Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 29, 1913, Page 1

The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Uther raper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Propor¥ to FEDERAL GOVERNOR ENDS HIS LIFE —_— General Antonio Rebago Had No Desire to Live After Losing Victoria to Constitutionalists JAMESO FACES DEATH SMOKING A CIGARETTE Distributed His Supply Among His Executioners, Reserving One For Himself—Refused to Forswear Huerta to Save His Life—Villa’s Forces Begin Movement Toward Chi- huahuaHuerta Asks Banks to Aid National Railways. Nov. 28.—Like General after the battle of Rellano, in March, 1912, General An- tonio Rabago, military governor of the tate of Tamaulipas, killed himself after losing Victoria, the capital. The suicide of General Rabago is not ad- mitted by the government, but the news is contained in a private tele- €Tam to his relatives here, who do not question its authenticity. No Details of His Death. General Rabago, as military govern- or. was responsible for the garrison when Victoria was attacked by the Febels on November 17. It was not un- til this morning that the newspapers ©f the Mexican capital published any Intimation that Victoria had been tak- e evacuated the city, The private m #age fails to give detalls of his death. Preferred Death to Disloyalty. Among the incidents comnected witk the capture of Victoria by the rebels, one Is reiated of the execution of Cap- tain Tomas Jameso. He was told that be spared If h foreswore nment. He refused, however, and was given an hour for meditation When the hour had elapsed and his guards had come for him, he asked t De taken before the man who had or- Gered hisPxecution. Meets Death Smoking a Cigarette. He embraced the military judge, as- suring him that he cherished no re- mentment, and then marched to the Gesignated for his death. There e distributed among the fi.ing squad all but one of a package of cigareites. This he lighted himself and signalled o the officer in command to give the erder to fire. Tampico in Danger. The government stall pretendes to bave the most meagre information re- garding the fghting souih of Juarez. This reserve is characteristic with re- gard to the military operations through the republic. That Tampico is serious- Iv menaced by the rebeis is indicated by priate advices, which say that they are moving southward from Victoria, and today cut the railroad forty miles morth of Tampico, wrecking at that point & train of 20 ofl tank cars. START FOR CHIHUAHUA. Foree of 1,000 Left Juarez Yesterday— rt Today. 28.—The move- of ¢ Francisco Villa's Tpevs <o the K the fod- Degun todar, when nearly 1,000 men under Generf! Rosalio Hernandez de- ed from Juarez. They accompa ed a work train used to repair the galiroad line, which was desroyed In places Ddelow arez by the federals when they retreated southward after the Tlerra ca bs e. ¥ X Another troop train is be loaded in Juares lent. ana will probably jeave for the south tomorTow m leave with going will troop ea are mar APPEALS TO BANKS. Huerta Calls for Assistance for Na- tional Railways. imon Pr a the Mexico Cit Prestdent i gers of co and this afternco the necess anee to n National st payment 1. aggresn’ 1o raise payments maiuring 3 , president ina- Mex- London hem & milligns ad Fal comber_wo: right of fere | ORDERS TO FLEET. | Ships in Mediterranean to Proceed to Mexican Coast. Washington, No tary toriight that = >m i been T here “ Th received ral Fle: Jays ago was as an ue immediate ca Daniels earls ¢ of Mexico via Gu. make the t o cticnt. Kansas and Ted to repiace the Louisiana, igan and New i hire, now in AN Wi ters. The division will i the Med Sterranean ec. 1 and should arrive at Vers Cruz about two weeks later. Rear in chief Aémiral_itadzcr, commander of the atlamtic fleet, will direct this munueutTe. 3 “SOUL OF SINCERITY.” London Paper's Estimaté of Wilson in | Mexican Attitude., Tonden, Nov. 28— The National Re- wiew. which is usually hostile to Amer- ten. say= of (he Mexican question that the propinquity of Mexico to the Unit- Rabago was credited with having | im | | ed States is the most important of the | outstanding elementary facts to be taken into consideration and pro- i nounces as “utterly farcical the irre- | sponsible idea that Mexico is a suitable | field for spirited British policy.” The Review adds: “It is quite useless to attack or abuse the United States for pursuing a poli- cy which would undoubtedly be ours | were we in her position. She is con- | fronted by a grave problem at a highly | inconvenient moment. The president is the soul of sincerity and deteats the idea of golng fo war. * * It is a palpable case for masterly Inactlvity on our part. * * * We recognize i that Mexico is exclusively an American problem, as America acknowledged Trensvaal to be a British problem.” The Twentieth Leaves for El Paso. Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov, 28.