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FOI. JO.
SANTA FE NEW MEXICO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1915.
NO. 267.
I
CURRENCY
COMPLET
BILL
ED
TO-DAY
AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT SESSION, THE
oriiiir Eim uniipr PnlirCD
OLNMlL filU liUUOL ""tlv'
EES, EARLY THIS MORNING,
AGREE ON A FtltAdUnt SAIli -
FACTORY TO BOTH HOUSES.
WILL PROBABLY BE
SIGNED TO NIGHT
Washington, D. C, Dec. 22 Al
though administration leaders in con
gress bent every effort for a speedy
approval of the currency bill today,
that it might be hurried to the White
House for President Wilson's signa
ture before night, a series of delayB
developed to hamper their progress.
Printed copies of the conference re
port were late coining from the print
ers, and the parliamentary situation in
both the house and the senate seem
ed to favor delay. Democrats In both
houses were prepared, however, to
ask for speedy approval of the disput
ed points agreed on by house and sen
ate conferees with the hope of getting
the bill out of the way in time for
President Wilson to leave for his
Christmas vacation in Mississippi to -
rnnrrow
It was 2 o'clock before unanimous
consent was given in the house to
take up the conference report. At
that hour the report had not been
presented and the leaders expected at
least 2 or 3 hours debate when it did
come in. As the house must first dis
pose of it, its appearance in the sen
ate was not expected before late, in
the day.
Other delays connected with the
routine work of preparing the report in
its final form, some, discussion in the
house further upset the plans of the
leaders and at 3:30 o'clock the house
and senate both were marking time
with the intention of staying in ses
sion until the bill was disposed of.
Prospects for a long night session
seemed bright.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 22. The ad
ministration currency bill in its final
form was reported to both houses of
congress today to be written into law.
The members, of the conference com
mittee which labored until dawn this
morning, threshing out the differences
between the two houses, presented a
perfected measure which followed
closely the lines laid down by Presi
dent Wilson in his demands for cur
rency reform.
A general desire among legislators
to get away from Washington for the
Christmas holidays, resulted in a pro
gram calculated by Democratic leaders j
to place the bill before the president
for his signature tonight and to clear
the way for an immediate recess.
The conferees agreed on practically
all of the fundamentals of the meas
ure as It passed the senate, including
the provision that not less than eight
nor more than twelve regional banks
should be created. The reserve re-
quirements for banks entering the
system, which had been slightly let
down by the senate, were strengthen
ed in conference, and amendment al
lowing the use of the present bank
notes and the proposed new federal
reserve notes in bank reserves being
stricken out. The last long drawn
out struggle of the conference result
ed from the administration's determi
nation that the comptroller of cur-
rency should be given a ptace oh me j note t0 Mrs jje Villiers-Glover, was
federal reserve board which will con- tue ony wtness to the tragedy. The
trol the new system. The senate con-; note he' carrje(i wag addressed to Mrs.
i ferees were evenly divided on this j ng yuiiers. Glover met the messen
, proposition, three senators joining j ger at tnR door and refused to re
, with the house members of the con)-celve it Spielman reported to De VII
mlttee in supporting the aduiinistra- Hers who then went to the Glover resl
tion's contention. It was nearly day-. dence accompanied by the messenger,
light when a single shifting vote when tIie door wag opened, according
brought the conference to a close. j ff) Spielmani 1)e villiers leaped upon
The conference accepted the - -nate GIover shouting: "You broke up my
amendment increasing the gi. J re- homP . Glover drew an automatic
serve behind the new notes from 33 1-3 i pigtol gpieiman said, and three shots
per cent, as fixed in the house bill, to i wpre flrprt whle the men grappied.
forty per cent, wth a graduated tax ;
on depletion as arranged in the sen
ate. A compromise plan for retiring
the two per cent bonds on which the
present currency is based, was writ
ten into the bill by the conference.
Under this plan $36,000,000 worth of
these bonds will be purchased each
year beginning two years after the
system is placed in operation by the
new regional banks from the present
national banks. On one-half of its
holdings each regional bank may Is
sue currency. The remainder will be
refunded in three per cent thirty year
bonds or three per cent one year
treasury notes which the banks must
agree to renew each year for thirty
years.
