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"Who wins?" seems to bo a moot ques- > Hon between the radicals and conserva- ' lives of the Senate over the compromise i on the Ions and short haul amendment to the railroad bill adopted iast evening. j Senator Bacon, for the democrats, claims that the conservatives made a right- . about-face shift and accepted a proposition which they had been fighting all along. Senator Elkins, in charge of the j bill, says "we are happy." Senator Hey- j burn, representing the contestants for a radical amendment, says the conserva- . tlves have won. Senator Aldrlch, the conservative leader, j is very well content. Indulging in a taunt j to the opposition?a procedure rare with the cautious Rhode Island senator?he says "he laughs best who laughs last," and plainly indicates that in his opinion the laugh i3 on the other fellows. Courts to Decide. All admit that it will probably require tne courts to ultimately decide the true meaning and scope of the amendment adopted last night if it becomes law. In the meantime the railroads will do business at the same old stand and in the same old way. Two facts, however, seem to stand out apparent to even the lay mind. First, that the amendment shifts the burden of contest from the shipp.rs to the tailroad companies, in contentions over long and short haul rates. Second, that the adoption of the amendment lessens the likedhood of a deadlock between the House and Senate over the railroad bill, and makes more promis.ng the possibility of an agreement among the conferees. Tills is regarded as a very important feature cf the situation. Yesterday, with what at the time seemed reasonable prospect of outright defeat of the long and short haul amendment, legislators interested in the bill foresaw possibility of a long struggle in conference. The House is very insistent upon the long and short haul amendment. If the Senate had rejected it absolutely a deadlock between the two bodies was regarded as inevitable, with the bare possibility of the legislation being forced over until the next session. That danger now seems to be removed. If both sides are satisfied with the amendment, each faction claiming victory. it is not readily seen how the conferees can fail to patch up some kind of an agreement as to this section. An Interesting Sidelight. Reverting to the question of which side wins, an interesting sidelight is thrown upon - it by a colloquy which occurred in open debate in the Senate just before adjournment last night. Bearing in mind that Senator Bacon spoke for the democrats. Senators ElkIns and Aldrich for the conservative republicans and Senator Heyburn for the advocates of a radical long and short haul amendment, the conversation explains itself. "The senator is happy, is he not?" queried Senator Elkins, addressing Senator Bacon. "Absolutely so," replied Senator Bacon. "And we are happy," replied Senator Elkins. "Then what is the trouble?" "I am very glad to know," began Senator Bacon. "Now you know it," broke in Senator Elklns. "I am glad to know," Senator Bacon went on to say. "That senators can be made so happy by so small a thing." "It is a big thing," broke in Senator Elkins. "1 hat in a moment of defeat," continued Senator Bacon, "they can change colors and go to victory under the manwent on to say. "that senators can be j , ner they have been fighting for the past "Last Laugh Best.'' "llus the senator ever heard of the ' adage i..at "he laughs best who laughs ! last ?" inquired Senator Aldrich, and a moment later added that in his judg- j mer.t the amendment can be defended , upon the principles which he had been i advocating all the time. Senator lleyburn then had his say, j voicing the lament of the- defeated and i the disappointed. ' This is a great day for the railroads," j he said. "Their banner is flung to the I breeze. They have what they want, and 1 they got it by a coalition. I have no j doubt the rejoicing in their hearts will be very sincere when they learn of the result of the proceeding to.iay." And so it goes. When such eminent J doctors disagree the plain citizens will j have a fine time construing the effect j of the amendment as adopted. SAn^fnr < tim.iiing a a ai ihn mnst Mr. I n?>!?t advocates of the long and short haul Amendment, said today that in his opinion yestejtiays action insures oeyo.id question legislation favorable to the advocates of amendment of the preseiu law. Change in Principle. "This amendment." lie said, "is an absolute change in principle from the one in the old law, and requires the railroads to satisfy the interstate commerce commission that the rates are just and reasonable. I have ever contended for that, and that is what the amendment does. Tne House bill simniy gives the commission authority to say when a greater charge shall be allowed for a short haul, but without affording any rule or guide. 