—The Twentieth United States infantry, 800 etrong, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Perkins, will entrain here tomorrow morning en route to El Paso, Tex., for border patrol duty. The wagons, horses, mules and baggage of the regiment left tonight on a special train. SPECULATORS CORNERING AMERICAN POTATO CROP Reported to Be Holding Tubers Back for High Prices Later. “Washington, Nov. 28.—A new phase of the cost 'of living problem was brought to the attention of the de- | partment of agriculture today. T. P. { Gill,_secretary of the Irish board of | agriculture, told Secretary Houston | that speculators in the large cities of i the United States were actively buying up this year's short American potato crop and planning to hold out for high prices counting upon the existing quar- antine against potatoes from many foreign countries fo aid them in their undertaking. Mr. Gill i here to urge the removal of the embargo on potatoes from his country and has been getting private advices from various sources on the potato situation in America. e in- sists that the powdery seab found on potatoes imported from Ireland Is no ‘cause for a quarantine, because a sim- flar blemish already is common in the TUnited States and declares that con- tinuance of the embargo will com- tribute to the growing cost of living. It is #ald that a preliminary Inquiry has revealed the fact that fifty-five per cent. of the present egg supply held in storage is in the hands of (he great meat packers of the country. IS READY TO VOTE FOR JUSTICE FOR COLOMBIA Senator Chamberlain Creates Sensa- tion at Pan-American Dinner. Washington, Nov. 28, — Senator Chamberiain of Oregon created a mild sensation today at a luncheon at- tended by all the Latin-American dip- lomats In Washington by announcing that he would vote for “justice to Co- lombia from the United States” if he ever got an opportunity to cast a de- ciding vote in the controversy this country and the South American country brought about by the separa- tion of Panama. As £oon as Chamberlain sat down, Ambassador Da. Gama, of Brazil, dean of the Latin- American corps, suggested that the | party break up: and in silence this | was done, | _The episode took place at a lunch- n given John Barrett, director general of the Pan-Ame n Union, in_honor of his 47th birthday anni- | versary and the 13th of his connection with Latin-American affai |OFFERED UNFIT POULTRY FOR SALE Marketmen. New Haven, Conn, Nov. 28.—War- fr were issued tonight at the in- siance of the Jocal health authorities calling for the arrests of three State street marketmen, charged with of- | fering unfit poultry for sale. Ofcials | employed by the health board, it is | aid, inspected all the local markets ng (i Thanksgiving rush and the rrants resulted, It was learned tonight that as the result of a most rigid inspection of I poultry offered for sale, a carload of turkeys, valued at $2,800, was con- demned Wednesday night. The tur- keys were consigned to local market- men. The car is Bourt action, being held pending Steams| Arrivals. | gAt Naples: Nov. 28, Napoll, from oston. At Algiers: Nov. 24, Laura, from New York for Naples, etc. At Barcelona: Nov. 25, Montserrat, New York for Genoa. arseilles: Nov. 27, Roma, from iz and Providence. mouth: Nov. 28, St. Louis, Vew York for Southampton. Liverpool: Nov. 38, Cedric, from York: Sheet Metal Workers Win. eattle, Wash., Nov. 28—The Amal- | T | gamated Sheet ‘Metal Workers today won a victory over the Carpenters’ un- {ion in their jurisdictional dispute as to | which organization should control the | work of placing ‘metal trimmings on all kinds of buildings. when the build- ing trades depirtment of the American Federation of Labor, by a vote of 85 , guve jurisdiction to the metal TS, Young Wife Commits Suicide, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 28—Mrs. Catharine Young, aged 22, committed suicide at her home, 13 Atwater street, some time this afternoon by shooting herself through the heart with an old fashioned pistol When her husband came home from work to- night he found her lying upon the sofa dead. His wife had been melan- choly for some weeks, he said. To Date 350 Persons have been killed in aviation. between | Warrants Issued for Three New Haven | Cabled Paragraphs Promotion for Carpenter. 4 Manila, Nov. 28.—Frank W. Carpen- ter, executive secretary of the Phil- ippines, was today appointed governor of the province of Moro. o o Ferdinand Returns to Sofia. Vienna, Austria, Noy. 28.—King Fer- dinand of Bulgaria whose long sojourn In Austria has led to repeated reports that he inlended to abdlcate, left for Sofla this morning. Italy Buys a Dreadnaught. London, Nov. 29.—The Daily Tele- graph publishes the report that Italy has purchased the Brazilian dread- naught Rio Janeiro. American Consul-General Robbed. Genoa, Nov. 28.