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TURKS WILL IGNORE
IMS UNTIL THEY
SIGNTHEPISTICE
Ottoman Delegates Are Instructed by
Porte Not to Meet Plenipoten
tiaries from Athens.
GREEKS RESUME HOSTILITIES
Offensive Movement Begins Along
Entire Line in Epirus.
DELEGATES REACH LONDON
Negotiations Will Be Formally
Opened Monday Morning.
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS ARE PLANNED
Plenipotentiaries Will lip Gamin of
Klric Ornrmi and Other ItrHlnh
Notables Visitors Cull
on Sir Uilwnrd Carry.
niTMiETIN.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 13.-The Tur
kish delegates to the peace conference in
London have been Instructed by the Otto
man government to decline to meet ths
Llreek delegate until Oreece has signed
the armistice.
LiONDON. Dec 13. The formal work
of tho peaco delegates representing the
Ottoman empire and the allied Balkan
nations will begin next Monday, when
the delegates will open discussions, which,
If successful, will haVo tho effect of re
making tho ninp of the near east.
When the plenipotentiaries gather with
their secretaries and stenographers a
group of forty or fifty all told In the
historic St. James' palace they will find
themselves amid surroundings most con
ducive tj peace.
The "picture gallery," which ha been
selected as tho conference room, Is the
most secluded apartment in the palace.
It overlooks a century-old grass-grown
quadrangle entirely shut oft from the
turmoil of the London streets. On the
gallery's walls are hung portraits of all
tho Knglish sovereigns from Henry VIII,
with that of "Edward, the Peacemaker,"
n a prominent position.
A, long table stretches down tho middle
of tho gallery and o this are placed
silver modntod portfolios for all the
plenipotentiaries and a massive silver Ink
stand which was presented by Charles II
to his privy councillors.
The mantelpieces at each end of the gal
lery are ornamented with quaint bronae
candelabra of the early Georgian period,
the principal feature of which Is formed
by massive bronxe figures holding aloft
sarlands of peace.
" VotiriAlunii tin OrJlnndV
' "The Snlfwetitiaries representing Bul
garia, i?ervla. Monteno and Greece
spent the greater part of tho diy in
making, idficlal calls and getting ac
quainted with each othor. Each delega
tion is sumptuously housed lna separate
hotel. Several functions are being ar
ranged In their honor.
The duchess of Sutherland will enter
tain theifi at Stratford house on Decem
ber 19. Tho lord mayor of London has
Invited them to luncheon at the Mansion
house on December 20.
King George, Kir Kdward Grey, the
Urlntlsh foreign secretary, and Premier
Asqulth also will entertain the peace dele
pates, but have not yet settled on any
definite dates.
The first call made by the visitors to
day was to tho British foreign office,
where Sir Edward Grey welcomed taem.
Subsequently huy left cards for the
king at Buckingham palace and at the,
private residence of Premier Asqulth.
(iroeks Ilemunc Hostilities.
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 13. A general
offensive movement along the whole line
was begun Monday by the Greek army
operating In Epirus, the most westerly
portion of the Balkan peninsula.
After repeated attacks the Greek troops
occupied at tho point of tho bayonet the
Turkish advanced posts toward the Visall
fortifications and camped there.
The GreekH captured three quick firing
cannon, a large quantity of war mater
ials and many tents.
General Sapountzakls, who was in com
mand of the Greek army, reports from
Pcnteplgedla that his troops' fought with
vigor during tho entire day. With the
view of drawing off a.' portion of the
Turkish troops concentrating In the fort
ress of Janlna. when the Greeks were
about to make a frontal attack, two bat
talions of Greek infantry, supported by
four field guns, were landed at Santl
Quaranta. to the northwest of Janlna.
The diversion was successfully carried
out. The Turks, as soon as they learned
of the landing of tho Greek troops, sent
out eight battalions with two battries of
siege guns to engage them. After a skir
mish the Greek troops were embarked
Hiid mado for another part of the coast of
Epirus.
The Greeks lost only five killed and
nineteen wounded.
