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The Omaha Daily Bee OUR MAGAZINE FEATURES 1 if. knmnr. tlrfiotu n4 mniit y(rtnn the Ht f vlr.aln- mfn, ItitlriiftUn, amMcxM-raraf. WEATHEB FORECAST. For Nebraska -- if ni-rSlv fair For low i;pnrslly fair. For "rather report pus I. VUI. X.-SK 1; OMAHA Hil DAY MOKNIN5. DKrKMHKU ."A l'.Hu-TWKI A K TACKS. ninuu; copy two ci:nts. 1IUXSEY CLEAIiS TOr OF MOUNTAIN A.iator Flies Oyer Mount Wilson, Highest Peak of Range About Los Anreles. AIRSHIP RIVAL OF ARMY MULE : Army Officers See New Method of Traasportatio- FINDS ATMOSPHERE COLD Haze Proves Pall of Vapor Fine Ice. ning - EASIER THAN PREVIOUS 1 ' V "TSi trraa, , a If Prefers II.' vittuntatn Bfrnw the Kb nr et frn So 'r . ts a t . l . rtii Hot- j i.f rasedena. '!.. holder of the world i a roplane altitude record of 11.474 feet to- day flew over Mount Wit-on. the highest j r'K or tn mountain ratine tnai mm. to- alley In whlrh Los Ang"'es. Pasauens and I the town of the tirnnse belt Ho. I'nder 1 ideal weather conditions he soared 1" vT feet intn the sky and elrared the crest of Mount vVllaon with .y feet to spare. Lieutenant Mernon boiler and several other army officer", who are here to ae he flights, went quirk to obaerve In Hon sev'a performanca new way of trans porting arrrtea acroF mountain ranaes and predicted the erh rele;atlon of the armv mule as an essential In sealing helRhta. Lieutenant Poller, who came here from Kort Whipple. .Ariz., said that a thousand hiplanca could transport an army of 10 "to men acros mountains as high as th Aips tn a dav-. WrUhl Bt plane t sea. lloxsey used a heavy siotii Wrlnht bi plane, equipped for pasFcnKer service and lie made the Journey Irom the field to a point beyond the mountains in one hour and twenty-eight minutee. The distance Is i-ati'.iiated at thirty-four miles. On an air line the diHance from the field to th mountain is lews than that, hut Moxsey circled ovtr the field until he had reached his manimum height before he pointed tha none of his machine toward j t: e range. ! was out of sitfht lefure he madb tha attempt at topping the peak. News of hia mro n was flashed to the aviation field by telephone from the Car ncie holwr otiscrvatury on Mount Wilson, directly alMive which the aviator soared. "It ia fearfully cold," said Hoxsey, ' a I'd n hen I -"t to a point just above the summit 1 found tlmt the hae. which 00 mcurvd the mountain from the aviation fit-Id wa aa heavy pall of vapor filled with l.nr ice particles that stung my face. I a certain thav If 1 had had a recording tlu tmometcr wtih me. it would Iiava shown the temperature o fthc uper altitude to be far heluw arrp. fowever. hurdling moua la.nj !i 'twv.M eastrY than cMtnblng 1I.600 f ct over a valloy Pr the sea. "?Ti earth does not seem so far away. 1 ft OTIC ST SKTl!l KTT CI P 4WIRD vision lu nla Ralloan Rare. UKKI.IN, I'ec. The lower llhine eror.:L!itle sssoctution today announced Its decision to protest the award of the Jmnri Unrdon Bennett cup to Alan R. Ilawley, wli ner of the last International balloon race. I'awlev. accompanied by Augustus Post. piloted the halloon. America II. from St. 1 me tits were reported by toe grand jury to 1 ouls to the Perlhor.ka river. Saguenay J ,jay, bringing the total number of tnose district, ouehec. a. dlstat.ee of 1.171 13-l'W j ,ndl.-ted thus far up to 3iW. Forty-one men m!M on October 17 -Ui. lltlO ; have taken advantage of Judge Blair's j n.un,!,, ,,f leniency to all who would come Bodies Are Recovered ;d"ct;;" e"nte" ithout h,v,n wn ,n from Leyden Mine;NEW TRIAL ASKed for durand Corpses of Louis and Frank Merrick, Who Were Killed Two Weeks Ajo, j Fouad Buried in Dust. DENVER Dec. 3. Tha bodies of Louis and Frank Merrick, the two American bois. victims uf the explosion and fire in tin mire of the Lo'..'n Coal company at l.ojden. a fe v miles from I'enver. about two weks nao. tr" ftojnd tarlv today about 0 feet f rt m sluft N.. t. The bodies we n completely covered with dust and had Ma I loscd ovci more than one by the rescua parlies. Apiarcntlv both had died from uffoeet:on ARMIES OF SAN DOMINGO AND HAYTI FACE TO FACE lata (aaalr; Has l.arte Karee Massed car Perdranlrs Mlr. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -While the armies of liajtl and So Domini;,) are massed on elllier sldi" of the Piijeniles river, no fighting has occurnd, according to dls patohri received by the War department from United States ct:toins off.ciais. The Clvde lin steamship Cherokee. s.hl.-h took Tot) soldiers to the Dominican ide of thi river, lundfd the troops In good miter and rrturtied to Snto limiuiuo. Th.re are probably f.ice as many Ilavtien troop on the optHislte side of the river, a cording to the depai tinent s advice. Th I'oirlnleio KUtilxiat Imi. i t ti'.f :ieia. w hit h c. nveyed the i heroi.ee to the IVrdrnait-s riv.v. Is expected to retmn to Santo Do mingo. This reinforces ti-f bvlief tuat hos tilities alii he avoid J and that the bound -r vTUmie will be -nulid by the com i.uttees to be appointed by tne two coun tries N bile both vocnirt -s ha.e stationed tiielr armies along the h rO. r lin s. to protect thrtr rights, it Is not l.t-Uwd thai an actual clash til occur. IOWA ROADS PUT UP A FIGHT j lltar.o. Hill tsk Jtttiiie Mrl'hr.-aua I far Order taralast Knfarreuteat I af e (a I Kales. DE? M.MNES. Dt- . -Att,.,-v.e, for' the Nirtiinem-rn. n.wk Isiand. Greu; Western and Mlaui;re railroads t-lle gone tot'ay to Cuutull 'il,.f:s to a1 injunction from J ins, suit;-. McPherson ii federal com t agalns; t'.e vniorcriiient of a new ached ie materially red icinn the ales on lump coal l-tei iona "oint The rndjcuun sui vrdervU by t'ie Stat i Railroad commission to take eftcct D- ' asm bar SX. j and Classification in Pine Ridge Agency Finished by Bureau Cheaper War Than Usual Will Be Devised for Registration Small Number of Farms Available. i from n Staff i ', renoid"IU ' . tt'ASHIXIlTliX, II C. Iec. T'Vxmm i-Thf Ind an ' nrea i been i laltis-d that the appraisement anil clasi- fieatlon of lands of the Pin Ridge Indian tk atiori In Ben' ett county. South Da kota, las linn completed. Practically 'l f the Jesiraiile land has been taken by In! an allottees and It i doubtful if t ll TP ivii! lte rtlAllv IHfl- li niri-r sections If ft open for sctilers. The Indian allotments number over a toou-and - nd Tuft a re? ba'. e Ix-n Blotted lo in I dlnn for school lanws and J-.lill acres of j timber land have been g -sn gated There r 7, iitm of first -class and n.i4H acft 'of second-class agricultural lands unallutcd. There ar in addition l"v.;' a' Tea In the and hill;', clns-1 a." griiiint; lands. trc however, there are no at: Iruliural possihlll- ties w hatcv er. Under the circumstances it Is doubtfjl whether the usual resist' ation system will b adopted when the reservation Is fi nay thrown open to settlement, as there j j nirh a small amount or realty goou lann to ttied upon. Some smiple and less expensive method will doubtless be formu lated Senator Camhle Nils meminft took thi. matter up with the Secretarv of the Interior and as several months will elapse, before the day of openiitK of this spring. It Is expected a les cot.;ly method will be formulated to a-overn the opening. The Secretary of the Interior has ap proved a contract entered Into by the reclamation service with Emanuel Thomas of Bvron. Wyo.. for the construction of dis tributary ditches under the Franule canal and laterals of the Shoshone irrination project In Wyoming. The work involves excavation of about 21.W0 cubic yards of material. The contract price Is .it0..