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MUSIC TO SOOTHE JURORS.
W Washington Judge sends Grapha-
phone 10 Men Locked IN.

WAsHlNGToN, Dec. IA jury sitting IN
a murder trial in Criminal Court ~. /
here, and which was locked up last night
until Monday morning, got tit ~ the
giooms to-day and sent word to Chief Jus
tl"e Covington that they wanted 20 do
something to occupy thcir minds chief
Justice Covngton eNpr'sstd sympdthy wits
90 something.
This evening the Ch.t Justice sent TIE,
jury sraPhophOnc and a set of records
and tonight from the court hIu., win
doUs there is floating out al! kinds ~
tunes and the members Of the Jury are
doing all kinds of two steps and can
cans in the corridors OF the city Hail
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INSURANCE co. AIDS
CORONER INQUIRY
Travellers Forward Informati,,
Needed to Complete In.
yestioatiOn.
MONEY DEMAND INVOLVED

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exact relations OF Inc 'ofou"rs with W,
insurance companies. gave uu, Yesterday
a letter he had lust received ...., v.
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perintendent said
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of Hartford Conn a copy o. vr..
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promptly notified and fun access To- IL.
same will be freely accorded ...i
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partrnent will he very glad 20 .U,.r a..y
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ent Investigation and will Ice r,..i. ~ e,
operate with you lH any Other ya-,.. winch
may arise - connection w.th au, .l,n-
ance corporations which are nanta.ftr
the business Of Insurance 30 th- Stat.
To this Commissioner Wa,le',. r.n..4
yesterday with letter ~ tn1uh-
charge that Coroucrs' pr.. an
demanded money from the u,lIs,t.
company for infJrma ton to which 10 We.
entitled WAS contained iu Commission.
Wallstein's letter TO Supt. IlasNrpac,.
told in THE SUS YESTERDAY
The two cases in which Cpuui-- ur..
Wallstein has been seeking GO get ev.
dence OF the Coruncrs' Offices u,nay,or
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information" The two doctors vro,s
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NAME GEO. ]. GOULD
IN COLORADO INQUIRY
Other Rockefeller Foundation
Members Charged With
Directing Strike.
PRESS AGENT WAS ACTIVE

DENvER, Dec. SIN addition 20 John ID.
Rockefeller. Jr, the Federal Industrial
Relations Commission. conducting strike
inquiry here. is seeking information con
corning George j. Gould, Starr j. Murphy.
Jerome Greene, the Rev. Fred Gates ana
j. IL. McClement, all OF New York. in an
endeavor to connect them actively with
the conduct OF the strike resistance OF
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Chairman Walsh put Jesse +. Walborh,
president OF the company, through n naro
cross-examination to-day. tried 10 .stao-
lish that Mr. Gould. a director. and the
others connected with the Rockefeller
Foundation had written letters advising
Mr.. Welborn on methods of handing inc
situation.
In addition Mr.. Walsh got on the udl
OF the operators press agent lie ~ nc
private secretary OF a railroad president
in Pennsylvania. but Mr. NelDoru fought
all day against revealing his identity. rms
man wrote pamphlet. 10000 copies oi
which were sent broadcast to legislators
Congress men, Cove rnment officials, educa-
tors and editors, containing matter de-
signed to Justify the operators In the op!h-
ION OF the public.
MIR Wclhorn admitted dealing with the
press agent, but refused to say what ne
IL 20 receive for his work or who is to pay
him. Mr. Walsh made NJ. WELDON admit
that some OF the statements in the press
matter were uufuuuded.
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VIRGINIA Is SWEPT
BY TIDE AND GALE
Old Frigatc Constellation
Breaks Away From Tow
and Is in Danger.

