Late Telegraph News
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.
—The international tribunal assem
bled here this morning to hear
testimony in the American and
British claims arising out of the
seizure of schooners in the Bering
Sea for violation of the sealing laws.
CHICAGO. March 16. — Mrs.
Sophie Nieman. who identified the
body of an unknown man as her
husband and collected $1,000 life
insurance which Nieman carried,
has confessed to the coroner, that
the body was not that of her hus
band. Nieman disappeared several
months ago and has never been
heard from although he is a mem
ber of several fraternal organiza
tions who have been trying to locate
him.
CHICAGO. March 16.—Charles
Ellis, the Cincinnati leather mer
chant. was convicted of murdering
his wife in this city, and was sen
tenced to 15 years imprisonment
this morning. The couple had been
married a number of years and had
two children. Mrs. Ellis had fallen
in love with Frank Caldwell, of
Brantford, Ontario, and had wired
him to meet her in Chicago. Her
husband followed her and made at
tempts to induce her to return to
her home and children. When she
refused he shot her through the
heart and turned the revolver on
himself but failed to inflict a fatal
wound. ,
The federal judge before whom
the case was tried, after sentencing
the prisoner denounced Attorney
Remus, who had defended Ellis. He
said, “The attorney for the defense
is a disgrace to the bar. He accepted
the fees but abandoned his client at
the preliminary stage of the case.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 13.
Gifford Pinchot was charged in the
House yesterday by Representative
William E. Humphrey, of Washing
ton state, with favoring certain in
terests to the detriment of the
nation. He said that Pinchot had
favored the government land ex
change transaction with the Santa
Fe Railroad Company, which he
characterized as “he greatest and
most outrageous looting of the pub
lic domain which has ever occurr2d
in the history of the nation.”
Mr. Humphrey was asked to offer
an explanation of the transaction for
the benefit of members who were
not familiar with the facts of the
case. During the explanation he
said: “I challenge any man to show
that Gifford Pinchot ever protested
against the steal under which the
Santa Fe Railroad Company secured
1,200,000 acres of the best public
land in America in exchange for a
like number of acres of utterly
worthless land. The Santa Fe owned
1,200,000 acres of untimbered,
worthless land which the officials of
the company estimated to be worth
15 cents per acre. It was included
in a forest reserve and the company
advanced a proposition to trade the
laud included in the reserve for
other land in a different part of the
state. Pinchot approved of the deal,
although he must have known that
the land was untimbered, on the I
grounds that settlers who might be j
induced to settle on the railroad
lands in the reserve might endanger
the rest of the forest through start
ing forest fires. It was a land steal
whereby the Santa Fe was enriched
to the extent of many millions of
dollars at the expense of the nation.
Pinchot could see a man in Alaska
cutting a fishing pole out he could
not see the Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany getting 1,200,000 acres at one
time.”
NEW ORLEANS, La., March 13.
—The first draft of a plan for the
United States reserve banks has
been obtained here. Tnere will be
12, the full number authorized by
law. Three of the banks will be in
the East, at New York, Boston and
Philadelphia, four in the West, at
Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and
Minneapolis, two in the South, at
Atlanta and New Orleans; one in
the Rocky Mountain region, at Den
ver, and two on the Pacific coast at
rortland and San Francisco.
From this list not more than one
change is likely. The one proposed
for Kansas City may go to Omaha,
or that region may be annexed to
St. Louis. This information was
obtained from an official of the
American Bankers’ Association.
NEW YORK, March 13.—One of
the strangest and most sensational
of the many strange and sensational
divorce cases that New York has
known was brought into court today
when attorneys for Joseph R. Stone
breaker, prominent merchant, for
merly of Baltimore, argued for an
injunction to restrain 12 men,
named as co-respondents in his peti
tion for divorce, from visiting his
wife pending settlement of his
divorce suit.
