Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 15, 1913, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'''' Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I-'nlr tonight nml TncMlnjr- Mux. HI; Mitt. I 'J. Knrlyllilnt Yrnr. Dnllv WmIiIIi Vxnr, MKUKOItl). OHIWON, MONDAY, SHI'TKMHKlfc 15, Mm. NO. 151 PRIEST AD1 WEDDED. KILLED CUT DP, WOMAN Hans Sclunlill, Poslnn ;ts Priest, Confrsscs to Mtirtlcriiiu, Uccnpltat Inii nml Tin owtnn Into Bay Anna Aiimullrr, Alter Mnrrylnn Her. N'UW YOIIIC, Kopl. IT.. IIhiih Krhinldl, who (Oiir'Miiil Hint ho wrunmiil Anna Aumiiller, then .itiur ilnriHl Imr, drunk nr lilooil, it Ititimm ImtjhI Imr body nml throw thn pieces Into llio Hudson river, ww under icrii 1 1 n- today of church, medical nml Ingnl nuthorlll', Tim icirwi(iiitiillvi'K of thn church wimht In iloliTinlno whitlhiir hu In n HKtl ur h mIiiiiii prlinit. Tim doctors worn trying I" iloldo whether ho In ii ronl or n sham lunatic. Thn pro. niHMitiir'rt iimUIiuiIh wore unthitrlui: (ho ovlilwicn t Iiy Iioimi will tuml him to thn oluelrio I'hnlr. At llomi' In III (VII Hodinlimly unite lit homo In hit cull In (ho ToiiiIhi, Schmidt talked CHlinlr, If pooulUrly,' with Jilt vis itors, ah nil lli" dutnlU of porhnp tho mut shocking murder In Now York' poll history without n sign of ointitlon nml, from nil npptmnuicn fulled entirely (o comprehend (ho subtiium of hU ihkIUoii. Tm refuted (HiiiiiI, wtXtiK: "If I nol n law) or. (Soil wilt muni otio (n nut, but my onn In past hiiimin aid." Tim pillow wllh which (ho dotro tlo run tkhmlilt down was nrlKlunlly llio only clow on which lhiy hml lo work. After n long search llny roiiml Dint tun lp wns purchased nt n iummiiI hitml stunt mnr Suvonth inoniio nml Hfith. stroitl. Tho sec oml ilonlnr was able (o glvo u fnlr ttiHMTlptttin of (ho purclinicr ft ml fol lowing Mill minHicx mliiiitit hunt, the pullcn ascertained (lui( n man who nusworml tho description hml rented Iho flnt nt ft llnulhtiMt avenue. Knife nml Saw IiidiI Hnturdiiy nUhl. nflur watching (hoi flnt building for two dns Inspector Kniirnt broke In. Tim place was sputtered with litoml, tho kulfn nml saw went tnnro nml In tho drawer worn it picture of tho dosd girl, IHtpttrit showing she hint worked nt tint H(. Iliinlfnro rnolory, nml n uoto hIkiumI hy "Hohiuldt." I'niirot promitlly wont to tho roe lory, whoro ho learnm! Hint Holimldl 'hml boon Irnnaferrml tn St. Joseph's pnrlHh. Hurr)lng to St. Joseph's rwlnry nftor midnight Sunday, limy Hotit for Schmidt to rnmo from hi room to (ho rocoptlou pnrlor. An ho entered, IMurnl Jumped up, hnlil (ho plcturo In front of him nml iixclulimiil: AilmltM Hie Crliuo "Wlinrii In Ihnl xlrl?" "I Mlli'il her. I l.lllcil Imr Immune I lovdil hnr," niuttorcil Hchinlilt. On IidIiik Himrcliml I'ntirol found n rnor ii Hchtnlilt'H pochot, "Worn you koIiii; to hill yoiirnolf with DiIh?" tho ilntcctlvo an It ml. "Ych," unlil Hohmlilt coolly. "I In tiuulril to kill iiiyult If tirrcnlcil, hut I tl til not think I wouhl ho?" Kchmlilt Ih .12 yearn of nm Ho lamlcil in Now Yoik from Oormany In tiioil, wont to Trnutoii, N. J In liion, roluriiDil to Now York In Do coinhor, t!M0 nml wan nppolutcil an liUlaiit rector of Ht. llonlfnco cliurch. Miikimcrmlcil um Siii-kimiii TIioiikIi ho inner ton!; n nioillcnl ilcitriio, ho liml uiiiHiiuormloil n n Hiiri;noii nml nrttinlly poaHcaacil con Rlilcrnhln itiirglrnl nl(lll. IIIr nccouut of tho KlllliiK ilnca not illffor with rololllm;, hut with nlinnal ovary rniivorimtlou hlo oxpliiuntlon of lllrt iviikoiih varloH, "I hml iniulo up my nilml," hn rnlil In ono vornloi). thnt iih I was n prlcnt wo iniiHt lint II vn toKuthor, nml ot I lovml hnr hu