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VOL. LV. NO. 53
NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
The Bulletin's Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Papeiy.and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population
MEXICAN AND U.
Four Mexican Soldiers Killed in Skirmish at Border
Mexicans Started the Trouble
OPENED FIRE UPON FOUR AMERICAN OFFICERS
Ninth Cavalry Retaliates and Spirited Engagement Follows
No Americans Killed or Wounded American Soldiers
Reported to Have Crossed Border Citizens of Douglas,
Ariz., Become Alarmed and Cowboys Rush For Border.
El Paso, Texas, March 2. In a run
ning fight on the border near Douglas,
Ariz., early today between Mexican
(soldiers and troopers of the Ninth
Ignited States cavalry, four Mexicans
were killed. None of the American
troops was killed or wounded, accord
ing to advices received here late to
day. American Officers Fired Upon.
Four American army officers walk
lug on the American line three miles
Irom Douglas are reported to have been
fired on by forty regular Mexican sol
diers patrolling the border out of Agua
Preita, opposite Douglas. Sixteen of
the negro troopers of the Ninth rush
pd to the place of firing and a spirited
skirmish ensued.
Americans Crossed Boundary.
The American soldiers were holding
their position at the international line
when reinforced by two troops of the
Ninth. The Mexicans were routed,
leaving four killed on the field and
others strangling through the brush,
wounded.
J t is said that the American troops
became so excited that they overstep
ped the boundary and pursued the
Mexicans for some distance.
Douglas Citizens Arm Themselves.
The light caused great excitement at
Douglas, to which place the telegraph
lines are not open today. The towns
people armed themselves and went to
the boundary, believing the Mexican
soldiers were attempting to invade the
United States. "Within a few minutes
hundreds of citizens were at the place,
armed and ready. Cowboys rushed In
from nearby ranches. .
NO OFFICIAL REPORT.
General Wood Calls Upon Command
ing Officer for tho Facts.
Washington, March 2. No official
report concerning the running fight on
the border near Douglas, Arizona, ear
ly today between Mexican soldiers and
troopers of the Ninth United States
cavalry, in which four Mexicans were
killed, had been received up to a late
hour tonight at either the state or ..war
departments. Major General Leonard
Wood, chief of the staff of the army,
promptly called on the commanding
officer at Douglas for ail the facts. He
expressed the belief that if, as report
ed, there had been any firing by tho
American troops, tha latter must have
been attacked by the Mexicans.
DIAZ LIONIZED.
Given Enthusiastic Ovation at a Bull
fight A Diaz Parade.
Mexico cnty, March 2. General Fe
lix Diaz was accorded a great ovation
this afternoon at the bull rinu. the
first performance of the mafadors
since before the bombardment of the
capital.
Ten thousand spectators stood and
cheered lustily when General Diaz en
tered a box in the arena, attended
only by his secretary, his chief of staff
and a few friends, and the hero of the
revolution was forced to rise time and
egain to acknowledge the demonstra
tions. Diaz granted the request of the mat
adors to kill the bulls and presented
favors to the popular heroes of the
arena when the animals had beeu dis
patched. Machaquido, a noted mata
dor, was slightly injured when he put
the blade into the third bull.
At noon President Huerta, General
Pia, General Mondragon, and General
Blanquet stood oif the balcony of the
national palace and reviewed the par
ade organized by the Felix Diaz club in
honor of the men who were most close
ly identified with the recent reiolt.
Several thousand persons, represent
ing the different branches of the mil
itary service, civic societies and fra
ternal organizations afoot mounted and
In carrnages paraded through the prin
cipal streets.
A feature of the parade was the rid
erless horse of General Bernardo Reyes
walking behind a carriage in which
reposed a painting of the general
draped with crepe. Bared heads all
along the route evidenced the love and
admiration of the people of the capital
for the dead chieftain.
The same solemn respect for another
victim of the revolt was shown when
the draped picture of General Gre
goria passed.
In front of the palace women in a
carriage heading a delegation of fac
tory employes released four doves of
peace. Among the transparencies were
some bearing such inscriptions as:
"Honor and Glory to the Restorers of
Peace," and "Our Country Is Saved."
The Metropolitan Press association
has joined in the patriotic endeavors
to restore complete pacification of the
country and has sent to General Ven
tistinio Carranza of Coahuila implor
ing him to desist in his efforts against
the new government to supjjart Pres
ident Huerta.
The newspapers of the country with
out notable exoeption are refraining
from criticism of the new administra
tion and are lending their active sup
irt to the pacification programme.
SITUATION IMPROVES.
But the New Administration Still Has
Plenty of Trouble on Hand.
