St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 19, 1915

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et, “ - — LO ee lt A OTTETE ~ " ‘S Capture 280 Yards of Trenches * ee en od . nel nie alee eae - SE AC LO ALE OE a Tao Views of ' Unele Sam S Submarines Rotogravure pictures of the undersea boats _ at work in NEXT Sunday's POST-DISPATCH Sali coendlinatimeemnenh odes atiiien. aaa ot Only Evening Paper m St. Louis With Associated Press News Service. ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH NI Louis movies next week column on the first want columns Sunday. For the best features at St consult the “Moving Picture” page and the “photo-play houses” a VOL. 68. NO. 91. ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, ae EDITION FINANCIAL MARKETS PRICE ONE CENT | GHT SPORTS FFAIR AND COLDER TONIGHT; TO BE BELOW FREEZING THE TEMPERATU RES. TWO GUNBOATS AND AUXILIARY CRUISER | ?:2. es SUNK BY U-BOATS|jsvsr sae se F LY-BY-NIGHT sa Wt‘ Seninhin ein AUTO. is apt a night. lt was fol- lowed this morn- ing by sleet, which fell heavily, for a few min- utes, in different parts of the city. In the West End between 8:10 and 1:35 «¢ mm. ts sleet fell so heav- ily as to cover the pavements for a time. At no time was the snow heavy enough to stay on pavements soaked with yes- terday’s rain. The high wind during the night fre- quently reached a maximum velocity of 49 miles an hour. The lowest tem- perature was 34 degrees at midnight. A thin coat of ice formed by 9 o’clock on the wood-block pavements downtown, causing horses to slip and fall. Humidity.at 7 p. m. yesterday, 97 per cent; at 7 a. m. today, 63 per cent. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Clearing this afternoon; fair and colder tonight, the lowest temperature slightly below the freez- ing point, tomorrow fair. Missouri: Fair tonight and Warmer tomorrow. Illinois: Partly cloudy and colder tonight, with snow flurries in northeast portion: to- morrow. fair with rising temperature. 200-POUND SAFE STOLEN IN CITY, RIFLED IN COUNTY Strong-Box, Containing $35, Taken From Oil Station on West Pine, Found Near Carsonville. A 200-pound safe was stolen last night from the office of the Pierce oil sup- o'clock Two British Vessels De- stroyed by Gunfire Off Egyptian Coast, Another Is Torpedoed to the West — Armed Merchantman’s Gun Captured. Austrian Air Squadron Drops Bombs on Venice Military Establishments in Face of Heavy Fire. German Forces Capture 5000 Additional Prisoners in - Their Pursuit of Defenders of Servia. By Associated Press. SALONIKI, Nov. 18, via Paris, Nov. 19.—Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British Secretary for War, today conferred with Gen. Sarrail, Com- mander-in-Chief of the French army of the Orient, and departed immedi- ately -without debarking. BERLIN, via London, British gunboats have been the Mediterranean, off the Egyptian coast by a German submarine. Offi- cial announcement to this effect was made by the Admiralty today. The announcement says: *A submarine on Nov. 6 in Sollum Harbor destroyed by gunfire two Anglo- “gyptian gunboats, the Prince Abbas and the Abdul Menem, each of which was armed with two guns. The same | py station, 3942 West Pine street. The submarine silenced with its fire an] opbers removed a pane of glass from armed British merchant steamer andj, ,.a+ door and unfastened the lock. captured its gun. The safe was about three feet in “One of our submarines on Nov. 5, on height and contained $35 in cash and the North African coast, sank by a tor-|.4me business papers. pedo the British auxiliary cruiser Para.’ Abou: 9 o’clock this morring the safc was found by Joseph Buttz of Carson- ville, St. Louis County, lying beside a road near Carsonville. It had been broken open and papers were scattered abcut. The money was gone. About one month ago a safe was tomorrow, 19.—Two sunk in Nov. Naval records contain the names of two Egyptian gunboats, Abdel Monaym and Abbas. The Abdel Monaym, 598 tons, was built in 1902. The Abbas, 29" tons, was built in 1891, and according to the latest naval records, was armed'/ stolen from the residence of Dr. Herman with one three-pound gun. LL. Nietert, 3641 Russell avenue, and The Gulf of Sollum is on the north | found later upon the levee in the north- Goast of Africa, at the boundary be- | ern section of the city. itp BLIZZARD'S WOOING THAWED AVIATORS DROP BOMBS ON VENICE| — — a pe and Eloped a Month Later. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19.