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1913
VOL. LV. NO. 42
NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1913
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BATTLE CONTINUES AT MEXICO CITY
Government ; Now Planning to Attack the Rebels
With Bombs at Short Range
FEDERALS CAUSED BREAKING OF ARMISTICE
Undertook to Advance Their Lines and Invited the Fire of the
Diaz Forces -Government Soldiers Sought to Reach
Rebels' Line Through
Have Best Marksmenof
senal Shows Little Effect of Attack of Federal Soldiers
News Being Borne by Courier to Vera Cruz Where
There is No Censorship Report Coming via. El Paso
Has It -That Diaz is Now
Mexico City. Feb-17. President Ma-
3ero today received the reply or Presi
flent Taft to his telegram protesting
against issible intervention, in which
President Taft assured him that the
reports of the intention of the United
States government to land forces in
Mexico were inaccurate.
"1 never expected anything less than
this," commented Madero on President
Taft's message. I regard it as satis,
factory and friendly." .
' Ths Fighting Continues.
The fighting continued throughout
the day, but the. federal ' guns were
quite as ineffective as ever in dislodg
ing the rebels from their entrenched
and fortified positions. Furthermore,
the federals did not show-the same
aggressiveness which characterized
their action in the early days of the
battle. This is believed to be due to
. the fact that they realize that for the
Dresent the government forces are not
cf sufficient strength to defeat thei
rebels.
To Use Bombs at Short Range.
General Huerta announced, however,
that he expected soon to begin an en
circling movement in which bombs
would be used at short range. -
- General Blanquet is loyal to the gov
ernment and will be placed in com
mand of the reserves at the national
palace. .
Both on Sunday and toBy Madero
appeared sanguine of the ultimate suc
cess of the federal army. He declared
that the outlook was optimistic- and
that he had been offered support of ail
kinds. In his opinion Zapata, the
aruerilla leader, was not in favor of
JJiaz in the present movement.
Non-Combatants Out of Danger Zone
Nearly all the non-combatants have
gioyea. out . 01 m real aanger -.xone.
read and cornmeal are abundant in
the capital and are being distributed
among the poor; " ' ...
THROUGH" WATER MAINS. .
Federal Soldiers Attempted to Reach
the Rebels' Lines.
Mexico City, Feb. 16, (By Courier
to Vera Cruz, Feb." 17). It was the
federal forces that precipitated hostil
ities during the armistice on Sunday.
Operations were resumed without
warning when the rebels fired upon the
federals who were seeking, to advance
their lines upon the west . side of the
arsenal. i
The movement was observed by the
putposts and the word was passed to
Captain Del Gado, command-er in
charge of the rebels' west wing. He
at once gave orders to check the ad
Vance. The fire in this section quickly pro
voked a return fire from the federal
positions and within .ten minutes the
big guns of both forces were in action
as fiercely as at any period of the bat
tle. .
Immense water mains, which were
Jying in the streets ready for instal
lation, were said to have been used as
a tunnel by the government soldiers
to approach the enemy's lines. ,
The American ambassador and other
foreign diplomatic representatives had
received assurances early in the day
that the .armistice would be extended
to 8 o'clock Monday night, as the re
moval of the foreigners from the lines
of fire had not been completed.
An accurate approximation of the
number of dead and wounded in the
eight days' fighting is impossible. Gov
ernment army officers admit 350 killed
and 400 seriously - wounded on the
federal-side. The Diaz adherents ac
knowledge losses of SO killed and 100
wounded. .
The ambulances of the Red Cross
Society have ceased attempting to re
movethe dead and are devoting their
entire attention to the wounded. The
dead axe being gathered by the city's
street cleaning department wagons
and buried.
From various sources 'it is estimated
that owing to the promiscuous firing
ef cannon, there has been a great loss
Of life among non-combatants.
General Mondragon said that peace
was earnestly desired by General Diaz,
but only on condition . that Madero,
Jose Pino. Suarez, the vice president
and the entire Madero cabinet relin
quish their posts.
POOR MARKSMANSHIP.
Federal Fire Has Done Little Damage
at Arsenal.
Mexico City, Feb. " 17 (By Courier
to Vera Cruz). General Mondragon, In
charge of the military operations for
General Diaz, on Sunday morning was
confident of the success of the revolu
tionary movement. He was seen at the
arsenal and had no hesitancy in con
ducting The Associated Press correy
spendenf about the place.
The arsenal appeared to have suf
fered little from the federal guns. Two
shells had penetrated v the southern
wing of the building, causing some de
struction within, but It was said and
reports from the commanders appeared
to bear out the assertion that . the
number of dead and injured within the
fortress was email less than one hun
dred all told. .
The commissary department was
well stocked with " provisions and the
paymaster's department" was. shown to
bet provided with, funds. The men are
receiving two pesos per day and are
aid to be contented and In good fight
ing: spirit.
General Mondragon gaW the infor
mation that nnernl Diaz had received
offers of money In substantial quantities
from persons in the United States.
Forty men of General Blanquet's
division, it was aserted at the arsenal.
Joined Diaz Saturday night. Some of
their officers accompanied them, and it
vu added that deserter irom .its
Big Water Pipes Diaz Said to
the Army in His Ranks Ar
Occupying National Palace.
federal lines entered the rebel positions
every aay.
General Mondragon attributed the
few casualties in the . rebel ranks ti
the poor aim of the government artil
lerists.
