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JtoflltrrK ?riBime v 0l LXXIII....Na 24,597. [CapjilfflH, i f> i a. lit The Tribune A..?nial inn. I NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1014. WEATHER To-day, fair and warmer. TEMPERATURE TESTEROATI High. SO; Low, If. Full report Pa-re IT. PPTrr nYt? <npi_rmiaciarsflfcwTeatuyesiasiL<iawrCI^_-iM^>i I IV IV U_\__ t____\ 1 ELSEWHERE TWO CENTS. HUERTA SEEKING WILSON'S AID AS BATTLE IMPENDS Lind, After His Conference with Portillo, Hints at Agreement. DICTATOR WANTS TO BE CANDIDATE Would Make Foreign Min? ister President and Try to Succeed Him. O'SHAUGHNESSY AILING But Starts for Vera Cruz, Accom? panied by British Charge May Resign Office. . . . March "0--Simultaneous -ritt thi I Of Torre?n by 12.000 men natter General villa, strong bsllsf is expreessd hsrs that there will he to a solution f?f the Htxl *__ pi ?btem ns a result of Preai rl?-.. t 1! -.-?:?:?-.'s attempt to open negotia? tions will) Prssidont Wilson by moans of u cjoafersa?a batwssa his Minister ?' reign Affaira, Jos? Portillo y Roja? snd J"hn Lind. Mr. Wilsons i c-ommiMlosicr. It is understood that Mr. Lind has been in consultation to-day with Presi? dent Wilson I'.v cabta as to the advisn 1 Portillo being recognized br ths United States as provisional Pr<M i? n< ol Mexico in place O? Huerta. Prominent city official! here told the rrespondent to-day they irerc ronfitier.t that Mr. Lind favored this plan, at nr.y rate, to some extent, Huerta, however, mak? it a condition of his Withdrawal now that he shall be -ed to stand as a candidate for the Presidency al ths next stecttons. Mr Und would not flatly admit to ? ri to-day that last night's ?onft r.-n-e with Se?or Portillo bad any Important results, but Jie hinted that :,,ni. ? ? Ighl come of it. England May Help. T- ? 1 that the meeting may have i great rrigaUlcance was strength *ne? to-night when It was learned that Neteon < I'Shaughnessy. United States harp,* d'affaires at Mexico City, waaon hi? way her??, accompanied by Thornae H. Hohler, the British charg?. The feeling h-re Is that Mr. O'Shaugh ?s icming to assist at another ?r?iice with Se?or Portillo, and H ar will accompany him in snd may lend a hand in anv ? tiations should her help he ? n is that Huerta Is ? ? ng the ground to ?la-cover bow far he can go without bringing >n ind that on *?laxoverlng ? ike no headway white he . :n? in the Presidency has put for ? w proposition. Se?or Portillo aras from Mr. Lind rts i * ligned and went fl :? with his army at Torreon and Portillo assumed the provisional Presidency, ?t would be possible for Port! ire the recognition of fie I ntted States, and also whether, in the ? that would be available to him, he lould procure funds to carry w an | ? .?? ? ; sign to put down the Uten. Consult for Two Hour?. ?eeting between Mr. Lind and 0 was arranged by Fran;?: fon isrly one of the bodyguard Dias. It took place in Se?or ' I'l home and Mr. Lind and Se?or 'artillo were two hours in consuita ? ' ' ? ."ft to-night for Max? (?>ntin?<->,| on ?.erond pa?r. ?Ulh mlnmn. This Morning's Xews. LOCAL Pafif ' ** ? tl ' v She ? ilerrowed''. 1 : '*" '? - '?-? SB TTsfidiBj. 1 McntclMr Chureh Burned. 1 May? Tbtaks util? s-i?e. 3 ? -render? to Pn seeutor.... 3 ^"'?' ' ... fanal Atta, kpd . . 4 ril*-'T:- ilk : *. Graft Hunt. 5 N' ? ? i ?epos* '. g ' lust Ana? ? lull. 6 ' IS / '-i''?'i Coos. 6 - ' lost ii lo.oi i . e . um vVilsoa.ix ; rdei KIU Man on Broadway.. is ?? H? Mi Beerst Books 13 OSNEKAL. ?? -.m Negotiations with r s i rasrs ii ?. o?m Picture. i I foi Demoeraey*s T*piift.... a ? * of Torreen. a ; tOi M I'. 4 - v sAAo?. e rOREIOlf. Troop? Rosbed to Ulster l NOete , . _,, ..., , tn%rm 3 MISf.KLT.ANEOUS - . 7 tori?!."\y ' ' ? .....::.::::::::::::::: s '"v . 9 a .io sad ii .JJ ?fieri. 