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VOL 50.
SANTA FE NEW. MEXICO, TbESDA Y, SEPTEMBER 30, 1913.
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FIRST SPEECH
FOR TARIFF IS
MADE
SENATOR UNDERWOOD LEADS OFF
WITH PLEA FOR NEW TARIFF
MEASURE. AVERAGE DUTY IS 26
PER CENT.-SAYS DEMOCRATIC
PLEDGES ARE REDEEMED.
MEASURE MAKES END
OF PROTECTIVE PRINCIPLE
Washington, D. C., Sept. 30. "The
rates of the tariff bill as it comes back
to the house for approval, propose a
lower taxation than any tariff bill In
the last three quarters of a century,"
said Representative Oscar W. Under
wood, Democratic leader of the House
in the opening speech today in sup
port of the conference report on the
tariff bill.
"The bill as now before the house
is lower in its rates than either the
bill that passed the house or the bill
that passed the senate, for the house
conferees accepted all but three or
four of the reductions made by the
senate, while the senate receded from
over one-half of its increases.
"This tariff bill with its 26 per cent I
average, is almost as low as the fa
mous Walker tariff, which had low du
ties on liquor and tobacco. Besides
its great reductions on articles of
general use, this bill places many of
the necessities of life on the free list,
or gives them very low rates of tariff.
Mr. Underwood'B statement was
greeted with applause from the Dem
ocratic side of the house. In contrast
with the average tariff of 26 per cent
ad valorem in the Underwood-Simmons
bill, he said the existing Payne
law has an average of over forty per
cent and the Wilson bill passed by the
last Democratic administration had an
average of over 39 per cent. The rev
enus under the new law, Mr. Under
wood said, would yield a surplus of
$18,000,000 over estimated government
expenditures in 1915. He gave the
house the treasury experts figures,
made public yesterday, showing that
the total government revenue In 1915
vould be $1,0211,000,000, expenditures
fl,OOS,000,000, surplus $18,000,000.
"After three years of battle, today
the Democratic party is prepared to
leep its pledges to the American peo
ple," continued Mr. Underwood. "No
matter what criticisms our adversa
ries may have of this bill, no matter
whether they believe it wise or work
able, no man can deny that the repre
sentatives of the American people,
constituting the Democratic party in
congress have kept every pledge made
four years ago and two years ago In
reference to the reduction of tariff
taxation.
"I do not believe there is any dan
ger of this tariff working an injury to
the great producing interests of the
United States. They have in the past
Tieen surrounded by artificial condi
tions. This bill will force them to
modify the change these artificial con
ditions to bring their business down
to a safe and sound level.
"But I believe the country has not
waited for this bill to accomplish that
readjustment of business. Seeing the
inevitable change of tariff, business in
terests already have prepared for the
situation.
"When this law Is passed industry
and finance in the United States will
move onward. I believe an era of
prosperity and progress is ahead of
us. If it does come and my expecta
tions are realized, the bill will mark
the end in this country of the princi
ple of a protective tariff for personal
greed."
Mr. Underwood was greeted
with !
prolonged applause from the Demo
crats when he concluded. He was fol
lowed by Representative Payne, Re
publican author of the existing tariff
law, and leader of the Republican con
ferees on the Underwood-Simmons
bill.
Mr. Payne declared the Democrats
had over estimated the revenues that
would be secured under the new bill.
"You have prepared your guesses
on the basis that the present pros
perity will continue," said Mr. Payne,
"but you are all trembling now for
fear It will not."
Mr. Payne declared American com
merce and industry had developed
greatly under the Republican tariff
snd would suffer a disastrous setback
under the new Democratic law.
Under the agreement for debate on
the conference report Itself Represen
tative Underwood, Democrat, was al
lowed to control 2 1-4 hours' time,
Representative Payne, Republican, t
3-4 hours and Representative Mur
dock, Progressive, 30 minutes.
'Representative Payne declared
President Wilson's influence had
moulded the tariff bill throughout and j
that individual members of congress
tad yielded their own opinions to the
president. He did not charge the prest-
dent had used patronage to secure the;natlt 0f New York. Mr. Conant de-
rupport of the bill, but said: "It was;vispd tr.e currency system now oper-
always a good thing to have a lot of
appointments on hand when you want
to get a tariff bill through."
