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1 ECAST. nvu Unsettltft -iWrow n.s. rtii,j .... Kill bpond on page 15. ljjjjjj VOL. LXXXI. NO. 215. FEDERAL BANKS FOR 12 CITIES i aa. Organization Committee An nounces Distribution in Xew Scheme. NEW YORK IS TICKED Missouri Gets Two Banks, One at St. Louis, Other at Kansas City. DALLAS TO BE A CENTRE Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond, Atlanta and Chicago Arc Among Others. WAsniNQTON, April 2. The twelve dis tricts and twelvo reserve cities of the Federal reserve banking system author ised by the now currency Inw were an nounced by the organization committee M-nlrht- This la the first format step to be taken In the organization of the new banking system. The elites to nave Federal reierre tnii are 'ew York, Boston, Pblladel. ila, Clerelaad, Richmond, Va.i Atlanta, filffO, 81. I.oulu, Minneapolis, Dallas, Ttx.t San Frantlsco and Kansas City. Twtlve districts nrc outlined with these cities as ftnanct.nl centre?, it being re quired that the reserve bank of each dis trict shall sutatcrlbe to a minimum of If.OOOtOOO of capital In the reserve sys tem. The following table shows mibscrlp t!on to stock of Federal reserve banks by satlonal banks, with area and population cf each district: nut. .Vo. lecnerve City. l-tVi ja -e lnrk 3-Philadelphia (-( Ici'Uml t l!irh..icnd & l.Utit.i 7 (''. euro M jiula v- MliineapelU It- '(..nsihCtty II-llllla-. L .an rrtucl'-ro Area. M.C.J 40.10 31I.MS m t-u II1IM0 14B.471 07.030 SOIl.it IB 40I.HJS To ul 3,0IS.CV) it He -With tlia Hate banks and trut eo-npa,..- ihiit have piled for memberihlp lr . rtin 'JiWv1ajUif'rVMiUU not.. Itp'i! .he lutnf i JelHr'ana 'turcios of n't ta Ninlcit represent?. 1 on April 1 was t l31.lH.Sw tho lut:il stuck suhncrlp- tl.n of th-e Lutilcs In the new system will I snount to t t0i.f.K.02. ' A statement !-ued by the committee d'tf Juitli .hat tho financial development Ii lve Ht.ite of Idaho. Washington and Oresron !i:id made a t,trong Impression, but that nuffl' lent cvIUlUCm of strength had ot been l)reIlted to demand a bank In that territory. Mny Br Thirteenth Dlntrlrt. It was Intimated that before long the fOT.rr.lttee may petition Congress for per rnlMlon to create n thirteenth district to iutludo tnee States. The reserve cities w re elio-n from a list of thirty-seven, nlileh urged their claim on the committee with keen rivalry. The organization committee, which con '.ts of Secretary of the Treasury Mc- A3oo, Secretary of Agriculture Houston i and Comptroller of tho Currency Will Jwf, was authorized by law to dealg Hate not less than eight nor more than twelve cities to be known as Federal re ene cities, and It haa selected the oiaxlmum number, The committer under the law was also tuthorlzed to divide the continental I'nited States excluding Alaska, Into dis tricts arid each district to contain only ie such Federal reserve city. Thee cili'tri-n were to bo apportioned with due Ward to tho convenience and customary cojrse of business. Iloatiin IllNtrift. Tie twelve districts and the twelve' cities (.eLvtetl for location of tha Federal "-rve haitk.4 are as follow-": "Dlk'nrt No. 1 Tho New Cngland F'ltct M:,me, New Hampshire, Vermont, MassH-husetts, Ithod.3 Island and Con-ft-ti ut, -.vith tliH city of lioston ns the katim. of the Federal reserv bank. 'T.v.t district Minuilns 140 national burKt. whlen hi.ve accepted tho pro ! of the r-de:..i r. serve act. The ' ii 'toelt of .he Federal reierve bank '' Ii-j-i'i;i nn the ljiii-lii of six per cent, of t!. to. nl canh stock and ourpUs of the ' it ng national banks In the district .' mount to JO.SSl.TIO. .! Vurk DUlrlet. ' ' - So. 2 Tlio State of New .... . t .ev. ii orK city in the location c K : . i, ,t nrv bank. il.k.rl t ouiitalns lit national 1 havo accepted he provision l' te l'ial rihurvij act. The capital ' 'f tun F.ilei.il Che vi) .ink of New r i ie li.u.lrt of C per cent, of the ' ' l il stock and surplus of the 1 k national binks In tha illutrlct ' hi it tu Jl'O.GSl.GUO. anJ If there ' ' 1 '' :ii' cent, of tlm capital stock of the ritato b.i lis and trust which havo npi -d for mem . i to Apr.) I, 1:1I. the total cap ' ill In' 2(),tiK7.iite I'lillmli-lphlii Dlilrlet. No. 3 The Slates of New J 'i inlaware nnd all that pa t ' V .441 1.4. located 4Mst cf ' J wrist- - V.'