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MT. VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1914 No. 26
ESTABLISHED 1836
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. Gamma Given Hearty Welcome To
Toe inter Town
Huerta An Usurper Says No let
Present Mexican Sovernmen!
iy The Revolutionists If They
Belief Expressed
Torreon
Juaiez, Maich 30. K)is believed
here that tho assault of General Villa
on Torreon was repulsed or tbat some
incident has prevented tho attack.
The. last word from the rebel general
came in a telegram saying"that the
tailing of the city was not a matter
ol hourb but of minutes.
This wo, premature, for even Gen
eral Carran.a said on his arrival
here that lie had received no word
from the front and that evidently Vil
la, had not yet taken the federal
ntronghold. The attack on that city
Jbegan-last. Friday. There havev been
o newspaper dispatches dealing with
this attack, and the similarity of this
situation will, that at Gomez Palacio
Js pointed out as significant.
When Villa was successful there
ho permittee the newspaper men to
nend theiy dispatches, but when he
was repulsed, as he was twice, press
messages suddenly ceafaed.
In Juarez it was- confidently ex
pected that news of the capture of
tho city would form the chief feature
or the welcome to General Carranza,
and the fa"t that no message of suc
cess of nnv Kind was awaiting him
was accepted as Indicating that the
fate of the city was still In the bal
tmce. Carranza's Arrival.
General enu6tiano Carranza, first
thief of the revolution, was royally
welcomed to Juarez. In the last few
jyeekb the general haa ridden horse
back for 500 miles and in thp last
two months he has traveled 2,000
miles in the pame way. He looked
the picture of health and vigor, a liv
ing contradiction to stories that ihe
was feeble and that ho had constant
a-ecourse to stimulants in order to
hear up. His appearance alBo brand
ed many lithographs of him as libels,
for they made him appear old and
Washington, March 30. Before the
Coll bench of tho Interstate ommerce
commission today opportunity was
given" for the eastern trunk line rail
way companies to make answer to
the statement regarding tho alleged
injustice of their plea for an increase
of' freight rates, embodied in the
statement of Clifford C. Thorne of
Iowa, who Is acting as the spokes
man for the state railway commis
sions of elfcht middle western states.
Mr. Thorne Issued a statement critl-
Warren, O , March 30. Bert Ste
venson, colored, giving bis- residence
be Chleagfi, is Under arrest hefe
cfiarged with kidnaping Henry Mc
Phiillps, 12, from his home in New
castle, Pa The man and boy were
Arrested here. The lad says tho negro
TO REPLY TO CHARGES
ABDUCTED SMALL BOY;
- NEGRO IS ARRESTED
- .. , . . .
Qr tetrad Of The
Be Recognized
Mexico City,
That Villa
Is Blocked At
rather tbln. i
All day automobiles and carriages
streamed out of the road past the race
track and along the railroad to an
tic! ate his arrival. The road held a
atrnfvlii);; procession of these ve
hie'ei., bicycles, F.iddle horses and
men, women and children in gala at
tire, eucn with a bit of the national
red. while and green.
General Manuel Clino, military
governor of the htate of Chihuahua
who (sevie here for the purpose of
forp'f.llj welcoming the jere suprcma,
galloped w.th bis stall to a point three
miles with of the city Here Gen
eral Of.rransia &nd his staff and the
re"0) Hon committee mt and thei e
ensued a low wait for the troop
train blinking the horses and men of
Ca-Tiiiut) own- arm.?-
!ivfor3 were eager to eaten a,
gllmjse oi the one man in Mexico
whrm General Villa recognizes, as
chief He it a big man physically,
and, V' rite hie 5 jears of aye, looks
as if lw could still ho d his own in a
wrestling maten or a bout with the
glove? His tnoulders are broad and
Ms cht'fct deep Tho beard alone was
rrue lo plclurtr gray and of medium
.'nrth.
Genera1 Carrnnza styled that no act
or corti at of the Huerta government
wou'd 1 e recomized should the revo
lutlr siioceed in capturing Mexico
City. Huerta ie not president of Mex
ico and none of his actb can be legal,
end tiererore irone of them can be
binding" he said.
Battle Still Racing.