1] .ia -ir.'i 13 ??tel -.?'i Marketa... .14, is sad is Is . is ? ?-hipping . ? 17 CRACKSMEN GET S30.000 Take $7,000 in Gold in One Bag from Bank Vault. ! rty Tel? traps to The TrtblOM | Nashville, Term., March 20.?The Pint National Hank of Qallatln, T?--nn.. xx as last night robbed of about $80,000. It xx as tirst thought that th?*? burglars had Mown open the vault. The robbery WAS discovered about 8 o'clock in tin? morning, whan smoke from the bank building attracted the | attention of a paaeerbjr. of the $90,000 or moi*? stolen there xvns .?I,in ni |n gold in OM bag. A large portion of the remainder xx-as in gold and silver certificates. The burglars left )"-hin?l $4,400 in silver and un? signed cartlflcat?.-. All the important books and record? of the bank w<we destroyed, and the time lock was set to open at '.', this afternoon, Instead of the usual morning hour. - m HARLEM WEEPS AT FIRE I Ammonia Tanks Burst in Meat I Market, Hampering Firemen. a spectacular fire broughl tears i> I Harlem, eyes last night, when thou? sands ? irned out to watch th" firemen tii-'ht a blaze that started In the Ice box I of David Mayer A ?'<>., but'hers a? Twelfth avenue and 131st street. When Deputy Chief King arrived be discov? ered that two ammonia tanks had burst. He turned in another alarm, and the Increased force enabled him to establish relief squads, so that after an hour the Carnea xx?-re under control, ?srlth a loss i if $20,000. Fum? from the tanks not only seri? ously hampered the tire fighters, but spread over Harlem and caused much discomfort, among the thousands gath? ered on the viaduct when the flamea wen- at their height. LOVE FOR "BRUTE" I MAY BE BRAIN ILL Bone To Be Removed i'rom Skull of Divorced Wife of C. D. Fol som, Who Admired Ranchman. Reno, Nov., March 20.?.Mrs. Florence Rluxome Folsom, who WAS divorced by I Charles Dwight Polffom, a New V?>r'. | lawyer, four months ago, after ?she had ? made fervid declarations <?f love for a | ranchman whom she characterized pu a "brute of my own species" and bettei fitted to control her than her husband, is going to undergo an operation for the removal of a bone found to be pressing on her brain and which may be responsible for h.? r strange actions. Since her divorce and abandonment by the rancher, Qua Williams, Mrs. F'ol Hnni has been living in poverty in Chico, Cal. She wrote a letter a fffW .veeks ago renouncing het "brute'' and de clared Polsom was the only man she really loved. Her cas?- attracted the attention of Dr A R. Waters, of Chico, who believed she waa Buffering from an ailment that would yield to an operation. Through his urging, l>r. Castle, a specialist of San PTanciaco, will perform the operation. Mrs. Polsom said yesterday that her divorced husband baa telegraphed sav ? ral times, offering to pay ail expenses and provide for her during conxal.s Her young son is with her. Lately she wrote h? r nun epitaph, aa follows: "She had but one thought and she strove royally t" .press it; people xx-ert? her pencils, Cities and towns her points of punctuation; with her soul's ; I lood she wrote upon the xx-orld. and what she wrote was love." -. FLOWING WHISKERS SHOCK ABSORBERS Secretary Redfield at Last Dis closes Reason for His Hirsute Adornments. ' From Tbc Tribuna r.,ir?