lunch thnt I could not lionr to huvo lior hmvo 1110." I'oIIowIiik hln coufoPHlon Rchinlilt'a iinuio whk roinovml from tho church coufoHi'.louiil, 1 lo In cnuflmxl III coll i:tli nt tho Tnuihii, with Thomnn Men tumor, rlmritoil with wlfo niiinlor, iih a coll iiuito. Tho most earn fill wntch hi iiiulntnliiuil ovor him, PROF. O'GARA TO LOSE VERMIFORM APPENDIX ' l'rofchhor 1 J. O'Clnrn left Srn ilny for Hun Frniuiiseo, wlioro ho will iimlniK" (irntion for iipponiH cilih, llo Iiiih been Bnfforinj; for Miyornl moiitliH. PRESIDENT CALLED AS GURRE BILL NEARS VOTE 4MMH MHHM f COIJNISII, N. II., Ki-il. 'u Ti'li'L'riunH iintilMiiu liliu Hint llilt i'iiiiI'yM'IM'ii imi lint taiiff it lifinK iulii'tl nml Hint tin i'iimi'ih'V hill in mwilintf II Mile ill tilt limine ileleniiitli'il I'ii'mMi'IiI Wilmill luiluy lo lelijin lo WiimIiiiik Ion nt ouei'. lie wiih liuviiiK liix lul Kiillie r pilT oil lln lllltllltll llfll.M lllttl tlflfll'. llll'HI 4 I'OIITI.ANI), Ore, Sopt. in To day w.m I ho flnnl day of mrato In whlrh tit fllo mmwerii In thn dlMrlrt court of tint Uulteil i!tati; for tho dlnltlct of OroKou In tho null of Hut United MtntiM nKiilunt tho American Tehiphoiio nml Tulephono compniiy nml other iliifemlHtitH In which It U rtmrncd hy tho no eminent, thnt the defeiiiliinU nnt In n roimplracy tn motiopoll'o tho tohtphoni) himlnnnn In violation of tho Hhormnii nntl-triit law. Tho iioverninent alio nilcn that competltlvo ronilltlon hn ro'cntnl) llnlied nn far an prnotlcnhlrt. Aiiioiii; (ho ilefemlanla who will mnko niinwer loilny nro thn follewing: Tho American Telophotio nml Tele (.rnpli rompnuy nml IU principal of ef ficer: tho Mountain Klnto Telophono nml TeleKrnpli coiupnny; Independent Telephone Company of Hc.it tie: tho I'nclflc Tulupliumi nml TdcKrnph Com pnny: tho Hiiniol Telophono nml Tolo graph cempnuy: Iiidependcnt Ioiik Dlitnnro Telupliono coiupnny; Tltlo liiKurniiconnil Trimt compnny; OrniiK er Tolaphomi nml ToloRrnph rnnipany: Home Telephone coiupnny of PiiKot Souml nml Xnrlhw cittern I.oiir Din lance rompnuy, nml n iiuiuhur of In dilduaU. T Tf Ii. SAN' niAXCISCO, fnl., Sept. jr.. All inquiry tt ililenniiie re ,11 liility fur the uppiiient ilchei...ui for tun hour Sunday hy (overimu'iil tmopi nt Foil Hurry, in Mm in county, iieniM Sun I'rnncinco lm, ftoin ln'ie, wiim mIuiIciI nt the l'io xiilio tieluy hy Major (leucrnl Ai t Ii it r Miirniy, coiiiiunndin the went em ilixif-iou, VihilorH wnmlcivu uinoiii' tin hi; (.miiih ami iiiahlii'il hut (eiieri for two liuiiix wilhoul nice: iiitf either officeix or cnli-lcd men. VixitorM iw-nii (hut reprecululivet of foreign powerH could huvo ilrnwn nu ui'curiile mnp of Knit Mnrry, in vliiiliiiK evnel loelnioil tf eleetr'iinl Mier hoilxei, kiiiix, iipiioiuiillo ili-luuccH nml liiml mink. CAMINETTI'S FAIE RAN KUANCISCO, Cnl., Sept. IB. Kmlornl .liulijo Vim Fleet today nKiiln moved tho dalo for Koutoiiclm; Mnury I. DIbbh nml V. Drew Camliiot tl ahead to Kitptoiuhor 17 nt 10 n. in. Tho iluliiy wiih miked hy (lovorninont 1'roHocutor Bulllvuii, 11a ho thought tho DIh'KU.Hiirrld trial, Involvlm; charges of nttomptml Biihoriintlou ot perjury, would ho completed In tho mcniitlmo nml tho ontlro matter can ho illnpoHoil of nt ouco. Tho DIkkb llarrla trial will ho roauined tumor tow. KILLS ENTIRE FAMILY AS THEY LAY ASLEEP MKMIMIIS, T01111., Sept. . llo I'uiirto tlioy iliHiippiovctl of him, VA IhiNler of Huh pliieo today wined mil liin wifo'n cntiio family, Mr. nml Miri. llunry Smllli, her fnttior nml inotluir nml lior ltrollier, Oseur Smith, llo hlit them to iluutli us limy nlcpl. FINAL A Hffi PHONE ANSWER T Authorities Trylun to Flntl Out Whether Atlmlltetl Murtltrer