I I I The Bee's Letter Box Inritts short contributions on cur rant topics from Zta readers. lat j na hear from you. Idmlt 300 worda. The Omaha Daily THE WEATHER. Fair; Colder VOL. XLII-NO. 144. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOUSING, DEt'KMUElt a, 1)1'2-TWELVE 1'AUES. slXcile copy two cunts. Bee HJUffllMM SYSTEM DERI HRFfl TRUST RY -"-"II IWI I I I V V I L I THE SUPREME COURT Government Wins Suit for Dissolu tion of Relations Between Union Paoifio and Southern Paoific. JUSTICE DAY HEADS DECISION Aoquisition of Stock Declared Vio lation of Sherman Act. REMANDED TO LOWER COURT It is Ordered to Reverse Order Dis missing: Bill. CERTAIN MODIHCATIONS MADE In ton Paclflo Wilt lie AllnnrA Io Aeqnlro Central Pacific Under j Condition Ontllurd by the Court. T A3HiNQT0N, Dec. 2,-The supreme ourt today In an opinion announced. by JusUo. Day held that the Union Pacific toclc tn the SouUiern Paclfle had ef-' fected' a combination in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. .luatlce Day, readme the opinion, indi cated that the court would enter a decree to dissolve- the combination and alao an Injunction to prevent the Union Pacific from vWlna- ' Southern Pacific atock. In announcinr the opinion Justice Dar raid: 'Thin court reaches the decision that the Union Paclflo and ' Southern PaolHo xy?tems, prior to the otock purchase, were competitors encased In interstate commerce, actlhs Independently as to a large amount of such carrying trade, and that since the - acquisition of the stock In question the dominating power of the, Lnlon Pacific has suppressed competition between the systems and has effected a combination In restraint of interstate commerce within the prohibitions jot. the iot. Will )Me InJtinuOun. "Ill, order to enforco , the,- statute, the court lo required, to forbid the rtofAa: In the future of acts like those which are found to ' have been done In violation thereof and to enter a decree which will effectively dissolve the combination 'f ciurul to exist 'in violation of tho statute. "The decree should provide an Injunc tion against tlin rifrlit to vote this atock while In the ownership or control of the 'l.nlon Pacific company or any corporation owned by It, or while held by any cor 'poratlon or person for the Urilon Paclflo Company and forbid' any transfer or dis position thereof W'sucn wise as to con--tlnue Its control and should provide an Injunction ajainsl the. payment of dlvl-ilenfi's- upon such' stocltfl while thus held, oxcept to a receiver" to bo appointed by tho court' wlileh shall collect and hold such dividends uritll disposed .of by the decree, of the court. As the court below dlsmatsed the cov ernment'n'btll It, was nee'esaary to-con-sldar the .disposition of the .share. Of stock Beguiled by the, Uplon Pacific com pany which acquisition, we are told, con stituted an unlawful combination In viola tion of the .aptl-truat act. ,To .effectually conclude tho operating force of the com bination such dlsposjtlpn tdould be niade Bubject to the .approval end dpcree of the ourt and any plan for the dlspoeitlon of this stock must be. such as to effectually dissolve the unlawful combination thus it rated. The court shall proceed, upon the presentation . of any 'plaiv to hear lhd"sovernment and defendants and may brii.B additional parties whose presence may he necessary to-a final development of the stock In conformity to the views herein expressed. May Unr Central Pacific. 'As to the suggestion made at the oral argument, by the attorney general as to the nature of the decree, that one, must bo entered whloh. while destroying the Unlawful combination, lnuofar as the Union Paclflo secured' control of the com- prtltlnt; line of road extending fiom New Orleans and Galveston to San Francisco snd Portland, would permit the Union Pacific to retain the Central Paclflo con nection from Ognlon to Ran EYancieco and (Continued on Pane Two.) The Weather tnr Nebraska Increasinr warmer. Fur Iowa Jnoreasinsr warmer. 