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VOL. XLI-NO. 185.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1912-TWELVE PAGKS.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
MORSE FREED BY
PRESIDENT TAFT
Convicted Banker Sentence in
Federal Prison Committed to
Expire at Once.
PHYSICAL CONDITION SESIOUS
Action Secommended by Wicker
snaa and Surgeon General.
HAS SETHI AL SnttKO SPELLS
Phyiioiani in Atlanta Say Sanger of
Seats Hot Immediate.
FKCH VISITS WHITE HOUSE
Fardea Allr Dertawt at
Jesilce HeMa Laac Ceafereaee
with rrnldril Taft A beat
Wealthy Prtaner.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18,-Presldeot Tft
today commuted, to expire at one, ll
sentence ot Charle W. Morse, the New
' lor It banker, serving a fifteen-year aen
tcnee Id (he federal prison at Atlanta.
Tha commutation waa grant- because
' e( Morm'a physical condition and en the
' recommendation oC Attorney General
Wickersham and Burgeon General Torney
of the army.
Tha report of Surgeon General Torney
on' M "Tie's condition waa laid before
president Taft today. It la aald tha con
clusion reached waa that Morse' condi
tion waa deaperate.
J.- A. Finch, pardon attorney of tha
Department of Justice, held a lone con
ference with the president today.
. ATLANTA, G., Jan. It -Charlea W.
Moras recently has had several linking
' spells, which necessitated the use of slim,
ulants, but according to physicians ha
haa been In no Immediate danger of
death.
The National Capital
ThawUir, Jummmry IS, 1912.
t The Senate.
In es:oa i p. m.
Laniaer senatorial e.evtion inquiry ad
journed -until Monti y afternoon,
Judietaty tommiuee arnineed to hear
Attorney General Wickt-reluun on the
Tobacco trust next Monciay.
Klectlona commute? ronstidered report
on Inquiry Into election of t?enator lepa
enoon ot WhKvnvtn.
Indian rcmnutte favorably reported
Gamble Mils to open aerea of un
allotted Chepenne River Standing Kock
Indian land in tha Dakota.
The House.
Met at noon.
District of Columbia appropriation bill
consraerea.
Kuies committee renewed lnquiryvjnto
International Harvester company and
ahipnjiia combines.
Interstate commerce, committee hoard
plea for free tolls for American ships
through the Panama canal.
Military committee agreed to pay bill
for partial reorganization of army.
Henry bill, for chanalns date of
inauguration and assembling of congress
favorably reported b- judiciary- commit
tae. with prospect of earlv house debate.
Secretary MarVeagh urged appropria
tion for printing more currency paper to
meet short age of small bills and provide
"clean money."
ST. LOUIS REPUBLICANS
ARE BOOMING ROOSEVELT
ST. LOL'18," Jan. H-Controlling forces
In the republican city committee, which
meets tonight, are authority for the state
ment that the meeting will result la the
Indorsement of Theodore Roosevelt for
the presidential nomination and that a
state-wide movement In the Interest of
the former president will spring from
tbe Indorsement.
Every member of the committee, it is
reported, favors Colonel Roosevelt, but
some are opposed to the Indorsement at
present The Roosevelt movement m Mis
souri waa started after K. Mont Relly of
"Kansas City, president of the Republican
League club of Missouri, had visited Col
onel Roosevelt and discussed the political
situation with him.
The republican eny ' committee, at in.
suggestion ot the then president,' Roose
velt, was the first In im to Indorse
.fcrntl4nVT4ft tor the preeidrncy.
Governor Hadty of Missouri la favored
luu .members of uie commutes tor toe
vice presidency.
BANCROFT OIVORCE SUIT IS
HEARD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
WILMINGTON, Del.. Jan. It-Proceed-lugs
in the divorce esse ot John Bancroft,
, Jr., against his wife, Mrs. Madeline Du
pont Bancroft, were resumed In the
superior court here today, behind closed
doors.
The plaintiff and his father were on
the stand the greater part ot the morn
ing, both being examined concerning, let
- tera alleged to have been received from
Max Helblor, jr., of Mlmlch, who figurea
In tbe ease as a co-respondent
During the cross-examination there was
an Intimation that tha defendant ' had
made no serious effort to deprive her
husband ot some of the letters.