SHOT IN KNEE.
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American Was Watching Battle from
Roof of a Hotel.-
San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 17. A
story of the wounding of Herman O.
Weiss, a civil engineer of New York
and Washington,- during the fighting
at Mexico City, was told by J. H. Gib
son of Vancouver, B. C, who arrived
nere today direct irom .Mexico Jicy.
Mr. Gibson sai that Weiss, with Sid
ney Sutherland, a newspaper man who
also was injured about the same time,
D. E. Hamer, and another American,
whom Mr. Gibson did not know, were
viewing Tuesday's battle from the
roof of a hotel. Weiss was struck by a
bullet In the knee, the ball coming out
at the hip, but not touching the bone.
"At the time I left Mexico City
Thursday night. Diaz was not only
strongly entrenched in the arsenal and
the Y. M. C. A. building," said Mr.
Gibson, "but had men stationed on all
the talVbuildings in the neighborhood.
It was understood that about 30,00,000
rounds of cartridges were stored in
the arsenal . with sixtv cannon and, a
number of machine guns. The accur
acy of his Are was remarkable. He
has some of the best artillerymen in
the Mexican army and they are well
equipped with ranee finders.
"J saw a force of about 100 rurales
charge a rebel position Tuesday morn
ing and when Diaz turned his machine
guns and cannon on them It was sick
ening. A few may have escaped, but
fthe greater -number were struck sev
eral times. I was informed Dya for
eign diplomat Tuesday that Madera's
loss was more than & thousand killed
and wounded.
"While there is no police protection,
there is very little disorder in the
lower element."
Mr. Gibson said foreigners were
much concerned over reports that the
United States might intervene. Such
a report, he said, was, circulated by a
newspaper correspondent and caused
much xeeling.
I am a British subject, but all' for
eigners who speak English are looked
upon as 'gringoes' and should an anti
American outbreak have occurred I
would not have considered my life
worth a cent," said Gibson.
BATTLESHIPS ARRIVE.
Old Glory Floating from Three Craft in
Vera Cruz Harbor.
Vera Cruz, Feb. 17. Three American
battleships, the Georgia, Vermont and
Nebraska, are now here. They were
visited today by the civic authorities.
Great alarm was occasioned last
night, the military and police officials
mistaking thirty laborers from an elec
tric plant for disguised marines. . j
' Two Hundred American refugees
have reached Vera Cruz and many
others are on the way.
Diaz Reported as Occupying Palace.
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 17. Rebel
forces began storming the palace ear
ly this afternoon with a 12 inch can
non, said a private telegram received
here today from Mexico City. An un
confirmed report, said to have been
transmitted, over the wires below Ju
arez, said that Diaz occupied the pal
ace at 3 o'clock uus arternoon.
' American' Wounded
Mexico City, Feb. 17. An American
named Gibbons was wounded while
crossing a street near the embassy this
afternoon. The rebels have advanced
their lines and appear to be getting
the best of the fighting. The opera
tions today were of a serious charac
ter.
Federals Attack Y. M. C. A.
Mexico City, Feb. 17. The federals
were preparing tomgnt to use ayna
mite bombs in an assault on the Diaz
positions. A sustained attack by the
federals against the Young Men's
Christian association building this af
ternoon was repulsed by the rebels.
May Arrest De La Barra.
- Mexico City, Feb. 17. It is report
ed that Francisco De La Barra win
be arrested at the first opportunity
for alleged complicity ia the rebellion.
Plea for Women Police.
New York, Feb. 17. A plea for
women police officers, women Judges
in the children's court and the teach
ing of sex hygiene in the public
schools was made tonight at the mass
meeting in Carnegie hall for the cause
of suffrage held under the auspices of
the National association. Mrs. Joseph
Brown.- an associate of Miss Jane
Addama in the Hull house work In
Chicago, was the speaker.
Mis Wilson to Lebb. t
New York, Feb. 17. Miss Margaret
Woodrow Wilson, daughter of President-elect
Wilson, and Mrs. WalBton
Hill Brown, president of the Child
Welfare league, will go to Albany on
Wednesday, to work among members
of the legislature for the passage of
the 33 labor bills aimed to relieve the
poor workers. '
Hilles Appointed, by 8ulzer.
Albany, N, Y.. Feb. 17. Charles 30.
Hilles of Dobbs Ferry, secretary to
President Taft and chairman of the
national republican committee, was
appointed tonight by Governor Sulzer
to lill a vacancy on the board of man
agers of the New York state training
school for girls at Hudson,
Cabled Paragraphs
Austrian Aviator Killed.
Vienna, Feb. 17. Lieutenant Mittner
of the Austrian, army, while making a
trial) flight in a new aeroplane today,
fell from a height of 30O feet and was
killed. -
To Strengthen French Army. ..
- Paris, Feb. 17. The French govern
ment has in preparation extensive
plans ' for increasing the strength of
the army. These' are to be submitted
to the chamber of deputies next week.
Miss Pankhurst Arrested Again.
London, Feb. 17. For the' third time
In the month of February, Miss Sylvia
Pankhurst is under arrest. She was
taken by the police while, eneaswl "with
other suffragettes in wjndow breaking
in me .cast juna ot Lonaon.
More Rioting in Japan.
Kyoto, Japan, Feb. 18. Serious" riot
ing continued here. A great mob
taking part in a demonstration today
attacked the newspaper offices and
stoned the residences of the new con
stitutional unionist party founded by
ex-Premier Prince Katsura. '
Chinese in America Elected.
