Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 13, 1913, Page 1

BATTLE AT ulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Oth EXIGO GITY CONTINUES| Bombardment by Forces of General Diai Fiercer and More Disastrous Than on Tuesday SEVERAL AMERICANS SUFFER BY DEADLY, FIRE Two Women Struck While at Home Preparing Dinner— Foreigners Collected in Automobiles and Rushed to American Embassy Which is Comparafively Safe— ‘White Flag Borne by Envoy of Foreign Diplomats Fired Upon by Troops—Protests of Diplomats Against “Bar- barous W ” Prove Unavailing—United States Pre- paring For Possible Intervention—Taft Will Lay Matter Before Congress Ere This Mexico City, Feb. 12.—Mexico's capi- tal was torn asunder again today by shot and shell. It was not until 3 o'clock tonight that the fire in all quarters ceased. - General Felix Diaz, in command of the rebel forces, fortified and en- trenched in and around the arsenal, had held his ground against the fed- erals. He had done more than this. He has subjected the city to a more terrible bombardment than _that of yesterday. He had enlarged his zone of action and had sent forces against the national palace. Madera Still Optimistic. But tonight Madero was optimistic, Throughout the pombardment and the almost continuous rattle of machine guns and rifles, the president went about his work m the palace appar- ently unperturbed. He took counsel frequently with the finance minister, Ernesto Madero. From time to time he was in conversation with General Huerta, the commander in chief, re- garding the plans of attack. His Cour- age was great, his confidence remark- able. Over at the arsenal General Diaz ealmly directed the operations. He pharacterized them as solely defensive. He, too, was optimistic. The number of dead and wounded sannot even be estimated, but it is large. For two hours during the fore- noon the rebel gunners rained shot and shell at the lofty structures of the city, from the roofs of which federal sharpshooters’ and machine gunmen had attempted to rake the insurgents in the trenches and behind the barri- tades of the arsenal. The shells from the heavy guns were | well timed, the explosions throwing perhaps Bundreds of thousands of bul ets into the roofs, effectually clearing for a time at least these buildings of the picked men from the federal troops. Some ehells and not a few rifie bul- lets reached the national palace, al- though none did serious damage, but it is not believed that Diaz seriously contemplates at the present time an attack on Madero’s headquarters. Prisoners Released, Join Rebels. Madero has promised to make a combined assault on the rebels’ posi- tions tomorrow, but the operations of today indicate that Diaz has much in reserve. On the first day of the battle it was the government forces that burned their powder. Today it was the rebels’ turn to be aggressive. Diaz brought forth heavier guns than he « had used before. Two threatening features of the day were the appearance in the.outskirts of the city of Zapatistas, who harrass- ed the goverrment troops, and the re- lease from the Belem jail of eeveral thousand prisoners. Some of the lat- ter have joined the rebel ranks, but ythers are foot free and may turn to looting. Vain Protests of Diplomats. The American ambassador and the ministers of Great Britain, Germany and Spain made protests to both Ma- dero and Diaz against the “barbarous and inhuman warfare,” but their pro- tests have been In vain. A brief armis- tice was arranged for a visit of the diplomats to the president and to the rebel commander, but in general the continuity of the day's operations was interrupted but slightly. The staccato note of the machine guns was seldom silent and there was at no time a long interval betweem the roars of the an Embassy Safe. The British legation was under the Bgbel fire for a time, but the American #Mmbassy is considered to be in a com- paratively safe district. On this ac- eount, the women and children are be- ing brought to that section and an merican guard protects them. Dur- ing a lull in ‘the fighting, automobiles fiying the white flag were sent to the various quarters of the city by the Americans, Germans and British for the purpose of collecting the women and children of all nationalities and they will be housed in the buildings around the embassy. At 8.3 tonight the firing had grown very light. Only at rare intervals did the booming of a cannon remind the p;op!e that the conflict had not end- ed. Liguor Causing Trouble. In their positions the federal sol- diers are- resting on their arms, and here and there ave small squads giving trouble to their officers because of liquor, which makes them inclined to shoot without orders. As yet the native residents do not know that possibly American marines may be landed, as the mnews from ‘Washington arrived