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GOVERNMENT REFUSES
TO AID STANDARD OIL
TO STAY IN GERMANY
Berlin. March 16.—The decision of
the United States government not to
protest in favor of the Standard Oil
company against th.e German oil mo
nopoly bill conforms with the expecta
tions of the German government, was
announced today. A representative of
the government informed the com
mittee in charge of the bill in the im
perial parliament that American re
taliatory action might be a deterrent
factor against the legislation, but as
serted lie was confident this would not
occur.
it is generally understood here that
the Standard Oil company is not ask
ing the American government to pro
test against the oil monopoly, the
establishment of which is well within
the prerogative of the German govern
ment. The company, however, wishes
the American government to support its
demand that the German monoply bill
be amended in order to compensate
the company for its loss of business
and its investments in Germany.
The bill promises to compensate the
Standard Oil company, but only for
the equipment of its wholesale busi
ness established before March. 1912,
within the customs limits. Nothing is
to be given for the retailing equipment,
which cost 22,000,090, or the good will.
The wording of the bill excludes
compensation for the refinery in the
free port of Bremen, outside of the
customs zone, or for the expensive
establishment at Hamburg, started two
years ago.
Although th,e American government
has not protested against the passage
of the oil monoply bill, it recently re
quested a postponement of action,
ponding determination of the American
standpoint.
The German imperial parliament did
not pay any heed to this request, but
continued its discussion of the measure
in committee.
The progress made ther is very slow,
but the ultimate enactment of the bill
appears to be certain, although an al
ternative proposal by the Standard Oil
company to give a guarantee not to ex
ceed a specified maximum price during
the next decade is receiving serious
consideration.
VILLA, EX-BANDIT,
IS DETERMINED TO
HOLD PRESIDENCY
Chihuahua, Mex., March 16.—“Villa,
the one time bandit, will be the next
president of Mexico. That is his am
bition and despite all reports to the
contrary, it will remain his ambition
until he cither is dead or president.”
This declaration was made today by
a friend so close to General Villa as to
give authority to the assertion. It was
prompted by reports that the coming to
Chihuahua of General Carranza, recog
nized as the civil head of the revolu
tion, was to bring about conditions
more satisfactory to foreign govern
ments and to place in the seat of au
thority better advisers than General
Villa appeared to have in handling
complications growing out of the kill
ing of William S. Benton, a British
subject.
That Villa and Carranza might meet
and that they might publicly embrace
as an evidence of their perfect har
mony was given out as a possibility.
Won't Bow to Carranza.
General Carranza is now on his way
over land from Sonora and a magnifl
cent marble building has been prepared
as the official residence or capitol, in
which he is to perfect the details of
government. But it was stated em
phatically that the coming of Carranza
is not to lessen in any way the power
now wielded by Villa, who for months
has been a dictator.
“General Villa will remain supreme
commander throughout the progress of
the revolution,” said one of his ad
visors. “His succession of victories,
against the federal army, his sweeping
away of the Huerta soldiers from the
north of Mexico, while Carranza re
mained in comparative obscurity on
the Pacific slope, have so exalted him
in the piinds of his soldiers as to make
his subordination to any one else im
probable.
“General Villa could not afford to go
south at the head of his troops in the
attack on Torreon before he had first
satisfied himself that his going will not
result in the loss of any of his power."
Situation in Chihuahua.
In the absence of any indication that
General Villa intended to move south
ward immediately, this city, the largest
in rebel territory, apparently has re
signed itself to an indefinite state of
revolution. Outwardly conditions are
almost normal. The military band dis
courses operatic music in the plaza,
crowds promenade in the gay lights, a
wandering Tarahumare Indian garbed
only in a blanket, a pair of boots and 1
a silk hat, joins the parade and an en- j
terprising merchant opens a soda water
fountain. But the bugle calls, the silent'
disappearances of “suspects,” the re- I
ports of executions and the general j
knowledge that many people for!
months have been hiding in the base
ments of buildings, form another as
pect of life, little mentioned. The man ;
on the hill. General Villa, who resides .
on an elevation a few blocks from the1
United States consulate, is the one in
dividual who can pronounce life or
death for any of those who stroll in
the plaza or hide in the basements.
Terrazas Still Prisoner.
