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OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1913 TWELVE PAGES.
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On Trains and at
Kotal ITswa Stands, Be
PRESIDENT WILSON
REJECTS DEMANDS OF
W0MENSUFFRAG1STS
Would-Be Voter, Led by Dr. Anna
Shaw ani Mrs. MoCormick, In
vade White House in Force.
ASK FOR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Exeoutive, Given Chance to Remedy
.Alleged Oversight
DEFINES 'OFFICIAL POSITION
He Says Votes for Women is Not
in Platform.
PERSONALLY FAVORS MOVE
Thick the Hease Should Have
Committee an Woman Saffrnirc,
but na President he Cannot
Recommend It.
WASHINGTON", Dec. ".-President WI1
aon .today told a delegation from tho
National .American Women' Suffrage
association that ha favored a standing
woman's suffrage committee in the house
of representatives, but he denied their
request that he send a special message
to congress urging the reform.
Marching by twos and four, -with ban
ners afloat, the suffragists braved the
chill -winds of a raw day to storm the
White House offices. They were soon
ushered Into the president's private ot
flee and formed In a clrclo about Mr.
Wilson.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of
the association, summarized brlefly'thelr
appeal to the president to assist tho
movement cither by sending a special
message to congress or by Including ref
e tence to .suffrage in any general message
he might deliver, or by using his in
fluence to have a special commltteo of
the house appointed to consider the sub
ject. In a cold, biting wind, that whipped
their banners Ifhd flayed havoc with
feminine .finery, about 100 leaders of the
cause who remained here after their last
week's convention assembled at suffrage
headquarters near the treasury for the
march to the White House.
Between tines of police and bearing
banners representing nearly every state,
the women tramped off, headed by Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. Mcdlll McCor
mlck. Mrs. Susan W. Fltegerald and
others appointed on. the committee of
fifty-five -by the convention to arrange
for the meeting with tho president.
Defines Official Position.
"I .want you ladles. If ppsslble," said
the president to the delegation, "If I can
make i clear 'to .you, to realise just what
my SrswitjSaUpn .,; , . ,
'Whenever! walk abroad.'!' reHlIxe that
I arii not affee niahi 1 am under1 arrest.
I am so carefully but admirably guarded
that I have not even, the 'privilege of
.walking the streets,-'That Isy asvjt" were,
typical' of, my present transference, from
being aa Individual with 'his mind on any
and ever' subject to. being .an .official
of a great government and, incidentally,
or so It falls out, under our system of
government, the spokesmen of a party.
"i set myself this very strict rule when
I was governor of New Jersey and have
followed It as president and shall follow
It as president that I am not at liberty
to urge oh congress in messages, policies
which have not had the organic consid
eration of those for whom I am spokes
man. "In other words, I have not yet pre
sented to any legislature my private
views on any subject and I never shall,
because 1 conceive that to be part of the
whole process of government that I shall
be spokesman for somebody, not for my
self. It would be an impertinence. When
I speak- for myself, I am an individual;
when I am spokesman for an organic
body, I am a ' representative.
Speaks ah Individual.
For that reason; you see, I am, by my
own principles, shut out, In the language
of the street,' from 'starting anything.'
I have to, conflno myself to those things
which have been embodied as promises
tojthe people at an election. That la ths
strict rule I set for myself.
"I want to say that with regard to all
other matters, I am not only glad to be
consulted by my colleagues in the two
houses, but. I hope they will often pay
me the compliment of consulting me when
they want to know my opinion on any
(Continued on Page Two.)
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. TUesdty;
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair Tuesday.; not much change In
temperature. ' '
Temperature nt Omaha Yesterday,
Hours. Deg.
5 a. in..... 21
6 a. m v :i
7 a. m 23
8 a. m 23
9 a. m 2i
10 a. m.... 26
11 a. m 30
12 m. 32
1 p. m 33
2 p. m 35
3 p. m 37
4 p. m 37
5 p. m 36
6 p. m 35
7 p. m 34
8 p. m 33
Comparative Local Record.
Wit 1811. MIL 1910.
Highest yesterday 37 2S 60 aj
Lowest yesterday 21 .7 39 15
Meitn temperature 29 18 41 20
Precipitation . .00 T T T
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal: .
