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"ALL ANY NEWSPAPER CAN DO IS TO REACH READERS; OF DIAZ IS EXPECTED Regarded as Certain at Mexican Capital That It Will Soon be Forthcoming =~ HAD LONG CONFERENCE YESTERDAY Senors Limantour and De La Barra in Presideut’s Office for Several Hours—Vice-President Corral May Re- fuse to Resign—Disloyal Conduct of Crowds in Streets, of Mexico Unrestrained by the Police. M City, Muy 5.—The resigna-|tion's soldiers are otherwise occupied tion of Poritio Diss e president of | these days Presicent Diaz took al- Mexico within a yery short time s re- | most no pari in the civil functions, ga-ded Here today s certain. Should | leaving to. the governor, Landa y Es- the smmouncement of his intention ¢o | candon, the task of distributing gold s esign be made tomorrow, of even to- | coins ‘o the survivors of the battle. , 1.ight it would cause the members of Crowds Cry iva M. e 1 Most of the business offices and mer- Little Doubt Diaz Will Retire. cantile houses were closed, and Sun- “ay authoritative confirmation of this | day-like calm prevailed. ‘Crowds of T4 b obtained, but there appears| peons who wandered idly about the Jubl that, recognizing the seri- | streets furnished the only excitement ousness of tho situation and respond- | of the day. They gathered in the ing to popular demand, President Diaz | street in front of the national palace, il ratire when order is restored. At|and aithough laughing and chatting, The presidents office today no state- | indulged in a few cries of “Viva Ma- ment could be 1Ad and the membees | dero.” of rrabging (hat DIa wis | Mexican Flag Tern from Car. unswer to the demand by Francisco 1| The 3.‘;":”.—33‘&“:;’;:3“..‘;‘.”«""&% flllg; Madero, Jr., the revolutionary leader, | orss the crowd which filed into_the that Disz must make known publicly s Intention to re ) were | front of tho palace, or D aimless-. his Intention to retire from office, |,y el g et atlent. p ighborhood. In Hold Conferance With Diaz. P B o et 1 o'clock today the minister of | selves befcre 2 street car, forelgn offalrs Senor De La Barra, | and tore frem it one of the fex- s peremptorily summoned to the of- | jean flags which adorned all the ears i the president. On arriving | today. Police Finally Interfere, Still the police failed to iBterfere, found Senor Limantour, min- wgnc e, who liewise had been The three officlals wero 5 and it was only when the mob €eized B e e tery | & _soldier, lifted him to its shoulders with him, _cryin were iasued by the foreign office to all | S0 merched off with him = crving e e "‘:{;;g‘iuu rode into its midst. The crowd tion to the Chiiean minister se - | morrow and the banquet to the same wis nobi} o B P T it Moial scheduled for tomorrow mnight i been poctponed until May 12, The n for this change in the plans « given as “the slight iliness of the pre<ident. The president's indisposi- “on is known to be slight, but on or- ders from his physician he must re- main indoors.” Diaz in His Usual Health. - the stutement was issued Gen- newn to have been onut wutomobile, This morn- apparentiy in his usual Vs fact, coupled with the . ference was held, gives rise to the bellel that the announcement of body was injured. Shouted at President’s House. Anocier crowd pushed down Cade. na street, and in passing the pre: dent’s house uttered a few shouts de- rogatory to the government and lauda- tory of Madero and the revolution. Will Attack Juarez. Ela_Paso, Texas,” May 5.—If Presi- dent Diaz does not ammounce by to- morrow noon his intention of resigning an attack on Juarez as well as a con- glusjon gf, the semistics for the Chi- Twahua district is imminent. This was the opinion of insurrecto leaders to- n Sine eral Diaz is his intention to resign will not be | night after a 24-hour wait for the made before tomorrow at the earliest. | answer by Diag to the uggestion made Corral Will Refuse to Resign. f;ater‘l;yhl‘ay Francisco 1 ‘Mn‘daro J{; rou s peace commissioners 10 the event of his resignation there ) will be mo opposition by the present | JUdEe Carabajal, the federal envoy. government officials to Senor De La Will Armistice Be Extended? Rarra's ineumbency of the presidential General Madero was sounded tonight office pending new elections, The |y one of the federal go-betweens to | B eationt o toe, Prosident Cotrals | ascertain whether he would corsent to known that before leaving for Europe e S nac g e et expires tomorrow. He replied t at he would answer that question tomorrow mornih®. He said if an extension were he rofased riving there resign, and that since af- he has reiterated this by o asked by the federal government he Realize Strength of Rebel would demand specific peasons before But thi rogarded as merely n- | granting it. cidental. The offic consider the| Madero Has Played Trump Card. resigpatio Diaz the only solution to ths trouble. Reluctantly they ad- it the srowing strength of the rebels and realize that peace is improbable