1 have feared it would Invalidate lhe section to put it absolutely in the disci etion of the commission to do thi* "The amendment adopted last evening is the equivalent of the Dixon amendment. In my judgment there is no difference. The interstate commerce commission is given authority to take into account expressly competition by rail and by water. "The essential effect of the amendment is the same as the Dixon amendment? that before the oommis-don can give any authority to aliow a greater charge for a short haul than a long haul it must iix all the rates involved, and those rates must be just and reasonable." Suffrage to Women in Norway. CHRISTIAXIA, Norway, May 14.?By A great majority the odelsting has voted to grant universal municipal suffrage to women over twenty-five years of age. The new legislation will ^>ecome effective at the next elections, and will increase the present number of women voters from 270,000 to half a million. \ SHORTAGES SMALL General Deficiency Estimates Only $3,124,944. DISTRICT SHARE, $295,919 Many Small Items Go to Make TJp Total Asked For. TRANSMITTED TO THE HOUSE Secretary MacVeagh Sends Detailed I Statement to thp Appropriations Committee Showing Department Needs. The general deficiency estimates- tor the current fiscal year were transmitted to the House appropriations committee today hy Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagb. The total of $3.124,944.51 is unusually small. There have been about j 15,700,000 in deficiency estimates so far this session, indicating that the defleien- j eies for the entire session will be less than ten million, about half of last year's aggregate. Of the total, the State Department asks for $35,000, the Treasury Department for $443.541.OK; District of Columbia. $295,010.18; War Department. $751,122.77; Navy Department, $1,027,322.50; Interior Department, $80.81; Department of Commerce and Labor, $366,813.71; Department of Justice. $235,343.47, and the Post Of-, flee Department, $1,017,666.05. District Deficiency Items. The District of Columbia deficiency items in the bill are as follows: Pay for deputy coroner of the District during absence of the coroner, $220. General advertising. $2,374.73. Damages. $250. Assessment and permit work, $201.37. Extension of streets and avenues, $1,322.60. Cleaning and repairing sewers and basins. $10,000. Street lighting. S4.S83. Instruction of indigent blind children, $600. Addition for fire department forage, $l,?'?oO. Contagious riisonsos hoalth ono rtmon I M -? ? _ ^ ^ ~--a mm V hillVHV, |2,i)00. Disinfecting service, $1,500. Juvenile Court. $260. Writs of lunacy, $1,049. Washington Asylum, provisions, etc.. $5,000. Building, Washington Asylum. $646. Reformatory and workhouse, $120,000. Jail. $37,230. Home of the Aged ar.d Infirm, $3,000. National Training School for Boys, $4,000 land under Department of Justice,. $2,000). Eastern Dispensary, $3,500. Tuberculosis Hospital, $2,275. Board of children's guardians, $7,300. District militia. $1,628. Payment of judgments. $1,436. Northern Liberty Market claims, $2,000. Reimbursement of shortages in accounts. $63,059.96. Payment of bailiffs. Supreme Court, $1,200. Miscellaneous expenses, Supreme Court. $5.80. Support of convicts, $12,000. Support of prisoners, $5,000. In the Departments. The deficiency estimates asked for in the other departments are as follows: State Department?Clerks at embassies and legations, $ 10,000, in addition to the $65,000 asked for for the fiscal year ending June So, 11)11. Salaries of charge d'affaires, ad interim, $10,000 in addition to $40,000 appropriated for the current fiscal year. Transportation of diplomatic and consular officers, $15,000 In addition to $S0, 000 appropriated for the current liscal year. Treasury Department?To reimburse the appropriation for compensation of employes of the bureau of engraving and piinting detailed to the Treasurer's office, $05,339. Stationery for the Treasury Department. $1,500. in addition to the $40,c00 appropiiated tor the cunent year. To pay stationery bins of VV. u Swayzc of Wasningtor.. D. C., and John P. Nawrath of New York, $771.'. For paper for internal revenue stamps, $ lo.ooo. Transportation of fractional silver coin, deficiencies luoo and 1010, $43,580. Transportation of minor com, 1,033. Collecting the revenue fiom customs, $2"Z5,fM?. Scales for customs service, 521.000. Kr.forcenrient of the navigation laws. War Department?Construction and repair of hospitais. $65,nuo. Construction of seacoast batteries in the Philippines. $650,000. 