Mexico City, March 2. The first
week of the Huerta administration has
geen notable improvement in the gen
eral situation, but It is apparent that
many weeks must pass before complete
order is restored.
There is little doubt that tho old
Orozco army will be mustered out or
Incorporated in the regular establish
ment. But the rebels in the south, the
Zapatistas, seem likely to furnish this
Administration with the same prob
lems as they did the Madero adminis
tration. A number of Zapatistas have
surrendered, but Emiliano Zapata, him
self is still In the field, and thousands
of his men are continuing the warfare,
burning haciendas and raiding villages.
They show little inclination to end
the campaign merely because Madero
Is gone. Peace for them means a re
turn to work at half a peso a day;
fighting they consider more profitable,
Tilers to a most serious development
S. TROOPS IN FIGHT
in the north, especially in Coahuila.
where Venustiano Carranza, the gov
ernor, far from recognizing' the Huerta
government, has grown stronger in his
opposition each day.
Carranza is said now to have about
2,000 men. He holds Saltillo, the state
capital, as a base.
Some miles to the west, Alberto
Fuentes, governor of Aguascalientes,
is in the hills sit the head of a com
paratively small number of men, co
operating with Carranza. The men
these two leaders have placed in the
field have taken the place of the
Orozco army, but the forces are not
nearly so formidable, as they are much
smaller. Their position is not strong.
ALLIES CONTINUE TO
DEMAND INDEMNITY
Still Insist Upon It as One of Con
ditions of Peace.
Rome, March 2. According to offi
cial information received here tho Bal
kan states will insist upon the follow
ing conditions for the conclusion of
Peace, even through tne mediation of
the powers.
First, the contracting parties pledge
themselves to the immediate and sim
ultaneous cessation of hostilities after
the signing of the treaty of peace.
Second, contemporaneously Turkey
must surrender to the allies Arlrian
ople, Scutari and Janina.
Third, the Bulgar-Turkish frontier
shall extend from Rodosto to Midia,
the exact line to be established by a
military commission, composed of Bul
garians and Turks.
Fourth, the peninsula of Gallipoll to
be cedea to the allies.
Fifth, all the Aegean islands occu
pied at present by the Greeks to be
ceded to the allies.
Sixth, prisoners of war and hostages
to be exchanged with the briefest de
lay. Seventh. Turkey to pav the allies
$300,000,000 war Indemnitv, deducting
from it, however, that portion of the
Ottoman public debt borne by the Tur
kish European provinces. -
Eighth, a special representative of
the sultan to 'be permitted In the Bal
kan territory for religious purposes,
having under his jurisdiction all mos
ques, pious funds and church prop
erties. Ninth, all treaties, conventions and
agreements existing between the allies
and Turkey before the commencement
of the war to be re-stablishd.
PRESIDENT TAFT FAVORS
A SUGAR TRUST OFFICIAL.
Charles R. Heike Escapes Imprison
ment Because of III-Health.
Washington, March 2. President
Taft tonight commuted to the fine and
costs the sentence of Charles R. Heike
secretary and treasurer of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining company, of eighi
months in the New York county peni
tentiary and a fine of $3,000. Heike
was convicted of conspiracy to de
fraud the United States in effecting
entry of dutiable sujar at less than
its true cost.
The president acted uoon the recom
mendation of Attorney General Wiek
ersham. Papers in the case were filed
with the department showing tnat
Heike, who had not begun to serve
his sentence, was suffering from a
complication of diseases of the heart,
kidneys and lungs. To remove him
from his home, it was urged, would
endanger his life.
SAVED HIS CHILD,
PERISHED HIMSELF.
Two Fatalities Likely to Result from
Fire at Hackensack, N. J.
Hackensack, N. J., March 2. After
carrying his 7 year old daughter to
safety, Edwin R. Stephens, a news
dealer at Ridgefleld Park, near here,
today returned to rescu j other mem
bers of his family from the fire that
destroyed the two-story building oc
cupied by nim as a store and dwell
ing. His charred body was later
found in the ruins.
Mrs. Stephens carried her three
months' old baby to a second story
window and after tossing it to the
arms of one of her sons in the street
below, jumped and was so seriously
injured that she probably will die.
SNOW CLOGGED- SWITCHES,
FREIGHT TRAINS CRASH.
Three Lives Lost in Wreck on Nickel
Plate Road.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 2. Three lives
were lost here today as the result of
conditions accompanying the worst
storm of the winter, during which the
wind reached a velocity, of 78 miles an
hour and the temperature went down
to 10 degrees above zero.
In a rear-end collision between two
Nickel Plate freight trains, Edward O.
Hansen of Pullman, 111., was caught
in the wreckage and burned to death.