-.Tu | Washington, March 20.?Many an In- j terosted observer who has contem platad the" radiant hirsute adornments j which half conceal the countenances of the Senator from Illinois. J. Ham . Lewis, and the go? retary of i'ommerce, W. ?ox Redfield, ha? paused to wonder j what could Induce them t<> adhere to their pink whiskers. Secretary Radfleld has just dispelled the mystery He and the He retary of Agricultura went to a, battleship target practice s<?nT-- time ago? Secretary Houston expart?mced much di.? tress, ex? treme nausea and the pke whenever ?he big guns were fired. Not so Secre? tary Redfield, however, ami when pressed for at. explanation "f hi? im? munity he pointed to his flowing whiskers and exclaimed, laconically: "Shock absorbers! MRS. BOISSEVAIN HECKLED - 'The Englishman Is a Joke." She Says in St. Louis. Kt Louis, March 11 ' w. man ; ?:| ?? la in the kitchen." That arai the Brsl ?tatemen! hurle?i to-day at Mrs Bugene Rolaoevain (formerly Inez Ifllholland), of Mew York, when abe Invited ajuestlona tr-rn m? t. In ti.? crowd at an open Htr m--? tins '?? *?? "There are nine million women who In Ihe kit' !.? a beca must i*" "it- and work," answered Mrs, ir. no! working be? i they had ll essj Condltlona are! bad for them; Ihxtjr .?r>- ander political disability aad -??? heraeaeil by ancient prejudices, if working men most bave ?am? t" protect them, t.'.w much more ? .irv aie lawa i" protect working women Y ' ??\\ ;.? -i. ? -i. t England kIx?- aromas I ballot?" '.im.' n question ftum ti?<- ii"-.?.i "The Bngttahmaa la a i"k'- " aaswored Mi? Bolassvaln. 'Thank heaven, u* ?ro t,"t 'i'-iil|iiK v. Uli him"" 1 ?PRESIDENT DRAWS HIS OWN PICTURE Trembles, He Says, at Im? pressions He Seems to Make on Others. ! BORROWS BRAINS WHEREVER HE CAN | Finds Himself Like a National | Exhibit, Classed with Museum and Monument. Washington, March 20.- Woodiow Wilson unbosomed himself to the mem ben "f the Nat:?,nal Pre.--*.?- Club "f Washington t?i-day, telling them in a frank, conversational way how he felt Presiden! "f ths United states, how lit it was f?>r him to Imagine him ??,.' as the Chief Executive, with the formai amenitiei of the position, and how he had struggled to be as free as the ordinary Individual without the h strslnts of his offi? ?*. It was an intimate picture of Wood row Wilson the man. drawn by him? self, "ii th? occasion Of the "house warming" at the Press Club- new quarters, The Presiden! did not in? tend -,, have his remarks r? ; ? ?r*? ?1. but later, at the request of the club, th?*1 unusual speech was mads public. The President talked most in? forma]]-,-. He wore a sack suit and stood with his bands In his pocketi y he tpoke. He was in a happy mood, i end his remarks were constantly] punctuated with laughter and applause. Mr. Wilson Is B member of the Press Club, having be? n elected before he be? came President. Members of th?1 <'ai? inet. Speaker Clerk end many officials also were guests "f the newspaper men Cannot Recognize Himself. ' 1 ?,ii just thinking," sni.l Mi "of my sens? of confusion of Identity sometimes when I r? a<? articles about my? self. I hnvt? never read an srtlcle sbout myself in which I recognised myself, i nd I hav<? corns to have the Impression that 1 must he some kind Of a frail, because I think a great many of thesa ertlc <-. ? an' written in absolute pood faith. 'I tremble to think of the variety and i falseness in the impressions I make?and' it Im being borna In on me so that It ehanpe niy very disposition-that I am I cold snd removed person, who has a thinking machine inside which he adjust? to the circumstances, which ha ?loes not silos to !"-? moved by any srinda of sffec? tion or emotion of any kln?l, but turns Ilk,' a ??Old ?=<*ar?hlr.,-.*?t nri anything that is presented to his r.tten*\ijr , ?nd makes it | work. 1 am not avare Of having any de tachabl? apparatus in-,ide of mi*. On the contran . if I were to interpret my.-eif I WOUM se.> th.T rny OonStSOl ? TO ment is to restrain the emotion*-* that are bislds of m<\ "You may not believe it, bul f some? times feel l!ke a fire from a iar from ex? tinct volcsno, snd if the lava does not seem to spill over it is because yo : not high enough to see Into the basin an l aee the caldron boil Be? use, U ily, n?