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ESTABLISHED 1871-VOL. 44, NO. 146.
LITTLE WAR ORPHANS FIND REFUGE IN PARIS CUS7
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Charges.
WILL FURNISH TRAIN.
NEW CASUALTY LIST.
and unlawtully" order.
of the United States to withhol
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PnOWNSVILLN, Tex., April 12.—
Fighting by small parties of the Car-
an end and interest now centers on the
next movement of General Joffre, the
WESTERN UNION
PRESIDENT SAYS
MEN UNDERPAID
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WASHINGTON, April 12.- General
Carranza informed American Consul
Silliman at Vera Crus today that he
would furnish a train for Americans
desiring to leave Mexico City. He will
permit a passenger train from Vera
Crus to proceed as far as Ometusco,
forty miles east of Mexico City, where
the Mexicans would be picked up. The
first chief asked to be notified as to the
number of Americans expecting to
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DRAWS TO CLOSE AS
RUSSIANS ADVANCE
TERRE HAUTE MAYOR
AND SIXTEEN OTHERS
ARE PLACED IN JAIL
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FOR BEEF INCIDENT
OF BORDER WARFARE
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TWO INDICTMENTS
IN TANZER CASE
Investigation to Determine Wheth.
er German Cruiser Was Prop-
erly Cleared From New York
Is Being Made.
Sisters of Pretty Milli-
ner Face Perjury
g.c,c.
VILLA REPORTED
NERVOUS WRECK
THE WEATHER.
WASHIINOTON, April
Forecast:
Fast and Went Texas:
Boilers Bad and Ship
Leaking.
Head of Great Corporation Thinks
Telegrapher Shoud Be Able to
Earn at Least $5 for Nine-
Hour Day.
Consoquently Villa Forees Are Not
Pressing Attack Upon Matamoros
Garrison.
ASKS INJUNCT ON TO PREVENT COLLECTION
OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR PENALTY;
BRITISH PRIZE
COURT TOO SLOW
Washington Will Again
Protest Against Hold-
ing Steamers.
Several Hundred Amer-
icans Have Narrow
Escape.
NOW HOPE TO FORCE AUSTRIANS
TO MEET THEM ON
THE PLAINS.
for General offensive in West.
Submarine. Busy.
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BOTH ARMIES COVETED FOR
DINNER.
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payment of this Interest
The bill aaks that Mr. wintma
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With the capture by the Russians of
almost all the main chain of mountains
the battle of the Carpathians, which
has lasted upwards of eighty days, le
apparently reaching a termination over
one extensive front and the Russians
are said to be moving at various points
by railways and roads and along tho
rivers and streams down the southern
enjoined frof revoking the Riggs bank
designation as a depositary of the re-
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AMEIRCAN UNER
Riggs National Bank President Says McAdoo
Suspects Him of Having Given Out Infor-
mation Charging Comptroller Williams
With Actions That Would Subject Him to
Criticism.
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At $10,000 fur Each Year of Sentenco
Imposed Bond. Would Totaf
Nearly Half Million.
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Fair $
hold on St. Mihieland that part of the
plain of th Woevre Included in their
JUDGE ANDERSON SENTENCES
MEN CONVICTED IN ELECTION
FRAUD CASES.
custody—came due. The Controllor,
the complaint seta fort*" “------- "
J SECOND OLDEST PAPER IN TEXAS
ui ----- ——- -- u-- uasten to repair
hln ship and return to the high seas,
- . Captan Thierfelder tonight told of
are hia dash for Newport News after de:
stroying the British steamer Coleby
on March 27.
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tinued today. All were unimportant
. wedge.
The capture of Les Esparges was,
in the opinion of military experts, a
| long step in the direction desired by
the allies but they place even more
importance on the advance from Reg-
nleville toward Fhiacourt In the south-
west, as the latter town is a railway
center from which the force at Mihiel
General Jose Rodguiez commanding
the Villa troops, startled visitors at his
camp today with a display of rifle
markmanshlp. Borrowing a rifle from
ft soldier, he took alm and fired at
the hat of another soldier who stood
about fifty feet away with his back
turned. Thesshot penetrated the hat.
The woldier wheeled and aa luted.
