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MAYOR MARX PUTS THREE-CENT PARE EIGHT UP TO THE COUNCIL
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BLACKMAIL
CHARGED TO
U.S. OFFICERS
Former Governor of Mexican
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Stale of (’ampeche Is Com
plainant in Case That
Brings Forth Denials
SSOO IN MARKED BILLS
USED AS TRAP
Bogus Order To Arrest Special
Envoy Used as Basis For
Payment
NE WORUSAXfci, La., Aug. 2.—0.
Raymond Matthews, special agent or
'lie United States department of pus
'ice; J. L. Mott, his assistant, and
Ernesto Fernandez Arteaga, represen
tative here of ihe Mexican constitu
' lona list junta, were arrested here,
early today, charged with blackmail.
The men were taken unto custody
on complaint of Emmanuel Caatllla
Hrtto, former governor oi the state of
! 4’ampeche, Mexico. Brito charged
ihat one of the trio extorted 1500 from
him by displaying a telegram purport
ing to come from Washington, signed
“Meßeynolds,” and ordering his ar-1
rest.
Brito said that he employed private
detectives who marked SSOO in bills |
tnd arranged for a meeting last night. ;
Assistant Chief of Detectives Daniel
• x)oney led a squad of officers who
made the arrests.
i Arteaga came here several months 1
ago as the jjersnnal representative of j
• lov. Carranza. Brito has been in the '
rity with his personal staff only a few I
days. According to the police, Ar- ,
eaga admitted showing a fake tele
gram to Brito, but he denied any at
tempt at blackmail and declared he
va* working In Brito’s interest.
United States Attorney Walter Un
ion said, today, that he r-elvod a tel
, . gram ordering the arrest of h “cer
tain person” and declared that Spe
cial Agent Matthews saw the telegram.)
Matthews, however, denied having;
seen the message and said that he J
would have no trouble in establishing
Ids innocence.
jealousTec.ro !
ATTACKS AFFINITY
Hnton Vinett Slashes Mrs.
Throgmorton on Street-
Police Lock Him Up
Clinton Vincett. a Negro, 35 years
old, and living at No. 44K Hastings-st..
waa arreUed by Patrolman Joseph
Wesserl.ng, ot the Hying squadron,
Saturday morning. charged with as
sault with Intent to kill, for his vic
ious attack on Mrs. Elizabeth Throg
morton. a Negress with whom he is
alleged to have lived for the lust 13
years, though her legal husband is
living.
Vincent's jealousy was aroused
’when he saw the woman on the street,
Friday afternoon, with her husband.
When she failed to return to Vincett.
'<rlday night, lie set out in quest or
her. and early Saturday morning met
ner as she approached the house, ac
companied by her daughter, who Is 24
years old.
The two women started to fell Vin
rott that they had been to an Eman
cipation day party, at the home ol
iriends. bu Vincett whipped out a
Unlfe and stabbed the Throgmorton
woman In the shoulder, and slashed
tier across the breast.
He fled, Just as the tiling squadron
dashed up, in response to u call turned
hi by the woman's terrified daughter.
.Patrolman Wesserllng pursued Vln
. ett and caught him after a chase of a
Hock. The woman was sent to a his
pita).
STOCK MARKET
OPENS HEAVY
NEW YORK. Aug. 2 —The stock
market opened dull and heavy.
Cuts Express “Velvet.”
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2—The
state railroad commission of Califor
nia ordered reductions, late yesterday,
in the express rate* of Wells, Fargo
A Cos., amounting to a cut of S7So,U«H)
from present annual revenues.
Til K. m'ATHKH.
For Detroit nuil \l«*lnlt>i *«tur*lnv
.•lehl And Nnailar f«lr. ewnllaaed *•-»•-
finable te»i|Hrratare«« light to mo«.rr.
Hie westerly wind*.
For l,a«\«r Michigan! Fair Salurdny
night nnd Sunday.
For thr I l.akeai l.l*hi »».**!
nludt briMimlua variable Sunday; ucn
erally fair weather *atnrdn> nluht and
snaday.
