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Saturday 4 , 2 1 0 tie Advertiser Grow. T H E A D V E R T IS E R - J O U R N A L THE SECOND OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER WEST OF T H E HUDSON R IV E R TH E W E A T H E R . R a in tonight* and probably Tucs- day; moderate tem p e r a ture; mod* -vate easterly winds. • AMERICAN CONSUL AT A MEXICAN SEAT OF WAR Ii Made From tra Session Without a Break ism'GET NO REST t's Message Will be omorrow and Questions endous Import Left For iesto Deliberate Upon an, Dee 1—A new pa-sion oi ; second in President W’j]» -Utration* begau work today intent .Marshall as thc noon cd, docliircsl the old session “irithout (lay*’ nnd in thc announced tlmt Congress ’‘in nccordancc with the More formality marked in thc House. lain, tlie Kev. Ilcnry X . Cou- 1 prayer, referring with em* the great economic and social hieli concern thc welfare of nil, thc home, the govern* religious life of thc nation.*1 disclosed a quorum, some* House has not had in m a n y tc began the session with its *ork already mapped out. ’Hetchy-Hetehy Hill began a t 13 cxpectcd that the revised currency hill would he pre* today and would he debated nsiiiions in tho discussion tfr bil). mutfrs a t small points were i confirmed and thc Scuate 111:55 o’clock. Dec. 1—Congrc3S today to the ?ccond stage of sea to be thc longest contin- in its history. Thc regular ‘cssion, following without a the heels of thc long extra t has run sintt) April Hired lawmakers today a problems, and thc prospect ork for many monMis. little formality about thc >f the new Congress a t noon, was signalized by thc fall of n each hotwc, with tho a?i- of the presiding ofliccr th a t session^ of the 03 rd Congress A widespread demand for toe Koujic gallery for tomor n indicated Un* interest th a t ut President Wilson's reap pearance nt tho Capitol to deliver « presidential address. Thc president will read liis iirst general message to Con grO'S a t a Joint session of both houses a t 1 oMo.*k tom orrow and it ir? expected he will touch upon many uf thc prob lem** to be taken up ut thc new session. Thc Senate practically merge*I thc old session into a new one by meeting at 10 o'clock today to w ind un the work of tho dying session. \ ice President M a r shall, who had been absent for several weeks, was in his place again a* presid ing ofliccr. Democratic leaders were prepared to hurry tho currency bill as tho chief business and to hold the Sen ate in daily sessions from 10 n. in. until 11 p. in.. u n t il it is disposed of \'/hile the Senate i* working on cur* reuev legislation am i disposing of thc hetch-hetfhy w a ter Mipply bill during thc early days of tbe new session, thc Hou$n will sta r t work upon thc groat appropriation bills, carrying more than $i,OOO.UOU,l>nO of funds for thc needs of thc governm e nt during the year thnt begins ne.\t du ly . The animal estimates made by the Treasury .Department were presented to tho lloum: when it assem bled a t nonu Prelim inary work by the Appropriations C n m n n ltee ha.s brought several of tin* supply l»dK near comple tion and an elVort will be made to pass the $i:t,OOO.OUU Uirttriwt of Columbia bill, and tbc fortilications appropria tion hill before Chirstmas. Doniocm tic members of the Senate worked all day yesterday to complete their agreement on tho currency bill, so the measure m ig h t he* ptiafocd for im m e diate consideration today Senate lead ers hope th a t hy holding tho Senate to long hours, the bill may he passed in tim e to perm it a S'hort rewss at the holi days. If it ha« not been acted upon, the Senate w ill forego all vacation ex cept on Christm a n Day. Thc program o f thc Senate Democrats on thc currcncy b ill was not at onec un forced and tho Republicans were given u n t il tomorrow' to confer, following nn announcem ent by Senator Gailingcr th a t there was no disposition to obstruct passage of thc bill. COMMISSION GOVERNMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA TOWNS Philadelphia, Doc. 1—Commission foi’Di of governm e n t went into cITcct in m a jority of th e