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WEATHER.
Fair and warmer tonight.
Wednesday fair; light to mod
erate southerly winds.
The Star is the only afternoon
paper in Washington that prints
the news of the Associated Press.
CLOSING HETV YORK DAfl? ,
STOCK at'OTAT10*S lAU?i IU
No. 19,046.
WASHINGTON, D. CL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1912-TWENTY PAGES.
ONE CENT.
ALLIES CONSENT
TO TALK PEACE
WITHTHE PORTE
Envoys Are Named to Discuss
Terms With Commander of
Turkish Army.
EIGHT-HOUR ARMISTICE
FOR BURIAL OF DEAD
Respite Agreed to Between Contend
ing Forces at Tchatalja.
TOWN OF ALESSIO CAPTURED
Servians and Montenegrins Occupy
Chief Source of Supply for Be
seiged Garrison of Scutari.
Many Killed at Monastir.
SOFIA, Bulgaria. November 19.
? The allied Balkan nations today
assented to the Turkish proposal
to discuss the terms of an armis
tice and eventual peace.
The reply sent to the dispatch
of the grand vizier to King Fer
dinand of Bulgaria says:
"1 he Bulgarian government,
after agreement with the allied
cabinets of Servia, Montenogro
and Greece, informs the porte that
plenipotentiaries have been ap
pointed with instructions to ar
range with the commander-in
chief of the Turkish armies the
conditions of an armistice and
subsequently to proceed to the
conclusion of peace."
lX)NDON", November 19.?An eight-hour
armistice has been agreed to between the
Bulgarians* and Turks at Tchatalja so
that both armies may bury their dead,
according to a news agency dispatch from
? onstantinople.
Alessio Is Captured.
? r /
HIEKA, Montenegro, November 19.?A
' ombined army of Servian and Monte
negrin troops today occupfed the town of
AImsM, near the Adriatic coast Alessio
has been the chief source of supply for
the besteg%d Turkish garrison of Scu
tari. Although only a small place of
8.000 inhabitants its possession is of great
importance.
The Montenegrin and Servian armies I
met before Alessio yesterday afternoon.
The combined forces then made an as
sault of such fierceness that the Turks
hoisted the white flag in the evening.
The Servian and Montenegrin troops en
tered the town today. Their losses were
r.ot great.
Lote 10,000 at Monastir.
BELGRADE. Servia. November 19.?The
Turkish casualties during the three days'
lighting prjor to the fall of Monastir be
fore the attack of the Servian troops are
reported to have been 10.000. Great
(inantities of modern field guns, rifles and
supplies fell into the hands of the Ser
vians.
The Servian (tovernment considers tluit
with the fall of Monastir the work of the
Servian armies In Macedonia can be re
garded a.s . omplete in exactly one
month they have sw*-pt the Turks from
the whole of old Servia and have captur
ed booty worth many millions.
King Peter of Servia will make a
triumphal entry into Monastir in a few
days The decoration of the streets to
v.Mcome Mm has begun.
Repulsed at Tchatalja.
ONSfAX rj\OP[jE. November 19.?
The artillery fight along the lines of
r-.-hatalJa uas le.-s violent yesterday than
Sunday. according to a rei>ort of Nazim
I'artha. the Turkish commander-in-chief.
t,!S , howev. r. occurred along the whole
fortifications. He continued:
?th<> tnemy'8 infantry,
no tried to advance at some points."
International Tangles.
^ 1ENNA, Austria, November 19. Se
r.ous international lneidnnts are reported
to have occurred after the occupation of
the Adriatic port of San Giovanni dl Me
dua by the Montenegrins Saturday, ac
?-ording to the correspondent of the
Tteichspost at Seutarl. The correspond
ent telegraphs, that the Turkish troops
evacuated San Giovanni dl Medua on
the arrival of a Montenegrin column and
he declares that an Austrian courier from
Scutari was lired upon by the Montene
grin troops.
W hen the Montenegrin commander.
'>n. Martlnovitch. arrived at San Gio
vanni dl Medua Sunday he ordered the'
seizure of the Austrian mail bag? lying
thjre and destined for Scutari.
The Montenegrin general then told his
troops, according to the correspondent, 1
to remove all the goods on board the Aus- ]
trlan IJoyd magazine vessel anchored in ,
the port and he had all the other Aus-!
man craft lying there searched.
Allies Are Willing.
LONDON. November lD.-The nations
of the Balkan confederacy today signified
th?ir willingness to treat for terms of
pea<-e at the request of the Turkish em
pire.
