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■Atlanta Journal. VOL. IX. MMIVffl RONS AMUCK MURDERS UNO MID IS HIMSELF KILLED J. H. Bethea, of Dillon, S. C., Kills Negro Porter and Con ductor on Train and Terror ized Hundreds of Passengers EYEWITNESS TELLS STORY OF TRAGEDY (Bv A**oci»ted Pre**.) WILMINGTON. Det. March 24.—Never before have the crime annals of Wil mington made such a ghastly showing as yesterday. Three shot to death, as saults that may result in three more deaths, a half dozen persons slightly wounded and two suicides comprise the startling record. The most sensational occurrence was the tragedy on the Baltimore and Ohio express train which, starting when the train had Just passed Newark. 12 milca below Wilmington, continued until ar rival at the station here and culminated In the death of a double murderer, after he had held a crowd of more than 1.000 persons and nearly all of the police force at bay for more than an hour before he could be reached. BODY IS NOT CLAIMED. J. H. Bethea, of Dillon. S. C.. was the target for the pistols of the police and for rifles, shotguns and revolvers fired by persons in the assembled throng. Bethea's body has not yet been claimed, nor has word been received from his South Carolina relatives in relation to any disposition of the body. His victims were Conductor O. E. Wellman and Sam uel Williams, a porter, both of whom were killed, and Park Guard John L. Wiley, of this city, who was shot twice, one bullet penetrating his left hand and the other striking him tn the groin. The latter wound may prove serious. Only one bullet struck Bethea. This fact was disclosed by a careful examina tion of the body at the morgue today. Thia ballet entered his body immediately under the left arm and passed close to his heart. LIST OF OTHER TRAGEDIES. The victims of the workhouse tragedy. Guards Walter Hastings and Thomas Mc- Cullough. are still in a serious condi tion. Physicians give out no hope for the recovery of either. Stephen Hunter, the negro prisoner who shot them down In a desperate endeavor to escape and who was in turn shot and beaten by oth er guards. Is still living, but his death is expected any time. Other tragedies were the suicides of Mrs. Hattie Rom mel and of Charles Tindall after he had rshot and killed Mrs. Clara Newcomb be cause the latter refused to elope. Graphic Account Given By An Eye Witness PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. March 24-One of the members of the crew of the train on which Porter Williams and Conductor Wellman were murdered in cold blood last night gave a graphic story of the tragedy. "We left Washington at 3 o'clock.” said the member of the crew, "but noth ing peculiar in the actions of Bethea was observed until the train pulled out ot Baltimore. We had scarcely reached the outskirts of the city when Bethea, who was occupying a chair in the parlor car. threatened to chastise Williams, because of no apparent reason, other than he took exception to the porter being a negro. •'A s-hort time later the porter again had occasion to pass through the car. He was busy opening a ventilator, when Bethea arose and lunged toward him. The porter hurriedly left the car and re ported the matter to Conductor Wellman. The latter told Williams to remain out of the car unless It was absolutely neces sary for him tn enter. Bethea in the meantime had taken a seat in a coach. "When the train was between Havre de Grace and Newark, the porter started through the coach, net noticing Bethea The latter was apparently dozing in his seat, but Just as the colored man passed him he rose and said: "You d—- negro: Til shoot you full of holes.' KILLING COLD BLOODED. ■•Williams was less than four feet from the enraged man and as Bethea spoke Williams turned half around in evident surprise. As he did so Bethea fired a bullet into the porter's heart. Williams fell beck into a seat, and as Conductor Wellman approached the murderer Bethea fired again. This last shot went through Williams' thigh and buried it self In the woodwork In the side of the car. By this time pandemonium reigned. There were about 3D persons In the car and they made a mad rush for both doors. Conductor Wellman apparently did not know that Williams had been fatally shot, as the negro was sitting upright in the seat. As Williams spoke to Bethea the latter turned, lived with rage, and placing his revolver almost against the conductor's chest, fired. Wellman dropped without moving an Inch and Bethea, flourishing his revolver, backed toward the toilet mom. entered and closed the door. Tn the meantime the train had reached Newark. Del. No stop was made, but a message was thrown »ff asking the railroad officials at Wilming ton. 12 miles distant, to have policemen on hand to arrest Bethea. None of us knew at this time that either Williams or Conductor Wellman was dead