Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 13, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI.—NO. 61 BENTON'S MURDERER UNDER ARREST Americans Arriving From Chihuahua Report Him Charged With Slaying Railroad Men A MAJOR IN FEDERAL ARMY AND VERY CRUEL| Carranza Commission Gleans Evidence That He Disposed of British Subject—Also Learns That a Colonel Ordered | NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1914 Execution of Bauch at Juarez—Rebels Closing in on| Monterey and Preparing For Battle at Tampico. e s E1 Paso, Tex., March 12—Information | that evidence thus far gathered by the Carranza commission indicates Major Rudolfo Fierro as the slayer of Wil—i llam S. Benton, a British subject, as-| sumed importance tonight with the ar- rival of American passengers from Chihuahua with reports, not confirmed, that Fierro had been arrested, charged with the murder of two Mexican rail- road men. Murdered in Cold Blood. That the raiiroad men were murder- | ®d is- known, and it is said that the| slaying was done in cold blood. That Fierro realy has been arrested in con- nection with the case is only a report, but the information is regarded as; robably correct by thosa who have geen conversant with the fact that the | Carranza commission started work with information that Benton was kill- ed by Fierro. Execution of Bauch. Tt is said also that the commission has gathered convincng evidence that Coionel Fidel Avila, in command nfl the garrison at Juarez, ordered the ex- | ecution of Gustave Bauch, a German- | American who was tried as a spy, but | { | in whose case no verdict was rendered. Rebel officers at Juarez and at Chihua- hua repeatedly have denied that he | was killed. 1 Accused of Being Extremely Cruel Tn the case of Fierro, who is accused by residents of being extremely cruel, those familiar with the situation say theyv have looked for some charge un- connected with the Benton case to be brousht against him as a cloak on which he could be held. or for his dis- | appearance or apparently accidental | death. While investigators, it is said, | have been convinced for the last two weeks that it was he, and not General | Villa. who killed Benton, it is reported they did not expect he would live to face that particular charge. He was in Villa’s office when Benton was killed, and is said to be a distant relative of the rebel chief. Killing of Railroad Men. | The Mexican railroad men are said | to have been killed in a resort at Chi- | huahua. They were members of a un- | ion, and agents of the organization | made the complaint to General Villa. | BATTLE AT MORALES. Twenty-five Fadonh—Raportad Killed and 13 Captured. Brownsviile, Texas, March 12.—Twen- | -five faderals wege killed and 13 cap- tured Tuesday in a battle at Morales. i north of Monerey, according to an offi- | cial constitutionalist report received in | Matamoras today. The report gave the | rebel casualties as nine wounded. It/ was said the federals were pursued to El Topo, less than 30 miles from Mon- | terey. 1 This and other recent engaZements, mccording to the constitutionalists are part of the campaign against Monte- rey, coincident with the attack on Tor- reon by General Villa. At constitution- alist headquarters in Matamoras it SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITIES FOR FREE TOLLS REPEAL. Poll of Both Houses Satisfactory Administration. to ‘Washington, March 12—Simultane- eus consideration in both houses of congress of Dbills to repeal the tolls exemption ciause in the Panama canal act probably will begin a week from | tomorrow. This was the prediction of Chairman Adamson of the house inter- | state commerce commission and Sena- | tor Owen, member of the interoceanic | canals committes of the senate during | conferences tonight with President | Wilson at the White Houge. Both Senator Owen and Mr. Adamson told the president that none doubted the | accuracy of the polls of the house and seniate showing substantial majorities in favor of the repeal, and that l&h 24 feit more confident than ever of its adoption. The president does not believe any eompromise measure such as has been cuggested, to give to the chief execu- | tive discretionary authority to regulate tolls, will be necessary. Benton’s Body Reported Burned. Wexico City, March 12.