cities Of Pennsylvania today, tlie Bicam e ral system of select common councils going out of. existence. Hereafter tho affairs of these raunicipa.1- iLicrf w ill be conducted hy a single coun c il of five m e n . one of whom ia the m a y o r W ith tlie rweption of J’hila dclidiia, P ittsburgh. Scranton mid three or ionr sm a ll municipalities operating under special charters all cities in the state aro afTocted by tlie new commis sion law passed by the last Legislature. U. S. H a d Wo Hand In It. W a s h ington, Dcc. 1— White House ofli- eials declared today that thc U n ited States governm e n t neither directly nor GlliKI won GETSNEWSTART Several Up-State Contractors Called Upon to Testify RAND JURY GETTING READY W ill Take a H a n d in Highway Case To morrow— Osborne ’ Confers W ith W h itm a n in Regard to the Two Investigations. BECKER CASE BEFORE APPEALS COURT; DECISION FAR DISTANT Arguments Open in Albany in Fight to Save Officer Sentenced to Death For the Rosenthal Murder DRIVERS STRIKE Tuxpan Mexico. Dee I —Th*' \iwri- enn consul here, A. C 1’ayne, is in the thick of the revolutionary turm o il. He has done valiant service in protecting American life and property and has ar ranged to transfer thc Am erican em ployes at the oil Gelds to a point of Aa»foty tho mom e n t thc rebels make violent demonstrations. WARSHIPS SAIL FOR HOME; CRUISE A GREAT SUCCESS \ illefranclu', France, Dec. 1— l\ear Adm iral Charles ,T Badger, before sail ; yesterday on the flagship W y o m ing oil thc return voyage to tho U n ited States of the American squadron which has been distributed among the various ports of the Mediterranean for several weeks, said: ‘•This ciuise of a portion of the A t lantic licet of the United States X a v y to Mediterranean ports has been most pleasant aud successful one. Uvcry- whcrc'tlic greatest cordiality and cour tesy were shown to tho ollicers and men bv the authorities and residents- of tho ports railed. The object of the cruise was to afford an opportunity to the officers nnd enlisted men to see foreign countries and to broaden their exper ience. This opportunity has been fully utilized and the ollicers and men of thc American licet carry home w ith them thc highest appreciation of t)!ic k ind ness they have received everywhere.” GLYNN’S COMPENSATION BILL IS QUITE RADICAL Xew York, Dcc. 1.— Seven up state contractors, am ong them John K. Con salus of Troy, were under subpoena to appear before thc Grand Jury hero to day to tell w h a t they know about a l leged graft in connection witli highway contracts, charges concerning the < istcnee of which witnesses made nt thc John Doc inquiry started some time ago by District A ttorney Whitman. Tho John Doe inquiry also was to be taken up again tiiis afternoon. JJcaidea thc contractors, it was thought likely that M itchell May, secretary of state, or »Joac Pidgcon, his deputy,, would bo culled to identify lists of campaign contributions as liled m the ofliee of the secretary Both were subpoenaed last week Consalus was subpoenaed as the result of testimony given recently bv John A. llennessy, g r a ft investigator tor Gover nor Sulzer. On tho stand at thc John Doo inquiry, llennessy said: '‘Then there was John E. Consalus, who is also known as thc Rob Hoy Con struction Company and the John J . Herlihy Contracting Company. He col lected money from contractors and took it to New York, lie offered to testify before me and give a list of thc men he hud collected from in 1011 and 1012, b u t X declined to accept/' Owing to tho necessity .of organizing a new* jury today for December, it was decided to postpone this phase of the investigation u n t il tomorrow, but thc witnesses wcro reserved for tho John Doc inquiry this afternoon. James W . Osborne, in chargc of the \ra f t inquiry, started by Governor Glynn, bad an appointment to meet D is trict Attorncy W h itm a n today relative, it was understood, to the scope of their respective investigations. Mr. Osborne bore a message from. Governor Glynn, it was said, assuring him of thc co-opera- fion of him s e lf and Attorney* General Carmody. A lb a n y , N \\, Dee. 1.