The Courier-Journal, 1908-04-29

Prison Commission Says Chinn Was Not Firm Reply To Charge of Con Convicts' - victs' Convicts' Ill-Treatment Corporal Punishment Neces Necessary - sary Necessary To Discipline BROWN'S INDIVIDUAL ANSWER i Frankfort Ky April 2A - Special - The Prison Commission's side of the controversy with George Chinn who was remdWed as Warden of the peniten penitentiary - tiary penitentiary at Frankfort Is given in a state statement - ment statement made public here to-day The commission answers the charges made by Mr Chinn at length going Into minute detail and entering a general and special denial of the allegations made by Mr Chinn It is emphatically denied that a bloody strap was used on the primners or that they were whipped any more than they deserved It Is charged that Mr Chinn was not fitted for the position by temperament on ac account - count account of hla too tender sensibilities and the too cordial way In which he treated the convicts The commission says that Mr Chinn did not'1 enforce dls dls-cipllne - cipllne dls-cipllne and that the force In the peni penitentiary - tentiary penitentiary was demoralized Because the contractors threatened to throw up they- contract and fight in the courts a settlement of their differ differences - ences differences wLth the commission unless something was done at the prison the commission says It was forced to re remove - move remove Mr Chinn In the statement the commission says that the Hoge-Mont-gomery Company In the last days of Mr Chinn's term threatened to do this and for this reason Mr Chinn was re removed - moved removed and E E Mudd appointed Brown Answers Charges Ell 'H Brown a member of the com commission - mission commission also made a separate State Statement - ment Statement In answer to the charges ipade against him by Mr Chinn Mr Brown says that he Is not now and has not been the attorney tor the prison con contractors - tractors contractors and that he Is neither directly nor indirectly connected with the com company - pany company He also explains his oonnecilon with the New York Life Insurance Company for which ha did sundry ser service - vice service as attorney In matters before the General Assembly The statement by the commission takes up first the matter of the punish punishment - ment punishment of the convicts and says that oor oor-poral - poral oor-poral punishment Is necessary In the control of the convicts being the only way they can be handled The bloody strap of Which Mr Chinn talked does not exist according to the statement which says that visitors to the peniten penitentiary - tiary penitentiary are shown the strap used to pun punish - ish punish the convicts and If it -was bloody at any time It would have been noticed long ago by these viol tors The state statement - ment statement also denies the charge that pris prisoners - oners prisoners are placed on the 25 cent list when they are able to perform the tasks done by 85 cent men It was charged by Mr Chirm that' the men were put on the list of those Vi noble to do full work when In actual fact they were doing their regular work This is denied by the commission With re regard - gard regard to the payment by the contractors of the guard Madlgan K Is admitted that he was paid 100 by the contract contractors - ors contractors but this is explained by the state statement - ment statement that the commission had full knowledge of It and allowed it to be done because Madlgan was an experi experienced - enced experienced man and was about to leave the prison unless he oould get more money with the statement Is a letter from the contractors complaining about the discipline which was maintained In the prison during Mr Chinn's term of of office - fice office and another letter also from the contractors noting the great change for the better which resulted after Mr Mudd was made Warden The state state-meht - meht state-meht by the commission is as follows- 1 The Commission's Answer G®orge P Chinn In an article un under - der under date of April 24 and published la a ot daiy papers has seen fit to criticise the Board of Prison Commis Commissioners - sioners Commissioners and make charges which if true woud subjept the commislson to the con condemnation - demnation condemnation of the people of this Common Commonwealth - wealth Commonwealth However much the commission may desire to avoid the unenviable no toriety of a newspaper controversy sre f c°nE?1Iod' owing to the course token by Mr Chinn to make a complete state statement - ment statement of the management of the Frank Frankfort - fort Frankfort penitentiary in refutation of Ms The Frankfort penitentiary ii one of the largest business institutions in the State Its income and dlehunw dlehunw-menta - menta dlehunw-menta running up into tha hundreds of thouaands ofdollars per annum and tha office of Warden under which the direct and active control of the institution Is placed by law requires an official of pe peculiar - culiar peculiar adaptability and one who possesses Met and executive ability in a marked ug rte To those who have given little thought to the subject of prisun manage E®"- 11 may ? well to state that under Section 2S0T of the Kentucky Statutes it is the duly of the commlsisoners "to hire out to a contractor or contractors all the convicts able to perform manual labor" Attention maV be also called to the foot that every criminal now conflnril in the penitentiaries of this State Is there under a sentence imposing upon Mm a certain term of hard labor within the prison walls Under this method of prison man foment established by law the Board of Prison Commissioners Is charred with three duties: The Commission's Duties First - To see that the convicts are properly clothed and fed and worked In a humane manner under proper discipline Second - To see that the State receives the highest price paid for prison labor taking into consideration the character of labor performed and to see that the ex expenses - penses expenses of the Institution are kept within rensonotolr