John Barton Miller Is Accused;
of Embezzlement.
ANOTHER CHARGE ALSO
Destruction of Books of Defunct
Loan Association Alleged.
JURY NOT YET OBTAINED
Majority of Talesmen Fail to Qualify !
t
and Sixty More Are Sum
moned for Tomorrow.
.1. II \RTOX MI1.LKH. I
Fohn B;trton Miller. form* : m-i ivtary
t easurer of the defunct Cooperative
Build ng Association of Georgetown wan
1 .a ? d on Trial t'ulav before Justice Goul J
in Criminal Court No 2 to answer two
indictment J. one charging embezzltment
of certain funds of the association in
1.sand the other with the destruction
of the books of association.
This i- the third time Mr. Miller lias
b t culled for trial on the charge of
embezzlement and the second time on
the other charge. Two previous con
viction- have been returned on the first
charge and one on the destruction of the 1
hook?. Both convictions on charges of
embezzlement were set aside by the
Court of Appeals, and this male neces
sary the third trial. The conviction on
the destruction of the- books was set
aside by Justice Wright, the trial judge,
on th*"' request of the United States at
torney.
Cases Are Consolidated.
Application was made by United States
Attorney Wilson to JusJte Gould to con
solidate the two cases for convenience at
this trial and, despite the objection of
Attorneys H. E. Davis and J. E. Laskey,
for the defense, the consollda ion was or
dered. The defense took exception to the
older of the court.
Henry M. Waener. former president of
the building association and one of the
chief w tn^sses for the government at he
two previous trials of "Miller, happened
to be a member of the regular panel of
jurors in Criminal Court No. 2. When
Mr. Wagner was reached in the exam na
tion of tak-smen Justice Gould relieved
the ehfbarias?ment of counsel by excus
ing the juror a"nd allowing b m o resume
his position as wkness in the case.
The regU.ar panel of ju. or.-, .van ex
absted at noon without obtaining twelve
men sat sfaetory So the government and
the defense-- Most of the tale&nen fail
ed to qualify, but the defense exercised
four peremptory challenges and the gov
ernment two such challenges. Justice
Gould ordered the clerk to summon sixty
addition. il talesmen for tomorrow morn
ing in an effort to complete the jury.
Each side ha.-, ton challenges under a
rul ng by the co>irt, to which tlie de
fense took exceptions, claiming the right
to twenty chahenges.
Faced Thirty-Four Counts.
Whea the .Miller case was lirst tried
there wer- thirty-four counts in an in
dictment for aLtgtd embezzlement. The
jury at that tii^l acquitted the defend
arit of all but two counts of the indict
ment. T! ? total aiieged embezzlement
had be.-u ?1&}.<M". The two counts of
which he was convicted charged the ap
proptiati i? of about Justice Staf
ford. who presided a* that trial, imposed
.i s> ntence uf twenty \ears in the peni
tentiary, the maximum penalty of the
law On appeal this conviction was set
aside and a new trial ordered.
At th<- second trial before Justice
Wright the embezzlement charged was
limited to the two counts held good by
the former jtrrv. To this was added the
charge of (k)b'royinfc the books of the
association. A jury convicted Millet- of
l?oth these charges. On the emhezslement
tqnviction ?_< Wright imposed a sen
tence of twenty years in the penitentiary.
Me suspended sentence on the book-de
stroying chaige. Ti.is conviction was also
set aside by the Appellate Court.
Basis of Two Counts.
The two counts ot alleged embezzle
ment about which the trial of today
<*enter art that April IT, 1HS. Miller
secured a cheek for another building
association to which he ha?l transferred
;t loan i n property belonging to liev.
X?d. 11. 4'opp. The check rr;is for
iViHMO and the government alleges
Millar cashed the check arid appropri-I
ted the proceeds. The second was a
miliar transaction in reference to a
? i'ei ri ioi for loan on property
i tie nnuie of Kdgar C. Blackman.
TIm ??!??> r indictment alleges that
.i i ? 4|i stroyed the books and records
??> 'lie .,i-.-o?-jatioit in June. lt'OS, just
. t<. n. appointment of a receiver
i \ i ?ffairs
ant_ United States Attorney
-??'"I i- . iitliig Mr. Wilson in the
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Last of Three Accused in Law
rence Strike Murder Trial
ti Takes Stand. >,
SALEM, Mass., November 1^. ? Arturo
Giovannitti. last of the accused in the
Ettor-Giovannltti-Caruso murder trial to
appear for the denfensc, took the witness
stand litre today.
The young soc alist writer and poet, who
ts charged as an accessory before the
fact to the killing of Anna Popizio in a
Lawrence tex'ile strike riot last winter,
faced the Jury despite the absence of his
personal counsel. W. Scott Peters. At
torn^- Fred H. Moore took up the de
fense where it was left last week when
Mr. Peter's illness caused a postpone
ment.
Reports were current about the court
house that Mr. Peters had withdrawn per
mit nir-Wt IV l>om the case, but this was
t ;?-".w ate <-ounsel.
