Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 3, 1913, Page 1

Norwic VOL. LV.—NO. 53 NORWICH, CONN MONDAY, MARCH 3 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportio‘f\ to the City’s Population MEXICAN AND U. 8. TROOPS IN FIGHT Four Mexican Soldiers Killed in Skirmish at Border Mexicans Started the Trouble OPENED FIRE UPON FOUR AMERICAN OFFICERS Ninth Cavalry Retaliates and S No Americans Killed or Wounded—American Soldiers | pirited Engagement Follows— Reported to Have Crossed Border—Citizens of Douglas, Ariz., Become Alarmed and Cowboys Rush For Border. El Paso, Texas, March 2.—In a run- in the north, ecially in Coahuila, ning fight on the border near Douglas, | where Venustiano Carranza, the gov Ariz, early today between Mexican | ernor, far from recognizing ihe Hue soldiers and troopers of the Ninth | Sovernment, has grown stronger in his United States cavalry, four Mexicans | oppositi were Lilled. None of the American | troops was killed or wounded, accord- | ing to advices received here late to- | American Officers Fired Upon. | Four American army officers walk- | fng on the American line three miles | from Douglas are reported to have been | fired on by forty regular Mexican sol- | diers patrolling the border out of Agua | cita, opposite Douglas. Sixteen of | negro troopers of the Ninth rush- | ng and a spirited | t ed to the place of fi rkirmish ensued. Americans Crossed Boundary. e American soldiers were holding their position at the international line when reinforced by two troops of the Ninth. The Mexicans were routed, Jeaving four killed on the fleld and others straggling through the brush, wounded. It is said became so_excited that the: ped the boundary and p Mlexicans for some distance. Douglas Citizens Arm Themselves. t caused great excitement at as, to which place the telegraph | are not open today. e towns- le armed themselves and went to | the boundary, believing the Mexican | soldiers were attempting to invade the TUnited States. Within a few minutes hundreds of citizens were at the place, | armed and ready. Cowboys rushed In | from nearby ranche: . NO OFFICIAL REPORT. that the American troops overstep- rsued the ! General Wood Calls Upon Command- | ing Officer for the Facts, | Washington, March 2.—No official | Teport concerning the running fight on the border near Douglas, Arizona, ear- tv today between Mexican soldiers and | troopers of the Ninth United States avalry, in which four Mexicans were Emnu, had been received up to a late bour tonight at either the stateor war departments. Major General Leonard Wood, chief of the staff of the army, promptly called on the officer at Douglas for all the facts. He expressed the belief that if, as report- ed, there had been any firing by the American troops, the latter must have been attacked by the Mexicans. DIAZ LIONIZED. | | Given Enthusiastic Ovation at a Bull- | | | fight—A Diaz Parade. Mexico urty, March 2.—General Fe- lix Diaz was accorded a great ovation this afternoon at the bull ring. the first performance of the matadors since before the bombardment of the capital. Ten thousand Spectators stood and cheered lustily tered when General Diaz en- in the arena, attended tary, his chief of staff and the hero of the evolution was forced to rise tii and again to acknowledge the demopstra- tlons, Diaz a box ranted the request of the mat- adors to kill the bulls and presented | favors to the popular heroes of the | arena when the animals had beeu dis- patched. Machaquido, & noted mata- dor, was slightly injured when he put the blade into the third bull At noon President Huerta, General Dia, General Mondragon, and General Blanquet stood od the balcony of the | national palace and reviewed the par- ade organized by the Felix Diaz club in honor of the men who were most close- | ly_identified with the recent revolt. Several thousand persons, represent- ing the different branches of tbe mil- | itary service, civic societies and fra- | 1 | ternal organizations afoot mounted and in carrnages paraded through the prin- cipal of the parade was the rid- | of General Bernard, Reyes | ng behind a carriage in which | yeposed a painting of the geaeral draped with crepe. Bared heads all along the route evidenced the love and admiration of the people of the capital for the dead chieftain. The same solemn respect for another victim of the revolt was shown when the draped picture of Generai Gre- goria_passed. In front of the palace women in a carriage heading a delegation of fac- tory employes released four doves of peace. Among the transparencies were Eome bearing such inscriptions as: “Honor and Glory to the Restorers of Peace,” and “Our Country Is Saved.” The Metropolitan Press association has joined in the patriotic endeavors to restore complete pacification of the country and has sent to General Ven- ustinio Carranza of Coahuila imglor- ing him to desist in his efforts against the new government to suppert Pres- ident Huerta. The newspapers of the country with- out notable exception are refraining from criticism of the new admiuc.stra- tion and are lending their active sup- ®art to the pacification prosramme. S8ITUATION IMPROVES. But the New Administration Still Has Pienty of Trouble on Hand. Mexico City, March 2.