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2 CZAR TAKES BACK HIS COMMISSION PLAN TO RECONCILE WORKERS DECLARED AT END Employes In Workshop! of State Rail* v ways Invited to Elect Repre. sentatlves to Voice Their .Need* fly Aa«oelat*d Prtaa. ST. PETERSBURG, March 7.— The Bhldlovskl commission appointed to ascertain the causes of discontent among the working people of St. Petersburg has been dissolved hy order of the emperor. An official communi cation Is to the effect that this action Is due to the Impossibility of proceed ing with the proposed plan In conse quence of the failure of workmen to elect representatives to the commission. The minister of ways and communica tions has directed the employes in tho workshops of the state railways to elect representatives to present their needs to the managers of the srops. Warsaw Comparatively Quiet WARSAW, March 7, 10:25 p. m.— The strike in Sosnovice continues In full force. The Saturn coal mine, owned by the richest company in the district, is the only mine working, the men having received an Increase of wages such as the owners of other properly 'say they are unable to concede to their operatives. This city Is comparatively 'quiet, there being only occasional cases of assaults in which individuals or "policemen have been shot. Several persons were severely wounded in out ' lying sections of the city Monday night. ; The strike of house servants here suddenly collapsed today. Thjs Is'at tributed to the action of the police, who have severely whipped domestics. Witte Tenders Resignation BERLIN, March 7.— The Lokal An zelger's St. Petersburg correspondent says that M. Witte, president of the council of ministers, has tendered his resignation to the emperor on the plea that the latter has evinced a lack of confidence In him. STRINGENT RULES FOR CITY ASSESSOR'S CLERKS Evan Lewis Lays Down Regulations for the Government of His Office No "pets" In the office, 'No loafing or neglect of work per mitted. '. No drinking while, on duty. ■ No smoking while waiting on callers at the office. jj These are a few of the regulations <lald down by City- : Assessor . Evan 'tewis' In a circular I letter addressed to the employes of, his office. I The chief stated that he has no '"pets" and that persons in his de partment who Imagined that they are so well protected by the civil ' service law that they can loaf and 'neglect their work are sadly mistaken, and that should they persist in doing these things they will be sum marily dismissed. . The clerks were also warned that ;iny one of them who should come to the office for work while under the in fluence of liquor would be Immediate ly "fired." Smoking while waiting on callers at the office was forbidden and a request made that no one should smoke in the office during office hours, cigarettes being especially barred. AN EASY WAY To Keep Well It is easy to keep well if we would only observe each day a few simple rules of health. The all-Important thing Is to keep the stomach right, and to do this It is ;not necessary to diet or to follow a ; set rule or bill of fare. Such pamper- ing simply makes a capricious appe- tite and a feeling that certain favorite articles of food must be avoided. Prof. Wlechold gives pretty good ad- vice on this subject; he says: "I am 68 years old and have never had a ser- ious Illness, and at the same time my life has been largely an Indoor one, but I early discovered that the way to keep healthy was to keep a healthy stomach, not by eating bran crackers or dieting of any sort; on the contrary I always eat what my appetite craves, but dally for the past eight years I have made It a practice to take one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal and I attribute my robust health for a man of my age to the regular dally use of Stuart's Tablets. "My physician first advised me to use them because he said they were per- fectly harmless and were not a secret patent medicine, but contained only the natural digestives, peptones and diastase, and after using them a few weeks I have never ceased to thank him for his advice. "I honestly believe the habit of tak- ing Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals Is the real health habit, because their use brings health to the sick and ailing and preserves health to the well and strong." ■ Men and women past fifty years of age need a safe digestive after meals to insure a perfect digestion and to ward off disease, and the safest, beat known and most widely used Is Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. They are found In every well reg- ulated household from Maine to Cali- fornia and in Great Britain and Aus- tralia are rapidly pushing their way into popular favor. All druggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, full sized packages at 50 cents, and for a weak stomach a fifty-cent package will often do fifty dollars' worth of good. •^^cean Park Helght^W PRESENT POSITION OF THE CONTENDING RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE ARMIES KUROPATKIN IN FULL RETREAT (Continued from Pace One.) consisting of 20,000 picked troops, is retiring. Chinese report that Mukden has been completely evacuated and that its great magazines were set on fire by Japanese artillery. Kuropatkln'B Position Desperate By Aaaocl&ted I'rcs.i. ST. PETERSBURG, March 8, 2:15 a. m.