.I.m' nf the lullowlng counties: '' ' t : 1 1 . . eh arlleld, ..nilirla an I niiiii f. derjl n sei m! bank 'n . I'hiiuil' ipinu i-t )iitu..m 100 national - Ii lilt a -cepu d I ie provision C'vuKxucif or, Ulxth Page, OROANIZERS FAVOR HOMES. I.'nur llr.rrvr llnnka Placed Whs-re , Federal Oltlclala Ms-ret. Washington, April 2. It was noted In tho lint of Federal reserve cities that tho former homes of the threo members of the organization corumtttce each receive banks. Hecretary Houston's home, fit. Louis; Secretary McAdoo'a former home, Atlanta, and hla prevent residence, New York, and Comptroller .Williams' home, Richmond, r.11 are taken caro of. Missouri, Mr. Houston's State, Is tho only one which r.colv. two banks. NO NEWS FROM MR. BENNETT. Om Resort Sara Ilia Condition Shot a an Improvement. Special Cable Detpatch to Tux s try. Paws, April 2. Nothing Is known offl dally as to the condition to-day of James Oordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, who Is 111 at Cairo. No telegram from him reached the office of the Paris lit raid up to a lute hour to night. A message said to have been received In this city at noon says that the physi cians attending Mr. Dennett declared th's morning that there had been an Im provement In his condition. Mr. Uennct, they added, paRscd a good night. WARSHIPS AID SINKING VESSEL. Itteeue Crew of Xchoonrr Slrnek by a Steamer. Norfolk, Vi April 2. With a hole In her starboard side and In her smokestack the American steamer "ttobert M. Thomp son arrived In Hampton I loads to-night after having been in :olllslon with the schooner Augusta V. Snow before clay break this morning a few miles below the Virginia Capes. The schooner's bows were crushed. Hho filled rapidly and became waterlogged In less than two hours. The collision oc curred during a fog and within sight of the Atlantic battleship lleet which was cruising off the Virginia Capes, ttoata from the warships were sent to tlm as sistance of the schooner and her crew was taken off. Tho crow is now on the navy tug Patapseo, which also has tho schooner In tow. The Thompson whs bound fo Now Or leans fiom Philadelphia with cargo. A hole was stove In the steamer's side, but being above the water lino the steime was able to make port. No. ot PAnkK. 41) CapltAl & Si rnliis. JlVViO.olil 3131M.U7 ?ic.:!i.2n ltl!.l7.:."!- lU.10tl.4-J 77.3M.S13 Ilt.0iSS.1s ll.17.l"l 7K.1M.091 W3.llU.VU lC,f-IS,i;3 1SJ.C3.C3 Slv per rent. Sutmcrlpilnn. u.u3l.740 .0.1J1 0t i:,iN.4it lt.SSS.W it.mil vr I AH. "5 tf Mi.tin ( SU.II76 4.707.WII o.tej.nM i..Ml.l7 7.ViS I'optil lion, ,ll 21 .5IJ IVK7 1M13 Mll 7.911 SI r. r.fc, I-'.) Jill I.S1S ass ., 6.-7 1 .!, 5.31.1, 0.1'J. .fit Mn .'it ro3 M4.UIS.eiS 7,475 J1.7S-..731.I71 J107.147.47O The flei:rU Ltinu, that J -1 .anlra m-A ut companies hv bren l.w in spplylng .j ! iwhlp-i. only 73 In the entire coun-t-y'twivlrg sent In ttiflr appllcHtlnns. In th. eeeotiil illMrl t, .Vw Vork. only one uoh Him uunn nii uppiico; in me nrt. or hm ton illmrlct. none, nd In the third, or Pblls "Iclphlu ttlatrlrt. one. SCHULZ MAY DECLINE TO SERVE ON BOARD Hronx Surrosrate Said to Prefer Hcneh, With Its Possible Promotion Later. Oorge M. s. Schulz. Surrogate of Hroux county, may decline the Public Service Commlsijunershlp for the city district, to which Gov. filymi appointed him lastwcek. He says he doesn't want It, and -.f he can be sure than another Ilronx man of the right sort will be mnde Commissioner In his ste.-ul he is likely to ask Qov. Glynn to excuse him. Mr. Schulz was elected .Stirrofnte last fall. He likes his work In tl.at position and his friends understand that he had no further political ambition, except for elec tion to the Supreme Court If opportunity &hould present. He hadn't the sllghtent Idea that he was being considered for the place vacated by John 13. Eustls until the Governor called him on the telephone at 9:30 o'clock last Friday night and asked him to serve. Tho Surrogate expressed reluctance, but the nomination was made and confirmed. His term as Surrogate Is for six years at u salary of $10,000 a year. As Public Service Commissioner it would be five years at a salary of $15,000, If he re fuses the CoinmlHslouershlp he will sac rifice $5,000 a year, but If hv accepts he might sacrlllcc the chance or going on the Supreme Court bench at $17,500 a )ear. However, It Is sa.d not to be the salary problem that Inltuenccs the Kur logate, but the fact that he liken legal work. The people of The IJronx are anxious to havo a Public Service Co-nmlssloner, and Mr. Schulr will not decline unlesn an appointment pleasing to his neighbors tan be arranged. Two possible