New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1914, Page 1

= HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERA LD =5 HERALD “ADS" MEAN | BETTER BUSINESS | PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. MONDAY, MAY 11, 1914 —-TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHEL 1876. BYRNES DISCLOSES PUBLICITY METHODS . Former Vics President of Read Has Tilt With Folk. DEMANDS COURTEOUS TREATMENT _George B. Phippen Testifies That Dividends on Preferred Stock of the Boston Holding Company Were Paild by New Haven Money. ‘Washington, May 11.—Methods em- ployved by the New York, New Haven and Hartfora railroad for acquiring publicity were disclosed today by 4Timothy E. Byrnes of Boston, for- merly a vice president of the road, in “general charge of legislative mat- ters as far as necessary, also pub- licity,” as he expressed it when the interstate commerce commission re- sumed its inquiry. He told of pay- Mments to various newspaper men in New England for services rendered the company in the way of articles for 4the press and information furnished - as to the activities of agencies work- 4 ing against the New Haven. 2 The proceedings were enlivened by % { & tilt between Mr. Byrnes and Chief Counsel Folk of the commission, who * alluded to the witness in the course ;of his examination as “Tim” Byrnes. “I ask that you call me Timothy ' Byrnes,” requestéed the witness, his | face coloring witH anger. “I will call you what I please,” re- "torted Mr. Folk, also showing some heat. Demand Is . Made. “I ‘demand that I be treated with ‘courtesy,” answered Byrnes, looking to Examiner Gartner, who was presid- p-ing. + "It seems to me,” remarked Mr. Gartner, “that the witness should be called by the name he requests.” Mr. Byrnes was closely interrogat- ed regarding the employment of H. B. Knowles, a member of the Massa- chusetts legislature, during a legis- lative recess while Knowles was a " member of a committee that had un- der consideration the question of < whether it was advisable to allow the L New Haven to increase its investment <in trolley company holdings in west- ‘ern- Massachusetts. . Ignorant of Salary, g that Knowles at this time was being ‘paid at the rate of $3,000 a year by _ the New Haven and if Mr. Byrnes | § dld not know that the road was in- | terested in the trolley matter, ‘‘Per- ‘sonally, I did not know of it an- §wered Mr. Byrnes. " “Do you not know that Knowles signed a report favoring the road?” “I do not know it, but I have heard _, the statement made.” Phippen on Stand. Phippen, the first witness, testified that he became trea- | surer of the Boston Railroad | Holding company in September, 1911, and that he also was treasurer of the 0ld Colony railroad and several other transportation companies. . “Were any shares of the Boston and Maine railroad acquired by the *Boston Railroad Holding company fl.!ter you became treasurer?” in- quu\ed Mr, Folk, counsel for the com- “ Mr. Notes Were Cancelled, Mr. Phippen explained that he had xancelled notes of the Boston Rail- road Holding company for $3,370,- 082 which had been turned over to him by the former treasurer. He identified a demand note for that amount issued to the New Haven for 22,581 shares of Boston and Maine stock. “Did your company ever issue any notes to Mr. Billard or to the 'Bil- lard company?” asked Mr. Folk. “Not while I was treasurer,” said Mr. Phippen, “and We issued none to ranybody else.” “When was the last dividend of the Boston and Maine paid?’ “As of April 1. 1913.” Paid Each Six Months. Since that time, the witness ex- piimea, the New Haven railroads had & iy ld each six months the amount essary to enable the Boston Hold- ing company to pay dividends on its ‘Ppreferred stock. $112,000 For Outsiders. .. Out of these amounts paid to the Boston Railroad Holding company by the New Haven, Mr. Phippen said about $112,000 annually went to out- side stockholders, the remainder go- ing back to the New Haven. KIBBES NOT NOTIFIED. !lad Not Been Officially Told of Dis- ’ missal Up to This Noon, £ Up to this noon Superintendent 1" George F. Kibbe of the Town home Had not received official notice of the action of the board of public charities, which voted last Friday night to Te- quest him to resign. . “We have received no official notice 5 and cf course have not taken any . wction,” said Mrs. Kibbe, who 1is * matron of the institution. “We have not consulted any lawyer but 1 pre- "~ sume we shall fight dismissal. We feshall probably receive the notice some ime today from the charitiy board.” & HOMELESS SICILIANS AIDED BY AUTHORITIES Official Returns of the Catania Earth- quake Give 150 Dead and Many Hundreds Injured, Catania, May 11.