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New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
GOLD TRAVELLED 16 YEARS
Sack Of Precious Dust Trailed Con-
signee to Twenty Addresses.


Watertown, n. Y, Jan. 22.-After
travelling for thousands of miles dur
ing sixteen years, q sack of gold dust
mailed in 1899 was to-day delivered to
Christopher Lalone, OF Potsdam.
The gold had been trailing Lalonc
for years, but, wherever It was sent,
Lalone was always just ahead Of it.
The gold dust started at Dawson
City, Alaska, being sent by Frank
Wires. Mr.. Lalones son-in-law. 1t was
part of the first treasure taken from a
mine which young Wires discovered
while prospecting, and which later net
ted him fortune.
The first address attached TO the
sack was Schenectady. whore Lalone
was living. Before it arrived. how
ever. Lalone had left that city, and
after a few months the gold was sent
back 10 Dawson City Wires, the
sender, was far from civilization. and
claimed, the sack lay in the Dawson
postofice until il was learned by a
friend of Wires that Lalone was in
Terre Haute, Ind. There the package
was sent, but again too late. since
then IL has travelled to Seattle. TO
Southern California and back to Alas
ka. until finally Lalone was located IN
potsdam. Three tags, bearing twenty
addresses, were attached TO the sack.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
U. S. REJECTS CENSUS
RETURNS OF NEW YORK
Will Base Rates and Per Capitas
on Federal Figures.

Secretary Of State Francis NJ. Hugo's
census received another jolt yesterday
when it was announced that the Fed
eral Census Bureau has refused to use
the official figures of the State OF New
York in its computations. Tne an
nouncement was made by Health Com
missioner Emerson, who had previously
criticised the census taken by Secretary
Hugo. DR.. Emerson has received a let
ter from Samuel l.. Rogers, director Of
the Census Department of Congress,
saying:
after a very careful consideration
of the statements and other enumera-
tons made under state auspices, the
Census Bureau has decided that it will
compute estimates Of population based
upon the Federal censuses of 1900 and
1910. and that such estimates shall be
used in all computations for rates and
per capitas. No state enumeration will
be accepted as an official census by the
Census Bureau"
New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
WAR STEEL BOUND
BY BRITISH PACT
Two Concerns Pledged Not TO
Sell Allies Foes Any Ferro-
Manganese Product.


Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 22-lwo loca'
concerns, manufacturers of steel nave
been required TO sign agreements that
they will not export to any enemy OF
Great Britain nor to any country not
allied with her in the war without CIV
ing notice to the British Consul IN New
York.
The American Tube and Stamping
Company and the Crane Valve COM
pany are directly affected by the agree
ment. which only applies TO concerns
using ferro-manganese in the manu-
fscture of their products. This mate
rial is directly controlled by the Brit
ish. who can stop its shipment at WILL
The agreement:
eve hereby undertake not to export
from the United States. except 10 tne
United Kingdom. Canada, France, Italy
or Pussia. any OF The steel or steel
nroducts in the manufacture OF when
ferro-manganese has been employed.
awe further undertake to give notice
70 his Britannia majesty's Consul Gen.
eraI at New York of any shipments OF
steel or steel products IN the manu-
facture OF which ferro-manganese mas
been used to any foreign destination
elsewhere than in Europe or canada
c. y. s. Miller, pres dent OF the
American Tube and Stamping Company.
said tonight that while the terms OF
the agreement had been in force Ior
some time they had recently been made
more rigid. The companies to whicn
,hev appiy are now required 10 furnish
guarantees from each Of their Gus
tanners
New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
ARREST MAN AT ALTAR
Priest and Sexton OverpOwer Midnight
Intruder in Holy Trinity.

In n tusslc on the chance foor be-
fore the high altar Of Holy Trinity
Church, West Eighty-second Street
rear Amsterdam Avenue. Father John
]. Mccormick and his sexton, Thomas
Naher. downed man named Patrick
Murphy and sat on him until they got
police aid. +,
The sexton from down the nave OF
the church had seen a shadowy form
Ait across the chancel ard stealing up
the aisle had encountered ihe priest,
who directed the sexton to aid him in
an attack on the midnight visitor.
They crept up behind pillars and
nounced on the intruder rs. according
TO their statement. he was fsh.ng for
the aims in the poorbox.
In night court the man said he was
Patrick Murphy. 1873 West lO2d Street.
He was held by Magistrate Groehl on
the evidence of his captors. In his
possession were two bent hatplns,
which he is supposed to have used as
fshhooks
New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
MRS. M0HR, WORN OUT,
SURE OF FREEDOM
State VIII Rest Monday
LAWYER Hints Surprise.