Before the train reached Wilmington the dnor was barred from the outside and a ha«ty examination of both men showed that life was extinct. "So bitter was the feeling against the desperate man among the passengers that he would have been torn limb from limb had they been able to gain admit tance to the toilet. "When Wilmington was reached a score of policemen and. citizens were watting on the station platform. The top of Bethea s head could be seen above the window blind as he was standing in the toilet. Captain Kane, nf the Wilmington police force, was the first man to step on our train. He was followed by half a dozen other police men. As they approached the toilet mom Bethea threatened to murder the whole bunch' If they attempted to enter the room. The officers withdrew from the car and held • consultation. Their conference was interrupted by several shots from the toilet window Bethea then drew back as the policemen return ed the Are. CONTINUED TO BLAZE AWAY. "Al this Juncture a tire apparatus ap ' pea red and a stream was turned in the broken window. Bethea kept ««n firing, lust we had all secured convenient po»t“ and waited developments. In a tew min utes Bethea staggered from hla arsenal. ROOSEVELT URGES STUDENTS TO FOLLOW HIGHEST IDEALS American Ex-President Says That He Has No Value For the Man Who Has a Principle That He Carries Around on Sundays Only BY JOHN CALLAN O'LAUOKLIN. (Special Cable to the Chicago Tribune and The Atlanta Journal.) (Copyright, 1910. by The Tribune Company.) LUXOR. Egypt, March 24.—1 n mission work as well as in every phase of human endeavor, including politics, I have no use for an ideal so lofty that It can only be taken out on Sunday to admire and is of no use on other days.” This was one in a succession of epigrams used by Col. Theodore Roosevelt in an address delivered before the Girls' School of the American Mission at Luxor today, which is a branch of the Assuit mission, in which the people of Chicago and the middle west are all especially interested. Mr. 'Roosevelt and his wife drove to the school past the ruins of the Luxor temple, along a road flanked with people, arriving at the school, over which an American flag floats, he was welcomed by the school children, among the number being Americans. English and Egyptians. SHOULD GIVE AID TO ALL. "I think that it is going to be realized everywhere,” began Colonel Roose velt. after an Introduction by President McClenehan, formerly of Des Moina, now the head of the Assuit mission, "that you cannot raise one part of hu manity while neglecting the other part. It is idle to raise a man unless the wo man is raised at the same time. NoTnission work is worth calling such where the same effort is not made for the women as well as for the man, and that applies at home as well as abroad. The Y. M. C. A. was Ineffective until there was also a Y. W. -C. A. It is not only a matter of simple duty, but also principle, to see that the wives, mothers and sisters have the same chances as the brothers, sons and fathers. But It is a matter of self-interest: a man can not rise if the woman is a drag on him. There never was a race really great unless the women rose as well as the men. "I am pleased as an American to see the work being done in Egypt and the Sudan by men and women of my country. Thia* kind of national triumph gives cause for national rejoicing. It does not hurt anybody's feelings. The bi products of mission work are equally valuable as the direct teaching. Your boys and girls go out, sent with the proper ideas, with a spirit of self-respect and with a desire to work and beepme the center of a good influence which has a civilizing effect throughout the entire community. "In the long run, the fig tjee is judged by the fact that it produces figs, and not thistles. So this school is judged by t,he character of its graduates. They must not stop thinking when they graduate, but they must keep their minds awake, so to continue this influence as the years go by. PLEASED WITH DOMESTIC STUDIES “I am pleased to notice in your curric ulum that you are teaching not only academic subjects, but housewifery.cook ery and so fourth. You are avoiding an error wherein Occidental civilization is the likeliest to fall. There is too much belief that education is purely a mat ter of books. I have met people with excellent literary training whom I re garded as wholly uneducated in the es sentials of life and, on the other hand, I have met men thoroughly versed in these essentials who were shaky in their spelling. Education must be practical. Book knownedge is not all you women must learn. Learn to cook and to keep house, but at the same time you must have literary knowledge. Training your mind will enable you to take your prop er places as counsellors of families. I want to see education in Egypt, and this applies to the United States