The times dispatch. [volume], December 02, 1912, Image 1

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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MlW^KSS^MM WHOLE NUMBER 19,187. RICHMOND, VA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1012^_ thb weather to.dat-c^-t. PRICE TWO CENTS.
FINAL SESSION
CONVENES TO-DAY
Expiring Congress Has
Much Work Left
to Do.
reef ~r
BILLION DOLLARS
TO BE DISPOSED OF
Appropriation Bills. Special In?
quiries and Proposed Legisla?
tion Will Keep Lawmakers
Busy Until March 4?Prep?
arations Getting Under
Way for Special Session.
W**fc:: ;tjn. Dei' mber 1? The ?x
g>?"lng S.x*y-second Congress will be
g .. at noon to-n?crrow for its filial
work or legislation.
In tbe brief period remaining- tat?
fore constitutional Masltatleaa bring
It to en end and t'irn many of ita
members back into privat-- life, filteoti
appropriation bllia. carrying over II.
C90.000,000 for the support of the gov?
ernment, must be passed; the Impeach?
ment of Judge Archbold of the Cora
merca Court, uiuat be tried in the
Senate. many Investigating comiiiit
tees muat conclude inqulriea and mak
their reports, and scores of >glsl^- i
live matters must be disposed of.
Throughout the session, attiacting
as much attention as the actual work'
of legislation, will run the prepara?
tory work for the extra session, to be
tailed soon after President-elect Wil
Baa takes ifflo. Match 4.
Committees, pursuant to this, will
thresh out question* of tariff, currency
anant'trust legislatloti, aiming to have
Democratic policies shaped and Demo- ;
cratlc plans made, before the new ad?
ministration comes into power. It is
asaured. say the legislative lead- rs.
that there will be no tariff legislation
this winter. Neither is it expected that,
the currency or antitrust problems will,
receive much attention in the lio .e.
or Senate, the principal work of the;
session being confined to preparation
for the Democratic administration and
the enactment of some of the more ,
linportsnt bills pending on the calen?
dars of the two houses.
Many Important BUI*.
Important alii* to rocotoo attention,
the bill for a Department of 1-wbor. '
which Senator Borah said to-da;- e?htti
I - presented for Immediate action, thi :
Mieppard-Kenyon bill, preventing ship?
ments of liquor Into "dry states, the j
I'age bill, to give Federal aid to voca
t tonal and agricultural schools, and the
resolution for a constitutional amend?
ment, limiting a President to a singl-'
term of six years.
These measures have aJJ been de
bated before both kattass and have,
reached the point where ?ctlon of some ,
kind upon them is expected.
With the opei .ng of the *t.osion less
than twerity-foar hours away, the ;
halls of the <-apitoi and its adjoining
OffhOS bulldir.g* presented a ?UserU-d '
appearance to-day. Members have bees
alow in reaching Washington and not:
much Interest is shown in the p-ei>ara
Heal for activity
The unr. -a! estimates for appropria- '
Hons are r- adv and will be sent ts tl'. !
Konse to-morrow noon. t*r*nesV :.'
Taft's message a.so is ready
chairman Fitzgerald, of th? Hous
Appropriations Committee, had not!
reached his office to-day. hut * sub- |
committee has completed the tgnt ap
proprlstlon bill, and it will be pas- d
on by the full -ommitt'-e to-morrow.
Thai measure carri?s appropriations
fot salaries in the lesjfg ative. execu
Mag ano judicial branches of the gor- ,
e rrr.ent.
Committees also hswa been at work '
en other measures and a string of ap- .
proprlatloo bills aril] be poured into
the House during th- BOZI few week*
The Impeachment trial of t
Rrchbold frOI engross th. Seaate from |
?he beginning sf the %? ssf'n.
several new Inquirie* an m pro*
rect in the House for ths short ses?
sion. The Judiclsry '"ommitt. e ;;i
hegln an inquiry Into antitrust lsw ?
violations before Chrtstm'.s time, wtfh
th? hop* that som.- smendment* to
antitrust law can be raeeasasaadied '?? -
fr- oaegfreai r-i i ?
The "money trust" inve*tlg.itlon is
to continue this month, snd an effort
will be made to ohtatn at leasl ? par?
tial r?port before the session , n<l?
Many other investigation* kaeJedsagi
that into the so-c?]|ed ???ht->pj:lg tr::st
and Into the awarding of contract* for
army and n*xy shoe*, must be ,-on- 1
eluded before March 4
\enture \o Opinion*
Senators a ho ha<l reshShedl v? ..? h 11. r.
ton f -nicht won'.; ??<?? tsjsebari apfj
lor.* a* to the o.t.-.ito or the str.g
gle in that body ov. th- *e|. rj.,1, ,.f
* presiding ofli. ? r Sine th.
frenator S"rye. president am |SSgSBg4
the Senate h*? be-en unable to He I
a sneeeeeer. The Prorresru.. pptaaed
to vote either for the Republican can
e date Penator Oalllngor. or the Dem
Pl ratb- esndtdatc. >, n.dnr Cacon. ami
MSSS two men hav.- Sjgfs*] alt -nat- -
1> a.* presiding ?.fffc : ?.y
?onsent.
