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Sil?S?WHOLE NTJMBER 18,914. RICHMOND, VA., MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1912. weather to.dat-s.ow ?, ni? PRICE TWO CENTS.
MEXICAN FORCES
ENGAGE IN BATTLE
They Are Fighting for
Possession of Chi?
huahua City.
TROOPS AT JUAREZ
LEAVE HASTILY
'JRushcd to Assistance of Orozco,
.Who Has Come Out in Open
Against Madero and Is Hot?
ly Pressed by Federals.
His Quarrel With
Villa.
i El Paso. Texas. March 3.?-Pightlr.g
-m-as ronowod at Chihuahua at T o'clock
to-night, according to a telegram re?
ceived hy Juan TarrazaH. one of the
wealthy family of that name, who is
v member of the ro.fugeo colony Iit<.
The message contained no details
of tie earlier lighting, according to
tenor Tcrrazas.
Another message, not fully author
tlc&ted, but probably approximating
tho truth, had It that the foreaoon'a
lighting lasted thre'j hourii, and that
thlrty-flvc persons wer? killed or
r/ounded. Villa then withdrew, but
according; to the telegram to S^nor
'J'errazas, returned to th* Attack to?
night.
! Orfttf" Hard rriiMi'rt.
El Pane, Ttxib, March 2.?A telegram
stating that righting for the possession)
of Chihuahua City, capital of the Mex?
ican Btnte of that name, had b:-g'in
?'ur, followed to-day by the hasty de?
parture of tho rebel garrison at Juarez
?to Join their comrades in the fight.
Two telegram* bearing on tli<: light
?were rjcelved by Genoral Balazar, the
Juarez commander, from BrBlillo Her?
nandez, one of the rebel leaders ia the
district about Chihuahua. Neither
message gave details, but tht detach?
ment of from ?00 to 1,000 nvn In Jub
r'.z was speedily placed on boaid three
sections of a freight train.
The first telegram from Ifcrnandt*
?tat:d that his lore-.-, numbering about
a'.'O men, and some of the force of Pas
qual Orozco had been defending Chi?
huahua against an attack by Federal
troops under Colonel Paneho Villa.
I?ror.eo In the Open.
"Oirosco la with tie," the telegram
said, meaning, the rebels declare, thai
lie hah announod hlmsilt openly aa in
a ring against MaJero. The second tel?
egram merely stated, as dlvu.ged by
General Raldsur, that Harnandai wan on
his way to Join Orozco, who d-sired
Balazar to Join the movement with ull
j'OsMble npeed.
There was no Intimation as to how
serious the reported lighting was, but
tho Juarez leaders received thi Im?
pression that Villa's attaek had been
a surprise, and that Orozco, It not de?
feated, wa0 In Immediate need of
assistance.
Kictnty Hernandez, with his com?
mand, was at Gallego, about .hlrty-;
tieven miles north ol Chihuahua. Max?
imo Caht-.ilo, a rebel chleftuln. with
tiOO or 400 men. hus bren at Villa Ahu
n;ada. ninety miles north of Chihuahua.
Ho. too, Is said to be proceeding to Join
? Orozco.
American and Mexican r?fugces her?
account for tho report that Villa led
the l-'cderal forces against the rebelt
with two explanation?. The paramount
one Is tho declaration that Villa and
Orozco, through Jealousy growing out
of the r?wards recelv?d by each after
Madero' success last spring, are mortal
enemies, and that Villa would tlnht on
?-Ither side If It wrro against hi.s for?
mer comrades in arms. Orozco was
made chief of th<- rtirales of Chihuahua
by Madero, whll ? Villa, the converted
I outlaw, wa.- given a command uhdci
' Mm.
Paid for III* Loyalty.
The second reason advanced i- that
Villa waiv loyal only after Madero had
Kruntsd his demand, including a largo
turn of money, in the crisis. Governor
Abraham Gon:-alor, the loyal Executive
<if Chihuahua, is b.-Moved to have col?
lected sufficient money and to have
made the promises necessary to hold
Villa ami his TOO troops t? the Madero
banner. General Sulazar seems very
hittrr aguinst Villa. Th ? latter; lie
ilaimcd, tent word by special messen?
ger, confirming previous promises that
lie woula "save his face" by a show of
resistance, and then join tho antl-Ma
doro campaign. It was pointed out.
howovjr, that this was before Orozco'a
attitude, while suspected as disloyal
to Madero. really was known, if the
rebels are defeated. Villa may hope
for the emoluments recently resigned
by Orozco.
There was no buk of box cars th
the Juarez yards when the tnovomeitt
to the .-?outli whs decided upon. Tlt<
matter ?$? motive- pow< r was more diffi?
cult, but two locomotives eventually
were secured.
The ilrst telegram from Hernandez
was received shortly before uooii. .\i
<:07 this afternoon the ursl detach
rnont was sent away and the second
seven minutes later.
