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CONFEREES AGREE ON
IMMIGRATION BILL
PHRASE OBJECTED TO
BY JAPAN REMOVED
Adopted by Senate So to 10
-Literacy Test Remains
will Be Vetoed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S-F'reed or
language objected 10 by tnt Stale !'"'
partment because it was Offensive TO
Japan. the long discussed Immigration
bill was agreed upon today by a Con-
ference Committee of the two houses.
and the Senate promptly adopted the
conference report BY a vote or o6 10
10. The House is expected to act IA
yorably Thursday and send the bill TO
the President.
, As originally passed the bill contain
ed a provision designed 10 exclude Ja-
pan in the event Of abrosatlon OF the
so-called gentlemen's agreement under
which Japan for ten years has prevent
ed her laborerS from coming TO the
United States. and SO expressed as 20
make II clear that that agreement was
referred to. The Japanese embassy
called the attention OF the State De
partment to the fact that 1t had al
ready observed its agreement ana let
il be known that the proposed proTlS-
ion was offensive. The Senate chang
ed the language, but failed to meet OBJ
lection urged by the State Depart,
ment. A substitute finally inserted
by the conferees after consulting or
ticials OF the department says; 5,
NO alien now in any way excluded
or prevented from entering the United
States shall be admitted to the United
States"
This sentence. sufficiently direct to
satisfy Pacific coast legislators VINO
Insisted upon some such provision, is
regarded as broad enough to safe
guard against objection from any
foreign government. II is added to
the section designed to effect eXclu-
sion of Hindus and other AsiaticS by
prescribing geographical area from
which immigrants shall not be ad-
mitted.
The literacy test provision. on ac-
count of which similar bills nave
been vetoed by Presidents Cleveland
Taft and Wilson, remains intact, IN
spite OF the fact that President VIII
has let it be known that it Will be
the cause of another veto. FrlensS
of the bill claimed tonight that tney
would be able 10 muster enough votes
in both houses TO pass it over veto.
The literacy, test provision bars
with certain exceptions all aliens
over Is years old, physically capable
OF reading. who cannot read some
language or dialect, including Hebrew
or 'Yidish. Those exempted lnclude
persons who can prove that they are
tleeing from religious persecution.
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Spanish Complain.
TROOPER DIES FROM
SPINAL MENINGITIS

Ell PASO. Ten. Jan. S-One mem
ber OF the Eighth Ohio Infantry has
died and one other soldier of the same
command is sick with spinal nnenlnGi-
lis, according to Colonel Edward Vol
rath, Of this regiment.
Private Robert .Appleby of the head
quarters company Of the Eighth. lntan-
try died at six o'clock this morning.
Private Appleby mad been III Two
days. He was attached 10 13risadier
General John C. Speaks headquarters;
and the enlisted men of General
Speaks headquarters company have
been quarantined.
Private Appleby enlisted from AK
ron, but his home was given as ClarHs-
burg, W. Va. Private Robert Jenkins,
of Company F. Eighth Ohio, is sick
with the same disease. He has been
i'll for two days. He also enlisted from
Akron. His condition was reported 10
be improved today. Company F. has
heen OllarantiQed,
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LAWSON REFUSES
To GIVE NAMES
MAKES INVITATIONS
BUT IS NOT DEFINITE
Turns LEAK" Probe Into an
Uproar and Has Near
Personal Encouter.
PCY HINDERL1TEE

