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)' POLICE CAPTURE
' BURGLARS ifTER
f DESPERATE FIGHT
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* Trailed to Saloon, Two Thieves
Attempt to Use Re
^ volvers.
CONFESS TO ROBBERIES
WHEN LOOT IS FOUND
One, Mere Boy, Recently Freed
from Reformatory —Tells of
Attempted Killing.
After a desperate battle in which
revolvers were drawn detectives from
feline headquarters today succeeded
In capturing two men who, they say,
have confessed they committed a se
ries of daring robberies in this city
recently. In the room the pair occu
pied the police found a quantity of
plunder, some of which was stolen
from a Hunterdon street home only
last night.
The emn are John McGee, twenty
seven years old. of 1040 ePrryville
Avenue, Pittsburgh, and Charles
Wholsiffer, seventeen years old, of 27
Waverly avenue, this city. Wholsiffer
was released from the Rahway Re
formatory only four months ago
after serving since July 28, 1912, for
robbing gas meters in this city. The
police say the records of his former
arrest show ho is not only seventeen
years.old. but nineteen.
Wohlsiffer is said to have confessed
to the police: that he attempted to
kill a. Bank street resident here on
April 7 when he was surprised when
•obbing the latter's home. His re
volver missed (ire. the police say he
said, otherwise he would have killed
the householder.
The q rest of the two men followed
j the rob iery of the tailor shop of
s Joseph ' etrone, at 188 Camden street,
last night. Petrone telephoned to
lieutenant Jones «t police headquar
ters las1 night that the place was
entered by forcing an iron shutter
and eight new suits of clothing, val
ued at J68; two suits, valued at 817,
left In the shop for repairs; ten pairs
of trous-rs, valued at 87j. and five
pieces of cloth, valued at 831'. were
stolen. Lieutenant Jones assigned
Lieutens: Ryan, Farrell and Kagan
to the case
Last night the three officers visited
the store that was robbed and made
such investigation as they could, leav
ing the work of attemoting to trace
the stolen goods until today.
Early today the detectives began
t > make the rounds of the second
hand clothing stores In Mulberry
street ami vicinity. In their search
for Information regarding the «wund
hoiid leal ere of the neighborlYrlfffi'TIW
officers entered u saloon and there
found McGee and Wholsiffer. LhoIi
man ran-letf several pairs of trousers.
Tin officers walked toward the two
men to qm-vtion thorn.
As Wolsdffer turned and saw the
Policemen- he' drew a revolver from
his hip pocket and pointed It at Lieu
tenant Pagan. Kagan made a flying
let j> at the yofith and pinned his arms
to hiff side. At the same instant
, Lieutenant Ryan grappled with Mc
Gee, who also had made a motion as
though to draw a revolver. McGee
and Whplsiflfer fought desperately,
hut finally were overpowered. Then,
as Ryan and Pagan held them to the
, floor. Lieutenant Farrell took their
revolvers away from them.
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I REM STORE
' New Department Structure
Will Be Centre of New Jer
sey Business Chain.
Rudolph J. Goerke, president of the
Goerke Company, today announced
that he has under consideration plans
for the erection of a new department
store in this city. He proposes to
make thiH bui'ding the centre of a
chain of department stores in this
State and in eastern Pennsylvania.
The announcement of Mr. Goerke
comes as a sebuel to the sale yester
day by the Goerke Company of the
W. V. Snyder Company’s store, which
it controlled, to the new firm of Os
car Michael & Co. It is understood
that Mr. Goerke has been active in
real estate in the central business
section for some time. His present
lease of the store property on Mar
ket street, near Broad, will soon ex
pire. The lease is held by the Pru
dential.
Mr. Goerke said today that the lo
c&tlon for his proposed new Newark
store iwll not be ready for some time.
It is known that he has large real
estate holdings on Market street,
west of Broad, acquired during the
last tqn years. The new store, it is
said, will be modern In every respect
and equal to the'other local depart
ment houses.