1 u 1 rent expenses, Military Academy, $3,000. Navy Department?General account of advances, $20,382. Pay of navy, $517,455. Outfits on first enlistment. $21,798. Battery for U. S. S. Newark, *8,657. Naval station Key v\'e t, Fa., ?l?i,<t>7. Naval station at Guam. $5,000. Repairs and preservation at navy yards, $21,4*0. Medical department, $07,000. Marine Corps, $160,327. Commerce and Labor?Contingent ex1 penses. $7,000. Lighthouse establishment, $49,700. Thimble Si.oal light station, Virginia, $08,000. Kxpenses of regulating immigration, $140,000. Immigrant station at San Francisco, $100,000. ; Lepa.tment of Just ce?Add tional clerk, , $1,800; contingent expenses, $500; printing and binding, $18,000; special repairs to Washington. D. C.. courthouse, $21,000; books for United States judges and district attorneys $15,0.0; salaries, district judges, $22,150; United StaUs courts, $50,000; district attorneys, $10,000; fees of clerks in United States courts, $24,000; miscellaneous expenses Un.ted States courts, $17,500; pay of special assistant attorneys. United States courts, $15,tM); United States penitentiary at Atlanta, i $1,00O; national training school for boys, i $2,000. Post Office Department?Total, payable from the postal revenues, $1,017,007. POLICEMAN DIES A MARTYR. Contracted Smallpox While Standing Guard at an Infected Honse. PHILADELPHIA. May 14.?A martyr to duty, John W. Lyon, policeman, died 1 of smallpox In the pesthouse last night. 1 For some time past there have been ! an unusual number of cases of the obnoxious dlsva.se in this city, and the authorities have been active in their efTorts to suppress the outbreak. L>on was stationed at a house along the Delaware river front wherein a case of smallpox had been quarantined, and he contracted the disease. His is the fourth deuth since the disease first appeared. In fear of epidemic thousands of people have submitted to vaccination, and the doctors are busy all over .the city canvassing every ward for unvaccinated persons. DEATH INAUTO RACE One Man Kilted and Three Hurt at Brighton Beach. iCARS CRASH INTO FENCE Three Serious Accidents and Several Minor Mishaps. ???? RUNNING FAR BEHIND RECORD | Simplex, Poole Driving, Eight Miles in Lead at Beginning of Fifteenth Hour. * m BRIGHTON BEACH. May II.?One man is dead, another lies seriously inured in the Coney Island Hospital and two other injured men are at the Emeri i gency Hospital as the result of accidents ! which happened early today in the sixth i twenty-four hour automobile race, now | going on at the track under the auspices ; of the Motor Racing Association. The man killed was William F. Bradley, mechanician of the Marlon machine. His car crashed into the inner fence on 'he three-quarter turn before the home ! stretch shortly after 12:13 o'clock, when fully 10.000 persons were at the track. Jaw and Skull Broken. Death was caused by a compound fracture of the jaw and a fractured skull. Bradley was twenty-nine years old, married, and lived in Newark, N. J. The dangerously Injured man is Jack Tower, mechanician of the Buick car. No. 4. He was hurt when the car in which he was riding hit a fence on the back stretch at 2 o'clock. It was declared, later in the morning, at the hospital, that Tower has a slight chance for recovery. He is suffering from a broken leg and internal injuries. The spectators were given another thrill when another serious accident occurred at the turn into the stretch, where the Cole car, No. 6. driven by Endicott. dashed into a fence at 9:30 o'clock, throwing him out. as well as his medhani ician. Elmer McGruder. Endicott barely missed being killed. Both men were Injured anu hurried to ( the Emergency Hospital, where they were given medical atention. First Mishap of Bace. The accident which resulted in Bradli>v's dpath wny thr> first nf th?? rnrp As i there was a record-breaking crowd on | hand at the time of the mishap great excitement prevailed. In the car with Bradley was Gilbert Anderson, the driver. How Andeison escaped being killed is considered a miracle. The car rolled over t.iree times aiter j it collided with tne fence. This accident put the Marion car out of the race for an hour. The accident which sent Tower to the hospital occurred shortly after :i o'clock, when i r.e Buick car. No. 4. George uewitt driving, hit a fence in the back stretch. A peculiar feature about this ; acciuent also was t..e tact that the drivI or, as in the llrst acciuent, escaped uni injured. Vv nen Dewitt's car hit the fence Tower , i was pitched from his seat and went sailing tnrough the air as if fired from a cannon. The loree of the fall shattered one of his legs. When he struck he received internal injuries. The car was not damaged. After a short delay it proceeded on its way. When Endicott's car bumped into the fence he was da:? ed over the car's tonneau. In falling he wrenched his leg. The physician said he was also badly shaken up. McGruder, who was sitting on the floor of the car, was dashed out sideways. He landed on his shoulder. A cloud of dust enveloped both men from view. Several of the other cars were close on the Cole's heels. Only by line driving was a smash-up avoided. Gater the men were transferred from the hospi.al to their own camp. It was said they might resume driving. The Cole tar was not badly damaged, and may enter the race again. Several other minor accidents occurred during the early morning hours. At 1:15 o'clock the Cole car No. 0, with End.eott driving, smashed in o the fence at the quarter turn. Neither owner lior mechanician was injured. The car returned to I t