WASHINGTON, Jan. .-Representative
Lobeck of Nebraska today asked ' the
house rjjles. pgmrnUe, la.tondiNtlng an J
investigation of the international Har
vester company to recommend that there
J be ascertained what considerations were
paid to J. P.. Morgan and George W. Per
kins for their part In the formation of
that corporation In 1Mb.
Mr. Lobeck declared that E. H. Gary,
directing head of the United State Steel
corporation, while not In the business of
manufacturing farm machinery, was
identified with movements to form a farm
Implement pool before the International
Harvester company waa organised. He
also urged aa Inquiry Into how (he steel
corporation acquired SiO,ioo,MS of stock
In the harvester company.
PROPOSED ADVANCES IN
STOCK RATES WITHDRAWN
WASHINGTON. Jan. W.-Voluntary
withdrawal by the western and south
it est era railway lines of proposed ad
vances In the freight rates on live stock,
particularly rattle and calves. Induced
the Interstate .Commerce commission
today te vacate Its orders suspending the
increased tariffs. This means the Inves
tigation proposed will be abandoned and
that the lower rate will continue In effect
The Weather
For Nebraska -Generally fair; colder.
For lowa-Oenerally fair, cold wave In
extreme east portion.
Tempera tar at Uaiali Yesteraay.
Hour. Degree.
a. m. .
a. m..
a. m..
a. m
lLRl,
. M a. m 10
11 a. m is
11 m v Ki
, 1 p. m IS
p. m ..... 15
i p. m 17
4 p. m K
5 p. m u
P. m n
" p. m
S P. m 4
.oral Weather Record:.
Official record of temperature and -precipitation,
compared with the correspond.
- lag period ot the last three years:
1S12. 1511. Bit. ISO).
Highest yesterday 17 77 41
lowest yesterday 20 M ss
Mean temperature 13 . m 33
Precipitation is .jo ,o .aj
Temperature and predattation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature.. ........ M a
Iwftdency for the day..,..,
Total excess since March l Jsll .;
No at preel pitatfc. a .DC Inch
Kxcesa for the day It loch
Total rainfall sine March 1...M. 13 Inches
lrtdency since March 1 12. &4 inches
Deficiency cor. period m. 14 He tnclies
Excess cor. period 1S68 i.W Inches
Reports trass Siatleas at T P. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Rain
fall.
M
..
i -1
.
M
M
of Weather. inn.
Davenport, cloudy , It 24
Denver, cloudy St X
lies Moines, clear u 1
Dodxe City, dear ss
InJer. cloudy 14
North Plane, clear 12 5.
Omaha, clear ( u
Pmmo clear u at
Rapid City, cloudy 1: I
Salt iMUr, part cloudy.. 43 43
Santa Fa. clear tt 43
HMriean. clear t 3
Sioux ty. clear 4 g
ladicatea below xero.
I . U A. WLH, local Forecaster.
Criminal Clause
of Sherman Law
is Challenged
DETROIT. Mich., Jan. l&-Resumptlon
of arguments today before District Judge
Angell In the government's criminal case
against the "bath tub" trust found the
attorneys faclr g the qeustion whether the
recent Standard Oil decision had not en
tirely eliminated the criminal element
from the Sherman law.
Tbe trial ot the case la scheduled to
begin January M, but the defense made a
suggestion today that la view of the im
portant question raised over the pending
motion to quash the Indictments It might
be' advisable to carry the matter at once j
to the supreme court ot the United
States. This, It was expected, could be
done only tt Judge Angell sustained the
motion to quash, as the defense Is en
titled to appeal only after trial and con
viction whUe the government can ap
peal from aa adverse ruling on the motion
to quasi).
Edward B. Grosvenor, special assistant
to the attorney general, was expected to
resume the arguments before Judge An
gell today. Mr. Grosvenor was not present
during Tuesday' arguments, but was
notified by telegram that the constitu
tionality of the criminal section ot the
Sherman law bad been challenged.
MINE WORKERS
RE-ELECT WHITE
President ot Big Organization Has
. Majority of Hearty Fifty Thou
sand Over T. L Lewis.
