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HERALD The Herald has the tergest morning heme circulation, and print all tke-aew of the. world each day, in additioa to raaay exclusive features. Fair and colder to-day. To morrow; moderate west winds. Temperatures yesterday Max imum, 59; minimum, 39. TsT0. 2250. WASHINGTON. D. C. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1912. -FOURTEEN PAGES. ONE CENT. l THE WASHINGTON 4l CONGRESS CONVENES INCLOSING SESSION Lively Scenes Mark Opening in House, Whila Senate Is Solemn. "UNCLE dOE" GETS OVATION That "Old Guard Dies but Never Surrenders" Shown in Mien of Defeated Republicans. POLITICAL LINES NOT DRAWN Jubilant Democrats Restrain Paean of Vic- - fory In Sorrow at the Loss of Republican Friends. FOUR GOVERNORS-ELECT ARE CHEERED Roth Houses Adjourn Early in Respect to the Memory of Late Vice Presi dent Sherman. The Sxts-ieeond Congress turned Into the home stretch yesterday. t noon In the Senate, President Pro Tempore Bacon -afely brought that alreadj orderlj bod) to order, with a few light taps from an Ivory gavel head At the same time, in be House Speaker Clark banged noisily on a brand new sounding board with a husky mallet and Informed his col leagues that a suspension of their Jolli fication was In order. The third and last nesilon of tho present Congress was un der In the two Houses the scenes mere as different as the natural feelings of the members would Jtutlfj. The dominant party In the House congratulated itself on becoming a component part of a po litically fnlform administration. The Republican party In uhe Senate, beside regretting the death of two of It mot pisturesque leaders, the late Vice Presi dent and the senior Senator from Idaho, faced the realization that they were preparing for the final period of a domi nation which has been unbroken for six teen years. The result was that in both Houses the scene was less emotional than is usual upon a change of administration The House was watching the final entrance of members who regardless of political affiliation, regardless of passages in pre Ious heated partisan conflict, commanded the affection of all There mas a subdued note in the chorus of self-gratulatlon in the majority part And for the same reason, as the victorious Democrats In tho benate survejed in anticipation the rents which the late national election had ef fected among their colleageus on the other side of the chamber the paean of victory which has rung through their hearts since November 5. effaced itself In consideration for the feeling of their ery good friends, the enemy. Scene Ik Llvel. Of course, the scene In the House was lel and decidedlj Interesting to the hundreds who thronged the galleries And the vanquished, not the victors were the objects of closest attention Spectators and members alike were more interested to see how the old Romans met defeat than in the hearing of the victors. Would that grand old gladiator from Illinois, Uncle Joe Cannon, sift In with bowed head and bent shoulders, or would he march in with the same length of stride, the same self-confident aban don that marked ton fight for the rules handed to him by the Reed regime, and by him maintained as Speaker Would McKinlej and Rodenberg of Illinois. Hill of Connecticut, Longworth and Taylor of Ohio, Olmsted of Pennsylvania, and others who had defied the Progressive movement and prided themselves 01 their allegiance to the Old Guard prin eiples indicate In word or action a sense of wrong or defeat? They did not. There wasn't a sprlghtller figure in the scene than Uncle Joe Cannon when he marched Into the chamber and Joined In the general handshaking some fifteen minutes before the House was called to order. But was there any significance in the fact that the first man he em braced In the real Cannon manner, with a quick hug. was the Hon Theron Continued on Fnge Three. 19 DAYS For Shopping Before Christmas PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time. That's not all. The one that procrasti nates is lajing up trouble for the future. AVOID. all this, as well as other embarrassments, by tak ing .time by the forelock and be ready to say "Merry Christmas." VISIT -Washington stores now, and then wear the smile that won't come off on the great day of the jear. Washington Herald MASKED ROBBER ROUSESINHATES OF SEVEN HOMES TwMty-five Defectives Are on Trail of Amateur Cracksman, with Record for Speed. "I'LL SHOOT TO KILL" Daring Escapades of Armed Youth Puzzles Police Left $1 for Women's Breakfast. Another daring escapade was added last night to the new-born but sensa tional cr'mlnai career of the amateur cracksman who made known his pres ence In the National Capital jesterday morning by a display of