Tyrone Daily Herald (Newspaper) - January 30, 1917, Tyrone, Pennsylvania THIRTIETH YEAR TYRONE PA TUESDAY JANUARY 30 1917 25 CENTS PER MONTH WILSON IMMIGRATION Refuses lo Sign Measure Be cause ol Literacy Tist WAS PASSED Bl VOTE Proponent Will Try to Carry Measure Over Head Ballot Probably Thursday Washington Jan Wilson vetoed the immigration passed by congress because of Its lit eracy test provision The passed the house last March 308 to 87 and the senate last month 7 When the message was read in the it was ordered to lie on the table until Thursday morning and champions of the began laying plans to override the veto Chairman Burnett announced that be would hove for a vote on Thursday Two years ago the lacked only four votes of the necessary ma to pass the over the veto the yeas being 261 and the nays 13li The attempt Having failed in the action was taken by the senate When President Taft vetoed a simi lar measure because of the literacy test the senate succeeded in over riding him by more than a twothirds majority but he house fell short about a dozen rotes It was the second time that Presi dent Wilson had because of the literacy test and for the same reason similar meas ures were vetoed by Presidents Taft veto message to the house in which the originated fallows to return this without my signature In most of the provisions of the 1 should be very glad to concur but I cannot rid myself of the convic tion that the literacy test constitutes v radical change in the of the n not justified In prln test of of quality or of personal fitness but would in most cases merely as a penalty for lack of opportunity in the country from which the alien seeking opportunity to gain ah educa KAISER WILHELM II Hit 58th Birthday Saturday f MANS STEM Surge Forward on Uie of BODY GIRL IN GASKET Four Bullets Said to Have Been Found in Corpse by American Press Association TROOPS FIGHT OFF ANGERED MEXICANS Must Take Bath Before Being Admitted la II S El Paso Tex Jan can riots which were started on Sat by Mexican women who refused to take an antiseptic bath required by quarantine officers were resumed in Juarez A company of the in fantry charged a crowd of Mexicans who attempted to rush across the in bridge in defiance of Amer ican quarantine regulations After a brief struggle the Mexicans were driven back News of the fighting spread through El Paso and Juarez and hundreds assembled at of the bridge tion is in many cases one of the chief then turned their at by the Immigrant tentlon to street cars that had Crossed in the from the American side our experience in the ppt has ordered all cars stopped been that the Illiterate immigrant is i at tne bridge asr such an undesirable immigrant j Tests of quality and of purpose can not be objected to on principle tests of Opportunity surely may be even If this test he equitably Insisted on one ofthe exceptions proposed to involves a on the bridge Ser c of Company A was knock ed by a bottle hurled by a Mexican American customs officer was i struck bya pav ing stone and seriously hurt Mexican women employed in El Paso and living In Juarez started the to very delicate and hazardous They marched across the bridge swinging into a run Such aprovision so applied and administered would oblige the concerned In effect to pass judgment neared the end Quarantine officers threw them back The i f women fought screaming and cursing upon the laws and practices of or women cornered two eigu government and declare that they rush did or dW not constitute religious per 0Jj back When This would to say the least i Uje to shoot be a most invidious function for ol Mexicans employed as la administrative officer of this govern Qn the E1 paso Uie ment to perform and it is not n then the soldiery arrived possible but probable that very were fired ous nnd comity arise between this government and the government or Notwithstanding the quarantine regulations will be contin ued Dr C O Pierce senior surgeon governments thus condemned i n chargei announced More than 200 should its exercise be adopted i baths aSter the i righting was over and many others i were passed upon displaying certifi cates signed by the Mexican health officer in Juarez showing they had UBOAT SINKS TRANSPORT Down Ten Minutes After Being Torpedoed Eaat of Malta Jan sinking of n j been bathed transport ship filled with troops Inj the Mediterranean by a German sub pno marine on January 25 j 11 announced by the admiralty i Senator Cummins to Call Up A was torpedoed about 250 i tion Today miles east of Malta aa it was proceedi Washington Jan Cum Ing eastward convoyed by a French j mins Republican Iowa announced torpedoboat today he will call up his resolu The torpedoboat that sank the to have the senate set aside a port had previously on January 9 Inweek for exclusive discussion of the Mediterranean sunk a dent address to that bod fully laden of about 50001 lat Monday on world peace tons and en January 15 the armed j The resolution Is on the calendar British tank steamship an affirmative vote will be tons bound from to Port Said sary to place it before the senate for with coal and oil The captain of j disposition It can be debated at was made a prisoner length such action however and it is expected criticism of the to Widow president will be quickly answered bj Easton Pa Ian inventory Democrats of the estate ofthe late Charles Groet zinger of Easton filed here places In value of personal property at Berln Tan wert 06777 and real estate at A 9UstRined by the British In recent at total of all of which on tne front to the widow i to the official Turkish REFUSES EASIER TERMS Go 