When it canveu*? to-morrow th
t*. nat? aiil face th,. pro*pect o? as)
tmmedlste jiljOlirtlirn t -. ;t of fe.:?
for the desth of v:-c.pr,?i?i. nt -
run snd Sen*!'--* Itavner and Hi > -
Saara Senator Bacon will act as pre?
siding clfWt unlit December II. b>
St tgrcenent msde last A'lgii*?.
t? Is be'l'.ved the Senate will then
cntinue him s.? pf*id;ng dtkrrT nf
t>.e . ou-t of imp'aehmeM . :. r 11 th.
>i. hbold trial Is concluded.
legrree Kill* trtreaa
Lernen. December 1 ? ?.nnie Gros*
f ,e?->ai. ~.rgrr?e to.night shot;
*reS h<l'*d Mt?s lenkst M. Intyre. a
ng Cnelish acire** T^e Gross '
?o oi?n wa? *epa-*ted from h?r hue.
t i. -1 Pske Ilm?, a vaudeville |?-.
? r-nrr. whom she attempted to kill
J.ilgas.i Is raid to bate been the cause
-r ?nf.ot.eg The worein -vi? a?
rasted.
S?EKS TO CHEAT JUSTICE
Self-Loafeaeed Eaabessler tttesapta
suicide wiib UcaOacke Tablets.
West Point. Oa., December 1.?ri. W.
Parker, absconding caenter of Winne -
' bago. Minn.. H-iio yesterday confessed
i to a shortage in h'? accounts of ,lT.yJ->.
attempted to commit suicide la ills
I ceil last night
' Th<; prisoner swallowed iwentyllve
graiiis of medical tableu secured
j him as a headache remedy, lio dually
! ws? revived l.y | UjS'clans
After making a written confession
of his guilt, in which he admltte i
marrying Miss Tlorence Bauer, of
i Cleveland. O, despite the fact that te
' ban a wife and three children in Win
i in hago. Parker became morose and de
! spondent. lie refused to aoe any vis?
itors, and late in the night complained
I of a severe headache.
I A messenger was ?e(?t for headach?
' tablets. Shortly ufter reeeivlng the
ttblfts, Parker swallowed the entire
I tw? nty.fiv? grains one af the turn
1 keys heard eigne eif distress irom
: Parker j, cell and discovered his con
! dltJon. Physicians were at once suni- j
nioned and mnnd'il in rOYrVtag the
! banker.
i When he bsrglwn - atstOsOtM Parker
begged the phvsii I ana to save his life
The Cleveland woman whom P.trk- i
j married while going undir the name
i of Charles A. Dorm to-d.tv announce !
that she would not accompany him to
Wtrinebugo Vrsteriiiiy j-ro said that
! she would return to toe Minnesota
city, but now has decided to return to
hrr home In Cleveland
Officers from Minnesota are expected
to jirh> in West point to-night. They
aTHl return with the prisoner Imme?
diately, as he has expressed a willing?
ness to face the charges against him.
NEW SYSTEM IN FORCE
Pensioners Now Being Paid Dtsetl
From Hasblnglos.
Washington. December 1?The new
system of paying all p-rsons on the
Federal pension rolls direct from
WasMngton. Instead of throug 1 th
eighteen pension agencies, which will
be abolished January It. Is now being
Inaugurated by the Pension Cureil
Che- ks are being sent to 300,'J'i.J pen?
sioners In the section half covered by
the agencies Ht Aug-ista. Oa.: Boston,
Columbus, Detroit. Washington and
Sun Francisco The personnel of th"
agencies at Indianapolis, Knox- ilJe, !
Louisville. New York. Philadelphia and
Topeka, which have completed their
November payments, will soon bo
brought Into Washington the first of
the agency transfers to the Pension
Buresu.
Special < fforts arc being mad- by
Commissioner of Pensions Da.'fnpjr:
and Dr. Thompson, chief of the fin; r,ce
division, to makes banks snd pension- ,
ers understand th' new pension Cab ik
system. Tor the iirst time . , history
the pensioners will be paid without
the formality at vojehers. the checkt
serving the same purpose by a re
fjutremer.t of indorsement by the pen?
sioner in the presence of two wp
neases. The pensioner must also show
to the Indorsers his certificate, the
number of which nvtst tally with the
certificate number of the chocks. The
new system obviates the necessity o?
the receipts from the pensioners.
_ e ?
MANY DECISIONS EXPECTED
supreme Cwurt I.lkely to Art To-Day
in I as ports at 4'aars.
Washington. December I.?Decisions
in many of the 101 cases which are
undef consideration by the Supreme
Court Of the Pnited States are ex?
pected to he announced to-morrow
when the tribunal convenes after the
Thanksgiving re< ? j?
chief interest Is centred in possible
dsi lafna in Iba Sherman antitrust
cases such as the "hard coal'* su-t. the
Pnlon Pae !K aitI'gai case and the cot?
ton i ui ner cast s.
Th. State iate .-a.-rs and the inter
mountain rat- eases aim are anxio'isly
aw-aited by thefe concerned In trans
portati'.n problems.
After the announcement of decisions,
oral arguments on the constitutional- .
ity of the newspaper "publicity" sec?
tion of the posts] act wHll be heard.
NEW DEPARTMENT PLANNED
Its Object Is Formation of Vfndel In?
dustrial Mediation l.avra.
