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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-07-25
Eoilad.

Tramp--Good morning. lady.
thought perhaps might be able TO get
a bite here. Mrs. Snapp-C Certainly not.
Tramp-Oh. then am laboring under
a mistake. Mrs. Snapp-It strikes me
you never labor under any circum.
stances.-London Opinion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-07-25
Shorn and nved.

"Tben you weren't always black
Sheep"
NO. mum: ] started my career as q
Wall street iamb."--Washingt0n Her.
aid.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-07-25
dis Splendid Wish.

What are you thinking about,
Henry?"
"Oh, was just wishing"
what were you wishing, desrT
'T was just wishing that my salary
was as big as we were trying to make
our friends think 1t must be"-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-07-25
Mi. Ground.

He-Why are you going to marry that
old fossil? She-I love the very ground
he walks on. He-I know. but isn't
there any other way OF getting itf--
London Opinion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-07-25
Monopoiist.

New Janitor Don't you see that
sign, "Beggars Not Allowed In This
Buiiding?" Beggar- Yes; put 1t up.
I'm the owner.--New York Globe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-07-25
: One Way to Obey

Her Dearest Friend-Do you really
obey Charley? Mrs Newlywed-Cer-
tainly. He tells me to please myself.
and always do.--Judge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-07-25

kind without knowing something oa
Aimeelf, Beaconsfiald
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-07-25

Lovers purses are tied with cobw~bs.
Italian Proverh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
ANNUAL REUNION
PROPOSED IN BILL
Blue and Gray May Have Fort
Myer as Permanent
Meeting Place.
Especial to The Times Dispatch ]

Washington. July l5.--An annual en-
campment of Confederate and Union
veterans is to be held each year at
Fort Myer. Va. if a bill which was
introduced in the House to-day by
Representative Johnson. of South Car
olina. becomes law 1t is provided that
this annual Joint cncampment shall be
held for not less than two nor more
than five days each year. and that il
shall be for both Confederate and
Union veterans. There would be Il com
mission consisting of six members,
three from the Grand Army of the Re-
public and three from the Confederate
vetrans. and they. with the Secretary
OF War. would be intrustcd with the
working out of all necessary details.
Since the Gettysburg reunion there
has been Il strong demand from many
sections for such an encampmcne
where the soldiers of the armies of the
North and South could meet once each
ycar and recount their experiences on
the battlefield. In view of the friendly
feeling now existing between the men
Of both sides. it is extremely likely
that the bill Will pass.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
EUROPE MAY COMPEL
THIS COUNTRY TO ACT

tion to the foreign powers would b,.
along the lines of the Latin american
statement made by President Wilson
soon after lie took Office. In this he
proclaimed that his administration
would seek to make basis for inter
course with Latin-AmeI countries
the principle of governments set up on
orderly processes. and mot upon arbi-
uary or Irregular force" He also
stated that the American government
would prefer those who act in the
interest of peace and honor. who pro-
tect private rights ard respect the re-
straints OF constitutional provisions"
Awniting Elections.
While the administration officials
nave not expressed any opinion about
MeXico specifically IL has frcouently.
been stated informally that recogni
ton would not he extended until the
constitutional machinery i'm Mexico had
peeh set III motion again TO elect a
new frcsldent to succeed the pro-
visional President now acting.
1t is believed that in the meantime
every effort VIII be made to indicate
to the Mexican people that the United
states government expects protection
OF its Interests through the prescn /:
government
The restoration of tranquility at
least within the city OF Guayamas
proper. on the Pacific Mexican Coast,
was Indicated In IA dispatch to the
Navy Department to-dax from Admiral
Cowles. commanding the American
squadron. The admiral said the In
surScnts had evacuated the city aud
the Federal forces had rctalten the
water supply near the city.
According to State Department re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
PROVIDED
TO ADJUST DISPUTES

houses OF Congress without an obstacle
being put in its way. Late in the af-
ternoon ii reached the White House.
and soon after this statement was is
sued
The President signed the Newlands
act as soon as 1t reached the White
Houae this evening. and announced
through his secretary. Mr.. Tumulty.
that he would proceed as soon as pos
sible. consistent with the Importance
OF appointment, to the selection Of the
commissioners of mediation, as pro
vidcd in the act"
Seth Low, president Of the National
Civic Federation. who has been instru-
mental In bringing the railroads and
their employees together in the present
dispute. is prominently mentioned for
the position of Commissioner of Media :
ton and Cohclliation. AS the other two
members of the board are to be gov
ernmcnt officials, il was regarded as
probable that Judge Martin w. knapp,
OF the COMMERCE Court. and an assist :
ant to one of the Cabinet officers, prob
ably an assistant to the Attorney-Gen-
cral. would be considered
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
RUSSIA PRESENTS
DEMANDS TO CHINA
Country Aroused by Sudden
Change OF Front on
Part OF Gar.
PARLIAMENT IS SUMMONED
Strong Opposition to Submis-
sion, and Excitement Is at
High Pitch.