41 Confinement Boston Jan t life convict refused to work in under a modification of week When Informed thit He woald lie taken out of solitary confinement after fortyone years and said that unless lie could obtain a full pardon he preferred to remain Itt his qld v v i i No statement was made by the beyond the IU umn meut Pomeroy had been iu punishment which means that lie would except Make Supreme Ruth Enemy water until he was ready to at Hill 304 Above Verdun and Berlin Jan troops adj in three waves Attacked Gerj man positions north of the war office announces The ati tacks were repulsed with heavy losses i On the Verdun front four attacks j were made by the French The state all of these efforts broken up by the German fire The statement adds Western group of Crown Prince Rupprecht North of Armentieres the British attacked in three waves the positions of Bavarian infantry regiment No 23 The attack was repulsed with the infliction of se vere losses upon the enemy West of east of Neuville St on the north bank of the Ancre and north of enterprises by hostile raiding detachments were un successful Southwest of Le loy a British outpost was captured i group of crown prince On the west bank of the Meuse Verdun there was lively fighting activity during the day In the morning the French tried toad vance by a surprise without artillery preparation against the positions on Hill 304 captured on January 25 They streamed hack under our fire which began Immediately j Beginning at noon a heavy artill Jery fire was played upon our trench es After a violent fire upon the lines three more French attacks which all broke downand were with out Westphalian regiments Nos 13 and 15 and Baden reserve infantry regiment No 109 te1 defended the captured ground of which not one foot was re gained by the Frenchin spite liberal use of men and tion In the Vosges a raid resulted in nine prisoners In After strong artillery preparation oh storming detachments of j burg infantry No 24 entered French trenches and returned thirtyfive prisoners and one machine sun GIVES LIE TO TOM LAWSON Rutland Yt Jan to be behind the reported dte covery that the body of Bessie Benson a motion picture actress Los Angeles hi a casket marked Contagious do not open was pierc ed four bullet holes and scantily clad to the district attorney C V Poulin the murderer must hare girl jammed her body the coffin and to cover his shipped It across to thu girls mother Mrs Chauncey Benson a of a little village sixteen miles from here A death certificate believed to have been forged was pinned to the casket It gave the cause of death as yellow liver atrophy The words yellow liver were printed by a typewriter Atrophy was written with Ink The certificate was signed sby a Dr mother received a tele gram three that her daugh ter had died in a Los Angeles and that the body was being shipped She became suspicious and caskets arrival ordered It opened body was discovered only hia flimsy shirtwaist and underclothing ft is said there were two bullet holes one Inthe left arm and one in the right leg Mrs Benson iias started for Los Angeles The girl was a graduate of ven High school She left years ago to go Into She corresponded regularly with her mother who had sent her In the last three months In response tore quests for money S STANWOOD MENKEN Chairman of Security lit Washington Germans Repulsed In Alsace Paris Jan troops easily j repulsed an attempted attack by the on a trench at Hartmans Alsace the war office statement announces During the night numerous patrol engagements took place in the pagne and at various points along the Alsace front Russians Capture 1000 Germans Petrograd Tan of ty officers and more than 1000 Geri man soldiers was announced in the official statement as among the fruits of the Russian victory northeast of on Saturday Contracted illness in Prison Los Angeles Jan Ben son died of atrophy nf the liver pnd said superin tendent of the county hospital when shown despatches saying the girls corpse was riddled by bullets When her body institution there were no scars on it except a mark on the left leg which could not have been by n The girl was serving a term in the county jail where she a cold and was the tte authorities say Jaundice speeded her death ARREST MEANEST MAN Held for Death of Woman After Re moving Windows From Home Sunbury Pa Jan Frederick Wise caused the arrest of Carl te of Watsontown charging him with j manslaughter He claims Schotte is responsible the death of Mrs Wise According to the plaintiff they lived in a house j possession of which was wanted by Schotte They refused to move and i on December 17 1916 Schotte the windows sash and all In four hours Mrs Wise took pneumonia and died Helmets for Mine Hazleton Pa Jan many mules annually through the pro of these animals to their heads and bump themselves against the roofs of mine stopes the Lehigh Valley Coal has provided a special helmet These give ample freedom from side to side but restricts more than normal upward movement are being tried out and promise to become the fashion In other mines Mr Wilton to Make Speech Washington Jan j Wilson will speak Friday night before J the Chamber of Commerce of the ed States to welcome delegates toj Washington He is expected to briefly to some of the problems facing the nation Whether the president will truy further to develop his ideas j on peace in public speeches has not been determined New Head for Trenton Prison Trenton N J Jan Edge announced that he would appoint James H Republican of Trenton as principal keeper of the New Jersey state prison The ap pointment to the senate He