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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Weekly, Established 1860; Dally Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH S, 1915. HlEll?0EHC PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR RE5UHE ATTACK TURKiSHFORTS BOMBARDMENT OF THE DAR DARNELLES AGAIN IN FULL SWING GERMANS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES Make Unsuccessful Attempts to Break Through Russian En trenchment* in Galicia i?y Associated Press.) LONDON, March 3 (11:50 p. m.).?A Reuter dl-. patch from Athens says: "The allied fleet today bombarded and reduced to silence the forts of Dardanus, Hamidieh and Tchemerllk, on the Asiatic side of the Inside Dardanelles. The telegraph station at Bezlkia also was demolished. "Thp bombardment was carried out by nine ships, wr-.'ch advanced two miles up the straits." Bombardment In Foil Swing. The bombardment of. the Dardanel les by French and British warships, suspended temporarily by storms, again seems to be in full swing. Re ports of the progress of the bombard ment came f.*om various sources and the British admiralty has issued a summary showing that 34 Turkish guns have been demolished at the en trance of the straits. This report also describes briefly the operations of the fleet Monday and Tuesday v. ul says that mine sweepers have completed their work to within a short distance of Cape Kephez, ten of 15 miles up the straits. A Bussen cruiser had Joined'the: fleet and our-French battleships were stiel ling Turkish position oit BUlalr, .hear the entrance" to"the Sea'of Mar mora, .across the. G?lltpoli peninsula. A Constantinople dispatch Bays that more''than '40a???b battleships many small cruisers, torpedo boats and de stroyers are lying off the Dardanelles or engaged In the operations and that tho forts are completely outranged. A strong Turkish army, however, has been concentrated In the shore de fenses. , (By Ansncintpd Pr??.) LONDON. March 3.?In their de termination to relieve Prsemysl and drive the Russians out to Galicia, tho Austro-Gerraan armleB, which for some weeks have been on the Gallclan aide of the Carpathian mountains, have made repeated attempts the last few days to break through the Rus oian entrenchments, but without suc cess. Since Sunday when In massed formation they threw themselves against Russian troops holding strong positio ns, the Austro-Germans have attackeu again and again In spite of heavy losses. Yesterday, according to the Russian official account, the Au h trions deliver ed furious, but unsuccessful, attacks , between the Sain and Ordawa rivers, while the Germans made fruitless at tempts around Koklduwka and at Ro jankn they lost two companies, which were surrounded and annihilated. No estimates have been published of losses sustained by the Germanic .armies In their efforts to break ' through" the- Russian lines at these places, but they are believed to .have ... \> {Continued on Page Four)_ To Prevent N U.S. From E - (By Associated Prnw.) WASHINGTON, March 3.?By una nimous vote the senate late tonight adopted a cubstituto for th.9 joint re solution pained earlier in the house - enlarging the power of the president bv.'tinprevent infrinugeraents Of Amerl '.! ' ?an neutrality by voxels leaving ports ; ;ot the-1 United Btates with men o? 1 . supplies for belligerent warships, The senate substitute' later ,was agreed to in the house. Tho resolu tion nbw goes to President V,T?s??;1er his .signature. "The substitute, framed after a con . fereiicd at tho White House bit ween the president and members .of the foreign .relations committee reads: Resolved.: ,by. the senate and- house of ronr?sentatlves of the Uhltrd - States of America, In congress nsse.n '. bled. that, from and-after, the nassage of this resolution;-and during the .existence of a war to which the Unit ed Btatos is not a party, and in order to prevent the neutrality of tho Unit otrstatCfl from being violated by tbe use of 1U territory. Its ports,'or its territorial Waters as th* base of operations for the armed forces of a belligerent, contrary to the obliga tions imposed Djr the law of nations, Uto^ treaties to which the Cult*? 