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CIRCULATION
19934
FOUNDED 1881—VOL. XXXIV—No. 154.
LABOR UNIONS
HAVERIGHTTO-
RECOGNITION
John Wanamaker Says Preju-
dice Has Kept Labor Apart
From Capital.
CONDITIONS ARE BETTER
Government Ownership of
Public Utilities Suggested
to Quiet Strife.
PHILADELPHIA Pa. June 23.—
“It's an insane thing not to recog-
nize organizations of labor” said
John Wanamaker today in giving
further testimony before the United
States Commission on Industrial Re-
lations.
Mr. Wanamaker made this state-
ment in reply to a question whether
employers recognize labor
unions. general question of
unionism he said he believed labor
has suffered "frightfully" In the
past because of poor leaders but
added he is seeing a better class of
'•leadership coming in.
Commissioner Welnstlck of Cali-
fornia who presided today asked
Mr. Wanamaker if he could sup-
ply the missing link that would
bring capital and labor together. Mr.
Wanamaker said:
•'I believe that labor and capital
have the right to organize. On the
one side capital there is responsi-
bility and on the other labor there
is none. There you stop. The miss-
ing links I believe to be prejudice
and misunderstanding which must
be overcome.
Would Divorce Politics.
“One of the ways to wipe out this
prejudice and misunderstanding is to
unhitch labor unions from political
parties.” .. . „
Mr. Wanamaker believed that the
Departments of Commerce and La-
bor should be the courts of last re-
sort in labor disputes. One of the
things he found wrong in labor
unions was limiting the number of
those who want to learn trades.
Speaking of capital Mr. W ana-
maker said John D. Rockefeller Jr.
“made a great mistake when he put
President Wilson In the position of
sending troops into Colorado. _
"I might be mistaken about this
he said "but that is the way I fee!
about it.” .
Contact with the employes is a
remedy for much misunderstanding
the witness said.
“There are labor unions which
have no other purpose than to pro-
tect their wages" he said. Men
who spend their time getting their
salaries raised generally fat.
Commissioner Lennon of Illinois
and O'Connell of Washington who
are the representatives of workmen
on the commission plied Mr. Wana-
maker with questions. .
Asked whether he was an advo-
cate of the eight-hour day he re-
plied: . ..
“Eight hours or less.
Women's Minimum Wage-
On the qeustion of the minimum
wage for women the witness said
that as an experiment it should not
be condemned. .... . _
“It ought to be tried he said.
“There might be a graduated wage
to fit women of different capabili-
ties. It is unjust to women to say
to them they are all worth just the
same and again it does great harm
to compel an employer to pay for
what he does not get. Such a law
would work unjustly in certain cases
and should be carefully studied out.
Discussing public ownership as a
means to reduce Industrial strife.
Mr. 'Wanamaker said he "wa 9 an
absolute believer” in . * overn J n K«!
ownership of public utilities.
Heve the government should own the
railroads.” he said. ‘lt would pre-
vent conditions that have existed in
the New Haven road and In the
Rock Island system. Government
ownership would bring one cent pos-
tage because the government would
own the means for carrying the
The. witness painted a rosy future
for the working man.
•'Men and women are in a rising
market they are being
have more sanitary surrounding
and are no longer mats for rich
men to wipe their feet upon he
& Mayor Blankenburg who was also
a witness gave the commission in-
formation on the relations between
their city and its employes.
“There is nothing prettier in the
ordinary than public ownership of
utilities.” the mayor said but n
won’t work out so long as politics
can be injected into the operations
of publicly-owned enterprises.
During the discussion of public
ownership of utilities. Commissioner
Welnstick dropped the remark that
the commission will in drawing up
its recommendations to Congress
consider the wisdom of advocating
public ownership of public utilities
ar a means of reducing strife be-
tween the employers and employes
of public utilities.
TWO STEAMERS COLLIDE
PaMHngcr Boats Meet in Harbor
Near Hamburg—Xo One Hurt.
HAMBURG. June 23.—The North
German-Lloyd steamer Koenlgen
Luise and the German passenger
steamer Cobra were in collision to-
day. Roth were damaged. The pas-
sengers were landed safely.
The collision between Koenigen
Luise and the Cobra occurred dur-
ing the regatta at Cuxhaven.
Both vessels had on board large
numbers of persons who had gone
out to watch the regatta and a catas-
trophe wag narrowly averted. The
shock of the collision was so se-
vere that several passengers on the
Cobra were thrown to the decks of
the Koenigen Luise.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
WEATHER
TEMPERATURES.
