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The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
J,P,NOW WANTED
BY SHIP TRUST
COMMITTEE

Washington. Jan. li.-Chnirmau
Alexander OF the house shipping
trust inycsiis eating committee an
nounced ,odah ,ha, n subpoena prob
aDiy would b. issued for J. Pi.rpont
Morgan, to have him tell the COM
miitoc the details of the organization
OF the International Mercantile Mn
rInc. the $l:0.OOO.O00 American cor
pora'loh owning ana controlling
number OF foreign steamship lines.
Mr.. Morgan Is In Europe but
Chairman Alexander said that his
testimony would not be needed be-
fore the tim. set FOR his return.
How agreements rs 10 rates and
s"rvic" ar" maintained between
steamship lines between New York
and the far east and West Indies was
described to the committee by Paul
GotIhrii whose firm represents a
number of the largest Norih Allan
tie companies
Mr.. Goi,h.ii was questioned at
length concerning alleged agree
meats between .ii of the great North
Atlantic lines. including til. liam
burg-NmcrIcun. til" North German
Lloyd. the Iicilnnd-hm.ricans and tho
Red star. to di,!d. up tn" ports of
Europe.
The witEcss Insisted that while II
was entirely possible that th"r" was
an. understanding by which "n. lin"
would no, E"ud IL vessels 10 Ill" I,or,
of another. 'hrr" was Btron. comp.-
tl,iou between the rnmiinics h"rnris"
cargo"s were destined for points far
beyond III. ports at which they wcr"
discharged.
Chairman Alexander asked II rat"
agreements existed anon: lines trad
Ing between Mlan'ic ports and the
far cas-, ani between Japan. China
and thc Philippine. and whether
,hcr. was u pooling arrangement by
lines between Atlantic ports and tho
far east. Mr Got,hcil said Il. had
no definite knowledge hut believed
such agreements were attn objective.
Rates for th-s. lines wcr" rNci. h"
said. at conferences held In VIEW
York every Tuesday The witness
said a grca, many ships under for
oign flags probably We're owned bs
Americans.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
MORE LIFE BOATS IS
TITAN1IC COM. ORDER

London. Jan. 1.-THE carry ing OF
extra life boats sufficient for the ac-
of all passengers ana
crew of ocean liners Is recommended
in the report of u committee appoint
ed after the Titanic disaster to ADVISE
the British Board OF Trade. Th" re
port IL of "A highly technical char
actcr II recommends that the extra
boats be slowed under the boats at
tachcd to the dayits with satisfactory
for launching each OF
them in turn from the same set of
davits.
In foreign going vessels In when
the boat accommodation would be so
large that all could not be slowed III
this way. the committee recommends
that the carrying of properly equip
ped reversible pontoon RATS should
be allowed These should he cap
able of accommodating not more than
20 per cent of the persons the vessel
is certified to carry. The rafts
should be OF such size that hey could
be thrown from the deck II necessary.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
Washington Honors
Anarctic Explorer

Washington. Jan. 1i.-Captain
Rold Admuntiscn. discuvcr"r OF the
south pole. was confronted today with
u round Of affairs In his honor. To-
night u special gold medal H. to be
presented to him by the National
Geographical society. Introduction
to President Tai, by II. II. Bryn. the
Norwcrian minister was the first
event on Captain Amuudscu's pro-
gram.
Tonight will be tn. annual ban
que, OF the Geographical society. the
gold medal OF mcritorious award will
he given. Rear Admiral Pcary. re-
tired ar'ic explorer will preside.
Captain Amundsen paid honor to-
day 70 the memory OF the late rear
admiral Charles Wilkes, who made
u famous expedition into the antartic
region 80 years ago: and but for
whose excellent work. Captain
Amundscn declared. his recent trip
tain Amundsen visited Miss Wilkes.
daughter OF the admiral lie thought
too little attention had been paid to
the explorations of that officer.
Captain Amundscn announced to-
day that he had decided to take wire
less with him on his next trip into
the north polar regions. leaving in
July. 1914. His plan had been not
to have wireless. as he feared that II
might at times during the four or
five years they will be gone. carry
bad news from home to his men and
make them melancholy. He has ar
ranged that only one man shall read
the wireless messages received and
If they contain bad news he is TO
suppress them. Captain Amundscn' s
reason for changing his mind was be-
cause n number OF scientists had per-
suadc1 him that his various observa-
iions would be immensely moro val
liable II they could he checked up
with simultaneous observations in
other parts of the world. In the in
|tcrest OF science lie yielded.
The explorer was much shocked to
learn today for the first time of the
suicidc in Christiana n few days ago
|o! Captain lIjalmar Johannscn. who
had been with him OH his recent trip,
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
WOMAN CHARGES
INDIANS were SLAIN

Washington. Jan ll.--MIs. Helen
Pierce Gray. who AZ an Investigator
of Grow Indian affairs, has boon the
center of NOR" than one storm, crc-
atrd a tumultuuus scene before tho
senate Indian affairs commit,c" to-
day when she charged that Indians
had been murdered to get them out
OF tho way. tha, secretary Fisher and
Senator Dixon had made statements
deliberately untrue" and that If she
had opportunity TO produce all her
evidence "SecretaTy Fisher would be
connected up with ont of the most gi.
ganiic steals goiuE on in the United
States.
Tho Secretary and the Senator OBJ
irr,cd VIGOROUSLY TO her being per
United to make such general charges.
Members of the committee demanded
that Mrs. Gray produce her proo'f
and Secretary Fisher agreed readily
TO produce any cyidenc. in his pos.
session. The hearing, which was on
Senator Townscud's resolution tc
send the Grow records to the Depart
meut of Justice tor investiHation
went over to next week.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
RUSSIA URGES
MONGOLIA TO MAKE
TREATY WITH JAPAN

st. Petersburg. Jan. L. Russia is
urging Mongolia to negotiate n com
mcrcial treaty with Japan so Ms TO
interest Japan In the maintenanc" Of
the new condition OF things and to
countcrhalancc tho efforts of China,
which offers to open Mongolia to for
cign trade II its sovereignty is re-
stored
The NuyOu Nrcina today says that
Prince Khanda Van. the foreign min
lister of the new state of Mongolia,
and leader of tho dcputation now in
st. Petersburg. Is proving most
amcnablc to all the Russian PROPOSE
tons
Khanda Van. IT. is said, has pri-
vatc reasons for patting the Chinese,
who are alleged to have poisoned his
only son u, Pckin, Russia. on the
other hand. has paid him $4,000 for
compensation in losses in a cattle
deal when a Russian subject five
years ago.
The deputation from urga brought
with it "A number of Mongolia
thrones and other characteristic
presents for the emperor of Russia.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
J0HANNSEN READY
TO FACE CHARGES

Los Angeles. Calf. Jan ll.-An-
tone .iohannson. tn" San Francisco
labor leader. vino with Olaf A Trri'-
moe aud EuE"u. \. Clancy OF san
francisco. and ]. r.. Munsey OF salt
i.nk. city were Indicted u year ago
by the federal grand jury here on u
charge of conspiracy to transport dS-
Mantle. arrived In Los Angcl"S today
and will appear Monday before Unit
ed States District Judge Wcllborn for
trial.
Johanus.u went Immediately to
the office OF his counsel. Attorney
l.ccompic Davis. who was associated
with Clarence ;. barrow in III" de-
I. nse of the McNamaras. Tho latter
intima,cd that the defense would ask
FOR continuance.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
PR0GRESS|VES
To ORGANIZE
THROUGHOUT
NATION

New York. Jan. "Straightuut
political organization throughout tn"
United States" IL to he the watch
word OF III" ProgrcssIv" National
Committee for the mex, tMo Year,.
So says u statement issued In New
York at the clos. Of u two days scS-
sion OF the cNocutiv" committee.
"Thc first objective" says III.
tsatcmcnt rs the organization OF tho
prorrcSiv" party In every county
and congressional district through
out the country for nominating conn-
~ tickets for the election Of 1911
and making an effective congrcs5iou-
al campaign In that y"rr
The statement adds that provision
was mad" for the p.rpctuatipn Of
various committees. including III"
Legislative rrfcrcnC. committee
which will -udcayor to assist stat"
'egislaturcs In the Gisscm.np,Iuu
and coordination of prosicssiy"
measures. AZ to plans Tor Progress
rive meeting, In the near futuT. tho
statement says.
~ great .OuiuTrTr" uf ily" 0tairu
H. To b" held 1T 81. Paul on January
81. nt which til" organization OF tho
party In the states NJ Minnesota.
Michigan. Wisconsin. NoTih Dakota
and Sonth Dakota will b. represented
and plans discussed FOR extending i,s
work A, u later dat" u cont.r"uc"
VIII be held In Iowa at which repre-
S"ntniiv.s from all parts of tn" state
viii b" held and work of orguni.a-
,lon In that stat" VIII be thoroughly
discussed. a similar meeting will
he held In kans.s wh"r" III" Pro-
groSsiycs viii he formally organized
| as = party.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
DEADLOCK ST|[[
HOLDS IN PEACE
CONFERENCE

