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TACT'CDPAF
DINNER FAILS
Warring Factions Full
of Fight and Food.
NOT ONE POINT WON
Free Feast Swallowed, but
Not Free Raw Materials.
TARIFF REPORT MORE DELAYED.
Banquet Will Go Down In History as
Ono of the Most Significant Events
That Have Taken Plaeo at the
White House, but Will Not Rank the
President Among the Diplomats,
Only One Thing Settled, and That Is
That the Best Trader Among the
Conferees Will Get the Most Conces
Ions Nothing Will Be Done Now
Until Both Houses Are Canvassed.
Washington, July 22. The White
House dinner and conference, at which
tariff conferees and the president's
closest adviBers were brought together
in the effort to settle differences re
garding tho tariff bill, has left the dis
putes over raw materials no nearer
adjustment than before.
Some of the conferees say today that
no conference report will be signed
until both houses have been canvassed
as to the probability of Its being adopt
ed. No one can say how much this
will delay adjournment of the tariff
session.
Only ono question Is determined be
yond appeal, and that is that the con
ferees will bavo to settle their own
differences. Pains are taken, however,
to convey tho impression that this Is
not Indicative of lack of appreciation
of the president's efforts. It merely
confirms that tariff making Is trading
and the shrewdest dealer and the
strongest section will get the best of i
tho argument. ,
The representatives of tho house and
senate practically admitted that they
were unable to forecast the outcome.
Senator Aldrlch spoke for the senate
and Speaker Cannon and Representa
tive Dwlght, the Republican whip, for
the house.
Mr. Dwlght spoko of the insurgent
movement organized by the "anti-free
raw material" faction in the house,
but he was not ready to estimate the
strength of this element.
Representative Payne expressed the
opinion that a conference report carry
ing free iron ore, coal, hides and oil
could be adopted in the bouse, but ho
said that he hnd not canvassed the
situation.
Senator Aldrich was very positive
In the opinion that such a report would
fail In the senate, but he thought
there could bo reductions made In the
senate rates, with perhaps Iron ore
and oil transferred to the free list,
without endangering its adoption.
Apparently the president renllzes
that the time has not yet arrived to
call for' a decision on the subject of
raw materials. It is stated that he did
not press the representatives of either
house or senate for more definite state
ments of the situation in the respec
tive branches of congress.
The customs court and the corpora
tion tax amendments were discussed
at length. Most of those present
agreed with President Taft that the
customs court should be situated In
Washington, since it is to be a court of
appeals whose decisions will be final.
Senator Hale dissented on the
ground that a large majority of tho
cases originate in New York, and the
evidence is more readily available In
that city.
Attorney General Wlckersham and
Senator Root, who drew tho customs
court amendment, favored Washing
ton rather than Now York as head
quarters. The discussion of the corporation
tax dealt with the revenue it will pro
duce and tho general effect of tho tax
from a political point of view.
Taft's big peace dinner to the con
ferees on the tariff bill and to several
of his closest advisers probably will
be written down in history as one of
the most significant events of a purely
political bearing that has ever tran
spired at the White House.
The dinner was served on the west
ern terrace or roof of the low lying
structure which connects the White
House proper with tho executive of
fices. The president has grown fond
of dining out of doors these warm
Washington nights, and the surround
ings of the terrace are unusually at
tractive. Tho lontr tablo. about wblcb
the warring conferees gathered as
guests of the chief executive, was set rinaled by the conferees. Informa
T. i.,tf , , ,. tlon from reliable sources Is to the
with groat boxes of geraniums and
other growing plants surmounting the
side walls, which extend two or three
feet above the roof and make a garden
lnclosure of the terrace.
The president sat at the head of the
long table, and altogether there were
nineteen diners nbout the board. Cap
tain Archibald Butt, the president's
military aid, was the only guest at
dinner whoso supreme Interest was not
the tariff, and he withdrew at the con-
elusion of the dinner and when the
discussion of tho tariff situation was
earnestly begun.
