Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 5, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVL—NO. 31 NORWICH, CONN.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1914 ____PRICE_TWO CENTS AMMUNITION FOR MEXICAN REBELS| (Cebed Paragraphs First Consighment Consists of a Wagonload of 37,000 Rounds and Seventy Rifles e — STOCKS OF ALL EL PASO. bl X EALERS DEPLETED Agents of Villa Make Round of the Cily\in Quest of War Sup- plies—Large Orders For Fighting WEépofis Placed—Hu- erta Regime Forestalls An ti-American Demonstration by Students—Skirmish on Outskirts of Térreon. El P Tex Feb. 4.—An express wagon trundled across the tional bridge from El Paso to Juar today-with the first load of munitions war permitted to cross to the reb- ident Wilsen's proclama- | mbarge. The wagon | contained only 37,000 rounds of ammu- | nition and seventy rifles, but large | quantities of fighting wWeapons have | been ordered by rebel age..s and seon | are to be shipped south for the rebel ¢ Teon. i ot als under Pre: tion lifting the aitack on El Paso Dealers Sold Out. Orders to permit the passage of arms to the Mexican belligerents were re- ceived hy both the United States army 2nd custom officials. Agents of General Villa made the- rounds of dealers in El Paso today to buy up all suitable arms, but they reporied that the stocks had been de- pleted. 3 The 500.000 rounds of ammunition and numerons rifles and machine guns which were seized by _the United States troops from the federals when ihe latter crossed from Ojinaga, will not be affected by the lifting of the embarga, but will be held at Fort Bliss. | | { | | | | Spaniards Are Worried. : in El Paso who have rel ativ northern Mexico were much | concerned over General Villa's positive statement i he intended to deal mmarily with any Spaniards who | might be captured in Torreon, N withstanding the view of constitution- | alist_agents in Washington that Gen- | eral Villa was misunderstood, the rebel | aid_emphatically he had proof the Spanfards jad sided with federal troops amd that he in- tended to shoot them. General Villa | said he gave the warning so that he | would not be misunderstood later. Gen, Salazar’ Interned, General Jose Ynez Salazar, thie | federal voluntéer who was arrested on the side after his one ommanders | American | ght irom Ojinaga, was | brought to Fort Bliss today and in- | terned with the othet federals. Sal- | azar gave $5,000 bond at;Marfa, Texas, for his appearance ‘atSanta F M., where he is undey federal in ment. Thirty-seven federal soldiers wound- ed at Ojinaga alse were brought to Fort Blise. | | ot | N | ct- | 1 ! ! | SKIRMISH NEAR TORREON. Detachment of Rebels Driven Away by Federals. | Chilrgaua. 3idn, | Feb, 4—he | skirmish, between the federal | protecting Torreon and th rebel Tesulted forces. reached here today mountain pass of Puerta de Lacadena, | army advancing on that ck in a withdrawal of the rebel The skirmish, details of which occurred in the | about thirty miles from Mapimi and northwest of Torreon, Rebel troops under General Urbina were guarding the pass when they were attacked by a federal force which advanced from Mapimi. A brief fight resulted in the abandonment of the | pass by the rebels and their retire- ment to the main rebel advance guard north of Mapimi. The rebels now be- | ieve they will have to fight for Map- | imi _before they march on Torreon With the arrival of General Fran- cisco Villa from Juerez today, rebel leaders looked forward to the Tor- reon campaign, although trainloads of munition and rations for men and | horses have to be shipped forward for a week or ten days before anything like 2 general engagement takes place. | Meantime the rebels are enjoying the | fruits of recent victories and are em- | ng on what is referred to already by Huerta sympathizers as a reign of terror. One of the duties assigned to an emplove of a rebel newspaver is fo dig out of the files the names of per- #ons who participated in social or bus- iness events before the rebels oecu- pied the city. Lists of these names ave published. Theyv invariably bring | forth disclaimers from the persons re- ferred fo. XNevertheless reports of some having been taken out and shat 2re numerous. Tn line with the statement of Gén- eral Villa that he would banish all, Spaniards known to have opposed the rebels and that he would exterminate. 2ll Huerta influences, the foll ¥ has been given publicity here as-Tep- | resenting the motives behind the rev- olution: — J “The trouble with the Madero rev- olution was that it was not fought toa finish. After Diaz fell, the great- | er part of his regime survived and | crippled Madero. The Madero ad- | ministration formed too generous a | compromise with a beaten enemr. Th danger of revolution will continue ux t] the reform elements triumph com- | i | pietely, until the country is purged | of the Cientifico influence and until | we o G of landlordism. § “In f, the remedy for revolu- f tlon is a thorough revolution. It fs this fact that causes Carranza fo | refect such endless disturbances.” UPRISING SUPPRESSED. 