too late for publi- cation. - Owing to martial law and the en- Yorced refusal of the telesraph man- agement to accept messages freely, no reliable information has been re- ceived here concerning the situation In other parts of Mexico, although ft is reported that disorders have broken qut in Vera Cruz, from which the cen- tral government is gald to have drawn Even the police to assst in crushing iaz. White Flag Fired Upon. From early morning the sharp crack of rifles or the crash of cannon could be heard in some quarters of the city almost every minute of the day, some- times close, for distant. The diplomatic = representatives of four powers protested, and an armistice was ‘arr: | 8o that an envoy from these diplomats could enter the rebel Iines and confer with Diaz. But, ‘doubtiess owing to the inability of the federal commander t control all points n‘h:th“nu. 1h! Bne]:l\m);l '!::s fired upon e troops, ough rid- ‘white fleg, ing under . Diplomats Visit Madero. ssador, Henry Step is Taken, However. Von Hintze and the Spanish minister, Senor Cologany Cologan, called at the national palace during a lull in the fire shortly before noon. After a brief con- ference with President Madero they had little difficulty in gaining his promise to suspend operations, if Gen- eral Diaz would do likewise, until the diplomats or their ropresentatives could confer with the rebel command- er. Envoy’s Auto Target of Bullets. D. E. Hamer was chosen to carry the message of protest to Diaz. He entéred an automobile, which, with a white flag fiving, moved through the federal lines. It was supposed that the troops had been admised of this mission, but the automobile was in- stantly made the target for numerous rifies and bullets rattled about it. It continued on its way, however, the diplomatic envoy apparently being un- hurt, The bombardment, which was ter- rible yvesterday, reached a climax 'this morning, when Diaz shelled the very center of the business districts in an effort-to silence the cannon of the gov- ernment and drive from the riifs of the taller buildings the federal sharpshoot- ers and the men serving the machine guns. Shrapnel Fell Like Hail. ‘This smothering action directed from the arsenal continued for more than two hours. Shrapnel fell like hail and occasionally bursting shells tore holes in_the sides of buildings. Meanwhile the fire from the opposite direction rendered the far out resi- dence district uninhabitable, as well as the big apartment building known as Gere Court, on Third Roma street. “The fedéral guns replied occasionally but without serious damage to the rebel positions. It was this action Which ‘decided the diplomats, after commupnicating with their govern- ments, to protest against the continu- ation. of such operations, which they characterized as being unsanctioned by the laws of warfare of civilized na- ons. Protest Sent to Diaz. President Madero and his ministers agreed that the bombardment of citles wes barbarous ang especially such a struggle as was now going on between two forces of artillery, and the min- ister of war, acting in accord with the president and the cabinet, sent to Gen- eral Diaz a protest declaring that if he persisted, the government would regard all those occupying the arsenal as beyond the pale of the law. Immediately after the despatch of this message, the finance minister, Ernesto Madero, speaking for the pres- ident, sald that it had been deter- mined to crush the rebels by a conceri- ed attack, the government using the heaviest guns available and bringing to a swift end the next big action, when the fighting was resumed. He declared that the government would bring into play heavier guns than they had yet employed and would force the attack from ail sides. Foreigners Taken te American Em- Basey. Not doubting the intentions of the government to resume the action on an augmented scale and reminded from moment to moment by the desul- tory and scattering firing from both sides that the homes in almost every kuarter of the city would be rendered unsafe, the foreigners, particularly the Americans, British and Germans, sent throughout this afternoon automobiles under white flags to collect the women and children and transfer them to the section around the American embassy which is considered relatively free from danger. An American guard is on duty at the embassy and forelgn residents without visible arms patrol this quarter, because of the total ab- sence of police. American Women Hit. Americans again today suffered dur- ing the height of the battle. Mrs. H. W. Holmes, the wife of an empioye of Dum’s agency, was killed_and Mrs, Percy Griffiths, the wife of an em- ploye of the street railway company, was mortally wounded, both of her legs being shot off. Allie Bland, a prisoner, was shot through the arm, Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Griffiths