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RULING OF SUPREME
COURT N RYAN CASE
IS SENT TO CHICAGO
Certified Copy of Judgment in Dy
namite Conspiracy 'Forwarded
to Court of Appeals.
IBlMIMIsM I M. IVI M V ft N. Ilf.l.ll T r". I I
"Aftlmti Mow ka WitiitiAiri Pptininn1
Further Proceedings.
APPLICATION FOR NEW TRIAL
Motion Probably Will Be Argued
During April Term.
PETITION FOR PARDON DRAWN
Attorney Zollne Expect to Preaent
Application for Clemency to
! President WlIon In Wnih
' Inston Today.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 13. Tho
certified copy o tho Judgment of tho
United States supreme court. In the
dynamite cases, decided last Monday,
was received by United States District
Attorney Frank C Dalley hero today. Mr,
pally Immediately forwarded It to tho
court of appeals at Chicago for tho court's
action.
It Is tho understanding here that the.
Court of appeals will remand tho con
Mcted men to Fort Leavenworth peniten
tiary. Petition for Pardon.
CHICAGO, March 13. An application
for pardon for the men convicted In thd
dyanmlte conspiracy trials In Indianapo
lis will bo presented probably tomorrow
to Presldont 'Wilson. Attorney Elijah N.
(Zollne, counsel for most of the defend
ants, said today that ho had prepared an
application for pardon and later left for
iWoshlngton to present It to tho president.
The Issuance of a mandate by the
United States circuit court of appeals,
either royrnlng the convicted men to'
the penitentiary at Leavenworth or re
manding them to the federal district in
Indiana, It was declared today, would
probably be held in abeyance until tho re
viewing court rules on the motion of tho
Prosecution for a rehearing of tho six
appeals in which a new trial was granted.
Under the ordinary procedure the mo
tions for a rehsanng would be argued in
the April term, end this course, in the
opinion of counsel for tho convicted men,
will probably be followed.
MAN WHO BURNED HIS
YACHT GETS FIVE YEARS
BOSTON. March 15. Captain John A.
v3;ieh p New Tork today 'was sentenced
to five years in tho federal, prison at At
lanta, for burning Ills yacht Sen tit, in
Edgertown harbor on October a, 1310, (n
order to obtain $15,000 Insurance money.
An appeal on a writ of error was taken
end this acted as o. stay, but in default
of security Fish was sent to Jail.
In moving sentence United Slates Dis
trict Attorney French stated that Fish
when 21 years old deserted from the
United States army. At the time ho wan
an orderly at "West Point. Friends of
the prisoner from New York asked the,
court to be lenient and told of acts of
bravery while In the British army in
South Africa, which earned him service
medals. '
Judge Hale said that the maximum
penalty for barrantry was Imprisonment
for life, but that In view of the fact that
Fish had saved the lives of those on
board the burning yacht, ho would sen
tence him to five years only.
CONGRESSMAN IN BAD
WITH POSTAL OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Rcprcsenta-
ttve George J. KIndel of Denver, who for
months has been agitating a reduction
of parcel post rates and who recently
spoke on the subject In tho house, has
run afoul the postal authorities In adver
tlslng the salo and the distribution of his
speech by means of a printed stamp on
the back of copies he has mailed under
frank as part of the congressional record.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Itoper appealed to tho Department of
Justice, which gave nn opinion, stating
the postal law was being violated. Mr.
KIndel cays he defies the department.
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair .and warmer.
Temperature at Omafen .Veatcrday.
Hours. Deg.
5 ii. in 35
6 a. in 31
7 a. m 33
8 a. in 3G
0 a. in Sfl
10 a. in U
It a. in i
12 m S3
1 p. m... M
2 p. m 62
3 p. ni ffi
4 p. in B1
6 v. in 67
ti p. m 8S
7 p. in 63
5 p. m ill
Comparative Local llrcord.
1911. 1913. 1912. 1911.