He was In charge of five new cars to
be delivered to the Lackawanna rail
road here. His train was stalled by
snowdrifts. Two laborers, employed
in clearing snow-clogged road switch
es, were hit by trains and killed.
No More Bodies from Ruins.
Omaha, Neb., March 2. Men work
ing in the ruins of the Dewey hotel,
destroyed by fire last Friday, failed
to unearth any more bodies today, and
the total still is three dead, with n
score more or less seriously injured.
That more bodies lie within the ruins
is merely conjecture, and it possibly
will be three or four days before any
other fatalities can be definitely as
certained. Senate Passes Burton Bill.
Washington, March 2. The seni'e
tonight by a vote of 41 to 20 passed
the Burton bill designed to abolish in
voluntary servitude of seamen and im
prove conditions of labor and living
on American merchant ships as a sub
stitute measure for the Wilson bill
previously passed by the house-
Cabled Paragraphs
Eighteen Bodies Recovered.
Hobart, Tasmania,- March 2. The
bodies of 18 miners were brought to
the surface of the North Mount Lyell
mine yesterday after a search that
had lasted nearly five months.
Castro Sails for This Country.
Havana, Cuba, March 2. CIpriano
Castro sailed for Key West yesterday
morning on board the steamer Gov
ernor Cobb on his way to Washington
to attend the inauguration of tho pres
ident. New Minister from Eucader.
Guayaquil. Ek:uador, March 2. Gon
zalo S. Corba, at one time minister
of the interior, has been appointed
Ecuadorian minister to the United
States and left yesterday for Wash
ington. Germany's New Dreadnought.
Wilhelmshafen, Germany, March 2.
A new dreadnaught battleship for the
German navy was launched here today
in the presence of Emperor ' William.
She will be the first warship to carry
a battery of fourteen inch guns.
Slight Accident to Royal Train.
Naples, March 2. An insignificant
accident to the train on which King
Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena
were traveling to Naples caused tha
spread of a rumor today that an at
tempt had been made against the royal
train. The accident was so trivial that
it was not noticed by the sovereigns.
A piece of iron became detached from
one of the carriages, and, striking vio
lently against another carriage, caused
some trifling damage.
5,000 WOMEN EXPECTED
TO MARCH IN PARADE.
Today's Demonstration at Washington
to Have Seven Divisions.
Washington, March 27 Women will
have a gala day in Washington to
morrow, a fete and pageant day to
spur on the cause of equal franchise
and to impress upon the minds of men
who are to rule the government after
March 4 their demand for an amend
ment to the constitution enfranchising
women.
Plans for a suffrage procession have
been made on a most elaborate scale,
and 5,000 women are expected to par
ticipate in the pageant, which will
move up Pennsylvania avenue from
Peace monument to the treasury build
ing and then to Cotinental hall, where
a monster suffrage metting will be
held.
Rivalling in interest the preliminary
events of the inauguration programme,
the suffrage demonstration has at
tracted thousands of women to Wash
ington from all sections of the coun
try, and many mass meetings were
held tonight in different parts of the
city.
Accompanying the procession tomor
row, which will consist of seven di
visions, will be the allegorical tableaux
on the steps of the treasury building,
in which will be impersonated Colum
bia, summoning to her side Justice,
Charity, Liberty, Plenty, Peace and
Hope. These, attended by groups of
maidens, will view the procession, aft
er which they will assemble and follow
to tho hall where" the final raly of the
day will be held.
Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson will be
grand marshal of the parade, and Miss
Inez Milholland of New York Its her
ald. MOTORMAN RELEASED
UNDER $5,000 BONDS.
One Victim of Summit Crash Dead,
Another Dying.
Waterbury, Conn., March 2. Physi
cians attending Frederick I. Arm
strong, the Rutherford, N. J., salesman
who was seriously injured in the trol
ley crash at Summit station on tho
Cheshire line last Friday, tonight prac
tically abandoned hope of saving hia
life. Gangrene developed in his frac
tured right leg and it was necessary t
amputate today at a local hospital.
His condition at a late hour was
critical.
An autopsy performed today on the
oody of William F. Harper, district
commercial manager of the Southern
New England Telephone company, who
died Saturday as the result of injuries,
showed that the primary cause of his
death was loss of blood. At the time
of the wreck, although bleeding pro
fusely, Mr. Harper refused medical at
tention until the ladies had been at
tended to.
The condition of two other wreck
victims today took a turn for the
worse. Miss Nora Mahaney and Miss
Catharine Parkinson of this city, who
are at .their homes, suffering from in
ternal injuries.