'IVmperatar at Omaha Hour. eloudlnc-!! cloudiness: VralertlaT-. Der. 17 IS 5 a, m 6 a. m 7 a. m 15 8 a. m IS a. m, 1C 10 a. m...., :$ 11 a. m :'l 11 m 6 1 p. m a 'i p. m 23 3 p. m 31 P. ra..., si 5 p. tn.. ,. :o 6 p. m t p. m ,b S p. ni TS Conparalle I. oral Itri-ord. lli. 1K11. IfllO. flic. pen. . T. Ai Hlshest y tat era so 31 Lowest yes tenia)' in. 31 .is Mean temperature IS 41 Sfi J? Preolpltatlon T .W .W V Tnmperatiirr anl precipitation depar iiirrn front the normal: Normal temperature 31 Defleten-y Cor tho day. , g ot'-l 'iff K-ce March 1 62 N' rninl prtllrrUMsn Mlnoh ( i Innv for tno day 61 Inch ''otHi rainfall lncn March 1, .24. M Inches Hericioncv ir.ro March 1 8.63 Inches IVflCleilCV for cor. prrio-J, t91l.lS.10 inchei Delidf ucy for cor, period, HflO.U.ti inches Itcjiort from !ttall.ia Hi 7' P." at, statflin and .State Temp. Illeh- Kaln- of weather. i p t. et run i heyctine. clear......-.. 5 Daveutott. clear 2R I'MIW, elnar K lies Molnes, .lear 21 todi City, clear ) Ijmder. r)oiWv .t3 -ortH PlatteJ Jear.... . nmuUa. rlcar. 1 At 31 M 2S A 3 as n n 40 t: 41 Ai 1 H j ,0) 021 .00 .00 .to T ,n .01 . M rub'o." eleur... inld City. cl.r... fx .... . V 13 -alt Lake flly. oioar.. . j -i ita Ke. cloudy.. .... . H'leridin. rt- U'Udy ... Mo.ix City, -ltar.t - ... W .rt lei.line. in- - y '"I r lndlfftte.- traei- of Mo1nltatloit t- A Ixx-al Forcufciiter tttS r i uoiuuu wx JLVi.TVjJ.t3 and Harbors Work WASHINGTON, Dou. 2. Ketittiixtes ag grcgatlrtg So6.7ai.JJJ for Improvements rrror and harbor win tbroughou country during the nest fiscal j- submitted to congress todn. nuat report of General Willi ohlef of engineers of ( Is Uim.m greater thanSHKalPH tor i the last flrual year, uflBrOt tho total. KISS.OIO, iriHKsfotCO for examination, gun-eyi?ftircontlEOiuilo;i of rivera and harbor., TTOr which there may be no special appropriation sub mitted, It Is to be provided for In thn regular river and harbor appropriation bill at thin session of eonarwis. For the continuing of contract work. J1I7,JS2 Is ashed of congress to Ki appropriated In the sundry civil appropriation bill. IMimates tar improvement? Include Mississippi TUver Head of pa to Ohio rlvr, t6.0uo,cW: Ohio river to Ml soui I river. U.OO0.COO; Missouri river . to Minneapolis JICO.CUU; high lock and dam between St. Paxil and Minneapolis N wu; imumwen pas. ijLwm. t Missouri River Six-foot channel. Kn- I Kan City to mouth, SilOO.OOO; Improvement. I ' Kansas City to Sioux City. 1150,00); Sioux ! City to Fort Bpnton, flSu.OOO. Ohio River Ioess and dams below , rutsburtcli. i:,000,W; open channel work, ' '"''0!' , , . , ulm ,..,. 11 p?.rUon VJ b,P .rer.?r lre".S tf.at the plans uf tho national coaet de fense board are sufficient for present needed He submits estimates on account of fortifications In the ' United States proper, aggregating 11.111.009. some of the' details being for gun and, mortar batter tfg, J10O.WO: modernizing old emplace ments, tytfy.tJSO; .eltctrloflt Installation;:. SX'.DUO; searchlights, M,0w; rites for fortifications, flSO.tOO, nnd preperraUon and repair of foits, i3O0,VA. lt the fortification In the insular possessions, the estimates aggregate M,2B,SSJ, Including sea coast battorius for Hawaii, S70,OM: for .the Philippine, Sk Mu,0U; for electrical Installation. J8t,4tSS: for casemate and galleries for mines In (he Philippines,, $07,000. Harvester Agent Disburses $500 to Kill Bill in Dakota !T, UUIf, Dec. 2. That as asrent for the International Harvester company he. spent $3X1 or tVM In 1903 to kill a bill pending In the South Dakota legislature which1 would have authorized tho manu facture of blndintr twine 1 nthe state penitentiary, was testified' to today by MIohael IT. Lamb of Mlstlon, Tex., at the openlnc session oC the Hi. Ixiuls hearincr in the government suit'- to dls ctolve the International - Ilan-esjer com pany. "Testimony 'was, taken before. Spe cial Examiner rtobert Taylor of Duluth. Lara3t.who was formerly a ..fificral; agent 6f' the cCarritleli HttAciler.