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RICHMOND, VA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1011
THE WKATIIISR TO-DAY?Fair. PRICE TWO CENTS.
INSURGENTS ill
TammanyChief tain Pro?
poses to Dictate New
Candidate.
AID OF RYAN IS
BEING SOUGHT
Judge Parker Denies That He Is
Seeking Influence of Financier.
Makes It Clear That He Docs
Not Want Senatorship.
Murphy Refuses to
Talk.
New York. March 23.?It is evident
here to-night that Tammany Leader
Charles Murphy 1? not disposed to lot
the Insurgents, headed by .State Sena?
tor Roosevelt, "bosa" the hew Demo?
cratic caucus called for Monday night
to 6elect another candidate for the sen
atorshlp to succeed Chauncoy Dcpew.
"While Murphy, in response to Inter?
viewers, brusquely replies that he has
"nothing to say," It comes from those
close to the Tammany chieftain that
he does not propose 10 "lay down" and
mbmlt to the nomination of an anti
Tammany candidate. It has gone forth
from Murphy'H camp that if Roosevelt,
and his followers attempt to dictate
the action of the caucus, Murphy will
6tlck to Sheehan and thus prevent the
naming of a Senator, leaving New York
with but one Senator for the extra ses
t-lon of Congress
William Sheehan's attitude Is hostile
to any new candidate, lie Is bitterly
opposed to the idea of a new caucus,
but wishes In this have been over?
ruled. It has been rumored persistently
that If the second caucus indorses him,
lhu? reaffirming that he is the parly
Choice, he will step down and out. hav?
ing proved that he could have prevent?
ed the election of another man.
Slirehnu Itctlecnt.
At the othces of William F. Sheehan
it was reiterated that Mr. Sheehan has
nothlrg to say on the senatorial situ?
ation and that he will not withdraw.
Mr. Sheehan himself did not come down
Town to-dayi and his secretary! Ashley
T. Cole. Is at Albany, looking out for
hi? interests there. In their absence
there was no comment from their nsso
ciatcs except thai "it wtia all vary sad."
Alton 13. Parker, Mr. Sheehan's law
partner, denied a statement that he 1*
our- of the >i>: candidates for whom
the Inlluom <? of Thomas Fortune Ryan
was nought indirectly. "I deny," he
*aid. "that any one, with my consent
or knowledge, has nought Mr. Uyan's
influence or that of any other person,
at any time, to secure for me the
United States senaior3hlp.
"1 made it as clear as I could, both
before the election in public speeches
and the day afterward. In Interviews,
that my obligations were such that 1
could not accept the senatorial ofhee.
From that day to this there has been
no change in my position,."
Atlvtttcd to Stick.
Allan A. Ryan, through whom It i*
supposed that his father's influence
was sought last night, refused to-day
either to deny or to confirm the inter?
view accredited to him. "Not one
?word," he said. He is quoted as hav?
ing said last night: "My advice to Mr.
Sheehan and the Democratic party, if
they hope for future success, is to
stand by the choice of the caucus,
-which is Mr. Sheehan."
Charles F. Murphy would not add !
to-day to his brief sentence of yes- I
tcrday. His friend:, said that It was |
difficult to see what he could add, in j
view of the attitude of Mr. Sheehan
and the self-evident fact that the new
caucus to be held next Monday will
FP^ak for him more plainly than any?
thing else.
SERIOUS MISTAKE MADE
Society Paper Announce* engagement
of Mr*, Cleveland.
New York, March 23.?S. S. Mailings,
executor of the estate of the late
flrover Cleveland, and in charge of
Mrs. Cleveland's personal affairs. Is?
sued the following statement to-night:
"The paragraph appearing this af?
ternoon In one of the weekly society
publications suggesting that there is
an engagement of marriage between
Mrs. Grover Cleveland and Professor
"West, of Princeton, is not only with?
out the slightest justification, but Is
fully refuted by the fact that Dean
"West already has a wife living, and
their son now is a student in Princeton
University." s '
The publisher of the society paper
in question called up the Associated
Press to-night and said that he re?
gretted exceedingly that an error had
crept into print, and that he wished I
It announced immediately that a se?
rious mistake had been made.
