Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 25, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV.—NO. The Bulletin’s Girculation In Norwich is Double T % £ the hiw;m PRICE ' TWO CENTS FOUR CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENGY Campaigns Already Begun in Mexico in Behalf of Diaz, De La Barra, Reyes and Gomez DEFER ELECTION UNTIL PEACE IS RESTORED President Huerta Insists That There Shall be Free Choice of the People—Bodies of Madero and Suarez Removed - From Penitentiary—Resolutions of a Jingoistic Tenor & Introduced in State Legislatures of This Country. Mexico City, Feb. 24.—Confidence in , Political recognition of the new gov- the new administration is growing in | ernment in Mexico, inclining to await the capital, conservative Mexicans and | further developments in the situation foreigners alike regarding what ap- | and willing to regard it largely by the Pears to be a probable military regime | recommendations of Ambassador Wil- as the solution of the present difficulty. | Son, whese course so far, under ex- A revolution of sentiment has been | tremely difficult and delicate circum- Ccreated by the death of Francisco |€tances, has met with the unqualified % Jladero and Pino Suarez, but the great | approval of the department. g majority of the Mexican people merely | Major General William H. Carter, shrug their shoulders. who commands the second division, - . was ordered today m Chicago to Bodies Removed from Penitentiary. ! Galveston. This will be the secona Tt is likely that there are a few time that this officer has had the hon- chapters of that tragedy still to be| or of commanding a complete divisioni writen. Tho bodles have been re- of troops witbin the limits of the state moved from the penitentiary pending | of Texas, the first being in the case of . the transference of Madero's to the | the mobilizatio of 1911, when the Mex- family home at San Pedro de los Pinos, | ican trouble first became acute. in the state of Coahuila, and that of The fifth brigade of this division is Suarez to Yucatan, permission having | already moving under previous orders already beem granted. to Galveston, as 1s the fourth fleld arfillery, con'posed of mountain bat- Paper, Declares It Was Prearranged. | (orics The order dssued today will set One ifterncon paper in Mexico City denies the storles of the attagk on in motion the fourth brlga.fle‘ the sixth brigade and the sixth cav: o Madero's guard, alleging that the af- = = fair was carried out in accordance These troops are widely scattered throughout the middle states and along with prearran.ged plans. But the Mex- ifcan government appears honest in its the Mississippi river from the gulf to endeavor to place the facts before the Canada. world by means of a judicial investi- MADERO'S NEPHEW ESCAPES. gation. This investigation will prob- \ ably mot be concluded for some dave. in Cuba and Predicts Black L Already the political worl s turn- 3 ing to the elections. By foc Mesicn. Candidates for Presidency. It is thought that General Diaz will have as his cpponents in his canaidacy for the presidency Francisco De La Barra, the president of foreign rela- tions; Rudulfo Reyes, son of General Bernardo Reves, who was killed in the first attack_on the palace, and Dr. Francisco Vasquez Gomez. Friends have begun a campaign in behalf of these various candidates. The holding of the elections will depend upon the state of the country, but President Huerta insists upon a free choice of the people when peace is restored, ‘which will make this possible. Rebels Committing Depredations. Reports are not altogether reassur- ing from-the states of Coahuila, Meuvo! Laredo and San Luis Potosi, where rebels are committing depredations. The Zapatistas in the south are Eiving trouble and it is reported that one town in the state of Puebla has been sacked. - 2 This, however, is characterized by the government as the work of a small and insignificant portion of the rebel army in the south, and is due perhaps to ignorance of the developments in the capital It is said that the new revolution attempted by Elimio and Raoul Made- ro, brothers of the late president, is making little headway. A Memorial Streamer. “For all the victims,” are the words which on a field of black will hang for three days across the chamber of deputies building in memory of all those who lost their lives in the rev- olutionary outbreak which began in 1910. The memorial streamer is a com- promise growing out of a resolution to have the sessions of the chamber suspended for ,nine days out of re- spect to Madero and Suarez. The res- olution provokeq a spirited discussion but failed of adoption and a substi- | . tute measure providing for a memorial Arrives Havana. Cuba, Feb 24—Three fugi- tive Mexican deputies, Adrian Aguiro Benavides, a nephew or the late Presi- | dent Francisco Madero, Cepero Rendon | and Victor Maya, arrived here today | on the steamship Esperanza from Vera | Cruz. According to the story told by the deputies, they all fled from the Mexi- cen_capital to escape the application of “ley de fuga.” or shooting of pris- oners who attempt to escape. Senor Benavides in an sald: “Democracy has_received a mortal blow in Mexico. We eee black days ahead for our fatherland.” BUSINESS HELD UP. Shipments