appointees who have generous support In the Demo cratic organization are Gebrgn N. Ilcln hardt, leed merchant, and Thomas J, Culnn, contractor, both of whom were considered by the Governor before. Surrogate Schulz has not visited tho olflce of the Public Servlnco Commission tdnco his appointment. WANT TO SEE EFFICIENCY ? l'uhlle Ner-lce Hour.! Will Nh(n Von at lit iioallliiii Tii-!iinrrov. The story of subway building from the breaking of ground to the operation of trains and many other sturleii telling, with, the aid of models, pictures, chnrta and laboratories, what the I'uhllc Service Commission Is lining fur the city, will Im a featimi of the KlIli'leniT Imposition which opens at tho Grand Yntr.il I'alacii to iniiriow, If you don't believe the purity of the nlr In the subway Is tcHtnl regularly ou can go to the chemical la'.miaiory In tlm exhibit and sie It prnvi-d, There Is iiIho a chart showing that ,7lt,firtn,(i00 pnHM-ngerH wete carried on the milmay, elevated and HUrfaco lines, exclusive of the Hudson tubes, In the year ended June SO last -mi averauo of 4,7(10,000 a day, Just about the population of New York. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1914. Copyright, 1914, SHOT TO DEATH AS HE SLAYS DETECTIVE Gangster's Father Fires From Lnir on Police Sent to Arrest Hint. HAD SHOT SON'S ACCUSER Story to Grand Jury About Bold Theft Leads to Triple Tragedy. The father of Puggy Horgan of the car burn gang went out list nlsiil tt "get" n saloon keeper named Charles Moser, because Mcscr had testified agnltnt Puggy. Beforo he last of many fchots had been tired Puggy Horgan'fl father had shot and probably tnortnllv wi unilt-d the sn.lo.vi tteepe.' then ktl'.i I n detective and finally was killed him self by a lieutenant of police. Moser was about to enter hl saloon nt 1801 First avenue at C o'clock when William Horgan. Puggy's father, began the night of bloodshed. Only a few days ngo Moser had told Ms sister tlntt friends of young Puggy Horgan had warned him that It would be well for Moser, when called to testify In a grand larceny chnrge lodged ngalnst Puggy, to forget anything he might know against Puggy. Moser testified against young Horgan yesterday, wherefore Puggy' father waited by tho door of the saloon until Moser came along. MiiHita tit Avenue .Hon, Moser was at his saloon door when Puggy" father Jumped towarJ him and npened tire. Two of tho bullets entered Mosr'.i lungs and ton Puggy's father turned and ran. With blood staining his shirt front and gaspfig for breath. Moser tried to pursue Pugg's father and was ablo to stagger aloni; In the murderer's trail for n block. The dying salofin keeper had to give up the chase then, but he still had strength left to stumble into the K.ist 104th street station house to cry out that he had been shot. As it result of the Immediate despatch ing of policemen to find Pufcgy's father there was soon a list of lead. Injured n rid prisoners to be made out. The Ileal. J08KPII tlUAItNlERI. 30 years old. a de. tectlve of the Et 104th ttrt station. Shot In th fo.-ehead. WILLIAM IIOUOAN, 51 y-,r old, f4th,r of Puggjv Ho-gan. of SIS Eut K!hty,elhth utreetTSVot In head and brruat by fJMit. C-ora- Hearlc after ha had Wiled Detectlvt J ouarnlerl. The Injured. CIIAULF.S MOSES. 4t yeara old. a aaloon keepr of 1191 Ilrt avenue, who teatlned axalnut Puggy Horgan. Shot throuah iunra by '.Vlnlhin llorsan; In Harlem Hotpttal; condition serious When Mover staggered Into the tmllce stitlon to t:il I,lcut. O'Connor that Pug. I tonlshinent among the 2,000 students nt gy's father had shot him the lieutenant I ,lr,lu- onl' ft fe,v of "horn had heard hurried Lieut. Hearle and Detectives j of tn-' hallnf- Guarnlcrl. Cassettl and Manclnl out Tlu l!,'f'n(liltM "" MIh' Mary Clark through the district to round up Puggy's of Indianapolis. Miss Huth Cowen of Chl father. A friend of the detectives named ' C!- Ml"i M:,r' fherldan of Attica. Ind.. Joo Most knew that Puggy's father i 'B8 '-"'her Klsner of Terre Haute. Ind. sometimes might be found In the flat of M,s3 Agnea Phillips of Monrocvllle, Ind.. Itlctuitd Fltrgerald on the fourth floor of ' "'IS 5,n" Ii:u'' of 'Star ty, Ind., anJ 1S40 Second avenue, detective Manclnl ' "s9 Helen L.ee of Oxford. Ind. quietly climbed to the roof over the Fltz g-.-rald flat, Cassettl watched the street door and I.leut. Hearle and Ouarnlerl, with Joe Moser trailing behind them, c.