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Warrant Charges Law?
yer With Murder in
First Degree.
MAKES DENIAL
OF ACCUSATION
Taken Into Custody at His Of?
fice on Arrival in Morning
From His Home?Just Be?
fore Leaving for Middle
town Telephones Wife
to Take Courage.
New York, September 12?Burtun
,"W. Gibson, the New York lawyer.
, whose client, tlost Menschlk Szabo.
lost her lite while boating with him
on Greenwood L?aKe, N. if.. Ju.y is. was
' taken into custody to-day by Deputy
fciieriff De Graw. of Orange County, on
u warrant charging Gibson with mur?
der Iii the first degree. Gibson was
: arrested at his ortlcc.
Gibson came to this city this morn?
ing trailed by a private detective and
u. s<|uad of newspaper men As he
walked through the streets to his oftlde
a crowd of several hundred people fol
16wed him. Gibson, with a private de?
tective, went 10 his office anil awaited
the arrival of Deputy Sheriff De Graw.
ii. huld to the detectlvei
I rl.ould like very much to go to
Mlddlelown and surrender myself If It
cati L< arranged. Cannot you see the j
?her}ff ar.d have this thing done In
as gentlemanly a. way as possible?"
The detective said he would talk to
Deputy Sheriff De Graw when he ar?
rived. The detective waited some time
ror De Graw to appear and then leav?
ing Gibson In the company of tho se?
cret service men. remarked. "I guess
I'll have to go to hunt up De Graw. He
: ? ems to be. lost "
Just before he was escorted to the
tr ,.:. en rout, to Mlddletown. Gibson
called hi.- wife on the telephone at ;
ihetr home at Ruthtrford and hade her!
taki courage.
'Tie braye." he said. "Th's will be
only a matter of a few days I will j
c une back all right. Don't he In- I
fiueheed by any reports and don't rea l
any stories about me Thor.- Is nothing
In this charge and you know it. |J'jJ
will , on.r out all right, dear. Tor the
c tr or Grace, be brave, N imber four "
Kef er? to i blld'a lth>mc.
Tl >se who heaid tno message given
? uld only conjecture that "Number
four" rr,e?nt ''Foiir, I love with all my
lieait," Irl the child's rhyme beginning1
"One, I love."
Gibson issued a statement just before
Mi ?rrest. reasserting his innocence
and insisting that there had been no
struggle either In the boa', or In the
water "I am not prepared." he safd.
' j believe that the report will show
thai Mrs. Szabo died of strangulation
There certainly was no struggle In
the water between Mrs Szabo *:.A my
>?? if which would result in her being
strangled. When sh.- .-.am* up she did
not hit the hoat in such a manner that
would a ;..- :..>r to die of strangula?
tion. I certainly did not clutch her hy
in* throat, and there was hi way by
which she could have died in that man
ner."
Gibson explained that while he was
not worrying about the strangulation
charge he had felt a bit anxious over
the outcome of the autopsy, feanns
that polsjn in the embtlming fluid
wo.j.d lead to a mistaken impression
that a poison had been administered.
He added, however, that he ha,j looked
t.p the law and found that th- ise o:
nn embalming fluid containing an ac?
tive or irritant poison was ni longer
permitted.
"I ceased to worry after that]" said
the Iswyer.
Gibson's greatest sorrow was in ieav.
ing his little daughter in their home
in Rutherford. N. .1. neln< s..;.,,.?. .,
from her. he said, "was the worst fea?
ture of the case"
When Deputy Sheriff DeGr?w en?
tered the building where Mr. Gibson
had his iftlce ho me, aibsbii In the
corridor ar.l seized him roughly by
tv.t. ?"t .?ib"on Protested and said
that he had been assured by ,!? detec?
tives that he would not be mbl, . rf
until noon DeGraw took lnm Into
tody notwithstanding
I ocke.l t ,, |? i P||,
_MWdletown, N. y. September I2e
n.,rton w Olbson, the New York
lawyer who was arrested at his of
nee to-day on a charge of murdering
his client, Mrs. Rosii Menschlk Ssah*
was locked up to-night in n cell In
Polle- headquarters her* to a wait tr
raignmcnt before County Judge Royce
to-morrow marnin?. His self-confi?
dence and Jaunttnes* fieri w|tn his ar?
rival here.
