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THE WASHINGTON HERALD
WEATHEE FORECAST.
Trobably fair and somewhat
warmer to-day; to-morrow, fair.
LARGEST MORNING
CIRCULATION.
NO. 1692.
WABEIVOTOJTD. 0., THURSDAY, MAY ,25, 1811. TWELVE PAGES.-
ONE CENT.
PARDONS DENIED
WALSH AND MORSE
SCENE OF TRAGEDY IN COLORADO BUILDING.
SLAVER OF WIFE
ADMITS JEALOUSY
DEATH TO DIAZ.
CRIES HUGE MOB
IN MEXICO CITY
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BY THE PRESIDENT
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. For Best Interest of Society that They Serve
Their Prison Sentences.
POWERFUL INFLUENCES RESISTED
Men and Women High in
Signers to Petitions for
President Holds to
President Taft last night denied the applications for pardon of
Charles W. Morse, the former New York banker, 'who is serving1 a
fifteen-year sentence in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., and
John R. Walsh, the Chicago financier, who is serving a five-year sen
tence at Leavenworth, Kans.
Permission is given by j:he President to Morse to renew his appli
cation for pardon after January 1, 1913.
As Walsh is eligible for parole after next September, when he will
have served two-thirds of his sentence, the President refused to take
any action whatever in his case.
INFLUENCES RESISTED.
In deciding against Morse and Walsh
the President has resisted the most pow
erful influences that have been brought
to "bear upon him on any subject since
he entered the AVhite House. In his
memorandum announcing; his rejection of
the application, he refers to the in
fluential and prominent persons who have
petitioned in behalf of the prisoners, and
adds that they apparently fall to ap
preciate the high Importance to society
that such "criminal breaches of trust as
Worse and Walsh were guilty of should
be severely punished. In the case of
Morse, Mrs. Morse presented a petlUon
bearing the names of about 10,000 per
sons. Including many In political life.
while in Walsli's case the requests for
clemency came from many high in politi
cal and social life.
The President, in his opinions, lays
down certain principles concerning the
violation ot the national banking laws
In considering the Walsh case, and then
applies these principles also1 to the Morse
appeal. The President holds that both
men were guilty in proportion to the
trust and confidence extended to them.
He points out the necessity of the gov
ernment emphasizing the difference be
tween "honest business and dishonest
breaches of trust," particularly because
the present "mad rush for wealth" has
dimmed the lines between "profit from
legitimate business and Improper gain
from undue use of trust control over
other people's property and money."
Here are the opinions glen by the
President:
Opinion In "Walsh Came.
"John R. Walsh was convicted of mis
application of the funds, of the Chicago
National Bank, while Its president, and
was sentenced to Imprisonment In the
Leavenworth Penitentiary for Ave years.
He began serving his sentence January
19. 1910.
"His pardon Is asked, first, because his
violations of laws were techlncal, and
did not Involve moral turpitude, and se
cured him no financial benefit, second,
because all the depositors of his banks
were paid through the sacrifice of his
private-fortune, third, because he was. in
doing what ho did. attempting to up
build Industries of substantial benefit to
the country, fourth, because he Is an
old man. In Ill-health, not likely to live
long, and one who has borne a good rep
putatlon and lived a life of simplicity and
not of self-indulgence.
"The facts are that Walsh owned a
large Interest In three banks the Chicago
National Bank, the Equitable Trust Com
pany, and the Home Savings Bank, the
latter two Illinois State corporations. He
absolutely controlled them, although
there was a substantial minority Interest
in all of them held by others. Ho used
them to furnish the -money for the de
velopment of several railroads, limestone
quarries, coal mines, and other enter
prises Using his control of these banks,
he took their funds and Invested them
In enterprises of the character men
tioned, either by direct purchase of the
bonds which he had caused to be Issued,
or by lending from the funds of the
bank money on 'dummy' notes secured
by such bonds as collateral. He risked
nearly the whole funds of the three
banks In the security of these enter
prises, and, because of these investments,
the banks failed. The allied banks of
Chicago, In order to prevent a panic, took
oer the Walsh "bank holdings and
Walsh's property and paid the depositors
In full, but In' the liquidation the allied
banks will sustain a substantial loss.
Application Denied.
