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The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
SECRETARY OF TREASURY
MAKES ANNUAL REPORT
No Further Postponement of Long
Awaited Change of Currency Sys-
tenn, Says Official.
CHICAGO EVENING POST

Washington Dec. 18.-"It is a mat
will now be feasible to realize with
out further postponement the long.
awaited reform of the banking and
currency SYSTEM" says Secretary OF
the Treasury MacVeagh in his annual
report. He then comments at some
length on the satisfactory and non.
partisan work of the monetary com.
mission in devising a tentative plan,
and asserts that that plan has met
with the approval, in most of its fea-
lures. Of great part of the people.
That congress will promptly adopt leg.
islation based on the commissions
report is the hope and expectation OF
Mr.. MacVeagh.
The total estimates Of expenditures
for ordinary and extraordinary pur-
poses in 1913, exclusive Of the esti-
mates for the Panama canal and those
for the postal service payable from
postal revenues, are $637 1920, S03.35.
The estimates of receipts available for
the general fund are 1867 900, 900. The
estimated excess of receipts for 1913
is, therefore, s29, O79,196.e5. The esti.
mates for the Panama canal are $47,-
263, 760.20, making the grand total Of
estimated expenditures payable from
the general fund $685.. 1S1, 563.55; and
accordingly the estimated excess Of
expenditures for 1913, including the
Panama canal, is s1S,1S4, 56355.
Among the things the secretary asks
of congress are civil service retire
ment system, reorganization of the
customs districts to eliminate useless
offices, the appointment of a commits
sion to map out a budget system, new
buildings for the auditors and the
government records and the abolition
of ad valorem duties.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON
PRESIDENT TAFT AND so
INFORMS HIM.
SENATE MAY MODIFY WORDING
OF RESOLUTION.
Will Put an End to the Treaty, But
Cut Out Accusation That 1t Has
Been Violated by Russian
Government.

The Russian government has IN
formally informed this government
that the SulZer resolution proposing
to terminate the treaty of 1882 with
Russia is offensive to the cars gov
eminent. This is the resolution that
the house passed a few days ago by
vote of 800 to /.
Russia has not lodged any formal
protest with the state department.
The new ambassador from ST. Peters
burg, George Bakhmetieff has, how
ever, made it clear to both President
Taft and Secretary Knox what the
views of the Russian government are
in regard to the document introduced
by the New York state representa-
tive.
Russia is incensed at the. wording
OF the measure, not at the proposed
termination of the treaty. Russia
does not question the right Of the
United States to denounce the treaty,
but considers the SulZer resolution
as unnecessarily offensive and will
regard the termination OF the treaty
under this resolution as an unfriend'
ly Get on the part of the United
States.
The resolution plainly states that
the treaty is to be terminated because
Russia has violated it.
The views of the Russian govern
ment were apparently communicated
to Secretary Knox and President
Taft BIZ the Russian ambassador.
1t is practically certain that the
senate committee will refuse to ac-
cept the Sulzer resolution in its
present form. The committee prob
ably will recommend resolution
merely proposing a termination Of
the convention with Russia, diplo-
matically emitting any reference to
the why's and wherefores.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
FALLS HEIR TO $85,OOO,00O
Estate in Observation-Disclosures Been
Source of Much Wrangling
Among English Nobility.

New York, Dec. 1S.-The heir to a
matter of $S5,000,000 which has been
causing King George, the duke of
Marlborough and the duke of Dew
onshire all sorts of trouble has been
found in the person Of Joseph Cola, a
Brooklyn carpenter. sixty-fve years
of age.
The estate Is in Newfoundland and
consists of several miles Of water
front, rentals, interest and huge
fishing industry. The income has
been a source of much wrangling in
England and some of it has been
going to Lady Elizabeth Churchill.
It is claimed that one Samuel
Churchill went to st. Johns rs years
ago and laid the foundation Of the
great fortune. He had two daughters,
Elizabeth and Clermont, and one son,
Nicholas. Clermont married the cap
tain Of fishing vessel and was disin-
herited. Nicholas was taken by pi-
rates while on his way to London and
forced to walk the plank. He left
will bequeathing his share of the es-
tate to Clermont About that time
Cola married Churchill and, the two
sisters dying without issue. the Coilas
became the direct descendants and
heirs to the estate.
Coila's family consists of his wife
and two daughters, Mrs. Catherine
Green of Rochester and Cora b. Cola.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
Farmers Reject Woman's Suffrage.