In announcing his Invitation to the
conferees to dinner the president fol
lowed the custom at the capital of in
cluding within that term only the Re
publican members of tho conference
committee. All of these were present,
with tho exception of Senator Cullom
of Illinois, who Is detained at Atlantic
City because of tho serious Illness of
his wife. From the senate came
Messrs. Aldrlch, Hale, Burrows and
Penrose. From the house were Messrs.
Payne, Dalzcll, McCall, Boujell, Cal
derhead and Fordney. To meet with
the conferees the president had In
vited Vice President Sherman, Secre
tary of the Treasury MacVeagh, Attor
ney General Wlckersham, Speaker
Cannon, Senator Crane, Senator Root
and Representative Dwlght of New
York, Republican "whip" of the house.
These are the men with whom the
president has consulted most freely on
the subject of tho tariff, and It was
felt that if somo satisfactory working
arrangement could not bo made as a
result of the conference and counsel
of those who composed the dinner
party the hope of an early solution of
the tariff tangle would be remote in
deed. Tho conferees had worked diligently
to prepare a program for discussion
with the president and his advisers.
They started off with the five big
propositions which have caused tho
greatest worry and to dispose of which
the president's nld has been Invoked.
These five problems are the proposed
placing on tho free lint of hides, Iron
ore, oil ami coal and a material re
duction in the rate of duty proposed
on lumber. Each of these propositions
Is surrounded by Its own series of dif
ficulties, but the question of free
hides lias been tho hardest with
which tho president and -the conferees
have had to deal.
President 'i'aft greeted each of his
guests with hearty good nature,
which was characteristic of tho entire
prandial feature of tho evening. It
was said to have been one of the mot
carefully prepared banquets ever serv
ed from the famous old White House
kitchens, and It was due to the efforts
of the president, his steward or his
old Virginia "darky" cook that it was
such a success from the culinary
standpoint.
Better progress was made by the
tariff conferees than at any time since
tho really troublesome disputes were
reached. It was feared that further
efforts to adjust the differences would
bo unavailing until after tho White
House dinner. This impression was
gained because of tho attitude of Mr.
Payne, who continued his objections
to the apparent willingness of some of
his associates to yield to the senate
conferees without any great show of
fight. After the discussion of raw ma
terials, schedules were taken up, how
ever, and many paragraphs were set
tled without any renewal of hostili
ties. The entire zinc schedule was ad
justed. Spoiler was made dutiable at
1 cents per pound, which Is a reduc
tion from the senate rate of 1 cents
and an Increase from the house rate
of 1 cent.
All the senate differentials were
adopted. Zinc In sheets will be dutia
ble at 1 cents and sheets coated or
plated with nickel or other metal at
2 cents. The house rate of 1 cent for
old and wornout zinc, fit only to be re
manufactured, was adopted. Tho sen
ato conferees receded from their
amendment, doubling the house rate
of 5 cents a pound on salicylic acid.
The lead schedule and the products
of lead were disposed of. The senate
and house rates on lead ore were Iden
tical, the duty being V2 cents a pound,
The house mado pig lead dultable at
the same rate and the senate provided
specifically for lead dross, lead bullion
and pig lead at 2 cents a pound.
This rate was reduced by the con
ferees to 2 cents and as a result one-
eighth of a cent was removed from
the senate rates on all of the pnlnt
derivltlves. This action settled one of
the most troublesome questions In tho
bill.
Lemons will pay n duty of 1 cents
a pound, the senate rate. This Is an
Increase of ono-quarter of a cent over
the house rate and one-half cent over
the Dlngley rate.
The window glass schedule was set
tled by slightly reducing the houso
ratos, which were higher than the sen
ate rates on the cheap grades In all
sizes. The new rates on this schedule
were not made known-
It Is reported that the amendments
Increasing the Internal revenue tax on
tobacco, which were put In at the In
stance of Senator Beverldge, will bo
effect that the anti-coupon provision
will be retained.
Progressive Republican senators de
cided to issue a statement outlining
their position on downward revision.
Senator Cummins has been Invited to
take noon "breakfast" with President
Taft today to discuss the attitude of
the Insurgents, and therefore it was
decided to withhold tho statement un
til late today.