PEAC^IC?iJSE ADVANCED
Settlement of rtevolt In Honduras tins
Helped Much.
New Orleans. La.. March 23.?Thomas
C. Dawson. the American representa?
tive at the Uonduran peace conference,
recently concluded at Puerto Cortez.
arrived hero to-day on the stcamer
tlleredla from Porto Barrios, and do
parted to-night for Washington. After
making n report on his mission to the
State Department. Mr. Dawson prob?
ably will go to Managua. Nicaragua,
on a diplomatic mission.
Mr. Dawson feels that the object
of the American government to secure
permanent peace in Central America
lias been materially advanced by the
amicable settlement of the revolt in
Honduras .
Sir. DaWson spent several days at
Guatahiala City, where, he had extend?
ed conferences with President Kstrada
Cabrera.
~'rNEWljSETo*R WIRELESS
Sclent ist? Communicate l.nnp; Distance
I rndergroiihd.
Berlin. March 23.?Two German
scientists, Drs. I.eimbach and Uoewy,
have successfully applied wireless
telegraphy for underground communi?
cation. Messages have, been sent be?
tween the potash mines, In the North
JIarz Mountains, a distance of nearly
a mile and a half, at a level of 1.G00
feet below tho surface. The messages
were, so clearly delivered that the
scientists conclude much greater dis?
tances are feasible. The discovery is
regarded as highly important in case
of. mine disasters.
would destroy college
Alleged Attempt* .Made to Dura . Its
Buildings. I
Gfanlte Hill, Ga.,- March 23.?Two
.special detectives are patrolling the
grounds of the Tenth District Agri?
cultural College and the force of night
watchmen has been Increased as the
result of alleged Incendiary fires. Tues?
day night, when the main academic
building was destroyed under some?
what suspicious circumstances.
While patrolling the premises about
8:30 o'clock'last nli;ht detectives dis?
covered the barn and stable building
ablaze and saved livestock valued at
something more than $1,0,00. To:day it i
was reported that an attempt liad been |
made later In the 'night to fire the
girls' dormitory, and that an ' investi?
gation was being niade.! A report from
the college to-day is that throe yo.ung
men have been kept under surveillance
as a result of suspicions, tind that one
arrest or detention wuji made yester?
day find the party taken to Sparta;
hut released to-day.
can't take it back
If Vou Give lifinri to United Stntcs, It's ,
"for Keeps."'
Boston, .Mass.. March 23.?The Fed
oral government's contention that land!
once deeded to the L'nlted States can- j
hot be withdrawn without .State legis
the rih?etment was sustained. by Judgel
Arthur I/. Brown, in the Uniterl States
Circuit "Court of Appeals, to-day. Tie
verdict was given in a suit over land i
presented to the Federal govrnmcnt by :
Joseph s. Fay in 1 **2 for use In con?
nection with the fish hatchery at '
Woods Hole. The doed - provided that ;
if not.used by the government within
twenty years the land shoul revert t<>
Mr. Fay's-heirs. In 1003 the "Fays took
possession of the land under authorltv.
of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts,
ulieging that the stipulations of the
will had been violated,
j The present proceeding was started
I by the government Id regain the brop
erty,~whlcb adjoins the fish t hatchery.
I and is now said, to he worth $10,000.
I big f?Wr7lV"no~c?rpse
Orthodox Jcvis Will Tnkc Pnrt la
Inlque < en muulnl. .
Now York. March 23.?-a funeral pa?
rade of 10.nno persons without a corpse
\yas sanctioned to-day by Mayor Gay?
nor upon application of orthodox Jew- ?
ish worshipers at the old Christie
Street Synagogue, recently destroyed !
by fire. The ceremonial will make the
burial On Sunday next of sacred relics
taken from the ruins, and is-said to]
be, the first of its kind ever held in
America.
Ancient books of the Hebraic law t
and pold and silver ornaments! from ;
Jerusalem will be conveyed in coffins
In tiic vanguard of. the procession.