—The appar- i ent reluctance of the rebel general, Viila, to deliver up the body of Wil- Ham S. Benton, who was killed recent 1y at Junarez has been explained, if! messages received here are true. Mexi- can residents in the north have advis- | ed relatives here that when it was be- | Heved that Americans would cross the border and get the body, it was burn- ! ed by order of Ceneral Villa in the| honse of a colone! named Valentin | Onate. adjoining Villa’s headquarters. Public Funeral for Fire Victims. St. Louis, Mo., March 12.—The bod- ies of William Borders, president of ths | Bank of Sparta Sparta, 11, and of Frank W, Aloright, a saleeman for a dry goods company of St. Louis, were partly identified at the morgue late to- night. Both bodies were so badly barn- ed that absolute identification’ was im- ossible. The board of directors of the ! issouri Athletic club voted tonight to i hold a public funeral for all the un- { tdentified dead. i Police Eject “Unemployed.” | Boston, March 12.—A small army oti | reon, according to reports which came | from that city today | south, according to the reports from | S | overcome by | and Stamping company. I CITY APPROPRIATION | parochial i tlon might be taken to that body. |1y resident of was said the rebel forces had fought! their way 76 miles closer to Monterey from the north in the last ten days. INDIANS?ILL AMERICAN. Deserter from United States Cavalry Meets Death on Ranch. Douglas, Ariz., March —Charles Howard, a negro, an American citizen, was killed recently by Yaqui Indians on the ranch of Charles Anthony in| the Yaqui river valley, while constitu- | tionalist soldiers encamped a few hun- ! dred yards away refused to give to him | assistance, according to a special to the Despatch from Nogales umi:hg Howard is said to be a deserter from the Ninth United States cavalry at| Douglas, enlisted under the name of George or Joyce. He is said to have killed three of his assailants before he himself was riddled with bullets. Re- cent reports to the siate department | regarding the looting and burning of the ranch made no mention of the ne- gro’'s death, it is said. REBELS ENTRENCHING. Prospects of a Battle at Tampico— Vessels Prepare For Refugees. Vera Cruz, March 12—A wireless despatch received today from Tampi- co reporis that the federals are busy entrenching on the outskirts of that | city in anticipation of a rebel at- tack. The United States hospital ship Solace and the cruiser Des Moines are lying in the Penuco river off the cus toms house at Tampico ready to em- bark refugees. The German steamer Kronprinzes- sin Cecilie, which leaves tomorrow for Tampico, will be detained there in or- der to embark Germans. All the American warships will re- { main at Tampico pending develop- { ments. The yacht Dolphin will prg- ceed thither from Vera Cruz a ssoon as the heavy norther subsides. FEDERALS AGGRESSIVE, Huerta's Soldiers at Torreon Move Toward Rebel Outposts. Chihuahua, March 12—General Hu- erta’s announcement at Mexico City that the federal army had been order- ed to assume the offensive against the rebels has been put into effect at Tor- Actuated by the | belief that General Villa's rebel forces, scattered at points bétween here and Torreon, have delayed indefinitely | their threatened advance, the federal soldiers, equipped with new field pieces | and an abundance of ammunition, are reported to have moved toward the rebel outposts in great numbers. General Villa’s delay in moving Torreon, hag greatly encouraged the | federal garrison and has done much to remove the terror of Villa’s name which it was first thought might cause the federals to evacuate their north- ern stronghold without a fight. THREE PERISH IN BRIDGEPORT FIRE. | Asleep When Fire Broke Out. | Bridgeport, Conn., March 13.—Three men are dead and a fourth is said to be dving as the result of having been smoke in a fire which: out in a six story tenement se in the Italian section of the city early this morning. | The dead are James Stadto, employe of Hawthorn Manufacturing company; | George Kocollo, fruit vendor, and John' Katrice, employed at American Tube | An unidentified man was taken to the hospital suffering from svere hurns | and suffocation. 