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LAST EDITION-
N POLITICAL GOSSIP.vife of famous scotch
win- ww I nil iifiiinii nnruriiTn
Neeley Aroused Over OpposI
tlon in Home Town.
That Farrelly-for-Senatoi- Club
In Hutchinson.
SEN. THOMPSON'S CHARGES
Refers in Senate to Kansas
Democrats as "Traitors.
He Was 3Icch Wrought Up
About Matter.
Congressman George A. Neeley,
Whose wrath was aroused when his
has advisea nis - --- M
return to Kansas as soon as Mrs.
Neeleys health will If
take an active part in the flght which
has been organized against him n the
Feventh district. It is probable that
When the Seventh district congrc
man returns from WMhinfTnt a!
will make some definite statement as
to hilans for the United States sen
atorial campaign. As yet. .
neither said that he would or would
not be a candidate for the senate
Last week the Neeley opportti In
his home town organized a Farrel ,iy
fr-senator club. The express pur
pose of the club is to back the
Neeley senatorial boom off the boards
jnd glve W. Li. (Ironjaw) Brown a
clear netd in the Seventh district, ac
cording to the declarations of the
Neeley following. Not only do the
Neeley supporters charge Brown
wfth knowledge of the plan to , b lock
the Neeley senatorial boom, but it is
cnlrged that Governor Hodges atao
knew of the Farrelly organization and
that the plan did not meet with seri
ous objection from the state execu-
UVThe trouble in Hutchinson follows
a bitter postofflce fight. Neeleys
troubles are said to have increased
during the recent Hodges-Beck con
troversy. Then came the Brown sen
atorial candidacy and charges by
Neeley's friends that the state ad
ministration was too friendly with
the Kingman Democrat. The latest
move against Neeley was the organi
zation of the Farrelly club, which the
Hutchinson man's friends claim is
backed by friends of "Ironjaw
Brown. Neeley's health
will permit, the Seventh district con- I
gressman will return 10 jvano.
action as affecting the senatorial
fight will be a matter of interest to
the political leaders of the state. ,
Thompson Adda to Troubles.
Senator Thompson this week added
Hew complications to the Democratic
senatorial situation in a speech brand
ing certain Kansas Democrats as "po
litical traitors," and declaring that
none of the men who sought his de
feat at the hands of the 1913 legisla
ture may hope for future election to
office in this state. While Senator
Thompson did not name the men
rhnm h branded as "traitors." it is
claimed by men in state politics that
he referred to the Farrelly following, I
which was a year ago charged with an
attempt to bring about the defeat of
Thompson in the state legislature.
In the 1912 primaries, Thompson I
defeated Farrelly for the senatorial :
nomination although the Chanute J
lawyer won the popular majority.
Following Senator Thompson's defeat i
of VV. K. Stubbs in the November elec-I
tion. it was repeatedly claimed by !
Thompson's friends that an effort was!
being made by Farrelly and his friends j
to cause the defeat of Thompson in
the legislature. A few days before the J
election of Thompson in a joint session
of the legislature, it was charged that
Farrelly and a few of his friends held
a meeting in the Throop hotel at
which time the fight on Thompson
was discussed. It was the memory of
these events, political leaders claim,
which occasioned the Thompson
speech In the United States senate in
which he discussed Kansas political
affairs.
During the debate on the seating of
Frank B. Glass to the vacant senator
ship for Alabama, Senator Thompson
relieved himself of some tender per
sonal sentiment regarding elections of
United States senators by direct vote
of the people.
"In my own state of Kansas we grew
impatient for the government to act
and adopted the Oregon plan, under
which I was elected just before the
constitutional amendment was adopt
ed," the Kansas senator said.
