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Evening star., 1914-02-21
WANT UNIFORM METHOD.
U. S. and State Authorities Confer
Over Baggage INSPECTION.

NEW YORK. February 21.-The differ
ence in the procedure between the United
States authorities in New Jersey and in
New York as regards the examination of
the baggage of incoming passengers
caused conference to be held yester-
day between District Attorney Marshall
of this city and District Attorney Davis
of the New Jersey district and customs
officials to arrange for uniformity Of
method in anticipation of heavy tourist
season.
In this district when any articles are
found in the baggage of passenger
which appear to be dutiable and have
not been declared it is the custom to re
move the entire trunk to the customs
house. In New Jersey, however. only the
articles under suspicion are seized. 1t is
expected that one rule for the entire
country will be laid down as the result of
this conference.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
TWO POSSES ON TRAIL
Of TRAIN MURDERERS
Washington State Being Secured
for Bandits Who Shot and
Killed Three Men.

BELLINGHAM. Wash, February 21.-
A trail leading along the water front to
boat landing was the clue followed to-
day by posses from two counties seek
ing the three bandits who shot three
passengers to death on a northbound
Great Northern train near here late last
night.
The bodies of the dead were taken to
their homes. They were: Thomas S.
Wadsworth, Vancouver, B. c., Canadian
Pacific railroad conductor
r. l.. Lee, Bremerton. Wash, time
clerk, Puget Sound navy yard. His par
ents live in Ackerland, Kan.
II. r. Atkinson, Vancouver, g. c.,
travelling salesman.
An examination today disclosed that
bullet after bullet had been sent into
Lees body after he fell. One bullet
apiece finished the other men
Boarded Train at Burlington.
The bandits boarded the train at Bur-
lington. few miles south of here, and
passed from the smoking car into the
day coach. tying white handkerchiefs
over their faces. One stood on the plat
form of the day coach, second stepped
Just inside, and a third walked the
length of the car. AS the robber started
to lock the door the three men sprang
at him. While he shot them down, the
robber at the other end of the car began
shooting out the lights. His companion
emptied an automatic pistol into Lees
body, and then ran the length of the
car, snatching as he ran purses offered
by frightened passengers. The train
slowed down in response to a pull at the
bell cord and the three disappeared.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
President Picks Newspaper
Man for District of Co.
Iumbia Office.
RESIDENT OF CAPITAL
FOR THIRTY YEARS
Attorney General Had Refused Un-
der ANY Circumstances to Rec
ommend Cotter Bride.

Mauric" Splain. Washington cor
respondent of the Pittsburgh Post.
Philadelphia Record and Pittsburgh
Sun. was nominated today by Presi-
dent Wilson as marshal of the District
of Columbia to succeed Auliek Palmer.
This is the second Washington news
paper man to land in one of the best
federal positions in the District. Otto
Prae@er having been nominated a few
days ago as postmaster of the city
Mr. Splstin has been an active Wash
ington correspondent and has lived here
for thirty Years. He has served as
chairman of the standing committee of
correspondents in charge of the House
and Senate press galleries. and has
been otherwise honored by his news
paper colleagues
Evening star., 1914-02-21
New Trial for Pfanschmidt.

SPRINGFIELD, H.. February 21.-Ray
Pfanschmidt. convicted in the Adams
county circuit court of quadruple mur-
der won in the supreme court today
when the lower courts finding was re-
versed on writ of error. He will have
a new trial Pfanschmidt was accused
of the murder of his father. Charles: his
Miss Emma kaempen, a school teacher,
who boarded in the Pfanschmidt home
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Threatened to Shoot.
japanese Submarine Missing.

HIROSHIMA, Japan. February 21,-A
Japanese submarine attached to the pro-
tected cruiser Hirado has been missing
for three days. The naval authorities
believe she has met with disaster and
that all on board have been drowned
The submarine had been dispatched to
search for torpedoes lost during practice
off kakuma jima.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Technology Clubs Meet.