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. S.
Through a bewildering maze Of init
nations and heated colloQuieS which
turned the hearing into an uproar, the
House rules committee wrestled for
several hours to-day with Thomas w
Lawson, Of Boston, without obtaining
any definite information to subStan,
tiate the stories Of leak" TO Wall
street in advance Of the Presidents
peace note.
When the committee adjourned un.
til tomorrow, with Mr.. Lawson's ex,
animation uncompleted. a motion to
cite him before the bar of The House
for contempt, because he refused to
give names, had been considered in
executive session and taken under ad.
riSement.
Earlier in the day Joseph P. Tumul,
ty. secretary to President Wilson,
whose name was mentioned by Repre-
sentative Wood in the rumors he laid
before the committee last week, ap,
peared TO give an emphatic statement
endorsed by the President, that he had
no knowledge Of the peace note before
it was given to the press. He also de-
MED the report repeated by Represent,
atve Wood that Mr.. Tumulty and Ber.
nard Baruch, a New York broker, had
conferred in q New York hotel a few
days before the note was made public.
Mr.. Tumulty denounced the action of
Representative Wood in making pub,
lie charges based on a letter from an
unidentified man, and declared from
the witness stand, looking Representa-.
tive Wood in the face, that ne was
still awaiting the Congressman'S apol,
ogy.
Secretary Lansing of the State De-
partment. also took the stand to assert
that he had no knowledge whatever Gf
advance information having been cir
culated regarding the peace note. Mr.
Lansing related the physical history Of
the note. how it was prepared. through
whose hands it passed. and Of his par
ticlpation in its preparation. He also
told Of statement he had given in
confidence to newspaper men on the
morning before the note was made
public, in which he told them 10 eX-
pect a note at 5 o'clock that evening
for publication Thursday morning. He
did not go into details with the cor
respondents, he said. but did say that
it was not proposal for peace, nor al.
offer for mediation.
Had Cautioned Secrecy
The Secretary further stated that he
had not given the possible effect Of
the note on the stock market the least
thought. but that he had cautioned Sc
crecy because OF the courtesy due TO
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LEWIS WAS NOT THE
MURDERER OF MODEL
IN OPINION OF DEAD
GIRLS RELATIVES
Philadelphia Officials Probing
Deeper Into Mysterious
Murder.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. $-After
questioning Il score Of witnesses in an
effort definitely 10 establish the iden-
Iity Of the murderer OF Make Colbert
in her apartments here on December
~ and the motive therefor, District
Attorney Samuel y. Rotan tonight an
nOunceu that nothing had been deVel-
oped 10 cause him 10 change his opin-
ion that Bernard ". Lewis OF Pitts
burgh. Was the girls sla"er.
The police had considered the case
virtually closed since Lewis commit
ted suicide last Thursday at a hotel
in Atlantic City, contrnding that with
other circumstantial evidence this act
convinced them of his guilt. Relatives
and friends Of both Lewis and Miss
Colbert. however, claimed that some nf
this evidence had been discounted by
new facts and expressed the belief
that the Pittsburgher had no connec-
lion with the murder.
Members Of the slain girls family
made a special appeal for a more thor
ough investigation and Mr.. Roian to-
day questioned Captain of Detectives
Tate and virtually all other detectives
who have been working on The myS-
terry. Others examined included rela-
lives of Miss Colbert. a police mag;s-
trate and several wealthy young men
known to have been friendly with her.
The examination continued for more
than seven hours.
May Throw Some Light
Mr.. Rotan said that in cooperation
with the detective bureau he is work.
ing out several lines that have been
turned up and that may throw some
light Oh The mystery. He said there is
some clothing still TO be identified and
that The police are trying 10 establish
the ownership Of Il n"cktle found n
the dead girls apartments.
Relatives OF Miss Colbert declared
tonight that the window shade cord
found among Lewis effects had been
taken from the hulel room occupied
by him in Philadelphia and had not
been taken from The Colbert apart
menls. They also claim that the marks
on his hands were not made By teeth
as had been alleged by the police.
Mayor Thomas Is. Smith took hand
in the investigation today. He invited
newspaper representatives TO il confer
erce in his office tonight anu announc-
ed that he would see that Justice is
done in this case.
John Colbert. Il brother Of the dead
girl, declared thai he is confident that
Lewis did not kill his sister. His theo-
ry is that she was killed in 4 fight with
q drunken lover.
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ADAMSON BILL
TEST CASE Up
SOLICITOR DAVIS IN
STRONG ARGUMENT
UNFOLDING Government Con-
tentions of Its Constitutions
ality Not Completed.