"In my case an attempt was made
by a few political traitors to overturn
the vote of the people and obtain an
lection under the old plan. But the.
more this was advocated the stronger
my candidacy grew, so that finally I
received almost the unanimous elec
tion by the legislature. Not a single
man who advocated that the will of
the people, as expressed at the polls,
be disregarded can hope to be elected
to office now, high or low." j
And then the senator added: "Al-1
though I understand that some of them
aspire now to the senate." j
Herr Would Run If. i
J. N. Herr who was In Topeka this
week declared that he will seek the
Democratic congressional nominations
in the Seventh district if George A.
Neeley is a senatorial candidate. Herr,
however, will not run if Neeley de
sires a renominatlon.
"I will not be a candidate except In
event Mr. Neeley is a candidate for
the senate," said Herr. "Neeley is en
titled til renomination and re-election
if he desires to make the race and I
would not oppose him."
Senator Jouett Shouse of Kinsley
will also run for congress In the Sev
enth, it is claimed, if Neeley sought a
senatorial nomination..
Harmony In Stafford.
Stafford county Republicans will
hold a harmony meeting in St. John
Friday to lay plans for a get-together
campaign. According to a report from
Stafford county, a number qf Roose
velt supporters of a few months ago
ar In favor of a reunited Republican
party this year and will attend the
meeting.
Women on County Committee.
Clay county is the first Kansas
county to elect a woman as an officer
of a county, central committee. At a
meeting of Clay county Progressive
this week, Mrs. J. W. Plnkerton was
elected secretary of the Musty com-
THURSDAY EVENING
. .... .........
LAW WlilUII CKtVtH
Hra. trordon
San Francisco, Feb. 5 Not satis
fied with a state supreme court decis
ion which denied her the right to vote
in this state because she is the wife
of an alien, Mrs. Ethel C. Mackenzie,
wife of Gordon Mackenzie, the singer,
has taken her case to the supreme
court of the United States, with the
intention of determining the validity
of the federal statute which says that
an American woman who marries an
alien thereby takes the nationality of
her husband. -
Mrs. Mackenzie, who was born in
this state, and who. was . a citizen . of
mittee. Plans of the Clay county Bull '
Moosers will give the women equal
representation with the men on the
county committee.
Foster Wants Federal Job.
B. F. Foster of Topeka, colored, is
a candidate for the appointment as
recorder of deeds for the District of
Columbia. The office has for several
years been allotted to a negro and now ,
Senator Thompson is seeking the ap-,
pointment of the Topeka man. During
the second term of President Cleve
land, C. H. J. Taylor of Wyandotte
county was appointed to the office now
sought by Foster. Not since that time
has a Kansas man held the office.
HINT FROMTHE CZAR.
Is Said to Be Cause of Plndell's De
clining Ambassadorship.
Washington, Feb. 5. The recent
. i : i. vmafr nf amnfliisaxior
to Russia by Henry H. Pindell of j
Peoria, III., followed a nini uuu
czar that Mr. Pindell would not be ac
ceptable as ambassador.
A few days before Mr. Pindell s let
ter of declination was sent to the
president Ambassador Bakhmeteff ol
Russia Is said to have called on Secre
tary Bryan and transmitted to him the
gentle hint from the czar thatMr. Pin
dell be not sent to Russia. The Rus
sian ambassador is said to have been
greatly embarrassed by the mission.
All the correspondence which form
ed the basis of the opposition to Mr.
Pindell's appointment in the senate.
In which the committee and the sen
ate gave the Peoria editor a clean bill
of health, was transmitted tothe Rus
sian foreign department. While the
senate confirmed Mr. Pindell finally,
practically without opposition. It Is
said the Russian government took the
position that with the Important mat
ter of the negotiating of a new treaty
to come up it would be better for all
concerned if the United States repre
sentative at the Russian court should
not be handicapped by the embarrass
ment of the fight he had been through
The state department is silent upon
the report tnai me nusomu
ment had sent this hint to Mr. Bryan.
