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WHOLE NUMBER 19,168.
RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1912.
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International Fleet Will
Protect Foreigners
at Constantinople.
NO ANXIETY FELT
FOR AMERICANS
Russia Assumes Responsibility
for Safety of All Citizens of
United States?No News
Concerning Progress of
Great Battle at
Tehatalja.
\\'aaldnfjtaSjy November 12?A Und
in* le*%* of at (east MM men ?* row
*\aii?)/i? from lb* b?i*i eel I iasl Beet
:n thi harbor of Constantinople -in?!
t-juld dc instantly fem ashore should
? Muticin ouioiio.it endanger ike U*ee
of fas* la sain in the Turkish capital.
This fof ? 1* considered by tin- State
Department to k* fully adequate to
meet any eraeig-n<y that might arise
11 >i?ardiz:ng the lefttf of the i. itiona
r'-preseht? d by the score of vessel*
?aetsttseSsI 'n tl>?- <*ttouian ..arbor, and
? n\ anxiety previously felt for Amer?
ican? is entirely relieved ?? >- assur?
ances rnude to th- department to-day
that Kusnia will assume responsibility
for the safety of all citizens of the
United States.
There are at present in Ike harbor
et Constantinople eleven warships?tw >
British, two Kufsian. two Krenrh, two
Italian, two Austrian and one ?iernittn.
Ir. addition to the representatives reg?
ularly maintained there by the different
powers. Another Otrmin vessel, a
Finnish and a Dutch vessil, as well
us two Italian ? hap*, are expecte-d to
rea. h Constantinople to-iilght >r to?
morrow.
Quiet at Constantinople.
Adv ices to the State Department indi
cate that Constantinople rem-<ii.s en?
tirely quiet and that precautionary
measures already have been adopted
by the Turkish government. The em?
bassy at Constantinople has uformed
the department >f the decision of the
tittoman government to considt r coal
as '-?ntrabar.u of war.
? 'ommunlcation with the cruisers
Tennesse and Montan*, whi'ii left Phila?
delphia to-day for Turkish waters, will
be malntatnen during their voyage
across the Atlantic by the new wireless
stition at Arlington, near .here. The
v.-ssele wiU be kept infjrm-^d con*
stsntiy as to the situation IB Turkey.
This will be the first real teat the Ar?
lington station has made wtt.i vessels
at sea, although messages have been
exchanged with the battleship Utah,
off th. Virginia capes.
Kussla officially informed the United
States to-day that it will look out tor
the interests of the United States in
Turkish waters and for United States
> itlz-ns in Turk?y. Th* information
was conveyed to the State Department
by the Kassian embassy here imme
?Uately upon receipt of instructions
from the Foreign Office at St. Peters- (
burg
>? Hews ?f satne.
Ix>n-ion. November II.?There is no
news to-night, either from Sofia or
Constantinople, as to how the great
battle at Tehatalja is going. The
silence may Imply that tiie Turks are !
making a Netter defense than bad i
t?een expeeted. On the other hand, it
Is rumurnl that Turkey is asking But- j
garia to arrange an atrolsUce,
In the other fields of war operations j
the progress of the allies is alow. The j
Servians and Greeks have not reached ;
Monastic, where it Is reported All j
Kita Pasba. the ex-Turkish Minister of
War. ha? ~i".WQ troops prepared to
offer a vigorous resistance.
The Montenegrins have suffered a i
set-back In thefr prolonge-l efforts to j
rapture Scutari, larger, owing to the ?
defection of the Mallssori tribes, who I
demand gua-antees of Albanian Inde- i
nendence. The Greek advance in the !
direction of Janina also appears to j
retarded. It Is probable that weath- ;
?r conditions have much to do with
the slow progress
In the diplomatic field no fresh de?
velopment is reportei Important con?
ferences continue at Budapest, where
the ex-Premi?T of Rumania. P. P. Carp,
arrived to-day with a letter from Xing
Charles to Emperor Francis Joseph.
In most of the - j rope an capitals a
more hopeful feeling la displayed that
peace wonld not ":?? disturbed by the
Austro-Servian difficulties.