8tudents Had Planned Demanstration Against United States. ompromises eontaln the seed of | i i P Mexico City, Feb., 4.—Students in | the capital today made plans to hold & public demonstration tomorrow against the American government but the gov- ernor of tne federsl district, acting under instructioms from President Huerta, snnounced tonight that anti- foreikn' demonstrations would not be permitted. The students purposed to take ad- vantage of the fact that tomerrow is 2 holiday—the anniversary of the pro- mulgation of the constitution—and that 4 demonstration on such an ec- | casion would draw thousands of idle men The celeoration of the day offieially | wili cousigi of a series of calls by | officials and civie eeremonies, Ji has | never heen customary to celebrate the | anniversary with a military display. interna- | 3 { distribution of t lestate left by Frank H. Holyoke, the|pania, New York for Liverpool j lumber man of Bangor, Me., who died | : Jexpressed at the embassy ' tonight over the prompt manner in which the authori- ties denied the students permission to hold a meetin Although the newspapers continue printing bitter articles de: ng with the lifiing of the embargo on arms by President Wilson, the public gen- erally as vet displayed no active interest the subject. Huerta today cabled to President ¢ 2 Buenos Aires, Lon- adrid and to-a few ates that he had-an ,000 men and expected soon ue a decree [ncreasing this num- 000. He invited the new. to send garrespondents to Mex- ving he:would place them in a position where they could asdertain the truth concerning conditions in the republic PROTECTION OF SPANIARDS. United States Consuls Under Instruc- tions to Extend It to Them. in ‘Washington, Feb. §—There were few external signs today of the effect of the presidential proclamation of yes- terday revoking the erder against the shipment of arms and munitiéns of war into. Mexico. In answer to & Sug- gestion that the workof the American border patrol would be greatly reduced in consequence of the cessation of the task of chasing “gun runners,” Secre- tary Garrison said that he would be guided entirely by ‘the recommenda- tions of Gemeral Bliss at El Paso in making any change in ghe disposition of the troops. So far, Bé said, he had not considered the f ility of mak- ing any reductions. The status of t soldiers, federals e United States, ihe proclamation, ‘at when order was buthern republic the would be con- and it was state restored in_the Mexican g ent : fronted with @il for the maintenance of the 3 . Treasury cials have chargé of the iarge ige. of arms thag, have been eized from to time by'the border patrol, and expected that,_some instructions wilkigpe ‘sent soon i the local collectors toms in Texas and the other tes relative to their release for 8§ into Mex- ic % ent had not offi- the reported in- to execute y him in Tor- ived the appeal ment in bebalf ed from Madrid h 5 Mr. Willard, the Amjérican ambasszdor there. Some time ago, at the requewt of the Spanish ambassador here, the department directed the American con- wsular officers in exico te extend to Spaniards in (heir districts the same measure of protection that they are giving to Americans. This is beliéved to be quite- sufficient to warrant the | consuls in taking the most energetic measures to preyent a violation of the rules of civilized warfare. ¥ HUNGRY FOR LOOT. Huerta’s Offici Woman' Even Searched a Stockings. New Orieans, La, Feb. 4—A second forced loan upod the Mexican state of Tabasco, one which Is expected to bring the totalin that state to nearly 100,000 pesos, Fas levied last week up- ard planters and mer— ding to refugees arriving aboard the steamer Agnel- here tod. la. Senora Urdapilleta said that upon her arrivai at Frontera from Camprehe | the and jewelry of members of the famplly taken by federals were re- turn: Iy upon the appeal of per- sonal friends. She said Huerta's offi- cials eyen searched their stockings for loot. 1 ™ e 3 ,juanan Consul Released. Sag Antonio, Tex., Feb, 4—Dr. Luis | Papariila, Italian consul for the Mexi- cafitatatss of Durango and Coahulls, has been released at Piedras Negras México, by the federal authorities, a cording to a message Blocker to D. D. Pajarilla, #on, bere P L. Y 2,000000 Rounds'for Mexican Rebels. the consul's Brownsville, Texas, Feb. 4 —Ammu- | nitioh now here or expected for export to_eemstitutionalists at Matamoras to- tals 2,000,000 tounds. Movement of this equipmentfinto Mexico is await- ing orders from local military author- ities permitting exportation of arms. WIFE ‘fi_aRKs TO PIECE OUT FAMILY INCOME. Testifies That Father Has Not Provided for Him. Holyoke 1 deny Angeles, Cal. Teb. 4.