The stubborn defense encountered by
" Bulgarians at the line of fortifications
at Tchatalja and the realization that enor
...out slaughter would be necessary to
pierce them at the point of the bayonet
?lth every prospect that their ranks
Mould be declmat.'d by cholera before
'boy had attained success. doubtle?s
pioveo deciding factors in inducing the
allies to listen ?o the urglngs of the great
powers and refrain from pressing on to
the Turkish capital.
Simultaneously with the dispatch to the
grand vizier of their agreement to ap
point peace plenipotentiaries, the allied
Balkan nations notified the European
powers of the step they had taken, and
thanked them for their offer of mediation
1 hat the terms of the allie* will U*
. drastic is expected but the European
ivowerj. are doing their utmost to make
h?m l'.ss harsh than was at first mooted
without attempting to rob th?; Balkan
? onfedcracy of the fruita of the month's
Convicted of First Degree Mur
der in Rosenthal Case.
JURY OUT BUT SHORT TIME
Doom of "Gyp," "Lefty Louie," Dago
Frank and "Whitey" Lewis Sounded.
QUICK VERDICT A SURPRISE
Only One Hour and Ten Minutes
Consumed as Against Seven Hours
in Becker Trial.
NEW YORK. November 19.?"Gyp the
Blood," "Lefty Louie.'' "Wliitey" Lewis
and "Dago Prank" Ciroticl. the punmcn
charged with the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, were all found guilty of mur
der in the first degree by a jury in the
supreme court this afternoon. . The jury
deliberated only an hour and ten minutes.
The quick verdict came as a surprise to
everybody. The jury in the case of
Charles Becker deliberated for nearly
seven hours before reaching a verdict.
He is now in Sing Sing, sentenced to the
electric chair for having instigated the
murder.
For three hours today Supreme Court
Justice Golf charged the Jury in the
case of the four gunmen charged with
murdering Herman Rosenthal. If the
state's informers committed the crime,
as the defense contends, he asked, was it
reasonable to assume that the infortiers
would invite the gunmen as witnesses?
If Jack Rose had lied, he said, in
swearing that the gunmen did the shoot
ing. why, then, did he not go farther and
swear that he had actually seen the
shooting at the hands of the defendants.
"These are circumstances for you to
consider," cautioned the court.
Jury Retires at 1.35 P.M.
As in the charge to the Becker jury
Justice Goflf ruled that Rose, Valjon and
Webber were accomplices, Schepp's'status
he left for the jurors to decide. "There
Is nothing in the law," he added, "to pre
vent your giving full credence to the
test!mony of Rose."
Justice Goflf finished his charge at 1:35
p.m. and the Jury retired.
The four defendants?"Gyp the Blood,"
"Whitey" Lewis, "Dago Frank" Cirofica
and "Lefty Louie"?expressed confidence
of acquittal.
SCUM ESCAPES TRIAL
Commission of Alienists Finds
the Man Who Shot Col.
Roosevelt Insane.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. November 10.-A
commission of live alienists today report
ed to Judge Backus finding John Schrank,
who shot Col. Roosevelt, insane.
The decision of the doctors was unani
mous and means that Schrank cannot be
tried for the attempted murder of Col.
Roosevelt, but will be commttteed to the
Northern Hospital for the Insane, at Osh
kosh.
Schrank may remain in the Oshkosh
asylum for the rest of his life, as he can
not be released unless it is shown that
he is completely cured, and will not be
subject again to an attack like the one
that caused him to attempt the life of
Col. Roosevelt the night of October 14.
The commission of alienists finished its
work yesterday afternoon, and its re
port. which will be made to the court
some time this week, is being dictated
today by Dr. Richard Dewey, chairman,
assisted by the four other doctors on the
commission.
I^ater ~udge Backus denied that the
commission of alienists had finished its
work, adding:
"The commission at 11 a.m. is continu
ing the examination of Schrank in my
chamlxirs. If any member of the com
mission has given out advance informa
tion to the effect that Schrank has been
held to be insane I shall adjudge him .to
be in contempt of court
It was learned from another source that:
the information that <"ol. Roosevelt's as
sailant had been found insane came from
the district attornej's office.
WIRES HIS CREDENTIALS.
Kirtland I. Perky, New Senator
From Idaho, Establishes Precedent.
A new precedent was established in
Senate procedure yesterday, it is believed,
when the credentials of Kirtland I. Perky,
who has been appointed to succeed the
late Senator Heyburn of Idaho, were tele
graphed to the secretary of the Senate.
Later. It is expected, the credentials bear
ins the signature and seal of the Gov
ernor of Idaho will be filed.
Mr. Perky's term begins with his ap
pointment by the governor, and will con
tinue until the legislature of Idaho elects
his successor or adjourns for the session
without electing.
