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No. 19,144. WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY- 25, 1913-TWENTY PAGES. ONE CENT.
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DIAZ'S INFLUENCE
IS BEINGREVIVED
Portraits of Porfirio, Removed
by Madero, Ordered to
Be Replaced.
COMMUNICATION BY RAIL
WITH LAREDO UNCERTAIN
Ambassador Wilson Clears Huerta of
Blame for Madero s Death.
NO PLOT APPARENT. HE SAYS
Praises New Regime, Which He Declares.
Is Friendly to Americans?Mourning
"for All the
Victims'- Ordered by
Deputies.
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MEXICO CITY, February 25.
?The revival of the Diaz influence
in Mexico is indicated by an
order issued by Provisional President
Iluerta today that all portraits
of former President Porfirio
Diaz be restored to the places
in public buildings from which
they were removed by Madero.
Several large pictures of the old
dictator were replaced immediatelv
in the corridoors and halls of
the national palace.
The new cabinet ministers, anticipating
the presidential order,
had already ordered pictures oi
Porfirio Diaz hung on the walls
of their various departments.
Rail Communication Uncertain.
Railroad communication by
way of Laredo is still uncertain
No trains were able to get
1. a. I : a - A1
inrougn yesieraay, owing 10 uir i
burning of bridges near San
Luis de Potosi.
Communication with the
United States by way of El Paso
is possible, but trains arriving
from that direction suffer considerable
delay. There has been no
interruption of traffic on the line
between the federal capital and
Vera Cruz.
Wilson Absolves Huerta.
Ambassador Wilson's statement regarding
the death of Madero and Suarez, given i
out yesterday, follows:
"In the absence of other reliable information,
1 am disposed to accept the
government's version of the manner in
which the former president and the farmer
vice president lost their lives.
"Certainly the violent deaths of these
persons were without government approval.
and If the deaths were the result
of a plot it is of restricted character
and unknown to the higher officers of
the government. Mexican public opinion
has accepted this view of the affair, and
it Is not at all excited.
Lauds New Government.
"1*1.e present government appears to be
revealing marxed evidence or acuvuy,
firmness and prudence. and adhesion >
it, so far as I have been able to ascertain,
is general throughout the republic, indicating
the early re-establishment of
peace
*Tiie government, as constituted, i;
very friendly to the Cnited States, and is
desirous of affording effective protection
to all foreigners.
"Tor the present American public opinion
should deal with the situation cahnly
and accept with great reserve the lurid
and highly colored stories which are be,!ng
furnished by some few correspondents.
To the great majority of correspondents
here are endeavoring to deal
fairly with hte situation "
Maj. Cardenas' Explanation.
This is the statement made by Maj.
Cardenas, the commander of the escort
of the former president and vice president
of Mexico:
"I receive^, orders to take O-n. Madero
and Pino Suarez to the penitentiary, and
selected Rafael Pimiento and Jose I'galdo,
officers of the rurales. and a detachment
from the 7th Rurales to act as a
guard." said Maj. Cardenas.
"When Madero entered the automobile
he said to me: 'Where are you taking
me? I suppose to the penitentiary.' I rertlijkri
*T ilnn't knmv* phonfr...^ t 4
K.?-w.f - ? viiauucuI litis I
Ms ordtrf.*
"Gen. Madero then said: 'If they take I
me to the penitentiary, let them take me |
through Keloj and L?eeuniberri streets.' |
"This sutllced for me to direct the
chauffeur to take another route with the
two automobiles. We were tired upon,
but I kept going, answering the fire of
the attackers with my pistol.
Another Group Attacks.
When we neared the penitentiary another
group of twelve men armed with
rifles openeil tire.
"In the confusion Gen. Madero and Pino
Suarez got out of their automobiles and
ran toward the attacking party. They
were between two tires when they fell to
the 'earth dead.
"The attacking party then withdrew,
leaving three of their band on the field
wounded.
"\\ e will show that Gen. Madero was
shot both from the front and the back."
The body of Francisco 1. Madero, the
<h-ud ex-President of Mexico, whs dejeislted
in the mausoleum of the French
. i emetery here. None of the members of
Ids family was present, but it is expected
that they will visit the tomb later In the
day.
The body of former Vice President
Juarez was removed tt*the Spanish oeme%ery.
The government has refused permission
for the transfer of the bodies of Madero
-and Suarez. respectively, to Coahuila and
Yucatan, giving as a reason that it does
not desire to afford the people of these
states an excuse for demonstration.
