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WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1913.-TWENTY-POUR PAGES.
ONE CENT.
HUERTA TO DENY
RIGHT OF THE U. S.
Mexican President Lays Plans
to Raise Army of
500,000.
CABINET CONSIDERS REPLY
WHICH DEFIES DEMANDS
' John Lind, Wilson's Special Envoy,
Arrives in Capital.
MAY FORCE EVENTS TO ISSUE
Washington Believes Some Definite
Outcome of Tense Situation Is
at Hand?Conference ?t
White House.
MhXICO CITY, November 7.
? Provisional President Huertas
formal negative replv to the
I nited States' demands, which
\\a^ discussed in detail at last
night's cabinet meeting, will set
forth that the United States has
110 right, legal or otherwise, to de
niand (ien. Huertas elimination.
This statement was given out to
day from one of the departments
of the Mexican government.
The informant says it was de
cided to incorporate in the reply
a declaration that (jen. Huerta
intends to increase the Mexican
army to 500,000 men.
The reply, it is said, will also
point out that Provisional Presi
dent Huerta has no legal right to
accede to the demands.
Lind in Mexico City.
The tlnal stages of the negotiations be
tween Mexico and the t'nited States aro
to be participated in personally at short
range by John Und. He arrived this
morning from Vera Cruz.
The series of delays in provisional'
President Huerta's formal answer to the
t'nited States and the lack of definite
? ??tion which would indicate* his attitude
In fact of the demands has been annoying |
to President Wilson's personal representa
tive. it was known that negotlaUons had
been conducted in an indirect manner,
not following the ordinary diplomatic
tonrse, an<i Mr. Lind's sudden appearance
in the federal capital is assumed to be
due to his desij-e to bring things quickly j
to a clearly defined point.
Accompanied by Officers.
Mr. Und proceeded to the American em
bassy, where he will reside during his
stay. He was accompanied by t'apt. Wil
liam A. Buraslde, the American military!
attache, and Ensign John L>. Hill of the :
battleship biulsiana, who was detailed
b) Rear Admiral Fletcher to act as Mr.
i.ind's aid.
\t r. Lind had not notified an>body that
lie was coming to the federal capital.
Tht staff of the t'nited States embassy
learned the news from the morning]
papers*. Only one ol' the clerks of the
cnil>assy went to the station to meet
him.
Arrives in City Quietly.
Tiie public and the Mexican otlicial.s
likewise did not know of Mr. Lind's
movements, and he came into the city
In .1 manner contrasting greatly with his
first arrival here.
As Mr. l.ind stepped from the train
lie consented to pose for several photog
raoh?-rs. but to all inquiries by inter
\ I)*, made non-committal replies,
ti'iis maintaining the reputation for
t* ?itiirnit\ which lie earned on his
previous trip.
ROBBED AND KILLED.
American's Fingers Cat Off to Get
Kings for Mexican Officer.
EAGLE PASS, Tex.. November 7.?R.
Welnlger, assistant superintendent of the ]
Petioles Mining Company, at Mapiml.
State of Durango. Mexico, was robbed
and then kfiied at the direction of a con
vtituUonalist leader, and, after the mur
der, his fingers were cut off so the rebel
commander might obtain valuable rings
the American wore.
This Information was brought to Kagle
Pass last night by Ernest Muller. an of
ficial of the mining company, who with
other refugees reached the border after
an overland journey of eighteen days.
The refugees who arrived last night
vere escorted to the boundary by a re
lief expedition sent to Mapiml two months
aifo. They were th<- last of the Ameri
can residents to quit the mining settle
ment.
YIELDS TO POWERS ONLY.
Report That Huerta Declines to Re
tire on United States Demand.
BKRLIN, November 7.?The corre
spondent of the Frankfort Gazette in
Me\ Ico City telegraphs today that
"Gen. Huerta may. perhaps retire from
office as provisional president if the
great powers support the action of
the I tilted States, as by so doitiK he
?will avoid the appearance of yielding
to American pressure alone."
The correspondent mentions a plan
of the provisional president to recall
th< Mexican minister from St Peters
burg to assume the provisional presi
dency.
