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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Fail to Pump Humphreys.

Counsel for the commonwealth held a
consultation today. at which it was de-
cided not to ask for a hearin for
Humphreys for few days. half dozen
private detectives put Humphreys through
the third degree at the Dauphin county
prison today. but they were unable to get
any information from him. The police
were unable to find Mrs. Humphreys.
LAWYERS for the defense in the capitol
conspiracy suit were at work today on
the law points of the case. which are to
be argued before Judge hunkel Monday
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
What Is Proposed.

There is no particular head which the
investigation is aimed TO hit. But il is
proposed that these committees shall
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DENVER, February 9.-Giuseppe Alio.
slayer of Father Leo, pleaded not guilty
to the charge of murder when arraigned
in the criminal court today. Judge Gree
ley Whitmore set his trial for Monday.
March 8. Peter Bessie was dismissed as
Interpreter i'm the case because of the
charge that he is Il member of an anar
chiStic organization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
BAIL FOR sCHMTDT.
Application Ia Made But Tn Postponed
 Until Monday.


 San Francisco. Calf. Jan. i1.--Ap- plication for the release on bail of Eugene D. Schmitz, who has been con- fined in the county jail for eight months, was made to Superior judge Dunne today by Attorney Frank C. Drew, of counsel for the former may or.
 On account of the absence from the city of District Attorney Langdon, Judge Dunne. postponed the matter un- til Monday.
 This was the first move made by the former Mayor to take advantage of the reversal of the appellate court which In effect declared on Wednesday that he was illegally convicted of extortion. holding that no crime had been com mitted and that Judge Dunne had been unfair in his rulings and made numer- ous errors. Attorney Drew stated to tie Associated Press that the applica- tion for the release of Schmidt was not made with the expectation that the re- mittiture, from the higher court would come down at once. On Monday the application for bah will not only be re- newed. but the court will also be asked to reduce the aggregate bail on the forty indictments against Schmitz, the bail being in the neighborhood of S500.000. MT. Drew asked Mir. Hoff- cook whether the district attorney would agree on $200.0OO bail as sufic- fent to insure the former mayors pres ence. In the absence of District At torney Langdon. Mir. Hoffcook could give no answer but informed counsel for Schmitz that in the first place the latters right to bail would be vigor- ously contested.
 After the matter of bail for the for mer Mayor had been disposed of be- fore Judge Dunne, Schmitz. James w. Coffroth, Manager of an Atheletic Club, Eddie M. Graney, the well known ref cree and Wills Britt, Manager for James Britt, were arraigned on the nine indictments in connection with the granting of fight permits exclus- ively to the so-called Flight trust"
 Abraham Ruef, who Is also named in the indictments, was not present in court. Attorneys for the respective clients asked that they be given one week in which to answer the indict- ments, the obvious intention being to attack their legality. This motion was granted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12

in matters cognizable in State courts. The section provides for the punish ment of felonies and misdemeanors committed in violation of Section l9 relating to conspiracfes and applies to the offense against Ithe laws of the State In which the offense Is commit ted.
 Mir. Payne of New York vigorously attacked the motion. saying that to strike out the section would render null the execution of the law in some localities where moonshining Is popu- lar in order to evade the revenue laws. If tho moonshiners committed murder, the case would be taken to the State courts and the government could not get justice because of popular feeling. He urged the House not to be hot headed, but to go on with the bill as it stands, and then if members de- sired. they could bring in request bills requiring new laws to cover any par ticular subject. In an earnest speech Mir. Sims of Tennessee advocated the addition of the motion to strike out Section 20, saying that that section simply re-enacted. re-vitalized and en- dorsed criminal laws which had grown musty with age and fallen into inocu- ous dessitude.
 MT. DeArmond's motion to strike out was lost. S7 to 93. At this point the bill was laid aside and the House at 3:36 ?. m. adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
DEFICIT WIPED OUT
THE FINANCIAL sTRINGENCY IS
 RAPIDLY CLEARING.
Figures of Clearing House Yesterday Exceeded the Most sangufne Hopes of Bankers and
 Broknrs