also, direct ed in making man able to care for him self and for those dependent upon him. "I want to see your colleges turn out men not merely fitted to take govern ment jobs, but who are good farmers and mechanics. Education must be a step not away from the farm, but in the direction of the farm. The prosperity of every country will be reduced unless the essentials rest ypon agriculture. In the 20th century the tendency is to talk more about rights than duties. Men kno<v the right by instinct. The difficulty is to train them to remember their duties. Whatever additional duties a woman may have, the essentials begin with the home, and they must remain there. They must primarily retain the qualities of good wives. No man is a good citizen in his country un til he is a good citizen tn his own house hold.” CURE BODIES WITH SOULS Mr. Roosevelt praised medical missions, saying. "It is necessary to help the bodies as well as the soula A practical man without ideals is a curse and the greater his ability the greater a curse he is. The Impractical idealist does not always at tain the degree of being a curse, but in variably be becomes a nuisance. "Success has attended your mission ef forts because you have realized the ne cessity of keeping your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground." This school, which is a Chicago In stitution, was started with nothing ten years ago. It now has 3W pupils from all classes In Egyptian life, rich and poor, high and low. It possesses IPO.noo worth of property in I>uxor. The demand for graduates Is so great on account of the training that it is impossible for school to supply enough to fill the applications. Colonef Roosevelt finished hfs sightseeing by inspecting the Luxor temple. The tombs and temples were interesting less for the decorations than for showing sleeping history. He remarked to Mr. Weigall when he saw the mummy yesterday, that he could not help thinking of all that has trans pired since that king was alive 3,<W) years ago. Centuries passed before other races devloped real civilization. before the Greeks and Romans and even before the first glimmerings of modern civilization. Mr. Weigall recalled the Indian rajah who spoke along the same lines, saying that In those days there was no white race. POPE WILL RECEIVE ROOSEVELT AND FAMILY IN AUDIENCE ROME March 23 —Arrangements h ave been made for the pope to receive the Roo«evelt familv in audience on April 6. The pope says he would be pleased to receive Colonel Roosevelt, but intimated that he trusted there would not be a repetition of such an Incident as marr ed the visit of Mr. Fairbanks to Rome. If Mr Roosevelt's engagements will permit, he will be invited to luncheon at the American college. He was still firing his revolver. As he started to leave the car an officer shot him in the face and a second later an other shot shattered his atm. Still strug gling to thrust his revolver from his in jured hand to the sound member, the man dropped dead. "In the toilet rom we found nearly 50 empty cartridges, while the toilet win dow was as full of holes as a pepper box. . was no wsy of Identifying him by his baggage, as we could find none. In his pocket was a memorandum book containing the name 'J. H. Bethea. Dillon, S C-, aged 40 years.' "There were half a dozen wounds on his body. He was shot in the arm, face, shoulder and limbs. "I never saw such a scene In my life, and never want to see a repetition of it. The women passengers were screaming and were so hysterical that they even at tempted to Jump from the train. Even after It was known that the murderer was dead, we had our hands full in quiet ing some of the more nervous in the run from Wilmington to this city " Free Asthma Cure P ’. Law, • chemist at 124 Lane BMg.. St Mar>"* Kansas, manufactures a reived* fw Mthma' tn he has so much ronfl .>.r o tbar he send* a »1 .«• hottie by ezpreaa u. 4i j * who «ill aril* foe It. Hl* offer ta that Ue t* to be paid tor it if it cure, and th* aaa taking tha trnatmaat la tn ba the Jndga The Roosevelt party left tonight for Cairo. y All Cairo Turns Out to Honor Roosevelt CAIRO, March 24.—Tills has been Roose velt day in Cairo, the old and new civil izations of the Egyptian metropolis co operating to give the famous American a welcome which in cordiality and enthu siasm surpasses that received by any other foreigner remembered in the pres ent generation. One American tourist said: "New York’s reception may be on a grander scale, but this old town has set us a lively pace.” The train from Luxor, bearing Colonel Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, Kermit and Miss Ethel, due here at 7:55 this morning, drew into the station a few moments af ter 8 o’clock, and the visitors’ first view of the capital was across such a sea of faces as to surprise the former presi dent, accustomed as he is to waiting