and Contracts Invelved Ag- grégate Millions. New York, Feb. 24—TWxporters and importers with Mexican counections awaited with anxiety today ‘urther ad- vices of the sitnation in Mexjco. Ship- ments and contracts aggregating mil- lions of_dollars are held up, pending the resoration of order or some def- intte outcome of existing conditions. Much of this business is for farelgn account, chiefly French and German, It 15 understood that a contract reeent- iy made by the Madero government with a big electrical concern here has been camgelled. Wall street heard today that scores of Americans and foreign corporations were preparing toifile claims against the Mexican government. These are in addition to the damages sustained by the Southern Pacific company during the recent‘revolution, and range from a fow thousand dollars to sizeable frac- tions of millions. They probably will be presented to the state department at Washington. DEMANDS INTERVENTION. interview to all the victims was then passed, o s With the understanding that it include | Government Called Upon to Act in a tribute of respect to the dead!ex- Texas Resolutien. President and ex-vice president. Forbids Transfer of Bodies. It was learned late tonight that the government has refused permission for the transfer of the bodies of Madero and Suarez respectively to Coahuila and Yucatan, giving as a reason that it does not desire-to afford the people of these states an excuse for demon- strations. The legislature of the state®%f Mor- elos has appealed to the central gov- ernment for troops, declaring that Za- patista raids have been renewed there. The appeal said_that Sunday five baciendas were burned and that at he moment of the sending of ‘the tel- hic request for aid another was Tning about two miles from Cuer- navaca. American Claims to Receive Attention. The opposition in the chamber of § deputies to a_resolution calling for an immediate holding of general elec- tions resulted in an interpellation of the minister of the interior to con- firm or refute the statement that the country is yet in a state of revolution. Mexico will reply to the note sent the government by the state depaTt- ment at Washington, September 25, without delay and American claims for damages growing out of the rev- olution will recelve prompt attention. Austin, Téxas, Feb. 24—A resolution providing that Texas go on record as demanding intervention outright and another insisting that the United States terminate “outrageous conditions now existing in Mexico” were introduced in | the Texas senate today. Neither has been acted upon. Governor Colquitt is planning to send a special message to the legisla- ture which will ask special appropria- tions to cover any expense he may in- cur in policing the border. The gov- ernor said_today that he thcught the advice of President Taft in the Mex- ican situation “had been bad.” NOT GOVERNMENT PLOT. Wilson Ambassador Comments on Death of Madero and Suarez. Mexico City, Féb. 24 —The American ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson, made the following statement tonight re- garding the death of Madero and Suarez: “In the absence of other reliable in- formation, I am disposed to accept the government’s version of the manner in which the ex-president and ex-vice president lost their lives. Certainly the violent deaths of these persons were without government _approval, and if the deaths were the Tesult of 2 plot it was of restricted character and unknown to the higher officers of the government. “Mexican public opinion has accept- ed this view of the affair and it Is not at all excited. The-present govern- ment appears to be revealing marked evidence of activity, firmness and pru- dence, and adhesion to it as far as I hawe been able to aseertain are gen- eral throughout the republie, indicating the early re-establishment of peace. “The government as constituted fo very friendly to the United States and is deslrous of affording effective pro- tection to all foreigners. “For the present, Aferican public MOBILIZING THE ARMY. Wilson Will Find Country Prepared When He Assumes Presidency. Washington, Feb. 24—Military of- ders flew thick and fast today in re- demption of President Taft's promise to have an army of 10,000 men assem- bled at Galveston, the most convenient port to Mexico, ali equipped for foreign service and ready to execute any order that his successor might choose to is- ue upon the basis of the conditions that will exist after March 4. _ These orders on the whole were sup- blementary to those which began to flow from tne war department towards | opinion should deal with the situation the end of last week and wero calcu- | calmly and accept with great reserve lated to insure the assemblage of the | the Iurid and highly colored stories second division of the reorganized | which are being furnished by some army at or in the neighborhood of | few correspondents. The great ma- Galveston. 2 Jority of the correspondents here are 2 The completion of the’ orders - to | endeavoring to deal fairly with 'the move the entire second division is in- | situation.” tended as further warning to Mexico that there will be no departure from the established policy of preparedness during the remaining /week of Presi- dent Taft'’s administration. ANl plans for.the possible sending of troops into the republic to the south will continue with the same minute- ness of detail which would characterize official orders -had the present acute condition arisen in Mexico at any tim earlier in the which has that lic FAVORS INTERVENTJON. Resolution in Oklahoma Hbuse Goes T Over Until Today. Oklahoma. City, Okla, Feb. 24.