New York. Jan. i1.-For the first time since tine beginning of the finan- cial stringency in October, the clearing house statement today showed that not only had the heavy bank reserve de- felt been entirely wiped out but that surplus of ses0sse50 above the 25 per cent. legal requirement had been established. The figures made known today exceeded the most sanguine hopes of bankers and brokers and when the statement appeared on the stock tickers. 1t was greeted with a round of cheers in practically every banking house in Wall Street.
 Bankers declared that no better evil dence than the clearing house state- ment could be obtained to show the rapid restoration of confidence and the tremendous outpOuring of boarded money. The excellent statement fore shadows an early retirement of clear ing house certificates, which were first issued on4Ocober 2s of last year. with the end of the money stringeney. there will now be plenty of cash for the many contemplated projects which was temporarily abandoned during the money pinch. can now be financed and proceeded with.
 The clearing house banks faced a de- felt in reserves on November 23 of s54.103.s00 the largest In history Since that time the deficit has con- stantly decreased and with the rapid return of hoarded money and fundE from the interior last weeks deficit of $i1,5O9,550 has not only been oblit. eFated but substantial surplus of $6,- 0O0 900 established.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
Forty Others Are Badly
 Injured. STAMPEDE IN A THEATRE IN BARNSLEY, ENGLAND Mad Rush for Better Seats Ends in
 Horror. The Cries of the Injured and sEoans of the Dying Caused the Great est Excitement Among
 the Vast Audi
 enee.

Barnsley, England. Jan. i1.--Sixteen children were trampled to death and forty others, several of whom cannot I've, were injured in a mad rush for better seats at an entertainment given In the public hall here this afternoon.
 There was a great crush to secure admittance to the entertainment. and when the show opened every seat was taken and the gallery was literally packed with children ,who filled the aisles and were dangerously maaeed against the lower railing. With q view to relieving this crowding in the gallery. the attendants decided to trans- fer some of the children to the body of the house, and some of the ushers called out:
 Some of you children come down stairs"
 Immediately the rush started ana within a few seconds, hundreds Of children were being trampled under foot. Even those who had seats in the gallery. doubtless becoming panic stricken by the screams and struggles of the crowds fighting to reach the staircases joined in the stampede.
 The scene was a terrible one. kho cries of the injured and moans of the dying causing the greatest excitement among those gathered in the body of the hall. Police and ushers rushed to the nead or the Stairc&Seeh, WnlGu were literally strewn with dead and dying. and by the desperate efforts managed to drag scores of tho struggling chif- dren to the corridors below. It was with the greatest difficulty that a panic among the children in the lower part of the house was averted. all of these eventually being taken to the street iu safety.
 When the reserve police arrived. they found the marrow stairway practically blocked with bodies which were crush- cd. in some cases, almost beyond ree- ognitian. Scores of children vera forced by the pressure Of the thronw to scramble over those that had fallen whether living or dead ana many df the injured children were found IakaT to be suffering from fractured bonea and severe incerations, caused by tho indeacribabie manner in which they had been trampled upon.
 Soon after the accident. the ap- breaches to the hall were crowded with sobbing women searching for their missing children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
A POLITICAL MunDLE.
Oraker's Followers Make Their First
 Strike in Mass Meeting,

RVkUACkA WhAONGE8 MAAG TRGtH H1F9t
 Strike in Mass Meeting.
 Cleveland. O., Jan. 1.-The first stroke of the 'Foraker followers here was made today when in mass meet ing, a committee was selected to dis place the regular" Republican County Executive Committee.
 The question of the legality of the committee selected as against the reg ular" committee said by the Foraker will now be placed in the hands of the County Boards of Election. The claims of the so-called Roosevelt committee, a third element in the local situation, also rests in the same situation. It will be the duty of the Board to de- termine which committee has authority to act for the party in this county. To place the issue squarely before the board, each committee has Issued call for the Republican primaries, all on the same date, February Il.
 The regular committee held by the Foralker element to be without author ity ,prec1pftated the crisis by filing a call for the primaries with the Board of Elections yesterday. Immediately the Foraker faction protested the re. ports of the committees and Issued a call for a convention to select a com mittee. Last evening the Roosevelt or ganization named committee. Today the Foraker committee was named.
 The Board has until next Wednesday to decide upon the merits of each of the three claimants. Many police men were on duty today in the conven- tion hall in anticipation of an encount- CT between. the Foralxer side and the followers of Taft. but everything went through unanlmouslY and without q hitch.
 Resolutions condemning sthe regu- lar" committee and one-man power in the party was adopted. At the propos- ed primaries, delegates to the State and National convention will be chosen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
ONE BODY IS FOUND
SEARCH CONTINUES AMONG RUINS
 OF BUILDING.
The Tall ,Blackened Walls of the Burn- ed skyscrapeF Threaten to Top
 pie Over IntO the Street.