It was nearly T ./clock before Ihc
third section, carrying General ISiniltn
Cam pa, with his staff, the artillery
and more troops got uhticr way. Gen?
eral Balazar at tin lu:i moment de?
termine l to reiuuln behind until to-1
morrow when he said ho and lily stall
would leave ami rnte'b up with Campa.
IIjih Tw? Hoiilrt-KlrcrA.
Tho artillery consists of two old'
muzzle-loading brass Held pieces mid I
two modern rapld-llrers, with IflO.OUO
founds of ammunition. Colonel k. sj,
Stcoyor, commanding th<- American
troops .here, did not regard it neces?
sary to make any rcdisposlllon ?.f the
guard along the river. This duty Is
now being performed by the Hist bat-,
tit)Ion of the Twonty-seeorid Infantry,
umler .V/Jor |?ele'r Murray, ft ridges
and fords are guarded and men and
officers are ready for any emergency
General'Salnzar's force includes two
Americans enlisted 10 work the. rapld
tlrcrs. They are Samuel Drobin, of
Philadelphia, and T, t!, Iltehardsbn,
Laar, 0. I'ircbln lias been in i,in- iinl-'J
\t (Continued on Second Page.) |
Unsettled Weather
for Several Days
w atlilngton, March a.?There 1?
nothing to Indicate that a colli n?v?
?III cron? tin- country tbl? ?eck. ac?
cording to the weekly bulletin of
the Weather llurenu, Innurd to-night.
"There ?vll| he," MHjm the bulletin,
?u gencrul though Krndual reaction
to normal teiupcruturcM over the re
gloim cant o( the Itoeky Mountain*
Tuesday anil Wedncsdny, nml mnd
rrnte temperature* tliercnfter until
the clone of the lrcck. A disturb?
ance that HOW enxer* the Went nnil
S?utli?v?ni ?1ill advance slowly east?
ward Mini canao n eoutliiuatlon nf
unsettled Mcathcr, ?Ith rainn in the
Southern und ?imiu and rnln in tbe
Middle nnil Northern SlAtCM cant of
the Itoeky Mountain?, during the
urst Kerernl days. The next dln
turhnnee to croud the country will
npprnr In the for Went Thursday or
"?"rid ay and prevail over the Middle
Went at the end of the. week."
CRISIS EXPECTED TO-DAY
T'art or Strikers llnve Agreed to fte
turn to Work.
Uwronoc, Mass., March 3.?A crisis In
the big textile strike, Involving
many thousands of operatives in the
r.ctton und worsted mills In this city,
1? expected to-morrow, when Ihe mill
owhera' offer of a minimum wage In?
crease of 6 per cent, will Income ef?
fective. Although the Industrial
Workers of thi World have rejected
the offer, the employes In the Arling?
ton and Pacific Mills, who are af?
filiated wiih the Central Labor Union,
".lave voted to return to work. Five
hundred wool sorters, representing all
the mills here, and 300 mule spinners
also voted at mtt?ngs to-day to return
to-morrow.
The Industrial Workers rjf the
World remain firth in their original de
manda, which Include a I h per cent.
Increase, doublo pay for overtime, the
abolition of the premium system, the
taking back of nil strikers, and the
release from pall of Strike Leaders
Kit or and Olovannlttl, who are held on
a murder charge.
More pickets v.lll be pieced on duty
to-morrow by the Industrial Workers
In ?n endeavor to prevent the mill
hands from returning to work. The
authorities, on the other hand, are
taking extra precautions to prevent
outbreaks or the Intimidation of re?
turning worker?-.
Leader Hwywood, of the IiWustrtal
Workers address several meetings o*
strikers to-duy.
"We have o jr opponents beat'n to a
frazzle," he said, "and can get w'.iat
WD want by sticking toother. The
only thing that can defeat our plan Is
the refusal or friends to send money,
and that they will never do."
PAYS FOR SIGNATURES
Solicitor rm- iUioaovelt Indorscrs
Arouses Doctor's Anger.
New V'.rk.. March :i. ?According to
T'r. M. i.i. Parounaglan, of inj tJast
7 wenty-nlnUi Sire. t. ho was ealleu i
hts doorstep yesterday afternoon by a
ring of the bell, to faqc a well-dressed
young man who craved a few mlnutei
of the physician's time. The visit >i
?'drew from his pocket a printed panel
bfurlnc a list of names, and asked Dr
Ptrounagiun to a Mix his signature lit
the document.
The physician was curious as to the
nature ol the paper and asked the man
vnom he represented. According to
tho physician, his visitor eaid lie was
from Republican neadquarters and that
he was getting signatures for the nom?
ination of delegates to the national
convention.
Dr. Parouimginn states that he hap?
pened to catch a glimpse of the papc.
and recognized the emblem of the
Roosevelt nominators at the top. Ho
then scented the man of lying to him
and the solicitor of name? admitted he
wns from the Roosevelt headquarters,
i-.ceordlng to Pr. ParoutagUn.
"Please sign your name, anyway, doe
tor, because It will help me. I get
12 1-2 cents for every signature I get,"'
the man said, according to the physi?
cian.