Reply ?* Twrfceyw Appeal.
lion Ion. November 1$.?Trie reply of
th.- powers to Turkey's appeal for me?
diation reached Constantinople to-day.
according to a dispatch from that city
to the I?aily Matl. It 1* to the effect
that the Balkan states ar? prepared
to hear the Turkish suggestion for a
tvnsi* fo- p?a re
REO LETTER DAY IN AVIATION
n^srswasared yews ed Wsevsee See |assort** [
ana SJsarS*h*eo screws s*Bwtf*n*jSna,
Waan i nerton. November if?What
?aval aviation experts declare win
aiake this a red letter day In the his?
tory of aviation was the snccessful
test here to-day of a catapult device I
for launetiine ?eroplane? from battle?
ships The scheme, the Invention of'
Captain Washington I Chambers, In
eharae of the navy aviation work. In
eolves the shooting of the aeroplane
?long a steel plank by means of com- i
pressed air.
Lfesrtenant T 1 PTTrron. mitt svla
tor. had sttsined a speed of forty
mile* an hoar to-day when his hydro- i
n?roplan? had gone thirty feet along
th. plank It ws? In a dead relm that
the ?*?? wa* made
TWO VOTES YET REQUIRED
wwba Saasas* *i*w*ee *sj Aopewnf *d fees*
****o**saanf laewsasr To* tseewasssewt,
W>^|wt salon Nor ember 12 - Just a
rear 1st?, the State Department to-day
reerived the required legal notice mt
Ike approval bv the State of Ohle or
the eeopo?d constitoti' nal Income lit
sisssdaji at. Two affirmative rotes
ore ret iSSjUHed f a Sard the three
ronrthe rote ?r??rrThsa ay the Cesawt
rwtssjti to >? mm the adoption of the
smerjilnsewt. with tea Biete* yet to be
Wilson Will Always Be
Accessible to
Public.
I TRENTON CUSTOM
TO BE CONTINUED
[President-Elect Spends Busy Day
at State Capital, Where He Is
Greeted by Newly-Elected
Members of Legislature.
Invited to Visit Char?
lotte? N. C
J Princeton, N. J.. November til.?
Pre?lclent-e|ei t Wuwirvw Wiltus pro
ftmWM to keep the door to hi* private
office in the White House always open
und accessible to the public, he an
. nounced to-day. j
Governoi Wilnon said be had declde.i
to maintain aa fur as possible the'
' open-door' policy, whicii he inaugu
i.-ited at Trenton During his term as
Governor he keg insisted tuut the door
to his private aShee never be closed.
, while he is in It
I "Are raw golmi to keep the open'
; Seat at Washington, too?" he was
jasked
?' l hope so, ' he replied. "J don't'
know what the arrangements are in;
. the White House-, but j intend to. eo;
? far as possible."
HI- Idea i? that the exc< utive of a
Stat?- or I nation should have "no;
recked doors." conferences or transact
business in Ms private office that the]
' public couid not actually sec if they;
; eared to. I
"When 1 first took my uflbe as Gov?
ernor," he ?aid. "I wait surprised at the
, number of pe ople who wanted to talk
i to nie behind the back of their hand.
; and in whispers."
The Governor his never been in the
executive offices in Washington, but!
one e?f the correspondents drew for:
him a diagram of it.? interior, indi?
cating that >nere were two doors to'
the left of the entrance which, if left,
open, would carry out the idea of
, giving the public a "lew of who is
> talking to the President in his ofllce.
? The future President will depend upon
the secret service men, of course, to
keep out cranks, and will have a sys?
tem of appointments, but the custom
as observed in Trenton has been that
between appointments the Governor is
"In to everybody."
B|?j paey at Tisntasj.
The Governor had a heavy day In
Trenton. The newly elected members
of the State Legislature came to call.
! as did William Hodges, future- United
i States Senator from New Jersey, and
: United Stales Senator Martine.
! It was a day of congratulations, but
1 the Guvernpr also met a number of
commissions, made some minor ap-j
pointments and delivered two speeches.
He addressed a delegation that came
from Charlotte. N. C. to invite him
to attend, on May 20 next, the signing;
of the Mecklenburg Declaration of In?
dependence. Thhfty citizens of the
town, several of whom made urgent
speeches, appealed to him to come.