skill, cunning, and boldness equal to that of "Jimmy Valentine" when Miss Ethel Starns. of 937 H Street Northwest, narrated to the police her encounter with a soft spoken, slip of a jouth, armed with a mask, revolver, and flashlight. In the eerie hours of just before dawn. "I was asleep when an electric light was flashed n my face, awekenlng me instantlj. and sending a thrill of terror through me," said Hiss Starns, but be fore I could scream or even move, a soft, polite, and almost pleasing voice behind the flashlight said quietly: 'Don't move or scream or III have to kill you " The flashlight suddenly grew dark. and I heard the owner of the soft, boy ish voice move across the room I did not care what he took, so long as he did not harm me But my aunt. Mrs Mae L. Watts, had been asleep In the adjoin ing room and the burglar's threat to me had awakened her Heard Him I.enve lloose. Suddenly I heard her say to me through the closed door between our rooms 'Don t worrj , Ethel, I m going to call the police Hardlj had the words left her mouth than the burglar crossed my room, passed through the door, and vanished I heard him close the street door as he left the houe " When Miss Starns reported her en counter with the amateur cracksman she added the seventh deed which the police have chalked against him. Her report was made last night Six other reports of similar escapades were re ceived before noon jesterday by the police. The new Jimmy Valentine en tered or attempted to enter seven -houses between 1 and 4 o'clock jesterday morn ing But for ail his trouble and daring the cracksman got onlj- J30t which the police say Is convincing evidence that he Is but an amateur As a consequence the youthful culprit ; now plavins a game of hide and seek with MaJ Silvester, with all the odds in favor of the superintendent of polloc Maj Sjlvester has detailed In spector Robert II Boardman to the task of running to earth the joung burglar, who will be trailed 'by twentj-fire de tectives in day and night squads The speed with which the jouth work ed has caused detectives to wonder In vestigation has shown that he entered three houses In tho space of thirty mln- Continued on Pace Tiro. JURY DEBATES SNEAD'S GUILT Talesmen Unable to Reach a Verdict in Murder Trial at Ten o'clock. Fort Worth, Tex , December 1 The fate of John Beal bnead. accused of the murder of Capt. A G Bojce, now rests with the Jury His case was given to the twelve men at 5 M o'clock this aft ernoon, but there was no verdict up to iv ociock to-night. Senator Hanger closed for the State. His denouncement of Snead as the, mur derer of Bojce. brought hysterical sobs from Lenora Snead. the little daughter of the accused man. Her father sat with bowed head, and his mouth twitch ed Otherwise he showed no emotion. Judge Swayne's charge took fifteen minutes, and he practically Instructed the jury to return a verdict of first or second degree murder, and declared no seir-defcnse could be considered, and that no evidence showed that Capt. Boyce insulted Snead before he was shot. Mrs Bojce, clad In black, cried all during the afternoon. Lena Snead. whose elopement with Al Bojce brought about his own death, as well as that of his father. Is In Fort Worth under an assumed name. She Is registered at a hotel opposite the one where Snead is staying She same here as the onlj- person who could comfort Lenora and Georgia, the two Snead children She spent yesterday and to day at the court house In a room all- Joining Judge Swayne's, where the children were brought to her occasional ly. Two men stand guard day and night, and no one but Snead and the children and a few relatives are allowed to see her. Snead. with his counsel. Is at his hotel awaiting word from the court house. He Is decidedly dejected because so much evidence given in his favor at his previous trial was excluded at this. BELMONT EEPOETED TO HAVE PAID CHORUS GIEL $50,000 TOJLEAVE HIS SON New York. Dec. i Although Aurmt Belmont, sr, will -not make any state ment, it is reported that he has offered financial Inducements to Ethel Loralne Belmont, the bride of his son Raymond, to leave the young man and agree never ti make an effort to see him again. The sum mentioned Is fcO.000. Another rumor la that Raymond ha gone home and that his chorus frlrl -wir Will ro to Prlnrevill Orei- to II v ri. a while -with nn. nr hM-lfnrm.p .hnM. I who married recently and f living on al '" v Trial of Judge Archbald Begins in Senate Torday jfe,-' f i.i4ssssssssfl8 BtaBBr 's'sbWvL IJ&i23HBssssBMsssWisfi wv -tSKkPL" r 11 HNfT'SaPVijBBBBBBaVS MbV foV tVf'T'FiV miff , XsTsSBSSSSSBrTnn I C vJP?jHLl2 3 If Vl1&Z!!?T !