Providence, Jan. 22.-Mrs. Elizabeth
F. Mohr. charged with conspiring with
two discharged negro servants to mur-
der her husband, Or. G. Franklin
Mohr, said tonight that she was sure
the jury would not bring In a verdict
against her.
Mrs. Mohr. A.. result Of Judge
S,earns' decision not TO hold court on
Saturday, spent the day resting. She
appeared worn and worried at the end
of the second week OF her trial. after
listening to many witnesses whose tes-
timony was for the most part against
her
After court adjourned Friday Will
lam H. Lewis, counsel for Cecil Victor
Brown, having requested more time
10 read the articles Of Miss Stevenson,
he Boston newspaper woman, hurried
rway in a taxicab. At the railroad sta
ton, later, Lewis intimated that he
had found some new evidence and that
he defence would spring a big sur
Prise
The Mohr jurymen were taken TO a
vaudeville theatre tonight, as the
-uests of the STATE The performers
we're cautioned before the first num-
her not 10 mention the murder trial.
This morning the jurors were taken
on trip OF INSPECTION through the
State House.
The Attorney General stated tom ght
that the State would rest its case Mon
day. The opening argument for the
defence will probably be made Mon
day afternoon. The defence, Attorney
Fitzgerald stated to night. will be COM
pleted during the week and the case
will probably 20 TO the jury a week
from Monday. Mr.. Fitzgerald again
intmated that Mrs. Mohr would not
take the stand.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
immigration Bill Bars
Brown and Yellow Races,
with Exceptions.
MEASURE AIMS BLOW
AT JAPANESE LABOR
PROPOSES Increased Head Tax
and Penalties-Vigorous De-
bate Expected in House.

Washington, Jan. 22.-Drastc re
immigration Of japanese into the
United States, and both Hindus and
Chinese virtually would be barred
from the country, by a provision that
las been written into the immigration
bill. to be reported to the House next
week by the immigration Committee.
The new features relating 70 imml-
grants from Japan would have their
most fnrreaching effect. In the ex-
pectation Of committee members IN
shutting off effectrally the inhux OF
japanese laborers, whose competltio"
with American labor in the Pacihc
states has aroused a pronounced anu
Asatic sentiment
As agreed upon tentatively by the
committee the exclusion section oil me
ill includes paragraph barring
"Hindus. and all persons OF the mon
golian or Yellow race, and the Malay
or Brown, race" Before report Is
made to the Houge, however, pro-
posed qualification probably VIII DC
added, providing tfat there shall De
such exemptions az may be set fortn
in any existing agreements, IA TO pass
norts or by treaties. conventions, or
agreements that may hereafter be en-
tered into.
For several years representatives.
from the Pacific states have been ngh'-
ing for legislation to exclude Japa-
nese. Chinese and Hindu labor. Two
years ago. after stormy debate the
House immigration Committee agreed
that in order not 20 burden the pcnd-
ING general immigration measure win
An Asiatic exclusion issue, tnere
,bould be a separate exclusion Dill Inc
measure later was dropped. however
nj the suggestion Of State Department
officials. who held that IT would SER
ously complicatc negotiations "I'I
Japan over the California alien iahu
law. r.os,
Exclusion of Chinese and japanese
students. business men, traveIers ahu
certain other excepted classes is not
anticipated by members OF the co,",I..
tee. but the hill is expected 10 put nv
LEGAL form and amplhy an inloi MOI MOI
agreement entered into elght years aso
he Secretary Of State Root ana Wy
Jenanese Ambassador, under "n',n
Japan agreed not to issue passports 20
Japanese laborers emigrating to 'he
United States.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
country and offers little opportunity
for raising food.
Why They Want Scutari.