Engineer C. C. Elwell of the public
utilities commission and Deputy Cor
oner Makepeace of Waterbury, who
have been investigating as to the
cause of the wreck, announced todav
that tomorrow they will run a trolley
car and a work train over the scene of
the wreck, in order that the brakes
may be given a proper test, and to
note the working of the signal system.
Motorman James L. McGuire, who
was arrested yesterday, was today re
leased under $5,000 bonds. He is pres
ident of the Waterbury Central Labor
union, and his bond was signed by
Patrick Lynch, secretary of the or
ganization. THE POWER OF THE
HARVESTER TRUST.
Due to Monopolistic Position and Su
perior Command of Capital.
Washington, March 2. The power of
the International Harvester company
the so-called Harvester trust which
the federal government is seeking to
dissolve under the Sherman law, lies
in its monopolistic position, Its supe
rior command of capital, including its
connections with J. P. Morgan &
company and John D. Rockefeller, and
certain objectionable competitive
methods, according to Luther Conant,
Jr., commissioner of corporations, in
h sireport on the operations of the
giant corporation submitted to Presi
dent Taft today.
Steamship Arrivals.
At St. John, N. B.: March 4, Emp
ress of Island, from Liverpool; Pome
ranian, from London.
At Halifax: March 2, Scandinavian,
from Glasgow; Hesperian, from Liver
pool. At New York: March 2, Celtic, from
Liverpool; Lorraine, from Havre.
At Algieis: March 1, Adriatic, from
New York for Mediterranean points.
At Southampton: March 2, Majestic,
from New York via Queens town.
At Moville: March 2, Caledonia, from
New York for Glasgow.
Electrocuted While Flying Kite. '
Portsmouth, Va., March 2. While
flying a kite today, Sydney Bright, a
16 year old boy, was electrocuted. The
boy attached a thin wire to the kite
instead of string and when the kite
fell across an electric wire 11,000
volts passed through hia body, killing
Mm instantly.
Wilsons Will
Call on Tafts
TO BE RECEIVED IN BLUE ROOM
THIS AFTERNOON.
TOMORROW'S PROGRAM
Officially Approved by Military Aide of
President-elect Marching Organiza
tions Are Beginning to Arrive.
Washington, March 2. One cf President-elect
Wilson's last acts as a pri
vate citizen will be to call with Mrs.
Wilson, upon the president of the
United States and Mrs. Taft. Arrange
ments for this were made today. The
president-elect and Mrs. Wilson soon
after their arrival will receive Col
onel Spencer S. Cosby, chief aide to
the president, who will escort them
to the White House in the president's
automobile. President and Mrs. Taft
will receive them in the blue room,
where ambassadors, chief justice and
justices of the sugreme court, and vis
iting princes meet the chief executive
of the nation. All the - military and
naval aides to the president, in re
galia of their office, will be present, but
none of the cabinet will attend. The
meeting, it is planned, will be brief
and the president-elect and Mrs. Wil
son will return to their hotel to a
family dinner.
Hope for Good Weather.
Among the arrivals in Washington
tonight were Governor Sulzer of .New
York and his staff. With them was
William G. McAdoo, who is to be sec
retary of the treasury, according to un
official announcements. - Mr. McAdoo
received congratulations on a cabinet
position modestly, without betraying
any confidences as to his acceptance
of the treasury portfolio.
Hope for fair inauguration weather
was extended tonight by the weather
bureau. Cold and clear weather to
morrow in this section will be followed
Tuesdav by higher temperature, the
prediction, is, and this brings relief
from the fear that the blizzard which
swept in the inauguration of four years
ago might be repeated.
Wilson Family Due at 3.45 p. m.
President-elect Wilson and his fam
ily will arrive at the Union station
at 3.45 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
With them in special trains will come
students from Princeton university
who will form a line from the train
shed to the president's room in the
station, where the inaugural reception
committee of senators, representatives
and citizens will await the Wilson
family. Thomas Nelson Page, chair
man of the committee, will greet the
party at the train and escort them
through the lines of students to the
reception room. The ceremony at tha
station will be brief.
Tomorrow's Ceremonies.
Colonel Thomas -H. Birch, military
aide to Governor Wilson, and mem
bers of the inaugural committee late
today reviewed and approved the
programme for Tuesday. In the morn
ing of that day Senators Crane, Over
man and Bacon and Representatives
McKinley, Rucker and Garrett,, com
prising the joint congressional com
mittee on the inauguration, will call
at the hotel for the president-elect
and vice president-elect.