—The first week of the Huerta administration has seen notable improvement in the gen- eral situation, but it is apparent that many weeks must pass before complete order is restored. There is little doubt that the old Orozco army will be mustered out or incorporated in the regular establish- ment. But the rebels in the south, the Zapatistas, seem likely to furnish this administration with the same prob- lems as they did the Madero adminis- tration. A number of Zapatistas have urrendered, but Emiliano Zapata him- self is still in the fleld, and thousands of his men are continuing the warfare, burning haciendas and raiding villages They show little inclination to end the campaign merely because Madero is gone. Peace for them means a re- turn to work at half a peso a day. fighting they consider more profitable, There is 2 most serious development | the exact line to kish European provinc: | the sultan to“be permittea | kan territory | having nnder his jurisdiction all mos commanding | ques, erties. have about lo, the state arranza i men. He g al, as a base. Some miles to the west, Alberto Fuentes, governor of Aguascalientes, in the hills at the head of a com D at mall numbe; men, co- oper; Carranza T men leaders have placed in the ken the ace of the Orozco army, but the forces are ot v =0 formidable, as the much ALLIES CONTINUE TO DEMAND INDEMNITY Still Insist Upon It as One of Con- | ditions of Peace. Rome, March 2 ccording 1o offi- cial information receiveg here the Bal- an states will insist upon the follow- ing conditions for tha con on of en through tare mediation of acting partles pledge he immediate and sim- ion of hostilities after gning of the treaty of pe nd, contemporaneot ' surrender to the alli cutari and Janin . the Buigar-Tnrkish frontier shall extend from Rodosto to be established military commission, composed of garians and Turk: Fourth, the peninsula of Gallinoll to be cedeq to the allies. Fifth, all the Aegean islands occu- pied at present by the Greeks to be ceded to the allies. Sixth, prisoners to be exchanged wi lay. f war and hostages h the briefest de- Seventh, Turkey to pay the allies 1$300,000,000 war indemnity, deducting rom it, however, that portion of the Ottoman public debt borne by the Tur- Eighth, a special rep for religions purpos pious funds and church prop- Ninth, all treaties, conventions and agreements existing between the allies !and Turkey before the commencement | of the war to be re-stablishd. PRESIDENT TAFT FAVORS A SUGAR TRUST OFFICIAL. Charles R. Heike Escapes Imprison- ment Because of Ili-Health, Washington, March 2. — President Taft tonight commuted to the fine and costs the sentence of Charles R. Helk secretary and treasurer of the Ameri- n Sugar Refining company, of eight months in the New York county pen tentiary and a fine of $5,000. Hej was convicted of conspiracy to fraud the United State entry of dutiable sugar its true cost The president acted mendation of Attorn ersham. Papers in the case were filed with the department showing tnat Heike, who had not begun to serve his sentence, suffering from a complication of diseases of the heart. kidneys and lungs. To remove him from his home, it was urged, would endanger his lif SAVED HIS CHILD, PERISHED HIMSELF. s Likely to Result from Fire at Hackensack, N, J. N ghter to safety, Edwin R. Stephe a news> dealer’ at Ridgefleld F near here, today returned to r other mem | bers” of his family from the fi destroyed the two-story cupied by him a_store ing. His charred body wa found in the ruins. Mrs. Stephens carried her months’ old baby to a second s window and after tossing it to th arms of one of her sons in the street below, jumped and was so_seriously injured ‘that she probably will die. SNOW CLOGGED SWITCHES, FREIGHT TRAINS CRASH. Three Lives Lost in Wreck on Nickel Plate Road. Buffalo, N. Y., March 2. were lost here toda the result 5 conditions accompanying the w storm of the winter, during which the ‘wind reached a velocity, of 78 miles an hour and the temperature went down to_10 degrees above zero. In a rear-end collision between two Nickel Plate freight trains, Edward O. Hansen of Pullman, Til, was caught in the wreckage and burned to death. He was In charge of five new cars to be delivered to the Lackawanna = road here. His traln was stalled by snowdrifts. Two laborers, employed in clearing snow-clogged road switch- es, were hit by trains and killed. Three live: No More Bodies from Ruins. Omaha, Neb., March 2.