Highest yesterday 69 85 23 65
Lowest yesterday Zi 46
Mean temperature SI SO
Precipitation 00 1.26
Temperature and precipitation
tures from the normal:
!Normal temperature
9 3t
18 44
.20 .00
depar-
, .M
Kxces for the day 17
Total excess since March 1 ....47
Normal precipitation 03 Inch
Deficiency for the day 03 Inch
Total precipitation since March 1 T
Deficiency since Mhrch 1 60 Inch
Eicefa for cor. period. 1913 85 inch
Usees for cor. period, 19i; 68 Inch
Kcport from Station nt 7 I. 31.
Etatlon and stats Temp. High
Rain-
of weather. 7
Denver, clear
Des Moines, clear
Dodge City, clear
Lander, cloudy
North Platte, clear ....
Omaha, clear
Pueblo, clear
Rapid Cit, cloudy ...
Salt Ijke nty, Uenr
Santa Ke. clear
Sheridan, pt. cloudy .
in. est. fall
01 74 .00
M 0 .00
0 76 .00
W GO .00
Gl It .00
3 0) .W
W 70 M
81 72 .
M W .00
(4 M .00
S4 64 .00
64 70 .00
72 .00
Valentine, clear .
T indicates trace of precipitation.
L. A. VvLLSH, Local Forecaster.
VILLA TARESJYER RANCH
Paul Fleming,. Omaha Man, Loses
His Mexican Property.
REBELS ARE IN POSSESSION
Land la to De Operated for the Unl
et le of the Constitutional!!)!
anil the Proceed
.Taken.
BLi PASO, Tex., March 13. (Special
Telegram.) The big ranch of Paul Floni
lng, said to have formerly resided in
OninliH, and one of tho eluding ranchers
In the western part of Chihuahua, Santa
Gcrtludls rancho, has been confiscated
by order of Pancho Villa, the rebel lender.
Tho ranch has been seised and will bo
operated for tho benefit of tho constitu
tionalist cause.
Fleming claims to hnvo purchased tho
ranch In good faith from Alberto Lujan,
cno of the Tcrraxas families In Chlhuuhua
City. Villa claims that the ranch whs
only turned over to him to prevent Its
being confiscated with nil of tho other
Tcrrazaa and Cientltlco lands In the state
by tho rebels. Fleming has filed a pro
test with American Consul Marlon D.
Letcher at Chihuahua and will make an
effort to recover1 his property.
The Santa Gcrtludls ranch Is only one
of many that have been seised by Villa
and tho proceeds from their operation Into
tho stato treasury.
All of tho lands of General Lula Tor
razas, whose estates were valued nt 3i,
000,000, have been seized and nn ordor of
confiscation entered against them.
Fleming has been engaged In tho ranih
lng business In Mexico for u number of
years and is well known In Chihuahua
and on tho border.
Correspondence
School is Charged
With Stook Jobbing
BOSTON, March 13. Charges of stock
jobbing by the International Correspond
ence school of Scranton, Pa., were made
before a legislative committee at a hear
ing today on a bill to regulate tho finan
cial conduct of such schools in this stato.
Tho charges wero made by J. A. Rob
ertson, formerly manager of a branch of
tho school at CapetownAfrica, and for
mor Representative Clarence A. Barnes
of Mansfield.
Mr. Robertson said that It was the cus
tom of the directors of the schools to buy
properties and either sell them direct to
text book companies at grossly Inflated
values, or sell the stock to students.
"Tho directorates in all the companies
are Interlocking and are controlled by tho
directors of tho parent company at Scran
ton," he said. "These companies specu
late In securities, undeveloped properties
or on future 'prospects, and the stock is'
sold by agents. For Instance, a chicken
farm .was purchased. ipt long ago for
$15,090. capitalized for f 300,000 in bonds and
50000 in stock, and then sold to the
Hover, Incubator Manufacturing company
as the International Poultry Bales com
pany, with a capital of over J1.0OJ.000, all
from one orielnal investment of tlB.OOO."