—Called to 1e stateinent in his father's will all offers of compromise singe |that he and his brother. Svdney, had | been Harry tified ampiy provided for vears ago. Douglas Holyoke of Boston tes. today fn the contest over the he half milliop dollar here in 1911. He said that when his | father ‘and mother separated 27 years | sellles, ago he had to go to work in a grocery, | where /his wages were $1.90 a week. Now, he further asserted, he earned & total Sf $13 & week, making out bills, and Bf8 wife worked in a millinery store to piece out the family income. “Lineup” System Re-established. New York, Feb, 4—Among police de- artment reforms which Douglas I. cKay, oplice commissioner, purpeses to bring about is the re-alllbfi-hxnem of the “lineup,” the system abelighed by Rhinelander Waldo as commission- er, under which the city’s detectives, their faces masked. used to line up at police guarters and view one by one the eriminals who have been arrested. with the purpose of hecoming familiar With their appeapance and characier- isticn. from Consul | Two Suffragette Fires. Glasgow, Scotland, Feb. 4—Two fires declared by the police to have heen the work of suffragette “arson squads” caused heavy damage teday in the neighborhood of the Perthshire vil- lage of Comrie, famous for its Druldi- cal and Roman ruins, Work on Mexican Boats Stopped. Genoa, Italy, Feb. 4—Work was suddenly stopped today on severad tor- pedo boats under construction in the Ansaldo - Arms private _shipbuilding yards. It was generally believed they had been ordered by the Mexican gov- ernment. The funds for the work have heretofore been paid regularly, but ceased today. Mikado and Premier Confer. Tokio, Feb. 4—The emperor today received in audience Count Gombei Yamamoto, the premier, with whom he discussed the serious situation which has arisen in Japan owing to the vig- orous agitation of the opposition group against the supremacy of the Satsuma government. Captain Inch’s Heroism Rewarded. London, Feb.” 4—Captain Francis Inch, commander , of the sieamship Volturno, which was burned #in mid- Atlantic on October 11, 1913, with a 1 of 135 lives, was presented today with the freedom of the city of London in a silyer casket and also with a gold medal, a gold watch and chain, 2 purse of gold and Liyods' silver medal. The presentation was made by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion house. LORD STRATHCONA'S BEQUEST TO YALE Expression of Appreciation of Profit- able Investments Here. New York, Feb. 4—James H. S of Brookline, Mass, whe announted a few days ago that he intended to Put in no claim for any part of the estate of his stepfather, the late Lord Strathcona, beneflts by the will. The Pocametar 31:;5,000 is placed in trust or him and he receives o a estate in Pictou, N. S. prgeeo Al In regard to his bequest of $500,000 to Yale university, Lord Strathcona states that it is an expression of his appreciation of the benefits he gain- ed from investments in the United States, particularly from the St. Paul, Minnearolis and Manitoba and Great Northern railways. The will directs that the money be used for “the pro- motion of the modern sciences and for instruction in the practical ques- tions arising from the application of scientific knowledge to the industrial, social and economical problems of the time, it being my special desire to have the- said sum expended so far as in the opinion of my trustees may be deemed advisable for instruction in civil and mechanical engineering, with special reference to the construc- tion, equipment and operation pf trans- portation of .passengers and freight, whether by land or water, and the financiaf and legislative questions in- volved.”. "Fhe umiversity is empowered to | equip_ buildings or to endow chairs for | the prometion of these ends, and in- | structigns are given that scholarships in the scientific or graduate depart- ments e provided for sons of offciais or employes of the two rallway com- panies, H_EV DR. AKED RESIGNS __ UNDER CRITICISMS. His Theery of Jesus’ Birth the Cause of Fricti, ! San Prancisco, Feb, 4.—As the result of criticisms directed by the Presby- | “terlan Ministers’ associations of the Ban Francisco bay oities against a declaration of unbelief in the miracu- dous conception and. birth of Christ, | made Sunday by the Rev. Charles F. | Aked, a clergyman of international re- pute, he probably will resign as presi- dent of the San Francisco Church federation, according to announce- mept made today by Dr. Aked him- self. “I ‘was elected unanimously,” said Dr. iAked today, “during my absence fromk Ban Francisco, but now that this affaif has come it would seem that my election was not unanimous in spirit. 1 have po doubt 99 in a hundred of the federation members would wish me to continue, but I had rather re- | { I sign than hurt the feelings of | hundredth.” ¥ e Hobson Asks Immediate Action. { Vashingion, Feb. 4.