were preparing dinner in their kitchen in an apartment building close to the arsenal when a shell from the federal lines burst through the wails, instantly killing Mrs. Holmes and leaving Mra. Griffiths in a dvine condition, Bland was walking along Indépen- dencia avenue when he was struck by a rifie ball, apparently from the fed- eral lines. The Americans wounded in yester- day's action are improving. Cuba Sends a Cruiser. Havana, Feb. 12—The Cuban gov- ernment is concerned .over the safety of Cubans residing in Mexico, and to- ) night despatched the cruiser Cuba, the {can waters. The Cuba will proce d to Vera Cruz. She has on board a land- ing party of infantry and artillery for the protection of Cuban citizens there. London Papers Favor Intervention. Londen, Feb, 12—Several of the London morning papers print editorial comment on the Mexican troubls, They generally recognize justification for American interveniion, Ready at 18 Minutes’ Netice. Boston, Feb, 12,—The 600 marines at the Charlestown navy yard prepared today to leave on 16 minutes’ notice. Reyal Weddlng in October. Berlin, Feb, 12—It is understoeod here that the marriage ef Princess Victoria Luise, only daughter of the |fAagship of the Cuban navy, to Mexi- | Cabled - Paragraphs Accepts Japanese Premiership. Tokio, Japan, Feb. 12—Count Gom- bel Yamamotio definitely accepted the Japanese premiership today and im- mediately overtook the duties of his office. Fund _For Scott Memorial. 4 London, Feb. 12—The Lord Mayor of London has decided to open a Man- sion House fund for the erection of a memorial to Captain Robert F. Scott and his companions who died in the Antarctic. Suffragettes Burn Hall. London, Feb. 12—The refreshment hall in Regents park was burned down today, it is believed, by militant suf- fragettes as on an adjoining path the words “Votes for Women” were found scratched. Captain Scott's Vessel Arrives. Christchurch, New Zealand, Feb. 12 —The Terra Nova, the vessel which took Captain Robert E. Scott to the Antarctic on his way to the South Pole, and which returned ther to fetch him back but instead brought the news of his and his companions heroic death, arrived in this port this morning. AMERICAN WOMEN SHOT TO PIECES. Several Other Americans Wounded— 600 Americans Fles from Their Homes—Ambassador Rents Houses Out of Danger Zone to Shelter Them. Mexico City, Feb. 12.—Anticipating an early resumption of hostilities to- morrow, more than 600 Americans fled tonight from their homes to temper- ary abodes in the outskirts of the city. where the danger from the fire will be minimized. Ambassador Wilson on information from the national palace knew that the government planned a crushing blow and determined to save the Americans if possible, rented numerous houses to which, under flags of truce agents of the embassy hurried in automobiles as many women and children as would agree to be t{ransported. The capital was quiet tonight, but the fugitive foreigners filled with hor- ror by the frightful bombardment of the past two days, needed little urg- ing. ‘While the bombardment was far heavier today than on Tuesday, the probable loss of life was smaller. This was due to the lack of any effort to force the assault by the federals. The casualties are estimated at not }ell than 300 dead and 150 Owounded n the two days fighting. Two Amer- ead, shot to pleces by a shell. They were Mrs. H. W. Holmes and Mrs. Percy Grifiths. Sev- eral Americans have been wounded. But the total number of native non- combatants injlired today was un- doubtly small. Experience 1is fast teaching the citizens to keep out of the line of fire when possible. The orts from the Dias headquar- ters that his losses have been negli- gible are received with seme doubts. AS TO INTERVENTION. ican women are Preliminary Arrangements ~Made— Congress to Share Responsibility. Washington, Feb. 12.—President Taft and the cabinut are in accord that con- gress shall share the responsibility for any intervention in Mexico. A day of conferences, between the presidemt and his advisers ended with the understanding that should condi- tions in Mexico City become so much worse 8s to demand the landing _of Ameriean troops, Mr. Taft will lay be- fore both houses of congress the full facts of the situation in a special mes- sage. Today every preliminary was ar- ranged for the action which might fol- low such a couyse. Thirty-five thou- sand men of thé.army, navy, and ma- rine corps were put in readiness for movement. Six dreadnoughts with approximate- ly 6,000 jackies and officers now are rushing under full steam for Mexican ports—four on the Atlantic and. two on the Pacific. The first should arrive at her 'destination Friday; the last Sun- day. "Ten other crack fighting ships of the Atlantic battleship fleet, swinging at anchor 70 hours off