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r ;,ST5»'K!T'r«* uilto’lta" of'rniironiii:"";:." S™ !l^L‘.. w *.*':::::::iaooo.w The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA Population 2,500.000 Milos of stonm railroads 6.500 Milos of oloctrlc railways 400 . Cotton factories 130, Rplmllefl.. • 1.500.000 Halos cotton consumed In 1905. 600,000 Value of 1!«5 cotton crop $100,000,000 VOL. 1. NO. 118. Momiug Edition. Probing of Soldiers’ Home Brought Out That Testimony. Poor and Insufficient food, butter un lit for use, cruel treatment from former Superintendent J. 8. Thompson, cruel treatment from others connected with the home, and Immorality on the part of the former stewardess, Mrs. Belle Held, were the principal allegations brought out Tuesday morning by the legislative Investigating committee the Soldiers’ Home. Indications point to a prolonged In vestlgatlon, perhaps running through the week. The committee evidences desire to probe to the bottom of things and let It strike where It may. Dr. Amos Fox, treasurer of the home, and against whom charges have been pre ferred, was present throughout “* session. Judge Walter T. Colquitt conducted the examination of witnesses for the petitioners, and Judge Freeman, o' West Point, for the home. The com mlttee adjourned at 12:60 Tuesday af ternoon until 9 o’clock Wednesday morning. Investigation Opens. When Chairman Adams called the committee to order Tuesday morning it 9 o'clock. Senator Blalock and Rep' resentatlves Williams, Mllllkln, Long Ip, Knight and Rudlcll were present. Upon Inquiry It was stated that Sena tor W. C. Bunn was detained In Cedar- town by the serious Illness of his child. Alter ^ome discussion as to the method of procedure, Hugh Colquitt made the following statement: “Specifications are set out In the petition presented to the legislature that the food and clothing are bad and the hospital service inadequate. We thould summons the soldiers here to testify, a* It Is their complaint. Some witnesses will have to be summoned, the ordinary of Fulton and Captain Langdon Bowie, former superintend mt." “No charge of criminal conduct .Is being made against any one. But the trustees, most of whom live at a dls tance, pay little attention to the Insti lotion, and the Investigating commit tees have done little. I make the point that no fair and open committee has ever existed here before which the old soldiers could appear for a fair hear ing. Mtt Behind Barred Doore. "Meetings have been held here be hind barred doors, with sentinels at the door. Witnesses have been bulldozed and we can prove It. At hearings here people preferring charges have been debarred from the meetings, while the accused were permitted to remain Inside, once when the vice president was called away one of the accused presided over the meeting." At this stage Representative Wll Hams moved that the meeting adjourn to the chapel, where the old soldiers might hear alt that was done. The move was made. As several members of the board of trustees were present, Chairman H. W. Bell, of Jefferson, named Judge J. H. freeman, of West Point, to appear for the home. Discussion continued as to Whether the charges Investigated were to be confined to those made In the pe ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 12, 1906. Morning Edition. TyRTpTT. In AtlMta TWO C!B*CTH X 1X10 JU. on Train* FI VIC CKNTH STATE COMMITTEE MEETS WEDNESDAY ■ INSENATE CHAMBER titlon. Chargat Against Stewardess. Representative Mlllkin arose and laid: “Verbal charges have been made of a tar more aerlouS nature than any In the iieiltion. One Is that the former iiewardess was of known Immoral character, and. It Is said, she Is now home " t " n wlth a ,ormer Inmate of this First Witnsss Called. R Rouse, an Inmate of the home, *«s the first witness called. Said he , 1 bef n at the home since June 1, Hoi. j™ they failed to get sufficient B™ a "'i asked the stewardess, Mrs. Belle Reid, for It, they were abused. "*’ a ™ "he seemed to have supreme ” n ' rri1 - and would have' men put out made mc,s hal1 when cpmplalnts were Cursed and Beaten. He told of one man named