For the Lower l.akenr Mabt »»e*t
ttlnds and gt uernlly fnlr weather Sat
urday night nnd Sundny.
One year hk« todaj i lllsl»e*t Inn
urrainre. ad; lowest, (V4t menu. «Hm
partly el«*udy skies with .7S of an Inch
t of rala.
The sun will set Saturday at Hi.VO p.
m. and rise «uhtla> at 4i2s a. in.
The muon will set Saturday evenlaa
at Tia» P- ai.
t arn xiOTOHCtt I.F.S Os 111 Standard
makes, spaclal bargains. $?5 up Firm
ing tsckl** and hMsel»a!l goo'ls less ‘ban
lirgr’s cut! Wsmlorife’s Big Stot#, 12*
Gratiot. Open avertings.—Adv
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OSTton rale. Merkel and Tver Johru.n
11 models from 1150 to $275. from
to 10 if P Wanders e’s Pis Store, 11#
OMtlet Open evealnga.—Adv.
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EULGARS MAY LOSE
NcWJERRITGRY
Should Latest Demands Be Ac
cepted, Two Wars Mould
Net Nothing
LONDON, Aug. 2. —Dispatches fr%m
HuiPareat today, said that the Balkan
peace delegates there were disposed
to renew the live days’ armistice, as
all of the bell gierentwers
exhausted, and the peace conference
bids fair to be long drawn out.
The allies, in their demands pre
sented to the conference, demand ter
ritory that would leave Bulgaria with
a coast line on the Aegean of only 30
miles. They also demand an indem
nity. Roumania also demands terri
tory from Bulgaria. Should the terms
be accepted, Bulgaria will emerge
from two wars, lasting 10 months,
poorer in purse and but little larger
In area than when she went into them.
A report from St. Petersburg today
said that an official Russian denial
had been issued, refuting the rumors
that the czar intended taking steps
against Turkey. It was stated that
Russia wants to avoid any isolated
attempt to coerce the Turks.
REACH CRISIS IN
CHINK UPRISING
With Advance of Federal Troops
Rebels Are Said To Be
Unbroken
PEKING. Aug 2. — It was believed
today b ythe government that the de
cisive battle of the revolution is
about to be fought north of Canton.
News that three divisions of the Can
ton troops had set out to meet the
northerners is welcomed here because
ilt means that the Hash will come
away from the city and Canton wilf
not be Jeopardized.
From Shanghai it was reported that
Dr. Sun Yat Sen is about to go to
i Hong Kong, where lie will make a
personal appeal for support of the
rebellion. He Is quoted as saying
|that the spirit of the southerners is
unbroken and that the government's
occupation of Nanking is temporary.
MOVIES ON OCEAN LINERS, NOW PROPOSED
GENEVA—A wealthy and eccentrle
Swiss, living In Moscow, died, leaving
a will bequeathing to the editor of
'bis favorite newspaper $lO a year “to
drink to my death.”
*
I BERLIN —Kaiser Wilhelm. com
menting on the sorry parts played by
I the Balkan kings in the war. is quot
ed as saying that King Constantino
was best of all, while the resf “staid
home and combed their dogs.' 1
LONDON If the underwriters do
not veto the project, 12 of the big
i gest trans-Atlantic liners may soon
provide their passengers with the
PRESIDENT HUERTA
BRITAIN MAY YET
PATRONIZE EXPO
English People Not in Sympathy
With Government’s Prelim
inary Decision
LONDON, Aug. 2. —It was apparent
here today that the British i>eople are
not in sympathy with the govern
ment's decision not to participate in
the Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Francisco. Business and professional
men were heard to comment unfavor
ably on the board ol trade's action,
urging that it would be n reflection on
the British nation not to take part in
the big fair.
The belief is expressed by many
tliut the government’s decision is not
final.
Almost all of the newspapers pub
lished editorials similai to that In
the Pall Mall Gazette, explaining that
the canal tolls controversy had noth
ing to do with the board of trade's ac
tion. and blaming the American pres
for “Jumping at conclusions.”
