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The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
WOULD DYNAMITE
 THE DENVER MINT
LETTER TO THIS EFFECT IS RE cElvED BUT OFFICIALS TREAT
 IT LIGHTLY.

Denver, Col, Dec 19.-Investiga- ton of report that plot to dyna- mite the Denver mint and rob it of its contents of almost five million dollars. had been discovered, tonight brought out the fact that a reference to blowing up the building was made by a person whose mind evidently is unbalanced.
 Three weeks ago the letter was sent through the mails It was written in Denver, addressed Public Comfort Station, Denver" The postman de liyered it to the janitor at the sta tion and he, after reading it, turned 1t over to Chief of Police O'Neil.
 The writer suggested that since there were persons in Denver out oi work and many who have little money it was not just to horde a vast amount of gold and silver in the mint Il was his idea that a great charge ol dynamite should be placed under the building and the five hundred millior dollars in gold and bullion be scat tered all over the city so that every one might help himself.
 The police turned the letter ovel to the federal authorities, who for warded 1t to Washington.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
DYNAMITE DEFENSE
 MAKES ARGUMENTS
ATTORNEYS LAY ALL BLAME ON McNAMARAS AND McMANiGAL
 FOR EXPLOSIONS.

! Indianapolis, Ind, Dec 19-Upon the McNamara brothers and Ortie E. McManigal. the confessed dynamit- CTS, who. in the name of labor un- ions. committed crimes against which civilization revolts. but in which labor unions took no part" Chester Ii. Krum, arguing to the jury in the dynamite conspiracy" trial today, rested the responsibility for the ser ies of explosions which the forty de- fendants are charged with having caused.
 MT. Krum, associated with United States Senator John w. Kern, as counsel for the defense, told the jury the government had failed to show that President Frank M. Ryan and other officials of the Iron Workers union had violated the federal statute prohibiting the carrying of explosives on passenger trains, and that the government had based its charges chiefly upon the admissions of the dynamiters.
 Tt is not within the power of the federal government to prosecute for acts of intimidation committed against employers of non-union labor said MT. Krum. The defendants are
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20

charged with conspiring to carry pro hibited explosives against the federal laws and it has not been shown that they did so conspire or that they met together specifically with a view of violating that law"
 When Mir Krum told the jury that the statute of limitation had run against some of the acts charged Federal Judge J. B. Anderson inter- rupted him, saying you tell that tc the jury and shall instruct them it is not the law"
 Judge Fredericks, district attorney of Los Angeles county left for Lo' Angeles tonight after having been 1T consultation here with Federal off cials identified with the trial. Cap tain Fredericks said he was. return ing to Los Angeles to prepare for tho second trial of Clarence Darrow on . jury bribing charge, which is set foi January 6.
 Ortie E. McManigal will be kept in Indianapolis until after the trials here are ended and then he is to be returned to Los Angeles, Although McManigal pleaded guilty here. he was brought to Indianapolis on a writ, and 1t is understood he never has been relinquished from the custody of Los Angeles county authorities.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
FITZGERALD CASE GOES ID THE JURY
GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT S10o, 900 TRYING TO CONVICT THE
 DEFENDANT.

Chicago, Dec. 19.-The case of George W Fitzgerald. former teller of the United States subtreasury here, accused of embedding $l73,000, went to the jury today after being en trial five weeks
 The government attorneys charge that investigation of Fitzgerald's af. fairs shows that he suddenly came into possession of big sums of money aftsr the disappearance of the pack age of large bills from the sub-treas ury. Fitzgerald has offered evidence to show that he obtained the money legitimately He asserted many oth CT persons besides himself had access to his cage in the money vault.
 Ii is estimated 1t has cost the gov ernment about Sl00,00 to prosecute Fitzgerald. This includes the five years preliminary investigation made by the government before Fitzgerald was placed on trial
 Because of the illness of Harolc c. Russell, a juror the jurors were taken to their hotel tonight. Delib erations will be resumed tomorrow morning if Russells condition per mits. He is not thought to be ser iously i'll.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
SUFFRAGEETES IN
 A CHILLY MARCH
HIKING DELEGATION OF FEE MALES CONTINUE MARCH TO
 MEET GOVERNOR SuLZER.

