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TUESDAY. JUNE 23, 1914. TWELVE PAGES.
ROCK
JUDGE SPEER
HELD DESPOT
IN HISCOURT
Georgia Federal Official
Severely Arraigned in
Committes Report.
TOBE NO IMPEACHMENT
Complete Acquittal Denied by
Majority. While Minority
Urges Such Action.
Washing. P C. June 23. "The
iubcommittee rrcrets Its inability to
eltner recomn n.l a complete acquittal
of Judge Sprr of all culpability so far
as these charges are concerned, on the
one hand, or an impeachment on the
other hand" Tins was the conclus
ion submitted to the house judiciary
committee today by the special sub
committee that for months has been
investigating charges of official mis
conduct filed against Emory Speer of
Macon, federal judge for the southern
district of Georgia.
The report, after an exhaustive re
sume of evidence with severe com
meiitfl. held that some of Judge fcpeer's
official actions "tend to approach a
condition of tyranny and oppression,"
but recommended thai no further pro
ceedings be had by the house.
These conclusions now rest with the
full committee on Judiciary, which is
expected to report them to the house
for final disposition of the case before
adjournment of the present session of
congress. The subcommittee com
prises Representatives Webb, North
Carolina; Fitzhenry. Illinois, demo
crats, and Volttead, Minnesota, lepub
lican. Nineteen charges were filed with the
commiuee. Tney allied. among eth
er things, that Judge Speer entertain
ed matters beyond his court's Jurisdic
tion, allowed excessive trustee f.-es to
a persrna! friend, used his official po
sition lor preferment of his son-in-law,
A. H. Heyward, abused his authority
- by domestic use of government paid
court employes, violated laws regard
ing drawing of jurors and dissipate?
bankrupt estates by appointing unnec
essary oSicials and allowing excessive
fees.
Defies Supreme Court. j
Another charge wad that, in the case
t,f Ht-r.rv Jamison, a Macon necro.
Judge Speer defied the mandates ofl
the supreme court of the I'nited States J
uia tne cirtun couri oi appeals. ,
The subcommittee's conclusion
lows:
"The conclusion of the subcommit
tee deducwl from the evidence taken
and from the construction of the prece
dents of impeachment trials, is that at
the present time a.tisfacfory evidence
sufficient to support a conviction upon
a trial by the senate is not obtainable.
"In the conduct of tiie hearings he
committf-e waj extremely liberal and
did not confine the witnesses to the
giving of technically legal evidence.
Much evidence of a hearsay nature
waa received. The committee feit Jus
tified in such a course in the llht of
the fact that it came to the attention
of the committee that many witnesses
were apprehensive fjf the conse
quences of giving evidence against
Judge Speer in the event of his acquit
tal. This feeling and the general dis
position on the part of Individuals to
protect themselves against what was
termed the 'wrath' of Judge Speer
kept fro;n the committee the names of
the witnesses and a knowledge of the
lact in thnir possession. Many of the
l'n.o who testimony would be
absolutely necessary to sustain some of
the rhargrs n.ad- are dead. Others
lave removed from the southern dis
trict of Georgia and their whereabouts
ere unknown.
"Another piia.-o of the record is that
It details a large number of official
acts on the part of J.ide Speer which
are in themselve iKaI. yrt w.j;en lak.
en to,her. develop into a system
fftt)H PtF .
Bproac.i a condition of
tyranny and oppression. There hai
,"n an '"equitable exercise of judic
al d:scretior, ,nstancpg cf wh,ch
have be-.r. fre'4iiniiy rrlticizr-d where
the ca.,es in wi.irh they u,re commit
ted have been reviewed by tiie courts
f appeal, while ln others litUants
were unable financially to prosecute
appeals. That the power of the court
l.as been exercised In a despotic and
autocratic manner by the judge cannot
be questioned."
Forces Pleas of Guilty.
The Jamison case is one of the many
iriiidnrn known iy the record where
i-ie judge, witnout taint of individual
corruption and with the apparently
laudable purpose of purifying the coiii-n-unity
and inaugurating a civic re
form, disregarded tiie law and appar
ently conidered that the end Justified
the means.
