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NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1914 SIXTEEN PAGES.
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SHOT fIRED AT
MAYOR MITCHa
STRIKES POLK
David Rose Attempts to Assassieate
Ngw York's Executive, bat Injures
Corporation Counsel.
DETECTIVE NEUN PREVENTS
4 FIRING OF SECOND SHOT
Officials" Were on Their Way to
' '
Lunch When Tragedy Occurred.-
Victim Iioses Nearly All His Front
Teeth Prisoner on Being ; Ques
tioned Refused to Talk. letters to
Executive Found in His Pocket.
New York, April 17.- An assassin's
bullet aimed at Mayor Mitchel, as he
was leaving the city hall. in' an auto
mobile today for luncheon, missed its
mark but badly wounded Frank Polk,
corporation counsel. The man who
fired the shot was almost instantly
'overpowered. His name is David
Hose; his age is nearly , seventy and
' he gave evidences of being mentally
unbalanced..
r The bullet crashed through Mr.
Polk's jaw, knocking ' out nearly all
his front teeth and inflicting a serious
though not necessarily fatal wound.
He was assisted! into the City hall,'
then removed to a hospital.
"Mr. Polk was hit by a bullet, but
the bullet, was undoubtedly Intended
for me," was the mayor's comment.
Was Frequent Visitor.
Attaches at the .City .hall said that
Rose had called to .'see the mayor,
several times lately out. Deoause or.
his queer actions, had not been per
mitted to do so: ' !
Rose, questioned while an ambu-
lance surgeon was dressing Mr. Polk's
wound, by the mayor and detectives,
refused to answer any questions about
himself. Two letters ' addressed to
- Clothing."-' rVl
The shooting occurred at the Park
Row entrance to, the, City 'hail -Plaza,
shortly after' 1 o'clock. At that time
f the day Park Row is congested
with' hundreds of men and women on
their way to andl from luncheon.
After detectives had put question
after question to him he said his
name was soloschen. " When his
clothing was removed, howepr, it
was found that his collar and trous
ers both bore the name "David Rose."
The man was poorly dressed- When
asked where he lived he said he-had
no home.
V.
Last Attempt in 1910.
The last previous attempt . to 'as
sassinate a mayor of New York was
made by James J. Gallagher, who '
shot Mayor Gaynor on- August 9,
1910.- The bullet nearly found its
mark and remained in. the mayor's
throat. , Many believed' ' that the
wound hastened Gaynor's death. .
'Gallagher was declared insane and
sent to an asylum at Trenton, N. J.,
! where he died February 3, 1913.
On Way to Lunch. .
Mayor Mitchel, Police Comm-issloh-,
er Arthur Woods and Mr. . Polk had
'' just left the mayor's office in the City
h all to go to a downtown restaurant
.for luncheon. The three crossed the
. Plaza toward Park Row, where stood
the mayor's automobile, driven by
Detective George Neun.
The mayor got in first, Mr. Polk
and Commissioner Woods, following
in the order named. As the mayor,
sat down, Rose dodged through the
. itowq w rarn :. xvuw, auu waiKing up
to a point opposite the chauffeur, took
quick aim at Mr. Mitchel and fired.
- At the crack of the revolver Neun
leaped from the car upon the shoul
ders of the man and bore him to the
j sidewalk; .. This prevented him from
firlne his revolver a second time.
Neun overpowered him and took from
him a six shot th,irty-eight calibre re-
volver.
Mayor Assists Polk.
While the detective and Rose were
struggling for possession of the re
volver Mr. Polk," staggered and was
saved from sinking to the sidewalk
by the mayor.' Blood vwas spurting
from the mouth of the' corporation
counsel and he was .half carried to
the police station in the abasement of
- the city hall, where policemen tot
. tended to him as best - they could
: with first aid material, pending the
'. arrival of surgeons.
A.; policeman standing a few feet
. away from the automobile, blew his
--.whistle as soon 'a a Tio aaw TVft. Tnllr
' - JL V .
. stagger and with other policemen,
assisted the struggling detective in
holding Rose. Then they took the
would-be assassin in a room in the
police station in the city hall base
ment, where he was questioned.
Mayor Questions Rose.
Mayor Mitchel came in and stood
'by the prisoner. Rose was trembling
" with fright and his hands shook.