—Men work- ing in the ruins of the Dewey hotel, destroyed by fire last Friday, failed to unearth any more bodies today, and the total still is three dead, with a score more or less seriously injured. That more bodles lle within the ruins is merely conjecture, and it possibly will be three or four days before any other fatalities can be definitely as- certained. Senate Passes Burton Bill. ‘Washington, March 2.—The sena‘e tonight by a vote of 41 to 20 passed the Burton bill designed to abolish in- voluntary servitude of seamen and im- prove conditions of labor and living on American merchant ships as a sub for the Wiison bill stitute measure previously passed by the house st | Bul- | | leased u Cabled Paragraphs Eighteen Bodies Recovered. Hobart, Tasmania, March 32.—The bodies of 18 miners were brought to the surface of the North Mount Lyell mine yvesterday after a search that had lasted nearly five months. Castro Sails for This Country. Havana, Cuba, March 2—Cipriano Castro sailed for Key West vesterday morning on board the steamer Gov- ernor Cobb on his way to Washiagton to attend the inauguration of the pres- ident. New Minister from Eucador. Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 2.—Gon- zalo S. Corba, at one time minister of the interior, has been appointed uadorian minister to the United States and left yesterday for Wash- ington. Germany’s New Dreadnought. ‘Wilhelmshafen, Germany, March 2.— A new dreadnaught battleship for the German navy was launched here today in the presence of Emperor William. She will be the first warship to carry a battery of fourteen inch guns. Slight Accident to Royal Train. Naples, March 2—An insignificant accident to the train on whick King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena were traveling to Naples caused the spread of rumor toda that an at- tempt had been made against the royal train. The accident was so trivial that it was not noticed by the sovereigns. A piece of iron became detached from one of the carriages, and, striking vio- lently against another carriage, caused some trifling damage. 5,000 WOMEN EXPECTED Today’s Demonstration at Washington to Have Seven Divisions. Washington, March Z—Women will have a gala day in Washington to- morrow, a fete and pageant day to on the cause of equal franchise s upon the minds of men are to rule the government after ch 4 their demand for an amend- to the constitution enfranchising nen. pur i T a suffrage procession have n made on a most elaborate scale, 1d 5,000 women are expected to par- cipate in_t rich will move up Pennsylvs nue from Peace monument to the treasury build- inz and then to Cotinental hall, where a monster suffrage metting will be held Rivalling in interest the preliminary ts of the inauguration programme, e suffrage demonstration has at- acted thousands of women to Wash- ington from all sections of ihe coun- v, and many ss meetings were 3 tonight in different parts of the ccompanying the procession tomor- which will consist of seven di- ons, will be the allegorical tableaux of the treas building, be impersonated Colum- bia, summoning to her side Jus Charity, Liberty, Hope. Plenty, Peace and These, attended by groups of | maidens, will view the procession, aft- er which they will assemble and follow to the Lall where the final raily of the day will be held. Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson will be grand marshal of tne parade, and Miss inez Milholland of New York its her- ald. MOTORMAN RELEASED UNDER $5,000 BONDS. One Victim of Summit Crash Dead, Another Dying. ‘Waterbury, Conn., M: h 2.—Physi- cians attending Freder I Arm- strong, the Rutherford, N. J., salesman who was seriously injured in the trol- ley crash at Summit station on the Cheshire line last Friday, tonight prac- tically abandoned hope of saving his life. Gangrene developed in his frac- tured right leg and it was necessary t. | local hospital. amputate today at a hour was His condition at a late critical. An autopsy performed today on the pody of Willlam F. Harper, district mmercial manager of the Southern New land Telephone company, who died Saturday as the result of injuries showed that the primary cause of h death was loss of blood. At the time of the wreck, although bleeding pro- fusely, Mr. Harper refused medical at- tention until the ladies had been at- tended to. The condition of two other wreck victims today took a turn for the worse. Miss Nora Mahaney and Miss atharine Parkinson of this city, who are at.their homes, suffering from In- ternal injuri ngineer ( . Elwell of the public utilities commission and Deputy Cor oner Makepeace of Waterbury, who have been investigating as to the cause of the wreck, announced toda that tomorrow they will run a trolle car a a work train over the scene of the wreck, in order that the brakes may be given a proper test, and to note the working of the signal torman James L. McGuire, arrested yesterday, was to der $5,000 bonds. 