INITIATE DROPS DEAD.
William Offner Succumbs Following
Lodge "Horse Play."
Spe<i?I r>i*i>atoh to The Star.
( 1 MBLRLAND. Md., November 19.?
William Offner, known as "Doc" a rail
road man of Keyser. W. Va., died sud
denly following initiation into the I/oval
Order of Moose at Westernport. Md.. five
miles west of Keyser. late last nisht.
While the statement is ridiculed by
witnesses, it is said an electrical appara
tus was used on OflTner in the "horse
play" part of the ceremony and he keeled
over. Efforts to revive him failed. It
is said he had a weak heart.
The coroner is investigating.
ACQUITTED OF ABDUCTION.
Jack Johnson eed of Charge In
volving Luc re Cameron.
CHICAGO, November ltt.?A charge of
abduction against Jack Johnson, colored
pugilist, was dismissed before Municipal
Judge Hopkins today because of the
prosecution's inability to prove that Lu
cile. Cameron, the white girl whose asso
ciation w ith Johnson led to his arrest,
had bt<"-n ;jl>d>icted by him.
Th? girl and her mother. Airs, t'ameion
Falconnet, both of whom are witnesses
against Johnson in the federal action for
alleged violation of the Mann white s ave
act. were not in court when the city case
was dismissed.
Battle of Crook and Detectives
in New Yorlc Hotel.
HOPE FOR TWO WOUNDED
Desperate Fight to Capture Man
Implicated in Many Robberies.
SOPHIE BECKENDOBFS STORY
Dishonest Servant's Confession Puts
Police on Vogel's Trail?May Be
Girl Wanted Here.
NEW YORK, November 19.?The body
of Henry Vogel, described by the police
as an international crook, and bes de it
the body of his girl "Lottie * lay in the
morgue today, and John Allen, a city de
tective, was dead, while in uptown hos
pitals four men, two of thenr* detectives,
were hovering between life and death,
unable to give a connected account of
how they were shot last night ih a raid
on Vogel's rooms in the Elsmere Hotel,
where he was sought as a diamond t^ief.
In the fusillade which followed the en
trance of the detectives Vogel and the
woman were killed instantly. Accounts
vary as to whether he shot his compan
ion and committed suicide or whether
they fell before the fire from the officers.
Of the wounded hope was expressed to
day for the recovery of two?Luigi Gerar
di, a private detective, and William But
-er, a waiter. For the other two. both
shot in the abdomen, there was little
hope. They are Martin S. Fay, a city
detective, and Louis Mondsseheim, pro
prietor of the hotel where the battle oc
curred.
Allen died shortly before 9 o'clock this
morning. Operations were performed on
Fay, Butler, the waiter, and on Mond
s?heim.
The police have in their possess!' n to
day two steamer trunks, a valise, a dress
suit case, a hand bag and a sieamer bag,
which are. expected to reveal the secret,
if not the loot, of many big robberies, and
may lead to arrests in other cities.
Sophie Beckendorf's Confession.
The trailing of the pair yesterday, which
resulted in the fatal shooting, followed
directly the arrest of a dishonest servant
girl. ,
She is Sophie Beckendorf, a girl of
eighteen, who broke down in the Tombs
yesterday, confessed to several robberies,
and implicated Vogel as the "fence" for
servant girls who made it their practice
to answer advertisements and accept
positions with the sole idea of robbery.
She told the police of Vogel's where
abouts and within an hour he had been
trailed to the hotel where the fight oc
curred. , ? .
Chase of Vogel and Lottie.
Allen and Gerardi were detectives for
the National Becurity Company and were
the ones Who began the bunt for Vogel.
For some time they had been on the
man's trail, and yesterday afternoon they
ran across him at 26th street and 10th
avenue. He was in a taxicab with the
girl, and piled on the seat with the chauf
feur with three suit cases and two
steamer trunks.
The detectives leaped to a taxicab, but
in some way \ ogol found he was being
followed and bid his chauffeur put on all
speed. His taxicab fled into a s!de
street, and then up 9th avenue for a
while, with -\llen and Gerardi close be
hind.
In some way th i taxicab with Vogel and
the girl inside got away, and then Gerardi
and Al.en began a wild goose chase for
half an hour. They were looking out of
the windows in all directions when sud
denly Allen saw Detective "Marty" Fay.
The central office man "got in the taxicab
with the other two, and after he had
worked a few of his own private wires,
the trio started for the Bronx.
Traced to Hotel.