bounds Third - To see that the contractor is given an honest day's work by the con convicts - victs convicts and that such discipline is main maintained - tained maintained as sliould exist In' any well-regulated business To err in the performance of these du du-tlrs - tlrs du-tlrs means disorganisation and financial loss both to the State and to the con contractor - tractor contractor In the performance of these du duties - ties duties live commissioners found It necesraiy to request the resignation of Mr Chlnii as Warden nf the Frankfort penitentiary and he falling to give same was re removed - moved removed In doing so we disclaim any Idea thnt we were influenced by political pref preference - erence preference or personal feeling Had such qiiellons entered Into our consideration Mr Chinn would not have been removed and the prison commission would not have bean subjected to his charges which the records of the penitentiary nrove to ! unirun nnd which ore the result of the piquo of nn official who wished to re tala r ptwlUon from which he was re-

Mr Chinn's article Is mainly taken uo In statements concerning corporal pun punishment - ishment punishment We submit to the public that in an Institution like the Frankfort peni penitentiary - tentiary penitentiary where one has to deal with don geroua and confirmed criminals moral degenerates and all classes of lawbreak lawbreakers - ers lawbreakers corporal punishment Is the most ef ef-foctlvc - foctlvc ef-foctlvc method of bringing about proper discipline among tliosa who ore already incarcerated and no further abridgement of their liberty may be made This sys system - tem system has existed in both of the prisons of the Stats sloe their foundation and exists In nearly all of the penitentiaries of the United States lx exists at the School of Reform near Lexington and Is administered by a humane but firm su superintendent - perintendent superintendent who has under his charge over 450 Inmates The ordinary punish punishment - ment punishment Imposed on lawbreakers is Incar Incarceration - ceration Incarceration in some prison Some other pun Ishment must be resorted to where the rules of the penitentiary ore violated and K is the opinion of nearly all prison au authorities - thorities authorities In the United States that cor corporal - poral corporal punishment la tha most effective and h-umnn© method of bringing about good discipline Buoh a system may be made ineffective by a lax enforcement of It ae well as by abuse The official who gets (he proper results Is the one who strikes the happy medium In Its en enforcement - forcement enforcement Say Chinn Was Xn Error Since the publication of Mr Chinn's (Concluded On Sd Page 1st Column) DAVIESS COUNTY BANK MAKES ASSIGNMENT HAD men nr in TROUBLE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS HENRY CLINE PLACED XN CHARGE OP INSTITUTION HARDSHIP ON DEPOSITORS Owensboro Ky April 28 - Special --By reason of poor collections and lack of sufficient cash to carry on its business the Daviess County Bank and Trust Company to-night filed a deed of general assignment In the D&vless County Court naming Henry Cline os assignee Mr Cline has made arrange arrangements - ments arrangements to execute bond and will take charge of the bank In the morning It will be necessary to have the court ap approve - prove approve his bond before he takes charge T S Anderson president of the bank declined to make a statement tw-nlght concerning the assignment At a meet meeting - ing meeting of the board of directors' of the Daviess County Bank to-day It was de decided - cided decided to file a deed of assignment The bank has been declining deposits and suspended cash payments several days ago The Daviess County Bank has a capi capital - tal capital stock of 50000 and deposits of over 600000 T S Anderson is the largest stockholder This bank loaned money at the rate of 6 per cent and paid 5 per cent Interest on time deposit a T A'Pedley who was appointed receiver for the Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company has taken charge of the bank and Is endeavoring to un unravel - ravel unravel the affairs of the institution Many stories of hardships caused by the failure of the two Owensboro banks are being related One young couffle was preparing to be married and when the bride gave a check on one of the defunct banks for her trousseau In Louisville she was told that It had failed The wedding haa been post postponed - poned postponed It is also said that one of the large depositors of the Daviess County Bank drew his money out of that in institution - stitution institution some time ago In sn effort to save the Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company James H Parrish president of tho savings bank went to Louisville to-day to meet several capitalists In that city He still has hopes of reorganlslhg hla bank It Is practically certain that tho capital stock of 200000 and the sur surplus - plus surplus fund of 50000 of the savings bank will be wiped out The quarterly statement of the Da Daviess - viess Daviess County Bank and Trust Company at the close of business on the 81st day of March 1908 follows: Resources - Loans and discounts 29621393 over overdrafts - drafts overdrafts secured 669199 due from Na National - tional National banks 285487 due from State banks and bankers 3800063 due from trust companies 40855 bank house and lot 2492664 other real es estate - tate estate 1674751 mortgages 24825458 other stocks and bonds 24000 cur currency - rency currency 2887401 exchange for clear clearing - ing clearing 62020 other Items carried as cash 1121001 furniture and fixtures 306574 total 62486065 Liabilities - Capital stock paid In cash 50000 ' surplus fund 38121 due depositors as follow: Deposits subject to check on which interest la not paid 7312294 time certificates of deposits on which interest Is paid 49245449 savings deposits on which Interest Is paid 343366 certified checks 56901109 due National banks 9803 hills rediscounted 57700 un uninvested - invested uninvested