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WEATHER FORECAST . " RAINS MO N DAY ; FAIR IN NORTH WEST PORTION; COOLER SOUTH AND CENTRAL PORTIONS TUES DAY FAIR; NOHTREAST WINDS. VOL. XVI. NO. 264. PRESIDENT TO STRENGTH OUERCDNGRESS His Control Over 'Legisla tion Will Be Put to a Severe Test. MUST WHIP THE SENATE INTO LINE .Currency Measure Develops Much Independence of Expression Among- Demo- crats of the Senate Pres ident Wilson is Very An xious to Put it Through Before December. BY. ASSOCIATED PRESS. "Washington, Sept. 21. The strong est test of the president's control over the legislative performances of con gress is about to occur. Within the last week he has seen the triumph of currency reform In the bouse, and also the virtual completion of tariff revis ion. Now he faces the task of sret- ling the currency bill through the sen ate. The president is determined to use every legitimate means at his com mand to complete the currency legis lation within the next few weeks. He wants to give the country a new bank ing system and revised form of paper currency before December. Thus far there is marked indepen dence of expression among the Demo cratic senators as to Important points of currency legislation. The public hearings will continue through the week. The actual committee work on th. bill late this week will develop What differences exist." Apparently here Is no real spirit of antagonism to currency' legislation among the leadk-rs and eitfier party, but there is a wide difference though in the ideas s to the best methods of revision. A striking feature 6f the situation In the senate is that the vote of one Democratic member ot the banking and curency committee will be suffi cient to prevent the committee from reporting the bill favorably. The Re publicans, almost without exception, claim that more time than is available at the present session Is needed to ef fect the revision. The Democratic leadesr say that all the Information needed is at hand now. ALLEGED PLANNER OF TRAIN ROBBERY ARRESTED SHOW Ja"kson. Tenn., Sept. 21. Sheriff Person returned this afternoon from Memphis with J. T. Miller, the al leged train robber. He was carried directly to the courthouse from the train, and as he ' entered the court room he was greeted by a number of former friends who knew him here about one year ago. Shortly after ward George Sherwood wu brought 1n, his hands adorned with handcuffs. Miller greeted Sherwood with a faint smile and took his Beat by his alleged accomplice in the plot for the robbery . of the M. & O. passenger train. M Miller asked the court for a little time in which to engage counsel, but Sherwood admitted his poverty, and allowed the court to appoint his at torney. Their case will te taken up Monday, when it is . believed that the men will submit to their attempted fel onious crime and allow the court to give them their just dues. GERMAN AVIATOR HELD BY RUSSIANS Muelhausen, Germany, Sept. 21. Victor Stoeffier, German aviator," who left "Warsaw, Russia, early this morn ing In an attempt to reach Paris in a single day, was forced by a storm to descend near the Russian frontier. He landed near an encampment of Hnsslan troops and was arrested. Failed to Appear for Marriage; Warrant is Now Out for Man SPECIAL. TO THE JOURNAt New Orleans, Sept. 21. Serious charges have been preferred against J. P. Marque of 1116 Foucher street in the First Justice of the Peace Court at Gretna, upon which it is expected he will surrender and then go to trial. kt" The affidavit was sworn to several days ago by Joseph Foremayer, step- father of Miss Julia Cochran, a Gretna 1 girl, but efforts to locate Marque have up to this time been futile. Marque Is accused of a statutory of fense, the date of which is alleged to have been Feb. 17, 1909. but the facts have Just come to light and had never been brought to the attention of the authorities before this. The affidavit was dictated by Attorney H. X. Gautier, counsel for the complainant, who will assist District Attorney Marrerro in the prosecution of the rase. HA HAS i CHOICE Mii Provisional President Says the Government Will Aid No One. i TELLS ATTITUDE OF ADMINISTRATION Says It Is One of Absolute Impartiality and Declares That Order Will Be Main tained During Elections, If It Is Necessarv to. Calli Out the Army One Party Calls Meeting. BY. ASSOCIATED