Fishkill, IN Y, Dec. 19.--It was two hours after dark and showing, when the suffragette army" that is on it's way to Albany. to deliver a message 10 Gov. Sulzer marched into this city tonight. Winding. roads stretched 16 reputed miles into 22, and the four survivors of the band of 34 women which started from New York on Mon day limped in here at ' o'clock to- night, scarcely able to drag their feet another step It was the first day of actual hardship which the march CTS have experienced. an up and down hill journey over muddy roads in rain and snow. The last six miles were made in pitch darkness, ankle deep in mud and in the face of a bitter northeastern The footsore women re- fused offers of lift from two passing automobiles, for they have vowed to travel the entire distance to Albany afoot
 Miss Rosalie c. Jones, leader of the expedition, who for two days has walked with painfully blistered feet, almost collapsed when she led her fol- lowers into the hotel where they stop ped for the night.
 Will you go on tomorrow" she was asked
 We will march until we drop, stoutly replied the. leader
 The days start was made at Peek skill in downpour of rain which was soon succeeded by fiurries of snow The women reached Garrison across the Hudson river from West Point, at l o'clock having made ten miles in three hours. The remaining twelve miles, through hilly country took five hours of muddy plodding The wo- men as they marched, kept up their spirits with songs. gave their smff- rage yell and distributed suffrage lit erature
 Tonight Mrs. Jesse Hardy Stubbs addressed a meeting of veteran fire men while Miss Lavinia Docks, the fourth marcher. talked at a gathering of local suffragettes.
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CINCINNATI WANTS BROWN.

Chicago, Dec. 19.--If waivers can be obtained on players, Grover Laud- ermilk and Harry Chapman by the Cincinnati National league, they will be traded to Louisville for MoTdicai Brown. according to rumor heard in sporting circles tonight Manager Tinker of Cincinnati is eager to have Brown on his team and Wm Neal of Louisville is said to have expressed his willingness to make the deal If arrangements can be made in the Ma. tional. league. Brown also has. been of fered a position on the umpiring staff of the American league. it has been reported.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
THIS IS STATEMENT OF J. P. NOR GAN BEFORE MONEY TRUST
 COMMITTEE.
ON STAND NEARLYFIvE HOURS
The Big Flnancer Was a Willing Wit ness and Did Not Hesitate About Any of the Questions Asked
 By MT. Untermyer.

Washington Dec. 19.-J. P. Morgan today told the money trust investigat- ing committee of the house that all the money in christendom and all the banks in christendom could not form monopoly that would control money. MT. Morgan disclaimed any know ledge that he yielded vast power in modern financial circles and declared emphatically that he sought no such power
 For nearly five hours the chief wit ness called by the committee in it's probe of the intricacies of modern finance withstood fire of questions that covered many phases of finan- eial operation. In some respects it was one of the most remarkable hear ings about the halls of congress in recent years. with Mir Morgan as the type and embodiment of financial operations on a colossal scale, and the committees counsel, Samuel Un- termyer the representative of the eie- ment which seeks to probe to the in nermost recesses the conditions under which vast financial operations are conducted
 MT. Morgan gave at length his views on competition, combination, co-opera- tion and control in industry and finance. particularly the latter. He declared that he did not mind com petition but that he preferred com bination" in his operations. He was emphatic in his declaration that there is no way one man can get a monopoly of money"
 Throughout the long examination to which MT Morgan submitted with an evident willingness to answer est Jagged Short, sharp questions and answers came with striking rap- idity. While the colloquies were at times emphatic, there was no serious clash between Mir Morgan and MT Untermyer
 MT. Morgan gave a ready response to questions, although there often was a battle of wits as to the meaning and effect of various financial condi- tions and operations.
 The question of competition and combination brought about a lively interchange between the noted finan- cier and MT. Untermyer, the latter opening the tilt with the suggestion that Mr. Morgan was opposed to com petition. The witnesses denied this l but said he favored cooperation" adding that he was in no way oppos- ed to competition and, in fact, liked l little competition" He disagreed with the views of Mir Untermeyer on the question of iiteTiockifS director atss, which forms the basis for a large part Of the statistical evidence that makes mp the records of the money trust investigation up to date. With. out actual control, MT. Morgan claim ed, there is no control, although some directors may be common to several corporations.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
AFTER DESPERATE BATTLE WITH MEMPHIS POLICE, WIFE sLAY-
 FRI FINALLY SLAIN.
POLICE USE fORMALDEHYDE
Murderer Barricaded Himself In Room and Fought to His Death Two Dead, Two Wounded as
 Result of FusiIade of Shots.