az the Montenegrins insisted upon
having Scutari, and il they lost many
lives in taking it the second time, II -
because Scutari itself is economically
more desirable than the rest or the
country and because il is there that
we can. in spite of Austrian aeroplane
and warship attacks, get IN touch WIN
the Allies and receive the much needed
food and war supplies.
"His Majesty, King Nicholas, IS
soldier and q poet, who already mas
reached the age Of seventy-ive years.
He has fought many battle, and ms
people love him as he loves them. we
are dividing our suiferings WITT our
brethren, the Serbians. and We VIII
stand bv them as they have stood by
us. There are many women, children
and old men in the mountains, many
more who have died through exposure
Some of the stories OF suffering
that are reaching here are almost III,
credible. The mountains are covered
with snow, and the escape OIL the peo-
pie is most difficult
Reports that food and munitions
were allowed to rot in the harpors
rather than take them to our starving
neople are ridiculous. The harbor OF
Medua ls SnaIlOW dHC u -
for any vessel of more than 5O0 tons 10
anchor outside the harbor. Moreover
no ship may remain there long because
of the danger of attack by hostile aero
planes.
81 hope that by this time the Amer
lean people are in possession OF tIe the
truth. The Montenegrin people VIII
not betray the Allies, and would ra-
ther die than surrender.
"The cry for bread reaches me so
often that it would make any human
heart ache. But these malicious IN
situations against my country, and my
kind strike harder, and are more pain
fnl than the blows Of the enemy.'
New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
Consul Pictures Nations
Last Stand Against Cold,
Hunger and Foe.
KING NICHOLAS
POET AND HERO
Asked to Suspend Judg.
ment-Only Hope Is for
Honor, Not Life.

Montenogro's last stand against hun
ger. cold and an overwhelming enemy,
aided only by pitifully antiQuated arms
that have been cast Off by It's more for
tunate ncighbors, was pictured yester-
day by Captain A. Vladimir Sefero-
witch. its consul in New York. in answer
to the charges that the nation had
"sold out" to the Central Powers.
The story by CAPTAIN Seferovitch
reads ike chapter from the history
Of the early struggles of the American
colonists against England. The sol
diers arc clad in uniforms that are
patched and repatched, their arms usu-
ally useless, and their powder OF the
black. smoking variety that discloses
their position &c the fire OF the
enemy. Their wives and children are
homeless wanderers IN the mountains
at the mercy of savage tribes OF Al
banians. their hereditary enemies.
But the Montenegrin officials plea
differs from that made In the interest
Of anv OF the European war sufferers
heretofore. lie hopes 10 save the honor
Of his countrymen, not their lives. Al!
he asks is suspension OF judgment
until the truth of the present 1iihcult
situation may reach America. lhen, ne
believes, il will be proved tnat the
aged King, who now is at the mead OF
his army of suffering soldiers, Is
hero among heroes, and not a traitor
Five Hundred Years of Struggle.
CAPTAIN Seferovitch tells Of the FIVE
hundred years of struggle against the
Turks. of the later wars and, hnally,
of the beginning Of the present war.
when the little nations army was sore
lv depleted by earlier battles.
"When hostilities against Austria
began we gathered all our strength and
our army again totalled 100000, includ-
ing men from eighteen 10 sixty years;
said CAPTAIN Seferovitch. "Our artil-
lery was old and of small calibre. used
black gunpowder and even much OF this
was in such a state that 1t was abb
solutely useless.
"The appearance Of the soldiers was
such as TO arouse q feeling of pity on
the part of anybody who looked at
them. Uniforms were of every pattern
and kind and hardly enough Of the
cloth TO hold 1t together
"A fortnight after the declaration of
war against Austria there was no -four
70 be bought in any of the little mar
kets Of Montenegro. know instances
where the army spent four days in the
trenches without bread. Bread has
been the cry of Montenegrin people Tor
centuries. In fact, the mother country
Russia mas sent bread to Montenegro
in time of peace because the land was
undergoing famine. 1t is a barren
New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
TO Those Who Want Electric Light in Their Homes
and To Those Who Are Paying Too Much For It Now.