Mourn for All the Victims.
" For all the victims" are the words
which, on a field of black, will hang for
I three days across the chamber of depu^Continued
on Eccoud Page.)
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Ray UPONJUERTA
Officials Here Expect Him to
Restore Peace in Mexico.
THINK IRON HAND NEEDED
Gov. Colquitt's Threat to Cross
Texas Border Not Credited.
NEED OF PROTECTION CITED
Senator Sheppard Claims Roving
Bandits Are Menace?Americans
Reported Safe.
The Mexican problem was hardly
touched upon at today's meeting of the
cabinet. Secretary Knox merely reporting
to the President some of the contents
of telegrams received by him. There
was a marked disposition in official circles
to regard the whole question as tending
toward its own solution through the
energy and forcefulness of Gen. Iluerta,
the new provisional president.
There was a strong inside sentiment
today high up in administration circles
that, after all. President-elect Wilson
may not be confronted with the Mexican
problem in the serious aspect that it has
had for the last two years of the Taft
administration. Whether Gen. Huerta
measures up to expectations is for the
future to determine, but there is a feeling
that the new man is to be the man
of the hour in Mexico, that he probably
will bo a repetition of Diaz, in many ways
at least, and that by freely using the
strong arm, he will restore peace to that
country.
It has long been recognized by American
officials that conditions in Mexico are
such that no man with the peaceful and
humanitarian views of Madero would ever
be able to control Mexico. The temperament
of the people, the vast difference in
the classes and all conditions render a
successful administration of that country
one based on and backed by the most
prompt force. Temporizing and indecision
mean mutiny, rebellion. The government
that strikes the first blow, never
waits for rebellions to grow and shows
the iron hand all along the line is the
government that will stand.
View of Official Washington.
That is the almost unanimous view of
official Washington today, the sentiment
running from the White House through
the State and other departments.
Diaz, in his younger days, as known
to everv <ild offletnl nt the State Ttertfirt
ment, kept Mexico a peaceful country
by shoot ing down lawbreakers and
bandits without mercy. He stopped
revolutions before they started. The
country was prosperous, the better classes
were with Diaz because he was the only
man who could keep order.
If Huerta has the chance to get the
same start Diaz did the oelief here 10day
is that he will imitate Diaz, and official
advices are that he is starting out
in the same direction.
The moral help of the United States
government, even under the new administration.
will be his. it was predicted
today, if he uses the Iron hand
with prudence and fairness and without
tyrannical despotism. The interests
of this government and its citizens
are deeply intertwined with those
of Mexico, and a sense of relief was
expressed by congressional and other
callers who visited President Talt and
the State Department today at the apparently
good turn things are taking
in the nation south of Uncle Sam's domains.
Explanation Generally Accepted.
Xow that the first shock of the tragicdeath
of Madero and Suarez has passed
over, influenced largely by t'no reassuring
reports from Ambassador Wilson, and
his appeal to the American people to
suspend judgment in the matter, officials
here are beginning to accept the official
version of the affair. Unquestionably
thej* believe great carelessness was exhibited
in failing properly to protect the
prisoners, but that offense, it is pointed
out. is less than a deliberate murder
plot.
Ambassador Wilson will be permitted to
continue to exercise his own discretion in
dealing with the new government, and
some satisfaction is derived from his report
that not only Is th<- new government
very friendly toward the United States
but that it has shown disposition to meet
reasonable requests for the protection of
American Interests in Mexico, which
were to a large degree ignored by the
Madero administration.
Doubt Colauitt Will Act.
The threatened dispatch of Texas militia
by Gov. Colquitt into Mexico is not
expected to materialize: the governor
himself, it was pointed out here today,
would lay himself open to a charge of
violation of the national neutrality laws,
which provides severe punishment for
any one organizing and forwarding a hostile
expedition into the country of a foreign
state with which the United States
is at peace.
The law recognizes no difference between
the governor of a state and any
other civilian; it simply maintains the
right of the national government, and
especially the legislative branch, as the
sole authority competent to make war;
and the sending of an armed force into
Mexico would constitute such an act.
Further Warning to Mexico.
The completion of the orders to move
the entire second division of the United
States Army to Galveston is intended
as further warning to Mexico that
there will be no departure from the
: established policy of preparedness
during the remaining week of President
Taft's administration. If anti.
