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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1914)
Tk« O’Neil Frontier 0 H. CRONIN, Publisher, <PNglLUNEBRAbfcA The tendency of American cities to day Is toward the lowering of buildings. Cleveland, like Chicago, limits build ings to 200 feet, and so does Newark. The limit In Baltimore Is 175 feet; In Dos Angeles It Is 150 feet, and the same limit is fixed In Portland, Ore. Scran ton and Boston Impose a restriction of 125 feet. Besides these. Buffalo, New Orleans. Jersey City, Paterson, Denver and St. I.ouls have relative limits on the height of buildings depending on Btreet widths. This country-wide movement toward restriction will be yrcatly accentuated as soon as cities know generally what Newr York Is do ing to correct the evil effects of over building. The bureau for the safe transporta tion of explosives and other dangerous articles states In Its seventh annual re port that in the year 1907 the number «f persons killed by explosives during transportation In the United States was 26, and of Injured, 53; whllo In 1913 there were no persons killed and only four Injured. The membership of the bureau comprises 326 railway com panies. 11 steamship companies and 10 express companies. The Tavistock—the bachelor’s hotel In Covent Garden—Is probably the only place In Dondon where a man must drink his "dish" ef tea after the fash ion of a century and more ago. These dishes are cups without handles. They are larger than those used by our great-great-grandmothers, which would nardly suit the modern masculine de mand, The Tavistock dishes are of uniform pattern—white china with a broad bluo band. Professor Stanley describes the fall of a meteorite In the N’Kandhla district of Zululand, which took place August 1, 1912. An explosion took, place, which was audible over a considerable area, and a rapidly moving body was seen accompanied by a Bplral trail of smoke and emitting a rumbling or crackling sound. The meteorite discovered by Professor Stanley fell within a few yards of a native woman. It weighed Dearly 33 pounds. or. James uini;iru eui’an. uri iimniiuv of Mackenzie river since 1900, has the largest diocese In tho world, and hla Held Includes the north pole. He wan born at Brighton, England, In 1867, and at 14 left school and spent tho next ■even years with a firm of scale makers. later he went to London, and In 1887 began his missionary training. Ho was ordained In 1892. Among hla authoritative publications Is n diction ary up the Slavl-Indian language. A cock pheasant, near Sandusky. Ohio, has apparently taken It on Itself to t!o alarm clock duty. Every morn ing It flies up on tho window sill of a number of houses, where It flaps and crows until Its presence la recognized. As soon as one farmer Is awakened tho bird goes on. waking up ubout a dozen persons every morning. Drifting slowly with tho equatorial current, a huge tree covered with barnacles and In possession of three turtles was sighted off the Pacific coast recently by the captain of a San Fran cisco steamer. The tree was 40 feet long and had been floating so long that Its limbs appeared to be perfectly pet rified. Rabbits which had been Inoculated with tho virus of rabies, tuberculosis, typhoid and other pleasant diseases were stolen from the laboratory of a Marseilles bacteriologist one night re cently. A desperate effort was made to recover the animals before they were •old. Brig. Gen. Rincon Gallardo. called the • human dynamo" of the Mexican federal army, has recruited nearly 12 - 000 rurales since August 16. The men receive *2.16 a day and provide their own horses and outfis. No conscripts are tuken into their ranks. Trans-Atlantic communication has bft*n established between tho govern ment station at Arlington, Vo., and the Eiffel tower in Paris, as well us sta tions at Panama and Sun Francisco, but the service Is not open to commer cial business. The present director of the Louvre tn Paris has given an order to remove the glass from nil the paintings, because •ome of them were made almost in visible by Its presence. As a pro tection against vandals the glass is of little value. pau-ioua society of HJnrhasn. Bt&ati., has raised the money necessary to buy a clock made in Hlnghaiih. Ear land, about 250 years ago. The clock will bo placed In the town hall until the society lias a home of Its own. Having no money to pay his fare. George Spencer, a parolod prisoner Walked from Gardner, Ore., to Portland Ore,, covering the distance of 250 miles