BOLD HMNEO
ID SI. LOUIS cm
Force Paymaster to Give Up $14,000
and Then They Steal His Auto
to Make Their Escape.
ST. LOUIS, March 7.—John Lucas,
the paymaster for the Brown Shoe
company, was held up here today in
broad daylight and robbed of $14,000
in cash, which he was taking to the
factory from the bank to pay off the
employees of the company, and then
the robbers stole his automobile in
which to make their escape.
The holdup was the coolest piece
of work done in this city, in many a
day. The two men stepped up to the
automobile, threw Lucas out, stepped
in and set the machine going at
break-njck speed, oudistancing till
pursuit.
The . police have detailed every
available man on the force to hunt
down the robbers, but it is feared
they have made good their escape.
Telegrams were immediately sent to
all the surrounding towns to watch for
the two highwaymen.
So That Stock Would More Readily
Sell—Interstate Commission
Issues Warning.
WASHINGTON, March 7. -The
Interstate Commerce Commission to
day announced that after a careful
investigation they had discovered that
Lite officers of the Chicago, Milwau
kee and l’uget Sound railroad had
been juggling the books of the com
pany and accounts so as to create
a favorable market for the securities
of the company. They also issued
a warning to' the officers of all roads
that any attempt made hereafter by
the railroad officials to boost their
slocks in this manner would result in
arrest and indictments and that, the
■ ommission would severely punish ail
concerned.
The commission is still hearing
protests from shippers against allow
ing the increase of rates desired by
the railroads.
READY 10 Fit
WILSON TOLL BILE
Senator Jones is Preparing to Oppose
the Administration's Attempt to
Raise Rates to Our Ships.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—Senator
Wesley L. Jones and Senator Poin
dexter, both of Washington, will lead
the fight in the Senate against - the
tolls revision bill advocated by tiie
president to place American and for
eign shipping on the same basis in
the matter of,using the canal.
Senator Jones claims that it is llie
right and privilege o flhe American
people to allow American shipping the
use of the canal free if they so de
sire and that no foreign nation shall
be allowed to dictate to the Unit, a
States.
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Newspaper Man Dying.
,NJ3W,.X.QRK, March,.7.—JacobRiis,
the writer and newspaper cprrespond
ent, is dying here today and ail hopes
for his recovery have been abandon
ed by relatives and friends.
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MKE WOOD PULP
Augustus Stan wood, Who Discovered
Method From Watching Hornets,
Died Today in New York.
NEW YORK, March 7—Augustus
Stanwood died here today at the age
of He was the first man to n»?n
ufacture paper from wood, having
conceive dthe idea after watching
hornets at work, and after investi
gating the matter found that wood
could be used in place of rags. He
revolutionized the paper making in
dustry.
The wood pulp business, which has
grown to such enormous proportions,
was started by Stanwood after he had
watched the hornets and found out
how the paper hives were made.
PUW BIG R6HT
ON TOLLS REPEAL
Wilson Urges It to Pay for the Brit
| ish Aid in Mexico, Says Repre
sentative Knowland.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—Presi
dent Wilson’s advocacy of the repeal
of the provision in tht* Panama ca
nal act of Aug. 24, 1912. exempting
American coastwise trade vessels
from payment of tolls when using the
canal, will be vigorously fought in
the House of Representatives. Ohaii
ntan William C Adamson of the
House Interstate and oFreign Com
merce Committee, which formed the
original draft of the Panama Canal
act, stands with President Wilson in
I favor of tiie repeal, as well as a ma -
jority of the committee, but there is
a “lighting minority’’ in the com
mittee against the repeal.
inis minority, wnicn was responsi
ble for the enactment of the toll ex
emption provision, consists of Repre
sentatives Joseph R, Knowland of
California,' Frank E. Doremus of
Michigan, J. Harry Covington of
Maryland, and a few others. They
were defeaetd in the committee two
years ago, when an attempt was made
to insert a "free tolls" provision in.
the canal act, but in the House forc
ed the adoption in the canal act of the
provision in favor of no payment of
tolls by American coastwise ships.