-ept up the stairs toward Fitzgerald's door. The detectives knocked upon hearing voices within. Mrs. Margaret Fitzgerald, who had been drinking beer In the flat with her husband, opened the door. "You're not gclng to search this flat," cried Mm, Fitzgerald. "Anyway, there's nobody here except us." Fires at nrtecllvr. Hearle and Ouarnlerl pushed the woman aside and entered the flat with drawn re volvers. Ilehlnd a pnlr of curtains hang ing nt the end of a long hall opening Into the Fltzgeralds' parlor Horgan sat In the der): nllently watching the. police men coming toward him. When Hearle and (luarnlerl were almost upon him Hor gan kicked tha cm tain aside and tired point blank at Ouarnlerl. The bullet struck tho detective squarely In the forehead. He lunged forward bev tween the flaps of the curtain and fell dead nt thi murderer's feet. And at the siime moment, before Horgan could fire again, Lieut. Hearle blazed away at Horgan. Puggy's father crumpled to the door and lay there dead with two bul lets 111 his brain. The shooting brought Cassettl, Manclnl and Moser Into the llat on the run. "He shot Joo and so I killed him," Lieut. Hearle told them, as the detective, ran through tho hall toward him. He sat down at a table then and cov ert (I his face with his hands. On the table be.ld him lay tho revolver that hml killed Puggy's father, Young Meiser sal. I later that hu grabbed the revolver In time to prevent one occupant of tho building whose hand was reaching toward the re volver from getting It. To 4i Are Arresleil. Tho pollen took Hluhard t-'IUgerald to the station limine on a ehargu of com. pounding a felony. If iu wife also was ll"l"Steil, Ueteotlve Ouarnlerl was shot four timed one night three years ago when he and I.leut. 1 carlo unit the either po licemen with (luarnlerl last ulght went after ii num. On that oocablon also, Hearle, whllo Ouarnlerl lay unconscious, shot (luarnleil's asMiilrtnt, who ill. "I nbrtiit n ee.-k 1,'itT. (lUHnilerl was In a hospital thr-e months because of his wounds then. Tlie shoutings of last night are the nut- growth oi a roiii'i-ry on i-e-urunry o. wnen a Mn. Oreer, wile of a canal boat captain, had a purse containing nu snini-neq from her while wanting along First ava- nue between Ninety-seventh nnd Ninety eighth streets. Charles Moser uaw the purse snatching and after he and his brother, Joe, had done some work on the case on their own account, the tiiloon keeper said ho was ready to swear that Puggy Morgan had taken the purse. Puggy Horgan was arrested on Febru ary 2t!. Puggy'ls ID years old and lived then at Sit! llast Eighty-eighth street with his father. Tlu police say Puggy has beep arrested seven tlmeii, the charges lis a rule being juvenile delinquency. In September, 1912, he was arrested on a robbcrj charge also, but was discharged when tho State. Was unablo to present witnesses. ROOSEVELT BIRTH PAPER SENT. Itrqulrrd In Madrid lie fore Krrtnlt Can Re Married. OxsTEn Hat, L. I,. April 2. Town Clerk Weeks sent to Madrid this afternoon the birth certlllcate of Kermlt Iloosevelt, which Is required there Iwfore a mar riage can be performed. Kermlt Itooee velt Is at present hunting In South Amer ica with his father, but -n Is return, as announced some time ago, he will be married to Miss Wlllard, daug iter of the Ambassador to Spain. The certificate read that ncrtnlt Roose velt was born October 10, lSiO. and was the Bon of Edith Ktrnil' Ci-riw and Theodore HooscvelL SUES SEVEN COLLEGE GIRLS FOR HAZING HER Student at ruriltie University Declares That Her Health Was Destroyed. Ijav'aykttb. Ind.. April 2. Miss Mahe! Itogers of Shoals. Ind., began suit to-day for $7,000 damages ngalnst seven rlrl seniors of Purdue I'nlverslty, whom she accuses of having hazed her laft January. Miss Itogers. who Is In tho tlrst year class at the university, hij-s that she was a healthy girl with normal eyes before the hazing, but that now her health Is destroyi-d and her sight Is Impaired. The plaintiff alleges that while she was preparing her lesons seven girls dragged her ft;om her room, tore off her clothing, painted her chest, back and neck with rd Ink, poured mucilage on her back and stuck pins Into her In an effort to compel her to kntel to her assailants. She further avers that she was ducked In a tub of water. "I was 111 at the time." Miss ltogir.s says In her complaint, "and I told my as sailants this when they attacked tne, but they paid no attention to my pleadlrws and treated me as If I were without feel ing." All of the acts committed by the girls, pho aver-i"!n "her eiirr.