Another senate amendment that
was crushed out in the conference was
the proposal to guarantee bank de
posits. When telegrams from Seattle were
presented to the senate today by Sen
ator Polndexter, Senator Burton de
clared that the organization commit
tee should be entirely free from out
side interference in determining where
the banks were to be located. If it
were practical, he said, congress
should pass a resolution that no sena
tor or representative should use his
influence with the organization com
mittee. The conference agreed to leave
Alaska out of the new system.
The provision for the refunding of
; tln government two per cent bonds
I and the retirement of the present na-
tional currency is as follows: j
National banks may make nppliea- '
't.ion to the treasurer of the United;
'states to have their bonds sold at par '
'nnrl accrued interest. The treasurer!
i will nrenare a list of all such applica-
jtions and furnish it to the federal re- j
I serve board. The latter may compel:
the regional reserve banks to pur
chase annually a total of not more
than $25,000,000 of these bonds.
The purchase money for the bonds
will be for the treasurer who will pay
! P to the banks selling the bonds, iirst
deducting enough to cover the value!
cf all of the bank notes still outstand-
ins. The regional reserve banks that
; purchase the bonds will be permitted
to take out an amount 01 new cur-
rency equal to the par value of the
! bonds, or they may secure one year
I gold notes of the United States for
jhalf the value of the bonds and three
I ner cent thirty year bonds for the
balance.
U the latter method is adopted, the
regional bank can be compelled to re
purchase one year gold notes each
year for thirty years. The one year
; notes would bear three per cent inter-
jest. The period within which banks
shall shift their reserves from the
banks in central reserve or reserve
cities was extended by theconference
committee from the two year limit of
the senate bill to a three year limit.
WILL PROVIDE FOR
GUARANTEE SEPARATELY
Washington, D. C, Dec. 22. The eli
mination of the federal guarantee of
bank deposits from the new currency
bill is to be followed soon by the in
troduction of a separate bill to estab-
lish such a guarantee. Chairman
1 Owen of the senate banking commit-
I tee' expects to inirouuce ii i ij "gai.
month.
MURDER FOLLOWS
MATRIMONIAL
TANGL!
DANIEL DE VILLIERS SHOT AND
KILLED AT LOS ANGELES BY ROY
H. GLOVER THE PRESENT HUS
BAND OF DE VILLIERS FORMER
WIFE.
MESSENGER BOY IS
THE ONLY WITNESS
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 22. Daniel
de Villiers, of San Antonio, Tex., was
shot and killed late last night by Roy
L. Clover, a wealthy land agent, who
came here two months ago will) the
mother of De Villiers' two children.
The shooting occurred in the door
I yard of the Glover home, where de
Villiers called in an effort to see bis
former wife. Glover, who is in jail
charged with murder, says ho shot in
self-defense.
The tragedy revolved abou: the wo
man in the case, who was known as
.Mrs. Glover, but who, de Villiers is
said to have declared, was still his
only make a brief statement in which j
she said she was the daughter of a
New York bzroker, that her maiden
name was Campbell, and that she had
held the woman's golf championship
in New Jersey in 1904. She also said
she had been the wife of De Villiers,
but was divorced and had married
Glover in October.
Charles Spieiman, a messenger boy,
by whom de Villiers sought to send a
n villiers died in a few minutes.
Afterward another pistol, undischarg
ed, was found beside the dead man's
body.
Immediately after his arrest Glover
retained Le Compte Davis as coun
sel. Davis said today that De Vil
li 1 1 .nn n attotrtnt aarlv VPS-
, , . . , ' " ,nt,.,,tlnn with
terday to get in communication ItU
Mrs. Glover. He sent her his ring.
which was returned with the message
that "Mrs. Glover did not care to see
Mr. De Villiers."
One of De Villier's main objects in
coming to Los Angeles, was to see
his two children. David, aged 4; and
Margaret, aged 6.
De Villiers is said to have been a
prominent commander on the Boer
side during the South African war.
QUINCY MINING CO. WOULD
OUST STRIKING MINERS
Lansing, Mich., Dec. 22. In an ef
fort to oust its former employes from
the company houses, the Quincy Min
ing company, of the Calumet copper
mining district, appealed to the su
preme court today for an order re
quiring Circuit Judge O'Brien of
Houghton to show cause why a writ
of mandamus should not be Issued to
compel him to set asids his order al
lowing appeals to be taken from the
eviction judgment of the circuit court
commissioner of Houghton county.
