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The Weather
Maximum ynitarday I0
Minimum today ., 21
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Predictions
Flr.
RJ Ji JLk.lL
fnilly KUtimilh Ynur.
W'lkly 1'lf (y-l-'li Mt Viur,
MKDFOUI), ()RK(H)Xt TIIUK'SDAY, FKlUU'AIiY 2:5, VJX1
no. i&t;
THREATS OF
DEATH STIR
WASHINGTON
Society Women at National
Capital Receive Black Hand
Missives Demanding From
$15,000 to $25,000 Each
Wife of Copper King and
Mrs. Townsend Favored.
WASHINGTON. I'.li, .J Tliri.utH
I'f llelllll Ullh'NIt llllgn Mllll lit lllolie)
ntiiKluK fn in fl.'i.iiuii I,, $.';, ihmi un
paid were niilil li) 'iihtnr,li ii n Hi i'
l im m' In liiitu lieen received within
tho Iiml few dii by fum prominent
society lender of t lu mp'tal Tim po
llen u wi ll un il' i'iu tun-lit i f Jimtlni
i pi rutUoii were mi lil li li liivi'nllKul
liiK I lui urlr.lil of I hi' llin-ula
Till' I hiuutuhtiiK Inttms, II wait kali)
tiy a proiii'iieiii pollen olfitiul, hnv
been received by Henry Whim, fnrm- i
er Aninr'i an iiiiilunniiilur to Franco
mill i.ii' i f tln Anui'tun nitiiuiliwliiu
ri ti lh V II ! nmfi'i I'lu r; Mm.
Ttiouiu I' WuUli, widow r tlii 'ale
Montana "cupper klliK." Mm. Scott
Tim n hr ii. I. well know II Nni li'ly
liuilir. (tint Mutlutiin Chriittlmi
HuiikIih, widow of u former mwe
Klu ii mlnlHli i to tlin lulled Sl.iti'n.
Police unit depart uii'iil of Justice of
f U lulu ullkn with illnltirlliii'il (i. ill.
rr tlm mutter iiml friends uf r.e
rlill (if ItinBi' (( I I tu have r
reived tin' torn dented any liifoiuiu
lion ait to threat 1 . r i ti 1 1 liirm m i
I Ion, however, wan obtained from the
pollen Hint tut Imvi'hIIuuIIi.m wart ! i
IliK iniitln, und linn (iiillrii i.ffdlul Nil 1. 1
un urri'Nt wm expei i . . I t uny tint . '
Tin' li-iti r, ui citiIIiu In Ihv pi ltri', '
limirin Iml tlu rxrliilcnl tc li'im tlnl
mi III It lli'lllllll.l.'.l III lollr'v KIliitH
rrntiiil llio tltv.., Uti if Km ricltt
It'lltD, It HIM KUllI, Willi U'lil to pUl III.'
un liry In a tin Kin ami ilrui It out of
lii'i uutiiriiulittK bt N ii'tliiiu iiliiii.
Tlin i hli'f of tlin witnirn'K liurvau of
thn (hiIIco ili'imrliili'lit. It Wm ukhitI
'imI. fiilliiwiul nut thn (lln-cUiiin wlili
plain ili.llii'H lain iilullimi'il 1m Hh'
vlrlnliy, but no line li k .1 up Hi.'
run.
IS DECLARED OFF
WASHINGTON. 1'i'h. : ; Imn I
lli: Hiiinil illH.inli'r unit 1 1'..- tnoiii nlnn I
tumuli iii'il liy tlin lims oi lUi-i, i.f
uriuy iiithiiIiiii'' I'ivnIIi'Ii' uml Mr.
lliinlltiK Uluy iiiiiiiiii'H'H'l n.tioii.'
nii'ltt uul'l April I'.i uf tlii' iii'iiv uml
nuvy riifitltni Hit for I'liiliUu lit I If I
W lilt II llollNU. I
l'i II i' tliiiilHltliil IllvltfiiiliH Men' In- I
iMH'il to offli'i'iH of tlin army uml!
nuvy. Hi'cri'tury "k whh iiiiiit-
Htooil to liuvti lit til licfol- i'r'Hlili'iit
lliinllim loiliiy un infill i n. I ri'puri
from Mujor tiimi'inl I'.i'ilik, clil"f of
tlin itlr HOrvlcp, who imuio n innlim.