> "Tou must remember, however." said1
the Fresid-nt-elect in his speech, "that1
I haven't often been President of the I
United State*, and therefore I don't
know what is in store for me. I haven't
gotten close- enough to the conscience
of that office to see my way clear and
see what my liberty will be to detach
myself from my duties
"There is a question which a good
many newspaper men here, for In?
stance, would like to have me express
definitely. There may be an extra
session of Congress upon which a good
deal depends
"Of course, if there is to be an extra
session, it will cover the 30th of May'
in all probability. Therefore I cannot
now either accept or decline the In-]
vitati- n which draws me so strongly,
but I do feel that I owe it to my public
duty to wait. What I am about to do
now Is to go off on a vacation and for-'
get a good many things that have hap?
pened in order to have a clearer brain
for what a ill happen. I expect to get
back on the l?th of December, and
make a horoscope of what will happen
and see what Invitations It will be
advantageous for me to accept?ad?
vantageous to the government and my
duties, of course, and not to'me per?
sonally. With your gracious permis?
sion I will hold this Invitation until
that time, with th-> assurance that my.
Inclination and my heart go with it."
r irst Ex leaned Secern.
The Governor motored later to >he
State Home for Girls, where he dedi?
cated a building to he known as the
"Wilson Cottage." He there delivered
his (Irst extended speech eine* ?e was
elected to the presidency.
"The whole basis of society -s indi?
vidual re sponsfh I'.ty." said the Gover?
nor. "If >ou cannot hold the Individual
responsible for what he doe*, then you
cannot punish him. and If society Is
responsible for what he does, there is
no means thst I know of punishing se~
clety. The very fact that crime exists,
the very fact that moral dereliction
exists. Is in Itself a sort of penalty
open society, and there are those who
say these are e.m;>lr W)mpt was that
society ie a.ck and that we must ears
It. Tet all the fabric of criminal law.
for example, T??uld fall down -f there
were n? personal responsibility. It la
not Just to incarcerate an Individual
or to punish h'm with the extreme
penalty of death if he m net respon?
sible for what he did. The tejth af
the whole matter seeaaa to lie as usual
jest shout half-war kittrsen the two
extremes Undoubtedly there IS S great
deal, a vast A^mt for which- society s
responsible, ana that In the Justifies-.
tlon for the ex 1st wee* of Institutions of
thte sort We have no right to spewe
1SV- pahllc money for the beneSM of s
few ee fee the relief ef the few. ?eres?
by doing se we eeefer a general heaeSt
and reach ? s ?eers I 'pwMle object
The great argument?yen wlsl not
eaaaect me ef tseeking spea a party
ewestiosj?against special privilege
si maty the argemewt that ft gives ewe
set ef pe sate as) adeesjengje that ethers)
ft
JOIN IN TRIBUTE
TO HEROIC DEAD
I North and South Unite
in Exercises at Ar?
lington.
SHAFT TO SOLDIERS
OF CONFEDERACY
Corner-Stone Laid With Impres?
sive Ceremonies Under Direc?
tion of U. D. C.?Addresses
by Hilary A. Herbert. Wil?
liam J. Bryan and Cor?
poral Tanner, of G. A. R.
Washington. November IS.?North
and South met and clasped hands over
the dead of the Confederacy in Arling?
ton National Cemetery to-day, when
the United Daughters of the- Confed?
eracy laid the corner-stone of a great
monument to the Confederate dead.
After former secretary of the Navy
Hilary A. Herbert, had laid the cor
nt-r-etone and William J. Bryan had
pronounce^ a dedicatory oration, laud?
ing the- dissipation of sectionalism, the
formal program of tiic day was con?
cluded. But Colonel Herbert, as maste.
of ceremonies, surprised the throng of
spectators by calling upon Corporal
James Tanner, ot the Grand Army of
the Republic, f.>r the final word from
the North to the South.
leaning heavily on his stick. Cor?
poral Tanner raised his hands over the
crowd, and pleaded for the ultimate
elimination of sectional feeling. ,
"To you of the younger generation."'
he said, turning to the Daughters of
the Confederacy crowded about. "I
appeal for the establishment of tflsel
community of feeling between the
North and the South. Tou can form
no conception of the community of
feeling that exists between the old,
Johnny Reh and the old-time Yank." j
-Rebel Yell" far Taaaer.
From the little group of old men in:
faded gray who swung their tattered!
Stars and Bars over the new laid cor-j
ner-stone. a shrill -rebel yell" arose,
?ad from then on the talk of Corporal j
Tannei wa* punctuated with cheers, j
He was interrupted with a round ofj
applause when he claimed Virginia as
his "graveyard." "For." he explained.