Peking, China, July 15.--Russia sud
denly presented to the Chinese govern
ment to-day new demands requiring
recognition of the full autonomy OF
outer Mongolia. declaring China to be
suzerain only, binding China to accent
Russian intermediation and recognize
all the rights conceded 10 Russia by
the agreement and protocol signed at
Urga, capital OF Mongolia, November
8. 1912
These four new demands are submit
ted by Russia in substitution for the
recently proposed agreement which
has not been signed and which Rus
sia announces she has decided to
annul
Both houses OF the Chinese Parlia-
ment have been hastily summoned to
consider the demands. Strong opposi-
tion 10 them Is voiced by both Chi
nese and foreigners, Great excitement
prevails ut the unexpected turn Of
events. The agreement signed at Urga
in November was as follows:
by an agreement signed November
3. Russia undertakes to aid Mongolia
and to maintain the autonomous gov
ernment which she has established
She will support her right to main
tain national army and exclude both
the presence of troops and the coloni-
zation of her territory by the Chinese.
The Mongolian sovereign will assure
to Russian subjects and Russian COM
merce as heretofore, a full enjoyment
OF the rights and privileges enume-
rated In the protocol. no other foreign
subjects in Mongolia being granted
fuller rights than those OF Russia"
The recently proposed agreement de-
clared that Russia acknowledged
Outef Mongolia as Chinese territory.
while China agreed that Mongolia was
TO have autonomy The peking gov
-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Congress Passes Ncwlands Bill,
and President Wilson
Signs It,
NEW ANGLE: UPPERMOST
Railroads Will Insist That Their
Complaints Against Men
Be Heard.

Washington. July 16.-New Federal
machinery for the adjustment of rail
ioad wage disputes was authorized to-
day. when the House and Senate passed
md the President signed the Ncwlands-
Clayton bill, just as it was agreed upon
yesterday at the White House confer
cnce between President Wilson, con
grcssional leaders and representatives
OF the big Eastern railways and their
emplC yes.
This law creates the board of media :
ton and conciliation, headed by COM
missioner. to which the Eastern rail-
ways and employees brotherhoods have
declared their Willingness to submit
the wage dispute. on account of which
10000 conductors and trainmen have
voted to strike
The union officers agreed to an ar
misticc until tomorrow afternoon,
pending action BY Congress, and oni :
cials here expect them now to make
ready to lay their case before the Fed :
eral mediators as soon as President
Wilson makes the appointments
The new law went through both
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
LORDS Reject 1T
Home Rule Bill VIII he Passed with
out Their Sanction.

Home Rule Bill Will He Passed With
out Their Sanction.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.l
London. July 13.-A motion for the
second reading of the home rule bill
was defeated in the House Of Lords
tonight by vote of 800 TO 364.
motion made by Lord Lansdowne
declaring that the House of Lords de
clnes to proceed with the further con
sidcration of the home rule bill until
it has been submitted to the Judgment
of the country" was adopted without
division.
The bill will now remain quicscent
until next year. when il Will be
brought up in the House OF Commons
and there passed for the last time and
signed by the King without the sane
tion of the House Of Lords. as pro-
vidcd in the recent veto act
Premier Asquith promised the House
of Commons tonight that the govern
mcnt would present to 1t. at the next
session, it's scheme for the reform of
the House Of Lords.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Prisoners Fire Fourteen
Times on Posse From
Underbrush.
ASSAULT GUARD
AND DISARM HIM
Escaped on Railroad Handcar,
and Begin Shooting WhenDogs
Close In-Penitentiary Di-
rcctors Notified Of Out
break at State
Farm.

-Four negro convicts attacked guard
mt the State Prison Farm in Goochland
County on Monday, took his gun and
pistol away from him. and made their
escape. They we're tracked by blood =
hounds and recapturcd. after fierce
pistol battle. In which one Of the CON
Nicts was fatally wounded and two
others seriously hurt.
A report Of the outbreak was made
to members OF the pcnitentiary board
yesterday By Superintendent Davis. OF
the State Farm. II seems that on Mon
day morning about $50 o'clock a force
OF negro prisoners under guard was
packing hay Into ono of the big barns
on !. hill not far from the railroad sta
ton mechanical device for hoist
ing the hay into the loft became
clogged. and one OF the negroes ask
the guard to lend him his knife in
order that he might cut IL loose.
Knocked Down by Conyicts.
Tho request seemed natural one.
and the guard reached into his pocket
TO comply To do so he lowered his
gun Apparently this was prcar-
ranged signal. for as he did so three
convic,s jumped on him from behind.
knocked him down. and took away his
weapons--a ten shot magazine rife and
his pistol, in which there were five
Having disarIned the guard. the four
negroes broke away down the hill
toward the railroad track. seized q
handcar and escaped westward.
Superintendent Davis sent out an
immediate alarm. and gave orders 10
assemble men on horseback for pur-
suit By the time horses had been sad
died aud the lloodhounds made ready
4 message came by telegraph from
Maidens next station 10 the west, tnAt
the men had abandoned the handcar
and escaped into the woods. The dogs
were taken TO Mnidens and put on the
trail which was readily followed.
one MortnIiy Wounded
After some distance the dogs became
pvcntly excited and showed evident
signs that their quarry was near. All
four negroes We're found hidden in q
clump OF bushes.
~ the guards approached one OF
them called out:
Look out we are armed and won't
lie captured
guards was injured. but when the night
was over one negro convict was found
seriously wounded in the shoulder and
arm, one shot in the neck, another in
the hips 4 fourth. who had laid down
in a ditch was unlniurcd and surr"nd-
cred The gun and pistol showed that
the convicts had ired fourteen shots At
their captors. the pistol having failed
TO 20 on once
All four convicts were carried back
TO the State Farm. a distance of about
nve miles and at the prison hospital
the negro shot In he shouldc: was
His arm was amputated IN an effort 10
save his life hut he died shortly after
Continued on Second Page)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
WARRENTON MAN
FOR PHILIPPINES
Oscar Terry Crosby Is Consid-
cred. for Governor OF
GENERAL POLICY CONSIDERED
Wilson Believed to Favor Jones
Bill Providing for
independence.
GENERAL POLICY CONSIDERED

Washington. July l5.-The admins
trat!on is giving serious considerable
to the choice of a Governor-GcneraI
for the Philippines and two other
places on the Philippines Commission
Many weil-known names have been
urged upon the President for the gov
ernor- -generalship. but that of Oscar
Terry Crosby. OF Warrenton. Va. is
considered the most likely to be sent
to the Senate at an early date. accord
ing 70 present plans.
President Wilson had Secretary Gar
rison. of the War Department. at the
White House tonight for a confer
ence on the Philippines questions.
The selection or Governor Genera
and other members OF the commission
is regarded as a preliminary step 10
the consideration later of the general
policy toward the islands. In some OF
his public speeches prior to the omen
ing Of the administration. Mr.. Wilson
made favorable allusion to the pending
bill of Representative Jones, OF Vir-
ginia, providing for ultimate independ-
ence. The measure has been before
Congress for several years without
making much progress. With the tn
RIM and currency absorbing attention.
determination of the policy toward the
Philippines has been deferred
Meantime the choice of governor
general ana other commission officia Is
IL felt TO be desirable in order that they
may be on the ground when the larger
questions of policy are taken up later
on.
The resignation OF Professor Dean
Conant Worcester. Secretary OF the In
terror In the Philippine government
was received to-day By the adminstra-
ton.
Mr.. Crosby IS a native OF Louisiana.
and is president OF several public utility
(Continucd on Ninth pao.N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Monstrosity, Antithesis
of Fair Dealing and
Common Honesty.
STOCK EXCHANGE
is THUS BRANDED
Senator Thomas Takes Bitter
Fling at Wall Street, and Also
Accuses Grover Cleveland of
Having Conspired With
New York Banks to
Precipitate Panic.

