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MESSAGE DELIVERED
Presidents Views on Two. Important
Questions Are History.

questions Are History.
Washington. Jan. o. President
Taft's special message to congress,
recommending amendments to the in
terstate commerce and antitrust laws,
was laid before the house of represen-
tatives today almost Immediately aft,r
that body convened. The message was
delivered by Assistant Secretary Latta
whose appearance in -he chamber was
greeted with general interest
The reading G tho document was
begun without del;.J and the members
upon both the Republican and DEM
ocratic sides followed the cle1 close
ly. The interest the message att ted
wa indicated by the fact that unusual
rilence prevailed lurin the reading,
a silence which was broken only by
the voice of the rea1'ng clerk.
Representa- e Townsend of Michi-
ge w:o was among the most atten-
tive listeners. was understood to have
In his possession ~" administration
bill ling the interstate commerce
law in accordance 18th the recon-
mendations of the president contained
in his special mese"-- The measure
will be introduced Monday next. When
the readily of the nre-id-nt's message
was concluded, the message was re-
ferred by ths speaker to the appro-
pirate committees.
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Tunnel Was Being Construct
ed to Reach the Well
Stocked Vaults
.cAvE.|M BURIED THE OlGGER
N A HORRIBLE LIVING TOMB
Street Department Has Relays Of Men
at Work From the Surface Search.
ing for the Missing Man-Body Had
Not Been Found,

New York, Jan. 7.-Earth in great
masses lay along Ludlow street today
where all night relays of workmen
had labored at the task, of finding
Isaac Finklestein, supposed to have
been buried alive in an excavation
dug with view to reaching the
valuts of the Fourteen Street bank
and the safe of a nearby jeweIry
shop.
Nnklestein was reported missing
and in searching for him the tunnel
leading from the house next door out
under the street, was discovered. I'm
able to penetrate the excavation from
within because of the caYein, the
street department was called upon
and force of men put to work dig
ging from the street surface down to
the tunnel level. The morning
brought no positive solution of the
mystery.
From the inner explorations there
was every indication that the bank
with its $1O,000,OOO of resources had
been one of the objectives of the ex.
cavation. The search is being con.
tinued unabated today.
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[AUR|ER TALKS !:
ABOUT THE NAVY
:
Declares the Time Will Come
When Canada Will Need !:
One

f. Toronto, Jan. 7.-"Do not be too
particular in the line of orthodoxy;
take in all grits who ask admission
remember the Liberal party is par
ty of conscience; one thing we should
have at heart is the common good OF
our common country"
This advice was given by Premier
laurier at the official opening of the
Ontario club. the new Liberal head
quarters on Bay street, last night. One
hundred and fifty were present at the
banquet given to the premier. He
spoke forty-five minutes, but confined
himself to echoes of former speeches
His reference to the defense question
included Esquimalt and Halifax, with
the declaration that it was the gov
ernment's intention to assume more
and more the burdens of the empire
The time would come. said Sir Will
frid, when they would require a navy
of their own, (cheers). He recogniz-
ed that the supremacy of Great Brit
ain meant her safety and the peace
of the world. The branch of the Con-
servative party in Quebec, said the
premier, held that Canada was not
UOuuu W UO duSGHIuS uuG Icpcl Ill
vasion, but the best way to repel it
was to sink the invader before he
could reach them.
Sir Wilfrid combatted the idea that
Britain was in danger from Germany.
quoting the latest tonnage of the re-
spective navies. Blood was thicker
than water. and the. speaker could
not think the German emperor would
quarrel with his own kin. But Can
ada must prepare for emergencies.
This was the position he took. and
he thought it would be appreciated
by the people of Canada. Though
prudent they must be bold, and econ
omical, but generous.
Premier Laurier concluded hy say
ing: Gentlemen. shall not see
those works completed. My race will
soon be over and then l must leave
it to my colleagues to take it up. AS
long as 1 can discharge these duties,
| shall do SO. I shall leave them in
the hands of just as good
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CONFESSED TO MURDER
AFTER SEVERAL ENTANGLEMENTs
cULPRIT ADMITS HAVING com.
MrTTED BRUTAL CRIME.