Representative Knowland of Cali
fornia announced his intention today
to lead the same fight for the reten
tion of this provision in a statement
in which he inferred that the Wilson
administration was undertaking to
repeal the clause in payment for the
friendship of the British government
during the Mexican imbroglio.
“We are paying a dear price,” said
Mr. Knowland, “for the friendship of
Great Britain, even though it may help
i us out in Mexico. The proposed bill
will, 1 predict, precipitate one of the
most spirited debates which have been
beard in congress for years, and will
prqyoke a very free and full discus
sion of our foreign policy.
“To meet fully the objections of
Great Britain, a full and complete sur
render of American rights at Panama
will be necessary. The mere repeal
of the coastwise provision will not
suffice, as •> careful reading of the
British protests will demonstrate.”
American* Honored by Pope.
HOME, March 7,—Official an
nouncement today was made; from the
Vatican of the creation by Pope Pius
of Charles William Hamilton, of Oma
ha, Neb., and Jamep Sheolin, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., as Knights of the
Order of St. Gregory.
Judge George Love, who nnidg a
trip to Cordova in connection with
tlie opening of court in the railroad
town, returned this morning on the j
.Alameda.
ALASKA RATE WAR
Steamship Men in Seattle Are Expect
ing to See Big Fight to Secure
the Alaska Trade.
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SEATTE, March 7.—Trouble is’
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predicted by well informed steamship
men in this city for the steamship'
lines on the Alaska run. A rate war
is expected soon involving all the
lines in the northern trade. It is
expected that several companies
which have never cared for the Alaska
carrying trade after the boom days,
when steamships cleared themselves
in one trip, will again re-enter the
trade to secure a slict of the heavy
traffic expected as soon as the work
of constructing the Alaska railroad
commences.
Several companies are preparing to
demand a share of the business and
have ordered new steamers' from the
East, besides which it is expected that
some of the Eastern steamship lines
will take the opportunity afforded dur
ing construction days to place their
old tubs on the Pacific and get in on
the cream of the freighting business.
The companies which have been
operating in Alaska for the past ten
years, when times were not so pros
perous, however, do not intend to al
low the new outfits to get the business
if it can be helped and are preparing
to handle large passenger business
and heavy freight shipments.
RAILROAD BILL
Ptffl BOOSE
WASHINGTON. March 7.-The
House yesterday passed the confer
ence report of the railroad bill, which
has now been sent to I he upper
house for approval, after which it will
go to the president.
OPERATION SUCCESSFUL
BUT THE PATIENT DIES
WASHINGTON. March 7.—George
Vanderbilt died here today after un
dergoing an operation for appendici
tis. The operation was successful,
but the patient died from the shock,
being in a weak physical condition.
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IN CITYELECTION
FLINT, Mich., March 7.—Ninety
seven names of candidates appeared
on the election ballots today when
Flint voters went to the polls for the
city primaries. J. A. C. Menton, So
cialist and present mayor, is seeking
renomination, his opponent being J.
R. Sloat. Four tickets are in the ]
field.
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OREGON TEACHER AFTER
“CANNED ORATIONS’
—
SALEM, Ore., March 7.—In an en
deavor to stop the flow of circular
letters into Oregon from alleged east- j
ern “lecture bureaus" which offer to
supply students expecting to graduate j
from high schools or college this
spring with orations or essays on any
possible subject, State School Supt.
J. A. Churchill today is on the trail,
of the “canned oration” producers
with threats to prosecute under the
law regulating . , correspondence
schools. Not only do the bureaus of
fer to furnish students with anything
from a “valedictory” to a ‘‘.class
prophecy,” but they, offer to furnish <
“very cleverly written presentation \
addresses" for the chairman of the'
school board.
A new paper has been started at.i
Nome, to be called “The Democrat.” j
The party is growing rapidly since j
election.
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Operators Grant Them an Increase of
15 Per Cent But Do Not Recog
nize the Union.