efould he antagonize them further. Unconfirmed reports have reached here of skirmishing in the neighborhood of Saltilio Anniversary Not Celebrated. In the capital today the celebration anniversary of the taking of Ignacio Zaragoza was char- A\ Dby dullness. For the first in many vears the usual military + omitted becauso the' na- played his trump ecard. He showed plainly today the effect of the nervous strain of the last few days. When th “foderal %o-betweens first talked to Ma dero, just before the first armistice was arranged, they found him ready to accept General Diaz as president, pro- vided certain reforms were instituted. Since then he has been surrounded by the political chiefs of.the revolution, and finally has been persuaded that only through an announcement of the intended resignation of Diaz could peace be restored. Pueblia. 1 CRUSADE AGAINST THE OPEN MUFFLER te Secrstary Finds Action Neces- sary to Prevent Offence: TWO NIECES BEAR THE SAME NAME And Both Are After $500 Bequest Left to “Mary Woods.” Springfield, .May 5.—Judge Long in the probate eourt yesterday morning heard the lawyers argue in the suit brought by the executors of the will of Mrs, Samuel Woods, late of this city, to determine which of Mrs. Woods two nieces named Mary Woods is to receive a bequest of $500, which she rovided in her will for her niece, ary Woods. | The two Mary Woods are cousins, being the daughters of two brothers of Mrs. Woods® husband. One of them lives in Denver, Col, and the other Jives in Kansas City, Mo. | Each Mary presented long depositions |in the attempt to show that it was she who was meant by Mrs. Woods. | The depositions showed ~ that Mrs. Woods did not know either- of the eousins and that she gave the legacy because of her husband's wishes. Judge Long reserved his decision. Iartford. May 5.—State Secretary Blatthew H Rogers will campaign ®geinst those distinguished chauffeurs ©f this state who persist in driving their spced chariots uphill with the muffer ope It is probable that the mumber of frivers in_Connecticut do- ing this is about half the total num- | “ber who are licgnsed, so that the cam- | puign o be offpctive must be conduct @d on rather extensive itnes. 1t iy ad vantageous for the ascension of steep inclines to have the muffler off, for more power is got by it. But com- iints origiasting in Giverse sections state have been sent to the au- o department of the secretary's office, and ke will wage war on ruth- less disturbers of the peace by this ence. The polic have taken some steps to rezulate the use or the muffler mare satistactorily, several offenders — l.': ing :olI;on into the B,ri;l‘u, oltnl d | ITALIAN COUNT ARRESTED ether police courts within a_short | * BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. time, on wWhom n.|ln" of $16 each was | nposed. Several missives of « 1 o the depart. | Charged With Failing to Declare Pos- session of Two Paintings. nd were mailed from the depart- May mt this week to users of the open muffler. The action of the state is not ics, Carlo Pi Peloggio, who says he is an Italiah count, was ar- intended 1o eradicate hill-climbing #tunis. it isto prevent tme disturbance caused by the roar of the open muffler | rested here today charged with failing to declara for entrance into this coun- try two copies of famous paintings by in communities. . Repetition of com- plaint will ultimately lead to suspen- old masters. Had he obeyed the law have been admitted sion of license of the chauffeur for a definite time. This effort is directed | the pictures wuml free under the ff clause relating to works of art. As it is they were seized toward all parts of the state whence the information is sent in_Chicago. Di Peloggio was indignant at his ar- rest and gave $3,500 bail for appear- ance in the federal courts., Meanwhile there = a federal wa int out for Julius ¥. B. Frankenburg first officer of the North German lider Prinzess | Irene, who i3 under indictment charged with engineering the scheme. The Italian says he wWa8 ignorant of the tariff laws and trusted Frankenburg to pay the du . gor A Would Boycott Miss Morgan’s Cafe. New York, May 5.—Placards urging the workers In the Brookiyn navy vard i to boycott the restaurant which 3 —After a trip from THE PURITAN FLOATED AT COST OF $30,000 Private Wrecking Company Succeeds Where Government Failed. —_— _Newport News, V&, May 5.—The Tnited States monitor Puritan wa: Routed yesterday, and will be turned sver to the government at the Nor- “x o which she was sub- | y 4 e nnie Morgan recently established | soma wonths ago. She is worti x S e i 0 7 ard $30,- there appeared in thé navy yard. ‘Whether It was the loss of a pretty waltress or the curtailment of the portions of bread and butter with soup ;naers, is a matter of divided opin- ion. S e e ——— Steamehip Arrivals. | and dropped the soldier and fled. No- { General Madero feels that he has | Cabled Paragraphs Tokio, May 5.