Peking, China, Feb. 17. Six parlia
mentary over-seas representatives, in
cluding Tong King-Chong; .the editor
of a Chinese newspaper in San Fran
cisco, and Choo Shew-San, of ,New
York, have been v elected to the new
Chinese national ' assembly which is
to replace the provisional parliament-
Prince Runs Down Child.
Heddernheim, Germany, Feb. 17.
Prince Henry of the Netherlands ran
over and seriously injured a five-year-old
child while driving an automobile
through1 the principal streets of this
town yesterday. He picked the child
up and took it in his automobile to
the local hospital.
COURT ORDER HALTS
THE MILITARY COURT
Arrests Made Outside the Zone Under
Martial Law. '
Charleston, W. Va, Feb. 17. Action
by the military court in the Kanawha
county coal strike district was halted
temporarily today through habeas cor
pus proceedings takn by; the miners
to the. supreme court of appeals of
West Virginia, The military author
ities, now maintaining martial law in
Paint and Cabin Creeks of Kanawha
county, are compelled to respond to
the court order by reason of the fact
that a number of prisoners, it is al
leged, were arrested outside the dis
trict in control of the militia.
The writs were issued In behalf of
Mother" Jones. Charles Boswell. a
socialist editor- Paul J. Paulson and
Charles Bartley, said to be miners.
organizers, martial law in west Vir
ginia again being questioned. Twice
before the same question has been
decided in favor of the state.
All was quiet in the roal 6trike fields
today. Developments are expected to
morrow.
UNITED STATES SENATOR-
MAY BE ELECTED TODAY
Republicans of West Virginia Legis
lature Hold a Caucus.
Charleston, W. Va.. Feb. 17. Al
though racked by charges of bribery,
developments are expected tomorrow
in the West Virginia legislature in the
struggle over the selection of a United
States senator.
Sixty-six of the 68 republicans and
the republicans control, by a majority
of 20 entered into a caucus late to
night. The republican choice centers
about three men. namely, Elkins, Mann
and Hubbard. The democrats stand
firm, voting solidly for Senator Wat
son.
Bribery charges for the present have
been lost. It is known that manv
members of the legislature have testi
fied before the grand jury but there
seems late tonight a disposition to
disregard local issues and proceed to
morrow with the election of a United
States senator.
HONORS AWARDED
CONNECTICUT GIRLS.
Hartford and Ansonia Represented
Vassar's Honor List.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Feb. 17 The
list of honor girls at Vassar college
was announced tonight by the presi
dent of the senior, class. Miss Lucy S.
Penniman ,of Asheville, N. C. The list
includes a student from Manila, P. I.,
and one from Tabriz, Persia. There
are 27 honor girls and twelve who re
ceived; honorable mention. Aniong
the honor girls are:
Harriett Bradley, Manila, P. I.;
Georgie William Leffingwell, Hartford,
Conn.; Rachel Gray Whitcomb,
Brockton, Mass.; Mary Agnes Wilson,
Tabriz, Persia.
Among those receiving honorable
mention is nmnor Bliss, Ansonia, Conn.
OBITUARY.
Joaquin Miller, "Poet of Sierras."
San Francisco, Feb. 17. Joaquin
Miller, known as the "Poet of the
Sierras," died this .afternoon at his
home in the Piemont foothills. He had
been In failing health for two years
and unconscious since last Thursday.
Steamship Arrivals.
. Halifax. N. S- Feb. 17. Arrived,
steamer Kurst, Libau for New York.
Marseilles, Feb. 16. Arrived, steam
er Sant' Anna, New York.
Genoa, Feb.- 15. Arrived, steamers
Calabria, New York; 17th. Canopic,
Boston.
Christiansand, Feb. 16. 7Arrived,
steamer Oscar II, New York for Co
penhagen. Southampton, Feb. 16. Arrived,
steamer Amerika, New York for Ham
burg. Glasgow, Feb. 16. Arrived, steamer
Cameronia, New York.
Philadelphia, Feb. 17. Arrived,
steamer Haverford, Liverpool, via
QueenBtown.
Alexandria, Feb. 17. Arrived, steam
er Caronia, New York.
Fishguard, Feb. 17. Arrived, steam
er Mauretania, New York for Liver
pool (and proceeded).
La Oulra, Feb. 17. Arrived, steamer
Cincinnati, ..New York.
Halifax, N. S., Feb. 17. Arrived,
steamer Canada, Liverpool.
, New York, Feb. IT. Arrived, steam
er Neuw Amsterdam, Rotterdam.
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Steamers Reported by Wireless.
Fastnet, Feb. 17. Steamer Maure,
tanla, New York for Fishguard and
Liverpool, 180 miles west at 3.16 a. m.
Dae Fishguard 6 p. m,
. SJaseensett, Mass., Feb. 17. Steam
er Minnetenka London for New York,
810 miles east of Sandy Hook at neon.
JDoek 8.20 a. m. Tuesday,.
Steamer Stampalia, Naples for New
York, 352 miles east of Sand Hook
at noen. Dock-1 p. m. Tuesday.
Sable Island, N. F., Feb. 17. Steam
er Finland, Antwerp and Dover for
Now loi-k. reiiorted 648 miles east of
Handy Hook ac 4 P. m. Dock 3 p. m.
