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Evening star., 1914-07-23
FOURTH DEATH FROM PLAGUE.
Regina Schmidt, 73 Years Old. Is
Latest Victim.

NEW ORLEANS. July 23.-Bubonic
plague claimed its fourth death here to-
day. The death occurred at the same
address from which Helen Soell. ten
years old. developed the disease last Sat
urday. and the victim was the childs
grandmother. Regina Schmidt. seventy
three years old.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Cardinal Gibbons Eighty Years Old.

BALTIMORE. July 23.-Cardinal Glib
bons is eighty years old today. There
was no formal celebration Of the ami
versary. the cardinal passing the day
at the country home of T. Herbert
Shriver. near Westminster. Md. as has
been his custom for several years.
many congratulations upon his birth
day have reached him from friends and
well wishers in this and other coun-
tries. 1t may be said that the cardinal
Is In spla96lid health. and. for his years.
Extremely active.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
House Votes for Exhibit Building.

The House today by a vote of los to
1875 assured San Francisco Of q five-hun-
dred-thousand-dollar government exhibit
building at the Panama-Pacifc expose
ton. The vote defeated the final efforts
Of opponents Of the appropriation to put
amendment to the sundry civil bill, max
ing the $500. 900 available.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Physical Effort Great.

The physical effort involved in the
making of such a record consumed
months. The individual commissioners
were unable. on account of pressure of
other important cases, to hear orally
all the testimony. That function fell to
the lot of Chairman Harlan and one or
two other members of the commission
and to examiners of the commission.
Each commissioner has made a personal
examination of the vast record.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Criticism of Action in Advance
Rate Case Declared
UnWarranted.
VAST WORK HAS MOVED
WITH DISPATCH, HE SAYS
Traces Procedure in Important Case
to Show Weakness of
Charges.

Criticism of the interstate commerce
commission. charging delay in an
nouncement of the decision in the ad-
vance rate case. which is daily expected,
Is declared to be unwarranted, based on
ignorance of what the commission has
done and on hysterical claimor, in a spir-
tied reply made today by a prominent
Official who has been in close touch with
the rate case from the beginning.
This defense of the commission was
provoked by a pamphlet attack on the
commission. which has been sent to near
~ all the members of Congress and to
many prominent public officials.
The pamphlet contains excerpts from
letters and signed statements of business
men throughout the country. all of them
crltlcislng the commission vigorously Ii
Is urged that the commission be abol-
1shed; that the President incontinently
dismiss the members of the commission
on account of their alleged lack of ability
ana want of prescience: and that Congress
create new and different regulatory
body with broader powers
Evening star., 1914-07-23

ignorance and Graded in hysteria- The
authors of the criticism simply do not
know what they are writing about.
"As a fact, expedition has marked
every phase of the consideration by
the commission of the advance rate
case. Its Importance has been realized
fully by the members of the body and
every effort has been made by them
to facilitate the final disposition of the
complex problem.
When George F. Brownell. vice pTesi-
dent and general counsel OF the Erie raf'-
road, and George Stuart Patterson. gem
eral counsel of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, presented to the then chairman of
the commission. Mr.. Clark. less than a
year ago an application for the reo3ening
of the advanced rate case of 1910 il WAS
Known officially that the eastern railroads
were seeking an advance In freight rates.
short time subsequently the commits
sion decided, by a majority vote. to afford
the eastern railroads an opportunity 10
demonstrate their need of additional
revenues.
Commissioner John II. Marble dissenfed
from the views Of the majority Of the
body. holding that the matter presented
was a moot question. which the COM
MISSION had no authority to consider
Question Squarely Raised.
"The force in law Of the position taken
was realized at once by attorneys for the
railroads Shortly thereafter. therefore.
they announced their intention to file with
the commission tariffs proposing a 5 per
cent advance. for which they had made
application, thereby putting the question
squareiy up to the commission.
This was early In last October. The
tariffs filed by the railroads would have
become effective in thirty days from
October IL. The filing of the tariffs was
the real beginning of the present ad-
vance rate case. The suspension period
of ten months has not yet expired. al
though the commission has had under
consideration not merely one rate.
which it might have suspended for the
full period, but millions of rates.
The commission Immediately began
consideration of the case, and from
that time to this it has devoted con-
tinuous attention to it. The record
taken in the proceedings comprises 49,
347 typewriter pages. with an aver
age of $50 words on each page. 1t con-
tains. therefore. 4,5s6,750 words or ap-
proximately 3,s22 columns of the ordi-
nary newspaper.
Evening star., 1914-07-23

