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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
MAKES LAST PLEA FOR
A "WHITE SEA POWER"
President of Sailors Union SAYS
Chinese Are Outnumbering Whites
i'm American Trade.

WASHINGTON. March Making
what he declared was his last plea for
a white sea power" through the
enactment of the seamen's bill for
which he has been working for the
past twenty years, Andrew Furuseth,
president OF the International Sea-
mems union, today told the house mer-
chant marine committee in these two
decades the white sailors had decreas-
ed by One-half and the Asiatic sailors
had more than doubled in numbers in
the American trade.
He pointed to the operation of the
Chinese exclusion law, which allows
ship owners to hold Chinese crews
under guard in American ports as one
of the powerful factors working to-
ward this condition.
Furuseth asserted that all Of the
ship owners testimony had agreed the
effect OF this bill would be TO equalize
wages between foreign and American
ports so that the American ship owner
would be on equal terms with mis- rival
in Europe.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
VESSEL WRECKED;
EIGHTEEN Of MEN
TOSSED ON OCEAN
Only Part of Crew Rescued in
BreeCheS Buoy When Steam
er is Pounded to Pieces Off
New Jersey Coast.

BARNEGAT, y. J.. March -
Eighteen members of the crew Of the
steamer Charlemagne Tower, Jr.,
which was pounded to pieces off the
coast today, are adrift at sea or have
been drowned. according to a mes
sage received from the Point Pleasant
life saving station this forenoon. Ear
lier messages from the life savers
stated that all the members of the
crew of the steamer had been rescued
in the breeches buoy, But il was later
learned that only part of the crew
had been saved in this manner
The others on board left in a life
boat and disappeared in a fog lying
over the ocean. The revenue cutter
Itasca was sent out TO seek for the
missing boat. 1t is feared that she
will sink in the fierce sea that is run
ing If she has not already done So
Captain II. b. Simmons of Boston was
in command of the shattered steam
er. She was a wooden vessel 225 feet
In length and laden with coal
The Seagoing tug Moran Joined the
search for the missing lifeboat but
after cruising about the scene for sew
erai hours, found no trace Of the men
and started back To New York.
IIdNC NdEEOW Escape.
Four members of the crew of the
Charlemagne Tower Jr., had narrow
escapes from death in a tiny boat that
was beaten about all night by heavy
seas. They had to take turns at the
oars and when they finally reached
shore at daylight all were completely
exhausted.
The ship. which was bound from
Norfolk TO Boston, was driven ashore
in a heavy gale Friday. All day and
through the night she was pounded
by the high seas and she was report
ed today to be a total loss.
After Intellectual efforts to reach
the vessel in lifeboats. the life savers
shot a line to the ship and rugged up
the breeches buoy. The men were
so exhausted that it was some time
before they could make the apparatus
fast to the rigging. Captain Murphy
said the trip was one of the most ad-
venturous of his career.
After being compelled to turn back
for repairs the Tower ran into a rag
ing gale which was sweeping the
coast. She sprank a leak and then
her wireless apparatus was put out Of
commission. She was sighted rolling
helplessly in the swell off Barnegat
which is known as the graveyard. be
cause Of the dangers to navigation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
WOMEN MAY BE
MURDER JURORS
Attorneys for Chicago Girl Accused Of
Staying Sweetheart Asks Fem
inine Judges.

CHICAGO. March The office of
states attorney OF Cook county was
called upon today TO agree TO the Sc
lection OF a jury Of women TO try
woman charged with the murder of
Frank kosCZynski. her sweetheart
whom she killed as ne turned away
from her and which. she claims was
an accidental Staying. Attorney JOS
r. BurreS made the startling prOpO-
sitiOn. He represents the defendant
Stella CZemerOwska. and stipulated in
a letter addressed TO Assistant State s
Attorney IT. y Bell that he and his
client are prepared To waive all tech
nicalities and go To trial with a jury
composed of women.
If this is found 10 be legal and a
Jury of women is actually called, il
will be the first thing of its kind ever
attempted in this county or state.
There have been women lurieS at the
insane court for some time. but never
in a criminal case as important as
this.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
LONE R0BBER HOLDS UP
TRAIN IN WALKERT0N
"Sticks Up Crew With Empty Re
vOIver and Their Rifles Cars
Suspect is Captured.