Mr. Payne declared that Democrats
had ceased to promise that the tariff
bill would reduce the cost of living.
"That's what you said last fall on j
the platform," he said. "In decency, j
you ought to keep it up now. But I
! hi.ven't heard a word on that lately."
lie argued there would be no reduc
tion in the cost of living under the
new tariff unless it came with a cessa
tion of business activity. All of the
t.mall reductions in tariff would be
"absorbed at the wharf in New York"
and would never reach the con
sumer. .
Representative Murdock, regres
sive leader of the house, one of the
ir inority conferees, who was excluded
from the tariff conference, caused
laughter by describing the close in the
conference and his share in them.
"A bound boy at a husking bee must
be a perfect cyclone of activity, com
pared to u minority member of a tar
iff conference committee," said Mur
c'ock. "I fully appreciate the imposing !
honor that was conferred on me," he
said. "Scarcely 100 out of the 10,000
who have been members of congress
since this government began, have
been members of conference commit
tees on tariff bills, but I have to re
port that things are not what they
seem in tariff conferences."
Mr. Murdock declared the eight
Democratic members of the confer
ence committee had practically writ
ten the tariff bill in secret conference.
"This bill began in secret and it
ends in secret," he said. "I am oppos
ed to that course of action."
Back of the tariff bill, he said, there
was distinct promise of; the .-. Demo
cratic party to reduce the cost of liv
ing. He declared it would not bring
fbout this result; that other factors
than tariff rates controlled the cost of
living.
STATE TROOPS'
ARE WANTED
AT WALSENBURG
Denver, Colo., Sept. 30. A tele
gram from Sheriff Jefferson Farr of
Walsenburg, asking that state troops
be sent to Huerfano county, was re
ceived at the governor's office today.
Governor Amnions stated that he did
not consider the situation there sufli-
ciently threatening to warrant the
presence of troops. He reiterated his
previous announcement that he would
not use the militia until It was dem
onstrated that local peace officers
were unable to maintain order.
Informal reports were made to the
governor today by several residents
and officials of Trinidad relative to
conditions in Las Animas county. The
governor's callers included those who
favor and those who oppose the imme
diate use of troops in the coal camps.
According to reports received at the
governor's office, conditions generally
are quiet and orderly. The operators
today continued the posting of evic
tion notices.
SECOND EXTRA SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE CALLED
Nashville, Teun., Sept. 30. Gov
ernor Hooper today called a second
extraordinary session of the Tennes
see legislature on Oct. 13 to consider
prohibition law enforcement bills. In
his proclamation, he said:
"The question which now confronts
! the people is 'shall the laws of the
BiaiC UC CU1UII.CU ill l"c v-nj o ......
as in the country or shall the outlawed j
saloons corruptly dominate not only
the cities, but the legislature and the
entire state?"
CURRENCY BILL MAY NOT
PASS THIS SESSION
SENATOR BRISTOW THINKS IT VERY.UN
LIKELY THAT PRESIDENT WILSON CAN
GET DEMOCRATS TOGETHER ON THE
PROPOSITION.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 30. Cur
rency legislation loomed today as a
paramount issue on the senate side of
the capitol, with the administration
tariff law within a few days or tne
statute books. A series of conferences
at the white house and at the capitol
endeavored to bring some sort of or
jder out of the confused situation sur
i rounding the administration bill in the
i senate banking and currency commit
I tee. After Chairman Owen and Sen
ator Shafroth of the committee, had
discussed the situation with the presi
dent they conferred with other mem
bers of the committee. None of the
Democratic members of the commit
tee would venture to prophesy as to
the course of the bill, but Senator Bris
tow, of Kansas, declared that he be
lieved there was little chance of cur
rency legislation at this session of
congress.
"I presume that some sort of a bill
will be reported in some way, in a
month or so," said Senator Bristow.
"There will be several minority re
ports. Whether the president will be
able to get the DemocraiB ou ihe com
mittee together, Including Senators
Reed, O'Gorman and Hitchcock, I can
not say, but that hardly seems likely
unless the bill is radically changed.