PRESS. Mexico City, Sept. 21. Provisional President JTuerta today declared that the government would aid no candi date for president in the coming elec tions. It has been declared openly that the president would throw his in fluence to this or that man. Huerta explained the attitude of the adminis tration as one of "absolute impartial ity." He said order would be main tained and that he would call out the army if necessary. The Catholic party held a conven tion today behind closed cioors. There was no announcement as to the choice of a candidate. CONSTITUTIONALISTS AMEND A RECENT $1 TAX ORDER Eagle Pass, Tex., Sept. 21. The Constitutionalist leaders announced today that passes will he issued to cross the internatioal bridge into Ple dras Negras, Mexico, from Eagle Pass when the traveler is recognized hy the United States military authorities. It had been announced; yesterday that all persons who crossed it would bo taxed $1. . ITjiIted States Consul Blocker protested the order and the Constitutionalists today declared that fear that federals would invade their headquarters from the United States side of the bridge had caused them to issue the tax order. WOSK ON THE CANAL CAUSES BREAKDOWN Liouv. ua wuoift biiiu. J. Lieut. Col. David Dubois Gall lard, of the corps of engineers, U. S. A., is a patient at the Johns Hopkins Univer sity hospital at Baltimore. He is suf fering with a nervous disorder, caused by hard work and the trying climate of the Panama canal zone, and It is believed that only a long rest and ex pert treatment can restore him to mental and physical health. From 1908 until gulte recently he was in charge of the central division of the canal, "where the most difficult engineering feata connected with the building of the great waterway -were performed. The charges against Marque recall the sensational episode of the early summer, when, after public announce ment had bees made of the nuptials. Miss Cochran was left waiting at the church. All the details for the "wed ding of the couple had been ar ranged, and the ceremony was to havs been performed at St. Joseph's Church at Gretna. A "wedding feast was pre pared, and relatives and friends of the bride were assembled for the cele bration. Marque, however, failed to put in his appearance, and. instead, sent word that he had left town and would not marry Miss Cochran. Nothing mora was said of the affair until the affidavit was made, relatives of Miss Cochran learning the true state of affairs, and as Marque had returned to the city it was died to prosecute him. Oil ATES HCAIOD PENSACOLA. FLORIDA. FESSES TO Man Arrested in Philadel phia for Larceny Says He Committed Crime. BODY WAS FOUND IN A CEMETERY Mystery Surrouning Death Anna Catharine Schu macher in Rochester, N. Y. Five Years Ago Solved With the Arrest and Con fession of Jacob Wolfsohn. BY ASSOCIATKD PRESS- Philadelphia, Sept. 21. The Identity of the murderer of Anna Catharine Schumacher in Holy Sepulchre ceme tery in Rochester, N. T., in August of 1909, was established here tonight, it !s believed, when Jacob Wolfsohn is al leged to have confessed to the deed. Wolfsohn was arrested here for lar ceny. According to the detectives the prisoner wrote a note to the district attorney containing the simple state- ment that he killed a girl in the cemetery at Rochester and that her name was t Schumacher. Later he made a full confession. The Rochester authorities are on their way here. Wolfsohn tonight attempted to com mit suicide in his cell. He was dis covered tearing, his clothing irrto strips. When the cell was searched an Improvised rope was found. He was put under a close watch. B0DYI8 VIEWED !Y THOUSAND Lying in State in City Hall More Than 75,000 Pay Tribute Doors to Remain Open Until 4 a. m. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. New Tork, Sept. 21. In a double line that never seemed to diminish, thou sands today and tonight filed through the city hall and past the body of William J. Gaynor, lying in state. It was New York's spontaneous tribute to the dead mayor. In a long: line were the street cleaners, firemen, policemen and men high in official life of the city and state. At 9 o'clock tonight it was estimated that more than 75,000 had marched past the body, and they still came in a contlnuos stream. Orders were is sued to have the doors remain open until 4 o'clock tomorrow morning if necessary, that all who came might pay tribute. The public funeral services will be In Trinity church tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock, and services for an. overflow crowd at St. Paul's chapeL A regiment of police will lead the funeral procession. MANY VACANCIES AT WEST POINT Large Number of Appointeea Fail to Pass Examinations and No New Names Being Sent In. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Sept. 21. Many vacan cies exist at the West Point military academy 'as a result of the failure of the appointees to pass the entrance examinations. Senators and represen tatives are also failing to send in nom inations in answer to the appeals of the war department. It is likely the consent of congress will be asked to ha.ve the president fill the vacancies. COURTMARTIAL OFFICERS. Washington, SepL 21. Upon recom mendation of a board of Inquiry, con curred in by Rear Admiral Fletcher, commanding the Second division of the Atlantic fleet In Mexican waters, Sec retary Daniels today ordered the courtmartial of Capt. Harry A. Field and Lieut. Benjamin Barthalow, com mander and navigator, respectively, of the battleship Louisiana, which was grounded in Vera Cruz harbor August 6. A letter of reprimand has been sent to Ensign Robert K. Awtrey, officer of the deck. The battleship received only minor damages in the grounding and still is at Vera Cruz. CON THE MURDER OF GIRL II 1909 DEAD AYOR'S MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1913. V SNUBS HER HUBBY; CAN'T RETURN TO HIM WITHOUT COMMITTING SPIRITUAL BIGAMY Av. Ti x- W H' Ma J 4 'it;-', : V 4V- ? - ft SA "c-" iC1-"" -"iw 8ah Chicago. Sept. 21. Will Mrs. Fritz Von Frantzius. better known to the theatrical world a.s-Saharet, leave the stage and settle down to make a home for her husband, who is a Chicago broker? Or will she continue to com mit "spiritual bigamy" by remaining wed to both her husband and her art? It will be recalled that " Frantzius followed the dancer to Burope, after falling in love with her photograph, and that they were,, married when she returned to New Tork lat June. She did not seem to take the marriage very seriously at the time, but prom ised to give up the stage us soon aa she filled theatrical contracts signed by her previous t rnarriag-e. : '. , Frantzius and the reporters have dis covered that she is not stopping at the Frantzius home, but is staying at a hotel. "Do you intend to fulfill the terms of your marriage contract by leaving the stage?" Saharet was asked while H ANY LAWYERS Eleven of Them are Already in Concord and More Are Supposed to Be on Their Wav to Assist in the Fight BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Concord. Sept 21. Eleven lawyers from four states and from the Domin ion of Canada are here today to help Thaw resist the efforts to drag him back to New York. More are supposed to be on their way. Without a dissenting voice the at torneys tonight declared they agreed as to the presentation of the case be fore Gov. Felker Tuesday. Members of Thaw's family are ex pected tomorrow. COLD WEATHER IN SOUTHERN STATES Will Be Frost as Far South as Upper Portions of East Gulf States Warm er By Wednesday or Thursday. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Sept. 21. Fair weather generally is promised by the weather bureau for the ensuing week. Cold weather will prevail east of the Mis sissippi river the early part of the week and there will be frost as far south as the upper portions of the east erulf states and probably also in the Carolina s. It will be warmer by Wednesday or Thursday east of the Mississippi. Showers are possible Monday or Tues day in eastern and southern Florida. TURNS SOMERSAULT IN AIR. Doual, France, Sept. 21. The feat of turning a somersault in the air with an aeroplane in Imitation of the recent performance of Aviator Pegound was accomplished here today by Pierre Chanteloup, a French airman, flying in a biplane. I 1 , f ' v ' " ' ARE ENGAGED IN THE THAW CASE C - 53 X are. at her dressing room in the theater. "Who can say?" she parried. "Just now I feel that I love my art more than my husband. Marriage and art do not go well together, n'est pas?" '3u you cannot be wedded to both your husband and your art. can you? Isn't that spiritual bigamy?" '7 do not quite get you. I am no spiritualist. In