It was taken generally, however, as
the correct explanation of Mr. Pin--dell's
recent declination of the Rus-j
slan post. Mr. Pindell was in Wash-.
lngton ana conierreu
department a few days before he de
clined the pest.
THE DAY III CONGRESS
The House Continues Debate on the
Alaska Railroad Bill.
Washington, Feb. 5. Senate met at
noon. Hearings on the bill to regu
late stock exchange continued before
the banking committee.
House met at 11 a. m. Resumed de
bate on Alaska railway bill. Secre
tary Bryan discussed Baker Asiatic
exclusion bill before immigration com
mittee. Delegation of retail mer
chants urged interstate trade commis
.u. n mihiiMtv of bie business af-
DBUU f ' "
fairs before commerce committee. Out
of respect te the. memory or ine taie
Representative Bremner, agreed to
take up no new business today.
Weather rreeast for Kansas.
Unsettled and colder tonight and Fri
day: ctld wave in the extreme north
ern part of the state tonight. 4
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TOPEKA
SltlGFJt FIGHTS
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fS HER FROM VOTIw'G
Alackenziav
California prior to her marriage to the
well-known Scotch tenor, brought suit
for a writ of mandamus against the
election commission of this city be
cause its members refused to allow
her to register in January of last year.
The refusal was based on the federal
statute referred to. The' supreme
court of California upheld the action
of the election commissioner but, after
agreeing with Mrs. Mackenzie's at
torney that a federal question was In
volved, the - court granted a ' wrtt "of
error to the supreme court the
United States.
BRYAN ASKS FOR TIME
Urges Congress to Take No Action on
Asiatic Exclusion Hill.
Washington. Feb. 5. Secretary Bry
an urged the house immigration com
mittee today to take no action on the
Raker bill, for exclusion of Asiatic
immigrants. Diplomatic negotiations
between the United States and Japan
over the California anti-alien land law
and the whole question of Asiatic ex
clusion was discussed at length behind
closed doors. The secretary bound
Republicans and Democrats to secrecy
and told them the administration
needed to be free from legislative em
barrassments, in dealing with the sit
uation diplomatically. It was general
ly understood the wishes of the state
department would be respected and
that no effort would be made to press
the bill before the committee at this
time.
Secretary Bryan told the committee
that unless some untoward circum
stances arose, he hoped for an ami
cable adjustment of the Japanese
question. An agitation In congress at
this time, he declared would be most
unfortunate.
Representatives Raker and Hayes of
California were the only members of
the committee inclined to oppose the
wish of the secretary that action in the
matter be indefinitely postponed. Oth
ers readily agreed that nothing should
be done which would in any way em
barrass the administration.
A DAY OF GLOOM.
And There Is More Bad Weather on
the Way.
This is a day of gloom, and the
chances are that there will be snow
flurries before morning. A cold wave
Is predicted for the extreme north
portion of the state, but it is not ex
pected to extend as far south as To
peka. The minimum temperature at
Topeka will probably be about fifteen
degrees Friday.
Shippers' forecast: "Protect 36 hour
shipments north and west against tem
perature of zero; east. 15 degrees;
south. 20 to 25 degrees."
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing from the east at the rate
of 12 miles an hour.
The hourly readings:
o'clock 21
o'clock 21
o'clock 22
o'clock 26
11 o'clock 28
12 o'clock 29
1 o'clock 29
2 o'clock 30
3 o'clock 33
ROADS FIND A FRIEND.
First Shipper to Testify In Favor of
i Higher Rates. '
Washington, Feb. 5. The first tes
timony by shippers, favoring an in
crease in freight rates, was developed
today, before the interstate commerce
commission, at its hearing on protests
against the. 5 per cent advance, asked
by the eastern railroads. T. A. Gantt,
traffic manager cf the Corn Products
Refining company, testified that his
company had no objection to the in
crease if the rate made no discrimina
tion in favor of competitors,
KANSAS- FEBRUARY 5,
'HA7ATI AM HfEM
i.jiitii i tint i iiiii.ii
Mexican Rebels Capture First
Seaport Im JLeng Time.