RACE PUTS DENT
IN BIG BANKROLL
Indianapolis Sportsman Drops
$35,000 and Trip to Florida
in Put-in-Bay Event
PDT-IN-BA Y, Ohio, Aug. 2.—Carl
Fisher, wealthy Indianapolis sports
man, is toduy figuring how much oi a
dent will lie put in his bankroll as a
result of the defeat, last, evening, of
his cruiser Shadow by Speejacks, th«
speedy motorboat owned by A. Y. Go
wan. ot‘ Ch veland.
As Speejacks consumes 25 cents
worth of gasoline a minute, Fisher is
going to furnish a few oil trust divi
dends in carrying out his agreement
to paying all the expenses of a trip to
Florida lor Gowan and a party next
winter.
It is estimated that $35,000 was lost
on Shadow, in addition to the SIO,OOO
bet between the owners. Equipped
with anew eight-cylinder, eight-by
eight engine and stripped of three
tons of quipment. Speejacks made the
33 nißea in one hour. 7 minutes and 31
seconds. Shadow was four minutes
behind.
“movies' along with squash courts
and Pompeiian rooms.
PARlS—Policemen who found a
| viscount wrapped In a blanket sleep
ing on a Seine quay, told him to
“move on," but apologized w hen he
showed his card nnd explained he
I could not sleep In his flat,
NEW YORK —Detective Gratano
saved 35 families In a tenement from
peril by tearing a burning fuse off a
1 stick of dynamite a foot long
NEW YORK —Twelve children wear
ling “cowboy” suits have been burned
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1913*
PRESIDENT
SOUNDSNOTE
OF WARNING
Congressional Agitators, Said to
Be Holding Up Peace Plans,
May Be Subjects of “Big
Slick” i
REBELS REFUSE TO
ARBITRATE DIFFERENC ES
All Americans To Be Rushed
Out of Trouble /ones
To Homes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The fric
tion between the administration, and
the Jingo-inclined congressional rep
resentation is becoming acute. Pres
ident Wilson believes that the dis
position exhibited by certain mem
bers to "crowd the limelight" in the
face of the present crisis is embar
rassing the efforts to restore order
in Mexico, and it was reported today
that if there is not a change In meth
ods socn, the president may be forced
to make a public statement, saying
so, and placing the responsibility.
The recurrence of the suggestion
by certain senators and representa
tives that the embargo on arms he re
moved an dthe rival factions fur
nished all of the appliances neces
sary to engage in a wa of supemacy*
and exteminatlon, is complicating mat
ters. It is known that certain of th(?
revolutionary leaders who leaned to
ward mediation have now changed
their minds. The reason is the belief
that they may be permitted to secure
arms and ammunition, which are bad
ly needed. With them in their posses
sion. .and with the unlimited funds
available from the sources this side
of the border, which have been financ
ing the revolution, these leaders be
lyieve they could unhorse Huerta and
seize the reius of government. And
because of this belief, which is di
rectly encouraged by the jingo utter
ances of several senators and repre
sentatives here, these leaders are
r.ow said to be opposed to accepting
mediation.
[ Realizing this, the president has
made it very plain to the representa-
I tives of the administration at the cap
ltol that there must be no further
| agitation. Senator Bacon, ub chair
man of the senate committee on for
eign relations, and Chairman Flood,
of the corresponding house commit
tee, have been told that they will be
expected to control their committees.
Senator Kern, as majority leader in
the uper house, has agreed that there
will be no place given to war talk
until the president himself lifts the
embargo.
The resolution appropriating S I OO.-
000 to be used by the secretary of
state in bringing needy Americans
out of Mexico, is to be hurried through
both houses, with as little debate
as possible. With that money avail
able the secretary would be able to
I bring all American refugees from
those sections of Mexico now overrun
by bandits and from zones where they
| are in actual danger.