Memphis, Dec -Spaulding l. Par
 sons. drug clerk and Patrolman Jesse
 Wooten, are in the hospital, probably
 fatally wounded, and the bodies of
 Adolph J. Boehler, timer, and his
 young wife are in the morgue, as the result of a series of tragedies in Mem phis, beginning last might with the murder of Mrs. Boehler, and ending with the death of Boehler. who was shot by squad of policemen in q room where he had barricaded him. self early today.
 Parsons was wounded by riot gun in the hands of sergeant of police, who believed his victim was Boehler. Wooten has a bullet in his right lung. He was shot while the officers were endeavoring to capture Boeiiier, who a few hours previous had killed his wife by cutting her throat because she had applied for a divorce. Boehler ensconced himself in a | rooming house on the principal busi-
 ness street of Memphis and armed in desperate battle with the officers from o'clock this morning until near l ly noon today.
 In their efforts to dislodge him the police fired through the ceiling in the room below that where Boeher, who returned shot for shot. had taken his stand. Sitting the base of operations to the fourth story they fired through the floor. Meanwhile a squad of men stationed on an aijoiufng roof riddied Boehier's room by shooting through
 the windows. Finally sheet Of iron
 was obtained, hole bored through 1t
 and the floor above the man at bay,
 amid roar of his fiisilIade, a qnan-
 tity of formaldehyde was poured into
 the opening When 1t was believed
 Boehler was sufficiently overcome the
 aperture was widened. With last effort before surrendering to the fumes of the drug. he raised his weapon but at that instant the watch CTS above riddled his body with bull lets.
 Boehler was hurried to q hospital, but died on the way.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
Vice Admiral Killed.

Athens, Dec. 19-Vice Admiral Halil Pasha. formerly minister of marine in tae Turkish cabinet was killed in the naval engagement between the Greeks and Turks off the Dardenelles Dec 16. This is the report received from a Greek captain who has just arrived from the Dardanelles. and made public through a cemi-official agency.
 Vice Admiral Halil Pasffha was on board the flagship Kheyr Ed Din which according to the same author ity was very seriously damaged. It was necessary to use collision mats to keep the vessel afloat
 Four other officers aboard the flag ship were killed and large number of sailors were killed or wounded. Three other Turkish ships were tadly damaged.
 Three Turkish destroyers were during the engagement
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
REAL HOT SPELL.

Sydney, N. s. w. Dec. l9.-One hundred and twenty-two in the shade B the record of the temperature Of the first heat wave experienced in Australia this summer. This was re- ,orded at Eucla, station on the eouth Australian border.
 At poma. in Queensland, the mer- cury stood at no: at Newcastle. the coal city of New South Wales, has had the hottest spell for 16 years. ac- conpanied by dust and wind storms. Other parts of New South Wales also were affected.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
NEGRO coMMUTED.
Governor Donaghey Saves Chester
 Simms From the GaIIows.


 Little Rock. Ark, Dec 19.-Gov. Donaghey tonight, commuted to life Imprisonment the sentence of Chester Simms. negro who was to have been hanged at Devhlls Bluff tomorrow. The negro was convicted of compli- city in killing Kirk MorfoTd. white man at Devalls Bluff. a.. crime for which George Wood. also negro was hanged.
 The sentence was commuted at the request of the circuit judge and prose cutting attorney, and at their request news that his life had been spared was kept from Simms tonight. Mean- while officers who suspected that the negroes had accomplices. 'sweated' Simms believing this, his last night on earth, it is said he revealed val uable information which Is being withheld.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
MARINE OFFICER RESIGNS

Washington, Dee. i9--'rha navy de- partment accepted today for the good of the service" the rssigaatmn of First Lieutenant Ward Ell;s os the Marine corps to take effect Saturday. .edt. Ellis, who is now at the marine har- racks. Mare Island, Cal, faced court martial on charges uf failure to pay his debts
 He was apoo;nsen to tac marine corps from kaLsas aud was ccmmis stoned May 13 l9bs
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
TAFT LEAVES FOR PANAMA.