1 i'r, ri'-'if -vhose home is in Brdoklyn,
went to LawriTice to aid Joseph J. Ettor
i > the textile
au ressed llie workers oil sev
er.il occasi< iks. The. commonwealth
sfiutrlii to prove that his utterances in
ituuan incited the strikers to acts of
violence and aided in the precipitation oi
the fatal riot of January -J l^st.
Born and Educated in Italy.
Giovannitti, like Ettor, affirmed to tell
?he truth as he faced the clerk of the
court. He said he was born in Italy
twenty-eight years ago, the son ot a j
chemist, .tnd was educated there. Com- !
ing to America, he lived for some time ;
at Halifax and Montieal. While study
ing" English at Montreal he conducted an
Italian Presbyterian m.ssion. afttr which
he entered a Presbyterian theological
school.
H** said the people of the Presbyterian
Church objected when he became con
nected w.th the socialist party and -for
that reason he aevered his connection
with tin? church.
in 1911 he took up Italian newspaper
work in New York, and met the defend
ant Ettor. He went to Lawrence Jan
uary last, after the strike was called.
"Before I went to Lawrence," the wit
ness said, "I had learned that the militia
had 1 een called and that there was a
feeiing that Ettor should leave there and
that railroad s.ations were being watched
for outside agitators."
SOCIALISTS RAISE ISSUE
r
Lively Debate Ahead for Labor
Body?Washington Wants
Next Meeting.
ROCHESTER. N. Y., November 13.?
\fter a three-day recess the American
Federation of Labor resumed its annual
convention today with the prospects of
an exciting week ahead, when the re
ports of the various committees will be
taken up.
The fight of the radical wing of the
convention on the socialist question may
be brought to an issue on the floor dur
ng the week and is expected to provoke
heated debate. Several cities are mak
ng vigorous attempts to capture the 1913
convention of 'the federation. Seattle,
Wash., is 9aid to have the best chance,
-ut Washington, D. C.; Milwaukee and
Richmond, Va., are making efforts to
and the big meeting.
Lynch Scores Non-Union Printers.
The Rochester "typos" gave a public
reception and funcheon yesterday after
loon to President Lynch and his fellow
delegates from the International Typo
graphical Union. The affair was one of
the most successful social features of this \
convention. President Lynch delivered j
a speech to the printers which startled j
them. ? j
"I am tired of coming to Rochester
and attending receptions where on.y
salve is spread on," he declared. "I am
going to expose you amorg friends. I
am going to let these prominent vis
itors here know the truth. You have
only 200 members in the Roches er
Typographical Union out of 600 pi inters
employed upon newspapers and in job
shops. Why? Three hundred of you
seem afraid to risk 50 cents per week
in union dues to obtain $2 per week
increase in your pay envelopes. There
must be a different breed of printers
made here than elsewhere.
"I believe it will require something
drastic, such as cutting their wages in
two and doubling their hours of labor
to convince the Rochester non-union
printers that they should come into the
union.
"Now. then, I hope I have insu'ted
you enough, so that you will take the
first opportunity to join the Typo
graphical L'nion, if for the only reason
of voting against me at the next elec
tion."
"Big Jini"' never received a more rous
ing demonstration than lie got after
these remarks.
Morrison Makes Address.
Secretary Frank Morrison of the fed
crat on, who is a printer, was well re
ceived. He spoke upon the progress of
the union movement and gave statistics
showing how the ranks of the trade
unionists were increasing in Congress and
other legislative bodies. He pointed out
I to the printers how they could best obtain
remed al laws without adopting the di
rect action advised by socialists and with
out allying their organization to a polit
iiatl party which would swallow the
union.
During the afternoon President Oom
p<-rs and Representative W. B. W lson
addressed a mass meeting of citizens in
Convention 11*11, both speaking upon the
advancement of the labor movement.
The socialists held two meetings in
theaters.
Although the fourteen committees have
been in almost con'inuous sessions s nee
the adjournment Thursday, their work
is far from complete.
'AVhat you earn matters little;
what you savg determines 'he ful ex
tent of your independence tcmorraw."
? u ; ilii> thought tirmly fixed in your milid. Apply it
vtnir daily purchasing?then you will fully appreciate
it- \\i>il#>in.
(ireat ecuiionn will result from a thorough review of
the advertisements which appear in THE STAR every
day. Kverything that you wpar* eat or requre.tor the
home i*- sold by the merchants who patronize the advertis
ing columns ot thi:* newspaper.
Read the ad? today, the most important store news of
\\ ujiliingtwn merchant?, and benefit by the merchandising
knowledge they contain and the wonderful economies
they afford.
(Copyright 1913. J. V. talkro.) *
SIDELIGHTS ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE BALKANS AND TURKEY.
TURKISH TROOPS LEAVING CONSTANTINOPLE FOR THE FRONT.
i.AliloS 1a uAiimU OF QIEE\ OLr.A OF UUXCE MAKING CLOTHES FOR THE GKEEK
SOLDIERS IN THE PALACE DRAWING ROOM.