Inury I'Minilnutliiii of hi' Ituiii.i il.s-1
UHti-r.
Sentenced to Death
For Killing Boy Who
Winked at His Wife
lir.NTliN. 111., I'lli. ill. - -fi'lin Hn
Mint mult r m n I t tn ii tu Iiiiiik fur
UlllltiK ii tli'.lvi'i y liny ) 1 1 1 1 1 1 lit' li. -filH.il
uf wlnklitK at 1 1 1m wlff, Im.H
liltiiniliiiii'il IiIm iltmlH tu tllu y hIhi
Millnn iiml In ilrvut In K IiIm IiihI Iiuiiih
tu ui lllnu I' ll in tu hlN wlfu nnil tu
plitjIliK li itliunumiiph,
Hit vii ut wiin , iipilt lliu iiiiprOHNlun
thai llu woiilil luiliK totimri'tiw, but
thn lilii iirt wait iiiitlftuit' ttiiluy tliul In'
luitl lii'iii Kiuiili'il a ri'pili'Vn ti til II
April 21.
i
RUSSIAN PROFFSSOR SAYS SOVIET
GOV'T WILL SOON BE OVERTHROWN
WollCKHTKIt, MilNM,, I'Vli. 2.1 Thn !
prnillt'lltiii that, II. would nut bu ItuiK
lii'furu thn UiihnIiiii aovlnt Kiivurnmultt
would Im hi ii k I'll tit iiml ovi'i'llirow n,
Wiih nwiiln by Dr, .ItiNi'pb M. (InltlHtcIn
In un ittlilri'HH it a t'unfi'i'i'iiri' on Huh
mIii n iiffuliH in Chirk tinlvi'i'Mliy li'ilny.
Hr. flolilMli'ln wiih formnrly illrci'lui'
of tfttt Hi'iiilniuy of pulltli'iil I't'ununiy
ut thn I'nlvi'i-Hlly of Mohi'ow uml fur
iiinny yuiiiH t'i'nniiuilc iiiIvIh'H' tu nilii
iHlfiH nnilnr thn linpnilnl Kovi'inniiiit.,
"WlUtt tho wiif Culled lo tlu 111 the
Legion Commander
Flays Baiters of
Roman Catholics
5 r:
JWoij;
IMHANM'iii.M. y
f.M I IlKlmiK l"i I iiii' i
l. ll;u, .. i.l MniNliI
t'f I hi' A iiii-l ii tin l.'
I.. 2 J. A I'l'H
him Ih'hii mini"
I. l o 11 1 1 i :t li 1 1 t
I In u il 11 1"
I.. Hi.- ,.n..f i.f TI
IInIii In W 'uhIhiikI'
l'l nil ntillll,
, 11. I'., U
.lllr
V, .in
Ulllll'lllll I'll t'lll.l) .
"Tin iiiiinii)," lln' l.llir .i.