—Subscriptions ‘to the $5,000,000 loan which Japan has made th txleek s specials ba knmgu.“glh the Yokohama n] e $8,450,000. Foreigners will be allotted more “than $2,500,000. ~— . /Plirls, May 5—W. K. Vanderbilt's Negofol won ‘ the Prix, War Dance of $1,000, distance 11-2 miles, run at Maisons-Laffitte today.. Nash Tur- ner's Alby won the Prix Jongleur, a handicap race of $1,60, distance one mile anc five furlongs. Portsmouth, Eng., May 5.—The re- ports published in London papers on the démage done to the dreadmaught cruiser Invincible, while she was being docked here for an overhauling on Tuesday, were greatly exaggerated. The vessel was but little damaged. London, May 5.—Another woman's enfranchisement bill was-introduced in the house of commons today by, Sir George Kamp, liberal member for the northwest division of Manchester. The measure confers the right to vote up- on every woman possessed of the household/qualifications, but it is pro- vided that married women shall not be ‘permitted to vote in the same con- stitu with their husbands. Lisbon, Portugal, May 5.—The Por- tuguese bishops met vesterday under the presidency of the patriarch of Lis- bon and decided that the law adopted by the provisional government for the separation of the church and the state was not acceptable, as it constituted an attack upon the dignity of the church and the fundamental principles of the Catholic religion. The prelates determined to re fuse the pensions proffered to the. clergy. THE “COMMENCING” OF THE COTTON MARKET Raises\a Fine Point for United States Supreme Court to Decide. Washiington, May 5.—Another puz- zling question about the Sherman an- ti-trust law made its appearance in the supreme court of the United States It was this: Does a conspiracy to fix the price of a commodity by pro- curing a “corner” comstitute a viol | tion of the Sherman law? The govern- ment_ranks \the importance of the uestion withl that of the Standara Oil tobacco/ cases now awaiting de- cision by the supreme court. This latest problem reached _the | court on a writ of error obtained by the government after the recent de- ision by Judge Noyes of the New York federal courts, regarding the an- | ti-trust law indictment against James A Patten. Eugene Scales, -Frank B. Hayne and Willlam P. Brown. -The New York court dis the counts in the indictotent which charged a con- spiracy to “corher” the cotton market. The indictment arose.from the “bull’™| campaign in cotton in 1910 on the New York cotton exchange. It was esti- mazed that the alle campsign, Patten, , Brown, ‘made betiweert $10,000,000 and $12,000,000. The case was docketed te- day as number 1,033, which means or- dinarily tHat it will not be reached for argument and comsideration by the sourt for nearly three vears. Inas- much as the appeal of the government was made under the crinfinal appeals act, the department of justice must | “ailigently prosecute” the appeal. Con- | to have the case advanced for hearing | early next October. | MISER CARRIED MONEY 1 TQ GRAVE WITH HIM. | Always Regretted He Could Not Take Wealth to Next World. | Paris, May 5—A _miser named Anglade, who died at Pau a few days 2o, carried part of his fortune with | him into the grave and hid the balance, |in order to prevent anyone else using Anglade’s' only ambition was to amass mor ey. He vir- tually starved himself in order to save as much as possible, and his only fear of death was based on the Tegret that | he could not take his possessions into the next world. He steadily refused to give his rela- tives any Information about his pos- | sessions, and after his death his wife | made a systzmatic search of the house, | with the result that £1,259 was found in gold and banknotes secreted in out of the way places. g She believed that this represented all his wealth, but when a bank clerk pre- sented a note for payment of a loan promised by the miser and said that Anglade had a document confirming the transaction the widow decided that Ter husband must have taken the paper to the grave. The grave was opened in the pres- ence of a magistrate. Packets of bank- intes and bonds, with a number of ot.er documents, including the one sousht for, were found under the man’s armpits. Opportunity was taken to search a bamboo cane which, according to-An- giades’ dying wish, was buried with him. Eech secton of the cane was found to contain notes and gold wrap- ped in cotton wool. OVINGTON FLIES OVER LONG ISLAND SOUND. Atttained a Height of 2400 Feet, Flight Being Most Successful. Bridgeport, Conn, May 5.