Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 19, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. 18 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Probortion to TAFTCOMMUTES MORSE'S SENTENGE Banker and Ice King Regains Liberty After Two Years’ Confinement. HAS A COMBINATION OF DISEASES President Informed by Surgeon-General That Prisoner Could Not Live a Month Longer in Confinement— Citizens of Bath, Me., Celebrate With a Parade and Red Fire—A Great Triumph for Mrs. Morse, Washington, Jan. 18.—President Taft today commuted to expire at once the fifteen-vear sentence for violation of the national banking laws under which Charles W. Morse, the New York panker and “ice king," served two years in the federal penitentiary at Atianta, Ga. The commutation of sen- terce, which gives Morse his com- plete freedom, but, unlike a pardon, does not restore his ctvil right—was granted upon recommendation of At- torney General Wickersnam and Sur- geon General Torney, U, 8. A. Accord- ing to the surgeon general's report to the president, Morse could not live one month longer in confnement and even at literty probably would not live six months, White House Statement. The White house statement, grant- ing freedom to Morse, follows: “The president, this afternoon, com- muted the sentence of Charles W. Morse to expire at once. This action was taken upon the recommendation of the attorney general, based upon the following report of Surgeon Gen- eral Torney: Prisoner’s Case Incurable, “‘A careful review of these reports makes it clear to my mind that be is suffering from a cembination of dis- euses due to degenerative change! which are incurable and progressive The reports show that both the condi- tion of the kidneys and the heart are growing worse, 1 regard ibe attack of cardiac dyspnoea or heart-block, from which he suffered on the morning of she 15th instant, ag an orrdnous occur- rence. In my opinion the prisoner's duration of life will be in all preba- bility less than one month if kept in confilnement and in the event of his release under commmtation of sen- tence, it is not probable that he will live as long as six months.’ Having been designated as a special messenger-by the attorfiey general's of- flce, Mrs, Morse left Washington to- night for Atlanta, bearing her hus- band's commutation papers. “My Heart Was Breaking.” “T thank God,” she sald just before she boarded the train. T could not have lived longer under the strain, My heart was breaking. Mr. Morse's life is almost ended. No human being can know the suffering 1 have endured since my husband’s imprisonment. I tried every means to bring about his release, President Taft's act was one of simple Justice. If my busbamd did any wrong e has more than paid the penalty, His life has been forfeited. Believes Husband Made a Scapegoat. “I always have belleved, and always will belleve, that he was an Inpocent man—the scapegoat of others. I have no hope that my husband will live more than two months, even though we can get him to Carisbad, where he will have the benefit of the baths. I have no criticlsm to malke against anyone. 1 know all the officers acted according to a mense of duty. But it is hard, hard to think that my husband’s life hes been taken from him and that he ¥s paying the forfeit of his life. The judge never intended to sentence him to death.” May Be Taken to Carlsbad. Efforts made for a complete pardon were unavalling and under the law Morse could not be paroled until he hed served five years. Under the commutation he will he allowed to Jeave the army hospital at Fort Mc- Pherson, Ga., near Atlanta, at once. Recent efforts in his behalf showed that his friends wished to take him to Carlsbad for treatment, and tonight it was deemed probable here that he would be taken abread at once. Porsistent Efforts ef Mrs. Morse. The commutation of Morse's zen- tence was the end of iflonths of un- remit! effort by Mrs. Morse and the ba s friends, Almost since the day the doors of his cell in At- lanta closed upon him, Mrs, Morse and influentlal persons havo hesiegod the department of justice and through it the White house for gome mitiga- tion of the sentence’ Mrs. Morse in pergon # CcAuvess among senators and