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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
MOB MENACES DANCING
MASTER, POLICEMAN HURT
Crowd Attracted by Screams of Girl
About to Leap From Third
story Balcony.

CLEVELAND, Mar. 4.-W. b. Tiff
fany. 40. of the Tiffany dancing acad-
emy. Euclid avenue, was arrested
Wednesday by a squad OF patrolmen
attracted TO the tiffany building by
the screams of a young woman who
was about TO leap from a third story
balcony.
In a hand to hand battle with a
mob of citizens who followed the po-
lice into the building and intent on at
tacking Tiffany, one patrolman was
seriously cut Several members OF the
mob we're dubbed and the dancing
master was hurried to the police sta
tion under a strong guard.
Police passing the dancing academy
heard screams and saw Mary Dianski,
a 19-yearold maid in the Tiffany
home. clinging to the balcony rail,
fifty feet above the sidewalk. AS a
result of the story she told Tiffany's
arrest was ordered.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
BLOODY CLOTHES
SHOWN TO JURY
Suit of Constable Killed by Little
Billy Brown i Presented in
Evidence.

ANDERSON, Ind, March 4.-The
blOodstained clothing worn by Con-
stable Hawkins on his last visit TO
Ingalls,. Ind, were exhibited in court
today at the trial of Little Billy
Brown. charged with first degree
murder.
DR.. b. III. Cook, who conducted the
coroneT's autopsy. testified that the
knife which killed Hawkins had been
drawn with the point facing the back
of the neck, severlng the windpipe,
jugular vein and pneumOgrastric nerve
and that the would would necessarily
cause death within a few minutes.
Jesse Roberts. an Ingalls, baker.
who one of the first to reach Hawkins
PROSTATE form and helped the town
marshal to search the clothing. testi-
fed that no other weapon than a
small pocket knife was found.
Young Brown is using a self-de-
dense plea for acqUittaI.
Little Billy today assumed re-
sponsibility for having used the knife
that cut short the career OF Hawkins.
the aggressive enemy of liquor vio-
lators. This confession relieves the
elder Brown. who was convicted Of
manslaughted at Marion. Of the i'm
mediate responsibility for the muir
der.
Heretofore the question as TO who
welded the weapon during the three
handed fight has been shrouded in
mystery. The defense will not con-
tend that Constable Hawkins was
armed on the trip To ingalls,. but will
claim that young Brown thought he
was g"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
MAN ACCUSED AS
SWINDLER SAYS
He IS LECTURER
John GIOriuS Tells Circuit Court
Jury 'MoraI Philosophy Sci
entifiCaIIy Expressed" is His
Chautauqua Theme.

That efficiency is the order of the
age, and preparation necessary
foundation of success. is the adopted
gospel CT John Glorius. alias Dorner.
lawyer, justice of the peace, Chautau-
qua lecturer and alleged magazine
subscription swindler. testifying in his
own defense i'm the circuit court We'd
nesday. He is on trial on a charge
of larceny preferred by Thomas Peers
and William Peers, prOprietors Of the
United News Peoples agency. of Mish-
awaka.
Glorius is proud of his real name.
as he told the jury. finding that it
looked splendid on the biilboards ad-
vertising his Chautauqua dates, and
so he adopted the alias DOrner in his
magazine subscription operations, that
the latter might not cast any renec-
tions upon his Chautauqua work, il is
said
"Have you made a study of any par
ticular subject as the basis of your
lectures?" Deputy Prosecutor Samuel
Schwartz, in charge of the case for
the people, put the question.
Yes sir was the accused mans
answer My theme, is Moral Phil
osophy from a Scientific Standpoint
"a scientific rather than a religious
problem"
Made Earnest Study.
He asserts that he has made earnest
study Of his subject, determined TO at
tain the highest standard of efficiency
in the handling Of il.
Glorius gave his testimony with as
much suavity, gentleneSs of voice, and
eloquent emphasis. as was ever en-
plOyed by a mission worker cOnvinc-
ing a red-light sinner. The story of
his defense poured forth in the mi
nutest details. His defense is that he
is being ground to pieces between the
upper and neither millstones; that is,
that his victims, if any, are the vic
TINS of his being himself VictimiZed.
\ man named Wolf at first, and
then another man named Miller.
claiming to be the field agents Of the
Leslie-Judge Publishing Co, for whom
he presumed he was working. are said
by GloriuS to have been his direct
employers, and that he made his re-
ports to them supposing il was all
right. He feels that If Miller, his
latest superior agent, was swindling
the company, or him, this should be
taken into account in determining his
innocence
Among the witnesses who testified
for the people Wednesday were the
two Peers of AIishawaka, from whom
Glorius secured S14.9O, a news agency
man from Elkhart, who had q narrow
escape, and Simon =. MCGEE, of Chi
cagO, and II. H. Stern, Cincinnati.
general managers Of the Leslie-Judge
branch houses in those two cities.
Bring Documentary Evidence.
These witnesses brought with them
heaps of documents calculated to
prove the operations Of GlOrius, alias
Dorner, in other cities some of them
in Ohio, many in Indiana, and still
more in Illinois. On objection of
Attorney Elmer Peak, county counsel
for the poor. who is representing the
accused, many of. these documents are
being ruled out, but the point of Mil
Ter. rather than GlOrius, being the real
culprit and the la:ter an inocent tool.
appears to be the chief defense.
Arguments in the case were begun
by counsel during the afternoon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
FIRST YEAR FOR
WILSON BUSY AS
RECORD REVEALS
Review of Democratic Admins
tration Shows Remarkable
Activity and Results in I'M
portant Legislation.