New Vork. I?ecember 1 ?It was an- ]
no-in^ed to-day that the National Civic
1-V,l< ration has organized a national
i.ortm- in as lastaatrtaJ mediation
laws, w-.th Marc us M. Marks as chair-J
man.
Twelve ,-ars' c\ptrlence of tlie fed- .
en's -on-illation department In
Sealing with industrial disputes has
sh iwn. it i* declared, need of new '
w. I i ^ .irr.fndatnrv legislation,
bath Federal anl Stair. It is plsnned
? ,, reyamMker change* to strengthen and
I ttrS Krdman act. the O|,erat!or?
of Wblrk hrfve th is far l^ep \?-y lim?
it.,! It ? BbbSJ rlanncj to constd- P
th- drafting "f p model Stat-- bill on >
Industrial mediation laws.
INVITE AMBASSADORS
i rmxilOi"! Mill \?k I hem tn ? aaal
Cofiferewee |a ?Hanta.
Atlanta. <!a . De-ember 1 ?To extend
.. . . im itatioru? to the i.mh???*
?lore '?? t.e Fnlted Stal>? from South
. Bga) . ,. :r.ri-? to attend the Par
mj Caral ???nfeTense In Atlanta. !>??
. ,- 1? and II. a srwelaJ committee
of the |o<-al Chamoer of ?'onimerce lep .
i .\\ ashincton T':e commit- ?
t.e w?? ..'fled by Genera! It. K
tlx..M?. ? ommsnder of the Department
? loir and St Wmm Ma**' ngab.
e Iva im:. :i of ?h. . ??inmittce ?I the
c:>?mt>er of Commerce.
While :n Washir.rto,. tl ? SSaasaastkSS
w-Il vndtavor to hsv. th" mot on pb -
t"rea of the canal recentlf shown In
Washington f>r the ttrst ?im< brong t
t? Atlanta deities last "r.f. rSSJ
PASSENGERS LUCKY
\m* ?rae I? lw)r>reet 1\ ben Trais la
? reeVeg
Alban' N V. December ? ? \\ , ?
>en T<>rk central train No 4?. west
1 fp Ne, York, traveling at an
estimated speed of botween flftv snd
sixty miles an hour, was derail*4 at
Hoff mars seven mtlea west of s
nertadv io-?1ar. not one of the re?
passer errs was lnt<>*ed nltboesgb all
? - ??-?.r-ughP- shsken ni? The cl-ef
of th< dining tar. the only person M
i' d su?iained s ve al broken ribs,
and is in a sVbeneetady hospital The
paswena 's were transferred to knother
train J
Opponents of Nebraskan
Are Alarmed by
Reports.
JJO NOT WANT HIM
TO BE IN CABINET
Protests Against His Selection
as Secretary of State and At?
tacks on Him Are Reaching
President-Elect in Bermuda.
Make Up Large Part
of His Mail.
Hamilton. Bermuda. December 1.?
Anu-Hr> anile Democrats, alarmed by
the reports that the portfolio of Se. ie
tary of State has been offered to Wil?
liam J. Bryan, are bombarding Gover?
nor Woodrow Wilson with protests anJ
attacks on tbe Nebiaskan Many in?
cised MfflBBI clippings and edi
toridls to back up their view* A
large part of th'- last mall received by
tin. President-elect consists of ?'ich,
letters. j
There seems to be an impression |
among certain people In the L'niteuj
State* that Governor Wilson is here1
b.. dUK- of illness. Many persons have1
aent prayers for his speedy recovery,
mu. h to his amusement, as he was
never better In his life. Some inclosed
patent medicine s. Some of these were
from nostrum venders, who are seek
Ing a>Jvertisement
At the- Warwick Presbyterian Church
this morning the Bee. Mr. Camerou
prayed for Governor Wilson, "'on whom
tne eyes of the nation are set.-"
Governor Wlisori paid IC nostagc du.
on the last msil becaust his corres?
pondents used ;-cent stamp!" instead Of]
'?- iOBt ones.
-.
FALLS 2,000 FEET
Aeroasot Dauben From Parachute to
Awful Death
?Jacksotiv lie. Pia, December 1 ?
Richard Frayne. an aeronaut, fell B.9dd
feet from the air h-re this afternoon
and was instantly kl?ed. Thr"- thou
sar.d people saw the accident.
The aeronaut was thrown from his
seat In the parachute Just after he ha.;
cut loose from the balloon. H * body
landed In the driveway of the Ever?
green Cemetery, near here Physicians
say that every bor.s in his ummt war
broken.
Together with Jack Crosby, his com?
panion. Frayne started an ascension at
the Tti County Fair here at 4 o'clock
this afternoon. Both men had lndl-i
vlduai parachutes attached to the ba!-|
loon.
Crosby severed his parachute from :
the balloon first, and a moment later
saw F.-ayr.e's bc.flv dash by him.
Eyewitnesses of the tragedy say
Iked Frayne's parachute opene.] suc?
cessfully, and it is believed that his
fa 1 was due to his fsllure to place },:?
hands In the wristlets, the Jerk attend .
ant upon the opening of the parachute
t.i-llr.g him frjm his seal
The dead aeronaut's home was at
Lowell. Mass. He was twenty-fiva
years old. unmarrioj. :,rd his only!
living relative is a brother. Charles
Fravne. connected with th* Whltnev'
stables at Prlarhton Beach
Oosby. who was a partner of
Frayne. also Heeg In Massachusetts.
