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■ — T~.. ~ ■■ ■ flJTOin DECEIT lause” to Be Barred From Congressional Record. UK IN FOR HOME READERS w Monuments and Memorials ' Numerous This Session— Perry’s “Don’t Give Up the Ship” Flag. By GEORGE CLINTON. Mliagton.—Congress intends to L,wn on "deceitful allusions to ' •• Perhaps the public does pi,, it, but a great many of the Relies which appear in the "slonat Record and which fre ^sre sent out In pamphlet form jjtitucnts to admire, never were ^ A member gets two niln dae, stands on his reet, dellv Uoself of the opening paragraph upeech and then gets "leave to r the remainder In the Congres [Record. When tho Record ap pfltli tho speeches In full It lre itir has been found that the mem ,io was supposed to have de nd the speech has inserted here Iliere In parenthesis the word pase ' and occasionally he has ln id "great applause" and on other dcas he may put In "long, loud (oatlcuous applause," and again (•cheering." This has been pro gcd time and again to be a petty of deceit Intended for borne con glon and the making of votes, tgress may take cognizance of ■applause practice,” lor Kepresen (Dcvre has Introduced this reso s, which it Is eald may pass: (solved, That tho Congressional Hi shall hereafter contain no ret ire to any applause that may oc to connection with anything done Bid on the floor of the house of j ssentatives, nor shall any method idicatlr.g approval or disapproval »f be employed In said publlca icre Is nothing In this resolution aw directly what It Is aimed at, every member knows and It Is able that a good many men who written the word applause a 1 t times will vote for the resolu rather than have It appear that 1 Pave been addicted to a deceit racttee and would like to keep It Seaton for Monuments. Mi seems to be the session tor the induction of bills Into congress tor I erection of monuments and me-, flats of various kinds. Mr. Flood Virginia has Just Introduced a bill, i provide lor tho construction of semorial highway, archway and pay In memory of Thomas JefTer ai Monflcello. Albemarle county. p:la." The Ik-Aocrats make more ess of a shrine of Thomas .lefTer i old home. Tho approaches to re said not to be what they should and there Is a change that Mr. id's bill will pass the house. It I stand a fair chance of passage die senate also, because although Republicans there are In a ma ny, no party men like to let It ap r that they are moved by political islderatlons to deny honor to the Bory of a great man of another leprescntatlve Legare of South oilna, having noted the successful «pt to secure a monument to tatopher Columbus In the city of ihlngton, has asked congress to « a monument to the memory of an Isabella of Spain. Show Perry's Old Flag, ther day In congress an ap- | prlatlon was asked to repair, pre >e and properly exhibit the trophy 1 now in store In the naval acad tit Annapolis, Md. In order that ittempt to secure the approprla I might have plenty of patriotic Hment to Inspire Its passage, one the members had secured from , naval academy several of the bat lags which are now In the keeping J hat Institution. One of them was j fag llown by Commodore Perry ( £« battle of Lake Erie. It Is a blue , vlth these words In gold letters , rtbed upon It: "Don’t Give Up the , i" These words, of course, will ( recognized as those of Captain ( fence of the United States navy, , commanded tho frigate Cbesa- , te in Us battle with the British [ Ste Shannon off the Maine coast - he war of 1812. t awreaco was mortally wounded In ( action and his last words were ( n’t give up the ship,” words which late the motto of the American ( if. Captain l^twrence lies burled J Trinity churchyard, New York city, ( grave being within fifteen feet of i Iron fence which separates the Mtery from the busiest part of that •t thoroughfare, Broadway. Hun- | to of thousands of people visit this f r» in the course of a year and It is { » through the fence palings by as ( »y more thousands, who If they , ®ld stop for a moment, could read ( 1111 the pavement the Inspiriting lu- ( Option which the tomb bears. ( Marine* Are Ever First. { reported request from the , !(rlcan minister at the City of | Wco for marines to guard the , *tion there In case that the up- f against the president of Mexico t "“'d endanger the lives of Araeri *s. accentuates the fact that the ma- t ** of tho United States service al- i 1,1 always have been the first of j •American armed forces to be call- t ,0n for service in case that this i „ntry threatened with trouble s Nd. , It to the Marine*" Is an old f saying and the Implication In it i< that the marines will believe anythin! and there is also something of a sneei in the saying. This "remark of re proaeh” Is not nearly one. for the sail I ors who originated it only meant tc ntinmte that the marines did noi know anything about sailing a ship No sailor ha3 ever contended that th« marine Is not a good fighter and "all | for the colors.” The