London. Jan. IL te l.,.. '-"s-
cuing OF the deadlock ... 5cal
situation IL yet In sight. III
meantime this world awaits the fail
OF tn. long bcicagu.r.d fortress OF
Adrlanoplc and IL watching with
close interest FOR III. effect which III.
collective note to b. handed to Tur-
key by the ambassadors NJ Constan-
tinoplr OF the European powers Will
have on the Turkish government
The Italian ambassador Ia London
who spent years in ConstIn,ihopic
aud who knows Turkey well. dcclur-
ed that II III. powers w.r. about to
press Turkey To c.J. Adrianopic some
concession would lee necessary con-
,arninI the Aegean islands.
''Othcrwisc.'' he said. "th. otto
man, IN their dispaig would become
kind Of Wild animals. capabl. OF any
excess
The Turklsh delegates confirm III.
report that they will lcuv. London
mex, week for Constahtinopic II the
allies do not change their minds. One
OF the Turkish .nvoys said:
I'VE ar. glad that Europ" has now
learned what sort Of swim. herds
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
Goat Butts
Admiral Into q
Govt. Investigation

Washington, Ian. ll.-.Whcn
Whiskcrs" the bcilipcr"nt billy goat
of tho ba,,lcship New Hampshire.
butt.d Rear Admiral Doyle. on board
tho ship OFF Norfolk. Va. the other
day, he also buttcd that officer into
an Investigation at the hands OF tn"
navy department.
While suffering from wounded
feelings, the admiral ordered all pets
and muscots from off the war veg
s.ls under his jurisdiction. The de-
partmcu' now wants an official re-
port OF the order aud the reasons
therefor from Admiral Doyle who Is
commanding at the Norfolk navy
yard.
Navy DEPARTMENT official. ar" in
ciincd to synpathi1c with the scu1-
tors for the mnscots they pick up In
various parts OF tho world become
great fayoritcs and the men become
attached 10 them. The presence of
the pets aboard ship do little harm
and go long way toward keeping
the men contemtcd and Willing away
the tedium OF long voyage. For this
reason the department Is said to look
with some disfayOr ON the ABOLISH
mcnt OF a practice that long has been
recognized as helpful to the service.
In the meantime the saddcuCd sail
ors at Norfolk have picked up hope.
while n motley collection OF livestock.
ranging from goats to white pekin
geese are being held here TO be taken
aboard again If the order is rescind-
nu
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
WOLL GROWERS TO MEET
NEXT AT SALT LAKE

Cheyenne. Wyo.. Jan. 1i.-Salt
Lake City WAS chosen a. the convcn-
tton city for 1914 By the National
Wool Growers convention here to-
day. Frank !. Hagcnbarth Of Idaho
was chosen president. Other officers
elected were:
Western vice president, n. J. Pow
crs. Flagstaff. Ariz.
Eustcrn vice president. A. j. Kno-
Hin. Chicago.
Secretary $. W. Mcclure. Gooding.
Idaho.
Treasurer r. u. Miracle. Helena
Montana.
The report OF the resolutions COM
mittee wos to be considered this aft
ernoOn
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
Taft Kisses Pretty
Young Woman, Age 4

Washington. Jan. IL On rrrSi.
dent T,it's appointment list was the
brief entry.
Phyllis w.strand. Lander. Wy,
ominv. Ito h" ki~cdb
When that item caught the prcsI-
dents eye as he sat down at his desk
he looked about hts office and over
In one corner saw u little girl with
blonde curis looking eagerly ut him.
Beside her was q woman. evidently
her mother.
Wei. Phyllis. hr said. s- he rose
from his chair to shake hands. "yod
want to he kissed by the president
oi the United States"
Yes. sir. she lIspcd.
Well. said the President. as he
raised her high IN his arms ami
kissed her fairly on the check. -
hope you will remember that"
Phyllis Is four years old. She
went through the White Housc re-
Gently with her mother and some
friends and announced then that she
would never leave Washington until
she had been kissed by the Prcsi-
dent. She was so insistent tnat her
mother wrote to the White Iiousr
and finally made an appointment
with Mr.. TAFT. Phyllis LETT FOR her
HON. In Wyoming today. quite sat
isiicd.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
Cou,t to Fir Value
of Young Won,an's s Toe