American demonstrations againsl
Americans which have broken out in
some parts of Mexico should culminate
, in actual attacks on Americans as
j such, the retiring administration, al
I a moment's notice, will be in readiness
| even on the eve of laying down tfu
responsibilities of office, to order th<
departure of land forces from Galveston
to reinforce the marines and bluejackets
on the six American warship*
already swinging at anchor on both tin
Atlantic and Pacflic coasts of Mexico.
This course is justified on the grouno
that any cessation of preparations in th*
closing days or even hours of the Tafl
administration might be i^ized hold of by
Mexican malcontents, as an opportunity
for a strike at Americans, which coulc
not adequately be met and overcome,
should officials here relax their vigilance
Senator Sheppard Gives Facts.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas today
made representations to the State Department
about what he considers the unprotected
condition of parts of the TexasMexican
frontier.
Senator Sheppard recently sent tele
grains to the Texas county Judges along
the Kio Grande river from El Paso tt
Brownsville, and his statement to Secretary
Knox today was based upon th?
replies. They contend for the need of
more troops in two extended stretches
of territory, one of about 300 miles be
tween Brownsville and Daredo, and th<
other of almost as great length betweez
Del Rio and El Paso. It was represented
that there had been much looting
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CHARTS ON RECORD
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Embrace Data Gathered in
Money Trust Inquiry.
HEARING TODAY IS FINAL
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Committee Hopes to Submit Its
Findings This Week.
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REPORT FRAMED BY COUNSEL
Chairman Pujo Believes the House
Will Adopt Untermyer's State
ment as w rixxen.
A final meeting of the House money
trust committee for the submission of
proof met today, with the committee
prepared to rush the proceedings in
their desire to get its report to the
House this week. A chart embracing
all of the testimony elicited by the committee
as to the alleged concentration
of money and credit in the hands of
certain New York firms was presented
by the committee's statisticians. A supplemental
chart embracing the financial
institutions of New York, Boston and
Chicago was also presented, and both
were placed on record. These charts
showed in detail what the committee
in its report will characterize as the
"money trust" for which it has been
searching.
Immediately after today's hearing the
committee was to resume consideration
of the report framed by counsel Samuel
I'ntermyer. Chairman Pujo believes
that the I'ntermyer report will be
adopted practically in its entirety, and
that the committee will complete its
consideration today. He expects a
unanimous report from the committee
to be submitted to the House, probably
Friday.
Statistician Gives Testimony.
After Mr. Untermyer had read into the
record a series of documents shoeing the
joint bond transactions in which J. P.
Morgan & Co., the First National and
the National City Banks were interested,
Lawrence O. Scudder, statistician, took
the stand.
J Mr. Scudder produced a table showing
the bond issues in which the roiiowmg
firms were Jointly Interested: J. P. Morgan
& Co.. First National Bank, National
City Bank. Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. Kissell,
Kinnicutt & Co. of New York, J.ee Higginson
& Co., Kidder. Peabodv & Co. of
Boston, the Illinois Trust and Savings
Company, the First National Bank and
the Continental and Commercial Bank of
Chicago.
Mr. Scudder's table showed that those
houses had handled jointly some 300
bond issues in the last four or five
years, amounting to $3,607,512,637.
Charts Show Affiliations.
Of the charts placed in the record
the first showed the affiliations, through
stock ownership, directorships, voting
trusts and underwriting affiliations, of J.
P. Morgan & Co., the First National
Bank, the National City Bank, the Guarantee
Trust Company and the Bankers'
Trust Company, with banks and trust
companies, insurance companies, railroads
and industrial corporations throughout
the country. The other chart showed
similar data as to the New York
houses, Kidder Peabody Ar. Co. and
Lee Higginson & Co. of Boston and
the Illinois Trust and Savings Company.
the First National Bank and the
Continental and Commercial Bank of
Chicago.
After Mr. Scudder had explained his
charts, the committee went into executive
session to resume consideration
of the report.
VOTE STRIKERS BIG FUND
Illinois Miners Give West Virginia
Comrades $900,000
for Aid in Struggle.
PEORIA, 111., February 25.?Illinois
miners in state convention today voted
In favor of giving the striking miners
of West Virginia 1000,000 if necessary to
aid them in their struggle. The vote was
unanimous, and was followed by loud
cheering, delegates standing in their
seats, waving their arms and clapping
their hands.
The gift not only means a levy of $100,000
upon the members of the union in
this state, but authorizes the state executive
board to spend every cent of the
reserve fund of $800,000 if necessary.
