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OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1014.
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THE WEATHER.
Fair
f
ALASKA RAILROAD
BILL GETS THROUGH
UNITED STATES SENATE
Measure Provides that the Property
Shall Be Owned by the Fed
eral Government.
MANY AMENDMENTS DEFEATED
Forty Millions of Dollars Talked of
as Estimated Cost.
THOUSAND MILES OF ROAD
Selection of the Route is to Be Left
to the President.
TIDEWATER TO THE INTERIOR
Iteileniptloit Fund, la Provided for
niul Into It Shall lie mid the
Money llecelved from the
Snlea of I.niul.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. By a vote of 48
to 16, tho Kcnato passed Into Saturday tho
Alaska railway bill, directing the presi
dent to purchaso or construct 1,000 miles
of railroad In Alaska at a cost not to
exceed (0,000.000.
Fifteen republicans and Senator Potn
dexter, progressive, voted for tho bill.
Senators Bacon, Hoko Smith and Will
lams, democrats, voted against It.
Tho bill places upon tho president re
sponsibility for the selection of tho route
from tidewater to the Interior of AlaBka
and tho construction, equipment and op
eration or leasing of such lines as he
may construct or buy to constitute this
route, Tho broadest powers are con
ferred Upon tho president In carrying out
his duties.
Tho bill provides for a redemption fund
into which shall bo paid 7G per cent of
all moneys derived from the sale of public
lands In Alaska or of tho coal or min
eral contents thereof. Machinery utilized
In tho construction of tho Panama canal
1b mado available for tho construction
work.
Unavailing offorts to reduce tho $10,
000,000 appropriation authorized for tho
work were mado during tho closing hours
of tho debate. Senator Hoko Smltn
sought to have the appropriation reduced
to J25.0CO.OOO and Senator Smoot to $33,
OJ0.000. Among other amendments de
feated wcro the Norrls amendment for
government steamships' to Alaska; tho
Polndextcr amendment for tho sale of
Alaska coal nt cost to Pacific coast
points, and tho Cummins substitute, lim
iting tho construction to one main line,
Three Young Robbers
Hold IJp Ttaee People
and Make a Getaway
Wfe-hwnvmen. who. for
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.lai-lne holduns about tho city, mado
their appearanco at midnight, and, after
stopping three belated pedestrians in
widely separated districts, made their j
usual successful getaway.
Frank Trumbull, 554 South Twenty
sixth street, -was halted at Twenty-second
and Harney nnd relieved of $1, but
succeeded in keeping a largo roll of bills
hidden from tho robbers.
L. H. Holfncr, 2771 Central boulevard,
was robbed of a watch nnd 60 centB at
Twenty-eighth nnd California streets and
II. u. Larlmore was held up at Twenty
toventh end Davenport streets and robbed
of 75 cents.
Only ono of the robbers showed a pistol,
but ho held the victims covored while the
two others searched them. Tho threo
robberies were all pulled off within
twenty minutes.
Loot Too Heavy and
Bank Eobbers Taken
LUDLOW, Mo., Jan. 25.-Tho rural tel
ephone operated as a swltt instrument of
justice today. As a result four nlleged
bank robbers aro In Jail here tonight and
tho Farmers bank, which this morning
'was robbed of 5.700, la out nothing but
the cost of repairing its safe and tho
reward it offered. All tho money , was
recovered.
The robbers abandoned J4.0Q0 in gold
shortly after they left the bank. The
money was too. heavy, to carry.
As soon as the robbery djacovered
telephone lines In all directions we.r. put
In operation, every farm household was
notified to be xm the alert for the rob
bers. This afternoon a farmer near Bray
mer, six miles from Ludlow, saw three
strangers In the road near his home. He
telephoned Constable James Barnet of
Ludlow, who overtook tne men. Seven
teen hundred dollars In currency was
taken from them. A fourth man was
arrested In Braymer.
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair.
For Iowa snow.
Temperature nt
Omnha Yeatertlny-
Hour. ' Deg.
6 a. m
6 a. m
7 a. m
..21
8 a. m 21
0 a. ni ,
10 a. m
.
V
m"m
2 p. m... 2D
3 p. m 30
i p. in...,., Ji
8 p. m 20
Comparative Local Ilecord.
