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GREAT BRITAIN FACES
GREAT POLITICAL CRISIS
(United Prosa Loosed Wlro.)
London, Dec. 30. Tho nrmios of
tho unemployed throughout England,
Scotland, Irolr.nd nnd Wales, tho
growth of a malign and vicloua polit
ical powor, backed by tho liquor in
terests, and tho obstructive mothods
of the IIoubo of Lords nro causes that
today threaten Great Britain with
tho grcatoot political crisis in tho last
7R years of hor hlotory.
Tho Iioubo of commons, which has
boon rivon by lections for many
yonrs, is becoming solidified for no
tion on Uicpo three vital matters of
political policy, and tho oxlatoncj of
tho hourm of lords is at stake.
Tho point of attack upon tho up
1 ''r-houno will bo tho weakcBt spot in
tho decadpnt aristocratic body her
editary lawmaking. Tho llborals,
gaining an increasing ascendency,
hnvo vowed to change the form of
Hticpcnlon to vacancies In tho Iioubo
of lords from hereditary to elective.
Ono mothod of accomplishing this
1'h - boon tried, nnd has failed, tfhnt
of opening up tho great gamo pre
serves owned by tho nobility. Tho
liberals claim that if this could br coming sessions.
accomplished thcro would bo vast
acrcago for tho unemployed to make
tholr homes upon.
Auothor motho dls though fiance'.
Next April's budget the bill pro
viding govornmentnl appropriations
and' tax lovlos to meet thorn will bo
purposely designed to bear heavily
on tho class tho peers represent.
Tho Dritlsh constitution nllows thu
lords to do ono of two things with a
flnanco bill. They may reject It en
tirely, or pass it without nltoratlon.
No changes nro permitted In its pro
visions. Refusal to pas stho bill means tho
stopping of appropriations for tho
army, navy nnd tho civil service.
ShoulJ tho lords dare to do thla it
would mean tho. cabinet's resigna
tion, tho dissolution of parliament
and a call for a general election.
Tho peers own tho gamo preserves,
they own tho groat broworles, and
theroforo refuco to curb the growing
liquor powor. Thoy own tho govern
ment, practically, through obstruc
tionist tactics, and their1 elimination
will bo tho great fight during the
I INI II
CASE IS
ENDED
LOOTED
BANK AT
LEISURE
MADE RECORD DRJvF
OVER ALASKAN
FATE IN HANDS Of HELD UP THE TOWN
JURV
GRAPHIC STORY TOLD BY
CITY CHEMIST GREGORI
Catania, Sicily, Doc. 30. City
ChomlBt tirogory, of Moaelna, nrrlvul
horo this afternoon with ono of tho
most remnrkablo stories yut told ol
he groat disaster.
"I was on n firry boat Jut outside
of Mestnn whon tho qunku came,"
ho said. "It was tho most torrillu
Hhoclc that could bo Imagined. Tho
en In front of tho boat opened in a
groat chasm, and the wotor, being
suddenly windward from bohlnd us,
tho boat wont down and struck tho
bottom with such force that It win
shattered to pieces.
"Tho boat was crowded, and I bo
llovo that I nm the only porsou Hint
urvlvod. I romomber llttlo nftor the
boat went to plecos, oxcopt tlmt I was
caught in a groat swirl of rushing,
rearing wator. In somo wny I mnn
tiK d to cling to a pioco of wreckage,
nnd at lougth landed on tho Italian
sldo.
"I mndo my wny to Rogglo, whore
I found t ho streets lltorally flllod with
dead bodies, nnd pooplo absolutely
Insano.
"It wa ono long ploturo of ruin
and horror. I had a hard tlmo hold
lug on to my soiuos nnd hooping from
losing my mind, I thought for n
tlmo I hnd dltfd and gone to hull.
"In a public square I camo upon
Tina Morlalna, tho oporn slngor, soat
od among a groat pllo of bodies of
women and mon, crooning over a bird
ci'go, la which woro two llttlo cn
narloB. Although tho birds woro
chirping quito gaily. Mnrlim was be
moaning tho death of all tho birds In
Italy.
" 'All tho birds the swoot slngoro
thoy aro nil (load, sho said, look
ing up at mo with a faint, sad smllo,
ns If sho recognized mo. Sho wis
hopolossly liiBniio, as wns ovoryouo
olso who wns nllvo In Rogglo. Tho
dond and dying woro ovorywhoro. It
was Imposslblo to pass along tho
ntroota without stopping ovor thu
bodlos of mon nnd women.
"In somo places oh, how horrlblo
it wns tho bodlos woro io thick thxt
I could not pass without nctninlly
stopping upon somo of tho prostrato
forms.
"Tho prosonco of so ninny doad
doomed to numb tho Bntso Thwo
bodlos lot. any personality. Thoy
were llko ro ninny bags of whont nf
tor awhllo.
