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CURRENT EVENTS °”'c..... ...... OF THE WEEK Another New Yorker Charged TALES OF HORROR With IV \’|f A P A fil IA Conspiracy to Violate Laws. Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. General Return« of Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. An Illinois legislator admits receiv ing »1 ,000 to vote for Lorimer for U. S. senator. Fatten and his friends on the Chi cago cotton exchange cleaned up 1320,. 000 in one day. Witness« state conclusively that Sw<>|>r, the St. Ix*ui» millionaire, was killed by a violent poison. One [x-rson was killed, two fatally injured and about lf> others hurt in a street car collision in Seattle. British Democracy has fore«d the Lords to pass the I Midget which was de fraud last fall, anil expects further triumph«. Portland is much worked up over the alleged carrlMsnesa of census takers. It ia claimed that at least 30,000 per- sons in the city were not counted. Speaker Cannon declares ths minor ity rules the house and that such rule must be atop|>rd, even if it becom<-e necessary to change the constitution. niVARAUU/l New York. May 2.- Another import- ant arrest in th« Federal bucket shop ——-— — crusade was made today when govern ment officers arrested Frank Maier, of the firm of Morrison A Maier, in his office at No. 44 Broad street. The specific charge against Maier is conspiracy to violate the Federal law against bucket shops. It is sllegrd Maier, in conjunction with Ixiuis Celia, Says Cruelties Eclipse Conditions in Edward Altemus and H. D. Duryee, Congo Mrn, Women and Boys has been furnishing stolen quotations Horribly Tortured. to bucket ahop« all over the eastern part of the United Slates. The government agents at the same time cut the telegraph wires leading Washington. May 8. A letter writ to all plac,* here and in New Jersey ten to the consul at Managua, Nica suspected of being bucket shop«. Co ragua, by Narciso Arellane, a citizen incidentally two special agents uf the „( Niaragua. detailing incidents of cru- United States department of justice cities in the republic, has been for- paid a visit to an office in the Lincoln warded here to Senor Castrillo, repre Trust building, Jersey City, and arrest- sentative of the Estrada forces in id Joseph Ik-cker, a telegrapher. Th«- Washington. In hia letter Mr. Arel- police say Decker had in the office a .lane says: « stock ticker, from which he is alleged ••I think it I m -at you should know to have copied quotations and sent these people are at their work again. them |>racticaily all over the United They are torturing men and even boys State«. at Mandaimo ami at Granada. whi|>- i ping them, suspending them from th«' SLUSH FUND TALKED. thumbs with cords, all this to wrench out confessions from them as to who Fetzer Will Tell Grand Jury About carried provisions to Calaxto Talaver as’ guerillas beyond Mandaimo. •200.000 Paid. "I will cite as an example case the Chicago, May 2. John C. Fetzer, a z« . « w fund ” ” of of case 01 of Octavio ” Marene«, . » a * young man who «Ih ffiHi that a “•lush fund our* m«n about »200.000 was u~d In wtvancin, '¿’"¿7. * ^V_*?.« ", "j Mandaimo, who was dealt 200 la«h«-s legislation and city ordinance« drained Irdiana • •tifk a midnight on April 6, at by the Chicago 4 W«-»torn I. ____ Railroad company, entered into con the jail at Granada. He is now at ference with State’s Attorney Wayman the penitentiary in this town (Mana today. Details were not made public. gua!, and as it is a matter of common Neither the suit filed by the company ' knowldlgc you must have heard the to recover »525.000 from Fetzer, out of »tory from another «-tree. , I Kev Hatvss "They have al«oi also Ftiir-rxaMi burned nr«>iH-rfv property which the company alleges rctxer de- and wrought damage to an incalculable fraud«-d it, nor the latter*« injunction Citizen Ashamed of His Country Informes American Consul. A rich rancher of Elk City, Idaho, has not ticen heard from since he went hunting March 7, and two men who went in search of him two weeks ago «•cm« I _ * . have .not returned. in court in the near future. Develop President Taft, «[waking at Buffalo, ments, however, are exp»-ctrd when a|M>logix«d to the state of New York Mr. Fetzer tells his story to the grand and congratulated the entire nation up jury, especially summon«! to hear it I on the appointment of Governor next Motxiay. Hughe« to the Supreme court. Fetzer alleges that a large portion Negotiations for about 280 locom«.