nually. and there is consequently a heavy
movement to and from that section Of
raw materials and finished products. so
that a transportation monopoly there Is
of vast interest to every section OF the
United States. Maps accompanying the
bill show the difference between transpor-
tation conditions of 1893 and 1913 In
the former years they show New England
with nearly a dozen competing systems;
in 1913 with the New Haven and the
Central Vermont and Grand Trunk only.
In 1899 the map shows hundreds of town.
and villages In the five states reached
by more than one transportation SYSTEM
in 1919 1t gives possibly twenty where
there is competition in TRANSPORTATION,
the rest touched only by the New Haven
or its subsidiaries.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Reply of Official.

Equally vigorous is the reply of the Of
ficlal in close touch with the commits
sion. who says:
This pamphlet, of unknown parent
age, and kindred criticisms of the COM
mission which have appeared In the
public prints from time to time during
the last three or four months were
conceived in misunderstanding, born of
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Must Consider Facts.

1T is quite possible that If puellr pol
icy had been the issue involved IL tis-
advanced rate case the comm - uu
NIGH have decided it several months
ago. quite irrespective Of the facts which
IL has developed in the pending proceed
ing. The commission, however. is re
stricted to a consideration of the facts
IS shown in the record OF the case. and
Its effort has been and Will he To
reach a conclusion in accordance with
those facts.
II is worthy of consideration by critics
OF the Interstate commerce commission
that after two wears Of deiheration
the Supreme Court sustained the commits
sion not only IN its finding OF fact b I
in its interpretation of the law. The
commissions work upon the intermoun-
tam cases occupied less than a year II
is a pretty safe conjecture that II the ad-
vanced rate case ever reaches the courts
IL will be pending not for the eight OF
nine months the commission has had it
under consideration. but for several
years"
Evening star., 1914-07-23

ut must be borne in mind that the
commission, in addition to the advances
rate case. had before II at the same
time other important proceedings. These
proceedings included the investigation OF
the New Haven. the Industrial Railways
case, the adjustment of rates through
out the southeastern territory, the tap
line case and many others.
1t ought to he remembered that TN.
commissions powers are restricted hv
the law. In the hearing of any given
case the commission does rot sit as \
jury with Only one particular case before
II upon which it may pass as soon tit.-
testimony and arguments have been CO.,
cluded. /; is not a judicial body. b.;
an administrative body.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Silk Slips and Petticoats

$s.Oc and $500 Mesxaline SILK Slips
in light blue and lavender-slight-
Iy soiled-sizes 16 to AZ. Choice. .95c
$500 and $500 Messalfne SILK
Sltps-au colors-all sizes-regu-
lar and ribbon shoulder straps
a40O and $3.50 SILK Petticoats-
Messaline silk in white. black and all
colors-white tub silks and a few
odd colors in jersey silk. Choice. 81 10
Evening star., 1914-07-23