Kansas City. Jan. 7.-One man lur-
ed Mel McCoig Of Falls City. Neb.,
to that lonely spot at Twentysixth
street and Orville avenue, Kansas
City, Kas., and there murdered him.
December 23. That one man was
Ward Mower, who told of a murder
plot yesterday afternoon and impii-
Gated Alice Barber and William Mel
son. When questioned again last
night, the man changed his entire
story and said. :.
II am the man who killed Neil Nc
Coig. did it all by myself and there
was no one else implicated in the
job. just accused others to gain
time. 1 killed him. l slugged him
with bar of iron and then shot him
twice. 1 did it because l had robbed
him and he, had accused me. of the
robbery. After that l beat his head
until l thought his face was unrecog-
nizable, then tumbled him over in
the ditch and covered the body with
brush. am the man who did the
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CANADA HAS 100000
FIGURES PLACED At .,3aO.OO0 BY
THE DOMINION CENSUS DE.
PARTalENT At OTTAWA

Ottawa, Jan. "A census depart
ment estimate of the population of
Canada by provinces at the end of the
last fiscal year is as follows. Mari
time provinces, 1,037,1l2: Quebec, q
.O8S, ,461; Ontario, 2,619,O25; Manitoba
'4S6 ,26S;s Saskatchewan, .341,521; AL
'berta, 273,S59: British Columbia, $780,
SIG; unorganized districts, $500.
Since March 81 last. the immigra-
tion has totaled approximately $780,
600. of which about 100000 have gone
to western Canada. The total popu-
lation of the dominion at the end of
the year is therefore estimated at
about 100000.
!: No accurate data of the distribution
of immigration in the individual
maritime provinces is available since
the date of the last census. and the
estimate of population is based on the
general figures as to the number oi
immigrants who have settled in the
east and on an estimate of the rate OF
natural increase.
The increases are compared with
the population in 1901. are as follows:
maritime provinces, 143.159; Quebec
1868; Ontario. s463,O7S: Manitoba
211,O57; Saskatchewan and Alberta
456,440; unorganized districts. 6,4OO.
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- q IL
serve hinged largely upon the ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Jones. and the
attitude Of mind maintained by the
prospective juror, on the case aeainat
him., Several times during the az
animation Of the panel Judge EnRerud
asked. "if the testimony on the facts
In the case were suc!. that there was
q question In your mind as to the in
nocence or guilt of the defendant.
would your former opinion affect your
verdict?" 'S"'
Mr.. Sather. was passed by ,hoth
counsel. and Frank Moran Of ianednn
was called to the stand. He had a
dismissed. =. M. Young of Neche. a
meat dealer. was the third Juror called
and was passed by both attorneys.
X. J. Fleming, Grafton; Former
Governor Roger Allin of Park River;
James Woods, Hoople; T. A. Thorkel-
son. Valley City; L. H. Sannes, Grand
FORKS; Charles M. Taylor, Lynchburg,
ana X. A.. Conover. Fargo, were the
cxt sseven veniremen called and all
StafG :cuged.
r. Atsio,;;s Man Chosen.
:. h.> Ncai hotel keeper Of
,,a sey' w. eAclr tror chosen.
He knew of the through the
newspaper accounts ls~had read, and
they were not sufficient to bias his
judgment, he averred on the examina-
ton.
John M. Crerer of Larimore and w.
E. Adams of Hannah were the next
two venfremen called and were dis.
missed for having decided opinion
on the guilt Of the defendant j. C.
Rodmer and J. r. Parsons were called
next and they were both accepted by
the attorneys. Matt Carmitsch, Fargo,
Il. .. Cooper. jamestown and John d.
Woolidge, Fargo, were next called and
excused. and Thomas Bridges, the
nineteenth venireman of Valley City,
retired farmer, was tie sixth Juror
chosen. Paul N. Allin of jamestown,
a merchant, was the seventh Juror
chosen. after H. e. Thayer and Alison
Brubaker Of Fargo, Emil Lindvolt of
Nome and Jacob Ryerson of Mayville
had been dismissed.
Challenges Employed.
Six pre-emptory challenges were
used by the attorneys, John E. Ander-
son, a plumber, of Jamestown; j. D.
McAuley, toilette; D. A Cross, Mil
nor; Geo. Fleisher, Grandin, and ].
l.. Newgard of Grafton being chosen.
Robert Burt, a hotel keeper, and chief
of police Of Valley City, was called,
but excused.
Following the instruction of the jury
as regards their duties by Judge Ami
don, a recess was declared until this
morning at 10 o'clock. T.
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killing. and l 1id It all by myself
And that confession was made not