trust funds 567032 total 68486055 ' r AID FOR SUFFERERS FOOD XN PLENTY REACHES TOR TORNADO - NADO TORNADO DISTRICT Bank of Purvis Reopens Under Dif- Acuities Por Transaction of Business New Orleans April 28 - Food In plenty to-day reached the tornado sufferers In every part of Louisiana and Missis Mississippi - sippi Mississippi Clothing and cook stoves also were supplied communities where the destitution was greatest and the relief committees here and In other cities were able to turn their attention to the rebuilding of some of the ruined towns Instructions were given to hold most of the money contributions of which there is now In sight between 325000 and 50000 until Investigation showed how best to aid In the rebuilding Purvis Miss the most needy of all the stricken communities furnished a striking example of business activltly when the Bank of Purvis reopened There was no roof over the banking room the safety deposit vault was ac accessible - cessible accessible by a path through the hedge of debris militia guarded the building and of the ' 2500 residents of Purvis scarcely 500 remained in town Never Nevertheless - theless Nevertheless the bank announced that It was prepared to pay out money and to re receive - ceive receive deposits Preparations for accepting relief of offered - fered offered by the Federal Government went forward rapidly under direction of the Governors of the devastated States Big Verdict Against Railroad Winchester Ky April 28 - Special - In the cose of L S Cockrlll admin administrator - istrator administrator of Mrs Celia Bnnks against the Chesapeake nnd Ohio railroad ask asking - ing asking for 20000 damages for her death the jury brought In a verdict for 5000 Mrs Banks was run over at the Main Main-street - street Main-street crossing this city about a year ago

Tobacco Growers Warned Not To Plant Corn Frankfort Ky April 28 - Special - Retaliation seems to be the policy of the antl-Equity tobacco growers in the central part of the State and tha pros prospects - pects prospects look good for a continuation of the troubles which have been stirring up the State for several months AdjL Gen P P Johnson has received many anonymous letters sent to him from many of the counties In the tobacco din din-district - district din-district In which the Burley society planters are warned that they must not grow corn or wheat this year The threat is made that If any attempt Is made to raise corn or wheat- the grow grower's - er's grower's cattle will be poisoned or his barns burned This offers a new phase of the tobac tobacco - co tobacco situation that may be as serious as the conditions which have prevailed for some time when the men who tried to tobacco - bacco tobacco were threatened Some qf the letters which Gen Johnson has were from Anderson county and were sent to growers In this county Militia Reaches Falmouth Falmouth Ky April 28 - A' detach detachment - ment detachment of eleven soldiers arrived here ibis morning from Cynthlana They are cavalrymen from Pinevllle and wheq Maj John A Webb was asked their business In this county he re responded - sponded responded that he was not at liberty to state their mission There were two de detectives - tectives detectives here about two weeks ago and It Is thought that they were In some way connected with the soldiers Maj Webb stated that until they received further orders they will remain at this place It being the central point be between - tween between Grant Harrison and Bracken counties DEATH CRASH ON INTERURBAN LINE SIX KILLED AND ABOUT THIR THIRTY - TY THIRTY ARE INJURED XN HEAD© ON COLLISION IN MICHIGAN M0T0RMAN MISTAKES ORDERS Detroit Mich April 28 - Two large Interurban trolley cars on the 'Detroit Jackson and Chicago railway a part of the Detroit United Railways Sys System - tem System running from Detroit to Jackson collided head-on this afternoon while running about forty-five miles an hour ttwenty-flve miles west of here near Ypsllanttl Six men were killed and about thirty men and women injured some of them seriously All of the se severely - verely severely -wounded were taken to the Uni University - versity University Hoslplttal at Ann Arbor A mistake In orders on the part of Mo Mo-toman - toman Mo-toman Isa Fay of the limited car who was crushed to death beneath his vestibule Is alleged to have caused the collision It Is charged that he over overran - ran overran his orders His home was at Jack Jack-son - son Jack-son Mich The dead: Motorman Isa Fay Jackson John Paget Detroit Charles Carmen Detro) George E Howard Detroit Unldenttified Italian workman Uni dent titled man bound for Detroit thought to be a tailor ' - The limited car comfortably 1 filled! with about forty people left Ypsllantl at 1:15 o'clock for Detroit The run running - ning running time of the car was changed to today - day today and reduced so that Motorman Fay left- Ypsllantl ten minutes earlier than he had been accusttomed to This Is thought by some to have been re responsible - sponsible responsible for his mistake Instead ' of stopping at Harris' swlttch about two miles west of the scene of the acci accident - dent accident where It Is said by tha officials of the road the care should ' have bossed the limited rushed by the cross crossing - ing crossing point at high speed As It rounded a curve four miles east of Ypsllantl the local car flashed Into view also running at a high speed Terrific Crash It was a hopeless effort to try and stop the heavy cars and they crashed together with terrific Impact Motor Motor-man - man Motor-man Wlngrave of the local car Jumped when he saw that the collision was In Inevitable - evitable Inevitable but Motorman Fay stuck to his vestibule The local car was built considerably higher than the lliplted so that as they met Its heavy body rode up over the flooring and Iron work of the limited and telescoped It for nearly thirty feet Despite the terrific force of the collision the wrecked lim limited - ited limited stayed on the rails while the local car crashed Into Its forward end