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was in need of funds.
Raised His Fees.


The Judge then asked me- satd
Mr.. Akerman, if the court r'lsed my
firms fees would we withdraw our oD-
jections to Talley & Heyward's fees"
The Judge allowed an increase Of
$175 in our fee, but declined to cut the
fee allowed Talley & Heyward,' Mr..
Akerman added.
The witness declared that an e5-
arrangement between himself and Judge
Speer had been caused by his refusal
to recommend the appofntm CT
Judge Speer's sonin-law as assistant
district attorney. Since the estrange-
ment, he charged, he had been able 70
win but few cases in Judge Speer's
court, fact which he attributed t.
Judge Speer's personal activity in d.
recting the case into channels which
handicapped the governments prose
cution.
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BLEAsE GRANTS RESPITE.

Columbia, Jan. 23-Gov. B!ease to
day granted respite until Feb. % -
l. S. Lemacks, OF Cclleton county, who
was sentenced to be electrocuted at
the state penitentiary here today upon
conviction of murder. Sentences G;
five conyicts In the penitentiary, two
for murder and three for manslaugh-
ter, were commuted to be geryed on
the public works OF Lancaster county.
In which they were convicted
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NEW INVESTMENT COMPANY
ASKS FOR CHARTER
Empire investment Company Is Organ
lied Here

petition for charter was filed in
the Glynn superior court yesterday by
the Empire Investment company. The
incorporates are Albert FeIdig, A.
M. Way, J. W. Bennett and ~ w. Wa'-
ker, all of this city.
The company is capitalized at $40,
600 and 1t is stated in the petition
that the company desires tot engaged
in a general real estate business, tn
buy and sell farm lands, to Handled IN
a general way bon Is, etc, and to OF 4
erwise conduct a general Investment
business.
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MUTINY ON STEAMER oEvoNIAN

Liverpool, Jan 25~-Mutiny broke
out on the steamship Devonian after
she left Liverpool yesterday and she
was compelled to put back &c HOLY
head where 10 of the crew were ar
rested. The trouble occurred when un-
ion sailors refused to obey orders o.
the ships officers until the non-union
men had been put ashore.
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SCHOONER IN DISTRESS.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 23--The wreckin3
steamer !. j. Merritt and tug +. r.
Sharp have gene from Norfolk to the
assistance Of the tbree-masted schoon-
er Levi ). Andrews. from hiladcl-
phia to Savannah with coal, which lies
bcached abreast Of Larramcro life
saving station north OF Cape Charles
The Andrews has 800 tons Of coal
aboard
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JUR|ST ANGEREO
BY TESTIMONY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TESTIFIED
THAT HE CHARGED JURY
UNFAIRLY.
WOULD PLEAD HIS OWN CASE
81 Am Lawyer Myself, AMI Wiso
the Privilege Of Reading that
Charge" He Exclaimed-The Chair
man Refused the Request
WOULD PLEAD HIS OWN CASE

Macon, Jan. 23.-Smarting under the
testimony OF District Attorney AleXan-
der Akerman, Judge Emory Speer to-
day for the first time since the inves-
tisation of his official conduct was be.
gun by a congressional committee at
tempted to address the ;nluisitoc
The jurist sprang to his feet, with his
attorneys plucking at his coat sleeves
and admonishing him to be seated,
and began his remarks.
Your honors, if you please, have
sat quietly here and listened to mis-
representations which have been heap
ed upon me. just minute
Judge broke in Chairman Webb,
Il suggest that you nave your counsel
mase any remarkk you wish made.'
7 am lawyer myself repli I'll
Judge Speer, and just wish the priv :
ilege of reading the charge Which NJ
Akerman has Just attacked
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FIRE AT SWAif9S6oPO.

Swainsboro, Jan. z3.-Firc of un
known origin today destroyed the
Coleman Opera house and office build.
ing here. The damage is estlr,ated at
100000, partially 1vered by insnr-
ance.
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Decline to Hear Him.