Thereupon Rodrigues put another bul-
let through the hat. The ‘soldier then
politely removed his hat, bowed, laid it
on the ground and moved a few steps
away from the hat.
No artillery has arrived yet at the
Villa lines.
With All Lights Out.
-S«..b'Fw;hr,".b‘r^a^-
w,5i am
hM .sT* we sterted at top speed
nee not Kone far when we again
Dleked.up the wireless of the Aflen
war ships. But we kept on Ah w.
from" earer the 11 seemed to 1-
from tho signals that there were as
many a, three British wa? ,hTp, and
INDON, March 29—(Correspond-
ence of the Associated Press).—Syme
London papers are complaining be-
cause American newspaper men Are
nceomdlishing things the British rep-
resentatives of the profession have
ween unable to do and are blaming
cited are Sir Edward Grey’s reply to
e Associated Press Interview with
3nglsh statesmen in consequence.
11 This photo, taken in the halls of the custom house at the Gare du Nord station in Paris, affords anothen
glimpse of war s darker side. The little children seen in the picture are war orphens from the north of France.
Their homes destroyed and their fathers kill.d, they are being cared for by the French government.
In this engagement to 7244. Of this
number 2074 were killed.
Are Thought to Be Preparing Way
Demands for All Sorts of Special
Reports, Keeping Clerks Working
Overtime for Weeks.
spective methods of the American
and British journalist may be in-
ferred by the observations of a Lon-
don editor who said, when expressing
disappointment because his paper did
not carry the interview with King
Albert of Belgium that an Assn elated
Press reporter obtained last Decem-
ber, “it never oceurred to me that a
king would see a reporter."
It is Said He Has Or-
dered Eight Execu-
tions.
WASHINGTON, April 12.—Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury
and Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams were made
defendants today in proceedings began in the District of Columbia
Supreme Court by the Higgs National Bank of Washington, D. O.,
which alleges that these officials have combined and conspired to
wreck that institution. ‘
Temporary and permanent injunctions to halt the alleged eon.
spiracy and to prevent the controller from making what the bank
charges are unlawful demands for special reports of various kinds are
sought from the court.
Ono portion of the prayer seeks to restrain John Burke, treasurer
of the United States, from paying into the treasury $5000 declared to
be duo the bank as interest on $5,000,000 of United States bonds de-
posited with the controller against its note eirculation. This interest
was withheld to cover penalties of $100 a day for failure of the bank to
make certain reports. Once paid into the treasury only an act of
Congress could get the $5000 out. Justice McCoy late today granted a
temporary injunction on this phase of the case and set April 16 as the
day for answer by the defendants.
The banks bill of complaint contains thirty-seven specific alle.
gallons. It recites that evidence of unusual desire for informa-
tion concerning the bank was shown by Mr. Williams shortly after
he assumed office more than a year ago and has continued over
since. I rior to that time, in December, 1018, it says," Mr. MCA
charged officers of the bank with responsibility for publications M-
Eardingthe official conduct of the defendant Williams, assistant Sec.
rotary of the l reasury. When this charge was denied, the bill asserts
Secretary McAdoo cursed Milton 1. Ailes, a vice president of the
bank, and said to C. C. Glover, its president:
ga"r Ol°'er’ yo" know what this means t0 the Riggs National
ns further representations to the Brit-
ish government requesting a speeding
up of the machinery of the prize court
Bo far not a single American ship or
cargo has Passed through the British
Prite courts although many of those
held were seized months ago.
One typical case is that of the steam-
ship Anttila detained since February
2 unable to gewbetore a prize court.
Her cargo waa, "somposea mainly of
cattle food conslktied to Sweden. Both
the Danish and British consulates in
New- York certified there was nothing
in the Antilia's cargo not specifically
covered by the Swedish embargo. In
other words, none of the goods could
be exported from Sweden to Germany.
Nearly the same conditions are said
to exist in the case of the American
steamer Jos. W. Fordney, whose own-
era today appealed to the State De-
partment for her release.
.Notice was today received from the
British government that in case con-
traband is found in detained ships, all
the expenses of loading, unloading and
dockage wifi be charged to the ship,
pers. In view of the wide range of the
British contraband list, few cargoes
cap hope to escape these charges.