—Miss es- sie Snow of Germantown was unable to withstand warm protestations of eter- nal affection by a young man she had known only a month® and she eloped. Her new name is Blizzard—Mrs. George Blizzard. It was early in July when Miss Snow became acquainted with Blizzard, a street car conductor. He called on her only once before their mayriage. On Aug. 9 they decided to marry, and Miss Bessie Snow, without letting her mother know, came downtown and met her beau. They took a train on the B. & O., on which to E}kton they did go. They kept the wfiding secret until yesterday. \ WANTS GROWNUP DAUGHTER Woman, 24, Unwilling to Wait Until She Can Rear Child. CHICAGQ, Nov. 19.—Mrs. M. W. Taggart, who is 24 years old, and wife of a traveling salesman, would like a grownup daughter. She is unwilling to wait for a child to grow up and she and WéF husband are searching for a daughter to adopt. The Taggarts have advertised as follows: : “Personal: adopt girl between be of Protestant birth. particulars.’ Austrian Squadron Attacks Mili- tary Establishments in Face of Heavy Fire. VIENNA, via London, Nov. 19.— Venice has again been bombarded by Austrian aeroplanes. Official an- nouncement was made today that an aerial squadron attacked. military establishments of that city yesterday afternoon. The announcement says: “On the afternoon of Noy, 18, one of our seaplane squadrons successfully dropped bombs on the forts at San Nicola and Alberoni and the arsenal, aviation station, gas works, railway station and several barracks at Ven- ice. Notwithsanding the heavy fire of anti-aircraft guns and attacks of three hostile aeroplanes, our squadron returned with complete safety.” 8000 More Servians Captured by Ger- man Forces, BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville, Nov. 19.—The capture of 5000 Ser- vians was announced by the War Of- fice today. BRITISH ATTACK AT DARDANELLES Chicago family will 16 and 20; must Write full —Gen. Munro Said to Have Advised Withdrawal. NEW INFORMATION AGAINST AUSTRIAN | CONSUL OBTAINED Government Says Important Dis- closures in Strike Plots May Be Announced Soon. ———EeEEe BEING PUSHED INQUIRY Further Indictments for Passport Frauds Are Expected Follow- ing New York Conference, WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The Depart- ment of was today making further inquiry into the activities of Austrian Consul General von Nuber and his assistants. In an announcement the departmen! said that information haa been obtained which probab‘y will lead to further indictments for passport frauds. Von Nuber and German -AmLassador von Bernstorff were recently charged publicly by Dr. Joseph Goricar, tormer Austrian Consul, with having directed propaganda carried on by the Austro- Hungarian consular service in the Unit- ed States for fomenting stri es in mu- nition plants. These allegations already have been formally denied by the Austrian embas- sy here and through the embass:’ by the Austrian Foreign Minister. The investigation is the outcome of a conference in New York on Wednesday between A. Bruce. Bielaski, chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the De- partment of Justice and Dr. Goricar. The Department’s announcement fol- lows: “Mr. Bielaski, chief of the Bureau of Investigations of the Department of Justice, returned after his visit to New York during which he conferred with Mr. Rathom, editor of the Providenc? Journal, and Dr. Goricar. While Dr. Goricar may not be able to testify di- rectly to all matters under investiga- tion, much information of. a valuable nature was obtained concerning the activities of Austrian Consul-General von Nuber and his associates, the de- tails of which can not be disclosed at present. Prompt investigaticn, however, will be made. information also was ob- tained which probably will lead to fur- ther indictments for passport frauds.’’ A dispatch was received yesterday from Baron Burian, Austrian Foreign Minister, by Baron Zwiedinek, in charge of the embassy here, as follows: “According to Reuter (Reuter Tele- gram Co.), former Austro-Hungarian Consul Goricar has made totally false statements in Providence Journal about Austro-Hungarian and German espion- age in the United States. You are au- thorized to make categorical and offi- cial denial to these inventions.’ Justice ; PARIS MODISTES WON'T DEAL WITH ‘AGENT’ FOR MRS. GALT Decline Orders of New York German; Would Send Gown Direct With Compliments. PARIS, Nov. 19.