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MONEY HEARING
MOST IMPORTANT
Takes First Place During
Brief Congressional Ses-
sions During this Week.

Washington. Dec. 16.-The main in
quiry Of the Money trust investiga-
tton-that into the alleged concentra-
ton Of money and credits in the hands
OF few financiers of New York-be-
gan today when the Pujo committee
OF the house resumed hearings tenn
porarily suspended Friday.
Bankers from New York and out
lying cities and towns have been sub
poenaed to answer questions as to the
extent of New York's control over the
bank deposits of the nation. and the
extent to which few men may con-
troll the chief banking activities of
New York.
The financial inquiry will be the
chief feature Of the final four days of
congressional activity preceding the
holiday recess. Efforts will be made
to hasten conclusion of the impeach-
ment trial of Judge Robert w. Arch
bald In the senate. but it is not ex-
pected that the jurists attorneys will
close their case this week. All Of the
governments evidence has been pre-
sented. but conclusion of the case is
considered improbable before the
early part Of January.
Appropriation Bills.
Appropriation bills will hold the
hoor in both houses until the Christ
mas recess Thursday night. The In
dian. postoffice and fertilization an
preparation bills in the house. and the
legislative. executive and judicial ap-
preparation bills in the senate. will be
pushed as rapidly as possible. in the
hope that they can be passed before
tions committee will report the latter
measure back to the senate early in
the week. and Chairman Warren of
that committee. will ask the senate to
pass It before adjournment Thursday.
The senate has agreed to take up
the Sheppard-kenyon bill prohibiting
shipments of liquor into prohibition
Of the session tomorrow. No indica-
tion has been given of the extent of
the fight that may develop over the
bill. An effort will be made by Sem
ator Kenyon to keep 1t before the SEN
ate as the "Unfinished business" and
to secure final action on it this week.
Campaign Hearing Tomorrow.
Hearings before the campaign ex-
penditures Investigating committee
will be resumed Tuesday. William r.
Hearst. former Senator Foraker of
Ohio and q number Of other witnesses
have been asked to appear during tho
week. Much OF the committees in
vestigation will center about the po-
litical activities of the Standard OIL
company. as revealed Dy John ID.
Archbold. and the Archbold letters
first made public by Mr.. Hearst.
Whether further action will be TAX
On by congress toward an Investigation
Of the Grand Trunk and New Haven
railroads in New England. probably
will he decided during the week. by
the house rules committee. which held
hearings last week on Representative
O'Shaunessy's resolution for the ap-
pointment of an investigating COM
ntttee.
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Is SUFFRAGETTES
BEGIN LONG Walk
Leave New York for ALBANY
in Support of Votes for
Women" Movement.

New York, Dec. 16.-"F'irst aid is all
right 70 rour bruises small, but moth
ing will cure us but votes for ALL"
Thus sang twenty-five suffra gettes
today as they started their 14O mile
walk to Albany to deliver to Governor
Sulzer. on his Inauguration day. a
message for the cause of woman suf-
frage.
Glad in sweaters. mackinaws. short
skirts and high boots, and headed by
a woman beating a tattoo on a snare
drum the marchers left Van Cort-
landt Park on the outskirts Of the city
shortly after 9 o'clock.
Sympathizers of both sexes were on
hand and cheered Justify as the lead
er Of the pilgrimage. Miss Rosalie
Jones-"General Jones'" as she called
Jones-"General JONES'" as she is call
ed by her fellow suffragettes-gave
the order, forward march," The sun
was smiling brightly and the air crisp
but not too cold; but come sleet, sleet
storm or blizzard. the women are un-
der a VOW to carry the scrolled mes
sage on foot the entire distance.
Each woman has a knapsack in
scribed with the words, Votes for
Women" and containing suffragette
literature which will be scattered
through every town and village on the
way.
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SAFETY FIRST IS
PARAMOUNT RULE
Commerce Commission Urg-
es it in the Operation of
Trains-Care is Needed