"I saw tho body of ono womnn
with two dead children in hor nrms.
caught and crushed In a doorway.
Uosldo hor was a man, ovldontly her
lunbnnd, who Boomed to hnvo been
struck down whilo trying to rolonso
hor. Such sights wero so common
Unit I hardly noticed thorn, and 1
cannot toll whnt It was that Ini-
prorvod this group on my dnzod brnlu
"Every building In the city soomod
to'hnve bon wrockod. I trlod to g.
away as quickly aa posilblo. I did
not know or enro where I wont, but
crowdod Into a boat bound for Mos
fl'na. "Onco in my o'n city Messina
I found destruction and doath as gon
iral as nt Rogglo. Everywhere vma
ruin.
"Tho troo4fl woro blockadod nnd
It would hnvo boon lmpoislblo for mo
to hnvo found my wny to my homo,
oven If It lmd not boon burnod. .
"I kipt recognizing familiar fawi
among tho dond in tho stroot. until
my mind bognn to loio Its balance. I
bocamo soaslck and folt that tho
onrthqiioko wnrs continuing. it
soomod to me that tho wliolo of Sicily
wok rocking to and fro with tho
movomont of tho sea.
"I'orhupa I falnUid, I cannot .toll.
I romombor being pushed on by a sol
dlor, who placed a bayonet botweoo
my Bhouldors, nnd told mo to go to
hondqnartoru nnd report for duty.
"I thon wnlkod through tho streets,
making my wny ovor ruins, which
somotlmos. soomod to block tho
htrootK ontlroly. I romombor climb
ing ovor a groat p'lo of dobrlB, and
thoro on th top of M enmo upon tho
bodlos of throe little chlldron, bo
sido which n small brown dog stood
on guard. Tho dog had not boon In
jured In tho destruction of the city,
but somo mnunor had found tho ohll
(Iron of tho family to which It be
longod. It charged mo viciously nnd
cnught its fangs In my olothlug. 7
wns forcod to retroat and sook pas
sage through another street,
"Tho soldiers at hoadquartors told
mo that thoy had made an otlmntn
from observations and roports, Indi
cating that 50,000 wero doad In Meg
stun, nnd that an equal numbar wore
dond In Rogglo. I b-diovo that thU
Is not In tho lonst oxnggorntod. It In
Impowlblo to oxaggorato It, Thoro U
no wny to toll of tho horror of tho
dlsa-tor, much loss exaggerate It."
Gregory cannot toll how ho go
Into the ship which brought h'm
horo. Ho fainted aftor tolling tho
story, nnd ts In a sorloim condition.
(United Press Leased Wlro.)
Portland, Or., Dec. 30. Tho fato
of James A. Finch now rests with tho
Jury. At 2 o'clock this afternoon
Judge Dronnugh bognn rending his
instructions to tho 12 mon who will
dccldo whether or not Pinch shnll
bo found guilty of tho murder of
Ralph 1). Fisher. Moro than half an
hour wns occupied in tho dollvory
of tho court's Instructions, nftor
which the Jurors were taken to their
room to deliberate on n verdict.
Tho courtroom opinion Is that tho
Jury will bo out only n short tlmo.
Pinch, outwardly nt least, mnln
tnlns a cheerful attitude, apparently
bouyod by hopes Hint his story of
self defense has been ncccpted and
thnt the Jury would find him not
guilty.
Deputy District Attorney J. Jr Fitz
gerald this morning concluded his
closing argument for the state.
With tears stealing down her fnco
nt times, tho ngod mother of Finch
Hat Just Inside the railing of tho court
room nnd llstouod to nil that tho pros
editor had to say against her son.
The defense took uumoroiiH excep
tions to tho remarks of the prosecu
tor and soverul times disputed tho ac
curacy of Ills stutomontH, but Fitz
gerald proved thnt Ills memory was
tho best.
THREE HOURS
Oklnhoina City, Okla., Dec. 30.
After holding tho residents of Wolls
ton. Okla., at buy for three hours
onrly today, six masked robbors loot
ed a bank and oscaped with moro
than $5,000.
In their operations on tho bank
vuttlts the cracksmen used 11 shots
of nltro-glycorlno before tho safe
and valuts wero shattered.
Tho Ilrst blast nroused tho town
and scores of citizens who ran
toward the bank wero hold off by
armed bandits until tho vaults wero
torn open and the money taken. A
posse has started In pursuit of tho
bandits.
HENEY
Tnconia, Wash., Doc. 30. im
pelled by a mes'ngo from her fath
er that ho was dying hnd wished to
soo nor immediately, Mrs. J. D. Sin
clair, of Atlln, Ala kn, drove a two
dog sleigh 200 miles over the froz"ii
nllows of Southern Alaska, dashed up
tho gangplank of a steamer as It was
casting off its mooring from the
Skngway dock, and reached Tocomn
in loss than six days aftor leaving
hor homo.
