Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 2, 1914, Page 1

VOL. LVI_NO. 104 i thw Treasurer Hemingway Testified Capital Was Increased from $50,000 to $2,000,000 DID: NOT KNOW WHERE MONEY CAME FROM Contributions Amounting to $102,000 Were Paid by Charles S.I"‘Mellen to National Republican Committee and Various State Committees, One of Day’s Developments—Mel- lert’s Counsel, John Hall McKay, Evades a Summons by Sailing for Europe—Evasive Answers to Many Questions —Was Hemmingway a Dummy? \ ‘Washingtor, May 1.—New interest was added today to the investigation by the interstate commerce commis. sion into the financial relations of th New Haven frallroad and the Billard | company by /the unsuccessful efforts of the commission to summons John Hall McKay, (who had been mentioned ; as private counsel for former Presi- | dent Mellen, and who, in the opinion | of Chief Counsel Folk, is an important | if not an essential witness. It was | learned by the commission that Mr. McKay was at his ¢fice in New York vesterday and that some time during the day he sailed for Europe. Mr. Folk is now trying to find out whether his departure was before or after his e was brought into the proceedings by the production of con- fidential letters from Stevenson Taylor. Samuel Hemingway, president of the Second National bank of New Haven, one of the recalcitrant witnesses of April 10, testifled at length today, but disclosed little. Mr. Hemingway, who was at one time treasurer of the much discussed Billard company, said he un- derstood the concern was & holding | company, first capitalized at $50,000. Subsequently the capital was increased to $2,000,000. He said he did not know { where the capital came from; that he | knew nothing of the company’s opera- tions. Contributions Not on Books. Political contributions paid 'n 1904 by President Mellen to the republican national committee and to varlous state committeds, amounting to $102,- 000, figured in the day’s testimony as an’ enllvening incident. These pay- | ments, it was shown, did not appear on the New Haven's books, having been | authorized by the New Haven directors out of “unexpected profits” from Mr. Mellen’s sale of treasury stock of the company. | Julian M. Tomlinson, auditor of the | New Paven, testified about the con- tributions which, he said, President Mellen told him he had made out of his own funds, afterwards being reim- burseq by the road, The witness said he recalled seing a youcher of the Con- solidated Railroad company, another New Haven subsidiary, showing a pay- ment of $100,000 to Mr. Robbins, then general counsel for the New Haven. Mr. Tomlinson also said he thought the books show a payment of $23,000 to John Hall McKay from the New England Navigation company. Hemingway on Stand. At the afternoon session Mr. Hem- ingway took the stand. He described his connection with the Billard com- of which he was treasurer until fall. T. D. Robbins, he sald, was trumental in organizing the com- pany. The company was a holding concern with an original capital of $50,000, later increased to $2,000,000. The books, he said, were under his su- pervision. He did not remember get- ting $2,040,000 from the New Haven for gold notes of toe Billard company. The books and keys to the vault where the Billard company securities were kept in the office of the treasurer of the New Haven road, he said, he turned over to his successor as treasurer of the PBiflard compam H. V. Whippie. Alr. Heminzway s he signed as treasurer at the suggestion of Mr. Bil- i tard or Mr. Robbins. | When he retired. he testified, the| eompany had 310,400,000 notes ~out- standing. “What were the assets of the com- REBELS PREPARING ! FOR BATTLE AT TAMPICO.E Refugees Predict a Hard and Prolong- | ed Struggle. | Vera Cruz, May 1—Active develop- | merts in the sttuation in the soutk | shifted today from the peaceful oc- | cupation of Vera Cruz to the threat- | ened battle at Tampico, where the | rebels are reported to be concentrating | for a final assault. Taree federal gun- | boaiz which are still at Tampico well supplied with ammunition are the k 1o ibe sitnation there. Refugees re- port that Tampico is well fortified and say they expect 2 hard and prolonged battle. The naval officials here are ready to respond in a hurry call to Tampico but are not disposed to send more forces there, or to any other Mexi- can port, unless forced by dire nec- essity, because of the possibility of complicating the progress of media- tion. ARMISTICE AGREEMENT | REPORTED SIGNED. | By Representatives of United States. ! Federals and Rebels. May 1—It is reported tite agreement to an signed here this morn- ntatives of the rebels, Jose Manue! , the Brazilian minister, ~tlie " re- port excepi