In six days, in order to give lUa testi mony In a larceny case. The geological survey has estimated the available water power of the Uni ted States from 36,000,000 to 65,500,000 horse power, not Including the power that could be conserved by reservoirs. A German naval airship has a •earchllght of 40,000-candle power which will Illuminate the surface of the sea from a height of 5,000 feet The latest fad In London Is cubist ■ot paper, which Is perfectly back. The writer uses Ink which Is either pure white or a violet cerise. Railroads of the United Stutes an nually consume more than 2.700,00# gallons ot water for each mile of line. U i« •BUmated that the inhabitants SC the United States are increasing at Um rate of 4,000 a day. In the last 26 years the population of So 66 000 000* D';reased fron> 48.000,000 * Chinas new mining regulations are ■fcely to attract foreign capital. Seven thousand women practice medicine In the United States. Montana and Idaho nowwhave a nlne kour day for working women. Toklo's population Is 2.033 000 an In mease of 410,000 since 1009. Most of the type used by Chinese •sinters Is made In Japan. Great undeveloped deposits of Iron mad coal exist In China. New York city’s population Is esti mated to be 6.333,537. Copenhagen ha» 4.084 female munl glpal employee. Egypt and Sweden now have women IMgw. _ _ . Emeralds are still found In Egypt. [TYLER FIRST KNOWN NEBRASKA SAC IE TO DEADLY PE SRA Former Butler County Man Dies at State Hospital—No Cure Known to Science. Lincoln. Neb.. June 29. - The first known victim of pellagra In Nebraska •lied yesterday at the state hospital. The victims was Harry L. Tyler, aged 39 years, who was first stricken a year ago last January. He came to Lincoln from Butler county and is a member of a well-to-do family of that section. Pellagra is a comparatively rare dis eni^ in this country, although frequent ly Tound In southern states. It first manifests itself by gastro-intestinai trouble, after which the skin becomes greatly roughened, and the final stage is similar to blood poisoning. No known remedy for It exists. Up to a year ago it wus assumed that the cause for it was the eating of spoiled corn, which ferments if picked before dry. A later rejK^rt says corn has nothing to do with the disease. Red rashes appear on the skin, and mental dethronement usually accompanies the later stages of the dis ease. —♦ - CONDITIONS POINT TO EARLY WHEAT MARKETING Lincoln. Neb., June* 29. Wheat cut ting in Nebraska will begin generally within the next few days, and the re ports of thresher company managers and observers for the secretary of agriculture unite in predicting the biggest crop in the states history. Cutting has begun in the South fMatte county and the farmers north of the river will I >« • under head wav soon. The railroads have been massing t,heir cars for «*arly shipment. It is believed that, the greater part of the crop will go on to the market within a few weeks. This is based on the fact that the lack of corn crop last year left most farm ers in need of cash, and they will re alize on their crops at the earliest mo ment. Another factor forcing early marketing is that there is but slight margin of difference between cash wheat and May wheat. This means that with insurance, interest and oth er items that constitute carrying charges, more than enough to make up this difference, there is no object in holding wheat for future delivery, in fact, it means a loss at present quota tions ♦ ROCK ISLAND ENJOIN.S FLAGMAN ORDINANCE Lincoln. Neb.. June 29.- 'Die Rock Inland Railroad company has enjoined the enforcement of a city ordinance re quiring it to station a flagman at each of the grade crossings in the city. The appeal is made to the federal court. The company claims that the ordinance was passed merely for the purpose of annoying and harassing it and not for the common good. The railroad bisects the city at Twentieth street, and the city has been trying to induce or com pel it to build viaducts, elevate its tracks or move out. It is claimed that this ordinance was passed for the pur pose of bringing added pressure upon the company to join in a union depot on the west side of the city. The com pany claims that the ordinance is un constitutional and confiscates its prop erty without due process of law. TELEPHONE MEN OBJECT TO GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Lincoln, Neb.. June 29. President Harlow, of the Nebraska Independent Telephone asociatlon, made up of prac tically all of the independent