"The application for pardon must be
denied. In the first place, the record
shows moral turpitude of that insidious
and dangerous kind to punish which the
national bank law wero especially en
acted. Those laws were Intended to se
cure on the part of the national banking
officers the faithful and honest adminis
tration of their trust In the use and han
dling of the funds of the bank. Including
its capital, surplus, and deposits, for the
benefit of the shareholders and depos
itors. .A bank officer who uses such
funds to promote enterprises In which
he has a private interest, and without
the knowledge and consent of the share
holders, for whom he is a trustee, in
volves the whole capital of the bank In
unauthorized speculation, from which ho
Is to derive profit If successful, 1b guilty
Over SIXTY DaUK Weekly, and Monthly publications AreJLpcaiedin Washington,
the Affairs of the Nation
Executive Clemency.
Technical Guilt
of a fraudulent breach of trust, is guilty
of moral turpltue, and must be punished
under the national banking act. No ref
ence to usual business methods, no sug
gestion of great business enterprises, no
excuse of building up useful Industries,
and no subsequent attempt to make
good the losses which his acts have
brought upon Innocent persons who trusted
him can gloss over the fact that such
a man Is taking other people's money
for his own uses.
"Walsh had acquired exeat power in
tho control of three large banks. His
responsibilities -were commensurate. His
guilt Is in proportion to the trust and
confidence extended to him. Of course,
he did not Intend to steal the money of
his depositors or stockholders, but ba
is not less guilty on this account. He
abused their trust and confidence and
Imperiled -the money of those who trusted
him in enterprises of most speculative
character, and he thus lost their money.
If the speculation had been successful as
he hoped, they would notbave lost, it may
be. and ho would hae allowed them the
usual Interest or dividend.
"The real and great profit would have
been his.
"Many influential and prominent per
sons have petitioned for his pardon. They
do not fully appreciate. It seems to me.
Continued on Pncc 3, Column 3.
BIG HOLE IN LINER.
Ivernia Makes Port After Hitting
Daunts Rock.
Queenstown, May 24 With a great hole
in her bow the Cunard liner Ivernia,
which left Boston for Queenstown and
Liverpool on May 18 with 72S passengers,
came slowly up the bay this afternoon.
The Ivernia had run on Daunts Rock at
the entrance to the harbor at noon while
steamlpg along In fog. The captain or
dered the engines reversed at tho first
shock and the steamship was backed into
deep water.
The water rushed in through the
opening made In the bow, but, the for
ward bulkhead prevented It from reach
ing the other holds. The passengers re
tained their presence of mind and were
not the least excited after being assured
by the officers of the vessel that she
would make port In safety.
The Ivernia made her way Into the
harbor and came to anchor close to the
eastern bank of Kinloch Channel. Al
her passengers were taken off in safety
and none suffered the slightest injury
Several tenders stood by to render any
assistance that might be necessary.
UNITARIANS IN A CLASH.
Church Members Take Sides in the
I.orimer Case.
Boston. May 24 At the meeting of the
American Unitarian Association to-day in
Tremont Temple. Rev. U. G. B. Pierce,
chaplain of the United States Senate,
said that All Souls' Church, Washington,
condemned the movement to excommunl
cate Senator Duncan U. Fletcher from
the list of vice presidents of the assocla
tlon because he voted to retain Senator
Lorlmer In the Senate. The opposition
to Senator Fletcher was begun by Rev.
John Haines Holmes, of New York.
BURGLAR GETS HUNG
IN ENTEEING HOME
New York. May 24. A burglar
who had planned to ransack the
home of Ellas Surtit, at 138 West
121st street, was choked to death
in tho attempt. As he was about
to slip down a rope -which he had
made fast to the chimney and let
fall through a skylight, the prop
slipped and the heavy roof door
caught him in the throat, holding
his body dangling. He suffocated,
and was found there this after
noon. The coroner said the burg
lar had been dead at least two
weeks. His body could not be
identified.
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PREACHED HERESY '
TO STIR INTEREST
Rev. Dr. Grant Says Congre
gation Was Asleep.
Atlantic City. N. J., May 24, Senti
ment aroused by wide circulation of the
sonsational counts in the heresy trial
of Dr. William D. Grant, of Northum-
berlanoPresbytery may' cause delay in:
tne handing in or the verdict. -Lack
-of Interest displayed by mem
bers of his congregation, some of whom
dosed away during the preaching of tho
sermon, caused Dr. Grant to make some
of his apparently startling statements,
according to his own words in an inter
view to-night. He said:
"It is necessary for ministers of this
progressive age to keep wide awake If
they would gain converts. Congrega
tions are different. They don't seek
the Gospel with such assiduity as of
old. It Is the preacher's office to al
ways keep them on edge: to shock
them, if necessary, to rlnet their atten
tion." In explaining the particular interpreta
tion of his application of the shocking
method. Dr. Grant explained, "at times
people In the pews seem to lose their
Interest in things religious. Sermons
based on the exact teachings of the Bible
fall to have the wanted effect, to furnish
food for thought that will lead to closer
study of the Scripture to satisfy per
sonal doubt."