—A resolution declaring that Oklahoma in- tervention in Mexico was Infroduced today in the Oklahoma house of rep- Ime | resentatives. It was opposed and t ‘went over until tomorrow, laderss Sail for Cyba.. 24.~Former Finance Death of Gen. Acevedo. Havana, Feb. 24.—General Guiller- mo Acévedo, who served in the Cuban revolution and later figured in several conspiracies against the government, died today. French Academy Secretary Dead. Paris, Feb. 24—Paul Marie Plerre Thureau-Dangin, the perpetual secre- tary of the French academy, died to- day at the age o! 76. Portuguese Minister Denies Repart. Lisbon, Feb. 24—The foreign min- ister in ‘the chamber of deputies to- day categorically denied reports that Great Britain and Germany were con- sldering the matter of joint inter- vention with the Portuguest colonies. Pope Receives Mgr. Kennedy. Rome. Feb. 24.—The pope received Mgr. Thomas F. Kennedy, recior of the American college in Rome, in private audience today. Mgr. Kennedy pre- sented the Peter’s pence from the dio- cese of Newark. Danish Monarch In Germany. Berlin, Feb. 24—King Christian X end Queen Alexandrina of Denmark arrived here today on a visit of cour- tesy to the German emperor and em- press after the expiration of the period ©of mourning which followed the death of the late King Fredericlk. Castro to Watched in Cuba. Havana, Feb. 24—There is no indi- cation that the Cuban government in- tends to interfere with the landing in this country of Clpriano Castro, but the guthorities, it is understood, will closely observe the movements of the Venezuelan ex-president. Widow Is Now “Lady Scott.” London, Feb. 24.—The widow of Cap- tain Robert F. Scott, the Antarctic explorer, will Henceforth be known as Lady Scott. King George today bestowed on her “the same rank, style and precedence as it her husband had been nominated a kifight commander of the Bath, as he would have been had he survived.” g Lawless Emeline Arrested. London, Feb. 24—Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst was arrested today In con- nection with_the destruction of the country residence of David Llovd- George, chancellor of the exchequer, by the explosion of a bomb some days azo. Her arrest ensued on her con- fession at a public meeting that she had conspired with and incited her followers to carry out the outrage. MORE GARMENT WORKERS WILL RETURN TO WORK. Agreement Reached Affecting 10,000 Men and Women. New York, Feb. 24.—As the result of a conference of M. J. Reagan, state industrial mediator, and Thomas A. Rickert, president of the. United Gar- ment Warlke nio; nounced.-tonil women employed- by the members of the association of boys' clothing man- ufacturers of New York who have been on strike for two months would return to work this week. The terms of the agreement provide an increase in wages from $1 per week to 10 per cent. per week for each worker; a maximum of 54 hours’ labor.a week and no dis- crimination in the re-employment of the workers. New Haven Saloon Robbed. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 24—Fold- ing the proprietor and four customers at bay with revolvers, two young men robbed the cash drawer of Louis Ta- puano’s saloon here tonight of its con- tents of $26 and then made their es- cape. today accompanied by his two sons and Francisco 1. Madero, Sr., the father of the late chief executive. The Cu- ban gunboat is expected to sail for Havana tonight. “FOR ARMED INTERVENTION.” in Ohio Legislature Calls for It Resolution Columbus, O, Feb. 24.—A resolution introduced in the lower house of the Ohio legislature late today by Repre- sentative Kennedy of Lima, calls upon congress to provide at once “for armed Intervention in Mexico.” The resolu- tion declares that the Mexican author- itles have shown their inability to quell the various ansles of revolution In that country and that intervention by the United States would be in line with the Monroe Doctrine. The resolution lies over. Gen. Orezco Dangerously Wounded. Phoenix, Ariz, Feb. 24—General Pascual Orozco, Jr.. the rebel leader, is lying dangerously wounded in a hos. pital somewhere in the northern part of Mexico, according to a report re- ceived here toda: More Troops for Texas Border. Austin, Texas, Feb. 24.—Governor Colquitt recelved a telegram today informing him that the federal troops will move back into their former po- sitions along the Rio Grande In the Blg Bend section of Texas. This re- gion, embracing about 200 miles of border, was left unguarded by a re- cent movement of the federal troops inland. Government to Be Progressive. Mexico City, Féb. 24-—Answering the offer made by General Emiliano Zapata, the southern rebel leader, that he would recognize the new govern- ment if ite programme Was along promised . progressive lines, General Huerla, the provisional president, to- day sent envoys with \assurances to that effect to the insurgent chiefs in the states of Mexico, Guerrero and Marelos. Arrested by U. 8. Authorities. El Paso. Texas, Feb. 24—Manuel Mascarenas, Jr, who was appointed provisional governor of Soncra under the Orozco revolutionary organization, but did mot serve, and wHo claims to have been named provisional governor by Genera) Huerta, was arrested here today by United States federal author- ities. Kansas Adopts Resolutions. Topeka, Kan, Feb, 24.