loyalty from certain claims.
re That Sells Wooltex
:! 4! e
I'd Shelves!
rplus stocks are entirely
s a lolDer price does.
! SELL SELL! is our sloganI
,ts!
1 the items-come to the store
Leather Goods Going!
New buyer making way for his own
purchaSes-soon to arrive.
"F" st. OF Party Cases, 91y0O
Real leather, with fittings-Quanffey
limited.
Real Leather Bags, no
lot Of about Is to be placed @
sale tomorrow.
$500 Table-Handbags.
Real Leather Bags-some sold -
high as SOCIAL good styles.
Headed Bags. sz.75
About one dozen Beaded Ra&s-n
pretty color combinations-madet to sell
at $500
Fitted Toilet Cases,
feW more splendid values for trav-
elers. Prices We're $500 to sa0OO--nov.
q off-S2o0 to 1881
Get Gloves Now!
H.75 WHITE SILK GLOVES. with
black embroidery. 16-button length.
sl.35.
800 SILK AND CHAMoIsETTE
GLOVES-1G-b u IT. mi myth Silk
Gloves-tan. sizes 5lz to q: brown a.
%, "12' gray, 3i2, q: navy. 5i2. d. 6i.:
also 16-button-length Chamoisette
G,ones; Gloves pongee p e; sizes 9!s, g. and
81 SILK GLoNES-1G-button Tucked
Silk Gloves. Size Il. in white Sizes
5le to in black. Pair. Sc
slao DoESkIN GLoVES-l and ,
Button Doeskin Gloves finest uIal-
ity. Sizes ~. 52s. g. Pair. Soc
SOC Gloves, 35c pair.
2-clasp Chamoisette. in white
chamois: biscuit color and gray.
Pair. 35c.
2-clasp Double-tipped Silk Gloves
in white. black and gray Pair. 35c.
L and l6 Button Length Chamos.
cite. in chamois and biscuit. Pair. 35c
Veilings, Rulings, Neckwear
10c lOc lOc
VEILINGS. in black. white and colors.
RUFFLINGS. in black. ecru and
white. l to ? inches wide
NECkWEAR. including net and mus
lin collars, silk bows. colored net
and lace bows, and odd pieces of all
kinds.
25c and soc QuaIftte, ON our rse
Soc Neckwesr and yeiIinss. 2se
Eeiungs. Flowers. Silk Ties. Or
candle Fichus. Net and Embroidery
Lace and Embroidered Collars and
Knitted Ties.
SI.OO Neckwear, Soc
Net Yestings, Organdie Collars, Lace
Coat Sets: osgandie Vestees. Fichus
$50 TO $500 NEcKwEAR. slOo
Organdie Collars and Vestees, Medicf
collars, net and Lace Vestees. White
and Coiored Lace Wells, Chiffon Scarfs
and Auto Wells
More Remnants. &c, IOr. 9Sc
't0c to 5Oc Shadow Laces-
In white and ecru-3 to 10 inches wide
-l,Oo wards Friday at. yard lac
LOO TO Sl:s Laces. ssc
1holce of our stock of Shadow ard
:, - e.nantilly nn laces. selling regularly from
SlW to $50. including Il to is inch
nounces, In white and cream-Is-inch
yard. tSc
soc dozen Val insertions. rse do.e..
"e and ioc Val insertions, Dc I'd
Tearing Away the Parasols!
Nearly 500 Parasols, in plain
color and fancy silks, with rib
bon inserts and the smarest
black and white effects. Regu-
ular prices up to $500 and
SOCIAL now in two lots at
$1.95 and $2.95
You'll say-You never saw such
parasols for the price
A few $a.so and 5000 Colored
Silk Parasols, csc.
Exclusive Novelties I'D to Sac.
$4.S5 and $9.85.
Children's Parasols, were $1.so
to $3.50; choice, 8se & $I.3s.
some Dress
500, Of fine crepes and Ms@.
rs; fine imported net Nh 4h
e to make. Only w VsSO
On: -::::: :':, 'c:: $2.25
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Hope to Avoid Loss.

In making this offer the committee
did everything possible to avoid hostile
proceedings without at the same time
sacrificing the interests of their share
holders and the directors only rekreat
that an offer which seems to them
minently fair should not have been ac-
'epted. Yet they cannot but feel a strong
ope that a way may be found to ac-
"mpiish the dissolution which the At
einsy General desires, and which the
1:n?any is willing to accept. on terms
cii do not iniiict on the shareholders a
iOIs loss
Evening star., 1914-07-23

The Misses Suits will also fit small
women who usually wear sizes "a and
$4,000 and $500 Silk and
Cloth Suits, $e.5 50.
Suits up to $45, to go at $3.50.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Arranges for Conference With
View to Providing Peaceful
Transfer to Carranza,
GUARANTEES OF SAFETY
MAY BE GIVEN TO ALL
Gen. 0bregon May Be First Con-
stitut5onalist Officer to Enter
Mexico City.