The plan of consolidating the various
boards adopted provisionally last Satur
day met quick death on the floor of the
assembly as the final work of the after
noon session. The Rev. Mark Mathews,
of Seattle, defeated candidate for moder
ator, led In the opposition. He intro
duced an amendment to the resolution
offered by the executive commission, by
which they planned federation of the
board of erection and the board of home
missions, which took the bottom out of
the proposition.
W00DR0W WILSON
MAY LOSE HIS PAY
Check Will Be Given to the
Acting Governor.
Trenton, N. J., May 24 This month's
pay check Is likely to be lost to Gov.
Wilson by reason of his trip to the far
West. No one in authority will discuss
ttho subject, but it is understood that the
attorney general has advised that the
money be paid to Acting Gov. Ackerman,
precedent being taken from the "dock
ing" of former Gov. Voorhees for a
European trip.
There is much adverse comment. In
asmuch as Gov. Wilson Js a comparative
ly poor man, while Acting Gov. Acker
man is a multimlllonalre.
WILLIAM TELL MODERNIZED.
Sharpshooter Cats Ashes Off of a
Cigar.
Refusing to accept a dare, William
Conn, an employe of the Bureau 'of En
graving and Printing, yesterday held a
lighted cigar between his teeth and al
lowed CapL C A. Sldman, U. S. A., to
shoot the ashes off 'with an army Colt
revolver..
The first two shots merely grazed the
end of the cigar, knocking the ashes off,
but the third shot was a trifle wild And
cut the cigar in half about an inch from
Conn's mouth. Conn is belag congratu
lated for his nerve.
9&M to Gettyabajra? or Pern Mar
Memorial Day, May SO, Pennsylvania R. It.
Bpecuu trams leave Washington 7:80 a. m.
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EDWAIID J. MncDONALD,
Who ibot icd killed his irife in the Colorado Build
ing. WEIRD PRACTICES
IN STUDIO HOUSE
Italian a Witness in 3Irs.
Ole Bull Will Case.
Alfred, Me., May 24. Nicola Roberto,
the former Italian barber, who Is now a
wine merchant In his own country, but
was for several years a member of the
household of Mrs. Ole Bull, was again
the only witness heard to-day In the con
test over the will of the violinist's widow.
Roberto continued his recital of the
queer sayings and weird practices In the
studio house of Mrs. Bull at Cambridge,
Mass. Roberto declared that Mrs. Mary
W. Sewall had amazing healing powers
according to Mrs. Bull. He said the
widow of the noted musician told him
Mrs. Sewall could lie in her bed and
cure others of all ills and pain.
This morning the attorney and Judge
Hughes went Into a private room with
Roberto In order, to listen to some of the
testimony about the happenings In Mrs.
Bull's studio house In Cambridge which
the Italian declined yesterday to tell
about .In public. This testimony, It Is
stated, related to tho happenings that
sometimes took place In the Cambridge
Hlndoo mystic circle to which Mrs. Bull
and some of her friends belonged.
SOUTHERN FIREMEN
THREATEN STRIKE
Will Quit Saturday if De
mands Are fiefnsed.
Approximately 2,300 firemen and engi
neers of the Southern Railway threaten
to strike Saturday unless President Fin
ley grants them a 20 per cent Increase In
wages by tomorrow.. A strike vote has
been taken by the executive committee
in the 'lost two days. The ballots ar
rived at the Louisville division-last night.
A two-thirds .majority of the votes is
necessary to cause a walk-out Vice
President Teat, of the Brotherhood, re
fused to state the outcome of the elec
tion, but It was- learned the men will
make a final demand on President Flnley
before they strike. I
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-and dried in the open air, . 60 cents.
Tolman uuinary. f none jtaro aw.
his wife. Cross shows where Mrs.
KING'STHIRDCOURT
ONE OF BRILLIANCE
Several American Women
Presented to Royalty.
London, May 24. King George's thlra
court held to-night was similar In bril
liance to those that have preceded it.
The King appeared in the Uniform of
an admiral 'of the British navy,.whllo
the Queen wore a gown of apricot satin
with a white eatln train embroidered
with gold.
