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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-09-29

right along, too. Listen, men! Is it fair to
the wife to let her get along with oldfashion-
ed woman killing household equipment when
you can have one of these new Hoosiers deliv-
cred tomorrow for only $100? Of course
not You mean all right. You would like to
have convenient kitchen
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.SALANDRA ID FARM
 NEW ITALIAN CABINET
HIS ACCEPTANCE OF POSITION HAS SOOTHING EFFECT ON
 EXCITED PEOPLE.

Rome, via Paris. May tG.-Autonio Salandra has consented to retain the premiership
 As the news spread that Signor Salandra would remain in power 8 sudden change came over the pe pie As if obeying some secret influence the ropulace calmed down and all the troops were withdrawn. The ,aelrt ated mobs of yesterday seemed 10 dis appear, and peaceful crowds this eve ming passed the Austrian embassy without even noticing the residence of the representative of Emperor Francis Joseph
 Demonstrators this morning pa 'ad ed with an effigy of the German em peTor. The crowd was able to resist the police and rather than surrender the effigy, burned it amid frantic eX citement.
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Labor and LQW
 Before Commission

Washington, May 15,-The fsdeI al industrial commission failed today to conclude its inquiry into the relations of labor and the law as had been ex- pected Three important witnesses Clarence s. Darrow, labor attorney; Walter Drew, chief counsel for the National Erectors' Association, and James A. Emery. counsel for the Ma tional Association of Manufacturers will appear on Monday.
 John D. Rock kefeller Jr., and mem bers of his staff who had been expect ed to appear Monday for examination as to correspondence submitted to the commission since the former appear ance of Mir Rockefeller, will be heard later in the week.
 Anton Johannsen, labor organizer continued his testimony today as tc conditions in the structural iron work CTS strikes and in labor struggles in California. and Daniel Davenport counsel for the American Anti-Boycott Association, and Thomas Spelling. for meTly counsel for the American Fed eration of Labor. also were question ed. Both Davenport and spelling crit iclsed the Clayton act, and declared that 1t would in no way relieve laboi from its disadvantages at law.
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Coroners Jury Holds That Officer Was Justified in Firing on Wheatley When
 Latter Threatened to Kill.
Wheatley Incensed at Officers for Coming to His Place in Response to an Alarm After Two Shots Had Been Accidentally Fired in Sa- loon When Wheatley Was Putting
 His Pistol in a Drawer.

same time, according to the witnesses, and they could not tell which shot first.
 The generally accepted theory of those who have made a sincere effort to analy2e the slt toting, was that Wheatley had fumbled with his re- yolver carelessly in the saloon, as his bartender testified. and it had been twice discharged. That in further fumbing with it before putting 1t away, he mad gotten the cartridge cylinder around to where the two empty shells were next before the hammer for action, and that when he snapped the pistol twice, as testified by Hogaboom and Lambeth, 1t was on these two empty shells.
 What the result might have been, had the Mheatley revolver not snap ped, is a conjecture. It is evident that, as Tisdale testified, when Wheat ley snapped the pistol first at him. and then at Aiken, the latter then said If that is the game, it's safety first for me" and stepping behind the srtseeii s7fffi 54 4-,-aAs<lzess ae saasE. shots that he fired inIlhe affray
 The coroner's jury considered all these points in the evidence, arriving at a satisfactory conclusion that Wheatley was the aggressor in the af. fair, and that Police Captain Aiken had acted in the only manner open when exposed to the conditions that surrounded him.
 The circuit court room was crowded to suffocating during the progress of the trial. Coroner pr. J. P. Randolph summoned fourteen jurors in the case, selecting his jurors from the ranks ofs the best citizenship. Attorneys Saw yer and Murany appeared for Aikel and Prosecutor Witt appeared for tn, state.
 Aiken was not reinstated to the p1.'
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MT Spelling asserted that the SO called limitations In the Clayton act, apparently designed to restrict the use uf iniunctions and contempt proce d. ings in labor troubles, would really operate to confer further arbitrary powers on the courts.
 T would say" ne concluded "that union labor not only got lemon, but got dynamite, in this case"
 With the permission of the com mission, Davenport and Spelling en. gagged in a joint discussion of the Sherman and Clayton acts which grew so highly technical and argumentative the commissioners called a halt.
 Johannsen testified that in his o3in- ion industrial unrest was caused largely by inability of the average em- ployer 10 see things from a human viewpoint, or a fair viewpcint
 "The can talk coa and iron, but mol numanity-they know nothing about, said he,
 Speaking of the appeal 10 President Wilson for pardons for the iron work CTS convicted in the dynamite cases he caid:
 The president has better socia viewF int than most of the employ ing class. l wish there were more like him.
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InSurrection Brddks :~ ~.'s-.' ,+. 4
 Outs in Portugal

