4. PAGE 8 B001 UiERWOQD. Democratic House Leader Wants Nomination. AFTER SOUTION DELEGATES. Activities of Senator Bankhead of Ala bama Give Wilson Supporters Scare. Plan Is to Boost Congressman In Every Weekly Newspa per In the South. Washington, Feb. S. The Underwood presidential boom has assumed such proportions that the friends of the oth er candidates who are contending for the Democratic nomination have be pun to talso notice. The Underwood campaign committee, headed by Sen ator Bankhead of Alabama, has made a dead set of delegates from the south, and the activities In this direction has given n scare to the followers of Gov ernor Wilson In Washington, who have counted upon a solid Wilson delegation from the south. Senator Bankhead has undertaken to enlist tho support of the weekly press of the south and through It to reach the people of that section. , lie has written to the editor of every weekly paper in the south a Jotter trying to arrange for the circulation of n special Underwood supplement giving the claims why Representative Underwood should he nominated by the Demo crats. He proposes a strictly business transaction and states that the Under wood campaign committee believes It to be allowable In every way by the ethics of pood Journalism. Senator Hankhead proposes to com pensate the papers that circulate tho Underwood supplement. There Is no longer any doubt that the Underwood campaign committee is at work in earnest, and It Is this fact that has stirred the friends of Governor Wilson and other candidates. HUGE EXPRESS PROFITS. Figures Total $294,043,285, and Net In come on Assets of $26,000,000. Washington, Feb. 8. - One of the most Btrlklng documentary exhibits ever tiled with the interstate com mercc commission was that submitted by Attorney Frank Lyon as part of the record in the express rate Inves tigation. It shows the enormous prof its of the nine principal express com panies and undoubtedly will have great influence with the commission In determining what reductions shall be ordered In charges. The record shows that the gross re ceipts of the express companies for the period covered was $705,300,721, half of which was paid to the rail roads. The net profits of the express companies were ?204,043ST, and the total dividends paid amounted to $212,0S5,3!)2. These enormous profits were made on property nnd equip ment valued on June 30, 11)11, at only $25,OfCi,711. In addition to tho dividends declar ed, the companies hold In their treas uries ?Sl,!ir7,S!l3, a large proportion of which, It Is alleged, has accrued as the result of overcharging the pub lic and from dividends and other funds which were not paid, as the persons to whom they were due did not appear. HEROINE SAVES FRIEND. Leaps Overboard at Sea and Holds Up Companion's Head Till Rescued. Honolulu, Feb. 8. The Nippon Mam arrived here from the orient after a thrilling experience with a gale at sea which disclosed a heroine among the passengers and gave the ship's crew an ex lling experience. Mi.-s lluth Itagau of Denver, who was reluming after several years as un olllWal id the V. W. 0. A. at Yoko hama, w.i.s the heroine. She and a companion. Miss H. I'nj,-' of Berkeley. ( nl.. were on the deck when the ves M'l ran Into the gale. MNs I'age was pitched from the deck of the vessel into the sea. Miss Ra gnu. Mnpplni; unlj long enough to thi'nw her heavy cloak from her shoul ders, leaped In after her friend and held her head up till help came. TAFT NAMES HERRI CK. Former Ohio Governor to Be Ambassa dor to France, Washington. Feb. 8. The nomina tion of former Governor Myron T. Der rick of Ohio to be ambassador to France was sent by President Taft to ihe senate. He will succeed Uobert Bacon, re signed to become n follow of Harvard university. An effort will be made to secure hN immediate confirmation. TALE OF THE WEATHER. Observations of the United States weather bureau taken at S p. m yesterday follow: Temp. Weather. New York 20 Cloudy Albany 30 Cloudy Atlantic City . . 30 Cloudy Boston 30 Cloudy Buffulo IS Bnow Chicago 10 Clear St. LouIh 22 Clear New Orlcan.1 . . 54 Clear Washington ... 