o the actuem signing of the agreement. Rooseveit Starts on Return Trip. i*razll. May 1—Theodore arvived here . yester- liis extended. trip through | sexplored lnterior. of Brazil, left | here toc stan. o his way . down the. Amazon river. Mr. Roosevelt is returning to Manaos ¥t vate audience hy the Fennedy has ust ;ma Tnited es Tsed with the pontify (vfimn‘&w‘ exican sitvation. : ot -l 'tron 500,000 tons, ¥ The world’s production in 1813 is estimated ar 76, new record | ated for | were objected to by Homer 8. Cum- {and the other officials of the Billard | could not recall any such meeting. compary, a subsidiary of the New Ha- | at Naugatuck TUnited 7 ¥ " board the steamer Dun- | Jast night assembled thirteen bodies pany at that time?” asked Mr. Folk. “I do not know of any exeept the debentures of the New kngland Invest- ment Securities company,” answered Mr. Hemingway. Mr, Folk endeavored to show that| these debentures were exchanged for the Billard company notes, but Mr. Hemingway would not say so. The nojes and the debentures were equal in value, he said. He said the Second National bank of New Haven, of which he is president, sometimes had deposits of as much as $200,000 from the Billard company, and made loans to that concern. Mr, Hemingway said he became a director of the Boston and Maine rail- road in 1908, when Billard became a stockholder in the road, and resigned about the time he retired as treasurer of the Billard company. “So you were a dummy for Mr. Bil- it that if you want to put “What was the Billard company cre- “I do not know, except it was to take over the debentures. “You know there was a law in Mas- sachusetts forbidding the New Haven from owning trolley lines in western Massachusetts. Now was not the Bil- lard company formed to evade that law ?” “It might have been for that pose.” ‘The Billard company made no tributions to political parties, the ness said. Mr. Folk asked Mr. Hemingway if he had drawn a check for $3,000,000 in connection ~ with the Metropolitan Steamship company. “I do not remember it,” was the re- ply. He said he did not recall any deal- ings with the steamship company. Further questions along this _line pur- con wit- mings, attorney for Johmn L. Billard, who maintained that Mr. Hemingway corspary who declined to answer ques- tions put to them several weeks ago were Wwithin their rights. Philip J. Doherty, of counsel for the commission, then asked the witness if he had atfended a meeting in New York at which matters regarding get- ting control of steamers or wharves for the New Haven road were discuss- ed. Mr. Hemingway replied that he “Did you not sign 20 gold notes, numbered from 1 to 20, for $100,000 each?” Mr. Hemingway's memory was not distinct on this point. Where Money Came From. Mr. Doherty then followed a line of questioning tending to show that Oct. 7, 1909, the New Kngland Navigation ven, had bought from the Billard com- pany the $2,000,000 in gold notes, pay- ing for them in two checks in favor of John I, Billard for $1,000,000, one drawn on the Mercantile National bank of New York and the other on the Manhattan company of New York. He claimed that it was this $2,000,000 that Billard paid into the company to cap- italize it. “So, really, the money that started | the Billard company came from the New Haven,” he insisted. ! Mr. Hemingway could not recall, he | said, all the retails regarding the transactions. EXPRESS TRAIN WAS DELAYED TWO HOURS At Housatonic Bridge by Derailment of Truck of Third Coach. Devon, Conn., Ma —Passengers on the express from Boston to New York. by way of Willimantic, Hartford and Waterbury, were delayed for near- 1y two hours at the Housatonic bridge of the New Haven road this afternoon while a wrecking train replaced a truck of the third coach. The accident wa. trivial one, but it was annoying. As the express, No, 45, rounded the curve Junction to take the main line, the forward truck under the | third coach jumped off at a switch- point. The train was brought to a standstill a few hundred feet further on, after the derailed truck had drag- ged over the ties for two hundred feet, No one was hurt and few were shaken up. The forward part of the train was a tthe drawbridge when it was stop- ped. The express proceeded to Bridge- port at 2.30 p. m. Steamship Arrivals. Naples. April 30.—Steamer Verona, April 30.—Steamer Hes- ston and Portland, May 1.—Steamer Amer- for Southampton and Steamer Ced- for Liverpool. Steamer New York. —Steamer Ber- Kaiser enstjord, Genoa. M Steamer Moltke, Nefw o New York, May l—Arrived, steam- ers France, Havre: Inionian. Piraeus. Locating Miners’ Bodies, Bocles, W. Va., May 1.