Deputt Sheriff DeGraw took his
prisoner not to th' Jail, but to a ho?
tel when he reached here, and had
prepared to have him ?p.-n i the nicht
there, when County Judge Royce, who
Issued the warrant for Gibson's .ir
rest, reached town shortly aft.r 1"
o'clock and ordered Gibson to Jail.
"I heard about Gibson's trip to Mid
dletown." Judge Royce said, ??ail the
way home from Albany; it seemed to
be in the nature of a free show.
T'.ifre !>? no reason why he should be
treated differently from any other
prisoner Lock him up in jail and
keep him ther. until th>- arraignment."
Besides the s/abo tragedy, there his
been a chain of curious coincidences
Unking Gibson's name with cases of
sudden death or disappearance of
clients of the lawyer, o: of pert-ons
connected In one way or another with
cases In which he was Interested, The
first of four suc.h coincidences occurred
when Mrs. Alice C. 1"?. Kinnen, daugh?
ter of an aged woman whose property
Oibson handled, was murdered at her
home In the B.onx. ' The murder mys?
tery was never solved. Gibson waa
oeld pending an Investigation, but
was released on n habeas corpus writ
snd subsequently broughl suit for
false arrest. Then continuing the cur?
ious chain, a witness at . Klnuan
Inquest, Micha.l Shlppo, was found
drowned In a shallow Crcclt, and
" CConUnued on Third" Rage.)
A6REET0 MEDIATE
RAILROAD DISPUTE
Neill and Knapp Will
Consider Demands
Made by Employes.
TWELVE THOUSAND
MEN ARE INVOLVED
Number of Conferences Held
Without Result, and Efforts
at Arbitration Refused by
Trainmen?Commissioner
of Labor Also Called
In at Norfolk.
Washington, September 12.?The
conference between the Southeastern
railroads and representatives of theji
conductors and trainmen ov?r the
question of ah Increase In wagt.?
were brought to a close to-day by
the railroads agreeing to submit the
matter to mediation und-r the Lrd
mann act. Efforts by the railroads
to have the matter arbitrated met
with refusal by the employs diaries
P. Nelll, t'nlt.>d States Commissioner
of Labor, and Judge Martin ? Knapp,
of the United Slates Commerce Court,
will be the board of Mediation.
About 12.000 men are Involved, ar. j
their demands for an Increase In
wages would amount to about 16 per
cent. A number of conferences have
been h?!d here h-tweeti the railroads
uhd their employes, but no ,>srom'-nl
could be reached. The tmployei of
these roads Insist that their hours
and wage* should be equal to those
? mployed on the Wesfrn railroads.
Some days ago the question of .ail?
ing a strike was submitted to the
employes and It is understood it car?
ried by a large majority, but th
leaaere of the employes- unions coun?
seled moderation and urged a compro?
mise by having the controversy sub?
mitted to rr. tdlation.
The railroads involved include the
Southern. Atlantic coast Line, Sea
hoard Air Lin*. Queen and Crescent
i North and South). New Orleans. Mo?
bil* and Chicago. Central of Georgia,
New Orleans. nr.--,t N rth-rr.. Mobil? '
and Ohio, Tennessee Central, and I
Georgia Southern and Florida.
Mediator I nllrd In.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch 1
Norfolk. Va . September 12 ? C-.r..f?r
-nces between trainmen and officials
of the Norfolk and Western, the Vir?
ginian and the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroads for more than a week l av?
ing failed to result in an agreem-:.-.
United states Commissioner of Labor
Charles P Neill has b*<?n called |r. a:-.<i
will be in Norfolk to-morrow morning
Since September I almost dally con?
ferences have been held at the ter?
minal Station with the trainmen s
committee of sixty-five m?n arrayei
on one side and the pr-.-iden's and
vice- presidents and general managers
of the three roads on the other. Neith?
er side. It was said, would yield an
inch to the other. The trainmen are
asking for a gradual increase In wages,
and certain changes m working condi?
tions, and have presented their claims
In no uncertain terms.