FAIL IN ONSLAUGHT
ON TCHATAUA LINE
(Continued From First Page )
linos of Tchatalja, according to Maj.
Eugen Zwenger, war correspondent of
the Tageblatt. lie says thousands of
dead and dying lie along the road. Men
with stretchers arc engaged day ami
night gathering I iie dead for burial ami
the wounded foi transportation to the
hospitals. He continues:
"Wherever I looked 1 saw the distorted
faces and stiffened hands of the wound
ed stretched forth, appealing for h?ip.
The nearer I approacned the railroad
station the sadder grew the picture.
"Tne rai nau station itself is just a
field full of dead. I saw in one car ten
men, five of whom were living and the
other live dead, their faces still express
ing the ho iib!e agonies they had passed
through. I walked among piles of
corpses, and among masses of groaning
sick men who would soon find re lef in
death.
Dying of Cholera.
"A train about to start was overcrowd
ed with cholera-stricken men. Many of
those in the cars died soon after they
got on board.
"According to authentic information,
the deiths from cholera number 5,f>00
daily along the line of Tchatalja."
Another dispatch to the Tageblatt from
Kustendje, Roumania.. to which place it
had been Font by wire'ess, says a thou
s nd cholera cases and UOO deaths occur
daily among the Turkish reserves at San
Stofano. where the sick and the dead '.ie
indiscriminately on the streets.
No Firing Heard Today.
CONSTANTINOPLE, November IS, 9:43
a.m.?No firing was audible this morning
from the direction of the Tchatalja lines
It s thought probable, however, that the
exeat batt!e begun yesterday continues,
but that the direction of the wind prevents
the roar of the cannon being heard here,
'detachments of bluejackets and marines
were landed from tne warships of the in
ternational squadron early today. They
occupied the -"foreign embassies, consu
lates and post offices, the banks, the hos
pitals and the i-chools of the respective
colonies.
Fighting at Monastir.
BERLIN, November 18 ?A fierce tight
for the possession of the Turkish fortress
of Monastir continues between the Ser
vians and Greeks on one side and the
Turkish garrison on the other. The losses
of the Servians have been heavy. During
the first day's battle liSO of them were
ki'led and wounded.
The Serv'ans succeeded. In x series of
night attacks, in carrying the two im
portant. heights of Oblakovo and Koch
itsa.
Situation More Serious.
VIENNA, Austria, November 18. ? The
Austro-Servian situation has been render
ed more serious by the tone of the Servian
press inVs denunciation of Austria. This
has been added to by the reported bad
treatment meted out by the Servians to
the Austr'an consuls in Albanian towns,
who assert that they were prevented from
leaving *heir posts for fear they might
disclose the 111 treatment of the Albanian
inhabitants by the Servian conquerors.
Congratulated by Sultan.
CONSTANTINOPLE. November 18.?
The sultan today telegraphed his felici
tations to the Turkish army at Tchatalja
for yesterday's success over the Bul
garians. He congratulated Nazim Pasha,
the commander-in-chief. The latter re
p'iod to the sultan that the message had
been a source of great encouragemr/it to
the soldiers and that the army had of
fered prayers for his majesty.
Mrs. Kussel! Sage has sent a donation
of |5,000 through Dr. Mary Mills Pat
rick, president of the American College
for Girls at Scutari, for thd relief of the
Turkish wounded.
Defeat 'for tbe Greeks.
LONDON, November IS.?Djavid Pasha,
commander of the Turkish troops at
Monastir, inflicted a defeat on the Greek
troops, who were advancing yesterday
through the defile of Kirlider, about
twenty miles from Monastir, according to
a special dispatch received here. ? The
Turkish troops captured sixteen field
guns, five machine guns and a large
quantity of ammunition.
The Turkish garrison of Adrianople lost
six field guns and several thousands of
their men were killed or wounded during
a sortie from the fortress Saturday, ac
cording to another dispatch.
Pillaging by Tribesmen.
BELGRADE, Servia, November 18.?
Bands of Arnaut tribesmen, armed with
rifles, and in possession of two machine
guns taken from the Turkish troops dur
ing their flight after the battie of Kir
chevo, are ra.ding and pillaging the sur
ria.ding villages and devas.ating the coun
try as far as Gostivar, to the southwest
of Uskup.
GUARD U. S. EMBASSY.
British Cruiser Lends Force of Blue
jackets.
CONSTANTINOPLE, November 18.?A
detachment of 100 British bluejackets has
been lent by the Br.tish cruiser Wey
mouth to guard the United States em
bassy, as the American, station ship
Scorpion has been allotted to duty on. the
upt,cr Bosphorus and the American cruis
ei s are not oxpected to arrive here before
the end of the month.
PART OF FORCE OF 2,000.
Men Landed From Scorpion as Pre
cautionary Measure.
i'hc eighty men who were landed la
onstantinople yesterday from tn?
United States station ship Scoipion were
4-art of a forcc of 2,000 which the
I diplomatic corps decided to send ashore
J us a matter of precaution.