3 Fifty persons were asleep in the building when the fire broke out, and it was only by the use of their clubs that the police succeeded in clearning the building. FOR PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.! Resolution to That Effect Laid on Ta- ble at Newport. Newport, R. I, March 12.—A resolu- tion calling for payment of $11,610 by he city for the maintenance of three schools conducted by the Roman Catholic church, which had been a subject of much discussion, was | | 1aid on the table by the representative council tonight. This action followed | an opinion by Jeremiah A. Sullivan, city solicitor, that such an appropria- | tion would be illegal unless authorized | by the legislatdre. Friends of the! measure said tonight that the proposi- | OBITUARY. | | ! Miss Jane De Forest Shelton. Derby, Conn., March 12.—Miss Jane De Forest Shelton, a well known elder- this city, and known through the state as a writer on gene- alogical subjects, died suddenly 2t her home tonight of angina pectoris. Miss | Shelton wrote “The Saltbox House.” Dartmouth Wins Triangular Debate. Williamstown, Mass.,, March 12.—By unemploved invated the chamber of | gefeating Williams college here and eommearce today, demandi shelter | Brown university at Hanover, Dana- | and food. 'frading had closed for the | mouth college tonight won the annual €ay, but the unexpected arrival of the | ¢riangular debate. Brown was given | workless ones caused excitement. Po- | th, decision over Williams at Provi-| lice reserves were called and the par-|dence. The teams debated the prop- ' ty, which included about 150 men, led | ogjtion that the federal government | by Morrison 1. Swift, was ejected ! without violence. Smallpox at Kensington. New Britain_Conn., March 12.—Fd- ward Ryan of Westfield is quarantined &t the home of his- mother in Kensing- ton with smallpox. A dozen boarders at the house are algo under quaran- tine and the house is guarded by two eonstables. Ryan was a milk peddler. The United States Submarine “K-3,” will be launched at San Francisco on . Saturday, it was announced vester- LR should require compulsory arbitration of labor disputes on interstate rail- roads. Wins Wesleyan Debate. Middletown, Conn., March 12.—The | annual prize debate at Wesleyan was | won_tonight by Harold R. Willoughby | of North Haverhill, N. H., on the sub- ject “Resolved, That a federal com- mission should be created for the con- trol of trusts.” Alonzo Day, President of the Bruns- wick, Me., Saving institution died ves- terday, | of Hu-Peh i delivered | himself Cabled Paragraphs Mansion Burned by Suffragettes. Glasgow, Scotland, March 12—Mil- itant suffragettes today set fire to and burned to the ground a large un- occupied mansion to the Free Church of Scotland at Stewarton, in the north- ern part of Ayrshire. Six Months For “May, the Slasher.” London, March 12—May Richardson, the militant suffragette, who on Tues- day hacked the “Rokeby Venue” in the National gallery was today sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Swedish Reform Bill Safe. Copenhagen, March 12.—An agree- ment reached today between the so- cialist radical amd moderate parties, which control majorities in both houses of parliament, assures the pas- sage of the constitutionalist reform bill, under the provisions of which all electoral property qualifications are abolished and suffrage is granted wo- men. Women Missionaries Missing. London, March 12—A despatch to the Central News from Shanghai says that two English women attached to the station of the China Inland Mis- sfon at Lao Ho-Kew in the province have beén missing since that town was sacked and burn- ed by brigands yesterday. The two women are Miss E. J. Black. OPPOSES JOY RIDES AT FEDERAL EXPENSE Senator Williams Denounces Extrava- gance in Auto Purchases. Washington, March 1 Senator ¢ John rp Williams made an unsuc- t;ul ttempt in the senate today h what called government ex- to ch what he called government ex- rnfivhilGS fa riding purposes.” $ me up in the con- ideration of the District of Columbia ropriation bill to provide automo- biles for the district commissioners enator Williams suggested that this a good place to start a much- ne d reform. It w a public scan- dal, he said, the extent to which the government had gone into the purchase of automobiles for cabinet officers and department heads who, as far as gov- ernment business was concerned, had no use for them except