On the oth--r hand, the railroad of?
ficials declare that to grant the de?
mands of the m?n in full would be
equal to putting a heavy lien on the
railroad property, which would have
priority over everything and cause a
nslrierable addition to the operating
expenses Th? reads claim that they
cannot grant thf demand* as made by
the tralnment, and the trainmen re
fust to modify them;.
The question will now he up to Com?
missioner Nelll. whose ofllce* as med?
iator will be exp. ote.i to clear up the
difficulty. Both fid's have agreed to
submit th-ir case to him.
Th? commissioner win arrive on the
Washington boat, and it is probable
that the conference will continue down
town this being left to the conven
|i no- of ih- mediator.
SOURCE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS
l Innurlnl Manager* Will tnnenr He
tore Kennte ' omntlltee.
Washington, September 12?Presi?
dential candidates in the preconventlon
nght of last spring have furnished to
Chairman Clapp, "f the senate cam?
paign expenditures committee names of
the men who bandied their campaign
funds; All the financial manager*,have
ii:.d to appear before the committee
v/heri the hearing* begin September 50;
Sen.ii.o Bankhend will appear for
t'sear W. Underwood; former Senator
Duboig tor Speaker champ Clark: Rep?
resentative William B McKinley for
President Taft; Senator Dlxon and
Ormsby McHnrg for Colonel Roosevelt;
Lieutenant-Governor N'chols, of Ohio,
for Governor Jud.son Harmon, and Wil
Ham F. McComhs for Governor Wilson.
A preliminary meetln- of the com?
mute, will VC held before the hearings
"p.n to fl< the time when each wit?
ness snail testify. All Witnessed are
now under Instructions to appear on
? he opening da v. September .in Mem?
ber* . f thi committees are stjli con
slderliig a plan to hold some os the
bearings in New York. It has been
found Impossible |o secure the testl
monv ,,r William Rockefeller In regard
to alleged Standard Oil contributions
?>, ifioi, .inbss the committee goes to
his homr. In case Nev, York sessions
at. held, I. P. Morgan. Gcorgi W.
Perkins and other financier**:probably
will be nsV.ed to testify about anv con?
tributions they may have made to
political funds.
It is understood the committee win
summon Dan R. Manna, of Cleveland,
at the instance of Senator Pomerene,
to testify regarding any contributions
be him to the Roosevelt fund this year.
In inas Mr. Hanna gave $6.000 to presi?
dent TafP* general campaign fund.
MRS. PICKETT IMPROVED
'?tniula Trip Well From Phllndclphln
to \t n-hliiKliin.
Washington, September 12. ? Mrs. La
Salle Pleketl. widow of the famous
Confederate general, reached Wash?
ington this evening from Philadelphia,
where she had been ill at a hotel she
stood the trip well, and was taken di?
rectly to her home. Her condition to?
night was reported to be greatly im
proved.
WHITMANWiLLGO
10 HOT SPRINGS
To Cross-Examine Wit?
nesses Who Attempt
to Impeach Schepps.
HIS TESTIMONY
IS IMPORTANT
Investigation to Determine
Whether Improper Methods
Had Been Used in Applying
for Commission to Tal:e
Evidence in Rosenthal
Case May Be Made.
N>V. Tor*. September 12?District
Attorney Whitman, accompanied bv
Assistant District Attorney Kit bin, will
if a', e here to-morrow for Hot sp.ings,
Ark. to appear before the commission
M . ..-.t <! to take the testimony of
persons who talked to Sam Schepps,
a witness In the Rosenthal murder
case, while hv whs In custody in that
city.
The prosecutor said to-night that
the Schepps testimony was so impor?
tant to his case that he had decided
to be on hand personal!:.- to c-ossex
amlne th? witnesses, who, according
to the defense, h-ive stated Schepps
t.ol I them that Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker had nothing to do with
the Romenthal murder.
Mr Whitman said that the defense
had added George w liowell, chief of
police of Mot Springs, to the three
witnesses named In the motion for the
appointment of the commission, but
he declared his confidence that the de?
fense would find that Howell's testi?
mony would he of little value to
Becker'* cape
In view of the fact that Mr. Whit?
man has received from two of the
witnesses telegrams saying that they
had never heard S?hepps say anything
in defense of Be. rt?r. It whs said that
the .iistrict attorney might make an
InvestlgSJion to determine whether
improper methods had been used in
applying for the commission, one ef?
fect of which was to postpone the
trial unttl October 7.
