Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 15, 1914, Page 4

NEWTRALFOR JACK JOHNSON Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Tribunal. RETRIAL UNDER MANN ACT Attorneys for Pugilist Are Elated and Detlare Jail Sentence Cannot Be Pronounced—Date of Rehearing to Be Fixed in Thirty Days. Chicago, April 15—Jack Johnson, negro heavyweight champion pugilist, has been granted a new trial on the Mann act charges under which he was sentenced to a year in the peniten- tiary and $1,000 fine. ‘ The United States court of appeals reversed the decision of the lower court on certain of the counts on Johnson’s indictment. By the decision Johnson’s case is re- turned to the lower court for resen- tence on one of the counts in connec- tion with Johnson’s transportation from Pittsburg to Chicago of Belle Schreiber, a white woman. On the count concerning violation of the commereial clauses of the Mann act a retrial is ordered, as the upper court held that Johnson had not been shown to have been guilty of traffick- ing in vice. According to United States District Attorney Wilkerson the situation -of Johnson’s bond is unchanged. Date for the retrial will be set in the fed- eral court here within thirty days and the pugilist must be present on the new trial date or forfeit his bond. Counsel for Johnson was much elated when the opinion was an- nounced. “It’s a victory for Jack,” he said. “As I read the law Johnson cannot now be sentenced to a year in prison. The punishment must be a fine. And on the commercializing question the government has no more evidence to offer.” WORST AFTER SENATORSHIP North Dakota Farm College Head En- ters the Race. Fargo, N. D, April 15—The an- nouncement of the candidacy of President Worst of the North Dako- ta Agricultural college for the Repub- lican nomination for the United States senate centers the interest of the people of North Dakota in that office. With Jones and Purcell seek- ing the Democratic nomination there ave now five active candidates in the fleld and a “Bull Mooser” probably soon will announce his candidacy. Senator Gronna seeks remomination and will be here next week to look after his fences. Attorney General Miller is already making speeches in the upper part of the valley. Worst is an eloquent speaker and if he decides to conduct an active campaign he should be a strong force in his own behalf. Thousands of former students at the college are re- ported enthusiastic over his candi- dacy. FOUR HUNDRED ARE KILLED Mexican Federals Defeated by Con- stitutionalists, Chihuahua, Mex., April 15.—Foys hundred federals of the garrison of Colotlan, Palisco, were killed Satur- day when Constitutionalists, com- manded by General Banelos and Colonels Caloca and Cervantes, cap- tured that town, News of the battle was contained in a message received by General Venustiano Carranza, leader of the revolution, from Ba- nuelos. Among the slain were General Del Toro, the commander of the garrison, and many of his subordinate officers. Villa is expected here from Tor- reon before Sunday to confer person- ally with General Carranza. Fight- ing is still in progress in the vicinity of San Pedro and Parras, but no de- tails have been received. GIVEN LIFE TERM IN PRISON Wife Slayer Told by Court That He Merits Death. Galesburg, III, April 15.—Robert Higgins was sentenced to life im- prisonment in the state penitentiary by Judge Olmstead in the Mercer county circuit court. Julia Flake, Higgins’ stepdaughter, for love of whom Higgins killed his wife, has not been tried for her part in the crime. Higgins’ crime merited death, Judge Olmstead said in pronouncing sen- tence, but the wife murderer’s life was spared to him because of his good behavior as a prisoner and be- cauge of the plea of the state’s attor- ney. TOLLS 'REPEAL APPROVED President Receives Many Messages From Northwest. Washington, April 15 —Telegrams from several hundred citizens of Minnesota and other parts of the Northwest approving the president’s position on repeal of Panama canal tolls exemption were made public at the White House. The messages came from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, St. Cloud, Mankato, Albert Lea, Fargo and from traveling men who cover that territory and Mon- tana. Practically all the telegrams favor the repeal on the ground that the nation’s honor is at stake; that our treaty with Great Britain is violated by allowing free tolls through the canal to vessels in the American coastwise trade, and express the hope that Senators Nelson and Clapp will stand by the president when the vote ‘ia taken on the Sims bill, e THAW WINS DECISION BUT IS NOT RELEASED Gase Wil Be Taken 10 Uned