-ri t!enn-T!, in th? ; ?sition which I now oc? cupy thera la a sort of?I do not kn >? how else t II than to i ij te?sense ol elng t p\ acted with my f? Ion men In i pecullsr relationship of responsibility. Not merely tha respon? sibility of office, but God knows there ar?* enough thing? In His world thai need te : ? cted, "I have mixed, first ant) lost, with all lorta ar:?i conditions of m? n thera are mighty few kinds of men that bav? to b? described to me, arid there are miirht?- fsw kinds of experiences that bava t., ba de ? d to me?snd when I think of the number Of nun who are lo'tklnif to me as the representative of a rarty, with the hope for all va rietlas of sslvsgfl from tha things they are Struggling In the midst of. It make me tremhle. It makes me tremble not only with a sense of my own Inadequacy snd weak nasa, but as if I were ?haken by the very thins:? that are shaking them, and If I seem circumspect It Is heeause I am so dlllgentlv trying not I to rnakt- any eolosssl blunders "if you just calculata the number of blunders a fellow ?an make in twenty four hours If he is not careful and If he does not listen more than he talks you I Continued on fourth pace, third column. ?BREIT?NGS NOW ARE I SILENT ON WEDDING Gardener's Family Gives Details of Courtship with Banker's Daughter. j KLEIST QUIETLY LEAVES PLACE i ! Goes from Mogoll?n, N. M., Where i He Was Employed in Mine, to Eureka. Col. Inspired from si?m* mysterious ?source, Max Frederick Kleist, xvho, aa The Tribune announced exclusively yesterday morning, was mimed bars ! November 22 to miss Juitet Breitung, daughter of Rd-ward N. and Mrs. Char? O. Braitung living at the .?i. Regla Hotel, departed suddenly Thurs? ? 1 Mogoll?n, X M, whither I ? went soon after the wedding, to : Bui :. 1, col I Kleist's sudden departure from the silver mine where he was xvorking gave another unexplained turn to the . asa Instead of denying, as they had Thursday, that JuHfft was the young woman xvho was married to the former coachman and gardener on an estate In .Marquette, Mi.'h, adjoining the summer home of the Kreitlings, all members of the Brattling family r-? fus.-.i jresterday to be Intarvlawsd. Mr. Breitling, who Is president of ? V Breitung ,?: Co, bankers, and is In Chit-ago, kept to his room and xvould 1 not answer Inqulrt?**, Mrs. Breitung j and h.-r daughter, at the st. Reg-la ! Hotel, sent down this word xxh< n an Interview was Bought: "We have nothing Kitist Family Tell Story. Angered by the Breitungs* deniala that they knew Kleist, that young man's mother and brother, in Ma nistlque, yesterday issued a statement gix-ing what they said were details of | the courtship. Herman Kleist, uno works in a saw? mill at Manlfftique, and Is a brother of Max, said that Max went to Marquette In 1912 to be'ome coachman and gar daner for Austin Farrell, superintend? ent of the Pioneer Iron ?""ompany, whose summ r home at Marquette ad? Joins that of the Breitlings'. "My brother and Juliet." said Her- I man, "fell in love soon after they met, and they were Inseparable companions, j They accompanied each other on wa'ks 1 into town, and whenever and wherever betxve'-n her daughter ami Max, and likely to be With him. "Mrs. Breitling noticed the Intimacy between her daughter and Kleist, and 1 Shff told J'lhet that she must have I nothing mote to do xxith my brother. ThU made it necessary for Juliet tu make the best of opportunities. "One ?lay ?ate last fall. When Mrs. Breitung was away from h?r home for a few hours, Juliet prepared a lunch which xxas to be enjoyed by her and Max. While they were eating Mrs Breitling suddenly came home. Bhe Interrupted the little party, and or-j dered Max to get ?