—Rescue crews at the foot of the shaft in mine No. 5 of the New River Coal company, and K continued their work of ex- ploration in the hope of locating all of the 172 men who. it now seems cer- tain, lost. their lives in the explosion Jast Tuesday afternoon. Launch Swamped in Heavy Sea. Fort Stevens, Oregon, May 1.—A A launch loaded with mine planting equipment and manned by five soldiers was swamped in a heavy sea at the | were complet lay Day Paris Orderly. Paris May 1—“May Day” passed without disorder here today. Only a small percentage of the working class quit work. Amended Constitution Promulgated. Peking, May 1.—The amended con- stitution for the republic of China, re- markable for the powers of administra- tion it confers upon the president, was formally promulgated at noon today. Coroner Pronounced a Suicide. London, May 1—The coroner today turned in a verdict of Suicide in the case of an American named Henry Fitzgerald, known also as “Major” Fitzgerald who shot himself in the head at Charing Cross hotel yesterday and died shortly afterward. HUERTA ORDERS RELEASE OF RED CROSS OFFICIAL Dr. Edward Ryan, Who Was in Danger of Execution as Spy. Vera Cruz May 1—President Huerta today ordered the immediate release of Dr. Edward Ryan, an American Red Cross official who was threatened with execution as a spy in Zacatecas. The release was ordered after ul nt per- sonal representations to Presidént Hu- erta by William M. Canada, the American consul here. Huerta telegraphed to Mr. Canada this afternoon that he did not know that Dr. Ryan was to be put to death, but that he had ordered the federal commander at Zacatecas to release him at once and give him transportation to Mexico ity. From the capital President Huerta promised to send him to Vera Cruz. Representations in behalf of Dr. Ry- an also were made by Sir Christopher Cradock, commander of the British naval squadron in Mexican waters, through Sir Lionel Carden, British minister and by the Brazilian minis- ter, acting for the United States, Ryan Released. Dr. Edward Ryan of the American Red Cross, who was captured at Zac- atecas by the command of General Jo- aquin Maas and sentenced to death as a spy was saved by an order signed by Minister of War Blanquet at 11 o’clock last night. Dr. Ryan will be brought to this city and turned over to the Brazilian legation. SILVER TEA SERVICE FOR MISS WILSON Will Be House of Representatives’ Wedding Gift. Washington, May 1—A silver tea seryice ‘supplemented by a pair of sil- ver candelabra, is the house of repre- sentatives’ wedding present for Miss Fleanor Wilson, the president’s young- est daughter. 'Her marriage to Sec- retary McAdoo will take place at the White House on May 7. The zift was chosen by a committes of the House headed by Representative Mann of Ilinois, the minority leader. It will be suitably engrayed and sent to the White House p: 1y this week, The present, simpl~ but elegant in de- sign, consists of a massive tray, hot water kettle, tea pot, cream pitcher, ete. The House gift to Miss Jessie Wood- row Wilson upon the occasion of her iage to Francis Bowes Sayre, was marri: a diamond lavalliere set in platinum. DOMINICAN REVOLUTIONISTS ATTACK PUERTO PLATA On Verge of Overthrowing theBordas Government. ‘Washington, May 2—Reports that the revolutionists in the Dominican re- | public were vigorously attacking Pu- erto Plata and claimed that they were on the verze of overthrowing the Bordas government, came to the navy department, early this morning in a relayed wireless despatch from Com- mander Gray Graham of the United States gunboat Petrel, Roosevelt’s Fearfess Act. Rio De Janeiro, May 1—Colonel Ron- don, chief of the Prazilian mission which accompanied Colonel Roose- velt's expedition in South Africa, has | telegraphed to Dr. Lauro Muller, the Brazilian foreign minister, his report concerning the expedition. Tt says that at one time in shooting a rapids a boat was in danger. Colonel Roose- velt fearlessly attempted to save the boat, but received a wound on his leg which infected his blood. This im- peded Colonel Roosevelt's walking. Baer’s Successor Elected. New York, May 1-—W. G. Bealer was today elected president and general manager of the Central Railroad of | New Jersey, at a meeting of the board of directors to succeed George F. Baer who died in Philadelphia last week. Charles S. Huber was eclected to suc- ceed Mr. Baer as president of the Le- high and Wilkesbarre Coal company. 125,000 Children to Be Vaccinated. New York, May Arrangements for the vac nating of X dren attending Catholic parochial schools in New York, Seven thousand dollars has been appropriated by the city for this work, Japanese residents of San Francis- co are building a magnificent Buddist temvle in that city. CAPTAIN W. B. FLETCHER. Photo by American Press Assoclation. mouth of the Columbia- river yester- day., Co Klempe and Private Price of the 24th company, Coast ar- tiliery, were drowned. The other three Captaln William B. Fletcher Is In mmmmatmmmd&m’: ‘NORWICH, CONN., Federals Are | | ~Siill Retreating! ABANDON PRINCIPAL CITY STATE OF COAHUILA. 