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THIRD JURY BOX
FACED BY THAW
RAPIDLY ■.. IG
Five Jurymen Accepted Before
Recess in Trial of Mattea
wan Conspiracy.
DEFENDANT’S MOTHER
WATCHES PROCEEDINGS
Thaw Likely to Take Stand
Hiniself in Effort to Dem
onstrate Sanity.
NEW YORK, March 8.—Five o£ the
' welve Juror* who will decide the cane
of Harry K. Thaw, were selected
vlthin lose than three hours today.
When court recessed this afternoon
for luncheon, indications were that
*he Jury box might be filled by night. ,
In selecting these Jurors, both State j
and defense showed something of.
• heir plan*. The State Indicated that!
it.-would *eek Thaw's conviction for j
conspiracy to escape from Mattewan j
on the grounds that, although an
in*ane man. Thaw had unimpaired j
capacity to conspire; the defense I
asked questions of talesmen which
were construed as meaning that they i
would seek to show that Thaw was
rane at the time he esca -)d, or would
rely upon the prosecution to prove
his for them.
Thaw faced the proceedings with a !
anile on his face.
That Thaw himself may take the j
stand his counsel intimated, both to j
defend the conspiracy charge and to I
-efute the Insanity theory.
Justice Page ruled that each de
endant was not entitled to separate ;
peremptory challenges. He held that
all defendants were only entitled to !
five peremptory challenges and that ;
-heir attorneys must agree upon such ,
ejection*. This ruling was regarded ,
is Insuring early completion of a j
Jury.
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, the chief
defendant's mother, accompanied by
Mrs. George Carnegie, Thaw’s sis
<er, appeared in court early. Thaw
appeared to be in excellent health.
His face was ruddy am. stouter than
when he was brought from New
Hampshire.
When the names of Thaw's code
fendants were called none of them
answered. Deputy sheriffs were sent
Into the corridor* of the Court pouse
and firi- tis*- came back with Roger
Thompson and Eugene Duffy. Five
’nlnutea elapsed and Thomas Flood
was brought in. Butter and O'Keefe
hurried into the court ten minutes'
later.
Warned by Justice Pace.
When they were all seated Justice
’age warned them that If they were
ardy again he would discharge bad
md have them confined in the Tombs
dur'ng the trial.
Every effort, It Is stated, will be
made by Thaw's counsel to Inject
into the trial the Issue of Thaw’s
.sanity Whether convicted or ac
quitted of the conspiracy charge, If
Thaw Is treated as a sane person by
.he court, it was said that he hopes to
be able to use that fact In a final
effort to • btain a reversal of the .
order committing him to the asylum. |
Fifty witnesses for the prosecution
are here ready to testify. Mr. O’Brien,
who recently returned from Concord
find Manchester, N. H., with a long
’1st of witnesses for Thaw, said that
•‘hundreds of prominent men and
women” are prepared to come to New
York and testify for him. If desired.
Vmong them, It was said, are Sheriff
■Holman Drew, of Goss county. New
Hampshire, and Del Stevens, of Cole
brook, N. H., a policeman, who had
charge of Tfiaw after his arrest.
Trial May Take a Week.
The trial la expected to occupy not
more than a week. If Thaw's counsel
are unable to obtain a test of hit
sanity at this time.
The contentions of the State were
oartly outlined by Assistant District
Vttorney O’Malley In questioning the
first talesman. S. D. Fitch, a public
accountant. These questions Indicated
that the prosecution would request
♦he court to Instruct the Jury that,
notwithstanding Thaw's Insanity, he
anight have a capacity to conspire.
The talesman was excused because he
admitted that he had formed an
opinion about the case.
Frank F. Bailey, a salesman, the
uecond talesman examined, was ac
cepted by both sides, and became
:'oreman of the Jury. Two other Jurors
vere then accepted within a few mo
ments.
William J. Raphael, another tales
man, was challenged premptorily by
the defense when he failed to give a
>atlsfactory answer as to whether he
would ‘‘consider Justified the escape
of a man Illegally detained in an ln
nane aoylum.”
Frederick Emmerich, a contractor,
was asked by Thaw’s counsel "If we
prove to you that Thaw was sane at
the time of his escape, would that
prejudice you In determining this
oaee ?”