to come to their work and go home again. He used the street cars himself, he added, and found them quite good enough, For public servants whose business could be ‘expedited by the use of au- tomobiles the senator advocated creases in salary sufficlent to them to-buy machines. Senator Gallinger remarked that he had often been mud-spattered by a government machine driven by a de- enable | partment clerk, and Senator Lodge ad- mitted that the government had gone “pretty far” in the automobile buy- ing industry: but both thought the District commissioners ought to have what they asked. Senator Williams’ amendment to eliminate provi: for the commis- sioners’ machines was voted down, PLANS TO DISPERSE KELLEY’'S HOBO ARMY = Citizens Committee Makes a Proposi- tion to the Leaders. Sacramento, lif., March 12.—The sheriffs and district attorneys of four California. counties reached an agree- ment today with regard to the problem of the unemployed ‘and eir edict was as a joint ulfimatum. The six or seven hundred men re- maining of th army” which left San Francisco last week under “General” Charles Kelley, on continental march to Washington, D. C., must disperse at once. If they are willing to scatter peacea ably in bands of not more than 30, the citizens committee of Sacramento will pay their fares to any point with- in a radius of fifty miles. They wi not be permitted to march in a body anywhere and if they are not willing to disband the authorities will be forced to “take other measures.” A committee of two, representing the two factions of the army, originally under “General” Kelley and “Major” ‘William Thorne replied that they could jcome to no decision before tomorrow as they were not authorized to as- me authority by the mass meeting which had instructed them. No action to move thé men was taken tonight. Both for the effect on public sentiment and for tactical rea- sons, officials thought it unwise to rush the men in the confusion of dark- ness, MINE OWNERS ACCUSED OF BEING UNAMERICAN Congressional Refusal Committee Denounces to Recognize Union. Washington, the Michigan copper mine companies to recognize the miners’ union was denounced as “un-American” by Chairman Taylor and members of the house investigating committee upon their return today from their trip to the copper strike region. Representa- tive Taylor des James Naughton, vice ident and general manager of the Calumet and Hecla Copper company, as “the boss of that great region.” send an expert in a few days to Bos g0 over the books of the Cal- umet and Hecla company. It will hear John Mitchell next week and then will allow the companies and the strikers fifteen days in which to flle briefs, FARMER BEARDSLEY IS FOUND GUILTY Man Who Defied Officers Several Days Not Yet Sentenced. Mayville, N. Y., March 12.—The jury in the case of Edward Beardsley, the Summerdale farmer, charged with as- sault in the first degree in having shot J. W. Pugam, overseer of the poor of Chautaugqua county, returned today a verdict of “guilty as charged.” The jury was out six minutes. p Beardsley shot the officer when the | latter entered the farmer’'s home to remove his children from their squalid surroundings. He then barricaded and defled the authorities eight days, finally surrendering volun- tarily to a hotelkeeper. He will be sentenced later. Government to Build Submarine. Washington, March 12. —— Secretary Daniels has decided to build one of the submarines authorized at the last ses- sion of congress at the Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard, under plans of the Lake Torpedo Boat company. This is the first time the government itself has un- dertaken submarine construction. Vanderbkilt Estate Valued at $20,000,000 New York, March 12.—The will of George W, Vanderbiit, as filed for probate here today leaves his entire estafe, estimated at $20,000,000 to his widow and only daughter, Cornelia. The United States Leads the World in the importation of sugar, according to a report issued by the department of agriculture. Black and Miss | in- { a proposed trans- | March 12.