The confidential reports received
by the state department from the
agents it spnt to Mexico show that
many Americans are utterly destitute
in the interior of the republic. The*
: I'kve appealed to the consuls for aid
to reach their homes In the states,
but there has been no money avail
able for that purpose,
Robbed\ Doesn't
j Know When He'll Sail
NFW YORK, Aug. 2. —Although he
admitted that his pocket had been
; picked. Ambassador Henry Lane Wil
, son today denied thai the man, who
escaped with his purse, containing
i personal funds, obtained any state
| papers or other documents of value.
The ambassador was robbed last night
; in the Pennsylvania station, where he
, had gone with two women friends who
j took a train for their homes in
lauig Island. Wilson went through
the great crowd about the gates with
arms outstretched to protect the wo
men from the crush, and after he had
taken them to the train, discovered
; that IPs pocket book was missing-
According to reports from the police
. and special officers of the Pennsyl
vania, the pickpockets obtained
fiom Wilson, but the ambassador re
fused to state the amount of his loss
today. He also declined to discuss
the report that he was about to re
turn to Mexico, other than to declare
that he did not know when he would
sail.
Japan is capturing the Australian
orange market from California com
petitors.
to death this summer. Coroner's Phy
sician Pabst says the fringe is too
easily ignited.
NEW YORK—While Andrew Muller
was picnicking, a soda water bottle
exploded, severing an artery in his
leg. Miss Elizabeth Montag tied one
of her stockings around the wound
and saved his life.
NEW YORK—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Abato, young and. recently married,
kept a stick of dvnimate In a box un
der their bed until the landlady found
It. Then Yhey disappeared.
Heads Detroit's
, a
Street Railway Board
- an -
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JOHN F. DODGE.
He was elected presider t of the De
troit street railway commission in
it s first session.
VIOLENCE FAILS
TO MATERIALIZE
IN STRIKE ZONE
Expected Dynamite Outrages
Not Forthcoming, Situation
Appears Peaceful
MERCHANTS FORCED
TO RETRENCHMENT
Serious Loss to Mercantile In
terests Is Worst Result of In
dustrial War to Date
CALUMET, Mich.*- Aug. 2.—After 24
hours of almost absolute quiet. Inter
rupted only by such minor disturb
ances as might be expected in a local
ity where thousands of men are idle,
the tear of dynamite outrages which
followed the attempt of Joseph MiliiJ
chich, an Austrian, to throw a bomb
into the camp of Company L lias
largely subsided. Although the troops
still exeifdse the utmost vigilance,
several companies have been with
drawn from districts where quiet pre
vails and the situation generally is
much less strained.
Efforts by secret agents of the Calu
met A Hecla company, and the mili
tary authorities, to ascertain who lias
possession of the dynamite stolen from
the company’s storehouses, have fail
ed. but it is not believed that more
than 25 men are In possession of ex
plosives A heavy guard is maintaln
led at the approaches of the bridge
! leading to Houghton, and street cars,
I pedestrians and automobiles are
searched before being allowed to pass
over. The arraignment of Mihllchioh,
who was overpowered while attempt
ing to hurl a bomb consisting of three
sticks of dynamite, failed to bring out
any additional information. No wit
nesses were examined, and although
Mihllchioh was given h strenuous
third degree little could he learned
from him
Strike leaders and the better ele
ment among the idle workmen are
evincing a willingness to co-operate
J with the military in preserving the
peace. At Red Jacket, yesterday, a
hig mass meeting was held during
which speakers in Halt a dozen differ
ent tongues urged the men to abstain
from violence Today a mass ineel•
ing. leu by wives of the strikers, will
be held in Hancock.
The most serious disturbance of
i yesterday took place last night when
a crowd of several hundred men and
! women were listening t<» an open air
concert by the First Regiment band,
j A deputy sheriff engaged in an argu
ment with three strikers which result
ed in a fight and the arrest or one of
I the men. The crow and, on edge because
;of the numerous rumors concerning
•dynamite plots, became panic stricken,
but order w-»s restored before anyone
; had been injured. \ few threats
against non-union men were reported,
and several loyal employes stated that
I the doors of thejr houses had been
marked with chalk during the night
hut no actual harm was offered >v
either the workmen or teir families
The most serious factor In the sit-
I nation is the economic pressure
(brought to hear on the merchants or
H iintlniM-il iin I'nit** F.lr»ei»*
CHICAGO- The sixth ward suffrage
association adopted u resolution in
dorsing the skirtlfss bathing suit for
women and condemning the police for
arresting women In bloomers.