The action of the convention today fol,
lowed an address yesterday by international
Vice President Frank Hayes, who
has just returned from the West Virginia
' coal fields, and who gave ajj account of
the hardships and privations which he
said the men on strike are suffering.
. MRS. PANKHURST GIVES BOND.
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' Charged With Inciting Damage to
English Chancellor's House.
i EPSOM, England, February 23.?Mrs.
Einmeline Pankhurst, the suffragette
leader, appeared in court here today
t charged with inciting others to "place,
! feloniously and maliciously, explosive
, substances with intent to damage" Chan.
cellor Eloyd-George's house at Wilton
t Heath. She was admitted to J)ail of $2,80(1
, after promising to refrain from inclte*
ment and not to attend public meetings
while the case is in progress.
The only evidence taken today was that
, in relation to her arrest. The proceedings
? will be continued tomorrow.
Suffragists this morning attempted to
I make a demonstration outside the police
court, but they were greatly outnumbered
t by the townspeople, who vigorously booed
r Mrs. Pankhurst as she passet) into the
r building.
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; STJSAMfcK SUWANNEE BUBNFD.
About $10,000 Damage Done to
M. & M. liner.
SAVANNAH, Ga., February 23.?
Scorched throughout her lower decks
forward and with her main decks and
. smoking room damaged by water the
j steamship Suwannee of the Merchants
? and Miners' Transportation Company,
| which caught fire at the ocean steamship
: docks early today, narrowly missed total
destruction.
? Savannah firemen extinguished the
flames after a fight of two hours. The
! loss is estimated at $10,000 to cargo and
1 vessel. The Suwannee will proceed to"
morrow for Jacksonville.
[ Eighteen passengers left the burning
ship in an orderly manner.
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THE "SIMPLICITY INA
PLANSTARTED HI SAVE"
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m 99 W W m m m mmm ----- Compromise
on the Excise
Amendment, It Is Thought,
Will Relieve Situation.
To save the* District of Columbia appropriation
bill front failure at this session
of Congress and otherwise to relieve a
situation which is embarrassing to many
members of the House, negotiations were
begun today for a compromise 011 the excise
amendment, which at present is a
stumbling block in the way of the consideration
of the bill.
The movement started among members
who are affiliated with the prohibition
element in the House and is being joined
in by men who favor more drastic excise
regulations than now obtain, but who
fear thtit the enactment of the JonesWorks
bill into law at this time is impracticable
and apprehend not only danger
of no antl-llnuor legislation at all,
but even failure of the Distxiet bill.
The proposed compromise which is being
circulated among members today fox
scrutiny and approval provides in a general
way as follows:
Provision or compromise.
Reduction by way of eliminatior
through regulation of the total numbei
of licenses from tlie present number tc
about
Graduated increase of the license fe<
annually until it reaches $1,500.
I Xo saloon to be allowed within tiO<
feet of u school or .">00 feet of a church.
Xo saloon within 1,000 feet of tin
navy yard, marine barracks or War Col
lege.
No more licenses to be issued until th<
number of saloons falls to the ratio o
1 to 1,000 inhabitants.
Increase of the wholesale license tt
$800.
O.ther minor regulations to further reg
ulate and restrict the traffic.
Requires Unanimous Consent.
It was stated today that the carrying ou
of this proposed compromise would re
quire unanimous consent to be given it
the House. The plan is to report th<
bill back front the committee on appro
priations and ask unanimous consent t<
non-concur In ail the Senate amendment!
except the excise tax, and to concur it
that amendment with an amendment ai
above set forth. <
Concurrence in that action would sen<
the bill to conference with the Houeti
conferees practically instructed on thi
excise amendment. But. as stated* i
is necessary to have an agreement tha
all this shall be done by unanimoui
consent, and that there shall not be .
test vote on the Jones-Works amend
ment.
1 The plan, if It is indorsed by the prohi
bltion element in the House, will be sub
i mitted to the committee on appropriation:
for Its action.
KNOWS HUSBAND IS DEAD.
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Lady Scott, Widow of Explorer, Com
munic&tes With Brother.
LONDON, February 25.?Dr. Bruce, a
brother of Lady Robert F. Scott, widow
of the antarctic explorer, received a wire
less dispatch from his sister today saying
that she had Just heard of her bus
band's death and that she was in goot
health.
Lady Scott is on board the steamshi(
Aorangi. which is due to reach Welling
ton, N. Z., February 27.
