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MYSTERY CLEAR
Reason For True Bills Against
Labor Leaders Explained
By Arrests for Carrying
Concealed Weapons.
LABOR MEN CHARGE t
PACKED GRAND JURY
Tlatolm Tloploro "Wino TVTomriivra
f To Citizen's Alliance
? Of Houghton.
Houghton, Mich., Jan. 16. The
mystery of the secret Indictments re
turned yesterday by special grand
jury which has been Investigating dis
orders In the copper" strike was clear
ed up today with the arrest of four
strikers charged with carrying con
cealed weapons.
. Although the Jury continued Its de
liberations, this morning only one
other true bill had been found and
those who had expected a return on
the deportation of Charles H. Moyer,
president of the Western Federation
of Miners, admitted today that there
was nothing on which to base a pre
diction as to probable action.
Only one Indictment remained
sealed, according to Information at
the county clerk's office.
So far as could be learned there Is
no intention of attempting to obtain
the arrest and requisition of Charles
II. Moyer, C. E. Mahoney and other
national officers of the union who
aro beyond Jurisdiction, on the charge
of conspiracy. It Is probable that the
warrants for these men will be held
Rnd served only In case they return
to Houghton county.
Houghton, Mich., Jan. Id. Union
men today were not surprised that In
dictments had been returned yesterday
against Charles H,' Moyer, president
of the Western Federation of Miners,
and 87 other union men on charges
of conspiracy In connection with the
copper strike.
"This charge is no surprise to us,"
said Charles E. Helttala, secretary of
the Hancock local and one of the
men indicted. "It has been openly ac
knowledge that at least nine of the
Jury men owe allegiance to the Citi
zens' alliance, which Is frankly inim
ical to organized labor. Everything
we have done In connection with this
strike has been open and above
board."
More than a dozen of the 38 indict
ed had been placed under arrest and
released on bond last night.
P iimmrr in iinnrn
f UIMUUIIL 13 UnbtU
( AS RESERVE L
Central Location For South
Atlantic States Argument
Advanced.
Washington, Jan. 16. Reasons why
Charlotte, N. C, should be chosen
the seat for the federal reserve bank
; In the south Atlantic states were ad
vsnced today to the organization com
; mittee by a delegation from Charlotte.
The district proposed would consist of
Ida, EasternVlrlglna, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Eastern Tennessee and Southern West
Virginia. The delegation urged that
Charlotte's central location made It
admirably suited for a reserve bank.
Charles A. Bland, mayor of the
city, W. C. Wllkins and II. M. Victor
were the speakers,
FEARSFOR STEAMER
DANIA UNFOUNDED
New York, Jan. 16. Officials of
the Hamburg-American line here said
today that fears for the steamer
Uanla, reported overdue at Havana,
were unfounded.
Friends In Havana of the Dnnln's
anscngers, according to Julius V.
lever, of the Hamburg-American line
Ppsrent'y had wrong Information as
o the Paula's departure from Ponla
'elago In the Azores. The Innla he
,iid left Ponta Delagdo oil January 2
n the afternoon and therefore la not
ue In Havana until today.
Koports from Havana had stated
hat the Danla with too passengers
was four days overdue.
ASSOCIATION ORANI7.FI TO
IXIMINATi: MIDDLEMAN
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 16 Retail
irrocers of the Pittsburgh district to
day organized a Jobbing association
throuxh which they hope to elliiilnuie
the middleman. The leuders riulin
i hey will b able lu get a reduction of
from 10 ti ItV per cent In grocery
Hoods by buying In wholcnulo nuurili
i .. The SMoi-intlun Is niltitllsuJ at
H.OOO..OO0.
BRITISH SUBMARINE
SINKS WITH CREW
The "A-7" Founders off Coast
Officers, and Crew of 12 Men
Type Met
Plymouth, England, Jan. 10 The
British submarine "A-7" foundered
oft here today and the authorities say
there Is little hope of her crew being
saved.
The submarine was engaged In ex
ercise In the sound. She failed to
come to the surface with other boats.
The "A-7" was built in 1904 and
measured 150 feet in length. Her
submerged displacement was 204 tons
Her engines' developed 'an Indicated
horsepower of 600 giving her a 'sur
face Bpeed of nots and a submerged
speed of 9 nots.