The operations in Epirus are proving
-oftly, however. General SapounUakis
admitted in a dlspatuh received here to
day that about 200 of his men were
wounded In yesterday's battle with tne
Turk,. The number hilled was not men
tioned. The .dispatch reads:
"t 0:30 o'clock In the morning our
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Spokane Man Springs
Sensation in Cash
Register Trial
CINCINNATI. O.. Dec. 1S.-A. B. Ed-'
wards, a denier In store fixtures and
Michigan cash registers at Spokane,
Wash., and vicinity, sprang n sensation
at the trial of the city officers of tho
National Cash Register company today
when ho said that he had been made the
twenty-seventh member of the National's
"morguo ll!.t" and had been threatened
with the loss of his entire husiness unless
he gave up selling the Michigan line.
lie testified that threo suits had been
brought against Edwards by purchasers
of Michigan machines and that since 1S0S
ho had brought suit against thirty-nine
purchasers who sent back Michigan ma
chines partly paid for
All of this, thVwItncss claimed, was the
result of n fight mado against him by
the National agent in that territory. Ed
wards olalmcd that the National agent
came to his store In IMS and asked him
to quit selling the Michigan machine, sny
lng that he liked Edwards too. well to
fight him tho way ho would have to.
After working with Edwards most of the
I day the National agent said he would
see that the xmalu line of store fixtures
then being sold by tho witness would be
discontinued, that he would dig up his
personal history and use it to discredit
him by bringing lawsuits and otherwise
harruss him until ho moved from that
place, according to 19d wards' testimony.
Two Hundred Million
Worth of Food is
Wasted Annually
NEW YOKK. Dec. 13. As a step toward
the solution of tho problem of the high
cost of living Mayor Gaynor's market
commission hopes to find some way of
providing better terminal facilities for
handling perishable produce.
It Is estimated that under the present
docking system there Is an annual waste
of J20O.0O0.00O. This is demanstratcd by
the report of condemnations made by
order of the New York Board of Health
showing that last year 8,600,000 pounds of
fruits were destroyed, 2,500,000 pounds of
vegetables, 73,000 pounds of eggs, 350,000
pounds of fish and 9u,000 pounds of mis
cellaneous market products. The con
demnations made by the 100 Inspectors
of the health department represents but
a small fraction of the real waste In the
markets of the city.
The waste In handling eggs Is estimated
at 10 per cent or $50,000,000 a year, and
the loss In poultry Is, more than $25,000,000.
Montana Power
Combine Chartered
in N,ew Jersey
TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 13.-Artle.les of
consolidation wore filed with the secre
tary of stato today by the Butto Electric
and Power company, the Montana Power
company, Madison Rlvor Power company,
Billings & Eastern Montana Power com
pany and the Missouri 'River Electric and
Power company. These companies had a
combined capital of approximately SH,
000,000. Tne now company, under the name
of the Montana Power company, has an
authorized capital of 3100,000,000 divided
Into $100 shares.
The stock of the new company consists
of 250,000 shares of preferred stock bear
ing 7 per cent cumulative dividends and
730,000 shares of common stock. Officers
for the new company wlll'be elected In
Newark In April, 1913. A fee of 317,000 was
paid when the artlclee were filed.
Susan Lincoln Mills
is Dead at Oakland
OAKLAND, Cal.. Dec. 12,-Susan Lin
coln Mills, founder of Mills college, the
first college for women on the Pacific
coast, died here tonight at her home on
College campus. Les sthan a month ago
she celebrated her eighty-seventh birth
day. Mrs. Mills was. born In Massachusetts
In 1825. She was graduated from Mount
Holyoke seminary In 1845, where she
taught until 189. With her husband,
the Rev. Cyrus T. Mills, she went to
Benlcla. Cal., In 1S5S and purchased a
young ladies' seminary. When In 1871
the school outgrew Its accommodations,
the present site was obtained and the In
stitution was reorganized as Mills' col
lege. Mrs. Mills resigned the presidency-May
19, 1909, continuing to aid In the admin
istration of the college government as
president emeritus.
Denver Will Have
Church Theater
DENVER. Dec. 13.-A church theater
to present a model standard of theatricals
for tho adult members of the congrega
tion and instructive moving pictures for
the children will be opened In Denver
' December 20, according to a statement
i Usuod today by rather it. L. McMena
! mln of the fashionable cathedral of the
1 Immaculato Conception. Tho thoater will
be conducted In tho Logan street chape),
which for several years prior ta the
dedication of tho new cathedral was iho
home of Denver's fashionable parish.
CLAY CONFESSES CRIME
BEF0REHE IS HANGED
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec IS. Just before
he was hanged here today Robert I
Clay broke a silence of tteven months and
confessed to th murder of his wife here
last May. .