crowds. *' Long before daylight the city had been decked with American flags from the old Cairo through Ezbekiah garden to the fashionable quarter of Ismaile. For days the one topic of conversation had been the expected arrival of the American statesman and hunter, and in the restau rants, on the streets and ’n the corri dors of the hotels, his name was heard continually. The season at the hotels is nearly closed, but hundreds of Americans and other tourists remained for today's demonstration. An houf before train time an enormous crowd gathered at the rail way station and there was a good deal of jostling for points of vantage. IS RECEIVED BY MAJOR STACK. Colonel Roosevelt was received formally by Maj. Stock. British agent in Soudan and director of Intelligence, who express ed the regrets of Sir Reginald Wingate, the sirdar, that the latter, owing to in disposition, was unable to meet person ally the guest of the city. With Major Stack were American Consul General Id dings and the latter's wife and daughter. Miss Iddings presented Mrs. Roosevelt with a bunch of violets. After greeting (acquaintances and acknowledging the cheers of the throng, the Roosevelts, ac companied by the Iddings family, enter ed an automobile and were driven to a hotel situated on the Sharia Kamei, in the business district. The Roosevelts' car was escorted by a squad of mounted police. Arrived at the hotel the visitors found another crowd in waiting, from which an equally noisy demonstration was received. The guests at the hotel includ ed many Americans, and from every flag staff on or near the building the Stars and Stripes were flying. As soon as per mitted to do so. the Roosevelts with drew to the suite which had been reserved for them, and rested for a time from the fatigue of the journey. SAILS FOR HOME JUNE 10. Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Iddings had luncheon with Major Stock at the British agency. This afternoon the state coach called for Mr. Roosevelt and conveyed him to the Abdin palace, where he was received by Abbas Hilmi. the khedive of Egypt. I Although the Roosevelts will remain here one week, the programs of entertain ing and sightseeing arranged will keep all the party busily occupied. The former president will sail for New York from Southampton June 10. accom modations having been booked on the steamer Kaiser August Victoria. DR. JAMES W. BAILEY DIES IN GAINESVILLE Prominent Physician and Con federate Surgeon Passes Away GAINESVILLE. Ga.. March 24.—Dr. James W. Bailey, one of the best known physicians of this section, and a former surgeon of the armies of the southern Confederacy, died here this afternoon an illness of several weeks. The funeral will be held Friday. Dr. Bailey, who was 71 years old. was a native of Cleveland county. North Carolina. He is survived by his wife and a brother. Jap Papers on China VICTORIA. B. C., March 22.—Japanese newspapers brought by the steamer Ti tan comment on the Chinese invasion of Thibet. The Jtja Shimpo looks upon Chi na's action as evidence of a new sense of sovereign rights and a freshly form ed determination to enforce them not only in Thibet, hut also in Manchuria and Mongolia ard believes the invasion may prove a turning point in Asiatic his tory. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1910. AN EASTER PROBLEM THAT IS VERY HARD FOR HUBBY TO GET THROUGH HIS NOODLE y 5 ONE PLUME >3 a YDS. ONE FRAME 50 SILK tl.bC ~ ’ 1j” _ ONE BUCKLE 15 ONE GIRLS TIME M TRIMMING ppiCE p L^c eo ON FINISHED HAT THAT WILL CAUSE MANY WOMEN TO EXCLAIM “MY' WHAT A BAPGAVNT £/t TW Its Origin, Customs, By i T Superstitionsand Dr. Madison MANY LANDS traditions C. Peters Easter is derived from a Teutonic god dess, Eastre, .he personification of the morning and of spring. She was repre sented as fair and comely, with garlands of flowers around her head and the wand of hope in her right hand. To her was dedicated April, (Aprilis, Latin fur open ing), the 'opening month of the year. It was named Ostermonat. To this day in some parts of Germany (April is still s > called. , For a long time the worship of the goddess was confined exclusively to Ger many, but was finally carried to Eng land by the Saxons, where it took such deep root that the early missionaries of the Christian church found it very hard to eradicate it. In time, however, they succeeded in giving it a religious signifi cance. As it occurred in the season when na ture was rousing from her slumbers, when the sun was climbing higher and lengthening the days, wnen tree, shrub and flower were putting forth their buds, when birds were bursting forth into song and all natural things were attuning themselves in a universal resur-ection, the church fathers seized on the transformation to turn it into a celebra tion of the triumph ol Christ over death and the grave. Hence the adaptation of the-name Easter