—Representative | Richmond Pearson’ Kobson of Ala- bama, who has’ been campalgning against Representative Oscar W. Un- | derwood for the democratic nomina- tion for the semate from Alabama. wants immediste action on the demand |of W. H. Purker of Alabama that his | salary be withheld for s has been absent from the house. He | declared that he wanted the matter | alled up, on the floor of the house and | threshed out. or drapped entirely. ——— Steamers Reported by Wireless. Siasconset, Mass. -Feb, 4. Steam- er Hamburg, Hamburg for New York. signalled 360 miles east of Sandy Fook at noon. Dock 2.30 p. m, Thursday- | _Steamer Potsdam. Rotterdam for | | New York, signalled miles east | {of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock 11 | | 2. m. Thursday. Cape Race, Feb. 4.—Steamer Me- gantic, Liverpool for New York, sig. | nalled 1,168 miles east of Sandy Hook at 1050 a. m. Dock 830 a. m. Sat- | urday. Civil War Veteran Drowned. Essex, Conn., Feb, 4.—Charles Locke Comstock. a veteran of the Civil war, who was with Sheridan on his famous | in the constitution an ~amendment prohibiting_absolute divorce, it would not.be taking .such a radical step as might at first be thought, but would | be following a beaten path.. Our own state of South Carolina—all honor to | to exist; the parents and the children | their | But with the accumulation of colossal | New Jersey Congressman Has Sinking ride up the Shenandoah vallev,. was | accidentaliy drowned in a small | stream known as Muddy River, late today. Mr, Comstock lived alone in | a house nearby. He went to the river | | for a_pail of water, lost his balance ! and fell in. Mr. Comstock was 83 | vears old | Steamship Arrivals. | Avonmouth, Feh. ¢ —Steamer Royal | | Edward. Bt. John, N, B. | Fishguard, Feb. 4-—Steamer Cam- | Lisbon, Feb. 3.—Steamer Madonna, | New York and Providence for Mar- New York, Feb. 4—Sieamer Czar, | Libau. Gold Medal for Semator Root, Washington, Feb, 4.—The staie de- | partment has received for delivery to Senator Elihu Root the gold medal jawarded to him by the Nobel prize | | comumittee in recognition of his efforts in_behalf of international peace. Be- sides the medal Benator Roet will re- eeive a eash drize of 340,000, Prof. Bradley Resigns Middletown, Conmn, Feb, 4. —An- neuncement was made at a meeting of the trusiees of Weslevan university oday ihat Professor W. P. Bradley. head of the department of chemi sinee 1967, had resigned, the resig- nation te take effect in June | Pittsburgh, 27 years old, was found to- of thE Divorced CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT IT. INTRODUCED IN SENATE Author of Proposed Reform Declares There Hac Been an Alarming In- crease of Divorces in This Country. Washington, Feb. 4.—Divorce with the right to remfarry would be prohib- ited forever in the United States and in all places under the mation's juris- dictign by an amendmeht to the fed- eral tonstitution proposed in the sen- ate today by 'Senator | Ransdell of Louisiana. Enactment * of uniform marriage laws for all states and ter- ritories. with provision for separation without permission to remarry, would | be directed by the amendment With the states of the union erant- ing more than twice as many divorces as all the rest of Christendom com- bined. Senator Ransdell told his col- leagues that the time had come for the nation itself to put down this menace to “the chief bulwark of socie home—the maker of good and the model on which ever: government is founaed.” Alarming Increase of Divorces. The remedy by constitutional prohi- bition is drastic,” said the senator, “but the malady is so fatal that noth- ing short of it will prove efficacious. In the United States divorce is spread- ing with alarming rapidity. It has permeated every walk of life and. is prevalent among every class of people. The total number of divorces granted in 1567 was 9,937, or 27 per 100,000 population. Forty vears later, in 1305, there were 72,062 divorces, or 8§ per 100,000; thus in actual numbers there were more than seven times as many divorces granted in 1906 as in 1867. or, allowing for the increased population, divorce had increased 319 per cent. “If divorces multiply at the same Tate in the future as in the past—and there is every indication that they will increase faster—then before the mid- dle of this century we will have an- nually in the United States 275 di- vorces per 100,000 population, or one divorce for every five marriages. Some Countries Prohibit Divorce. “If the United States were to wrile ner—forbide divorce. It is absolutely prohibited in Italy, Spain, and to two- | thirds ‘of the populatidn of Austria- Hungary, while the Latin-American countries of Mexiia, Argentine Repub- lie, Brazil, Peru, Chile and others have similar laws. “While many excellent people are divorced, and some of them make new homes, the imevitable