-ilalnt, were In fur therance of a conspiracy hathej iiirulnst hir some tlmo before. In concluding she declares the was compillod to remain away from college for six weeks on ac count of her sufferings following the brutal treatment accorded her and that she still Is 111. The girls named In the suit belong to prominent famllkH, and when their Iden tities became known thetu was great as- Soon after the hazing the seven ac cused seniors were expcllid, but were later permitted to return to the univer sity. One of the defendants declare that the hazing was a trivial affair. KILLS HUSBAND WITH HATCHET. Chinese WiiMinii Almost Itrbrnda Him In Jealous Rage, St. IOL'ip. April 2, Herause her hus bn 'd showed her a letter from an Ameri can woman the Christianized Chinese wife of Jen Hon Yee, wealthy merchant and Interpriter In the Federal courts, hacked him to death, almost behead. ng him with a hat' hot last night, then calmly watched beside the body until this after noon, when shu related tho details to her husbr.nd'H lawytr, ex-I,leut.-(!ov, Charles P, Johiihou, who turned her over to the p'.llce. Investigation shows that the letter which aroused tho Chinese wife's Jeal. ouay was written by Mrs. McAdoo, wife of a Pieshytcrl.il! pastor at Mount Ver non, III., and was a re-quest that .leu Hon Yee come over and deliver a l.cture. LEAVES L0N0W0RTH A PICTURE. Olil Vnrse Meikea n lleqnest tn Col. Itnnsesrlt'a on-ii.lni , Cincinnati, April 2. Kx-Congressmnn Nicholas IOngworth. s.in-ln-lnw of Theo. dnrc Itoosevelt, Is mentioned as a beiietlclnry In the will probate-d to-day of Alice May Faith, who for many years was a servant In tho longworth household. He Is to have "tlm oil painting now hang ing above tho mantel In my home.'' Mr, Uingworth said to-night : "Alice May Faith wna my nurse and I am greatly touched P.- the aiinniinctd re-1 membrane- i tuo In her will, t heard of tho matter only this afternoon. I have no Idea as to what sort of a picture it Is, If I have ever seen It I havo no recollec tion of It." STAMMER CURE BY USE OF HANDS Left llnnilcil I'lille-nt f'hnnirr tei Itlulil, mill Vlrr Versa, PllH.APKl.l'MU, April 2. Pr. Hudnon Makue-u, Hpeclallct at the Polyclinic Hos pital, nhfirts that persons afflicted with stammering may bt cure-d if they will niversu lhe UKei of their hands. His theory Is tint if a stammerer In lei t hati.lt .1 he should cultha'.e the use nf tlm right hand and tlm stnmme-rlng wl.l probably .11. i appear. The sanio applies to a right handed person. pr. Miikuen hati treati'd 2.H00 persons afflicted with htanimerliig, In ninny cases , permanent cure-a resuiteii. eif tin- nutii- bei, 77 per eent. wero iiuiUh, kS per cent. ,)f HVe.rnge im.ntallly. 14 per cent, below normal and l per luiii. fticblu mlndoeL by the Sun Printing and PubtltMng Alioeiation. VILLA IS IN TORREON FEDERALS IN FLIGHT Wires to Carranza in Juarez That Federal Stronghold Jlas Been Captured. HOHDEIt TOWN CELEBRATES .Mexico City Insists Beleaguered City's Garrison Has He pulsed Hcbels. Juaiu'.z, April 3 (Friday). This mes sage was received by Oen. Carranza from Gen. Villa at midnight: "I have the honor to annoanee that after eleven days of severe fighting the Con tltntlonallat army, which I have the honor to command, I In nndlstnrhed poeloo of the rlty of Torreon. the last remnant of the Federal army halng taken flight till afternoon. I regret to uy that .en. Trlasro has ruraped with an escort of a fen men and U belnr p ar med by my ravalry. My louses will num ber 1.34)0 wounded. The Federal loss. In killed and wounded and prisoners will he fully 12.000. Franclco Villa. "Oeneral In Command. Et, Paso, Tex.. April 2. Pancho Villa wired to the rebel officials In Juarez nt 11 o'clock to-night that h was In pos session of Torreon. A later message over the 'wire, not signed by Villa, however, stated that e.iiH t,,.ir .v.- T.-u.iu-ni ..,.i,An Aaor.t out of Torreon to the south before the rebels were aware of the retreat. Villa's.""" -" -loamy may men pursued and slaugir:tred many of tne retreating army anl rebel fSevalry Is In pursuit eif the other. The fleeing Federals have small chance of escaping. It Is coiisldere-d. Numerous prlsoneis were taken by the n-els. Oen. VelaHCO, Federal commander. Is said to be among those who escaped. Carranza, on receipt of the news of the surrender, summoned his officers hv a e-ill : i of the bugle nnd solemnly announced that , nrrmtt ' Women's Poltltenl Mr,,. Torreon was In Villa's hands. Th town! nara In West, a Miss I'nrpenter. was asleep, but In a few minutes Juarez I Hibtcs break up all the political meet was awake. The colored lights on the j Ings in the States where women vote, ac- -.