HAYES ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT
Mitchell, White, Lewis, Walker,
Hayes and Green Delegates.
POLITICAL , MOVE IS REJECTED
LoheckPuts Charges
; Against Morgan,.. f
7. Gary and Perkins
Sixty Below Does
Not Deter Gold .
Hunt in Alaska
DAWSON. T. T., Jan.- lS.-Wlth the
temperature M below xero the stampede
to the new gold diggings at Sixty Mile
continues Prospectors already are sink
ing shafts. The gold commissioner baa
changed the name of the main south
fork of Sixty Mile river, on which the
discovery was made, to Matson creek
after John Matson. the discoverer, who
tint prospected the ground fourteen yean
ago.
RevrDr. McFarland
Will Not Talk of Case
GRKEKVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 11. "As to
my Innocence or guilt, my friends will
have to judge for themselves from my
past record." declared Rev. Dr. W. D.
McFarland today before the arrival of an
officer who was to take him to Pitts
burgh to answer a coroner charge that
he was responsible for the death ot bla
former secretary, Elsie Dodds Coe.
"I am expecting an officer to reach
here from Pittsburgh today." he con
tinued. "I will tell my story to the grand
jury. So far aa I know Miss Coe was a
good girl. She waa like a child te me.
I loved ber a my own daughter." '
Dr. McFartaod declined te say whether
he had been In Pittsburgh this month.
declaring It waa nobody's business but
my own." McFsrland admitted he knew
RoIIln McConnell, aald to bave been men
tioned In. Miss foe's dying statement as
having been responsible for her condition.
MeFarland is held In jail here. The
confinement appears to have affected him
considerably, according to the Jailer, who
says the minister Is nervous and sleeps
little. "
Dr. McFarland's wife la In a hotel here
and probably erill accompany him to
Pittsburgh.
Convention Declines to Commit the
Union to Socialist Party.
SUBSTITUTE IS THEN ADOPTED
It Saya Worker. Bld Valte aa
FolHlcal ae Well aa ladastrtal
Field Aid tar Ike 1st
tea Workers.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. lS.-John
P. White of Oskaloosa, la., was re
elected president ot ' the United Mine
Workers by a majority of 4,4i4'4 over his
oponent. Thomas T. Iiewla of .Bridgeport.
O., according to the report of the tellers
made to the convention this afternoon.
White received W4.015S votes to Lewis'
i.3L Frank J. Hayes was re-elected
vice president by a majority of 4.S34 over
Samuel Daacoe of Illlnola. Secretary
Treasurer Edwin Perry was not opposed
for re-election.
Delegates elected tor the American
Federation of Ijibor convention aa an
nounced this afternoon were aa follows:
John Mitchell. New York; John V.
White, Iowa; Thomas L. Lewie, Ohio,
Frank J. Hayes. John H. Walker and
Dunran McDonald, Illinois, and William
Green. Ohio.
Racialist Reselatlea Rejected.
By a vote ot CI to 15 the convention
refused to adopt a resolution committing
the organisation to the socialist party
and approved the substitute measure of
the resolutions committee declaring 'it
would be well if worker would unite on
the political as well a the Industrial
field.' The resolutions committee had
reported that It would be unconstitutional
for the United Mute Worker to Indorse
any political part?.
Five hundred dollars was appropriated
for the fund of the striking button work
ers at Muscatine,' la.
Socialist delegalea after succeeding yes
terday In putting the convention en rec.
ord favoring "government ownership of
all Industries," had determined over night
It would be prejudicial to their cause to
press today the resolution endorsing the
octal 1st party aa the "political party of
the laboring class,"
, stateaseat el J. H. Walker.
"We decided," said John H. Walker,
president ot theN Illinois miner! and a
socialist leader, "that It would be Ira-
4amittatJUalalo-b.canyeetl6n tof
attempt to bind the W miners In the
United Mine Worker ot America to the
socialist party. Republican and demo
cratic delegate expressed resentment
against our campaign and we hav ao
purpose to antagonise them.
"We have succeeded In showing by the
demonstrations approving the socialist
orators that the movement ha gained
enormously In the ranks of the United
Mine Workers In the last' year. Thl will
bow at the poll at the coming elections."
