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REPUBLICAN PARTY
66th YEAR.
HONESDALE, WAYNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1009.
NO. 17
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Automobilists Accuse Naar
of Illegal Methods.
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE ACTS
Allegation Is Made .That Accused
Jurist Abused Office In Deal
ing With Speed law
Violators.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 24. The New
Jersey legislature has taken up tlie
mutter of Impeaching Justtco Manfred
Naur of this city, who has proved a
terror to New York nutomoblllHts by
means of a corps of constables who
detect alleged violators of the speed
laws, take their numbers and turn
them over to the "Justice, who 1m
charged with writing to the car own
ers demanding a tine or their appear
ance for trial In five days' time.
Automobilists have striven in vain
against .'Naar's methods heretofore,
but today Assemblyman William Bur
po of Passaic Introduced a petition
from the Automobile Club of America
charging Naar with extortion and
abuse of his office and with dealing
In an Illegal manner, with automobil
ists charged with violating the speed
laws.
The petition was referred to the ju
diciary committee, which will nt once
investigate nnd report. In the petition
several cases are cited, and It Is de
clared that In none was a summons
duly served or n warrant issued ac
cording to law. The automobilists al
lege that many flues were paid by ac
cused person's rather than stand trial
or lose time coming from New York
to Trenton to look into the matter.
One of the men who makes an affi
davit filed with the petition is Joseph.
S. Josephs of-New York. He says he
received n letter from Naar that a
complaint had been lodged against
him for excessive speeding near
Helghtstown, N. J., and If he desired
to save a trlgl he wouTdplcnse send
$13.75 to the justice and proceedings
could be stopped.
Josephs replied ho was not in his
enr nt the time and was therefore not
guilty, but Naar insisted upon the fine,
nnd Josephs paid It.
The Automobile club In this case
claims the offense was that of the
driver nnd not the owner. Many other
affidavits are given alleging unjust
lines nnd illegal procedure on-Squire
Naar's part.-
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS WIN.
Conviction For Manslaughter Set Aside
by Supremo Court.
Trenton, N. J,, Feb. 24. The convic
tion for manslaughter of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Edwin Watson, Christian Scientists,
whose failure to provide mcdlcnl atten
tion for their seven-year-old son, Gran
ville, resulted In his death, was set
nslde by the supreme court, here.
Justice Swayze holds that the trial
judge erred In not having taken Into
consideration a law of 1001 making it
a misdemeanor to fall to provide prop
er medical attendance.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Watson nro residents
of Moorestown. Their conviction for
manslaughter was the first of tlie kind
In this state, and the case attracted
widespread attention. Judge Homer
tried the case, Imposing a fine. of $100
upon each defendant, and the light to
have tills set aside was taken up by
Christian Scientists nil over the coun
try. FRANCE OFFEES MEDIATION.
Will Try to Keep 8ervla and Austria
at Peace.
Merlin, Feb. 24. The menacing atti
tude of Servla nnd the military dispo
sition taken by Austria-Hungary In
connection therewith have caused the
French government to undertake me
diatory representations In the Interest
of peace, and Germany hns been asked
to join Franco In this endeavor.
The German fqrelgn office has re
plied unit it is in run sympathy with
the object of these representations, but
noes not consider It desirable to par
ticipate In suggestions to Austria-Hun
gary. It Is willing, however, to assist
In prcssuro upon Servla to keep the
pence.
It Is understood in Merlin that
France took this step after reaching an
agreement with Itussla, a power very
deeply Interested In this situation.
FOETY LIVES LOST IN WEEOK
Argentine Steamship Catches Fire
With 200 Passengers Aboard.
Muenos Aires, Feb. 21. According to
a dispatch received here by the minis
ter of marine, forty persons lost their
lives In the wreck of the Argentine
Btenmcr Prcsldente Rooa on .the east
coast, between Puerto de Ban Antonio
nnd Puerto Madrln. She caught Are.
There were 200 passengers abearA.
SUITS AGAINST HASKELL.
Actions to Prevent Governor Interfer
ing With Pipe Lines.
Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 24. Sulto
brought by four eastern corporations
against Governor Charles N. Haskell
and other state officials seeking to re
strain them from interfering with the
construction of pipe lines nnd the pip
ing of gas out of the state were argued
in the United States district court here.
The actions are' brought by O. D.