30 Cloudy GOVERNOR HOOPER. Tennessee Executive Promises Dry State if He Is fte-electsd. HOOPER WANTS SECOND TERM. &ovornor of Tennessee Thinks He Could Drive Saloons Out. Nashville. Tenn., Feb. 8.-Hen W Hooper, first Itepuhllcah elected gov ernor of TenneMa for throe decades, announces that lie will stand for re election. "If tlie people of T iiuessec will back me up with the rU'it kind of legisla ture," der hires I lie governor, "we will demonstrate that the open saloon can be driven from every city In Tennes see." Governor Hooper was elected by a fusion of independent Democrats and Republicans, and he says that he ex pects the independent vote to carry him through for a second term. BRITISH ACT FOR PEACE. International Reduction of Armament Said to Be Up For Discussion. London. Feb. 8. There Is much spec illation over the sudden departure for Berlin of Viscount Haldane, the Fetre tnry of war, and Sir Ernest Cassel, the financier, who recently received the Order of the Red Eagle from the kai ser. It Is supposed that the two men have gone to the German capital on some important mission. The king gave an audience to Sir Ed ward Grey, the foreign secretary, and Lord Lansdowne, the leader of the op position in the second chamber. These two things taken together sun trest the thought that there may he something afoot in the way of a more cordial International understanding on the lines suggested by Lloyd-George in his speech at the City Liberal club on Feb. 3. The chancellor of the exchequei said on that occasion that he believed the prevent was a good time to take up the possible International reduction of armaments. Ho insisted that it would be to the interests of Great Britain Germany. France and Bussia to have a better understanding on this subject The cornerstone of sound finance, said the chancellor on this occasion, is peace NEW PROTESTS AGAINST HOOK Kansas Jurist's Nomination For Su preme Court Justice Held Up. Washington. Feb. 8. Following an hour's session of tho four lawyers In President's Taft's cabinet it became known that the proposed nomination of Judge William C. Hook of Kansas to the supreme court had been held up and probably would not be sent to the senate ns President Taft had Intended According to Kansans at the Wh tc Houvc, (he latest protests against Judge f foul; have grown out of an Oklahoma case in which an attempt was made to secure dining car nnd sleeping car privileges for negroes The United Slates court. Judge Hoo! concurring, decided (hat It was option il with the railroad to furnish these cars. Secretary Nngel was not present at the cabinet meeting. It is well known that he has :i strong advocate In At lorney General Wiekcrshnrn nnd olhui members, of the president's official fain 11.1- HORSE IN NEW YORK TODAY Pardoned Banker's Recovery Quick on Gaining Release, Atlantii. Ga. Feb. 8 Charles VY. Morse, the New York banker, recentlj paroled by President Taft, is on hii way to New York, where he will arrlvi late this afternoon. Morse Is accompanied by his wife. His plans for departure, were not pub licly known until a few minutes be fore his train left, when ho was rec ognized at the terminal station. Since Ids parole from tho Athtutn penitentiary, signed on account of his reported failing health. Morse has been most of tho time nt the mllltnrv hospital nt Fort McPherson, but tho! pakt ten days he spent In it local hotel. Congressman Malby III, Wiij.liliiL-loii Feb. .S.--ltenresentatlvn George Miuby is confined to his rooms! at the Willard with n severe attack of tonsilitls. Tho condition of tho New York congressman is giving his friends great concern, although his nurse re ported that he It res tine comfortably. TKH OmZMJf, Kill 1 CRABS! CHI Knox Assures Germany of "Hands Off" Policy. WARNING TO OTHER POWERS. Publication of Note to German Ambas sador Is Taken as a Declaration to the World That the United States and the Kaiser Will Demand Absolute Neutrality. Washington, Feb. 8. In a note to tho German nmbassador Secretary of State Knox has again put the United States in a position of protector of the Integ rity of the Chinese empire nnd places this government on record in favor of n policy of "hands off" during the pres ent political upheavnl in Chlnn. The publication of the note