trend of divorce is to break up many more homes than | it bullds uy, and to materially reduce | the number of children. When mar- riage is dissoived the true home ceases | are separaled, and the sweet tles that bind father and mother to their off- spring, and te each other, are broken forever. Take Warning from Rome. “As long as the Romans of old look- ed upon marriage as sacred, and held the sanctity of the home inviolate, | arms were invulnerable, and Rome became mistress of the world. wealth came great laxity marriage became a jest, and child bearing a useless burden. The luxuri- ous Romans lost all respeet for female chastity: the heroic virtues of their | early years wers forgotten, and the empire fell, the victim of luxury and | of moral; disregard for the binding effects of | marriage. Shall not the United States take warning from Rome’s example?” BREMNER STILL HOVERING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. But Rallies. d., Feb. Spell, Baitimore, 3 man Robert (. Bremner of sey, who has been at the point of death for several davs at a sunitarium here, where he received radium treat- ment for cancer, displayed remarkable vitality today. After rallying from a sinking spell at midnight last night, he was much Weaker today. late in the afternoon he experienced another sinking spel but again rallied, and tonight is still hovering between life and death. { 1 i STEAMER STR\IKESiA \ ROCK AND FOUNDERS. | Sunk in Half Hour—Crew‘and All the Passengers Saved. | | | Prince Rupert, B. C. Feb. 4—The| steamship Vadse of the Union line, | Captain Richardson, was lost in Na- | soga gulf, Portland canal, early Tues- | day. The boat in a heavy snowstorm | hit a rock, sinking in half an hour in 170 fathoms.. Twenty-six persons on | board were all saved, reaching here to- day by the steamship Venture. Many of the crew were in their | bunks and had only time to get a few personal effects and lower away small boats. Bill Not Taken Up. Washington. Feb. 4.—With Repre- | seniative Robert « Bremne! of New Jersey at the point of death in Bal- timore. his friends in the house todav | failed in an effort to secure the pas- sage of a measure which the dving man fathered, creating a hureau of labor =afety In the department of ‘la» H | bor. Representative Walsh of New Jersey, endeavored to call up the b by unanimous consent. Buried Vietim in City Hall. | Cleveland, O., Feb. 4—With a frac- | tured skull and a bullet hole in the | heari, the body of Robert E. Mercer of day in a shallow grave in the basement of the cily hall under construction. Mercer came here to be timekeeper for the construction company which is erecting the city hall. He disappeared Dec. 21. To Investigate Religious Education. Detroit, Mich, Feb. .4.—Before it takes any action toward _bringing school ehildren under the influence of various religious denominations, the‘ Protestant Bpiscopal chureh proposes | s make a thorough inves tion of the subject. This was decided today at the clese of conferences held here by the gemeral education beard of the chureh. | | defense and spoke of Schmidt | tien The Bulletin’s Circulaiionv‘ in -Nfirwicl} is Double That of Any 0th€r>Pap_er, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Przo'portion to the City’s Population \No Remarriage |Ugly Word Used in" House I]ehate| “THAT'S A LIE,” ASSERTS REP- RESENTATIVE BURNETT. COWARDICE CHARGED Author of Immigration Bill Attacked by of Passed by a Vote of 241 to 126. Marahan Minnesota—Bill Washingion, Feb. 4 immigration bill, prescribing = literacy test for applicants to admission to the United States, w the hou: this rnoon by a vote of 241 to —The Burnett All proposed amendments relating o the exclusion of Aslatic immigrants previously had been eliminated. As the bill passed it provides that every immigrant admitted to the United States must be abie to read “the English language or some other language or dialect, including Hebrew or Yiddish.” It prescribes the method of testing immigrants, providing that each applicant for admission must read a slip on which is printed be- tween thirty and forty words. Similar Twice Vetoed. In its present form this measure passed the house and the senate in the last congress, but was vetoed by President Taft. A simflar bill was vetoed during President Cleveland's second administration. The support- ers of the bill are confident that it will again pass the senate, although President Wilson has let it be known that he does not approve the literacy test Opponents of the literacy test fought sirenuously, but on the last effort to eliminate it from the bill they were defeated, 140 to 239. The final vote came as the end of a day of vigorous debate, which at times thyew the house into confusion and on several occasions threatened to cause serious trouble, The Lie Passed. Representative Burneit of Alabama, in charge of the bill, tried to hurry the debate