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Borne of Them Seemed in a Great
Hurry to Get
Away.
Police Not Satisfied that Ohio
Suspects Weren't the
Right People.
Five Macedonians, perhaps everyone
f them a murderer, were shipped to
Chicago by a Minneapolis labor agency
Tuesdav morning, only a few hours after
the awful slaughter in the old house at
43 Tenth avenue S.
Police- officers in Chicago now have
their descriptions and officers in the
smaller towns farther east are searching
the trains for them in case they went
thru Chicago in an attempt to leave the
country.
A few hours after the murder was
discovered by Patrolman Peterson of
the South station, an interpreter came
up to him and said that he had shipped
the gang of five out the day before.
They all appeared to be excited and in
a hurry to leave the city, he says, and
tbey would not tell where they had been
working or whv they wanted to go back
to Chicago where they originally Jived.
There was a demand for foreign labor
in the south, and the agent being short
of men shipped them. The interpreter
gave a fairly good description of the
men. but. left without, telling the officer
lis name.
Fitted Duluth Descriptions.
Little was thought of the matter un
til yestevduy when clues began turning
up in Chicago. Then the officers be
gan looking up the employment agen
cies, but the description already fur
nis!ie was Miujsfl for the 'liicagjo po
lice to work un. The descriptions tally
well with those given by Thomas Wii
ton. the Duluth hardware salesmen who
old the knives to the murderers
NE W MURDE CLU E
LEAD S TO CHICAG O
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PARTY OF FIVE
LEFT ON TUESDAY
It these men are the ones who com-1
mitted the terrible crime,..the two men I
with other members of the band. Three
of them, may have stopped off in Chi
cago and the other "two, accompanied by
tho woman in order to ward off sus
picion, went on toward New York.
Wants Ohio Suspects Again.
Police Superintendent Doyle
Where Is Sixth Man?
What has become of the sixth man
axi the knife Vie purchased- irt ]3uluth?
picked up at the Prior avenue station elearly possible. Should it not be, the
must h-ve returned to Minneapolis. %htwill be renewed at the short *es
0is now
positive that the men arrested in Ohio
while on the train were the ones picked
up in St. Paul. They were released,
but dispatches have been sent out ask
ing to have them picked up and. held.
The New York police are watching the
trains and ships and it will be hard for
.them to get out of the country.
Only five knives were found by the
police who searched the house,,and now
it appears that there were five men
in the gang that left the city the morn
ing after the slaughter. Some of
out of the
carn
may have announced that he was a new i
arrival and was greeted after the cus
tom of his country by a kiss on the
cheek, lie may have been welcomed
with his three' associates and stayed
long enough in the house to get ac
quainted with the layout.
Petros Stoyanoff, the old man Mho
was helping the police yesterday,
claimed to know nothing of the hack
that stopped at the house Sunday after
noon, altho he was about the house
most of the time.
Looking for Hackdriver.
Work of the Minneapolis police will
now be directed toward finding the
hackdriver who took these four men
there.
Where did he first see them, and
could any of them talk enough Eng
lish to engage his services? Mrs.
Thomas Sipult, 241 Tenth avenue S,
who. saw the carriage and the men,
could not reinjember how they were
dressed.
If the hackdriver can be found, this
question may be settled and may even
r.evefal.'the hiding place of one of the
^.murderers, If he wore a khaki uni
-'iorni the police will feel certain, that
"the four men were murderers.
There. is at least hope of results in
Chicago. Detectives J?assolt and JFotii
eon, who are in that city telephoned to
Superintendent Doyle last night that
they wanted to spend more time there,
and. that they had found relatives of
the Kaleff brothers, four of the vic
tims. The relatives claimed to know
nothing-of themurder, but \re helping
the detectives in their search thru the
Macedonian quarters.
Peter Stoyanoff went'back to Duluth
early this'morning, and will aid the po
lice there in checking up the gang, in
which the six murdered men worked.