Is also re tarded here ns In effect n declaration to the world that the United States nnd Germnny will be found ncting to gether against any "grabs" in China by other powers. The publication of the note follows an exchange between the governments of Germany nnd the Unit ed States In. regard to the situation. The note was handed to Ambassador llernstorff in response to nu Inquiry from his government ns to the "atti tude nnd general Impressions of the government of the United States In re gard to conditions In China." Copies of tlie note have been placed In the hands of the governments of the other powers chiefly Interested in Chi nanamely. (Jreat Britain, France, It aly, Bussia mid Japan. It Is expected that the text of the note and the cir cumstances in which its publication was ngrceil upon by the governments :f Germnny and the United States will have a strong moral effect in regard to the future developments in China. Full faith in tho adhesion of all the powers to the policy of noninterven tion nnd absolute neutrality In the Chi nese situation Is expressed by Secre tary Knox In the note. Secretary Knox also declares it to be the policy of the United States to dis courage Its national bankers from mak ing any loan to either side In the Chi nese situation, regarding n loan to ci ther a violation of the policy of abso lute neutrality. This step upon the part of Secretary Knox Is plnlnly n move in continuation of the Hay policy in regard to China. Germany has from the first been most heartily in accord with the United States in maintaining the Integrity of China and the absolute neutrality of tlie powers during the present revolu tion. There was no doubt In Washington that the import of the Knox note would be fully realized by the govern ments to which It 1ms been communi cated. .Though the American secretary of state has succeeded In couching his expression of policy In the most diplo matic terms, Its significance as the warning note will, it is thought, be clearly seen by the other powers. The fact that the writing and publication of the Knox note is the result of an understanding between Germany nnd the United States will greatly add to the force of the document. The other powers, according to tho Washington view, will hesitate long before embark ing upon n policy of advancing their special Interests by taking advantnge of China's distress with Germany and the United Stntes standing together before the world in opposition to any such move. The quarter in which the Knox note is expected to do the most good Is in the councils of Bussia, Japan and Great Britain. Ever since the begin ning of the Chinese revolution suspi cion has fnllen repeatedly upon Bus sia and Japan. Great Britain has been involved in these suspicions owing to her alliance with Japan and also through the ns siduity with which the British foreign official cultivated ltusslan friendship during the Moroccan crisis. The stnte department was quick to recognize the grave possibilities In tho situation nt the very outset of the Chinese revolution. Through Minister Calhoun nt Peking it exerted every possible effort to obtain nn Informal agreement among the Interested par ties on a neutral policy of noninterven tion. It developed soon that Germany was In complete accord with tho Unit ed Stntes in regnrd to the policy the powers should adopt in Chlnn. The two governments were a unit through out in working for a "bonds off" pol icy. SLAYS OWN FATHER. Cleveland Man Shoots In Defense of Mother and Family, Cleveland, Feb. 8. That he shot nnd killed his father In defense of his mother, sister nnd himself was the plea of James Hurst, Jr., twenty-three years old, when arraigned on n charge of murder. At the inquest Mrs. James Hurst, Sr., and Miss Hettie Hurst her i unugmer, win leu n siory or nim.io and, the police say, of murderous threats against their lives nt the hands of the husbund nnd father, James liursi, a snip carpenter. Hurst Junior went to the police station and surrendered himself lifter he had nnrt k,11'11 ,,ls father in their homo. Weather Probabilities. Generally fnl" toduy and Friday, x eept for snow flurries. DAY, FKHKUAKY 0, 1012. SNAPPED IN AEROPLANE. First Photo