The journey from Mexico t'ity to Vera
Cru* recently undertaken by the Ger
man minister, Paul von Hintze, wan
? imply to reassure the members of the
German colony there, according to the
correspondent.
MARINES TO MAKE READY.
Orders Sent to the Portsmouth.
N. H., Navy Yard.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., November 7.
Orders were received from Washington
today for 200 of the 300 marines stationed
(Continued on Second Page!)
Suggestions by Citizens' Con
ference Under Considera
tion by Board.
PROVIDE FOR REDUCING
LOCAL TELEPHONE RATES
Also Municipal Ownership of Gas
and for Universal Transfers
on Street Cars.
Every recommendation contained in the
program for public utilities Improvements
adopted last night by the executive com
mittee of the citizens' conference will be
considered by the public utilities commis
sion of the District of Columbia, with a
chance that some of them may be favor
ably acted upon.
Commissioner Newman said today that
be considers the reforms advocated by
the committee important ones and that
he had no doubt all of them would be in
vestigated hi time by the public service
board. It is the intention of that body,
he said, first to dispose of the taxicab
and universal transfer questions before
taking up new problems.
The most important recommendations
of the citizens' committee are:
l'irst?Lower telephone rates.
Second?Municipal ownership of the gas
companies.
Third?Operation by the municipality of
its own cars over the tracks of the pres
ent traction lines, provided the street car
companies refuse to provide universal
transfers.
Immediate Consideration Iakely.
The latter suggestion caught the eye of
Commissioner Newman this morning
when he looked over a copy of the com
mittee's report. As it has a bearing on
the question of universal transfers, the
commission may decide to give it imme
diate consideration.
Details of the proposed plan are that
the Commissioners shall ask Congress
for an appropriation for the purchase
of a sufficient number of cars to be run
over the existing lines on a four-cent
fa re-or-eight-tlckets-for-a-quarter basis.
These cars, it is urged, could be run
alternately with the cars of the trac
tion companies over the routes, under
an act of t'ohgress, with provision for
compensation to the companies for the
use of track and power, the amount to be
decided by the public utility commis
sion or a special committee appointed
und?>r the authority of Congress.
"This method or the absolute pur
chase of the present traction com
panies by the municipality should be
insisted upon if the traction companies
continue to refuse and litigate the rights
of the people to have universal trans
fers," states the report of the commit
tee. ,
Other Recommendations.
Other recommendations in the report
are for the abolishment of the tracks
of the Capital Traction Company on
New York avenue between 14th and
15th streets, and also on 14tli street
between New York avenue and H
street. If this be done it is suggested
that the curs of the Capital Traction
Company be required to run north on
14th street from Pennsylvania avenue
to connect with the tracks of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany at^14th and F streets, thence con
tinuing north to H street, where they
would reconnect with the tracks of
the Capital Traction Company.
By adopting this method, the commit
tee expresses its belief that the utilities
board would remove 90 per cent ot the
danger to pedestrians at the corner of
14th street and New York avenue, and
prevent a great deal of the congestion
on New York avenue, between 14th and
15th streets; on 14th street between
New York avenue arid H street, and on
10th street between Pennsylvania avenue
and New York avenue. In tin latter case
distributing the number of cars now
running up 15th street to New York
avenue between 14th and 15th streets.
The report also urges the abolition of
the present terminus of the Brookland
and other branches of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company in G
street near 15th street northwest, on the
ground that the square is dangerously
congested, and recommends that the
Washington. Baltimore and Annapolis
railway be required to construct a
terminal for their cars, which now make
use of the square between 14th and 1.1th
streets on New York avenue for termi
nal purposes.
The import, which is signed by all the
members of the executive committee, in
cluding Charles W. Darr, chairman; P. J.
Ryan. P. V. Keating. George H. Gall
and II. J. Clark, reached the Commii,
sioners early this morning.
Gas and Telephones.
It is more than likely that its recom
mendations as to' transportation facilities
will be the first to be considered by the
Commissioners. although the District
heads plan to take up at the earliest pos
sible time the question of rates charged
by the gas and telephone companies.