"T.i lecord shows Instances where
the judge sitting in the trial of crlm
lnI cases, apparently forced plea of
fulity from defendants or convictions,
nd there is strong evidence tending
.now tr.at ln one ct,tr ui Ip.ai
i
1.4. I
forced Innocent parries to enter iurh I
P eas through a fear of the conse-1
J
Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island. Davenport, Molina
and Vicinity.
Generally fair tonight and Wednes
day, silently wanner tonight
Temperature at 7 a. m. 73. Highest
yesterday 81. Ixweet last night 70.
Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 3 miles
per hour.
Precipitation .52 inch.
Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 93. at
7 a. m. S3.
Stage of water 9.6, a fall of .2 in last
24 hours.
J. M. SHEIUER. Local Forecaster.
STRONOMICAL EVENTS.
iig stars: Mercury. Venn.
Mornins stars: Jupiter, Saturn
Planet Saturn in conjunction with the
moon at 12:24 a. m. Planet Mars close
to Kegulus at handle of the Sickle, al
most due west about. 0 p. m.
I
MAY GET PETRAS
JURY THIS WEEK
Alleged Murderer and Wife Ex
change Smiles Before a
Crowded Court Room.
Geneva, 111., June 23. Tony Petras.
on trial for the murder of his former,
fiancee, Theresa Hollander, clubbed
to death in an Aurora cemetery, said
today he "liked the looks" of the 100
n.ea summoned as a special jury pan
el, and attorneys began to hope the
jury might be obtained by the end of
the week, although no Juror has yet
been accepted.
Petras had his girlish wife at his
side In the court room. They laughed
and smi'.ed at each other, as though
he had not a care in the world. The
court room was packed.
Bailiff Gary, who yesterday succeed
ed Henry Young, today gave way to
Warren Andrus. Gary said he had
too much other work in the sheriff's
office. Young was objected to yester
day by the prosecution.
quences in the event of an unfavorable
verdict at the hands of a Jury presided
over by the judge in the manner pe
culiar to himself.
"The subcommittee regrets its ina
bility to either recommend a complete
acquittal of Judge Speer of all culpabil
ity so tux as .thono rharwwo itmi
cerned, on the one hand, or an im
peachment on the other. And yet it
is persuaded that the competent legal
evidence at hand is not sufficient to
procure a conviction at the hands of
the senate. But it does feel that the
record presents a series of legal op
pressions and shows an abuse of judl
ciai discretion which, though falling
short of Impeachable offenses, demand
condemnation and criticism.
If Judge Speer's judicial acts in the
future are marked by the rigorous and
iuui-aiuiv narrnness Bnown Dy mis rec-
fol-'ord. these charges hang as a porten
tous cloud over his court, impairing
his usefulness, impeding the adminis
tration of justice, and endangering the
integrity of American institutions."
Volstead for Exoneration.
Complete exoneration of Speer was
recommended by Volstead, republican
Minnesota, member of the Investigat
ing committee. "I do not criticise
motives of my associates, but the
proceedings of the investigation have
boen marked by acts of cruelty, un
just and unfair," Volstead said in his
report. "No effort has bnen made to
protect the judge against slander and
abuse that could serve no other pur
pose than to disgrace and humiliate
him. Kvery enemy that 29 years on
the bench had produced was invited
and eagerly encouraged to detail
grievances and supplement that with
ail sorts of innuendo. Insinuation and
Insulting opinions, utterly illegal
evwence and incompetent for any
proper purpose."
In connection with a charge that
Speer allowed bankruptcy estates to
be dissipated through allowance of
excessive attorney's fees, Volstead
presented statistics of the cost of the
administration of bankruptcy assets
of the southern district of Georgia
from 1699 to 1912 in comparison with
the districts of residence of various
members or the house Judiciary com
mittee for those years. Tabulations
taken from reports of the attorney
genera! showed ' that the cost of
Speer's district was 9.7 per cent, while
the average of other districts listed
was 19.2.