Killing, ana Gid It all by myself"
And that confession was made not
oy a man whose hands twitched and
VINO wept as he spoke. It was made
Dy man whose only sign Of nervous
ness was hating of speech ana a
continual blinking of two white. LASH
ed pale blue eyes. 1t was made by
man who calmly smoked q cigar
and asked just about as many aues-
tons of the detective as the detectives
asked themselves.
FROM O'Clock last night until II
O'Clock, the time when Mower finish
ed his confession, it was continual
cross play of questions and answers
between the officers and the man
And often 1t was the man who caused
the detectives to stop and think of an
answer to some .hypothical question
he had asked.
Mrs. Barber Faced Him Down.
For when Alice Barber and Ward
Mower were brought into the same
room, the accusations Of Mrs. Bar.
Der that Mower was the guilty per-
son sounded the most sincere and the
hating tones of the man as he at
tempted to show the officers that the
woman was in on the plot showed
that he was weakened by the scream
ing words of the woman as she
shouted time after time:
You're lying. you're lying; you
know you're lying. You killed Neil
McCoig. you know you did. You dirty
hearted murderer!,''
However, before that time, Nelson
had been identified by Mower as one
of the men who had gone with him
to Twenty-sixth street and Orville av-
enue and there killed the restaurant
keeper~yo of Falls City. Nelson had
been charged with murder on that
Identification and was in the hold.
over Of the city Jail downstairs. But
things were not to remain that way
many hours.
Mower Cool to the Last.
Say" the man would ask the de-
tectives, you think that | did this
murder. Well, now let me ask you
question about it. Suppose that
did do it. What motive would
have? Just answer me that, will
you?"
himself in an unretrenchable place
he would take his cigar from his
mouth. wavesa hand idly and remark
almost casually:
That's right. you. caught me lying
didn't you? Well, guess that Ill
have to start different explanation
about that. Oh. that's all right,
don't blame you people for being mad
about it. guess that I've told {
good many lies since l started ou'
on this thing. Now, what was tina,
question you were asking me:'
And so it went until falsehood after
falsehood was piled up against tin
man by Chief Cook and Inspector
Boyle, both of whoh were taking {
hand in the questioning. Finally. the
man looked about the room at th'
officers gathered there and laughed
The CenfesSia.f FGsaaes Out :
Well, by God,' tell you what Fl
do" he said. "If you'll send Jot
Taggert, the prosecuting attorney
and get him to make me promise
that he'll let me plead guilty to sec
ond degree murder, I'll tell you al
about this thing"
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ogn1ze that some change is necessary
In their house. Lord Portsmouth. for
example, suggests that qualification
should be limited to peers who have
served certain time in the house of
commons. Lord Salisbury is almost
alone in upholding the hereditary
principle. 1t is only by the accident
of birth that we all are Englishmen.
Just think of all the power, privilege.
prosperity, and pride we enjoy simnly
because we were born Englishmen.
He allows there are black sheen in
his house, but he remembers that
during the seventeen years he was
member of the house of commons
three members were sent to penal
servitude.
Tariff Figures in Debates.
Conditions in America and GERMANY
under a protective tariff are made the
principal topic of the debates, and
each side finds many illustrations of
the blessings or the drawbacks of a
high tariff from those countries, The
newspapers are wrangling fiercely
over the questions whether the cost
of living is higher and more unem-
ployment exists in America and Ger.
many than in Great Britain.
A. J. Balfour. Lord Curzon and
Lord Miner are leading the opposi-
ktfon's fight.
With Austen Chamberlain putting
tariff reform to the front and Lord
Charles Beresford accusing the gov
ernment of neglecting the navy, Da-
vid Lloyd-George and Winston
Churchill of the adn,inistroti,,,, .,
forces, draw the largest crowds, larg-
er even than Premier Asquith.
Lord Curzon's declaration that a
hereditary chamber is sure to contain
more able men than an elective one
has been the most discussed utter
ance of the week.
Betting at Whites club, which is
the sporting rendezvous for the aris-
tocracy. is even that the liberals will
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viii Destroy Byzantine
Relics At COnStQntinop/e
WORKS, BUT
STRUCTURE