Fall of the Cttj Accompanied
by Hot Fighting.
THEeascmpcKED
By Withdrawal of Troops to
Guard Guaymas.
Arms and Ammunition Are
Pouring Across' the Border.
Nogales, Feb., 5.-Masmtlan, an im
portant seacoast port in the state of
Slnaloa. was taken by Carranza's rebels
today, according to rebel advices from
Sonora. . ,
The rebels had been investing, the
city for some time,. jtavlng captured
Culiacan. the state 4 capital, several
weeks ago. ' -'$
Culiacan is north 4f Mazatlan and
it was used by the rebels as a supply
base for their attacst on the federal
troops in Mazatlan. i .
' The federals had taken the larger
portion oi ineir troops out of Mazat
lan and sent them Ut the defense of
Guaymas, which ihey evidently
thought the rebels wfuld first try to
invest. This weaken the garrison
10 sucn an extent tntt the rebel in
vestiture was com:
ktiyely easy, al-
though much hot
Bting is said to
have accompanied th
i fall of the port.
The rebels used
suery in the at
tack and their shells shattered many
of the buildings In ' the town. The
rebels had the advantage of protect
ing hills in the attack and the federal
gun fire was not serious.
Mazatlan is the home of many rich
Spaniards and Mexicans. The fan of
the town will place many, people with
money in a position .where they may
be forced to contribute to the rebels.
Mazatlan is a port from ' which, much
shipping is done. It is also the home
of many fishermen, aid its cargoes go
not only to Mexican ut to California
ports. . The capture of Mazatlan
places the first seaport m the posses
sion of the rebels. For months the
Carranzcistas have ..battled for the
possession -of Guaymas, Sonora, the
most important , seaport, . without
avail. ; -
Many Wltb Arms to Sell. .
Culiacan, Mexico, Fb. S. Lifting of
the embargo an the. exportation of
arms from the Unit d States caused
great activity amonjg constitutional
military chiefs. General Carranza's
headquarters here wfre flooded today
with" telegrams fromArma manufac
turers in many parts of the world. The
propositions offered showed, the action
of President Wilson had ' aided the
credit of the revolutionary party.
If, as expected, the United States de
livered the arms , and ammunition con
fiscated along the border since the be
ginning of the rebellion the insurgents
would have the elements necessary to
begin at once an aggressive campaign.
It is intimated that about 1,600,000
cartridges and nearly 3,000 rifles have
been confiscated by the United States
authorities .during the .last year.
Hnerta Issues an Order.
Mexico City, Feb. 5. A circular of in
structions was Issued today, by Pro
visional President Huerta, to the chiefs
of all army divisions and governors of
states. It recites the government has
begun a more active campaign against
the rebels and urges that extreme dili
gence be observed, in giving Ul possible
protection to non-combatants, foreign
as well as native removing them when
necessary from the zones of operations.
Takes Conservative View.
Mexico City, Feb. 5. Dr. Igancio Al
cocer, acting minister of the interior, in
commenting today on the raising of the
embargo on arms by the United States,
said it was proof of the sincerity of
President Wilson, since for a long time
nobody had been ignorant of the fact
that there had been undisguised toler
ance in the matter of introducing arms
and ammunition across the border. He
said it would not aid the revolutionists
but that on the other hand, the Mexican
government would profit by it "since it
presents a happy opportunity to make
known the power which it really pos
sesses." Dr.- Alcocer said he hoped in the near
future Mexico would have amicable re
lations with the United States because j
nsm ana jusiice were oouna to prevail.
Get Back Their Guns.
