Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 March 1911 — Page 3

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V SISTERS TENDER THEIR RESIGNATIONS BUT PRESIDENT POSTPONES ACCEPTANCE. CRISIS IN WAR SITUATION -neral Opinion Expressed That United States Will Intervene to Bring About Peace Madero's Forces Win Victory. v, tiro City, March 25. The Diaz t resigned In a body at a spe-:i.-oting of that board. The prosdeferred action upon the resigi.r.s. : i announcement brings a crisis 'po Mexican war situation which ' t re, official or civilian, believe be settled only by a miracle. ' the resignation of the cabinet . fause the United States Immcdi- . . to intervene. Is the consensus of . iin ,( impossibility of President Diaz wring from the blow dealt him !.e desertion of Ills ministers, the of which, coupled with the dec.M.ns of Finance Minister Llmanprior to his resignation that rch dt-nmnded by the rebels must : mught about, Ib Indubitably an . .ise of tho opposition to the Diaz mmont, is declared by members ..h factions here. Reasons for Resignations. n-ason oillcially given for tho i r uf the ministers in resigning is ! ellef that it will contribute to r -establishment of peace and ;ate the reforms which are in . m plat Ion. n'rary to this view statements i . rurrences happening prior to return of Senor Llmantour to o City are being recalled as :ng the real reason for the deserf I)laz by his cabinet. ,ias then declared that Enrique i rrl. minister for foreign affairs, bocome dissatisfied with PreslIMaz's methods because Creel ..st many hundreds of thousands ' Pars because of the spread of ' volution, and that he faced the . .n of probably losing many ids of thousands more. - ' r LImantour's position was also - . red as being opposed to Preslllaz"s methods, the view being . 1 upon the flnanco minister's infw published from Paris. That vr.tour was so opposed to Diaz tren borne out by his utterances s his return to Mexico City, to the " that ho was astonished at the fxrt to which tho feeling against 'r f .lent Diaz's government exists a- r.g the people, and that the re- ' - .s demanded by the people must t anted. Financial Pressure Reported. "s farther declared here in Interif 1 circles that the Morgan-Rocke-r interests have had much to do !.e present situation. That these . -ib demnnded. through Senor 'our. that an end be put to the tion by granting the reforms r.ded and that Diaz declined to ,f to these requests Is assigned ther reason for the resignation cabinet members. n it Is pointed out that aside hp opposition to Diaz in his own t powerful supporters of his Tment have been driven away by the obstinacy of Diaz In P ng the reforms naked. the general belief that, while 'ignation of the cabinet will Diaz to yield and that ho will ;rant tho reforms demanded, his Ion has come too late, and that g short of his virtual abdjeaconsenting to a new and free n will satisfy the popular def - r r a I Possibility of Intervention. o withholds his consent to that 'i yond a very brief time, the be- - prevalent that his Inaction will zed upon by the United States !ust cause for intervention. tender of the resignations of r:nmber3 of the cabinet was entirely without ostentation. ,a C. Creel, minister of foreign ns. presented tho resignations alf of all of the ministers. ral Diaz thanked the retiring rs for their efficient and pa-co-operation in the paEt, and fed thnt he would postpone cptance or rejection until later. 1C0 Federals Slain, dio, Tex., March 25. Accord a messenger wno reporteu to tl Joso de la Cruz Sanchez, in r.d of the Insurgents besieging vn of Ojlnaga. Insurrectos undirect command of Francisco ro have won an important vlcu ihr vicinity of the city of Chl- . routing tho federal troop3 !'.) had beon killed and 40 taken ' rs. L0TED EDITOR PASSES AWAY T T. Williams. Publisher of c. York Evening Journal, Dies After Short Illness. t w York, March 23. Thomas T. T' im, one of the most ablo nnd ''ul figures In modern Journalism, 1 'n his apartments at the Hotel f 'im. Vr Williams had been 111 less than rce weckB. After he had con,T rd a heavy cold, erysipelas deT ' f d nnd desplto his strong phyf complications followed. V the time of his death he was usurer of tho New York Evening Jr nal publishing company and pubhr the Now York Evening Jour-