-iff her premises and stay off. "\\'hen Mrs. Breitung and Juliet re turn?ed to NffW York In November my brother prepared to follow. He WTOt? to my lister, M?nala, who w,,? In Man? lstlque, to send him his bankbook at once, as he xvantcd to draxv out his bal? ance. When I heard that Max was goin? to leave Marquette 1 want there and asked him to return to Manlstlque before he xvent Last, to visit ?SUT par? ents. He gave me no definite answer, but he didn't stop off at home. When f asked him why he was going to New York he refused to tell me. He had novar really taker, us into his >nfi dence on anything. "I received a letter from Max, writ- 1 ten from Mogoll?n, a fSW days ago. , Continued on nei-ond page, thlrrl column. ROMANCE REKINDLED IN AGE BY CUPID'S SPRINGTIME MAGIC Throe Happy Bridegrooms. Each Past His 70th Milestone. Betoken Season's Inspiration?One Bars Widows, While Another Weds One. i.*m the weather man do his won or what he may, don't worry. Hpnn Is certainly with aa Everybody knows what T? nnysoi th?- poet, said about apring and ? youn man's fancy. It may be light with th young, bul it'a a aerioua matt? r whs spring awakens the old. And xve ha? throe ' The Rev. W. B, Wallace, pastor o the Baptist Temple, Third avenue an? Bch? rmerhorn atreet, Brooklyn, ad mltted last night he had croxxned witl happineas the romance of an sloplnj COUpla from his t'ornn-r ?-ongregatior in Oewego, N. Y. Charlea Pulvei an. Mrs. Harnet BlgelOW, each of th?rr nior? than seventy years old H was a leal romance, too. Charles and Harria! sen eetheart* in i luir \outh. but each married sume body ?:--'? Mrs. BlgSlOW's husband xx.is ("apt.un Daniel BlgelOW, who xxas drowns I in th?? wrack of the - Hail in a December storm Sftaen years ago. After the death of hi? wife. PulVSr became a frequent caller at th?- lot taga, and now it is marked "For Bala." Hoping to SSCSPe publicity, the couple . eluded their relative? and came t Brooklyn to be wedded. Brooklyn is also intcr?-sted in ? ? double romance at ?South No: walk Conn. It provided the bride for one o [ them. Miss Lillian C. Knapp, who 1: i Just twenty-four, as the fourth bridi 1 of Nelson Bpeer, who Is ?eventy-twi \ ears old, will be received ??? ith specie | honors to-day when she takes her plac? i at her husband's farm. There Is also to be a dan? *0 t??-ni?_rht ? at the farmhouse of Charlea Rnlder, at South Norwalk. for. d-^spite his sev enty-one years. Ridder has this week married Mrs. Carrie M M. Reed, a wld.'W of forty summers, and the ???tupi?? have en i ? Speers on a tameyinooa by trolley i sr, Speer was not partial to widows. Boms time ago n< ?? I - Used for a housekeeper. A Sfldoa called, a? panted by her daughter. "I'll marry your daughter and you an still he housekeeper," sa id B] ? -r But the young woman would n?'t listen Both Hp?*er and Bidder danced the tango with their brides at it reception -given la honor of th?* double wedding of flic old friends. FAC-SIMILE of KLEIST-BREITUNG MARRIAGE CER? TIFICATE MADE BY OFFICIATING MINISTER. TW tmna eorje-.t of th* Pma, Oetri ?r? or Frrum cruder ??t?a-? t?- ?nd |c- trnr-e^: th? Uiaor m vitan n_y b? _u tuen _?d in -a Cry Go-?'? r??? in th* Borough of M?-Jutun M ftveiird *. v Stcuo* U o? Ankk j _ _? Dan-Jtic J_l?t__i U? TO CUX?YM?N AN"D I?^\CI*rri?_>.T? Tea ?_?*? and c__fle?t? duly orara by th? -?m ?*-> iKi'i hi?? *-:???:??-?<- th? aaBBSgl th?-?? ?athorltad-?& '. itiur?) by aha to a_ ?die? o< the town or Qiy c'rr?. ?S? ?.?Ntd th? BSM oo or U?'? M th? t-Bta 4?r Ol ?M month n??t nor??du??; th? <_?_ o? th? ?o-nin-inf, or C?. ? ?tflkgl 0~r?i-? ?ml 0"'??? and ?ay perce er pmem? who __]] wil/wUjr ?ufan i? n-__, ?__ -__. w?__i _? less ?bo?-? -??-?uiml ?. ?u laaa_-dp-%afaaa_b_-M_raBdsfmsBsssBma-M-l--ltsaaaBS-itra?-?al^ tvtaty _?- do-in or my? than fifty do-in for met *ai treey cd_M_ I,"Uu-aLuj iivv-u *V_d-h.uJp___C?_J_*_f ?>u.?v_--_<i?m? M_l Bj-ML-C-ASSp?_Ir ?Si cowity of N-w Y?rk and Suu of Maa Vorfc d?, wmAW} emify _AJ I ?Sd oo -_U_ULa_l_?b? ?d^J_U?t?t<U*ACii_in ?: ? ?-?>? x D i?y? ?t _,*L?