—Army, navy and civililan authoritiies continued today their efforts to relieve the distress of the thousands of Sicillans deprived of their homes and property by the earthquake which destroyed a dozen villages and caused the death or injury of hundreds of persons during the night of May 8. Many of thepeasants afflicted by the catastrophe are migrating from i the district, taking with them all they | could recover of their personal effects, | Others for the present refuse to move from the scene until they know the fate of their missing relatives. The injured found among the debris o7 the ruined houses have been car- ried to the nearest hospitals after treatment by the Red Cross sergeons, The official returns of the dead gave the number at about 150, but it is be- lieved many more are still buried in the debris. The injured total many hundreds. COURT DEFERS ACTION ON STATUTORY OFFENSES District Attorney to Investi- gate Circumstances of Ar- rests at Meriden. Meriden, Conn.! May 11.—Police court action in the cases of the two young men and two girls, arrested last night, after having lived here for the last four weeks as married, was deferred today, pending investi- gation of the circumstances by United States District Attorney F _ A. Scott, who was expected to come to Meriden during the afternoon. The men are Robert W. Roberts, twenty-one, of Boston, and Harrison S. Trafford, twenty-six, of Chicago. They are charged with enticing. the girls from their homes and with other statutory offenses. The girls are Ruth Mason, nineteen, of Bethlehem, and Edna Bailey, twenty, of Bristol. They were arrested at the instigation of the Bailey girl’'s mother. TIt.is al- leged that the girls left their homes last February, and that since then have been canvassing with the young men in Spingfield and Holyoke, Mass., and in Meriden. Mr. Folk asked if 1t Was nat:,true.ji.!The ‘men/ars held in-$8,000 bonda each and the girls in $500 bonds each. | It 1s understood that Mr. Scott. will investigate to determine if there is any basis for prosecution of the men under the Mann act. RECEIVE NEW GARBAGE BIDS, Board of Health Meets Tonight Settle Troublesome Point. The board of health will hold .its second meeting this evening and will take action on bids'for the collection of garbage. The bids must be filed by 6 o’clock this evening. The common council has already turned down two recommendations on the part of the old health board to the effect that the contract be award- ed to J. J. Donahue. The bid of Swanson Bros. was $3,000, in com- parison to $6,600 by Donahue, and some members of the council believed that the' former should be given an | opportunity to do the work if he could file a proper bond. This will be the first time the matter has been dealt with by the new health com- mission. to PLAINTIFF AT BENEFIT DANCE. Hilding Nelson Assists in “Cause” of Defendants, Among those present at the. dance given in the bungalow Saturday even-. ing for the benefit of Adolph Carl- son, Andrew Carlson and Adolph Fran- sen, was Hilding Nelson, the Swedish liquor dealer, who is bringing a $5,- 000 law suit for slander against these gentlemen. majority of whom were greatly sur- prised to see that even the plaintift in the suit was assisting in the “‘cause.” “JOY RIDERS” TAKE HORSE. A horse and wagon owned by Abra- { ham Cheneski was kidnapped by a : crowd of ‘“joy riders” last evening, but was found an hour and a half after it was taken. Cheneski hitched the horse on Elm street, near North street, while he went into a house on a visit. At 11 o’clock he decided to go home, but had to walk, as his outfit was missing. Officer Charles Mec- Carthy found the horse hitched to a post on Hulburt street at 12:25 this morning. —_— DIDN'T LIKE FOREMAN. When the street department began macadamizing Olive street this morn- ing, it is said, a few of the workmen quit because they didn't like a new foreman who had been appointed. The foreman is a foreigner and they refused to work under him. G E TO BOSTON. Major