--' on, the street lights were all slaficd Into burning nnd then tho rebel soldlera began to discharge lire arms nnd ring church bells. A message shortly aftir midnight from Villa supplementing Ills previous report raid he estimated his losses at 00 kllleel and 1,300 wounded. He sa.M ho esti mated thei Fed mil's losa nt 12,000 In MlleuV.wouaJ.tii-44tt4 prisoners. Carranza had no comment to make on the victory of Villa except to say; "It is one more triumph for our Just cA j.e, (Jen. Villa made a grat fight." REBEL DEFEAT REPORTED. Ilnrrtn G ernnient llrvilra Torreon Has lleell Token. Sptcial Cabtt Dftpatefi to Tin Sen. Mfxrh ClTt, April 3, The elovernment Is In receipt of ottlcinl di-spatches deny ing that the rebels have captured Tor reon. It Is stated that the Federals havo repulsed Oen. Villa's rebels, who are con- centrating at Jlmlncz and Parral. about mldw.is- between Torresin and Chihuahua, The. rebels are being driven Into the desert, where they will endure great suf- ferlng from thirst and starvation. The I-ederals are surrounding them to the south, east and w-st, nnd are nltning also to cut off their retreat to the north On. Maasn with l.voo men has arrived nt San Pedro, near Torreon, to reenforce Gen. Janvier de Moure. Gen. Gnrela Hi dalgo Is on his way to tho sumo place from Saltlllo with 1,200 men. The War Department has received a despatch from Oen. Moure saying that h- has driven off the rebels from San Pedro . nr.it that he Is moving toward Torreon. Gen. Hlanquet, the Minister of War, has .il'l'wuiii-,1 n .ui.iiiiiiii-,-, t.-uiini?ii(iK 'i v,--II. Auaya, Col. liustaniente and Major Men- dz to Investigate the killing of Clement ' Vegara, the Texas ranchman, by Mexlon i troops. The committee will leave here tn morrow to begin Its Investigations. H VERT A MESSAGE ADMIRED. peeeh to Congress .slnU.-s f'tiotl Itu lire-salmi In Vern riir. Special Cable Itetpateh to Tnr Sl'N. Vka Cnt'7, April 2. President Huertn's mesragc to Congress has cieated a mag nificent Impiesslon here. Members of all p.irtlis "xpress admiration of his grit. The reception given by Hear Admit at Fletcher aboard the Mayflower yesterday iik poorly attended. Nunc of Mexico's official representatives lure was present, although many were Invited, The Get mini cruiser Dresden arrived here from Tampleo to-day. The officers say that everything In quiet at that place. UND TO RETURN TODAY. Speelnl lliitny i-e-els I.oiik Itrst, WilshliiKton llxilnlii, Wakiunoton, April 2. After having been inarooiieil eight months In Mexico aa President Wilson's spes-lal agent John I, Ind Is com.ng home, Tho linpr oslon which prevails here. Is that he will not return to his dreary vigil In Mexico, Announcement of his return was m.ulo at tho White House this afternoon. Ho will leave Vera Cruz to-morrow on board tlm Presidential yacht Mayflower, which fur several weeks iiaa ls-en In Mexican wate rs se-rvlng as Admiral Fletcher'a flag ship. Ho piobably will arrive at tho Washington imy yanl late next we-ek, Mr. I -1 ml Is not being recalled, but la being permitted to net on his own strong di'.ilru to e-onio home. I', S, Consul nt I'nrrnl Arrested, Cmiii'Alli'A, April 2. I-:. A. Powers, American Vle-n-Consul at Parral, was ar rested hv the rebel niithorltle-H ut thnt nlnce to.dav on the ehaiifi. of n.iKsln.. counterfeits of lebel bank notes. (KKKN STItll'K M'ttTt'll. Thu Whiskey fur Connolmeurs. A.'.'DHUW L'fHUU i CO, lidliiburth,--Aiv, HAS BI00EST C3ICAQ0 INCOME. Head of Mall Order lloaae Will Pay Largest frVdrral Tag. Chicago, April 2. The largest Federal Income tax In Chicago will bo paid by Julius Itosenwald, president of a mall order house. Ills return showed an In come of $1,100,000 for tho ten months ended December 31, 1913, or on u basis of 11,320,000 for twelve months. More than 1,000 returns, Including those of several men of millions, were filed dur ing the extension period. Nearly 30,000 Individual schedules hnve been filed here. FASiLINO WALL KILLS THREE. Another IJyln-t From Cnllnpae of Portion of Flatbnah Theittre. The collapse yesterday afternoon of a retaining wall In the new Flatbush The atre under construction on Church ave nue, near Flutbush, ISrooklyn, crushed to death three men and injured another so seriously that he In dying In the Kings County Hospital. Two others believed at first to havo been burled In the ruins escaped. The dead are Francisco Tufa. 26 years old, of 724 I.orlmer street ; Frank Desano. 