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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
Amendment Turned Down
, After Eleven Hours of
: Debate. =.
HOBSON. IT'S AUTHOR,
! HITS ADMINISTRATIONS
Women Crowd Galleries and
Cheer Dry Leaders-Plac-
ards Line Chamber.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-Representative'
Hobson's resolution proposing nation
wide prohibition through an amendment
to the Federal Cons itution was defeated
IN the House tonight. The vote was 1877
for and 1s9 against the resolution, one
member voting present.
II required a two-thirds vote of the
present membership OF the House. or
2ss. to pass the resolution. The drys
therefore fell ninety-one votes short in
their remarkable fight to bring about a
nationwide drought. They were disap-
pointed over the vote, for they had
banked on this to give impetus to their
struggle in the ruture Tor legislation OF
this kind. A majority OF the present
House is Ell. so that the prohibition
advocates fell just twenty votes shy.
The only comfort that the temperance
people found in to-night's vote was the
fact that they polled "a majority of the
votes of the members who were present.
All told 1856 Of the 432 members were
present tonight and voted. The prohi-
bi,ionists. therefore. had s.,snsrsin of
eight votes In favor OF the resolution.
New Workers Against Prohibition.
OF the forty-two members OF the New
York delegation thirty-two voted against
prohibition. three voted for 1t and six
we're recorded as not voting. Those
who voted for the Hobson resolution
were Representatives Wallln, Dunn and
Hamilton.
Those who voted wet were Brown,
oLeary, Wilson. Dale. Maher, Calder,
Fitzgerald, Griffin. O'Brien, Riordan.
Goldfogle, Loft, Levy Conry, Dooling,
Carew. Patten, Chandler, Cantor, George,
Bruckner, Goulden, Oglesby. Plat, Mott.
Tacott, Clancy, Underhill, Danforth,
Smith and Driscoll.
Those who did not vote were Metz,
Taylor, Mcclellan, Ten Eyck, Fairchiid
ana Gittins. OF these Fairchild was the
only one paired, and he was against it..
Considerable comment was caused to-
night by the fact that forty-five men,
oers Of the House were not present.
Some Of these were paired. There were
stories afloat tonight that some MEM
bers had been taken Ill and had doc
tors certificates TO prove II.
The debate on the resolution and the
closing scenes We're the most exciting
that have been witnessed in Washington
Tor a long time.
Ii was the first time that this propo-
siton ever had come to a vote in Con-
gress and party lines went to smash.
The Democratic Administration and the
leaders of The party in the House were
opposed to Il.
Tho voting on the amendments to the
prohibition resolution did not begin until
o'clock tonight, "A spirited debate hav-
lng run from 10 o'clock in the morning.
The first amendment voted on was offered
oy Representative Mann of Illinois, and
i plainly showed that the opponents of
prohibition were in control OF the situa-
ton.
This amendment provided that the ques-
non 81 constitutional amendment should
Dc submitted to the States instead of to
ue legislatures as was proposed In the
hpnsou measures. This was beaten, 2l0
10 l;6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
One Prisoner Confesses,