along, and frequently moved to proceed and shyt off the discus- sion. On one occa#ion Representative Manahan of Minnesota commented upon what he called “The unfairness with which this bill has been driven through” and “the unfair statements of the chairman, Mr. Burnett, in view of his fear and cowardice which he has shown in not daring to answer objections. With a bound Representative nett was on hig feet. “That's a lie, Mr. C.airman, and the gentleman knows it he shguted. An’ Exchange of Apologies. Amid a tumult of demands f Bur- e ognition, pointeeEsorder-andoa gen - eral outburst of disorder. Represen- tative Hay, in the chair, finally called Representative Manahan to order, An- other outburst followed, announced in the course of which Representative Manahan withdrew the word coward- ice. Minority Leader Mann eventually I brought about an exchange of apolo- gies, At another point In the debate. the rman and Representative Mann had a heated exchange, the latter declaring that “the chair is disre- spectful to the house.” CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE SCHMIDT CASE. “Should be ne Compremise,” Urges Assistant District Attorney. New York, Feb. 4—The fifteenth day of the second trial of Hans Schmidt, the former priest charged with the murder of Anna Aumuller, ended today with the summing up for both sides completed. Tomorrow morning Judse Vernon M. Davis will deliver his eharge to the jury. Summing up for the defence, Ter- rence J. McManus, counsel for Schmidt, repeatedly referred (o the prosecution’s alleged failure to furnish a legal motive for the murder of the Aumuller woman, which he described as “barbarous. Speaking of the tes- timony given vesterday by Miss Ber- tha Zech, who testified that Schmidt had asked her to have her life insured under the name of Anna Aumuller, Mr! McMsnus said that the transac- tion had not been completed and that in hmidt could have insured Anna person had he wished to do th Much stress was laid by the attorn on Schmidt’s religious fervor and his many supposed “divine visitations Assistant District Attorney James A. Delehanty, summing up for the prosecutlon made light of the testi- mony en by the alienists for the as a normal man who was shamming in- sanity. His arraignment of the de- fendant was full of Invective. He ed with the following: here should be no compromise this case; the guilt of the defen. is too apparent. There can be but ne verdict and that is murder in the first | degree.” SING SING TERMS FOR POLITICAL GRAFTERS. Sentences imposed Upon Cassidy, Wil- lett and Walter, New York, Feb. 4.—Joseph Casaldy, former democratic boss of Queens county, and Willlam Willett, a former congressman, were sentenced today to ! s ‘¢ not more than a year nor less n &ix months in Sing Sing prison and to pay $1.000 fine. Louis T. Wal- ter, Jr, & politician, was sentsnced to e months and fined $1,000. Willett was convicted of paying a bribe to { Cassidy for a supreme ceurt nomina- ton. Wa = the go-between Banic President Indicted. Lincoin, Neb., Feb. 4 —The special grand jury in sessi here today re- | turned an indietment of elght counts against Melchoir Lubben, president of the Suiton, Neb., National bank, which recently failed. Falsifying accounts | and misappropriation of funds ls charged. Sufiragists Denounce Commissioners. Washington, Feb. 4—Woman suf- frage leaders here today denounced the civil service commission's pur- pose to hold active officeholding in suffrage organizations by classified ser- vice employes & violation of the civil service laws, Gesthals’ Neminatien Confirmed. Washingion, Peb, 4.—The nemina-s af Colonel Geéorge W. Goethals te be governer of the Panama canal was confirmed tnday by the semate. | Transit The appointment April 1, 1914 Decomes effeetiv number | 71,685 | are Abram and William Barnes, young Condensed Telegrams The “Red Light” bill of Washington which abolishes the city’s tenderloin, became a law yesterday. Rev. A. Smythe Palmer of Wanstead, England, preached an 800-word ser- mon in words of one sylable. A Resolution before tha, New York Board of Aldermen provides for fitting all public schools with swimming pools. Representative A. Mitchell Palmer will be a candidate in the democratic primaries for governor of Pennsyl- vania. Bret Harte's Manuscript ol “Thankful Blossom” was sold al auc- tion at New York for $735 to George D. Smith. Mayor Roberts of Terre Haute, Ind, performed the ceremony at his fath- er's marriage to Mrs. Zinc, a widow of vears old. Mrs. Lillian B. Albers, a choir singer of Atantic City, N. J., resigned when told by her pastor she would have to give up teaching the tango. Mrs. Champ Clark, Wife of the speaker of the house, has been advised of the death of her niece, Miss Anne Bennett Pitzer at’ San Diego, Cal. Mrs. Katherine Kalinstra of Jersey City was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for