TENOFFAMILYIN
Americans in Jail for Part in
J Killing Mexicans Who At
I tacked Them.
WASHINGTON, May 7.—Ten mem
bers of the Smith family. In jail at
Tonala. Chiapas, are in danger of
their lives because of Mexican re
sentment of their part in the recent
killing of three Mexicans at San
Pedro, according to a report today
from Minister L-cavell. in Guatemala.
The Mexicans were members of a
rural guard and invaded the Smith
bom at San Pedro to disarm the oc
cupants. In the fight which ensued
tbe Mexicans were worsted, but the
Americans were later arrested.
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TO BE BRIDE OP
M’ADOO TODAY
.
White House Wedding to Take
Place at 6 o'clock This
Evening.
WASHINGTON. May 7.—With a
plain circlet of pure gold, typical of
the quiet elegance of the ceremony,
Miss Kleanor Randolph Wilson,
youngest daughter of the President of
the United .States and Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, will be married at 6 o’clock
this evening in the White House to
William Gibbs McAdoo. secretary of
the treasury.
The simple and impressive wedding
service of the Presbyterian Church
will be pronounced by Rev. Sylvester
Beach pastor of the church in Prince
ton, N. J., attended by the President
and Mrs. Wilson and their family.
The ceremony, while it Is to be no
tably elegant in all of Us appoint
ments. will be witnessed by the
smallest company that ever attended
| so important a function In the White
House. The vioe-president and 'Mrs
Marshall, the members of the cabinet
and tlieir wives, relatives of the Pres-1
ident and Mrs. Wilson and of Sec
retary McAdoo and a few intimate
personal friends of the bride and
bridegroom comprise the list of
guests.
Ceremony In Bine Boom.
The ceremony of this evening takes
place in the historic blue room, the
middle apartment of the suite on the
south side of the White House, be
tween the east room and the state
dining room. R has been the scene of
more brilliant social functions than
any other room In the mansion. It
is in t.he blue room that the Presi
dent formally receives his guests at.
White House receptions. In recent
years, its furnishings and appoint
ments have been changed entirely.
Its oval form lias been retained, but
the scheme of decoration and furnish
ing has been modernized. The color
plan is blue, but not the blue of a
robin’s egg as of old, but a dark
shade of French blue. The walls are
paneled in rich corded silk of the
same shade, affording an artistic
background for the wonderful spring
(lower decorations which are a fea
ture of today’s wedding.
The massive furniture of days gone
by has been replaced with furniture
of lighter, if not more artistic, de
sign. The Itoral decorations of the
room—in fact, of the entire mansion
on the first floor—will be marvel
ously beautiful. Slender vases, of
graceful designs in cut glass and rare
porcelain, will be (Hied with cut flow
ers, Including masses of lilies and
white orchids, products of the White
House conservatories. The south side
(CndgMl tr- S, Column 1.)
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Not Recovered Sufficiently to
Give Detailed Account of
Their Escape.
BOSTON, May 7.—When the Cunard
liner Franconia from Liverpool ar
rived today bringing thirteen mem
bers of the crew of the burned
steamer Columbian, rescued from a
boat south of Sable island, several of
the survivors were suffering severely
from burns, and all showed the ef
fects of exposure. The body of Chief
Steward Matthews, who died from
burns while in the open boat, also was
brought by the Franconia.
James Drohan, the wireless operator
of the Columbian, expressed the opin
ion that spontaneous combustion in
the cargo of rags and junk caused the
tire. He said he was awakened by an
explosion shortly before midnight
Sunday night, and when he rushed
out on deck the vessel was in flames.
The saloon passengers on the Fran
conia assisted In giving first aid to
the survivors, providing clothing for
them and subscribing to a fund for
their relief.
The Burvivors had not recovered
sufficiently from their wounds and
exhaustion to give a detailed account
of their escape from the burning ship
and their forty hours of exposure in
an open and leaking boat. All were
! removed to the marine hospital at
1 Chelsea as soon as the steamer
docked.