—In a 70 horsepower Bleriot monoplane Karle Ovington the aviator, flew for twelve minutes over Long Island Sound this afternoon, attaining a height of 2,400 feet. In weather that was ideal for flying Ovington made hisascent from Steeplechase Island and in graceful spirals gradually rose in the air over the biue waters of the sound until he had reached a height,of 2.400 feet. The descent was made up of a, series of startling glides and voltoplanes winding up with the shutting off of his motor and swooping to within a short distance of the ground and then the glide to his landing piaee. H The flight was the first successful one ever seen by Bridgeport people and in fact the first flight not marred by a mishap of some kind in the state. Tge fight was witnessed by the city offinials and large concourse of people and many more it is expected will view the flight to be made Saturday and Sunday. y PUBLIC OFFICIALS ALLO‘ED BUT ONE SPREE A YEAR. Remarkable Bill Passed in One Hou of Arkansas Legislature. Little Rock, Ark., May 5.—The house hds passed a bill providing for the re- moval from office of any public official | who_becomes intoxicated_more than | once during-his ‘term. No limit is placed on the length of time the first h‘m Wwhich is'to go unpunished, may sequently preparations are being made | - To Fleece Him CAMDEN MAN TURNS TABLES ON © . ALLEGED CROOKS. g 5 e THIRTEEN UNDER ARREST Captured in Fake Poolroom with Dum- my’ Telegraph and Telephone Wires —Many in Rogues’ Gallery. New York, May 5.—Charles W. Mc- Donald, a_ well-to-do contractor of Camden, N. J., and the owner of sev- eral racz horses, not only nipped what he regards as a plot to fleece him out of $21,000 by “wireless wire tapping” but caused thirteen new-found friends to be lodged in jail here tonight, charged with attempted grand larceny. * Raided House in Tenderloin. Trailing McDonald and one , Mc- ARE' NOT SEEN AT THE STATE CAPITOL NOWADAYS. GRAND JURY STILL BUSY | i Indictments for Perjury May Result from Some Testimony in Bribery In- vestigation—Chasing Marked Money. CBlumbus, 0., May 5.—It was indi- cated today, by Prosecutor Turner that indictments for perjury were likely as a result of evidence given before the grand jury in the bribery investigation now going on, Lobbyists May Be Indicted. It was said that legislators will not be- the only ones to be tried relative o bribes, inasmuch, as lobbyists also might be indicted, if sufficent evidence Great Business "Landed interpret this right from the start to be a plunger’s style; but a man bring it back fourfold. For nearly field, and is liant leadership. said: it is intimately connected with the human socfety. The leading busin ognize the value of ad ng and cost of advertising tn home papers. ‘wanting. at your door one wi Following is a summary of the #Nothing venture, nothing have, Wanamaker is not only a money-maker but a business-proverb author. His business thoughts are well born—born to_live. did business in Philadelphia, on April 8, 1861, he took in $24.37, and he put the $24 right out for advertising and went ahead. till original and blazing the way for others by his bril- A business contemporary, recently speaking of himi, It is fmpossible to estimate the amount of service Mr. Wanama- ker has rendered to the world of trade. keeping is & much richer interest than it was once regarded, and that “He interpreted the necds of the day and put them in advertising proverbs that can never dje out of the memories of men.” en of today are doing likewis Send for a Bulletin rate card and study the comparative value and This is-a good time to subscribe for The Bulletmn. I will be left k for 12 cents. Bullstin . Telegraph Local Gansral Total Saturday. April 29 112 148 779 1039 || Monday. Moy 1 130 143 232 505 § Tuesday,. ~ May 2 . 137 116 207 460 {i Wednesday. May 3 126 116 216 458 } Thursday. ifay -4 =~ 130 118 203. .451 |} Friday, Moy 5 143 - 125 172 440 ; Totat - - - 778 766 1809 3353 | on Liberal Advertising is an old proverb; and those who usually ‘succeed in business. John The first day he This_seems of his mental acumen knew how to half a century he has led in the He has shown that store- intellectual and moral growth of They rec- by their originality give it force. The Bulletin will not be found news printed the past weel: B Cormick, alleged promoter of the scl e, deteptives raided a house. in the/Tenderiol, mede the thirteen ar- rests, - including McCormick, confiscat- ed a number of telegraph and tel phone. instruments whose wires, they say, led only as far as the walls, and selzed - alleged . worthless checks ag- gregating $159,000 and 3245 in cur- and glying the appearance of a large amount. ~ MgDonald Tipped Police. McDonald notified the police on Wed- nesday that he was to keep an appoint- ment with MoCormick, who had met him in Camden and Philadelphia, he said, and represented himself as the manager of a telegraph company and able to get first returns of the races. cDonald Bluffs the Crooks. McBonald drew money from. the bank an®led McCormick to believe, at the detectives’ suggestion, that it was 'sald $21,000 to“be placed in the raided house “for making a cleanup of $200,- 000. MzCormick’s Visage in Rogues’ Gallery McCormick, according to the police, is_William Crane, well known to the police, yand among the/ twelve other men who were posing In the alleged fake poolroom are ssveral characters whom the police have down in the Rogues’ gallery as wiretappers, MOSBQUITO PROOF SHIP i PROVED GREAT SUCCESS. No lliness on Steamer During Voyage to West African Coast. London; May 5.