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for Pacification of Citg of Lebam, Wash., Railroad Deals Dominated Mediators Reach Niagara; HOME RULE BILL Plan Mexico Near Completion Almont Destroged bg Fire WOULD FORTIFY bg Late J. P. Morgan First Session Is Held LAW BY 77 VOTES LORD’S DAY Niagara Falls, Ont. The actual terms and details of a plan for the pacification of Mexico are now under discussion by the mediation conference, according to an announcement by Jus House oi Commons Closes Con tice Lamar. An early agreement Is now expected. test of Many Years. The turn in the proceedings, from a point, where it «wm«l as if the land problem might cause serious embar Opposilion Htfuiri Dtbah, H'arn- rassment, to an understanding ax to tho treatment of some of the delicate ing England That Struggle issues involved, came after a confer I» Nut Yet Ended. ence between the mediators and the American delegates. In his announcement Justice Lamar Ix»ndon Homo rule fur Irelund be said: "On a number of details we And our came assured Tueiulay, when the house of common«, by « majority of 77, selves in substantial agreement. Oth panaed the Irish horn» rule bill for Its ers are still under discussion, but as to third ami last rending. The vote wan them there has been no disagreement. ” From the mediators themselves it 861 to 274, and the measure beeomeit law in a month whether it la function was learned that some of the vital |K>fntx had been reached. These are ed by the house of lord* or not. The struggle, dating back to 1X70, understood to include the manner in came to an end suddenly, the Unionists which the present regime in Mexico refusing to debate the bill without fur City would give way to a new provis ther Information as to the attitude of ional government. Desiring to avoid the appearance of the government toward the proposed having had their provisional [»resident amendments to the measure. Various sections of Ireland were chosen at an international conference, ablaze with bonfires and other out the Mexican delegates have evolved bursts of orderly demonstrations, while the [»Inn of suggesting to the media other sections are forelaxlingly quiet. tors a list of names from which might At the same time army Instructions be selected several on whom the Unit have been rushed forward and steqat ed States would look with favor if have l>een taken to guard against a from it were chosen an ad interim exe disorderly demonstrtalon In oj>|s>sition cutive. The actual choice of an individual centers. Premier Asquith’s words just before from the list of eligible* would be thu final action of the house gave little sanctioned, it is suggested, by the There is reason consolation to the op|sments of the Mexican congress. bill. Andrew Itonar Law, leader of to believe, however, that before any the opposition, only replied that Mr. list is approved by the American gov Asquith had tol.l them nothing, and ernment some tacit indorsement from to alscuss the third reading "would l>e the constitutionalist* must come. The plan of pacification is known to ridiculous and futile." He said: "Let the curtain ring down on this have tor its object the establishment contemptible farce. It is only the of a new provisional government. end of an act and not of the play. The I As a program for it, there will be a government can carry the bill through declaration of principles on agrarian parliament, but the concluding act of ■ and other reforms, and on the conduct the drama will lie in the country, of a fair election. After much discussion a satisfactory where an appeal to the people will nut method of considering the land ques eml in a farce." The closing scene in the fight for; tion practically has l>een reached. borne rule brought together a crowd of While the Mexicans have not yielded members ami *|»ectatoni which filled the original convictions that the land the chamber to its utmost capacity. problem is purely internal and that Outside great crowds gathered to definite and binding recommendations await the result of the debate on the concerning it should not be included in any agreement mad«» here, the Ameri third reading of the will. The house was seething with excite-: can view thnt some expression is desir inent from the moment the speaker able to point lhe way for its eventual took the chair. Members of the var settlement by Mexico herself has been ious parties indulged in loud out sustained. bursts of cheering when their respec tive champions entered the chamber, 1 Hottest Dag of Year while at the same time mocking ban In New York Mag 26 ter was shouted from the opposite benches. New York May 26 was the hottest day of the year thus far in New York Half a dozen prostrations from (¡ARV THINKS BIG BUSINESS City. the heat were reported. Not for 34 year* has the temperature so Will HAVE SOME CHANCE high before on May 26. when