Bleakley of Pennsylvania, who owns a
right of way for the construction of n
pipe line from the Oklahoma gas Held
to Kansas; by A. W. Lewis of Ohio,
owner of gas territory In Oklahoma;
the Marnet Mining Company of West
Virginia, contractor for the purchase
of gas territory In Oklahoma and to
deliver gas outside of the. state, and by
the Kansas Natural Gas company,
owners of Oklahoma gas territory.
The plaintiffs seek (o have declared
Invalid an act adopted by the Okla
homa legislature prohibiting the ex
portation of gas. They ask for a per
manent Injunction restraining the state
officers from Interfering with them.
Moth sides submitted briefs, and the
urt took tho cases under considera
tion. EUSSIA MAKING TROUBLE.
United States and England Join in
Protest as to Harbin.
Pekln, Feb. 24. The situation at
llnrbln. Manchuria, arising from the
Inslstnnce of Russia that she adminis
ter the municipal government has en
tered upon a new phase by the Rus
sian authorities closing all the Chinese
stores and warehouses westward of
Harbin because of the refusal of the
ciwners of these establishments to poy
Russian taxes.
The negotiations in Pekin between
Russia and China concerning the ad
ministration of Harbin have been at a
deadlock, and China has alleged that
flic Uusslan administration of the
Harbin municipality constitutes n vio
lation of the Portsmouth treaty.
Sir .Tnlin .Ionian nnd W. W. Rockhlll,
British and American ministers to
China, have notified the Russian lega
tion that while Great Brltalu nnd the
tiniiort kimIpm do not desire to Inter
flow in Hip rotations between Russia
and China they must reaffirm the ne
cessity of observing treaty omigauons
li! the nueBtlon of the municipal con
trol of Harbin Is now raised.
PEESIDENT AT FUNEEAL.
(!ame From Washington to Attend
Robinson Obsequies Today.
New York, Feb. 24. The funeral of
S.tewurt Douglas Robinson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Robinson of this
city, who was killed by falling from a
window of n dormitory at Harvard
university, was held In this city today.
President Roosevelt, an uncle or tne
deceased, accompanied by Mrs?' Roose
velt, came over from Washington to
attend the services. Theodore Roose
velt, Jr., son of the president, also at
tended. A large delegation from Har
vard was present.
After the services, which were held
at the Robinson home on Mndisbn nve-
nuo the body was tnken to Herkimer
county for Interment In the tfamlly
burial ground.
President nnd Mrs. Roosevelt re
turned to Washington as soon as the
services were concluded.
J. Plerpont Morgan In Egypt.
Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 24. J. Plerpont
Morgan of New York arrived here to
day. Weather Probabilities.
Fair and colder; brisk southwest
winds.
Market Reports.
WHEAT One cent higher; contract
grade, February, 1.20y&al.21.& ,
CORN Steady; February, 70a70Hc
OATS One-half cent higher; No. 2
white, natural, E9V4a60c.
BUTTER Steady ; unchanged; receipts,
8,749 packages; creamery, specials, 31a
UHc (official 31c); extras, 30a30Hc; thirds
to firsts, 22a23c.; held, common to special,
22a29c; process, common to special, 18a
25c; western factory, 18a21Hc; western
Imitation creamery, 21a23c.
CHEESE Strong; receipts, 1,634 boxes;
state, full cream, specials, 16 Vi alC'c. ; col
ored, fancy, H54c; white, fancy, llftc;
good to fine, UViaHHc; winter made, best,
13c; common to prime, Ual3Hc; skims,
full to specials, 2al2c.
EGOS Lower, closing weak; receipts,
10,051 cases; state, Pennsylvania and near
by, fancy, selected, white, 30c.; fair to
choice, 2Sa20c; brown and mixed, fancy,
t7a2Sc; fair to choice, 25V5oI0c.; western,
(lrsts, 26V4c; seconds, 25c.
POTATOES Easy except for Bermuda,
which rule firm; domestic, In bulk, per
ISO lbs,, S2.26o2.02; per bbl. or bag, t2.10a
2.40; European, per bag. I1.80a2.15; Bermu
da, new, per bbl., $1.25a0; sweet, No,"l,
per basket, tlal.SO.
LIVE POULTUY-Btrong; prices not
established.
DRESSED POULTRY Firm; turkeys,
young, selected, per lb,, 23c; young, poor
10 gooa, luarcc; capons, nearDy, azsc.;
western, 22a2Sc; spring chickens, roast
ing, nearby, 18a24c; western, 14ai0c;
fowls, boxes, 16c; barrels, 15Mc; old
roosters, 12c; ducks, western, lSalSc;
geese, western, 10al2c; squabs, white, per
doz., 31.COa4.75; frozen turkeys, No, 1, 23a
15c; broilers, milk fed, fancy, 20a28c;
:orn fed. 22a2tc; roasting chickens, milk
(ed, 20a26c; corn fed, 17a20o.; fowls, No. 1,
I4al5c; ducks, No. 1, 17aUc; geese, No. 1,
Ual4c; capons, 24aZ7c
HAY AND STRAW-Steady; timothy,
per hundred, CBaSSc; shipping, 60at2Hc;
tlover, mixed, 60aT6c; clover, EOaSOc; rye
itraw, tlal.UVi; small bales, SU⪼ less.
COL COW FIRM
His Story of Garmack Kill
ing Not Shaken.
HOW THE TROUBLE STARTED.
Gives Proof of His Friendship For
.ths Tennessee Senator Some
Years Before the Lat
ter Was Killed.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 24. Colonel
Duncan Cooper, after spending twelve
hours on the witness stnnd In tho Cur
mack murder trial, proved to be a
splendid witness in his own behalf.
The courtroom was crowded. Colo
nel Cooper's two daughters sat near
him nnd during his testimony leaned
forward In their seats with Intent In
terest, seeming to drink in every word,
Colonel Cooper held the attention of
the Jury throughout, nnd his story of
his relations with ex-Scnntor Carmnck
made a strong Impression upon the
twelve men who hold bis fate In their
hands. Under severe cross examina
tion Colonel Cooper never faltered for
one moment, and Ills statements re
garding tho events lending up to the
shooting remained unshaken. When
tlie court took n recess It was general
ly conceded that Colonel Cooper had
materially strengthened his case.
"I met Senator Carniack nt Colum
bia when he wns quite young," said
Colonel Cooper. "I brought htm to
Nashville as editor of the American,
and he remained with me until 1S02,
when ho went to Memphis."
"Were your relations friendly?" he
was asked.
"More than friendly. They were
cordial and close until his race with
Senator Taylor four years ago. Then
we disagreed."
"Did Carmnck ever give expression
to sentiments of gratitude' to you?"
"Yes. When he went to' Memphis hi
1802 he wrote an editorial thanking
me."
"Did you, nfter he left, maintain
friendly relations?"
"Absolutely so. We corresponded,
nnd the last very friendly letter I had
from him wns In December, 1004. Our
relations were pleasant nfter that,
however. At that time he was In tho
United States senate."
The witness produced a letter writ
ten by Senator Carmack signed "Sin
cerely, your friend."
"What was tho first note of discord
between you and Senator Carmack?"
'The relations were not cordial dur
ing the Cnrinnek-Toylor senatorial eon
test. The first offensive note appear
ed In the Memphis News-Sclmltnr In
1008."
"Who started tho changed rela
tions?" "Why, I supported Taylor In that
contest; and he took offense. I regret
ted It very much."
"Who did you support for govern
or?" "Governor Patterson."
"After that did you notice any fur
ther change In Senntor Carmack's
manner?"
"Yes, sir. lie censed speaking to
me."
"Had you done liim any wrong?"
"I had not."
"What other Indication of hostility
did you observe In Carmack's attitude
to you?"
"Well, there were articles In the pa
per." "Was that editorial written by Sen
ntor Carmack?"
"I was so informed."
One paragraph of the edlt-'.Val re
ferred to Colonel Cooper nud fulonel
Gates as "consistent bolters, who got
together In support of the only gov
ernor the Louisville and Nashville rail
road In its history of crime and de
bauchery ever owned."
Colonel Cooper said he was unarmed
on Sunday, Nov. 8, when he asked to
meet Carmack In order to have tho
editorial attacks discontinued.
"I wnnted no npology. All I wanted
was that these attacks should cease.
I said that unless they did the town
wns not big enough to hold both of us;
that I was tired of having a man spit
In my face each morning as soon as I
got up."
France 8ees Brilliant Comst.
Cherbourg, France, Feb. 24. A large
and brilliant comet wns visible hero
for nn hour. Lnrge crowds on the
sen front watched It slowly sink into
the horizon.
WRIGHT'S SISTER IN FLIGHT.
Atroplanlst Makes Trip Aoross Coun
try With Passengers.
Pnu, France, Feb. 24. Wilbur
Wright made an aeroplane flight far
across tho country with his sister as
a passenger.