19U. 1913. 1912. 1911.
Highest yesterday 31 BS 34 41
Lowest yesterday 17 33 30 Zi
Mean temperature 24 46 32 41
Precipitation 07 .00 .00 T
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 20
Excess for the day 4
Total excess since March 1, 1.170
Normal preolpltatlon 02 Inch
Deficiency for the day 0G Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. .21.20 Inches
Defic iency since March 1 4.38 Inches
Deficiency for cor, period, 1913. 4.15 inches
Deficiency for ror. period, 1912.12.C5 Inches
L A. WELSH. Local Forecaster,
'ssasaaKJaaalHte
M1TCHEL SDREOF GOETHALS j
New York Mayor Believes Engineer
Will Take Police Job.
WORKING NOW TO THAT END
Gathnni Eifcntlve Telia of aiensurea
lie I TnkliiR to Seen re Fulfill
ment of Condition Lnlil
Doirn by Colonel.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Mayor John
j Purroy Mltchcl was gust and speaker at
iwo ainners nere iosi nigm ami at cacn
he devoted his remarks to tho police
commltslonerBhtp and declared em
phatically his belief that Colonel George
W. Gocthals, builder of the Panama canal,
would bo ultimately the Incumbent of
that Important city office. He told of
the measures he was taking to securo
tho fulfillment of conditions laid down
by Colonel Gocthats as essential to his
acceptanco of the post- and urged his
hearers, to aid him in securing legislation
enlarging the powers of the commission.
"If the people of New York stato cause
the legislature to pass proper laws reg
ulating the powers of tho police commis
sioner In order that he may direct and
enforce proper discipline, Colonel Gocthals
will come hero and tako up this great
office," Mayor Mltchcl said.
Tho mayor declared his belief that Colo
nel Goethuls would tBkc up, his duties hero
within "a few months." Ho also an
nounced that pending tho arrival of Colo
nel Gocthals Commissioner Douglas I.
McKay would remain at the head of tho
force and when Colonel Gocthals took
office, Commissioner McKay would re
sume his duties as first deputy, If such
an arrangement were satisfactory.
Tho mayor said ho had received no fur
ther word from tho canal building, but
reiterated his bollef that the colonel's let
ter, mado public last night, meant an
acceptance.
Just Little Winter
Is in Sight, Declares
Chief Weather Man
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. A varied as
sortment of winter weather for the dif
ferent sections of tho country was fore
casted by the weather bureau today for
tho coming weok.
"The week will open with generally un
settled weather, except In the northeast,
tho central Rocky mountain region and
tho extreme southwest," tho bulletin sets
forth, "and there will bo a moderate
cold wavo In Now England and the mid
dle Atlantic states.
"A disturbance now over tho plains
states will move eastward attended by
general snows over the northern, snows
and rains over tho central and rains over
the southern districts from the MIbsouH
nnd Mississippi valleys eastward, and by
higher temperatures generally reaching
tho Atlantic coast Monday night or Tues
day. "This disturbance. , wJHJjp. .followed by
TalF'wea.tlier for a day, or two, but' an
other marked disturbance now on the
north Pacific coast will cause a con-
UnUanC0 of tho '" ! nows west of
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probably reaching tho Uocky
mountains Tuesday, tho plains states
Tuesday night or Wednesday, tho ecu
tral valleys and tho lake region Wednes
day and Thursday and the eastern states
by Friday.'
"It will bo followed by clearing weather
and moro winter temperatures, beginning
by Tuesday over the far west, by Thurs
day over tho central portion of tho coun
try and by the close of the week over
the oust. After tho rains of Monday and
Tuesday In tho south fair weather will
follow probably until near, the end of
tho week, and moderate temperatures are
now Indicated."
Thinks Automobile
Has Much to Do with
the Growth of Vice
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 24.-A. J. Klllott
of Chlcugo, executive secretary of the
Western- District Young Men's Christian
association, addressing tho conference of
spprptarlpji ntul fumilfv mAml,... nt
Universities of Wisconsin. Minnesota,
North and South Dakota here today, said
that tho progress of Inventions, espe
cially of automobiles, had much to do
with tho growth of vice among young
men. Their una makes vice easier, h)
said. Tho growth of large cities, whero
personality becomes submerged, he as
serted, also caused the downfall of many
university students.