Wednesday,
A New Proposal
To the Firemen
TO BE
PRESENTED BY MEDIA
TORS TODAY.
CARTER IS NOTIFIED
Mediators in Conference With Railroad
Managers Last Night Nature of the
Proposal is Not Disclosed. -
New York, Feb. 17. A conference
held tonight by the committee of man
agers of eastern railroad and Judge
Martin A. Knapp and W. G. G. Han
ger, the federal mediators, with the
object,-it is supposed, of drawing up
a new proposal to be submitted to the
firemen in an endeavor to settle the
threatened strike of these men, ended
at half past eleven o'clock tonight.
Secrecy Regarding Proposal.
'Judge Knapp immediately thereafter
telephoned President Carter of the
firemen's organization and arranged
for a meeting with him at half past
nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
The nature of the proposal under
discussion could not be ascertained as
none of the parties to the conference
would talk concerning it.
To Meet Carter Today.
President Carter said that Judge
Knapp and Mr. Hanger had simply
informed him over the telephone that
they would not come down to the fire
men's headquarters tonight, but would
meet him there tomorrow morning.
Mediators Exhausted
New York, Feb. 17. The mediators
pleaded that they were thoroughly
worn put and desired to get a much
needed Vest. Mr. Carter and the mem
bers of the adjustment committee of
the firemen immedTately went into ses
sion and agreed to wait unti1 tomor
row to hear from Judge Knapp and
Mr. Hanger.
BAD BOYS-SNOWBALL .THE ,
MARCHING SUFFRAGETTES.
Great Toe of One of Them Peeping
Out of Hole in Her Shoe.
Chester, Pa., Feb. 17. The marching
pilgrims bound " from New York to
Washington in the cause of woman's
suffrage had their first hostile recep
tion eince their hike commenced, at
Leiperville, a small village north of
this city, late this" afternoon, when
they were snowballed and almost
routed by small boys. A squad of
cavalry from the Pennsylvania Mili
tary college, however, went gallantly
to the rescue, put the young opponents
of the movement to rout and escorted
"General" Rosalie Jones and her
"army" to this city, where they wiH
spend the night.
Despite the snow-covered ground all
of the army managed to walk the en
tire fourteen miles from Philadelphia
and no desertions have been reported.
The trim appearance which had
been maintained by some of the young
er marchers, however, suffered severe
ly. Miss Phoebe Hawn's shoes gave
way under the strain before the jour
ney was half ended and the great toe
of her right foot was in evidence when
Chester was reached.
v Miss Crowell, whose Insistence upon
marching with painfully blistered feet
has won her the sobriquet of "Minerva
the Martyr," discarded the heavy tan
marching shoes which, she says, have
been the cause of her agony, and ap
peared In a pair of light pumps with
high heels. The pumps were practical
ly disintegrated at the end of the day's
alk and her feet were In worse con
dition than ever.
PACKAGES OF" MATCHES
.AGAINST THE CHIMNEY.
Former Employe Testifies in
bury Arson Case.
Water-
Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 17 Daniel
W. Crowley of New Haven, formerly
manager of the Soloway and Katz
branch store in this city, which was
burned August 5, 1911, and which
Morris Soloway is accused of having
set fire to, was the chief witness of
the afternoon session of Soloway's
trial today. Crowley testified that in
stead Of there being $16,000 worth of
stock in the store as Soloway claimed
in the proofs which he submitted to
the insurance companies .there was
only $4,500 to $6,000 worth.
Crowley told of the events of the
afternoon before the fire when the
stock of the store was shifted and 60
packages of matches placed against
the chimney. He said that 22 dozen
market baskets were piled on -top of
the matches. -
Wrapping paper and many barrels,
some of them empty, were placed near
the chimney, also, he said.
The trial of the case was not com
pleted today and was continued for
one week.
HEAVY BOMBARDMENT SETS
CONSTANTINOPLE AFLAME.
One Hundred and Fifty Houses
- - Shops Burned.
and
Constantinople, Feb. 17 The quart
er adjoining the Saint Sophia Mosque
in Constantinople is burning. A hun
dred and fifty houses and shops so far
have been destroyed.
A heavy bombardment of Adrianople
occurred on Sunday.
As a result of the renewed heavy
bombardment -of Adrianople, the
quarter adjoining the Saint Sophia
Mosque was devastated by fire this
afternoon. A hundred and fifty houses
and shops were destroyed and the fire
Is still burning.
It is said that the situation around
Bulalr In unchanged. - A Bulgarian
column is advancing through Belgrade
forest to the west- of Derkos lake, in
the direction of Ormanli, and is forti
fying the heights of Sivaskeui.
Envsr Bey Assassinated.
Vienna, Feb. 17 A Constantinople
dispatch to Die Zeit says that Bnves
BeyJiae been killed by assassins. ,!
Fell 60 Feet and Lives,
Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 17. Sherman
Wands, a structural iron worker, fell
a distance or sixty reet wniie work
ing on the new pewer house ef the
Waterbury Brass company this af
ternoon yet by a strange good fortune
he-escaped serious injury and is-ex
pected to reeevr.
, Longshoremen en Strike.
New Yerk, Feb. 17. Because the
head stevedore of the North German
Lloyd line, in Hoboken. dismissed one
of the longshoremen today, 1,000 of the
men working along shore went out on
atriks. .
A Fine of $5,000,
A Year in Jail
SENTENCE OF CASH
PRESIDENT.