A bill providing for old age pensions
for men and women past 44 years. Intro
duced In eongres by Representative Vic
tor L. Berger. was endorsed and an In.
vltatlon to Mr. Berger to come to In
dianapolis to address the convention was
extended.
Sreeaslosi Rrsolatiea Defeated. .
-A resolution providing for secession
from the American Federation of Labor
and charging that Samuel Gompers, John
Mitchell and other labor leaders were
"in the grasp of the capitalistic class
through the Influence of the National
Civic Federation" was defeated.
Mr, Carnegie's picture of Atlas
' ev v .
He is Sail a Pa-Fcrfal Mr.j- nal that Nobody Else Could .Take His Job.
LARCENY CHARGE AGAINST
TITLED BRITON DROPPED
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. lA-Holdlng that
the evidence presented by the state was
entirely circumstantial and not eurfl-
dent to present to a Jory. Judge Uodge-
aon today dismissed the charge against
Wilfred Stuart Sheldon Dlckason, allea-ed
member ot a noble English family.
Dickaeon waa charged with stealing
raiued at 12.568 from Mrs. Oiga
. Haskell, a prominent society
of Minneapolis. Dickaeon was
asar ef St. J'nlteairea'e Ckwrrk
t'alll Ibal Xlrartarr Was Tara
lion a a Few Vrara
Word was received yesterduy at the
office of the Call olic diocese of Omaha
that Rev. Patrick A. MrGovcrn haa been
made bishop of Cheyenne, succeeding
.Archbishop Krane. who haa been trans
ferred to Dubuque, la. Father McUov
ern pastor of HI. Phllomena's cathe
dral of Omaha and has been pastor of St.
Peter's church elm-e the cathedral was
torn down.
Father McGovera was born In the par
tan thirty-nine years ago and was bap
tised and ordained In St. Phllomena's
Qrathedral. He served his second pas
torate at the cathedral, which position
he occupied until It was Iron down. He
waa nine years at the cathedral and In
WOT went to St. Peter s church. Leaven
worth and Twenty-seventh streets, where
he has been since.
Ordalaed la 1N3.
A graduate of Creigblnn university la
IWI, Father McGovern went to Mount St
Mary's In Cincinnati and took a four
years' course there. At the conclusion of
thl course In 18K he wa ordained by
Bishop Scannelt.
He went to Jackson, Neb., and re
mained a year and was pastor at eKsr
ney for two years. Ho began his pastor
ate at St. Phllomena's, Ninth and liar,
nay, In VSH. He was the last pastor of
this, the first cathedral In Nebraska, and
served a longer term than any of his
predccesors.
Rev. James W. Stlnson wa awlstant
to Father McUovern when he was pastor
at St. Phllomena's. which waa built, by
Rev. James O'Gorman, first utuhup Of
Nebraska. He v. John Curtis was the
first pastor of the church.
Father McGovern memory still reverts
to the scene and Incident at thl
church, which I rich In some of the
dearest memories of his life. When the
old structure was turn down he said:
Fead Messerlea Llaffer.
"To me the old church Is doubly dear,
because the grace of the priesthood, as
well aa the gift of faith, wa ronfnrred
upon me beneath It vaulted roof. I deem
It a great honor to close the long line of
worthy psstors who have presided over
ha rfMliniM Cne h fnrtu ir -
On motion of Senator Fletcher It waa !..,..... Wh h , , m. ,
uiutticu ilia l LUc JJl Ulr-ai Km in py wTn-
peni b printed in the record. 8na4ori
Heyburn Makes Sharp
Attack on Gompers
WASHINGTON, Jn. 18.-A sharp at
tack on President Gompers ot the Ameri
can Federation of Labor waa made In the
senate today by Mr. Heyburn of Idaho,
who protested that a communication from
Mr. Gompers should not be received by
tbe senate. He said that no communica
tion should be accepted from that source
after the revelations made In the Mo
Namara case.
Mr. Heyburn had a colloquy with sev
eral senator who Insisted that any
cltlsen had a right to address a com
munication to the senate. The Idaho sen
ator demanded to know If any senator
conld vouch for Gompers' cltlxenslilp.
Senator Reed ot Missouri criticised Mr.