Is Slinminlnn Insanity Posed ns n Priest Tliroiifjh Fornerlcs. NU WYOItK, Kopt. IS. "It win hy uiiiiiuaiid hy HI. Kllznlmth of Hun i:nry, my patron wilnt, Hint I killed Anna Aumiiller," llanii Kchmlilt told I'lithor I.uko ICvurx, tho Tomhn chap lain today. Tho hnillinn turno found n week uko wan Identified an Hint of Anna Aumtillnr. "Ht. Kllznhuth comiiinmltMl inn to offer up u micrlflre," ho coiillnucd, "nml, llko tho wicriricit of Abrnhnm, It in nut ho 0110 of I1I1101I, "Ho I killed Anna Aiimullnr nml drunk koiiio of her blood to cotixum innto thu mirrlflro." I'llcru Wvm I'orKi'rlr-ti After quiNiliouliiK HchmliK, Fnthor Kmtm expriiHiMl tho opinion thnt tho lei tern nml other rrmloiitlnln which tho yoiini; man had pritnuntoil to .MomilKiior l.avellc, throiich which ho obtained permlwloii to rulohr.ito mais wero forKorlM. , Tho Impremlon which Schmidt Kven, perhnpn Intentloimlly, In that of n lunatic hut (ho police nro not ntiro whether hln mlml Is rqnlly un balanced or If ho In iihnmmlni. Ex pert nllenlntn will exnmlno him care fully. Tho nuttiorltliwi nro nlno In ventlKatliiK hln record In Ormany Thnt Schmlilt In only a nlintn prlcnt nldcntly ww strongly nunpected hy Koiiinn Catholic church offlrlntn. They worn nwnltliiK advices today from Mnyonce, Alinco. It I'rlcnlni; Inontilly "Wo hnvo cabled Tor Information," Knit! MoutlKnor I.nvollo. "Schmidt presented ordination pa pern from .Mnjcnco when ho rnmo to Now York, but It In poMblo they wero forged. I iimlorntnml Hint ho told priests nt tho Tomhn that St. i:tlznhetli or dained him. A church Invcntlgntlon In In progronn nml wo will tako what ovor nctlon In warrnntcd." Dldtrlcl Attorney Chnrlon S. Wlilt mnii Intemlrt to combat nu limanlty plea nml Dr. MrCiiiIro, thn Tombn ph)ulrluii, began nu examination ot tho prlBonor today nt tho request of (ho prosecutor. Autntnnt Prosecu tor Murphy, who linn tallied with him, nnyn umpiallflodly (hat Schmidt In nano. Attorney Ih HefiiMil A man who gavo hln nnnio as AI photinn Koohlo nml hln hiinluens nn nn attorney, called nt tho Tombn during t'10 forenoon nml asked lo ftco Schmidt llo admitted thnt ho had not yet been retained nn counsel hut ncald Hint If ho wero ho would nthlso hln client to throw himself upon tho more of thn uuthorllloB. SchmhK declined tho services ot Attorney Koohlo, Haying: "You nml I do not iimlorntnml this, (toil nml Abrnhnm only will ho nblo to clear up tho mutter. Thorn In nothing you can do. If I need n law yer (Unl wll semi you to 1110. Hut my cntm Ih pant human nld, I mil content tn receive tho punishment ordored," KIhson l'litiiro In l'npor Schmidt noticed a plcturo ot Miss Aumiiller In n paper which Kooblo held In hla baud. RoUlug tho papor, ho Ulssed tho plcturo repeatedly. Thou hn handed It back, Baying: "I don't llko tho tnsto ot It." Schmidt reltorntod that ho married tho girl, saying: "I innrrlod her hy roiiimnnd. Of cnurno I am n priest. 1 was proporly ordained. Ah to my sanity, I will say that nil great men who hnvo done things out ot tho ordlmiry nro con sidered Insano nowadays. "Thoro hna bcon no suggestion ot Insanity In my family. I did hnvo nn undo who died by his own hnnd, Hut I 11111 n prlost, In fnct, I wub or dained Into doiiblo priesthood." Coronor Folnbiirg la convlnccil Hint Sclunlrdt Is undoubtedly sntio. BRAKEMAN WALTERS HURLED TO DEATH FROM FREIGHT It HUM NO, Cnl., Sept. 15. .Tolled off n moviii freight trniii lit Keu nett, nenr here, tmluy, Hrnkemiiii K. G, Wulters htnmk 011 his lieml nml Avim iiihlaully hilled. ID AY DEMANDED DARIFIE AVIATOR PEGOUD, WHO All the worliL of ui:ttion nml ninny who know 1 'I'e uliout Unit were nturlleil tic 1 Oier