Despondent, He Slashes Throat.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va., February 25.?Alger
non C. Porter, for twenty years a deputj
clerk in the chancery court, killed himself
, today in the bathroom in his home. Las
i night he escaped from a iiospital when
1 he was being treated for melancholia ant
went home. Today he arose, went to thi
bath, and with a razor slashed his throat
: Death was Instantaneous. He was fifty
five years old.
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UGURATION" HAT TIPPER
?uce head suspended
I Kohler, Cleveland's "Golden
Rule" Chief, Denies All
Charges Against Him.
CL.HVKL.ANL), Ohio, February 25?
i At his mil request to save the mayor
j embarrassment, Cltveland's "golden rule"
! oJiief of police, Frederick Kohler,
j today was suspended by Mayor Newi
ton D. Baker. It Is understood that he
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' was first given an opportunity to resign.
Subsequently, charges attacking Kohler's
! conduct were liled with the civil service
commission. 4
Trial of the chief probably will be
speedy. The specific charges are that lie
was guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer
and subversive to the good order
and discipline of the department, and of
gross immorality.
Kohler Denies All Charges.
Kohler was yesterday shown the charges
and given until today to make a reply.
This he did in a letter this morning. In
which he denied all the allegations
against him.
Referring to one allegation of the
charges, that connects him. with a divorce
decree recently gr&nted a man here,
Kohlcr assured the mayor that he would
prove hts Innocence, saying: "When the
good name of a woman is attacked there
' is only one thing a man can do and that
is to fight."
> The chief intimated that a "clique" was
peeking .to oust, him from office and de,
dared Ills record did not merit this.
FLIES 94 MILES AH HOUR
a J
f Frenchman Goes From Paris
to London in Three Hours
and Five Minutes.
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LONDON, February 23.?A new and notable
record of three hours and five minutes
for a flight from Par.'s to Jx>ndon
was made by the French aviator Marcel
G. Brindejone des Moullnais today.
The aviator started in his monoplane at
9:15 this morning from Paris, landed at
v didis ai iv.uui icauiiicu jii? uikmi ai uuun
j and descended in London at 1:30, crossing
9 the channel In a fog.
b The distance between Paris and London
J is 287 miles. During his actual flying
* time of 185 minutes the French airman
t maintained a speed of ninety-four miles
- an hour?more than a mile and a half a
minute.
3 Taft Signs Railway Bill.
President Taft this afternoon signed the
bill authorizing and directing the Washington
Railway and Electric Company to
extend its street railway lines from Wis.
consin avenue west along Macomb street
to Massachusetts avenue, and thence to
the District line.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate:
Met at 10 a.m.
Passed pension appropriation bill
carrying $180,000,000.
Regan consideration of Indian ap'
propriatlon bill. '
Passed Crawford bill, restraining
interlocutory injunctions to suspend
state laws.
House:
Met at 10 a.m.
r Resumed debate on naval approf
priation bill.
1 Labor committee reported bill to
? fix an eight-hour day for woman
J workers in District of Columbia.
; Money trust investigating com
mittee held final meeting.
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:?PATENT APPLIED FOR.
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IV ACQUITS SNEED
OF IUER CHARGE
Ranch Owner Free After Slaying
Two Men, Following
Wife's Elopement.
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i VERNON". Tex., February -5.?.lohn
| Beal Sneed. a wealthy west Texas!
j ranch owner, was today declared not
i guilty 0f tire murder of A1 Boyce, jr.. at
j Amarillo. Tex., last September. The
jury retired last night and returned
; the verdict this morning.
Sneed shot Boyce to death on a street
in Amarillo upon what was said to have
been their first meeting after Boyce j
' eloped with Mrs. Snead.
Elopement Causes Two Deaths.
A1 Boyce, jr., was the second member
t of the Boyce family Sneed had killed
on account of the elopement. The first
killing was that of Capt. Albert Boyce,
sr., whom Sneed shot in a Fort Worth
Hotel. Sneed's defense was that ho
i feared for his life and that Capt. Boyce
was aiding his son A1 in the elopement.
October 13, 1911, Mrs. Sneed proposed to
! her husband that she leave Texas with
i Boyce and go to South America. A fewdays
later Sneed placed his wife in a sanitarium
near Forth Worth.
Overtaken in Canada.
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Early in November Boyce and Mrs.
Sneed eloped. Snced spent ?A),000 in
searching (he country for them. They
were found at Winnipeg, Canada, where
Boyce was held on charges of theft made
by Sneed at Fort Worth. Sneed went to
Winnipeg, persuaded his wife to return to
Texas, and the charges against Boyce
were dropped.