WASHINGTON. Ian. S--The test
case 10 determine conStilUtionality III
the AdamsOn law, enacted last SeplSm
Der when Il general railroad strike
threatened. came up today in the Su-
premc Court Argument will continue
until "Wednesday. and a decision is cX-
pected within Il few weeks. Meantime.
although the law was passed 10 nr-
come effective January ! last, all liti-'
CATION under ii and The changes it. pre-
scribes are suspended b. agreement.
The question whether Congress has
power To rcCulal" hours Of service and
wages furnished the keynote Of the ar
gumentS today in which the justices
manifested keen interest. inIerrupting
with many questions. In opening de-
fenSe Of the law for the Department rf
Justice. Solicitor-Gcneral Davis de-
clared il regulates both hours Of SER
vice and wages, and cOntended Cou
gress has authority 10 regulate both,
He asked annullment Of the decision
OF Circuit Judge Hook al Kansas CitT
in the test case Of the Missouri, Okla
homa and Gulf Railroad, holding the
law void.
Although three hours is the usual
time allotted for argument Of a case.
the court today granted an extension
10 eight hours, equally divided be-
tween the federal and railroad counsel.
Tomorrow Walker d. Hines, chairman
pf the Railroads General Committee OF
counsel, and John e. Johnson Of Phil
adrlphia, will speak for the carriers
and on Wednesday. the closing areu-
ment for the government will be made
by Frank Hagerman. special assistant
70 the attornGy-2cnrraI.
The railroad brotherhoods are not
til, al httf
eral labor leaders were spectators 70.
day. Acknowledgement Gregory and his
entire staff and many members Of Con-
greSS also were in the crowded court
loom.
Solicitor General Davis, in two
hour argument. told the court that it
reached the heights of imagination"
10 say that the primary object of Con-
grcss in passing the law was not to
limit the hours of toll. He asserted
that Elisha Lee. The railroads spokes-
man throughout the strike controver-
sy, often had admitted that fact, as
we'll as that the law is worgable, now
denied by the railroads.
Claims Same Power.
When Mr.. Davis cited Congress dis
turbance of railroad contracts in pass
ing the Federal employers liability
act, upheld as valid. Justice Day
asked:
do YOU claim the same power in
fixing wages as in fixing rates?"
We do" Mr. Davis replied.
"I cant follow that argument" in
terjecled Chief Justice White. THE
subject Is regulating hours of service.
The government has regulated COM
merce for ages. so 10 speak. 1t was
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NO CLASH OVER
ARIZONA GOVERNOR

PHOENIX. Ariz. Jan. S.-Thc Ari..
zona legislature was partially organized
today with no clash between the Hunt
and ati-Hunt forces over, recognition
of one or the other Of The two men
claiming 10 be governor { Arizona. Both
houses departed from the timo-honorcd
custom Of notifying the governor that
they were organized and ready TO re-
ceivr . message.
The Hunt and anti-FIunt people fought t
out their battle in Il caucus for controi
OF the legislature. In the democratic
caucus OF tho Senate the anu-Hunt fac,
ton prevailed by Il vote "i 10 anu
D. H. Claridgn was selected Tor prcsi-
dent pro-tenpnrc. The anti-iIunt forces
won in the House caucus. IL to Ia, Sc
lecting A. \. Johnson for speaker
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VILLA AND STAFF ARE
DRIVEN INTO DURANGO
CARRANZA WINS BIG
VICTORY OVER BANDIT
Forces of Government Now
Occupy Jlminez, Parral
and Santa Rosalia.

Ell PASO, Texas. Jan. S.-Carranza
forces now occupy JimineZ. Santa Ro-
salia and Parral,. while Francisco Vii
la and his staff have fled to the State
of Durango, over the branch railroad
from Parral to El Orc.
Government agents here who have
been loath TO accept the Carranza re-
ports Of the victory over Villa at Jimi.
neZ, Friday, and Of Villas reported re-
treat to Parral. finally admitted to-day
that the battle Of JiInineZ ended in q
complete repulse of the Villa forces,
and one high government official said
he had information which led him 10
believe that the government forces
had won "a sweeping victory over
Villa"
General Jose Carlos Murgu!a, COM
mauder of the Juarez garrison. re-
ceiyed a message to-day dated Parral
from his brother, General Francisco
Murguia, confirming the occupation OF
Parral by the de facto forces.
~ Government agents announced late
yto-day that information had been OBJ
; tanned in JuareZ that 81 CarranZa Of
ficers were wounded during the battle
of .Iimtnez and several high officers
killed. It was also said thirteen tele
graph operators with Villas command
were captured by General Murgula $
command and executed with 4 major
~ Of the 500 prisoners taken at Jimi
by the government troops.
ON the same source it was report
Ate to-day that General Gabriel Ga
military commander for the lie
government in the State OF Du
70, had evacuated Durango City
had fed to Llano Grande. Duran
Tith 1000 men.
American who arrived at the Dor
to-day said only one American was
In the State Of Durango. The Vii
Dmmand in charge Of General Fer
leZ was said to have occupied Du
20 City. after. General Gayira eyac'
d. The Villa forces are put at
men
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morning shortly after midnight.
DENVER, Col. Jan. S.-Colonel viii
liam f. Cody, (Euffalo BID /: dying IN
Denver tonight. facing death in the
same manner that he has faced It many
times on the plains OF the west IN con-
t,icts that made his name famous.
Th. Colonel heard the warming words
Of the approach of tho end OF MS me
today from Dr. ]. II. East. his physl-
.c;sn' and friend He had summoned the
physician 10 the home of his sister
wher. he is spending his last hours.
When Or. East walked into his rooHl'
Colonel Cody said:
Sit down. doctor; there is sou,eehlits
I want To ask you. | want you TO ans,
wer me honestly. What ar. my chances !.
Or. East turned u the scout:
There is Il time. Colonel. said he.
when every honest physician must
commend his patient 1" hlsher
power.
.'olnn"i ,'ndy's head sank.
"tio:v long" he asked simply.
u caa answer that" said the physician
"cnlr :,y telling y"u your iltr j. llA' IL;
hour glass TIL: SAID Is slipping; sraouI
ally. &Inwl y--Jut soon th': Sahd VII all
tc gonS The md is not far away.
COLONEL Cody turned TO his sister
Mrs May Decker.
May" said tc. "let the E:lkS and Ma
sons take charge of tn" funeral; Then
the man who made history in the west
when It was young. began mctnoulcal!S
To arrange his affairs. .
DR. East tonight said death would
come within thirty-siX h"u!S.
Hundreds of kilograms OF sympathy
from men OF promlrGncG 81 over tht
country came today. Many boys from
different parts Of the United States
wrote to him.
At 1880 tonight DR.. J. Fl. East. Col
ourl cody's physician. issued State
o,-ir - I'm
sinking rapidly and that his death was
IA ,nnttnr of 4 vow few huurS.
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A. F. OF L. LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE TO MEET