Nu.rolK. Va. Dec. With u seventy
mile nor,heas, gale raging part OF Nor
folks business section near the water
from; and many streets are inundated.
Reports from Old Point Comfort and
other sections say the tide is the highest
In years.
\, Ocean View and Virginia Beach
high seas beat down bulkheads and many
people fed from their cottages. fearing
a flood At Wiloughby Beach the water
was so high trains from Norfolk were
susp. nded.
The water from Hampton Roads over
flowed the sea wall AZ old Point Comfort
and the Plaza surrounding The Chamber
lin Hotel - under three feet 81 water
Marine men predict that the next tide
Will force more water into Norfolk and
Old Point.
Many importan. streets here and many
places in the suburbs are impossible and
boats are used TO transport citizens to
and from their places Of business.
The storm is still raging Further
down the coast the wind in reported to
nave attained a velocity OF seventy miles
Seven army and navy tugs and the
revenue cutter Onondiga are ond"avorlng
to save the historic frigatc Constellation,
which IS pounding heavily in the gale IT
Ocean View. The Constellation in tow of
tie tug Ontario OF the Atlantic fleet broke
away during the storm this morning and
drifted toward tire beach.
Her anchors we're thrown overheard,
but one OF them is reported to have
parted from the cable The Ontario be-
came disabled when he broken tow line
got eut1i Led in her propeller and she
sent on. distress calls for assistance.
Tn TUGS uncas, Rocket, Mice, Wah-
n,tr and two army craft from Old Point
went q her assistance The ON 1daga,
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II was further stated by the Ambassa-
dor that British goods lying Ia the ran
road terminals at Vera Cruz had been
seized by Carranza. Among these goods
are large quantities Of British cotton Inn
ported into Mexico for the use Of British
cotton mills located at interior points.
That CarrauSa Contompldtes further I'M
pairin.nt of the railroad properties by
Blowing up tunnels was also stated by the
British Ambassador. who received adViCes
20 this effect from Change Hohler at the
British LEGATION in Mexico city II Is
declared that Carranza In his efforts to
fru.trdtc the supposed military plans OF
villa and Idpttl intends to employ this
method to prevent thea using the rail-
roads to transport forces to operate
against him.
T. became known today that reports
that the British Government is committed
in advance not to accept Villa as pro-
visional President Of Mexico are not well
founded in fact II is said that the
British Government will refrain from
supporting or opposing any man for
President OF Mexico. Whcneve- a gov
eminent Is created In MEXICO which ub-
tains recognition from other Govern
ments the British Will bring w their
numerous claims. among which VIII be
that growing out OF the BENTON case for
which villa is held responsible. II is
cmphat!cally stated, however. that there
will be un attempt to keep villa out of the
Presidency or refusal ia recognize him
should he obtain that office.
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TO VOTE ON NATURALIZATION.
5000. 900 Prudential Policy Holder.
Will Pass on Company's Plans.

NEWARK, y. j., Dec about 5000. 600
policy holders or the Prudential Insurance
Company will be represented. principally
By proxy, at a meeting in the Prudential
Building Monday, when IL will he decided
whether the policy holders shall apnroye
the naturalization plans OF the company.
The proposition has thus far been an
proved by the stockholders and the Chan
cellor Of New Jersey
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LAWYERS WIFE GETS DIVORCE
Mrs. Brcwstrr's suit Hciore Justice
JaycoS Is Indefendcd.

PArCHoGuG, l.. /, bee Mrs II len
e. Rrcwster Of BrooHlyn was granted an
interlocutOry cree VI divorce to-day
from Eugene V brewster. a lawyer with
an office M 10 IIunic!d street, Brook
lyn by supreme Court Justics JaycoN.
Sh" wa allowed $50 . week alnuny
An offence with am unknown woman in
the Hotel WalUol, Broadway aud Forty.
third street. Manhattan, on september 10
last was IN" basis for the action which
WAS not defended
The bgowsttrs wer" married on MAY
lO 1898, and have three children.
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Indications are that the action of the
Government I'm committing itself 20 tho
supp TT OF IIuerta before II was demon
strated what would b" the attitude OF
Washington toward him IS deeply re-
GREETED and that h"nctfprth the british
Government will not bc found in any en-
tangling relation with any faction in
Mexico.
The State Department was advised %
day that Gen. villa has ordered the bull
L. taken from the American smelling
and Refining Company during III, reg me
Of tlvraU2i returned To- that concern upon
condition that the company reimburse the
TOY erum'nt for certain expenses incurred
IN tn. matter.
Reports reached here from Admiral
Howard on the west coast that Carranza
intends visiting Silina Cruz. the western
terminal OF the Tehuantep,C Railway. IL
Is suggested that this may be part OF a
plan Of leaving Mexico.
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CALLS 1T BLACKMAiL.
Col. Alexander % Describes Miss
tOpe's Action.