—While the Amer- ican consul general, John E. N. Jones, was visiting Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, of the United States battle- ship Connecticut, a thief slipped into his room at a hotel and stole jewelry to the value of $600. The consul- general has notified the Genoa au- thorities of his loss, A DENUNCIATION OF “RAGTIME LANGUAGE.” Speaker Pleads for Return to Culture in Speech and Writings. and speaking” underwent a merciless attack here today before the national council of teachers of English. Pel clval Chubb of St. Louis, Mo., deli ered an address charging that in d well as of song Americans are the chief sinners. “Movies” came in for a share of the scoring given by Mr. Chubb, He said they formed one of the direct influ- ences that have tended to put linguistic eloquence into cold storage. He urged a return to the senses—to the use of all the senses. Culture, he was becoming increasingly eve-m and he urged the development of ¢ edness, making auditory sensitivene: and responsiveness the touchstone of good usage, so that in the place of the blight of literary bookishnéss might be substituted a reliance on the auditory sense and judgment Instead of the premeditations of the pen—in short, the democratization of the art of latters, THAW'S’ ANSWER TO SHERIFF'S PETITION. Claims Custody Under Extradition Warrant is lllegal. €oncord, N. H., Nov. 28—Harry K. Thaw filed in the United States district court today his answer to the petiti Holman A. Drew be made sole custo- dian of the Matteawan fugitive with | York officials under the extradition warrant issued by Governor Felker. Action on the warrant was stayed b habeas corpus instituted by Thaw. | Thaw sets forth that custody under the extradition warrant is not legal b | caus> it was not founded on due pro- cess of law. Such custody, he con- tends, is illegal and oppressive for the reason that-it is based upon an uncon- stitutional statute and an order ot commitment without trial, and hlso because in effect it is worse than sen- tence to penal servitude in that it ex- cludes the possibility of executive clemency and pardon. He asks the court to sustain his petition for a writ | of habeas corpus and to order his dis- charge from custods TRIED TO PHOTOGRAPH THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY. : Men Ta Hand by Daring Camera Men Taken Secret. Service Officers. New York, Nov. 28.—President Wil- son and thoSe who left Washington with him today for this city arrived nere shortly before 7 o'clock tonight, | their train getting in more than half an hour late. The president's visit here is in response to the invitation to attend the army-navy football game at | the Polo grounds tomorrow afternoon. Included in the president's part |were Mm and Mrs. Francis Bows Sayre, the bridal couple, who-will s tomorrow morning for izurope. | ,As the president andthose who ac- companied him ed through the il D prior threats of arrest and took flash- | light pictures of the party. cret service men took the camera men in | charge and ru then? out of the | building. GIVES GOD CREDIT FOR HER LONG LIFE Newark Centenarian Considers Yale | Professor’s Query Foolish. Newark, N. J, Nov. 28—On her one hundredth birth today, Mrs. Mar- | garet Kiddney received from Irving | Fisher, professor of political economy at Yale university, a lett sking her { to inform nim fo what habits and cir- | cumstance o ascribed her longevity “How foolish he 15" exclaimed Mra, | | Kiddney. “I'm not responsible for liv ing so long. It is God who has made | e live &0 long.” Mrs. Kiddney prepared vosterday, | with the aid of her sister, Mrs. Annie | Garabrant, 87 vears old, a Thanksgiv- ing dinner for relatives and other guests, | LIFE OF ENGINEER NOT WORTH $20,000. Contention of Southern Railway in Damage Suit Appeal. Washington, Nov. 28—Contending that $20,000 is too much for the life of | & locomotive engineer, the Southern | Railway company today appealed to the supreme court of the United States to reverse the supreme court of South | Carolina, which awarded such a sum | to the widow of an engine driver who | was killed when his train dashed into on Aug. 29, 1911. Release of 81 Convicts. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 28.—Eighty-one convicts in the western penitentiary here were notified today that the state board of pardons had acted favorably on their applications for parole under the new Pennsylvania law and the ‘were free to leave the prison. Of thds number, one had died a few minutes before his time for freedom arrived. Another, & woman, was so {ll that her death appeared the matter of only a fep minutes. and the third was totally Wilsor’s Appointments Hung Up. ‘Washington, Nov. 28.—Failure of & number of President Wilson's appoint- ments is threatened because tne sen- ate may not confirm them before the end of the speclal session next Monday noon. The effort to confirm L. . Pinkham as governor of Hawali, Henry M. Pindell as ambassador to Russia, and Alexander Sweek as minister to Siam, may involve the senate I a long executive session tomorrow. Chicago, Nov. 28.