There Is not likely to be any currency
bill passed by the senate this session."
An expert discussion of the admin
istration currency bill was given be
fore the committee by Charles A. Co-
:ating in the Philippines and in Panama'
Mr. Conant endorsed the theory and
general principles of the bill. He said
that the plan of issuing money on
rigid security, such as bonds, was
not a means of providing elastic cur-
rency. He favored the scheme in the
DM of issuing short currency on short
time commercial paper.
FIVE M
EX CAN
STATES (HAVE
SEC!
REPORT RECEIVED AT EL PASO,
SAYS SONORA, DURANGO, COA
HUILA, SINALOA AND CHIHUAHUA
HAVE FORMED CONFEDERATE
STATES OF MEXICO.
0. S. TROOPS BEING
RUSHED TO EAGLE PASS
El Pasoi, Tex., Sept. 30. At a con
ference held in Hermosillo, Sonora.
five northern states of Mexico decided
to secede from the federal government
to form the confederate stales of Mex
ico, according to Americans arriving
today from Hermosillo.
The seceding states are: Sonora,
iDurango, Coahuila, Sinaloa and Chi
huahua. Only the rebel state govern
ment in Chihuahua joined in the move
ment. Venustiano Carranza is to be
president of the new confederacy, say
the Americans, and in his cabinet will
be General Angeles, a former federal
commander, as minister of war; Aug
ustin Eabansat, minister of hacien
das: Juan Sanchez Azcona. minister
of foreign relations. Kduardo Hay. is i
is said, also will be given a place in
the cabinet. Lower California is not
included in the new government, as
the rebels there say the revolution
has not succeded.
Three Troop Trains to Border.
San Antonio. Tex., Sept. 30. Two
squadrons of the Third Cavalry, one
machine gun platoon of the Third Cav
alry and Battery C of the Third Pield
Artillery, are being rushed in three
(special trains to Eagle Pass this at
iternoon. Xo definite reason was giv
er. at, department headquarters for the
movement.
Precautionary Measure.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 30. It is
thought here that Urigadier General
Bliss, commanding the forces patrol
ling the Texas-Mexico border, saw fit
to increase the guard at Eagle Pass
in nrrvpnl the noHsihle destruction
t Intovnatinnal bridges there bv
n...niiiiiliilaEi Tt hull lippn Mnill that i
the Carrancistas were about ready to
lftavs Chidad P-ortirio Diaz, across th
Din nronila from F.:irle Pass, and it
)was feared that being desperate and:
I having nothing to lose by such an act,
I they might attempt to destroy the;
bridges before their departure. As;
General Bliss has entire control over
the border situation, he ordered these
additional troops without consulting
the war department here.
May Be Removed From Office.
San Diego, Calif., Sept. 30. Miguel
Gomez, governor of the northern dis
trict of Lower California, passed
through San Diego today on his way;and life with Mrs. Rexroat. His testi-
... Muvtnn ntv u aniH he pvnpcted
to return within a month to resume
l.is duties at Ensenada, but rumors are
rife that he has been removed from of j
lice by the Huerta administration and
that other official changes are to be
made in the northern district. Gover
nor Gomez stated that his trip to Mex-
ien Citv had nothing to do with the
! return of the four Mexican army of-
i ficers who escaped from the detention
I camp on Point Eoma a short time ago.
! 1 , c a
lonsirucuun Hum s"ik. ;
T .... rlif Sunt SO T lPi'"S -
construction of a large power plant
near Santa Rosalia, Chihuahua, Mex.,
representing an investment of $4,000, r 7m ' on ,hP' firm's ledger at the -page bearing the
000 has been abandoned because of!Pn; " t w Zth Incoomit of Wm. Sulier. The account
rebel activity, according to R. H. Dil-j1 i she met hei death. ' wa8 opened, he said, on March IS.
L and S. P. Weinberg, mining engi- ZXn o n ! 910. The first entry was the sale of
neers. who are here today from the' ' "1(,t 1 pr in lle,.?f,lts ha" ' , 'mf, xhares of Big Four. Another sale
southern republic. Dillon said there
were no signs of anti-American activi-
...
ly ui oaina nuBHiirt.