Provo. Utah. jan. Il.-Wha, In til.
value OF u young womaH's toe This
question viii be answered in the
fourth district court. where suit WAS
filed today by Miss Irene Barry Of
Srrin.vill-. against Dr. 4. \. Gra-
ham. u dentist with Chiropcdous as
pifatiuns.
Fur tho lpss Oi t~o iucs Mirs Barry
asks Si.:6:..n each. In her COM
plnini. the plaintiff relates that she
applied 10 the dentist for relief from
'w0 rornS. ilc removed tn" .ori,s
but II later became necessary Ia re-
move the toes also.
The plaintiff is not u premiere
dancu.c and she says th., Is why
she does not ask more.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
SlEUTHSLAY TRAP
YEGGS BITE,
TWO MAY
DIE

New York. Jan. ii.-A squad Of
detectives baitcd n trap for highway
men today with u sixty year old bank
messenger and saichei containing
$4,000. The hiIhwaymcn took the
bait. One detective was sho; ana
may die: the messenger was beaten
scnxcless and probably has II fractur-
I'd skull. In y pitched battle. with
bullets pepperinE houses like hail.
wAs fought on the east side. One Of
the hiEhwaym-n escaped. tn. other
waa captured.
The messenger. Peter r. Plunk.it.
left tho Union ENchang. National
hank. where he had been employed
Tor ten years. with his satch.l In his
hand ana ~ crowd OF detectives trail
ing him. Within the saichcl We're
currency and silver FOR the weekly
psyrolls OF two factories. The dcecc-
tivcs were disguised as lnborcrs. As
riunkctt stepped Into the dark"ncd
hallway OF one Of the factories. two
men sprsng UP beside him. One OF
fhrm crumpicd him up scnscicxs Oh
tho tagging before he could cry out.
other hiEhwa!man grabbed the
sstchci und both darted away.
Th. factory mud not been appris-d
Of the plan and detained ono Of thu
detectives who had gone ahead OF the
messenger.
While he was explaining the high
We! men wcro making off. The de-
ieeiivc started In pursuit. caught one
Of the sssaiisnis and rolled to tho
Gobbiestoncs with him.
Meantime tho detectives In the
rear of Plunkcii. not expecting "a
quick = announcement, began blux-
ing away with their pistols NJ ih.
other fleeing hish~ny,nan. The
thief fired ~ hc fled and. keeping the
peck 1t bis hocls. tlsrtcd down side
.sst-<Asousn traffic. into u hall
way, out back door. over fences.
tack Into Ill. street aud disappeared.
leaving behind . bullet pierced over.
,oat. Tho ss,tchcl. droips-i In his
tho factory doorway.
Ono OF the fuRitiyr's bullets found
" murk In James a. Watson. de-
icctivc. entered his back and passed
nearly through his body. It Is said
he cannot recover.
The man who was ,Tippci to the
.obb!cstoncs said he WAS Frank
Moran. 10 wears old - packer. lie
was held without bail. Piunkc,i was
taken TO u hospital.
New York. Jan. Ii.-Ncal Hen
derson. a contractors paymastcr. was
struck down with a sawed off bill
Hard cue on u stree; corner In the
fashionable Park avenue section and
robbed or $500 In bills.
Pssscrx.by picked up the paymast-
cr aud carried him to u hospital.
where he is IN a serious condition.
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new "P. B. X" IN
STALLED IN The
en-. BUILDING
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} Th" Chroucic-News has in- Z
} stalled "A private branch tci"- .
} phone exchange connecting all Z
; the departments OF the news
, paper and the law office OF =
} Judge j. G.. Nor,hcutt on tn" Z
, second floor. The switch board =
, Is located in the business office. Z
, To communicate by telephone Z
, with Judge SOrtiICutt or any Of Z
the employees of his office, or
; with any OF tho departments of 4
, the newspaper 1t will only be Z
, necessary to call Trinidad ftn =
; nnd the connections viii be Z
, made 10y the operator OF tho
} C-N branch exchange.
: Judge Northcutts private of
; flee phon. is Trinidad 40,
, Branch One
; The news force will occupy Z
} their now quarters on tn" second Z
, floor within tho next week. Z
; This will give the business de- Z
purtmcnt the use OF the entire I
ground floor space. now utiliz- 4
D ed by all departments. Later on 4
the linOtypcs are to be moved
; to the composing room upstairs
, on the northwest side OF the
. building. The entrance to the 4
. news rooms and law offices is 4
. on the Convent street side.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
HARVESTER co, MAN.
GETS 7-YEAR TERM