"ll fi. mi ll I.V 111.11 Wllu HUUKlll II-
HkIiiiih Ii.Ii'Iuih . timl It In Hint fpliH
wlili'li I ui x mini" It fun, tin "nil
i.iili livim: in. I lii i . ri In I." n
lr"l.-ii.iii( mill niti ttil a pi'uirHiuiit
liuri Ii, l4it un u in. inl.. r i.f ni.tny
Miikiii.Ii I.iiiIi.k i.f will, h I lii.w laki-n
.1 in. ii. oi I' it. Mi., putt I li.ii' mi ni
ii.ln.li it init f.. lltitt liiNiliuil.iii, tin'
I... in. in t '.it In. IP' iluti. li. IIh Miami
lilt. I ti'urltllik'M .. llli' pl'i'l" I N.llli.ll (if
llu Intictltv i.l i. ill- llttllll KuVilll
iiii nt in ii' Wi I i m inplllli .1 In tin"
Ii' ti.p ili .itltn i.f nirti wlin ii rvi'il In
my i.iti i-i.mmiiii.l. Aiul I tuilit mlil
timl tin' i li.ipl.iitiN i.f ih.it I . iih cm
. lii'iii.ui tiiiii h In Ihi-lr Hpli inliil m r
.i' lliul iii.nli' IIhih Iii..s...I ) nil.
Ji m, pi uti xliinl iiml I'nih.ill. nllki'.''
X-TREASURER
UNITED STATES
John Burke Ruined By Failure
of N. Y. Brokerage Firm of
Which He Was Member
Believed Innocent Victim
Legal Action Promised
NKW VUUK. IMi. :';( - l.liiliilllli'H l
i In' lii ikrrui:i' I inn of KiinluM uml
Hiiil.i'. wlilt li limt nltlil ut'iil tnio tin'
limiilii of a ii'ci-lvi'i'. wi'iu Vitrlotil
1'nlluinli'tl liutu tutliiy ut from $7iiii,"m'
to $,rinii,iuii,
.1 1 1 1 1 it Htirki', fiirinur t iuiihhut uf tliu
I'llitl'll Stllll'tt wIlUM HlKllilllll'l' lippi'lll'
u.l un hit iik nutt'M iHhiit'il Iniin i iiily In
i:i:i until IiIh rihlimlluii ii llitli' iinit'o
limn li I'll r UKii, il'-i'laioil tuilny hr
luiil Iiml i-vvrj'tliiiii: In tho riillnpsi' ul
tliu IhihIih'hh. Ititnkt'iM who ludl lu'i-n
iihhiii'IiiIi'iI wllh him In IiiihIiii'hh wcro
tlimtiMl us miylni; Ihuy Im'IIpvimI In- hull
liuon mi "liuiiMvnl tluiit'" In tlio ili'vi'l
iMiiiii'iU of tliu iiiiuizInK Hit unt Inn in
vi'iili'tl liy tlin fiilliiri',
Ui'Kiil iicllunN ni;alnnt n ntimlicr ol
fjrniM that urn inuliilii'i'ii of tliu N'uw
ork Stork I'.xclinnuo tiilKht, II w
llltlllllltl'll, III' lllHtlllltt'tl. It WHH hull
t iitnil tlint If tlin KliltH with Hliri'i'HKful
tliu firm inl;lil. puy llu crt'illluiH dollar
lor ilullar.
Juliii Hui K ii wiih tlirt'i' tlint'H Kovur
nil' of Not til lialCotti lii'furu lii'cuiuiiiK
tri'lltillll'l' Of till! I'llitl'll Htlltt'H In
Miirth, 1 ! K! . Ills imi'tiiiT, I.oiiIh Muiit
Unnii'i'.v Kariltm, wan n imur IniiulKiaiil
I'roiu IliiimaiT nluu yi'iun ami imtl
I'tiUiiU lillr tliul I'liii'liiyincnt In tliu ft
imncliil tllstviit nit -4 lt) u'fci'k nii'K
(I'onlliiniMl on 1'iiKti kIx.1
way of iIi'itciihIiik irutliictlvn work In
ItliHNlii, liobtliuvlk iinllnnall.allun mil!
Htitlnll.nl Inn HlU'ccedeil In duliiK
lirltiKillK HunhIii bulk tu thn level uf
thn inltlil!n of the nlncti'i'iiHi eenUliy
III', tlnhlHteln Haiti.
