FOR POPULAR U. S. SENATE Proposed Amendment Goes to State Legislature for Approval- FIGHT BEGAN IN YEAR 1826 Senate Amendment Wins—Federal Supervision of Elections Provided For —Agitation for Change Has Lasted 85 Years. Washington.—The long fight w licit began in 1826 for an amendment to the Constitution, providing for the popular election of United States Sen ators, is nearer success than ever be fore in the country's history, as a re suit of the action of the House of Rep resentatives in accepting the direct elections joint resolution as passed by the Senate with the Bristow constitu tional amendment. This amendment was intended to Maintain the status <|tio of the Federal Government as to supervisors over these elections, and was the snag upon which the direct elections resolution has been hung high and dry in con ference since last June. Twice since lie Bristow amendment has been rejectedNjhy the House on the theory that it wo\;ld interfere with the con trol of Senatorial elections by the States. Sou'hern members, mindful of the tnalodi rous Force bill and re construction 'lays, have been bitter and determined in their opposition to the Bristow amVndtnent. But the House l , by a vote of 237 to 09, receded from its disagreement to ♦he Senate amendment and concurred in the action of tire Senate. This was the final legislative s* "pin proposing this new constitutional \mendment to the States, and the joV.it. resolution will go at once to President Taft for his signature. Then it will be sub mitted to the States. There are forty-eight States, and ratification of the amendment by the Legislatures of thirty-six of them is necessary to make it a valid part of the Constitution. One Legislature, that of Louisiana, meets this month, and thirty-four other Legislatures meet in 1913. It is evident that un less some other State among those Legislatures do not meet until 1 calls a special session the direct »iec*k>tt amendment cannot become a 1 art lot' the Constitution before 1914. I KILLED AT CROSSING. Wagort Containing Three Children and Man Hit by Train. Now London, Conn. —Three children of Mr. and Mrs. John McNeil, of Cry stal avenue, were approaching the rail road crossing at Harrison s Station, a half mile north of this city, when they were overtaken by Albert I'. Beckwith, driving a grocery wagon. Beckwith invited the youngsters to a ride and they hooped up and took a seat, in the v* agon. At Harrison's Station just as Beck with had whipped up his horses and .'.as attempting to get over the cross ins' the Brattl. boro express train em erged through the heavy fog. In an instant there was a crash. When the engineer, Edward Mc- Graw, finally stopped his train he ran to the pilot and found-that Beckwith had a gash in his forehead, his chest was bruised and life was extinct. The mail's watch was still ticking. Arlene McNeil, ten years old. was killed instantly. Her two brothers, William and Angus, aged eight and six, respectively, escaped. BERGE. - ! TO ACCUSE JUDGE. Will File Charges Against Jurist Who Disfranchised Socialist. Indianapolis.—Congressman Victor L. Berger of Wisconsin declared that as soon as he returns to Washington from the Socialist convention in this city, he will file charges against Judge Cornelius H. Hanford of the United States court in Seattle, who cancelled the citizenship papers of Leonard Ols son because he said the latter did not, as a Socialist support the Constitution of the United States. JONAS M. KILMER DEAD. Medicine Manufacturer Succumbs to Long Illness. Binghamton, N. Y. Jonas M. Kil- ! mer. famous manufacturer of pro- j prietary medicines, died at his home '■ here after a long illness, lie is sur vived by his wife, Julia Sharpe Kil mer, and his son, Willis Sharpe Kil mer, publisher of the Binghamton Press. Mr. Kilmer was a trustee of the North Presbyterian Church and for 15 years was Police Commissioner. HARMONY IN MARYLAND. Taft and Roosevelt Men Agree to Di vide Delegation. Baltimore. An agreement was reached at a conference between the leaders of the Taft and Roosevelt forces to split even on Maryland's dele gation to the Republican National Con tention. Each diiTe will have two delegates-at-large and six district dele gates. The delegation will be in structed to vote for Roosevelt for President as long as he has any pos •1 b.i« chance of nomination. RRANDT IS SENT RACK TO JAIL former Schiff Valet Goes to the Tombs in Custody of Sheriff. ROSALSKY ACTION LAWFUL Justices, In Opinion, Says Prisoner's Own Statements of Way He Enter ed Banker's Home Establish Illegal Breaking. New York.