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THE WASHINGTON HERALDS T6e Herald fas the Ufe moramj home rircnlatioa, an4 priats ail the news of the worli each day, in additioa to aiay exclusive featarea. WEATHER rOXECAST. Showers and somewhat warmer to-day. To-morrow showers. NO. 2017. WASHINGTON. D. ,0.. SUNDAY. APRIL 14. 1912. -FORTY -EIGHT PAGES. FIVE CENTS. i k i n PENNSYLVANIA IS OVERWHELMINGLY FOR ROOSEVELT Taft Forces Are Routed in Keystone State Result is Sur- prising Landslide. COLONEL'S MAJORITY. WILL EXCEED 2 TIM Progressives Acceded Districts Forwrlj Claimed as Stanch for , President. Philadelphia. April 13. At midnight It was certain that. Theodore Roosevelt had captured Pennsylvania In to-days State-wide primaries. Late returns Indicate that the former President's lead In the country will be not less than three to one, and two to one in the city of Philadelphia. This result was Indicated by the early returns and has been well sustained by. later reports from every section of the State. He will probably hate sixty-eight of the seventy-six delegates. The colonel Is now reasonably sure of controlling the State convention. The Taft supporters accede defeat. Rooseielt delegates have Deen chosen In every district where the Roosevelt leaders predicted victory and In many districts which were acceded to Taft. A notable example Is the Thirteenth Ward of the First District In this city, always heretofore a Taft stronghold, the district represented by the late Representative Bingham. The Rooseelt forces have car ried the ward by a safe margin. In the Sixth Congressional District, William Draper Lewis, dean of the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, and Samuel Crothers, the Roosevelt delegates, hae won over the Taft candidates by a. majority estimated at 1,000. HoowTrlt Carrie Pittabnrc Dispatches to the Roosevelt headquar ters from Pittsburg state that the colo nel s forces have carried the Smoky City bj a majority of 50:000. In some dl-1 trlcts In Western Pennsjlvanla Tils ratio of vletorv ran as high as 10 to t, Roosevtflt leads- ln Lehigh County by 2 to I. and the Roosevelt ticket has car' rie-d Delaware County by L800, which In jures the delegates, from the Delaware- Chester District Late returns from Schuvlkill County ehow a Roosevelt lead of 5 to L Lj coming County returns are 3 to 1-for Roosevelt. Tioga Count). In the same Congressional district Is a Roosevelt stronghold, and It Is predicted there that th colonel s delegates mill win by fi to L Some -parts of Blair County are giving Roosevelt 10 to 1. The first twenty districts In Lacka wanna County gave the Roosevelt dele gates L3G to 337 f the Taft delegates, and this lead will more than likely be Increased by the returns from the mln Ing districts, which are et to be heard from. The Public Ledger, a strong supporter of President Taft this morning estl- jnates that Theodore Roouevelt woe; yesterdays State primaries by a mar- fin of fifty delegates. Woodrow Wilson has gained a com plete victory over Champ Clark in the Democratic primaries. He was on cotn the regular and Independent Democratic tickets, while Clark had to derend chiefly upon Irregular votes Wilson managers state that he win havo at least four- fifths of the dut-satcs ro the Faltltnore convention, and probably the entire twenty-six delegat .." Lancaster and Dauphin Counties gave Roosevelt a heavy majority. In the Bucks-Montgomery District the Taft del egates were beaten by at least to to one. Senators Penrose and Oliver and Gov. Tener, who were confidentially slated for delegates at large, cannot now even sit In the national convention The pro gressive (Republicans will nominate a State Treasurer and four Congressmen at large. Scranton for Colonel. Scranton. Pa.. April II. Returns' from a majority of the voting districts of the county Indicate a majority of at least 6.500. In this city the Roosevelt national delegates carried every ward at the ratio ef 3 to 1. while the State delegates In the six Legislative districts will go to the State convention pledged to vote tor Roosevelt delegates-at-Iarge. Honesdale April 13. Wayne County save the Roosevelt delegates a major ity of 3 to 1 In almost every district The country districts thus far heard from show a heavy vote and a strong Roosevelt sentiment "This Is the end of the Taft cam paign," was the Jubilant announcement Continued on Pace Three. Maj. Sylvester Puts O. K. On "Spooning" in Parks Hugging and Kissing Lawful, Says Chief of Police, if Lovers Do Not Make It a Public Spectacle. "Spooning" in the parks of the Capital has received the official O. K. of Maj. Richard Sylvester, Superintendent of Po lice. Lovers may ".spoon." as much, as they please. That is tbe decision of Maj. Sylr vester. "Is there any law prohibiting 'spoon ing' in the parks of the dtyr the Chief of Police was asked yesterday afternoon. "Well.