REGISTER
JAIL FOR 28 OTHERS
Terms of Subordinate Officials Range
from Three Months to One Year
Appeal Taken to U. S. Circuit Court.
Cincinnati. Feb. 17.- President John(
H. Patterson of the National Cash
Register company of Dayton. O., today
was sentenced to serve one year in
the county jail at Troy, O., and to pay
a fine of $5,000 for violation -of the
Sherman anti-trust law. Twenty-eight
other officials and employes of the
company were given jail' "sentences
varying from three months to one year
and were ordered to pay the costs of
the prosecution.
Judge Scores Defendants.
The sentences were pronounced after
United States -Judge Hollister had
scored the defendants bitterly for their
business methods, methods which he
declared were needless in a concern
where millions of dollars could have
been made legitimately. .. Closing, he
eaid:
"The government is "strong enough
to protect its people, whether this pro
tection extends to the transportation
of dynamite across the land for the
purpose of blowing up bridges or the
laying of the hands upon men who
seek to stifle competition by- illegal
business methods."
r The Sentences.
George Edgeter of Dayton, secretary
of the company, was given the lightest
sentence three months. William Bip
pus, treasurer; Alfred A, Thomas of
Dayton and Jonathan B. Hayward of
New- York were given nine months in
jail.
The following were sentenced to one
year: Edward A. Deeds, Dayton, vice
president; William K. Muzzy, Dayton;
William Pflum, Dayton; Robert Pat
terson, director; Thomas J. Watson,
sales manager; Joseph E. Rogers, as
sistant sales manager; Alexander C.
Harned, salesman; Frederick S. High,
district manager, Boston; Pliney Eves,
district manager, San Francisco; Ar
thur A.. Wentz, Columbus; George E.
Morgan, Dayton; Charles T. Walmsley,
Chicago; Charles S. Snyder, Elizabeth,
N. J.; Walter Cool, Denver; M. M.
Jones. Pittsburg: M. L. Lasley, De
troit; Earl B. Wilson, Los Angeles:
Alexander W. Sinclair, New York:
John J. Range, Washington: M. G. J.
Keith, New York; William Cummings,
Brooklyn; J. C. Laird, Toronto ; .W. C.
Howe, San Francisco- E. H. Epperson,
Minneapolis.
, Motion to Arrest Judgment.
"ItTpon the concurrence of District Ati
torney McPherson, Judge Hollister set
aside the judgment in the case of
George A. Edgeter. ' Edgeter had not
been connected with the cash register
company during the time fixed in the
indictment, and for this reason the
judgment was set aside.
A motion was made for an arrest of
judgment - on the grounds that the
Sherman law Is unconstitutional insofai
as it attempts to create offenses and
impose penalties. v The motion also
charged that the Sherman law con
flicted with the provision of the. sixth
amendment that in all criminal .prose
cutions the accused shall entov the
right to- be Informed of the nature andjj.jcje3
cause oj. me avL'uaations agamsL mm
and that it conflicts with the tenth
amendment in that the averments of
the court were vague and indefinite.
Patterson's Bond Doubled.
Following a notice of an appeal to
the circuit 'court of appeals, the bond
of President Patterson was fixed at
$10,000, twice its former amount. The
other bonds were left at $5,000.
Nine of the convicted men were sen
tenced with President Patterson to the
Miami county jail at Troy, ten were
sentenced to the county jail in Day
ton and eight in the neighboring jail at
Lebanon, Warren county.
EIGHT WORKMEN
GET A DUCKING.
One of Them Started a Geyser by
.Drive of His Pick.
New York, Feb. 17: Eight workmen
in a tunnel sixty feet below the street
level nearly met death by drowning
today at Passaic, if-. J., when a gey
ser, caused by one of the men sinking
a pick in a large vein of water, "burst
upon them. Almost Immediately the
cold water was up to their waists and
as they gained the shaft where a
hoisting bucket was In operation it
was up to their armpits and gaining
rapidly. Ordinarily but three men ac
a time are hauled up in the bucket.
Three of the men, all but unconscious,
were tossed into the lift, however, and
another crowded himself in upon them.
The four others then clung to the
sides of the bucket and all were drawn
sixty feet upwahd to safety. V
BLAME SJ O Y RIDING
AND THE LOAN SHARKS.
Automobile Bandit Says They Made
Him a Thief. .
Chicago, HI., Feb. 17. 'Joy riding"
in automobiles is one of the reasons
given today by Robert Webb, con
fessed murderer of Detective Peter
Hart, and leader 'of Chicago's automo
ile bandits. for turning to a career
of crime.
"It was 'joy riding' and loan sharks
that made a thief out of me," said
Webb. "These loan sharks got me in
bad for about $80. I paid that much
back, but I' never got square with
them.. I still owe them. When I'd take
these joy rides in automobiles I used
to thinly how easy it would be for a
fellow to stock up some one and make
a quick getaway in a machine I kept
thinking about that and finally I
thought I'd get Soms easy money."'
Inquiry. In German Reichstag,
Berlin, Feb, 17. The national lib
erals announced today that they would
Interrogate the government In - the
Reiehetag as to what measures the
Imperial chancellor was taking for
the protection of Germans la Mexico.
Tablet Works Burned,
- Quiney, 111.. Feb, 17. The Dayton
35; Tat ne
block.
The lose is estimated at $500,-
000,
- New Britain . Residence Burns.
