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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD
VOLUME XXXXIII BIRMINGHAM^ ALABAMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1013 12 PAGES NUMBER 18d
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IMPEACHMENT COURT
IS ORGANIZED TO TRY
iNEW YORK GOI&&&.QR
Sulzer Fails to Appear in
Person — Objections of
Counsel Swept Aside
Temporarily
PROCEEDINGS ARE
CONDUCTED WITH
GREAT SOLEMNITY
Court Convenes and Adjourns Un
til This Morning While Rules
Are Being Flamed by Com
mittee—Sulzer Not Ap
parently Worried
Albnnr, IV. Y., September IS—Wil
liam Sulr.er, governor of .Yen York,
ehargert by the naaemhly with high
crimen and mlndemeanom, failed to ap
pear In pemon today before the blah
court of Impeachment when II convened
to tiepin the trial which will deter
mine hln guilt or Innocence. I (intend
hln attorney* entered a npeclnl appear
ance la the governor's behalf and chal
lenged the organisation of the court
and Ita Jurlndlctlon over the accuned.
The objeetlonn of counnel were nwept
anlde temporarily by Chief Juilge Kd
gar M. Cullen of the court of appeals!
i president and the impeaehmeut tri
bunal proceeded to organise.
The <*ourt convened at noon and ad
journed an hour Inter until tomorrow
to permit a committee of three to pre- 1
pare and report rule* of proccedure. j
No objection wan Interponed to a rul- j
Ing of Judge Culltn that the th'ree j
denlKnated judge* of the court of ap
pcnln-—-Judgea Miller, Chane uud Hln- j
cork—lie permitted to nit with the elec- j
tlve judgri an member* of the high j
court,
SENATOR FRAWLEY
> FIRST TO BE CHALLENGED
The first challenge came when Senator
Janies J. Frawley was called upon to
take the oath. Senator Frawley is chair- ;
man of the legislative committee, which
furnished the evidence upon which the I
assembly board of managers based its
charges against the executive.
Admitting the right to challenge, Judge
Cullen ruled that members oC the court
must be sworn before any proceedings
were taken and Senator Frawley took
the oaih.
Judge Herrick announced that Senators
Kamsbcrger and Sanner, members of
the Frawley coinmilttce, ami Majority
Leader yWagiler would be challenged at
( the proper time.
Senator Wagner, Senator Klon R.
Brown, the republican leader, and Judge
Willard Bartlett of the court of appeals,
the committee appointed to' draft the
rules of procedure, had practically com
pleted their work tonight. Apart from
the adoption of thea rules interest in to
morrow's proceeding ' was focussed on
the expected legal r A tie over the right
of the challenged sen tors to sit as mem
bers of the court. T\ie defense contends
that the members of the Frawley com
mittee, having uncovered the evidence
*1 against* the gov ernor, should not be per
mitted to assume the dual role of prose
cutor and Judge. Although Senator
Brown is a member of the committee, no
objection was urged against him as ho
did not participate in the committee's ac- |
tivities.
SENATOR WAGNER
TO BE CHALLENGED
The governor’s attorneys refused to ex- !
plain why they purposed to challenge
Senator Wagner and the opposing coun
sel said they were in the dark concern
ing it.
The senator himself suggested that *t!
might be claimed that he had assumed
prerogatives of the lieutenant governor
since the impeachment of Governor Sill
ier, but he added he had laid no claim to
the office and had not attempted to dis
^ charge any of its functions.
Counsel for the assembly board of man
agers eon fetid that precedent has estab
lished the right of the challenged senators
to sit as members of the court.
The impeachment court as constituted
today numbered £7, of whom 48 are sen
ators and nine Judges of the court of ap
peals. A two-thirds majority of the court
Is required by the constitution to con
vict.
Scores of witnesses are under subpoena
to testify. At least 50 will be called to
establish the case of the prosecution, the
managers assert, and it is believed that
'f as many will be called by the defense.
Whether Governor flulzcr would be put
on the stand In his own defense and
whether his wife, who is reported to bo
able to explain many of the governor’s
questioned stock transactions in Wall
street, will be called as a witness, were
secrets which the governor’s counsel to
night refused to divulge.
