MEADS SPEAKS TO
SEATTLE CHAMBER
Say* Alaska Exhibit of Seattle Merch
ant* Wa* Great Factor in Secur
ing the Appropriation.
SEATTLE, May 22.—At the lunch
eon given yesterday at the Arctic
Club by the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce to Lieut. Mears and Thomas
Biggs, of the Alaska railroad survey,
Lieut. Mears made the statement that
the exhibit sent to Washington by
the Alaska Bureau of the chamber
had done much to secure the passage
of the railroad bill through congress
and that few of the members ot fhe
national law body had ever realized
until they saw the exhibit that Alaska
had any possibilities as an agricultur
al country, nor could they comprehend
the great value of the mining and
fishing industries until they saw the
products of the north taken to Wash
ington by Secretary McPherson.
Falcon Joslin, who followed Lieut.
Mears on the program, said that a
large number of votes received by
the Alaska railroad bill were from
congressmen and senators who ex
pect the government railroad in Alas
ka to be a horrible example and a
certain failure and that it will down
for many years the government own
ership cry being made by the people
of the East.
JOSLIN SAYS HE
VIOLATED LAW
Could Be* Made to Serve Countless
Years In Jail and Pay $10,000,
000 in Fines.
SEATTLE, May 22.—Falcon Joslin,
president ot' the Tanana Mines Rail
way, reached this city today from
Washington, where he has spent the
past winter in the interest of the
Copper River and Tanana railroads.
Mr. Joslin, in an interview today,
^stated that he was hopeful that at
this session of congress the tax of
$100 a mile on Alaska railroads would
be repealed.
"I am already liable for fines total
ing some $10,006,000 and countless
years of imprisonment for failure to
pay the government tax on the little
railroad operated dlit of Fairbanks to
the creeks,” said Mr. Joslin. <
Joslin will leave in a few days for
the interior after consulting With the
Alaska railroad commissioners, now
in this city, in gp effort to aid thejp
in secpring reliable data regarding
conditions' in the north.
OHIO HIE
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COLUMBUS, 0., May 22.—Ohio
housewives now are assured of get
ting just what they pay for. Begin
ning today the State Agricultural
Commission will enforce the law re
quiring that all packages of food must
be marked with accurate net weights.
Violators will be prosecuted. The
greatest abuse, state olficlals say, is
in the packing of lard. A weight is
stamped upon the cab, but It does not
specify whether It Is npt ut gross.
Retailers have endj They
hare written .Cteigmlajtotter Strode
telling him that sates by weight are
ptore satisfactory than by measure.
They declare customers are Tbetter
satisfied sad clerks save time.
Postpone Masting Carman Varain.
The meeting scheduled ipr this ev
ent#* tv the members of the Vaide*
German society has been postponed
until a later date.
BECKER m IS
Both Side* Confident of Victory—
Many Witne**e* Were Examin
ed—Jury Get Ca*e Today.
- NEW YORK, May 22.—The case
against former Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker, charged with the
murder of Herman Rosenthal on July
16, 1912, is almost through and the
case will go to the jury this after
noon.
The attorneys for the defense are
confident that Becker will not be con
victed, while the district attorney is
certain that the jury will return a
verdict of guilty of murder in the first
degree.
The trial commenced on May 4th
and more than one hundred witnesses
have been called by the state and
the defense.
Judge Seabury will conclude his
charge to the jury early this after
noon.
AMERICAN CROOKS
CAUGHT IN PARIS
Maiden Lane Jewelers Lost $150,000
to Diamond Queen and Her
Accomplice.
PARIS, May 22.—The police today
arrested Joseph B. Kislinger, aged
45, and Antoinette Pink Bonner, aged
28, both of whom were born in Ru
mania.
They say that some months ago
Kislinger decamped from Ne^ York
with $150,000 worth of pearls and
other precious stones which had<been
intrusted to him. The American po
lice lost his track, but the French
authorities discovered it through cor
respondence addressed to him in Par
is. When he was arrested Kislinger
had in his possession a large number
of the missing jewels.
