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NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1913
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MADERO TO BE EXILED FROM MEXICO
Deposed President and Family to be Escorted to
Vera Cruz to
WILL PROBABLY SAIL
Madero's Brother, Gustavo, Shot to Death Under "Fugitive
Law" A New Revolution Breaks Out and Leader is
Promptly Arrested One Contingent of Revolutionists
Proclaims Emelio Gomez Provisional President Hu
erta Formally Elected, at Secret Session of Congress
Huerta and Diaz in Full Accord.
Mexico City, Feb. 19. Francisco X.
Madero, deposed from the presidency
yesterday, will be exiled. Arrange
ments have been made for the depart
rre from the capital for Vera Cruz to
night. From there he will sail for
come European port.
Family to Accompany Madero.
Madero wil be accompanie by his
wife, and perhaps by his fatter and
other members of his family.
His loyal aide, Captain Frederico
Montes, also will go, but in the capaci
ty of a guard. The party will proceed
e vera uruz unaer escort
Madero 'a Brother Executed.
The execution of Gustavo Madero,
brother of the deposed president, was
the most tragic occurrence of today.
He was subjected to the "fugitive
law" and was shot to death by his
guards.
The members of the cabinet and
most of the other prisoners were re
leased this morning. Francisco Made
ro, Josepino Shares, the vice president,
and Federico Gonzales Garza, govern
or of the federal district, were the only
Important prisoners held.
Huerta and Diaz in Accord.
Ernesto Madero, the former finance
minister, paid a lengthy visit this aft
rnoon to Francisco. -
General Huerta, who has assumed
the post of governoigeneral and Gen
eral Diaz had an extended conference,
after which It was announced that
they were in complete accord. Later
General Huerta was in conference with
the American ambassador, Henry Lane
'Wilson.
Ran Under Fire of Guards.
The execution of Gustavo Madero,
known es the "power behind the
throne," formed a tragic sequel to the
Upheaval in-Mexlco City. . -,
The ex-presldent and his brother,
Gustavo, were sent this morning as
prisoners to the arsenal from . which
Felix Diaz had bombarded the city for
ten days. Soon after their arrival there
Gustavo Madero was subjected to the
"fugitive law," by which he was free
to run under the rifle fire of his guards.
He fell dead under their bullets.
Mere Powerful Than President.
Gustavo Madero was generally re
garded as a much more powerful man
than the president himself. After
Francisco Madero had quarrelled with
Dr. Vasauez Gomez, he ana his brota
r, Gustavo, forced -Joe Pino ' Suarea
to the front to take the position of
aice president, although he was then
Kttle known.
This was the thing the enemies of
Kadero never forgave, and waa really
the reason for the starting or the anti
arovernment party, which showed sys
hematic opposition against the schemes
Vf the politician, Gustavo jueaero.
Crowds Tried to Get at Him.
After Gustavo's arrest yesterday and
during hie removal through the streets
the crowds for a time were wiioiy ex
cited, and even - made efforts to lay
their hands upon him. A heavy guard
of rural es was necessary to assure me
a&fetv of the orisoner.
Gustavo -Madero was at one time
minister of finance of Mexico. . lie vis-
tted the United States early m iix.
Had Francisco Madero succeeded in
defeating Diaz there seems little doubt
that bloody reprisals would nave Deen
nade upon the other side.
List of "Those Who Should Die."
. "Those Who Should Die is the cap
tion of an official document found last
night." On the list prescribed there axe
22 names of prominent men, including
Francisco de la Barra, Jesus Flore s
Magen. Manuel Calere, Alberto G-af-la
Srandas and Dr. Vasqup Gomez.
For some days de la Barra believed
ke was in danger of assassination and
therefore took refuge in the British
legation, where he -. heard numerous
threats had been made to capture him.
Madero May' Be Held for R'lveroll's
Death.
It has developed that the exile of
Madero is not certain for the present
at least. At the instigation of the
fovernment Madero has been formally
eld responsible for the death of -Colonel
Riveroll, which occurred at the
"palace at the time of Madero's arrest.
Conflicting stories are In circula
tion regarding- the slayer of Riveroll,
Vut it is officially stated that Madero
hot him with a pistol.
Two Attempts on HuertaNr Life.
In statement tonight General
Huerta says that two- attempts wwe
nade against his life before the ar
rests and he attributes both of them
o the Madero. The first attempt was
made by a sharpshooter, who tried to
pick him o while in the palace. This.
General Huerta laid at the door of the
ex-president. t
Cyanide of Potassium' in Wine.
The second attempt was made at the
banquet which culminated In Gustavo
Madero's arrest. Huerta says that he
was repeatedly urged to drink poisoned
wine from a bottle. He was suspi
cious and refused to do so.