How they got the tip that the man and
the girl were at the Elsmere Hotel is un- '
known, but when they did get there they '
learned that Vogel had registered there j
with the woman as "Mr. and Mrs. Harry j
Vogel." i
The detectivcs went to Mondschein, who '
told Butler to escort them upstairs. As .
they reached fWfr head of the second ,
flight of steps Butler pointed to a door t
and said softly:
"In there."
Allen rapped on (he panel, and the
woman, I^ottic, opened the door just a
cra?-k.
"What do you want? There's no
body"
Vogel Begins the Battle.
She did not have time to finish the sen
tence, for suddenly the door was flung
wide, and Vogel stood in the sill. He
crashed down his blackjack on Allen's
head, and the detective dropped.
Like a hare, he jumped to the bed aDd
grabbed his big ^apid-fire gun. As he
lunged to get in the room, a shot pierced
his abdomen. And then Vogel turned on
Fay before the detective could get out
his pistoi.
Butter had turned to run, and was
leaping down the stairs when Vogel shot
him, and then Monsdchein, who hau
laced up stairs at the first shot.
Sophie May Be Girl Wanted Here.
Thinking Sophie Beckendorft' or Bruck
enhoff, who implicated Voge. in the New
York robberies, may be the woman, who,
under the name of Mary Mul.e.', is al
leged to have stolen about !*10,U00 worth
of jewelry from the residence of Miss
Mary B. Adams. ltS21 New Hampshire
avenue northwest, this city, more than
a year ago. Inspector Boardman, chief
of detectives*, today wired the New York
authorities a request for her pictuic.
According to statements by the New
York police, the woman under arrest con
fessed to them that she had robbed
houses of jewelry and turned the plun
der over to Vogel, gaining access to the
houses by advertising for a position as
domestic.
Miss Adams was robbed the latter part
of March, 1911. the maid, Mary Mnller,
having been obtained through a locai
employment agency. She spoke with a !
foreign accent and was in the house only
two days, the jewelry being missed soofi
after she departed.
It was thouKht that the domestic was
met outside the house by a man and that
the couple went to the Union station In
a cab. The similarity of the thefts com
mitted in New York and the robbery at
the house of Miss Adams suggested to
Inspector Boardman that Sophie Becken
dorf or Bruckenhoff may be the individ
ual who operated here.
Found Gui'ty of Wife Murder.
MEDINA, Ohio, November 19. ? After
deliberating all night, the jury which has
been trying Christian Steuer, a seventy
threo-year-old farmer, for killing his
wife, Mary, last June, today returned a
verdict of first degree murder, with a
recommendation of merey.
RESTING.
HOLD ALLEGED SLAYER
OF THE JOSEPHS BOY
1 "? 1 mm mum* ?
i. Frank Hickey Arrested ini
Whiting, N. 1.?Another.
Clue in Baltimore. *
BUFFALO, N. Y., November 19.?Chief
Regan of the Buffalo police department
today received a telegram from Sheriff
Frank Tilton of Whiting, N. J.t that he
had arrested there J. Frank Hickey,
wanted in connection with the death of
Joseph Josephs, the seven-year-old Lack
awanna boy, whose dismembered body
was found buried in a sewer vault Sat
urday.
Denies Knowledge of Grime.
TOMS RIVER, N. J.. November 19.-J.
Frank Hickey, arrested at Whiting, N. J.,
this morning in connection with the
death of Joseph Josephs of Lackawanna,
N. J., was brought to the Jail here to
day. He denies any knowledge of the
crime.
Hickey was found by the sheriff at.a
t-o.ony for alcoholics, where he arrived
on Tuesday or Wednesday of iast weeks.'
He had been a patient before according
to the authorities. He expressed surpilse
nt his arrest and was not questioned in
detail. Although still protesting h.s inno
cence. Hickey said this afternoon that he
was willing to waive extradition and go
to Buffalo at once. He will be held, how
ever', pending advices from the Buffalo
authorities.
Another Clue From Baltimore.
Chief Gilson of Lackawanna, in charge
of the search for the sdayer of Joseph
Joseph? and Michael Kruck, the New
Vork newsboy, and the?confessed perpe
trator of other similar crimes, today re
ceived a telegram from Baltimore stating
that the suspect for whose arrest a gen
eral alarm-has been issued was at present
employed in a foundry In that city. .
Chief Gilson announced that he would
leave for Baltimore this afternoon. While
District Attorney Dudley woutfl not com
mit himself as to his future action, he
stated today that he would not hesitate,
to make the presentment to. the grand
Jury now in session if he found the evi
dence offered by the police officers suffi
cient in his opinion to insure an indict
ment. ?
Act on Handwriting Evidence.