-iO. On the recommendation of Congressman Hubbard. In-. J. M. t 'row lev. has been ap pointed pension examining surgeon at Ro-k Rapids, ia.. vice Dr. W. W. Baltine, resigned. Judge Blair is Still After Corrupt Voters j j AdamJ County WiU Continue to Investigate Traitic in Ballots. WEST UNION. O.. Dec. 3 The Investi gation into the wholesale vote buying In I Adams county Is to be continued through tlia special grand jury Indefinitely. This statement waa made from the bench today by Judge Blair, whose vigorous action has t brought out the facts In the county-wide vandal. Judge Blair said: "After we' have had a general Investiga tion of all tlia townships in the county, 1 ah"al cajt. before me the workers; Gf fynji parrlra from very township and submit in them thn lists of those who have been J indicted. I will tell them that they must 'have knowledge who they are. I shall demand that they designate every purchas able voter In their precincts and I shall put special detectives In the field to bring these men In. If any workers refuse to disclose the names of those whose votes he has bought, f will brlns the floaters' in to testify against him. We are going to clean up Adams county as It has not been purged since the civil wit." On hundred and six additional Indlct- French I nlona Thrrnlea a tall Cien rral sitrtka If Plen la leenled. PARIS. Icc. . One hundred and fifty members of the Chamber of Deputies have united In a petition to the government for a m.w trial for Durand. the secretary of the coal handlers' union, who was con victed oi instigating the murder of Fore man Donge. during the 'strike of the docks of Havre last December and sen tenced to death. The plea for a re opening of the case Is based on a claim that a judicial error was made at the trial. The general Confederation of Labor has arranged for a big demonstration In front of FnUliores' residence on New Year's day and threatens to call a general strike ten days later unleas the request for a new trial for Durand is granted. Biggest Special Feature of the Year The Bee's Junior Birthday Book Begins January 1st "Wliii.-. liirtlitlay tola I I u ri nur the year jut rlo-ini; we have answered that interestinv, jiie-tioa with information about notables anl near notables for whom it was the natal lay. I Minn? the euinin year we shall answer that same intere.-tinj; question with the names of the rising genera tion of boys ami girls who will be the future notables. This Is the Day We Celebrate" l.'niler thi- ht a.liiig The l'-e will tell what youngsters are having b'j'thtlay anaivei .-aries each day. of the year. Vhos ui'!'..i; -t-r ' Why, your ni!i'u' ;tll Vour neighbors' all the t hililieu ill Omaha nM t-nouli to go to sehool twenty thoi:snl of '!!!'!. Our 1911 IMrthJav Book Will Be Unique Look for It. Every Day in The Bee BOILER BLOWS JY; SIXTEEN KILLED1 j Plant of Korewood Lake Ice Company 1 Near Pittifield. Mas., Scene of Disaster. I ; TWXLBE MORE MEN ARE INJURED Dozen Instantly Destroyed and Others Succumb to Injuries. j QUICK RELIEF FOR FAMILIES ; Three Thousand Dollar Fund Sub scribed in Short Time. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN One II and red saw Twenl v-Flvr Men Aniltltil tturr In 'frirf Jobs Intllng Ire Injared er Dated. PITTSFIET-P. Mass.. Dec. S.-Tl-e live, of sixteen workmen were ended todav bv the explosion of a holler at the. plant of; the Morewood La.ka Ice company at More wood Ike. two miles south of here Twelve men were Instantly liilled. one died shortly after the accident and three othrs died in the hospital. In addition twelve men were Injured and it was said at Mercy hospital, to which they were removed, that It was feared two of the patients would die. The dead: WII.I.IAM rPNN. engineer. ;KORUK WARD, fireman. KIsi.AR ALLAN, emplove. l.Kii TKRMAVDZ. laborer. M F. SMITH, laborer WYATT MoORK. lalmrer. WILLIAM l-'KPOON. laborer. AI.FR.BI H KM'K. laborer. KUKI tKh 'K Rl'THLR. lahorer. KI.MKK KLDRHxiK. lahorer. JAM KM M VAI.l'S. laborer. fiORtiK HOl'tJHTALINd laborer. Ji'SKPH liAMOU). laborer oRKKLi.VO ALLK(.;. laborer. JoHN RAYMOND, carpenter. . UN I DKNTIFI ED LABORER. State Officer A. H. McNeill was assigned by the Mawnchusetta police officials to make a thorough Investigation of the ex plosion. Halck Relief for Families. At a meeting of the city council reso lutions were adopted calling for Immediate action to supply the wants of the father less and Injured. Upon the suggestion of Mayor Wiillam H. Macinnla. a subscrip tion paper was started and In a short time nearly M.mn had been subscribed. United States Senator