The Columbian's fire call early
Monday morning brought all hands
on deck immediately. When the or
der to abandon the ship was given It
was found that the tackle was Jammed
on the boat manned by the survivors.
The boat hung for a few moments
by the falls, the sailors fending it
away from the heated side of the
steamer until one of the men cut the
rope. The drop forced a hole in the
bottom and throughout their forty
hours’ drift the men took turns In
bailing.
When the men were rescued they
were placed ir. the best staterooms
on the Franconia and were disturbed
only when it was necessary to give
them nourishment.
OLDttMl KILLED
Machine in Hands of Young
Man Who Was Learning
to Drive.
An unknown old man was killed at
Barclay and Spruce streets this morn
ing by an automobile driven by a
young man who was learning to
drive.
The police arrested Joseph Kessler,
of 495 Hunterdon street, the chauffeur
and his pubil, Samuel Black, of 100
Morton street.
The automobile belonged to Jacob
Denburg, who has a feed store at 100
Morton street and a baker shop at
10* Prinoe street.
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IS THE VICTOR
IN CIVIL SUIT
McNeal Loses Action Against
Jurist—Declares He Will
Appeal Verdict.
fFrom a Staff Correspondent,J
NEW YORK, May 7.—A verdict for
the defendant. Common Pleas Judge
William P. Martin, of Newark, was
handed down here today in the suit
instituted by Frank W. McNeal, of 50
Church street, this city. The evi
dence in the case was taken before
Supreme Court Justice Donnelly. A
scaled verdict was returned yesterday
afternoon and opened in court this
forenoon.
In the suit Mr. .McNeal alleged
Judge Martin had “converted” to his
own use money belonging to McNeal.
The plaintiff claimed that the sum of
$1,497.71 was due him from Judge
Martin. McNeal was in court when
the verdict of the jury was an
nounced. Judge Martin was not
present
It was apparent that McNeal was !
disappointed at the result of the trial.
He did not mince his words in saying
so. "Will you take any further steps
in this matter?” he was asked.
"I most certainly shall,” was the
reply.
“What will they be?” asked the re
porter for the Evening Star.
”1 shall bring an action for fraud
against Judge Martin, probably in the
United States Court, and will also
bring a perjury charge against Ru
dolph Puhlman."
At. this point a. gentleman who had
been associated yesterday with Isaac
M. Miller, McNeal’e counsel In the
trial of the case, stepped up to Mc
Ncal and said, "Don’t be talking
about those things now. Wait until}
the proper lime comes."
McNeal followed the advice of hi:,
counsel and walked away with him. !
Real ICMatc Ileal.
The suit arose out of a reRl estate I
transaction whereby property in the !
Communipaw section of Jersey City j
belonging to the Neptune, Mildew and
Waterproofing Company was sold to
the Central Railroad of New Jersey
for $5,000. A mortgage of $1,000, un
paid taxes and other loins against the
property brought the net proceeds of
the sale down to $2,995.42.
This was In March, 1913, at which
time Frank W. McNeal, the plaintiff,
was in Panama. He returned from
Panama on April 2,' 1913, and on the
same day claims he heard of the sale
of the property. On the following day
McNeal, alleging, that lie was secre
jtary and treasurer of the Neptune
company, called on Judge Martin at
his chambers in the Court House it>
Newark and demanded the check for
$2,995.42 given in payment for the land.
Judge Martin declined to turn over
the check, stating that McNeal was
not the secretary and treasurer of the
company, hut that Maxwell Wagner,
a law clerk in Judge Martin’s New
York office, 45 Cedar street, held those
offices.