"Tit I'XIhI without pi'uilui'liiK I" Im
lii'HHlliln fur even thn linhnut eotlu
try. Tlin iiifiiimiliited woullli uf Uiih
Bin bun unlckly (llNuppi'iirnd uml 11
will nut Im Ionic bnl'itrit thn aovlnt l?uv
erniiinnt will, bo lii nk ryit mil overthrown,"'
FORTUNE
PRESIDENT S
SUBSTITUTE
IS REJECTED
Foreign Relations Committee
Refuses to Accept Reserva
tion As Altered at White
House Adjournment Taken
' Until Tomorrow Lodge
Hope to Effect Compromise.
WASHINGTON", Kit). A moll-fli-il
lilniiki-t ri'Hut vutloii to thn lour
puwiT I'mlfli' tri-uty luld Ix-fori) llur
Hi'iiui" f I K ii ri'lutloini rommlt U-r
tuil.iy Jjy (Tiiilriuun LuiIk" ufti-r a an
fi ri'iiii! wltli I't rnltli'iil HurdltiK, nu t
Willi llllllll'lllull- OpH nil Ion f i (nr. I'V-
it.iI ri'puhlli un un wi'll uh (Ii'Iihh ralli
1 1 iniiillli'i- in u 1 1 j : .
Tlin iit'W ri'Ki-i vutlun liiti-iiili'il a t :i
unl.hlituii' fur lli.it iirupuNi'il ni'Vi'Tiil
ilam UK" liy Sfimlnr llrniidi-Kfr. r
I pnlilii mi, C'uiiiii't tli ul, pruvlili'N tii.it
liutliliiK In Ibn trituty Hliall bn i-on-Ntruutl
un iciuinlltliiic tliu fnlU'il
Ktuti'ii to mi t-kt-ri'lito of iirmoil torcn
W'itliuul till' CtMlHflll Cf tOUKri'KC.
AfliT iiiuri! t hull un liour'n li'bal.
wlilcli fuili'il to win over to thn 'irw
prupoiiul uny of tlin m'tiulur'u who hml
inpimrti'tl the Hiutiili'Ki't' rwrvutlon.
thi- loiiiitiltti'i' uUiiJuriiMl until t'
iiuitiiw without action.
Hciiiitur l,oilm. ufti-r )ci Jim;
nearly un hour with 1'P'Nltli'nt Iluiil
1 n K ilt'ilttri'tt on Icuvlnic thn White
Moiiho thul hn hopi-il "thut ' will
! uhlc to much un uKmciiiiTit."
Tin.' cliulrmuli dii llucd to dltK-lctc
il.'tulU of hi conversation with the
prnnldi'lit hut uilvunoi'd tho onlnloi:
thut thn BKri'i'incnt which ho hunU
would b ri'uclind on rc-Hcrvatlons
would n?t mt if lotion of tho .wt
by thn cntn. Hi! llknwlun at thn
tlnm would not reveal hl own poal
I'on rnardln thn lrandrut't or
Ijyhm prt kihi-o ri'Ni'rvuilotia.
iwirnti unit iioiiiion i'ui
A'lhtUKll Si'tiator LoiIki' did not
Inform hl colluuKUnn an to tlin attl
luiln i.f thn pri'Hlilunt, oilier toini.iU-ti-c
tni'inliiMH Kitllii'd thn Itiiprcssloil
thut tho ininllflnd rnanrvatlon wouid
j Im urceptablu to thn Wl'.ltn llou-"'. It
Hint lii'i'ii umcinui'd at inn i-.trunr
ri'1'fnn'Uin bi'twnnn IakIhi innl Mr.
lUitlhiK. but It wan not fmtiialiy of
fnri'd to tho coininiltno with admin
istration ImckliiK. Tlioi lomnilttm
rhuiriiiuu mild aftnrward thi-t In- ouly
had "aiiKKnati'd it."