It. Paroiinigian voiced his ind'gnu
tlon at this, and says the solicitor then
told him that "he had plenty of names
already, but only want-rt the cash bo?
nus for extra names;"
While the man was Mill arguing
with Pr. Parounuglan. the physician
showed him the ib'or and told him not
to come back again, lie was still in?
dignant lest night, when telling of
his experience;
MURDER DONE BY BURGLAR
Men-limit i? Killed and Wife and
Children Injured.
Jacksonville, Fla!) March ::.-->;. Sil
verstcln. a German merchant. Is dead,
his wife lies In a. hospital with n
1 facturcd skull, and their two children.
la boy and a girl, are ladly Injured.
? as the result of ihe attack of a negro
I burglar in their store and residence In
the Brooklyn suburb late .Saturday
! nlg-..t.
1 The dead body of the merchant and
I the prostrate forms of his wife and
son were found late this morning after
I the little girl bad ventured "itto the
street with blood gushing from an
' iigiy wound i.ii her head. She related
the story of the murder and assault.
The child sayti thai lifter closing
hours Saturday night a negro came to
the house are! :;ski d her father to M il
him some groceries. While he was in
the store he struck tho merchant over
i lb.- ,ie;:d with an Iron pipe, then as
I suul'ted the woman and children.
The cash drnwer In th" slue was
robbed, as were trunks and bureau
drawers. The police have no clue to
the guilty person
MRS. ANNIE YEA MANS DEAD
Widely Known Actress r>ic'? \fter Urfcf
Illness.
jSpe< i.il toTlie TlnteS-DisiWlch.]
Now Volk. March :!.?Mrs. Annie
Veanians. Ilia actress, died Hi f':".".
o'clock to-nlghl in her apartments at
the Hotel Gerard in Forty Four.tn
Stroeti at the age of seventy-six. Rhv
suffered a slight stroke of apoplexy
on January iv. but recovered sufll
Cleiitly to be about the hotel and to
drive out some. She was out driv?
ing as l.'.tc as last Sunday. On Mon?
day .?!??(? I :? .inio worse, and on Thurs?
day suffered a second stroke. She
sank rapidly after that iiulil her dead
lo-hlglit. With her when she'.dlcd
v i i i- her only surviving daughter. Mrs.
Ly'cji Veainans Titus, of London, and
Mi s. Rllxabcth Fox, who had long been
? Ii?- aged woman's companion.
Funeral services for Mrs. Yenntant
will I.- li< Id in ihe Lit tle < !hur< ll
.'round the Corner. The time for lit*
services lias not yet been set.
Free Sugar and Income
Tax Bills Not Likely
to Pass.
SENATOR MARTIN I
INDORSES BOTH
Republicans Oppose Making Su?
gar Free, and Many Democrats
Are Alarmed at Cutting Off
So Much Revenue With
Untried Law as Sole
Offset.
Washington. March 3.?The live?
liest of the tariff revision figlus In the
(.?resent session of congress will break
thl? week when ihe Democratic free
sugar bill and the Income or excise tax
bill, which goes with It to make up
the tflO.GOQ.ooO a year that would be
lost In sugar duties, probably will
yo through the House and to defeat
in the Senate.
The passage of the hills in the
House seems to be assured by the
Democratic majority which ratified
them on caucus. In the Senate the
progressive Hepubllcans will oppose
putting sugar on the free list, and
many Democrats view with alarm the
loss of to much revenue, with only a
measure beset with the possibility
ef a trial of its constitutionality, as
the only offset.
Murtln Indorse* Thetit.
Senator Martin, the Democratic
leader In the Senate, and a few otn-.-is
have indorsed the House bills without
qualification. Many other Democrats,
however, decline to discuss them.
There have been no formal conferences
In the Senate over the measures,
j Senator Brlatow, speaking as one
j progressive, declared that none of his
: colleagues favored free sugar, but all
'did favor an income lax. Ho declare 1
J It would be unfair to American sugar
j producers who had grown under .stint
j ulus of duty to remove all their pro
?, tcctlon by a single legislative act.
j The pro?f rcHSivc. Republicans, who
hold tie: balance of power on party
' questions In the Senate, have evinced
no dispo.-itlon to seek common groun i
with the Democrats to push tariff re?
vision legislation, although there have
been ?omo personal consultations.
The entry of the free sugar bill to
tie- Senate will make three tariff ro
vislon measurer, pending there. The
steel and chemical bills are the others.
All these will be adversely reported
by the Senate Finance Committee.
The regular rtepublle.ins will concede
the possibility of passage of only two
tariff revision measures?a wool bill
and a cotton bill. Neither of these
measures has come from the House
> Ways and Means Committee, and the
j Republican concession Is based on the
I fact that the Tariff Board already has
i reported on wool and will soon report
J on the cotton schedule,
j The pending arbitration treaties
with England and France will come
i up on the legislative day of Tuesday.