The district attorney’s objection to
thto question, on the ground that
whether Thaw Was eaneor lnsanemade
no difference when It came to a con
spiracy, was overruled. Emmerich an
swered In the negative and was ac
cepted. Shortly ‘afterward Christo
pher Schultz, an elderly produce mer
chant, was selected as the fifth Juror.
ay the United Free..
LONDON, March 8.—Fire aboard
.he French liner La Touralne ha* now
>een completely extinguished, accord
ing to a wireless message received
here via Paris late this afternoon.
La Touralne arrived In Havre at *
o’clock tonight, under escort of two
French cruisers. Her passengers
probably will not be landed until to
morrow morning.
HARRY K. THAW’S
NINE-YEAR LEGAL
FIGHJ FOR FREEDOM
June 25, 1906— Shot and killed
Stanford White.
Jan. 8, to April 12, 1907—First
trial; disagreement.
Jan. 26 to Feb. 28, 1908—Second
trial; acquitted of murder on ground
of Insanity.
Feb. 1, 1908—Committed to Mat
teaman.
Aug. 7, 1918—Escaped from Mat
teaman.
Aug. 19, 1918—Arrested at Coatl
eook, Canada.
Sept. 1, 1913—Deported to New
Hampshire.
Dec. 21, 1914—Supreme Court
ruled he must be delivered to New
York State.
March 8, 1918—Trial on conspiracy
charges began in New York.
CATHOLICS ASKED
TO OFFER PRAYERS
Next Sunday Set Aside for
Peace Supplications by
Bishop O’Connor.
In accordance with a decree of
Pope Benedict XV., who has called
upon the Catholics throughout the
world to devote a special day to the
offering of prayers and supplications
that the war now raging in Europe
may speedily be ended and the bless
ings of peace restored to the nations
involved in the conflict. Bishop John
J. O’Connor has notified the priests
fn the Newark diocese that next Sun
day has been fixed as the day for
these special prayers.
Bishop O’Connor hasi requested the
rectors in this diocese to exhort to
tholr parishoners to join in offering
fervent supplications to the throne of
'grace that God in His mercy may
grant their petition and restore to
His sorely distressed children the
peace and happiness which can come
from Him alone.”
The decree under which the special
day of prayer will be held was iseued
by Pope Benedict on January 10, and
since received by Bishop O'Connor. It
was signed by Peter Cardinal Gas
parri, the Pope’s secretary of state.
It follows:
"His holiness, our sovereign lord.
Pope Benedict XV., in deep affliction
at the sight of war which destroys
thousands of young lives, brings mis
ery to families and cities, and rushes
nourishing nations to the bring of
ruin, yet bearing in mind that Al
mighty God, Whose prerogative it Is
to heal by chastisement and through
pardon to preserve, to moved by ths
prayers which spring from contrite
and humble hearts, desires ardently
that above the clang of arms may be
heard the voice of Faith, Hope and
Charity, alone capable of welding to
gether the hearts of men in one mind
and one spirit.
"Therefore while he exhorts the
clergy and the faithful of the whole
world to works of mortification and
piety In expiation for the sins by
which we have called down upon our
selvee the just wrath of God, the Holy
Father has ordained that throughout
the Catholic church solemn prayers
shall be offered in order to obtain
from the mercy of Almighty God the
peace which all desire. ®
"For this purpose it is hereby de
creed that in every metropolltlcal,
cathedral, parochial and conventional
church in all European countries, on
the seventh day of February next
(Continued on Page I, Cotomn 5.1
BIG BAKERIES
CUT BREAD PRICE
Rolls and Coffee Cake Also Re
duced—Follow Lead of Large
Independent Bakers.
The big bakers throughout the city
have followed the lead of the two
largest' Independent concerns and
have reduced the price of bread to
what was charged for It before wheat
soared In February.
It was said today that the reduc
tion would be permanent: that the
wholesale price for Hour had gone
down J1.50 a barrel, and that it would
now stay down. John Weber, super
intendent of the plant of the General
Baking Company In Newark, was re
spoBible for this statement and de
clared that he expected a still further
decrease In the. price.
A representative of one of the In
dependent concerns declared that the
price reduction was not at all due to
the lowering of wheat in the market.
“We all had enough on our hands for
some time,” he said. “It was due to
one of those psychological move
ments we have been hearing so much
about. There wasn’t one of the bak
ers who had any right to lift bread
prices, but we all got Beared, and we
got scared at the same time. We had
enough stock to go ahead for a rea
sonable time, but some of the bakers
saw failure and starvation ahead, and
their gloom Infected the rest. Then
the prices went up, but they started
back again after a short time.