pRoyIpESCE. r. /. Dec. Col Charles
Alexander director in several corpora
tons and prOmincn, in Rhode Island So
cictS refused 10 make any statement to-
day concerning his arrest on charge
OF violating tn" Mann white slave act
further than that il is an attempt to
LlackmaI him. lie is determined to fight
the case to the end.
The arrest of Col. Alexander has caused
a sensation In social and financial circles
here.
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CarranSa Se12d1g British
Property, u. S. Is Warned
English Owned Railroads and Tunnels Near Vera CRUZ to
BE Destroyed. Ambassador Tells state
Department.
'ZAPATA AND VILLA AT ODDS ON NEW PRESIDENT

Renewed protests against the continued
killing and wounding Of persons on the
United States side of the border at Naco
were received at the State Department
to-day from Coy. Hunt OF Arizona.
X. Zubaran Capmany. head of the local
Constitutionalist agency. received "A telo-
gram from Luis Gutierrez stating that
he had told his brother. the provisional
President. that as long as his brother
obeyed orders from Gen. villa lie Luis)
would not be accountable to the pro-
visional President for his actions
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.---Information that
British interests in Mexico are seriously
threatened by Carranza and his asso-
ciates was laid before the state Depart
ment to-day by Sir Cecil Spring Rice. the
British Ambassador. RIO request was
made that the United states take any
action in the matter, the information
merely being conveyed to this Govern
ment in accordance with the practice Of
the British officials In regard to affairs
in Mexico.
The Department was informed that
Cerranza and his military authorities
dave seized such portions Of the two rail-
roads between Vera Cruz and Mexico city
as are under their control Both these
roads. 1t Is said, are largely controlled by
British capital. The British Ambassador
confirmed earlier reports to the state he
pnrtmcnt that all the higher officials of
the roads in Vera Cruz and vicinity had
been removed and replaced by men put
in 10y the Carranzlstas
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Mr.. We,born. who took the stand yes
tcrday, WAS the only witness to-day. lie
was under fire i've hours. During thtt
time h" defended The coal companies IN
all their acts toward the union. admitted
that he with John e bSgoud and David
". Brown. constituted the owners war
council and took the responsibility Tor
ordering from s25 900 to $4,000 worth OF
arms and amrnun ion used in nghtlng the
strikers. lie confessed also that mis- COM
pany had built barbed wire rcfences SINH
lar To those which proved SO effective
agsins' the Germans in the early stages
OF ga. Belgian campaign.
Pushed releutlcssly 10y Mr.. Walsh. Mr.
WclbOrn agreed 20 supply copies OF all
correspondence which passed between him
and Young Rockefeller relating 10 the
STRIKE. Efforts will be made to coin,ct
the other Rockefeller men. includiag Mr..
Gould. by correspondence.
All letters and kilograms sent since
April ~ by John Il. Rockefeller, Jr, TO
his agents IN she Colorado mine section
are TO bee brought before the commission.
according to a promise made by Mr.. Wei
born He identified one telegram ad-
dressed to him and l.. VI Bowers of the
company in which NJ Rockefeller sug-
gested what to tell Cong,ess investigators
regarding the operators attitude.
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$4,000. 900 in strike Benefits.

John A/Leuuan. district president %
the United Mine Workers. an~werirg a
question by Chairman Walsh. said that
"recoguition Of the union did rot. In his
understanding. Unnecessarily include the
closed shop and the checkoff system H."
testified that since 1910 the United tire
Workers had paid approximately So
GOO. 600 IN strike benefits IN Colorado
II was announced to-.ight that Mrs 7.
Borden Hsrriman Of New York and Wash
ington, whose husband died few days
ago would arrive here Monday 20 take
her place with the commission she has
broken her period OF mourning 10 attend
the local hearings.
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MISS COPE ARRESTED
IN WHITE SLAVE CASE
Accuser Of Col. Alexander Is
Charged With Offering
$4,000 Bride.
ITO SHAKE HIM DOWN"