That the farmers Of Michigan may
take hand in demanding woman
suffrage in this state was turned
down when a resolution TO that ef-
feet was introduced to the Michigan
Association of Farmers clubs, which
convened for the annual meeting. The
question was referred to the commit
tee on temperance. Senator Dickin-
son will appear before the associa-
ton in the interest of the Anti-Saloon
league.
Other resolutions ask that the gov
ernor shall permit the farmers or
CARNATIONS in this state to assist him
in the appointment of commission
of agriculture. A demand is also
made for an investigation into the
high cost of farm machinery. These
matters will all come up for later
discussion and consideration.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
Ex-Army Chaplain Arrested.

Rev. Charles NJ. Brewer, formerly
a chaplain in the United States
army, now pastor of a Baptist church
in Olutee. Ok, has been accused in
confession by Private Michael
Quirk if implication in series of
explosions that have bafIled military
authorities at Fort Riley for six
months.
United States Commissioner Chase
stated Brewer had been arrested at
Olutee and was being held for Unit
ed States marshals.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
Arizona's First Election.

The Democrats of Arizona will
place two members in the United
State senate and one member in the
house of representatives. a governor
in the state capitol at Phoenix and,
unless present indications are mater
tally changed, will make a clean
sweep of the state ticket, as a result
of the first state election
The legislature, from present indi-
cations, will be more than three
fourths Democratic, insuring the
election of Henry f. Ashurst of Pres
cot; and Mark A. Smith Of Tucson to
the United States senate. Carl Hay
den of Globe was elected governor.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
BILL FOR LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Thirty Governors Name Delegates to
Washlngton-WiiI Draft a
Measure.

Washington, Dec. ia national
conference on Interstate liquor trans.
portation. to which 80 governors of
states have named delegates. opened
here. The purpose Of the conference
is to draft bill to be presented to
congress prohibiting the shipment of
liouor from a wet" state into dry"
territory. The conference was plan.
ned by the Anti-Saloon League of
America as a feature of its national
convention. which has been in session
In this city this week.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
ENGLAND IS STORM-TOSSED
Tremendous Gale Sweeping British
Coast-Many Vessels Are Firing
Signals of Distress.

London, Dec. Is. - Tremendous
storms are raging in the English
channel A full rugged bark is on
the Goodwin sands, together with tugs
and lifeboats. The steamer Ragos-
valid Is ashore off Dungenes, with
tugs going to her assistance. Distress
signals are being fired I'm other parts
Of the channel, which signifies that
other vessels are in danger.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21

Fire underwriters report Saginaw's
water supply of insufficient volume
for good fire protection.
Notwithstanding the fact that Rear
Admiral Richard Wainwright, aid for
operations retires December IL.
Secretary Meyer has decided to make
use of his long experience and retain
him on the active list Of the navy,
assigning him to the general board
after retirement. Rear Admiral C.
r. Vreeland, aid for inspections, has
been appointed to succeed Admiral
Wainwright, as aid for operations.
but his successor has not yet been
appointed.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
KING LEAVES DELHI
Indian Authorities Breathe Easier as
Monarch Departs.

Bringing to close the most mag
nificent durbar that has ever pro-
claimed the vassalage of India to
Great Britain, King George and
Queen Mary, new emperor and en-
press OF India, took their departure
from the new Indian capital. The
Indian authorities who have charge
OF the safeguarding of the royal pair
during their stay breathed sigh Of
relief as the new emperor and en-
press departed.
Before leaving King George ex-
pressed his warm appreciation of the
loyal sentiment of the Delhi people.
simultaneously with the departure
OF the king and queen, the thous-
ands OF visitors who had come to
witness the scenes of the investiture
also began leaving.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
Jury Frees Show Girls.

Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad
were acquitted Of the charge of at
tempting to kill w. e. ID. Stokes.
The jury that freed the chorus girls
believed their story that they shot
Stokes in self-defense. 1t was not
impressed by Stokes account of the
gun-play and the circumstances that
led up to the shooting.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
Foreign

John j. Wilkerson, American super
intendent of the Bullion mine near
Monterey, Mexico, killed II Mexican
brigands out of band of % when
they attacked the mine storehouse.
The bandits who escaped the deadly
volley fled to the mountains.
Louis Forrer, vice-president OF the
Swiss federal council, was elected
president OF the Swiss confederation.
Tho English government has decid-
ed to exclude all the American meat
packers against whom prosecutions
have been begun in the United States
from rendering for contracts for the
supply OF meat to the British army
and navy, pending the settlement OF
the suits.
In the presence of a brilliant assem-
blage OF native rulers and high
British officials, the king-emperor and
the Queen-empress laid the corner.
stone OF the new building at Delhi,
India, to which, when completed, the
seat of government will be trans.
ferred from Calcutta.
The British house of lords adopted
the national insurance bill, providing
for compulsory insurance against sick
ness and unemployment of the work
ing classes, probably the biggest thing
in the world in legislative way now
pending. AS the house of commons
has passed the bill the signature of the
king is only lacking for it to become
a law.
Princess Louise Victoria, sister Of
King George V. of England; her hus-
band, the duke of Fife. and their daugh-
ters, together with several Ameri-
cans, had thrilling experience when
the steamship Delhi. on which they
were voyaging TO Egypt, struck the
reefs off Cape Spartel, the northwest
extremity of Africa.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21

