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Need Reported Great.

President Judson OF the University OF
Chicago. pr. Peabody OF Harvard and
Roger :. Greene. former Consul-General
at Hankow. made up the special commits
sion which reported that the need Of
medical relief In China vas great; that
many ~preventahle diseases nave pre-
vailed there unchecked. such terrible
purge a. the bubonic plague have
been introduced: ~occupational diseases
have sprung up with which China is un-
able 20 cope. and a special obligation
rests upon Western civilization 20 mlti-
gate THIS suffering. for part of which IL
MAJ he held directly responsible"
First among the steps TO he taken. the
Foundation announces. is he getting OF
well raine doctors The commission
reported that there 70 no medical school
In China adequately equipped and
manned. Accordingly the Foundation
will help two or more OF the. schools
there 20 put themselves on p satisfactory
basis for the training Of graduates The
STATS OF hospitals are To he strengthened.
y the pay OF young Chinese doctors as
house officers will he furnished by the
Foundation when necessary.
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TubercuIOsla Fight.

The commission reported itself I'M
pressed BY the work done by missionary
societies IN hospitals. hut stated that
such work requires more costly equip
ment than these societies can aTord.
To help build up a body % Chinese
medical mon 20 lead In the work the
foundation has decided to establish me
six fellowships. each OF $1,000 IL year.
Six fellows have been appointed one OF
them ~ already in this country. The
nursing scholarships will enable Chinese
nurses to come TO this country for train
ing
The commission recommended the e.
tabllshment OF two model tuberculosis
hospitals because II found that china
suffers greatly from this disease and has
no institution especially equipped for the
treatment Of Il.
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BRIDE FALLS FROM WINDOW.
Loses balance when A%djusting
Shade At Bedtime.

Mrs. Carrie Rice. a bride Of six weeks,
adjusting a window shade before
going TO bed last night and losing her
balance fell to the courtyard from the
apartment which she and her husband
occupy on the second noor of the Mar
keniield apartments at sil West lllth
street.
She was taken to the Enicke rboCker
Hospital suffering from a broken right
thigh bone. a broken left wrist and a
cut over the right eye.
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RAILROADS NOW
READY TO FIGHT
TO CUT WAGES
Think Employees Not Bear
ing Just Share of Bur-
den of Depression.
SEE ADVANTAGE
IN FIRST MOVE

Railroad leaders arc actively con
eidering plans to TAKE the initiative in
opening up tho wage question on the
Eastern lines with the definite intention
OF putting into operation a lower scale
OF wages for employees. Prominent
labor has not borne its share of the
financial difficulties of tho times and is
now receiv ug compensation much out
Of proportion with the ability OF the
roads to pay. This sentiment has de-
,elopcd IN the last two months into a
strong disposition TO make a radical
move to- secure Il more equitable con-
diticn.
The spur felt by the railroads in
preparing TO make the first move which
would be the first time in recent years
that the railroads have assumed the
aggressive in a wage contest with the
men, is the heavy falling on OF gross
revenue due to the general business
depression This. Il is held, has more
than eaten w the benefit the rail-
roads expected from the advance in
rates granted 10y the Interstate Com
n,crce Commission. Railroad executives
who were enthusiastic over the pe-
cember decision at the time now feel
that for immediate effect IN increas-
.ng revenue 1t is entirely Inadequate
TO meet the falling of In earnings.
The railroads face the necessity OF
further stringent retrenchment and the
only important expense that can he
cut further. il Is asserted, Is the cos;
Of labor. Everything else, say rail-
road heads, has been cut TO the en-
trsne.
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An dddcd convenience!
OW new store al oh Arsrue ana
4lst Street, Nth an entrance on 42nd
Street, IS nj open.
Making four stores al your service.
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particularly successful in picking out
places where they would not no
annoyed. They used TO be- at -. Angus
and when the late Henry ". Flag
Ter decided TO make Palm Beach a real
place they decided that the Kind .. peo-
Pile Mr.. Flagler wanted there were the
kind they ought TO have in their club.
So they built the Beach Club and
decked II forth In a manner 10 suit the
exclusive tastes of tho prospective MEM
berg.
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TO FIGHT CLOSING ORDER
SaIoonkeepers of Grand Rapids Start
Court Proceedings at Bemidji-
Seek Injunction.