JUNE 22. 2 a. m 75
1 p.m 92 la. m 75
4 p. m 94 4 a. m 75
5 p. m 90 ba. m... 75
6 p. m 92 6 a. m 75
7 p. m 87 7 a m 75
R p. m 84 Sa.m 78
9 p.m 82 9 a. m 80
10 p. m 80 10 a. m 83
11 p.m 79 11 a.m 85
12 midnight 78 12 noon 59
JUNE 23. 1 p. m 88
1 a. m 77 2 p. m 89
LOCAL FORECAST.
For San Antox io and vicinity: Tuesday
night and Wcdnceday fair.
HOME WEATHER I'OR TOURISTS.
(Oboervations taken at 8 a. m.)
BT. LOUIS: Tempera lure 80; partly
cloudy; 13-mile wind from the southwest;
warmer; lowest temperature In last S 4
hours. 78.
CHICAGO: Temperature. 76; clear; 10-
mllo wind from the weat: warmer; lowest
temperature ia last 24 hours 74.
MILWAUKEE: Temperature 66; part-
ly cloudy; 4-mflc wind from the south-
west; warmer; lowest temperature in last
24 hours. 64.
ST. PAUL: Temperature. 64; clear; 4-
mllo wind from tho southeast rain and
warmer; lowest temperature in last 24
hours 5?.
KANSAS CITT: Temperature. 74; clear.
12-mi!e wind from the south; rain; lowest
temperature in last 24 hcurs. 74.
NSW YORK: Temperature 66; rain-
ing; G-mlle wind from the southwest; rain-
Wednesday; lowest temperature in last 24
hcurs. 62.
WASHINGTON: Temperature 74. cloudy
4-mile wind from the southeast; rain; low-
est temperature in list 24 hours. 70.
THREE DEATHS BY
VIOLENCE IN ONE DAY
Gonzales Has Drowning
Hanging and Accidental
Shooting Tragedies.
GONZALES. Tex.. June 23.—
Three mysterious and accidental
deaths occurred near this city Mon-
day. Earl}' Monday morning the
body of an unknown Mexican was
found by fishermen in the river
near town. A little later. Joe Perez
a Mexican was found hanging in a
tree ten miles west of the city and
the coroner's verdict was suicide.
Later yesterday evening Earl
Dykes a' young man of prominent
family aged 18 years was acci-
dentally killed while fishing with
some companions eight miles west
of the city a load from a shot-
gun penetrating his body from the
right side and coming out near the
nipple on the left side killing him
Instantly.
USED “DOPE” ON CHICKENS
Thief Employs Novel Method. But Is
Interrupted in His Work.
A scientific thief who used some
sort of "dope" to put all of Mrs.
H. M. Smith’s chickens to sleep at
her home. 114 Sweet street was in-
terrupted in hts work at 2:25 o'clock
Tuesday morning and fled from the
place. The discovery of the thief was
just in time to prevent him making
a haul of several dozen hens and
pullets.
Through some process the thief
had caused all the chickens to fall
Into such a deep slumber tnat they
toppled from tnelr roosts to the
floor. All that remained for the
clever thief to do was to pick them
up. throw them Into a sack and de-
part. It was just after the chickens
had been put into their stupor that
he was discovered and ran from the
place. Several hours later the chick-
ens came to life and apparently are
none the worse for their peculiar
experiment.
STEAMER GOES ASHORE
Belgian Ship Gothland Reported on
Reefs of Scllly Islands.
LANDS END England. June 28.—
The Belgian steamer Gothland from
Montreal for Rotterdam went ashore
during a dense fog today on the
rocks two miles to the northeast
of the Bishop Rock Scilly Islands.
Two steamers went at once to the
assistance of the Gothland which
belongs to the Red Star Line but is
under charter to the Canadian Line.
She left Montreal June 12. with 34
third class passengers on board. She
does not carry cabin passengers.
CANADA HELPS LIVING
Government Sends $50000 to Help
Families of I>ead Miners.
HILLCREST. Alberta. June 23. —
United Mine Workers’ officials to-
day announced the official figures
on" last Friday's disaster by ex-
plosion in mine No. 20 of the Hill-
crest Collieries limited:
Rescued alive. 41; total dead 196;
bodies recovered 188; identified.
162: still in mine 8.
The Canadian government today
sent $50000 as a portion of the fund
to be used for the relief of the fami-
lies of the victims.
Mrs. Pennybacker Improving.