Normal temperature 30
Deficiency' for the day , i
Total excess since March 1 S02
Normal precipitation 03 Inch
Deficiency for the day 03 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. 23.52 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 .5.03 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1(11. 3.66 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1910J 6.2S Inches
station and State Temp, High- Italn-
Of w eainrr.
Cheyenne, clear..
7 p. m. eat
fall.
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.0)
.00
.0)
.00
.00
Davenport, clear ......30
34
28
36
42
37
44
42
45
38
Denver, ciear si
Xes Moines, clear..., 32
Dodge City, clear ...At
Omaha, cletr St
Hapld City, clear..., 30
Santa Fe, partly cloudy.. 30
Sheridan, clear. 30
Ploux City, clear M
Valentine, .clear M
46
T Indicates iraco oi precipitation.
L. A. WELSH. Local Forecaster.
Receiver West of
Frisco Resigns With
Approval of Court
ST. LOUIS, Dec 8.-Judge Walter H.
Sanborn of the United States circuit court
today accepted tho resignation of Thomas
H. West as receiver of the St. Louis &
San Francisco railroad. Mr. West was
one of the syndicate of ninety-nine that
promoted the Brownsville road and sold
it to the 'Urisco.,
The resignation of Mr. West was writ
ten December 3. Mr. West in his letter
of resignation Invites a full day and tree
Inquiry Into the affairs of the railroad.
Judge Sanborn In his letter accepting the
resignation, said transactions of tho rail
road and some of those associated with It
before the receivership may present grave
questions in the future administration of
the company which could be better met
by a receiver "without previous knowl
edge of them."
Judge Sanborn appointed James W.
Lusk, an attorney of St. Paul, to succeed
Mr. West as 'receiver. The other two
receivers are W. B. Diddle nnd W, C
Nixon, both of St. Louis, and In charge,
respectively, of. the traffic nnd opera
tion department of the road.
The letter of Mr. West asked for a
full and free Inquiry Into tho affairs of,
the road. Mr. West Is chairman of tho
board of directors of the St Louis Union
Trust company, which handled some of
tho Frisco before the receivership. In
the syndicate that promoted the St
Louis, Brownvllle & Mexico road, tho St.
Louis Union Trust company Invested
$116,000. Mr. West on his own account
Invested 3t,000. Mr. West now is a
director of the Frisco, but was pot when
the Brownsville road was built.
Chihuahua City
is in Possession
of Villa's Troops
JUAREZ. Mexico, Dec. 8.-Clilhuahua
City was In completo possession of the
rebel "troops today, although General
Villa was still working outside the city
and had not entered up to noon. The
troops that did enter were those under
General Chao. Federlco Moye. the civil
governor was still in possession, but
ready to groet Villa,
FRBSIDO. Tex., Dec. 5. Twenty Mexi
can federal soldiers, forming the ad-
Vaneo guard of the bedraggled arniy
which deserted Chihuahua City, arrlvad
at OJInaga, Mexico, opposite Presldo,
today.
The soldiers reported that they had not
been attacked by rebels ' In the flight
from Chihuahua an,d that .they were be
ing, followed by other refugees, including
civilians and federal officers.
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 8.-Adolfo De La
"Lama, minister of finance In the cabinet
of Provisional President Huerta. arrived
here today .from Ycrn Crux on bpard the,
Bteamsh'lp. Yplranga. Senor Do Lama' .Is
going to Eurote by way of New York.
The Mexican finance minister refused
"tojiitialttf aWirWtemertriir "regard ,' t o the
situation In Mexico. He aotfl'hls purpose
In going' to Europe was to place his sons
at Swiss schools.
Nineteenth. Arrierlcaft ' planters estab
lished In. Mexico arrived J hero oh hoard
tho steamship '."Mexico on their -way t'o
the United' States. It is supposed the ob
ject of their trjp la to lay- before Ameri
can officials at Washington an account
of tho financial conditions In Mexico and
seek relief.
Kaiser's Son Accused
of Interfering in the
Zabern Incident
'BERLIN, Dec. 8. The hand of the Ger
man crown prlncp was at work In tho
recent crisis In Zabern, Alsace, according
to Dr. Gorges Weill, a socialist deputy
In the Imperial Parliament. Speaking in
his constituency of Metx today, Dr. Weill
said:
'The crown prince sided strongly with
the soldiery and visited , the Imperial
chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmahn-Hollweg,
on December 3, the day on' which the
chanoellor made the unsatisfactory
speech in Parliament which resulted in
the passage of a vote of non-confidence
in the government.