Holding up the crew Of freight
train at Walkerton with a revolver
which, it was learned later. was
empty, after he mad stopped the train
by severing the air brake connection,
an unmasked rObber rifled the cabOOse
and cars and escaped late Friday eve
ming.
Early Saturday a man giving the
name of Fred Miller and his home
as Oldfeld, n. Y. was captured by
posse headed by the Walkerton mar
shall and identified by the trainmen
as the robber. He was brought TO
South Bend and lodged in the county
Jail Saturday afternoon.
The rObber boarded the train as it
was moving ont of Walkerton and
threw on an angle iron which broke
the air current and stopped the cars.
When the conductor and engineer
went to investigate they were met by
the rQbber who stuck them up" with
the gun. The freight cars were
empty and the only loot secured was
clothes from the cabOCse.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
MILLER TAKES STAND
IN DEFAMATION SUIT
Ex-MayOr Of Michigan City Denies
Charges He Owned Property in
Red Light" District.
special to lac News-Timea.

Special to the NeWs-Times
LAPORTE, Ind, March Exam
inatiOn OF ex-MayOr Fred c. Miller
occupied the Friday session in the
Miller-HutchinsOn $4,000 defamation
case being tried here. w. A. McInerny.
South Bend attorney, fired the opening
gun by relating life history Of Mil
Ter leading up TO the breaking point in
Hutchinson and Miller.
That he ever owned property or had
any interests in real estate in the "red
light" district was emphatically denied
by Miller. He admitted that the title
10 one lot in that district was former
ly in his name, asserting that il was
transferred in 1904 to Jessie Morris.
whose occupation he was not familiar
with.
He testified that he had visited the
red light" district with police officials
10 see that the orders against the sale
of beer were being enforced. 1t was
in a hotel bar he alleged, that he
learned from Baker and a man named
Anderson about the charges made
against him by Hutchinson on the
night of June 20. He declared he was
not drinking in the bar room as he
was not drinking man.
A birdseye view of Michigan City
was introduced this afternoon as eX-
hibit A of the defendant. Attorney
A. JsaIickev made the opening state
ments for the defense and declared
that Michigan City had the reputation
OF sheltering the 'most damnable spot
in Indiana, with the possible eXcep-
ton of Terre Haute.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
PRESENTS NOVEL PLAN
TO STOP IMMIGRANTS
Prof. GuIic< Would Limit Number Re
ceived TO Five Percent of Those
Already NatUraliZed.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March T.
The topic of college organization and
the social order was under discussion
at tOday's session of the religious ed
ucatiOn association convention. Among
today's speakers were Dean Kendrick
Babccck, of the university of Illinois;
Charles W. Williams, of Cleveland, o.,
and Prof. Edwin ID. Starbuck, of the
university OF Iowa.
A novel immigration law was advo-
Gated by Prof. Sidney L. Gulick. of
Dioshisha university, Kyoto, Japan. He
urged that the number Of immigrants
from each nation be limited by federal
law to five per cent of the natives of
each nation already naturalized IN the
United States including their Ameri-
can-born children.
"This rate would allow TO enter all
who would come from north Europe"
said Prof. Gulick. "It would cut down
immigration somewhat from South and
East Europe, and allow only slight
immigration from Asia. This would
avoid the objection of differential
treatment of the nations and so be in
equal harmony with the dignity of all.
I'VE should admit no more aliens
from any people than we can assimi-
late. The immigration policy 1 advO-
cate is in strict accord with this prin-
ciple. Assimilation takes place large
lv by means OF those already natural
lied, who know the languages. GUS
toms and ideals of both lands"
Prof Gulick has been twenty-six
years in Japan. He is now visiting
leading cities to tell the Americans
what the Protestant missionaries in
Japan think about the immigration
question.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
MANY WOMEN AND
GIRLS ATTACKED
BY UNKNOWN MAN
JohnStoWn, Pa, Police Unable
to Round Up Fiend Who Has
Terrorized City for Many
Months.

