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No. 19.137. WASHINGTON, U. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1913?EIGHTEEN PAGES. ONE CENT.
MADERO GIVES UP; 1
AGREES TO YIELD i
REINS TO ANOTHER,
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President ad Interim to Be
Named, Foreign Minister
Announces.
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REBELS WERE PLANNING j
ASSAULT ON HIS PALACE'
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Federal Forces Showed Signs of Be- j
coining Demoralized. !.
U. S. EMBASSY UNDER FIRE
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Ambassador Wilson Reports That
Structure Has Been Riddled by
Bullets?Again Center of
Danger Zone. j i
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MEXICO CITY. February 18. \
?President Madero agreed today
in principle to the appointment of
a president ad interim. 1
The announcement that Madero
had agreed to the appointment of
a provisional president was made 1
on the authority of the Mexican '
foreign minister. Senor Lascurain. 1
Federal Forces Weakening. t
The news of Madero's decision '
became known in the earlv fore- s
f
noon. j
At that hour the position of the' *
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government was weakening and },
the federal troops were apparently
becoming demoralized. Ij
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Fighting Near Embassy.
\ large number of Mexican federals
have been killed during;1
heavy fighting in the vicinity of 1
the American embassy at Mexico i
City. \
Many bullets have entered the 1
embassy building, but only slight :
damage has been done. J
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Diaz Widens Control.
Gen. Diaz and his rebel com- s
mand may soon be in full control t
of the residential section of Mex- J
ico City, according to a dispatch
from Ambassador Wilson.'
Diaz is reported to have ad- r
vanced his line to the corner of |
fnsurgentes and Mizza streets, ap- t
parently with the intention of at- v
tacking a nearby batten*. ii
Another American Wounded. j v
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MKXICO CITY, February 18.?Silas I t
F. Gllmore. an elderly American, who is j t
the manager of an important mechant- j .
cal works liere, received tliree bullets j 1
in his right forearm today as he was J s'
unconcernedly walking along Colima ; g
street. He ran into the middle of a!
skirmish between detachments of rebels
and federals.
The government troops today obtained
possession of the Young Men's 1
Christian Association building, which
had been in the hands of the rebels j
since the second (lav's fiahtine. i .
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Federals to Use Dynamite. t
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Tue leaders of the government troops "
ai preparing tor uggressive action
*gainst the rebel positions, it is said *
tl.ey intend to use dynamite grenades
, ? d mortars throwing dynamite shells, j ^
This i-i virtually what was announced ' 1
by President Madcro last night. I r
Important developments are expected to t
lake place in th- course of the day. a
It was found shortly after daylight that a
the rebels under Felix Diaz had material- t
ly extended their lines and were threaten- j
.ng some of the federal positions.
Rebel Battery Near Embassy. "
one rebel battery has been placed in a '
position west of Nlzza street, within a 't
block of the United States embassy, and r
another four blocks east of the embassy. t
L'p to 9 o'clock, however, these batteries 1
as well as the federal cannon hail maintained
silence and everybody in the vicinity
waited in anxious anticipation for
w hat naa to take place.
Firing went on practically the whole j
night from both the federal and rebel po- ,
sitione. In the total darkness it was Im- '
possible to ascertain whether any advuii- ^
tage had been gained by either side.
Lull in tne Battle. I ?
At dawn the artillery duel died down d
giadually and finally ceased at 5:1.V Xo
reason for the cessation of hostilities was
known.
It was thought that the break in the j (
battle meant merely a change of tac-;
ties by the federal commander. It was
stated in authoritative quarters that no
': ;ee had been arranged.
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U1CJI.I.U 4?1 oil ruiiil'e. I 5
i, tWfii and l'j o'clock this morning i .
the i btl artillery came into action only ! ,
asually Neither side i.ud yet made any i
,se of mortar lire as hud In-en threat
ned.
\bout lo o cloc k tue fa int; beuuine hot- t
tcr and tin- big ?ui.s of the rebels at the j
arsenal were brought Into play on the
national pblac- with a tierce tire. The
,>ala e itself was threatened with an attack
by bodies of rebels, who had made
a sortie.
Madero's Forces Biamed
for Breaking Armistice
Without Giving Warning j
V L.ICA CKLifi. Mev, February IV?The j
following account of the breaking of the!
armistice in Mexico City Sunday and the
fighting which followed was brought here
i by courier, the dispatch b\ telegraph
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BIG FORGETO CUBA
Two Thousand Marines Ready
for Mexican Service.
ARMY BUSY WITH PLANS
Transports Ordered to Galveston
Ready for Emergency.
MORE BATTLESHIPS WILL GO
Admiral Badger to Have Fleet of
Fifteen Big Vessels in
Cuban Waters.