Tho chancellor's haxy references on
that occasion to the emperor's anti-military
orders were undoubtedly duo to his
desire to reconcile the wishes of the Ger
man ruler and his eldest son."
Lieutenant Baron Von Forslner of tho
Ninety-ninth infantry, the instigator of
the trouble between the soldiers and the
cltltens of tZabero, told friends today
that he was "as good as retired from the
army."
George P. Bemis and
Mrs. H.Frahm Marry
George P, Bemls and Mrs. Harriet I.
Frahm were married yesterday at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. March at Ceresco, Neb, Rev.
Moses Anderson officiated at the cere
mony and the couple left on the next
train for Omaha, arriving here yesterday
evening.
Locomotive Hits
Buggy; Two Dead
OTTAWA, Kan., Dec, 8. Harlow Ken
nedy, 19 years old, and Morris' Antone, 18,
were, killed, and Clarence Antone and
Otto Kennedy were injured, probably fa
tally, when a buggy in which they were
riding was struck by a locomotive near
here today.
SECRETARY OF TREASURY
LETS BUILDING CONTRACT
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8--(Spec4al Tele
gram.) The secretary of the treasury
has awarded the contract for the con,
structlon of the public building at Perry,
la., to William O'Neill of Faribault.
Minn., at JM.159.
The postoffices at Big Creek and
Rockott, Neb., and Marbleton, Wyo., will
become domestlo money order offices on
January 2.
CINCINNATI FACES
A WATER FAMINE
Several Suburbs Without Any Supply
and Central Part of the City
Also Suffers.
RESULT OF BREAK IN MAIN
Three Laborers Drowned When a J. x' &
Sixty-Inch Pipe Gives Way. X;$5j
SCHOOLS ARE ORDERED CMSj$
Skyscraper Elevators Shut Down and
Factories Will Be Crippled.
MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION
Hunt Calls Upon Cltlaens to Use
Pi-felons Fluid Only for Drink
ing nnd Cooking; Par
poses. CINCINNATI, Dec 8,-Cinclnnatl Is
facing a ' water tamlno as the result of
tho break in the sixty-inch water main
on Eastern avenue last Saturday, when
three laborers working in a ditch nearby
wore drowned.
It wan ascertained - today that the
break cannot bo repaired until soma tlmo
Thursday. Peremptory measures have
been taken by ctly officials to prevent
the waste of water. Several suburbs are
without water tonight and the central
part of tho city Is Inadequately supplied.
Tho drain on the Eden Park reservoirs,
which supply the basin of the city, be
came so great that Maayor Hunt ordered
that whatever water fa left In them be
cut off and used only in caso of fire.
Hotels, restaurants and saloons tonight
are the chief sufferers as what water
can be obtained is used only ofr the
most vital purposes. One hospital is en
tirely without a water supply arid the
city hospital and other large Institutions
are without water on , tho upper floors
and may have none at all tomorrow.
Skyscraper elevators shut down this
afternoon. Manufacturing plant will be
severely crippled tomorrow as there wilt
not be enough water to supply boilers
and elevators. Many of these closed to
day. Mayor Hunt Issued a proclamation to
day n which he called upon citizens to
use, water only for drinking and cooking
purposes. Superintendent of Schools Con
don ordered all the schools closed as not
sufficient water could bo obtained for
heating and drinking purposes.
Senators Buy Razors,
Asperin and Arnica
With Public Ftunds
.WASHINGTON, Dee; .I-Juom,?
trvAt knives, -spools -or 'redHi&. librae
shoes, B,0W ouna of timothy hay, rsa,t,
meal and bran straw, arnica, gargling oil,
liniments and osofoetjda ,arf arhottg .the
items for 'which' expcndltUrtfSv'iU rriado
out of tho contingent fund of the senate"
for the period since- last March, tip to
the end of the last fiscal year.
This Information Is disclosed In the re
port of James M. Baker, secretary of
the senate, which has Just been sent to
the public printer. Tho liniment and
horse shoes arid the hay were for the
senate stables in which are kept tho
horse to draw the senate messenger
wagons. Just what the grape fruit knives
were Used for was not explained.