"WhKdid you shoot at me?" the
mayor asked him.
Rose only mumbled.
"I won't say anything," he then
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WOMAN WILL SEEK
AGAIN FOR LICENSE
Mrs. Radom Undaunted By Being Re
fused Once Remonstrance
Against Hotel Washington.
Mrs. Fannie Radom, whose applica
tion for a druggist's license at 91
Broad street caused a stir in that
district about a year ago and who
was refused permission to have the
license by the county commissioners,
has filed another application. Her
new. application goes in with the ap
plications for renewals which were
filed yesterday with Commissioner
Robert A. Potter in the office of
Liquor Prosecutor B. W. Ailing.
Altogether twenty druggists . ap
plied for renewals of their licenses
and two. failed to apply. Their appli
cations will probably be sent in. later.
Mrs. Radom's application is the only
new one filed. She w"ill be given a
hearing at 1 p. m. on May 8. .
Fifty-seven saloon keepers asked
for renewals of , their licenses, two
having failed to appear before Com
missioner Poster.? There are no new
saloon license applications.
It is understood that there will be
a remonstrance against the granting
of a license to the Hotel Washington
at the hearing which is scheduled for
10 a. m. on April 27. The commis
sioners, have been asked by some un
known person over the telephone for
the time limit for filing remon
strances. , ,':
. Antonio Rosasco, proprietor of a
restaurant at 15 Railroad arcade,-has
applied for a license to serve drinly
with meals. A-similar request made
last year was refused.
HOULIHAN HOME AFTER
30 ADVIIiniROUS YEARS
Found Excitement as Cow
Puncher, Cavalryman and
Police Sergeant.
After an , eventful career in the
west I and southwest; William Houli
han has returned to his former home
in this city; and - expects '-. ' to settle
down to the life of a staid eastern
er.'.' ' ' '; ". . '; ;
Houlihan left' New i Britain thirty
yeara ago' and has, seen life .in all its
phases. He has beenY a soldier fight
ing uhter 'Uncle " m',s1ai.e"'has'
occupied the legs' romantic "position of
sergeant of police. And he has had
a taste of wild life on the Texas
cattle ranges.. It is said that at one
time he wag with ex-President' Theo
dore Roosevelt "when that venture
some spirit called the back of his
cow pony, "Home, Sweet Home."
At an early age Houlihan showed
an inclination to get into the thick
of any excitement. ' While a boy in
the Grammar school he ran away and
joined the army but his relatives suc
ceeded in getting his release. As
soon as he had grown to a strong
youth he set out in search of adven
ture in .the west. He got it. The
rough life of the Texas ranges . was
his and when that became too pro
saic he enlisted in the United States
cavalry and hunted the Filipino in
his lair, carrying the flag to the in
nermost points of Uncle Sam's big
eastern archipelago. After returning
from- war he became a sergeant or
police in Galveston, Texas, and was
in that city when it was inundated by
one of. the greatest oceanic floods in
history.
Houlihan's health has not been of
the best; recently and he came east
to liis relatives while his strength
lasted. He is staying with his sister,
Mrs. Joseph P. Sweeney, of 108 Clark
street. '
ZIMMERMAN AS ASSESSOR.
Rumor Has Him Slated to Succeed
James J. Watson.
Among' the latest political whispers
is that F. M. Zimmerman, the insur
ance and automobile man, will be ap
pointed to succeed .James J. Watson
as a member of the board of assessors.
Mr. Zimmerman is a democrat, as is
Mr. Watson,
It is rumored that a democrat is
out gunning for the position' now
filled on the .water board by P. J.
Egan. According to those who know,
if Mr. Egan is not re-elected the new
member of the board will not be
chosen for the clerkship, which Mr.
Egan fills.
City Clerk A. L. Thompson has dis
covered an error in the printing of the
booklet containing the names: of the
officers and members of the city and
town government. In the booklet it
Is stated that the term of office of
Chairman E. W. Pelton of the charity
department expires in 1914 and that
of F. A. Hausmann in 1915. The fact
is that Mr. Hausmann's term expires
this year and that of Mr. Pelton next
year. "
Political gossips have assigned
either Thomas Quinlivan or James
Cavanaugh to the position of plumb
ing inspector, v Louis Croll is also
being mentioned.
