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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04
To Move New Trial.

Attorney ;. -. Truitt for the defense
gave notice of motion for new trial,
and on request Of United States Attor
ney Wilson the bond of Benjamin III.
Knots was increased to $4,000. He was
ordered remanded until bond was fur
niShed or the motion for new trial
heard.
The young men gave no sign of emo
ton when the sentence of the law was
imposed upon them. The woman, how
ever. seemed dazed when her term Of
| Imprisonment was announced. A flush
mounted to her face and her lip quivered.
The only one | have any sympathy
| for said Justice Wright before impos
inS sentence. is the woman.
/ Her lot was bad enough as II was
when these fellows found her and n
| ii had not been for them she would
not be here on this charge | wish /
| could parole her but / cannot She
must BE punished like the men AZ an
! objeci lesson.
| To the men the justice said:
1.-The picture of rustic innocence and
! virtue presented by counsel for the pris-
onerS Is hardly consistent with the plan
| OF outlawry and the unclean and elab-
crate details to ConSummate the enter
prise Ii was as evil "A violation OF the
blackmail statute could be devised by
any man. good man or a rascal
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Prisoners Reported Burned.

SAN DIEGO. Cal. May 4.-Accordine to
."i:"r written at Tecate last Monday
= nj brought by messenger to this city
E"~teriay the @uerrillaS IN Lower Cali
iIruia are committing numerous atroci-
ties.
They are even accused of burning two
federal prs, ners to death The name of
the writer of the letter, WHO is still below
the line. Is not divulsed for obvious rea-
sons
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Vote Is Not Challenged.

The ayes have it," he finally an
nounced. Some senators looked around
the chamber as If cyclone had lust
passed. but no one made any attempt 10
have roll call or to challenge the de-
clsion Of the Vice President.
Senator Bailey has been trying to get
through this change in the hour of
meeting for some time, but until today
he has been unable to get the consent of
the Senate to the proposition.
1t was in the second session OF the last
Congress, which met in December OF
1909. that Mr.. Bailey first made the sus-
gestion and argued for il. II was such
radical departure from custom that
il found little favor. Mr.. Bailey put j,
up 10 the Senate committee on rules
and that body had been ponderine over It,
AT the beginning of this session Mr..
Bailey relieved the fornaiity of the open-
ing day by again urging that the daily
sessions be held a o'ciock instead of
at noon aad few days later he submit
ted the proposition to the Senate in a
formal va, proposing other changes in
the rules as would be necessary. Tha It
had been referred to the rules commit
tee, but no action had been taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04
OBJECTION TO HUTCHINS
BEING ADJUDGED INSANE
Attorneys Secure Postponement O.
Hearing on Writ Secured Against
Local Financier.

Opposition to the adjudication OF Still
son Hutchins local linancier, as insane
developed today when the time arrived
for a hearing on the writ secured last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04

not from the arsenal. and the huIndii
heart rather than the archives OF dlplo-
matte engagements is still the only uitl-
mate Sure abode of peace.
The nation which can do most to Sc
cure international peace must be the ma
ton with the highest Ideals plus the
greatest military efficiency. 1t Is such
nations that in striving for and realiZin@
their own advantage contribute the mos,
toward advantaging their neighbors ana
bc world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04
Ruin of Publisher Charged.

Il want to know if this man Hitch
cock is bigger than the United States
Senate. demanded Senator Davis He
then went on to charge that the Post
master General had driven Lewis into
bankruptcy and wrecked his property
and IN dong so had used governmental
means.
Stamping his foot in vehemence Sen
Htor Davis declared that IL an answer
were not received by week from today
he would offer a resolution of censure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04
Admits He Permitted Game.

On cross-eNamiuation by United States
ATTORNEY Wilson. Benjamin knotts ad
mitted that ne allowed the badger game
10 be. carried on in mis- apartment with
his sister-in-law. as he said he suppose
IHlossie TO be- as the decoN 10 lure men
TO tIe apartment for the purpose of eN
torting money from them. The witness
admitted he paid all the expenses, but de
clared he did his best TO stop it
In answer to query from the court
Knots admitted he accompanied Arm
strong when the latter rushed into the
room after his brother had tied Rosen-
thai TO the chair.
The testimony closed with A r. Lever.
representative in Congress from the
seventh South Carolina district on tn
stand Mr. Lever declared Sen jamlI.
KNOTS bears a good reputation amcne
the citizens Of South Carolina He wa
NOT cross-eNa mined.
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Adjournment Till Monday.