They will be driven to the White
House, escorted by the Essex troop
and the Black Horse troop of the Cul
ver Military academy, through" lines
of students from Princeton University
and the University of Virginia. Presi
dent Taft will await them and the
whole party will proceed to the senate
chamber at the capitol, where the
ceremonies will begin at noon with the
Inauguration of the vice president and
swearing in of senators-elect. Then
will follow the "presidential. Inaugura
tion, the- return to the White House
where the retiring president will take
leave of his successor, and the re
viewing of the pageant from the court
of honor.
Marching Organizations Arrive.
Washington streets echoed all day
and throughout the night with the
blare of trumpets and the music of
bands. Among the organizations which
arrived during the day and evening
were the New Jersey First cavalry;
the Massachusetts Coast artillery un
der the command of Colonel W. E.
Lombard; the Eighth Massachusetts
regiment, Colonel E. L. Sweetser;
Massachusetts militia, Worcester and
Massachusetts Volunteer mllita, Troop
D, Massachusetts Democratic State
committee, Woodrow Wilson Democ
cratic league of Newark, N. J.; New
York Thirteenth Coast artillery, the
Boston Fusilier corps, the Maine Na
tional guard, 12th Company, Coast
artillery, and the militia of Georgia.
The Essex troop of New Jersey which
is to serve as official escort to the
president-elect also arrived today.
About 30,000 in Parade.
The Tammany Braves from New York
who will join in an inausrural parade
for the first time in twenty years, are
being awaited with great interest.
They will arrive in six special trains
tomorrow night. About 30,000 per
sons will march in the parade.
Among the distinguished arrivals
today were William G. McAdoo, who
is slated for secretary of the treasury,
and William F. McCoombs, chairman
of the democratic national committee.
He was tendered a reception at the
National Press club.
Visitors continued to pour into the
city, special trains arriving every few
minutes.
TAFT BIDS FAREWELL.
Delivers
Brief Sermon at All
Unitarian Church.
Souls
Washington, March 2. This was a
day of farewells for President Taft. He
began his last Sunday as president
with a brief sermon to the congrega
tion of All Souls Unitarian church,
where he has worshipped for four
years; bade adieu to the wives of
members of his cabinet at a last for
mal dinner given by Secretary Mac
Veagh and observed the custom estab
lished by George Washington and kept
green by presidents ever since of vis
iting Georgetown university. In be
tween times he took up with Secre
tary Hllles many important matters
which he wishes to see settled before
he turns the reins of government over
to Mr. Wilson. Tomorrow he will meet
the cabinet in special session and
probablj' say goodbye to a few close
friends and to the employes about the
executive offlces-and the White House.
The president's sermon today was
devoted largely to a discussion of the
Unitarian faith which he said he ex
pected to see absorb the world.
"It has always been a wonder to me
Congress Holds
0,
unday Session
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A RUSH OF BUSINESS AT THE
ELEVENTH HOUR.
HOUSES IN DEADLOCK
Failure to Reach Agreement on Bat
tleship Programme Entire Naval
Appropriation Bill May Be Defeated.
Washington, March 2. With both
the senate and the house in the un
usual situation of sitting in legislative
session on Sunday, the Sixty-second
congress today and tonight dragged its
weary way through a maze-of tangled
business towards its conclusion thit
will come at noon Tuesday.
Thousands of visitors in Washing
ton for the inauguration took advan
tage of the Sunday - night session to
see the lawmakers at work. Thousands
of spectators crowded the galleries of
the house, where a meagre attendance
on the floor ground out the routine and
rushed through minor bills with little
consideration. Other thousands filled
the senate galleries until an executive
session drove them from the chamber
and sent them wandering through tin
brilliantly lighted corridors of the cao
itol. Two Battleships May Be Defeated.
At a late hour tonight the corrido3
were thick with visitors anxious to
force their way into the house gal
leries, already overcrowded. The end
of the session rush of business had
brought many who were interested in
various bills which they hoped might
be slipped through in the rather dis
orderly procedure in the house, where
Speaker Champ Clark shattered the
sounding board of his desk with his
gavel in his efforts to control the noisy
attendance on the floor and the gal -
leries.
Tl'tj two battleship programme was
threatened with defeat late tonight
when the house and senate conferees
decided they could make no agreement
between the one battleship programme
of the house and the two battleship
Tircgramme of the senate.
Will Defeat Entire Naval Bill.
All other debated points in the naval
bill were adjusted, but the conferees
decided it was useless to attempt to
adjust the battleship tangle, and the
conference committee adjourned at 11
o'clock without any plan for another
meeting. '
The result threatens the defeat ol
the entire $150,000,000 naval appropria
tion bill. The house conferees de
clined to yield the one battleship pro
gramme and also refused to take th
issue back to the house for another
vote.
A dozen conference commi'ttefl
worked throughout tonight's session,
struggling to reach agreements satis
factory to both houses on various
measures.
