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ROOSEVELT ASKED
TO ARBITRATE
President Requests That The
Hague Tribunal Settle the
Pending Dispute.
COUNTER PROPOSAL IS MADE
Germany Otliclally Disclaims
Any Intention of Acquiring
Territory lie longing to
Venezuela.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-
0 President Roosevelt haa propos-
ed to the allied powers that the
V.i"UJlan dispute be submit-
ted to the arbitration of The
Hague tribunal. The power
have replied with a counter-
4 proposal lhat Pr-lttent Roose-
velt himself arbitrate the l-
su.s.
WASH I NCI TON, IXC. 20.-Stalute
of negotiation at the close ot"the of
ficial day a disclosed at the state de
partment w-oe that the powers were
waiting for an anitwer from the presi
dent to their proposal that he nlmaelf
undertake to arbitrate the difficulty.
The piM.;iU' answer can only be
guessed at for officials decline to ex
preea any opinion of their own. How
ever. It la believed to be a aafe pre
diction that he will renew hla sugges-
Hon that the ce be aubmltted to The
Hague tribunal, adding to the argu.
ment he haa already produced the fact
that the United States having claim of
Ita own aarainat Veneauela to the
amount it $100,000 la a party In Interest
and It would be unfair to put the presl
dent In a poaltlon of having to arbi
trate hla own claims.
Tor their,-oart, the power bring
agslnat The Hague proposition the
argument that President Caatro would
feel lightly bound by any decision by
that tribunal but would heed Judgment
rendered by President Roosevelt. It
la laid at the atate department, that,
no matter how thee two proposition
are Blsposed of, there will be no back-
step In the agreement and that the
ame kind which will bring about a
peaceable settlement of the Veneuela
trouble will reault from the present ne
rotlatlon. If President Roosevelt
should accent the charge, he would
only do so as last resort.
At the German embassy tonight a
denial emphatic and authoratlve was
given to various reports In circulation
that Germany la anxious to acquire
Margarita Island. Germany, it Is said,
has never for an Instant had designs
on Margarita Island or any other Ven-
esuelan territory.
BL03X IDE CAUSES PANIC
VenewUvw Were Not Prepared for
the Announcement.
CARACAS, Dec, 20,-Notlflcatlon
that the blockade of Venesuelan ports
by the allies would be made effective
today wits transmitted to the Veneiu
elan government this morning by Brit
Ish consul at La Guayra. The an
nounoiment was not expected and
caused a commercial panic.
The ,ate of exchange Jumped Ave
points. People here are still ignorant
of the answr of the allied governments
to the proposal to arbitrate Venesuel
an differences.
The government has knowledge of
the answer through the United States
legation, but It Is pussled by Its word
ing and moreover, cannot understand
why, If Germany and Great Britain
have accepted the arbitration propos
al, the blockade should have been ef
fective the same day that their an
nouncement la made.
WILL OVERTHROW CASTttO
Revolutionary Movement ' Assuming
Unconquerable Proportions.
PANAMA, Deo. 20. -News received
here from the Venesuelan frontier Is to
the effect that the revolutionary move
ment against President Castro la now
more powerful than ' ever. General
Natos Is said to be at the head of a
strong army and to be on good terms
with the representative of the foreign
power.
It Is believed among the Venesuelan
revolutionists that the present move
ment against Castro will be successful.
MILITARY JUDGE DEAD
BAN FRANCISCO. Deo, lO.-Lleu-tenant
J. N. Morrison, Judge advocate
of the military department of Cali
fornia, Is dead at the Presidio General
hospital a the result of an attack of
peritonei. The deceased s If leer was
appointed to the Judge advocate' de
partment from civil life In im.
AN UNCOUPLED FREIGHT
TRAIN CAUSES DISASTER
In Attempting to ('roes a Track Trolley
Car I Wrecked and Many Wo
men Are Seriously Injured.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Thre wonv.a
were perhaps fatally Injured and U
other pascnger were bruised and badly
shaken up in a trolley car accident at
Weehawxn last night The victim,
mostly women, were cut and bruised,
but not seriously injured. 1
The accident occurred at a point
where the trolley company tracks
cross those of the Erie rttllroad. When
the trolley car rtnebed the tracks the
motorman stopped his car to allow a
freight train to s. Tha train con
sisted of r.lne car and was moving
along rapidly, i The lost three ears of
the freight train broke loos some dis
tance east of the troli.g and were not
noticed by the train crew. After the
six car had puss-vl by the motorman
thought It was th last of the freight
train and darted to cross the track a
When be got hi enr in the middle of
the crossing the three freight car
which had broken loose from the tram
came rolling along and before he couta
get hi car over the crossing It was
struck with terrlf e force by the freight
cars. The trolley car was completely
turned over and the passengers thrown
through the windows, up against the
doois and on top of one another. They
were struck In the face with brokvn
timbers, gUss. and everything else
movable.