New Britain; Conn., Feb. 17.--FIre ef
unknewn origin tonight destroyed the
residence- of Louis Fox at - Seymeur
park, causing a loss ef $2,500. Mr and
Mrs Fex rescued their children with
difficulty. ..
Condensed Telegrams
Safe Robbers Got Into the Rooms of
Typographical union No. 6. New York,
and stole $600. "
Former Senator Hale, ill at his home
at Washington, was reported much
improved " yesterday.
Fresh Eggs Are Selling in Chicago
for 19 cents a dozen, the lowest ftgv
at this time of the year-for 20 yeai
President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale
will leave at the end of the present
week for a month's trip to California.
William T. Johnson 'of Washington
is suing Admiral Dewey for $20,000
because, he was bitten by the admiral's
dog. -
Colonel Austin S. Cook, president of-
tne vvoonsocket Institution for Savings
died Sunday night at the age of 66
years. .
Election Returns from Denver on the
question of commission government
show a plurality of- 4,980 in favor of
commission. .'.'.,
Blood Poisoning Resulting from the
bite of a dog, caused the death yes
terday of Dr. Minot Steele, of Ports
mouth, IX. 1.
A Plan to Place Italian families on
farms through government aid ' was
indorsed at a meeting of Italians at
Kansas City, Mo. - , . ' -
Joaquin Miller, Known as the "Poet
of the Sierras," is .dying at Oakland,
Cal. He has been unconscious at - his
home for five days. -
. Governor Thomas R. Marshall and
Mrs. Marshall were guests of Governor
McLionald and Mrs. McDonald, of New
Mexico yesterday.,-
The United States Government will
continue to bar all colored-tea " from
this country during the new tea sea
son beginning May 1.
Governor Robinson of Arkansas has
approved the bill abolishing hanging
and substituting electricity for the
execution of criminals.
The Divorce Bill requiring a resi
dence of a year instead of six months
passed the Nevada senate without
amendment yesterday.
Professor (emeritus) S. A. Latti-
more of the University of Rochester,
died at his home at Rochester. N. Y..
yesterday, aged 85 years.
Fire Yesterday Destroyed the Co
lumbia Print works, at Montville. New
Jersey, two miles from here, with a
loss estimated at $(50,000.
United States Judge Landis of Chi
cago, yesterday ordered a special
grand Jury drawn to investigate al
leged oleomargarine frauds.
A Gift of $75,000 by David D. Stew
art of St. Albans j.o the Maine State
Sanatorium association was announced
yesterday by 'the trustees.
Favorable Report on the Bill to In
corporate the Rockefeller Foundation
was ordered "yesterday.: by T:he senate
judiciary committee. 10 to 4. .
Excavation - on the Panama Canal
during' January averaged 100,642 cubic
yards a day against 122,632 cubic yards
per day in the previous month.
Abraham Whipple of Minneapolis
died suddenly after he had written a
note leaving his body to the medical
school of the University of Minnesota.
The United States District Court at
New York yesterday denied to owners
of patents the right to fix the price
for the re-sale of their patented. ar-
Creditors of the Atlantic Hotel com
pany of Bridgeport have filed a peti
tion in the United States district court
asking that the company be declared
bankrupt:
Henry S. Merrill, of Charlestown,
Mass., for the last twenty years as
sistant Vhief of the United States
revenue cutter service, died at Wash
ington yesterday.
Every Rubber Manufacturing Plant
in Akron, Ohio, was picketed yester
day by strikers and police, arid, pri
vate guards were placed on watch by
the manufacturers. t. v
The Smallest Livinci Baby in the
world is the son of Mrs. Paul de
Meureres or Philadelphia- He is the
survivor of twins, and is 47 days old,
weighing only 1 1-4 pounds. - A
Dr. James' Monroe Taylor, president
of Vassar college since 18S6, yesterday
tendered his resignation to the board
of trustees, to take effect at the end
of the college year in June. .. . .
J. F. Kiiafoyel, 61 . Years Old, for
mer president of the Cleveland Amer
ican league baseball club, died at
Cleveland yesterday after two years'
illness of a complication of ' diseases.
The Much.- Disputed Right of one
aviator to fly over another's land may
be touched upon, if not specifically
considered, by the supreme court for
the firs't time shortly after the court
convenes next week.
Pensions for Widows of soldiers of
the Spanish war and widows of CivH
war veterans who married after 1890
are provided In bill to be reported
from a meeting yesterday of the sen
ate pensions committee.
Senator Root's Proposed Amendment
to the Panama canal law. to repeal
the provision giving free passage to
American coastwise ships was reject
ed yesterday by the senate committee
on inter-oceanic canals.
The Strike of 600 Operatives who
went out'at the Esmond cotton mill at
North Providence, R. I., three weeks
ago, ended yesterday when the em
ployes voted to accept an offer of an
increase In wages ranging from 6 to 15
per cent.
John & Ennott, a Mininq Promoter.
who obtained nearly $25,"000 from three
women of Boston through the sale of
worthless mlnimr stock, pleaded guilty
to lareeny yesterdays and received a
sentence of not less than three nor
more than four years in state prison.
J. Plerpont Morgan, Jr., yesterday
received a cablegram from his f atnr"
at Alexandria, Egypt, saying that he
had so far recovered from an attack
ef acute indigestien he suffered recent
JJ!LJJ? .7?.
Caire and net go to Italy as at first
planned, v
Mary Lenzak, the Fifteen ' Year Old
daughter ef Jehn Leaeak, and. Fran
eisca McCloskey, the one-year-eld
daughter ef Patriek : McCloskey, were
burned te death yesterday at the- home
of their grandmother at Webster, Mass,
while she was eut ef the heuse for
a few minutes . . ... . i
MARINES ORDERED TO CUBA BY TUFI
Will Encamp at Guantanamo to be Hefd in Read
iness For Possible Use In Mexico
TWO ARMY TRANSPORTS SENT TO GALVESTON
Force of 2000 Marines to Leave Barracks Along Atlantic
Coast -Commanders of Army Posts Also Instruct e 1 to
Make Ready For Eventualities Decision to Abandon
Night Sessions of Cabinet to Prevent Misunderstand! lp,
Washington, Feb. 17 Two thousand
United States marines from various
barracks along the Atlantic coast to
day were ordered to Cuba .there to be
held in readiness for possible use in
Mexico. Half of them will leave to
morrow night from , Philadelphia on
the army transport Meade, already on
its way from Newport News for the
purpose. The second thousand will
start from Norfolk on the naval trans
port Prairie, which, it is expected,
will . clear W ednesday. The marines
will be drawn from the barracks at
Norfolk, Washington, Philadelphia,
MtrJew York, Portsmouth, Boston and
Charleston. -.j..
No Marines For Inaugural Parade.
Guantanamo is the present objective
point of the marines, who will be es
tablished in camp in connection with
the fleet under the command of Rear
Admiral Badger. Whether these'-men
will get further than Guantanamo will
depend on Mexican developments.
The withdrawal of this large number
of marines may mean that that branch
of the defensive service of the country
probably will be obliged to go entirely
unrepresented in the inauguration pa
rade. Tt had been planned to have
about 1,000 marines in the line on that
occasion. At the various Atlantic
coast barracks there are 3,800 marines.
Army Transports to Galveston.
Besides the movements of the ma
rines, two army transports were or
dered tonight to proceed at once from
Newport News to Oaiveston, Ts.,
where they might be close at hand for
the movement of troops from. the bor
der should any unexpected emergency
arise.- Early in the day the Third cav
alry at" Fort Sam Houston was direct
ed to hold itself in readiness to entrain
for Galveston prepared for foreign ser
vice. Wilson Will be Handicapped.
President Taft i plainly worried by
the fact that although ho has only
fifteen more days to serve in the
White House, the situation in Jlexi
co shows little sign of. ht'i-ominfi l;ss
troublesome. The prppujpnt has no de
sire to leave Over for Jlr. Wilson the
"settlement of this country's relations
with Mexico but he is decidedly oppos
ed to taking any measures himself un
less extreme provocation and whole
sale -murder of Americans drive him
to it.
The president told friends today
that he realized what a difficult thing
if would be for a new administration
to gather up the reins of govern
ment and understand the conditions
in the southern republic in a few
weeks or in a few month.1?. He Is of
the opinion that it would take St least
six months for Mr. Wilson and his
cabinet to grasp details of diplomatic
negotiations, of troop and battleship
movements and of international nice
ties that he and his cabinet have ac
quired in two years close study of
a condition that never has ceased to
confront them.
Hopes He Will Not Have to Act.
He has informed' his advisers that
he will be president up until Mr. Wil
son takes the oath of office and that
if intervention is demanded by con
gress on his last day in office he would
not hesitate to concur. But he hopes
that he will cot have to act and then
move into the background, leaving a
new president and inexperienced ad
ministration to struggle with the real
problem.
The president has made no prepara
tions to send any communication to
congress touching on Mexico. Ho
hopes that he will not feci compelled
to speak to congress on the subject
but If a situation requiring his advice
arose -he would be ready .in a few
minutes to dictate his suggestions and
to lay before congress the vast fund
of information oh conditions there that
is In possession of the, state depart
ment. -
. No More Night Sessions of Cabinet.
Night sessions of the cabinet to con
sider late developments from Mexico
probably will not.be held in the future.
Several of the president's cabinet sug
gested to him today that these meet
ings might be misunderstood through
out the United States and m Mexico
and that their significance might be
magnified. The cabinet officers felt
that the frequent reports of these late
meetings, which apparently brought
little tangible action, might lead to
suspicion that the "lid"" had been
clamped down; that the public was
being misled and that back of them
-many secret orders were being fram
ed and issued from the state, war and
navy departments. - The president
agreed with his advisers and practi
cally decided -to hold no more such
conferences.
Rumors in Mexico of Intervention.
Following President Taft's message
to President Madero, disclaiming any
purpose at this time to land troops
In Mexico, further precautionary
measures were taken to safeguard the
lives and property of Americans in
Mexico, so far as that could be done,
without actually dispatching a mili
tary force to the country. This prob
lem has been greatly complicated by
the act of the - Madero government,
possibly without the actual direction
of President Madero, in sending
broadcast through Mexico news that
armed intervention by America was
about to -occur. In the hope of Induc
ing malcontents to drop their tempor
rary quarrel with the government and
respond to the patriotio call to head
off the foreign Invasion. , v
False Reports Jeopardize Americans.