OLD BATTLESHIP TEXAS SHATTERED BY SHELLS

Marksmanship of United States Gunners Proves to Be of Spectacular Character. On Hoard the Torpedo lloat Stringham, Lower Chesaicnko Hay, March 23. Shattered by a storm of shell, tho old battleship Texas rosts on tho mud of Tangier sound. Tho vetoran of tho United States navy sank under tho spectacular marksmanship of her nower sister, the New 1 Inmpshiro. Gaping holes in her port sldo and two Jagged wounds in her forward armor, whoro shells passed completoly through her, showed how he succumbed. Part of both her ligntlng masts wore shot away and her deck was a cluster of dobris. The marksmanship tost against a comparatively modern battleship was conducted with almost uncanny secrecy. No one was permitted to approach the San Marcos, the name under which tho old Texas jccelvcd the lire, except the observers and one or two naval ofllcera and olllclals. Secretary of the Navy Meyer, whose private yacht Dolphin was anchored near, made several trips to the shattered old ship during pauses in the firing. The broadsides delivered by tho New Hampshire at varying distances of from six to seven and one-halt miles were considered remarkable by ordnance olllcers. More than onethird of all tho shots wore said to havo gone true, although nothing ofliclal was given out. SOCIALISTS LOSE PRIMARY Milwaukee School Election Indicates That Party Is Rapidly Losing Votes In Own Wards. Milwaukee, Wis.. March 23. An an alysis of Monday's vote for nominees for school directors at tho primary election in Milwaukee shows a falling off in tho Socialist voto as compared with the primary a year ngo. when Emil Seidel was Indorsed as the can didate for mayor. Only two out of four Socialist can didates wero nominated and -these ran sixth and ninth on the list of ten. James H. Dorse, who led the non partisan candidates, received 14.023 votes, while Jacob II. Rubin. Socialist, finished In sixth place, with but 6.22S votes to his credit. Tho falling off of the Socialists in their wards was tho surprise of the election. Society women registered more votes in proportion to the men than did their sisters in the poorer wards. .It Is estimated that out of approximately 25.000 votes cast, 5.000 were deposited by the fair sex. WOMEN ARE GIVEN BALLOT Illinois Senate Passes Suffrage Bill Workmen's Compensation Measure Is Also Adopted. Springfield. 111.. March 24. The woman suffrage bill passed the senate. The vote was 31 to 10. Eight Democrats, five of whom are from Chicago, voted against tho measure. Only two Republicans were recorded against it. Stanton C. Pemherton and W. O. Pocr. The employes' compensation bill, one of the most important pieces of labor legislation for several assemblies, was passed In the senate uy a unanimous vote. A similar measure has been reported favorably to the lower house. The bill provides that in case of death an employe shall receive four times his yearly salary, with a miniauim of $1.500 and a maximum of 53.500. In case of Injury his pay shall continue for ninety days. INJURY ACT HELD INVALID New York Court of Appeals Declares Employes' Liability Law Is Unconstitutional. Albany. N. Y.. March 25. The workmen's compulsory compensation lawpassed by the legislature last year, which provide compensation 10 worn men Injured In certain specified dan gerous employments, regardless of the emnlover's negligence, was aeciareu unconstitutional by tho court of an neals. The court holds that the act deprives the employer of his property without due process of law in violation of tho constitution. This law was modeled on the Eng llsh workmen's compensation net of . . . . 1 1S97. which has since ueen exieimuu to cover every kind of occupational ininrv Judge Werner wrote the opin ion. in which all tho momuors 01 me court concurred. INDICT WOMAN FOR MURDER Grand Jury Returns True B... Against Alice Hoemer ior omhiu University Man. Indianapolis. Ind., March 23. The grand Jury returned an indictment of murder in the first degree In the case of Mrs. Alice Poehler, who shot Carl V Storey of Columbus, Ind, tho former "yell" loader at Illinois unlvcrsltv, In a room at the Bradcn hotel. January 12. Tho shooting was tho culmination of a love affair. It Is understood that a pica of Insanity will be entered by tho attorneys of the defendant Flying Fox Is Dead. New York. March 23. From Paris comes the news thnt Flying Fox, tho great raco horse which Edmund Blanc purchased some years ago for $200.000. Is dead. Ho won $130,000 In purses oa the French turf alone.