ANOTHER WITNESS
SAID TO BE MISSING
Louis A. Sarccky, secretary to Mr.
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CGcONEL SMITH IS
CHAMPION RUNNER
OF UNION VETERANS
Does 140-Yard Dash in 17 Seconds.
Wins 2,/j*Mile Bun in 16:10—Seven
Participants All Over 60—Cos
tumes Defy Description
Chattanooga. September 18.—Col. J. D
Smith, aged 69, of Detroit, this afternoon
retained tlie Grand Army of the Repub
lic speed championship title by winning
a sprint and a long distance race from
seven challengers. The Michigan cham
pion took the 140-yard dash in the re
markable-time of IV seconds. In the gruel
ling two and a half mile contest Colonel
Smith crossed the tape 3<j0 yards ahead
}f H. G. Barnes, aged 68, of Pittsburg.
Tiie elapsed time was 16 minutes 10 sec
onds.
Confederate Made False Start
Meredith Wolfe, aged 80, of Chattanooga
broke through the barrier on a false start
just preceding the first race. The Con
federate veteran was speeding swiftly
around the track when called back by
his Union comrades. He felt unable to
start again and was scratched from the
entry list.
Costufiles of the participants in t e
events rival description. Colonel Smith was
arrayed in a salmon colored suit over
which he wore a pair of dark blue gym
pants. Col. H. G. Barnes, who finished
second in the miniature marathon, ap
peared in a full suit of sky blue material.
Pink stacks adorned his feet and dark
blue trunks completed the outfit. Col. G.
W. Howe, aged 70, of Port Huron, Mich.,
took third honors in botli races. Tow
ering six feet high, very slender and with
a fiowdng beard, Colonel Howe sped
around the track in a suit of tan under
wear, blue running pants and yellow
sooks.
Large Crowd Cheers Racers
A large crowd of men and women
cheered the racers.
In the 140-yard dash W. C. Allen, aged
Gu, of Clinton, Ky., led for half a lap.
Colonel Smith followed closely behind with
Colonel Howe third, W. A. Heinchon,
aged 67, of Cleveland fourth, Colonel
Barnes fifth and Jacob Hoffer, aged 68, of
St. Cloud, Fla., sixth. Just after the turn
Colonel Smith sprinted ahead of his com
rade from Kentucky, and the race was
finished in that order.
Few thought that any of the contes
tants would complete the two and a half
mile race. Colonel Barnes set the pace
for’the greater part of this race. In the
fourth lap he was passed by Colonel
Smith, who gained a lap, and then fol- :
lower directly in the steps of the Pennsyl- j
vanian until the tw'enty-eighth lap. when
ht again passed Colonel Barnes. Thirty
laps were necessary to complete the dis
tance. Colonel Howe of Michigan covered
the entire distance in a slow trot. Other
contestants were forced to drop out of the
race in the early laps.
SLOW BUT SURE
New York, September 18.—For seven
years the postal authorities have kept
watch abroad for Walter O. Fernald. To
day they caught him when he returned
to the United States on the steamship
Majestic. Fernald was indicted in Tren
ton, N. J., several years ago on a charge
of using the mails in a conspiracy to
.defraud.
Government officers said Fernald had
a long police record and had served time
iii San Quentin prison, California. They
allege that Fernald in 190(5 was head of
the Security and Purchasing company
and Imperial Trustee company of Jer
sey City, and that he advertised to fur
nish capital for new corporations ami col
lected fees ranging from $500 to $7000 from
numerous customers.
Declines to Interfere
Washington, September 18.—Attorney
General McReynods declined to interfere
with the ruling of Judge Van Fleet that'
Maury 1. Diggs and F. Drew Caminetti,
convicted of violating the white slave
act, should serve their sentences in
San Quentin penitentiary. Defendants'
counsel asked that they be sentenced to
tlie federal prison at McNeill's Island.
Washington.
Congress Postponed
Pocatello, Idaho, September IS.
Senator Brady of Idaho, president of
the Transmississippi Commercial con
gress. today announced that the twen
ty-fourth annual session of the. con
gress. which was to have been held at
Wichita, Kan.. October 21, has been
postponed until next year.