Clay said that when he went to see
Lis wife.' from whom lie bad been sep
arated. h had no thought of killing her.
When ho entered the houi?e he. stooped
to kits his baby boy and the ohtld shoved
him away. This so lingered him, Ctay
said, that he shot his wife dead.
As the black cap was being adjusted
Clav turned to his father-in-law stand
ing nearby, and asked permlsb'on to be
buried beside his wire The request was
refused.
ZEISS DOES TO JAIL
ON PERJURY CHARGE
Former Roommate of HoManigal in
Trouble Over Testimony for
Dynamite Defense.
THOMAS TAGGART ON THE STAND
Testimony Intended to Show Lack of
Motive for Explosion.
M0RRIN DEFINES HIS POSITION
Alleged Dynamiter Says He Believed
McNamara Innocent.
WANTED EXPENSES PRINTED
lle'Snys llrxolntlon lie Introduced
In Ilnchtntcr Convention for
I'lirlr IMinllrntltin Win
Voted Down.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 13.-,lall on
oharges of perjury for Frederick W,
Zeiss, a union ironworker, tho testimony
of Thomas Taggart, democratic commit
teeman, about an explosion, and speeches
and reports In which tne Ironworkers'
International union was accused of ap
proving of the defiance of law In Its
strike, wore developments nt the dyna
mite oonsplracy trial today.
Zeiss, the second witness of the defense
to bo hold to tho federal grand Jury on
uharges of perjury, was a roommate of
Ortle 11 McManlgal when McManlgal
blew up a bunlldlng In Detroit In June,
1907.
Ho is charged with telling the tiuth bo
foro tho federal grand Jury last winter,
when tho indictments In the dynamite
oases were, returned, and with testifying
falsely today In an effort to impeach
MoManlgnl's confession.
Las winter, tho district attornoy said,
Zeiss asserted McManlgal never had Con
fided In him, but also offored to "split
up" with him If Zeiss would help do the
dynamiting.
In response to questions by Sanator John
W. Kern of tho defense,' Zelra testified
McManlgal hod told him alt about tho
Detroit nffalr, had Invited him to go to
Bloomficld, O.. to procure more dynamlto
and had said Herbert 8. Hockln would
pay both of them for futuro "Jobs."
Ulven Sevrri- Trrntmriil.
His narrative completed, Zeiss waa
passed to the government.
"Didn't I ask you before the grand Jury
last winter whethor you knew about the
use of dynamlto?" asked District Attor
ney Charles W. Miller.
"I don't think you did," answered Zeiss.
"And didn't you say you didn't know
anything about any explaslvo?"
"No sir, I don't remember saying It."
r "What do -jou think 'f-'toolcj'ou, before
the grand Jujy. farto ookatr' h
,0, I object," said Senator Kerri. " '
Judgo Albert B. Anderson said to the
witness:
"Do you say that a few. days after the
explosion McManlgal told you he ,had
done It?"
Zeiss hesitated.
"Now," said Judge Andorson, "don't
be impudent with . me.. Do' you know
where yoU are? If you don't I'll give you
an object lesson. Answer that question."
"Certainly McManlgal told me."
"Did you tell any officer of the law
about It?"
"No sir."
"You concealed It?" '
"Yes sir."
Indite Order Arrest.
"Tho marshal will take this Individual
In custody. I will deal with him
presently." raid Judge Anderson, who
later held Zeiss to the . grand Jury and
fixed his bond at 13.000 In default of
which the prisoner was taken to Jail.
Several days ago William If. Qulgley of
Detroit, a union carpmter, another wit
ness for tho defense, was held to the
.grand Jury charged with perjury after a
handwriting export had said Qulgley had
written a letter which Qulgley had suld
waa a forgery.
Mr. Taggart's appearance was as a wit
ness for the defense. He said that ten
days before an explosion on a building
In course of construction at French Lick,
Ind., on March JO, 191J. Fred Bhermun, a
union business agent who Is a defendant,
talked with him about unionizing tho
Job and the question of unionising it was
under consideration when th'e explosion
occurred.
Penator .Kern put questions to Mr. Tag
Kurt as tending to show there was no
motive for the defendants to blow up
work when'H soon was to be unionized.
St. Louis Man Questioned.
