RET IS HONORED;
ROYALTY AT BIER
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Impressive Memorial Servica
->f Late Ambassador Held la
Westminister.
Rortfon, Dec. 21.—The memorial ser
vice fur the late Ambassador Whitelavv
Reid, celebrated today in Westminster
Abbey, was an impressive ceremony.
The honor of such a servie in Great
Britain’s most historic cathedral has
on only few occasions been accorded
to any but British subjects of great
distinction.
In the qongregation of 2,500 which
assembled tlJ .'J morning, nearly half
were American residents in England,
■ Including the staff of the American
embasitv and consulate general.
Royalty, the government and every
class of public life together with the
artistic, and literary world were repre
sented.
The day was a gray and gloomy one,
typical of London winter. All the con
gregation were dressed in the deepest
black. The robes of the clergy and
the choir and the fiamep from the clus
ters of candles before the altar were
the only spots of color against the dark
stone wllll lined with tablets and busts
of hundreds of the noted dead.
Funeral marches were played while
the great congregation assembled.
Royal Personages Present.
Prince Arthur of Connaugh, as rep
resentative of King George and Queen
Mary; Lord Howe, representing Queen
MotherAAlexandra; the representatives
of other royal personages; the Duke
of Argyll; Prince Louis, of Hattenberg;
the Gratrtl Duke Michael, of Russia;
the vice chandlers of Oxford and Cam
bridge universities; Premier Asquith;
Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey;
Home Secretary Reginald McKenna;
Colonial Secretary Lewis Harcourt;
Lord President of the Council Viscount
Morley; Indian Secretary, the Marquis
of Crews, end president of the hoard of
trade, Sydney Buxton, were seated in
the front pewp of the chancel.
Daughter Misses Service.
Others Included Attorney
General Sir Rufus Isaacs, the Duke and
Duchess of Roxburghe, the Duchess of
k Marlborough, the Duchess of Welling
■ ton, Prjnccss Hatzfeldt, Lady Ponce
Si fote.'Lttdy Strathcona and Mount Roy
Sl al; the American cavalry’commission,
W headed by Brig. Geh. Edward J. Me
I Clerna, and Craig ”W. Wadsworth,
V American secretary'of legation at Te
Jieran.
m Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid, the
son and daughterinlaw of the late am
bassador, arrived at Plymouth this
morning, but the Crown Princess Ce
celie docked too late to permit of them
, reaching Lpndon for the services.
Shortly after noon a processional wad
played on the groat organ and the
archbishop's of Canterbury and York,
|n their robes of scarlet and white, with
thb Right Rev. Herbert Edward Ryle,
dean of Westminster Abbey, in black
and gold, went to their places, while
the choir sortly chanted the opening
sentences of the burial services.
The 19th psalm was sung to Purcell’s
music-. The lesson was from -the 15th
chapter of the first epistle to the Cor
inthians. ,
Afterward, Wesley’s anthem, “He
Will Swallow Up Death in Victory,"
jt teas sung and then Dean Ryle read part
of the burial Service.
FITZGERALD FREED
k OF THEFT CHARGES
WM1 ■ - •
£x-Sub Treasury Official Weeps
With Joy When Jury Re
turns Verdict.
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Chicago, Dec. 21.—George W. Fitz-<
geraid, former associate teller in the
United States sub-treasury at Chicago,
charged with the theft of $173,000 from
• the government in February,“T907, was
found not guilty by a jury in Federal
Judge Carpenter’s court today.
The verdict was read In court short
ly after noon. The case was given to
the jury at S o’clock yesterday after
>noon. The trial was begun November
12. The five years’ preliminary inves
tigation of the mysterious shortage in
the Chicago sub-treasury which re
sulted in the indjetmern'and trial of
Fitzgerald is said'fe have cost the gov
ernment more than $100,000.
Fitzgerald wept with joy when the
finding of the jury was made public
and threw his arms around the neck of
his attorney.