12,000 FEDERALS RETIRE Remnants of Huerta Forces Rallied After Defeats at Torreon and Mon- | terey Continue to Fall Back. El Psao, Tex., May 1—Saltillo, prin- cipal city of the state of Coahuila, where the remnants of various federal forces rallied after their defeats at Torreon, Monterey and other lesser strongholds, was reported today to- day to have been evacuated April 27, the 12,000 federals retiring to SanLuis Potosi, in the state of that name, about 800 miles south. The information was received here in a letter signed by Miguel Avila. Avila said the federal acting on direct SATURDAY, The Bulletin’s Circulation: in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the Ci STGROWS INBILLARD HEARING] Cabet Pararats MAY 2, 1914 More Troops for lioloradu ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH REGI- MENTS ORDERED THERE. TO PROCEED AT ONCE Secretary Garrison Studies Maps and Decides Force Orders for Disarming Citizens. Is Insufficient—No Washington, May 1.—Orders to quarduple the force of federai cavalry- nien in the Colorado coal strike regions went from the war depurtment late to- night. The entire Eleventh regiment from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and two troops of the Twelfth from Fort Robin- ‘son, Neb., were ordered to proceed to the scene at once, Col. James Lockeit of the Eleventh to take supreme com- mand of the situation. & An appeal for more federal forces came early today from Governor Am- posed to prevail only in the big ci vestigation something may be fou Norwich stores can do just as well ‘While it may seem to devolve business houses for tising columns of The Bulletin. quired the beneficial habit but unl tising therein is established by the trade which they are eptitled to is Eolals . el e Advertising is the Best Policy Tt is not surprising that people should declare furnishes many of the desirable advantages for trading which are sup- wich holds the magnet for all Eastern Connecticut, and while after in- which looks more favorable it is dollars to pennies that some of the while this may seem to manifest their desire for the trade. vantages there shouid also be a manifestation upon the part of the that trade and there is no vital connection between the buyer and the seller can be established to the mutual advantage of all concerned than Resnits show that people read The Bulletin The Bulletin, the paper which circulates, The past week the following news matter has appeared in its columns: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, April 25.. 153 160 984 1297 Monday, April 27.. 132 137 263 532 Tuesday, April 28.. 140 120 207 467 Wednesday, April 29.. 180 94 264 538 Thursday,- April 30.. 124 128 352 604 ] Friday, May 1.. 142 141 244 527 871 that Norwich ties. As a shopping center Nor- nd in some of the bigger cities or better if given the opportunity, upon the buyer to seek out such ad- way in which that through the adver- ads. They have ac- ess the policy of persistent adver- merchants a large share of the lost. Get the habit. Advertise in 2314 orders from Huerta, set fire to the | place and abandoned it. | The letter was mailed by Avila from | San_Antonio, Texas, last Wednesday | to the rebel junta here. As elaborate | preparations for a campaign against Saltillo are being made the information | caused a sensation and the junta at San Antonio was telegraphed for con- firmation. A reply was received say ing that Avila was trustworthy. This | was followed by a. second telegram | reading: “Telegram from Parras con- | firms.” Parras is 100 miles west of | Saltillo and is occupied by a rebel gar- rison. | May Make Headquarters at San An- ! tonio. i The progress of the rebel campaign ! may make it advisable to move the | headquarters of the local junta to San Antono. 