—The Paris Dress- makers’ Syndicate has hlacklisted two American customers of Cerman orisin, one of them named Kurzmann, reputed o have been commissioned to buy gowns for Mrs. Norman Galt, who is to pe the bride of President Wilson, ac- cording to the newspaper L’%Oeuvre. The newspaper avers Kurzmann has threatened to raise a diplomatic issue because of the modistes’ refusal to ac- cept orders from him. WOeuvre de- clares, however, that each house from which he ordered gowns has offered to supply them with its compliments to Mrs. Galt without having them pass through the hands of an intermediary. A Paris dispatch early this month said that Charles Kurzmann,. of New York was there to select gowns for the wed- cing of President Wilson and Mrs. Galt. American Schooner Hits Mine. LONDON, Nov. 19.—The American schooner, Helen W. Martin, has struck a mine, She is now at anchor. The Helen W. Martin is a _ three- masted vessel of 2265 tons She sailed from New York, July 27, for .rived Sept. Archangel, Russia, where she ar- 13. . LONDON, Nov. 19.—It transpired yesterday during the course of the Gebate in the House of Lords, that debate in’ the House of Lords, that Gen, Sir Charles Munro, the recently ap- pointed commander in chief in the Dardanelles, has alerady given his opinion as to what should be the fu- ture policy with regard to the Gal- lipoli campaign, and Lord Ribbles- dale, who introduced the _ subject, said he understood that the report of the General favored withdrawal. The Marquis of Lansdowne replied that the report and the evidence accom- panying it was not considered sufficient to enable the Government to come to a}: conclusion. The statement had hardly been made when the war office issued an account of a successful British at- tack on the Turkish trenches on either side of the Krithia Nullah, which led to the belief that Lord Kitchener, who is on the peninsula and who went out after Gen. Munro's report had been re- ceived, had dec fded to persist in the »>p- erations. The Turkish version of the Dardan- elles fighting is contained in this official cae rr issued at Constantinople ee Nov. 14 the enemy fired thou- gands of shells against our left wing pear Inafarta and Seddul Bahr without ro gt damage. On the 15th the wt similarly bombarded our right wing and advanced pos.tions in the cen- ter with- land and naval guns for five ee re ee at — FOR EXAMPLE: alone, than they together. papers combined, carried. . WHY? Four More Selling Days—Then Turkey Day 7 age Daily Dividend are rolling in to the St. Louis merchants who are advertising their Thanksgiving offerings in the Post-Dispatch. Thursday they bought more space in the Post-Dispatch did in all 4 of its competitors, added Post-Dispatch alone carried 107 cols. Both morning and both evening The Post-Dispatch alone, beat all four of the other St. Louis papers added together. . The Post-Dispatch is the one paper in every St. home; the only paper in most homes. Circulation Sunday..............+++.++-362,522 Daily average last week................204,887 ocacee... 105 cols, 2 cols. m te Continued on Page 2, Column é. BRITAIN, FRANCE AND RUSSIA URGE CHINA 10 BE ALLY Entente Exerts Efforts at Pekin to Prevent Friction Between China and Japan. NO MILITARY AID ASKED Admiration Among Japanese for German Armies Said to Figure in Situation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Great Brit- ain, France and Russia have united in an effort to add China to the entente alliance in order to prevent possible fric- tio: in the future hetween Japan and Chtna and to preserve the peace of the l’ar East. If China agrees to the plan, ‘nilitary participation in the present war is no. expected. Negotiations thus far are in conversa- tional stage at Pekin with no indications as to China’s attitude. Although the United States is being kept informed, its diplomatic representatives at Pekin oud European capitals are refgraining from participation. This turn in Far Eastern affairs on the eve of the proposed change by China from a republic to a monarchy has been the subject of confidential ex- changes between the allied Powers dur- ing the last week, but only became known here today. Japan Not Consulted. Japan, so far as is known, has not been consulted, the conversation thus far having been confined to the Eu- ropean entente allies and the 4Pekin Government. If Japan knows Sf the plans unofficially, there is nothing here to indicate what her position will be. Although Great Britain, France and Russia joined Japan in representations to China to postpone the establishment of a monarchy because it was thought a change during the present disturbed