Mr. Barnes urged the passage of a bllL
which would place correspondence BChools
under the control of the commissioner of
corporations and compel such schools to
file a yearly statement of their financial
standing, together with a list of stock
holders. Vice President C. E. Lawrence, of the
International Correspondence Schools, In
charge of the New England district, de
nied that stock was sold to or by stu
dents, but admitted that agents of the
schools might have sold them as side
lines. He said that the schools would
welcome Investigation.
Sick Benefit Fund
of the Siegel Stores
Employes Missing
NEW YORK, March .-On the eve o:
the closing of the two great New Tork
department stores once controlled by
Henry Siegel and Frank E. Vogel, both
under Indictment, charges were laid be
fore District Attorney Whitman today
that the sick benefit fund of the stores'
employes was hopelessly Involved with
the deposits In the Siegel private bank,
now defunct. More than 2,000 employes,
who will lose their Jobs tomorrow when
tho stores are closed by order of the fed
eral court, heard that they were likely to
suffer tliis loss In addition to their sav
ings, which more than half of them had
deposited In the Siegel bank.
The latest turn In the big department
store scandal was discussed today by the
district attorney and Robert McMeakln,
a secretary of the Siegel Stores corpora
tion, and by an examiner from the state
banking department. It was said that
thus far the district attorney had been
unable to learn tho whereabouts of the
sick benefit fund or get an Inkling of
Its size. The fund was accumulated by
weekly assessments of 2 per cent on the
salaries of the employes.
Court Hands Down
Alimony "Don'ts"
SAN RAFAEL, Cal.. March 13. When
Judge Arthur T, Book of tho superior
court learned that an applicant for a re
duction in alimony payments had re
married, he handed down several "ali
mony don't." Here are somo of them:
Don't remarry to beat the alimony
game. It won't work.
Don't spend No. l's stipend on No. 2.
It's unfair.
Don't try to hide behind No. 2. It's
unmanly.
Don't plead the high cost of living. Jail
meals cost 17 cents.
Don't buy honeymoons with No. l's all-
I roony.
JAILER KILLS PRISONER
WHO ATTACKED HIM
SAN RAFAF.L. Cal., March U.-Jolin
Andrews, an ex-convict, being held in the
county Jail on a forgery charge, waa shot
'and killed last night by Joseph Bicker
staff, a Jailer whom the prisoner at
tempted to slay by hitting lilm on the
head with an iron bar. As flicker taff
fell he drew his revolver and sent a
bullet through Andrew's heart. I'.ie
Jailer Is n the hospital with a possible
fractured skull. Andrews waa recently
brought her from Philadelphia,
ENGINEER IS KILLED
BY CAR
Three Other Ten
nded
When Thieves
eight
Are
THREE OF B
CAPTURED
One of Injured is Deputy Sheriff
and Another His Son.
POSSE ASSEMBLES IN HURRY
Two Hundred Men Scouring Woods
Near Place of Shooting.
FOURTH OF QUARTET ESCAPES
nloodhonnd Arc Taken to Scene In
Attempt to Him Down Only
Man "Who Ha Got
Away.
PEORIA, 111., March lt-Frelght car
thieves early today killed one man and
wounded three others when surprised
stealing goods from 'if car near Manltus,
111., forty-flvo miles north of here. Two
of the thieves wero captured by a pos,e.
Tho victims of the thioves were Arthur
Fisher, a Chicago & Northwestern rail
road freight engineer, who was klllel;
Bert Skoglund, a deputy sheriff of Bu
reau county, fatally woundod; Leslie
Beyer, son of tho sheriff, wounded in
thet leg, and the fireman of the frelctit
train, also shot in the leg.