—“Ragtime writing| stroying the harmonies of speech as there | of the state of New York that Sheriff authority to deliver him to the New | | railroad terminal photographers dared | {a burning trestle near Alston, S. C., | Suicide Theory to be Defense JURY BEING DRAWN TO TRY DR. WILLIAM B. CRAIG IN KNABE MURDER CASE Veniremen Who Have Formed Opinion That Woman Was Murdered, Ob- jected to by Defendant’s Lawyers. Shelbyville, Ind., Nov, 28—Imposing legal forces lined up today and en- gaged in the preliminary skigmish of the trial of Dr. William B. Craig of Indianapolls for the murder of Dr. Helene Knabe. Out of _thirty-one adjournment tonight twelve jurymen satisfactory to.both sides could not be obtained and when court reconvenes at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning the questioning of veniremen will be re- talesmen examined up to the hour of | Carried Supply of Ammunitio SEIZURE FROM A STEAMER NEW YORK IN IS DUE TO SAIL TODAY Haiti and San Domingo Her Destina- tion—Ships’ Officers Disclaim Knowl- edge That the Cargo Was Aboard. New York, Nov. 28.—Ten thousand rounds of rifle and revolver ammuni- tion were seized by customs inspectors this afternoon, aboard the steamer Seminole, lying at her pler here. The Seminole is to sail tomorrow for Haiti and San Domingo. Ship's Officers Plead lgnorance. The confiscated ammunition was hidden in many different parws of the vessel. The Seminole’s officers said they did not know of its presence. There exists gr buying public: of several weeks instead of a few |l movement has increased through early advertising. K rected througl adver: sing. not only from increased trade but season is at hand. be encouraged now by Begin your Christmas advertising starting the current of business e tin, the home paper: in popularity creased through the encouragement which the merchant can give to it ! The stores already have a i} and such should be made known to the buyer. telling the public what it can get at this season. now Advertise For Early Buying In order to make a success of the shop early movement there must, be the proper amount of co-operation between the shopkeepers and the :at opportunities for large contributions for distributing the Christmas trade over a period bojh to make Bach year the early buying and it can be still further in- 2y It is a well recognized fact that trade is largely developed and di- It s the merchant who tells the people who are ready to buy and who are going to buy where to get their holiday wants and get them early and without a rush, from early who is going to profit, shopping. The holiday arge volume of supplies Christmas trade can and let The Bulletin aid in In the past week the follewing matter has appeared in The Bulle- | Bulletin Telegraph Logal Gensral — Total Saturday. Nov-22..7 .79 158 941 1178 'f Monday, Nov. 24.. 100 113 246 459 I} Tuesday, Noey: 25.:.- .96 133 271 494 Wednesday, Nov.26.. 99 138 235 472 {§ Thursday, Nov.27.. + 97 205 332 624 1' Friday, Nov.28.. 74 13 5% 264 483 BOtals Sicie v o v 939 892, 12279 3710 | sumed. Six prospective jurors esca | service today through peremptory | challenge by the defense and five were excused on demand of the proseeution. Attitude of Defense. They placed the responsibility on the members of the ship's crew. A Passenger Carrying Steamer. pyThe Tald on the Seminole was made . oy > order of Nelson A. Henry, sur- | Stress was laid by the prosecution | veyor of the port, after the ship s meme | examiners on circumstantial evidence fifagt was taten, This record: soang {and no talesmen who acinow .;(.,«‘q to state that the ammunition was on that he would not convict us reAdlly | noard. in violation of the cugtom jam | on evidence of this character as he |ang also of the pass r laws { would on direct evidence was accepted b el o 2 | by them, ually ant’s law; a seat in the ! an unalterabli was murdered To Set Up Suicide Theory. appesred (o tent were, the defend t o man shot box who had opinion that Dr. &i The line of questioni indicate th: state would endeavor to build the structure of its case on | a foundation of compromising circum- tances, which the defense wourd | tempt to destroy by having Dr. Craig |go on the stand and explain, leaving the ‘manner of Dr. Knaves death shrouded In mystery. i There was every indication that the 1 his and accused veterina | would support the theory of suic i Dr. Craig Out on Bail. | Significance was attached by some to { this question asked by Henry N. Spaan | of counsel forthe defense: | “Would you have any faith in evi- dence obtained through spiritualism?” The inviraible answer was “No.” Nothing in the day’s developments | admitted a doubt that Harry C. Web- ster, the private detective who worked | up ihe case on hehalf of the Indian- | apotis council of women, would be the principal witness for the ecution. The state's attorney denied that they {had unearthed any evidence tending belicf that the woman and that Dr. Craig him- Dr. Craig remained at $15,000 bonds | to shake their was murdere | seir killea her. | iberty tonight under th | which he furnished when he was | rested. He returned to Indianapbiis on an evening train. { Appeared Unconcerned. | ilresome day he sat | undisturbed ide his 14-year-old { daughter, betraying no more interest or concern than the most casual spec- tator. Throughout De | { DR. WILEY NOT OFFERED THE | HEALTH COMMISSIONERSHIP. | Is Not a Candidate in Any Sense for New York Office. ‘Washington, Nov. 28 .—*T could not cept the position of health commis- sioner of New York city unless it were offered me,” said Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Tormer government pure f0od chief, to- night, in dnscussing reports that he was considering taking this place. “Up to the present time,” he added, “T haven't even had an intimation that the position would be offered me.” “I am not a candidate in any senee the word,” the doctor continued, “because I am not hankering for a job of that kind. The only ground wpon | which—1 would accept the position | weuld be through a sense of public duty.” Baldwin to Read Paper. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 28.—The fourth national conference of the American society for the judicial settlement of international disputes will be held at Washington en Dec. 4, & and § next, concluding with a dinner on the even- ing of the last day. Governor Baldwin of Connecticut will read a paper. Dismissal of the Sult of Mrs. Mar- guerite Gilbert to recover §30,000 trom Mrs. Tsabella V. Adams, widow of “Al" |Adams, the “Poliey King was af- frmed by the appellate division ves- terday, the supreme court having pre- viously decided agaimst the plaintiff, { matting-covered eminole is a passenger-carrying ves- sel. Ammunition Worth ' $2,500. Some of the ammunition, valued in Il at $2,500, was found under the coal in the bunkers and some in the-boilers of the unused donkey engines and in ventilators. In the coal were discovered six automatic r volvers of latest design, worth 50 each, Owners Not Located. toms authorities began an ation to find the persons re- ible for the shipment and for whom it was designed. The ammuni- tion was taken to New Jersey -to be destroyed and the revolvers to the cus- tom house, OBITUARY. George Browne Post, New York, Nov. 28.—George Browne noted ' architect, died today at home in Barnardéville, N, J,, af- ter an illness of less than 2 hours, in his 76th year. Isaac W. Bucher. Cettysburs, Pa., Nov. 23— lsaac W. Bucher, who ac one of President | Lincoln’s bod. when tho latter clivered his famous address here fifty years ago, died at his home here last night. : ICOndunsgd_ Tflegrams;‘ MAYUH SH King Alfonso will have an operation performed on his ear at Seelowits, Austria. John B. Grover, $3 years old, and Mrs. Mary Bovd, aged 73, were mar- ried at Red Bank, N. J. Charles B. Stove New York's missing park commissioner, was in Cincinnati on Wednesday. He tender- ©d his resignation by mail. Morris Campbell has asked the New York police to find a new $1,000 bill, which he believed he had dropped in a poolroom. Judge Edwin 8. Thomas presided in the Uniteq States court at Hartford yesterday for the first time since his appointment. About 200 Turkeys and five hundred chickens were dellvered by parcel post in Kansas City to supply Thanks- giving tables. Surgeons Will Build a new nose and mouth for Rose Allen, whose face was torn away in a sawmill accident at Baltimore. “Law Notes,” a New York publica- tion, says that although Governor Sul- zer was impeached, he is not disbarred from practicing law. The Campaign of Congressman Au- gustus P. Gardner, republican candi- date for governor at the recent elec- tion in Massachusetts, cost $34,692. Andro Toevik, Aged 45, and married, died in o Dervy hospital yesterday, aé a result of falling from a high stoop to the ground, and fracturing his skull. be a William H. Taft will probably candidate for member of the re- publican national committee to su ceed C. F. Brooker of Ansonia, re- signed. Elmore Wright, a murder convict, recently paroled by Governor Blease of South Carolina, has been re-arrested for shooting his wite's cousin after his release. i After Fighting Against several hun- dred men for thirteen hours, Frank McAdams, who murdered his wife at a Thanksgiving dance at Cuba, Ills, killed himself yesterday. Secretary Redfield has_included in his estimates to be submitted to con- gress next. month an appropriation for $100,000 to use in sending trade agents through all South America. Instead of Protecting Women by limiting their hours of laber, the Ohio ‘Woman Labor law of 1911 is charged { with having driven thgm out of trades to be succeeded by men. Probable Cause was found in - the case of Alfred Carter, charged with jabuse of a minor female at Water- bury and he was held for trial in the superior court in $5,000 bonds. Another Alaskan Railroad (o ‘opetr thé natural resources of the territory is proposed in a bill Chairman Hous- ton of the territories coramittee has fa- vorably reported to the house. With Hundreds of People looking on | a thief smashed the window of the E. F. Kaelin's Jewelry store at Cincin- nati, grabbed a tray of diamonds and escaped. The jewels are valued at $2,000. A Loss of Upwards of $100,000 was caused early in New York yvesterday by fire which completely b d out four upper floors of the Livingston building at West Broadway and Third street. A Body Found the woods near Walden Pond, Concord. Mass, was identified vesterday as that of Alfred Bull Nichols, professor of German at September 9. Mrs. Champ Clark, Miss Margaret Wilson and other women of the capi- tal's social life are expected to speak at a meeting at Washington next Wed- nesday at which a “Spug” campaign will be launched The Strike of Stationary firemen i the textile mills of Law moved nearer the end ye the men reached agreements with two of the smaller mills. This makes a total of seven mills which have grant- ed concessions to the strikers. Cassius M. Clay, president of the Kentucky eonstitutional convention of 1889, one time candidate for governor of that state on the democratic ticket and prominently known _throughout the south, died at Paris, Ky, vester-s day. The Nation’s Interest In Attorney General McReynolds' Investigatign of he allegeq cold storage trust. was in- dicated vesterday when hundreds of letters of commendation from all parts More Suffrage An Tiondon, Nov. 28.— Militant gettes are returning to their old tactics. | One of them fastened herself to a chalir in Caxton hall tonight with chain and padlock, from which point of vantage she shrieked ‘Votes for Women.” The Rt Hon. Joseph Albert Pease, M. P. for the Rotham division of York, was forced to suspend his speech for sev- eral minutes while the stewards en- deavored to remove the suffragette. They had to smash the chalr before this could be done. Premier Borden at Washington. Washington, Nov. 28— Washington had as gcats of honer today Premier Robert L. Borden of Canada and Mrs. Borden, who spent the day and even- ing in ‘the capital on their way home affer a month's stay at Hot Springs, Va. Tonight Secreiars and Mrs. Bryan gave a dinner at their home, Calumet place, in honor of Premier and Mrs. Borden and Sir William Tyrrell, private gecretary to the British forelgn minis- er. Window-Smasher Released. Birmingham, Eng., Nov. 28.—Miss Forbes Robertson, 2 sister of Sir John~ ston Forbes Robertson, the actor-man- ager, has been released from prison. She was sentenced on Nov. 24 to & tefm of two weeks on a charge of smashing a window on the occasion of Premier Asquith’s visit to Birmingham in July, and immediately went on hun- ger strike. Her condition became such that ner release was considered ad- visable, President at Theatre. New York, Nov. 28—President Wil- son was generally recognized as he en- tered the theatre here tonight and went 10 the box reserved for him, which was plentifully decorated with ' flags and bunting. There was a burst of ap- plause as he nppeared and the audi- ence cheered him as he stood in his box, not seating himseif until the or- chestra had finished playing The Star Spangled Banner, which it struck up in the midst of the demonstration. suffra- | of the country came fo the department of fustice, Mrs. Evelyn Rutherford, the voung | bride who _clipped coupons from a batch of John D. Rockefeller's honds | and_casheq them, to the amount of 182,400, was given a suspended sen | tence yesterday after pleading guflty | to grand larceny. | | Mrs. Emma Eversole, charged with Simmons college, who disappeared on | City's. Population e, Ind, Nov. 28.—Rathe impeachment ~ proceedings, | Samuel Lewis Shank resigned as may- or of Indanapolis this afternoon and was automatically succeeded by Harry R. Wallace, ciiy comptroller. A com- | mittee of business men had prepered proceedings, to remove Shank from of- ce in case of any further labor trou- bles in the city, and when the mayor was told by labor leaders this after- noon that a further strike of union teamsters was imminent, he sent his resignation to the city clerk. | Tried to Be Fair to Both. “I feel that I did everything on my part to be fair to both sides during the | recent street car strike” sald Mayor | Shank, in announcing his resignation, | “but after the criticism that has been | heaped on me by the safety board of the chamber of commerce, I feel that I probably could not retain my position and do my duty to the general public | as mayer on account of the bitter feel- ing that has grown out of the labor controversy.” Mayor Wallace issued a statement, in which he said Wallace Makes Manly Statement. “I shall do my duty impartially and person has a right to conduct his own business in his own way, so long as he does it lawfully, and 1 will not tolerate | any interferenc h it by others Mayor Wallace said the police situa- | tion is so critical that he will take personal charge of the department for a time. The new mayor has been prominent in republican politics for some time. He gerved one term as county auditor, and is on his second term as county chairman \ Shank a Novel Executive. Shank is probably the most novel figure that ever occupied the mayor's ACTION DUE TO THREAT OF ANOTHER STRIKE Business Men Had Warned Him of Impeachment in Event of . Further Labor Troubles—Police Department in a Dem- oralized Condition—Comptroller Wallace Succeeds to Office and Promises to Uphold the Law. office n Indianapolis. He achieved con- siderable notoriety by his handiing of the saloon problem early in his admin- Istration. Saloon keepers who violated the law were taken before the mayor and in many instances their lcenses were suspended for periods from a few hours to sixty days. One saloon keeper’s license was suspended ;‘l‘:&ha 0‘3\1!