Washington, July u5.-Senator
speech to-day defending the Wilson
tariff bill OF 1898 from responsibility
for the financial panic which followed
charged former President Cleveland
and the New York banks with con-
sp.racy TO precipitate a calamity TO
force repeal OF the Sherman silver act
Though denouncing the 1898 bill as
"a most miserable pretenee OF tariff
reform he branded the New York
stock Exchange as the most prodigi-
Gus gambling heli'' OF any age. and
the Monte Carlo OF American finance
1T is the swindler's paradise" he
continued. 1t is Il huge vampire that
sucks the blood from the arteries ot
Industry. 1t is an unincorporated. ire
sponsible monstrosity. beyond the pale
Of laws. 1t is the antithesis of fair
dealing and common honesty. 1t has
sanctitied speculation. II is the mos:
pernicious and corroding influence in
the land.
III disaster, whose coming is now
SO freely predicted. shall overtake us
in the near future, II will be caused
not by the enactment OF the pending
tariff bill. but by the same Influences
which produced 1t before. do not sa y
they Will do it, I do not think they
Will do It. They have no partnersh y
with the administration. That has
been dissolved by the people"
When Senator Thomas concluded,
Senator Chiffon, OF West Virginia. had
read from the record a speech made
IN the Senate by Senator Ia Toilette
during debate on the wool bill in
1911, In which the Wisconsin Senator
said everybody with any knowledge
OF the subject knew that the Wilson
bill had nothing TO do with the panic
of 1898
Grave Dug. Tombstone Erected.
II had that read said Senator Chill
ton. because Senator Thomas has dug
the grave OF this argument Senator
La Toilette erected the tombstone. and
wanted him present at the obse-
quics.'
Senator smoot took the noor. There
is no doubt in nay mind now" he de-
clared. hut what the passage OF the
Wilson bill was the means Of bring
ing to this country a great deal Of
the suffering that came to the work
ing people of this country at that time,
and IL conditions were the same as
now, l do not doubt that the passage
OF the present tarin bill Will bring
the same result"
Senator Williams. of Mississippi
said the people At last had found out
that the Republican argument that the
Wilson bill brought on the great panic
was a lie
1T took a long time for them to
ind out" suggested Senator Warren.
Yes. because there We're liars going
Continued on Ninth Page)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Diplomatic Inquiries Are Made
as to Attitude Toward
Mexico.
WASHINGTON IS WORRIED
Vexing Problem Discussed by
President Wilson and His
Cabinet.

Washington. July 15.-Administration
oiiiciais admitted tonight that the sit :
uation in Mexico and diplomatic in
Guiries over Europe as to what the at
ttude OF this country would be toward
its neighbor on the South We're engag
ing their deepest attention.
Secretary Bryan had Il two hour CON
ference with President Wilson to-day,
and while the Japanese question and
departmental appointments consumed
much of their time. the foremost sub
jcct before them was the Mexican prob
lem Earlier in the day il had been
discussed at length at the Cabinet
meeting.
Mr.. Bryan declined to say what the
policy of the United States govern
mcnt would be toward any European
but intimatcd that IL
announcement on the situation might
be expected I'm a short time Ii is
known that tho administration officials
have been continuously opposed 10
recognition of :ho Eucrta government
until elections were held. and it has
been expected that any :uturc declara-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
JEALOUS HUSBAND SLAYS
Kills I.odecr In Home OF wife From
Whom He WIS ScnnrntcI

Kills Lodecr In Home OF wife From
Whom He Was Separated.
Savannah. Ga. July i5.-"Gct down
nii your Knees md pray 10 your God
for | am going to kill you right now"
With these words j. l.. George this
afternoon shot and killed Henry j
Mcclellan with revolver In the lat
ter's own room. The bullet passed
close to McClellan's heart, he dying
within an hour.
The shooting occurred at the home
of Georges wife, from whom he was
separated. Mcclellan recently had
been rooming In Mrs Georges home
The police nscribe jealousy as the cause
of the killing.
After the shooting George surrcn-
dered to the nearest policeman telling
him what he had done. z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
HEAT WAVE STILL
BREAKS RECORDS
But While Many Places Swelter,
Snow Falls In New
Mexico.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.
Chicago, July 15.--EXccssive high
temperatures wero reported to-day
from several places in the Central West.
while by way Of contrast Il heavy snow
fell in the Santa Rita Mountains, of
New Mexico.
The temperatures at Clay Centre.
Kan. was 1l2 degrees on the street
and ia at the street kiosks. breaking
all records; at Concordia il was l10. at
Lincoln log. at Omaha 10i. and St Jo-
seph l0l. Several cities reported the
maximum at 100 Crops are badly in
need of moisture.
Snow fell in the mountains near Sill
YER City. y. NJ, while in the valleys of
that region ii was torrcntial rain.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Resolution of Inquiry
as to Bryan Intro
duced in Senate.
ALLEGED POVERTY
Blu RNING TOPIC
President Asked for Advice as to
What Salary Secretary of State
Should Have to Make Chau-
tauqua Lectures Unneces-
sary-Nebraskan Replies
to His Critics.