Residing in his own marble home, not
far from the plaza, but held a prisoner^
Is Buis Terrazas, jr., son of one of the
richest families in Mexico under the
Diaz regime. As he paces up and down
the tiled floor of his patio, not know
ing what moment he may be called to
face the firing squad. Terrazas can
hear the cathedral bells and at night
the military band. When seen today
the prisoner appeared to be utterly
hopeless of his release.
He has been confined here ever since
General Villa’s army entered the city,
last December.
When told that his father, now a
refugee in El Paso, was making every
effort to procure his release, the pris
oner merely shook his head. More
than once since his detention he has
been subjected to tortures to reveal
places where Terrazas’ money was sup
posed to be hidden. As understood here
Terrazas is being hold by the rebels for
three purposes. These are: So that
money may be extorted from the Ter
razas family, so that by threatening the
execution of the prisoner, the cienti
fieo party may be dissuaded from in
vading Mexico from the north, and so
that the prisoner may sign documents
turning Terrazas property over to
Villa.
CARRANZA PARTLY AGREES
WtTH AMERICAN PROPOSALS
Washington, March 16.—General
Carranza has consented to have Ameri
can consuls look after the interests of
foreigners in parts of Mexico under
control of the constitutionalists where
their own governments have no con
sular representatives. Where there are
such representatives, he suggests that
even where their governments have rec
ognized Huerta these consuls may un
officially communicate with him with
out involving their governments. Also
he suggests his willingness to listen to
and heed any applications made to him
directly by the friends and relatives of
foreigners whose lives or property
may be threatened and to make inves
tigation of everv case and to punish
any of his followers who may be culp
SAVAGERY IN PLUMES,
DECLARES CONAN DOYLE
Igmdon. March 14.—Sir Arthur Co- J
pan Doyle was one of the leading i
speakers at the meeting held this week
in support of the plumage bill, now
before parliament. He said in his
/-speech:
/•‘I hope that as white feather cow
ardice is the greatest slur a man can
wear, so may white feather cruelty be
the greatest a woman can wear upon
her head.'’'
able. This Is the substance of a tele
graphic report made to Secretary
Bryan today by American Consul Sim
pich, at Nogales. Copies of the com
munication have been furnished to the
various diplomatic representatives in
Washington by Secretary Bryan with
out comment.
SAYS VILLA DIDN’T LIKE
STYLE OF BAUCH’S HAT
Washington, March 16.—That Gustav
Bauch, the American was executed by
Panclio Villa at Juarez, was declared
today before the House foreign affairs
committee, by El Frego Baca, of Al
buquerque, N. M„ once a candidate
for congress.
Baca testified Bauch was in the same
cell with a cousin of his, J. J. Baca, of
New Mexico, and a third man. Bauch
and the other man were taken out and
executed, according to his cousin's
story, which Baca related. The cousin
was released.
Villa had imprisoned him because he
did not like the looks of his hat. Ben
ton, the Englishman executed by Villa,
went unarmed to Juarez on the visit
which ended in his execution Baca con
cluded.
“Carranza lives in far off fear of
Villa,” said Baca, “so much so that he
would not sleep in the same room with
him.”
He praised the supporters of Huerta,
and declared Villa’s men were fighting
for plunder. Baca was presented to the
committee by Representative Ainey, a
republican of Pennsylvania.
HUERTA WOULD REMOVE
CAPTIVES, SAYS LAWYER
El Paso, Tex., March 16.—Harris
Walthal, of counsel representing the
Huerta government in the habeas
corpus to procure the release of the
3,000 Mexican prisoners held at Fort
Bliss said today, that this city need not
fear that it will have to care for a
horde of penniless guests.
“The Mexican government is pre
pared to remove the prisoners to any
federal port of entry designated by the
United States the moment they are
released,” said Attorney Walthal.
CHICAGO YEGGMEN
LOOT STORE SAFE
Chicago, March 10.—Five armed rob
bers broke into the mail order branch
of the Hartman Furniture company, at
3913 Wentworth avenue, today, blew
open the office safe, tossed out its con
tents. threw aside valuable securities,
discarded $40,000 in money orders and
escaped with $15,000, the weekly payroll
of the company.
The quintet worked with machine
like precision. A basement window
furnished them ingress. OnjB remained
outside and the other four attacked,
bound and gagged at watchman A
second employe of the furniture com
pany was surprised on the second
floor and was bound, gagged and led io
the basement.