Further preparations for co-operation
between the army and navy for any exigency
in the Mexican situation went forward
today with the assembling of 2,000
marines at Norfolk and Philadelphia,
from where they are to be tiansported to
a concentration camp at Guantanamo. It
was expected the two regiments would
sail tonight. At Guantanamo they will
Lie seventy hours from Vera Cruz.
While a veil of secrecy was thrown
about preparations for mobilizing an
timy expeditionary force at Galveston
from thetroops now on the border, it was
enow 11 that troops as far north as L.eav?nworth,
Kail., had been ordered in readness.
Transports Go to Galveston.
The order last night to send two army
transports at Newport News to Galveston
disclosed that the general staff was
actually organizing for the possibility of
a movement from the latter point.
This would leave the 1st Brigade of the
1st Army Division, already under marc ling
orders, without ships, but it is asmined
that the War Department has arangements
with merchant lines under a
nail subsidy.
The four battleships of the Atlantic
leet which are now under slight repair in
he Atlantic coast navy yards are expected
to follow the Connecticut, which
ailed early this morning from New York
or Guantanamo Their arrival will give
Vdmiral Badger fifteen battleships at tha.
point, excluding the four ships he has already
sent to the gulf coast of Mexico.
Vhen these vessels have taken aboard the
;000 marines starting today from Phila
telphia and Norfolk the coramander-in*
hief at Guantanamo will be in position to
neet demanaa for a naval force, either
ifloat or ashore, at a moment's notice.
Col. Karmany to Command.
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Above 1,200 marines will sail from
Philadelphia and HX> more from Norfolk.
Hie brigade will be in command of Col. i
Lincoln Karmany. the first regiment,
vhlch leaves from Philadelphia, being
n charge of Col. George Harnett of
Philadelphia, with Lieut. Col. John A.
^ajeune of New York second in comnand.
The second regiment, sailing from
Norfolk, will be under Col. Joseph H.
3endleton and Lieut. Col. Charles G.
jong, who also was in Nicaragua, will
>e second in command.
Much satisfaction was expressed by
Jarine Corps officers here today at the
peed with which that branch of the
ervico responded to the order issued yeserday
to rush 2,000 marines from the
arious barracks aiong the Atlantic coast
o Guantanamo.
Some Started Last Night.
Word received here shows that the makes
from Portsmouth, N. H., and Boson
left last night for Philadelphia, where
hey arrived early today, to sail tonight
or Cuba on the transport Meade, aiong
kith marines from New York, Philadelphia,
Annapolis and part of the Washngton
force. The rest of the Washington
marines started today for Norfolk,
thence, with comrades from Charleston.
Jort Royal and Norfolk, they will be on
heir course to Guantanamo tonight o?
omorrow on the navy transport Prairie,
fcu tar as known. 110 orders are to be
ssued to remove the nearly 90o marines
ow on the Canal Zone or the 105 who
till remain in Nicaragua as legation
uard.
Quick Work on Connecticut.
NEW YORK, February 18.?The butleship
Connecticut, flagship of the North
Vtlantic squadron, steamed out of the
Brooklyn navy yard at daybreak today,
touud for the United States naval staion
at Guantanamo, Cuba, where emcr;ency
forces, including 2,000 marines, are
ulng concentrated while developments in
dexico are being watched.
Although the big battleship was in j
Irydock w h<_n orders were received yes- J
erday frutn Washington for her to pro- j
eed to Guantanamo. the. warship was ;
lualed, provisioned and manned within j
ight iiours, and she moved out of Wall- 1
toout bay at the navy yard pimctua.iy
it 0:30 o'cIock. the hour set in the orders,
inder command of Hear Admiral Window.
At the same time, before the city was
Avake, there was bustle in the baracks.
where 3oo marines were making
eady to entrain for Philadelphia to
hip on the transport Meade for Guananamo.
All but seventy of the malnes
at the yard were mustered for
his service, under command of Col. J.
1. Liejune.
Army Transports Sail.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.. February IS.
?The United States army transports
ileade and MoClellan sailed early tolay,
the Meade for Philadelphia and the
dcClellan for Galveston.
The Kllpatrlek ajid Sumner are still
iere. They have sailing orders for
tout hern ports and will probably get
iway today.
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE.
Dther French Naval Gunners Injured
When Gun Explodes.
TOULON. France, February 18.? j
L'hree French naval gunners were kill- i
d and a number of others severely J
vounded by the explosion of u three- i
nvh gun on board the dreadnought;
>untun during target practice last :
light in the roadstead of Salins !
l'ilyeres.
The Dan ton put into this port today!
o transfer the wounded men to a lios- ;
>ital.
FOUR BURNER TO DEATH.
Mother Locks Children in House
Ruling: Temporary Absence.
