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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
;ASSA|[S Federal JUDGE
FOR ACTS IN RATE CASES.
Attorney General Of Missouri Hurls
Shafts at Mcpherson, Who
Enjoins Official.

KANSAS CITY, January 10.-A spirit
led attack on the acts OF Judge Smith
Mcpherson of the federal district court
in the Missouri railroad rate cases was
made by John T. Barker. attorney gen.
eral of Missouri, today at hearing
conducted by Judge Mcpherson prepara-
tory to entering final decree dismiss
ing the cases in accordance with re-
cent decision of the United States SUI
preme Court, holding the state rate
laws constitutional
Judge Mcpherson subsequently en-
joined Mr. Barker from proceeding in
state courts with suits for 81, 100000 over
charges against Missouri railroads, and
took the rate cases under further ADVISE
ment for three weeks. The overcharges,
the state contends, were made during the
life of the federal court injuncsions pre-
venting enforcement of the Missouri max
imum freight and 2-cent passenger fare
laws.
Attorney General Barker demanded
that Judge Mcpherson dismiss the IN
functions dissolved by the United states
Supreme Court decision at once, with
out further argument and delay, and
ANNOUNCED that If the judge did not
do this the state would go to the
United States Supreme Court and obtain
an order he would obey.
You cannot continue to police this
|state for the railroads" shouted Mr..
Barker; you cannot always act to save
them from hurt"
Would Enjoin Official.
The attorney generals attack fol-
lowed the filing of a supplemental bill
in the case by the railroad lawyers ask
ing Judge Mcpherson to enjoin the at
torney general from prosecuting suits
brought in state courts against the
railroads to collect millions of dollars
in alleged excess charges made while
the rate laws were in litigation.
why are the railroads afraid Of the
state courts?" asked the attorney gen.
eral. why. do they. always seek this
to know the reason. The people of
Missouri want to know.
No Need of Argument.
Il did not come here today to argue
this matter again. I came here to see
that you filed the decree that you wrote
and ordered last month, and 1 see no
need of argument now. 1t seems to me
that all there is to the case is for you
| to enter the decree you already have
written, and which the United States
Supreme Court directed you to enter"
Judge Mcpherson sat silent all through
Mr.. Barker's speech. When the attorney
general had finished, the court said:
Your outside remarks are not per-
suasive with me-"
I'm my thirteen and one-half years or
the federal bench, 1 have never been in
fuenced by any one or anything except
my conscience. While I would like the
good opinion of all men. prefer the opin
ion of my own conscience. I shall not b.
swerved from the dictates of my con.
science by any bouquets or by any brick
| bats
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MODERN DANCES BARRED.
President of Indiana University Is.
sues Prohibition Order

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. January 10
The tango, the fish walk. the kitchen
sink and similar modern dances are bar
red from Indiana University. according to
announcement made today by President
William Lowe Bryan. The committee on
student affairs will see that the rule
against these dances is rigidly enforced.
Il am not an expert on Dances" said
President Bryan, but 1 know there Is a
right way and a wrong way to dance"
The dance question was left to the stu
dents to solve last autumn and 1t was ex-
pected they would force the new steps out
of use by the feeling of disrepute against
them. but, instead. it became apparent
that the modern dances were becoming
the rage at the various student social af-
fairs. Todays edict was the result.
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DEFENSE OF CANAL POLICY.
Toll Exemption for American Coast.
wise Vessels Approved.

OTTAWA, January 10.-The imposition
Of tolls on foreign shipping using the
Panama canal and the free passage Of
American coastwise vessels We're de-
Tended by Samuel ]. Elder of Boston at
a luncheon given by the Ottawa Canadian
Club here today. Among the many guests
who gave Mr. Elders defense of the at
titude of the American government the
closest attention was Premier Borden, at
whose instance the British foreign Of
flee protested against the measures pro-
posed by the United States government.
Mr.. Elder claimed that the policy of
toll exemption for American coastwise
shipping did not conflict with the pro-
vision of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty de-
signed to secure equitable treatment for
the shipping of all nations using the
canal.
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, chief justice of
Canada, in reply to Mr.. Elder. said that
the question should be submitted to The
Hague court for arbitration.
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DOZENS Of WITNESSES.
THREE ARRESTS MADE
Police Allege Gambling at Two
Clubs and One Private
-4 Residence.

Capt. Falvey and Lieut.. DUNCAN Of
the eighth precinct last night led raiding
squad to two pool clubs and made one
arrest at each place, for the alleged pro-
motion of gambling games in the rooms
of the two clubs. Five trips were made
with the patrol wagon to and from the
station for the transfer of more than
five dozen witnesses who may be requir-
ed to testify.
The first raid was made at the rooms
of the Senate Aranium Club, 1917 U
street northwest, where Milton NAL
vern. colored. was arrested and
charged with permitting patrons of
the rooms. to play Kelly pool' for a
ment attending the raid.
The rooms of the club are in one
story building, the police state. and
there was no opportunity for the play
ers to escape.
Two-section Club Also Visited.
At the rooms of the Two-Section
Club. 2oSo Georgia avenue northwest,
a different condition was presented.
1t is charged that Elisha H. Gordon,
colored. who is alleged to be responsib e
for what transpires there permitted
games Of craps to be played in the rooms.
The club is located in a two-story
gathering. the police say, jumped
through second-Story window, taking
sash and g ass with him.
Malvern was permitted to deposit 800
collateral at the police station. In
Gordon's case, the~police stated. the co.,
lateral was fixed at $3.50. He did not
have that amount of cash on hand and
the police detained him.
Private House Raided.
James J. Smith, a carpenter, whose
home is at 7O7 18th street northeast, last
night was arrested in raid of his house
by the police of the ninth precinct. Sergt.
Davis and Policeman Hardin, Steele,
Mansfield and Lester were members of
the raiding party.
Smith left the house shortly before
midnight to get food and liquid refresh
ments for his guests. the police say, and
when he returned they arrested him be-
fore the refreshments could be dispensed.
Nine men who are said to have partici-
pated in a game of poker were sum-
moned to appear in court as witnesses
against Smith. who was charged with
permitting gaming on his premises. Col
lateral was fixed at 500, but he did not
have that amount on hand.
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1t, and 1 could SO state to the committee
Well. you can put IL down now. with
out further talk that the President does
favor 1t. and favors more money than
this for working man anywhere IN the
world was Tumulty's final declaration.
1t would not do to identify the actors
in this little melodrama, but the men
may get better pay later on.
Mr.. Tumulty doesn't often get mad. he
has an even temper and a sunny disposi-
ton. He is the best mixer who ever SAT-
in the secretarys chair. He disposee OF
business in an easy. quiet manner. quick
ly comprehends what is wanted OF him
and promptly docs II, II II can be done
He assumes authority when necessary.
He knows the President like a book. his
habits, characteristics and aims in life.
He isn't afraid Of the President, but he
has an all-powerfui confidence in and re-
spect for his chief that insures efficient
cooperation between the two.
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DENY THAT NEW YORK
.ISA SHANGHAI PORT
Men Closely Allied to Seamen Re.
flute Charge of Andrew
Furuseth.