Constantinople, Jan. THE Young
Turks, being in power. are seeking to
mOdernize and ito extend CONSTANT
nople. Hence the issuing of an trade
by the new sultan. sanctioning the
demolition of part. at least. OF the
world-famous Byzantine walls OF the
city. The proposed vandalism has
raised storm of protest. which may
result in the saving Of the historic
structure. 1t would appear to be GER
tain, however. that the greater part
of the walls will be pulled down. 1t
is significant that the municipality
has contracted loan of $5,O0O.OO0
for the modernization and enlarge
ment of Constantinople.
The land walls were built during
the reign of Theodosius II. who sue
ceeded Theodosius the Great in 4OS
and died in $50. For many years they
withstood siege, the fury of Goths and
Arabs, Persians and Bulgarians. and
others, and it was by earthquake only
that they were shaken until Moham-
med the COnQueror broke through
them in 1853.
Erected by Constantine.
A marble tower marks the begin
ming of the sea walls erected by Con-
stantine. 1t is believed that it was
the prison of st. Diomed. in which
Pope Martin l was placed in 654. and
in which Harie Comnena. mother of
Alexius ii, was imprisoned by An
dronicus Comnenus. "POrphyrogeni-
tus" was the surname given to those
o,,uorrrs vybO v,oro horn in the nal.
ace ON the left, a room which was
lined with porphyry brought from
Rome. At this point the Theodosian
walls end and those Of Heraclius, Leo
and Manuel begin.
What these walls mean to for
eigner of archaeological artistic taste
is well set forth in letter written
by Raymond Recorely. the well-known
French traveller and the author OF
lie Pays Magyar. Dix Mois dc Gu
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ITALIANS MAD
At POLICEMEN
Methods of Arrest of Black
Hand Suspects Will Be
Investigated

Chicago, Jan. Guido Sabetta.
Italian consul here, announced today
that he would start an investigation
of the police methods used in the ar
rest of 1877 Italians following the
murder of Bendetto Cinene yesterday.
MIR. Sabetta declares that these men
were arrested without due process of
law. The indignation, it is said, is
widespread among 100000 Italian
residents of this city. A number Of
organizations are planning to hold
meetings of protest. The 1917 prison.
ers are still being held. They have
stubbornly refused to answer the
questions of the police. Throughout
the night. hundreds of Italian women
stood outside the police station where
the men are confined.
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London, Jan. 7.-Another weeks
electoral energy has passed without
yielding much assistance to the would
be prophets. Never in modern times
has British election aroused such
widespread interest at home and
abroad, and never has one been fought
on such q confusion of issues. The
questions of the house of lords. the
budget, and tariff reform occupy pub
lie interest, not to equal degrees, but
to varying extent in different local.
tiles. Investigation into the feeling
among the constituencies seems to
point to the government returning
to power with q small majority. al
though the possibility of unionist
landslide cannot be dismissed as an
absurdity.
The list of candidates is still far
from complete, while factional squab-
bles between tariff reformers and free
traders in the unionist ranks compel
the radicals and laborites in the gov
ernment forces to leave many oppor-
tunities for changes in nominations
already made. 30 as to avoid three
cornered fights. !.
Peers Furnish the Fun.
The peers on the platform continue
to furnish a picturesque element in
the battle. They feel compelled to
face the public in order to vindicate
the claims of their class to power. and
as a good proportion of them shine
more brilliantly at fox hunting than
craftsmanship. their audiences get
plenty of fun out Of them and fire.
quently howl them down.
Punch displays cartoon of fright
ened coroneted heads sticking
through canvas at fair, with the
yokes pitching balls at 1t.
The peers eloquence would fill col
, umns in the newspapers, but the edi-
tors are obdurate, Lord Curzon alone
commanding long report. Lord
Denbigh complains that he feels lone
ly any day he has not been described
as al assassin. murderer. executioner
or parasite. The peers generally rec
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enc en- Mandchousie." and lie Tsar
ct la Douma." MIR. Reconly has thus
written to ILLUSTRATION of Paris:
Stamboul a Silent City.
"On beautiful autumn day again
made my way alng the walls which
formerly had SO fascinated ME. Au-
tuml is the dreamed Of season il
which to see Constantinople. Never
is more golden and more beautiful
the light of the east: never the mar
velous brightness OF departing days
so clothed in soft melancholy. On
this ground which is only an endless
graveyard and in these places when
the thoughts of the dead emanatc
from every stone, one needs the some
what saddened harbingers of autumn
so that the soul may truly be in
accord with the surroundings.
I'VE wended our way on horseback
through the cobblestone alleys of Pc
ra down tOwrd the Golden Horn. The
easy descent of these lanes is typical
of Constantinople. and that is why
this city-or rather three cities COM
bined-is. on account of the beauty
and variety of its views, something
unique. We elbowed the crowd which
pressed upon the Galata bridge more
seething. more complaining than cv-
er.
Then we came to the narrow rocky
descent which leads to the Seraskierat
and penetrated old Stamboul- an I'M
mense tranquil town with an indi.
Viduality all IFS own when comnarod
with the alien atmosphere of Pera
1t seemed almost more than half de-
serted. Its little wooden cottages had
an air of age and decrepitude; there
were little squares shaded by two OF
three plaintain trees. upon which op-
ened a small cafe. All at once through
the zigzag lanes we saw old trees
rising above ancient walls. Space
air. and light were in profusion
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BANK. is CLOSED.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 7.-State
Bank Examiner Knudson closed the
State bank Of Bowesmont, Pembins
county, Wednesday morning. Three
successive failures of crops in the
vicinity is given as the cause of the
failure. The bank examiners office
here says that the depositors will suf.
fer but small loss.
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Law DEFEATED
JUDGE LYNCH
Negro Fiend Hanged Legally
After Three Attempts at
Lynching