SOUTH BEND. Ind. June 23. —
Mrs. Percy V. Penny backer of Aus-
tin. Tex. president of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs who
suffered a nervous collapse in Mis-
hawaka yesterday. Is much improved
today. It Is improbable however
that she will address the convention
of the Thirteenth district of the In-
diana Federation of Women’s Clubs
now in session here as she had
planned.
Bomb Falls to Explode.
READING. Eng.. June 23. —An
unexploded bomb was found today
[in an entrance to the Church of St.
Mary the Virgin apparently placed
'there bv militant suffragettes. The
(fuse had been lighted but had gone
out
JUDGE SLATOR GAINS
STRENGTH IN BROWN
Activities of Chester Harrison
Mr. Slayden's Secretary.
Resented by Many.
BROWNWOOD. Tex. June 23. —
Much encouraged by the extent and
character of the support offered him
in his race for Congress. Judge M.
D. Slator left here last night for
Coleman county where he will re-
main several days and where he has
been assured he will receive ap en-
thusiastic welcome. Earlj next
month Judge Slator expects to be in
San Antonio and said he would tour
the counties in the southern end of
the district then.
James L. Slayden the present
congressman also has been here for
several days and in company with
his secretary. Chester Harrison has
been calling on his old friends The
presence of both Judge Slator and
Mr. Slayden here at the same time
has served to stimulate interest in
this congressional race and the sen-
timent for and against each man
has been rapidly crystalized.
A careful survey of the situation
tends to the belief that if the elec-
tion were held at this time it would
be close. With the growth of the
Slator sentiment however it ig be-
lieved that in the thirty days of the
campaign remaining the friends of
the Llano candidate will swing this
county Into line for him without a
doubt. The chief strength which Mr.
Slayden has in Brown county is that
brought to him through Chester
Harrison who has considerable in-
fluence among the Prohibition lead-
ers. The efforts to swing the Pro-
hibition vote for Mr. Slayden how-
ever. hag quite naturally arrayed the
“anti” forces against him and there
are many Prohibitionists and ad-
herents of Colonel Ball who have
flatfootedly refused to allow their
sentiments in these matters to effect
their vote on the congressman.
BANKERS INVITED TO
MAKE EXPLANATIONS
Senate Committee Inquiry
Into Nicaragua's Financial
Affairs.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 23. —
Bankers said to have been interest-
ed in Nicaragua's financial stand-
ing. were today invited to explain
to the Senate foreign relations com-
mittee their interests and transac-
tions.
Brown Brothers and Seligman &
Company of New York bankers al-
leged to be prominent figures in the
control of the Nicaraguan National
Bank and the Nicaraguan railway
were asked to bring all papers bear-
ing on those question's. Charles A.
Conant of New York and Ernest H.
Wands said to be the financial agent
of the Nicaraguan republic also
were Their testimony may
have some effect upon the proposed
treaty by which the United States
would pay Nicaragua $3000000 es-
tablish a protectorate and guaran-
tee fair elections in return for tho
rights to construct an inter-oceanic
canal establish naval bases and
other concessions.
Minister Chamorro of Nicaragua
today told the committee that sen-
timent in his country was over-
whelmingly In favor of the treaty.
Senor Rafael Cuadra the Nicara-
guan minister of finance will ap-
pear before the committee Thurs-
day to make additional arguments
for the treaty.
THREE DEPOSITS MAY
BE HELD PRIVILEGED
Formal Demand Will Be Made
on Receiver of Closed
Lorimer Bank.
CHICAGO. June 23.—Plans of
States Attorney Mac Lay Hoyne for
the investigation of th" suspension
of the La Salle Stree t Trust & Sav-
ings bank and others - f the Lorl-
mcr-Munday string state banks
were brought to a halt at least tem-
porarily today by the refusal of
James J. Brady state auditor to
turn over to Hoyne a opy of the re-
port of the bank examiner. David
Harkin. Hoyne declared that the re-
port was a public re- - rd and that he
could enforce its production
Three large deposits claimed ns
privileged were planned to be form-
ally demanded today from the re-
ceiver for the La Salle street bank.
They were Marquette National Fire
Insurance Company $374000 in se-
curities; Fred A Busse. former
mayor of Chicago. $13670“ as trus-
tee for the Kellogg-Ma< key <’om-
pany and J J. Brady state auditor
$16000 state funds.