—The lower house of I legislature today passed a resoluion declaring it “look- ed with horror upon the murder of President Madero and his vice presi- gent” and demanding that steps be taken by the United States to protoet the lives of American citizens in Mex~ ico. 3 96 Soldiers Executed, El Paso, Tex., ¥eb, 24—Nin ~five federal voluntedr soidiors were axe cuted late today at Bause, below Jugrez. They compose part of the which revolted yesterday, an- | garrison mg’ at the killlng of ex-President =, 5l Several Bills |U.S. Consul Calls Will be Ready DEMOFRA‘TO PREPARED FOR THE EXTRA SESSION. TARIFF LEGISLATION Ways and Means Committee Decides That It Will Be in Shape by April 1 —Wilson Wants Team Work in His Cabinet. \ ‘Washington, Feb. 24—The extra ses- ston of congress which President-elect Wilson today announced would be called to meet April 1 will find a num- ber of tariff bills ready for its imm diate. consideration, and other policies mapped out for the new administra- tion. .The date recelved general ap- proval in congress. Willl Pass Bills in a Month. The letter from Democrstic Leader Underwood, upon which Mr. Wilson based his decision to convene the ses- sion April 1, was sent after members of the ways and means committee had agreed that it would Dbe pessible to perfect several of the tarift bills by that time. Members of the committee today predicted that those measures would consume less than a month in passing the house and that there would | be no marked division of opinton in! the committee over the prepsration of | any of the bills. Democratic Caucus March 5. The caucus of democratic house members March 5 is expected to con- | firm to serve again all of the hold- | over democrats now on the ways and means committee and to fill the demo- cratic vacancles caused by the retire. ment of Senator-elect James and Rep- | resentatives Randall of Texas and Brantley of Georgla. - The work thus! far done by the committes will be re- | viewed by the new committee and the | bills prepared in detail for submission | to a full democratic caucus Immediate- Iy after the convening of consress. ‘WILSON ON HIS CABINET. Wants Group of Fellows That Will Do Team Work. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 24—President- | elect Wilson revealed tonight the state | of his mind with respect to the forma- tion of his cabinet and recommenda- tions for lesislation at the extra ses- slon of congress to be called on April 1st. “My thought of the persconuel of the dministration,” explained the presi- dent-glect, “is to get the best forca, and snap into it so that It up ofdslloys that will do Mr. Wilson said he had not yet Been ablo to complete his cabinet. The pos- sibility was suggested to him that he might not have his cabinet chosen by March 4, If he meets with declinations. “Ill have it completed by then, of course,” he remarkea quickly. 3 STOCK DISTRIBUTION PLAN UNDER FIRE. United States District Court of Utah Reseryes Decision. St. Louls, Mo, Feb. 24—The stock distribution plan for the dissolution of the Union Pacific-Southern Paclfic merger which had been agreed upon by counsel for the Harriman lines and Attorney General Wickersham was Ccriticized here today in arguments be- fore the federal judges who must pass on the scheme before it can become effective. The dissolution plan today was placed before the United States court for the district of Utah, which for this particular purpose wae composed of circuit judges. The plan argued today was agreed on by the attorney general and the representatives of the Harriman lines as carrying out the dissolution decree of the federal supreme court. The supreme court, after sustaining the decree of dissolution entered in the lower court, referred the case back to the court of original jurisdiction for enforcement. The district court today reserved deciston. HUNDREDS KILLED IN CRUSADE AGAINST OPIUM. Offered Resistance to Troops Destroy- Ing the Poppy Plants. Peking, China, Feb, 24.—Hundreds of | inhabitants of the province of Fu-Kien have been killed during the past week or so while offering armed resistance to the government troops eigaged in destroying the poppy plants, according to an official report from the governor of Fu-Kien received here today, which is confirmed by several missionaries. In many districts of China the people have recognized the government's stern purpose and have themselves rooted up the poppies. 