HUNDREDS DIE
ERUPTIONS
Paris. Deo. 22. Fresh eniptioiiH
have caused further destruction of i
life among the natives of the island
of Amberim in the New Hebrides
group, according to a report received 1
here at the French ministry of marine
from the captain of the French gun
boat Kersaint, on his arrival at Nou
mea, New Caledonia.
Dip point, on the western coast of
the island, has been buried beneath a
j Heavy tail or cinders ana many 01 ns
i inhabitants are missing. Two local
steamers rescued l,sw natives, ao
Europeans or Americans have been
killed or injured.
Earlier dispatches estimated the
loss of life among the natives at 500.
Sydney, X. S. W., Dec. 22. Incom
ing steamers bring terrible details of
the recent volcanic eruptions on the
island of Ambrini, in the New Heb
rides group, in which "00 natives lost
their lives. Witnesses of the disaster
describe it as so sudden and violent
that they expected to see the whole
western side of the Island disappear.
With a terrific roar, which was fol
lowed by a rapid succession of artillery-like
detonations all the crators
of the volcano entered into full activ
ity, spouting flames and lava and
throwing out huge boulders. Great
' streams of lava soon were rushing
down the slopes, cutting off the vil
lagers from escape. In one instance
two torrents of the molten mass join
ed and made an Island of one entire
section of a village. Here fifty or six
ty persons perished.
The scenes ut night were awe-inspiring.
Flames shot. In the air to a
height of a thousand feet, illuminat
ing the whole scene of destruction.
The ocean seemed to boil as huge super-heated
masses of stone fell into
the water and streams of lava poured
into the bay. Dust from the craters
gradually formed a black cloud which
blotted out the light of the stars.
The bay, after the eruption, was
filled with dead fish and large num
bers of dead turtles. The water in
the rivers was hot.
The British hospital buildings were
wiped out of existence, but previous
to their destruction the doctors pluck
ily removed all the patients to a
launch and escaped with them.
WHITMAN W:LL
CONTINUE TO
PROBE FOR GRAFT
New York. X. Q., Dec. 22. Notwith
standing Governor Glynn's refusal to
appoint liim a special1 deputy attorney
general, District Attorney Whitman
proposes to continue unremittingly his
investigation of alleged graft in the
state highways department. In a
statement issued this afternoon the
district attorney says that the plan of
holding up upstate highway con
tractors for contributions to the state
Democratic committee, "was presum
ably mapped out in New York City"
and that the evidence thus far shows
that the funds collected "were all de
posited in the county of New York to
the credit of the organization which
apparently authorized the activities of
the collector.''
I Mil ITflDV TA TURN
PRISONERS OVER
ija pIMTV i m'mication, south and west of Chihua
I U vUUIl 1 T jhUai today had reached a point where
Trinidad, Colo., Dec. 22. No action
haB been taken by the district attor
ney or by the sheriffs of Las Animas
or Huerfano counties relative to let
ters Issued Friday night by General
John Chase in which he stated that
the military authorities had completed
their investigations and that all mili
tary prisontrs should bo turned over
to the civil authorities at the earliest
convenience of the county officers. A
military guard is still being maintain
ed at the city jail, where Louis Zan
canelli and Mario Zeni are being held
in connection with the Belcher killing. ;
SCHUMAN-HEINK
ASKS DEUORCE
FKOW Wrli RflfP !
Chicago, 111., Dec. 22. Suit for di
vorce was filed here today by Madame
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, the opera
singer, against her husband, Wm.
Rapp. Desertion is the charge. They
were married here in May, lauS, and
itns si"S'-r 8il,ce 1138 made Chicago her
a ,, ,,,, w tun
residence. Happ deserted her two
years ago, she alleges. They had no
children.
Temperamental and family differ-1
ences are said to have estranged tue
Rapps. Madame Schumann Heink had
eight children by her two former mar
riages. W. J., WIFE AND GRANDSON
SPEND HOLIDAYS IN FLORIDA
Miami. Fla., Dec. 22. Secretary and
Mrs. W. J. Bryan and their small
grandson arrived here today for a
stay of several days at the Bryan
winter home, "Villa Serena."
Hi CONGRESSMAN
I. S. PEPPER DIES. X
X
X Clinton, la., Dec. 22. Congress- .