Bemidji, Mimi, July 31-As re-
suit of legal procedure started here
on behalf of saloonkeepers at Grand
Rapids, all saloons in Bemidji and
other places now closed under the
provisions of the Indian treaty of
1855, may be reopened.
A restraining order prepared on be-
half of the Grand Rapids saloonkeep-
ers further seeks to obtain an injunc-
tfon preventing the government from
carrying out its announced intention
of closing the Grand Rapids saloons,
on the grounds that there is no longer
q sufficient number of Indian wards
in the affected territory to enforce
the treaty provisions.
The injunction proceedings will be
heard before Judge c. w. Stanton at
Bemidjf on August II. Attorney E.
e. Mcdonald of Bemidji and Mayor
Power OF Hibbing are assisting W.
W. Barron Of Grand Rapids in the
case. Attorney Barron was in Bemid-
il, but neither he nor Mr.. Mcdonald
would discuss the case and neither
would the government officials.
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MRS, BECKER PLEADS IN VAIN
Wife of Convicted Man Asks Governor
Whitman to Commute Sentence to
Life Imprisonment.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, July 31.-In a
dimly lighted room of the Nelson house
here on the eve of her husbands elec-
trocution for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, Mrs. Charles Becker plead
ed futilely with Governor Whitman to
commute her husbands sentence to life
Imprisonment. Weeping slightly, but
maintaining such control that the gov
ernor later remarked admiringly OH
her composure, she based her appeal
solely on her belief in her husbands
innocense There was no offer either by
her or John L. Johnston, one of Beck
er's attorneys, who accompanied her,
to expose anything in exchange for the
convicted mans life.
The governor was visibly affected,
but he shook his head negatively. 81
cannot" he said, "but want you to
feel free to tell me everything. If
there is anything that you know that
you have not told that you, think
would help your husband, or that you
think l ought to know, you may tell it
to me now with the fullest assurance
that it will be regarded as absolutely
confidential"
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JURY EXAMINES EASTLAND
PRoBERs WITNESS EFFORTS TO
RAISE SHIP.
Federal Inquiry into Chicago Disaster
Which Caused Death of 1000 Per-
sons Proceeds.

Chicago, July 31.-Federal inquiry
into the capsizing of the steamer East
land with loss of approximately 1000
lives, is well under way, state activi-
ties having been halted to await the
serving of mittimi upon the six men
charged with responsibility for the dis
aster by the coroner's jury.
Of the six men held responsible for
the Eastland accident, Walter K.
Indiana Transportation company, les
see of the Eastland, was arrested dur
ing the day and later released on $780,
900 bond. Engineer ]. M. Erickson and
Captain Harry Peterson of the East
land were taken to Jail.
Inspectors Robert Reid and C. C.
Eckliff were not taken into custody
during the day and the sheriff found
that he could not arrest William H.
Hull, general manager of the Chicago
St. Joseph Steamship company, owner
of the Eastland, as he was in Chicago
on a federal subpoena from his home
in Benton Harbor, Mich. When States
Attorney Maclay Hoyne wanted Hull
arrested, Mr.. Hull went with his at
torney to. Federal Judge Landis, who
sent word to Mr.. Hoyne that he would
better read up on law before trying
such a procedure
William c. Redfield, secretary of
commerce, aided by members of the
steamship inspection service; Solici-
tor A. L. Thurman of the department
of commerce, and number of civil
ians invited as an advisory board,
heard several witnesses and will con-
tinue the investigation.
The federal grand jury was ordered
by Federal Judge Lands to proceed
with a careful inquiry of the Eastland
United States District
Attorney C. F. Clyne arranged for wit
nesses to go before the federal jury and
said that every possible angle Of the
case would be covered. The jury ex-
amined the Eastland as it lay in the
river, while wreckers proceeded with
the work of righting the ship.
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TO DIsARM HMTIEA REBELS
SAFETY COMMITTEE ORGANIZED
IN PORT AU PRINCE.
Secretary Lansing Announces Body
Has Taken Charge Of Capital
Gunboat Nashville Dispatched.