Chairman Webb declined to allow
the Jurist to proceed, but sta ed tina,
the committee would take the charge
and read it.
The scene was p1ecipitated when
United States District Attorney Akcr-
man in his testimony accused judge
Steer OF delivering a charge antago-
nistic to the government
The charge referred to by Mr. Aker-
man was in the case of the govern
ment' VS.. Scarboro, charged with violat
ing the national banking laws. Mr. Ak
erman contended that the judge $
charge was of such a nature as to pra
tically direct the acquittal OF the mail
Mr.. Akerman testified that the le-
gal firm of which he was member,
represented Henry Jemlson, said 10
have been in the employ of Judge
Speer at the time Jemison was con
victed of violation of city ordinances
and sentenced to the chaingang. Jenl-
ison later was released by order o.
Judge Speer in habeas corpus pr y
ceedings. On appeal of the city OF
Macon to the supreme court of the
United States and the revers II of the
decision OF the lower court, Mr. Akel-
man said, he carried the mandate OF
the higher tribunal to Judge Speer 5
residence along with an order prepar-
ed by the city attorney of Macon. Ths
order, if signed, he said, would make
the mandate of the higher court effeo-
tive. Judge Speer declined to sign the
order and the following day it wa
again presented to Linn and he again
declined to sign it.
Do you know anything concerning
the charge that Judge Speer is az
dicted to the drug habit?" asked
Chairman Webb
Not of my own knowledge" replie. /
the witness Il can only give you the
opinion of a lawyer. ! have frequently
observed the judge grow irritable.
restless and impatient; that On SUCH
occasions he would recess VS. court
and go to chambers for five or ten
minutes, when he would remount The
bench with his old time yigor.'
That Judge Speer would lrave h.
judicial district every year from July
l to Nov. l was also asserted by the
witness.
Mr.. Akerman rec!-ed allegef instan.
ces of lapses of memory on the pari
of Judge Speer, which indicated to
him, he testified, that Judge Spee: )
mind had begun to fail in 1907.
In bankruptcy case, fees that he
had considered excessive were allaw.
ed by Judge Speer 10 the firm of Tai
ley & Hayward, the former icing &t
one time private secretary 70 judge
Speer, and the latter his son-in-law
the witness testified When he protest
ed that the fees allowed We're mucl
more liberal than those allowed liz
old firm, also participants in the litiga
tion, Mr.. AkerTan declared that Judge
Speer had stated that his son-in-law
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30
LAURENCE IRVING
AND SETON-KARR
DIED AS HEROES

QUEBEC. May 30.-An eyewitness
of the death of Laurence Irving says
the celebrated actor and dramatist
lost his life in a heroic effort to save
his wife, whose stage name was
Mabel Hackney. The man who saw
the Irvings perish was F. f. Abott,
of Toronto. He was the last person
now living who spoke to them.
This is the story told today by Mr..
Abott;
Il met Mr.. Irving first in the pas
sageway and he said calmly Is the
boat going down. I said it looked
like it. 'Dearie.' Irving then said to
his wife, hurry. There is not time
to lose.'
Mrs. Irving began cray, and as
the actor reached for life belt the
boat suddenly lurched and he was
thrown against the door of his cabin.
His face was bloody and Mrs. Irving
became frantic.
" Keep COOL he warned her, but
she persisted in holding her arms
around him. He forced the life belt
over her and pushed her out of the
door. He then practically carried her
upstairs. | asked if | could help, and
Irving said, Look after yourself first,
old man, but God bless you all the
same"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30
WILSON SPEAKS
At c. AR. EVENT
OF WASHINGTON
President Reconsiders Memo-
rial Day lnvitation-He Ex-
plains Recent Refusal.
WISHED NOT TO HAVE HIS
PURPOSE MlScoNSTRUED
Declares He Preferred Not to
Speak on War During Mex
lean Trouble.
Especial to the Evening star.I

WASHINGTON, May 3O.-The White
House announced this morning that
President Wilson had reconsidered
his refusal, and would attend the Me-
mortal Day exercises at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery later today The an
nouncement followed criticism of the
Presidents refusal from G. A. r.
posts in every section of the United
States.
In explaining the reason for the
Presidents change of plans, Seere-
tary Tumulty ISSUED the following
statement:
when the invitation was rendered
by the committee representing the
G. A. r. of the District of Columbia
the President informed the commit
tee that he did not think the occa-
sion would be opportune for the de-
livery of an appropriate address, and
because of this he felt that he must
d1cilne the invitation, agreeing, how
ever, to attend a memorial service at
later date. Evidently a miscon-
struction has been placed on his
action. and therein lies the reason for
the change of program"
Secretary Tumulty was asked
whether the fact that Speaker Champ
Clark had accepted the G. A. r. in
vitation to speak at Arlington today
had any influence on the Presidents S
change of plan. The secretary re-
piled that it had not
I'VE knew nothing at all about
Speaker Clark's plans, =" he answered,
and there is no intention in the
Presidents presence at Arlington in
any way overshadowing the Speaker
in todays program. The President
reconsidered his refusal because he
felt that a deliberate attempt had
been made to distort his reasons. He
had believed that it would be unad-
visable to talk abotu war at a time
like this, when the Mexican situation
was under consideration, and in view
of the fact that it would be hard to
avoid that topic, the President had
preferred to make his Arlington
speech under different circumstances"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30
ARMSTRONG IS
FOUND GUILTY
IN BANK CASE
CoIIapses as Verdict Is An.
nounced-Thompson and
jennings Acquitted.