members of the house of representattves and obtained the mig- Dmtures of scores of prominent men to & petition she-circulated in her hus- band's bebalfl Investigations of President. Until the past few months, however, all efforts were fruitless and Presi- d=nt Taft and Attorney General Wick- refused to consider a pardon er commutation. Recently reports from Atlenta Indicaind that Morse's health was and the presi- dent caused several investigations to be mede ,as a result of which the prisoner Wwas transferred from the prison to the Fort McPherson hos- Transfer Had Been Ordered. Last weels, after further investige- tion army and nayy physicians, President Taft, th h the attorney gnnx, anthorized transfer of orse from Fort McPherson to the army and navy general hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. Repurts from At- lants after this announcement averrsd that Morse could not be taken to Ar- kansas and friends indiosrpd that they wished to have him removed entirely from federal supervision to stop the depressing mental effect which the kmewiedge that he was a prisoner had upen his physical conditien, The com- mutstion crowned their efferts, JOY AT BATH, Mesidents of Morse's Binthplace Have & Strest Parade, Bath, Me,, Jan. 18—The news of the mfln‘ of Charles W. Morse hy @ent Taft roused ‘the pity of Bath, the birthplaco of the:financier, to a bigh pitch of exaltement omsness tonight, A. omt at once and on the green at d jog- fid; by the band, marched through the Sagsdoc L several hu; _men buening for rse and ;“&L‘n and cheering - | and Mrs. Morse and to the president, extending congratulations. MORSE HEARS NEWS. But Is Not in Physical Condition to Show Elation. Jan. Atlanta, Ga., to hear the new: ment made by C! 18.—"1 am glad was the only com- arles W. Morse when informed by the post surgeon at KFort had McPherson that President Taft commuted his sentence, W tered in a weak voice which little or no elagion, for the bedridd® banker realized that no mortal au- therity could release him from the clutches of incurable diseas Morse will be removed om the post hospital as soon as he is able to stand an ambulance journey to an infirmary within the city. He had another bad night with his heart and was not so well today, but his ph clan was hopeful tonight that his par- ole might have favorable effect on his condition. in Flerida and he hopes eventually to baths may relieve his heart trouble to some extent. Morse ever will leave Georgia alive. He is suffering from three diseases and the end might come at any time. On the other hand, it is said, he may live for ten years. | Four women nurses, all employes of the government, have attended the ex- banker constantly since he was r moved to Fort McPherson Jast Novem- ber, It ig probable that they will be kept at his bedside until he is able to leave the reservation. FIVE MORE DISMISSALS FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE FORCE. Crusade Outgrowth of the Open Wink- ing at Gambling. | Chicago, Jan, 18.—Police Inspector John Wheeler, Captaln Patrick J. Harding -and Lieuts,- George . Prim, | Deniel . Keleher and John B. En- right were ordered dismissed from the service today after a hearing on charges of ineficiency, incompetency and_ collugion with vice. Wheeler is the third police inspector to be dismissed by the city civil ser-| vice commission since it began its in- vesigation into the efficlency of the| police department. Six police lieuten- ants have been removed, one other captain has resigned, and one patrol- man has been ordered off the force. Fifteen peirolmen and patrol ser- geants are now under fire. The present crusade against ineffi- clency in the department grew out of open and apparently ‘“winked” at gambling near the Arena, where Frank | Gotch and George Hackenschmidt wrstled for the world’s championship last Labor day. Citizens complained and newspapers took up the cry that police and vice had an understanding profitable to both. GIRL'S ESCAPADE MAY COST HER A FORTUNE. Violet Buehler May Have Lost Good Will of Wealthy Uncle. Chicago, Jan. 18.