- replied Maj. Sylvester, "that depends on what yon mean by 'spoon ing." If you mean hugging and kiss ing, then poongtog Is permissible. But It must not become too brazen. I should advise the lovers to seek h sotwv nt tb decs shadows and the unfrequented DOG TAXES DANGER SIGN. New York, April 1J, A collie dog nearly caused a series of dis asters In Brooklyn by carrying oft a red flag placed over an open manhole, where repairs were being- made at Church Ave--nue and Canarsle Road. .Railway Gate Keeper Saw Two Men Supporting Third in Anto. MAY PKOVE SOLUTION Lynn, JJass., April 11 An amazing dis closure In the great Lynn tragedy came to-night Amos E. Potter, a railway spot where the body of George E. Marsh, the wealthy manufacturer, was found Friday morning, furnished it. Potter declares 1)6 saw an automob'le a! that point; that It contained threo men. two of them holding the, third In ihe car. believe the third man was Marsh and that he was dead,' said Potter, with great posltlveness. Potters statement is considered oy the authorities at work on this case, the greatest of all New England mvsterles. as perfectly reliable, and the police hope It may have a material bearing on its so lution. Mr. Marsh was slain, according to Medical Examiner Tinkham. between 7 and S o'clock last Thursday night. His body, pierced by four bullets, was found Friday morning. But to-night the police are no nearer the solution of the mys tery On the contrary, they are -ven farther from a solution, because they hae run down some possible clews and hae developed nothing. . The search of the police for a possible woman factor in the cise has ended In failure. Only two women were men tioned. So far as one of them Is con cerned. It never has be-n seriously con sidered that she was Involved. Tne other, Mrs. Jane- Garncy, has known Mr. Marsh for more than twenty jears. There was a rumor some years ago that Mr Marsh Intended to marry her. but he denied It She has fully satisfied the police that she Is in no way Implicated the crime. To-night the police have not one tan- glble clew- So far ar Is known Georse E. Marsh -bad not an'enentr. ,Norphad he any In timate friends. His brother, Caleb, two years his Junior, was his only chum, and the two were Inseparable. George Marsh was seen about Lynn Thursday afternoon. A few minutes before S o'clock he was seen half a block from his home, walking toward It ever Reached Home. He never reached there, and the next morning his body was found beside the boulevard running from Lynn towaVd Boston. The police believe he was taken there In an auto, but they do not know. They do not know where he was killed, nor when, except for the estimate or time given by the medical examiner after the autopsy. They have fol lowed end after end of the skein which looked as If it might lead to something and every effort has ended In dlsap polntment Now they have only two theories, no facts, beyond the one that Marsh was murdered. Rewards Aggregating J2.000 were offered to-day for the arrest and conviction of the slayers. Half of this amount was offered by the Boston American, 1300 by the city of Lynn through Mayor Conhery, and toco by the Marsh family It la expected that this will be Increased by James Marsh, the murdered man's son. when he reaches here from Cali fornia unless the slayers have been run down before he arrives. To-night the police are trying to find man. a. former tenant of Mr. Marsh, with whom he had some trouble over rent although tbey admit that they think It most Improbable that he can throw any light on the mystery. The one theory which seems to be supported by the facts is that. Marsh was slain by some one whom he knew and whom he