Trouble Looked For.
! Eagle Pass., Texas, Sept. 30. All
I Americans in Piedras Xegras have
hieen instructed by Consul Blocker to
leave for the American side before
7 o'clock tonight. The reason for the
order has not been made public, but
is believed the American authorities
Intend to take a decided stand against
the destruction of property, including
the international bridge.
ONE MORE VICTIM . ",t; ;nd "V'Z . f, "i Wheat- not responded to our requests for mar-., ed the car from reaching the nunc prisoers. The town fell nto the
OF NEGROS' GUNS. ' d h' , ""'fed M,e seat in the ''Bin. At the closing prices today, your it was brought back to Calumet. A ;,! of the Albanians and the pris
Harriston, Miss., Sept. 30.-Another .n? ' " nt"!"P' n Z and a ' account was short $1,000 of the re- few hours later, when the men return-!onere were sent under escort to Ti
fatality due to Sunday's riot, brought i !' "L to be "Mr Spencer," ! quired amount and we beg to request ; ed to Ahmeek in automobiles. manv ra,la. , ,
the death list up to eleven, three,"3" ""P?rl.e chief witnesses at the vou to make a deposit of this amount ; shots were again exchanged. Only . Thp wonlP of the Greek race In
white persons and eight negroes. I " "" -The mum sat Tack of me i iomorrow." lone of the automobiles was hit and as ntlu,rn Albania are also displaying
Homer Aiken, a negro, succumbed to i'"""' e, l Afternoon Session. I far as known, no one on either side a vpry wur ,iUe spirit At Kontza.
wounds he received at the hands of;
the two Jones brothers, wno inau-
gurated the disorder which ended;
when they were lynched. Eocal au-
they were lynched. ixcai au-
thorities worked on the thory thatjwouU, bp able ,0 uientify Spencer by j
the Jones hoys were advised to begin
llieir muraerous ouwursi ana m
chugged condition readily acquiesced.
Their mother was tanen into cusioaj
at r-ort uioson, miss., last mgni.
Detectives also are Investigating
John propnet, a negro ot unampaign,
Hi., who recently came here and as-!
sociated with the Jones boys a great
deal. He, with Robert Patten, another
r.rgro, is in jail. Prophet organized
negro lodges, It is said.
NEW TYPE OF ENGLISH
CRUISER IS LAUNCHED
Davenport, Eng., Sept. 30. The Au -
rora. a light cruiBer of an entirely new
type, was launched here today and
added to the British navy. The ves
sel displaces 3,500 tons and was de
signed for a speed of 30 knots.
PRISON REFORMER GETS
FIRST HAND EVIDENCE.
Auburn, X. Y., Sept. :;n. Thomas ;
Molt Osborne, chairman of the stale I
I commission tor prison reform, com
i pleted his first day in Auburn prison !
i today as a self-convicted Inmate for !
j the purpose o studying prison eondi
i tions. The report of the prison phyui-1
clan showed that he stood the prison!
diet satisfactorily. j
Willi the broom and basket factory
gang lie was marched from his cell at
6:30 this morning to empty cell buck-;
els, wash and eat a breakfast of roll-1
ed oats, bread and coffee. After break-1
fast he proved an apt pupil at basket: j
weaving. j
V.'ILL RESUME HEARINGS j
IN STEEL TRUST CASE. !
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 30. Hear-i
irgs in the antl trust suit of the fed
eral government against the U. S.
Sleel corporation will be resumed in
New York tomorrow.
NO CLEW YET IN CHICAGO
MURDER CASE
SUSPECT ARRESTED BUT PROVES AN
ALIBI AND IS RELEASED POLICE
NOW LOOKING FOR A MR. SPENCER,
WHO WAS WITH HER ON NIGHT OF
MURDER.
Chicago. 111.. Sept.. .'ill.--Acting on
an entirely new clew, state's attorney
! Chas. H. Hadley, of Wheaton, at the
head of a dozen Chicago dete fives,
today lay siege to a building In Hyde
I Park, where they hoped to apprehend
i the slayer of Mrs. Mildred Allison
j Rexroat, the tango teacher, murdered
I near Wayne, Friday night.