Washington, July 31.-Secretary
Robert Lansing has announced that a
committee of public safety organized
in Port au Prince, Haiti, has taken
charge of the capitai and is conduct
ing the defacto government. After q
conference with American naval off,
GERS and the American charge DAT
fairs, the committee decided upon dis
armament of the city, which has al
ready begun.
The gunboat Nashville has been or
dered to Cape Haitien from Santo
Domingo city to supplement the Eagle,
already there, the navy department.
announced.
Cape Haitien is quiet, but the SEQ
ond vessel was ordered there to guard
against second outbreak.
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Grafton, Ohio, July 31.-Four men
beating their way to Cleveland we're
burned to death and the town was
threatened with destruction by fire
when = Big Four freight train was de-
rafled and Is OF the cars were burn
ID.
The nre department Of Eyria went
- the scene and the flames were
raGped under control. For = time It
- feared that two tank cars, one
nutaining alcohol and the other gaso-
linA naEhf explode. and people living
ne1ete sought piaees Of safety.
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BECKER'S LETTER TO WHITMAN
RE!TERATES INNOCENCE OF
MURDER OF ROSENTHAL.
Declares Judges, Governor and Attor-
neys Combined Cannot Destroy
Character of Innocent Man.

Ossining, N. Y, July 31.-In letter
to Governor Whitman, Becker again
reiterated his innocence of the crime
for which he has been convicted.
ITO these charges and to all others,
I answer" the letter read, "by repeat
ing solemnly, on the brink of the world
to which you are sending me before
my time, what was my constant an
sWer while in the world | am inno-
cent as you of having murdered Her
man RoseHthal or counseled or procur-
ed or aided in his murder, or having
any knowledge Of that dreadful crime" :"
The alleged statements which Beck
er referred to as having been credited
to Governor Whitman that he had Of
ferred to plead guilty to murder in the
second degree; that, quoting from
Becker's letter, he "had offered to give
testimony against several persons
(whose names are undisclosed) of hav-
ing shared with me in collecting money
from lawbreakers; that he had sent
counsel to two men arrested for COM
plicity in the Rosenthal murder, and
that with cruelty almost inconceiy-
able, it is stated that my first wife
died under circumstances warranting
suspicion that had caused her death"
Truth of RosenthaI's Murder.
Becker explained the death of his
first wife by declaring that she had
died of "hasty consumption" and that
no breath of suspicion had ever been
raised against him in that connection.
Mark well, sir, these words of
the letter concluded, when
your power passes, then the truth of
murder will become
known. But not while your nominees
district attorneys and can hold
the club over these persons.
with the aid of judges who were
misled into misconceiving the testi-
mony offered in my trial and into mis-
stating in both to the jury and on ap-
peal, you have proved yourself able to
destroy my life, but, believe, me, |
will surrender it without rancor. Not |
all the judges in this state, nor in this |
country, nor the governor of this state, |
nor the district attorney, nor all of |
them combined, can destroy perma- |
1ently the character of an innocent |
man."
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GOVERNOR HAMMOND WILL
CONFER WITH MAYOR POWER

st. Paul, July Ex-Governor Ham
mond will confer with Mayor Victor
Power and other city officials of Hib-
bling at once. Mayor Power wired the
Governor that he would be on hand.
The Governor conferred with at
torneys in the state legal depart
ment over the Hibbing situation.
Governor Hammond said that a spe-
cial session of the State Legislature
to settle the Hibbing trouble was
improbable. He did not discuss the
suggestion that militia be ordered
out to keep order in the village.
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HeId on Farm swIndIe oharoe.

Chicago, July 31.-John Dubarry fs
being held to the grand jury here on
= charge of swindling D. e. Baker Of
Traer, Iowa. Baker, who owns a lum-
Der mill, advertised that he wished to
borrow $4,000 on his property. Du-
barry answered. agreed to loan Baker
100000 and in turn was to be given
s., 900 as interest" 1t ID charged. La
ter Baker says he gave Dubarry
check for $1,000, when Dubarry re-
turned the $4,000. Duberry then dis
appeared" it 10 said. He was arrested
a Boundbrook, N. ].
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BECKER LOSESL|FE
IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
FORMER POLICE LIEUTENANT Ex-
Plates MURDER OF GAM
BIER HERMAN RosENTHAL.
PRISONER GIVES OUT LETTER
Attacks New York Executive for Civ
ing to Newspapers Statements
Which Cast "Foul Asperson
on My Character