Councilman Uno Johnson has
loomed up as a possibility for ap
pointment to the board of public
safety. R. R. Healey, a former safety
commissioner, has also been mentioned.
BERGERON APPEAL
IN SUPREME C0II
Counsel for Condemned Murderer
fight to Save His Life.
CLAIM JUDGE BURPEE ERRED
Brief .for Accused Sets Forth That at
the Time of the Killing of Mrs.
Dowsett He Was in a State of
Acute Alcoholic Intoxication.
Bridgeport, Conn., April 17. The
supreme court today listened to argu
ments in the case of the state vs.
Joseph F. Bergeron. The counsel for
Bergeron, , indicted for murder of
Elizabeth Dowsett, at New Haven on
May 26, 1913, and found guilty by
Judge Burpee in the first degree, were
Joseph G. W)ods and J. Birney
Turtle. In the brief for the accused
it was set forth that the degree of
crime, under the statute and after a
plea of guilty, was left to the deter
mination of the court. "We believe,"
pays the brief, "that this was the first
time this statute has ever been in
voked and while therefore experi
mental there were weighty reasons
which induced counsel for the accused
to assent to his choice of tribunals.
Accused Claims Intoxication.
The accused claimed that at the
time of the homicide he was in a state
of acute alcoholic intoxication and
therefore incapable of murder in the
first degree. Establishment (of his
mental condition would, in a large
measure, depend upon the scientific
testimony of experts and it seemedi to
counsel that the trained and learned
judge was better fitted to try . this
question than the ordinary Jury, un
learned,, untrained and incapable of
scientific understanding.
"It was also the intention of the
accused to save the state the great
expense of a Jury trial.
"The experiment which perhaps
ought not to have been ' tried; seemed
more than justified. The result was
to deprive the accused of the safe
guard of twelve concurring intellectual
personalities. While the evidence con
vinced the one intellectual personality
that goes to make up thetrial Jurge, it
is certain that one or .more of the
twelve personalities making up a jury
wftuld have been differently affected
by the same evidence. " , ;. .
"The accused ought not to be hanged.,
if there is anything in the evidence
which would; affect with a reasonable
doubt any one of the twelve, varie
gated personalities which might have
made up the jury." .
Evidence' Ieaves Doubt.
The brief sets . up that theevidence
leaves a reasonable doubt as to Ber
geron's mental condition that it ought
to hav left a doubt in the mind of the
trial court; that it would have left a
doubt In the minds of thetwelve dif
fering intellectualities making up a
Jury. .
The accused claimed that his crime
was no greater than murder in the
second degree by reason of the fact
that at the time he was in a state of
acute alcoholic intoxication and in
capable ptPwVhedltation, deliberation
or miei; no ade
quate motivV for the - ffr.ime Veisted
and no express malice towar the
victim existed or was proven. Ber
geron, it was claimed had been a kind
and considerate husband, and father
of four children, until in 1909 he met
Elizabeth Dowsett." In November,
1911, he acted strangely so that his
wife thought "he was going insane."
Condition Was Delirious.
Reciting the events leading up to
trie homicide the ' brief says that on
the Saturday night prior to the at
the accused was so. drunk that he
seemed to a physician to be on the
verge of delirium tremens. On the
morning of the homicide it was shown
in evidence that Bergeron was drunk
and in the same extremely delirious
condition from use of liquor as he
had been for some days. The rec
ord discloses the absence of a motive
for the woman he loved, "his all," as
the state characterized that relation.
"Our contention," says the . brief,
"that there was no intention to in
jure the woman up to Tuesday night
was so impressive that the state was
forced to develop a new theory, name
ly, that Lizzie Dowsett finally dis
missed the accused on Tuesday
night."
x Passion Inflamed Mind.
Reviewing the. record of the case
at this point the accused then claims
this: "The truth is that up to the
time Bergeron went to bed intoxicated
on Tuesday night, he had never had
any intention to injure Mrs. Dowsett.
It was in his room that the seeds of
murder were first sown; his drunken
mind was there inflamed with pas
sion and the scene set for the awful
tragedy."
In concluding the brief the accused
sets up that he was, as a result of
antecedent conditions, under the in
fluence of a moral mania. Also that
there is little controversy about the
law.