Day's Proceedings in Brief.
The proceedings in brief:
Senate Passed bill to make Senator
Cullom of Illinois a resident comm'j
sioner for the" construction of the Lin
coln memorial in Washington.
Passed Burton bill to regulate ser
vice of American seamen.
Went into executive session to con
sider army and navy appointments.
House Passed Norris bill providix
for publicity of testimony before mas
ters in equity in anti-trust cases.
Adopted resolution extending for one
year Burton act regulating develop
ment of power at Niagara Falls.
Adopted conference report on riverr
and harbors bill carrying $47,868,894.
Sent general deficiency bill to fur
ther conference.
Sent public buildings bill to further
conference. ,
Free Seeds May Be Saved.
Congressional free seeds were put
back into the agricultural appropria
tion bill late tonight by the confer
ence committee of the house and sen
ate which reported for the appropria
tion for their annual distribution. The
McLean bill protecting migratorv birds
attached to the bill in the senate, also
was retained.
Bryan Speaks on "Peace."
Raleigh, N. C, March 2. William
Jennings Bryan spoke here tonight to
8.000 people on "Peace," being a spe
cial guest of the North Carolina peace
conference, which has been in session
in this city for two days.
why all the world is not Unitarian,"
said the president. "I think all the
world Is verging in that direction. We
preach the doctrine of sweet fellow
ship, of love of God, of love of Jesus
Christ and of tolerance, for every faith
depends upon the great principle of lib
eral Christianity and that makes for
progress toward morality and higher
religion. The one trouble we suffer
from if it be a trouble is that there
are so many Unitarians in other
churches who do not sit in the pews
of our church. But that means that
ultimately they are coming to us."
West Point Cadets Leave Today.
West Point, N. Y., March 2. After
having undergone a thorough drilling
for the past week, the entire battalion
of cadets of the United States military
academy will start for Washington to
morrow to participate in the inaug
ural parade. Two special trains have
been provided for their conveyance.
WILSON WOMEN WILL
WEAR WALKING SUITS.
How President-elect's Family Will
Dress for Inauguration.
Princeton, N- J ..March 2. Inquiries
as to what the Wilson women folk
would wear throughout the inaugura
tion ceremonies have been pouring in
from society editors for mans weeks,
but Mrs. Woodrow Wilson finally
made known tonight for the first time
just how she and her daughters would
be attired. They will wear ord!nay
walking suits, Mrs. Wilson said, for th
ceremonies of the day.
"They were especially made for the
inauguration, but really require no
description," said Mrs. Wilson.
Though there is to be no particular
function to correspond with the in
augural ball, now abandoned, Mrs
Wilson will wear at the first evening
function at the White House a gown
of brocade, rose pattern, the predomi
nating color being light green. It is-,
low in the neck and has a long train.
There is a drapery of lace at the nenx
and down the front of the skirt, with
a suggestion of lace down the back.
Applique bead work and some butter
flies in shades of green and rose adorn
the neck. Similar butterflies are on
the upper sleeves.
"It is a simple gown," said Airs.
Wilson, "and graceful without beins
elaborate,"
Condensed Telegrams
The New Nickels Were Selling for
fifteen cents apiece on the New York
street corners Saturday.
Judge Mayor told jurors in the Haw.
thorne trial that they will be exempt
from duty in federal courts for eight
years.
A Bill Was Introduced in the Minne
sota house to search every legislator
for concealed weapons, before he takes
his seat.
Ten Thousand Employes of the Cam
bria Steel company at Johnstown, Pa,
were affected by an increase in wages
announced Saturday.
Frank Hight, a Leading manufactur
er of Bangor, Me., - died at his home
there Saturday after a long; period of
ill health, aged SO years.
President Taft and hie cabinet
purchased the chairs on which they sat
in the republican administration, for
$50 apiece, their actual cost.
The Famous Old Battleship Oregon
had the honor Saturday to be the first
vessel admitted to the new drydock at
the Fuget sound navy yard.
Fire in the Machine Shops of the
Texas penitentiary at Rusk Saturday
caused a loss of $100,000, and created
excitement under which one prisoner
died.
Thieves in Baldwin, L. I. worked un
til daylight and were afraid to re
main and take off the last light door
of the post office safe, behind which
was $2,000.
Woodrow Wilson Formally turned
over at 12.30 o'clock Saturday the of
fice of governor of New Jersey to Sen
ator James F. Fielder, president of the
state senate.
Justice Charles Grant Garrison of
the supreme court of New Jersey was
put forward yesterday as a possible
secretary of war by the cabinet mak
ers In congress.