For the purpose of establishing a
pr. *-?dent to prevent in the future the
prorurinc of delays in a similar man?
ner, the prosecution obtained to-day
an order from Justice Btschoff requir?
ing th* defense to show cause why
the appointment of the commission
should t.ci be set aside Argument
or. the or^?r will be had to-morrow,
but no Immediate decision i< e>;.
pceted.
Ilonell llenrd Nothing.
ll<->t Springs, Ark. September 13 ?
Captain of Police George W. Howe!)
made affidavit to-dav that Sam
Schepps during his detention In this
city said nothing in his presence mu
might be construed as exculpation of
Police Ll?ttter.ir.t Charles Becker In
connection with the Rosenthal mur?
der The affidavit was made at the re.
I test of District Attorney Whitman
\\ aldn \\ 111 He Witness.
New Tork. September 12?The Alder- ;
rnanlc committee that is investia.it ir.g
conditions in thy. Police Department win
meet again at 2 o'clock to-morrow af?
ternoon Commissioner Waldo will be
the only witness. H* will be question?
ed about his handling of the depart?
ment, and whether his power was ab?
solute or curtailed by surgestions or
orders from the Mayor. He will also
be asked about the condition of the
department when he became its head,
what changes were made in methods,
and why they were made. Informa?
tion will also be sought from him
about the raiding squads and what me?
thod he pursued In selecting the heads
of them
By direction of the Mayor all nf the
r-cords at police headquarters have
been placed at the disposal ef the
committee, and these have already been
overhauled by its representatives.
Some of kh< letters sent to ths com?
missioner by the Mayor were read dur?
ing the examination of the Mayor on
Tuesday, but there was a number of
others that were not read or referred
to in any way. The Mayor said that
commissioner Waldo was In sole
charge of the force, and Mr. Waldo
will be questioned in line with th's
statement. ?">ne of the Interesting bits
of information sought will be as to
the action Mr Waldo took in reference
to the many letters sent to him com?
plaining of Lieutenant Charles BecK
er\Vheh the Mayor was asked If he had
received letters concerning Becker he
s.id he had Asked what he did w.?
them he replied that he had sent tnem
to Commissioner Waldo. Some ot
these letters were received by tho
Mayor over a year ??>. The commit?
tee win try tc learn :rom Mr. Waldo
what effect the letters had on him and
if he had investigated the accusations
made against the former head of the
most conspicuous of the three raiding
squads.
in his testimony the Mayir sain In
In reference to these squads:
"I think I will continue that very
same system Of keeping the gambling
business down to one spe i.il squad,
under the commissioner himself. If 1
thought that Waldo was culpable at
tili I would not have him around me.
but I have n ?> reason to think he was
culpable, lie was sold out by a scimp. '
u was suggested yesterday that this
statement made It appear as If the
Mayor laid out the plans of running
the police department and then turned
It over to the commissioner to take
care of.
The letter of resignation ?ent t >
Mayor Gay nor by Deputy Commissioner
Btlghetr on October 19. 1S10, saying that
the force was demoralized, will also
be the subject of questions. Oenernl
Bingham was tho commissioner at that
time, and the work Of suppressing
gambling had been divided between
Di pucy Commissi .tiers Btlgherand Han?
son, but It was finally all turned ovi r
lo BUgher. There had been a gao l
deal of quarreling among the deputy
commissioners, ami, ncc irdlhg ro the
Mayor, Bugher wits very anxious to g? t
the Job of commissioner for iilmself.
[' (Continued on Ttilrd Page)
WOMAN'S ACTIVITY IN THE WILSON CAMPAIGN
(Copyright by Underwood 4 Underwood, fs'cw York.
FUNERAL OF LATE
EMPEROR BEGINS
Century-Old Rites and Costumes
Mingled With Modern
Military Display.
GREAT CROWD AT PALACE
Official Representatives of Every
Country in Tokio to Partici?
pate in Ceremonies.
Tokio, September 13,?Funeral cere?
monies of the late Emperor Mustuhlto,
of .Japan, posthumously Known as the.