J, M. Exner of New York, social sec-,
retary of the International
committee,
discussing box education of students,
said he approved of lecture courses on
personal hygleno to segregated classes.
This' Child Has New
VpVQinn flf PwvrrO-nK
V 01 OlUll Ul r i U V CI U
Ono of Omaha's Sunday schools was
thrown Into convulsions of laughter yes-
terdoy by tho innocent remark of a child
In -the primary department. Tho teacher
had taught the youngsters a series of A,
B, C proverbs, one to bo recited for each
letter in the alphabet.
For the letter E the proverji was,
"Even a child is known by his dolnus."
Vi rr(, II. , l Irnw tulin Uffiai no 1 1 e.A aims
a U IlitlU 4. J tJ 11 I IU TI IUV V4 UIVII
Ior lnul verse nesuaiea a moment anu
thon spoke out: "Even a child Is known
by his parents."
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V1U5I CArCNaiVt atOMUlM
OF BIG ROAD COMPLETED
C p! m;'.'."!!!;;"!;31 NEWARK. N. J.. Jan. 23.-(Speclal.)-6
p.' m!""!""'!!!29 The Lincoln highway from Jersey, City to
Newark, which has just been dedicated,
is said to be the most expensive section
ot the great national thoroughfare and
the first to be completed. It cost 1,316,000,
of which JMO.OOO represents the cost of
bridges. The route was first designated
and improved in 1775 by the colonial leg
islature of New Jersey.
LAPOBTE, Ind., Jan. 2n.-(8peolal.)
Beautiful steel and concrete arches along
and at each end of the Lincoln highway
through this city are being considered.
If built, bronze tablets will be placed
upon them, bearing the names of patri
otic citizens who gave funds to Improve
the highway in this part ot the state.
PQJQ DRAWING NET
CLOSER ON BLONDY
fil
Believe
to Shot Nickell
Wi
in Custody
Pals.
SAYS CHIEF
Clue Will Lead to the
unted Murderer.
TWOMORE LOCKED UP HERE
Rosamond and Brown Brought
from Missouri to Omaha.
CLEVER WORK BRINGS RESULT
Cnptnln Dempsey 'nnd Detectlvea
Vac Brnlna In LocntlnK lloan
mond mill Mnklnir Sure
of His Arreat.
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"Within twenty-lour hours, barring ac
cidents, we will have In Jail 'Blondy,'
tho slayer of Henry K. Nickell, and tio
only member of the bandit trio yet at
large," declared Chief of Police H. W.
Dunn last night, after tho second cap
tured bandit and the alleged "fence" had
been locked up. In separate cells.
Information In tho hands of tho police
now points to the, cast as the where
abouts of the badly wanted "Blondy."
What this Information Is the police
would not divulge, but they Insist that
their clues look so good that extravagant
confidence Is warranted.
"Blondy," tho police say, is a man of
remarkable cunning, nnd will probably
put up a fight when arrested, but the net
Is around him, and tho strings are gradu
ally being tightened, ,
Unless Joo Wllllamfc, captured leader of
the trio, Is lying, the! police expect to re
cover tho greater part of1 the Jewelry
taken from Hazel McVey and the woman
Inmates of tho resort when "Blondy'? Is
taken.
Williams has already been caught In
sovornl untruths, tho police declare, nnd
they are taking great pains to verify his
overy utterance.
noanmnnd "tin nrown Arrlre.
. Shackled to tho detectives who encom
passed bis capture, Cevernlous B. Robh
mond, t)io member of the Joe Williams
bandit trio taken near Springfield, Mo.,
was brought to the city jail hero last
night. With him came also James B,
Brown, alias "Red" Murphy, a threo-tlmo
ronvlct, and the man who, according to
Joe Williams' confession, was to disposo
of the plunder from tho MoVcy place.
Tho prisoners were both questioned pri
vately by Chief of Police Dunn and
Captain Dempscy, nnd then were locked
up. A charge of murder was written op
posite Rosamond's name and ho was 'as
signed to a cell In Ihe city Jail. Brown
was booked an a "suspect" and taken to
tho county Jail so that ho could not com
munlcato with tho others.