Frank H. Johnston, of the Putnam Phalanx, accompanied by sev- enteen members of his battalion, are attending the anniversary exercises of the Boston Fusiliers in the Hub city. They will return tomorrow, About fifty couple were present, the | their loss is irreparable, Nothing that i NATION PAYS TRIBUTE 10 NAYY HEROES Silent Thousands View Procession in Honor of Vera Cruz Dead. SEVENTEEN FLAGDRAPED COFFINS President Wilson, Sec. Daniels, Gov. Glynn, Senators, Congressmen and Bluejackets Participate in Funeral Cortege. New York, May 11,—The dead from Vera Cruz were landed on American soil today and city, state and nation paid their tribute. Two hours before astir, seventeen flag-draped cof- fins were removed from the boat deck of the armored cruiser Montana and placed on caissons on the plaza in Battery Park. Few witnessed this ceremony for the sun was but half risen; but thousands later lined the streets to watch the slow procession wind its way to the navy vard. parade has there been such a spon- taneous demonstration. President Wilson Arrives. President Wilson arrived in the city from Washington shortly after 7 o'clock almost unobserved. He was driven immediately to the home of the city was Colonel E. M. House and then to the] Battery to take a place in the pro- cession. It had at first been ar- ranged that the president was to go to the navy yard to receive the na- tion’s dead on Government ground, but at the last moment Mr. Wilson changed his mind and was driven to the Bat- tey so as to participate in the cere- monies from the beginning to end. When he reached the Battery the heroic dead were upon gun caissons, police had lined the way and the pro- cession was ready to move. Bluejackets in Line. Twenty-four picked mounted police led the way. Behind them were the ‘combined bands of the dreadnoughts. Wyoming and, Texas, and behird the bands six hundred bluejackets from | these ships. Next came the coffins, in single file. At the side of each rode a policeman, and at the corner of each caisson trudged a national guardsman. The Stars and Stripes alone covered the caskets. Behind the last caisson came the carriages bearing the president, secretary of the navy, senators, con- gressmen and representatives of the state and city. With President Wilson -were Dr. Grayson, his physician and Secretary Tumulty. Very Pathetic Scene. Never had the Battery witnessed such a scene as today’s. Noiselessly, almost, tugs nosed up to Pier A, and with a precision that is the navy's, the seventeen dead were landed, grouped on the caissons, and the bluejackets who were to march be- gan to assemble. The men from the Texas came by tug from the navy yard whence their ship was to sail later in the day for Mexican waters. The Wyoming men came ashore in their own boats. It was the Wyom- ing that convoyed the funeral ship in- to the harbor yesterday. The cortege hegan to move at 9 o’clock, the ship’s band playing a funeral march, bluejackets with arms reversed. The crowd stood silent and with bared heads. Through the sky- scraper canyon of lower Broadway, past old Trinity church and into the city hall plaza the procession passed. The stock exchange was closed in honor of the dead, as were other ex- changes in the city. In the schools special exercises were carried out. Rides With President, At the city hall Mayor Mitchel, af- ter delivering a brier address in be-. stowing the city’'s wreath, entered the president’s carriage and rode with him to the navy yard. “The people of New York pay their solemn respect to these honored dead,” said the mayor in his address. “To the stricken families of these men we can say now, nothing that we can do can mitigate it. But to the Amer- ican people their loyalty and sacrifice give new inspiration. “These men gave their lives not In war, but in the extension of peace. | Our mission in Mexico is not to en- gage in conquest, but to help restore to a neighboring republic the trane quillity and order which is the base of civilization. “The IMghest tribute paid in this hour to the dead of Vera Cruz is the renewed pledge of loyalty to the na- tion, its honor and its service, inspired by their brave deaths, and the heightened resolution of our People to enter. whenever the need arises, the path of patriotic service.” Heads Are Bared. It was just 10:50 when the proces- sion reached the navy yard. Presi- dent Wilson, Secretary Daniels, Gover- nor Glynn and the others on the president’s stand stood bareheaded while the coffins were taken from the caissons and placed in a line in front of the stand. The transfer occupied fifteen minutes. As each coffin was placed before the president the sailor pall bearers joined a line that flanked the TOW opposite the president, The heat was oppressive, and one of the (Continued on Ninth Page.) Perhaps not since the Dewey | | COUNTRY’S SYMPATHY EXPRESSED BY PAGE American Ambassador to Italy Car- ries Message of Condolence for Catania Earthquake. Rome, May 11.