.CHAMPION SWINDLER
OF FRANCE MISSING
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Paris. Dec. 21.—GraaMJwUgnatlon has
been aroused here by the discovery
that Henri Rochette, the banker and
promoter who was twice sentenced for
embezzlement and was out on bail, has
ilsappeared? m
Rochette’s case involved a sensa
tional parliamentary investigation, in
which M. Clemenceau, the ex-premier;
M. Depine, perfect of Paris, and other
officials were examined. •
Rochette, by various frauds, accord
ing to the testimony by .which he was
convicted, robbed the French public of
savings amounting to $30,000,000. He
waS arrested March 23, 1908, but was
released on $40,000 bail. He fought the
case by every legal device. His first
trial began July 28,;J1910. and he was
sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.
[This was quashed on account of legal
irregularities.
Tte second trial t*gan July 26. 1912,
and he was convict^ and sentenced to
two years’ imnfHaOiment. He was
given his libertipygball.
CUSTOMERS IMPRESSED
BY “GLOOM PROCESS”
Cincinnati. Ohio. Dec. 21.—Further
E^R testimony regarding the existence of
|E^R *. “historical room1’ in which was a
display of cash register machines
|P^R which had beert discarded and put out
of business and "in which customers
SjM were taken and put through the
i-SUSE “gloom” process was taken when the
MM trial of John H. Patterson and 29 of
PjJM ficials and former officers of the Na
ji||M lional Cash Register company was re
Eumed today.
m APPEAL NOTfpE FILED
M IN CASE OF GANGSTERS
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|R0 New York, Dee. 21—Notice of appeal
gijflEr In the case of gQyp the Blood,"
Jj^E “Dago '‘Frank,-’ WVCTtcy’’ Lewis and
“Lefty Lottie,” condemned to death
for the murder ol Herman Rosenthal.
Sj^R^ was filed by their counsel today. This
aBK^Racls as a stay cf execution, pending a
MBSMileetsion by the higher courts. They
ByRvere originally sentenced to die dur
piRlk j^Rlg the Week of January 6
CHICAGO EGG WAR
IS INAUGURATED
Women Offer “Hen Fruit” for
Sale At 24 Cents and Re
tailers Quote 22 Cents.
Chicago, Dec. 21.—Chicago's club
• omen became egg merchants today.
They planned to sell 1,000,000 eggs at
24 cents a dozen in their campaign
against the high cost of that com
modity. Thirty stations were opened
throughout the city where eggs could
be purchased from 6 to 10 cents cheap
er than the same product has been sold
by the retail grocers. They will be
sold in three, six and nine dozen lots.
Tile “bargain day sale” is being con
ducted under the auspices of the Chi
cago Clean Food league, which bought
10 carloads of eggs. Sales of butter,
meat and vegetables will be arranged.
Retailers Cut Prices.
As soon as the women opened their
sale retail grocers plastered the front
of their stores with signs offering eggs
at 22 cents a dozen, 2 cents less than
the price asked by the women, The
grocers advertised their product as
“guaranteed April storage eggs,” the
same quality sold by the women.
The man behind the 24-cent storage
egg sale is a Chicago wholesale egg
dealer. He made public his connection
with the crusade last night after many
inquiries as to the sources of the
finances behind the movement had been
made.
Dealer Backs Crusade.
He said he became associated with
the women In the fight against high
priced eggs in the hope that certain
"dishonest wholesalers and dishonest
retailers” might find it impossible to
longer boost produce prices when con
ditions did not warrant it. If there
be any loss as a result of the sale, he
said, he alone would stand it, as the
club women have not contracted to
sell any certain amount of eggs. They
will pay him 20% cents for each dozen
they sell and the 3% cents profit will
go into the league treasury.
The public sale had little if any ef
fect on the wholesale price of the prod
uct. There was an advance of a %
cent a dozen for strictly fresh eggs,
while the price of storage eggs re
mained the same.