iliiv whin new whip fi'iiri I'rniice (lint Ai utor 1'egoml hml flown in Inn mono plnne upiiilo (Iowa for 11 iUirler of 11 mile. Then for fenr nny pertoiiw would not believe the fen I could he iloiio ciimIv, lie rKalci the next tiny. M. Jllerint, the iiirciilnr of Ilie moiinplune, han coiilrmlcd Hint au prun'rly Ituill ncroplniie Ihmi1i1 not he nhle to cnwie m tltf nir; Hint i, SHERIFF SINGLER EMPLOYS LAWYER TO FORCE PENSION Attorney W. J. Canton Monday son oil uotlco ort County Judge Tou Voile that ho had been rotnlnod by Sheriff Slnglor to tako legal nctlon to force tho county court to pay tho widow of tho lato Sheriff Auk. D. Slnglor. a mother's pension, and that ho would appeal to tho circuit court In behalf ot hln client. Fmler thu law, tho county Judgo has tho final say on mothers pomlons ami Judge Tou Velio has ruled that the act doon not apply, except where tho widow Is without other moans ot support than her own earnings. Mrs. Slnglor, has her Insurance money nnd n home, hcuco does not como un der tho provisions of tho law. "Sheriff Slngler wnn nppolntod," states Judge Ton Velio "to tnko his brother's place, simply hecauso he promised not only to tako tho lato sheriff's office, but nlso to nssiimc tho enro of his family. llo tnndo tho county court tills promise, nml re ceived tho appointment so that tho family of tho murdered sheriff would bo cared for during tho balance ot hln term. There was no other rea son for tho nppotntmout. Now Mr. Slngler Is trying to ov.ide this re sponsibility whlrh ho nt tho time, gladly assumed. I do not seo what IiIh efforts can accomplish, savo to give tho public an Insight Into his character." BILL BEFORE SENATE W'ASIIIXOTOX, Sept. l.'t.-At the reiiuet of Seuutor Chiiniherluin of Oregon, tho Alnxkn rnilrond hill, pro viding for pivernment eonslructioii and nwiu'ttdiip of 1000 miles of rnil ronds, was today inudo the iinfiii ihhed liiisiucxs by tho nenate. It prohnhly will be noted upon in De cember. UK at ENGINEER MILLER PUT UNDER ARREST NKW 1IAVKX, Conn., Sept. 15. Kngiueer Miller, whoso train wux wrecked recently with loss of life af ter ho hud hceu working double shifts, ho claimed, for more Hum n week, wns arrested today on n su perior eotut warrant ehaipne; man slaugliler. Arraigned, ho pleaded not guilty, FLEW UPSIDE DOWN f it ilid cnpxVe, it ought lo he able to continue iliiiir. IU' had I'ckoiiiI mukc the nltcmpt. I-Vw alteration were inaiie 111 the inaciiiiie. Some of the iipriil were lirncnl nml Home of Ilie winj were mnile ntroiijfer. The monoplane hml n fifty-lmo-pwr moUir. With th'n dn rin? mlvnne; in flv injf f-omethim: linn been nccomplioh cil (hnt the binln theinielve-; enmiot imilnte, nml Hyinj it mmle much nnfer, for ninny neeiilcnU hac been enured liv uer'tplniieH enpMzinj.'. SUSPECT SCHMIDT OF BEING SLAYER OF I.OFISVII.I.K, K, Sept. l.V In ..I I .1... ...., ,!..., tl.,j C.I....M. lll') Ul Mil' 4111 llllli (ll! kL'llllllt,, .the murderer of Anna Aumiiller in Xew York. i in I.nui-.illc nt the I lime S-year-oIil Alum Kellner di- nppenrcd December S, 1901), to be found nine mouths later, mutilated nml buried in quick lime in the base niont of St. John's Catholic, church here, it was said today, n htrotig ef fort will he made to lirlnjr up npun tho ense of Joseph Weiidliiijr, the church's janitor, who wn nmMed in Sun Krnnei-eo uud i now cerv iiic a life sentence for the murder. Schmidt wns not connected with any church while here, but from Au gust, 1900, until Mnreh, 1910, lie' wns the riuM of the Kev. Henry II. WoMermnn, of tho Church of the iiiiiuHciilntc Conception. Members of tho Kellner faintly unid today Hint they never u-nw Schmidt