fact, I hate all that superstitious stuff. But if you mean triat i cant re marrlea to Doth my husband and my art at the same time well. I guess you're right. Just now I have the intention of leaving the stage when my contracts expire, but women are changeable, and I am not yet sure wbat will transpire. the stage when her contracts expire?" Frantzius was asked. I am not at all sure as yet, came the answer. "I believe that she intends to now, but you know that women are sometimes foolish and she may change her mind." CUTTER CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO BIG ICEBERGS The Bear Narrowly Es caped Destruction On Her Annual Cruise From Nome to Point . Barrow, Alaska. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Sept. 21. The revenue cutter Bear narrowly escaped destruc tion on her annual cruise from Nome to Point Barrow, Alaska, when she was caught by heavy ice floes. The story of the dangerous trip was told by Capt. J. G. Balllnger, commanding the Bear, in a report to Secretary Mc Adoo made public today. The ship drifted helplessly day and night No damage was done to the vessel, but the situation at one time was critical, the captain says. She finally drifted broadside between two bergs with but a few feet to spare on either side. TEXAS MAN FIGHTS HIS EXTRADITION Fort Worth Promoter It Arrested In Chicago and Is Accused of Swindling and Conspiracy. SPECIAL. TO THE JOURNAL. Chicago, Sept- 21. Charles McCor mick, who was president of the Un der ground Construction Company of Fort Worth, Tex, where he Is wanted on charges of swindling and conspi racy to swindle that city, opened a court light against requisition today, when Judge Goodwin, on petitition cf McCormick, granted a writ of ha beas corpus, returnable next Monday. He was released on $2,000 bond. A requisition for McCormick, issued by Gov. Colquitt of Texas recently, was honored by Gov. Dunne. Detec tive T. W. Wren of Fort Worth was preparing to return to Texas with his prisoner today when he was stayed by Judge Goodwin's writ. Counsel for McCormick attacked the sufficiency of the Fort Worth indictment. as - AL Al ICS?- s - A S UCM FRAUD Mississrpp Says Much Evidence Has Been Uncovered Against the Officials. IS IN CONFERENCE WITH DETECTIVES State vStiin Cotton Buying Firm for Three Hundred Thousand Dollars, Alleg ing That With Aid of the State Ofticiah the vState ; Was Defrauded of This Amount. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. New Orleans, Sept. 21. Gov. Brew er of Mississippi is here to confer with detectives who are investigating the gcr-ernor's charges of Irregularities in certain Mississippi institutions,. He said today that strong evidence had been uncovered and declared that de tectives would aid materially in the case against Boice & Co., the cotton buyers, whom the state is suing for $300,000. The attorney general charges that the cotton buyers and the state prison officials combined to cheat the state in the sale of the state's cotton. The investigation required Beveral months. The governor today -eaid he would make all the details public when he called the legislature In special session soon. URPHY WILL SULZER'S TRIAL Leader of Tammany Hall, Say Governor's Friends, Will he Forced to the Stand in Defense of Him self. Albany, Sept. 21. Charles F. Mur phy, the leader of Tammany Hall, will be forced to take the stand vir tually In his own defense, before the Impeachment trial is over, in the opin ion of Gov. Sulzers close friends to night. They say the governor will take the stand and his story will com pel the attorneys for the impeach ment managers to call the Tammany leader. Friends of the governor nay noth ing will prevent him from testifying If his attorneys fall to prevent his case coming to trial. Sulzer accuses Murphy of having instigated his im peachment. There is a growing spirit of confidence manifest among the Sul ser adherents. The fact that the board r,t mananrn in trvlnsr to pass addi tional articles of impeachment they I Lt .1w. a weak case. CUT BY PARCEL POST. San Francisco. Sept. 21. Testifying I before the state railroad commission, which continues its Investigation into the .relatione between the Southern Pacific railroad and the Wells-Fargo Express Company, General Manager Christiansen, of the latter, declared that parcel post competition had caused the company to