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Jan. s.
Announcement was made today that
the Legislative committee Of the West
Virginia Federation OF Labor will
meet in Charleston tomorrow. Chas.
Higgins. of Wheeling; Henry Lowe,
OF Huntington, and j. l.. Pauley, OF
Charleston. president, rice-president
and secretary, respectively, Of the
state organization, comprise the COM
mittee. Headquarters will be main
tanned at the capital throughout the
session of the legislature The feder-
alton will support amendments to the
child labor and workmen'S compepsa-
tion law and the. passage of free
text book law.
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CLAIM BELLAIRE CO.
IS NOW INSOLVENT

Special Dispatch In ,hn IntcllIcrncsr.
COLUMBUS. O.. Jan S.-Fcderal
Judge Safer has been asked to declare
Floyd A. Kirkland. trading under the
name Of the kirkland Roofing company
Bellaire. n bankrupt. The petitioners,
Charles w. Waters OF Pittsburgh. Free
dom OIL Works company. Freedom. Pa.
and Brooks OIL company Of Cleveland.
allege that the Kirkland company Is
insolvent,
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TRY WHEELING MEN
In THE u. S. COURT

S1-~aI Dispatch to the lntcllI lIEsncer.
pARkERSBURG. W. Va, Jan. s.
United States District court will open
here Tuesday for the January term.
Several liquor cases are TO come up.
Five prisoners were brought here to-
day from Wheeling who will be tried.
The liquor cases comprise most of the
criminal business at this term. Judge
A. G Dayton arrived tonight to open
court.
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DAY IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.
SENATE,

Met at noon.
Senator Shafroth spoke on his bill
for oingle prosidentn term.
Interstate Commerce Committee
continued hearing on railrod legis-
1ation.
Adopted conference report on i'm
migration bill.
Adjourned at 5:23 p. IN. to noon
Tuesday.
HOUSE.
Met at noon.
Continued debate en- agricultural
appropriation bill.
SecretrE Lansing, Secretary Tu-
7aulty and Thomas w. Lawson tes-
tified ut the Rules Committee "leak"
inquiry.
Fassed animal gricultural appro-
priation bill.
Rules Committee took under ad-
risement a motion to hold Thomas
". 1,awson, in contempt Of the
House.
Adjourned at 5:45 p. m. to l. a.
Ill. Tuesday.
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FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED
in DEATH OF FARMER

CLAY. W. Va. IAN. S.---A1yStcry sur
rounding the finding of the body Of
Preston Tanner. a well known farmer.
in the ashes OF his home near Dink. Clay
county today. Fl" is known tn have had
some money in his home at the time
and the authorities are working on the
theory that he was murdered and his
house set on fire in, an effort 10 cover
up the crime. County authorities pre-
dict that several arrests may be made
shortly.
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THE WEATHER..

