Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 25, 1912, Page 4

nah ll _ PAGE/TWO ON THE CHARGE ~ OF GONSPIRAGY Hellen and Heads of Cana- dian Roads Indicted. — OVERT ACTS ALLEGED Seven Distinct Violations of the Sher- Included in Returned Against man Anti-Trust Law the True Bills Railroad Magnates. New York, Dec. 24—Charles S. Mel- len, president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; E. J. Chamberlain, president of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, and Alfred ‘W. Smithers, chairman of the Grand Trunk board of directors, were indict- @d by the federal grand jury here eharged with violating the Sherman anti-trust law in the alleged monopoly agreement between the two roads. The indictment avers Mellen, Cham- ®erlain and Smithers were engaged on &ug. 2, 1912, and have since engaged an unlawful combination to prevent the completion of certain extensious ef the Grand Trunk railway into New England. It is also charged they conspired to @revent the operation of steamships Wetween Providence and New York and transportation of persons and property in interstate and foreign com- merce over these lines of railroads and steamships. Seven overt acts are aileged by the government. It is charged that the defendants met in New York Aug. 5, 1912, and dis- @ussed a memorandum theretofore ex- changed between Messrs. Chamber- Iain and Mellen, which provided that the Grand Trunk should sell the New Haven system all its interest in the €entral of Vermont and its subsidia- wies which would include all the pro- posed extensions into New England. Discussed Dividing Business. Yhe second overt act alleged em- (Braces a charge that Chamberlain twrote to Vice President J. E. Dairym- ple of the Grand Trunk, saying he and ‘Smithers had had a satisfactory inter- lview with Mellen and it was agreed that Dalrymple and Benjamin Camp- bell of the New Haven should meet quietly in Mellen’s office and discuss mew divisions of New England busi- mess. The third act alleges that the de- flendants held further meetings in New York city on Sept. 20 of th year; the fourth that they held an-| other meeting in New York on Oct. 1; | the {fifth that at this iast mentioned meeting Mellen initiated and gave to the codefendants a memorandum of the agreement, providing, among oth- er things, that the Grand Trunk is to retain the Central Vermont and the existing controlled lin and con tinue its existing business as at pres- ent. The sixth overt act alleged is that Mellen caused the withdrawal of a pe tition, previously filed by his directors with the public service commission of New Hampshire, asking authority to extend one of the New Haven lines paralleling and competing with a por- tion of the Central Vermont railway. The seventh overt act, as set forth, ts that on Nov. 9, 1912, Chamberlain eaused the work of constructing a \Mme from Palmer, Mass., to Provi- dence, R. I., to be abandoned. ‘LOGUE MURDER IS BAFFLING Every Clue to Killing of Jeweler Leads to Blind Alley. Chicago, Dec. 24.—Every clue they aave held so far having led them into blind alley the police do not know which way to turn to clear up the mystery of the murder of J. H. Logue, diamond merchant. They are with- ut a definite piece of evidence to work on. The eight suspects taken the day of the murder have now been complete- iy exonerated. The only hope of the police now Hes in the apprehension of the two men and two blond women, known to have paid frequent visits to Logue’s effice a few days prior to the crime. $IX PEOPLE FATALLY HURT Building Collapses During a Christmas Entertainment. Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 24—Six per- Bons were injured probably fatally and @ score seriously hurt at Elkin, N. C., when a section of a school building in which a Christmas entertainment was Deine given collapsed, throwing 200 persons a distance of twenty feet. Fire added to the horror of the accident. "wo women and a girl received what ‘are thought to be fatal burns. Three gen will die from fractured skulls and ather wounds. } Severe Quakes in Sicily. } ‘Turin, Dec. 24.