Campaign is Success.
Mrs. John C. Bley, president of the
Chicago Pure Food club, said reports
from the different selling stations
showed the campaign had proved a
success. The nine stations in the
down town district were crowded with
customers soon after the doors were
opened and scores of clerks were kept
busy wrapping up packages of eggs.
“The campaign is a success in every
way,” said Mrs. Bley. "We have em
phasized the good quality of our eggs
rather than the lower price and in this
way we have overcome the effect of
competition from retailers located near
our selling stations. The sale will
prove a great benefit to the consumer
and we hope to teach the retailer a
wholesome lesson.”
PLAN IS PRACTICAL IF
IT IS NOT SCIENTIFIC
Philadelphia, Dec. 21.—Another cut
in the price of storage eggs was de
cided upon by the Housekeepers’ league
here and today the product is being
sold for 22 cents a dozen. It was de
cided to hold a mass meeting early
next month to discuss co-operative
schemes for buying and selling other
necessities.
A feature of the campaign to reduce
the high cost of living was a debate to
day between Mrs. Derr, leader in the
movement, and Dr. Clyde L. King, pro
fessor of political economy at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Dr. King declared the selling of eggs
or other commodities by volunteers
was not economically sound and of no
particular benefit, as prices would rise
when the supply is exhausted.
Mrs. Derr defended the action of the
league as practical ^if not scientific.
FARMERS JOIN WOMEN IN
CRUSADE OF BEAN CITY
Boston, Dec. 21.—Agitation to reduce
the price of eggs in this city resulted
in Mrs. Susane Stevens, secretary of
the Women’s Homestead association,
announcement that farmers in the su
burbs would sell fresh eggs to the
association for 18 cents a dozen.
Alton B. Briggs, executive secretary
of the Boston Fruit and Produce ex
change, said the wholesale price for
fresh eggs here is 38 cents a dozen. He
believes there can be no serious in
tention among farmers to sell at a
lower price.
MAYOR OF HAVANA TO
END DUELING CUSTOM
He Not Only Refuses to Fight
Himself But Proposes to
Stop Practice.
Havana. Dec. 21.—General Freyre
Andrade, the new mayor of Havana,
has set his face resolutely against the
national custom of dueling.
Col. Manuel Armanda. a prominent
member of the veterans’ association,
visited the mayor yesterday. He was
accompanied by eight comrades for
whom he demanded appointments. The
mayor refused to comply with his de
mand and indulged In sarcastic com
ments on the veterans’ greed for office.
Then ensued an acrimonious personal
dispute.
Colonel Armanda today sent two sec
onds to the mayor who promptly ar
rested both of them and committed
them to Jail.
The mayor's action has caused great
excitement in the highest social and
political circles and his further action
is awaited with intense interest. The
mayor says he is fully determined to
enforce the anti-duelling law regardless
of consequences.
CAN’T HELP STEALING.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 21.—A con
fessed kleptomaniac, Harry Van War
inga, tearfully told Judge Porterfield
in the criminal court here that he was
powerless to quit stealing and the
judge revoked a parole and ordered
him taken to the penitentiary to serva
four years for forgery.
LITTLE GIRL KIDNAPED
BY A WOMAN IN GREEN
Chicago. Dec. 21.—Police of Chicago
and Evanston are searching today for
a well dressed woman, wearing a green
Jacket and a green veil, who kidnaped
Margaret Houghton. 6 years old, while
she was on her way to school in
Evanston yesterday. The father of
the missing girl, until recently was
tmployod by M. M. Klrkman, fo^mo-iy
j vice president of the Chicago & Nortll
I western railroad.
TO SUGGEST PLAN FOR
UNSCRAMBLING EGGS
Union Pacific Officials Ask for
Approval of Scheme for Sale
of Southern Road.
