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! MUCH SWINDLING
THROUGH Mill C
IIIIHJUUII IfiniLU
$129,000,000 TAKEN FROM WHfe
PUBLIC BY MAIL . '
FRAUDS.
IS RECORD OF TWO YEARS
Many Schemes to Defraud the Public
Are Operated Through the
Mails.
Washington.?Loss of $129,000,000
in two years by the unsuspecting public
through swindling operation ea'
ried on by use of the United Sta? js
mails has stirred the postal auth _?rities
to a drastic campaign nr linst
fraudulent schemers. Wholes ,t< use
of government's right to .my the
mailing privilege to n*- ons or firms
whose operation- be tainted with
"T .?.? uaick." and other false
promises is the weapon to be employed.
An effort to stop this swindling by
reliance upon criminal courts has
proved ineffective, according to W. 1 I.Lamar,
assistant attorney general for
me posioinee aepartment, whose annual
report was made public on the
first.
"Criminal proceedings are necessarily
slow," says the report, "and by
menus of appeals and other methods
the execution of sentence are deferred
for long periods, during which the
concerns and individuals engaged in
such fraudulent business continue to
reap a harvest through their fraudulent
enterprise. In some instances,
the penalty being merely a line, there
was nothing to prevent the parties
from continuing thqir schemes except
fear of subsequent Hues. These
they could easily afford to pay in
view of the Inrge revenue derived
from the business."
;* Mr. Lamar points out that a fraud
order immediately cuts off the source
of supply of funds upon which the
scheme lnrgely depends for its continuance
and puts many prospective victims
on their guard.
Postmaster throughout the country,
the report says, daily ask rulings on
various lottery schemes which cause
the department no end of worry. Numerous
concerns located abroad continue
to mall their advertisements of
foreign lotteries into the United
States. Frnud orders were issued
against 74 such llrins during the
year.
CIVILCOURTS UNDER TROOPS
West Virginia Authorities Arraigned
for Conduct During Strike.
Washington.?A severe arraignment
of the authorities who administered
martial law in West Virginia from
September, 191U, to June, 1913, when
tue cabin creek and Paint Creek coal
mine strike troubles were in progress
is contained in a subcommittee
report made public by Senator Borah,
member of the senate committee that
conducted an investigation into all
phases of the West Virginia disturbance.
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The report does not bear the formal
indorsement of the full senate committee.
but was given out as the
"statement of facts," prepared by Senator
Borah as the member charged
with preparing that section of the
report bearing on courtmartial trials
and alleged violations of law by military
courts.
Senator llorah's statement holds
that the military authorities, acting
under the direction of the governor,
superseded all constitutional courts in
West Virginia, imposed sentences not
authorized by any standing laws, and
took over all the duties of the civil
courts of the district; and that at the
time such martial law was being enforced
there was no evidence that the
civil courts had been intimidated or
that they would have failed to perform
their duties faithfully.
Five Persons Killed in Collision.
Memphis, Tenn.?Five persons were
killed and several injured when a
train of freight cars struck a street
car at a grade crossing here. The
accident occurred in the southern outskirts
of Memphis where n belt line
and the street railway tracks cross,
The street car was' crushed and the
bodies of the dead badly mangled.
Negro Is Lynched in Louisiana.
Shreveport, I^a.?Dave Leo. ' u ne
gro, wns taken from the Marion coun
ty Jail at Jefferson, Texas, by
a body of masked, men and h&uged
to a bridge nearby.4 The moty com
polled the Jailer to give up hlu keys
quickly secured the prisoner, execut
ed him nnd quietly dispersed. I?e?
was charged with shooting nnd wound
ing Constable Matt Taylor, while re
sistlng arrest. It is Fpld there \ver<
but fifteen men in the lynching par
ty. No arrests have been made.
No Change in Mexic Policy.
, Mexico City.?Tho announcement
that President Wilson's policy proba
bly would 'remain unchanged aftei
John Llnd's trip rto Pass Christian
la a source of disappointment to mos
foreigners and many Mexicans, wh<
believed the Interview between th<
h president and his personal represen
tative might result in some deflnitt
tep to put an early end to the dls
tresstng conditions, which, so far ai
: business is concerned, are fast grow
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John Skeiton Williams of Richmond,
Va., at present assistant secretary of
the treasury, i6 the choice of Secretary
McAdoo for controller of the cur|
rency.
BATTLE FOUGHT IN MEXICO
REBELS ATTACK THE TOWN.
MANY ARE KILLED AND
WOUNDED.
Red Cross Worker^ Find Two Hundred
Corpses on the Battlefield.
Lnredo, Texas.?With the dead variously
estimated at front 150 to twice
that number, and the wounded several
hundred, both armies fought for
possession of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico,
the revolutionists under Gen. Pablo
Gonzales less than a mile from the
town and the Federal forces entrenched
within Nuevo Laredo.
The government commander nt
Nuevo Laredo admitted that at least
fifty of his troops had been killed,
including Captain Francillas. Official
reports from the attacking forces
place their dead at 100, including
Capt. Eziquol Parars. Red Orosfc
workers who crossed to Nuevo Laredo
during a lull in the firing reported
that they found more than two hundred
dead on the field.
Flighting, which began at daybreak,
lulled at noon, but was reopened
three hours later by a machine
gun squud who drew away from the
main body of Revolutionists nnd poured
a hail of bullets into the Federal
stronghold. Undaunted by the burstin..
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u Frenchman named R r ten, trained his
gun with deadly accuracy whenever
a sufficient number of Federal targets
appeared.
Many bullets fell on the American
side of the rivur. Narrow escapes
wore numerous, but no deaths
UNCLE SAM CUARDS HEALTH
Patrols From Ocean to Oceon to
Keep Down Disease.
Washington.?Uncle Sam's health
patrol is catching its breath on New
Year's day in anticipation of the biggest
yeur's work it ever'has undertaken.
The summary of the last 1U
months of its work contains a record
of heroic lights against disease, opposition
to the invasion of foreign maladies
nnd excursions kito new holds
of medical exploration which has had
no equal in the history of the organization.
Fxperts working under the directions
of Surgeon General Rupert Ulue
and Assistant Surgeon General Rucker
have during the last year covered
every nook and corner of the country,
routing out unknown diseases, I
cleaning up infested places, teaching
communities uml individuals how to
guard against diseaso and protecting
. the American public against disease
i immigrants, itinerant "carriers" of
disease, unhcalthful surroundings, in,
fected rats and polluted drinking water.
New York Tops London.
New York.?New York City leads
London In population by 1,000,000. according;
to figures mode public by Dr.
' W. H. Gulfoy, statistician of the
I board of health. He fl\es Ne.w York's
population at 5.376,966, h total based
on the city's presumptive growth
since the last count was mudo. This
comparison, however, does not include
as part of London that city's
large suburban v area. While New
York,is gaining rnpidly in population,
tlio city and county of London is retrogressing.
Skeleton of Mastodon Found.
I Roanoke, Va.?S. D. Taliaferro of
Salem, Va., superintendent of a
* crusher plant, unearthed the skeleton
of a mastodon measuring thirty feet
in '.ength, with a jawbone four feet
t in width, ribs six inches wide, teeth
> five inches in width and tusks five
* feet in length. The finder of the
- huge bones was made in a limestone
? country, and was buried beneath the
surface of the earth a distance of 20
? feet. When clearing away the earth
- above a ledge of rock, workmen were
able to trace tfoe entire outline
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LARGER EXPORTS
THAN EVER BEFORE
1913 EXCEEDED BEST EFFORTS
OF THE PRECEDING
YEARS.
FOREIGN COMMERCE GROWS
1913 Imports Show Decrease, Due tc
Big Reductions in the Cost of
Certain Articles.
' Washington.?The foreign com
of the United Sthtes in the
9^/emlar year 1913 approximated one
tind threevqunrter billion dollars ol
imports and two and a half billion
of exports. The imports of the eleven
(lominunt llgure in American linancc
that he soon would take similar ac
tion, gave Wall street generally i
thrill that almost brought trading 01
the stock exchange to a halt.
While it probably is true that man;
prominent bankers had informatioi
foreshadowing this momentous mov
toward ending interlocking directc
rates, the public and brokers had u
advance knowledge of what was tat
ing place in the inner councis of th
greatest of all American houses o
finance. Wherever telephone and ticb
er Hashed the news about the streel
groups of men gathered to discus
what was the all-absorbing topic.
Mr. Morgan, departfhg from hi
firm's traditional policy of silence
made a public statement announcin
the withdrawal of five members c
J. P. Morgan & Co. from the drectoi
ships in twenty-seven corporation
and the Intention to withdraw froi
nioTe.
Exports to South Africa.
Washington. ? Success that ha
marked the efforts of American mam
l'acturers to establish markets fc
their exports in the union of Sout
Africa, long considered to be excli
sive province for foreign traders, r<
futes uny assertion that competltlo
is driving Americans front the held i
trade, according to a statement mad
public by the department of con
nterco.
Lower Express Next Month.
Washington.?Lower express rate
throughout the country will' becom
effective one month from now by th
terms of the recent interstate con
merce commission order. Not onl
will the rates be reduced mutcriall;
but tbe companies will comply wit
Yegulatlons for improved methods c
service. Experts estimate the ave
ego reduction in charges will appro:
lmate 17 per cent. One official of
large express company said that th
business for 1913 was 25 per cen
less than it was in 1912.
Would Create Four Vice Admiral
Washington.?Congress will be asl
ed to create four vice admirals in th
United States navy Immediately aftt
the holidny recess. Secretary Dnnie
said he had determined on this court
to nvoid the possibility of embarniH
ment to the American navy in fo
eign service. Frequently Mr. Danie
explained, in a.field which rcasonabl
should be dominated by American ii
fluence, a foreign officer might tak
first rank because of the failure <
the United States to provide for th
grade above that of rear admiral.
months ended with November were
$1,609,000,000; should the December
imports equal those of November the
total for the full year would be $1,
756,000,000. The exports of the clever
months ended with November were
$2,251,000,000; should the December
exports equal those of November the
totul would be, $2,497,000,000. This
estimate would make the excess ol
exports over importB approximately
$740,000,000.
The figures of export^ and of excess
of exports over imports will exceed
those of any earlier year. The largest
expert in any preceding calendar year
was that of 1912, which showed a to
tal of $2,299,217,993; and as the clever
months ended with November ars
$102,000,000 in, excess of the corre
sponding period of the preceding year
the estimate of approximately twe
and a half billion for 1913 set ms tc
be justified. The excess or exports
over imports in the eleven months
ended with November was $64 2,000,
.000. and for tin; single months ol
November $97,000,000, thus apparently
justifying the estimate of $740,000,
000 excess of exports for the ful
year.
in imports the total for 1913 wil
ho losio Minn Mint of 1Q19 hnt lnrcvm
than that of any year preceding 1912
This decline in imports in 1913 is du?
in part to reduction in prices of cer
tain articles imported. While tin
quantity of sugar imported in the tei
months ended with October exceedei
that of the corresponding period o
1912 by 368,000,000 pounds, the vahn
of this larger quantity imported dur
ing the 1913 period was ?22,000,001
loss than that of the correspondim
period of 1912.
PLAN TO DROP CORPORATIONS
Men of Affairs Decided to Line
With Spirit of Times.
* New York.?The withdrawal of J
P. Morgan & Co. from more than ;
score of great corporations and tin
statement shortly afterwards n;
George F. ltaker, an almost equal!;
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: CREAT CHANGES PAST YEAR
I POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND Flj
NANCIAL LEGISLATION DURr
ING 1913 IMPORTANT.
, New Era in Relations of Government
and Big Corporations?Foreign
3 Relations Eventful.
j Washington.?Twelve mouths of
f 1913 wrought changes in the Ameri- j
e can government?political, economic I
' und linuncial?probably more Tarreaching
than any other year of tt>o
? last quarter century?this year was
apparent in a backward glance over
memorable events of the past year
> in all branches of governmental activity.
B A Democratic administration in national
affairs.came to power In this
twelve months with a Democratic
president and a Democratic congress
x at his back for the first time since ;
a Urover Cleveland occupied the white I
house.
The first constitutional amendments
since 1ST0 were perfected,. providing ;
two radical changes in the fundnmentals
of government -an income t
II tax and the direct election of United >
11 States senators.
a BANKS ACCEPTING SYSTEM
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In One Wiek 767 Banks Apply for
Admission.
e Washington.?Seven hundred and
if sixty-seven banking institutions, scati
tered over forty-five states and having
t, an aggregate capital, exclusive of surs
plus, of approximately $300,000,000
have informed the federal authorities
s of their intention to enter the new curi,
rency system. This was announced
g by the treasury department a week
?f after the currency reform law was
r- enacted.
s The department's statement said:
u "Six hundred and ninety-live applications
have" been received from national
banks with an aggregate capital
of about $250,000,000 ,so that up to this
s time nntional banks representing api
proximately one-fourth of the total
ir national banking capital of the counh
try already have signified their mi
tention to enter the system.
3- "Of the nutional banks 09 have a
n capitnl of $1,000,000 or more; 142
>f have a capital of from $250,000 to $1,o
000,000; 270 have a capital of from
l- $100,000 to $250,000 and 214 have
a capital of less than $100,000.
$250,000 Ransom Will Be Paid.
is Chihuahua.?Two hundred and fifty
e thousand dollars in gold has pern
e agreed upon by General Villa, rebel
i- military chief, as the ransom he will
y accept for the release of Luis Terray,
zas, son of the wealthy Mexican land
h owner. Terrar.as has bepn imprtson>f
ed here for five weeks on the charge
r- that he had supported the. federal ndic
ministration. The money is to be paid
a by Luis Terarzas, Sr., who has been
e negotiating from El Paso for his son's
t. release. The prisoner Is to be hrc uglit
to the border under safe conduct.
s. Fire Alarm Raised Within Hall.
y> Calumet, Mich.?An open verdict, in,e
eluding a finding that the Christ mis
!r Kve panic which cost seventy-tv o
In lives in Italian hall was caused by a a
,e alarm of tire raised within the hall,
g. was returned by the coroner's Jury,
r. which for three days has been bearla
Ing evidence. Every allegation that
y enemies of the Western Federation of
n. Miners wero responsible for starting
q the panic was rejected by the jury,
jf "Hy the evidence of the witnesses,
ie we And that the cause of death was
suffocation," was the verdict.
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REGULATIONS SAY EVERY CITIZEN
OF NATION MUST MAKE
RETURNS.
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REFUSAL MEANS A FINE
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Forma to Be Used By Individuals Sent
Out by the Treasury Department.? I
March First Date Set.?Sickness or
Absence Excuses.
Washington.?The form to be used ,
and regulations to be followed by in- i
dividuals in making returns of income
subject to the new Federal income tare
were sent out by the Treasury Department.
Every citizen of the United
States whether residing at home or
abroad, every person residing in the i
United Stales and every non-resident
alien .who has income from United
States investments of $3,000 or more,
must make return.
For the past year, 1913, specific exemptions
will be $2,500, or $3,333.33
in the case of a married person, and
in future years $3 00 and $4,000. I
Where the tax has been witheld on
part of the income at the source, or ;
where part of the income comes as
dividends *pon stock of u corporation,
taxable under the corporation tax section
of the law .the regulations set
forth that such income shall be de- |
ducted from the individual's total net |
income when computing the amount J
of which he is taxable.
The law imposes a tax of 1 per cent
and provides that individuals who
have an income between $20,000 and
$50,000 shall pay an additional tax
to 1 per cent on such amount; on j
all between $50,000 and $75,000. two j
per cent; $75,000 to $100,000, three I
per cent; $100,000 to $250,000 four |
per cent; $250,000 to $500,000. live 1
per cent, and ail over $500,000, six
per cent. Returns must be in the
hands of the collector of internal revenue
in district where the payee lives
or district where he has his principal j
place of business not later than March
1, failure to observe this limit to bo !
punished with fines ranging from $20
to $1,000.
Refusal or neglect to file returns,
exeept in case of sickness or absence
will result in an addition of 50 per
cent to the tax assessed. In the ease
of false or fraudulent erturn 100 per
cent will be added to the tax assessed
and any person required to make, render,
sign or verify such return, who
makes a false or fraudulent statement.
with intent to defeat or evade
the tax, will he guilty o fa misdemeanor
and subject to a One of not
more than $2,000 or imprisonment lor
one year, or both.
Thirty Perish With Steamer.
New York.?The .ink steamer in
trouble off Sandy Hook was the Oklahoma
and twenty-two of her crew
appear to have perished. ISicht were
saved. This was the substance of
wireless messages received hefcv
Although several vessels were
standing by the distressed tank liner,
the Hamburg-American line freighter
Bavaria, bound from Philadelphia to
Baston. was the only one able to render
assistance. She reported by wireless
shortly after 9 o'clock in the
morning that she had been able to
take off Captain Alfred (lunter. Chief
Mate Bertlverson. Second Mate Knuto
Pahle, Third Mate Carl Eklunde,
Operator William Davis, Boatman
Christian Rasmussen. Quartermaster
Hamilton Fowell and Herman Ericksen,
the ship's carpenter. No mention
j was made of the remainder of the
crew, thirty in number.
The Oi|Uhoma was owned by the
J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company,
i was 2,795 tons net and 110 feet long.
Rev. Billy Sunday Vs. Bar Tenders.
Pittsburgh, Pa.?When Rev. Billy
! Sunday came here recently to "clean
up Pittsburgh," the Bar Tenders'
t Union grew excited and offered $5,000
for the privilege of having its busii
ness secretary debate with the evan|
gelist on the question: "Who is get
ting the coin?Billy Sunday or us?"
| Mr. Sunday declined tne challenge.
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Attempt to Settle Strike.