Ossining, N. Y, July 31-At peace
with his Maker, a prayer on his lips
but with never faltering Of his iron
will, former Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker expiated the murder of gam
bier Herman Rosenthal at 5:55 a. N
Pinned on his shirt, above his heart
the former Czar of the tenderloin car
ried with him in death the picture OF
his devoted wife. In his hand he
clutched crucifix. The death cur
rent cut off in his throat the whisper
Jesus, have mercy" 1t was not the
plea of man shaken and fearful of
death, but rather the prayer of one
who faced the Ruler of destiny with
the conviction that he was an innocent
sacrifice. Just before he entered the
death chamber Becker declared to Fa-
ther Curry:
Il am not guilty by deed, conspira-
cy or in other way, of the death of
Herman Rosenthal. am sacrificed
for my friends"
Previously the former police lieuten-
ant, at a. M, had issued my dy-
ing statement" 1t was a passionate
reiteration of innocence-and it left as
his only legacy to his wife his declara-
tton: Il declare to the world that l
am proud to have been the husband
OF the purest, noblest woman that
ever lived, Helen Becker"
Wife Fails to Move Whitman.
Ossining, N. Y, July 31-The last
hope of former Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker, twice convicted for
instigating the murder of Herman Ro-
senthal, gambler, died when he was
told that his wife had failed to move
Governor Whitman to commute his
sentence to life Imprisonment
This Mrs. Becker asked of the gov
ernor at a conference which she had
with him at Poughkeepsie. Failing in
her mission, she started for here by
automobile to break the news to her
husband, but it had already reached
him before she arrived.
Had Not Expected CIemency.
Becker, it was said, had not ex-
pected clemency. Almost at the mo-
ment the news was received the pris- |
oner gave out a letter that he had |
written to Governor Whitman in |
which he attacked the executive for
having, as he indicated, given to the |
newspapers statements which cast a |
foul aspersion of my character" and
for which he demanded a retraction
Becker had spent nearly the whole
day in his cell preparing the letter.
The statements which ELECTED it ap-
peared in copies of the morning pa
pers which were sent to his cell short
ly after he arose at 6 a. m. to spend
what were to be the last "a hours of
his life.
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Launch Temperancs Movement.

New York, July 31.-Plans were an
nounced by Albert r. Rogers, direc-
tor of the National Abstainers' union,
for a nationwide temperance move
ment, in which it is proposed to ex-
pend 100000 during the first year.
The movement is an outgrowth Of
the plans OF the Churches OF Christ
in America. Mr.. Rogers, who assist
ed in organizing the worlds fair In
st, Louis, said I'VE shall not de-
mand prohibition or urge prohibitive
laws, but we will show the money
waste In the liquor trafic."
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suffraqists Use Telephones.

New York, July 31.-Woman suf-
fragists celebrated telephone day here
by causing big increase of calls over
the daily average in a novel campaign
recently adopted to influence votes in
their behalf From early morning un-
til late afternoon the ringing" con-
tinued and male citizens were asked
for their views on suffrage and to
vote for it next November.
Each suffragist was delegated to
make five calls. Some of the fore
most women of New York urged men
in all walks Of life to support the
cause at the polls.
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Turks Lose $500 in Battle.

London, July 31.-An official COM
munication just made public here says
in part:
General Sir John Nixon reports
that as a result of an action the oath
of July near Nasiriyeh (Asiatic Tur-
key), the disorganized Turkish forces
retreated northward, more than 25
miles.
THE enemy's casualties in killed,
wounded or prisoners amounted ap-
proximately to $500 men, the pris-
oners included Al officers and $50
men, of which some 200 were wound
ed
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MjnneapoJi. Population seo, ,s57.

Minneapolis, July 31.-The popula-
ton of Minneapolis is 360,357, accord
ing to the Minneapolis Directory COM
pany, which announces completion of
it's compilation for this year.
Figuring on the number of names in
the new directory and the increase in
the population as shown by the added
names the directory company esti-
mates the increase in population in
the last year at 9,419.
The United States census for 1910
gave Minneapolis a population of
301, ,408.
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c., M. & ST. P. DIVIDEND CUT
President EarIing Declares Reduction
Seemed ExpedIent Because of De-
crease in Operating Income.