Washington, Dec. 19.-Presiden. Taft left at l6.S0 o'clock tonightsorer the Atlantic Coast Line railroad for Key West, Fla. to sail Saturday on the Dreadnought Arkansas for Colon. After three day inspection. of the Panama Canal. the president will re turn to Key West. He Is due in Wash Egton again Dec. 31.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
BIC SALE RED CROSS SEALS.

New York, Dec. 9.--The sale af Red Cross Christmas seals throughoUt the United States this season will bring between $400000 and $500.000 to aid in the fight against tuberculosis, ac- cording to reports today from all over the United States.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20

Turkey promising to renounce the right to capitulations when the others do the same Another Greek delegate arrived to- day. He brought important -bapers to Premier Venizelos He is Rizo Ran gabe, whose father, the writer, poet
 and archeologist. was called the victor
 Hugo or Greece.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-20
THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON, DEC. 1s-FoRE- CAST FOR ARKANSAS: FAIR AND SOMEWHAT COLDER FRIDAY; SATURDAY FAIR.
The Washington times., 1912-03-21
CARRY FIGHT ON
MOUNT VERNON FEE
TO SUPREME COURT
Association Opposing Pres,
ent Plan Decides on
Future Course.

Right of the Mt. Vernon Ladies' AS
sociation to control Mt. Vernon will
be carried up into the United States
Supreme Court, according to a de-
cision reached at meeting of the Mt.
Vernon Anti-Fee Association held la st
evening. Suggestion that the matter
be carried thus far came from Con-
gresham Rothermel of Pennsylvania
in a letter read at the meeting, which
was held at 1887 ] street northwest
Congressman Rothermel makes
three points: That the original idea
was that Mt. Vernon should be turn
ed over to the Government after the
property had been saved by public
subscription; that John A. Washing
ton had no right at law to sell a
graveyard, and that the Ladies' AS
ISOLATION had no legal right to buy
such a property; that the body of
Washington belongs in the vault
built in the United States Capitol for
the purpose, and that the Govern
The Washington times., 1912-03-21
NOTED LEADERS IN
CIVIC AFFAIRS ARE
TOATTEND HEARING
Jane Adams, BrandeiS, Nit
chell, and White to Testify
on Industrial Bill.

BY reason Of the acute situation be-
tween the anthracite operators and
l,'lhers, special interest will attach t.
the hearing which will be held before
tne Flouse Committee on Labor tomor-
row morning on the Hughes-Bora hill
Iur Federal comm lssion on industrial
relhtionSi. This hearing will bring forth
may distinguished public men and
women who ere specially concerned
over the adjustment peacefully OF the
troubles between labor and capital
John Mitchell, President John p.
wire: cf the United Mine Wol kers;
Jane Addams, Rabbi Wise. Louis Bran
oeis, John Hays Hammond, and others
OF prominence will attend.
fNeRtS have crowded on orc another
rapidly to force on the attention of the
public and of Congress the need for
some legislation which will bridge the
gap between capital and labor, and
bring about the settlement OF Industrial
deputies speedily, with fairness to each
SIDE and with due regard to the public
interest
First, the Mcnamara case at Los An.
Eeles. gave the movement for an indus
trial commission impetus. Then, the
grave revelations Of conditions at Law
ronce. Mass. before the House Commit
more on the attention of the LUblic AMI
of lawmakers. Now, the threatened
strike in the coal fields gives the propo-
sSIao slnor : stu more moment IN the eycs Of
way out of the vast problem of ad-
Justr elIt of relations between employ
err and employed.
Force has been given to the move
ment for the passage of the Hughes
Borah bill by the fact that coal oper-
ators, miners and members of Con-
gress from the mining regions are IA
vorably inclined to the legislation. The
Illinois Coal Operators Association has
1ndorsed the bill and urged the whole
llllnols delegation to support 1t.
The Washington times., 1912-03-21