CHICAGO —Cyrus Shank is being
held for examination because he told
the secretar> of a Y. M. C. A. that
he was engaged to marry Mrs. Wood
row Wilson and .that she would pay
his fees.
CHICAGO—Women bathers captur
ed a man they discovered peeping info
their lockers while the> *ere dress
ing. rubbed his nose In the sand and
turned him over to the pollco.
THE CL EA N NEW SPA PE R
MAYOR’S 3-CENT FARE PLAN
j TO BE ENFORCED WITHOUT
ANY RIOT OR BLOODSHED
—JOHX GILLESPIE.
AUTO CRASHES
INTO BUILDING;
MAN ISKILLED
Fred Foss Loses Life When
Speeding Machine Hits Brick
in Front of Store
COMPANION, 'HIOS STARK,
IS SERIOI SLY IN JURED
Pair Driving at Furious Pace in
•‘Borrowed*’ Uar When Acci
dent Occurs
Driving a "borrowed” automobile
through the brick front of a vacant
store at Twenty-Hrsi ami Baker-sta., at
an estimated rate of tit) miles an hour,
Friday night, Fred Foss 22 years old
of No. 7tJ Beecher-ave., was instantly
killed, nnd his companion. Thomas
Stark. 23 years old, also residing at
the Ueecber-ave. address, was serious
ly Injured, but is expected to recover.
The iron supports of the store front
were driven far into the interior of
the building by the tremendous im
pact, and a tangled mass of wood and
Iron that had been a high-power Cur
tercar u moment before, was buried
in a deluge of glass, bricks and plas
ter.
When persons In the neighborhood
rushed to investigate the crash, they
found Foss' body, terribly crushed,
amidst tin* wieckage, with the hands
still clutching the steering gear, which
had been tom from the machine, stark
was staggering about the building,
stunned, battered and bleeding. Both
his jaws were broken the ball of Ills
right eye was cut his face was terri
bly cut and his left arm was badly cut
and bruised. He was rushed to 8».
Mary’s hospital In a police auto, and
is reported on the road to recovery.
Both Forh and Stark lived in Ar
thur Annis' saloon and hotel, at No.
7fi Reecher-ave.. Foss having been em
ployed about the place, while Stark.
It Is said, was an expert chauffeur,
employed by a down-town firm.
They took Annis' machine without
permission, and it is thought that
Stark was giving Foss lessons in driv
ing, when the accident occurred.
There is a jog in the street at
Twenty-first and Baker, and Foss evl
dentlv lost control of the speeding ma
chine as he approached the turn, and
drove directly into the store front.
Police officers who had seen the ma
chine pass them declared that it was
traveling at the r»'e of a mile a min
ute. and that there were no lights on
the auto
Goroner Burgess took charge of the
body of oFss, which was removed to
the county morgue
DETROITER SHOT
BY FOOTPADS
Collector, on Lonely Road, Is
Wounded and Robbed By
Thugs
♦
FARMINGTON, Mich,. Aug. 2.—K. J
Karpenter. a carpenter, living at No
317 McKingtry ave., Detroit, was at
tacked and shot through the arm by
two men on a lonely road three miles
irom this village, Friday evening
lie men ordered Karpenter to give
up his money. He refused, and iu the
fight which followed one of the hold
up men drew u revolver and fired, ttu*
bullet passing through Karpenter
arm. just below the elbow He fell
to the ground, and alter robbing him
of sll tiie pair l»*tt him. He was
found lying beside th»* track bv a crev
of a northbound interurbnn some tiuu
later, and rushed to Farmington,
where his wound was dressed.
Stanley and George Kernpa were
taken from an Interurban car com Inc
from Farmington, at Grand River and
Warren-aves., late Friday night, and
j taken to the Grand River police st.i
tion on suspicion of being the men
who attempted to hold up Karpenter.