London, May 16.-Reuter's Lisbon correspondent, telegraphing Saturday says 1t is announced that the reyolu- tionary movement in Portugal is ex- clusively republican. Its object is to defend and consolidate the republic by the formation of a new ministry, he says. The revolutionary commit tee met aboard the Battleship Vasco da Cana to select new government. It is reported that Joac Chagas, fcr- mer premier and minister of the in- terior will be the new premier, and also minister of the interior
 The Madrid correspondent of the Fabre agency says the Spanish gov ernment on Saturday received from the governor of Badaioz Spain, near the Portuguese frontier, the following statement concerning the revolt;
 "The rebellion broke out at Lisbon aboard the cruiser Adamaster, which at 3:30 o'clock tombaTded the city. A band of 200 civilians Stormed the Alcantara barracks. Tley entered the barracks cheering the republic. Many were killed and wounded.
 The whole republican, guard re- main loyal to the oYernme1t and has scattered the crowds Several bombs have been exploded.
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Greece, Bulgaria and Rumania, where there are pro-war and anti-war parties. are waiting for the final de- cision of Italy as to whether she will join the allies-a decision which has been delayed by the resignation of Premier Salandra, who, however. is reported from Rome to be back in of flee. The prediction is made that Salandra will form a new govern ment with the support of the leaders of the stronger parties in the cham Der of deputies.
 Among the belligerents, interest Wavers between the battles in Cali cia, Flanders and Pas De Calans and the operations in the Dardanelles. from which important news regarding the advance of the allies is daily ex. pected
 So far as Galicia is concerned the Austro-German rush seems 10 have ex- hausted itself when the river San was reached and all the towns on the west bank of that river, including Jaroslau, fell into their hands. This compelled the Russians to fal back in southern Poland, so that their line now runs from Flock, on the lower Vistula southeastward to Przemysl thence south and east through eastern Cali cia and Bukowina to the Rumanian 1 border
 At the latter end of this line the Russians stiIl are pushing their of. fensiye and have driven the Austrians back in disorder for some 20 miles. | but they themselves are being forced out of the Carpathian mountains but are in danger of losing Pzamysl as the Austrians and Germans are to the 1 north and south of that city.
 The British appear to have resisted successfully all German attacks on Ypres while the Belgians have con tinued their attacks from the sea to DiXmude and the French have made further headway north of Arras. It would appear from the long French official statement issued today that the offensive in this part of the Pas De Calais was not intended as the commencement of the big general movement, but was merely an opera ton, which has been completely sue cessful, to strength their front in which Carency formed threatening salient
 They had most formidable post tions to overcome, but after a terrific artillery bombardment, they were sue cessful. They are carrying out an of- fensive in the Wleyre and have made ! further progress in some sections, while in which the Germans claimed to have made the advantage.
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Ed Aiken, captain of police, was yesterday eXonerated by a coroner's jury for having shot and killed Rufe Wheatley in pistol duel on Central avenue. Friday night. The jury was q most representative one, and was out but a few minutes deliberating on its verdict.
 That Aiken shot in self defense was the general tenor of all the testimony. Reputable witnesses testified as to the attitude of Wneatley when with drawn revolver and sweeping it be- fore him, he put Captain Aiken and Detective Tisdale out of his saloon when they had gone there to answer q call that had been sent to the office of the chief of police.
 1t developed that the two shots fired ten minutes before the trauble, within the saloon, had been fired when Wheatley started to put his 45- caliber Colts pistol in a drawer. His bartender testified he was the only other person in the room and that Wheatley fired ghe pistol one time in handling it, and theIt.fir5a t again both times accidentally. and then re marked:
 Now they'll come down here, and there is nothing to it."
 It was testified that a CT wd gath. cred about the place after the first two accidental shots and that Wheat ley went outside and run the people all away.
 Then the officers came. and Wheat ley according to the evidence of Tis dale, threatened to kill them, cursej them, and they begged for their lives when he had them covered with a six shooter. He then put them out of the saloon and followed along continuing his threats, and later snapped the pis tol at each of them.
 Then Ed Aiken stepped behind a pole and said: Safety first and fired Wheauey was firing about tht
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MUCH DEPENDS ON ITALIANS
If This Nation Enters the War, All of the Balkan States Will Become involVed-Austro-Ge Rush Has Spent Itself in Galicis.