condition of affairs might provoke revo- lution and international complications, this latest step by the allies is under- stood here not to have been initiated because of the monarchical situation alone. It was cogsidered essential by the allies that such arrangements be made in the Far East as would perma- nently safeguard their interests. The impending change in China's form of government has made the situation somewhat acute. Fear of revolution in China and the possibility of Japanese interference to preserve peace have been impressed upon Japanese people to an extent that has attracted wide at- tention among the European diplomats. By joining the entente alliance; none of China’s operations could affect the course Of the war in Europes, but the move would effectively guarantee Jap- anese abstinence from interference tn China, Japan's attitude is not clear as yet, but two possibilities are consid- ered here as plausible. First, that Jap- an will join in the movement, on the theory that her paramount interests in China will not suffer any abridgement through the future actions of the al- lies; or, second, that Japan will remain aloof from any agreement, viewing even the future entrance of China as an al- ly as not altering Japan’s right to in- dependent action in the Far East wher- ever her interests are affected. Chinese Diplomats Favor Plan. Chinese Diplomats Favor Plan. The origin of the move to enlist China on the side of the allies is not yet known here, buf there are indications that some Chinese diplomats are in- clined very favorably toward it as in- suring the integrity of China beyond question and stabilizing the national Government. The indications are that efforts to add China to the allies result- ed largely from the supposition that the changing of the Government to a mon- archy was inevitable and that it was the duty of the allied Powers in order to prevent possible complications be- tween Japan and China to act defi- nitely. The attention of the British, French and Russian consuls in the far east has been attracted by reports of the exce!} lent treatment afforded to German pris- oners at Kiao-Chow and the words of admiration for the German armies fre- quently spoken in Japanese newspapers of high standing. These have been ob- served by the allies with much interest as well as occasional adverse references in the Japanese press to the Anglo- Japanese alliance. It is known that Germany recently en- listed her efforts in the same direction as Japan to persuade China to abandon her change of government. Advices from the far east declare that the Ger- man Minister at Pekin pointed out to the Chinese Foreign Office that in the event fhat China changed her form of government, she might not obtain the recognition of the Powers, and without this recognition she could not very wel)! be taken care of diplomatically in the peace conference that will end the Eu ropean war. It is thought in some quarters. here that the idea of joining China to the Entente Alliance may have appealed ‘to Great Britain and Russia particularly because of the reports of German prop- aganda being carried on from China t9 disturb India and Persia Comment was withheld by American officials here today. It was declare’ that confidential affairs relating to. the activities of the belligerents would not be a proper subject for discussion. When the renting problem is under consideration—either from the stand- point of the tenant or landlord—the Post-Dispatch Real Estate and Renting Directory is the best medium for sure and satisfactory resulta. eB ree om « a ei a el 'for its $5,000,000 FOR / RFORCANZERS OF FRISCO RATLROAD é Proposed Plan Permits Them Profit of 15 Per Cent on $25,000,000 of Bonds. COMMISSION $1,000,000 Pay for Expenses Besides and Syndicates Are to Absolutely Control Company. 2 Financiers in New York, City who, under the pronosed plan of reorganiza- tion of the Frisco Railroad, will arrange “nancing to the extent of $25,- 000,000 stand to gain more than $5,000,000, in addition to having absolute control of the railroad. This is revealed by a study by a Post-Dispatch reporter of the reorganization plan submitted 10 days ago to the Missouri Public Service Com- mission. J. & W. Seligman & Co. and Speyer & Co., two of the firms, long have been interested in Frisco financing, the Spey- er company has been interested in many of the deals in which in 10 years the Frisco lost $32,000,000 through the sale of its securities at large discounts. Under the reorganization plan sub- mitted