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TODAY’S AGE-HERALD
1— Impeachment court organizes.
Currerfcy bill passed by House.
Diaz summoned to return to Mexico.
Traction strike still Imminent.
2— Birmingham man testifies In case.
3— Europe ready to take advantage of
new tariff laws.
4— Editorial comment.
5— -Another shake-up in the Alabama
Power company.
Ooodwyn here to meet Bankhead.
Selma sensitive to Eacy charges.
Bank heat] does not want Underwood
to run.
State committee meets in December
to call primary.
Underwood will announce as soon
as bill is signed.
6— Women’s page.
Fall openings.
7— Sports.
8— Bessemer needs another teacher.
Lawer charges client kidnaped.
11— Markets.
12— Wikle may run for legislature.
} Mayor Gaynor’s Body To Be
Landed In New York Today
New York. September 18.—All arrange
ments had been completed this evening
^for the tribute the city will pay to its
dead executive, William J. Gaynor, whose
body will be landed from «the steamer
Lusitania here tomorrow.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the Lusitania
was reported by wireless off Nantucket
^ light, and It was expected she would
pass Sandy Hook at midnight or shortly
afterward. It was arranged for the de
partment of corrections' boat “Correction”
to draw up alongside the liner down the
bay to transfer the body from the steam
er's decks to the unfilled casket resting
« on the heavily draped catafalque on the
upper' deck of the little vessel.
The “Correction" will land the body in
Brooklyn and tomorrow and Sunday
morning it will remain with the late
•\ mayor's family. Saturday afternoon a
private funeral service will be held in
the Guvnor home and in the evening the
casket will be brought to the city hall 111
Manhattan and placed in the rotunda
where It will lie In state Saturday night
and Sunday.
A guard ot honor, comprising relays of
uniformed police and firemen, will re
main on duty at the city hall until Mon
day morning when the funeral cortege
starts for Trinity church for the funeral.
After the services in the church the pro
cession will wend Its way over tile Brook
lyn bridge to Brooklyn borough hall,
where the mourning column will disband
and the funeral party 'proceed to Green
wood cemetery where the burial will take
place.
The ‘‘Correction" steamed down the hay
early this evening. She was a hearse
afloat, with a catafalque on deck, her
Hag drooped at half mast and her upper
deck a solemn spectacle of black. Down
in the engine room and In the deck houses
the members of tile crew bad replaced
their blue oil-stained overalls with black
trousers, black shirt* and black bow tlaa.
WHERE WILLIAM SULZER FACES JURY WHICH
WILL DECIDE HIS POLITICAL LIFE OR DEATH
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, THE SENATE CHAMBER IN NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL
BY GENERAL HUERTA
Latter Intends to Abide by
Agreement — Refugees
Want to Be Returned
to Mexico
Mexico City, September 18.— Instruc
tions have been sent by President
Huerta to Gen. Felix Diaz, who is
now in Europe, to return immediately
to Mexico. It Is expected that be will
sail within a few days. This fact is
learned on high authority and it is
regarded here as Indicating that Gen
eral Huerta intends tb abide by the
pact signed at the American embassy
la>t February to niace. ho <vfcwasted♦» tn
the path of General Diaz in his can
didacy for the presidency.
It is considered possible that Gen
eral Huerta will throw his influence
to I>aiz, which would practically insure
ms election.
The partisans of Diaz have not
ceased 'to labor in his behalf and as
sert they have organized upward of
3000 “clubs’' throughout the republic.!
Up to the present General Diaz is the
only candidate in the field.
The Catholic party, which is the j
only big organization likely to put for- !
ward a candidate in opposition, held I
a convention several weeks ago and j
adjourned without naming a candidate.
The leaders of that party have calico
another convention for next Sunday.
It is no secret that they favor Huerta
and in the previous convention decided
to support the President should h«
again become a candidate. General
Huerta, however, has given no indica
tion of such intention.
Comment on Tamariz
Much comment has been caused by
the selection by President Huerta of
Kduardo Tamariz. one of the most
prominent among the younger leaders
of tlte Catholic party, lor the portfolio
of public Instruction in Ills cabinet,
vacated by Jose Lostana. tvho lias been
transferred to the department of com
munications and public works. Tam
ariz has never held an important pub
lic office, although for several years
he lias been identified closely with po
litical affairs.