—Thomas Nelson Page, American ambassador to Italy, tod conveyed to Marquis Disan Guiliano, Italian foreign minister, the sympathy of the American govern- ment and people with Italy in connec- tion with the disastrous earthquake at Catania. In reply the foreign Italy remembered with gratitude the practical sympathy displayed by America during former calamities. Both the Marquis Disan Guiliano and the president of the Italian Red Cross expressed their thanks for the contribution of $5,000 from the American Red Cross toward the relief | of the sufferers. WHITMAN OPENS: STATE'S CASE AGAINST BECKER District Attorney Assails for- mer Lieutenant As Real Murderer of Rosenthal. minister said New York, May 11.—A jury to try Charles Becker, former lieutenant of police, charged with instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, was again completed today. Frederick A. Strock, a bookkeeper, and Frederick C. Barrett, a consult- ing engineer, were chosen today to take the places of men who were ex- cused on Saturday. It was just at noon when the twelfth juror was selected and District Attor- ney Whitman immediately began his opening presentation of the state's case to the jury. Mr. Whitman, in his address, made no mention of the execution of the death sentence of the four gunmen, and in no way suggested that the prosecution had any new evidence to present. His speech was chiefly a re- view of the events leading up to and following the murder. Particularly the prosecutor em- phasized Becker's alleged motive for | seeking Rosenthal’s death—the fear that the gambler would expose him as a partner in his gambling establish- ment. “The one sinister figure—the only one of the group in-whose breast a real motive for the death of Rosenthal existed,” said Mr. Whitman, “‘the man who had everything to lose should Rosenthal live—the man who had everYIhinB to gain by silencing his tongue forever in death—the man whose sworn duty it was to protect human life and property, and to en- force the law—the man who, by power which he exercised over law break- ers, was able to accomplish, as we believe he confidently expected with- out personal risk, the death of the man whom he hated and whom he feared. And it is the contention of the people that the real murderer of Herman Rosenthal, that the worst criminal of them'all, is the man who, on the sixteenth of July, 1912, was a lieutenant of police of the city of New York, and who is today the pris- oner at the bar.” Mrs, Becker, wife of the defendant, was not in court early today, as had been her custom, but just before the last juror was selected she arrived and took a seat far to one side of the room, out of the range of vision of the jurors. PRACTICE CONTINUES. American Polo Team Members Await Official News from England. New York, May 11.—Reports from London that the Hurlingham club contemplated asking for a postpone- ment of the jaternational polo match for tHe challenge cup Will not cause a halt in the preparations of the polo association for placing a strong de- fending team in the field. Until defi- nite word is received from the Fing- lish challenging club, the candidates for the American team will continue their practice games. It was reported today that the Hur- lingham club had asked for a post- ponement of the matches until Sep- tember or October. owever, no of- ficial announcement of the receipt of such a request was made by the lo- cal officials. DEAF MUTES WED. sign Language Used By Father Quinn to Perform Ceremony. ! Meriden, Conn., May 11.