The., attempted theft and shooting oc
curred about 4 o'clock this mornivg. Tha
conductor and brakeman at tho freight
train surprised the gang while they were
pitching merchandise out of a car near
Manllus The train was stopped and the
thieves Jumped from the freight cars.
They ordered the conductor and brake
man back into the caboose and demanded
that Engineer Fishor detach the icnglns
from the train and proceed down the
tracks. He hesitated In meeting the re
quest and was shot through the head.
He died Instantly. The fireman was shot
through the leg.
Fosse Assemble Quickly.
The station agent at Manllus tele
graphed Prlnoeton. In Bureau county,
and Langley, a small station near Man
llus, for help. In an hour a posse of
nearly 200 men was scouring tho sur
rounding woods for the holdup men.
Near Sheffield, III., the posse overtook
the thieves.
The latter opened fire and Bert Skog
lund, deputy sheriff of Bureau county,
was shot through tho face, shoulder and
throat. He Is believed to bo fatally hurt.
Leslie Beyer, son of the, sheriff of Bu
reau county, was shot In the leg. Tho
wound is not serious.
The two bandits who were cantured had
been shot by their pursuers,' tfjitjiot sorl
uueiy wounoca.
One of the thieves was found lo bo
seriously hurt. He had been shot In the
abdomen. He was removed to a hospital
at Springfield, 111. Bloodhounds wcie
taken to the scene In ail attempt to traco
the fourth bandit, the third having been
taken at ICcwanee.
Third Bandit Caught.
ICEWANEE, III., March 13.-A third
member of the band of freight thieves
who killed Engineer Fisher 'at Manllus
was captured east of here today. The
officers were close on the trail of the
fourth man.
Ifovr It Happened.
CHICAGO. March 11 The slain en
gineer was Arthur Fisher of Escanabo,
Mich., according to the records of the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad here.
He had been with the road about ten
years.
The report to the general superintend
ent's office was that Conductor Collins
and a brakeman came to a car on a sid
ing that had been opened and a box
thrown out The two pitched the box
back and then found four men hiding in
the next car.
The quartet Jumped out on the opposite
side and ran for the engine, where they
ordered Fisher at tho points of their
pistols to detach th locomotive.
Fisher demurred, explaining that an
other train was due and there would be
u head-on collision. Then Fisher was
shot.
Barber Estate Will
Pay Omitted Taxes
ROCK FORD, 111., Marcn 13,-Aftcr long
litigation an agreement has been reached
by which tho estate of A. W. Barber,
millionaire, who died at Crystal Lake,
III.. In 1914. will pay' omitted taxes
amounting to 182,000. Barber, It waa said,
paid taxes on an assessment of only
120,00) during the ten years he resided
at Crystal Lake, The money will be di
vided among the various taxing bodies
of McIIcnry county.
The National Capital
Friday, March IS, 10141.
The Senate.
Met at noon.
James Brown Scott of the Carnegie
peace endowment testified before tlm
lobby committee.
Senator Owen introduced a separate bill
to repeal tho Panama tolls oxomptlon.
voted fwu.ow ror a municipal Hospital
here to be named after Senator Gallinger
of New Hampshire.
Opposition to the Hughes bill to restrict
tho sale of couvlct made goods developed
at an Interstate commerce committee
hearing.
The lluuse.
Met at noon.
Debate on agricultural appropriation
bill continued.
Morchant marine committee conoludod
hearings on LuKolletto seamnn'a bill.
Foreign affairs committee again con
siders bill to enforce Canadian boundary
fisheries treaty.
Interstate and Judiciary commlttoej
heard arguments In favor of manufac
turers and wholesalers fixing retail
prices.
Falcon Joelyn, president of a rallru&d
at Fairbanks, Alaska, told territoriej
committee the AUskan railroad tax law
'tv. vaumIIv "oiiflcetory.
Lieutenant Governor Ingalls of Kansas
, testified on rural credits before a sub
1 committee.