—Refusal of | The committee will | Possibility of - Disagreement NEW HAVEN PEACE PLAN IS IN DANGER. Reports to That Effect Cause Alarm— Mantchuuttnl Congressman Con- sults Presideht in the Matter. Washington, March 12—The deli- cate task of “untangling” the New Haven rallroad aystem will be taken up at the department of justice again tomorrow at a conference filled with possibilities. Chairman Elliott and counsel for the New Haven have an- nounced their coming, and it was ex- Dected tonight that the conference would bring about a final decision on some of the phases of the problem blocks. Since the last conference here {the demands of the department have -| been laid before the New Haven board of directors, but no complete report of the board’'s reception of them has been received. Peace Plans in Danger. On the eve of the conference it be- came apparent that plans for a peace- ful dissolution were in danger_and that upon tomorrow’'s events profbly de- {pended whether Attorney — General McReynolds would feel compelled to file a suit under the Sherman anti- trust act. The delays which the at- torney general has encountered in conducting the negotiations with the New Haven and the hesitation of the road’'s attorneys and directors to sub- mit to terms of dissolution which de- partment attorneys hold are not un- reasonable, were said tonight to be largely responsible for the delicate sit- uation, May Drop Negotiations. The announcement of Chairman El- liott in New York recently that the New Haven board had decided that it must submit any agreement for a dis- solution to its stockholders was also understood to have added to the dis- | satisfaction at the department, { Reports that the New Haven itself ! intended to drop the negotiations have {not officially reached the department. i Mr. McReynolds has frequently told which have so far proved stumbling | ! | visitors that he was keenly aware of | the difficulties which beset the New troubles which face not only that road Bbut the Boston and Maine, the princi- pal steam transportation system of which the New Haven has promised to rid itself. New England’s Case Stated. Alarming reports of what might be expected if the New Haven failed to agree to the terms of the department have been in circulation in Washing- ton ever since the meeting of the di- rectors of the road in New York a weelkk ago. One deveiopment of today was the call at the White House of Representative Andrew J. Peters of Massachusetts, who talked with Pres- ident Wilson about the New Haven case. Mr. Peters was understood to- night to*have told the president how | deeply New Emgland is interested in |the New Haven and its subsidiary | properties and to have pointed out ‘what might be expected if the govern- ment and the road were unable to ar- range a peaceable settlement, Wilson to Keep Hands Off. There was little question hers to- night, however, that the president, | while greatly interested in a settle- ment of the problem out of court, will | keep his hands off and let Mr. McRey- nolds handle the situation. It is well | known in Washington that he adopted exactly this course recentily when the attorney general decided to file a bill under the Sherman act to separate the Southern Pacific and the Central Pa- cific railroads, In some quarters tonight it is point- ed out that New Haven officials are well aware that failure to get together with the department -of justice might lead to unpleasant financial circum- stances, involving not only the Boston and Malne, but the New Haven itself. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE ALONG WATERFRONT. Grain Docks and Two Vessels De- stroyed—Loss $1,000,000. harbor front suffered heavy fire loss { early today, when two mammoth grain , docks, laden with wheat were de- | stroyed, two large vessels rufned al- | most beyond repair and a dozen build- | ings damaged. Scores of Chinese, members of the crew of the Royal Mail Steam packet Glenroy, had narrow escapes, many of them jumping into the river and be- | man in @ letter to the president of ing picked up by crews from other craft. 2 Four firemen barely escaped death under the collapse cof a huge bulkhead | and one.fire fighter was seriously in- timbers. The aggregate property estimated at $1.000,000. loss was Steamers Reported by Wireless. Lizard, March 12.—Steamer Presi- dent Lincoln, New York for Plymouth, { Cherbourg and Hamburm signalled 100 miles west at 6 a. m. Due Plymouth 10 p. m. Steamer Philadelphia, New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Southamp- | ton, signalled 416 miles west at 2 p. m. Due Plymouth 3 p. m. Friday. { Cape Race N. F., March 12.