Secretary Meyer Wants 20 Ameri
can college students to spend their
summers on every battleship, thus in
creasing the number of trained men
available in case of war.
The Conference Report on the army
appropriation bill was adopted by the
senate yesterday, providing a thirty
five per cent, increase in pay to offi
cers detailed to the aviation corps of
the army.
Fifteen Hundred White Men and 300
negroes live off the earnings of "white
slaves" and women of the underworld,
in Chicago, according to testimony
given at Chicago Saturday by a for
mer cadet.
Miss Lulu Hubbard, Contralto so
loist of Greenwich, Conn., who burst
an artery while singing at the Stam
ford Methodist church recently, died
suddenly of rheumatism of tho heart
Saturday.
Infanta Maria .Christina, aged 14
months, youngest child of - King Al
fonso, is threatened with the same im
pediments in speech and hearing that
afflict her four-year-old brother.
Prince Jaime.
Generally Fair Weather Is indicated
tne nrst hair or tne coming week ove:
the greater part of the country east
of the Rocky mountains, according to
the weekly weather bureau -bulletin Is
sued Sunday.
The Postoffroe Department does not
deem it practicable to conclude agree
ments for two cent letter postage at
this time with Norway. Sweden, Den
mark, the Netherlands or any other
foreign country.
Rev. Dr. William Douglas MacKen
zio, president of the Hartford Theo
logical seminary, Saturday notified the
trustees of the institution that he will
not accept the call to the presidency of
a theological college in Manchester,
England.
By a Vote of 244 to 95, the house
Saturday re-passed over tne president I
veto the Webb bill prohibiting ship
ments of intoxicating liquors into "dry"
states. The senate passed it over the
veto Friday night and . the bill now
becomes law.
The Parcel Post Was Put to a new
use by a St. Louis pickpocket when
a pocketbook, containing a check for
$3,868.51, and notes amounting- to near
ly $400 were returned by this means
to J. D. Mason, a cattle dealer of
Jackson, Tenn.
President Taft Saturday presented
to Captain Arthur H. Rostron, the gold
medal authorized by congress for his
courage and gallantry in rescuing the
survivors of the Titanic and bringing
them safely to New York on his own
ship, the Carpathia.
Reserves o'f the 7.425 national banks
showed a material Improvement on
February 4 as compared with the
stringent period of November, but were
not as great, however, as in February
of last year, according to returns to
the comptroller of the currency.
By Gaining First Honors in a class
of 137 who took an examination for
admission to the bar, Miss Cella M.
Ho-ward of Chicago secretary to United
States District Judge Carpenter, dem
onstrated that women may be possess
ed of legal mind equal If not superior
to men.
Representative Redfield of New York
smilingly accepted congratulations yes
terday when colleagues on the floor
of the house greeted him as secretary
of commerce. Mr. Redfield still de
clined either to confirm or deny the
announcement that he had accepted
the cabinet post.
Qlaf A. Tviemoe and Eugene A.
Clancy, both of SanFrancisco, two of
the labor leaders convicted at Indian-t
apolis last December on charges by
the government of conspiring in tha
illegal transportation of explosives,
were released on bonds from the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth, Kas., yes
terday. Tho University of Iowa will send
the first psychologist to be a mem
ber of a polar expedition north this
spring with Willalmar Stefansson.
Luther E. Widen of Iowa will accom
pany the expedition with a complete
laboratory outfit of psychological apparatus-
to measure the efficiency of
the Eskimo mind.
After Deliberating Most of Friday
afternoon and all night, a Big Rapids,
Mich., Jury Saturday found Mrs. Lydia
Van Tassell, 70 years old, not guilty
of killing- P. H. Ackley, her 83 years
old employer. It waa charged that
Mrs. Van Tassell killed Ackley be
cause he objected to her friendship
with George Hunter, 6S years old.
Earth Shocks at Guayaquil.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 2.
Saturday: and again todej
$43,500 Stolen
From Handbag
MRS. MABEL MILLS ASSAULTED
AND ROBBED.
IN A CRITICAL STATE
Is Suffering from Concussion of Brain
and May Not Live 24 Hours
Circumstances Perplex thai Polio.
Chicago, March 2. Mrs. Mabel Mills,
wife of a wealthy land owner of San
Antonio, Texas, today lies under the
care of physicians at an Evanston, Ills,
hospital after either having lost or
been robbed of about $43,600 :n that
city Saturday night. Mrs. Mills is
suffering from a wound in the back of
her head, but is uncertain whether she
was felled by a blow or robbed, or
whether she fainted and sustained tne
Injury by a fall to the sidewalk.