"I was mustsred out of the Union Army
at the second Bull Run by Stonewall j
Jackson's artillery." and. resting his
stick against the table before him. the
old soldier waved his trembling hands
at the Southern veterans, below. j
Hilary A. Herbert. Secretary of the
Navy in the Cabinet of Grover Cleve
| land, raid the corner-stone. He made
J an addreaa recounting the clrcum
j stances of the struggle between the,
; North and South that provoked the
j Civil War. reviewed the hlatory ef the
monument project and told of the many
incidents of recent times which indi-:
I rate the dissipation of sectional feel-.
' ing.
I The orator of the day was William!
J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan paid tribnte gel
. the Southern women, the courage of!
! the Confederate soldier, and applauded .
i their acceptance of the verdict of the,
1 sword.
Ceetestta of Ben.
I In the box set In the corner-stone:
? were placed a copy of the act of Con-i
cress setting aside a tract In Arling
1 ton Cemetery and authorizing removal
from prison cemeteries and graveyards
over the country of the Confederate
dead and their reinterment in the Na- '
tlona] Cemetery: a copy of a letter from
William H. Taft, then Secretary of
War. authorizing the District of Co?
lumbia Division, United Daughters of
the Confederacy, to raise a monument.
I to the dead soldiers of the lost cause,
in the Confederate section at Arlington,
a movement afterward undertaken by
the entire organisation; small copies
In silk of State flags of Southern States
and one of the American flag to repre-j
sent the District of Coiunrbta
The ceremonies began at 3 o'clock.!
The Fifteenth Cavalry Band, under thej
leadership of Arthur 9. Whttcomh.j
bandmaster, played Southern melodies, i
Inaugurating the ceremonies. Bishop
Robert A. Gibson, of Richmond, then1
Invoked blessing upon the project and
the proceedings. A paraphrase of
"Nearer. My. God. t? Thee" was played,
by the hand.
Colonel Herbert, who acted as master
of ceremonies. Introduced Wallace'
Streater. of the executive committee
of the Arlington Confederate Monu?
ment Association, who enumerated the!
articles placed in the box for the cor?
ner-stone. The corner-stone waa then:
set In place by Colonel Herbert.
GfTft CgT^w^dl 9fp9wke?4gB>l4BS*Taaa
A great crowd of spectators covered
the grave-studded lawn of the Confed?
erate section of the cemetery about the |
alte of the new monument. Hundreds
of members ef the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, wearing their red
and white ribbons, surrounded the
stand, where sat the Confederate veter- ?
ans. s grouo of aged women in sombre j
black, widows of Confederate dead.
Colonel Herbert. Mr. Bryan and the
officers of the United Daughters of the .
Confederacy were seated on the plat?
form, t
About the corner-stone as It waa
towered Into place stood Colonel Her?
bert. Mrs. Frank m\ Oa>nh*tmer. flrst
viee-pr-sident of the Daughters ef the
Confederacy: Corporal Tanner and Mtss
Mary Lee. eaug">t>r of the Southern.
commander-in-chief. Robert E. Dee
In his address. Mr Bryan seat la
part: {
"It la appropriate that the erection
of this monument should he Intrusted
to the Catted Daughters of the Con?
federacy?thst splendid organisation
which has called forth the energies
ef the women of the South end brought
them late co-operation in the <stieg ef
so much fee the wetfare ef their sec
I Hows and the ceeatiy.
J ? Woman?last at irons sad tret
I at the sspalshir hoi da ?simp lea,
i sway ea stesetaas She this. Her ml a-,
mtrallans invoke the sweet a ad saertd1
memories that link ne to
PRIME MINISTER OF SPAIN
KILLED BY ASSASSIN'S SHOT
Senor Canalejas Mur?
dered by Young
Anarchist.
SLAYER ATTEMPTS
TO END OWN LIFE
Three Bullets Fired Into States
man's Back as He Was Walk?
ing to Ministry of Interior.
Crime Causes General Con- I
sternation?Weyler May
Be His Successor.
Madrid. >?rmkrr IX da? Caaalrja?
j Menden. ?a* Prtsue Mlalater wheat
*aaia ana recorded as mm* mt the
armtrat mt ?tatrauacn. was mhmt mm*
killed to-alar hy a >.??( aearehlst
sasars Maaarl Pardtsus*. The ?asada
attest St ral suicide, aad H was ?rat
Iksackt that he was dead, he* whea
he had been carries ?? ?** hsupttal he
waa found t* he living.