Export to Study Mount In««cn.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal . June 23.—
Frank A. Perrot an authority on
volcanic phenomena arrived here
yesterday from Japan and Hawaii
to investigate the nature of the re-
cent activity on Lass-n peak. Shas-
ta county. Perrot is an authority on
volcanoes and hap Investigated most
of the volcanic dis’ rbances of re-
cent years. He went from Italy to
Japan to study the eruption that de-
stroyed the city of K goshima a few
months ago. He was n Kilauea. Ha-
waii the largest active volcano in
the world when h" learned of the
new crater that opened up on Las-
sen May 30.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS TUESDAY JUNE 23. 1914.
MRMDS E
SHOHN OF RATL-
HING POM
Supreme Court Gives Addi-
tional Scope to Interstate
Commerce Commission.
LONG AND SHORT HAULS
Decision Affects Rights of In-
terior Points to Share in
Water Competition.
WASHINGTON D. C„ June 23 —
That the distribution throughout the
country of the benefits of the Pan-
ama canal will rest with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and not
with the trans-continental railroads
is one of the conclusions being
drawn today from the Supreme
Court’s decision in the Inter-moun-
tain rate cases in which after near-
ly two years of consideration the
court upheld the orders of the com-
mission by unanimous opinion.
Railroads Must Take Orders.
It has been generally claimed that
the Panama canal would reduce
freight rates from Atlantic seaboard
points to the Pacific coast cities and
vice versa but the qeustions to what
extent the railroads might allow in-
terior points to share in the benefits
of water competition enjoyed by the
seaboard cities were in dispute. The
decision of the court is that the com-
mission will answer those problems
and that the railroads may simply
proceed to haul the freight.
The railroads fought for the right
to adjust the trade balances among
various sections of the country. The
court found an answer to the whole
controversy in holding that Congress
had conferred on the railroads them-
selves the right to make discrimin-
ations in favor of a long haul and
hence had the right and did in
1910 take this right from the rail-
roads and give it to the commis-
sion.
Applications Arc Pending.
Had the decision been to the con-
trary it would have rested in the
judgment of the railroads as to how
far Interior cities should share with
seaboard cities in the benefit of
water competition.
Applications from railroads to put
into effect long and short haul rates
throughout various soctldffh of the
country have been held up pending
the court’s decision. It is expected
that the commission will at once
take up these applications pass upon
them and if they are found reason-
able. determine how much it is right
for the railroads to allow certain
long hauls to exceed short hauls.
PROTEST BY TURKEY
MAY NOT BE HEEDED
Greece Offers $12000000
or Full Cost Price for Two
Battleships.
WASHINGTON D. C. June 23. —
The House was expected to decide
today whether the American bat-
tleships Mississippi and Idaho shall
be sold to Greece. The question was
to come up on a Senate amendment
to the naval appropriation bill.
Despite the protest of the Turkish
government it was believed the deal
would be authorized. President Wil-
son and Secretary Daniels favor the
proposed sale and most leaders in
Congress are Inclined to authorize
the step.
Secretary Daniels is anxious for
the sale because Greece would pay
$12000000. the full cost price for
vessels that are ten years old. Th»
secretary would use the money thus
obtained to build another dread-
naught similar to the Wyoming. The
Mississippi and the Idaho are too
small to match with the great fleet
units of today and cannot be utilized
in general maneuvers without con-
fusion because of their lack of speed
and difference in maneuvering qual-
ities.
Secretary Daniels when the cab-
inet assembled today said that Tur-
key's protest against th" sale of th#*
battleships Mississippi and Idaho to
Greece had not altered his view nor
that of the administration in favor
of the sale.
GIRL WRITES LETTER
Tells Mother She Is Held < «Irtlve In
Fort Worth Hotel.
TOPEKA. Kan.. June 23. —Marv
Turner who disappeared from her
home here last Thursday In a let
ter received by her mother told e.
plans to escape from a Fort Worth
Tex hotel where she said she
held against her will and make her
way to Arkansas City. Kan. wher
relatives reside. The mother went
to Arkansas City last night in the
hope of meeting her daughter.
Festival of Midnight Sun.
FAIRBANKS. Alaska. June .’3
More than 1000 persons attended •
midnight baseball game played her'
last night. The game was the per
Ing event of the festival of the mic -
night sun. features of which wl I he
a carnival parade and general
merry-making. |
The Nan Antonio Light receives r>clo*
•ively the IE A SEP WIRE DAT of
the Associated Press the gre«tr»:
(noct reliable xmernl new* sen tee Id the
world. This report consists of a>proxl-
mately 20.000 words daily. In oddity The
I.lgUt carries Ite own largo spacial »
Mrvic*.