For tho first time M. TIssandler nnd
Count Lambert handled tho machine
and landed unaided by Mr. Wright
CAPTAIN HUTCHINS ILL.
Kearsarge Commander Succumbs to
8 train of Long Cruise.
Washington, Feb. 24. There have
been many inquiries nt the navy de
partment concerning the case of Cap
tal Hamilton Uutchlns, commander of
the battleship Kearsarge, who was de
tached from his command at Gibraltar
and ordered home in advance of the
battleship ficct. In the absence of a
rortual report from Hear Admiral
Sperry the officials will say nothing
about the matter.
Captain Hutchlns, who received his
commission on Oct. 13, 1007, two
months before the battleship fleet sail
ed for -the cruise around the world,
suffered severely from the strain of
the arduous trip.
After Captain Hutchlns got the
Kearsarge through the Sue, cnnnl his
nervous condition became noticeable,
and Just before the licet left Gibraltar
on the homeward voyage Admiral
Sperry relieved him of his command.
Captain Hutchlns enme home from
Gibraltar as n passenger on tho Prin
cess Koenlgcn Louise under tho care
of two sailors detailed to be his per
sonal attendants on the voyage.
BROWNSVILLE BILL PASSES.
All Republicans In 8enate Vote For
Re-enllstment Measure.
Washington, Feb. 24. Tho Aldrich
hill providing means .for re-culiatmcnt
of the negro soldiers who were dis
charged without honor on account of
participation In the Brownsville riot
wns passed by the senate.
By the terms of tho bill the president
Is authorized to appoint n court of In
quiry to determine the qualifications
for re-eullstmcut of discharged negro
soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry
regiment who were nccused of shoot
ing up Brownsville, Tex., on the night
of Aug. 13-14, 1000.
The bill was passed by a party vote
of 50 to 20, except that Senntor Teller
voted with the Republicans for the
passage of the bill.
The bill Is a compromise measure ap
proved by President Roosevelt, Senn
tor Fornker nud nil of the Republican
members of the committee on military
affairs. The court of Inquiry will net
ns n board to consider applications for
re-enllstment and recommend the res
toration to duty of such soldiers who
are not found guilty of complicity In
the affray.
HEADLESS SKELETON FOUND.
Missing Salesman's Skull Was Ten
Feet Distant From the Rest.
W,estlleld, Mnss., Feb. 24.-The skele
ton of Robert A. Perkins, a traveling
salesman for the Utlcn Rubber com
pany of Utlcn, N. Y., was found beside
a road near here. The skull wns ten
feet distant from the rest of the skele
ton. Beside the skeleton was a suitcase,
In which were letters and pamphlets
of Instruction from the Utlcn Rubber
company to Perkins. There was also a
letter signed "Hnttle" and postmarked
Proctor, Vr., Sept. 22, 1007.
Perkins disappeared from Maiden,
Mass., more than a year ago after a
quarrel with a Maiden mnn.
Perkins' father, E. ,0. Perkins; his
mother nnd a sister, nil live In Maiden.
Miss Hnttle Perkins, a sister, the writ
er of the letter found in his suitcase,
Is supervisor of music In the Cnstleton
(Vt.) public schools.
OPIUM CONVENTION ENDING.
Tuan Fang Hopes Powers Will Help
China to Get Rid of Evil.
Shanghai, Feb. 24. Tho Internation
al opium convention Is expected to
conclude Its labors tomorrow. In addi
tion to condemning opium smuggling
nnd opium smoking, the commission
will recommend International prohibi
tion of trade In morphine.
Tuan Fnng, the bend of the Chinese
delegntlou, expressed the earnest hope
that the United Stntes, Great Britain
and the other powers would help Chi
na to rid herself of the great evil.
"If the Importation of foreign opium
Is prevented by Joint International no
tion," he said, "I will hold myself per
sonally responsible for the stopping of
the sale of the drug. I have already
prnctlcnlly stnmpcd out tho poppy in
the three provinces over which I rule."
NEAR EIGHTY, GETS TEN YEARS
Aged Mrs. Peck, Convicted of Fraud,
Sent to Auburn.
New York, Feb. 24. Gray haired
and bent with age, Mrs. Ellon Peck,
ngc,d scventy-nlno years, was sen
tenced In tho court of general sessions
to ten years in Auburn prison.
