Nebraska Newspapers

    SUGAR BILL GIVES
SHOOK 10 CHIEFS)
IS AN INCOME TAX
Some of the Insurgents Expect
ed to Vote for Measure,
Which Was Adopted
in Majority Caucus.
Washington, March 4.—House ana
fiengte leaders of all shades of political
belief gave themselves over today to a
discussion of the sensational action of
the House democratic caucus last night
indorsing what is, in effect, an income
tax on all net incomes, including sal
aries above $5,000 a year.
That the House will pass the measure
by a party vote within the next 10 days
or two weeks, was taken for granted.
Discussion, therefore, turned largely on
the reception the bill would get In the
Senate. Its fate there seems doubtful.
The plans of the House leaders had
not boon wholly disclosed loday, but it
was apparent that the hill to extend the
excise tax law now relating to corpora
tions so as to include co-partnerships
and individuals, was to bn urged upon
the Hon.1-'- ahead of the bill to put sugar
on the free list. The latter bill will
of course share in the debate of the so
called income tax, for it was t make
up the deficit of more than $50,000,000
to be lost in customs revenue on sugar,
that the new taxing measure was de
vised. The democratic leaders want
to. in- sure that the deficit will be pro
vided for before the duty is removed.
Jolt for Republicans.
The new plan of the democrats took
their republican: colleagues entirely by
surprise. Many of them had not re
covers] ... today to ho willing
to talk for publication. Everybody
agreed that the debates in the House
and Senate on so radical a change in
the method of raising government rev
enues would be the stormiest of recent
years.
The constitutionality of the new plan,
it was.,«:iid, would be attacked by some
representatives and senators, although
the democratic leaders in the House
claim the measure has been so drawn
as to comply with the decision of the
United States supreme court, upholding
the corporation tax law. That decision,
it was pointed out, held that tlie cor
poration tax was not a tax on a fran
chise, but on the privilege of doing
business. Tlie new bill holds that
working for a salary Is Just as much a
manner of doing business as investing
money in an enterprise
Smoot Is Hostile.
In the Senate, it is said that in all
probability party alignments will be
broken, although party leaders make
no such concession publicly. Senator
Smoot, of Utah, a member of the Sen
ate finance committee, which will deal
with the bill, declared there was no
possibility of the measure passing the
Senate.
"1 do not believe,” he said, “that any
republican senator, regular or insur
gent, or that many democrats will
stand for this measure that would de
stroy a great Industry. The income
tax proposition Is absolutely unconsti
tutional. To call it an excise tax in
stead of an income tax that has al
ready been declared unconstitutional is
simply quibbling on words. It is an
income tax. pure and simple.”
Senator Kern, of Indiana, who was
democratic candidate for vice president
in tlie last national campaign, said tlie
measure was a good one.
Views of Democrats.
"1 am and always have been in favor
of ail income tax,” he said. “I also
am in favor of free sugar.”
"The .measure is eminently wise and
ought to pass,” said Senator Martin, of
Virginia, democratic leader in the Sen
ate. There is no doubt in my mind as
to its constitutionality.
Senator Poindexter, of Washington,
progerssive republican, said:
"I am very much in favor of an in
come tax. I have been favoring it for
years.”
Senator McCumber. of North Dako
ta. a member of the Senate finance
committee, expressed doubt if any
change would be made in the existing
law.
“Personally,” he added, "I am In
clined to think that congress has the
power to levy such a tax.”
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, who did
not attempt to speak for his party, as
he had no opportunity to talk with any
senators regarding the bill, predicted
that if the bill passed the House, it
would find "sufficient support In the
Senate.”
HOME OF PASTOR IS
BURNED IN THE NIGHT
Event Comes as Sequel to His
Indictment By Grand Jury
On Perjury Charge.
Fort Worth, Tex., March 4.—A few
hours after Rev. J. Frank Morris, pas
tor of the First Baptist church had
been indicted on the charge of per
jury, his home burned down last night.
It come a mysterious sequel to an
.‘l'*1 equally mysterious chain of events in
, which the saloon fighting minister has
figured.