Passing through the buildings, the
thieves waylaid a third watchman and
carried him also to the basement. They
then attacked the safe in the office sift
the second lioor. The door was itliiv-J.
off with nitroglycerin.
Failure *f the watchmen tr make
their fceWiy report on the burglar
aiixw service led a telegraph company
tc send one of its special watchmen to
the building.
The outside guard covered him with
a revolver and escorted him within the
building, where h.e was bound, gagged
and left with the three other watch
men.
The burglars worked leisurely and
apparently left the valuable papers and
money orders by design, taking only
currency which would less likely lead
ot detection.
The bonds of one of the watchmen
were loosely tied and, after several
hours, he worked himself free and re
leased his companions, after which the
police were notified of the theft.
MOTHERINLAW CANNOT
BE BARRED IN VIENNA
Vienna. March 16.—The judge of a
civil court in Vienna has decided that
a husband cannot prevent his mother
inlaw from coming to his house to
see her daughter.
The decision was given in a cass
where a railway official named Michna
wrote a letter to his motherinlaw for
bidding her to enter his house. She
disregarded the communication and
Michna brought an action charging her
with disturbing him in the peaceful
possession of his own home, and asked
for a judicial order prohibiting the lady
from making any further visits.
It was urged on behalf of the moth
erinlaw that the wife had the right to
receive her mother In the common
home of her husband and herself, and
that the husband's application was il
legal.
Rejecting all the evidence as irrele
vant. the judge ruled that a husband
could not forbid his wife to receive her
own mother in the home, and that in
accepting her daughter's invitation to
come there the mother was perform -
ing no arbitrary act, and, therefore
was not interfering with any rights cf
Quiet possession.
OLDEST ELK DIES.
Owosso, Mich., March 14.—Daniel
i O'Connell, known during the last few
years as the oldest living member of
the fraternal organization of Elks dies
at his home near here today. He was
109 years old. He was a member of
j tile Owosso lodge of Elks.
PROWLERS ARE SHOT.
New Orleans, La., March 14.—Two
men and a woman were killed and three
men mortally wounded by soldiers who
caught them prowling about the ruins
of the fire that swept Celba, Honduras,
early Sunday, according to reports
'■rought here by passengers.
LATEST DECISION
GIVES LOW RATES
TO INTERIOR IOWA
Washington, March 16.—Tn n de
cision just handed down by the Inter
state Commerce commission, the pro
portional class rates from Mississippi
river crossings to interior Iowa stations
are reduced from 10 to 33 per cent on
first class traffic. Reductions as a rule
are smaller for the lower classifica
tions. Missouri river points are not
materially affected.
On traffic to interior Iowa points,
proportionals are added to the rates at
the Mississippi river in order to make
the rates to such interior Iowa points.
In the past, on this traffic, the eastern
territory has been divided into 10 dif
ferent groups and a different propor
tional used for each group. This led to
much confusion and inconsistency. The
commission has now established one
set of proportionals applicable to all
eastern traflic. Tile following compar
ison for five Iowa cities shows the dif
ference between the old proportional
and the new schedule which goes into
effect March 1:
“For Des Moines the new propor
tional on first class traffic will be 34.8
cents, which is 3.3 cents less than tlie
average now existing, and 6.2 cents
less than the highest now existing.
“For Cedar Rapids, the new propor
tional on first class will be 22.8 cents,
which is 6.7 cents less than the average
today and 10 cents less than the high
est today.
"For Ottumwa, the new proportional,
23.6 cents, will be 5.7 cents less than
the average, and 8.5 cents less than
the highest today.
"For Waterloo, the new proportional,
25.6 cents, will be 9.2 cents less than
tlie average today, and 12.9 cents less
than the highest today.
"For Storm Rake, tlie new p.'opor
itonal is 50 cents, which is o (Tats less
; than the average today."
These orders by tile commission
cause a revision in the freight rates
on over 8,000 articles, between over
1,000 towns in Iowa and several thou
sand in New York and other states oast
of Illinois; the western three-fourths of
Nebraska and Kansas, Colorado, Utah
and a few points in Wyoming and New
Mexico. Tlie eastern rates go into ef
fect March 1, western rates April 1.