There was also n meeting of about
twenty of the anti-free raw mnterlal
members of the house at which Repre
sentative Gaines of West Virginia, a
member of the ways and means com
mittee, presided. The lenders claimed
that thirty-nine members had signified
their Intention of standing together for
duties on coal, hides, Iron, ore and oil
and for higher rates on lumber than
the house provided. They also claim
ed that the representatives who op
posed the corporation tax provision
would swell this number to forty-five.
Tho advisability of voting against the
conference report If It provides for
these free raw materials will be dis
cussed at a meeting late today.
BASEBALL RESULTS.
Games Played In National, American
and Eastern Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At New York New York, 11; St. Louis,
7. Batteries Marquard, Raymond, Mey
ers and Schlel; Becbe, Melter, Bachman,
Phelps and Bliss.
At Brooklyn Chicago, 3; Brooklyn. 2.
Batteries Ovorall, Brown and Archer;
Mclntlre and Bergen.
At Philadelphia-Philadelphia. 2; Pitts
burg. 1. Batteries Moore and Dooin; Wil
lis and Gibson.
At Boston Boston, 7; Cincinnati. 2.
Batteries Richie and Graham; Campbell,
Dubuc and McLean.
STANDING OP THE CLUBS.
w. i.. r.c. w. z.. p.c.
Pittsburg. 57 23 .713 Phlla'phla 35 41 .443
Chicago... 52 28 .030 St. Louis. 33 45 .423
New York 47 31 .003 Brooklyn. 20 52 .S3S
Cincinnati 12 40 .512 Boston.... 24 50 .300
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Detroit Detroit, 2; New York, 0.
Batteries Summers and Schmidt; Hughes
and Klelnow.
At Cleveland Cleveland, 4; Boston, 2.
Batteries Borger and Clark; Ryan, Pape
and Donohuc.
At Chicago Chicago. 0: Washington, 3.
Batteries Burns and Owens; Johnson and
Street.
STANDING OP THE CLUBS.
W. I P.C. W. L. P.O.
Detroit... 53 30 .030 Chicago... 3S 45 .453 I
Phita'phia,!? "3 .5:8 New York 3" 40 .440,
Boston.... 50 30 .531 St. Louis. S3 40 .117
Cleveland. 40 CO .301 Wash1 tun. 24 50 .300
EASTERN LEAGUE.
At Toronto Toronto-Jersey City game 1
postponed by wet grounds.
At Montreal Newark, 3; Montreal, 2.
At Rochester Rochester, 2; Provi
dence, 0.
t Buffalo Buffalo - Baltlmoro game
postponed by wet grounds.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
w. I., p.c. w. i.. r.c.
Rochester. 4S 32 .000 Buffalo.... 41 42 .401
Provi'uncc 40 30 .500 Toronto... 40 43 ,4S2
Newark... 41 40 .500 Montreal.. 3S 43 .403
Baltlmoro. 40 41 .404 Jersey C'y 30 44 .430
AUTO PEE VENTS A LYNCHING.
Officers Dash Away With Prisoner
From Armed Mob.
Atlanta, Ga., July 22. The bravery
of Sheriff McKinney and three lone
deputies, who with drawn revolvers
faced a mob of a thousand angry men,
saved the life of Will Webb, a negro
charged with criminal attack.
Webb had just been Identified by
Mrs. Exle Brown as her assailant
when the armed men and boys, many
of whom for two days had been rang
ing through the woods In search of
him, surrounded the house.
The four ofilcers charged through
the mob and leaped with tho negro
Into their automobile. Shouting "Stand
back!" and leveling their revolvers,
thoy drove out of danger and rushed
the nogro to jail for safekeeping.
Conserving Water Power Sites,
Washington, July 22. Carrying out
iho policy of Interior Secretary Ballln-
jer In preventing grabbing great water
power sites by corporations, Acting
Secretary Pierce wlthdrow 25,080 acres
of laud along the Green river in Wy
oming. Harriman Works Under Doctor's Eye.
Gnsteln, Austria, July 22. B. H.