1e is pres dent of the Waterbury Central Labc on, and his bond was signed by Patrick Lynch, secretary of the or- anization. THE POWER OF THE HARVESTER TRUST. we i Due to Monopolistic Position and Su- perior Command of Capital. "The power of ter company —the lled Harvester trust—which the federal government is secking to dissolve under the Sherman law, lies in its monopolistic position, its supe- rior command of capital, including it connectionss with J. P. Morgan company and John D. Rockefeller, and certain objectionable compefitive hods, according fo Luther Conant, commissioner of corporations, in eport on the operations of the corporation submitted to Presi- Taft today. giant dent Steamship Arrivals. At St, John, N. B.: March 4, Emp- ress of Island, from Liverpool; Pome- ranian, from London. At Halifax: March 2, Scandinavian, from Glasgow; Hesperian, from Liver- pool. ‘At New York: March 2, Celtic, from Liverpool; Lorraine, from Havre. At Algiers: March 1, Adriatic, from New York for Mediterranean points At Southampton: March 2, Majestic, from New York via Queenstown. At Moville: March 2, Caledonia, from New York for Glasgow. Electrocuted While Flying Kite. Portsmouth, Va, March 2—While flying a kite tod Sydney Bright, a 16 vear old boy, was electrocuted. The boy attached a thin wire to the kite ‘instead of string and when the kite fell across an electric wire 11,000 volts passed through his body, killlng | pected to see absorb the world, him instantly. Wilsons Will Call on Tafts TO BE RECEIVED IN BLUE ROOM THIS AFTERNOON. TOMORROW’S PROGRAM Officially Approved by Military Aide of . President-elect—Marching Organiza- tions Are Beginning to Arrive. ‘Washington, March 2.—One cf Pres- jdent-elect Wilson’s last acts as a pri vate citizen will be to call with Mrs. Wilson, upon the president of the Uniteq States and Mrs. Taft. Arrange- ments for this were made today. The president-elect and Mrs. Wilson soon after their arrival will receive Col- onel Spencer osby. chlef aide to the president, who 1 escort them to the White House in the president’s automob: President will receive them in the where ambassadors, chi justices of the sumreme court .an iting princes meet the chief executive of the nation. AIl the-military and naval aides to the president, in re- galia of their office, will be present, but none of the cabinet will attend. The meeting, it is planned, will be brief and the president-elect and Mra. Wil- son will return to their hotel to a y dinner. Hope for Good Weather. Among the arrivals in Washington i Sulzer of | fam! York and his " Willlam G. McAdoo, who is to be sec retary of the treasury, according to un- official announcements. = Mr. MecAdoo received congratulations on a i be on modest without y confidences as to his acceptance he trea portfolio. Hope for fair inauguration weather the weat weather was extended tonight by bureau. Cold and clear in this section by higher temperature, diction, 'is, and this brings from the fear that the bli ept in the inauguration of four years ago might be repeated. Wilson Family Due at 345 p. m. President-elect Wilson and his fam- | fly will arrive at the Union station at 3.45 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. With them in special trains will come students from Princeton university who will form a line from the train to- I be followed the relief ard which | shed to the president’s room in the siation, where the inaugural reception | commiitee of senators, representatives | and citizens will await the Wilson | {family. Thomas Nelson Page, chair- man of the committee, will sreet the | party at the train and -escort them throush the lines of students to the | reception room. The ceremony at the station will be brigf. | Tomorrow’s Ceremonies. Colonel Thomas -H. Birch, military aide to Governor Wilson, and mem- bers of the inaugural committee late today reviewed and approved the programme for Tuesday. In the morn- ing of that day Senators Crane, Over- man and Bacon and Representatives McKinley, Rucker and Garrett, com- prising the joint congressional com- mittee on the inauguration, will call at the hotel for the president-elect and vice president-elect. | They will be driven to the White House, escorted by the Hssex troop | and the Black Horse troop of the Cul- | ver Military academy, through lines | stoner for the’construction of the Lin- | year Burton of students from Princeton University and the University of Virginia. Presi- | dent Taft will await them and the | whole party will proceed to the senate | chamber at the capitol, where the | ceremonies will begin at noon with the | fnauguration of the vice president and | swearing of senators-elect. Then will follow the presidential, inaugura- | tlon, the return to the White House where the retiring prestdent will take | leave of his sficcessor, and the re- viewing of the pageant from the court of honor. Marching Organizations Arrive. Washington streets echoed all day and throughout the night with the | blare of trumpets and the music of | bands. Among the organizations which | arrived during the day and evening | were the New Jersey First cavalry; | the Massachusetts Coast artillery u: der the command of Colonel W. .