— A t t o r n e y s for form e r Police Lieutenant Charles Decker o f X e w York, under sentence o f death fo r thc murder of Herman Tloscnthal, thc gam b ler, were prepared to d a y lo m a k e w h a t may prove to be the final fight for his life. The Court o f Appeals calendar had been cleared so th a t n o t h ing m ig h t interfere with u n in terrup ted consideration of thc case. A decision in tho ease was not expected for a t least three months. Arguments w e re to start d u r in g the afternoon. In their lengthy briefs filed w ith the co u r t in support of their oral argum e n ts, Keeker's attorneys hoped to show that the former police lieutenant w a s not concerned in any way in the crim e . Their appeal embraced two major p o in t s . One was nn appeal from the ju d g m e n t of conviction of murder in the llrsfc decree a n d the consequent sentence o f death; the other was an appeal fro m th e order o f Ju s t ico GofT denying a m o t io n for a new' trial. M r s . Hecker, wife of thc. convicted m a n , who came, lo Albany y e s terday at tho request of her husband, rem a ined in bcclusiou in her hotel. I t was cxpccted that thc appeals of the four gunmen, jointly convicted w ith in d i m ’tfy hud intlucnccd the w ith d r a w a l ,j,.filljle j,ira 0f wlmit ,0'' C<”R'Ci' compensation bi BY orporations Must Pay the Corporation Tax—Several Cases Settled Dec. I.—Mining corpor- pay the corporation tax im- e Payne-Aldrieh tariff act, the decision today by the 'ft. i million dollars have been government hy such corpor- r protest, and 500 suits and started to recover thc _ Independence, Limited, of successfully contended th a t ores mined by a corpora* s own premises was not Nun the meaning of thc eor- x law, but a conversion of money. also held that thc corpora- deduct the value of ore *s mined as “depreciation.” ® white and Justices Me* nolmcs dissented on thc lat- Ta* Law Applies. n» Dee. 1.—The Supreme . today that the business 11 agents furnishing infor- tlU! financial standing of in a community to a com- „S house in another state, - state \occupation\ taxes come under interstate coin- ^ 10 constitutionality *}' law taxing thc occu- °rnoys who furnish such ^ate Case. Uc=: 1-—Rates on grain U n ™'?s ovcr 1,10 I-ouis- ti c? ai'™ad were todav }«e Supreme Coitrt in the ,y, s^ c rate case. Tho f e d e r a l court of th a t C°Pyright Case. Ir i J h ’ ,L“ Cut dcal- . J 00'5* \ on a vi°- \r “ \ 1C Cupreine Court 'la. v.'en, '’'’tween publish kook sellers not to sell books to those w h o rc-sell to the public a t less than the price fixed hy the p u b lisher, voilatc the Sherman anti-trust law. Ainoskcag of New MRS. IDA M. FRENCH CETS DIVORCE DECREE IN LONDON Hecker for the Rosenthal m u r d e r , a l th o u g h on todays calendar, xsuiild bo postponed. Goff and W h itm an A s s a iled. A .conspiracy lhat found its support in perjured testimony put form e r Police L ieutenan t Charles Uccker in the Sing S i n \ dcath-houRQ for tho m u r d e r of Herman llose n th a l, attorneys for the* convicted m a n argued today Justice GotV, who denied\ Decker a new trial, ami D istrict A ttorney W h itm a n , who prosecuted tho ease, were criticized se verely. Hecker’^ counsel appealed from the ordorj denying their motion for a new trial and asked a reversal of ju d g ment’. .Mrs. Becker wns in tlu*. court room by the special request of her husband. Judge W illia m E. Werner prcsidctl. Chief Judge Cullen nnd .ludgc G r a y , both of whom w ill retire from thc court this m o n th, did no t sit in thc case. I t is expected th a t n decision in the case will not bo rendered for three m o n ths. Twenty-live reasons fwhy the ju d g ment of tho lower court should bo a r rested were given by Attorney Joseph A. Shay Chief a m o n g , them were. Thc trial was u n f a ir, error was com m itted iu excluding evidence; Sam Sehopps plainly was an accomplice; thc verdict was opposed to the weight of the evi dence; “innum e rable incidents and cir cumstances which ocourrcd during the trial were prejudicial to tho defendant, including the argum e n tative charge.