—The rveturn to Liv- erpool of thé steamer Thomas Tolt from her second voyage to the West African coast will be noted by those interested in the suppression of trop- ical diseases, as her captain reports that no case of sickness has occurred on board during the vovage in ques- tion. This ship, together with her sis- ter ship, the Jonathan Holt, was fitted up by the owners, John Holt & Co., Limited, of Liverpool, with mosquito proot doors, windows and ports, to the IR etc., the well known discoverer of the malarial germ and its dissemi- carrying out Major Ronald Ross' sug- gastions had proved exceedingly sat- isfactory. The maintenance of health among the members of their crews was their principal concern, and they had followed out Major Ross' directions to the-letter. He was convinced that the adoption of the mosquito proof fittings on ships engaged in malaria infected countries would in time become universal All new steamers their firm might order would also be of this pattern. Against Treaty with Great Britain. (Special to The_ Bulletin.) Washington, May 5.—Senator Mc- Lean presented in the senate yesterday the following petitions 1n opposition to the ratification of the proposed treaty with Qreat Britain: ~The German ai- liance of New Haven, the German al- liance of Bridgeport and of New Brit- ain A petition from the citizens of Unfon City and the Monsignor Slocum ‘branchof the A. O. H, of Waterbury. Jim Flynn Setties Al Kaufman. Kansas City, Mo., May 3. hard right swing to the jaw, Flynn of Puebio, Col, knocked o Al Kaufman of San Francisco in the tenth round of iheir fight here tonight. s e lace- is & French develop- rency, wrapped about fifteen bundies, | specification of Major Ronald Ross, F. | nation by ns of the Anopheles mos- quito. ! Robert Holt¥stated that the result of cellulose is said to wear . advantages | coutd be procurea to bring about con- victions. To Get After Those Who Supplied Money, The intimation was-given that the | investigation of bribe offers would not | be confined to men who handled the money, It was said that those who suppliéd the money would not be im- mune. Army of Detectives in Columbus. There are said to be a score of de- tectives in the city. Many lobbyists, who have been coming to Columbus for years, are absent at this time.| Some are reported to have left the state. Today a clew was taken up, looking to_the implication of a mem- ber ¢ the house, who aemanded $10,000 to ald in the passage of a bill. Chasing Up Marked $30 Bill. A detective today went to Ironton to find a $50 Dill which a member of the assembly is said to have changed in a railway ticket office. Such a bill s marked before it left the detec- tive's hands here a week ago. Could Not Locate Bill. s search, according to a des- from Ironton, falled to reveal the bill. However, the ticket agent was served with a subponea to appear Dbefore the grand jury, All Plead Not Guilty. The indicted legislators were ar- raigned today. All pleaded not guilty. Judge Kinkead of the common pleas court announced that trials would be- gin during the week of May 15. Th legislators, through their counsel, will seck delay. FOUR MEN WERE READY TO SELL THEIR BLOOD. All Were Rejected by Physician at New Britain Hospital. New Britain, May 5.—Four men who | were willing to submit to an operation | for the transfusion of blood in order| | to save the life of a woman patient at | | the New Britain hospitdl were exam- | | ined at the hospital this morning by | the surgeon Who is_to perform the op- eration. The candidates were all re- jected. It is hoped - that some one- | will present himself who is physjeaily well. The husband of the patient of- fers as high as $50 to the person a cepted. | BANGOR'S FIRE LOSS 5 PLACED AT $3,000,000. Insurance on Damaged Property Will Be About Half the Loss. Bangor, Me., May 5.—State Insurance Commissioner Becher Putnam of Houl- ton estimates the loss caused by last Sunday's fire here at $3,000,000 or less. The insurance is approximately $1,- 500,000. i Day Off for Rhode Island Police. | Providence, R. I, May 5.—The house passed an act giving policemen in all cities and towns, cxcept the city of Cranston, one. day off each month, with pay. Cranston is exempted-be- | cause the policemen in that young city are not required to do any overtime work. _ Yale Art School Anniversary. New Haven. Conn.,. ) ;5. —J. W. Alexander, pr. ‘Academy of Design, annual address at the coming annive sary exercises of the Yele Art schoo His subject will be Individualism in ‘Art. This announcement was made public tonight. An eagle can live 28 days without S i | bors by the name of Elwell. | and body 65 gunshot wounds. Condensed Telegrams| Adoph Woermann, head of the Woer~ jpamu’ steamship lines, died at, Hem- Tho Intsenational Press Congress | opened al Rome with 500 delegates in attendance. Emperor William and the Empress arrived at Karisruhe as guests of the king and queer} of Sweden. 