The commission may not announce a
decision in the universal transfer matter
for some time. Conrad H. Syme, the Dis
trict's new corporation counsel, is look
ing into all phases of this question, and
until he has made a report to the com
mission that body probably will not make |
a further move in the matter.
i
Torchy Is
Surprised
AND that Is saying a
good deal. He meets
one of the surprises of
his life in Percey.
"Course with some parties
it might t>e a risky tackle;
hut any one with a front
name like Percey I'm takin'
a chance on. Percey! Listens
like one of the silky-haired
kind that wears heliotrope
silk socks, don't it? But
say "
See the rest in "BEING
SICKED ON PERCEY,"
Sewell Ford's latest, in the
next
Sunday Magazine
Of The
Sunday Star
NO MARTIAL LAW
FOR INDIANAPOLIS
State Troops to Remain on
Duty, However, for the
Present.
GOV. RALSTON IS HOPEFUL
OF SETTLING CAR STRIKE
Quiet on the Streets Today. But
Company Has Not Yet Started
to Run Its Cars.
INDI AN.A E'OLIS, Inch, November 7.
Indianapolis will not be placed under mar
tial law arid the entire state militia that
was brought here yesterday for strike
duty will remain in its present qua'rters
as long as there is a possibility of settling
the street car strike. This announcement
was made by Gov. Kalston after he had
conferred with both sides to the contro
versy early tdBay.
I am very hopeful of having this trou
ble settled by arbitration," said the gov
ernor, "and as long as there is a possibil
ity of bringing this about, I shall not
place the troops In control of the city."
"he governor yesterday and last night
was trying to bring about a settlement
of the strike through the public, utilities
commission, which is acting as an inter
mediary. The recognition of the union
seemed to be the bone of contention be
tween the strikers and street car com- |
pany.
K\crj'thing was quiet on the streets
tnis morning and there was no demon- |
stration of any consequence made against
the troops during the night.
Robert I. Todd, president of the trac
tion company, said no effort would be
made to start the cars until the governor
gave the word.
Governor Tries to Settle Strike.
After the labor leaders today had re
fused a proposition to which the street
car company had agreed as a basis for
settling the strike Gov. Ralston drew up
a new statement and submitted it to the
company and the labor leaders. The new
statement differs from yesterday's plan
for a settlement in that it does not de
mand the surrender of the union charter
and the Withdrawal of outside labor lead
ers from the state. Gov. Ralston is hope
ful of the success of his plan in ending
the strike, which began a week ago to
night.
The proposition, in brief, provides for
the outside labor leaders to cease their
activity among the employes ol" the
company; that all employes who have
not engaged in acts of violence will
return to their old positions with the
company; that the operation of the svs
tein be resumed at one*; that after
thirty days the company will consider
any grievance from its employes and
that if no mutual adjustment can be
made it shall be referred to the public
service commission, whose decision will
be final.
It was said that the. traction officials
had agreed to all except the first clause
of the contract, which merely re
quests that the outside labor leaders
cease activity. It was also said the
company au yet had taken no action on
thfit clause. The labor people had not
intimated what their action would be.
Guard Kept Under Arms.
The 2.000 soldiers of the Indiana Na
tional Guard militia are quartered in
the armories here ready to move at a
moment's notice. Keeping the militia
in Indianapolis is costing the state
more than $2,000 a day, officers said.
While the conferences for a peaceful
settlement of the strike were on, the
military authorities were busy with plans
to take charge of the. situation it tin
negotiations between the strikers and
street car company failed. it was an
nounced at the capitol that the soldiers
would not be ordered on the cars, bui
they would be used to quell any rioting
and preserve order.
The deputy sheriffs sworn in by Sheriff
Portteus were brought together early to
day and drilled in platoon and squad
formation preparatory to calls for their
assistance. It was said the deputies
would probably be placed on the cars if
it became necessary.
If the guardsmen do aid In taking out
the street cars, union leaders assert that
other labor organizations would declare
sympathetic strikes.
President William G. Beatty of the
Central Labor Union said today that
union men insisted that sympathetic
strikes i.e called.
