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VOL LVI-NO. 51
NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1914
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VERGARA KIDNAPPED AND MURDERED
Cabinet Regards Slaying of American in More Se
rious Light Than the Benton Case
VERGARA GAVE THE MEXICANS NO PROVOCATION
Benton, on the Other Hand is Regarded as Having Been In
discreet Investigation by Captain of Texas Rangers
Shows American Ranchman to Have Been Lured Into
Mexican Territory by a Ruse, and Subsequently Shot to
Death United States Demands Punishment of Every
body Responsible For the Outrage Governor Colquitt
Wants Slayers of Vergara Extradited to Texas Breach
Between Villa and Carranza.
Washington, Feb. 27 Two hours'
discussion of the Mexican situation in
all Kb phases by President Wilson
and his cabinet today developed a
unanimity of opinion that the time
had not yet arrived for any change
in the policy of the Washington gov
ernment. Though .still , reserving
judgment on the facts surrounding the
execution of WJJllam . Benton, the
British subject, iiin president and his
cabinet, it -was learned authoritative
ly, regarded the hanging by Mexican
federals of Clemente Vergara, - an
American citizen, as a serious affair.
Immediately after the cabinet meet
ing Secretary Bryan cabled Charge
O'Shaughnessy to demand o fthe Hu
erta government the punishment of
those responsible for Vergara's death.
An explanation will be sought by the
American government of why any
harm befell Vergara when assurances
had been given to the American con
sular respresentatives that he was
safe.
An Aggressive Pursuit of Facts.
Incidentally, the memorandum cir
culated by the Huerta government
among diplomatic representatives in
Mexico City, pointing out to the
United States that the constitutional
ists were unable to protect foreign
era and therefore ought to be deprived
of the right to get arms in the United
States, did not reach the state de
JMurtjnent. Secretary Bryan said it had not
bm received and there were intima
tions from kigh officiate that the mem
orandum meant little .in. view of the
'"-"-Oranton murder of Vergara.
Virtually every move that has ever
teen suggested for the protection of
Americans and foreigners In Mexi
eo and for the restoration - of peace in
lht country was discussed by the
cabinet. No conclusion was reached,
Ho far as could be learned, except that
there should be aggressive pursuit of
She facts in both the Benton and Ver
gara deaths.
Special Train For Investigation,
late In the day Secretary Bryan con
ferred with Sir Cecil Sprlng-Kicef the
ftritish ambassador, whom he inform
ed that General Villa, had consented
to allVr the body of Benton to be
Seen or examined by two representa
tives of the American government, two
representatives of the British govern
ment, two physicians and the widow
and any relatives of Benton who desir
ed to accompany the party.
Mr, Bryan pointed out that the
American government would have
been satisfied if a single representa
tive of the British and American gov
ernments, respectively, and one army
Burgeon had been given permission to
eee the body. He told the ambassa
dor, however, that a special train had
been promised by Villa to take the
Jiarty to Chihuahua, where the body
ies and that a start probably would
. e made tomorrow or Sunday. The
personnel of the party had not been
jecided today, but it is regarded as
Certain that the British consul,
ftharles A. S. Perceval, and his sec
retary, George -C. Carothers, Ameri
can consular agent at Juarez, and
Marion Letcher, American consul at
Chihuahua, will view the body with
two army surgeons to be detailed by
the war department from Fort Bliss,
fexss.
Will Demand Surrender of Benton's
Body.
While there has as yet been no
answer to the request of the American
government that the body of Benton
te delivered to the widow, this ipoint
Us temporarily being "waived pend
ing the medical examination of the
corpse. After the evidence in the
case has been gathered, the widow
may possibly consent to its interment
In Chihuahua. If she insists, it is
Understood, the American government
will demand surrender of the body to
er.
The news that General Villa had is
sued an oader requiring that Ameri
can consular representatives In Mex
ico be advised of all arrests of
foreigners was received with satis
faction here. Assurances have been
coming indirectly, too, that General
Carranza and other leading constitu
tionalists will see to it that no furth
er International complications are
caused on their side of the rebellion.
Benton Was Indisoreet.
Discussion of the Benton case in an
Informal way among administration
officials has developed the view that
primarily Benton committed an in
discretion in going to Villa, with whom
it is admitted, he was on unfriendly
terms. To go Into Villa's camp under
such circumstances, high officials here
think, was unnecessarily to risk his
life. They contrast the affair with the
killing of Vergara, who did nothing to
provoke the Mexicans, but as an in
nocent rancher, was kidnapped by fed
erals and later hanged.