climbed it reached New York The country is entering 90 degrees officially, and was reported on a new era of big business, accord higher in various parts of town. ing to Judge E. II. Gary, chairman of Reports from upstate indicated a the board of directors of the United general heat wnve in the country dis States Steel corporation, in an address tricts. The mercury rose to 95 in the at the opening of the annual meeting shade in several places. of the American Iron and Steel insti Kansas City -A new heat record for tute. "As I ren<l the signs of the times," th* year in Western Missouri and said Judge Gary, "there is a wall-de Eastern Kansas was made Tuesday. veloped sentiment throughout this St. Joseph reported a maximum tem country in favur .of giving business a perature of 90 degrees, and at Topeka, Kan., the mercury reached that figure. fair chance.” The mark established in Kansas is within one degree of the record for Police Lieutenant Guiltu this date in 27 year*. of Pint Degree Murder New York Charles Becker, lieuten ant of |K»lice, for the secoml time was held responsible Saturday by a jury for the Rosenthal murder, which near ly two years ago awoke New York to a realization of corruption in the po lice department and ofiened n new era of police reform. Becker, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. Only a panion or interference again by the Court of Ap peals can save him from following to the electric chair the four'gunmcn who shot Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, early on tho morning of July 16, 1912. The jury decided that the gunmen were Becker’s agents. Mother Jones Sags Women Failure in Vue of Fallot New York "Mother” Jones, organ izer of the United Mine Workers, re cently under detention in Colorado, and now here to plead for the striking miners of that state, at a dinner in her honor, disappointed many hear ers with her views on the vote for women. "I have never seen any material benefits result from granting women the vote,” she said. She pointed to the conditions in Colorado ns tearing out her views.” Dirigible Travels Fast. Berlin—The new navy dirigible bal- l<x>n L-3 arrived at Potsdam Saturday, after a 34-hour trip from Friedrichs hafen. The dirigible still had gaso line sufficient for 16 hours’ more fly ing. An average speed of nearly 60 miles an hour was made and at one time over a short stretch the balloon reached a speed of 90 miles an hour. While over Heligoland the 1-3 was in wireless communication with dirig ible LZ-24, which was then over Freid- richshafen. fee Wagon Strike Settled. Minneapolis—The strike of the 300 ice-wagon drivers and their helpers, in progress during the paat week, has been settled. Under the agreement the men receive an advance of 32.50 a month and a percentage on all sales, which, it is said, averages about $2.50. Baltimore — According to weather bureau re|K»rts Baltimore was the hot- tea city in the United States Tuesday. The official maximum temperature was 94 degrees at 3 p. m. Two prostra tions were reported. Unitarian» Mau Change. Boston - A proposition that step* be taken changing the name "Unitarian” ax applied to the denomination was ap proved at the annual meeting of the American Unitarian assembly Wednes day. The suggestion was embodied in the report of the secretary. Rev. Lew is G. Wilson of this city, who declared that the name was inadequate and misrepresented in a great measure the scope of the church’s work. Shot Is Laid to Hazers. Annapolis, Md.—As the result of what the authorities of St. Johns Mil itary College believe to have been an attempted hazing of W’illiam Bowlus, a cadet from Middletown, Md., the latter is at a hospital here seriously wounded by a pistol bullet. Five or six freshmen were in the room of one of their number when a party of five juniors, among whom was Bowlus, came to the door and demanded admit tance. Someone in the room fired a shot, which, after splintering a heavy door panel, entered Bowlus’ left side. John D. Ilated $311,226.367. Cleveland -John D. Rockefeller is placed upon hte Cuyahoga county tax duplicate for $311,226,347. Of this amount, it was said by Tax Commis sioners Fackler and Agnew, $285,000,- 000 was for Standard Oil company stock. The Rockefeller tax return will be certified to the county auditor within a few days. At the present rate of taxation it would return ap proximately $5,000,000 in taxes. Greeley'» Printer Dead. San Antonio, Tex.