The two m?n mad? their h-adouarters
at Boston.
FACES SENATE TO MORROW
.Iii..'sc Verb bald Will tppear to snswer
f sarsea tgalnat nim.
Washington. December 1.?Judge
Kohert W At -hhald. of the T'nlted
kkates Commerce Cotirt. will appear
before the Senate Tuesday to star.'",
trial under article* of 'mpeachment :
found against him by the House of .
Representative*.
Managers for 'he House in the Im?
peachment proceedings, who had a
long conference Saturday with Senator
Ba. on and Mr. Archbald> atternevs.
are to decide at a meeting to-morrow
what witnesses. If any. can he droppei
out of the case because their test'
mony hears on fscts that h?t? bee,
BOTTiltfed by Judge Arehbald.
The Senate will convene Tuesd.v as
a court of inip??ctvment with Senabv
Bacon presiding. The House prosecu?
tors snd Judge Archbsld's attorn?v?
will he ready at that time to procee.l j
eith the trial, it Is understood, but j
th? formal arguments are not expected
ts 1>* heard before Wednesday Th.
? harges against luflt? Arehbald are
tMat he engaged in business deals with !
migrants before his court sad sought .
:av..r? freaa theai t>. a? ext-m ikea
casjgdli :????! '?BiSh crlm? and i
meanor. ' Judge A.vhb^'d has SSatSSd
that *ny of hi* acts were of an Im- ,
p?-aehable character
|a the ninth Impeachment trl?l j
in the history of the government
RETRACTS NOTHING
WJ.ya, -f ??-??- *'-"?!* ,T ' rH'
rt?*B mi I'apn
Koroe. Decewbc 1. ?'? =-"1*lclp*ll".ij
of tin mur.Klpel election*, which win
take place ncvl Sundaj. M.i}?- Nj'1 ?
delivered a speec, tod*: . review 'g
the work of hie administration He
called hla address Sf !*eptemb
ltll. eat the oeeesior. of the commem?
oration of the entr-. intc l-orue of
Ki.g \l-tcr Emnxatoi'l and tbe fall "f
t! c temporal power. In * hlch h- - am ?
I. ctitlrisen th< papac)
In that speech, said the Mayor to?
ds-, be had mere!- .*>nlTssted tl>*
cnditloi of rV.m. before ltTO with
the position It assumed ?fterward H?
bad slmpl- stated factf hut hi* speech
had scouired Importance through the
< tit idem* dir*<-ted ??*i;n! n *eaa ??
the pontiff H# said h? would aot re
. v.n * syllabi- of thst spee. b
sekealtfiag it to the Watt.mate J'tdg-s.
the electora
T*ic O?*ef *tore Romano, the Vstl
-g?n. attacks the Mayors speech
Leering II le beaestb contempt. J
HICKEY IS SUSPECTED
Believed to Be Resau aalhle (or Morder
of Other Boys.
Buffalo. X. T . December 1.?The po?
nce received to-day several dlspatchea
relating to the death or disappearance
of children In various cities, arid re?
questing that j Frank HMtey. the
fonrcssed boy-murderer under arrest
here on a charge of killing seven-year
old Joseph Josephs, of Laekswanna.
be questioned regarding them.
A dispatch from Superintendent Mc
Quald, of the Department of Safety.
Pittsburgh, Pa., told of an assault on
Uwren^ Frell, a fourteen-year-old
boy of Allegheny, in December, 1909.
Tho assault resembled to a marked
degree the manner In which Hlckey
has confessed that he put to death the
Josephs and Kr?ck boys. Young Frell
wag given whiskey, strangled and lett
to die in a vacant house.
Edward P. Adams, a nine-year-old
Soy, of Kane, Fa.. has been missing
unc. 1 ?ererriher. 1510. and the local
;?? ? bars >een asked to Investigate.
Utckojr was not asked about these
cases to-day In his confession he told
of only three homicides?tiic killing
oy poison cf Kdward Morey. of Dowel!.
-Mass. in i?s>3. the strangulation of
Michael ?iruck. the New York newsboy,
in 1901. and of the Josephs boy in 1911.
He has repeatedly stated that these
are the only victims he killed.
Mickey attended the prison church
servi( cs to-day. Joseph Josephs,
lather of the murdered boy. called at
the prison, but wag not permittej to
sc.- Mickey.
To aaacroo Rtekay srlll be arraigned
to plead to an Indictment charging
rum with killing the Josephs boy. He
wU] enter tne formal plea of not guilty
aad will be remanded to Jail to await
trial, tor which, it Is understood, a !
sparlal criminal tana ? court has baeg
I Jlled.
ROME NEVER LIKE THIS 1
ill-hop V? ilsoo Declare, lice Prevalent
In IHabrM Social Circles.
Savannah, Ga-. December 1.?"Rome,
la her worst days, never harbored
such conditions of vice as are preva?
lent in our highest social circles at
the present time." declared Bishop A.
W. Wilson, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, In a sermon here to-:
day.
'Never at any period of the world's
history." added Bishop Wilson, "has
the moral strata been so thin or so
low. The world is beset to-day with
more Insane theorists and philosophies.!
more hypocritical creeds, than ever'
oe fore.