Senators who have been supporting
I their ratification unamended say they
w'll pass the Senate by the necessary
I two-thirds vote.
May Pn*? Lodge Itrsolutlnu.
J Those opposed to the treaties claim
the eonstltut'onal treaty making
powers of the Seriate would be In
| vaded. It H said to be unlikely that
' the Senate will amend the treaties, but
j probably will pass Senator Lodge's
j resolution of ratification, which ]>ro
1 vldes no special agreements to nrbi
I tr?te questions under the treaties
sliall he made without the concurrence
I of the Senate. The Senate may meet
j at noon on Tuesday instead of 2
I o'clock, to expedite consideration, and
although the discussion may take up
i two or moii' days, it will still be on
the leglslat'vo day of Tuesday;
The proposed Investigation of trie
money trust, the Florida everglades
ease, the Lawrence strike, the pro?
posed abolition of the Commerce Court
-ud several other questions are taking
? up the time of the House.
OREGON HOTEL BURNS
? Sonic of Guests on Third Floor Have
.Narrow K*eanr*.
j Greenwood. S. C, March ::.?The Or<?
[ gon Hotel, one of the best known Ip
j South Carolina, and t'ne adjoining
I block of stores were completely do
I stroynd by lire early this morning
I T'ne loss is estimated at $110,000, with
! perhaps half that .'mount in Jnsur
| a nee.
i Tnc lire was discover'I it " ? v'"ck.
and os the flames sprjid with mar?
velous rapidity, some of the b\h -: i on
; the third floor had vor;.- narrow .v
j capes. All. however, were taken out ;
j In safety, though they lost their p'fr
| sonal effects, O. Straus, of Allan..i. ?
I traveling man. was overcome by
smoke, but was rescued by Max Ar- 1
I noid, of Graenwood, who carried him
down the fire-escape
The heaviest lenses \v?ro: dragon
Hotel, $95,000; H. G. Brlnson, proprie
tor, furniture, linen, etc., $7,000: Mi
Kcllar-Hay-Graham Company, furni?
ture, sioek, $6,500: Oregon Pharirt.l'cy.
K. I-. Norrls. proprietor, stock and fix
tavast, $13.000.
WHITE \WNGS STRIKE
j Bio? With Hutiuj Whin loo Much
i l or Their Pride.
I Macon, Gil. March S.?A blow with a !
I buggy whip, in the bands of a stable- |
man. was loo much for the pride of j
j Mueon's "Willie wings." and the entire
I force of .street cleaners, numbering ten.;
went on strike yesterday afternoon. !
Carts and brooms were deserted where
they were being used in the streots. j
"We can stund for I lie jeers and
sneers," declared i.. Ilolllngsworth. I
l the leader, in staling his case to j
Mayor Moore, '?bin we cannot stand
blows, especially when policemen re?
fuse io arrest those who strike'us.1'
The trouble started when f.. F.
rtiley, i M'ablem in. slashed White,
Wing .1. F. Herd with a whip during
a quarrel. An (-nUre hew force
probably will-be pill to work to-mor?
row
THEY ARE PROVING
IT ON THE COLONEL
His Own Letter Gives
Him Place of Chief
Ananias.
SAID HE WOULDN'T
BE A CANDIDATE
But, Trudging Home From
Church, He Tells Why He
Threw His Hat in Ring.
Cares Nothing for Per?
sonal Victory, but Lead?
er Was Needed.
"Aunt" Delia Calls
Them "Bullycrats"
[Special to The TIrnca-nispntch.l
! Mlllburs' Mun., March :t?Mian
IJcIln Torrey believes ?v'Vrphcw," as
she calls. President Wllllmn llow
I nrd Taft, nhniild tie rcnonitnnted hy
I the Republican ports' for tile presl
| iteiicy. 1 ort liermorc, Judglug l?y
1 her remark* to n reporter, MI??
I Torres" opine* that Theodore Ilno?e
| veil, In nnplrini; to a third term as
; the nation'* Kxconllvc, I* suffering
I from .something; similar to n brnln
j Btornt.
"I ni> looking: up n quotation
! lvhen sou ennic In," t-nld Miss Tor?
I ri"> to the. reporter. "The quota
I tlon 1st -Whom the prod* would ile
\ ntroy the? Ilr*t make mud.' Tht*
j is applicable, I hellere, to Mr.
Roosevelt,
j "I.sn't it dreadful," .she *ald, aflrr
n paiiKr, and ?Ith a note of regret
i In ber voice, "how these twu friend*
have purledf
"Pip sou think." *he a*ked, "that
I am overstating It Vinco 1 *ay the
! separation I* iluc to the *clfl*hnc**
I of one mun. It honentl.v look*, lo
[ inn u* If Mr. Roosevelt nun lost hi*
I reason, Judging from name of hi*
recent ultcrnnee* nnil doing*."
That Ml** Torres' him been fol?
lowing the *pllt In the Ttcptihltcnu
parts" wb? evidenced bs her dis?
cussion of her nephew's opponent <
In the G. Ii. I*.