Naval committee reported a bill to
I restore the grade of admiral and rice ad
miral, witb iacreaaes of pay.
RiBERjp
These Are Anxious Days for
From the Baltimore American.
NEW WORK FOR GRAND JURY
9
McGovern Says He Will Report the
Paving Promoters.
SEVERAL ..AFFIDAVITS FILED
Statement 1 tudc that the Kind of
Material to Be Used Wa
CbanRCrt After the Peti
tion Were Signed.
P&vlns Dromoters who have been guilty
of violations of tiio law may havo to
anawsr to the grand Jury, .fop Clty'Cora
mlsstoner Thomas McGovern will ask he
city commission to turn ovldence now In
the hands of the council over to tho
grand jury at once.
"These promoters have been qulot for
a while," said Commissioner McGovern.
"but they havo broken out again. We'ro
thoroughly tired of them, and I will ask
tho council to place the evldenoe we havn
against them In the hands of the grand
Jury before It adjourns."
City commissioners wilt meet Saturday
morning and McQovcm will lay the mat
ter boforo his colleagues then.
The evidence In the hands of the coun
cil consists of several affidavits charging
paving promoters with changing tho
name of the paving material after peti
tions had been signed. A rotary publlo
Is also Involved, affidavits having been
made that this notary publlo acknowl
edged false signatures.
While tho council has secured evidence
against several promoters through -Its
legal department and Wood Hartley, city
abstracter, tho grand Jury will be asked
especially to consider the cases of the
men who promoted a strip of paving on
Forty-first street and the promoters of
certain paving on Templeton street.
Baby Burned to Death
by Explosion of a
Bottle of Alcohol
ALLISON, la., March 13. The Infant
child of Mrs. Herman Waller Is dead
hero today and the mother probably
fatally burned, as the result of an ex
plosion, when a bottle containing alco
hol fell on a hot stove Isat night. Herman
Waller, the husband and father, was ar
rested early today, and will be held for
sentence to the inebriate asylum as Knox
vllle. He Was present at his home when
the accident occurred.
FORTY-THREE SHIPS ARE
WRECKED OFF MOROCCO
MELILLA, Morocco, March IS. Forty
three ships lie wrecked today on the
shores In the vicinity of this port, having
been driven cm the rocks and shoals by a
terrific hurricane which started yester
day. The wrecked vessel include five
steamers and thirty-eight sailing craft.
Th" storm increased In violence today
and a number of'large vessels put to sea
to avoid being smashed against the Jet
ties. FAMOUS BRITISH SOLDIER
VISITS UNITED STATES
N13W TORK, March t3.-Colonel Sir
Francis Kdward Young, husband of the
British army, the first white man to lead
a military forte Into tho Sacred City of
Lhassa In Thibet, arrived today on tlx
fteqmxhip Mauretunla to make n tour of
the I'nlted Htutf.t Tomorrow lie I1I go
( to Washington where he will meet Presi
dent Wilson and other guvernme nt of
ficials The famous soldier is now CI
years old-
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her
the Hard-Working Congressman Who
Fifth Assailant of
Kansas City Trained
Nurse is Captured
ICAN6A8 CIT1 Mo., March- 13,-Wlth
the arrest of n fifth man early today, the
police say they have all except one of
tho six men who Inst Monday afternoon
lured Mrs. Gertrude Shldler, a trained
nurse, to a Grand avenuo room and at
tacked her. Four other men. Identified
by Mrs. Shldler as her assailants, are
held on a statutory charge and will be
given preliminary Wearing tomorrow.
Following a report that they wero pre
paring to leave the city to avoid testify
ing at tho preliminary hearing, Mrs. Jes
sie Freeman, keeper of u rooming house,
and Miss Grace McGee, wero nfrcnted.