New York Supreme Court Justice
Cohalan has granted William j.
Cummins, a director of the Carnegie
Trust company, who was convicted OF
the larceny of $4,000 from the Nine
teenth Ward bank, a certificate OF
reasonable doubt.
Following the arrest OF Rev. G. N.
Brewer. Mrs. Anna Jordan and five SOL
diers. it developed that for nine
months federal army officers at Fort
Riley, Kan, have been fighting an al
legged plot to destroy the big army
reservation. Not only were there fire.
quent incendiary fires and dynamite
explosions, but the commanding Of
ficers received frequent letters threat
ening them with death and the fort
with destruction.
Charles Wilson and his wife, known
as Zoe Willard, were found guilty at
Chicago of violation of the Mann act
by a jury in the Federal court. The
penalty is fine Of $4,000, imprison-
ment for ten years, or both.
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad
We're acquitted Of the charge of at
tempting to kill w. E. Stokes, the mil
lionaire hotel owner, the jury deliber-
ating exactly 5S minutes. When the
verdict was announced the girls be-
came hysterical
More than S1,OOO,OOO worth of cattle
were sold by stockmen who attended
the convention OF the American Ma
tional Live Stock association in Den
yer.
The second hearing of DR.. B. Clarke
Hyde at Kansas City on a charge
OF numbering Col. Thomas II. Swope
ended in mistrial Harry w.
Waldron, the juror who escaped from
the custody of the deputy marshal,
returned home, was found insane by
Judge Porterfield and the jury was
discharged.
Samuel B. McHenry of Chicago, who
has annoyed Miss Katherine Elkins
for two years with love letters, was
sent to the hospital for the insane at
Washington.
monument erected to the memory
of the unknown dead of the Civil war
was unveiled at Newton, Kan. 1t was
given by the Womens Relief corps
and cost $500.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21

sum MARY !
Of A
Weeks EVENTS !
Latest News of Interest I
Boiled Down for the
Busy Man.
Washington

~ bcsSb1st5 eSHs
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Weigh in his annual report expresses
the hope and belief that congress will
speedily pass currency and banking
reform legislation based on the tenta-
tive plan of the monetary commits
sion.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief OF
staff Of the army, favors the restora-
ton of the canteen to army posts. He
declares in his annual report that the
consensus of opinion in the army is
that the canteen chould be reestab-
lished.
The Russian government has adj
yised President Taft that the passage
of the Sulzer resolution would be re-
garded as an insult, and cause sew
erance of all friendly relations with
the United States. To obviate this
possibility President Taft has decided
TO give formal notice to the Russian
government of the desire of the Unit
ed States to terminate the treaty of
1892.
Rapid development of public inter-
est I'm the broader phases OF agricul-
tural education is noted by DR.. A. c.
True, director OF the office of expert
ment stations of the department of
agriculture, in his annual report, just
made to Secretary Wilson.
The pure food board of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington de-
cided that the importation of absinthe
into the United States should be pro-
hibited after January l next. The
board declares that the drug is dan
gerous to the health of those addict
ed to its use.
President Taft sent to congress
brief formal message transmitting the
full text of the report Of the investi-
eating board which found that the bat
tleship Maine was blown up in Hav-
ana harbor by an external explosion.
The board was headed by Admiral
Vreeland of the navy, and included
Col. William Black Of the corps OF
engineers of the army.
Attorney General Wickersham In
his annual report said the recent Su-
preme Court decision had demonstrate
ed the effectiveness Of the Sher-
man antitrust law. and told Of the
activities of the department Of justice
during the year.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
Personal

