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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-27

Women as Conductors on Tram Cars.
The man who refuses to pay his
fare on the tram car is doomed to
early extinction In this city. SO, too
is the lady who lops of two or three
years from Willie's or Mary's age
when the conductor comes around to
collect the fare. The reason is-we
are likely to have lady conductors.
Indications are pointing in that di.
rection right at the present moment.
As a matter Of fact we have several
of them now on the buses. And they
have been so successful in collecting
fares and SO accurate in their account
ing that some Of the stockholders of
traction lines are asking, "Why
shouldn't we have women conduc-
tors?" No man would dare to argue
with a lady conductor even II he had
raid his fare once, twice or three
times, II she nailed him for IT, The
only thing for him to do would be
to form over And see IL you think
a woman would dare to try that
why, Willie's fifth birthday won't
be until next month" stun on
woman conductor after she had de.
tected the peach fringe on willies
upper lip.
II Is Cheap at That.
The high cost of loving has been
solved at last for bachelor gents. In
Forty-first between Fifth and Madison
avenues is the headquarters of the
Equal Franchise League. It's bargain
day there and opportunity is knocking
loud for single men. In large type,
in the most imposing window of the
woman's headquarters. hangs this in.
vitation; Walk in and buy suffra.
gist for &C."
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-27

LosT-Brown oyercoat, velvet collar.
Walter Coulter.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-27

FOR sALE--At bargain, one Eagle
generator for acetylene gas. Entire
equipment in first class condition.
Phone villa Maria, 1876.
FOR sALE-Four yoke OF oxen. Ap.
ply to o. l.. Tabor. Phone rs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-27
FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-L. c. Smith model 5
typewriter, used very little, for SIS
cash. Would like to sell at once.
Phone 100.
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WHO Is TO PAY FOR
LONGWORTH'S BED?
That's the Absorbing Question
at Hartford as OutorOwth
Of Banquet.