CHICAGO. Dec. Miss Jessie Elizabeth
Cope. the great big girl OF the golden
West'--Los Angeles--complainlng witness
In the white slavery case against Col
Charles Alexander. the wealthy business
man of Providence. X. l.. was arrested by
Federal officials to-day on the charge Of
attempted bribery.
She is accused OF having offered S2b,o
TO Federal Investigators in Chicago II
they would warn Col. Alexander that he
faced Federal prosecution and would aid
her in shaking him down for twice
that amount
This il said 10 be the first instance
in which the Government has started
prosecution OF the woman complainant.
it's own chief witness in a white slave
case. Col. Alexander also threatenens her
with prosecution for attempted black
mail
Miss Cope took her arrest calmly. She
was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Mason, who fiXed her bond
at $4,000. She was permitted to sign this
bond OF her own recognizance. She was
placed under another bond of $1,000,
however AS Goveinmen witness
against Col. Alexander on the white
slavery charge. IN default of which she
was taken into custod. and Will be held
under surveillance
Her Good Faith suspected.
Federal officials say that they sus-
pectrd Miss Cope'S good faith from the
start. Miss Cope had held several con
fcrenccs with Assistant District Attor-
ney Igue and Hinton Clabaugh, one oi
the investigators before II was de, ,ded
to proceed with the Mann aN charge
against Col. Alexander
on November a. according TO the GOV
eminent Miss cope drafted AN agreement
In her own Handwriting in which she Sci
forh that II the officials would aid her
in Shaking down" Col Alexander sh,
would pay 1000. 10 b. equally divided
among District Attorney 'iyue. Assistant
D.strio, Attorney lR'e Mr.. Clabaugh and
Special Agent Wheeler
She explained that gu; Of her owr
5000 she would take care ~ her law
ycrS
The colpia Mt against nor charges vio-
la.iyn OF section 80 of the Criminal code
The p.ualty provided by the statute N
case OF conviction Is "a I'm" Of not les.
than three shines the amount Of money
offered as a trbe and Imprisonment II
the penltentiay for not more than hire,
years.
In case Of convection Miss Cope faces 4
possible maximum nne OF $4,000 an.
three years IN prison
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The Con,' citation Wa, huiit IN l79S ard
a. tine flagship of Commodore TruYtun
captured the French frigate. lnsurgcnte in
l7a9 and in lS00 won " brilliant victhory
over tho bigger rronta frisate LA ven
ecanCe.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-10

The annual rrInrt of the Deputy Collector M Customs at Nome. F. W. ]. Reed. has been completed and for warsled tV the Collector of Customs at Juneau. There is some interesting data in the report which will he of interest to Nomsites.
 The report starts with the opening ot naviRst ion. with the arrival of the Gorwin on May 2S last. and records the arrival of the other vessels of the Ersi fleet" from the States. Tn this C nnection 1t is of interest to not" that Mir. Reed Is of the opinion that |: would he practicable for boats to arrive here at least three weeks earl fer with the ice conditions as ihe:' were last year.
 < resume "f the vessels which cleared from Nome for the Siberian coast and tho Artk.. including the Stcffansson expedition sent out by the Canadian government. is given. as well as m account of all wrecks re- ported to the offlce during the year.
 A comprehensive description of the great storm of october third to scv- enth is given In the report. together W ith un account of the damage donc t, shipping and along the coast.
 Recommendations are made in re- gard to life boat equipment for ves- gels plying in these waters which do rot come under tho provisions of the present law.
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HORSE LOST lN STORM

lIert Mccarthy and Jo" AbracA got in from Teller today. Mccarthy brings the story "f the loss Of a hora bcionging to Dave Johnson and being driven in an eight horse i41m " Harold Baine.
 bn December l1 Baine got into :. bii storm. He hitci,e<i hie te.,in .n thc iea of bluff and craw,Ai iu hIs sleeping bag. The next morning two of his horses were gone. With the rest of the team iainc went on tn SchismariR where he reported the two horses missing and Pete Blooms bury and q native started out to look foi them and tracked the horses for tree days. They found que of them hn, he was in such had condition that he had to he shot.
 On the night of December 2s the other horse came into Teller. The thermometer was registering forty b, low while the horse was wandering around the country and he was sO covered with frost when he came ln that he looked Ike white animal, Harvey Wheeler is taking the horse luck tO Davison's Landing.
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ANOTHER SERIOUS WRECK
 0N GEORGIA CENTRAL R. R.