ROTARIANS HOLDING
SEPARATE CONFERENCES
“Round Table” Discussions
Feature of Convention.
Contest Next Meeting.
HOUSTON. Tex. June 23.- The
(second day of the convention of the
International Rotarians was given
over to ’’round table” discussions no
I less than a dozen such separate
meetings being in session simultan-
eously. Among such holding confer-
ences were the president associate
editors membership ojinmittee en-
tertainment and the program com-
mittee. In all of these meetings sub-
jects were considered of general in-
terest to the organization and with
a view to furtherance of the cause.
Tomorrow general sessions will be
resumed. The entertainment pro-
gram for the day was likewise elab-
orate and included features that ap-
pealed strongly to every class and a
vocation represented.
The California delegation is mak-
ing a strong effort to take the 1915
convention and the representation
from that quarter is feeling Jubilant
over prospects for success. There is
a warm fight on tor the convention
however with indications of con-
centration by the opposition upon
some satisfactory point for the final
show down which Is not expected to
Icome for a day or so. The fact that
I Omaha landed the national T. P. A.
I for 1915 o\er San Francisco when
it was regarded as almost sure that
the latter city was a winner greatly
encourages the opposition. Little
talk Is heard as yet about new .offi-
cers.
The weather thus far has been ex.
cellent showers of yesterday having
materially* cooled the atmosphere-
NOMINATIONS CLOSE
FOR BANK DIRECTORS
Electors for Federal Reserve
District Will Make
Selections.
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 20.—
Voting for nominees to directorships
in the 12 new federal reserve banks
was concluded yssterday. The or-
committee was showered
1 with belated ballots from the various
member banks and it will be sev-
eral days before the committee will
Ibe able to supply lists of nominees
to electors.
A statement was issued some time
ago that June 22 would be tho last
day the committee would receive
nominations. Each bank belonging
to a federal reserve bank has select-
ed an elector through whom it will
cast its vote for directors in the fed-
eral reserve bank of its particular
district.
A list -of tho men placed in nom-
ination for the directorship* win be
supplied to the properly accredited
electors and they will indicate to
the organization committee their
choice for class A and class B direc-
tors. There will be three classes. A
and B directors for each federal re-
eerve bank The three class C direc-
tors of each bank w ill be selected by
the federal reserve hoard after its
organization. It has been made clear
by the organization committee that
absolute secrecy will be thrown I
about the ballots of electors. This as-
surance was given to prevent any
group of financial men from domin-
ating the banks of their secttons.
IN MEMORY OF NORDICA
Impressive Fnneral Services Held in
London Church.
LONDON. June 23.—The simple
but impressive funeral service of the
Anglican Church was held today for
Mme. Lillian Nordica in the Kings-
weigh House Church. Mayfair
where she was married Just five
years ago to George W. Young of
New York.
Flowers were banked in profusion
around the peculiar-shaped teak cof-
fin the altar and the pillars. A
large congregation was present in-
cluding many singers with whom the
late Mme. Nordica had performed.
Ambassador Page was represented
bj his secretary.
Dr. Douglas Adams conducted the
sen-ice. The music including the
hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers’’
\ as supplied by a surpliced choir.
TANK CATCHES FIRE
Von .explosive Gasoline Can Fail* to
Fulfill Expectations.
—
AUSTIN Tex. June 23.—While
remonstrating a non-exploslve gaso-
lene can in an office on the fourth
floor of the Littlefield building yes-
rerday afternoon Mervin Ash suf-
fered serious burns as a result of
the can catching fire. Three others
In the room were also slightly in-
jured. The flames cut Ash off from
escape to the hallway and he took
refuge in a window and was In the
act of Jumping when aid reached
I him.
The fire department extinguished
the incipient blaze. The interior of
the office was somewhat damaged.
Railroad Strike Grows Acute.
GIBSLAND. La.. June 23. — The
strike on the Louisiana & Northwest
Railroad which was thought to have
been practically compromised Mon-
day to the extent that the officials I
hoped to run trains today is still ।
unsettled and the situation has if ‘
anything grown more acute. Presi-
dent Hunter of the road i 8 now- en
route from St. Louis to Baton
Rouge where he will meet the at-
torney general and other officials in
conference.
JUDGE SPEER
KN BENEFIT
OF THE DOUBT
Neither Exoneration Nor Im-
peachment for the Georgia
Federal Jurist.
IS SEVERELY CRITICISED
House Sub-Committee in Its
Report. Calls His Acts
“Legal Oppression.”