The murderers wert prpbably in the
tame gang,"and every man will be ac
counted, for ?if. possible.
Bodies Are Eeq.uisitioned.
ALCOHOL BILL TO
BE CROWDED THRU
Friends of Measure Plan Vigorous
House CampaignSenate
May Cause Delay.
Tho House May Pass Bill, Senate
May Hold It Over
Jit.. Session.
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By W. W. Jermanc.
Washington, March 31.The free al
cohol bill won in a canter in the ways
and means committee yesterday, and
the vote of 16 to 2Grosvenor and Dal
zell casting the only negative votesis
believed to indicate the strength of the
movement on the floor generally.
It is the purpose of the friends of the
proposed legislation to make a thoro
canvass of the house membership, to
ascertain the exact strength which the
bill can command. Should the can
vass be satisfactory, the bill will be
brought before the house some day un
der suspension of the rules and passed.
It will require a two-thirds majority, to
suspend the rules, but this, it is be
lieved, can be easily secured. The house
membership has been divided equally
between Representatives Hill of Connec
ticut, Landis of Indiana, Murdock of
Kansas and Marshall of North Dakota,
who purpose seeing every member and
having him state his position definitely.
Delay Is Likely.
The next suspension day will be Mon
day of next week, but the bill will not
come up at that time. In the first
place, the canvass of the house cannot
be completed that soon, and in the next
place it is doubted whether it would be
wise to pass the bill and send it over to
the senate, until after the rate bill, is
out of the way. So. in all probabilis
tic speaker will not permit the motion
to suspend the rules to be made until
toward the latter part of April.
It is hardly thought the bill will be
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riag that dre up before the house Washington, March 31 As a result
Tenth avenue Sundav afternoon. He I ?A1?6
Legal .epuiplieations have .delayed the
burial of the bodies of. the victims. The
state university today served notice out
Morgue Keeper Peter Morton to deliver
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the. senate in the present ses
1 aho, of course, such action is
will be told all febout the benefits'of the
proposed legislation on the stump dur
ing the campaign of the summer and
fall. .The senate, it is believed, will
hardly-be strong enough to resist the
pressure of public opinion that will be
raised, even were it disposed to do so,
which is not a certainty.
Marshall*Isr.Conflden.t.
RpresentativeMarshal of North Da
kota informs The Journal corres
pondent that he is- perfectlv satisfied
with the outjook. Not a "Wangle ob-.
stacle worth, mentioning has. been--put
in. the way-of the bill thus far, and
none is looked for, so far as the house
is concerned. It is Mr. Marshall's be
lief that the legislation will be enacted
beforr the life of the present congress
ex
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detectives think that the sixth man
backed out before peaching the city,
while others thinly he escaped alone,
taking the knife with him for self de
fense in cane-av att-ejfc^^might be made
to arrest hin ^tycr
This man may have been the leader,
they *ay, and took every precaution to
look out for himself, allowing the others
to go their own way. Tn that case the
leader may be the wisest one in the lot
a^H having- most of the money in his
possession is still in hiding here.
Another theory is that the leader of
the murderers had only been in the
country a short time and that he was
the man
whowstepped
FREIGHT FRAUDS
GO INTO COURT
Interstate Commerce Commission
Will First Probe Charges
of Crookedness.
^yestigatio Ne lor city
by the interstate commerce commission, i S:
of alleged under-billing and misdescrip
tion of goods by various shippers, it
was stated at the offices of the com
mission today that the present inten-l|
tion is to certify the cases to the de-j*
partment of justice for criminal pro- i
ceedings with the view to bringing
about indictments.
This action, however, will be de
ferred until after, the commission has
conducted further hearings in other
cities where it is alleged similar un
lawful acts have been committed.
At present it is contemplated by the
commission to examine certain wit
nesses in Buffalo and Philadelphia
where, it is said, frauds of equal, if i
not greater magnitude than those'S
alleged to have been committed in New!