An analysis of the wine showed that
It was charged with cyanide of Potas
sium. A RIVAL PRESIDENT.
'Gomez Proclaimed to Be on the 'Job
1 by One Contingent.
" San Antonio, Texas. Fe. 19. EcneHo
Vasquez Gomez is proclaimed provi
. slonal president of Mexico in a docu-
meat "received here today which is pur
ported to bear signatures of General
Inez &alazar as general in chief of the
revolutionary forces, of the ' north.
David -La Fuente, second In command
and chief of the president's staff, and
ten othr rebel leaders. The document
la dated at Palomas,. Chihuahua.
A NEW REVOLT.
Tffsab'es ef New Administration Star
Early Leader Arrested.
Msxioe city. Fefc. !, Already, torcti
Board a Ship . y
FOR A EUROPEAN PORT
to face plots,-the new administration
caused the arrest tonight of "General
Francisco Romero.
Romero is accused of complicity with
Francisco Cosio Robelo in a new re
volt. The plot involves a group of
rurales. x
TEXAS GOVERNOR HOT.
Says He Will Protect His People If
United States Doesn't.
Austin, Texas, Fe. 19. Governor
Colquitt of Texas sent a telegram to
day to United States Senator Culber
son, in. which he asserted that "the
present federal policy toward this state
is an outrage, and urged .tnat ef
forts be made to have additional
United States troops assigned to pa
trol duty along the Mexican-Texas
border. "
"If I am compelled to take the sit
uation in hand, I will do so vigorously,"
said the governor in his telegram.
"Definite action should be taken by
the federal government and protec
tion given the garrisons of troops or
the government should advise us that
nothing will be done and let ua look
out for ourselves. We will not hesi
tate to protect our people if we can
be advised that the federal government
will not do so."
To Arrest Madero's Friends.
Laredo, Texas, Feb. -9. A telegram
from. Felix Diaz to revolutionary head
quarters here directs that a close
watch be kept for Gustavo Garmendia,
Jesus Urueta, Juan Sanchez Azcona,
secretary to President Madero, and also
any members of President Madero's
family. If captured, the message
states, they are to be arrested and
held. .
Huerta Elected President.
- Mexico" "dity, Feb. 19. General Vio
torlano Huerta was elected provisional
president by congress at a special se
cret session t6night.
WILL AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS.
United States Won't Immediately Rec
- ognize New Government.
"Washington, Feb. 19 .Reaction from
the severe strain under which the dip
lomatic military and naval branches of
the government have been laboring for
the last ten days "because of the Mex
ican revolt was marked by the com
parative lethargy prevailing In those
departments today. A hasty consul
tation between the heads of the var
ious departments, conducted to some
extent by subordinates, resulted- in a
general decision to maintain the exist
ing attitude towards Mexico, not only
in a diplomatic sense, but so far as
that involves the preparation of the
army and navy to meet any emer
gency that might arise.
Though naturally gratified at the
termination of the almost continuous
battle that has raged within the heart
of Mexico City .for so long a time, it
was deemed to be unwise to permit
that sentiment to affect the progress
of arrangements that are being made
aaequateiy to protect the lives or for
eigners in Mexico, in case the situa
tion should get beyond control of the
new temporary government.
Original orders to the army officers
to have the soldiers ready to move at
short notice and to the transports to
proceed to their assigned destinations,
where they were to embark troops and
marines, were allowed to remain In
rorce, omciais reasoning tnat some
benefit is to be derived from the ex
perience' that is gained through this
attempt at mobilization even if there
should ' be no occasion to give it a
practical turn.
Probably some reply will be made
by President Taft to the personal mes
sage from General Victorlano Huerta,
who signed himself commander-in-chief,
announcing that he had over
thrown the Madero government, but it
will be of such a nature as not to con
stitute a political recognition of the
new government. Ambassador Wilson
is expected to communicate freely with
Military Governor Huerta. to transact
the ordinary business of the embassy
and his example. It is expected, will
be followed by the diplomatic repre
sentatives of the other powers, all
such changes being on a de facto basis.
MADERO'S BROTHER'
Collapses When He Learns of Brother
Guetavo'a Execution. .
Ithaca. N". V., Feb. 19. Evaristo Ma-
ro, brother of the former president
of Kexlco and of Gustavo Madero, col
lapseC when he was shown-a despatch
today teNing of his brother's execution.
He retired to his room In the Spanish
American cfub at Cornell university.
and for some Sime would not admit his
friends. Only a few days ago" he re
ceived a , reassuring cablegram from
nis sister-in-law, VJie wire or Gustavo
Madero. He could not believe today's
news at first, he said.
Madero graduated from the Cornell
State College of Agriculture this week,
and will leave at once to loin his sister-In-law,
who is in Monterey.