-fAccoTdin5tplvj;3i1p"prral
jiiurpny, uosamonu is a simple-minded
tramp by Inclination, and was cheated
oiit cf his share of tno spoils by Williams
and "Blondy."
Ilepenta Ilia Story.
Rosamond repeated to tho police last
night tho statement made In Springfield,
which was published hero yesterday. He
admitted his connection with tho crlma
and said that "Blondy" is tho man who
did the shooting, and that nil he did was
to menace tho victims with a revolver,
Ho declared 'that, when they stopped at
Ames, Jo., tho morning after tho mur
der and robbery, he did not get any ut
tho jewelry or money, but was to get
some wren the threo met again In Kan
sas City on tho following Tuesday.
His story was nn unlntercstlng'one. Ho
Is about 27 years old and says he has
relatives In Hngerstawn, Md. "I'm Just
a hobo," he told officers.
Credit for' tho capturo of Rosamond Is
due Captain Dempscy and Detectives
Ring, Van Deusen, Fleming and Murphy.
It was when Williams said that Rosa
mond had lived on Capitol avenue for a
short while that Captain Dempsey
thought some valuable, cluo 'might bo
turned up there. With Detectives Ring
and Van Deusen ho discovered the ban
dit's whereabouts through his instruc
tions to forward mall,
Detectives Fleming and Murphy wero
Immediately put on his track, and tho
! a""t H1?1
We know Rosamond was only a hobo."
Detective Fleming said Inst night, "nnd
when wo got to Springfield wo looked
up tho 'jungles,' which In tramp argot
nieuns headquarters. We had his du
scrlptlon from tho kind of cap ho wore
clear down to tho fact that his shot;
laces had been broken and had knots In
tnem. with this information we knew
! that We COUld rccoenlzn him ttln mninnn,
we saw him. What proves that he la not
, an experienced crook, Is the fact thnt
ZaaVlViaTalaBV
ANORpDAY,
lie never changed his apparel all tho ' phones in all cases, so that within a few
tlmo after tho Job, so you cet tils clothes j minutes after tho theft of a .car Is re
betrayed him. ported It will bo known all over the county
"We wero down near the bridge at 1 and hundreds of ulert men on tho qui
Springfield when we saw him walking I vivo looking for it.
""" u"' " Belzea '"" and hustled
J ' re e C0Mtea nl8 P.
I ' It was a, merry chase ho led us though.
Ho is a typical 'bo' and rode tho 'rat -
' ucra a" lno tlme never stopping long
,n 000 p,ac6, Who left Kansas City
, c"t l" ". '.. ana men to uea
Molnes, and from thero down Into Mis.
sourl. Onco he started for Tulsai Ok!.,
and then turned around and wont to
Springfield. He Intended to stay there
only a short whllo and go down In tho
gulf country for tho winter."
II roil ii Doean't Talk.
Brown, or Murphy, bs ho Is also known,
Is a three-time convict, tho officers say.
ana is said to be a dangerous man. He
j would trot give satisfactory answers to
, the questions put to him ai headquarters
,last night, and Insisted that he was ln-
nocent of any wrongdoing.
A. F L. COUNCIL WANTS
NEWSBOYS IN ORGANIZATION
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-Efforts to pro
cure the removal of all maximum lim
itations on amoiuits of postal savings
deposits, the establishment of checking
account privileges and tha use of these
funds for public works, will bo mado by
tho American Federation of Labor, Jn
accordance with a decision reached to
day by the executive council at Its clos
ing session here.
The newsboys of the country, tha coun
cil agreed, should be organlzca and
brought Into direct affiliation with the
federation.
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Fom Tho Washington Evening Star.'
MUCH WOE FOR JOY RIDERS
County Protective Association Will
Treat Them as Horse Thieves.
AUTO HAS SUPPLANTED HORSE
Not Mtiirln r'nm. nf llnrar Thievery
IT " Reported In Year In Illiiffa, But
Fnrmera' Anton Ilnvc Been
Mnrie Mnrk.
The Pottawattamlo County Protective
association meeting Saturday at tho
court house in Council, Bluffs, decided
to treat tthlevlng Joy riders in tho same
way they liavo been treating horse
thieves and to uso tha association's ma
chinery to capture ana punish all classes
of auto thlovcs.