London, May 15-With the outbreak of a revolution in Portugal wdich, ac cording to dispatches from Madrid, i' supported by the navy, Spain, Swift zerland, Holland and the Scandinavian countries are the only states in Eu rope which are not either engaged il war or have domestic troubles to occu py their attention.
 Very little news has yet come from Lisbon yut it is reported that the navy has bombarded the capital held by the army, which remains loyal tc the president, Manuel De Arriaga. II is not known whether the instruction was started by the revclutionists, but members of that party resident in London disclaim all knowledge of it.
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'ation of passenger and contraband

ration of passenger and contraband traffic
 The United States stands firmly on the legal right of its citizens to travel on any ships and believes its position is indisputable Germany. however, holds that this has become a debat- able question on account of changed conditions, and if the two classes of ocean going traffic were separated, submarines would direct their atten- tion to contraband ships alone.
 The objection to this, however, in the opinion of some officials, is that the plan still would not provide for the humane treatment whicn interna, tional law prescribes for the crew of a vessel carrying contraband, making no resistance to visit and search or any attempt to run a blockade.
 Torpedoing without warning. or even to give time to the crew of a yes sel carrying conraband to get into small boats, it was pointed out, would leave them to the mercy of the high seas unless a big boat happened to be nearby This is the position taken in the American note and some officials doubted whether there would be any concessions on this point for it in wolves the principle of humanity for which the United States has taken so vigorous a stand.
 Another suggestion which was wide ly discussed by officials was the pos sible announcement by the allies that some of their merchant ships would be armed hereafter. Merchantships of any nationality, according to a rul- ing from the state department early in the war. have the right to carry guns not larger than siX-inch caliber, for defensive purposes only" but an informal arrangement with the Brit ish government clearance has been refused by ships at American ports unless they dispose of their guns.
 Out of these phases of the question there was belief in diplomatic quar- ters, however, that some solution of the questions involved eventually would be reached witnout any repeti- ton in the meantime of such disas- ter as befell the Lusitania.
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M ADOO REPLIES ID
 RIGGS BANK SUIT
DECLARES BANK HAS PUBLISHED ,LIBELOUS STATEMENTS UNDER PROTECTION OF JUDI.
 GAL FORMS.
In His Statement the Secretary of the Treasury Charges the Bank Has In- dulged in Improper Practices and EVaded the Law.