DEAD MADERO WELL KNOWN.
Had Reputation as "Good Spender" in
Naw York', White Light Diatrict. '
New Tork.' Feb. 19. Gustavo Ma
dero made his headquarters ' in this
city durlnir the eartv critical neriod
In the revolution headed by his brother
Franoiaoo and waa a prominent figure
for weeks on upper Broadway and in
the financial district. This was two
years tLga. VZlth his -father, Francisco
Madero, Sr., and his brothers, Ernesto,
Evaristo and Gabriel, he was busy here
financing- the revolution and held many
conferences at his hotel uptown.-, pre
sumably In furtherance at his plans,
Between eonfsreneea he was net idle,
his recreative activities leading him
I trict, where he w.as joyously welcomed
as "spender -Word o hi ABb
Cabled Paragraphs
J. P. Morgan Able to Drive. i
London. Feb. 19. J. Pieroont Mor
gan, according to a special despatch
rrom Cairo, went out driving1 today,
' Big Blaze at Tokio. -
Toklo, Feb. 19. A serious fir oc
curred today in Kanda Ward, hi the
center of the city. Hundreds or houses
were destroyed. -
Cold Snap in France.
Paris, Feb. 19 France is in the grip
or an exceptionally cold snap, which
coming on top of the recent warm
spell, has caused widespread agricul
tural disaster. ' J
'To Reorganize Belgian Army.
Brussels, Feb. 19-The minister of
war introduced today in the chamber
of deputies the army re-organization
bill. This Involves an additional army
expenditure of $4,200,000.
For Repeal of Anti-Jesuit Law.
Berlin. Feb. 19. :The reichstag to
day adopted by a majority made up
or clericals, socialists and three rad
icals, the measure repealing the anti'
Jesuit law. It is considered most im
probable that the bundesrath will con
cur with the reichstag in Its-action.
King George Contributes $1000.
London. Feb. 19. King George to
day donated J 1,000 to the funds being
raised for a memorial to Captain Rob
ert F. Scott and his four companions
who died on the expedition to thj
south- pole. The amalgamated tota
subscribed now amounts to $100,000.
Murder in Confessional,
Muelhelm-Am-Ruhr, Germany,. Feb.
19. A visiting Catholic clergyman
named Wengeler was ehot and killed
today by a Polish workman in the con
f essional of St. Engeltoerf s church
here. The murderer.' who had asked
to confess to the priest, was arrested.
He declared he intended to kill - the
regular priest of the church.
Hatpin the Only Clue. .
London. Feb. IS. An explosion early
today, believed to have been caused by
militant suffragettes, wrecked the
country residence In course of erection
for Chancellor of the Exchequer David
Lloyd-Georgo at Waltonheath, near
London. The only clues obtained by
the .police are two broken hatpins
which were found among the wreck
age.
DORR IDENTIFIED BY
OWNER OF A GARAGE.
Cap Found Near. Scene of Murder Also
Identified.
Salem, Mass., Feb. 19. Two witness
es identified William A. Dorr of Stock
ton. Cal.. in court today as the Willis
A. Dow who drove an automobile about
Lynn for several days'1 previous to the
murder of George E. Marsh of the lat
ter city.
Witnesses also swore that a walking
sticlcpicked up novftu fiwm 'where- the
body was found in the West Lynn
marshes on April 12. 1912, had been
carried by the murdered man, and that
a cap found near the' cane had been
worn by Dorr. -
T. Murray Bray, the owner of gar
age in Lynn, testified that Dod or Dorr
came to his pace on April 4 and asked
him to tow into the garage an auto
mobile that had become stalled in the
street. He did so and the car, except
when In use, was in his care up to
April 11. the day on which Marsh was
killed. He last saw Dorr on that day.
The latter had paid his bill the day
before.
Witness said that his patron repre
sented himself as Willis A. Dow. The
witness identified the cap which had
been, offered in evidence and automo
bile coat and a fob and chain as hav
ing been woi n by Dow. -
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LACK OF WATER CAUSES
HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE.
Two Plants in Little Town of Bantam,
- Conn., Wiped Out.
Bantam, Conn., Feb. 19.: This little
town was visited by two disastrous
fires early tonight in which the plants
of the Trumbull, VanderpOel Electric
company and the Flynn & Doyle Car
riage Manufacturing company were to
tally destroyed. The local volunteer
fire department was handicapped by
lack of water and was practically
powerless to fight the blaze
The residence of S. M. Crossman,
near-by, caught Are, but the blaze was
extinguished. Estimates of the loss
range from $30,000 to J40.000; partly
insured.
FOR POST OFFICES AT
PUTNAM AND WESTERLY
Provision Made in the Sundry Civil
Appropriation Bill.
