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RE5UHE ATTACK
TURKiSHFORTS
BOMBARDMENT OF THE DAR
DARNELLES AGAIN IN
FULL SWING
GERMANS SUFFER
HEAVY LOSSES
Make Unsuccessful Attempts to
Break Through Russian En
trenchment* in Galicia
i?y Associated Press.)
LONDON, March 3 (11:50 p. m.).?A
Reuter dl-. patch from Athens says:
"The allied fleet today bombarded
and reduced to silence the forts of
Dardanus, Hamidieh and Tchemerllk,
on the Asiatic side of the Inside
Dardanelles. The telegraph station
at Bezlkia also was demolished.
"Thp bombardment was carried out
by nine ships, wr-.'ch advanced two
miles up the straits."
Bombardment In Foil Swing.
The bombardment of. the Dardanel
les by French and British warships,
suspended temporarily by storms,
again seems to be in full swing. Re
ports of the progress of the bombard
ment came f.*om various sources and
the British admiralty has issued a
summary showing that 34 Turkish
guns have been demolished at the en
trance of the straits.
This report also describes briefly
the operations of the fleet Monday
and Tuesday v. ul says that mine
sweepers have completed their work
to within a short distance of Cape
Kephez, ten of 15 miles up the straits.
A Bussen cruiser had Joined'the:
fleet and our-French battleships were
stiel ling Turkish position oit BUlalr,
.hear the entrance" to"the Sea'of Mar
mora, .across the. G?lltpoli peninsula.
A Constantinople dispatch Bays that
more''than '40a???b battleships many
small cruisers, torpedo boats and de
stroyers are lying off the Dardanelles
or engaged In the operations and that
tho forts are completely outranged.
A strong Turkish army, however, has
been concentrated In the shore de
fenses. ,
(By Ansncintpd Pr??.)
LONDON. March 3.?In their de
termination to relieve Prsemysl and
drive the Russians out to Galicia, tho
Austro-Gerraan armleB, which for
some weeks have been on the Gallclan
aide of the Carpathian mountains,
have made repeated attempts the last
few days to break through the Rus
oian entrenchments, but without suc
cess. Since Sunday when In massed
formation they threw themselves
against Russian troops holding strong
positio ns, the Austro-Germans have
attackeu again and again In spite of
heavy losses.
Yesterday, according to the Russian
official account, the Au h trions deliver
ed furious, but unsuccessful, attacks
, between the Sain and Ordawa rivers,
while the Germans made fruitless at
tempts around Koklduwka and at Ro
jankn they lost two companies, which
were surrounded and annihilated.
No estimates have been published
of losses sustained by the Germanic
.armies In their efforts to break
' through" the- Russian lines at these
places, but they are believed to .have
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To Prevent N
U.S. From E
- (By Associated Prnw.)
WASHINGTON, March 3.?By una
nimous vote the senate late tonight
adopted a cubstituto for th.9 joint re
solution pained earlier in the house
- enlarging the power of the president
bv.'tinprevent infrinugeraents Of Amerl
'.! ' ?an neutrality by voxels leaving ports
; ;ot the-1 United Btates with men o?
1 . supplies for belligerent warships,
The senate substitute' later ,was
agreed to in the house. Tho resolu
tion nbw goes to President V,T?s??;1er
his .signature.
"The substitute, framed after a con
. fereiicd at tho White House bit ween
the president and members .of the
foreign .relations committee reads:
Resolved.: ,by. the senate and- house
of ronr?sentatlves of the Uhltrd
- States of America, In congress nsse.n
'. bled. that, from and-after, the nassage
of this resolution;-and during the
.existence of a war to which the Unit
ed Btatos is not a party, and in order
to prevent the neutrality of tho Unit
otrstatCfl from being violated by tbe
use of 1U territory. Its ports,'or its
territorial Waters as th* base of
operations for the armed forces of a
belligerent, contrary to the obliga
tions imposed Djr the law of nations,
Uto^ treaties to which the Cult*?
3f*te* <18 ? Party, or. contrary to' the
' *fa*m*e 9f t? United 8t?ff?, the presi
dent bx &U? he la, hereby authorised
?0 APPEAR BEFORE
0. S. SUPREME COURT
ATTORNEY GENERAL PEE
PLES AND ASSISTANT GO
TO WASHINGTON
They Will Argue State'? Side of
Case Against Joe Malloy
Friday
I Special to The Intelligencer.