—A double wedding of deaf mutes was solemn- ized at St. Laurent's French Roman Catholic church here today, Miss | Laura A. Lanoue was married to Frederick S. Gagnier of North Adams, Mass., and her sister, Miss Eva A, Lanoue to Mois Leblanc of Lowell, Mass. The brides are daughters of Walter Lanoue of this city. The cere- mony was performed by Father Quinn of St. Joseph's cathedral, Hartford, who used the sign language for the ceremony. WEATHER. Hartford, May 11.—Increas- ing cloudiness and cooler to- night. Tuesday unsettied and cooler, probably showers, B S UG Ue S SEC. DANIELS LAUDS VERA CRUZ VICTIMS Commander-in-Chief of U. S. Navy Delivers Address at Navy Yard. REPORTS NAMES T PRESIDENT George Poinsett of Pennsylvania Was the First to Sacrifice His Life in Defense of the Stars and Stripes at Mexico. New York, May 11.—Following the invocation by Chaplain Cassard at the funeral services for the Vera Cruz dead at the navy yard, Secretary Daniels turned to the president and said: “Mr. President: I have the solemn honor to report to you as command- er-in-chief of the United States navy the names of the fifteen sailors ana four marines who recently at Vera Cruz sealed with their blood their de- votion to the flag of their country, All were in the prime of vigorous young manhood. Of the nineteen who answered their last roll call with a cheerful ‘aye, aye, sir,’ thirteen were twenty-two or under. The oldest was thirty-six, the youngest nineteen, Their average age was but a little over twenty-three. and suddenly cline’ They gave not only all they were but all they hoped to be. First to Die. “The first to make the noblest con- tribution that a man may give was George Poinsett of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was in his twen- tieth year and served as seaman on the United States steamship Florida. The others of the immortal nineteen in whose honor this memorial is held today were: Boswell, Louis Frank, chief gun- ner’'s mate, battleship Michigan, Coulterville, Il Defabbio, Gabriel A.., mate, battleship New Jersey, tavia, N. Y. A De Lowry, Francis P., seaman, bat- tleship New Hampshire, of Pittsburg. Deverick, Frank, ordinary seaman, battleship South Carolina, of Blakes- burg, Ia. Fisher, Elzie C., ordinary seaman, battleship New Hampshire, of Forest, Miss, Friend, Louis Oscar, ordinary sea- man, battleship Arkansas, of Grena, La. Frohlichstein, E. H., seaman, battle~ ship New Hampshire, of Mobile, Ala. Haggerty, Daniel Aloysius, private marine corps, of Cambridge, Mass. Lane, Dennis J., seaman, battleship New Hampshire, of New York city. Marten, Samuel, private marine corps, of Chicago. Percy, Rufus Edward, private ma- rine corps, of Concord, N. H. Poinsett, George, seaman, ship Florida, of Philadelphia, Schumacher, John F., coxswain, battleship Florida, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Smith, Charles Allen, ordinary sea- man, battleship New Hampshire, of Philadelphia. Stream, Albin Eric, man, battleship Brooklyn, N. Y. Summerlin, Randolph, private ma- rine corps, Willacooches, Ga. Watson, Walter L., ordinary sea- man, battleship Arkansas, of Orleans, Mass. Clarence R. Harshbarger of York state, and Henry Pulliam Virginia. Held in Remembrance. “I hand you, Sir, the names of these heroes recorded high on the gunner's of Ba- battle- ordinary sea- New Jersey, of New of national roll of honor that they may | be preserved in the archives of our | republic. Thelr services will be held in lasting remembrance by a grateful people.” GET NEW STOREYARD. The board of public works has rented the L. M. Barnes property on Church street, a short distance east of the railroad crossing, to use it as a storeyard. The board formerly had its storeyard in the rear of the Gram- mar school but was forced to move as the property was taken for a site for the prevocational school. McCARTHY FOR ASSISTANT. Despite rumors to the contrary, it is said that the board of public works will make several appointments to- morrow evening. One of the commis- sioners is said to have made the statement that E. A. McCarthy will probably be the selection for assistant city engineer at $1,400 per year. Mr. McCarthy is the present assistant en- gineer. STATUTE ANNULLED. Washington, May 11.—The Texas statute providing that a person should not act as a freight railway conductor without having had two years' ex- perience as a freight brakeman, ex- cept in cases of emergency, was today annulled as unconstitutional by the supreme court. SIGHTSEFING TOURS, Greenwich, Conn., May 11.