regarded as a friend. Whether this person was a man or a woman cannot be determined. TO HELP PANAMA-PACIFIC FAIR. Steamship Companies Promise Re duced Rates British Interest. Liverpool, England, April 13. Frank L. Brown, chairman of several committees of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, sailed from here to-day on board the Maure-1 tanla, carrying "with him the promise of several of the steamship companies to grant reduced rates for European visit ors and exhibits for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Mr. Brown's official Invita tion to the British to participate in the exposition was received cordially by the jiruisn loreign omce, wnicn su request ed additional Information as to the de sired .scope and character of British par ticipation. i paths, for If they make their 'spooning too public. It may be repulsive to some. "I do not believe that there is any one In the citjS who is opposed to lovers 'spooning In the parks, so long as they do not make a public spectacle of their loving. If the spooners go too far. It Is within the province of the policeman. If he sees Bt to arrest the lovers on a charge of disorderly conduct" - Maj. Sylvester believes that parks were" made for "spooning;" So do other police officials. Therefore, lover, love on without fear of molestation. The law la with oa and HaJ. Sylvester Is at your right band". But, mind you, don't forget to be careful, at least when some part prowier u pawing your bench. 0. L B; iRE LINED UP HIULSESSIDI Thousand Delegates Will Be Called t Order To-morrow Morning. TWO ISSUES THIS YEAR Revision in Constitution and Pub lication of "Chalkley Papers" Will Be Contested. The flghUnr "spirlt-of " will possess the 1,000 delegates to the twenty-first an nual Continental Congress of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, the opening session of which will be called to order at 11 o'clock to-morrow morn ing by the president-general, Mrs. Mat thew T. Scott Two schisms have reared their heads above the routine business of the con vention, and despite the reassuring promises of serenity of somen of the Dis trict delegates, an undercurrent of fac tional feeling Is apparent One Issue on which the factions have taken definite sides is the plan In the programme for the revision of th nm. stltutlon to change the method of send ing electors to the annual Continental congresses to vote for national officers. Each Send Dries-ate. Under the present constitution, each chapter sends a delegate. It Is a part of the convention programme to revise the constitution, and. under that plan, the -conservation element wishes to change tbe manner of sending these electors by permitting only one elector to come from each State regency. When the report of the committee on the revision of the constitution, of which Mrs. J. Morgan Smith Is chairman, and Mrs. Samuel A. Ammon. Mrs. Charles W. Bassett Mrs. Thomas K. Noble. Mrs. John T. Sterling, and Mrs. S. B. C. Mor gan are members. Is made, a battle royal will be waged over lti adoption. Another big Issue Is the "Chalkley pa pers." There Is a mighty difference of opinion as to whether these documents of old Virginia should be published by the society. While all of these things are being de- ciaea a whole lot of electioneering will be done by-nearly a score of candidates who aspire to the office of president Eroeraj. an omce wyiich win be vacant next Year- sMrs. WllllanrCuuinilma Story. b-New- ionc uty. has been carrvlnr on a. cam. 1algn for a year already, as has Mrs. John Miller Horton, of Buffalo. Both are Strong, but Mrs. Alexander Patton, of Pennsylvania. Is the secret rhoire of Mr. bcou. tne incumbent, and all of her innuence will De brought to bear to cause her election. Mrs. Scott Is Ineligi ble mr re-eiecilon. Some Dark Horses. Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, of Tennessee, is another strong candidate, and Mrs. La erne Noyes. of Illinois, has a nu merous following. There are a half down more, and a good many dark horses are expected to rise up from the mass of delegates berore even this convention Is over. By the time the election, a year hence, the aspect of the field may be enurciy cnangea. Ten vice president are to be elected this week, and also an editor and man ager of the American Monthly Maga zine, the official organ of the D. A. R. The state regents are also to be elected this week. Mrs. Mary S. Lockwocd. Continued on Pafre Five. ATTEMPT IS HADE TO DESTROY TOMBS Plot to Dynamite Historic Resting Place of Kings at Nankin Frustrated. Sreriil CM. to Tea WsAIsitoo Herald. Shanghai, April IX A dispatch from Nankin, the republican capital, states that an attempt had been made to dy namite the "tombs of the Ming Kings," historic structure dedicated to the memory of the ancient xnonarchs when Nankin was the capital of the empire. The tombs are rich In gold and stiver nnd precious stones. There was another outbreak at Nankin late to-day, despite the patrol of sol- fliers kept moving constantly through the streets. The ringleaders were seized and Immediately put to death. Threats were made that the mutinous soldiers would burn the Manchn city un less they were given guarantees that tneir pay Is forthcoming. Tbe situation throughout that sectlol of the Tangtse-KIang Valley about nankin is dangerous. The government has seized (the crops to feed the army, and starvation threatens thousands of families. Hundreds of other soldiers threaten to desert unless they are paid. LOCAL WOMANLANiOS HUSBAND BY AGENCY 8pecUl to The WaaUnfton Herald. Rochester. N. T.. April 13.-D." Porter Westbrook, a well-to-do fanrier of Rush, vllle, Ontario County, and Mrs. Frances Louise Coates, of Washington, D, C, were married yesterday afternoon at Lyons, by Rev. Dr, William H. Giles. The ceremony took place at the Metho dist parsonage. From the office of the Lyons town clerk It Is learned that the marriage was brought about through a matrimo nial agency. After a brief correspondenc the couple agreed to meet In Lvons. twenty-five miles east of this city. The correspondence did not last two months. An exchange of photographs greatly en couraged tne parties. L3S to Baltkaore and Return. Baltimore and Ohio. Every Saturday and Sunday. Good to return -until 9.00 a. m. train Monday Ail ralns both ways, laeludlns; the Royal 1 Limited. leaoersinb.a.r: SSBBBBLRN tfe''Lsssssssssi SssssssssssssKis -sstssssssssH PjPjPjPj HkvirOpjpjpjV ttsslBr(VSK9 vsssssssssssssssssst? oJussSsasaVX tBBBBBBBBBBBSaaBBBsHtfBBBBrj!. t a ffpfi PjPJPjPjPjBbBsi f 1 1 rxoraf. Jtac COFiTCJtJCTSA- Upper "Mrs. Matthew JT, -Scott Pres tdenlGeaesL wlia.wlll preside t.Coa-i gress, which opens to-mprrow. Lower Mrs. William Cummlngs Story, of New York,, who Is a factor In the organization, having a strong fol lowing ANGRY DEPOSITORS THREATEN VIOLENCE UPON WRECKED BANK Norwich, N. Y.. Aprlf 13. Angry de positors of the wrecked First National Bank at New Berlin, threatened violence this morning when tbe doors of the In stltutlon was opened for the first time to-day by the Federal examiners to re ceive pass books and deposit slips. Feeling against Frank T. Arnold, the cashier who has confessed to having stolen more 'than 3300,000 of the bank's funds, became Intense when It was re ported that two nights ago a great quantity of silver plate was secretly taken from his home and as secretly shipped to Buffalo. Between twenty and thirty towns In Chenango County had their deposits In the First National Bank at New Ber lin. These are tied up. Two hundred school districts are affected and the teacners in tnem are wunout tunas. Hun dreds of fraternal organizations are also affected and are unable to pay either sick or death benefits. TAZICAB BANDITS ROB RESTAURANT PATRONS IN EARLY MORNING New Tork, April 13. Seven daring ban dits entered the restaurant conducted by Samuel Stelckler at 332 East Fourteenth Street early to-day, forced forty men and women patrons to throw up their hands while tbey collected all the money and other valuables from the occupants, and then fled. Four of tbe men escaped In a taxtcab which had been standing before the door while the others, after waiting a few moments to warn (he frightened men and women against pursuit fled by foot The men got about SS00 worth of loot Later an alarm was given and the police began investigating. I WOULD HANG YOU D? I COULD, JUDGE TELLS HOMEWRECKER Chicago, April 13. Monroe Sussman, New Yorker, wealthy clubman and auto mobile owner, who eloped to Chicago with Mrs. Florence Hoage, wife of W. C. Hoage, of Montclalr, N. J., was sen