| Lombard; the Eighth Massachusetts | regiment, Colonel B. L. Sweetser; { Massachusetts militia, Worcester and | Massachusetts Volunteer milita, Troop | | D, Massachusetts Democratic State committee, Woodrow Wilson Democ- cratic league of Newark, N. J.; New York Thirteenth Coast artillel the Boston Fusilier corps, the Maine N: tional guard, 12th Company, Coast artillery, and the militia of Georgia. The Essex troop of New Jersey which is to serve as officlal escort to the president-elect also arrived today. About 30,000 in Parade. The Tammany Braves from New York | who will join in an inaugural parade for the first time in twenty years, are | | being awaited with great - interest. They will arrive In six special train tomorrow night. About 30,000 per- | sons will march In the parade. | Among the distinguished arrivals | today were Willlam G. McAdoo, who | 1s slated for secretary of the treasury, and Williem F. McCoombs, chairman of the democratic national committee. He was tendered a reception at the National Press club. Visitors continued to pour into the city, special trains arriving every few minutes. TAFT BIDS FAREWELL. | Delivers Brief Sermon at All Souls Unitarian Church. 4 ‘Washington, March 2.—This was a day of farewelis for President Taft. He his last Sunday as president with a brief sermon to the congrega- tion of All Souls Unitarian church, where he has worshipped for four years: bade adieu to the wives of members of his cabinet at a last_for- mal dinner given by Secretary Mac- Veagh and observed the custom estab- lisheq by George Washington and kept green by presidents ever since of Vis- ifing Georgetown university. In be- tween times he took up with Secre- tary Hilles many important matters which he wishes to see settled before he turns the reins of government over to Mr. Wilson. Tomorrow he wili meet the cabinet in special sesslon _and probably say goodbye to a few close friends and to the emploves about the executive offices and the White House. The president's sermon today was devoted largely to a discussion of the Unitarfan faith which he said ne ex- “It has always been a wonder to me | ence committee of the house and sen- | tion for their annual distribution. The | religion. Congress Holds Sunday Session A RUSH OF BUSINESS AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR. HOUSES IN DEADLOCK Failure to Reach Agreement on Bat- Naval Appropriation Bill May Be Defeated. tleship Programme—En ‘Washington, March 2—With both the senate and the house in the un- sual situation of sitting in legislative sion on Sunday, the Sixty-second congress today and tonight dragged its weary way through a maze-of tangled business towards its conciusion thit will come at noon Tuesday. Thousands of visitore in Washing- ton for the inauguration took advan- tage of the Sunday night session to see the lawmakers at work. Thousands of spectators crowded the galleries of the house, where a meagre attendance on the floor ground out the routine and rushed through minor bills with little deration. Other thousands fille enate galleries until an executive on drove them from the chamber sent them wandering through ths brilliantly lighted corridors of the c: itol. Two Battieships May Be Defeated. At a late hour tonight the corridors were thick with visitors anxious to force their way into the house gal- leries, already overcrowded. The end of the session rush of business had brought many who were interested in various bills which they hoped might be slipped through in the rather dis- orderly procedure in the house, where Speaker Champ Clark shattered thLe sounding bhoard of his desk with hi gavel in his efforts to control the nois: attendance on the floor and the gai- leries. Tle two battleship programme was threatened with defeat late tonight when the house and senate conferc.s decided they could make no agreement belween the one battleship programme of the house and the two battleship vregramme of the senate. Will Defeat Entire Naval Bill. All other debated points in the naval bili were adjusted, but the conferees decided w useless to attempt to it s adjust the battleship tangle, and the conference committee adjourned at 11 o'clock without any plan for another meeting. The result threatens the defeat of ,000,000 naval appropria- conferees de- the entire $15 tion bili. The house clined to yield the one battleship pro- gramme and also refused to take tha issue vote. A dozen worked back to the house for anothor conference committes throughout tonight's session, ng to reach agreements satis- to both