President Reads
His Message.
Mr. Wilson Pleads For Early Action
on Currency and Says Anti-Trust
Law Should Stand, Suppemented by
More Explicit Legislation.
President Wilson read his first an
nual message to congress on Tues
day at a joint session of both branch-
es in the house chamber.
The message, among the briefest of
documents of its kind from any presi
dent, and some 3000 words long, re
quired less than thirty minutes for
reading, though it treated upon a va
riety of subjects.
This was the third time the presi:
dent had personally addressed con
gress, the two previous occasions be
ing the expression of his views on the
tariff and the Mexican situation. This
was the first opportunity he had of
commupnicating his views and recom:
mendations regarding the state of the
union.
The Mexican situation, President
Wilson dismissed with brief comment,
reiterating the sentiments he express
ed in a special address to congress
upon the same subject some time ago,
and expressed the belief that the
Huerta government slowly was crum-
bling and that the United States prob
ably would not be obliged to alter its
policy of waiting.
The following are the other salient |
features in the message:
Currency.—The president pleads for '
early final action on the currency bill,
and makes special point of the need
of a rural credit system,
Anti-Trust Laws. —*“l think it will
be easily agreed that we should let
altered, as it is, with its debatable
ground about it, but that we should’
as much as possible reduce the area
of that debatable ground by further
and more explicit legislation.”
president promises a special message
on this subject later.
President Primaries.—“l urge the
prompt enactment of legislation that
will provide for primary elections
throughout the country at which the
voters of the several parties may
choose their nominees for the presi
dency without the intervention of nom:
inating conventions.”
Philippines.—"“We must hold stead
ily in view their ultimate independ
ence, and we must move toward the
time of that independence as steadily
as the way can be cleared and the
foundations thoughtfully and perma
nently laid.”
Alaska.—"Alaska as a storehouse
should be unlocked. One key to it is a
system of railways. * * * These
the government should itself build and
administer, and the ports and termi
nals it should itself control in the in
terest of a!l who wish to use them for
the service and development of the |
country and its people.”
Employers’ Liability.—“We owe {!
in mere justice to the railway em:
ployes of the country, to provide for
them a fair and effective employers
Mability act. * *
comes first. * * * We ought tc
address ourselves among other things
to the prompt alleviation of the very
unsafe, unjust and burdensome condi
tions which now surround the employ
men: of sailors.”
Goes Coolly to His Doom.
Displaying more bravery than any
other murderer who was ever hang
ed in Sunbury, Pa., and even after his
mother and sister, Mrs. Katherine Ma
loney, of Philadelphia, and his sister
in-law, Mrs. Albert Nye, of Pittsburgh,
had fainted in his cell, Fred Nye paid
the- death penalty for the killing of
Harry E. Miller, of Sunbury, by hang
ing in the Northumberland county jai}
The boy cheered his mother and rel
atives after they were revived and
told Sheriff Glass that he would not
cause any trouble. He went to his
death in a talkative mood. denied com:
mitting the crime and blamed it on
his companion, David Everitt.
never flinched until the drop was
made. Soon after he was pronounced
dead.
Nye was twenty years old. He was
convicted of murdering Miller on Feb,
12, 1912, in Miller's poolroom in Sun |
bury. The motive was robbery. Nye
and Everitt got $8, some chewing gum
and the contents of a slot machine.
Nye was soon captured, and his
companion was arrested at Hazleton.
On a train from Hazleton to Mount |
Carmel Everitt is said to have con
fessed, clearing himself of the actual
murder. A jury believed his tale and
be was sentenced to twelve years for
manslaughter.
“Voodoo” Doctors Practice In Cuba.
A sensation was caused in Havana,
Cuba, by the discovery of an alleged
extensive organization among the ne
groes of Cuba for the practice of
witchcraft or ‘“voodooism.” It is said
that the negro wizards constitute a
powerful trust.
The revelation was made as a se
quel to the recent murder of a white
girl, six years old, in connection with
a mysterious method of healing an:
ill negro woman, to whom the child's
Bloor was said to have been admins
“rn .
It is generally reported that the
“yoodooists” have relations with poli-
ticians who control their votes and
protect them.
Several crimes of a similar nature
to the one which led to the discovery
of the “voodoos” have been committed
recently. The newspapers now call on
congress to find a remedy.
Man Kills Buck and Doe at One Shot.
Because of the freak action of a
bullet on the last day of the deer hunt-
Ing season, R. C. Yocum, of Mapleton,
pear Carlisle, Pa., voluntarily laid in-
r—
Se of $100 for shooting » doe ne naa | WILL FIGKT TO THE END
sot aimed at.
Yocum had stationed himself at one :
of the deer crossings on the mountain
Nea: bis home, wien 3 lame buck | Belief Prevails In Mexico City Pres
passed. He fired and hit the animal, dent Wilson Will Keeg Hands Off
The bullet mortally wounded the buck, |
but passed through its Dedy op. for| AS LSt Muerta'ss'¥is Enemies.
more than 100 yards and kiled the The enunciation of Washington's
doe. | policy appears to alarm President
Old hunters say that such an incl. | Huerta, especially since he long ago
dent has not hitherto occurred in the ' abandoned hope of anything but oppo
shooting annals of Pennsylvania. | sition from the United States. He said
Theer have been seven convictions in Mexico City:
for the shooting of does in the Cum-, “I have no intention of yielding.
berland valley in the season just clos- | Should this fighting in Mexico con-
ed. Many dead does, nowever, have tinue for years I shall continue to do
been foumd in the woods, abandoned ; my part in it, if [ am still alive.”
by careless hunters. | An outline of the message delivered
—— | by President Wilson to congress at
Shot as She ns Door. ! Washington was prominently display-
Mrs. Dora Sho Opens the wife of © by all the Spanish newspapers.