JOH\STOWN, Pa, March THAT
no less than a dozen women and girls
have been brutally attacked, appar-
emily by the same man, and that clues
20 the identity of the assailant are so
vague as to cause the state police to
use extreme caution in endeavOring TO
make an arrest is the statement made
by members OF the state force now in
vestigating the Outrages at Portage.
near here. Arrests OF suspected men
are 10 be made soon. il is said. in an
endeayOr 10 secure Identification of
one OF them as the man wanted.
The work of the police, considered
the finest body OF officers in the United
States for the service they are reQuir-
ed TO perform, has been made dOubly
difficult by the reticence Of the women
and girls attacked, and OF their fam
lilies, who prefer silence 10 the noto-
riety Of a public trial. A young school
teacher was attacked in her school
room in MAY. 1913. and scratched and
bruised. but beat of her assailant.
Two little school girls. six and eight
years old respectively. We're attacked
two months ago and threatened with
death If they revealed the facts. Their
names are withheld, together with
those OF a dozen others known to the
police. Two other girls were attacked
when they were passing through a
patch OF woods with a brother, aged
Is. The boy grabbed a heavy stick
and beat the assailant over the head,
him SenselesS. but before the
lad could summon help the man re-
covered and ran of.
The sanS man apparently attacked
Hughes, a clerk in a coal COM
pany's Office. and robbed him OF a
small sum Of money.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
LOOT OF WAREHOUSES
QUARTER OF MILLION
Two Men Held for RObbing New York
Central Railroad Believed TO be
i'm Thieves Trust"

NEW YORK. March IA quarter OF
a million dollars may prove the value
of loot stolen from warehouses Of the
New York Central railroad. according
to the police who made two arrests in
the case Saturday. The prisoners,
Michael Smith and Albert Zellmar.
are alleged to be members Of the
warehouse thieves trust" whose Op-
erations in and near this city have
extended over eight years.
Smith was an emplOye of a ware
house firm and il was through him
and other members of the gang hav-
ing connections with warehouse firms
and warehouses that wholesale thefts
were made possible. Six wagon loads
Of merchandise were recovered today.
The arrests were brought about by a
woman detective. employed by the
New York Central. who worked up
the cases against the men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
STRIKE COMMISSION
WILL VISIT INDIANA
Effort Being Made TO Regulate Terms
of Employment so As to- Avoid
Costly Labor Wars.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-InfOr-
nation on which to base its recon-
mendations to congress for the reg
ulatiOn of employment and methods
of preventing strikes will be gathered
at public hearings to be started the
latter part OF this month by the in
dustrial relations commission.
Announcements of these hearings,
which will be held in the leading
cities end extend to the early sum-
mer was mace today by Frank r.
Walsh. chairman of the commission.
The commission plans to examine
employers. members Of trade unions.
other labor organizations. unorganized
employees and the general public to
determine the extent and operation OF
governmental machinery for regulat-
ing industry including the relations
between employers and employees.
The commission will avoid acting
as a board OF mediation and concilia-
tion," said Chairman Walsh. "and will
not allow itself TO be drawn into local
controversies or advocate such con-
troversies unless in doing so il can
obtain information that has more
than local and temporary significance.
Every interest Will be given "A hear
ing"
Birmingham. Nashville. Louisville
New Orleans Indianapolis. Cleveland.
Chicago, Denver, Galveston. Los An
geles and San Francisco Will be among
the cities visited.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
TO RUSH SECOND
TRIAL OF BECKER
Assistant District Attorney GroehI As
sumes Active Charge OF Case
Against Lieutenant.

NEW YORK. March 7.-Prepara-
tons for the second trial of ex-Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker, for the
murder of Herman Rosenthal. are be-
ing rushed by District Attorney Whit
man. Assistant District Attorney
GrOehl who has been relieved of his
work in the graft investigation to
prosecute Becker, was closeted for
three hours today with a new witness
who Will testify against the police Of
ficials.
Rachel Brown. a former gambling
partner of Bridge" Wehber, who fled
from the city just before Becker's first
trial, visited the district attorneys Of
flee and said he would testify. Becker
was visited in the TOmbs today by his
brother and his wife.
Everything is going along fine"
said Mrs. Becker afterward.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
WANT PETRAS REARRESTED
Father of Slain Girl Secures Issuance
OF New Warrant.