Tho Council of Women's clubs of Kan
sas City today appointed a committee "to
extend all aid possible to Mrs, Shldler in
tho prosecution of her assailants." Tho
county prosecutor's office has been
flooded with petitions demanding speedy
Justice
Chargos of being accessories after tho
fact were placed against Mr. Freeman,
Miss McGee and Miss Florlne Case by
the county prosecutor, who explained that
he took such action In order that tho
women might be held under heavy bond
until the trial of Mrs. Shldler' alleged
assailants.
Eockef eller WiU
Give Fifty Millions
to City of Cleveland
CLEVELAND, O., March 13. That John
D. Rockefeller Is the guiding genius be
hind the Cloveland Foundation, recently
launched by F. 11, Goff, president of the
Cleveland Trust company, and that tho
oil king plans to leave not less than $X,
000,000 to tho trust fund, the Income of
which would be used for bettering Cleve
land, was the substance of a report In
circulation among bankers here today.
It is said Mr. Rockefeller desires to
leave a memorial In this city where hU
early Ufa was spent, and has decided on
the foundation as the beet method. Goff
was a former momber of Rockefeller'
legal firm and a close friend of the
Standard founder.
Suit Filed to Test
Income Tax Measure
NEW YORK. March 13. To test the val
idity of the federal Income tax act, suit
was filed in the United States district
court here today to restrain the Union
Pacific Railroad company from paying
taxes under the new law. The petitioner,
Frank R. Brushaver of Brooklyn, a
stockholder, maintains that tho Income
tax law Is unconstitutional.
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OPENS REV. WILLIAMS CASE
Rehearing of tho Mandamus Suit is
Granted by Supreme Court,
TIME IS SET FOR. MAY 18
Judge ISnEllah Had 'Decided Case
In Favor of Father "Wllliawa
and Ordered III Name
Registered-
A rehearing of the mandamus suit
brought uy Rev. John Williams against
th election commissioner of Douglas
county as a result of tho commissioner's
rofusal to register Father Williams be
cause he failed to produce naturalisation
papers has boon granted by the Nebraska
supromo court. A former opinion of tho
supreme Court sustained the election com
missioner. May IS was tho date sot for the rehear
ing, according to advices which reached
Omaha. The action of the supreme court
followed tho filing of a brief by the city
legal department. In which tho question,
"What Is the remedy?" was emphasised.
This brief pointed out that undor the
former doclslon Election Commissioner
Moorhend would bo tho sole arbiter as to
tho qualifications of a voter, and that he
might decline to rcglstor whomever he
desired without feor of having his de
cisions reviewed by any higher authority.
The Father Williams caao first waa de.
elded by District Judge English, who held
that no distinction should be made as to
the kind of evidence required from native
and foreign born voters, and Issued an
order of, mandamus requiring tho elec
tion commissioner to register Rev. Mr.
Williams.
The question Is not one of Interpretation
of a new law, but of Interpretation of a
clause of tho old election law lifted bodily
Into the new statute. Election Commis
sioner Morohead changed the meaning of
tho clause which had been In use many
years.
Hundreds of Arabs
Killed by Italians
BBNOASI, Tripoli, March 13.-Severe
fighting, In which tho Italian troops
killed 263 Arabs, took place on Wednes
day In the neltrhhnrhnml nt th ! ..r
Seuetlna, according to dispatches brought
nere toaay by couriers from the In
terior. An Italian column, composed chiefly of
native levies, was attacked on the march
by 2,000 Arabs and a sharp buttle ensued.
The Italians lost two officers and forty
two native soldiers killed and a number
of officers and 100 native soldiers
woundod.
MISSING MISSIONARIES
ARE REPORTED SAFE
LONDON, Slarch 13. The safety of the
two Misses Black of the British-China
Inland mission, who were reported miss
ing after the burning and looting by
unganaa or tne town ot Lao Ho Kow, Hu
Peh, was confirmed In an official dis
patch from Peking to the Foreign office
today. Tho two women escaped and ar
rived today at Fan Cheng, further down
me river nan itiang.