to the great Christian festival of the resurrection. Every first day of the week was from the beginning of the Christian era what may be called a resurrection festival, the actual anniversary of the resurrec tion must have been peculiarly sacred, though the year A. D. 68, or thereabout, has been named as the time of the formal institution of Easter. The origin of the festival, as distinct from the name, is based on the feast of the Jewish Passover, which was and is kept by the Jews on the 14th day of Nisan, that is, the Hebrew month corre sponding to both the months of March and April of the Roman calendar. For a long time the eastern qhurch celebrated this date, the 14th of Nisan, but the western church, remembering that Christ rose on Sunday, appropriated the Sunday which followed the day of the Jewish observance. A discussion between the two branches was kept up in reference to the day and date until the time of Constantine. In 325 A. D. this great Christian mon arch brought the subject before the council of Nice and the result of their deliberation was that from this time Easter Sunday has been everywhere com memorated on one and the same day, to wit: the first Sunday after the full moon, BANKERS DECLINE TO TIKE HAND IN FIGHT CHICAGO. March 24.—Novel campaign methods to line up Chicago's financial and business interests against “sumptuary legislation and the program of the Anti- Saloon league" came to light yesterday through activities of the Merchants and Manufacturers' association. Employes of the latter organization have been cir culating a "declaration of attitude" for the signature of men of prominence but nt the last moment the plans to give pub licity to the results whs postponed. Explanation of the changed program is said to lie In the attitude of the bank ing and department store interests of Chicago. Only two bank presidents sign ed. the others declining on the ground that taking sides in the pending struggle between the ' wets'' and "drys” would not he consistent with sound hanking principles. Most of tlie department stores also refused to become participants in the fray. Five thousand names are said to have been secured in two days of can vassing. The intention, ar announced by the circulators, was merely to lest the pula* of public opinion. which conies upon, or next after, the 21st of March, and if the full moon hap pens on Sunday, Easter day is the Sun day after. Easter may be as early as March 22 and as late as April 25. The ceremonies attending the first cele brations of Easter were simple and there was very little of any kind of elaborate display or observance. It was Constan tine who first originated the religious pomp. He caused night watches to be instituted in the churches and these re mained until early hours of the morning. He also had huge candles of wax mold ed which were lighted on the altars in stead of the wax tapers. The great can dle still lit in the sanctuaries of the Ro man church during the festival had its origin in these candles of Constantine. He also introduced the custom of bank ing the altars with flowers. The observance of Easter tide material ly changed in the course of the centuries and in different countries. In England from an early time many curious cus toms centered around the feast. On good Friday the baking of buns was universal in all households. On most occasions these were made with unleavened flour or dough and were generally very unpal atable, but every member was compelled to eat one, for the superstitition con cerning the non-observance of the eat ing had it, that misfortune would over take the house in the form of fire before another Good Friday. The buris were gen erally eaten hot and in commemoration of Christ’s death on the cross, on this day, they were branded by a hot iron in the form of a cross. Hence the origin of hot-cross buns. Loaves were also baked on Good Fri day. It was considered that these had miraculous properties to cure various ail ments. If any one was sick a portion of the crust of the loaf was grated into water and the drink given to the pa tient. It was believed to be an unfailing specific in the case of consumptives or those suffering from pulmonary com plaints. Another curative superstition lay in what was known as cramp rings, which could be made out of any material. The condition to render them efficacious was that they had to be blessed by the king. They were placed in a silver basin on the chapel floor beneath a large crucifix. A carpet was spread on the floor. The king had to kneel on this carpet, kiss the crucifix and bless the rings. They then became sacred symbols and were supposed to cure cramps by their touch. This is somewhat a variation of the pop ular fallacy that a touch on the cheek from the ring on a royal finger will cure the skin eruption known as scrofula, which on this account is sometimes call ed “the king s' evil.” UO OFFICIALS DTI DISCUSS HAISE NEW YORK, March 24.