—Steam- | er Ki Portland, Ore,, March 12.—Portland's . jured when carried down by crumbling | Kk, Libau for Halifax and New ; Haven problem and of the financial ! | i i i 1 York, cignalled 1,084 miles east of | Sandy Hook at 3.30 p. m. Dock 8.30 a. m. Tuesday. Sable Island, N. S. March 12— Steamer Pretoria, Hambfirg for New York, signalled 756 miles east of Sandy Hook at 9 p. m. Dock 8.39 a. m. Sunday. N Steamship Arrivals, Genoa, March S.—Steamers Europa, New York; Regina d'lialia, New York. Naples, March 9.-—Steamer Argen- tina, New York, London, March 11-—Steamer Cor- inthian, St. John, N. B. Aexandria, March 12.—Steamer Adriatic, New York, Liverpool, March I1.—Steamers Do- minion, Portland; Winifredian, Bos- ton. New York, March 12.—Steamer Thessaloniki, Plereaus St. John, N. B, March 12.—Steamers Victorian, Liverpool; Lake Manitoba. Antwerp, March 12— Steamer Mar- quette, Boston and Philadelphia. | | Body Found Frozen in lce. Buffalo, N. Y., March 12.—The bedy of John C. Mahoney, 75 years old. a wealthy farmer who disappeared here just December, after checking his baggage to Binghamton, was found frozen in the ice in the harbor tonight. Investigation by the police has failed to show any sign of viclence. 56,0 PRICE TWO CENTS sed Telegrams wonden Asher Sheldon yesterday celebrated his 100th birthday at his home at New Haven. Miss Edith Scott was the only wo- man of Aurora, I, to vote this week out of a population of 30,000. The Massachusetts House went on record yesterday in favor of a non- partisan constitutional convention. C. Barker, a wealthy resident RAILROAD MAY FIGHT !lt’f‘”P&rtland. Me., who pleaded guilty o speeding, was sent to the rock pile for five days. Three Additional Cases of small pox were reported at Middletown yes- terday bringing the total in that city and vicinity up to twelve. Westinghouse I]ies Suddenly HEART DISEASE CLAIMS AIR- BRAKE INVENTOR. A REMARKABLE CAREER President Wil:;n—vmorday signed | the bill authorizing the expenditure of $35,000,000 for the construction of a government-owned railroad in Alas- ka. The Sale “Over the Counter” issue of $6,325,000 of state bond: ! } of a1 jate today at his resid S WasS Heart disease manif; | world of engineeri Invented a Rotary;Engine at Age of 15 —Commodore Vanderbilt Scoffed at His Air-Brake Proposition. New York, March 12.—George West- inghouse, a foremost figure in the and inventor of s his name, died ence in this city. ested itself about ng, the airbrake that bi completed yesterday, by 'Treasurer!1; months ago and the end c Frederick W. Mansfield, of Massa-|few hours after it became p;‘x’l;‘l?cl: chusetts. BN - gl;lnown (mu Mr. Westinghouse was se- ously L. He was 6 y The _Stockholders of the United | ot Song eRs States Express company at a meet- ing today will, it is understood, ap- point a liquidating committee to wind up its affairs. The Senate Yesterday Passed the bill by Senator Townsend to create a coast guard service by consolidating the revenue cutter service and the life saving service. Employes on the Freight Cars on the Fall River and Providence Street Railway line have been given an ad- vance in wages from 21 dents an hour to 28 cents. There is an Hartford lawyers long before all sessions in this state of the. United States district court will be held in New Haven. A Tramp attempting to rob the home of Albert S. Boothby at North Saco, Maine, was discovered by. Mr. Boothby’s son, aged 16, and after a bhard fight compelled to give up, and $45 he had taken. Impression among Drinking a Quart of Whiskey found | era of railway developme: in the house, twins, aged 5 sons of that it will not be | i | | { Funeral services will take place at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian .church om Saturday and the burial will be in ‘Woodlawn cemetery. Inventor at Age of 15. The boy Westinghouse became an in- ventor at the age of 15, wnen he pro- duced a rotary engine. Four years later he constructed a devigce for replacing derailed steam cars. Then, when 21 years old, he sought the financial back- ing of the late Commodore .Cornelius Vanderbiit for his now famous air- brake, perfected after three. years of labor. “Do you mean to tell me you can stop a railroad train by wind?” de- manded