States Supreme Cour, Concord, N. H., April 15—The de- mand for a writ of habeas corpus by Harry K. Thaw, fugitive from Mattea- wan, N. Y., was upheld by Judge Ed- gar W.. Aldrich. ; In a thirty-page opinion devoted to a " discussion of whether New York state took the proper courge in seek- ing the return of Thaw by the process of extradition the court holds that the constitutional right of extradition for crime’does mnot reasonably apply to such a case as this, where the right contended for by the demand- ing state lies in a decree of custody based on Insanity. The court made no formal order to discharge the prisoner, but will give New York state ample time to per- fect its appeal to the United’ States supreme court. When the appeal is ready an order for discharge will be made and then suspended. As to bail the court said: “I am disposed to leave the motion for bail undetermined without prej- udice.” The court thereby placed the ques- tion of bail in the hands of the fed- eral supreme court. CUMMINS WARNS THE PUBLIC Tells of Campaign in Favor of Freight Rate Increase. Washington, April 1* —Senator Cum- mins of Towa charg.d on the floor of the senate that a persistent and wide- spread campaign was being made to arouse public sympathy for the re- quest for a 5 per cent increase in freight rates on Eastern railroads now pending’ before the interstate commerce commission. The senator expressed confidence that the commission would decide the question on its merits, but said -the public was being misled by incorrect and exaggerated statements. Senator Cummins compared the railroad situation with the Panama canal tolls® question, declaring that an advance in railroad rates of 5 per cent will amount in one year to more thar all the tolls paid by all the ships that will go through the canal in- twelve or fifteen years and more than American coastwise ships, if they paid full toll, would be charged in half a certury. SALOONS 1SSUE AT CHICAGG Temperance Workers Plan to Force Fight in Mayoralty Election. Chicago, April 1+.—Plans for a per- manent organizatica to conduct a wet and dry fight against the 7,000 saloons in Chicago at the mayoralty election next spring were presented at a meet- ing here of delegates from every re- ligious temperance organization in the city. ‘The call for the meeting was i sued last week after the local option electious which resulted in dry vie- tories in many Illinois towns and townskips. N ALL CLASSES ARE PLEASED Applaud Selection of Count Okuma for Japanese Premier. Tokio, April 1¢—The selection | 6f Count Shigenoby Okuma, Japan's foremost progressivist, to form a cab- inet to replace that of which Count Yamamoto was head, has created a4 profound impression. All classes ¢on- sider it denotes the dawn of a new epoch in Japanese history in the" di- rection of a more representative gov- ernment. Business men especially are pleased with the choice of Count Okuma and the stock market is buoy ant. The Southland Quintette, Amer- ica’s premier colored Jubilee concert company, will be at the Grand Theatre Wednesday, April 22nd.— Adv. FOR SALE—I can now supply you with hatching eggs from my barr- ed Plymouth Rocks, also three cockerels cheap, O. C. Simenson. IN BOSTON FIRE Trapped by Flames in Big Apai'tment House. WOMEN JUNP TO DEATH Two of the Victims Hurl Themselves From Windows And Are Killed. Others Who Lost Their Lives Were Suffocated in Their Rooms. Boston, April 15.—Seven persons were killed, sixteen seriously injured and twenty-one families, totaling sev- enty-five .individuals, were endanger- ed in an earlyr morning fire that wrecked _ihe Melvin, a five-story brick apartment house. : The dead are: Mrs. C. L. Shackford, Mrs. H. E. Bemis, Mrs. F. C. Behar- rell, sister of Mrs. Bemis; " James Raymond Power, Mrs. Power and their infant son; Miss Mary Connors, | Mrs. Power's maid. - Nearly all of the suites were small kitchenette apartments in which the B occupants were trapped as the flames raced through each story. Men, wom- en and children were standing on window ledges shrieking for help when the firemen arrived, Some reached the ground by crawl- ing along narrow copings to fire es- capes. Others managed to reach small balconies on the front of the house, from which they were taken down on fire ladders. Mrs. Shackford and Mrs..Bemis met death by jumping, one from the fourth floor and the other from the fifth. The others were suffocated. The fire started in the basement, near a waste paper chute, and the flames shot rapidly up through this chute and an elevator well. Miss May Boyd, living next door, was the first to see the fire. 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