Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1910, Page 1

f. b, i WS SECTION PAGES ONE TO EIONT, WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—TFair; colder, Por Tow Generally fair. For weather report THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. VOL. XXXIX—NO. 38, DAY OF DISORDER |Basin Has First N PHILADELPHIA Explosion from atura ¥as TY-EIGHT P. OMAHA THIRTEEN BILLS . ATE PASSE AGAINST HYDE POSTAL BILL ?Knmas City Physician Charged with | | : Measure Creating Savings Banks Goes Wyoming City Experiences Small | Murder of Colonel Swope and | Through Upper House by Vote Earthquake as Result of Pocket Chrismian Bwope, of 56 to 22, of the Gas. Sympathetic Btrike is Marked with | Disturbances in All Parts of | the City, | |CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER BASIN, Wyo.,, March 5.—(Special Tele- | Oakeful Work of Police Prevents |gram)—When James O'Nell, superintendent : fof the Big Horn Ol and a8 company, Serious Outbreak in Square. |70 00 T Morn Off unused coal vault ‘Il"nl'Blh the Big Horn County bank thils | morning and thrust a lighted match inside TEN THER | to locate a eupply pipe, a terrific explo- | v |slon followed which was heard all | CROWDS ARE KEPT MOVING CUMMINS AMENDMENT LOST He is Also Accused of Bleeding J. M. Clause Designed to Limit Government Hunton in Negligent Manner, Use of Funds Defeated. ( FOOD DELIVERY NOT HAMPERED INDICTMENTS |SMOOT AMENDMENT ADOPTED over town. O'Nefl was blown out of the vault Drivers for Milk, Bakery and Grocery Firms Not Called Out. SEVENTY STRIKE THOUSAND This i Estimate of Union Committee, but Director of Public Safety Clay Says No¢ More Than Twenty Thousand. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 5.—Dis- order in many parts of the clty marked the first day of Philadelphia's great sym- pathetic walkout of organized labor to ck up the fight of the trolley men iinst the Philadelphia Rapid Transit impany. Nearly every section of the city had its tale to tell of cars attacked, of men assaulted by strikers or sympathiz- ars, or of clashes with police. The scene of the most general disturb- Bnces shifted from the heretofore turbu- lent Kensington district to the very cen- ter of the city. The greatest trouble was experienced by the police at Independence wquare whre, despite the by Mayor Reyburn that no demonstration eould be held on that historic ground, a erowd of 25,000 persons gathered to par- tielpate in or wath the demonstration of organized labor. Policemen, mounted and afoot were Were there by the score with strict orders %o keep the‘crowd moving. The city au- thoritles had learned much during the Iast week In the handling of crowds and it was the bellet that if the immense throng could be kept on the move trouble would be averted. Crowds Kept Moving. Thi accomplished and it is due to the! patience carefulness andd steadi- ness of the police that no serious out- break ocourred. A great crowd of strikers | paraded through the square and weee not molested by the police. There was a wide difference of opinion today as to the extent of the strike. Sat- urday, belng a half holiday and in some industries no work being done at all on the last day of the week, It was utterly fmpossible to get more than rough esti- mates of the number of men that quit work, The committes of ten of the Cen- tral Labor union, which is conducting the strike, in a statement made ' tonight Charles A. Hope, secretary of the Central Labor union and & member of the com- mittes, announced that reports show that 70,000 union men are oat and that the walkout has affected 30,000 other workers, Food Delivery Not Hampered. . Secrétary Hope declared that bakers, milk wagon drivers and grocery clerks were not called out and would not be. It was not the desire of organized labor, he sald, to |{nconvenience the public to the extent of handicapping the dellvery of the necessaries of lite. Other labor leaders said that 55,000 men had struck and that the number would be greatly Increased by Monday. Although the entire population of the ity looks upon the strike as a most serl- ous affalr, the effects of which are lkely to be felt for a long time to come, the city jofficlals, from Mayor Reyburn down, de- clare the walkout is not as widespread as clalmed by the labor leaders. Meury Clay, director of the department of public safety, sald today that he had police reports to show that not more than 20,000 men were on strike. However, with all ‘the conflicting reports, it was evident that Phlladelphia's