The most startling development came
last night, when, accused of perjury,
Norris was charged with having writ
ten letters to himself in which he was
threatened with death if he did not
leave town.
Norris first attracted attention here
by campaigns for enforcement of pro
hibition laws. Then Norris declared an
attempt had been made to assassinate
him This was followed by the des
truction of the First Baptist church by
fire. Norris reported a second attempt
had been made on his life after this,
and be traveled with a body guard.
Then he exhibited the warning letters
which last night the grand jury de
clared Norris wrote to himself. Norris’
charges attracted a great deal of at
tention to his chu’v’h work.
BROWN WINS BOUT.
Waterloo, la., March 4.—In the fast
est wrestling bout of the season, Carl
Brown, of Waterloo, welterweight
champion of the middle west, defeated
“Bull'’ McCleary, of Muscatine, in two
straight falls here last night. The
first fall was won in 14 minutes, 8
seconds and the second in 7 minutes,
117 seconds.
GOLD FOR SOUTH AMERICA.
London, March 4.—Bullion amount
ing to 50,000 pounds was taken into the
Bank of England today and 100,000
pounds was withdrawn for .shipment to
South America.
WILD OUTBREAKS
IN CHINA AGAIN
Washington, Tv'arch 4.—A strong
detachment of United States
troops has been ordered to
proceed to Poking from i ien Tsin
immediately, according to a dis
patch received from that city to
day.
N Peking, China, March 4.—A fierce rc
crudance of disorder occurred today
when a detachment of artillery, headed
by a band, marched to the palace of
Duke Kuel Hsiang, father of the em
press dowager, and shelled down the
gate. They looted a large amount of
property ar-d burned a portion of the
palace.
The Peking ministers here, after a
conference, have decided to nnng into
Peking all the available, foreign troops
stationed in adjacent ports of China. A
force of 1.000 troops of various nation
alities will arrive here .tomorrow.
Many missionaries have been
slaughtered by the mutineers in Pao
Ting Fu, according to a report received
here today. It is thought probable,
however, in well informed circles that
only one or two have been killed. It is
belie ved that they arc Homan Cath
olics.
Although last night parties of sold
iers belonging to the army commanded
by Chang Huai Chih were engaged
themselves in looting, today they fought
the looters in the outs1 irts of the city.
Prisoners they took were summarily
decapitated and many headless bodies
are lying in the streets in various parts
of tin* city. In the distant part of
the west city, considerable trouble oc
curred Whole streets of shops were
looted and many houses were set on
fire.
STRIKE VERY SERIOUS j
IN ffiES OF BRITAtN
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Industries of Many Kinds Crip- j
pled By Lack of Usual
Fuel Supply.
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London, March 4.—The great ports j
of the united kingdom, particularly !
those situated in Wales, rrorn which :
coal Is shipped to every part of the
world, and the centers of the Iron and
steel industries have naiuraly been the
first to feel the effects of the strike 1
ot more than 2,000,u00 coal miners in i
England, Scotland and Wales.
Many iron works in various districts
were closed today and at Swansea and j
elsewhere the docks have come praetic- !
ally to a standstill. No vessels are ar- 1
riving and the dockers and workmen j
employed in the local industries have :
been thrown out of work. G^eat crowds
of these men gathered in the streets
discussing the dispute.
Thus far there have been no disturb
ances anywhere. In South Wales, how
ever. the mine owners are preparing
for emergencies. They have had walls
built around the mines and have laid In j
great stores of provisions in anticipa- :
tier of a long siege.
The railroad and street car services !
in many cities have been still further I
curtailed today. Only two small non- !
union mines in the entire country are j
still at work One of these is in North
Wales ana the other near Berwick, on I
the Scotish border.
The tin plate works of Wales aro '
closing down rapidly owing to lack of
coal. Six hundred mills will be Idle
within a few days and 40.000 men who
are employed wiU be thrown out of
work.
STRIKE IS GOING ON
IN COTTON FACTORIES
Advance in Wages Fails to End
trouble in Lawrence Tex
tile Mills.