 New York. Jan. 1.-The body oe Thomas J. Phillips. one of the thres flremen whose lives were snuffed eus in the burning of the thirteen stofS Parker building on Fourth avenue. last night was, recovered late today.
 Search for the remaining dead will be continued when the ruins are. coole The tall. blackened walls of the sky scraper threaten tonight to topple into the street and the police have ordered the tenants of the smaller buildings ia the vicinity to leave. A dozen build- Ings have been vacated.
 Fire broke out again tonight on the fifth and sixth stories of the Parker building. but the flames were quickly extinguished by the fire companies which are still pouring streams u9 water on the smoldering slxelaton. Phillips body was found lying among some debris near the elevator shaft. Ik was identified by one of his brothers who recognized bunch of keys found In hiE pocket
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
TO SAVE COMPANY
ARRANGEMENTS TO STOP SOUTH
 EEFN s&EKsL SALE.
Petition Filled at BiFminKhana Which is Expected to Prevent Sale at Public Outcry--HeaR-
 AnE SeOn.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Jan. 11.-Ar- engagements have been made to prevent the sale of the assets of the Southern Steel Company at public auction by the return of separate properties to the former owners. the receivers to still retain possession of the manu- factured irons and materials until final settlement has been made with the creditors. To that end a petition was filed today in the Federal Court at Birmingham by attorneys of Chatta- nooga for the return of the property in the State of Alabama to the pos- session of the Lacey-Buek Iron Com pany, the American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, trustees for about s2.O00(O worth of collateral notes guaranteed by the stock of the com pany, and W. E. Stowers of Gadsden.
 Judge Hundley set January 20 as the date of the hearing. Following the action of the Birmingham courts a pe- tition was filed in the local Federal Court today in which the Trust Com pany of America of New York, trustee under mortgage to secure an original issue of $6OO,0 of bonds and the Chat tanooga Iron and Coal Company pray for the possession of the properties of the local company. The petition was signed by Attorney J. c. Boston of New York and Chambliss and Cham bliss of this city, representing the pe- titioners.
 The bondholders and the trustees of collateral notes for the Georgia Coal and Iron Company in Georgia is at- tempting to wind up the affairs of that company by foreclosure proceedings now pending in the State courts. Had the affairs of the Georgia branch of the Southern Steel Company been ta- ken to the Federal Court originally by the creditors. similar proceedings 10 those instituted in Chattanooga and at Birmingham would have been employ ed. thus disintegrating the Southern Steel Company and returning all of the properties to the original companies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
AN ACTOR SUICIDES.
Nephew of Joseph Jefferson Hang
 HImaeIf In Q Hotel.

New York. Jan. 11.-Charles J. Jack son. an actor and nephew of Joseph Jefferson, committed suicide in his room at the Hotel Gerard today by hanging.
 Jackson. who was 45 years of age, had been out of employment for eight months and. became very Respondent when. after obtaining place in a com pany, he was unable to memorize the lines in his part. He was the son of the late Cornelia Jackson, a sister of Joseph Jefferson, and once a prominent actress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
SECURES MARRIAGE LICENSE.
lEias Vanderbilt and Hungarian Count
 Visit City Hall.

sA8A9 OAA1 AAWAAs
 New York, Jan. 11.-A marriage li- cense was issued today to Miss Gladys Moore Vanderbilt and Count Laszlo Jeno Henrik Simon Szeehenyt of Hum gary.
 There were few persons in the mar riage license bureau at city hall. when the couple arrived in a public carriage and they were not obliged to stand long in the waiting line of prospective brides and grooms. The application blank had been made out in advance and was ready for presentation when they were Invited to the City Clerks 8 office. Miss Vanderbilt's age was given as 21 years in the application. Count Szechenyi described himself as 2S years old, by occupation land owner and im- perial and royal chamberlain, a native of Hungary and not previously mar ried.
 In an official copy of the publication of the bans in Ormezo, Hungary. which was shown at the time the application for the license was filed, the Count gave his religion as Roman Catholic. Miss Yanderbilts religion was not given.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
DECLINES GOOD JOB.
Pearl Wight Turns Down Position Oi Internal Revenue Commits
 MaOner.