— That the battle of Mukden will go down In history with Liao Yang in the long list of Russian defeats is the al most universal belief In pessimistic St. Petersburg, which has forgotten the meaning: of the word victory- The war office does not admit that the issue of the great battle, which already ex ceeds In magnitude of operations and losses that of Shakhe, has been decided, although It Is positively stated In high quarters that Kuropatkln has tele graphed to Emperor Nicholas that It will be impossible to hold Mukden and f hat the withdrawal of the army north ward has jalread^been begun. ,i Nothing' from' -Gelt Kuropatkln later than "Monday has been given out, but advices to St. Petersburg newspapers and dispatches to the Associated Press dated, at. 6 o'clock last night Indicate that the position of the Russian army after a day of furious and unprece dented » fighting Is desperate, though not absolutely hopeless, some Russian correspondents even predicting a Rus sian victory soon, and one affirming that the extreme Japanese left has al ready begun to retire southward. Everything probably now depends on Gen. Kuropatkin's reserves. Russians Change Front While the Japanese hurled them selves forward at every point yester day, their main energies were behind the blow west and southwest In an attempt to envelop the Russian right and drive a wedge through the line at Madyapu. Gen. Kuropatkin, however, seems to have been able to success fully change the front on the line of his shattered right, aligning from northeast to southwest to protect the railroad to Mukden, and at . nightfall it was reported that he~ was- practically holding all his positions. At the same time he was drawing In and shorten ing his line to the southeast. According to reports all the con centrated attacks of the Japanese to the westward failed and the efforts of Gens. Nogl and Oku to push their encircling movement north and east ward across Gen. Kuropatkin's line of communication were blocked. Reports, however, are conflicting.' One corres pondent telegraphs that firing was heard northward toward Tie pass, which may have been Cossacks and a flying column of Japanese. While some Russian correspondents perhaps attach undue Importance to several minor Russian suc cesses on the southern front, which evidently" were simply coun ter-attacks and in •no sense real offensive movements, it may be said that if Kuropatkin has a plan for striking a real blow— upon which, in the opinion of the experts, his salva tion depends— there la no indication yet of such a purpose. The commander in chief has been confining his strategy, as at Llao Yang, to meeting the at tacks of the Japanese and accepting battle at placeß choßen by Field Mar shal Oyama. Both aides are terribly exhausted by ten days of continuous fighting, and all the correspondents at the front Inti mate that the issue must be decided definitely today. Opinion of the Military Clubs At the military clubs here den. Kuropatkln Is already regarded as beaten, the only question being his ability to execute a retreat. Those who believe there Is still a chance of actual Russian victory are few and far between. The majority regard the fighting; yesterday as In reality a rear guard action, entertaining no doubt that thera will l,e a heavy withdrawal during the night. Thus* officers, how LOS ANGELES HERALD! WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH .8, 1905. ever, are dependent upon practically the same Information as the public. General Kuropatkin's critics among military men are Increasing In num ber, the burden of complaint being that In every action he has shown a lack of Initiative. With defeat now, whether disastrous or otherwise, they declare his star will set. On the other hand, it Is believed that Field Marshal Oyama's daring strategy. If successful in this battle, will entitle him to rank as one of the greatest captains of the age. Politically the result will determine the question of continuing the prosecu tion of the war. An overwhelming disnster, it Is believed, will surely bring Russia to terms, but anything less might not break the stubborn resolution of the Russian government. In Its bearing on the Internal situa tion the result of the battle is regard ed as equally Important. No exact figures are hazarded as to the losses, although it is evident that they will exceed those at Liao Yang on both sides. According to all accounts the Japanese, who have been the at tackers, were the heavier losers every where except In the west. In the mat ter of supplying food and ammunition the Russians, occupying defensive lines, enjoy a great advantage, which may prove decisive at- the crucial mo ment, all the dispatches from the front dwelling upon the terrible exhaustion and hunger of the Japanese prisoners who have been captured. OYAMA'S STRATEGY To Sever Mukden From the East and Front MUKDEN, March 7.