com panies In the state, lias made a request of the state railway commission that it join in a protest against any action by congress to take over the complete control of the telephone business. A bill for that purpose is now pending in the house, as an amendment to the Sherman anti-trust law. Mr. Harlow says* that the independent companies desire to remain under the control of the state, as most of their business is conducted therein and practically all of their plants are within the state. The independents say that the bill, as it is drawn, would interfere with their de velopment of long distance business, as it prohibits merging of companies, which is often necessary to get long distance connections, or buying Hell connections, also necessary at times. HEAVY CLAIMS AGAINST CITY BECAUSE OF RECENT FLOODS Lincoln. Nob.. June 29.—Claims to the amount of $25,000 have been filed against the city of Lincoln as a result of recent floods. The claimants are O street business men. whose basements were flooded by recent rains, the sewer being too small to carry off the surface water that rushed to Twelfth and O streets. The largest claim is that of the Security Mutual Life Insurance corn-puny, which desires $12,000. WOMAN TO UNDtRGO QUIZ^ABOUT MURDER Stamford. Conn.. June 29.—Mrs. Helen AW Angle, who is under $5,000 bonds awaiting the result of the Inquiry into tiie death of Waldo R. Ballou, had recovered today from her nervous col lapse of two days ago. On Monday she will be Interviewed in private by Coroner Phelan. Tests of various stains on clothing, floor and furniture, will be reported to the coroner Monday. The police sa> the rinding of Ballou's spectacles in Mrs. Angle's room has no significance. Officer's gathered up a lot of articles of a miscellaneous character, among them the spectacles. STEAMER GOES ASHORE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE Bataviii, Java. June J*J. The British steamer. Kttituck, of the China Mutual Steam Navigation company, reported overdue yesterday, after a violent earthquake in Sumatra was found by a steamer sent out to search for her. She had lieen driven ashore in the straits of Sunda between Batavia and Sumatra by heavy seas caused by a submarine disturbance. The Klntuck was crowded with na tive emigrants. HEAT CAUSE OF FIVE DEATHS IN ST. LOUIS St. Louis. June 27.—Five deaths from the heat last night anti today were re ported in St. Louis up to noon. The temperature at 11 o’clock this morning was 93 degrees, a rise ol 3 degrees in one hour and indications were that the mercury would nearly reach the high mark of yesterday when 101 was re corded. A strong wind however, served to reduce the suflcring from the high u-msxnuure BEREAVED FAMILIES WERE SPECIAL PREY OF C.M, GRAFTER Old and Ghoulish Scheme Tried by Falla City Man, But He Comes to Grief. Lincoln, Neb., June 27.—John J Put Jam, of Falls City, has been bound over to the federal district court on Ihe charge of usine the mails to de fraud. The scheme worked is regard ed as about the most conscienceless one ever brought to the attention of fed eral authorities. It is charged that Putnam and his partners would learn of the death of some man, head of a family, and then send C. O. D. a pack age containing some worthless article. The friends of the deceased, out of love And respect for the dead, or expecting that some article of value had been or dered by him before his death, would take the package out and pay the $3 or $f> charges thereon. The scheme was nipped in the bud, one of the first vic tims making the complaint. HARRY STOUT SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT Lincoln, Neb., June 27.—Imprison ment for the remainder of his natural life was the punishment inflicted upon Harry M. Stout, wife murderer, by Judge Cosgrave. Stout pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree on an agreement of the county attorney not to ask for the death penalty. In order to comply with the law of the state it was necessary to take the testimony of witnesses. One of these was the sister of Mrs. Stout, who was present at the tragedy and who was herself shot by Stout. The murderer appeared with a bandage around his neck, where he had vainly attempted to cut his jugular vein when pursued. He wept several times during the proceedings. County Attorney Venriek, of Saline county, where Mrs. Stout resided, told the court that her father and a broth erinlaw of the murderer had consented to a sentence of life imprisonment, but the father was insistent that he he not pardoned during the lifetime of her parents. Liquor was the cause of the tragedy. Stout came of a good family and hsnl occupied several responsible positions. SALOONS VICTORS IN NEWMAN GROVE CASE Madison, Neb., Juno 27.