NEW YORK, May 22.—Miss An- j
toinette Bonner, called “the Diamond
Queen,” and her partner, J. B. Kis
linger, disappeared about October 31,'
1913. After their disappearance ten
pr more diamond merchants, with es
tablishments for the most part in
Maiden Lane, went before the grand
jury and tagtifled that the man and
woman had biiilt up extensive credit
with the Jewelry trade by dealing
pQfXfmUy upU1 (Aey were able to dis
appear suddenly wHh goods having ap
aggregate value of $150,000, deliver
ed to tieip "on memorandum.”
The memorandum' system, common
ly employed by diamond merchants.
Is that of giving jewels to an agent
with an agreement that he shall re
turn the jewels or the cash value op
demand. The title to the jewels re
mains with the merchant until he
accepts the purchase price from the
agent, bpt pe hgs practicably no pro
tection when dealing with a dishon
est agent.
,The loss of the dlamopd merchants
was made kpQyrPsflpmiifp tpe arrest
early in November of FrapciB E.
Coc]ks, a di^jUpnjj bt^ker qf bidden
Lane. Cocks had been in business
for morp than twenty years and had
bUlit up a Reputation for probity. He
was organist in a Brooklyn church.
,fle told the police that he had let
KiBlingpr and Miss Bonner have “on!
memorandum” jewels worth $183,009,:
which'he in .turn had obtained “on
memorandum" fjrqgn other diamond;
■deJe'rsT Me received from the map
and woman $105,000 in payments mu';
the OjiJj.OOO worth of Jewels, so that'
tde value of the jewels lost through'
him was $78,000. Cocks’s creditors j
made a demand upon him that forced;
him to call ftyr payment from Mali
Bonner and Kislinger, but when be!
Wlftt ,i» Of them be found ,tbj»t
the pair had not been seen since Oc
tober 31.
ROOT PLEADS FOR
TOLL EXERIFTION
Insists That We Keep Our Treaty
Obligations—The Galleries
Are Crowded.
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Senator
Root, of New York, today made one
of the ablest speeches in support of
the administration policy to repeal
the Panama canal tolls bill. Root de
nied the right of the American gov
ernment to exempt its coastwise ship
ping from payment if we live up to
the provisions of our treaty obliga
tions, which, he asserted, were more
binding than any desire to secure
a momentary advantage over other
nations in the commercial fight for
trade in North and South America.
For five hours the New York sen
ator spoke, while the galleries were
crowded with visitors and the mem
bers oft the lower house and high ad
ministration officials filled the gallery
seats reserved for them.
Police, However, Interfere and Mrs.
Pankhurst and Sylvia Are Arrest
ed With Forty Others.
LONDON, May 22.—The police of
this city today arrested Mrs. Emme
line Pankhurst and her daughter-Syl
via, leaders of a thousand militants
who were marching on Buckingham
palace to make a demand upon King
George for universal suffrage.
The women blocked the streets and
pushed forward towards the palace
when the reinforcements lor the
"bobbies” arrived and the police
charged the crowds time after time,
driving them back little by little, ar
resting the ringleaders and placing
them where the militants could not
release them and finally dispersed
the crowds.
The militants have threatened all
manner of reprisals for the arrests
and say they will inaugurate a cam
paign of destruction of public build
ings, works of art, means of travel
and objects of historical Interest un
til the women are released.
Mrs. Pankhurst and her daughter
have already inaugurated a hunger
strike and refuse to partake of any
nourishment.
BEAT AMERICANS
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SANDWICH,* Eng., May 22.—All
Americans have been eliminated from
the English (Amateur golf champion
ship matches here and the British
contestants will complete the finals.
The Americans were’ to be represent
ed by some of the best golf players
in America but were outplayed at ev
ery preliminary and have all been
eliminated.
Wife Slayer pies.
WATKRBURV, Conn' May 22.— !
Commutation Of the death sentence to
jlife imprisonment' was refused to
Michael Rlkferaitia, and hd gees to;
the scaffold today. He killed his wife
and thett cut his own throat after a
quarrel, but surgeons saved his life.