American marines had the first fight with the Spaniards in Cuba They were sent Into China at the time that the embassies were beleaguered in 1900 and at the Battle of Tientsin the marines lost heavily. They have been landed In Mexico before this and in several of the South American countries and always have they done good service. Years ago over in Korea the marines of this government fought and fought well. The record of the marines Is a long one and an honorable one. General George F. KUiott of the ma rine corps years ago with 21 marines and 29 sailors made a hurry-up march from Chemulpo to Seoul in Korea In order to protect the American consu late and the missionaries at that place during the war between China and Ja pan. At that time Elliott was a lieu tenant attached to the U. S. S. Balti more. News came to the ship that the Koreans were raising the cry “Korea for the Koreans" and were about to massacre all the foreigners at the Korean capital. Admiral Mc Nair ordered Elliott and his little com mand to take up a “double time” across country to save the mission aries. A Hazardous Trip. u 18 proDaDie tliat few military bod ies were ever asked to engage in such a trip as that turned out to be. It was so hot that the marines turned the tables and told the sailors that their belt buckles melted in the sun. Near ly the whole line of the march was through submerged rice fields, the men being up to their knees lr water half the time, with their footsteps cmgged by the plant roots and steins Under these conditions they made pace at the rate of five miles an hour, and they reached their destination in time to perform the service for which the call for the march had been is sued. General Elliott has seen service In all sorts of climatic conditions. He was assigned to the Alliance for her cruise to the Arctic years ago. and on the voyage the ship’s crew reached a northern point of 80 degrees and 10 minutes, the record up to that time. It was immediately upon his return from the Arctic that Elliott was order e< to the tropics, and he saw fighting in Panama, which was then in the hands of the revolutionary forces. During this Panama service the rev »)lutionists made an attempt to blow Elliott and his command off the face of the isthmus with dynamite. Elliott and a private of marines caught the min hired to explode the stuff Just as he was about to light the fuse. It was perhaps a narrower escape than any which the general ever had, and his narrow escapes besprinkle plentifully his record. Many Claims In Congress. Readers of Mark Twain will remember his story of the great beef claim and the course of the proceedings before the lawmakers in Washington. When a man does dig ging after truth in the records of con gress be can find some things which are stranger than the romances of the fiction writers. There are claims to day before either congress or the court of claims which have their origin back in the Revolutionary days. The trac ing of the right to recoiapenso from the government for sacrifices made by ancestors of present day people Is one of the hardest tasks known to law yers. The trail gets confused after time, and so it is that some people who may have legitimate claims against Uncle Sam are unable to collect them. Only the other day an adverse re port on a Revolutionary claim was made by Senator Townsend of the sen ate committee which has charge of such matters. The claim was for the payment of 30 loan certificates alleged to have been issued by Richard Ralph Randall, May 15, 1779, which certifi cates were for $500, continental money, specie value, $47.73. Congress was asked that these certificates should be paid with Interest to ft very remote descendant of Randall, who died In 1790. He left a son, William, who, when he was an old man, adver Used for the lost certificates and me morialized congress for their payment. The lawmakers refused to pay any at tention to the matter. Others have presented the claim but without suc cess. Claims growing out of the war be tween the states are, of course, more numerous than those grow lug out of the war of the Revolution, because the one war is nearer to us than the oth er, and many of the active claimants are living. The senate has just given the Shawnee Indians of Kansas the l ight to go to the proper United States court to have their claims adjusted for indemnity for losses sustained by tlir m during the Civil war It is claim ed that these particular Shawnee In dians remained peaceful during the trouble between the states, did not commit depredations, and yet on the supposition that they had dene so. Union soldiers Beized tho Indians' pro visions, household goods, cattle, horses and hogs and used them without ren dering any payment therefor. It has been said that the Civil war Is nearer to us than the Revolution ary war, but the length of time that it takes to have a claim adjusted or GARNERING DELEGATES FOR TAFT MU. TAFT’S campaign for renomlnation is being conducted by Congress man William B. McKinley of Illinois, with Leroy T. Vernon, a well known Washington correspondent, as chief of publicity. LINER HELPLESS II SEN SHIP WITH 95 ABOARD LOSES PROPELLER; ASKS AID. Torpedo Boat Rushed to Aid of En terprise, Disabled on Way to Honolulu—Ocean Rough. San Francisco.