—Two violent earth- u shocks occurred at Messina and Reggio di Calabria, Sicily. The s ce caused a great panic, al- no casualties. The to | Viceroy of india Wounded by Bomb on Entering Delhi. VERY FEW ARRESTS MADE London Suffragettes Destroy Christ- mas Mail Matter. London, Dec. 24—The whole of London’s police force was powerless against the actions of the militant suf- fragettes, who poured acid and a sticky fluid in the letter boxes, which were filled with Christmas cards and letters. It was,an easy matter for a suffra- | gette to drop the destroying stuff into the boxes, while apparently inno- cently posting some Christmas card or parcel. The arrests of women for the letter box offenses were comparatively few, considering that the outrages oc- curred in every quarter of London. The police were unable to detect the suffragettes in the act. OFFICERS WOULD ELIMINATE NEGROES Propose to Make Army Exclu- sively White, Washington, Dec. 24.—The proposal to eliminate the negro as an American | soldier is a topic slated for considera- tion when the conference of the. rank- ing officers of the army is held here Jan. 8 Some officers favoring the plan are | prepared to urge it on the ground that in the PLilippines the natives are said to resent the appearance among them of the dark troopers and that there are signs of dissatisfaction in Hawaii, owing to the fact that the Twenty- firth infantry, a negro organization, has been ordered to the islands to form a permanent garrison. Friends of the negro soldiers are preparing to make a strenuous fight in their behalf, pointing to the splen- did record in time of war in Cuba and in the Philippines. $500,000 TEMPERANCE FUND |To Be Spent in Five Yearly Install- ments for Nationwide Crusade. Washington, Dec. 24.—Nearly 400 temperance workers from throughout the United States who have been here to urge the passage of legislation pro- hibiting shipment of liquor into “dry” territory, scattered for their homes to work toward the raising ef a fund of $500,000 in yearly installments of $100,- 000 for the inauguration of a nation- wide crusade. The workers were in session two days,-the conference clos- ing with a banquet. THIRTEEN DEAD; MANY HURT Panic in Moving Picture Theater at Barragues, Belgium. Menin, Belgium, Dec. 24.—Thirteen are dead and fifty seriously injured as a result of the fire which burned down acinematograph theater at Barraques, near here. None of the audience was burned to death, the medical examina- tion of the bodies showing that death in every case was due to internal hemorrhage caused by pressure in at- tempting to escape. The panic in the auditorium was ‘rightful. American Coal for Egypt. Cardiff, Wales, Dec. 24.—The report that 100,000 tons of American coal is being purchased by the Egyptian rail roads in place of the customary Weist, supply caused a sensation here. Senator Overman Improving. Viceroy of India Injured and Attendant Killed. LADY HARDINGE ESCAPES “Successor to Dr. Wiley as Chief Food Expert. Missile Hits Basket on Elephant in Which Viceregal Party Was Enter- ing Delhi in Connection With Trans- fer of Capital From Calcutta. Delhi, India, Dec. 24.—Baron Hard- inge, viceroy of India, was wounded in the shoulder and an attendant of his was killed by a bomb hurled at the viceroy from a housetop as he | was entering the new capital in state. The bomb struck the howdah, or basket, of the viceroy’s elephant, kill- ing the attendant instantly. sassin escaped. The viceroy was making entry in state into Delhi as the last of the ceremonies in connection with the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi. A large gathering of troops officials and Punjab chiefs was pres- ent to welcome the viceregal party. Its splendid elephant procession had just left the railway station, passing through Chandai Chowk, when the bomb was thrown. It was hurled by a man standing on a housetop and it struck the howdah, in which were Lord and Lady Hardinge. The at- tendant, holding a large parasol over the viceregal pair, was instantly killed as the bomb exploded. Viceroy’s Wound Not Serious. Lord Hardinge was wounded in the shoulder. He was hurriedly removed to a hospital. Lady Hardinge was un- hurt, but was much shaken by the ex- perience. The bomb was very power- ful. The escape of Lord and Lady Har- dinge was well nigh miraculous. The missiles fell only a foot or two from | its target. Baron Hardinge was appointed last