" (Special to The Bulletin.)
Washington, Feb. 19. The sundry
civil appropriation bill was reported
to me nouse yesterday, it carries a
total of 1113,151,614.66.
It includes the following items: For
continuation of post office building at
Putnam, under the present limit of
cost, 110,000; for the completion of the
building at Westerly, R. I., under the
present limit of cost, $30,000.
Representative Higgins said last
night that he expected the president
would veto the bill on account of the
state of the nation's finances.
Declined to Pardon C. F. King.
Boston, Feb. 19. The executive coun
cil today refused a pardon to Cardenio
F. King, a stock promoter, . who has
served three years of a sentence of
from ten to twelve years In state pris
on for the embezzlement of $360,000
from customer.
Fines for Neglecting to Vote.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 19. Every
citizen of Utah who is eligible to vote
but who does not exercise the right
will be compelled to pay a poll tax of
$3 under the terms of a bill passed by
the senate today. The tax will be as
sessed against women as well aa men.
Woman Suffrage in Jersey.
Trenton, N. J.", Feb. 19 The senate
this afternoon passed the senate con
current resolution providing for a con
stitutional . amendment extending to
women the right to vote.
Greenwich Church Burned.
Greenwich, Conn., Feb, 19. Fhre of
unknown origin tonight did $1,000
damage to the First Presbyterian
church here.
Mrs. Elsenhsuer. of Searsdala. NT. a
gave birth to quadruplets, three boys
and a girl. All are doing well.
was received with regret by many in
Early in Mawh, 1911." Gustavo Ma
dero and his family went" la fean An
tonio, Teie to take charge of the revo.
Jutlenary junta there, and late thv
joined Francisco in the field, moving
te the ea,;stal whan the revolutionary
esuine finally prevailed.. -
Still Riding on
Railroad Passes
COMPTROLLER DUNN MAKES
SURPRISING STATEMENT.
AT MILEAGE WEARING
Expresses Opinion That Some Legis
lators Still Enjoy . Free Rides Short
; Sessions of the General Assembly,
Hartford.- Conn.. Feb. 19. In tho
legislature today so little business was
in hand that both branches sat hut
a snort time. , -
The interest centered in the an
nouncement made by Senator Landers
that the majority of the committee on
executive nominations wonli h rouiv
to report on Mr. Bennett's name for
mgnway commissioner at 12.80 tomor
row. Mr. Isbell, the republican mem
ber, however, stated that he might
wtuiL lurmer time. Action will be in
open session when it comes with a
roil can vote. It Is not believed there
is any democratic objection to Mr.
.Dennett. i .
The Hurley inquiry may eo on to
morrow with John A. Judtre. the, ac
cused party, as a witness as he has
Deen onerea trie opportunity to ap
pear. . . . '
Dunn Saye Passes Are Still in Use.
memoers flocked to the railroad
committee's hearing when, the 11111 tn
compel the railroads and trolley com
panies to furnish transportation was
called. Attorney , Robinson for the New
Haven road protested against the bill
as Deing unjustified, discriminatorv.
compulsory, and a niece of urnnnspd"
legislation wnicn belongs to other days
when rebating and special privileges
were common evils. Comptroller Dunn
who had questioned Mf Robinson as
to tne 'powers of the Interstate Com
merce commission over the jssnanne
of passes for intra-state traffic made
senator Peck, the chairman, start with
surprise when he declared that some
members of the legislature were trav
eling on passes. Mr. Robinson point
ed out that this was againsf the law
and he thought Mr. Dunn- was wrong.
But Mr. Dunn reiterated his belief
that passes were in use.
Rebate on Railroad Taxes.
Senator Perry, who was the intro
ducer of the 1889 law under which free
transportation was stopped put for
ward an Idea and later the suggestion
was made to him that ,he put his
idea on the mileage question into con
crete form as it offered a nossihl
solution. His plan was this: That the
railroads take the 25 cents oaid bv
the state to members for their mileage
and furnish mileage;-and the difference
m cost or tne mileage at which the
road provides it and what is paid in
by members in the 25 cent basis be
paid to the railroad in the form of a
rebate on the taxes paid bv the cor
porations to the state.
Mr. Perry said that in this wav the
railroads would be getting what they
were entitled to and the members
would get their transportation and not
lose their self respect.
Mr. Perry's Contention.
Mr. Perry argued that because the
transportation companies were char
tered by the state and their charters
could be amended by the state there
was no reason why the companies
should be called upon to furnish eith
er free mileage or mileage at half price.
any more than a paper company char
tered by the state should be compelled
to give tne state paper at a reduced
price or free, or compel any other cor
poration with a Conncticut charter to
give its product for nothing.