4 The Turkish Government objects to the Anglo-American syndicate’s exca- vating operations at Jerusalem, - The Steamer Deutschland sailed from Hamburg for Buenos Ayres svith the German Antarctic_expedition. While the Revolutionary Movement at Canton, China, has been —checked, the politics * unrest is widespread. ke s o Eight Men Were Scalded, two seri- ously by the explosion of a steampipe in a bofler of the steamer State of Ohio at Cleveland. - The British Government is having hard_luck with its dirigible airships, one belng wrecked Thursday and an- other the day befor: David Lloyd-George appeared in the British house of commons for the first time since his physical breakdown. He introduced his plan of state insurance against unemployment. LV S S e T BURNED TO DEATH B WHILE FIGHTING FIRE. Mrs. Patience Cobb of Nepaug Fell Into Flames Near Her Home. Nepaug, Conn., May 5.—Mrs. Patience Cobb, €8 years old, wife of E. L. Cobb, was burned to death today while fight- ing a brush fire which threatened to set fire to her home. The fire was in the rear of the house and in company with a dozen of her neighbors Mrs. Cobb was attempting to extinguish the flames. When the fire had been gotten under control Mrs. Cobb was missing, and a search disclosed her badly char- red body lying among some smoulder- ing embers. How she happened to fall into the fire no one seems to know. . The death of Mrs. Cobb recalls & | feud which has existed for many vears between the Cobb fumily and neigh- The last outbreak was in 1909, when Mrs. Cobb’s adopted son was shot,” it. was alleged at the -time, by a member of the Elwell family. receiving in hié face At that time Mrs. Cobb showed the scar of an old wound on her forehead which she said had been inflicted by a shot at the inception of the feud. The condition of Mrs. Cobb’s body was such that the funeral was_held tonight, brief funeral sérvices being held ai the grave in Nepaug ceme- tery. cARNEGIE HORORED BY 21 REPUBLICS. Presented a Medal Inscribed “Benefac- factor of Humanity.” Washington, May 5.—After a gold medal Jresenicd by the! one American republics bearing the words “The American Republics to Andrew Carnegle”! and “Benefactor of Humanity,” Mr. Carnegie announced today that he would give $100,000 in addition to nearly a million dollars al- ready donated toward erection of the Pan-American union building to be used for the artistic completion of its extansive grounds. President Taft, Secretary of State Knox and hundred$ of persons promi- nent in diplomatic and official life paid honor io_Mr, Carnegie here today when the' medal was presented in the hall of the Pan-American union build- ing. "Sohn Barrett, director-general of‘the union, said that never before in history had an individual been so honored by a group of nations. Senor De Za Ma- cona, the Mexican ambassador; Presi- dent Taft, Secretary Knox and Mr. Carnegie made addresses. Steel Railway Postal Cars. Washingten, May 5.—Railway post- office cars with all steel under frames Will be required by the postoffice de- partment after-July 1 next. elving wenty- FARWELL OF CHICAGO TO SUCCEED DIMOCK. Name of Gifford Pinchot Withdrawn from Yale Corporation. New Haven, Conn., May 5.—An- nouncement was made tonight by Sec- retary Stokes of Yale university that John V. Farwell of Chicago will be the only name presented to the Yale grad- es for the vacancy on the corpora- tion caused by the expiration of the term of the late Henry @&. Dimock of w York. Gifford_Pinchot’s s also presented, but he has as to_have it withdrawn. Mr. Farwell was graduated in the class of 1879 and is president and gen- eral managerof the firm of John V. Farwell & company of Chicago. He has been president of the Chicago.Y, M. C. A. and the board of trustees of the Lake Forest university, OBITUARY. N Rev. James W. Cunningham. New Haven, Conn., May 5.—Rev. James W. Cunningham, pastor of $ Thomas’ church, Waterbu dled at a iocal hospital here tonight, following an operation for stomachk trouble. Father' Cunringham was born In Rainbow, thls state, and received his | classic#l education at Holy Cross col- | lege. On gra® he entered Gra fro 1886, ing from Holy Cross d seminary, Montreal, which institution he graduated in He was curate of St. Mary's | chureh, Windsor Locks, for nine years, | zoi rom there to St. Mary’s, Nau- zatuck, In 1887 Bishop Tierney ap- pointed him pastor of a_church_ in West Thompson, later transferring him outh Meriden and from there to Westerly, R. I. He went to St. Thom- as’ church in Waterbury last year. Nirs. George M. Bradt. Chattanooga, Tenn., May .