—The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, decided that Justice Gerard should not have releas ed Koike Engel Brandt. Brand live years ago was sentenced to serve thir ty years in prison or burglary in the home of Mortimer L. Schiff, where he had been employed as vi.let to the banker. The former valet was arrest ed and taken to the Tombs when the Appellate Division's decision was made known. The decision was given in ••eversing the action of Justice Gerard in a ha beas corpus proceeding. Brandt will not go to Dannemora immediately, but will remain in the Tombs for at least thirty days, pend ing his appeal. The District Attorney's olfice thinks he cannot be bailed, but Mirabeau L. Towns, counsel to the prisoner, says he can be. Brandt was brought from Flushing, Queens, where he has been stopping, and arraigned in General Sessions on a bench warrant. At the request of C. C. Nott, Jr., Assistant District Attor ney Judge O'Sullivan raised the $2,- 50U bail in which the prisoner had been held on his second indictment, which charges assault, to £5,000, thus making the total of the bail SIO,OOO. All five Justices of the Appellate Di vision concurred iti the opinion, which was written by Justice Miller. A se parate opinion, citing phases of the case not dealt with in the main docu ment, was handed down, however, by Chief Justice lngraham. After stating that, despite Brandt's statements, in which he sought to prove himself not guilty after lie entered a plea of guilty, the court that originally tried him was not under obligation to order him to change his plea, the unanimous opin ion makes the following comment: "Even on the prisoner's own state ments, the manner in which he enter ed the (Schiff) house meets the statu tory definition of breaking. CHICAGO STRIKERS LOSE. Stereotypers' Officials Disband Union and Newspapers Issue as Usual. Chicago.—James J. Freel, interna tional president of the stereotypers union, began the formation of a new Chicago local to replace persistent in subordination of the strikers on Chi cago newspapers in refusing to obey command to return to work, lie not only revoked the charter of the re calcitrants but also cancelled their union cards and the traveling certifi cates issued to members recently to enable them to obtain positions iu other cities. Vice-President L. J. Sumner, said that while some of the old stereotyp ers would probably be taken into the new union, discrimination would bo used in the new union. "We intend to have men who will stand by con tracts when they are made," said Mr. Sumner. Action against the stereotypers had the effect of improving strike con ditions generally. The morning papers were issued practically as before the trike. Evening papers printed Iti to 28 pages. DIVES TO TRACK, SAVES CHILD. Fireman Rolls to Safety After Plunge from Speeding Engine. Jefferson, Ga.—The people of Jeffer son will ask recognition from the Car negie Commission of the daring deed of "Soap" Lockett, a negro fireman, who risked his life to save the two year-old daughter of John Potter. The child strayed from home, and was seen on the tracks of the Ceorgia Midland Railroad as a train came rush ing by. She was dazed, and remained standing between the rails The fire man realized there was no time to stop the train, and rushing along the runningboard, he dived off the engine, carrying the child in his arms and roll ing to safety. 200-TON GUN PREDICTED. English Ordnance Maker Tells About a Coming Monster. London. —J. M. Gledhill of Arm strong. Whit worth & Co., speaking at the Iron and Steel Institute, referred to the increase in size of modern ord nance, and said there were now whis pers concerning a gun of eighteen-lncli bore, weighing between 150 and 200 tons. FLIES TO BATTLESHIP. Aviator Burgess Accepts a Signalled Invitation and Steps Aboard. Marblehead, Mass. —While circling in a hydro-aeroplane over the battle ships Georgia and Rhode Island in the harbor W. Starling Burgess re ceived a signalled invitation to come aboard. He came so nice a lauding that he was able to step directly from his place in the machine to the side of one of the big ships. After taking tea with tne officers he resumed his flight. LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS (Copyrights FOREIGN MINERS ATTACK GUARDS Men Employed to Keep Colleries in Order Driven Away. LARGE PURCHASE OF PISTOLS Unnaturalized Residents Buying Fire arms—Water Flooding Mines—ln dustrial Workers Urging Men to Reject Compromise. Wilkesbarre, Pa. At the East Bos ton colliery o! \Y. C. Payne at l<uzerne a mob of GOO fnen, women and boys took possession of the road leading to the works, drove men on their way to work back to their homes and before dispersing beat John RidAick badly for refusing to comply with their or der. At the Nottingham colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company at Plymouth a mob of 600 men and boys gathered at the entrance to the works and turned back the men who have been carrying on the repair work and the engineers, firemen and pumpmen who have the union's consent to work. At the Delaware colliery of the Dela ware and Hudson a crowd of GOO col lected and drove back men who start ed for their regular places of employ ment. In no instance did the State po lice appear. At the higgetts Creek colliery of the Delaware and Hudson in the Scranton district a crowd of 500 men and boys armed themselves with clubs and stones and took their position on the road leading to the colliery. They held up the men who appeared for work and informed them that they would not be permitted to start their labor. John Z. Anzenburg raised an argument over the order and the mob led him to the batik of Liggetts Creek and threw him in, pelting him with clubs and stones. After all workmen had been sent home the crowd broke up. At Minersville the men are angry over the shooting and threaten to even up matters with the "Black Cossacks," as the State troopers are called. Pottsville, I'a.