The United States’ note in regard
to these detentions wiil remind the
British government of the promise
that everything posible would be done
to avoid unnecessary Interference and
delay in American commerce.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va., April 12,--
The German merchant raider Kron
Prins Wilhelm, by order of the
Washington Government, will not be !
CHICAGO, April 12. — President
Newcomb Charlton of the Western
Union Telegraph Company and 8. J.
Konenkamp, president of the Com-
mercial Telegraphers Union of Amer-
ica. testified from their respective
viewpoints before- the United States
commission on industrial relations to-
day on wages and working conditions
of the commercial telegraphers,
Mr. Carlton caused a mild sensa- .......
to a question from , senworth
a “Moaning thereby," the bill adds,
"that the power of the Treasury De.
partment would be aggressively used
for tho ruination and destruction of
the plaintiff bank in order to satisfy
the personal malice and ill will of said
defendants, and shortly afterward the
. said defendants began a series of per.
- secutions against the plaintstr bank toy
, the purpose of Impairing or destroying
its suld business, thereby prostituting
their high public office and violating
their oaths in order to vent their per.
sonal vindictiveness against the nttlo
oers of the plaintiff bank.
A row months later, the platntee
aver., the bank was norie that Beo-
. retat McAdoo purposed io exolu
i !he AIIKE« bunk from n share or Dos?
Ito.t cover the DlatRl or Columbia
tax withdrawals which dopo.lt. Ei
custom are di yldqd among the nation'
al banks of tho aisfMieL ’
Mr. McAdoo later wrote to Mr. Oloru.
or, the complaint xtatM, declining to
explain why .uch action ahou b«
taken and announcing at the tame time
hi. Intention or witdrawing al gov-I
ernment funds from the bank. suBe. I
quMUy. it to alleed, government de. '
poMte amountins to over #1,500,000’
were,withdrawn hrom the bank, Mnlu.
MZ tWl®u amounung
These withdrawels were brought
about by Secretary McAdoo, H fa
charged, at a time when the European1
Wa- 424 he business dopression in
the United Htates had ^made banks
husband their resources.
wnurthor complaint 1. made that Mr.
William*. a. treasurer or the Red
Cross.Soctety, had the fund. It kept on
depo.lt with the Rigg* bank removed
to other institutions.
For a!most a ymr, the bill aver., the
Controller has bombarded the kKa
Natlonni bank with demanda tor .pe-
dal report. The bank declare. It he.
worked Ha clerks early and late in an
erfort to comply, but that requesi fo?
n little time have been met with r«.
fusain.
permitted to go into dry dock at the
chip yard here until Lleutenant Cap.
tain Thlerfelder, her commander, has
made formal request in writing for
time to complete such repairs as he
— , . „ -___ neems necessary to make his vessel
tion when, replying to a question from seaworthy, probably tomorrow.
I rank P. Waish, chairman of the com- | Meanwhile the Kron Prinz remains
mission, as to whether telegraphers . at mucaor in me James iiver. When
were ecequutury compensated, he le- {examined late today, experts found
I the ship was leaking slightly, with her
boiler. In bad condition. Unofficial-
ly it was learned that the vessel will
require much attention before she can
be made seaworthy. This was taken
to indicate that the ship evenc.....
may be forced to interne.
The German captain, however, is
plied:
"I believe that the telegraphers are
underpaid."
“Overpaid?" exclaimed Mr. Waish.
. “No, underpaid. Ten years ago a
Morse telegrapher received $18, it **
now 123. It was $13.50 for women and
it is now 118. My own view is that a The German captain,
first diss telegrapher should be able insistent that he must has
, to earn at least five dollars'a day of
F nine hours. Some of our employes un-
der the so-called premium plan
making close to that."
F The witness stated that his company
I had one of the best pension and relief
' organisations in the country and It
costs the men nothing. Half a million
dollars was expended on it last year,
HAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 12--
A message from Aguas Calients say»
that recent reverses of his forces and
personal trouble with some of his offi-
cere le the cause assigned for the con-
dition of General Villa, who is report-
ed to be on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. Villa officers who have
reached Aguas Calientes in advance of
their commander, say that Villa is la-
boring under a great mental strain
and only the combined efforts of his
closest friends on the staff prevent
him from executing many officers
whom he charges with imaginary
, failures in the discharge of their
duty. Within four days he has or-
dered eight officers shot for what he
declared was criminal carelesress 1n
the handling of their troops. But tn
each instance he has been persuaded
to reconsider and so far none have
bei executed.