—A wireless from the Matson liner Enterprise says the ves sel is drifting helplessly 600 miles out at sea. Her propeller shaft is broken. There are 45 pussongers and a crew of 50 persons on board. The vessel left San Francisco Sat urday bound for Honolulu. A torpedo boat has been rushed to the aid of the Enterprise. The disabled vessel is commanded by Captain J. Younger. The vessel is in a perilous position. Tim sea is reported heavy and she is rolling helplessly in the rough of the waves. The propeller has dropped off and ciiances that repairs may be made outside drk dock are very remote. The Enterprise has sent out an 8. O. S. to oilier vessels, and it is be lieved some steamer in the neighbor hood may pick up the message and reacli her before the torpedo boat sent by the government from the har bor here. ENGINEERS'DEMAND REFUSED Fifty Railroads East of Chicago and North of Ohio River Will Not Give Engineers Raise. New York.—Stating that ‘‘the present rates of wages are as a rule full and liberal, and the railroads are financially unable to bear the in creased expense involved," the con ference committee of managers for the 50 railroads in the district east 1 of Chicago and north of the Ohio river ; rejected the demands of the locomo tive engineers for wage increases av- 1 eraging 18 per cent. INDIANAN STARVES TO DEATH Octogenarian Succumbs After 39-Day j Fast—Enjoyed Good Health During Fasting. Wabash, Ind—After having lived solely on water for thirty-nine days, Caleb Story is dead at his home here. During the middle of Feb ruary his appetite suddenly left him and never returned since that time. Nothing but water has passed his lips. Mr. Story was 84 years old. He told friends he enjoyed good health during his fasting. QUIZ USE OF AUTOMOBILES Senator Bristow Seeks an Accounting of Government Owned Machines Used by Employes. Washington.—An accounting of the number of government owned \ automobiles, motors and carriages i and the use made of them by \ cabinet officers and the various de.o partments was demanded in a yi'jj tion offered by Bristow, sas, and passed by the senate. __j Solon Hangs Himself. Mystic, Conn.—John It. Babcock, j 60 years old. Democratic rep ■ resentative from this town in the Legislature, committed suicide by ; hanging himself in his barn He rose early and told his wife that he would not bo back to bed again. Later she and her sister found his body. He leaves a widow and a daughter. Auditor-Elect Is Arested. Annapolis, Md—John F. O’Malley, state auditor-elect, was arrested on the bribery charge recently briught by Delegate W. It Smallwood that O’Mal ley offered him $2,000 for his vote on the local option bill. O’Malley was re leased on $10,000 bail. Ballot on Woman's Rights. Lansing, Mich.—The women’s suf frage amendment, which provides that | an amendment to the constitution i granting women the right to vote be ; submitted to the people at the next ■ general election, passed the house. , Carpenter to Be Elevated. Washington—Judge Carpnter of the Federal District Court in Chicago will be appointed a circuit judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy treated by tho reaiguallon of fjf'v^Aj^^rosscup. • ' REBELS FORCE BIG LOAN BANCO NATIONALS FORCED TO CLOSE ITS DOORS. Authorities Say Seizure Is a Loan and Will Be Secured by 5 Per Cent State Bonds. Chihuahua, Mexico.—The Banco Nationals has closed its doors. The rebel authorities backed a wagon up to the doors of the bank, took all the money out of the vaults and drove away. The bank officials say that $275,000 in gold was taken. The rebel officials admit the truth of the story, but say that the money is merely a loan and will be secured by 5 per cent state bonds. The Banco Minero was threatened with similar treatment, but avoided it by paying $75,000 to the garrison officials. Jimenez, Mexico.—General Trucy Aubert’s retreat seems to have been a mask, for he was reported to have reorganized his column of fed eral troops and to be returning to at tack Jiminez. It was reported that he already had opened battle with a detachment of insurrectos at a place known as Rancho San Pedro, about ten miles from this city. 3,500 ITALIANS WERE SLAIN What Was Announced to Be a Victory fcr Italy in Tripoli Proves to Be a Disaster. Ixmdon—The Centra] News re ceived delayed confirmation of the Turkish defeat of the Italian forces near Tobruk, Tripoli. Their corre spondent placed the Italian loss in dead and wounded at 3,500. At the time of the battle the Italian government said the engagement was an Italian victory, and that 1,000 Turks were killed, with an Italian loss of only 28 dead and 62 wounded. “AX-MAN” KILLS SIX MORE 39 Negroes in Seven Families Arc Slain in Similar Manner in Last Two Months. Glidden, Texas.