Back of this demand of McNeal's
lies a tangled history of the Neptune
Mildew and Waterproofing Company,
all of which was threshed out before
Justice Donnelly today. The latter
intimated several times that he was
on the verge of throwing the matter
out of court owing to the doubtful
legal status of McNeal’s claim, and
plainly said in submitting the ca66 tp
the Jury that the only reason he did
so was the fact that McNeal in his
testimony had stated that Judge Mar
tin, on or about April 5. 1913, had of
fered to give McNeal $1,000 to settle
the claim.
This allegation was emphatically
denied by Judge Martin, but Justice
Donnelly ruled that the allegation and
denial were matters of fact for the
Jury to determine wherein the truth
laid. The jury was oi^t only half an
hour before returning its sealed ver
dict, and it was the general opinion
of those who had heard the evidence
in the case that the jury had followed
the plain charge of the justice and
that when the verdict was opened to
morrow morning it would be found to
be a verdict in favor of the defend
ant, Judge Martin.
McNeal was the only witness
called for the plaintiff, and he told in
detail the history of the Neptune
Company. It was very apparent that
he was bitter toward Judge Martin
and also toward Rudolph Puhiman,
president of the Neptune Company
and former bosom friend of McNeal.
McNeal was a hard witness to handle
and insisted on answering questions
in his own manner, all his answers
tending to show an animus against
the two men, Martin and Pullman.
The Neptune company was organ
ized in 1899, he said, at which time
Mrs. Rudolph Puhiman. a brother of
Mrs. Puhiman, John Walney, and
Lindon S. McNeal, a brother of the
plaintiff, were the incorporators. The
capital stock of the company con
sisted of 200 shares of which Mrs.
Puhiman held ninety-nine. Walney
one and Lindon S. McNea! 100. Mrs.
Puhiman was elected president of the
company and McNeal secretary and
treasurer, with Rudolph Puhiman as
general manager.
Later Mrs. Puhiman died, but no
change was made in the office of
president. In 1902 the company got
into financial, difficulties and Frank
W. McNeal, who had furnished the
money for his brother to go into the
company, alleges he took over the in
terest of his brother and was elected
secretary and treasurer of the com
pany. After his election lie caused
to be issued to himself new stock to
take the place of that held by his
brother, who had retired.
This new stock was signed by Ru
dolph Puhiman, as president, and F.
W. McNeal, as secretary and treas
urer. Mr. Puhiman admitted on the
witness stand yesterday that he was
not the president of the company at
the timo he signed the stock certifi
cate, but did so acting as executor
and trustee of his wife’s estate.
It is on this stock that McNeal \
now bases his claim that lie is the |
secretary and treasurer of the com
pany and owner of one-half of the
company’s stock. On the basis of
such ownership he alleges he Is en
titled to one-half of the $2,995.42 paid
by the Central Railroad Company of
New Jersey, for the Communipaw
land, and it Is this same one-half, or
$1,49*71, that he claims Judge Mar
tin, by withholding from him, has
committed conversion of the property.
New Sunday Train to Kcanaburg.
Atlantic Highlands, Highlands and Sea
shore Branch points will leave Broad
Street Station, May 10, 17 and 24, at 10:17
a m.; returning, will arrive 6:44 p. m.—
AOt. _I
DOCK SCENE AT VERA CRUZ AS U. S. TROOPS DISEMBARKED |
The picture above shown a portion of the Fifth Army Brigade disembarking from the transport Kilpatrick.
WEDDING PRESENTS KEEP
COMING TO WHITE HOUSE
Valuable Gifts Deluge Bride of Secretary McAdoo—Gold
Bracelet Studded With Diamonds from Senate—Ladies of
Official Family Send Samples of Their Handiwork.
WASHINGTON, May 7.—The wed
ding presents received by Miss Klea
nor Randolph Wilson, daughter of
the President, on her marriage today
to Secretary McAdoo, besides being
numerous and valuable, have the
added quality of being, in nlany in
stances, of a personal and domestic
nature, signifying the interest taken
in the home life; of the new cabinet
cou pie.