Washington. Dec. 21.—The supreme
court of the United States today took
under advisement a combined motion
of the government and the Union Pa
cific railroad attorneys for a more
specific decree as to the rights of
Union Pacific stockholders in the or
dered distribution of the $126,650,000
worth of Southern Pacific stock owned
by the Union Pacific Itailroad com
pany.
The railroad attorneys want the
Union Pacific stockholders exclusively
to be allowed to buy the stock. The
government is opposed to such an ex
clusive privilege. The court's action
may be announced Monday.
The railroad attorneys explained to
the court that they considered tho only
practical method by which the stock
could be distributed without irrepalr
able injury, would be for the Union
Pacific company to offer it to its own
shareholders pro rata, according to the
amount of their holdings; for purchase
at a fair price, or to distribute It as a
dividend to its stockholders entitled to
a dividend.
Say Inj'ury Would Result.
They declared that the attorney gen
eral was opposed to such a plan.
“To refuse to allow the Union Pa
cific shareholders to participate in such
a distribution,” declared the attorneys
in the papers they filed, “would expose
them to a serious loss and possible ir
reparable injury.
“The offering for sale upon the opeif
market of the Union Pacific's holding
of Southern Pacific stock, aggregat
ing $126,650,000, would hot only inflict
great injustice and irreparable dam
age upon tho Union Pacific and its
shareholders, but also would cause a
serious financial disturbances by over
supplying the market demand for se
curities of this character and conse
quently depressing the price, not
merely of tho Southern Pacific's shares
owned by the Union Pacific, but also
of the shares of Southern Pacific held
by others, and even of the securities
of other corporations dealt in on the
market during and for a long period
after the offering of these Southern
Pacific shares for sale.”
From exhibits brought into the court
the railroad attorneys argued that if
the Southern Pacific stock owned by
the Union Pacific were distributed
among all Union Pacific shareholders
the “so-called controlling interests"
would get only 6 per cent of the to
tal capitalization of the Southern Pa
cific company or an “infinitesimal
portion.”
Finally it was argued that the plan
advocated by the railroad attorneys
was in conformity with the practice
in ether dissolutions directed by th#
court. _
BANDIT SUSPECT IS
WORKER IN CHURCH
Alias “Louis Forbes” Contrib
utor to Missions and Episco
pal Club Member.
Chicago, Dec. 21.—When Arthur
Lewis, alias "Louis Forbes" who, with
two companions is being held at a
Westside police station as alleged
automobile bandits, was searched to
day, a card was found in his pocket
showing that he is a member of the
Tuesday Evening club of the Trinity
Episcopal church, South Michigan ave
nue and East Twenty-sixth street.
In another pocket a letter was found
from the pastor. Rev. John M. Mc
Gann, acknowledging receipt of a con
tribution of $10 for missionary pur
poses.
The three men were arrested follow
ing their betrayal by Elmer Heath, an
automobile repair man, who said he
had been engaged to drive the alleged
robbers to several restaurants they
had planned to hold-up.
Victims of recent robberies by auto
mobile bandits in all parts of the city,
have been notified to visit the police
station and attempt to identify the
three men under arrest,
MAD KING OTTO MAY
SOON BE DETHRONED
Prince Ludwig Slated for Ruler
ship Over Subjects of Bavar
ian Province.
Munich, Bavaria, Dec. 21.—Prince
Ludwig, the new prince regent of Ba
varia, will become king and the mad
king, Otto, who has never known that
he was a royal personage, will he de
throned, in all probability next year.
The Bavarian premier today in
formed the speaker of the Bavarian
diet and the leaders of the various
parties in that assembly that an
amendment to the constitution would
be submitted by the government to a
special session of the diet in January,
by the terms of which the regency
would be abolished and Ludwig would
receive the title of king.