-ci"n5- pany and later of the International,1 tes tified that when the bill came up he oon uulted John: H.i Bowler, fdriner' warden of the penitentiary and belnr told It would -take money- to. defeat the bill he wrote to Henry Daniels.' general man ager of. thn International.. . ' "A few 'days later I received a package of JM. bills, with InMniQtlons to-tiltn the) money, over to -Biwler. . Lamb dooiareu. He explained he thought tho money was a contribution. not.a,.bribe.. He also paid M. or $100 toa reporter . to - write an editorial against, the passu ffe of the twine bill, Lamb further testified.. The witness narrated a "conversation with Harry L. McCormlck In Chicago In January, 1803. in which McCormlck com plimented him for his loyalty in tho past to tlae McCormlck company, .but told him that hereatfer be was to. push the other makes' of binders that were controlled by the International Harvester company with Ui osame spirit as he had uhown In handling the McCprmlck mukc. Pope Announces Appointments of American Prelates ROME, Dec. 2. Tho pope today offi cially announced tho appointment of the following American prelates: PJght Rev. Dennis J. O'Connell, bishop of Rlchmondr Ttlght "Rev. Patrick A. Mc Govern, bishop of Cheyenne, Right Rev. Austin Dowllng, bishop of Des Moines and Rev. Kdward J. Hanna, auxiliary bishop of San Francisco. A consistory was held by the pope to day, at which tho red hat was placed on the heads of several prelates, who, with Archbishop FUrley of New York and Archbishop OConncll of Boston were on November 27, WU, designated cardinals. They are Francis X. Nagl, archbishop of Vienna; QtUaeppe Maria Con y Macho, archbishop of Valladolld; Aptonlo Vlco, papal nuncio to Hpalh: Francis 6. Bailer, archbishop of Olmuetz, and Enrique de Almarez y Santos, archbishop of Seville. Heveral hundred Americans wore pres ent at today's ceremony. .The pope looked very well and his voice was quite strong. Contrary to custom the pope did not deliver an allocution tod.ay. It is sug gested in explanation that it was un necessary, owing to the lack of any spe cial religious questions. Jannus at Memphis On HisWay South MKMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. i Tony Jan nus, etx route from Omaha to New Orleans in rt hydro-aeroplane, arrived here today from Osceola, Ark. He hoped to reach Helena, Ark., before, night full. MRS. INLUW UHfHbtU Wl I H MURDER OF CHAUFFEUR I SALT LAKE, Utah. Dee. i-Mrs. ninf.vlpvn inlow. who. with her husband. . Tnlnu .,-1 . urKtJtMl rharr0il -4h the murder ot Thoma K. White, a chauf- feur. killed in his taxlcab on the night of October A. whj hold to the district court at the conclusion of her preliminary hearing today'. Witness. identified her, fas the jascnger who engaged White' 'machine a snort time rcror- tne ratal shots weii. heani Irdow iimj was held ,,,,, ft1 tT'l e aWrpJiRn TWO GAVELS BROKEN BY SPEAKER CLARK IN ' HOUR-LONG SESSION Houses of Congress in Opening i Meeting Complete Preliminary Organization. , SENATE DEPRESSED BY .DEATHS ; Sherman. Heyburn and Rayncr Are Missing: Since Last Session. IPBESIDENl'S MESSAGE TODAY !t,,. ni,,i, r-.t t. t.