— The outlines of Marshal Oyama's strategy have been well defined since March 4. While maintaining a series of energetic at tacks on the eastern front and demon strations'on the center, the Japanese made their principal stroke westward, the chief effort being in an endeavor to break through the triangle of Ulln pu, Madyapu and Erthtaitzu, thus sev ering the eastern army and the frontal force from Mukden, and at the same time theatenlng a further advance to the northward, to deprive the Rus sians of the road by which to retreat to Tie pass.' Against this, plan General Kuropatkln decided to accept battle both on the. front and west of Mukden and ordered an attack beginning at dawn on March 6th. There was a ter rific artillery fire and a rain of missiles from ten batteries on the whole ground between Nluguantung and Ulinpu. | Major General Tserpitsky's battalions fought with fierce determination, ap parently realizing that seven miles in the rear, In Mukden, were its tons of commissary, artillery and hospital sup plies, parks of reserve artillery and baggage. In the Mukden railway sta tion there was a scene of feverish ac tivity. Trains were moving;,, now north and now south, while the' streets were filled with wounded, indicating the seriousness of the fight that was In progress. On the roofs, on" heights and even from treetops crowds of curious Rus sians and Chinese watched the fight which continued to increase in Intensity south of Madyapu. The Japanese, like madmen, or as though crazed with some drug, threw themselves upon the regiment occupying a position east of the old railway embankment and drove It eastward, occupying the railway bed to the south near Erthtaitzu, where the same mad attack was met by a stub born resistance. Toward evening the fight slackened on the railroad and th« cannonading was stilled, but in the twilight the Russians by a brilliant attack captured Podyza and Padaotun. Through the utter darkness of night the same regiments were engaged In n. bbi-Iph of demonstrations, giving regi ments and batteries In the rear a chunce to rest. At dawn on March 6 began a fight 'long to be remembered in the history of wars. It was of terrific grandeur, and might be compared to a vast thun derstorm of lead, shrapnel and bullets pelting mercilessly a strip of land twenty miles long and seven miles broad, mowing down victims) by thou sands with the explosions of shimose shells and the scythe-like work of six- Inch shells that razed whole villages. Through this Inferno Japanese and Russians charged and counter-charged by regiments. Through some, of these have been pounded by batteries con tinuously for six days they fought with amazing determination and firmness. Regiments' were reduced to companies, and companies to squads; but these managed to unite and vied with fresh troops In the resolution with which they entered the fray. South of Kushantun, in the region Of Madyapu, ! sanguinary fighting was kept up till nightfall. The Japanese were intensely determined to break through at this point. The soil of the river valley Is thickly strewn with bits of shrapnel casing of large and small caliber, covered in places with green oxide, resulting from the explosion of melinite, lyddite and shimose. Often men dropped, suffocated with the stifl ing gases of smokeless powder and the fumes of high explosives. As this dispatch Is written, at 8 o'clock, a. m., the fight Is again raging with all the Intensity of yesterday and Increasing constantly. MYSTERY DEEPENS IN MURDER CASE (Continued from Face One.) financial standing and that they plan ned her death solely for the purpose of getting some of her money. Detectives scout the Idea that. Mrs. Mllburn was slain at the hands of the same criminal, or criminals, who lured Mills, a prominent local realty dealer to his death a year or two ago. The circumstances are similar, . but there is nothing: to support the theory that the two murdered people were victims of the same assassin,' or as. sassins. '■"'"• Nearly every house along the beach at Ocean Park .was searched by de tectives and newspaper men yester day, but nothing that would give the slightest . trace to the scene of the awful deed was discovered. There were no footprints, or stains of any kind found that showed evidences of a struggle, which, In the nature of this case, must have occurred. At the American National bank, where Mrs. Milburn , had deposited some money upon her return from the St. Louis ; fair, it was- found that she still had $633.92 to her credit. As far as Is known, .no drafts were cashed for . some time v previous to the time she disappeared.