After celebrating six hours and
fifteen minutes last night jury in
the Court of oyer and Terminer,
Chief Justice William s. Gummere
presiding, found William c. Arm
strong guilty and William j. Thomp-
son and A. Randolph Jennings not
-gdslty of q conspiracy to defraud the
Roseville Trust Company out of &c.,
7S5.06.
Armstrong was a real estate dealer
and building contractor in the AM
pere section, while Jennings and
4 Thompson were tellers in the wrecked
banking institution. Raymond e.
smith, former secretary and treas
urer of the defunct bank, was Jointly
indicted with the three men named
above, but last Monday he pleaded
non vult and was the principal wit
ness for the State against them.
The Jury received the case at 4:50
o'clock Yesterday afternoon, and 1t
was lust IL o'clock last night when a
ran on the door announced that the
Jury had agreed. Five minutes later
s the twelve men filed into court and
gave their verdict to George L. Mahr.
deputy county clerk, who had been
authorized py Cnlel Justice Iuiiiiiiere
to receive 1T.
when Foreman William II. Chat
man of the jury announced the YER
dict Armstrong was seated beside his
wife on the first row of seats in the
courtroom. AS he heard the words
1--WE find the defendant, Armstrong,
suilty' his face turned CHASTITY pale
and moment later he collapsed and
would have slid to the floor In a
faint if his wife had not caught him
in her arms.
Thompson, who had been seated
near Armstrong, jumped up and got
a glass of water, which was given to
Armstrong, reviving him. Supported
by his wife and some friends, he then
:. left the Court House.
When Thompson's sister heard the
words announcing that her brother
and jennings were not guilty she ran
lContinued ON Page 8, Column III.
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SCORES FOUGHT
FOR THEIR LIVES
IN ICY WATERS
Survivors Tell How Victims of
Tragedy Went to Their
Deaths.