lose 31.7 per cent of small packages since the first of the year, when the government service was established. In the same period, he said, the company's revenue had been reduced SS per cent and this percentage, he affirmed, held good for all other ex press companies. BREWER AYS -BE-f T SS1- Had Girls Appear Nude Before Him; Aged Man is Sent to Jail SPECIAL, TO THE JOURNAL. Milwaukee, Wis.. Sept. 21. CoL Francis J. Borchardt, sixty-three years old, a Justice of the peace, well known In national guard and political circles throughout Wisconsin, today was sentenced to nine months at the housa of correction by Judge Page for con tributing to the delinquency of girls. Four young girls were in court to tes tify, but were nont called, because a plea of guilty was entered. The girls told District Attorney 19 OUT OF EVERY 20 PEOPLE Who Want to Place a Want Ad Think First of The Journal's Want Ad Way There' a Reason. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THREE VESSELS ARE ADDED 10 FISHING FLEET . E. Saunders & Co. Buy Them at Gloucester for Gulf Fishing SCHOONERS ARE ALL LARGE ONES The Nettie Franklin, Maud Sylvia and Francis V". Sylvia Are Purchased and Will Re Sent Around to Pensacola and Added to the Already Large Fleet. Three more large fishing schooners will be added withwin a sbTt time to the already large fleet of E. E. Saun ders & Co. They are the Xett,e Franklin, Franci V. Sylvia and Maud Sylvia, purchased at Gloucester, Miijs , by Capt. T. R. Welles on his ant.ua! visit to that section. The vessels are staunch ones and ; will be able to do good work In the gulf, and will give Saunders & Co. by far the largest fleet of deep sea fish ing vessels !n the United States. Each of the schooners Is over 82 feet in '.eV.gth. with a breadth of about "."J feet, sixty net tons and 10.02 depth of hold. They are about the same size as the vessels brought arounJ last year from the Massachusetts coast. It is expected that Capt. Frank Cooney, Sr., will bring the Nettle Franklin around and have command of her during the winter months. So fr as known the captains of the othw two vessels have not been selected, but will be as soon as they are over hauled and made ready for the voyage. WAS ALIVE WHEN THROWN INTO LAKE Clothing of Mrs. Charlton, Murdered By Husband, Under Examination By Italian Experts. SPECIAL. TO THE JOTTRNAIi. Como, Italy. Sept. 21.; Experts en gaged In the Charlton ca.se have been making a minute examination of the clothing worn by Mrs. Porter Charlton when her body wa taken from the trunk found in Take Como. The Kr ments are in a good state of preserva tion and various stains thereon have been subjected to analysis. The opinion o fth experts seems to be that the woman was still alive when she was cast Into the lake. KING CONSTANTINE WALKS AROUND UNGUARDED. Paris, Sept. 21. King Constantine of Greece walked about the downtown streets of Paris today in civilian cloth, ing, attended by only one aide. The police had taken precautions to gu?rd him owing to tho fears that his re marks recently In Berlin concerning German military science might cause unpleasant Incidents. The King, how ever, was not molested. A curious crowd stared at him when he sat down to lunch in a public restaurant. REPUBLICAN BOSSES ARE TURNING TO ROOSEVELT Philadelphia. Sept. 221. Frietifls of Senator Penrose today came forward with the statement that while he has been flayed so unmercifully by former President Roosevelt, he Is willing to accept Koosevelt as a candidate for the presidency in 1916. The announce ment also is made that not only Pen rose but Barn? of New Tork, Cran of Mass.. and others of the republican leaders favor wuch a plan, as in Rooseve't they think they see the can didate able to bring rhe republican party back into power. Of course, the next presidential elec tion is three years off but this is the way the talk goes now. Tockey that Justice Borchardt gas them money, made Improper remarks to them and had them appear nude be fore him. No criminal attack was made on any of them. Borchardt was a member of ths State assembly for two years, a rap taln of the Kosciusko Guard for four teen years, a colonel on Gov. Rusk's staff for five years and a Justice of the peace for fourteen years. He was a candidate for district Jude. at the last election, opposing Judge Page, who to. day sentenced him. 4 I 4