Thus far the state department has
.received no satisfactory advices con
cerning Gustav Bauch. Consul Ed
wards reported that he saw him in
the Juarez jail on Februaury 18, but
since then his whereabouts has been
' unknown. Villa denying -that Bauch
was in Chihuahua City. Further in
quiry has been made.
Mexican Policy Under" Fire.
Speeches criticizing the administra
tion's Mexican policy continued 'today
in the house. Representative Mondell.
republican of Wyoming, making the
principal attack. Administration
leaders believe a big majority of the
republicans in , congress are inclined
to leave the question in the hands
of the executive department of the
government Secretary Bryan is
keeping in close touch with members
of til senate foreign relations com
mittee through Acting Chairman
Shively.
KILLING OF VERGARA.
Texan Lured Onto Mexican Soil by a
Ruse After" Federal Soldiers Had
" Stolen His Horses Shot to Death
While in Custody of Soldiers.
Austin, Tex., Feb. 27. Ranger Cap
tain J. J. Sanders, reporting to Gover
nor O. B. Colquitt late today, made
the direct charge that Clemente Ver
gara. an American ranchman, was shot
to death while in the custody of Mex
ican federal troops, ostensibly en route
from the jail at Hidalgo to federal
headquarters at Piedras Negras, Mex
ico. '
Tonight Governor Colquitt again
telegraphed Secretary of State Bryan
asking what method should be fol
lowed in an effort to apprehend those
responsible for the killing of Vergara.
Captain Sanders' report says that on
the morning of Feb. 13 five federal
soldiers, commanded by Apolonio
Rodriguez, crossed the Rio Grande to
an island belonging to the United
States, took 11 horses belonging to
Clemente Vergara, and then called to
Vergara to come to the island on the
pretext that Rodriguez wished to pay
for the animals. Vergara and a nephew
crossed in a skiff, continues the re
port, and when they reached the Mex
ican side the federals pounded Cle
mente insensible with the butts of their
revolvers, then carried him to Hidal
go. The capture was effected Friday, ac
cording to Captain Sanders, and on
Sunday Clemente was taken from the
Hidalgo jail and started un"der guard,
ostensibly- for Piedras Negras, but was
shot to death after proceeeding a short
distance., Vergara, Captain . Sanders
says he was informed, was ' born in
Webb county, Tex, and had a pass to
cross the river signed by Sheriff San
chez of Webb county and Garza Galan.
The text of Governor Colqultfs tele
gram to Secretary Bryan follows:
"I do not want to guard with a mili
tary force. I asked your oo-operatlon
in maintaining the rights and dignity
of this state and your consent to al
low me to send state rangers who are
peace officers in pursuit of those who
are constantly transgressing our laws.
Again I ask the president to advise
what is recognized by him-as the con
stituted authority in Mexico. I repeat
the Inquiry and ask whom you recog
nize as constituted in the state of
Neuvo Leon, as I desire to present
requisitions to the proper authorities of
that state for the surrender of fugi
tives from Texas justice, notably those
responsible for the death of Clemente
Vergara."
The telegram explained that this re
quest was based on rights of extradi
tion Governor Colquitt claims were
granted border states In a treaty be
tween the United States and Mexico.
Attorney General B. F. Looney, iri
an opinion given the governor today,
held that requisition may properly be
made for Rodriguez and the five men
with him who are charged with the
seizure of Vergara. Such requisition,
he held, should be upon "the military
chieftain who may at this time be lo
cated" in the district where Vergara
was captured. Inasmuch as Vergara
wa3 killed outside of Texas, Mr. Looney
said, the governor could not requisition
on a charge of murder, but only for
horse theft, which occurred on Texas
soil.
CAN'T FIND VERGARA'S BODY.
American Consul to Await Instructions
from Washington,
Laredo, Texas, Feb. 27. Nothing
further will be done toward recovering
the body of Clemente Vergara until in
structions from Washington or author-
ties from Mexico are received. United
States Consul Alonzo B. Garrett said
today.
A situation in some respects similar
to the Benton incident has developed
in the Vergara case. United States au
thorities here do not know exaotly
what has become of Vergara's body.
The suspicion that it was burled is
based on the fact that a newly made
grave was seen yesterday near the
place where the body had been hanging
for several days, not far from Hidalgo,
Mexico. Fears were expressed here to
day that before necessary authoriza
tion for a search warrant arrives the
body may be exhumed or other steps
taken to conceal it.