and for half a length There were screams of fright from the limited's passen passengers - gers passengers as they saw the local car loom up before them Hardly a passenger escaped Injury of some sort Bruises and cuts from broken glass were general among those who had fortunately escaped from se serious - rious serious wounds A relief car was sent to the scene from Ypsllanttl and car carried - ried carried the severely injured to the hospi hospital - tal hospital at Ann Arbor BOMB THROWER DIES AFTER LONG SUFFERING New York April 28 - Srllg Sllver Sllversteln - steln Sllversteln the anarchist who attempted to throw a bomb into a group of police policemen - men policemen In Union Square several weeks ago and was Injured by the premature explosion of the bomb died to-day Sllversteln's companion was killed by the bomb Sllversteln according to the police confessed thnt he manufac manufactured - tured manufactured the bomb and Intended to throw It among th epolice because a police policeman - man policeman hod beaten him several days be before - fore before NO ONE HELD LIABLE FOR THE COLLISION Yarmouth England April 28 - The Coroner's Inquest over the bodies of four of the twenty-eight men who were drowned as a result of the collision last Saturday between the liner St Paul and the British cruiser Gladiator was held to-day and at a late hour this aft afternoon - ernoon afternoon a verdict was given sawing the men came to their deaths accidentally and that nobody Is criminally blamable for the collision t Dies of Heart Failure Elizabethtown ky April 28 - Spe Special - cial Special - L T Twynian a well-known farmer of near Tonlnvllle died this morning of heart failure superinduced by dropsy aged 64 years He Is sur survived - vived survived by his wife nnd four children Mrs Arvln Dunn and Arthur Frank and John Twynian Marries Louisville Man Elizabethtown Ky April 28 - Spe Special - cial Special - Miss Flaggie Huffman a daugh daughter - ter daughter of Mr H V Huffman of this coun county - ty county and Mr Joseph Wheatley of Louis Louisville - ville Louisville were married at St Clare church at Colesburg to-day by the Rev Fa Fa-tlu - tlu Fa-tlu r liHStollll

Continuance To August In Night Rider Cases Prosecution Tries To Fjbrce Immediate Trials Four More Men Under In Indictment - dictment Indictment Arrested BOND FOR JAKE ELLIS Murray Ky April 28 - Special - The cases against Joe Bell Jake Ellis Hardin Lovett Jack and Carlos El kins Ed Thompson and Damus Miller accused night riders set for trial to today - day today were continued until the fifth day of the August term of the Circuit Court on account of the unwillingness of tha defense to go Into trial When court convened this morning Denny P Smith Commonwealth's At' torney James P Coleman and Senator Conn Linn of the law firm of Coleman A Linn and Judge A J G Wells and R T Wells of the firm of Wells A Wells were present to take up the prosecution J C Speight and Col Sam Crossland of Mayfield and F F Acree of the 'local bar were present on the side of the defense Judge T P Cook was handed an affidavit from Yost A Laffoon of Madisonvllle and Ward Headley of Princeton additional counsel for the defense In which the affiants said that they had been re retained - tained retained by the defense In the case of Joe Bell and others but on account of previous business and unprepared ness asked for a oontinuanee of the Judge Cook decided the reasons given in the affidavit Insufficient for ordering a continuance as the affiants did not say that they were the only or chief counsel The State then announced ready In the case of Jake Ellis The defense after retiring and consulting declared the case against Ellis was docketed on April 17 when the Indict Indictment - ment Indictment under which he was to be tried was not returned in open court until April 18 Ellis Gets Continuance The State then announced ready in the case of Ed Thompson and others in which Jake Ellis was one of the In Indicted - dicted Indicted men Tha defense filed an affi affidavit - davit affidavit In which Ellis swore that he had been In Jail since arrested that he was poor and' dependent on his friends for employment of counsel that counsel was not employed until to-day and that ha was not prepared for trial The prosecution could not controvert the statements In the affidavit and c6n tlnuanoe of the cose was ordered by the court The State announced ready In the case of Joe Bell charged with banding together with others and Injuring A1 Perry The defense again filed an affi affidavit - davit affidavit asking a continuance on the ground of absent witnesses The- con continuance - tinuance continuance was ordered Similar proceed proceedings - ings proceedings were gone through In the case of Ed Thompson His affidavit asked a continuance on account of unprepared unprepared-nose - nose unprepared-nose for trial After consultation Mr Smith for the prosecution said to the court that unless the defense would de declare - clare declare ready In some of the remaining oases there was no use In consuming more time In going through the same routine The defense' was not ready In any of the oases and all docketed for this term of court were continued until the fifth day of the August term Witnesses Recognized This done the State had about sixty witnesses recognised to appear in Au August - gust August and the- defense called about a dozen The defense hopes to be equally successful In August In getting a con continuance - tinuance continuance but will not then have the advantage of the law as at this term Besides these oases it Is believed that other Indictments will be returned In August All the accused Klrksey men against whom the grand Jury just dis dismissed - missed dismissed did not find Indictments are still under bond and will remain so until after the August grand Jury ad adjourns - journs adjourns ' The large crowd expeoted to-day did not come The general belief that the cases would be continued doubtless lessened the Interest After Jake Ellis' case was continued he gave bond