; Advices received ^t the State Depart
nient today indicate that Constantinople
remains quiet, but it was thought de
sirable, after <**? conference of the for
eign representatives, to send armed
forces ashore to occupy the embassies
and legations,' as well as other points
) in the city.
The commanders of tlie international
: fleet have ma~e arrangements for the
i protect on cf foreign residents on botn
I sides of the Bosphorus, from San Stephane
to Buyukdere, and h is fe.t that their
plans will be adequate to meet any ordi
nary emergency. Thorough measures for
the protection of the city also have been
j adopted, and officials at the State Depart
i mini feel there is no cause for un
I easiness.
j REPLIES OF POWERS PLEASE.
i Assurance Americans in Turkey Will
Be Protected Gratifies U. S. Officials.
The State Department is gratified at
the favorable replies received from all
the European governments interested in
the Ba kan situation to request that
protection be afforded to American citi
zens and property up to the time of the
arrival of the two American warships
now on the way to the disturbed local
ity. Favorable replies came promptly,
acompanied by cordial expressions of a
des.re to assist in giving protection to
American interests in every way pos
sible from the British, Austrian and
French governments, as well as from
those of Russia, Germany and Italy.
TELLS OF TURKISH VICTORY.
Embassy Here Gets Cable Message
From Constantinople.
The following cable dispatch has T>een.
received by the Turkish embassy from
the war office at Constantinople:
"The commander at Scutari gives the
following details of our victory of No
vember 13: '.After two days of flghting on
the summit- io the east of Muslinkeny
the Montenegrins have been completely
defeated. They lost i.OOO in killed and a
greater nunfber in wounded. Among the
trophies are three flagM several thou
sand rifles, a quantity ?* ammuni
tion, tents and military effects.
Kayalar, Stroja itpd Navlftz have been
entirely occujned. v by' Ottoman troops.
The s tuatlon in the vilayet of Janlna is
unchanged.' "
GUARDING AGAINST CHOLERA.
Ships From Balkan War Zone Being
Inspected by U. S. Officials.
The United States public health serv
ice is drawing its lines of precaution
tighter along the entire Atlantic coast
because of the development of cholera
in the zone of the Balkan war.
While Surgeon General Biue does not
regard the danger to the United States
grave at the present time, he said today
that the public health service is taking
no chances and all vessels from the
Mediterranean will be rigidly inspected.
The service is keeping in close touch
with the seaports of the entire world in
its lookout for cholera.
All vessels sailing for the United States
by way of Naples are examined at that
port, where the American public health
service has a surgeon stationed. Vessels
from ports of Turkey, which do not touch
Naples, are examined upon their arrival
in this country.
HOPES fcOR INDEPENDENCE.
Movement Against Absorption of Al
bania by Turkey's Conquerors.
Strong influence is being brou-ught to
bear on behalf of maintaining the Inde
pendence of Albania Instead of having
that country absorved by Servia and
Montenegro as a possible result of the
impending break-up in western Turkey.
Among those opposed to the influence of
Servia and Montenegro over Albania are
the sect of Albanian Christians, having
branches in various parts of this country,
includ ng Southbridge, aMss.; Biddeford,
Me.; Jamestown N. Y., and Akron, Ohio.
Members of that organizat.on take the
view that Albania, will not be benefited
by passing unuer the influence of Servia
and Montenegro. They point out that the
annexation of a portion of A.bania to
Servia, after the treaty of Berlin, led
to the deportation of l(J0,(K)O Albanians,
the confiscation of their prope. ty and
widespread misery. Sim lar fears are
exptessed against Montenegrin control of
A.bania.
it is said that among Albanians of all
creeds and po.itical parties the idea pre
vai s that the Balkan war grew out ot
an attempt to crush the Albanian nation
before it was in a position to oppose ag
gress on. It is pointed out that war was
declared against Tu.key after the Otto
man j-overnment had officially recognized
the Albanian nationality and granted A.
i bania the right to open its national
j schools.
DIPLOMAT'S WIFE ILL.
Mrs. John W. Garrett Undergoes
Operation in Buenos Aires.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, November
18.?Mrs. Garrett, the wife of John W.
Garrett, United States minister to Ar
gentina, was operated on today for ap
pend citis. The surgeons declare that her
condition is satisfactory.
Mrs. Garrett was Alice Warder or
Washington.
Mrs. Garrett is the daughter of Mrs.
Benjamin H. Warder, whose home in this
city is at 1515 K street northwest. Mrs.
Warder has been visiting her daug iter
in Buenos Aires for some time.
Two Dying From Auto Mishap. -
HARTFORD, Conn.. November IS ?Al
bert Ahearne and wife are in a hospital
here with fatal injuries as the result of
an automobile accident in South Wind
sor when their machine lost a forward
wheel and turned turtle. Three guests
of the Ahearnes escaped with minor in
juries. ? ,
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HOPED TO HLL JURY BOX
IN BSD TRIAL TODAY
~ JT"
New York Lawyer Is Accused
of Murdering Mrs. Rosa
M. Szabo.
GOSH EN, N. Y., November IS.?<One
hundred and ninety talesmen, most of
them farmers, crowded into the little
courtroom here today for the trial of
Burton W. Gibson, the New York law
yer, charged wi h first degree murder,
in causing the death of his client, Mrs.