summer to succeed the Earl of Minto, who was former governor general of Canada, as viceroy of India. Shortly after his appointment he was elevated to the peerage. He is fifty-two years old and a graduate of Cambridge. He entered the diplomatic service in 1881 | and -has remained in it continuously until the present time. He served successively at Constantinople” flin, | Washington, Bughdrest, ‘Tehe: and St. Petersburg in dipdématic p¢ fons. In 1904 he wds appointed an a- dor to Russia and two years late!’ was The as- WILEY ATTACKS SUCCESSOR Pure Food Expert Wonders About Dr. Cari L. Alsberg. Detroit, Dec. 24——Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former head of the department of chemistry, had some uncomplimen- tary things to say about his succes- sor, Dr. Carl L, Alsberg. “I fear the adulterators and debasers of food will rejoice at iis appoint- ment,” said Dr. Wiley. “I believe Dr. Alsburg is a capable chemist. While that is important, it is not the most important thing. “The legal successor to my place under the civil service law is Dr. Bige- low, whose training, experience and conscientious devotion to duty would have made him an ideal successor. [ understand he was not even consid- ered. I would like to know what inter- ests are behind the appointment of Dr. Alsberg.” FATE OF THE GREW IS NOT KNOWN Avandoned Vessel Picked Up and Towed Into Boston. made under secretary of state for for- | eign affairs. SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS Vessels Leave for Scene of Marine Disaster. St. Johns, N. f., Dec. ing parties left Trepas in the forlorn hope of finding possible survivors of the Furness liner Flor- ence, seas west of St. Shoots. The known survivors, five in num- ber, say that not another soul could possibly have escaped when the steel steamer pounded to bits in the south- west gale that sent her on the ledges. But because of the fact that the coast is honeycombed with small caves and huts used during the season 24.—Search- by fishermen the peopie at Trepassy | are hoping that one or two others i may have reached land. ASKS PASSES FOR OFFICIALS Montana Legislator Would Roads to issue Them. Helena, Mont., Dec. 24.—-Representa- tive Frank D. O’Neill of Custer coun- ty will introduce at the coming legis- lative session a bill to compel rail- roads to issue passes to state officials and to members of the legislature. Mr. O’Neill says: “Any man who could be bribed by a railroad pass could be bought for the price of one. Making it compulsory upon the railroads to issue passes to State officials and members of the legislature will take away all taint of their being issued as favors.” COST OF CHICAGO'S XMAS Force | Estimated That $20,000,000 Wili Be Expended, Chicago, Dec. 24.—Chicago’s Christ- mas this year, it is estimated, will cost about $20,000,000, making it the most prosperous in the history of the city. For gifts, including toys, it is fig- ured that $15,000,000 will be spent; dinners, wines, liquors and tobacco are expected to add about $1,500,000, while the remainder will be made up in gifts of employers to the employes. Merchants declare that prosperity appears to be general. HICKEY IS TAKEN TO PRISON Slayer of Joseph Josephs Sentenced at Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 24—J. Frank Hickey, the slayer of little Joseph Jo- yy at daylight | which went down in seething { Boston, Dec. 24.—The three-masted schooner Henry R. Tilton, an aban- doned and waterlogged vessel, arrived off Cape Cod in tow of the steam trawler Swell, which picked up the derelict ninety-five miles southeast ot Highland Light. The Tilton was York, with lumber. The Swell’s crew of fifteen men will share in one of the biggest Christ- | mas presents, through salvage money, that has ever been divided among fishermen here. The fate of the crew of the Tilton is in doubt. They may have been res- cued by some passing vessel. JOHNSON INVITING TROUBLE Fighter Buys Home in Fashionable Lake Geneva Neighborhood. Chicago, Dec. 24.—‘He will find that country with the muffler cut out,” said Attorney Charles French of Lake Ge- neva, referring to Jack Johnson's pur- chase of a residence in that fashion- able suburb. “We may iinport a few of the plans residents of Alabama and tice right here if Johnson won't leave peaceably.” Johnson said he and his latest white wife would move into the house within ! final papers in the deal. PORTUGAL CABINET CRISIS Premier to Tender Resignation of Min- istry. Lisbon, Dec. 24.