WASHINGTON. March 4.-One
year old today, the Wilson admins
tration took stock of its achievements
and discovered that il had had busy
time. Since Woodrow Wilson stood
up i'm front of the capitol and swOre to
uphold the constitution OF the L. s,
he and his party have accomplished
the following:
Revised the tariff downward, put
ting most of the necessaries of life on
the free list.
Created an income tax system which
Il is estimated will raise $100. 200, GOO
Enacted a banking and currency
law. establishing a system of federal
reserve banks under governmental
domination.
Passed through both houses Of con-
gress the bill appropriating $4,000
600 for a government railroad in
Alaska.
Extended the parcel post system
increasing the weight limit and lower
rates
Broadened the seIf-gov vernment
privilege in the Philippines.
Restored competition in bidding on
naval contracts and proposed a gov
ernment armor plate factory.
Announced "a determination to re-
peal the free Pana.na canal tolls law.
Ratified general arbitration treaties
with many nations and concluded
peace treaties with Il countries.
Passed through 365 days OF troubled
relations with Mexico without armed
intervention.
Conducted lengthy hearings and
mapped out a program on trust and
legislation
Refused 10 consider legal exclusion
OF Asiaucs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
WITHOUT
REBATE PROOFS;
HEARING ENDED
"WOIf of Wall Street" Admits
He Has No Documentary
Proof of "SteeI Trust Con-
SpiraCy"-DrOp Probe.

WASHINGTON. March f. The
charges of David Lamar, the wolf
of Wall ST. that the United States
Steel corporation received 5000, 900
in illegal rebates from railroads the
last six years, collapsed today.
Hearings We're ended abruptly by
interstate commerce Commissioned
Harlan, when Lamar admitted that
he had no documentary evidence TO
substant:ate his charges other than
what already has been made public
by the Stanley Steel commission and
the bureau OF corporations.
The investigation was begun by the
commission in compliance with q
senate resolution authorizing an in
quiry into the rebate charges.
When the hearing opened Wednes-
day, Lamar offered as evidence a con-
tract between the Duluth and Iron
Range Railroad company and the
Federal Steel corporation, dated July.
1900, whereby il was agreed that ,he
railroad would give the steel corpora
ton a rebate OF 40 cents a ton FOR q
pariod OF forty years. This, he ex-
planned. was the first overt act in
furtherance of what he has described
as the steel trust conspiracy.
Ends Hearing.
But, Mr.. Lamar, the purpose Of
this hearing is only TO receive docu-
menldT% eNlQtnct- on may QlSCOu-
tinue your arguments" said COmmis-
siOner Harlan.
1t is not the purpose OF the. com
mission 20 place the investigation Of
these matters in your hands. 1t viii
proceed IN its own way and II you
have nothing further 10 offer TO help
this commission in this way. we viii
consider the hearing is closed
Lamar said he had no information
nwcs4nf that brought ont UV rDnEre8-
sional Investigations
The committee Will consider the
Lamar charges at a conference later
in the week and decision as TO con-
ducting a further hearing Will be
reached.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04