Rosa Menschik Szabo. The attorneys
hoped to fill the jury box today and the
prosecution thought that it might be
ready to rest its case by Thursday.
District Attorney Rogers will en
deavor to prove that Mrs. Szabo's death,
while boating with Gibson in Green
wood lake July 16 last, was due, not
to drowning, but to strangulation, and
that Gibson hurled her from the row
boat into the wa.er, grappled with her
and chocked her to death. Dr. OUo j
Sthultz of New York, the coroner's j
physician, who penormed the autopsy. ;
testified at Oibson's examination th~a
Airs. Szabo diea of Strangulation by
"compression from wi.hout."
Holds Death Accidential.
The defense holds that Mrs. Szabo died
of drowning and that her death was ac
cidental. Gibson had not decided this
fo. enoon whether he would jtake the
stand. As a motive for the alleged piur
der, the state will seek to p:ove that
Gibson coveted his client's ten-thousand
uo ,ar estate, of wnictt, unaer a wtd
drawn by. him for Mrs. Szabo, he w-s
named as executor.
Mr. Rogers wi.l attempt to show that
$7,100 of this estate, partially adminis
tered by Gibson prior to his arrest, is
missing.. Jacob J. Singe:, of Gibson's
'counse., said today that the $7,100 was
paid to a woman known to Gibson a.?
Mrs. Petronella Menschik mother of |
Mrs. Szabo, and that Gibson had receipts
to prove Jt.
Mrs. Petronella Menschik died in Vien
na two years ago. The woman who '"Jib
son says, impersonated her has van- j
ished. i
Ballston Presbyterian Congre
gation to Celebrate For
tieth Birthday.
Special Correspondence of Tiie Star.
CLARENDON, Va., November le, 1012.
Membeta of the Ballston Presbyterian
Church, commencing tomorrow, will cele
brate the fortieth anniversary of the
churc-h. Rev. Dr. KIrby is the pastor.
The celebration will continue until Sun
day. Tomorrow night the Young People's
Society will give a reception to its mem
bers and the congregation. Wednesday
evening the members of the church will
have charge of the services, which will
be addressed by R. ju. llandy of Wash
ington. D. C. Thursday evening the serv
ices will be under the auspices of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the church
and will be addressed by speakers from
Washington. Friday the services will be
interdenominational and pastors of Alex
andria county churches will speak. A. P.
Douglas, elder of the church, will de
liver an historical address. Sunday there
will be services in the Sunday school at
11 a.m., at w filch Rev. Dr. Kirby wilt
preach. At 8 p.m. Rev. D. A. Davidson
of Falls urcn will occupy the pulpit.
Visit of Masons.
George C. Whiting Lodge, A. F. and
A. M., of Washington, D. C., will vis.,
^olumb.a Lodge, A. F. and A- M., of
clarendon Thursday, and confer the Mas
ter Mason degree.
l he official opening of the "first neigh
borhood house" in Alexanur.a county, a.
vannerwerken station, will take p?av.e
Tnursday. uov. Mann of Virginia will
bPia* on "Good Citizenship." Ci.aiieo u.
iNesbit of Washington ?vi.l mane an ad
dress on "Ttre Oom.ng Churcn," and Rep
resentative C. C. Cari.n also will speak.
THREE ACCUSED OF MURDER.
Foreigners Arrested at Point of Re
volver in Massachusetts Town.
\VaTERTOWN, Mass., November IS.?
Three foreigners were arrested a-t the
point of revolvers in Auburndale today,
charged with the murder of F ank Cirillo,
who was ki led last night near the Hood
Rubber Company mill, where labor dis
turbances have occurred during the past
week.
The trio under arrest, Tomassa Pil ardi,
Gabriel Lepera and Zenzo Ristogono, will
be arraigned in the Walthani district
court this afternoon on the charge of
murder.
Cirillo, who was twenty-six years old,
was shot through the neck. His body
was discove ed by ambulance officers on
their way to the Cambridge hospital with
Frank Palzo, who* had been set upon
nd stabbed by a crowd of men. Pa zo
was alive at the Cambridge hospital early
today, although it was said he could not
survive his injuries.
Mysterious lire Destroys Church.
BUTTE, Mont. November 18.?The
Sacred Heart Church, Butte's largest
placo of worship, was destroyed last
n'ght by fire of a mysterious origin. The
toss was $85,000. Father Joseph Venus
was slightly burned ?n a spectacular at
tempt to save vestments.
SELLERS OF MINE STOCK
ARE ACCUSED OF FRAUD
Promoters of Hawthorne
Group Charged With Misuse
of the Mails.
NEW YORK, November 18.?The fed- I
eral government called for tr'at in the
United Slates district court here today
what it considers one of its most im
portant cafceH growing out of alleged mis
use of the ma Is. It involves the integ
rity of the so-called Hawthorne group of
mining stocks, and brings to the bar as
defendants men of national reputation.