Wlnthrop Murray Crane, whose home is in Dalton. near here, headed the list with ."Oft. athered this forenoon In groups about the boiler building, which was some distance from the Ice houses, were about 125 men. mostly Poles and Italians, awaiting the chance to earn a few dollars by cutting ice. With a ciaah Ward for miles around, the boiler burst. Bodies of men. and fragments of iron and timber were hurled through the tir. Those of the workmen who were not killed out right were injured or daxed by. the shock. Physicians, ambulances and automobile were rushed from this city to the lake and the injured men were hurried to the hos pital here. Then the dismembered bodies were gathered together and removed to the homes. The entire monetary lose will not exceed Officials of the Ice company are at a loss to account for the disaster. VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION IN LOWER SCHOOLS NEEDED Deis t Illinois ehel nt larrlcnl tnre Hsra Pieeeat Stystena la on Wroaar Batata. CHICAGO. Dec. 3 Vocational instruc tion in lower schools was given indorse ment today by the Illinois State Teachers' association, following an address of Pro fessor Eugene Davenport, dean and direc tor of the University of Illinois, school of agriculture. Professor Davenport deprecated the pres ent system nf education, which he said, gave only one college graduate to about evepy Si pupils originally enrolled and which nevertheless planned and conducted I on me meory ina-i an were 10 De grauu I ated from college. POISON IN COMMUNION CUP Mistake of l.atheraa Elder la rksrrk la Raula laaari Three Deaths. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 23 Three com municants have died and twenty-niru; oth ers are seriously til as a consequence of a mistake made by an elder of the Lutheran church In the Peterhof district, who last evening filled the communion cup with a mixture of aulphureted chromate Instead of wine "Oh, Gee, From the C'levelasd T'.aln Dealer OBJECT TO COaI CUT IN IOWA Roads Seek to Enjpin Railway Com mission's Rlcent Order. v- AFFECTS RATES tN NEAR STATES Jndae MrFkrma and Others Sar arlaed that O iterators Ire On nosed la t haaif lltclaina Comes Tndnr. Judge Smith McPherson of the federal court was yesterday importuned at Coun cil Bluffs by the attorneys for five of the Iowa trunk line railroads to Issue a restraining order preventing the Iowa rail road commission from enforcing the re duction of rates on bituminous coal mined In Iowa and shipped to points within the state. The revised rates, which are very com plicated and cover nearly all of the grades of Iowa coal with a different rate for each, are to go into effect on Patirrday, De cember 31. and the attorneys for the Iowa roads, which carry practically all of the coal mined within the state, the North- western. Burlington. Rock Island. Mil- waukce and Great Western, asked Judge McPherson to come to Council Bluffs yes terday afternoon for the purpose of con sidering their appeal. Carroll Wright ai peared for the Rock Island. J. C. Davis for the Northwestern. George H. Carr for the Milwaukee. Judge Eaton for the Bur llr.gton and William" Ellis, general com merce, counael for tt Great Western, rep resented ha Great "ivistern railroad. .- Through, a misand'erstaDdlng the Iowa commissioners were not represented by counsel, and m response to Inquiries by Judge McPherson it was discovered that the notification sent to Attorney General Byers was not delivered In time for him to reach Counrll Bluffs and attend the hearing. (Ir-irr t.len Thin Manila. On December 8 of the present month. WASHINGTON. Dec. Z.