The "A-7" lie's at the botom of Caw
sand bay on the Western shore of
Plymouth sound and has been so long
below that naval experts believe her
Garrison Submits Plan
For Canal Government
Washington, Jan. 16. Secretary
Garrison submitted" today to President
Wilson his plan for the permanent
government of the Panama canal zone.
While the secretary would noij disclose
its features it is understood it con
templates making Colonel George W.
Qoethals the flrpt governor of the
zone with plenary powers and would
create from the retiring members of
the canal commission a new commis
sion to take charge of the ceremonies
preparing for the canal's opening in
January, 1915.
OF
Plea Made by Steward of the
Ill-Fated Ship in His s
Damage Suit.
London, Jan. 16. The plea that the
Tlfknic was unseaworthy Tvhen she
left England In April, 1912, on her
fatal "maiden trip which cost the lives
of over 1500 people Is to be advanced
In a suit for damages brought against
the White Star line by Thomas White
ley, one of the surviving stewards.
He sustained a fracture ot the right
leg In the wreck.
Whlteley's counsel, Allen Clement
Edwards, a lawyer member of parlia
ment, will also argue on behalf of
his client that there was negligence
In the 'steering of the ill-fated ves
sel. The hearing has been provisionally
fixed for March 1.
This will be the first time that a
suggestion in regard to the unseawor
thiness of the Titanic has been raised
in the courts. Whlteley, In an inter
view given while he was lying in a
Mew York hospital after the wreck,
declared that the officers of the Ti
tMilc had disregarded the warnings
of the lookout that Ice-bergs were in
the vicinity.
PROF. TUFT IS KICKING
ON AUTOMOBILE TAX
Thniks Machine Is Assessed at
Too Much He Bought
It Second Hand.
New Haven, t'inn.f Jun. 1. Pro
fessor William Howard Taft of Yale
Is dissatisfied with the tax levied upon
his automobile by the city, Recently
he received a tax bill showing that
the assessors had rated his machine as
worth f 40no. To this ton per cent had
been added upon his failure to appear
within the required time and swear to
his tax list. This brought the total
up to 14850.
In a letter to the assessors Mr. Taft
today Informed them that he pur
chased the car second hand, paying
only 82000 for it and falls to under
stand how they can rate It at 84500.
Although Professor Taft owns real
estate In New Haven he did not have
title to It when the assessors were
making up the list last spring, ,and It
Is not taxable this year.
Nearly I..KW) Itanas Apply.
Washington. Jhii. 16 Nearly 2. .100
I lutik hiivn miidii legal application lor
! nieiulernhli In the new li ilcriilu rc
; nerve system and official estimated
(that today's upplliullun will swell Ihu
'nuiiilier ti mure than J.0U9.
of Plymouth Little Hope for
Two Other Vessels of
Disaster. '
crew of . 1 2 officers and men must
have perished.
Two other vessels of exactly the
same type have met with disaster, the
"A-5" at Queenstown in 1905 with a
loss of four lives and the "At8". at
Plymotfnth In 1906 with a death list
of 15. . .
The British navy has also lost a
number of other submarines within
recent years. The "A-l" was wrecked
in 1904, when 12 men were drowned.
"No. 4" was lost In 1905 but all were
saved, the "C-8" In 1907 when four
were drowned, the "C-ll" hi 1909
when IS were drowned and the "A-3"
in 1912 with the loss of 11 lives, and
the "B-2" in the same year with a
death list ot 15. . '
. The impression in official circles Is
that President Wilson is in accord
with Secretary Garrison.
An executive order abolishing the
isthmian canal commission is under
stood to be in preparation by the pres
ident in accordance with the. provis
ions of the Adamson act. Unless Col
onel William C. Gorgas Is made surgeon-general
of the army or is chosen
for some other important work, he
will be continued with other members
of the new commission whose salaries
are to remain the same but who will
serve only until the canal is opened.
Loan Company Officers Ar
. rested For Using Mails
To Defraud.
Seattle, Wash., Jan, 16. In the ar
rest today of R. T. Kelley, secre
tary and Arthur Elrd, treasurer ot the
Pacific Mutual Bond and Loan com
pany, on the charge of using the malls
to defraud, postoffice inspectors said
they had unearthed one of the largest
swindling schemes ever conducted In
the Pacific northwest. "
According to inspectors the Pacific
Mutual Bond and Loan company,
which was Incorporated to lend
money on farm lands, had no money
to lend but duped prospective borrow
ers by charging an examination fee of
one per cent on the- amount of the
loan desired. The money, obtained In
this way, the government alleged, was
diverted to the use of the officers of
the company and no fram loans were
made.