"The advance of science and phil-,
osophy in the study of the infinite!
subjects connected with the creation
of the earth is imperiling the religious
welfare of the world. Scientific pro?
cess win never disclose the hidden
secrets of the universe. The mystery
wh'ch passcth the understanding will
not be unfolded by the hand of man
through the application of philosophy."
Bisbyp Wilson SI attending the South
Georgia Methodist Conference in ses?
sion here.
NEW TREATY UNDER WAY
?ama** ?aye Bh nackward Mrp Will
Be Taken.
Washington. December L?Chairman
Bojsor, of the Foreign Affairs Commit?
tee of the House, and Governor-elect
? >f New Tork. In a statement here to
day said that a new treaty with Rus?
sia is now being negotiated and that
the Fnited states will "take aa step
backward" on the question of discrim?
ination against American passports. I
Mr. Sulzer secured the passage by ]
the House a year ago of the resolu
Uaa demanding the abrogation of the j
Raaalaa treaty of !?SI because of dts
I llaaTliallilll by that nation against
Alf I liana af .lew.sh descent. The j
tieaty expires January L
"A new treaty is hetag negotiated."
said Mr. Sulze:. "The matSrr is pro?
gressing favorably, j cannot say more
at present save t> assert that the gov?
ernment of the L'nited States wtB Like
no step backward on the passport
? I iostion and that no treaty will meet,
with the approval of Congress unless ?
all passports are recognized, regard
leas of race or religion, and that the i
doctrine of expatriation is recognized |
by the contracting parties. ' J
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
Resaalnn ?f Daniel M. Hasede!! Takea
to Indianapolis.
Washington. December L?Brlaf
funeral gill stall for the late Daniel M.
Kansdeii. ?ersreant-at-arms of the Sen-'
ate. took place at the family residence'
here late to-<laj. con l'-cte l by Rev. V I
?; ? Itsrea . h iplain of the Senat?. ?
To-night members otf the family
and Bwaate Assistant ?er3car.t-*t-Arms
Dec ft, tv,rnelius accompanied the body,
to Itidlanant li?. wh?re services will bo
!.eM to-morrow. A:, escort of 1.0 eiti-j
ployes of the Senate followed the,
funeril ?rt'?? from iK- Ttansdeii rest-!
dence to the railway station bora i
Warmer Weather.
hv Cold
n??kls:ton. lieersiSrr I?Higher
trmprratttrr-s ??III e>? eraerceeJ the
?aaSkSea ?t?te-? (?-mnrrn?. whll
roe?|e5er?M? ee>|drr ?seatber wtll
n?i?<?o?c ..??!?? :ir,l m?er tbe Mladic
t\r?l Mon4a> and Ike I ??t"? aoel
?o.tttr.a ?t?te? next Tnes^a? ned
?Ae4oe?dm. according SO thetteafb
rr Karroo.
?'t el.irr'mrr. cent ml ?as?sj
o?er the M'Sdle Hlvurl lalle?."
??j? the nerkh Vteetbcr llnrrao
hull, tin. -?J!| awir rnl-sertkesal
ward and ??. aiiradrd tty ralna
"? ."I"' la the region ea?t of the
i|?.i?.,,M.i illsrr. thr rains ..ni.nn.
Ina Tsuts' In Ibr l.xtrii ?taten.
sreksklr In the recloa of
the I.real Iahe? rrnri the ?t. Law?
rence lalle. Moa'lat end rassaOa?.
-iseikrr dtnfnraanre ?(?? nit the
\ertb raclSe tonal n III BSo.e In.
lane) ilsml Tsr.t*'. attended kt
rains In ib? radar ??atr. and rain
aad *aa>e> In Ihr >?rtk"r.t. I kl?
Slafarhaax-c will prr?a?l eter tbe
Middle W est WedneeSa? er There?
se- aast the t astem ?latca near
the ewd e>? ?bc ?eck,
Heia In ??.?leere ana .?-.,- and
rata tn > - < s >? ?! ? >i. i. eaat et
the ito-t. Mernetaln* and a a< e
era! reaction la hlaher (reaper at area
will prrreer serf aftead ihu 4ts
isfkesrf."
FEAR SURRENDER
MEANS EXECUTION
I -
Mexican Rebels Are
Afraid to Lay Down
Their Arms.
GRANT OF AMNESTY
MAY END TROUBLE
New Minister of Interior An
| nounces That He Will Inter?
cede for Soldiers Now in Open
Rebellion Against Govern?
ment?Conditions Are
Growing Better.
Mexico ^Ity, December !.?Con?
vinced that numerous band- of iV-ols
in the States of Durango. Coahmla
und Southern Chihuahua arc continu?
al their operations merely because
they believe iurrender would lean
:.uinuia.ry execution under the sus?
pension of guarantee*. P.afa< 1 Hor
handez. the new Minister of the !n
t- r*or, announced to-day that he
would attempt to gain for them a
promise of amnesty.
Check? Campos and Benjamin Ar
ruado. officers in Orozco's, organiza?
tion, are the chief rebel leaders in
those districts. These and all'ed
leaders have been making successful
raid* on small outposts, managing
for the most part to evade encoun?
ters with superior Federal forces.