to the Missour: Public Service Commission 10 days ago the two bank- ing firms will be reorganization man- agers, and with the Guaranty Trust Co. of New*York and Lee, Higginson & Co., will compose a ‘‘purchase syndicate” to supply the $25,000,000 cash which it is es- timated the reorganization will require. This ‘‘purchase syndicate’ will re- ceive 4 per cent, or $1,000,000 commission, iF on $25,000,000, thus leaving only $24,000,000 in actual] cash which will’ go to the rail- road. Stock to Be Given With Bonds. Tor the $24,000,000, the ‘‘purchase syn- dicate’ will receive $25,000,000 of prior lien mortgage -5-pear-cent: bonds, and $47,700,000 common stock, the bonds to be sold at par to the holders of the old Frisco stock, and the stock of the re- crganized company to be delivered to present holders of stock who buy bonds. Although the bonds are to be sold to stockholders at-par, the “‘purchase syn- dicate’’ does not promise to deliver them, but reserves the right to withhold them from delivery and to settle with the stockholders on a basis ot Sertor the bonds. For illustration, if the holder of 10 shares, or ‘$1000 worth of old Frisco stock. wished to participate in the re- organization or seek to derive anything from his holdings, he must deposit his 10 shares with the reorganization man- agers with $50, or $ for each share. He then elects whether he will pay the fuls purchase price for the bonds allotted to him under the plan. If his stock is first preferred stock he will be permitted to purchase $500 of prior lien mortgage bonds and will re- ceive $1250 of common stock of the new company. If second preferred stock, he will be permitted to purchase $500 of the bends and receive $108 of common stock in the new company. If common stock, he will be permitted to buy $500 in bonds and will receive $80 of common stock ix, the new company. No Delivery Time Specified, The reorganization managers, how- ever, are not required to deliver the bends at any specified time, but may de- liver them when they please. The stock- helde: already has paid $5 toward each $7) bond he is to get, and before he can get the bond he must pay $5 more. Ii before the time set for delivery the reorganization managers have been able to sell the bonds at par, they are per- nutted to settle with the stockholder on a basis of 85, thus making a clear profit of 15 per cent. On the $25,000,000 of bonds held by them, this profit would amount to $3,- 750,000. If they were able to sell the bonds at any time above 8 they would make such profit as the amount was above 85. Having received their $47,- 700,000 of stock free they would: be out nothing in giving it to the stockholders with the bonds sold. If the bonds brought par, the finan- ciers’ profits plus the $1,000,000 commis- scion for handling the deal would be $4,750,000. In addition to these incomes the plan provides that Speyer & Co., and the Seligman company may be parties to all syndicates. Iso a “Loan Syndicate.” Besi the “purchase syndicate,’ there is a “loan syndicate,’’ which agrees to loan to the ‘‘purchase syndi- cate’’ up to 90 per cent of the face value of the bonds. There is a provision for the payment of the reorganization managers for their services, and for the payment of com- pensation to the various syndicates, and their expenses. Persons who have examined the plan say these extra commissions would ua cuestionably bring the returns of the New York financiers far in excess of $5,000,000, and probably in excess of %.- (00, 000. WIFE SUES H. 6. TOENSFELDT Divorce Petition Alleges Consulting Engineer Deserted Her. Mrs. Nora Hughes Toensfeldt filed suit in the Circuit Court § today against Hans C. Toensfeldt for di- vorce. They were married June 30, 1909, and she allewee that he deserted her Oct. 28, 1914. Toensfeldt is a consu)ting engi- neer, with an office at 916 Olive street. He was formerly consulting engineer of the Board of Education. The affidavit accompanying the pe- tition shows that Mrs. Toensfeldt is now at Birmingham, Ala. TT sania cal aay “ * 2 eo ese ~ s ~~ HIS photograph Lord of the British in which he is Major. —Photograph, Copyrigted: by Underwood & Underwood. was taken three Admirality was present at the German Army maneuvers at the invitation of the German Emperor. Churchill departed Thursday for the Western front to join his regiment, years ago, when the former DEATH OF BABY LEADS 10 ARREST UF MAN AND WIFE Chiropodist Is Held in Edwards- ville for Practicing Medicine Without License. Following-the death last night of