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SLOCUM COMMANDER
IS GRANTED PARDON
Washington. Dec. 21.—The president
today granted a pardon to Capt. Wil
liam H. VanSchaick, who commanded
the steamboat General Slocum which
burned in 190-1 in East River, off New
York city, resulting in the loss ot
1,030 lives, mostly women and children
The pardon becomes effective Christ
mas day. VanSchaick has been out
of prison on parole^ for some time.
MADERO INFORMED
REVOLJJUST STOP
Rebel Activities and Appeals o!
American Interests Practic
ally Ignored by Mexicans
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 21.—The de*
termination of tho American govern
ment to adopt a stiffer policy toward
Mexico, as disclosed In the announce
ment last night, in the purpose to make
fresh representations to that govern
ment regarding the continuation of the
rebellion, is directly attributed to the
recent return to Washington of several
persons thoroughly conversant with
the alleged evil conditions existing
south of tho border.
First, was Henry Lane Wilson,
American ambassador to Mexico, who
has been in close touch with every one
of the American consular officers in
the disturbed districts, and who is also
personally aware of the attitude of the
Mexican government toward the large
number of American claims presented
as a result of the depredations com
mitted by rebels.
Ail Pleas Ignored.
Then there have come forward the
three members of the self-constituted
committee of Americans, representing
the largfc plantation and mining inter
ests in northern Mexico, who from per
sonal knowledge, were able to Inform
the state department of tho various
practices employed by the rebel leaders
to extort money from the American
managers and foremen and of the com
parative Indifference of the Mexican
government officials to the numerous
appeals of the American Interests for
protection from raiders.
Lastly, there have come the members
of the Senate sub-committee on for
eign relations, fresh from an Investiga
tion at first hand of border conditions
from California to Texas.
Madero Given Warning.
The combination of all those repre
sentations has made a profound im
pression on the administration. It has
been concluded that stronger repre
sentations than have heretofore been
made, must be directed to the Mexican
government if the conditions are to be
cured. In the ordinary course these
will be communicated through Ambas
sador Wilson, who Is leaving Washing
ton this morning for New York,
whence he will sail next Thursday for
his post by way of Vera Cruz. The
fact that the ambassador is returning
In a leisurely fashion may be Indica
tive of the purpose of the administra
tion to avoid undue haste or excite
ment in developing this stronger policy
toward Mexico. It has been reported to
the state department that the strict
enforcement of the neutrality laws Is,
in fact, resulting in the maintenance
of an attitude anything but neutral on
the part of the United States, and that
the Madero government Is beneflttlng
unduly by the exclusion of arms from
the rebels, while Itself receiving quan
tities of military supplies, and the
United States government Is now con
templating some amendment of the
practice In that respect so as to make
its attitude more Impartial as between
the combatants.
RAILWAY TERMINALS
TOO SMALL, HE SAYS
James J. Hill Says Lack of
Finances Is Back of Car
Shortage.
New York, Dec. 21.—"The commerce
of the country can escape disaster only
by additions to, and enlargements of
railway terminals," 'declared James J.
Hill, formerly president of the Great
Northern railway, last night In a
speech at the annual banquet of the
Railway Business association. "When
the railroad yards are filled with cars
that cannot be moved, the railroad
loses a portion of Its earnings,” he said,
"but the business man loses a larger
share of his trade and the working
man his employment.”
Back of the lack of proper terminal
facilities, Mr. Hill declared, was the
question of finances. Impairment of
credit, decretsed earning power and In
creased expenses, he said, made it im
possible for the railways to borrow
money advantageously and build these
necessary terminals.
“The railroads should be permitted,”
he argued, “to earn and hold a surplus
equal to 50 per cent of the amount
they pay out In dividends, to be held
for emergency cases, and applied to
improved facilities. The people must
realize that regulation must not be
strangulation."
MANY FATAL WRECKS
COULD BE PREVENTED
Washington, Dec. 21.—“Safety first” is
the paramount rule of train operation
suggested by the Interstate Commerce
commission in its 26th annual report sub
mitted to congress. Discussion of disasters
on American railroads during the last year
constitutes an important feature of the
report.