in- dustries are not yet prostrated by the con- flict. The great industrial establishments, such @as Baldwin's locomotive works, Cramp's ‘shipyards, Brill's car works, the Midvale steel works, all of which are “open «shop’ concerns, were in operation today with practically their full forces. f uilding Trades Are Out. ‘he greatest number of sympathetic strik- ers were found among the textile works in the Kensington district and the allied bullding trades. The strikers clalmed that 50,000 persons were out In these two Industries alone and that the scattering unions In other trades were well represented by strikers. The mastpr bullders at a meeting today ad- miti@ that thelr Industry is serlously orfppltd. No hand was raised today to stop the conflict which ls rapldly paralyz- ing business. There was a rumor in cir- qulation tonight that the labor leaders might request President Taft to use his influence to bring an end to the trouble or take some step along the lines adopted by President Roosevelt in the coal strike of 1%07. Such a move, it Is believed, would be welcomed by the people of the clty. There was no talk of arbitration or peace heard during the day and It is evident that employers of large numbers of work- | announcement | WILSON RECEIVED | cates outstanding, $486,141,000. clear across the basement of the bank bullding against a brick wall, sustaining serlous burns and painful contusions. David Lewls, one of the proprietors of the Rustler newspaper, whose estahlishment {s on the same floor, was also hurled a distance of thirty feet, escaping uninjured. The doors of the basement were blown from their hinges and splintered into kindling wood. Every window was shattered, the property damage resul ot great The accident was caused by the natural &8s escaping from the street main and o cumulating in the coal vault. This i the first casualty natural gas in Basin, ‘Gcrmans to Join Race for the Pole though g was trom using Geographical Society Has Decided to Enter Competition with United States and England. BERLIN, March 5.—~The German geo- graphical socloty has declded to send out a South polar discovery expedition and 80 contest with the United States and Great Britain In the race through the Antarctic. The German plans were made public to- day at a meeting of the soclety at which Dr. Nordenskjold, the Antarctic explor vas present. Big Phone War by Morgan Concern United States Telephone Company Decides to Enter Rate Fight Against All Competitors, CLEVELAND, March 6.—Directors of the United States Telephone company, the Morgan Independent Distance company, de- eided late today to wage a rate war against all competitors. BY DIAZ Successor to D. B, ¥h n Dean of Diplomntis Mexico City. o MEXICO CITY, March 6.—Proiflent Dlaz recelved Henry Lane Wilson,s who succeeds David B, Thompson as United States ambassador to Mexico, at the am- bassadors’ salon at.the national palace at noon today. Mr. Wilson was presented to President. Dlaz by Capta’: Alfredo Bar- ron. President Diaz expressed and the na- tion's regard for the United States. As the American government has the only embassy here, Mr. Wilson will, by virtue of his position, be the dean of the diplomatic corps. ITALIANS™ VICTIM 1S DEAD Detective Wren of Chicago Succambs to Wounds Inflicted by Black Handers. at CHICAGO, March b5.—Detective John Wren, who with Detective Patrick Quinn, was shot by three Itallans yesterday, died today. Wren's death occurred a few min- utes after his wounded comrade had been carried to his bedside, that the men might bid each other a last farewell, The detectives were shot dowm while pursuing the Itallans, whom they believed to be connected with the Black Hand soclety. The murderers have not been caught, ‘TEN NATIONS HONOR PEARY Formal Recognition of His Claim Discoverer of Pole by Scien- title Socteties. WASHINGTON, March 6.—Formal recog- nition of Robert E. Peary as the discov- erer of the North pole has been given by the leading sclentific socletles of ten goy- ernments, according to advices which have reached the Natlonal Geographic soelety. Treasury Statement. J WASHINGTON, March 5.