Senator GallingeT had proposed that
"hen the Senate adjourns todayS, it be
to meet Monday. He said several sena-
tors had asked for that, and he asked if
the senators III charge Of the two bills on
the calendar objected to the adjourn
ment
Senator Borah, who is In charge of the
dlrect elections resolution, remarked that
he would not object, if that resolution
We're today made the unfinished business
senator Hepburn, who is against direct
elections, contended that it could not be
made the unfinished business by a mo-
uon, but that bill became the unfinished
business automatically. Senator Clark
chairman of tie judiciary committee
which reported favo.a ably on th. resolu-
ton, asked delay in order to give some
ol the members of the committee an op-
rOrtunlty To file their views: and unon
his statement Senator Rorah agreed not
to object 10 adjournment until Monday.
That out of the way Senator Gallinger
renewed his motion for adjournment nm
til Monday.
VIII the senator withhold that a mo-
ment?? asked Senator Bailey Il desire
to move that, until otherwise ordered
the Senate shall meet at 2 o'clock in
stead OF az noon.
Vice President Sherman put Mr. Bail
eys motion at once. The ayes"
seemed TO he stronger than the noes:
but the Vice President, like many others
IN the chamber, was surprised and hest
tated
The ayes seem to have it, he re-
marked, haiting between each word Still
no one objected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04
Quotes MI. Roosevelt.

Former President Roosevelt recently
nointed out that to he prepared for Wai
no more meant an unpeaceable DISPOSE
tion than to carry fire insurance meant
snecial expectation of fire: that both
meant merely a cOmmon-sense safeguar rd
against an off chance. the off chance he
ing always that 1t takes two to insure
peace as we'll as to precipitate war.
~ am sure the American people are
,ro,aronists Of peace for a higher rea-
son that the economy of disarmament.
" ever A country could afford armamen1S )
n Is ours. AS business proposition II
would save. in the unfortunate event OF
war the appalling loss of life and money
involved in headlons. hasty preparations
and also the time necessary to make a
neopje already warIikc also military
War springs from the human heart
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May Employ Experts.

The committee is to be authorized to
employ experts, SEND Tor persons and
napers. employ stenographerS to report
all it's hearings and TO have the testimony
taken printed.
The committee which it is proposed
shah make the investigation is composed
of senator NeWlands, chairman. and
senators Shively, Brown, La Toilette and
inn;tt Messrs. Brown and La Toilette
are progressive republicans and Messrs
\ewIands and Shivey are classed as pro-
sressive democrats.
The resolution for the inquiry ts in the
same form as one introduced by Senator
Brown in February last year That reSo-
luton WAS favorablN reported from the
committee on corporations organized in
the District, but failed of action in the
Senate District committee. 10 which it
was later referred.
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RESOLUTION PROVIDES
GAS COMPANY PROBE
Investigation Of Affairs of
Concern Proposed by Sena-
tor La Toilette.

An investigation Of the affairs OF the
WASHINGTON Gas Light Company is pro-
ro.ad in a resolution which Senator
- L,nIIette of Wisconsin introduced to-
day The inquiry is to be made by the
S.natc committee on corporations or
.,anized in the District of Columbia.
-Th, committee is directed especially 10
ip,,..-ipaIa ''the cap pital liza ion of SAID
cornpany, including its stock. bonds and
r.rtificates OF indebtedness, when and by
what authority iSsned. their volume and
,.,lue. also its holdings III other COM
,an;.c their character and value: also
tl,e extent character. cost and value OF
The phvsical property Of said company,
tne. lost of operation. dividends declared.
how and when paid; the value and quallt
of GAS sold and price collected therefor:
TN. character of service. and all other
matters relating to the business of the
.orpOratiOn.
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Clemency Plea Misplaced.