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and n o relu
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for he M
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for calosle
Bruston Automatic Electric Lighting & Power Co., Inc,
LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK CITY, Tdephon. Rector
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-03

which every American is entitled to
enjoy, and America is not going to
abide the habitual or the continued
neglect of those rights. Perhaps not
being as near the ports as some other
Americans. you do not travel as much
and you do not realize the infinite
number of legitimate errands upon
which Americans travel-errands of
commerce or errands of relief. errands
of business for the governments. err
rands of every sort which are making
America useful to the world. Ameri-
cans do not travel to disturb the world.
They travel TO quicken the processes
of the interchange of life and of goods
in the world. and their travel here and
there ought not to be impeded by a
reckless disregard of international OBJ
LEGATION.
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MR.. WILSON TO GET
|ND|ANA'S SUPPORT
Coming Primary for Election
of Convention Delegates
Will SO Decide.
CHOICE OF REPUBLICANS
WILL BE Mr.. FAIRBANKS
Decision to Be Rendered March z.
Other States to Record Pref
ences Later.

President Wilson will get the thirty
votes of Indiana in the next national
democratic convention, through the state
wide primaries to be held there March
Z. The republican delegates will be for
Charles W. Fairbanks. former Vice Presi-
dent.
Indiana is the first state in the country
to hold statewide primaries this year.
and those people out there are having a
hot time. despite the snow and sleet and
the chilly atmosphere of February. In
diana has a real presidential preference
primary. the choice being from among
delegates who have stated their prefer
ence not only for President. but for Vice
President
In Indiana the candidates for dele
gates in the republican primaries are
all for Mr.. Fairbanks and in the demo-
cratic primaries they are all for Mr..
Wilson.
Hot Contest Over Some Offices.
Although there is no contest along
presidential lines, there is hot fig hting
for all the other Offices. Senator Kern
has no opposition for the nomination
for United States senator within his
own party, but in the republican party
there are three candidates for the NOM
ination. The fight is between two of
these and both are well known in
Washington. They are James Watson.
former republican whip of the House,
and Harry New. for many years re-
publican national committeeman from
that state. Both Watson and New feel
that the republican candidate for SEN
ator will have good chance of cleo
ton in November and they are at 1t
hammer and tongs. e..
For the gubernatorial nominations
the fight also is spirited. Represent
alive J. A. M. Adair of the eighth dis
tr!ct will not stand for the democratic
nomination to the House again, and
for governor. He is opposed by W. F.
Close. but Adair seems to be the win
ner, according to information here.
For the republican nomination. J. +.
Goodrich. republican national commit
teeman. is the leading figure.
For the congressional nominations
the hottest fight is against Represent
alive Cullop. in the second district.
Primaries in Other States.
A week behind Indiana there will be
primaries in New Hampshire and Min
nesota. where the candidates announce
their preferences. The date in these
states is March IA. These two states
elect four delegates at large and the
remainder by congressional districts.
Senator Weeks will have an oppor-
tunity to get his first delegates in New
Hampshire. His friends are making a
systematic fight for him there.
Twenty-three states will elect dele
gates to both conventions by primary,
but in only nineteen of them Is there
provision for preference declaration
New York leads those where the dele
gates are elected without preference,
although candidate for delegate may
announce his preference if he chooses
Size Of Delegations.
The presidential primary states and
the votes they have in the conventions
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The difference in the two conventions
arises from the different basis of rep
resentation. mainly from the reduced
representation from the south in the
republican national convention. Texas
democrats have forty votes in their
national convention, while the republic
cans of Texas elect only twenty-six.
There are 1880 delegates in the demo-
cratic convention and 9S3 in the repub-
lican The primary states. therefore.
elect much over half the delegates in
each convention.
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Navy Built Up Piecemeal.

1--WE have been interested in our navy
for a great many years. and we have
been slowly building it up to excellent
force, but we have done it piecemeal;
we have done it little at time. There
has been party in Congress that was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-03
Rights. f. Neutral Markets.