CHICAGO. February 2l.-Inspecton of
the steel mills at Gary. Ind, was made
today by the delegates attending the an
nual convention of the Technology Clubs
Associated. The convention decided to
hold next years convention in Boston
and the 1916 meeting in Pittsburgh. j. ".
Rollins of Boston was elected president.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
HAITIAN REBELS FLEE.
Senator Theodore and His Staff Give
WAY to Government Troops

CAPE HAlTlEN. Haiti. February 81
Senator Davilmar Theodore, the rebel
leader and the members of his staff
fled today from Cape Haitien. The city
was later occupied by the government
troops.
The rebel army was routed yesterday
The streets Of the city are patrolled Ly
American marines and blueja ckets and
the population appears calm.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
TURNS PISTOL ON SELF
ON SHOOTING WAITRESS
Automobile Salesman, Frenzied With
Jealousy, Causes Stampede
in Restaurant.

PHILADELPHIA February 21.-Be-
coming suddenly frenzied thrugh jeal-
ousy, the police say. Carl Kinlock. thr-
ty-eight years old. an automobile sales
man, today smashed dishes in "A restau-
rant and then shot up the place. killing
one waitress and seriously injurng an
other. Then he turned the revolver on
himself with probably fatal effect.
The restaurant is in the heart of the re-
tail shopping district. Kinlock suddenly
rose from a table and began shooting at
Ora Griffin, with whom he had been in
fatuated \ bullet struck her i'll the
side, but he kept on shooting at her as
other patrons of the place and mattresses
rushed for the doors or lodged behind
tables When Anna Phillips fell with a
wild bullet through the back, kinlock
exclaimed: She got all 1 have, and I
might as well go TO h, and shot him
self through the lung.
The Phillips woman, who did not know
kinlock, died in a few minutes. j..
Threatened to Shoot.
kinlock made this statement to the po-
lice:
Il am divorced man. ] met this Grif-
fin woman last summer. l saw her last
night with another man. | asked her
this morning to explain. She refused.
She even refused to wait on me. | told
her | would shoot her if she did not ex-
plain l became crazy. l guess. when
she f1outed me before everybody
kinlock's aunt who lives in Brooklyn,
said he had two wives living in New
York state, one in Albany and the other
in Troy.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate.

Met at noon.
Senator Oliver offered amendment
to the trade commission bills to
exempt certain small corporations.
Conferences on the Alaska rail-
road bill postponed to Monday.
kilograms on the killing of Will
liam Benton at Juarez read at the
request of Senator Fall.
Eight pending arbitration treaties
were ratified
Met at noon.
Urgent deficiency bill taken up.
Trust bill hearings were con-
tinued.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Arthur H. Pierce Dead.

NORTHAMPTON. Mass. February 81
Arthur Fl. Pierce. head of the depart
ment of psychology at Smith College is
dead here. aged forty-seven. He was
a graduate of Amherst and Harvard and
the author of several books.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
McReynolds Attacked.

Mr. McReyn nolds himself was one of
those who was attacked by the alleged
league and he has felt that the attack
was so unwarranted as to deserve rebuke
when opportunity offered.
An investigation by Mr.. McReynolds, it
is claimed, disclosed that Mr.. Bride ad-
mitted that he had been treasurer of the
league and had contributed to its sup
port and that he in no manner regretted
his connection.
Mr. Bride is out of the city today
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Three Killed. Six Hurt. in Crash.

ROME. February 21.-Three passen-
gers were killed and six seriously in
jured in a railway collision today near
Grossete There were eleven Ameri-
cans on one Of the trains. but none of
them suffered any injury.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Shows Previous Bills Liberal.