Attorney Bownson agreed with ev
eryone else who spoke, that the people
or c-onnecticut aid not expeot the
members to pay their own transporta
tion. Mr. . Jrerry said that the wav to
solve the problem is to act rightly
towards the railroad company- and not
to assume that because the state is the
creator of a corporation lt'can deprive
that corporation of the right to sell
its product to the state. -
A report from the committee is look
ed for tomorrow as the mileage ques
tion Is one of the most pressing just
now and members' monthly books for
whieh they have paid out their cash
are getting thin.
Registration of Lobbyists.
Before the Judiciary committee Rep
resentative Wilson made a lengthy ar
gument in favor of a bill to compel
lobbyists and legislative agents to reg
ister with the secretary of state. Some
objection was offered to portions of the
Din owing to its drastic character, al
though other speakers favored some
means of recording lobbyists who ap
pear on measures. The proposed re
peal of the personal tax law also was
taken up and there were' arguments
in favor of retaining the law as at
present and arguments for its repeal.
Personal Tax Repeal..
Milton Isbell of Ansonia pointed out
that towns are about to make up their
budgets and the matter of the tax is
of vital consequence to them in pre
paring estimates. He suggested that
if the committee reports in favor of
repeal that it fix the repeal date far
enough ahead so as not to upset finan
cial plans in towns which have been
made on the assumption that personal
tax money will be collected for the
present year.
SUFFRAGETTES BLOW UP
LLOYD-GEORGE'S HOUSE.
Mrs. B'ankhurst Boasts of Diabolical
Crime at Mass Meeting.
Cadriff, Wales, Feb. 19. ,"We have
blown up the chancellor of the ex
chequer's house," said Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, addressing an enthusiastic
meeting of suffragettes here tonight.
"The authorities need not look for the
women who actually did it. I person
ally accept full responsibility for it."-
Mrs. Pankhurst declared that if she
were sent to penal servitude she would
go on hunger strike.
"The : government will then either
have to set me free,". she added, "or
let me die. If I drop out, a hundred
women are ready to take my place." -
Trial of 8torage Battery Cars.
New Haven, Feb. 19 It is under
stood that : if the plan of the Con
necticut company of operating" the
Waterbury and Meriden road by stor
age battery cars proves successful, it
will be preliminary to electrical oper
ation of a number of other ." branch
steam lines in this state, '-.-v
South " Dakota for Dl root Elections.
Pierre, 8. D.., Feb. 19. South Dakota
today w& splaeed In line for the direct
election of United States senators. The
house adopted a resolution recently
passed by the senate providing for
amendment of the constitution so as
to give the peqpie the right to name
their chcrfc by peputar vote.
Third Member '
Not Yet Picked
MEETING OF' TWO ARBITRA
TORS TODAY.
TO SELECT ASSOCIATE
Have Three More feays Under Erd
man Law to Make a Choice Fire
men Do Not Expect' Them to Agree.
New Tork, Feb. 19. W. W. Atter
bury, vice president of the Pennsyl
vania t railroad, and Albert Phillips,
vice president of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Englnemen,
will meet here tomorrow to pick a
third member of the arbitration board,
which is to settle for a year at least
the dispute between the eastern rail
roads and their firemen. Mr. Atter
bury will represent the railroads on
this board and Mr. Phillips the fire-'
men.
Have Three More Days.
Under the Erdman act,, the.- pro
visions of which the railroads accept
ed for the purposes of this controversy,
Mr. Atterbury and Mr. Phillips have
five days in which to agree - upon a
colleague. Two of these will have
elapsed when they meet for the first
time. If they fail to make a selec
tion by Sunday noon. Martin A. Knapp,
presiding judge of the United States
commerce court, and G. W. W. Hanger,
-acting commissioner of labor, will be
obliged, under the law to make it for
them. . "
Mediators May Have to Make Selection
The firemen af-e inclined to think
the federal mediators may be called
upon to perform this service as they
were to effect an agreement' on the
plan of arbitration.
Neither side has yet fixed definitely
upon counsel. The firemen, only two
of whom remain at their hotel Phil
lips and Timothy Shea, first vice pres
ident of the brotherhood have been
too busy helping William S. Carter,
their president, re-transfer his office
to Peoria, Ills., the union's headquar
ters. Labor Leaders Disperse.
."-.7'" ,"ri . i
era have .rHsnerseri tn theli- various
divisions.
GRAFT IN ONE DISTRICT
WAS $250,000 A YEAR.
Whitman Procures Evidence from Ho
telkeeprs and Saloonkeepers. y
' New York, Feb. 19. Additional fig-
ures to show the enormous proportions
of alleged graft payments to the police
were: -obtained by District Attorney
Whitman today. Twenty saloon and
hotel keepers were questioned, by Mr.