York and vicinity, have been perpe-i|
trated. These latter hearings will be
conducted some time during the month'
of April. J
A member of the commission said to- s!
day that it was the determination -of'
the commission so far' as possible to '&
break up the p*ractice and that it wasiS
their belief that this could be done"
on|y thru drastic action in the courts.
DISCORD BOLES IN
BRITISH MINISTRY
Jcurnal Special Service.
London, March 31.The Carapbell
Bannerman government is alreadv suf
fering from the weakening effects o
divided counsels. Chancellor of the
Exchequer Asquith, War Secretary Hal
4ane and Foreign Secretary Sir Ed
ward Grey are acting as a drag on the
coach, with the result that every meas
ure "of the cabinet so fa* produced has
fallen far short of the demands of the
liberal party, and, in every case,' a
more advanced policy-:has been forced'
on the cabinet by-pressure from with
Ottt.
i Anoka, Minn.. March 31sThe-body of Mary
JrCHull of Chanaplin, who jumped off the Rum
Hvec bridge here. Feb. 19 was recovered today
by H. Kolber and A. Werherson, at the mouth
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ROOSEVELT WILL SEIZ E CX)AyRHNES FOR
I GENERAL STRIKE
Journal Special Service.
Jefferson City, Mo., March 31.Missouri probably
will go into the coal mining business to solve the fuel
problem if a strike comes. When the strike does come,
the state will take possession of a big mine near
Waverly, Mo., and operate it for tne purpose of sup
plying various state institutions and tne penitentiary.
Arrangements were made by Warden Hall of the
prison, who has returned from Waverly. Governor
Folk feels greatly relieved at the successful result of
Mr. Hall's trip, for it is admitted now that the prison
1 KILLED AND 45
INJURED IN WRECK
Several Iowans Among Passen
gers Hurt in Manitoba
Railroad Accident.
Special to The Journal.
Winnipeg, Man., March 31.One
killed and forty-five injured is the re
sult of a wreck near here on the north
western branch of the Canadian Pacific
yesterdav afternoon.
T. Gordon Elliott of London, Ont..
was killed. Following is a list of
American passengers who are among
the number wounded:
Mrs. W. F. McVey, Melrose, Iowa,
shaken UD and cut.
Mrs.- ffimma Dilk, Mrs. Mc"V"ey's
mother, shoulder dislocated, serious, hot
fatal.
Mrs. Louisa Dilk, head badly cut.
J. K. Kiordan, Erie Isle, head and
chest crushed.
A. W. Carroll and Charles Maher,
Davenport, Iowa, slight injuries.
John Glenn, Philadelphia, arm
smashed and hip seriously cut.
John Chambers, Central, Iowa, dislo
cated shoulder and badly cut head.
Humor of Other Fatalities
their friends inU the south. gI
her passengers may
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den occurred wliejt-the frain
^^on-%f incline. The derailed ears
ran for 1O0 yards on the embankment,
then, turned over and were dragged fifty
feet. They were smashed and battered
out of all semblance of coaches. A
wrecking crew from Minnedosa was
rushed to the scene of the accident and
took the injured to Neepawa, where
they were hurried to the hospital. John
Breckett, a boy, is the worst injured.
Doctors do not think he will live!
MONTANA EDITOR DIES.
B"utte, Mont., Mcrch 31.A. B. Sr.,
recently editor of
2th
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Butt MinerKeith, and one
of the prominent newspaper men of the north
west, died here today of heart failure, aged
8G years.
VON BTJELOW IS HONOBED.
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Missouri Prepares to Seize a Coal Mine
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Many others were injuredu, buntt would r^tituted divorce. proceedings and se-
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BRIDE OF PARLES
Her Name Now Anita Carroll
McTavish. Elder Kofoed
QuarlesDivorced Here.
pointed Prince Von Bueiow imi^riai"ihi-- ver.v oled and never cut hies hair, shaved
eelior, to be a member ol the Prussian house of
Berlin Marc 33.EmperorthWilliam has np i
lords.