he I'lHirwO mabint, ... WA,.al.'a ' - " ? * ? ? W X. ? uiufMltf) iii IIIWI lU^Oi 10. Leaders Change Places. At tt o'clock, or the beginning of the I tenth hour, Ralph De Palma, in his Fiat, i was in lirst place. The Ranier car was 1 fighting hard for the lead, as it was only , three miles behind at the time. | The Ranier, which had led, was forced 1 to leave the track, apparently for oiling. | Then De Raima drove terrifically into | the lead. The official score gave him the lead with 4U? miles to his credit. Wally Owens, having replaced Disbrow, in the Ranier. had covered 44:; miles. The Simpi x. with Poole at the wheel, was in third place, only three miles behind the Ranier. With only five miles between the three leaders at the beginning of the twelfth hour, the situation was tense. Owen, driving the Ranier, overtook De Palma in the Fiat, thus p acing himself at the ^op of the list. JJe Raima in the r ?at and Poole in the Simplex were tied 'or j Second place. The leader Is still away beh n | 1 | time. The Buick car completed 5 0 .'des ! in the same time October 15, l'JOO. i After a change of driv rs in the thirteenth hour, the leaders endeavored to pain ground on the rest of the contenders. Basle took Poole's place at the wh< el In i the Simplex. Parker replaced De Palma 'in the Fiat. Disbrow relieved Owen In the Ranier. Fifteenth Hour Record. After completing 436 miles, Stearns car number 'J was withdrawn from the race on account of a cracked frame. Standing of the racers at 11 a.m., or beginning of the fifteenth hour: Car ant] driver. Mil.-a Simplex. l'oole ttj? Flat, Ltearborn 080 Steam* No. 1. Mulfor'i 077 Bulck No. I. Chevrolet 034 "Ttaiiler. Owen 032 ' Broxtop-Keaton, Speuny 021 Marion. Stranic 0:3 Itniek No. 2. Kurnian 500 Cole. Euions 436 Selden. Mack 431 ; Iioiipt. Martin 422 Previous rotvrtl for thia hour, 712 miles, made > tij Lutirr on October 10, 1939, on this track. The three leading cars at the end of the sixteenth hour were the Simplex, with i 7S44 miles: the Stearns No. 1, with 775 miles, and the Fiat, with 759 miles. The record is 81<> miles. Commander Peary in Borne. i ROME, May 14.?Commander Robert E. Peary and his family arrived here today. | They were inet at the railway station ! by the president of the Royal Geographl cal Society, which body the American explorer is expected to address. A : "" ' ~ " " ~ ~ , f ini?u MJJJIMI nil II ?u m up 1111 i/HJj|ii|j \ -- z_2^ llj%> Assy | ? & ^-M ; News Note: Everybody clain SENTENCE FOB GRAFTERS | JAIL AND FINE FOR FIVE PITTS- . BURG COUNCILMAN. Eight Months' Term and $5,000 Imposed on A. A. Vilsack, Cashier I of German Bank. i PITTSBURG, May 14.?Ten prominent men of affairs of Pittsburg, including bankers, physicians and former promt* "nlUi/vUtio 1 Tiwltra Rnbert S. iiciii pv/auuiauo, jh*v-vu wmuq^ ? ? Frazer in criminal court today to receive their sentences on various charges of bribery and conspiracy in conmctlon with g councilmanic corruption recently exposed. t Of the ten men appearing in court to- j t da? all except one have already pleaded ( no defense to indictments alleging the giving and receiving of bribe money. i Vilsack Is First Sentenced. 1 t When court opened the name of A. A. 4 Vilsack, former cashier of the German ?. National Bank, was called. Vilsack was ( i represt nted by his attorney, ex-Gov. Wil- j s liam A. Stone, who at once made a mo- i o tion for an argument to appeal any sen- ? tence t^iat might be forthcoming later. At the conclusion of the a.gument Judge t Frazer imposed a sentence of eight t months in the county jail and a fine of 15,000. Five Councilmen Sentenced. t As rapidly as the names could be v called and appearance made, five other 1 former select and common councilmen ? were sentenced by Judge Frazer as fol- i lows: t Charles Stewart, former select council- , man, sentenced to eight months in the county jail, and fined $500. Hugh G. Ferguson, tormcr common councilman, eight months in the county jail, and lino of $500. Dr. W. H. Weber, former select councilnfan, six montns in the county jail, ami line of $500. I K H. Kearns, iormcr common council- , man. .ours months in the county jail and a fine of $250. Morris Einstein, former select council- ' man. six months in Jail and a fine of i $2,500. , Punishment Is Deferred. ( Because of illness in their families, the j sentencing of E. H. Jennings, president , of the Columbia. National Bank, and F. J A. .Griffen, former vice president of the same institution, was postponed, with the consent of the district attorney, until next week. The petitions for postponement were not made a part of the court lecords. The sentencing of G. W. Friend, vice president of the Clinton Steel and Iron Company, son of the late Charles W. Friend, the multi-millionaire, and M. L. Swift; jr., former common councilman. also were postponed, the first on account of the court's unpreparedness at this time to pass sentence and tne second upon motion of counsel to argue for a new trial. In all the cases Judge