- of the money which the company seeks to recover was spent in securing the tivce and 5,000 to 6,000 freight ears, paasHge of bill 777 at 8pringfi«-ld to which the Harriman lines expected to validate botids issued by the Chicago A |>urchaac, are retarded Iwcausc of ina Western Indiana, in securing from the bility U> secure satisfactory terms. common council of Chicago the vacat Th«' Italiana Democratic convention ing of a street desired by the mail, and has endonad John W. Kern for U. 8. in seeking to block an extension of senator. the Illinois Ccffiral in suburban Chi The New York stock market ia de cago. moralised, everyone trying to ad I to RACE LINES BLOTTED OUT. avoid loss. Charles Wexler, eonfcsae«i murderer "Jim Crow" Laws of Louisiana Are of Mrs. Schultz at Gig Harbor, seeks a Found to Be Badly Muddled. second degree verdict. New Orleans. May 2. “There are Amid wild enthusiasm, San Fran no negroes who are not persona of col- cisco Ims inca» men aubacribed »4,000,. or, l«ut there are persons of color who 000 for their 1916 fair. are not negroes.’’ Ruth Bryan’s first husband. Leavett, This a salient sentence in a decision says her second marriage win lie il that has thrown the race laws of Louis legal and that he will fight it. ans into a state of chat*. All statute» Rockefeller is diacouragid at the de ma«le and provided to k«-cp s«-|>aratc lay in ««-curing a national charter for and distinct whites and negroes practi cally are affected by the ruling of the his great philanthropic project. Louisiana Supreme court that octo An insane young man agi-d 19 shot roons, quadroons and mulatto«« are not and seriously wound«'«! three ¡«ersona negroes. in New York and then committed sui The court holds that wh«te the text cide. of the law merely says “negroes’’ it Newspaper publishers in the East cannot lie applied to octoroons or other M« a famine in paper unless congress persona of mix«d blood. It defines the pass«-» the Mann bill removing the duty- negro as a member of the black or Af rican race, having in hia veins no trace on pulp and paper. of Caucasian blo«d. Persons of lighter A cod fishing schooner from San or darker skins than mulatto«« can Francisco is reported lost with several evade the laws by demanding that the memliers of her crew. She has been state prove they are negroes. missing since last October. Peary ia off for Europe on a lecture tour. A negro leader and 22 followers hnve been arrested in Havana for inciting a revolt. R,-jM>rta place the damage by Chin- «•«• mol* in recent riots at Changsha at »2.000,000. Lawyers of Reno. Nevada, seek to disbar one of their number who adver tise« a specialty of easy divorce«. Foreign Ownership to Hinge on Re ciprocal Rights Aroad. ' Two hundred girls at Cornell college. New York, are seriously ill from pto maine poisoning caused by impure milk. Edward Keaton, age«I 110, living near Natchez. La., was bitten by a rattlesnake, but the doctors say h* will recover. A jury has been chosen to try F. August Heinze, accuse«! of misspply- ing funds of the Merchants bank, of New York. A hug«« Russian bear in the New York Zoo turned on its keeper and nearly tore him to piece« before be was rc«cu<-d. The heirs of Mr». Octavia Adelaide M«*a, a rich New York woman, are having a hard time finding her wraith, which waa hidden about her house in secret places known only to herself. Vanrouver, B. C., May 2. The zilian-Canada & General Trust |>any, a British corporation, issued a ' writ in the Supreme court today to compel James Dunsmuir an«! others, until recently owners of the Dunsmuir coal lamia and mines on Vanc>uver island and the Dunsmuir prop,-rtire in California, to comply with tern» of an option given to the British corporation for sale of the properties, Th«-««' prop- erties were transferred recently to William MacKenzie and D. Mann, pres ident and vice president of the Cana- i dian Northern Railway company, for »1,000,000. Panama Fair Fund Grow«. San Francis«'©, May 2. Numerous subscriptions, ranging in nmount from »10 to »25,000, an«l aggregating in all »64 ,820, were receive, I by the finance committee of the Panama Pacific Inter national exp«wition today and the grand total of the fund on hand waa swelled to »4,166,320. Small subscriptions