There is no communication except
by messenger or telephone with the
scene of Vergara's alleged lynching.and
in the absence of American represent
atives near Hidalgo no definite infor
mation is obtainable. Mr. Garrett was
still investigating today through such
forces as could be developed here and
at Neuvo Laredo.
NEW ORDER BY VILLA.
American Consul to Be Notified of All
Arrests of Foreigners.
Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 27. An order
received today by General Villa in
structed that hereafter the American
consul must be Informed promptly of
tb,e arrest of all forelgenrs. It has been
planned to have General Carranza, who
is expected here within a few days,
handle all subjects concerning foreign
ers, and all inquiries will be referred to
him.
. Federieo .Gonzales Garza, counsellor
"to the garrison commander, said that
Charles A. Perveeal, the British rep
sentative, would be reeelved here with
every courtesy shoflld he make a visit,
but if he wished to make any inquiries
he would be referred to Carranza, f
Consul Awaits Instructions.
Chihuahua, Mexico, Feb. 27 Marian
Letcher, the American consul here.
Cabled Paragraphs
4,000 Killed in Chinese Battles
Peking,. Feb. 27. Four thousand
men were killed in two separate bat
tles between government troops and
the White Wolf brigands on the Ho-nan-Anhui
border, according to offi
cial telegrams received here today.
Military Governor Poisoned.
Jien Tsing, China; Feb. 27 Assas
sination by poison, is believed to have
brought about the death here today of
General Chao Ping-Chun, military
governor of. the province of Chl-Li and
former premier under President Yuan
Shi Kal. . ' ' "
Roosevelt Discovers New River. "
Rio Janeiro. Feb. 27. Colonel The,-
odore Roosevelt and his party have
arrived in the vicinity of Jose -Bonifacio,
after having traversed the Hin
terland of San Luize de Cacerst. The
party discovered a river heretof oreurn-
known. '
THE GUNMEN HAVE NO
GRUDGE AGAINST BECKER
Have Not Lost Hope of Saving Their
. Own Lives.
Ossining. N. Y., fc"eb. C7. "Lefty
Louie" Rosenburg, one of the four
gunmen who will die in the electric
chair April 13 for the part they played
in the murder of Herman Rosenthal,
the gambler, made a statement to
night through his attorney, in which
he denied that he and his companions
would try to throw the entire blame
for the killing upon Charles Becker,
as had been reported.
All the gunmen talked with their
counsel, former Judge Charles G. F.
Wahle. After the conferences "Lefty
Louie" sent the following statement
from the death house:
"We are all cheerfuL It is not true
that there have been disputes amopg
us or with Becker. We are bearing up
the best we can, and look forward to
a change of sentiment in our favor in
view of the fact that the court of
appeals gave Becker a new trial but
turned down our plea. I am not a
lawyer and as therefore unable to dis
tinguish between the two opinions
handed down by the court.
"Ail of us told the truth at the first
trial. We have no grudge against
Becker. If it is our fate to suffer, we
will. At the same time we wish it
to be understood that we have not lost
hope by any means. We will fight
for our lives until the end."
Wahle, In explaining the status of
the gunmen's cases at the present time,
declared that he had but two moves
left in the fight to have his clients'
lives.
"After a death sentence has been
affirmed by the court of appeals," said
he, "the only way in which a man can
be saved from death in the electric
chair are by executive clemency or
through the agency of newly discov
ered evidence. I will not say what
the next move will be."
CLASH AT CONFERENCE
; OVER NEW HAVEN ROAD
Commissioner Anderson and Railroad
- Attorney Disagree.
Washington, Feb. 27 Lawyers for
the New Haven railroad and the de
partment of justice continued today
their discussion of the terms of the
agreement by which that road is to
give up its stock of the Boston and
Maine. The conference brought no
concrete results, and Moorefleld Story
and Walter Hines, counsel for the road
left Washington tonight for the north.
It was not believed that the problem
of the Boston and Maine separation
would be taken up in conference here
again before the middle of next week.
Although officials declared tonight
that there had been no "row" during
the conference today, it became known
that Ill-feHing developed between
George W. Anderson of the Massa
chusetts public service commission
and Mr. Story. Mr. Anderson attend
ed the conference to represent his
state and to act for Governor Walsh.
The disagreement arose, it was said,
over the manner In which the state
should be protected In the rights it
now has in regard to the Boston and
Maine, in any agreement involving
that road's future.