—The case involving the application of Fred Ben son for liquor license in the village of Newman Grove was submitted to the district court on the record from the village board. The finding was for the applicants. The court held that each applicant, is a man of respectable char acter and standing and that each peti tion is signed by 30 resident freehold j ers of the village. The action of the village board was approved and license granted. The remonstrator excepts to each finding and to the order approv ing the action of the board and the granting of the license. A motion for a new trial was over-ruled and the re monstrator excepted and requested the court to fix the amount of supersedeas bond but the motion was over-ruled. Demonstrators were given 40 days to submit bill of exceptions. ACCUSED PRISONER SAYS MULES WERE WISHED ON HIM Lincoln. Ned)., June 27.—Ole Corne lius. of Washington county, is under arrest here on the charge of having stolen a mule team from Robert Gold well, who lives six miles north of Blair Gornelius is well known In Washing ton county, where he conducted a farm. Jle told the officers that he was on his way south to work in the harvest fields of Kansas, and while walking along the road a stranger came along driving the team. The man invited him to ride and he did so. Later he disappeared, while Gornelius slept. He said the man’s name was Ghris Anderson. Sheriff Gompton, of Washington county, says the story is untrue, ^ind that he traced Gornelius and the team from near where they were stolen. NEW LAW RESPONSIBLE FOR DECREASED CAPITAL Lincoln. Neb., June 27.—The returns of bank capital, made on all of the county returns received by the state board, show a large decrease. The ex planation generally given Is that most of the banks have taken advantage of the new law which permits them to de duct from their capital stock, when it is listed for assessment, whatever amount, equal thereto, they have in vested in mortgages, although in many instances this investment is of deposit money. Some hankers have refused to make the deduction on the ground that they are afraid of hostile legislation. FIRST DEATH OF SEASON FROM HEAT AT LINCOLN Lincoln, Neb., June 27.—Th * first death of the year from heat occurred yesterday, when the highest tempera ture of the year was officially report ed. The thermometer, at the govern ment weather bureau, registered OS de grees. On the street government reg isters ix*corded a. maximum of 101 de grees Throughout central Nebraska record high temperatures for the year were reported. DEMEL-GRIFFITH WEDDING. Wayne. Neb.. June 27.—The mar riage of Chris William Demel ami Miss T.)onet> Griffith took place at the home of the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Griffith, in Wayne. Neb., at high noon Thursday, Rev. C. L. Meyers, of the Methodist Episcopal church offi ciating. Only relatives and intimate friends were present. Miss Mabel Griffith, sister of the bride, played the wedding march and another sister. Miss Olive Griffith, was the bride’s attendant. The bridegroom was accompanied by his brother. Ralph R. Demel. The ceremony was followed by a buffet luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. Demel are both gradu ates of the state university at Lincoln. After an extended wadding trip they will locale at Billings. Mont., where Mr. Demel will engage In the practice of law QUAKE IS RECORDED. Washington, D. C.. June 26.—Heavy earth shocks, apparently 2,000 miles away, were recorded by the seismo graph at Georgetown university. The vibrations began at 2:22 p. m. yester day and continued until after 4 o’clock. GENERAL WHISTLER. OF INVENTIVE FAME, DIES Pensacola. Fla.. J>ine 23.