-j L(nVel 9lMnber GfCCts Its I4" with Loud Enthusiasm. SENATE REPUBLICANS CONFER Attempt , Will Ilr Made to 1,'nltc .llrmhrM uf Party lo Allor? Klectlon of ttalllnarer l'rrilllif Officer. WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Vh senate and housn settled down to work today for tho hlsh pressure pension that Is to end the'cKty-ixicond tonjrreaj. Speaker Champ ('kirk, wleMltig his emblem of order with ever increasing forco, suc ceeded in breaking two valuable gavels before ho had brought the enthusiastic houe throuuh'iin liour and ten minutes of business. Tho salons In both house served to complete the preliminary work ot oi'KunlKatton ana left congreea ready for legislative buslnesH tomorrow. Tho fenatft, 'doprewied by the recent death of Vice President Sherman and Senatois Heyburn nnd Rayncr, wus In ,scilon but' twenty-two minutes. Both lrauue.4 adJounied-'AU soon as' the pre-llml-nat-les of organisation were iconclttded ottt of rmpect for officers .and members who had died klnce the adjoutntnent In Alt gun. 4 Jlcrl Knrlj- to llrar Jlrmaur, Preildent Taft's message will come o both houses tomorrow. The senate villi .meet at. 11 o'tflock, an hour befor t!i i ! customary time, so that the messns-c mv , be tecelvert awl - read - before proceedltias aro begun in the court of lmrNiCiment which is to try Judge Robert WrArch bold of tho commerce court. . Boltterous enthusiasm grcsteft; file le tum to thf houso of Speaker Glftrk, for ner SpcolJer .Cannon and othetj'mcmbers whose numqw have long beep Usoclite vit;i the important affairs ojjthat Kody. The' toll call In tho house wair by stated, and as the roll prooeeded tile mcmbero cljeered and applauded thrf names ot the more prominent .members. , Former. Spaker Cannonjwas given a rising gi-eetlitg whon' h& namo was reached. Democrats, and ;repubJ lean -wiio 4ukd -Jolied -in trm-applause- for Spejiet' CJark hen . he entered; the ehamBr at, noon Jumped to thi'r. feet and Joined in the choerlng. Four govemorB-elect, who will go from the house of representatives to their respective Htate capitals, also were vigorously cheered as the roll call proceeded. ' Tltoy were Repteseniatlve .5tUer, New Tork; Cos, Ohio; Robinson, Arkansas, and H6nna, North Dakota. Bills Introilnct'd In HfMisr. No business. was trahsacted by the sen ate, but a number of bills and resolu tions , were Introduced in the houue. A Joint .committee 'was named by the two houses to notify President Taft that con gress wan teady to receive communica tion. Senator Bacon, presiding officer of the senate, appointed Senators Cul lom and Martin and Speaker Clark named Representatives Underwood of Alabanui, Mann of Illinois and Johnson of Kentucky. Senate republicans lreld an Informal conference during the day In an effort to bolo the tangle which ha prevented the selection ot a permanent presiding officer of tho ccnate. It Is expected that a republican caucus will bo held before tho end of the week and that an effort (Continued on Page Two.) Democratic.Office Seekers Storm City Hall in Chicago CHICAtiO, 111., Dec. i Democratic of fice seekers crowded the, corridors of the city hall and county building before day light this morning as a preliminary to the nowly elected officials a-itiumina their duties today. At 4 o'clock In the morning tho throng of Job hunters numbered neveral hundred nnd an extra force ot bailiffs was nocvi sary to maintain order. For the flrat time, in weveral years the democrats have control of practically all the city and "county offices and tho rush for tho places held, by republicans led democratic party workers to appear at the public buildings lopg before daylight Kansas Corporation Law Declared Void .WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The kcpt-eme court today reaffirmed Its decision of the Kaneas corporation law closing Kansas 'etate courts to foreign corporations with out a certificate to do buslueas in the btatn was unconstitutlocal. Two years ago the Jaw was doc;lared unctinstitutlotial as a bunien qn Interstate commerce. The. point this year arose In the solt of the Bucks Stove and Range company ami other corporations to subject the ranch of P. B, Mason of Saline county, Kan bzh, to satisfy a Judgment aKUlnst C, C. Vlckcrs of Teiaf. To nr f n TVvif. W UM,VV UUJJDFAl' T"UiDii . is Again Upheld .V.SHINUTON. Dec. 2.