Very few decisions by the commission
are on such a lar/ia scale, affecting so
many articles, anil such a large num
ber of cities. Mr. McCain, chairman of
the Trunk Rine association, referring
to our Mississippi river case, pro
nounces it the most radical modifica
tion of the percentage system of rates
existing between the Mississippi and
the Atlantic coast that has ever been
mado by the Interstate Commerce com
mission.
Commenting on the new schedule,
Clifford Thorne, of the Iowa Railroad
commission, said:
"This closes a contest that has ex
tended over a period of several years.
Four years ago I started my campaign
for state railroad commissioner, with
tiiis as my issue—that the state com
mission should secure a general re
vision of Iowa interstate freight rates.
TTp to that time, no department of tti%
state government had successfully
prosecuted an Interstate rate case.
Within 60 days, after I made my an
nouncement, one prominent commercial
organization tiled a petition asking the
state railroad commission to commence
such a case on traffic from the east to
interior Iowa cities. Other commercial
bodies on the Mississippi river made a
similar request for the river cities. In
compliance with these petitions the
state railroad commission commenced
these cases but soon found they had
no money to get ready for trial. The
cases drugged along till the legislature
made an appropriation. Then work
began in earnest, several hundred ex
hibits were prepared, traffic men of the
various cities and of the state com
mission. the commerce counsel and the
attorney general, rendered invaluable
service A score of prominent business
men in different parts of the state gave
the cases constant attention and much
valuable time.
“The decisions were rendered last
summer, directing the carriers to
revise their schedules in accord
ance with certain principles laid
down by the commission. This they
attempted to do. but we were not sat
isfied with much that they did. We
accepted the rates proposed by the rail
roads from the Atlantic coast. The In
terstate Commerce commission itself
prepared a new schedule of rates dif
fering from those prepared by the rail
roads from intermediate territory, in
cluding Ohio, western Pennsylvania,
western New York. Indiana and Michi
gan.
“The commission has accepted the
proportionals, west of the Mississippi,
proposed by the roads. The commis- j
sion prepared a new schedule from
Chicago to Iowa points. The commis
sion adopted tlie schedule prepared at
its suggestion by the Iowa commission
from and to Colorado. Utah, and a few
points in Wyoming and New Mexico.
The commission itself prepared a new
distance schedule, between Iowa and
Kansas and Nebraska. We have not
secured all we asked for. but we have
taken a P«ng step in the right direction.
The reductions are large in thousands
of instances. Wo have won a great vic
tory. Those cases dealt chiefly with
< lass rates. A few commodities will
have to be lined up in the future. Then
changes are constantly proposed by the
railroads that must he watched. These
run into the thousands every year.”
Mr. Thorne said what had been se
cured must be carefully guarded, but
the great task was practically over. He
predicted this general revision of in
terstate rates, made for the first time
in the historv of Iowa, would mark the
beginning of a new industrial era for
the state.
A table prepared by the commission
shows the present proportional for the
high group in eastern territory, the
present proportional for the low' group
in eastern territory, the average of the
present proportionals and the new, or
proposed, proportionals. The showing
in this table follows, as applied to
towns in various sections of the state:
Marks swore on the stand that she
had dealt out a set of cards and had
predicted the rosiness of his future
through them. Judge H. F. Sims did not
take the woman’s testimony.
PROPORTIONAL CLASS RATES FROM MISSIPPI RIVER CROSSINGS TO
IOWA STATIONS.
ALGONA.
Classes— 1. 2. 2. 4. 5. A. Tl. C. D. E.
High group . 55 . 41. 32 . 24 . 20. 22. IS. 15. 12. 10.
Low group . 53 . 41. 32 . 22. 18 . 22. 17.5 14. 11. 9.
Average 10 groups. 54.6 40.9 32 . 23.7 19.8 22. 17.9 14.9 11.9 9.9
PROPOSED . 46.8 35.1 26.1 21.5 16.9 IS.9 15.4 13.3 11.4 9.9
CEDAR RAPIDS.
Classes— 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A. B. C. D. E.
High group . 32.8 30.5 25.5 18.9 12.5 14.1 13. 12. 10. 7.
Low group . 26.8 2-1. 19.5 14.4 10.6 10.6 10.6 9.6 8.7 7.6
Average 10 groups. 29.5 27.6 22.9 17.4 11.6 12.9 11.9 10.8 9.3 6.8
PROPOSED . 22.8 19.7 14.9 11.4 8.3 8.4 8.3 7.2 6.2 5.2
CARROLL.