JEROME IS THREATENED
IN ANONYMOUS LETTERS
Unless He Discontinues At
tempts to Return Thaw
To Matteawan.
New York, Jan. 16. A dozen
anonymous letters threatening death
to Wllllnm Travers Jerome unless he
discontinues his attempts to return
Harry Thaw to Matteawan have been
turned over to a detective agency.
' An argument against Thaw's admis
sion to ball was completed by Mr.
Jerome yesterday. He will take It to
Concord probably the latter part of
next week and present It at a hearing
on the question of hall.
THAW CASE DECISION
HAS BEEN DEFERRED
.
Concord, N. It, Jan. 10. The mat-
ter of admitting Harry K. Thaw t
ball will not be decided for several
weeks. In a rescript tiled today Fed-,
era! Judge Kdgar Aldrlch said there
would be no healing In the matter of
ball until the final hearing on tho
question Involved In the extradition
nd habeas corpus proceedings.
An extension of twenty days Inland no Increase I njhe latter,
which to file their brief In the mnln ,
c,fl7 ""riH'K1' t JhT i ,coun"e ''y , COMPTROLLER CALLS
Jlidxe Aldrlch, This brief was due! ,, .
IiiM week but counsel asked for more FOR BANKS STATEMENT
time. As Aitorney Mineral Ciirinoilyi Washington, Jsn. 16. The comp
lins already filed the brief for New I roller of the currency today burned n
York ntulc. It Is believed Hint the i-hII for a statement of the condition
hearing n the main fuse u ml tibm on of all National banks of the United
inn mmjcr or nun will be held Inr
luliruury. .. I
T
E
Because He Was Criticised for
Not Warning of -Volcano
Eruptions.
Tokio, Janpan, Juij.,l(l.-The sui
cide today of the chief of the inetero
loglcal observatory at Kagoshima is
announced In the newspapers here.
The -dispatches' dcclare: that the sci
entist committed suicide because he
had liven severely criticised for failing
to warn the. citizens of Kogoshima of
their danger from the eruption of the
volcano Sakura-Jima. He assured
them, it was said, that the center o
the subterranean . disturbance was
elsewhere. .
Smoking Continues.
; Kagoshirna, Jan. 16.- The volcano
of Sakura-Jima continued smoking
today. '-, ;'
The people of Kagoshima, many of
whom have returned to the city only
to find th.eir houses destroyed, waited
with wonderful faith for Professor
Omori of Tokio Imperial university to
give his decision as to the possibility
of further catastrophes. He declared
this afternoon that there was no dan
ger. Many families were separated dur
ing the panic. Highways in the vicin
ity are crowded with saddened people
searching for relatives. The authori
ties are doing their utmost to re-establish
order. A number of newspa
per correspondents today visited the
island of Sakura, on which the vol
cano is situated. They found the
earth too hot to walk on while every
where the ground was full of danger
ous holes: Ashes were drifted In thick
heaps and showers of small stones
were still falling.
FERTILZER PLANT IS
BURNED; MANY MEN
JUST ESCAPE DEATH
Baltimore, '; Md., Jan. 1C. Fire
which broke out in the Immense fer
tilizer plant of the F. S. Royster
Guano company at Fairfield, Md., Just
south of aere today caused damage
estimated few between 850,000 and
8100,000 before the-flames were" ex
tinguished. Many men narrowly escaped being
caught under a falling concrete wall?
Several were hurt but not seriously
by flying pieces of concrete. Three
barges tied at the company's per
caught fire. They were towed out into
the river where the blaze was extin
guished. MONEY, RETURNER TO
ADVERTISE POTASH
Berlin, Jan. 16. The budget com
mittee of the Imperial parliament to-'
day voted to return to the German
potash syndicates 8125,000 of the
$2,000,000 forming the so-called "pro
paganda fund," which was Intended
for advertising the German fertilizer
at home and abroad. The money re
turned is to be utilized for arranging
a potash exhibit at the San Francisco
exposition.
The house also voted the return of
$225,000 of the fund for the purpose
of advertising potash abroad.