It is learned that tlte bankers who
recently agreed to finance the admin
istration to the extent of 12.600,000 to
15,000,(100 pesos have declined, to offer
any hope of assistance dating beyond
the coming elections.
General Trevino, who was selected by
General Huerta to head the military
court, has declined the post, giving us
bis reason III health and his advanced
age. ft Is expected that he will re
main In the capital for tile present.
Such newspapers as commented on
tile President’s message have voiced
mild approval of it. none of them at
taching particular significance to any
portion. There were no disturbances
on Independence Day in any pu t of tho
republic. , , .
Refugees Want to Be Returned
Los Angeles. September 18.— A pro
test against the state department's ac
tion in issuing a warning that caused
them to leave their homes In the Yaqu!
valley of southern Sonora, was sent to
night to Secretary Bryan by more than
100 American refugees who arrived at
San lJlego yesterday on the 1'. s. S.
Buffalo. It was requested that the
government return the refugees to
their homes that they might protect
their property or that the United
States government send to the valley
[at once a force sufficient to protect 11
from theft or destruction.
Charles F. O'Brien, of the Richardson
Construction company, from the hold
ings of which 'most of the refugees
came, worded and signed' the protest.
He asserted that the American settlers
left, their homes at -the solicitation of
Robert Vail, consul at Cluaymas, and
Lieut. R. I.. Henley of the Buffalo, be
lieving that "most decisive action
would be taken at once, otherwise they
would never have abandoned their
homes and property."
It was declared that the.iefugecs
would return to their homes in Mexico
as best they could unless assisted by
the government along cither of the
lines requested.
"The American settlers unite In de
claring that they were In no danger
; cither to Ilf" or property." wrote Mr.
i O'Brien: "that they were not molested
: v either of lb" contending forces in
b'onora. that tin- constitutionalists who
are In control of the Taqul valley huve
Sonora: that the constitutionalists who
have endeavored to protect them: that
none of the settlors ^would have left
but for the urgent demand of Messrs.
(Caatlauad aa Pafs H|W)
Hobson Agrees To Debate
Woman Suffrage With Mr.
Heflin After Next April
By C. E. STEWART
Washington, September 18.—(Special.) j
With two Alabamians prominently In
the lime light In Washington, one as
an advocate of "votes for women" and
the other opposed to this programme,
lively times might be expected If the
ladies advocating woman sufferage and
those opposed could have their way.
Representative Heflin is now looked
upon as the national champion of those
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opposed to woman suffrage, and Repre
sentative Hobson is counted as the na
tional leader of the advocates of female
suffrage.
Representative Heflin recently issued
a challenge to any member of Congress
who believed in woman suffrage to meet
him on the stump and discuss the ques
tion. Vo or 'seen o | to h.'We lb** courage
»o pick up the gr. uni let cast down by
. !r. Heflin and to the consternation of
the fair advocates of "votes for wom
en" there it remained until Captain
Hobson returned to the capital. In
stantly he was besought to accept the
challenge. Yesterday leaders of the
"cause" called the captain from Ills
duties in the House and urged him to
meet the champion of the antis and
annihilate him on the spot.
Captain Hobson, it is said, has agreed
to do so. In fact he told Representative
Heflin in person that he would meet
him on the stump and discuss this
great and vital issue with him. But,
unfortunately, the captain cannot do
so at this time. Other urgent matters
demand his attention, same being his
campaign in Alabama and the time
fixed for the undoing of Mr. Heflin
must he postponed until after the pri
maries in Alabama next spring.
Representative Heflin’s stand against
woman suffrage has brought him hun
dreds of letters from all over the coun
try from women who are opposed to
the "movement," who commend his
course and urge, hyo t o keep ft up.. On
the dtii^r - hahif' • "apfatn ' Hobs’bii hi
equally regarded by the ladles who seek
the ballot, and both sides confident?v
expect that when the battle of words
does take place their particular favorite
1 will come off the victor.