In statement made to the House
late yesterday afternoon Represents
tive Clark showed that previous public
building bills had been liberal with re-
gard to buildings erected within the
llstrlct of Columbia, calling attention
10 the Tact that in 1908 the District
got s2.2l3.00o. or more than one fourth
o. 'he total bill: in 1905 it got s3.220.-
oVo- or ohe-ninth of the total: in the
act OF 1910 it got $6.3i0.000, or nearly a
quarter OF the total authorization. and
mat IN the act of 1912 the District got
'oooo which was "A little less than
fourth of the total
FOR the last twelve Years We have
dNsrased an omnibus public building
Diii every two years, and during thai
tline IN. District has received $244le-
ooo, while the forty-eight states of the
Union have received s165 aol 200 "a rho
District having received more than
one-seVenth. said Mr.. Clark
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Allen 1. Ormsbee Dead. Aged 80.

NEW YORK. February 2l.-Allen Ives
Urmsbee. member of the New York
Stock Exchange for f1fty-tive years and
organizer of the Second National Bank
died last night at his home in Brook
lyn. aged eighty.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Steadfast Democrat.

Mr.. Splan has been stcadfast demo-
crat. it is claimed by his friends. and DID
.-uch for his party in the last campaign
tie has not taken part to any extent in
local politics, working quietly along his
own lines. His qualifications for the
position have been placed before the OIL
cials. who were to settle the selection. oy
a newspaper friend of influence as we'll as
by influential Pennsylvania statesmen
who know and appreciate his worth
Mr.. Splan served at one time as teie-
graph editor of The Star. He has been
connected with the Pittsburgh Post for
many years. and devoted attention TO
dramatic and musical criticism. which
his friends say would have earned him
/. national reputation had he not been
carried with the tide Of politics to. WASH
ington.
He began work in the newspaper held
at Utica y. Y. but came here to be
telegraph editor of the Washington Post
before serving on The Star. He was for
time dramatic and musical critic of the
Post
Mr.. Splain is known as connoisseur of
etehings. and has devoted much time to
collecting them.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
FAVORS Additional
FEDERAL BUILDINGS
Representative Frank Clark
Wants All Government Of
fices Well Housed.
OPPOSES u. S. AS TENANT
AT SEAT OF THE NATION
Chairman of House Public Buildings
Committee for Ample and Beau
tiful Quarters.

Il am i'll favor of going forward with
the great work OF constructing here in
the National Capital ample and elegant
quarters sufficient to house comfortably
every activity of the government" said
Chairman Frank Clark of the House
public buildings and grounds committee
today
II would construct here buildings not
only i'll such number and of sufficient
size to take care of all the departments,
but l would build them Of such materials
and OF such styles of architecture as
would both challenge the admiration OF
visitors and be i'll keeping with the
dignity of this great republic
The government of the United States
should not be tenant in any place
where 1t can reasonably he avoided.
and under no conditions should the gov
efnment long remain tenant at the
seat of the nation. Not only should
this sentiment force us to construct i'm
medfatelv all buildings necessary to
house the different departments of the
government. but purely as IA business
proposition We should not long delay
TINS great work -
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Demotion of Mai. Wright.

Probably the most prominent name on
the list of those marked for reduction in
grade is that of Marcus J. Wright, who
was a brigadier general in the Confed-
crate army. He has been employed in
the War Department since 1878, mainly
in connection with the compilation of
military records. He Is about eighty
three years old, and his health is some
what impaired. Since July. 1902, he has
been an teen-hundred-dollar clerk
in the adiutant generals office.
When informed of his proposed reduc
ton to the Observation-Disclosures grade,
he made no protest, and accepted the
situation philosophically.
Among those marked for demotion are
two or three Union veterans of the civil
war. also suffering from the infirmities
of age and unable to compete with their
younger associates.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Still Opposed Bride.