They are five in number?Julian Haw
thorne. son of the novelist; Nathan'el
Hawthorne; Josiah Quincy, former mayor
of Boston, and assistant secretary of
state in the Cleveland administration;
Albert Freeman, a promoter; Dr. Will am
J. Norton, a nerve specialist, and John
McKinnon, secretary-treasurer of the
Hawthorne companies.
All were engaged, directly or indirectly,
in the sale of stock n the Hawthorne
S'.lver and Iron Mines Company, and
allied concerns, and were inducted in
New York in January last for al eged
use of the mails to defraud Investors.
The government contends that at least
$3,000,000 acqrued from the sa e of se
curities; that sales were effected through
m .^representation of the character of the
properties, and that notwithstanding
proipisps, no d.vidends have been paid.
Defense Claims Persecution.
The defendants maintain that they
have been the victims of a ruthless cru
sade on the part of the Post Office De
partment. Before the case was cal ed to
day a statement was issued in their be
helf, in part, as follows:
'The defendants contend that the pri
mary cause of thB suspension of opera
tions at their, hiines , ik|the> action of the
r*ost Office Department, Instituted two
and one-half years alfti, and vigorously
prosecuted, except at intervals, ever
since, in circu arizing stockholders and
destroying their confidence in the enter
prises and their management, thus com
pelling the directors to suspend opera
tions until the government case cou.d be
disposed of.
"The defendants contend that the Haw
thorne mining- enterprises were undertak
en in good fa'th and wecc based upon
geological and mineral conditions wh-ch
gave sufficient grounds for expeciing the
success of mining operations, and that
the stock of -lie mining compan.es was
offered to the public with notice of its
speculative character and of the risks of
mining prospects."
The Government's Contention.
More specifically, the action of the gov
ernment is based upon the alleged mis
representation and false statements con
tained in the literature sent through the i
malls concerning mines of the continental j
syndicate located near the Cobalt dis
trict in Canada. The government alleged
that these mines are outside of the silver
producing belt at Cobal. and that this
fact was suppressed in the circulars and
letters sent out.
WOULD SIFT VOTE BBIBEBY.
Judge Bichards of Jefferson County j
Ohio, Deplores Scandal.
STi?UBJ$NVIL?L<12, Ohio, November Us ?
If the wishes of Judge R. J. Richards
former lieutenant governor of Ohio, but
now judge of the common pleas court of
Jefferson county, are followed, the Sep
tember gfand jury will investigate the
charges of wholesale bribery of voters in
this county.
When the grand jury was reconvened
today Judge Richards stated from the
bench that the charges had become a
scandal in the community, casting re
flection upon the entire county, and it
was the duty of the court to investigate
their truth or falsity without further de
?ay. He stated that the presence on th
jury of a candidate for office at the re
cent election need prove no barrier t
prompt action, as he could be remove
and another juror selected.
"If," Judge Richards said, ' Attorne;
General Hogan desires to further i.
vest-gate the charges, he might call .
special grand jury at a later date."
WILL NOT SIGN COMPLAINT.
Frederick S. Judson Unable to Iden
tify Han Who Stabbed Him.
NEW YORK, November 18.?After be
ing brought into a magistrate's court to
day on a body attachment, Frederick S
Judson, the young Chicago bond sales
man, refused to sign a complaint agalns.
Otto Doencker, who Is accused of having
stabbed h.m. Doencker surrendered u
the police the day after the stabbing,
which occurred in his wife's apartment a
week ago.
Judson came from Philadelphia today
and drove to court .n a cab. He was pale
and walked with the aid of a crutch, He
refused to make a con; plaint against
Doenckcr. he said, because he could noi
identify his assailant. At the request of
Judson's attorney a short continuance of
the case was granted.
Appeal of Periodical Befused.
Distinguishing between what is a book
and a periodical the Supreme Court to
day rofused to interfere with the with
drawal of second-class mailing rates from
the Tip Top Weekly, a New York publi
cation. The class is open to periodicals.
Colorado Debt Case Dismissed.
The Supreme Court today dismissed for
want of jurisdiction the appeal recently
docketed with it from the decision of the
Colorado courts upholding the constitu
tionality of the Colorado constitutional
amendment for debt refunding.
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EXPECT LONG FIGHT
Bill in Equity Against Merger
Submitted to Commissioners.
MAY BE FILEb THIS WEEK
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Draft Made by Corporation Coun
sel ?. H. Thomas.
PROPOSE TO CALL PROMOTERS
No Further Amalgamation by Wash
ington Utilities Company in
View Now, Attorney Says.
Corporation Counsel E. H. Thomas thin
afternoon submitted to the Commisson
ers of the District of Columbia the draft
of a bill in equity to prevent the absorp
tion of any local public service corpora
tion by the new Washington Utilities
Company, capitalized at $5j,<HjU,000. The
bill probably will be filed in the Supreme
Court of the District of Co.umbia by the
middle or latter part of the week.