"Emperor -f tr.e Era of Enlighten
mem.!' began to-day with o.-ntur;.-oli
rites and costumes mingled with mod?
ern military display. From the most
extreme points of Japan subjects bav?i
been assembling in Tokio. At midnight
a great crowd had gathered along the
route of the procession. The weather
was fair. A police cordon was estab?
lished, .shutting off the r-t:eeis through
which thH body of the Emperor will
he transported, and upon Which it was
estimated Hal! a million people will in
accommodated. A reservation was
provided for 1.000 foreigners, bom
residents and visitors, at the request
of Baron Voshtrt Sakatani. the Mayor
Soon after midnight officials proceeded
to th-- palace in preparation for the
early ceremony.
The samhre coloring, associated with
Western mourning, was replaced by
the brilliant hues of the Orient. Sor?
row for the tlead ruler, however, was
apparent In the faces of all.
official representatives of everv
country had come to Tokio to parti?
cipate in the solemnities. Tho list in?
cluded lJhilander C. Knox. Secretary of
State of the United Stales, who was
accompanied by Kansfurd E. Miller,
chief of the par Eastern section of tho
State Department at Washington.
Rear-Admiral Alfred Reynolds, r. s.
N. and Brigadier-General John J.
l'ershmg. I' S. A Members of tho
regular foreign diplomatic body were
present.
From an early hour in the morning
the palace <i, its great private park in
the heart of the capital was the goal
toward which virtually everybody In
Tokio made his way on foot.
.he casket containing the body lay
in State In the main hall of the palaco.
It had been decorated according to
Shinto'a rites by a special corps of
ritualists appointed for the obsequies.
The casket was or enormous dimen?
sions, measuring nearly ten feet by
live, and weighing one and a half
tons.
ICnper or trrh's.
At 5 ..'-lock in the morning the ofti
clal mourners began to arrive Atter
a short wait, during which in* func?
tionaries formed h procession. Emperor
Yj'shlhlto arrived. ll?* <i*a?s attended by
Count Tog... the grand master of cer?
emonies, nud Count Wa tana be, Minis?
ter of the Imperial Household, who
were followed by court chamberlains
i-arryina ihe imperial sword and seal
After them came Prince Kitsura. the
Ljrd Chamberlain, with General Naka
inura, the chief aide-de-cimp
A small procession composed of the
princes of the Imperial hlood, in order
bf pi. ed-nce. came next. The Em
,s thfth entered in n native .curt
dress made of hemp cloth, her unbound
hair falling >n her nhoulders.
The DpWagei EmpresS was in native
Costume lind was preceded by tue chief
steward and fallowed by her ladles Ol
honor Others in the hall comprised
government oillclals of the first rank,
peers <>t Japan and Korea, members of
th-- lltuse of Representatives and of
the Imperial Cabinet, the president, oi
various gdvernhieni institutions, the
Miiydr Of Tokio arid the chairman of
the Tokio City Council.
As soon as th' Imperial processions
had entered the hall and those com?
posing them had taken their seals,
the hanging screen in front of the
catafalque was remov-d by the ritual?
ists and the Shinto Band played a soft
dirge on Instruments resembling
flutes and three peculiar drums The
chief ritualist and Ills assistants prof?
fered the offerings of sacred food,
after which other offerings of red and
whRc cloth enclosed In willow boxe:
were made. Prayers for the dead wire
recited by the chiei ritualist, who had
taken his place In the centre before
the catafalque
The most - ilcmn ad of all followed.
{Continued on .Second rage.) "
PREM. TAFT
SPEEDS BUSY DAY
In Conference From Time He
Returns From Links Until
Long After Dark.
TALKS TO CABINET MEMBERS
Mexican Situation, Trust Suit
and Treasury Matter.
Are l)isciis-ed.
Beverly, Mass. September 1-.?This
was the 1) .-t rjay ITeSld? lit Taft has
spent In Beverly this summer. He
was In conference from tin time he re?
turned from the Myopia links through
lunch until long after dark Hu talked
with two members of his Cabinet, At?
torney-General Wlckcrsham and Se.ctc
tarv of th- Treasury M&cVeagh. Chand
ier p. Anderson, the counselor for the
state Department; the head of the Pres?
ident's Economy and Krticiency Commis?
sion. Cebrgn K Cleveland; a feW com?
mittees fr un nearby towns, an-J posed
again for t'rl? thriving picture, men.