—Joseph Ulrich, an old-time printer, employed by Hor ace Greeley at the founding of the New York tribune, died here Tuesday at the age of*9*. Soon after the New York Tribune was founded Mr. Ulrich was made foreman of the composing- room and he attributed his promotion to the fact that he could read Horace Greeley’s writing. Ixsbam, Wash. The heart of Lebam is practically a pile of wreckage and debris, entirely wiped out, except for a few outlying homes and buildings, by a fierce fire at 1 o’clock Thursday, which, while it lasted, assumed the proportions of a conflagration. The estimated loss is about $400,000. Shingle, planing and sawmills, rail road depot and warehouses, business blocks, hotels, merchandise stores and churches and many dwellings are in cluded in the desolation and waste. Many of the 600 to 800 inhabitants were left without home*, and worse yet, without food, practically all man ner of edibles having been consumed In the rush of the flames. One loaf of bread was all that remained from the destruction of the bakery. Food, however, was rushed in from Raymond. With a strong wind blowing, with no available water except that to be pumped from wells, and everything as dry as tinder the flames made remark able headway, rushing simultaneously in many directions, once they had gained an uncontrolled start in the conveyor, in the fire room of the Case & Brown company sawmill. The fire communicated immediately from the sawmill to the shingle and planing mills, jumped the tracks to the Northern Pacific railroad yards, licking up the depot as it ran, badly scorching a Northern Pacific train that wa* passing, and then continued to spread through the business and resi dence sections. One building was dynamited in an effort to check the flames, but proved unavailing. One hundred and fifty men are thrown out of employment. The saw mill had a capacity of 100,000 feet, the shingle mill of twice that amount and the planing mill of 60,000 feet. Many automobile loads of firefight ers m*hed here from Raymond to assist, but could do little or nothing, because of lack of water. Lebam is a city of 600 to 800 inhab itants, located on the Chehalis &. South Bend branch of the Northern Pacific railroad, a short distance from South Bend. Telegraph and telephone com munication was entirely cut off and connection with the outside was had by automobiles. The city experienced a serious fire two years ago and the burned portion had recently been reconstructed. The fire Thursday swept this rebuilt por tion and again practically wiped it out. Saturday - Monday Concessions Advised by Presbyterians. Report Submitted to General As sembly Financial Effect On Postoffice Arouses. Chicago -Granting of the Saturday half holiday as a means of a stricter observance of the Sabbath was urged in the report of the committee on Sab bath observance made to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States Sunday. Other recommendation* made by the committee were: "That the general assembly reiter ates its strong and emphatic disap proval of all secular uses of the Sab bath day, all games and sport, in civic life, and also in the army and navy, all unnecessary traveling and all excur sions. "That we most repsectfully call at tention of all public officials to the potent influence of their position on all moral questions, anti the necessity of greater care on their part, proportion ed to the exalted nature of the offices which they occupy, that they rnay strengthen rather than weaken by their influence public and private ob servance of the Ixird’a day. "That all families be urged not to buy anything on the Sabbath, to plan for their servants on the Sabbath and to help them fulfill their religious du ties and pay laborers so they may have Saturday afternoon to make provision for the Sabbath. "That the general assembly reiter ates its emphatic condemnation of the Sunday newspaper, and urges the members of the Presbyterian church to refuse to subscribe for it or read it or advertise in it. "That faculties of colleges and sem inaries, if the way be clear, be re quested to omit recitations on Monday mornings, so as to leave the Sabbath free from the necessity of some of the students to prepare their lessons on that day.” Several commissioners objected to a paragraph in the report saying that the closing of the postoffice had result Ilandits Get $5000 From ed in a financial saving to the govern Hank of Spangle, Wash. ment, on the ground that the churches had urged the reform for moral and Spokane -Three bandits who locked not financial reasons. the cashier of the State Bank of Span Final action on the report was de gle. Wash., in the bank vault and es- ferred. ca|>ed with between $4000 and $5000 Wednesday were driven into the woods 7 wo Convicts Shot in along Hangman creek, four miles from Fold Dash for Libertg Waverly, Wash. Poss«»* under the leadership of sher Boise, 'Idaho—Two prisoners were iff’s deputies obtained bluodhounds shot by guards of the Idaho state peni from Mo. w, Idaho, and put them on tentiary Monday, when they attempted the trail, but they were unable to catch to escape from the institution. One up with the robbers. A member of died several hours after the shooting. one of the posses was O. W. New Ion, The other is expected to