I COLUMBIA. March 3.?Attorney
General Peeplcs and Assistant Attor
ney General Dominick left for Wash
ington tonight to appear before tho
U. S. Supreme Court to represent the
State in several cases. On Friday
they will argue the State's side of the
case againBt Joe Malloy, who is un
der sentence of death in this State
for the murder of Prentiss Moore in
Marlboro county in 1910. Malloy will
be represented by W. F. Su-venson of
Che?aw. Malloy is contending that the
substitution of electrocution for hang
ing wac made arter his conviction and
it therefore is an ex post facto law.
which the State will contend that it
wa3 simply a change of method in do-,
ing away with criminals and is not an
ex post facto law. On Wednesday of
next week the attorney general will
appear before the sup. > me court in
two cases brought by the Phoenix
Mutual Life Insurance company
against State Insurance Commissioner
P. H. McMaster with reference to the
right of a commissioner to require
a fire insurance company to deposit
a bond of surety before doing busi
ness in the State.
RESCUE PARTIES
CONTINUE SEARCH
Mining Experts Trying to Pene
trate Mine Where 182 Men
-Were Entombed i
(By Am^sied Press.)
I HINTON. W. Va., Marek G. Rescue
parties today continued their efforts
to penetrate the workings of the
Layland mine of the New River and
Pocahbntas Consolidated Coal com
pany where 182 men were entombed
by an explosion yesterday, but to
-night only four additional bodies had
been brought to the surface. This in
creased the total known dead to 1.4.
Rescuers said today that the farther
they advanced in the mine the great
er was the destruction by the explos
ion.
The work of brattlclng the main en
try, Is progressing rapidly, but it was
said it would be several days before'
the mine was clear of after-dsmp.
The main entry of mine No.3, where
the explosion, was believed to have oc
curred, has been explored its entire
length. Rescuers, however, fear other
bodies will be found in rooms off the
aide tiers and in No. 4 mino which
connects underground with No. 3.
Chief Inspector Henry said today
that tbe condition of the bodies so for
found showed the men had been suf
focated.
Grants Claim For Damage*.
WASHINGTON. March 3.-^The
house tonight granted the claim or
tho Virginia Military Institute at
Lexington, Va., for $100.000 damages
caused by the destruction of Its 11b
rarv and other property by tiro when
.Federal troops under General Hunter
entered the town in 1864. __^
eutratity of
teing Violated
and empowered to direct tse collectors
of customs under the jurisdiction of
the United States to wlthhqli clear
ance of any vessel of American or
foreign register,, or license, whicn he
has reasonable cause to 'believ> to be
about'to carry fuel, arms, ammunition,
mel or supplies to any warship, or
tender, or supply ship "of (o belliger
ent nation-In violation or 'the obliga
tions of the United States as a'neu
tral nation.
: "In case any such vease? or Ameri
can register or license. ahall M?part
or attempt to depart from* the Juris
diction of tho United 3tate* .'without
clearance for any of the purpose above'
set forth, the owner or master, or per
son or persons having 'charge or
command of auch vessel ?hall >evorel
ly be ,liable to a fide of not less than
$2,000 nor more sthan $10,000, or' to
Imprisonment jot to exceed twayters.
or both and, in addition, such v.-sael
shall be forfeited to tho United States.
"That the: president of tbe United
States be, and he IS hereby, -tuthord
ed and empowered to employ such part
of the land or naval forces of the
United States as shall be necessary to
carry put the . purposes of this reso
lution. '
n,/5r?at the provisions of this reso
lution shall be deemed to extend to
all lands nhd waters, continental or
?S4mI??"i within the1 jurisdiction of the
United Slates." >' .:..-:./ ; >< > :
PROTESTS TO
6EN. CJ?
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STATE DEPARTMENT CALLS
ATTENTION TO SERIOUS
NESS OF STATEMENTS
REGARDING THE
FOOD SITUATION
General Obregon Declines Aid
From an International Re
lief Committee
(Uy Asxoriatrtl Pus*.)
WASHINTON. March 3.?The State (
department today protested to Gen
oral Carranza against alleged "incen
diary statements" made in Mexico
City by General Obregon regarding
the food situation there. Although
Obregon made public announcement
that he would withdraw bis troops
tho first signs of hunger riots, state
partment advices today said he had
declined aid from an international
relief committee. I
The situation in Mexico City is at
tributed to the closing of ,govern- ,
mom offices, the suspension of indus
try, the isolation of the capital from
the outlying country and the sending
of food supplies to Vera Cruz.
State department reports were sum- I
marized in this announcement:
"The department is advised that ou '
March 2 the press of Mexico City pub
lished another statement from General
Obregon as follows:
^ " 'At the first attempt at riot I will 1
leave the city at the head of my troops
In order that they may not fire a Bingle
shot against the hungry multitude, as
the, merchants did not accept the hi
yltatlon which was made to. them to
assist the people and prevent vlo- j
le nee.' . . . I
"Hils statement appears to be com- j
pletely at variance with the depart- '
mont's'advices' from Mexico City-con
cersjaR the relior work recently in-1
s tit u ted. It is stated that the interno
ional relief committee has taken un
the work with considerable energy, '
and that it has met with a hearty rc
Bponse on the part of foreigners in :
general. Two .banks alone have sub- j
scribed 125,000 pesos. The press of i
Mexico City states that on March 1, j
a member of the relief committee ap
proached Obregon to asck that certain
facilities be given the committee in
the way of railroad transportation to
bring in the. much needed staple .ar
ticles and' his answer was that the
'Mexican people did not require any
help from foreigners' and consequent
ly the committee's request was turned j
down. j
"The department has given Instruc
tions that tiie attention of General
Carranza be called to the seriousness
of having such incendiary statements
as the one quoted appearing in the
press."
DeBpite the sinking of the gunboat.
Progress, which was blockading the
port'of Progreso and enforcing the
embargo placed by Carranza on the.
exportation on sisal fibre and other
products, the state department was'
Informed today that the port was still
closed to commerce. No reply has yet
been received from Consul Sllllman, I
at Vera Cruz, as to the repr?senta-1
lions protesting against the embargo
he. laid before Carranza several days
Gorge C. Carothers, special agent
of the state department In Mexico,
reported today from Torreon that he
Was oxamlning the evidence In the'
cas8 of Leonard Worcester. Jr., an
American mining man arrested at
Chihuahua. Worcester was said to be
charged with defrauding Francisco
unijano. of money due him from the
Oranby Mining and Smelting Com
pany, of 8L Louis. According
to the report from Carothers, Wor
cester might have been released from
Jail but did not .make application for |
ball. - j
State department dispatches from
Vera Cruz now place the number kill-1
tod. In. the blowing un of the Mexican
Sttnboat Progreso at 40. Previous re
ports have put the number between1
three and 30. I
The Carranza agency here announc-,
ed today that It had received advices!
paying Carranza troops had captured
?rooteras, killing 300 Villa soldiers. (
The dispatch,added that the fall of
Moatefp/ was "considered immineht."j
May Give Aid to
Colorado Miners
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(By AMod?tod Vi*m.)
NEW YORK. March 3.?The Rocke
fellor Foundation may give aid to Col
orado miners and their families In
distress es a result Of recent mining
troubles in that State, when civic aid
lather authorities are unable to cope
#ftb the need, John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., indicated tonight in a telegram
sent to F. 3, Radfoid, president of tho
chamber of commerce at Trinidad,
Col.. Mr. RockefellerV telegram was
sont in response to one received front
Mr. Radford asking for aid.
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B?i? OF REGENTS
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NAMES MEN WHO WILL GOV
ERN STATE HOSPITAL
FOR THE INSANE
Alto Announces Members of State
Board of Charities and
Corrections
I
COLUMBIA. March 3.?Governor
Manning tonight appointed the hoard
of regents of the state Hospital for
the Insane as follows: J. B. Sirrine
of Grc-cnvlllfc. lt. B. Scarborough of
Conway. Dri>C. Fred Williams of Co
lumbia, Dr. ?. C. Baker of Sumter, ?.
W. SeegarB pf Lee county.
. Mr. Sirrine is a civil engineer of
high rank,,Mr. Scarborough is one of
the foremost lawyers and business
men of the State and after represent
ing the Sixth district in congress for
a number foE years voluntarily quit.
Dr. Williams was formerly secretary
of tha State hoard of health, and both
lie and Dr. Buker are leuding physi
cians, Dr. Baker having been presi
dent of the South Carolina Medical
Association. } Mr. Seegars is a practi
cal farmer of large interests.
The governor also announced the
members of "the State board of chari
ties and corrections as follows: Dr.
Ceorge B. Crpmer of Newberry, form
er president vof Newberry College and
now a leading lawyer of that city ;
Rev. Z. T. Cody of Greenville, editor
or the Baptist Courier; Prof. D. D.
Waller or Woffo.rd College. IL H. King,
secretary of:?t]iP Charleston Y. M. C.
A., and Lawrence O. Patterson or
Greenville, lawyer and business man.
This board will have charge of all the
penal and charitable institutions of
the State,- and will have supervision
of all county alms bouses, cbningangs
and jails. They are empowered to.em
ploy a secretary nt a salary or ?2,600
as year- .andVtrasidlling expenses, and
an assistant secretary eta salary of
$1.800. The appointments were made
for merit and fitness, and it is believ
ed- will meet with universal approval.
Reductions In
Express Rates
State Railroad Commission Or
ders Sweeping Reductions
on Perishable Goods
Sperinl tn Thp InWIiponnrr
COLUMBIA, March 3?The railroad
commission tonight issued an order
making sweeping reductions in ex
press rates in South Carolina, effec
tive within 30 days. The rate on cab.
bago was reduced to. 50 per cent, of
first class instead of CO per cent, as at
present. The rate on bananas, pine
apples, grape fruit, limes, lemons,
oranges was reduced from 75 to 60
per cent, of first class, which is a re.
duction of 20 per cent. The commis
sion will hold a hearing on March 10
on express rates on ico cream and
fish.
COMMON CARRIERS
MADE RESPONSIBLE
Liable For Loss, Damage or In
jury to Property Regardless
of Limitation or Liability
(By .\K?>rint?l Pn*0
WASHINGTON, March 3.?The sen
ate bill to make railroads and other
common carriers liable for actual
loss, damage or injury caused to prop
erty they-carry, regardless of limita
tion.of liability or amount of recovery
In any receipt, lading bill or tariff fil
ed, was passed by the house today. It
now goes to the* president for approv
al. ,
, The bill, which particularly affects
the cattle shippers of* the West,, ex
cepts from its provisions cases where,
the .property transported is hidden
from view by wrapping or. boxing and
where the Interstate .commerce' com
mission authorizes rates for' trans
portation for comadttlcs dependent
Upon the value or the property ship
ped, stated in writing by the consign
or. (V
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THE RICH 1ST
BE FRIGHTENED
PLEA OF ANARCHIST AR
RESTED FOR PLACING
BOMB IN CATHEDRAL
TWO ARE HELD IN
$25,000 BAIL EACH
Maximum Penalty For the Crime
Charged is 25 Years in
Prison
(Uy Awmrinlcd Prrw.)
NEW YORK. March 3.?The grund
Jury found indictments lnte today
asainst Frank Abarno and Charles
Carbone, the anarchists arrested yes
terday accused of having plotted to
explode two dynamite bombs In St.
Patrick's, Cathedral while, several
hundred worshippers were at miss.
The two men were arraigned and held
in $25.000 ball each for pleading Fri
day. {
The maximum penalty for I he erlme
charged is 2i> years in prison.
Although Carbone took no uetuul ]
part in the placing or tho bombs In |
the cathedral. It was charged Unit he
did most of the work in manufacturing
them. Aharno is accused of having
carried the bombs Into the church
and of having lighted the fr.se or one
of them.
When the men were nrru'gned Car
bone said through un interpreter tbat
he knew nothing of the bomb nlot, did
4iot make the bomb and was-entirely
Innocent. Last night the noMe* an
nounced that both Carbone and Abar
no had confessed to plotting to ex
plode, tho bombs in the cathedral, as
an initial move in th? inauguration of
a series of outrages in which wealthy
men were to be killed and bupko'vere
to 'be'looted.'" ' ' : ' "~ Xfpfpr'"'
"What wo3 in your bead when you
planted the bomb?" osked the presid
ing judge today or Aharno.
"Tho condition or society leaves the
oaly thing to be done, the frighten
ing of the rich," replied Aharno. "The
homo was needed to make a* change
in conditions. I did not want to injure
tho people in the cathedral, but the
rich must be frightened mtc. know
ing the condition of the poor."
Emilio Polignanl, the young detec
tive who, under tho name of Frank
Raldo. was takan into the conf?dnncn
or the anarchists and brought about
their arrest, was the principal wit
ness summoned before thu grand
Jury.
Prominent anarch! ?t loader*, among
them Emma Golden, Benjamin Heit
mann, Italmondo Fa-'io and Cnr?o
Tresen, declared toddy that Aharno
and Carbone wore unknown to them
personally and -?imt their acts could
not be attributed te an anarchistic
plot against WecU'tyi rren and banks,
a.i the police declared.
- Policemen, not.in uniform, who were
detailed yesterday tj maintain a watch
over St. Patricks Cathedral, contin
ued on duty today and it was- bald
that of the strong force :-aclng the
men suspected >f bomb making sev
eral would be assignat to miard oth
er churches.
Aharno and Carbone tonight de
clared they were "framed up" by
their supposed comrade, detective
POlighani. who wns known to them as
Frank Baldo. The detective, they as
serted, was the brains of the con
spiracy. .
"We would not have ventured Into
the scheme if it were not for the urg
ing of Baldo," said Aharno.
Abarno declared that Baldo was the
first of the three to buy bomb-making
ingredients. Cardone had [bought some
other materials later, but Baldo pro
cured the last important chemical, lie
said.
Both prisoners charged that Baldo
selected St. Patrick's Cathedral and
showed them where to place the In
fernal machine. It was Baldo, they
said, who suggested Rockefeller. Car-,
ncgle and others as fit subjects for
the wroth of all class-hating free
t Ii Inkers.
. "We were the tooln of tho police,
anxious to make a showing," said
Abarno.
POPE GREATLY INTERESTED
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American Note ."Meets With Praise
Doth In Political World and
Newspapers.
(By Aw?in!if?il Pres?.) ' . )
ROME, March a.?(12:30 p. m.)?
The Identical note of the American
government to Germany and Great
Britain meets with general praise
both in tho political world and in the
newspapers.. The G lorn ale d'Italia ex
presses the hope tbat It may the the
first step toward further negotiations
which will lead to ah ultimate under
standing:
Pope Benedict was greatly interest
ed In the document and. roqoested
Cardinal -Gftsnarrl to send him the
text.and also the German reply.. Ho
also had Cardinal Cusparri inquire
at! the. British tegaUou to the Holy
See What the British attitude would
STEADILY REDUCING
PROPERTY STORAGE
ADJ. GEN. MOORE COMBING
STATE FOR OLD MILITIA
EQUIPMENT
Deficit Has Been Brought Down
From $86,000 to About
$35,000
Special ?i> The Ititcllicrnrw.
COLUMBIA, Murcli 3.?Adj. Cen. \V.
W. Moore 1h steadily reducing the (
property shortage due by tlie State of j
South Carolina to the U. S. govern,
ment for militia equipment covering a
period of several years. The adjutant
is accomplishing this by combing the
state for old property and having it
shipped to Columbia. As a result of ,
his effort the shortage bus been
brought down from $8G,000 to about
?oC.000. He hopes to materially re
duce iNs amount.
The auj -tant general is about half
.way'through "ith the annual inspec
tion of the mi it!?* and il is expected
that his . (.port how at least a
docen compati... .,. ' if this is
so liicy v/lll have ?j be mustered out.
GENERAL SCOTT
GOES TO UTAH
(Will Attempt a Peaceful Settle
ment With Recalcitrant Piute
Indians
(Hy AMocinlnl Pns?.)
WASHINGTON, March 3.?Briga
dier General Scott, chief of staff of
the army. left today for Utah to at
tempt a peaceful settlement with the
recalcitraut Plutc Indians.
General Scott has a long record, as
an Indian fighter .and as - a mediator
among the'Indians, whose dialects ho
speaks and whose habits be knows
thoroughly. About a year ago he
brought the recalcitrant Navajos into
camp without bloodshed. Reports to
the Indian office say there now are
nearly 200 Piute warriors off the res
ervation. They are said to have the
sympathy of many of the reservation
Indians.
Treasury Department
Receives Big Check
(By Asuorint""! Prem.)
WASHINGTON. March 3.?The
treasury department tonight received
a check from Postmaster General
Burlesan for $3,500,000, representing
the surplun in the revenues of his de
partment for the fiscal year which
ended June 30, 1914. For the fiscal
year of 1013 the postal revenue sur
plus was $3,800.00. which also wob
turned over to the treasury. In ac
knowledging the receipt of today's
check. Secretary McAdoo said these
'payments wore the first representing
actual surpluses made by the postof.
ilec department since 1836.
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Generous Th?
(By Associated Vre/*.) |
WASHINGTON, March 3.?Secre
tary Daniels, in a statement'tonight,
analyzed the constructive features in
the naval appropriation bill and cabr
acterlzed It as the '.'most liberal meas
ure for the Increases and 'support of
.tho navy" ever enacted.
The G'Jrd congress. Mr. Daniels said,
had been more generous than any
other, havhi { provided $86,145,535 for
new ships- more thau $30,250,000
more than the preceding congress ap
propriated. Five dreadnoughts?an
entire-division?wero provided for In
two bills. i *j
I "The wisdom of the present con
gress,", said th? secretary, "is shown
particularly In Its resistance to at
tempts to discredit the navy's mater
ial and personnel; In its adherence
to the fundamental types of fighting
j vessels?battleships, destroyers and
I submarines?tri Its recognition of alr
! craft and submarines as important
auxiliaries of warfare, and of the let
ter's Increased efHoioncy; in Its crea
tion of a naval reserve; In the es
tablishment of the office of tho chief
of naval operations and the ranks of
admirals and vice ;admirals;' hi the
abolition of the plucking board; in
equipping navy- yards forvtb? con?!
et ruction of ships and the increase'
In the manufacture of ' munitions or j
war; In woll considered and liberal
CONGRESS MAKING DESPER
ATE EFFORTS TO PASS
NECESSARY MEASURES
SHIP BILL DIES 2
IN FADING HOURS
Measure Withdrawn by its Sup
porters?Rural Credits Leg
islation Abandoned 1
(By Auocinted Prow.)
WASHINGTON, March 3.?The 63rd
congroHB, under high legislative pres
sure, tonight worked its w?y toward
its end at noon tomorrow.'
Under the eyes of hundreds of Spec
tators, the two houses handled a flood '
of bills, resolutions and conference
report? In a desperate effort to pass
all necessary legislation before ad
journment. The sessions of both
houses promised to be virtually con- :
tinuouB until'the end.
in the fading hours the government
ship purchase bill, which Borvcd as
the vehicle for the most determined
ruccessful filibuster ever undertaken
in congress, died without ? struggle.
The bill was withdrawn "by its sup
porters In the senate when an effort
to have it referred to conference ?
second time mot with more filibuster
ing by its opponents. Soon after this
men sure had been Shunted Into the
discard, rural credits legtsIcAlpo..
which at the eleventh hour had Open
attached to the agricultural appropria
tion bill, was abandoned because con
ferees could not agr^tt on its 'provts
ions.
Other important measures which,
at a late hour tonight, seemed doom
ed were the Philippine self govern
ment bill and; the water power 'and
mineral land leasing measte.?5, both
vigorously urged by President Wilson
[ at the beginning of the congress.
t. An agreement on the post office -ap
propriation bill, the last of the sup
ply measures In conference, was
I reached by the conferees late tonight.
I Provision for the space basin of
payment for railway mail service wag.
retained. The proposed abolition' of
assistant postmasters v/uo eliminated.
Hons,, leaders already had prepared
a joint resolution to continue the ex
ist Jug appropriation for the postal
service in case the bill falls of adop- -
lion. The Indian bill was adopted, in
conference at a late hour.
Confusion, disorder* and noise wor^
the chief characteristics of the flntU
legislative spurt in the house. Mem
bers and spectators kept up a constant
hum of conversation that at times
grew to a roar. It' was hushed now
and then by the frantic efforts of
Speaker Clark, who pounded his desk
with the gavel, admonished the menir
berg on the floor and roundly lectured !
th0 galeries in vain endeavors to
preserve order.
WUjle the nour. waited for the
big appropriation bills and conference
reports upon which action was abso
lutely necessary the speaker directed
the consideration of bills by. unani
mous consent. A continuous clapjoc
for recognition resulted. Members
called up a flood of bills of ovorv
description lit the hope tha'. they
might get through without Objections^,
The great throng of men and women
in the gullories sat through this con
fused legislative flood and outside
yngress Mor&"
an Any Other
appropriations for the needs of the
service in every line. ?t;
"No other congress," declared Mr>
Daniels, "has gone so far to see that
its appropriation was applied- where
most vitally needed and. without re
gard to merely political considera
tions. Everything has been :utbdrd!
nated to ihe battle fleet and its ef
ficiency. Of perhaps even greater '
eventual importance than j the . mere
physical additions to tbe fleet are tho
steps which have been taken towards
increasing the personnel and modem-;
I zing tho military organisation of the
navy." . y - .
$1,000,000 Im?ra
Fund Meld
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I llipilM,..!! ..I
(By AaaocifU&d >Pct**.y
CINCINNATI. O., March 8.?*tfe;
million-dollar Insurance fund of the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Railroad, obtained by contributions
from the salaries of its;employes; was,
held : illegal In a common, picas decis
ion today. sSfiz
. The .court, upheld the contentions
of rJoB?ph Ba?a^A*:'sVrtt(M^
sued for the amount bo bad contrlb:
utcd, claiming' contribution wai com
pulsory. Appeal will Bo taken,