Baltimore, March 31.Private ad
vices from London announce the quiet
marriage there of Mrs. "Anita Carroll
MacTavish Elder Kofoed to Edward L.
Quarles. The bridfe who belongs to the
Carrolls, one of tH proudest of Mary
land's aristocratic^amilies, has figured
in two divorce suifS, being the plaintiff
in one and the def|ndant the second
case, Mr. Quarles bw|ig the co-respond
ent in the latter "^||se which was de
cided about two mofibhs ago.
Mrs. Kofoed was^a herr
Georg fioward Elder, also a membee
cure( a decree.
Mrs. Quarles' first with Archbishoalliancerwafs
lat
a oi a
has been in danger several times recently of having
to shut down on account of a shortage of coal.
The owner of the Waverly mine agrees, in the event
of a strike, that he will turn the mine over to the
state to be operated under the direction of Warden
Hail, tne entire product to go to tne state institutions.
The- convicts thus will become coal diggers. It is not
believed likely the railroads in any extremity would
have the temerity to confiscate any of the state's coal
in transit, as tbey have a habit of doing to private
consumers.
wedding .tour
with Anton Dahl KofOed, a member of
the Symphony orchestra of Minneapolis,
who was taking his bride to Denmark,
his native land. At BAmburg they met
Mr. Quarles, a relative of former Sen
ator Quarles of Wisconsin, who repre
sents the Standard Oil company at that
point. Mr. Quarles and Mrs. Kofoed
were old friends.
The bride decided she had had. enough
of her bridegroom. She refused jo
come back to America and Kofoed made
the. remainder of the bridal tour alone
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speed and the train was derailed. El- husband lay on his deathbed,
liott fell thru a window when the cars
toppled over and was dragged for some
distance under the car.
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Journal Special Service.
English, Ind., March 31.By the
storm uprooting an apple tree last
week, $8,000 of the treasure hidden b.y
George Patten forty years ago, was
unearthed. This find caused the search
to be renewed by his family, and yes
terday afternon the discovery of $13,-
000 more was made.
It is believed that the total amount
hidden was $100,000. Patten claimed to
have been robbed and apparently be
came mentally affected. He lived to be
wor a coat after tn alleged rot
bery.
ANOTHER RISE IN GASOLENE.
The NurseThe dear child needs a baby carriage.
John D.To be sureI'll just pull the other leg a bit.
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POWERS SETTLE
MOROCCAN AFFAIR
Franco-German Committee Makes
Terms, 'Which Conference Will
Formally Sanction.
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Algeciras* Spain, March 31.The
committee on the conference for Moroc
can reforms reached an agreement on
all points. This agreement will be
sanctioned at the plenary session of the
conference this afternoon.
The complete accord resulted from a
long conference held this morning be
tween M. Bevoil, head of the French
mission, and Count von Tattenbach of
the German mission. The division and
the policing of the ports of Morocco
"wag arranged as follows:'
Spain polices Tetuan and La Kaiche,
a Franco-Spanish mixed police will be
established at Casablanca and Tangier,
and a French police force alone will
have charge of Mogador, Saffi, Maza
gai and Eabat. This gives France four
Atlantic ports and the agreement is to
stand five years.
The settlement of the question of the
state bank of Morocco gives France
three shares, including those of the
French syndicate. The other nations
have one' share. Four bank supervis
ors will be appointed by the Bank of
England, the Bank of France, the Impe
rial Bank of Germany and the Bank of
Berlin March 31,-The gains and
Iosse
the decreeVbein* -signed while the are beine-reckoned up at the foreign
^^any's MoiSceo policy
Triple Alliance Virtually Ended.