—Federal' investi- gators turned their attention today to the cage of Violet Buehler, 15 vears old, who rén away from here, met a | weaiter in New York and was found there working as a domestic. At the | same time it was hinted that the esca- | pade would cost the girl a fortune which an uncle had repeatedly prom- ised to will to her, Charles De Woody, chief of the de- partment of justice secret service, be- came interested in the case when he | recelved word of a reputed admlssion by Jack Clune, the waiter, that he ac- companied Violet from Chicago to New York and from the statement credited | to the girl'that he clandestinely visited | her at her rooms | DETECTIVE BURNS UNABLE TO COLLECT HIS REWARD. State Treasurer Says He Hasn’t $10,000 in e Contingent Fund. | Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 18.—The ap- | plication by William J. Burns for the | reward of 310,000 offered by the atate assembly for the arrest and convietion Should he gain strength, Morse will | probably be removed to a sanitarium | g0 to Norheim, Germany, where the | It is doubtful whether | | lad, John De Mar, Cabled Paragraphs Belfast, Ireland, Jan. 18.—Fifty thou- sand women members of the Ulster unionist associations haye issued today a flery manifesto to their sisters in Great Britain to aid them in defeating the home rule bill. Naples, Jan. 18.—Cerdinal O’Connell with his sulte left today on-board the White Star liner Canopic, which is due in Boston on Jan. 29. The cardinal was accorded a most hearty farewell by the crowds on the quay. Leipsic, Germany, Jan. 18.—Two spies, Baron Vinogradoff, a lieutenant in the Russian navy, and Lieutenant Von Cerno, belonging to the reserve of the Hungarian army, were both condemned to three years’ imprisonment today. London, Jan. 18.—The recent ballot taken by the coal miners of Great Britain, the result of which was offi- clally declared today, was overwhelm- ingly in favor of a strike for a fixed minimum wage. The actual figures were: For a strike, 445801; against, 115,921 Colon, Jan. 18.—The Chinese resi- dents here celebrated today the estab- lishment of the republic in China. They suspended business of the day throughout the isthmus, A big recep- tion cnd procession werg held this morning, in which a thousand Chinese participated. The flag of the new re- public Is floating everywhere. The Hague, Netherlands, Jan. 18.— Queen Wilhelmina, who was recently reported to have been expecting an f.1- teresting family event, and whose hopes for the birth of an heir to the throne were shattered by a mishap, is slightly indisposed. Professor Kouwer, the eminent gynecologist, who is In attendance on the queen during her last accouchement, remained at the palace throughout the night. BRITISH STEAMER FOUNDERS IN GALE. i SR | Fifty-three of Crew Go Down With Her Off Scottish Coast. Aberdeen, Scotland, Jan. 18.—Fifty- three of the crew of the British steam- er Wsitow Hall were drowned this morning when the steamer foundered on the Bullers of Buchan, off the coast of Aberdeenshire. Only Captaln Stod- | | dart and three of the crew reached | shore. The Wistow Hall had a terri- | ble experience in the gale. Captain Stoddart, who was resusci- tated afer a long perlod of uncon- sciousness, relates a story of extremetly tmpestuous weather from the time of leaving the Tyne on Monday. The vessel got into difficulties Wednesday, when two of the crew were mortally injured. The captain himself had his | spine hurt and his arm broken, which confimed him to his cabin. Finally the fires were extinguished and the vessel was at the mercy of the gea. A few minutes before she | struck the steward assisted the cap- tain to dress. No sooner had he reach- ed the bridge than the steamer dash- ed into the rocks. He was washad ov- erboard and remembered nothing until | he recovered consciousness in the cot- | tage where he s now lying. Captain Stoddart was making his first voyage a8 eaptain of the Wistow Hall owing to | the illness of the regular master. Aft- | er Monday the crew had no feod or drink, and all of them huddled in the engine room, nti daring to venture to the forecastle to procure supplies. The scene from the shore was har- | rcwing. The vessel soon broke up. The crew clung to her desperately, but ev- ery wave claimed its victim. Nothing | couid be done to help the men, and in in a short timse all