Heretofore' tho association held Its pro
tecting arms only over horses and fnrm
stock, protecting It from tho attacks of
thieves, but as nearly all of tho farmers
now own automobiles the necessity of
Including them was manifest.
It was decided to fix tho minimum' ro
wurd to be offered for tho return of a
stolen car and tho capturo and convic
tion of tho thief at 1100, with tho exocu
tlvo committee to have authority to ln
creaso the reward If desired.
To Punish Joy Hldlnir.
So-called Joy-riders uro to bo Included
In tho list of thieves and they will be
prosecuted to tho fullest extent of the
law. Owners of machines whose cars aro
thus taken will havo the reward of 1100
offered for tho capturo of tho thloves
and return of tho inachlncB.
Members of tho Council Bluffs Automo
bile club' wcro admitted to membership
In tho association and their cars wjll
bo afforded tho samo protection given
to tlinso of members resluing In the
country.
In every township thcro Is a head cap
tain with threo assistants and ull of, tho
members arc co-asslstante. In cane of
tho theft bf a car a full description of It
will be sent to tho chief captain, who
' ...III Iwi !,. ahorirr .if tlio rnimtv. ITn will
hn Immediately notlfv the head cantalna
i In each of tho townships, using the tele-
Not a case of horso steallnir occurred in
Pottowattomle county during tho
where lhe vlctlm waB a mcmbor
' association. Those officers wero ,
tho year,
of the
a onflnllnri Thnan nff I ri iiara alanlorl
; for this year:
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"Cripple" Suing for
Damages Trapped
in a Sparring Bout
TAbOMA. .Wash.. Jan. 26. Trapped by
officers, who looked through u hotel tran
som, while the "disabled" man threw
away his crutches and engaged In a
sparring bout with a roommate last night,
J. C. Murray, alias Guy Downle, was
taken Into custody by deputy sheriffs on
a charge of trying to extort S7G0 from
the Northern Pacific Kallroad company,
on a personal Injury claim.
In court today, again on crutches, Mur
ray pleaded fully to tho charge and wus'
sentenced to a term In tne penitentiary
ot from ono to fltteon years.
Murray, under various atlases, Is said
to have defrauded the railway out of
large sums ot money' five times.
Murray was found one night last Oc
tober groaning beside a train of box
ears on tho railroad tracks at Ellens
burg. He declared he was dying and
asked to leave a farewell message for
his friends. He said he fell from one
ot the cars when the grab Iron ga?u
way.
The Third Semester
K.C.Gop on Trail of
Bootleggers Killed
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 21. Bernard
McKernon, a patrolman, nctlvo In In
vestigating lllegul sales of liquor by drug
stores, was found murdered in an alloy-
hart boon tinablo to find Michael Berry,
a patrolman, assigned to work with Mc
Kernon. Tho last headquarters heard of
tho pair was at 6 o'clock, when thoy re
ported they wero working on u case.
LIFE SAVER WON'T TALK
Out of Modesty Refuses to Discuss
Storms on Lakes.
FRIEND TELLS OF HIS HEROISM
Veteran of Iteacue Aoreo on Huron
Hint Superior Declines to iVnr
rnte ISxpcrlcncca llcfcu-c
Semite Committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Coptalji J. K.
Klah, a veteran of tho Ufa saving scrvlco
on Lakes Huron nnd Suporlor, refused
today to obey tho orders ot tho sonnto
commerco committee. 'His reason was
modesty. With a dozen other Brlzzlcd
votorans of tho sea and lakes ho was at
tho hearing on tho Townsond bill to con
solidate tho ravenuo cutter and Ufa sav
ing services.
When asked to tell something ot tho
activities of tho Ufa savers at the tlmo of
the lako storms lust November, Captain
Klah replied that ho didn't know much
ubout it, having been in tho hospital at
tho time.
Tha commlltco was about to proceed
when Captnln 13. K. Cliupman. another
old life saver, sprung to his feet and
with his arm around Captain Klah, said:
"My friend Is a modest man, but I'll
tell It. Years ago he was tho only man
to rotufn alive out . of tho boatload of
heroes who saved" tho lives of, twenty-two
men and ty women In a tcrriblo wreck
uii i-oini J' xuarques.
Then It was that Captain Klah was
asked to tell tho story and ho refused.
"I couldn't do It,". 1a said, as tears
flooded his eyes.