—During the past two days foreigners have almost exhausted the supply of firearms and ammuni tion of local dealers, while dynamite magazines have been robbed of large quantities of explosives. It is said ; these people have enough dynamite to blow up the whole of Minersville. Since seven of the State police put a crowd of over 700 to rout in a pitch ed battle the bitter feeling has bo come intense and the troopers have been warned to beware of ambuscade ; on the mountain roads. Although the State laws prohibit unnaturalized resi dents from owning firearms it is said that every foreigner in Minersville is a walking arsenal and is spoiling for the opportunity to use his weapons. The rains have swollen all the moun tain streams and the water is pouring into the mines. The interference with the pumpmen and firemen bus tied up some of the collieries and as a result the mines are rapidly tilling. Minersville, Pa. —Representatives of the Industrial Workers of the World have arrived here and are endeavoring to induce tlie mine workers to repudi ate President White by voting against the sub-committee's agreement in the Wilkesbarre convention and casting their fortunes with the new organiza tion. The Industrial Workers are in dorsed by the socialistic element in the mine workers, which element is away in the majority here. AFRICA FEARS "BLACK PERIL." Assaults on White Women Bring Color Question Before Parliament. Cape Town, Union of South Africa. — The color question was brought promi nently to the front by the promise of the Premier, Ceneral l.ouis Botha, made in Parliament, to appoint a com mission to inquire into the "black peril" problem. The question has been increasingty at tract lug attention in South Africa in consequence of the frequent assaults made on white women. ROBERT W. ARCHBALD ACCUSED OF CULM DEAL ! Congressional Committee Told Judg! Was Silent Partner—Photo graphs of Letters. Washington.—Edward J. Williams, a coal speculator of Scranton, Pa., and former working partner of Judge Ro bert W. Archbald of the United States i Commerce Court, admitted, with the greatest reluctance, to the House Com mittee on the Judiciary facis which it is alleged show how the jurist had sought to capitalize his position on the bench in financial negotiations with the Erie Railroad and others. Judge Archbald, in July, 1911, was widely criticised for letting off eighty seifcon fessed members of the Wire Trust pool with fines of SI,OOO to $1,700 apiece. He fined E. E. Jackson, head of the po< 1, $45,000. These facts, supported by photo graphic copies of instruments signed by Judge Archbald, railroad officials and others, stand out: 1. That, W. P. Poland was a party to litigation in Pennsylvania; that \\ illiams asked Boland to discount a note for SSOO signed by Judge Arch | bald; that Boland refused to sign the note and lost the suit, and that Wil- I Hants afterward told Boland he would J have fared better in court had he obliged the jurist with the money. 2. That Williams and Judge Areh j bald sought to purchase from the Erie Railroad culm banks for $4,500, which they afterward contracted to sell to an e.ectric railway for $35,000; that tho agent of the Erie refused to deal with Williams until Judge Archbald saw Vice-President Brownell of the rail road, when the deal was closed. That while this deal was pending with the Erie, Judge Archbald remind ed Williams that the Erie Railroad was interested in the New York light.- j erage cases, which were then before | tiie United States Commerce Court for adjudication, and that he (Archbald) would pass upon the cas >s. 4 That through the Erie transac tion Judge Archbald appeared in the contracts as "a silent party," and that only the agent of the Erie and the I partners were supposed to know that I Archbald was the "silent party." STANDING OF THc CANDIDATES. Headquarters Give Out Their Latest Information. Republicans. Delegates in convention 1.07S Necessary to choice 540 Instructed for Taft 46t> Instructed for Roosevelt 252 Instructed for La Kollette 36 Instructed for Cummins 10 Democrats. Delegates in convention 1,092 Necessary to choice 728 Instructed for Clark 190 Instructed for Wilson 127 Instructed for Underwood t>4 Instructed for Marshall 30 | Instructed for Baldwin 14 Instructed for Burke 10 Instructed for Harmon 4 TO KILL COMMERCE COURT. Amendment to Appropriation Meas ure Also May End Tariff Board. Washington.