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ERS IN DEFEAT ; ! FEDERAL JUDGE OVERRULES MOTION TO QUASH INDICTMENTS, UPSETS PLEA IN ABATEMENT. GOVERNMENT TO RUSH TRIALS Decision Denlei Right of Ten Big Packers to Whitewash as Result of Their Testimony Before Grand Jury In Former Inquiry. Chicago, March 23. The indicted Chicago packers lost their fight against going on trial on the Indictments obtained by the government several months ago, when Judge Carpenter, in the United States district court overruled their demurrer to the charges and held that the Immunity granted by Judge Humphrey of the federal circuit court in 1906 did not apply to the present charges, which, he held, were based on evidence not Included In the Humphrey decision. Judge Carpenter's decision went into the controversy relating to im munity with great detail. Court Tells Difference. In brief, the packers position was that any conspiracy that might have existed was the plotting prior to Judge Humphrey's Immunity decision, and that the Immunity from prosecu tion granted them extended over all future time, so long as the acts covered by the 1906 decision remained the same. . In deciding this. Judge Carpenter ruled that the Immunity granted them was only for acts which had occurred prior to the date of te Indict-1 meni anu couiu nui peruuu iu uuj uulawiui act wnica as pcriorun-u tnatume. ine eminence gnea u packers before the grand jury, he said, could not relate to that which had not occurred, nnd hence could havo no future application. Conspiracy In Effect. As to the contention of the defense that the conspiracy ended with the 1 first plotting, he ruled that eo long as the acts complained of continued, the ' conspiracy remained In effect, and unlawful acts growing out of the con- , splracy and occurring after the in- j dieted men had testified before tho ; grand jury were new and separate of- ! fenEes and subject to the operation j of law. In addition, the offenses admitted before the grand Jury by the packers prior to their immunity nnd from the criminal responsibility for which they were defined by the court as none the less criminal In themselves. He said they could be used In prosecutions which were predicated on a continuation of the offenses. Names of the Indicted Men. Following are the defendants: Louis F. Swift, E. E. SwlfL Charles F. Swift. Francis A. Fowler. Edward Tilden. J. Ogden Armour, Arthur Meeker. Thomas J. Conncrs, Edward Morris and Louis H. Heyman. Pnlted States District Attorney Sims said he would in a day or two demand that the packers be brought Into court to plead to Indictments and havo dates set for trial. Sims was Jubilant over tho ruling of Judge Cnrpentor. SHIP LOST; THREE PERISH I . tt ft. II et RiMir riAP Nevonu - Off C ' the Rocks Oft Breton Coast. Louisburg. C. 11.. March 2. Three persons perished In the wreck of tho Newfoundland mall steamer Hrucc. which struck the rocks off Scatter! In tho night News of the wreck received here Indicates that the steamer is a total loss. The Hrucc was on tho way from Port Aux Hasques to this porL Oil Trust Scores Victory. Washington, March 23. The oil trust scored on the railroads In Illinois and Indiana, through the medium of the Interstnto commcrco commission. In a decision handed down the commission orders a reduction of onehalf cent per hundred pounds on freight rates on crude oil shipped from the wells of tho Standard company at Stoy, UL, to points In Indiana.