3 ‘An American mission: , the Rev. Arthur H. Smith, in a letler published in the mewspapers with the object of stirring the Chinese officials to do their Dest in the matter, says that China has ‘made more progress in the fight against oplum than has any country of which he has any knowledge ever done against similar evils. BATTLESHIP FIGHT IN THE HOUSE TODAY. Economists Contesting Naval Appro- priaticn Bill Every Inch. ‘Washington, Feb. 24—With _the house economists attacking almost every paragraph with amendments or points of order, consideration of the $146,000,000 naval appropriation bill progressed slowly today and tonight. Reading of the measure for amend- ment continued far into the night ana the sectlon suthorizing the construc- tion of two battleships, over which the great fisht has been made, will not be reached until late tomorrow. Indian Chiefs at Philadelphia. Philadelphie, Feb. 24—Thirty-five Indian chiefs in their tribal regalia en route from the ceremonles incident to the ground breaking for the national memorial monument to thelr race in Now York today.visited this city. Steamers Reported by Wirel New York, Feb. 24—Steamer Kron- prinzessin Cectlfe, Bremen for Now ‘ork, 630 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon, Deck 5.30 p. m. Tuesday. Cape Race, N. F,, Feb. 84.—Bteamer New York, Soutbampton, Cherbourg and Queenstown for New York, report.. ‘ed 1,126 miles east of Sandy Hook For Assistance AMERICANS ARRESTED Held for Ransom at Matamoras When They Refused to Contribute to Offi- cials—Four Companies Sent to Brawnsville. e — Austin, Tex., Feb. 24—Informatlon reached ' Governoor Colquitt tonight that demands have been made upon Americans at Matamoras, Mexico, for money, and that United States Consul Jesse H. Johnsop at that point has asked Captain Head, commanding the Brownsville company of the Texas Na- tlonal guard, to cross the international boundary and protect the -American consuiate and forelgn interests at Matamoras. Refused Permission to Cross. Governor Colquitt refused to sanc- tion the crossing of the border by the Brownsyille military company. Must Raise $20,000. Governor Colquitt later received in- formation that Americans in Mata- moras_are glven until midnight to raise $20,000. The governor is keeping up telephone communication with Brownsville. Telegram to Governor. Governor - Colquitt tonight received the following telegram from Captaln Head of the company of national guards which has been on duty at Brownsville for several days st the request of the shen/a ot Cameron count “Have just recelved message from Consul-Johnson at Matamoras. ~Can you authorize me to cross river at or- der of consul to protect the consulate and American _interests. | Demand made upon Americans for money to- night.” The Governor's Reply. The governor telegraphed Captain Fead as follows: “Telegram recelved. Do mot cross river unless you receive orders to do so. Request American sul and ‘Americans to come to Brownsville.” Governor Colquitt has repeated the telegram from Captain Head to the officer. in command of the United States troops at Fort Sam Houston. AMERICANS ARRESTED. Held for Ransom Upon Refusal to Contribute Money. n, Tex., Feb. 24—Governor O. lquitt at midnight ordered four anies of the Texas tate militla to eed to Brownsville with all haste when it was reported to him that Americans had been arrested and held for ransom at the Mexican town of Matamoras, across the boundary from Brownsvillé, when they refused to cun- tribute money to the officials in charge of Matamoras. The governor also sent this message to Captain Head, in command of the Brownsville company, Texas Natlonal uard: “Notify Mexican commander at Matamoras who is demanding money that if he harms a single Texan his life will be demanded as a forfeit.” CONSUL THREATENED. lents Warned to Cross to Brownsville. Tex., . 24.—Ameri- can residents of Matamotas, Mexico, were warned late tonight by United States Consul Jesse Johnson to cross the boundary into Brownsville when he was informed that Americans would be required to subscribe tow- ard maintalping the government of Matamoras. Demands, it is sald, were made that the subscriptions be forth- coming tonight. It is reported that Mr. Johnson's life had been threatened and another report, unconfirmed, how- ever, was that he had been arrested. CLASH OF AMERICANS. Aus B.. American Re: Over Brownsvilie Our Federal Troops to Prevent Stats Troops from Crossing Border. Washington, Feb. 24—A serious clash may result ~ between federal troops and the Texas National guard at Brownsville, Tex., should the latter attempt to cross the Rio Gfande to the relief of Americans alleged to be imperilled in Matamoras, Mexico. When the war department at mid- night learned that Governor Colquift had issued orders for four companies of Texas militlamen to proceed to Brownsville, orders were telegraphed at once to Brigadier General E. Z. Steever, in charge of the federal troops on the ‘border, to send to Brownsville immediately such a force as he “deemed necessary” and “under no cir- cufstances to permit the crossing of the river except upon the specific or- ders of the secretary of war.” SHOT AT FORMER | FELLOW EMPLOYE. James Flynn Blamed Him for the Loss of His Position, West Haven, Conn., Feb. 24.—In re- taliation for ‘the conmnection which he believed Willlam F. Downer had had with his losing a position at a Savin Rock restaurant last summer, James. Flynn unsuccesstully attempted the life of Downer by shooting tonight at the latter's home here, and then commit- ted suicide by taking poison after the shooting. Flynn was later found un- conscious near the trolley tracks at Savin Rock and died soon after being found, He was about 35 vears old. Steamship Arrivals. Algiers, Feb. 20.