BltOOKVILLE, Ky? February is.
("our children of Joseph llnttield were
aurned to death when their hone- at
Santa IV, near here, was destroyed by
lire last night. The mother had gone
to a neighbor's home for water and
locked the children in the house.
When she returned she found the
house in (lames.
The children ranged in age from
three months to five years.
I AGREE 10 ARBITRATE:
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jRailways to Submit to Terms,
of tho Erdman Act.
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ed by the Concession.
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DECISION BREAKS DEADLOCK
Formal Notice by Chairman X.ee of
Conference Committee Adi
dressed to Mediators.
NEW YORK. February Is.?The eastern
railroads agreed today to arbitrate
the demand* of tin- Brotherhood of Loco- '
motive Firemen and engineers under the
Erdman act. This breaks the deadlock.
The decision of tlie roads was announced
shortly before In o'clock this
morning in an otlieial statement issued
by Elislia Lee. as chairman of the conference
committee of managers.
"The managers feel." says the slab nicnt,
"that the public will not tolerate
a strike." ,
Mr. Lee's communication is addressed
to Judge Martin A. Knapp of the United ;
States Commerce Court and C. W. \\*.
Hanger, acting United States commissioner
of labor, who have been acting
as mediators in the dispute.
Text of the Notice.
Jt is as follows:
"At the urgent request of you as representatives
of the government, and under
the strongest protest we are able to
voice, the managers' committee agrees to
arbitrate the firemen's controvery under
the Erdman act. The managers also desire
to give notice at this time that they
shall earnestly request that the hearings
in this arbitration be open to the pubiie.
"As the managers have stood out to the j
limit against arbitration under the Erd- !
man act. and as the government?or the
pub ic?is responsible for whatever the
consequences may be, the managers reiterate
their principal objections to the
Erdman act. These were pointed out by
the board of arbitration in the engineers'
case: i
" 'The responsibility which ultimately ;
would rest upon a third member of aa j
Erdman arbitration board was too great
to impose upon any one man.
" 'The operation of the act is to settle
dispute rather than tu adjudicate a controversy.
" "The arbitrators are three in number.
Each side is represented by one arbitrator.
It rests therefore upon the third arbitrator
to bring the other two as nearly
as possible together, and if he cannot do
cil lui nr.ict ilnotrltf' Unttvenn thpm Thiu ic
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accomplished by splitting differences and
the case may be adjusted without adequate
investigation of the facts involved,
and the award may not rest upon a basis
of equity.
" 'But the most fundamental defect of
the Erdinan act is that the interests of
the public are not guarded by it."
"The managers feel that the public will
not tolerate a strike, and realizing their
three fold responsibility to the public,
their men and their shareholders, they
only agreed to arbitration under the Krdman
act when It seemed the only way to
avert the calamity of a strike. The firemen's
brotherhood has no responsibility
except to its members.
For the Public to Consider.
"The question the public should seriously
consider is whether, in compelling the .
railroads to arbitrate under a defectiv e
and inadequate law, and in thus securing (
temporary convenience and accommodation,
they are not sacrificing their permanent
welfare. '
"The managers' committee wishes to
warn the public at this time of another J
and similar demand for increased wages
made by the conductors and trainmen. 1
We desire to put the public 011 notice as <
to the crisis that will confront them when i
these demands are considered by the railroads.
"We also desire to call attention to the
serious public danger of these recurring
demands, backed up by repeated demands !
that the railroads arbitrate 'under the ;
law.'
"The whole situation is now in the '
hands of the government and the people. 1
They have taken it out of the hands of i
the managers at a time when the latter
hoped to make a stand for the public j
good."
Federal mediators and officers of the ^
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen ,
and Eriginemcn began this morning' j
what promised to be the last conference
looking to the settlement of thj (
differences between the firemen and ,
tin- eastern railroads.
Until late last night Judge Martin A. i
Knapp of the United States Commerce ,
Court and tl. \V. \V. Manger, acting \
commissioner of labor, were in con- j
fereuce with the railroad managers. ;
It was nearly midnight when they fin- .
islied. and, being exhausted, they de- \
eiileil to defer until todav their talk
with union representatives.
Firemen Wanted Arbitration.
The firemen had stood to a man lor ar- '
bltration under the Erdman act ever since
the deadlock began; the railroads had!'
stood firm for arbitration before a com- i
mission of six or seven men. J'
Three men, acting under the law, will ]
decide the firemen's claims. Their deet- ,
sion will be binding.