—The condition of the treasury at the beginning of business today was as follows: Trust funds—Gold coll, $556,357,869; silver dollars, $486,141,000; silver dollars of 1800, $3,832,000; silver certifl. General fund —Standard sliver dollars in general fund, These Charge Attempt to Murder Members of Swope Family. DEFENDANT IS UNDER BOND He Was Arrested Last Month on Information Charging Murder and Released Under $50,000 Bail. KANSAS CITY, March 6—Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, husband of a n of the late Thomas H. Swope, was Indicted on thir- teen counts In eleven indictments returned by the grand jury that has been Invesii- gating the Swope mystery for the last three weeks, at 6:35 o'clock tonight. Two indictments charge first murder in connection with the death of Colonel Swope and of Chrisman Swope. Dr. Hyde is alleged to have given them strychnine tablets. One indictment accuses Dr. Hyde of man- slaughter by bleeding James Moss Hun- ton, a counsin of Colonel Swope in a neglectful manner. The indictments also charge Dr. Hyde with attempting to poison Lucy Lee Swope, Margaret Swope and Stella Swope, all nieces of Colonel Swope, and Leonora cop- pridge, a negro servant in the Swope home, The indictments charging murder found that Colonel Swope came to his death hy taking polson in the shape of strychnine pills administered by Dr. Hyde When the indlctments were returned, Virgil Conkling, county prosecutor, said he belleved the grand jurors had done thelr duty. He said the evidence of the case gave him no reason to doubt that he had taken tho correct position in regard to it. Dr. Hyde is the husband of Frances Swope Hyde, riece of Colonel Swope, who {nherits about $300,000 of the millionaire's estate, Dr. Hyde was arrested on February 10, charged with the murder of Colonel Swope. His arrest at that time followed a formal charge of murded In the first degree pre- terred by John G. Paxton. The physician was releasad on a bond of 360,000 His preliminary hearing was continued until March 11, pending the re- port of the grand jury. On February 9, a coroner’s jury, which had Suvestigated the death' of Colonel Swope, brought in a report to.the effect thdt Solonel Swope had died from the effects of strychaining polsoning adminis- tered in & capsule at the direction of Dr. Hyde, but the jury was unable to de- termine whether Dr. Hyde had been guilty ot felonious intent in directing that the capsule be given to Colonel Swope. ' FIREMEN DEMAND MORE PAY Employes of Thirty-Two Roads Make Same Anpeal as Conductors and Trainmen. NEW YORK, March 6.~The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginmen of the thirty-two eastern raliroads have sub- mitted to the General Managers' associa tlon a formal demand for an increase in wages. This demand is similar to that presented to the, same roads last Decem- ber by the Order of Rallway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Rallway Train- men and which are now In their final stage of negotlation, General Manager J. C. Stuart of Erle refused to accept the demands the as clation, declaring he would meet a com- mittee of the Erie firemen, but that the brotherhood would have to deal with each raliroad separately. The demand involves about 0,00 firemen on the raliroads east of the Mississippl. The wage demands are to $3, BALTIMORE, Md., March 5.—At the ex- ecutlve offices of the Baltimore & Ohlo raliroad today it was learned that both the locomotive engineers and the firemen had asked for a revision of the wage schedules, JOPLIN Demand Restoration of Old Scale Following Boost in Price of Zine, JOPLIN, Mo, March b.—Seven hundred miners employed at the plants of the | American Zinc, Lead and Smelting com- pany have struck for higher wages. The miners contend that it has been the custom of operators to ralse thelr wage degreo | chairman of the General Managers' asso- | for an increase in pay of from $2.60 a day | MINERS WALK oUT| | | | From the Chicago Post. SIXTY KILLED BY SNOWSLIDE Work Crew of Canadian Pacific Buried by Huge Avalanche, DEBRIS EIGHTY FEET DEEP Men Were Working to Clear Tracks from Debris of First Silde When Second Came Thundering Down Mountain. VANCOVER, B. C., March 5.—8ixty,two men, who were engaged in clearing the Canadian ¥acih: rack In Rogers Pass, at the summit of the Selkirk range, Were night this morning and all are probably dead. The men wero a working crew engaged in clearing away a small siide that had come down early in the evening. They were working a rotary engine over it when a larger slide camo down. and carried them to thelr death in the canyon below. At first it was belleved that all - the hundred men engaged were kiiled; but later it was found that many had escaped and the death list Is now estimated at fitty. The accldent occurred near & snewshed, one mile west of Rogers Pass and at the actual summit of the Selkirks. Seventy- five per cent of the dead are white men, the