SANITY OF SLAYER
Schmidt and Counterfeiting
Partner, Muret, Are Be
ing More Closely
Connected
New York, September IS.—While steps*
were being taken today to have a jury
pass on the sanity of “Father’' Hans
Schmidt, bit upon bit of evidence was pil
ing up, linking closer and closer the
lives of the slayer of Anna Aurnuller
and his alleged counterfeiting partner,
Dr. Ernest Muret.
Muret was the central figure in the
day's developments in the case. The
priest, whose very right to the name he
claims and to the cloth he wore is being
called in question, grew morose In his
cell and talked little. Muret appeared
In court to plead guilty and be held
on the charge of having a dangerous
weapon in his possession, but this charge
was more of a formality than anything
else, serving merely to hold him in the
hands of the state authorities while the
mysterious twists and turns of his many
sided life are being followed up and his
association with tin Aurnuller girl's mur
derer traced to its beginning.
Schmidt s Cousin
The pseudo dentist, who appears from
information the authority already have
acquired in their search, to have prac
ticed medicine under other names in Chi
cago, England and on the continent, has
been thought by the police almost from
the beginning to bear some blood rela
tionship to Bchmidt. Thus the advices
tonight from Aschaffenburg, Germany,
Schmidt’s birthplace, that Muret is now
believed to be the murderer’s cousin,
Adolf Mueller, caused little surprise
among the investigators.
This development, bringing with it
the statement that the cousins were
close friends and that ^Mueller long ago
disappared, perhaps was the most im
portant of any along the line of In
quiry which seeks to establish a con
nection of lung standing between the
two men. It came out also, however,
through th£ discovery of an engraver
who made copper plates for Schmidt
that Muret, as he now calls himself,
seemingly had far closer knowledge
than he has , at any time admitted of
Schmidt’s counterfeiting operations,
having Accompanied gchmidt to the
engraver's shop when the plates were
secured.
As for Schmidt himself the many
aliases he used fed' Inspector Faurot,
in charge of the case, to suspect that
the clerical prisoner might not be the
llans Schmidt of Aschaffenburg but an
imposter. This theory, while somewhat
pt cross purposes with that which has
brought out the supposed blood re la
(CMtlaaed ob Paso Sight)
CONFEREES REACH
WHEATAND FLOUR
House Accepted the Senate
Amendment Without Any
Change—Wide Differ
ence of Opinion
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Washington, September IS.—A settle
ment of the differences between tile
Senate and the House over the proposed
duties of wheat and flour was reached
by the democratic members of the tariff
conference committee today. The nature
of the agreement was not made public,
but it Is understood that the House
members finally accepted the Seriate
amendment almost without change.
Under this provision, both wheat and
flour would go on the free list and a
duty of 10 cents per bushel would be
assessed against wheat imported from a
country levying a duty on American
wheat and a duty of 45 cents per barrel
against flour imported under like con
ditions. The House had put a straight
duty of 10 cents per bushel on wheat
and had free listed flour with a coun
tervailing duty of 10 per cent ad va
lorem.
Precedent Established
Today's agreement established a pre
cedent, which, it is understood will be
followed in other cases in imposing
countervailing duties.
It is expected that the conference will
approve a countervailing duty of 10
per cent on potatoes, which both houses
have put on the free list and that t«*
countervailing duty on wood pulp, put
in <t>y the House and later stricken out
by the Senate, may also be adopted.
Wide differences of opinion developed
ill the conferences over the duty on
lead and zinc ore, burlap, ferro manga
nese ore and several other items. An
agreement was reached on the meat in
spection provision, applied to free meat
from abroad and the section will be re
written 90 that the rigid provisions of
the .^merican inspection laws will he
applied in some of their more impor
tant features to imported meats.
A nigfit session of the cwiferen.ee was
held tonight for the tirst time owing
to the slow progress made on the bill
today. The decision of the conferees to
1 drop Senate amendments proposing a
tax of 91.10 a gallon on all fruit bran
dies used to fortify sweet wines was
vigorously attacked in the Senate to
day by Senator Poraerene. He declared
that if the provision were dropped, he
would make a light on the floor of the
Senate against approval of the con
ference report.