The handwriting on the letter now in
the hands of the police so closely resem
bled that of the "murder cards'* that
both Chief Regan of Buffalo and-Chief
Gilson deemed it unnecessary to have
expert testimony to establish their case.
It was on this evidence that the police is
sued their order of arrest.
SENATOR RAYNER RALLIES.
Able to Sit Up and Take Little
Nourishment.
Senator Isidor Rayner of Maryland,
who is critically ill at his home, 1320
18th street northwest, is showing re
markable rallying powers today. Since
his sinking spell early yesterday morn
ing he has been making steady im
provement. During this morning he
sat up in bed for half an hour and took
some nourishment.
Friends and members of his family at
his bedside were much more cheerful
today than for some time, but they
realize that the patient is by no means
out of danger.
WORLD'S LONGEST HAIL ROUTE.
Trip With Dog Team in Arctic Will
Last All Winter.
EDMONTON, Alberta, November 19.?
A rural mall carrier with a dog team will
leave here next Monday over a route
which probably is the longest > the
world. He will journey ? many hfikdmfe
of miles within the arctic ctene aad mil
not return here until shortly before the
thaw next spring.
His rfiall will be made up letters ex
clusively, no newspaper* or parcels be
ing accept?*. J
England and United States
Probing Water Pollution.
BOUNDARY WITH CANADA
International Joint Commission in
Session in Washington.
_ Great Britain and. the United States
haye reached a conclusion on the ques
tion of the pollution of the boundary
waters, between the Dominion of Canada
and this country. Secretary of State
Knox today signed and sent a letter to
James A. Tawney, American chairman
of the International joint commission on
wa'terways, which began its sessions here I
yesterday, in which he said the two gov- i
ernnients "have reached an accord that |
the inquiry is to be confined to cases ofi
pollution of boundary waters on one side
of." the boundary which extend to and
affect the boundary waters 011 the other,
side.'* * ift
Dtyring -the summer the two govern
ments referred to the international joint
commission foe investigation the con
tinued. . qomplalnts of pollution of the
boundary waters. Tn August they agreed
in an identical note that the pollution
.was growing, to he a serious menace and
requested the commission to find some
remedy for it. -
Referred to Foreign Offices.
The commission did not desire to take
upou itself the responsibility for deciding
whafaaMPQ the investigation should take J
and requested the foreign offices of the
two countries to settle that point, which,
Mr. Knox declares in his letter to Mr.
Tawney today, is "now" settled on the
basis .that complaints from Canadians
that pollution arises from, any particular
source on the American side s)fall be in
j ves-tigated, and vice versa. '
; The commission will take up the details
of the.investigation tomorrow. Pollution
is said to ex.st at many of the cities
along the' rivers and the great lakes on
the boundafy line, particularly in the De
troit, Niagara and St. LawY?nc? rivers,
causing serious damage to property and
seriously affecting health in many cases.
It was said at the offices of the com
mission today that investigators will;
probably be appointed to take up the
work.. Both the American and Canadian
commissions have an appropriation of
$75,000 for t. elr work, out of which neces
sary expenses may be paid. ' ' *
Continues Hearing of Arguments.
The commission continued today to hear
the arguments begun yesterday as' to
whether or not it has jurisdict.on only in
case of a disagreement between the two
governments, the point arising on a com
plaint by lumber and navigation interests
in Minnesota and Canada that the dam
which an improvement company proposes
to erect to the outlet to Lake Namakan
in the llainy river wl.l interfere w.th
lumber and navigation traffic. J. r R.
Powell, an attorney, of Simpson & Powell,
Minneapolis, argued today that the com
mission has no jurisdiction to act in the
matter, and John Thompson. K. C., rep
resenting the attorney general.of the Do
minion of Canada, argued that the com
mission has jurisdiction.
MAY NOT STICK TO TARIFF.
Special Session of Congress May
Torn Attention to Other Matters.
The special session of Congress to be
called by Gov. Wilson soon after he be
comes President ^ of the United States
will not confine its attention exclusively
to the tariff-if Congress accepts the sug
gestion made last night by Senator
O'Gorman of New York. Mr. O'Gorman
believes there is no objection to taking
UP such general matters as currency leg
islation and amendment of the anti-trust
law, still making tariff revision the
main aim of the special session.
Senator O'Gorman is one of those who
? thinkw the best way ,tp. j^vise the tariff
is sthedtile by schedule, as has been
attempted, by the democrats in the last
: twd sessions. But he will raise no ob
jection to a generjtl revision bill.
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THE DiE; SCORE HURT
IH LOS ANGELES BLAZE
Heroism of Hotel Elevator Boy
Saves Many Others
From Death.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., November. 19.?