remainder Japanesé. ley and Engineer Phillips of the train, headed by a rotary snow plaw, were killed . Rellef Hurried to Scene, As 500n as the news reached Revelstoke, a rellet train conveying physiclans nurses and over 200 rallway men was speeding east to Rogers Paes. The scene of the accldent was reached at 6 o'clock this morning, when the task of digging in the tangled mass of debris in the hope of finding a few survivors was commenced with vigor. Calgary made an eqially prompt response. ! It also sent a special rellet train with 125 workmen, as well as nurses and doctors. | Acting Superintendent Kllpatrick of the Pacific divislon of the Canadian Pacitic rallway left Vancouver today for the scene | of the accident. The first slide occurred at 5:40 yesterday atternoon in the Arrow valley of Bear Creck, flanked on either &ide by mountains, covered with a depth of snow varying from twenty to fifty feet. The slide had a length of 600 feet and a depth of eighty teet. | While men were working to clear the {tracks at 12:30 this morning, half of the first slide having ben removed, the second avaianote diaodboed. . 35 G1ARAL o the side of the conyon opposite the point where the first slide occurred. Thousands of feet labove a few rolling masses of snow grow- |ing in volume and momentum started on a pathway of destruction. Second Avalanche Breaks.Loose. In a few seconds, with a nolse like a thousand thunderbolts crashing in unison, Conductor Buck- | work | ana | | has | the accusations of the Indictment, 10 —_— ;USES BANK FUNDS IN HIGH Thirty-Three Miners Killed By Explosion Bodies of Ten More Men Are Found in Mexican Shaft of Treadwell Mines, JUNEAU, Alaska, March 4.—~Thirty. three miners are dead as a result of Wednesday night's’ powder magazine ex- plosion in the Mexican shaft of the Tread- well gold mines, it was announced today. Twenty-three bodles were taken out soon after .the explosion, elght others were entembed by an avalanelis Soon“ntier mid-{found in o later search and two dled in a hospital. Five other men in the hospita! are badly injured. It'ls supposed the care- lessness of a miner caused the explosion. The dead men are mostly forelgners, all copper miners. Stope Boss Nels Rustgard is among the dead., Tschalkovsky to Have Secret Trial Police Fear Co-Defendant, Mme, | Breshkovskaya, Will Make Revo- lutionary Speech to Judges. ST. PETERSBURG, March 5.—The pre- | fect of police today ordered that the triai of Nicholas Vaslilievich Tschalkovsky, the widely known member of the soclal revolu- tionary party, who was arrested November 11, 1907, charged with revolutionary activity, be held behind closed doors. The present is the first occaslon upon which the closure has been applied In con- nection with a political trial in the ecircult court of St. Peterburg for a number of { years. The prefect was Influenced by the prob- | | ability that Mme. Broshko-Breshkovskaya. who Is to be tried with M. Tschaikovsky would make a revolutionary address to the Juage. Upon the eve of his trial M. Tschaikoveky ued a long statement analysizing LIVING—TELLER CONFESSES Was About to Embark on Big Build- ing Scheme in Effort to Recoup Losses, PHILADELPHIA, March 6+Thomas E. Larsen, recelving teller of the Philadelphia branch of the First National bank of Cam- den, surrendered to the local police today when he learned that he was wanted on a charge of embezzling $60,000 from the in- stitution's funds. Larsen confessed to the charge, the police say. Larsen, according to the police, had been CRACKS IN ENGINE BOILERS Senate Committee Hears Evidence Roads’ Inspection is Poor, BROTHERHO0OD TAKING INTEREST Assertion Made Locomotive Boflers Need as Thorough Supervision by Government as Does Marine Machinery. (F'rom a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 5.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—The committee on commerce to which was referred the Burkett bill, com« pelling more rigld Inspection of bollers on Jocomotives in order further to safeguard the traveling public today, completed its hearing#, during the course of which it has been ' very emphatically shown that there is necessity for government inspection of locomotives. At present there s no government su- pervision of the condition of locomotive boflers. The rallroads themselves have a system of Inspection, but though Inpected, it has developed during the hearing that very often locomotives are sent out known by enginemen to be untit for service, who if they protest are marked, and soon lose their