- Among Mrs. Miiburn's effects a note for $13,500 against a St. Louis firm was found. It was said she had re ceiver $5000 in cash as part payment in the transaction, but her daughter, Mrs. O'Brien, says this money has been accounted for. , Peter 'Taylor, who was associated with Mrß. Milburn in several business transactions .and when she called on at the California hospital the day be fore she is supposed to have gone to Ocean Park, said yesterday: "I have known Mrs. Milburn for sev eral years, and the day she came to see me at the hospital we spent more than an hour talking, together. She told me of her proposed trip to Wat sonville, and seemed very much pleased at the prospect of seeing her daughter. I have often warned her against going to out-of-the-way places to look at real estate alone, and so she did not mention her Intended' vlait to Ocean Park. "She was an independent woman and had great business ability. The last time she, was at our house we planned a trip to Playa del Rey to look at property, but my Illness put a atop to that. Soon after she returned from St. Louis I met her on the street one day and she asked If I could let her have $2000. Hhe wanted to give her daughter the money to apply on a house she wa« building. She offered to give me se curity on certain papers she held as a mortgage against St. Louis property, which, she said, was for $19,600. I told her she could have the money without any security, but she did not speak of It when* she called to see me at the hospital. "Prom all development* in the case, I am convinced Mrs. Milburn has been iho victim of a, horrible crime." , STRIKEBREAKERS WRECK TRAINS (CnntlnneA from Pace On«.) fainted and men shouted when the train was In flight. Mayor Oeorge n. McCleiian late this afternoon reach the conclusion that, the transportation question had assumed such a serious aspect that It would be necessary to bring the two factions to some agreement. Me accordingly addressed a letter to both the Inter borough company ntnl the Amalga mated Aftxoclatlon to this end. ■ No meeting of the Amalgamated As sociation was held this afternoon and Vice President May of the association stated th.it none would be held until twenty-four hours had elapsed. If at the end of that time Superintendent lledley was ntlll unwilling to Accede to the demandff of the men, the en gineers and firemen of the Electric and Eccentric union would be called out. The members of this organization are employed in the various power houses. George Pepper, president of the Amalgamated association, In a state* ment issued tonight, imys the associ ation Is Caring for 125 men who say they were brought here to work on a new railway. Pickets Are Successful During the evening the strikers suc ceeded In persuading many of the new guards and motormen to leave their places. In a few cases trains were de serted by their crews between station*, and passengers had to risk the dangers of the third rail to get out of the sub way. -• At one time five trains were stalled at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, the crews having been Induced by strikers, who crowded the station and boarded the cars, to auit. In one train the bell ropes were cut and the cars slightly damaged, but the police interfered In time to 'prevent serious trouble. The train yards were placed under a strong guard ,of police and employes of the company. Manager Hedley announced' this evening that he had secured 5000 men to replace the strikers, or less than 2000 short of the usual complement. The men came from all parts of the country, a batch of 300 arriving early in, the evening from Philadelphia. One of. their number, ( displaying a revolver, said they would resist interference. Students Are Strike Breakers Several of the better dressed said they were students of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania. Some three hun dred who applied at the head office of the company were likewise pressed into service, they like the Philadelphia contingent including a number of the university students, in each case from the school of applied science of Colum bia University. Most of them went to work as ticket agents and ticket chop pers and worked through the day. They declined