Among the other" expenditures was
$15.12 for floss pillows and numerous items
for bags of salt for the senate bath
rooms, mineral waters, taxlcaba to con
vey senators from night sessions to their
homes and Hems, for dinners furnished
to senate pages, detained at the capital
by 'late sessions.
In tho bill of a local druggist were
items for asperin, Jamaica ginger,-brom'o
seltxer, hoarhound drops, quinine pills
and adhesive plaster.
Sheriff Says Lopez
Not Dead; jDrders
Mine Sealed Up
,
BINGHAM, Utah, Dec. 8.-Satlsfled that
Ralph Lopez slayer of six, Is alive In
the Utah-Apex mine, sheriff Smith of
Salt Lake county today ordered the bulk
heads replaced In the various exits. His
action caused vigorous protests, and a
council of sheriffs was to be held this
afternoon to decide whether again to
generate deadly gases In the mine In the
hope of asphyxiating the desperado.
"It will occasion a useless waste of
life to continue the search," said Sher
iff Smith, as he ordered every deputy out
of tho mine. "Lopez Is not dead, for his
tracks appear but a few hours old."
Deputy Sorenspn, the lone survivor of
the four officers that began the pursuit
of Lopez on November 21, pleaded to
continue the search alone. Once during
the pursuit In the Lake mountains, Lo
pez appeared on a cliff before a posse
and ask them to send for Borenson
that they might fight a duel.
O. W. Hulsey, 'Who came from Patter
son, Cal., to bur' his brother who was
killed in the mine by Lopez, also vigor
ously opposed discontinuing the search.
Aviator Plunges Into
, San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. l.-611as
ChrUtofferson, the aviator, narrowly
escaped death by drowning late yester
day when his hydro-aeroplane plunged
almost straight downward from a height
of 2,000 cfet Into San Francisco bay,
ChrUtofferson was strapped in the
seat of the machine and as the plane
struck, the water It overturned, leaving
the aviator head downward beneath the
surface. He unbuckled the four straps
that helped him after being submerged
for more than a minute came to the aui
face again. ' Ha was taken out of the
water by life savers.
Arthur C. Rybltzkt had a similar ac
cident when his machine somersaulted
near the shore as he attempted to land.
His hydroplane was badly damaged.
i m: i i
; H ip ill m ' .
IP i I Kim cm
Drawn for The- Bee by TowelU
MISS SORTINAJO TESTIFY
When She Takes the Stand Today
She Will Plead Loss of Memory.
MOTHER COMES FROM ITALY
Journeys Long- Way to Be with Her
Daughter When She Defenda
Herself oB StanttauKMer
Charge Before Jnry.
SehasyaM Jto&h ..It.yeorof.age, who
Mst'JtfaiVSanto DeeaV-father
of her baby irfrti how CfnonthV old. ahd
who flvklal fejrmaslai(hter before
.District juao nuuon, wju taio th,o wit
ness stand In her own defease, this, morn
ing and -testify .that sho bought the re
volver with which ,shi shot her faithless
lover for the purpose of ending her own
life. She .met JJelucqa at Tonth. and
Dodge streets; he laughed at her condi
tion nnd she empUed the weapon, at. him.
She will testify that she has no recol
lection of the shootlpg.
The testimony which :th accused girl
will give was forecasted by Attorney
Jeffries In his opening statement, for tho
defense. "Delucca was tho man who
betrayed her and laughed," said the
lawyer. "The evidence will ahow "that,
her condition wore on her mind; that she
was unable to sleep, cried, pulled her
hair and bit herself; that she bought a
revolver with which to kill herself, and
that when she shot Delucca reason had
fled from her mind.
"The evldenoe will show that Miss Bor
tlno and Santo Delucca were reared in
the same town in Italy. They came to
America on the same steamship and after
she began working at the M. E. Smith
wholesale house in Omaha, Delucca be
gan calling on her and promised mar
riage. They became Intimate. It will be
shown that she previously was of good
character.
"For a month priotto the shooting tho
girl begged Delueca to marry her almost
dally. She frequently called hlni by tele
phone. Ho laughed at her ' and often
walked, past her home decked out with
flowers in his coat and laughed and spat
toward the housed" " -
Jury Which Will Hear Case.
The following men composes the Jury
which Is hearing the evidence In the trial:
Frank Mokry. 2223 South Eleventh.