WASHINGTON. D. C June 23 —
Find th? evidence insufficient to Im-
peach but severely criticising the
jurist on a number of official acts
the speda’ subcommittee of th?
House Judiciary named to investigate
charges against Judge Emory Speer
ot the southern district of Georgia
made its report today. The majority
report is signed by Representatives
Webb of North Carolina and Fitz
Henry of Illinois Democrats.
Representatives Volstead of Min-
nesota Republican filed an individ-
ual report exonerating the Georgia
Judge and objecting to many of the
criticisms made by Webb and Fitz
Henry.
A Record of Ix'gal Oppressions.
The subcommittee regrets its In-
ability to recommend either a com-
plete acquittal of Judge Speer of al!
culpability so far as these charges
ere concerned on the one hand or
an impeachment on the other.” sa>*s
the majority report. "We are per-
suaded that the competent legal evi-
dence at hand is not sufficient to
procure a conviction at the hands of
the Senate. But tho subcommittee
does feel that the record presents a
series of legal oppressions and shows
.an abus? of judicial discretion which
though falling short nf impeachable
'offenses demand condemnation and
criticism.
। "If Judge Speer’s Judicial acts in
(the future are marked by the rigor
long and inflexible harshneiws shown
by this record these charges hang
r.s a portentous cloud over his court
impairing h!s usefulness impeding
the administration of justice and en-
dangering the Integrity of American
institutions. ”
| Notwithstanding disapproval of
many of Judge Speer’s acts the
I majority of the subcommittee rrcom-
! mends that no further proceedings
|be had by the House.
The report was made to the full
judiclan* committee and its adop-
tion by the committee and the House
will end the impeachment case. The
Webb-Fitz Henry report is a docu-
ment of nearly 100000 words and re-
views fully the volume? of testimony
taken in Georgia on the charges
brought against Judge Speer of
‘favoritism. unfair decisions im-
proper issuance of inlunctiona. arbi-
jtrariness the use of drugs tempera-
mental unfltness etc-
A Ijack of Harmony.
I The investigating committee finds
that "there has beer an utter lack of
harmony between the judge and the
bar of the district as well as the
people of Georgia. There has been
an absolute want of effort on the
part of the court to make the peo-
ple of that district feel that their
federal court was the bulwark of
their liberties but rather a disposi-
tion has been evident on the part of
the Judge to punish those who were
unfortunate enough to be brought
.into his court on civil as well ns
criminal matters.
"An examination of the record in
this case is suggestive of the fact
that early in hla Judicial career
Judge Speer ascertained the limit to
which he could go before liability to
impeachment for official conduct
would accrue and went as close to
the Une upon many occasions as
safety would permit.’’
In a summan’ of Judge Speer’s
court methods the report says that
Judge Speer has used with tremen-
dous effect upon Juries the right to
sum un the facts In a case Tt was
rare indeed that a jury was nermit-
tnd to return a verdict contrary tn
his wishes regardless of the facts"
says the report referring to Speer as
a man of "literary attainments ora-
torical ability and keen Intellect.’’
The committee says that it seems
' I?credible that tho famous Huff cas*».
•involving a large Georgia estate
should have been permitted to drag
I along for so many years in Spe'er's
' court.
1 That Judge Speer has allowed his
1 friends liberal fees In bankruptcy
cases the report says cannot be
•questioned. However the report says.
charges have not been sustained
that Judge Speer was guilty of un-
lawful and corrupt conduct in cases
wherein his son-in-law had a con-
tingent fee.
The majority of the subcommittee
In its conclusions however says:
"The record details a large num-
ber of officials acts on the part of
Judge Speer which are In them-
selves legal yet. when taken to-
gether. develop into a system tend-
ing to approach a condition of
tyranny and oppression. There has ;
been an inequitable exercise of ;
Judicial discretion many instances of '
which have been frequently criticised
where the cases In which they were ।
committed have been reviewed by 1
the courts of appeal while in others
litigants were unable financially to
prosecute appeals.
"That the power of the court has
been exercised in a despotic and
autocratic manner by the Judge can-
not be quest' med.’*
VoUtead's Minority Report.
"While I concur In the recommen- 1
datlons made in the majority report ‘
that no further proceedings be had ;
upon the charges against Judge
Speer. I desire to express in as em-
phatic language a R possible my pro-
test against the methods that have 1
been pursued.** said Representative
Volstead in his report. “I desire to |
have 1t distinctly understood that I
do not criticise the motives of my ;
associates but the proceedings in
(Continued on page 2.)