—General Garland N. Whistler. U. S. A., retired, aged 66. is dea l at his summer home here. General Whistler invented smoke less powder anti a system of fire con trol for artillery coast defense by which officers In a central station can map cut the exact location of approaching vessels NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES WEST POINT—During the heavy storm of Wednesday night lightning struck till barn of Julius Miller, a farmer living twd miles north of the city, sotting it on flri and completely consuming the building and contents,’ including five head of verj valuable horses. Mr. Miller had six heat, In the barn, but was able at great risk t<, rescue one. This is the second similat fire caused by lightning within three days. The loss in this case is about $2,000, whiclj Is only partially covered by insurance, The- storm was the most severe of th<i many we have had in this vicinity the present season. FREMONT—The wheat and oats crop? were ruined and the corn crop badly dam* aged in a strip of country about a mile in width and nine miles in length near Reaver Crossing Wednesday evening by a hail and wind storm. The small grain was beaten into the ground and is a total loss. Much of the corn will be ruined. Some live stock was killed by lightning and windows in the houses In the path of the storm were broken out. The rain fall amounted to ..‘>8 inch. In the north ern part of the county In the vicinity of Hooper and Scribner over an inch of mois ture was added to the season’s record. j DINCOEN—According to figures com piled by the state board of agriculture nine counties outside of the big irrigated district In western Nebraska, which is | under the Pathfinder dam. have 7.8W | acres under irrigation. These are: Chase, ! 3,232 acres; Stanton. 150: Hurt. 30; Hall, 189: Kearney. 360; Red Willow. 3,019: Franklin, 20; Madison. 004, and Phelps. 310. In Chase county the streams afford the source of water supply. In the other counties windmills and gasoline engines haul the water out of deep driven wells. WAYNE-—Tuesday the corner stone of the new administration building at the normal school was laid with Masonic rites. There were present Grand Master Davis, of P#nver City; Grand Secretary Wilson, of Cozad, who delivered the address and ex-Grand Master Evans, of Dakota City. The ceremonies were under the direction of the grand lodge of Nebraska, in charge of Grand Custodian Robert French, of Kearney, assisted by the Wayne grand lodge and many visiting friends. HASTINGS—Barely an hour after Tony, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Copeland, of South Minnesota avenue, drank the contents of a bottle of horse medicine this morning, he died. The preparation contained carbolic acid. The boy had wandered from the house and had gone to the barn to play. His agon ized screams attracted the mother, who rushed to the scene. r 1—iiit* .j-jclu-uju uaugfiicr oi Mr. and Airs. Joseph Urban was severely burned when she fell Into a bonfire at her parents' home. The screams of the child attracted the attention of the mother, who rescued her from more serious In jury. One foot Is so badly burned that it is likely amputation v/ill be necessary. The other foot is severely scorched. INDIANOLA—George Novinger, sonin law of Joseph Gregory, left this town to go to Cope, Colo. He expected to file on a claim 30 miles south of Otis and to re turn here Afonjiay. He had a consider able sum of money with him and as no trace ol’ the young man has been found, his family fears that he may have met with accident or foul play. WEST POINT—The graduation exer cises of the Cuming county rural schools will be held at the high school building at West Point on June 27. The graduates are 70 in number and are an unusually strong class. The pupil ranking highest, having q,n average of 91 per cent, is Helen Peterson of District G9: Mary Ayrrell of District 53, and Tyra Peterson of District 38, ranking second; Florence Markman of District 15, third, and Rena Peterson of District 74. fourth. Prof. I. H. Brittell of the Wayne state normal will address the class. KEARNEY—A movement is on foot in this city for the establishment of a per manent road to Stapleton, 90 miles north and west of this city. The mhtter was first brought to the attention of the Kear ney Commercial club by residents of towns along this line, all of which are tributary to Kearney, which is the main trading point for the 14 towms on the line. Tho road, if built, will be named the Alfalfa highway, in appreciation of what the al falfa crop is doing for the progress of the country. GRAND ISLAND—Mrs. D. Flippin has brought suit for divorce from Dr. Flippin, the petition filed being immediately re moved from the public records. Mrs. Flippin, the daughter of a German fam ily residing east of here, married Dr. Flippin about five years ago. shortly after his acquittal In Polk or York county from charges concerning his practice of medi cine, and there was some ado over tho matter, the German Lutheran minister of this city refusing to officiate at the wed ding. FREMONT—Five prisoners dug a hole in the wall of the county jail