\ Tho dalo of thu alleged Harlem m e e t ing between Becker aud the gunm e n never was set positively, and inasmuch as it would be impossible to fix this date on a new trial, the indiclincnt ought to be dismissed The testim o n y of Lubin nnd V n llun should not be ae* coplcd The case of the four guhmen w ill not be argued u n t il December 10, probably. Their atto r n c y , Kobcrl C. Taylor, pro* pared to ask thc court lo set their case for th a t day. Mayor Wallace Takes Personal Charge of Police : No New Steps in Mexican Mix-up; Wilson Waiting and Not Worrying B a n k Case- W a s h ington, Dec. 1.—Tiic Bank case to test thc right York C itv officials to tax stock of -Na tional Bunks w ith o u t deducting the in debtedness of th c owners of the stock, was decided todr.y by tlie Supreme Court in favor of the city oflicials. S y s tem Upheld. W a s h ington, Doe l.-T lie im iform svstem of accounting prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission for railroads, was upheld today by the S u preme Court. Turkey Apologises to Russia. Consantinople, Dcc. 1— The Turkish \overninent today sent written apolo gies to the K u ssian government in con nection w ith the ano s t a week ago on board a K n s s ian ste.uner ot K a v a k li M iwtanha, who hnd been scntcnm l death for thc assassination of N jpfket I’aslia, form e r grand vi/.icr Kavakli Has since died in prison where lie was a w a it ing execution. He is said to have com m itted suicide. Egg B o y c o tt Spreads to St. Paul. S t. P a u l, M inn.. Dec. I—S t . P a u ' housewives to d a y joined m tlie nnXional boycott 011 eggs. Mrs.D.\\ JlcC o u rt, president of the local branch of thc Na- tional Housewives' League, a\ ' ’ou{',c?j} tlm t more th a n 2,000 women of St. I aul nlreadv have joined in the movement and th a t several thousand more arc ex- •pectcd to give their support w ithin thc next two days. W i l l Renominate Pindell. W a s h ington, Dec. l^Prc.sidcnt W ik o n will renom inate Henry M. Pmdell, the ■Peoria publisher, for ambassador to Russia. M r . I ’indell failed of c o n f irm a tion in the extra session of Congress. The president w ill also renominate a ll other appointees who failed. Xew York, Dcc. 1.— Governor C.Iynn went back to Albany yesterday w ith a h a his new bill wns to call for. lie intends to have thc bill introduced In both houses of the Legis lature when it meets a week from to- Thc radical nature of the b ill, a t least so far as its provisions indicated yesterday, was a surprise to his friends. Those who have participated in re cent conferences w ith tho governor said that thc bill, besides providing for com pensation on higher schedules than those now ill forcc in any other state, is to be limited to hazardous trndes. Jn this particular the bill is a de parture from the usual practice in thc states which lately have put workmen s compensation laws into oircct. Thc result is that workmen in the hazardous trades will be under the compensation law, and therefore rcccive thc benefits coming from that law, whereas workmen in the non hazardous trades will still ’be forced to sue for damages in thc old-fashioned way ______________ Picks Pansies on Nov. 30. W/aKish, Minn.. Doc. I — 1This city rlaiiiis a fine weather championship Yesterday -Frank Stuet/.el picked a lan'C bouquet of pansies from a tlowcr bed in his yard The plants arc bloom- iii\ for tlie second timo _ this year Dairymen are feeding their cattle on green rye and trees arc reported budding hi Polk County. New President of Southern R . R Xew York, Dcc. 1— F a irfax Harrison, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway- Com p a n y , was todav elected president of thc Southern Railway Company to succeed the late W. W . Finley. M aritim e . Siaseonsett, Dcc. 1—Steam e r Kniscrin •Vu'mstc Victoria, H a m b u rg, doek at Xe°c York, 5 HO p_ m. Steamer M innc apolis, dock a t Xew Tuesday London, Dec. 1— A divorcc was granted today to Mrs- Id a M. French, daughter of Robert J W y n n e of Washington, D . 