tenced to six months at hard labor byJ judge Scully, after Sussman, without evident remorse, endeavored to shift the blame to the shoulders of the wom an. It was the automobile that led to bis wife's escapade, Hosge asserted. He will take his wife home. Judge Scully was Incensed at Sussman's attitude. "I'd hang you If I could," said the Judge. "I sentence you to six months at hard labor. Men like you with auto mobiles and time break up homes. You are the cause of the scarcity of baby carriages." ' Sussman Is said to be tbe son of Vice President Sussman, of the Nassau Smelt ing and Refining- Company, of New York and Cincinnati. Pupils Kali Tbrongh Floor. Peoria, IIL, April li-Thlrty pupils of the , Bradley Polytechnlcal School here fell through' the floor at the Woolncr Astlldry to-day. All were there to study the technical work. They were badly hurt, but none was killed, so far aa known. XMl to California. Arizona, New Mexico. Mexico, until April It Tourist sleeping car. without change. Berth. 19. W&snmfon-fiuniie Tim, a J. Poston. G. A. 805 F Jt. TK Bth St ASsCmaa SssssssssssH''SssSVssssW BsssssssssHisssBBlsBSsssI BBSBBBBBBBBBBBBmfc SBSSSSSSSSP SssssssssssW'sssssPS-' SsssssssssW '!lSsW SuV sssssssf Mij, J-'' t - "?' kssssW M2i ' 7 JLWr sHF AMsV ksiK 51,000 HOMELESS BY LEVEE BREAKS; Despite Labor of Thousand Men Embankments Giro Way in Arkansas. DISEASE JS APPEALING OtJjjpT. Weak Spots Are Beported in Many Sections, and Worst Is Feared. Memphis. Tenn.. April 11 Three breaks In the Mississippi River levee where for forty-eight hours 1.000 men have been laboring to bold back the torreni which allowed the flood waters to sweeo over Eouthern Arkansas and Northern Louisi ana to-day Inundated a vast stretch of country and rendered 60.093 persons homeless. The breaks occurred at Pan ther Forest Ark.: Lake Village. Ark, and Salem, La. Although the flood iwept out over the lowlands. It failed to relieve tbe situa tion here and at Helena, Ark., and the sugar country Is still in danger of a flood that will cause untold loss and Im peril lives. Lake Village, a town of 3.000 Inhab itants, was soon the center of a swirilng torrent when the break occurred, and tbe Inhabitants fled The town ts in danger of destruction, some of Its houses already having been washed from their foundations and sent whirling down the Mississippi The breaks will flood the entire Ten sas Basin, Including tbe ricli-st farming land In the Southern Mississippi River Valley. From Deima County and Chicot County, Ark., as far south as the mrcth ef the Red River and for miles back from the old river course, the country will be under water by to-night it was asserted by government levee experts here. Other breaks are threatened. Weak spots are reported at Osceola nnd Luxora. Men have been lighting desper ately to save the embankment protecting ihu town. h,ii iniv a ronjultatlan waa called, anj U.orcts may be put to ..., .-...., .. - - - work removing household goo-is and helping women anl children to fly to a safer place. Kspeet Other Breaks, Levee engineers are expecting a break In the Lower Yazoo country, and should It occur -nothing could prevent the flood ing of the entire Mississippi Delta' coun try, InhablUted-by-thonsnnds-or-coIated people Hundreds of miles of territory would bo covered with water. Warnings have been sent out but they have not been generally heeded, and heavy loss of life would be almost & certainty. The St Francis River is rising an Inch an hour Marked Tree, Ark., is under witer and deserted. Refugees are coming to Memphis. Caruthereville. Mo. Is Inundated, sick ness has broken out and appeals for help have been Issued. The levee above Helena and Arkansas City are weaken ing torday. Slight slides of earth from the banks have been reported, and a break that will send a torrent of flood water into the cities Is expected. Pre cautions are being taken to protect prop erty aa much as possible, and arrange ments to move Inhabitants to the higher ground have been made. The better resident section of Helena Is on the bluffs and would probably be safe, but the business section and the poorer residence quarter of tbe city would be swept away. Residents Hinder Work. A break In the lev ee at Vadalla, Miss , Is expected hourly by the engineers at Natchez. Reports