Two hundred carriages. it was ' an?
nounced, win follow the heHirscs, while
an army of the orthodox believers .will
trudge on foot a religious ceremony
will be held over the relics in a syna?
gogue, and the marchers will then pro?
ceed to Bay Side Cemetery, Rrookjvn.
where ihr coffins will f,r- interred.
carnegie will testify
Jilad In Tell What lie Knows of IJc- j
fund Company's AlTalrii.
New York. March 23.?It is understood
here to-day thai Andrew Carnegie has
sent word to District Attorney White
man that he will gladly testify before
?ho grand Jury in the investigation of
the affairs of the defunct Carnegie
Trust Company, whose leading snirit.
WtllUum .1. Cummins, has already been
Indicted on charges of larceny. Mr. j
Carnegie had no connection with the
institution, but ho rendered it sub?
stantial financial aid, and the district
attorney said some time ?ro that Ire |
would call him as a errand iury wit i
noes if he found it necessary. There |
was no pr-ind iury session to-day. As j
a result of the Investigation of the
affairs of the Carnegie Trust Company,
a move will be made at a meeting of j
the Clearinir House Association next >
week to bring the local trust com- !
panics under direct supervision of the
association.
to promote peace
ProRrnr.i Itrlnc Arranged to Arouse!
Public Sentiment.
I L?ondon, March 23.?The best means
of promoting an arbitration treaty be?
tween Kngktnd and the l'nlted States
was considered at ;i meeting of the
Free Church Council to-day. It was
decided to postpone the orojeelcd dem?
onstration in Albert Hall, recentlv ar?
ranged for April 1. so as to allow time
to arrange a simultaneous expression
of feeling in the United States. This
decision was largely due to a letter
received from Sir Fdward Grey, who
advised keeping in close touch with
I corresponding American bodies in or?
der to make clear that what is done in
one country is in sympathy with the
feeling in the other.
A resolution was adopted asking the
Ivord Mayor to form a national com?
mission for the holding of meetings in
favor of the movement in all towns
In the United Kingdom.
recovers damages
S'ew York Mnn Had Been Arrested on
Khlse ClmrKC
Tiio Janeiro. March 23.?R. R. Brown,
a manufacturer of New York, who was
arrested last January by order of lo?
cal officers upon charges that subse- !
fluently proved to have been without]
any basis, was to-day awarded Sl.?OO I
damages by the Police Department; It I
Is stated that'one of Brown's employes
here guve financial assistance to a par?
ty of Fngiis.li girls who wished to es?
cape an immoral theatrical contract,
and in the misunderstanding that fol?
lowed Brown, as well as his employe,
vvus arrested on the charge of abduc?
tion.
carries eleven passengers;
Ayinior Bregnet Brenk* All Itceords
With IH* Aeroplnne.
Douai. Franee, March 23.?Aviator
T. ouis Brennet to-day carried eleven
passengers in his monoplane a distance
of two miles.
The flight was made at n height
varying from fifty to seventy-five feet.
The total weigh j of the twelve per?
sons was 1.315 pounds, and the com-1
bined weight of the machine and Its
occupants was 2.602 pounds.
The best previous performance of. the
kind was made by M. Le Martin, who
on February 2. took up seven passen?
gers on n five-minutes' trip.
shot from ambush
Second Strike Assassination Wlthiu
Three Dn.v.s.
Cincinnati. O.. March 23:?The sec?
ond assassination within three days in
connection with the strike of white
firemen on the Cincinnati, New Orleans
nnd Texas Pacific llailrond. occurred
to-day at .Helenwood, Tenn. C. B.
Street, a fireman strike-breaker, was
s.hot from-ambush. Street's home ad
1 dress was clv<?n to the company as
New York City. ?
j tillm^~~eW^^^
South Cnroltnn Senator Set? Bumorw
of Sickness at Best.