&9BBBaBalSfif SBBBSwIiy Vj jSV -flftiff i-f SBSe9 I 1 Ws ZzWlZ " 1 I J .JfW 3!lBBBBBBVBI9fy?niHtV$OCtll aSSSSSSSSSHBHSBSSSSSSSWflrMH iusi.i: diiown. Seven Managers or Impeachment Proceedings of Commerce Court Jurist Charged with Malfeasance on the Bench. On the first real business da of the third session of the Sixty-second Congress the Senate to-day will rcsohe itself into a court of impeachment to trj Judge Robert W. Archbald, United States circuit judge, assigned to the Commerce Court, Promptly at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon the seen managers, or prosecutors, of the Housc of Repre sentatucs will file into the Senate chamber. Counsel for Judge Archbald, led by A. S. Worthington, of Washington, will be present, and one of the most important works of the present csion will commence. Two Found Guilts. V- Judge Archbald Is the ninth Federal official to be tried by Congress since the adoption of. the Comtltutlon of the United Statee. Of the other eight who Were ar- raigned bj the government only two were found guilt). These were John Pickering, United States district Judge 1803-4 and West H Humphrey, also a United States Judge, who was removed from office by the Senate In 1SS2. The government was Incited to proceed against Judge Archbald on the strength of charges brought against him bj Will- lam P Boland. president of the Marian Coal Company, of Scranton. Pa. Mr Bo land carried his charges to the Fresl. denfof the United States, who was so Im pressed with them that he directed At tornej General Wickersham to make an investigation of Archbald a actions while on the bench Attornej General Wickersham anpolnt- rd vvrlsley Brown, a joung assistant in his office, to make the Investigation and to conduct the prosecution of the ac luscd judge before the House Judicial Committee. This Investigation opened on May 7 last. The hearings were conducted publicly As a result. Chairman Clayton, of the House Judiciary Committee, on July 8. presented a unanimous report, demand ing that Judge Archbald be "Impeached for misbehavior and for high crimes and misdemeanors, In suramins up Its report, the House Committee had this to saj of Judge Archbald Cbarcri 4dlnst Jadse. "Tour committee Is of the opinion that Judge Archbald's sense of moral respon sibility has become deadened He has prostituted his high office for personal profit. He has attempted by various transactions to commercialize his poten tiality as judge. He has show n an-over-weenlng desire to make gainful bargains with parties having cases before him, or likely to have cases before him. To ac complish this purpose he has not hesl tated to use his official power, and In such he has degraded his high office and destrojed the confidence of the public in his -Judicial lntegrltj'." On July 11, the House voted the lm. peachment of Judge Archbald by a vote of zn to 1, and on July U the House Impeachment charges were formally pre sented to the Senate, where they were tef erred to a committee of Ave. On the following day the Senate was sworn In as a court of Impeachment, and a sum mons was Issued for Judge Archbald. The press of legislation before the Senate. however, had the effect of postponing me trial or juage Arcnoaio. and on Au gust 3. following a long executive ses sion of the Senate. December 3, 1312, was set as the date upon which the judge was canea to answer to the articles of impeaenment by the House Article of Impeachment, The articles of Impeachment are briefly as ioiiows Article L That he negotiated with the Erie Railroad Company- for the nurchaae or tne Kantydld coal dump for Edward J, Williams. his hllaina nawvlnto wt.l.h so thought the committee, was "reprehen sible and prejudicial to the confidence ot the American people In the Federal judi ciary." Article I. That he Joined with George . Watson, of Scranton. Pa., in an at tempt to sell the stock of the Marian Coal Company to the Lackawanna Railroad. The coal company was owned by the Bo land Brothers, who were, at that time, litigants against the railroad before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The accusation of the committee was that Judge Archbald figured in the negotiation Tor a valuable consideration." Article 3. That he soueht to lease fmm the Lehigh Valley Rallroad.ComDanv bank In the Glrard estate coal property near Shenandoah. Pa. At the same time the railroad waa a litigant before the Commerce Court. Article 4. That Judge Archbald soueht additional evidence from Helm Bruce, attorney for the Louisville and Nash ville Railroad, in a case before the Com merce Court which had been closed and given to the judges for decision. ArtIc,e 5- Tnat he used' his Judicial in- rnntlnn..l d n - ..p vh a Hc nrv7. JtiH.R nonRRT w. inciinir.n. Prosecutors of the on charges of improper conduct and LOVE FOR GIRL TRAPS ALLEGED COUNTERFEITER