one man has confessed and given
full details of his part in the plot He
told a story of how he hoped TO achieve
fame. not to speak OF a large monetary
reward. through his work. The man
who confessed is Hans Halle. alias
Frank Holm. alias Holmes. On at east
one occasion he has masqueraded in
woman's clothing. although this is said
to have been during Mardi Gras, when
such costumes are not uncommon
among male maskers.
Under police questioning Halle poured
out IA tale that caused his listeners to
sit up and gasp. lie explained the
mechanism OF his engine OF destruction
and told how II could he placed aboard
a snip with little danger or discovery
The usual time for the clockwork 20 act
was sin and u half days. although this
was varied AZ times
The bomb taken from his hotel was
several feet square. II contained enough
explosive 10 wreck a dreadnuoght 1t is
sad
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\ humpor OF Deputies were unable 70
ne present for reasons more serious than
tnelf personal decision in the matter
Among the latter was NJ Pasqual. who
TOOK part in the defence of Maubeuge AS
an niIntry captain aud vas captured and
removed TO fcl many ~ prisoner OF
war when that city fell Three other
deputies of northern departments, NM.
bas!y' Delory and Ghcsquiere, unified
socialists were captured by the Germans
ana ana are held as hostages NM. Henri
Durre and Pierre Meln. representatives OF
the city of Nilencionrcs. which the Ger
mans no" occupy, were able to escans
with the greatest difficulty and reach
Iirls III time for the opening of the
session "
The seats Of three Deputies killed at the
front were draped with crepe and tho
scarf which is the insignia OF member
~ tho chamber, had been placed thereon
Two or these seats We're on the right
ana the third In the centre Here the
lat which was formerly occupied bv lean
Jaures had been let vacant az the meetin.
of August 4. II viii be recalled that NJ
',au'es was killed a few days before the
h'claration OF wa Ivy fanatic who OBJ.
tected 10 his patriotic attitude
In the front row of the gallery reserved
or al" Diplomatic Corps were the Am
baSSaHors of the United states. JaD,n and
ItdlN VI Paul De>chancl entered the
Chamber at ? 10 O'Clock. He was in eye-
h.IS clothes and appeared TO be pale. but
showed no signs OF his recent automobile
accident
Premier vivani spoke IN part as fol.
lows:
There .s II this time but one sinrls
policy, combat without mercy until suoh
Time a. We accomplish the definite liberia
iun u' Europe, Won by victory insur-
ing peace. This Is the cry which wa.
wrung from an lips when during IN,
session OF the Chamber Of Deputies of
August there became evident. as has
been 80 well describ,d by the President
OF IN" republic. that sacred unity which
IN the pages OF future history will be
til" honor Of France.
'I'a.s Is tho cry that is being rcpeated
ny all Frenchmcu, but only after they
have rut an end 10 ,hc d scords which
too often take possession of our mind,
and which blind enemy m stock for DIFF
i"rtucts that could not BE- composed IL
- the cry that T. being heard from the
glorious trenches where France has
thrown al her youth and all her virility. In
front Of this TouSUg evidence, Unexpected
by Germany, of national sentiment Ger,
MANY was troubled IN the intoXication OF
her dream Of victory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
HABEAS CORPUS
WRITS MAY BAR
THAW'SR ETURN
Prisoners Lawyers Feel Sure
He Will Not BE Brought
to New York.
JEROME SAYS COURTS
WILL END NONSENSE

That the decision OF the Supreme Court
will not end Harry Thaw's fight against
extradition from New Hampshire on a
charge Of conspiracy was made evident
yesterday by his lawyers. Every ex-
ped!ent which the law allows him will
he utilized in the effort to prevent his
being brought within the Jurisdiction OF
the New York courts.
The attitude Of the attorneys for the
State and for Thaw indicates the begin
ming of another stin battle OF legal wits
when the mandate OF the Supreme Court
is handed down In about thirty days.
Franklin Kennedy. Deputy Attorney
General says that Thaw will be back in
New York in two months but Moses II.
Grossman said IL would be "a long. long
time, II ever" before Thaw is once more
within the confines OF this State
The chief reliance Of his attorneys will
probably be in writs OF habeas corpus,
by which every step OF his journey. when
1t once starts, will be obstructed. The
employment Of this ancient privilege may
make the efforts to return Thaw to New
York as spectacular as was his flight
The main point that cropped up in the
case yesterday was the contention that
the supreme Court has no power TO en-
force It's mandate, so far a. the physical
transfer is concerned, but can merely
indicate what IL thinks should be doue.
That this is true TO a certain extent Is
admitted by William Travers jerome.
Admits Courts Lack of Power.
Mr.. Kennedy also gave a qualified as
sent to the suggestion that the court has
no power to maadamus New Hampshire
:" comply. b.. aaas cha. re dee: &c. ~
here Thaw's attorneys could continue 10
employ wIits of habeas corpus indefinite v.
That this is just the intention Of Thaw's
attorneys was indicated YESTERDAY, and
their ability to check The prisoners trans
fer from the Jurisdiction of tLe New
Hampshire courts will lie In the speed
with which they can obtain a writ and
serve II upon Sheriff tIornbeck OF Duchess
county. Thaw will De turned over to him
by Sheriff Holman Drew OF Coos county.
New Hampshire. who has been Thaw =
custodian under the orders ut The ,our;
II Is probable that an automobile will
be the means of ThaWs exit from New
Hampshire, as Il was OF his entrance
after the long ride from Matteawan. and
II so his attorneys will have "A hard tim.
TO obtain writ after the transfer and
overtake Hornbeck before he can get his
charge over the State line. II both parties
disregard the speed laws a pretty race
may develop.
II he y taken by rail through Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut. the usual route.
applications would be made in each of
these States for writs of habeas corpus
that would delay the journey Indefinitely.
II has even been considered within the
range If possibilities that Hornbeck might
prefer TO make a dash 10 Maine 90 catch
II boat for New York. as the trip by
water would reduce the chances of being
held up.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
PLOT TO BLOW
UP LINERS WITH
BOMBSCHARGED
Germans Aim to Destroy
Shipments for Allies. New
Orleans Police Say.
INTERNAL MACHINE IS
FOUND: MAN CONFESSES