_Et QL-tClja th? ?ar-ity ?I Mrw Tort r_d |M? *t Uoe Y?rt _*??--? in- nie? o? - ?mmo-ry 1 ??4dLC... ?jLJ?j?bVA?lir-H Jai di'_._ -MM_s-___aafc ?a ?*-*??? ?f K?*- Vort ?ad |Mi o? Mm T?-_ ?t?d ^?^li_ti^.*-S_rs^4^?a, ?aa oaadry of N-?U orV ?nd Sut? ft N>*^'ork in tho r-M4-t?4 rf_^li_?*?-*-v#1 \\tkm\\l?\t _?d "ftfyffta, ?-b. i?*u^_ u witMW ?ad th? Urans? thaflft* b hereto uamxe? ?asna -r i-Ad ?i oO<? *Q*ta ? rftd ?-W - - in th* aaaatj of Ne? Ve* ?hu -Art i*/- ? . . <uy ??/ /l?T?J,-eA--x.i_ra-T4^_AfXmj ^-? ?""*? ?2Z?^-^-r^?2t__ J?A^aC_ ~ ^^ u i?? ?? i ?/ fw. frSSg bwSgS x-C%-w-_v__ ^-LiS^^-?-^?-?' <W Ae-v. ty?r\? .?y????? i??*-,./r?... rv.J*.,,-... . " ?? SEEKS TEACHER AND BOY SHE'BORROWED' Mother Appeals to Police to Find Son Who Went Away in 1912. Distracted by the absence of her twelve-year-old son. Mrs. Annie Ma loney, a widow, of No. 70 South 0th street, Brooklyn, has asked ths police to find him nn?l his Sunday school teacher, to whom ?tie "lent" the boy in the fall of 1012 In Mrs. Minnie Mann's class of boys In the Sunday school of the Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration, Marcy avenue and Hooper street, none was N bright as little John Maioney. Mrs. Mann had a son of her own, of the same name and age a? her favorite pupil, but her heart went out to the youngest of Mrs. Maloney's four ?h;i dren, and she asked the widow if ?he might take Johnny on a trip ro New Kngland. Bo it came about that on September 8, 1012, Johnny started off with his : and her son, leaving behind him to console his mother for his al> s? nee his sisters AI 'nie and Bthel, now nineteen snd seventeen yean old, re spectively, and his brother George, two years his senior. Mis. Maioney ??' that time lived at .v. '-i.'!*-? Keep street. Twl a she heard from Mrs. Mann, who was separated from lui- husband, a wealthy Long Island farmer. In ea< h letter ??? note from her son. The I : on M i ii 10, 1013, from Con cord. N. H. In It Jo! ' I bava shol ? squirrel end ,h>! nny ll making me some ear tape." Thai was all. Not ?nee ??hen ? year ego last Monday, has any n come to the now grlefstrlcken r: She half believes him dead, SI though her daughters try to comfort her, ?he is rapidly becoming S nervous and physical wreck. Father Magulre, pastor Of *he church, and his assistant, Father Halloren, have tried to persuade her that all ia well with her boy, but the sit i has become so acute that 1 * * Hal? loran suggested that the pol I asked to solve the mystery, private detectives having faib-d to do more than intimate that there was a man in the case and that ?he and the man and the two boys were now in Canada. PADEREWSKI'S WINE A MAXIXE SILENCER Pianist, Nerves Shredded by Rag time, Sends Champagne When Dancers Courteously Stop. Paderewekl Just can't stand ragtime. A maxlxa silencer in the form of a' basket of champagne had to ? i a, ; lied to a dancing party in a Carnegla Hall studio before Paderewski, the nervous, could mu.-ter ?.aim enough to . on the stage at ("arnegi.- Hall Wednes? day evening. To-day .. pro '- little n Ing l er. Misa Margaret Caee, la going to mak-* up with her friends for the time they lost from their party on that evening with a Paderewski chant dam-ant. A fat man. ue'egated by the pianist, had called at Miss Case's Btadto ?Would the ladies be so kind," he begged, "as to cease for ten minutes th'ir noise? The great Pa dure *.::',?:?. is so nervous he (Cannot play." Miss <.'a?-e turned to consult her friends. "Certainty," she said, "as one artist t', -another we are glad t?, oblige." Soon after came the champagne and to-day cornos the party. Read the Interesting Details of the Ben Franklin Quiz On Page 3 MYSTERIOUS FIRE DESTROYS CHURCH Montclair Blaze Explained Only by "Crossed Electric Wires." . i The Trtb'jn* <'orrest'on ' * Montclair, N ,1, March 10. All the. tire fighting apparatus of this place,' i with the assistance of the cien BMge ? 