SHIPS IN A CRASH;
ALL ABOARD SAFE
Hamburg, Germany, June 23. Th
North German Lloyd steamer Koenl-
gin IulHe and the German passenger
teamer Cobra collided today. Both
were damaged. Passengers m ere lan-
d safely.
The stem of the Koenlgin Luise is
tov in and the fore peak is leaking.
The Cobra, a small steamer, is badly
damaged amidships.
The colllbion occurred during the
regatta at Cuxhaven. Both vessels
haj a large number of people aboard,
who bad gone to watch the regatta.
The shock of the collision was so
4mTm that M.ap.l nacAnAra An (VlA
Cobra r. ihm.n n v.o Ari f thn
Koenlgin Lui.e.
THE WEATHER
GOOD FUTURE
IS SEEN FOR
LABORCAUSE
John Wanamaker Says
Poor Leadership Has
Been Costly in Past.
POLITICS ALSO HURTS
Merchant Prince Paints a Rosy
Prospect for Workingman
in United States.
PhKadelphla, Pa., June 23. 'It's an
insane thing not to recognize organiza
tions of labor," said John Wanamaker
today, giving further testimony before
the federal commission of industrial
relations. He made the statement in
reply to a question whether employers,
should recognize labor unions on. the
general question of unionism.
Wanamaker said he believed labor
"has suffered frightfully" in the past,
because of poor leaders, but added he
is seeing a better class of leadership
coming in. Asked if he could supply
the missing link that would bring cap
ital and labor together, Wanamaker
said: "I believe labor and capital have
a tight to organization. On one side,
capital, there is responsibility, and on
the other, labor, there' is none. There
you stop. Missing links. I believe to
be prejudice and misunderstanding.
which must be overcome. One of the
ways to wipe out this prejudice is to
unhitch labor unions from political
parties."
For Eight Hour Day.
Wanamaker believed the depart
ments of commerce and labor should
be the last resort in labor disputes,
One of the things he found wrong in
labor unions was the limiting of the
jUUaber of those who want IP Joaxa
trades. Questioned whether he would'
advocate an eight-hour day, he re
plied: "Eight hours or less."
Speaking of capital
Wanamaker
said John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. "made a
great mistake when he put 'President
Wilson In the position of sending
troops to Colorado." Contact with em
ployes is the remedy for much misun
derstanding, the witness said. Re
garding a minimum wage for women.
u . . . , .
should not be condemned. "It ought
to be tried," he declared. Discussing
public ownership as a means to reduce
industrial strife, Wanamaker said he
was an absolute believer in govern
ment ownership of public utilities.
Paints Rosy Future.
The witness painted a rosy future
for the workingman. Men and wo-
men are ln a rising market. Being edu-
cated, they have more sanitary sur-
roimdines. and are no longer mats for
r-ch men to wipe their feet upon." he
Bald,
Commissioner Welnstock remarked
that the commission will, in drawing-
up recommendations to congress, con-1
sider the wisdom of advocating publlo
ownership of utilities as a means of
reducing strife between employer and
employee of public utilities.
BUSINESS MEN TO
LABOR ON FARMS
Eastern Harvest Hands Desert
Jobs in Kansas Because
of Extreme Heat.
Hoxie, Kan., June 23. Hoxie is al
most a deserted village. The men
have gone to the wheat fields. The
rush started today, when a delegation
of farmers came to town lamenting the
fact that harvest hands imported from
the east had quit their Jobs because of
the heat.
"We have got to have help quick,
declared the leader of the delegation
at a meeting of business men called to
discuss the situation.
A half hour after the gathering dis
persed the town barbers posted signs
on their doors reading: "Shaves and
har cuts Saturdays only."
The doors of the court house were
locked and every county official don
ned old clothes, merchants turned their
stores over to young women clerks.
lawyers forgot their fees, the editor
placed his wife in charge of the "shop.
hen the army of business men took to
h-u fields.
Mrs.
Weatinghouaa Dead.
Moss., June 23.-
Lennox,
-Mra.
George Weatinghouse, widow of the
loctrical Inventor, died today. She
uffered a paralytic stroke Friday last.