0., former Am e rican consul general in ■London and cx-/postmastcr general on tlio grounds of infidelity and cruelty on tlie pnrt of her husband, Captain Hugh Ronald Frcncli, now of tlie Fourth B a t talion (Territorial) of the Yorkshire liegiment and formerly of the Seventh Dragoon tluards .Mrs. French was gi'cn tlie custody of the child of the marriage under nn agreement to produce it in court when ever required. On thc witness stand Mrs. French tcs- 'trilcd th a t her husband had beaten her on several occasions and had dragged her about tho room hecauso slio refused to get up a t 4 or 0 o'clock in thc m o r n ing to entertain his boon companions. He had also kicked her while rfhc was lying on a n i g in front of the fire. TO SE L L R E D CROSS SEALS. York 8:30 a. m. CHARLES HOYT NO B E T T E R . No Man H it by Stray B u llet Has Chance For Recovery. The condition of Charles H o y t, who was shot Saturday while h u n tin g near Scipiovillc, remains about the same to day Mr. Ilo v t was alive early this a f ternoon, b u t ‘ lie was failing rapidly. There is no possible chance for his re* covcry. M r Hoyt was removed to his home in Springport Saturday afternoon soon after the accident. Xo clue has as yet been obtained as to who fired thc shot which struck M r. Hoyt. Stamps of First Sheet W ill Go to H igh Bidders a t Auction. Thc first Red Cross Seals to be sold in this city w ill be auctioned off to tho highest bidder. Thc first sheet contain- Tr a hundred seals will he auctioned off a few a t a time. The miction will be held either before the Iccturo by former Senator Frank J. Cannon at the H igh School tomorrow evening, or at one of the theatcis or public meetings w ith in the next few days. It was hoped to start thc sale to morrow eveninsr, but owing to sonic de* lav iu thc plans it is possible th a t thc auction m a y have to be deferred u n t il a later date. Thc proceeds of thc ecaU will be jpven to start an open air school in tho city. Efforts w ill be made by those Jn chargc of the sale of the seals to m a k e this a record breaking year. The aim ii to dispose of 100,000 seals. Last year ■10,000 seals were sold but w ith extra effort on thc part of everyone, th e committee hopes to double that am o u n t. The seals are sold for a cent apicce, but one m a y pay more if he wishes. Destroys Two Fyke Nets. W h ile seizing two fyke nets at the lo w er end of Cayuga Lake yesterday Spe cial Uame Protector C. A. »«rd w a s threatened w ith bodily injury by an u n known m a n in a motorboat, lie was the owner of the nets judging from the m a n ner in which he talked, according to M r Hurd. The nets were destroyed In them were found between three and four bushels of fish in which were a num b e r of trout. D u r ing thc past week someone broke into M r Hurd's camp at^C a y u g a and stoic two large fyke nets which were .being kept for inspection^ by a m e m ber of tbe Board of Supervisors prepara tory to being destroyed. W a s h ington, Dcc. 1.— P r e s id e n t W i l son observed to callers to d a y t h a t tho ^Mexican factions seemed to be running th ing s in a very interesting w a y at present and that no developm e n t was contemplated so far as tbo U n ite d States was conccrned. Ilis visitors believed he lia d in mind the increasing n u m b e r of Constitutionalist victories a n d th c rapid ly dim inishing zone of control o f the H u e r t a government. W i llia m Bayard Hale, w h o ta lk e d w ith G e n e ral Carranza, and tho. Constitution.* a lis t chiefs a t K o p ies, re tu r n e d here early today and will see th o president la te today or tomorrow. Officially nothing was k n o w n n t tlio ■\V7iite House concerning th c v is it of Q u c rido Molieno, the -Mexican foreign m inister, to Vera Cruz. H e has n o t con- •fercd w ith John Lind, according to in form a tion here today. T h o policy of thc A m e r ican govern m e n t continues to be one o f w a iting, w h ile thc financial blockade weakens the H u e rta regime and thc C o n s t it u t io n a lis t s press forward tlieir vigorous cam p a ig n . Huerta Reappears; Flight Reported Mcxico, Citv, Dcc. 1.