Harriman's health continues to show
lmprovomeut. Ho is now giving up
some of his time to business with his
physician's permission.
MAY ADVANCE STEEL PRICES,
Trust Says Trade Outlook Is Most En
couraging. New York, July 22. The heads of
the various companies In tho United
States Steel corporation held an all
day session here. The discussion
chiefly concerned general conditions,
and the consensus of opinion express
ed by those present was that the trado
outlook was most encouraging. It
is understood that tho matter of ad
vancing prices on certain finished
products was gone into.
Vulcanized Fiber Plant Burnt.
Nowark, Del., July 22. Tho Ameri
can Vulcanized Fiber' company plant
was partly destroyed by fire. The loss
Is $150,000.
GETS POST
Bourgeois Will Refuse the
French Premiership.
i
WILL RECONSTRUCT MINISTRY. !
Beforms laid Down by Clemenceau
Cabinet Not Affected by His I
Downfall Due to Attack
Upon M. Delcasse.
Paris, July 22. President Fallleres ,
will today offer the premiership, fol-1
lowing the downfall of the Clemen
ceau ministry, to Loon Bourgeois, for
mer minister of foreign affairs. As
M. Bourgeois Is not expected to reach
Pails from Hamburg until late today,
his attitude with regard to the ap
pointment is not known.
Parliamentary circles, however, fore
see that he will decline the honor, as
his health Is far from robust. Never
theless tho cabinet crisis promises to
be of short duration, as there are
many others from whom a choice can
be made.
M. Clemenceau, the late premier; M.
Dubost, president of the senate, and
FORMER PREMIER CLEMENCEAU
M. Brlsson, president of the chamber
of deputies, as a unit have counseled
President Fallleres that M. Brland,
minister of justice and worship, Is the
most available man after M. Bour
geois, nnd it is understood that M.
Brland is the president's first choice
lu the probability of M. Bourgeois not
accepting.
The parliamentary loaders of tho
majority have told President Fallleres
that M. Clemonceau's defeat was a
personal reproof directed against the
premier for his attack upon M. Del
casse over the Algeciras matter and
that it would not chock the policies of
the government, which should be con
tinued. M. Brland, after Clemenceau, is the
most conspicuous member of the re
tiring cabinet. Although tho temper
of tho senate Is described as rather
cold to the elevation of M. Brland, the
attitude of the chamber is said to be
sympathetic.
If he is named as premier it is ex
pected that he will immediately re
constitute tho Clemenceau ministry,
with Clemenceau omitted, and com
mit himself to following up the pro
gram of reforms laid down by the Cle
menceau cabinet.
The approaching visit of the czar to
Cherbourg renders an Immediate solu
tion of the crisis Imperative, as Presi
dent Fallleres cannot take the mem
bers of tho retiring cabinet with him
to Cherbourg at the time the official
greeting of France Is extended to the
Russian ruler.
Market Reports.
WHEAT Contract grade, July,
8.19a
1.20; August. Jl.17al.18.
CORN July, 76a77c; August, 75a70c.
OATS No. 2. white, natural, 65Wa56o.
BUTTER Firm; receipts, 11,541 paok
ages; creamery, specials, 27V4e. ; (official
27c); extras, 27c; thirds to firsts, 23a
26c; state dairy, common to finest, 21a
26c; process, common to special, 18a246o.;
western, factory, 17a22c.
CHEESE Firm; receipts, 3,721 boxes;
state, new, full cream, special, 14ol5Uc;
small, colored, fancy, 14c; large, colored,
fancy, 14c; small, white, fanoy, 14c; com
mon to good, lOftaUUc; skims, full to
specials, 2allc
EGGS Firm for high grades only; e
ceipts, 17,216 cases; state. Pennsylvania
and nearby, hennery, white, 8aS2c; gath
ered, white, 24a2Sc; hennery, brown and
mixed, fancy, 27a28c; gathered, brown,
fair to prime, 23a26c; western, extra
firsts, 23a24c; firsts, ntfa2V!iC.; seconds,
20a21c
LIVE POULTRY Weaker; chickens,
broilers, per lb., 18a20c; fowhv Uc; old
roosters, 10c; turkeys, 13c; docks, llal2o.
geese, 8a9c.