New ORLEANS, Dec. can alleged
wholesale plot to destroy ships carrying
horses and mules or munitions of war
for the allied armies in Europe was UNI
earthed tonight by the police following
a series of arrests.
The plan, it is said. was to place in
fernal machines operated by clockwork
among the cargoes OF the ships. These
were TO explode after the ships were
we'll out at sea. 1t first was reported
that several ships now en- route to
Europe had the deadly bombs on board.
Some of these chips are said to be with
out wireless and their fate is not known.
One of the bombs was recovered from
a hotel room in which an alleged MEM
Der of the gang was staying
The police tonight are working on
the theory that the plotters have ac-
completes in New York city.
The Washington times., 1914-07-26
Girl Harvest Hand
Masquerades as Man

TOPEKA, Kan. July 21-For six
weeks Marie Patrick of Des Arc, Ark.
posed in Kansas as a man. She wore
mems clothing. and during harvest
helped about cook shacks and the barn,
and did light work because she an
nounced she was not strong enough 10
do a mans work.
The farmer became short of help and
she was compelled to take pitchfork and
help stack wheat. Her actions caused
the farmer, who had been suspicious OF
her sex, to accuse his slender. girlish-
looking hired man of being girl. and
Marie confessed.
She was travelling with J. p. Phillips.
of Jackson, Tenn, who was working In
the field when the girls sex became
known. She is being held by the coun-
ty attorney Of Kiowa county at Grens-
burg, Kan, while an effort Is being
made to locate her relatives. The girl
explained that she and Phillips had
''bummed' on box cars and walked ties
to Kansas
The Washington times., 1914-07-26

empted the owls home. so the doc
tor put un. a hark-covered box for
them in a neighboring tree, and
there they raised happy family.
Even Wood Thrush Tanned.
The wood thrush Is Very shy bird,
but so friendly has DR.. Mellott be-
come with those in his neighborhood
that a pair of them nested in a
small tree right over his front walk
and never seemed disturbed when
persons passed within a few feet Of
them In his ward the doctor has
arranged a half a dozen feeding
places by putting I'M a board with a
piece of suet nailed to it, and COW
cred with a small niece of chicken
wire to keep the larger birds from
bearing it off. He has fenced in a
few square feet of bramble with
chicken wire so that birds may be
safe from cats there. and has fixed
a small pool with a sandy beach,
where hundreds of the birds take
their morning bath.
I'VE can divide our birds into three
classes" said DR.. Mellott.
The permanent residents, that
stay here the year round; the winter
residents, that migrate farther North
in the nesting season, and the spring
migrants, that spend the winter
south of us. The latter class far
outnumbers the permanent ard win
ter residents.
Our best-known permanent resi-
dents include the bluebird, Carolina
chickadee, tufted titmouse, white
breasted nuthatch, Carolina wren,
mocking bird, cardinal. song spar
row. blue jay. downy woodpecker,
crow, and screech owl Sometimes
there will be a few robins. cedar
birds, field sparrows, meadow larks,
and red-headed woodpeckers, and
hairy woodpeckers spend the winter
here. A pair of f1ickers remained In
Chevy Chase last winter, AMI a cat
bird and a cheewink were seen in
the District in January.
I'm variety of species and in num-
Der of its birds. Chevy Chase las
been particularly favored. This is
an asset. the value of which cannot
be overcstimated. The worst enemy
our birds have is the common house
cat. and the second worst Is prob
ably the red squirrel. It has been
proved time and again that bird life
diminishes in proportion az the num-
Der of cats increases in any COM
munity.''
The Washington times., 1914-07-26
Double SkiddOO' agFallS
To Harding'S Car.