The bridegroom, Secretary McAdoo,
in addition to the splendid string of
diamonds which his bride will wear
at the wedding, is also reported to
have, given her the opal brooch, sur
rounded by a string of large dia
monds, which she has worn fre
quently of late, and a wrist bracelet,
in which a tiny watch is bordered
w th diamonds. The engagement ring
is said to have been a large
diamond solitaire and another ring
from Mr. McAdoo was an opal, sur
rounded by diamonds. The opal Is a
birth stone for both the bride and
bridegroom, as their birthday anni
versaries occur in October.
The gift of the President and Mrs.
Wilson has not been made known,
but it is understood to be something
simTar to the gift they made the first
bride of the family—a set of furni
ture for the bride to use in her new
home.
The cabinet members and their
wives united in a gift to Miss Wilson
and Mr. McAdoo, following a histori
cal precedent established at the
Cleveland-Folsom wedding. Their
present was a set of silver dinner
plates and a silver platter. It was
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isent the bride-tu-be early in the week,
and has been a source of admiration
for its massive elegance.
The Vice-President, and Mrs. Mar
shall were not in this city at the
Sayre-Wilson wedding, for which Mrs.
Marshall spent part of her hist sum
mer’s leisure in making by hand
dainty things to give the bride.
Several of the cabinet women have j
also sent the bride pieces of their |
handiwork in linen, lace and embroid- |
ery for personal and household use. j
Postmaster-Genera 1 and Mrs. Bur-1
leson are also represented in the col- !
lection of presents by an opal laval- j
liere. The centre stone has small
pearls around it and the ornament is
on a fine gold chain, studded here
and there with tiny pearls.
The Senate’s present wfae a. gold
bracelet, studded with diamonds, and
it has the added importance of hav
ing been chosen from among other
pieces of jewelry suggested to Miss
Wilson. The Senate committee in
charge of the gift, consisted of Sena
tors Martine, of New' Jersey, chair
man, and Saulsbury, of Delaware;
Townsend, of Michigan, and Over
man, of North Carolina. The wives
of the Senators made the selection.
The gift from the House of Repre
sentatives was selected by a small
committee, headed by Representative
James R. Mann. It cons sts of a sil
ver tea service, a large tray, with
kettle and stand, teapot, coffee pot,
sugar bowl, cream pitcher, waste
bowl and a pair of silver candelabra.
There were many other presents of
a personal nature from the large
circles of relatives and friends.
LAW ATTACKED
IN
Question to Come Before State
Convention—Uzal H. Mc
Carter Defends Law.
Unless all signs fail there will be
a lively debate on the question of
branch banking, when the New Jersey
Bankers’ Association takes up the
matter at Its annual convention in
Atlantic City tomorrow and Satur
day. In the last day or two circulars
attacking the system have been sent
(o the bankers of the State by the
Monmouth County Bankers’ Associa
tion, and while little, if any, opposi
tion to the exisUng law has developed
In other parts of the State, it is pre
dicted that the whole question will be
thrashed out at the convention.
Under the present law trust com
panies are permitted, under certain
conditions, to establish branches in
counties where the parent corpora
tions have their main offices. At the
last session of the Legislature there
was Introduced a bill which, with
definite restrictions, authorized trust
companies to operate branches out
side of their home counties. These
t ills are both assailed in the circular
letter that has been sent out by the
Monmouth County Bankers’ Associa
tion, which is to all intents and pur
poses a branch of the State organiza
tion. That fact in itself Is apt to give
rise to some sharp talk at the conven
tion for the reason that the South Jer
iContluued »n .*•*• l„ Celaaaa S.)
Federal Disarmament Order
Obeyed—Union to Turn Over
Ammunition Consignment.
Imperial to the Evening Star.)
TRINIDAD. Col.. May 7.—Three
hundred rifles and three machine ]
guns, constituting the first instal-'
ment of the weapons with which mine
guards in southern Colorado have
been armed during the long coal
strike, were turned over to United
States troops here today in accord
ance with the disarmament order of
Secretary of War Garrison. The re
mainder of the guards' weapons will
be surrendered by tonight.