There is another thing that we ought
to safeguard, and that is our right to
sell what we produce in the open neu-
trail markets of the world. Where there
is a blockade, we recognize the right
to blockade; where there are the ordi-
nary restraints created by a state of
war, we ought to recognize those re-
straints: but the world needs the wheat
of the Kansas fields and of the other
great Towering acres of the United
States. and we have Il right to supply
the rest of the world with the products
of those fields. We have right to
send food to peaceful populations when
ever and wherever the conditions OF
war make it possible to do so under the
ordinary rules of international law. We
have a right to supply them with our
cotton to clothe them We have rleht
to supply them with our manufactured
products
I'VE have made some mistakes. my
fellow citizens; for several generations
past we have so neglected our mer-
chant marine that one of the difficulties
we are struggling against has nothing
to do with international questions. we
have not got American ships to send
the goods in, and we have got to get
them. l am going to ask you to follow
the fortunes of the so-called shipping
bill in the present Congress and make
suggestions to your congressman as to
the absolute necessity OF getting your
wheat and your other products out or
the ports and upon the high seas, where
they can go, and shall go, under the
protection of the laws of the United
States.
But that is a mere parenthesis.
Aside from that SO far as there are
vehicles to carry our trade, we have
the right to extend our trade for the
assistance of the world. For We have
not been selfish in this neutral .atti-
tude of ours.
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Laws Binding Delegates.

The laws are different about binding
delegates Indiana delegates are re-
quired to vote as a unit for the candi-
date preferred las long as his name is
before the convention" Delegates in
North Dakota take an oath to faith
fully carry out the wish of their re-
spective parties. In Nebraska the dele
gates are expected to follow the will
Of the people. w. J. Bryan. as chair
man of the Nebraska delegation in
1912, held that the moral obligation had
been discharged after four ballots,
when he switched from Clark to Will
son.
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to hold others off from the invasion
of every right which we hold sacred.
so have come to you with the utmost
confidence that the moment you I'M
derstand the issue all differences of
party. all differences of individual
judgment. all differences of point of view
would fall away, and. like true Amer
leans, we should all stand shoulder to
shoulder in a common cause-America
first and her vindication the law of our
life. For. ladies and gentlemen, it is
only upon the most solemn occasions
that I would appeal to you as 1 have
been appealing today.
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The Final Test Has Come.

The final test of the validity, the
strength, the irresistible force of the
American ideal has come. The rest of
the world must be made to realize from
this time on just what America stands
for, and when that happy time comes.
when peace shall reign again and
America shall take part in the undis-
turbed and unclouded counsels of the
iworl, it will be realized that the prom
Uses of the fathers, the ambitions of
the men who fought for the bloody
soil of Kansas, the ideals of the men
who thought nothing of their lives in
comparison with their ideals. will have
been indicated. and the world will
say: America promised to hold this
light of liberty and right up for the
guidance of uor feet. and. behold, she
has redeemed her promise"
Her men. her leaders. her rank and
file are pure of heart. They have purg-
ed their hearts of selfish ambition and
they have said to all mankind: Men
and brethren, let us live together in
righteousness and in the peace which
springeth only from the soil of
righteousness ITSELF
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Must Safeguard Americans.

For one thing, it may be necessary
to use the force OF the United States
TO vindicate the right of American citi-
zens everywhere to enjoy the protec-
ton of international law. There Is
nothing you would be quicker to blame
me for than neglecting to safeguard
the rights of Americans, no matter
where they might be in the world.
There are perfectly clearly marked
rights guaranteed by international law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-03

The text of President Wilson's speech
at Topeka Kan. yesterday afternoon
follows:
lit is genuine satisfaction on my
part TO find myself in Kansas again.
feel that every word that your gov
eruor has said is true about Kansas IL
likes to know what the facts are, ana
il likes TO give them AN open and frank
consideration. Moreover. believe that
Won realize that would not have come
away from Washington except upon
very unusual occasion. obviously III is
my duty. so far as possible. to be al
WAYS in Washington during these criti-
Cal times of change. when hoooo!
knows what an hour will bring forth
or what delicate question VIII assume
some new aspects. You viii realize.
therefore, that 1T was only because
felt il my imperative and superior duty
to come out and discuss matters with
you that I have left Washington at all.
and that only for 4 few days.
For I have come not to plead a cause
the cause l would speak for does not
need to be pleaded for-but because l
would assist, if could, TO clarity judg-
ment and to sweep away those Things
irrelevant and untrue which are likely
to cloud the issue of national defense
if they be not very canddly spoken
about.