Whether he- approved of a speech by
Kmll Heldel of Milwaukee, In which Heldel
denounced the courts for the arreht of
John J. McNamara as a "kidnaping"
and whether he approved of the protest
against the "kidnaping" sent to Samuel
aompers. .president of the American Fed
eratlon 'ot Labor, wero questions ajked
Paul J. Morrln of Ht, Louis, a defendant.
Objection was offered by counsel for tho
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Whitelaw Reid
is Seriously 111
LONDON, Dec. IX Whitelaw Held,
United States ambassador to Qreat Hrlt-
jaln. Is seriously 111. He Is suffering from
asthma and his condition has bocome
considerably worse during tho last week
Several specialists are In attendance.
The ambassador was not well -when he
returned from America Ip October. After
ward he caught cold, from which he was
recovering when he Buffered a relapse
after delivering his speech, at Jttjv oneplnjc
session of tho University of Wales nt
Aberyatwlth on October l, ' which -dyer-
taxed his strength. He has been confined
jto his rtoin at Doroeatnr Hotue most of
I the time slnre that date
j The ISrglish winter weather Is regarded
las very unfavorable fur prons suffering
from the malady with which the ambus,
jsador is af flirted.
j A bulletin Usued this afternoon by the
doctors In attendance on Mr. Held says,
"The American ambassador Is suffer
ing from a tvere attack of his old asth
matlo trouble- He I smuch exhausted,
but there are no complication '
Ajpfthe Farmer's Name Leads All the Rest EXCHANGE
I STATESMAN LpPP '
From tho Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ALLEGED OANDYTRUST SUED
Attorney General Files Bill Against
Philadelphia Jobbers.
CONSPIRACY IS THE CHARGE
Association Is Arcnsrtl of Ulsrrltn-
V
inntlnnr AKnlnst Factories thnt
Sell to llrtnllerti or to'
Coimuiuerx.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa Dec. k Tho
"candy trust" of Philadelphia was at
tacked by Attorney Ooneral Wlckernham
In a civil anti-trust suit filed hero today
against the Philadelphia Jobbing confec
tioner's association. Members and officers
of tho association havo combined and
conspired, it is charged, to coerco candy
manufacturers from selling direct to
retailors, to consumers or to Jobbers,
other -than members of .tho association.
The government declares that the acts
of tho association complained of aro "In
derogation of thu common rights of all
the people of tho United plates," and In
volaton of the Sherman law. The at
torney general asks for Injunctions
nculnj their' conOnuanccT "
'Boycotting' JV'oumrmbers.. , , 4 ,
' The Intjvldual defendants lire officers
or members of ,tho association. The In
dividual firms comprising tho association
hnntlle, It Is "pointed dilt, tho products of
candy manufacturers of New York, New
Jersey, "Maryland and Pennsylvania and
other states. liy their combination and
conspiracy. It 1b added, they refrain from
purchasing from all non-asjoclatlcm enndy
manufacturers 6r from manufacturers
who'sell direct to'rotaller or consumer In
and about Philadelphia. '
Policeman Rescues
Many Women from
a Burning Building
PITTSBURGH, Pa.. Hec. 13. -More than
20) persons, residents of the Library
apartments, a large residence building In
tho business heart of tho north side,
wero driven Into the streets this morning
by a" spectacular firo which destroyed
the structure. A dor.en or mote persons
were Injured, some of them firemen, who
were caught under a falling whII, but It
Is not believed there wero many fatali
ties. A report sprcad through the crowd that
eight women had been trapped In a rear
loom nnd a policeman mado his way to
tho fourth floor and rescued ' fourteen
women, dragging nnd carrying them to
the frunt of the building, where they
wero taken down ladders.
Two Murderers Are
Hanged in Oregon
SALEM, Ore, Dec- 13.-Frank Garrison
and Noble Faulder, condemned murderers,
were hanged In tho penitentiary simu.
taneously at 11:28 o'clock today. Immedl
ate preparations were made to execute
two other murderers, H. Ii Itoberts and
Mike Morgan.
WOMAN WHO SINGS TOO
MUCH IS SENT TO JAIL
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 13.-Re-pause
she frequently sang a song for
thirty-six consecutive hours, Mrs. Florence-Queen,
whose home Is said to bo In
North Dakota, was sentenced to ninoty
days In the workhouse here yesterday,,
Mrs Queep was arrested on a disorderly
conduct charge, 'complaint having bewi
made by her fellow boarders at n local
hotel. When arrested the woman had
(S.&Ou in bills of large denominations In
her possession.