Washington. May 15.-Specific de nial of charges of conspiracy and nal ice against the Riggs National bank of this city was made by Secretary Me Adoo and Comptroller Williams of the treasury department, today in Ing af- fidavits filed in the supreme court of the District of Columbia in reply to the injunction proceedings brought by the bank, in which it was alleged the treasury officials had conspired to wreck the bank.
 Mr. McAdoo further declares
 My inclusion in the suit is due to ulterior and improper motives and was resorted to solely for the pur- pose of thereby publishing grossly false and libelous statements under the privilege and protection of judi cial forms and free from the legal accountability that would otherwise be involyed."
 Filing of the affdavitis was taken to indicate that there was no present intention to compromise the case The governments brief will be filed Mon day, when oral argument will be heard on pending motions to dismiss the banks suit on a plea of lack of mris. dicticn and for other reasons.
 Both affidavits Teiterate alleged facts ascertained by the comptroller s investigation of the bank, which are said to show violations of the nation al bank act and improper practices" ." Both bring into the case the name of the National City Bank of New York in an effJ Tt to show that hostility which is declared to have been exhib- ited by the Riggs bank toward the treasury officials might have resulted from occurrences at the department in which the New York bank figured after MT. McAdoo took office.
 Secretary McAdoo declared he knows of only two incidents which may have caused personal hostility to- ward him by the bank. One of these was his der denying desk room in the comptroller's office to a woman who, his affidavit says made certain reports on the condition of national banks to the Riggs National and the National City Bank of New York.
 The other reason, his affidavit sets forth, may have been his decision to charge national banks which carry gover lment money and pay per cent on such deposits, At that time. he says, the National City has $lOO, ,000 of such funds, and the Riggs sl00000 but she National City. refusing to pay interest, and surrendered it's acc unt
 Shmming up his investigation Of the Riggs bank, the comptroller says in larE
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"The battleship Tasc0 d. Cana has left Lisbon on q SC re. government mission. All railway and telegraph communication around the capitol has been interrupted. The Elba Ga a9isas remains faithful and has sent Zfrcsyss { to Lisbon. At San Tarem aKn artil. lery regiment bombarded theH HTwentv. fourth infantry, whose losse4 are mn. known. A band of eivilianN set fra to British eorg factory fat Po-ta. legre. There also has be5n an out. break at Oporto, where sdveral neo. pie were wounded"
 Captain Martins Li1h2 hhs assa,mea command of the republiJan troons There are rumors at Madrid conti,. ned the dispatch, that the leave of Spanish naval officers hhs been sns- pended and that the bdttleships Es. pana and Carlos Quintb have been ordered 10 Lisbon. It dlso is stated that two regiments of infantry have been sent to Badajoz, Spain, on The frontier.
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Situation Serious in Milan.

Milan Italy, May i5.-The situa- tion here mas become still more SC rious owing to the general strike which has been proclaimed in Milan as protest against the course of po- litical events in Italy.
 The military authorities have cen tered here troops from neighboring garrisons and have sufficient forces to check any serious movement The royal palace, the prefecture and the German and Austrian consulates are strongly guarded by troops
 Much apprehension is felt by the authorities concerning the coming fu- neral of a workman named Gadda, a youth of IT years. who died from wounds sustained during a riot.
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Chicago, May 15.-Speakers at the national convention of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish Ameri- can War, today declared that the Unit ed States is honeycombed with spies.
 It was asserted that in the hotels, public places and even in the military forces of the nation were intormants who kept foreign governments in touch with American affairs.
 The spy question was raised in the discussion of a resolution by Maj T Edward Schulze, of Connecticut. call ing upon public men to cease blast
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Charges That United States IS HoneycOmbed
 With Foreign Spies