(21 show the mayor a cer- slgne min! that hag ‘attended chureh, e s Shank also gained nation-wide fams in 1911 by his fight on the high cost o: lving. He found that the city market was falling in its original purpose to bring the producer and consumer to- gether, and imported 16 carloads of potatoes, which he retalled at 75 cents @ bushel., Potatoes then were retalling at §1.40, but prices tumbled overnight and aid not regain _their high mark during the season. He also sold fruits Vegetables and poultry in G with the eity muke‘:—y e Gave Wedding Fees to Brides, He made a fight on insurance rater in the city, which was successful in causing a reduction totalling $200,000 a year. Ho took great delight in per- forming & marriage ceremony, and al- ways turned whatever fee he Was giv- en over to the bride as a present. fearlessly. Life and property must be | “'The former mayor served one term protected, at whatever cost, and the |as recorder of this (Merion) coumiy fair name of our city restored. Eve 1 [and before entering politics was an auctioneer and storage house propri- etor. Reorganizing Police Force. As soon as Mayor Wallace took the oath of office he named a new board of public safety. The mayor then went at once to police headquarters, where he said he would put forth every effort to reorganize the force which has be- come demoralized during the last few ‘weeks. | _For practically four months the In. | dianapolis police have had to deal with many minor disorders growing out of labor troubles. HANISH ‘1§ FOUND GUILTY BY JURY Mazdaznan Leader May Go to Jail or Pay Heavy Fine. Chicago, Nov. 28.—Ottoman _Zar Adusht Hanish “high priest of Maz- daznan,” and leader of the Mazdaz- nan cult of sun worshippers, sald to number 14,000, was. found guilty by a federal jury here today of sending objectionable literature by express in violation of the. Interstate Commerce Jaws. He may be sentenced to five years' imprisonment, or $5,000 fine, or both. The verdict brands as unfit for cir- culation the text book of the cult. The book was read to the jury and almost no other evidence was offered by eith- er side. The book prescribed sun baths and herh remedies, but its striking feature and that objected to by the government, was a treatise on sex re- Tations. Hanish was trapped by Dana- An- gier, & postal inspector who wrote from Brookfleld, Mo.. asking for 2 copy of the text book, giving the fctitfous name of “Julia B. Gardn Hanish sent the book by express to avoid conflict with postal rezulati Hanish is at liberty under his orig- inel bond of $10,000. Hearing of mo- tlons and sentence will he made by Judge Mack on his return from New York next week. The verdict was re- ferred to Judge Ca penter, SCHENECTADY JOYFUL OVER END OF STRIKE Street Enthusiasm Takes Form of Parade with Drum Corps. Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. 28.—Pros- pects for an amicable settlement of the strike at the General Electric com- | pany's plant are brighter tonight than at any time since the 14.000 employes walked out Tuesday morning. After | & five hours' conference company of- fleials and strikers' representatives | failed to reach a definite agreement but announcement was made (hat “ihe | outlook is favoranle.” | " All Bchenectady recelved the mews | of the possibility of a quick settle ment of the strike with demonstrative Joy. Crowds surrounded tha news | paper bullstin boards during the con ference and when the reports became more optimistie there were shouts and chears. The enthusiasm culminated In an impromptu street parade behind a hurriedly summoned drum corps. | having killed her husband, Mack Ev- | ersole at Hazard, Ky., two months ago, '\vaa yesterday found guilty of man- slaughter by a jury in the circuit court. | The penaity is from tow to twenty vears in the state penitentiary. A Recommendation That the firemen employed in the textile mills at Law- rence, who have been on @ strike since November 17, be given a reduction in the hours of labor, was made vesterday by the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration which has been investizat n the strik The Inter-State Commerce commis- sion’s accident bulletin, issued Friday for the quarter endeq June 30, 1913, shows that as compared with returns of the corresponding quarter of 1912 | the number injured in railroad accl | dents of all kinds in the United States. y O. Puckett, a Farmer, was