The firemen selected their representative
on the board of arbitration as soon as the |!
decision of the railroads was announced. 4
The man they selected is Albert Phillips!'
of Sacramento. Cal., , vice ^ president of i
their organization. The railroads selected ]
as their man \V W. Atterbury, vice pres- j ident
and general manager of ttie Pcnn- j'
sylvania lines east. j1
Within a day or two these two men will;'
select the third or neutral member. With- i1
in thirty days thereafter the arbitrators j i
must render their findings. Where they '
will meet was not anonunced. i
The agreement to arbitrate was prompt- (
ly signed by both sides.
The mediators, in a formal statement,
later announced that the firemen's com- ;
mittee lias passed a resolution recommending
that the labor organizations and :
the railroads "unite in requesting such |
amendments to the existing law as may '
be found desirable."
The railroads will request tuat the com-j
mission of three men, now provided for i
under the law. be enlarged Jo include at
least six men and possibly seven, but not
in the present pioceedings.
Principally a Question of Wages.
The question to come before the arbitrators
is principally one of wages. The
Hi-emeu iimv i?r iiH-rcases depending upon
the size of the locomotives, giving them
a wage varying from *2.55 to 54.00 a,
hundred miles. They ask also for two
firemen on the heavier locomotives.
The railroads already expressed a willingness
to raise wages, but not to the
maximum demanded. To grant this,
they assert, would cost * 1:1,000.000 a
year.
Jui gi Martin A. Knapp-of the United
States Commerce Court and G. YV. \Y'.
llaiiK'i'. acting federal commissioner
of labor, acting us mediators under!
the hlrdman act. at the firemen's re- !
ouost. conducted the negotiations which j
resulted in today's agreement to arbj- '
trate. Throughout the mediation pro- !
ceedlngs the railroad managers bitterly
opposed arbitration under the Hrdinan
act on the ground it was unfair to
place so much responsibility on tho
shoulders of the odd man on the board.
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GET BIOS FDR WARSHIP
The Pennsylvania to Exceed in
Size Any Laid Down by a
Foreign Power.
Bids were opened at the Navy Depart-J
ment today for the construction of a [
leviathan among: warships, the battleship
Pennsylvania, officially known as No. 38,
which tvlll not only be the biggest ship
in tlJc United. States navy, but so far as '
known will exceed in size any warship
so far laid down by a foreign power.
The tonnage of this great ship will be '
31,000?almost three times as much as 1
that of the famous old Oregon, already <
dwarfed into insignificance by the great 1
American dreadnoughts. This latest ad- '
d It ion to the navy v.ill coat, when complete,
with guns and armor and equip- <
rnent, $14,173,000. Congress has authorized
the expenditure of more than half i
jf t,hat sum. oi* $7,423.<J00, for the hull and '
machinery alone. ]
Ninety-Seven Feet Wide. '
While only oo/i feet long, or little over '
half the length of the giant Atlantic
liners now being fitted out. the Pcnn- 1
aylvania will have a breadth of ninety- 1
seven feet, or almost as much as it is 1
safe to negotiate in the Panama canal i
locks. Her draft will be twenty-eight i
feet six inches, which will leave open ,
to her most of the great mercantile
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purts ui me wunu. a nailery or rourteen-inch
guns, the most powerful (
naval weapons afloat, supplemented by
four torpedo tubes and twenty-two 1
five-inch secondary guns, will consti- *
Lule the ship's battery. ?
The character of the ship's engines '
has not yet been determined, owing to '
a continuation of the old controversy 1
over the turbine versus the reciprocating
type, but doubtless the plans proposed
by the bidders today will have
an important bearing upon the final
decision on this point.
Lowest Bid, $7,235,000.
The lowest bid was submitted by the f
Newport News Shipbuilding Company, .
$7,235,000, providing for Curtis turbine
engines. The same company submit- j
ted a number of other bids, based on i
variations of the type of engine, the j *
highest being $7,295,000. for Parsons j *
turbine engines. \ *
The next lowest bid was that of j ?
the Fore Kiver Company of Quincy, j i
Mass., at *7.312,000, l'or Curtis turbine j (
engines. Then in order came Cramp
& Sons of Philadelphia, at $7,34'J,00o.
Tor Parsons turbine engines, and the
New York Shipbuilding Company, at <
Camden, N. ,i.. at 57.352,000, for Par- 1
sons turbines. The speed of twenty- 1
one knots was proposed by all build- <
ers. Bids were opened also for sup- 1
plying the armor for the Pennsylvania, I
on which the prices ranged l'rom $454 I
per ton by the Midvale Steel Company
for class armor to $155 by the Carnegie
Steel Company for the armor,
while the Bethlehem S.eel Company
came about midway between those
bids with a ligure of $454.65. j
Morgan Much Improved.
NEW YORK, February 18.?J. P. Mot- j
gan continued to Improve in he.ath today,
according to a cablegram sent by
him from Cairo. Egypt, to his son. J. P. !
Morgan, jr. The cablegram said Mr.
