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The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14
STRIKERS MOB DEPUTY SHER|FFS;
HOLD Fifteen COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS PRISONERS NEARLY HOUR
Southern Pacific
Takes Big Drop

N"w York. Oct, 1t southern Pa
ciflc was III" weakest Gcatar- oT to-
days heavy market. the stock de
cliG!nE , r5ints 1" S5!. its lowest
price In almost five years. Til. dl-
rect cause OF the decline ~as a re-
cent announcement by III. depart
men, of Justice al wnshinston that
f. purpu,cd to bring suit ngalust tn.
company to force i, to TciinIuish the
Central Pacific.
Sales of the stock ~.r- uuusuaiIy
larg" Hni represented In par, r.,
lean; by shareholders who seemed
concerned at the latest move of thr
federal authorities. WhiI- Ho au-
lucrative statcm"n, hsd been issued
hS the Southern Pacific in conn.s-
tlon with the proposition al disEoiu-
;ipu II II said iha, the company viii
opPos" IA. governments move.
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14
SPENCER A FORGER

Chicago. Oct. li.-TTcnry Spcn.
Ger, who has confessed to a score oi
murders. today added the admission
of another killing to his long list oi
crimes and declared that he had oh
:ainod large sums on forged checks
in Chicago, ST. Louis and other cities
Spencer was asked If he had ever
killed II negro. He replied:
Eyes. banged one on the head
with n hammer in an alley back o;
Il saloon at South S.ate and West
Poi, streets Il couple of years ago
Tho prisoner told the police tha;
in robbing a house he always looked
for q bank or check book us he re.
rarded them as valuable assets in his
line of business.
81 used to cash n lot of checks.
he said Il would go into the best
store in town. make small purchase
and give one of these checks in pay
ment and pocket the change. ] cashed
a lot of these checks in Chicago, St
Louis and other cities
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14
TINE OF SuLzER
VERDICT UNCERTAIN

Albany. y v. oct. .iud!ca-
tionr today We're ths, the h!Eh court
OF Impeachment which II trying Gov
csngr Su!zcr might ool reach "a yer.
dIru bcior. tomorrow and possibly
later.
Lengthy arguments beginning st
ll:3o o'clock this morning dealt
with the Iu.st!on whether the tcsti-
mcny of Duncan W. Peck. Allan A.
Ryan aAi : Hcnry T.. Mor,snIha.,
would be- considered as parts OF Ar
l;.cic Four OF IN. impeachment
charges or merely " enrroboritivc
evidence and whether tn. testimony
shonid bu embodied In an amendment
20 the articles. Having disposed OF
/ this question the court planned to
tax. up the constitutional objections
OF counsel for the defense to the var
inus articles Tho big fight WAS To
bc made on articles !. . and 6. which
virtually compos. IN. case OF the
board OF managers.
motion to amend A!tlcI" oil
thp Impeachment charges against
Governor Su'Zcr 80 aE To Include the
| testimony o! Ambassador Henry Nor
genthau and Superintendent -; Pub
lie Works Duncan W. Peck Was pre-
| son,cd by the Impeachment mnnaS-
, cTs at the r.-opcning OF the trial OF
the governors today.
No action was suggested In regard
I, TO the testimony OF Allan \. Ryan
II was explained that the evidence
(which he gave only could be consid-
cred as cOrroborative of other charg
cs in the impeachment articles un-
/ lcss new article should be added.
| This would have to he done hy the
assembly.
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14
FREN CA LINER
IN PORT WITH
SURVIVORS