Claim Judge Erred.
The last paragraph is "We re
spectfully suggest that the trial
Judge has so strong a conviction about
the guilt of the accused that his mind
was not receptive nor open to the
elements of doubt which impregnated
the whole case; so that he uncon
sciously and unwittingly excluded
(Continued on Page Fifteen.)
ATHLETIC CARNIVAL
PLANNED BY Y. M. C. A.
Physical Director Hergstrom Ar
ranges for Unique Exliibition
on May 2.
One of the most unique athletic ex
hibitions ever held in New Britain
is being planned by Physical Director
Joseph Hergstrom, of the Young
Men's Christian association. The
event will take place on May 2, and
unusual features, some of which are
entirely new, will be seen. The af
fair will be a fitting wind-up to the
season of the Junior Employed Boys,
The program is only partly com
pleted, but an idea of what the au
dience will be treated to may bs
gleaned from the following:
First there will be a ten-minute
spirited wand drill. Then will com
a one-eighth mile walk. Following
this Jacob Barbello, "the world's
greatest strong man," will give an
exhibition in weight lifting and other
feats of strength.
Next will be a one-quarter mile re
lay race against time by picked teams.
A game of dodge ball, also with picked
teams, is next in order. Soakum ami
Soxallexus, "world renowned aerlalists
and gymnasts," come next. A boxing
match, between Logan and "The Un
known," will precede the finale, which
will be a wrestling match between
Burdick and Hergstrom.
A special attraction will inclu
"Ye Olde Baskette Balle," for five
minutes, and the "universal spanking
machine." During the evening the
Agony Quartette will render musical
selections accordingly.
Altogether trie affair will be such
as has never been duplicated here be
fore, and for those who enjoy good
sport, or , who, not caring for sport,
want a few laughs, this will be the
chance for them to get their fill.
CROWE WILL BUILD NOV
PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Accommodations Committee
Makes This Recommen
dation to School Board.
At the meeting of the school com
mittee this y afternoon ; the . committee
on' permdnehl school accommodations
recommended that, the contractfor
building the new prevocatlonal school
be awarded to T. W. Crowe.
The committee met at 4:80 o'clock
but, earlier in the day the Herald
wag informed by, one of the members
of the1 committee that such 'a recom
mendation would be" nrade. ' The ac
commodations committee met with
Mr: Crowe yesterday afternoon and
went over the plans for the school and
it was decided to award him the con
tract if the school board acquiesced.
There were eight or nine bidders for
the contract but the figures furnished
by Mr. Crowe proved td be the most
satisfactory. ' How soon he will start
to build is not known. The building
will be the first in the United States
to be erected for the specific purpose
of instructing students along prevoca
tlonal lines. It will be located at
the rear of the Grammar school build
ing. . The committee on finance had no
report to make this afternoon as there
are but a few cents in the treasury.
The committee, on teachers sub
mitted the following report:
Resignations Anna M. Walsh,
Grammar school, Grade VII. . Frances
J. Camber, Grammar school, grade
VII. Jessie M- Gray, East street
school, grade V.
Substitute Teachers Employed
Kathryn Campbell, Elizabeth H. Stev
ens, Mrs. A. ,E. , Atwater, Margaret
Dobson, Elida N. Lawless, Mildred L.
Mitchell, Mrs. J. Sparmer, Mrs. Ruth
Guiberson, Mary H. Kindred, Nettie
Gamerdinger, Kate R. Scanlon,
Anna M. Young,. Mrs- William H. Day,
Elsie Stillman.
Temporary Teachers Employed
Kathryn S. Kent, Elizabeth Leu
pold, Mary C. Darrow, Irma Louns
bury, Lucy Perkins, Ruth Doolittle,
Dorethea Burleson, Mary G. Costello.
The board received a letter from
the Y. M. T. A. & B. society school
committee ' tendering its thanks , for
the use of rooms in the Burritt school
for use as evening classes.
ARBOR DAY TODAY.
Today is Arbor Day, according to
the proclamation of Governor S. E.
Baldwin, and it was so observed
throughout the state. School children,
assisted by their teachers, planted
trees, and people in many other ways
tried to make Connecticut a fairer
state. Local school children co
operated in this movement.