Mr, Wlckershani told the President of
a e inference he held earlier In the day
with United States District Attorney
French, of Boston, about the prosecu?
tion of the United Shoe Machinery
Company. He declared before he left
Beverly !"???: his home in New Yori:
that he intended t:, ro deeply into tue
United Shoe case when lie returned to
Washington.
Mr Anderson has been on leave from
the State Department, but discussed
the Mexican situation with the Presi?
dent. Ills view (if conditions there wn.?
encouraging Secretary MacVeagh had
se'eral matters 'o take up with the
President One he regarded as most
Important was the qucatlon of loaning
to hanks In th- West money from tho
United States Treasury to be used In
moving crops lie probably will an?
nounce a d< 'Ision in the matter within
the next few days.
Iteslnnntlon I? teeepted.
The resignation of Robert i; Valen?
tine as Commissioner of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and 'he proofsheets of
President T.ift's decision In the "reli?
gions garo care." which officials here
I declare have n hearing on the resig
j nation, erirrip to Beverly on the same
I train to-night. The resignation was
I accepted promptly, but ho successor to
Mr. Valentine will be named until Sec,
I retary of the Interior Klsher returns
from a Hawaiian visit.
Tiifl \|i|>roMo| ,,i llthl.
1 . Newark. N. .1 September 12?Wlli
iliani 11. Lewis, the negro Assistant At?
torney.General of the United States,
Whose rec-nt udmUsion to the Ameri?
can Par Association provoked a great
[row. declared in a political sreech
here to-night before the Ksstx Countv
{negro Republican eiuh that Attornev
General Wlckersham's noted tight
r.st his expulsion from the Bar AS.
j ?Delation had b.-.'ti conducted wltli the
rid vice and (rojiseht of President Taft.
Lewis condemned the Progressive
iPtirty's refusal to receive Southern
n< l ??? delegates in its national conven?
tion; and Indorsed Mr. Tuft's adminis?
tration "All tt needs Is a good ad?
vertising agent,*' said he. enumerating
Its achievements of legislation.
Private Overpowers
Guard; Lscaped From
Povlress Monroe
port xcm*. \ ii.. September 12.
? After overpowering and disarm?
ing bit. guard, with tin- nnslafanec of
a fellow-Prisoner, Private it. It.
Matthews, awaiting trial on charges
ot di'Ker'Inu from the army und
fraudulent enlistment in the nnvy,
rsenped frotn Fortreaa Monroe ihl*
j morning. Matthewa und Private
I,rover GlikWold, the Inner b*|ng
iirid ii prisoner on ? trivial charge,
n.'n' sent out in charge of (Suard
tlbert tnileraon to clean up tbr
j roiilliouae. t tier entering I be build'
log 'tie prisoners) attacked Amler
i HOlli tool, away his ritte and locked
hi io in the building. Bolh thru
Ntnrleil over itie ramparta, hut tlir
gimril ellnilipil through a window,
rccovered hit gun and halted i.rli
Hiild, who ?ins lens neilte than Mat?
thew*, before he could gel out of Ihr
Im'loHiire. tin tl hewn ileMerled from
the Flfly-rlglitli f.'onal Vrtlllery and
.|Mln*'il ihr iiiivt, where hr wn* iir
realed.
Following Exchange of Shots
Warning Is Issued by United
Suites Officer.
GENERAL SCHUYLER ARRIVES
Will Take Personal Charge of
American Troops on
Border.
Douglas. An:.. September 12?A
large force of rebels; thought to bo the
command of Antonio Cantpa, to-night
came within three miles of Agua
Prlcta. An exchange o( shots took
place between outposts. Major llarde
'man. commanding oillcer of the full?
ed States border forces here, informed
the war Department, and upon instruc?
tions from the. department warned
both Federals and rebels against tiring
' on United States territory.
Tho Federal force arriving to-'iay
brought three mountain howitzers,
I thre automatic guns und nearly a
: million rounds of ammunition,
j General Schuyler, commanding the
: Department of the West, arrived here
i to-night t., take personal charge of the
i Unit! d Stales forces on the border.