HARTFORD. Conn, July 6-Whos go-
ing to settle for Nicholas Longworth's
bed at the Allyn House last January 20 ?
Is an absorbing question here just now
The management of the Allyn House
to-day placed with a local lawyer "A bill
for S72o.65. partly incurred in the lodg-
ing and entertainment OF Col. Roosevelt's
son-in-law, who was the principal
speaker at the annual banquet OF the
Connecticut Mckinley Association The
association has paid s5s5 on the bill and
repudiated the balance
lf the association remains obdurate
and II Mr., Longworth and two other
guests OF honor. Congressman Richard
Il. Freeman Of New London and Com
dler. don't make good for the beds they
occupied and various refreshments the
matter will be taken to court.
In the disputed balance are included
hve bottles of champagne. four bottles
or sauterne, cigarettes and cigars. The
banquet was to cost, so the associations
committee believed. SEES plate, and
there is some dispute over the total num-
Der of diners.
Ex-Gov. Frank b. Weeks was the
toastmaster and at the speakers table
were Republican State Committee Chair
man j. Henry Roraback, Congressman
John q, Tilson and Editor Charles Hop
kins Clark of the Hartford Courdut
which said the next morning: a fine
dinner was served
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The importance of this l. plain when
IL Is recalled that the bomb which dam
aged the Capitol last Friday night and
which Holt admits having planted was
nade, according to ilolts own admis-
sion, of dynamite, generously sprinklei
with match heads. and above this part OF
the arrangement was a bottle of sulphu-
ric acid, inverted SO that when the tcid
ate through the cork stopper /, would
fire the matches. which would explode
the dynamite
In line with This same arrangement
was the finding in the cottage of several
scores Of corks of various thiCknesses
some of them shaved almost as thin as
paper, and then grading up in thick
ness until they reached their normal
size,
Some of these Corks were blackened,
as II by acid. and there is no doubt in
District Attorney smiths mind that Holt
practised with his acid on these corks
until he found out just how long it
would take the acid to burn through
"a given thickness. There was silver
fork. stained as II by acid There was
n small bottle containing what smelled
Ike combination Of benzine aua al
Dohol.
Mrs John Duff. next door neighbor Of
Totem, said that she remembers that
az 'o' liSt IShdN evening Sllc SAW
Totten drive up to his cottage and take
two bundles, covered with oat bags, from
the wagon As q. Hendricks, also be-
leved to have been Holt, got his ship
ments Of dynamite at Syosset. four miles
away. at j O'Clock Thursday, this is an
additional fact of interest.
Charles II. Sallade, sales manager Of
the .Etna Explosives Company, Inc. of
. Rector street, spent much of yesterday
in investigating the report that his COM
pany made the shipment of dynamite to
&C.. Hendricks which stranger called
for at the railway station at Syosset,
l.. l., on Tuesday evening Of last week
apparently there is no doubt that
the dynamite was purchased from us"
said Mr.. Sallade last evening. "It seems
t. have been consigned by the keystone
National Company, which became part
OF our corporation recently.
I'VE list all our cash sales by number
and il takes some time to trace the
numbers, The order may have been
placed by telephone or the sale made
by a stenographer or by one of our
agents | have been delayed in my
Investigations by the Fourth of July
holiday, hut | shall probe the records
until know all about this purchase and
its delivery"
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UNDERWOOD FAVORS
CENT A MILE FARE
Eric's Head Would Reduce Pas
scnger. but Raise Freight
Rates 20 Per Cent.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. July Ga one cent
passenger fare and 90 per cent in
crease in freight rates were declared by
President Fred d. Underwood of the
Erie Railroad in an interview here to-
day to be needed to assure the coun-
try's permanent prosperity
President Underwood declared that
the proposed freight increase would not
put the weight upon any one who could
not bear it. He said:
II am positive that good times
would be restored by giving the trans
lines reasonable INCREASE in
their earnings. l believe | know the
best and quickest way to do that.
"To me 1t appears very simple. Stop
the railroads, stop oppres-
sive legislation demanded by people
who have been misled by a certain class
of agitators for the last few years.
~ am not in favor of the proposition
some companies advocate. They would
increase the passenger rate as well as
the freight rates. | would not.
II would reduce the passenger rate, II
in my power. on all OF the great systems
to one cent mile and give even a
lower rate than that to the patrons liv-
ing in suburban towns and doing busi-
ness in the large centres and who do
much more travelling than the average
person
Then would increase the freight
rates 20 per cent. Such Increase for
freight would not place a weight upon
any one who could not bear 1t. Such a
course, | am confident. would bring
permanent good times for all classes.
What the country wants is greater
degree of permanency in prosperity. 1t is
true that we are now. because of the
great war. experiencing favorable busi-
ness results from our largely increased
trade with foreign countries, but that is
not permanent
1T is liable to stop as suddenly as II
began II always should be kept IN mind
that when railroads Of the nation are
prospering the times are good and all in
terests are prospering II is easy to
why. The railroads are
large employers and spenders of fabu-
lous amounts of money
THE greater their prosperity the
vaster the amount they spend and the
money goes back to the public and plays
a large part in keeping the wheels In all
lines turning"
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WILSON IN CLOSE TOUCH.
President Takes Up the Proposal
From Berlin.

v psuR, Vt, July 6.-Negotiations
o N'"n the United States and Germany
-1r1ing the latters submarine war
'H.r are at last in the final stages of
,.lhdeutial exchanges preliminary to
- many reply to this Governments
second l.usitania note. They are now
l"'Ially negotiations within negotia-
'".., each Government privately sound
out the other and trying to reach
h common ground
|uls was the situation tonight, ac-
'"llNg to Information from sources close
70 President Wilson. report from
has'ador Gerard was sent here by
p r"ary Lansing. A brief reply was
''h 10 Mr., Lansing during the day. II
believed that the President asked
'" aN" further details by mail Of Mr..
''''rd's report before sending the
" .E'an Ambassador final instructions,
Pa" exchanges are being conducted in
H"'r The President declines to make
e Comment "n the situation.
WIN III" exception of the German
b 'l''pn th" President had little official
" SA'Hs before him to-day. lie was on
,h1 golf links before A. NJ, and at
i"me tSein before II. In the afternoon
- mad long automobile ride.
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After he had occupied the cottage for
three or four days the neighbors heard
the sound of shooting. and they rushed
over To Tutten's cottage - learn more
about this queer neighbor. They found
Totteu in his yard firing away with a
revolver Al "A target
This occurred several times. but the
thing that quickened gossip more than
any other single thing was his habit OF
building bonfres
There were many of these. and Totten
could be seen poking around In the
ashes. He never left the fire until II had
burned itself out, and sometimes there
was peculiar smell, as If from acid. in
the ncighborhood of the blaze.
When Constable McCahill broke into
the cottage last night he found an amaz-
ing litter of things. There were pots
and pans and all manner of canned
goods, some of them opened. There
were more than twenty boxes of
matches, most of them of different types
Most of them We're matches with whitc
tips which burn slowly until the flame
reaches the black sulphur. when the
light flares up violently. In a neat little
pile on a table were more than 100
match heads all of this type which
flares suddenly.
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Berlin Will Also Not Aban-
don Prescription of War
Zone Travel.
AMERICANS MUST
SHUN ENEMY SHIPS
Germany to Make Excep-
tions if the Vessels Carry
No COntraband.
Speclai cable DespatcA % TnE suN.