Frazer, sitting as president of the court, delivered short statements before passing sentence, referring to t.he previous good record of the self-confessed bribers, and in each in- , stance saying that his imposition of sen- . tence was "the pursuance of his duty to himself and to the people of Allegheny county." ON THE FOX HILLS LINKS. i Much Interest Manifested in Results ' of Today's Contests. NEW YORK, May 14.?Golfers today swarmed over the Fox Hills links to take places in the handicap and match play divisions. The four who had worked their way to the seml-flnal stage in the chief division appeared to be quite evenly matched. On the upper side were George Baxter of Brooklyn and L.. A. Hamilton, who enters from the Englewood Golf Club, while in the lower half appeared Spottswood D. Bowers of Bridgeport, who distinguished himself by beating Jerome Travers yesterday, and W. E. Conkiyn of Dunwoodie. There is more than usual Interest in the beaten eight set of the lirst division because of the presence of Travers, the former national champion, and G. W. White, the Cutler School boy, who recently won the interscholastic title. EVERYBODY WINS. l.PT?,^ tj t ^ i." ^ afi us to have won the ''long and shori FOR GREATER WIDTH D Rouse Approves Senate's 16th iG Street Bill. I REPORT SUBMITTED TODAY ?? Icquisition of the Land Necessary to Admit of Improvement at u Piney Branch. a! ________ , L Ci a1 Representative Wiley of New Jersey p ubmitted to the House of Representatives pi oday the favorable report of the District rommittee on the Senate bill for the wid- p, sning of 10th street at Pin'ey Branch. Sl "The committee finds," says Mr. Wiley it n his report, "that to the east of tne jj, 0th street bridge crossing Rock Creek here exists a low, bowl-like area whose w general Jevel is about 03 teet below thai r( if the stieet. Public owneish.p in this s ocaiity inciuues nierely the limits of lota .neet. it is aesircd unaer tins bill to LCquire this low ground, to the extent oi g{ loout i.'rz acies, ior two main purposes: q "lo permit tne construction or a con- e] leciing loan iiom tne soum end oi tne p inuge aiounu tne run oi me oowi-iikc uea reierreu to, witn grauuai uesccnt iu p lie boiioni liieicOl, tneieoy euectmg a oiiiieoiion wna tne low icvei ot iiock ,reek rani ia sinp aiioming eiuiance to w ae same having oeen recently purcnaseu ^ >n tne west slue of tne onager train lie high level oi loth sneei. Tins strip at \ ouhi oe piacticaliy wasted unless conlection can be niaue between it and loth . ot ireet. I I lu Second Reason Assigned. ni "To prevent the destruction of all natiral beauty m and about me 10tn street jr.dge. This bridge nas cost Iflw.Uuil, of Much at least yiiAM'OO was speni for es- *' netlc reasons. This latter amount wouid re practically lost unless tne site be pro:ected as proposed in the bill. The dc- ^ pression referred to, if left in private ^ ownership, must necessarily become a g, lump ior whatsoever material ,s available Ri [or filling, in order that the general elevaLion may be increased to a practicable xi auildrng grade. The private ownership h? md present layout of streets to the east rii if the bridge are such that under present tfc conditions build.nu musL advance wnn L?ack yards, side yards and housetops, is alih all their objectionable features. In liiect view of the 10th street structure. y, "The acquirement of four and one-half acres as proposed, with authority to rearrange the highway plan to the east of the br dge, will correct in very attractive manner the objectionable features of the j g| present condition and will afford an en- ! nance to the park. "The immediate cost of this measure should not exceed $25,000 and the ultimate :ost to the public $15,000." F, ? at SHOT HIS LITTLE SISTER. 2 Boy Flaying "Indian'' Killed Child w on Sick Bed. u CHICAGO, 111., May 14.?Raymond Hayes, fourteen years old, shot and killed :iis invalid sister Helen, nine years of age, W yesterday while entertaining her with an exhibition of Indian fighting. The lad had drawn pictures of Indians on the wall just over a cot where his sis ler my. onuuig uj/cii a. li unn. ueiunging ^ to an elder sister, where he expected to ?I And some candy she had hidden, the boy b: ilscovered the revolver. The picture and G the revolver inspired the thought of shoot- bi ing an imaginary Indian. He aimed the m revolver at the largest figure, that of an n< Indian in war regalia. Just as he did so h< the girl started to arise. The supposedly unloaded revolver exploded and the girl fell back dead. Former Confederate Officer Dead. * SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., May 14.?Capt or Charles U. Williams of Richmond, Va.. bt who was an officer In the Confederate ct irmy, died here last night of Bright's tr liesase. Capt. Williams was seventy m rears old and was a prominent attorney, th > JlJjJ t haul" fight in the Senate. |R. METER IN BALTIMORE BEAT ENGLISH BAPTIST PREACHER HEARD. a America to Attend World's Sunday School Convention in Washington. BALTIMORE. <Md.. May 14.