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Newspaper Page Text. ts ®ljc it VOL. XL I A BUFF ORPINGTON BEAUTY * ... , C* ’ v -• ’ • x .- X ** : . . ' » j. Griggs * ■•*■ of Gatasevllle, have entered thia magnificent Buff Orptngto* hen ta tXe Southern International show. This bird has already won many premiums for ita ownsre. MEMBERS DE HOUSE BRANDED BY DIES US POLIHMLCOWARDS Democrat From Texas Says That Sherwood Pension Bill Is “A $50,000,000 Cam paign Contribution” WASHINGTON. Dec s.—Characteris ing hu aaeoclatee in eonrMi_u "po litical cowards on the subject of pen staa legislation and declaring that the Sherwood pension bill la a MO.WJO.CW campaign contribution.' Representative Martin Dies, a Texas Democrat, swung the pension debate in the house of rap reaentatlves out of its routine channels for a half hour this afternoon. Mr. Dies declared that members were not voting their convictions on the pen sion subject, but were supporting a nin crease of pensions for fear of losing their seats. “Flannel mouthed oratory” on the tariff question,** said Mr. Dies, “will not save Democrats from the charge of having increased the federal appropriations by passing the Sherwood pension bill. •‘The Democratic party abounds in just as much cowardice on thia question as does the Republican party.” said Mr Dies- “Some of my friends say that if we do not give the soldiers this money we will not be returned to congress. * There has been a rivalry between the Democratic and Republican parties ever since the war as to who should give the most to the soldiers. It has not been a question of giving them what they want ed. but- of see. ng how much they would take." t. Representative Dies skid he appreciated the fact that “4.000 or 5.M8 pension hold ers after a scared congqpssman leaves no room for argument.'* “What will it be when we -have a civil list?” he demanded "There are 1,- <MJN employes of the government now demanding to be p«<nsioned. The presi dent hav capitulated. I take it that our leaders on the Democratic side will cap itulate as .readily as he. ASKS VACANT SEATS. “It may be ihat to be honest upon these questions would beat us for the presidency, it may be it would leave some of out Democratic seats vacant. 1 have about cotre to the conclusion that there are a gieat many seats Leie on both sides of the chamber that ought to be vacant. “I Jo not dcubt the honesty and in tegrity of this bcdy, hut I have lost my respect for iu courage. There are. lots of you here who are unable to vote your honest convictions for fear of defeat. T think decipitation for a good many cowardly states, on here would do this republic good." Mr. Dies said that although the son of a Confederate soldier, he wanted I “liberal and fair” pensions for all • - northern soldiers who "held the states together ard preserved the republic. Both parties had gone too far. he said. FLANNEL MOUTHED ORATORY. “Presently we are going to have a good deal of flannel mouthed oratory on the tariff question,” said Mr. Dies. "Some of our vociferous leaders are going to talk about free wool, ana lower taxes and lower tariff. Do they not know that in voting for this bill to increase pensions from $20,000,000 to >50.000.od« a year, that they will vote for higher tariffs’ I have not much patience for our fellows who are going to ..talk about a lower tariff after having voted for this bill. "We stand face to face with pensions for policemen, pensions for teachers, pensions for government clerks, pen sions for everybody; and sometimes the old farmer will come marching with his rake on his shoulder and hayseea in his hair and say: ”’I have fed you fellows for years' and now I am broken down in health and I want a pension' How will you answer him?" Mr. Dies added that he was a “politi cal Coward like the balance of you.f’ but that he expected somebody to arise some time "brave enough to risk his hide and stop some of this notorious leg islation ” "It may be President Taft.*' he added. "He may veto the Sherwood bill. If so. I gay: "•ttqqgth to his arm " The house gave undivided attention to the belligerent Texas Democrat, but ap plauded his sentiments sparingly. With the exception of Representative Tribble of Georgia, all of the other dozen mem- I CORN SHOW ENOS; AWARDS IDE MADE FOB WEN EARS Fourth and Last Day of South ern Corn Show’s Sucessful Program Ended at 9 o’clock Friday Evening Friday evening at • o’clock the South ern Corn show, first of its kind, closed its doors after a four days* session and passed into history with success behind it. Saturday morning a score of men were busy tn the big arena of the audi torium in Atlanta, packing up the golden ears that had been on exhibit there since Tuesday morning, shipping most of them to other shows and sending a few back to the homes of their growers. People who have an idea that an ear of corn is never anything more than a prosaic and commonplace product of the geld, would have felt a new respect for it had they seen the care with which some of the prize-winning ears wers packed away by th Sir owners. Some were even removed Friday evening after the awards were announced, and will |be carefully guarded by their owners ! for other shows. They represent a con i siderable value. Some of them could not be bought for SIOO or more. Georgia will send about 1,000 exhibits a whole freight car load, to the South Atlantic show, which opens in Columbia, S. C„ on Monday. In noticeable con trast to this aggressive policy on the part of Georgians was the apathy with which South Carolina allowed the South ern show, just closed, to snow it un der. There was orfly one South Caro lina exhibit in Atlanta (though there were a number from each of the other southern states), and it necessarily was awarded one of the South Carolina prizes. The judges were unwilling, how ever, to give it more than a third prize. Prof. J. Phil Campbell, supervisor of the Corn club work in Georgia, will be in charge of the Georgia exhibits at the Carolina show. There will be a good many individual exhibits, also, from Georgia at the Columbia show. The Southern Corn show is the big gest ever held in the south, and is the first ever held anywhere under the aus pices of a chamber of commerce. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has therefore esisbliHhed a precedent- The show demonstrated unmistakably to the minds of thousands that the south can *be just as great in the production of corn as it is In the growing of cotton. The show marked a turning point lu Georgia farming. The state will never again be dependent upon cotton. The prize awardz announced Friday afternoon were based upon quality, ex cept in Class 11, which was for the best yield per acre in Louisiana. North Car olina or Tennessee; and Class VI, which was the class for the Girls' Canning clubs; and the club sweepstakes of Class VII, which were for the best club exhibit at the show, and the best appearance in the parade BIGGEST HONORS. C. H. Summerour, of Cobb county, won the biggest honors at the show, carrying off $135 sweepstakes for the best ten ears, slou sweepstakes for the best one ear. $lO (or the best ten-ear individual exhibit from Georgia, and $6 for the best one-ear exhibit from Georgia. i Clayton county carried off the honors , from the Girls' Canning chib division. Winifred White, of Jonesboro, winning first prize for the best Individual exhibit, . and the Clayton club winning first for the club exhibit. ’"■■ - » ■ bers who spoke on the pension question during the day advocated the service pay increases of the Sherwood bill, or an age limit increase on the plan of . the Bulloway bill passed by the house last spring. Representative Willis, Re- > publican, of Ohio, declared no parallel i could be drawn between the Civil war pensions and the proposed pension for government employes as the fidst was a reward of valor in the field of bat ’ tie. Representative Taggart. the newly elected Republican member from Kaa- > sas. called attention to the hundreds of - millions the United States is spending i for an army and navy while making “maudlin- and sentimental treaties of ■ 'amity with the nations of Europe.” BIG POULTRY SHOW OPENS WITH 4.100 BIROSON EXHIBIT Southern International, Great est Poultry Show Ever Seen in South, Begins Week’s Ex position at 1 o’clock ♦• •*. ♦ ♦ THIS BIRD-RIDES ♦ ♦ IN A PULLMAN CAR ♦ ♦ J. F. Hatterman, of Fort De- ♦ ♦ posit, Ala., with a Buff Orping- ♦ ♦ ton cockerel as yet unnamed, ♦ ♦ stepped from the stateroom of a -o- ♦ Pullman car In Atlanta Sunday ♦ ♦ night, and headed for the audi- ♦ ♦ torium, where the former has en- ♦ ♦ tered the latter In the Southern ♦ ♦ International Poultry show. Mr. ♦ ♦ Hatterman values hi s fowl at ♦ ♦ 11.000, and didn't care to trust ♦ ♦ him to the mercies of the ex- ♦ ♦ press company, so he engaged ♦ ♦ the stateroom and brought him ♦ ♦ here. The cockerel recently won ♦ ♦ “sweepstakes" at the Birmlng- ♦ ♦ ham show. ♦ 4k ♦ With AIOO fowls, valued at approxi mately 1150,000, on exhibit, the Southern International Poultry show, the greatest show ever seen tn the south, and the fifth largest show ever held in the United States, opens at the auditorium tn Atlanta at 1 o'clock Monday after noon. The admission price has been placed at tha.nominal sum of 10 cents, and thousands of visitors are expected dally at the show, which will be open every day of this week, closing Satur day night at 11 o'clock. Beginning Tues day the doors of the auditorium will open at 8 o'clock In the morning