—Mrs, George M. DBradt, wife of George~M. Bradt, publisher of the Havana, Post, of Havana, Cuba, died bere today, af- ter a long illness. Mrs. Bradt recént-, underwent an operation in New York. She is survived by her hus- Dand, daughter and son, the latter a udent at Cornell university. The resided here part of the times, mation of a teh million dollar corpora- tion o he known as the Carter Ameri- can Sales Books company of Elmira, the Carter-Crume €ompany of Ni Falls and the Eastera s Bool com- pany of Glendale, N. A. The" déw | company’s main officey will beg | highly developed nervous system capa- | Nineteen Indictnedis Charging Murder of " Victims of Los Angeles Explosion 'ONE WOMAN NAMED IN INDICTMENTS Four Others Also Mentioned as Abettors—June 1 icg for the Pless of the Brothers—M'Manigal Not in Court—Courtroom Crowded Despite Efforts of Au~ thorities to Keep Proceedings Secret. N s - Los Angeles, May 5.—John J. McNa- | charging the men with the murder of mara, ‘secretary of the International |-ihe employes of The Times plant. Ac+ Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' [cused with the brothers in the indict- association, today was formally ar- | nients were William Caplan, Alloged 10 raigned before Judge Walter Bordwell | have heen an abettor of James I, Me~ of the superior court on charges of | Namara in the explosion, and four oth- murder and dynamiting, and his broth- | ers, one a woman, who were masked er, James B. McNamara, was arraign- by the names of John Doe, Richard ed on a charge of murder, all in o Roe, John Stiles and Jane Doe, nection with the explosion’that wreck- Los Angeles Explosion Rumor. ed the Los Angeles Times building on Washington, May = 5—A October 1, 1910, and killed 21 men, from Bah Francisco, esying ._fl-""'m‘“ were distributed throughout the state, McManigal Not Arraigned. Ortle E. McManigal, alleged to have | quoting Dr. Joseph A, Holmes, direc made a confession Implicating the Mc- | tor of the bureau of mines, as decias- Namaras, was not arraigned. 1t is not | ing that the wreck of the Los Angeles expecied that he will make any ap- | Times plant was due (0 a gas explos- Dpearance in court until the trial hegins. | ion and not to dynamite, evoked quiek The day for the McNamara brothers to | response tonight. Director Holmes plead Was fixed for June 1. made the following statement: Dr. Holmes Makes Denial, /The Courtroom Crowded. Fully an hour before the time for “Neither tiie bureau of mines nor the the arraignment, the courtroom was | director of the bureau possess any im- crowded. despite efforts of the officers | formation that would demonstrate the to; keep the proceedings secret, The | cause of the explosion that wrecked McNamara brothers, with hands man- | The Times building in Los Angeles acled; were Brought into court by Sher- | The director of the bureau of mines has neither given out any opinion as iff Hammel and three deputies. One ‘Woman Accused. to the cause of the expiosion nor has he authorized any person to Assistant District Attorney Ford read all the nmineteen indictments, | an opinion for him on that subject” WILSON PREDICTS NEW POLITICAL ERA, Governor of New Jersey Addresses Knife and Fork Club. Kansas City, Mo, May 5—Woedrow Wilson, governor of New Jersey, in & speech before the Knife and Fork club tonight, said that a new political ers, promising much for the welfars of tha mnation, is now upon the A peo- ple. The movement is one :x :ur-, marked by a process of restoration, rather than that of a revolutiom, be said. The presence of Gov. Herbert 8. Hadley of Missour! wddéd interest io the occasion. Hoth'state executfves were referred to during the evening as presidential possibilities in 1912, Governor Wilson's speech tomight was the first to be delivered durins his western trip. GRAND TRUNK GETS WAY TO'TIDEWATER. Will Pass Over and Under Tracks of the New W:aven. Providence, R. L, May 5.—The Grand Trunk railway's fight for a right of way to tidewafer terminal in this city, was definltely won late today when Governor Aram J; Pothier sigred a bill, following its-passage by the senate in concurrence with the house, which pro- vides for access by the Grand Trunk to its proposed docks over and under the tracks of the New York, New Ha- ven arfd Hartford railroad. The bill was in_the form of _an amendment to the charter of the Southern New England Railway com- pany, and had been mutually “agreed upon by the Grand Trunk and the New Haven interests. It was,given an un- animous passage in the senate today, having passed theshouse previously. It is expected that the Southern New England will immediately file articles of incorporation, and begin the actual construction of its roadbed from Pal- mer, Mass., where it will join the Cen- tral’ Vermont, another Grand Trunk subsidiary, to the Providence water front, near the new state docks. By the terms of the agreement reached by thel rival interests, the New Haven railroad will. defray the expense of construction of the tunnel under its tracks. At another point there will be a grade crossing. « GOOD WORK IN BEHALF OF THE WORKING WOMEN. Reports to That Effect Chesr Weomen of Civic Federation. ‘Washington, May 5.