TEN PAGES TODAY
IRISH HOME RULE
AMENDMENT PROPOSED
Marquis of Crewe Introduces
Measure in House of
Lords.
LONDON June 23. —The crisis in
connection with the granting of
home rule to Ireland entered an-
other stage today when the Mar-
; quis of Crewe Liberal leader in
the House of Lords introduced a
bill to amend the Irish home rule
। bill.
The terms of the amending bill
' are identical with those offered on
March 9 by Premier Asquith and
refused by Sir Edward Carson the
I Irish Unionist leader who described
the premier’s proposal as a "hypo-
critical sham."
By the new bill the parliamentary
electors of each county in Ulster
will decide by vote whether the
county shall be excluded from the
provisions of the home rule bill for
six years after the first meeting of
the new Irish parliament.
The situation has never been par-
alleled in parliamentary procedure
1n th* 1 British Isles. Never before
has a bill been presented to parlia-
-1 ment to amend a measure not yet on
the statute books. Thi s was. how-
ever. the only means of overcoming
the deadlock as the House of Lords
refused to consider the main bill
j until the full proposals of the gov-
ernment were before it.
In introducing the amending bill
the Marquis of Crewe dealt on the
religious difficulties surrounding
the question of Ulster but while he
1 admitted the necessity for some
i form of exclusion for those who
deemed themselves affected by the
home rule bill he contended that
I the exclusion of the entire prov-
ince of Ulster would involve great
Consequently the govern-
ment. he said had reiterated in the
I amending mill "Premier Asquith’s
proposal of exclusion by counties
from the operation of the home rule
measure.’*
MEANS TO PREVENT
INDUSTRIAL MONOPOLY
Federal Interstate Commerce
Commission Urged in Re-
port to Senate.
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 28 —
That a federal trade commission
created at the time of the establish-
ment of the Interstate Commerce
Commission would have prevented
the development of industrial mo-
nopoly in the United States is one
of the in the report of
Chairman Newlands of the Inter-
state Commerce Committee in the
trade commission bill presented to-
day to the Senate.
"If this commission had been in
existence*’ said his report "we
would not now have to deal with
such organizations as the United
States Steel Corporation the Inter-
national Harvester Company or the
American Sugar Refining Company.
The American Tobacco Company
would never have been organized
and even the Standard Oil Company
would not have survived the disso-
lution of the original Standard Oil
trust In 1892.
"Such a commission would at
least have kept within limited
bounds the activities of a multi-
tude of price-fixing associations in
different branches of business
which together with the great trusts
have been potent causes of the pres-
ent high cost of living.
This bill is substituted for the
House bill. The measures are alike
in principle but the Senate bill
would make unlawful unfair com-
petition and empower the commis-
sion to prevent such competition and
would allow an Investigation of for-
eign trade conditions and their ef-
fect on United States export trade.
SLATOR CLUB FORMED
McCulloch County Lines Cp Behind
Llano Candidate.
BRADY Tex. June 23. —A Slator-
for-CongTess Club has been organ-
ized here with A B. Reagan as the
chairman and determined Afforts
will be made to carry this county
for him. Reports received from Ma-
son county which adjoins McCul-
loch on the south and where a large
Slator Club has been organized are
that Judge Slator will carry that
county by nearly three to one. It Is
believed here by the Slator men
that an equally good showing will be
made In McCulloch and they are
looking forward to the visit which
it Is expected Judge Slator will make
to this section soon. Both Judges
J. E. Shropshire and Joe Adkins
have agreed to take the stump for
him and will speak in his behalf at
several of the picnics and barbecues
| to be held before July 25.
C- Hunter Raine Trial Continued.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. June 23. —Tria!
of C. Hunter Raine former president
of the Mercantile bank of this city
who is charged with having misap-
L proprlated $1091000 of the bank's
funds today was continued until the!
! fall term of court after 16 men of
a special venire had been examined
; without securing a Juror. Fifth
veniremen were examined last week
but non? qualified.
Care for the Living.
HILLCREST Alberta. June 23*—'
With the majority of its dead buried.
Hillcrest today turned its attention
to caring tor those who were de-
pendent upon the 195 miners victims
of last Friday s mine disaster. Relief
committees have been organized to
attend to Immediate needs. Search
was continued for the few bodies re- ■
maining m the shattered workings of
mine No. 20 Hillcrest Collieries
limited.