26, address unltnuwn, and an unidentified , man about CO yenr.4 old. The slx trK.n ,vrtt workni. behnd C . wai which separates the nit frr,, ti, orchestra. It Is thought that u miuntltv of earth plied against the wall thawed out and forced It to "buckle" Inward. VOICE ALL RIGHT. BRYAN SAYS. Aaka Help uf Press to Stop I'loo.l of Anirttetir .Meillcnl Ailtlee. Wasihsoton, April 2. Kcpo-ts that the tonal tiualitics of the voice of the Secre tary of State. Mr. IJryan, have u-terlorated during his service In Washington hnve been taken seriously by so many poisons throughout the country that Mr. Ilrynn ! !" de,,ufeJ, wl,,h su- ' to restored, The number of these letters containing r-e merit.'., t.tr- I i. great that Mr. Ilrynn to-dav requested' A 'l'1Klrt T"W )at" ""r-lsn-that tho newspaper correspondents s.-nd i rom Sorth saying the despatches announcing that his voice is ! '"outh, "i Cross, also thought to bo lost. not In need of any treatme:.:. I BABIES FOES OF SUFFRAGE. '""i, .-11-3 fhuco e-arpenier. Who re- in... .nun u vttsiern inp in time to ad- dress o mass meeting of the Woman Suf- rr.iise party at the Murray Hill Lyceum Inst night. "The antls are always telling us that the babies would be left neglected ut home when women vote, but I can te-stlfy that they are not. They go along and there are always three of them howling at once." MAD PEKINGESE DOGS BITE SEVEN AT PARTY Xoriltan TtllllCail. Short StorV W-U,.- c!.. 4i r. . "mil, iiini ri i;tii(r.-) tipc, Pasteur Trentmeiit. n,UD,. r, . .. - Pittsbvro, Pa.. Anrll 2. At th. Mr...- i Hospital here two 1-eklncese ,,d i v...' i r.t i i.n.i . ' invinnrH ni P.omlnen, families of this city an- un- der Pasteur treatment as a result nf the dogs running wild and biting the patients lart Tuesday evening during nr. niieriniiimciu in me noine of Mrs. Hob - ert K. Duncan at 4715 Wnlllngford ave nue. Those attacked and bitten by the dogs were Mrs. Hubert K. Duuc.in. the owner of the Pekingese) poodles and the bote ; Norman Puucnn. the Bhort story writer nnd a brother-in-law of Mrs. Puncan; Mrs. W. S. Klllott and four children Kllzaheth. aged 13. daughter of Mrs. Pun- can; Gilbert, aged 10. and Margaret. aged 13, both children of Mrs. F.llictt. , aim .VKIICH ,i, uson, age-.i 1J, The unen victims after being bitten were hurried to th" M rcy Hospltil. w here they were Immediately put ur.de-r treatment. The Pekingese wero also taken theie for observation ami to be Inoculated v.-lth the anti-rabies toxin. It was learned later that the Pekingese poodle-B had bee-n bitten six veeeiss ago by'. . , , . ,. , ... , , . . . I bringing als.i most of the dead, is due hem e nu,e cur. Physicians at the hospital said to-d:.y that the prompt .tdmlnlsturlng of the Pasteur tolu prnctleally pr-cludes the danger of hytlrcphobla developing in the patients. NIXON'S SON OUT OF YALE. llel.l n ,,-,lll) Hull for Assiiiilt mi i:. II. i:ellt. Ni:.v Havkn, April 2. Stanhopo W. Nixon of Ne-w York, tho member of the Junior eliiss in tho Khc-llleld r-'clentittc .School who Is under arrest for assault on I-Mward II. Kvcilt, an electrical engineer of this city, has withdrawn fiom Yale, ac cording to an iinnounci-nicnt made to night, Nlxim't; case wan continued under II, too bomb In the polle- court to-diy by Judge John Ii. llooth until April 10. Lewis Nixon, the young man's father, nrrlved hero late last night with Attoiney Kohn of New York. After the case had been disposed of In the pollco court Attorney Kohn held a conference with Director Hussell II, Chit tenden of tho Shefllr'.d Scientific School at his otllci', after whl.'h the elder Nixon was closete-d with Mr. (Chittenden, As a te sult the young man went back to New York to-night with his father. It was stilted this evening that tho a.'isatllt, whh'li tool, place o.uly In the morning of October 22 last while. Mr. Kverlt was walking out Witney avenue to his homo, was the result of llverlt'a re fusal to give Nixon a match when they met In the centte of the city a short tlnio befote. It Is nlleged that Mr, Kverlt. thinking thnt Nixon and his friends were drinking, reftiH.-d to havo anything to do with them when they asked him for a ' match, They then followed him to tha spot where the assault was committed. Young Nixon Is held on tho technical charge) of breach of the pe.ics. PRICE TWO CENTS. 