NANAIMO, B. C., March 7.—The
coal operators in this section have
granted to 700 miners here a raise
of 15 per cent above what they were
receiving before the recent strike was
inaugurated, but they have refused to
recognize the union and they will deal
only with the men in their employ.
The mine operators are employing
a large crew of men to reopen the
mines and they hope to have the
property making capacity shipments
in a few weeks. In many of the
mines the machinery was dismantled,
but engineers are now working to
again place them in condition for
work.
Style Show On.
CLEVELAND, O., March 7. -Style
show week opened in Cleveland to
day. Under the direction of the Re
tail Merchants’ Board style show week
has become an annual event.in Cleve -
land. Live models paraded the down
town stores and in some stores ap
peared in the windows. The stores
vied with each other in unique and
artistic window decorations. A state
wide advertising campaign conduct
ed by the stores jointly was expect
ed to bring many out of town buy
ers to Cleveland.
MEN AND WOMEN .
WILLJO NAKED
NELSON, 15. March 7. .lust be
cause the police and health .depart
ments of this city have issued an
order that all births and deaths must
be registered the six thousand Duk
habours living here threaten that if
the order is enforced the men and
women and the children will parade
the streets naked.
The police are at a loss as to how
to handle the situation, as the relig
ious sect far outnumber the police
and other residents and unless a
large detachment of mounted police
are sent here they will be unable to
enforce the law.
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AT MURDER TRIAL
ELKTON, Aid., March 7.—Every
precaution to protect the prisoners,
two negroes, said to have confessed to
the killing of H. T. Coleman in De
cember, was taken when the blacks
went to trial here today. The men
were removed here from Chestertown
following their arrest after a mob
had three times stormed ,the jail,
and begun a search for the negroes
In the lower tiers of cells when the
sheriff and twenty deputies drove the
mob back off. Two hundred 'militia
men accompanied the prisoners here.
Mariposa Reaches Seattle
SEATTLE, March 7.—The steamer
Mariposa, of the Alaska Steamship
line, reached Seattle late this after
noon and w^U immediately go on the
dry dock for repairs after the bump
ing she received at Ellamar, when
she went on the rocks.
Episcopal Church.
Services at- tne Cblirch of the
Epiphany Sunday are:
Holy communion at: 11 a, m.
Sunday school at 12 nt.
The Sunday evening meeting and
discussion yill be held as usual at
7:30 in Everyman’s Clubhouse. i
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T£e business of the White Vass-yA i
Yukon Railway Co. was $1,215,000 for^
last year, with profits amounting to >
$200,100.
HOUSE ACCEPTS
RAILROAD BILL
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No Opposition and Debate is Friend
ly—Pittman Says dill Will Pass
the Senate Today.
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WASHINGTON, March 7—The
House yesterday adopted the confer- j
ence report on the Alaska railroad bill i
without a dissenting vote. The dis
cussion on the amended bill was en
tirely friendly. '
Senator Pittman, who was a mem
ber of the conference committee,
stated today that the Senate would
adopt the report at the session today
and that the bill would be in the
hands of the president this evening or
early Monday morning.
No more opposition is expected
against the bill.
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For Helping a Woman to Get Rid of
Her Husband—Woman is Un
der Same Sentence.
HARTFORD, Conn., March 7.—
James Flew, companion of Bessie
Wakefield, "the woman who never
had a chance,” convicted with her
of murdering her husband, William
Wakefield, last June, was hanged yes
terday in the “death yard” at Weath
ersfield state prison. Flew and Mrs.
Wakefield both were sentenced on
November 5 to die on the gallows,
following Flew's admission that he
planned the murder and aided the
woman, who is but 2t, carrying it
out. Judge I.. F. Burpee passed sen
tence.