Whitman and his' assistants in his
graft investigation, and one, a negro,
Leroy Wilkins, later appeared before
the grand jury, to which he repeated
his statements that he was assessed
from $80 to $100 a month by the police
for protection. Wilkins was so fright
ened after belnc Questioned by an as
sistant district attorney that Mr. whit
man rushed him before an ordinary
grand jury, not daring, he said, to wait
even one day for the extraordinary
grand Jury to 'convene tomorrow.
The evidence that the district attor
ney has been gathering from hotel and
saloon keepers in the districts com
manded by Captain Walsh will be laid
before the extraordinary grand Jury
beginning tomorrow. It will show, ac
cording to the district attorney, that
more than 300 saloons, hotels many of
which violated no law and disorderly
resorts had paid regularly every month
for freedom from interference toy the
police in the conduct of their business.
The total revenue from these places Is
estimated by the district attorney at
abcrtit $260,000 a year from this in
snectlon district-alone.
Captain Sweeney, wno was reduced
in rank from inspector following his
indictment on Monday, was arraigned
today, and offered, through his coun
sel, to plead not guilty "with leave to
withdraw" later. This pleading tne
court jrefused to accept and reset the
hearing for next Monday.
TO MAKE DESERTION
CAUSE FOR DIVORCE.
Churchmen Wrangle in Convention
Over Proposition.
Montreal, Feb. 19 rDifferences ' of
opinion as to the attitude the Western
(American) section of the alliance of
reformed churches, holding the Pres
byterian faith, should assume with
regard to marriage and divorce result
ed in a heated argument between Gen
eral R. B. Prince of Tonkers, N. T.,
and the Rev. Henry C. Minton of
Trenton, N. J., at the convention here
today.
The Rev. Mr. Minton wanted the
Presbyterian churches to work for a
general Protestant expression of
opinion that desertion was one good
cause for divorce. Genera,l Prime de
clared that the Presbyterians of the
United States and - particularly New
Tork state did not want new grounds
for divorce to be made legal and did
not want any uniform law regarding
divorce such as is now under consid
eration .in Canada. - . ' -
The Rev. David J. Burrell, of Phila
delphia .president of the alliance, bit
terly condemned present day Sunday
school systems .using the expression :
"This age of tomfoolishness" in defin
ing the causes for lack of attendance
at Sunday classes for the study of the
bible. .-,'-.
PREFER8 LOSS OF VOTE
TO SUFFRAGETTE CRIMES.
On of Marchers at Variance With Her
Sister Hikers.
Wilmington, Del., Feb. lfl. "General"
Rosalie Jones and her band of suffra
gettes held full sway in Wilmington
today . and tonight. The chief feature
this evening was the appearance of
several of the leaders at a local vau
deville theater, where they spoke be
tween the acts. : The hikers will leave
Wilmington at 9 a. m. tof orrow.
: A wide difference of opinion in the
ranks of the hikers manifested itself
today when they heard of the blowing
up of Lloyd -George's country home
and that English officials attributed it
to suffragists or their male sympa
thizers. Miss Elisabeth Freeman, who
has. served an apprenticeship for the
"cause" in England, declared that
"nothing could have been finer."
Miss Morgan of New York also ex
pressed sympathy with the English
view, but Miss Elizabeth lAdrieh, who
is or Quaker ancestry, said: "I would
rather hear that women would never
have a right to vote than hear of the
perpetration of a crime like that of this
Condensed Telegrams
The Mayor and Town Council of
Red Bank, N, J., passed a resolution
endorsing woman's suffrage.
The National Child Labor commit
tee will hold its 'annual conference at
Jacksonville; Fia., March 1S-1($. - . -
' Miss Clara Foy. a school teacher of
Boise, Idaho, tried a forty-day fast to
relieve stomach trouble., tone o dead.
Car Workers at the Afwalo car
works of the Lehigh "Valley railroad to
the number of 260 struck yesterday in
response to a strike order.
' Mrs. Msry Seymour Howell, a friend
and co-worker with Susan B. An
thony in the suffrage cause, died at
her home in Mount Morris, N. i. .
Among the New Bills in the Penn
sylvania house - of representatives, is
one which prohibits the working of
norses more than iz hours a day.
The Lippitt Mill of the B. B. & R.
Knight company at Warwick, R. 1.
will be closed for abom two weeks as
the result of a fire which , damaged
the machinery yesterday.. ',
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President Taft Has Sent the Webb
bill, which regulates the shipment of
liquor into "dry states" to. Attorney
General Wlckersham .for an opinion on
its constitutionality.
Stephen Krekao Was Bound over
at New Britain to superior court under
a bond of $7,500 yesterday for crim
inally abusing Helen . Baldwjn, aged
twelve, last uecemoer. -: ...