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The National Capital
Frhln, llerrmhrr lit, lt)1-'.
Tin" Kennte.
Convened at noon.
rtesnmed consideration of omnibus
claims bill.
Court of Impeachment resumed trial of
Judge Arvhlmld at 1: p. in.
Adopted resolutions for holiday recess
from December 19 to January 2-
Tin' 1 1 nil nr. ,
Convened at noon.
Considered private pension legislation.
Hepitvientatlvo Kindred Introduced
resolution calling for roport of Investiga
tion Into Peruvian rubber district afroh
tles. Representative Kahn urged publlo
buildings committee to provide I.VKMJOO
for murine hospital nt San Franclco.
Readjustment of patent fee system
proposed In bill Introduced by Ilcp
risenta Oldtlcld.
Resumed consideration of Indian ap
propriation hill.
"Money trust" Investigating committeo
continued Its hearings.
Railroad men -wero hoard by pontofflco
committee In plen for adequato compensa
Hon for carrying mall.
Merchant marine, committee sot January
7 for beginning hearings In Investigation
of steamship pools.
Missouri Loans'
'ObnvTdt to Illinois
For Fourteen Years
JBFFKItrf6N QITV. Mo.. Dec 13.
flovornor Hadley today paroled Aaron H.
PonaldHon. serving a term of threo years
In the penitentiary to the warden of the
Illinois penitentiary at Chester on con
dition that after Donaldson has scrvod
his fourteen-year sentence In Illinois that
ho will bo returned to tho Missouri peni
tentiary to complete his sentence.
Tho parole, tho first of Its kind ever
Issued. In Missouri, was done to relieve
tho Illinois hdndsmen of Donaldson from
paying $30,000 for their fallum to prodneo
DonnldHon after his sentence was af
firmed by tho Illinois supremo court.
Donaldson was convicted In Missouri
and Illinois of obtaining; money on fraud
ulent representations and appealed both
convictions. The Missouri court af
firmed the sentence first and tho Illinois
bondsmen could not produco him because
ho was In prison here. Ho formerly waB
a minister of the gospel.
Kansas Women Try
to Evade Jury Duty
INDKPKNDIJNCK, Kan., Dec. 13,-An
evident reluctance among Independence
noclety women to respond to call for' Jury
wrvlce brought an announcement today
by Justice Clark that he "Intended lo
have a woman Jury In every case In his
court where tho testimony Is not likely
to bo of an embarasslng nature." I In
said women had more time for Jury duty
than men.
Deputy Sheriff Edward Wadman re
ported he had found It practically Impos
sible to serve " subpoenas upon half-of
twelve prominent women summoned as
Jurors In the case of "Jim" Ulue, to be
,trled tomorrow, charged with "shooting
up" an Interurban street car.' In many
cases, he suld, he waa met at the door
by a butler or maid with the Information
that the mistress was "out of town,"
while at the same time he could sea ths
"absentee' at an upstair window laugh
ing at him.
On his way to his office this morning
Justice Clark saw one of the women on
the street. An hour later he received a
telephone message that she waa "out of
town" and could not serve. He rcpllwl
"she had better be In town tomorrow."
Imports of Luxuries
Highest on Record
"WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.-Imports of
luxuries into tho United States during
October were prob.ibly the highest on
record. The bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce of the Department of
Commercfi and Labor estimate that
luxuries are, coming Into this country at
the n.t of fl.OUO.ow a day, and If that
rate holds gQijrt It Is estimated that Im
parts of luxurloa will aggregato JJ&O.OOi,
M0 for the calendar year 191X.
Art works amounted to approximately
H,WV4 for tho month as compared with
t,KX) during October of last year.
Tobacco, cigars, diamonds and other
prerloun clones, laces nnd embroideries,
feathers, natural and artificial; decorated
rhliia, toys, champagne, cordials anl
other articles of that ilaas, all were
shipped Into thts co'intr In large quanti
ties during October,
BRIGGS HELD NOT GUILTY
Jury at Wahoo Acquits South Omaha
Chief of Police.
MEMBERS TAKE BUT ONE POLL
Out Thirty Minute When Dcelslon
I ItenolirU In t.'nse Involving
9hnntlnir of Vounit Mnrpy
Cnuntr Fnrmrr.