1f this is done, the confiden- tial agents of both the constitution- alists and United States governments will probably go with the Junta. The whole subject will be taken up at Chi- huahua tomorow or next day at a con- | ference at which George C. Carothers, special agent of the state department, Robert V. Pesqueira, Carranza’s con- fidential agent here ,and many others will be present. The El Paso party ex- pects to leave durlng the night. The change of base along the border is thought to be convenient because the Tampico and San Luis Potosi cam- | patgns will be directed by General Car- | ranza from Monterey. At this point he { will_be in direct telegraphic and rail- | road communication with both armie | Thus the whole scene of activ | be moved far to the east of £1.d Chihuahua of which J1 | gateway into the United s i Monterey is connecte: this o telegraphical only by a long and circuitous route and | the railroad is not yet repaired between | that city and Torreon ,which cuis off | traflic between it ard El Paso. Tt developed today that General Car- | ranza is not likely to receive a di- | rect request from the Sout'. Americon mediators that he agiee to ar arm- istice with Huerra. He was mercly St ded on the point and the resuit was a positive nezativa, as the statement )X 1 Pes ripht Wlile the sup* ‘ms chief of tia reva- la:.on is suid to be nust anx ous to sfford foreigne-s i foreiga property | a: Tampico all consss ent pretection he | 15 £a’d to be un-lle 10 prom. that he | will establish a nc al zone where ever foreign prope is in dan, There is much of ths property in and ected in tera last (ah-ut Tampico na: if all of it were | decisred neutral tue rebel army woul | vnable an advanteg s | OBITUARY. Mather E. Pinney. Hurtford, Conn., May 1—Mather E. Pinney, a well known traveling man, died at his home in this city today aged 65 years. He was a native of Tariffyille. For forty vears he had represented a local wholesale dry goods concern. Middletown Freed of Smallpox. Middletown. Conn., May 1—The| smallpox epldemic in this city is now | a thing of the past. The quarantine was declared off today on all houses, ‘where persons have had the disease. Fire Destroys Piano Plant. . Y., ly 1.—All but the east wing of the Wegman 0 com- pany plant was destroyed by fire hy mW»MIh-:. 1 X .a:: 00 represents the contents St S mons and was the subject of discussion at the cabinet meeting. Secretary Gar- rison later went to the White House with maps of the coal regions to dem- onstrate that the troops already sent were not sufficient to guarantee peace and order. The president agreed and told the secretary to send whatever troops he thought best. Secretary Garrison said he had is- sued no instructions for disarmament in the coal flelds. He said he would take no on in this respect until he had received a full report of conditions in the strike zone from the officers cn on the scene, “I have reques secretary added, information,” the to what classes of citizens are carrying guns, and what use is being made of them. Secretary Garrison issued the orders after a long conference with President Wilson. He said the step was taken, not because trouble was expected but because it had been dem- onstrated that the five troops of caval- ry now in the coal fields did not pro- vide enough to cover the large terri- tory involved. Reports from Colora- ed do tonight, the secretary added, were | very favorable. The twelve troops of the Eleventh would be distributed through the Trin- idad, Walsenburg, Aguilar and Forbes districts and the two troops from the Twelfth will go to Boulder and Lewis- ville. Widely Known Man Suicides, May 1.—Burt Olney, the best known men in the canning business in this coun- try. committed suicide at his home here today by shooting himself through the heart. He had been mentally un- sound for some time. Rome, The moving picture craze has spread almost over the entire world. The Chinese are eager for them. Photo by American Press Association. Captain Albert P. Niblack is in com- mand of the battleship Michigan of the Second division of the Atlantc deet. The Michigan carries eight twelve-inch guns and 1s a sister ship s | Condensed Telegrams Troopers of the First lllinois cavalry were vaccinated against typhoid. Yesterday marked the 16th annivers- ary of the battle of Manila bay. Wilfrid de Fonvi ol aeronaut w"ed 90, in the world, died The Duchess of Hobenburg is seri- i | ously ill at the Konopischt viilla in nna. Sir William Wilcox, builder of the Assouan dam, was a visitor at the White House. i Game Wardens Liberated 1,500 rain- bow trout in Lake Lwnape in southern New Jersey. Plans have been completed for the Woman's Suffrage procession at Wash- ington, May 9. The Missouri Bankers' Association will hold its annual convention in St. Louis May 18 to 20. Hyman Collum, 15 years old, of Lynn, Mass., was arrested on suspi- cion of incendiarism. A strike of carpenters affecting one thousand men was declared at Cincin- nati, Ohio, yesterday. Gov. Haines of Maine yesterday is- sued a proclamation designating Fri- day, May 15 as Arbor Day. Miss Helen Dinsmore became the bride of Willi: Astor at Staatsburg, N. Y. A Vacant Store Was Transformed into the Union Trust company bank in Bayonne, N. J, in one night. Huntington am Vincent Doctors Have Given Up Hope for the recovery of Madame Lillian Nordica, the singer, who is ill in Batavia, Jav There Are Now 15 Cases