-Those at nding this morning's session of the suinern Baptist convention listened to n address by the Rev. F. B. Meyer of ondon, Eng., president of the world's unday school convention, whom many rononnce the greatest living Baptist reacher. Dr. Meyer has come to America for the arpose of presiding over the world's jnday school convention, which begins s sessions in Washington next Thursay. The greater part of the morning session ras devoted to the consideration of tne ?ports of committees appointed to cinder the report of the f^re gn mission sard, located in Richmond, Va. A reort on the work in Mexico, Brazil, -irentina and Italy was read by the Rev. eorge W. Truett, D. D., of Dallas, Tex..; ne on Japan, Cn.na and Africa Oy the ;ev. John Roach Straton of Baltimore, nd one on field forces and finances by le Rev. H. -W. Kab.e ?. f Staunton, vraThese reports presented the work and ieds of ti.e ooard to further enlarge its oik. The convention voted to request e churt-iies to contrioutj *000,000 to tne reign mission boaru next year. T. H. Eilet oi Kicnmona, Va., called tention to tne fact that tne board paid ore than SlT.ooo interest on borrowed oney last jear. because of the tardiness mission treasurers in iorwarding oney. The convention ado; ted a resotion requesting the charges to make onthly remittances to the board. INDIANS REFUSE TO RACE. , ecline to Take Part in Contest Owing to King Edward's Death. VICTORIA, B. C. May 11.?All hope ' holding the Victoria day celebration ay 24 was abandoned yesterday, when inghees and Quamichan Indians deined to take part in the canoe race 'cause of the death of King Edward, he feature_ of the yearly cciebration is always been the Indian war canoe ices, for which the Indians trained iree months in advance. "The king was our best friend. He to be buried the 20th. We can't tee on the 24th," said Chief Cooper of le Ronghees tribe to the committee -sleruay. CELEBRATE THE VERDICT. [einze's Friends in Butte Rejoice Over His Acquittal. BUTTE, Mont., May 14.?Friends of . Augustus Heinze here celebrated his ?quittal Thursday in New York on a large of misapplying the funds of the ercantile National Bank, with a trade and fireworks. Many banners ere carried by the paraders, some of te inscriptions reading: "Oh. you Heinw, beat it to Butte." "Say au revoir to Wall street." "We want you, F. Augustus Heinze, ?s we do." "They can't keep a good man down." ? Woman Kills Husband. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. May 14?News iday reached Birmingham of the killing ! Arthur Gunter, a well known farmer, F his wife near Easonvllle. Ala. The unters were married rour years ago, jt had ser arated. Gunter is said to have ade threats against his wife it' she did 3t return, and as he rode up to her 3use she opened fire on him with a rifle. Vanderbilt Trustees Invited. ASHEVILLE, N. C? May 14.-At the meral confer* nee of the Methodist Episipal Church South today the committee i education reported on the differences stween Vanderbilt University and the lurch, and recommended the board of ustees of the university be invited to eet the committee in Asheville not later an May 18, to adjust these differences. i GIFT DFJjt KAISERj Vase With Emperor's Likeness j' for Col. Roosevelt. * CATCHING UP ON LETTERS! "* 'i Spends Fart of Morning in Berlin ! Answering Correspondents. VISIT TO LONDON IS OFFICIAL ! Former President to Be Signally Honored as Special American Ambassador at King's Funeral. HEREIN, May 14.?Amid the quiet sur- ' roundings of the Roosevelt library at ! the University of Berlin Mr. Roosevelt , this morning again tackled the corre- j spondence which has outrun him from j the moment that he emerged from the African jungles. He failed to catch up, hut before the noon hour he had made great progress. Loiter the former President received and had a chat with Prof. C. G. Schilling and Paul Niedieck, two of Germany's best known hunters of African big game. Mr Roosevelt had luncheon as the guest of j Joseph C. Grew, second secretary of the i American embassy. Other guests were i Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt, Hermit !' Roosevelt and American Ambassador j Hill, Mrs. Hill. Miss Hill, Henry White, ' i former American ambassador to France, and Mrs. White, and Prof, and Frau Schilling. Prof. Schilling with a stere- c opticon showed some flashlight pictures < of jungle animals and presented the colonel with five of the collection. Mr. Roosevelt concluded the afternoon ! with a visit to the zoological gardens. Gift From the Kaiser. Today Emperor William sent to Mr. Roosevelt a vase from the Royal porcelain works. The vase is three feet In height and bears upon one side a likeness of his majesty. On the opposite side are two views of the imperial palace in Berlin, one from the Bridge of Klee.or, showing the equestrian statue of the elector, j and the other the palace terrace, with the statue of William of Orange. One of the newspapers suggests that a medal should