'lepartmcnt. wat unable to-night to ?check a fire which destroyed the Kirst Congregational Church, the place of worship of the .?hl^st ami wealthiest congregation in Montclair. The ?os^ is | $200,000. The insurance is about half; that amount. Not long before th? Are was ?!'.-< covered, Emerson Brooks, one of the trustee?, was in the church with the aexton. Both said afterward that they | saw no sign of Are. When the (lames were dtecovsred the gallery was burn-l :nc, and before the Bremen reached the | place the whole chur?*h was In flame?. | (Hen Ri'lge was asked for help. A? I ihe flames began to eat the tall steeple the spectacle could he seen for miles j Hundreds of automobiles sped to j Montclair, wagoni were hitched up nr.d bicycles taken out, so that when the | tir.- was at its height th?*ie were fully J 20,000 spectators. [? is believed that the Are started j from ? r n I lectiic light wires in the -gallery. The church, which had a s?- it Ing ?a*-i II of aht.'it twelve hundred, . t. trui ?? i "*' stone ate! '..ni ?< : ??? | .*'*-. copper trimmings Tii?.- skeleton of the steeple is still standing, but In places the walls have a In Am?>ne the prominent members of the congregation at? ? ?ecrse Wellwood 1_ -ay, Starr J Murphy, J"hn I?. Rockefeller personal counsel; Frank a. Ferris, William B. Dickson and William Heydt, of the rnited states Bteel Corporation: Frederick B. C William H. Bchoonmaker, Cornellue i>. Im Bois, counsel of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and W. I. I.ln-oln Adams. -a BRITAIN OR WAVES FOR BRYAN'S LLAMA Afflicted Beast Must Stay on Ship That Brought It?Vessel Going to England. [f William Jennings Bryan wanti I have a look at the big Argentine llama that the Department of Agriculture would not permit him to recede he will have to visit Pier 8, Brooklyn, before Tuesday, as the doep.e gift of the Museo .-'t. -.il to the ?ecretary of State wi'.l ? ;ep.-rt for Kngland on March _!4 by ?he Lamport A Holt liner Verdi, whrn ? r ghl If h?ere i B in lay from Bueno? Ayr or. The Verdi from which the Kama ? I not permitted to land because *.t had the hoof and mouth . was sud- ' den'.;.- ? rdered bom- t?> Man* hector, England, to have a refrigerating plant Install? When It was decid*.] tha' the vessel .-i not return to Buenos Ayres a p'.an w' ? made to transfer the llama *.**> the Byron, which will sail for the Ar? gentine to-day, lut permission A*aj de nied. Captain P--nr.'*e may take a I hance nding it in England, If it is ae ceptdbte to Mrs. Pankhurst or the Zo logical ?iardens of London rf not It is likeiy that a flne big llama nay be found Boating when the Verdi pass?-* Fire Is'.ar.'i. POSSE SHOOTS ROBBER Man Who Held Up Oklahoma Bank Killed in Gun Fight. Bhawaee Okia-, March ?.?In ? :.;!. with a Hherlff's posSS '? SOS her?- ?? ?. nicht Jooaph Pattereea, who '.?. Is charged robbed the st.it?? Bsah <>f NswsUs, ??kla., Its t? of BJMt ?as ?hot and kille,i, lea Hawk, chief of pattes of Bhawi ??-. and Praak Timiaoos, a tie; ? " ?? ??? - ?rounded TROOPS RUSHED TO ULSTER TO AVERT RISING Orders Issued to Warships at Plymouth and Bantry Bay. SIR JOHN FRENCH DIRECTS OPERATIONS i 'Firing of Two Rocket Bombs the Signal to Take Up Arms. MACHINE GUNS MOVED One Hundred Officers Who Object to Fighting the Ulstermen Resign Their Commissions. I I???- i *iit"?? tn The Tllbasa 1 Belfast. Man h ?MX? There .-tin lie no gainsaying tt.?? appalling gravity ol the altuatlon in Ulster. The government in ! taking the tnitiatlxe, having ilrr.fte.1 ! troop? fnnn the south tu various latrategic points In t'ister. The groat? I est activity prevail! among the tnmpa In Dublin and at Cumgh ?.imp, and more troops are expet ted in l'Ister within the next few days. Some of the.se. are I em? emharkeii m xvarshipa in Dublin Hay. It la ItatSd also that a battu-Hhip and tara erulasn have been ordered to proceed from Plymouth to Belfast Lough. ah these military tnovamanta ara being direrteii in th?