Morgan was "feeling better and much
stronger" today. i
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| THE DAY IN CONGRESS. 1
Senate: ^
Met at noon.
Key Fittman of Nevada sworn in |
to complete term of late Senator .
Nixon.
District of Columbia committee
agreed to report favorably bill
prescribing eight-hour day for
woman workers in District of Columbia.
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Debate was opened on imniigra- j j
tion bill with agreement to vote at ,
i p.m. on its rt passage over Presi- | '
? dent's veto. 1
House: 1
Met at noon. j
Considered miscellaneous legis- t
i a tion. "!
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President's Proclamation Another
Step Toward Inauguration
of Wilson.
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Another formal step toward the inauguration
of Woodrow Wilson was taken
today at the State Department with the
issue of President Taft's proclamation
calling the new Senate in extra session
on March 4 at noon. This is for the inauguration
of new senators and confirmation
of the new President's appointments.
The proclamation follows:
"By the President of the United States
of America. A proclamation:
"Whereas public interests require that
the Senate of the United States be convened
at o'clock on the fourth day of
March next to receive such communications
as may be made by the executive;
"Now, therefore, I, William Howard
raft, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim and declare
that an extraordinary occasion requires
the Senate of the United States to convene
at the Capitol, in the city of Washington,
on the fourth day of March next,
it 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons
ivho shall at that time be entitled to act
as members of that body are hereby relulred
to take notice
"Given under my hand and the seal of
the United States at Washington, the
thirteenth day of February in the year
jf our Lord one thousand nine hundred j
ind thirteen, and of the independence of t
the United Slates the one hundred and i
thirty-seventh.
"WM. H. TA FT. i
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"P. C. Knox.
"Secretary of State."
MANY WITNESS EXECUTIONS.
Three of Assassins of SalvadoreanI
President Shot.
SAX SALVADOR, Republic of Sal valor.
February lS.-Three of the assassins
)f the late president of the republic of
Salvador, Dr. Manuel E. Araujo, were
shot by platoons of soldiers this mornng.
The shooting: took place on the
^ampo de Marco race course in the pres- j
>nce of a large concourse of people.
A council of war on Saturday evening
ondemned to death seven persons who
lad taken an active part in the crime,
four of them were arrested, but the
?thers are still at large. One of the
prisoners was allowed a respite in the expectation
that he would divulge further
particulars of the plot.
JAIL FOR MISS EMERSON.
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American Suffragette Given Two
-Months at Hard Labor.
LONDON. February 18.?Miss Zelie
Emerson, the militant suffragette of
Jaokson, Micli., who is currying on a
campaign of window smashing in the
East End of London, in company with
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, was again arrested
today. She was immediately
taken before the police magistrate and
sentenced to a term of two months at
tiard labor.
Miss Emerson and her companions
iroke all the windows of the Liberal As
relation's building at Bow last night.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst also was sentenced
by the magistrate to two months
it hard labor.
Prospective Cadet Badly Injured.
WEST POINT, X. Y? February IS.'-j
Element C. Whitcomb, jr.. appointee at
urge to the United States Military Acad- '
my. lies in the soldiers' hospital here I
oday, the victim of a coasting accident '
hat may cost him his life. He was inured
at Highland Falls, where he is pre
arlng for his examinations as a
fowng Whitcamb's father la a major sta
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PARIS, February IS.?The inauguration | ^
j of Raymond Poin~are as president of the I J
! French republic for a term of seven years 71
took place today with very sinipp cere- d
monies. There was a great display of
populap enthusiasm as tiie new chief ex- e
ecutive proceeded to the palace of the ?
Elysee to take office. q
Premier Briand shortly after 11 o'clock t
in the afternoon called at the private resi- i'
dence of the president-elect. The two ?
then proceeded in a four-horse open car- e
riage escorted by a regiment of cuiras- e
siers through the Avenue du Bois de p
Boulogne, the Avenue des Champs a
Elysees and the Avenue de Marigny to ^
the palace.
In spite of zero weather, the streets
were lined with people. A school holiday
had been proclaimed and most of the li
children were on hand to cheer and wave n
handkerchiefs and hags.
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RICH MAN ACCUSED OF ARSON, n
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Benjamin Kahn, South Bend, Ind., *
Merchant, on Trial. f
SOUTH BEND, Ind., February 18.?
Benjamin Kahn, wealthy South Bend to
merchant, was placed on trial here in the t!
circuit court today on a charge of arson,
the first case to come to trial in the In- c
dlana investigation of the supposed na- n
tiori-wide "arson trust."