"It is one of the strangest stories
that ever came to my attention," said
Chief of Police Shaffer of Evanston
tonight. "There seem to be about six
different mysteries that have to bo
solved Instead of one."
Drew $45,000 from Bank.
According to information ibtained
by the police, Mrs. Mills came to Chi
cago from San Antonio less than a
week ago and registered at a leading
hotel. Shortly before noon Saturday
she is supposed to have drawn f45,000
from a bank and on returning to the
hotel to have given the money into the
care of the cashier, receiving a re
ceipt therefor. When she returned for
the money a short time later, it Is said,
Bhe discovered that she had lost the
receipt, but as she had made herself
known to the cashier she succeeded In
getting- the money without trouble.
Carried Money with Her.
In the afternoon she went to Evan
ston to attend a dinner at the home of
a friend, carrying the $4S,000 In a large
brown handbag a part of It being; in
a smaller purse inside the larger baa;.
After the dinner Mrs. Mills started
back to Chicago, but on the way open
ed the handbag and discovered the
smaller purse was missing;. She re
turned to Evanston, missed her way
and at 9.30 p. m. she was seen walk-,
ing by a policeman, whom she did not
accost. What happened during the
next hour Is net known. At 10. SO she
staggered to a stranger's door and
asked for assistance. A physician and-,
her friends were summoned. The lat-'-'
ter discovered the smaller pars, con
taining $1,950, at their home. Later
the handbag was found on tha side
walk opened and with the money miss
ing. Some Strange Circumstance.
The police are unable to unjerstand
why Mrs. Mills rode beyond her sta
tion on her'ret-orn to Evanston, and,
why the scene of her mishap anon Id
have been several blocks from th
house where she applied for aid. ThaVf
she had the money -was estbllsht4
by eye witnesses. A theory la that Mrs,
Mills was dased by a fall and wandered
away without looking- for her handbag
which waa afterwards fonnd and rifled.
It waa said at the hospital that Mrs.
Mills is suffering from concession of
the brain and that her condition Is
serious.
Injury Caused by Blew.
A physician In attendance upon Mrs.
Mills, after a. consultation with the
police tonight. Issued the following
statement.
"We are all practically satisfied new
that Mrs. Mills could not hare suf
fered the wound in her head from a
fall. The injury unquestionably was
caused by a blow with a sandbag
or other blunt weapon. She is suffering-'
from concussion of the brain and
her condition is serious. She may not
live 14 hours."
Accustomed to Carry Largs Sums.
When found Mrs. Mills had In her
possession about JB0, a revolver, threa
diamond rings and a gold watch. It
was declared by her friends that she
was an associate of her husband in
selling lands In the west, was In the
habit of carrying large sums and also
a revolver to protect herself. It was
asserted that a large red light in front
of the house at which she applied for
aid led her there and that unfamiliar -lty
with the locality caused her to miss
her station. The fact that her rail
road ticket to the south was In a small
purse, she left In Evanston, explained
her hurried return, according to
friends.
A NEW REVOLUTION
FEARED IN TURKEY.
Guards at the Porte Strengthened nd
the Garrison Increased.
Constantinople, March 2. The gov
ernment appears to be apprehensive
of a fresh revolution since the discov
ery of a conspiracy on Thursday last,
when several prominent officers and
civilians, including a former military
governor, were placed under arrest.
The Young Turk leaders are nervous
and the garrison has been Increased
by two regiments. The guards at the
porte have also been strengthened,
and other measures have been taken
to enable the immediate suppression
of any attempted coup.
Many officers have been dismissed
from the army for meddling in poli
tics. Thirteen officers delegated by
the army at Tchatalja to make repre
sentations to the government were ar
rested tonight at their arrival in Con
stantinople. The severe weather continues and
the country is covered with snow.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
THREATENING TO STRIKE
Resent Suspension of a ' Couple for
Conversing Together,
Albany. N. Y.. March 2. Pending the
hearing of grievances at tomorrow eve
ning's meeting of the board of educa
tion, approximately 1,000 students of
the Albany high ochool are planning;
to go on strike tomorrow morning.
About 100 boys struck on- Friday fal
lowing the suspension of Miss Helen
Goold and Frank Hughes, two members
of the senior class, whom Principal
Frank A. Gallup disciplined for con
versing together during school hours.
Today the young women of the school
decided to strike along with practically
all of the young men students of the
institution.
Vesuvius Rumbling Again.
Naples, March 2. The rumbling of
Mt. Vesuvius which has been persist
ent for some time past, has caused con
siderable alarm in the fear that en
eruption may be pending. New cracks
and fissures are to be seen and a great
mass of basalt has rolled down its
dark outline oontrastkvg axaiaat the
White bed of anois-