recover. the cashier of the bank. U. G. Bearup, serving a life sen Newlon was alone in the bank when tence for murder, was shot in the spine the three men entered just before and died from his wounds. noon. They cover«>d him with pistols The wounded man is C. A. Allers, and forced him into the vault and serving an indeterminate sentence for locked him in. The robbers then forgery, shot in the arm, which may locked the front door of the bank build have to be amputated. Lyman Jones, ing, gathered into a sack all of the i .rving from 10 to 40 years for second money in sight and walked out the degree murder, was reported shot in back door. the left leg. but it was found he had Before entering the bank the rob simply dropped to the ground when the bers had arranged with J. E. Beau- shooting began. ghan to drive them out into the coun try at noon on a "business trip.” The men, after the robbery, quietly walked Pat Calhoun Accused of to Beaughan’s garage and entered an Taking Whole Million automobile. In the meantime Newlon had succeeded in escaping from the San Francisco—Patrick’Calhoun, ex- vault and the robbers saw him leave i president of the United Railroads of the building. San Francisco, was accused by the Beaughan was forced to start his Railroad commission Monday of "loot machine and go out of Spangle under ing” that corporation of $1,096,000 full speed, with the bandits shooting and being forced to give for that in all directions. No one was injured, amount a promissory note for an equal but windows in the buildings on the sum, made payable one day after date, main street were broken. which his successor, Jesse W. Lilien- Newlon gave an alarm and men thal, credited on the company’s books and boys, with all the firearms they with a value of $1. could get, took up the pursuit of the Calhour’s action was indorsed by the robbers in automobiles. Four miles ■ directors and stockholders of the from Waverly the robbers left Beau United Railroads in a resolution, but ghan’s automobile and took to the the commission declared that the woods. It w’as believed that they had "whole transaction is a fraud, not only been surrounded in the timber, and upon the public but also upon the bond that their capture was certain, but and note holders.” after an all-night patrol the woods Commissioners Edwin Edgerton, were searched and no trace of the men who wrote the decision embodying the could be found. It is believed they critism of Calhoun and his associates, followed the creek into Spokane or recommended "Immediate and serious escaped towards the mountains. consideration” by the commission looking toward "the readjustment of the affairs of this corporation,” but it H ’ar Balloon to Re Tried San Diego, Cal. — A new dirigible was given out that the possibility of balloon is to be brought to San Diego criminal action because of Calhoun’s from Vienna, for use by the First aero high finance had been considered by corps of the army with a view to as the commission and no decision reach certaining its value in military opera ed so far. tions. The new war craft is brought Hackett Plans Big Film. on the recommendation of Lieutenant Paris—James K. Hackett, the actor, Thomas DeWitt Milling, who when at Vienna was much impressed with its who recently inherited $1,500,000 on possibilities. the death of his niece in New York, The dirigible is capable of carrying arrived here from Carlsbad Monday. 15 passengers, a crew of five, three Hackett said he would start work im machine guns and sufficient bombs to mediately on "Monsieur Beaucaire,” wreck a city. The balloon is 91 meters which is to be given on films. His long and cost $100,000. wife, Beatrice Mary Beckley, Roland Buxton, Arthur Hoops, Charles H. Balkan» Persecution» On. Hart, Hugh Ford and Edwin B. Por It will need at W’ashington, D. C. — The Turkish ter, will take part. least 1000 performers and.will require embassy issues this statement: "The Imperial Ottoman embassy has three months to get it In shape for been informed that persecutions of all films. It will cost about $100,000. kinds which the population of the ceded “Jay Walker” Is Arrested. provinces have committed against St. Joseph, Mo.