by drainage and irrigation will I'm
crease the farm production and
make IL possible for the city consum-
er TO get more into his dinner pail
Farms for Land-Hungry
THAT means. too. that the govern
ment would thus provide hundreds az
thousands Of ten-e-sre farms for the
land hungry
There are other good things pro-
posed in the Newlands river regula-
ton bill, according 10 PinchOt.
Back IN 1908, in the report OF the
inland waterway commission TO the
president" said Pinchot. lit was
pointed out that if our rivers were
not property regulated they would
become increasing destructive agen-
cies. injuring both life and property
The commission estimated that
the annual soil wash In mainland
United States is about 1.OOO.OO0.OOO
tons of which the greater part Is the
most valuable portion OF the soil
They also estimated that by fully
conserving the waters and by utiliz-
ing the water power developed IN
connection with storage and other
works, fully three times as much land
can be reclaimed in the western. half
of the United States rs is now under
irrigation, This would amount 20
something like 3O,OOO,O0O acres.
Could Reclaim Swamps.
mot only that. but something like
seventy-five millions Of acres of over
flowed swamp lands could be reclaim
ed and used under the provisions Of
this act. If divided into 40-acre
farms these lands alone viii furnish
homes for some 10000, 900 people.
The national conservation COM
mission estimated that Of the 20 tril-
lion cubic feet of water annually
flowing into the sea IS per cent %
SO per cent is wasted in freshets and
floods.
Less than 25 per cent OF the
water actually available for irrigation
Of arid lands is restrained and divert
cd to such use.
None Of our rivers are navigated
70 more than a small fraction 10 their
low-water capacity.
The amount Of available water
running over government dams and
not now used was estimated by the
chief OF engineers at about 100000
horsepower.
The amount OF water power now
available at q cost comparable with
that OF steam power was estimated
by the hydraulic branch OF the geo
logical survey at the time that report
was made 90 be 5I,000,OO0 horse
power.
Enormous Power Available.
THAT amount today available eX-
ceeds our entire mechanical power
now in use and would operate every
mill. drive every spindle, propel every
train and boat and light every city.
town and village in the country
The geological survey estimated
that between 1890 and 1908 the total
damage by floods ia this country was
over a billion dollars and the great
er portion Of this loss was in the
Mississippi basin
THE approach OF the flood seasOn
ought 10 Impress on every soul in the
country the fact that we are deliDer-
ately permitting the annual desiruc-
ton of millions of dollars OF property.
and Of human lives which cannot pe
estimated i'm terms OF dollars and
cents. because we delay the start on
a comprehensive national policy ot
river regulation and flood preVen-
ton
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
SAW R0SENTHAL SHOT;
OFFERS BECKER HELP
Buffalo Declares He Did Not Testify
at First Trial Because He Feared
Life Was i'm Danger.

NEW YORK, March 4.-Saying
that he witnessed the shooting and
can positively identify the man who
killed Herman Rosenthal, Samuel
Kalmonsan Of ~ Seneca St. Buffalo.
Wednesday wrote Joseph a. Shay, at
torney for former Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker, Offering TO be a wit
ness for the defense at the second
trial He said that he did not testify
in the first trial because he feared his
life was in danger.
Louis KreiS the waiter who identi-
fed the four gunner as the men who
fired the shots at Rosenthal. went TO
Asst Dist. Atty. GrOehle today and
asked for protection. He told the
prosecutor that he had been offered
big bribes TO leave the state and not
take part in the second trial, and
that if he refused to accept the
money he would be killed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
FIRE PREVENTION
LEAGUE WILL BE
FORMED IN CITY
Fifty Investigators Begin Ex-
animation of risks" in Bus
mess DiStriCt-PubIiC Meet
ing Thursday Night.