jobs If they protest too vigorously. These defective engines are started out upon the theory that they have sufficient strength to make another run. The committee today had before it Presi- dent Stone, grand chlef of the Brotherhood 9f Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. He said that often engineers were ordered to take out engines which they knew were in bad shape. He sald the bill as drawn would meet with most cordlal aproval of 52,000 locomotive englneers employed in this country. Example of Marine Service. General Uhler, chief of steamboat spection of the United States, was also upon the stand. Under the service over which he has control, rigid inspection of 14,000 bollers was made during the year past and there was but one explosion. Gen- oral Uhler thought that locomotive engines chould be as rigidly Inspected under gov- ernment supervisfon as is exacted of en- glnes and bollers aboard ship. Exhibits were made to the committe by those fav- oring the blll to controvert statements mado by the rallroads that no defective engines are sent out. A plate was ex- h¥ited which upon its exterior showed no signs of decay, but upon the inside was cracked and therefore much weak- ened and dangerous. Another exhibit presented showed that in this particular instance an engine was sent out by certain well known raflroad company, where there was a cluster of seven defective staples or rivets and that the slighest attempt to {ncrease the steam pressure might have caused the explosion of the bofler. That it did not exploide Wwas an act of providence, rather than the will of man. in- It is Intended to Kcep Funds in Localities Where Deposited. PROVISIONS OF THE MEASURE Deposits Made in Any Money Order Office Wiil Draw Interest at Rate Per Cent—Funds to De Deposited in Local Banks, WASHINGTON, March 5.~Dividing prae- tically upon party lines, the senate, at the close of the third session of the legislative day of March 3, today passed the adminis- tration postal savings bank bill, Of the seventy-two votes cast, fifty wero In favor of the bill and twenty-two agalnst. © negative votes were cast by demo- even Mr. MoEnery, who had voted with the republicans throughout the oon- slderation of the bill, in the end joining hig own party. Senator Chamberlain of Oregon was the only democrat who stood with the republicans In favor of the hill, As it goes to the house, the bill authore izes the various money order postoffices to accept sums of §1 or more from depositors and to deposit these sums in the local banks, where the money is to remain un- less withdrawn by the president In case of war or other exigency. In case of this withdrawal the funds are to be invested In government securitics, but with the pro- viso that such securities shall not draw less than 2% per cent Interest. The control of the funds is vested In a board of trus- tees composed of the postmaster general, the secretary of the treasury and the ate torney general. The aggregate balance al- lowed to any depositor fs $500, and no per- | ®on Is permitted to deposit more than $100 in any one month. The government s re- quired to pay 2 per cent Interest and must | exact not less than 2 per cent from tne banks, the extra quarter of 1 per cent be- {ing required for the payment of expenses {and losses. It Is calculated that such a {law would bring much money out of hid- ing and result In a fund ranging all the way from $500,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. Cummins Amendment Defea: Beginning at 11:45 o'clock the senate's session continued until 4:60 p. m., and practically all of the time was devoted to the consideration of amendments, Almost immediately after it began the first vote was taken. This was on the cummins’ amendment to the 8moot pro- vision, upon which yesterday's debate waged so flercely. The Smoot amendmént looked to the authorization of the withdrawal from the local banks of the postal funds in case of war or other exigency and Mr. Cum- mins sought to modify it by making It apply to war as the oply exigency justify- ing withdrawals. The Cummins' provision went down under a vote of 40 nays, as agalnst 18 ayes, the affirmative vote be- |ing cast by the so-called “Insurgents,” | republicans ‘and half a dozen democrats, with the singl exception of Senator Mc- Cumber, a stalwart republican, Later im the day and after considerable debate the 8moot amendment was udopted after it had been amended by the insertion of an amendment introduced by Senator Borah, directing that the funds