Th. ri< h country Ig practically at
their mercy, and the Federal sold'ers
are able to accomplish little more,
than garrison the larger towns
Minister Hernandez Is confident that
the rurales who report to his depart?
ment will be able to co-operate more
effectively than the regular troops,
and. aiming at this, he has conferred
with lie-rural de La Vega, commander-;
in-chief of the rural guard.
Out of the niass of rumors as to the;
whereabouts of General Orozco. that
most credited Is the report that he
has reappeared at the head of some
hundreds of men east of Ojinaga.
e'h.huahua, after recuperating from
a serious sickness.
Profeaer? ?atlaf action.
Tin- government professes satisfac?
tion at the Improvement In the gen?
eral situation. In the state of Oaxaca
some dlminut;on of activity Is ap?
parent, after a Federal campaign of
destruct'on and summary executions
Throughout the republic the num?
ber of engagements reported has de?
creased. Only nvi- were reported to
| day. In one bru*h yesterday the Fed?
erals retired, after eight hours' fight?
ing, their ammunition becoming ex?
hausted. On the arrival of a fresh
iy of ammunition the Federals re?
sumed the engagement, with the result,
according to an official dispatch from
the Governor of Puebla, that the re?
bels were routed.
The Governor of Vera Cruz report
ed that with the capture of Garc'a
Bravo, near Tuxpam. the last band of
r-bels in the state has b'en extermi?
nated.
Francisco de la Baira. the former
provisional President, is one of the
candidates in the elections to-day for
Governor of the State of Mexico, but
Viwlng to interrupted communication*,
?t is impossible to It am even the
probable result
Mexicans are not whslly reassured
oy the mj asbingtoi, dec la rat I ons. and
are keenly interested in the proposed
visit of four American battleships to
Vera Cruz and the motive for their
coming.
Much interest is displayed in the
character of the Mexican note replying
?o that which the Fnited States sent
to Mexico Iri September. It Is no se?
cret that the American note Is n't
pleasing to the Mexican government.
P -oterttng Troop Trais.
Kl Paso. Texas. December 1?A ma?
chine gun. borrowed from a Mexican
gunboat, is heing used to protect a
troop train which left Juarez to-night
to patrol rallwa? between the State
'apttal and the border The gun is
mounted on a flat car.
. The train, carrying ?00 soldiers, de?
parted o\er the Mexican Northwestern
HsJtWSSj soon after arriving over the
Mexican I'entrai Pnes. It is plmnel
to continue making this loop between
Chihuahua City and luarea. Some
tloops, w th tso mortars, atil proceed
overland to the assistance of Federais
!>?-?iegc 1 .it Aseeuclon by i.ilazar'e
rebels.
DENIES EX WIFE'S CHARGES
* nolf Tlllsass Denlca Intoxication
During I a-t Mostb.
Columbia. S- C. December 1 ?Hea
lngs on the habeas corpus proceedings
brought by B. R Tlllman. Jr. son of
1 r.ited States Senator Ttllman. to serur
possession of his two vo\jnr daughter-.
n-?w in the custody of hi*, form- r ?t ?'
M - I.ucy Dus.is.. il l he ie>uen...| ?
fore the Stste Supreme ? o-irt to-ov -
row morning. The case came before
MM ?ourt last week but was continue.t
to p?resit coaaoel for Mr Tlllman to
. affidavits in rebuttal to am
davits Introlucetl at that time t\ Mrs
lMigas
Affidavits presented by Mrs Das ?
? ontalned statement" alleging that Mr
Ti'lmen hsd been Ir.toxici'c! d
the p.ist n^onC'
CRISIS IN CABINET
Ml a later ef hir Hefeaea ?? ?eeege |?e
SjjjBjBSJ ?* SO t atrea le Korra.
Tokle. De. e., i.- , 1 - \ Csbtwel ? n-i
bss artsenv.xer ti e rtfu?i. "I the Min?
ister of War. Lleerteraswt-OecorsJ l'v
. _ n S'-cept ? pMsdl ,|e< islon r
?ectlna the ?ehem. f r inrn "ist the
military forces la Koiea
After * number id r\ti s-rdir.ary sit
tlnas. Preml. t sslonjl informed the
War Mlnist.-r th ?t I e ? ahmet "her. .
to Its position ir?n#r*l I ,?*r* ' 1
In .1 .iied b ' ' 1 ' "??'*sr
It I* tssshMsa whether th* Lsspi-sr
will ?? ? 1-t hts resignation IJeuteti
ont-teeneii ' ' ' " -l'P"tn|. 1
Minister -f W.-i Apnl 1. i'l: t" * " ?
. ee.l i :??!?-?' l?hlmoto m ' S ?!!'.! II
mtm' Haas day <
MINISTER CENTRAL FIGURE
He la Held ta ronaectioa With Mra
trcrioos Murder Caae.
Houlton. Maine, December 1 ?Rev.
Charles Emellus. a mlnleter of the
Lutheran Church, is the central figure
In a trial which will be begun thla
week In an attempt to fix r*epon?lbtl
lty for the mysterious deaf , of August
?Jacobson, a prosperous New Sweden
farmer, on June 11. 1?11 Mrs Jacob
son, the minister's mother-in-law, and
her syn. Kdgar O. Jacobson, are held
as rodefendants wltli F.mellus.
Jacobson's body was found by his
wife near hla home. Nearby w?s a
note Indicating that tho farmer had
taken his own life, and the case was
accepted at first as one of suicide.