Word Was Received at Ansonia
yesterday that A. D. Krom, first assist
ant fire chief of the Ansonia fire de
partment is in the city hospital, Bos
ton, in a serious condition. : '
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
the president-elect, was in Albany
yesterday to attgpd a hearing on the
various bMls presented by the state
factory investigating commission.
The Senate Yesterday ratified a sup
plementary treaty with France, ex
tending to 1918 the operation of the
present arbitration treaty ' between
that nation and the United States.
Sheriff Harburger of New- York set
Feb. 25 as the day when the personal
property of General Daniel Sickles 'will
be sold at auction to satisfy two judg
ments which have been out for: some
time. . . - , - "
A Bill Aimed to Prevent the console
I dation of railroads and street railways
I in Massachusetts was reported unani
mously Dy ine coiuraitLce uii rfttni uauo
in the Massachusetts Btate senate yes
terday. . ' ' .
Plans for Prompt Re-organiaation ef
the house will be made and democratic
members of the new ways and means
committee selected at -a caucus of the
democratic representatives in the in
coming, congress to toe held Mar en o.
A ' ProDosition .to - Have the state
pf Rhode Island guarantee the bonds
of the Southern: New England rail
way so that the road may be complet
ed was, made by Governor Aram J.
Pothier in a statement issued yester
day.- -
As the Culmination of 'a Maniw
narlor romance Mies Bailie Louise
Smith of New Haven and Frank R.
Hall of New "Fork are to wed v next
week. Mr. Hall met his prospective
bride at the Hotel Taft, where she was
a manicurist. .
The Body of Joaquin Miller, the poet
ofrthe Sierras, was reduced to ashes
yesterday. Part of the ashes will be
scattered to the wind at The Heights,
the poet" s home, and the rest will be
placed in a rocK mausoleum nuiit Dy
the poet himseir.
Edward F. Mylius, the English jour
naltst convicted ; of libeling King
George V, of England, and detained
by the immigration authorities at El
lis Island, was given permission yes
terday by Federal Judge Coxe to enter
the United States.
Commissioner Stanley-W. Finch, in
charge of the governments war
against the White Slave evil, has re
ported to Attorney-General Wicker-
sham a plan he has evolved for the
reform and rescue of the victims of
the traffic in women.
"The Excise Bill which, would, re
duce ' the number of saloons in the
national capital about half. Increase
the "dry" zones around school build
ings and authorize the president' to
appoint a new excise commission, was
adopted yesterday by the senate. ,
Several Thousand Dollars worth of
diamonds, silverware, furs and Jew
elry, believed to be the loot taken
from residences in Cleveland by mem
bers of the so-called "Burglar Trust"
were recovered in. a Chicago ' pawn
shop. -
Victor Ekenqren, Residing 100 miles
below Fort Yukon, said to have had
wealthy relatives in Worcester, Mass-
was beaten to death by drunken In-
dians last month, according to Arch
deacon Stuck, an Episcopalian mis
sionary.
The Bill Authorizing Payment of
$71,000 to citizens of El Paso, Texas,
and Douglas, Ariz., for injuries re
ceived from shots across the boundary
line by Mexican revolutionists in 1911,
passed the senate yesterday and has
still to be acted on by. the house.
Incendiaries Fired the House occu
pied by Major J. B. Payne, of the
West Virginia National guard. on
duty in the martial law zone, at Da
kota, not far from Paint Creek. W.
Va., yesterday. Major Payne and Mrs.
Payne had a narrow escape from
death. -r
A Letter Written by George Wash
ington at Mount Vernon on. February
5, -1789. referring to the election of the
representatives to the first United
States congress, was sold at auction at
London yesterday for $1,260. It was
purchased by an English private col
lector. Business Blocks in Monument
Square, Portland, Ms., including the
Evening Express Advertiser block
were seriously threatened . yesterday
by a fire which gutted a three story
brick block wned by Mrs. Thomas
Donahue and damaged adjoining prop
erty.
Resolutions Commenditarv of the
efforts of Secretary of State Knox, as
chairman of the governing board of
the Pan-American union during the
last four years, to further amltv and
friendship between the United States
and Latin-America, - were adopted un
animously at . yesterday's meeting of
the governing hoard of the Pan -Amer
ican tmion. .
Snowfall at Los Angeles,
Los Anireles. Cal.. Feb. 1(L Snenr fell
in, Los Anvelea today for the first time
in many yeajrs, . . i -
For Revision of
The Party Rules
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A REPUBLICAN . CONVENTION
MAY BE HELD
IS ADVOCATED BY ROOT
Proposal to Allow States to Elect Del
egates in Their Own Way and to
Reduce the Number of Delegates.