The four who withdrew from the a,.
Peel are: John M. Maeselink, city seal,
er of weights and measures and former
ember ot 1,10 ^tate lgislature; Ar-
thur Gillis, progressive election official:
Joseph Strauss, liquor salesmnan, and
George govern, gambler. Each had been
sentenced to a year and a day in prison
and to pay a fine of $100.
To obtain liberty pending his appeal,
Mayor Roberta, who was Rentenced to
"rison for six year, and to pay a fine
of »2W0-the severem wnUnce given-
wi.have to furnish a bond of 360,000.
If U>) ebczia on. It 2 .
NEW YORK, April 12.—Dora and
Rose Tanxen el.ter of Rae Tanier,
were indicted today by the Federal
«rand jury which ha. been invent
gating th, charge that Roe fanzer
used ths mails in an attempt to de-
fraud James W. Osborne. Ths indict-
ment charges that Dora and Rose
Tanzer committed perjury by identify-
ing James W. Osborne as the man Who
had called upon their sister.
The grand jury now has returned
three indictments as a result of a
breach of promise suit by Miss Tanzer
egalnat Mr. Osborne. Frank D. Ha-
ford, a hotel clerk, was indicted last
week on a charge of perjury. Misa
Tenser herself has admitted that the
man she knew as Oliver Osborne was
not James W. Osborne. More indict-
ments axe expected.
! one of the dispatches it was said there
was hope of getting the steamer off
at the next high tide. The passen-
gers and mail have been taken to
Kobe.
Two of the instances mbst frequently
von Bethmann-Hollweg. the German
chancellor, and. Frederick Palmer’s
interview with General Sir John
French.
The American newspaper men in
Hondon have been so constantly
thwarted by the censorship that they
are not inclined to regard their work
with any special pride, but tho re-
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’’Plu "wrongtully
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We started north from the Equator
short of coal and provisions." said
Captain Thlerfelder. “Wo algo had
sick sailors aboard, afflicted because
of too much rice diet and lack of
fresh vegetables. We hoped to meet
up with German supply ships but un-
fortunately none turned up. What
became of them I do hot know except
we saw from the shelter of overhang-
ing clouds one collier we had expected,
being ohased by two British cruisers,
mF Tortunately could not sight us
."Vnfortunately we also'on our trip
north through the mid-alantic did
pumet."p with any merchant ship,
could get coal ana
DIea. In this situation it was
necessary for us to get to port and
also to a dry dock and I picked out
Newport News as the place to come
A: we ^nme up, we continually
heat the British war ships talkin
on the wireless. It seemed on Some
days and nights ’hot there were as
many as eight war ships within a ra-
dius of a few hundred miles. But we
Kept.on due northward, running a.
raDlaly As we could with our ship
Aarkened at nisht. one nighe W
pear a the exchange of news about the
Prinz.Eitel iedrich being at New:
portNews. Therearter we heard in-
"rmatlon about the Eitel every night stopes toward the plains of Hungary.
But suddenly a few nights ago we got "
that news n1"? mthe British wireless
terned.he Prinz Eitel had been in-
AUSTIN, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1915.— g; PAGES.
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IQNDON, April 12,(125 p. m.—
Six hundred and eighty.three names,
including III men who were killed. •
were added today to th, prevloun ean: 1
ualty list of the lo»se. In the fightink -
at Neuve Chappelle last month.
Thia list bring, th. total casualties
in making some ot the., demanda,
the bank allege.. Nir, william, ha. vlo-
lated the fourth nnd fifth amendments
to the Constitution.
. In February last, according to the
bill, Mr. Williams wrote to the bankl
Caking It It. officer, had destroyed j
any of its recorda, and on March 10 (
he demanded a complete history of
loan, of the Higgs bank to It. present
officer, nnd gave notice that for fail-
ure to comply with a like request
made on January 28, it was snsnned
a penalty of $6000,
Tho next day a formal demand for
payment of this fine roads by two
bank examiners wan refused. On April
1 a quarterly installment of the Inter-
est on the 11.000 69 ot 2 per conta held
by the Riggs bank- in the Controller',
serves ot other national banks. An
injunction to retrain Mr. McAdoo
from "usurping the power," of the'
Treasurer of the United States, also Ir
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of union labor. t .
j "Is that your opinioni asked Mr.