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mtuecu in eonjuncuou witn el
Benjamin Frank in. .alias Fink, and , a
Harrv Brown of Chicago, with setting i tl
tire to the Farmers and Workingmen's j fFriend
store here in April. 1 ti
OUTWITS SUFFRAGETTE BAND. "
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President-E'ect Wilson Makes His "
Way Through Crowd Undiscovered,
TRENTON. X. J., February 18?Presi- if
dent-elect Wilson was caught in a jam of 81
several hundred suffragettes when he arrived
at the stateliouse today. The women,
carrying yellow flags on which was
the slogan, "Votes for women." crowded
the corridors of the building, and the
governor was delayed several minutes P1
trying to get through the door. P1
The suffragettes were not aware the sl
President-elect was in the crowd, and \
continued to the assembly chamber, where &<
a hearing was held on the suffrage ques- ei
tion. ir
The governor stole away to an office di
on the top floor of the building and die- C
tated letters without being disturbed or
discovered. j
CLAIM MEN RETURN TO WORK.
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Rubber Manufacturers Dispute State- j
ment by Industrial Workers. ja
VKROX, Ohio. February 18.?Asser- 1 n
tions of leaders of the Industrial Workers
of the World that 6,000 employes of a'
local rubber plants are affected by the J j."
strike which has been in progress at the jo<
plants of foui- manufacturing concerns in i in
this city were flatly denied today by the !
manufacturers. H. S. Firestone, president
of one of the corporations, issued a j
statement saying that many of the men i had
returned to work and that many ' ^
men asked to be reinstated.
A considerable number of men, it was '
said, had returned to work at the Good- ! ?
rich, Goodyear and Buckeye plants. It I v
was said today that all departments are
being operated at the Firestone, against !
which the strike originated. I di
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Base Ball League President Fined. ht
CHICAGO, February 18.?Alderman A. | ^
K. Tearney, president of the Three-I. ^
Base Ball League, was fined SG40 today
by Municipal Judge Caverley on thirtytwo
charges of violation of the 1 o'clock ci'
closing ordinance at his South Side sa- be
loon. K
FAVORS WORK BILL
Committee Approves Measure
Limiting Hours for Women.
REPORTED TO THE SENATE
Lmendments Exempt Females En
gaged in Business Offices.
!HANGE BENEFITS EMPLOYERS
Jot Required to Ascertain if Worker
Is Engaged Elsewhere and
Her Hours Exceed Eight.
"T
Approval of the hill fixing an eightour
work day for women in the District
>f Columbia was given today by the Sen.te
District committee and the measun
cas reported to the Senate by Senatoi
'omerpnc of Ohio with the committee'!
ccommendatton that it be passed.
Before giving its approval, however
he committee made numerous amendnents
to the measure. Tt still fixes ar
ight-hour day for working women, pro
ides for inspection of establishment!
i here women are employed and impose!
everc penalties for violations of tin
aw. Amendments remove stenographer!
ind other woman employes in business
iffices from the operation of the law
nke from an emolover of women tin
>urden of finding out whether or not sh?
s working elsewhere so that her tota
lours of work are not more than eight
ti any one day and require that two ol
he inspectors are to be women.
A new definition of the women to be
frectod by the bill was adopted by th?
ommittee, In lieu of the first section ol
he bill, the new section following a law
1 California that is understood to be
forking satisfactorily. As amended and
eeommended for passage, the first secIon
specifies.
Limited to Eight Hours' Work.
"That no female shall be employed in
ny manufacturing, mechanical or metantile
establishment, laundry, hotel 01
estaurarii, or telegraph or telephone
stablishment or office, or by any express
r transportation company In the Districi
f Columbia more than eight hours in an>
ne day or more than six days, or more
han forty-eight hours in any one week.'
The second section of the measure was
eft unchanged by the committee. H
rovides "that no female under eighteen
ears of age shall be employed or perflitted
to work in or in connection with
ny of the establishments or occupations
amed in section one of this act before
he hour of 7 o'clock In the morning ol
.fter the hour of 0 o'clock in the evening
f any one day."
The third section,, knocked out of tin
>111 by a vote of five to three, pro
ided "that where a female is employee
u the same day or week by more thar
>ne concern or employer In any estab
ishment or occupation named in sectioi
l of this act the total time of em
iloyment must not exceed that allowec
>er day or week in a single estaoiisnnent
or occupation. It shall be the
uty of the employer to make diligent
nquiry as to such previous or othei
niployinent of such female employ*
lsewhere, and as to the hours of such
mployment. Any person who shall reuire
or permit a female to work beween
the hours of G o'clock in the evenig
or 7 o'clock in the morning in violaion
of the provisions of this section srfiall
e liable for a violation thereof and the
mployment of such female employe in
xcess of the total time of employment
ermitted by law shall be presumed, in
bsence of evidence to the contrary, to
e with knowledge of such violation."
Called Burden to Employers.