"insistent demands are being made
upon me from many sources that I call
a general walkout." Mr. Beatty said. "I
hope that it will not be necessary to take,
such action. I expect, however, to take
up the matter with other officers of the
Central Labor Union today, at which time
it will be given serious consideration."
Richmond Car Service Tied Up.
RICHMOND, Ind., November 7.?The
Richmond street car service was tied up
this m?rning by a strike of motormen
and conductors, but there was no dis
turbance in the early hours of the strike.
The men demand more money. Inter
urban cars continued hi operatlorf
The Richmond car lines are a part of
I the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and East
ern system, and it is said the strike at
Indianapolis precipitated the walkout
here. The car company announced that
an effort would be made to operate the
cars later in the day and the police are
preparing for trouble.
The employes have been dissatisfied
with their pay for some time and have
made demands for increases, which have
J been refused by the company. The men
j have been receiving IS to IT'J cents an
hour, those "having been with the com
pany four years* or more receiving the
higher wage.
M0FFITT TO AID STEWART.
Second Man to Go to Indianapolis
for the Government.
With the departure today of John A.
Moftitt for Indianapolis, the Department
of Labor will have two representatives
there attempting to have the street rail
way employes arbitrate their differences
Lthelburt Stewart has been on the scene
for more than a week. Acting Secretary
Post this morning ordered Mr. Moftitt to
leave today.
With the arrival of Mr. Moftitt. it was
said at the department today, it is likely
that Mr. Stewart will be recalled to Wash
ington in order to prepare his report on
his investigation of conditions in the Col
orado mines. This report is declared to be
an important one, and, while it Is urgent,
it was not believed to be good policy to
withdraw* Mr. fetewart and leave no one in
the field. Therefore the decision was
rcached to send Mr. Mottitt, who is fa
miliar with the conditions.
Pending the discontinuance of street ear
j mail service in Indianapolis, due to t*be
strike in progress there. Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson, through Second Assistant
Postmaster General Stewart, has author
lied the temporary employment of auto
mobile service to handle the mail collec
tions. ^
THE LITTLE STRANGER AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Recent Presidential Candi
i
date Wounded by Mexican
in Havana Fight.
HAVANA. Xovfmbcr 7.?Gen. Felix
Diaz recovered his composure today at
the: hospital to which he was taken for
surgical treatment after lie had b?eu
wounded in the neck in the attack on liini
by a Mexican last night. Diaz later was
arrested and accused of shooting Pedro
Guerrero, the young Mexican wounded by
a bullet during last night's altercation,
in the course of which Diaz was wound
ed.
All that Diaz could tell about the in
cident was that he and his companions
were listening to the music played by a
baud 0:1 the Malecon promenade when
the electric lights were^suddenly extin
guished and lie was attacked. He asserted
that lie was entirely unable to account
for what afterward happened. His
wounds are not serious. He was stabbed
twice, being wounded behind the ear and
i?i the neck. He also was beaten with
canes.
Gen. Diaz, with Oecillo Ocon. a fellow
fugitive from Mexico, and Luis Malda,
were listening to a band concert in the
Malecon when a group of Mexicans,
among them a young Mexican. Pedro
Guerrero, passed the Diaz party. Diaz
is said to have made some unpleasant
remarks about the followers of Carranza,
whereupon Guerrero went to the seawall
where the. other Mexicans were seated
and informed them of Diaz's alleged in
sult.
Hot Words Exchanged.
The entire group came back to where
Diaz and his friends were conversing and
hot words were exchanged, it is said.
Guerrero sprang at Diaz with a knife,
wounding him. The two struggled for a
moment together, when a policeman
seized Guerrero by the shoulders. Diaz
is said to have drawn a revolver and
tired, the bullet striking Guerrero. Then,
ft is said, Diaz handed the revolver to a
friend.
Diaz was taken to a hospital. Guerrero
is seriously wounded. The entire party
was placed under arrest.
Gets News in Paris.
PARIS, November 7.?Mme. Porflrlo
Diaz learned today of the attack on Gen.
Felix Diaz. She said Gen. Porfirio Diaz
would be greatly shocked by the occur
rence and she would break the news to
him as gently as possible. Mme. Diaz
declared that her husband would not say
anything for publication, as he was de
termined to follow resolutely the rule he.
had laid down for himself not to give
any interviews.