HaVr.. ost li.-i-A Tourain- OF
III. fr-nch l.l.. s-soai Si IN. rrS-
81. ships whieh niur",i IN III" Vol
rurno disaster Ia Reach port, srfh cd
at Hayic this saorning- - T"urain.
hsi ior,S-.~o SURVIVOR onhad forty
.Wo Survivors Gu bosgi,
Cn the forward d.cL nj the 10
Toursune when sn- .ffiN-i at III.
quay VIZ sroup oi eight children
FROM three 60 zen y.aEs old. who had
been rescued !spE, h- Noltnrno aud
whoss p.f-nts either had p"Tishcd ar
were aboard other r..cgins steamers
First Lieutenant ix..nic of the Ia
Toufainr told OF ih. N.nEt u rescue.
u, Was halls Iiasi eight on Thurs
day morning" he Sl.a, "Ghrn ~' ,--
cciycd the fin, .ir.i.s. message that
III. Noiturso MAS burning. 1T that
tim. "" wdrr -" mii.k awaN. Ne
reached I'll. voiturno at . orioyk in
tn. -v.nin. aud found i.n other Si-a.
.n"rs already "n the sc-n-. iicav,
smoke Was streaming away from IN.
forward hs,chrs -. the voiturno.
whose psss"n ssrn HAD assembled IN
til" after part oi the shiu, Tho NO.
mon .n. children hal bscn pircc'i
inr,hc-, from the firc. while III. men
formed - lin. ncar-st so the point
OF danger
Wha, followed after the arrival
OF Ls TourAin- In til. vicinity % tn.
volturno ir g"ia,.d In - detailed re-
bort sent hy Captain Csus5in to ih.
frsnoh transatlantic company. H..
says;
'Th" forward par, ni IN. voi,urnn
looked to m, iikn aa incandcsrcn.
hrszi.r
"As the sca "a- beginning to mci
crr,c. I thpurh; % put,ia6 OF, boat,
hut .ac c,.i,:on OF MI NY o'f,rcrs
wa, .asaih, tie io~csint.of i,r.f'.~i,.
hut I sent out "a vhnleboa;.
''Th. voiiuTao At thi1 time had
th.r stern 10 the air. while forward
aud amidsnirs she was nothing but
great ,nrrh
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BANKERS SCORED
By CONGRESSMAN

New York, Oct. li.-Three MEM
bers of congress. all OF them prom
incntly Identified with the admins
tratton's efforts to enact the pend
ing currency reform bill. vigorous
ly replied today to criticisms leyelled
at the bill. particularly by the Amer
lean Bankers Association. Senator
Robert l.. Owen. of Oklahoma, chair
man of the senate committee on cur
rcncy and banking. and Representa-
tive Robert j. Bulkiey. OF Ohio. of
the house committee on banking and
currency. came over from Washing
ton to present their views at the ma
tional conference on currency re-
form. held under the auspices of the
New York Academy of political SCI
ence. Representative Carter Glass,
chairman of the house committee on
banking and currency. was unable t.
be present on account of illness His
speech was incorporated in the rec
ord.
Representative Buikley gave as his
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Fifteen newly commissioned i-pu-
',.S on III. way to the e. y : train
shortly after i:." O'Clock this nf,.r-
noon. We're surrounded by a mob of
more than four hundred strikers and
taken to building on Elm stree,
wh.r. they were held prisoners un-
Ill with a show OF fore" sheriff J. :.
Grisham demanded their release, Tho
men were In charge OF Captain Ra-
iaci Gomez. They had arrived this
morning from Santa fc. y. ~. and
had been commissioned.
Tn. strikers who hay. been loit-
criu1 about town MI day were watch.
ting tor the men - pasH On their way
TO the train. The mob followed them
some distance and finally surround.
I'D the deputies and taking them by
the arms led thNm to union head
qunrtcrrs.. Thtcc of the deputies 20,
a~ay aud boarded ;ha .-a.r nor,a.
inside the building the doors wcTc
shut and a burly negro stood guard
and would nc, let any one in.
Some one addressed the prisoners
in Spanish as the .trisrcs had round
I'D them up believing them TO be
strike breakers. There was a noise
Of cheering. greeting til. words ol
the speakers when Grisham and un-
dcrshcriff Martin arrived. Al 'iFsi
the guard refused the sheriff admit
tanco. He WIS finally allowed Ia
sid" and he ComL.auded Robert
rhiich. president OF the local min
crs' union. to release the men. rh-
Itch kept rotor,ing that they could
all com. ont II they wanted to. hut
apparently made no effort 20 notify
the men inside to 10; them out.
\ large crowd had gathered on tho
sidewalk and the sheriff ordered the
throns To dispersc And commanded
uhiich again to release the deputies
reading from list The captain
Gomez, had been asked for and re-
leased some minutes previous. Grish.
am threatened to arrest thlich and
everybody concerned in the deten-
iion of the deputies, whereupon uh-
Itch turned the deputies over to th'
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CURRENCY BILL
FAVORED BY
G, Of C.'S