—The Fortuguese premier, Dr. Luarte Leite, on his re- turn from Oporto, will hand to the president of the republic the resigna- tion of the cabinet. for some time past, is due to the Demo- cratic party's disagreement with the procedure of the government. All parties are represented in the cabinet, but the conservative element predominates. MME. BLOCH IS ACQUITTED French Woman Who Killed Alleged American Rival Freed. Paris, Dec. 24-—Mme. Bloch, the French woman who shot and killed Mrs. Bridgman, an American, in the latter’s apartment several months ago, ‘had stolen the love of Mons. Bloch, ‘was acquitted of the charge of mur- der. | i \ | bound from Windsor, N. S., for New | | | a few days, just as soon as he signed | The crisis, which has been latent | SESSION IS HELD Peace Envoys Apparently Making Slow Progress. - AUSTRIA IS FOR PEACE informs Other European Powers That She Considers Servia’s Recent Ac- tion as a Step Toward Early Solu- tion of Dispute. | London, Dec. 24—The peace confer- | | ence resumed its sittings in St. James | palace. The plenipotentiaries of Bul-| garia, Servia, Montenegro, Greece and Turkey arrived in the picture gallery | of the palace at exactly 4 o’clock. | The envoys remained together only | a short time. Their discussions last- | ed not quite an hour and a half. | A further relaxation of internation- al tension was brought about when | | Austria-Hungary informed the other | European powers that she considers the Balkan difficulties approaching a Satisfactory solution. This, she says, is the result of Ser- | via’s action in apologizing to Austria- | | Hungary for the incident connected | with the treatment of the Austro-Hun- garian consul at Prisrend and also her acceptance of the proposed ar- rangement to give her port facilities on the Adriatic sea without territorial possession. Besides these assurances from Vien- i | | | Son of Well Known New York Financier Seriously lil. UNDERGOES AN OPERATION Allan A. Ryan, Son of Thomas F., Is Critically til. New York, Dec. 24.—Allan A, Ryan, eldest son of Thomas Fortune Ryan, the financier, is critically ill at the General Memorial hospital Ryan’s wife, father, mother brother Glendenning remained night at the hospital. Ryan and all was | ma another helpful factor in the situ- ation was the audience given by the Servian minister, M. Jovanovitch, when both cordially expressed hope for a re-establishment of complete friendship between Vienna and Bel- grade. | | SLAVE GIRLS ARE RESCUED Officials Discover Four Chinese Wom- en Imprisoned in Frisco. ; San Francisco, Dec. 24.—After threading a labyrinth of dark passages, battering down two heavy doors and | finding themselves blocked by an im- i passable steel barrier, Captain Frank Ainsworth and a squad of United States immigration inspectors found | four Chinese slave girls immured in | an improvised prison, formerly used | as a gambling, house | The raiders were brought to a stand- | still by the steel door, but found a | Passageway entering through two | secret panels, which led them to the | room where the girls were concealed. | Loy Yee, a Chinese of local pron | Mence, was arrested on a charge 0} | having harbored the women. | It was learned that since the rece | raids the price of slave giris hz en | and that as much as $4,000 each is | being paid for women. | DEFENDS ALLEGED BOMB MEN | Four Attorneys Speak for Iron Work- ers at Dynamite Trial. Indianapolis, Dec. 24.—Attorneys | Daniel W. Howell and Clifford Langs- | dale of Kansas City, Mo.; A. H. Fie- | bach of Cleveland and W. N. Harding | of this city divided six hours in de- fense of the forty union labor men on trial here for conspiracy and unlawful- | ly transporting dynamite. | United States Senator John W. Kern | will close the defense argument, giv- | ing way to District Attorney Charles Miller, who will speak for fifteen hours |—over two and one-half court days— | in closing argument for the prosecu- | tion. The Kansas City attorneys vindi- | cated their fellow townsmen, Defend- Kay. Attorney Fiebach spoke for the | Cleveland iron workers. | CHILD tS KILLED BY AUTO Georgia employ and put them in prac-; Machine Being Driven by Dr. Rotter, | the Wrestler. Chicago, Dec. 24.