Several months later Boyce returned to
Texas, and Sneed at his trial declared
that for some time before he killed Boyce
i in Amarillo he had lived in expectation of
death at any time at the young man's
hands.
TO SEND HOUSE PROTEST
Real Estate Brokers' Associa- ;
tion Opposes Bill Regulating 1
Signs on Property.
Following a meeting last night of the '
Real Estate Brokers* Association at the
Chamber of Commerce, a letter will be ,
sent by the organization today to mem,
bers of the House, opposing the plan
which forbids real estate owners and '
agents to place more than one "For !
Rent" and "For Sale" sign on any piece ;
of property. 1
The letter will state that such a law will !
restrict competition, create a hardship
upon the owner of the property and re- :
strain and hamper business. It will state
that there is no public demand for such
a law, that real estate is the most active
business In Washington, In which eompe- i
tition is often keen, and that there are 1
at present several thOusand houses in 1
Washington for rent and for sale, which
the placing of only one sign might pre- !
vent being either sold or rented.
It was reported at last night's meeting (
that the National Association of Real
Estate Exchanges at its annual meeting '
adopted resolutions disapproving any act 1
by any real estate broker that might
bring discredit to the National Capital.
The association last night also favorably
acted upon a plan to hold monthly lunch- ]
eon parties, placing the n^atter in the >
hands of a committee composed of George i
T. Worthlngton, Morton Luchs. F. L. i
Davis and James F. Shea. President 1
William H. Saunders presided. t
FAR SOUTHITIS
rwo More Deaths Added to
Antarctic Toll.
HERALDED BY WIRELESS
Lieut. Ninnis of London and Dr.
Merz of Switzerland Perish.
MEMBERS OF MAWSON S PARTY
Expedition Left Tasmania in 1911
for Scientific Research and Southern
Exploration Only.
RYDNKV, X. S. W.. February 25.?Another
was added to the list of antarctic
tragedies by the news received here tolay
of the death of two members of the
expedition commanded by Dr. Douglas
Mawson. The party left Tasmania in
I'.Ml. accompanied by a large body of
scientific men to explore thoroughly toe
egions around t lie southern magnetic
Dole.
Once again the British army is affected
Dy the loss of a briliant officer. Lieut,
fi. K. S. Ninnis of the famous Royal i
silliers Regiment. He was a close fricnu
if t'apt. Lawrence Gates of the Itinistilling
Dragoons, who perished while reurning
from the south pole with Scott.
Switzerland also has suffered a great
loss by the death of Dr. Merz, a proniilent
scientist' and sportsman. After winiing
the ski jumping championship in
Switzerland in 1U08 l e offered his services
o Dr. Mawson.
Lieut. Ninnis rfas tlie expert of the expedition
on surveying and sledging.
Lieut. Ninnis, according to a dispatch,
was killed by falling into a crevasse
nearly a year ago. His death was practically
instantaneous.
The expedition started out, not with any
idea of rusning to the south pole, but
ivith the intention of exploring and naming
the unknown lands of the antarctic
tnd making numerous observations around
the magnetic pole.
Objects of Expedition Attained.
According to the wireless reports received
from Dr. Mawson, the principal objects
of the expedition were attained.
Unfortunately Dr. Mawson and six of
his companions, after they had been plcked
up by the Aurora, undertook another
expedition and were unable to rejoin the
ship, which was compelled to leave them
to spend another year in tne antarctic.
1'iuf. David, wuo was a memoer of Sir
k.iorai j?hackleton's south poie expedition,
received the following wireless dispatch
from Adel.e Land:
"Dr. Dougias .M aw son and several of his
men missed the Aurora, which had gone
to fetch them under the command of Capt.
J. K. Davis. This happened owing to unfortunate
circumstances.
Lieut. B. E. t>. .\lnnis of the City of
London Regiment of Royal Fusilders, and
Dr. Merz, who was ski champion of
Switzerland In l!XW, are both dead. AH
the others are well.
"Dr. Mawson and six other members of
his party probably will winter on Adeiie
Land.
"Some very successful pledging expeditions
were made during the sojourn of
Dr. Mawson and his companions in the
antarctic."
Failed to Rejoin Ship.
The last previous message received here
from the Aurora arrived February 17. and I
said that all the members of the expedi- !
lion were on board the vessel. It would |
appear, therefore, that Dr. Douglas Mawson.
with some of his companions, must
have landed and gone on an expedition
from which they were unable to get back
in time to rejoin the Ayrora before the :
ice compelled her to leave.