HAY AND STRAW Firm ; timothy, per
hundred, 76c.a$1.06; shipping, 70c.; closer,
mixed, G5a75c; clover, 62a70c; long rye
straw, S5c.aH; oat and wheat, 40c.
POTATOES Easy ; No. 1, per bbt, fl.ft
a 2. 25; common, Jlal.50; yams, itaS.
DIED HATING LIFE.
Sutton Planned Suicide,
Says Marine Comrade.
SISTER WILL TAKE THE STAND.
Witness Denies Officers First Beat
Him to Death With Fists and
Then Shot Into His
Prostrate Body.
Annapolis. Md., July 22. Lieutenant
Edward S. Willing will finish his story
today before tho naval board of In
quiry which Is Investigating the death
of Lieutenant James N. Sutton of
Portland, Ore. Only four witnesses
out of tho fifteen so far subpoenaed
by tho government had been exam
ined. H. W. Van Dyke of Washington, of
counsel for Sutton's mother, says that
outside of Mrs. Rose Sutton Parker,
Bister of Lieutenant Sutton, there will
probably be no witnesses beyond those
on tho government list, which Includes
a number of witnesses subpoenaed at
the request of the Suttons.
Both the direct nnd cross examina
tion of tho four young officers of tlie
marine corps who were present nt the
fight when, ns they have all testified.
Sutton shot himself, has been lengthy,
nnd the hearing will last for several
days yet.
Henry E. Davis, chief counsel for
the Suttons, will today finish cross
examining Lieutenant Willing, now at
tached to tho marine barracks at the
navy yard in Philadelphia. In n few
minor points, referring principally to
tho description of the immediate scone
of the tragedy, Mr. Davis succeeded In
showing discrepancies In Lieutenant
Willlng's testimony at this and the
former Inquiry.
j In essential particulars Lieutenant
.Wllliug's story differed little from thnt
of his brother ofilcers. Willing, who
was officer of tho day nt tho marine
i camp and was routed out by Llouten
nnts Utley and Bevnn when Sutton
was running wild In camp with two
revolvers prior to the tragedy, as
i former witnesses hnd testified, was
tho first man to say that he reached
the scene of tho tragedy In time to
1 see Adams punching Sutton.
Lieutenant Bevan, who ran down to
tho place where they had all heard the
first shots almost at this same time
as Lieutenant Willing, testified that he
I saw no blows exchanged.
) When Lieutenant Willing on cross
examination described Sutton, either
i standing or on his knee, with Adams
i holding him by tho back of tho neck
! with ono hand and punching him with
i the other, it was too much for Mrs.
Parker, who sat directly opposite the
witness.
She smiled Incredulously at Willing
and turning to Mr. Van Dyke, one of
her counsel, said Indignantly: "Imag
ine a wild man, as they describe my
brother to have been, standing up with
n revolver In each hand and taking a
punching like that. It Is wholly In
credible." If subdued sneers and Incredulous
smiles would have disconcerted the
witnesses they would have been hope
lessly squelched by those frequently
directed at them by Mrs. Parker and
Mrs. Sutton.
Major Leonard, the judge advocate,
asked tho witness If he thought the
punching Sutton got would have killed
him or If tho witness had any way of
knowing whether Sutton was dead be
fore the last shot was fired.
It is known that Mrs. Sutton has
Impressed upon Major Leonard her
belief that her son was beaten to death
nnd afterward shot.
The witness answered these ques
tions in the negative and said there
was no doubt In his mind that Sutton
pulled the trigger of tho revolver
when he wns shot.
Willing testified that ho took tho .38
caliber service revolver from Sutton's
right hand after the shooting, but
could not remember what became of
after that. It was supposed to have
not Into the hands of Sergeant De
rinrt, who threw It away. Uo will
be a witness.
Willing, who stood within two feet
of Sutton's head, saw no revolver at
the time, he said. Adams and Bevan
thought it might have been the small
er revolver with which Sutton shot
himself.