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PRESIDENT TAFT SUMMONS JAPANESE AMBASSADOR Arrangements Are Made at White j House for Exchange of Recent j Treaty Ratifications. J j Washington, March 23. Responding i to an invitation from President Tait. I Haron Uchida, the Japanese ambassador. visited the White House and made arrangements for the mutual ex- . change of ratifications of the recent American-Japanese treaty. This function takos place at tne state department, where oach of the governments gets a copy mutually signed while a third copy is placed In the archives. The president sent for Daron Uchida and the air was full of talk that tne bsron had asked for explanations of war talk and was in a belligerent mood. Elaborate stories were printed that the baron had called to urge upon

the president the bellei tnat japaa j tracjj Be oniy tidings the passenhad no ulterior or any other Inien- j sers oad oi wnat vns going on were Hons In Mexico. thc sounds of Intimidating shots and The facts of the interview were. I 11 f ang by the car windows, however, stated by the president him- It was estimated by passengers that self, so that they were accepted as j more tnaa a DBndred shots were they were given out. The president ßred Tnere were four explosions of desired the ambassador to felicitate j nitro-giyccrjn. all In the last half hour his government on its speedy ratläca- oJ tle Ejcge. The fourth explosion

tlon of the treaty and to convey 10 the mikado the assurances of the pres ident's official and personal regard. FOUR DIE, 12 HURT IN FIRb' Firemen Plunge to Death and Injury When Milwaukee Factory Roof Collapses.

Milwaukee. March 25. Four re- ier was forced at the point of a remen were killed and twelve were in-1 volver to give up J2.300 in cash. The inrrl.twn nerhans fatallv. by falling i two raea were masked. They forced

lnrough a roof during a fire In the v,uildlntr of the Middletown Manufac tur,ng con)pany. wholesale hatters, at 354 Broadway. The dead: JOHN HINTZ. captain. PETER JANSSEN. DICK BURKE. HAMMOND. The fire had been burning half a.i hour and nearly 20 men had l?a fighting the flames from the roof of the four-story structure when suddenlv there was a creaking and sway ing of the upper portion, and before the firemen had a chance to hurry away the roof collapsed, carrying them through to tho uascmenL Many of the firemen were buried In the debris, while others were lucky and escaped through basement windows. UNREST IN THE FAR EAST London Hears Tnat Var Between Russia and China Will Be Declared Soon. Ixmdon. March 25. Private cables received by London business houses from representatives in the far east are dlsquioting. Thpy assert that it Is expected that Russia will soon declare war against China. The rate at Lloyds to cover risks on the outbreak of hostilities within lour weeks Jumped from five to ten guineas per conL On the other hand, the latest advicos, from Europoan capitals indicate general belief that the tension between the two countries has lessened. SL Potersburg March 2 An oJ5clal dispatch to the government from Peking nays China remains obstinate regarding the (tuestlon of the freedom of Russian trade In Mongolia, main talnlng thnt Russia is entitled merely to Import non-Cbiacse goods aad oxport local products. Mount Vernon BankXIosed. Washington, March 25. The Mount Vernon National bank of Mount Vor non.N. Y.. with a capIUil of JSOo.OOO. was closed by Its directors. Herbert T. Jennings. Its president, is also an officer of the First National bank of Onoonta. which was closod by lis directors Thursday. Judge Attacks Gaynor. New York, March 24. Magistrate Corrlgan's open letter In which he described the wave of crime which is rolling over New York city, and for whlfh he fixed the responsibility on Mayor Gaynor's "Rule by epistle" has caused a tremendous sensation here.