WATERBURY-WHITTAKER,
Miss Jean Parker Whittaker,
daughter of Robert Whittaker, a
Stamford newspaper publisher, and
Charles Russell Waterbury, also of
Stamford, were married in that city
yesterday. Miss Whittaker was for
merly a New Britain Normal school
student and was graduated with the
class of 1911.
WEATHER.
Hartford April 1 7. Fair to
night and Saturday. Warmer
Saturday.
TEN . LIVES CHIMED
IN NEW YORK FIRE
Three Other Persons Injured When
Apartment Hoose is Destroyed.
BLAZE STARTED IN BASEMENT
Captain Smith Performs Notable
Heroic Feat In Saving Louis Boylan
From Being Dashed to Death
Coroner Healy to Investigate.
New York, April 17. A fire that
swept through the five story apartment
house at 741 Eighth avenue early to
day claimed ten victims and resulted
in the injury of three others. Only
four of the ten bodies taken from &
theatrical boarding house that occu
pied half of the building, could be
identified, the others being charred
beyond recognition.
Fle Are Identified.
The identified dead are:
Charles O. Wallace, 46 years old.
Mrs. Nellie Wallace, his wife, 32
years old.
Miss Nellie Spencer, 20 years old, a
cloak model.
Muriel Davis, three years old.
Mirs. George C. Davis, who sustained
internal injuries and; died . in , the .hos
pital without recovering consciousness.
The seriously injured were Joseph
Messer, Martin Welsh and Charle
Burke.
Started In Basement.
The fire started in a pile' of waste
in the basement of a five and ten cent
store which occupied . the ground
floor of the building. It spread rapidly
up stairways and shut off escape by
them. There were no fire escapes in
the front of the building and the large
number Of dead and injured was due
to the refusal of the panic stricken
people to remain in the front windows,
where many were rescued by firemen.
All of the dead and injured were
taken from the rear rooms and halls
o the rooming house, , where they
were caught while attempting to reach
the roof and fire escapes.
One man was killed in trying to
escape over roofs.
The fire was under control in less
than an , hour, but in that time many
thrilling rescues were made by the
firemen ? working from ladders in
front and from windows of a nearby
tenement building; , ,
i Heroic Feat Performed.
Captain Smith, who was suspended
by his feet from a window, prevented
Louis Boylan from being dashed to
death when a ladder broke on which
he was crawling from the burning
tenement. Captain Smith seized Boy
lan and held on to him until both
could be dragged to safety.
The proprietor of the rooming
house, a negro janitor and several of
the . rescued occupants of rooms in
the building were summoned to ap
pear today before Coroner Healy,
who . has instituted an investigation.
AVere Stage People.
Mr. and 1 Mrs. Charles O. Wallace
were stage people and came here
from Providence, R. I. Mrs. Wal
lace's maiden name was Nellie Dick
inson. -
. Mrs. Davis was known on the
stage as "Patsy'; Mafera. ,Five of the
victims,, four men and a woman,
were still unidentified at 10:30 this
morning. '
Three More Identified.
Three of the victims' were identified
later as Michael Delaney and his
wife, Delia, laundry workers, and
M. Scott, manager of the New York
office of the Rossiter Music Publish
ing , company of New York and Chi
cago. ,
JUNIOR PROMENADE.
Committees Named for High School
Function.
President Stevens of the Junior class
of the New Britain High school has
made his appointments for the Junior
Promenade committees. The dance
will be held Friday evening, May 8,
in the gymnasium. The committees
follow:
Program Committee Chairmm,
Grant Wickwire; Martin Horwitz,
Bennet Hibbard, Eleanor White,
May Tormay and Millicent Barnes.
Decorating Chairman, Donald
Gaffney; Allen Hall, Clement Hallinan,
Vinton Knight, David LIpman, Nellie
Elliot, Leonie Crowe, Marian Stan
ley, Ruth Hill and Edith Baehr.
Refreshment Chairman,. Edward
Martin; Byron Wilber, Allen Moore,
Harry Milkowitz, Viola . Strosser,
Francesca Traut, Mildred Robinson
and Harriet Wells'.
BODIES FLOAT ASHORE.
Corpses of Mrs. H. G. Hardy and
Three Bodies of Crew Found.