and will close at H o’clock each night. A spectacular display is made by this wonderful show, whose 4,100 birds lave filled to overflowing the big auditorium armory. Breeders from every section of the country have brought their prize fowls, and a bird which wins a premium at the Southern International show will immediately rank among the very best fowls in the United States. q Every available space in the auditori um has been utilized, and coops have been placed in Taft hall and in all of the corridors upon the main floor of the building. A large force of trained men has been at work for the past three days, working tn two shifts 24 hours out of 24 hours, preparing for the reception of the fowls and placing them in their proper cages. These c« ops a cages nave been so ar ranged on long tables that the birds are practically on a line with the head of visitors and there will be no turning and twisting of necks in order that the fancier may get a gooa look at the wonderful fowls. BUHPAS JEf! EXPECTATIONS. In s’ae and importance the show sur passes tUe expectation of Ita promoters, and had it been possible to accept the entries which breeders wished to send to the show a-ter the lists had closed. 5,000 instead of 4.100 brds would have been exhibited rt the stow. Notable among the exhibits which were tn place on Monday morning was that of Bushman-Pierce "Red" farm of Indianapolis. W. C. Pierce, who accom panied his birds to the eity, has enter ed 59 'Reds." The total value of the exhibit here is estimated by Mr. Pierce at $15,000. ■ For one bird alone, a famous cock known as ''Wildfire," Mr. Pierce has al ready refused an offer of $2,500 in cash Mr. Pierce will not enter this bird in tne competition, but had brought him to Atlanta simply as a display exhibit “He has swept everything before him at all shows," gays Mr. Pierce, "and has gained honors enough for one bird, I am going to give the others a chance." More than 25 pens of Rhode Island Reds will be exhibited at the show This is the second largest number of vens of birds of this variety ever enter ed in a poultry show in the United States INDIANA'S CHAMPIONS. Indiana is to be well represented at show, and besides Mr. Pierce, J. J. Win gert. famous breeder of Indian Run ner and White Fawn ducks, is here with a big exhibit. Over 400 Indian Runner ducks alone have been entered in the show. The Wingert exhibit alone, has 45 fowls in it The big Black Orpington exhibit of the Blue Ribbon Poultry farm, of Co lumbus, Ind., is also here. This is an other famous farm, birds from -which have carried away important prizes from the best shows in the country. The Orpington entries, of Buffr and Blacks, is the largest display of the va riety ever known to a poultry show, ac cording to Harry E. Jennings, of Knox ville. superintendent of the show. Another popular variety at the show is that of the White Leghorns; 80 of these beautiful birds have been entered. Twenty-five pens of Barred Rocks are entered. This is th third largest display of Barred Rocks known to any poul try show. Eighty handsome bronze turkeys will compete for the cash and cup awards tn their classes. This is the largest bronze turkey display known to the south. SHOW RANKS HIGH. And so it runs on down through the list of the 65 varieties which will be displayed at the shoyr. Some of the varieties have the largest classes ever known to a poultry show, and the others in number and class of birds rank among the best ever known to the in dustry. Authorities who are here for the exhibit declare that the shows which have surpassed this tn size in previous years were largely those held at big expositions The Madison Square Gar den show in the past has been larger than the Southern International, hut the Herald Square, a rival New York show, has never had as many birds displayed as will be seen at the Atlanta exhibit. A number of the judges, who are amongst the foremost breeders in the United States, have already arrived in the city. Among them is Mrs. L. H. Graves, of Southboro, Mass. She is rec ognized throughout the United States as an authority on White Wyandottes and will Judge this class. George Ewald, of Cincinnati, pigeon expert, arrived Sunday. Dr. J. D. Rey nolds, another pigeon authority, is here. These two men will judge pigeons and the fancy bantams. John W. Poley, of Royersford, Pa., famous breeder of Buff Plymouth Rocks, is here He will judge that class. All of the classes will be judged on Tuesday, and by Wednesday morning the announcement of the awards will have been placed upon the cages of the winners. Consequently on Wednesday and the succeeding days and nights, vls (Conttausd on Bago Six, Column 5) ATLANTA. GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1911. GETTING READY FOR SOUTH'S GREATEST SHOW sw wSi • iOl i rwwSPOi I wJ 11 x 1 2c * . ' . - • v-' /a •- s . . - <•<•., .