Heyburn for attempting to shut out a
communication from the American Fed
eration of Labor. The latter replied that
be referred to Gompers individually.
"Would you sit here and receive a
communication from the McNsmara
brothers, each as an official?' demanded
Mr. Heyburn of Mr. Reed. '
"Unhesitatingly, yes." replied the sen
ator from Missouri. "I would receive It
from tbe best or the meanest of God Al
mighty's creatures."
M'GOYERN IUADE BISHOP
Omaht Priest Appointed to Preside
. gver.Dist.rict a! ChiyayMrr
BORN AND SEARED IN OMAHA
NEWLI",'APPQINTEIl .BISHOP OF
.. -iv.;r.offEYINNE. -
i '
MORE LAND ; TO BE OPENED
Ssnitar. Gai&bU'i. Bills oa Indian
TrlTorabIy'le'ported. "
FOREIGNERS FEAR
RISING1NPEKING
Expectation of Masiacre Organised
by Kanoha Loyalists' Aroused
by Approaching- Crisis.
ABDICATION. TO BE DISCUSSED
OVER TWO
One A
ACRES
Heyburn, Brandeege and Galllnger Toted
In the negative.
i? I jewels
JJjwota w
. 1 woman
2 arrested em the complaint of Mrs. Has-
18 kell In November, after he had been a
guest in her home for several weeks.
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC -FIGHT
TAKEN 10 COURT
PITTiSSURGH. Pa., Jan. II. -The battle
between the factions of the democratic
party of Pennsylvania, aa represented
Colonel Guffej of Pittsburgh, member of
tbe national committee, and George W.
Guthrie former mayor of thl city, who
claim to be the chairman of the demo
cratic central committee, ha bee car
ried Into court. Late today a preliminary
Injunction waa granted by Judge ReM to
Walter E. Ritter ot Wllliamsport, Pa.,
who ataie he Is Ut duly fleeted. Quali
fied and acting chairman of the elate
central committee, restraining Guthrie
from carrying on any ot the duties at
the office. A hearing- waa set for next
Monday.
1
t,
about Its people Is the spirit of harmony
and onion. w,ck la so marked a charac
teristic of their corporate life. . Without
a single exception this spirit has pre
vailed." Father McGovern himself ass largely
responsible for this spirit for he worked
ceaselessly to augment It. The church,
located In a district given over to many
poor people and unfortunates, afforded a
field for unse..-h endeavor, which he
eagerly entered. He endeared himself to
bis people aa one of tbe most con
scientious and effective workers In the
church.
ROME, Jan. 11 The pope has ratified
the decision of the ronslstoiial congrega
tion presented by Cardinal De Lai. ap
pointing Dermis J. O Council, auxiliary
btanop of Sen Fran- iaco, as bishop of
kueamond, Va., in succession to Right
Rev. Augustine Van De Vyver. and Pat
rick Lotus McGovern a bishop of Chey
enne, Wya. ".ice the Right Rev. Jams
J. Keen, who has been made arbishop of
Dubuque-
RT. RBV. P. A..MGOVKRN.
Grand Jury Asks
About Dynamiting
On Wholesale Basis
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. lS.-Ortle' Mc
Manls;!'! assertion that J. J. McNamara.
just before tha dynamiting of the UJ
Angeles Tlmei building, planned to have
"rlx or eight men stationed about tlie
oounliy to blow, up places on a whole
sale, hauls" was Investigated by the fed
eral grand Jury 'today. ,
Hcveal men who are alleged to have
received proposal from McNamara dur
ing 191, when enty-flve exploslqu .occurred,-
were examined. Their gppesr
anr followed the dismissal n a witness
ot. Frank Kckhoff ot Cincinnati, who, waa
acquainted with McNamara before the
latter became an official of the Interna
tional Amociaitftn t'f Bridge and Struc
tural lrn Workers. Detective are rt
iorted to have obtained Important -ln-forma'tinn
hi 'Cincinnati, where McNa
mara formerly lived.
Senator Stephenson
is Given Clean Bill
WASHINGTON. Jan. J-The Heyburn
sutM:oDimttt, which has been InveiO
attng lha election of Henator Iua?