SS man I. S. Pepper of the Second SS
X Iowa district, died here early to- X
X day. He had been ill for several
months. X
X S XXXXXXS
NORTH MEX CO
i 111 (tASIVAAl
OF RIMS
VILLA LOOKS FOR NO FURTHER
TROUBLE FROM THE FEDERALS.
MERCADO RESIGNS AND CASTRO,
FORMERLY AT JUAREZ, SUCCEEDS
IN COMMAND.
ORDER BEING SLOWLY'
RESTORED IN NORTH
XXXXXXXX
X X X
Mexico City, Mex., Dec. 22. X
V The Bank of London and Mexico X
closed its doors today. X
By a presidentail decree issued
tills afternoon every day, lnclud-
ing today, until the end of the
present year is made a legal holi-
X day in order to check the run on X
X
X
the banks here, particularly that X
on the Bank of London and Mex- X
ip0 v
X On tin? promulgation of this
Mi decree the Bank of London and X
Mexico opened Its doors but re- X
frained from paying depositors. X
XXXXXSXX
Mexico City, Mex., Dec. 22, The
bank was unable to get currency with
which to pay depositors and therefore
was forced to suspend. Bankers here
generally agree with the management
of the bank of London and Mexico in
the opinion that the Institution is
solvent and the closing may be only
temporary. The bank Is believed to
have excellent collateral.
Today's suspension was not due to
lack of assets but to the scarcity of
currency. Silver and gold both have
long been scarce in the country and
recently state bank bills have been
refused except in the states where
they were issued.
The London and Mexico bank has
been embarrassed more than have oth
er concerns because it haB for a long
time been accepting deposits while
the others have been refusing them.
The depositing public, made nervous
by the general banking outlook, began
on Wednesday last to withdraw mon- i
e.v.
It is claimed today on behalf of the
London and Mexico bank, that it could
meet the demand Hj distributing its
reserve, but this is impracticable be
cause it would imperil the standing
of lis bank notes. A small crowd
gathered in front of the bank today
but was orderly.
Second Largest in Mexioc.
New York, Deo. 22. According to
New York bankers, the business of the
Bank of London a?id Mexico was chief
ly of a commercial character. It did
not represent the Mexican govern
ment in the mafter of loans to any
great extent. It was rated as the sec
ond largest institution of the republic,
hewever, having, according to lrtest
available reports, held about $.'1,00(1,
000 In deposits. Its capital was ni out
$22,000,000 and its surplus and profit
account $16,000,000.
Chihuahua, Mex., Dec. 22. Rebel
control of telegraph and railroad com-
General Villa believed he would be
safe to any attack by the few federal
troops remaining in the north. As the
cities In the rebel territory are opened
to communication, General Villa be
lieves the rebel forces are becoming
more united, and that soon the states
of Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango and Chi
huahua will be free of federal con
trol. Although 4,000 federals at Ojinaga
on the border were reported to be
preparing for action, General Villa be
lieved that they would be unable to
do more than destroy the railroads in
a campaign ot guerrilla wartare.
Villa said Chihuahua was too well
fortified to fear an attack.
The report that General Mercado
had fled across the border was re
tarded here as the beginning of the
breaking up of the federal troops.
inis city, next 10 lvionierey, me
most important in the north, is a
scene of desolation, occasioned by its
long siege and subsequent sacking by
the rebels. No other large city in
Mexico is more destitute.
The stores, now sealed up against
further looting, are almost empty. The
litter in the streets betrays the haste j
with which the federals took what i
they could carry before they fled, and
also the eagerness with which the
rebel8 entered the shops to obtain
what was left of food or clothing.
The streets have been placarded
with notices that crimes, ordinarily
considered trivial, would be punished
with execution.
General Villa, who can neither read
nor write, exercised all the functions
of government from the state capital.
Mercado Resigns. I
Presidio, Texas, Dec. 22. United j
States troops patrolling the border
were watching today for General Sal
vador Mercado, deposed commander
of the Mexican federal troops, who
was reported to have crossed to the
American side from Ojinaga, possibly
with a view to making his way to Mex
ico City.
It was not believed Mercado j
would be arrested should he be found
In this country as he was said to have '
traveled as a civilian.
General Francisco Castro, who sue-1
ceeded Mercado, did not cross the
river from here until he bad paved !
! the way through a series of eoufer
j ences with Geni tal I'ascual Orozeo,
j through Intermediaries. It was not
i known that he had been in Presidio,
i until he had crossed the border. i
Federal Successes ReDOrted.