MEXICO CITY, July 23.-President Car
bajal Informed the Brazilian minister
last night that an arrangement had been
reached whereby conference would be
held between delegates representing the
government and Gen. Carranza with the
view of providing for q peaceful transfer
of power.
The president wired the Carranza rep
reaentatives in the United States asking
II the Mexican delegates to the recent
peace conference at Niagara would be ac-
ceptable. If they are acceptable they will
be given full powers by the Carbajal
government to make arrangements with
CarFanza delegates. If not acceptable
other delegates will be appointed.
Datails of the meeting. it is believed
mere, wall be arranged today. SO that
1t can be held without delay 1t
Is likely that the meeting will be held in
WASHINGTON. President CarbaJal ex-
pressed himself optimistically to the Bra
lillian minister regarding a prompt set
uemenG of the differences between the
contendvnS partkas
Evening star., 1914-07-23

$500 and $500 w
An extra lot on sale tomorrow.
and fancy materials in long tunic .
$1.95 and So
All of our finer Skirts-.ratil
imported r1ateriais--in this sale a
1896 and 81
Practically no alterations reuui
t.
There ,UiU be no let
disposed of. If one DR.
Having been caught with o,
Friday is the great
Always busy from the time t
do not depend upon the telephon
The Dress Sensation
of Years!
Summer Dresses,
up to $50 each, at. 80. $11.5O
40 Dresses in this special event. All
well worth their full prices. Styles
the best, materials of superior quail
ity, making such as you don't usual
ly see in ready-tO-wear gowns.
White Embroidered Voiles and
CrepeS.
White-stripe Crepes and Voiles.
Crepe Voiles in white and colors
Handkerchief Linens in white and
colors.
Crepes, hand embroidered in
white and colorS.
Ftowered Crepes and White Ba-
es-hand-embroidered in colors
Dresses for afternoons. dancing
resort wear. and for every purpose
misses and women's-regularly
up to $1,000, at sl1.Jo.
To Clear Away Other Dresses!
so DRESSES, REGULARLY UP TO
$1,000 EACH-White and Colored
Stripe Crepes and
wi3soat ragwslsd v9iles. tpnie,. 81 90
100 DRESSES. UP TO $500 EACH
Stripe Ginghams and Voiles,
Flowered Voiles, AlI-white Voiles,
Sssissss-1ons Sss1 sss 1HS tSiSss' 'S"iss' S2.05
100 DRESSES. UP TO $3.50 EACH
Plaid. Stripe and .AlI-white
Noiles. White and
Golored Linens and @ OE
Flowered c repe 3D. VI
long tunics. Choice.
200 DRESSES, Up TO $3.50 EACH
Flowered Noiles and Crepes+Nar-
row and Awning Stripe Voiles.
Plaid Voiles-White-st stripe Crepes
and Basque Dresses,
in white and col 81 --
tunics- Choice. ........
Black Jap Silk Dressesl
best styles.5o dresses. regularly $500
to $3OU-divided into 3 lots Friday
$1o.5o, $14.5o, $1e.5o.
A FEW WHITE JAP SILK DRESSES
at the same reductions.
ANOTHER LOT OF OUR
$25 and $50 Suits, $500
Nothing like these values ever be-
fore heard of.
Tomorrow a. of our regular
$25.oo and $1,000 Suits, in tan,
copenhagen blue, fern green.
brown, mahogany and the
popular shepherd check.
s::::,:; s::;; ): s:::::; 3
The Misses Suits will also fit small
women who usually wear sizes "a and
&c. Come early and get the choice.
$4,000 and $500 Silk and
Cloth Suits, $3.50.
Suits up to $45, to go at $3.50.
$40 and $3.50 Silk Coats,
$500
Another item which shows what our
oyerstock means to you!
These are fancy models in Taffeta
Coats-black and changeable-all sizes.
Choice, FIVE DOLLARS.
SIS and $50 Silk Coats, $40
Tailored and fancy models in black
stripe silk crepe, navy faille. wine and
copenhagen silk brocade, navy and
copenhagen MORE silk capes. Ali TEN
DOLLARS EACH.
$50 and $25 Coats, $500
A number of Full Length Cloth
Coats, especially for motoring and
traveI-regularly 5000 and s25OO-at
FIVE DOLLARS EACH.
$3.50 Linen Suits, $6.25
TAKE YOUR CHOICE-linens and
ratine-tunic models at $6.25
Raincoats, $5.75 and $11.75
Regular prices s10.5o to s1e5O-
Priestley's, Roseberry and fine crav-
enetted cloth-variety of colors.
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Clearing Away the Parasols! /!