—The delegates and their friends who have already come to town for the annual convention of the state body of the Knights of Columbus tomorrow, spent today in sightseeing followed later in the ddy by a trip on the Sound. They were young | ‘beheld life's morn de- | of ! { WILL ASK PARDON FOR CONVICTED MEN District Attorney Corcoran to Plead ‘With Gov. Walsh for Release of James Mantir and Peter Delorey. Cambridge, Mass.,, May 11.—The murder of Annie Mullins in March, 1 1908, one of the most mysterious with which Middlesex county authorities have had to deal is recalled by a movement to secure ‘the pardon of James Mantir and Peter Delorey, con- victed of the crime. District Attorney William J. Corcoran announced yes- terday that an investigation had satis- | fied him of the innocence of the young | men and that he would ask Governor | Walsh to give them their liberty. Mantir is serving a life teem and De- lorey was sentenced to twenty years | imprisonment. The body of the young woman, who | was employed as a maid by Professor Von Jagerman of Harvard, was found in a field in Arlington. Her throat had been cut. It was not until a year .later that the authorities secured ufficlent evidence to make an arrest, Delorey made a confession to the police, implicating Mantir, but later declared that it had been forced from him by the police. CONTEMPT SENTENCES - ARE AGAIN SET ASIDE Labor Leaders, for Second Time, Win Victory in Supreme Court. 1 Washington, May 11.—The tempt sentences imposed by the Dis- trict supreme court upon Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, labor leaders, were set aside today by the supreme court for the | second’ time as barred by the statute | of 1imitations. Justice Holmes, | | | | con- in beginning the to be treated as conspiracies, a point urged upon the court in behalf of the labor leaders. Justice Holmes said the case turned upon the point that the contempt proceedings should have been started within three years from the date of the committing of the offenses. He said that proceedings for contempt should be speedy and thus come with- tations, which require within three years. . Justices Pitne§ dissented. prosecutions and Vandevanter WAS ORDINANCE BROKEN? Chief’s Auto Taken to Hartford Satur- day Afternoon, Those who read the Herald Saturday stating that Fire Chief Dame and some of the safety commissioners went to Hartford in the chief’s automobile %o inspect a new rump being demonstrated in that city are wondering whether a New Britain crdinance was violated, Section 137 reads: “No apparatus shall be taken beyond the city limits, except for assistance in case of fire, and then only by permission of the mayor or chairman of t'lle board of public safety.” It is said that Chairman Andrews and Commissioner Alling accompanied Chief Dame on the trip. item in the TEMPORARILY RELEASED. London, May 11.—Mrs, Mary Wood, the militant suffragette who on May 4 mutilated the portrait of Henry James, the novelist, by John Singer Sargent, the American artist, in the toyal academy, was temporarily re- leased from prison today. She is in a very weak condition from the effects | of a “hunger and thirst strike.” DRUGGIST IS FINED, Waterbury, Conn., May 11.—John W. Spain, druggist, pleaded guilty to- day on two counts for the illegal sale of liquor and was fined $60 and costs or each count. Spain was said by his wife Saturday to have disappeared, but he showed up in town Saturday night and was arrested. DRUG VICTIM SENTENCED. Hartford, May 11.—The heaviest fines yet imposed by Judge Eberle in police court were given Daniel Mc- Namara, alias John Hodgkins, today. The man who says he hails from Bos- ton and is a confessed drug victim, was fined $200 and sent to ail for ninety days. He was charged with theft of $20 and assault. SUICIDE BY GAS, New Haven, May 11.—~Thomas Moran, 33, and unmarried, committed suicide by inhaling gas at his board- ing house during last night. The reason for his act is not known. LONG CONFERENCE HELD. Rome, May 11.—Cardinal Tarley today had a long conference with Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secre- tary of state. FLOW. S FOR CHURCH. Mrs. Charles Landers, Senator George M. Landers, presented the Stanley Memorial church with flowers yesterday in recognition of Mothers’ Day. mother of opinion, said that contempts were not | in the purpose of the statute of limi- | TWO DELEGATES ARE NAMED BY WILSC Associate Justice Lamar and eriok Lehmann President’s Choice. ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY BRYA South Mediators Con Protest Filed by Huerta Over American ported Selzure of Labos Island ¥ Landing Party from U. S. Boal Washington, May 11.—Associats Justice, Joseph Rucker Lamar of th Tnited States supreme court and Fred« erick W. Lehmann of St. Louls, fors mer solicitor general, have been ses: lected by the president to represent hi views before the South American me~ diators in the Mexican mediation ne gotiations at Niagara Falls, Can ' Secretary Bryan made this official nouncement today. Whether a third represen would be appointed, Mr. Bryan d clined to indicate, stating that it coul be assumed that there would be other, although he did not wish { definitely indicate that such po ity was foreclosed. Take Up Protest. Huerta's protest over the repol seizure of Labos Island, an impo ant lighthouse point off the easte | coast of Mexico, by a landing party of United States torpedo boats was tale up today by the South American en= voys who are seeking to pave the way. to peace in the soutnern republic. The reported occupation of the islan —probably to assure uninterrupted operation of the lightship—first wi revealed in a telegram from foreignd minister Ruiz to the mediators. It} stated a party had been landed fromi | the American torpedo boats, that th light keepers had been arrested, th I released after they had turned ove: apparatus for operation of the strat egic beacon. The mediators weral asked to make representationsi) to the Washington government, relas) tive to its truce with Huerta. Already, it was believed, a reply {to the note had been made, and some quarters the convlc}.l:m ex- | pressed that Ambassador | taken it up at & White House M' | Sunda: ¢ W l’lw&fl Measure. | 1t was believed that it would be cons tended that the seizure was in ¢ nature of a precautionary measure | safeguard shipping. As such, it wi | asserted, it would be without any nificance as territorial aggression. Fear that a consignment of Wi munitions for Huerta might have iunloaded at Puerto Mexico from the Kronprinzessin Cecilie caused a slight{} flurry in official circles, That was! set at rest early today by the receip |of a despatch from Admiral Badger, stating the steamer, now at Vera Cru still had on board the consignment. War Correspondents Released. F Release of the American war cor respondents who were arrested by fed eral soldiers relieved a tense situa- |tion. Pressing representations mud |upon Huorta from several dlplomniq sources resulted in freedom for Wal. ter Whiffen of the Associated P Richard Harding Davis of the York Tribune, Medill McCormick the London Times, and A. J. Sutto of the Washington Post. s Reports from Brigadier-General Funston declared that there was truth in the rumored statements o Huerta’s war minister that the tru: had been broken at Vera Cruz by th extension of American lines. Whi' a slight enlarging of the America: territory would be advantageous fu | maintaining sources of food supplie yvet great care, General Funston re ported, had been taken not to overste; orders from Washington, Will Receive O'Shaughnessy. President Wilson, it was announe today, will reccive Nelson O'Shaugh. nessy, former charge of the Americal embassy at the City of Mexico, to: morrow. Mr. O'Shaughnessy h; conferred with Secretary Bryan sev. eral times since his arrival in Wi ington last week. He also has tall with Secretary Tumulty, but the press ident has not found an earlier op. portunity to see him Morelos Blown Up. Rear Admiral Howard, commanda of the Pacific fleet, reported tod: that the abandoned Mexican feder: gunboat Morelos was yesterday boards €d, set on fire and blown up by (he constitutionalists at Mazatlan. Admiral Howard further reporied that the constitutionalist artillery at San Pledras Island drove the Mexi- can transport Kerrigan out of the | harbor. Have Full Power. Ver Cruz, May 11—Emilio R Augustin Rodriguez and Luls m‘h"! the three peace commlunon.r. ‘, pointed by Provisional P Huerta to represent him at the Mine gara Falls conference who will sail late today for Havana enroute to Kay West, are clothed with full o nominally at least, to sign ment or convention. The Mexican senate In a approving Huerta's the three comn “full power judge,