BERLIN. July 6.-The German reply
70 the second American note is due
on July or 10. Germany will not re-
nounce her submarine warfare or con-
slider the right of Americans to enter
the war zone on belligerent ships as
declared by the German Admiralty on
February 1. If they do so they will
not he immune from danger.
1t is expected, however, that the
German reply will propose as a con-
cession the immunity of limited
number of belligerent ships designated
to carry American passengers. pro-
yided the German Government be ad-
vised OF the date OF their departure
from the United States and the date
OF their presumable entrance into the
war zone.
Ii will also be required that security
b, given that such ships do not carry
Contraband.
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WESTERN ROADS FILE DATA.
Present Statistics to show Need Of
a Rate Increase.

CHICAGO, July 6.--Evidence to sup
port the request OF forty-six Western
railways for permission to advance pas
senger fares in the territory west OF
Chicago and east of the Rocky Noun
tains was presented before Examiner H.
Z. Thurtell Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to-day.
Statistics showing a decline in net In
come Of the railways in the last four
teen years were presented. The rail-
roads interested represent l20. 1000 miles
OF track. Should the increase be granted
II is estimated that about $4,000 900
will he annually added to the revenue
OF the railroads. This would include
both State and Interstate rates.
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EXPECTS SULLIVAN TO RESIGN.
Washington Beheves Minister
VIII Quit In n Few Days,

WASHINGTON, July 6.--The belief is
growing in Washington that James NJ.
Sullivan, United States Minister to Santo
Domingo, will resign within a few DAYS.
He has been under criticism ever since
he entered the diplomatic service and
charges against him were made the sub
ject of an investigation by United States
Senator Phelan of California. acting as
a special commissioner for the Presi-
dent Mr.. Phelan's report has been in
the hands OF the State Department for
several weeks, but has not been made
public The Senator finds sullivan tenn
peramentally unsuted for the post.
Sullivan himself has returned from
Santo Domingo ION account OF his
health and many here expect to see
him tender his resignation rather than
make a fight and embarrass his politi-
cal fry,nds.
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PARLEYS BEFORE REPLY.
Germany Requests Them Rs Guide
In Framing the Note.

WASHINGTON. July "a new turn
was given to the German submarine is-
sue to-day when the State Department
received what amounted to an invita-
ton from the German Foreign Office to
engage in informal exchanges prior to
the sending by Germany OF her reply
to President Wilson's note of June ?.
The invitation came in the form OF
message from Amba ssador Gerard
outlining the German position as eN-
planned to him at the Foreign Office.
This message was transmitted to Presi-
dent Wilson at Cornish. The President
himself will dictate what the Ambas-
sador will be authorized TO reply to the
officials of the German Foreign Of.ice.
Whether the President will do this
at Cornish or will delay the sending OF
Instructions TO MIR. Gerard until he uhe
PrcsidcnD returns to washington so
that he may discuss the matter with
Secretary Lansing and other advisers is
not known TO officials here to-day. IL Is
probable, however, that the President
will send instructions from Cornish.
Although 1t is admitted that Germany
has not responded to the Presidents re-
quest for prompt action" il was appar-
ent that Germany's move in seeking
preliminary exchanges in advance OF the
sending of her note is not at all dis
pleasing to officials here. 1t Is not un-
,,',n,,,s osi,ior nron,isss Tho grantinu
of nras,do,, Xyilson,s demands but il
= fal, ~, an inforr,al discussion will
,rata - Les nroha hle than ever that
,bere win no a r,n,ure between the two
Governments.
1t is learned that the statement trans
mitted by Ambassador Gerard contain
Inc the nroposals on which Germany
would like 10 sound the United States
does not differ radically from other ex-
pressions Of Germany's views which have
been coming out of Berlin for more than
two weeks.
The conclusion drawn here from evil
dence now at hand is that Germany
does not desire war with the United
States but is determined not to modify
or restrict her submarine operations and
Is trying 20 strike an attitude which
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BIG GERMAN GUNS SENT WEST.
TrainIORd of Extra Heavy ArtiI-
lery Passes Into Belgium.

