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ALL MVICTORY
Senate Factions Satisfied
With Vote on R. R. Bill.
BUT COURT MUST HAVE SAY
Hard to Figure Out Just What Haul
Amendment Means.
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BURDEN IS ON THE RAILROADS j
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Another Point That Seems Settled Is
That There Will Be No Deadlock
With the House.
"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.
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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
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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.
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RUNNING FAR BEHIND RECORD
| Simplex, Poole Driving, Eight Miles
in Lead at Beginning of Fifteenth
Hour.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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us to have won the ''long and shori
FOR GREATER WIDTH D
Rouse Approves Senate's 16th iG
Street Bill.
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REPORT SUBMITTED TODAY
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Icquisition of the Land Necessary
to Admit of Improvement at u
Piney Branch. a!
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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
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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,
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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
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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."
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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.
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GIFT DFJjt KAISERj
Vase With Emperor's Likeness j'
for Col. Roosevelt.
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CATCHING UP ON LETTERS!
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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
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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
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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