will P Hughes Demo crat Witness Denies Saying Broker Controlled McAdoo FISK ALSO ENTERS DENIAL Admits Attending to Buti neM in New York But Mas No Knowledge of Leak New York Jan Archibald S White testifying before the leak com denied the charges of Thomas W Lawson of Boston tbat White told him Pliny Flak had boasted to him about his alleged control over Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo Its all White declared f never mentioned name to Lawson A sweeping denial of all Lawsons statements involving his name par his alleged association with Secretary McAdoo In Wall was made before the congressional leak investigating committee by Mr Fisk who is a member of the firm of Sons bankers Among categorical denials made by Fisk were that he ever had a joint AVall street account with McAdoo and a Senator O that he had told Archi bald White or any one else that he controlled Secretary McAdoo and had offered to call to telephone call and that he had received any ad vance information regarding President Wilsons peace note Asked If his firm had ever enjoyed any advantages In transactions with the treasury department Fisk replied negatively He admitted that after suggesting to Secretary McAdoo that offices iii a building his firm owned would be suitable for the federal re serve bank he had leased the offices to the government Mr brought into the in by Lawson declaring at the hear ings in Washington that White told him Fisk had boasted to him that lie controlled Secretary McAdoo Decision to call Fisk was reached at session of the committee and Its counsel Sherman Lr of Boston The meeting Was entirely harmonious and all agreed that the Inquiry now should be directed speci to the alleged note leak Representative Bennet Republican New York said that a mysterious pa per in his possession showing thai some one had the foresight to sel 20000 shares of steel on a raisin market fortyeight hours before the peace note was released was a clear ing house record Fisk said Ms firm retains In Wash ington a newspaper man whose name he would not recall to keep it inform ed regarding governmental in which It is Interested He eilo furnish the name later He deemed specifically how i ever that his firm had received anj communication from its Washington representative between December If 23 relative to the peace note Mr Whipple requested Fisk to through his files for previous crm from the firms Washing ton representative ity of a search for other leaks T never he declared talked dreamed or Imagined a pool for stoclt market speculation with Mr or any other government official Oui business is not stock gambling In closing Fisk made the statement that he still thought Law sons statement probably was the re suit of a disordered brain and se verely criticised him for dragging the name of Harvey Flsk Sons Into the inquiry Lawson should be taken at his word Flsk said and placed behind the bars on the basis of perjury he wantonly handles the name of a reputable citizen If his statement Is the result of a disordered brain as II appears to be perhaps the good Lord will take care of It In his own way Photo by American Press Association TO SEEK ARMOR PUNT SITES IN WYA AND MD Naval Board to Make a Tour of Inspection Washington Jan naval j board which will inspect suggested sites for the 513000000 armor plant i probably will leave Washington late this week for their first investigation tour which will take them into Virginia and Western Maryland Hear Admiral Fletcher head of board reported to Secretary Daniels that tentative plans for atrip first into Alabama and Georgia had been changed because the members want to await an analysis of ores in the Alabama district before looking over the proposed sites in that section After the trip through West Virginia j and Mainland the board probably wiil tour Tennessee Alabama and Georgia and later will inspect suggested loca tions in the Ohio valley and middle west Walter an attack witi twice In forces and at the i 25 of in a son of Wai er i Two tn mnJ Poet Scout Dying Wood Haven N Y Jan Wallace Crawford Captain poet scout Is suffering from pneu and dls death ia only aues a few hours It was said at hie home He has been sick for about weeks He contracted cold while lecture Man In Jan Al bert was arrested by Chief Burgess John Foster following an exchange ot revolver shots Foster chased Alberts along a thoroughfare because Alberta was Intoxicated He committed to Jail In default ot 91000 ball Baltimore Son Killed Front Baltimore Md Jan C Win giate a member of the police force here has been by the British embassy that serving with the twelfth tn has reported killed i BrUlth Mine North Sti London Jan officially announced here in regard to the extension ot the shipping In the North Seit bn Censor bus permitted the lion of Scandinavian despatches ring to the new naval Ac cording to from gen Scandinavian traffic J with land hereafter will be and the Danish be considerably j i We to groat when we fight with those who have nothing to t ROBBERS PLEAD GUILTY Two Men Theft in Easton Pr Jan R Fluck of Allen town and Allen T Raines oi Chapmans two of five young ihen ar rested several weeks ago on charges of wholesale robberies from ol the American Express company along Penn branch pleaded guilty to stealing packages from the South Bethlehem office s They denied conspiracy to rob the company are well known It was stated that had returned over worth of stolen The theft ot a pearl necklace to tho Investigation by de resulting In the discovery oi the wholesale robberies In several of fices has not yet been unearthed Pall Down Stain Man Pn