'7''F'''I'' To
LONDON, July 6.-The corresponde L
of the Times at Amsterdam telegraphs
that the Germans are reported to have
sent trainoad of extraordinarily
heavy guns into Belgium yesterday.
Everything indicates. the correspondent
says. that great troop movements
toward the western front are now pro-
ceeding.
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Frank Holt.
TRUNK FULL OF HOLTS
DYNAMITE FOUND HERE
Detectives Located More Than Hundred Sticks
Shipped by Him, in Livery Stable in West Thirty
eighth Street-Nassau Co. Cache Discovered

Frequently he left the house To go TO
the station or to the woods. staggering
under the weight OF heavy suit case,
and when ne was observed returning
from these trips the suit case was 50
Hight that the neighbors concluded IL was
empty
Again he would leave the house wi:h
the suit case empty and when he re-
turned he could hardly carry 1t.
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Dynamite Plot Affecting
Many Parts of the COun-
try Coming to Light.
ELUDED GUARD WHO
WAS WATCHING HIM
Feigned Sleep and Slipped
Out of Unlocked Door
To Corridor.
LETTERS DISCOVERED
IN PRISONERS CELL
Report Spread Holt Was
Shot by Some One Out
side the Prison.

MiNEoiA. l.. I. June 6.-Frank Holt.
former instructor in German at Cornell.
who shot J. r. Morgan at the latter's
summer home on East Island. Glen Cove.
last Saturday. killed himself tonight
In the Nassau county Jail. where he was
a prisoner.
Or. Cleghorn. the county physician.
said that Holt killed himself by throwing
himself from the top Of tier Of cells
after getting out of his own cell, the
door Of which had been left open, AMI
striking on the concrete floor Of the
corridor. His face and skull were crushed
in and he lived hut few minutes
Another report had it that he was
killed by shot which was fired at him
by some one outside the jail. Word to
this effect. II was said, was tslegraphed
by Police Commissioner Woods to Ma ior
Pullman. Superintendent Of the Police OF
the District of Columbia, who was in
terested in Holt because the prisoner
confessed that he was the man who had
exploded "A bomb in the national Capitol.
Later Mr.. Woods tclephoncd to the
local authorities that his telegram to
Mai Pullman had been based on mis-
information and that he was convinced
Holt had killed himself by jumping.
Coroner Walter II. Jones issued the
following statement after an autopsy
had been performed 10y Dr. Clcghorn.
the prison physician, upon IIolts body:
"IIolt came to his death by COM
pound fracture of the skull and cerebral
hemorrhage caused 10y fall"
IloltS body was removed to G. f.
Cornells mornue in iIcmpstoad
An autopsy was performed late to-
night which showed that Holt died from
a compound fracture uf the skull. No
bullet wounds were found
Il was reported late Tonight that Holt.
had planned a wholesale destruction of
public buildings 10y dynamite. Among
the public buildings included iu this pro-
grammc. according to tn" report, were
the New York Public Library. the state
Capitol at Albany and the peuusylvanla
State Capitol at Harrisburg
The chief reason for Ilolt's suicide. IN
the view of some of those connected
with the case. was the aCcumulating ev.-
d.nce tending TO show that Holt was
Erich Muenter. Harvard instructor.
wanted IN 'ston for the murder OF his
wife 10y poison in 1906
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ALBANY, July 6.-Gov. Whitman and
state Superintendent OF Prisons Riley
had an hours talk this afternoon and
then Supt. Riley issued a state
ment answering the criticisms Of
Warden Thomas Mott Osborne Of Sing
Sing prison for the first time.
Supt. Riley points out that many
OF the reforms in prison admin
istration for which Warden Osborne
takes credit were inaugurated soon
after Supt. Riley assumed office and be-
fore Warden Osborne was appointed.
He reviews the efforts TO have trans
fers made from Sing Sing prison to Au-
burn and Great Meadow prisons to pre-
vent doubling up at Sing Sing. and
Warden Osbornes refusal to obey Or
ders for these transfers, running over
period of five months.
While II Is admitted that changes in
lists OF prisoners to be transferred from
sing Sing were made these changes. 1t
is asserted. took place IN the prison. and
Warden Osborne and those under