and climbed from the roof on a rope made of bed blankets to the ground and freedom. They were overtaken three hours later six miles east of Fremont by the officers and brought back. Three of the prison ers who escaped were serving federal sentences, having been brought here from Omaha. The other two were serv ing short sentences for robbery. This is •he second delivery within the last four months. YORK '1 lie German Lutheran conven tion, called for the purpose of determining whether that denomination would bulk! a hospital in York, was largely attended. Full delegations were present from Ham ilton, (.’lay, Polk, Seward, York and other counties. A constitution was adopted an*| a permanent organization perfected. It was decided to build a hospital a: York to cost from $60,000 to $TS,000. KEARNEY A novelty In the primaries conics before the voters of Buffalo coun ty this fall, a woman candidate, Miss Esther Stock, having filed on the repub lican ticket for register of deeds. Miss Stock is a capable business woman and has been doing public stenographic work here for several years. GORDON—During a severe electrical storm here, a young man by the name of Walker, who was visiting his aunt, Mrs. Otto Roberts, about six miles east of town, was killed, the home of D. H. Griswold in the west part of town was struck by lightning and slightly damaged and a number of farm buildings were demolished. RAVENNA—George Bushhousf, IS years old, was drowned In the flood waters of Beaver creek. He was in a boat with two other boys before the ac cident. GRAND ISLAND—Roll a Terry, aged 33. lost one of hra hands at Wood River while attempting to board an extra freight westbound. He was with two friends. Union Pacific officials brought the man to the hospital in this city, where the hand was amputated, four fingers being badly crushed. GRAND ISLAND—Dashing around the Bradstreet two-mile track at about 50 miles an hour, two young men. A. Powell and U. Hendrickson, on motorcycles, ran into a barbed wire strung across the track. P caught Henderson at the throat. The wound caused was a severe one. but lie v. ill a over. DOCTORS WILL HELP TO EDUCATE PUBLIC People to Be Taught How to Prolong Life, New Pres ident Announces. Atlantic City. N. J„ June 29.—Educa .ion of the public in medical matters In order to prolong life is to be the supreme effort of the American Medi cal association during the coming year, according to a statement made today by Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, the newly elected president, at the close of the congress. "During the coming year, said Dr. Vaughan, "we shall spend our time and money in education. Conditions have changed. Once it was simply a mat ter of the physician’s duty to his patients. The field has broadened. The physician must now go to the public.” Dr. Vaughan said the association would spend large sums of money in preparing medical matter for news papers and in spreading the propa ganda of health. CHAMP CLARK FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE Washington, June 29.—Speaker Clark today told a delegation of women from the National American Woman's Suf frage association that “Woman suf frage is as inevitable as the rising of tomorrow’s sun.” "For 6,000 years.” said the speaker "men have been trying to run the world and some think they have made a bad mess of It. I hope that when you wom en run it, you’ll Improve on it. I think woman suffrage is inevitable. The only question you folks have to consider is how to most expeditiously get what you are after. You can get it quicker by the states than by congress. “In some places there is a great prej udice against woman suffrage. You want to remember one thing, that if you lose the fight you are out for years. Whenever the subject comes up for a vote in Missouri I am going to vote for woman suffrage. This is not be cause. all women are fitted to vote and I may add that I would not like to say that all men are fitted to vote. If you ever do vote, and I think it is coming certainly. I hope you will vote for the best principles and the best men.” Many Petitions Filed. The speaker was addressing a group of women from 3S states, who had pre sented 300 petitions for woman suf frage in the form of resolutions adopt ed by suffrage organizations and mass meetings at the time of the nation wide demonstration on May 2. There were also present congressmen, demo cratic, republican and progressive, to which petitions also were addressed These included Representative Smith, of New York: Taylor, of Colorado: Raker, of California; Fitzhenry, O’Hair and Foster, of Illinois, .democrats; Mon dell. of Wyoming; Campbell, of Kan sas. republican: Chandler, of New York: Walters, Pennsylvania, and Bry an. of Washington, progressives. The woman suffrage leaders in the delegation included Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, Miss Jane Addams and Mrs. Antoinette Funk, of Chicago; Mrs. Helena Gardener, Mrs. Glenn A. Smith Tinnan and Mrs. Raymond B. Morgan of Washington. Vice President Marshall also re ceived the suffragets and later peti tions to senators were left at the vice president’s office. The suffragists requested that all petitions be laid before congress be fore July 6. The suffrage association of Kentucky officials especially empha sized that they were opposed to mili tant methods, were not fighting any party, but are seeking aid for the suf frage cause from individuals of every political faith. Suff Corners Bryan. Dr. Shaw called Speaker Clark’s at tention to the fact that under the in itiative and referendum the suffrage question was being submitted to the voters in Missouri today. A telegram was sent to the suffrage leaders there informing them of what the speakers had said. Dr. Shaw urged the vice president to take a more decided stand on the suffrage question because “she believed he believed in suffrage.” “But I can’t get away from my wife,” returned the vioe president, “and I don’t want to.” “But you might persuade her, if you tried.” said Dr. Shaw. One suffragist who wandered away from the throng about the vice presi dent’s office fell in with Secretary Bryan on his way to the foreign rela tions committee. From her earnest gestures Mr. Bryan hud to use some vigorous methods to extricate himself. He finally took refuge in an elevator. When the Senate met numerous peti tions presented by the suffrage delegations were filed by Senators Smoot. Lewis, Oliver. Catron. Town send, Hoke Smith, Bristow and Lippitt. MINISTER TO GREECE KEEPS 'EM GUESSING Washington, June 29.—Administra tion officials particularly those in the state department are interested, mildly amazed and in some doubt over reports from abroad that George Fred Wil liams. of Boston, minister to Greece, has officially condemned, in emphatic terms the present government in Al bania. No such report has reached the department. Inasmuch as some time ago the department investigated a published report that Mr. Williams had offered his services on behalf of the l’nited States as a mediator in the Albanian crisis and found it was re pudiated. they are inelined to await the result of an inquiry on the latest story. PRESIDENT AUTHORIZED TO SELL BATTLESHIPS Washington. June 29.—Authority to sell the battleships Idaho and Missis sippi was finally conferred on Pres ident Wilson today by the adoption of tlie completed conference report on the naval appropriation bill in the Senate. Arrangements have been practically completed for the sale of the two bat tleships to Greece. LETTERS PRAISING HIS STAND PLEASE WILSON Washington, Juno 27.—At the Whitt house today another quantity of letter* and telegrams from business men it different parts of the country praising President Wilson’s stand on business conditions and anti-trust legislator was made public, in the view of Whitt House officials the correspondence fully sustained the president’s positior that anti-trust legislation must bt passed during the present session o) congi ess. BANKRUPT CONCERN MAY PULL THROUGH Confidence Prevails That Claf lin Company Can Be Reorganized. New York. June 29.—With the note holders’ committee acting as a funnel for claims pouring in from banks all over the country there were today in creasing hopes of regeneration for the H. B. Claflin company and its string of drygoods stores. Confidence in the ultimate success of some reorganization plan which would put the crippled company on . its feet was manifested in the attitude of Gregg and McGovern, counsel who tiled in voluntary petitions in bankruptcy for some of the creditors. The lawyers have expressed no intention of inter fering with Joseph B. Martindale, and Frederick A. Juiiliard, the receivers named in the equity proceedings, so long as they are convinced their clients are being protected. The involuntary petition is pending in the courts. A statement was issued today in be half of the merchandise creditors urg- ,, ing that the assets of the retail stores be guarded wherever possible. HURETA DELEGATES TO MEET REBEL ENVOYS Washington, June 29.