Officers Get Trail of Robert Sargent, Alias 'The Weasel Through Romance. HEAD OF A NOTED HANG Letters in Raided Rooms Start Police Search for Young Criminal. Philadelphia, Dec Z Through hla at tachment for a " girl, Robert Sargent, alias Gilmore. alias "The Weasel," a notorious counterfeiter and burglar, ac cording to Federal Secret Service agents. was arrested earlj to-da" on charges of counterfeiting Later he was lield un der COOO ball for court by United States Commissioner Craig In the Federal Building. Sargent, who Is onlj a joung man, was arrested just as he was going to speak to a young woman to whom he Is attached He was placvd under arrest ty Secret Service Agent Matthew Griffin. Sargent Is said to be one of the most skilful counterfeiters In the country. a raid on a house in Winter Street, near Tenth, on November 12, in which Alex ander and May Garnler were arrested, correspondence from Sargent was found Dy tno Secret- Service agertt. Sargent was known to the police, and Griffin knew a girl with whom the sus pect was Infatuated When efforts to capture Sargent at his home, on East Harper Street, proved unavailing. Grif fin shadowed the girL Early to-day he saw the joung woman leave her home and go to Fifteenth and Stiles Streets. The Secret Service agent followed stealthily, keeping his body in the shadows. Griffin soon had his patience rewarded with the sight of his quarry coming rap idly toward, the girl he was expecting; his lace lighted With eagerness. Griffin step Ted ont from the shadows and placed him nnder arrest. Girl Breaks Doirn. The girl broke dawn at the sight of her sweetheart being dragged awaj to pris on, but Sargent took his' arrest stoic ally. "When he was arraigned before Com missioner. Cralr. Sdrcvnt did not deny his uilt.,He protested, however, that the uarniers were "In the same with him. It was their arrest that led to his own. Mrs. May Garnler testified that she knew nothing of the alleged manufactur ing of counterfeit coins at her place on Winter Street. She said she had met Sargent when aha was a chorus clrl In a burlesque show. Ten weeks prior to the raid on the Win ter Street house, on November 2i Mrs. Garnler said, Sargent came to the bouse. He said, she testffled, that he had no money, and asked her to trust him. She said she had known him for a long while. and gave him a room- She declared that at Sargent's request. I she had opened his trunk containing varl- la ous apparatus and metal for use In coun-1 l,f,IK-t. ... 1l. BL. J..I..aI tha'daV ' -.Mju4 uMi uuimrs. cue uv.- . WILLI 4,31 P. UOLl-VD. House Will Conduct malfeasance in office. did not know the purpose of the apparat us. She testified that she did not know Sargent was suspeed of counterfeiting before the ral Ir. v,hlch she and her husband were arrested, and the metal and counterfeiting paraphernalia confis cated Ila IlMd Eventful life. According to Secret Service agents, the story of Sargent s life reads like a page of Action Of a repected family in Ktn slngton, as a 'ioy he procured entrance to Glrard College , The restraint and discipline proved Irksome to him. and he ran awaj His disappearance created a sensation, and newspapers printed long stories cf it about ten jcars ago. The police searched eveiywhere for him without avail About six months after ail carch was given up a detective saw the boy, who was then about fifteen years old. In company with a well-known counterfeit er named Charles, Taylor The detective was on a trollej car at the time, but alighted and followed the pair to see what the criminal was doing with tho young boj" who had disappeared from home The boy frequently left his older com panion and went into stores and shops of all kinds He would remain there but a moment and 'then reappear and Join the counterfeiter After watching them for some time the detective took both Into custody. It was learned then that joung Sap gent went Into the various stores and had counterfeit half dollars changed. It was proved that the coins were made bj Taylor, and ho was sentenced to serve ten j cars In tha Eastern Penitentiary He is still serving his sentence. Often KolU Police. It being his flrt offense, voung Sar gent got off with a light term. When ho was released from Jail he started a criminal career on his own accord. Fed eral Secret Service agents saj. Whether it was his associations In prison that prevented his reformation, or whether tne taste of criminal lire he had received in his associations with Taylor that proved a temptation. Is not known He changed his name to Gilmore. and in a short time attracted the attentlnn of the police. He was clever, and suc ceeded in avoiding conviction for bur glary on a number of occasions Al- tnougn tne police suspected