Ever Taken of the Statue of Liberty From Above. s 1CU by Americ.in l'rcss Association HELD FOR UNCLE'S DEATH. Sole Beneficiary of Will Leaving $150, 000 Charged With Murder. Toledo, O., Feb. 8. James Utz, thir ty-two years old. and J. H. Fretz. nurse, both of Fostorla, are under su rest charged with administering poison to Samuel Utz. seventy-two, a weaith real estate man of Tiffin, O., and unci, of James Utz. The older Utz died Saturday nlgM Pneumonia was given as the cnue Undertaker KIshler discovered burin upon the dead man's mouth nnd not! lied Coroner tapper, who ordered tin body held for examination while t' funeral services were In progress. A postmortem examination developei traces of fiolson in tho stomach. The coroner rendered a verdict of "death by carbolic acid poisoning." Poison records In Weidling's drug store show that young Utz purchased a one ounce phial of carbolic acid last Friday. By the terms of a will executed It l'.lO.'i James Utz was made the sole beneficiary of his uncle's estate, wh'c!i is estimated to be worth $150,000. , Close friends of the Utz family de dare that Samuel Utz hud selected a wife for Ills nephew. This woman. It Is said, was much older than the young mnn. James Utz was married last week to a woman of his own age It is said the uncle nnd young man quarreled frequently ns n result of till -marriage. IN MEMORY OF DICKENS. Great Britain Newspapers and People Pay Loving Tribute. London, Feb. 8. The centenary of tho birth of Charles Dickens occupies hundreds of columns In the nowspa pers throughout Great Britain. These tributes nre eulogistic, reminiscent and nnecdotnl. It was Intended nt first to have son ices at various places made famous bj the great novelist, but these were aban doned on nccount of the recent death of Alfred Tennyson Dickens, the sou of Charles Dickens, in New York. Many wreaths were sent to West minster abbey and placed on the grave of the Immortal writer in the "poets' corner." Great crowds visited the tomb o' Dickens. One of the most lnteiest.iv visitors to tho grave wns the Bev. Ed ward Horton, chaplain of the Massa chusetts senate, who was deputed b the Dickens' club of Boston to lay a tribute on the grave. ENGLISH MINER'S TO STRIKE. Outlook For a Settlement of Differ ences Gloomy. London, Feb. 8. The promised coal strike, which it had been hoped to avert, looks nearer, and the outlook for a settlement becomes more gloom The South Wales mine owners de t-lnrc they withdraw from the con ference which is deliberating the sltun tlon. They take this action becausi the proposals of the Miners' fedem tlon nmount to the tearing up of tin existing agreements between the o . crs and the men. It Is doubtful whether the conferem-i will be resumed. If this Is tho cn. the strike Is apparently Inevitable. FASHION BARS FAT MEN. If You're Not Slender You Must Ap poar So, Is Decree, Buffalo, Feb. 8. Fushion's decree governing men's dress for 1912 offer small comfort to tho fat man. Tin dictum of the Custom Cutters' Assocln tlon of America, is session hero. Is: "The slender man Is to bo the mode' for 1012. To be considered well dress ed nnd well groomed a mnn must glv tlie impression of slenderness," There will be no padded shoulders, nnd tighter fits will be tho order Either plulu or striped effects will be correct. 1 lilt A PROBE. Everglades Land Investiga tion Begun Today. WILSON DEFENDS HIS ACTION House Committee Subpoenaes Witness to Dig Deep Into Charges Against Department of Agriculture Of cials Dismissed Employees to Give Their Side. Washington, Feb. 8. Thorough tu vestlgntlon of the Everglades land con troversy wns lcgun this morning by the house committee on expenditures in tho agricultural department when Chalrmajt Moss was directed to Issue subpoenns for witnesses. Henry E. Davis, former United States attorney for the District of Columbia, had been retained by Chief Engineer Elliott nnd Assistant Engi neer Moorehonse of the drainage divi sion, who were dismissed by Secretnry Wilson Inst Saturday, and by Account ant Singleton, who was suspended, to represent their Interests before the committee during the Investigation. Hearings will probably not be begun until some time next