New Orleans, La.. Jan. 11.--Mr. Pearl Wight, one of the most prominent re- publicans in Louisiana, this afternoon confirmed the report emanating from Washington that he had declined the position of commissioner of internal revenue, which was offered to him sev- eral months ago by President Roosevelt.
 MT. Wight announced at that time that he would accept position if no could arrange his business affairs K. this city. He said today the financial stringency. which arose several months ago, made 1t necessary for him to give his entire time to his interests in Louisiana.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
SOUTHERN GIVES IN
WILL REDUCE ITS PASSENGER
 RATES IN GEORGIA.
Flat Rate Of Two and One Half Cents Per Mile In All Intra-state Lines
 IR The Basis.

ls The Basis.
 Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 11.-An important announcement was made Saturday aft ernoon when the agreement between the Southern Railway and the Georgia Railroad Commission for an adjust ment of passenger rates in the state upon a basis satisfactory alike to the state and the railroad was made pub lie.
 This agreement. due to negotiations extending over a period of several months, comes in the shape of an ac- ceptance by the railroad commission of a definite proposition on the part of president W. W. Finley of the Southern to put into effect on April l thefol- lowing rates;
 A flat 2 1-2 cent rate on all lines of the Southern for intra-state travel, no charge to be less than ten cents.
 5. 00O mile books, intrastate, inter- changeable with such solvent roads of the state as will consent, at two cents per mile, good for heads of firms and employes not exceeding total of i've.
 One thousand mile books. intrastate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
MURDERER IS ARREsTED.
Slayer of Mrs. Harris Is Captured Kn e
 Louaaana Town.

Natchez. Miss, Jan 11.--W. V. Har~ ris, the levee contractor whose wife was killed Thursday by a bullet fntend- ed for her husband at Bougere swamp. La., arrived here today and report ed that the alleged slayer of hia wife had been captured at yidalia. La, this morning.
 gives his names as Hare and says thak his home is near Shreveport, Ia. Hare was formerly employed by Har- ris. The two men had quarreled over the settlement of debt of ninety cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
CLEARING HOUSE IS
 TO RETIRE SCRIPT.
HUSBAND AND WIFE
 FIGHT FATAL nrf

b Oakland. Cal. Jan. 11.--Pietro Saroochi. an iron worker. and his
 } wife, Renia, fought a duel to the
 death today in their cottage in the Montgomery Tract. Peitro was armed with a large butcher knife and his wife with a
 } razor. After battling for twenty } minutes. the husband finally slew the wife and then killed himself ? by cutting his throat from ear to ear. Worry over money. which it is said. was deposited in the Cali fornia Bank, and the fact that his
 } wife has left him several times } recently, are believed to have been
 among the causes that led up to
 the fatal quarrel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12

Staunton. Va, Jan. 11.-John E. Via. charged with the murder of his wife, Cora, at Craigville. Oct. 16. last, was today found guilty and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. Via, it was charged, had been drinking when he committed he crime. He claimed his wife killed herself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
SIXTEEN CHILDREN CRUSHED TO DEA I'll
MACHINES IN
 PoPE,s PRINTING HOUs

( Rome, Jan. 1I.--Following the . installation of electric lighting z . and heating apparatus, the vati- ( . can has now installed linotypes in . the paper printing house. [ ' Cardinal Merry del Val assisted ( in the work of placing the new [ . machines, and is now giving them ( . his personal supervision. % The Pope, who has expressed q desire to watch the working of ( the linotypes, will pay visit to c the printing house tomorrow. He
 ' is much interested in the modern ( Improvements. q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT.
PeopIe Oppressed by Turkey Hold q
 Secret COmgress.