Fifty expert fire prevention inspec-
tors began work Wednes day morning
of inspecting the mercantile and busi-
ness places of south Bend under the
auspices of the State Fire Prevention
association.
The state force Of ii preventors
located in the headqu..>ers at the
Oliver hotel, continued the plans for
the investigation in this city which it
is believed Will put the city in a safe
condition from fire.
Although the association has not
authority TO order any individual to
make any changes that are necessary
for fire prevention, all defects will be
reported TO the state fire marshal who
will issue the necessary orders for
them unless the individuals take steps
TO make the changes which in each
case will be suggested by the inspec-
tors.
Dinner Thursday Evening.
Plans for banquet are being made
10 be given TO the state workers at
the Oliver hotel, at $3.50 o'clock
Thursday night. At o'clock the
public is invited to attend and special
addresses will be made.
ROllO G.. Page, OF this city, will Of
ficiate as tOastmaster, and Ernest
Palmer, of Chicago, assistant council
for the National Board Of Fire I'm
derwriters. Will be the principal
speaker. He will use Fire Waste and
Prevention" as his subject.
w. L. Longley, state fire marshal,
will be among the speakers and will
point out conditions in Indiana since
he took his office ten months ago. The
secretaries report will be given and
the number OF defects found in South
Bend Will be reported. Names of the
places will not be made public at the
banquet.
To Organize League Here.
Plans are underway for the organ
ization of a city prevention league in
South Bend before the state officials
leave.
Gus NJ. Wise. of Indianapolis, sec
retary of the association, pointed out
that over 200 buildings in which 200
defects were found, were discovered
during the investigation Of Terre
Haute. He said that over 40 per cent
of the defects have been repaired. He
declared Thursday, that the results Of
the association i'm Ohio had made a
saving of S4,OOO.O00 fire loss in the
last year, and that insurance rates had
been materially lowered.
The president of the association,
Charles ]. Richman. of Upton, and
the executive committee, consisting OF
William O. Shaw Of indianapolis;
John Z. Engle, Winchester: j. w.
Coleman. Warsaw; John r. Cromer
and III. O. Philips, of Indianapolis
have all arrived in the city and are
taking active part in the investigation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
EIGHT STRAkGL!NG IN
FUMES ARE RESCUED
Fire Sweeps Through Bronx Hotel
and Photographers Gallery i'm
New York.

NEW YORK, March 4.-Strangling
from the fumes of acids and burning
chemicals, eight persons one a young
woman, were saved from death to-
the Bronx hotel on Boston road.
Charles Roche, superintendent of the
West Farms court house. dragged
the unconscious persons, one by one,
down the stairs and into the street
where they were revived by first aid
treatment The flames started in a
photographers gallery next door to
the hotel and spread to that struc-
ture, driving the deadly fumes before
them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
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NEW YORK-Six volumes of
Theodore RoOsevelt's works were
sold at auction for 30 cents at the
defunct Union League club, Brook
lyn.
LYNBROOK. y. Y.-Her fiance, r.
wing Moliter. snowbound on their
wedding day. Miss Gertrude LaCroix
left her home. six miles away in a
coach drawn by six horses. She took
along two men to shovel away the
drifts. On the route she picked up
the minister who performed the cere-
mony at the end OF the trip.
DUBLIN-In a battle between a
lobster and a coromant, the former
won when it gripped the birds
tongue. causing death from suffoca-
ton. A large crowd witnessed the
struggle.
LOS ANGELES Charles II. Guy
ton. a negro. was sentenced to 90
years Imprisonment because he rob
bed Mrs. Daisy Stagwald. a white wo-
man OF ten cents and afteTward fore
ed her TO kiss him, gave the dime
back
CHICAGO-When Mrs. Gertrude
ashman went TO B'nai Moshe Gene
terry TO put flowers on her husbands
grave she found a newly-made grave
on the family lot. No one has died
in the family for several years. She
demanded an explanation
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
CLEW TO MISSING BOY
Everett Englehart Bought Tickets
From Gary To Detroit.

GARY Ind. Mar. Everett Engle-
hart, the missing 13-year-old son of
Timothy +. Englehart. the Gary mil
lionaire, was seen To buy tickets for
Detroit. it was learned today. Young
disappeared last Thursday
and detectives have failed TO locate
him. His father does not think he was
kidnapped.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
THANKS FOR COCKTAILS
Senator Lodge Introduces Resolution
Praising Canal Work.

WASHINGTON. March "A JOINT
resolution extending 10 Col. George
w. Goethals the thanks OF congress
for his work on the Panama canal
and providing for. his appointment as
"A major general in the L. :. army.
was introduced Wednesday in the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04

HICAGO-Bob. a dog. who led Au-
gust Grau. a blind man about the
streets OF Oak Park for "a years,
dropped dead OF heart trouble az the
end Of his leash Bob knew the de-
nomination OF paper money and kept
his master from being worked bE
barking the number of dollars bill
was good for.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
ERIE MANAGER DIES.