received there to-day sav Vadalla levee Is weakening and has begun to slough off. Memphis Is the center of relief work. Twenty thousand refugees are being cared for In this district The steamer Kakomls with a cargo of government supplies arrived to-day. Supplies were at once sent to Gold Dust landing, where the situation Is reported desper ate. Ten thousand are being cared for In the Hickman territory, 3.000 at Tlptonvllle, Tenn.. and Greenville Miss., has or ganized a relief corps Conditions here have greatly Improved. It Is expected that railroad traffic will be resumed probably at the enLof next week. The work of rescue Is being greatly hampered by the people themselves In the flood swept sections. Many of them refuse absolutely to leave their homes. At Caruthersvllle, the rescuers covered a house under water to the second story. A boat was sent to the house and some of the refugees were loaded In when a Ave-) ear-old boy re fused to leave. His mother begged to be allowed to stay and Anally the whole party returned to the house. The res cuers left rations to last several dajs. Special Hirer Bulletin. Breaks In tbe Panther, Forest, and Redfork levees In Alabama and In the Salem levee below Lake Providence. T " . will cause a slight fall In the Vlcksburg River district but for a few days only. The Mississippi River will continue to rise at Helena, and a stage of between 54 and 55 feet la Indicated If no more levee breaks occur, but the situation Is acute at Caruthersvllle. Mo, and between Barficld and Luxora,! Ark. Ho change is indicated in tbe fore casts for places below Vlcksburg, as the heavy rains of the last 4S hours will probably counterbalance the ef fects of. the crevasses above. The Red River below Bhreveport will rise, and the flood stage of 36 feet Is Indicated at Alexandria La, by April 23. The rains will also increase the rise In the Atchafalaya River, and the stages of 46 5 feet at Slmmesport and or 43 feet at Melville, La, are Indicated by April 23- . y Stages Saturday were as follows: Evansvllle. 33 8: Mount Vernon, 43.3; Shawneetown. 47.1. Paducab, 49.5; Cai ro, 63.3: New Madrid. -43 0; Memphis, 43 3; Helena, 53 2; Arkansas City. 55 3; Greenville, 51.3; Vlcksburg. 51.3; Natch ex, 5L2; Baton Rouge, ZSSt Donaldson vllle, 30.9: New Orleans, 19.5; Kansaa City. 31.9; St Louis. 38.1. Flood warnings have been Issued for the lower Pearl, the Leaf, and Pasca goula rivers, of Mississippi. Best Service to California. Standard or tourist Latter nersonallv conducted Ave times weekly- wtthmir change; Berth. 33. Washuurton-Sunsxt route. A. J. Poston, 905 F Bt, T05 ista. fit ' DIV0ICZD P10X SISTE&. Cincinnati. April IS. John P. Ruch, Jr, has secured a divorce from his sister, whom be mar ried two years ago, completely unaware that tbey were related. They have two children. MORGAN NEARLY Crowds at Station Thought He Intended to Take OntATt Works. POLICE PEOTECT HIM Spedil Ctbls la TS. Waabisctai Benld. Rome, April IX J. Plerpont Morgan ex perienced the most exciting episode of his present trip abroad late to-day when he departed for Paris. Their suspicions aroused earlier In the day, several hun dred persons believing that the financier intended to smuggle out an old master. thronged the station, and when Mr. Mor gan and his party appeared, taxed the efforts of the police to prevent them doing violence. Mr. Morgan had engaged a saloon car, and he arrived at 4.40 with his secretary. The crowd swarmed about his carriage and the police cleared a lane to the sta tion with difficulty. Mrs. Bums, one of several ladles who went to tbe station to see the Morgan party off, was roughly handled In alighting from her carriage Mr. Morgan was greatly agitated and dashed quickly to his car as soon as his carriage stopped. All the exits of the ear were Immediately closed and the blinds lowered. The action of the crowd Is believed to be prompted by the fact that Mr. Morgan personally superintended the packing of a large picture which was delivered at his hoteL Tbe picture was six feet by four, and was Inclosed In a heavy gold frame. It was reported that the picture was an oia master. Mr. Morgan. It was learned from au thoritatlve sources to-day. bought many rare art objects while here. His chief acquisition was a necklace of the Lom bard