disappeared, except the four who were carried by the seas to shore. BOB SLED COLLIDES | 2 WITH AN AUTOMOBILE. One Boy Killed and Another Pro‘ably Fatally Injured, Port Washington, N. Y. Jaa 18— A 12 year old boy was kiiled and an- other boy was probably morially m- Jured today when a bob sled on which they were coasting coilided with, JHow- ard Gould’s automobilz. The lads were sliding down & ste2d, spars wouoiGed hiil and shot across the old Wesibury rcad leading to the Gould esiate just as the automobile driven by Mr. Gould’s = chauffeur, Williazn Holland, | and occupled by severil servants speeding by. The was ruek the ste running board of ‘he machine and one of the hoys, Cyril Ru Biled, | big skull being fractur 2 other | was thrown irder the hea ar wheel and r v n- ternal injuries which will probaily cause his death. PLACED UNFAITHFUL WIFE BN SANITARIUM. Habeas Corpus Proceedings May De- termine Merits of Case. | Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 18.—Habeas corpus proceedings were begun today in behalf of both J. B. Snead and his wife. BSnead is in jail on a murder charge growing out of the killing of | A. G. Boyce Baturday night., Boyce was father of A. G. Boyce, Jr.' who is alleged to have ebducted Mrs. Snead, taking her to Winnipes. Half an hour his wife in a sanitarium. where she is | being held against her will. Both cases of the Los Angeles Times dynamiters, | was rejected today by State Controller | ye, because, he sald, there was not | $10,000 in the assembly “contomgent fund.” | Nye.suggested to District Attorney | Frederiks of Los Angeles that Burne' proper course would be to have a claim Bill introduced in the legislature at | the next session. Virginia Women Want to Vots. Richmond, Va., Jan. 18—The votes for women movement gained impetus today when Benator Harmon of this city ‘announced he had ylelded to the persusion of women lobbyists and Wwould introduce in the senate the| Bqual Buffrage league's bill. Delegate | Montague of this city vountarily intro- duced a similar bill in the assembly, Senator Newland Won't Run, ‘Washtngton, Jan, 18.—Senator Fran- cis G. Newland of Nevada. declined to- day to permit the-use of his name as a candidate for-the democratic presiden- | tial nomdmnation, and declared himself in fayor of the candidacy of Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, Aeroplane in Turoo-itatian Wan. Tripoli, Jan, 18.—An aeroplame sent out from the Itallan quarter dvopped a manifesto into the Arab camp today announcing the ItaMan viotory in the Red Sea near the Bay of Funfidawhen Itallan warships sunk several Turkish Steamship Arrivals. At Ny : Jan. 17, Italia, from New York; Venesia, from New York. At London: Jan. 18, Minneapolis, frem New Yors * will be heard tomorro BODY FOUND IN THE REVERE HOUSE RUINS. | Charred Remains of Annie MoDevit Recovered Yesterday. Boston, Jan. 18.—The burned disfigured body of Annie McDevitt, | aged about 40 years, a laundry em- ploye, was found late today among the charred timbers of the Revere house, which was partly destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. It is believed that still another body, that of Miss Susan Doherty, also an employe of the hotel laundry, will be revealed by further search. and Bought Boozxe and Ciaars for Voters. Portland, Maine, Jan, 18.—Walter G. Hay, an undertaker who was republi- can candidate for mayor at the Decem- ber election was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with corrupt | practices at the caucuses held in this city November 20. The indictment charged that:My. Hay paid to one John 8. M, Quinn, the sum of $63 and that the monay was used for purchase of clgars and liquors to induce persons to vote for delegntes, Mr. Hay pleaded not gullty to the charges and the cases was continued until the May termn of the superior court. Subpoenas Served, Elgin, 111, Jan, 18.—Deputy Tnited States Marshal Nerthrop served sub- poenas tomight on L, D, Jahnasn, for~ mer secretary of the. Higin beard, and | this incident with a has been deeply interested in | before he killed Boyce, Snead placed | it : Norwich Men Representing Finance, the Law, Commerce, Manufacturing, and Other Interests. i ‘\ \ STODDARD -G1LBERT-6 CO N SN NOAH Manager for Stoddard, Gilbert & Co. Police Guard For Governor MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE RE- CEIVES WARNINGS, OF BOMB THROWERS’ PLANS ‘His Action in Calling Out Militia to Quell Lawrence Rioters Arouses Re- | sentment—Parade of 10,000 Strikers. Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 18—No disor- | | ders developed today in comsequence of the strike of 15,000 textile workers. In contrast with the riotous events of yesterday and preceding days, this, the seventh day of the strike, passed quic Militiamen still guarded the er- district where the miiis are lo cated, but they had a cuinparatively peaceful day and there were no seri- ous clashes with strikers, Parade of 10,000 Strikers. A Dbetter feeling on the part of the strikers toward the soidiers and to- ward the situation genera seemed In evidence throughout the day. during a parade of 10,000 strikers late this afternoom, militiamen who salut- ed the American flag carried by one of the strike leaders, were cheered reundly. Accustomed only to jeers, from the mob, the soldiers regarded geod deal surprise. Throughout the line of march, which covered about five miles of slush-filied streets, the temper of the paraders seemed happy ana cheer- in§ was frequent, At least 1,000 of the crowd were women, and it is said that ferty-five nationalitfes were repre- sented in the line. Urged to Be Orderly. Prior o the parade, a mass meeting was_held it which Alderman Robert Maloney and Joseph J. Ettor of New York, national organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World, urg- ed the crowd to be orderly during the parade. The advice was followed and no attempt was made to break through the cordon of soldlers about the mill district. Efforts for Settiement. Efforts {oward arriving at a basis of settlement of the strike were con- tinued today. Governor ¥oss, who these efforts, said tonight that he was un- able to make any statement about the situation at the present time or to discuss any overtures for adjustment. 8 S, | It was reported that the sirikers were | ready to abandon their demand for a fifteen per cent. increase in wages and | would ask only that their wages un- der the new 54-hour law be at the rate of 66 hours a week. The manu- facturers' attitude toward this con- cession was not officlally announced, GOVERNOR GUARDED. Warned of Designs Upon His Life by Black Handers. Besien, Jan. 18—Dudley M. man, Governor Foss' secretary, this_afterneen: “We received from sources which we considered trustworthy and from six widely different peints, that at a secret meeting held at night, certain interests had sent to New York te have two Black Hand bemb throwers ceme over here te attack Governor Foss and other efficials, and give at- tentien to their residences, “The seurces of information were Hol- said considered important ensugh to war- | rant send! netice to the state pelice and asking Pal?e ‘Commjssiener O'Meara to guard the governors heuse. One confirmatory report came from Lawrence. “It was our infermation that the feciing aggpinst the geverner was due to his action in sending the militia te Lawrenee as well as hecause he had signed tn:,h S4=hour bill, ch is an in the gne issi i Hho"sim Taen 3 m*rc‘heflev’e’{hn‘ noth- % happen, © Calvin Brown, his puceepser, Summen- ing them to dgpear 2t the hearing of T icage-buf and- egg hoard case in Chicago tomorrow. ieh for thy Once | i ROGERS, JR., Mitchell Polls Biggest Vote EX-PRESIDENT STILL STRONG | WITH MINE WORKERS. { | | | | SGCIALIST MOVE DEFEATED | Overwhelming Vote Against Affiliatmgi the A. F. of L. Unsuccessful. n the United States dis- ¢ Grace L. Donkin of Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 18.