Justice Swayxe of New Jersey has
decided that railroad passengera in
that state not given seats cannot b
compelled to pay fares.
ill mm- Isk vic WmEZM
13 fa lm m -J-SssSf
CARESSES LIONS
DEVOURING LOVER
Miss Adeie Castillo Will Not
Kill Jungle Beasts That
Ate Her Fiance.
Chicago, III., June 23. Cy De Vry,
keeper of beasts at Lincoln park zoo,
attended an inquest yesterday to pay
tribute to an undertaker. ' .
The animal keeper sat through the
session at 502 South Dearborn street
and heard the evidence on which a
coroner's jury brought in a verdict of
accidental death for Emerson D. Die
trich, killed and half devoured by
vaudeville lions the day before.
The testimony was completed and
the inquest all but closed when De
I Vry arose and announced to Coroner
' ,
Peter M. Hoffman he had a speech to
make.
"I want to say a word for L. C. Ball,
the undertaker,' said De Vry. "He
showed rare judgment in suggesting
the use of formaldehyde when the lions
were tearing at the unfortunate man's
tody,
-jn an my years of experience I had
never thought of, or beard of. the use
Cf formaldehyde to control wild ani
mals. It is an important discovery,
and one likely to be valuable at any-
time. You never can tell what will
happen in the animal business
jtiss Adgie Castillo, the performer
and lion tamer, was at peace with the
brutes which made a meal of her
fiance. She saw Trilby, the mother
Hon, and the five murderer cubs take
their daily feeding of raw beef. Then
she went into the cage in the box car
at Sixteenth and Clark streets to car
ess and kiss the lipns. She insisted
Teddy, the aggressor in the killing of
Dietrich, was not to be punished.
As a witness, under the questioning
of Coroner Hoffman and Deputy George
A. Webster, Miss Castillo was inclined
to blame the keeper, George McCord,
for failure properly to defend Dietrich,
the manager. The jury did not con
cur with her attitude.
"He could have gone Into the cage
and guarded him," Miss Castillo said.
The lions are only cubs, and they are
governed by fear."
Was there Jealousy on the part of
either Dietrich or McCord regarding
youT the coroner asked.
i "No, there was n0 possibility of it,"
she answered.
McCord admitted he was afraid to
enter the lion cages and explained
that was how Dietrich came to be
cleaning the car.
"Did you like him get along well?"
demanded the coroner.
We had a lot of quarrels In the
theatres about staging the act," Mc
Cord answered. "But we were friends,
and Sunday we had no trouble at all."
"Why didn't you go into the cage
and help fight the lions?"
It would have been death for me
to go in there."
Miss Castillo is remaining In Chi
cago to await the arrival of Dietrich's
parents from Brooklyn.
DE ROTHSCHILD IS BETTER
Parla Physician, Shot By Milk Agent
to Ba Out Soon
Paris. June 22. Francois Prudhon,
an aged man. was the assailant of Dr.
Henri de Rothschild, the writer and
philanthropist, who was shot Saturday
right ln front of a boulevard cafe,
CORNERED
Questioned yesterday by the examin
ing magistrate Prudhon repeated his
statement that Dr. de Rothschild's
scheme for supplying pure milk to the
poor had driven him out of business,
He regretted his act. Dr. de Roths
child's wound is slight and he will be
out soon.
CABINET FAVORS
PORK BARREL CUT
Approves Commission to Map
Out Comprehensive Plan of
Waterway Improvements.
Washington, D. C. June 23. Gen
eral approval of an amendment to the
rivers and harbors bill for a govern
ment commission to map out a com
prehensive plan of Internal waterway
improvements w-as .given at the cabi
net meeting today. The amendment
is designed to do away with the so-
called "pork barrel" system of making
rivers and harbors appropriations.
Reports were laid before the cabi
net today showing revolutionary condi
tions in Haytl as serious, and calling
for immediate solution.
COMMISSION HAS
TO FIX BENEFITS
Commerce Body to Determine
Kate Reductions Incident
to Opening; of Canal.