John J. Hill, president of the Hill
Bread Company, said today that he
dtd not Intend to again raise the
price of his bread unless he was
forced to do so. “And I do not be
lieve that wheat will again go up
In the air as it did," he said.
Comptroller Parmly Disposes
of $850,000 Worth of
Temporary Loan Bonds
Comptroller Tyler Parmly today
sold $850,000 temporary loan bonds for
four months to H. Lee Anstey, of
New York, for t.80 per cent, with a
premium of $17. The only Newark
bidder, the Federal Trust Company,
offered the loan for 8 per cent.
Of the total amount $500,000 te bor
rowed In anticipation of taxes and
the balance for sewer improvements.
SAMI F. BIGELOW
PASSES AWAY AT
—, ■
Well-Known Newarker and
Member of Old Family Dead
in East Orange.
HE WAS A SON OF A
FORMER NEWARK MAYOR
Once Managed Newark Daily
Journal—Was Old School
Democrat and Orator.
Samuel Fowler Bigelow, son of the
late Mayor Moses Bigelow and Julia
Ann Bigelow, and well known in
'egal and social circles throughout
New Jersey, died at the home of his
sister, Mrs. John C. Kirtland, 157
Harrison street. East Orange, today.
Mr. Bigelow was bom in this city
March 29, 1837, and was therefore
seventy-eight years of age. He was
educated In Newark Academy, at
Ashland Hall and the Freehold In
Samuel Fowler Bigelow.
stitute. He entered Princeton Col
lege and was graduated with honors
In 1857.
Entering the office of Vice-Chancel
lor Amssi Dodd he studied law and
was admitted to the bar of New Jer
sey as an attorney In 1860 and as a
[ counselor In 1864. Subsequently he
( was admlUg* io the bar of New York.
I California and different' United States
courts
Mr. Bigelow comes of an old New
England family, being the grandson
of Timothy Bigelow and a descendent
o? John Bigelow, of the Massachu
setts Bay colony. John Bigelow a
grandson of the first John, settled
in Newark in 1716.
In 1863 Samuel Bigelow was made
city attorney of Newark, and in 1868 he
was appointed a Judge of the New
ark City Court. During the term
of President Grover Cleveland he
was named as United States dlstr'ct
attornry for New Jersey. He was
made special master in chancery by
Chancellor William T McGill and a
Supreme Court commissioner by the
New Jersev Supreme Court. Judge
Andrew Kirkpatrick named Mr.
Bigelow as a United States commls- (
sloner for New Jersey.
Declined n Colonelcy,
i The late Governor Bedle offered Mr.
Bigelow a position on his staff as
; f ide with the rank of colonel, but
this he declined, as he also did the
offer of the Judgeship of the New
ark District Court.
About th'rty years ago Mr. Bigelow
went In California, where he took up
the practice of law, but after a stay
of three years he returned to New
ark. He has been a resident of East
Orange for the past twelve years
Mr. Bigelow had done considerable
writing, most notable of which was
a biographical sketch of his father,
the late Mayor Moses Bigelow, which
was presented to the Newark city
collection Following his return from
California he wrote a series of stories
called “California Stories.” which ap
peared In local publications.
Old School Democrat.
For many years Mr. Bigelow was
the business manager of the old New
ark Dally Journal and contributed
many editorials on local and political
affairs. He was Identified with the
Democratic party, as was all the Bige
low fmlly, and was one of Its lead
ing workers. He was of the old
school Democracy and noted for h a
oratorical ability. He was an unole
of the present Police Commissioner
Frederic B.fc'dow, the son of a
brother, Mo.wTi Bigelow, who was also
a police commissioner.
Mr. Bigelow, who was unmarried.
Is survived by a sister, Mrs. John C.
Klrtland.
Funeral services will be held from
the home of his daughter Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. Howard J. Chidley,
pastor of Trinity Congregational
! Church, of East Orange, will officiate,
and interment will be In the family
! p»ol in Mount Pleasant Cemetery,
this city.
Baltimore Church Said to
Have Extended a Call
to Rev. John McDowell
Word was received here today that
a call to a Baltimore congregation
| has been extended to Rev. John Mc
Dowell, pastor of the Park Presby
! terian Church. Mr. McDowell waa
out of town today. It was said he
wi’l not return to Newark for several
days. No one could be found who
would make an authoritative state
ment relative to the Baltimore re
port.