Columbia. S. C.i March -23.?Senator
B. B. Tillman to-day. in response to an
Inquiry as to his health, inspired by a
rumor thn.t he wns very ill. said that
he was feeling entirely well. He spent
the entire day in the fields on his farm
at Trenton. S. C. He is feeling better
than ho has for many monthrji
Maria Stendardo Denies
Giving Assistance
to Criminals.
AIDED THIEVES
AND ASSASSINS
Her Home Resort for Most Des?
perate Men of Dreaded Organ?
ization?Persons of High
Position Among Her Fol?
lowers, While She Had
Influence in Naples.
Vitcrbo, Italy. Mtrch 23.?Maria
Stendardo. at whose home, the state
alleges, the assassins washed their
hands of the blood of the Cuoecolos,
was examined by President Bianchl
at the trial of the thirty-six Camor?
rists to-day. She is one of the most
interesting characters in tlie ease, and
the pnly woman among the prisoners.
The charge against her is complicity In
the murders and tho receiving of
stolen goods.
In the course of ?.he interrogation
the accusation was made that she had
bribed witness";; to testify falsely in
aid of the defendants. This she de?
nied, asserting that, on the contrary,
the carbineers had offered to pay her
$12 for each witness whom she scour-'
ed to sign a statement prepared by
them.
Home ItcMitrt of f.'rlIllinois.
Maria Stendardo, whose defense was
a general denial of the charges, is un?
der middle age and retains much of the
beauty that in youth resulted in many
conquests in the poorer class, among
whom she was born, and later made her
a woman of case and'of influence,' both
!n the Camorra and in the ollicial lifo
of Naples.
tier home is said to have been a re?
sort of desperate <ri initials, while her
friends included men in high pieces.
She is an intimate friend of Nicola
Morra, one of the alleged actual mur?
derers of Cuoccoio and his wife, and
it is charged that Morra and his com?
panions went to the woman's home fol?
lowing the murders. This Maria em?
phatically denied, insisting that it was
another instance of manufactured evi?
dence.
Qunrrelcd Over Theft.
Fcrdinando de Matteo, who is accused
of (laying lured Cuoccoio to his death,
was another prisoner questioned to?
day. Dc Matteo, who is advanced in
years, once had fame as an athlete,
and Is known as a frequenter of ques?
tionable resorts. He is illiterate, and.
according to the police, a vicious char?
acter The particular charge against
him Is that he induced Cuoccoio to visit
a lonely spot on the outskirts of Torre
del Greco, on the pretext that they
were to meet to organise a burglary
at the home of Commandator Rossi
Romano. Cuoccoio fell into the trap,
and found himself in a place where
everything had been prepared for his
death.
Under examination Dc Matteo denied
participation in the crime and that he
was the Camorra in his district. He
sai-J that he hated Nicola Morra and
would never work with him in a crime.
They had quarreled years ago. he said,
over, a theft in which they were en?
gaged.
MUST STAND TRIAL
Court ilefuncd to Quash Indictment
AgalnMt fatten nnd Others.
New York, March 23.?Judge Noyes,
of the United States Circuit Court,
handed down a decision this afternoon
refusing to quash the second "'cotton
pool" indictment against James A.
Patten, Eugene G. Scales, Frank B.
lfaynes, William P. Brown and Colonel
Robert M. Thompson. He sustained cer?
tain technical contentions and dis?
missed others. The indictment charges
conspiracy In restraint of interstate
trade in cotton, on which the defend?
ants must stand trial.
Judge Noyes ruled that the corner?
ing of a commodity In the market does
not constitute a violation of the Sher?
man anti-trust law unless it can be
shown that the direct effect of the so
called corner would he to restrain or
obstruct interstate traffic. This re?
sult, would be remote in the present
case* the court ruled, as the effect of
the "corner" was to stimulate traffic
and raise prices, although abnormally.
The combination to control the mar?
ket lie termed "negatively illegal with?
out any prohibitory statute, and would
be positively unlawful in any State
having a statute against corners."
The allegation that the creatiitJ of
the coiner was a violation of law is
dismissed.
The court holds that even "'if the
combination in question be a violation
it is so because it Is Involuntary re?
straint of trade; 1. e.. it is conspiracy
entered into by persons not engaged
In Interstate commerce, which has the
effect of preventing other persons
from freely engaging in it."
DUEL IS CALLED OFF
nee nnd Wn.sp Win *V<>t lOngnge In
.wonii i Combat.
N*ew Orleans, March 23.?The editors
of the French papers, the Bee and the
Wasp, are not to engage in mortal
combat, according to n public state?
ment made by M. l">o Baroncelli, editor
of the Wasp.
"After consulting with friends and
seeing no justification for blood, the
Wasp* declined the conflict as being
without .lust cause." declared Editor P>o.
Baroncelli. Tn consequence, F.ditor
Capdeville. of the Bee, now says the
proposed duel Is off.
GOING TO CORONATION
Hear-Admiral Vreelnnd Detailed tn
RepreHeut Navy.
Washington. March 23.? Rear-Ad?
miral Charles K. Vreelnnd. now in com?
mand of the second division of the
Atlantic fleet, has been detailed to rep?
resent the navy at the coronation of
King George V. Admiral Pewey de?
clined the appointment because of the
length of the journey.
Flooded by ItlllnH.
Rio Janeiro. March 23.?Torrential
rains that began three days ago con?
tinued to-night. The streets of the
city tloodcd. blocking traffic, and the
telephono systems arc demoralized.
Camorr ist s Caged While Undergoing Trial
PIUSONEIIS IS HUGE IRON CAGE, l.\
CHI IHII, WHERE Tit IAL IS HELD.
-,? ?-r\
OFFICERS REPORT
IN CAMP APRIL 5
First Lot of State Militia
Apportioned by War
Department. '
VIRGINIA SENDS FIVE
They Will Be Given Instruction
With Troops Now on
Mexican Border,
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, D. C, March 2?..?The
War Department to-day announced the
apportionment by States of the first
lot of militia officers to be sent to the
camps of instruction at Sun Antonio.
Texas, and San Diego. California. -Two
hundred and thirty-five officers have
been ordered to report to the camps
on April r?. Of tills number, 200 will
go to San Antonio and the remainder
ti.i San Diego.
The officers ordered to re pop* at San
Antonio from the militia organizations
of tlie South Atlantic States follow:
Virginia, five; North Carolina, four;
South Carolina, four; Georgia, live,
and Florida, two. or the officers ord?
ered from Virginia, there will be one
field staff officer, one adjutant, one
commissary officer, one field artillery
battalion officer and one officer from
the medical corps, with the rank of
major. North Carolina will send one
field stHfr' officer, two Infantry company
officers and one major of the medical
corps. South Carolina will send one
field staff ' officer, two infantry com?
pany officers, and one major of the
medical corps. Georgia will send two
infantry company officers, one cavalry
troop officer, one field artillery battal?
ion officer and one major of the medi?
cal corps. Florida will send one in?
fantry company officer'and one major
of the medical corps.
Of the 200 officers who will report at
San Antonio, 1 IT will be from the In?
fantry branch, ten from the cavalry,
thirteen from the field artillery, four
from the engineer corps, four from tho
signal corps and twenty-two from the
medical corps. Thirty-one of the of?
ficers who are ordered to San Diego
will be from the infantry branch and
the remaining four from the medical
corps.
At the office of the chief of staff to?
day, it was stated "that about 1.000
militia officers could be given instruc?
tions at the. camps before the army
appropriation for that purpose was
exhausted. When these funds are used
up. the cost of the instruction nt the
camps will have to be defrayed from
the respective state militia a*l>proprla
tions. It Ih expected that in the fu?
ture the squads of officers ordered to
the "front" will number :S00 instead of
No Decision [leached.
No decision has yet been reached by
Ariujntant-Genernl Sale as to the per?
sonality of the live Virginia officers
who will he detailed by him to bo the
first to go to tho San Antonio camp, lie
said last night thai he did not know
jusl when he would ho able to an?
nounce his decision In the matter, as
ho had several things to consider.
Tt Is presumed thr.t the five. Vir?
ginians will leave the State on the
night of April 2. In order to reach San
Antonio by April 5, the day designated
by the War Department. Fort Sain
Houston is located at San Antonio,
which is fifteen miles from the Mexi?
can border at Laredo, and about the
same distance from the border at
Kagle Pass.
According to intimations given otit
by the War Department yesterday,
probably a greater number of officers
will go for the second period, begin?
ning April 1ft, although it seems un?
likely that more than thirty Virginians
in all will take part in the manoeuvres.
Four From .Vbrfh Cnrollnn.
f Special to The Times-Dispatch. |
Raleigh, N. C, March 23.?Tn com?
pliance with the official notice from the
United Stales War Department, that
this State Is expected to send four
officers to I he observation manoeuvres
at San Antonio. Tex.. Adjutant-Gen?
eral Leihst er. with the approval of
(jovornor K itch In, has forwarded the
following nominations: Colonel J. T.
Gardner, Shelby, infantry field officer;
Major DJ, B. Glenn, Ashcvlllo, niedlcal
corps; Captain A. L. C Hill, Company
B. Second Infantry, Kinston, ami Cap?
tain Wade H. Phillips, Company A.
Third Infantry, Lexington.
_ TItlAli.
G.O. P. PRECEDENT
BEING FOLLOWED
"Seniority of Service" Observed
in Making L'p House
Committees.
''RELIC OF CANNONISM"
_
All Efforts Fail to Budge Fitz?
gerald From Chairmanship
of Appropriations.
Washington, March 23.?Republicans
of the House were amazed to-d?y to
hear unofficially that tlte Democratic
Committee on Commit ices is making
up the committee list for the new
Congress by following In the main the
old plan of seniority; service, a "relic
of Cannonism."
It has been known from the outset'
that Mr. Fitzgerald would get the
chairmanship of Appropriations, be?
cause he was the senior Democrat, and
there could bo no possible objection
to him on the ground of ability. Even
the efforts of William -J. Bryan, fol?
lowed by a personal visit of the peer?
less leader ? to Washington, did not
avaii'to shift Fitzgerald.
Moon, of Tennessee, is to be chair*
man of Post-Offices and Post Roads, by
the same rule of seniority, although
Lloyd,' of Missouri,' chairman of the.
Democratic congressional campaign
commit tee, had filed on the assignment,
and will be disappointed not to get it.
Fight oil ' AdlluiKOu.
The rule, however, will have to be
vacated in tlte case of the Committee
on Agriculture chairmanship, whore
Land), of Virginia, the senior, will have
to give way for Burleson. of Texas,
who yielded Appropriations to Fitz?
gerald. In spite, of a bitter tight which
is being made against Adanison, of
Georgia's, claim to the chairmanship
of Interstate and Foreign Coihniicrcc,
he will get the place.
However. It appear* now that the.
makeup of the committees for the
greater part will show the sitting
members In tlte relative positions
where they had been placed by the
wicked I'nele .Toe Cannon in past Con?
gresses, and the new members will
trail along after them. Which the
Republicans think Is sis it should be.
This plan, however, will tend to de?
crease heartburnings, the Democrats
say, and promote satisfaction with the
work of the Committee on Committees.
.Hann Im Ilonmcd.
The friends of Mr. Mann, of Illin?
ois, especially his admirers In the
ranks of the progressive. Republicans,
are urging him Id nllr.w his name to
be presented to the Republican caucus
as the too forma candidate for Speak?
er, which carries with it the minority
leadership.
Mr. Mann thus far has not declared
his willingness or unwillingness to
allow that to be done.
Mr. Mann is held In high esteem hy
the progressives. He is one of the
few Republicans who voted against
the Payne-Aldrich bill, and his Inde?
pendence of partisan ties and his un?
doubted moral and political courage, as
well vis his mnrilfesit ability, all serve
to recommend hint to the place.
Some of the influential Republicans
who are i\ow in the city believe that
Mr. Mann will l>e the titular minority
leader, ns they can see no valid rea?
sons for the standpatters to oppose
hilft In fact, they rather expect the
ohl guard to realize that Mr. Mann.
oa thev claim, oould more nearly than
(Continued on Third Page.)