>o eveat ?4uee the throwlaa mt the
i>?aab at the carriage mt Klas Atfaaaa
mm Mar 31. Iswa. while the Klaas waa
return la a fr?an the rburrh after hta
marriage, ha* reused seek a Searral
caaateraatlaa aad ?ach public sym?
pathy
Ha far as eaa be learaed at preaea?,
?he aaaa?laaUea an mm to he bat aa
Isolated ertaar. far which the exact s*e
?Ives reaaala ab* tare. The aase?iBi
wae was mt speatah Mrta, easae re
ce a>tly front Bar aaa Ay res, by war ot
Parts. Practically nothing: Is kaewa
about Mas.
Toe Kiag baa appetated the Ferris*
Mlalater. Maruul? Maauel Gar eta Prie?
to aa ITeaaler pre ten*aar*, aad the
Liberal aovrraafat. which Seaar Caaa
lejaa so caaapteaoaaly eeadacted Car
aeveral yearn, reanataa la power.
After a narrt lug aC Che Cabined Ca.
night, tt waa aaaaaueed ?bat Geaeral
Werfer, rapt ata-era eral mt Cataleala.
an* aae* caaaaaan*Vr-ta-eklcf mt the
Spaalah force* la Cuba, er Ceout Re
oaaaeeo, might be aaaoteted pirnanm nt
Preoalcr.
?bat la Bach.
Canalejas was shot in the back three
times as he was walking- to the Min?
istry of the Interior in the Puerta I>el
Sol. He had stopped to glance into
the window of a book shop.
This morning he went to the royal
palace to submit several decrees to
the King, he emerged smiling and
happy. As an attendant opened the
I door leading ta th? street, a strong
i gust of wind struck the premier la
j the face, causing . n.m to exclaim
! gaily:
"Oh. what a wind. We are going to
i have a bad day."
About an hour later his unconscious
j prophecy was fulfilled. As he stopped
' for a moment at the shop window, a
man darted from a nearby doorway.
He ran up behind the Premier and fired
four shots at close range. Three bul?
lets, as it was afterwards found, took
effect.
Canalejas sank to the sidewalk. A
friend who was passing at that moment
rushed up, crying:
"Don Jose: Don Jose:" this being
the Premier's baptismal name.
The wounded man scarcely had
strength to murmur:
"The scoundrel has killed me." He
then expired.
In the meantime bis assailant turn?
ed the muzxle of the revolver on his
own breast and fired again. A crowd
quickly gathered, while the aaaaasin
was half-dtagged to the police station
The Premier waa carrier to a phar?
macy, and then to the Ministry of the
Interior, where he was placed on a
large marble table in the main saloon.
The blood flowing from a wound be?
hind the right ear soon formed a pool
on the floor.
The King was informed of the trag?
edy aa he waa leaving the palace to at?
tend the chrysanthemum exhibition. He
sprang Into an automobile and motor?
ed swiftly without escort to tbe minis?
try. As he reached tbe Puerta Del Sol.
the crowd' acclaimed him, crying:
"I?ng live the brave King:"
Kkag tjareatly AnTec*cd?
Running upstairs, four steps at a,
time, tbe King entered the saloon and'
bent silently over the body of his late'
minister. He was greatly affected aaj
he recited the prayer for the desd and!
turned to the assembled ministers to]
learn tbe details of the crime. I
Marquis Prieto announced tbe assaa-|
slnatioa in the Chamber of Deputies In]
the course of sn eulogy he said:
"He died between bis two affection*'
?his people and his books. The ene- {
mles of society will not triumph, for
we are all nnited to defend society.'
Marquis Prieto s words occasioned
great applaese. in which all except the
Republicans Joined.
The Premier's body later was trans?
ported to the Chamber of Deputiea
where tnr public was admitted to view
it Tbe faaeral probably will take
place to-morrow, with all the honors
accorded a general who died nt htsi
post of dety.