Sllvey Wing so treated. "A man named Crum uf* not only put out, but Corporal ughes railed him a damn puppy and knTu i l,lni w **h his fist. Crum was Mocked down and beaten." whose*-"'- several others were put out. f'-iin. names he could not remember, not In , ,hem were intoxicated, but on,. , , He " ald he "as In his room sl°lc> and Mrs. Held declined to in Lp'als to his room. He managed lo*i l *o the mess hall and waa al e,| only half a glass of water. meals served then I could not ,n >; weakened condition. They ii. , "my bacon, bread and peas.” ,‘‘ .’'''scribed the food as being often m,i . b acon, warmed-over biscuit eornbread not cooked done. Mrs. Reid Carried Pistol. „ e Me*. Reid had a few favor 's and treated the others unkindly. rarrk ' d a Pistol, according to his “Wlmony. Me It.,-me said only one decent bar- th» 1 vrup ha[ t ever been served at >»e home. The beef was fairly good, toM™’ r prepared. Referring again ind In' le '*• he "aid she abused him t„m. hn>aten *d to have her brother m out and “clean me up.” ‘: r '>«»-examlned he said there the tV 1 ' 1 lo get to the mess hall when • u-f 1 /ang. hy 7 asked Captain ’’Tip" Har- bfin,.’ f’’ 1 there in time to keep from ..«V,. hu L. mt fa y Mrs. Reid, lo in. , didn’t they make complaint -T 'fvcstlgatlon committee7*’ w 'ase It was no use. They knew Will Settle the Court of Appeals Matter. CABANISS WILL BE NAMED SECRETARY New Comimttee Consists of Fifty-Eight Members in All. The new state Democratic executive committee, scheduled to meet Wed nesday In the senate chamber at the capitol, In this city, will, consist of 66 delegates, the number of district delegates having been Increased from 33 to 44, In addition to the 11 from the state at large. With the state chairman. Judge A. L. Miller, of Bibb, and the vice chair man, Hon. Hooper Alexander, of De- Kalb, and National Committeeman Hon. Clark Howell, who Is a member ex-offlelo, that runs the total up to 68. However, Mr. Howell Is in New York and will not attend the session. H. H. Cabanlss will be chosen secre tary of the state executive committee, and later chosen secreary of the sen ate, It Is said. It Is believed that the executive com. mlttee will provide that the three Judges for the court of-appeals be nominated at the approaching October election. The active supporters of the numer ous candidates are expected to pull the amendment through. It was pre dicted Tuesday that the amendment would carry ten to one, there being no active opposition to It. Everybody seems to favor the Ben Hill county amendment, and very lit tle scratching of any of the amend ments Is anticipated. The fifll committee Is as follows: Hon. A. L. Miller, chairman. Hon. Hooper Alexander, vice chair man. Hon. Clark Howell, ex-offlelo, being national committeeman. men had been put out for doing It." Some Heated Words. Instantly Captain Harrison and Dr. Fox Jumped up and sal4: “Give names! Give names!** Representative Williams leaped to his feet and said with some heat: “I object to those outside Interfering In this Investigation. The heat some of them show indicates a spirit of In timidation. Bulldozing methods don’t go here.” Mr. Rouse said that Judge John H. Martin, who was formerly on the In vestigating committee, told him, when he complained, that If he didn't like the way the Home was run he could get out. Questioned as to Mrs. Belle Reid, for mer stewardess, Mr. House said that she was very Intimate with a man nnmed Saffold while there. He said he knew nothing specific, but thought her actions would hnve aroused suspicions In the mind of any one. He said Saf fold often remained In her room until late in the evening. Mr. Rouse said Captain Thompson was a very tyrannical man, and threatened to stamp him and throw him out of the Home. He did so on ac count of trying to uphold Mrs. Retd. • Liggln’a Testimony. H. H. Liggln was next called to the witness stand. He said he came to the Home under Captain Bowie’s admin istration. His testimony as to the food was along the line furnished by Mr. Rouse. When two meals a day were served he did not-get enough to eat. As to Captain Thompson he