CITY
EDITION
4 P. M.
—PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BENEM HOPE
IN OIPLOiCE
IS APPARENT
Much Expected by Adminis-
tration in Conferences of
Mexican Factions.
VILLA PURSUES CAMPAIGN
Negotiations for Truce Will
Be Left to Later Considera-
tion if Advisable.
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 21 —
Hope for restoration of Mexico
through diplomacy was rekindled in
administration circles here today by
the outlook that ConstitutionaJist®
would send delegates to Niagara
Falls to confer with member* of tha
Huerta mission from whom they
long held aloof.
There was a distinct air of optim-
ism apparent here over expectation®
that the mediators late today or to-
morrow night announce the person-
nel of the Constitutionalist delega-
tion and the general purposes of tho
informal conference.
Menace to Plans.
One menace to the success of tho
plan tt wa 3 pointed out was the re-
cent Villa-Carranza breach. Wheth-
er differences had been sufficiently
composed so that a Constitutionally
delegation could work without em-
barrassment was a question the
Washington government was said to
be seeking to determine today.
Villa was reported to be deter-
mined to fight his way to Mexico
City. However plans for the meet-
ing of Huerta and /'arranza repre-
sentatives do not contemplate an Im-
mediate armistice. Not until they
had reached some definite agree-
ment on a provisional government
would there be an attempt to halt
hostilities. Hope was expressed that
if such a stage of understanding
were reached any break between
Villa and Carranza would be so ad-
justed as to bring all revolutionary
forces within the scope of an ar-
mistice.
Luis Cabrera Constitutionalist
representative in Washington was
said to be in wire communication
with Carranza at Saltillo over de-
tails of tho proposed conference. He
declined to discuss the report. The
new turn that promised to prolong
mediation negotiations when failure
threatened was said to have result-
ed in part from strong influences ex-
erted by the Washington govern-
ment.
Conference of Delegates.
If Carranza send? representatives
to Niagara Falls probably they will
confer alone with the Huerta dele-
gates. The formal mediation pro-
ceedings It was understood here
would be confined to treatment of
international phases while the rival
factions sought to agree on their
domestic affairs.
If that were brought about the
Constitutionalists then might be ad-
mitted to the general conference for
the signing of the final protocol.
Fernando Calderon who has been
In consultation with Carranza at Sal.
tillo. was expected to reach Wash-
ington today. It was said he might
head the delegation to confer with
the Huerta representatives.
Delegates on the Way.
No formal answer to the invtta.
tion extended by the American peace
commissioners at Niagara Falls to
Constitutionalist agents for an In-
formal conference over Mexican
peace plans is expected to be made
until confidential grants from Car-
ranza reach Washington late today
or tomorrow. Fernando Iglesias Cal-
deron Alfredo Rreceda and Leopol-
do Huertado Espinosa are en route
with special instructions from the
Constitutionalist chief. In official
quarters today It was declared by one
high in authority that he saw "abso-
lutely no clouds on the mediation
horizon.’* In administration circles
the hope for ultimate success of the
peace conference was considered
more promising.
It was cabinet day and as the
president’s advisers gathered there
were several informal conferences.
None would discuss the situation for
publication but it was evident that
all were encouraged.
Rafael Zubaran. Luts Cabrera and
Jose Vasconcelos among the Con-
stitutionalist agents now in Washing-
ton held conferences. It was report-
ed that Mr. Zubaran and Mr. Ca-
brera have been asked by the Ameri-
can delegates to go to Niagara Falls
in person but tt was believed that
the personnel of the Constitutionalist
board to respond to the American In-
vitation would not be abandoned un-
til the arrival of Mr Calderon and
his colleagues. That the invitations
would be accepted was not doubted.
MISSION IS SBCROT.
Carranza’s Agents Not to Confer
With Huerta’s Agents Says One.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. June 23 —
Fresh from a visit to Carranza. Fer-
। nanda Iglesias Calderon leader of
I the Liberal party in Mexico is en
route to Washington to confer with
President Wilaon and Secretary Bry-
an. not as a representative of
ranza. but as leader of the Liberal
party. With him are Alfredo Bre-
ceda. private secretary to Carran-
za. and R- F. Villavicencio a Con-
stitutionalist official of Saltillo.
They probably will leave here to-
night for Washington.
Calderon was emphatic today In
his declaration that he would not
represent Carranza In any negotia-
tions that he might enter either at
Washington or at Niagara Falls. His
traveling companions however*
stated that he might act as go-be-
tween for the Constitutionalists.
•Carranza will not accept the In-
vitation of the United States gov-
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