the commodore. “Well, yes; inasmuch as afr is wind, I suppose' you are right,” spoke the youth. “I have no time to waste on fools,” sald the commodore, thus abruptly terminating the interview. Other Inventions. . Westinghouse sought and found cap- ital elsewhere, manufactured his in- Vention and made high speed possible on railroads, revolutionizing traffic Bystems and inaugurating notable nt. The man Westinghouse did not con- Michael Flannigan of Troy, N, Y., de- ! fine his genius to rallroading. For veloped alcoholic poisoning. One child | half a century he continued to make died early yesterday and the other is ! other contributions to electrical as well not likely to live. Exercises in Commemoration of the as engineering advancement. His in- ventions and improvements had to do with rallway signalling; the develop- birthday of Grover Cleveland will be | ment of the alternating current sys- held under the auspices of the Grover Cleveland Birthplace and Memorial association at N. J, ofi March 15. An Anronymous Gift of $500,000 to- ward the construction of the great national cathedral of the Protestant Episcopal church on Mount St. Al- bans, in the suburbs of Washington, ‘was announced yesterday. The War .Department Has arranged with th? a tor of the mint to sup- ply, certificates of merit badges to former soldiers who had received the certificates before 1905, the date on which the {ssuance of badges was au- therized. The 23 Suits Against Joseph Asch, owner of the Asch- building, in New York, in which 150 persons were killed by fire, were dismissed by the su- preme court. The majority of the suits, death claims, were settled for | $75 apiece. A Reward of $35 For the return of two of their number who broke parule: 48 1 and escaped has been offered by other convicts, members of a party which recently began working the roads at Dallas, Texas, without guards or shackles. The Kentucky House of represen- tatives by a- vote of 60 to 23 yester- day passed a bill providing for general election o a consti- tutional amendment providing for statewide prohibition. Warning That the hereafter must produce enough pota- toes to supply the home consumption on account of most sources of foreign | banking interests imports being closed by a plant dis- ease quarantine, department of agriculturs yesterday. William A. Pendergast, who placed Theodore Roosevelt in nomination for the presidency at the progressive na- tional convention at Chicago in 1912, will make the principal address at the republican state convention to be held at Indianapolis April 22 and 22. The action of the Board of govern- the | submission to the voters at the next | was issued by the | 1 { 1 i United States | | tem for electric lighting and power; devices for safety and for economically Caldwell, | conveying natural gas over long dis- tances and using it for industrial and domestic fuel; air springs for motor vehicles of all kinds, and a geared tur- bine system for the propulsion of ships developed in collaboration with the late Admiral George W. Melville, U. S. N, and John H. MacAlpine. Honors Bestowed Upon Him. In return for his many achievements the highest honors 4in the gift of the technical socleties and institutions of Europe and America were bestowed upon him, European soverelgns con- ferring distinguished orders. As re- cently as last December he received from the principal engineering society of Germany the celebrated Grashof gold medal. Mr. Westinghouse founded many | manufacturing companies in this coun- try and abroad, including great plants at Bast Pittsburgh, Wilmerding, Swiss- vale and Trafford City, Pa., and others in Hamilton, Canada; Manchester and London, England; Havre, France: Hanover, Germany; St. Petersburg, Russia; Vienna and Vedo, Italy. In these Industries some 50,000 persons are employed and the many cgmpanies {have a capitalization aggregating $200,000,000. Lost Control of His Enterprises. Mr. Westinghouse and his various ventures suffered severely in the panic of 1907. In October of that year the ‘Westinghouse Electric and Manufac- turing company went into bankruptcy, a,{rom which it was released a year later, after the creditors had accepted a plan of reorganization. Following that episode, the control of the West- of Iits York, Boston and Pittsburgh Westinghouse com- mon, which had paid 10 per cent. year- ly from 1904 to 1907, suspended divi- dends altogether from the latter part of 1907 until 1912, when they were resumed on a 2 per cent. basis; aand last year 4 per cent. was paid. Served in Civil Wa George Westinghouse was born in the village of Central Bridge, near Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1848, and as a lad attended the public school in Schenectady. He entered Union col- ors of the Natlonal Democratic club |lege but left in 1868 to join the Z6th in dropping Charles F. Murphy and United States cavalry and served In other Tammany men from membership | the Civil war. His love for engineer- was severely criticized yesterday Martin W. Littleton, former congress- the club. Mrs. Charles F. Johnson, of Water- ville, wife of United States Senator Johnson, was endorsed for a second term as vice president general of the Continental Congress of the Daughters | of the American Revolution at the annual meeting of the Maine council yesterday. Prospects of Another White House wedding became more deflnite yester- day with the persistent renewal of the report that Secretary of the Treas- ury McAdoo and Miss Eleanor Ran- dolph Wilson, youngest daughter of the president and Mrs. Wilson, were engaged, the marriage to take pilace in June. An Order Designed to house of representatives place the | | on record | as protesting against the repeal of the | provisions of the Panama Canal act exempting American coastwise ship-! ping from the payment of tolis was in- troduced In the Massachusetts house vesterday by Representative Doyls of | East Boston. Walter A Mec Creery, a millicnaire poloist, was restored to his legal com- petency yesterdayy by Superior Judge Dunne at San Francisco when Mc- Creery’'s attorney informed the court that H. C. McPike, McCreery’'s guardian and "all the reiatives were willing to withdraw to such procedure, While Attempting to Save the life of Miss Dixie Blackburn, his sweet- heart, whose foot was caught in a railway trestle near Williamson, W. Va., William McCoy was struck by a train and tossed into a ravine fifty feet away. Miss Blackburn was in- stantly killed and McCoy was dying when picked up. An Appeal For Mere Money to com- bat famine and tilence, which al- ready has carried off hundreds of lives in Albania, was received yester- day at Red Cross headquarters from Henry Morgenthau, American am- bassador to Turkey, and W, W. Peet, treasurer of the American Red Cross chapter in Constantinople. their objections ! by ! ing led to his transfer to the navy and before being in service a year he was attached to the Potomac flotilia, acting as third assistant engineer. In August, 1867, he married Mar- guerite Erskine Walker, who survives him, together with their one _child, George, Jr., who lives near Lenox, Mass. The son married Miss Viclet Brocklebank, daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Brocklebank, of Irton Hall, Cumberland, England. TO GRANT SANCTION FOR ROUND-THE-WORLD RACE, Aero Club of America to Act Within Ten Days. New York, March 12.—The Aero club of America expects within ten days to grant a sanction fer the round-the- world aeroplane race which will start from the Panama-Pacific exposition grounds in San Francisco next year. Arnold Kruckman, manager of the race, and Lowell Harvey his secre- tary, arrived here today from the Pa- cific coast, having conferred en route with the governors of Nevada, Utah, ‘Wyoming and Colorado and the mayvors of Salt Lake City, Cheyenns, Denver, Kansas City, Mo, St. Louis and Chi- cago. Mr. Kruckman told the Aero ciub officials that the state and clty execu- tives had assured Lim aid would be given in conducting About $340,000 haa prize money, !ncluding the promised by the Panama-Pacific expo- =tion. $150,000 Probe of Grain Exchangls. Washington, March 12.—Plans for a proposed searching congressional in- vestigation of the grain exchanges of the northwest and the cotton ex- changes of New York and New Or- leans will be worked out by a sub- commiittee created today by the house committee on rules, Negro Lynched in Texas. Hearne, Tex., March 12 —Willtam ‘Williams, a negro, charged with shoot- ing and wounding J. E. Robertson, & plantation manager, near here today, was captured by a posse of cil early tonight and hanged. prodably will recover,