—Arrived, steamer Martha Washington, New York for Naples. Rotterdam, Feb. 23.—Arrived, steam- er_Potsdam, New York. St. Michaels, Feb. 23—Arrived, steamer Roma; New York via Provi- dence for Lisbon. s Antwerp, Feb, 23—Arrived, er Kroonland, New York. Noordam, At New York: Feb. 24, from Rotterdam. Plymouth, Feb, 24—Arrived, steam- er Kaiser Wilheim II, New York for Cherbourg and Bremen. eira, Feb. 34.—Arrived, steamer Laconia, steam- ew York (for Algiers, etc.) _ Canadian-American Ties. Ambany, N. Y., Feb, 24—The close ties of lendship existing between the United States and Canada were dwelt upon in an address tonight by Premier Robert L. Borden of Canada at the ‘annual dinner of the University club of N Condensed Terofizjgm;. @hicken Pie Served rch Falr. i e A (R Mrs. Katherine Snaw Isham, the old- est woman_resident born in Chicago, dieq there Sunday night. . The Fishermen of Southern. Spain are on strike and the Spanish Cath- olics are fishiess in Lent. Vassar Students Have Been Ordered: to quit going to the movies, as beneath the dignity of college women. i Bamuel G. Maus, Aged 91, died in Lewisburg, Pa. Long ago he dug his own grave, concreted it and made his own coffin. * President-siect Wilson Announced yesterday that the extra session of congress would be convened on Tues- day, April 1. Wilbur Francls Griffin, four vears | old, dled yesterday as a result of be- ing ecalded Baturday at his parents’ home at New Haven. Prof. Henry L. Chapman, the oldest member of Bowdoin college faculty, having served 44 years, dled suddeniy yesterday of Bright's disease. The Condi n of Jack Johnsan, the is eritical, it was stated in court ves-. terday by Johnson's attorney. Miss Mary A. Springer, 86 years was burned to death in her home af Bristol, R. I, yesterday when her clothing caught fire from an ofl stove. Immigration Officers Throughout Canada have received ordere not to. allow Jack Johnson to enter the D minion. He is rated es an “undesira- o Federal Legislation to prohibit transmission by telegraph of informa- tion concerning <cotton futures and options is to come before the today. Rev. Dr. Mark A. Matthews, mod- erator of the Presbyterian general as- sembly, said in Pittsburg the American’ business man is the blggest coward on ear orce Was Filed by Dr. son, a prominent New Haven physiefan, against his —wife, Jennie 8. Robinson. Intolerable cruel- tv is alleged. The United States Yesterday sued the cutlery firm of Adolph Kastor & Brothers of New York to recover $484,880 back duties on cutlery import- ed from Germany. The Bill to Prevent Washington hotels and (axicabs from ‘“boosting’” their rates during inauguration came up in the house yesterday and was passed, 119 to ; Raphael De Genaro Shot and Killed his wife and wounded seriously his mother-in-law, Mrs. Angelina- Pigani, at the latter's home at New Haven yesterday. He escaped. |- A State’ Appropriatian of- for the improvement ef the Boston harbor was requested of the Massa- chusetts legislature vestérday by the directors of the port of Hoston. Miss Josephine Cochnian, aged 18 months, a relative of President-elect Wilson, will probably be the next “White House baby,” s she is & great favorite with the Wilson girls. Porto Rico Possesses such charac- ristics of sovereignty as to make it immune from suit without its consent, according to a decision yesterday by the supreme court of the United States. Four Hundred Men Were . Thrown out of work at Warren, O.. vesterday when fire destroved the plant of the Warren Qlty Botler and Tank company it an estimated loss' of bort ¥178- The Arkansas Statute of 1907. re- quiring railroads to give motice of the arrival of a shipment, was held uncon- stitutional yesterday by ‘the supreme court as interfering with = interstats commerce. o The Daily Receipts of the postoffice department have reached the enormoug total of $2,247,000, which is more than $300,000 greater than the combined re- ceipts of the government from all other sources. Because of the lliness of the defend- ant, the trial of Willlam A. Dorr of Stockton, Cal, who is charged with the murder of George E. Marsh of Eoam, Mook, weas A0ISGRNST VAR T ay. Of Three Prospectors who started a month ago from Atlin, a_placer camp on the Yukorn line, in search of gold, one nearly starved to death, one lost both feet and one became insane from cold and dfed. Charles H. Richardson, a member of the Middlesex county commission, died at his home in Lowell, Mass. yester- day, aged 69 vears. He wie a member of the old Sixth regiment that went through Baltimore in 1861. At St. Xavier’s Church of Cincinnati, one of the largest Catholic parishes in southern Ohio,’ an announcement was made that in the future no fumerals to which flowers are permitied to be sent will be allowed held in the church. Seeley Davenport and Jacob Dunn, charged with threatening the Mfe of President-elect Wilson, entered pleas of not guilty yesterday in the United States district court at Trenton, N, J. They were committed to jail without bail to awalt trial Miss Agnes Paul, head of the suf- frage movement, yesterday issued in- structions that the American and suf- frage flags ehould be carried side by side at the head of the pageant at Washington on March 8, as well as at the head of each division. Capt. A. H. Rostron, commander of