It was slated recently that the Ger
man potash syndicate was about to
bring a suit against Imperial Chancel
lor von Bethmann Hollweg, demand
ing the return of the entire $2,000,
000. LUSITANIA RECUES
CREW OF SCHOONER
New York, ' Jan. 16. The captain
of the Cunard liner Lusitania which
sailed from here on Wednesday sent a
mossage today saying that at 6:30
o'clock this morning in latitude 43.12,
longitude 50.30 the Lupltania hail res
cued the crew of eight men from the
Nova Scotia schooner Mayflower. The
schooner was abandoned and set on
fire.
Marina records show that tho Brit
ish schooner Mayflower left Perth
Amboy, N. J on December 30 for Ht.
John, N. 11., and touched at Booth
May, Me., on January 10. She could
not possibly have been In the position
indlcuted by the Lusllanla today. No
other Mayflower of tho schooner type
Is recorded.
FINAL ARGUMENTS ON
GEORGIA SHOE RATES
AVashliigfnn, Jan. 16. Final argu
ment as to proposed Increases In rates
on bouts and shoes from Boston ami
Macon, (la., was heard today by the
Interstate commerce commission.
Counsel for the Augusta chamber of
commerce argued that the present
rnte of 95 cents a hundred to AtlunU
should remain and that the rates to
Augusta should be reduced Instead of
the proposed Increase to $1.01 In the
rate to Atlanta, with the Augusta rate
remaining unchanged. A brief prj--nted
for Macon argued for a rate
three rents less than that to Atlanta
- Htulrn at tne close, ot Puulncss on
Tuesday, January 18, '
ST
CHS
1CID
LIVES ARE SAVED BY
TIMELY WARNINGS
Thousands Imperilled by Breaking of . Tarn But All Seem to
Have Escaped Tidal Wave T.,v'v rail of Heavy
Damage in Phur v y am Valley.
Cumberland, Aid., Jan. J' .iy
Creek and upper Potomac va, folk
who fled to the hills yesterday after
an angry flood of water was released
by the breaking of the West Virginia
Pulp and Paper company's dam at
Dobbin, W: Va., were returning to
their homes today. The - tidal wave
passed almost as suddenly as it start
ed on its mad plunge down the valley
but in its wake today was a trail of
heavy damage.
Although " thousands of persons
were Imperilled, when the first pt
the flood tide seeped out of the weak
ening dam, yet so far as could be
learned early today there had been no
loss of life. Prompt warning was giv
en of the flood's coming and the folk
of the valley lost no time in heeding
it.
It Is believed that the quick action
Serum Injection Doubles
Quantity of Goafs MUk
Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 1G. Experiments
made on goats in the college of medi
cine at Cornell university may even
tually lead to an increase in the sup
ply of milk and thereby reduce prices.
According to R. P. Hill, a graduate
student at Cornell, a goat has been
made to give milk of twice the quan
tity and five times richer in cream
through the injection of a recently dis
TAX COLLECTORS
ARE INSTRUCTED
Rules Are Issued to Govern
Them in Collecting The
Income Tax.
Washington, Jan. 1,6. Treasury
officials have begun picking out inter
nal revenue agents and Inspectors to
collect the Income tax. There are
more than 10,000 applications on file
for the 400 l)bs.
In anticipation of the appointment
of these collectors the treasury has
Issued instructions to govern them,
which read In part as follows:
"The duties of officers of this class
are to ascertain and report the names
of persons who in tneir opinion uiu
liable to the income tax and who have
failed to make returns as required by
law; to inquire into income tax re
turns where there Is any suspicion that
the return made is erroneous; to ex-
amine the books and accounts of per
sons who have made returns for the
purpose of ascertaining and reporting
as to whether the law has been com- i
plied with, when so ordered by the
agent In charge of the division to
which they are assigned; to inquire!
Into the manner in which incombe
tax employers are discharging their j
official duties and to report those who
have failed in this respect. ,
"For the purpose of securing such
Information as they may desire they i
must visit the office of any state, coun-1
ty or municipal officer, and for the
general purpose of their employment
may confer with any collector or dep-1
uty collector of Internal revenue with
in the territory in which they are'
authorized to operate. !
"In the discharge of their official
duties ofticers of this class, as well is
all officers of the Internal revenue
bureau, in making inquiries and In
vestigations, are expecteu to exercUe
sound discretion, treat all ne""" with
due curteny and whllo acting firmly,,
i ,,ran,ilv. to avoid all conten
tion that would givo just ground forj
complaint.