Mexico City, Ilex., Dec. 22. Federal j He of alienists on which may depend
successes at Tepic and Mazatlan, on j the life of Hans Schmidt, was looked
(he Pacific coast of .Mexico, are re- j f(. tod;ly ,1t j.;t.1Illiut s ,,-ial for the
ported in official advices received here
' . " , , , , , , murder of Anna Aunitillpr. Before
today. The rebels are said to have
been severely punished in a fight with '""rt opened "Us "lornlng the prls
the federal troops eight miles Iron) oner asked that all the sanity ex
Pepic, the capital of the territory of j P'-rts but two be excluded from the
the same name, while the federal room.
forces which had been besieged at "These two." be said, "are both
Mazatlan for many weeks, are said to j srinlists and humane and they know
have assumed the aggressive and to that I am sane. The others think I am
be forcing the rebels back toward insane." His request was not grant-
Culiacan, capital of the state of Sinn
loa. Hermosillo, Sonora. Ilex., Dec. 22.
Communications by rail and wire have
been practically restored throughout
northwestern Mexico, according to an
announcement made today. Ignacio
Bonillas, secretatry of comniunica
' tions in General Carranza 's provision
j al cabinet. This is assisting material-
Iy the constitutionalist campaign by
putting the various insurgent leaders
in close touch with the general head
quarters here.
Telegraph lines have been restored
in the states of Sinaloa, Sonora, Chi
huahua, and Durango, which com-
Ibises a section in norm western .uex-
ico aD0,lt 8(m mips ,0"S nmI about
; 500 miles wide. In this territory, the.
federals hold only the coast towns of
Guaymas, on the gulf of California,
and Mazatlan, on the Pacific ocean.
Constitutionalist officials assert that
only the presence of two federal gun
boats on the coast has prevented iho
capture of these ports.
Secretary Bonillas announced that
within a few days telegraphic commu
nication would he restored between
Nogales, on the Arizona-Sonora - bor
der, and Juarez, on the Texas-Chihuahua
border, by way of Torreei, 700
miles south of the international line.
Already the bonier telegraph lines be
tween Hermosillo and Chihuahua City
have been put in working order.
General Carranza received from his
home at Saltillo, Coahuila, news that
his three Bisters, Ursula, Hermelda,
and Mariana de Carranza. had been
forced to ride upon a federal troop
train. This followed previous reports
that the federals had compelled the
wives of constitutionalist officers to
ride on patrol trains to prevent, at
tacks by insurgents in that vicinity.
Friends of the constitutionalist com
mander confirmed the report that his
Saltillo residence had been sacked by
the federals, who carried away fur
niture and carpets and either destroy
ed or appropriated a library of 5,000
volumes.
i De La Barra In Japan.
Tokio, Dec. 22. Francisco de la
Barra, former provisional president of
Mexico and now special envoy to
Japan to thank her for participation
in the Mexican centennial, arrived
here today. He was welcomed at the
railroad station and cheered as he
rode to his hotel in a court carriage.
Another crowd awaited him at the
hotel.
An elaborate program has be n ar
ranged for de la Harm's entertain
ment. The emperor is to give a ha li
quet In his honor on Christmas day.
A group of agitators and members
of parliament met this evening and
pased a resolution expressing regret certainly deserving ot a very serious
that no members of the Japanese cab- reprimand, which I hereby request be
inet had gone to the railroad station administered, and I cannot relieve my
to receive de la Barra. The same I self of a feeling of great disappoint
group is making arrangements for a I ment that the general body of officer?
mass meeting and lantern procession .
in honor of the visitor. The newspa- j greeted the carrying out ot sucn a pro
ners devote much snaee to de la ! eram with apparent indifference to
Barra's arrival and reception.
New Minister Arrives.
Vera Cruz. Mex., Dec. 22. Senor
Cambiago, the newly appointed Ital- "I am told that the songs and other
Ian minister to Mexico, arrived here amusements of the evening were in
today on the steamship Copcovado and tended and regarded as 'fun.' What
will leave for Mexico City tonight. (are we to think of officers of the army
Refugees Arrive. land navy of the United States, who
Havana. Cuba. Dec. 22. Six Ameri-! think it 'fun' to bring their official su-
can refugees from the Mexican seaport j
of Tampico arrived here today on
board the Morro Castle on their way
to New York.