Classes— 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A. B. C. D. E.
High group . 56 . 41. 32. 24. 19 . 22. 18. 15. 12. 10.
Ix)w group . 62. 39. 32. 24. 20. 21.5 IS. 15. 12. 10.
Average 10 groups. 54 . 40.8 32 . 23.4 19.6 21.9 IS. 14.9 11.9 9.7
PROPOSED . 50 . 37.1 27.5 22.8 18.1 20.2 16.2 11. 12. 10.
DES MOINES.
Classes— 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. A. B. C. D. E.
High group . 41. 34.5 30 . 23. 14.5 17.6 16. 14.5 11.5 9.
Low group . 35. 29. 23. 17.5 12.5 15. 12. 10.5 7.6 4.5
Average 10 groups. 38.1 31.4 26.9 19.8 13.8 16.2 14.1 12.5 10. 7.5
PROPOSED . 34.8 27.8 20.9 16.6 12.6 13.8 11.9 10.4 8.9 7.6
FORT DODGE.
Classes— 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A. B. C. D. E.
High group . 54 . 41. 32 . 21. 20 . 22. 18. 15. 12. 10.
Low group . 47 . 37.6 29.5 22. 17. 19.5 16. 14. 11. 7.
Average 10 groups. 60.6 39.8 31.4 23.7 18.7 21.1' 17.6 14.9 11.9 9.6
PROPOSED . 41.2 31.7 23.7 19.3 14.9 16.5 13.8 11.9 10.2 8.8
MARSHALLTOWN.
Classes— 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A. B. C. D. E.
High group . 41. 34.5 30 . 23. 14. 17. 16. 14.5 11.6 6.9
Low group . 35. 29. 23. 17.5 12.6 15. 12. 10. 7.5 4.6
Average 10 groups . 38.1 30.4 25.7 19.8 12.9 16.7 13.9 12.5 10 . 7.5
PROPOSED . 34 . 27.3 20.5 16.3 12.3 13.5 11.7 10.2 8.7 7.4
MASON CITY.
Classes— 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A. B. C. D. E.
High group . 60 . 41. 32 . 23. 17. 21. 17. 16. 12. 10.
How group . 43. 36.6 28. 18. 14. 18. 14. 11. 8. 6.
Average 10 groups. 46.1 37.8 30.6 20.6 15.7 19.1 15.7 13.8 10.9 9.
PROPOSED . 38 . 29.7 22.3 18. 13.7 15.2 12.8 11.2 9.5 8.2
SIOUX RAPIDS.
Classes— 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. A. B. C. D. E.
High group . 65. 41. 32 . 24 . 20 . 22. 18. 15. 12. 10.
Low group . 66 . 41. 32 . 24 . 20 . 22. 18. 15. 11.5 9.
Average 10 groups. 56 . 41. 32 . 24 . 20. 22. 18. 15. 12 . 9.2
PROPOSED . 55 . 41. 31. 24 . 20. 22. 18. 15. 12. 10.
STORM LAKE.
Classes— 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A. B. C. D. E.
High group . 55 . 41. 32. 24 . 20 . 22. 18. 15. 12. 10.
Low group. 55 . 41. 32 . 24 . 20 . 22. 18. 15. 11.5 9.
Average 10 groups. 65. 41. 32. 24. ao. 22. 18. 16. 11.9 9.9
PROPOSED . 60 . 37.1 27.5 22.8 18.1 20.2 16.2 14. 12. 10.
WATE RLOO.
Classes— 1. 2. 3. 4 5. A. B. C. D. H.
High group . 38.5 34.5 30. 23. 14. 17. 16. 14.5 11.6 9.
Low group . 31.5 28 . 22.5 17. 11.5 13. 11.5 10 . 7 . 4.S
Average 10 groups. 34.8 30.6 25.5 1 8.3 12.5 14.7 13.5 12 . 9.8 7.4
PROPOSED . 26-6 22. 16.7 12.8 9.3 9.8 9.2 8.1 6.9 5.7
UNCLAIMED ISLANDS
BECOMING VALUABLE
Christiana, March 14.—The arctic isl
ands of Spitzbergen, unclaimed and al
most uninhabited, the resort of whalers
and walrus hunters and the only place
within the arctic circle visited by tour
ists, are this summer to engage the at
tention of the powers, including the
United States, in an effort officially to
declare them neutral und provide for
their policing during the summer
months, when lawlessness on the part
of the crews of visiting whalers and
seal hunters has been increasing.