FOUR KILLED IN AUTO CRASH.
Seven Others Injured in Early Morn
ing Collision in Los Angeles.
DOS ANGELES, November 7.?Four
persons were killed -and seven injured
early this morning when two automobiles
collided. A seven-passenger automobile
packed with men and women ran Into a
smaller machine and overturned, crush
ing four of its occupants to death. The
dead are Ervin Chapman, owner and
driver of the larger car; Miss Vride El
more. \V. R. Sanders and Harry B. Cur
tis. The occupants of the smaller car es
caped serious injury.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate:
Not in session, meets Monday.
Banking committee continued in
executive session.
House:
Met at noon.
Resolution to investigate the Col
orado mine strike way defeated by
lack of a quorum.
Adjourned at 1:2a p.m.. until
Monday, noon.
Miss Dorothy Williams Bride
of Prospective U. S. Am
bassador to France.
AMERipAN DIPLOMATS
ATTEND THE CEREMONY
Marriage Takes Place in Chapel of
St. Peter and St. Edward,
London.
LONDON. November 7.?William F. Mc
<_ombs of New Vork, chairman of the
democratii: national committee, and Miss
Dorothy Williams, daughter of Col. and
John H. \\ illiarns of Washington,
D. C.t were married today. The cere
mony took place in the Roman Catholic
Chapel of at. Peter and St. Edward,
Paliicc street, \\ estminster, anil was per
formed by Father Bernard Vaughan.
The bride was unattended. Charles
.. ocfdrutT Hulsey of New York, a class
mate of Mr. McCombs at Princeton, serv
ed as best man.
Distinguished Guests Present.
A distinguished congregation gathered
in the chapel, including Walter Ilines
P?ige, the L nited States ambassador, and I
Mrs, Page; Myron T. Herrick, United
States ambassador to France and Mrs.
Herrick. the fcarl of Craven, the Countess
of Craven, formerly Cornelia Bradley Mar
tin of New York; the Earl of Suffolk, the
Countess of Suffolk, formerly Marguerite
Hyde Loiter; the Earl and Countess of
Derby Earl Curzon of Ktdleston, Mrs.
v'n 3 ^.sey' .AIaJ- Co,in powys Camp
bell and Mrs. Campbell, formerly Nancv
Lelter; Mrs. Richard Townsend of Wash
ington and Mrs. Newhouse.
A wedding breakfast was given at the
Ritz Hotel, after the ceremony.
Bridal Trip Aboard Yacht.
It is understood here that Mr. and
Mrs. McCombs will go aboard the yacht
Niagara, now at Southampton, for a
short trip, and that when the vessel
leaves that port to continue the journey
around the world they will be guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter as far
as India.
It is also considered very likely that
the couple will return to this country?
in fact, to this city?in time for Mr.
McCombs to take up the duties of the
American ambassadorship in Paris in
1'ebruary next. There seems no reason
able doubt among friends here that Mr.
McCombs has accepted the offer of the
President, and that probably for the
first time a Washington girl will pre
side at the American ? embassy at the
French capital.
MERELY AN EXPERIMENT.
Physician's Plea in Court Frees Him
of Intoxication Charge.
NEW YORK, November 7.?The ordi
nary routine of the all-night court was
broken early today when one of several
prisoners arraigned on charges of intoxi
cation begged to be excused because his
drunkenness was part of a scientific ex
periment he was making to determine the
effects of alcohol. - - -
The prisoner was George I>. Dolbert,
who said he'was a physician. "'I have
been a student of alcoholism for the past
| twenty years," he told the court, "and r
| did this just to ascertain what the feel
i iugs are that accompany a state of in"
I ebriation."
Magistrate Breen accepted the plea and
discharged the prisoner upon condition
that he should conduct any further ex
periment at liome.
Gained World-Wide Fame by
Discoveries, Including Ap
pendicitis Operations.
STO< "KBRIDGE, Mass.. November 7.?