said: ’’His treatment was very cruel. I was laid up with, a aore leg. He told me I could run over the country and could cut more wood than, a nevro. Lecturing the boys once, he said he could ’whip any of us before hell could scorch a feather.’” ... Mr. Liggln said Mrs. Reids treat ment was rough: that he saw her with a pistol, but never reported any of the things, because he was told that If he did It he would be put out of the home. Bought Own Food. J. J. Forrester was next called. He said he was 83 years of age and had been In the home four years. Treat ment of the soldiers had been good up a year ago last January. At that time the food began to get poor and had been up to a few week" ago. He said he bought his own milk, butter and eggs, because he could not gee them In the home. "They said the butter cost 35 cents pound, but 1 could not eat It.” He said he made no complaints about the food, because he had heard the threats and Insinuations of Cap tain Thompson and Mrs. Beld. It ex isted also through the administration ' Captain Bowie. D. D. Ware was called next. He said was 81 years of age, and had been the home a little over two yeaxs. He was very feeble. Mr. Ware was formerly one of the best-known edu cators In the state. He said Captain Bowie’s treatment the men, In the main, was kindly. It was variable In quality and quan tity. however.” Chptaln Thompson’s treatment was very bad. His language was foul, and his bearing tyrannical. The character of the food waa bad and frequentl> Insufficient In quantity. Mrs. R*M. said, was rough to the men, and that her character was bad. . . As to the character of the food, he said It had been very much better since August 1. His testimony as to the but ter was similar to the other witnesses. At 12:50 Senator Blalock moved to adjourn until » o’clock Wednesday morning. CHIEF OF POLICE OF RUSSIAN CITY IS FATALLY SHOT Officers Fire at Assassin But He Makes Escape. W1 HEARS? St. Petersburg, Sept. 11.—An uniden tified man fatally shot Colonel Giibo- JodofT, chief of police of Grodno, on the parade grounds. Several pollce- ment fired at the man, but they missed him and he made hls escape. From the state at large: Pope Brown, of Pulaski. Seaborn Wright,, of Floyd. John P. Knight, of Berrien. S. T, Blalock, of Fayette. N. A. Morris, of Cobb. W. J. Bush, of Miller. E. H. Mason, of Glynn. Boykin Wright, of Richmond. Fuller E. Callaway, of Troup. Reuben R. Arnold, of Fulton. Robert L. Berner, of Monroe. Others of the committee os named In the convention are as follows: First District—E. K. Overstreet, of Screven: C. A. Attaway, of Jenkins; C. N. Thompson, of Emanuel; Henry Green, of Chatham. Second District—C. A. Alford, of Worth; R. L. Shipp, of Colquitt; C. J. Davis, of Calhoun; J. D. Stanford, of Randolph. Third District—D. B. Pounds, of Crisp; R. L. Greer, of Macon; B. L. Maynard, of Sumter; T. A. Collins, of Schley. Fourth District—A. A. Carson, of Muscogee; Sid Holderness, of Carroll; W. 8. Howell, of Meriwether; J. A. McGee, of Talbot. Fifth District—C. H. Mason, of De- Kalb; G. W. Gleaton, of Rockdale; A. C. Blalock, of Clayton; D. B. Bullard, of Campbell. Sixth District—J. F. Hall, of Henry; D. W. Holllnshead, of Baldwin; T. L. Patterson, of Spalding; Gam Ruther ford, of Monroe, Seventh District—Paul Trammell, of Whitfield; Charles Patterson, of Bartow; 'J. Z. Foster, of -Cobb; Felix Corput, of Floyd. Eighth District—Frank Shackleford, of- Clark; Dr. A. S. J. Stovall, of El bert; L. J. McConnell, of Franklin H. H. Fitzpatrick, of Morgan. Ninth District—J. H. Bagwell, of Gwinnett; Howard Thompson, of Hall; J. S. Adams, of Habersham; H. T. Carlthers, of Jackson. Tenth District—Bowdree Phlntzy, of Richmond; James Kendrick, of Tal laferro; W. H. Burwell, of Hancock H. A. Williams, of Glascock. Eleventh District—W. H. Grltln. of Lowndes; F. Q. Stubbs, of Laurens; Warren Lott, of Ware; A. B. Cook, of Irwin. It Is thought that Hon. Henry H. Cabanlss will be named as secretary of the executive committee, to succeed Hon. J. W. Goldsmith, as It la con venient to have that officer reside at the state capital. He Thinks Indepen dence League Should Act For Itself. HIS NAME CHEERED BY GREAT THRONG Hall Crowded with Men and Women When Conven tion Opens in Gotham. Fight Is on Over Chairman ship of Ohio Con vention. Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 11.—The big fight before the Republican state con vention has centered Itself upon the matter of the chairmanship, and there Is a question whether the control of the party organization will remain with Senator .Dick. It Is a matter that will have to be settled by the unpledged delegates In the convention. There Is no longer any doubt of a complete break between Senator Dick and Oovernor Herrick. When they met at the door of the dining room their greetings was so formal and cold that It excited the comment of the hun dreds of watchers who observed the scene. E IN U, S, ARMY Washington. Sept. 11.—Colonel Cul ver C. Snlffen has been appointed pay master general of the army to secceed Brigadier General Francis 8. Dodge, who retired today. Colonel Snilfen Is now on duty In New York City. An order was Issued by the war de partment today placing Brigadier Gen eral Burton, Inspector general, on the retired list September 10. It was stat ed that he will be succeeded by Colonel A. E. Oarllngton, the senior colonel on the Inspectors’ corps, also of the gen eral staff. Colonel William Stanton, corps of engineers, was retired today also, on account of age, promoting several of ficers In that corps. 8neke Bite Kills Child Special to The Georgian. Ashbum. Ga„ Sept. 11.—The little 2-year-old son of Harris Dupree waa bitten by a rattler on Friday and died eighteen hours later. New York, Sept. 11.—Intense enthu siasm marked the opening today of the state convention of the Independence League at Carnegie hall. Many wo men were spectators. The big audi torium was Jammed and crowds of people surrounded the hall, vainly seeking to enter. When Hearst's name was mentioned there was a great dem onstration lasting several minutes Parker’s Name Hissed, It fell to the lot of Temporary Chair man Glenn to cause an outburst, the antithesis of which followed the men tlonlng of Mr. Hearst's name In the convention hall. It began when the name of Lemuel E. Qulgg was greeted with hisses. Next the delegates hissed and hooted the name of Alton B. Par ker, but It was when Mr. Glenn spoke the name of George B. McClellan that the delegates became boisterous In their expressions of disapproval. Hisses and shouts greeted the mayor’s name. References to Depew, Platt and Higgins were also hissed. Resolution or Fusion. After an all night session In the all sey house, ths state committees by a vote of 140 to 8. adopted*:!- ms lutlon referring the proposition' dp "fusion with the Democratic party made by William J. Connors, of Buffalo, to the league convention today with a recom mendation that It be submitted to the committee of resolutions when ap proved. The adoption of the resolutions mean that the Independence League conven tion will nominate a straight ticket and appoint a committee to confer with a similar committee representing the Democratic state- convention looking toward fusion. After listening to the argument of the state committee pro and con on the Connors proposition, Mr. Hearst said: Opposes Proposition. "I am opposed, of course, to tills proposition. If the Democratic party had completed Its primaries and se lected men who represented the rank and file and not the Bryan-Belmont Interests and had assembled In con ventlon and declared for principles Identical with ours and had wished to unite with us and combine against a united opposition, I think we would be unwise to refuse to consider an honest proposition. club BRYAN DISAPPOINTED AT FOLK’S ABSENCE; GUM SHOE BILL CALLS MAYOR TEARS UP PETITION FI THE _SOCIALISTS Again Decline? to Permit Speaking in the Streets. ' ■‘I’m With Anyone Who Fights Trusts,” Says Nebraskan. IN SOUTHERN STATE Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 11.