The Baroness Grcville, whp Is a sister
of the late Cecil Grace, tho aviator killed
recently, appeared In a mourning jetted
gown with a train of oxidized silver.
She wore a diamond tiara.
Mrs. Whltelaw Reld, the wife of the
American Ambassador, wore a mauve
satin gown with velvet. Her ornaments
were pearls. Mrs. Reld presented sev
eral American women. Mrs. William
Bourn, of California, for the occasion
wore white satin with a train of lace;
Mrs. Charles Begma, of Chicago, was
attired In white satin with embroldereu
diamonds, a tunic of white gauze over
a silver train. Her ornaments were
pearls and diamonds, and she carried
a bouquet of white roses.
Mrs. Bull, wife of Commodore James
Henry Bull, retired, was gowned In gold
satin, with mcchlln lace caught up with
diamond bows, with a train of yellow
and white Chinese brocade. She wore
diamonds. Her daughter Margery wore
white chiffon, embroidered with pearls,
with a train of silver white satin over
sliver tissue. Her ornaments were pearls.
Miss Bull carried a bouquet of white
carnations.
Miss Mary Enders, of Chicago, wore
an apricot satin, with a train of chlf
fdn. Miss Lucy Buckner, daughter of
W. H. Buckner, formerly of the diplo
matic service, appeared In white chif
fon, with a sliver satin train and pearls.
Friend of Carnegie Dead.
Los Angeles, May 24 J-John D. Hooker,
a lifelong friend of Andrew Carnegie and
the man who donated the 100-inch re
flecting telescope to the Carnegie Obser
vatory on Mount Wilson, died suddenly
at 9 o'clock to-night at his home here.
JAY GOULD'S YOUNGEST SON,
Frank J. Gould, has formed a combination
which is investing
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
' in Traction and Electric Light and Water
f Power Plants in Richmond, Petersburg,
Norfolk," and other Virginia cities.
The remarkable story of this control of
great enterprises, written by a" special cor
respondent, who has personally gathered
the facts, will appear in
NEXT SUNDAY'S EDITION OF
THE WASHINGTON HERALD
Edward J. MacDonald Breaks
Down Before Police.
"I JJAD GOOD CAUSE"
Murder Committed in Colorado
Building Corridor.
Instating- that She Accompany Him
to Attorney's Office on the Ninth
Floor, Husband Leads 'Way from
Elevator at Fifth Floor and Shoots
Her Four Times Woman' SUter
Identifies the Murderer.
Fired by an uncontrollable jeal
ousy, Edward J. MacDonald, for
merly of Albany, . Y., but for the
last six years an intermittent resi
dent of Washington, yesterday shot
and killed his pretty young wife.
The murder was committed in the
fifth floor corridor of the Colorado
Building, whither MacDonald had
lured his wife on the plea that at
torneys had papers for her to sign
by means of which he was to obtain
a sum of money from certain secu
rities held in trust for him in New
York State.
SIGNATURE NEEDED.
Early yesterday morning MacDonald.
who had spent the night with his wife
at the home of his brother-in-law. M. A.
Blllop. S2S I street northwest, explained
to his wife and his sister-in-law that he
had to go to the firm of McNeill & Mc
Neill for the purpose of obtaining $200.
He Insisted that his wife accompany him
or meet him there as there was a neces
sary corollary to obtaining tho money
which rcqulredi her signature.
Mrs. MacDonald met her husband at
the Colorado Building at 1 o'clock. Un
known to MacDonald, Mrs. Blllop and
MI.s Bessie KcUyhad fallowed the wife
to the comer'of Fourteenth and G streets
northwest. MacDonald did not see them
when he Joined his wife. He told her to
come with him to the lawyers office.
They took the eleator, but at the fifth
floor MacDonald suggested that they
alight. The offices of McNeill & McNeill
are on the ninth floor, but Mrs. MacDon
ald had not been told of this fact.
As they stepped from the elevator Mac
Donald started a discussion with his wife.
His conversation was carried on In low
tone and the only witness to the discus
sion. Miss Margaret Moore, of Mount
Rainier, Md., an employe In the office of
George W. Blankenshlp, heard but a few
words. She caught nothing of MacDon
ald's conversation, but overheard Mrs.
MacDonald say, laughingly: "Oh, I guess
not."
Shoot Three Times.
Miss Moore passed into the elevator and
descended. A moment later MacDonald
whipped a .38 caliber hammerless revolver
from his pocket and began firing at his
wife at close range. He pulled the trig
ger four times. The weapon missed Are
once, but three bullets took effect.