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Lawrence, Mass., March 4.—Despite
yesterday’s announcement of increased
wages in ail but two of the textile
mills, the strike of the operatives of
ficially was no nearer settlement today
than before the news of the Increase
was received. The attitude of the
strike leaders and many of the mem
bers of the organized labor bodies con
tinued strongly in support of the
original demands which greatly ex
ceeded the offer made by the mill
owners.
The meeting of the general strike
committee of the Industrial Workers of
the World today had before it the mat
ter of deciding on another conference
between the subcommittee of the gen
eral strike committee, the officers of
the American Woolen company and the
legislative committee on conciliation.
No children were sent from this city
to Philadelphia today, the strikers’
committee having decided to postpone
the departure because the eases of 14
children who were taken Into custody
last Saturday are still awaiting action
by the court.
MILITANT WOMEN TO
DO TIME IN PRISON
Mrs. Pankhurst and Her Two
Associates Are Sentenced
to Serve 60 Days.
London. March 4.—Mrs. Emeline
Pankhurst. Mrs. Tukes and Mrs. Mar
shall, tht$ three leaders of last evening's
window Smashing campaign by which
the suffragets succeeded in terroriz
ing the London tradesman, were today .
sentenced each to two months' im
prisonment.
They were the first three of the 24
women who were arrested In the course
of the street demonstrations and who
are to be arraigned at the Row Street
police court chiefly on charges of caus
ing wilful damage to stores In Bond
street, Piccadilly, Regent street, Ox
I ford street, the Haymarket and the
Styand, as well as other busy shopping
streets.
The attorney for the prosecution an
nounced in court today that the total
damage done by the suu'ragetes In their
stone throwing manifestations was es
timated dt $25,000 and on behalf of the
government he stated that the time had
now arrived when the consideration
which had been hitherto shown in con
nection with suffraget raids could no
longer be allowed.
On the delivery of the sentence by
the court, Mrs. Pankhurst declared
that she Intended to go fani.fr when
she came out of prison and that her
suffragets were prepared to go to the
fullest, limit, to show the government
that women wen going to secure tha
vote.
!WOMAN IN TEARS
AS LOVER BEARS
PLOT TO MURDER
Witness Againsi Wife Declares :
He Made Confession to
Save His Neck From
the Gallows.
Oklahoma. City, Oka., March 4.—
Turning state’s evidence against his
fellow defendants charged with the
murder of Thomas J. Gentry and ad
mitting that he did so to protect him- !
soX under promises made to him by the j
county attorney's office, J. K. Mackey is \
the star witness for the state in the trial
of Mrs. Alverta Gentry now being con
ducted by Judge Huston in the district
court.
Without a quiver and in a voice that
snarled with inhuman hatred for Mrs.
Gentry, his. former sweetheart, who is
now on trial for her life, Mackey ad
mitted that he knew of tne plot to
murder Gentry, that an attempt had
been made to buy poison to commit the
deed and that he knew that the wom
an's infatuation for him was at the
bottom of tlie plot. He turned upon
those accused with him, laid the actual
commission of the deed at the door of
Maurice Weightman, and denied that
he was in the room when the shot was
fir.ed.
According to Mackey, Mrs. Gentry
after the fatal shot was fired emptied
contents of trunks upon the floor, took
the diamond stud from the shirt of her
dead husband and placed a comb from
her own head in the bed. to make it
appear that a woman companion of
her husband's had occupied the bed
the night of the killing.
He testified that he saw the mur
dered man sitting in a chair with the
blood streaming from the crown of his
head arid that the woman came to him
and said:
"Come: this is no place for us!"
Merciless Examination.
Through a merciless cross examina
tion at the hands of Homan Pruh tt, he
held to his story, and admitted that he
was only telling what he claims to bo
the true story in order to save himself.
“Do you not know that this llttlo
woman was more than two miles away
from the .Gentry house when you slip
ped up behind Thomas J. Gentry and
fired the bulh t into his brain that took
his life?” shouted Pruiett at one time
in the cross-examination
Mackey did not quail under the shot.
He was leaning forward in the witness
chair and replied In loud voice:
“No, I do not.”