Washington, Feb. 19. The prospect
for a republican national convention
next fall to revise the rules governing
the selection of national delegates and
to change the basis of southern repre
sentation at regular republican con
ventions , wasct strengthened today
through expressions favoring the pro
posed national gathering by Senator
Root ef New York and Senator Crane
of Massachusetts.
Root an Advocate of It.
Demand for a republican convention
has been based on the desire to make
such changes that states will have the'
opportunity to select their delegates
through primaries or otherwise, and to
cut down the number of delegates hav
ing a light republican xote.
"I am in favor of holding a republi
can convention at some convenient
time next fall or winter," said Senator
Root, who was chairman of the Chi
cago convention last June, "for the
purpose of doing two things:
Home Rule for States.
"First To make representation In
national conventions proportional to
the republican vote that Is, correcting
the disproportion in what is spoken of
as the southern representation.
"Second To permit the republicans
of each state to elect delegates to na
tional conventions in their own way.
so that the choice in each state will be
regulated according to the laws of the
state.
Changes Ought to Be Made.
"In order that these changes shall be
effective in a convention to nominate a
president they must be made before
that convention, and that can be done
only by a special convention. The na
tional committee is still bound by the
old rules, which were adopted by the
convention of 1880. They will have to
call the next convention. Just as they
did the last one, under these rules, un
less a special convention is called to
make the changes, which certainly
ought to be made."
Senator Crane also - endorsed the
convention plan.
No Definite Steps Taken Yet.
No definite steps have yet-been tak
en toward issuing a call for the con
vention. Expressions by members of
various factions of the . party indicate
that efforts will be made to bring re
publicans from all states together
within the present year for the revision-
plans.
HIGH SCHOOLS UNDER
FIRE IN THE SENATE.
"Small Country School Produce Best
Results," Says Senator.
Washington, Feb. 19. Public high
schools fared rather badly in a debate
in the senate today which arose over
a small Item in a local appropriation
bill.
Senator Hoke Smith, who held that
a 'large high school .was unwise from
both an educational and economical
point of view, ' and that the small
country schools produced the best re
sults, was supported by Senator Works
who declared high schools "have been
warped oat of all proportion as a
means of giving to the children of this
country the useful education that
should be imparted through the public
schols. .
K-NfQHT OF COLUMBUS
CAUSES TWO ARRESTS
Charged with Circulating False Re
port - Regarding Fraternity's Oath.
Philadelphia, Feb. 19. A member of
the Knights of Columbus caused the
arrest on warrants here today of two,
men who,' it is alleged, printed and
circulated during the last presidential
campaign a report that members of
the order were compelled to subscribe
to an oath, hostile to American instl-
tutions. The defendants, Charles
gonegal and Clarence H. Stage, are
charged with criminal libel and were
held in bail by a magistrate for a hear
ing tomorrow. It is charged that the
defendants issued the alleged libel In
circulars from a printing establish
ment in West Philadelphia.
unarjes n. iwwob ui x-miaaepma
made the affidavit on which the war
rants were issued.
WORCESTER THEATER
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Sherwood Hotel and Prentice House
Damaged Loss $90000.
Worcester. Mass., Feb. 13. The Fam
ily theater was destroyed and the new
Sherwood hotel- and tne Prentice bouse
were damaged by a fire which for sev
eral hours tonight threatened many
business blocks on Front street. Oom
hundred persons who wo in the th
ater when the fire broke out left tn
building without disorder, and 8
guests were driven from the New:
Sherwood hotel. Six firemen wer
badly injured.
The hotel loss Is estimated at $sl),
000. The Family theater was damaged
to the extent of $40,000.
OBITUARY.
Martin Halfpenny.
Pontiac. Mich., Feb. 19. Martha
Halfpenny, who designed t3ie pnatw
m&tic tire, low-wheeled racing sulkyv
died at his borne here today.
Steamship Arrival.. -
Havre, ' Feb. 17. Arrived, steamer .
Rochambeau, New York.
Leghorn. Feb. 17. Arrived, steam
er Calabria. New York.
. Queen town. Feb. 1 A rrtved.
steamer Arabia,' Boston for Liverpool.?-
Plymouth, Feb. 19. Arrived, steam
er Ascanla, Portland for London.
Copenhagen, Feb. 19.- Arrived.
steamer Oscar n. New York.
- New rork, utto. i, Arrived, steam.
er Niagara, Havre.
8teamera Reported by Wl raises. -
New York, Fab. 19. Steamer Prin-
jrens. Naples for New York. K4
mil cast of Bandy Hook at Bootk
Dock 8 a. m. Friday. y '
Cape Race. Feb. 19. teainer
France Havre for Kew YV-ic 121S
miles east of Ban4y Hvk at Xi i ik -
Xxbos. a, at, Saturdajr, lu