"Will called them neurotic*," *hr
snld, "but I *uicb;c?? thnt lues* be
enlled floo?evelt*.* hulls erat?. They
roust have u numc. and the term
Insurgents doe? not describe them."
Ml** Torres' doe? u-i hcllcve thnt
ltoo.se> elt I? seeking the presidency
because of *enl for t'ie public** wel?
fare.
"Ills nftplratlon," *hr suld, "Ic
purels" selflsb. It I* wholly for
Theodore Roosevelt. His candidacy
i* Mmplj" to further his own Inter
eata.*'
Washlr.gton, March 3.?Colonel Roose?
velt's denial of stories sent from Wash,
ingtou that the Taft administration
had reason to believe that he would
not be a candidate for ih? Republican
nomination against the President, and
'his statrnient at Oystor Hay yesterday
that Secretary of the Navy Meyer and
Secretary of War Stinifon "couldn I
have said" that he would not be a can?
didate, caused to be mode public here
to-night a letter written by Colonel
Roosevelt June 2", Hill, denying re?
ports current at the time that he
would support Mr. Taft., which con?
cluded as follows:
"1 have expressed myself perfectly
freely to a large number of men on this
matter, always to the same effect; tell?
ing you. for Instance, personally, and
those who were with you at lunch at
my house, and telling CifCord Pinchot.
Jim Knrfleld and Congressman Madi?
son and Billy Loch and Secretary
Meyer and Secretary Sttmson, all alike.
Just exactly what I have said always,
I that I would not bo a cmdidate in lT'l
mysclf. and that I had no intention of
taking any part in the nomination for
or against any candidate.
"Sincerely yours.
fSlgnod)
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Statement Front Colonel.
Oyster Bay. N. Y.. March 3.?Colonel
Roosevelt, when shown to-night dis?
patches from Washington containing a
letter of the Colonel, dated June i".
1011. quoting him us having no inten?
tion of being n presidential candidate
j In 1912, made the following statement:
"I will soy nothing unless the name
of the recipient of iho letter is given
and the letter published in full. Prob?
ably the language Is not correctly
glv-n. Certainly ill the context, in
which I said I would nit refuse the
nomination, is suppressed. The letter
published in a Chicago evening paper
one mouth ago contains substantially
all I said in these letters
? THEODORE ROOSEVELT/'
The letter referred to as published
III a Chicago newspaper was a copy of
a btier which Colonel Roosevelt sont
to Frank A. Munsey explaining Iiis
position.
Colonel Explains it All.
oyster Hay. N. y.. March 3.?Colonel
Roosevelt's own views of the present
pclltlcul situation and his reasons for
entering tin campaign were explained
by him to-day.
As he trudged along ihe country road
(Continued on Second Page.)
Jefferson Memorial
The Time?-HI*pnleli will receive
MiihscrlPtlnn* to the Thomas .IcU'cr
?ad Memorial Ptind, will print the
unnir* of the subscriber* mid for?
ward the amount received to the
treasurer of ihe fund iu .Vow Yi,rk.
Vdclre** Thnuin* aleffersdu Mcmnrlnl
Fund, The Tlntcs-lMspnteb, Iticb
niood. \ a.
PLANS NATIONAL
BOARD OF TRADE
Taft Takes Initiative!
in Great Business
Movement.
CALL IS SENT OUT
FOR CONVENTION!
Hopes to Form Organization
Which Will Bring Commercial
I Interests of Country Into
i Close Touch With Govern
j ment in Administration
I and Enactment of Laws.
I Washington. March 3.?President
Taft has taken the Initiative in a
movement to bring business of the
country into touch with the govern
! ment for advice and counsel In the
administration of laws, tho enactment
of new statute* and the development
; of commerce.
i Virtually, the President proposes a
j national board of trade broadly ropre*
j scntatlv,. of the commercial and In?
dustrial organizations, and of <;i>h
! character as the government may
! properly recosnlze by a charter from
I Congress.
Convention Is Culled.
As one of lh,? first steps in this plan.
Sicretary Xagcl, of the Department of
I Commerce and Labor, by direction ol
I the President, has called a convention
of delegates from commercial organ?
izations in all parts of the country to
meet In Washington on April 15, for
dli-cuss'.on and to plan the organiza?
tion. Invitations already have been
sent to 1.000 local chambers of com?
merce and boards of trade and other
I commercial bodjes. Responses to the
announcements of the tentative plan
have hcen such that President Taft
Is convinced the time is ripe for pet?
ting the proposal to the H'est of prac?
tical experiment.
The President really first recom?
mended such a plan In a me.iS'se to
Congress last December. In which lie
suggest.-d that officials of the -Jcpatt
ment of Commerce and Labor ant)
members of appropriate congros M mal
committees might be made ner.ibors
ex ofllclo of such an association.