JAMES BIRCHARD, GRANT'S
BODYGUARD IS DEAD
NBW TORK, aMroh II. James Birch-
1 ard, 81, who wan bodyguard to General
Grant nil through the civil war, died
yesterday nt his home at Darlen, Conn.
lie. was of small htature. but u physical
trnriel Ma rtrcngtii and astllty being
f jiix.ua in war tunes.
U. S, EXPRESS VOTES
TO DISSOLVE PARCEL
POST HELPED 'DO IT'
Directors of Company- Take Action
to Liquidate Its Affairs and
Wind Up Soon.
RATE REDUCTION AtSO BLAMED
Cut of Sixteen Per Cent by Inter
state Commission a Blow.
ENDS SIXTY YEARS' ACTIVITY
Piatt and Family Long Dominant
Interests in the Conern.
EARNINGS RECENTLY DECLINED
Believed tletnrn to snarenoiucr
Will Be from Ninety to One
Hundred Dollar a
Share.
vnw YORK. Maroh 13. Directors of
the United States Express company voted
unanimously today to liquidate Its affairs
and dissolve It In tho shortest possible
time. Tho resolution under wnicn mis
action wns recommended follows:
"rtnanivoii. That nursuant to the power
and authority conferred upon tho board of
directors of tho United states express
company by Hs articles of association,
tho board unanimously declared tnai 11 is
for tho best Interests of tho company
that It bo dissolved na soon ns may bo,
without nwaltlnir tho' expiration of Hs
term of existence: and that Its business
mil nffnlr hn settled 11 n and finally ad-
Justed ns promptly as may bo done. Tho
president Is directed to Inform tho share
holders of tho company of said action of
tho board."
Committee Appointed.
A rnmmltteft on llnuldatlon. which am-
brace tho lendlnc Interests In tho com-
nniiv Inelnrllncr Charles A. Peubodv. Pres
ident of the Mutual Life Insurance com
pany; William A. Read, ex-Sonator v.
Murray Crano of Massachusetts and Haley
FIske. vice president of the Metropolitan
Life Insuranco company, was appointed
to unaertake me worx or dissolution.
Tho precise means to bo adopted for
realising on tho company's assets were
not disclosed, but It Is thought likely that
a syndlcato will bo formed to tako them
over so that they may bo disposed of to
the best advantage.
Varlon Etltuatr.
There have been various estimates of
the company's assets, but persons famil
iar with their value assert thai Uie return
to the shareholders will be between $90
arid $100 q. share. There Is Considerable
real estate of value, ns well na costly
equipment ana outstanding contracts' with
railroads, which, it is expected, will bo
transferred to other express, companies at
a' fair profit.
Tho stop taken by the directors today
was foreshadowed a few weeks ago, when
the etock, which had sold down to 3S
last December, suddenly rose on large
dealings from fw to 81, Its price of last
Wednesday, and Wall street was soon of
tho opinion, despite oflctal denials, that
disintegration was under way.
Parcel Post niamed in Part.
Tho success of thei parcel post and the
recent order of U10 Interstate Commcrco
commission, resulting In a 18 per cent re
ductlon In express charges,- are held di
rectly responsible for tho company's re
tlremcnt from business after sixty years
of continuous operation over soma of the
leading railroads of the country,
arnlngs of tho company for tho five
months of tho fiscal year, so far reported,
showed steady declines, with a deficit
of 333,000 for November. Holiday bualnc.s
was atlrly large, but earnings continued
to dwindle until somo of the more influ
ential Interests became outspoken tor
liquidation.
Piatt; Interest Dominant.
The lato Thoma C. Piatt and family
were for years the dominant Interests In
United States Express company. In fact,
their control was so complete that they
succeeded In warding off 'numorou de
mands and protest on the part of minor
ity Interests and for many years prac
tically nothing was known by the, public
of the affairs of the company, no roeet-
tContlnued on Page Two.)
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