The plea Of clemency on behalf OF the
family and previous reputation, the court
said. was misplaced. Reputation, he de
clared, is only how a man is known.
while character is what he really is
Frequently they do not coincide, said
Justice Wright He pointed out that th,
scheme was cooly planned and coolly
executed and had no eXtenuatinG circum-
stances, not even the weakness Of human
emotion.
The court declared that the plea for
parents always appealed To him ;idverselJ
to the interest OF the defendants lie
clara cterized il as cowardly
Public decency has been violated
con cluded the court. and Seli-respeCt de
graded by the perpetration Of this in
decency and rascality, and a punishment
must be meted out u serve a a deterrenl
TO persons of evil minds contemplating
similar offenSeS =
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BENJAMIN Knots on Stand.

Benjamin H Knots took the witness
stand this morning. He said he un-
derstood his brother and Armstron1
were engaged in experiments in cleo
trio lighting. and that they told Inn
they desired to take rooms at iht
Cairo, where there was an electric
plant He said he furnished the
money TO purchase the mercury light
Witness declared he never saw RoSeu
thai until the evening of December -
, He said he was returning from a nlov
ing picture show. when he heard lOuu
talking in his brothers room. lie de-
clared ne told his brother 10 let ta"
man go, and so keep their names out
of the paper. He insisted he did not
visit Rosenthals place of business the
next day or at any other time.
He admitted he knaW of the plan
few days before Rosenthal was caug :.
but advised against IL. lie took n
part he stated. In attempting 10 eXtoF'
the money from Roseuthal, NItnes
said he had been drinking heavily exc,
since he reached Washington He de
MED fatty that he ever approached tn
girls who testified yesterday that he s.
licited them TO engage with him IN
Wholesale badger game.
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Dollars Instead of Bullets.

Mr.. Wilson in his address said
Dollar diplomacy. the newly coined
phrase applied to the expansion of Ameri-
of the Stat Department OF the United
States. means the substitution of dollars
for bullets: the creation Cf Il prosperity
which will be preferred to predatory
strife, and "a practical mode of pur-
suing the ideal Of worlds peace accord
ing to the irterDretati' II of Huntineto ton
Wilson, assistant secretary OF state. a
presented to ;Nc third national peace con
@resS today.
To-day international commerce is every
where an important department of diDi"-
macy said Mr.. Wilson. In 50 far "a
our diplomacy is commercially successful
We are proud f the fact We are not
above being practical and commercial.
The Presidents aspiration tn the ideal
of world peace was signaliZed i'll the pub
lie utterance on December Is of his hop"
that the two great EngliSh-Speaking pe0-
pies might set a new and higher standard
of international self-control by broader
treaty of arbitration. AS you know. this
task is now the subject Of pourparlerS
between the American and British gov
ernmentS. and it is not Improbable that
diplomacy may gradually solve the eX-
tremely difficult problem Of finding prac
ticabIe bases of negotia ton.
1.-The every day work of peace through
Il benevolent and candid diplomacy. as
well as tie definite working out of the
occasional marked advances in intcrna-
tional morality, must fall upon govern
ments and upon departments of govern
ment expert in the facts of International
relations.
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Votes to Meet in Future at 2
O'Clock Instead of Noon.
A SURPRISE TO VETERANS
Senator Bailey Sees Opening and
Presses His Project.
NO ROLL CALL DEMANDED
On Viva Voce Vote. Vice President
Announces That Ayes" Have 1t.
and No One Challenges.

tntii otherwise ordered the Senate is to
meet at = o'clock in tho afternoon in
stead Of at noon.
The CUSTOM OF decades. the custom that
mas grown up with the country and was
thought as fixed an institution aS Con
SresS itself. was thrown to tho winds in
d jjffy this afternoon. Withou, voice
raised i'll behalf Of the hoary antiquity
the Senate voted that. until il shall dc
eide differently. it shall meet two hours
later than III the past.
The "verturning of tho custom of ,1eet-
me at noon and the fixing Of the meeting
hour ut = o'clock was accomplished so
quickly that the veteran employees OF the
Senate were induiring for many minutes
after the change had been made if they
had heard alright
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Would Subsidize Newspapers.