It is pointed out that many of the acci
dents resulting fn fatalities might have
been averted by the exercise of proper
precaution or the employment of suitable
devices and good equipment. Figures given
show that of the total of 8,215 derailments
during the year 1,877 were caused by de
fects of roadway and 3,847 were due to de
fective equipment. This indicates an in
crease over the previous year of 662 in the
derailments due to bad roadw’ay, and 1,023
due to bad equipment.
SHOES MADE OF RAGS
AND PAPER, HE SAYS
Washington, Dec. 21.—Charging that
imitation leathers, made of paper and
rags, were being foisted on the people
by the manufac turers of boots and
shoes, Representative Oldfield, of Ar
kansas, introduced a bill in the House
requiring manufacturers to stamp all
footwear so that the kind of substitute
for leather may be known to the pur
chaser.
SENDS BODY OF DEAD
INFANT BY EXPRESS
Denver, Colo.,’Dec. Hi.—David Boskin
received an express package yesterday.
It was labeled “Glass. Handle with
i are," and the value of the contents
was placed at $10. In the package was
the body of a baby. When the infant
child of L. Rolsteln. Laramie, Wyo„
died, the father wished It to be burled
In a Jewish cemetery. Therefore he
decided to ship the body to his friend,
Boskin, of Denver. The death cer
tificate was sent by mall.
NEW LEGISLATION
CERTAIN TO COME
'evelations of Wall Street
Gambling Have Started Na
tion Wide Agitation.
Washington, Dee. 21.—J. Pler
pont Morgan having denied there ts
a money trust, the Pujo commit
tee and Attorney Untermeycr will
prove It. Far reaching plans were
laid today to call ns witnesses
John D. and William Rockefeller
and other big captains of finance
and industry, and especially to call
men who have been squeezed by
the money trust. The bank panic
of 1907 will be explored, the Ten
nessee coal and Iron deal, the
wresting of the Great Western
from A. B. Stlckney and all the
big financial Incidents of recent
years will be probed.
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 21.—That tlfc.
tnoney trust Inquiry which has been
so much sneered at and condemned as
useless and ineffective. Is going to re
sult In a powerful agitation for legisla
tion of a corrective sort, If not In actual
legislation. Is becoming cloar.
It may be Impossible to prove actual
existence of a money trust, but It has
already been shown, what students of
the situation have known, that the
country as a whole Is more or less con
stantly being milked of money In order
to help along the tremendous gambling
transactions on the New York Stock
exchange.
What Quiz Hss Shown.
The Interior banks of the country are
constantly sending their money, which
Is really the money of their depositors,
to New York. There. If there happens
to be a brisk demand for money, or If
money Is tight, the money Is loaned out
at high rates of Interest. It goes,
moreover, for the purpose of promoting
speculation and speculative move
ments.
It has been brought out by the fig
ures put In evidence in the Inquiry that
a third of the money loaned by New
York banks on stock exchange and like
collateral. Is not their own money, but
the money of out of town banks.
Roughly, the New York banks, Novem
ber 1, loaned three-quarters of a bil
lion dollars on such collateral and
about a quarter of a billion was money
of banks out of the city of New York.
Construction Retarded.
This means that the country outside
of New York Is furnishing millions and
millions of dollars to help along, not
the constructive enterprises of the
country, but the Jugglery of stocks and
securities as prices of such paper are
made to rise and fall by the manipula
tions of the operators. Putting it in
another way, the depositors’ money in
great numbers of the banks of the
country is being used to enliven the
game on the world’s greatest gaming
table and the banks are paid a high
percentage of the rake-off for helping
along the game.