Warrington, July 15.-Wusbinrtor
To-day was interested chiefly I'm de-
Veiopments following Secretary DryDp,.
statement thnt he hnd To sprud hi,
vacation on the lecture platform he
cnuse he couldn't live on the sccre-
.nr' OIL states salary of SI.,0OO n year
The lobby invcStiSntion, the turitY md
the Mexican situation were forgotten
temporarily, mt lenSt, while everybody
talked nhOut the resolution introduced
ny senator BriStow calling on the
President to "advisc the Senate ,yhnt
"ouid he n proper salnry to enable
thc present Secretary of State tn live
with comfort md enable him to give
his time to the discharge OF hi. nub,ic
duties"
When the Brstow resolution was
read amid Republican laughter. Demo
cratic Leader Kern and other! Senator's
immediately objected to its considera
tiof' ana after few brief exchanges
IL went over. 1t was fully discussed.
however, in the lobbics and cloak
rooms at both ends of the Capitol
Bryan Answers Criticism
Later. Secretary Bryan issued this
statement:
When Mr.. Bryan's attention was
called TO some criticisms that had
been published in regard to his
lecturinS. he replied as follows:
1 am glad to have the criticism
brought to my attention. be-
lievc in criticism of public ofic!als
Criticism Is helpful II man
makes mistake. criticism enables
him to correct it, If he is VI ist-
Is criticized, the criticism helps
him. l have had my share of criti-
csm since | have been in public
life, but II has not prevented me
DONG what l thought proper to
do
In devoting q part of my vaca-
ton in lecturing, l am doing what
believe to be proper, and / have
no fear whatever that any un-
biased person will criticize mo
when he knows the facts
For seventeen years the sources
OF my incomes have been writing
and lecturing, and each year have
made more public speeches with
out compensation and where ] have
paid any own travelling expenses
than I have where compensation
was received. My earning capacity
has been large, and | have made
not only an income sufficient for
my immediate needs. but have
saved on an average something
more than $4,000 a year.
I'm accepting the Office which
now hold I gave up he opportun-
ity to add TO my accun.ulat!ons for
do not expect to increase. during
my term. ne amount | Nave laid
forego what advantage ! might de-
rive from the acquiring OF $4,000
CONTINUED on Ninth PnEe)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
BOND REFUND|NG
PROVISION MADE
Carter Glass Announces Changes
Adopted in Administration
Currency Bill.

Washington. July l5.-Democratic
members OF the House Banking and
Currency Committee, ut a lively session
| day. decided that the administration
currency bill should contain IL bond re-
funding provision. Later. Chairman
Glass announced that the majority had
agreed upon the following points In
line with amendments urged by Secre-
tary McAdoo. to maintain the parity
Of the . per cent bonds:
Section 30 of the bill is to be per-
fected so as to provide for the per-
missible retirement of per cent Of
outstanding > per cent government
bonds with circulating privileges. each
year In exchange for government per
cent bonds without circulating privi-
leges.
Circulating privileges are to con-
tnue to the banks as long as , per
cent bonds may be subscribed to for
the purpose. Section IS OF tIe bill,
which contained prohibition ~ this.
was eliminated. Nevertheless, newly
organized banks are not required to
purchase a given amount or govern
ment bonds in order to begin business.
AT the expiration of twenty years
from the passage of the act, every
holder of United states . per cent bonds
then outstanding is to receive payment
At par with accrued interest.
The bill Will be amended so as to
require that the earnings OF the gov
eminent from the operations OF the
Federal reserve banking system be set
apart for the redemption OF United
states and per cent bonds"
Mr.. Glass added that an agreement
has been reached upon most or the
troublesome features OF the bill. and
he expects more rapid progress viii be
made on the remaining sections.