In hor race, Mrs. Sinclair estab
llBhcd a record for speed that protn
llBefl to jtand for many a day. Sho
is tho daughter of Robort M. Thomp
son, a pioneer of Tnconia, who wn In
a precarious condition eight days ago.
Tho messngo was sont to Ills daugh
ter, who lives with hor husband in
Atlln, on S.imlny, December 20. Sho
recoived tho dispatch Into at night,
and, hitching up hor dog team, Im
mediately 'jogan tho portions Jour
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(United Pross Leased Wire.)
London, Dec. 30. A deperno
light over India's future will begin
as soon as parliament rcasiomhlcs in
February,
On ono sldo tho ronctlonnrlos will
stop at nothing to provont nny move
In tho direction of autonomy for tho
dopondoncy.
On tho othor, tho pro-Indlnns will
savagely criticize the law, rocontly
passed by India council nt Calcut
ta, and approvod by tho India secre
tary. Iord Morlov. horo. bv which
tho swuthom provlncot wore virtual- r,0(l tUolr ,oot ollt ()f tho wrecked
ly nlacod under martial law. and tho l'ostolllco thoy redo away on bicycles.
Now York, Dec. 30. Francis .1.
Hnoy, who Is In this city, today when
asked his opinion of tho sentencing
of Uuof said:
"Ruef cortalnly will servo tho full
II your. Wo hnvo 111 Indict mnnts
ugHiust 111 in . churgliig IS dlffo'iit
crime, and I urn sure he wilt bo sat
isfied to tnko liis medlcliio
"Ruef Ik not tho most Important,
Neither Is Schmltz. Its Calhoun (he
IiiihIiii'sh 111811 that wo'ro Mftt-r Its
always tlio biiHlness nut n In politics
hocommlts the grentoHt crlm s.
Thoy make suoh mon ns Ruef nud
Schmltz. Pittsburg could veil afford
to lot ovory councilman, accused bi ,
bathed in Immunity to iiiHuro th"i
conviction of ono hanker. Council
man and politicians aro simply the
agents of tho mon higher up."
Honey Is returning to San Fran Cis
co to tnko charge of tho trial of Pat
rick Calhoun, president of the I'i'I'od
Railroads.
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Iliit'glai'H Itob I'ostolllce.
Fresno, Cnl., Doc. 30. Hurglars
ontorod tho postofllco at Fowler last
uiK'ii nun, uiiur nj uuiilillllg lll(t WHO
took possusslon of $800 worth of
stnmps and nionoy. Aftor having ear-
vlcoroy waa ompoworod to extend It
throughout tho wholo country.
Tho reactionaries' strength was
not realized until Lord Morloy ro
vrnlod his 'iitontlong to glvo gradual
ly more and moro of tho Indian ad
ministratlvo ofllcos to nntlvoe Instead
of Englishmen.
ny tho old aristocracy, which 1ms
always consldorcd India a providen
tially glvon rofugo for England's
"youngor som" nnd "poor relation),"
this suggestion was rccelvod as al
most treasonable.
Mon of this class aro ready to face
a mutiny, go to wnr or ovon to rlk
loss of tho dopondoncy rather than
sacrifice nny of thos places.
Tho pro-Indians 'ay tho Indln
council wont boyond nil decency in
depriving the natlvoe of trlnl by Jurv
nnd providing for summary trials
nnd executions In cnaos of sedition
and anarchy. Tho offoct, it Is
charged, ha3 boon tho elimination r-f
the Hindu's lat hoj of Juatlco and
the ogtabllshmout of despotism worJe
than tho ozar's, becanso perpetrate 3
by a dominant powor r,ipon n subjo-t
raco. ,
It Is for his failure to voto tho
law that Lord Morloy will bo male
tho ospeclal object of attack.
Tho India secretary U thooretlcallj
supremo in the government of the
dependency, and parliament can
neither forco him Into any policy ho
disapproves nor from a course ho
has chosen.
It can drlvo him from offlco, how
ever, by a refusal to voto appropria
tions for his department, and, fop
that matitor, an ovldont majority
against him would bo sure to menu
his retirement..
It Is ns yet uncertnln whethp
Morloy will bo. able to command i
majority or not. The cont -at prom
isor quickly to a sumo Inimonfo im
portanco. however, smashing o'd par
ty alignments and provoking qunr
roU 1bnt may completMv niter exiat
in BrUIsh present conditions.
It Is thought that tho snmo cracks
mon who looted tho postofllco at
Klngsburg and Lemooro uro Identi
fied with this crlmo.
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