The hearing today attracted not
only a big crowd of curious spec
tators, but lawyers also took great
interest in the legal side. They de
clared that action uy a petitioner in
asking that visitors of the opposite
sex from the defendant be restrained
from paying attention to the latter,
is without precedent in New York
courts, if not in any American court.
Among some of the men named in
Stonebreaker’s petition against Con
stance Stilwell Stonebreaker, and
who probably will be witnesses are
“Big Bill” Edwards, ex-street clean
ing commissioner of New York, who
captured the assassin Gallagher
when the latter attacked the late
Mayor Gaynor; Alexander R. Pea
cock, Pittsburgh millionaire, and B.
Clifford Kline, brother of Mayor
Ardolph Kline, who, as president of
the board of aldermen succeeded to
the unexpired term of Mayor Gaynor
when the latter died last fall.
LONDON, March 16.—May Rich
ardson, the militant suffragette,
who destroyed the famous painting
in the National Art gallery and was
sentenced to six months in prison,
has joined the hunger strike and is
being fed by force. She is in Hollo
wav jail w'here Kitty Merion and
Phyllis Brady are incarcerated. The
latter were convicted of having
burned the Nottingham station and
have refused to refrain from mili
tancy if given their freedom.
SANT FRANCISCO, March 13.—
Dr. Helen t-arker Crisweil, president
of the International Association of
Nurses, has announced that nurses
from all parts of the world will hold
a world’s congress on the grounds
of the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition in San Francisco in June,
to which there will be 6,000 accred
ited delegates. The conclave will
include four great congresses: The
International Association of Nurses,
representing 15 foreign nations, in
cluding England, Ireland, Germany,
France, Belgium, Italy, Australia,
China, Cuba and others; The Ameri
can Nurses’ Association with 22,000
members; the Nationai League of
Nurse Education with 12,000 mem
bers, chiefly teachers and superin
tendents of training institutions;
and the Organization of Public
Health Nurses. The California State
Nurses’ Association will act as
hostess to the visitors.
PEORIA, March 13.—District No.
12, United Mine Workers of Am
erica, are in convention here. Dun
call McDonald, secretary-treasurer,
in his address attacked the Illinois
laborer's compensation law. A new
scale of wages for Illinois is to be
settled at the present session of the
convention as the contract with
operators expired March 1. The
miners favor a six-hour day, two
holidays every week and pay days
on Fridays.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 13.
—The Senate yesterday afternoon
adopted Senator Chamberlain's reso
lution calling upon Ambassador
Page to explain his speech in Lon
don last night when he said that,
“The United States would prefer
that no European governments
should gain more land in the new
world.”
NEW YORK, March 13.—George
Westinghouse, the famous inventor
and manufacturer, died here today.
Deceased had been in ill health for
some time and his relatives were
summoned from Pittsburg to his
bedside.
He was born in New York state
in 1846 and patented his first in
vention when 15 years old. He is1
credited with inventing more devices
for increasing efficiency of the rail
roads than any predecessor. He
was president of 30 corporations
with an aggregate capital of $130,
000,000 and employing about
50,000 men.
HAMBURG, Germany, March 13.
—Prince Henry of Prussia, and the
princess, today were expected to
leave Hamburg for Buenos Ayres,
and other South American cities, it
is understood that the German gov
ernment. apprehensive of the rapid
strides the United States has made
in strengthening trade relations
with South American countries, is
sending Prince Henry there to offset
any effects the visit of Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt to South America.
Prince Henry, it is said, will “cover
the Colonel’s trail.”
LONDON, March 13. — United
States Ambassador Page has re
ceived notice from Secretary Bryan
to cable a full explanation of his
speech delivered at a banquet here
last Tuesday.
NEW YORK, March 13.—George
Vanderbilt’s $20,000,000 were left
to his widow and daugucer Cornelia.
The latter gets $5,000,000 income
property and the Baltimore estate
in North Carolina.
