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ipolls, Ind Dec. 28. Thai
Ichcll, former head of tho
line Workers, at prosont un-
biico of ntno inontlia In Jml
Mupt of court In publishing
rial held contoinptoiiH by a
iibtirt, liiwl novor seen tlio nr-
did not know that taoh n
ling, to tho statement tolny
V Sexton, fomor editor of he
rkiT8' Journal.
said:
I editor of tho Mlno Work-
mal and wroto tho matter
ned of and in referring to
umpt sontonco ngalnat Mitch
eay that I never wroto any-
Itli inoro dollborntlon. I wroto
lied contonil for an obscure
f a rcmoto region, who do-
By trampled unuor root tuo
Minimi rlghtft of tree speech.
rs, tho right of poncoablo
py ami ithe Ino tlmnblo right
I'bv Jury. Mitchell never saw
Itorlnl until ho was sorvod
legal process and knew noth-
nut Kh prior nppoarance.
dull Ib a resident of llllnoh.
he'd in contempt of court at
Washington for an offenso of which !
he is cntltely innocent. He was ut
torly Ignorant of tho alleged offense
committed in tho-Btute of Indiana
He wm tried In Washington, contraiy
to a decision of the Unltted States
Biipremo court In n given case of C.
A. Dun, editor of tho Now York S-m
In a Bylnbuo, which was a declara
tion that offenders must bo tried In
the courta under whoso Jurisdiction
the Bald offonro wrs committed,
TRIED TO MURDER
SHAH OF PERSIA
(United Press l.ouHod Wlro.)
St. Petersburg, Dec. 28. An nt
tempt on the lt'e or tho Shah of
Per la, which resulted In a narrow
oscupo fi'om death of the holr ap
parent, took place at Tehoron last
Saturday, according to a dispatch t"
the "Vleche" today.
Two men, disguised as prlotts, on
tored the Shah's cabinet chamber of
the royal palaco at Tohoron, during a
conference of tlf co-incll of mini
ten, and attempted to, shoot the Per
sian ruler.
Detective of the Imporlal police
ovorpoworod tho Intrudirs. Revolv
ers were drawn by the would-bo ;n-
sa?slno, and the guard wore unable
to act In tluit to prevent one shot be
ing ilrod. Tlie bullet, It Is roported
plorced an epaulet on tho uniform of
the heir apparent, who was attending
the conference.
HUNDREDS KILLED AND
MANY TOWNS WRECKED
Land Along Seashore Subside d and Vast Areas Were Flood
ed. Wires Are Down and- Details Cannot Be Had but the
Damage Will Be Immense. Tidal Wave Damaged Ships
In Sicilian Harbors. Peopj e in Bed When Shake Occurred
.Murines flo To Honolulu.
YnlloJo, Dec. 2S.--Koiir hundred
marines will leave Mare Island navy
yard on January 5 for Honolulu to
reinforce the garrisons thore. The
men will be taken to the Island by
the transport lluffalo which pursuant
to Instructions from Washington, Is
proceeding here from Hremerton and
Is expected to arrlvo Wednosdny.
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Home, Italy, Dec. 25'. Hlght dls
trlcts In the province of CnutunznVo.
the southern portion of Calabria,
were laid waste and probably a doz
en towns destroyed with a loss of
life that cannot ho estimated ct UiIr
time by a series of three hoh'vy
earthquake shoaks today.
Iloports from tho south say that
the llrst shock camo early In the
morning, when tho people were iih
loop and had no chance to escape
from the falling walls.
On account of the Interruption of
the usual channels of communication
tho roports have come through very
slowly.
Tho damage througnotil tho whole
section Is said to bo very heavy.
The most serious loss Is said to have
been sustained at Stefuunconl, Moz
zocasale, Mujerto and Sautnnofrlo,
small towns where nearly every
structure Is said to have huon dam
aged or dosttnyed.
KeH)i'tn are so eonlltotlng It Is
dllllcult to obtain a definite Idea of
the number of dead. It Ik ostlmuted
that from ten to BO bodies already
have been removed from the ruins.
Sovon prisons wore broken open
during tho oxcltoment and tho con
vict are said to be preying; on the
! victims of tho disaster.
' Messages from Montoleono say
j that troops have been dispatched to
the districts most seriously affected.
to stop the looting.
Montoleeuo suffered severely and
the death list there Is said to be i
heavy. Many other landmarks aro
wild to have been ruined, though
most of the buildings of Importance
were destroyed by the earthquake of
1U05 when the town wna alnioBt de
stroyed. The casualties are said to have
been heavy at Ilorges, Qenndl, (Ion
tracho, Ollvado, Sauvoto, Pomona,
.Mloturo and Tropea.
Tho land along tho seashore sub
sided and vast ureas wero Hooded
adding enormously to the property
loss, lteseue parties are being
rushed into the strluken sections
from tho unaffected towns.