at Guantanamo, are ready for sea. They have approximate- ly 9,000 officers and men. Five other smaller craft in Central American wa- ters are within call of the wireless. AMERICANS TERRORIZED. Seek Protection at Embassy—Guns Trained on Foreigners. Washington, Feb. 12—Alarmed_ by reports from Ambassador Henry Lane ‘Wilson that the combatants in Mexico City were training their guns In such direction as to increase the danger to Americans and other foreign residents the state department hurriedly dis- patched Instructions to Mr. Wilson to- night to warn all non-combatants to keep out of the fighting zone. Mr. Wilson reported further that large numbers of Americans and oth- er foreigners, terrorized because of the rain of bullsts in the residential sec- tion. had sought protection at the embassy in that neighborhood of the city. The ambassador said he found places of refuge for hundreds. The department emphasized to him the necessity of affording refugees every comfort and protection within his power. Late developments ‘in the situation were awaited by Secretary Knox and other state department officials at the Knox residence tonight where mes- sages from Ambassador Wilson were recelved end answered. ~ OBITUARY. —— Ex-Representative Edward Taylor. Newtown, Conn., Feb. 12—BEdward Taylor, for 23 years proprietor of the Sandy Hook hot:l. and a former mem- ber of the Connecticut legislat died a“ h n Sandy Hoc srrioon He represented this town neral asserably In | 1873 and 1502. A widow and a soa survive. Stcamers Reported by Wireless. Fasinet, Féb. 12.—Steamer Carmanta, New York for Fishguard and Liver- pool, 220 miles West at 9 a. m. Due Fishguard 7 a. m. Thursday. Siasconset, Mass, Feb. 12.—Steamer Zeoland, Antwerp for New York, 293 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock 11 a. m. Thursday. Sable Island, Feb, 12.—Steamer Birma, Libau for New York, 780 miles east of Sandy Hook at 9.25 a. m. Dock 2 p. m. Friday. German Emperor as a Farmer. Berlin, Feb. 12.—Emperor Willlam gave an interestine account of his ex- periences as & farmer in an informal Bpeech delivered today before the Ger- | man agricultural council. German emperor -and empress, to “Prince Ernei Augubt, son of the Duke of Cumberland, will take place in Oc- next Many A man performs his work as though he theught he was doing the Rt “Bridgeport Man ] —————— SAYS JOHN A. JUDGE OFFERED S HIM BRIBE . MADE TWO PROPOSALS One Was to Vote For MacDenald For Highway Commissioner—Other Was to Be Absent at Time of Vote. Hartford, Conn., Feb: 12.—Senator John Hurley of Waterbury, before the special senate investigating committee today named John A. Judge of Bridge- port as the man who bad offered him $300 to absent himself from the senate chamber the day the vote was to be taken upon the confirmation of W. H. Cadwell of New Britain for highway commissioner.” He also cited meet- ing Mr. Judge in the Waterbury rail- road station and alleged that the lat- ter offered him half his salary .if he would vote for James H. MacDonald for highway commissioner. Newspapermen Present. The hearing was held in the Senate antercom and upon motion of Mr. Peck, seconded by Mr. McDonough, newspapermen were permitted to be present. Senator Isbell of New Haven, chais- man of fthe special committee conduct- ed the hearing and the other mem- bers, Senators McDonough and Peck, asked frequent questions. Senator Isbell opened the hearing by asking Senator Hurley to tell what he knew about the charges he had made. Senator Hurley replied: Met Him Twice at Hotel. “Well, sir, after the steering cem- mittee had been organised I first met the man in the Hotel Taft, e ap- proached me and asked ‘How long will you be upstairs? I told him 1 did not know how long. He said he would ltke to_take me out to dinner when I came fown. He made no gttempt to offer me money_then. “I ‘'met him there again a second time at a meeting of the steering com- mittee, and he askeq me if I knew anything about the highway commis- slonership, and how it was coming out. I told him I knew nothing about it He came to Waterbury after that sev- eral times to inquire into city bus- iness and wanted to know if I could not help him get his material used by the city. I told him I would see some of the people there in his interests. Offered Half His Salary. “Coming to Hartford ore day, I saw him get off the Bridgeport train. Standirg with ime at.the time was Sen- ator McDonough and Matthew T. Phe- lan of Waterbury, now a messenger of the senate. I introduced him to Sen- ator McDonough and Mr. Phelan. He tolg me he was about to go up to my house to.see me. I asked ‘What's on He then called me to one side and offered me part of his salary if I would vote to retain Mr. MacDonald in of- fice. After leaving the station I told Dboth Senator McDonough and Mr. Phe- lan about this, ang asked them if they thought it was coming out of his sal- ary or out of the firm. “A few days later I saw him outside the door of the senate and he beck- oned to me. I went out and he called me to one 'side. He said he would give me $300 if I would absent myself from the senate chamber on the day that the Cadwell ‘nomination came up for confirmation. I said ‘No. I don't think I could do that, John’ He add. ed that he would pay my expense ou of town. At this point Mr. Phelan came up and asked me if T was going to lunch. Telling him to wait a mo- ment I turneq and said: ‘No. I would sooner sit In my seat and vote for Mr. MacDonald before the whole senate.’ Identity Disclosed. Q. “What is his name?” A, “John Judge.” Q. “Where does he live?” A. ‘I think in Bridgeport. He is doing business with Warren Brothers of Bostdn.” Q. “What day dld he call at-the senate chamber? A. “I could not remember.” Q. “Was there anyone else beside Phelan with you when Mr. Judge made you this offer? A. “Not nearer than the senate door. About ten or twelve feet.” Thinks Phelan Overheard. Q. “Was there anyone else in sight that ye A. Q. proached you in Waterbury ?” A, “About the second week after we had convened.” Q. “Did Mr. Phelan hear what Mr. Judge said to you outside the senate chamber ?” A. “I think Phelan heard. Even Mr. Thoms of Waterbury remarked that he was after me and asked who he_was.” Senator Peck -then asked: “Who is this man Judge? Is he acquainted with the highway commissioner?” A. "I cannot swear to_ this,ibut I understand that Mr. MacDonald uses some of his material in road building.” MacDonald Sent Clerk to Him. @. “You remember Mr. MacDonald sent an employe of his to vou? A, “Yes; he sent Nichols, his clerk.” Q. “Have you had any road bus- iness in Waterbury in connection with Mr, MacDonald?” A, “No, but I did see MacDonald about a year age in behalf of a friend of mine.” Q. “Yet he sent his elerk te you in the senate?” A. “Yes Q. “That was In close proximity to the visit of Mr. Judge ” A Y en? z Q. "“Did that not suggest to you that acDor i ad p & Had No Use for MacDonald. Q. s v Nichols?" A. “Ni. You go back and tell the shway commissioner that I have no wse for him.” Q. “Did the highway commissioner send any messenger to you after that?” A, “No.*” Senator McDonough then asked: “Can you conceive any reason to cause the highway commissioner to send for you?” “] cannot think of any.” Q—“DIa you know where Mr. Judge came from before heé came for you in the sendte A—*No; but I have an idea.” Senator Isbell then asked: “When did Mr..Nichels come to see you?” A—“Nichols ‘came to see me before the talk with Mr. Judge in the capitol. But I can’t eay that it was the same day, although I think it was the same weelk.” ! 3 " 'Messepyer Phelan Testifies. Matthew' T, Pheian of Waterbury, s ‘From the Ranks| ONLY 16 FINISH DAY The:Other 184 Dropped Out Along the March—Sixteen Miles ~Covered— Carrying Secret Message to Wilson. Metuchin, N. J, Feb. 12.—It was a half frozen “army” of sixteen suffra- gists-reduced by cold and exposure to that number from an original 200 who left Newark, N. J., this morning—that struggled into this village shortly after six o'clock ' tonight to make the first bivouac of its 250 mile march to Wash- ington to carry a message to Wood- Tow Wilson on the day of his inaugu- retion as president. From town to town as the first day of arduous tramping wore on, hikers in tens and twenties unostentatiously left the ranks and sought warmth indoors and then confessed themselves deserters by boarding trains for their homes. Covered Sixteen Miles. Starting at ten o'clock from New- ark, N. J, after a tube ride under the Hudson river from New York, the women coversd sixteen miles in the face of a bitterly cold wind and over icy roads. The temperature was hov- ering around the zero mark and the women arrived here with their noses ang ears red and tingling. The Te-, maining 16, commanded by “General” Rosalie Jones, are the “regulars” who pledged themselves to march the %n- tire distance. The other 184 had vol- unteered for ene day’s march but did not count on the cold weather prof- fering their promises when the mer- cury stood many degrees higher than it did today. Five Hours.of Marching. The 16 miles were made in about five hours of actual marching. Head- ed by a platoon of mounted police and two volunteer men buglers, the de- parture from Newark was made after “General” Jones had.made a speech announcing that they carried a secret message to the new. president of the United States to be delivered to him as soon as he will receive, “on his inauguration day.” The two men who acted as buglers for the army, are George Wendt, Jr., Albany, and Percy_ Passmore, New York, and they made the hillsides re- sound. Passmore who unexpectedly joined the ranks as a_volunteer, car- Tied a big suffrage flag with a fleld of ten bluc stars, representing the ten states that have granted suffrage to women. He said he intended to go the whole distance. Steamship Arrivals. Monaco, Feb. 12—Arrived. Steamer Caé'onla, New York for Naples. ibraltar, Feb. 12.