Bahy is Sent Sixty
Miles by Parcel Post
IIOQUIAM, Wash., Jjrn. 2C.-A lusty
kicking infant was delivered by parcel
IKst here yesterday The "package,"
which weighed twenty pounds, was sent
by Assistant Postmaster Jesso Havens,
prepaid, from Olympla to the homo of a
relative here, Mrs. Havens having been
taken III.
Miss Eva Smith, a postal clerk, saw
to it that tho bundle reached Its destina
tion. Tho distance Is sixty miles.
WHITMAN TO DELVE INTO
ACCOUNTS OF BOSS MURPHY
NEW YOItK. Jan. 2J.-Offlcers of sav
ings banks, trust companies nnd other
financial Institutions throughout the state
have been- subpoenaed by District Attor
ney Charles H. Whitman to furnish him
tho documents necessary to show the ac
counts of Charles F. Murphy, leader of
Tammany Hall, and James li Gaffney,
Murphy's political and business associate.
This was learned today at Mr. Whit
man's office. Tho wholesale requisition
plan, aimed at the alleged graft system
Involving stato highways nnd barge canal
contracts, includes tho examination of the
accounts ot Murphy and Gaffney for five
years back.
TELL HOW TO CURB TRUSTS
Leaders in Congress Receive Much
Light on Problems,
SUGGESTIONS BY MAIL AND WIRE
l'f-Jja'r"1" vCoiltca
in iue jioiunii oi i-roreinire
frith Iteicnril to Ilenr
Inara nn flllla.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-rroblcms fac-
Ind leaders In congress who aro to pilot
nntl-trust legislation .through both houses,
wcro emphasized today when floods; ot
suggestions poured In by mnll and tele
graph to supplement provisions ot tho
tentative bills nlrcndy mado public. Every
mall brings to Senator Newlands of tho
Intorstato commerce oommtttee, Chairmen '
Clayton and Adamson of the house Judi
ciary and Interstate commerce committees
and to other members of congress big
uud little- Ideas of how to curb monopoly
and prevent ruinous competition. With
each suggestion comes tho roqucst ot tho
orlglnulor toglvo testimony at proposod
hearings.
The first problem facing the committees
Is tha mothod of procedure with regard to
housu hearings, fiomo limit must be fixed,
It Is felt, upon tho character ot testimony
to bo taken. To throw tho doors open to
everybody manifestly would be Impossi
ble, but It Is proposed to get tho vtowu
of representative men In various spheres
of business life and to entertain sug
gestions from members of congress ot all
parties.
Bcforo agreeing upon a definite pro
gram n review ot all trust hearings re
cently conducted by committees ot con
gress Is proposed to avoid' unnecessary
duplication. Whether it will bo feasible.; hospital It wuh found her Internal In
In order to expedite the legislation to juries wero Berlous and thnt both amw
liavo Joint hearings of the renute and wero sprained, Hrr husband, Jpscph
hoiiM) committees has not been dutermlned ' lllsh. Is In the same hoapltul, but In an
but seemed moro likely tonight than I other ward, with a broken arm and ln-
hcrotoforc;
Representatives Murdock. progresslvo
pnrty leader In tho house, asked tho
Judiciary committee today , to hear throo
I leaders of the party outside ot congress
who will voice tho progresslvo vlow of
anti-trust legislation.
The. entlro trust legislation, outlook will
bo tho subject of a joint conference to
morrow at a luncheon given by Senator
Newlands, to democratic members oft tho
sonato and house interstate commerce and
the house judiciary committees.
Matrimony Offer
Made to Women Who
Would Take Stock
LOS ANGELE8, Cat., Jan. 26,-Chargcd
with iuvlng defrauded many women
through promise of marriage and many
men in other ways, C. II. Knight, pro-!
moter of what he catted a "4,0(10,000 Pan- I
American recreation tower." to be erected '
In San Francisco was arrested here today,
Knight, It was charged, defrauded many'
itockhoidors In the concern. H promised
men positions and women mutimony In
caso they subscribed to the stock In tho
tower which ho promised to have erected
In San Francisco by July 16, 1913. accord
ing to complaints mado against him.
Among his alleged victims Is Annlo
Kantnur, a nurso of San Francisco,
whom, It was asserted, he promised to
marry, but whoso savings ho took and
then deserted her.