—President Wilson early today received a lengthy message from the American delegates at Niagara Falls and officials close to the executive expressed the opinion that a meeting between the Huerta and constitutionalists representatives was practically assured. The message received today is said to have reported the results of a conference between the American delegates and Minister Naon. While it is intimated in some quarters that an informal conference between the opposing Mexican factions will ter minate in faildre, it was made clear that President Wilson is viewing ne gotiations optimistically. The state department was today no tified through the Brazilian embassy that General Huerta was willing to have Vice Consul Silliman return to his post at Saltillo. The request to Huerta to return the American consul, whom his troops imprisoned and threatened with death, to a territory over which he has now no control, was merely a formality and to preserve the good faith of the United States in respect of a promise it made when it secured the release of Silliman from his precarious position. The constitutionalists now entirely control Saltillo and the sur rounding territory. RECORDS IN BANK SCANDAL MISSING Chicago, June 29.—United States District Attorney Wilkerson and State's Attorney Hoyne are today searching for important documentary evidence bearing on the failure of the DaSalle Street Trust <& Savings bank which are said to have disappeared from the office of the State Auditor James J. Brady. One of the documents is a re port of a state bank examiner alleged to show that the Dorimer-Munday bank was in a shaky condition. The missing documents are wanted for use before grand juries. Chicago, June 29.—Federal grand jury inquiry into the conduct of the DaSalle Trust & Saving bank while it was a national institution, was set to day for July 13, it was announced at the office of the United States district attorney. Depositors of the four small state banks in this city which were affiliated with the DaSalle Street bank and which closed at the same time as the Main Dorimer-Munday institution will all be paid in full, it was made known today by Daniel V. Harkin state bank examiner. The vault of the Da Salle State bank was scheduled to he opened today by the receiver. It was closed since it was sealed by Harkin when he ordered the bank to suspend. In the vault are about $40,000 in cur rency, it is said, and about the same sum in memoranda of cash withdrawn by Dorimer and Munday on their per sonal marker slips. JAP PAPER WOULD WHIP CALIFORNIA Tokio, Japan, June 29.—The Japanese press generally expresses indignation today at the attitude of the United States in the California anti-alien land controversy as outlined in the corre spondence between the two govern ments recently published. Several ot the newspapers insist that a remedy must be found for the "insulting’' sit uation. The Nichi Niehl Is especially violent in its utterances. It condemns what it calls Japanese flattery of America by participation in the exposition at San Francisco, and says that instead of doing this, Japan should, in view of the United States government's in ability to control the states, consider the wisdom of taking action against California in order to obtain satisfac tion. HINTS AT WAR SCARE HITHERTO KEPT DARK Washington, June 29.—The war de partment asked congress today for $17,075 for the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to op erate them for closing the channels leading to our principal seaports am for continuing torpedo experiments. The acting chief of ordnance ex plained in a memorandum that the esti mate was to “reimburse the appropria tion for the current seal year, for sub marine mine material for continents United States, for the cost of materia transferred in an emergency to the Philippine islands." There was no further explanation. TO STRENGTHEN FLEET. Washington. D. C„ June 27.—Secre tary Daniels today reiterated his de termination to substantially increase the strength of the Pacific fleet with the opening of the Panama canal. REPLY TO ROOSEVELT ON COLOMBIA TREATY Hinghampton. S'. Y.. June 27.—The declaration that the charges of “be lated blackmail" made against the gov ernment of the republic of Colombia, by Theodore Roosevelt, could be refuted in every detail, was made last night by James T. Dubois, former United States minister to Colombia. Mr. Duhois said he w ill have prepared a complete state ment. refuting the Roosevelt charge. He negotiated the proposed treaty of 1912.