Washington, D. C, June 23. That
distribution throughout the country
of the benefits of the Panama canal
will fest with the interstate com
merce commission, and not with the
transcontinental railroads, is one of
the conclusions being drawn today
from the supreme court's decision on
the iniermountain rate case. It has
been generally claimed the Panama
canal would reduce freight rates from
the Atlantic seaboard to Pacific coast
cities, and vice versa, but questions
ag to what extent the railroads might
allow Interior points to share ln the
benefits of water competition enjoyed
by seaboard cities were in dispute.
The court decided the commission will
answer those problems.
PARCEL POST TIRES MEN
Star Route Carriera Quit Jobs Be
cause of "Freight Traffic."
Tacoma, June 23. Scores of star
route carriers ln the Pacific Northwest
are refusing to renew mall contracts
with the postomce department Car
riers heretofore receiving $300 to ?60
annually are retiring ln disgust or m
sUtlng on $5,000, 110.000 or 915,000
yearly. Aa a result of the parcel post
law they have been delivering sugar,
flour, lumber and rfther freight
throughout counties distant from rail
roads and btuamer.
Champnlgn. 111.. June 23. William
DuUbon, d years old. was killed at
Jvesdule, Champaign county, heu an
automobile driven by his grandfather
turned turtle.
Janeaville, Wis., June 23. Michael
Murphy, aged 8-4, died of injuries sus
tained whea run down by a street car,
MAKING SUMMER
RESORTS SECURE
State Board of Health Starts a
Sanitary Survey of Illi
nois Outing: Spots.
Springfield, 111., June 23. There is
an abundance of evidence on file in
many health offices throughout the
country substantiating the charge that
summer resorts - are common sources
of typhoid fever infections. For in
stance, last year following the two-
month summer vacation period, the
Chicago health authorities after care
ful investigation of every case of ty
phoid fever reported in that city, found
that 40 per cent of the September ty
phoid fever cases were extra-urban
infections, the evidence in many cases
pointing clearly to summering places
as sources Of the trouble. Many other
cities nave voiced similar charges.
It stands to reason that places with
out practically any sanitary supervi
sion are bound to be sources of dan
ger to those who assemble there, even
for a brief time. Polluted water sup
plies, uninspected milk and food sup
plies, antiquated and neglected toilet
facilities, improper methods of garbage
disposal and, as often is the case, dis
charging of sewage into the source of
water supply, are the grosser evila
which in whole or in part may be
found to prevail at most any summer
resort.
These are conditions which call for
Immediate correction; the hundreds of
thousands or visitors at Illinois resorts
yearly must be safeguarded.
The Illinois state board- of health,
with the approval of Governor Dunne,
proposes to see that they are correct
ed and for that purpose inspectors have
already begun a sanitary survey of
the resorts ln this state. Adjoining
states have previously done a little in
this line.
Reasonable time Is, of course, to be
given public resort owners to make
the corrections ordered. On failure
to comply with the orders issued, with
in the allowed time, steeps will be taken
to enforce them and the facts of the
offending resort's sanitary status then
will be given to the public.
It is expected that the work of in
spection will be completed ln July. A
reinspectlon in August is contemplat
ed. So far as possible, large public pic
nic groves also will be Included in this
sanitary survey.
DEATH ENDS BENCH TRIP
Circuit Judge Shirley Dies on His
Way to Court.
Springfield, 111., June 23. Circuit
Judge Robert B. Shirley died yester
day. He was attacked by heart dis
ease yesterday morning at the lnter
urban station in Carlinville. where he
was about to take a car for the city
to hold court. Governor Dunne will
appoint a successor.
THREE DIE WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO
Greenville, Mich., June 23. Mrs.
Roy Beardalee. her two-year-old son
and Mrs. C. C. Meriitt were killed and
another perhaps fatally injured when
an automobile carrying four women
and the boy was struck by a Pere Mar-
ouotto .trgln flear bere todayt
ENVOYS PLAN
FOR MEETING
OF FACTIONS
Arrival Carranza Agents
Is Awaited at Niagara
Falls, Ont.