—The Interstate Club, a non-partisan organ isation, composed of some of the moat wealthy and influential gentlemen In the United States, has representatives in the fleld who are looking for the location to build club houses on a tract of 15,000 or 20,000 acres of ground, which will be used as game reserves, and to construct boulevards and elec tric lines on these grounds. Judge Peyton Bowman, of Birmingham, and H. J. Bohn, of Chicago, are the repre sentatives of the Interstate Club. The club has a membership of 20,000 and the Income will amount to $2,000,000 r annum. Among the honorary mem- rs are President Theodore Roose velt, Vice President Charles \V. Fair banks, ex-PresIdent Grover Cleveland, while the active membership Includes August Belmont and others of equal imminence. The gentlemen named jave been looking about Birmingham and Ch&ttrnooga for a site. An op tion has also been secured on Monte Sur-o, near Huntsville, Ala. The club proposes tc hold public meetings and discuss questions of a non-political phase. Senator J. C. S. Blackburn, of Ken tucky, Is president of the organization. STRONG OPPOSITION TO SHERIFF GARMANY. Mayor Woodward In no uncertain words dismissed a committee repre sentlng J. B. Osborne, the Socialist leader and candidate for governor of Georgia, Tuesday morning after tear ing up a petition urging that the blind orator be allowed to speak In the streets.' “Under no conditions will I give a permit*for hlrq to speak in the streets," said Mayor Woodward, “and if he is again placed in the city stockade he will have to serve his sentence out, so far as I am concerned.' Don't bring me any more petitions like this." The committee left and called upon the county commissioners, with the result that permission was secured to hold a meeting in the court house Fri day evening, next, when a “free speech" society will be organized. Mayor Woodward scored the Social ists, after the committee had left his office, principally from the standpoint of organized labor. « “These Socialists try to create the Impression that they are fighting for organized labor, and attempt to go under that banner, when really there is nothing in the country which hurts organized labor more than their radi cal means of attempting to perpetrate Socialism on the public. There are some good sound principles In Social ism and some good men who advocate them, but the majority of the Socialists are hardly more than anarchists. “They have been turned out of every organized labor convention that they have attempted to attend. I have been an active member of organized labor for forty years, but I have no sympa thy with the majority of these Social ists.” Secretary Britton, Osborne's chief henchman, states that the “free speech society,” which will be formed next Friday at the meeting In the court house, will wage war against the "un fair treatment given Mr. Osborne,”-**, it Is termed by hls followers. REFUSES TO TALK OF PARTY FRICTION Promises to Discuss Sulli van Affair in Col umns of His Own Paper. ISPROCLAIMED Amnesty Proclama tion Withdrawn by President Palma. the St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 11.—William Bryan arrived In St. Louis at 7 this morning. Ho was greeted by large crowd. Accompanied by committee and escorted by a cordon of mounted police, lie was driven Im mediately to the Jefferson hotel breakfast. 'It’s too bad Governor Folk Is not present," began Bryan, when he greet- reporter. Directly opposite .him waa Senator Stone, "Gum Shoe Bill. The senator pricked hls ears at the mention of Folk’s name. "Yes, I met Governor Folk at New York, I am glad to say,” said Mr. Bryan. Stone. Folk's sworn enemy, gazed out of the window, Bryan said he’ had not been follow ing Attorney General Hadley's fight — the oil trust. When asked what thought of Hadley, he said: "I’m right with anybody who fights the trusts." He was told of the compliment Con gressman Bartholdt, of St. Louis, had paid him the other day by saying he was a power at the recent International peace parliament In London. Mr. Bryan smiled and said: "Congressman Bartholdt himself has done very efficient work In the Inter est of International peace.” He said hls views regarding Roger Sullivan would appear shortly In The Commoner. Bryan was reminded during the day about the friction between Folk Dem oefats and others of tho party. "I never discuss friction,” he said He had a talk with U. F. Dunlap, Jacksonville, III., who Is prominent I the the .fight..against Roerer Sullivan, the national commltteemnn irom Illinois. COLORED SOLDIERS BUTCHER PULAJANES AFTER FIERCE FIGHT Manila, Sept. 11.