Mrs. Peck, who has been arrested
nenrly a hundred times and has been
convicted Ave times before for "flim
flam" games, was convicted of obtain
ing $1,000 from Normand & Wilson
on a bogus title to 225,000 acres of
land. She was arrested at Sparkblll,
N. Y
Ten Buried by Cave-in.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 24. While
workmen were digging a trunk sewer
here it rave-In killed Daniel Roberta
nud .entombed nine other workmen.
BLOW TO THE BEEF TRUST.
Supreme Court Upholds Fine and For
felture Under Arkansas Law.
Washington, Feb. 24. The supreme
court of the United States dealt a se
vere blow to the beef trust In uphold'
lng tho validity of the Arkansas anti
trust law, which provides a penalty of
from $200 to $000 for each offense and
tho forfeiture of the right to do busi
ness hi tho state.
The decision wns handed down In
the suit against the stnte of Arkansas
by the Hammond Pncklng company of
Chicago, which It was charged had
conspired with other packers to fix
the price of meats.
The ense originated in tho circuit
court of Pulaski county, Ark., where
a $10,000 fine wns Imposed. Thnt ver
dict wns sustnlned by the Arknnsns
supreme court, whose finding Is now
affirmed.
The constltutlonnllty of the law was
attacked on the ground thnt It impairs
the obligation of contract, denies equnl
protection under the law nnd stands
In the way of due legal process. It
wns also contended that Inasmuch as
the packing company Is nn outside cor
poration Its offense, if It committed
any, was committed outside of the
state. It wns also urged thnt the
trlnl hnd been Iriegular In thnt there
had not been a Jury, ns required by
the Arkansas constitution In criminal
actions.
Justice White's decision wns ngnlns t
the packing company on all thep
points. He gave especial considera
tion to the complaint thnt when the
company refused to produce Its books
In obedience to nn order from the
court n Judgment wns given against It
contrary to tho federal constitution.
Justice White declared that It Is the
duty of a corporation to live In the
light of dny nud to bo prepnred nt nny
time "to exhibit Its proceedings to Its
crentor, tho stnte."
N. Y. CENTRAL DEFEATED.
Federal Court Confirms Fines of $134,-
000 For Rebating.
Washington, Feb. 24. Tho verdict of
the United Stntes circuit court for the
southern district of New York Impos
ing a fine of $108,000 upon tho New
York Central Railroad compnny on the
charge of granting rebates to the
Amerlcnn" Sugar Refining company wns
affirmed by the supreme court of the
United Stntes.
Tho rebntes to the refining company
were given on shipments of sugar In
1005 from New York to Cleveland and
Detroit. Between New York and
Cleveland the railroads published a
tariff calling for a charge of 21 cents
per hundred pounds, while the rnte to
Detroit was 23 cents. The cut In the
first Instance was 5 cents and In the
second 2 cents.
The court rendered a similar deci
sion upholding tho lower court In the
ense of n shipment to Clevelnnd, O., In
which n fine of $20,000 wns Imposed.
TO STUDY IN PARIS.
8oclety Women Give $25,000 to Send
Architectural Students Abroad.
New York, Feb. 24. Five wealthy
New York society women have sub'
scribed $5,000 ench to crente a fund to
be used by the Society of Architects to
send one American architectural stn
dent every three yenrs to Pnrls for a
two nnd n half yenr course In the
Ecole des Benux Arts there.
The first prellmlnnry competition for
this scholnrshlp, which is to be known
as the Pnrls prize, will be held In this
city on March 15. It will be open to any
American. The winner will receive
$250 quarterly from the time of his
departure until bis return.
Tho donors of the fund are Mrs.
Goelet, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney,
Mrs. Auchmuty, Mrs. W. K. yonder
bllt and Mrs. Alexander G. Cochran.
GERMAN ADMIRALS LIBELED.
Navy Captain Is Found Guilty and
Fined $1,250.
Berlin, Feb. 24. The trial of a sen
sational libel suit In which Naval Cap
tain Bergcr nnd Dr. Ilgensteln, a Jour
nnllst, were nccused of libeling some
of tbo most prominent nnd nctlve ad
mirals of the German navy, including
Admiral von Tlrpltz, minister of ma
rine, ended with the sentencing of the
former to a fine of $1,250 nnd the lat'
ter to six months In jail.
The case aroused Intense Interest
Captain Berger, who had been dis
missed from the navy, accused the ad
mlrnls of conspiring to drive him out
of the service through fnlse reports
Ilgensteln reproduced Berger's state
ments In the course of several articles,
FOR A PLAY CENSOR.