allowing her four ba- h?».! to lie in the same bend with a pis. Two Negro Women Were chosen to serve on the election board in the first ward of Champaign, 1ll. The polling place in this ward is without light and heat. Notejius Rikaraitis, under sentence of death for murder in the first de- gree, was received at the state prison in Wethersfield yesterday from Wa- terbury. Fire in the Tash Block, a three story structure at Natick, Mass., occupied by ov on the street floor and a lodg- house above, imperilled many lives -sterday. in; Vance C. McCormick of Tiarrisburgh, Pa. in an interview last night said he vould be a candidate for the demo- tic nomination for govermor of Pennsylvania. Dr. Daniel C. Logue, former surgeon 1 th Monitor and believed to be the irvivor of the famous battle with errimas, died at his home in Eellmore, L. L Andrew Marcey, About 58 years of age, sted at Hartford for non-sup- port committed suicide at police head- quarters by swallowing a small quan- tity of carbolic acid. An Equestrian Statue of Major Gen_ eral Phil Kearny, killed in the battle of Chentilly, Va. in 1862, is to be erected in Arlington National cemetery by the state of New Jersey. Nearly 1000 Residents of Grove City, Pa. are suffering from a sirange malady which physicians are unable to name. The disease resembles winter cholera and is contagious. Thé Petition of Prof. Willard C. Fisher, to have ballots cast for mayor at the recent Middletown election counted in open court, was ruled out by Judge Case vesterday. A Constitutional Amendment abol- ishing the property qualification of voters was presented in the Rhode Ts- land house yesterday by Representa- tive Sumner, republican floor leader. Colonel Henry G. Tuthill, who com- manded the guard which watched ov er the body of President Linceln while Jying in state in Washington, died at Corning, N. Y., vesterday at the age of eighty. Another Old Landmark of New York Fulton Market, established in 1817is likely to disappear soon. A resolutfon providing for the abandonmsnt of the market is pending in the board of al- dermen. Approximately 200 Witnesses prepared to give testimony favorable to the striking copper miners when the congressional committee begins its investigation inte the prolonged strike next Monday. are All the Schoois in Portland, Maine, both day and night, were closed yes- terday by ovder of tie board of health as & prevautionary measure to stop the spreading of smallpox of which 15 cases are known to exist. Resolutions Commending President ‘Wilson for his refusal to commit him- self. as the leader of the democratic party, to the cause of woman suffrage aave been adopted by the association opposed to woman suffrage. { The Herring Fishery on the coast of Newfoundland in whic of Canadian and American vessels engaged, closed “T'vesday with a total catch of 65554 barreis against barrels last year. Plans For the Extension of the city water supply system at a cost of many million dollars will be reported to the Providence City council soon by a committes which has been investigat- ing the subject for more than year. ey After Preparing Breakfast yesterday morning for his invalld wife, Geores Omeror, age 693, of Fall River, went to his room, turned on two gas jots and ended his life. He was des- pondent over his wife's continued ill- ness. Lucius N. Littauer, a former Naw York congressman and his brother Williem, were fined $1.000 each and senienced to six monthe in jail yester- day for smuggling. The court sus- pended sentence in the matter of {he il penmalty, | i | { William Daywalt, n Waynesboro, Ta. policeman, was shot and killed by one of twe brothers who had been ordered (0 leave town hecause they had been creating w disturbance. The brothers mountaineers who escaped. John Skelton Williams, the new comptroller of the currency, Is heing | liuded by 500 women workers of the | reasury department for an order which he promulgated directing hat there be two rest periods of ten min. ules each during the women's daily toil. Fen the Car snd Station advertising privileges on New York's subway and elevated lines. together with the news ! stands righis, an advertising flem vew terday offered the Interborough Rapid ! company §14,600.0 Payments to extend aver and the ontract to be in force for period of fifteen years | men suffrag New Problem for President A POLICY TOWARD PERU TO B DETERMINED. PRESIDENT A PRISONER Complete Overthrow of Government by United States Warships in That Vicinity. Revolutionists—No Washinston, oday’s spec- tacular and successful revolution in Peru found the United States without 2 single warship south of the equator. The work of the revolutionists was 8o complete. however, that there is mo need of baste in despatching a vessel to the scene. No Policy Yet Framed. Later it may become necessary for the United States to have at hand means of supporting any representa- tions