Washington, Feb. 6. Hundreds of
thousands of rounds of rifle and ma
chine gun ammunition under seizure
along the Mexican border are being
turned over to the constitutionalists as
fast as they prove ownership. During
the two years the embargo on arms has
been in force, agents of the department
of justice have arrested hundreds of
men in the act of transporting arms
across the border and nave seized car
loads of ammunition. - In many cases
the ammunition so seized was turned
over after it had been used as evidence.
Such arms as may be needed as evi
dence against persons, still under in
dictment, will not be released for the
present. It was said however, the de- l
partment of Justice probably will not
attempt to prosecute all the cases
against arms smugglers.
MOOSE 60 IT ALONE.
The Party in Maine Rejects Overtures
of Republicans.
Portland, Me., Feb. 5. The progres
sives of Maine today, rejected a Repub
lican proposal for amalgamating the
two parties and decided to place a com
plete state ticket in the field.
SAYS IT-CANT CE DOIIE
Senator Sutherland Declares Presiden
tial primary Bill Unconstitutional.
Washington, Feb. 5. Debate on Pres
ident Wilson's proposal for presidential
primaries, came up in the senate today
with Senator Walsh's bill for a tempor
ary method of nomination and election
of senators. Senator Sutherland, Re
publican, contended that a federal pri
mary election law woum a
1914.
' stltutionaL ' Senator. Walsh's bill
brought up by disposition of the Lee
and Glass contests from Maryland and
Alabama.
I "I disagree with the president." said
1 Senator Sutherland. "The constitution
provides that the manner of selecting
presidential electors shall be determin
ed by the state legislatures. If we
could pass a law we would have no
power to enforce it"
The proposed law would be operative
enly until state legislatures under the
express direction of the seventeenth
amendment should provide other means
for governing senatorial elections.
KEPT HER SECHET.
Woman Arrested for Passing Raised
Bills Would Not Tell Her Name.
New York, Feb. 5. The identity of
a. little woman, arrested in a depart
ment store recently, . on a charge of
passing bills that had been raised
from S20 to 350, was still her own se
cret ' today, when - she ' left the court
room, acquitted by a federal jury.
For want of a better name the detec
tives had called her "Jane Brown."
She refused to tell who she was be
cause, she said, she hoped some day
to become reconciled, with her hus
band and she did not wish him to
bear of her arrest. The- jury refused
to convict her because the secret
service men could not prove that she
know that the bills she passed were
not genuine. "...-
WILSONJIGIITS IT
President Is Unalterably Op
posed to Any Exemption
Of American Shipping From
Paying Canal ToUs.
Washington, Feb. 5. President
Wilson announced today that he
would use every legitimate influence
at his disposal to have repealed the
provision of the Panama, canal act ex
empting American- coastwise vessels
from the payment of tolls.
The president made it clear that he
was unalterably opposed to the ex
emption and that his position had
been perfectly well understood for
some time. He emphasized that he
would endeavor to have the provision
repealed during the present session of
congress. This was to clear up the
Impression which Senator O'Gorman
of New York, an advocate of the ex
emption, gave after a White House
conference, to the effect that the toll
controversy would be crowded out of
the legislative calendar of the present
session by the trust bills and appro
priation measures If a short session
were com opiated.
HURRY RURAL CREDITS
It Has Been Agreed to 'Pass the Bill
' at This Session.
Washington, Feb. 5. Under a definite
agreement between President Wilson
and Democrat house and -senator lead
ers, rural credits legislation, will be hur
ried through at this session" of congress.
This was determined today after con
ferences by the president. Senator
Owen and Representatives Underwood
and Bulkeley.
The house subcommittee has aban
doned a proposed trip about the coun
try to hear interested persons in order
to expedite action. The committee will
hold hearings in Washington but will
hurry them along in an effort to get a
bill before the house early in April.
Senator Owen and Representative
Bulkeley will arrange for co-operation
between the house and senate commit
tees and they may hold Joint hearings.
FOUND BY HER UNCLE.
High. School Girl Who Ran Away Has
Been Ijocated.