—Lieutenant Roscoe Treadwell, of the Philippine scouts, was killed at South Barouen, Island of Leyte, while fighting dee perately at the head of hls company of scouts trying to repel the attack of a band of more than a hundred Pulajanes. A detachment of sixty men of the Twenty-fourth regiment of Infantry, colored, with.forty of the native constabulary, overtook a band of twenty five Pulajanes at Marlabon, and In the engagement that followed almost exterminated the bandits. The Pulajanes were destroying the crops of the natives for giving Information of their movements to the troops. Lieutenant Parker, of the Twenty-fourth, with a small detachment of hls men, struck the band of Pulajanes under the command of the fanatic leader Knasamson, near the town of Anabogan, and killed and wounded many of the bands. Many of them were captured with arms and ammuni tion. Corporal Bates, of the Twenty-fourth, was slightly wounded, and a native guide was killed In the action. The large bodies of Pulajanes who have been operating In Leyte have broken up Into small detachments since the troops arrived In the Island amp are killing and robbing the natives In the hill country. WERE TO KILL KAISER • AT ARMY MANEUVERS Berlin, Sept. 11.—The arrest of three anarchists, Mataszl, an Italian; Lauderbergo, a Pole, and Flelgner, a Czech, by the secret service police at Breslau, revealed a plot to kill the German emperor while he was attending the maneuvers. The time for the assassination was set for today. The police. It Is said, have the names of others Implicated In the plot and additional arrests will follow. ANSEL IN THE LEAD fly Private l-cn»ed Wire. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 11.—It Is said that Sheriff Oarmany, of Walker county, Georgia, Is having considera ble opposition because he has enforced the law against operation of beer clubs at Fort Oglethorpe. Sheriff Oar.na- ny has closed up several clubs and it was through hls Influence that an at tempt was made to run down Thornton Fehn, a saloon keeper who. It Is said, operated a beer club at the park. By Private Leaaed Wire. Spartanburg, 8. C., Sept. 1L—The second primary Is*passing quietly,,no trouble being reported, at any of the precincts. Ansel Is leading Manning for gov ernor. Manning’s friends are working hard In the mill districts. It Is thought that the former will beat the latter by two to one In this county. Ragsdale, who Is opposing Lyon for attorney general, will poll a much larger vote In Spartanburg than he did In the first primary. The race between Sullivan and Wharton promises to he close and the friends of both candidates are confi dent. The total vote for this county will be about 8,000. BUY8 HALF INTERE8T IN EVENING STAR. Special to The Georgian. Anniston, Ala., Sept. 11.—Announce ment was made yesterday morning of the fact that Elmer B. McKee, for 21 years business manager of the Towan- da. Pa.. Dally Review, has purchased a half Interest In The Anniston Even ing Star ami will, on October 1, as sume the duties of business manager of tha local paper. FIRE DESTROYED TWO JUTE MILLS AT ROSELAND, GA, The two Jute mill*, belonging to T, L. L&ngaton St Co., located at Home land, three miles south of Atlanta, were burned down Tuesday morning. The fire occurred about 11:20 Tues day morning, and made such rapid headway that It was Impossible to check the flames. DR. McCLINTOCK DEAD. Hpeelnl to Th#* Georgian. Anniston, Alu.. Sept. it—Dr. Henry Ms- non Mct’llntork died nt his home near Beth lehem nt 10 o’clock yesterday moral ng after s short lllneM. and was hurled nt Bethle hem rhurcb this Afternoon st 2 o'clock. Left on orphan ot on early age, be war without nny Immediate relative* At the time of hi* dentil. He was liom In Clay comity on Oc- A. C. L. Not "Unfair.” Jt was stated in Monday's Georgian In the matter of the reorganization of the Railway Telegraphers' Union that the Atlantic Coast Line was on the union's “unfair list.” This Is an error, that railroad being one of the first to recognize the union. Washington, Sept. 11.