AURORA. H., March "A new
warrant for the arrest of Anthony Pc
tras who was held for three weeks as
a suspect in the murder of Miss The
resa HOllander. his former sweet
heart. and then released on $4,000
bonds. was issued today by Justice
Dutton. Louis Hollander. father Of
the slain girl. demanded that Petras
be re-arrested again on the charge
of murder and brought TO trial at
once.
1t was said that some action will be
taken late tonight when States Attor-
ney VIM. ]. Tyers returns from a
mysterious trip to Peoria, H., where
he was reported to be investigating
some new evidence against Petras.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
POLICE LOOK FOR BANDITS
Believed Pair Who Robbed st. Louis
Man Are Housed i'm Chicago Now.

CHICAGO. Marct, 7.-Chicago po-
lice today began search for the ban
dts who yesterday robbed the pay
master of the Brown Shoe company in
st. Louis. of the cOmpany's payroll,
amounting to S10,615, as it is be-
lieved by the st. Louis police that the
men fled to this city. Two men an
swering the descriptions of the ban
dts were seen in Granite City, III.
They inquired for a train that would
take them to ROodhouse, III. They
boarded a Chicago and Alton train be-
fore the Illinois authorities had reach
ed the scene, but failed to alight at
ROodhOuse. tt is presumed they
came on to Chicago.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
INITIATES FINK MURDER
-Year-OId Niles Boy VIII
Face Life Sentence Monday.

LAPORTE, Ind. March Follow
ing the report today of the commit
tee appointed 70 determine the condi-
ton OF mind Of George Ullery. IT.
that no trace OF insanity could be
found, the boy who is resigned to his
fate, will plead guilty Monday to the
murder OF Mrs. William A. Dayhuff,
of Fairland and accept life sentence.
Ullery read of the shooting Of Drug
gist Fink of South Bend and fred by
a love Of sensatiOnalism, entered the
store of the woman and killed her.
He then looted the cash drawer OF a
few dollars.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
English Government Seeks AS
tendency of President Amer
leans viii Recognize As
Blow to Rebel Carranza.
GERMANY TAKES STEPS
TO PROTECT CITIZENS
Notify MeXiCanS That KaiSer'S
Subjects Must Be Protected
= COnStitutiOnaIiSt Head
quarters at Aqua Prieta.

WASHINGTON. March REPORTS
that Great Britain is bringing pres
sure on President Huerta of Mexico.
to retire in favor OF a man who will
prove acceptable 10 the United states
caused a sensation in official circles
here saturday. Neither American nor
British officials would discuss the re-
ports but they received credence in
many places despite the lack OF Off
clal cOmgrmatiOn.
The British government is bitterly
incensed at General Carranza because
of his attitude in the matter OF in
vestigating the death of w. $. Benton.
and there is no doubt that England
would like 10 see the constitutionalists
struck a decisive blow. This could
be effected by the retirement of Huerta
and the recognition OF his successor
by the American government
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
BELLE GUINNESS NOW
FOUND" IN CANADA
Telegram Announces Mistress Of
Murder Farm il Held i'm
saskatchewan.

INDIANAPOLIS. March "A tele-
gram was received today at the office
of Marion county Prosecutor Baker.
from saskatchewan. Canada, saying
that a woman answering the deSCrip-
ton of Mrs Belle Guinness, of Laporte.
murder farm, had been arrested
there, and asking that some one be
sent to identify her.
1t is thought the telegram came to
Indianapolis by mistake and it has
been forwarded to the prosecutor at
Laporte.
Prosecutor Baker is in Dayton, o.,
today.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
LITTLE BILLY" BROWN
FAILS TO TAKE STAND
Case OF Indiana Man Charged With
Staying Constable Goes
60 Jury.

ANDERSON. Ind. March With
out Little Billy Brown having been
placed on the witness stand TO testify
in his own defense. the evidence IN his
trial on the charge OF murder for the
killing OF Constable Al. Hawkins. was
completed today and the arguments
refoTe the jury begun.
Three hours for each side was al
lotted by Judge BaggOt. who an
nounced that corrt will be kept in
session until a late hour tonight
The principal question at issue is
vs. neither young Brown acted in self
defense when he welded the knife
which roade the wound that caused
Hawkins death.
The tragedy was the climax OF
Hawkins campaign against alleged
''bootlegging" and blind tigers oper-
ations at ingalls,. dry village In the
southern part OF Madison county.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
Germans Aroused.