Dr. Charles McBurney, the New York
surgeon, died suddenly of lieart disease
early today at the home of his sister
!in Brookllne, Mass. Dr. McBurney re
turned from a hunting trip in Maine last
SaturdayT" He had appeared in his usual
health until this morning.
Dr. McBurney, after a practice of near
ly forty years in New York, retired to his
country estate here in 1907. During his
residence in Stockbridge he had been an
enthusiastic follower of outdoor life and
sports.
Dr. McBurney ? was born at Roxbury,
Mass., sixty-eight years ago. He was a
graduate of Harvard College and of the
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New
York. During his professional life he was
connected as visiting or consulting sur
geon with many New York hospitals, and
for a time was professor of clinical sur
gery at the College of Physicians and Sur
geons.
Cared for McKinley.
When President McKinley was shot in
1901 Dr. McBurney Mas called from
Stockbridge and took charge of the case
upon his arrival at Buffalo.
Dr. McBurney had already acquired a
considerable reputation as a skillful sur
geon when, in he published an es
say 011 "Experience With Operative In
terference in Cases of Disease of the
Vermiform Appendix."
The essay brought him recognition
from the whole world, and for many
years his colleagues jocularly called him
the "father of appendicitis." His essay
created the tirst general recognition of
the disease, established a means of diag
nosis and a character of treatment, and
gave to America admitted priority and
pre-eminence in that treatment.
Thousands Saved.
The prominence which he gave to the
symptom of localized tenderness, now
universally known as "McBurney's
point," brought a ready means of diag
nosis and undoubtedly led to the saving
of thousands of lives. His later contri
butions to medical science included the
introduction of the lirst effective opera
tion for the relief of hernia, a new
method of operation for biliary calculi
and a re"o!utionary change in the method
of treating certain dislocations of the
humerus.
He was a pioneer in insisting upon
aseptic surgery, and he developed a great
part of the aseptic operative technique
which soon became a matter of course in
all operating rooms.
CHIME LAID TO T0N6 MEN.
Murder of Japanese by Chinese May
Lead to Bace Fend.
FRESNO, Cal., November 7.?Y. Yena
mona, a Japanese, was shot and killed
last night, presumably by Chinese tong
men.
Yenamona and other Japanese were ar
rested in Kings county last month, charg
ed with having killed and robbed a Chi
nese merchant. They were released for
lack of evidences When the trio came to
Fresno yesterday two of them appealed
to the police to be lodged in jail until
they could arrange to leave the country.
Yenamona. who preferred to remain at
llbertv, was slain within an hour.
It i*s feared the killing will lead to
retaliatory measures and a prolonged
feud between the races.
Trains Meet; 3 Killed; 4 Hurt.
ALLIANCE, Ohio, November 7.?Three
men were killed and four injured in u
head-on collision of freight trains on the
Lake Erie. Alliance and Wheeling rail
( road, three miles southwest of here, yes
terday. All "were trainmen.
BOTH ARE INJURED
IN REVOLVER DUEL
Mrs. William P. Hutton and
Thomas J. Garrett Are
Struck by Bullets.
AFFAIR AT LINDEN, MD.,
IS BEING INVESTIGATED
Officers Are Told That Man, Intoxi
cated, Threatened to Kill Her
and Then Himself.
In a revolver duel at the home of Mr*.*
"William P. Hutton, at Linden, Md., last
night, Mrs. Hutton was shot four times,
and her assailant. Thomas J. Garrett, also
was wounded, receiving a bullet in the
lower part of the abdomen. Garrett was
brought to Garfield Hospital late last
night, and it was stated at the hospital
today that his wound is not serious. Mrs.
Hutton's injuries, though more serious
than Garrett's, are not expected to prove
fatal, and she was able today to give an
account of the duel, in which, after being
shot by Garrett, she tired a bullet which
struck him and then escaped from the
house ami summoned aid.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Hutton, she has been separated from
her husband for several weeks, and lias
been Jiving alone in the home at Lin
den, her husband having gone to Can
ada. Garrett, she told Montgomery
county officers today, has for some time
been forcing his attentions on her. al
though he is a married man with a
family.
Say8 Garrett Was Intoxicated.