—St. Joseph inaug their men professing the Mohammedan religion have caused the Ottoman gov urated a campaign against "Jay Walk ernment to address an urgent request ers” Monday and the first man arrest to th«» Balkan cabinets in order to put ed was Edward Walls, of New York. an end to this persecution which would Walla insisted on making a crossing compel the Mussulmans to abandon diagonally instead of "squaring it.” their homes. The number of emi He said he thought the policeman who grants already has reached 300,006.” arrested him was joking. Washington, D. C. — The story of absolute domination by the late J. Pierpont Morgan in'the affaira'of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad system, of the spending of millions in awed and ignorant silence at the command of the all-powerful financial ruler, was told to the Inter state Commerce commission Thursday by Charles 8. Mellen, ex-president of the railroad. It was the most extraordinary chap ter yet unfolded in the commission’s inquiry into the alleged exploitation of the great New England railroad and disappearance of fortunes from its treasury through acquisition at ex travagant pric«js of subsidiary proper ties. There was not time in a single day to give all the details of all the inci dents and events dealt with in the wit ness’ testimony. He barely touched on some of the big things, paving the way for exhaustive questioning that will follow. Members of the commission, counsel and spectator* fairly hung on every word of Mr. Mellen as his story devel oped dramatically under the examina tion by Chief Counsel Folk. Every body listened with amazement as he related how he had stood in awe of Mr. Morgan because of his comprehensive grasp and perfect prescience of finan-. cial matters; how he had consulted Theodore Roosevelt, then president of the United States, regarding the pur chase of the Boston & Maine railroad; how he had prevented the late E. H. Harriman from acquiring the Boston & Maine by getting it himself for the New Haven, and how he had dealt with the late Police Inspector Byrnes, of New York, to obtain the West Chester stock held by persons whom he assumed to be connected with Tam many Hall. As he did when on the stand last week, Mr. Mellen gave his testimony with apparent willingness, answering questions readily and concisely—that is, every question except one. He did try to avoid telling about the time when Mr. Morgan humiliated him by brusquely refusing to give him in formation concerning the Westchester transaction to which he thought, as president of the New Haven, he was entitled. When he finally related the incident bis face was drawn into hard lines, and he clasped his hands over the table in front of him almost convul sively. His voice, however, indicated no signs of emotion. Later he even gave the story a touch of humor. When Directors Hemingway and Skinner, of the New Haven, demanded of him why the road was expending $11,000,000 on the West Chester purchase, he had offered to appoint each of them a committee of one to find out; said he “barked his shins in a futile endeavor to obtain information from Mr. Mor gan. and that they could try it if they desired." "They ducked,” concluded Mr. Mel len grimly, and a ripple of laughter »■an around the room. Particular interest was aroused by Mr. Mellen’s account of his conference with the then president. Colonel Roose velt, concerning the acquisition of the Boston & Maine. He explained he was a great admirer of Colonel Roose velt and frequently conferred with him about important questions. Colonel Roosevelt said to him at that conference, according to the testi mony, that he was not a lawyer and was not prepared to advise what he would do about the proposed purchase, but on Mr. Mellen’s statement of the situation he thought there might be nothing objectionable in it. Mr. Mel len added that the President said he would countenance no illegal action, and suggested that he confer with Commissioner Lane, of the Interstate Commerce commission. From Mr. Lane, he said, he got no expression of opinion. $1000 Gem Sent in Wash. Tacoma, Wash.—A diamond brooch, valued at $1000 and left pinned to a bathrobe by Mrs. Clause S. Jensen, of Seattle, when she sent it to be cleaned February 21 was recovered here by the police as Paul Payne and his wife, Elizabeth, were trying to pawn the brooch for $300. Payne was head washer at the Berlin Dye Works, in Seattle. He says he got the brooch from some clothing there and was afraid to tell of it Jensen is manager of the Seattle Alhambra theater. Pastor Sells Ilis Church. Bartlesville, Okal.—Because mem bers of the Epworth Methodist church failed to pay him back salary, amount ing to $40, Rev. H. C. Breese, the pas tor sold the church building. When workmen, under the direction of the new owner, prepared to remove the building a crowd of 100 men, women and children used clubs and flourished pistols, causing a riot. Mr. Breese asserts’ he has received only $16 in salary since last November. Portland Gets Meeting. Syracuse, N. Y.—'Die aqpual con gress of the National Society of Sons of the Americaon Revolution closed here with a banquet. President General R. O. Ballard Thurston was re-elected to the su preme command of the order. The convention next year will be held at Portland, Or. Kidnaper Sentenced for Life. Opelousas, La.