Later the body was exhumed, and an
autopsy revealed that the waa haa
been shot four times. The wounds It
is claimed, could not have been self
inflicted.
On testimony given at the coroner's
inqueat, ahowing that he had quar?
reled with his father. Edgar Jacobson
was arrested, but later discharged
??hon the grand Jury failed to indict
ilm. Emelius married Jacobson's
daughter several months af'.er the
farmer's death. When detectives in?
vestigating the case cjatmed to have
discovered proof that Jacobson hau
oppooed the minister's gait hOsS
.Faeohson's hand. Emelius n?* ar?
rested
It Is said that the minister s a na?
tive it Oreenlcaf township. Mcekei
County. Minn., and that ..is father le
Thomas Nelson. Tho young man
< hanged his name when he enterea
th- ministry, saying that Nelson w:;0
too common.
WOMEN WILL VOTE
Many of Them to Take Part In Maaaa
chuaetta Elections.
Boston. Mass.. December 1.?Women
will take a prominent part in this
month's c'ty elections in Massachusetts.
More feminine votero probably srlll go
to the polls than ever before
Although the law oniy permits th-m
to vote for school board candidates, the
present registration Is nearly double
that of former years. Fourteen Massa?
chusetts cities will have their elec?
tions on Tuesday of this week, fifteen
will have elections a week later and
two on December 17. Boston's elec?
tion takes place in January.
NOT HER FAREWELL TOUR
snrab Bernhardt >ot Keady tn OtVa
ftp 'the Beautiful America."
New Tork. December !.?"This is r.ot
my farewell tour of the beautiful
America." declared Sarah Bernhardt,
as she stepped off tho ba Savole from
Europe with her company to-day for
a vaudeville tour of the Fnlted states.
The French tragedienne carried her
usual large personal equipment, wh!:h
Included tw-o Pomeranian pups, tuck.- I
snugly under l.e-r arms, as she crossed
the gangrlank, cheered by the liner's
I crew.
I Mme. Bernhardt left immediately in
' a splendid special car tor Chicago.
I where she make.- her first appearance.
MEETING OF EXPERTS
Tory Will Dtscnaa I'roblrtn of Improv?
ing Honda.
Cincinnati. DecenT- er t.?At the an?
nual Conference of American Road
Builders, which convenes here Tues?
day, the problem of improving public
highways will be dkeroassad ay experts
of this country and Barops
M. de Pulligny. roods commissioner
Of France, will speak at the opening
session. He has been making an ex?
tended study of highways in this
country. The CaaaaTaa government
will be repr< sent. ?! by one delegate
An exhibition, the largest ev.-r shown,
will show the recent dev. lopme ut in
road building.
BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS
Poor I nllcctlona >ald to Be I tuv , and
President Iteported Missing.
Lexington, S. C. Dtcem; or D? Kiss
People's Bank, of [a?Ills L-xington
County, S. C. has closed Its d ors. Dr.
E. J. Etherldge. president of Ma in?
stitution, is reported missing. Poor!
collections ar: said to he the c-ase
uf the bank's a.-ticn
Its liabilities are said to bo afout
l'ft.000. The ?apltal stock of the
institution is tUjawfl This Is :he sec- j
o:id bank In UM county to close its
doors within th, past yoga*, th. \jcx- '?
ington Savings Bank here having sue- j
pen-fed haeajaaaa Mat Marel
WOULD NATIONALIZE MINES
Kngliah I -ihor I nlona \o.? \\ orkine lo
That Cad.
Chicago December 1.?Hubert Smille.
president of th* Brotherhood Mm, r.s
Federation. niad<? an addieM. to tho
Chicago? FeeVrratloa of Lai?or here to
dsv. in which he declared that na?
tionalization of asaj mines and rail?
roads of i?:e?t Britain now was th.
ob.i?ct of English labor unions
"We have decided.' h? aald. "to work
to have th ? control sC national ne*eaal
ties tnken o-.jf of tha bands of private
M..,er..rnt thaadoaeri
! ??? aSSM les. December ! -The
ii-f.v. n.r.i started last week for the
f Mayor '.eorge Alexander ha
bee,, abandoned The explanation for
t . :s-ont;n -ance of tbe movement
?? . '* he-, r.as insufficient sup
rort. although it was asserted that
MsSf signatures had been obtmn-d
Fatal Ha Inai ? ?lll?le>e
ttataRMasi 9 lasaysaanat I ? wiinam.
1 ?.-,.?).: ? . Kii . I.m a. t?. was
kill..!, and Howard Harxey. flrcm.n.
was badly inj fcTBi In a head-on Safe
: ? ? of lei, freight train* on the
? h* tr.r.atl Ham. ton and Dayton Ball
tosd near ?;ien--ab to-nlgat. The boil?
er of aa locomotive expleJesi after
liislon. burying McponsM
M..tornrt|-|. Killed
li.| ia Ohio. December 1 ?llvtr' |
cy cles collided oa the? Ptnaa-Tro'
rp?e.|??v near here Their necks nen
i>r ke,, h. the coiiialon
Hes. Randolph J. Myer ISesd
dolph J. My. I. a receat nmfrsaor m\
im l/?uis Cnlvemtty and n.it k-e?
edtM-ator. died suddenly h. 'e t..-da>
hea-t dksrasn. sag n?? eev ntv.ee
old.