Three persons are known to have been
killed and about twenty injured in a fire
at the St. George Hotel on East 3d street
near Main, which started at midnight.
The fire started on the second floor, and,
drawn up through the elevator shaft, it
spread so rapidly that those on the fifth
and sixth floors who did not receive the
warning in time were compelled to jump
from the windows. Those who lost their
lives jumped from t'-s upper floors:
The Dead and Injured.
The known dead are:
Mrs. Charlotte Harrington.
Mrs. Ella Moran.
Joseph Martin, jewelry clerk, Los An
geles.
The injured:
Baby Harrington, eighteen months old,
daughter Or Mrs. Charlotte Harrington,
slightly burned.
Ray Harrah, vaudeville performer, in
jured jumping from sixth floor.
Mrs. Ray Harrah, injured jumping from
sixth floor.
Julius Malone, colored, engineer at ho
tel, fatally burned.
Jefferson Osborne, moving picture actor,
burns on face and arms.
The others were only slightly injured.
Many had miraculous escapes from
death, and perhaps a score or more owe
their lives to the heroism of Oscar Jones,
who ran the single elevator of the hotel,
making trips to the sixth floor with the
smali car packed with humanity until the
flames and smoker made further trips im
possible.
There also were a number of heroic
rescues by the firemen.
Saves Baby, But Dies Herself.
Mrs. Harrington, who was a member
of aI company playing at a local theater,
lost her life jumping from the fifth floor.
Escape had been cut off, the only means
having been a single stairway in the
building, which was soon ablaze.
She first tossed her eighte>en-month-old
baby into the net held by the firemen and
?then jumped, but missed the net and sus
tained injuries which caused her death a
short tim^ later at a hotel across the
street to which she had been removed.
A woman whose name was said to be
Mrs. Eila Moran ju...ped from a sixth
story window on tlie front of the hotel
aruTwas crushed to death on the sidewalk
below.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Bock jumped from a
sixth-story window. Mrs. Bock was
taken to the receiving hospital, where it
was learned- that her back had been
broken.
Bock's injuries are not serious. Mr.
and "Mrs. Bock were said t<^ have come
here recently on their honeymoon.
The fire did comparatively -little dam
age, except to the upper floors.
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GIBSON TRIAL BEGINS.
Jury Hay Visit Greenwood Lake,
Scene of Alleged Murder.
GOSHEN, N. Y., November 19.?Intro
duction of evidence in the trial of Burton
W. Gibson, the New York lawyer, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Rosa Menschik
Szabo, his client, while boating on Green
wood lake July .16, began today. District
Attorney Rogers planned to fix the scene
of Mrs. Saabo's death in the minds of the
jurors by placing six and perhaps more
witnesses on the stand before proving the
fact of her death.
Gibson is . anxious for the jurors to visit
Greenwood lake and see it for themselves.
Robert H. Elder, his lawyer, indicated
that he might ask the court to have the
jury taken to the lake today Mr. Rog
ers said he would not oppose the mot on.
GibBon said today he thought there was
no need taking the witness stand in his
own defense. _
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SIX DEAD IN WRECK
Six Others Badly Injured on
Seaboard Air Line.
TRAINS COLLIDE HEAD-ON
Both Engineers, Firemen and Two
Express Messengers the Victims.
TRAINMEN ONLY ARE HURT
Accident Is to North and South
Bound Florida-Cuba Specials
Near Granite, N. C.
NORLINA, X. C.. November 19.?Six
men were killed and six others badly
injured in a head-on collision between
the northbound and southbound Flor
ida-Cuba specials on the Seaboard Air
Line railway one mile south of the Vir
ginia-North Carolina state line shortly
after 4 o'clock this morning. All those
killed or injured in the wreck, so far as
reports now show, were members of the
crews of the two trains and express
messengers.
The dead are:
! C. H. Beckham, engineer, Raleigh, N. C.
W. A. Faison. engineer, Raleigh, N. C.
R. J. Gray, colored fireman.
James Ruffln, colored fireman.
O. V. Priddy, express messenger, Boy
-kins, Va.
Express Messenger King.
The Injured are Conductor W. R. Tllgh
man, Richmond: Baggagemaster Bryant:
Express Messengers Coates, Roundrree
and Brown; Pullman Porter Coates.
Trains Meet Head-On.
The cause of the accident has not
been determined. The northbound train,
known as No. 81. was due at this place,
eight miles south of the wreck, at 2:40
a.m., but did not rass until nearly 4
o'clock. The southbound train, No. 84,
was due here at 4 o'clock. The two
trains met just outside the yards of Gran
ite, a small station near the state line.