Thinking of Mr. Carnegie'S muniticent
gift, il occurs to me that the establish
ment and subsidy of four or five news
papers in Latin America and the. far ga ST.
with means to Civ" adequate and re
spectacle telegraphiC news service, would
be a splendid and proper means To that
international true understanding which
must be at the pa sis of peace.
In these days when honor the soul
and the mind more than the body and
when the world is regulated by moral and
intellectual rather than physical forces, i
it not still more strikingly important 60
speak only of the cause of peace that
the minds of the people should be fed
and not poisoned in reference TO interna-
tional affairs?
When one newspaper promulgates an
interesting story of Impending war one
can hardly blame its more conservative
cotemporaries for giving the story for
what II may be worth. The harm is done
by those very few newspapers The
newspapers printing stories Tor purely
commercial purposes. as a penny dread
full for the debauchery of the seeker after
sensations should be suppressed like the
purveyor OF injurious drugs, said Mr..
Wilson
To indiscriminatcly emharrass the di-
plotnacv of the country through frivolous
instrumentation or maIclodS attack Is
not to asSail any administration, but II
To attack the country Itself among 'ht
nations of the WOrld-something for
which there is an ugly name and a9 I"
which there should be- something beyond
thu. present statute. | am happy tO sat
that | have in mind isolated instances
ONLY and that | believe the American
press as a whole is already beginning to
respond to its patriotic and moral oblf-
patinns SO increased since tn" nitcd
States entered on it's destined position "a
a great world power.
The subjects OF peace and armaInentS
are usually aSsociated-SometmcS in the
sense that disarmament is the object OF
neace sometimes even II dISarmd
m,nt were a means to peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Friday. with
moderate temperature and light
variable winds.
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All Reasonable Men for Peace.

"Every reasonable man is for peace.
just as every man would prefer 10 go to
heaven; but to secure the one or the
other requires something more than as
piration. The millennium Will not come
for the wishing International peace
must depend upon International self-con-
troll and sense OF justice, and, the spirit
Of a nation being but that of Il collection
of individuals, one comes straight back
to the SChoOlhOuSe, the factory, the farm
and the newspaper. There must be self
controlled and patriotic and enlightened
citizenship if there are to be peace-loVing,
strong nations and governments able to
remain at peace.
1T is almost to state SYllOgiSm to
say that next to national character the
greatest factor toward peace is true in
ternational understanding, and that. after
diplomacy. the newspapers play the most
important part in bringing about or re
tarding such true understanding. In the
case of the United States the true under
standing of the American people and of
the true ideals and policies of their gov
Iernment is horribly hampered by the fact
that in the far east. for example, and
still more in Latin America. almost every
thing bad and nothing good of Us is re
ported in some section of the newspapers
of most countries.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-06
HARD TIMES BALL
 AT C[EARy
A. BIS ARE PUTTING UP LOTS OF ENTERTAINMENT
 THESE DAYS.

That the Cleary Camp of the Arc tic Brotherhood is not overlooking anything in the way of entertain ment is evidenced by the activity along that line which at present pGrvades the old and the new towns
 On Saturday night Hard Times ball was held at A. B. hall at Cleary City, and those who took it in report a splendid time. The cold weather initiated against a large attendance, but there were about 20 couples there. Mrs. Harrington, of Cleary City, won the ladies prize and John Wahlgren, of Cleary, walked off with the gentlemen trophy. The music was furnished by three pieces and was much en, joyed.
 A week from tomorrow masQuer- ade ball will be held at the A. B. hall, at Chatanika. and it is figur- ed out by the wise ones that this will be all to the candy. It Is promised that there will be all sorts of surprises.
 On the 18th the camp has to eel ebrate birthday, this being the fifth anniversary of the inauguration of the Cleary Camp. This occasion will be duly celebrated with a smoker.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-06
DRUMMERS OFF TO IDITAROD

Despite the cold weather prevail ing on Saturday morning Dave Dun bar and Sam Newman. the popular travelling men who run things for the National Grocery company and Schwabacher Bros, in the North country, pulled out for flying trip to the Iditarod. Jack Phillips had the piloting of Dunbar. while Sam entrusted himself to Tommy King, who recently returned from the low CT camp. Two big strings of dogs were necessary to haul the outfits. Dunbar and Newman expect to be back by the middle of next month.
 Mir. Newman, who is making his first trip to Fairbanks for Schwa bachers, requested the Citizen to extend his thanks to the various members of the Panama club and other citizens who had made his stay pleasant. He also wanted it understood by all those in his line on whom he had failed to call, through lack of time, that he will be back from the Iditarod by the 15th of March, and that he will then remain until spring and make a point of reaching all who are in- terested in what Schwabachers have to offer,
The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-06
REMAINS OF CLARK
 BROUGHT IN
RlVES WITH HIS GRUSOME BURDEN.