Williamstown. Ky. Jan. Earl
Thompson. negro. 1S years old, was
hanged here this morning. Thomp-
son criminally assaulted Mrs. Ran
som Roberts near this place last No
vember. Three attempts had been
made to lynch him.
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WANT TO GET
P|NCH0T OUT
House of Representatives Has
Resolution to Eliminate
Pinchot Fom Inquiry

Washington. Jan. .7.-Representa-
tive Fitzgerald of New York offered
in the house today an amendment to
Joint resolution providing for an in
vestigation of interior department and
the forest service eliminating the
forest service from the inquiry.
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Three ESCAPED. !,
ROBBERS. CAUGHT !
One Was Asleep in a Ranch
Shed While the Others
Were Passive

Great Falls, Mont, Jan. 7.-Three
alleged robbers, who escaped from the
Teton county Jail at Choteau Tuesday
were captured yesterday. One was
caught asleep in ranch shed. The
other two were surrounded at ranch
about twenty-five miles south OF
Choteau and gave themselves up.
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MISS DE JAN0N
STILL AT LARGE
Heiress and Her Waiter Lover
Not Located in New
York

New York. Jan. IF Roberta De-
.Janon, the young Philadelphia heiress
and Frederick Chen, the waiter, who
strangely disappeared t the same
time. have been found i'll this city as
reported, the police profess ignorance
of the fact. Ferdinand DeJanon, the
father of the girl. today declared that
SO far as he knew his daughter and
waiter had not been found.
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CLASH COMING
Indications Point TO Greytown as
Scene of Conflict.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The American
gunboats OH the Atlantic coast of
Nicaragua are gathering in the vicin-
ity of Greytown as an indication that
the American officers believe that
Greytown may be l. scene of activity
shortly. Estrada and the government
forces are supposed to be marching
toward each other with the probability
of collision taking place at Acoyaho.
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Liberals In The Lead But
Union Victory Not impossible

PEERS CONTINUE AUDIENCES
JOHN BURNS ExPEcTED-"GERMAN INTERESTS
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* THE WEATHER.
North Dakota-Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday. Warmer
tonight.
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enc en- Mandchousie." and lie Tsar
ct la Douma." MIR. Reconly has thus
written to ILLUSTRATION of Paris:
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