him. they could not get the necessarv Mn Among hla confederates and pals of the underworld he became known as "The Weasel ' because of his ability to slip out of holes and pitfalls the police dug for ..mi, aim uecause ot nis agility In enter- ins nouses and stores by crawling through apertures so-small as to appear ' "iipossioie oi human Ingress. He turned his attenUon to his first love, counterfeiting, the police and Secret Serv ice agents say. and grew to be an expert In .his line. Half-dollars were his forte, and ho profited by the example of his preceptor, who Is still spending his dajs In the Eastern Penitentiary. When the raid was made on the 'Win ter Street house the Secret Service men In charge were delighted at the evidence they found there Incrimlnatlnc Simm. Since that time they .have been searching ior nira mgni ana day, and only through his affection for a girl -was he arrested Secret Service agents decline to give tho name ot the girl who was responsible for his arrest. Juror Drops Dead When Sidna Allen Again Faces Court Wjtheville. Va., Dec. i-Simultaneous- lj with the opening of the second trial of Sidna Allen, leader of the Hlllsvllle gunmen, W. c. Sclbert, one of the Allen tr'al veniremen, dropped dead to-day. This time Allen Is charged with the murder of Commonwealth's Attorney Foster. H former trial for th mur der of Judge Massle resulted in a ver dict of murrlef in the second rt-crn anri sentence of fifteen vears. Motions, to quash the Indictment were denied to. I UNION PACIFIC STOCK CONTROL HELD ILLEGAL Supreme Court Declares Har- riman Merger a Violation of Sherman Law. REVERSES LOWER COURT Holdings in Southern Pacific to Be Disposed of Must Submit Dis solution Plan to Law Bod. By a decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court, the union that has existed for several years be tween the Union Pacific Railroad as con trolling factor and the Southern Pacific, through the ownership by the former of JlM.f50.OCO of the common stock of the latter. Is declared Illegal, a violation of the Sherman act. and a decree will Is sue ordering the Union Pacific to be elim inated aa a factor In Southern Pacific nutters. Moreover, when the holdings ot South ern Pacific stock are sold, by receiver ship sale or otherwise, the Union Pacific Railroad Company, neither directly nor In directly, shall have any right to perpet uate Its ownership By this decision, one of the masterly movements OT Edward H. Harrlman. In the Interest of controlling, to a large degree, the railroad buslnes of the Pa cific Coast and the Southwestern sec tions, was completely undone 'onrt to Pa on Plans. The Supreme Court declares also that the evenlng-up process, the liquidation of the holdings of Union radflc in Southern Pacific, must be complete, and must have its approval. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company operates 9.S47 miles of lines, from New Orleans and Galveston to San Francisco and Portland. Orcg The court holds that the Southern Pa cific and the Union Pacific were compet ing roads before the merger, and that as such. the merger was illegal. In handing down this decision the court completely overrules the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Utah, which dismissed the matter and sanc tioned the merger, the vote being two to one. Not only did the cas Involve the right of the Union radflc to dominate the Southern Pacific, but it Involved friend ly relation between the bait Lake ''tchlson. , titer alandincd) and North ern Pacific, through purchases of stock In these companies. The court made no changes In these latter relations, slmplj splitting wide open the merger of the two lines Cannot Ante Stock. The Union Pacific cannot vote its hold ings at Southern Pacific meetings, nor can It receive dividends on the stock it owns, except to a receiver, who shall col lect and hold dividends until the case 1 disposed of. The lower court that Is re versed Is to handle the dissolution There is another angle to the decision. The Southern Pacific is the owner of the Central Pacific, the connecting link of Continued on Piaore Twelve. PATRICK WILL QUIT NEW YORK Declines to State Destination. Prosecutor Scores Dix for Issuing Pardon. New lork. Dec t, There were three Interesting developments in the "new Patrick case' to-day. Thee were Albert T Patrick made preparations for leaving the city within the next few dajs Patrick refused to state whether hi destination is Philadelphia, where re sides David J. Short, a manufacturer, who witnessed the famous forged will, St Louis where lives his wealthy brother-in-law and backer, John T. Mll- Uken. or Texas, where Valet Jones, who testified against hlra In the murder trial, is now living Francis P Garvan. who. with