Others who made charges against
Knight included Dr. Eva Roloson, who
said she left a good practice In tho cast
and sold her office furniture to obtain
money to buy stock In the tower project,
and Mrs. A. Ensley of Cleveland, O., who
declared she sold her household effects
to get funds to Invest with, Knight.
FORMER DEMOCRATIC
' GUILTY jS CHARGED
Willet of New York Convicted of
Bribery in Trying to Buy Su
preme Court Nomination.
TWO ARE INDICTED WITH HIM
Former Queens County Leader Will
Follow Him to Trial.
ONE ACCUSED AS GO-BETWEEN
-1.
Other Cases Will Be Pushed by tlio
District Attorney.
STORY OF A BANK DEPOSIT
Wlllett Admitted When Chnrso
First Mnde In 11)11 tlint lfo
Ilnd Secured I.onna to
Finance Cnnipnlftn.
NEW YORK, Jan. SX William Willet,
Jr,, former democrntle member of con
gress, wns convicted lato last night of
bribery In attempting to purchaso a su
preme court nomination In Queen county
In 1911, Willet was remanded to jjall for
sentctico next Friday.
Indicted with Willet wero Joseph Cas
sldy, former democratic leader of Queens
county and onco an Important figure in
local politics, and Louis T. Walter, Jr.,
a friend of the two 'men. Walter is
accused as tho go-between. Tho Kings
county district attorney elected to try
the three defendants Individually and
Willet wns brought to bar first.
Willet In 1011 received a supremo court
nomination. A row days before election
a republican newspaper publUncd an edi
torial charging that ono of tho three
candidates on tho democratic Judiciary
ticket had bought his nomination. Wll
lot's two asBoclatca on tho ticket threat
ened a libel suit. Willet, however, ad
mltted that ho had secured loans to fin
ance his campaign. His associates, to
gether with Willet, sent to tho paper a
letter apologising for their threat to sue.
Tho following day tho democratic ticket
was snowed under at tho polls. Tho In
dictment of Willet, Cnssldy and Walter
was tho sensational aftermath.
Three fcnann.
Willet, who served from 1907 to 13U
wns placed on trial on Monday of this
week. Tho prosecution centered Its at
tack on Willet's nnte-clectlon loans.
Thcro were three, ono for 3.000' and two
for $10,000 each. It was proved that Cos
sidy, four day' after tho emullcr loan,
deposited ,$5,000 in a Uong Isiand bank.
Caldy,' on tho stand for tlo defouso
denied ho received this money from W1W
torTOM,'Urof'ftuttif-cblttif nlafctnii,
various payments to Cassldy. In this
way CuBsldy accounted for his deposit.
Wlltet on Htnmi.
"Willet took tho stand during tho trial
and explained his louns. Tho money wan
used for legitimate cnmpalgn expenses, to
buy stock tit nn automobile company and
for "slipw"-to ImprcfB tho politicians
that ho . was well supplied with cash ho
said. Ho denied he paid for his nomina
tion. The , most damaging oviaenco
against Willet appeared to bo tho testi
mony of a Long Island bonk president,
who tcsUfled Wlltet told him ho must
have W.O00, as It would cost tlipt much
to secure tho nomlnntlon.
Porch Crashes Down
at a Wedding Dance
and Bride May Die
AtmOHA, 111., Jan. 23. A merry wed.
ding celebration was suddenly trans
formed Into a trugedy this evening, when
a porch collapsed beneath tho weight ot
fifteen dancers and they fell twonty feet
to the ground. The laughing, Joking
guests of ft few minutes before wero
shrieking In pnln or fright when half tho
population of "Uttle Hungary" turned
out to tho rescue. '
Mrs. Florence Blsh, tho brldo of the
tierhBDs fatally Injured, At a
i tornal Injuries.
Tho others seriously hurt were:
Mrs. Mary Kougll, hip dislocated, scalp
WMrs? Helen Bargo, shoulder dislocated,
head severely bruised.
Getirgo Nego, both ankles sprained.
All of the other guests wero scratched
or bruised.
Tho accident occurred nt tho homo of
tho brldo. The guests wcro dancing on a
front porch soon after tho ceremony and
It gave -way.
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