QUEBEC, May S0.-Scores suffering
from exhaustion and exposure, and
many from severe injuries, the half
clothed survivors of the Empress told
thrilling experiences to-day. after
they had somewhat recovered fror.l
the shock.
One feature that was brought out
by all was the complete helplessness
of most of the passengers Within.
the space of few minutes they had
been hurled, MANNED or stunned, into
the icy water, trapped in their state
rooms, or tumbled off the slopine
sides of the stricken liner.
How many We're mangled by the
bow of the Storstad or crushed By
splintered timbers viii never b.
known. Many perished while des-
perately trying TO reach doorways. or.
seeking a footing on the slopine
treacherous decks. Others became
panic stricken and leaped into ths
water with chairs or anything els,
loose they could find.
IL was a pitiful sight when tho
ferry steamer Polaris docked on tho
Quebec side last night and 1886 mer
and women, saved from the ill-fateo
Empress of Ireland trooped faltering-
ly down the gangway. The faces OF
all plainly registered the frightful
experience they had gone through.
Very few of the survivors possessed
a complete outfit of clothes, the ma
jority wearing only shirts. trousers
and boots.
Heads were barred as the injured
were brought ashore, supported by
friends and officials of the company
The second and third class passen-
gers and the crew were Immediately
made comfortable on the Allan liner
Alsatian. which was lying in an ad-
Joining berth at the breakwater. The
first-class and injured passengers
were transferred in automobiles and
other vehicles to the Chateau From
tenac. staff of doctors and nurses
took charge of the injured.
ships surgeon = Hero.
Among the twenty-five survivors OF
the first cabin there were eight WON
en- and one child, and strangely
among the twenty mine rescued from
the second cabin there were also eight
women and one child. OF the 101 per-
sons saved from the steerage were
four women.
Among the fifty passengers left in
Rimousd were a number who were
SO i'll or so badly injured that they
had to be taken TO the hospital.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30
MediatOrs Desire to Hear
Carranza Now Rather
Than After NegOtia-
tiOnS Are Completed.
ACTION OF MEDIATORS is
PROMPTED BY WASHINGTON
State Department More Hope
ful Than Ever That ENJOYS
Will Come to Satisfactory
Agreement at Niagara Falls.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, May 30.-
The South American mediators are
confronted today with the problem of
whether or not they will permit Con-
stitutionalist representatives to enter
the conferences here. The issue has
been raised through the sending of a
note from General Carranza by a
special messenger, Juan F. Urquidi,
in which the Constitutionalist chief
expresses surprise that the mediators
proceeded with the Negotiations with
out replying to his telegram asking
what points would be discussed in the
mediation.
The Huerta delegates know only
unofficially fthe presence here of
Mr.. Urquidi, but they expected today
to be formally advised of the nature
of the communication hr brought On
the subject of Constituu,onalist rep
resentation, the Huerta delegates
have decided among themselves that
they will abide by any decision the
mediators may make.
The mediators announced after Ur-
duidi's visit that the course of the
mediation proceedings owlud not be
disturbed through the new represen-
tattons. There was every reason to
delegates who are thought to have
irterceded to obtain an audience for
Urquidi yesterday might pursue the
matter further so as to bring about
CCnstitutionalist representation in
the conferences.
Want to Negotiate First.
The view of the American delegates
Is that it would be far more satis-
factory to deal with the various
factions before any agreement or pro-
toeol is signed than to attempt later
to bring third party, the Constitu-
tionalsts. into accord with the two
party agreement now being prepared
In the meantime the Huerta and
American delegates are still awaiting
word from their respective govern
ments before giving final approval to
the tentative plan before them.
Some of the hitherto unpublished de-
tails Of the plan are as follows:
The provisional government, which
would succeed the Huerta regime,
consisting of a provisional president
and four cabinet members would
hold office until 1916, when the term
of Madero expires, and regular
presidential election takes place. The
object of this is to give the new ad-
ministration a year or more in which
to pacify the country absolutely, pre-
pare it for a popular election and
make a beginning on land and edu-
cational reform.
The Readjustment Scheme.
Though some of the delegates on
both sides would have preferred five
persons, all neutral in politics, to
conpoe the snew government the
tentative plan now is to have two
Constitutionalists and two men, not
identified with the Huerta adminis-
tration, but chosen by the Huerta del
egates, for the four cabinet portfolios
wit ha neutral provisional president.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30
WRECKS DEATH
TOLL NOW 1882;
PROBE IS BEGUN
Canadian Government Boat on Way to
Quebec with 800 Bodies of St.
Lawrence Tragedy Victims.

QUEBEC, appalling life
when the Empress the
rammed amidshp
the responsibility which
life, proportion than
in
compiled Canadian Railway
persons
AIoreth o
o.
H Kendall, R r., the o
the
nd taken ashore al
had
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Smith smashed triple to left field
fence, scoring T.. Zimmerman with
the tying run. Curtis famed. Collins
laid down a neat bunt, which went
safe, Smith scoring. Collins stole
second Move swas thrown out by
Murphy, Collins taking third. Murphy
also threw out Witter TWO RUNS,
THREE HITS, NO ERRORS.
JERSEY CITY-Pfyl beat out a hit
to Kraft, who fell in fielding the ball
Murphy forced Pfyl at second, Curtis
to Move. Murphy stole second. On
Tyler's smash to Move, Murphy was
retired at third, Move to f. Zim-
norman Tyler was forced by Taylor
az second on his smash to Move, who
touched second. NO RUNS, ONE
HIT, NO ERRORS.
EIGHTH INNING.
NEWARK--Kraft famed. Getz
out, Murphy to Pfyl. w. Zimmerman
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BATTERIES.

At Jersey City-Curtis and Smith Taylor and Tyler
At Rochester-Rogge and Kelly; Hof and Williams
Buffalo-Couchman and Mad Bader and Stephens
At Provdence-Danforth Eg Schulz and Onslow.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE

walked. w. Zimmerman stole second.
e. Zimmerman fouled to Bues NO
RUNS. NO HITS, NO ERRORS.
JERSEY CITY-Cooper fouled to
E. Zimmerman, who went to left field
bleachers fence for a pretty catch.
Koehler out, e. Zimmerman to
Kraft. The same retired Bues. NO
RUNS, NO HITS, NO ERRORS.
NINTH INNING.
NEWARK-Smith singled to left
Curtis fouled to Tyler. When Smith
tried to take second after the catch
he was doubled on Tyler's perfect
throw to Koehler. Murphy threw out
Collins NO RUNS, ONE HIT, NO
ERRORS.
JERSEY CITY-Eschen fouled to
Smith. Fisher flied to w thinner
man. Pfyl flied to Witter. NO RUNS,
NO HITS, NO ERRORS.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
r.. e.
Philadelphia -. q lI IU O U q IU II kE q W-EzfEIG
New York . Rl IY RI Il EO ll EO Iy II q -UNE4EX
Washington W Il "a 10 q O d q e q i -
Boston kel kU kQ ~ #H W - 4zH
Chicago ..... E III I'll gO gl EU III gO III #-KSk:NEZ
Cleveland -. z U U E U U III O U E-EEKYEN