"Tou say that you knew that Mrs.
Gentry and Maurice Weightman had
threatened the ' re of Thomas Gentry,”
again asked Pruhtt. “Why did you not
then warn him, or notify the officers
that this man’s life was in danger?"
"I did not consider it any of my busi
ness,” was the answer.
Promise Of Protection.
Mackey said that he has been prom
ised protection by Assistant County At
torney Zwiek if lie should tell all he
knows and that he was Influenced by
that inducement alone In taking the
stand. He admitted that he made a
written confession to the countv at
torney’s office some time ago and that
it, too, was made under a promise of
proteetiort. He said that he loved
Alverta Gentry with a love that is
deeper than the world can understand,
that he-regarded her as the woman of
his affections.
"Is It not a fact that you went to
Gentry's house previous to the murder,
disguised as a burglar, to kill him; that
his wife wrenched the pistol from your
hand, shoved you out of the door, and
did you not later pawn the pistol off
under the name of Jack Mason?” asked
Pruiett.
Mackey Denies It.
"No; that is not true. I did pawn the
gistol at the Goldstein pawn shop on
roadway, but it was the day before
the murder and Mrs. Gentry gave it
to me.”
According to the testimony of Mack
ey, the plot to kill Gentry had been
mapped out among the three for a
month before the actum killing. He
claimed that he never had any inten
tion of taking part in it. that Mrs. Gen
try told him Gentry had struck her,
and that she was going to kill him
or got some one else to do so. He said
that Weightman bought poison and
placed it in milk, but that Gentry for
some reason did not drink it and then
the plot to shoot Gentry was .decided
upon.
The evening before the murder, he
said, there was a dispute between
Weightman and Mrs. Gentry as to who
should fire the shot and that he sug
gested they draw straws. He claimed
that Mrs. Gentry prepared the straws
and he held them. In the draw Weight
man drew the straw which meant that
his was to be the hand that Hred the
shot.
According to Mackey's story the three
then went to the Gentry home and the
deed was done. He testified that the
woman made eggnog and that the three
of them drank Mrs. Gentry stating
that it would be thought that Gentry
had been entertaining friends and that
one of them had killed him. He did not
see the shot fired, he said, but beard
the report. It was then he said that
he went into the house and saw the
dead man sitting in the chair with the
blood streaming from the wound down
over his breast, his feet crossed and
his hands resting in his lap.
Then he says the woman came and
took him away, Weightman going with
them. According to his story. Weight
man later threw the automatic pistol
In the sewer and they boarded a car
and went to the Ferris hotel, where
they spent the night. Weightman did
not accompany them to the hotel, ho
said, but came later and said:
"You thought I would turn rabbit,
didn't you?”
The next morning, he said, they left
the hotel and later he was arrested
and taken before Chief of Police Tilgh
man.
theatrical”man dies.
Rich Hill, Mo., March 2.—W. M.
Belcher, Sor 40 years an actor and the
atrical manager, well known through
out Missouri, died at his home here
today.
robbeTcaptured in
BATTLE WITH POLICE
Montreal, March 4.—One of five
robbers who brqke into a branch of the
Royal bank early today at Montreal
West, a junction of the Canadian Pa
cific railroad, five miles west of the
city, was killed in a running light with
citizens.
Residents of the neighborhood got
the alarm bsfore the gang had ob
tained any loot. After an exchange of
shoots the other four robbers escaped,
leaving the body of their companion.
’PHONE SYSTEM IS
QUIETLY AT WORK
Kansas City, Mo., March 4.—A hea.vy
st< -fi; holder .1 ;hi' Kansas City Home
T('l' nil,«in’ coin-t any, which was sold to
the Telephone Sccuriti ; company, of
West Virginia, says the deal meant that
Kansas City and its territory now was
under the control of the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph company. That
Is the trust organized by J. P. Morgan
to take over the Bell companies ana the
Western Union Telegraph cor.pany.
Refusing to permit the use of hi a name,
he said:
"In financial, as well as telephone cir
cles. it is known that the Telephone
Securities company, of West Virginia,
which now controls the Kansas City
Home Telephone company and all the
Independent exchanges and toll lines in
this territory, is only a subsidiary com
pany of the trust."