I Hadley and Sheriff A. A. Kulin came
j to Chicago following a tip from a
I young man who assert Pd he knew the
identity of the slaver, who Is supposed
to have 'used the name of Spencer.
The informant said the murderer for
merly lived at. rsushnell. 111., that he
worked as a "bounce" at a dance hall
three years ago In an amusement park
where Mrs. Rexroat was employed.
Sheriff Knhn said that lie was con
vinced that "Spencer" had an accom-
plice and that the motive was robbery.
There is only n slight likelihood, the
sheriff added that their victim had
knowledge dangerous to them, and i
t tlmt thev
resorted tn murder to
u,i,(.p w i
A man n..ii,.vBii in iietpctivea to
i answer the description of "Spencer" '
J was arrested in a- Kn-town barber j
inhnn. Chief nf Detectives Hahiin sent !
for persons who could identify "Spen-;
c.er to look at the prisoner. I
The latter denied that he was the ,
man sought and said he lived fn Elm-,
hurst. a suburb. The suspect estah-
lished lus Identity as
Albert Bauer,
accounted for himself satisfactorily,
and was allowed to go.
Everett A. Rexroat, a Macomb coun
ty farmer, husband of Mrs. Mildred
Allison Rexroal, told the coroner's
jury the history of his acquaintance
monv. together with that of u. H.
Allison, her divorced husband, ana
others, who knew something of the
circumstances under which Mrs. Rex
roat visited Wayne, failed to throw-
any light on the identity of the slayer. ,
and an adjournment or the coroner's
inquest was taken until Thursday j
onilnB to permit the police to seek:
i10r( evidence. -
. The efforts of the police now are ;
entered in a search for Mr. Spen-.
icer," a pupil of Mrs. Rexroat s danc-
...,0J l t. l.on t. ;
;. r..;; : ... .u ,. ...,., ,. i,.i ;
laiHaieil Willi ii'i Uiiu niiu nu-
.... , , i i.
ot,M hurl nrrnnopfl up lipr tn tpaCll a
'ilu " . ...
private class at Wheaton and
amusement park in Chicago. She told;
..,,.,,. n.,.ui
' " ; . ,,,, :
:or tnree rimes a ween.
! He said they were married October ,
"P. in Crown Point fnd Mrs Rex- when the lirm oougni iu sixties - - .
.0, in tron I o ut, ina., mis. mi Bhares at 82. idetective agency, brouglit Here by the Vienna, Sept. 30. Women are tak-
Allison oni v a tew e' ' " bI'-ib the witness expressed It, $6,000. On ib-eaklng the copper strike, was at-; A,hanla. according to dispatches re
and the llinois law prevented the! as the wit n"B to 'tacked, presumably by strike,., v hen I ceived here from Avlona, the Albania
tTTXr tb ro'pl "w ere ,uarrie Taping oi.t e governor's margin. ; it arrived at Ahmeek, before daw,,. X piM. Many Albanian women, arm
hev lived the Xr ReToat's f m i Tl e firm then called on Mr. Sulzer to ! number of shots were fired it the car pd wltu hatchets fought shoulder to
17 a deposit. Their letter to Sul-lond the fire was returned. The car ; Bhoulder with their husbands, sons
! " fcomb, 1"; ShR nt? t0 ' Viv 6 said ! windows were broken by stones hn. led j and brotnOT8 dtlrinB the street fight-
Z 7cuZo' ' Re"sa d Z Vo r lLZ has been in bad !at them, but no one was hurt When nR at Dlbcra Sept. 23, when 1200
back to Chicago, Kexioat saio, nne r,.iaAa nrnaa iho tmru mwri.t- . niinH on,, 5nn ti.ien
talking about the new dances,!
especmIlv he 'tango.' i
. Johnson, with whom Mrs. Rex-.
-. rnnlnpd. naM she waa 8re she
,,,, voipp ..n 1np ni(,ht of hpr !
'death " Mrs. Johnson testified.