Tiie amendment met objections from
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GENERAL STRIKE OF
TRACTION MEN IN
While Danger of National
Strike Is Averted for the
Moment, the Situation
Grows Worse
! London, September is. Despite the in
tervention of the lord mayor, which led
to the concession by the 'fillings ’Hus
company of the light of the men to wear
union badge*, a general strike of the
traction employes is still imminent on
the clear-cut issue of recognition of the
union.
Explaining the failure of a conference
held at the mansion house today, Or
H^n Smith, at a mass meeting o!
*r!ie strikers tonight, declared: *‘\V© atf
preparing to slop every passenger carry
ing Hiicle in fain don before we will lost
the fight. Tilling* will come first; ther
the General Omnibus company, then tin
Tub tubes, and after tlmt. if we art
forced to it, the street cars.”
The strikers declare that the Tilling*
concessions with regard to wearing badges
are not enough; that the union must be
recognized and the grievances with ref
erence to wages and hours adjusted.
Mass Meetings Tonight
Mass meetings of employes of the 'bus
companies have been calleil for tomor
row night. The Tllllngs service was bad
ly crippled today anti will probably be
suspended tomorrow.
The recent amalgamation of the London
underground railways, tubes and 'busses
and privately owned street cars, forms
one of the most powerful traction com
bines in existence. The unionizing of the
employes of these interests has proceeded
with equal success. Therefore, ttie ex
ecution of a general strike order means
the practical stoppage of all passengei
carrying traffic, except the municipal
street cars. Bven the latter might join
| hi a sympathetic strike.
The failure of the executive hoard of
the National Railways union either to In
dorse or repudiate the sympathetic strike
of the freight handlers has relieved the
danger of a national strike for the mo
ment, but this action has brought .about
a worse situation at both Liverpool and
Birmingham.
The news circulated at Birmingham
that the governing body had Indorsed
the demand for a national strike was
bailed by the strikers there with wild
delight. But this was turned to Intense
anger when a denial was received. The
strikers adopted a resolution condemn
ing the executive board and reiterating
their demand for n national strike.
Freight Paralysis Spreading
Tlu* freltcht paralysis at Hirmlnghain
Is affecting other points in the midlands.
The l.nndon Northwestern railway Is not
accepting any freight for Hirmlnsham
(Continued on I’aue Mne,
BV VOTE OF 286 TO 84
THE CURRENCY BILL
IS PASSED BV BOOSE;
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Twenty-Four Republicans
and 14 Progressives
Join in Support
ing the Bill
SENATE COMMITTEE
WILL NOW CONSIDER
MEASURE AT LENGTH
Will Probably Be Several Weeks Re*
fore Committee Is Ready to Make
Report—Bill Would Elimi
nate Present American
Bank Note System
Washington, September 1*. -The com
plete revision of American hanking and
currency methods proposed in the demo
< ratio currency bill was started on Us
way to tlie statute books today. By a vote
of 2845 to 84 the House parsed the bill
in practically the same form in which it
was originally proposed. Twenty-four re
publicans and 14 progressives joined with
the democrats in voting for the bill. ,
With this overwhelming House majority
and the indorsement of President Wilson
behind it, the measure was sent over to
the Senate. There It was referred to
the hanking and currency committee be
fore which hearings on the subject already
are in progress. The committee may not
be ready to report for several weeks.
Mourn Ruminate Hank Notes
The measure would eliminate the present
American hank note system, under which
hanks issue currency against government
bonds, and establish a currency to he is
sued by 12 federal reserve banks bast’d
oi sound commercial paper which the
government assumes the responsibility of
redeeming in gold or lawful money.
It would place practically every phase of
banking under the control of a federal
i ©serve board of seven members, to be
appointed by the President and a council
of bankers which would have only advis
ory powers. The system would he ad
ministered through the reserve batiks sit
uated in 12 geographical divisions of tMe
country, each capitalized at about
CdR, which capital, must be subscribed by
the banks in the reserve dlstrl t. \t too
eleventh hour the j louse wrote into the
bill a disclaimer of any intention to alter
the gold money standard fixed by law.