—Arrived: Steam- er Canopic, Boston for Naples. 3 Bremen, Feb. 12.—Arrived: Steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie, New York. senate messenger, was then examined and, when asked if he was present at the time mentioned by Senator Hurley, replied in the afirmative. Q—“What was the date?” A—"“Either Jan. 21 or 23, noon and 1 o’clock.” Q—"“How near were you to_ him (meaning Judge) when he talked “With Senator Hurley 7 A—“Within two fest.” Q—“What happened as near him?” A—*I approached Senator Hurleyr and asked him if he was ready to go to lunch. He replied ‘In a moment.” I then heard Mr. Judge say ‘We will pay you to be absent.’ . Judge then held up three fingers and 1 caught the words ‘three-hundred dollars’ and ‘out of town’ Mr. Hurley replied T would be a coward to do that job. I'd rather take my seat and vote for Macdonald before the whole senate.”” The witnes8 then told of seeing Mr. Judge at the Waterbury railroad depot and takine Senator Hurley to one side. The testimony in this particutar corroborated that of Senator Hurley. Mr. Phelan said that as he stood at the door of the station he heard Judga “half salary” and he also heard he name “Macdonald.” He said that beside Senator McDonough there was another man present who walked with them to the train and who comes up on the train from Waterbury every day and who he believed to be a repre- sentative in the house. > Senator McDonough’s Statement. Senator McDonough then 1made a statement to the committee in regard to what happened on the day that Senator Hurley met Mr. Judge at the ‘Waterbury railroad station. He sald: “The matter made but little impre: sion upon me at the time. I saw com- ing "up the platform a dapper young man having a black mustache and ruddy cheek He said to Senator Hurley ‘T want to see you,’ and taking him by the lapel of his coat, led him inside of the station about ten feet or more to the left of the door. I remain- ed talking to this other gentleman whom Mr. Phelan mentibned but whom I did not recall. “Don’t Mind Those Crooks.” “When Senator Hurley came out he sald to me: ‘What do you suppose that between you stood fellow wanmted? T replied: T do not know, John.'s Senator Hurley then said: ‘He wanted to offer me a part of his _salary to vote for Macdonald’ I said: ‘Johm, you don’t want to mind those crooks. Don’t let them lead you astray.’” Tn re'ation to the statement by Mr. Phelan in regard to a fourth man present at the Waterbury station, Sen- ator MeDcnough sald that both Repre- :ntatives McGee and Boyd of Water- town came up on the train tith them every day. Mr. Phelan said he had seen the man In_ the capitol yesterday mcrning. - He told the committes that he would find out who he was and he s instructed to do so and hand his me to some member of the commit- tee. At_this point the examination for the day was concluded. A FORMER EDITOE. Staff of Defunct Once on Bridgeport Paper. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 12.—John A. Judge of Bridgeport, named by Sena- tor Hurley as the person who “held up three fingers’ to him, is a former newspaperman. He was at one time Judge — = Many Deserters An Unknown Woman gave $50,000 to.the Salvation Army to help rescue work in, Detroit.~ The First Load of President Taft's furniture has been removed from the ‘White House to New Haven. Mr: and Mrs. Oliver Atwater of Hartford street will today observe the 70th anniversary of their marriage. Tailors in Convention in Cleveland say that this year men. will wear tlg!':tel‘ trousers and short, closefitting coats. The New. York Senate kilied the bill prohibiting the issue of a marriage li- cense unless applicants showed a health certificate. William P. Hubbard, long prominent in the life of Bangor, Me., dicd yes- terday after a short illness, at the age of 81 years. . An Aggregate of $19,800,018 is ex- pended annually by the government to maintain the public health service of the various departments. Negroes at Charleston,” Mo., fright- ened by placards posted on their cab- ins, warning them to leave within 30 days, are fleeing in all directions. Coming in Contact with a 2,300 volt wire in the Fort Halifax power station at Waterville, Me., yesterday, Fred Kelley\ aged 24, was electrocuted. JA Band éf 124 Working women of Chicago will curtail dancing, moving picture shows, candy and pie, to make the life of the working girl bearable. A Stradivarius Cello was sold for $1200 and a violin of the same make brought $1050 at a public sale of the Mendelssohn collection of Chicage, at Philadelphia. Frederick A. Poulin was electrocuted at Clinton