George B. Mcclellan ("Diamond
Dck"), noted In dime novel lore, died
at Kansas City from injuries received
In being run down by a train. Nc
Clennan was a native of Ogdensburg.
n. Y.
DR.. William Furness, a psychologist
of Wallingford, Pa, after two years
work has succeeded in educating two
chimpanzees SO that they can talk
and have remarkable reasoning DOW
ers.
Mrs. K. II. Hartman has received
during the last year 5000 requests for
aid, which, if granted, would have
meant the disposal of $4,000, 900.
John Hogan, widely known as a vet
Gran theatrical manager. was stricken
with paralysis at Hot Springs. Ark.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, second son of
the late Cornelius Vanderbilt. from
whom he inherited a fortune estimat-
ed at $100,000,0O0, was married at
Reigate, Surrey, England, to Mrs.
Margaret Emerson McKim, daughter
of Captain Isaac +. Emerson, the Bal
timore millionaire and divorced wife
of DR.. Smith H. McKim.
William G.. Reick has purchased of
Mrs. William M. Laffan a majority
of the stock of the New York Sun.
according to well authenticated re.
ports In New York.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21

only about 80 per cent of Boston
school children are physically normal,
according to DR.. William ]. Gallivan
of the board of health. Out of 101 900
children in the public schools, $4,000
have been examined and $4,000 of
these found detective"
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
Russia and Persia Reach Agreement

Russia and Persia Reach Agreement.
A dispatch from Paris to the Elk.
change Telegraph company, London,
1t is stated unofiicially that as re-
suit of the efforts of the Persian min
ister to France an accord has been
arrived at between Russia and Per-
STA.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
FARM PRODUCE.

rAHM fltODU CE.
Cranberries are working q little low
er and a decline is quoted in the price
or oranges. Apples are steady and 9TH
er fruits q9iet. Plenty of poultry is
nTm ntaf IL in o irom day to day and the
neglected. Butter and eggs are II, fair.
demand and steady. The produce mar
i Ket Is S active In the leading lines and
Httle change is made in prices
Butter-Recelpts. 149 packages; mar
ket firm; extra creamery, 35c: first
per b Reerg s1e packing zoe
ket firm current receipts cases in
Guided. &c per doz
soAppleesEsBaldwin, s275@s; Greening.
az so per Dbl. -
- Potatoes-Car lots, bulk, soc; sacks.
onions-s5c@ s1 per blu; Spanish, 81 c5
Hickory Nuts-shellbark, 21-2@3c
Dressed neutrality-suspicious. 11@12c.
hens, s@l0c; ducks. 16@17c; geese, Il
q l3c; turkeys, 16@1Sc per ID.
o. Dressed calves1,ordinary. S@sc;
Dressed Hogs-Light, 81 rs; medium.
oHoney-choiee to fancy comb. $50
l9e per lb; amber. Ia a 15c
!, I've i've. PEG " chickens, ITO
hens, SC; ducks, lac; young ducks. NJ i5c:
cabba age S @1aa2 IS psr 1bS Si.
Vegetables--Beets, Csc per bu. car
rots, coo per bu; cucumbers hothouse.
81 25@1 so per doz; celery, 206D25c per
doS; green onions, IL l-2c per doz;
green peppers, COO blu; head lettuce,
$S 20 @3 90 per hamper; dollhouse rad
ishcs. 20 soc per doz; turnips 6Oc per
bu: watercress, 25@30c per doz; green
beans, So 5000; wax beans, $4@4 80 per
blu; rutabagas, 45c per blu.
Provisions-Family pork, s17 500
20 90; mess pork. SIC so; medium clear
SlIW Is: smoked hams. lac; picnic
hams, loo; shoulders, lie: bacon, 12m
IA &C. briskets, 10 1000 S-4c; lard
in tierces Lee; kettle rendered lard.
10 lac per liz.
Hay-Car lot prices track. Detroit:
No. timothy. s21 50023; No. tim
othy, $1,000; light mixed, $1,000; No.
! mixed. SIS 50019; rye straw, SO 90
10; wheat and oat straw, 50 per ton
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
Domestic