Juarez, Mnpch SO An ofllclnl mes
sage from the front states, that fight
ing is still going on for the posses
sion ol Toireon The telegiam says
that the rebclB now hold nil positions
est erf tle main barracks and two
tammler barracks. In the Inst 24 hours
it is reported that General Villa took
Cerro de la Cruz and the Torreon
foundry.
ilsing the railroads of the eas. and
reflecting upon the integrity of their
figures and the statistical information
which they have furnished heretofore
to the commission. The Issue has
been clearly drawn by Mr. Thorne.
He has alleged thnt by skillful manip
ulation of the books of the railways,
It has been made to appear that dur
ing the pi.st four years the main
tenance account has increased in such
a ratio jib to make the rate increases
obligatory.
ent d V away .im h'- c i v,c -ago
and threatened to ki'l hiin if he
tried to ebcape The boy's father wua
notified and camo here
Money tnlkt.. but the best borne of us
have ever been able to get next to Is
the echo
BRITISH ARMY IN UPROAR OVER RESIGNATIONS , rim-go rrin
OF HEADS; KING AND ASQUITH CRIT!CISEDLt"UfcKJ l'fcfl''
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TS
Columbus, O, .March CO Wet and
dry factions In the state are prepar
ing for a strenuous campaign' preced
ing the fall election, according to pre
dictions fiom leaders of both ele
fients. The liberal people will opeh
Iheir campaign in Cincinnati May 22,
when It is epocted an effort will be
piade to initiate two bills for presen
tation to the general assembly. Thefeo
are for repeal of the Rose county local
option lav and the acquisition to .
West Liberty, O., March 30. Big
Four officials started an investigation
of the passenger wreck near here
which caused the death of MUs C.
Lou Ncal, a teacher of Greenfield, and
tho inlury of 1.0 other persons. Hunt
Jenkins section foreman, says he in
spected the track shortly before the
wreck and found the switch In good
order.' It Is thought that the front
trucks of the chair car spread and
left the rails at the switch, causing
the wreck.
Buenos Ajies, March 10 Frlnro
Henry of Prussia, hi other of thrt
kaiser, anil the princess, arrived
hero. Thoy weie officially welcomed
It Is genoia-li understood that theob
joot of the i rlnce Js to piomote cozu'
mercl.il Intel osts in South Anieilna.
and with this object In view ho will!
vlnlt parts of Biazil, CbJ'e a:.d ho i
Argentine lepubltc and possibly gem"
I other countries '
DRY AND WE
FOR STREIH
A WRECK
PRINCE
WELCOMED
..(TFENGLISH INFANTRY IN UPROAR OVER ARMY
!. tvtnyj tjcjc j- rnqricn aju.v;i
PREPARIN
cities cf ume rule on the Si 5lav
closing question. They drs saj they
are llmberlnu up some of their hea.v
lebt guns ai-d will train them on Cin
cinnati. '
Found Murdered;
New Yor Mnrch 30. Arthur J.
Stevln, 26 wi )se parents are well-to-do,
was fo ir,d murdered In the base
ment of a Siv h avenue saloon Stevln
had been a ning.
Boston, Mtrrh 30 Many of the
members of the Boston Opera com
pany were badly squeezed when sev
eral thousand of their friends tried to
rush aboard the steamer Lapland as
she docked here to take the singers
to Paris. Many elbows were thrust
into the e est and cheeks of the wom
en and the breath nearly squeezed
from their oodleB. When order was
restored many of the women fainted.
Treasurer W. C. Donald of the com
pany had his stomach' injured.
Columln O, March 30 Better
salariet" for OfcloiStato university pro
foseorb, ev If the material growth
ol the iiiii(rJty must be sacrificed,
wtrc (.riiert j recommended by the
Ofc'o a'Kir: of the institution at their
flru pindie ce. The fact that many
p?'fe ". ravo. left the faculty and
1 t inor .re' threatening to leave
owing to errararatively meager sal
HJle, wk"! ne of the chief topics of
dlKSiuHjon before the conference.
BY FRIENDS
BETTER
SALARIES
SENSATiONI
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iWELL IN
Xapoleon, O , March 30. Residents
of Napoleon and farmers west of the
city are alarmed over the high stagp
of the Maumee river and fear if rain
continues fiere may be a repetition
of the floods of last March.