WAHOO, Neb., Dee. IX-fSpeclal Tele
gram. ) Chief of Pollen John Rrlggs of
South Omahiv waa this afternoon ac
cented of tho chargo of mutdcrlng Roy
lllunt, tho young iSaipy county farmer
who was killed last March during the
fusllladn between a posso and tho escaped
convicts, Mnrley, Dowd, and Gray.
Tim Jury was out only thirty minutes
nnd but ono poll was taken. Tho Jurors,
howovor, wero behind closed doors unly
twenty minutes, tho halunco of tho time
having been taken up with court proce
dure. HrlggH' fate waa given over to
the Jurors at 4:30 o'clock nnd at 6 tho
verdict of not guilty waa read by the
clork. , i . -
Thg outcome of the. Rrlgg case prob
ably means that similar, chamcs against
Hherlff llyers of Lancaster county", win
was a member of tho posso and on the
firing lino with lirlggs, will bo dropped.
Judgo Corcoran this morning over
ruled the motion of attorney for John
Rilggs for a vordlct or acquittal, and
County Attorney Jameson began the
opening argument to tho Jury.
Mr. Jameson called attention to the
discrepancy In the testimony of the de
fendant's witnesses, and said that tho
evidence showed that Dluut was killed
by a 45-callbor bullet. sHo spoke for an
Itour, and was followed by Penator Pla
ced. Mr. I'lacck, for tho defense, ex
plained how willing Morley would be to
have Hrlggs with him In tho penitentiary
and hence was willing to testify ngalnst
HrlggH or any .other officer. Attorney
Murphy then followed Mr. Phicck when
court adjourned for dinner.
Mormons in London
Ask for Protection
IXJNDON. Dec. 13. Mormon mission
aries today requested the United States
embassy to Intervene In their behalf with
the authorities of Ipswich, where they
have been refused pollco protection for
a big meeting nrratigcd for December IB.
The Mormons havo been proselyting In
Indon for -some weeks past and have
met with 'hostile receptions. At a meet
ing held at IphwIcIi one day last week a
crowd drovo tho missionaries from tho
hall and through tho streets.
The police of Ipswich found tho great
est difficulty In protecting the Mormons
from the population. Tho mlsslonarlea
usked the authorities for an extra force
to enable them to hold their meeting on
.Sunday next, but this was refused.
Tho missionaries telephoned to the em
bassy today, declaring they wero Amerl
can, citizens and asking for Intervention.
The matter Is under consideration.
HALT LAKH CITY." Utah. Dec. 13,-It
was declared at the first presidency of
tho Mormon church today that no word
had been received of tho difficulties of
the missionaries at Ipswich or of the
appeal to the United States embassy for
protection.
DENVER WOMEN WANT
PLACES ON STATE BOARDS
DUNVKR, Colo., Dec. 13. The Denver
Woman's Ivqual .Suffrage league ut a
meeting tonight took stepH to demand
from Governor-elect AmmoiiH the upiHilut
ment of ono or muro women upon nil
stato board and commissions. A com
inlttee of seven was uppolnted to confer
with the Publlo Service leagua to bring
pressure to bear upon tho new governor.
The leaguo especially desires onu of
their number upon the lunacy, tho Stata
Industrial school, School for Mental De
fectives, Deaf and Dumb school and the
School for thu Ullnd boaals. ,
The members are not so particular about
the state board of examiners of barbers,
but they ay that this hpKlntment will
le held In abeyance, as there aro a num
ber of women barbers in the city.
The committed' will ut once ask liov
urnor ghafroth to appoint a woman to
thu lecently created vacancy on tho civil
sen Ice commtsHlon.
Ilooaevrlt llnoli In Ntv lurk.
NEW YORK, Dec 13. Colonel Roose
velt returned to Nek York from the pro
gressive meeting In Chicago declaring he
f.ilt "bully." but hail nothing to say He
went at once to his editorial office.
BY TWO WITNESSES
Former Presidents of New York
Exchange Confess Short Sales
Involve Moral Obliquy,
NOT IN BUSINESS OF REFORM
Duty to Public Asserted to Bo of
Limited Oharaotcr.
MANIPULATION NOT DIFFERENT
Sturgis Declares Double Dealing is
Not Recognized.