Believes He Has Way to Settle
Reel-Hot Fight in
Indiana.
CAN ALSO "BOOST" A FRIEND
Will Appoint Old Yale Classmate
to Good Federal
Position.
Washington, March 'Jo.? President
Taft thinks he has struck upon a plan
to settle the big" contllct between the
Indiana Republican factions as to tlie
United States marshalship. lie is go?
ing to try to havo an old friend and
Vale classmate, Merrill Mo ores, an at?
torney of Indianapolis, accept th? mar?
shalship. Mr. Moores was in Washing?
ton some time ago and indicated then
that undor no circumstances would he
tako the position. The President, howt
ever, may prevail upon him to do so
as a solution to tho red-hot light that
has been in progress for months over
the marshalship. with nearly every
prominent Republican In tho State in?
volved.
j It is estimated that 1.000 telegrams
and letters have been received at the
i White House since the light started,
and they arc still comtng. The tele?
graph companies havo had to put on
extra men at some points in Indiana
to ?ccoin?d?tc" the rush.
standing by Lec.
Edwin M. Lee, Republican State
chairman, has been urged for the mar?
shalship by former Senator Bcverldgo,
and all the Beveridgc adherents in the
'Stale. Including a majority of the State
' committee and the Legislature, have
l stood by Lee, who is admitted by the
regular Republicans to be a man of
> ability and tact.
The old-time Republicans have ob-1
Mooted to Loo's appointment as marshal
because it would .have the effect, of
giving Federal recognition to tho
Bevcrltigo wing of the party.
They have not centred upon anybody
to present against Lee, but have made
numerous suggestions. The President
at one time tried to settle the matter
by offering Lec a position in Washing?
ton perferably an atlditorship, but Mr.
Leo declined this, saying that he did
not want to come to Washington to
; live.
In a long Interview with ox-Sonatoi
Beveridgc two nights ago the Presi?
dent Indicated clearly that he did not
deem It advisable to make Mr. Lee
marshal, and that he was hoping to
get Mr. Moores to accept the position.
Deterin.lncd to have Mr. Lee placed In i
a good Federal berth in Indiana. Sen?
ator Be.vorldge inquired if the Presi?
dent would name the state chairman
as Collector of Internal Revenue if
there should be a vacancy In that of?
fice.
The President is said to have ex?
pressed his willingness to do this. Mr.
Uevoridgb Is now seeking t*? have one
of hi.--, friends, Klam Neal, retire as
Collector of Internal Revenue so that
the position may go to Mr. Lee. Neal
was appointed upon the recommenda?
tion of Mr. Beveridgc. who would na?
turally prefer to hold both the tnar
shalship and col lectors hip for his
f riends.
Rx-Sena.tor Hemenway, of Indiana,
ami -Representative Cruinpnokcr, of
j the same State, both opposed to the
' appointment of Lee as marshal, con
(Continued on Third Pago-)
Intervention in Affairs
of Mexico Draws
Nearer.
FORCES READY
FOR QUICK MOVE
Rebels Give Taft Till May i tc
Take Hand in Restoring Order.
Rumored That United States
Soldiers Have Been Firecl
On?Fair Trials for
Prisoners.
San Antonio. Tex., March 23.?With
the now demand for 6.000 or 7.000 re?
cruits, the issuance of an order by
General Carter making provisions for a
sudden move, should it be required,
and a. statement, by Or. C. F. Caricrlsti,
of the Mexican revolutionary junta,
that "The United States will intervene
In Mexico unless there is a definite
show of tranquillity by May 1," the
recently diminished war cloud loomed
larger to-day.
In a report to Francisco I. Madero,
the revolutionary leader, Dr. Caricrlsti,
to-day urged the insurrecto chief to
achfevc a decisive victory at all co3ts
by May 1. for, lie wrote, "President
Taft will not wait longer than that for
quiet to be restored, business resumed
and traffic over the railroads to be
secure."
nmihth the Story.