him are responsible for them. 1t is plain
that the superintendent does not feel
that Mr., Osborne has so administered
his duties as warden as TO justify his
appointment. which was made by Super
intendent Riley over many protests of
Tammany Democrats.
Removal stage Not Reached.
While the superintendent has sole
power of removing a warden this point
has not Yet been reached in the con-
troversy between the State Superin-
tendent and Warden Osborne over the
doubling up of prisoners in Sing Sing.
The superintendent would not discuss
his conference with Gov. Whitman and
the latter likewise refused to discuss it.
except to say that the Osborne situa-
MED that he had asked Supt.
Riley to get Warden Osborne's resgna-
ton. Mr.. Whitman made 1t plain that
whatever happened was to come from
Supt, Riley, as matters stand now. and
not from him.
IL would really rather not discuss the
case he said. 1T is hardly my place
to make any statement and whatever is
said should come from Mr.. Riley
When Supt. Riley gave out his state
ment he remarked:
"Mr Osborne has said he wants to
fight this out. He can't fight with me-"
Judge Riley Is a true peace man."
one OF the employees of the superin-
tendent's Office observed
After Supt Riley saw the
Governor and before he gave out his
formal statement he had long con-
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Egau, who watched the trunk until II
could be sent to the department of com
bustihlcs bomb proof shelter, said that
the detectives had traced the trunk from
Holt The powder was keystone pow
der, made in Pennsylvania by the same
concern that made the dynamite found
IN Hollis bag after he was arrested for
shooting Mir. Morgan,
Egan did not know from where il
had been shipped but IT was taken to
the warehouse on july 3. the day Mr..
Morgan was shot, An inspector of the
New York Transfer Company located the
expressman who handled the trunk, and
h. picked II out of a pile of boxes and
crates with which II had been packed
away. Then the detectives went off to
find the other trunk or box, and told
Egan they would find il before morn
ing.
The Nassau county authorities have
d scovCred the place where Frank Holt
praCtised his experiments with dynamite,
revolvers. sulphuric acid and the like.
Louis OFT OF Central Park, "A village
not twelve miles from East Island, the
Morgan summer home, has identified
Holt AS the man who. under the name
of Tottcn. rented a small cottage from
him. and investigation of the cottage
has disclosed several things which indi-
cate that Holt had made his expert
ments with dynamite there.
OFT visited District Attorney Lewis j,
Smith yesterday afternoon and after tell
ing his story he was taken to the cell
where Holt was confined la spite of the
bdndases ON the prisoners head, put
there TO bind up the cut inflicted by Mr.
Morgan't butler, OFT was positive in his
identification.
Then Constable Frank McCahill was
despatched with OFT TO visit the cottage
so recently occupied by Totten,
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Thought lie Heard ENpI"sin",

O'Ryau said that he hadn't gone moro
than fifteen feet when he heard y uO.su
that sounded to him like the report of :
pistol or percussion cap and when hs
saw Holt bleeding on the iioor his first
thought was that Ge had hlowu h,i
head off by chewing hard on a pcrrus-
sion cap,
As soon as Ryan recovered his wits
he gave the alarm md ano'hcr keeper.
who had also heard what he thought
was an explosion, rushed in from the JAIL
office. County Physician Cleshoin MAS
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oft said that two weeks ago last sat
urday Tottcn rented the cottage, on the
outskirts of Central Park, whi is only
four miles from Svosset. where Holt.
under the name Of &. Hendricks. re-
ceived l2o pounds of dynamite by
freight.
Totten was soon a marked man in the
village His appearance was so singular
that the country folk found plenty TO
discuss about him before his actions at
tractcd their attention, but it was not
long before his queer way of living
was the chief topic OF interest In the
town.
Totten spent most of N" time indoors
in spite Of his tale of III health and
when he was observed he was hurry.ng
to or from the railroad station or stand
Ing over bonfire in his yard.