the 17-months-old child, William, of Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Determan of East Orchard street, Edwardsville, Charles Scholes and his wife. Mrs. Phillippa Scholes, were arrested today on warrants charg- ing them with practicing medicine with- out a license. Scholes and his wife are said to have been treating persons in the south emi of Edwardsville. Mrs. Scholes treated the Determan child. No complaint has been made by the Determans, who say they are sAtisfied with what she did for their child. The Warrant was issued at the instance of, William Ohren, who Scholes has been treating two of children. Determan sald today the child had been ill since its birth. Mrs. Scholes had been treating it for a year by rub- bing it with oils and liniments She administered no medicine, he said, and charged no fee, accepting whatever was offered in compensation. Ohren says he has receipts showing payments to Scholes and bottles con- taining medicines prescribed by him. Members of the Madison County Medi- cal Society are taking an interest in the case. Dr. R. D. Lister of Granite City, a member of the State Board of tealth is in Edwardsville to aid in the inquiry Coroner J. Morgan Sims of Collinsville will hold an inquest at the Determan home. Scholes says he is a chiropodist, but that ‘meither he nor his wife has been practicing medicine. His wife, he said, nursed the Determan child and gave it external applications, but that was all ARMY FLYING UNIT GOES 90 MILES IN ABOUT AN HOUR WICHITA FALLS, Tex., N@v. 19.—All six aeroplanes of the army aero squad on its way to San Antonio arrived in Wichita Falls safely, shortly after 9:30 a. m. today. They came 9% miles in about an hour. The flight is the first of iis kind at- tempted by army aviators and will be made under conditions as nearly ljke those encountered In war ‘time as is possibie. The airmen will fly close to- gether The aviators morrow. The flight will end Wednesday at Fort Sam Houston, unless accidents or bad weather interfere. The overnight stops planned by the squadron are: Friday, Wichita Falls; Saturday, Bow- le; Sunday, Fort Worth; Monday. Waco: SAVS his will rest her: until to- | Tuesday, Austin. | | Nail 10 ENTER SIREET CARS A |Kaiser and Winston Churchill’ HILESTROM FOUGHT Photographed Togeiher in 1912 GUARDS ON Tht W T0 HIS EXECUTI Tied Door of His Cell With Strips Torn From Blanket —Wounded Deputy War- den in Arm With Broom Handle in Struggle. Blindfolded Notwithstanding His Request to the Con- trary He Tried to Snatch Bandage From His Eyes. Swedish Subject and I. W. W. Poet Put to Death by Shooting in Salt Lake City for Double Murder. CITY, Utah, Nov. 1.— a Swedish subject and SALT LAKE Joseph Hillstrom, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, who was convicted of a dou- ble murder here, and whose case at- tracted attention throughout the coun- try and prompted the intercession of President Wilson, the Swedish Minister to the United States and the Americau Federation of Labor, was put to death the State prison His death was by a firing squad in vr at 7:42 a. m. today. im@tantaneous. The five riflemen, each of whom received $40 for his part in the exe- were amuggled into the before 6 o'clock in the morn- possibility of a cution, prison ing to prevent any clash with l. W. W. adherents and as a further precaution, searchlights mounted on the Walls swept every approach. The home of the Governor Was guarded throughout the night. When the Sheriff arrived he-was guard- ed by five deputies with sawed-off shot- guns. Small Group of Friends Near. The only evidence ofr Hillstrom’s followers was a small group of men who took stations near the court, presumably to hear. the death volley. Hillstrom had a sensational nervous collapse just before he faced his ex- ecutioners. He tied the door of his cell with strips torn from his blankets ani fought the; guards fiercely with the handle otf & broom he had snatched from an attendant in the corridor. This outburst was unexpected, as Hill- strom retired calmly last night and re- mained apparently in sleep until early FRUNT IS UPHE Judge Hogan Discharges Man Who Was Arrested When He Refused to Go to Back Door. Passengers willing to pav fare have a right to enter United Railways cars by the front door, according to a ‘deeij- sion by Judge Hogan in police court to- dav. He discharged John C. Other of 3106 Wyoming street, charged with dis- turbing the peace and resisting an offi- when he was refused fdmission at the front door of a Grand carat Gravois avenue night. Other, a salesman, said that, when the car stopped, several passengers alighted and two women boarded it in front. He started to follow and the motorman told him to go — back door. He refused. A policéman Was called and Other was taken from the platform and arrested. Judge Hogan said the man had a right to get on at the front door, if willine to pay his fare, ang it was the con- ductor’s duty to go to his seat and col- lect his fare. He then dismissed both charges against Other PANAMA CANAL MAY NOT BE OPENED FOR SIX MONTHS Employes in Operating Division Being Given Vacations or Transferred to Other Department. PANAMA, Nov. 19.