Denial of a statement attributed to
Andrew Furuseth, president of the Ma
tional Seamen's Union of America. to
the effect that New York is the most
notorious shanghai port in the world,
is made by several men in that city
closely allied with the seamen, including
X Kirchoff, who. 1t is said, ships a large
proportion OF the men sailing on foreign
vessels from New York; Silas B. Axtell.
attorney of the seamen's branch of the
Lesai AID Society; Stafford Wright, SUI
perintendent Of the Seamen's Christian
Association. and Rev. Archibald r. Mans
held. They declare that shanghaiing is
unknown in New York.
Mr.. Furuseth recently returned to this
country from London. where he went as
one of the delegates appointed by the
PRESIDENT to attend the international
congress for safety at sea. He declared
when he reached New York that he
could not consistently vote for any nro-
posal put forth by the other delegates
and that he had come home to tell the
President about it.
Worst Shanghai Port.
In an interview given out by him in
New York he is reported to have said:
At present New York is the wors,
shanghai port on earth. Sailors here
who get into debt to boarding house keep.
ers are bought and sold like slaves"
In regard to this statement Mr. Kirch-
off says:
There is no such thing as shang-
haiing in New York city today. The
conditions surrounding the employment
of the men make it impossible. Any
one familiar with the condition knows
that reports to the contrary are without
foundation.
haiing reported to us or to the New
York courts since 1898 For that mat
ter, do not know how long before that
year the last previous case here was
heard Of"
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Benjamin Ide Wheeler So Declares
of FOREIGN Nations.

BERKELEY, Cal, January 1O-Benja-
min Ide Wheeler. president Of the Uni
versity of California, who returned today
from a seven-month visit abroad, said
that European nations generally looked
to the United States to settle the trouble
in Mexico.
There is a general feeling abroad that
America must be looked to to handle the
Mexican situation" said DR.. Wheeler.
They feel that the United States should
do something soon, or at least signify
its intention of doing SO. The foreign
powers will only be too glad to have this
nation straighten out the difficulties of
Mexico.
1.-The impression received while ,in
Europe was that the United States ought
to stay out of Mexico, If possible, but
must not omit any step that will bring
order out of chaos there"
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and that some of them probably never
will.
mr. Palmer asked a hundred and ten
questions of each company and each
company kept duplicates of its answers
We shall take great interest in seeing II
facts favorable to the companies nave
been suppressed or CLOSED over
..The position Of the companies on ar
bitration has not changed. 1t simply Is
this, that no proposition for such action
can be considered which disregards the
rights Of 10000 men working for the COM
panies and includes consideration or the
Western Federation of Miners"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
HOPE Of MISSOURI
LIES IN Immigration
Representative L. C. Dyer So De-
clares to Gathering of the
State Society.

That no state is in greater need OF i'm
migration to aid in its material develop
ment than Missouri and that such i'm
migration should be fostered In every
possible way, both in the state and In
ST. Louis, its metropolis, even to the
extent OF refraining from ciamping the
Hd on too tightly in that city. was
the opinion voiced by Representative l.. :
Dyer of the twelfth district of the stat,
at the January meeting of the Missouri
Society held last evening at Rauschers
Representative Dyer said that lie
thought the idea held in the past con
corning the wickedness of st. Louis by
those outside of that city was fast Civ
ing way. and that his district contained
as good citizens as any throughout the
state.
I'VE Germans like our beer however
said he. and 1t is hoped that the de-
sire for reform will take this into con-
Sideration"
Mr.. Dyer spoke of the falling-off in
so strong, into that section, and spoke
OF the benefits that would accrue from
its resumption both into st. Louis and
into the state at large.
Inc German farmer who makes two
StAikS OF grain sprout where one grew
oefore is desirable acquisition, es-
peclaily in view OF the 2,JoOOU0 acres OF
land waiting to be reclaimed for farming
purposes by the construction of proper
levees along the Mississippi Nor ar.
breweries, as some seem to imagine. the
only or even the principal industry OF
the city. There are plenty of oppor-
tunities for artisans other than brewery
workers. here, with corresponding in
crease In the markets of the productions
of the rest Of the state
Education for Negro.
Education for the negro, in order that
he may become worthy of the privileges
he now possesses, the first of which Is
the franchise, was strongly urged by Rep
resentative Dyer, who spoke in the high
est terms Of the great progress made by
the black race since the days of slavery.
and especially within the last decade.
Once given the vote, however unwise
the gift at the time, / would never favor
its being taken away, but 1 am most
| strongly in favor of proper education to
make it a useful thing in the hands Of
the colored race" said Mr.. Dyer.
The speaker Of the evening also recon-
| mended Representative Thomas Lewis
Rubery of the sixteenth district as next
governor of the state.
The meeting. which was presided over
ny OuS W. F" at pH esiueil VI Inc a9
| ISOLATION, was largely attended by men,
bers Of the society. composed of Mis-
SourianS in Congress in the civil service
and in the business life of Washington.
| their guests and friends. Refreshments
were served following an appropriate mu-
steal program arranged by Miss Pearl
Robinson, in which Miss Elisa Murphy
Pearson and John G. Kleiner gave vocal
solos. and Miss Elizabeth Winston. who
acted as accompanied, piano selection.
| The February meeting of the society 10
| scheduled for st. Valentines day.
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w. c. T. q. MEETS TOMORROW.
Quarterly Convention to Be Held in
United Brethren Church.