Ambulances and physician were
summoned and a crowd, which had
collected about the scene, started to
extricate those who were caught in
the wreck. The three most seriously
Injured were taken out unconscious
and the ibyslclana directed their ef
fort toward reviving them. mem
ber of each of the injured women's ram-
Hies arrived and refused to allow them
to be tak n to the hospital, nd they
were removed in the ambulance to their
homes, ' j
What caused the train to betom un
coupled is not known. The trolley car
waa completely wrecked and tsafflc was
blockaded both on the railroadlhd trol
ley lines for nearly two hours.
' BIG STRIKE THRKATENED.
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Boilermakers and Machinists of Har-
rlman Lines May Go Out
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Horace Burl,
president of the Union Pacific railroad.
haa notified President McNeill of the
Boilermakers' union that he wished an
extension of time before answering the
ultimatum of the machinists and boll'
ermakera, threatening to caU out the
men they co.ttrol throughout the Har
rtman lines. Mr. 3tirt, who ha been
In New York since Monday, In confer
ence with Mr. Harrlraan, staled that
he would return to Omaha early next
week to consider the matter with his
employes.
Mr. McNeill replied that he would not
call a general strike until he had con
suited with Mr. Burt. He asserted that
the striking machinist of the Union
Paoiflc would not return to work until
all their demands had been granted and
nonunion men now employed by the
Union Paclflo hai been discharged
Neither Mr. Burt nor Mr. Harriman
will make public what reply wll be
made to the ulUmathm brought -ast
by Mr. Burt.
TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN.
Four Men Discovered Placing Ob
struction on Track.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 20. An attempt was
made to wreck the "Frisco fast passen
ger train from Birmingham last night
three miles east of this city. Just be
fore the train arrived before a high
trestle, three miles south, a farmer dls
covered four men laying ties acrossJ
the track. He advanced towards them
and they fled. A short distance fur
ther on it n-ns discovered that severa
spikes had been drawn and laid on
the rails. The train wtas flagged and
stopped within a few yards of the ob
struction. BILL FROM WASHINGTON
Proposed That 1,600,000 Acres Be
Opened for Settlement.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 20.
Representative Jones, of Washington,
introduced a bill In the house today
to open to settlement the remaining
portion of Colvllle Indian reservation
in the state of Washington, containing
about 1.500,000 acres.
THANK OFFERING FUND
ROCHESTER, N. Y Dec. 20. Rev.
E. M. Mills corresponding secretary of
tha Methodist Episcopal Thanks Offer
ing fund, says every dollar of the $20,-
000,000 to be called for In three years
has been rallied In cash and pledges.
TEN PEOPLE
ARE KILLED
Los Angeles Owl and Stockton
Flyer Have Fearful Rear
End Collision.
DID NOT HEED WARNING
Can Are Completely Telescoped
and Fasttengers Are Crushed
and Scalded With Clouds
of Steam.
BTRON. Calif., Dec. 20.-Ten per
son were killed and 27 Injured in a col
lision tonight between the southbound
Los Angeles "Owl" train and a Stock
ton flyer. , It was a rear end collision,
the engine ot the local plowing ita way
through tha last couch of the owl which
waa filled with Fresno people.
Passengers who escaped Instant
death were hurled to the lower part of
the coach and crushed In betwween a
mass of debris, their sufferings and
danger Intensified a hundred fold "by
clouds of scalding steam that poured
ont on them from the shattered boiler
of the Stockton engine.
On the way to this point it waa not
ed that there waa a leak in the flue of
the owl engine. This increased to
such an extent that it was deemed ad
visable to stop here and take up a
freight engine for relief. The Stock
ton local waa following half an hour be
hind and a flagman was sent back
down the track to give warning of the
presence of the owl. It Is said that the
Stockton train. In charge of Engineer
MaGutre and Fireman Joyce, got a
warning signal in due time and gave
the usual response with whlsUe blast.
Why the incoming train was not check
ed, however, haa not been thus far ex
plained, men who could give facta be
ing numbered among the badly Injured.
The train came on with apparency
scarcely any ammunition ot speed and
the. Fresno coach was completely tele
scoped. So forcibly did the local meet
the rear of the owl that the end of
the second car, tha diner, was smash
ed in and nil three cooks were serious
ly hurt. None ot the passengers of
the Stockton train was Injured and all
of the crew of the owl escaped unhurt
Ot the' 10 killed it was possible to
Identify but one person. Up to a late
hour nothing waa found on their per
sons to furnish a clue to their names or
residence. Identified was Clarence
Oluff of Fresno.
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
AGAINST MRS. TINGLEY
Alleged Martyr Reported To Have
Conducted a Degrading
Institution.
SAN DIEGO, Calif.. Dec. 20.-What
purports to be a remarkable revelation
of the Inner workings of the theosoph
Ical Institution at Point Loma was
brought out at today's session' of the
trial of libel suit of Mrs. Katherine
Ttngley, head of the universal brother
hood against the Tlmes-Mlrror com
pany of Los Angelea. The evidence
la In the form of a deposition made by
Louis S. Fitch of Hartford, Conn.