of bubonic piague in Havana. Three more sus- pxm:ls have been placed under ohserva- tion. 38 years old, was ailing from the fifth fioor of her home on First avenue, New York. Fine View House an on the St. Lawrence, near Thousand Island Park, N. Y., were burned with a loss of $20,000. Lee B. Wolf of the Stock Brokerage firm of Hahn, Wolf & Co. was suspend ed for insolvency by the Philadelphia stock exchange. The Amended Cl constitution has passed its final rea ing and has been forwarded to Presi- dent Yuan Shih-Kai. d Four Cottages Mr. Confalonieri, Italian Ambassador, called upon Secretary Bryan for pro- tection for Italians within the Colo- rado strike zone. Senater Poindexter Asked Congress for a gold medal for Dr. Cook, who, Poindexter insists, is the real discov- erer of the North Pole. Woman Suffrage Received a Boost when Senator Owen reported a reso- lution providing for an amendment to the constitution for suffrage. The Schooner William Jamison, from Oswesgo to Napanee, Ontario, is report- ed sunk in Lake Ontario with two women and five men aboard. The British Government Thanked the ate of Virginia for its offer to pre- nt a copy of Houdon's bust of George Washington to the British nation. | _George D. Kelly, Former Cashier of | the People’s National bank of Middle- town, Del, was sentenced to five years® imprisonment for making false returns. Nebraskan arrived at “al, with six American refugees from Salina Cruz, Mex. The | refugees said 35 other Americans de- j cided to remain behind. The steamer Los Angeles, ( Joseph Sobelan, aged 8, cut open a golf ball in Yonkers, N. Y. As usual, the acid squirted in eyes and he is | temporarily and perhaps permanently blind as a resuit. A. G. Camobell, Former President of the First Natcnez bank at Nafchez, | Miss., was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for receiving deposits in | an insolvent institution. | _Samuel Iger, aged 1§, walked into a | New York police station and announced | he had taken carbolic acid. A stom- ach pump helped prove that it was only bug poison. He will live. Harry Taylor, a Crippled Beggar, felled Mrs. Margaret McCabe with his crutch in New York when she refused 10 give him alms. He was sentenced to six months In the workhouse. Postmaster General Burleson Called upon the postoffice at St. Louis to send supplies to the new United States post- office at Vera Cruz. Thousands of Douches, sacks and locks were sent. The body of Wasyl found in & small pond at Millivlle, Mass,. The dead man disappeared on April 12 last. He was 35 years of age and leaves a widow and two children. Francis B. Sayres, sou-in-law of President Wilson, will tour the United States in the near future presenting | the financial needs of Wiliiams college to the alumni of which he is a mem- ber. Mikavor was By a Vote of 32 to 25 the senate ta- | bled a motion to reconsider the vote ! agreeing to the conference report on the bill for federal appropriation for | ald to agricultural coilege extension work. Indian Chiefs in Full Paint, squaws | with ditto, cowboys in chaps and va- rious other me £ wild west show invaded G chureh in v York in “full d and partook of { holy communion. i Strike Talk is Again Prevalent | among the New York harbor scow cap- tains and 1500 uon-union men threaten to form a union and walk out if their demands that they be recog- nizeG are not granted. A Motorboat at Cannes Loaded with gasoline and canisters of powder which was to have filled the star role in a movie of the blowing up of a_motor- boat went off ahead of time. Five op- erators were hurled in the water and injured. | I Judge Rosalsky ited Full Penalty | | of the law upon two first offenders | | charged with carrying concealed wea- pons in New York. They were each sentenced to four'and one-half years in prison and fined $1,000, the fines to :: served out at the rate of $1 per Sable Tsland, May 1.—Stéumer Xu- Objects to Neutral Zone BUT WILL NOT MOLEST OiL WELLS AT TAMPICO. PEACE ENVOYS ACTIVE Reopening of American Consulate at Tampico is Expected to Keep Oil Wells From Being Destroyed. ‘Washington, May 1—General Car- ranza telegraphed Bryan Secretary from Chihuahua tonight that the con- stitutionalists would not enter into any formal agreement for the estab- lishment for, a neutral zome around the oil welis at Tampico. He said, however, that as far as his forces ‘were concerned, the oil companies could resume operations without fear of molestation. Assurances of peace, with a steady abatement of “war talk” was the dom- inant feature in the Mexican develop- ments here today. Attention was still certered on the work of the South American mediators, who reported steady progress and the avoidance of any deadlock between the parties. In