Relief trains were hurried to the scene
from Norfolk and from R& eigh, N. C.,
carrying surgeons, nurses and officers of
the railroad company.
The bad y Injured were taken hack to
Raleigh for treatment. Although the
cause of the wreck has not been deter
mined, information received here indicates
that Engineer Beckham, on the south
bound train, confused his orders for the
meeting of the northbound train.
No Passengers Injured.
NORFOLK, Va., November 19.?No
passengers were injured in the wreck of
the two through passenger trains on the
Seaboard Air Line this morning, accord
ing to a statement given out at the gen
eral offices of the railroad at 11 o'clock.
."The cause .of the accident hat1 not yet
been definitely determined,"' said the
statement, "but further Investigation Is
being made to determine this. All tele
graphic . and telephone communication
was interrupted and has not yet been
fully restored. So far as we are advised
at this time no passengers were injured."
Injured Taken to Raleig-h.
RALEIGH, N. C., November 19.?A re
lief train, bearing four injured in the
wreck near Granite, arrived here at noon
and the injured were placed in a hospital.
Another relief train was en route to Ra
leigh. No passengers were seriously in
jured and no women hurt, according to
reports brought by those on the rescue
train.
8RYAN TOW WILSON
Latter Declines to Say What
Subjects Will Be Discussed
in Conference.
HAMILTON. Bermuda, November 19.?
President-to-be Wilson declared today
that he is beginning to forget politics, but
Mr. Wilson will not be able to ignore
politics entirely, as William J. Bryan in
tends to visit Hamilton soon or. Mr. Wil
son's invitation. When Mr. Wilson was
asked what subjects he expected to dis
cuss with Mr. Brvan he smiled and said
nothing
Mr. Wilson has rented a cottage at Salt
Kettle, overlooking the oce*.n. An Amer
ican flags floats over the cottage.
The mayor of Hamilton yesterday in
vited Mr. Wilson to attend a session of
parliament, mentioning that toe tariff was
under discussion. Mr. Wilson smhed and
said that it was apparent that he couid
not avoid politics even on his vacation.
"That sounds familiar." he commented.
"My country is much interested in that
subject. We purpose to draft a new law.
I need all the information I cfui obtain
and will be glad to attend, if 1 am as
sured that no attention will be paid me."
Mrs. Wilson and the other members of the
family have been bushy engaged in un
packing.
The injury sustained by Mr. Wilson in
an automobile accident before the elec
tion does not trouble him any more. The
plaster covering the wound on his head
came off today, showing that the abra
sion had healed.
Terrific winds prevailed here through
out the morning.
SEES FATAL EXPLOSION.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Witnesses
Death of Employe on Farm.
WESTMINSTER, Mass., November 19.
?Lieut, pen. Nelson A. Miles,' retired,
saw one of his employes blown to pieces
and another severely Injured by a dyna
mite explosion on his farm yesterday.
The dead man was Fred C. Daly of West
minster. Will C. Melvln of Leominster
sustained a fractured arm.
Gen. Miles was several hundred yards
away and was not injured. Daly and
Melvln were dislodging rocks and stumps
on the farm.
'QUAKE IN MEXICO CITY.
Severe Shock, Lasting Three Min
utes, Passes to the South.
MEXICO CITY, November 19?A se
vere, earthquake occurred here at 7:15
o'clock this morning. The movement
was oscillatory and passed from north
to south. It lasted more than three
minutes.
Many brick walls and a few poorly
constructed small houses were thrown
down. The street pavement buckled
and several water mains were broken.
No casualties have been reported and
i the extent of the damage to property is
1 slight. r,
ASK FOR AN INQUIRY
! Probe of Charges Against New
Haven Road Wanted.
REQUEST WADE TO TAFT
i
' Massachusetts and Rhode Island Of
i
ficials See President.
; ME. HILLES BACK IN THE CITY
Expected to Resume His Duties At
the White House Within
Few Days.
President Taft and Attornev General
! Wlckersham were asked today by officials
| of Massachusetts and Rhode Island to
promptly start an investigation to deter
mine:
First. Whether the New Haven railroad
owning or controlling1 practically all tha
railroad' lines of the New England states,
, entered into open and secret agreement!*
i with the Grand Trunk road of t'annda to
cease the construction of competing lines
I in that regh.n arid to stop all warfare be
tween the two systems.
Second. Whether J. P. Morgan, the
man who pul a the strings back of the
New Haven road, really put pressure on
financial interests abroad to prevent the
Grand Trunk getting money to carry out
i its proposed program of railroad con
struction in the New England siates
The first question may be handled by
the Department of Justice, while the sec
ond question will give the Pujo commit
tee of the House an excuse to carry on
its investigations into the money trust, it
was said today.