00 HAS RACCOON
I WITH A GOLD TOOTH
i Waithinttton. Jsn. 16. A racoon in
I whose grinning mouth flashed n
I bright gold tooth made his bow In of-,
jflclul life here today, when he was
I presented to Senator Htone by Kdward
i K. tloltra. democratic national com
mitteeman from Misourl.
The raii-oon lost a prominent front
tooth when ho was run to earth In t
hunt, and after he had become mascot
of the Randolph county Missouri)
democratic club, a democratic dentist
provided the gold tooth.
The raccoon will be turned over to
the too.
L. ;. I'oiifX- Dead,
Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan. 16. X.. U.
Four, president of the Fidelity Mil
ium l.lfa Insurance company of Phil
adelphia and dean of the Ufa Inxur
mice priiM. rMli of Amerl.'ii died st
his home here today. Mr, Fuuse Wu
11 vcars old.
of the paper company, employes In
sounding the alarm throughout the
valley enabled all to escape.
It probably will be several days be
fore an accurate estimate of the prop
erty damage can be obtained but of
ficials here fix it at about $200,000.
The telegraph operator at Echell
was lauded today as a hero. He stuck
to his post until he heard the noise
of the rushing waters, flashing a
warning in all directions. It was fear
ed he had been Inst, but he turned
up safe at Cumberland later In the
day.
Red Cross Telegraphs,
Washington, Jan. 16. The Red
Cross today telegraphed Governor
Hatfield of -West Virginia asking
whether its services were needed in
assisting sufferers from the flood
which swept Stony Creek and the
Potomac valleys.
covered scrum under the skin or into
a large blood vessel of the animal.
Whether the same process will give
equally gratifying results when ap
plied to cows has yet to be determined
but the investigators are hopeful.
The serum is a preparation made
from the pituitary gland of live stock.
It has been found that injections have
to be made frequently in, order to
keep up the increased production.
INCREASE IN LINTERS
AND SEED CRUSHED
Washington, Jan. 1G. There had
been :!9(i,034 bales of llnters obtained
and 3,009,759 tons of seed crushed
from the cotton crop of 1913 to De
cember 31, the census bureau an
nounced today.. This compares with
352,972 bales of linters obtained and
2,739,897 tons of seed crushed to De
cember 31, 1912, from the crop of
that year.
omreT IS GOING TO
MYEHTUST FOH SHORT STAY
Boston, Jan. 16. Francis Oulmet,
tho national open champion, who
foreswore golf for the winter a little
over two months ago, is going to Pine
hurst for a short stay. He will be
accompanied by Paul Tewksbury.
They expect to remain a week but will
not take part In tournament play
unless something is arranged Impromptu.
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ADDITION TO SHERMAN
LAW IS CONTEMPLATED
Interstate Trade Commission
Will Be the Principal In
strument For Correct
ing the Trusts. ' L -
: Washington, Jan. 16. President
Wilson showed the completed draft oi
his trust message to P.epresentatlv
Stanley of Kentucky today and aftei
the conference Mr. Stanley said he
concurred In every line of the docu
men which will be delivered to con-v
gress next week.
Mr. Stanley said that what particu
larly pleased him was that the presi
dent outlined the general principles
to be dealt with, leaving details and
specific measures to be worked out
by congress.
With the wide discussion in con
gressional circles of the general fea
tures of the president's message, il
has become apparent that while alter
ing the Sherman law in no way, some
specific additions are contemplated tc
eliminate any uncertainty that maj
have arisen through its varied inter
pretations. Though legislation prohib
iting interlocking directorates Is to
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out the administration wishes to rem
edy evils arising out of the communilj
of interest of corporations. Assur
ances have come Indirectly from the
White House thrt a period ot ad
justment to allow 'business to conform
naturally to the changes Is to be pro
vided. Those who know what the presi
dent has In mind with reference tc
the Interstate trade commission said
today that It would be one of th(
principal instruments of correcting
trust abuses and that Its chief merit
would be In Its powers of publicity.
It was said the president in his plar,
had divested the commission of anj
semblance of a court, so that corpora
tions could not claim Immunity be
cause of information given to th
commission alone, still being required
to conform to the law and the oper
ation of the department of Justice.
Representative Underwood, flooi
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