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SIX MASKED MEN 1LOW SAFE AND ROB EXPRESS CAR ON I IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD. BOOTY AMOUNTS TO $20,000 Passengers Are Terrified by Fusillade of Shots Fired by Robbers, But Are Not Molested Safe Wrecked by Nltroslycerln. Coffeyville. Kan.. March 25. Foi one hoar and forty-five minutes six masked men held passenger train No. 101 of the St. Louis. Iron Mountain Southern railway on a prairie 12 miles south of Coffeyvillo. while they blew open the safe in the express car. All of the 209 passengers remained 1..). ,.t T,.m,.,r, , fled by frequent rifle sho& and explo sions of nitro-glyceria even to peep oat. and members of the crew lay. faces down, at the sldo of the right of way, guarded, by oae of the robbers. After what appeared to the vlcUras an endless period, the lights of two motor cars were seen to approach. A moment later the rifle shooting ceased. A quarter of an hoar later, when the trainraea got to their feet, the motor cars and the robbers were gone. It Is believed they took money am! oihr valuables to the amount of ;20,OO. Xo passenger was robbed. Thought Robber a Tramp. The train was leaving Lenapah. Ofcla.. 16 miles sooth of Coffey vil'e. when the fireman saw on the tender what be believed to be a tramo. He notified the engineer who approached ;o mafce him get off. Tho "tramp" nroduced a revolver and said: "I'm going to ride a little piece with you; drive on." About four miles from Lenapah. at a trestle, the leader made the engineer stoy. Three other masked men appeared and the engineer and fireman wore forced to leave the cab and enter the Jim Crow car. Meantime other robbsrs had climbed lato the mail, baggage and express cars and covered the clerks jjjj revolvers. The three clerks were m-i3 to He together beside the threw the door of the safe, containing through express packages, across the car and tore a hole in the side of the car. Illinois Cashier Robbed. Springfield. Ill, March 25. The First National bank of Blue Mound, a village near Decatur, in Macon county, was entered by robbers and the cash , Cashier Francis Peck to open the in- , ner sate, wnere toey xounc ibis sh in currency. Peck was then locked in the bank while the men escared. A posse of fanners was orgaalrod to pursue the men. Masked Man Holds Up Passengers. Dcnison. la.. March 25. A masked man who climbed aboard the rear of train No. S on the Northwestern, eastbound, forced the flagman, at the point of a revolver, to go ahead into a sleeper. The stranger hekl Hp A. C Hanson of Olyrapla. Wash. for 514 and a diamond ring, and relieved J. "SV. Hendell of Wichita. Kan., of J35 and a gold watch, lie then Jumped from 'ie train and escaped. Loot Missouri Sank. Montgomery. Mo, March 25. The bank at Curryville. a small town across the line In Pike county, was robbed of J 1.004 last night The robbers made their escape. COMPLAIN OF WOOL RATES National Growers Association Asks Interstate Commerce Body to Probe Allesed Discrimination. Washington. March 24. In a votnplalnt filed with the interstate commerce cimalBsJon by the National Wool Growers' association agaicfit 33 big railroad companies, the Interesting statement is xiuie that freight ... a ri.l-- on C T uili nr. wool from Kansas. N'ebraaka and othcr adjacent states are fully ifty-five to st.vty-Te per eeat. higher than from the Pacinc coast to the two marvts in ocewloa. 1 t h oo asserted that freight rates on wool to New York aad other Atlantic coast points from the territory mentioned are more than twice what they are from San Francisco and other Pacific coast points to Atlantic ports. These ar the features of a sweeping charge which alleges that present j rates are excessive and uniawtul. and J the raUrcads are glaringly dlscrimlnatory In favor 01 tne t'acice coast. The statement Is made that the life of the wool Industry In the tcritory affected is absolutely dependent on a readjustment of freight rates? to the principal markets. Missouri "U"'Bul!dlng Burns. Columbus, Mo., March 24. Fire early today destroyed the Mechanical Arts building of the Missouri state university, causing a damage estimated at jse.ooo.