They were then taken back to Farm
ington by Under Sheriff Henry Woh
rock to confront the injured man.
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9
AFTERNOON EDITION
Police Commissioner Expects no
Trouble When Resolution Now
Before Council Uommittee
Becomes Effective
SHOWDOWN SCHEDULED
FOR THURSDAY. AUG. 7
Marx Pushes Cheap Fares When
1). U. R.'s Promised “Conces
sions Prove Old Story
In the D. U. R. office*, Satur
day morning, it was stated that
no decision had been reached as
to what action the company
would take to meet the mayor’s
three-cent fare resolution, it is
probable, however, that injunc
tion proceedings will be started,
probably in the federal courr.
"Tlih hght against the I). U. R. will
go ilu* limit and the hall can’t open
too soon to suit me,” declared Mayor
Oscar B. Marx after delivering his
M'solutlon declaring three cents the
legal fare ou all lines wnere fran
chises have expired, to the cbuncli
committee on franchises, Friday
night.
Tiie submission of the resolution
followed the receipt oL a communica
tion from tiie D. U R., offering to op
erate all its lines under the terms ot
the old Detroit Street Railway ordi
nance, and to sell out to the city on
lair and reasonable terms This was
practically the offer made tn a re
cent communication to tiie council.
The mayor was advised that the of
fer was couched in terms that would
give the company rights in the streets
until either the city purchased the
lines or the franchise expired In 1924.
He termed the offer ridiculous and
proceeded to push his cheap-fare plan.
Showdown Comes Aug 7. G
The mayor's resolution will become
effective on the lines where fran
chises have expired as soon as it is
passed by the council and the offi
cial proceedings are signed by the
mayor. On the advice of his coun
selors the mayor will sign the pro
ceedings Wednesday, so that the reso
lution can go into full efTect Thursday
morning. Aug. 7.
The mayor and his political adviser.
Police Commissioner John Gillespie,
were out of town Saturday morning,
having gone to the Put-ln-Bay regatta
with Railway Commissioner John F.
Dodgi on his speed yacht. They will
talk over street car matters on the
trip.
Commissioner Gillespie stated after
the committee meeting that he did
rot anticipate any trouble on the
street cars when the resolution be
comes effective.
"There will lie no riot and no blood
shed" said the commissioner. ‘The
police department will protect the
public and enforce the resolution of
the council. It would be foolish for
the I). IT R. to attempt to collect Ave
rt nt fares 'Phis Aght has been com
ing for years and there is no use at
tempting to postpone it any longer "
1 he mayor's political advisers have
told him that it w ill be a difficult mat
ter for the D. C R to obtain an In
junction restraining the enforcement
of the resolution.
The resolution rescinds the S3OO a
day rental resolution. Aid. John C.
Lodge asked \ttorney Alfred Lvtck-
Ing to make this point clear before
the committee. Friday night.
Cmler the resolution the D. IT. R
conductors will not he compelled to
make change under Ave cents. al
though three cents is the legal rate
of fare. The company at its option
can sell tickets In strips of Ave for
IT. cents
To Meet Again. Monday.
Four memt ers of the committee on
tranchises attended the meeting in
the council chamber. Chairman Otto
Reinhardt. John C. Lodge. John Bled
and “Kddle” Barnett declared them
selves for the resolution, but owing to
the nbscn< e of Aid .Tames Vernor.
George Field and Stephen Skrzvckl. It
was decided to hold up the official rec
ommendation of the resolution until
next Monday noon, when the commit
tee will meet again.
Police Commissioner Gillespie, who
suggested the resolution to the may
or. and Attorneys Alfred latching and
Allan * H Frazer, who ire guiding
the mayor In his street car Aght. at
tended the meeting together with
other of the mayor s a Ivlsers w hr"
watched the proceedings from the
sidelines Tim D. C. R was unoffi
cially represented bv \ 1). B. Van
Z.mdt. publicity agm". who took cop
i« iintliiueil «>n l's*r i:t«*%ri»t
ONE CENT