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. g.
Forecast:
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio
Fair Tuesday and probably Wednes
day: somewhat colder Wednesday.
West Virginia-Fair Tuesday and
probably Wednesday; moderate tenn
perature.
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HUSBAND TO DIE;
WIFE GETS 10 YEARS

INDIANA. Pa. Jan. S-Frank Borglo
was sentenced to death by elcctroca-
tion and mis- wife. Angeline Burgip,
was sentenced to I; term Of 10 years in
the penltentiary here today for the
joint murder Of Sam Russo at lselin
last MAY
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TEUTONS CAPTURE A
RUMAN|AN FORTRESS
FOKSHANI FALLS INTO
HANDS OF INVADERS
Placing the City Of Galatz In
Great Jeopardy Little
Activity Elsewhere.

| Another of Rumania's fortresses
has fallen into the hands Of the Teu-
tonic allies. Keeping up their lnten-
sive forward movement along the rail
road line northward into Moldavia,
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's troops
have taken Fokshani and with 1t
nearly 1000 prisoners and some can
non and machine guns. At last re-
ports the invaders were pursuing the
defeated Russians while in spite OF
the snow and cold weather the troops
of Archdukc Joseph Of Austria were
pressing back the Rumanians east
ward into Moldavia, between the
Putna and Oiluz valleys.
/ The capture of Fokshani, which lies
on the railroad s. miles northwest OF
Galatz, apparently places this impor-
tant Danube town in great jeopardy.
: The Russian war office. In its last
communication. does not mention the
capture of Fokshani, but records a
J repulse of the invaders northwest Of
the town in the region of PonticheschI,
where they are said to have suffered
heavy casualties. The repulSe of Teu-
tonic allied attacks at several other
places, notably n short distance from
where the BuZeu river enters into the
Sereth, Il short distance southwest OF
Galalz. also is announced.
/ In the region Of Riga the Russians
have taken trenches from the Germans
near the village of kalnzem and in ad-
dition captured prisoners, machine
guns. trench mortarS and one heavy
battery. In a thrce days battle in
this region the Russians have taken
1G cannon and about 500 prisoners.
! In Volhynia. near Novo Selki, and in
Calicia north of Zborow. the Germans
have attempted advances against the
Russians, but were repulsed, accord
ing TO Petrograd.
! In the other theatres there still is
! little activity. except by the artillery
and patrol parties.
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Steamer Torpedoed.

PARIS, Jan. s, $40 =. m.-The NOT,
wegian steamer Halgoy was torpedoed
the night of JanuarJ 3. The night was
clear and the moon was shining. The
entire crew was saved
One member of the ships company,
Walter Dupree. Of Atlanta, Ga, ar
rived in Paris Today. Dupree was the
cook of the Helgoy, a steamer of 1,1l9
IONS npt
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Canadian. Casualties

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. S-Canadian
casualties from the opening of the war
to December 81. period of twenty
nine months, total G8,29O.
This is made up of killed 10,85l;
died of wounds 1910; died OF sickness
ASA presumed dead LOS, wounded
4S,45i: missing 2,970. The casualties
in l91 when Canada had onl yone d.
vision at the front, totalled 14,453. Dur
ing the last year, with four divisions,
casualties lotallod J3,S33G.
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BUFFALO BILLS" DEATH
A MATTER OF HOURS

Special Dispatch to the IutelSencer. wv,
DENVER. Col, Jan. 9.-Col. WI
liam +. Cody buffalo Bid died TINS
morning shortly after midnight.
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RenIy to Wilson Comma.

LONDON. Jan. s, $40 p. m.-The
reply of the Entente nations 10 PreSi.
dent Wilson's nUte may go forward
within "a hours, but its publication is
not lypected until As hours after It's
receipt. on account Of the plans for
simultaneous publication.
The delay in the preparation OF the
note is taken here 10 mean that 1t has
undergone considerable changes from
The first draft, and the near eastern
question is expected TO figure more
largely in The completed document
than in any previous discussion of it
had been considered probable.
Spanish Complain:
PARIS, Jan. S. $50 p. MA dis
patch TO the Havas agency from Mad
rid says the Spanish government has
addressed a complaint 10 the German
government on the subject Of the tor
pedoing Of the steamer San Leandro.
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Fair Tuesday and probably Wednes-
day; somewhat colder Wednesday.
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