—Although IS ok e Acurre | 3 ¥ o | owing debts amounting to $1,657. She attacked in a resolution before the| f,dg ,:“ sets. B convention of the United Mine Work- | ers of America as “a labor leader in the | Announcement of the Intention of | grasp of the capitalists,” John Mitchel, | the Harriman system to bulld a direct | | former president of the organization, | made yesterday by J. D, Farrell, pre received more votes than any dent of the Oregon Raiiroad and Nav- candidate for delegate to the Ame igation company. | ion of Labor, | rer of the tellers convention today. Mitchell to Appear Before Convention. Mitchell wid appear before the fon- | vention to defend his adv of the | | National Civic Federation, from which he resigned last vear in compllance with a resolution adopted by the mine convention at Columbus, O, and th voted today t the his trip to th he Columbus * against him. White Re-elected President. When the tellers’ report of the elec- tion by the miners was read today it made known that John P. White had | been re-elected president by a ma- Jority of 45,424 1-2 over Thomas L. Lewis, and that Mr. Mitchell had re ceived 107,487 votes for delegate to the American Federation of Labor. Of the six other delegates chosen, President | ‘White got the highest vote, 91,306, according to the to the miners city. enven- No Secession from A. F. of L. { Antagonists of Mr. Mitchell, Samuel | Gompers, the Federation of Labor and the National Civie Federation failed to | bring about secession of the miners' | { unton from the federation of labor, but | | they promised to renew the attack when Mr. Mitchell addressed the con- | vention. They alleged leaders of the | fedgration of labor are not represent- ing the interests of the labor unions, Lewis Indulges in Innuendoes. President Lewis, a leader in the | campaign against Mitchell, sald in a ! speech afier the announcement of his | defeat for the presidency: “Whatever | service I enter, I shall not receive | wages from employers of labor and | stay in this organization. I shall not | pretend to be a United Mine Worker in one sense and be something elge in | | another.” Socialist Party Turned Down. By a vote of, 516 to 155, the conven- tion refused to adopt a resolution com- | mitting the organization to the social- | ist party and approved the substitute meesire of the resolutions committee, declaring “it would be well if workers would unite on the political as well ! as the industrial fleld.” The resolutions committes had re- ported that it would be unconstitu- tional for the United Mine Workers to endorse any political party. statehouse late today and followed | close te the chief executive as he mo- tored to his home in Jamalca Plain. Tenight the governer's residence was again guarded on all sides and all per- sons passing through the street were carefylly scrutinized by policemen until they had gone beyond the limits of the Foss estate, Governcr Foss announced tonight that he weuld postpone until tomor- row his deaision as to whether he | would order additional militiamen to Lawrence te assist in guarding the city during the mill strike. _ New York Police Act, New York, Jan. 18.—Central offico men and policemen kept sharp scruti- % teday on all trains going to New giand te prevent amy kmeown Biack Hand operaters from departing for Baston, where it was reported that en attempt t be made upon the life ~f Governor’ ‘because he called out with Political Party—Antagonists of | i, Condensed Telegrams The New York Policemen must learn to wrestle. A Crusade Against Fortune Tellers, erystal gazers and palm readers is now under way by the New York police, The Senate Yesterday Confirmed the nomination of Edward V. Morgan of New York to be ambassador to Brazil. Mrs. William M, Bates, wife of Norwalk butcher, is dead as a of her clothing taking fire yest Work Was Resumed at the plant of the United States Finishing company at Pawtucket, R. I, yes lay-off since Saturday. | v | Of Forty Homicide Cases Dispossd | of in New York county durir 1911, only on. the first degree was obtained, Former Fire Commissioner Penjamin W. Wel Boston, one of the most followers in the coun- yes v Congressman Martin W. Littleton o the Fi New congress and law after his pry t will quit practice of 1t term expires, The Burning of the Elm City Ice compan; iouse in the W g Sec- tion of New Haven 3 y with a loss of $20,000 is attributed to an in- cendiary. President Taft Yesterday promised to make a pilgrimage to Mount Ver- ! il bruary as the guest of the | | George Washington Masonic Memorial tion. nt After a Conference with Presid Taft ary of War Stimson yes- terday d that he did not believe the United ates would have to in- tervene in Cuba. Brown University Alumni Announced