It Is feared tho death list will be
appallug.
The shocks were felt distinctly as
far north ab Salerno and Pntonzn.
Ah far as oau bo learned tho heav
ier shocks seom to have followed tho
raugo of the Calabrlnii mountains.
Tho district has been shuken by
earthquakes many Utiles.
.Most of tho people have taken ref
uge In the country districts out ot
danger from tho tottering walls but
many are crowding In tho cathed
rals where the danger from another
shock Is greatest.
Olllcors have gouo through tho
churches advising tho people to go
Into tho open country, but those who
aro huddled about the plums) of
worship refuse to listen to such ad
vice. Many towns in Sicily foil tho
(Conllnund on pngo 4.)
WOULD GIVE JAPS AND
CHINKS BEST OF IT
Washington. D. 0., Dec. . A bill
making K a folouy twislssmWe ny
the federal wthorltlos for "two or
I more porsons to conspire to Injur,
opress. threaten or Intimidate any
allon in his freo exercise or enjoy
ment of any right given to him under
any treaty of the Unlttd Statue or
becauso his having so exercised the
I same." and fixing tho punishment ut
$5000 fine or ton yoars' Imprison
j mont, or both, promlioa to raise con
siderable opposition when It Is
brought up in the senate shortly nf
' ter the holiday rcoeea.
The bill wm passed In the house
after a tie vote by Speaker Canaoa
which wsi cart after the vote had
been recapitulate!. It woe aked for
by tho ate dftfMrtmeNi ned hi
b n recoiameadwl to rarmm At
eery sewlon by every pre'tder
tix Hsrrleoa.
A general howl al-t xtedlng
wurexpMUNMd Ust Ike bill wis
rranifMl to onuhlo the United VUlm
govgruinat to jwotwil itllei agaliut
the ongroaaiimou on right guaran
teed thorn by treaties.
lie uppIomouUd his Information
with u report prepared by the state
department sotting forth oases in
whloh it was held that federal gov
ornment had boon embarrassed bo
oqiiso of the Inability of tho fotUrul
ofucure to Intorforo with tho police
powar of tho state. The letter
stated that tho mi promo oourt of the
United State had held that such In
Utrfvrpnee van unlawful, bwrauB of
any lnhJbtory clause oxprosod jr
Impllod In the conetltHtloa, but dim
ply because coAgro's bud not given
the. government euch powera.
R1rfontaUve Heiry of Texas
led the opinJllon o th measure
In a rplrUHt controversy with Hup
rmHltiir Jenkins, who champ'oa-
furtber the eoBsnlraoj" laws of te," w "'. nenry watxmiui u
In ted States brought forth a lett r drew! ont tk Information that
from the state departwent dIelo-li.icJhU l oxurewly framed to apply to
thi- ral purpose of tho bill, which shcIi cas. as would apply In anothei
t is understood It had boon hornsd ntrovfy over school. In. Ban Fran
rnlhbt ba kept seort-t Btrretary cl o
r, appeared irsonalIi before th" Tho stat , deprrtmont Infornn
houBO commute on the Judiciary this houw through Its Judiciary com
ciuei. tint they have Immcnso cum-
pltcntloiib growing up," declared
Jetiklua, In advocating tho bill.
Honry aikod' It Japanese went in
to court, under tho law, and al
leged ii eounplracy against a board
of education whether tho law would
apply. Jenktim thlcd to evade tho
nutation, but Henry pinned hint lo
It. Flnnlly Jenkins mild:
"I itgp'o with tho gontlemen from
ll.UKHM, llllll Ii H.WU l IIIWIU IIUIOUUS
flnT'aclty conspired together lt pre-
vent one of those ullona going into
tho public -schools this law would at)-
ply."
Tho dobuto on tho bill wan acrlm
luouu Several members of the
houso vohomontly objected to tho
propodtlrn of giving un alien tho
protection of the federal government
where a citizen of itho United States
would not bo untitled to lliut protec
tion. It wnn agreed by tho membero of
tho houi Judiciary coinmlttt-o and,
In fruit,, nil who spoko on tho bill
that no treaty ontored Into uetwoon
tho United Btaten and Japan ooulJ
give Japanese tho right to attend
sohooli in any statu with white chil
dren. "I contend that tho right of suf
frage,, domestic relation, public
schools Mid each (luwrtlons should he
determined by tho Mat en r.ud not be
wrnpped up In some treaty that may
1)0 entered Into with foreign coun
tries, and fon'liiit reason my oppoiU
ttou la horo Intorposeil to giving Ju
rludlutlon to federal courts rights lit
this wiy," deolnred Henry In his
speech, "and uopeelully where the
mum rlgliti nro not on Joyed by ell
Izins of th"a country. You will ro-
number, to bo perfectly frank, that
thore va oomo tiiuHtluu-lii California
not long ago, In reference to the
Japanese auestlon, nud that stnto was
la a court ovorsy wltth tho president
and fedornl 'oxi-outlvo futhorltlet)
nbout It. 1 think 4ho citizens of Cal
ifornia had a right to take tho posi
tion lny did on that Isuuu and do
not believe congress should put It
Into the power of an alien or anyone,
else to override the sovereignty of a
stuto on tiuuh n question nn thls.,'
Tho authorltloa at the itate tin
pnrtment openly oxproted tho fear
today that the hill would bo killed
In tho senate. It is known that Pu-
ulfto coast senators r.re opposod to It,
besldua ho general opposition there
Is In tho tipper house to onlnrglug
tho conspiracy Irws.