—A man with an ax killed six negroes at Glidden. The killings make thirty-nine ne groes, representing seven families, that have been murdered by the “ax man" in Louisiana and Texas in the past two months. Kach of the negroes in the most re cent tragedy was hit with the blunt of an ax over the right ear. ADOPT MINIMUM WAGE SCALE English Miners'_‘ion Will Take a Reff . . ,■ t on the following: is the fifth Sunday ^ Red Ri''cr >£jy‘ting the min t .•> »aeration decided to take a referendum ballot Immediately, com pleting the vote by April 4. The victory of the government was made complete when the mine owners met in conference and voted unani mously to accept the minimum wage bill offered by the government. NEW MEXICO PICKS SOLONS Choice Is Made on Eighth Ballot Af ter Some of the Members Change their VBotes. Santa Fe, K. M.—The eighth senatorial ballot resulted in the election of A. B. Fall (Uep.) United Staten senator. T. B. Catron (Hep.) lacked one vote, that of Speak er Baca, und enough members eh .aged to fleet him, also. Meyer Assails Democrats. Washington—In a statement enti tled "Ad Unwise, Shortsighted and Unstatesmanlike Policy," Secretary Meyer Utterly criticised the Demo cratic emeus that voted against con structing new battleships. Governor Donaghy Beaten. Little Hock Ark.—Returns from seventy four counties, In which about 100,1- M) votes were polled iu the Dem ocra ,ic primaries, give Joe T. Robin son io^Loternor a majority of about ; 30.v80^Rr Gov. Donaghv. /« MEMBER OF KtID I EANGSURRENDEBS1 CLAUDE ALLEN, CAUSE OF THE COURT HOUSE MURDERS, HUNGRY, GIVES UP. ' THREE ARE STILL AT LARGE Detectives Are Close on Trail and Captures Are Expected Soon— Prisoner Does Not Reveal Hiding Place. Hillsville, Va.—Starving, sleepless and fatigued, Claude Swanson Allen jame out of the laurel thicket in the Blue Ridge, pointed two six shooters toward the sky and gave himself up to the posse which for nearly two weeks aas hunted him. In the presence of a detective young Allen described his own part in tile ;ourt tragedy, admitted that he had seen Sidna Allen shoot and that lie himself aimed at Clerk Goad's head four times. He told a graphic story of the as sassination. “I don't know who started the shooting," said Allen. “After it be gan, I shot, four times at Clerk Goad and aimed for his head every time. I saw Uncle Sidna shoot at somebody, but don't know who. When the shoot ing in the court house was over I went outside and saw Uncle Sidna on the ground, shooting at Goad, so 1 shot at him again. My brother, Vic tor, called to me to stop, but I had shot all my cartridges. Then we all went away.” Complacent and almost happy, he sat, sheltered from a driving storm in the little brick jail, a stone's throw from the Carroll county courthouse, where on March 14, the Allen gang killed the judge, the prosecutor, the sheriff, a juror and a bystander. All day the posses, divided into small numbers, had been following a trail thought to be that of Wesley Kdwards, a nephew of the Allens. Claude Allen, the son of Floyd Allen, who was the cause of the courthouse killing, had been gifen up as having escaped. Detective Lucas and four men were working toward Floyd Al len's house when, twenty-five yards or so off the Mount Airy road, a fig ure, creeping stealthily Ihrough the undergrowth, was dimly seen through the mist of the mountain slope close behind Lucas. The other men brought their rifles to their shoulders, when, to their sur prise, Allen stepped cut into the road, his hands upraised, a pistol in each. "I’m glad to get a chance to come in,” he said. "1 haven’t slept, in a bed since the shooting. I’m hungry.’* VOTES-FOR-WOMEN REJECTED Window Smashing One Cause of the Measure’s Defeat in House of Commons. London.—By a vote of 222 to 208 the house of commons rejected the conciliation bill on its second reading. This measure aimed at con ferring the right to vote upon every woman possessed of the household qualification, and would enfranchise ’.000,000 women. Announcement of the result was re ceived with cheers Last year a sim ilar bill passed the second reading stage by a vote of 255 to 88 and was •eferred to a committee of the whole nouse, making no further progress. BALLOT ON WOMANS’ RIGHTS Constitutional Amendment to Be Sub mitted to Vote of Michigan Men Next Election. I^ansing, Mich.—The women’s suffrage amendment, which pro vides that an amendment to the con stitution granting women the right,to vote be submitted to the people at the next general election, passed the house. It had already passed the sen ate. Wild excitement prevailed in the house when the measure came up for a vote. OHIO TO VOTE ON INITIATIVE Constitutional Convention Favors Amendment to Pass on All Leg islation to Be Enacted. Columbus, O.