3f*te* <18 ? Party, or. contrary to' the ' *fa*m*e 9f t? United 8t?ff?, the presi dent bx &U? he la, hereby authorised ?0 APPEAR BEFORE 0. S. SUPREME COURT ATTORNEY GENERAL PEE PLES AND ASSISTANT GO TO WASHINGTON They Will Argue State'? Side of Case Against Joe Malloy Friday I Special to The Intelligencer. I COLUMBIA. March 3.?Attorney General Peeplcs and Assistant Attor ney General Dominick left for Wash ington tonight to appear before tho U. S. Supreme Court to represent the State in several cases. On Friday they will argue the State's side of the case againBt Joe Malloy, who is un der sentence of death in this State for the murder of Prentiss Moore in Marlboro county in 1910. Malloy will be represented by W. F. Su-venson of Che?aw. Malloy is contending that the substitution of electrocution for hang ing wac made arter his conviction and it therefore is an ex post facto law. which the State will contend that it wa3 simply a change of method in do-, ing away with criminals and is not an ex post facto law. On Wednesday of next week the attorney general will appear before the sup. > me court in two cases brought by the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance company against State Insurance Commissioner P. H. McMaster with reference to the right of a commissioner to require a fire insurance company to deposit a bond of surety before doing busi ness in the State. RESCUE PARTIES CONTINUE SEARCH Mining Experts Trying to Pene trate Mine Where 182 Men -Were Entombed i (By Am^sied Press.) I HINTON. W. Va., Marek G. Rescue parties today continued their efforts to penetrate the workings of the Layland mine of the New River and Pocahbntas Consolidated Coal com pany where 182 men were entombed by an explosion yesterday, but to -night only four additional bodies had been brought to the surface. This in creased the total known dead to 1.4. Rescuers said today that the farther they advanced in the mine the great er was the destruction by the explos ion. The work of brattlclng the main en try, Is progressing rapidly, but it was said it would be several days before' the mine was clear of after-dsmp. The main entry of mine No.3, where the explosion, was believed to have oc curred, has been explored its entire length. Rescuers, however, fear other bodies will be found in rooms off the aide tiers and in No. 4 mino which connects underground with No. 3. Chief Inspector Henry said today that tbe condition of the bodies so for found showed the men had been suf focated. Grants Claim For Damage*. WASHINGTON. March 3.-^The house tonight granted the claim or tho Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Va., for $100.000 damages caused by the destruction of Its 11b rarv and other property by tiro when .Federal troops under General Hunter entered the town in 1864. __^ eutratity of teing Violated and empowered to direct tse collectors of customs under the jurisdiction of the United States to wlthhqli clear ance of any vessel of American or foreign register,, or license, whicn he has reasonable cause to 'believ> to be about'to carry fuel, arms, ammunition, mel or supplies to any warship, or tender, or supply ship "of (o belliger ent nation-In violation or 'the obliga tions of the United States as a'neu tral nation. : "In case any such vease? or Ameri can register or license. ahall M?part or attempt to depart from* the Juris diction of tho United 3tate* .'without clearance for any of the purpose above' set forth, the owner or master, or per son or persons having 'charge or command of auch vessel ?hall >evorel ly be ,liable to a fide of not less than $2,000 nor more sthan $10,000, or' to Imprisonment jot to exceed twayters. or both and, in addition, such v.-sael shall be forfeited to tho United States. "That the: president of tbe United States be, and he IS hereby, -tuthord ed and empowered to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as shall be necessary to carry put the . purposes of this reso lution. ' n,/5r?at the provisions of this reso lution shall be deemed to extend to all lands nhd waters, continental or ?S4mI??"i within the1 jurisdiction of the United Slates." >' .:..-:./ ; >< > : PROTESTS TO 6EN. CJ? - ! STATE DEPARTMENT CALLS ATTENTION TO SERIOUS NESS OF STATEMENTS REGARDING THE FOOD SITUATION General Obregon Declines Aid From an International Re lief Committee (Uy Asxoriatrtl Pus*.) WASHINTON. March 3.?The State ( department today protested to Gen oral Carranza against alleged "incen diary statements" made in Mexico City by General Obregon regarding the food situation there. Although Obregon made public announcement that he would withdraw bis troops tho first signs of hunger riots, state partment advices today said he had declined aid from an international relief committee. I The situation in Mexico City is at tributed to the closing of ,govern- , mom offices, the suspension of indus try, the isolation of the capital from the outlying country and the sending of food supplies to Vera Cruz. State department reports were sum- I marized in this announcement: "The department is advised that