the steamship Carpathia when she res- cued the survivers of the steamship Titanic last April, arrived yesterday from England to receive the medal voted by congress in recognition of his conduct in connection with the Titanic disaster. Charles K. Hamilton, the Avistor, who was injured last week while fly- bandage from a brokon rib while en route to his home in New Britain. He collapsed Sunday evening in the club- house of New Britain lod, B. P. O, I, and 15 mow in the Hariford Hos- pital. H B AT o i Time Wasted in Primary Schesla,) prize fighter, who is ill of pneumonis, |- o, | senate |- ing at Pablo Beach, Fla., removed the | / 1 to the City’s Population. THAW WAS “HUMAN MEAL TICKET” Former Secretary Clark Intima;es That “Prison Ring” Fed on Stanford White’s Murderer SAYS THAT THAW PAID $25,000 FOR HIS LIBERTY Subsequently $11,000 Was Returned to Him With the An. nouncement That He Could Not Be Liberated For Six ~Albany, N. Y, Feb. 24—Harry K. Thaw will be asked to tell Governor Sulzer's committee of inquiry what he knows concerning the most recent at- tempts to secure his release from Mat- feawan state hospital for the criminal insane, where he has been confined for five years for the killing of Stanford White. This announcement by the committee today followed a bilter ats tiok by Willlam F. Clarke, former sec-' Tetary of the committee, upon what he termed “the so-called prison ring. Clarke Attacks Prison Authoriti Clarke, who, at his own request, had been relieved from -duty as secretary, pending investigation of charges that he had used Governor Sulzers name without the executive’s authority in an attempt to bring about the release of Thaw, was permitted to take the stand. immediately he launched into an at- tack upon the prison authorities, in- cluding Colonel Joseph F. Scott, super- intendent or state prisons, and Dr. .John W. Russell, superintendent of the institution at Matteawan. Dr. James V. May, ghairman of the state hospital commission, was also connected with Clarke’s insituations. Business of Brokerage Pardons. Ciarke declared that in the early part of Japuary information came to him that “the so-cailed prison ring.” which Wwas made up of Superintendent Scott end his immediate underlings, were ged in a conspiracy to invoive the rnor of the state so that they might be relained in their profitable Dbusiness in brokerage pardons which they' had conducted under Governo: Dix. Dr. Russell Sent for Thaw. Clarke sald that early in January information had come to bhim that “Superingendent Scott and his jmme- diate ullierlings” were engaged in a “conspiracy,” and that he had inform- ¢4 Governor Sulzer that he was in “great depger.” “Governor Sulzer told me to go ahead gud investigate Ju my = own way” larke continued . “During my inyes- tigation I learned that in the early part of December Dr. Russell sent for Harry Thaw-end_ssked him If . he Woulld like to get out. THaw naturally said he would like it first rate. Dr. Ritsgell said: ‘Yowve been making migtakes in the way vyou have pro- or Eight Months—Witness Also Asserts That There W Conspiracy to Involve Sulzer—Thaw to be Put on Stand ceeded. Now I will suggest a lawyer for you and TNl guarantee you'll b out of this place in a very ehort tim Thaw Handed Over $25000. “Thaw, acting on the advice of Dr. Russell, handed an sgent of Dr. ell $25,000. "Dr. Russell was to release Thaw @uring the latter part of D e but getting $25,000 scemed k easy he decided to mhake ‘touch,’ but a further amount wa. forthcoming and Thaw was not erated. Dr. Russell told Thaw could not be released for at least or elght monthe and handed back $1 000 of the $25,000 they had ori received.” Thaw a “Human Meal Ticket” Clarke testified that he recefy x information regarding the 32 and the slleged prison ring ple intimate with Thaw.” The witness was reluct to give the source of his Informa but upon being pressed suggested his story could be verifia poenaing Thaw, H. A. F Poughkeepsie, who he “Thaw's agent” and by Thaw's bank sccounts. SThig fellow Thaw Clarke, “has been nothix & buman meal ticket for t down tere.” To Place Thaw on Stan Accordingly, the committ. 2 hearing ai fhe Mattcaw pital, probably on Thursda time the committee plan Thaw-upon the witness s learn from him, if possfble, w is to the allegations thai s nor's name was uneed wit and also concerning a cha Clarke that Dr. Russell 426,000 to bring about T} $11,000 of which Clarke sell returned. The plans to examine counts at this time. Anhut to Deny Russell’s S At today’s hearing C. added his corroboration May regarding Dr. Russell’s asse to the effect that Clarke nad v Rusell and had told hi “would be pleasing t per™ 1f Thaw were relea sell 3 led _his_ Jobn N: Antut, who, He him the $20,000 bribe, and publicly named for the first t Cuftora L. Beare, who peared as Anhut’s attorney, announ that Mr. Anhut would appear v n hearings are resumed on Wed and formally deny that he h tempted to bribe Dr. Russell smm Thaw WITHDRAWS REQUEST FOR A COMMISSION. President Chamberlin of Grand Trunk Changes His Mind. New York, Feb. 24—Frank L. Craw- ford_and John D. Lindsey, zttorneys for Bdson J. Chamberlin, president of the Grand Trunk raflway, today sent word to the United States district at- torney that they would withdraw their motion to send a