and did not holieve he wns in nny way connected with Alum's death. Wemllinir denied his guilt bo xigoromdy nt his triiil Hint he e.s enped the pnllows, thonjih he wns tiou n life term in the penitentiary. E COURT IS CALLED INHUMAN I'OKTLAXn, Sopt. lo. With the eliargi (hat the county judge of JiK-cphiuo I'ltuuty is anything but hu mane and fair, a letter is en route for that official from he Multnomah county commissioners asking Jos ephine county to pay for tho care nnd treatment of Mrs. Albertinn Krusscl, n penniless widow, who nr rived from Grants Pass Friday for tieulmeut at tho county hospital. Mrs. I.ola 0. llaldwin, of the mun icipal department of safety for young women, took Mrs. Krussell nml her four children, nil under III years', in oluirgo and sent tho woman to the hospital. Mrs. llaldwin repotted the ease to the county commissioner yesterday morning and her notions wero approved. She snid thnt the woman hml been n resident of Grants Pass fo theo yens. Josephine county paid tho woman's faro to Portland. CANADIANS mi MONTUUAL. Quo., Sopt. 1 1. Tho Harry Thnw habeas corpus enso was called pi tho King's bench today and niljournod until Thursday. Tho court took cognizance ot Thaw's departure from Canada and will Inqulro Into Us circumstanced, MA KELLNER MAINZ BISHOP F0RCEDSC1IDT DDT OF EUROPE Priest Arrested for "Fraudulent Transactions" In Germany, Sus perilled and Exiled Was Consid ered Weak-Minded. MUNICH, Sopt. IS. It tho Uann Sliiiildt iimlHr nrrofft In N'ow York tor murdering Anna AumuIIor nml Jo hnnon Schmidt, who formerly lived hero and stilt earlier In Mainz are tho same man, tho local church au thorities will be nblo to glvo what ever details may be desired concorn Iiijc the New York prisoner's past rec ord, It was stated horo today. JohaiiK Schmidt studied in tho Mainz classical high school was or dnlnod In 1907 and hold curacies In Mainz, Darmstadt, Sollgonstndt, Con zenhohn. Ilucrgl and Munich. Ho wan arrostod hero, cbar&otf, accord ing to tho Mainz Journal, with "trau- dulon transactions" ami was sus pended by his bishop. He escaped other punlshmont on tho ground that he was weal: minded, am! It was un derstood that ho had gono to New York, though tho Mainz Kplscopate did not know ho was posing as a priest thoro. TRENTON, N. J., Sopt. 15. That ho banished Hans Schmidt, confessed murderer of Anna AumuIIor, from his diocese In December, 1909, becauso ho performed a marrlago ceremony with out proper dispensation was tho dec laration today ot Illshop James Mc Knul, of tho .Tronton diocese. Tho lotter. ot banishment, Bishop McFaul, said. read:. . . "You nro hereby notified thnt you must leavo this diocese. Evidently you aro wanting In common sense, and I do not deslro to havo anything to do with you." Illshop McFaul thinks Schmidt Is Insane. FIERCE CYCLONE SAX FRAXCISCO, Cnl., Sept. l.'i. Kojtorts of the ficree.'.t cyclone en countered on the Pueitio ocenii in years are told here today liy tho of ficers of the government transport Lognn, which has ju-t arrived from Japan. The Logon met tho ttorm four days before reaching Honolulu. Waves sweitt over tho bridge- of tho vessel, nlnto-,1 taking nwny the men oil lookout. Tho tcinpe.-t in creased in violence until it wns nec essary to strap tho iron nt the wheel to their posts. The nuzr.eu truck wns snnppod near itt base, soveral huge ventilators wero ripped from their sockets nnd whirled against the light ruiliiig, which was carried nwny hy tho impact, nml then jnto the sen. The greatest torror nnd o.Noito niont prevniled ninong tho passen gers ns the immense waves swept over the docks nnd into tho cabins, washing .everything movable into the sea. Life preservers wero put on, nnd llio passengers knelt in prayer. The storm continued for seven hours. FOR BROKEN HEART POHTLAXD, Ore., Sept. 13.