OBITUARY.
Nathan Goold.
Portland, Maine, Feb. 27. Nathan
Goold, librarian of the Maine Histori
cal Society and of the Maine Society,
Sons of the American Revolution, and
widely known as a historian, died to
day. Millionaire Alleged "White Slaver."
San Francisco, Calif.. Feb. 27. J.
Parker Whitney, Placer county mil
lionaire, and San Francisco clubman,
was indicted on three counts today by
the federal grand jury for violation
of the Mann act. He is charged with
having brought Genevieve Hannan
from Seattle to San Francisco for im
moral purposes. '
today awaited instructions from
Washington as to whether he should
accept the special train offered by
General Villa to bring the Benton In
vestigating commission from Juarez
to this city.
BRITISH COMMENT.
London Review Says Affairs Hve
Been Brought to Climax.
London. Feb. 27. The Nation, a Lib
eral London weekly, in discussing the
Benton case today .approves the de
cision reached by the foreign office
that British intervention in Mexico is
out of the question and declares that it
would be "criminal folly to order a
wholesale killing" and upset the good
relations between the United States
and this country because a British
subject has been killed.
The Nation maintains that a British
subject who jeopardizes his life and
property In search of riches in a coun
try like Mexico does so at his own
risk and concludes with the hope that
nothing will be done in this country
to stimulate American intervention In
Mexico by the force of arms.
"The death of Benton," the Saturday
Review declares, "has brought affairs
to a climax, arid the time has come
when the United States should declare
Just what steps it proposes to take
for the maintenance of the decencies
of civilized life in a country In which
it has predominant interests."
Friction Between Villa and Carranza.
Juarez, Mex., Feb. 87. In is spoken
in whispers here that an alleged breach
between Carranza and General Villa
is with difficulty kept from becoming
open rupture. In Villa's publie docu
ments, prepared by subordinates, Car
ranza is referred to as the "supreme
chief," but it is said Villa considers
that merely a title. Carranza. it is
reported, does not pretend to issue or
ders to the leader of the forces in the
fleld-
Killed by
a Snowslide
THREE CHILDREN BURIED FEDERAL PROBERS SEE CONDI
. WHILE PICKING COAL I . TIONS UNDER GROUND
ANOTHER GIRL DYING
Mary Riceio - Instantly Killed by Ice
Chunk Weighing Over 50 Pounds
Two Employes Also Buried.
' New Haven, Conn., Feb. 27 A great
mass of ice and snow, thawed by to
day's mild weather, slid from the roof
of the New Haven Gas Light Com
pany's plant In East street late today
and buried five persons under its
NORWICH AS A
Norwich is the business center of Eastern Connecticut, It Is so
recognized both within and without. It is the hub of a trading com
munity which is easy of access and should be eager to cater to the
wants of every buyer from far and near. That is only what is to be
expected of a business center.
In such centers 6f trade th e business houses with which- the
largest number of people are acquainted are those which advertise
The homes of the people who have money to spend receive each
morning within this territory the trade opportunities of the houses
whose names have been made familiar by advertising. It is in that
way through the columns of The Bulletin that you can establish your
name throughout Eastern Connecticut.
When 'people start from New London, Willlmantic, Putnam. West
erly, Danielson, Plainfield, Jewett Ctty,-Fltchvllle. Montville, Baltic or
any of the other smaller places to coma to Norwich to shop are they
headed for your store? If not, why not? Everyone desires to trade
where' there is the best opportunity. If yours is that place why not
let them know about It? There is nothing which will inform them
like The Bulletin.
The following is a summary of items, all for twelve cents which
appeared in The Bulletin the past week:
Bulletin
Saturday,
Monday,
Tuesday, '
Wednesday,
, Thursday,
Friday,
Telegraph
Feb. 21..
weight, killing one girl instantly, in-
Juring another so seriously that she
may die' and causing severe Injuries
to the other three.
Viotims Were Picking Coal.
Marie Riceio, aged 11, of 18 St. John
street, was killed, her skull being
fractured; Lena San Juan, aged 10, of
IS St. John street, is in a local hospi
tal, believed to be dying, and Andrew
De Lucia, aged 12, of 788 Grand avenue
an employe of the company, has re
rious bruises and cuts. John Seco,
another employe, and Lizzie Riceio
a small girl, sister of the girl killed,
suffered minor injuries and were taken
to their homes.