Mrs. MacDonald fell to the floor of the
corridor with wounds In the mouth.
through the left eye. and In the neck.
Lemuel Fugltt. who has offices on the
fifth floor of the building, was the first
to reach the scene. MacDonald was
standing over his wife's body -with the
smoking revolver In his hand. A mo
ment later A. H. Weber hurried up.
"What Is the matter?" said Mr. Weber.
"Oh, nothing. I guess," said MacDon
Continued on Pane 7, Column 2.
Police and Soldiers Make
No Arrests While Riot
ers Surge Through the
Streets, Angered That
President Has Not Re-'
signed Riflemen on
Towers Prevent Ringing,
of Church Bells.
Meeting in Chamber of Depu
ties Breaks Up in Wild Riotj
Impartial Building Set on
Fire Rapid-fire Guns Plant-
ed on the Roof of National!
Palace.
By HARRY H. DCXJT.
Mexico City, May 24, 7 :30 p. m.
A mob of 5,000 surged through1
the streets to-night crying, "Death!
to Diaz; death to all foreigners!"'
The mob demanded a wagon front
one Mexican who refused and was,
dragged off the wagon and killed!
by stamping and beating with
stones. Police and soldiers on the
streets made no attempt to make
arrests. HOUSE HEAVILY GUARDED.
The Diaz house In Cadena street la
heavily guarded. Dias and his wife and
family aro reported to have left the
house secretly. They are not in thw1
house now. and not in Chapultepec Cas-F
tie. The mob is increasing every min
ute with fresh recruits from all parts
of the city and suburbs. ,
Tlys celebration of peace Ta Zacateca.
a city of 50.000. capital of the state of
the same name, turned Into a wild riot
late this afternoon when a mob of 5,000
surged through the streets and attacked
the barracks, where they were met by
heavy volleys from the troops, and four
were killed.
The mob here is still raging and try
ing to get Into buildings for loot. They
went to the building of the Mexican
Herald, demanded the lives of Gringoes.
but were pacified by being given freo
copies of an extra containing the mani
festo of Itobles Domlnguer, Madero'a
agent here, calling on all people in th
city to maintain order.
Three mobs are ranging. the streets
the one already described one in front
of the newspaper Imparclal. the govern
ment organ, and another, the largest, in
the central plaza, where mounted troops
are mildly trying to preserve order. Rifle
men are stationed In the towers of the
cathedral overlooking- the plaza and in
the towers of all the- churches in the
city to prevent the ringing of bells ta
call more people out.
Breaks Up In Riot.
The meeting of the Chamber of Depu
ties broke up in a wild riot at 4:30 o'clock
tnis anernoon, when Diaz's agent made
the announcement to the Chamber that
Diaz would not resign to-day. Five thou
sand men were Inside the chamber and
10.000 more outside. The mob began cry
ing: "Deceiver; he will not resign. Make him
resign. Do it to-day." This started the
mob Inside and outside and the deputies
fled through secret passages to the streets
a block away.
At S o'clock the mob set the Imparclal
building on Are, broke all the windows,
and then started for the President's
house, again planning to destroy it. Th
three big mobs are gradually amalga
mating In the plaza, where soldier!
wait with loaded guns.
Rapld-flre guns have been planted on
the roof of the National Palace. De la
Barra has Just issued a statement to tha
press declaring that Diaz and Corrall
will both resign to-morrow sure, and
calling on all Mexicans to support the
new government. The statement Is ridi
culed by tho mob.
GOING TD CORONATION.
Many Araerlcnna Are Passengers
Aboard the Mnnrrtania.
New York. May -t The Mauretanla
left port to-day with a large number of
distinguished Americans In her cabins,
many of whom are going to London to
see the coronation. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
J. Gould occupied the regal suite. Both
are going to tho coronation and to Chan
tllly to see Mr. Gould's horse, Combur
grace. In the French Derby.
Joaquin Sorolla. the Spanish artist,
who two years ago sold 320,000 worth of
pictures in America, sailed for his home
again. He has sold so many pictures
here during the last three months that
he said he had lost count of the num
ber. He and his wife will not come
back to the United States for five years.
Mr. and Mrs. William. Randolph Hearst
sailed for Europe. After a short stay In
London, they will motor on the Conti
nent, visiting the Balkan states and
Dalmatla. They were accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs- Guy Barham. of Los An
geles.
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