ou ' March 2 the press of Mexico City pub lished another statement from General Obregon as follows: ^ " 'At the first attempt at riot I will 1 leave the city at the head of my troops In order that they may not fire a Bingle shot against the hungry multitude, as the, merchants did not accept the hi yltatlon which was made to. them to assist the people and prevent vlo- j le nee.' . . . I "Hils statement appears to be com- j pletely at variance with the depart- ' mont's'advices' from Mexico City-con cersjaR the relior work recently in-1 s tit u ted. It is stated that the interno ional relief committee has taken un the work with considerable energy, ' and that it has met with a hearty rc Bponse on the part of foreigners in : general. Two .banks alone have sub- j scribed 125,000 pesos. The press of i Mexico City states that on March 1, j a member of the relief committee ap proached Obregon to asck that certain facilities be given the committee in the way of railroad transportation to bring in the. much needed staple .ar ticles and' his answer was that the 'Mexican people did not require any help from foreigners' and consequent ly the committee's request was turned j down. j "The department has given Instruc tions that tiie attention of General Carranza be called to the seriousness of having such incendiary statements as the one quoted appearing in the press." DeBpite the sinking of the gunboat. Progress, which was blockading the port'of Progreso and enforcing the embargo placed by Carranza on the. exportation on sisal fibre and other products, the state department was' Informed today that the port was still closed to commerce. No reply has yet been received from Consul Sllllman, I at Vera Cruz, as to the repr?senta-1 lions protesting against the embargo he. laid before Carranza several days Gorge C. Carothers, special agent of the state department In Mexico, reported today from Torreon that he Was oxamlning the evidence In the' cas8 of Leonard Worcester. Jr., an American mining man arrested at Chihuahua. Worcester was said to be charged with defrauding Francisco unijano. of money due him from the Oranby Mining and Smelting Com pany, of 8L Louis. According to the report from Carothers, Wor cester might have been released from Jail but did not .make application for | ball. - j State department dispatches from Vera Cruz now place the number kill-1 tod. In. the blowing un of the Mexican Sttnboat Progreso at 40. Previous re ports have put the number between1 three and 30. I The Carranza agency here announc-, ed today that It had received advices! paying Carranza troops had captured ?rooteras, killing 300 Villa soldiers. ( The dispatch,added that the fall of Moatefp/ was "considered immineht."j May Give Aid to Colorado Miners 'V 5 . . ? - (By AMod?tod Vi*m.) NEW YORK. March 3.?The Rocke fellor Foundation may give aid to Col orado miners and their families In distress es a result Of recent mining troubles in that State, when civic aid lather authorities are unable to cope #ftb the need, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., indicated tonight in a telegram sent to F. 3, Radfoid, president of tho chamber of commerce at Trinidad, Col.. Mr. RockefellerV telegram was sont in response to one received front Mr. Radford asking for aid. - l! B?i? OF REGENTS ! NAMES MEN WHO WILL GOV ERN STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE Alto Announces Members of State Board of Charities and Corrections I COLUMBIA. March 3.?Governor Manning tonight appointed the hoard of regents of the state Hospital for the Insane as follows: J. B. Sirrine of Grc-cnvlllfc. lt. B. Scarborough of Conway. Dri>C. Fred Williams of Co lumbia, Dr. ?. C. Baker of Sumter, ?. W. SeegarB pf Lee county. . Mr. Sirrine is a civil engineer of high rank,,Mr. Scarborough is one of the foremost lawyers and business men of the State and after represent ing the Sixth district in congress for a number foE years voluntarily quit. Dr. Williams was formerly secretary of tha State hoard of health, and both lie and Dr. Buker are leuding physi cians, Dr. Baker having been presi dent of the South Carolina Medical Association. } Mr. Seegars is a practi cal farmer of large interests. The governor also announced the members of "the State board of chari ties and corrections as follows: Dr. Ceorge B. Crpmer of Newberry, form er president vof Newberry College and now a leading lawyer of that city ; Rev. Z. T. Cody of Greenville, editor or the Baptist Courier; Prof. D. D. Waller or Woffo.rd College. IL H. King, secretary of:?t]iP Charleston Y. M. C. A., and Lawrence O. Patterson or Greenville, lawyer and business