-Secretary of the Iowa railroad commissioners promul- j State Knox was In warlike mood today, gated a new rate affecting the shipments j Following a visit to the White House, he of Iowa coal to all points within the state, j declared he was In favor of taking Japan making a material reduction. The rail- first for three fast rounds of the blood road traffic managers objected to this ' lest sort of fighting. The secretary had rate on the grounds that It waa not only ! had a long talk with the president. lie too low to permit a reasonable profit on t seemed hardly prepared for the onslaught the Iowa coal business, but It waa In con- j 0f t!ie reporters as he reached the execu fllct with the Interstate commerce law for 1 tv offices door. the reason that It would compel a read-- you favor a war with Japan?" he justment of the rates on coal shipped Into ; maJ, aaked. Iowa from Illinois and other states ad- j The nty ,miled gnmlv. joining It except in cltlea located at the j .., do favor .. r,pllej. "provided. hnpflap tnui'hlnir th itiIm whre tha a h i TV- .' . ... " -" men la originated. Each railroad presented big petition representing its contentions, hut when Judge McPherson was informed that all were identical he told the attorneys that 1 was needless for them each to argue the I matter; that he would hear any of them to a reasonable length, but would prefer to take the petitions and consider the state ments therein set forth. This was agreed to after Mr. Wright had made whatever explanatory statements deemed necessary. Judge McPherhon placed the bulky docn- i ments In his capacious overcoat pockets. saytng that he would read one of them on hia way to his home at Red Oak last J this morning to permit his opinion to reach ' Des Moines tn time to be effective if he decided that a restraining order was deslr able. C la 1 fin Oftrrators Ospm. On statement made by the a.torneya for the railroads caused an exclamat on of surprise from Judge McPherson. It was ! said that W per cent of the Iowa coal mine ' operators were opposed to the rate reduc tion ordered by the commlsulonera. an I; that the remaining 20 per cent were not ; Ohio Gas company, recently denied a fran I enthusiastically In favor of the reduction. I ehise giving it the right to Increase the I Judge McPherson said that ha could not price of artificial cas. today took the first I understand this phase of the case and I regretted very much that the railwav ' commissioners were not present by counsel I to explain this, or that the in.ne owners ; who should be pleaaed with a rale that would get their product to the' ouHtonier I at less cost, had not co ne forward with,; I explanations of their hostility to the re-, duction. The arguments following this, althou.i not intended in any measure a an answer , declared that tne reduced rate wouid pi ice . i the coal ca:r.ng h ia.ni-ss In many purl of Iowa on a hass of actual ios to the ' I railroads, and that the r.tlc eitr unrea- sonable becaj.se they ueie confiscatory. i It was n-.an.fc8t th.it If any orde:- at .il' 1 is laaued it would '.e ieniori-y and un early date set for the hearing and the I ecHU nce tu be submitted by tne rail oa.l I comm:3tiii.ci's. GOV. HADLEY HAS NEW PLAN Heads af tte laslllalluaa U ill Be litra to tddresa l.m Is lam re. KANSAS CITY. -Mo. Dec. 29. Governor Mad 'ev tciLiv announced that lie hat de. elded to ic-ii u'e lectures fur written ii'etc aes to make knovtn to the Ic; s am re li.e nceiia of the various state iniTcJi.o:i-. I'e said ftpc er.ee lad shown C at n .es tate tvroien bv sovei nors on the m-eds of state in.-tit.it.ons are not eri efi'-ct if He sad his pan was to have the ncn in charge of the various insttt utjuiis deuvrr the lectures to the legislated Grandpa, I'm Getting t e22 Alleged Kidnaper is Identified by His Six-Year-Old Victim Son of Wealthy Italian Parents in Brooklyn Points Out Man Who Took Him from His Home. NEW YORK. Dec. 29 -Trembling and agitated from a nervous breakdown which he sufferd after he was arrested last night, titacomo Crlml. a J7-year-old Italian, is In a cell at police headquarters today awaiting further examination cn a kid naping charse. He was one of seventeen prisoners made by men under command of Lieutenant Vachrls of the Italian squad n a raid last night on an Elizabeth street Italian grocery, where the detectives were 'nfornied they might be able to round up some kidnapers. Within a short time after the raid -year-old tliuaeppe D Stefano picked Criml out of the