Mr McDocyell has received a num
ber of calls to other churches since
he came here, but has consistently
declined them all. He 1* known as a
forceful preacher, and has taken an
important part In local civic affair*.
Newly-Married Marshall Field
Seriously III of Typhoid Fever
CHICAGO, March 8. — Marshall
Field 3d, principal heir to the Mar
shall Field estate, is seriously 111 of
typhoid fever on board a houseboat
at Pa’m Beach, Fla.
Mr. Field and his bride have been
I cruising on board th* houseboat for
three weeks.
Companions Held
After Man Falls
U Stories to Death
Prisoners, Declaring Arrests
Outrage, Say They Tried to
Prevent Suicide.
-- i
NEW YORK, March 8.—Some mys
tery attaches to the death of Alex
ander Gordon, fifty years old, who
was killed by a fall from an eleventh
story window at Broadway and
Duane street today. Two men, mem
bers of the Amalgamated Society of I
Engineers, whose offices are on the j
floor from which Gordon fell, have 1
been held to await a coroner's in-!
quiry into thee cause of Gordon's ,
death. They are George Wallace, j
American representative of the en- |
gineers' society, and Oliver Houston, j
a machinist.
The police declare they have wit-1
nesses who saw a scuffle and said!
blows were struck Just before Gor
don fell to the street.
At the police station Wallace de
clared the arrests were an outrage.
He and Houston had simply tried to
prevent Gordon, who was despond
ent. from committing suicide, he de
clared.
soiiObills
BY NEWARKERS
One Concerns Health Officers.
Other Matters Pro
vided For. I
Two bills drafted for Newark and
approved by the Legislative Confer- i
ence today will be introduced into '•
the Assembly tonight. One of the |
bills provides for a mutual pensioni
organization of all Boards of Works j
employes and the other provides for I
licensing dogs at 82 per year In lieu j
of the present taxing system of 81 j
per annum.
When House Bill No. 827 was
•brought up for discussion, Mayor
Raymond said: “This is a good bill. 1
am in accord with its views. I per
sonally want it passed and ask that
this conference approve It.” The con
ference carried out the Mayor’s
wishes.
The bill was Introduced by Assem
blyman Gilbert and provides for the
retirement on pension of any health
officer in first-class cities who is fifty- '
five years of age or over and who hat
been In the employ of the city tor
i twenty-five years. The present health
officer of Newark. David D. Chand
ler, has served over thirty years and
is about sixty years of age.
Chier Engineer Morris R. Sherrerd
Introduced the bill. He said that un
der the present arrangement no pro
vision is made for the pensioning of
employes who have served the board
for twenty-five years or more. The
act as approved by the conference
provides that the employes of the
Board of Works department can as
sociate themse’^it as a corporation
for the purpose <fi"providing and ob
taining a fund to pension such em
ployes. Under the proposed measure
the city will not give an appropria
tion. The act will not become opera
tlve, if passed, until five years hence. |
The draft regulating the licensing
of dogs was also unanimously to- j
dorsed. Under the present law II per
year Is charged for the keeping of a
canine. The conference reported that 1
the city has been losing money year |
by year under this scheme.
No license tag Is given out, only a
receipt for |1 is given the owner. In :
many cases dogs hav been Impound
ed after their owners had paid their
tax. Under the proposed measure a
tag will be placed about the neck of ,
the dog after the fee Is paid the city.
All money received from this taxa
tion will go to the Police Pension
Fund. |
House bill No. RSI, Introduced by
Minority Leader Thomas F. Martin. \
providing that taxes may be made In
monthly Installments, was disap
proved.
The conference also voted Its dls- I
approval on House bill 484. Intro
duced by Assemblyman Wolverton.
It provides for an amendment to the
workingmen's compensation act.
House bill 625 as Introduced by As
semblyman Quinn, providing for in- [
created compensation In the employ
ers' liability law, was also disap- j
proved.
Snator Colgate’s bill providing for
compulsory Insurance by self Insur-.
ance In stock or mutual companies or!
In a State Insurance Fund, was dls-1
approved.
Senator Egan's bills Nos. 267 and j
268 were disapproved. Both provide!
for exemption of taxes.
Department Heads of the
Bamberger Store on Trip
West to Study Systems
Four heads of departments of the
L. Ramberger Company store of this
city have started on a tour of tho
Middle West for a study of the sys
tems in the large department stores
of that section with a view to in
creasing the efficiency of the local
establishment.