Lee Slaven, 916 Hickory.
W. E. Taylor, 610G North Twenty-fourth.
D. W. JoneA 4535 Burdette.
John E. Hlmoe, 2014 Farnam.
J. Carter, 808 North Seventeenth.
John E. Rorers. 801 North Twelfth.
South Omaha.
a. Llnobald, 4513 North Thirty-eighth.
D. A. Darnell. 2528 Taylor.
R. Thorpe. 2S14 North Twenty-seventh.
John Belltz, 2524 South Thirtieth.
R. W. Tigh, 2375 South Twenty-elghth.
Alflo Qlblleclo, cousin of Miss Sortlno,
testified yesterday that for weeks before
the shooting the girl's mental condition
(Continued on Page Two.)
The National Capital
Honda, December 8, 1013.
The Senate.
Met at 10 a. m.
Alaskan railroad bill set aside fur our.
rency debate. In which Senator Swanson
irn in aeiense or tno aamtnutratlon bill.
Government Bteamahln lino .(mm Pa.
rifle coast points to Alaska proposed by
Senator Polndexter. .
The House,
Mat at nonit
lobby committee agreed on Its report.
BUI introduced to nav s. Vmt's .ru
salary to tho widow of Lieutenant
Colonel Gtllard.
Immigration committee set Thursday
and Friday for hearings on a bill pro
posing a literacy test.
Good roads committee heard advocates
of federal aid.
Conference of Chairman Clayton of the
Judiciary committee with President Wll
son on trust legislation deferred until
Wednesday.
Admiral Victor Blue told the naval com
mlttee the navy would have its full com
plement of enlisted men, tl.KO, by March
1, 1914.
.Mcuonajg, oi j4iciiikii, circiea to va
cancies on labor and pension commit
tees.
Showing Off for the Visitor
Will Endeavor to
Forward Movement
of Demnostrators
Plans for advancing the movement to
raise funds, to holp tho many counties
that have nuked for farm demonstrators
were discussed at a meeting at tho Com
mercial club last hlght of tho executive
commltteo 'of the Nebraska Farm Do-,
velopmont commission. Arnrigcment. tni
dly'ldo tho work of the cdmfnlsslon, be
tween Omaha and Llndeln members were
mads. ' ' l'i'XS.?23rt
Farm demonstrators already have been
placed fn four, oouritlcs Seward, Gage,
Morricij and .ThursToru Forty other Coun
ties have made application for. thcni. It
Is hoped to have demonstrators In at
least .twenty more counties within a year.
Tho demonstrating expenses, It has been
found, amount to be about 3,50O a year
In each county.
Whllo tho chief aim of the commission
thus far has been to assist In raising
funds, It Is pointed out that oven greater
difficulty Is lclilg experienced In obtain
ing competent demonstrators. In an ef
fort' to surmount this obstacle, the state
farm In preparing to train men.
Hie following attended the mooting of
the executive committee of tho fann de
velopment association:
Dr. P. U Hall of Lincoln, C. B. Towle
of Llncotn, J. E. Mllcr of Lincoln. W. a
Whit ton of Lincoln, C. J, Ino of Omaha.
C. F, McGrew of South Omaha, Oeorga
F. Gllmore of Omaha, F. L. Halter of
Omaha, V. U. Hughes of Omaha and
Caruon Hlldreth oftFranklln.
Daughter Rich
. New York Man is
Reported Missing
NEW YORKj Dec. 8. Every police
man in Greater New.York had .instruc
tions today .to lookout, for. vMlss JcshIo
McCann, the 23-year-old daughUr of
Robert McCann, a . wealthy wholesale
grocer, wlio disappeared , on Thursday
last as mysteriously. -.as -did Dorothy
Arnold.
Bho left home Thursday morning os
tensibly to go to a home for dcstltuto
children, where she did volunteer work
as an Instructor. . Since that time all
trace of her has been lost, although a
friend of the family reported today hav-
i .. . LW, i,.,
tlon in Wall street Friday night. To
him she appeared dazed.
The girl's father Is a personal friend
of Mayor Kline and has appealed to tho
mayor to expedite the search.
"I am positive that there Is no roman
tic 'reason back of Jessie's disappear
ance," said Mr. McCann.