All five were inside the company's
yard ,when the accident occurred. The
girls were picking coals from ash
heaps.
Riceio Girl Killed Instantly.
Without a moment's warning, the ice
slid from the roof with a thunderous
roar, dropping at least 100 feet before
it struck the unfortunate victims. A
jagged chunk of ice, weighing half
a hundred pounds, struck Marie Riceio
on the head. Her death was instan
taneous, the medical examiner said.
Her little elster Lizzie, who was near
her, was rendered unconscious, but
she was received and it was found that
she was suffering only from the shock.
San Juan Girl's Case Critical.
Employes of the company were
quickly on the scene and the bodies
were taken out of the heap of snow.
At a local hospital late tonight, It
was stated that the condition of the
San Juan girl was critical. Physicians
trepanned the skull In an effort to save
her life.
The accident drew quite a crowd,
including relatives of the dead girl,
and there were pathetic scenes.
JEALOUSY CAUSED
HIM TO KILL WIFE
Ellis Says Something Snapped in His
Head and He Was Miserable.
Chicago, Feb. 27. jealousy caused
him to kill his wife but he has no
recollection of committing the crime,
was the testimony today of William
Cheney Ellis, former Cincinnati leath
er merchant, on trial for the murder.
Ellis on the witness stand today in
the effort to avoid the death penalty,
told a story of his wife becoming in
fatuated with a young Canadian mer
chant. "Something snapped in my head,"
said Ellis. '1 don't know what hap
pened. I only know that I felt I
had more misery than I could bear."
Ellis had finished his direct testimony
and cross examination had just started
when court adjourned until Saturday.
Steamship Arrivals.
Trieste, Feb. 22. Steamer Martha
Washington, New York.
Chrlstiania, Feb, 24. Steamer Krls
tianafjord. New York
Bremen, Feb. 26. cSteamer Prinz
Frederich Wilhelm, New York.
Cherbourg, Feb. 27. Steamer Amer
Ika, New York for Southampton and
Hamburg.
Gibraltar, Feb. 27. Steamer Ham
burg, New York for Naples.
. Glasgow, Feb. 27. Steamer Cartha
genian, Philadelphia via St. John's, N.
F.
Liverpool, Feb. 27. Steamer Vleto
rlan, St. John, N. B.
Plymouth, Feb, 27. Steamer Kren
prinzessin, New York fer Bremen,
Wilsons Give Another Luncheon.
Washington, Feb. 27 The president
and Mrs. Wilson had as their luncheon
guests today former President Taft,
Senator Root of New York and Miss
Mabel Boardman, director of the
American Red Cross.
Steamers Reported by Wireless.
Siasconsett, Mass.. Feb. 27. Steamer
Athini, Piraeus, for New York, signalled
300 miles fast of Sandy Hook at noon.
Dock 8 a, m. Saturday,
Feb. 23.. : 87
Feb. 24.., 86
Feb. 25.. 89
Feb. 26.. 98
Feb. 27.. 127
Totals . . . 566
Congressmen in
a Copper Mine
IMPROVEMENT IS NOTED
Striker Says Conditions Are Better
Than Before Three Statesmen Dem.
onstrato Their Ability With Shovel.
Calumet, Mich., Feb. 27 Four tired
congressmen stepped out of a man
cage at Calumet and Hecla shaft num
ber 4 this evening after spending the
greater part of the day in the cop
per mines, having been at one time
TRADE CENTER
General
828
302
277
284
248
249
Total
1040
495
508
s 503
468
510
79
770 ' 2188 3524
nearly a mile under earth. They saw
the rock mined and carried to the sur,
face, and observed conditions under
which the underground workers labor.
Explored the Workings.
Led by Captain John Knox, general
superintendent of the Calumet and
Hecla company, the investigators
descended into No. 15 shaft on the
-Amydaloyd vein. Hubert Laux, - a
striker, represented the union men, and
Tom James, mine inspector of
Houghton county, and two newspaper
men, accompanied the party. The
congressmen were given an opportuni
ty to explore the workings on four
different levels. Coming to the sur
face after two hours below, the legis
lators doffed their rough garments
only long enough to appease their
appetites and then went down again',
this time into a working on the Cong
lomerate vein, where conditions, were
somewhat different.
Conditions Improved Since Strike.
The committee was equally attentive
to Laux and Captain Knox, and the
former was given full opportunity to
point out the things about which he
had complained on the witness stand.