— Provisional P resident Huerta whose disappearance irom the federal capital g a v e ' riso to m a n y rumors today, re tu r n e d this af ternoon. Ho had been p a y i n g a v is it to a farm in tho vicinity. >fexico City, Dec. 1— Provisional President Huerta is reported to have le f t the federal capital secretly yester day morning for Vera C r u z , travelling over thc Inter-Oceanic R a ilro a d . Thc story originates w i t li the railroad oflicinls who claim lo know of General H u e rta’a departure a t 4 o'clock in tbo morning 011 board a special train. The presence of Qucrido Mohclio, the Mexican foreign minister at tho port of Vera Cruz, ‘ is said to have some connec tion w ith tbc plnu of General llu c r t a lo leave tbc country. Investigation failed to discover any trace of Provisional President H u e r ta .in the federnl capital and 110 ollicial confir m a tion of liis departure was obtainable, ANOTHER STRIKE IN MILLS AT PATERSON IMMINENT Paterson, X J., Dcc. 3—Thc prospect of another strike of workers faced thc silk m ills of Paterson today Tho crisis was expected a t i> o’clock, the hour set hy 0,000 ribbon weavers lor efTectlng their plan to changc the working day from 10 to nine hours w ithout reduction in wages. Heretofore tbo workers have quit a t 0 o’clock j’ beginning today they planned to leave, the machines a t 5 o’clock. Em p loyers oppose thc cluangc. The dyers and broad silk weavers aro not affected and employers thought there w.is littlo prospect »f another general strike like th a t of last winter. A CITIZEN , RESERVE FORCE Teamsters and Chauffeurs Obey Union's Order to Cease W o r k — Dispensation for M ilk .Wagons and Hearses— M any Arrests M a d e . • Jndinnapolis, Ind.,' *Dce. 1.— Mayor W a llace established headfluarteVs at thc police station early today and ^aidjw would take personal charge of thc police ' departm e n t u n t il the str.ike of the nnion teamsters and ehatilTeurs, which ticgim a t m iduiglrt Inst night is settled. 11o said lm had 100 m o u n ted policemen and •100 patrolmen ^and cxpcctccl to he able to handle the situation w ithout' Ussist- ance from the stale. ’ ' \ In addition* to thc dx lra squads ijf po*», licc, more than 230 citizcns who \wrc sworn iu last night as special ycaervj « forces, awaited an em ergency dill at Tomlinson Hall, where they established h e a d q u a r ter. 4 , .T h o m a s J Farrell, general ♦organi/er of the uiiion, said tlvo strik e order und been obeyed generally. • “There is no reason fo r lawlessness and I hope there w ill bo none,” lip. said. Tlm Tcamstersf U n ion, whieh includes the commercial ehafdl'eurs, i& one of tho » strongest in tho city n n d luls ‘ ^ttween l,r)0.0 and 2,0U0 members*. *, A special dispensation for m ilk wagons, driven hy union teamsters, was made a t the meeting on th e suggestion of Thomas J Farrell, general orgajii/er of thc International Brotherhood -of Teamsters, Ciiafill'eurs, Stablem e n nnd Helpers of America. Drive'rs of hcarSes aro exempt from- tbe s trik e order. Far* rell also Announced thcro would he. no interference w ith the- m j lil or 'othcVfcov- em inent wagons or autom o b iles, or\Vilh , the wngoiif, or machines of t‘hc express companies. Ho said arrangem e n ts would be made for delivering supplies to hos p itals, so th a t there w o u ld lie no* added fcufTering among thc sick. Several* cm- < ployers liaVe signed the. agreement, but 1 their men will join thc strike to make ifc more cfTcclivc. ■ ' t \ ...Teamsters and their, fricuds'were/jnisy' today, harassing drivers, w h o ventured' o u t w ith teams and a large.1 number of arrests were made. • • • » ; . •* 1 Disorder, b u t no serious rioting re sulted frfjm the strlko. T h c police hmdc a num b e r of arrests au d used their.cluhs . freely iu keeping lhe crowds in.'tho town section on the move. *All the men taken in custody ni'o h6ing held* under $1,000 bond, which has been set for all filriko arrests. NORMAL CONDITIONS AT GENERAL ELECTRIC PliANT Fam o u s Frontiersman Dead. ■Denver. Colo., Doc. 1—Oliver P . (\O ld ■Scout” ) W jggins, onc of Denver's m o s t famous frontiersm a n , died a t lii« resi dence hero 3'ORtcrday, aged 00. H o was a liativo of X e w \York State a n d <sune across the plains in 1838. For a num b e r of years he was a member of K i t Car- son’s fam o u s company of frontiersm e n and served under Carson in tho Mexican war, being wounded at tho b a ttle of iMonlerey. H is cabin was one of the first b u ilt in Denver. From 18-15 to 1S5S ho was employed as scout, guide, and hunter for imm igranU. )Scbeneeta(iy. M. Y ,f Dcc 1—Normal conditions prevailed to d a y in and a'lwut thc bij, plant of tho Oeneral Klectric C o m p a n y I'raetieally a ll of the 14.000 strikers w*ho walked o u t o u t hist Tugs- • day and remained idle for ‘the /eat of .fho week, returned lo th e ir benches this 'm o r n ing. In accordance* w ith ‘the agrco*1 anenfc reached 'Saturday npon placcs will foe found during fchc week for Frank* L. [Dujay and ^liss M a b e l Leslie, unioit leaders, whoqo discharge ‘ caused ihe strike. J t is estim a ted th a t thc strik ers lost in tho neighborhood of $175,000 in wages w h ilc'tbcy w e re out* PROMINENT FACTOR IN SUFFRAGE CONVENTION COBS ASKED 10 APPROPRIATE 51,108,861,771 TO Estimates For Coming Fiscal Year Presented by Each Department —Total Well Below Amount Sought Last Year- Bigger Sum For the Army Fire in Auto. Hose X o . 4 was detailed to the garage of Dr. Louis O ’Xeill yesterday; to p u t out thc fire in nn automobile. The fire was caused by a back fire. Thc ^ blaze was uot when thc department arrived Washington, Dcc. 3— Congress ^ id asked to appropriate ju s t .$1,103,801,777 to operate the governm e n t of the U n ited States during the fiscal year, 1!)15, according to thc estim a tes pre pared by cach departm e n t a n d sent to the House today by Secretary McAdoo o f thc treasury. W ith th is vast sum the government will m a in t a i n tiie bat- tlcsb'ips and forts, anil the arm ies in the states and in the countries th a t border the seven seas; it will keep thc scalo3 of justice balanced, endeavor to retain thc friendship of foreign n a t io n s , look after domcitic prosperity n n d seek at intervals to discover new w a y s in which to better health, im p rove liv in g condi tions and investigate th e m e r its of the thousand new things in in d u s try and comincrce that come to its attention- Thc estimates sub m itte d today are $22,SG4,0U7 in cxccss o f th e appropria tions for the last fiscal y e a r ; but their total falls $30,235,OUG below thc esti m a tes for tlmt year. T h e estim a tes are as follows: Legislative establishm e n t $7,333,331. Kxccutivc establishm e n t <53O,S00,2GS. Judicial establishment 51,21-,110 . D e p a r tm e n t of Agriculture $10,001,- 332. Foreign intercourse $-1,-447,012. M ilita r y establishment $105,937,544. X a v a l establishment $130,831,953. In d ia n affairs $10,208,805. Pensions $103,150,000. P u b lic works $07,917,502. M iscellaneous $84,393,213. P e rm a n e n t annual appropriations $131,190,407. Postollice Department, including the parcel post $300,953,117. For the preservation and completion of vessels already in commission, or au thorized, the X a v y Departm e n t wants $S,250,000, for the hulls and m a c h inery of thc two battleships and eight to r pedo boat destroyers which Secretary Daniels wishes lo build in the fiscal year, 1914-1915, $7,800,000; for armol and arm a m e n t of vessels authorized $10,091,000. The sum of $.300,000 in w a n ted for naval defnse mines and a p pliances; $150, OQO for experim e n tal work in high explosives; $170,000 for thc naval station a t Pearl llarbor, H a w a ii, and $750,000 for additions to facilities and for thc purchase of addi- Continuod on Page 10. W a s h ington, Dcc. 1— O n e of the leading •figures hc^o a t the- w o m tin’s suffrage na tional convention is t Mrs. llaymond Brown of Xew W r k , head of a promi nent legislative com m ittee. -Mrs. Brown is actively, intcreitcd in promoting the causc of tlie proposed United States constitutional -amendment, wliieli would givo women in all states the right to vote. | LOCAL NEWS TO-OAY ON | I PAGES 3, 4, 5/6,7, 10 . {