—An automobile owned and driven by Dr. B, F. Roller, the wrestler, struck and fatally injured er to the home of a family of poor children, where she intended to leave a box.of toys as a Christmas remem- brance. Near their destination the lit- tle girl tried to run 2erossgge street in front of the machine, but was hurled to one side. CASTRO SAILS FOR AMERICA Ex-President of Venezutia Known to Be on La Touraine. Paris, Dec. 24—Though the police of Paris for some reason, apparently known only by the prefect, denied that Cipriano Castro, ex-president of Wenezuela, had left France, it was known the South Ameri was at sea on board the liner La Touraine bound for New York. To Trave! in Wheelbarrows. Paris, Dec. 24—The official gazette of the French African colonies an- the West Africa ivory coast hereafter because she thought Mrs. Bridgman | would make all official journeys in‘ 75, Hogs—Light, $6.85@7.27%; mixed wheelbarrows. The growing disin- climation of the natives to carry either passengers or baggage on their heade is given as the cause of the imnovatien. % Emperor Francis Joseph to the new | Mary Kurnicki, eight years old. Dr.; Roller was driving Mrs. M. Merriweath- | nounced that the French officials of | stricken at his country home at Suf- fern, N. Y., five days ago. He was | taken to the hospital, where a serious ! abdominal operation was performed. Ryan conducts a brokerage business j in this city. ; PLAN$30,000,000 UNIVERSITY Movement Started to Consolidate Mon- tana institutions. Helena, Mont., Dec. 24.—A move ment to consolidate the four Montana state colleges was started here when prominent men from every section of the state gathered to consider the proposition. Montana now maintains buildings in the four differe Tepresent an investment $1,000,000. The other ings will be made ini schools. If the project the university will ha of a $30,000,000 ‘TAX STATUTE 1S UPHELD Indiana Measure Sustained by Su- preme Court. Dec, 24.—The constitu tio: na statute taxing ! an owner of stock in foreign corpora- tions was upheld by the United States | supreme court. The question arose in | the attempt of the state to collect | $12,000 in taxes from I. M. Darnell, | late of Indianapolis, Ind., on the | shares of a Tennessee corporation | The court took a recess until Jan. 6 without giving a decision as to the | rights of Union Pacific stockholders | in the distribution of the Southern Pa- | cific stock held by the Union Pacific Railroad company, or making a de cision in the Minnesota rate cases. "GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Dec. 23——Wheat—To arrive he can’t speed about this part of the! ants W. Bert Brown and W. J. Mc-' and on track—No. i hard, 83%c; No. 1 Northern, $2%,c; No. 2 Northern, 80%c; Dec., 8ic; May, 85%c. Flax— On track and to arrive, $1.2534; Dec., $1.25%; Jan., $1.25%. South St. Paul Live Stock. South St. Paul, Dec. 23.—Cattie— | Steers, $5.75@8.50; cows and heifers, | $4.00@7.00; calves, $4.00@8.50; feed- ers, $3.75@6.90. Hogs—$6.90@7.10. Sheep—Lambs, $3.50@7.55; wethers, $3.25@4.35; ewes, $2.00@4.15. Minneapolis Grain, Minneapolis, Dec. 23.—Wheat—Dec., 80%%c; May, 85%¢c; July, 874%c. Cash close on track: No. 1 hard, 83%4c; No. 1 Northern, 8142@83c; to arrive, 8144@82%c; No. 2 Northern, 79%@ 8ic; No. 3 Northern, 7744@79c; No. 3 yellow corn, 42@42%c. Chicago Grain and Provisions. . | Chicago, Dec. 23.—Wheat — Dec., 863%%c; May, 91@91%c; July, 88c. Corn —Dec., 4844c; May, 48% @48%c; July, 49% @49%c. Oats—Dec., 33%4c; May, 33%c; July, 33% @33%c. Pork—Jan.. $17.95; May, $18.07. Butter—Cream- ‘eries, 27@31c. Eggs—17@24c. Poul- | try —Turkeys, 15@19%c; chickens, | 11e; springs, 10%c. j Chicago Live Stock, | Chicago, Dec. 23—Cattle—Beeves, | %5.4599.75; Texas steers, $4.40@5.65; | Western steers, $5.25@7.50; stockers and feed $4.20@7.50; cows and heifers, $2.70@7.50; calves, $6.50@9.- {36.95@7. rete Native, $3.90@5.15; yearlings, 6.85; lambs, the state university at Missoula; the agricultural coilege at Bozeman; the | state normal school at Dillon, and the state school of mines at Butte. The? — wee : = | }\ i