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Provisional eensus returns estimate the popuiaUoa of Austria at 2S.5G7,9S, m increase of 2.417,190 in ten years. The olUcial cnsus returns show Hungary to have a population of 20,25tf.7v. This Is an increase of 1.556.o0 In ten years. Fire destroyed the mechanical arte building of the Missouri state university, Columbia, Mo., causing a loss es. tiraatcd at 1 50,00. News has been received of the organization in Constantinople of an American chamber of commerce, in which 70 business bouses in the Turkish capital are represented. After October 1 it will be unlawful to have a "common drinking cup" n asy park, public building, factory, theater, school, railroad station or ferry house in New York city. A verdict of S19,t)00 damages teas awarded to I'ercival L. Harden, wno sued William T. Hoops in New York ""TTT Mande Alene Sulllv urts for alienating the affections of an Harden Hoops. Mrs. Gertrude H. Horrigan, thirtyfour years old, niece of James J. Hill, was granted a divorce from William J. Homgan, president of the Northwestern Ice and Fuel company, at Sl Paul. Minn. Active opposition to revision of the tariff was undertaken by the officers of the National Wool Growers' association after a conference at Salt Lake City on the tariff situation as it affects wool. Lightning struck the White Star liner Oceanic in midocoan during a terrific thunderstorm. The foremast was broken off and fell heavily to the deck, waking up passengers and causing a scare. Louis Wächter, a former Philadelphlan. who shot and killed W. Clifford Hurrows In a Denver cafe several weeks ago. was found guilty oi mur der In the first degree. I r?or In lUa flrt iIoitpp Tha furT recommended hanging. By the will of Mrs. Clara B. Snow, widow of George C. Snow, a shoo manufacturer, 575,000 Is bequeathed for summer excursions, Christmas dinners and Christmas presents for the poor of the city of Brockton. Mass. The Honduras National railroad, of which L. IL Fairbanks of Mansfield. Ill , brother of former Vice-President Fairbanks, Is president and chief pro- ! moter, was placed In the hands of a receiver, according to information re ceived from Trujillo, Honduras. Rear Admiral Charles E. Vreeland, now in command of the second division of the Atlantic fleet, has been detailed to represent the navy at the coronation of King George V. Admiral Dewey declined the appointment because of the length of the voyage. Residents of the national capital can see an artist's hope of a masterpiece In the form of four bronze tigers, which were placed on the corner parapets of the new Sixteenth street bridge The tigers are the work of A. Phimlster Proctor, a New York sculptor, and cost J10.000. FIND BRODERICK NOT GUILTY Illinois Legislator Accused of Paying Bribe In Lorlmer Election Is Acquitted. Springfield, III.. March 25. "Not. guilty" was the verdict of the Jury in the case of Senator John Broderick of Chicago, accused of bribing State Senator D. W. Holstlaw In the election of William Lorlmer to the United States senate. Six Killed In Theater Fire. Lille. France. March 25. Six persons were burned to death in a Ore which destroyed a motion picture theater There were many women among the spectators. Panic followed the outbreak of fire and In the rush tor exits many were knocked down and trampled. Town Shaken by Blast. Port Clinton. O. March 23. Four persons were hurt, but none seriously when 500 pounds of powder exploded at the plant of the American Gypsum company at Gypsum, near here. Tho shock was felt for miles around. THE MARKETS. Sw Trt. March :i. LIVB STOCK-Stwirs i 5? g S S llan 60 4M 5 CO FlXrn-tr StralKbts.. WHEAT May com - May OATS May ttYE N. 2 AVestwa BlTTKIt Cric"y KOOK CHEESE CHICAGO. KM g 4 , M 8 5 W ii Sri z. a n T O ITH ' t TTt V PnfT SO je 3S ft e j m ft v 5 TT. 1 1 i 2 X ' " I V t - 6 7 'r M Cfiw aad 11 -f - . IIO'IS Hhtv r- k-rs nwtrtxrr Hs Ptcw .... - arTTR-CT-irry DÄtry LIVE rOlLTKV 1 it ii ' 4" Oats. Mar 111 LVt At' K Ft 1 S. 21 GUAIN-Wbeat. No. 1 S ' .Mcty ........... - Caen. May,--Oata. Staarfard Itye : Kansas crrr. . , v- ti-i. V 2 Hard t 'S 91 n 5 Na 2 ! cira. Na. VsUe OaS. Na WWI rtre n ft -, v f fl ST. LOUIS. SHKEI- NavM 1 8 SM OMAHA CATTLB-N 8 r.. Slprk t nl ' f Cn iJ It'f r !tKS ?- ljf-T l x - r $3W ff3S 3 Ö 4 W 4 59 eSK