PEACE SEEMS NEARING
i United States Insisting on Set
tlement of President by
, Warring Sides.
New Orleans, La., June 23. Car
ranza will no accept the invitation of
tho United States to send representa
tives to meet informally with the
agents of Huerta In any endeavor to
select a provisional president, accord
ing to a statement here today of Al
fred Breoeda, private secretary to Car
ran a a, and a member of the latest
commission Carranza Is sending to
Washington, and of which Fernando
Calderon, leader of the literal party
In Mexico, and R. F. Villavlceeivolo,
an official at SaltUlo, are other mem
bers. "Carranza is firm ln the attitude he
will not treat with Huerta except on
the battlefield," Breceda told the Asso
ciated Press representative. "We are
on a very Important mission to Wash
ing of which we cannot talk, but It is
not to meet with representatives of
Huerta formally or informally."
Niagara Falls, Ont, Jan. 23. The
mediators and American and Huerta,
delegates were occupied today mak
ing arrangements tor an Informal con
ference between representatives of
Carranza and Huerta, on whom will
rest the burden of selecting an in- '
dividual for provisional president of
Mexico. Details were lacking, and it
depended on the traveling arrange
ments of tho constitutionalist-repre '
sentatives, who are enroute here.
The fact that the warring factions
are to be brought together to discuss
the personnel for provisional president
has encouraged the mediation colony
generally to hope for a settlement
There are many, however, who are no
more 'sanguine than before that tho
vexed question of personality of gov
ernment can be settled successfully by
diplomacy. It is an assured fact
nevertheless, that the United States
will Insist on a settlement, lest graver
consequences ensue.
Make Rebel Cabinet Changes.
El Paso, Texas, June 23. The .re
moval of General Trevtno as Car-
ranza's chief of staff and of Ysldro
Fabela, acting minister cf foreign re
lations in the constitutionalist cabinet
reported from Saltlllo, Is taken by.
revolutionists here as a victory for the
Villa faction. The prospective ap
pointment of Eduadro F. Hay as chief
of staff is hailed as agreeable to both
factions. Hay is now chief of staff to
General Iturbe, in Sinaloa, and won his
spurs in the Madero revolution as tho
hero of the first battle in Casas
Grandes, where he lost an eye. He Is
a civil engineer and a graduate of tho
University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
Fabela is a young attorney of Mexico
City, and took a conspicuous part in
drafting Carranza's notes to Washing
ton and Niagara Falls. It is predicted
Luis Gabrera, now in Washington, will
succeed him. The presence near Car
ranza of Hay and Gabrera would create
a difference in attitude on the part of
the rebel government both internally
and Internationally, is the belief of
local observers.
Federal Garrison to Evacuate.
El Paso, Texas, June 23. The fed
eral garrison is preparing to evacuate .
Guaymas, according to information re
ceived by Minister of Communications
BoniUas of the Carranza cabinet Bo-
nilla is here enroute to Saltillo. :-i
Mlaaing Private Accounted For.
Washington, D. C. June 23. General
Furaton- reported that the marine pri
vate who disappeared from the Ameri
can lines at Vera Cruz, June 20, is
Helnrichs Thobe, lately under obser
vation as to his mental condition. His
disappearance caused some alarm.
Fucston made no mention of the poa-
siDiiuy oi me marine naving been
taken by Mexicans.
WIRELESS PLAYS SEA TUNS,
Steamship Haara Canned Music From
Yacht 200 Milea Away. )
London, June 23. Strains from a'
gramophone playing "The Merry Wid-i
ow Waltz" and "God Save the King"
were heard by wireless on the Nelaonf
line ateamahlp Hlahland Scot during
voyage to Buenos Aire. The boat,
was passing Vigo at the time. After t
ward Jt was found the ship from
which the wireless came was a private
yacht 200 milea away.
Mrs. Pennybacker Improved.
South Bend, Ind.. June 23. Mrs. .
Percy Pennybacker, president of tha.
General Federation of Women's clubs,'
wno suffered a nervous collapse at
Mishawaka yesterday, was reported.