On the car Of the Engineer Com
missioner of the District is automo-
bile tag No. Sse3. Thereby hangs a
tale.
The number was originally owned
by one OF Washington's physicians.
One day the physician appeared at
the office Of Fl. NJ. Woodward, sec
retary of the automobile board, in
an excited, not to say peevish, frame
of mind.
II want a new number for my au-
tome bile" he demanded.
Why" inquired Mr.. Woodward.
Have you lost the old one?"
Lost nothing" replied the doctor.
Here it is" and he displayed No.
zSS23.
"A new tag will cost you g." ex-
planned the secretary.
Cheap, lemme' have IT right
away, it's worth double the price"
Pressed for an explanation as TO
his imperative need for new num-
ber. the physician said:
It's this way. There are q lot of
lids in my neighborhood, and every
time l start out in my machine they
gather around and yell There goes
old double skiddo.' Isn't that rea-
son enough?"
Mr.. Woodward agreed that 1t was
and issued the new tag.
A few days later Col w. V. Jud-
son. then Engineer Commissioner,
called for a distinctive" number for
his automobile. Secretary Wood
ward suggested 1923 II was accent
ed, and ever since has designated
the Engineer Commissioners car.
neither Colonel Judson nor his sue
cessor, Colonel Harding. having any
fear OF the double skiddoo." Thir-
teen may not be an unlucky num-
Der, but in the minds of a lot OF
persons is the belief that it is Just
as well not to take any chances
Several days ago the proprietor of
a lunchroom called at the office OF
Auditor Tweedale with the request
that the number on his water bill
be changed. His reason was that il
was 1913.
For the last year I've had a
cross-eyed ink on my trail" said
the lunchroom man. The b!ow-off
me out OF business. / was wonder
ing why l was getting the double
cross when / discovered that the
number on my water bill Is 1913.
That's the answer. want II
The Washington times., 1914-07-26

Mellott, both being members of the
local Audubon Society, and when he
got the Chevy Chase figures they
were so far ahead of his other re-
ports that he figured the doctor had
been influenced by his enthusiasm.
Accordingly Prof. Cooke met DR..
Mellot at $50 one June morning by
appointment. and together they
counted the birds. The result was
that they saw more birds than Dr.
Mellott ever had seen when alone
The area included in this census is
bounded by Connecticut avenue
Newlands street. Brookville road and
Kirke street. 1t is an ideal bird
country, though thickly settled. But
there are a number of tall Forest
trees, interspersed with open spaces
and patches of shrubbery, and the
cat population is almost nil.
Thirty-fve Species Found.
On this space were found 16O pairs
of birds representing thirty-five spe-
cies, divided as follows:
Robins, 10: catbird, IS: purple
grackle, II; house wren. 16; English
sparrows, 13; red-eyeed vireo. 10:
song sparrow. 10: wood thrush. s;
pewee, 3: chipping sparrow, 5; flick
o. -11A l4lIOdlf
blue jay, 3; cardinal. 9; yellow
throated vireo, 2; yellow warbler,
2; nuthatch, 2; red-headed wood
pecker, 2; brown thresher, 2; CHM
ney swift, 2; orchard oriole, 2;
chick adee, screech owl, bob white,
scarlet tanager. red start, meadow
lark, mourning dove, great-crested
fly catcher, downy woodpecker, field
sparrow, king bird. cuckoo, indigo
bunting, and prairie warbler, one
pair Of each.
DR.. Mellott spent his boyhood on
an Ohio farm. where the birds of
field and forest were his compan-
ions the year round. and he is now
one of the best informed members
of the Audubon Society on all mat
ters of bird lore. On his half-acre
lawn there were twelve nests this
year. which is an average of twenty
four pairs to the acre. This includ-
ed flickers. cat birds. downy wood
Deckers. white-breasted nuthatches,
house wrens. red-headed woodpeck-
ers. red-eyed vireos. wood pewees,
and a pair of screech owls.
The owls last year occupied the
top floor of what DR.. Mellott calls
his apartment tree" because a pair
of flickers have for several seasons
nested in a lower compartment. This
season a pair of gray squirrels pre-
The Washington times., 1914-07-26

LUCKY STRIKE-1-lb. humidor.
soc: lib. tin, 75c.
lb. tin. 35c.
can-"The Aristocrat of the Pipe"
All lOc tins of the popular brands.
for Csc All sc packages. 6 for
csc.
The Washington times., 1914-07-26

changed, and I'm hoping for speedy
action.
He was directed to the office of the
water registrar, where the '.jinx"
was removed
The Washington times., 1914-07-26

Our Red Bug Killer is sure CSo
death, a pint bottle....-......... ScS
A brush free to apply it with.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-06-25
CONTRACT LET
st. Cloud Man Will Erect MelrOse
School Building at Cost of 1884,
845-Heating Extra.