Urgent telephone messages were te
| celved here to-day from f.l Tlgre ask
i Ing for Federal troop.- t.> protect the
Se.venty-rtve men there from an ex?
pected attack b\ Salazar American
, Consul Dye made a formal request for
F.d.ral troops of General Sanjlne*.
j but the latter gave the consul no deft
I nite reply
Twehty-nlne heavily-armed weil
. mounted American cowboys, each car?
rying one thousand rounds of ammuni?
tion, led by B. S. O'Reilly, former news?
paper man and soldier of fortune, left
here presumably foi Naeozari. The
departures of similar bands from N?cO,
, Nogale* and other border towns are
! reported to-night. Local officers of
! American companies operating In
? Mexico disclaim all knowledge of the
! expedition NO one appears to know
who financed the expedition.
V liter lean ll,?j Kidnapped.
Leaving Osneral iloj.,.- and his fol?
lowers to attack Ague Prleta alone.
General Salazar led his followers
southward to-day. looted Col on la
Morelos, breaking Into houses, carry?
ing away provisions, thirty-tive horses
and. it is, report -d. kidnapped Charles
Nicholas, a sixteen-:, car-old Am.-rt-in
boy. The boy's father iias appealed
to the authorities here.
From Morol?a the rebels wont to
the Tlgrc ranch, looted it and left for!
Naeozari. which Is put of wire com- ;
miinicutlon of the (500 men com- 1
?.?rising the Naeozari Federal garrison ,
f.?O w ere last report id .sfe"? t. hlirryillB i
I to strengthen the Agua Prieta gar- j
hison.
Two detachments of Fi loral troops. I
arriving to-day from luarez, Increased
the Agu.1 Prl?ta forces to more than,
1.000 men. relieving apprehension of
attack
l'.milio Cam pa and his band are re
ported incamped at Pinlto. thirty miles
southeast of Nogales
y.apnt|s|nM Rseetiled.
Stoluca, Mexico. September 1. ?? j
Twenty-two Zapatistas who were <;,p?i
ture.l yesterday in a bat tie wit It Fed- !
erat Iroop? near >an Mat e. State ,,f j
.Mexico. were execute.1 tO-llny Under I
'the terms of the proclamation sus
pending constitutional guarantees
] lohn GUI a British mining man.
I was rescued from a band of Zapatistas
i and brought to Toluca by Lieutenant
I Lbbano, who returned to-day from an
I expedition into the rebel territory.
After having robbed Gill of 1,000 pesos
I and bis clothing, the '/.apaust.is carrli t
, him aWnj
marauding Operation*.
j Mexico City, September 12.?The Za?
patistas have been extremely active
j the past week in their marauding
Operations in the States of Morelos and
Mexico, ajol to-day word was received
1 that Emllano ZapatO is concentrating
his force at Altdzlstio, twenty-three
i miles south of Nnvaja with the an?
nounced intention of marching on the
capital of Morelos on September IT.
General tl ifllt on the Cucinafa division
of i he National Railways has been Iii.?
dehn tely suspended as the I'CSultS ol
Tuesday's attack bv Zapatistas on
pass.-nger train fifty miles south of
Mexico City. Detailed reports show
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IS HMDS OFF IS
ST AT E POLITICS
Steers Cautious Course
During Day at New
York.
WONT INTERFERE
IN ANY TANGLES
Plainly Shows His Discomfiture
at Being Thrown Together
With Number of Politicians.
Addresses Largest Crowd
cf Campaign on Subject
of the Tarifi'.
Albany. N. v.. September 12.?De?
termined not to Interfere In the poli?
tical tuiigUs of any of the State?, Gov?
ernor VVoodr?w Wilson admittedly
steered a cautl?tia coarse to-day it
the Ne w Vork State Pair at Syrucusi .
Where Governor Dix. Charles K Mur?
phy atul many Tammany Hall mutt
gathered. Govei nor Wilson met Charles
l'. Murphy, leader of Tamiliany Halt,
but hell no conference with him. Tito
presidential candidate likewise saw ???> >
talked with Governor Dix. who is Seek?
ing renomlnatlon, but the New Jersey
executive diSCUS&cd HO politics WlL-l
him.