J In a .statement made puollc to-day,
President Taft outline? the purposes
of such an organization. it would
give to the government the opportun?
ity to consult the Lusincss world on
oil problems of trade supremacy; it
would afford co-operation in the rx
panslon of commerce, at home r-nt"
abroad, and would provide a 111*3 rtl
by which govc-rnmeni officers ca.irse*
with the enforcement of I3WS .-o.Iu
become acquainted with the complexi?
ties which surround their cdnunlst.-a
tion in the business world. Kurther
than that. Congress, in framing new
statutes affecting trade and commerce,
would have first hand advice of an
official nature.
Mmiiur to German System.
In some respects the plan would not
bc unllk? the German government's
system of eo-op"ratlori wltii boards
of trad.- throughout tho German
states, although many of the fvjitures
of that system probably would net tc
I applicable here.
"it is not my intention to dehne the
purposes of such an organliati .n, or.
indeed, in any mannar to anticipate
the scope of tho discussion upon which
such delegates may conclude to enter;
but It appears to me to be obvious
that such an organization must be In?
strumental in .1 very large fleh) to
aid and assist the executive .1 i legis?
lative branches of government In ti:a
intelligent and Impartial development
of domestic und foreign trade.
"For illustration, such an organlza
. tion properly represented at the seat
j of government could be of Incalcula?
ble assistance in advising the cxectt
? tive branch of government with respect
: to the methods and rules to be adopted
I In the administration of existing law.-.
? It could be of like assistance, in giv?
ing advlc* in regard to proposed new
legislation and In conns.-ling repre?
sentatives of the executive brunch
when asked to submit recommenda?
tions upon bills introduced und pend?
ing before committees.
".Such an organization would be 'n
the best possible posit ion to suggest
fields for new Inquiry at borne and
abroad, the methods by which such
inquiries should be pursued, and the
means by which the results' can bc
most advantageously brought to the
attention of merchants and manufac?
turers; and it is safe to assume that
if such nh organisation is created Us
chief activities will be developed III
tin light of our own experience.
Must lluve Fuller Itelntionn.
"It may not be necessary that we
.'uh.pt a course in all respects pattern?
ed upon the system of any other com?
mercial or industrial country, but II is
CbylOIIS that by some means immedi?
ate relation between the government
activities iind the commercial and in?
dustrial forces of our country must
? be established if we pre.pore to enjoy
I the lull advantage of our opportunity
i 111 domestic and foreign trade.
"1 have, accordingly, instructed toe
Secretary of Commerce and Labor to
take ib.- necessary steps to 'nltliite
as soon as practicable, at Washington,
11 conference of delegates from or?
ganisations which are engaged in Ihe
promotion and development of com?
merce and Industry in their respec?
tive districts, siich conferences to eon
Blder the establishment of a repre?
sentative national organisation for
commercial development and to outline
the principles by which It should be
governed.
"The development of the (i\nn will
he left entirely with the accredited
representatives of such commercial or
gaulttatlons. the essential principles
i>.-ini- that the national a .-social Ion
shall be broadly representative of tho
commercial Interests ol tin- whole
country, ami that it.-, organisation shall
be such thai those lb control of the
association shall be readily respons've
te> the will of the majority of the con?
stituent members."
Mute, Casltnlr-IVrlcr Oenil.
Paris', March ?V e Casiinlv-Perli i'
willow <>f the ex-President or the re
public, died to-day,
CELEBRATE LENT
WITH OPERATIONS
Mllnrl}- of Fashion .Vo-vr notlrcs to
Hospital and Denies Herself
Her Appendix.
(Special to The TlmcH-I>lnpatch.>.
l Cleveland. 41.> March 3??Enter
Lent, retire milady ol" fashion to
lirr home, there to exorcise the devil
wl h pruyer.. That was the formula
before the advent of these days of
j elllelcney and ftclcnce. Now It is rc
vlncd to-euter Lent, retire milady
I of fashion, with a few Noeln! ac
i qunlatnueeH inn; blip, to a private
I bonpl nl ward, there to have cut out
j Hint Impish appendix, nnd convalesce
during the Lenten lull In the noelni
! whirl. There arc advent y-six np
pendlxicsM patieutH in local hos?
pitals, received since Ash Wednes?
day.
For inatancc, there In Mrs. Minnie
Setter, Mrs. Thontns llcourr nml
i Mrs. llTilcht Sheets, young mntrons
I and social lenders of Anblnnd, Ohio,
I who drnled themselves their nppen
| dices and arc doing l.cnteu penance
! on three white culs, side by aide, In
! the Huron Itnnd lloMpltnl.
! Mrs. Heuser and Mr?. Setzer both
j had experienced nttneka of nppendl
cltlH, Ur. I>. I,. Moon urged them to
undergo nu operation In the lutcr
vnl before n possible another attack,
but they were Jim: too busy tilling
their aoelnl duties. Then entile Lent,
, nml the three met at the lust fntii
I lion before Ash Wednesday. Tbey
j suid:
; "Why notf It wouldn't he nt all uu
i lilcnnnnt, we three together," nnd
I now they nre convalescing, rnpldly,
nnd will he hack In Ashland before
Kanter, fully recuperated nml ready
to hC(rln all over dfXUlh,
VIRGINIAN A SUICIDE
Places l.r-K of lied on Neck nnd lllrs of
Strangulntlon.