At New York-Shawkey and Schang; Cole and Nunamker
i Boston-Ayers and Henry Leonard and Carrigan
At Cleveland-Cicoe and Schak; Mitchell and O'Nell
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Two-base hits-Eschen, w. zim-
norman, Collins.
Three-base hit-H. Smith.
Sacrifice hits-E. Zimmerman,
Move.
Stolen bases-Murphy 2, Fisher,
Collins, w. Zimmerman.
Double play-Tyler to Koehler.
Bases on balls-Off Curtis 3, off
Taylor 2.
Struck out-By Curtis 2, by Tay-
lor 5.
Left on bases--Newark s, Jersey
City A.
Umpires-Finneran and Harrison.
Attendance-2,500.
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The government boat Lady Eve
lyn, laden with more than 30 dead
from the steamship Empress of Ire
land. is on her way here from
Rimouski. In an improvised morgue
the victims of the disaster viii await
Identification here.
Captain Kendall. Of the Empress.
still crushed by what has occurred,
vas a little better this morning. He
still suffers from injuries sustained
but has mt contracted pneumonia, as
was reported To friends with whom
he has talked he lamented the failure
of the collier Storstad to hold her
bow in the rent she had opened in
the liners side. It appears that it
was misty, but not actually foggy.
when the crash occurred.
The Empress had passed Rimouski
at 1 80 a. m. and was on her course
Captain Kendall was on the bridge
and ordered the ship slowed down.
Then he made out the lights of an ap-
preaching steamer. He whistled and
the steamer answered, indicating that
the signal had been UNDERSTOOD. The
vessels were far apart when these
signals were exchanged.
AS they came nearer the Empress
engines came to a full stop, but she
drifted under her momentum. Then
Captain Kendall, 1t is said. ordered
''slow astern-'' The Storstad kept on
her way towards the liner.
One theory expressed is that Cap
tain Anderson, of the Storstad, tried
to cross the bow of the larger boat.
At any event, her nose missed the
bow of the liner and she plunged into
her Just amidships. II was not se-
we're shock, but the wound inflicted
was at the spot where the double
hull and bulkheads were of no avail
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30
NATIONAL LEAGUE

BRoOKLYN- 10 H. r.
New York -. O q Il Il U q N q n b EN hhkz
Brooklyn -. .O SY W O I'd U U U s n - -
uADELP n. II. L..
Boston Ol Il SO kQ 81 U U U u 8ME
Philadelphia -. N U O U ID 81 III n n n i
PITTSBURGH r. H. E.
Cincinnati W 0 kl Q ll 81 ll EQ l &&MME&
Pittsburgh =. N l ly O I'd II 10 Q O q EAKs1AM
At Brookyn-Demaree ID Meyer Miller.
and
Pttsburgh-YngIng nd Coma Gibson
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ments. There was not the slightest
disposition on the part of the Huege
men TO Law down. They proposed TO
go ahead with their campaign regard
less of consequences.
Similar ultimatums were forthcorn
ing from Harry B. O'Connell. Ralph
Schmidt, Thomas Goldingay, L0uiE
Pfeiffer and William B. Garrabrants'
So It was concluded that discretion
was the better part of valor. Heii-
<<--s.. -. u--. a rs.r.~- - {
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-02
SEVERAL CHANGES
MADE IN POLICE
Beats of Officers Are Changed
and Fitzsimmons Is Traffic
Cop on Second Avenue.

There has been a shake-up in the
police department, the result being
that the positions of several officers
have been changed.
Officer Fitzsimmons. who has been
travelling a night beat in the business
district OF the city, has been made
traffic officer, on duty in day time. Off
Ger Furlong. who has been traffic Off
Ger on Second avenue, has been given
a beat in the east end OF town, for
merly held by Officer Sullivan.
Officer Sullivan has been given the
night beat in the business section of
the city, formerly held by Officer Fitz-
simmons. More changes in the depart
ment may be made. although no fur
Their variations have been announced
by Chief of Police James Brinn. The
changes went into effect today.