Charges in the Case.
According to intimations exciting all
New Engiund at this time, the New
Haven road and the Grand Trunk were
some time ago deadly enemies. The New
Haven road controlled so much of the
mileage in that section it never once con
templated real competition after it got
ho d of the Doston and Maine. But the
Grand Trunk people, led by P. esident
Hays ,who was drowned in the Titanic
disaster, began to encroach on the New
Haven and spent fully (2,500,000 in proj
ects for extensions of its lines that
would carry its system light into the
heart of the New Haven territory.
Suddenly, a few months ago, announce
ment was made that the Grand Trunk,
because of financial conditions, was com
pelled to temporarily suspend its con
struction work, and did not know when it
would be able to resume. After this
leaked out it became known that certai'i
f traffic and mileage agreements had been
entered into between the two roads, and
charges are made that secret agreements
also exist, which give to the New Have'i
complete monopoly and stop the Grand
Trunk from further extensions.
i Mention J. P. Morgan.
But with it all is the declaration that
J. P. Morgan, the real power behind th?
New Haven, really compelled the agree
ments and forc-ed the Grand Trunk to the
agreements by shutting off its finance*
abroad, where the road had heretofore
been strong.
The outcome of the charges were laid be
fore President Taft and Attorney General
Wickersham today by Witllatn C. Bliss.
Samuel E. Hudson and Robert F. Rod
man of the railroad commiasion of Rhode
Island, and Frederick MacLeod and
Georgt Bishop of the Massachusetts com
mission, who were accompanied by Chief
Eng.neer Ewe.l of Rhode Island. '1 ho
President turned his visitors over to At
torney General Wickersham, who will lis
ten to the whole story this afternoon
and determine what, if anything, his de
partment will do. The New Englanders
are confident the government wi.l be able
to proceed against the alleged combina
tion.
Cabinet Officers to Remain.
Recent rumors of the probable early re
tirement of several cabinet officials of the
Taft administration were met today by
denials on the part of those mentioned
and the information that, so far as is
known, all the cabinet advisers of the
President will remain with him until
March -1.
Two cabinet officers mentioned In tlo
rumors as intending to go into j?ri\ati?
business without delay were Postniasti r
General Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson.
Both stated today that the stories wer>?
unfounded. Mr. Hitchcock has had hair
a dozen splendid business offers in tint
last year, and has declined a.11 of them,
intending to stiek by the President ;nel
carry into effect, as far as possible, cer
tain important work he has mapped ouo
for his department.
Several of the offers to Mr. IlltcheocJ*
hold good at his pleasure, it is under
stood, and are available when Mr. Hitcii
cock desires to yivo them serious con
sideration.
Discuss Department Matters.
At the regular meeting of the cabinet
today many departmental matters w? ro
considered. The President was In tho
executive offices early, having returned
from New Haven last nig it. He talk<d
] with a number of visitors and was lat>?
I in getting into the cabinet room with hi*
advisers.
The I'resident has under consideration
a number of Important subjects laid be
fore him by cabinet officers for determi
nation. One of these Is the answer ho
will make to the request of Samuel I'n
termeyer of the Pu.io committee of tho
House as to securing facts for the money
trust nvestigation.
Another is as to the construction to l>o
placed on the law passed by the last
Congress admitting shipbuilding material,
machinery and equipment to the United
States free of duty. Secretary MacVeaglt
has submitted the proposition to the
President. The Treasury has l**en wres
tling with the question some time, and
Assistant Secretary Curtis, has had a
number of hearings, at which shipbuild
ers and other interests were present. Most
of the shlpbul.ding companies hold that
Congress did not Intend to admit machin
ery free of duty, but simply the ma
terials.
Mr. Hilles in the City.
Charles D. Hilles, who has about wound
up his work as chairman of the repub
lican national committee, returned to
Washington last night with President
Taft, and within a few days is to return
to his duties as secretary to the Presi
dent. Mr. Hilles has asked Carini Thomp
son to remain as secretary a few days
| longer before qualifying as treasurer of
the United States, in place of I.ee Mi
Clung. resigned. Mr. Thompson has tiled
his bond, which has been approved l>y
Secretary MacVeagh. and is ready to tako
charge at the Treasury as soon as Mr.
Hilles relieves him at the White House.
President Taft today received William
J. Cunningham, imperial potentate of the
Mystic Shrine, and a number of Balti
more and Norfolk Shriners. who last
night attended the session of the Almai
Temple in this city. _ fr. .