<• <. •' •' . , ft. < B; . \ <'■ < ~ ~ . v •* •< '■ ■ ■ ■ k-t- ’■ - 3 <- •.-.-L... .4; — * jm MHHkm - wH v- - '• .♦ A ; S —a Staff Photo by Winn. The top picture shows several express wagons loaded with fowls for the Southern International show. The en trance of ths auditorium, where the picture was made, has been jammed with these wagons since Saturday at noon. In the middle row, reading from left to right—First a Silver Lace Wyandotte oock, entered by Legree and Mc- Larty, of Douglasville. Second, a handsome vornish Game cook, entered by J. L, Johnson, of Atlanta, and next, a Barred Plymouth Bock cock, one of the 118 entries of J. a Porter, of Borne. In the bottom row from left to right are shown a Cornish Game cock, entered by W. M. McLarty, of Douglas ville, and a handsome White Plymouth Bock hen, another entry of J. O. Porter, of Borne. LILLIIN GRAHAM CALM H CROSS-EAAMIKD Prdsecutor Fails in Attempt to Prove Girl Older Than She Claimed (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-When Lillian Graham, show girl defendant, who, with Ethel Conrad, Is accused of shooting at W. E D. Stokes, took the staad today for cross-examination, Mr. Buckner, the assistant district attorney, cautioned her to “be just as composed as you can under the circumstances." Then the prosecutor tried to get the girl to admit she's 27 or 28 years old, instead of 23 as she claims. She remain ed calm, refusing to allow herself to be come entangled in conflicting answers, then the prosecutor dropped the point. Under questioning, Miss Graham ad mitted she knew when she went to the Ansonia in December, 190 G, that Stokes had been divorced here, but said she did not know that under the laws of New York there is«only one cause for divorce. She admitted also that she knew Stokes had no intention of marrying again, as ho had written to her that "having failed to make one woman hap py, he did not intend to try with an other." Miss Graham said, however, that their acquaintance at that time was only friendship, with no thought of marriage. The prosecutor reverted to the Al Adams story. Last week Miss Graham said she was afraid of Stokes at the time she shot him because her sister, Mrs. Andrews had told her she believed Stokes had murdered the former “policy king.” A coroner’s junry found that Adams was a suicide. Miss Graham admitted that her sister had not told her this story until some time after her acquaintance with Stokes began. “Did Mrs. Andrews raise any objec tions to your going around with this old divorcee and murderer?” asked the pros ecutor sarcastically. "No." “Tn fact, haven’t you brought this matter up for the.purpose of blackening Mr. Stokes’ character?" To this Miss Graziani's attorney object ed. The witness declared that nobody had told her what kind of a man Stokes was. y •'Didn't you know of his relations with women T" "No " “Didn’t you want to get on his pay roll?" "No. sir.” The prosecutor’s answer to these nega tives was to read several of the girl's letters in which she invited Stokes to her apartment and expressed disappoint ment over his failure to accept former Invitatiors. "Why didn’t you stop writing and tele phoning to him. when he continued to disappoint' you in thii way?” "Because,” replied Miss Graham, "he always gave a very good excuse." Last week Miss Graham testified that Stokes never had made full return for $1,700 which she had glten him to invest ENTOMBED MINERS DIE FBOM AFTER-DAMP ■ New Believed That Every Man in Briceviile Mine Is Dead ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦ »♦♦-» ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ e- APPEAL FOB AID MADE > BY COAL CBEEK MAYOB ♦ ♦ BRICEVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 11.— ♦ ♦ Mayor Thomas executive of ♦ ♦ Coal Creek, which is only five ♦ ♦ miles from the village of Briceviile, ♦ ♦ today Issued an appeal to mayors ♦ ♦ of all cities for financial aid for ♦ ♦ the mine sufferers. His appeal ♦ ♦ reads: ♦ ♦ “To all Mayors o f the United ♦ ♦ States: There are about 125 fam- ♦ ♦ Illes in Briceviile suffering from ♦ ♦ the Cross Mountain coal mine dis- ♦ ♦ aster. Help in funds is greatly ♦ ♦ needed and we appeal to all Amerf- ♦ can citizens to help us. Funds ♦ ♦ may be sent in through Thomas ♦ ♦ Watts, mayor of Coal Creek. ♦ ♦ (Signed.) ♦ ♦ "THOMAS WATTS, Mayor.” ♦ ♦-t-w-t-t ft*** (By Associated Press.) BRICEVILLE, Tenn.. Dec. 11.