with- drawn should not be invested in govern- ment securities carrying less than 3% |per cent interest, the rate required from the banks. Text of Smoot Amendment. As adopted, the amendment in the shape of a proviso reads: “When, In the judgment of the president, war qp any other exigency involving the credit of the government so requires, the | board of trustees may withdraw all or any part of sald funds from the banks and invest the same in bonds or other securi- tles of the United States. “Provided, That no part of said funds shall In any event be invested in bonds or other securitles bearing interest at less than 2 per centum per annum.” Two other important amendments were agreed to today. One of these was sug- gested by Senator Balley and would per- mit the withdrawal of postal funds de- posits by the original depositor “upon des mand,” and the other by Senator Galll specitically including savings banks trust companies doing a banking business, among the banking Institutions permitted to accept the deposits of postal funds. Debate on Borah Provise. The “insurgent” republicans were much elated over the acceptance of the Borah modification. They contend that it will save the effect of reducing to a minimum the government securities In which the postal funds may be Invested and prvent the national banks from using the funds to scale when the price for sinc ore went|the avalanchs leaped from shelf to shelf, taking the bank's money for seven years above $40, but recertly when the price fell |UProoting and carrying with It a tangled He lived In expensive apartments and was relleve ‘themselves of a class of securities which are not popular with them. On the Senator Burkett today sald he now feels nexy, | $5:4%.57; current abillties. $97,106,467; work. assured that his bill will recelve favor- men are walting the events of the s et o few days before attempting any scttlement | IN8 balance In treasury offices, $21,764,603; in mass of lce, trees and boulders. There was of the general strike, More Cars Running. The day developed nothing in t car strike itself, About as many cars in operation as it had yesterday, according to. the company—a Ittle more than 1,00. However, the cars 44" not earry as many passcngers as other days of this week. People generaily were not willing to take a chance of being injured and many would not ride in them Dbecause of prineiple. The company opened one new line in the southern part'of the city, but after a few trips t(he cays were withdrawn because of the frequeriey With which they were as- salled by stones and bricks, - Half of the cdrs In operation during the day were withdrawn at nightfall. e street EXPRESS CAR LOOTED ON TRAIN sand Packages Brokon Open amnd Contents Scattered by Robber ROCHESTER, N. Y. March 5.—When trata No. 27 on the New York Central reached’ Rochester today, it was discovered thay an American Express car had been logted. Nearly all of the 100 packages had been broken open and their contents 4(-". Just how much the robbers got Was not learned. L The trolley company had | on | banks to credit of treasurer of the Unitea States, $35,604,560; subsidlary silver cotn, $21,- 803,475; minor coln, $1,188,41 total balance in general fund, $2,015,76. i to $40 the wages were cut and, although zine blend has gone to $15, the former scale operators. Grownups Catch Marble 4 Fever and Are Kids Again Marble season has arrived for keeps, the game of ‘“cateh’ on the minds of youngsters, School attendance officers and probation and Is also lying heavy officers have more kicks about truancy and more complaints about troublesome boys at this particular season than at any other. The balmy air is laden with “spring rover,” which surely develops into a de- termination to play marbles and toss the ball—and let school go hang. But the boys are not the only ones. Thelr elders have not forgotten how to “knuckle down" and “fan hunching.” In @ group of grown up men yesterday Dan Whitney, the ball player, was showing & handful of agates, glassies, whities and Poewees he had bought for his boy. “John- nle” Dipeen, some ball player himself, and John Coffee wanted to know where Whit- ney bought the marbles. Dan touk the two with him to & news company. More purchases were made and when the three ;lx'fl the store they had $1.50 worth of mar- bles between them. Arcund the corner was a billboard with & nice clean place behind it Josh and taunt led to action, and scon Whitney was making & ring with his boot heel, In the §ood old way on their knee: like three