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office. That it is Germanj^s 'purpose
to be consulted when other powers are
arranging the future of'"weak states is
now regarded as established. In face
f the 3iplo?natic iBesist^neje off Franegj
Great .Britain,'Italy,' Bpaiti^ and feussia,
the Germans thruout the long contro
versy have been compelled to recognize
that they have not ajjiend in Europe
except Austria. The triple alliance
failed to hold Italy to the support of
Germany. The strain of these months
ha# revealed that Italy is in secret
agreement with Prance, and the triple
alliance, altho -existing as before on
parchment ,is considered virtually to
be ended. Germany, however, it is
pointed out, regards it as a present gain
to learn she cannot rely in international
politics on anyoneexcept herself" and
Austria.
PATTISON HOLDING HIS OWN.
Columbus, Ohio, March 31.Govern-
or Pattison continues to hold his own.
according to the bulletins of the doe
tors.
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PRESIDENT ALOOF, IS
AWAITIN TH E CRISIS
Federal Operation of Hard and Soft
Coal Mines as Penalty for
Long Warfare.
Operators Feel Strong, but Half a Mill
ion Miners Will Be Idle
on Monday.
Special to The Journal.
Chicago, March 31.A Washington special to the Chicago Tribune aays:
-It is a serious thing, to say, and yet I believe I am justified in saying it,
that if the strike of the bituminous and anthracite miners is permitted to con-
tinue to the point where the piled-up stocks of both kinds of coal are practi-
cally exhausted, so as to produce a paralysis of industrial operations, the gov-
ernment of the United States, either thru the president or thru congress, or
both, will, take^ action in the interest" of the people, constitution or no consti-
tution.
Take Possession of Mines.
That is the feeling here today among men who ordinarily are conservative:
They do not believe that either congress or the president has the right to dic-
tate the terms on which men shall operate their mines. They do believe, how-
ever, and that opinion was generally expressed today by republicans and demo-
crats and by high officials almost within the walls of the White House itself,
that if any such crisis arises, the United States government will take posses-
sion of the mines, operate them for the benefit of the people and turn over tho
money to its proper owners, leaving the operators and miners to agree among
themselves if they can.
Lesson of Four Years Ago.
This is revolutionary sort of talk, yet it can be heard among the most
conservative. A sufficient time has now elapsed to tell the real story of the
coal strike of four years ago. That was settled by means of a commission
appointed by President Koosevelt. ostensibly upon the earnest request of both.
parties to the controversy.
Practically speaking, neither party wanted the commission very much.
The operators believed it would be made up of men of the demagogue stripe
who would find in favor of the miners iii order to secure political gain.. The
miners believed it would be packed with representatives of the great corporate
interests who actually would find for the operators and railroads'with, whom _they Jf
were affiliated. -^m
Beady to Seize Mines.
What made the miners and operators agree to accept the decision of a com-
mission was the knowledge on their part, confidentially conveyed to them, that if
they did not accept the proposal, President Roosevelt was ready to seize the
coal mines of.Pennsylvania and operate them in the interest of the.public,
protected by troops of the regular army if necessary. He was ready to put
Gene-al Schpfiel^ in command of the anthracite coal mines of Pennsylvania and
bar .^4)ot oj).erat or^ e^^
General'gchofiejd as^ extra-judicial receiver rampoiiuab/_ in charge of a natsplp
product which is indispensable to the welfare of the people flit large.
President Roosevelt was told flatly by Baer. and other operators, and lay
some of the miners' representatives as well, that what he was threatening to
do was unconstitutional and revolutionary. S'hey declared that if he took such
action he would be impeached. "!3$
At a Great Emergency,
The reply of the president, so I am told, was entirely characteristic of him.