DETROIT, Mich., March 13.—
Some of the best roller skating
cracks of the country were here to
day going through final paces for
the amateur and professional roller
skating championship meet to be
held here beginning tomorrow and
continuing through Wednesday,
March 25. The meet has been sanc
tioned by the International Skating
Union of America, the Amateur
Athletic Club and the National Skat
ing Association of Great Britain.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 13.
—Falcon Joslin, president of the
Tanana Mines railroad, appeared
before the House committee on
territories today and urged favor
able action on Delegate Wicker
sham’s bill fixing the government
tax on railroads in Alaska. The bill
provides for a 5 per cent tax on the
gross earnings of the railroads in
Alaska and repeals the annual
I license tax of $100 per mile on rail
j roads in operation.
DANVILLE, 111., March 13.—Mil
! lions of rare flowers are on display
today in the local armory where the
three day’s ‘ two-state show” of Illi
nois and Indiana florists is being
held. Since the abandonment of the
Cook county floral show In Chicago,
the exhibit on today is the largest in
the Middle West. The halls were
opened to the public today.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14.
—The formal announcement of the
engagement of Secretary McAdoo,V»f
the treasury department, to Eleanor
Wilson, youngest daughter of Presi
dent Wilson, was made at the White
Hous_e today. The secretary is re
ceiving the congratulations of his
many friends among the officials
and legislators.
TACOMA, March 14. — Deputy
Sheriff George E. Stone was shot
and instantly killed by Mrs. Sadie
King, who then suicided, in a down
town hotel last night. Both were
married and had families living in
this city.
Mrs. King left a letter stating
that Stone had promised to secure a
divorce from his wife and give her
money to secure a divorce from
King but had lately became enam
ored with another woman. She did
not care to live without Stone and
had planned the murder and suicide
several days ago, but had been
unable to induce her victim to visit
their rendezvous.
SEATTLE, March 14. — Frank
Picconi, charged with the murder of
Werner, has been arrested at Cle
Elum. He is known to have been
with the murdered man on the
evening previous to the finding of
Werner’s dead body.
SEATTLE, March 14.—Mrs. Wer
ner, who was arrested charged with
complicity in thf murder of her
husband, has confessed that she
hired Picconi to kill Werner. She
has signed a written confession stat
ing that when she approached the
assassin to murder her husband he
replied, “Sure, but a job of that
kind ought to be worth at least
$100.” She had paid him the
money and described the bills which
corresponds with those found on
Picconi when searched.
STOCKHOLM, March 14.—The
government of Ecuscor today ap
plied to the Swedish government for
a corps of Swedish school teachers
to reorganize the school system of
Ecuador and teach in the schools for
a period of years.
CHICAGO, March 14.—Herman
Henry Kohlsaat, editor of the Chi
cago Times-Herald, has been ap
pointed receiver of the Chicago
Inter-Ocean, in which he is one of
the largest stockholders. Kohlsaat
was formerly editor of the Inter
Ocean and built up a wonderful
business, making the paper a power
ful influence in the middle states.
Since severing his connection with
the paper it has lost a tremendous
amount of money and has at last
been forced into insolvency.
PHILADELPHIA, March 13.—
Miners and operators who have been
working for the past month to reach
an agreement, have decided to con
tinue their negotiations. President
White, of the United Mine Workers,
states that the outlook for an amic
able settlement is more favorable
than at any time since the negotia
tions started. The main point to be
settled is the contention of the
miners that they should be paid on
the mine run oasis.
MILWAUKEE, March 13.—Willie
Ritchie was given the decision in his
10-round go with Ad Wolgast before
a club here last night. His superior
glove play and a knockdown in the
seventh round showed his superior
ity. The fight was well attended
and was the best exhibition wit
nessed by fight fans here for many
months. From the tap of the gong
it was a rattling mill until Wolgast
slowed up after being floored in the
seventh.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., March 13.!
—The Senate yesterday passed the |
bill creating a coast guard service'
by consolidating the revenue and I
life-saving service.