Throughout the evening thousands
assembled |n the street* and ?.Iber
thousands passed through the chamber
t* witness the lying-in-state. Ali the
diplomatic corps paid their tribute of
respect When the wife of the Premier,
arrived she fell fainting over km body. I
Jose ca-j*leja* v Menden?. Premier
Minister of ?nain. who wa* asee?mat?
ed to day, was selected in form
Spanish minister la February. 1?1* He
was tbe leader of the Monarchist
Democratic party, which cam* Into
power on tbe resignation of the Cabi?
net beaded by Senor M?r*t T Prend-r-.
aTeet,
Senor Canalejas. ?ho belonged to a
weelthy and prominent family, ram* to
tbe front I" political llf' only In I
when be tor* ? leading pan In tbe cam
patfra against clericalism He had. how?
ever, taken greet inter?t In politic* a*
s atedent sad pnbtlc speaker far manv
year* before that. At the aga mt twea
fCasTuaaaS ea beeswt Pas* ?
i _ .. _'
JOSE CAN ALEJAS T. MEN DES,
?Alte Fr* "der ?? _
HIS PASSENGERS
IN "MUROER CAR"
William Shapiro, _ Codef endant,
Positively Identifies the
Four Gunmen.
TURMS STATE'S EVIDENCE
Refused to Tell Truth Hereto?
fore Through Fear of
Being Killed.
New York. November 13.?William
Shapiro, codefendant of the four sun
men indicted as the actual slayers of
the gambler. Herman Rosenthal, to?
day turnvd State's evidence.
Testifying at the gunmen's trial tor
murder. Shapiro identified the quartet
?"Lefty Louie." "Gyp the Blood."
"Whitey Lewis" a no "Dago Frank"
Cirofici?as his passengers in the
"murder car" wh'ch he drove to the
Hotel Metropole, where Rosenthal met
his fafe. He saw them get out of the
machine, he swore, heard tne shots
fired and declared that when they came
back to the machine they had re?
volvers in their hands.
"Gyp the Biood." Shapiro said, ha
placed a revolver to his head and or?
dered him to "hurry and drive away."
He had heard "Dago Frank" say. he
testifle-i. that Police Lieutenant Beck?
ler, since convicted of Instigating the
i murder, had fixed the cops."
Shapiro's appearance as a State wit?
ness va: one of the results, according
I to District Attorney Whitman, of the
, death of "Big lack" Zel'R. leader of the
j gang of East Side thngs. to which the
gunmen belonged.
; Shapiro stated on the stand to-<ta>'
that he had heretofore refused to
I identify the - unmen through fear of
I being killed.
I 'Shapiro told me." explained Mr.
? Whitman, after court adjourned, "that
I he wss afraid if he t stifie-t against
i the gunmen 'Jack' Zeiig would have
1 him croaked When Zeiig was killed
:' Shapiro got his nerve back and decided
j to tHi the truth"
Mr. Whitman add*.] thst the indict?
ment against Shapiro would In all
probability he dismissed.
The witness told his story in s lew
monotone, looking straight shead dad
'avoiding the angry glares of the four
? unmen. who sat bent forward In their
seats all the time he was t?st?fv
Ing
Shapiro toki of receiving a te.ephow
m?saage the nicht ef the murder and
of driving his car to Sharkey's saloon,
where he no t Jack Rose. Sam Schepps
and Harry Valien. They got Into Ma
car. he said, and he drove to *"l>3g"
FrsnhV place with them, and there
?"rank got In. Thence. h( sa- : f-.*
drove the p .rty to "Brldeie" TV. h
i b*r's poker r<em?. where the pass* us?
ers got oat He drew hie .-a- up
a Teas the street and wafted tw. nn
minuteg
"Then lack Reste came down and
told me." Shaptro eontlnu?d :o drive
sround to Thlrvj Street T?yp.' -Whitev.'
"LeftV end 'Dago Frank' got tr ^n I f
drove to the Metropole"
The witness stopped hl? feitet te
Identify *h* r'innwn as Ms p*s?< niters
'While on the war to the M> t r.ir-ole. '
he ret imed. T head 'Daif" I'' irk' say.
?Rv err thine 's all rlgh? no <-npn there
- Beefc. . ??id so' 1 ?ManeadJ my car
?ear the U>'-<rpot?- an' tn?^ all got
owt Th?t had revolver*. *nd I heard
four ?r<ot? Then thev ?nmped heck
into the car *nd "Gyp the Blood' put
s gun ?? m head and asM. 'tturry up.
r?-n booh, drive away*"
Stierdro declared he "??srted ip anal
(Contiaeed ea Xln'h IrmBkJj ' J
ALIENISTS WILL
EXAMINE SCHRANK
To Determine Mental Condition
of Roosevelt's \\ould-Be
Slayer.
PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEIIPT
-
Tells Judge That He Shot as a
Warning Against Third
Termism. 4j
I
Milwaukee, Wis.. November IX.?
' John Schrank, pleading guilty to-day
to attempt to murder Theodore Roose
j velt. did not receive the .juick dlsposi
i tion of hi3 case he had looked for. In
: mead, on motion of District Attorney
: Winifred C. Zabel. Municipal Judge A.
IC Backus appointed five Milwaukee
; alienists to act as part of his court
I to determine the would-be slayer's
mental condition. They are Doctors F.
IC. Studely. superintendent of a sana?
torium: William F- Becker. former
head of the Northern Hospital for the
Insane, at Winnebago, Wis.: D. W.
j Harrington, nerve specialist: Richard
( Dewey and W. Wege, all of Milwaukee.
The court's action was the first such,
practice in Wisconsin criminal proce?
dure. Under a recent statute, the court
was given this power.
T have summoned you gentlemen to
be physicians of the court, a part of
the fabric- of the court, to examine the
defendant Schrank and report on his
I mental condition regardless cf the re?
sult." said the court in his charge to
I the commissioners.
i James r. Flanders. ;i leading Mil-1
\ waukec.attorney iippilnted t? represent
I Schrank tn the sanity inquisition, had
two brief talks with his client, hat
! neither gave indication of what
jSchrang would decide to do.
] The court's instruction was that the'
determination of the commission
should be as to Schrank'? present men?
tal condition. This, it was admitted by
i the court and prosecution, was that
! rt t cloud should be thrown on the war?
rant or the charge under which
Schrank was arrestid.
f The procedure will be that, jf
? Schrank '>c fonnd mentally unsound, he.
standing h- neath a plea of guilty of at
t- mp"d murder, will be held as an in?
sane criminal, until he has recovered.
If be doe.? recover, then the punisr:
! m?n: basej on his plea will be named
? by a court of concurrent jurisdiction,
lust as thouarh there had not passed an
Intc-im In which Schrsnk was helj :js
hsaaaaji
I r Richard Dewey was selected to?
tal as mod*rator of th?- medical com -
snl'Slon. which expects to report about
Thu*sday.
t kntaal v? at. a.
I''?t tnan IT.? i ? r.?ons ti?:-r.- I to
fl?. proceeding* an.: watched the small,
compact form of S-hrank as he ?t.-rp. 1
slowly to the bar and .nte-ed nN plea,
i if this number twrntv detective* ,nl
half * score of d'pwtv snerilT* kept
lunmr-seary but vigilant wairv .!
Piersons 'n the ?? m not known t,?
'them.
Th. dl?1 (et stto.n. > read 'h ? >m
plslnt in which Schrank wa? accuse!
of bavins made sn aseaul' '.|>..n 'he
per?on of "one rbeodore Roosevelt
wiffc ? deadly weapon and with Intent
then and there to kill an* flay the
?aid Theodore Itweaeoett "
? Mow <l-? yen plead to this r^ars-' *"
the prose, niton a?ked ih? prisoner
?landing at hH elbow
-Why. jullty. Mr Rahel replied t?s
pris-per In a 'i?("e-i wn *? iho.i?>i
[ ~~' <Cer.tlt.ued en Kiatu Ukee-I I
HusbandArrested When
Tiny Body Is Found
Buried in Outhouse.
MARRIED ONLY
FOUR MONTH8
Charles C. Merrirnan, Calm When)
Taken Into Custody, at First
Denies Killing, but Later Signs
Confession Stating That Hffi
Buried Newborn Boy. Telling
Physicians Child Had Best?
Sent Away?Coroner's Inquest
This Morning.
I Reviser* of ? dellrtoae waaaaa at
poiat of death la the Vlratata Ha
yesterday led ?? the disclosure at tka
murder of her la fa at aaa. the I at mm ata
of tar tlay body. v. a Ira had bees amrted)
la a weodhsasr. aad the arrest mt mmm
husband as the eh lid's slayer. Tee
body ?*aa found by Csptsta mt Detee*
tivee MeMahaa aad Detective gciataae*
Wiley aad Kellaaa Interred ta Its**
about eiahteea lachea be law tae saw*
face at the door of a wood so sac la the
rear of 1*15 Weat Mats Street, wheee ,
Charles V. Merrlaaaa. tweaty?tear yees*
old, a carpenter, made hla >???. It
mmm beea there (er two weeks, east
waa ta a frightful state mt decamps
attlea. Followlsg the gftiiat dfef*>
eovery fereraut Wiley sought Ms
asaa aad found him at werk ta
Street, sear Rowland. He
la custody aad at
wife, whoas %y
snaatha aar*, had ever became a
aad that he keew nothing ef a
Later he made a slanted
the crime, which Is aew ta the
seen ?( Captain Me Xanana.