A iong and spectacular legal fight is
expected to grow out of the efforts of the
Commissioners to prevent the carrying
out of the plan of the merger company
o far as local corporations are concern
ed. No city ever has undertaken litiga
-ion oi siiii.lar character.
The public will learn the details of
the organization of tne fifty-miilion-dol
iar corporation and the motive back of
the proposed merged of Virginia. Mary
and and District of Columbia utilities
if the plans of Corporation Counsel
Thomas to press the bill to suit ma
terialize.
Flan to Learn Inside Facts.
It is proposed to call as witnesses the
promoters of the merger and to learn
from them the inside facts of the scheme.
It is understood t at every conceivable
justification upon which the organization
of the mammoth corporation couid be
based is met in the propositions set forth
in the bill of equ.ty prepared by the corp
oration counsel.
The filing of the suit may immediately
affect the carrying out of the plans for
the absorption of the Washington-Vir
ginia Railway Company by the Washing
ion Utf ities Company.
The railway concern is a Virginia eor
poiation, but it is understood that Mr.
Thomas, in his bill, denies the right of a
foreign corporation to absorb it, inas
much as it is a local pubLc utility.
In fact, It is learned, the position to be
taken by the D.strict authorities will be
that no foreign corporation ny any
means whatever, regardless of ch ra.ter
privileges, may acquire interest, amount- ;
in? to control in a local public service
corporation.
Further Absorption Not Imminent.
The directors of the "Washington
L'tilities Company and the Washington
Virginia Railway Company already have
voted in favor of the amalgamation of
these concerns. The stockholders ot' the
companies are to take final action in
the matter November -'5.
Gardiner L. Bootlie, attorney for the
Washington Utilities Company, this after
noon said that, outside of the acquiring
of the Washington-Virginia Ra.lway Coni
panv, no immediate merger of any oth< r
local public utility is contepiplatod. 11.
is satisfied, he said, the merger ionipany
will not attempt to acquire additional
local interest until after the estab..?!)
ment of a public utilities commission,
provided Congress creates such a body in
a reasonable length of time.
THOUGHT THEY WERE SPIES.
Police Nab American Balloon Racers
Landing in Czar's Territory.
PHILADELPHIA, November 18.?The
roubles of a balloonist in Russ a were
escribed today by Arthur Atherholt,
.ho was with John Watts of Kansas
Jity in the international balloon racft and
anded in the czar's country.
"We didn't know we had landed in
Russia," he said, "but we soon found
out- A crowd of villagers surrounded us
and then the police arrived. They re
fused to allow us to communicate with
any person or send any message.
"Finally a man came from St. Peters
burg who spoke German and we made
nim understand that we had been taking
part in the balloon race, lie explained
that the Balkan war had made the Rus
sian police very active and they feared
spies. When released we were advised to
make all speed back to Germany to pre
vent further trouble. We d.dn't even
wait for our balloon."
FIRE DRILL IK SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Six Hundred Pupils Leave Church
Building in Three Minutes.
NEW YORK, November 18.?The fire
drill, common in the public schools, was
extended to a new field here yesterday,
when for the first time In the city's his
tory It was tried in a Sunday school.
Six hundred pupils of all ages in the
Olivet Memorial Church on the middle
East Side maxched quietly and speedily
from the edifice at the sound of a signal
gong, fire escapes and all available exits
being utilized, and the auditorium was
emptied in three minutes
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Bankrupt Sale Order Approved.
NEW YORK. November 18.?Judge
Hough in the United States district court
today approved the amended b U of sale
for the bankrupt United States Motor
Company property. Bids for the entire
property or any part of it will be opened
January ?.
SWINDLE IS CHARGED
Brokers Said to Nave Ob
tained Hflff Million.
GOVERNMENT MAKES RAIDS
Inspectors Swoop Down on Offices in
Several Cities.
PROMOTERS' ALLEGED VICTIMS
Much of Evidence Furnished Against
Accused Men Oiven by Woman
Stenographer.
CINCINNATI,* November 18? According
to government officials in this city, post
office inspectors in many t itles will mah"
an effort today to arrest a number of
men who are wanted for complicity in <*
scheme which. It Is alleged, has rt^oltM
in the loss of many t ousunds of dollar'
by unsuspecting victims.
Five of these to be arretted were In
dicted by the United Statin grand Jury
here last month.
The men, it is alleged, operated against
individuals and corporations that des-ivu
to place stocks or bonds on the market.
The following members of the alleged
ring were indicted: F. IJ. Nlinyard, now
In Chicago; J, Gordon Malcolm, who went
to Canada beiore the indictment:- were
returned; Thomas Fishwick, now n Hub
ton George 15. Hannatord. now In Chi
cago; J. K. Long, now in Buffalo.
Charges in Indictments.