Four National Banks
Fail During the Year
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.-Growth and
operations of mftlonal banks of the
United States are detailed in the annual
report of the currency bureau submitted
today by Acting Comptroller Thomas P,
Kane to Speaker Clark.
The report, contains no reference to
currency reform and no recommenda
tions, but details the condition of banks
during the year ended October 31. Only
six national banks out of more than 7,000
existing, went Into the hands of receiv
ers, with aggregate capital stocks of $(,-
3S0.009. Satisfactory progress in liquida
ting the assets of all was reported.
Growth of the banking power of the
United States, as Indicated by loans and
discounts, capital stocks and deposits, is
pictured over nearly 100 pages of statls
tics. The movement of government
funds to banks all over the country to
aid crop moving la referred to briefly.
That Is explained In detail In the report
of Secretary McAdoo submtted to con
gress last week.
FARMERS CONGRESS CHANGES
Program is Switched for Sessions of
Tuesday and Wednesday.
JONES UPON RURAL CREDITS
Indications Are that Attendance
Will Bo Larfte Beeaae of the
Grra Interest Melns; Taken
hy thn Farmers.
"WrtloJt. the VroiRiw Wednesday
congress has been shifted to thli
nfterriooh. This Is done becausO Gordon
Jones, wh6 Is, to'ipealc orl rural credits,
has been Called to WsslilrtgtoH, and will
have to deliver his address this afternoon
or not at alt This means that this
afternoon ho will deliver his address on
tho subject, "Can, tho European Rural
Credit System Be Made Applicable to the
American Farmer?'1 The program' sched
uled for this afternoon wilt then bo
shifted to Wednesday afternoon, so that
the session on the rural school, question
will taltejMiicc then., Tho attitude of . the
press toward tho rural school system Is
to be discussed at that time by T, F,
Stfirgess of Omaha at 1:30 In the after
noon. Tho subject, "Does the Rural
School Now Fill the Needs of the Coun
try People?" will be discussed at 2:30 -p.
in. by various speakers to be supplied.
"Shsll'We Have Higher Grades In the
Rural Schools; If so, How Shall it Be
Brought About?" Is the question to be
discussed at 3:30 p. m. by speakers to bo
supplied.
Prof.'G. W. Norman of the department
of. rural economics will talk Wednesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Tuesday afternoon, besides Gordon
Jones, Prof. Loomls of tho University of
Nebraska and Mrs. A. E. Davison will
speak,
j ne rest or tne program, so rar as
known at present. Is to be carried out as
scheduled. 'W. S. Delano, secretary of
tho Farmers' congress, Is to arrive In
Omaha today to muke the early prepara
tions for the coming of the congress. Be.
tween 400' and COu delegates are expected
to attend tho convention.
Tho Farmers' union of Fremont has
sent word that It Is coming with a strong.
delegation to attend the sessions of the
congress. . The Farmers' union is an or
ganlzatlon for mutual help and co-opera
tlon In Dodge county.
The programs of the congress are to
i " n i , ' , ,7: "ur
fJamM c- Uahlman Is to glvo the address
of welcome.
Lobby Committee
Censures McDermott
WA8HINOTON. Dee. S.-The house
lobby committee wound np Its conclusions
ns.to testimony .regarding Representative
McDermott of Illinois and other principal
figures in the house Investigation.
Democrats and republicans signed a re
port which is said to hold Mr. McDermott
guilty of Impropriety of conduct, but
makes no recommendations.
Representative McDonald of Michigan
today completed a report agreeing to the '
committee statement of facts, but em
Itodylng'dlssentlng conclusions' and reo
oni'mendlng legislation for lobbying. The
report will bo presented to the house to
morrow. MOTION PICTURES ARE HARD
ON EYES, SAYS MRS. YOUNG
CHICAGO, Pec. 8. As a result of sev
eral months' Investigation, Superintendent
of 'Schools Ella Flagg Young today de
clared that frequent attendance at moving
picture shows threatens to seriously Im
pair the eyesight of school children and,
as a remedial measure, she appealed to
the city council for legislation requiring
tho owners of this class of theaters to
provide for rlve-inlnuto Intermissions be
tween reels to rest the rest of the spectator
TWO THOUSAND ARE
ESTIMATED TO HAVE
PERISHjp FLOOD
That Number of Negroes and Ital
ians Believed Lost in Bottoms
Near Bryan.