New York, Feb. 5. The missing
Brooklyn high school girl, Florence
Barbara Lawlor, daughter of George
H. Lawlor, a well-to-do druggist, has
been found. The police today re
ceived word from her uncle, B. R.
Hedges of Columbus, O., that v she is
being cared for at the Young Wo
men's Christian asociation in South
Chicago.
The girl disappeared Monday after
she had failed to win promotion in
school and had made an unsuccessful
attempt to conceal it from her par
ents. Mr. Lawlor is an Elk and
lodges all over the country had been
asked to assist in the search for bis
daughter.
It Might Have Been Worse.
Baltimore, Feb. 5. Soon after Sena
tor John Walter Smith of Maryland,
left home of his son-in-law, Arthur
D. Foster, at Roland Park, a fashion
able suburb for Washington today, the
house caught fire and was practically
destroyed entailing a loss of about $20.
000. The blaze occurred on the senator's
69th birthday, but he Bald he did not
regard it as a stroke of bad luck be
er, use it might have been much worse.
He ras so glad that his daughter and
her children escaped that he viewed the
property loss lightly.
Schmidt's Case to Jury.
New York, Feb. 5. The fate of Hans
Schmidt, accused of the murder of
Anna Anmuller, was placed in the
hands of a jury today for the second
time. At his former trial the jury dis
agreed. Justice Davis, in delivering his
second charge in the case, held as be
fore that If the jury found that Schmidt
tlid not realize the nature of his act he
must be acquitted.
Carriers Give Up Their Jobs.
Washington, Feb. 5. Parcel post
in the mountainous country of the
west has become so great that mail
carriers are abandoning their con
tracts. Senator Brady of Idaho to
day urged the postoffice committee to
take steps to give them relief. :
Man for Finders Job.
Washington, Feb. 5. Senator Po
merene of Ohio today presented to
President Wilson the name of Repre
sentative Sharp of Ohio for ambassa
dor to Russia. The president said he
would take the name under consider-
THURSDAY EVENING
HAS C!!i:SE SETJTE
' LUI-TDST CILLS
Francis G. Newlands.
Francis G. Newlands, United States
senator from Nevada, has charge of
the administration s anti-trust meas
ures in the: senate. Mr. Newlands has
already laid before the president a
draft of his bill for an interstate
trade commission. He is chairman of
the senate committee on interstate
commerce.
J. DORRITY'S FUNERAL
The Seller of Books Had Friends Who
Cared.
The funeral of John Dorrity was
held this morning at the Church of
the Assumption, Father Hayden offi
ciating. Dorrity died alone in a To
peka rooming house last Monday.
No one seems to know where his
home was or where any of his rela
tives can be found. He died alone
among strangers. And yet there
would have been many friends with
Dorrity in his last sickness had he
given out word that he was ill.
Dorrity was a seller of books and
he had been coming to this city twice
a year lor many years oast. Abso
lutely contrary to the general status
of book agents, his customers were
his friends. He was a reader as well
as a seller of books. He was always
welcome when he came to talk of the
printed page. He was as genial when
he failed of n order as when he took
one..
It has developed since his death
that he had been suffering from the
ravages of a cancer for about a year.
Bui a few days before his death, when
he made the round of his friends and
customers in Topeka to talk and sell
books, no one could have dreamed
that he was ill beyond a slight indis
position of vhich he complained, with
a smile to lighten the complaint.
The newspaper man, and the sher
iff, who was a newspaper man, at
tended the funeral of the man who
died alone away from his DeoDle.
And there was a doctor and a lawyer
tnere, ana a merchant and a chief.
They had left their mirth and their
employments to come , and pay their
last respects to tne aeaa book agent.