Not a Trust Deni, He Says.
Theodore Gary, the president of tha
new company, who came to Kansas City
from Macon, Mo., to become president
of the Kansas City Home Telephone
company, denied this morning that II
was a trust deal, lie reiterated his as
sertion of yesterday that the inden
pendents outside of Kansas City ac
quired the independent exchange in
Kansas City so that the exchanges
outside could not bo Injured by a
merger of the Bell and the Home In
Kansas City.
Mr. Gary says, however, ho is nol
averse to talking merger with the Bell
on a plan that will take care of all th«
independents In this territory. He says,
In addition, he believes the time is coin
ing when the public will demand a
merger, resulting In universal servlet
for the subscribers of the two compa
nies.
Merger Will Go On, He Says.
The holder of stock In the Horn*
company continued:
“It’s significant that someone put up
millions of dollars to finance the mer
ger of all the Independent companies,
It’s not reasonable to suppose that a
man from Macon, Mo., furnished all that
rapital. The truth Is that the Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph company
financed the deal.
"The merging of the two telephons
services Is to go forward rapidly now.
It Is not to begin in Kansas City, how
ever. Kansas City will learn by a pro
cess of elimination that a merger Is In
evitable and eventually the subscribers
to the Homo company will demand a
merger. The city administration now ,
demands terms of merger which tha
trust will not accede to. It will wait for j
the demand of public sentiment to soften |
some of the demands of the city. That !
is to be done by putting the subscribers
to the Horne service In a pocket where
they will be helpless,
How It Will Force a Merger.
"Here's the way It will work out: The
trust will merge the services in tha
cities and towns of this territory where
the lines of public resistance are the
least. Take, for instance, a merger of
the two exchanges in Topeka. Then a
business man in Topeka can talk only
with a Bell subscriber In Kansas City.
The same condition will obtain In other
cities like St. Joseph and Joplin.
“Then the Home subscriber In Kan
sas City will complain and seek tn
change to the Bell service In Kansas
City. The Bell will say: ‘We will In
stall a Bell phone for you as quickly
ns possible, but we can't do it right
away as we have not the equipment oi
the money to buy more equipment.’ In
the meantime the subscriber will have
to get along with his limited Home
"That will produce vexation. The
trust will have the only remedy and It
will delay applying it. Then will come
the demand for a merger so the Home
subscribers can get universal service
The trust then will ask to confer with
C city again on a proposition tc
mt rye,''
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Custom House Men Try t«
Guard the Great Collection
Now Being .Shipped.
New York, March 4.—Unusual pre
cautions have been taken by too cus
toms house authorities to guard the
are treasures valued at many millions
and imported by J. Pierpont Morgan
from his European museums and gal- i
leries to this city, during the transit to
their final destination. Cable dis
patches from London state that Mr.
Morgan has placed a valuation of $20,
000,000 on the treasures, while Michael
Nathan, the official assessor sent
abroad by the treasury department to
inspect the art objects, believes that
$50,000,000 is a closer estimate.
The first shipment of the art works
already has been received and another
is expected within a few days. Not
one of the works of art is bandied by
local examiners or appraisers. The
cases in which they arrive are not even
opened and the Invoices of lists of
articles describing the shipment are ac
cepted without question and passed
without examination.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
detailed Deputy Appraiser Nathan to
go abroad and represent the customs
department at London. Nathan ex
amines each articles packed for ship
ment and notes whether or not it Is
entitled to admission free of duty. An
unpacking of the shipment here for
customs examination might have
caused an injury or destruction to some
of the priceless pieces of art.
REPORTERS FLOCK TO
HOME OF ROOSEVELT
Oyster Bay, N. Y., March 4.—The
siege of Sagamore Hill began yester
day, when Colonel Roosevelt made his
first appearance in his home town since
his declaration of willingness to accept
the presidential nomination. A full
fledged battalion of correspondents and
telegraph operators came down from
New York with the colonel, ready foi
the campaign from now until the re
publican national convention meets.