—The cruiser Des Moines, which sailed yesterday from Norfolk, Vs., under sealed orders, is bound for Key West, FIs., whence ehe will be sent to Havana, Cuba, to protect American interests in that vi cinity should the occasion warrant. The utmost secrecy is being maintain ed at both the navy and state depart ments relative to the mission of the Des Moines, but it is learned on what is considered excellent authority that she is intended for Cuban service if ths situation in and around Havana con tinues to get worse. If when she reaches the Florida coast there is need for protection for Amer ican interests in Cuba, she will be rushed to Havana.. This is the plan of the state department, which, it is learn ed, has received orders from the presi dent at Oyster Bay. By MANUEL CALVO. Havana, Cuba. Sept. 11.—Later ad vices from the fighting about Consola- , cion del Sur leave no doubt that the government has gained an important victory over Pino Guerra, largely through the use of American machine guns. While the rebels still outnumber Avaloez's force, the better discipline and arms and the presence of the ma chine guns, more than make up for the differences In number. The result of the fight undoubtedly has led President Palma to take the stand he has in practically proclaim ing martial law, withdrawing the offer of amnesty to the rebels In the field ho laid down their arms. This means ie pursuit of an organized policy of repression and arrests already have begun. Former Mayor Arrested. Dr. O’Farrlll, former mayor of Ha vana, has been taken Into custody. He was arrested last night, while he was attending a gathering of Cuban veter ans, charged with being a member of a revolutionary junta. Peace negotiations have failed. Gen eral Menocal, who undertook to per suade the rebels to lay down their arms, found that the Insurgents were disposed to fight the government to the end. This reply to hls overtures has provoked a similar attitude on the part of the government, and it appears that both shies are now lined up for a con flict even more bitter and desperate than those heretofore promised to he. Other Warrant# Out. Coincident with the Issuance of the decrees which followed last night's de cision not to yield to the pence de mands the government ordered the ar rest of practically every prominent I.ib- eral. Alfred Zayas, president of the Liberal party, and several others have disappeared. Among other Liberals ar rested are Congressman Florenclo VII- Juendas, brother of Congressman Kn- rique VUIuendas, v ■■ w.is kiii.-.i in a fight with a-pollceman at <Menfuegoa a year ago, and Congressmen Boreas and Varona. When the news of the Issuance of the decree reached tho Veterans* peace commission, which was In session at the home of General Menocal, there was Immediate and almost unanimous denunciation of President Palma and other members of the government. Senator Sangullly, Independent, who was present, and who usually Is mod erate In hls utterances, made an im passioned speech. In which he declared that there remained for Cubans two roads to peace, cne of honor and the other of dbgrucc. The government, he said, had refused offers ot endeavors to settle the difficulty pacifically, and nothing was left but to side with its opponent. * General Collaso and other prominent veterans made similar speeches, and General Menocal coincided with the views of the other speakers. It appear# probable that moat of the members of the peace commission will Join the in surgents today. ANK LOOTER TRIES TO TAKE HIS LIFE HY USE OF POISON Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 11—An unsuccessful attempt to poison himself waa made today by Paul Stenslnnd, the Chicago bank wrecker. Stenslnnd is seriously ill n result of the attempt. A heavy guard is now kept on him to prevent further attempts | his life. He is expected to sail for homo tomorrow on the Prince Albert. !