line of prisoners as t;ie man who kidnaped nlm from the home of his , parents on Elizabeth street last summer, Little Giuseppe could not Identify any of j 'he other prisoners. The child was re- turned to his home In a carriage a week after his capture. Besides the alleged abductor of the Dl Stefano boy only one other of the prisoners was detained. This was Giacomo Crimi's brother. Gleuseppe. whom the police de sired to question further In pursuing their investigations today. Secretary Knox Ready for Warwith Japan Head of State Department Would Have Campaign Fought by Re porters of Two Nations. . however, ne added. that mere are no I soldiers on either side except newspaper I reportera." j "Have you any particular favorites in : the profession you would like to put In the front rank?" some one aaked. "No.'' said the secretary. "I am not play ing any favorites. Put 'em all In the front ranks. I love them all." 'Why did the State department suppress the report of an attack on Vice Consul Williamson by two Japanese and a China man at Dalny, Manchuria?" asked a par ticularly brave young newspaper man. "All I know about that." answered the secretary, "is what I read in the news papers this morning. Therefore, I don't -i Cleveland Gas Company Will Quit Thousand Employes of Company Not Allowed to Baise Bates Will Be Dismissed January 17. CLEVELAND. O.. Dec. J9 The East j step frrward toward making good its ! threat to shut off the supply by notifying i all the employes In its artifclal gas plant , of their dismissal to take effect January j 17. More than 1.0) men are affected. j . Fiance of Frank Object to the DLS. MolNES. ia . Dec. -"Tk-kltd U dealt.' declared Frank tioi-.-n o.- the telephone today vt..en to.d that J.f k Cur Icy. Manager fur Cvirije Haoken-chmhlt i. ad accepted ti.e chalice:. ge saed througn Farmer L Ui ns that Ovtch would n.t any ii. an that woui.l, ;iut up a $v.i.at slie bet. 1 am aireauy to Jie-t the Hussion Lion.' they tail l.iui. and show him that 1 am lii; world champion. I would prtfer that t .e match he pulled off in tiie next three o- four a ceks. After nieel.ng h.m. I w.ll slay 'il the mat a" 1' n as any of ti .n can .ut up Ciougli money, but I don t ti.inli thee .a eitoirfli .r.oney Ir- the whole hunch of them to .-over the amount in the cii.ii.v nt;o Issued by Farmer Purns." M.ti OltljS iitstrK.il f Humboldt. Pance of Frank Cotch. !he campion readier. ..a' scrtiied lotia-' tv'ien -Vie waa luld cvr He tclt plior.e fiorn die Daily Capital j(fit.e that t;tt ti and Hat 'kenschnudt' are 'in to meet id..i on the mat. Tired!" RHODE ISLAND MOST POPULOUS Smallest State Has More Than 500 People to Square Mile. NEVADA AT BOTTOM OF THE LIST a Person ta aare Mile e- hrnska. Haa Fifteen and a Half aiqnare Mile. WASHINGTON. Dec. I? Rhode Island has vt j persons to the square mile. thus, according to census bureau figures, lead ing the list of states In the matter of density of population Nevada, with only seven-tenths of a person to the mile, finds a place at the lower end of the table (riv ing these facts. Second In the density list, Massachusetts supports IIS persons to the square mile; New Jersey. 337.7; Connecticut, 2T1..1. and New Tork 131.2. The other states possessing more than ion to the mile are: Pennsylvania. 171: Maryland. 1.T0.3; Ohio. 117: Delaware. 103. and Illinois V7. Wyoming, boasting m persons to the mile, more than doubles Nevada, while Arizona with 1.8, stands third from the bottom. Montana. New Mexico. Idaho, Utah. Oregon, South Dakota. Colorado and North Dakota all have fewer persona than ten to the mile. Of tha states of large population. Wash ington takes the lead In the growth of density, having advanced from 7.8 to 17.1 per square mile in the last ten years, thus taking a place between Kansas with 205, and Nebraska, with l&S. Washington ex ceeds Its neighbor, Oregon, with seven persons to the mile, by more than ten, and even surpasses California with IS 2. Idaho Increased from L to IS. and Okla homa from 11.4 to 23.S. The figures for other states are: Indiana, 75.3; Kentucky. 