Una war- of the program that had
been outlined for tri; day it was, not
known until the last moment that ho
was to be thrown together with a num?
ber of New Vork Slate politicians. Qbv.
ii nor Wilson showed plainly his -,:s
coratttUrc at some of tho diy's event: .
The presidential candidate declared
thai he had no intimation when in
vitcd to the State pair that the Demo?
cratic State Committee and Associa?
te,i of Democratic County Chairmen
wer? to meet In Syracuse oh the same,
?lay. He sai ! that had he known it. hq
probably wuulc. not have accepted the
invitation because he did not wish to
meddle In the internal politics of any
Dodges Political Phaaea.
As It wus Governor Wilson had a
diilleult time dodging the atatc poli?
tical phases ol the occasion
Karly In tho day the New Jersey
executive paid his formal respects to
Governor Dix in the parlvr of a hot-I.
Soon a crowd gathered to snake hands
with Ilm. and Governor Dix brou^nt
Mr. Murphy to the s:de of the presi?
dential candidate. Governor Wilson
shook hands with the Tammany leader,
but said nothing and extended his hand:
to others In the crowd who were press?
ing forward to meet him
Oovi-rnor Wilson talked politics hero,
to-day at the State Pa'r before tho
largest chowd that yet has gathered toj
hear him in his presidential campaign.
Governor Dix, I'nlted States Senator
O'Gorman and acting Chairman Mc
Adoo. of th- national committee, weroj
grouped behind the presideht'al nom?
inee ,s lie l.-ined over the rail of tile)
stand and delivered a speech devoted'
chiefly to the tariff.
The crowd was so large that Hun?
dreds who stood to the left and right j
of the Governor were unable to hear
him. and shouted. 'Turn this way. Gov?
ernor."
"You see. my beauty Is something
they want to look at everywhere.*
aughed the Governor and the crowd,
respondent with cheers
"itv t!:e way," he added. "I was put*
the hti?h comrliment the otner day ?if
bi lug til t at i looked like an eagle.'"
The crowd laughed again, and tho
Governor t ?? ::? ; seriously to a dis?
cussion of tariff issues.
DhKtnctcH I., Self-.Snpport.
We ha'..- the right to look to oar,
government," he said, 'not to support!
.is. lint to reinnv? th? i est:.; tes to our*
Individual self-support. They say
prices have risen all over the world.
Yes, they have, and they have risen
faster ami higher in high tariff coun?
tries than In low tariff countries.
There, again. Intellectual gifts stand in
th-- way o? the assertion, because wo
doh'l have very much brains to read
statistics an! .-tat:.tics arc open to
every man which show the United
States are btird.-ned with the cost of
high livlm; as no other country in tho
world is. and there must he something
special in the IThlted States which
makes It true.
"Take the prlc? nf meat, for in?
stance, and the price of meat Is at the)
hearl of business, for it is meat that
makes the blood red and makes wnr:<
easier The prlc* of meat has gone up
30 and 10 per cent In ten years In this
country, and ih<- prlcie of American
meat has not Rine up a fraction of ii
cut per pound In ixmdon markets'
The Governor aske'd humorously oti
the chemists In the crowd what ihn;
cft.ct the mere transportation ->f meat
across salt water adds to the economic,
processes of th* country.
"The argument foi protection," ho,
continued, "when there Is domestlo '
Competition ir- different from the argu?
ment for protection where there is no
domestic competition. The wall of th-*,
tariff enables certain gentlemen to pet;
behind it and say. "we are all of Uj?
.-.cur-?vvhv cut one another's thronst
why not stand together?' and they
did with reference to meat without In-,
curling the danger of tho prlvtslons bC
the law."
Tho Governor here referred to their
circular letter revealed during th* trial
of the meat packers in Chicago, lit
which appropriate prtct s fot meat
???re suggested, and he said, "with i
gentility unsurpassed In the history ->f
business etiquette, tho suggestion w its
always accepted."
Schcdu'e I\ Ulnrusnert.
Schedule K also was discussed h\ t I i
Governor, who told o; a conversation
recently with a prominent wo l< i
manufacturer, who. he said, admitted
that schedule K was wrong, Th.- O?V?
crnor declared that the business ru- i
of the country were by no meat - dis?
honest, and that a* soon as they realis-;
led that they were profiting wrongifj
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