Kept He pea Mas ?tery.
Merrirnan's wife. Mrs. Hattie T.
Druminond Merrlman. has been a pa?
tient at the Virginia for about two
weeks, suffering from kidney trouble.
She became delirious a few days after
her admittance as a patient- In bar
wild talk while unconscious she con?
stantly referred to the asphyxiation of
her child by gas and said be had been
killed by her husband shortly after has
birth, taken from the dwelling
burled In the woodhouae. So :
were her rambling remarks that her
nurse thought It advisable to tell the
attending physician. Dr. Marvin B.
Nuckola, of 82t West Grace Street,
The latter at once told Dr. C C Hud>
| son, medical Inspector of the Health
j Department, while Mra Merrlman waa
i unconscious, and he in turn reported],
the matter to Captain MeMahoa wtth'
the result that Sergeants Wiley and
Kenan, were put to work on the case
yeserday morning. ;
The superintendent of the hospital
was interviewed by the detectives aad
she repeated the story told by the at?
tending nurse, though declining to di?
vulge her name, although it la under?
stood she will be summoned aa a wit?
ness before a coroner's Jury which will
Inquire into the case to-morrow.
Brake In Shed.
Following the interview the de tee: -
j fives went to the home of Merrirnan
j and found his sister, Mra Virginia
j Brock.'of 1915 West Main Street- Thea
? at first represented themselves as san?
itary inspectors from the Health De
partment and were readily granted
' permission to look over the pi
j They went to the woodbouse la
j rear of a yard and found It
I fastened wtth a new lock. A
j was procured and It waa wtth difficulty.
I that an entrance was made,
I The detectives were so persistent ha
? their efforts that Mrs. Brock remarked:
? "The way you act a person weuhs
think a murder had been committed,'
land then returned to the house.
Vpon entering the small whltewaah
j ed shed nothing unusual met the gase
of the officers. A big pile ef weed)
. had been thrown against the rear, aad]
Wiley and K-.lam began the task ef
; throwing this to ens side. They had
I not progressed far when they saw
I' fresh earth, covering a apace of about
ten inches wide and two feet long.
Kellam immediately began to dial
with his hands, while Wiley picked
j up s shingle and used it as a skeeeL
! They had dug little mere than flfteen
! tnchea when Kellam fell back aghast
? as his hand clutched a small human
foot. In a few seconds all of the tlay
? body, buried ta a thia coating ef
was disclosed. Th- stench w.
great that the officers
^nauseat'd Wiley, however, lost no
' shM m .sc.-iunjr Mcciman.
lt.- a as found at work on a new
: huildin? and displaced aw surprise
' wh^n lie w is placed under arrest, aew
did he offer any resistance, calmly
j aarr.-eing t? accoupanr TB?- detective,
j H. >vas utt'-riy emotionless.
i Merrirnan is a apleadm1 looking man.
j standing six . feel three inches, aa*)
w.-thin? :> --ouada
1 falls) took htm t- bis home aad
' showed him the v dy which had
ipearthej in th- Wi.ee be
man dented '.oat tb* child waa
derlsr'-.s, th.-.t hia ah** had never
SBhM a mother.
II- . : t. - :ik.-n to the
Fol; e .?tat!..', A.,4 '-are d with waas -
4 a .epioous chare, tor seepeeted eg '
ha' Ins; .-ornniftted murder
Th.- Infant', body waa turned
to r r Willem M Taylor whs
f-rf. r? . .t ; >> tbi a mra tsar,
H has area rteweti s. a jury, in
of its state ef drceeaeesSffigB) far
i ? tl ?l-M b ;rt-d r>r Ta
las* nier-t that be weald hefd
?a ?? t rr.orrow moral eg at IS
at the rity Hall
!?> ? ? a- of the fact that OH
Seesen! ^
rait ta>
he cause of death,
..rtftden* that it e
ta hsa eeaJe