Snnatom lloruh. rnpublUan. Idiiho,
nnd Johnson, republican, t allfurma.
hutll prououtirnit tlm inoillfli'il ilrafl
un uiiHull'.fortory whlln SnH i't-r llrun-
ilci;cn and othur rnpuhllcau mid dnm
ocuillc nilviiciilna of Hp) I'rnnili'Bun
iisiTviil lull wlihlicld a ili'clHion and
li illt ati'tl by Iht'ir uttitudo in the ilis-
ciiHNitui tuhl tin')' (Hit not I'li'l 'ic'
new prupoHul prcatllly iiccnptubli.'.
At thn cUitin of the coiiim!ttc?
bi'hhIuii no one would prutiicl win-tiler
tlm ni'W rcMurvutloii could niuslur a
majority tf thn cununlttno
Tlii'sn who fountl the n-Kurvation
lliuccuptulilii wnro uld to liuvu ar
Riiud that it did not fully ccvur thn
pt'HHllilllty tltHt iIucIhIoiih ruucliud iin-
dnr tlm treaty prnviHloiiH not linolv-
uk urincd force, liilKhl liucolnn bind
Iiik n thla Kovnriniu'iit without con-
KruNHlcnal utilhorlziition. That pos
alhlllty In HpuclflcHlly tivatnd In the
inNnrvatli u of Suiialor llraullnK',,
Thn coiiimlttnn will niuot attain to
morrow ami In tliu inuuntltnu it time r-
ou confnruncuH uro, to be huld.
At tho mime tlmo thn nniutti' Itself
hud Itutoru It f-r dc-buto tliu aunaruto
iiniity with .lupuit rti'utini! to Ynp
uml othur former Ciurmmi islundn in
tlm I'liclfio.
El
A Ml CM.
WIUTTIKH. V-ul, Feb. 23. A now
uuHsnr, tliu third in six weeks, mine In
early today ut Simla Fo SprlnKH nenr
linti'. aluMitltiK Kuh hoiiio KIM) fuel Into
tlin uir when tho oil well Inning on tin
I'ownll Ho wu ri Uiaso Htrtiek K' This
Is within llimH-iiiiiirttirs of n tullo of
the Hell No. 8 KitKHi'i' of the Union Oil
company whllii for more thiin u week
nrnlshnd n apcctueulur I'lre and which
iDilay.i'ontliiiiea to blow gas.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
l'OHTLAND, Ore., Feb. 23. Robbers
last night gulnud entrance to the
Monta villa bunk here iiml.mudo an
iinstit'Pi'Ksl'ul attempt to blow tho mile,
according to a report to the police.
. Kntrnnce to tho building wiih gained
hy prying open the bark door.
Taylor and
SfSt- J
iUsU'' 1ini',v.!:-w i
If required no cffi ii fii- Mary MilcH Mintcr tu Hiitlln ut William Dea
ini.iul Tuylor In tblN ph.itoKi.iph. fomhfi frankly aUmltn nhn Krcatly ndmir
ml llio tni.ili.il pint urn .fin-i tur and tiin n wrote to him: "I lovn you."
MISS, GOVERNOR ENGLAND UP IN "
BLAMES " INSUR. :
CO'S. FOR SUIT!
JACKSON. Mlsa.. Feb. 23 governor
Husstil, In a special message to the
legislature today rharaed certain fire
li'Miruncn int-i'i t-KtH !'h ruspunnllillUy
fur the Ilno.ono breach of itrotultie suit
brought against hlin by Miss Frances
lltrkhuad, who alleged seduction.
Tho governor demanded an investi
gation by the entlm legislature Into
lobby which he alleged the insurance
companies were maintaining at Jack
son.
After hearing tho message, Repre
sentative t'baney introduced the lol-
lowing resolution:
Whereas, much of the time of this
legislature has been taken up with the
reading of misleading and insulting
messages from the governor, U-e M.