He declared the country had reached a great emergejiey which required extra-
ordinary action. He informed President Baer and others that in the interest of
public safety and to prevent a revolution, he would.himself, if it became neces-
sary, assume all responsibility for the seizure of the anthracite fields. He de-
clared he would exercise his authority as commander-in-chief of the army to
open up the mines and to operate them in the interests of the people, selling.the
product at a fair prica to the public and depositing the money to the credit,jpf
the proper owners, to be claimed when and where they saw fit.
Would. Bis Slmpeadunent.
Furthermore', according to the story as I have learned it,, the president *&&
he would .do this even if he knew he would be impeached -for his action. Be
was willing to face impeachment he said, to relieve a situation which had be-
come intolerable, and, while he did hot fix a time limit or say either operators
or miners should accept the findings of the commission within a specified time,
both sides went away from the preliminary conference fully aware of the fact
that there was a man in the White House who was willing to resort to revo-
lutionary tactics and to defy the constitution, if need be, in the face of a great
crisi# which -was not contemplated by the constitution and which could not
possibly be provided for in advance.
Not Ready to Interfere.
When it is said, therefore, that President Roosevelt will not interfere at
the present time, it can easily be seen that it is because lie has not yet been
invited in the right way by both sides and because there does not yet exist
an extraordinary crisis which would justify him in resorting to the unusual
exercise of the vast power which really is lodged in him by the constitution
itself, which made him commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and which
makes it treason for any officer or man in either service to conspire to defy ft
his orders.
If President Roosevelt was willing to take possession of the anthracite fields
four years ago, when only the anthracite miners were out, and when the bitu-
minous fields were supplying coal enough for most industrial plants, it docs
not take much of a prophet to guess what would happen if the present strike
extends for any length of time and closes up practically the entire coal supply
of the countrv.
Waits on Contestants.
The president will appoint no commission until both sides ask him to do
it and until they both agree in advance to accept the findings of the commis-
sion. If both sides cannot agree to arbitration, either between themselves or
thru the medium of the president, he will, when the proper time comes, act, and
if the constitution is strained a little by the act, so much the worse for the
constitution.
HALF A MILLION MINERS QUIT
Indianapolis, March 31.The national
executive board of the United ^line
Workers of America held a 'session, to
day to take up in derail the manage
ment of the strike which will begin in
the anthracite and bituminous coal
mining districts of the. country at the
close of work today.
Men numbering 509,500 will leave the
mines this evening, not to return till
their employers have signed the wage
scale demanded by the miners in na
tional convention.
In the central competitive district,
composed of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
western Pennsylvania, Monday will, be
the eighth anniversary of the eight
hour day concession and- will* be ob
served as usual as a holiday.
It was expected by members of the
national executive board today that the
scale would be signed in all probability
by some of the operators of -western
Pennsylvania, either this evening or
Monday.
Before the board went into executive
session, members said a formal strike
order would not be issued,.but at the
close of work today the: men would
leave the mines with their tools and
would not return until the scale had
been signed by the operators and they
Mitchell and the Operators Will Meet Tuesday to Discuss Strike
Problems.
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had been so notified by the district
officials.
President Mitchell said at noon today
he had. not received' the telegram from
President. Baer accepting his proposi
tion to confer in New York on the an
thracite agreement.
The telegram has not arrived yet,''
said Mr, Mxtcnell.' 'We Taa-ve seen
notices in the newspapers and the mem-jjji
bers of the committee, together with i
gin to start for-'*'i
New tomorrow.
myself, were arranging to start for
.XT'" vYork
or tomorrow
Many Miners Will Work.
Pittsburg, March 31.Pittsburg dcl
egeatesto the miners' national conven
tion are jubilant over the adoption by
the convention yesterday of the Perry
resolution, which permits the operation
of all mines where the wage scale of
1903 ^s accepted. While this action
practically means the disruption, for a
time at least, of the interstate agree
ment between the miners and operator!
of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, it also means there will be]
no strike of importance in this nelr,r]
and that 23,000 of the 28,000 minerViii5
Pittsburg districts will continue i
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