' a !
man canPa npr Gn the telephone and
:she answered herself. I heard her
;Bay .0h, is this you, Mr. spencer : j
;Then he got excited and couldn't i
nPar an(j caued me to the telephone.
yjT Spencer told me to tell her to
j meet him at B o'clock at the Aurora
;and Elgin station, and Mrs. Rexroat
! t0d me to say all right, she would
'meet him.
"Then she packed a suit case with
a party dress and said she probably
would not be home until the next
1 morning,
! "The next morning the telephone
rang and the same man s voice said
that she would not be back She's
eoine east to get married and Is go-
lng to give up her rooms,' he said."
ULZER ST
OCK
DEALINGS
SHOW
MELVILLE B. FULLER, STOCK BROKER
ON WITNESS STAND IN IMPEACH
MENT TRIAL TODAY OPENS BOOKS
AND SHOWS DETAILS OF GOV
ERNORS TRANSACTIONS.
ENTRIES CHANGED
BEFORE INATGURATIONj
Albany, Sept. 30. Mrs. William
Sulzer had borrowed money from the
Carnegie Trust company of New York
and it was to aid her in her financial
difficulties that the governor borrow
ed from the slock exchange firm of
Harris and Fuller. This was the ex
planation which Melville H. Fuller,
head of the firm, a witness today at
the impeachment trial, said the gov
ernor made to him.
The books of the stock exchange
firm of Harris and Fuller with whom
Governor Sulzer dealt for three years,
were changed two days before his in
auguration, so that it appeared in
stead of his account being a specula-
Hvn mm the firm hiid ltierelv loaned !
n. -nvernnr nionev. according to evi-
deuce adduced at his impeachment !
trial tod'tv
Melville" H. Fuller, head of the Arm, j
produced the books, testified that I
.. .. t,,i been made in the I
governor's account under date of Dec
30, 1i12, showing that the firm had
loaned him $40,000 or the debit bal-
iance against the account on previous
stock transactions. These dated back
to early in 1!10 and there was put in
to evidence letters showing that, dur
ing that time the firm had repeated
lv nulled on the governor for more
margin because of the steady decline ;
of the stocks involved in the account. !
Some of the securities Mr. Sulzer had j
! bought tnrougn me nun. um.-.r, .it-
i had deposited as margin against those I
ihe had bought, and at the same time j
had borrowed money on them
His to-I
sl-ital borrowings
including the $40,000
debited against him in the
"cross en
to $10,-
trv" transaction, amounted
000, according to the books,
The "cross entry" was made. Fuller
toot liiprl because his partner thought
"it would not be wise to nave siock
floating around the street in ijuwm-
or Sulzer's name."
otherwise, as Is frequently the case
jn malgm accounts, the stock might
fm )8 wav jnt0 the collateral put up
in the firm's transactions with DanKs.
Attorney Kresel tor rue imprmu-
ment managers, intimated tnai mis
"cross entry" was not made on Dec.
30, 1012, but at a later date. The
books showed that on June 16, 1013,
another "cross entry" had been made
after a check for $3,000 given by for
mer Governor A. E. Spriggs of Mon
tana had been paid into the account
and that, as in a regular speculative
ur-eninit. dividends on file stock had
,, ,,,, imprest charged
interest
Thpgp atter transactions reduced the
,.,. H,lit ilni,,ro , to about $3f,.
the 8pC0nd "cross entry"!
showed that, on that date the firm had j
na(lp (he ,,. n npw loan of $35,-,
j
. . . , , 0..,., ,h.l
At tile opeuinft Ul mr- ,,.... ,
today, Melville B. Fuller, of the oroK
,,: nA -Ciltpi WOR
'erace firm of Harris and Puiiei, was
, ' '" . ..
recalled to the stand.
He opened the
followed on May 17.
Then the account was closed.
lin' biioicd
' ,, ,, ' ancm-d ne to Fuller
June 27. 1010, according to I .
j0SPIm choate, former ambassador!
to Great Britain and Henry White,
fn,.mpl. nmi,assador to France, were
Lnnitnr nt Hie afternoon session
wh,,n Fuer resumed the stand he-
,,lpT,Mflprt a notP written by Governor
Sulzer to his partner in relations to
i the Spriggs check. It read: 'What
0overnor Spriggs says is agreeable to
u.p .,
' vpr said that the Spriggs mes
j sage related to closing the account
iT.d that the outcome of the confer-
ence was that Lieutenant Commander
.