ARTILLERY IS
RELIEVED FROM
STRIKE DUTY
two I
I nniuau, tjoio., wee. zz. j ne iwu i
iilfiiuuim in iiir i' ii oi. nciu i unci t
Colorado national guard, numbering !
about forty officers and men, were to
day relieved from further duty in con-
nection with the coal strike and left! of themselves as responsible men and j
.. w, .,!. it,.,. irtw nvnn while tbev are ,
I II IB unci UUUII Willi lliiril ClJlllJ, I11CI11
for Denver. The artillerymen were
accompanied to the station by the mil- j
itary band and the cavalry and in- J
fantry forces stationed here. They
nave been on strike duty since N'ovem-
iberl.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Senate.
Met at noon.
Conference report on the adminis
tration currency bill taken up for ap
proval. House.
Met at noon.
Conference report on the adminls
ttation bill taken up for approval.
Representative Moore of Pennsyl
vania, urged foreign affairs commit
tee to seek official information of al
leged discrimination against Jews in
Itoumania.
EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA
REPORTED DEAD AGAIN.
Addis Abeba, Abyssinia, Dec. 22. It
was officially announced today that
the emperor ot Menelik is dead.
ALIENISTS STILL
TESTIFY IN
SCHMIDT CASE
I
I .M'W lorn, .V V., Dee. 'J. J 110 uai-
j ed.
The defense today continued its ex
amination of Dr. Perry Lichlenstein
physician at the tombs.
Reverting to Schmidt's admission to
having forged diplomas for students
in Germany, Dr. Liechtenstein said that
Schmidt told him he could transfer his
personality to any one he wished, so
j that when he signed a diploma he was
nut committing forgery, because for
the time being he was really the per
son whose signature he was imitating.
The dc tense called its first alienists
Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe, of New York.
JellifTe testilied as to Schmidt's
eccentricities and related several con
versations he had with Schmidt. The
witness had asked the prisoner if lie
did not know lie was guilty of crime
in slaying the Aumuller woman. j
"1 don't care much," Schmidt was
quoted as replying. "I am not guilty
before God." Schmidt then asked the
witness not to testify at the triah say
ing: "God will testify. He will commun
icate in some way with the judge on
the, bench. My mother is crying for
me every day."
WILSON PUBLISHES
HIS VIEW OF THE
MATTER
WANTS A SEVERE REPRIMAND AD
MINISTERED TO THOSE RESPON
SIBLE FOR SATIRES AGAINST
ADMINISTRATION AT THE CARA
BAO DINNER.
SURPRISED AT THEIR
IDEA OF HAVING f UN
Washington, D. C, Dec. 22. Presi
dent Wilson today made public a let
ter addressed to Secretaries Garrison
and Daniels, respectively, requesting
"that a very serious reprimand" be
administered to those army and navy
officers who participated in the recent
dinner of the military order of the
Carabao at which the administrations
Philippine and other policies were
satirized. The letter follows:
"The officers who were responsible
for the program of the evening are
assembled al the dinner snouiu iidvu
the fact that it violated some of the
most dignified and sacred traditions of
the service.
periors into ridicule and the policies
of the government which they are
sworn to serve with unquestioning loy
alty, into contempt If this is their
idea of fun, what is their idea of duty?
If they ilo not hold their loyalty above
all silly eflervesccnces of childish wit.
what about their profession, do they j
hold sacred?
tv nurnwn ttiorpforp in ndmitiis' i
tering this reprimand, is to recall the I
men who are responsible for this low-
mtr n wuu m. c jiuudiuig j
!(-! "i. uitiui u - -
remind them of the high conscience j
with which they ought to put duty i
above personal indulgence and to think
......... . ... ..... - . ,
amusing themselves as diners-out.
(Signed)
"Sincerely, yours,
"WOODROW WILSON."