Melrose, June 22.-The contract for
the new school building was awarded
by the school board to Edward Hirt of
st. Cloud. The contract calls for the
building to be turned over completed
October Is, 1914. The price which the
contract calls for is $34, 845. This does
not include heating, plumbing, ventila-
ton or any fixtures.
The heating, plumbing and ventilat-
ing was let to the Virginia Plumbing
and Heating Co., Virginia. Mimi, and
incl Ides the necessary radiation and a
pipe line to the city lighting plant, as
the steam for heating the new build
ing is to be taken from there. The
contract for this work was let for
$13,25O.
The electric wiring was let to
Crosse & Langford Co. of Minneapolis
at the agreed price of $448.
Work on the construction will start
at once and will be pushed to compile
ton as rapidly as conditions will per-
NIT. The board in charge are very
we'll pleased with the prices obtained
and consider the contractors for the
building are entirely responsible.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-06-25
Two DROWNED
Boat Capsizes at Fishtrap, Throwing
Occupants Into Lake and Two
Women Lose Lives.

Little Falls, June 23.-Two women
met death by drowning at Fishtrap
lake Saturday afternoon when the
boat from which they were fishing
caps.zed. Both the women were from
Staples and were sisters.
No one was a witness to the accl-
dent except William j. Schmelz, also
of Staples, who was in the boat Win
the women. The accident occurred a
short distance from the big island
near the center of the lake. The man
had been rowing and the two women
trolling when they decided to change
places in the boat. In doing so the
boat was turned completely over,
throwing the three occupants into the
lake.
A party in launch were fishing
lust around corner of the island and
they rescued the man after he had al
most been drowned by one OF the
women clinging to his c,ocning. The
man could swim very little himself,
and consequently was unable to help
the women. The accident occurred
about A o'clock.
One of the bodies was recovered
about two hours after the accident by
dragging and the other half an hour
later. Both were taken to Staples.
One of the women was Mrs. D.. j.
Schmelz, a sister-in-iaw of the man
who was in the boat with them, and
the other was her sister.
Their is a persistent rumor that a
sister of the two women who were
drowned, died later the same evening
at the Brainerd hospital making three
deaths in the same family in one day.
1t is understood that Mrs. Schmeiz
leaves six children and that her sister
who died at Brainerd leaves three.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-06-25

for the Prohibition and Socialist cam
didates. The majority of the Demo-
ocratic candidate for Governor over
the Republican was 1876 votes. In
the primary election just over, there
were cast 2735 votes for the epublican
candidates and 1884 for the Democra-
tic candidates for Governor, making a
total of 1889 or only 507 less than
was cast at the general election, but
out of this total the Republican can
didates received 2735 thus showing
conclusively that more than 1000
Democrats voted for the Republican
candidates for Governor.
There being no opposition to DR.. =.
A. Dubois of this city for the Demo-
cratic nomination for congress his
name did not appear on the primary
ballot, but the combined vote cast for
Lindbergh and Maxfeic was 1922, OF
which Lindbergh received 1924 and
Maxfeld 1913, showing that more than
700 Democrats voted for the Repuhli-
can candidates.
Below is given the table showing
the vote in each precinct as compared
with the general election of 1912:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-06-25
sonage in this town was recently de-

sonage in this town was recently de-
stroyed by fire, but temporary quar-
tiers, pending the building of new
church, have been established and he
will conduct services there. Rev H.
Klien, former pastor of the ST. Nieho-
las church has been assigned to Las
trup in Morrison county. Rev. Frank
Welp, who has been IN charge of st.
.Patrick's church at Melrose,A will go
to Alexandria.
Rev. J. Kitowski, former pastor at
the church at Foley, has returned
from a years vacation spent abroad.
He has been assigned pastor of the
church at st. Anna.
Rev. John Funk, w-lo was ordained
priest in St. Paul on June 9, and
celebrated his first mass at Albany on
last Sunday, has been appointed sec
ond assistant pastor at the Cathedral
church in this city. He will assume
his new duties at once, as Rev. Joseph
Kilian, assistant at the Cathedral for
the past year and half, has been as
signed to the St. Patrick's church at
Melrose.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-06-25
A FREAK ELECTION
Party Lines Obliterated and the Con
test DevelOpes Into a go AS
You Please"

When the statewide primary law
went into effect party lines were prac-
tically wiped out and when the last
legislature passed the "non-partisan'
county and legislative law, that COM
pleted their obliteration.
The following table of the vote OF
Stearns county comparing the gener-
al election of 1912 with the present
primary vote will prove of interest to
the political student for it is reflex
of the entire state vote.
In the general election of 1912
there were cast in this county 1896
votes of which 1859 were Republican
and 3137 were Democratic. There
were also a few scattering votes cast