Kussiil:
"Therefore, bo It resolved by the
house that hereafter no messages from
the govttnor shall be received or mad
by this InmIv."
Thn resolution was left on thn table.
l'LYMul'TH, Ki-hIuihI. l'Yli. 23.
(Ity tlm Annoi'IhU'i! I'icss) A num
ber of Mormon iiiis-iunmlnH wein pur
sued through the sueets ynnterduy by
a moli because of their utterances in
Market SuliiU'e. Thn police rescued
the Murinuns with difficulty.
LONDON. Feb. 2.1. tl!y tho Asu-
claleil I'l'ess) Some of the news
papers recently bine been comluc ting
a campaign ng.tinsi Mormon activities
thruiiKbuut thn country, ulleginK that
tlm missionaries Wiie trying tu obtain
women converts vim Would proceed
to Utah and embr.u'0 polygamy. This
statement is lenh d by the Muriuou
eltlil's. but their h. tilings have been
broken up In sumo of tlin thickly
populated siiblirb.in illslrlcts.
One of the Oldest
Banks in Eastern .
Oregon Is Shut Up
THw'lULI.KS. Ore., Feb. 23.
Tho French and Company bank,
one of tho oldest banking houses
In eastern Oregon was closed this
morning by Stum Hank Examiner
Hobertson. IX'pU ted reserve was
given us tho reason. .
Officials of the hunk BtHtnd thut
new capital-would be forthcoming
anil that the bank will re-open in
four or. five days. The bauk hail
a capital stock of $200,000 and
$50,000 surplus. The closing order
was posted ten minutes after tho
bank opened today.
MORMONS PURSUED
BY ENGLISH IBS
Admirer
AIR - OVER LAST
IRISH ACTION
' 1,8 th rit h aid powerful are repre- employes' wages are to be adjusted to
sonU-d in court by highly educated elim(nate tQe 0,d tlme Bnd one.half
lXNt)ON. Feb. 23. ( By the Aso-! luwy"Hhile ,ar8e part ? ? provision.
... . . ' . . . i poor- and Ignorant are represented by, ,
elated Tress. I The BrltlBh govern-, un,rtinrd , aod incompetent men.' Ten rules regarding discipline, griev-
mcnt has invited the Irish signaler- j Judge Clarence N. Goodwin of Chi- "ces. discrimination against commtt
es to the Anglo-Irish treaty to ixm- cago declared In his opening address teemen and similar matters were re
don for an early conference on the today un chairman of the conference manded to the employes and the road
who'e situation. It was announced to- of liar associations here. . Until audi for further negotiations. The board'
day in the hi. use of commons by Win-iu condition is corrected, he said, there new ruie8 8Upplant the national agree-
ston Churchill, secretary for the cola-
a!uies
U)NIK)N. Feb. 23. (liy tin Asso
ciated I'ress. London newspapers
seemed puzzled today over thr utiax-l
pected outcome of the Ard Fhot con
vention. Sotiie condemn the ar
rangement tiy which the Irlh elec
tiens are put off for three months
while others regard it as a matter
affecting principally the Irish them
selves. Some papers which have insisted
on the necessity fcr an immediate
election raise no objection lo the
postponement.
It Is understood the members of
the cabinet were surprised and -.mc
what perplexed. The Irish bill is ex
pected to enter-the committee stage
ou Mmduy next and the ovnriment
expects Hie third reading next votk.
m'UI.lN. Feb. 23. ( Ity the Asso
ciated Press.) (leneral s'Ulsl'actlon
seems1 to be felt in southern Ireland
over yesterday's surpris" 'decision of
thn Ard Fheis for a three months'
adjournment ut the end of which the
people will be asked to vote o,i a
constitution as well as or. th" Anglo
Irish treaty.
This (pinion is net unanimous
however. Many heartily endorse the
conventions gratification at the
preservation of the Sinn Fein's unity,
but some staunch supporters of the
treaty are disappointed and inclined
to agree with John McFptee'i? du
clared opinion that "the agreement
was dearly a republican victory."