isrtrois Mich. Oct. iI.-rh. con
s'itncnt members g, the Chamber Of
Commerce of the United States ot
America. including local chambers of
ciai clubs and national trade organ
cations In all parts of the country.
mar approved by referendum vote
the report of iis banking and currcn.
ry commi,i." On th" Owcn-GlaHs,
currency bill. now pending In con-
grrss
Til. beard oI directors of the
chamber. In sc,sion here, completed
III. canvass OF the ballots today and
found tn. sentiment OF the business
mems organizations strongly In Ia
yor % the report OF tn. committee.
,hc vote east being 3D3 for and ~
against
The committee. IN its report.
which was made the basis OF the ret
orcnduui. recommended the follow
lux 'hdil-sN III tHi s'iis
In favor of the incrcas. o. the
federal reserve board to nine mem
bers. the two additional members to
be chosen by the original seven mem
Jcrs. subject to the approval OF the
President,
The creation Of the federal re-
,n h.. .In SuI a. In
gionrl reserve banks. the president
and vice president of the council to
reside in Washington and to sit at
meetings OF the federal reserve board
but without vote.
3-That In the creation OF the new
system of regional reserve banks AT
the beginning made with the present
central resolve councils othree In
number the number to be increased
gradually by the federal reserve
boards as in their judgment condi-
tions warrant.
i-That restriction of the issu es'
of federal reserve notes to 35OO,UOO :
600 be eliminated: that interest on
federal reserve notes be eliminated I:
that ii he made unlawful for any
federal reserve bank to pay out any
notes but its own. the note issued
being given an identifying number.
THAT federal reserve notes
should not be obligations Of the gov
ernment. but should he guaranteed
by the United States and that they
shall be rcdcemable by federal re-
serve banks and not at the treasury
of the United states.
6-Tha, federal reserve banks
mutually guarantee the federal re-
serve notes by providing that said
notes shall become first and per-
manent lien on the combined assets
of federal reserve banks.
THAT the reserve requirements
Of the Owen-Glass bill be modified
and reduced for both country banks
and banks in reserve cities.
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sheriff Names OF several men id-n-
ti,icd a. having been active In III.
capture nf tia" deputies w.r" taken.
Though a riot appeared Imminent.
there IVES no display OF firearms.
when tho fift.on deputies were led
away the crowd about the union
headquarters yelled and j..rrh ~
them. The Deputies were conducted
to the khcrifrs office.
Deputy sheriff II. =, Corey. who
has been acting as marshal ol Sc
sunio since III" death OF Robert Ice.
was beaten by strikers early this AZ
,crnoon ut the old town. Corey had
lust come GU; or sho" shop and
was attacked and according I" re-
portr, knocked off his horse. Core,
sustained scalp wounds and num-
bsr OF minnr bruises and cut. That
tn. attack was rascfuily planned IL
n ..,euu.d hys tbs FAC; itata supeh,af
,,r,t-rs were about the shoe shop
when h. rode up this afternoon.
The situation in the coal strike IN
southern Colorado may b. said 10
hu.c reached n crisis last nigh, when
e. Il. rairchiids. secretary Of Cover
MOI immons and Major General g.
NJ Ice Icfi TRINIDAD hurriedly both
convinced that the governor would
bc Justified In intervening. The in'
cident cf yesterday when Mrs Ma;
.cn!gar and Mrs. John Ludiak were
taken from = back NJ Ludlow by
men and women from til. Ludlow
strikers camp prceipi'at.d this stu
rtlon. Fairchilds and Lee left here
APPARENTLY convinced that John Mc.
Lehman. district PRESIDENT OF the rni.
ted Mine Workers OF America had de-
cciyed them in regard to his state
men, that he had brought TO Trini'
dad the two women who had beer,
held prisoners at the tent colony.
The women were found this morn
in. at S1i East Main street. They
claimed they had been intercepted
! by strikers and forced to go to the
tent coiony.
As soon as the hoidup OF the hack
was reported here yesterday after.
continued on psG- ~
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Men Finally Released from Elm Street Head
quarters After Repeated Demands BY Sheriff
WERE ABOUT TO BOARD SPECIAL TRAIN

q OF four hours
John .udaE nd MIR. S,rik-
ems at and, ken 10 Ludlow colony.
al adutaht general
MciannaH. district pr.si-
II. Governor Anmons and Major
q. Icr Ia
International presi.n, W denies
Aijuian
Chase.
sii East Main
they intercepted by strikers
prisoner.
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14
IMPROVEMENT
Pc 7 | 7 | D Ms
SWAMP THE
COUNCIL