the request of the company that they pledge themselves to remain at their posts for four days. Recruiting stations are to be opened in different parts of the city tomorrow. The com pany is so confident of filling the places of the strikers that they have publish ed a schedule for the subway and ele, vated systems differing- very little from tho- regular schedule to take effect to morrow. FINDSSTRYGHNINE IN THE BUTTLE (Continued from Face One.) same results as the intestines, namely the' color reaction indicative of Btrych nlne. The teJt we used is known as the fading purple test, so far as I know, it, is the most reliable test. The color reaction we obtained is not pro duced except by strychnia. "We were not able to Isolate any strych nta." Dr. Duncan said that the reason the strychnia was inseparable was that the amount was too small. Deputy Sheriff Rawllngs said: "Have you examined to know the amount of strychnine found?" Dr. Shorley re plied: "I have not said and would not say that we found any strychnine. I would simply say that we developed the color reaction which strychnine causes." This reaction is caused by the thousandth part of a grain. "Any quantity at all will cause a color reaction if there is sufficient resi due from the matter being tested after the elimination processes," said Dr. Shorey. "We could have made other tests in this case, but the resi due would have been too small to see there was as much as the one-thou anything at all. "I do not believe there was as much as the one thousandth part of a grain In the entire organs." Doctors Duncan and Shorey have films which 'they used in the tests In which there was elimination of other matter until the residue for the fliiHl test was practically and invisible whlto on the films.' An application of acids to these showed the blue and purple eolorß which demonstrate the presence of strychnine. The amount was in sufficient to show crystals even under the mlscroscope. . Mrs. Stanford Was Suspicious Mrs. Henry H. Highton of Ban Fran clbco testified, as has been stated In these dispatches regarding her con versations with Mrs. Stanford after her arrival at Honolulu. Mrs. Highton said that Mrs. Stanford positively 'tohl her' that her poUonlng in Ban Fran cisco in January was a suspicious ease and Involved 'one of her own house hold. ■ • . . ' < ■raß Mrs, Highton. further testified .that Mrs. Stanford appeared to be afraid _J*M^MENJJS_^ : ' : '....1., OD T* ti VV 1 7 Af MATINKB "~**BPRINQ BTREBT, P,*tween f»«eond and Third. n.rrME,UJVM TODAY Hoth Fhon»». 1447. MODERN. VAUDEVILLE 1 HOWARD A nr,AND in "A Btran|M Bny"; DELMORF! ft T.KK, Modern AtMeteiS JOSEPH* INK BABKI* Favorite Comic Opsra Flnnr'r; HATBR A HKALY, "The Clerk and the Bell Jifly"; PAULTON A DOOT.HY. Bicycle Artists; FORD A WILSON, Comedians and »«ne«r«| . ORPHRUM MOTION PICTURES, Ltu>% Week of th* Qr.at Artlntn. COT.FI * JOHNSON, Compeer* and Kntertalners. ♦ PRICES PERMANENT, 10c. 25e, SOe. MATINEES WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY, BUNDAY. •"<© /7Vn nr>i7D/t tmtiri? main st., Between nm «n« ie«<wid. * IlKjttriU \JPb.KJt lIUUJU Phon.ii Mittn IM7i Horn* 411 A W#«k of Bt»tlln([ CnmHiy. Dlr^rtlnn ef J. 'J. Cfll»tn«n. "TTl»t Odd tf«110W." MH. HARRY BEREBPORD, In "A Centtnuoui Laugh," • "OUR NEW MAN" • A Futtit OnmMy hy Ch»rl«» T. Vlnc#nt. "An WhAl««»ni« «« flood V?*tMi*T." But n«v»rtl>»- j»M tho PrlfW" Honnln Iho Bnm»— Mmln»#« Snnrtny. TntoAny, Putiirdny, 10c and Xo. Bvcn* ln|r». Iftc. tV. t"r, N»m W»»k-"NF,TTIP! THP! NR\VBO1RI»" AGRICULTURAL PJiRK •/T • . Th .WWdlßf and Mleh»l forth, fl rlslt*lfll WZl£*£m World* Championship XsllCll 11/ 1 JL\QVC3 and fart* »f 11000 rinf»t running horn** In th* world. Specially made eharloli l-« w«l(ht Oreateft <«at of dxrlnx driving ever witnttted In t<oi AngeU*. Three 1-mll* heata. Wlnaen at Tournalnnt of Rotei of 1904 and IMS. ', * ■ " Saturday, March 11 In ctte of rtln will b« ttoatponcd to March 11, Admission 50c Boxes $2.50 JDJICES Los Angeles Jockey Clob • -ASCOT PARK — SIX OR MORE RACES DAILY. BRGINNINO TODAY, RACES START AT ItSS V. M. TUESDAYS LADIES' DATS— Free admlwlon to ladles. Children not admit- ted on Ladle*' Day. EVEHY FRIDAY GRAND CONCERT BY PROF. . FRANKENSTEIN'S CELEBRATED ORPHEUM ORCHESTRA OF TWBN- TY PIECES. Admission $1.00. Private Boxes $3.00 per day. San Pedro »t, 1 Vernoa ay.. Mar? ay. and Paclflc^S^ectrlo cars direct to the ma: \ entrance. ' >» 3. W. BROOKS. Manager. *r% p r a ffn THI? aTFB KAIN BT., Between Third and Fourth. ' ' LtCUJtJKsU I riUJt ICK BELAfICO, MAYER * CO., ProprifUH. "' *-* ' . Phon.c Main 3380; Horn* 167. . , I _, Tonight — Matinee Tomorrow , First Loa Angeles Stock'company tYoductlon of the Circntsnt of all Clyde Fitch's Playt, ' t • — The Climbers — ■ — ii — • A Comedy Drama of tTnpnrnllclcd Power. A Production of Rare Magnificence. , A Cist of '■ Superlative Excellence, pricks— Every Night, 23c, 85c, 60c and 76c. Mstlnees Thursday and Saturday, BHc, 350 and 50c. . ■ ■ t JLfOROSCO'S BURBJINK THEATER 81 » Pn<1 S. ™T TONIOHT! ! ALL WEBK-MATINEB «ATURDAY-The Burbank Stock Company In • The Two Orphans — — -• A Brilliant Production That's Doing the Business. Mctlnees-100 and 250— n0 hlgtier. Even- Ings— loc, 26c, 3!c, 60c. ;' y,:\.