Laux said, after the day's inspection
was over, that conditions in the mines
were much better than they were be
fore the strike but that the miners had
no guarantee that they would con
tinue as they were unless they had
the backing of a powerful union.
Congressman Tackles a Shovel.
Captain Knox and the mine bosses
Insisted that working conditions today
were not appreciably different than
they had heen for years. -
While In the mine the party came on
a trammer busy shoveling rock Into
a car. Mr. Taylor thought he would
like to try his hand at it and he made
the dirt fly for a minute or two.
Howell Good For Five Shovelfuls.
"I guess that's enough for me," the
chairman said, puffing and blowing
from exertion. "Here, HowelL you try
It."
Mr. Howell took the shovel and pitch
ed in. He paused after depositing the
fifth shovelful and wanted to know
from Captain Knox whether he was
working on contract or company ac
count. "On your own terms," the
captain responded, laughing.
"Then let Casey do it," the Utah
representative said witjt an ' air of
finality.
Casey Shows Class.
Mr. Casey was willing and hs mU
at it like an old hand.
'Til show you fellows that I can come
back," he asserted and the Croatian
trammer looked on in silent admira
tion, while the Pennsylvania miner
congressman filled the car about three
times as fast as he could have done
It himself. In the meantime, Mr. Swlt
zer hctd disappeared behind a rock
and was busy Inspecting a one-man
drill when he was reproached Vy his
fellow members for "laying down on
the Job,"
None of the congressmen eared to
tackle the drilLalthough each confessed
that it appeared easy enough to op
erate after it was rigged.
More Railroad Dissolution.
Washington, Ft)), 27 The depart-,
ment of justice, it became known to
night, has been looking into the re
lations between the Pennsylvania
Railroad company and the Norfolk and
Western, with the idea of effecting a
separation uf the two reads or bringing
suit under the Sherman anti-trust act.
In the opinion of department officials,
the two roads ace competitive.
Macines Ready at Moment's Notice.
Pensacola, Ela., Keb. 27. The United
States- navy transport Prairie, with
700 macines on board,, tonight was pre
pared to leave here for Mexican waters
at a moment's notice. Coaling of the
vessel today was hurriedly completed
and 400 marines from the naval sta
tion were added to the 304 already on
board.
Local
133
106
145
130
122
134
Condensed Telegrams
d a ...t tv-a reached
yesterday by tfce conference committee
on the Alaska Railroad bill.
A Two-Row Necklace of 139 gradu
ated pearls was sold for fll,600 at an
auction at Christie's, London.
A General Strike or an me ir""
makers in St. Louis, numbering 1,000
tv. ii t. ti T-i rl -nrimnn 1 threatened.
Elmer Bennett, deaf for several years
had his hearing restored when
kicked by a mule at Georgetown, Del.
Dr. Harvev W. Wiley has been pre
sented with a second son. Hs weigh
ed ten pounds and will be named John
Preston.
T t. ThmnniAil Hauka. a lflJGT6 WOOd-
en three story summer hotel, at Lake
Mohopak, N. Y, was partially burned
yesterday.
U,..i.J Wammm Arm Ft a rrA from
appointment to the Pittsburgh police
force, according to regulations issued
yesterday.
State Treasurer Mansfield of Massa
chusetts has sold over the counter
$5,100,000 worth of the $6,325,000 issue
of state bonds.
Carl R. Gray. President of the Great
Northern Railway company, has ac
cepted the presidency of the Western
Maryland Railway company.
Thomas S. Ftlder. attorney general
of Georgia yesterdav announced ni3
candidacy for the unexpired term of
the late Senator A. O. Bacon.
The Scout Cruiser Chester steamed
out of Mobile full speed yesterday for
Vera Cruz, where she is due to ar
rive within forty-eight hours.
Governor Simeon E. Baldwin was the
guest of honor and principal speaker
at the dinner of Troop B, Connecticut
Isational guard, held at a Hartford ho
tel last night.-
Amendments to the Post Office bill
to strip the postmaster general of pow
er to lower rates and alter regulations
of the parcel post were thrown out by
the senate Friday, S3 to 21.
Two Hundred Unemployed Men,
equipped with blankets and cooking
utensils, left Richmond, Cala., yester
day on a march to Washington to pe
tition congress for work.
The Puritan Mills Plant, at Fall
River, was sold at public auction yes
terday to John Henshaw, administra
tor of the estate of the late Stephen A.
jenKs or .Pawtucket, R. i., lor $3,000.