ATTEMPTS TO VERIFY FAIL
Figures Based on Normal Number ot
1 Tenants and Missing.
FEW DEAD FOUND, H0WETER
Great Many Known to Have Heeded
First Warning and Escaped.
THREE DIE OF EXPOSURE
Trio Leaves Torrn In a Motorliont,
Which Cnpslars, and Tito Bodies
Are Fnnnd In Tree Men ,
Hnd Climbed.
BRYAN, Tex.i Dee. S.-Tho.ie living in
the nenrby thlrty-mllo lovo district havo
estimated that 2,000 negroes and Italian
have been drowned In this section of tht
Brazos flood. Their figures are based on
tho normal number of their tenants,
from which they have subtracted tho
number of known" rescued and those still
marooned. Attempts to verify these esti
mates have failed.
Ncwa of the deaths of three prominent
Bryan men, who left here In a motor boat
last night with provisions, was received
hero today. They were Howard Cavitt.
Asa Jorktna and Clifton Elzle. Their
boat capsized and the bodies of Cavitt
and ono of the others were found In a
trc. Into which they had climbed, Tho
men died of exposure.
The last census give 15.000 tenants In tho
levee section, of whbm 70 per cent were
negroes. The rescued on both sides of.
tho river havo been estimated at only
2,200.
Boatmen today said there remained few
places where thero could b still
marooned refugees.
Hope In tho situation is had In the fact
that in three days' Investigation Hi spc
clflo localities where drownings havo been
reported by wholesale, boatmen havo
found no 'bodies A great many are known
to halo heeded the first warning and es
caped. RAILROAD CASES SET BY
JUDGE LAND1S FOR JAN. 5
CHICAGO, Deo, 8,-One hundred and
'twont-nlho cases. Involving faoo.OOO In -tines,
against a score of Chicago rail
toads were on the calendar of Judgo
Landls In tho United States district court
today. Th WU ,wet?hrwt4H: ,b),Dl-.
trictjAtterney .Wllkorsoti .for violation
df 'tho Iwwity-eJfiht-hoUr cattle law, tho
quarantine law and the safety appliance
statute;
The cases were set fpr January 5rlly
Judgo Landis. District Attorney Wllkcr
scn announced that ho would demand tho
full penalty ot 16,000 on each count, which
might bring the total fines to nearly
11.000.000.
BELGIAN AUTO PILOT
KILLED WHILE HUNTING,
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 8,-CamllIo'
Jenathy, the Belgian automobile raclni;
pilot, was accidentally killed In a forest
near here today by the editor of a Brus
sels newspaper. Both were members of
a hunting party on the game preserve o
a woalthy friend. Jenathy had been rac
ing slnco 1903, when" he wqn the Interna
tional cup In Ireland, He took part In
the Varlderbtlt cup race In October, 1903,
but did not finish. In the Vanderbllt race
of 1004 he finished fifth.
TRAIN HITS AUTOMOBILE;
ONE DEAD, FOUR INJURED
WILMINGTON, Del., Deo, 8.-An auto
mobile containing five men was strudi
by a train near Fort Dupont today and
ono of the occupants, W- A. Jester, ev
druggist of- Delaware City,, was killed
and the others seriously Injured. Amonr
the Injured Is Captain William If. Mengen
of the quartermaster's department of
coast artillery at Fort Dupont, who is
not expectod to recover, and W, It
Jester, son of the man killed.
Telling a Nation
What' What
Now England speaks Its mes
sage of -mills and factories to
the Great West. The West
tells tho East and the South
of Its grain, its fruit, its meats,
and Its food-stuffs. The East
and South repeat In turn "the
stories or the products thoy
make for tho good and up-kosp
of mankind.
Dally, the advertising col
umns of The Bee and other
good newspapers throughout
the land tell a nation what Is
going on what is being done
to make Jiving more worth
while. '
Newspaper advertising In
reality, builds cities, puts new
life Into localities, and fires
the Individual to greater and
better effort In his stride of
progress.
To some this may seem a bit
boastful. But no reader ot The
Bee who considers his news
paper advertising seriously can
fail to realize the tremendous
power It exerts, throughout
this community.
Newspaper advertising Is a
national distributer of facts
and -Information which none
should neglect. Ae a most
vital force In the nation it Is
recognized alike by manufac
turer, producer, distributer.
mercnani, ana tne public.
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