with a few of larger proportions amounte«! to »39,820 for the day when notire was received from th« Life Underwriters, associa tion of San Francisco that the directors hivl voted an investment of »25,000. Gigantic Chicago Ossi Involves One Hundred Million Dollars. Chicago, April 30. —Unification of the Chicago elevated railroads.regarded as the first c«s«ntial step toward a per fect transportation service, was today said to be in sight. A gigantic deal, involving a capitalization of »100,000,- <HK), may be consummated and the plan put into operation August 1. Henry A. Blair, who successfully re- organize«! the Chicago Railways com pany, ia the financier who hopes to merge the e lev a tel roads. Representing a syndicate of New York bankers with unlimited resource«, he has submitted a definite offer to the elevated railroad officials to buy the properties, either paying cash to stock holders in return for a deposit of their stock, or giving them securities in the new corporation equsl to the par value of their holdings. So far, the directors «if all companies have agrcetl that the plan ia a fair one, the hitch being in the price offered by Mr. Blair and that which th«' directors think they ought to get. While Mr. Blair has not announced what his cash offer s, he admittcii that it waa a good deal more than the present value of the stock of the different compani«*. The capitalization of the elevated roads in stocks and bonds, equipment, notes and other outstanding obliga tions, is a little more than »100,000,• 000. FREIGHT RATES GO UP. Transcontinental Roads Plan to Meet Increased Expenses. Washington, April 30. Freight tar iffs showing considerable increase over the pres«-nt rat«-e from Western terri tory to the Atlantic scalioard will be fikil with the Interstate Commerce commission to liecome effective June 1. This ia the first step taken by the railro.d. indicating a,pur|K.K.- general ly P> IncrMM f-n iglit rates throughout the niuntry to meet increased operat ing expense«. Already tariff schcdulca have bt-en filed for Western roads increasing th«' rate for the transportation of wool from Minneapoli* and St. I’aul to New York and other Atlantic scalioard points. The present rat«' on wool from Minneapolis to New York is 59 cents per hundred pounds. Umier the new tariff the rate will 1« 64 cents a hun dred pours!», an increase of nearly 20 I«er cent. An increase air,.« has been made in the freight rate on live hogs between the Twin Cities and Chicago of 2j cents a hundred pounds. This ia an increase of about 12 per cent over the present rate. While no tariff haa been filed with the commission increasing the rate on wheat products from Chi cago to the Eastern territory, it s<-cms likely the rate on hog products from Chicago to Eastern point, will be in creased. The tariffs already filed with the commiaaion are for all the roads in Western Freight aaaociation territory, and the rates will become effective simultaneously on all of them. Fearing Law. Buckstshops Close. JAPAN MAKES LAND LAW. BUYERS WANT WEALTH. The bridge of th« Milwaukee rna«l over the Yakima river was destruye,! by a washout and an engine and five Britist Corporation Contests With cars of lumber went into the river. Railroad for Property. About fifty acre« of ground, piled 25 feet high with luml«er in the yards of the Humbird Lumber company at Sand Point, Idaho, were »wept by fire, des troying aliout »300,000 worth of lum ber. It ,* I!.. vu.af lav out I.r of mind. It is the rest 1 ! lay ■ tr«-M on. I ’am aaharnid that »uch cruelties should be commit teed by men who profess to I m - Christiana and are Nicaraguans. Such ferocity is rnor< t! Work of .I k than human I- ii g-<.‘ “We wish the State department an«I the American public to tw aiijuaintcl with these facta, as It might help mat ter« a bit. It is a real shame that such work ia going on with your war ship« a few miles off Gorin to harbor, when just a wuni from Admiral Kim ball would stop this devil’s work. Should the American admiral send an other mission to investigate, he will discl<*e a situation of things unparal- leled, even in the Cong,« Free State.” Under «late of April 10 from Mana gua. a sutwequent note to the Ameri can consul al Managua from Arellane states that the author has received reliable information of 17 case« in which men have b«*en hung up by their thumbs. He giv«*« the