—Officials of the New York Central railroad today were not prepared to indicate what their an swer would be to the statements of con ductors and trainmen that the wage in crease granted by the Baltimore and Ohio . was the minimum raise the Central em ployes would accept. Circumstances, however. gave rise to presumption that the reply would not be unfavorable. The men have given the railroad officials to understand that if the response is adverse a vote on tiie question of striking will be ordered. It is generally understood today that i tlie conductors and trainmen on the east- I err. rends have decided to make tlie wage I rate o» die Baltimore and Ohio—tlie out -1 growth of tlie recent negotiations and the 1 compromise arrived at under tlie Erdman I act—tlie standard rate for all the roads j in the eastern section and tlie lowest to ibe accepted. The policy, as indicated j today by President Lee, of the trainmen. was to conform the eastern situation to that in the west, where a minimum stand- I ard has prevailed for some time. Another English superstition in early days caused the extinguishing of al! fires on Easter eve. They had to be thoroughly put out and fresh ones kindled by the ignition of flint and steel. It was believed that a brand preserved from the newly-lighted tires, would aY any time of the following year ward off storms and tempests and be an offset against lightnings and thunderbolts. It was a universal custom to rise on Easter morning to see the bun dancing. The god of day was said to be welcom ing the risen Saviour. This belief very easily gained credence. As the human eye is not strong enough to gaze into the sunbeams, even when the meteor is only emerging above the horizon, smoked glass was employed and of course the re fraction of the rays upon the glass gave the orb the appearance of bobbing up and down. The same phenomenon under like conditions can be observed on any other morning of the year. In Scotland they believed that the sun not only danced on Easter morn but that he somersaulted for hours through the heavens and indulged in all kinds of ce lestial antics. The state of the weather on Easter day it was believed, had a significant part in determining meteorological conditions for the rest of the year. An old couplet runs thus: I A good deal of rain on Easter day Gives a good crop of grass, but little good hay. FIFTEEN ARE DROWNED AS STEAMER SINKS Vessel Capsizes In the Mouth of the Elbe During Severe Storm CUXHAVEN. March 24.—The Norwe gian freight steamer Dixie, bound from a Scotland port, capsized in the mouth of the Elbe during a severe storm today. The crew of 15 was drowned. WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH FIGHTING FIRE IN FIELD HARTWELL, Ga.. March 22.-As the result of burning trash In a field, Mrs. Earnest Teat is dead, and her husband, a well-known planter, is seriously burned. Mr. Teat was burning off a portion of his farm, just outside of Hartwell, when Mrs. Teat came to his assistance. The accidentally stepped in the path nf the flames and was burned to death. Her husband, in attempting to beat out tlie flames, was also seriously burned. IK MENELIK DVINC ; REGENT IS IN CHARGE I ADDIS ABEBA, Abyssinnla. March 24. i —King Menelik is said this afternoon ;to be dying. Ras Tesama. the regent i with the approval of the principal chiefs, ' today took over the reins of the govern ! ment. The regent is the guardian of Prince I IJdj Jeassu, grandson of the king and ; heir to the throne of Abyssinnla. , FALLS FIVE STORIES AND IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL NEW YORK, March 24. -Mary Davis, a 13-year-o)d school girl. Is In good I health and cheerful spirits today despite the fact that she fell backwards from , a fire escape five stories up In Harlem last night and landed plump on a basket ful of wet clothes in the back yard be low. She was scarcely scratched.. j As she struck the basket with a damp thud Mary narrowly missed Mrs. Peter Little, a janitreM, who was taking clothes from the basket and hanging Ihem on a nearby line. Mrs. Little faint ed and so did Mary, who was found un conscious, but unhurt Ln tha basket. DEMOCRATS WAGE STRENUOUS FIGHT ON FITZGERALD Many Do Not Approve of His Presence on the Rules Com mittee on Account of His Leaning Toward Cannon MAKE-UP OF COMMITTEE IS NOT SATISFACTORY (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 24.