London, .Marcn 30. Kor the firtt
time in their history the British rail
ways have formally recognized tr&d
unlonlbm. They have appointed a
Joint committee to discuss with a
committee of the National Union of
Railway Men a new conciliation
bcheine and other matters. r
Portsmouth, O, March 30,-The
Selby Shoe compan? applied for an
Injunction against striking shoe work
ers, enjoining them from congregat
ing about the plant and interfeiing
with tho firm's business and employes,
A hearing on the petlton will be held
tomorrow.
. S. TEACH
Mai Ion, O, March 30 When Raj
F. Shaffer, assistant Sunday school
superintendent at First Reformed
church, roso to teach his class, he
uttered a cry, clasped a hand over
his heart and died. Shaffer was a
bookkeeper.
THE MAKE
R R ONION!
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Look Forward Will) Concern lo
Speaker Clark's Speech.
JO TALK OH TOLLS QUESTION
6om Apprehenblon Felt That If the
Speaker Attempts to Arraign the
President For His Espousal of the
Repeal Bill, the Administration Will
Be Forced to Declare Var On the
Man From Missouri,
Washington, March 30. Demo
cratic eaders who are anxious to
coropwe tb dlfferenfes that have
been aroused in the party organiza
tion in congrcrs over the Panama ca
nal tolls bill look forward with con
cern to the address- on the" quet!on
that will be delivered In the house to
morrow by Speal-tr Clark Fear is ex
prefcfed tvat if Mr Cark attempts a
vigorouh arraignment of Mr Wil
son for hi? ejioual of the repeal bill
that the administration will at once
be forced to declare war on the Mis
sourian It will be for Mr Clark to
dett-:i.ine whether the party fight
now biewlng shall break out early or
late
So far Speaker Clark has taken
none but bis Intimates Into his confi
dence concerning the tenor of the ad
dress that he will make It is known
that he has sought counsel ant" advice
on this particular speech. There Is
good reason to believe that he has
conferred with Former Senator Fred
T, bubols of Idaho and Former Sena
tor Frank R, Pettii?rew of South Da
kota, who managed the Clark candl
drxv in the Baltimore convention
Mtsprs Dubois and Pettlgrew are re
garded as enemies of the administra
tion To the blunders committed by
Dubuia iiil6V-PettIsrew--'aT- Baltimore
was attributed. In part a least, the
defeat of Mr Clark by Mr Wilson
Levis Suggests Compromise.
Oratorical s-tnfe over the iepeal
was renewed today in both the senate
and house, in the latter general da
bate being resumed on the Sims bill
leading up to the final vote In that
branch of congress probably late
Tuesdaj night or Wednesday
In the rendte discussion revolves
around one of the many side Issues
that have arisen Senator James
Hamilton Lewis fathers a resolution
and bill hp hjs ititrodnced lo follow
rcjeal ae a sort of b.ilm lo th
wound of his partr members who
have thus far ojmosed the president
In his plea 'or upholding the honor of
the natioii
Senator T ew is' measure would slve
the presiue-it authontv to suspend
tolls where; -, In his opinion, he
should deen t 'n tbe public interest
so to do The Illinois senator will cite
a lens series of precedents upon
wh'ch he bass the r!:ht of congress
to eterd ich authority to the chief
executive without ofendlnc any for
tign nation or violating any treaty
agreement. A against the proposal
of Senrtor Lewis-, the minority leader.
Senator Gallineer. will urpe a reso'u
tlon he 'ntroduced last week which
would expset-s 'it as the sense of
Americans, that conjrrecs has the nc;bt
to do as it pleases with respect to
American "hipping thiough the Pan
ama canal.
CLARKE SEEKS SENATORSHiP
I iricvcianu ii4ii n(iiiuuiii.ci winuiucii,y
For Democratic Nomination.
Cleveland O., Maich 30, John H
Clarke, for 20 jears active In Demo
cratic politics in Ohio and candidate
i against Mark Hanns In lbQ3 for the
senatorial tosa, formally announced
his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for United States senator.
In his- announcement Mr Clnrke
points to policies he has favored and
urged for jears, most of which nov
have been accepted by the state and
nation. Among the planks which he
says he has long advocated are home
rule iqr cltler; salary instead of a fe
S) stem for pavment of count) offi
cers; tax law reform; restriction of
grants of -street railway franchises'
I publication of campaign expenses, and
wuriuut-ns compensation law.