SI.z5 Baltimore and Return-Baltimore
& Ohio. every Saturday and Sunday.
Good to return until 900 a. m. train
Monday. All trains both ways, inClud-
ing the Royal Limited.-Advt,
The Washington times., 1912-03-21
Former Premier Urges
Rejection of Government
Minimum Wage Bill

LONDON, March H.-Declaring that
the present situation growing out of the
strike of the coal miners was the
graVest in the history of the nation,
former Premier BalfoCr, leader of the
conservatives, moved IN the house of
commons today the rejection of the
governments minimum wage scale bill
He reviewed the measure, which he
characterized as extreme and unwise
and in no way remedial, and demanded
that it be killed by the house of COM
mons,
The Washington times., 1912-03-21
Colored Woman Accused
Of Staying Employer

|. NORFOLK, Va. March n.-The po-
lice of Hampton alleged today that Mrs.
Ida Belote, mother Of eight children.
was murdered by Virginia Christian,
colored, because the latter feared she
was to be arrested charged with steal
ing clothing from the Belote home. The
suspect is under arrest, and the au-
thoritles say they have a complete
case against her.
The crime was committed in the Be-
lote home, at Hampton, and the body
of Mrs. Belote was found by her daugh-
ter, Harriet, yesterday, when the girl
returned from school Hampton was
deeply stirred by the crime and some
threats of lynching were made.
The Washington times., 1912-03-21
Mrs. Werner Given
Banquet By Lodge

A surprise banquet was given last
night by members of Ruth Rebekah
Lodge. No. 2. of the l. o. o. F., for
Mrs. Henrietta Werner, recording
secretary, who completed her twenty
fifth year of activity in the fraternal
order yesterday, a veteran" pin,
bearing the gold figures "25," was
presented to the surprised guest of
honor. Mrs. Annie +. Coleman and
Mrs. Lillian Wells were presented
with large bouquets. Nearly 100 mem
bers attended the banquet.
The Washington times., 1912-03-21
Woodmen Initiated.

Oak Camp, No. T. Woodmen of the
World, held a meeting at Northeast
Temple last night. Fourteen candi-
dates were initiated. Benjamin r. WILL
iams, consul commander of the camp,
presided. Oak Camp has one Of the
best degree teams in the city, and
wren new members are to go through
large attendance Is usually OF hand.
An effort Is being made to build the
membership up during the Yenr. SO
far a large number OF new men have
been taken In since 1911.
The Washington times., 1912-03-21

Messalines, China Silks,
Pongees, Novelty Silks,
Taffetas, Black Foulards,
Black Messaines, Black
MoireS.
The Washington times., 1912-03-21
Telephone Is Robbed.

Report was made to the police Of
the Second precinct today that the
slot machine attached to the public
telephone in Convention Hall had
been broken open and the contents
stolen. 1t is not known how much
money was in the box.
The Washington times., 1912-03-21
Tennessee Teachers.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn, March 21.-
Members of the East Tennessee Educa-
tional Association gathered at the state
Normal School here today for what
promises to be the most profitable an
nual meeting ever held by the organi-
zation. The meeting will continue over
tomorrow and Saturday and will have
as speakers Superintendent James NJ.
Greenwood, of Kansas City; DR.. +. +.
Rail, of the University of Tennessee; /;
William s. Bovard, of the University of
Chattanooga and several other well
known educators.
The Washington times., 1912-03-21

ment constructed the tomb at Mt.
Vernon, and not the Ladies' Associa-
tion, as is alleged to be generally
believed
Speakers at the meeting reflected
at length upon the present conduct
OF Mt. Vernon and asserted that II is
being run like a dime museum"
The Anti-Fee Association re-electe
+. A. Whippler as attorney and in
structed him to fight the Ladies' AS
sociation in ali the courta there are