—The net* rules committee, if the expectations of minority leaders are fulfilled at to night's Democratic caucus, will be mad* up as follows: Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, chairman] Smith, of Iowa; Lawrence, of Massachu setts; Fassett, of New York; Smith, of California; Boutelle, of Illinois; Clark* or Missouri: Underwood, of Alabama] Fitzgerald, of New Yor£, and Dixon, of Indiana. Regular Republicans today conceded that the augmentation of the committee was a step ifi the right direction and there is talk of increasing the member ship to 11, to provide against tie votes- It is not thought, however, that the in crease will be made during this ses sion. The election of an insurgent Republican member would have made the commit tee’s work more difficult. Many member* would have accounted their inclusion on the committee as a direct bid for » defeat at the polls because of the antis rules feeling. Representative Hau hen, of lowa, maj[ make the next move on the insurgent checkerboard. Although Haughen i* strongly in favor of party harmony, ha is determined to press at the first op portunity his resolution for a committea on committees. The rules committee must now for the first time obtain a commit* tee room. PROTEST AGAINST FITZGERALD. Jjumerous Democrats continued today their expressions of opposition to tha election of Representative Fitzgerald a* one of the Democric members of the com mittee. It is predicted that a contest will be waged tonight over his selec tion. Minority Leader Champ Clark and Representative Underwood, of Alabama, both worked industriously for Mr. Fitz gerald and incidentally in the cause of party harmony, which they believed would be promoted by the continuance of the New York member on the rule* committee. Many of the Democrats were won over, but a score or more are still active in opposition. Among those wi.® do not believe in the honoring of Mr. Fitzgerald are Representatives Hay and Glass, of Virginia; Hardwick and Bart* lett, of Georgia: Sims, of Tennessee, and Pujo, of Louisiana. Some of these art actively engaged in a canvass to defeat Mr. Fitzgerald. The opposition is based on Mr. Fitzgerald's championing of th* present rules of the house at the be gnining of the session when he led * revolt of 23 Democrats. Representativ* Sulzer, of New York, is mentioned foi Fitzgerald’s place, the former outranking him in point of service and having voted consistently on the rules question. REPRESENT CANNONISM. Representative Underwood said: “1 think the men chosen by the Republics* caucus last night are able men, but represent absolutely the Cannon faction- The influence of the speaker with the:* will be potent. When the new congress comes in. however, a rules committee will be selected that is not dominated by th* speaker and the country will feel the ben efit of the reform for which we have bee* fighting." Representative Poindexter, of Washing ton, one of the leaders of the radical in surgent wing, commenting on last night'* caucus, said lie believed that the issu* of Cannonism was certain to be kept alive. "The result," he added, "will be t* help to, keep the principle before th* country and show that the only way t* settle this subject Is to elect enough in surgents to congress. “I think the Cannon Republicans elect* ed to the committee last night may b* characterized as ‘insurgents.’ ” STRIKE RAPIDLY GOING TO PIECES IN PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, March 24.—The dis integration of the general sympatheti* strike called to aid the trolleymen of th* Philadelphia Rapid Transit company con-® tlnued today. Hundreds of mill hand*’ in the textile industries returned to work in addition building operations whic* were tied up by the general walkout wer* resumed in many parts of the city. Work men in other industries also are going back, though more slowly . The one conspicuous exception is th* Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, which is still holding its men out and expects to keep them out until the car strike is ended. The Amalgamated Carpenters, a rival organization, has returned to work, hav ing made a new agreement which is said to be to the advantage of both the mem bers and the employers. STATE-WIDE STRIKE REMOTE. With the state-wide strike only a re mote possibility and because of th* break up of the general sympatheti* movement in this city, the motormen and conductors are standing almost alone but have resolved to stand the fight until th* traction offiffictals come to terms. The car men expect to receive financial aid from members from all labor unions that hav* returned to work and if expectations ar* realized hope to keep up the strike almost Indefinitely. The traction company continues to in crease Its car service. All the car line* are now going, but operations in som* sections are quite limited. KENTUCKY INDORSES INCOME TAX MEASURE FRANK FORT. Ky„ March 24.-Whe* Congressman Ollie James arrived her* last night from Washington for Ihe : pose. It Is said, of engaging legal coun sel to bring suit against Governor Wilt son to mandamus him to certify the in come lax resolution approved by the la d assembly, it was to learn that the ex ecutive had decided to make such certifi cation. i No. 54.