The men in the Newark party In
clude Abraham Schlnd'e purchasing
agent of Bamberger's; Arthur Ba m
; part, peneral office manaper: William
! s. Pendleton, general manager of da
■ livery, and John Quinn, superlntend
| ent of Junior help. St. Louis Chlca
I go, Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh
i will be visited, and the party will be
gone two weeks.
Wllltam W. Winter, general super
I Intendent of the Bamberger store, re
turned today from a two weeks' stay
at Palm Beach- He was accompanied
by Mrs. Winter._
Two Dying After Pistol Duel;
One Used Woman as a Shield
—
Special to the Evcains Star.
BAYONNE, March 8.—Coal VI
cardo, of 628 Avenue D, and Joseph
Parola. of 690 Boulevard, are dying
In the City Hospital as the result of
a pistol duel on the Boulevard last
night. The shooting followed a ca'd
game.
One ol the men grabbed Mrs. Rose
Bart, of 679 Boulevard, and used her
as a shield. Parola sank In his
tracks. Vlcardo staggered around the
comer to a house at 90 West Twenty
second stfreet, whereh e was found.
Document Tells of Estrange
ment from Parent—Property
to Relatives.
i _
DOCUMENT DISCLOSES
SOME PERSONAL HISTORY
Expresses Appreciation for the
Friendship Shown to Girl
by Uncle.
The will of Hattie Reeve, who, with
Mrs. Mamie Clark, was murdered at
352 South Orange avenue, February
20, by Hiram A. Craig, was admitted
to probate today. No estimate of the
value of the estate was given. From
the will It appears that the slain
woman's correct name was Hetty A.
Reeve.
The will contains these clauses,
which disclose something of the per
sonal history of the girl whose iden
tity was surrounded with much my ar
tery at the time of the murder.
"By reason of my long estrange
ment from my father, I have inten
tionally left him nothing and I desire
that he shall receive nothing from
my estate
"To my uncle. Walter L. Price, I
desire to express my love and grati
tude for many favors and the kind
regard he has shown me and the pro
tection his home has afforded me. I
know that he will value this more
than money for my small possessions
would count but little with his store ”
Her next of kin are given as: IJd
gar W. Reeve. Newark, father; Sam
uel Price, Hairison; Louis B. Price,
Frank Price and Walter S. Price, of
Newark, uncles, and Georgianna
Robertson, Newark, aunt.
The will, which was drawn June
27, 1912 and was witnessed by A. Les
lie Price and Loriel G. M. Price, of
784 Summer avenue and Howard
Isherwood, 70 Heller parkway, pro
vides that one life insurance policy
for $1,000 shall go to Morton and
Georgianna Albee, "children of my
cousin, Sadie Albee.”
Another Insurance policy for $500
Is left to Georgianna Robertson, “my
aunt,” and a third policy, also for
$500, is left to Sadie Albee, “my
i cousin.” The residue of the estate Is
left to the four recipients of the
specified bequests to share equally.
The will continues: "I appoint my
cousin, A. Leslie Price, my executor,
to serve without bond.”
Miss Reeve was burled at Spring
; field beside her Revolutionary an
cestors in the Springfield Methodist
Cemetery,
RAILROADS USE
UNFAIR MEANS,
TRAINMEN SAY
Declare Companies Coerce Em
ployes to Get Up Full Crew
Repeal Petitions.
Members of the Brotherhood of
Railway Tialnmen said today that
the thirteen railroads which operate
In this State are using unfair means
to create an apparent sentiment In
favor of the repeal of the “full crew*'
law. They say that the 16,000 or so
employes who work in shops and
offices are being set against the 26,00#
trainmen who profit by the law.
' partly by Indirect appeals to their
desire for promotion and partly by
veiled suggestions that their welfare
will be best served by opposing the
law.
These trainmen, who for obvious
reasons do not wish their names
used say that fully 100 railroad
o.» rks have been engaged In circu
lating *be petitions for the repeal of
the law, and that at least a dozen
i'rom the River street station In tius
city aic now working and have been
i in this city.
An Instance of how they operate Is
related thus: A youth of about twen
ty oi less accosted a policeman in
the downtown section of Newark one
recent evening and asked the officer
with, whom he was acquainted, to
run the petition. 'The trainmen
want the law repealed," the yquth
emplaned.
Handed It Back.