—Life imprisonment was the sentence imposed here on W. C. Walters, recently convicted of kid naping 5-year-old Robert Dunbar. Notice of appeal was given. Niagara Falls, Ontario—Marking a new era in the relations of the nations of the Western hemisphere, delegates from the United States, Mexico and the three great South American repub lics of Argentine, Brazil and Chile, formally opened Wednesday the me diation conference which they hope will bring peace to Mexico. Confidence in the amicable settle ment not only of the diff«»rences which have arisen between the United States and the Huerta government, but in the ultimate pacification of all Mexico through the avenues of diplomacy was reflected here by the mediators. A distorted dispatch from Mexico City to the effect that General Huerta was ready to retire, although contra dicted by corrected dispatches, which said that he had given his delegates no instructions to offer his resigna tion, was received with interest. It was said that an error in transmission had given rise to the first statement. Authentic advices through diplo matic sources several days ago said that the Mexican commissioners were clothed with full power to act and had been authorized to agree to the elim ination of Huerta if necessary to bring about a settlement of their country’s internal and international troubles. This last step, it was said, would be taken only after it was ap parent to the commissioners that there was no hope of a settlement on any other basis. It was indicated in statements made here that if an announcement of will ingness to retire comes from Huerta in the near future it would be wel comed as making more remote any possibility of the resumption of hostil ities between the United States and Mexico. It was argued also that with Huerta out the mediators might entertain hope that Carranza and his constitu tionalist followers would be brought into the conference, or become parties to any agreement reached. Speaking of the erroneous dispatch, one of the principals of the conference said he re- gretted that the news proved prema ture. He said he felt certain that the announcement Boon could be made with confidence that it would stand. "Had it been true,” one of the me diators said, "it would have made our work so much easier, as it would have paved the way to an early understand ing.” The Mexican delegates . .verted that they represented no political or per sonal interests in Mexico and felt they were nonpartisan in their views. IMPORTANT MILITARY MAPS BELIEVED TO BE STOLEN Honolulu, T. H.—Army circles here are stirred over the reported theft from army headquarters of complete maps and information concerning the Island of Oahu. The theft is said to have been dis covered on the morning of May 9, and a continuous investigation is said to have been in progress since. A wooden map case containing com plete information about the island was found shattered, according to authentic reports, and its contents, including maps of trails and accounts of water supplies and food sources, were miss ing. ________________ Party Snubs Emperor. Berlin—Confusion and uproar mark ed the closing session of the German Imperial parliament. The members of the Socialist party, instead of retiring before the usual cheers for the em peror were called for, remained and refused to rise. Speaker Johannes Kaempf immediately called attention to this breach of respect to the em peror, on which the Socialists shouted, "That is our affair,” and tried to down the cheers with hoots and hisses. These were arrested by tumultous ap plause from the other parties. High Cost Clew In Fish. Atlantic City, N. J.—“We Ameri cans do not know how to cook fish, " Dr. Mary E. Pennington, chief of the Federal Research bureau of the De partment of Agriculture, asserted be fore the convention of the Oyster Growers’ and Dealers’ Association. “This,” Dr. Pennington said, "is the principal reason why the public does not realize that in marine foods lies the solution for the high cost of living.” Salvador to Aid Mexico. Mexico City—The Mexican minister to Salvador has informed the foreign office here that the people of Salvador are raising a fund to assist Mexico in case of a war with the United States. The minister reported that about 10,- 000 Salvadorean* and Hondurans had offered to join the Mexican army to fight against the United States and also that several high officers of the Salvadorean army were willing to en] list with the Mexicans. Baby Secures Board Bill. Chicago—A year-old boy was given in court Thursday by his mother, Mrs. Pauline Hubet, as security for a $33 board bill. The baby was turned over to Mrs. Rudolph Peterson, with whom Mrs. Hubet formerly lodged. By order of the court the mother may call as often as she desires, but not take away her son until the bill is paid. Falling Hailstones Kill. Muzquiz, Coahuila,* Mex.— Sixteen lives were lost in a tornado which swept this town Thursday. Hail stones of enormous size fell and several who lost their lives were killed by being struck by the stones. *