SIGNING DELAYED
UNTIL TOHHOR ROW
Turks and Balkan Allies
Waiting on Greek
Delegate.
ARMISTICE THEN
WILL BE ENFORCED
I When Signatures Are Affixed
Likely That Last Shot Will
Have Been Fired in Bloody
War?Peace Conference Ex?
pected to Begin Imme?
diately at Sofia.
London. December t?The .vgn'ng}
of the protocol of the armistice be
twesn the Balkan allle? and Turkey,
which was expected to-day. bag been
Postponed until Tuesday, as the Greek
delegate has not yet received ths
necessary authority from his govern?
ment.
It is rumored that, in addition to ths,
Bulgarian troop., just landed at De
deagatrh. another large force of Greek
troops from Salonik* is at sea. and it
Is suggested that Greece may delay
signing la order to enable these troopa
.arrive at their destination, wh'ch
is thought to be the; Gulf of Saras, in
Gallipolis. it 's understood that the
armistice aril] extend a fortnight If
essary. and cover the whole ileld of
operations
The dMBeolty with respect to the be?
leaguered garrisons of Adrianople und
Scutari Is being surmounted by per
j mittlng them to receive dally rations
I during the armistice. The plenipo?
tentiaries aprear to have aimed so far
I solely In arranging the armistice, but
a peace conference la expected to com
| mence immediately, probably at Sofia,
: ami as Bulgaria has already ihowa
H: cater forbearance than had beea
looked for in waiving her demand (or
the surrender of Adrlanople .whiles
Turkey cannot hope to obtain better
conditions by continuing the struggle.
? strong feeling is entertained that
the last shot in tue war will haw been
tired when the armistice is signed.
There is little doubt, however, that
the peace negotiations "ill be difficult
and protracted. Th- .|Uestion of hold?
ing a European ambassadorial confer
enci la iti.ll undecided, but the later
iu.ii.inal situation is much more
peaceful. Tne Servian geveraaaeart
denies the reported preparations Cor a
contlict.
MssiBS la Peetpened
L'uiianalbnnger Dedeaaher 1 t.u.id
. night?.?Tilt signing of the protocol of
i the armistice lias been postponed un?
til Tuesday la orde- to give an op?
portunity to the representatives of all
the allies to sign.
The Greek delegate required forty,
eight hours to which to receive t.ho
necessary authority from his govru
111. nt It .s said that the duration of.
the armistice has been tixed at eight
days, but that it "ill be prolonged an?
other seven iia>s it necessary.
Terms of the armistice will not be
known until after the signatures at*
passed. Neve:th.!-.-.". :t ia understood
that they have b. en considerably re?
duced as compared with the original
demands of the leegUA
I They provide practically for tli^t
matatenanci of the positions walca
the belligerents at present occupy, and
for r. vi-.-P.ial.lie th-- !>? Kay oere4
towns
It is believed lhal the Utter pefbA at
responsible for the hesitation on the
part of tilt- Hellenic delegates, because
it implies raising the blockade with
rcgar.i te foodstuffs. The matte:,
therefore, has been referred to Athens)
for discussion.
The meetings of the delegates In the
pen, ? negotiations have taken place,
near the bridge spanning the rlvt r
Ifsisshs between Tclutalja a:.d
Had erne ku. The Bulgarians arrived ???
h .:s-hack on both Tuesday and Wed
n< sd iy. On Thursday Nazim Paska?
th- Turkish corcmander-in-ciiief. en
t< ? Ined it lunch. The Turks arrived
earl; hut there was no sign of the
Bahrarasae
lilt in.in- t ome ks Trsls.
Presently th- appearance of a tram
ftom Tchatai;a was reported Na~rn
Paska eras skeptical not believing that
tin Bulgarians could repair the bridges
which had been blow up. A Bulgarian
tiain soon ?ppear-d. h"?tv?.r. ar.-l
foarteen sat down to lunch. Oeaeeas
.tf. th- Bulgarian . hi. f. end Nar.itn
Paska t.iik-d t igttlic-. while the ota
era .rnplcijcJ th- l "rem h language. It
seeesed to !?* a cordial gathering. The
Snltjn yesterday sent salutations at
11:. Tuiki? ' .T. ? ?Ith presents of
tobacco.
Th>:. ? ic four reported ases of
cholera faturdey. ?ith nine deaths*
Th- t"f il number of cases since So
vent k i- ? UHj reported as ? I ?t?a
?? .'..iths.
Travelers tron l>*deagatch dearitkO)
if M B ;i-lariars
wb< . Ibe; rntered that towr which
Is reported ??? h? typical of what hs
I throughout Macedonia The
?i ilsarians to enter were an Ir
regi
flag w
She.| th<
I ? r ? . ?i ?/ at
.-b ? at oight carry *
lag tia Ugh" make them look like
m . i.i.p?
? sha-ch w?? aarr.sosed only be
The last train depart agr
. tu? kalae-iaa arrival eras
t b? f igtti'e. oae sf the ea
? was bitten ot. the hand* ana"
, g% b f-ensled Waase a who frte4
.'r m th' saaise
l'lae hl ??so aar a
? tMeaapbar ' A. eerdtsg to la
? < -e??a
4P Psris ta sight, dir Kdwa d >r?y-s>