kids. Thelr wrangling attracted something of a crowd, and Whitney, between “klddlnf' the oth- ers and thus rattiing them, and by the exercise of his limber thumb knuckle “skinned” the other two of all the mar- bles they had bought. Coffes and Dineen insisted on revenge, and offered to go and buy more. “No, id Dan, g“I've got all the marbles my boy can © this year. You fellows are too easy; g0 and get some kids to play with, 80 you can throw them down and Al Then the three went to it, | no eseape. for the unfortunate workers. The has not been replaced by many of the|®VAlanche piled on top of the first slido, [burying the tracks for a distance of a |quarter of a mile around to a depth of |fifty feet. Hndreds of thousands of tons |of other debris in the wake of the ava- lanche bounded off the huge heap and half (Continued on Second Page. The want ad col- umns of The Bee will be interesting reading this morn- Ing . Peruse them. You will get the pulse of the people. See who wishes servants—who wishes places ~—who wants to eell, and the things they offer. Read the hundreds of little treasures today. It may be the most profitable half hour take thelr marbles away from them." | of your life, married about two years ago. Larsen also told the police he was about to start a big bullding operation In an effort to recoup his losses. General Wood Cured. BALTIMORE, Md, March General Leonard Wood left here today pronounced cured, 5.—Major the hospital able report from the committee and fif the blll 15 amended, at all, it will be to- ward making its terms even more strin- gent in order to safeguard the lives of those who travel behind rallway locomo- tiy The secretary of war and the regents of (Continued on Second Page) ENA, March 6.—Louls James' as an actor was ended by here this morning, following an attack of heart fallure last evening, just before the curtaln went up for a performance of “Henry VILL" The body will be shipped tomorrow to Kansas City. The company will disband and Mrs. James will return City. KANSAS City, March 6.—Louls James, the actor, had for many years made his home in Kansas City much of the time, | although he also had a residence at Mon. mouth Beach, N. J, His second wife, Miss Aphle Hendricks, was a Kansas City woman and for several seasons she has taken the leading role in all his plays, Il long | death | | man, to Kansas | ‘Death Takes Louis James; Heart Failure Stops Show Louls James was born in Tremont, 11, In 182 His first engagement was with MeAuleys Stock company which he joined at Loulsville, Ky., in 1884 Later for five vears he was Lawrence Barrett's leading From 188 to 1880 he starred with Joseph Jefferson and in the ninetles nhe starred with Frederick Ward, In recent years he had been the star in Wagenhals and Kemper productions. At the time of his death Mr. James was play- ing “Menry VIIL" taking the part of “ardinal Wolesey. Last week while his| company was stalled on a snow bound train in the west they produced “The Mer- chant of Venlce" to amuse the passenge: Mr. James first wife, Miss Lilllan Scan- land, whom he married in Philadelphia in 1571, dled five yoars later. | stmply other hand, it was contended, espectally by Senator Bacon, that the Borah provision would never be accepted by the house, and, therefore, will not be a portion of it when the bill hecomes a law. Mr. Carter, in charge of the bill, made no objection to the Eorah amendment, He emarked that It was fair to require the government to pay the same interest required of the bank and that there was no reason for opposing it. The provision was agreed to, 49 to 1. The republicans vot against it were Messrs. Brandegee, Bulk ley, Burnham, Burton, Kean and Wetmor and the democrats, Messrs, Bankhead, Money, Paynter, Rayner and Smith of South Carolina. The 0pposing republicans made no expla- nation of their attitude, but Mr, Money, speaking for the democrats, based his oppo- sition upon the theory that an amendment, constitutional in 'd not render valid a blll which In itselt was In contra vention of the constitution, Amendments Voted Down. Several amendments were voted down, the most Important being one offered by Mr. Owen of Oklahoma, which was Intended as a substitute for’ the whole bill and which provided for the establishment of a fund to guarantee national bank deposits along the lines of the state bank guarantee plan of Oklahoma. Mr. Owen spoke in support ‘of his pro- vision, again holding up the Oklahoma plan as & model of banking legislation, The sharpest discussion of e day arose )