San frHrIaco. ain, ll.--W Wallace
l. Poland. Pacific coast sales manag-
or of IT.. International Harvester
company. was sentenced to serve SOW
on years In san Quentin p.nit"nilarY
today for pcCula;ions nggrcgn'inE
sSl.o"o. IN effort 10 pu, the rris-
pncr on probation waS denied be
caus" the p"cuiati"nA had covered u
Period OF two years.
Polamd'E th.f,s We're prompted
solely by u desire to establish himself
independently In business. IL" spec
uiatcd Ia moving pictur" ventures
and lost
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11

Fra Elbertus Must
be Careful What He
Writes in Future

buffalo. y. V, Jan. ll.-Elbcrt
Hubbard OF East Aurora Indicted on
siN counts by the federal grand jury
for sending immoral matter through
the mails pleaded guilty before Judge
Hazel today and was fined 500 on
one count. Sentence VIII he sus-
pended during good behavior on the
other five counts
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
SPRING MILLINERY TO
LOOK LIKE ORCHARD

Paris. Jan. 1i.--Spring millinery.
with its fruits and flowers. and no
feathers will follow to "futurist
school. the modists hope. with more
success than the painters who tried
that brand of art.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
RICH WOMAN FINED
FOR STEALING MILK

New York, Jan. li.-MrG. Ernin"
Draby, wife OF u wealthy clothing
manufacturer was fin.d $500 for
stealing ninc-ccnt bottle OF milk.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11
REBELS kIDNAP
FEDERAL LEADER

HI Paso, Texas. Jan. ll.-,Rch.ls
yesterday kidnapped General Jose De
La Luz Blanco and Ills adIuiant from
under the noses oi the federal com-
mandcr's column OF 80" men. say re-
liable idYIccs TO-DAY. iiianco was on
campcd JUS; Forth OF MADEIRA IN u
mountainous country. II Il declared
that the rebels escaped 10 til. hills
with their cap,iN.s.
Just as the Mexico Northwestern
railway was to resume traffic today
from Juar'z to Pearson. the wires
were cut and it is believed the road
has been destroyed by the rebels.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11

icontisusd on psss tvo.I
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11

Mexico city. Jan. 1.-THE rebels
who sacked and burned the town Of
Ayotcingo Thursday urc reported to-
day as moving southward toward the
mountains. surrounded by 200 fed
-ralists. In their retreat they at
tackled Juchitoprc. ten miles south "f
Ayotcinpo. The rebels ar. said TO be
running out Of ammunition.
The chronicle=news., 1913-01-11

Washington. Jan. ll.-Siate de-
partment adviccs today said that the
railway line between Mexico City
and Vera Cruz was threatened by
rebels and the government had des-
patched troops to protect trains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-18

The Topeka Avenue club will have
its first meeting of the new season Fri
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. with Mrs.
w. T. Davis at her apartments in the
Scott. The meeting is called by the
president, Mrs. Davis.
+ I. 4
Members of box party at the Ma
jestic theater Wednesday night We're:
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Crane, DIR. and
Mrs H. H. Hazlett and Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Mitchell.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
of the university has announced Mr..
Charles Hobart of Topeka a one of its
pledges.
Mr.. Philip Sproat has been pledged to
the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, at the
university. and Mr.. Frank Hethering-
ton. who is a student at K. U. this year,
is pledge of the Phi Gamma Delta.
j. j. j.
Miss Clyde Bonebrake, who left
Wednesday for Chicago, will be one of
the guests at a dinner-dance given to-
night by Mrs. Cuthbertson a the South
Shore Country club. in compliment to
Miss Margaret Clark, whose marriage
to Mr.. Lester Marden will take place
the evening of Sept. p. Miss Bone
brake is one of the members of the
bridal party, and she and Miss Clark
were schoolmates at La Sale seminary.
Mrs. Harry J. Bowen and Mrs H L.
P. Hillyer have asked the following
friends to assist at the tea they will
give next Wednesday at Mrs. Bowen's
home; Mrs. F. C. Bowen, Mrs. S. S.
Estey. Mrs William Macferran Mrs.
w. F. Bowen, Mrs. Frank Beck. Miss
Ida Macferran. Miss Caroline Thomas.
Miss Susie Sweet. Miss EdNa Haywood
and Miss Grace Whiting
Any closely woven, rather thin
wooden material would make an ex-
cellent foundation for this smart frock
for a young girl. The blouse has the
drop shoulder. The edges of the side
portions of the blouse material are
hand mbroidered in small scallops