This section was the subject of quite a
ttle discussion In today's committee
fleeting. Those opposed to it declared it
'as radical and imposed too great a buren
on employers. Others upheld it as
taking for the proper enforcement of the
lght-hour provisions. Senators Pomerne,
Gallinger. Dillingham, Fall and Curls
voted to strike it out. while Senators
ones. Works and Kenyon wished it kept
i.
No change was made in section 4 of the
ill. It provides for a rest period ol
iree-quarters of an hour when a woman
rork6 more than six hours continuously.
Section & was also left practically unhanged.
It requires the posting of a
otice In the establishment showing the
ours at which the women are required
j work. The provision that "the presnce
of any such female on the premises
t any other hours than those stated in
lie printed notice shall constitute prima
icic evidence of a violation of this seeon"
was knocked out.
The sixth section of the bill, requiring
le keeping of records of the work ol'
oman employes, was amended so as to
;quire that the records shall show the
ages paid to woman workers.
The seventh section, providing for three
ispectors at not more than $1,200 per
ear salary, to enforce the law, was modled
so as to require that two of the Injectors
shall be women.
Duty of the Inspectors.
Another amendment to the bill spec; -_s
lat the inspectors shall enforce not only
l's elglit-hour bill, but also the act, ap
roved March 2, 1895, "to provide that all
ersons employing l'emale heip in stores,
tops or manufacturing establishments in
te District of Columbia shall provide
ats for the women when not actively
rnployed." Upon the Inspectors is ; ?
nposeil the additional duty of making a
a.ily report of their work to the District
ommissioners.
The penalty section of the bill, which is
ft unchanged, provides "that any per n
who violates or does not comply with
ay of the provisions of tills act shall.
;>on conviction, Ik; punished for a first
fensc by a tine or not less than $2o nor
i ore than tor a second offense, by
tine of not less than $i*0 nor more
ian S2?o: for a thir.l offense, by a flue of
ot less than
At today's meeting of the committee
-proval was also given to it bill amendg
the lire escape law. as modified and
commended for passage recently by the
Jinmissioners. It makes several changes
tlie technical provisions of the law.
W. E. McKEEN DEAD.
idiana Financier and Prominent in
National Politics.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., February 18.?
'. R. McKeen, former president of the
andalia Railroad Company and one of
e best known financiers in the state,
ed at his home here early today folwing
four years of illness. He was
ad of the railroad from 1870 to 1800.
Mr. McKeen attend'.d us a delegate a!l
c republican national conventions from
72 to 1001 and was a candidate for
nited States senator in 1807 against
larles W. Fairbanks. He was the only
vilian In the state to be made a memir
of the Degion of Honor. Mr. Mceen
was eighty-three yea^old.
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"ARMY" IS FOOTSORE
i
"Gen." Jones and Her Little
Band Limps Into Chester.
NATIVES LACK ENTHUSIASM
_
i Unkind Remarks of Spectators Fail
to Disturb Marchers.
i
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1 OFF TODAY FOR WILMINGTON *
Night to Be Spent in Delaware Metropolis
on Journey From New
York to Washington.
BY ETHEL LLOYD PATTERSON.
Special Dispatch _T ii Si a;.
j; c H K 8 Tfc;n !
February
tins
narrow.
leading Into a
torj' The
js falling Under
I T I ..
%. mr | u nas ne< n trampled
I Into mm! and slush
^SSSi^ I The houses that line
I the way are dingy
I?? frame dwellings
? begrimed hives of industry. In all the
' windows are faces. No matter where one
| looks there are faces. Faces that grin
[ derisively or sneer.
j The sidewalks are crowded with people
?boys, girls and women?waiting to watch
the suffrage pilgrims go by. And down
the street they come, walking In singl
file. "Gen." Rosalie Jones Is first.
Her brown pilgrim's cape Is almost bl;nl<
because it is very wet. She leans lieavih
' on her pilgrim's staff. She tarries a greet
' sheaf of golden Jonquils, but even these
are spattered with mud. Their steins are
broken. "Gen." Jones does not look a
the people as she passes them; she
plods ahead.
And behind her come the others. There
' is "Col." Craft, with her nervou*.
short steps. Her short skirt and thick
legglns are absurdly trouser Ike. He
, p.lgrim's cape, thrown over the knacksack
strapped upon her back, makes
' look as though she were bent almost dout
ble beneath an awful load,
r On they come. Miss Crow ell limping
s painfully. She weai s old stippers because
' her feet are so swollen she cannot get
i her shoes on them. Her ankles are heavl
fly bandaged.
i Miss Leupp. hobbling on her inju.ed
. knee; Ml6s Aldrleh. fairly tottering wit
i?i ii?
| | laiieur. nliu TUVtUIIlK III UJlOH 1H< I'lini'j
of the little army are men and boys. Men
, who fall Into step beside the women t<?