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TWO MILITANTS ARE '
PLACED UNDER ARREST i
Cheltenham, Eng., Dec. 22.-"Miss j
Red" and "Miss Black." two members
of a militant suffragette arson squad, !
j who have eluded the police of many ,
occasions, were brought up in police j r.ngiana. in iuai iui., me uiuuierui
court here today on a charge of set- the president was born, and there
ting fire yesterday to Alstone Lawn, a i from 1820 to 1S35 the president's
laree mansion on the outskirts of this i grandfather, the Rev. Thos. Woodrow,
cj(v j was pastor of the Congregationalist
The two. who have been re-christen- j church,
ed for police court purposes, because! Jules Jusserand, the French ambas
they refused to reveal their names, ! sador, introduced to the president tc
were seen in the neighborhood of the ! day the new military attache of the
burned building. When arrested their j French embassy, Captain de Bertier
stockings were found to be soaked ! de Sauvlgny.
with kerosene which had overflowed i
from the cans they had emptied, on U. S. SUPREME COURT
the woodwork of the mansion. They TAKES HOLIDAY RECESS
appeared In the prisoners' enclosure Washington. D. C, Dec. 22. The
barefooted. supreme court recessed to January 6,
The accused were remanded for fur- when decisions in several important
ther examination.
OSTS
SSOLVE
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i PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS THAT
OTHER CORPORATIONS BESIDES
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY WILL
REORGANIZE S3 AS TO AVOID
PROSECUTION.
MAY ISSUE MESSAGE
ON TRUST QUESTION
Washington, I). C, Dec. 22. Presi-
! (Jent WlIsou Ipt it i)e'known today that
some other corporations besides the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, bad shown a disposition to
take the initiative in re-organlzations
to conform with the Sherman anti
trust law.
The president did not specify what
corporations he referred to, though
in informal discussion of the subject
with callers, he spoke of having some
in mind, lie reiterated that there
seemed to be a very general disposi.
tionto inquire what the law was, to
know what would be expected of "big
business"' and a desire to comply with
the spirit of the law.
Mr. Wilson said it, would be the
policy of his administration to corpor
ate in every way it legitimately could
to bring about a satisfactory under
standing of the law by the business
mon of the country, and that the
executive departments did not want
to raise barriers against those who
wanted to obey the law.
The president has been conferring
with congressional lenders on the anti
trust subject, and will read a special
message to congress after he returns
from his vacation, in which he will
point to the necessity of a rigid en
forcement. -of the Sherman law and!
will endeavor to make clear the in
terpretation of that statute, which the
! department of justice will follow,
j When the president signs the cur
I rency bill, he probably will accompany
i his signature witli some sort of a
, statement on the trust question.
POSSIBILITY OF RESTITUTION
SUITS IS ARGUED IN COURT,
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 22. Whether
there is a legal basis for restitution
splits against jertain directors and
former directors of the St. Louis and
San Francisco railroad on account of
the syndicate promotion of subsidiary
railroads and their sale to the Frisco
system, was argued before circuit
Judge Sanborn in the V. S. court here
today.
The arguments were on the petition
of Wm. Niles of New York, as stock-
i holder of the Frisco, who seeks per-
mission to file restitution suits against
certain syndicate members and on the
application of the receivers for in
structions as to whether they shall
file a suit for restitution against cer
tain officers or former officers of the
road who were members of the syndi
cate that promoted the St. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico line.
Henry S. Priest, counsel for the
Frisco receivers, filed before Judge
Sanborn today a statement giving his
relations to the receivership. This ac
tion was prompted by the petition of
Nilcs, which said that Priest, as at
torney for the North American com
pany, drew up the petition for the ap
pointment of receivers, that he then
represented the Frisco at the receiver
ship hearing and that he had served
as personal counsel for James Camp
bell, president of the North American
Oiompany, for B. F. Yoakum, chairman
of the Frisco board at the time of the
receivership and for Thomas H. West,
chairman of the board of directors of
the St. Louis Union Trust company,
which financed syndicates that built
subsidiary lines and sold them to the
Frisco. Niles, in his petition, claimed
mat Priest was not a proper person to
conduct a restitution suit on behalf of
the receivers.
Priest, in his statement, said that
some 01 m muiuc mauC
were untrue; mat ne was noi mier-
, , , . - , .
estod in any syndicate that had any
neaiings . u.e r i.aco; m u
not been emptoyea personauy as coun-
" L an pne u, oaKura or vv , .na
that he had not represented the North
American company.
FIRST CALL ON PRESIDENT
SINCE LA -T SPRING.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 22. Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambas-
sador, called on President Wilson to-
day for the first time since last spring.
fi ambassador has only recovered
f' a long illness. He presented a
W ot an embossed address to the
President from tne people or cneisea.
cases are expected.
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