Washington, Dec. Is. - Safety
first" is the paramount rule of train
Operation suggested by the interstate
commerce commission in its twenty
sixth annual report submitted today
to congress. Discussion Of disasters
on American railroads during the last
year constitutes an important feature
of the report.
1t is pointed out that many of the
accidents resulting in fatalities might
have been averted by the exercise
of proper precaution or the. employ
mont Of suitable devices and good
equipment. Figures given show that
OF the total OF s.215 derailments dur
ing the year. 1877 were caused by
defects Of roadway and 3,s47 were
due to defective equipment. This in
dicates an increase over the previous
year of $50 in the derailments due to
bad roadway, and 1923 due to bad
equipment.
The investigation by the commission
itself Of railroad accidents involving
loss Of life. the report says, has pro.
ceeded far enough to indicate the need
Of more effective measures than thus
far have been taken to secure safety
Of railroad travel" While the previ-
to the adoption by the railroads Of
all-steel, or steel-underframe. cars are
being adopted "as rapidly as condi-
tons will permit" and "the danger
from the use Of unsound cars is gradu-
ally disappearing" the serious danger
of defective roadway and the use of
unsound rails still remain. as result
OF which derailments are likely at any
time to occur. Concerning Its investi-
cations, the commission says:
"Of the thirty-one derailments in
vestigated. fourteen were either di-
rectly or indirectly caused by bad
track. In five Of these fourteen cases
the derailments would probably have
been avoided had existing speed re-
strictions been observed: but in all the
remaining cases no ADEQUATE speed
cases the track conditions were so
obviously unsafe that derailments
were likely to occur even at low speed
In one serious derailment an examina-
tion Of the track in the vicinity Of the
accident disclosed 906 rotten ties
within distance Of 147 rail lengths.
as many as eleven bad ties, and under
each Of two rails there were twelve
ties SO badly decayed and broken as
to be totally unfit for service. In many
Of these ties the spikes we're so loose
that they We're easily removed by
hand. the"wood having no longer any
holding power. The track in the
vicinity of this accident was poorly
ballasted and was unsafe for the pass
age of trains at ordinary speed. This
derailment occurred on straight track
while the train was running about
thirty miles per hour"
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Confession Wrung From Guilty
Baggageman; Train Holdup Cleared
Faxed Wound on Head, and Bound Himself Hand and
Foot to Add Strength to Story-Threw POT
Is of Money OF to His Brother

Bakersfield, CAL. Dec. 1s.-Marvin
w. Handy. 22-year-old express
messenger. whose car on the Sunset
Western train Of the Santa Fe rail-
road was robbed Of $20.145 in gold
near here last week, confessed today
thta he had robbed the safe with the
aid Of his 16-year-old brother, Melvin.
The robbery was committed last
Monday night. After telling a story
Of an attack by two bandits who had
laid him unconscious with q blow on
the head. the young messenger was
taken to hospital at Taft, Cal, where
he slammed injury SO successfully
that not unti' yesterday was he seri-
back here and today was subjected
to third degree" for FIVE hours by
the railroad and express detectives.
Breaking down finally. Handy
threw his hands over his. head and
sobbed out: "Oh. did it myself"
Then he told where the money was
buried, how he had conceived the plan
Of the robber" and how he had car
ried 1t out
In his confession Marvin shouldered
the entire responsibility for the theft,
declaring that although Melvin had
taken the bar- old when he had
thrown them from the train and
buried them. the younger lad. did ev-
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1899 she led woman's movement for
the unseating Of Brigham H. Roberts.
Congressman from Utah. as a demon
stration against polygamy: later she
railroad employees. and toward the es-
tablishment Of the railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
she gave her personal attention and
upward of a million dollars. Severa.
railroad Y. NJ. c. A. buildings, others
for naval men and several for the
Young Woman's Christian association
have been erected in cities throughout
osity.
One Of the unique forms Of her
charity has been the personal recep-
tions she has given to hundreds Of city
waits and self-supporting women at
her estate near Tarrytown. N. Y.
which includes a great playground
especially fitted up for these parties.
ciety.
Figured in Controversy.
Only last July Miss Could figured
in a controversy with the Rev. Elmer
Huffner of Grand Junction. Col. when
he dealt severely with bachelor
maids" in a sermon. declaring spin
sters should be isolated.
Miss Gould was quoted as replying
that he did a great injustice to the
bachelor maids, particularly to those
who devoted themselves to ideals for
the advancement OF civilization. As
Ito her own case she said:
"If had found suitable helpmate
I might have spent my money q
different way and a way which might
not have done as much good as 1t
has"
Since the death Of her parents Miss
Gould has been the intimate friend
OF Mrs. Russell Sage, who has been
-~-...l -, Doo> -
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Had Been in Serious Condi-
ton Only Since ass;;rs-
b..
days of Last Week. 't
DEMISE CAME AS
GENERAL SURPRISE
Even Attending Physicians Had Been
Optimistic-Well Known ae Author
and Diplomat-Remains VIII be
Brought Home.-Son on the Ocean.