- Brat Instance by Plaid Marshal Sir John r>ench, chief of the imperial <"?neral Staff These rapid movements of troop? aie for the puproas of guarding the large nuan UtlSS of ammnnttlon and stores in th-? North of Ireland, as Is fsarad by the authorities, who are bolus served by spies in the Unionist ramp, tliat an at tempt wtll be mud?? by the lister vol iinteers to seize th?* stores. The go\ - ernment believes that the I'lstermen have not aufllclent arm-? Sad aminu nttion. Th? fact remains, bOWSVar, that at any moment one spark ma y Inflame the whole of UulStST. The volunteer haVS re. e;ved orders to he ready foi Instant, action, and they are waiting for tie tiring of two rocket bomba <.x.i the headritiartei-s of the provision;?' government In Reifm-t to take up arma. Belfast Regiment Transferred Th? movement of troops is hein?. carril d out on the principle that in th. event of hostilities im BOldleH shall be exposed to the possibility of encounter* lng per.?-? ns with xxlir.ni they haxe ^ formed frlendsblpa in atxordancs^B with this prlndpls the l)..is.'tshir?-^H Regiment, statlonod in Belfast for tl ^? :. ? rear, eras tranafarrad to the Hoi) xxoo'i Barracks, four a?lta distant, *n,<- men mar. bed with full equipment, taking xvith than twelve carts loadad with rifle ammunition and also nu chine (?uns. it xxas expected that the Bedfordshire Regiment, from afulllngar, Weatmaath, would take the place of the Dorsata in the Victoria Barracks during the night wiiiie the Dorsata ??????? ; isslng <*raig avon, county Down, th?) residsnea of < iaptaln Jam** Bmlth, one of th?- volun? teer leaders and with '?? !? m Blr l'dward ?'arson is ataylng, the guards of the Ulster volunteer force turned out and Stood at fialute. Many of the Dornels returnod the sai-itr Troops to-night were mox-lng all along the Ulster bord?-r. M'-ssages rei eived from Ennlsklllsn, Nswry, Armagh an?l Omagh ?aid that data hments from va? rious regiments from Dublin, Carragh and Mul?ngar were drafted in. Their ? ?-, i t'd arrival xvaa mads the oocanton for enthusiastic demonstrations by the loyalist?. Automobiles with dispatch ridera aent from Belfast on Thursday to volunteer headquarters in all parta of Ulater returned to-day. It is bs lleved they < arrled orders arranging for a quick mo'oilizatlcn of the Orange forces If this should become necessary. Sir Edward Carson Guarded. Cralgavon, where H'.r Edward Carson went or, his dramatl'- arrix-H? to-day from ??'? Btmlnstar, is guarded by vol untasra, lach man armed with a rifle and bayonet and carrying ball car trldgea Blr Edward was met on hia arrival by the military commander of the Distar Volunteers, General Sir <;-orn-?> HI'hardson. retired. The resi I of th- other Orange leadera ?re Sing guarded. The Marquis of Londonderry arnved from London this afternoon and par? ticipated in the conference with the Ulater Isadora The conference reault. | In a proclamation urging the Orange? men to continue their attitude of calm waiting. The projosed parade of Nationalist volunteers announced in Londonderry fr.r Sunday, which wan regarded in many quarters as Ukaly to result m a Met which would set the 'leather on fir- itet will probably bsaban* doned. j"hn Redmond, th?- Nationalist leader, to-day telegraphed an urgent :?? promoters of th.- 'arade to noel th'- affair whi h wx.?-. ha said, : to Inflict the gravest njury on the Nationalist cause, as it was Playing the game of their bitterest ene? mies and affording them t!.<- pref-i they ?Aere particularly looking for." [iu CbMa t" Iba Trii'un- ? Uubim. March -i).?Th.- Mavaanant o? troops on a largi- teals :::'" r 1st er be