the last one to do so Jake appeared in court this morning with long hair a ten days' beard and a large faded bou bouquet - quet bouquet on the lapel of his coot Shortly after hla release he appeared In the courtroom with his hair cut and his beard shaved but he still had his bou bouquet - quet bouquet Four More Arrests Sheriff Edwards made more arrests to-day of Indicted night riders The men caught are Jasper Garland Henry Taylor Van Elkins and Will McClure all of the eastern part of the county This is the second arrest of Elkins The other men had come to town to see bow the trials went not knowing doubtless that they were under Indict Indictment - ment Indictment and the Sheriff picked them up MeClure was arrested In the courtroom He Is a middle-aged man The others are young men Jasper 'Garland being a younger brother of Clay Garland who gave himself up yesterday The men were able to make bond There Is not now an alleged night rider in jail There are only two or three oth others - ers others Indicted who have not yet been arrested and one of these Is reported to have started to the Philippines Mr Smith made objection In court to-day to the bonds of Jsck and Carlos Elkins saying that the bondsmen were Insolvent There are two counts against one of the boys and they are under three bonds of 1000 each After con consideration - sideration consideration Judge Conk sustained the ob objection - jection objection and the Elkins boys wore given until Friday to get additional bonds bondsmen - men bondsmen Tom McCutston and Josh Cunnlng Cunnlng-hqm - hqm Cunnlng-hqm gave bond for 250 each to-d-iy They are under indictment for sending threatening letters This Is the fourth bond given by Cunningham In connec connection - tion connection with the night rider trouble Oth Others - ers Others Indicted for sending threatening letters are expected to come In and make bond in a few days II a J Bassett arrived here to-day from Hopkinsville to assume command of the soldiers In the absence of Gen Roger Williams The soldiers will con continue - tinue continue rn bn stationed here nrpsnmrUilv

Object of Alleged Trigg County Band Warrants For Twelve Men Sworn Out Trouble At Center Furnace "Between the Rivers" SOLDIERS CAMP NEAR PLACE Cadis Ky April 28 - Special - Wal Walter - ter Walter Goodwin of Center Furnace four fourteen - teen fourteen miles from Cadis where a large Iron works Is operated appeared before County Judge B lgham this afternoon and swore out warrants for twelve em employes - ployes employes -of the Iron works charging them with bonding and confederating together to Intimidate negroes and en endeavoring - deavoring endeavoring to drive them out of the community - The Sheriff left this after afternoon - noon afternoon with the warrants and telephoned from Center Furnace to-night that he had arrested two of the men accused and expeoted to get all of the others without trouble Judge Bingham declined to give out the names of the men charged with the offense until after all the arrests have been made but It Is understood that the defendants are all white and that they are charged with making an or organised - ganised organised effort to rid the place of all negro employes Not Due To Tobacco War The trouble has no connection with the tobacco situation and K Is said that the members of the band went no further In their campaign against the negroes than to send threatening let letters - ters letters telling the negroes to leave or they would be visited by night rider So far as known no negro employed by the Iron works has been attacked or whipped and the action of Mr Goodwin In swearing out the warrants will prob probably - ably probably prevent any further steps In the matter even should the men accused not be the ones guilty of making the threats Center Furnace is located In the dl- trtet popularly called "Between the Rivers" a strip of land a few miles wide between the Cumberland and Tennessee river In some parts of this strip no negroes have ever been al allowed - lowed allowed to live and It wan at Birmingham In this same strip that night riders recently killed three negroes in an at attempt - tempt attempt to drive out the colored popula population - tion population Negroes have been e: ir ioyed by the iron works for several years and the lawless white element taking ad advantage - vantage advantage of the disturbances In other parts of Western Kentucky attempted to force the employment of white men only at the furnace ' Williams Arrives With Troopa Gen Roger Williams who Is In com command - mand command of the troops in this section of tha State loft Murray last night with sixteen men and- rode Into Trigg county to-day To-night he is in camp with Ms soldiers about two and one-half miles from Center Furnace Whether his arrival had any connection with Mr Goodwin's trip to Cadis Is not known as a general policy of silence has barn adopted by the militiamen when their movements are under discussion It may have been that Gen William's had been Informed of the conditions at Cen Cen-Furnace - Furnace Cen-Furnace and that no effort was made to break up the band until sol soldiers - diers soldiers were In the vicinity to back up the county peace officers should any at at-ternpt - ternpt at-ternpt to resist arrest be made I he men arrested by the Sheriff will n?adiSht 5? Cn and given an im im-medlate - medlate im-medlate hearing before Judge Bingham SCHUERMAN ELECTED DELEGATE FROM CARROLL Richard P Ernst's Charge That He Was "Left Out" Proven In Incorrect - correct Incorrect By the Becord CarroUton Ky April 28 - Special - Hhi?Jn5MTifwJUh R p- Krnst pub pub-Kelvi"cky - Kelvi"cky pub-Kelvi"cky section of the Cincinnati Times-Star on April 27 has caused considerable comment here Interview contains a statement as fol follows: - lows: follows: "Carroll county Is the home of Mr Schuerman the defeated candidate for Congress whose constituents in Car Car-roll - roll Car-roll county testified to their high ap ap-°f - °f ap-°f hj y omitting his nams from the list of delegates to the district convention and the State Convention" George B Winslow of this city makes a statement to yofir correspond correspondent - ent correspondent as follows: "The t"t""ent of Mr Ernst In refer refer-foo® - foo® refer-foo® 'o IVKJIam 1 Schuerman being left off the Carroll county delegation Is absolutely false I have no means of knowing whether Mr Ernst knew the statement was false when he made it Juit sh0w for Itself that It Is full of malice would evidently have been delighted If Mr Schuerman had been left off the delegation "Ile "lBO to be delighted that Mr Schuerman as the Republican nom nominee - inee nominee for Congress in 1908 was defeated He refers to him as the 'defeated can candidate - didate candidate for Congress' whereas It Is usual In speaking of such matters to say 'the late candidate for Congress' "If Mr Ernst does not know It cer certainly - tainly certainly a large majority of the citisens In the district and In the SLate who know anything about the race know that Mr Schuerman made the best race for Congress that was ever made by any Republican candidate In this district not excepting Mr Ernst Himself "As to Mr Schuerman 'being left off off-the - the off-the Carroll county delegation the facts are these: "Mr Schuerman was unanimously elected as a delegate to tho district con convention - vention convention and also to the State Conven Convention - tion Convention "There haa always been a strong sen tlment In Carroll county for Mr Taft This sentiment existed here In spite of the fact that Mr Ernst Is for Taft and not because he Is for him There was seme talk of Indorsing Taft In the Car Car-roll - roll Car-roll county convention but it was' In Insisted - sisted Insisted that If this was done a resolution would also be offered condemning Mr Ernst's political methods It was finally decided that It would be best under all circumstances to send an unlnstructed delegation and pas no resolutions of any kind This was tho action of the

Congress Showed Its Temper Over Message Intentional Rebuke For Scolding Papers Fairbanks and Cannon Lined Up Against Executive AN ABSURD NAVAL PROMISE 'Washington April 28 - Special - The talk of the Capitol to-day was over the special message from the President of yesterday and the plain snub It' received from both houses of Congress It Is an unusual If not an unprecedented occurrence that a mes message - sage message of a President of the United States to Congress should be universal universally - ly universally printed prior to its being read to Congress but such Is the case In this Instance and the- White House occu occupant - pant occupant Is said to be whopping mad over the treatment accorded his message That the message was on the table of the presiding officer of the Senate as well as oil the desk of the Speaker of the House two hours before either body adjourned makes It quite bvldent that the snub was Intentional Weary of a Scold The whole truth Is that the leaders In Congress are weary with the many scolding messages of Mr Roosevelt Ihey know that he has had his day as many say and they propose here hereafter - after hereafter tp let him run away and pay no attention to his demand for "my poli policies" - cies" policies" Some parts of his message are sub subjected - jected subjected to severe criticism It Is es especially - pecially especially pointed out that It was loose and undignified In the President using such language ae he did In one para paragraph - graph paragraph of hla harangue- in speaking of the man who preaches hatred of wealth honestly acquired viz: His counterpart In evil is to be found In that particu particular - lar particular kind of a multimillionaire who is almost the least enviable and Is cer certainly - tainly certainly one of the least admirable of all our citizens A man of whom it has been well said that his face has grown hard and cruel while his body lias grown soft whose son- Is a fool and his daughter a foreign princess" This may he all right In a newspaper hut all wrong In a State paper from the White House Democratic Criticism The Democrats criticise the message for Its many omissions that the Presi President - dent President has pretended to favor chief of which Is the publicity of campaign con contributions - tributions contributions and the bill pending to make them Illegal That Mil has been hung up In the House and the President evi evidently - dently evidently favors that it remain In that condition The President always sends for dear old good-natured your uncle William Allison to help him out when he gets in a snarl with his Republican friends In the Senate It was so on the rail railway - way railway rate hill when Senator Allison was a sick man and the President got him out of bed to go up to the Senate and smooth things over which he did out of sympathy for his young and mis misguided - guided misguided chief a An Absurd Sop So It was yesterday that In order to let defeat seem less stinging to the Chief Magistrate on the battleships proposition it should be quietly given out that only two battleships should be appropriated for now that two more ships should be provided for each Con Congress - gress Congress hereafter The absurdity of this promise lies In the statement that the present Congress has about as little to do In the way of legislation of the next Congress as has the British Par Parliament - liament Parliament And suppose that the next' House should happen to be Demo Democratic? - cratic? Democratic? A "Lost Cause" - Taking one consideration with an other these are parlous times here among the Republican leaders It's the old fight over again the legislative body against the executive and the Ad Administration - ministration Administration is budly worsted and will be completely knocked out before this session ends the last of next month The President and his Cabinet are not In It any more the least little bit In Congress he's a "lost cause" In the Senate Vice President Fairbanks holds the gavel and Is tired with the constant dictation of the President with legislation He Is hacked by such able men as Knox Senator Elkins and a host of other brainy and distinguish distinguished - ed distinguished Senators on the Republican side And In the House and I give It to you straight Its Speaker nnd master Uncle Joe Cannon la about as ill and weary over Roosevelt's dictation theorems and preachings as any man In Con Congress - gress Congress and hereafter he will give his or "my policies" the knife to the hilt O O STEALEY NO EXCESSIVE PROFITS ON B0AT8 ADMIRAL BOWLES A WITNESS FOR ELECTRIC COMPANY AT LILLEY INVESTIGATION Washington April 28 - One of - the main charges of Representative Georgs L Lilley of Connecticut against tns Electric Boat Company nimely that ccinpany has received excessive profits on its contracts with the United States Government was flativ denied to-day by Admiral Francis T Bowles forme ly Chief of the Bureau of Constiuctlon of the Xavy Department and now presi president - dent president of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company which Is building the boats for the Electric Company Admiral Bowles stated that the Oc Octopus - topus Octopus the last submarine boat built for the Government but which -has net yet been accepted will cost Hie Elect-la Boat Company for construction jlons 285000 This flgure does not Include royalties or the general expanses of tiis Electric company anrl he thought that the total cost of the bo-t would exceed the contract price of $250000 The statement mad" by Representa Representative - tive Representative Lilley of Connecticut that he wet being slindnwcd by private detectives was positively denied bef ire l'e com committee - mittee committee to-duy by Frederick V'ebbt r th detective officer at the Capit i Mr Webber said that no detective officer of any character had been engaged lQ watching Mr Lilley either In the Caps nr Kmiia offlns KnilfUn

DEMOCRATIC CLUB FORMED AT FRANKFORT Scott Brown President of Organisa Organisation - tion Organisation That Starts With Member Membership - ship Membership of Nearly 400 Frankfort Ky April 28 - Special - The Democrats of Franklin county met at the courthouse to-night and organ lxed a Democratic club which will work for the success of the Democratic ticket at the election in November The club starts with a membership of 882 The following officers were elected: Scott Brwn president John W Ray vice president Robinson Farmer sec secretary - retary secretary The following committee was named to confer with the Young Men's Democratic Club and promote harmony among the entire Democracy of the county: R L Greene Robinson Far Farmer - mer Farmer John W Ray Thomas W Scott and R A Brawner NEGRO THREATENED COLLECTOR CAPERS HURLED FROM PLATFORM BY DOUGHTY OFFICIAL MERRY ROW XN SOUTH CARO CAROLINA - LINA CAROLINA CONVENTION TEN MINUTES ROUGH HOUSE Columbia 8 C April 28 - The Re Republican - publican Republican State Convention convened here to-day and after the usual tem temporary - porary temporary organisation recessed until 8 p m Just before the convention was called to order for the afternoon session E B Thompson a negro took charge of the chair and was presiding over a recess meeting at which various delegates were speaking Capt John G Capers U 8 Collector of Internal Revenue and National com committeemen - mitteemen committeemen from South Carolina step stepped - ped stepped upon the platform and was Intro Introduced - duced Introduced by Thompson as "a good Demo Democrat" - crat" Democrat" After this the two men faced each other and Thompson brandished a large hickory stick yhlch he was using as a gavel In the face of Capers See Seeing - ing Seeing that the negro was bent on a row Capt papers hurled him from the plat platform - form platform the negro falling upon his head ' By this time the hall had filled up with delegates and visitors and there was a rush for the platform as if to do Caper harm Friends of Capers came to his sasUanca and for ten or fifteen minutes pandemonium reigned Chairman Deas finally restored a semblance of order and the convention proceeded to business The resolutions adopted by the con convention - vention convention commended the administration ®f President Roosevelt and Congress and pledged support to the nominee of the Republican Convention at Chicago whoever he might be The following delegates at large and alternates were elected: At large-Jnhn G Capers Greenville L W C Bla Blalock - lock Blalock Goldvllle T L Grant Charles Charleston - ton Charleston and E H Deas Darlington Al Alternates - - ternates - Alternates - R R Tolbert Abbeville Robert Smalls Beaufort R J Logan Greenwood L D Melton Columbia and R H Richardson When the resolutions had been adopt adopted - ed adopted and the delegates elected Chairman Deas adjourned the convention JOHN LEE CARROLL - RE-ELECTED HEAD OFFICERS CHOSEN BY THE SO SOCIETY - CIETY SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE REVOLUTION Washington April 28 - John Lae Car Car-roll - roll Car-roll of Maryland was re-elected presi president - dent president general of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution at the business ses session - sion session to-day of the triennial meeting be being - ing being held here In the afternoon the delegates visited Port Myer where a special cavalry drill was given The loving cup presented by the society to the Annapolis Academy to be inscribed each year with the name of the cadet attaining the highest marie In big gun practice will In the future be Inscribed with the name of the cadet excelling In practical ordnance and gunnery The following officers also were elect elected - ed elected to-day: Edmund Wetmore New York first vice president general Wil Wilson - son Wilson G-Harvey South Carolina second vice president general James Mortimer Montgomery general secretary Rich Richard - ard Richard Cadwalader general treasurer the Rev Edward Everett Hale general chaplain William G McCabe historian and Walter Gilman Page registrar CITY BUYER PURCHASES ANOTHER FIRE ENGINE Also To-day Will Open Bids For Pe Petroleum - troleum