The information today is that Cotter
Bride was under circumstances
able to obtain the recommendation OF
Attorney General McReynolds, and that
in view of the situation that has arisen
the President would not name Bride
against the wishes of Mr5 McReynolds.
Mr.. Sp ain landed as a compromise can
didate the local factions having gotten
into a rather bitter row over the whole
thing.
The Attorney Genc-al had decided and
irrevocable convictions that Bride should
not be named. He reached this
frame of mind from many reasons. but
the first to prejudice him was the knowl-
edge that Mr.. Bride had been an official
of the Antitrust League. an organization
headed by Henry Martin and consisting.
it has been claimed, of Martin Bride and
two or three Others. Beyond these the
charge was made to Mr.. McReynolds that
it had no membership and was used to
foster insinuations against those who did
not agree with its views.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Demands Fair Hearing.

Secretary Bryan today instructed Con-
sui Edwards to extend adequate protec-
ton and demand a fair hearing for Gus
tave Bauch, a German-American citizen
for whose safety in JuareZ grave appre-
action was taken in response to a re-
quest made by friends Of Bauch. in FL
Paso, through Representative Smith of
Texas. who reported that Bauch had
been held a spy.
The facts so far developed in the case
of Benton have been reported to the Brit
ish foreign Office by Amba ssador Spring.
Rice, who has been moving euergetically
in the case ever since the arrest of Bei-
ton was first brought to his attention.
1t was upon his request yesterday that
the State Department wired Instructions
to the American consul at Juarez and the
consular agent at Torreon to undertake
the protection of Benton, and II was said
at the embassy that the action of the
State Department had been gratifyingly
prompt and thorough.
United States Not Responsible.
1t is argued that the United States gov-
eminent cannot be held responsible for
Benton's death. While the State De-
partment has undertaken to extend pro-
lection to British subjects in Mexico
where necessary. il is said that this has
been done entirely by courtesy and not
as a matter of International right In
other words the situation of the British
in Mexico is the same as that OF the
Spaniards, whom the United States gov
ernment has undertaken to protect in
the face of threats Of wholesale killing
"Under normal conditions the British
government would look to Gen. Huerta
Evening star., 1914-02-21
EI Paso Citizen, Wiring Sem
ator Fall, Thinks Villa
the Murderer.
COMMANDER OF REBELS
THREATENED. is CHARGE
White House Awaits Full Investiga.
tion-Believed U. S. Cannot
Be Held Responsible.

telegram from r. y. Dudley of Ei
faso. Tex. to Senator Fall. declaring
William Benton, the British subject
was murdered like a dog was read i'm
the Senate today at the request of
Senator Fall
He also had read a telegram of in
dignation at the death of Benton from
an Ei Paso mass meeting.
Il am almost certain Villa did il in
person" added the telegram signed by
Dudley.
No evidence that Benton was the
ageressor.' added the Dudley telegram.
Everything shows il cold-blooded mur-
DER Castillo, guest of our govern
ment with safety from punishment
villa boasting of his crime Is there no
protection anywhere? El Paso full OF
rebel officers. The busiest affairs of the
rebellion openly done here. Your
thousands of friends out here want TO
near your voice in Senate on our behalf.
Wdtchful waiting a failure
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Bitter Over Murder.

Former Gov. Curry in directing Sen
ator Fails attention to the action of the
mass meeting over which he presided last
night at Ell Paso said that the meetings
resolutions had been wired the President
and sent our through the Associated
Press to all the world by the indignant
citizens. who feel very bitter over the
brutal murder of Benton
A long dispatch arraigning the admin
istration for failure to act when Ameri-
can citizens have been murdered and
American women submitted to the great
est indignities also was read at the re-
quest of Senator Fall.
As the clerk finished reading the tele-
grams. Senator Shively. acting chairman
of the foreign relations committee rose
IN his place and moved an executive ses-
sion. thereby shutting off all discussion
of these kilograms on the floor of the
Senate in open session. The executive
session was ostensibly for the purpose of
continuing the consideration of the pend
ing arbitration treaties with six foreign
nations.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
EFFICIENCY RULES
IN GRADING CLERKS
Secretary Garrison Orders Re-
organization Of the War
Department Bureaus.