—Early this morning an additional body was re moved from the Cross Mountain mine, making the total dead recovered num ber 17. The last bedy to be taken out was than of Andrew Johnson, a mirier. Like several others, it was found in a sitting position, indicating that he must have died of '"black damp.” This morning J. E. Logan, of the Red Cross, with headquarters in Atlanta, be gan plans for the organization of a local Red Cross camp to relieve suffering. It is now estimated that there are 56 widows and 184 orphans, as a result of the ex plosion, and later recoveries of bodies may increase these figures. The lives of the men in the mine are estimated to have been worth $1,500,090, i provided not more than 100 were killed. These figures are supplied by an assur ance actuary The average age of the miner is estimated at 30 years and at that age a man’s life is valued at $15,000 L. earning power, says the authority. Rain began falling hero early this morning. This condition adds to the > gloom and sorrow. In spite of the elements, however, men, j women and children thronged about the I mouth of the mine at dawn, and the crowds augmented continuously, all hop- I ing against hope that some sign of life would come from the dead chamber. for her early, in their acquaintance. To day she said the money had been given her by her slstsr, Mrs. Singleton. ‘‘Were these letters written before or after you gave him the money?” in quired a juror. "After,” she answered. The prosecution disputed this and pre sented several letters in ita contention. 14,885,000 BALES IS COTTON CHOP ESTIMATE S I ——— Government Predicts Increase of Nearly 1,000,000 Bales Over Last Year (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. H.-The total production of cotton IX the United States for the season of 1911-1$ will arciunt to 7,121,713.000 pounds (not including Winters), or 14,885,000 bales of 500 pounds, gross weight, according to the first official es timate of the size df the crop issued at 2 p. m. today, by the crop reporting board of the Utiited States department of ag riculture and made up from reports of the correspondents and agents of the bureau of statistics throughout the cotton belt. Heretofore the record cotton crop was that of the year 1904, when 13,438,012 bales, exclusive of linters, were grown. Other large crops were those of 1906, which was 13,273,809 bales, and 1908. when 13,- 341,799 bales were grown. In point of value, however, the crop of 1910, which was 11,608,616 bales, exclusive of linters, was the record one, the fiber being val ued at $320,320,000 and the seed at $142,860,000, a total of $963,180,000 as ths aggregate value of the cotton crop of that year. Conditions early in the growing season this year led to the belief that the crop would be one of record proportions. First estimates of the yield, based on the con dition figures, placed the probable pro duction well toward tne figures of the biggest crops heretofore grown. The acreage on which cotton was planted this season was estimated by the department of agriculture to be 35.004,000 acres, a greater area than ever before planted to Cotton in this country. This vast area exceeded the previous record of acreage by more than 2,500,000 acres, there having been planted 32,444,090 acres 1 1908, ai d 32,403,000 acres last year. In the recor# production year of 1904 only 30,053,739 acres were planted. Scorching hot and excessively dry weather during the middle of the summer caused considerable damage to cotton in many parts of the cotton belt. Later in the season weather conditions were dis tinctly favorable in most parts of the belt and the crop improved. The hot weather atjd drouth, however, were re sponsible for a smaller yield this year i. on experts early in the season predict ed as a result of the record acreage and splendid growing conditions then pre vailing. One result of the hot weather was thrt the crop matured about two weeks earlier than usual. The estimated production by states, in 500-pound bales, exclusive of linters, with the acreage and yield comparisons for (ContLnnsd ox page 7, oolnxut 1.) REPUBLICAN PARTY SURE TO NOMINATE. ROOSEVELT AGAIN? I ’ I ■ JU Western Republican Senator* Declares Ex-President Is Certain to Be Put in the Race, by Next Convention (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) t, . WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Congress is teeming with Roosevelt talk. Most of it fl comes from west of the Mississippi rivei*,- but there is a surprising amount of ft in New York and New England. Presi dent Taffs friends kre worried, and LaFollette’s are mystified. It is evident that unless there is a more explicit de nunciation from Roosevelt, his boom will soon be under way in the west. A western Republican senator prepared the following statement of the situation ;|| for The Journal correspondent: "Roosevelt will be nominated for pres ident by the Republican convention next year,” said this senator, whose name has been mentioned for Taft’s