Paris, Jan. 11-Representatives of the different peoples who are being onnressed by Turkey, including the voung Turks. Armenians, Creeks, Bull earians, Albanians, Kurds, Jews and Arabs. held a secret congress In this city today.
 If was unanimously decided to organ ize in common action to overthrow the nresent Turkish government and for the substitution of liberal, constltu- t;oraI and parliamentary regime. The details of this revolutionary program were not published.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
INTERFERENoE Is cHARGED.
state And Federal Courts May Have
 CIRss In GeOFgin.

Washington, Jan, LA proceeding regarded as local interference with the operations of the Federal government. Is reported from Georgia, where the authorities of the county in which Fort Oglethorpe is located. have arrested five civilian teamsters employed there and living on the reservation in quar- ters provided by the government.
 The men have received notice from the county officials that they must work on the country roads for four days in accordance with the law or pay a certain communication. The men refused to repond to this demand and the machinery of the department Of justice has been invoked with view of resisting the requkemnets on the ground that it would materially inter fere with the work upon which the men are engaged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
WAS NO SURPRISE.
Washington Fully Expected Appoint
 ment of Baron TakahIra.

Washington, Jan. 1l-While no offi. cial information reached the State De. partment today of the formal announce. ment of the appointment of Baron Ia kahira, to be Ambassador to this coun- try there Is no doubt in the minds oi officials that he is to be given the place
 The fact that the department has been sounded by the Japanese as tc Barno Takahira's acceptability to this country and that the State Department has signified that he would be welcom- poIntment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
A Fast VestIbuIed Train COIIIdes With
 a Eref3later

Nashville. Tenn. Jan. 11--A Bristol Tenn. dispatch. to The Banner. says:
 Vestibuled train No. 42, which left Chattanooga yesterday afternoon bound for Washington. and which was running five hours late. was wrecked in a head-on collision near Croskett's station on the Norfolk and Western, sixty-four miles east of here at 3 o'clock this morning.
 The passenger train was running fifteen miles an hour. No one was killed and none of the passengers was hurt. The injured. all having minor bruises. were:
 w. C. Caldwell. postal clerk.
 H. c. Anderson, postal clerk.
 John Brook. a negro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
yIacher Shoots Policeman.

Omaha. Neb.. Jan. 11.-Col. William L. Vischer of Chicago, a well-known newspaper writer. shot and slightly injured Policeman P. H. Dillon tonight. Vischer had been arrested. charged with disorderly conduct and Dillon was trying to put him into the patrol wagon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
END OF TRAGEDY.
.o.d Father Who KIIIed His Blind Son
 Passes Away.

Ravenna, O., Jan. 11.-Edwin J. Col Her of Cleveland, who killed ms pima son and then shot himself at the grave of his wife last Thursday night, died today.
 Collier, or Williams. as he was known here, died as a result of eX- posture. Pneumonia set in last night. According to his wish expressed in a letter found in his pocket. Collier and his son will be buried by the side of Mrs Golfers grave. Collier was de- snondent both over the loss of his wife and his sons affiiction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
CAMPAIGN wAGERs.
A Noted Turfman Bets Johnson VIII
 Be Next President.

New York, Jan. 11.--With the con- ventions which will nominate Presi- dential candidates months away, bet ting on the result of the election has already been started at the Metropoli- tan headquarters for campaign wagers, the Hoffman House.
 The first wager of the campaign is reported as having been recorded last night on the order of John S. McDonald, the turfman, to bet $5,000 that Cover nor Johnson of Minnesota, If nominated for the presidency. would be elected. The reported taker of the wager Is Thomas H. Shevlin, father of Thomas Shevlin. the Yale football player and at one time member of the Republican National Committee from Minnesota.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
DISCUSS CURRENCY nTLr.s.
Democratic Members of Btnanee Cosn-
 xsitfee of House Meet.

mitfee of House Meet.
 Washington, Jan. 11.--The Demo- cratic members of the House Comsnit- tee on Banking and Currency held a meeting today for the dfscusaion of and voted unanimously Co support anv motion for hearings on both bfIig be~ fore the full committee.
 It was developed that all of the mf~ nority members are opposed to the Aldrich bill because 1t enlarges ehs policy of securing currency by the de- too precautionary in it's proposal oe a complete retirement of all outstandfug currency and the substitution of currency secured by national bank as~ sets.