After looking the paper over the
policeman passed it back to the boy
saying, "Don't work up a bad name
for yourself by lying about things
like this, which you won't profit by.
The trainmen are not against this
law; It’s the bosses want it repealed.
You don’t want all your friends to
know you’re In a dirty game like
this." •
To this bit of advice from the
policeman the boy, who Is a clerk em
ployed by a railroad in this city, is
said to have replied:"I'm not faking.
I was given this petition and told not
to bring it back empty, and I was
told, too, the men wanted the law re
pealed and to tell my friends so.”
The men also say that every driver
who enters the River street freight
yard in this city is asked by the man
in charge to sign the repeal petition.
One man who has been lobbying at
Trenton, an employe of the meadows
shop of the Pennsylvania road, is
quoted as saying that he and his
shopmates have been told that if it
were not for the expense of the full
crews the road would have money
enough to keep the shop force on full
time.
Better for Trainmen?
He is also quoted as saying: "It
would be better for the trainmen. Be
fore the law every locomotive was In
spected at Philadelphia before Its run
and again on the meadows at Man
hattan Junction, but now the engine
is merely run out on the meadows
and Is not inspected until its return
to Philadelphia. The company actu
ally cannot afford the former num
ber of Inspections."
The trainmen say the shop crews
always are cut In the fall, and the
men who are not laid off altogether
are put on part time until spring.
(Crailivtd on Pas* X. Columa 14
CARRANZA WARNED BY U. S
ENTIRE CHANGE IN POLICY
OF WASHINGTON INDICATED
Improvement of Conditions in Mexico City Demanded—Amer
ican Note Said to Contain Strongest Representations Yet
Made to Carranza—Washington Is Losing Patience.
WASHINGTON. March 8.—New and
urgent representations amounting
practically to a warning have been
sent by the United States to General
Carranza demanding an improvement i
of conditions in Mexico City.
Diplomatists familiar with the con-;
tents of the note which American
Consul Silliman has been Instructed
to present to General Carranza inter
pret It as an entire change of policy
on the part of the Washington gov
ernment toward the Mexican situa
tion. 0
The communication to Carranza,
which was drafted after conferences
between President Wilson, Secretary
Bryan and Counselor Dansing was
guarded with secrecy, pending some
word from Carranza as to his atti
tude.
It was said by some officials that
the note contained the strongest rep
resentations that ever have been
made to Carranza, and indicates that
the American government is rapidly
losing patience with his indifference
to the objectionable acts of General
Obregon at Mexico City.
Those who know the contents of the
communication said It did not
threaten force and ws not In the na
ture of an ultimatum, but pointed
out in explicit language the serious
consequences that might follow if the
welfare of foreigners continued to be
disregarded.
Early in the day Secretary Daniels
had said no additions were contem
plated to the fleet In Mexican waters,
, but later It was learned that the
cruiser Tacoma had been ordered
from Port Au Prince, Haiti, to Vera
j Cruz. Secretary Daniels was in oon
uultation later with Secretary Bryan
concerning the situation. Further
{Continued on Page S, Column 3.)
AUTO PARADE
HEED IN CAUSE
OF SUFFRAGISTS
Preliminary Feature of Meeting
Tonight of Woman’s Polit
ical Union.
A preliminary feature of the suf-1
frage mags meeting to be held this
evening In the New Auditorium by
the members of the Woman's Political
Union, was the automobile parade
held today by the members of the
union. The parade left headquarters,
79 Halsey street, /ind went through
the principal streets of the city.
Street meeting* were held at the Park
place station of the Manhattan tube
and at Market and Washington
streets.
The speakers were: Mre. Frank H
Sonnner, president of the onion; Mrs.
Minnie }. Reynolds, the executive sec
retary; Miss Helen Schloe* and Mis*
Julia Wernig. Among those present
! were; Mre William H. IWlly, Mre.
I Victor Pareonnet, Mrs. Buean F.
i Wolfe, Mrs. John R- Covington, Mre^
William H. Gaston, Mis* Ida May
Whittemore, Miss Louise Westwood,
Miss Hannah Moorefleld, Miss So
phronia Andsreon, Miss Helen Kls
eam and Miss Helen Gillen.
Mayor Raymond will open the
meeting tonight, when the passage
““heSuffrage bill by the Legislature
will be celebrated.
After leaving headquarters the
autos with the speakers went down
Halsey street to Lincoln Park, then
up Broad street to the City Hath
where a stop was made while Miss
Weinig called in the mayors office.