Immediately after the woman was
sentenced to be hanged a statewide
tight was begun to save her from the
gallows. The fight soon became na
tion-wide, but Governor Baldwin de
clared he could not commute the sen
tence to life imprisonment. It was
argued that Connecticut has not taken i
the life of a woman by hanging for
more than 100 years: that Flew ex
erted an almost supernatural influ- i
ence over the woman, who had been j
maltreated by her husband both be- !
fore and after their marriage. Shej
has two children living, a boy six i
years old and a girl of four. Shortly
after the court ordered both Plew
and Mrs. Wakefield to be hanged on
March 6, the woman’s lawyer secured
a reprieve for her until the court
meets later this month to receive the
complete printed records of the case.
FOURTH DIVISION IS THE
MOST EXPENSIVE
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According to the records the Fourth i
Alaskan division (Fairbanks) is the j
second most expensive IT. S. mar- j
shal's division in the United States, i
being exceeded only by the southern j
district of New A'ork. During the!
fiscal year 1913 the expenditures for!
the Fourth judicial division amounted
to $230,000, while the southern district
of New York showed an outlay of i
f260,000, and made that marshalship 1
the greatest disbursing office in the j
United States. As the expenditures j
for the Fourth division for the first!
ball of the fiscal year^ of 1914 have i
mounted to more than $150,000, it is j
estimated that'the annual report will]
show an outlay of approximately!
1300,000, which would make It the!
nost expensive in the country, • pro- |
>ided New York makes no;'increase. j
As the fourth judicial division covers1!
i greater area than any Other in the j
;ountry, it would be considered the •
nost important marshalship in the j
United States if the expenditures in- |
•teased so that it would outrank New j
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father Van der Pol returned to
I'aldnz on the Alameda from Cordova.
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Wants 500,000 Mexican Dollars Be
fore He Will Release Luis
Terraza.
Eb PASO, March 7—Gen. Villa to
day demanded from Gen. Terraza, Sr.,
the immediate payment of 1500,000
Mexican dollars for the release of
Luis Terraza, his 30-year-old son, and
threatened that unless the money was
imemidately forthcoming the sou
would be put to death.
The old general is almost frantic
and is endeavoring in every way to
raise the desired ransom. A few years
ago he was worth forty millions and
today cannot raise enough to free his
son. The aged general has offered
himself as a hostage to the rebel.
that the sum will be paid if they will
but give him time.
The English government may take
a hand in the present mixup as Luis
Terraza was taken from the English
legation at Chihuahua by Gen. Villa
when he captured the town and they
have repeatedly insisted that he be
be rated, I ut to date Villa has refused
to accede to tlici'' requests.
HELPS POLICE
Gets Caught in Hole in the Wall anj
Prevents Escape of His Fellow
Gamblers.
CUK'AliO, March 7. W ith the ,
of a fat gambler, who was caugh; i.
lite hole in tlie wall, through whir
the gamblers were supposed to .
cape, the police of this city last n si
captured ten prisoners iti a raid i.
a down town gambling joint.
The fat man was one of the first • >
try to make his get away through tfi
lmic in the wall, provided for just suet;
an emergency, and while the polite
were striving to break down the big
heavy oak doors, the gamblers tried
in vain to push the fat fellow through
or to pull him back, but fatty stuck
tight, being securely wedged in the
hole and in the meantime the police
caught ten of the get-rich-quick art
ists.
Several truck loads of gambling
paraphernalia was confiscated by the
police and taken to the station.
GUUiU MUSTBE
ELECTROCUTED
Found Guilty of Killing Two Co-a
and Must Now Pay the Extreme
Penalty of the Law.
NEW YORK, March 7.-—Shiliiteni,
the gunman who killed two policemen
who tried to arrest him. was senten
ced today to be electrocuted at Sing
Sing for his crime. The jury which
found him guilty was out but a' few
minutes when they reached a Verdict.
The police have placed the fear ot
the "billy’\in the hearts of the gang
men and several have been taken to
hospitals since the recent order by
Commissioner McKay went into «t~
fect allowing the police to club th.r
gangsters. It has been found to be
most effective.
Tonight! Tonight!
The Fall of Blackhawk, a - two
reel exciting historic picture at the
lipheum, also 1,000 feet of good cosn
tdy. Change tomorrow with flnemu
Uc.