Caluniet. Mich.-?Interest in the
copper miners' stride in northern
' Michigan centered around Governor
| Woodbridge N. Ferris; who is toming
i here to endeavor to bring about a settlement
of the prolonged strike? called
! by the Western Federation of Miners.
The governor arrived in the gtirkc
j zone but a few hours after the departure
of .John R. Densmore. solicitor for
the department of labdr, who returned
to Washington after failing to
bring together the opposing interests
\ of the strike.
Body of Girl Found.
New York.?The body of Miss JesI
sie E. McFann, the young settlement
worker who disappeared a month ago
and which was found 011 the beach at
Coney Island, was taken to the home
of her father in Flatbush. No like
case since the disappearance of Dorothy
Arnold has aroused so much publie
interest. The newspapers have
devoted much space to her disappearance,
public officials have worked
zealously to locate her. and moving
picture theatres have shown her picture.
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CORPSE IN HIS ARMS
Caretaker at Chicago Dentistry
College Is Killed in Grew.some
Elevator Accident.
Chicago.?Here is the story of ?
tragedy that resembles, in horror and
m Luiuuiauw uu?ci, iimse sirange.
unearthly tragedies related in the
book of Kings, wherein the dead arise
and slay.
James North was the caretaker In
charge of the morgue of the ChicagoCollege
of Dentistry of the University
of Illinois at 1S36 West Harrison
street. He was thirty-six years old.
and he lived with hts wife and three
children at 7429 South May street.
The other night North failed to return
home. His body was found the next
morning at the bottom of the elevator
Across His Chest Lay the Corpse.
shaft (if the school building. The peculiar
actions of a dog belonging to.lanes
Mitchell, a watchman, led to
the discovery.
The dead man lay upon his backIn
his arms, across his chest, lay the
body of a corpse. Upon that was a.
large table. The corpse and table, it
was said, had been used Friday afternoon
in a classroom clinic. North had
been dead for twelve or fourteeir
hours, it is believed.
It Is known that North was sent to- i
the classroom, which Is on the fotir'A 4 v
floor of the school building, nlyg, j
o'clock in the afternoon. Tbo class 1
had been dismissed, and he was to return
the corpse to the morgue. For
some renson. however. North went
first to the fifth floor in the elevator,
which he was operating himself, and'
the elevator was found there.
Hut North, it is believed, walked
down to the fourth floor, and pushed
tlie table containing the corpse intothe
lmll. He must have forgotten that
lie left the car on the floor above. For
be opened the elevator door and
backed into the shaft, pulling the table
and corpse after him.
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Nimrod, Leg Broken Among Rocks of
Lonely Mountain. Finally Dies
From Exhaustion.
Middletown, K. V.?A tragedy of the
groat, silent woods has been discovered
In the Shawangunk mountains.
There was brought to town a few days
ago the body of the victim, an tiniden
titled man. believed to have perished
| by starvation after having been Injured
by a fall among the rocks of the
| forest.
Discovery of the tragedy was made
I by John Dlverlelu. of Ellenville, while
on a shooting trip. Diverleiti, while
tramping through the woods, saw the
! body of the man crumpled up in a
ledge of rocks at the base of a high
cliff. It took half an hour's arduous
work to reach it. ThOjhunter found
that one of the legs of the dead man
had been broken and there also waa
I a severe cut on the head.
Broken twigs and occasional signs
of hlood showed Miverlein that the victim.
after the accident, had attempted
; to drag himself to a camp or to some
place where he could attract aid. But
I the injuries overcame him. a;?d when
he revived it was only to face slow
, death by starvation.The
wounds were not sufTicicnt to
: have caused death, and it is believed
I that lack of food and water, rather than
ior medical attention,- killed- thre
man. The body was .greatly emaciated.
and sevejral days, it is believed,
elapsed between the fait and the time
when death mercifully ended his terrible
sufferings.
The dead man's .gun was found on
I a ledge almost a quarter of u mile from
where his body was "found, indicating
1 the probable point of the fall It ah-io
1 shows the distance the mart had ?
dragged himself over the rough tiill!
side before "no becarao toe weak to
1 move.
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May Now Hop.
i Yonkers, N. Y.- Hobble skirt wearers
may hop. but needn't skip or jump*
i says Police Captain Cooley, and ho
I lias ordered his cops to see that auto
Ists slow down to enable the women U
cross the streets with dignity.
Posed in Lion Cage; $12,000.
Berlin.?Emmy l>e8tlnn, prima doona.
was paid $12,000 for posing for the
"movies" In a cage of lions. A film
company insured her life for $125jOM?
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