Stephenson of Wlat-omtin .today unani
mously agreed on report whirl, holds
that the eharajmof eorruMlonand Inf berjr
made acaintt Senator Stephenson have
not be proved. The report will be made te
the senate committee on privilege and
election'.
MARTIN W. LITTLETON WILL
RETIRE FROM CONGRESS
t CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Jan. W.-Con-
irre?smaa Martin W. Littleton or the
First New Tork district will quit con
gress and resume the practice of law
after bis term expire, he announced here
today. Referring to national politic Mr.
Littleton said:
"The east and the south bave to
elect the democratic candidate for presi
dent, and li my opinion they should -have
recognition." v
W1LI0N
s ' l 1
la keyeaae River 'Bad
tllhrr la Staadlngr Reck, ladlea
Iteservallea Hlakel Ha
lloatraiead SHII. ; ' 4
(From a Blaff Correspondent )
WAHHINUTON. Jan. ll.-lBpeclal Tele
gram.) Senator Gamble today secured a
report from the committee on Indian af
fair on his bill to open the remaining
unallotted land. on the diminished .Cher
enne river a. id Standing Hock Indian res
ervations In 8011th Dakota and North Da.
kota.
i The area to be opened In the Cheyenne
P.lver Indian reservation I l.Jta.OCW cre
ami In the-Standing Rock - Indian reser
vation' 1,111 Jin acre. The bills Include
a provision' for the extension of the United
Htales 'Ftarnte against Introduction of
liquor on Indian reservations for a period
tot twenty-five year on the area opened;
also a provision for tha granting to the
states ot North Dakota and South Dakota
ot sertlon 14 and 34 In each' township for
school purposes! also a provision for the
selling-aside ten acres In each govern
ment townalte for'sctjool. park and other
public purpose; and, further, that St per
cent of the proceeds ot sales ot town Jots
hall be expended In the construction at
school and other building In lha town
where the lota are located.
The land will be appraised by a com
mission appointed by the president con
sisting of one member of the tribe, a cltl
sen of the-state and 'a representative of
the Interior department.
The senator staled III Intention of
pressing early action In the Senate oa the
bills, and he hopes to secure favorable
action thereon at an early date.
Mr. Gamble also secured a favorable
report on his Mil to extend the time ot
payment for landa on the open portion of
the Cheyenne River and Mtandlng Rock
Indian reservation for the p-rlod of one
year. .
' '. rateat far lleaaesleade.
' Representative Klnksid ha Introduced
a bill to authorise the granting of a
patent alter five years on homestead
entries "made under the reclamation act
I'eder-'exlstlng law a patent cannot Issue
until ten years have elapsed, that K
until land and water -right are all paid
for.'" Judge Klnkaid proposes that a
title' to the land shall pas at the end
of five years and a lien taken oa the
property to secure the payment of tbe
water rights.
Judge Kinkald called on Secretary
Foster today to submit a second propo
sition to relieve those who had made
entry to land prior to the issuance of
the order of August 4 relative to con
structive residence. He propose to ex
tend the time for the commencement of
the operation of the order three to tour
month and In the meantime ae will
have time (o pan Mil granting con
gressional relief.
Mr. Foster ha the entire question under
advisement.
- ekraakaas at Capital
Judge R. C. Orr of MeCook and Judge
E. B. Perry ot Cambridge, are la Wash
ington today aad were fast ot Senator
Brown today at the eapttol. Senator
Brown will tomorrow move the edmls
aloo of Mr. Perry to the Catted State
supreme court.
The following railway mall clerks have
Yuan Will Not Attend Meeting- of
Imperial Family.
PEEfflEK BELIEVED TRAITOR
Negotiating to Secure Supreme
Power for Himself.
BOMB THROWERS STRANGLED
Three Men Arrested fer Attempt t
Assassinate Team Pat Death
Sltaatlaa Ceaatemtly fjrawa
Mare Cesaplrx.
PEKING, Jan. lg.-Th foreign legis
lations are preparing for trouble In Pek
ing tomorrow. The question ot the as
dlcailon ot the throne will be discussed
by the empress dpwsger and the princes,
but It I not thought Premier Yuan Shi 1
Kal will take part In the conference.