last n that $204,010 had bee cured towards t half a 000,000 fund whi striving is to raise. the Banker, son of elly, founder of the ugene vesterday Kelly & com- his at Francis Lewis Sommer, vice pri dent of the British Columbia Cop company of New York, died yeste the home of his daughter, M ward Chichester in Brookline, 'Ms The Latest Increase in the Cost of| a jump skyward of living is noted the pr 3 ch The in- crease varies from 2’ ) a dollar a quart on the popular champagns. Associate Justice Day Resumed His Duties in the supreme court yesterday. He 'hi peen absen nee the court met Oct be of the illness of Day, who about ten days died E or se recorded yesterda » name of Colonel Richard F. ompson was stricken from the ac- ive list & W A Voluntary Petition in Bankruptey St Movement for pro- of school children in country iown in a report to the federal 1 of education by | Willia R. d of the division of school administration, Two Mills of the American The ™ at Fall River, which Wi ers and twis! d conpany down las irday “Isles of Safety,” Where Aviators flying over New city may land in cases of ‘emergency, will be b- lished if rece rendations made y aviation interests to the park commis- loners, vesterday, are adopted Crowe, Newfoundiand’s is in New York to stim- t what he calis a “larg- recipracity pact,” which shall in- 1de not only the United States and Canada, but the entire British empirs Harry J. umber king” P The lce Blockade in the Hudson River between Yonkers and New York, which had caused the shutdown of thé big sugar refining plants be shortage of fuel and raw ma narily transported by water,was broken yesterday. John Manatolis, an Employe of the New England Enameling company, was ruck by a train at the Union crossing at Middletown, Conn., as he was returned home from work late 3 terday and recefved injurfes which wi probably cause his death. The Governor and Council of Maine vesterday unanimously refused to par- don Samuel D. Haynes of Rockland and Eugene C. Hurd of Harmony, two ife convicts in the state prison, | Haynes kiilled a Rockland policeman and Hurd killed his own. brother. The Discovery of 70 Sticks of Dyna- mite under the raflway bridge at Easton, Cal, a San Mateo county su- burb, is being investigated by Southern Pacific detectives, assisted by the po- lice. The explosive was found by a tramp, who notified a track foreman, A 8ystematic Campaign Against the gypsy moth in New Hampshire has been started by the state moth depart- ment. Tt is the intention of the state agent to bring every resource to bear against the pest, so far as economical administration of state funds will al- low. Tabasco, a State in the Southern pari of Mexico, {s on the verge of revo- lution because the governor has not begun promised referms, according to state department advices. The move- ment {s said to have no connection with national affairs. No Americans have been molested. West Virginia for Roosevelt. Charlesten, W. Va., Jan. 18.—Gov- ernor Glasscoek of West Virginia is- sued a statement tenight in whieh he ®mays that a careful canvass of the pelitical situation in West Virginia has convinced him that the peoplC of that state are ovenvhumm Colpnel Roosevelt for the repu presiden- people to eleet delegates to the Chi for his nominatton, rday, after a | he vear | conviction of murder in | Apprehensions 0f a Massacre PEKIN IN FEAR OF A MANCHU UPRISING TODAY. GUARD OF 3,500 FOR PREMIER Yuan Being Regarded with Suspicion by Both Imperials and Rebels—Thres Bombthrowers Pay Death Penalty. Pelting, Jan. 18.—The foreign lega- tions are preparing for trouble in Pe< king tomorrow. The question of the abdication of the throne will be dis- cussed by the empress dowager and the princes, but it is not thought that Yuan Shi Kai will take part in the conference, A rising in the capftal | has been looked for many times in the | past few months, and precautions | have been taken in anticipation of it— needlessly, however, and the outbreak | may not occur tomorrow, Manchu Massacre Feared. But it has been long expected that; the Mancha irreconcilables would unite in a massacre when all hopes foy the administration had vanished. I placard posted tonight indicates that the Manchu threats may be fulfilled. 