Bill Practically Unaltered
Ten days of earnest consideration in the
Mouse failed to alter the bill in any
material particular, and It passed virtual
ly ns drawn by Representative Gloss of '
Virginia, chairman of the House bank*
ing and currency committee, after con
ferences with Senator Owen, chairman of
the Senate committee; Secretary McAfoo
< f the treasury department and the Pres
ident. Throughout the debate republicans
and progressives vigorously denounced
the methods employed by the democrats
ir framing the bill and in perfecting its
details gin caucus. The democratic lines
held firm, however, and no minority
amendments were adopted. On final pass
age but three democrats voted against the
bill.
Sentiment regarding the measure has
not .set crystallzed In the Senate. The
Senate committee is hearing interested
citizens from all over th»* countr\ on the
principles of the bill. These hearings
may continue for several days at least.
The committee itself is expected to take
weeks in the discussion of the measure,
although the administration forces in the
Senate hope to fm * »• an early report to
the floor, where further extended de
bate is expected.
Republicans Support Bill
A burst of applause greeted the vote on
the bill in the Mouse. Three democrats
who voted against it were Kopresenta
lives Callowas »f Texas, Rider of Louis
iana and Witherspoon of Mississippi
The republicans voting for it were:
Holtz, Hrowne, Gary, Cooper, Cramtoti, •
Dillon, Rseh, Parr, Cess. Krear, Haugen,
Heigeson, Kent, Renroot. Linqulst, Mapes,
McLaughlin, Nelson, Porter. Samuel Smith
and J. M. G. Smith of Michigan; Smith
of Minnesota, Stafford. Young of North
Dakota.
Two progressives. Temple and Walters
of Pennsylvania, voted against the bill.
Fourteen other progressives voted for it.
They were Bell and Stephens of Califor
nia: lilnebaugh, Kelley of Michigan. Kelly
of Pennsylvania, Rafferty, Lindbergh,
(< out limed on l*nge Right)
Princess Kills Herself
When Thwarted In Love
Heidelberg. Germany, September 18.
! Princess Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eigen
inch, a beautiful young woman, unusu
ally popular, of sunny digpogiHon and
much courted by t*he officers with
whom she often rode behind tin- hounds
at the Haden court hunts, committed
suicide early this morning. Her body,
with a bullet wound in the temple, was
found this morning In her room in the
palace of her father, Prince William.
The death of the princess was clue
to a love affair. She was engaged to
Hans Von Blelchroeder, the eldest son
of the senior member of one of the
most, powerful banking houses in Ger
many. When the engagement was an
nounced prematurely some mouths ago
it v <» uned that the rc'gnlng grand
duke William Ernest, strenu
ousl; the union unless tin
briny * 1 all her tiles and
refused to do.
1 her parents were
mu< idelherg for the
SnU ken In i lie poor
am. olio welfare, al
th« * "as l*y no means
we1 <ng on an appan
age g grand duke. As
"hci the grand duke
obj *n of the princess
wi occupied an intend
I station in life. Her father, it is said,
was inclined to accede to his daugh
ters wishes, but was unable to take an
independent stand owing to his finan
cial relations with the grand duke.
\\ bile the princess had been pre-w
vented from marrying Von Bellehroe
der they had often been seen together
at Heidelberg since the engagement
Was announced. He studied tor sev
eral years at Heidelberg, ami /nude tins
doctors degree last winter.
It is not known whether the pair
had resigned themselves to the deci
sion of the grand duke, but Von Bleich
roe’der, It is reported, started from Ber
lin for Heidelberg yesterday.
No statement of any kind relative
to the tragedy his been given out and
! official confirmation »*f the suicide
I could not be obtained today at Print©
William’s palace. But the townspeople
have accepted the MiiicUVe version and
’ the pathetic feature of the affair has
caused deep sorrow.
According to on© of the palace em
ployes the princess killed herself
about 6 o’clock in the morning and .1
maid, entering her apartments soon af
terward, came upon her dead body. The
princess was only 25 years of age,
having been born on July 25, JSX8.
\ brother. Prince Hermann, resigned
from the Prussian army several years
.ago. He settled In In T.ondon and /par
ried an Italian actress. Compelled t »
renounce his title, he took ttie name
of Count Osthclm.