L. J. Josepthal of the militia, a mem- j and Bmasj,ed on the streets and the j
her of the governor's siaff, took "PiofflcPr8 were hooted. General P. E. I
Hie account on July 15. ' Abbey, in charge of the two hundred 1
Josepthal came, he said, with a card state troops, considered the situation1
from the governor, to close the trans-jser,oug
action. ot a man reported for work at the
"Please carry out the suggestion of Mohawk mine this morning, due to j
the bearer and oblige me," it read , threats by strikers last night. The j
Tho ciioo-PdHmi wan ihnt we transfer ' mine fires died out and the town of
the account to him," said the witness
"We refused to do so until the gov-j
: i nor presented a proper order."
i "Did he present the order?"
' "lie did."
Kressel produced the order. Fuller
M:id lie had never seen it until it was
j produced before the Frawley investi
jp.atiug committee and could not say
! whether it was the same now as at
Ihe time it was presented. It was
i dated July 11, 1913, and read:
! "Please deliver to J. M. .loseptlial
! the securities held us collateral for
I my loan on payment of debit balance
flue thereon."
It was signed, "William Sulzer, for
' Mrs. Sulzer."
"Did Mrs. Sulzer ever have any
thing to do with this account?-'
i "N""
Did she at any tune ever call at
I your office?"
! "Xo."
j "Did your firm ever have any com
i n.unication from Mrs. Sulzer?"
"Xo."
J "Did she ever pay any money to
j your firm in connection with this nc
j count?"
"Xo."
DELEGATES FROM
SOUTH TO BE
LESS (N NUMBER
Washington, D. C, Sept, 30. Com
prehensive plans to reduce southern
representation in Republican national
conventions will be submitted tomor
row to the Republican congressional
committee by an advisory committee
i of five members of the house who will
j offer three proposals, each based on
the idea that the delegates to national
conventions shall represent votes
! actually cast in elections. Efforts will
1,M made to keep a quorum of the con -
gressiomu cuniiniueo in t usuiugioii
h to, "TV' nT
I'l!'s "d "d " to the Republican
national committee, so that an extra-
ordinary national convention may be
called next winter to determine its
nierlt.
The plan, which has many friends
in the advisory committee, provides
for one delegate from each congres
sional district, where the Republican
vote is forty per cent or less of the
total: two delegates where it is from
forty to sixty per cent. There would
be four delegates at large from each
state. The south had 228 men seated
... u.c wi,t....w... .
the plan outlined it would have 140.
The total number of delegates at the
last convention was 10C2 and under
the new plan would be 1044, so that
the proportion of northern to southern
delegates would be largely increased.
Another plan gives one delegate for
each 10,000 votes with four at large
f-om each state. Under it the south-
era representation mourn oe ,o,
POPE HOLDS CONFERENCE
OVER MEXICAN SITUATION.
Rome, Sept. 30. 7-ope Pius held a
lengthy conference on the subject of
the situation in Mexico today with the
Most. Rev. Eeopoldo Ruiz, archbishop
of Michoacan, Mexico, who had come
to Rome to present the report of his
archdiocese. The pontiff took great j
interest in the chances of the various
candidates for the presidency of Mex
ico. He expressed the hope that last
ing tranquility would eventually be
achieved and said that he praised God
to grant peace and prosperity to Mex
ico. RIOTING AND DISORDER
AT CALUMET
MICHIGAN COPPER STRIKE SITUATION
GROWS SERIOUS, BREAKERS ARE
PREVENTED FROM GOING TO WORK
AND 30 DETECTIVES ARE IMPORTED.
Calumrtl, Mich., Sqpt. 30. Shots
fired in two attacks on strike break
ers and numerous fights between un
ion and non-union miners marked the
copper mine strike today. A special
mn frnnl vw York
was wounded.