epojh recently exhumed. It Is com- posed of eight golden swans linked to . ,,. , , ,. , sciucr uj jiuuiaiuro urrcK ouisav. il is one of the finest known examples of the Lombard art Mr. Morgan yesterday announced that he had purchased a picture by LIppo uppy tor jw.oot, also some old books and parchments. UNERSIILLMBBr f AGAIN ON TUESDAY Members Report 'Progress in Con ference with Operators and Maj Reach Agreement Philadelphia. April It After falling to agree on a basis for settlement of the differences between the anthracite miners and operators, the subcommittee adjourn ed to-night afte&three days' discussion to meet again on iday, The members commltee reoort 'ement had been progress toward reached, and It Is .ted that a corn- promise agreement ' been suggested which meets the Toval of both Mdes. The suspension, V ilcfcbegan two weeks ago to-day, will hruat least two weeKs longer, as any iMnent which the sub- committee may fmust be ratified by the full comm!tt ten miners and ten operators, and convention. by the miners In AUSTRKRULER IS AKEN HAN Hostile Political Factions and Poor Health May Prove Fatal to Franz Josef. 8t4il CMe to Ths W.rtilnttoo limit Vienna. April 13. Worried by hostile political factions and bowed down by the weight of his advanced vear. Franz Jo sef is a broken man. physically, and his friends fear that tbe cares of state may soon prove too heavy for him to bear longer The aged Empe- r Is 111 but Just how sick he Is no one knows outside of Immediate court circles. The Imperial physicians have orders not to discuss the condition of their patlentand every at tempt Is being made to prev ent Informa tion from leaking out through any other source Political affairs in Austria-Hungary have reached a crlticalCstage Army re forms which the 'Emperor has suggest ed have been spurned and the effect of this treatment has also plaved its part In adding to the physical burden. There were rumors this evening that the Emperor had suffered relapse and Ms condition was grave, but these could not be substantiated. URGES HATPIN REFORM. Savr Eyealsht "Where Short Women nnd Ills; Hats Appear. Milwaukee, April 13. Mary Swain Wagner, President of the American Suf fragettes, lias declared war upo the long hatpin. She said to-day that shd will have a bill Introduced In the Legis lature dealing with hatpins. "I know It will take about three min utes to get a unanimous vote for the bill." she said. "It Is all one's life Is worth, or one's eyes, to get Into an-elevator or street car, especially with the short women, who alwavs have the big gest hats and the longest pins. I think they ought to be compelled to wear a cork on tha end of the hatpin or else cut them off or out" Aviator Crosses Channel Special C.tl. to The CTuhiaztoa Herald. London, April 13. Ascending In a vio lent windstorm at Iss. France, at 7 o'clock this morning. Aviator Prevost and a passenger, Lawrence San Tonl. crossed the English Channel successfully I and landed at East Church this" after-1 noon at l'JO o'clock, IN PLOT TO RILL MnDEROJISSI Tremendous Excitement Is Caused in Mexico City by Arrest of Conspirators. PLAN TO USE DYNAMITE Police Continuing Efforts to Arrest Others Who Are Implicated. Twenty-five in Custody. Mexico City. April 11 Tremendous ex citement was caused throughout this city to-day bx the discovery of a plot to kill President Madero and dynamite the public buildings. Twenty-five arrests have been made In this city and the suburbs. While the police are secretive, they admit twenty flve arrests have been made. Tbey said there Is a possibility that a high Amer ican may be In the plot The majority of the prisoners are of the peon class, but electrical appliances for setting off dynamite charges found on the persons of some of them, and the discovery of code messages corroborat ed, in the minds of the authorities, the theory that men of the higher class were concerned In the cabaL One of the most Important arrests was that of Gonzales otelza, a member of a well-known Coluza. family, who Is known recently to have spent a large sum for arms, ammunition, and explo sives. Another Important capture was that of a .Mexican known as Sobrlno. leader of one of three bands taken Into cus tody. Sobrlno styles himself "General" and declared when arrested that