houses on varioas measures. Day’s Proceedings in Brief. The proceedings in brief: Senate—Passed bill to make Senator Cullom of Illinois a resident comm's- coln memorial in Washington. Passed Burton Dill to regulate ser vice of American seamen. Went into executive sesston to con- sider army and navy appointments. House—Passed Norris bill providing for publicity of testimony before mas- ters in equity in anti-trust cases. Adopted resolution extending for one act regulating develop- ment of power at Niagara Falls. Adopted conference report on rivers and harbors bill carrying $47,868,894. Sent general deflciency bill to fur- | ther conference. | Sent public buildings bill to further comterence. Free Seeds May Be Saved. Congressional free seeds were put back into the agricultural appropria- tion bill late tonight by the confer- e which reported for the apprepria- McLean bill protecting migratorv birds attached to the bill in the senate, also was retained. B | Bryan Speaks on “Peace.” Ralelgh, N. C., March 2.—William Jennings Pryan spoke here tonight to £,000 people on “Peace,” being a spe- cial guest of the North Carolina peace conference, which has been in session in this eclty for two days. | why all the world is not Unitarfan,” saig the president. “I think all the world is verging in that directicn. We preach the doctrine of sweet fellow- ship, of love of God, ot love of Jesus Christ and of tolerance, for every faith depends upon the great principle of lib- cral Christianity—and that makes for progress toward morality and higher The one trouble we suffer from—if it be a trouble—is that there are so many Unitarians in other churches who do not sit in the pews of our church. But that means that ultimately they are coming to us.” West Point Cadets Leave Today. West Point, N. Y. March 2—After having undergone a thorough drilling | for the past weelk, the entire battalion of cadets of the United States mulitary academy will start for Washington to- | morrow to participate in the inaug- ural parade. Two special trains have been provided for their convevance. WILSON WOMEN WILL WEAR WALKING SUITS. will How President-elect’s Family Dress for Inauguration. Princeton, N. J ,.March 2.—Inquiriés as to what the Wilkon women folk would wear throughout the inaugura- tion ceremonies have been pouring in from soclety editors for many weeks, but Mrs. Woodrow _Wilson finally made known tonight for the first time just how she and her daughters would bé attired. They will wear ordinasy walking suits, Mrs. Wilson said, for th» ceremonies of the day. “They were especially made for the inauguration, but really require no description,” said Mrs. Wilson. Though there is to be no particular function to correspond with the in- augural ball, now abandoned, Mrs Wilson will wear at the first evening function at the White House a gown of brocade, rose pattern, the predomi- nating color being light green. It 1= low in the neck and has a long train. There is a drapery of lace at the nacs and down the front of the skirt, with a suggestion of lace down the back. Applique bead work and some butter- flies in shades of green and rose adoran the neck. Similar butterfiies are on the upper sleeve: “It is a simple gown,” said Mr: Wilson, “and graceful without being elaborate,” |to J. D. Mason, Condensed Teiegrams The New Nickels Were Selling for fifteen cents apiece on the New York street corners Saturday. Judge Mayor told jurors in the Haw- thorne triai that they will be exempt from duty in federal courts for eight years. A Bill Was Introduced in the Minne- sota house to search every legislator for concealed weapons, before he takes his seat. Ten Thousand Employes of the Cam- ‘bria Steel company at Johnstown, Pa., were affected by an increase in wages announced Saturday. Frank Hight, a Leading manufactur- er of Bangor, Me, died at his home there Saturday after a long period of ill health, aged 80 years. President Taft and his cabinet purchased the chairs on which they sat in the republican administration, for $50 apiece, their actual cost. The Famous Old Battleship Oregon had the honor Saturday to be the first vessel admitted to the new drvdock at the Puget sound navy yard. Fire in the Machine Shops of the Texas penltentiary at Rusk Saturday caused a loss of 3$100,000, and created excitement under which one prisoner died. T n Baldwin, L. I. worked un- til daylight and were afraid to re- main ang take off the last light door of the post office safe, behind which was $2,000. Woodrow Wilson Formally turned over at 12.30 o'clock Saturday the of- fice of governor of New Jersey to Sen- ator James F. Fielder, president of the state senate. Justice Charles Grant Garrison of the supreme court of New Jersey was put forward vesterday as a possible secretary of war by the cabinet mak- ers in congress. Secretary Meyer Wants 20 Ameri- can college students to spend their