-The constltu-I tlonallty of the section of the Immigration act -of 1007 authorising the government to depott women who become undesirable Inhabitants within three years from the time of their arrival In the United States vos today again upheld by the supreme rwirt n tije rune of l rvrulla .ul.onaltr. (arrested In IJnat Pt. IxiuIh In and held for deportation to l."s 'a Fro.u night to hoft King KoruMniuiil of Httlgnrln, King Peter of Sfcrvln, King George of Clr-eccc. Drown for 'Tho Sphere" by C'lnratppier Chirk. NEW JPEATUBES IN GONGRES Short Session Pr6cedes Wansfer of Potver to Deniocrats in Marcli '".' r.nTT,"F. HEAT, WftTnC T&EXTOOTEll lAixiiK, u.tunu wuiiii. lO.i&XiiuxrU ' .' . Snnolr llllU Will n Vxnml anil lloutjnf . Matter AKe'iiile.l'To-- M JHany Soleil'.MVn will' lio ' Iirnl oit Spxlon, ' ' ' VYASHIN.O.XQfL. Pfc, A'.-XJ) third SOS son,.of the Slxty-Bocond congress begins nt noon today under cireuniHinnces'or un tisuaV lhtertt. 'It comes togullier'aftr a political upheaval offal- muchlng ex tent which .will BoWtranRfer .all the.cv eoutlve branches of. th federal govern ment to democratic 'control. While .the present session' Is. merely the expiring stage of a congrcnH soon to go out of existence and tu lie superceded- in political control rind policy alter March 4, yet" today's resslotl in thoTWiale and house brings together (dr tho first tittle since tho recent overturning those' leader nnd elements of tho various partlen who have been most prominent in publlo at-' fairs. Tho old faces and ngu'rvs nro itgalu In evidence today, although some of 'them, like Ex-Spealtor Cannon, ' will eoon pwtt off tho congressional stage, while others, i ' like Bpeaker Clark and Cnnlrmon Under-., wood have had their tenures renewod and. strengthened. As a whole, however, tile domlnent tioto as tioth brunches of congress nASKiubln Is that new condition?, ,new iiollolea and new men have been unhtred In.na a re sult Of tho recent election and Hint about t;ie only . function of thQ.prrstyit short cession, lasting until March 1, lu to puss annual supply billy and wind up what re mains of.tbo.old .regime. In the senate, Vlco President Bhexman has boen 'rtmoved by doath from the presiding officer's choir, which will be filled temporarily by Senators Baron, of Georgia, and aalllneK, of New Hamp rfiJre. alt'enmtlng, ThtiTopubllcan control of tho uenate, with about fifty votis aa against 'tho present democrdtlo' strength of about forty-two. will continue until March A, although this- control is condi tioned largely by'lhe presence of two ele ments, regular and ' iu-ogrcslve, In ' the republican total of fifty. Senator Hay burn, of Idaho and ItaynoT, 'of MaVyland, have.Jdled Klncb the ; J:tst 9!ssIon closed, but In other respect the personnel con tinue unchanged until March 1. .Votablr Men Wno llallrr. In the house Speaker Clarice and .the.' nrlous ohalrmeu ot the. two pro.odlmf sessions, continue to dlrcv-t af falls, with a total , democratic vote of ISO, giving a democratic majority of about thirty-three. The personal aspect" was veiy pro nounced -us tho session began today, the air of democratic victory j)rvnding the capltol from end to end. Scores of men whoe manes have been prominently Iden tified with affairs of congrnts for many years, and who have shaped politics and legislation, faced tlwlr last three months of service ai the session opened. In. this notablo company wero the dean of house and senate "Uncle Joe" Cannon, former speaker, and center of many tur bulent sessions of Hi houcu, and Senator Shelby II. . Culfom, for thirty years a "e".ttt0r ttom ,,U"oU' " , I1"" frlend ! anil contemporary of Lincoln, and who1 was elroled to his first term In the na-, tional liuuso of repretentatlvce in 1W. Both Cannon and Cullom cutne back for tho winter's work tliu vlctlnis of politl- -T ' , , " ''c Texas, lone a democratic !ad. in d- bate .am- villi the voluntary announce .f.jptrii'Jeti on Page T Monarohs of All They Survey The National Capital .U6iiUnj tieuPiiilirr U Itiltt. . The Henntr. ' I Cotti enrd rft