For months the colonel has declined
to be Interviewed while at Sagamore
Hill, but yesterday he signalized his
entrance into the campaign by lifting
the embargo. He was perfectly willing
to talk, but said there was not a thing >
to say Just now. The impression gath
ered was that he would do some plain
talking before the fight ends.
TAFT MEN C.HOSr»'
Buffalo, N. Y„ March 4.—William H.
Daniels, of Buffalo, and Kepi a.
James S. Simmons, of Niagara Falls,
both adherents of President Taft, were
I chosen as the republican primary can
didates for delegates from the Fortieth
congressional district to the national
convention, last evening.
BLIZZARD IS FATAL.
Hobart, Okla., March 4.—As a result
of exposure while lost In a blizzard
which swept over this section recently,
James S. Haddock, aged 30, and Boylt
Kennedy, aged 18, are dead here a*
pneumonia. Both were freighters
CHRISTIANS SLAIN
BY ORIENTALS IN A
RELIGIOUS UPROAR
Those Who Are Caught in th»
Act of Pillage Are Killed
On Spot By Order of
the Premier.
Peking, March 2.—At 7:30 thi9
evening desultory shooting again
began in the city.
It is bolieved that Yuan Shi Kai
has lost some of his con'.rol. None
of the troops except the Manchus
ere to be depended on and they evi
dently care only to defend the im
perial and forbidden cities.
The smoldering fires in many
districts of the city are this eve
ning being raked over by throngs of
the poor. No fresh fires have oc
curred today, but there has been
some further looting.
San Francisco. Cal., March 2.—Bring
ing the first word of the massacre oi
eight persons connected with Christian
missions by fanatical Chinese outlaws
last October, 24 mission workers ar
rived hero on the liner China from the
province of Shensi In central China.
The victims of the slaughter are:
GEORGE AHLSTRAND, 13 years
old.
MRS. RICHARD BECKMAN.
SELMA BECKMAN, aged 12.
RUTH BECKMAN, aged 8.
HULDA BERGSTROM, aged 13.
OSCAR BERGSTROM, aged 10.
HILDA NELSON, aged 18.
GEORGE VANTNE, teacher at a
mission school at Sian Fu.
In recounting the outrages of the
Chinese survivors dwelt on the re
markable escape of Richard Beckman,
who, after seeing his wife and daughter
clubbed to death, waded Into a lake
with his 3-year-old daughter In his
arms in the darkness and escaped.
Looting In Peking.
Peking, China, March 1.—Throughout
the day looting of stores and residences
has been going on In various parts of
the city and there have been several
skirmishes between the loyal troops
and the mutineers In the outskirts. Tho
majority of the mutineers, however,
had left the central districts before
morning.
Ten looters captured In the act of
carrying off property were executed on
tho spot by loyal soldiers, several regi
ments of whom, are patrolling tho
streets. The Incendiary Arcs which
were started last night have all been
extinguished or have died out. Tho loss
Is estimated approximately at $15,
000,000.
The number of casualties that have
occurred among the civilians and tho
soldiers is not known, but It Is believed
the loss of life has been heavy.
The outbreak was a most complete
surprise, both to the government and
to the foreign legations, and there Is
some apprehension of a recurrence of
the disorders tonight.
Situation Is Quieting.
London, March 1.—The situation In
Poking this afternoon was much quieter
according to the Exchange Telegraph
company's) dispatches from Tien Twin.
Burning and looting continued more or
less actively, during the morning how
ever. in the course of the night's riot
ing or Japanese subject was wounded,
but there are thus far no reports of
other casualties among foreigners. The
propel ty of purple of all nationalities
outside tho legation quarter suffered
heavy d linage at the hands of the
rioters
It is reported that there was trouble
during the night at Fine Tal, 22 miles
from Peking'. Mutinous troops, It is
sail!, hi a troyed tile railway station.
Mutiny Is Reported.
Tien Vain, March 1.—The Chinese
troops at K, r., Tal, a village 23 miles
out from Peking, on t‘no Poking-Tier
Tsin lailiasd mutinied shortly aftei
midnight this morning. There was
much heavy tiring In tile native quar
ter.