he Intended tc Join the Zapatlst lnsurrectos. The authorities are continuing their in vestigation, not only In the capital, but In other cities, private messages having revealed many conspiring Juntas outside cf Mexico City Officers of the police and the Rurales expressed the fear that iubllcatlon of the plot wilt hinder their efforts to capture others who are sus pected or "being In the plot Many Are Implicated- The Governor of the Federal district declared tbe plot to be one of the many ramifications. "No one can tell where the trail wm end," he said. It haa been alleged that Deputy Parra end Senor Esconat leader of the revolu tionist party, might be Implicated, but the Federal District Governor said that so far no evidence had been unearthed to cause suspicion against these men. One of the prisoners arrested here con fessed to the police that he had se creted a quantity of dynamite In a store room In the very heart of the business section. The authorities raided tbe place and carried out a big store of explosives. The three separate bands which were arrested were found In different quar ters Two were arrested In the city and the third In a suburb. Police officials of other Mexican cities have telegraphed here that they are pre pared to make many arrests. The first move to restore peace In Mexico was made In the Chamber of Deputies to-day when the Independent faction introduced a resolution calling for a peace commission to treat with Gen Orozco Opposition may develop here as President Madero would have to give official consent to tbe commission and It Is feared that he would refuse to do this. Zapata Threatens Jojntla. Gen. Zapata with 3.000 lnsurrectos has taken up his position before Jojutla. and threatens to make another attack upon the city Zapata's campaign, however. Includes an attack upon Cuernavaca, as well as Jojutla. but he wants to take the latter city to be used as a base of operations. Advices from Chihuahua say that Geo. Orozco. the rebel leader In tbe north. has refused to recognize Marlon Fletcher, the United States Consul, and seized a great quantity of Marion Fletcher's val uable papers, declaring that the Ameri can official was giving the government information relative to the lhsurrecto movements. Orozco In Xelajn Class. Orozco, the Mexican rebel guerrilla leader, by his outrageous and unmllltary treatment of American citizens and American prisoners of war. has placed himself In tho category with former Pres ident Zelaya of Nicaragua, according to the State Department classification. The only difference between Orozco and Ze is 3 a Is that the latter was the former unrecognized head of a republic with which this country had regular diplo matic dealings, and the former Is merely a private citizen of a friendly neighbor- ing republic, who, by reason of his In urrectlon. has got beyond all control of that government The State Department has presented the caso of Orozco to the Madero gov ernment In clear and concise terms. President Madero has been given to un derstand that this government may not longer tolerate the brutal treatment of Innocent Americana, the killing of American citizens, the rifling of Ameri can malls, and other Insults to this gov ernment on the part of Orozco and his followers. In presenting to Madero the case of Albert Fountain, an enlisted sol dier, who was captured and assassinated, and Mr Heberlln, an American mining engineer, who was taken prisoner, and a number of other cases, the State De partment declared that the recognized government must be held responsible for these outrages. Madero was Informed that the killing of Fountain was nothing less than a-cold-blooded, premeditated murder. Or ozco refused to recognize American Con suls Letcher and Long, who presented petitions from this government asking tor a respite in h!a case, claiming that since they did not recognize him officially he could rook upon, them as only Ameri can citizens. In defiance or the pro testa of the American government Or ozco had Fountain killed. Hill Refuses to Talk. St Paul, April 13. "I have no com ment to make," was the only statement that James J. Hill would make this afternoon when shown the report ema nating rrom Chicago, that he soon was to retire from the board of tha Great Jv'extl.trn -I'lTi",