It . was for this reason that the
state department was obliged late In
the day to eable and telegraph directly
to all the American consular officers
who. could tee reached, an unequivocal
denial ot. any intention on the part of
the United States to send troops into
Mexiee ,or of any change In policy on
the part ef this government. It was
felt that the safety of Americans
scattered throughout Mexico Was
jeopardized by these false reports.
While President Taft's message to
President Madero referred to the re-,
ports that orders had been given to
land fereea in Mexico as "Insoeurate,"
it was noticeable that no pledge was
held out as to the future, nor wan
there any encouragement that th or
dinary preparatory measures no ir In
progress would be discontinued.
Post Commanders Ordered to "rtaka
Ready,
In addition to ordering niarini to
Guantanamo word has been pussd
quietly to military commanders o' th
interior posts to make ready for
eventualities. It was insisted, low
ever, that this was only one ol th
most ordinary and proper measures of
precaution, taken upon the merest hint
of trouble and often without probabili
ty of such. The fact is, as frankly
stated by a cabinet officer today, that
It is extremely desirable to proven t
the spread of the Idea In Moxieo that
the administration is contempl.itinnf
the dispatch of an army of invasion to
that country.
Necessity of Secrecy.
Should .such gain currency and find
credence. It would have the effeot to
precipitate the very trouble which it
Is desired to avoid, and to endanger
every American life in Mexico. Hence,
though determined to refrain from in
tervention except as the very last re
sort, the administration is itself In a
position where the smallest and most
routine measures, for the preparation
of military and naval force for that
last contingency must necessarll ba
clothed with official secrecy, even aft
er news reports from various points
throughout the country where soliiera
and marines are quartered clearly in
dicate that they are beiny; prejared
for service.
MARINES EN ROUTE.
N umber Sent frcm Boston Increased
by Supplementary Order.
Boston, Feb.' 17. Earlier or d era to
day to Captain Coffman of the CharicH
town navy yard to Fend 150 nia-inosi
to Philadelphia, were followed thi;)
evening by further Instructions tr de
spatch every available marine in tha
vicinity.
One detachment of 18 mm en
trained at 6.30 p. m. for Philadelphia
on special cars running as the second
section of the Federal express ove- the
New York, New Haven and Har ford
railroad. Nearly all the men were
veterans, many of them havinsr recent
ly been nnder fire In Nicaragua.
, Another detachment of HO men,
drawn from the Charlestown yard and
the battleships Rhide Island and New
Jersey, were In readiness to depart at
midnight for Norfolk. All were equip
ped for field service.
One hundred and twenty-five ma.-1nes
from Portsmouth, N. O, left Bostc n at
7 o'clock for Norfolk.
Bitter Anti-American Feeling,
Washington, Feb. 17. Secretary
Knox today telegraphed to all con
sulates in Mexico Instructing confular
officers to make it clear that the pllcy
of the United States toward M xlco
remains unlchanged. Keports :rom
consulates, as well as from Adriiral
Sontherland at Maxatlan, said that
bitter anti-American feeling was freinj?
manifested because of circulation ;"rom
Mexico City of unwarranted statements
that military intervention by the
United States had already begnn.
Connecticut Ready to SalL
New Torlc, Feb. "17. Tn eight hours
today the battleship Connectlcut,w hlc.lt
has been In drydock at the Now York
navy yard, was floated, provlaiine4
and manned, and tonight was roadv
to sail for Guantanamo, Cuba, at 6.ii'J
tomorrow morning.
Wilson Keeps Tabs on Situation.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 17. President-
elect Wilson displayed today a very
keen Interest in the developments In
Mexico. He was kept informed throuch
press despatches. Mr. W'ilaon feeia
that he ought to make no comment on
the situation at present, refrn.tiin
from Injecting any more elnet Into
the dilemma than it already cont;jJnn.
He is watching it closely, however,
with the idea of being prepared imme
diately for any difficulties tbat ma
arise after he takes of!lce.
JUDGE REFUSES GRANT
A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION,
Intends to Learn Facts
Strike First.
About ths
New Tork, Feb. 17.-35y refusing tal
grant temporary injunctions on th
complaints of employers against th
garment workers now on strike, ami
announcing that he would front pr-i
manent restraining orders only after a,
hearing, Judge Hendrick of the t tate
supreme court today took an important
Btand with reference to the strike that
has been In progress since January 1,
This action of the court Is almont am
preeendemted in ,legal procedure.
Judge Hendrlck's announctment fol
lowed a conference with the Jus icesf
of the appellate division of the ttata
supreme court. In it he said:
"I have decided to try these ca.si ? on
their merits beginning next Moirlayi
and the appellate division has author
ised me to sit here for three months. If
necessary to take the testlmon;'. f
shall not grant injunction until 1
have gone thoroughly into the merits
of the cases. I mean to g?t down to
the causes of this strike and clear tha
atmosphere if possible."
May Serve Ecuador.
Washington, Feb. 17. The honse to
day passed a resolution to authr rle
Col. C. Gordon, chief medical of leer
of the Panama canal zone, two o her
United States medical officers and
three officers of the ermy engineer 3 to
accept service under the republic of
Ecuador to supervise sanitary im-.
provements Jn that country.
Six Killed In Collision.
PittabtrrB-, " Pu, Feb. 17. Rl-e meni
were killed and a number injured -w ha
a sand train ran Into a freight t -aim
Ht a erosainff at Derry, Pa., tonight.
The vlotlmn were Tnnloyed by the
Pennsylvania Kallrond company rq
nearby stone quarrlfea.
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