—The United States : Commerce Court and the Tariff Hoard will be abolished on July 1 if the Sen- , ate concurs in and the President ap- ' proves the legislative appropriation as ! perfected by the House. Backed by ; all their following and the Republican insurgents, the Democratic leaders | jammed through the House by a vote of 120 to 49, one amendment provid ing for the abolishment of the Com merce Court and another creating a new agency to take the place of the Tariff Board. This latter foreshadows a bill abolishing the board. The . Commerce Court and the Tariff Board j are two of the most important crea- 1 tions of the Taft Administration. • ARREST PITT IN NAPLES. Former Baltimore Broker Accused of Embezzlement. Naples, Italy.—Pembroke Wamble Pitt, the former grain broker of Balti more, was arrested here in the act of landing from the steamer Niger, hail ing from Greece. He informed Con sul Hardie that he will not oppose ex tradition and is read} to leave on the next .-iteamer bound for America. Pitt obtained nearly s3<;o.oot) in bo ™,us bills of lading, and fled with a greater part of that sum. OLD SOLDIER GOESTO JAIL Former U. S. Regular Tried to Obtain Money as Pensioner. HE HAS CHOICE OF A FINE Pleading Guilty in United States Dis trict Court William E. Hamilton Accepts Sentence for One Year Grand Jury Bills Returned. (Special Harrisburg Correspondence.) Harrisburg.—Pleading guilty to hav ing executed false pension vouchers and making a false affidavit to obtain the pension money, William E. Hamil ton, alias William E. Mason, of Scran ton, for seven years a United States soldier, was sentenced by Judge Char les Wilnier, in the United States Dis trict Court here, to pay a SI,OOO line and the costs or serve one year in the Dauphin county jail. Hamilton took the latter. He is 39 years old. "I will take into consideration your service in the army," said Judge Witmer be fore he imposed sentence. According to the testimony Hamilton enlisted in the United States cavalry. He was discharged twice but re-enlisted. Aft er his discharge, he made application to the pension bureau tor a pension on the ground that lie contracted rheu matism in the army. In the meantime he re-enlisted under a fictitious name, lie swore before a Scranton deputy that he was not connected with the United States Army or Navy at that time. Before court adjourned Adam Bolinsky, of Scranton, accused of coun terfeiting and attempting to pass nic kels. dimes and quarters, was placed on trial. The grand jury ignored the bill against Ignatz Yoditis, of Hazle tou, who was arrested in company with Bolinsky. The grand jury return ed true bills against Charles Davis, of this city, charged with opening a reg istered letter, and Antonio Belkovic, accused of passing a counterfeit $lO note. Judge Witmer complimented the jury upon its work. E. D. Bert liolf, 1,. A. Van Cott, 10. I.alourette, A. .M. Aldrtch, Thomas Kelly and Benja min Naylor, who pleaded guilty to vio lating the meat inspection act in the inter state shipment of immature veal, will be sentenced in Scranton in Oct ober. Democrats Reorganize. In the same hall where the regular Republican organization of the State was overthrown, the regular Demo cratic state organization was swept out of power by the "reorganization" faction of the party after a fight of nearly two years. The victory of the new men in control of the party's ma chinery was complete. The vote on permanent chairman showed that the "reorganizers" had control of the con vention by 110 votes to 73. The "re organizers" under the leadership of (ieorge W. Guthrie, of Pittsburgh; Vance C. McConnick, of Harrisburg, and Representative A. Mitchell Pal mer named a complete state ticket, elected twelve delegates-at-large and alternates-at-large to Baltimore, ami gave them binding instructions to vote for Woodrow Wilson "as long as his name remains before the convention." William H. Berry, of Delaware county, ex-State Treasurer, who unearthed the graft scandals in connection with the furnishing of the State Capitol, was again nominated for that office. The convention completely overthrew J. M. Uuffey, ot Pittsburgh, who has long been the Democratic leader in the state. The platform adopted includes indorsement of the initiative and ref erendum, but ignores the recall of judges or judicial decisions. It de plores "destruction of representative government through control of state and national legislation by agents of special interests. It also says that loose and dishonest constitutional in terpretation has turned fundamental laws against proper regulation of cor porate wealth. Many Idle Cars. A good many of the idle cars noted In the reports about rolling stock are on sidings in this vicinity. They are cars which have been engaged in the coal trade and the suspension of the mines has caused them to be shunted to the sidings. Long strings of them are on sidings along the Northern Cen tral and there must be thousands in the Harrisburg district. However, Just as soon as the mines start these cars will ba put to work in earnest. Cutting Back Hedges. Dr. Surface's advice about "cutting back" hedges which have been ruined by the cold weather is being taken by people in every section of the