Monmouth Beach, N. J., April 17.
The body of Mrs. H. G. Hardy,
wife of the captain of the schooner
Charles K. Buckley, which stranded
and went to pieces on the beach near
here Wednesday night, floated ashore
today, as did the bodies of three
members of the crew. Whether Cap
tain Hardy's body was among the
four wag not at first determined.
Ten persons in all perished in the
wreck. One sailor was rescued.
court charter oak
PLAN CELEBRATION
Local Order Held Interesting Meet
ing: Will Observe
Anniversary.
Court Charter Oak, No. 36, F. of A.,
held a very important meeting in their
new headquarters ' in the Electric
building on West Main street last
evening. As this was the first meet
ing in trie new quarters a record
breaking crowd was in attendance and
the sentiment of each and every mem
ber was that Court Charter Oak had
secured a meeting place and a club
room that they should be proud of.
Some very important business was
transacted. Five applications for
membership were received and four
candidates were initiated.
The auditing committee read their
quarterly report and it showed that
Court Charter Oak had -over $6,500 In
their treasury at the present time, be
sides $2,850 in a building fund. It
also showed that the membership of
the court at the present time is 352
beneficial and 42 social members. A
feature was that during the last two
quarters not one member had been
percluded. It was also voted to have
a committee of five appointed to make
arrangements for celebrating their an
niversary, which will be held in May.
It is expected' that this event will
surpass any event ever given in the
history of Court Charter Oak and in
order to fulfill the expectations the
committee and the members of the
court wilj leave no stone unturned in
their work.
EFNCIEIiCY ADVOCATED
BY GOVERNOR BALDWIN
Executive Says, He Believes
Some of the State Agen
cies Are Below Par.
Hartford, April 17. The Hartford
County Rural Improvement associa
tion held an all day session in Unity
hall today at which the speakers in
cluded Governor Baldwin, Congress
man Asbury F. Lever of South Caro
lina, Mayor Joseph H. Lawler of this
city and others. The meeting, was
held for the purpose of .arousing in
terest in the neglected agricultural
possibilities in the county - and 1 as a
field, day for its farming and indus
trial' interests. Frank H. Stadtmeuller
of West Hartford, incoming state
dairy and food commissioner and
president of the association, presid
ed. Matters affecting the agricultural,
civic, commercial and Industrial in
terests of the county were discussed
and the idea advanced that there
should be a more thorough co-operation
by the people with (the extension
service of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, the Connecticut
Agricultural college, the State Experi
ment tstations and the state board of
agriculture.
A significant utterance by Governor
Baldwin, who spoke at the forenoon
session in relation to Connecticut's
place as an agricultural staje was:
"If state agencies are inefficient, and
I believe some of them are far less
efficient than they should be and
might be, get them Improved by a
change of methods or change of men."
Mayor Joseph H. Lawler delivered
the opening address, which was in
the form of a welcome. Prof. C. D.
Jarvis, state director of the extension
service, responded. These were fol
lowed by A. J. Sheurele, secretary of
the Hampden Improvement league
of Massachusetts; President Frank H.
Johnston of the State Business Men's
association and Governor Baldwin.
DR. OHMAN IS AGAIN
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Pastor of Local Swedish Lutheran
Church Honored by New Eng
land Conference. -
Rev. Dr. S. G. Ohman, pastor of
the 1 Swedish Lutheran church in this
city, was unanimously re-elected pres
ident of the New England Conference
at a business session held yesterday
in connection with the annual con
vention which is being held this week
in Auburn, R. I. This is the second
time that the local pastor has been
been re-elected as chief executive of
the conference which has been in ex
istence but two years. .
John A. Andrews of this city is in
attendance at the convention as a lay
delegate from the local church. Both
he and the pastor Will remain in Au
burn over the week-end.
TO DIE APRIL SO.
Joseph Buonomo Wrill Pay Penalty for
Death of Jennie Cavaglieri.
Hartford, April 17. The supreme
court today fixed the date of execution
of Joseph Buonomo for Thursday,
April 30. The supreme court yes
terday denied Buonomo's appeal for
a new trial.
He has been twice convicted of the
murder of Jennie Cavaglieri in Strat
ford somtthing over a year ago, his
first appeal saining a new trial. On
his second trial he was again con
victed, th date of his execution be
ing fixed for March 18, thi year.