^ say something: like this:
r "Say?I'd walk to Washington, too. if I
could walk alongside of you"; or. "Why
, don't you go home and make the beds?"
[ Target for Boys' Snowballs.
1 The little boys dash here and there In
j schools, like minnows about big fit.
"Votes for women!" thcv scream, and
I then scamper away. They jerk the skirti.
of the marchers. They make snowballs
i and, front a safe distance, throw then;
[ 1.It tie boys are adept a t throwing snow*
. balls, often the missiles hit. Often the>
. hurt.
| And the women walk on. .Sometimes.
. but pitifulh rarely, a woman on the side
. walk breaks into a cheer. She waves her
. handkerchief. The women who are match
. ing look toward her. Their eyes meet for
[ a moment. Something of warmth ano
, sweetness passes between them. "God
bless you," says the woman on the sidewalk.
"CJodbless you," echoes the marcher
in iter heart. Do you get it, the pi<
| ture of yesterday. For that was yeater
day. That was our march from Philadelphia
to Chester, a distance of fourteen
and a half miles. And though it was a
comparatively short march the littc
i army was perhaps as tired as It lias .L?e*
. at any time since it left New York six
. days ago.
And for two reasons. First, because
had to walk slowly in leaving Phlladeli
piiia; second, because we had practical!
! no stretches of country road. The va
lay through factory settlements." And the
crowds were antagonistic. One could feel
it in the air. And It took the strength
1 out of the marchers. It is hard to be
very tired and to be laughed at for beint,
so. As a matttr of fact, "(Jen." Jnnc^
) allowed but three-quarters of an hour in
Darby for lunch. And this because she
1 had been warned to be safe inside the
town of Chester before the factories along
the route closed down for the day. Sonn
of the factory workers had threatened o
J attack the army.
Laughed at by Meu.
Just outside a small roadhnu&e about
- two miles from Darby the little bund o"
I walkers was met by a crow d of about
. thirty men Each man carried a hard en e i
snowball. It was a moment In which th?wrong
move might have meant much
The "general" did not hesitate nor shov
any fear. Nor did any of the marches
They walked on in silence, and the worst
that happened was a little volley of i udlaughter
and a scattered fire of insults awe
went our way.
Just as we reached Crum Lynne, a srr.ai
station on our road, we had to walk be
neath a railroad bridge. As- we came to
It a train thundered overhead. It was
one of the Pennsylvania specials, and It
Hashed on its way with dining curs andrawing
rooms and smokers. It seeniei'
queer to think that in twenty minutes it
would traverse more distance than w
hope to cover all day.
One false alarm was rung in upon <>
' enthusiasm. We passed quite a largi
frame house, hut before we cann- to i:
[ we all spied simultaneously a hug-- yel1
low placard pasted on its front window
Now this looked promising. Yellow
the suffrage color. We were in need o."
encouragement. Most of the s*ei)timeii*
during the day had not been with us. Mo
as one woman we set up a mighty cheet
for the yellow placard. In six more step*
we were able to read it. It annount ? d
that the house was "Quarantined because
of mumps."
Entertained in Chester.
I
j Chester was i*ached before 4:T> ;n thrafternoon.
And before the pilgrims dis
j banded to go to the hotel tliey were 011I
lertained in the l'oung Men's Chrialia.
! Association by the woman's suffrage pa'
j ty of Chester. And one word of prai.
! for these good ladies. They dhl not giv.
I us tea. For their forbearance in this w.
j thank thern from the very pit- ot on
| tummies. They gave as bouillon and
j scrumptious sandwiches and cuke tha
I proved beyond further controversy that
i suffragists can cook.
I TJ I ..urtulran rt/ thi< li I , ,
Jlrtl itih I"'' VI nil. ivvp.viiiji,. , nr
felt that we even could bear it if the
mayor of the town deliverer : speech,
which he did. Ills name i- \* ;t.n Warn
Yes, and he seemed to like t uo It. aud
we did not care, as long as :t was 1101
officially stamped as rude to continue r-?
eat while ire did so after dinner. At
o'clock in the evening Miss Kllralntii
Freeman delivered a suffrage addre.-s in
lront ot Cheater's armory. Some of tin
pilgrims went to hear it. And that ;.'iov\
trut devotion to the cause. Which i.> no
to L?e derogatory to Miss Freeman's jk>iv
era as a spellbinder. Only when one ha?
walked fourteen miles for suffrage in one
day that is about all the political enthusiasm
that can reasonably be asked of
any one woman. Today we make another
fourteen miles, stopping at Grubbs Coiners
at noon for "grub." and that takes
us into Wilmington for the