name« of 17 victims and the name of one man who wiu shot and two who were la««h«-d. Another document detailing th«*,- al leged cruelties and mentioning specific instance« of insults to women by offi cers, alleging in one case that a wo man was shot because she resisted a government officer who tried to kiaa her, has been submitted to th«- Slate department by Senor Castrillo. «wit CITY ROADS MAY MERGE. Tok io. May 3. The law relating to foreigner«' right of ownership of land waa promulgated Oxi ay. It provides that foreigners domiciled or resident in Japan, and foreign juri dical persons registered therein, shall enjoy the right of ownership in land. provid«<d always that in th«- countries to which they belong such right is ex- tended to Japanese juridicial persons. The law is applicable only to fore igners belonging to countries d,-«igna- ted by imperial ordinance. In the districts of Hokkaido, For mosa, Karafu and districts ncceaaary for national defence, foreigners are de barred from land ownership. In case a foreigner or foreign juri dical [M-rson owning land cases to be capable of enjoying right of ownership such land shall accrue to the fiacua, unless he dia[>o«es of it within a per il«! of one year. Washington. April SO. Results al ready have been accomplished by th«' crusade of the department of justice against the bucket shop business, tn »«Idition to the offices >iffrct«i| by th«- indictment against a number of princi pals, scores of houses in the Middle West have closed their doors and oth ers ar« expect««! to follow. Should the efforts of the department towards breaking up the business entirely prove unavailing by prosecution under exist ing Isws, it is said that new legislation will be asked of congress. Taft Starts on Trip. Washington, April 30. President Taft left Washington at 7 o’clock last night fur Buffalo, his first stop on a seven-day trip. From Buffalo the president goes to Pittsburg, then to Cincinnati. St. Louis and back home, reaching here May 6. There have been many predictions as to the line the president’s speech«» will take on the trip. He haa given no hint himself of what he will say, but it is signifi cant that he is carrying with him a full set of figures on the operation of Five Fall Far, Unhurt. Pasadena, Cal., May 3.- Mr. and the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. Mrs. F. E. Wolfarth, their two child Court Nips Thaw Plan. ren an,! R. Tobey, of Covina, were New York, April 30. — Harry K. hurled down a 200-foot precipice today end though they fell on a pile of rocks Thaw, who killed Stanford While, not one of the party were hurt. The must remain in the Matteawan insane skidding of the automobile in which asylum. The appellate division of the they were riding up Seville llill Supreme court in Brooklyn handed caused the accident. Wolfarth. who down a decision today which seta waa driving, tried to round a sharp aside the appointment by Justice curve in the trail skirting the crest of Tompkins, of the Supreme court, of a the hill and the car went over the <-dg«- referree to take testimony bearing on The court of an alm«*t perpendicular precipice, Thaw’s [Krnsible transfer. holds that Matteawan is the proper The automobile waa demolished, place for Thaw. Long Island Shaken Up. New York. May S. Hempstead. Mineola. Garden City and other towns Beri-Beri Kills Italians. of Ix>ng Island shook for 45 seconds Ran Francisco, May 2. Antonio this afternesm on the dot of 3 o’clock. Ranieri, the first white victim In this Crockery on the ahelvre and windows city to succumb to beri beri, died to- in their sashes rattled loudly. Persona day. Two Chinese have died from the on their feet felt the tremor sharply, effreta of this unusual disease, hut An earthquake waa not thought of. l»ut Ranieri is the first Caucasian here to inatant and numerous telephone in suffer a fatal attack of the Oriental quirie« failed to bring news of any ex malady. i plosion. McCredie’s Bill is Favored. Washington, April 30. Representa tive McCredie today had a hearing be fore the judiciary committee in order to present argumenta in support of his . bill authorizing the state« of Oregon ’ am! Washington to adjust differences ‘ vrtvr the boundary line where it follows 1 the Columbia river. After his hearing I the committee assured him '.he bill I would tw favorably rep»>rtc«i next week, j PAULHAN