Just what congress can do about it
Is a matter of dispute. But the prob
abilities are that congress can take
action In the way of restricting the
loans and the rates of interest of na
tional banks and by modifying the re
quirements as to where reserves shall
be kept to prevent vast sums of the
money of the pubftc from flowing Into
New York to be used for stock gamb
ling. At any rate, much attention to
the problem which stock gambling and
concentration of money presents Is be
ing given In congress, as It will doubt
less be given in various state legisla
tures.
PARDON FOR HALL IS
ECHO OFJENEY CASE
Taft Declares Oregon District
Attorney Was Not Guilty of
Frauds.
Washington, Dec. 21.—President Taft
has granted a full and absolute par
don to John H. Hall, former United
States district attorney of Portland,
Ore., convicted June 1, 1909, of conspir
acy in connection with unlawful
fencing of public lands in eastern Ore
gon. The president’s action was based
on the ground that Hall is Innocent of
the offense.
Hall was fined $1,000 and sentenced to
60 days in Jail, but has served none
of the sentence. He appealed to the
supreme court of the United States, but
that appeal was dismissed today, co
incident with his pardon by the presi
dent.
The substance of the offense for
which Hall was prosecuted by Francis
J. Heney, was that the district attor
ney had failed to prosecute a land com
pany in Oregon, charged with fencing
government lands, and that when he
did prosecute it was through civil in
stead of criminal proceedings.
SHAFT IS ERECTED TO
HONOR SOLDIER DEAD
Andersonvllle, Ga., Dec. 21.—In the
presence of Governor Deneen, of Illi
nois, his staff, a large party of Illinois
veterans and representatives of the
government, the monument erected tc
the memory of Illinois soldiers buried
here was unveiled today. Addresses
were delivered by Governor Deneen and
Capt. J. J. Ryan, U. S. A., attached tc
the department of the gulf, who ac
cepted the shaft on behalf of the gov
ernment.
The Illinois monument, which cosl
about $10,000, is one of the most impos
ing erected by the northern states lr
the national cemetery here.
WOMAN LEAPS FROM
WINDOW AND DIES
St. Louis, Mo., Deo. 21.—Mrs. Clara
Gordon, 41 years old, leaped 60 feel
from a fifth story window of the cit>
hospital today killing herself. She waf
sent to the hospital for treatment foi
a n ental ailment.
BOY IS F0UND~GUILTY
OF MURDERING FATHEF
Chicago, Dec. 21.—Paul Garozo, Jr,
16 years old, was found guilty of man
slaughter by a jury in Judge Wind’i
court today. The boy shot and killec
his father in a dispute over money a
the family home on the Westsidi
February 11, 1912.
The jury recommended that the boj
be sent to the Pontiac reformatory un
til he is 21 years old. It was thi
youthful prisoner's second trial, th<
Jury in the first having disagreed.
PRESIDENT DENIES HE
IS PLAYING POLITICS
Taft Says Charge of Democrats
Concerning Patronage Is
An Untruth.
Washington, Dec. 21.—President Taft
yesterday gave congress his opinion of
tho charge that he had been playing
politics In his recent executive order
putting 36,000 fourth class postmaster*
under tho civil service. The president
made the counter charge that his ac
cusers on the floor of the House were gala™
telling “untruths,” and declared he
deeply regretted the failure of con
gress to pass legislation which prac
tically would destroy the “spoils sys
tem."
"Criticism has been made of this or
der on the ground that the motive was
political,” said the president. “Noth
ing could be farther from the truth.
The order was made before the election
and In the Interest of efficient public
service. I have several times requested i
congress to give me authority to put
first, second and third class postmas
ters and all other local officers. United
States marshals and the local agents t
of the other departments under ths j
classification of the civil service law
by taking away the necessity of con
firming such appointments by the
Senate. I deeply regret the failure of
congress to follow these recommenda
tions. The change would have taken
out of politics practically every local
officer and would have entirely cured
the evils growing out of what, under
the present law, must always remain *
remnunt of the spoils system.”
Some Recommendations.