I
MS NEW TURN
AT LAST
Hnerta Demands That Steriltoc
Salute Be fired by Me Sim
When Apolcfjjf Is Offered.
WILSON REFUSES
. ACCEDE TO PROFOS'
United States Will Accept Nothi
Les9 Than a Salute of Twenty-o
(iun and Will Acknovi ldege Apd
ogy After Salute In Fired by Me
lean Government, I Statement Se
to Charge O'Shaughnessy.
Washington April 17. Huerta h
parleyed ' again. He demands th
his salute to the United States f,i
shall be returned simultaneously. Tli
President k Wilson! is practically re
tain not. to accept.
This latest hitch at the eleven
hour when officials here expected
situation was as good as closed
was disclosed in dispatches fro
Charge O'Shaughnessy.
Confers With Cabinet.
President Wilson discussed it wii
the cabinet. Administration official
said privately Huerta's counter pro
osltion would not be accepted. ;
The development confirmed tl
fears of those officials who expect
Huerta would equivocate again. At
intention of - recalling any ships
the fleet now bound to Tampico w
abandoned and those close to the a
ministration expected, to , see Prerf
dent Wilson's demand for an unquJ
ifled apology backed up. m
Text Kept Secret. V
The text of Charge O'Shaughnessy
dispatches was not made public, b
it became known that Huerta's la
proposal was that as his' guns flrW
their salute to the Stars and StripJ
as an apology for continued ' affrot?
to the United h States, particularly tl
recent arrest of bluejackets at Tan
pico, that the. guns of the America'
fleet should renlv tn th UmIvi
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lute simultaneously. .. .
Officials here were ready to a
knowledge Huerta's salute of twentV
one guns after it had been finished
with a return salute, such as is preK
cribed'in naval custom and preceden
That would merely be acknowledging
an amende honorable, they say. Btl
to return Huerta's salute simultan
ously, they pointed but, would mal
the apology valueless.
Officials described Huerta's late
move as an act' to preserve his "ow
dignity before the Mexicans of th
part of the country under his lot
trol. ' ' ,
DJspatche Before Cabinet
All the latest dispatches were lai
before the cabinet. Practically allth
members of the official family- wei
said to be agreed that there 'shoul
be no further temporizing. "
Secretary Bryan left the eafclm
while it still was in session to go t
the state department and send! som
dispatches. He was silent as to thei
nature, but It was understood' tha
the word had gone back to f Huert
that a simultaneous salute ' woul
not be accepted and that. Charu
O'Shaughnessy was advised that th
United States would insist on Its 3r
mand. s
Officials expressed the view th i
Huerta has been listening to "by
advice" during the last twelve hour
and after he promised Mr. 0'8har&T
nessy yesterday that he wou,l(flr glv
the apology.
Blockade Is Discussed.
Meanwhile It was emphasized ;thi
no counter orters had been issued t
the battleships speeding to the Mex
lean coasts- A blockade of MexU l
and other drastic measures were d Ik'
cussed in official circles. Those wei
informed declared that if within th
next few hours Huerta did not com
piy enxireiy, . some announcement ii
what definite steps would be take!
to compel his, apology would be mad
in Washington. .
When the . cabinet meeting ad
Journed Secretary Bryan Ptill 1 de
scrioea tne negotiations as "entour
aging" but not final.
"I have received one message froit
Charge O'Shaughnessy and hae sen
one In reply," he said.
Other members of the cabinet aij
Huerta had been informed that n
simultaneous salute would be ac
ceptable to this government. ,
U.' S. Demands Sent.
Secretary Bryan instructed CharW
O'Shaughnessy to finally inform Hu
accept nothing less than a salute ol
twenty-one guns and that tne Ameri
can ships will reply after the salut
has been fired. ,1
President Halt Trip.
Charge O'Shaughnessy's dispatched
dealt with some questions of detal
and did not close up the incident
Officials, however, said that a settle
ment was not endangered. 1'residen
Wilson changed his plan to go to'
White Sulphur Springs tonight and
will go tomorrow. . I
Orders for assembling a regiment
of marines at San Diego for Mexloarv
service were, countermanded,
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