The authorities are disposed to give
the strikers all reasonable time to
give up their arms. Major W. A.
Holbrook, representing Colonel James
Lockett, in his addresses to the strik
ers at the various camps yesterday
and today, explained the power of the
United States government and said
the President's orders must be obey
ed. He urged miners who had buried
rities in the hills to recover and sur
render them at once. Holbrook was
received with cheers everywhere, the
strikers showing the most friendli
ness. Sixty strikers’ rities and re
volvers were turned over to the troops
at Walsenburg today.
William Diamond, strike leader, said
300 rities and 20,000 rounds of ammu
nition, now under consignment to the
union from New York, would be
turned over to the military’ authori
ties on arrival. These are the only
weapons the union controls, he said,
the others being the individual prop-1
erty of strikers. _ .
HUERTA GOVT TO FALL IN
TWO WEEKS, SAY REFUGEES
With Arrival of Mexicans and Europeans from the Capital
- Stories of Waning Power of Dictator Are Pour
ing Into Vera Cruz.
I-..
HI Mfl.I.IAM G. SHWABD
[olffd frew Correspondent.
VERA CRtTZ, Mexico, May 7—The
dis.ntegration of the Huerta govern
ment within two weeks was prophe
sied by foreigners from Mexico City
here today.
With the constant arrival of Mexi
cans and Europeans from the capital,
stories of the waning power of the
dictator are pouring into Vera Cruz.
One prominent refugee said.
"We believe that the U, ited States
will tet knee-deep into mediation only
to discover suddenly that Huerta has
lost the power to bargain for Mexico
and another man is in the president's
seat."
The government officials are be
coming lax, according to persons ar
ri ing from the cap tal. The police
are showing signs of insubordination.
They are not arresting criminals and
I saloons are not obeying the vhjsini
laws. The entire government is show,
ing signs of growing inefficiency, thesf
people from the capital declare. ant]
the long expected crumbling of the
power of the dictator is believed to
be close at hand.
Reports from Tampico today de
clare that British Consul WHson. who
has been insisting thal all American*
leave that port, has finally succeeded
in practically clearing the city. There
are only two Americans left there.
They are both oil men.
The rebels attacking the city fired
on a barge in the Panueo river, kill
ing one Mexican and wounding seven,
it was learned here. The barge wat
flying the Dutch flag
The rebels and Federate are now en
gaging in daily battles. All oil wrells
have so far escaped serious damage
in the recent fighting, but are in con
stant danger.
CLUB WOMEN OF
NEW JERSEY IN
SHORE SESSION
500 Delegates Open Three-Day
Convention and Hear Pres
ident’s Report.
CSpecial to tbe Evening Star.]
ASBURY PARK, May 7.—Home
eugenics, industries and child labor,
mental hygiene and other subjects
connected with the activities of wom
en throughout the State, with a pos
sible reference to woman’s suffrage,
will be discussed at the twentieth
annual meeting of the New Jersey
State Federation of Women's Clubs,
which opened at the First Baptist
Church here, this afternoon. The
sessions will last until Saturday and
is being attended by bet ween four
and five hundred delegates from so
cial, economic and industrial organ
izations throughout New Jersey.
The session was opened this after
noon with an opening song by Mrs.
Alice Parry Truseott. Rev. W. A.
Atchley, D. D., rendered an invoca
tion. Mayor William A. Berry and
Mrs. R. A. Trusting, president of the
Woman’s Club, of this place, wel
comed the delegates. Mrs. William
T. Ropes, president of the Federa
tion. made the response.
The business session will be opened
with a report of the program com
mittee, made by Mrs. Frederick D.
Greene. This will be followed by re
ports of the officers, to include the
recording secretary, Mrs. Philhower;
the corresponding secretary. Mrs. H.