A rising In the capWll has been looked
for many time In the but tew month
and precautions hav been taken In antl
dpatlon ot lt-nedessly, however, and
the outbreak - may not occur tomorrow.
But It ha been long expected that the
Manchu Irreconcilable would unit In a
massacre when ail hops' for the adminis
tration had vanished. ,
A placard posted tonight Indicate that
the Manchu threat may be fulfilled. It
call on all loyal Manchu and Chinese
to resist the abdication of til emperor te
the death.
1 The street near the office ot the Chines
foreign board, at which Yuan Shi Kal re
sides, ts heavily guarded by the premier'
own men, ot whom It-1 aald there are
S,4M. Many Chinese who bave not yet
deserted the city are preparing tor flight
tomorrow and prominent followers of
Yuan are taking refuge outside their own
home tonight, hoping that In event of a
massacre, they will not be found.
- ' Chare A a I sat Yaaa.
Charge that Yuan Mil Kal ha been
disloyal 10 the Manchu, although pre
tending to support them, are attracting
the attention of foreigners, a well a
Msnrhu and Chinese. Some of the rev
olullonaile have long been saying that
he I working for the overthrow, net the
salvation, of the dynasty. But It has
been thought that this charge wa de
signed to discredit the premier with the
Manchu.' Others accuse Yuan of work-.
Ing tor hi own Interest and saying he
Intended" to become dictator it h did not
asmim thi throne.
The Imperialists. - who , distrust htm,
point out .that ha has persistently with
draws, hi army, although the trained
trnpaiiaUst troop ooukl easily disperse
J lhe untra'ned, rebel volunteers, , (t la aJo.
aid the wlthdrwTf- the army .from
Nanking was t Yuan thl Kal's orders.
Withdraw Trpa. -
' EVtit afltf optalnthr. sufficient money
from the empires dowager and the prince
for a month' campaign ana after a re
quest by the grnersls that they be per
mitted to fight, Premier Yuan continues
to withdraw his force. JJh proposition
hlrh he I now making lo Wu Ting
fang,, the republican mlalster of Justice,
la thought, to be tantamount to dic
tatorship. It Is understood that he offers
a compromise ot- abdication If the sev
ernment it left in hi hand until a prop
erly elected national assembly shall de
cide the form of government,
Some, of Yuan' right-hand men are
Cantonese and other . southerners from
provinces which are reeotrnised a rebel,
and several of hi Immediate supporters
do not attempt te bide their aatt-Manclm
feelings.. , . , .':':.
Whether the suspicion against the pre
mier are false or true. they are given suf
ficient credence to cause the organisa
tion of antl -abdication bodies, . against
which Yuan Shi Kal has been compelled
lo take measures, of .defense, and It la
authoritatively stated that the dynamite
bomb outrage against hie Ufa waa tha
work or a Manchu faction.
So complex la the situation that tha
foreign' ministers no longer attempt to
elucidate It for their government.
' Beaak Thrower Bxeeoted.
The three men who were arrested for
the throwing of a bomb at tha carnage
of' Premier Yuan Shi Kal were put te
death today by, strangling. .
Yuan Shi Kal today attended the mem
orial lite for the captain of hi eaoort,
who was killed by a splinter from the
bomb. ....
Tbe premier ha been granted three
day leave, ostensibly on account of the
Indisposition arising from the excitement
caused by the attempt on hi life.
. (Continued on Secosa Page )
BODY OF MURDERED BABY
SHIPPED BY EXPRESS
ktkri J.VO. 111.. Jan. It The -body of
a baby hoy wa found here today when
a pasteboard box shipped from Milwau
kee January S was opened In the onice
of the , American Express company.
Physicians said the Infant had been
murdered. The package was addressed
to Roy Kngle. rural route No. a No
such person could re found.
Boxes of
O'Brien'. Candy
and -
Dalzell's Ice
Cream Bricks
Given away each day la
lha want d to Loose fJadlai
Uclr name.
Read ' th want ads each
day, - II yon don't get a prist)
you will probably find aome
taing advertised Uat appeal
10 JOB.
- Each day thee prize ar
tfTered, ao ponies to olv ao
SobscrlptioDS to (at colli lag
bat finding your asm. It wUi
appoor asm time.