nootii S'enalor Ilucoii. tires- i Ildent'nlo tempore, tiresldlna'. ClmlrniHh CVPP of lntetoti commerce jnoijihtito ..ami pu nefd'an etfort would bo' jirtadr t,o rnarh an agreeipent on a report .1 ieomnie1idlhir AtnendtncnlB to' the-nntl- CaVipalgn. pondUureS , Investigating'! committee; will, reiutpe hearings Dcccm-i, hr. 1H Adjourned. at; 1?:JJ p.'ni.iunill 11 a. Tuesday, out of respect for the memory! ! .4... - ' . k ' ' ' ' . .. . I ofVic.PtTj!lileiit' Shermati and Senators' HoyHlirnarid hay riff. . convened "at" noon,' Speaker Clark pie-v aiding.', '..... . - - , ISstltnate. for running govenimonf dur ing fiscal, year Of. laii.sub'm.lited uythe unorn(ary of the .treasury.. ThnvJ aggregate I23.llWM. Hli IncreMSH of 2.37.:over 1313 .and Include to6,7C$,92 for liver and. nnrnor . iniprovement. First bill Introduced wus ono by Rep reson(aUVe Doforcst of 'New York to pension former presidents and widows of former presidents. Adjourned at l!10'p. m. until noon Tues day. A. K, Smiley, Peaoe Advocate-and Friend of the' Indian, Dead IUJPLuANDS, Cat.. Pec. Albert ,K. Smll', pace advocate, .pntron of the Ihdlaji and negrd, .and 'ioimder ot the Lake Moh.onk ' mountain r retrtat where tho annual peace conclaves are hold, died early today at 'his home heje. He was 81 yearn bid. Ills aged wife is at tho point nt death-and is 'hot lexpectod to sbrvivo'; more than a'fow'hours.--. Mr. Smlloy came here! In -1SW. He wos born In Vassalboro, Mo., and was . of a Quaker- family. W years he taught In Friends' 'colli-gen in Now Kngland. In Ittxt 'he . purchased' Uake Mohohk, N. - Y rtpd an area aroiipd -It ;and established the mountain Ijouse w.hlci.-beoatnit famous because It. took no gui;U on. qnday.. Mr, Bm(ley,for twantyyejim,. wns, trustee of Brown ttrjlvorsl(y. For a tluio he was also . president jot, tbe,New .Turk State Normal nchool at New Plata. N. V, Blind Man Has His Sight Restored 1 ' OKLAHOMA CITT,.'Okla., live. 2.-.Y ' bit of'-Wlifull 'flipped from a. rubber baud by, a phlld Is declarwl rroponMblo for-the. restoration -of the eyesight of Rev. O. 11. Rilptrt, pator of a local ohnruh, who hud bne bllrtil for twenty-eight years, , The mlc-le, flrod at random by a grandcptM of tle minister. . hit. him in one or t lie eyin and' to alleviate- the palp. hot ,'C'loths were applied. This occurftd serer.U duys ago. and when t was . apparent tiiat bis sight won being rcktored the afiplluatlcns. ware continued. Practically , normal vision returned todav. Mr, Rupert bo cune, suddenly -blind v.-hlle conducting u revival servlco In lUrmlimtou, O., tn U$I. Steers Sell for $12; : on Chicago Market t OHICAUO. Uv. a. -The hlghMit Price over paid for-steers in -the oprn market was rachoU. today when ton Angus yovr- llnga wn Uugl.t In nt 12 i Vt poutiJs . . '. . lor ty.i e.nrlcrri trade The hlglK't p'-evlou pi' - was SII.V .n October ' lilng Nicholas of Montenegro, ' rDYOAMITb BiUS vQUASHED ' iJFour. Defendants -Discharged on Mo tion "of the Government; BnnernirPTnr- urcrc tto '. ziio-p . u.iv,,, yjnoMj illslrlcl ' Atiorili- Mlllor Say?nc- Irnseil Slt-n liiil . TVot ., HoeA t'on neuK'il vllli. AIoufil k IJon plraey In ItrOenl Yrnrn, , ' INDIA N.VPO US, 1 Iinl..,;Doc.'3.-Four'of the f6rty-flvo . defeiidahtii In ' Hie "di'iik mlto'consplrucy" 'trial M dlHoHar'gedfby the'' government 4 today ; on tho Krnihds that' Hie cfiarges" a'galnbt'' them 'had not breiiMjusfitlried.' i .'