No power ever has made a serious
claim to Spitzbergen, the mountainous
islands north of Norway and northeast
of Greenland having been regarded as
almost valueless. Hut the discovery of
coal, which Is being worked principally
by American capital, has completely
changed the outlook, and incidentally
brought the United States into the
group of powers whose voices are to
be heard concerning the future of the
islands.
Two international conferences will be
held before July. Early in June repre
sentatives of Russia, Sweden and Nor
way will meet at Christiana to draw up
proposals to be submitted to the gen
eral conference to be held two weeks
later. _ _ _
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RECEIVER NAMED FOR
CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN
—
Chicago, March 14.—Herman H.
Kohlsaat, president of the Inter
Ocean Newspaper company, has been
appointed receiver for the Inter-Ocean
by George A. Carpenter, federal Judge.
Chancery proceedings were started
by the Lake Superior Paper company,
which alleged that because of defal
cation a receiver was necessary to
conserve the property and preserve its
good will as a going concern.
Shortly after the appointment of Mr.
Kohlsaat a bill was filed in the state
courts by the Central Trust company
asking that a receiver be appointed.
These activities followed the tiling of
a suit yesterday by George Wheeler
Hinman, president of Marietta college,
former owner of the paper, against Mr.
Kohlsaat for the recovery of an alleged
unpaid balance of $'J6,2G2 on a note
for $177,500 given by Mr. Kohlsaat In
part payment for the paper.
Mr. Kohlsaat said the paper would
continue to be published. He asserted
the application for a receiver was a
result of complications growing out of
litigation regarding tlie revaluation of
ttie lease of the ground occupied by the
paper.
FARM HAND SUICIDES
AFTER LOVERS’ QUARREL
Aberdeen, S. P., March 13.—Henry
GardinieT. aged 23, whose home is in
Ripon, Wis., where he is said to have
helped support a widowed mother,
committed suicide on the farm of a
wealthy farmer, James Miller, near
Leola, S. D He shot himself through
the head after a lover’s quarrel with a
j young woman also working on th*
place.
The verdict of the Jury was suicid*
, while temporarily insane.
PROPOSED REPEAL OF
TOLLS LAW ATTACKED
Minority Members of Commit
tee Assail Policy of Pres
ident Wilson.
Washington. March 16.—Vigorous
denunciation of the Sims' bill, which he
characterized as a notice to the world
that the United States abandoned Its
policy of an American controlled Pan
ama canal and virtually surrendered its
power to regulato its commerce be
cause of the new "peace at any price
policy” featured a minority report to
the House today by Representative
Knowland. of California, against repeal
of the tolls exemption clause of the
Panama canal act.
The interstate commerce committee,
of which Mr. Knowland Is a member,
has favorably reported 1 e Sims bill,
proposing a llat repeal. The Knowland
minority report said in part:
"A situaton unparalleled and unprec
edented in history now confronts this
nation. The passage of the bill would
give a British interpretation to the
Hay-Pauncefoto treaty and thus sur
render for all time rights vitally affect
ing this nation, commercially, strate
gically and politically.
•'Thousands of patriotic American
citizens insist that we can not main
tain our national honor in tho present
controversy if we abjectly surrender
every American right at Panama. The
history of this country would have
been less glorious had we failed to urge
our contentions even when fully con
vinced of our right. When the Vene
zuela question stirred the nation, it
was a mistake to this new 'peace at
any price' policy for President Grover
Cleveland to have declared In a mes
sage that commanded the respect of
tin- world:
“ 'Today the United States is prac
tically sovereign on this continent and
its fiat is law on tile subjects to which
it confines its interposition.’ ”
The report warned the interstate
commerce committee and members of
tile House that by tile provisions of the
Sims bill It would forever foreclose tho
right of tlie United States to pass
through Hie canal without payment of
tolls, either battleships, revenue cut
ters, colliers, transports or other gov
ernment owned craft.
MILITANTS WRECK
HOMEOF M’KENNA
London. March 16.—A detachment of
militant suffragets armed with
hatchets and hammers smashed every
pane of glass on the ground floor of
the residence of Reginald McKenna,
home secretary, In Smith square,
Westminster today. Tho six women
arrived In the square in an automobile
and took by surprise the policemen
Who keep continual guard over the
homes of the state ministers. All of
those who took part in the attack were
arrested, however as they were leaving.