prison, New York vester-. day for the murder of Charles Leon- ard at Brookview, Renssaelaer county, in August, 1911 Samuel W. Steele of Hartford was yesterday appointed temporary receiv- er of the Hartford Paving and Con- struction company by Judge Case of the superior court. Georgia Cities Are Receiving appeals for aid from the people of Jemnings, Fla., . who are saig to be suffering for the necessities of life oh account of failure of crops last year. \ . Fire Destroyed Property valued at $100,000 at Little Rock, Ark., yesterday. The "H. F. Auten buildings and the Capitol theatre were burned and the Gleason hotel wal damaged. The Time Limit in which all claims against the White Star Steamship line for the sinking of the Titanic has ex- pired. There are 400 suits in the Fed- eral court, aggregating $7,000,000. Renewed Threats Against the life of District Attorney Charles S. Whit= man because of his activity against police grafters have caused him, as a matter of protection, to cgrry a re- volver. The Body of Martin Yarrows, thirty years old, was found on the ice covery ing a stream spanned by a New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad bridge three miles east of - Danbury vesterday. Although Mrs. George M. Jones, a wealthy woman 80 years old, of Lynchburg, Va. was blown out of her bed last night by a dvnamite explosion which wrecked her home, the shock did her no harm. Charles §. Mawhinney of East Free- town, Mass, who was shot Tuesday when Station Agent Ralph Viliiers of that place fireq upon the crowd on the station platform from a chamber win- dow, died yesterday While Participating in a moving pic- ture company’s presentation of a Ro- man Coliseum scene at Tampa, Fla., Jack Bonavita, the animal trainer, was attacked by Brutus, a fored bred lion and_is in a hospital in a precarious condition. Tom Atkinsen, Who 29 Years ago escaped from the Mississippl state penitentiary, while serving a life sen- tence for murder, walked into Gov- ernor Brewer's office yesterday and surrendered. Atkinson is more than 60 years old. Convinced That the Two Fires that destroyed more than $12,000 worth of property belonging to the department of agriculture were of incendiary ori- gin, detectives have been put to work in the hope.of uncovering the identity of the firebug. In An Her: Attempt to save a comrade with whom he was skating Pen Carnegie lake, A. V. O'Brien, of Germantown, . Philadelphia, student at St. Vincent's Episcopal school near Princeton, N. J., was drowned before rescuers could reach him. __Criticism of the Present Conserva- tion system in the United States be- cause of the power it gives to depart- ment heads in Washington to regu- late the affairs in great areas of west- ern states, was volced in the senate | Creeks Junction. PRICE TWO CENTS in fimm o the City's Population. aration of War by Miners WEST VIRGINIA SITUATION MORE SERIOUS THREATEN GOVERNOR s Threats Also Made Against Lives of Other Officials—Reported Plan Release Imprisoned Miners.. to Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 12.—Condl- tions late tonight in the coal strike district of Kandwha county were r« garded as serious. The lives of Gov- ernor Glasscock, Adjutant General mi- liott, Sheriff Hill and of every member of the military force now in the field hlad been threatened. All are on the alert, Declaration of War. According to reports reaching here tonight over 1,500 miners held a meet- ing late last night with sympathizers and declared war. The miners object- ed to working conditions, said to be obnoxious, wanted an advance in wages and, recagnition of the miners’ union. At “this meoting, It Is said, threats were made and coples of the resolu- tion_were posted at Montgomery, W. Va. When the military authorities wers notifled of the action, soldiers wers immediately sent to Montgomery. To Release Imprisoned Miners. Rumors which caused apprehension here tonight were to the effect that an attempt was to be made to release all miners under arrest. Over fc of these miners are in custody at Pai Militia was immed ately despatched to Paint Creek (c fortify a small force stationed thers now. A Private Report Made. Late tonight the military authorities who have investigated conditions at Mucklow and the mountains surround- ing made a private report to Governor Glasscock. The nature of the report is not known here. Exact conditions in the mine territory are not known, but the militia, it is said, has redou {Pled the efforts to stamp out lawless- ness in a number of districts. The military commission sitting as a court will begin work tomorrow. ik s v FIREMEN’S STRIKE MAY . BE_CALLED ON SUNDAY Brotherhood President Says Situation Is Hopeless. New York, Feb. 12.