Only a handful in the big, empty
cnurcn. tsui fatner Hayden chanted
the requiems as solemnly and the
singer from tne organ loft resDonded
as sweetly as though a duke had died
and a crowded hall listened breath
less. That is the beauty of the Cath
olic faith. All the candles were light
ed like stars of faith, the bell and the
book were used, nd the incense and
all the solemn ceremony, for this
stranger without family, home or
money, just tne same as for the own
er of a big bouse on a hill.
Dorrity was a book agent, but a
dozen men who have abused the tribe
of these agents for twenty years sat
in sorrow wntie tne last rites were
said to speed his soul. It Is not what
you do In this pilgrim valley; It is
now you ao it. jonn Dorrity s epi
taph. Rest his soul.
Peace Treaty with Denmark.
Washington, Feb. 6. Secretary
sryan tooay ngoeo a peace treaty
witn uenmarK proviaing xor the sub.
mission of any questions In diSDute
to a commission which is allowed a
period of one year for examination
and report. Constantin Brun, the
Danish minister, signed the treaty for
his own government. So far eight
sucn conventions nave been signed
but none yet has been submitted to
the senate.
Hunting Unfinished Money,
Washington. Feb. 5. Four thousand
dollars worth of unfinished ten dollar
gold notes, which disappeared from the
government's money factory here, were
being sought today by secret service
men. They cannot be circulated un
less sealed, stamped and numbered. It
is not known whether they were lost or
stolen.
Settled by Arbitration.
Philadelphia, Feb. 5. Differences
between the W. F. Taubel hosiery
mills and their 3,000 employees was
i settled today by arbitration. The
I employees went on strike six weeks
j ago and last week they agreed to re
turn to work pending arbitration.
Under the agreement the employees
obtain an advance in wages.
j Peace Conference Called.
I Washington, Feb. 5. The United
' States has issued a call for holding the
third peace conference at The Hasue.
next year. This government took this
action, it is understood at the request
of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland.
To Fight Hog Cholera.
Washington, Feb. 5. A . threatened
loss of $200,000,000 in hogs during the
. present year froia hog cholera, led
the senate today to agree unanimous
I ly to a bill appropriating $500,000 for
the department or agriculture to fight
the disease.
Goetbab Is Confirmed. "
Washington, Feb. 5. The nomination of
Colonel George W. Goethals to be gov
ernor of the Panama canal, has been con
firmed by the senate. The appointment
becomes effective April 1, 1914. with Presi
dent Wilson's order creatine a permanent
avu government zer in caaai
i a Two CP "IS
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EUnflPEJ A DAY
Redrsu.m;?7aMiaaker lias Or
dered a Big' Flying Boat.
Plans Crossing the Atlantic la
One 7ontlnnons Flight.
TO . I-Iffi: k EmOT TT.7
From jrefondIand to Ireland
In Fifteen Hours.
Declares It lias Been a Loas
Cherished Ambition.
New York, Feb. 5. The success of
Rodiran Wanamakers flying boat, in
crossing the Atlantic ocean in a single :
flight, will depend almost entirely upon
Its motor, : according to aviators and '
aeroplane instructors who today let '
it be know that other machines were
either in process of designing or band
ing, with a similar object la view.
Through the Aero Club of America
Mr. Wanamaker announced Glenn H.
Curtlns wa building to his order an
immense hydro aeroplane In which an -attempt
wuld be made this summer
to crees the Atlantic. When the order
for the machine waa placed. Mr. Cur
tiss told Mr. Wanamaker that in his
opinion a motor could be perfected with
sumrcent power and endurance for an
over the ooean flight. His and other
aviafrs experience had proven, he ex- '
plained to Mr. Wanamaker. that a mo
tor can be run 40 or 50 hours with
out mishar
The Waeamaker flier is designed to
make the ocean flight in fifteen hours.
Concerning the machine Itself. Mr. Cur
tiss was co indent that his plans would
produce a model air craft. Albert
Molsant wSo today admitted that he
was n arking on an airship, for an ocean
night, was of the opinion that Mr.