Tho foreign community, composed
entirely of railway employes and their
families, retired to the British mlll
tar\ post nearby, where 150 soldiers ol
the Somerset Infantry are stationed tc
guard the railway line.
Dispatches from Pi ning declare that
the situation there today Is very es
rlous. No reinforcements of foreign
troops for the legation' guard are re
quired at present however.
By noon today It became evident that
mutinous Chinese soldiers were eaus
lng trouble along the l(ne of the rail
road between the capital and this city
The morning train which left Peking
at 8:30 o’clock had not yet reached
Feng Tal (22 miles), at 11:30 o’clock
and an English officer with a detach
ment of Somerset Infantry was sent In
a light locomotive te ascertain the
whereabouts of the train und If nec
essary escort It on Its way.
The telegraph lines toward the capi
tal are badly crippled. Railway men
believe Feng Tal was looted during the
night. All train service toward Peking
has been suspended.
FUNERAL SERVICE OVER
BOBY OF ROYAL DUKE
Windsor, England, March 2.—Funeral
services of the simplest form attended
the temporary burial In the royal vaults
here today of the Duke of Fife, broth
erlnlaw of King George, who died Jan
uary 29, at Assouan, Egypt, as the re
sult of exposure when the steamer
Delhi was wrecked off the Moroccan
coast, December 13.
King George, Queen Mary and the
princess royal, widow of the Duke of
Fife, and her daughters, some other
members of tho royal family and a few
personal friends composed the congre
gation. Queen Mother Alexandra was
unable to be present, owing to an at
tack of Influenza.
Final Interment will be In the Fife
family lot, at Mar Dodge Braemar,
Scotland.
MAJOR BUTT ILL.
Washington, March 2.—Major A. W.
Butt, personal aide to President Taft
was today granted leave of absence by
the war department for one month and
24 days and on Saturday will sail from
New York for the Mediterranean. The
leave was granted on a surgeon’s cer
tificate. Ho has been In poor health
for several months.
TAKES HONDURAN TOWN.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, March 1.—
Jose Maria Villadaies, a Honduran rev
olutionary belonging In Amapala, yes
terday crossed the San Salvador fron
tier Into Honduras with CO men and
captured the border town of Arame
nelna. ‘
WRECK IN SOUTH.
• Anniton, Ala,, March 2.—At least
one man was killed and three hurt In
the Xvreck near here today of south
bound passenger train No. 35, on the
Southern railway. The wires! are down.
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MORSE HO^ES HIS
HEALTH WILL GET
BETTER IN WEEKS
With His Faithful Wife, Formei
Wall Street Man Is Seek
ing to Rid Himself of
Malady.
Genoa. Italy, March 2.—“If ail goes
well,” said Charles W. Morse to a
correspondent, as the freed financier
sat chatting with him on the deck of
the Katser Auguste Victoria on the
way from Vlllefranche to Genoa today
—“If all goes well," he repeated. "I
shall bo back In New York In three or
four months, and able, I hope, to
think of other tilings tnan my health."
As the correspondent was conver
sing with Mr, Morse, the boat passed
Monte Carlo and the correspondent
vouchsafed the Information that Mr.
Morse's old friends, ex-Mayor Van
Wyck, of New York, was stopping
there, but Mr. Morse kept silent.
Then he went on:
“But first I want to go to Paris and
get out and see what the world is like.
I did Intend going to Bad Neuhelm to
take the cure, but they tell me it 1»
cold and disagreeable there at this
season of the year, so I think It will
do me more good to take a rest and
the air on board this boat, where I am
comfortable.
Determined to Get Well.
“When 1 get back my health, as I
propose to do if will power and pluck
count for anything,” continued Mr.
Morse, "then I will put my mind to
other things, but until then I shall
allow myself to think of nothing else."
Mr. Morse greeted the correspon
dent most cordially when he came
aboard, saying:
"You are the first newspaper man
I've seen in six months. Now that I
think of It, though, there Is one ex
ception. Some one saw me at At
lanta, but I was so 111 that I did not
know if he was a newspaper man or
a sheriff,"
Wife Is Very Dubious.