ing" the reputation of the United Statets as a power He sad when weak points in the country's defense were found the proper authorities should be notified instead If the ad- ministration being held up to ridcule,
 Opponents of the resolution said the country was so filled with spies that it was of no consequence what public speakers said about the country's de- fense.
 Colonel Milton J. F reman com mander of the First cavalry, Illinois National Guard, was elected command CT in chief for the coming year.
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Washington, May l5.-W ord that Ambassador Gerard had read and ore sented to ~~derr Von Jagow, minister for-~-e%efgn affairs Of the Imperial German government, the American note sent Thursday a a consequence of the Lusitania tragedy, and other occurrences in the war zone, relieved all anxiety here over the delay in transmission and awakened intense in. terest in the nature of Germany's IT,. ply
 In view of telegrapnic and cable h. lays and the probable necessity for conferences between the foreign min ister with Imperial Chancellor Won BetImann-Hollweg and doubtless Elm peror William himself, 1t would not be considered surprising here if the re- sponse did not arrive for another eight days
 It was believed possible. however that Ambassador Gerard might report earlier on the morning in which the American note received by the govern n5,nl atld the senlioffieial press.
 Tn the interim confidence prevails among nigh officials shared in Ger man official quarters that there will be no submarine attacks on passen' ger vessels while the questi,n ns at is- sue are being resolved.
 The intimation which came in press dispatches today indirectly from Der lin to the effect that Germany would willingly submit the questions raised
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by the American note to arbitration was received with much interest, and it was indicated that if there was a suspension Of submarine warfare on merchant ships while the discussion was in progress. the plan might be seriously considered by the American vernment.
 Arbitration has also been talked of here before today's press dispatches arrived Some German officials had intimated that although without ad vices from Berlin. they were conf dent from previous knowledge of the desire of the German government te remain friendly with the United States that arbitration would be wei comed
 The difficulty of constituting a court of arbitration at this time when most of the great powers whose ar ticipation might be desired are at war, was pointed out by me diplomatists however, as making the plan imprac- ticable.
 That some way would be found to reach an amicable settlement between the United States and Germany wa the growing conviction Of many off cials and diplomausts today. A va Iiety of suggestions were heard.
 One which was given ser.oJs though was a proposal to refuse clear auce to belligerent ships carrying mu nitions of war or absolute coutraband if they also carried passengers. This would involve no embargo but a sepa
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 q learned that throughout its eX- istence the bank in the business of lending it's money on real estate se- curities and in lending on commits sion the money of others on such se- curity and has continuously nducted a large and extensive stock brokerage business and has bought and sold stocks and other securities. both for itself and on commissions for others; that immediately after it's organiza- ton the business was carried on d. rectly in the name Cf the bank: then they were partly conducted in the form of Glover, Syde, Johnston and others, composed of five of the six stockholders of the bank, who at the time together owned three fifths of business was carried on in the name of the bank, and, finally, in the names of certain officers of the bank: but, except during the existence of the firm mentioned, all profits from these businesses. with the exceptions here
 
 and the plan of doing business in the names of the officers was a mere de vice conceived in an attempt to evade the law. In conducting these unlaW- ful businesses the officers of the bank, in using it's funds to lend upon real estate, required subordinate em- uloyes to give their personal notes to the bank to represent funds. said officers furnishing collateral security but failing themselves to sign the notes
 Tn many other ways the bank and its officers violated the law.
 From it's organizati until 1906 the bank continued to and against the constant protest of successive comp trollers. made and maintained and car ried large loans in excess of the law full amount-in 1903 having 15 such loans aggregating over $3,OoO,OO0
 There was no time during this pc riod when the law was not being vio- lated in this respect. s metimes the excess loans showed on the banks books and in other instances they were conceaaed by dummy notes of clerks of the bank. The extent to which it's officers have been borrow ing from plaintiff banks under the cover of dummy is not available to the department owing to their refusal to make the reports on account of which the penalties of 5000 have been assessed against the bank, the collection of which is sought to be en. joined in this actio:..
 Tn additiln to many actual viola tions of the law in numerous ways the business of the bank has been con ducted irregularly. Its officers and directors have borrowed heayily-in May, 1913, at one time as much as $76l ,000, or approximately one-fourth of itsi entire capital stock and sur 1 plus; large loans have been made to ! clerks upon the security of stocks, some of which were hazardous and speculative and it's officers have en- | gagged in speculation in the stock market; the bank in the purchase or stocks for others has frequently car ried stocks until the purchasers were ready to settle. and carried such stocks as the equivalent Of SO much cash, this item amounting at one time to as much as s73 900. up f. 1908 the bank frequently loaned to off cials of the trea8ury department hay. ing to do with lle supervision of it's affairs"