cabinet. "It * entirely proper to say that ColoneJ. Hoosevelt is not a candidate for ths J presidency. I do not think, either, as is! so aften intimated, that he would in any wise connive at his nomination. “IS POPULAR IDOL.” “But this does not mean that bis namSl will not be presented to the convention* or that he will not be nominated. Any-< one who has traveled among the peopla generally in the last 90 days will not be? able to deny that he has more atrengtll than any other man mentioned in any party. He is a popular idoL I vantiM the assertion that you can call a meeting of 5,000 people in any part of the coun try, of all classes and occupation, and the Roosevelt sentiment will overwhelm* ; ingly rule the assemblage, and the moi% they assail him the firmer is his grip, apparently, on the thousands. "You know the story is told that p friend of Mr. Lincoln's came down from Springfield to Washington at the begin* nlng of 1863 and said to Thad Stevenag ‘l'm interested in Mr. Lincoln's nomtaus* tion. I wish you would introduce me to his real friends in the house.' "PEOPLE WANT HIM.” "Stevens took him over and introduce* ■ him to one member, and then said, 'lf he has another friend in this house I do not know who he isAp ;d it is a noted fact that if the leadj^i of the RepubUcaji j party had been consulted alone, Mr. Lin* coin would not have been renominated. His strength, which was incomprehensi ble to them, came from the people, and that is the situation now with reference to Roosevelt. "The leaders think that by assailing him they are injuring him, and observe-' | tion shows me that it strengthens him- They feel their friend is being assailed. f “In addition to this, if you will ask any of the so-called leaders, most o< whom are now out of a job, who can w> elect, if the respondent is in a suf ficiently private place he will ten you Roosevelt, although he may go up to the White House next day and say to the newspaper boys that the real friends of Colonel Roosevelt are for Taft. • CAMPAIGN IS pN. “There is, as a matter of fact, a very active campaign going on all the tima for Mr. Roosevelt, although it has no beadquarters and no organization. “The letters which are passing through the country from citizen to citizen and. local leader to local leader are far moreH effective than any other campaign that is going on. They are saying, he is the i! one man we can nominate and elect. This is the kind of a campaign whichk’l neither Colonel Roosevelt nor anyone else can stop. You cannot stop a thing which neither Colonel Roosevelt nor anyone else can stbp. You cannot stop a thing which seven men out of ten want to see go. If you watch the country west of the Alleghenies to the Pacifio slope for the next few months you witt see. in my judgment, a remarkable dem onstration. Give them a presidential pri mary and the only surprise you would have would be his strength. “The Republican party is a rather prac tical organization. It experimented with Harrison, it will not thus experiment again. "Will this party, which has a roan with whom the vast majority of its mem bers believe unquestionably they eaa* won, decline to nominate him? Will the loyal Republicans in the United Staten who have failed in their own party turn over the whole machinery of goverment to a party t whose policies they do not accept and that will, as they believe, bring business depression and loss wheat there is a means at hand by which W win?*’ T PUCE CONFERENCE TO • 1 BE BILLED IN BINIOWI SHANGHAI, Dec. IL—General Lt Yuen Heng, the revolutionary commander, has telegraphed from Wu Chang to the rep-' resentatlves of the Imperialist party that he republicans have decided to select Hankow as the p'ac i i. e peace conference. Tang Shao Pi, the representative of Premier Yuan Shi Kai, left Peking yes terday to take part in the negotiation!) with the revolutioncries. The imperial goverw.ient professes con fidence that a limited monarchy will be acceptable to the revolutionists, but Tang Shao Is empowered to agree to U compromise on virtually any terms, ing to the difficulty of carrying on the ad ministration with the present lack of means. ■ ■ ' ■ ■ ♦ Monday in Congress! ♦ HOUSE. X -e Met at noon. ♦ ♦ Railroad securities commission ♦ ♦ report on the issuance of stocks ♦ and bonds wa s submitted by the ♦ president. 4- -e District of Columbia legislation ♦ was considered. ♦ -e Russian treaty abrogation was w ♦ urged before foreign affairs com- A- ♦ mittee by New York and Phlla- <• ♦ Jelphia committees. ♦ Steel trust inquiry resumed. ♦ ♦ ' SENATE. <£ -e Lorimer election inquiry was ♦> resumed. e» ♦ Federal corporation commission ♦ urged before the interstate com- e» ♦ merce committee by Francis L. ♦ ♦ Stetson, of New York. ♦ ♦ 4 NO. 24.