Mr. Morse was seated beside his
wife on the deck, enjoying the beau
tiful mountainous panorama of the
Mediterranean coast line Mrs.
Morse, though, gave a doubtful wel
come to the approaching correspon
dent, saying:
"I knew you were n siewspnper man
and told my iujsbamr so as soon as
I saw you. It comes lntitutlvely to
mo now. I thought that away off here
we might be free from all this trying
publicity, but it seems we are doomed.
Here Mr. Morse spoke up and Said:
“But, dearie, allow enterprise to
have its own reward; It's all right.”
Mrs. Morse smiled and answered:
“Well, I'll try not to be disagreeable,
hut If you hail gone through what we
have you would not -blame me for
having such feeling that it requires an
effort for me to be pleasant to the
press."
The correspondent asked permission
to take a photograph of Mr. and Mrs.
Morse as they sat on the deck.
“Not With me in it," said Mrs.
Morse, laughingly. "1 have had too
much experience with the persistence
of photographer:!, and, onythow. I
never know if the picture la to bo good
of me or not. and they have published
such awful things labeled with my
name.”
Have Their Pictureo Taken.
But Mr. Morse was much amused
and said persuasivly to bis wife:
“Wlmt does it matter? Come on,
be game."
After posing the couple, the cnrie
apondent asked them to "look pleas
ant."
"That Is the easiest thing you could
ask us to do,” said Mrs. Morse, "for
two happier mortals than we are could
not be imagined."
So the "snap” was made. To look
at Mr. Morse no one would think that
his health was precarious, but when
he speaks his voice betrays weakness
and he Is unable to get aoout without
assistance, which always comes from
his wife, who waits upon him every
moment of the day.
Comes From Missouri.
Commenting on the devotion of Ills
wife, the correspondent asked Mrs.
Morse from where such women as she
comes, and when Mrs. Morse said, "I
come from Mlsosurl,” and the corre
spondent smiled, Mrs. Morso said:
“What always puzzled me until my
husband told me the joke and why
people should laugh when I told them
that 1 came from Missouri. Now 1
understand, so I do not blame you."
Mr. Morse, speaking of the condi
tion of his health, said:
"For three days after coming or
hoard I was unable to leave my cabin,
but this wonderful air and the free
dom from worry are glvin* one new
strength daily, and already Y {cel like
a different man. I really have taken
hope that I can pull myself around
all right. My heart gives me much
trouble, and under the doctor's orders
I am taking four Injections of strych
nine daily. It Is not pleasant to wake
up at night and feel that part of you
has gone, and not know If you are
going to be able to keep the other
part going."
REDUCTION OF TELEPHONE
RATES IS ENJOINED
Kansas City, Mo., March 2.—The *
public utilities commission of St. Jos
eph, Mo., is enjoined by the federal
court here today to prevent the en
forcement of a reduction of rates of
the Bell Telephone company of that
city ordered by the commission to taka
place February 1.
Judges Walter B. Sanborn, A. S. Van
Valkenburg, and John C. Pollock sat
in the hearing which was an appeal by
tho telephone company for a tempor
ary injunction to take the place of a
temporary restraining order in force
since February 1.
WRIT IS DENIED.
Jefferson City, Mo., March 1.—The
Missouri supreme court today denied
the writ of ouster, asked by the state
against the Missouri Pacific. Iron
Mountain and Wabash railroads, the
Pacific Express company and the
American Refrigerator Transit com
pany.
STATISTICIAN RECALLED.
Chicago, March 2.—William Fauckes.
statistician for Sulzberger & Sons com
. pany, was recalled to tho stand in tho
I packers trial today and was questioned
I regarding the allowances made for by
products in figuring the test cost of
dressed beef.
lie said the test cost of Sulzberger &
Sons company was lower than the flg
i ures used by the defendants because
| his company made full allowance for all
I by-products at the current market
price. This method necessitated fre
: quent ehanges in the dlf'.lrent allow
ances for by-products, the w ttness suid.