other quarters, however, the fail- ure of Carranza thus far to accept the mediators’ proposal for a suspension of hostilities against Huerta caused con- tinued doubt over the outlook for broadening the scope of the mediators’ work to a settlement of the whole Mexican situation. ‘While the gravity and the hopeful- ness of the situation varied from hour to hour, the envoys of Argentina, Bra- zil and Chile kept steadily at thelr sessions at work, holding two lengthy the Argentine legation. Their long conference last night with Secretary Bryan was followed today by a con- ference with the Spanish abbassador, Senor Riano, who represents the Hu- erta government. The mediators made no announcement. It was known they were expecting another definite development today. which might lead to a statement lafer, but its purport was 1ot Jdiscl sed. There was reason to believe, how- ever, that it related to the attitude of Carranza, who, having accepted the mediators’ good offices, was now de- sired to suspend hostilities. One of the mediators likened thier work to a hard climb up a precipitious mountain, cne dangerous cliff being scaled at a time until the ho'ght was reached. Fortunately, e add:d, the dangers thus Zar had been overcome and the advaace was steady. What Envoys Have Accomplished. Summing up what the mediators had done thus far, a well-posted authoriiy £zid it represented more ac.ualy ac- c-mplished in a given time than had ever occur-ed in the history of inter- mediation. He specified, beginning on ApriL 26 and continuing six days In- caigng treey: First, e~ eptance of gro% ¢Mf-ce by the Urited States; second, st ep.ance by Huerta; third, acceptance by Car- ranza; fourth, suspension of hostili- ties by the United States; fifth, sus- pension of hostilities by Huerta.” This five accomplishments, within six days, were declared to be without precedent in international _bodies which had previously exercised good offices. A sixth development, it was expected, would further emphasize what was being done. The conference of the Spanish am- bassador with the mediators was mot to deliver any communication from Huerta but to go over the general sit- uation. As showing the directness of the mediators, they are putting aside all _diplomatic _circumlocution and sending cables direct to Huerta and Carranda and receiving direct re- plies. The text of the Huerta reply, through his forelen minister, accept- ing good offices, which has heretofore been given only in outline, was as fol- lows: “Mexico City, April 27: Four-very urgent. With' reference to yester- day’s telegram tell the Spanish am- bassador that mediation 1s accepted in principal and that we are very much obliged for his good offices as well as to the representatives of the A. B. C., which are a proof of the solidarfty of the peoples Spanish origin.’ The Huerta reply to the armistice proposal, received last night, was also a direct cable to the mediators in re- | sponse to thelr cabled inquiry. The meeting of the cabinet today was devoted largely to affairs other than Mexico, showing that muca of the tension over the situation has disappeared in administration quarters. Members of the cabinet sjoke hope- fylly of the mediation proce:dings and felt from its present aspect, that it would “work out.” Secretary Bryan said the polnt in the negotiations where it was nec- essary to submit a basls for the American government's position had not yet been reached Secretaries Bryan and Danfels were active during the day in their en- deavors to neutralize the oil wells at Tampico. It developed that the local authorities at the town would take ! no action until advised by their su- | periors. So _the British embassy con- tinued its effors to secure an under- | standing with the Huerta government while the United States communicated with General Carranza. The reopen- ing of the Ame‘l;l:‘n consulate at Tam- Miller protection. | Army Officers to Govern Vera Cruz. At the war department Secretary Garrison announced his Intention of ing all the civil officials at Vera replacing them with army of- ficers. Mr. Garrison said no reflec- tior. was intended on the men already chosen, as he did not know any of them, but that it was customary under military occupation for all officers to be direetly responsible to the war department. He sald Admiral Fletch- er had chosen civilians because the navy did not have the for a municipal government, the army having legal officers and others quali- fled to handle a government such as was the case in Cuba after the Span- ish-American war. According to war department officials, it is absolutely necessary to make the courts at Vera Cruz mili ts Nerdica Critically NI New York, May 1—George B W Young. a banker of tI X~