New York Board of Aldtrmsn Asked
to Call Hearing.
New York, Feb. 24.-A resolution
calling a public hearing to determine
whether or not the theaters of New
York need to be placed under tho re
straining band of a piny censor was
Introduced In the board of aldermen,
tt was referred to the committee on
laws and legislation.
The resolution Invites the attendance
at the hearing of clergymen "and such
other persons as may be Interested In
tne subject."
STANDARDQ1LW1NS
Too Many farmers on Jury
Is Court's Ruling.
5IXTY-TW0 AMONG TALESMEN.
Court Hears Argument Today at to
Whether Shipments Constitute
Offense New Panel (
Tomorrow.
Chicago, Feb. 24. The retrial of the
Btatulnrd OH Company of Indiana was
unexpectedly delayed when Judge An
derson In the United Stntes district
court quashed the panel of 150 venire
men because of what he considered
the singularly large proportion of
farmers thereon. There were sixty
two farmers among the 150.
It was a so called "farmers'" Jury
which brought In the former verdict
making Judge Landls' fine $29,240,000
lu the original case possible, and John
S. Miller of the defense was prompt
In calling the court's attention to the
fact that the panel present here for
the new trial contained but three Chi-
cngonus, although GO per cent of the
population within the Jurisdiction of
the court lives within Cook county.
"It looks like design, or if not de
sign It looks like a strange coinci
dence," commented Judge Anderson,
whereupon T. O. McMillan and R. O.
Jones, the Jury commissioners, Insist
ed with vigor that the latter was the
case; that the panel hnd been drawn
exactly as In other cases. This the
court later admitted to be a fact.
District Atrnrnpv Rims nnd hln arm-
clal assistant, James H. Wllkerson,
quoted authorities to show that all a
defendant can legally claim Is a fair,
honest nnd Intelligent Jury to try his
ense. Mr. Wllkerson declared that the
Jury did not need to represent every
portion of a Judicial district Ho said
there was no- statute to compel the
jury commission to take geography or
occupation Into consideration.
"I don't want to start In with this
hearing feeling that there Is some
thing unfair," answered the court.
"We ought to start fair nnd keep fair.
I think this panel ought 'to be set
aside.
"I will Instruct the Jury commission
to put In 150 names of men a good pro
portion of whom shall be good busi
ness men of Chicago.
"It so happens that this case Is tried
in n district composed of an enormous
commercial city and several rural
counties. The country may have purer
air, a higher moral standard and great
er Intelligence than the city, but that
Is an open question.
"However, I am not going outside
the issue when I say that If the Jury
were composed partly of business men
who would realize the great Indus
trial and commercial phase of the
case a more satisfactory and Just ver
dict may be reached."
The Jury commission was ordered to
produce the new panel tomorrow.
Judge Anderson heard arguments of
counsel today as to whether ship
ments or settlements of freight charges
constitute the offense.
The government contends thnt each
shipment of oil on which an alleged
rebate was paid forms a separate vio
lation of tho law. Under, this con
struction of the law It would be possi
ble to fine the defendant, If found
guilty, n maximum of $10,000,000.
There are, It Is charged, thirty-six set
tlements of freight charges on these
shipments. Accepting this view, a
maximum fine of $720,000 is possible.
BLOW TO PICTURE SHOWS.
Court Upholds Power of Now York
Mayor to Revoke Licenses.
New York, Feb. 24. Supreme Court
Justice Platzek dealt a severe blow
to the moving picture houses In a de
cision declaring that the power of the
mayor to revoke licenses cannot be
luestloned.
Justice Piotzek's decision was In
the cases of William Mackenzie,
Achlllc Bartuluzl and the El Dorado
Amusement company and applies to a
hundred similar cases pending In the
courts. The application of the mov
ing picture promoters for an injunc
tion restraining the mayor and the
chief of the bureau of licenses from
Interfering with them wns denied.
BRITISH SMOKELESS CRUISER.
H. M. 8. Indefatlgable'to Have Inter
nal Combustion Engines.
London, Feb. 24. The keel of the
first funnelleBS cruiser, the Indefatiga
ble, was laid down In the Devonport
dockyard. She will be similar to the
ships of the Invincible class.. She will
have two masts, but apart from her
gun turrets and bridges her upper deck
will be as clear as that of a sailing
ship with sails stowed away.
The introduction of Internal combus
tion engines will enable the cruiser to
rtlsnensn with funnels.