M. Edwards; the treasurer. Mrs.
Brice; the treasurer of the endow
ment fund, Mrs. Frances Acton; the
auditor, Mrs. John V. Cowling, and
the State secretary to the general
federation. Mrs. Shoemaker.
In responding to the welcome Mrs.
Ropes made her first annual report.
She said In part:
“Your president makes this, her
first annual report, with the same
spirit, of optimism and hope in which
she assumed the office. This report
contains in the shortest form the
things which have been attended to
in the regular routine and special
duties.
“The president has appointed with
the confirmation of the board of di
rectors the chairmen of three depart
ments, conservation, industries and
child labor and home economics.
EXPECT TO FILE
BECKER JURY BY
END OF THE DAY
Bourke Cockran Not in Court
as Examination of Panel
Is Resumed.
ISpectal to the Evening Mm. |
NEW YORK. May 7 —That a jury
to try former Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker for plotting the mur
der of Gambler Herman Rosentha
would be completed today was th«
general expectation when the cast
was resumed this morning In Supremi
Justice Seabury's court. The speec
with which five jurors were choser
yesterday was in strong contrast t(
the slowness of the first Becker trial
when only one juror was accepted or
the opening day.
With Becker, still calm and appa
rently confident In the prisoner’s box
and his wife, eagerly attentive, s.t
ting near, examination of a new pane
of 100 talesmen was begun today
while the five who were chosen sa
in the jury box waiting the comple
tion of their number.
The Becker jurors chosen thue fai
are:
The Becker Murder Jury.
No. I_F. M. MEREDITH BLADtiEN
foreman, bond saJe-man. twenty-right
unmarried.
No. S—WILLIAM B. DALTON, advev
titling manager, thirty-five, married.
No. 3—JAME> M. FAC8T. real retat
broker, twenty-nine, unmarried.
No. t—THOMAS W. EDWARDS, cliein
1st. thirty, unmarried.
No. 5—EDWARD E. VAN EMAN, no oo
enpatlon, thirty-six. widower.
Despite statements that he wai
through with the Becker case am
that It was "not a trial, but -an as
sassination." W. Hourke Cockrar
was in his place again today amonf
Becker's counsel. Cockran was stil
angered because of his failure t(
haye District Attorney- Charles S
Whitman adjudged in contempt o:
court, but there was believed to hi
no doubt that ha would remain it
the case for Becker, firing the ora
torical shells of the defense, whili
Martin T. Manton as principal coun
sel, conducts the examination of tnos
of the witnesses.
Another big crowd was on hanc
when court opened today, but as ot
the first day, few obtained admit
tance to the court room, suuads o:
police being on guard at all doon
of Ingress to prevent disorder fron
the East Side characters who goughl
admission to the room where th«
once caar of the Tenderloin la fight
ing for hi* Ufa. „
IMPORTANT
VICTORIES
FOR REBELS
Capture of Eatire Federal
Garrison at Acaponeta
Is Confirmed—Much
Ammunition Is Seized.
REPORTS OF SUCCESSES
SHOW CARRANZA ATTITUDE
M ashington Officials See in On*
ward Sweep of Constitution
alists Physical Condition*
I Which May Considerably
| Modify Range of Mediation.
WASHINGTON. May 7 Carranza*
attitude toward mediation, which,
temporarily, at least, has eliminate®,
the Constitutionalist chief from gen
eral negotiations aimed at settlement
of Mexico's ills, was declared to havn
been revealed today by his official
report of a vigorour rebel militant ,
oampjaign marked siguifleent victo
ries. His declination to submit hi*
i country's interna! troubles to pre
j llminaries ..f mediation as based 1*
! part, at Cast. on rebel successes in a
! sweeping southward movement, 1 'on
I stlttitionalist representatives said her*
| today.