—An early adjourn ment of the Ohio constitutional con vention is assured as a result of the adoption of an initiative and referen dum measure. The hardest fight of the convention ended with the passage of this pro posal. by a vote of 97 to 15, granting the voters of Ohio the right to ini tiate desired laws and constitutional amendments arid to pass on all legis lation enacted by the legislature. Ohio Vote on Initiative. Columbus, O.—An early adjourn ment of the Ohio constitutional con-1 vention is assured as a result of the adoption of an intiative and referen dum measure, which pass' d by a vote of 97 to 15. Family of Five Burned. Wilkesbarre, Pa.—An entire family was roasted alive in their home iu Hanover, a suburb of this city. Tint dead are: Charles Melick. Mrs. Chii/y? dead are: Char!es Melick, Mrs. Charles Melick, Wylady, G; Emily, 4;/suu Uy. 1. J III MEXICO W~ GRIP fptffl NEWSPAPER MAN WRITES AMER. ICANS EVERYWHERE ARE IN GREAT PERIL. STRICT CENSORSHIP KEPT UP Government Either Unwilling or Pow erless to Punish Robbers and Murderers. He Declares— Troops Deserting. El Paso. Tex.—With a condition of complete anarchy existing through out the republic outside of the capital and the Madero government suffering defeats at tho hands of the rebels in every engagement, Amer icans not only are not safe in Mexico, but are liable to be killed at any time. Is the declaration contained in a let ter received here from a newspaper man in Mexico City. Even in the cap ital an organized band is committing nightly depredations ranging from murder to assault, and without fear, although the leaders are known. A rigid censorship has been estab lished over the telegraph wires and cables by the government in an effort to prevent the facts of the situation trom reaching the United States, tho letter says. I he government Is declared to n« powerless to protect itself, much less foreigners. The criminal band in the capital, which has become a mafia, or camor ra, is called “La Porra." Its members hold up and rob and do not hesitate to kill, the letter states. The censorship renders it impossi ble for newspaper correspondents to telegraph out anything against the government. “I don't care to support a ptierlle, graft-ridden government like this ngainst the truth,” was a statement in the newspaper man's let ter. The government troops are desert ing by scores at every opportunity, the writer says. While outside of the City of Mexico the country is in a state of anarchy, inside the amount of crime is almost inconceivable, It is. claimed. The night before the letter was written two ruffians killed the wife of a wealthy citizen of the Colonia Ira parcial. The citizen and his wife were returning home from a theater when they were attacked by two men armed with knives. The wife threw herself In front of her husband and was slain. Investigating Rock Island Riot. Rock Island. 111.—Immediate prose cution of the leaders of the mob which stormed the city hall isplanend by the authorities. The coroner will hold inquests over the bodies of the men slain by the police when they fired on the mob, and a grand jury. Impaneled for the sole purpose of cop ing with the situation, will be given the evidence brought out at the in quest. Battle Over Their Queues. Shanghai.—Quiet was restored at Fu Chow, where a regiment mutinied and pillaged and burned part of tbe city, after rioting in which a number of persons were killed. It has devel oped that the trouble arose from tbe demands of a queueless regiment that another regiment wearing pigtails have them cut off. Votes for Women Rejected. London.—By a vote of 225 to 208 the house of commons rejected the conciliation bill on its second read ,ng. This measure aimed at confer ring the right to vote upon every woman possessed of the household qualification, and would enfranchise 1,000,000 women. Tents for Flood-Driven People. Springfield, ill.— Mayor Parsons of Cairo telegraphed Gov. Deneen for fif teen Illinois National Guards' tents to be used as shelter by people who have been compelled to flee from their homes on account of the floods along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Die* at the Throttle. A St. Louis.—Stricken with heart dljp ease while his engine was rushing^t a speed of 65 miles an hour, WUmot K. Larr, 56 years old, veteran engi neer for the Vandaiia railroad, died in his cab near Marshall. 111. Arizona House Passes Recall. Phoenix, Ariz.—The bill submitting the judiciary recall amendment to the people at the next general election has passed the lower house of the Ari zona legislature. An identical bill i» in the hands of the seante committee on constitutional amendments. Claude Allen Gives Up. Hilleville. Va.— Worn out by the hardslnps of his fli'-'ht. t au « _ son Allen surrendered to a posse and , .. > 1,0 Hlllsvl'le jail, tie Is secure i I _ thicket as hi* walked out of a L1" . pursuer, aimed their rifles* »“«■ mllot on Women's Ricjiit* , . .Mich—Tb* womens suf / Lansing. * >a{ whicb provides frage an.eni |he constUu thlU 80 fln^women the right U> voo ,i0“ bmitted to the people at the nos. I P"*