commission to Eng- land to take testimony of the Eng- lish directors of the Grank Trunk for use’in the trial of Mr. Chamberlin and Charles B. Mellen, president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford raflread, who are charged with con- epiracy In violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Altheugh Mr. Lindsey would not ex- plain_why he and his associate had abandoned the move, judicial sanction for which they had sought for, it was fearned today ' that the government was prepared to require the appoint- ment of a commission to examine all documents and books of the Grand Trunk raflway they could find in Lon- don and if the commission could ny get all the books and other document it asked for, all the testimony of the English directors was to be stricken out. The trial of Chamberlin and Mellen, it is theught, will be expedited by abandonment of the defendant's plan to send a commission abroad. FAVORS CITIZENSHIP FOR PORTO RICANS. Labor Men Obtain Expression from the President-Elect. Trenton, N. J, Gompers and Frank Morrison, dent and secretary, respectl the American Federation of Labor, and Santiago Inglesias, president of the Pederation of Lapor of Porto Rico, had & balf hours conference with Presi- dept-elect Wilson today. They said ard that the governor had ex- pressed himself in favor of granting citizenship to Porto Ricans. The ohief subject of the conference was te urge the appoiniment of Rep- resentative Wiillam B. Wilson of Penn~ sylvania to the cabinet. The labor lead- ers told the president-elect that if the Dbill creating a department of labor, which has passed the house, went through the senate, they hoped he would consider that the American Fed- eration of Labor endorsed Repreesent. ative Wilson for the mew portfolio. In eny event they want the govern- or to make the Pennsylvania congress- man a member of his cabinet. Feb, 24.—Samuel presi- Iy, of HOUSE CAUGHT AFIRE, MOTHER WAS ABSENT. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE WHITE SLAVE A Interstate Traffic May be Regula Legislation, It Decides. ‘Weshington, Feb. 24—On the th that traffic in women 1 ters commerce may be regulated by lation as well as the trafiic in 4 foods or cattle, the supreme cou the United States today uph validity of the federal white traffic act of 1910. It had tended this question of mc reserved for action by the sta delivered Justice McKenna court's opinion. “The dual form of governmern fts perplexities,” said he, * nation having different spheres isdiction but it must be kept in r that we are one people and reserved to the states and ferred in the nation are adopted exercised whether independen concurrently, to promote the g weifare, material and moral. the effect of the decisions and if the facility of interstate tran. tion can be taken away from & moralization of lotteries, the d ment of obseene literature, tagion of diseased cattle or the impurity of food and drugs like facility can be teken away the syi tic debauchery and mdre insistently of girls. The supreme court nad several before it in which the constitut fty of the act was attacked but its decision on the case of Hiffen of Beaumont, Texas and Basile E omides ,a New Orleans = er, sentenced to six years e legal transportation of women New Orleans to Beaumont. Thelr ccn viction was afirmed. Other tions, affirmed, were Louls At and Mitchell Sampson. o Imperial theater at Tampa, Fila Emma Heris, Dejla Harris and Green of Cimcirmati' All are varying sentences for violation law. The Jack Johnson case did ure in the decision as it previc been disposed of. CAPTAIN WALSH PLEADS QUILTY TO BRIBE Sentence Deferred at Request of trict Attorney Whitman. New York, Feb. 34—Police Cap Thomes W. Walsh, implicated b liceman Eugene Fox, self-con collector of “protection mon ‘who later confessed to having re graft money from Fox, this after pleaded gulity to the egainst him charging briber: was fixed at $1,000 and s¢nt Three Small Chiidren Cremated— Fourth Escaped, e Fikine, W, Va, Feb. 34—Threo amall children were cremated and their mother probably fatally burned in a fire today which destroyed the ‘momo af Huburt Sleugh, a railresd man, at Oxley, 37 miles from here, The mocier was Visiting @ neighbor iwhoa | the fire occwred. urth ohild who Chicago, Feb, 24.—Chang . med- leal edueation were M‘a‘ the ninth annual confarence of the American Medical associatlon hers: to: y:c.x::els.m % Judson of the Unive day, Four are s escaped mng:g 5‘5 :unn &al t:u-. Fhere e house ey chtord vedias"of d tnrle ShIC , o had upm’n‘u, h&ln“rflfi)‘l: Slough arrived. during the heigh! flames. She forced her way into house, recelving probably = fatal ferred at the request of District torney Whitman to whom Walsh feased his part In the alleged &y of levying tribute from dis houses. ‘Inspector Sweeney, Wi his indlotment on charges of b has been reduced in rank to o today pleaded not gulity, his att e that perjury had been ning the Indict s Shea, who ia alleged to paid 3! room & week for protection for in former In ey's district, today was in for bribery by the extraordinary & . When before Justice 18 counsel entered a plea of not & and Shea was remanded to the Tora and his arraignment set Fednesday, he belng unabie to furr ish the $10,000 bail demanded by ihe trict atterney