host bf p"lltiohh Tor aihnNnIhr'
sti.-, grading and ON" thing and
another claimed th. attention oI the
city council at n short hut busy S.s-
sion iasi nisht. Incidentally in tn"
course of III" meeting III" city mar
shnI reported that acting under til"
instructions oi III. council h" had
notified all saloon men to strictly oh
serve the midnight nni sunday clos
ihp law an. that ms far AZ h. knew
nance submitted n, III. last regular
meeting providing ~ f." OF SO" for
the transfer al saloon licenses was
pa,--d ana approved.
The council got down to hard. mat
ter -of-.act businc~s. To the brass
,R.ks OF routine. "a to speak. Their"
wa. no dietcrins or bick"ria.. The
eight members al the council present
earned their $3.50 p-r and wasted
not n minut" In useless discussion.
Property ownorn p-iiiion,i that II
..mcn, sidewalk be laid on the west
side ot South Comrrciai street be-
tween Flint and Second streets
" ~h-r. thcr. IL now board walk. II
wns suggested by one alderman that
cement walks could not he laid there
except at great expense as IL would
bc necessary to build Il retaining wall
sh.r. tn" arroyo Is Another aug
.;.-,icd that the board walk he repair
I'd. The petition Was referred to the
street aud bridge committee.
Harry Il Rostwick pctttioncd for
and WAS granted license to run q
lunch WAGON nj I'll" dcpots upon ar.
rival and departure of srairs o. l..
Davis. agent for the Hughes estate.
aske'i shat he he refunded the sum
OF $500 sewer assessment against
the Hughes property described in pc
tition. stating h. had not been ssry-
80 with notice. Tn" city clerk cS-
planned tho status of the matter and
TIL. petition was rejected.
T. A. Beatty psiitioncd that San
Pedro street be graded Ia front Of
certain described lots and blocks and
ihut he he permitted to rs. OF water
meters on property ON Chestnut
street The latter wns rejected and
tn. former petition filed.
The Adams express company was
granted II permit 10 hold their an
nusl express sale.
Monthly reports of city treasurer.
city clerk. water works department,
city marshal. pole. magistrate and
city physician were read. Inspector
!. u. Casey reported the number OF
scwrr and sidewalk inspections dur
ing the month.
The city engineer submitted the
cost of construction OF new sanitary
sewers. which report was accepted
and the assessment confirmed. His
report showed the cost OF sewers AS
follows. Sewer on First between
Spruce and Ook street. s7j3 Com
mcrcial street between Third and
Fourth. 1886. Spruce street be-
tween Second and Fourth s5S3.G7.
Third street between Animas and
Animas ami High. si65i2.
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400 WELSH MINERS
PERISH In EXPLOSION;
FIRE FOLLOWS BIAS.
Rescuers Succeed in Getting Out Over 500
Safely Interior of Collery Blown to Pieces

Cardiff oct In rc
lievcd have persisted
hundred pd been rescued when
fire brukco tandh
at
IA
Of the
the
force of
belonging the night shift
save
ana
uded
o stil good
had altogether 500.
n
on
IN
is o
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14
MEETING POSTPONED

. The paving meeting that was I
. to be held ut the chmaber OF Z
. commerce tonight has been post
. pOned for a few DAYS The paw I
. Denver looking over the various Z
. proposed districts has not had
. had time to prepare II detailed
. report and as soon as this is Z
. ready tho meeting will be held Z
. . . . . = = 90 . % . . Z
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GOLF STARS MEET

81 Louis. Mo. Oct. iI.-iiarry
Warden aud Edward Ray. the English
-o!f champions. met Cnrirtian Ken
u"y anh Stuart ;t,.kn-y, iocsi colt
starr. In - special match here today.
and In IN. iirs; hair Of IN" mornin.
round took - commanding lead. Var
don AL" the flint min" holes In II.
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14
HUERTA TOPIC
Of CABINET
DISCUSSION
Copy of His Dictator
Proclamation is
Considered