The quarterly convention Of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of the District of Columbia is to be
held tomorrow morning at the United
Brethren Church. North Capitol and r
streets northwest.
The session is scheduled to convene
at 10 o'clock with Mrs. Emma Sanford
Shelton presiding. and will continue
throughout the day. In connection
with the meeting number of ad-
dresses are to be delivered, among
which Is that of Miss Janet Richards
on Woman Suffrage in Relation to the
Liquor Traffic"
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Bill for Eugenic Marriages.

BOSTON, Mass, January 10.-A bill
designed to promote eugenic marriages,
the first of its kind ever proposed in this
state, was sent to the legislature to-
day by the state board OF health and in
sanity 1t aims to amend the marriage
law by a provision that person suffer
ing from a communicable disease shall
not be capable of contracting marriage.
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Gen. Funkhouser Dead,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, January 1O-Brig.
Gen. Robert D. Funkhouser, aged seven
ty-seven. Confederate army, is dead at
his home near Maurertown, Shenandoah
county. He was a familiar figure at all
reunions of United Confederate Veterans,
Three daughters survive.
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Explain Tango to the Pope.

ROME, January 10.-A number of pro-
tests against the indiscriminate prohibi-
ton of the tango by the Catholic bishops
have been received by the Pope and the
officials Of the Vatican. Some Of the
writer's complain that the prelates have
not taken into account that the tango
can also be danced with modesty.
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Would Call Attention
of CONGRESS to Report

BIG RAPIDS, Mich, January 10
Gov. Ferris, at his home here today,
showed much interest in the report of
the Department of Labor's investigation
in the upper peninsula strike district.
After a summary of the report had been
read to him over the long-distance tele-
phone, the governor said he would not
express any personal opinion on the re-
port until he had seen it in its complete
form.
"I want to see the whole report, and l
think the department should see that the
complete report gets before all of the
people in Congress and outside" said the
governor Il have been waiting for the
report several weeks and l am glad it at
last has been made public
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Hope Of Settlement.

Gov. Ferris said he Is not at all certain
when he will give out formal state
ment announcing the result Of his inves-
tigation this week in the copper coun-
try. Il have hope" he stated, that the
miners and operators will come to terms
without outside help. / will not say 1
believe such thing can be accomplish
ed, but I will say l am certain, if the
miners had been allowed to treat with
the operators as miners and not as rep
resentatives of any organization, the
strike would have been settled long ago.
And / insist even at this time that If
outsiders-and l include agitators Of vari-
Gus interests and political parties-would
keep out of that affair it would be a
long step toward an end of the trouble"
The chief executive expects to remain
at his home for several days.
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MOVE ON GUADALAJARA.
Carranza's Start South Said to Be
for That PurpQse.