1t calls upon all Joyal Manchus and Chinese to resist the abdication of the emperor to the death. ¥ Guard of 3,500 for Premier. | “The strect near the office of the Chi- | nese board, at which Yuan Shi Kai re- | ® is heavily guarded by the pre-. | mier's own men, of whom it is sald that there are 3,500. Suspicions of Yuan, Many Chinese who have not yet: @8- iseru-d the city are preparing for fight | tomorrow, and prominent supporters | of Yuan Shi Kai are taking refuge out- side their homes tonight, hoping that in the event of a massacre they will | not be found. The charges that Yuan | Shi Kai has been disloyal to the Man- | chus, although pretending to support them, are attracting the attention of foreigners, as well as the Manchus and | Chinese. Some of the revolutionaries | bave long been saying that he waa working for the ovetthrow, not the Ivation of the dynasty. But it ha# | been thought that this charge was de- signed to discredit the premier | the Manchus. Others charge Yuan Shi Kal with working for his own interest | and that he intends to become dicta- | tor, if he did not assume the throme, | Argument of Imperialists. | The imperialists, who distrust him, | point out that he has persistemtly | withdrawn his army, although the trained imperialist troops could easily | disperse the untrained .rebel volun~ It is also said that the with- wal of the army from Nanking was | by Yuan Shi Kai's orders. HEven after obtaining sufficient money from the | empress dowager and the princes for 2 month's campaign and after a re- quest by the generals that they be | permitted to fight, Premier Yuan com- tinues to withdraw his forces. Believed to Be After Dictatorship. The proposal which he is now mak- ing to Wu Ting Fang, the republican | minister of justice, is thomght to be | tantamount ‘to a dictatorship. It 1% | understood that he offers a compro- | mise of abdication if the | is left in his hands until a properly clected national assembly shall decide the form of government, Some of Yu- an Shi Kaf's right hand men are Can- tonese, and others southerners from the provinces which are recognized as rebel, and several of his immediate supporters do not attempt to hide their anti-Manchu feelings. | Anti-Abdication Organizations. ‘Whether the suspicions against the premier are false or true, they are giv- en sufficlent credence to canse the er- ganization of anti-abdicetion bodles, | | against which Yuan Shi Kal has been compelled to take measures of de- fence, and it is authoritatively stated that the dynamite bomd outrage ugainst his life was the work of & Manchu faction. So complex indeed js the gituation that the forelgn min- isters no longer attempt to ejucidate it for their governmeats. Bomb Throwers Lose Lives. Pekin, Jan. 18.—The three men whe were arrested after they had throwa | the bomb at the carriage of Premier Yuan Shi Kai were strangled to death )lmlay by the public executioner. The premter today attended the me- morial rites for the captain of kis escort who was killed by a wplinter from the bomb. China Won’t Ceds Mongelia. St. Petersburg, Jan. 18.—The rumee that China has offered to cede Monge- MBa to Russia in return for a loan ef 160,000,000 taels ‘is officlally denied. PHELPS RECOMMITTED { TO DEATH CHAMBER. | Will Pay Pensity of His Crime in Electric Chair Next Week. Beston, Jan. 18.—Silas N, Phelps, the murderer of Deputy Sheriff Em- | mett F. Haskins at Charlemont Ju |12, 1910, whose sentence was suspend- |ed by a fifteen days’ respite by the | governor while the question of com- mutation was pending, was recommit- | ted to the @eath chamber at the | Charlestown state g)rlson late today, Upon the respite being gran Phelps at his.own request was o go to the Cherry Hill sectian ef prison, having then been in the dest chamber for nearly two weeks awadting death. It is now expected that will meet his fate in the electrio during next week. ESCAPES ELECTRIC CHAIR BY RI8 PLEA OF QUILTY, Wife Murderer, Indicted In Piret De< gres, Given Life Imprieonmenst. . , Mags, Jan. J18—A p&:. of guilty of hr.a:hl ’ p-u"wu entered fn' % - indicted for murder 'E. Ryan of. Boston, tial nemination, and he calls upon th eago natienal eonvention wio will \’,o'..l