NEW YORK, March 14.—Stock
holders of record today, it was an
nounced by the Standard Oil Com
pany of Oh o. wi’l receive a $3
quarterly dividend and $3 extra
payable April 1. The last quarterly
dividend was $3 and $2 extra, paid
December 22.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 14.—
Steps were taken today for the early
introduction of an aerial postal ser
vice between St. i etersburg and six
of the leading provincial towns. Be
sides the ordinary postage, all let
ters conveyed by this means are to
be charged an extra tax, and the
proceeds are to go to the fund for
a national aerial fleet.
WASHINGTON, D. C. .March 1 i.
—Senator Chamberlain, after read
ing the cabled verbatim account of
the speech made by Ambassador
Page at a banquet in London, de
clared that Page’s lips should be
sealed or that he should be recalled
from Lonaon. During his speech
the ambassador had stated that “the
United States would prefer not to
see any European nation increase its
holdings on • the American conti
nents.”
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14.—
The reduction of express rates by
the California Railroad commission
whereby the Wells Fargo Express
Co., was ordered to prepare new
schedules affecting thousands of
merchandise items, is in effect to
day. During the next six months
the Wells Fargo Company will keen,
in seven principal cities of the state,
a record of shipments and earnings
to be later compared with the
revenue that would have arisen
through the old rates. At the end
of that period the Railroad Com
mission will render a final decision
that will govern express shipments
in California. According to the
Railroad Commission’s estimate, the
saving to the shippers of California
will amount to $750,000 per year.
The traffic records ordered between
March 1 and November l will be
kept in San Francisco, Sacramento,
Stockton, Fresno, Los Angeles, San
Diego and Chico.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 14.
—Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, has
introduced a bill in the Senate to
provide for repealing the exemption
clause of the Panama Tolls act.
President Wilson has let it become
known that he regards the bill as
an administration measure and is
relying on the party to push it
through both houses at an early
date.
The clause of the Panama act
which Senator Owen’s bill will
nullify provides that American ves
sels engaged in coastwise trade may
pass through the canal free. Britain
and other European countries have
entered protests claiming that the
exemption is a violation of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty between the
United States and Great Britain
which reads that “all nations” shall
be permitted use of the canal on the
same basis.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 13.
—The rumor that Secretary McAdoo
of the treasury department and
Eleanor Wilson, youngest daughter
of the president, are engaged is
generally accepted in official circles
as being something more than mere
gossip. The secretary has been at
tentive to Miss Wilson for severa’
months and it is eyD“eted that the’
will be another White House wed
ding in the near future.
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BOSTON, March 14.—Professor
Howard Taft, Governor David i.
Walsh, United States Senator John
W. Weeks, Howard Elliott, chair
man of the New Haven Railroad and
Presidents James H. Hustis and
Morris McDonald of the New Haven
and Boston & Maine respectively
were guests of the New England
Traffic Club at its annual dinner at
the Coploy Plaza last night. Former
President Taft, Senator Weeks and
Governor Walsh delivered addresses.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14.—B.
T. Townsend, who acted as special
assistant federal attorney general in
the prosecution of the coal cases re
cently tried in Seattle, and the
Western Fuel company officials in
this city, has wired his resignation
to Attorney General McReynolds.
He states that the compensation
allowed by the department is too
low. It is understood that he has
been offered a partnership in an
established law business in Seattle.
SEATTLE, March 13.—Council
man Pierce, who was elected at the
recent election, has sent his resigna
tion to the mayor. It was charged
that he had solicited funds on be-:
half of Slater in the mayoralty race
and rather than remain in conflict
with the city administration he
has decided to quit.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 14.
—Secretary Tumulty issued the fol
lowing announcement this after
noon: “The President and Mrs.
Wilson announce the engagement of
their youngest daughter, Eleanor
Randolph, to Hon. William Gibbs
McAdoo.”
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