—Reports that a strike of the 40,000 firemen of the 54 railroads east of the Mississippi and Lnorth of the Ohio rivers will be called at midnight Sunday were current here tonight, after a day of attempted med- jation under the Erdman act on the part of Judge Martin A. Knapp of the United States commerce court and H. W. Hangar, acting United States com- missioner of labor. “The situation is hopeless,” are words attributed to Willilam S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Loco. motive Firemen:and Enginemen, comment on the failure of the day's conferenpes to develop anything new. “The managers won't budge all he said. { WILSON TO ANNOUNCE _ CABINET ON MARCH 4. Deoclares That He Will Follow Good, Old-Fashigned Method. Princeton, N. J., Feb.'12.—Preside: elect Wilson announced definitely night that he would not make publie the names of his cabinet until he sent them to the senate for confirmation on | March 4. “I will follow the good, old-fashioned method,” he said “and not make any announcement until the names of the cabinet members are sent to the senate.” Mr. Wilson's remarks were occasion- ed by the publication of reports from | Washington that he would announce | his cabinet tomorrow. He said there was absolutely no truth or authority for the reports. CHIEF OF POLICE DIES OF WOUNDS. ~Shot by a Youth Whom He Was to Remove to Sanitarium. Sunbury, Pa., Feb. 12—William Ker- stetter, chief of police of this place, died’ today from wounds received last night when he and C. ¥. Possiter, a { business man, were shot by Rossiter ) 20 year old son. Young Rossiter, who | bad learned that his father and the chief of police were about to take him to a sanatarium, barricaded himself in the attic of his aome and fired upon his parent “and = Kerstetter with an old musket when théy went up to get him. yesterday by Senator Thomas of Col-’| orado. “A Man Who Gives His Wife all his salary is no man at all,” declared Judge John J. Dobler, of the supreme bench of Baltimore in the criminal court. “The man is the treasurer “of the family, and he should be the finan- cial head in reality, as well as the- ory,” he said. NEW ENGLAND GREEKS SEEK AN ACCOUNTING. Have Contributex $200,000 to Aid in the War Against Turkey. Boston, Feb. 12—An accounting of the $200,000 collected by the Pan-Hel- | lenic union from the Greeks of New | England to aid in the war against Tur- | key is asked in a bill in_ equity filed with the supreme court today by Greek | It is also sought | to have the respondent enjoined from | residents of Boston. making further collections. It is alleged that the general man- ager of the corporation, Constantinos N. Papamihal s, failed to rend n Hemanaca betore hodett| accounting as recently for Greece. Pope Did Not Leave Vatican. Rome, Italy, Feb.: 12.=The vatican denies absolutely-the report publl in America that.the Dope left the vati-y can to visit the home of his dead sis- ter. The autherities at the vatican add that such action en the part of the pope would be an utter contradiction to_the pontifi’s character, as he con- editor of the Bridgeport Sunday Sun, which went out of existence a short time 0. He is the local representa- tive of the Warren Bithulithic com- pany of Boston, Mass, manufacturers of “Warrenite,” a macadam pavement. He is married and lives in Linden ave- nue, % siders it his sacred duty to remain within the vatican walls. General Strike in Belgium. Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 12—April 14 has been settled on as the date for the | Young Rossiter is in jail THE PRESTONS OFF FOR FLORIDA Professor and Wife, Former Mrs. Cleveland, Start South. Prineeton, N. J.; Feb. 12.—Prof. and Mrs. Thomas J. Preston left here to- day for Florida. Mrs. Preston was for- merly Mrs. Grover Cleveland. friends were at the station to say. Dye to the bridal couple. London Editor on Rack. London, Feb. 12.—1. J. Maxeas, edi- tor of the National Review, is to bs brought before the bar af the house of commons for refusing to divulge to the committee investigating the govern- ment wireless agreement, the names of those individuals who had furnished him the reports on which he based his allegations of Improper conduct against members of the British cabi- net. s at Age of 101. Frostburg, Md., Feb. 12.—Levi Shoe- {maker, 101 vears old, is dead |1in, near here. Proofs of the |his birth are found in the old book of the reformed church wh dates from 1777. He was active un- til a few weeks ago and never neceded glasses. Taft at Lincoln Banquet. Philadelphia, Feb. 12.—Pre Taft, five members of his cabine governors, a score of adistingu men, were guests tonight at the fiftiet anniversary dinner of the T League club at a_ banquet given in honor of ‘Abraham Lincoln. General Allen tc Retire. ‘Washington, Feb. 12.—Brizadier Gen- eral James Allen, chief signal officer of the army, will retire from active service temerrow, having attained his 6ith year and completed, 1 Years of tary. service,