placed on trinl at Clinton, Mo., yes- terday on a charge of first degree murder In connection with the death of his mother, Mrs. Susan M. Makin- son. Puckett’s home burned Septem- ber 20 last and the charred body of Mrs. Makinson was found in the ruins. The Executive Committee of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rallroad company held another pro- longed session vesterday and received reports of the several sub-commit- tees appofnted in October to devise methods of divorcing various subsi- diary companies from the main system in conformity with demands of the federal government. there was a total increase of 146 in | | A BIG CONVENTION OF | SUFFRAGISTS FOR WEEK President and Members of Congress to | { Receive Visits. | Washington, Nov. 28—To the call of votes for women, suffragists from ev- | ery state are flocking. to the capital |for a mammoth convention which opens tomorrow to continue a week. Visits to President Wilson, hearings Dbefore the congressional committees on constitutional amendments to en- franchise women, addresses by sena- tors and representatives and many leaders of the couse of suffrage will feature a week of meetings. Falling Flagstaff Injures Child. Hartford, Conn, Nov. 28 —Ruth Hack, 8 years old, was the victim of a uliar accident today that may cost er lite. She was being wheeled in a go-cart on Maln street, when a flag- staft .’gom a department store fell to the sldewals, rebounded and struck the <hld in the dead. She was taken to a hospital, where it 15 sald her condition 1is serfous. American Board Not Alarmed. New York, Nov. 28.—The American Board of Foreign Missions views with- out apprehension the progress in the effort to make Confucianism the state religion of China, according to a state- ment teday by the Rev. Dr. A. Wood- ruff Halsey, secretary of the home de- partment. 7 SLOW PROGRESS ON THE CURRENCY BiLL. Democratic Conference May Not End Bofore Middle of Week, ‘Washington, Nov. 38—Obstacles en< countered by the senate democrats in thelr consideration of the administra- tion eurrency bill in conference today threatened to extend the meeting over into next week. The work om the bill | today dragged alons, considerable dis- cussion occupying the time. Practical- |1y no material amendments were mads | {in the draft as presented by Chafrman Owaen and the five administration dem- ocrats on the banking and currency commtttes. | ~Several senators ventured the opin- ‘ion that the conference wouM be un- {able to conclude its consideration of | the Bill before next Tuesday or Wed- | nesday, in spite of the vote to finish tomorrow night. The leaders still hope, ihowwer, to present the bill to the | senate on Monday. s Arrangements wers made tofay for the opening of the regular session of | congress_on Monday. ~Acting Majority { Teader Johnson of the house, at the | request of the president,conferred with Leader Kern, and it was arranged to have the president read his regular { mesage to congress at a_joint session | on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. [ SAW HER HUSBAND IN A MOVING PICTURE, Thersupon a Deserted Wife at Trenton, N. J., Sued for Divorce, Trenton, N. J., Noy. 28—In moving plotures which she witnessed at local theater, Mrs, Luella . Comnor saw an acthr whom she clatmed sho recog- | nized as her husband. She sued for divorce in the court of chancery today, slleging_her husband, George W., left her in November, 1911, less than two years after their marriage. She knew nothing of his whereabouts, she set forth, until the moving piotures of cowboy life &sclosed his presence in the west. BABY PULLED A LAMP FROM TABLE, Branford Infant Diés of Her Burns at Honital, Branford, Conn., Nov. 28.—Ruth Lit- tle, the 30 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Little, was fatally burned at her home here tonight when she pulled a Nghted lamp from | the table cloth into her carriage. Her | father was slesping on a couch at the time, and he was awakened by the | gie?s cries, The child was hurried to | the New Haven hospital, where she dled st midnight WOMAN FAINTED AND FELL ON STOVE. 8o Badly Burned She Died at Hospital | * Few Hours Later, Mtadletown, Conn., Now. 28—Mra! Mary B. Murphy, aged 65, while cook- ing supper at her home in Portland street tonight, was selzed with a faint- ing spell and fell upon the stove. Her clothing caught fire and she was ter- ribly burned before help arrived. She was removed to the Middlesex hospital, Where she died a few hours later. One of her sons was kllled in a rails road accldent two years ago. Junketers Return from Panama. New York, Nov. 28—Representative John J. Fitzgerald, chairman, and seven members of the house committes on appropriations, with their returned ht on the steamer Cristo- from the annual nspection of tho Panama Death of Mother of 21, Pa, Nov, 38—Mre, 86 years oid, the mother ehildren, died here today. ot ANK RESIGNS FROMOFFICE Indianapolis Executive Chooses to Retire Rather f; + Than Face Impeachment Proceedings e