[Special io The Times-Dispatch.]
Baltimore, Md., March 3.?lid ward F.
Prltchett, of Brokcnburg, Va.. a patient
at the Richard Gundry Home, un llar
l lern Lane, near Catonsvlllo, for only
about twelve hours, committed auicidi
early this morning in his room hy
strangling himself by placing the leg
of his bed on his neck.
Prltchett was taken to the institu?
tion yesterday afternoon by relatives,
suffering from what appeared to bJ
I melancholia. l|p appeared to bo in
good spirits, and was assigned to his
room and was to undergo the rest cure.
He retired early for the night. The
watchman. John Connor, Ilia do his
rounds Siveral times during tho night,
; and Prltchott was sleeping each time.
About S o'clock he again made a round,
and Prltchett was found lying on thi
floor, with the leg of his bed resting
on his neck. There was a deep gash
in the back of Iiis par, caus.-l by a
safety pin. He was placed in the bed
and medical assistance summoned, but
I life was extinct.
Coroner Frederick L. Pakcndorf was
notified and summoned ;i Jury, with
Frederick Raab as foreman, which rcn
dared a verdict of suicide and exoner?
ated the institution from all blame.
Prllchett was. about twenty-rive years
old and ' 1? survived by a widow and
one child. His body waj taken to
Brokcnburg for burial.
STRIKE MARKING TIME
Next Word in Industrial t rials Is With
the Government,
London. March 3.?The. coal strike,
! the greatest |n tht history of the Brlt
| itrli Isles. Is marking time over the
week-end. One satisfactory feature Is
the complete absence of disorder In
tht; districts affected. All negotiations
i looking io a settlement have ceased,
las the leaders who recently gathered
I in London have scattered to attend
J to local matters In connection with the
strike.
J Labor leaders In recent speeches have
? Insisted upon the importance of sup?
porting the miners, because now that
the government has decb'.ed to insti?
tute a minimum wage in connection
with the mines it will be Impossible
much longer to withhold establishing
a minimum wage scale In nil industries.
I Thus the strike will become h triumph
for the cause of labor ail around. The
next word is with tHi government,
and Premier Asqulth'a promised state?
ment to-morrow Is awaited with great
I interest. However, no arrangement
has been made for the introduction of
> a minimum woge bill.
At a muss-meeting of dock workers
of Bristol to-day a resolution was
adopted providing that Imports of
j foreign coal should not be handled.
Most, of the railroads announce a
! further curtailment of their services
beginning to-morrow. Fourteen sta
| tion.s In London will In. closed down
I altogether until the strike ends.
DR. MACARTHUR ACCEPTS
He Heroines Acting Pastor of Raptisi
Tu beruaclc.
Atlanta, Go., March 3.?Dr. Robert S.
MticArthttr, of Xcw York, pnsldent of
th I World's Baptist Alliance, and for?
mer pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
of Xcw York, to-day announced hi. a. -
ccpiunco of the duties of "acting pas?
tor" of the Baptist Tabernacle, In this
city. He succeeds Dr. Len. G. Krollith
ton, who recently resigned to become
pastor of Christ Church, in London.
Dr. MacAr'thiir sxplalned that his duties
as president of the alliance alone pre?
vented his acceptance of the full pas
[ torato.
The eight-day campaign of the Men
Ulld Religion Forward Movement came
to a clos .? here to-day.
FATAL SUNDAY FIRE
w onion lliirned to Heath, and Man}'
Have Thrilling ICscapcn.
XCW York. March 3.?--Oho wo,nan was
burned to death and a. score hud thrill?
ing escapes to-day in a tiro'Which bo lly
damaged a four-Mory brown atom
Madls?h Avenue residence, maintained
as a boarding heua-i by Mrs. Ann Key
nobls. The woman who lost her llfu
was Mr.-. Ulla White, a widow, ?forty
years old. secretary of the Dutch Re
i formeil Church, whose- body was djs
I covered ? in her room. It is believed
she was asphyxiated by ttmok; beforf '
the names reached her
I The hous* was largely occupied by ]
we! I - to-do women, nnd they Hocked to
the front windows, screnrriing for help, i
when th*y found themselves cut off i
j from escape. Tiny wore rescut-.d* b> j
I the polled. . I
Show of Force Has
Good Effect on
Mutineers.
I YUAN SUPPORTED
BY LEGATIONS
Restoration of President's Con?
trol Considered Surest Means
of Wiping Out Spirit of An?
archy Which Has Spread
Over Country?Night of
Terror in Tien Tsin.
j Peking. Mate Eight hundred
. foreign troops to-day patrolled the
outskirts of the legation quarter for
three hours, hut there were no dis?
turbances. There arc now 3.000 foreign
troops in Peking and the natives feel
safe. Five thousand Japanese troops
have been ordered from Port Arthur
to Tien Tsin, where thero are only
. 1,500 forelsn soldiers.