Mr. McKenna left town for the week
end yesterday.
The six women gave false names.
They were later arraigned at West
minster police court and each sentenced
to two months imprisonment with hard
tabor. The policeman who has been
on guard at Mr. McKenna's residence
testified that the women "crept
stealthily in Indian file along tho side
of the wall and then made a rush for
the windows."
One of the prisoners who gave the
name "Boadicea,” said in court:
"1 wouldn't have given much lor him
(Mr. McKenna) if we had got inside.”
Another woman said:
“It (s a lucky thing for you we do no'
shoot.” ,
All tho women pleaded guilty md
said they had been driven to break Mr.
McKenna’s windows by "the grow
brutality shown to our tieloved leader.”
The magistrate in passing sentence,
said he had never heard a sadder or
more deplorable story than that which
had been told to the 'duet.
“Rot!” exclaimed ope of the women.
MRS. PANKHURST STARVES
WAY OUT OF JAIL AGAIN
London, March 16.—Mrs. Kmmeline
Pankhurst, the militant suffraget
leader, was again released from
Holloway jail today. Sho had started
a “hunger and thirst strike" im
mediately after her arrest on Sunday
night at Glasgow and was weak and
exhausted.
A demonstration had been arranged
by tho militant suffragets outside of
tho prison, but this failed owing to the
secrecy with which Mrs. Pankhurst
was removed in a taxicab to a nursing
home.
Suffragists have charged tho police
with brutal treatment of the militant
leader at the time of her arrest In
Scotland. Mrs. Pankhurst fell during
the scrimmage and the militant news
paper said the police threw her bodily
Into a cab where they allowed her to
lie on the floor while they sat on tho
scats insulting her. An investigation
is being made.
A
TENNIS CLUB BURNED.
Birmingham. England, March 16.—
A militant suffraget "arson squad" set
the torch to the Tennis club house and
grandstand at the Olton club live
miles from this city early today. The
building was burned to the ground.
SCARED STUDENT
STARTLES CROWD
Cries Nearly Start Panic
Causing One Man to Leap
Into Ash Barrel.
Boston, Mass, March 16.—An au
dience of 600. at a Glee club con
cert, at Boston university, was thrown
Into excitement, last night, when cries
for help were heard from the library
adjoining. Thinking the library was
afire, the Hev. Dr. Kendall McLean
leaped from a second-story window.
He fell Into an ash barrel and came
uut dirty, but uninjured. Several wom
en fainted.
When order was restored, it was
found that the tries came from a stu
dent. W'ho had become so occupied with
his reading, at the library, that he did
not hear the closing bell and became
alarmed when the lights went out.
ELLIS GETS 15 YEARS
FOR MURDERING WIFE
Chicago, March 14.—William Cheney
Ellis, Cincinnati leather merchant,
convicted of killing his wife, was sent
enced to 15 years in the state peniten
tiary today for the crime, lie made
no effort to obtain a new trial, formal
motion for retrial made by Ellis' coun
sel George Remus, was withdrawn by
Remus, and Judge Petit imposed sen
tence.
GRIEF AMONG CLERKS
IN BANKRUPT STORES
Savings, Sick Benefit Fund and
Jobs Are All Lost in the
Siegel Crash.
New York. March 16.—A little cheer
rame to the employes of the bankrupt
Siegel stores here, today, with the an
nouncement that John Olaflln would
place as many as possible of the 2.000
In tho various department stores,
throughout the city, in which he Is In
terested. This announcement means
that at least three large department
stores will furnish positions to Siegel
employes. It is expected that other
merchants will likewise come to the
rescue.
I’athetlc scenes were frequent, today,
in the Fourteenth street store and the
Slmpson-Craw ford store, which close
for good, tonight, by order of tho court.
Tho employes, generally, reported as
usual, but it was plain that their hearts
were not in the work, as they waited
on tho bargain hunters, who came in
goodly numbers. A lull in the work
would find a gathering of little groups,
discussing the troublo that had over
taken them, and a girl or woman In
tears was not an Infrequent sight.