—Owing to the ty- ing up of the Panama Canal by the re- cent slide, many employes, mainly in the operating divisions, are being given vacations, which is taken here to indiji- cate that the canal will remain closed for a much longer time tha was first expected. Some employes have been transferred to other divisions. It is the intention of Major-General George W. Goethals, Governor-General of the canal zone, to force a tempo- rary channel through the slide as quick- ly as possible and pass through the wa- terway a few ships which have been waiting since the canal closed, and then again shut off traffic until all danger of slides has been ended. This probably will not b» less than six months, according to the best avall- able estimates. cer, last 868,000,000 Negro Sulit Dismiased. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The District Supreme Court today dismissed an ac- tion brought by L. M. Johnson of Louis- iana and other negroes against the Gov- ernment to recover more than $68,000,000 which they alleged was due to thelr an- cestors as slaves for involuntary servi- tude in connection with Federal han- dling of cotton duing the Civil Waris ‘and began ‘shrieking as if this morning. He arose about 3 o'clock to shake the cell door, in a nightmare. The noise reached the outside guards, who turned in a general alarm. All the pris- on officers rushed in. The prison phy- sician endeavored with slight success to quiet the man. Deputy Warden Injured, Deputy Warden A. C. Lre received a slight wound in the arm from Hill- strom's weapon. Hillstrom fought el- lently until Sheriff Corless, for whom he had previously manifested high re- gard, arrived and appealed to him.” ‘Joe, this is all nonsense,” Cor- less. “What do you mean’ ised to die like a man.”’ Hillstrom hesitated a moment, and then yielded. ‘‘Well,. I'm through,” he said. ‘‘But you can't blame a man for fighting for his life.”’ He was blindfolded in spite of his re- quest to have his eyes free, and led to the place of execution, supported by two guards. He talked incessantly in the few moments that elapsed between the time of his arrival and the firing of the death volley. | Near the door of the prison bDlack- smith shop, where the five riflemen were stationed, Hillstrom tried to snatch the bandage from his eyes, but was unable to do so because’ of straps# buckled around his arms and waist. A chair had been placed for Hillstrom azainst the inner wall of the prison facing the door of the blacksmith shop. 20 paces distant. Behind this door, in which -five holes had been cut, stood the firing squad, concealed both from the prisoner and the spectators. “I Die With a Clear Conscience,” Hillstrom was pushed quickly into the chair and more straps were buckled about his legs and arms, making it im- possible for him to move perceptibly, Physicians then pinned a white target over his heart. “Then, when he was asked If he had anything to say, Hillstrom asked if any of his friends were in the firing squad and added: “Gentlemen, I die with a clear con- science. I never did anything wrong tn my life. I die fighting, not like a cow- ard. Well, I'm going; good-by.” Those surrounding the prisoner stepped back and Sheriff Corless shouwt- ed “Alm!” to the riflemen. The five rifles were immediately thrust out -of the apertures in the door. “Fire. Let ‘er go,” Hillstrom cried, and immediately afterward the Sheriff gave the order to fire. Executed tn Prisen Suit. The report of the five weapons Was almost simultaneous and Hillstrom’s body sagged, then straightened and sagged again, his head inclining almost to his shoulder. Physicians decided, one minute and 10 seconds after the volley, that the prisoner was dead. Hillstrom wore his prison suit. A dark suit bad been obtained for him, but said You prorim- 5m officers feared delay might cause oe : LAE FR RN NSN RC ena I ae NI RENE Pak ice ASS Sg ,