Make a Handsome Dress
Our which $12O0 $780, Of fine crepes
embroidered in white colors fine imported
nounce make Only
Evening star., 1914-07-23
Planning to Print Private Letters

Witnesses followed each other in rapid
succession. The distinguished scientist
Paul Painleve. declared he had been told
by the banker CASTOR Dreyfus that the
Figaro was going to publish number OF
private letters.
Leon Bailby. editor of Intransigeant.
related how M. Calmette bad read the
F'abre report on the Rochette affair at
a dinner of a few friends saying as he
replaced 1t in his pocketbook. II always
keep 1t on me: one never knows what
may happen
Nine. Madeleine Guillemard, a lifelong
friend of Nine. Caillaux, who saw her on
the night before the tragedy. said:
"She was quite calm. In my opinion
her act was unconscious. She never IN
tended to kill
Nine. Caillaux interposed during the
deposition and said that Nine Guile
mard was the only person to whom she
had shown the two letters. and Nine.
Guillemard would bear her out that tney
were perfectly correct In tone and the
letters OF well bred man.
THAT l swear to-" answered the wit
ness, raising her hand.
One of the last withesses was Adei
Bonnard Of the stan of the Figaro who
produced letter in which M. Calmette
asked him to express deep regret 70 NINE.
Gueydan CM. Caillaux's first wffe), that
he had been forced TO use her letter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-19

Iby the railroad to be worth from
IIs to 1S cents an acre. Mr.. Clifford
|Pinchot could see d man In AIaslsa
lif he cut fishing pole but he could
not see the Santa ne railroad gels
ting 100000 acres 1T one timeSa'
Representative Humphrey als&
charged that when Mr.. Pinchot wae
forester Al extension Of forest
reserve in Montana included 240 100
acres of practically treelesa land,
belonging 10 the Northern racifleH
railroad
For this land Of little value
be added, .the Northern Pacific Ob.
tanned $4,000 acres of heavily tim
bered land Id exchange and Pinchot
favored tho transaction IT that
time.
Mr.. Hnmphreyss speech was part
81 i running fire d attack upon the
forest service that held up progress
On the agricultural appropriation
Bill.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-19

Kansas city, March IL. The
questioning d. two more women,
one of whom said she had visited
the rooms At 1924 Grand avenue,
where MRS. Gertrude shidler was
attacked and had escaped similar
treatment at the hands Of several
men only BY fighting, was q develop
naent In the case yesterday. Added
~ this. the constant search for the
young man wanted for enticing
Mrs, Shidler to the apartments. the
search for another young man who
- said to know Of the practices Of
the gang that inhabited the rooms.
and the sitting of the evidence
against the four men under arrest
Tor use at their arraignment before
Judge Latshaw at $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon, kept the prosecutor and
the police busy.
~ n Z
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-19
Resuls Of Murder Of Postmaster at
Tecste. Calf.
ARMY REPoRr SATISFIES BRYAN
Men who KILLED Officials and Burn
cd the Custom Office We're
Not Mexicans In
Uniform