The president’s advice to congress
was contained in his third message of I
the year, sent in today. It was devoted
largely to a review of the accomplish
ments of several government depart
ments not touched upon in previous
messages and to recommendations for
legislation. The president advocated:
Legislation which would permit
members of the cabinet to sit in either
house of congress, with tho right to
enter Into debate and answer ques
tions, but without a vote.
The adoption of the postmaster gen
eral's plan for a readjustment of com
pensation to railways carrying malls,
especially In view of the conditions
which will exist under the parcels post
law.
A revision of the land laws to secure
proper conservation and at the cams
time assure prompt disposition of land
that should be turned over to private
ownership.
Legislation nffoctlng Alaska which
would provide for leases of coal lands
and In respect to mining claims, ths
disposition of oil, phosphate and potash
lands In the United States.
Approves Remsen Board.
An act of congress which would
legalize a court authorized to review
decisions on the pure food laws such
as are now made by the Remsen
baardj
In this connection the president ap
proved the creation of the Remsen
board by former President Roosevelt,
but said the time had come for con
gress to recognize the necessity for “a
tribunal of appeal” In pure food cases.
“While we are struggling to suppress
an evil of great proportions like that
6f Impure Food,” said the president.
“we must provide the machinery of
the law Itself to prevent Its becoming
an Instrument of oppression and we
ought to enable those whose business
Is threatened with annihilation to
have some tribunal and some form of
appeal in which they have a complete
day In court.”
The president closed his mCSSft
with a recommendation that congress
report for a government building at
the Panama-Pacific international ex
position at San Francisco, and for the
beautification of Washington. In his
discussion of the capital he said that
a public utilities Commission was
needed.
The president expressed opposition
to the granting of the electric fran
chise to citizens of Washington and
endorsed the plans of the commission
of fine arts for city improvements.
RUSSIA WOULD GRAB
ALL FROM CHINESE
Terms of Proposed Mangoliaa
Treaty Offensive to New
Republic.
Pekin, Dec. 21.—The terms of the
Russo-Mongollan treaty of November 3
are published here. The Chinese re
gard them as far more comprehensive
than the Manchurian agreements
which finally led to the Russo-Japanese
war.
The features to which the Chinese
particularly object as Infringing
China’s sovereignty are the right they
give Russia to send consuls and con
sular guards to all Mongolian ports and
to establish postoffices.
The treaty also accords to Russian
subjects freedom to trade, establish
manufactories, buy land, to arrange
concessions for fishing, mining and for
the navigation of the rivers flowing
into Russian territory.
insane,'plotted to
BLAST DENVER MINT
Denver, Colo., Dec. 21.—Investigation
of a report that a well laid plot to
dynamite the Denver mint and rob it
of its contents of almost 3500,000,000,
had been discovered, brought out the
fact that all reference to blowing up
the building was made by a person
whose mind is evidently unbalanced.
Three weeks ago a letter was sent
through tho malls, written in Denver,
addressed to "Public Comfort Station,
Denver.” The postman delivered it to
the Janitor at the station and he, after
reading it, turned it over to Chief
O’Neill. The writer suggested that
since there are persons in Denver out
of work, and many who have little
money, it was not Just to horde a vast
amount of gold and silver In the mint.
It was his idea that a great charge of
dynamite should be placed under the
building and the gold and bullion be
scattered all over the city so everyone
who would could help himself.
HANGMAN’S CAP STOPS
BLACKHANDER’S WORDS
Montreal, Dec. 20.—With an incoher
ent speech cut short on his lips when
the hangman slipped the black cap
i over his eyes and sprung the trap.
Carlo Battista, a member of the black
hand, met death on the scaffold today
for the murder of Salvatore Mariano.
Battista had been raving in his cell
ever since be learned that his recent
sensational statement concerning the
> murderers of Joseph Petroslno, the
> New York detective, would not delay
his execution.