Disorder was rampant in the Calu -
met and Keweenawa districts today
from the dissolution of Circuit Judge :
O'Brien of the injunction against pick-j
eting, and interference of workmen .
hv strikers '
1 Attacks on men going to work were ontralia, Pa., Sept. 30. Miners U
! numerous and several arrests were . day made desperate efforts to save the
made by military and civil officers. ; fe 0f Thomas Toshesky, who was en-
The strikers were wildly demonstra-i tombed last Friday in the Continen
! tive and women sympathizers again tai mjne 0f the Lehigh Valley Coal
I were much In evidence. Two women company. A hole was bored through
wprfl Anions? those arrested. Dinner
wcid amtsiiE, ..i.wov ...... - '
.. snatched from workmen I
Mohawk was without Are protection
and water supply-
ASK FOR RULING
OF SUPREME
COURT
II. S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
AT DENVER WANTS THE OPINION
FROM HIGHEST TRIBUNAL ON THE
RIGHT OF PRESIDENT TO WITH
DRAW LANDS FROM ENTRY.
THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF
OIL LAND ARE INVOLVED
Denver, Colo., Sept. 30. The Unit
ed States circuit court of appeals lor
the eighth district will ask the United
States supreme court for a ruling on
the question of the right of a presi
dent of the United States to withdraw
public, lands from entry. This an
nouncement was made today by Pre
siding Judge Wm. C. Hook. This re
quest is made in the Mid-West Oil
company case before the court of ap
peals for argument at the present ses
sion. Upon the determination of a presi
dent's right, to withdraw public lands
is said to hinge the ownership of ex
tensive tracts of oil lands in Wyom
ing. The outcome of the present case
is expected also to have an important
1 bearing on litigation involving public
lands in other states.
Rich oil lands in California, aggre
gating an estimated total of more than
1,500,000 acres, have been entered up
on since the withdrawal order by Pres
ident Taft Sept. 25, 1909, and prior
to the wltdrawal act of congress of
June, 1910.
Title to ail of this land is involved
in the present suit, according to Wm.
Denman of San Francisco, special as
sistant to the attorney general of the
United States, who arrived in Denver
last night to participate in the ex
pected argument. The Wyoming land
involved totals about 80,000 acres.
Mr. Denman stated that the action
of the court in certifying the issues to
the supreme court of the United
States is highly satisfactory to the
government, as it will bring a final
disposition of the case probably a
year sooner than had been expected.
Associated with Mr. Denman on the
goverrment's side of the controversy
is Ernest Knaebel, also an assistant to
the attorney general. Both have spent
months in studying the complicated
questions resulting from the with
drawal, entry and re-withdrawal of
government oil lands.
The Midwest Oil company and oth
er corporations and individuals simi
larly situated assert that the with
drawal of the lands by President Taft
was illegal, and that all entries made
before the act of congress was valid.
The contention of the government is
that the president was authorized to
withhold the land from entry, especi
ally since in the withdrawal order he
specified that the land was needed by
the nation to furnish oil for use of the
navy.
The court today invited counsel for
both sides to assist it in preparing a
list of questions to be submitted to
i t lie supreme court. When opinions in
I answer to these questions have been
i received, the case will be argued in
the United States circuit court of ap
: peals, and a decision rendered in ac-
cordance with the opinions of the su
preme court.
j A recent decision In the U. S. dis
. trict court of Wyoming was contrary
to the government's contentions in the
Midwest case. The court decided that
the president was not authorized to
withdraw land from settlement. From
this decision the government appeal
ed. WOMEN TAKE AN ACTIVE
PART IN ALBANIAN WAR.
(which Is held by tne ureens, sixcy
:ejris have formed themselves Into a
company which is drilled by Greek
non-commissioned officers.
IMPRISONED MINER IS
FED THROUGH TUBE.
ihp wbii np COal hehind which he is
mc v.mi i v.vjci
fmm-lsoned and a tube was inserted
Through this food has been given him.
Mining experts feared they would bo
,lnaDle to release Toshisky for sever-
da5s. An aperture is now being
cut through a solid pillar of coal,
More food was given him through
the pipe and a blanket was passed
through. An electric light wire with
a bulb attached was let down Into
Toschisky cell along with some read
ying matter.