3 San Diego, Cal, March l7.--Mar
tial law was proclaimed along thu
border for miles each side Of Te
cate, Calf. because OF the destruc
tion BY fire OF the general store
containing the United States post
office and customs office and ths
murder OF Postmaster Frank John
ston. Saturday night by three men
declared to be Mexicans.
All night the border was patrol.
led BY American. troops from Fort
Roaecrans. Across the line, not
many hundred feet away, Mexican
ruralss performed guard duty.
Every man within radius Of 10
miles OF Tecate is fully armed and
rifles and ammunition have been
ordered from this city.
Gov. Hiram w. johnson was ask
cd to make formal demand upon
Gen. Francisco vasQuez OF Lower
California for the delivery Of the
Mexicans suspected OF having XIII
Cd Johnston. q
Major w. @. Davis, commander
At Fort Rosecrans, received instruc-
lions from Washington to assist the
immigration and customs officials
and keep the department informed
or conditions. He has already taxi
en- the initiative to the full scope Of
his authority.
Washington, March 17.-Mem-
bers Of Mexican railroad construc-
tion gang killed Postmaster Frank
v. Johnston and burned the post-
office at Tecate, Calf, Saturday
night according to report TO the
war department from army head
quarters at san Francisco None Oh
the men has been apprehended.
Satisfied BY this report that no
Mexican federal soldiers Or officials
were involved. and that the crime
was not political, state department
officials announced the affair would
BE handled in the ordinary way
Every effort viii be made to Sci
cure the arrest of the murders and
have them returned to California
under extraditlon proceedings for
trial.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-19
RUT DUMMIES IN THEIR hunks
Two Prisoners Leave Leavenworth
Prison BY Carpet Ropes

Leavenworth. March 17.--Usina
= strip Of carpet for . rope. Lloyd
RItzburger and Bert Adams slid
down from q window Of the chapel
1t the United States military prison
here and escaped The two men
placed dummies III their hunks and
slipped into the chapel They took
MP long strip Of carpet from the
chapel floor 10 make their rope,
and dropped 10 the ground within
= hundred feet Of where stood 4
sentry with 4 shotgun
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-19
EsKRIDGE FIRE Loss 1926, 900
High Wind Kindred Volunteer
Elrelnanss Efforts M.

E1E0NkEhA ANAAWE1& Es
Topeka. March l7The fire that
destroyed most Of the business pof'
ton Of Eskridge caused : property
loss that was estimated at $4,000;
partly covered by insurance. The
origin Of the fire Is still unknown
beyond the fact that 1t started III 4
livery stable. A high wind made
the efforts Of the volunteer fire de-
partment hopeleBsly inefficient.
The BunEer Mercantile company
suffered i loss estimated ct s2O.0o0 o,
Other losses are Eskridge State hank
$1,000. Nudge Mercantile company
$3.50 Trussels Dry Goods COM
pany $4,000. The pOstoffice. lums
Der yard and butcher shop also suf4
fered losses ana part Of the tele-
phone office was burned. Communi-
cation with Eakridge Ii stili impos-
sible except BY report from nearby
points.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-19
GILL AGAIN MAYOR; NAMES
.'REFORArs P0rdOE HEAD

Seattle Wash. March n. Hiram
9. Gill took the oath Of office as
mayor Of Seattle without ceremony,
Seating himself q The desk from
which he was torn By the recall
thFee gears 10. stor nill's first
official act aaa khs appointment Of
Austen y. GFlffithn. late candidate
~ seattle Ministerial AssoeIa-
slou Tor the mayoFalty. a chief 81
police This was shs reply 81
enc mayer to The esaeesioa
tHsf - inc6mihg would sull "a
a eQp1 t4Ta
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-19

Bert Kinneyan, 20 years old, and
Oscar Harrison, "A years old. we're
the names given BY the accused
men. Al
The undercurrent Of feeling that
permeated ali sections Of the city
ION the day following the atrocities
inflicted up0n Mrs. shidler nearly
focused yesterday morning when =
voice arose from d crowd near po-
lice headquarters III demand FOR 4
rope. The accused men had been
taken TO the east side Of the city
hall ID 4be photographed n body.
Several hundred men from the
neighborho0d got the information
that tho suspected men were out
side the jail IN the alley near the
station. ma moment hundreds gath
cred and murmurs Of the individ-
uais were focused IL the CRY ot one
for rope. OFFICERS ID charge quick
" hurried the prisoners back be-
hind the projecting bars Of the sta
tion and the crowd dispersed.
The police have not yet captured
the two other men charged BY Mrs
shidler a. being members Of the
party that miatreated her.