summers on every battleship, thus in- creasing the number of trained men available in -case of war. The Conference Report on the army appropriation bill was adopted by the senate yesterday, providing a thirty- five per cent. increase in pay to offi- cers detailed to the aviation corps of the army. Fifteen Hundred White Men and 300 negroes live off the earnings of “white slaves” and women of the underworld, in Chicago, according to testimom: given at Chicago Saturday by a for- mer cadet. Miss Lulu Hubbard, a Contralto so- lolst of Greenwich, Conn., who burst an artery while singing at the Stam- forq Methodist church recently, died suddenly of rheumatism of tho heart Saturd Infanta Maria .Christina, aged 14 months, youngest child of King Al- fonso, is threatened with the same fm- pediments in speech and hearing that afflict _her four-year-old brother, Prince Jaime. Generally Fair Weather is indicated the first half of the coming week over the greater part of the country east of the Rocky mountains, according to the weekly weather bureau bulletin is~ suveq Sunday. The Postoffive Department does not deem it practicable to conclude agree- ments for two cent letter postage at this time with Norway, Sweden, Den- mark, the Netherlands or any other foreign country. Rev. Dr. William Douglas MacKen- zie, president of the Hartford Theo- logical seminary, Saturday notified the trustees of the institution that he will not accept the call to the presidency of a theological college in Manchester, England. By a Vote of 244 to 95, the house Saturday re-passed over the president’s veto the Webb bill prohibiting ship. ments of {ntoxicating liquors into “dry states. The senate passed it over the veto Friday night and the bill now becomes law. The Parcel Post Wag Put to a new use by a St. Louis pickpocket when & pocketbook, containing a check for $3,868.51, and notes amounting to near- ly $400 were returned by this means a cattle dealer of Jackson, Tenn. President Taft Saturday presented to Captain Arthur H. Rostron, the gold medal authorized by congress for his courage and gallantry in rescuing the survivors of the Titanic and bringing them safely to New York on his own ship, the Carpathia. Reserves of the 7.425 national banks showed a materfal improvement on February 4 as compared with the stringent perfod of November, but were not as great, however, as in February of last vear, according to returns to the comptroller of the currency. By Gatning First Honors in s class of 13 who tcok an examination for admission to the bar, Migs Celia M. Howard of Chicago secretary to United States District Judge Carpenter, dem- onstrated that women may be possess- ed of legal mind equal if not superior to men. Representative Redfield of New York smilingly accepted congratulations yes- terday when colleagues on the floor of the house greeted him as secretary of commerce. Mr. Redfleld still de- clined either to confirm or deny the announcement that he had accepted the cabinet post. Qlaf A. Tviemoe and Eugene A. Clanoy, both of SanFrancisco, two of the labor leaders convicted at Indian- apolis last December on charges by the government of conspiring in the illegal transportation of explosives, were released on bonds from the fed- eral prison at Leavenworth, Kas., yes- terday. The Univerll({ of lowa wiil send the first psychologist to be a mem- ber of a polar_expedition north this spring with Willalmar Stefansson. Luther E. Widen of Iowa will accom- pany the expedition with a complete laboratory outfit of psychological ap- paratus' to measure the efiiciency of the Eskimo mind. After Deliberating Most of Friday afternoon and =il night, a Big Rapids, Mich., jury Saturday found Mrs. Lydia Van Tassell, 70 years old, not guiity of killing H. Ackley, her 83 years old employer. It waa charged that Mrs. Van Tassell killed Ackley be- cause he objected to her friendship with George Hunter, 68 years old. Earth Shocks at Guayaquil. Guayaquil, Ecuador, March | accost. $43,500 Stolen From Handbag MABEL MILLS ASSAULTED AND ROBBED. MRS. IN A CRITICAL STATE Is Suffering from Concussion of Brain and May Not 24 Hours— Ciroumstances Perplex the Polioe Live Chicago, March 2.