Wansmake should modify his plans as '
to motive power, substituting a' 600
horse powffr motor for the 200 horse '
power, whleh his announcement says
he contemplates using. '
A Lr.ng Cherished Vision. '
Mr. Wanamaker, commenting - upon
the purposed flight declared that its ac-
compUhmetit bad been a cherished f
vltioc of his for years. His pur- .
pose, he said, was - in the interest of ,
world peac and by this he explained
that a trip over the ocean in one flight :
would awa&en th world to a realise- '
tion cf the tremendous importance of
aviation in warfare.
"Tlf s yer," he said, ''we are cele
brating a hundred years of peace be- '
twees Great Britain and America and '
it would be a fitting climsur to the cele
bration if t fiese-two nations could Unk
themselves more closely together, by an. .
interiiaUoikftl flight across the Atlantic. "
demoaatrat'jtg to the world that the
time for disarmament of nations is at -hand
if foi no other reason than be- "
cause aeronautics has reached a stage -where
ever- the greatest dread naught -battleship
may become futile."
To Try It This Summer.
In makini the announcement that the
flight will surely be undertaken this
sumrber, the Aero Club of America, on
behalf of Mr. Wanamaker, has asked
for the co-operation of all persons in-
te rested in teeing America first to con-
quer the at routes between the United .
States and Europe and also the eo- -operation
df the United States weather
bureau, th navy, and all owners of .
pleasure yrchts and merchant vessels. .
Owners cf private yachts planning
cruises, it was said, could perform pa
triotic service by making their plans
tor a cruise in thei North Atlantic. It
is tli hope of the - Aero club that the
route which the flying boat will cruise
will be dotted by American and British
pleasure ytchts.
The routs Is from St. John's, New
foundland, to the Irish coast and has -already
been mapped out by Rodman
Wanamaker, who made a trip to Eu
rope for tl-at purpose. It calls for L
000 miles of continuous flying to be
done, if pwssible, between dawn and
nightla.ll oJ a single day.
HOUSE COURTS A VETO
Passes Immigration Bill Turned Down
by Taft and Cleveland.
Washington. Feb. B. The Burnett Im
migration bill, prescribing a literacy test
for appr cants . to admission to the
UnltWl States, was passed by the house
by a' ota of 241 to 126. All proposed
amendments relating to the exclusion of
Asiatlft Immigrants previously had been
eliminated.
As the bill passed It provides that
every Immigrant admitted to the United
State must be able to read "the Eng
lish language or some other language or
dialect .Including Hebrew or Yiddish." It
prescribes the method of testing immi
grant, providing that each applicant for
admission must read a slip on which is
printed between thirty and forty words.
In It present form the measure passed
the hue and the senate in the last con
gress, but was vetoed by President Taft.
A simitar bill was vetoed during President
Cleveland's second administration. The
nim rters of the bill are confident it will
' affair pass the senate, although President
Wilson has let It be known that he does
' not appiove of the literacy test.
GLASS LOSES HIS SEAT
Wts Appointed Senator After Seven
teenth, Amendment Was Ratified.
WaMlngton, Feb. $. By a majority of
one v-te 32 to Frank P. Glass, of Ala
bama,, aitor oi tne winning nam . News,
lout 5 b fight tor a seat in . the United
Statef senate.
The rote sustained the recommendation
of the committee on privileges and elec
tions, which held that Mr. Qlaas was not .
entitled to be seated because his appoint
int bv Governor O'Nell to succeed the
, late Senator Joseph F. Johnson was made
! .. the seventeenth const! rational
amendment directing election of senators
by th people had been proclaimed in full,
effect t
Postmasters Confirmed.
Washington, - Feb. 5. The follow
ing nominations for postmasters were
eonff med by the senate: - Kansas
Georfte Sain, NJckerson; W. C. Dy
sart. Parker; - Maude M. Parrlsh.
Quenemo; W. P. Rettlger, Strong; J.
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