Royal Machinist.
King Albert of Belgllim is not only
an ardtnt motorist, but he Is devoted
to mechanics. Visiting the automobile
salon at Brussels recently, ho became
so interested In a special t.vpe of car
that he tusiHtod on taking It to plecoa
him'elf mid putting It together again,
to the great dlbconilitnre of the head
of the exhibiting firm, who was com
pelled to confess that he himself had
not mastered the Intricacies of his machine.
i
CLEMENCY
IS ASKED
By The Four CoffVihled
Gunmen
File Petition anil Affidavits With
'Governor Flynn.
LL UNDER DEATH SENTENCE
Ten of the Jurymen Vho Heard the.
Evidence and Returned Verdict of
Guilty Reque3t That the Sentence
of Death Be Stayed Until Attar the
Becond Trial of Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker.
New York, March 30 TJie pet'ti n
for executive clemency In the case or
the four young men now under sen
tence to die during Easter week for
tho murder of Herman Rosenthal
was handed to Governor Glynn todav
Ten of the jurjmen who heard the
evidence and returned the verdict of
iruilty have signed a petition asking
that the death sentence be stayed un
til after the second trial of Police
Lieutenant Charles Becker Their sig
natures to sjhe petition were obtained
by Mary C Cirflrio, sister of Dago
Frank. One of the Jurors refused to
see her and another hs out of the
state and could not be located. There
are 2G typewritten pages In the peti
tion prepared bj Charles G F Waple
counsel for the gunmen, Harry Horo
will, called Gjp the Blood; Louis Ro
senberg, alias Lefty Louie, Frank Cir
flrio, alias Dago Frank, and Jacob
Seldcnshne.r,Jil!as yhlteyLouls.
With this petition there were nled"
41 pages of affidavits, including the
Jurors' pet'tlon and certified copies of
the trial record and brief filed with
court of appeals Included among the
affidavits is one by Louis Libbey, the
bofom friend of William Shapiro,
driver of the mi.ider car, in which ho
swears that Shapiro told him while
they were both held in the Tombs
that' none of the four men now under
sentence of death fired a fhot or had
n revolver the night Rosenthal was
killed.
Another affidavit Is bv William B
Master-on, vice president of the com
panv which publishes the Moinlne'
Telegraph He swears that "Butch'
"Witt, an eyewitness of the murdei,
told him man.v times that the men who
did the shooting were Bridge Weber
and Harry Vallon a 'd that Sam
Bbepps was one of tose v ho es
caped In the. muri'er car 3Iio crson
avp he is confirmed In .lis ii'llei that
the four co'ivlcte.l men c'lfl n , hoot
Rosenthal beca' se of a statement
made to rim 1 r, s Ttee'lr' news
paper mtm Matersoa ta tha
Keeder told him Webber h d akcl
h'm to recommend a lav.v berauF
he believed Vallon was go ng to lav
the blame" for the shootlr? uon him
One of the startling affidavits 's
made by Lillian Rosenberg wife pf
Leftj Lo'e, and sworn to br her nt
Lillian "o.owitz, wife of G p the
.Jlcd It .wear5 that another ques
tion fiequently raised as to wh'
Thomas J Coupe, clerk at the Elks'
club, v.ho was brought back from Eu
rope asanejewltness of the shooting,
did not test'fj Mrs. Robenhersr de
clared that while she and Mrs. Horo
witz were detained dining the trial n
the office of Assistant District Attor
ney Smith with other witnesses.
Coupe said in replj to a question as to
why he would not lie a witness 'T
did see the Rosenthal murder, but
those four men ate not the men r
saw, and I am not golug to be a wit
nes."
IMS
WERE FATAL
Columbus, O, March 30 Internal
Injuries melved wl,on he 11 i el
from the stpp of a loco'rotlve and fell
to the "round are believed to lm-f
caused the death of L E Cook o"
engineer on the Pennsylvania r 1
road. The accident In wbl-li Vr
Cook was Iiij ued occurred inur bia'
ford, O, on March 5.
A Wall street expert jmivs that " apl
tal lacks fluidity." His theory seem
to be that money bhould flow Instead
of fly.
HIS n