One q. lest ion much discussed In
some quarters is what is going to
happen to the treuty bill now before
.nt Imperitt I parliament which it is
declared is shattered to great e
tent by tlm Ard Finis's decision.
i ' 1 :
Stewart Patter sont Jr.
Gets Full Title to
Half Million Estate
CHICAGO, Feb, 23. (Special.)
Stewart .Patterson, Jr., 1-i years old,
was iiiiulu. soli? heir to bis late futhur's
half mlllluu interest in the Stewart
building .In a decision yesterday by
Judge Friend. Mrs. Nannie Waller
! Patterson, who lives with her son at
Ilerkeley, Cal., vainly sought to prove
her claim to halt of her husband's
I interest. Controversy arose over the
I construction of two trust deeds and
the last will of Stewart Putterson Sr.
The Berotid trust deed was executed 111
1914, In which Pattersou conveyed his
wife one half Interest, was declared
void because tho deed granting the
son his share did not expire until 191"
A month after executing the second
deed Putterson made his will, leaving
Ills entitv estate to hi son,
Trotzky Willing ta
Turn Over Starving
Prisoners to U. S. A.
MOHCOW, Full. 23. "Wo shall
gladly turn over all tlm people In
our prlHOiiK. to forei!?nTH. If they
will tak them away," Haiti Leon
Trotzky, soviet war mlnlnter, In
an Interview with forelKn corre-
HpondenU who axked If h knew
that prlaoneru were Htarvini; and
dylnK of disease in Jallx.
"We have our own way of deal- 4 '
inr with prlsonerH," he went on.
"You lo the irnlted Htate electro-
cute them. Well, we don't. Also,
Amerleana who wish to realize
what happena to prinoneni during '
revolutiona aliould remember ,
their own Civil war," he added,
referrlna; to Llbbey priaon.
"Ah for freeing prisoners, we
haven't ieace yet on our fron-
tiem."
COURT JUSTICE
Judge Clarence Goodwin of
Chicago Addresses Bar As
sociation Points to Advan-
Dr,U In uifrnn Dullan
lage OI nlCn in Miring Deuer
Legal Ability.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Eiiuality
before the law is impossible so long
win oe iiuie ju.ii -e in tne nouns.
The shrewd and powerful men and
interests of large means are able to
know.w-ho- are competent and who
are not. Judge Goodwin asserted, ad-
ding that it was difficult for the poor
man, or the Ignorant man to make
any just estimate of who was capable
of properly advising and representing
him.
"During my years as a trlat Judge."
the speaker said, I was frequently
distressed by the fact that one side
or the other in the case before me
was so incompetently represented by
counsel, or represented by such igno
rant counsel, that owing to the learn
ing and skill of the attorneys on the
other side, it seemed impossible to get
the case properly before the court, or
Keep error out oi me record.
IMPOSSIBLE TO
H PON MAN
Judge Goodwin said that ill his ex- Charles Guy. said by the uuthoritien
perieuee as justice of tho Illinois ap- to be a business man of Pasadena,
peltate court, he found the court con- eith,.r Ml or jumpod from the roof of
stantly confronted with records w hich Uu. eight-story Maryland hotel today
showed such pulublo and uiimistak- und wn8 insiHnty killed. Guy ngis
ablo errors as to make it necessary tori.d al, thw hoU., two dliy!( UKO
to reverse the case, although It ob-j (luy Wll!t arrested yesterday, ac
viously had merit. ! cording to the police, on a charge of
' -obtaining money under false preten-
WASHlNGTOX, Feb. 23. The ad- 8,.s, 8Wurn to by Frank M ithiesiiii of
visabilitv of requiring at least a two- gan Francisco, and liberated.' on
year college coun', in addition to tho $1,000 bail.
regular law school training, fur ud- According to MathieMon Guy- ln
misslun to the bur, was to bo din- duced him to go to Portlund to invest
cussed at a conference of bur associa- 150 in a summsed business enter-
tions which opened hero today. Clush
of opinion on this subject was fore
cast when the meeting was called t'J
order by Judge Clarence N". Goodwin
of Chicago.