What amounts to a practical reorgan-
ization of the classified service of the
War Department is in progress by drec-
ton of Secretary Garrison, with a view
to rating the employees according to eff
cheney and providing, so far as possible,
for the retention at lower salaries of old
and faithful employees whose efficiency
has become impaired by reason of age
or ill health. Boards to fix the eff1-
cheney ratings of the employees have been
constituted in each bureau and division
of the department The reports will be
used as basis of future changes, de-
noting clerks who are found inca
pable of maintaining the standard of eff
cheney fixed for their special grades and
promoting more active and more capable
clerks now drawing lower salaries
The policy of demoting the less efficient
clerks was adopted by Secretary Garrison
as preferable to dropping superannuated
employees OF long service, who. from lack
of pensions Of other regular income. might
have a hard struggle for existence in
their days of decline
Number of Changes Impending.
AS a result of these Investigations
number of changes are likely to occur in
the War Department within a few weeks.
Clerks whose work is not up to the
standard will be dropped grade or two
according to circumstances and more
efficient clerks will be promoted to the
vacancies. Efforts will be made to take
care of all the deserving older employees,
and SO far as known it will not be neces-
sary at this time to make any dismiss
sails.
In the adjutant generals office. one of
the largest in the department about a
dozen of the older clerks and higher paid
clerks will be denoted. and an equal
number of more efficient clerks will be
promoted The changes Will he made on
the recommendation of special eff
cheney board. of which Col Eugene +.
have been informed of the findings of the
board in order that they may present
their side of the case before final action
is taken by the Secretary of War
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Threats Are Charged.

White House officials stated today that
ofhcial reports from Gen. Villa and his
friends declared William $. Benton, the
British ranchman. was executed because
ne entered the camp of Villa armed and
threatened the life of the constitutionaiis.
commander.
In view of this latest report there was
uisposition at the White House to await
full investigation of the facts hefore
expressing an opinion. 1t was stated also
that Great Britain was holding in abey-
ance any representations pending the
completion of report on the affair by
the American government
Late official dispatches to the State De-
partment containing Villas version OF
the affair were brought to the White
House. but a complete account Of the
kiilng as personally explained to Con-
sui Edwards. is on its way by mail
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Disappearance Not Reported.

No report had been received at the
State Department today on the reported
disappearance of two other Englishmen
Lawrence and Curtis. who were said to
have gone to Juarez TO search for Benton
Secretary Bryan said today he had no
further details of the Benton affair As
Surance that court-martial proceedings,
even though summary. were held in Benz
tons case, is considered of high i'm
portance here in view of widely circulated
reports that no such proceedings We're
held Secretary Bryan communicated
Consul Edwards latest message in regard
to the affair to the British embassy herr.
at once. in line with his action in keeping
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice fully informed or
all developments in the circumstances
attending Benton's death.
Evening star., 1914-02-21
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Sunday, with
rising temperature Sunday; light
northwest winds.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE THIRTEEN
Evening star., 1914-02-21
Villas Story of Affair.

ofhcial dispatches from American con-
sular representatives say further that
Villa claims Benton came to him armed
and that during the course OF a long ar
gument and quarrel. Benton raised a
gun to shoot. but was disarmed, and A
trial by a military court followed.
Villa takes the position that a foreigner
who threatened the life of a military Of
hcer is subject TO immunity or the
rights ordinarily extended to non-cona-
batants.
While every disposition has been shown
by the British embassy here and by the
foreign offices at London. TO be guided by
whatever an official investigation de-
velops. diplomatic circles We're prepared
for a thorough inquiry into Benton's kill
ing.
one outcome of the situation which was
thought more than probable. was expect
ed 10 he warning by Great Britain To-
her subjects in Mexico to leave isolated
places and retreat TO localities where they
could place themselves under the protec-
tion of the British flag
Evening star., 1914-02-21

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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1914-04-21

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