Tan a fal downstairs W Beef aged for broke his and PRISONERS ON RAMPAGE Smash Fixtures and Windows in Tren ton Jail After I Trenton Jan of the New Jersey state prison were unruly and insubordinate following the visit of Governor Edge and his prison in commission Richard P Hughes principal keeper found it necessary to segregate about twenty of the prisoners in an aban for punishment They will be fed on bread and water Mr said The prison was in a bedlam Mr Hughes said when cell fixtures were smashed and windows broken and the prisoners kept up a continual howl Governor Edge and the made an inspection of the prison and the legislature will be asked to ap money for better dations and for better machinery in the workshop FIND SURF Remains of Woman Discovered on Beach at Atlantic City Atlantic City Jan body of a woman believed to be Mrs Marga ret Fallon was discovered on the beach at Bartram avenue by board walk promenaders Patrolman Bagnell was notified and waded knee deep into the surf to reach j the body j The woman is described as being of middle age five feet two Inches in height and weighing about 140 pounds She was attired in a suit of blue and wore black stockings and black shoes Shoe Cobblers Boost Chicago Jan cobbler be came an Important factor in the cost of Jiving when announcement was made that price advances ranging from f twentyfive to fifty per cent bei recommended to owners of more than j 2000 shoe repairing shops by the Unit ed Shoe Repairers association Connaught Made Volunteer Head London Jan has ap pointed tho Duko of to be of the forces says an official announcement issued liere The of retired from the generalship of Can ad a The Weather Forecast for this section Partly cloudy and colder today and probably tomorrow southerly winds PAY TO Arose From Sickbed to Cele brate A LEADER OF LEADERS List of His Friends Famous Men In All Walks of Life In Many Counsel In Many Famous at and Abroad Joseph H Choate dean of American lawyers aud senior citizen of the ed States arose from a sickbed the other day to celebrate liis birthday He awoke 011 that morning to find his homo in New York city choked with flowers from hundreds of admirers and well wishers and the bouquets were piled high in every room and in the halls The postmans arms were weary on his rounds until he lightened his bur den at the Choate home and telegraph and cable messengers kept up a con stant procession More than sixty cablegrams were re from Europe sent by persons who had become his intimates during his six years service aa ambassador at the court of St James One of came from King George and others from Britons high in the coun cils of their nation Friend of Kings The names of Mr Choates friends make a roster of the foremost men In all walks of life Kings princes presi dents judges generals und other lead ers have long been admirers of the man whose eloquence and wit brought him from humble beginnings to one oC the most brilliant men our nation has ever produced H is a genuine Xan kee having been born at the good old Yankee town of Salem Mass Jan 24 1832 His father was Dr George his mother Margaret Man tling Hodges LiUe practically all am youths of that day he went to Harvard college from which he was graduated at age of twenty Two years later he was graduated from the Dane school as the Har vard lav school was then called and went into a Boston law office to serve his apprenticeship In 1855 he was admitted to the Massachusetts bar but decided to settle iu New York Counsel In Famous Prominent the cases with which the name of Choate is associated are those of General FitzJohn Porter and the ease In the former which concerned the demand of Porter to be reinstated iu his rauk in the army of which he had been deprived owing to charges brought against him in connection with his conduct at the battle of Bull Una Choate bad to mas ter uot the principles but the minute details of a long confused srad momentous campaign In addition there was the state of public feeling to be considered and the prejudices of the military men who had the campaign and lined up for or against Porter All this the young lawyer and overcame In the case he was obliged at short notice to be come an expert in archaeology as the testimony turned on the genuineness or of fragments of statu ary supposed to huve been buried ba fore the Christian era Other thrilling moments of his ca reer came in the Del Valle breach of promise case that of Russell Sage and the man who was shattered by the bomb the financier his work against the notorious Tweed ring as a member of the Committee ol Seventy Envoy to England Mr continued to inspire con aud terror in the New York courts almost without cessation 1S99 when President ap pointed him ambassador to Great Brit ain He held his post of ambassador un til 1005 when he retired at his own re quest nud against the expressed wish es of President Roosevelt In 1002 Oxford university conferred on Ambassador Choate the D C L an honor to which few Amer have attained To celebrate It Mr Choate had a portrait of himself painted by a well known artist repre senting him wearing the red gown of Oxford Two years after retiring from his diplomatic post Mr went to the second Hague peace head of the American He was president of the New York constitutional convention in 1S04 In 1897 he a candidate on principle for United States senator in Plait who held the Republican as n chattel and made of Ms fol lowers mere puppets to record his will Choate was not did nol expect to bo His candidacy was pro test As such it accomplished Its pur ose for Plaits power begun to want after T