General Joseph W. Duncan is very
skeptical about, another report arriv?
ing to-duy. declaring that American
soldiers have been tired upon by Mex?
ican regulars on duty across the river
from Ojlnaga. A telegram was re
recelved from a subordinate govern?
ment officer to-day. reporting the al?
leged occurrence and adding that tho
Americans wore compelled to seek
shelter.
General Duncan said that he had
received nothing official as to any
shooting and doubted the story very
much. Ho said, however, that he had
reported the matter to the War De?
partment and was conducting an in?
vestigation.
_x_
Prisoners Anxious.
Casas Grandes, March 20?via El
Paso. Tex.).?Some action hy the Stato
Department at Washington towards
the protection of Americans in jail
here Is anxiously awaited hy the pris?
oners. Of the seventeen prisoners
classed as Insurrectos,, two are tier-,
mans, one is an Italian, and fourteen
say they are citizens of tho United
Stiites. The men tire apprehensive that
they will ho kopt In jail indefinitely
and not have trials until after the
.war.
All appeals to Federal officers for
the names and addresses of the men
have been fruitless. It is said that a
week ago. an official representative
was sent by Colonel cuellar to Mexico
City and that as soon as conditions
permit, the prisoners will bo marched
to Chihuahua City, to bo. tried for
sedition. Two Americans recently
started on foot for the United States
in behalf of the prisoners.
Federal soldiers destroyed the grist
mill at Colon la Juarez, a few miles
west of here. It was the only mill
in this region, which has about 000
American Mormons. The soldiers sent
from Casas Grandes weer angered bo
causo of a report that Insurrectos had
procured food at the Mormon colony.
Jteeclvcx Xo ltepnrt.
Juarez, Mexico, March 23.?United
States Consul Edwards to-night said
he had received no report giving a list
of the names of the American prisoners
at Casas Grandes. Ills only Instruc?
tions from Washington, he said, were
to investigate whether the men had
been shot. Ho had received assurances
that the men were alive and would
have fair trials. Casas Grandes is,
about 150 miles southwest of Juarez,
and Is cut off from direct communica?
tion.
United Ntnton Soil Invaded.
Presidio. Texas, March 23.?That a
company of Mexican rurales from the
besieged garrison at Ojinaga. while on
the scouting expedition. Invaded United
States soil has been reported to (iap
tairi Williams, of Troop II, Third Cay-,
airy. In command of the United States
troops stationed :,t Presidio. Captain
Williams is investigating tho report.
According to a dozen or more inform?
ants, seventy rural es, bearing arms,
crossed the river west of Ojlnaga and
traveled over United States territory
for several miias to the rear of the in?
surgents' position.
Several days ago warning was given
to General Luque, in command of tho
Mexican gurrison, by the American
commander, that the crossing of armed
men would bo regarded as a hostile act.
Relations between American and
Mexican customs oflleern are daily he
coming less harmonious. Before tho
capture of the Bio Grande ford, at Ojln?
aga. by tho insurgents, the ford was
designated by the Mexican officers as
the point of entry, not permitting ex?
portation or importation of goods at
any other point. After the insurrectos
captured the ford the Mexican officers
sought to open another crossing, but
the American customs officers insisted
that the ford alone could be used.
Since then gendarmes who attempted
to cross tin: river at other points were
disarmed.
?yesterday; bullets, said to come from
Mexican Federal titles, fell among a
detachment of United State* noldiors.
Whether the ilrlng was Intentional has
not been determined.
Five Mexican soldiers were killed
early to-day, when the insurgents
opened tire on a company of Federals
cut. off from the main garrison at the
Canada ranch, a mile from Ojlnaga.
Modifies Stniementn.
Mexico City, Mexico, March 23.?
Finance Minister Limantour to-day
sent to the Associated Press a letter
in which he commented or. the inter?
view with him published to-day, and
modified a few of the statements there?
in He s.ivm ho refused to talk about
the plans' of the government, stating.;
that, as Minister of Finance, It vra.y
not Utting for him to tnaho declare