London. Dec. 16.-whitelaw Reid.
the America nambassador to Great
Britain since 1906, died at his London
residence. Dorchester House. shortly
afternoon Sunday from pulmonary
oedema. The end was quite peaceful.
Mrs. Reid and their daughter, Mrs.
John Hubert Ward, were at the bed
side.
The ambassador had been uncon-
scious since . o'clock in the morning.
and at intervals during the previous
twenty-four hours he had been de-
lirious as a result Of the drugs admin
istered to induce sleep.
Sir Thomas Barlow, physician to the
king, who was called in last week
when Mr.. Reid's illness became acute.
and his regular physician, DR.. William
Hale White, issued the following hull
1etin as to the cause Of death:
"A fortnight ago the American am
bassador had slight bronchial at
tack similar to others from which he
had suffered at considerable intervals.
On Wednesday last asthma superven-
ed, and the asthmatic paroxysms be-
came very severe, leading to extreme
exhaustion.
"It was hoped that he might rally.
as no pneumonia symptoms had ap-
peared. With difficulty the paroxysms
OF asthma were got under control. but
Sunday morning the exhaustion be-
came extreme. and he died from pull
monary oedema at 1910 p. M"
The Hon. John Hubert Ward, who
with his wife had been at Dorchester
Hause continually since the ambas-
sador's condition became serious, noti-
ned the staff Of the embassy when the
patient began to sink, and when death
came he sent word to the king and
queen at Buckingham palace, the
queen mother. Alexandra, at Sand
ringham, and the officials at the court.
King Expresses Condolences.
Almost Immediately the king sent
his equerry. Sir Henry Legge. to ex-
press the condolences Of himself and
the queen. During the afternoon
messages conveying the warmest SYM
pathy We're received from the queen
mother. Alexandra. and other men,
bers Of the royol family. court off,
cials members of the government and
Of the various embassies and legations
while many who had heard the news
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'Continued on Page g.
DEFINITE WATER
CONTROL SCHEME
Secretary Fisher Urges Its
Adoption-Enlarge the
Leasing Principle.


washington, Dec. 16.--A definite
and comprehenslve water Power pol
ICY 1or streams upon the public do
man and havigable streams not on
the pubic domain. is urged by the
secretary of the interior. Walter ].
fisher. as the most important subject
pending before congress and the
country, IN his annual report submit
tea today to president Taft
Other legislation which Secretary
rlsner recommends as important to
the welfare Of the country embodies
an enlarged application of the leasing
principle as applied to the public do
y main IN general; comprehensive
leasing law for coal, oil and other
mineral lands: and laws providing for
the classification of public lands ac-
cording to their respective characteris-
tic and appropriate uses and admins
tration in accordance Herewith. Sec
retary Fisher also declares in favor
OF legislation for the development Of
the transportation facilities and the
coal lands OF Alaska, and for the with
drawal from entry of public lands in
the west needed to conserve the water
supply at the sources Of streams He
recommends the retirement and PEN
sioning of the civil employees Of the
dations are in renewal and emphasis
OF those made IN his previous annual
report.
Asto a water power policy, he says
that 1t must be made to contain that
those who receive special privileges
connected with water power develop
ment shall in fact proceed by appro-
PIRATE degrees and within appropriate
times to develop the available water
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erything. under Marvin's instructions
Il knew my car was to carry a heavy
shipment of gold to the First National
bank Of Taft about the tenth of the
month";" said Handy. So posted
Melvin at Kern Junction with instruc-
ttons to have a lantern and shovel.
AS we passed Kern Junction, three
miles from Bakersfield, heaved of
the bags Of gold.
Then I bumped my head against
a trunk to make people believe I had
been hit there by a bandit. and Just
before the train n''"nd into Taft,
bound myself hand and foot and roo:-
ed my head under a pile Of mail
sacks. was lying like that when
railroad men and constable at Taft
came into my car"
The boys agreed that they would
let the money lie buried until excite.
ment had abated and the man hunt
which was Immediately instituted by
county. city and railroad authorities
had been given up.
Handy is % years old. He had beer
an express messenger on the Sunse,
Western run nearly a year.
The money, which had been hitted
by the boys in a brick yard at Kern
Junction. was recovered with the ex-
ception Of $500 which was found in
Melvin's room. Both brothers are III
Jail.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-16
HELEN GOULD To
WE'D; ST. LOUIS
man IS CHOICE
Famous American Million
aire Philauthropist Ends
Career as Bachelor Girl.
SHE MET FIANCE
EARLY THIS YEAR
Time for Wedding not Announced
Has Trebled Fortune Left Her and
Reputed to be Worth SIS, 900, 900
Groom.to.be Prominent Socially,

Lakewood, N J., Dec, 16,-An.
nouncement Of the engagement of
Miss Helen Miller Gould of New York
to Finley ]. Shepard. prominent
railroad man Of st. Louis, was made
yesterday afternoon at the residence
It was said that announcement of
the time and place Of the wedding
would be withheld for the present and
this statement was confirmed upon
inquiry at the residence Of Miss Gould
in New York.
Mr.. Gould made known his sisters
engagement in a formal statement.
which read:
"Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould an
nounce the engagement Of their sis
ter. Miss Helen Miller Gould, to Mr..
Finley ]. Shepard Of st. Louis
Engagement Is Pleasing.
Asked whether he desired to say
anything additional concerning the
engagement. Mr.. Gould laughed and
remarked that "there will be nothing
more. except that this engagement ie
mSst safs /. pleasing to Mrs. Gould and my
Mr.. Shepard has long been prom.
inently identified with railroad and
financial affairs In the west. He is a,
present assistant to the president OF
the Missouri Pacific railroad. with
headquarters In st. Louis.
Upon the death of her father, jay
Gould, in 1892, Helen Gould. then "a
Years old, inherited fortune of about
10.000.O00. It has been estimated
that by Investment she has trebled
this fortune and at the same time
devoted fully half Of her time to bene.
factions which brought her into world
prominence.
Began During War.
She began her benefactions during
the Spanish sh-American war, when she
gave time and several hundred thou
sands OF dollars to the relief of sick
and wounded soldiers. for which she
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-16
wilson IS HOME;
GOES TO PRINCETON
President-Elect is Giving His
Time Over to the State
of New Jersey.

New York. Dec. 16.-President-e elect
Woodrow Wilson returned today from
his vacation trip to Bermuda. The
steampship Burmudian. which carried
him and his party docked here a few
minutes after 3 a. m. Not an an
nouncement as to politics or anything
else did the governor have to make
on his arrival.
"1'm going to devote myself to New
Jersey affairs" he said.
After a few hours in New York he
planned to go direct to his home in
Princeton SO as to be on hand at the
state house at Trenton early tomor-
row for the regular budget Of state
business. The president-elect brought
with him his annual message to the
New Jersey legislature which meets
January I. It embodies every plank
in the democrat platform.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-16
ANDERSON IS OUT
FOR SPEAKERSK|P
Ramsey County Member of
Legislature Seeks Honors
as Presiding Officer.

Bernt Anderson Of Churchs Ferry,
ramsey county, is q. candidate for the
tatives Of North Dakota.
Mr. Anderson made a statement to
that erect in an interview given in
Devils Lake today. -.
The new candidate for the speaker
ship makes the eighth aspirant for the
nonors no., r. to come into the open. and
s1iii s,1i there are prospects Of further ad-
Mr.. Anderson is one Of the we'll
known members Of the lower branch
OF the assembly. He has been q
member several sessions. serving three
terms already.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-16
ROBBERS KILL
Expected That Victim of Beating Will
Die from Injuries.

Lima. Ohio. Dec. 16.-One man is
believed to be dying and several 9TH
ers are in a critical condition as re-
suit of being beaten up by highway
men in South Lima early today.
Frank Holly of Graham. Va. the
most seriously injured. is said to be
fatally hurt.
Fifty men. members of a construc-
tion crew. were lined up in their camp
ny nVe negro desperadoes. With
drawn revolvers they forced the la
borers to give up what money they
had in their pockets. total Of more
than $400. Holly and seven others
who resisted were beaten by the high
waymep who escaped from the camp
on horseback after they had complet-
ed their work,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-16
HARD COAL CASE
DECIDED TODAY
Government Wins Partial
Victory-Not an Illegal
Combination, However.

Washington. Dec. 1s.-The govern
ment loses the general conspiracy
charges in the hard coal cases. but
wins on the Temple Coal and Iron
company charge and sixty-fve percent
contract charge.
The supreme court today held that
the so-called sixty-five per cent con-
tracts between the hard coal roads
and the coal operators were illegal:
sustained the governments former
victory over the Temple Coal and Iron
company. but declined to sustain the
charges Of general conspiracy among
the hard coal roads.
1t is considered a partial victory
for the government.
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TEN DROWNED

Standard OIL Barge Goes Down in
Gulf of Mexico.
Port Arthur, Tex, Dec. 16.-G.
Sand. master Of Standard Oil COM
pany barge and the nine members of
his crew. were drowned Thursday
night in the Gulf when a heavy. storm
tore the barge from it's tow and it
turned turtle.
Fears are expressed for the safety
OF the masters and crews Of the Brit
ish stame Impoco. and barge Hainut,
totalling. thirty-six. persons, which
are known to have been in the path
Of Thursday night's storm.
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DIE IN ATTEMPT
TO SAIL OCEAN
Two Men Tried Hydro-Aer-
oplane from Los Angeles
to San Francisco.

Los Angeles. Dec. 16.-Hope of res
cuing Horace Kearney and Chester
Lawrence, who started for San Fran
cisco by hydro-aeroplane Saturday
noon. virtually was abandoned when
pontoon believed to be part of
Kearney's hydroaeroplane was picked
up four miles out at sea off Rodondo
beach.
Glen Martin. who took part in the
search all day Sunday in a hydro
plane. met with an accident but was
saved from death by a motor boat
which towed his craft to shore.
London. Dec. 1e.-The fall Of an
aeYoplane today adde1 two to the list
Of fatalities of aviation. Lieutenant
w. Parke of tn Royal Navy and Mr..
l1ardwick, manager Of an aeroplane
company, were killed when the ma
chine in which they were making a
flight from the Hendon aviation
grounds to Oxford. came down with a
terday afternoon.
a choppy wind. They had proceeded
only a few miles at the rate Of about
fifty miles an hour when the machine
turned turtle. Many persons watching
the aeroplane. saw 1t swoop over the
golf grounds at height of $50 feet.
Suddenly the wind checked its flight
and turned it over. and 1t crashed to
the earth. The aviators were pinned
under the wreckage.
Lieutenant Parke was one Of the
leading aviators in the last army man
euvers. he received his license in
April, 1911, at BrooklandS.
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ACCUSE OFFICER
Claim He Collected $4,000 Exces
FeeS During Tenure in Office

Detroit. Mich. Dec. 16.-Walter s.
Harsha. former clerk of the now de-
funct United States circuit court here.
who was deposed from office in April,
1909. after holding that position for
twenty-seven years. is defendant in q
trict court next Tuesday to recover
$4,000 excess fees alleged to have
been received from litigants.
The suit is the outcome of investi.
cations by Charles F. de Woody. spe.
cial assistant to the attorney general,
covering period Of nearly five years.
OF the excess fees about $4,000 al
ready has been returned by Harsha.
who through his attorney has stead
fastly maintained there was no intent
Of wrong-doing but that errors crept
into his bookkeeping.
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Five Years is
Sentence for
James Flower

Williston. n. d.. Dec. 16.-
James Flower will go to states
prison FIVE years for killing Will
liam Griffith of Superior. Wis.,,
whom he killed in q row two
months ago near SpringbrooE. this
county. The Jury went out Satur-
day night. returning its verdict
Sunday. He made plea Of self.
defense.