Petroleum To Wags War Against the Mosquitoes Otto Yost City Buyer yesterday pur purchased - chased purchased a new fire engine to cost 59(10 It is to be placed In the engine house on Frankfort avenue in Crescent Hill The Ahrens Engine Co was the lowest bidder and the award was mado to that company eubject to the approval of the General CDuuncll At 8 o'clock this afternoon the City Buyer will open bids for 6000 gallons of crude petroleum to be used by the Health Department In exterminating mosquitoes that Infest ponds and marshes throughout the city during the summer season NEW ORLEANS MERCHANTS SAY RATES ARE TOO HIGH New Orleans April 28 - Testimony th&t St Louis Cincinnati Nashville and other cities at a greater distance than New Orleans from Mobile and Pensacola receive lower freight rates to these points than does New Orleans was given to-day by local merchants before a hearing of Interstate Com Commerce - merce Commerce Commissioners Clements and Clark Dealers In furniture soap pn pn-supplies - supplies pn-supplies glass and paints oil prod products - ucts products and cotton goods testified that they paid freight rates In some cases amounting to 10 to 20 per cent more than merchants of competing cities The witnesses declared this was due to a raise In freight rates by the Louis Louisville - ville Louisville and Nashville railroad last August The hearing was adjourned to-day to be continued In Montgomery Ala BULLETS DID NOT TOUCH RAISULI Tangier April 28 - It has been learned definitely that the r port in circulation yesterday that Ralsull had been assassinated is untrue He was ambushed by tho Elkmes tribr-suien but escaped

i The Board of Prison Commissioners gave out a lengthy statement In reply to the statement Issued several days ago by George P Chinn who eras re recently - cently recently removed as Warden The board denies that convicts were cruelly beat beaten - en beaten and that the contracting Arm prac practically - tically practically dictates the management of the prison Mr Chinn's removal la said to have become necessary because of his failure to enforce proper discipline Ell H Brown also Issued a personal statement In reply to the attack made on him by Mr Chinn Warrants for twelve white men em em-ployed - ployed em-ployed at the Iron works at Center Furnace In Trigg county were sworn out at Cadis The men are charged With handing together to drive ndgroes In the employ of the works away from the community Oen Williams with sixteen militiamen la camped near Center Furnace The Daviess County Bank and Trust Company of Owensboro Bled a general deed of assignment naming Henry Cline as assignee The Institution de declined - clined declined to receive deposits end suspend suspended - ed suspended cash payments several days ago The bank had a capital stock of $200 $200-000 - 000 $200-000 and deposits in the neighborhood of 800000 t All of the cases against alleged night riders set for trial yesterday at Mur Murray - ray Murray were continued on motion of the defense until the fifth day of the August term of court The prosecution announced ready and made an effort to force a trial John Norris gave testimony before the committee of the House which Is Investigating the Paper Trusifi showing there is a constant interchange of In Information - formation Information among papermakers In re regard - gard regard to prices New Jersey Democrats In convention at Trenton selected James Smith Jr John Hlnchllffe Frank 8 Katsenbach and Howard C arrow as delegates to Denver The delegates are not !n !n-1 - 1 !n-1 structed The Municipal Traction Company the new holding company of the Cleve Cleveland - land Cleveland street car lines celebrated the Introduction of the three-cent fare by giving free service yesterday It Is the talk in Washington that the action of Congress on the President's message was intended as a direct snub to the President for his scolding State papers The Coroner's Inquest at Yarmouth England held no one criminally liable for the collision between the liner St Paul and the British cruiser Gladiator Food In plentiful quantities has reached the tornado' districts in the South and relief committees are look looking - ing looking after the wants of the sufferers i Joseph Yancey's barn in Mason coun county - ty county was burned and William Washing Washington - ton Washington a negro Is under arrest on the Charge of setting fire to the building Scllg Sllversteln the anarchist who was injured while attempting to throw a bomb In Union Square New York several weeks ago died yesterday ' Five men were Injured by the explo explosion - sion explosion of a holler tube on the British battleship Britannia during a speed trial near Portsmouth Eng 'The blessing of the Pope was Im Imparted - parted Imparted to those in attendance at the centennial anniversary of the archdio archdiocese - cese archdiocese of New York Colorado Republicans In session at Pueblo selected a delegation to the Chicago convention pledged to Vote as a unit for Taft The "allies" are putting up a strong fight against Taft In the South and his managers are not so confident as they haVe been Six men were killed and about thirty men and women were Injured In a'col a'col-llslon - llslon a'col-llslon between Interurban cars near Ypsllantl Mich In a row at the South Carolina Re Republican - publican Republican convention at Columbia Col Collector - lector Collector Capers threw a negro from the platform John Lee Carroll of Maryland was re-elected president general of the So Society - ciety Society of the Sons of the Revolution - Burglars blew the safe at the post post-office - office post-office ' at Brookpcirt 111 and obtained 220 In money and stamps ' The West Virginia Republican State Convention will be held to-day in Park Parkersburg - ersburg Parkersburg ' The first annual convention of the rdall grocers of Kentucky is In session ut Paris llalsiill the Moroccan bandit was not killed from ambush as was re re-1 - 1 re-1 orted Mississippi Republicans will hold -adr State Convent T 't-day at Jock- -411