The indictments charge the use of the
mails to defraud. I nited Sta es District
Attorney Sherman T. McPtierson with
held the indictments from publ.cation In
order that federal officers could be g.ven
an opportunity to locate :he men named
Mr. Mct'herson said it was planned to ar
rest several men hi Buffalo and take
them bofor<- the federal grand jury which
convenes there Tuesday.
iiit men <? ?? to have mulcted
promoters and Infant stock corporations
out of thou.sanus of dollats, secured
through fees and ?omm.^sions for ar
ranging l he guarantee* of tile yentrltb
of their victim*- l<\ sfock and oomi jr.
suranc?: companies controlled by tr.e .d
lcg?*d swinnlt'i*.
After paying tho commissions demand* '
the alleged victims ai< >j;I<I r ? nave i -mi 1
that ti e Intele-t r?f the ring .n t urn
proposition came to a!i end.
Scope of Alleged Swindle.
According to Air, M< I'h?-rson. tin men
under indictment have secured from v; -
tlnis over the country aoout #."iii?.*-oo
The men formerly had an oliice in Cin
cinnati. and much of the evidence ; gainst
them is said to have been furnisii?^? by
a woman stenographer who had been
cmp oyed in tne otnee.
CLEVELANI>. Onio, November l>* ? In
a raid on the office of Horace IV l|a.-tin?,>
<& Co., Rockefeller building, nore at
[ noon today federal officials ar.ested F.
j D. Minyard, tjie manager on a charsr* of
using the mails to defraud In connection
with the operations of F. D. Minyard &.
Co., brokers of C.ucinnati. The Officeis
said the raid was to be simulta neoua wUu
that in other cities.
Offices Are Raided.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.. November W ?
Federal officers today raided the offices
of the American Redemption Company
and took into custody all persons found
there, and also confiscated ull paters iu
the offices. The prisoners will be taken
betofe United States Commissioner Ed
win C, Smith this afternoon.
NEWAtuv. h. J.. * November 18 A.
Bruce Crane of the Hunter & Crane
orokerage firm was arjested here thla
morhlng in connection with" the federal
government's attack on the American
redemption Comi^any. Hunter &. Crane,
it Is alleged, were the local agents.
Crane was taken before United States
Comm ssioner Stockton and held in bonds
of $5.<tW. In the complaint against Crane
the Plt.sburgh Superior Mines Company
ugures as the dupe of the aheged
swipdlcr.
Post office Inspection officials, who aid
ed in working up the case against the
men charged with m.susmg the mal.a to
defraud small corporations and stock
sellers, claim that the amount secured
by tnese operators will exceed ?l,5t4),00U.
Federal officials claimed to have no in
formation as to the actual progress of
the raids to..ay.
ADOPT JAPANESE IDEA.
Members of W. C. T. U. Give "Com
fort Bags" to Soldiers.
CHICAGO, November IS.?Women o?
the north short1 towns distributed >
?'comfort bag.-" among the soldier.s at
Fort Sheridan yesterday as a r.ni.u.Ur
of the pouches they used to see hanging
over the back of mother's rocking < hair.
I They were the g'lt of the Woman >
I Christian Temperance Union.
The bags contalmd buttons, thread.
I darning cotton, Court plaster, a .small
j.air of scissors, rted ?s, pins, absorbs nt
i cotton, muslin blindages. literature on
temperance and purity and a personal
, motherly letter written by some nu mber
of the union.
The sold?crs were assembled in chapel
for the purpose, and Mrs. Frances 1"'.
Parke, national recording secretary, told
the men Of the origin of the movement,
and related the experience of th< Jaj -
anese W. C. T. U. in making a I l<e dis
tribution during the Riiss.an-Japarus'
war.
CITIZENS WILL PROTEST.
Mass Meeting to Discuss Recent
Wrecks on the New Haven Road.
SOUTH NOR WALK, Coni)., November
18.?Under the auspices of the board of
trade and the clergy of this city a mass
meeting will be he'd in the state armory
here Wednesday night to protest against
the wrecks which have occurred r-Cent
ly on the New Haven road. Forty clergy
men of South Norwa k and its suburbs
yesterday spoke from their pulpits on trie
Greens Farms wreck of tjie New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad of th<
nlsht before, when thirty-flve passed- *
gers wene seriously injured. Kaeb clergy
man at the end of his sermon Issued a
call for the mass meeting.
GUARDS PATROL VILLAGE.
Attack Apprehended From Indians
of Cattaraugus Reservation.
SALAMANCA, N. Y., November lb.?
Armed guards are today patrolling /the
village ot North Collins, following a race
riot which occurred last night between
Italian residents and a party of Indians
from the Cattaraugus reservation. The
Indians, who numbered not more th^n a
doren, were badly beaten and one will
die.
None of the Italians wap injured seri
ous y. Bullets and stones tie* thick and
fast for nearly half an hour. U Is teared
that the Indians may return "with rein
forcements.
Lorimer Improves Rapidly.
CHICAGO. November IS.?William Lori
mer. former United States senator, (who
was operated upon Saturday for appen
dicitis, was reported today to be p:o- ' .
grasping rapidly. To friends who visit
ed him Mr. Lorimer said he was fo^Hng
fine.
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