W T. Jerome and James W. Osborne, conduct ed the prosecution of Patrick, continuing his criticism of Gov. Dix for pardoning Patrick, stated that the Governor's hind sight Is a great deal better than his foresight. Mr. Garvan said he favors a pardon board In this State, as sug gested by the Governor. Gov. Dix. said Mr. Garvan. would doubtless be greatly benefited by the advice of an "intelli gent pardon board." "Instead ot pardoning Patrick secretly. Gov. Dix should have turned the matter over to a referee, who could have held public hearings and given the public a chance to express an opinion." said Gar van to-night. I do not think Patrick will dare offer the second or forged will for probate "In view of the fact that the surro gate's action In throwing this will out ot court was sustained by the Appellate Di vision and affirmed by the Court of Ap peals. I doubt vcrj much If any lawyer will undertake to appear for Patrick In a contest to have that second will estab lished as a bona fide Instrument" The third development during the day as the discovery among the voluminous papers presented by r a trick's attorneys along with the pardon application (papers which were ordered sealed by Gov. Dix), of a sensational affidavit swern to b- Airs. Patrick immediately after she had returned from a visit to Texas in the fall of 1910. On the night of October ZS.' swears Mrs. Patrick, "I went to the post-office, then to the telegraph office, and about 9 o'clock started to go to Mr. Brockmans office, but desided not to. as it was quite dark in that neighbor hood. The first thing P- heard next morning was that Mr. Brockman had been shot and killed by Henry L. Ran some. who was In the company of J. U. Baker, notn or whom were detectives at Houston." AUSTRIAN ARMIES GET READYFOR HOSTILITIES Tliree Forces Mobilized -Two- to Be Directed Against the Russians. THIRD JO MENAGE SERVIA Czar Said to Have Gsncentratrt 500,000 Trosfs Behind Polish Forts. GERMANY UTTERS THREATS Imperial Chancellor Declares tie Alliance wlta Aostrla and Hangarj Re mains in Force. SHAFT IS AIMED AT GREAT BRITAIN Greeks Stand Id Waj of Peace Negotia tions Counsel Flgit to a Flolsn. Vienna, Dec. 2. The official Beichpost says that Russia has con centrated 500,000 troops behind the girdle of the Polish fortresses, and all the Polish regiments have been sent either to the Caucasus or to the interior. Nearly 200 Russian spies have been arrested in Galicia. Belgrade. Dec 2. Information hasTfust reached here as to" the outlines of the Austrian war plans and the disguised mobilization, which is proceeding with greater rapiditv each dav. Autria is forming three armies, two to be directed against Russia and one against Serv-ia. The first, or northern arm, is to defend Galicia. The bulk of this army is being concentrated in a fortified triangle formed by Cracow, To maszow and Prjcimel. Cracow and Prjemvel are fortresses of the first class around Lemberg, the capital of Galicia. Along the fron tier entrenchments are being dug and a ast plain is being covered with barbed wire entanglement to check a possible advance of Rus sian caalry, because it is known that the great masses of Cossacks and other cavaln are gathered there. The second Austrian army, the eastern one, is gathering in Tran sylvania and Bakowina. along the Russian frontier. The third, south ern army, will act partly front South Hungary against Belgrade and Semendria, there to force a passage over the Danube with the object of entering the Senian Ma- ravia vallej, partly from Bosnia and Herzegovina and operating against the Western Servian fron tier and the Sanjak of Novi Bazar. Germany Warns Powers to Keep Off London. Dec t Out of the diplomatic dueling over the Austrian-Servian con troversy to-day came the definite warn ing to all the powers involved that Ger manj. should the occasion arise, will draw her sword to assist her allies. Discussing the Balkan situation in tho Reichstag. Imperial Chancellor Beth- mann-HolIweg said: "When our allies. Austria-Hungary and Italy. In maintaining their Interests, aro attacked, although this Is not In present prospect, by a third party, and therebj threatened In their existence, then we. faithful to our compacts, will take their Contlnned on Pace Eleven. Mexican Indians Torture and Kill More Than 125 Mexico City. Dec i ExtepeJI Indians, who are on the warpath In the State ot Oaxaca. have destrojed the town oi Villa Alta and killed IS perrons'. Men. women, and children were tortured and then put to death. Survivors were car ried off into the Sierra Madre Del Sur Mountains by tb Indians. The destruc tion of Villa Alta 'Is believed to be tha result of the Indians desire for revenra Xor the burning of, their chief vUlajfjj, J