..' The' dlcmlWuU' of, the - caes," leaving forty-one' labpr 'Uiiiori . of ffcialN still on trial, came 'whnn' " CTIarles MVi 'Mllfur, I'nlted States fdlslHfct attorney,' nnnoiihced that thn gill'iirtiriient'if cvldenco was all presenteu'arjd'thai tho government'-rested ita cac. ' ' i . a .Mr, Mlllet'theiiMUnved the dismissal, of tlie-dofendai"ts' Hd follows: William,, iC. Benson, fcast Gulloway,-- N, Y,,' former, president of 'the Deteroit IVderatlon of" JaJjor: Moultoiv n." bavin, Westchester, Pa,,' former"-jnnmbi' 'of Hie executive board 'of tho IrfteVriatlonal Assoolatlon of Bridge and Srii6tural IronwTjrkcrs:' John R. Cn'rrbH,' Sjmcuse, N.' Y., former offl-rial- local irpnwoi-koiTi' unlor.;' ripurgeon P. Meadows Ihdlan'apolls, Ind,, tmslnevs egent Of the 'local council of the Interna tional Brotherhood "of . Carpenters ''and Jolncrn. ' ' Uhoi for, fllsrhiirgr. Tim govrmmept'aatd lta release Of,tiei drfeiiduritM did not affect the merits of the remaining cases. , ' "Contrary to the' contemptible jiJJbllshod statements uf, Olaf "A Tveltmof." said District Attorney Mlljer, nddrefiltig tho court, "the government )i 11.110 deolro to p'tinish an intioRout defoadsfit- We have ooncluded that wlillo Carroll) Benson and Meadows' haye had KVlltV l;nl'ledp of a consplj-ucy Illegally, to transport eirplpslves the evidence Is. not conclusive., rjfnson since' hi leadership 'on 'a union official' at Dotrolt has retired tu a-farm and U no longer connected wllh'a-union. 3 "Iti tlin cae' of 'Pa vis -the evidence Is ccSiolujIve ' that he H guilty m a 'con pirator. His letters "as an' fve,cutlvft board member of Hie Irpnworkers' union show he knew of tho 'dynamite pfptm. The'ro Is (Inly one -reaVn. w imk lils dlfoharge. "t'.ls .tlut he retltvd from'' the tihlou In t)7 and Jiiita'ko!i"n.o P.trt In It slucii." Davla fo'nntrly was of, Ptiiradelphla. Benson blde!!belr.g lie'ad" of'tb.-,Poti-6lt 'I'ederatlon ' alfo wua coijiincttd with tho stcamflltors" union. ' ' M'otlou by tjie defense fpr the dtsmMsal of jMlrhael J.' Ciiymui" of PhlUdelphla; Clareiu.e (i Powd of Ilivchf slur, "N. V fortnurly of'petrolt; John H. Hari-' of St. UiuIk. Janjox. 13. Ray. of I'oorla, Mpr ray L. Piiinll pf Hpflnsfleld, III.; Fred Mopiy of 'Puluth and other dofenduntH was Overruled.. , .... "I will pay, at the end nf thr trial, t will listen" ti motion ,es to, 11 'fqw. tnore de fendants, liuf tlirwo. motions will not be entertained now," said 'Judge A. 11, An derson. ', lln.u First. WHiieM. Franlc M. Ryan, proldgnt-otthe Iniii- workers' union, was then txilled aa-tho first Mltneit for' the defence. Ryan Is charged with, promoting a dyna mite, conspiracy , hy ,wrt(iui letters .as prefldent of the nHiworkers union and by appropriating ' an rjecutlvu boanl ini'iiiber moijey with which John J. Mo Nwiuhiu bought rxpUlvs. Ryan testified ho beojme prrsldetit of! I IConttnUod oil lugi Two 1 J GERMAN CHANCELLOR SERVES NOTICE OPON RUSSIA AND SERVIA' Kaiser Will Support Austria-Hun rrary and Italy with Force of Arms if Necessary, i x SPEECH CAUSES A SENSATION Addregs in Reiolutag is Repetition One Hade in lu. SITUATION IS BECOMING MLXEI Allies Expect to Sign Treaty of Arm iatico Tuesday. GREECE MAY. REJECT THE TERMS Urrek Milliliter at Paris a;ra UI liorrrnmenr "Will Mo Asti-ee lleprnvtulniiliiK of druv- nople and 01hr Cities. BHULtN. Dee. S.-1mpriat ChaneelloS BethniHtin-Hollweg todaj utternd a plain warning to UuskU that lit case hostllltiro should nrlso out of tho AustroServlni difficulties Germany would draw her tn'onl to nntlot her allloA. The Imperial chnnretlor made thlfl declaration In the courwt of a spe'cn In Hie Relchntng dismissing -the Balkan sit uation. It was a repetition ot the .state menl mado nt tho. time .of the control versy mw the attention of Boenla uml Heriegolna, In 1W8, whloh. then oattsod an immense RenvHtHm In F.uropeun tapltalR. Altiiough at that period Jt flint, throatencfl to Kwecp Away the pact fir Russlali cabinet, the current of feeling aroused among tho Slavs ultlmatelr brought penes, ' Atlvmpt Inr T,mallsr t.'n tall t leu, Dr Von Betlieman,n-Ifoliwejr. afteo Kumnurlslng tha outhreak In the Bnlkansi and later on. when war was found to l Inevitable, to localise lioatlllUeH, passrd on lo the question ot Die Interests of the great powers directly affected by the final settlement. lie Bald: "When bur nllle, Austria-Hungary nml UhIj, in maintaining their Interests, are