Deputy Marshal Hansen arrived in the city on Friday afternoon with the body of j. D. Clark, which he had brought down from the Chand- lar country. The remains were talk en to the undertaking parlors.
 Hansen found the remains of Clark on Wind river, a tributary of the East Fork of the Chandlar, close to the Endicott range, which divides the Yukon from the Arctic water shed. The body was encased In ice, frozen sand and gravel, and had to be chopped out of its abiding place. The remains are In very bad condition. They were found in the bed Of the stream, and would undout tedly have been carried down with the current had it not been that they had lodged on snag. The dead mans tent was located on the bank about twenty feet away.
 Clark, with Joseph Geraghty, start ed out prospecting two years ago last fall. and nothing definite was heard of either of them until last fall when John Cornell sent down word that the body of Clark had been discovered. Nothing is known as to the whereabouts of Geraghty.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-06
MISS OFSETH LAID
 ID REST
POPULAR YOUNG LADY WHO DIED ON THURSDAY WAS
 BURIED YESTERDAY.

After less than four days illness Miss Ragna Hofseth died at St. Joseph's hCspital at 1 o'clock on Thursday morning. Death resulted from the rupture of one of the larger blood vessels of the abdom- inal cavity, and the subsequent EemCIrhages. The deceased was stricken suddenly on Sunday after ?-ojl at the Beydns house on Gard island.
 Miss HOfseth was born in Aalesund, Norway, November 29, 1884 She left her native country in the year 1902 to make her home in England and resided there until about three years ago, when she came to Alaska. In Fairbanks and on the creeks she hed wide circle of acquaintance, and her many friends sincerely mourn her loss. Of her immediate family there re- main the father, mother and one sister in Norway; one brother in the eastern part of the United States, one brother in Seattle and two brothers in the Iditarod.
 The funeral services were held from the Auditorium yesterday af- ternoon and were very largely at tended. Rev. J. H. Condit officiated and his remarks with reference to the deceased reached the hearts of his hearers. There were many floral tributes sent by soTowing friends.
 Mrs. A H. McNeer presided at the organ and a quartet composed of Messrs. Scales, Huckins, Max Smith and Morrow rendered Near. My God to Thee" Rock of Ages and Abide With Me" The pail bearers were Messrs. Green, Hebert Haarvei, Rowson, Cathcart and Elk lund Many of those in attendance at the church followed the remains to the cemetery.
 Miss Hofseth was confirmed in the Lutheran church before her depar' ture from her home land and died in that faith.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-06
WIRES ID
 BE EXAMINED
GATE AS TO ALLEGED DANGER EXISTING.

No more kicks in regard to as sessments will be received by the city council as the books were closed at the meeting held on Friday night and the council closed its work as a board of equalization. A resolu- tion approving and confirming the assessment of real and personal property was drawn up and and adopted.
 A communication from J. A. Pat ten, of the Third Avenue hotel, call ing attention to the alleged defective wiring of number of the local buildings was read and referred to the fire committee for action. Fire Chief Buckley and Patrolman Cho- van, who Is an old electrician, were appointed to act with the commit tee.
 A committee was appointed by the mayor to see about procuring two 40-foot ladders for use at fires in the higher buildings of the city.
 The bills for the month were read and approved and the reports of the city clerk and city treasurer were filed.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-06
POSTMASTER LOST.

ATLANTIC CITY, reS. 1. - Rich ard Ashhurst, postmaster of Phila- delphia, has disappeared from the hotel in this city at which he has been stopping, and it is feared that he has fallen into the ocean. He has long been i'll, and it would not surprise his friends if he has ended his life. He is one of the leading members of the bar asso- citation of Philadelphia.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-06
STRIKE PAY ON EVA GREEK

Mike Wagner reports having struck good pay on Eva creek, a tributary of Ester which comes in at below. He has a shaft down to a depth of 100 feet on the right limit bench, about three-quarters of a mile from the mouth of the creek, the pannings from the gravel in which indicate pay going $1.25 to the fott. About 30 feet of gravel was encountered in the shaft. Until re- gently the prospecting on Eva has been confined to the creek proper and on the left Emit, and the presence of an old channel on the right limit was never suspected.