Me pleaded tor clemency on the
ground # |»ip?ttpaal inanity.
f rsshy**rtgn# Jhp«pnb*y.
! ' CHICAGO, May 22.—/The general
assembly ofthO Presbyterian church,
'now In session In this city, today
elected Maitland Alexander, of Pitts
burg, Pa., as moderator of the as
sembly.
Force* Them to Take 2$ Cent* on the
Dollar—Is Known as Royal
Spendthrift.
BRUSSELS, May 22.—The last of
Princess Luise's horde of creditors,
who together' turned fa claims to the
Belgian government for approximate
ly $4,000,000 debts incurred by the
late King Leopold’s daughter, has
finally agreed to take his proportion
of $1,000,000 offered by the govern
ment. All claims are to be settled
on this basis early in June.
Princess Luise, who has been call
ed the greatest princess spendthrift
in Europe, and renowned for the fact
that she had more personal debts than
any individual known, will have ap
proximately $500,000 left out of her
share of her royal father’s estate.
She hopes to get something like $2,
000,000 more when Charlotte, the
aged exempress of Mexico dies.
REBEL8CAPTURE
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Saltillo Falls Into Hands of Rebels
With Large Quantities of Stores
and Ammunition.
PAREDON, Mex., May 22—The reb
el troops today captured Saltillo af
ter General Maas, in command of the
federal garrison, evacuated the city,
leaving large stores of army provis
ions and many thousands of rounds
of ammunition. The rebels are now
in control of all the railroads in the
north central states and are prepar
ing to advance towards Mexico City.
WASHINGTON, May 22—The State
department is making every egort to
locate the whereabouts of Consul
General Stilliman, who was arrested
by the federals at Saltillo, and who
has been missing for several weeks.
Every effort was made by Secretary
Bryan to locate the missing consular
agent, but without success, although
repeatedly assured that he was safe
but being dettained for a violation of
the laws. Huerta asserted that the
American consuls were giving valu
able Information to the rebels and
were being upheld by the American
government and encouraged to con
tinue the practice.
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WASHINGTON, May 22.—The great
valley of the Mimbres river, near
Pemlng, N. M., is the latest irrigation
field, according to an announcement
by the United States eGologtcal Sur
vey today. Windmills dotting the
landscape give the casual observer the
only clue to the water supply “fthd
the fruitfulness of this region. But
the survey has been investigating that
territory, and it finds that the vast
deposits of sand and gravel underly
ing the region contain Vast quantities
of water. This iapumped to the sur
face by the'huge Windmills. Already
there has been a rush of settlers to
the valley, and the survey is Issuing
information tp prospective homestead
ers on request.
Motorcycle Endurance Run Tomorrow.
runs
held
tomorro#.
miles. The second will .be' held on
June 19 and the third on September
20.
FIRE DESTROYS
WASHINGTON TOWN
City of Labam Completely Destroyed
by Fire Which Start* in
a Sawmill.
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LABAM, Wash., May 22.—A fire
which started last night in the big
sawmill at this city completely de
stroyed the entire city, leaving only
a few isolated residence buildings re
maining of the once prosperous town.
The fire swept into the business
section from the mill and nothing
could stop its advance. All the dy
namite available was used to blow
up buildins gin the path of the fire
demon, but flying sparks set almost
the entire city on fire, as all the build
ings were constructed of wood.
The loss is estimated at fully $500,
000 with hardly any insurance.
Nick Welch has started the work
of building the sidewalk along the
north side of the court house.
Promised the Officials of the New Ha
ven They Would Not Be Prose
cuted, Cays Mellen.
VVASHINGON, May 22.—Former
President Mellen, of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad,
testified today before the Interstate
Commerce Commission that when
Charles Morse, the steamship oper
ator, had offered the New Haven $20,
000,000 for their holdings in the Bos
ton and Maine Steamship line, he had
strongly urged the acceptance of the
offer and the unloading of the com
peting steamship line.