57.0; Tennessee. 52.4 lrglnia. E1.2; West Virginia, ." ..; South Carolina, 49.7; Michigan. 4K.4; Mis souri. 47.9; New Hampshire. 47.7; North Carolina. 46.3; Georgia. 44.4, Wisconsin. 42.2: Alabama, 41 7; Iowa. 40; Vermont. ; Mississippi, 38.8. Lou.siana. 36.5: Arl.&nsas. JT. Minnesota, 25 7; Maine. 2.i; Texas, 14 8, Florida, 13.7. JUDGE M. M. CREIGHTON DROWNED IN SHOAL CREEK Haauanrrr 'Casatr, llllnoie, Jnrlal Loaea I. If When Hia Horse Breaks Thronah lee. SPRINGFIELD. III., Dec. 29 Precipi tated into Bhoal creek when the Ice broke under the weight of his horse and buggy Judge Milton M. Creighton, of the Mont gomery county circuit court, was drowned this morning. A companion, another Jur ist, tiding with him. escaped. When the report was received here at noon it was announced that Judge James A. Creighton. of the Sangamon county circuit of this dlty had been drowned. The man drowned is a brother of Judge James A. Creighton and of Judge Jack Creighton of Fairfield. LANSER STARTS FOR BRUSSELS French Aviator Attempting ta fas tare Prlaa Farces ta Deaeend hr Fas. PARIS. Dec. 29 M. Lanser. another competitor for the Automobile club's prise of S30.00S for tha first flight made by an aviator carrying a passenger from Paris to Brussels and return, started at 9 .T o'clock this morning. He piloted a bi plane. 1-anse.r landed near Complegne. forty-five miles northeast of Paris, at ! 11.50. At 1I:4 ho continued toward Brus I sels. He again descended at St. Quentln, i In a department of Alsne. this afternoon j because of a fog. He had covered about eighty miles and will resume the trip to BrLtbeis tomorrow. Gotch May Proposed Match I Why Frank d.d not teil me a lliinj 'about that." she ,-a.d as she gaspt d in Jslun. ailment. "lie promised Hat h icjuld not to hack to ur-silins We had ! a ta k a blu rt time a;o and he d d not ! ay that he had changed l.lt mind." j "Ar.u will you hreak the engagement if ( he rel'Jin to tiie game'.'" Juri a mum. nl s hesitation. "No, I w jiiid , r. il want to say that, but I cannot ta, lefir.l.cly until I ta.k things over with hull. He promised me but then 1 gut as 1 d belter see .Trunk. " M.sa Oestrich acmd lurprised but not ir.ii:K:ant. ii'. NT REAL. Dec -S-Jack Ourley. manager for (Jeorne Mac kensehmidt, the I'.i-as an wrestler, !. ft lr Chicago today t vinciuclt ar: angen,, nts for a match he ttt.en hn prtncipal a id Fiar.k Gotch. Cuiiey had prevluu'ly wired formal ac- , teptante of a challenge lu a contest fjr , iJO.'Jtsl a aide. FREE PASSAGE TO AMERICAN SUIPS? Senator Flint and RepresenUtiv j Mann Will Introduce General I Panama Canal Bills. ! DIFFER ON COASTWISE SHIPPING Conference Develops Discussion as to ! Preferential Treatment I TOLLS LETT TO PRESIDENT TAFT I Bill in Senate Will Fix Maximum and ! Minimum. ALL AGREE ON SEVERAL MATTERS I'atttr Fortification af Canal. Presi dential Dlscretioa ' aa to Klart Innaal of Telia anal datrro mental Sale nf tantfllrs. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7 -Roth enatr-r Flint of California, chairman of the com mittee on tnteroceanlc canals, and Repre sentative Mann of Illlno s. fhalrman of the house committee on Inte'state and foreign commerce expect to Introduce gen era Panama canal bills. These will in corporate their differing Ideas as to the needs of legislation for the wsterwnjr In the light of the Wh.te House conference las: night. Tills conference developed substantial harmony of opinion favoring fortification of the canal, presidential discretion as to the exact amount cf tolls under prescribed maximum and minimum limitations: gov ernent operation of the dry dock and re-pah- shop facilities and governmental sale of all the coal, oil and other ship supplies at both ends of the canal to the trade of the world passing through It and the safe guarding of competition through thn canal. The differences of views as to whether fore gn shipping and cocat wise shipping should receive eonn! treatment In canal chaises could not be reconciled and the problem still Is unsolved. Kree Pnasaae nf