DOUGLAS. Ariz., January 1O.-The
southwark movement of Gen. Carranza,
who was reported today at Cruz de
Pedra, two miles. from the federal out
posts at Guaymas, really means that he
intends to make a strategic movement
against Guadalajara, according to private
advices received here tonight from Her
mosillo, Sonora This Information. it was
said, explained the apparent equivoca-
ton of the constitutionalst leader re-
garding a trip to Chihuahua.
If Carranza's plans regarding Guada-
lajara were perfected, the advice stated
he intended to follow the lines of the
Southern Pacific of Mexico into the ter
ritory of Topic with 10000 men, a move
ment which would prevent Huerta from
sending reinforcements to Ojinaga or any
other point in northern Mexico.
Minnesota at Vera Cruz.
VERA CRUZ, January 1O.-The United
States hospital ship Solace proceeded from
here today for Tampico.
The battleship Minnesota arrived this
morning.
STILL LOOK TO UNITED STATES.
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Cheapest and Best

The Star sells its space at less cost per thou
sand net circulation than any other paper in
Washington. 1t is not only the best but the cheap
est paper to advertise in.
This is the reason that The Star frequently
carries more advertising than tine other three
papers combined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
Huerta Issues a Decree
to Buy a Packing House

MEXICO CITY. January TO- - Mexico
has bought packing house and has ar
ranged to raise funds for the payment
Of war material already contracted for
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only remaining commanders of the fed
eral regulars. The other generals COM
manded volunteers and had been threat
ened by Villa with death should they be
captured
Attack Resumed Late.
The attack on Ojinaga was resumed
late today Led by Gen. Francisco Villa,
Just before shutdown. the rebel army. adj
vancing from the southeast and west,
drove back the federal outposts. cap
tured fifty men and opened heavy rine
fire on the federal trenches, backed by
shrapnel from the rebel field guns
Gen. Villa, advancing from the SOUTH
had with him only 1000 men, WINE Sens.
Herrera and Hernandez led l'1O run ~
the west from a base at the village o.
san Juan. The main body OF reoeis,
Comprising about 4,SO0 men, advanced
along the river road from the east;
Steadily creeping toward tne ea
Notifications high on the plateau, q,
Oiinaga stands, the rebels, shrouoeo III
great clouds Of dust, occupied positions
within four miles of the village peiore
they met resistance. a sra
The federal outposts then openeu III .h e,
their rifle volleys being supper ,ns The rat.
Ting return fire of the repeis s ~
silenced the guns of the Outpost. Az
scattered federals were thrown ili.o se.,
order and attempted 70 relre ahars threw
away their rifles and jumped INTO Inc
river, swimming to the American sue
Had Immediate Effect.
The rout of the first federal outpost
had an immediate effect on the 1eoerai
garrison Many other outposts Me.e
withdrawn, the cattle were driven into
the village, and women and chlioreh
were hurriedly dispatched across 'ie
river to American territory.
Gen. Francisco Castro OF the tea Ga o.
forces, after council OF war VIII een-
Mercado. ordered all the volunteer ger
rails Including Pascual Orozco any
Vnez SaIazar, to bring the federai netu
Guns into action. These guns were po
ed on the edge of the oJinasa pia io~er
nlain by which the rebels were au' one
ing. ~ on tho rebels
gained positions around the .9"n
the nreyious six days of fighting;
Cen Villa, who brought the reoei "a
Inducements from Chihuahua, hao sat u
he would defeat the federais Ct
costs He declared that the present d.
tacL did not have for it's object the pos
session Of Ojinaga, which is an IN IN.
significant frontier point, but was ~
the purpose of destroying VIVA. fadara1
of the northern DIVISION oi Tic
army.
Federals Were Cut OF.
Since the end of the fighting last Moh-
day the rebels are reported to have re-
nlenished their supply of ammunltion,
while the federal army, cut OF from all
communication except through the Unit
I'D states. has been unable to replen1sh
its stores.
roth rebels and federals kept their
shooting well on the Mexican side OF the
river. Nevertheless the patrol OF uniteo
states troops spread along the river as
soon as the firing began. -. II,
Nance to care for refugees and to De
prepared to take command of the situa-
ton.