According to the deponent, who says
he was employed as a bookkeeper by
the universal brotherhood of which he
became a member, a dog belonging
to Mrs. Tlngley waa supposed to have
Inherited the spirit of a former teader
of the thesophlst movement; that Mrs.
Tlngley waa regarded as a prophet In
line of succession, Including Buddah,
Christ and Mahomet, and that she had
told the deponent that marrlaga rela-j
tlona as known to the world In her be
lief were wholly false and prevented
and that people who lived a life at
Point Loma would evo've so as to
reach a stage where manlcge would
not be necessary.
He said the pledge of the Esortc So
ciety ot Thesophy waa very binding,
all members taking on oath to obey the
leader in all things, the leader being
Katherine Tlngley. Mrs. Tlngley had
absolute control over everything and
everybody and she exercised this in mi
nutest detaU. She regulated where
every member should lodge, what they
should eat and where they should eat
It, and whom they should walk and talk
with. All eating was done In absolute
silence, no member being allowed to
speak to another.
ORIENTAL DELEGATES ARRIVE
Representatives of Japan and China
Investigate Fair Proposition. .
ST. LOUIS, Deo. 20, Kee Owegang,
representative of the Imperial Chinese
court to the World's Fair, and Waichi
Arakl, Commissioner to the fair from
Japan, have arrived In St. Louis with
credentials from their respective gov
ernments. Mr. Kee comes aa a representative
of hi government through the Chinese
legation at Washington. He 1 au
thorized to select the cite for the Imper
ial pavilion and arrange for space for
the Chinese exhibit In the various de
parting tH of the exposition.
Mr. Walchl will report the condition
and situation at the world' fair sit to
his government which will be consider
ed as regards Japan's exhibit.
FUGITIVE CAPTURED.
Desperate Robber Placed in Custody
by Deputy Sheriff.
LAS ANIMAS, Col., Dec 20.-"Che-rokee
Bill" Smith, for whom posses
have scour! the southwestern part of
Colorado in an effort to effect his cap
ture, ha beea captured by three Bent
county deputy sheriff In the neighbor
hood of Big Cedar, a wild, unsettled
district near the southeast boundary
of the stare. Five shots were fired at
Smith before he surrendered. '
Smith was being pursued on the
charge of having robbed the postofflce
at Carlton several weeks ago in com
pany with two others. The latter, it is
believed, suceeded in reaching the In
lian Territory. Smith is a half-breed
Indian.
MAY LOSE ITS BOWERY.
Talk of Changing Coney Island Into a
..... Park. .....
NEW YORK, Dei. 20. The first Im
portant step in tha acquirement for
park purposes of 132 acres at Coney
island, thereby wiping out the island's
bowi-iy and converting the island into
a national seaside retort haa been tak
en. At meeting attended by many
prominent residents of Brooklyn and
officials the plan was unanimously ap
proved. Tha assessed value of the land
purposed to be acquired by the city
amounts to $1,$34,79. It waa stated at
the meeting that the land desired waa
all that portion of the Island lying
between Seaside park and Seagate and
south of Surf avenue.
WILL COMMAND CUTTERS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 20. First
Lieutenant J. C! Cantwell Of the United
States revenue service haa been as
signed to the command of the cutters
Golden anl Hartley, succeeding Cap
tain W. H. Cushinjr.
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JACK MUNROE IS HIS NAME
Amatenr Boxer Had Famous
Prizefighter on Ills ' Knee '
and Was In Shape to
Continue Fight.
BUTTE, Dee. 20. Champion James
J. Jeffries tonight lost the decision In
a four round contest with Jack Mun
roe after four rounds of the fiercest
fighting Butte has seen for soma years.
At one time the champion was to his
knee an 4a knockout looked possible.
Jeffries' manager had posted a for
felt of $2-i0 for any one to stand
against Jeffries for four rounds and
Munroe accepted the cballegns. At
the end of the fourth round Munroe ,
was still ready to fight. Munroe Is .
amateur champion of the Pacific coast-
Fitzsimmons has posted a forfeit of
$500 to put Munroe out in four rounds.
At the close ot the contest the house
presented a scene of the wildest ex
citement, everyone present seeming to,
wish to crowd Into the presence of the
man who all but knocked out Jeffries.
It is expected that this match will
bring Monroe to the front and It Is be
lng rumored that he will make a try
for the professional championship.
THIS WILL HELP SOME.
BROCKTON. Maast. Dec. 20. A Jury
In the superior court - has awarded ,
Frank J. Cast In of Springfield $37,000
In his sui. against the New York. New '
Haven aV Hartford Railroad company '
for injuries received as a passenger ia
the Avon railroad accident in U0L He :
bought suit for $75,000. Testimony .
wait offered to the effect that tha plain- '
tilt receive? Injuries from which lis
haa grown worse Instead of better. 1
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