week, but Chair man Moss today directed tlie Issuance of n subpoena for J. O. Wright, for merly an employee of the department and now chief engineer of the Ever-1 glades drainage project. Wright on .Inn. 19 of this year brought to the at tention of Solicitor McCabe the charges upon which Elliott and Moorehouse were dismissed and Singleton was sus pended. The first witness called, how ever, will be A. Zappone, chief of tlie division of accounts of the depart mont. He will be asked to tell the committee all the details of the altered irregularities In the nccounts of the drainage division In 1009 which result ed In the punishment Inst Saturday of the three officials in question. There are several new developments in tho Everglades controversy. The department Issued n statement de nouncing as "prejudiced, one sided and untrue" the statement given out by Bepresentntlve Clark of Florida de claring that Secretary Wilson sup pressed n warning circular and an en gineer's report on the Everglades be cause the circular and report did not please the land speculators operating in the Everglades. The department's statement nlso declares that Elliott and Moorehouse were dismissed "be cause they had certified nnd presented false accounts, knowing them to be false, on which the government paid out money." The stand taken by Secretary Wilson and Solicitor McCabe in their convic tion that In punishing Elliott, Moore house and Singleton they did the only thing possible under the circumstances nnd their apparent willingness to be investigated have lent additional inter est to the pending inquiry. BOMB MYSTERY DEEPENS. New York Police Release Dickinson on Homicide Charge. New York, Feb. 8.-Aftcr Chnrlcs M. Dickinson, the stenographer who was In Grace Walker's flat in West Seventy-seventh street Saturday even ing when n bomb exploded In her hands nnd killed her, had been releas ed by Coroner Feinberg because there was not enough evidence to make Dls trlct Attorney Whitman feel thnt he should be kept In custody on a homi cide charge, the police under Commls sioner Dougherty began a hunt along different lines for the sender of the bomb. While Commissioner Dougherty snid he made a practice of being hopeful, he admitted that so far as getting the murderer wns concerned he didn't seem to be In a position any better than he was on Monday evening. DUKE TO LARGER FIELD. Head of American Tobacco Company to Direct British Concern. New York, Fob 8. It is nnnou.iccd at the olllces of the American Tobacco company thnt Jnmes B. Duke. Its pre-d dent, would very soon resign and in cept tlie chairmanship of British-American Tobacco Company, Limited, with its head office in London, in order to devote himself to the extension of the business of the Intter company, whl' b now lies principally in China, India. Australia. Canada, South Africa and rontlnental Europe. He will be succeeded as president of the Americnn Tobacco company by Perclvul S. Hill, long n vice president it the company. SENTENCES MACFARLAND. Newark Wife Slayer Gets Stay Pend ing Appeal. Newark. N. .1.. Feb. 8.-Allison M MneFarliiiid. Who wns last week con vlctcd of having murdered his wife with cyanide of potnssium, was seu tenced to die in tlie electric chnlr nt the Trenton stnte prison In the week beginning March 17. The execution will not tnko place then, however, ns the case will now go to tho higher courts for review. Peace Conference In 1915. The Hague, Netherlands, Feb. 8. It Is announced that the third peace con ference of the jiowers will not asseni- jle here before 1016. MILANVILLE. Special to The Cltlien.) Mllanvlllo, Pa., Fob. 8. i r T.". . ... i . uuvvaa ituilVDUttll. V Wednesday last. juiuu i.iiiiuiu, mul lu.l II1U u prnlscr, was in town last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Milks havo permanent boy boarder. ltln. T.-" 1 "1 1 .... i. cus. visited Mrs. R. H. Buclo nn Miss Mary Dexter last week. u. ii. i.assioy, wno was ill, is ab to bo about again. Miss Ida Coats is enjoying a vis with friends in Now York City lura. iHiiuuru iuiKiiiH is Hi nr t , r t .1 . .. 