MEXICO CITY, March Germany
has notified President Huerta that
subjects OF the kaiser must be pro-
tccted in Mexico. This fact became
known today following news that a
German commission is coming from
Washington 10 investigate conditions
in the republic and 10 ascertain what
precautions are being taken 20 pre-
vent the killing Of Germans as William
S. Benton was slain at JuareZ.
IL is said that Germany intends 20
take steps TO prevent attacks on its
citizens.
The comm Issicn coming here COM
sisss of Captain EFanZ Papen. mIliarf
attacbe at the en- bassy In Washington.
Captain BOyeG, naval attache, and
Baron Won Lersner. secretary. They
were sent here as a result OF appeals
that the protection OF Germans should
not be left in the hands OF the United
States
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
GIVE TROOPS DOUBLE PAY
OF Disanecuon Bring Promise
From Government.

RIO DE JANEIRO March 7.-Ru-
nnors OF disanection IN the army leo
today 10 the issuance OF a presidential
manifesto addressed 20 the troops. Al
appeal IS made 90 thei~ patriotism and
double pay Is promised Ia those who
distinguish themselves ~ the event
Of any grave emergency
Reports from the north say that
the government troops have the revo-
lutionary situation wellln hand.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
WILSON SEES OCCULIST.

dent Wilson made q. brief journey 10
Philadelphia TO give his eyes their
annual overhauling" by his oculist.
He left Washington at 10 o'clock and
expects to return tonight. The presi-
dent was accompanied by Secretary
Tumulty.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, March '.-
General Villa today denounced as false
the story sent out from MeNico City
Yesterday to the effect that battle
had been fought near Escalon between
1000 constituriOnalisrs and zoo 1eo
erals and that 400 cOnsutuuonalists
had been killed.
The story is untrue in every par
ticular." said the COnsututiopalisi
leader General Ort eEas has been I'm
Chihuahua for several days Ills men
at Escalon and points south OF there
have not been in any battle There
have been slight skhmishes betWet
outpOsts Of his army and the federals
almost every day bat there have been
no catasarophes worth nentionln&-
That story is on a par with the story
from Mexico city that Generals Jr-
bina and Conterras had deserted the
ccnstftutionalist cause and We're ACT
ing independently These two officers
are among the most loyal in our army
not only TO the constitutiOnalist cause.
but 70 me personally
Asked about the prospects or his
moving on TorreOn. General n ila said
NV men have completely surrounded
Torreon and are now awaiting my ar
rival TO begin the battle
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
EstabIlshes Headauarters.

DOUGLAS Ariz., March Cen
eral Carranza and the officials OF his
government established temporary
headquarters today on the outskirts OF
Aqua Prieta, just across the interna-
tional line from Douglas. The adobe
building Where the constituuOnalist
government held sway was strongly
guarded. AS CarranZa appears IN
Juarez precautions TO prevent an at
tempt on his life are being increased.
Armed men took up positions on the
international line today and refused
10 permit any one TO cross without
pasSpOrte
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
Renton,s Body Destroyed?

Ell PASO, Texas, March 1.-Wllllam
< Benton, the British citizen whose
death has aroused two continents, was
shot by a member Of General Fran
cisco Villas body guard and his body
was then destroyed 10 hide the crime.
according TO a statement today al
tributed 10 Captain Jose Alcalde.
member of the constitutionalist army
in JuareZ.
Ordinarily in Mexican court pro
cedure, both civil and military. the
name OF the person on trial is signed
10 the testimony given at his trial
There is said to be no such document
relating 20 the courtmartial OF Ben
ton. which is further proof that ne
vas shot down while upbraiding villa
in JuareZ.
Ii is believed that the soldier who
shot Benton viii be put 40 death ln
order 90 placate the British govern
ment. If he has not already been exc
cuted to prevent his exposure or the
actual facts of the case.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07

NEW ORLEANS. La.-The wealth
and position OF Jo lquin BOnilla, form
er president of Honduras, lost their
attraction for his 17-year-old fancee,
Margaret Kingston. Margaret tried TO
buy her freedom from her elderly ad-
mirer, but he wouldn't even look at
$250.000. She settled matters by
eloping with Billy Stone, the cabaret
dancer. Her only message TO the
Honduras ex-president was, II should
worry-you can do that"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-07
THE WEATHER.

Indiana Local SHOWS
Saturday. sunday cloudy.
Lower Michigan; Tn
settled Saturday and sun
day.