be struck commemorating Mr. Roosevelt's visit to Berlin. London Visit Is Official. IiONDOX MflV 14.?When \tr W nn?f- I velt arrives here Monday morning he will have dropped the role of a private citizen and so will be accorded the honors due to the special American ambassador to the funeral of King Edward VII. King George today designated two aidsdc-camp to attend upon the ambassador during his stay in London. Tuese are Lord Dundonald and Commander haries E. F. Cunninghame Graham, both distinguished in the service of the crown. The aids-de-camp will meet Mr. Koosevelt at Queensborough a&daccompany him to London. His Lraln is due at Victoria statioh at 7:4.1 o'clock. Awaiting the former President at the station will be one of the king's -querries, a repiesentatlve of the British foreign oince, American Ambassador Reid and the Staff of. the American embassy with their wives. Mr. White a Delegate. Henry White, former ambassador of the United States, who is now in Europe, has been designated by the President as diplomatic delegate from this country to the funeral of King Edward. The American delegation, of which Col. Roosevelt will be the head, will consist of Mr. White, Commander Andrew T. Long, naval attache of the embassy in Vienna, and Maj. T. Bentley Mott, military attache in Paris. The two latter will act as aids to Mr. Roosevelt. HTJEST IS ACQUITTED. Ummre's Brother Was Charged With Murder of Girl. POTTSVIL.L.E, Pa., May J4.-After deliberating for forty-three hours a jury today acquitted Thomas Hurst of Ashland, who was charged with the murder of eighteen-year-old Viola Curry. Hurst, who is a brother of Tim Hurst, the base ball umpire, ten weeks ago cal.ed at the home of John Curry to collect rent. Ill-feeling existed and a quarrel en- j sued, in which Hurst drew a p.stol and j shot the girl. His defense was that he | was being attacked by the girl, her i brother ar.d her father, and hail been j struck on the hcad'witn a poker when he | pulled his pist.ol, which was discharged while the e.der Curry was trying to taite I it from him. MASKED FOR DESTRUCTION. Tale Mission in Chang Sha Object of Native Hate. PEKING, May 14.?Advices from Chang ( Sha, the capitabof the disturbed province ( of Hunan, s.ate that the Yale mission in that city has been placarded for destruction by fire, but that the plot of the natives has not been executed. The foreigners, who were beginning to return to Chang Sha. are again living on the boats in the river under the protection of the Chinese authorities or of their ' own flags. i Some p rsons from Chang Sha have ar- i rived at Hankow. j REPLIES TO BEVERIDGE. Fordney Defends Tariff and Opposes j, Tariff Board. |{ The attack on thee Payne-Aldrich tariff;) bill by Senator Beveridge of Indiana, in a recent speech in his state, was an- 11 swered on the floor of the House yester- , day by Representative Fordney of Michi- ! i gan, a standpatter,who agrees with Chair- ! man Payne of the ways and means com- ;; mittee that the present tariff law is the ' "best ever enacted." Mr. Fordney went after Senator Bever- i idge in such lively fashion that on sev- 1 eral occasions it was necessary for Representative Mann of Illinois, who was presiding, to call him down for violating the rule against disparaging reference to a member of the Senate. The Michigan ( member declared that many of Senator . Beveridge's statements had no founda- 1 tion in fact: J Mr. Fordney opposed the item of t $2T>0,000 in the sundry civil bill for a 1 tariff board. He called it a "commig- , s:on." 1 "A tariff commission." he said, "would I( raise the devil from sunrise to sunset, t If you want a hornet's nest create a t tariff commission and it will be on the nose of every man in the country." Belgian Finance Minister Hurt. ? BRUSSELS, May 14.?J. Liebaert, Bel- \ gian minister of finance, was knocked * down in the street by an automobile and j severely injured today. t % * rO CHECKJpSING rroop of Cavalry Ordered to Indian Rese.. ation. TROUBLE IN NEW MEXICO Ranchmen There Express Fears of General Massacre. STATE TROOPS .IN THE FIELD Dissatisfaction With Census Taking" and Other Causes Lead to Rebellion of Pueblos. TAOS. NVw Mexico, May 14.?Ranchmen throughout this section spent a. sleep, less night keeping vigil aga.nst a possible organized raid by Pueblo Indians from the reservation north of here, but at daylight no word of any further movement on the part of the braves had reach#! this town. Following tlie raids of yea terday and the dav before, in which the ranch 01' L.. S. Meyers was a tacked, buildings were burned and fences destroyed, and it is r*ported w?in?n and clii.dren were attacked, all the eat lets armed and gathered in groups for be tcr protection. Troops front Sante Fe and other points ordered yesterday were due to ar'iv?