New York, July 31.-The directors
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway have declared a semi-annual
dividend Of per cent on the common
stock. This is- a reduction in the an
nual rate from 5 per cent paid since
1912.
A. ]. Earring, president of the road,
said the reduction in the dividend
seemed expedient to the directors In
view OF the decrease in operating In
come for the fiscal year just closed.
This decline, Mr.. Earling said, was
due to general business stagnation,
competition OF the Panama canal and a
large increase in taxes and charges for
depreciation.
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.SLAvS TO EvACUATE
WARSAW, IS REPORT
RUSSIAN RETREAT FROM WHOLE
POLISH SALIENT INDICATED
IN DISPATCHES.
KAISER PLANS STATE ENTRY
Capture of Capital Would Be Made Oc-
casion for Great Celebrations in
Germany-WhoIe Country VIII
Be Denuded.

London, July 31.-The Russians hav,
begun the evacuation OF Warsaw
third city of the cars domain ane
| the goal for which the German armie,
in the east have been striving since
| October.
All public documents and treasured
are being removed.
Banks are sending their gold to Pet
rograd and 1t 10 believed the Polish
capital will soon be denuded of all gov
ernment stores likely to be of use to
the Germans.
London, July 31.-The probable evac-
uation of Warsaw and the whole Pol
ish salient by the Russians is indicated
in dispatches just received from Petro-
grad. This decision would come as a
surprise to all outside the inner coun-
ellis of the Russian general staff, as
the splendid resistance which the Rus
SLAMS have been offering apparently
with considerable success, to the Ger
man efforts to encircle the city, were
believed to be evidence of Grand Duke
Nicholas intention to fight it out with
Germany.
Army Well Equipped.
1t is pointed out, however, by the
Russian military critics, after CONVEX
sations with competent military au-
thorities," that until the army is prop
erly equipped to oppose the perfect
Austro-German machine, the sensible
thing to do would be to avoid battle
and withdraw until the armies are or
ganized and equipped and in a condi-
tion to take an aggressive offensive
and drive the enemy from Russian
soil.
Politics, rather than strategy, de-
cided the Russians to advance into
East Prussia and Galicia, it is explain
ed by the critics and while in doing so
they rendered great service to the
Western Allies and inflicted terrible
losses on both Austrians and Ger
mans, they may now give up all and
more than they gained.
Country to Be Denuded.
1t is anticipated by the Petrograd
papers that the whole country, if
evacuated, will be denuded of re-
sources which might prove valuable
to the Germans, as has been done in
most of the territory heretofore given
up.
The capture of Warsaw naturally
would be made the occasion for great |
celebrations in Germany and it is re-
ported that Emperor William has ar
ranged to make a state entry into the |
city, accompanied by the empress. |
The empress has been on a visit to
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's head
quarters at Allenstein, East Prussia,
and left there with the Crown Prin-
cess Cecelle for Neidenburg, which is
across the Polish border.
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Harry Thaw Aoain In Court.

Pittsburgh, July 31.-Harry X. Thaw
must face charges OF automobile
speeding before the authorities Of
Bellevue, according to information Civ
en- out here.
1t was \safd that on the night fol-
lowing hi1 return from New York
Thaw and bis party Of reporters and
detectives travelled through the bor-
ough without regard for posted warn.
ings against fast riding.
e. ]. Rica Thaw's secretary, ad-
mitted that he understood the num-
Der of Thaw's car was taken.
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Chicago, July 31.-Hogs-Receipts,
10000; slow; steady to shade above
Yesterdays average; bulk, $6.25@6.s0 ,
light, $7.o5@770; mixed, fs.25Q760.
heavy, $6.05 q 100; rough, $s.05@6.20;
pigs, $6.50@ 7.40.
CattIe-Receipts, 1000; steady; native
beef steers, $6.20@10.25; western steers.
$6.80@8.15; cows and heifers, 1890
925; calves, $7.50Q11.25.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; steady; sheep.
3600@6.so; lambs, $6.50@8.S5.
Fairly good shipping and speculative
demand today and buying on the part
of small packers, helped to put little
backbone into the hog market. Cattle
offerings proved rather scarce. City
buying of sheep and lambs was active
to an unusual extent.