—Reports 1 good work throughout the country in of working women were enthusiastic- ally received at a meeting here today of ‘the woman’s welfare department of the National Civic Federation. \Promi- nent women present included Taft, Mrs, J. Borden Harriman of York and Mrs. J. Mediil McCorm! Chicggc. The meeting was at the home of Mrs. John Hays Hammend, chairman of the department. Mrs. Taft received the guests at the White House in tha afternoon and Mrs. Ham- mond at her homa tonight DEFENSE BEGUN IN DODGE MURDER TRIAL. Attempt to Show It Impossibie for Mrs., Dodge to Have Fired Fatal Shot. Guildhall, Vt, May 6—An attempt to show that it was impossible for Mrs. Florence Dodge to have fired the shot which killed William Heath, for whose. murder she is being tried. was made Dby the defense today. Two witnesses were called for this purpose, Dr. John M. Allen of St Johnsbury and F. H. Hunter of Hanover, N. H. Both had made measurements of the bedroom where Heath's body was found, and their evidence was designed to show that there was not sufficient space for a person to have aimed the revolger at the angle at which the bullet entered the body, if, as the prosccution has contended. Heath was on his khees at the time painting the baseboard of the room. \ In, cross”examination by Attorney General Sargeant, Df. Allen admitted that Heath might have been standing, and: in that case, he testified, it would have bean possible for a bullet fired from the hallway to have taken the course of the shot which killed Heath. Dr. Hunter had not completed his | direct testimony when court adjourned. | His testimony, so far as taken, was along the same line as that of Dr. Al- len. FISH SETS FIRE TO A TRUCKLOAD OF HAY. Sucker Caught by Boys Threshed Around and Scattered Sparks. Fort Plain, N. Y., May 5—An eight= pound fish set fire last night to a hay car on a siding here, burning the to the trucks and with it 65 bales of hay. The fish was a sucker. Boys angling at night had bullt & bonfire on the Mohawk river bank, & few feet from the hay car. When the fish was landed it fell among _the burning brands and threshed abonut wildly, showering sparks in every di- rection, one of which settled in the hay and kindled the blaz AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, This and a Number of Classics Bought _for the Yale Library. New Haven, Conn, May 5—To- gether with other book treasures the Yale library has secured at the Robert Hoe sale in New York a number of first editions of English and French classical works and an- autograph let- ter of Benjamin Franklin relating to the establishment of a bookshop and printing office in this city. The pur- chases were mad2 from funds sub- scribed by Yale graduates for the pur- pose. SIX YEAR OLD BOY AT POINT OF DEATH. Run Down by Auto and Has Conmcus. sion of Brain. TURTLE IS A FISH, e NOT AN ANIMAL. Man Gould Not Be Punished for Keep- ing It on Its Back. Boston, May 5.—Although a turtle was declared by a Harvard university | cxpert to be more nearly related to a| bird. than to a fish, and to possess a| bié of memory, intelligence and lova- | ble tendencics, Judge Stevens in the| superior court today instructed a jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty in the case of John H. Weiner, a restau- rant_proprietor, who-was charged with cruelty to animals in keeping a 160- pound green sea turtle on its back in a window last summer. Weiner had been fined $25 in the municipal court and appealed. The defense contended that the charge of cruelty to animals would not hold, on the ground that a turtle was not, an animal but & fish Robbed of $916@n Street. New York, May 5—Three highway: men held up Frank Landl, a young bank méssenger, in broad daylight and robbed Him of $916 on the upper Fast Side today.( Landi was dazed a blow with a billy, but recovered just in time to sce his assailants = running away. Detectives arrested one of the allegsd frio and locked him up on & charge of highway robhery. Greenwich, Conn., May 5.—Six year old Dominick Catrone, who was rum into by an automobile last night, lies in a critical condition In a local hospital tonight' He concussion of the brain and a broken collarbone. Emery Lavoy, chauffeur of the machine own- K. M. Sayres of Naw York, to the boy, says that the boy ran in front of the machine as he was. asgending a near the boy's home. Tavoy gave hi If up to the police arrl:d :ent ar physician to ukc]o‘ m&: the boy. Lavoy was paroled pem the dutcome of the boy's injuries. “American Ice. Co. Quits Gotham. New York, May 5.—The %$40,000,000 American Ice company, a New Jersev corporation which Churles W. Morme, thie convict banker, organized in has withdrawn from the stats of N Yor and &1l pending D against the concern as a .me . Jury Disagrees in Graft Scandal. ‘Pittshurg, May 5._The jury in_the case of Dr. F. C. Blessing, president of ~common "coungil, charged with ting a ‘bribe during the councils fe graf scandul, was harge have been dismissed. 13 hs

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