Ernest Balderston, of Newtown, Pa. | Only vague impressions of the actual
shot as she stepped to the back door | contents of the message were con-
of her home, lies in the Mercer hospl- | veyed by the brief extracts published.
tal in a critical condition. | The general conclusion was that Pres-
The woman left the breakfast table ident Wilson intends to keep his
to do an errand. As she opened the ' hands off and to leave Provisional
back door there was a loud, though | President Huerta to the mercy of his
the Sherman anti-trust law stand, un | fied eyes as he took four tablets of
The |
{ his job, and since then has been um-
rible suffering from blood poifoning
! On Oct. 29 she stooped over to pick
! The needle’s eye contained a small
* Social justice
He '
distant, report, and she screamed. Her |
husband and children rushed to her
side. A bullet had entered her body. |
The surgeon located the bullet by !
the aid of an X-ray. It les direct; |
over the heart. The authorities are
looking for the man who fired the
shot.
Invalid Tries to Stop Suicide.
After struggling desperately with
her stalwart son in an attempt to
prevent him from taking poison, Mrs. |
Elizabeth Kvet, an aged invalid. of
Baltimore, Md, was flung from him
and compelled to look on with horri. |
poison.
The woman's cries brought neigh-
bors to the house, and a policeman
sent the man to St. Joseph's hospital
He is sinking rapidly.
The son is Albert Kvet, twenty-four
years old. Several weeks ago he lost
able to get employment.
Dye in Needle’s Eye Kills,
Mrs. F. W. Keiferle is dead in Lew-
istown, Pa., after three weeks of ter-
from the prick of a needle.
a needle from the floor and, los'ng |
her balance, fell so that the eyelct
end of the needle penetrated the palm
of her right hand, causing a wound a
quarter of an inch long, which imme-
| diately became infected,
portion of red silk, which is said to
be responsible for the infection.
$33,818,870 In Postal Savings.
| Postmaster General Burleson re-
ported to congress on Tuesday that!
; during the year ended on Jume 30
: postal savings deposits increased from
+ $20,237,084 to $33,818,870, and the
number of depositors from 243,801 to
331,006. The average deposit increased
to $102. From the establishment of
the system to the same date postal
savings deposits amounting to $3,506,
000 were converted into bonds.
Body of Missing Lawyer Found.
| The body of Attorney Henry J. Kotz,
seventy years old, of Stroudsburg,
| Pa., who was the oldest member of
the Monroe county bar, was found in
- Ackerman’s mill dam, about a quarter
mile from Stroudsburg’'s main street,
; by Irwin Bachman, a car shop fore
man. Kotz has been missing for more
| than a month and a systematic search
had been made for him since.
Doctor Dies Seeing Patient.
Dr. Robert Alvin Walker, fifty-eight
years old, of Monterey, near Clarion,
| Pa., died suddenly in the home of Ja.
: cob Rosenhover, where he had gone to
, attend Mrs. Rosenhover,
{
Drowns In Six inches of Water.
{ Edward Griffith, church sexton ot
Groveville, near Trenton, N. J., was
found dead in a swamp. In crossing
a marsh he had become mired and
, drowned in six inches of water.
11.Year-Old Victim Left Unconscious
Bound and Gagged.
For the second time within a week
a small girl has been attacked nea:
Easton, Pa.
The latest victim is Sarah Gehret
eleven years old, daughter of Wilsor
Gehret, of isiand Park.
The person who attacked her seize
her while she was on her way tc
| school, dragged her into a quarry hole
, bound and gagged her, and after mal
i ‘her, cut her hair from he
Then he pulled a lunch from his
pocket and ate it, teasing his victin
by pretending to offer it to her. She
was found unconscious two hours
later, gagged and bound.
A description of the man agrees
with that of a supposed tramp abou!
| twenty-three years old, who has beer
soem about the place for the last few
White House Bride and Groom Leave
on Wedding Tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre
the White House bride and groom
sailed from New York on Saturday for
Europe on the George Washington.
It is said that they will first visi
London, going later to Paris and Ber
lin. The length of their stay abroad
has not been announced. They were
accompanied to the pier by Presiden!
Wilson and Miss Eleanor Wilson.
Kill Cashier and Take $5000.
An arm~d posse of deputy sheriff:
and civilians searched the jungle:
along the Colorado river, near Blythe
Colo, for the two robbers who flec
with $5000 in cash after killing A. W
Bowles, cashier of the Palo Verde Val
ley bank. =
enemies,
The news that General Mercado,
commander of the Federal forces in
northern Mexico, had sent a military
peace commission from Chihuahua to
Juarez to treat with the rebels, while
vigorously denied in official circles,
| is regarded as the most serious blow
| yet struck at Federal prestige.
In view of Provisional President
Huerta's statements that he never
would treat with the rebels, it is con:
sidered impossible that the peace com-
mission has been sanctioned by him.
At the same time, however, it is point.
ed out that the appointmem of the
commission is in line with the recent
suggestion made by Dr. Aureliano Ur
rutia, when at the head of the minis
try of the interior. that overtures
might be made to the rebels without
governmental sanction,
Miner Killed by Cecal Fail.
While he was workinz in the Gin'e:
mine at Shamokin, Pa., Peter Wores
was covered by a fall of coal. A res
cuing party dug their way to him an
hour later and found him in a dying
condition, his back having been brok.
en by the fall.
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