Examinations to Fill More than five
thousand fourth-class postmastershlps
made necessary by an executive order
placing all such officers under civil
service regulations, will be held in
April.
Senator Bristow and Senator Brady
told the senate that the parcels post
was being used inthe West to trans
port ore in 50-lb. packages, mattresses,
baby carriages, and all sorts of mer-
cnandise.
A Message From Sackville, N. B re
ported yesterday that fire had des
troyed a city block in which were sit
uated the Western Union and Cana
dian Pacific Railway Telegraph com
panies omces.
Raoial Prejudice against her hus
band, Leo M. Frank, untler death sen
tence for the murder of little Mary
Phagan, is blamed for his conviction
in a statement Issued at Atlanta, Ga,
yesterday by Mrs. Frank.
"Before I Would Sign Such a Bill I
would resign and go off into eternal
oblivion," declared Governor Blease of
South Carolina yesterday, vetoing a
bill for medical Inspection of children
attending public school" in Richland
county.
By the Decision at New Haven yes
terday or a superior court Jury in sus
taining the will of Mrs. Mary A. F.
Hotchkiss, Yale university will ulti
mately become the chief beneficiary of
tne estate, which is valued at about
$7&u,oou.
"After Thirty-Five Years of contin
uous Bible study I am prepared to say
mat tne jora Jesus may come back
at any moment." said Dr. C. L Scofield
of New York at the International
jfropnetic iiiDle conference at Chica
go yesterday.
Labor Delegates from New Bedford.
Fall River and Lawrence appeared at
a hearing before the committee on
social welfare in Massachusetts ves
terday, in support of legislation which
would limit the working day for wo
men to eight hours.
With $10,000 Worth of Valuables,
the loot of 80 robberies, spread out on
a table, Montague J. Pike, a dapper
young college graduate, who confessed
that he was the thef, stood in a New
York police station yesterday and
helped his victims identify their prop
erty. In a Bill Signed With a Cress be
cause he never learned to read or
write, Matthew J. Mclntyre, who made
nearly a million dollars raising . hogs,
left the bulk of his estate to St. Pat
rick's church in Long Island City to
be used for support of the parochial
school.
After a Fifty Mile Tramp on snow
shoes through the wilds of Newfound
land, Boatswain Wilkinson and thirty
two of the crew of the naval tug Po
tomac which was abandoned in the ice
while trying to rescue American fish
ing schooners, reached Curling, N. F
yesterday.
George Burdick, city editor. and
William Car-tin, ship news reporter lor
the New York Tribune, were adjudged
in contempt by Federal Judge Hand
yesterday for having refused to re
veal their source of Information rela
tive to smuggling cases, accounts of
which their paper printed. Each was
fined $500.
Appointments by President.
Washington, Feb. 27. President Wil
son on the recommendation of Sec
retary Lane of the interior today ap
pointed Brigadier General William G.
Gorgas, surgeon general of the army
Rear Admiral William C. Braisted. sur
geon general of the navyi Lewis H
Smoet, Mrs, Archibald Hopkins and
Mrs. Kate Morgan Sharpe as visitora
to the government hespital for the
insane here.
Two Waterbury Psircemea Dead.
Waterbury. Conn.. Feb. 27. Two po-.
licemen died here this afternoon with
in an hour. One was the veteran Mau
rice Noonan.. aged 66 years, who has
served for 82 years. The other police
man who died tiniay was John Hickey,
aged 31, who had been ill for some
time.
Death Sentence
on Mrs. Buffum
ACCUSED WOMAN GUILTY IN
FIRST DEGREE
WILL TAKE AN APPEAL
Jury Out Over Five Hour Was
Charged With Causing Death of Her
Husband by Poisoning.
Little Valley. N. Y Feb. 27. Mrs.
Cynthia Buffum was tonitrht found
guilty of murder in the first degree for
poisoning ner husband, Willis Buffum.
who died on August 24. The verdict
carried a recommendation for mercy.
Justice Brown at once pronounced the
death sentence, fixing the week of April
t ior ner. execution in the electric
chair ait Auburn. She will start for
Auburn tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Buffum Retains Composure.
When Mrs. Buffum heard the verdict
she never lost her cold composure. She
was standing when the foreman an
nounced the jury's finding, and she re
mained on her feet without wav.sring.
Beside her sat her mother and her
little son, Francis, who awoke to hear
the sentence. She kissed him good
bye. Attorney Collins at. once moved
for a new trial. An appeal will be Im
mediately placed before the court of
appeals for a stay of execution and a
new trial. The jury was out llv
hours and 20 minutes.