tmer'caa "hlpa. Senator Flint's bill will provide either an unqualified frre passage of American ships or the collection of toll and sub sequent rehate of the entire toll, which from the viewpoint of some of those In the conference merely would operate as a maiter of bookkeeping. His bill will fix a certain maximum and minimum of toll on vessels of other countries, probably f'o 5n or 75 cents mlnumlm to II 28 or SI. SO maximum, a net ton. leaving the exact charge to the discretion of the president so that It ran be adjusted to changing commercial conditions. It will provide that the rebate to coast wise vessels shall not be allowed to any vessels owned or controlled by any rail road with which they are In competition directly or Indirectly. It also will provide that the government may take over to Its own uses, when public emergencies mak it necessary anv veaaela. that avail them selves of the rebate, which wotrtat make all coastwise craft engaged in canal traffic subject to naval uses on demand. Thn general measure which Mr. Mann propones probably will be presented to his colleagues on the Interstate and foreign commerce committee at one of the early meetings after the recess. Whether the bill, carrying the amount wanted for the initial expense for fortification, will come from the appropriations committee or tha military affairs committee of the house la uncertain. Chairman Tawn?y, of the or mer. Is opposed to heavy increases In gov ernment expenditures and It may be that the military committee, of which Mr. Hull of Iowa, defeated republican standpatter, la chairman and which Is framing the army appropriation hill, will report out such a meaaure. Coastwise Shipping ntsaaneeat. The oucstlon of what treatment to ac cord coastwise shipping caused the princ ipal discussion at the conference. Much of the time was devoted to the interpreta tion of the treaties with England, aa to whether the gencaJ reference to all powers being treated alike waa to be Interpreted to Include the United States or to mean all powers foreign 1o the United Btates and j thug permit lower tolla for Vessels of this country and the treaty with Panama, as I to preferential treatment of It craft. Senator Hint was especially Insistent on the coastwise exemption. There was unan imity of view aa to the government furnish ing the ship supplies. The president feels that these are more essential at the Isthmus than on thn Hues canal porta be cause of the distance from coal or other supply depots and because private conces sions would open the way for discrimina tion between canal patrons. Joseph C. Robin is Charged with Larceny Head of Defunct Bank in Hew Tork Accused by Grand Jury of Steal in? $30,000. NEW Y' RIC. Dee. 29 The (rand Jury this afternoon handed down an Indictment a.-amst J seph C. Robin, .hose financial transact. ons are alleged to be responsible for the closing of the Northern Bank of Nt. .v York on Tuesday last. The Indictment spdcflcal!" chames R.ihln with the lar ceny of Sjf-i) f:om the Northern bank. The indictment a as hand-d diwn to Judge 'rain f the general stsilons. As soon as It became knows that the indictment had been filed former District Alto, rev I. r'.n.e. " ho Is Robin's counsel, announced il at he l ad already Infurmed In.-lrl"t Attorney Whitman as to the hert am it 1 of the ind'eted man. Jati,-c cia.n fixed tai! temporarily at JC'.XO and Robin will be arraigned tomor :ow if his cond"!or. is deemed tatlafa tot v. ' MORE UNREST IN PORTUGAL t ' Imtrrauirat niaccitvrra Secret noelelf that la Plolllna tu Restore Kln. PARTS. Dec dispatth to the ; Tfitint from Madrid states thai advices , from Lishon desciihe tha political ituaiion in t!io n republic of Portugal as threat etii.if Ti e not e-nment Is reported as not sure of the lovaii..' cf the army and navy. Ti e p. illation Is becouung alarmed. The I euro N'onias 'a iiuoted as saying that ; tho toveri.menl raj discovered a secret so le . . tsl.ich is plotting to restore K.ns Manuel to l'. thr tie and that tne leadeif in ihe conspiracy weie airte-l. Jr