Members of the American Dar as
sociation at u recent meeting atlupteil
u suggestion that the collegu course
should be obligatory for all future
applicants for udmission to tho bar.
Bagpipes were the favorito instru
ments uf the Ancient Greeks.
LIBERTY BONO HOLDERS MADE HALF
BILLION DOLLARS LAS
BOSTON, Feb. 23. America's po
sition, as a creditor nation probably
will result in tho use of American
capital wherever business is done.
Elibt Wadsworth, assistant secrot.irv
of the treusury, said In an udi'mss
before the Boston Chamber i.f Com
merce today. This expansion de
pended, however, he audeil. in lh;
maintaining of a "puy as v.e g )'' pol
icy by the United States treusury.
"We owe today 23. und o n-H ilf
billions dollars, of which six :i nl one
half billions is due in less tliu.i i S
months," Mr. Wadsworth said. "This
Is too lurge a proportion Ot floating
debts for any business Institution.
"Our federal budget so tar 1ms
balanced, ibut next year we, f.iro n
deficit. We nro considering fmiher
R. R. LABOR
E
10,000 Railroad Firemen Are
Hit By Decision of Wage
Tribunal Overtime Only
After 10 Hours No Over
time On Holidays Eight
Hour Day Is Accepted Basis
CHICAGO. Feb. 23. Another py
slash, this time bitting 10.000 railroad
firemen and oilers was made by the
I'nlted States railroad labor board to
day when it announced rules effective1
;March 1, eliminating extra pay until '
1 after the tenth hour and setting up a
"split trick" of eight hours within a
spread of 12 without any overtime pay,
I Following several other decisions
'virtually restoring the ten hour day
for railroad workers, the board todny
authorized the roads to pay only pro
rata wages after the regular . eight,
hours, which the board retained in
'principle as constituting a day's work.
Time and one-half will be paid after
ten hours. In the case of the split
trick, straight time will be paid for the
first ten hours work, whether included
in the 12 hour spread or not, and time,
and one-half will be given thereafter.
formerly the firemen and oilers, all
0 whom work around railroad shopa
jwere paid time and one-half after eight
.hours.
I Sundays and holidays will be paid
tor at the pro rata rate, a minimum of
three hours pay being made for two
hours work or less. Monthly rated
i ment madfe durjng .fedlrai control
which ha8 , ff j
. . m .
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SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 23.
prise. Guy left fur Seattle after ob
taining the $250 and was nut heard
from again, Muthleson said.
Roy anil Jirls Ih-owned.
KEOKUK, Iowa, Feb. 23. Joseph
Haubert, 16, and two comDanloiiS,
Masses Mae and Ida Priuty, drowned
lu Lake Keokuk at 4 o'c'ock this
morning when the automobile in
which they were riding plunged off
'a ferryboat dock at Nauvoo. 11!.
I
ft
ill Ho
expenditures- for'a bonus, for ship
subsidies, for new federal actlvltim,
To nieot the deficit, to pay foi' thus'i
now expenditures, the money should''
be provided from income, not by fur
ther borrowing.
"We have debts enough f"f future
generations to caro for. 'Pay u.-l wu
go' must be the priuclplo of flu inclal
muiiugement of this country, or noon
we will not bo talking of binding
money abroad and will ru.tUv have)
causo to worry about tho futuro."
Contrasting the 15 mat Ii.IIhMoii ot
currencies abroad with ilie situation
in the United Statw, tho assistant
secretary said thut in the aggregate
the holders of Liberty bond had
mude a profit of two and one-half
bUttnu dollars in the lust your and a
hall,
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