passenger coaches. was resp"nsibl" for the accident. The coach did not take the curve hut jumped the track and turned over on it's side cnusin" tho cars behind to pile up on t.
 The car that caused the accident was empty or the loss of life would h..ve been much greater for the ear wus completely wrecked by the i'm pact with the heavy train behind n.
 The three people killed and most "f the injured were in the c"',cl i'm mediateiy in rear of the car thnt bumped the track and that there wer" only three killed is remarks ble when the speed of the train Is taken into consideration The car was almost completely demolished.
 President Muns"n was injured by being thrown against mirror in the rear of his car and is severely cut about the hands and face. The car that caused the trouble at once took fire which would have added to the horror of the accident had it been "c- cupied at the time.
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VILLA PUSHING SIEGE
 OF FEDERAL STRONGHOLD

the rebel ranks.
 The cUnstitutionaiist force is we'll in hand and the spirit of the men is excellent considering the sruellin : that some of the units have had in their rash attempts to take the city by storm. It is not expected that villa will again try this method of attacx until he ia assured that the federal ra pidfirers are out of ammunition for he cannot force his men to go against the fire.
 General Ortcsa was severely criti- c!sed by Vilia for allowing so many of hi. men to he killed in rash attempt" to carry the federal position. hut Il may be necessary for Villa to adopt tho s:,me tactics If he expects to take the town before the arrival of fed eral achievements
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ANOTHER NAVAL TRAGEDY
 AT OLD POINT COMFORT

The crew of the launch consisted ot . coxswain and four men. two deck hands and two In the engineers pit. The little craft left the boom of the bs ttlsship with her canvas csnop; battened down to prevent the waves from swHmpins her and headed in for th, du"k. fighting her way over thu heavy seus made by the tide and the rips formed ny the swirling currents of the isiy.
 The launch had made half of the distance from the ship tO the army dock below the Chamberlain hotel w hen those watching from the bride' of the Wyoming nnd from th" shor. saw ,hnt something had apparently gone wrong with tue engine. Instead uf keeping her head up to the sea the h unch fell off until she was brOadsid~ ..r in the trough of the waves and the heavy seas begin pounding against ter canvas covered sides. It seemed that the boat must turn turdle from th. force of the waves hut she re. n.nined upright and drifted out ip tho direction of midchannel.
 The OfYlcers of the Wyoming called away another launch to send to the
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soon as possible. It is not thought that the federal ammunition will hold out much longer. especially that for the light field guns which have done so much execution among the rebel ranks. as this battery has been con- stantiy engaged for several days and there cannot be very large reserve supply of shells in the town. The federal troops also have a few auto matics which have been most useful In checking the rebel charges hut the ammunition for these guns must also hc nearly exhausted.
 Villa claims to have all of the rife ammunition that he needs md his combat truths aud the system Of tra- verses hy which he is now attempt ing tu advance upon the city attest the knowledge Uf someone within
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and the right of way for the next hundred and fifty miles Engineer Mullard opened up his throttle in an endeavor 10 get the president of the read to his destination on time.
 The block signals flashed past one after another and all was we'll with the speeding train. Suddenly the on . zine c.,reened over as 1t hit the sharp curve aisve Ciarkson's guIch. then there was q drag and tUltins M the train and as Mullard threw "n the air brakes he realized thrt something had g"ne wrnng with the train behind him.
 The engine and two baggage cars and the mail car had rounded the curve in safety. hut the coupling he tween the mail car and the forward coach had parted. The first coach did not belong to the Southern rail road but was car that had been used by an excursion party from Mis- sissippi and belonged to the Gulf Cmst rond where 1t was heinz re- turned. It Is thought that the length
 of ,his car which is about ten feet greater than that of the Southern
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Special Nugget Service.

JOHAN %ESIH'RG. south Africa. Jan. 10.--.That the striking miners here arc getting out of hand and may cause the government great deal of trouble by their hwlcss tactics Is shown ny their attempt to blow up three trains loaded with passengers today.
 The attempts to destroy thcs. trains were made simultaneously and rt tl.rec different points. showing 'hN the rlan was prcarranged and We? organized. r:,at the murdero.' d- ts. .nr.ts nf IL strikers failed in .'"r ou ct was clue to the watchf incss fl the [ rn.cd police. who "a y ,"stance is,ftced the cxplou Q aEd rem. s, t l,e ere the trhcatena1 ;'a n fca hc | the l'i,e.
 N sauR, rf r. iicc under . :a.,rans cAptured several strikers at work