The expedition headed by Dr. Mawson
set out from Australia in the latter part
of 1911. It consisted of nearly fifty men.
most of them graduates of the Universities
of Australia and Xew Zealand. It
was financed by popular subscription.
Dr. Mawson was not seeking the pole,
but proposed to make a complete geographical
and magnetic survey of the
antarctic region between Cape Ail are and
Gaussburg. a distance of over 2.UU0 miles.
The expedition landed on Adeiie Land,
which is a barren tract of what has also
been Known as \\ ilKes Land, atter tne
American explorer, and tlie men there
divided into three parties. From time
to time there have come reports of the
success of the explorers in the discovery
of new islands, and only recently, afterhaving
been out of communication for
several months, what purported to be a
wireless message was picked up from the
Aurora reporting "all well" on board.
Message From Di*. Mawsou.
MELBOURNE, Australia, February 25.
?Lord Denman, governor general of the
commonwealth of Australia, received a
wireless message from Dr. llawson today
in which he says:
"Our sledging season has been very
successful. We have opened up a large
area of new land both east and west of
Commonwealth bay. We have obtained
important new data from numbers of stations
in close proximity to the magnetic
pole."
The dispatch concludes: "It is probable
that six of the staff of the expedition as
well as myself may be unavoidably detained
for another year in the antarctic."
Loss to Scientific World.
"The death of any of the members of
the Maw son expedition means a great
loss to the seientitic world," said Gilbert
Grosvenor. director of the National Geographic.
Society today when told of the
reported deaths of I.leut. Innes and Dr.
Merz members of that expedition.
"The Mawson expedition went to Wilkes
land for the purpose of making a scientific
survey of the land, which was discovered
by Commodore Wilkes of the
I'nited States Navy In 1842. For many
years the scientific world laughed at
Commodore Wilkes' reported discovery,
hut such Is not the case now. for Shackleton,
Amunsden and Scott went Into the
[Jepths of the antarctic and confirmed the
navy officer's claims. For many years
after its discovery by Wilkes little was
known of the land, as no expeditions had
ever been sent there to carry on scientific
researches. The Mawson expedition
was the first to underta.ke the work.
"Mawson is an Australian, and so are
most of the members of his party
Formerly he was one of Sharkleton's
best lieutenants, and he has had much
experience in antarctic exploration. The
Mawson expedition set up its primary
base on Adolie Land and a second base
on Termination Land, both "of which
are included in the territory discovered
by Wilkes. Before sailing from
New York last week, Shackleton referred
to Commodore Wilkes as the
pioneer antarctic explorer. He paid a
high tribute to his work. A niece of
Commodore Wilkes named Hiss Jane
Wilkes makes her home In Washington.
Capt. Amundsen visited her when
tie was in Washington recently."
Hollis Lacks Three Votes.
CONCORD. N. H., February 25.?Henry
F. Hollis, democrat, lacked only three
.'otes of election as United States senator
tt the ballot of the legislature today He
eceived 302 votes to 173 for Edward N
Pearson (rep.) and 22 for William J. Briton
(prog.).
DEFENDS* MEN
Judge Parker Argues Before
Court of Appeals.
?
DENIES CONTEMPT CHARGE
Says Gompers. Mitchell and Morrison
Should Not Be Held Guilty.
CONFINES HIMSELF TO FACTS
Practically Leaves Questions of Law
Involved Untouched?Followed
by Mr. Ralston. i
I
In an argument lasting two hours today.
Judge Alton B. Parker of New
York, l?efore the Court of Appeals of
the District of Columbia, opened tha
presentation of the claims of Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor; John Mitchell, Its
vice president, and Frank Morrison, secretary,
that their conviction of contempt
of court should be set aside. and
that they should not be required to
serve terms of imprisonment in til#
local jail imposed by Justice Wright
June 23 last.
Mr. Gompers was sentenced to serve
twelve months in jail. Mr. Mitchell nine
months and Mr. Morrison six months.
The sentences arc identical with those
imposed in 11108. and which were set aside
by tlie t'nited States Supreme Court hi
May. 1911.
Judge Parker confines his argument to
the facts rather than to the questions of
law involved in the appeal of the labor
men. He pointed out that the record
discloses that tlie labor men never willfully
violated the injunction and that the
facts do not bear out the claim of th?
committee that the labor leaders are
guilty of contempt
The judgment and sentence of the court
are not sustained by the facts as shown
In the record. Judge Parker declared.