JOHN D. AND CARNEGIE
LOVE ALL THE NEEDY
(United ProsH l.uasud Wlro.)
New York, Due. 28. In nu artlolu
pennel by him for tho January Is
sue of the "World's Work." Issued
today, Andrew Carnegie writes op
timistically on the labor question
declaring that the problem of capi
tal and labor Is rapidly Hearing com
pletion He states thut tho laborer
and the capitalist are coming to u
bettor understanding of each other
and predicts thut the two will soon
become as one.
Carnegie says the position of labor
with reference to Capital. Is steadily
Improving and will continue to do
so. Tho Inaroasod holding of stook
of the employer by tho employe and
the consequent sharing by the lat
ter of the profits of tho former. Is
sited by Ournoglu as u reason for the
betterment' of tho conditions general
ly. "In another article In the muga
sine. John f). Hnekefoller. writes In
favor of benevolence trust to handle
the work of oaring for the needy. He
aye In Mrt:"
'I.Mt us orwl h foundation trust
and engage directors who will maka
Its anew! their life work With our
perboiiu) cooperation this i,Hntv--r
of bent-volenc" ami projurty can li
handled effectively'
JOB FOR
CARRIE
NATION
TO DO VAUDEVILLE
IN LONDON
(United Press l.onsod Wlro.)
London, Dec, 28. London muaio
hall managers have been drying for
several weeks to nccuro tho signature
of Cnrrlo Nation, tho tompornnco ad
vocate, to n contract to appear In
vaudeville, and, according to ono ot
them today, thore lu a possibility that
the hatchet-wloldor will accept.
If tho grog-shop smasher doddos
to appear behind the footlights It Is
believed that smoking nud drinking
In tho ' 'iiIIh" will be forbidden du.'
lug the appearance of tho glass-whirl
01.
As there have been no moving plc
'.'iron of Cnrrlo In action, It Is prob
able that alio will confine her tnloutn
to lecturing on the vlco of "swim
ming" nndf smoking.
Mrs. Nation Is reported 4o have
given teutntlvo acceptance of tho
proposition, hut there Is raid to bo
some disagreement ovor tho terms.
GOES TO AID MORSE;
ARRESTED IN MEXICO
Han Diego, Cal , Dee. 28 Aflor
appealing to the stuto department
at Washington to Inveetlgnto tho ar
rest of William II. Morse, son of tho
Inventor ot tho telegraph, who It
bilug held tu Mexico on a charge of
having slain a Mexican at Trinidad.
Theodoro V. Johnston of this city Is
today dashing ovor tho treucheroriu
mountain roads of Iower California
In nn ofTort to find and assist tho Im
prisoned American.
Ilrokeii tologruph wires mid Inter
rupted telephone servlco have lott
the whereabouts of Morse and the
details of ithe alleged killing shroud
ed lu mystery. Johnston Is not cer
tain where ho will llnd his friend, but
In his powerful machine, Is prepared
(o Journey all ovor Lower California
and Mexico, If necessary, to roscno
him.
When word wob llrst received of
Morse's arrest It was stated that he
w- being 4akeu to Hnsndn, a Lownr
California. A later report said that
he was being held nt Alamo, while
the authorities wore awaiting In
structions from tho City of Mexico.
Johnston Is expected to reach Kn
sadu some time today. If Morse U
not thero his friend will continue on
to Trinidad, about 100 jnllee ttotrh
and Inland Thero he will bo able to
learn the details of Morso's alleged
orlmo and discover the whereabout,
of (ho prisoner.
Morse is a brother of L L. Mors,
tho Kastern financier, and wus a olas?
niato at Yale of President-elect Taft.
John ton, who s an old Irlond ot
Moist Is associated with U. B. Grant.
Jr.. In building the Uruud HoIjI
here. Ileforo departing on his peril
ous atitomohllo Journey Johnston tel
egraph 1 to Secretary of Btate Root.
aklHK that Hut Pulled fit me., govern
ment d- mand of Mexico un exiiltuia
Hon regarding Morse. Johnston
oonlldeut that spine ml take Has ben
made.
It was throwing grass at the cor
porations to fine them, but tho
proposition to put the officers In the
pen. Instead. looks like a bit;
enough rock to make tho boys coma
down
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