that the state department may decide to make regarding the new gov- ernment tio rise on the ruins of the Feb 4= Billinghurst administration. So far, though, officials here have not been able to frame any policy to fit this case. Billinghurst Under a Cloud. It was pointed out that, owing to the peculiar conditions under which Press- dent Billinghurst came into office a year ago with a cloud on his own title. it may not now be necepsary to raise any question as to the status of his successor. BILLINGHURST A BUNGLER. Appealed to Mob Element and Favored All Strikes. Now_York, Feb. 4—The despatches from Peru today stating that Presi- dent Billinghurst had been overthrown were news to Eduardo Higginson, Pe- ruvian consul general in this city, Me. Higginson, who has been here for ten years, professed to know nothing of the cuuses which led up to the revolu- tion. He knew of Dr, Durand, he said, as a wealthy land ownmer and a leader of the liberal party, but did not know what the grievance of that party was Against Billinghurst, whom he deserib- ed as a democrat who appealed to the people. Frederick T. Ross, former managing editor of the West Coast Leader, a Peruviaw®bublication, who has recently returned from Lima, said that Billing hurst's economic policies and his dic- tatorial methods were probably mainly responsible for the revolution. Ross sald that the president had, in addition, antagonized foreign interests, French, American and English, by refusing to comply with the terms.of varipus raii- road and irrigation comeessions- and loan contracts which his predecessor, Leguia, had entered into. “Blilinghurst was a bungier,” said Ross, “His - economic measures wers preposterous, He appealed to the mob element and openly favored all strikes. He broke many of his promises and was so dictatorial towerd his cabinst that his secretaries were merely office boys. He has been unable to a permanent secretary. He atiempted to dissolve congress when it attempted to support his measures, A revolution was inevitable.” BILLINGHURST A PRISONER. Dr. Augusto Durand Seizes Reins of Power in Peru. Lima, Peru, Feb. 4 —The president of the Republic of Peru, Gufllermo Bilf- inghurst, was taken prisoner today by military revolutionists, who attacked the presidentlal palace under the lead- ership of Colonel Benavides. Dr. Augusto Durand, who seized the reins of power in Peru from President Billinghurst, has led several revolu- tions o ihntria -UmMFWYPFWYPD tions In that republie. DEMOCRATIC ATTITUDE TOWARD WOMAN SUFFRAGE Opposed to Federal Legislation en Matter, Says Underwood. Feb. 4—Hopes of wo- that the present demo- cratic administration would cuact fed | legislation enfranchising the wo- then of the country were checked to- dey when Representative Underwood of Alabama, majority leader of the house, put the emocratic party Bouarely on record as opposed to the federal action. Representative Tn- derwood declared thut the democratic party took the position that the ques- tion of suffrage should be left to the individual states to settle. The question cropped up in the dis- cussion of the immigration bill in the house and there was considerable de- bate as to just what the actien of the demoeratic house caucus in rejecting the Raker woman suffrage resolution meant. Representative Lenroot of Wisconsin declared that by w; the proposition to create a new woman suffrage committes the democrats had taken the position that women should not have an opportunity to be heard on the suffrage question. “The gentieman knows” replied Representative Underwood, “the ju- diciary committes has been vested for many years with jurisdiction over this very question and it has repeatediy granted hearings to women as to Whether legislation shall be passed, ubmitting to the states a constitu- tional amendment for woman suffrage. “Will the gentleman, as leader of the majority,” asked Mr. Lenroot, “use his influence in the house for a report of that resolution, 80 that we may hawe an epportmni ere to vote on it? T wordd not do s, because I am not In favor of it.” replied Mr. Underwood. “I¢ there is cne fundamental principie that my porty stands for, it is local self-goverament. 1f the democratic party stands for one thing above aii others, it is trat the rignt of franchiss should be governed by the states of the union snd rot by tne naiional government Washington. OBITUARY. Timothy W. Coakley. Boston, Feb. 4.—Timothy W. Coak- ley, prominent as an aftormey and politician for nearly a quarter century, died here tonight after a short iliness. His eccentric conduct of a cass two years ago led to his confinement in an asylum for a week, but he was released when experts declared him sane. He was 47 years old. A New Altitude Record. . Chartres, France, Feb. 4—The Prench aviater Garaix today established a nes aititude record with five = mengers, asCending to a height of {':'i: