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New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
TOTAL OF $65,345
DEPOSITS BY BECKER
Two New Items Aggregating $4,000 Un.
covered-$H, 500 in April Alone
Blanket indictment Likely To-day.

Lieutenant Charles Beckes known bank deposits April were
increased Yesterday District Attorney learned Of $4,000
which the thrifty lieutenant had added his account the
uptown branch Chelsea Exchange Bank. This addition
which he deposited the 34h street branch Of
bank that month The items bring the total
deposits from November 1911 $645 the details of
$58845 Of which related in The Tribune yesterday
recalled Herman Rosenhal his statements to the
District Attorney plain that April of Becker's
high mark months collections concerned Becker
beg an Of the strong arm squad June
months he busy with rowde the
Brooklyn strike and other nonpoducve duties
the gamblers and other lawbake Of the
that used to paying for protection
Beginning November however he apparently learned
possibilities of his work. and this police lieutenant whose
salary year. able April alone make all the fol-
depoc
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
srsANoLED By HER TEETH.

pittsburgh, Aug H.-Mrs. Mary Thomas
o,,ected to remove her false teeth when
she retired last night, and was found
..ad this morning from strangulation.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
Chanae in Free Toll Clause.

The action of the confcrrees in elimi-
mating from the bill the amendment
extending free tolls TO American ships
engaged in the foreign trade is proba-
bly, the most vital point in the compro-
mise reached. If this amendment had
remained in the bill it would have ac-
Iccntuated the objection raised by Great
Britain to tho discrimination in favor
OF American ship owners. ON the othef
hand. the COnfcrrecs were agreed th't
no complaint could lie against the pro
vision granting free tolls to American
vessels engaged in the coastWise trade
as the vessels now enjoy legalized
monopoly and cannot be regarded as
coming within treaty prohibitions.
Second in importance TO the free tolls
provision is the revision Of Section IL
the principal section of which Is as fol-
] lows:
From and after the first day Of July,
! 1914. il shall be unlawful for any rail-
road company or other common carrier
sub ieet to the act to regulate commerce
(of 1887 to own. lease, operate, con-
troll or have any interest whatsoever
| (by stock ownership or otherwise, either
directly, indirectly, through any holding
company or by stockholders or directors
in common or any other msnner) in
any common carrier by water operated
through tho Panama Canal, or else-
where. with which said railroad or
other common carrier aforesaid docs or
may compete for traffic, or any vessel
carryina freight or passengers upon
said water route, or elsewhere; and IN
case Of the violation Of this provision
each day in which such violation con-
tinues shall be deemed a separate Of
fence.
| The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is given jurisdiction 10 determine
questions of fact as 10 competition or
nossibility OF competition, and the de-
cision of the commission shall be maj.
The commission, if it shall be of the
opjnjon that any such specified existing
service by water other than through
the Panama Canal is being operated in
the interests of the public and TO the
advantage Of the convenience and com
merce Of the people, or that such ser
vice neither prevents nor excludes com
petition. is given authority 10 eN'enu
the time in which such service by water
NAV continue beyond July ]. l9l4
All Railroad Vessels Barred.
Equally drastic is the agreement
on the Reed amendment closing the
canal TO ships the owners OF which are
doing business in violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law.
As revised in conference, the feed
amendment applies TO vessels ehgaeeu
In the foreign trade as well AS those
engaged in the coastwise trade OF Tue
United States. The section provides
that mo vessel permitted 10 engage vi
the coastwise or foreign trade OF the
limited States shall he permitted 10
enter or pass through said canal II
such ship is owned, chartered operateu
or controlled by any person OF coi'-
nanv which is doing business In VIOLA
tlon Of the act Of Congress OF July -
1890"
The question of fact. IL Is PROVIDED
NAV he determined by any court Oh 'he
United States having jurisdiction ana
suit may be brought by any shipper OF
by the Attorney General OF the ohiteu
States.
senator Brandegee and Representa-
tive stevens declined to join the o'"e'
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15

During the hot season. judicious use OF
Angostura Bltters prevents summer COM
paint -Advt.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
In a Desperate Combat They
RepuISe Rebels, Whose Shells
Single Out American
Legation.
THEIR FIRE WAS TOO HOT
Women and Children Slain in
Their Homes, and Nicaraguan
Citizens Are Praying for
Active Intervention
by This Country.

Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 14'-The
insurgents under command Of Generals
Mena and Zeledon resumed their at
tack on Managua at 3 o'clock this
morning. but after a desperate fight
we're again repulsed. This is the fourth
day Of the battle which is beng waged
about the Nicaraguan capital.
Before they were repelled the rebels
succeeded in forcing their way close
ND to the houses Of the city. The Amer
jcan sailors guarding the United States
LEGATION and the Presidential palace.
who. because Of their craftsmanship,
had been specially selected from the
American detachment stationed here TO
protect the lives and property Of Amer
lean citizens. directed fire too hot for
the attackers, and the rebels were
driven back.
The bombardment Of the city by field
guns was continued all night The
Presidents palace was struck twice.
Three shells missed striking the Ameri-
can Legation by only thirty yards.
All Americans Are Safe.
vs. this dispatch is filed there is a lull
in the fighting, the insurgents having
retired 10 position short distance
from the city. All Americans and other
foreigners in the city are safe.
An attempt was made last night to
assassinate the commander in chief of
the government forces. General Emilio
Chumorro. while he was walking in
the streets.
The third day of the battle which
began with bombardment on Sunday,
was resumed at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning when the insurgents made
sharp attack on the cast side of the
capital After several hours Of fight
ing the rebels wore repuised.
The deposed Secretary of War Cen
eral Mena. had brought up more heavy
guns from Granada. and the fire OF the
biggest gun was deliberately directed
on the residences of the city.
Mcny shells fell near the Presidents
palace and the American Legation.
Several of the missiles struck within
fifty 10 ? hundred feet Of the legation.
Evidently that building was the object
Of the rebel fire one shell hit tho
table around which President Diaz and
the members of his Cabinet were sit
ting, but no one was injured.
Early on Tuesday afternoon there
was & lull in the battle. but at o'clock
the insurgents made one Of the fierccst
attacks since the fighting began. They
he'd more cannon in line. and there was
p sharp engagement until darkness set
'n but the government held its lines.
insurgents Driven Back.
After dark tho insurgents suddenly
turned the right flank Of the defending
army and drove the government forces
back mile 10 the edge Of the town.
Here the government troops made
determined stand. and after a fierce
fight lasting an hour. the Insurgents
finally retired The rebels big gun
then resumed firing on the residences.
The service of the cannon was regu-
Jar and the improvised hospitals are
Continued on ffth page. seventh column.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15

REDUCED FARES TO KANSAS CITY
and return. Penna. r, r. s54 IS round trip
from New York. Tickets sold August Il.
ib "a and II. good returning TO reach n. Y.
before midnight Sept. l. Consul, agents.
AAvt -
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
COnferreeS End All Differences
Over Canal Measure and
Compromise on Tolls
Provision.
FREE TO COASTERS ONLY
Vessels in Foreign Trade Must
Pay-Railroad- Owned Craft
Are Barred-Ships Built
Abroad Admitted to
Registry.

Washington, Aug. 14.-Eliminating
tolls to American vessels engaged in
the foreign trade. which they believe
fraught with possibilities of interna-
tional complications. the conferrees on
the Panama Canal bill reached an
agreement late to-day. Although the
House rcceded from the greater num-
Der Of amendments most Of them were
of minor Importance and the bill comes
from conference closely resembling the
measure originally pa7sed by the lower
body
As agreed upon by the confcrrees the
principal features Of the Panama bill
are n follows;
Vessels engaged in tho coastwlse
trade Of the United States may enter
the canal without the payment OF tolls.
American owned vessels engaged in
the foreign trade are not accorded this
concession.
The American registry OF foreign
built vessels owned by Americans is
authorized.
The conferrees added q provision that
material for the construction or repair
OF vessels built in the United states
shall be admitted free of duty under
such regulations as the Secretary Of
the Trea sury may prescribe
Section II. which provides for the di-
vorcement of railroads and competing
steamship lines. was rewritten in con-
ference. and as agreed upon closely
follows the original House provision.
II not only prohibits the canal To rail-
road owned ships. but provides that
railroad owned steamship shall not be
operated through the canal, 'or else
where"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
Objects to Criticism Of Courts.

] have no sympathy and have no feel
Ing in the constant criticism OF urts and
OF judges In this city. | have been a
member OF the bar for nearly twenty
years, and l am somewhat familiar witt
courts and judges ard proceedings in
court, both criminal and civil. II is not
TO be expected that prosecuting officers
can always agree OH all points with jurses
and with Judges but there never has been
a time, at least during my administration
of the District Attorneys office. whsn
there has ever been any serious differences
Of opinion with regard TO the great, tun-
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
.-uuex,s puaE cLARET MINIS

DEWEY'S PURE CLARE WINES
great aid TO digestion, with meals.
u r. Dewey e. Sons Co. .l3sFulton St,N.f
---Advt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
Man Power and Coal Power.

Does any one realize the power or
coal as a worker? A man was set to
work to pump as hard as he could all
day, and at the end of ten hours it
was found that he had done just as
much work as a little less than two
ounces of coal could do.
Taking all the energy put forth by
a Woodworking man during one whole
year, the same amount of force would
be furnished by SO pounds of good
coal, or say 40 pounds of average
coal
We produce six tons head Of pop
ulation, and this contains the energy
OF 1876 men working for a whole year.
OF course, even in our best engines
the greater part of the working en-
ergy of coal is wasted But even If
only one-tenth is turned to account,
one and a half hundred weight Of coal
is equal to a man working for 800
days of the year.
4 horse can do as much work as ten
men, but one and quarter pounds OF
coal has as much working force as a
horse expends in one day. So that a
ton of coal, if We could use all its
force, would do as much work as SIX
horses working for whole year.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
ATTORNE YS-AT-AW.
VIM. T. WILLIAMS. PHILIP WILLIAMS
MIILLIAMS & BROTHER.

ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
WOODSTOCK, VA.
Special attention given to all claims
for collection, none too small. Will
attend to business In any part of the
county.
Titles to land examined. Money
to lend on real estate security. Prac-
tice IN State and Federal courts.
Jan. q lit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
NettIes a. Substitute for Cotton.

The search for a cotton substitute
has been going on in Europe for
long time, and many experiments
have been made with the common net
tie, which has been a promising plant
on account of the strength of its fiber
and it's ready growth wild under the
most discouraging conditions, with
large yield per acre. The great diff
Guilty has been in separating the fiber
from the woody stem. In a method
of treatment that has been worked out
In the last two or three years, the
dried nettle stems are boiled about
half an hour in dilute soda I've, and
the loosened fbers are then separated
in machine with revolving brushes.
The material is then subjected to
number of alternate boilings In dilute
I've and thorough washings, both I'M
der high pressure. The product is a
mass of yellowish fibers, free from
gum, that can be bleached, combed,
and spun into lustrous white yarn.
This is claimed to have the smooth
ness and softness of fax, with q
strength even greater than that Of
hemp. The yarn has been made into
brilliant damask, and can be used
alone or with other threads-for up
holsteries, ribbons, and a variety Of
fabrics.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
MERCY THAT s7INas
NIGHT COURT JUDGE ME1Ea QUIZ
DISGUISED INJUSTICE.
Fashionable Women Enjoy His Cruel,
ly lmpertinent Questioning Of For
lorn Girl and Then Praise Him
for His Kindness.

She's been up here thirty times,$
said the court officer, with backward
jerk of his thumb.
She wasn't bad looking girl at all
Not many months ago she had been q
very good looking girl indeed. In
spite of the slush underfoot and the
drizzling rain that had been falling.
she was not noticeably bedraggled|
when she came into the night court
for women. One chiefly noticed that
her eyes were dull and her bearing
careless. She had become used td
the routine of her life-and that rou1
tine included the court. Emotion had
been burned out of her by the caustio
Of existence. A fare Of drunken am
ger-a maudlin sob-were her limits
of expression. She mounted the bridge
drearily, hopelessly. 1t was evident
enough the girl didn't care.
ASK her"
A buzz of whispering filed the court
room. One looked up to see a bevy
Of handsomely dressed women sitting
by the side Of the judge. They wore
evening gowns. Gems sparkled against
the pallor of their breasts. Their fair;
shoulders were protected against the
draughts Of the filthy courtroom by
costly furs. They rested white kid
elbows upon the judges desk and
propped their arrogant and complacentI
faces In slender hands and stared that
dingy courtroom down. The Judge
had obviously been dining with themd
His handsome face was flushed and
he often laughed behind his hand
with the prettiest of his callers. At
their prompting he asked that poor
bedeviled, hopeless woman who stood
before him questions that were still
cruelty impertinent, though he was a,
judge and she woman of the Streets
The silk clad women by his side tit
tered and exchanged hooking glances-
The woman's voice grew hoarse and
strained as she replied. She stared at
the women of another world as those
women OF the poor streets in Paris
may have stared at the women Of the
court some hundred odd years ago.
You may go now,'' said the judge
silkily The women who sat by his
side upon a bench that had been de-
filed, stretched out their pretty hands
and patted him gently upon the arm.
How good you are to these people,
said one to him, addressing him by his
first name.
The old court officer was leading
the woman toward the door. A bright
spot burned high upon her cheek
bones. The flames of rage flared In
her widely opened, staring eyes.
"G'wan now, KID" said the old court
officer, patting her shoulder with
awkward kindness. Don't you care.~
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
CAPTAINS Specific Orders.

Capt. John l. Lewis, an official OF
the Arundel Sand and Gravel company
of Baltimore, has toured the world.
Captain Lewis in recalling some OF his
trips said that he met friend one
time, and they talked of the dangers
Of icebergs.
He remembered that his friend, also
a tourist, said:
"One night while returning from
Europe I came out on deck. 1t was
so foggy that nothing could be seen
The captain of the ship was walking
the deck and I approached him and
said:
How fast are we going?'
"The master replied, Twenty-Five
miles an hour
lis not that violation of the law!'
I asked. The captain admitted that II
was.
Then l asked, Why do you run SO
fast through a fog?'
1.-THE captain replied, My official
standing orders are Heaven, hell OF
New York in five days.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
WHEN MUIR RD0ICED
NATURALIST WRITES ABOUT A
"NOBLE EARTHQUAKE"
Impressive Description Of Shocks In
Yosemite Valley Which Gave Birth
to a New Mountain Avalanche
TaIus While He Looked.

"A noble earthquake! A noble
earthquake" exclaimed John Muir,
when he was awakened at half-past
two o'clock Of moonlit morning in
the Yosemite valley. For years he
had believed that the many great ava
lanche taluses leaning against the
walls of the valley at intervals of
mile or two, had been caused by an
earthquake at least three centuries
before, and here was his chance to
make some observations. Never be
fore had he enjoyed storm of this
sort, but the strange, thrilling motion
could not be mistaken, and SO he ran
out of his cabin, both glad and fright
ened as he made his exclamation.
"The shocks were SO violent and
varied, and succeeded on another so
closely" he writes in the Century,
that l had to balance myself care
fully in walking, as if on the deck
of ship among waves, and it seemed
impossible that the high cliffs of the
valley could escape being shattered.
In particular / feared that the sheer
fronted Sentinel rock, towering above
my cabin, would be shaken down, and
/ took shelter back of large yellow
pine, hoping that 1t might protect me
from at least the smaller outbounding
boulders."
The most impressive part OF his de-
scription is of the sounds. ut was a
calm, moonlight night" he says. and
no sound was heard for the first min
ute or so save low, muf1ed, bubblinG
underground rumblings, and the whts-
pering and rustling of the agitated
trees, as If Nature were holding her
breath. Then suddenly out of the
strange silence and strange motion
there came a tremendous roar. The
Eagle rock, on the soath wall about
half a mile up the valley, gave way,
and l saw it falling in thousands of
the great boulders l had so long been
studying, pouring to the valley floor
in a free curve luminous from fric-
ton. making a terribly sublime spec
tacle-an arc of glowing, passionate
fire, fifteen hundred feet span, as true
in form and as serene in beauty as a
rainbow in the midst Of the stupen-
dous rock storm. The sound was so
tremendously deep and broad and ear
nest that the whole earth, like 81 liv-
! ing creature seemed at last to have
found voice, and to be calling to her
sister planets. In trying to tell some
| thing of the size of this awful sound,
it seems to me that if all the thun-
| der of all the storms had ever heard
| were condensed into one roar, it
would not equal the rock roar at the
birth Of a mountain talus. Think.
then, Of the roar that arose to heaven
| at the simultaneous birth of the an
| cient canyon taluses throughout the
| length and breadth Of the range!"
The Indians and many Of the white
men left the valley In terror of this
earthquake, the final rumblings Of
| which were not over for two months,
/ but Muir remained to study it's eff
fects. Among other things, he kept
a bucket Of water on his cabin table
to learn what he could Of the move
ments.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
Her Tribute.

IT think know my own failings," he
said.
''If you do" his wife replied, your
knowledge takes much wider range
than have ever given it credit for"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
Hurt In the SEQUEL.

Graham Ferguson has just returned
after an absence of six months on ''the
other side" Fergie did not spend all
his time abroad at the home of his
Ayrshire ancestors; he visited Swift
zerland and Italy and did not neglect
Paris. 1t was in this famous city that
he witnessed a famous sight.
when l was in France" he told a
newspaper friend Sunday, y saw a
duel"
ooh! One of those French duels,
Ell? Nobody was hurt. presume?"
"You are wrong there. One Of the
contestants was seriously injured"
Zone of the contestants? Surely
you mean, bystander or second or
a surgeon?"
mo, sir: one of the duelists. He
had rib broken"
you astound me! One of those
toy rapiers could not smash a rib.
surely?"
"Rapier. nothingi The brave mans
rib was broken in the embrace with
his opponent, after the duel was over"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
WILD TIMES IN HONDURAS
Bandit Crew From Guatemala Raids q
Village and Carries Off All
the Women.

Parallelling the robbery Of the Sab
inc women in early Roman hmistory, a
bandit crew from Guatemala dashed
across the border recently and ear
ried off the women of a tiny village.
Excitement runs high, both here and
throughout the colony, since the an
nouncement that no troops could be
sent to run the thieves to earth. That
plans for a private invasion of Guate-
mala are in progress there is no doubt.
A posse is expected to leave in day
or two well provided with arms and
ammunition, to accompany the men of
the village to the mountain lair where,
it is thought, the brigands hold their
fair captives.
The border near the point where the
Mexican, Guatemala and British Hon.
duran lines join is infested with out
laws, who, by jumping from one coun-
try to the other, avoid the rather lax
vigilance which is maintained by the
police departments in this vast and
sparsely settled region. Near the line, in
British territory, is the village Of Bull
let Tree Bank, one of the chicle sta
tons on the Upper Belize river. At
present only ten families are making
their homes in the place.
1t was during the day that the rob-
bers descended on the village and car
ried away the women, when the men
We're all in the woods tapping the
zapote trees and collecting the chicle.
Five young women, daughters of the
chicle gatherers, accompanied by an
older woman, who was the wife of one
of the workmen. were washing cloth
ing on the banks of the river The
other women, who were in the houses,
heard screams and ran out to see their
friends and relatives being driven be-
fore a band of no less than IL men.
The alarm was given as soon as pos
sible, but as the men of the village
were several miles away and widely
scattered in the forests, it was night
before all were summoned home.
Their lack Of sufficient firearms made
pursuit impossible until arms and
ammunition had been secured.
Loading their effects into canoes
and bringing the remaining women
and children with them, the chicle
CATERERS came down stream as rapid
" as the current and sturdily piled
paddles could bring them.
On, arrival here their story was soon
circulated throughout the city. First
the authorities were consulted, but it
soon was apparent that the red tape
surrounding legal procedure would bar
any effective action Many men vol
unteered to join the "ehiclerous," and
while the expedition is being conduct
ed as secretly as possible, there is lit
tie danger Of police interference, as
they are thought to sympathize with
the moyement.-Belize British Hon.
durasl Dispatch New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
Years Sleep In Prison.

A remarkable ease of lethargy Is re-
ported from one of the towns in South
Russia. A certain Moisselyinko was
put on his trial in March of last year
on the charge of having committed an
armed robbery, but in the midst of the
proceedings he dropped to the floor in
what was supposed at the time to be a
fainting fit, but which afterward
proved a lethargic sleep.
In this condition the prisoner has
lain till March of the present year,
He has evidently been all the time In
complete possession of his wits, but
was unable to move limb, open his
eyes or take food. When his eyelids
We're raised the pupils could be seen,
and he was all the time fed by artt
fetal means.
During his sleep he has lost some
weight, but he has kept throughout
the external appearance of a man In
normal and healthy sleep.