(• Confirmation of the capture of th*
I entire Federal garrison at A capo no a,
I Tepic. by the Constitutionalists’ forces
reached ttie stale department today
in a report from Consular Agent W,
! Keyes, at Rosario.
Three thousand six hundred Fed*
' orals at Penazeos, near San Ltti*
j Potosi, have been defeated by tha
| rebels. with the rapture of I SO*
I prisoners and quantities of arms and
ammunition.
Field guns, artillery and ammuni
tion have been captured from fleeingr
column that evacuated Monterey. ^
The Carranga report did not outgf
line to what extent his forces wer*
opposed In many quarters here thaM.
was interpreted as indicating tliaf
the reiyels encountered little resistM
ance. No casualties on either sidA
were mentioned
The vanguard of the Constitution!?
alist forces at Durango and Torrexup
lias started on its march to itegitt th*
campaign for the capture of baltilh)
and Zacatecas, according to a report
! received at the.state dep*rtmen! to*
i day from Consul llamm at Durango^
I After receipt of the chiefs repot*
I Mislst-r ZulHirati was emphatic in a
forecast that within th enext monti*
the rebel armies would be investing
Huerta's capital. Villa's victorious
Torreon veterans were yet to taka*
part in the new movement. It wasT
believed that flic rebel military < bief
would strike next at Saltillo, wlerg.
Federal troops remained, and in the
event of a victory there that lie
would hurl his forces at Tampico.
Capture of that city would give the
Constitutionalists a port of entry un.
affected by any limited embargo on
importation of arms now enforce®
along the Rio Grande.
tO.Wkt Rebel- in Field.
Minister Zubaran today estimate®
that more than 40.000 rebel troops
were now in the field. Villa, he said,
had 14,000 soldiers in north central
Mexico: Gonzales. 15,000 men threat
ening Tampico, and Obregon. 15,060
troops operat ng on the west eoastc
The rebel minister's outline of tha.
disposition of 1 'arranza's forces wag
aimed at dissipation of the generat
idea in the United States that rebel
armv consisted mainly of Vil.a'*
forces in Chihuahua. He asserted,
that Zapata's rebels were co-operat
ing with the Constitutionalists south
of Mexico City.
With Carranza definitely eliminated
front mediation negotiations which
formally are to be launched at
Niagara Falls. Canada, on May IS,
the reports of rebel victories over-.
Shadowed all other developments la.
the Mexican crisis today. The report*
came as a surprise to many
observers, because it was believed the
rebel's next move would he aimed,
at Saltillo. News of a sweeping vic
tory far south of that point waa
taken to indicate the rebels had
silently moved and fought first, and
reported afterward. General belie®
was expressed that Carranza hope®
to continue the campaign until th*
three powerful forces converged to
hammer simultaneously at the gate*
of Mexico City. To what extent
Huerta would be able to combat :h*
proposed advance, and wha; posaibl*
effect it might have on mediation
proceedings between the United
States and the Mexican Federal*, wa*
widely discussed here today.
O’SHAUGHNESSY
Conference Is Brief, However*
Charge Loses Baggage on
Way to Washington.
WASHINGTON. ' May 7.—Nolso*
1 ; O'Shaughnessy. charge of the Anterior
j can embassy' at Mexico City untif
I'nited States troops seized Vera.
■ ! Cruz, arrived in Washington early .,
today. With his family he was driven
; immediately to a hotel and planned.
, I to confer with Secretary Bryan later.
Misfortune followed Mr. O’Shatlgh
nessy even to the seat of his homy
government. Having lost most of-W**
personal possessions when Mexican*
looted his trunks outside of Vera < 'rug v
after his departure from Mexico Crty.S
the American charge lost more of hi*
personal belongings en route 'roraSf
■ New Orleans to Washington. Bag^fc
[ gage which had been checked could?;’
i not be located when Mr. 1 t'bhaugh^s
nessy arrived here, but he expects
will be traced.
In consequence of his series of
tuck. Mr O'Shaughnessy's ■
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