tOur arrests Dy pOStOmce lHSpeC-
tors revealed a cunning Matchmaking
scheme through series of letters
which demanded, under pain of death,
$4,000 of Garabed T. Pushman and
Karekin T. Pushman, wealthy Ar
menians, members of the importing
rug firm of Pushman Bros. Of Chicago.
Estimate Of appropriations needed
for the expense of the New York state
government for the next fiscal year
aggregate $53,500,000, according to a
statement tabulated by the state
comptroller.
five Moro outlaws in battle near
Lanao. Mindanao, p. l. The Americans
suffered no loss.
The laboring man is the hope of the
country in the fight against the rum
traffic." declared John B. Lennon Of
Illinois, treasurer of the American
at the annual convention of the Anti
Saloon League of America at Wash
ington. ID. G.
In a special election citizens or
Wichita. Kan, voted to expend 100000
10 build separate schools for white
and colored children.
An entire family-Mrs. Mary A.
Morners, widow; her daughter,
Edith. aged twenty, and Blanche, aged
seventeen, and son, Arthur, aged
twenty-eight years-were murdered
On the Morners farm near De Freest-
Vile, Rensselaer, county, about five
miles from Albany. N. Y.
In the belief that the feminine de.
sire to please the eye exists until
death, the st. Louis Book and Flower
guild has decided to give face powder,
toilet water, perfumes and defeats
soaps as Christmas presents at ths
homes for the aged.
James MARCEL, former mayor ans
banker of Highland, Kan, convicted
OF robbing the M. Pmllipsborn com.
pany's store at Minneapolis, Mimi, W
$4,000 on May /. 1910, was sentenced
TO FIVE years and six months in tho
penitentiary.
Eugene Il. Schmitz, San Franchises
former mayor, must stand trial on tho
charge OF taking brides from the Unt
,,d Railroads and tho Gan Eroncteco
Gas and Electric company. unless DIS.
;rjct Attorney Fickert finds that con.
nc: ion is impossibl
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
Eighty-four Bodies Taken From Mine

Twenty-one more bodies were found
in the Cross Mountain mine, Brice-
vile, Tenn, in which an explosion
occurred week ago Saturday morn
ing. This brings the death list to
"a, and President Stephenson of the
Knoxville Iron company, owner of the
mine, stated he believed this account
ed for every man entombed. Five
We're rescued.
The company has claimed from the
hrst but SO men were in the work.
ings when the explosion occurred,
but miners say there were more.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21

Former Senator Nelson w. Aldrich
of Rhode Island, chairman OF the
monetary commission, told President
Taft the report of the commission
will be ready Jan. s, the date set by
congress. I'll not be sorry when it's
DONE" he said. Then I'll retire from
public life forever"
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21
JURY FREES GIRLS
LILLIAN GRAHAM AND ETHEL
CONRAD, WHO SHOT STOKES,
FOUND mot GUILTY."
VERDICT IN So MINUTES
Young Women Become Hysterical
When They Are Acquitted of At
tempt to Kill New York Million
aire-Given Ovation by Crowd.

New York, Dec. 16.-Lillian Graham
and Ethel Conrad were acquitted Of
he charge of attempting to kill w. E.
D. Stokes, the millionaire hotel own
er. the jury celebrating exactly So
minutes.
When the verdict was announced
the girls became hysterical. Miss
Graham fell into the arms Of Miss
Conrad and they were locked in a
fearful embrace when friends rushed
to their aid. After holding a trium-
plant reception in the courtroom they
were escorted from the criminal
court building by q cheering crowd.
In his charge to the jury Judge
Marcus eliminated the attempted
murder charge from the indictm ent,
restricting the jury to the charges Of
assault with intent to kill and as
sault with intent to do bodily harm.
His contention was that the shooting
In the Varuna apartment on the night
Of June was not premeditated.
The closing plea of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Buckner was a vicious
attack on the girls and denunciation
of Stokes. OF the latter he said:
State Denounces Stokes.
1T makes no difference whether
you like Stokes or not. l don't like
him. I'm glad he isn't my father
My father Is minister of the Gospel
and stands for everything Stokes
isn't. This has nothing to do with
the case, however. The fact remains
that Stokes was Il willy old man who
knew better than to get himself into
a breach Of promise suit. There was
not an element of love in the whole
affair. 1t was lust on Stokes part
and on Miss Graham's part 1t was
lucre."
The girls plea was eXtortion. pure
and simple, he declared. with Ethel
Conrad, "a wildcat and kitten" as the
prime mover. He said the whole cpl
sode was a Matchmaking scheme and
heaped all the blame on Miss Con-
rad, whom he described as the most
remarkable woman ! have ever met,
the most astounding combination of
wildcat and kitten the world has
known in many years-and only nine
teen years old!"
Calls Girl a Tigress.
In closing his plea he said:
Miss Lillian Graham stood there
with that gun in her hand and her
brain swimming with the effect of the
whisky she had taken to keep her
courage up. Overcome by anger be-
cause their plans had failed this weep
ing willow became tigress. He'll
broke loose in Lillian Graham and.
with an exclamation, you will, will
your she opened fire on this big,
repulsive man who had figured SO
much in her life"
When Assistant District Attorney
Buckner began his speech to the jury
Mr.. Stokes pretty young wife had a
chair up near the judges desk and
Miss Graham and Miss Conrad sat at
their attorneys table.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21

Charles F. BROKER, member of the
Republican national committee from
Connecticut, will resign soon.