Boycott Not Continued.
He t.Tged that the record proves there
was no illegal boycott furthered by t.i?
labor men after I he injunction became
operative, and said the court should hav?
held the respondents purged of the alleged
contempt on the showing made by
them in response to the charges.
Speaking of the "urgent appeal" which
figured so prominently In the trial In the
lower court. Judge Parker said Mr.
t^nmnora thnf H1S rpfll Bfld OfllV
j object in pending ft broadcast throughi
out the labor world was to raise funds,
and that he had no thought of aiding a
! boycott by its distribution. Mr. Morrison's
testimony. Judge Parker said, was
to the same effect.
The "urgent appeal," lie said, could not
be a ve: y effective instrument to further
a boycott, but that it was effective for
the declared purpose of obtaining a defense
fund is not left to conjecture by the
court or to the vain imaginings of counsel,
for it is proved that the responses
i were liberal.
j In regard to the charge that Secretary
I Morrison s?-nt out thirty-seven copies of
the Federationist, containing alleged coaj
t? niptuous matter, Judge Parker declared
the tiuding of contempt to be Mr. Mori
rison's reward for having so freely and
! frankly supplied the attorneys for the
i prosecution with information as to these
| thirty-seven copies.
No Intent to Aid Boycott.
"if it could he reasonably claimed,**
the speaker said, "that any of these
copies were sent out to furtiier a boycott
and not merely to accommodate libraries,
colleges and students, why did not the
prosecution put in evidence the list of
j the names and addresses of the purI
chasers w hich had been furnished to Mr,
Davenport by Mr. Morrison?
"There certainly is no evidence in the
record upon which to t?ase a finding that
beyond a reasonable doubt the circulation
of all or any of such copies was with the
intent to aid. abet or assist a boycott."
Judge Parker also exonerated Vien
President Mitchell of the charge that he
aided the boycott when he presented to a
meeting of the Mine Workers of America
the resolution to fine any member who
bought a stove of the Buck's Stove and
Range Company.
He narrated the condition of Mr.
Mitchell's health at the time when he
was recovering from three severe surgical
operations, and pointed out the
testimony of the head of the mine
workers thf^t he did not recall the
resolution, as many were offered tho
same day.
Attorney Jackson IT. Ralston followed
Judge Parker in a brief outline of tho
law invoked 011 the appeal bv the labor
men. His principal argument will he
at the close of the hearing tomorrow.
President Clompers snt with his lawyers
at the counsel table, but Secretary
Morrison occupied a seat among, the
audience. Mr. Mitchell was not in the
city.
Judge Parker was interrupted several
times in the course 01 me hinuiunm.
by Justices Kol?b and Van ursdell with
queries as to tlie position taken by the
! speaker.
Judge Parker Opens Argument.
The two days allowed by the court foe
the presentation of the arguments on appeal
were distributed by arrangement of
counsel.
For the "committee of prosecutions."
which claims the judgment of the lower
court should be i stained and the labor
men required to serve the Jail sentences
Imposed by Justice Wright, arguments
will be made by Attorneys Clarence R.
Wilson. Daniel Davenport and Joseph J.
Darlington.
Before proceeding with the argument
today counsel for Mr. Gompers and him
associates obtained leave of court to file
a reply brief to the brief of the committee.
in opening their new brief counsel
for tiie lubor men say: "There are so
many errors contained in the brief of
the committee relating to the record, to
be contentious in the brief for tlie appellants,
and to its own citations of authorities,
that, lest any of them should mislead
the mind of this court, we have
found it necessary to submit this supplemental
brief."
Denial by Labor Leaders.
The lanor leaucm cucukhuj .....
statement of the committee that they di.l
not insist on their plea of the bar of the
statute of limitations In the court below.
They point out that "on the contrary. It
was understood by court and counsel all
the way through that the testimony was
being taken subject to our plea of the
statute and our objections upon this
point were considered as taken and over*
ruled."
Again at the conclusion of the caae,
they say. they saved the point in the
record and cite portions of the record ta
sustain their claim.
Denial Is also made of the statement
by the committee that a continuance of
the boycott is shown by the fact that
Oompers and ids associates stopped the
bovcott July 1910.
Numerous other alleged Inaccuracies in
the committee's brief are mentioned.
Daily Bulletin Favored.
The House committee on printing ha#
agreed to report without amendment the
Peters bill providing for a dally bulletin
of all committee hearings.
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