Walsh. , a,
“I believe in the organization of la-
F bor and in collective bargaining.
Asked if he had refused to deal with
the Commercial Telegraphers Union,
he said:
"I don’t know that I specifically re:
fused to deal with them, but I would
specifically refuse to deal with them
if they applied to me," answered Mr.
Carlton. • , , .
Telegraphers have been dismissed
from the company for activity in un-
ion affairs, he admitted.
“Our opposition to the union is well
. understood," said he.
Mr. Walsh mentioned instances
where it had been alleged that Iar-
cency was resorted to by the special
agents in obtaining correspondence and
names belonging to the union.
Calls Methods Criminal.
-"I want it understood that we will
Dr fight, but there are some things that
wo won’t do, not if I know it," an-
swered Mr. Carlton.
Mr. Konenkamp referred to some
methods of the Western Union as
•criminal" and the condition of the OP-
erators as “slavery." He estimated the
commercial telegraphers employed by
the Western Union and the Postal Tel-
egraph Compay at 20,000. His union,
he sald, has agreements with the Can-
adian Pacific, the International News
service and the United Press. These,
he said, recognize the principle of col-
lective bargaining and adjustment of
grievances. He declared that wages
were lower now than they were forty
years ago.
The constant opposition of the West-
ern Union to unions is no surprise to
us," said Mr. Konenkamp. "The com-
pany has been consistent in that for
fifty years and for thirty years the
possession of a uhion card has been
the signal fr dismissal. Correspond-
ence of the union has been etoltsn from
our men, and the headh of telegraph-
ers began to fall soon after as the re-
sult of information thus’obtained." He
gave details of several such alleged ih-
stances.
The witness said that his remedy
was government protection of the right
of the men to organize and to bargain
collectively. Officials of the Telegraph
and Cable Company are expected to
be among the witnesses tomorrow.
robbe'r’ qe/b’ten years,
HOUSTON, Tex., April It.—Johnnie
Bowman was given a ten year sen-
tence for the robbery of the Guaranty
. State Bank of Houston upon his plea
P of guilty in the criminal court Monday,
His face showed keen disappointment
at the announcement of the verdict.
He felt that owing to the fact that
he entered a plea of guilty and has
a crippled leg the jury would assess ;
the minimum punishment of five
yeara • . I
(Continued on Page Two.)
French commander, in his effort to Th steamer Oata which I. be
compel the .Herman, to release (heir lsvea E hav. 1 p iji. % 2: ■,..... „„
' Minnesota on board, is expected to 1. alsecure bond it will
arrive in Kobe tomorrow morning, of S420000
Three additional salvage steamers
have been, dispatched to the scene of
the wreck.
THE AUSTIN
Only eight of the 110 prisoner* es.
caped punishment. Four were given — ..................
v"'" troops about aratanoros
Attorney Dalley were not iwntonced. a* - ------
ne said. It might make invalid their les- The largest occurred between about
Hn/nshestriahof. K?y shattuch, the fifty Carranza troop* and a small body
ot vina men over thopossesslon or a
publtcans who were candidates in Vigo CoW. which both parties wanted for
County. slaughter for dinner today. The Car-
xeRerore.penatnE. rntenee Judge An- ranza party won the cow. via o«l-
cars .ahi their casuaities were two
•el for the defense sixty dhye in which wounded In A fight about daybreak,
to file exceptions to the ruling. "-----' ’ m ‘
The Minnesota sailed from Nagas.