attacked although thin Is not tho present ptospcet by a third party, and thereby threatened In thrlr existence, then we. faithful to our compacts, will take their part firmly ami decisively. "Then we shall fight side by side with our allien for the maintenance of out" own position In Rurope and In defense of tho Hecurlty and future or odr own fath er) nd, "I am convinced, that-wo ha,ve tha wholrt. nation he.hind'ws In audi a poHcyH The imperial, chanceldf was at thl point ot hla tipeech heaxtllj" applauded by inahy of the members prsnt. Cohtlniilng- Von nethmann-I61lwek ds nlared tho belligerents In the present war- 0,(1 ,l0t dispute did hot dispute th right of the great pov6tH t0 ,,ttVe a W0xl ,n tUe ttntd BeU Oemetit.of the Balkan dtiestloii in whlcl their Intercut were nil Involved. The wishes of the powers, he said, would carrv greater weight if they were presented oojlectlyeiy. Negotiations with that end In view were now proeeodlnr and ho hoped ithey would result successfully, Clcrmany, ho said, like aoveral of Uu other great powers, was Interested lh Jire servltig Turkey as a powerful economic and political factor. He was able, he said,, to deny reports that the great Pow ers, or leve.ral of them wero planning acquisition of Turkish territory..- It whs BHsumed thn Imperial chancellor was re ferring to the report that Kngland was about to proclaim a formal protoolora(e over Egypt. Tho YlKorous tone adopted by the !m perlal chancellor surprised the house, which was expecting the usual diplomatic assurances that everything wus golntf well. fjreek Objfnt io Armlsllur. PARIS, Dee. 2. Gico will -not accept the tarnis of tho armlstlcu proposed by Turkey, according to Athos Romano, the Greek minister to France. In an Inter view appearing In- tho Temps. The Oreok minister says lie told Pre mler Polncalre this morning thnt Greec would repulse any idea ot permitting thn provisioning of places UHe Adrianoplc. Janlna and ficutarl Inslrad of the sur render ot tbofr. fortresses, as asksd bM Hie allies. Should this be granted, he wiys, 10 would permit Turkey to push on tn war vlgoronsly In case tho armistice . should not be followed by real peace. The Qrevk nation deires that Oreelc transports should land troops In AwlatU' Turkey In ordor to attaok Constantinople from that sldo, according to a dispatch to the. Temps from Athens. It adds that the Greeks are opposed to an armistice. Sign Agreement 'Faraday. LONDON, Dec. ?. T?ie work of chartiai! a new map of what hitherto has been Kuropean Turkey will begin Immediately after th signature of the armistice by tho plenipotentiaries of Turkey and the Balkan allies at tho vllUge ot Baghtche tomorrow. If the allies are able to agro among themnrlves us to the portions nf the apolls they 'are to ircelve there reepi no probability of a resumption ut hos tilities. The comparatively favorable terias whloh from all accounts havn been of fered by the allies to Turkey sirv so dif ferent from the original propoJals that they em to tuggest the idea that the governments ot the Balkan league realize that with winter gripping the countr, Turkey liaa gained, an ally which will prove more fatal to the armies fronting Adrlanople. Scutari and TchataIJa than have been the Ottoman cannon. No adjustment of the Austro-gervlan dispute is yet visible, Vienna continues to show pessimism and the newspapern there maintain tholr threatening attitude. but In spite ot this, official relations be tween St. Petersburg and Vienna seem t have become somewhat more cordial, and it I thought In diplomatic quarters that eventually Hereia will obtain a small mer cantile port 011 the Adriatic sea con nected with Scrvla by railroad. In the meantime, however. Servia lis trodden on the toes of I)aly by quartering a regiment of troops who recently vx -cupled the port of Duraxzo in the Halt in school buildings them. An energetic re- (Continued 011 Page Two. 1