“The only reason,” testified Mel
len, “we did not unload the boats
on Morse was because President
Roosevelt had personally assured us
that we would not be prosecuted for
violating the anti-trust law, because
it was the only means we had to
prevent the Canadian system from se
curing the cream of the business in
New England. We were promised by
President Roosevelt that the attorney
general would not prosecute and he
never did. i
"The troubles of the New Haven
begun with the death of J. P. Mor
gan and shut off our means of se
curing money. No other banker dared
to advance us money even on the best
of securities, fearing reprisals from
the Morgan house, and they refused
absolutely to aid us after the death
of the banker."
Attorneys for the railroad endeav
ored to break down the evidence of
^fallen, but without avail.
Ex-president Mellen then urged
the commission to establish a trans
portation monopoly similar to that of
die Pdstal department, and to pro
vide fdr the strict government regu
lation of the roads and the fixing of
rates by the commission, giving to
the shipper the benefit of the reduc
tions certain to follow where com
peting lines are not cutting prices
in order 'to secure' the business. He
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JERSEY CITY, May 22.—With Gov.
Fielder invited as the guest of hon
or and principal sjeakeK Jersey City
today celebrated the twenty-fifth year
of the founding of its first public 11
B&itches ih addition tV the magni
ficent main building, three deposit
stations and twenty-one delivery sta-i
tlons.
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PENROSE WON
BIG VICTORY
Secured 160,000 Majority Over His Op
ponent—Had More Votes Than
All Candidates.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 22.—The
state board of elections today an
nounced that the total bote cast in
the recent primary contests in all the
parties totaled 280,000, of which Sen
ator Penrose rece'ved 160,000 major
ity over his opponent in the Repub
lican party and secured more than
half the votes cast. The Bull Moosers
claim that as Gifford Pinchot was un
opposed for the nomination they did
not make any ffort to get out the
vote, while the contest in the Repub
lican and Democratic parties forced
a big vote in both the old parties.
Senator Penrose will run as the Re
publican nominee to succeed himself,
Congressman Palmer will head the
Democratic ticket and will have the
support of the administration behind
him, besides securing the big orator
ical guns of the Wilson cabinet to
stump the state in his behalf, while
former Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot
willTlead the Moose party and will
be supported by ex-President Roose
velt, who will stump Pennsylvania,
and will he aided by George Perkins
and other Moosers.
REBELS EXPECTED
SEND DELEGATES
To the Niagara Peace Conference—
State Department Receives Infor
mation Believed Reliable.
WASHINGTON, May 22.--The State
department has received what is be
lieved to be reliable information that
the rebels have decided to send rep
resentatives to the peace conference
now being held at Niagara Falls. On
tario, and that the result will be the
settlement of all the troubles in Mex
ico. The representatives of the reb
els are believed to be en route to El
Paso and will reach Niagara Falls in
a week.
The State department has been
making every effort to induce Gen
eral Carranza .to be represented at
the conference and to agree to the
decision of the mediators, but so far
he has refused to join in the peace
conference and today’s information is
the first that the department has had
regarding the possibility of the reb
els joining with the United States and
Huerta in an effort to make a settle
ment.
VIENNA WILD
RIVAL PARIS
VIENNA, May 22.—That the de
signing of women’s gowns and the
furthering and promoting of styles
and modes Which is making Vienna
a rival to Paris, is worthy of high
honor and state recognition, was in
effect the decision of Emperor Franz
Joseph, by1 decorating Frau Marie
Gelber, With the golden cross of the
"OMer of Merit.” Frau Gelber is
chief editor Of the magazine “Vienna
Modes.” Tkh decoration Was confer
red' upon her in recognition of her
indefatigable work to Cfeate “Vienna
i«”‘ln beautiful gowns and dresses
Which has tbade the Viennese women
quite independent Of Pkris.
Attention, Moefol
All members of the Moose are re
quested to meet at half at 3 p. m.
SUnttay, May 24, to rehearse for
memorial service.
D F. MILLARD. Secretary.