64 SEALERS CUT OFF FROM SHIP DIE ON THE ICE Newfoundland Loses Tart of Her Crew in Belle Isle Strait. STRUCK BY BLIZZARD Floes Break Up and Men Are Separated Vessel Be: lieved Safe. THIKTV-SEVEX SURVIVE The Bcllaventure Bringin;: Them and Most of the Dead to Port. St. John's, N. P., April 2. Sixty-few-men of the sealing steamship . ewfounct land dead on the Ice floes of t..j Strait of Hello Isle. Thirty-seven survivors wars rescued. That Is the record to date of the bliz zard which swept up from the Atlantic past Capo Ilace. the- Gulf of St. Lawrence, the strait of Belle Isle, nn up through Newfoundland and Labrador Into the Arc tic Zone. Is snfx at Channel, N. F, Hhe ca-rie.i a crew of 173. The men of the Newfoundland perished Tuesday night nnd early Wednesday aa they clung to the Ice does broken up by the gale which caught them awuy from their ship. About one hundred of them had starter) out to gaff the teal herd the. had dlcovered on the Ice. The storm swept upon them and the floe divided Unprotected, without food, wlthou-. any artificial warmth, they wer buffeted about during the long hours. Thlrty-flvu of them on one floe had been sent in of!.- direction and tl' balance In another. The Newfoundland had been unable to reach them, nnd injured prhap by tha j poundlnr in the l-e. ias .un.plid to k"ep off. Th first sign of the f-w hours I light found them far .Jltmnt fr ... t-,e'r , ihlp. ! It Is believed from a wireless dtf-pateh i caught by the Furness liner Kagle P-i.nt. which arrived here to-day, mat the ; thlrty-tlve were sent illte.-tly in h p.r . of tht" s-lef Utefano and were lescued. nil ..ii. . v, . ,. ... .... . -- .m-,.K ,.-.-rio.y iroiv. -posur-. i ne main ixiy was not rescued for hours afterward and the sealer Hela venture. Cant. Handel), came upon then Of these seventy-live or eighty men onl ,nlrt! allv" wnt'" l'l'tits of tlv . ... , .. '.. . " .IT. J M "t.ner- I "l u-""' 1 iri wre In s. i.lflfnl , ,,,,1 I.,,, ,u.. all0,rJ nnd ..vVrythlnu done to takei revive The three da Wl.,rel dle.i duwr early to-dav and telegranh coIr.,,,-iu,,.tl. 1 has b.-en reeslabll-ne.1 with ll irts ,,i rtatlnns uro-ind th- Caie and up tie S; La-vn-nce. The storm ens wtrnir nnnnh ,., blow .lnwn t:,.. v.ir..i.. ,.., e'ape Itace station, whle-li h.ul stoiv through the storms of y.-art.. The Government and private Interesm are ilolng everything possible to-night :e end the annlety of the families of the n-nlers, many of whom live In M. John's. The He'll evertturo ha l-.-en ordered to ,,r.,.H , nee to this, port and Mm should re-rich here tiwiiorow afternoon. As soon as the Stel'nno can be picked up by wlreleBS she will receive simlla-order-. livery effort Is being luade ti g.t a report on the New founilliu.fi. The city Is making arritngeinepts fo hie-pltal accommodation for tin- su-vlwr.i when they arrive. The Il.-ilev.-ntur. e-.uly to-moi-'ow. Karller wlribss messages l.-.l ;,. :i. fine that the Ions of lite ouM be m tl " hundrids. One from Cape Itace rea.: "Sealers from steamer Now four.. land caught In bllzz.irel. Fifty me found elead em Icei this morning Mir from other i-hlps trlng to le.ich re in ilii.l. r of cxhiuiMed crew of 120 men." Another wireless message taid : "Tho healer Newfoundland was .aught In a blizzard while healing and more than 1.1. 1 of her crew wero froen to death. Tin- tied Cross steam hhlp Florlzel picked up fifty men eleiad and dying after the Newfoundland hank. Tho total loss of llfu on tha Newfoundland Is 170," Stenmrr Wna Wrll I1qulpei1, The Newfoundland, built for the heallrg trade In IS "2, was 212 feet long, with .i beam of 23 feet. She was equipped with Ire breakers ami had double braced holds for souoezes. She sailed fiom St. John's for the opening of the season on March 13 nnd e-aught the ice Hoes where tho heals herded almost at once. A large fleet vi.s always In her neighborhood. So far as could b- lea- . up to to-day from her captain, W. I. n, an tx pirlence.l Arctic nu i..i,or, mmIh were plentiful and catcher wne good. There was no trouhlei until .Monday night cr Tuesday, when the terrific storm which is still sweeping from the Gulf of St. Law rence through the straits, up eiver Labra dor and Into Greenland, began, Tho fill! extent of this blorm has not yet been learned because all land telegraphs, Go eminent and prlv He, aro down and ni communication between ports except by wr,.ess Is cut off It Is known only that, believing ecry- Confiuucii on Htcoiid Pag, 4