Confession Insufficient to Conviot.
Mrs. Buffum's fate was placed in the
hands of the jury at 5.10 o'clock this
afternoon. Fifteen minutes after thai
Jury retired Juror Geer asked whether
a verdict less than that of murder in
the first degree could be considered.
Mrs. Buffum smiled when she heard
the question.
Justice Brown began his charge to
the Jury at 3.30 p. m. and made an ex
haustive summary of all the evidence.
He Bald that if the jury decided that
improper methods had been used in
order to secure the confession, of De
cember 10, in which Mrs. Buffum said
she poisoned her husband, Willis
Buffum. the jury should not consider it.
The confession In itself, he said, was"
not sufficient to convict. ,
Pisa For Woman's AequittaL
In response to a question from N
Juror, Justice Brown said that thm
a eat A of Laura Buffum from poisoning;
after the similar death of her father
could be considered only as Jt Illus
trated the symptoms of poisoning and
its effect on the human system.
Mrs. Buffum had a handkerchief eon-
stantly. to her eyes as her attorney
made a final plea for acquittal. He
told the history of her life, picturing
her a girl married at 15 to a farmer,
working on a farm and raising a fami
ly of seven, always faithful, always
loving despite the vile charges which
her husband had continued during the
twenty-three years of their married
life.
Suicide Idea Ridiculed.
The attorney insisted that her con
fession had been secured by threats
and fear, by drink, by persistent
hounding of private detectives and the
use of fatfe telegrams and letters.
Further, he maintained that Willis
Buffum had a suicidal tendency, that
his mind was deranged by drink and
that he had caused the sickness of his
family which resulted in his own death
and that of two of the children.
Special Prosecutor Cole ridiculed th
idea of suicide; counted absurd the
woman's story of how the confession
was obtained; Insisted that Buffum's
death had been planned by his wife
because she was infatuated with a,
young farmer, Ernest Frahm, her al
leged accomplice; and defended ' th
private detectives and their employ
ment by the people:
MURDERESS PARDONED.
Sentenced to be Hanged but Govsrne
Shirked Responsibility.
Reading, Pa., Feb. 27 Mrs. Kats
Edwards, who has been In the shadow
of the gallows for nearly thirteen
years, for the killing of her husband,
was released from Jail yesterday under
a pardon granted by Governor Tener
and secretly taken from the city to
begin life over again. She was con
victed of first degree murder In 190L
and sentenced to be hanged, but four
governors declined to fix a day for her
execution.
Mrs. Edwards' case, was several
times taken to the board of pardons,
but commutation pf sentence was al
ways refused. Last month, howeer,
the board recommended that , she be
pardoned provided she would not ba
given further notoriety.
Mrs. Edwards is nearly 60 years old.
Mrs. Edwards was convicted of the
murder along with a negro who was
employed with her husband In a quar
ry near her home. A short time after
her arrest Mrs. Edwards gave birth to
a negro child.
DECISION RESERVED
IN CASE OF M ELLEN.
Procedure of Prosecution First Issno
to Be Decided.
Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. VI. The
question whether or not former Presi
dent Charles S. Mellen of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
road company can be tried on the
charge of manslaughter In connection
with the wreck of the Springfield ex
press at West port. Conn., In October.
1912, under a bench warrant Issued last
May, and amecded a few days ago,
when five other defendants named In
the original warrant received nolle,
was a -frned today before Judge Turtle
In the superior court. Decision was
reserved. State's Attorney Stiles J ad
son replied briefly to the contention
of Homer S Cummings, counsel 'for
Mr. Mellen, saying that precedent es
tablished ISO years In Connecticut, and
decisions by able jurists uplield the
present mode of issuance of benoh
warants by Judpea of the superior
court at the request of state's attor
neys. Mr. Cummings in his argnment bad
attacked this procedure as being a
survival of an aneaent oustom, and cos
torn, he maintained, must give way to
constitutional guarantees.
Rapid Growth of South. x
Philadelphia. Ntn, fT.-Jamea H.
Kh-kland, eaaBeeltar of VaoBderbilt tmt
vecsity, in an address at th ITatver
sity of Penatfilvaata today en South
ern fckfcueaAioji and Southern TaoutrM,
said that the south is growrng mare,
rapidly than the country as a "whole
and that if efiers better opportunities!
than almost any other section for cod-.
structive work of far-roacaing ehas
actep .