--Jo scph Xnsli, foimeily a promi nent real estate mnn here, but now residing at South Head, Yasli,, is today ninde defendant in n suit foi $30,000 for alleged breach of prom iso by Miss Get inula MJ. Grnnt, 11 department stoio employe, of thii city, who alleges ho promised to marry her and thou eloped with and married Miss Lillian Itiehmond. Tho suit wns filed in tho courts at South Bend. Miss Grant's attorneys filed Mnii lur notion in Oregon, but failed to c.btnin service of papers 011 the de fendant. Xnh is 42 years old nud MUs Grunt 30. MD-OCEAN T PHONE E CHANGE EAGLE POINT State Commission Approves Appli cationReduces Rental Credits Home Telephone of Medford Hear Incj Bcnlns Ask Increase. Tho .Iftle railroad rnimnisfiion, sitting nn tho public utilities cnniinm sion, nt n sesninn held on tho mczn uiiio floor of the Medford hotel, emitted (be nppliontion of tho 1 tut (0 Fnlls & Kngle Point Telephone com pnny, through ils president, W. O. Clements, for a fltniulardizntion of rates, nnd nn moronic in tolls from Medford to points on tho line. The rnmmiwinn nlno fixed thn rontnl fee, credited to ucrs owning their phonoH, nt 123 ocnl a month, instead of 30 cents ns now. The enmmisflinn is hearing the np pliontion of. the Nome Telephone of Medford for nn increase of ratct?. In this the city charter conflicts with the stntc law. The Home frnnchiso provided Hint when a certain number of phonos nre instnllrd tho rntcs therein fixed shall exist, nml nsnert they nre now entitled to tho fran chise provision. Tho commission will benr testimony sunnorting tho contention thnt the service wnrrnuts the increase. The telephone company is repre sented by Attorney Gua Newbury nnd nnneer Vance, nnd llio city by Attorney McCnbo. The commission consist! of F. K. Miller, ehnirmnn; Clyde H. Aitohisnn nnd Tom K. Campbell. E. F. Ilus sell, representing tho commission, hns been investigating loenl phone conditions nml will testify. The hearing will likely bo conclud ed tomorrow forenoon. VOTE COIN TO SHIP AMERICANS WASIHXGTOX, Sept. IS. -Waiving reference to a committee, iih un necessary, the sennto today passed the house resolution appropriating $100,000 to bring destitute Ameri cans from Mexico. Senator Itristow of Kansas assert ed that the president's ndvico tn Americans to leavo Mexico had bad a most unfortunate result. Iteliablu persons returning to the United States havo told, ho snid, that they would hnvo fared better if the ml miuibtrntioii hml not tried to per suade them to leave. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1G. Ser ious anxiety was folt hero today can corning what tomorrow may bring forth In Mexico, Tho occasion will bo Mexico's Indopondonca day, nml tho tinio was considered a likely 0110 for anl-Aiuerlcan demonstrations. On tho sama dato tho Mexican con Kress will ro-assomblo, and Provision al Presldont Iluorta will dollvor a message to tho lawmakers, outllng his policies. It was generally agreod horo that what ho says may spell trouble. HENEY CANDIDATE LOS AXGF.LLS, Cnl., Sept. 15. Francis J. llenoy announced hero to day his enmliiliioy for tho United States sennto to succeed flcorgo C. Perkins, whoco term expired March J, 1013. Ifeney became, known on the Pa cific const through Ida successful prosocution of tho Oregon Jniid fraud cases nnd through IiIh coniiuction with tho "grjtft proseeution 'Jiit San Francisco." llo is iv progressiva mid nnd ardent supporter nfTHiruro Johnson. AN A EA MEXICAN CELEBRATION b ,A 'i r.