1 . . . ... . .. present writing. Mrs. Moyer Is now on the road recovery. Jake Scott, who has been crltlca Iy 111 from typhoid pneumonia, Is little better. HOLLISTERVILLE. (Special to The Citizen ) Holllsterville, Pa , Feb, 8 air. E. u. iioinstcr, our venerab 'Squire, met with a serious accldei a week ago last Saturday Whi TtloilA tin frill mi Vr Inn a t tl lr I ti .v r the forehead. Two small hones tlln li'ipl- i f flirt nnntr worn which causes him to suffer very s vere pain. Ho Is compelled to ket his bed, and his friends are anxloi :is in rn n rrnnia vvn True, rn to be about again. Mrs. John Owens, who Is In 1 health for tho last ten months, not Improving any. Mwa C .......... .1 tl ,.. ... , covering frnm n snvoro cunll nf oln! ness. Mrs. Edith Potter spent last Su day in Scranton. J. E. Elliot, our postmaster. filling out pension ouhers th month. 'Squire Hollister not heii able. ing on the theme, "The Ou'pourii of the Holy Ghost. tte Greate oeu oi tno Lnurcii Rev llelc ort will preach at East S'ci.tig ne C ' . . .1 .. . i . . . .. . church In the evening Bev. Mr. McEwen, pastor of tl Baptist church, has resigned to a cept a call from another church. The young folks of the M church will give a drama in the unit una j' iiua. aiiu OtiLuru.iv te ing. Miss Nelile Hollister expects to f South for a few months for tl benefit of her health. mi imam uiinu Ul .ui uilll .u Walter Quick died last Saturday Wllliam Cairnes of Newark, N son ot a former pastor of the M church, was a caller at the parso age last week. Patron's Day next week Tho annual loenl insfffntn fnr tl Prompton, Cherry Ridge. Texas. D berry, uethany, and Lebanon w held at tho Honesdale High scho Saturday, Feb. i. The session ope n.l til. OA n . ...fl. I . . 1 t - lowed by devotional exeruses whi i wi v.- vumiuLivu i k aii Lkui nt Prof. H. A. Oday acted as iharm of the Institute. lilt? il iii?ii i il n iiuiirtK u is iii;iiim aiaic it-auimii) iuugut; ui i euus vanla. In a very pleasing mann she presented the brief history of t League, its purpose and the wo which it will endeavor to accomplls HM. . . ...... e . I. . i .. i c .i mutual benefit of tho teachers Pennsylvania since it will endeav to have the following bills passed tho Legislature: 1. The Approprl tlon Hill. 'I. Tenure of Office B ami rnirniv. tnn im runipnt mi -r new school code allows teacher priation has been made, hence t appropriation bill. Tho great ut vtiraiLies 01 i-eiiiisviv:iiii:i null t-iti burg receive largo appropriate iruui eui'u it-Kisiuiure, periuips not 1 yearly appropriation to each instlt tion amounts to a million. Th should glvo the common people, t actual taxpayers more returns f this outlay. At noon the institute adjourn until 1:30. In the afternoon C Frlnco 01 Now York art dressed r institute on "Modern Methods Teaching Practical Penmanship the Schools." Writing is that which Is at on 1,.. 1 i ,.. .1 .. 1 . i accomplished. Vertical writing fa ed, not becauso It was not pleasl to the eye, but becauso It coulu n be written quickly and easily Wr ing easily, skilfully with arm m nient, and wltn correct posture, and ought to bo demanded. Writ is the great vehicle on which carried all tho other lessons teacher can get the best results less sho demand correct posture easy arm movement in nil wrltt work. Dally writing lessons are i niTII I ill 117 1 113 LUC ill imil ll-lll II niiln1 f-k no thn nnln tnnl, trains tho muscles of tho child finger drills, so must tho teach also In five mlnuto drills befo every writing lesson. Every teac or should havo a high standard f written work, for as tho ch passes tnrougn tne grades, ea teacher becomes a link of n cha nnd every chain is as strong as weakest link and no stronger Mr. Prlnco presented a Steadm writing chnrt showing correct po ure. position of hand drills, scri forms, etc. Miss Gregory then took up t Huujevi, 1 no i.auy oi i uu l,;iki and very entertalnly gave an outll t .1. .. . . 1 1 HL-tiiiPH nr neiinn nv iihr ui ;i mi Sho also described tho scenery .... ,.1. 1 Tl,rt , 1 1 Pf .. . plots of tho story wero pointed o as wero also the characteristics tho Scotch people. 1 110 remuiuuur ui iuu i-saiuii taken up by Mrs. Freldownld w in a very pleasing mannor present tho reading of "Horou," Tho institute adjourned at 4 MARIE McDERMOTT, Secrota lAdvortlso in Tho Citizen.