man. This board will have charge of all the penal and charitable institutions of the State,- and will have supervision of all county alms bouses, cbningangs and jails. They are empowered to.em ploy a secretary nt a salary or ?2,600 as year- .andVtrasidlling expenses, and an assistant secretary eta salary of $1.800. The appointments were made for merit and fitness, and it is believ ed- will meet with universal approval. Reductions In Express Rates State Railroad Commission Or ders Sweeping Reductions on Perishable Goods Sperinl tn Thp InWIiponnrr COLUMBIA, March 3?The railroad commission tonight issued an order making sweeping reductions in ex press rates in South Carolina, effec tive within 30 days. The rate on cab. bago was reduced to. 50 per cent, of first class instead of CO per cent, as at present. The rate on bananas, pine apples, grape fruit, limes, lemons, oranges was reduced from 75 to 60 per cent, of first class, which is a re. duction of 20 per cent. The commis sion will hold a hearing on March 10 on express rates on ico cream and fish. COMMON CARRIERS MADE RESPONSIBLE Liable For Loss, Damage or In jury to Property Regardless of Limitation or Liability (By .\K?>rint?l Pn*0 WASHINGTON, March 3.?The sen ate bill to make railroads and other common carriers liable for actual loss, damage or injury caused to prop erty they-carry, regardless of limita tion.of liability or amount of recovery In any receipt, lading bill or tariff fil ed, was passed by the house today. It now goes to the* president for approv al. , , The bill, which particularly affects the cattle shippers of* the West,, ex cepts from its provisions cases where, the .property transported is hidden from view by wrapping or. boxing and where the Interstate .commerce' com mission authorizes rates for' trans portation for comadttlcs dependent Upon the value or the property ship ped, stated in writing by the consign or. (V oooo oooo o o ooooooooo :'a"??'-f '. y'?: o o : SIGNS COURT BILL b o ??-. d o (By Associated Press.) o o Washington, March z.t- o o President Wilson tonight signed a.o o bill creating nn additional fed. o o eral. district Judgeshlp in South o o Carolina. No selection has been o o made tor the position, o ? a OOOO ODOODOO 00 0 o.o o o o THE RICH 1ST BE FRIGHTENED PLEA OF ANARCHIST AR RESTED FOR PLACING BOMB IN CATHEDRAL TWO ARE HELD IN $25,000 BAIL EACH Maximum Penalty For the Crime Charged is 25 Years in Prison (Uy Awmrinlcd Prrw.) NEW YORK. March 3.?The grund Jury found indictments lnte today asainst Frank Abarno and Charles Carbone, the anarchists arrested yes terday accused of having plotted to explode two dynamite bombs In St. Patrick's, Cathedral while, several hundred worshippers were at miss. The two men were arraigned and held in $25.000 ball each for pleading Fri day. { The maximum penalty for I he erlme charged is 2i> years in prison. Although Carbone took no uetuul ] part in the placing or tho bombs In | the cathedral. It was charged Unit he did most of the work in manufacturing them. Aharno is accused of having carried the bombs Into the church and of having lighted the fr.se or one of them. When the men were nrru'gned Car bone said through un interpreter tbat he knew nothing of the bomb nlot, did 4iot make the bomb and was-entirely Innocent. Last night the noMe* an nounced that both Carbone and Abar no had confessed to plotting to ex plode, tho bombs in the cathedral, as an initial move in th? inauguration of a series of outrages in which wealthy men were to be killed and bupko'vere to 'be'looted.'" ' ' : ' "~ Xfpfpr'"' "What wo3 in your bead when you planted the bomb?" osked the presid ing judge today or Aharno. "Tho condition or society leaves the oaly thing to be done, the frighten ing of the rich," replied Aharno. "The homo was needed to make a* change in conditions. I did not want to injure tho people in the cathedral, but the rich must be frightened mtc. know ing the condition of the poor." Emilio Polignanl, the young detec tive who, under tho name of Frank Raldo. was takan into the conf?dnncn or the anarchists and brought about their arrest, was the principal wit ness summoned before thu grand Jury. Prominent anarch! ?t loader*, among them Emma Golden, Benjamin Heit mann, Italmondo Fa-'io and Cnr?o Tresen, declared toddy that Aharno and Carbone wore unknown to them personally and -?imt their acts could not be attributed te an anarchistic plot against WecU'tyi rren and banks, a.i the police declared. - Policemen, not.in uniform, who were detailed yesterday tj maintain a watch over St. Patricks Cathedral, contin ued on duty today and it was- bald that of the strong force :-aclng the men suspected >f bomb making sev eral would be assignat to miard oth er churches. Aharno and Carbone tonight de clared they were "framed up" by their supposed comrade, detective POlighani. who wns known to them as Frank Baldo. The detective, they as serted, was the brains of the con spiracy. . "We would not have ventured Into the scheme if it were not for the urg ing of Baldo," said Aharno. Abarno declared that Baldo was the first of the three to buy bomb-making ingredients. Cardone had [bought some other materials later, but Baldo pro cured the last important chemical, lie said. Both prisoners charged that Baldo selected St. Patrick's Cathedral and showed them where to place the In fernal machine. It was Baldo, they said, who suggested Rockefeller. Car-, ncgle and others as fit subjects for the wroth of all class-hating free t Ii Inkers. . "We were the tooln of tho police, anxious to make a showing," said Abarno. POPE GREATLY INTERESTED -,- S - American Note ."Meets With Praise Doth In Political World and Newspapers. (By Aw?in!if?il Pres?.) ' . ) ROME, March a.?(12:30 p. m.)? The Identical note of the American government to Germany and Great Britain meets with general praise both in tho political world and in the newspapers.. The G lorn ale d'Italia ex presses the hope tbat It may the the first step toward further negotiations which will lead to ah ultimate under standing: Pope Benedict was greatly interest ed In the document and. roqoested Cardinal -Gftsnarrl to send him the text.and also the German reply.. Ho also had Cardinal Cusparri inquire at! the. British tegaUou to the Holy See What the British attitude would STEADILY REDUCING PROPERTY STORAGE ADJ. GEN. MOORE COMBING STATE FOR OLD MILITIA EQUIPMENT Deficit Has Been Brought Down From $86,000 to About $35,000 Special ?i> The Ititcllicrnrw. COLUMBIA, Murcli 3.?Adj. Cen. \V. W. Moore 1h steadily reducing the ( property shortage due by tlie State of j South Carolina to the U. S. govern, ment for militia equipment covering a period of several years. The adjutant is accomplishing this by combing the state for old property and having it shipped to Columbia. As a result of , his effort the shortage bus been brought down from $8G,000 to about ?oC.000. He hopes to materially re duce iNs amount. The auj -tant general is about half .way'through "ith the annual inspec tion of the mi it!?* and il is expected that his . (.port how at least a docen compati... .,. ' if this is so liicy v/lll have ?j be mustered out. GENERAL SCOTT GOES TO UTAH (Will Attempt a Peaceful Settle ment With Recalcitrant Piute Indians (Hy AMocinlnl Pns?.) WASHINGTON, March 3.?Briga dier General Scott, chief of staff of the army. left today for Utah to at tempt a peaceful settlement with the recalcitraut Plutc Indians. General Scott has a long record, as an Indian fighter .and as - a mediator among the'Indians, whose dialects ho speaks and whose habits be knows thoroughly. About a year ago he brought the recalcitrant Navajos into camp without bloodshed. Reports to the Indian office say there now are nearly 200 Piute warriors off the res ervation. They are said to have the sympathy of many of the reservation Indians. Treasury Department Receives Big Check (By Asuorint""! Prem.) WASHINGTON. March 3.?The treasury department tonight received a check from Postmaster General Burlesan for $3,500,000, representing the surplun in the revenues of his de partment for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1914. For the fiscal year of 1013 the postal revenue sur plus was $3,800.00. which also wob turned over to the treasury. In ac knowledging the receipt of today's check. Secretary McAdoo said these 'payments wore the first representing actual surpluses made by the postof. ilec department since 1836. ooooooooooooouooooo 0 o ii IlUHHlaiiH Reoccupy .Stanlxluu. o o LONDON, March 4 (3:20 a. m.) o o ?The Morning Post's Bucharest, o o Rumania, correspondent, nays the o o Russians have reoccupied Stanls- o o 'au, Gallcia. o o , o oooooooooiooooooooci Sixty-ThirdCt Generous Th? (By Associated Vre/*.) | WASHINGTON, March 3.?Secre tary Daniels, in a statement'tonight, analyzed the constructive features in the naval appropriation bill and cabr acterlzed It as the '.'most liberal meas ure for the Increases and 'support of .tho navy" ever enacted. The G'Jrd congress. Mr. Daniels said, had been more generous than any other, havhi { provided $86,145,535 for new ships- more thau $30,250,000 more than the preceding congress ap propriated. Five dreadnoughts?an entire-division?wero provided for In two bills. i *j I "The wisdom of the present con gress,", said