Press, if it continues succesully, will aki sunday morning bound for Kbe,
in the view Russian military author- . Yokohama and Seattle.
iies, compel the retirement, with lit- fording .to. a newspaper dis-
tie or no lighting, of the Austrians and Pptch.published here, there were 135
Germans who are still north of the f*'.‘ clas E a , nse ■ mostiy. Amer-
Carpathians to the cast of Uzsok Pass vana on..b , the. Minnesota, to:
and in Eastern Gain la ana Bukowma. IKother,.with.twenty-two second and
. The battle which has been success- (Err-roursthirdclarsupassensera 1h
al fully conducted by the Ruslans nue, mcn ° the steamer numbered 277
but from all accounts, one of the fiercest ‘ * _____
of the war, and the manner in which i grr » rr, ,.a «• ,,
the Russians overcame the difficulties EATLE, Wash, Aprll 12aDis-
of mountain fighting in midwinter hog amhes, o-the GreatNorth steamship
heen the sibicct nf nrare. Li thn.« । company from Captain Garlick of the
13 Who whneusedssho‛oprr1s%ox othar, atopmshipqinnesota gay Iha iheshiB
acquainted with the country traversed. I anrears.not. to be. much damaged. In
• The first phase of the battles of the
Woevre also apparently has come to
KOBE, Japan, April 12.—The
American steamer Minnesota, plying
between Japanese ports and Beattie,
struck a rock at half past 9 o’clock
last night off Iwajimu, near the
i southwestern entrance to the inland
Bea.
In a wireless message. Captain
Garlick has asked for a salvage
steamer. He says all the passengers
and crew are safe.
This battle has not ns yet proved the
prelude to a general offensive in the
west ns was expected. This is prob-
ably due to the fact that instead of
moving troops from other points along
the line to assist the army of the
Woevre, the Germans have brought
their reinforcements from the Interior
of Germany or perhaps right from the
eastern front and consequently the
situation remains comparatively quiet
on the western front.
German submarines hav again been
showing activity and, besides the Har-
palyce, which, according to one mem-
ber of her crew and the officers of
another steamer, was torpedoed, they
have attacked since Saturday night
the British liner Wayfarer, the French
steamer Frederic Franck and the little
steamer President.
The Wayfarer reached Queenstown
in a sinking condition; the Frederic
Franck was towed into Plymouth and
the President was still afloat when her
crew of ten left her.
The mystery of the North Sea flring
on Wednesday night'last remaing un-
solved so far an the general public is
conqerned.
ABERDEEN, Scotland, April
13.— (4:15 a. m.).—The Free
Press publishes the- following
telegram from Lerwiek:
“A terrible explosion has oc-
curred. Harbor Street was
and many' lives were
lost.”
No details are obtainable as
yet.
he said. .
“I do not mention this as a substi-
tute for pay; nothing can take the
place of that; it is merely our contri-
bution to society, and U 18 good busi-
ness." said Mr. Carlton. His opposi-
tion to the organisation headed by Mr.
Konenkamp, who followed him on the
stand, was made plain in various ut-
terances. He admitted the principle
of collective bargaining, and that a
-responsibte organtzation" of Western
Union telegraphers could be dealt
with. The men should have some or-
ganization to protect their interests,,
he stated with emphasis. . - ,
-wo are subjec i.te control of
the interstate commerce commlesion,
said he; "they absolutely fix not only
our practices but our rates. I believe
therefore that the commisslon should
be given autticient power to see that
fair wages are paid * and that fair
working conditions ar. provided.
The policy of the Western Union,
the witness stated. is formed bx..the
executive committee. Jacob Schiff, a
member of that committee, was quoted
by Chairman Walsh as having said
that no self respecting employer would
refuse to deal with the representatives
WASHINGTON BANKER CHARGES
U. S. SECRETARY OF TREASURY
M’ADOO IRIES 10 RUIN HIM
—
Says His Bank Been Bombarded With
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 12.--
Four men convicted In tne Terre Haute
election fraud trial and sentenced by
Judge Anderon today to me Federal
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth,
hana receive their .commitment pa"
pern late today and were given until
Sunday to begin the trip to prison. The
Sixteen others, including Mayor Donn
al Roberts, who received prison sen-
tences and appealed, and the righty-
seven who were given sentences rang,
in & rom one day to six months in the
local jail, were in jail here tonight, it
watsa '* the *ixteon will be given two
or.thresdas ,n which to obtain their
appeal bonds, which were fixed by
Jud% Anderson at $10,000 for each
year the men were sentenced. Edwara
Holler, the former chief of police, who
had pleaded gullly, alo received a
prison sentence.
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