Hundreds of tho store clerks, it ap
pears, besides losing jobs, will lose their
savings. They were depositors, In a
small way, in the defunct Siegel bank,
their accounts averaging from $25 to
$."00. Moreover, tho sick benefit fund,
of tho two stores, is swallowed up in
tho crash. 1-Imployes contributed 2per
cent of their salaries to this fund.
Besides the criminal proceedings,
against Henry Siegel and Frank Vogel,
the affairs of tho conc;rns. which they
headed, are likely to be tied up with
endless litigation.
GRAND DUCHESS HELD
FOR DESERTING HUBBY
Wife of Prince William of Swe
den Summoned to Ap
pear in Court.
Stockholm. Sweden. March 16.—The
Grand Duchess Pavlovna, of Russia,
wife of Prince William, of Sweden,
second son of King Gustav V, was
summoned today through the Swedish
legation in St. Petersburg, to app.ear in
the court of assizes at Stockholm. She
will there have to answer a charge of
having deserted her husband. Divorce
proceedings between the royal couple
have been In progress for some time.
Prince William, who is now on a
hunting expedition in Uganda, is not
expected to return to Sweden before
the end of April.
The grand duchess has been In St.
Petersburg for some time. She is a
daughter of the Grand Duke Paul
Alexandrovitch nnd a cousin of the
emperor of Russia. She is now in her
24th year. Her husband is in Ills 30th
year, and the marriago took place in
1908. They have one son. Prince Len
nart, born in 1909.
Witnesses are to be heard by the
court of assizes and the suit will be
fought In the usual way. It was at one
time thought possible to arrange a di
vorce without these formalities, hut the
Swedish law makes no exception in the
cose of royalties.
JOBLESS GANG IS *
DEFYING SHERIFFS
Sacramento, till., March 16.—“Gen
eral" Kelley's unity of the unemployed
was still encamped today in Yolo
county to which it was driven from
Sacramento on Monday.
Yblo county officials were no near
er a solution of the problem of getting
rid of the army than they were last
Tuesday. Every proposal to divide the
army and send the men away in small
groups has inet opposition in some
quarter. Sacramento labor unions con
tinued today to supply tile camp with
food.
A conference of sheriffs from 13
counties in northern California to de
vise means of getting the army of un
employed out of Yolo county and dis
persing them without force will be held
In Sacramento tonight.
Leaders of the army dispatched to
President Woodrow Wilson and Secre
tary of Labor Wilson a letter outlin
ing their grievance against working
conditions. The letter complained of
alleged brutality shown In routing the
army from Sacramento and included
the statement that proof of the death
of nt least one of the unemployed could
be suplied.
“Capt.” J. Murray of Company L of
the army who had been listed as dead
by the unemployed rejoined Ills com
mand today.
MARRYING PREACHER IS
CONVICTED OF SLAVERY
Seattle. Wash., March 16.—Rev. Al
bert Dahlstrom, founder of a religious
sect known us "Hellga,” which he says
has 1U.000 members in the United
States, and one of the tenets of which
Is said to be a belief In polygamy, was
convicted here of violation of the Mann
white .Wave act In transporting Miss
Edna Ec.glund, of Tacoma, Wash., from
Fresno, Cal., to the state of Washing
ton. Extracts from Dahlstrom’s num
erous books and pamphlets were intro
duced In evidence against him.
Edna Englund, who turned against
Dahlstrom because he showed a pref
erence for her sister, Hilda, was a wit
ness against the clergyman. Hilda tes
tilled for him, saying that she herself
bought the ticket on which Edna trav
eled from Fresno. The mother of tho
girls, who are young and attractive,
was a witness for the government.
According to William R. Bryon, spe
cial agent of the department of jus
tice, Dahlstrom has married and de
serted a score of women in the western
part of the country since 1889. Bryon
said he had in his records a long list
of young Swedish women whom Dahl
strom is said to have converted to his
religion and then lived with for a time,
in Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis. Eg
gleston, Minn.; Denver, Rockford, 111.,
and elsewhere.
TEN PERSONS KILLED
IN WRECK IN WALES
Temora, New Smith Wales, March 14.
—Ten passengers were killed and 15
Injured, in a collision, today, between
a mail train and freight locomotive, at
Exeter station, near Moss Vale. Tho
accident occurred during a dense fog.
Among the killed were a man and hia
two daughters, who were taking home
the body of the man's wife, who had
died in a hospital. A son of the sauna
family was ssv«rel£ hurt.