Washington. Oct. Copies OF "a
proclamation by Provisional Prcsi-
dent Hucrtn announcing himself a.
dictator over Mexico were r.C.i -i
Il, tn. slate department today and
considered at the cabinet meeting II,
the White House.
iiu-r'a declared suspended that
provision of III. constitution which
grant, immunity from arrest ,n mem
beers of the Mexican congress aud an
noun.cs tina, h" viii from time to
time issue "sccuti," d-crc.s b.caus.
OF the dissolution Of congress.
Hu-rta's decree. dated October II.
rays in part:
In view OF the fact that tho
chamber Of d"puii-s and senators OF
the congress of the t'nion hay. been
dissolved and inhibited To perform
their functions and Ia view ~ tn,
powers which ! hold IN the depart
men, OF gob.rnacion. according I"
III" decree Of October II, this year.
4 have seen III tn decree that.
Article l.. tn. constitutional .S-
.mpiion from arrest and judicial ac-
'ion. by which the ci'is"ns which
form the ,w.n'y-slrth congress OF
the rnion enjoyed In View Of their
functions. In hereby repealed and
consequently they are subject to the
Jurisdiction of the tribunals CORES
,,onding To the ease In the event that
they are guilty Of any crime or Of
tcnsr''
In - de-r.- under. date "' u'icL.s
10 Iiucrin declares that until the
people elect new magistrates ~h1
shall take over III. lcgisl,ti,. pow
.rs. md In the belief that the gov
-rnmcnt should count ON nil IN"
necessary facilities to fac. tn. sttua-
ton and to re-cstablish tn. constitu-
tionai order Of things In the shortest
possible time. rs is It's purpose,
since October &c has been set a- 4
dat. for election OF aeputics and SEN
''Dfts NI''sIlaHp iH'lNhs ''h,'''"
tionai president ad interim. has seen
n, to decree thcs. articles OF decree
Article I. Th. judicial power III
the federation shall continue In It's
functions within the limits set by the
constitution OF tn. republic and tn"
deere. OF the executive. OF October l"
OF this month and such others as
shall be issued by him.
"AIticl 1.-THE executive power
OF the Union cons"rycs the powers
conferred on him by the constitution
and assumes further more the depart
mcnts OF gobernacion. finance and
war only for the time absolutely ne
ccssary for the re-establishment OF
the legislative power.
I'm the meantime tile executive
takes on himself the powers granted
by the constitution In the aforsmon-
toned departments and Will make
use of them by issuing DEGREES which
shall be observed generally and
which he may deem expcdicnt for tn.
public welfare.
article III. The executive of the
Union will render an accounting TO
the legislative power Of the use
which ho assumed by means OF this
decree as soon as this IL in function.
The Mexican situation took up SO
much time at the cabinet meeting
that the naval program was not
reached for discussion and it was
agreed that President Wilson would
take the subject up with each mem
Der individually.
None OF the secretaries would COM
ment on Hucrta's decree assuming
the powers of government, further
than to characterize 1t as very in-
tcrcsting."
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NEW RATES EFFECTIVE DEC. /

Washington. oct. 14.--The new
express rates recently prescribed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
will become effective on December |
instead of tomorrow.
| A request for extension by the
companies was granted today. but a
request that the now scale be revised
was refused.
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SENATE: Not IN session; meets
Thursday.
Banking committee continued
work on the admin istration currency
bill.
HOUSE---Fight for quorum re-
sumed with Republican Leader Mann
forcing roll calls.
Adjourned at 1898 p. m. to noon
Wednesday.
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kloonlani DELAYED.

New York. Oct. ii.-Thc steam
ship kroonland. bringing nearly u
hundred survivors of the Voiturno
disaster to this port. has developed
Il flaw in her crank shaft which is
retardinS her sneod. The vessel will
not dock before Thursday.
tGOnttnucd sU prx~ -
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14

Wash ington. Oct. ll.--President
Wilson and his entire cabinet dis
cussed the Mexican situation and the
naval policy of the United States to-
day at the first cabinet meeting
since last June.
While the first object OF the cab
met meeting had been to take up u
three battleship building program to
put the United States back in the
place it occupied among the naval
powers before the last congress cut
the plans to one ship. the despatch
of German warship to Mexican
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THE WEATHER
PHILOSOPHICAL PHElix sAy!

sum fciiefs ad-
init they Ike
olive oil an 9th
err won't lie un-
l.'ss they s", u
il tight place.
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14
Weather Bureau Report

Tonight generally cloudy with
raiI ar snow IN central portion. Cool
~. with fsun,. .ast portion. wei-
n"sday generally fair.
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14
Yestelday'S Temperatures.

No precipitation. part cloudy.
Roads generally fair.
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14

1T WiI.i.-Bur WHAT'S THE
USE! The scope of Want Ad ad-
vertising can't be told in this
little space. There is no propo-
sition too large for Want Al.
to handle.
The chronicle=news., 1913-10-14

lContinued ON VaEs ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-14

SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The liquor deputies. Wednesday,
made raid at the drug store at the
corner OF Free and Center streets, Port
land, No. So Free, and seized five glass
jars containing liquor. There was one
three-gallon jar of whiskey, two jars.
each containing two quarts of wine,
ore jar containing about two ,gills of
whiskey. and one jar containing a pint
OF gin. John W. Haley was arrested and
later released on bail before Commits
s'oner Henry Cleaves Sullivan for his
appearance in the municipal court
Thursday morning. to answer the
charge for unlawful possession. At 81
Free street the deputies found two D.
gallon jugs, one full Of whiskey and
seized them.
Deputy Sheriff Granville II. Mercy
went to Old Orchard, late Tuesday eve-
ming, from Saco TO make investigations
at Whites cafe on Old Orchard street
Forty-six pints of beer were seized, as
well as two quart bottles about two
thirds full and one quart bottle hall
full of whiskey. Judge c. Wallace Har-
rnon of Saco summoned the defend
ant 10 appear before him at the mu-
niciEal court. Saturday morning, Aug