Last night about 8 o'clock. Mrs. Hut
ton told the officers, Garrett came to
the house, much under the intluenee of
liquor. As he entered, Mrs. Hutton
says, he drew a revolver from his
pocket and told her he intended to end
his life.
Mrs. Hutton told the officers she begged
Garrett to refrain, and said he then told
her he meant to kill her first and then
blow his own brains out. Mrs. Hutton
said she escaped from him and ran to the
upper floor of the house, when Garrett
called after her that he was coming up to
kill her and then to commit seuicide.
Mrs. Hutton said she obtained a *32
caliber revolver from a bureau drawer
and met Garrett as he came up the stairs.
She thinks he fired the first shot, which
penetrated her rigli thigh. Other shots
followed quickly, one passing entirely
through the woman's right leg, another
penetrating her right wrist, while a
fourth entered her right shoulder and
passed almost entirely through. Another
bullet was deflected by a steel of the
woman's corset.
Mrs. Hutton Fires One Shot.
In the meantime Mrs. Hutton had fired
one shot, the bullet lodging in the lower
part of Garrett's abdomen, and he fell
to the foot of the stairs. Mrs. Hutton
was able, she says, to get out of the
house and to walk a distance of about
seventy-five feet, where she fell and lay
until neighbors, attracted by the sound
of the fusillade of shots, arrived.
Dr. George H. Wright, In charge of the
sanitarium at Forest Glen, was summon
ed and dressed the woman's wounds.
Only one of the bullets from Garrett's
revolver remained in her body, the others
having passed through. The one which
struck her in the shoulder, Dr. Wright
stated, passed almost through to the op
posite side, lodging just under the skin,
where it remained.
In spite of the four wounds and a bad
ly bruised spot on her side, where the
remaining bullet struck and was stopped
by the corset steel. Dr. Wright said Mrs.
Hutton's injuries would not, in all proba
bility, prove fatal or even dangerous.
Officials Make Investigation.
The shooting was reported late last
night to the Montgomery county author
ities at Rockville. and Sheriff Howard.
State's Attorney W. Outerbrldge Spates
and others went to Linden today to make
an investigation. State's Attorney Spates
said, after questioning Mrs. Hutton, that
he probably would lodge a charge of as
sault with intent to commit murder
against Garrett, but that his course in
regard to Mrs. Hutton's part in the
shooting had not been determined.
Garrett, who is thirty-two years old,
has been employed for some time as ari
assistant engineer by the Southern Rail
way Company. His wife, who is an in
valid, lives with her parents in Rich
mond, Va., but Garrett, it is stated, has i
made his home in Washington. He is
the father of five children. Garrett, it is
stated, is a son of Maj. Thomas J. Gar
rett of Alabama, who for many years
was an employe of the United States
Senate.
Mrs. Hutton. who Is twenty-five years
old, before her marriage was Miss Saidee
C. Ooke of this city, and has several rela
tives living here at the present time. Ac
cording to her neighbors at Linden, her
conduct since the departure of her hus
band has been irreproachable, and the
neighbors lay full responsibility for last
night's shooting on Garrett
Plurality Goes Up 4,000.
NEW YORK. November 7.?Revised re
turns received at republican state head
quarters today increased the unofficial
pluralltv bv which William E. Werner was
elected chief judge of the court of appeals
by 4.000.
PLANS FOR PARTY
NOT YET SETTLED
New York Democrats Have
Taken No Steps for Reor
ganization of Tammany.
DUDLEY FIELD MALONE
WHITE HOUSE VISITOR
Declares Mayor-Elect Mitchel Will
Work Solely for Good of City.
Leaders to See Wilson.