- ■■, ■ : Next Week, Klla Wheeler Wllcox Mf7DAf¥ ' I 'and I,UBComhe Searplle'g grpat play fH£>rxMl . •.-.■ ■, . QHUTES . Last WeeKs THE GREAT ELLERY BAND THIS AFTKRNOON AT 2tBo "t>le -Walkure," "II • Ouarahy," "P'olluto," "Love In (iltANl) ori3N-AIIt CONCERT : Idleness," "Polnsettla," etc. . , . THIS KVENINO AT 8:»O "Resurreotton of Lazarus." "Organ Offertory," "Slegr ■ (iRANP BACREO CONCERT fried 1 * Funeral March," Pilgrims* Chorus from '"1 I/>m- IN THKATEB bardl," ■ Prayer from "Cavallerla Rustlcana," etc. : '. Reserved seats. 25c; halcony. loc. Tickets on sale at Blrkel's Music Store, 341 i 8. Spring St. It's Quite ; ■ TO «cc 5,000,000 lilies In bloom, yet It's to be seen at the j . Reese bulb farm on our "Surf Route." •■...> We have five daily dollar parlor . observation , car trips, 9:40 a. m. — "The Orange Grove Route." .10:00 a. m. — "The Surf Route." • • . 10:30 a. m. — "The Mountain Route." ;'.' "■/ 9:30 a. m. and 3 p. m.— "The Valley Route." Seeing them you see the best of Southern California. ■ . To • crown it all, you go up Mount Lowe. ' , All Cars From Sixth and Main The Pacific Electric Railway that the attempt to poison her would be repeated. , POLICE VERY RETICENT Members of Mrs. Stanford's Household Being Rigidly Examined By Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 7.— Since the arrival of stories from Honolulu which point toward the verification of the theory that strychnine poisoning caused Mrs. Stanford's death, the police manifest unusual activity and maintain a secrecy that makes it impossible to learn authoritatively what they are doing. William McWhlnney, Albert Bever ley and Elizabeth Richmond were ques tioned at length in the office of Capt. of Detectives Burnett this afternoon. Me- Whlnney's examination was concluded at the end of an hour, and his testi mony Is thought to have, been of rela tive unimportance since neither Mount ford Wilson, the representative of the Stanford estate, nor District Attorney Byington were present. The remainder of the afternoon, how ever, was taken up with Beverley and Miss Richmond. It was half past 8 o'clock when they were dismissed from the inquisitorial chamber and ' both looked worn and serious from »the or deal which they underwent. Neither Capt. Burnett, Chief of Police Splllane, Mountford Wilson or District Attorney Byington would talk of what had taken place during the In vestigation. , Capt. Burnett even re fused to say' whether or not the police had finished their "sweating" of Bev erley and Miss Richmond. From the' district attorney it was learned that the making of Immediate arrests was not contemplated. Will Make No Contest By Aaaoctated Presa. SAN FRANCISCO, March 7.— Jerome B. Stanford, nephew of the late Senator Stanford, denies the statement that he Intends to contest Mrs. Stanford's will. THE WHOLESOME .., baking: powder. ■ ' - ■■ " t . i ■ ...» ■ th ' h Park HelghtN^, - * ' : , ': ' ' IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE v IS NOT RECOMMENDED Committee Finds Lack of Sufficient Evidence to Sustain Charges Against Judge Smith By Associated Pr*as. ' -,_ '•>■'";"■ SACRAMENTO, March 7.—Superior Judge Lucas F. Smith of Santa Cruz will not be Impeached If the recom mendation of the committee appointed by the assembly to Investigate' the charges against him is adopted. ,'- In regard to the charge of favoritism alleged to have been extended' to At torney Charles M. Cassin, the report says in part: "Judge Smith has al lowed certain attorneys practicing be fore his court to take certain liberties in the court room that should not be allowed, and has severely censured oth er attorneys for taking liberties of less consequence." The report concludes by urging that no impeachment proceedings be taken against Judge Smith for want of sum clent evidence to sustain the charges."',' BALFOUR IS' SUSTAINED . Vote of Censure on Naval Armament Reduction Defeated • •<>[.■, By Aaaoclatcd Preu. .*..'■' ; . LONDON, March 7.— ln the house of • ' commons in committee of supply on the navy estimates, George McCrea (Ad vanced Liberal) - Introduced a motion regretting that the government had not . entered Into negotiations ' with foreign" . / powers looking to a general reduction , of the naval armaments. , "'. , ' The motion was defeated, the gov ernment majority being fifty-six.