- tnls morning, btit in the meantime a general massacre was leared, as authentio news came that titty or mote of the warrio.a of the San Juan and other tribes were wearing war paint and engaged in war dances. None of the older bucks had donned the war bonnet, but many of the young ones are reported as having joined the uprising. Cause of Uprising. Several causes are given as the possible reason for the outbieak. Opposition to census taking and general dissatisfaction with the whites because of wnat the Indians believe to be encroachments 011 their rights, are generally accented as the cause of the trouble. An attack upon tne ranch of L,. L.. Myers is explained by tire fact that Myets nad fenced in a section ot land wnicn tne Inuians maimed. Troops Leave Santa Fe. SANTA FE. N. M , May 14 ? Sixty men of the 1st Kegiment Infantry, National Guard, accompanied by Adjt. Gen. A. 6. Brooke,- left here early today for Taos, where the Pueblo Indians have been threatening trouble. Early advices from Taos were that all was quiet with the exception that tbo renegaoe In,nans for whom bench wartants were out were still resisting arrest ana were protected by their associates. it probably will be necessary tor the troops to serve the bench warrants and make the artests, but no bloodshed is anticipated. The Indians, tnciudtn* womeu and children, numoer tour hunured. State Troops Ordered to Scene. Advices from East Las Vegas arc that the governor immediately ordered fifty men of the National Guard to Taos. The guardsmen were expected to reach Taos today. Gen. x>rooke, in command of the National Guard, has aiso ordered another company to be in readiness to march at a moment's notice. The uprising of the Pueblos, who for years have been peaceful, is believed to nave been partly caused by tne puniahinent en: Pueuios by territorial onuers. For years ttie PUe-oios have governed themseives, elected their own ci.iefa and vifiage councilois, who tried ana punisneu maieiacturs of tne tribe wituoui appeal to the terr?.onal officers. several months ago an Inulan of islet wno nad been impnsoiied by an indiau ofheer appealed to the territorial courts and the Indian chief and the councilors of the village were put in jail. Since that time the Indians have been ui.ruly, and it is believed the present outbreak is the result of fear by the Pueblos that they may lose their independence. For several we "is rancners near Taos have found ti.eir fences cut and their stuck inissmg. The ais.x?nteiu of me Indians culminated yesterday in the attack on the Myer's household. Object to Census Taking. The taking of the census is also believed to have caused much unrest among the Indians. When the enumerators reached Santo Domingo and San Dia their. lians refused all information concerning members of the tribe and threatened the enumerators with violence. It was only after the census takers had threatened to bring troops and former Gov. Curry had gone personally to the chiefs and reassured them about the purpose ot the census that the Indians were persuaded to answer questions. Several eastern artists are believed to be in or near Taos, which once was the headquarters of Kit Carson, making sketches of Indian life. Taos isthe oluest and most picturesque town ot the Pueblos. Cody Expresses Views. NEW YORK. May 12.?Co!. \V. F. Cody said last night at Madison Square Garden that he knew the Taos country well, as it was where Kit Carson was buned and where Gen Fremont recuperated after his most costly experience in patliflnding in the Rockies and beyond. " have never thought much of the Indians there," he said, "for they were not the splendid physical specimens found farther north, i hey are a farming peopie, deseendeo from the ancient Mexicans, and not close.y allied with tne North American tribes. "There are only about 1.000 whites in Taos and only lo,ou?? in the county of whieh it is the capital. 1 think these Indians must have got into a squabble M* .. M .m 4 1, /. . * A I #.< a? f M # K . . i * I n n G M rav K ? AK iauiuuk iiiciu.^ri v c.^ u?ci uicii muun, iuv.ii they occupy by grant from the old SpanIsn governors, confirmed later by the I'nited States government. They are poor fighters, although some of them were once freebooters on the o'd Spanish trail leading from Taos down to Monterey. The Utes and the Pah-Utea and the Xavajos are their nearest neighbors imong the fighting tribes. Posstbiy renegade Apaches or Navajo* are causing the trouble." Cavalry Troop Ordered Out * by Direction of President United States troops have been ordered to assist the authorities of New Mexico n suppressing a threatened uprising of Pueblo Indians. It was represented to :he War Department that about fifty of h* se Indians were off their reservation it Taos, about seventy miles northwest >f Las Vegas, and were believed to be on he warpath, and that they vhad cut all elegraph and telephone wires at Taos ind had already committed depredations n that vicinity. The situation was discussed by Presilent Taft, Secretary Dickinson and Seceta ry Balllnger at a conference at tha Vhite House this morning. The conclusion was reached that the case was one uslifylng the employment of federal roops, and orders were at once iw b