th? secretary, "is shown particularly In Its resistance to at tempts to discredit the navy's mater ial and personnel; In its adherence to the fundamental types of fighting j vessels?battleships, destroyers and I submarines?tri Its recognition of alr ! craft and submarines as important auxiliaries of warfare, and of the let ter's Increased efHoioncy; in Its crea tion of a naval reserve; In the es tablishment of the office of tho chief of naval operations and the ranks of admirals and vice ;admirals;' hi the abolition of the plucking board; in equipping navy- yards forvtb? con?! et ruction of ships and the increase' In the manufacture of ' munitions or j war; In woll considered and liberal CONGRESS MAKING DESPER ATE EFFORTS TO PASS NECESSARY MEASURES SHIP BILL DIES 2 IN FADING HOURS Measure Withdrawn by its Sup porters?Rural Credits Leg islation Abandoned 1 (By Auocinted Prow.) WASHINGTON, March 3.?The 63rd congroHB, under high legislative pres sure, tonight worked its w?y toward its end at noon tomorrow.' Under the eyes of hundreds of Spec tators, the two houses handled a flood ' of bills, resolutions and conference report? In a desperate effort to pass all necessary legislation before ad journment. The sessions of both houses promised to be virtually con- : tinuouB until'the end. in the fading hours the government ship purchase bill, which Borvcd as the vehicle for the most determined ruccessful filibuster ever undertaken in congress, died without ? struggle. The bill was withdrawn "by its sup porters In the senate when an effort to have it referred to conference ? second time mot with more filibuster ing by its opponents. Soon after this men sure had been Shunted Into the discard, rural credits legtsIcAlpo.. which at the eleventh hour had Open attached to the agricultural appropria tion bill, was abandoned because con ferees could not agr^tt on its 'provts ions. Other important measures which, at a late hour tonight, seemed doom ed were the Philippine self govern ment bill and; the water power 'and mineral land leasing measte.?5, both vigorously urged by President Wilson [ at the beginning of the congress. t. An agreement on the post office -ap propriation bill, the last of the sup ply measures In conference, was I reached by the conferees late tonight. I Provision for the space basin of payment for railway mail service wag. retained. The proposed abolition' of assistant postmasters v/uo eliminated. Hons,, leaders already had prepared a joint resolution to continue the ex ist Jug appropriation for the postal service in case the bill falls of adop- - lion. The Indian bill was adopted, in conference at a late hour. Confusion, disorder* and noise wor^ the chief characteristics of the flntU legislative spurt in the house. Mem bers and spectators kept up a constant hum of conversation that at times grew to a roar. It' was hushed now and then by the frantic efforts of Speaker Clark, who pounded his desk with the gavel, admonished the menir berg on the floor and roundly lectured ! th0 galeries in vain endeavors to preserve order. WUjle the nour. waited for the big appropriation bills and conference reports upon which action was abso lutely necessary the speaker directed the consideration of bills by. unani mous consent. A continuous clapjoc for recognition resulted. Members called up a flood of bills of ovorv description lit the hope tha'. they might get through without Objections^, The great throng of men and women in the gullories sat through this con fused legislative flood and outside yngress Mor&" an Any Other appropriations for the needs of the service in every line. ?t; "No other congress," declared Mr> Daniels, "has gone so far to see that its appropriation was applied- where most vitally needed and. without re gard to merely political considera tions. Everything has been :utbdrd! nated to ihe battle fleet and its ef ficiency. Of perhaps even greater ' eventual importance than j the . mere physical additions to tbe fleet are tho steps which have been taken towards increasing the personnel and modem-; I zing tho military organisation of the navy." . y - . $1,000,000 Im?ra Fund Meld '* .'-'-V* >.. ," . .* .\%?H? I llipilM,..!! ..I (By AaaocifU&d >Pct**.y CINCINNATI. O., March 8.?*tfe; million-dollar Insurance fund of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad, obtained by contributions from the salaries of its;employes; was, held : illegal In a common, picas decis ion today. sSfiz . The .court, upheld the contentions of rJoB?ph Ba?a^A*:'sVrtt(M^ sued for the amount bo bad contrlb: utcd, claiming' contribution wai com pulsory. Appeal will Bo taken,