Lieutenant Bevan created a stir In
court when he testified that six weeks
prior to the shooting Sutton had told
him that life In the marine corps bad
no attraction for him and that Borne
day he would shoot himself.
There having been a current report
that Lieutenant Sutton carried life in
surance to the amount of $20,000
which could not be collected if the de
clsion of the previous Investigating
board that be committed suicide Is not
upset, Mrs. Sutton and her daughter
specifically deny that the lieutenant
was so hea -2
he had as
the family .
nsured, saying thnt It
us $3,000 on his llfo
. nothing of It.
Reward For Telling of Sugar Steals.
Now York, July 22. Richard Parr, a
treasury agent, Instrumental in un
earthing losses suffered by the govern
ment through fraudulent weighing of
sugar, was promoted to acting deputy
surveyor in oharge of the customs
weighing department at a salary of
BBEWEB'S ADVICE MADE A HIT
Supreme Justice Prodicts Time of All
Honest Business.
Milwaukee, July 22. Tho speech of
Supreme Court Justice David J. Brew
er made a great impression here.
Justice Brewer said In part:
"At the close of tho civil war we
began paying the debt and we kept on
paying it. Owing to the unwise atti
tude of tho political leaders and tho
president who spoke of 'Mo and ny
navy,' we have piled up public debts
for vessels which will rust before tboy
are used.
"So far as posslblo I believe that
every generation should pay Its own
JUSTICE DAVID J. BREWER.
debts. Wo should be guarded against
the wickedness of tho bankers nnd
Wall street speculators who occasion
ally get up a panic. Wo shall yet seo
tho picture of honest men doing honest
business.
"We have great questions that wo
must meet as we go along. There Is
a negro question that wo In tho north
cannot control. The colonial question
Is another, and wo must care for and
educate the people wo have Inherited.
"Female franchise is a question that
cannot ho ignored. If it is for tho in
terest of the gentler sex that they
should vote, then It is for the interest
of the nation.
"I hope to live to behold that period
when this great republic will stand
forth as the leader of tho nations In
the causo of universal peace."
LONG BRANCH HOTELS BURN.
Asbury Park Sends Engines and tho
Fire Is Conquered.
Long Branch, N. J.. July 22. Two
hotels and seven business houses were
destroyed by a fire that swept n block
on Brighton avenue between Second
and Sairs avenues, causing $100,000
damage.
The local fire department was obliged.
to ask aid from Asbury Park. The
hotels burned were the Cliff House
nnd Amberslde Inn.
Drew Cash From Bank With Pistol.
St. Louis, July 22. Several shots
were exchanged by S. Seellg, president
of tho Savings Trust company, nnd
M. Dawson, a real estate dealer, who
nt the point of n revolver hjid de
manded nnd received $3Go, which ho
claimed to be the amount of his de-
DOSlt.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Stock Quotations.
Money on call, 2 per cent; time money
and mercantile paper unchanged in rates.
Closing prices of stocks were:
Amal. Copper... 82 Norf. & West... 88
Atchison .116V4 Northwestern ..1SS
B. &0 119 Penn. R. R. 137
Brooklyn R. T.. 78 Reading 158
Ches. &Ohlo.... 79 Rock Island 80
CCC.&St.L.. 74Vi St. Paul 15814
D. &H 192 Southern Pao,..138H
Erie 36 Southern By.... 81
Gen. Electric..,. im bouw. ity. pi...
111. Central 154 Sugar 127
Int.-Met 15 Texas Pacific. 33
Louts. & Nash.. 141 Union Pacific. 197U
Manhattan 145 U. 8. Steel 70
Missouri Pac... 73 U. S. Bteel pf..,1284
N.Y. Central... 133 West. Union.... 78
The Patient.
When tho patient called on his doc
tor ho found tho good man in a state
of great apprehension,
"I've got all tho symptoms of tho
dlscaso you have, said tho doctor.
arm sure I have caught it from yon."
"What nro you so Beared about?"
asked tho patient
"Why, man," replied tho doctor,
don't think I can euro It"