ROOK ISLAND TRANSACTION UP
HrnkrrnKP Klrm Hnn"nrtert fo
Thlrlr liny" ' Tallin Oyer
.Mont (llnrlnR .lob In HIs-
intT nf Kxrhnnar. I
WASHINGTON, Dec, 13. Twu gnv
ermirs of the New York Htmik enchant
loduy told the house money trust inves
tigating committed that at least a part
nf the transactions In the etock market
wero of a gambling nntun.
Krnnk K. SturglH and Rudolph KeppleS
were the witnesses under examination.
Roth are former presidents of the ex-i
ohange.
Mr. Sturgis was led by Counsel Unter
myer for the committee through a lonfl
discussion of tho moral aspect of "shorn
nnlcs," or sales of stock which the seller!
does not poss''"'' 11" admitted that per
sonally ho believed tho "ntoral obllquy"
of such a transaction overcame any;
argument In Its favor,
"It Is not part of my duty to urg
moral reforms uKn tho community,"
said Mr. Sturgis, He took the mmn
stand aa to "manipulation" of stock to
higher or lower level by cross sales and
purchases, declaring that tho exchange
as such did not recognlie snuch transact
tlons.
MMle llntr Public.
Mr. Sturgis hold that the "duty of thl
stock exchange townrd the public Is only
to see that a proper place Is maintained,
for buying and selling, and that proper
restrictions are observed."
On tho .question of. short sales Mr. Un
termyer asked:
'As a matter of fact short selling IS
Just gambling, pure and simple?"
"Yes, very largely that," replied Mr,
Hturgls,
Mr. Kepplcr, who followed Mr. Sturgis
on the stand, dcclnred that "manipula
tion" was perfectly proper bo long as (t
was legitimately conducted and there watj
no collusion.
"Do' you agree witli 'the conclusion ot
the Hughes conirnlslon that 'a adbstan
tlal part of the' transactions on' the stocK
oxchungn are gambling?'' asked Mr. Un
termyer. )
"I would say that some transactions on
tho stock exchange, aro nomewhat of a,
gambling nature," answered Mr. Keppler,
l oiiiiiilanlona on Pur Ynlnr.
Three members of tho committee wero)
on hand when tho session began. Mr,
Untcrmyer endeavored to draw from Mr,
Sturgis an ostlmate of the amount ot
business done on the Now York Stock:
exchange nnnuully, hut woo unsuccefn
fill. The lawyer read from tho answer
furnished by tho exchnngo to questions,
of the Hughes rommlHsloti an estlmatn
of yearly business nmounttng to 198,000,000
xluircs of stock. Mr. Sturgis said he ben
llevrd tho figures to ho about right.
"Now. on that 1W,000,000 shares, thu
brokers doing tho trading receive 25 cents
a share 'in commission, 121? cents on each)
sldo of the transaction, do they not?'
asked Mr. Untcrmyer.
"No, because some of that speculation!
Is for brokers for themselves, and on than
there Is no commission," answered Mr,
Sturgis.
Mr. Sturgis said that about one-third of
the trading was -done by brokers.
"Then about 131,000,000 of shares arJ
bought and sold by the public?"
"Yes, about that."
Mr. Sturgis tald there were about 401
or COO active brokers on the exchange.
Commissions, ho said, were charged on
tho par value of stock, without regard
to the market price.
Rock Ialnnd Deal..
Mr. Sturgis discussed the so-calledl
Rock Island manipulation on December
27, 1900, when It was charged, through,
K. H. Chapln & Co., twenty lots of 2.0TO
shares each were bought on a elngla
order by different brokers. The stoclc
went from 39 to SI In two hours and;
dropped back to below R Jn three hours
more. Mr. Sturgis said that the two
members of Chapln i Co. were suspended,
from the exchange for thirty days.
"That was tho most glaring case ofl
manipulation In th history of the ex
change, wasn't It?" asked Mr. Unteri
myer.
Mr. Sturgis would express no opinion.
"Why Is It you suspend men for manlp
ulatlon like this for only thirty days and!
suspend for five years men who spile
(Continued on rage Five.)
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Why Wait?
Bomo folks when thoy
ubo Bee Want Ads
seem to. think only of
tho big Sunday issue
thoy overlook tho othor
issues of Tho Bee, each
of which is an equal op
portunity. "Wiso- men
lose no time thoy havo
their ad in every issue
until thoy get what they
want.
Tyler 1000
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