GARDEN CITY. =. y, Mar ~. Q
Stewart. vice president and general
manager Of the Eria died today or
Brights disease. He had been III
since last fall. He was 53 years OLD.
A wife and daughter survive him
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
SEEKING FACTS

Want readers in many in
stances are seeking definite
facts. For example:
Tenants are in search Of
homes. flats, apartments.
Landlords are inviting ten
ants
Small and large investors seek
investments.
Workers look for profitable
employment.
Employers bid for the services
OF those who are skilled and
capable.
Losers ask for the return OF
lost articles.
Buyers and sellers meet.
Those who would exchange
become acquainted.
The Wants interest all who
want 10 be posted regarding
buying. selling. hiring.
See Want Ad page for special
offer Of a free ticket 10 the Or
pheum Theater with 25c Want
Ads.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04

Mississippi a II q
Ohio valleys.
Clifford Pinch
OF. president Of
the y alto n a 3
Conservation as
sOCiation, is the
authority for the
above statement.
How can II
benefit p g o pie
who do not live
in the valleys 90
you ask.
Pinchot him
self answers that
question:
BY providing
farm homes for
10, 600 Amer
leans. Those 10.
0 o o o 0 Q farm
people ti1lin =
a n d reclaimed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04

senate by Sen. Lodge The resolu-
ton provides also for an increase of
one in the list OF active major gem
erals in the army. The resolution
was referred TO the senate committee
on military affairs from which an i'm
mediate favorable reply is expected.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
Clifford PinChot Says Wilson'S
Plan viii Provide Homes for
100000 Land Hungry
Americans.
SWAMP RECLAMATION
IMPORTANT FEATURE
Enormous WaterpoWer Now
Unused viii Become Avail
able and Annual Danger of
InundatiOn Averted.

Staff Special
WASHINGTON. March A. Every
human being in the United States
will be directly beneA Ated If Uncle
Sam contemplates his big job OF pre-
venting the annual spring foods in the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
ORGANIZE SHARPSHOOTERs.

CHIHUAHUA. Mexico. March A.
General Villa Wednesday ordered all
the crack shots OF the army TO be
taken out OF the ranks. concentrated
at Cerre Grande, armed with new
rifles just received. supplied with care
fully selected ammunition, and put
through target practice until the time
arrives for the battle of TorreOn.
Skirmishes between Outposts have
been fought i'm the vicinity OF Tor
re0n. but both armies are playing a
waiting game. trying TO feel out each
others position in anticipation of the
grand attack.
After taking TorTeon I will close
every saloon in that portion Of the
constitutionalist territory said Gen
eraI villa. drunkenness IS the
menace of the MeSican race, and L
am going Ia do ali in my power TO
abolish it."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
TO FINANCE EXPEDITION.

LONDON, March 4.-Great Britain
will aid in financing Sir William
Shackleton's antarctic expedition. The
government today granted an eppro-
priation of $4,000 to help the ex-
plorer
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
TNEARTH PIOT

JIAEE.L. MeNICO. MaTCn f.-COIO-
mel Fidel AVila. commander CT the
cOnstitutionalist forces here. an
nounced wednesday that he had Sc
cured full proof OF a plot Matched in
III Paso to assassinate General Villa.
According 90 Ayila Huerta sympa-
thizers have raised a fund OF $50. .00O
which will be paid 10 any man who
can kill the rebel leader and asCape TO
claim the reward.
he said that since the discovery OF
the plot. Villas bodyguard had been
doubled and that the generals orders
sending all foreign adveuturers from
Chihuahua was due 10 the same cause.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04

NEW YORK.-After' visiting the
reformatory schools, Mrs August Bel
mont, who was Miss Eleanor Robson
has come to the conclusion that cit is
misplaced dramatic instinct that
brought many of these young people
here" Wrong doing" adds Mrs
Belmont, almost always has a dra-
matte setting. Let the boys and girls
give plays, do something dramatic. and
they'll keep out of trouble"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04
NIONROE DOCTRINE ISSUE.

LONDON. March 4.-The Monroe
doctrine as an issue in the Mexican
situation was brought up IN parlia-
ment today for the first time.
The government was interpellated
a 20 whether the blockade OF MeXi-
can ports by British ships would be
am infringement OF the Monroe doc
trine.
Under Secretary OF Foreign Affairs
Acland replied that such "A question
had not arisen i'm the governments
consideration OF the question and IL
seemed unnecessary 90 raise the
question at this time
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-04

MOUNT DESERT, Me-By a vote
Of $50 70 IS this town decided to con-
tinue the ban against automobiles
which began last summer.