VICTOR IN AIRSHIP RACE Frenchman Wins Prize of $50,- 000 by Long Flight. ▼ Flies Half the Length of England, Mak ■ng Trip from London to Manchester with One Stop. London, April 28. The Frenchman, Louis Paulhan, whose efforts have fre quently been crowned with victory, to day won the greatest race in the hi* tory of mankind and »50,000 when he flew into Manchester at 5:30 o’clock thi« morning, having traveled by aero plane from lx>ndon, a distance by rail way of 186 miles, with only a single overnight stop at Lichfield. His competitor in the contest, Gra ham White, the English aviator, after making a successful new start at Reade, where he made his first landing, decemb-d at Polesworth and no advice« have yet reached London of his having resumi'd his flight. White, a few days ago attempted the trip, but was compelled to decend at Lichflfield after covering 115 miles. Paulhan then appeared on the scene and the two aviators made hasty pre parations fur the flight, each striving to be first at the start. Paulhan stole the march on the Englishman and as- cend«fi from Hendon at 5:20 p. m. yesterday. White, who was sleeping peacefully at the time he waa apprised of thia fact, made a quick start from Park Royal at 6:30 p. m. Paulhan flying high and fast covered 117 miles before he landed, making that distance in two hours and 50 minutes. He <!e- scended at Lichfield at 8:10 p. m., and reascended at 4:08 a. m. to complete the journey. White succeeded in reach ing Reade, a distance of about 60 miles, descending on account of dark ness at 7:55 p. m. He managt-d to ov«:rcome some of the handicap by starting again on the long journey to Manchester at 2:50 a. m. He land«d, h«>wever, at Polesworth, which is about 60 miles from Manchester. The struggle for the coveted prize took a dramatic turn last night when Paulhan stole a march on hia English rival. Graham White, which plait'd him 20 miles ahead of the race when darkness compelled him to alight for the night. This forenoon the weather was favorable, but owing to the heavy work of preparing the machine, it waa aup|s«ed th«' start would lie deferred until Thursday. The two aviators had met Carly and discussed plans, express ing hope that they would meet each other in Manchester. Late in the day White, tired from his heavy labors, returned to his hotel and went to sleep, intending to start tomorrow morning. Meanwhile the xptH-tators at Hendtui were surprised to see Paulhan, after trying his rngine, take farewell of his wife, who tied a large map of the rout« around hia waist, and take his Beat in the aero plane. Word that the Frenchman had start- id quickly reachtd Park Royal. Rush ing into While’s room, his friends awakened him. White sprang to hia fret, flew downstaris, jum|>ed into a m«»tor car and made for the garage at full sjietd, and within 20 minutes waa sailing around the gasometer at Kensal Green in the first stage of what will certainly lie the most exciting contest ever held in Great Britain. While passing over Bletchley, 18 miles south of London, 70 minutes b»«- hin«i Paulhan, he was flying consider ably higher than the Frenchman and seemed to be making faster time and taking a straighter course. The news of the race spread like magic in the towns and villages along th«- railway, which the aviators fol lowed closely, Paulhan being followed by a special train steaming rapidly northward. The p«*ople gathered ev erywhere to get a view of the novel sight The sun went down and the cloudlcsa sky gave the spectators an opportunity to watch the aviators as they flew at varying heights. Anarchists Dog Roosevelt. Faris, April 28. Great relief com«* tonight to the French government with the eloae of the visit of ex-President Roosevelt, for it is reported to-have been considerably alarmed for hi» aafrty. According to an evening news paper, the police were advisetl from Naples that the American anarchist» were following him and a m«»t rigor ous surveilance has been instituted here. The ex-preaident has been ac companied everywhere by two inspec tors of the anarchist brigade in plain clothe«. 500 Miners Are Entombed. Txirxion, April 28. — Five hundred miners were entomb««! t>day at the Tyn y-Bcdu colliery in Wales as a re sult of the breaking down of the cage machinery. The managers are endeav oring to make connection with th« miners through another shaft half a mile distant