New York democrats fresh from th?
tight in that city against Tammany
pay that no plans have yet been mad*
for a reorganization of Tammany or the
forming of a new organisation repre
senting the views of the element of the
party to which John Purroy Mitchel. ilia
newly elected mayor, l?elongn. Mitchel
has foreshadowed a non-partisan admin
istration and the appointment of men (??
oftlcc without the slightest ref3?rd to
their political affiliations, but nationally
and in state politics he is a democrat of
the progressive advanced type
Dudley Field Maione, the assistant see*
retary of state, who defied Tammivny and
opposed Ids own father-in-law. Senator
.O'Gorman, by prominently si'/pporting
jMltcl.il, arrived in Washington t.vlay an?l
j spent so.ii'- time at the \N'hjtf> House.
| which is said to have him in mind for
j collector of the i?ort to till thfc vacancy
I niado by the resignation of Mit fliel to run
| for mayor. Mr. Maione work r-d so hard
jin the campaign that lie wi'.l leave to
night, under .orders of his pl/yslclan, for
a rest at Atlantic City or elsr where. It*
diu not wish today to disemfs the politi
cal situation in New York., merely re
marking that Mayor-elect Mitchel will
work solely for the good of New York.
Expected to Consult Wilson.
The understanding is tfiat when the
leading democrats In Nfw York who
aided in defeating Tami/iauy have dis
cussed party affairs to H more or less
definite t?oint they will como here and
talk with President Wfllson. who will
have several conference^ in the next few
i months with the mayor ?elect.
The President's deep interest in New
j York and his sympathy -with Mitchel wer?
; shown late yestet'day. "w hen he sent Mr.
Mitchel this telegraiv). thereby openly
placing himself in t#ie anti-Tammany
ranks: "I congratulate you with all my
heart." j
The sending of lh& telegram was de
layed for a day qr two, but the Presi
dent finally determii?led to throw tact to
one side and align himself with the anti
Tammany element. Jiis attitude has long
been known in an unofficial way, and the
telegram simply cf<njlrnied what has been
printed about his , loaning*.
Would Mean.' Close Alignment.
The talk of Xfcir. Maione for collector
of th? port of ."New York would, if It
became a reality, mean that the na
tional administration would work
closely with ihe incoming city ad
ministration tlfere in measures looking
to the reorganization of the party
along lines H>at would make it ac
ceptable to fcilean democrats every
where. i
Murphy Is rto be put out as leader
sootier or la^.er. He may be able to
hold his prefent place for some time,
is the conjecture, but it will not be
many monthfc before the lead<*rs under
him will btjgiii breaking away when
they find no patronage in sight and the
boys under them making ail sorts of
threats.
PENROSE OK HUNTING TBIP.
Accompanied by Friends. He Goes
to North Carolina Sounds.
NORFOLK. Va.. November 7. United
States Senator Bols Penrose of Penn
sylvania and a party of friends arrived
here today on his yacht Betty, w hich was
| accompanied by the yacht Ruffled tiro use.
' having aboard her owner, J. H. ?'arstairs
j of Philadelphia and District Attorney
i Kotan of that city, who has just been re
elected.
The Pennsylvanians landed a< Norfolk
and had breakiast with Kepubllean Na
tional Committeeman Alvali H. Martin of
Virginia. Accompanied by Mr. Martin
I they left at 11 o'clock from Hospital
Point on the Portsmouth side of the river
for a hunting trip of ten days on the
North Carolina sounds. They will also
look into some business investments in
eastern Carolina while there.
Chauffeurs Secede From Demand.
NHW YORK, November 7 Nearly a
thousand taxicab chauffeurs decided at a
mass meeting early today to accept an
eleven-hour work day. a? offered by em
ployers. thus receding from their de
mand for a ten-hour day, to enforce
which' they threatened to strike. The
men formerly worked twelve hours.
St. Augustine Cars Running.
ST. AUGt .TNE. Fla,. November 7.
Street car service, which since yesterday
morning had been at a standstill here, was
resumed today through & court injunction
obtained by the St. John's Electric Com
pany. Mayor Corbett stopped the servtc*
yesterday after the traction company had
refused to pay a franchise tax the city
demanded.
VALUES
The price of advertising in The Star is worth
any merchant's money, and the less money he has
the more he needs the advertising.
The value is proved by the .volume used.
Yesterday's Advertising
Space Used by the Local Merchants
Limss
The Evening Star ?????? 25,015
2d Newspaper 8,937
3d Newspaper ?**????? 5,747
4th Newspaper ??????? 3,943
Total, 18,627
6.388 lines, or over 20 columns, more than
the other three combined.
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