—Mrs. Mabel Mills, wife of a wealthy land owner of San Antonio, Texas, today les under the care of physicians at an Evanston, Ills. hospital after either having lost or been robbed of about $48,5600 :n that citv Saturday night. Mrs. M = suffering from a wound in the bac her head, but is uncertain whether she was felled by a blow or robbed, or Wwhether she fainted and sustained the injury by a fall to the sidewalk. “It” 1s one of the strangest stories that ever came to my attention,” safd Chief of Police Shaffer of Evanston tonight. '‘There seem to be about mix different mysteries that have to be solved instead of one.” Drew $45,000 from Bank. According to information abtained by the police, Mra. Mills came t> Chi- cago from San Antonio less than = week ago and registered at a leading hotel. Shortly before noon Saturday she Is supposed to have drawn £45,000 from a bank and on returning to the hotel to have given the money into the care of the cashier, recelving a re- ceipt therefor. When she returned for the money a short time later, it is sald, she discovered that she had lost the receipt, but as she had made herself known to the cashier she succeeded in getting the money without trouble. Carried Money with Her. In the afternoon she went to Evan- ston to attend a dinner at the home of friend, carrying the $45,000 in a large Prown handbag a part of it being in a smaller purse inside the larger bag. After the dinner Mrs. Mills started back to Chicago, but on the way open- ed the handbag and discovered tha smaller purse was missing. She re- turned to Evanston, missed her way and at 9.30 p. m. she wes walk: ing by a policeman, whom she did not What happened during the next hour is not known. At 10.30 she staggered to a stranger's dosr and asked for assistance. A physician and her friends were summoned. The lat-' ter discovered the smaller purss, con- taining $1,950, at their home. Later the handbag was found on tha side- walk opened and with the money miss- ing. Some 8trange Circumstances. ‘The police are unable to understand ‘why Mrs. Mills rode beyond her wta- tion on her return to Wd, why the scene of her mishap 164 have been several blocks from _th. house where she applied for aid. she had the money was establis by eve witnesses. A theory s that Mrs: llis was dased by a fall and wandered away without -looking for her handbag which was afterwards found and rified. It was said at the hospital that Mrs. Mills is suffering from concussion of the brain and that her condition is serfous. Injury Caused by Blow. A physician in attendance upon Mra. Mills, after a consultation with the police tonight, issued the following statement. “Wa are all practically satisfied now that Mrs. Mills could not have suf- fereq the wound in her head from = fall. The injury unguestionably wes caused by a blow with a sandbag or other blunt weapon. She is suffer- ing" from concussion of the brain and her condition is serious. She may not ltve 24 hours.” Accustomed to Carry Large Sums. When found Mrs. Mills had in her possession about $50, a revolver, thres diamond rings and a gold watch. It was declared by her friends that she was an associate of her husband in selling lands in the west, was in the habit of carrying large sums and also a revolver to protect herself. It was asserteq that a large red light in front of the house at which she applied for aid led her there and that unfamiliar- ity with the locality caused ber to miss her station. The fact that her rafl- road ticket to the south was in a small purse, she left in Evanston, explained her hurrfed return, according to friends. A NEW REVOLUTION FEARED IN TURKEY, Guards at the Porte Strengthened snd the Garrisen Increased. Constantinople, March 2—The gov- ernment appears to be apprehensive of & fresh revolution since the discov- ery of a conepiracy on Thursday last, when several prominent officers and civilans, including a former milttary governor, were placed under Aarrest The Young Turk leaders are mervous and the garrison has been increased by two regiments. The guards at the porte have also been stremgthened, and other measures have been taken to enable the immediate suppression of any attempted coup. Many officers have been dismissed from the army for meddling in poli- tics. Thirteen officers delegated by the army at Tchatalja to maie repre- sentations to the government were ar- rested tonight at their arrival in Con- stantinople. The severe weather continues and the country is covered with snow. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THREATENING TO STRIKE Resent Suspension of a Couple for Conversing Together. Albany, N. Y., March 2.—Pending the hearing of grievances at tomorrow eve- ning’s meeting of the board of educa- tion, approximately 1,000 students of the Albany high school are planning to go on strike tomorrow morning. About 100 boys struck omn Friday fol- lowing the suspension of M¥ss Helen Goold and Frank Hughes, two members of the senlor class, whom Principal Frank A. Gallup disciplined for con- versing together during school hours. 2.— | mass of basalt has rolled down Today the young women of the school decided to strike along with practically all of the young men students of the institution. Vesuvius Rumbliing Again. Naples, March 2—The rumbling of Mt. Vesuvius which has been persist- ent for some time past, has caused con siderable alarm in the fear that an eruption may be pending. New cracks and fissures are to be seen and a great its Slight earth shocks were felt here on | dark outline contrasting agalmst the Baturday and again todas white bed of snow