Most of Yuan Shi (Cat's troops left
1 Peking to-day for Pao Ting Fu to
suppress the mutiny. The cannonad?
ing heard on Saturday was caused
by an attack by the mutineers on Tung
Chow, which was occupied and sacked.
Thu homes of many nobles and
princes in Peking have been looted.
More than 100 executions have taken
place. For the most part the victims
were civilians and Included six wo?
men. Apparently the authorities are
afraid ta execute soldier.--.
Railway in llcstorcd.
A lar^e. detachment of Inniskilling
Fusllllers went to Feng Tal this morn
lug to relieve the. Somersets, who re?
lumed to Peking. The cutting of
communication With Tien Trtn was tho.
j work of a French railway employe,
I who disconnected, a nortioa of the
? bridge on Saturday. This was forced
I cut of position with levers, but to-duy
j the single line of railway was re?
stored, thus enabling 2.000 Manc.hu
troops to proceed to Pao Ting Fu.
; The Nanking delegates have appoliu
! cd lour of their number to return to
Nanking to explain the views of the
foreign powers und Impress upon the
Nanking republicans the necessity of
supporting Yuan Shi Kuli and the de
j?li ability of the. Nanking government
, coming to Prkin? ami establishing
a strong coalition. Neither the Pe
I king government nor the delegate's
I believe It will be necessary for the
; powers to intervene, although well
; pleased with to-day.'u demonstrations
; by the foreign troops as a mark of
! disapproval of lawlessness.
I The legations cousldi r it judicious
I to support Yuan Sill Kai as the quick
I est and surest means of overcoming
I tho general spirit of anarchy.
To-n'ght the gendarmes arc policing
the. city. An occasional shot Is heard.
J but the tires have been extinguished.
As the railway between Pelting and
Tien Tsin Is again open, the 200 Amer?
ican troops of the Fifteenth Infantry,
under Major James M Arrowsmlth.
arrived here to-day. The American's,
left Tien Tsin last night and cam.,
through without incident. The fact
that a. cpnxpany of tin: Somerset liy
funtry at Feng Tal deployed for the
purpose of driving hack the mutineers
I from tile railroad is. accepted here as
j evidence that the foreign powers will
I intervene so far as it is necessary
j to keep up communication along the
j railway from Peking to the sea.
Mutineers Sent South,
j The mutinous regiments are now be?
ing dispatched lo the south by train
for the duul purpose of relieving Po
' king and preventing the Par. Ting Fli
I mutineers from approaching the cap
1 Ital, No word has been received front
I Pao Ting Fu. owing to Interruption
of the wires, but confidotieo ia felt that
I most of Hie missions at that place
? have survived the arson and pillage
there.
! The general opinion Is that the inuti
j liters would hesltato before harming
I foreign residents there. This after
j noon detachments, of from fifty to 150
I each of tho legation guards marched
; around the city as a show of force
j Curious thronss watched the foreign
? forces, which attracted more attention
? than the headless bodies which were
' come upon occasionally, still unbtirled,
' i: warning to tho looters.
Yuan Shi Kai has placed the con?
trol of the city under the ChanskueiilF,
j picturesque turbancd old style troops,
j upon whom the President-elect is do
! pending to preserve order.
Tien Tslu Is looted.
Tien Tsin. March ".?Hioting of a
serious nature, tool; place here lait
[night; The outbreak bad beeiti feared.
? and precautions were taken as far sis
i possible to protect residents fro.u
I harm. Between V nnd i" o'clock the
'soldiers mut'nled, set fire to a number
of buildings and then begun looting
from house to house. They were join?
ed by the rabble. Shops and banks
i;i all the important streets were loot
: i d. and some of them were wrecked,
j In order to intimidate tho populuco
l the roldler* kept up a continual gtirt
I lire.- The rattle of musketry could be
. heard throughout the night. Only a
! few police remained loyal, and they
, were outnumbered and powerless tu
i suppress the disorde rs.
No fewer thap, fourteen fires were
I raging simultaneously. Iii various parts
of tho city. Tie: soldiers broke Into
tbes Pel Vang mint, which was sei on
tire. Machinery to the value of irianv
thousands of dollars was destroyed.
This looters entered th<- silver tore.-.,
wrenching off the iron .shutters, and
even making holes in the walls.
The mint was looted of everything
valuable, and i ground was strewn
with empty cartridges, . lip.-, an 1 ei.'e-.
(iermnn n?e?nr Shot.
The German consul ? dtspittchcii i
guard to protect German residents in
tiie city, composed chiefly of the cr.-.
glheering staff of the Tiin Tsin pukd*
Railway. A German doctor named
' Schreeter. who entered rhe city to as?
sist Oernun friends, was ohot d -. /l l>v.
looting soldiers. Foreigners general?
ly, however. wer,, not hiolr;st*d.
A conmanj ol 'lie svwerspt it-e'l
l ment was sent to thu British Stallau