State, and especially in this district the own ers of hedges are paying close atten tion to the instructions. In some parts of the city the hedges have been cut down almost to the ground, the own ers desiring to save what is left. Birds in the Park. Some beautiful birds are building their homes for the season in Wild wood Park these days and a visit to the park is made well worth while it for no other reason than to see just what the big stretch of woodland can show in this respect. Visitors to the park saw any number of brown thrush es, scores of robbins. some dark reds and blues and blacks of wild ducks, something new in reds and blacks in woodpecker clothes, different, shades of red in "corncraciter" feathers, and finally the oriole gold and blacu. BISHOP IN THE FAR NORTH Clergyman Cover# About 25,000 Mile# a Year in Arctic Region Visiting Missions. No*~ie, Alaska.—Steamboat, canoe, reindeer, dogs and snow-shoes are used by Bishop Rowa of Alaska, In cover ing a bishopric or 600,000 square miles, over which every year is vis iting his missions he travels a dis tance equal to the circumference of the globe. in cheerful performance of his hardy duties he proves himself one of history's long line of adventur ous frontier churchmen—perhaps the last, Carrington Weema says, In tell ing of the bishop In World's Work, for the frontier will soon be a memory, and Alaska is the end. Peter Trim ble Rowe was born in Toronto in 1859, and was tried and tested for his arduous life's work by moving, after his graduation from Trinity col- Eskimo Vilage, One of Bishop Rowe's Stopping Places. lege, to an Indian reservation at Gar den River, on the northern shore of Lake Huron. Extracts from his diary give some notion of the kinds of diffi culties he meets with in his travels. Telling of a trip from Tananu, start ing with one companion and a five-dos team togo to Valdez, he says: "Our sled was loaded with robes, tent, stove, axes, clothing and food tor 10 days for dogs and selves. . . . Wind blew the snow like shot in our faces. I kept ahead of the dogs, leading them, finding the way. We had to cross the wide liver; the great hummocks made this an ordeal; had to use the ax and break a way lot dogs and sled. In the midst of It all the dogs would stop; they could not see; their eyes were closed with the frost; my own w -e. The time came when the dogs wujid—could—no long er face the storm. I was forced to make a camp. It was not a spot I would choose for the purpose. The bank of the river was precipitous, high, rocky, yet there was wood. I climbed 100 feet and picked out a spot and made a campflre. Then re turned to the sled, unharnessed dogs, got a 'life line,' went up and tied it to a tree near the fire. By means of this we got up our robes and food suffi cient. Here, after something to eat, we made our bed on the snow. It was a night of 'shivers.' Froze our faces." Here is another night picture further on in the journey; "All night the wolves howling near by, and we had to keep our dogs near the fire to prevent their being killed. Hitter iron cold shackled the north land. By night the Are roared defi ance to a frost which it could not sub due, while dog and man crouched near It for protection from Its awful power. When outside the fire's light the heavens were ablaze with mov ing lights—the aurora borealis of the arctic shone with wonderful bril liance." HAVE A LOVE TUTOR IN INDIA Indian Declare# That Women as Well as the Men Do the Pro posing. London.—Shridhar W. Ketkar, who is advertised as a cultured East India gentleman, is now lecturing In Kng land on"The Art of Making in Ancient India," that Is, prior to the year 700 A. D. He Is attracting the attention of elderly ladies with mar riageable daughters, especially girls who are becoming somewhat passe, and may next be heard of In, this country, leap year giving to his In formation and Instruction an impor tance that would otherwise be lacking. "One is most struck," says this guileless Indian, "by the fact that the love affairs of the people of this ear lier India, I speak only of the upper classes, were guided and influenced by the professors of love. These were generally elderly men (why not wom en?) well experienced in the ways of the world, who were paid well for their advice. They taught men how to pay their addresses elegantly and how to make a good impression upon a woman's mind. As women proposed a3 well as men, the professors devised ingenious means so that the girls or the men, who proposed, would, if re fused, still save their dignity. The pro fessors instructed the young women in the art of love making. More often than not the woman took the initia tive and let the man know that she loved hltn " He thought: the present system to he faulty; that while girls are taught all the arts of love by their mammas and aunties, the boys get no advice from their fathers, and. growing up Ignorant and Inexperienced, become victims to be stolen by the more ex perienced aaJ intelligent women. ,
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