedith the proper creases.

Joke With Their Jailer.Both men joked with Jailer Gallagher,ley told him they expected to be hislent* for some time longer, or until theieral grand Jury finished g.eanlng fromem the information which It Is believede United States author! les are seekingranting the "inner dynamite ring."Us the hours drew on the crowd on theCfath floor of the hail of rq^ords aug-