Mayor Raymond was not in and Miss
Weinig then went through the CRg
Hall distributing suffrage literature
to all employes in the building.
Leaving the City Hall the parade
continued up Broad street to Mar
1 ket street, turning down Market
street to the Pennyslvania station,
then counter-marching up Market
street to Springfield avenue to Nor
j folk street. Turning back, the auto
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WILSON REGRETS
HE IS UNABLE TO
GO TO EXPOSITION
: Duty Requires Him to Remain
at White House, He Says in
Official Announcement.
I I
1 WASHINGTON, March * —Formal
announcement that President Wilson
will be unable to attend the Panama
Paclflc Exposition at San Francisco |
this month was made today at the
White House. The President gave
as his reason the necessity that he
keep tn close touch with “the various
matters which the government has to
deal with."
The President’s decision was made
known In a letter to Charles L
Moore, president of the exposition,
which was made public at the White
House. It follows:
"With great reluctance Indeed I
feel myself obliged to say that mv
visit to San Francisco at this time Is
Impossible, In view. of the clear de
mands of public duty upon me.
"It Is Imperative that for the pres
ent, at any rate, I should remain '.n
Washington, tn close touch with all
sources of Information as to the
various matters which the govern
ment has to deal with. I could not
go away; I should feel that I was not
performing my duties in the way the
people expected of roe.
"I am not only disappointed; I am
sincerely grieved that this decision
should be necessary. I had looked
forward to my visit to the Panama
exposition not only with interest, but
with keen pleasure. My interest in
the exposition Is very great It seems
to me to have unusual significance,
and I have sincerely admired the In
domitable energy and the clear Intel
ligence with which the whole thing
has been planned. My warmest and
best wishes go out to you. I shall
still hope that this is a pleasure only
postponed and not entirely foregone."
Vice-President Marshall will repre
sent President Wilson at the ceremo
nies on March 20.
The President also wrote a private
letter to Vice-President Marshall, re
questing him to represent him at the
exposition.
HIGHWAYMAN’S
BLOWS FATAL
TO WATCHMAN
—
Edward Boyle Dies of Injuries
Received in Attack While
on Duty.
i
Edward Boyle, a special policeman !
In the Woodside section for many
years, who was blackjacked by a
highwayman last Tuesday night, died
today In Bt. Michael's Hospital.
Boyle, who bad $850 in his pocket
when he was felled, was on bis rounds i
when the attack occurred. The as- j
sailant got the policeman's watch, but j
failed to get the money.
Boyle, who was fifty-one years old, i
lived at 48% High street. He is sur
vived by a widow, two sisters, Mrs.
Anne Gannon and Mrs. Ellen Milano,
of this city, and a brother. Daniel, in
Ireland.
Boyle, who had many wealthy
clients, was on hi* rounds as a
watchman last Tuesday night, going
I north In Parker street between 8ec
| ond and Abington avenues, when
some person stepped suddenly from
behind a tree and struck him across
the face with a heavy instrument.
Bay la. was felVd to the street and
dazed for a minute, but eras able to
feel a tug at his watch chain, and
he recovered from the shock fo bear
retreating footsteps, but oould see
nothing. Finding himself bleeding
freely he made his way to his home,
where Dr. William 8. Foster, 147 Cen
tral avenue, was summoned. He
found the watchman's nose had been
broken and that he was otherwise'
hurt. The physician suggested that I
he go to the City Hospital, but Boyle
refused to go.
The watchman carried a blackjack
and a revolver, but the attack came
so suddenly that he had no time to
draw either. He usually carries a
considerable sum of money with him,
and at first he thought some per
son aware of this fact had waylaid
him, but after giving more thmight
to the matter he came to believe that
some casual amateur highwayman
had chanced to meet him first.
Boyle decided last Thursday that
his condition was such that he need
ed hospital treatment. Hs then went
i to 8t. Michael's.'
I
CHANCE TO KEEP
TEAM, SAYS GATES
Failure to Raise $100,000
Forced League to Take Ac
tion, Says Counsel.
CHICAGO, March 8.—Argument
begun today on the motion to dis
solve the temporary Injunction issued
by the Circuit Court recently re
straining the Federal League from
transferring the Kansas City Club1
franchise from Kansu City to New
ark, N. J.
"We gave the Kansas City club
very opportunity to protect its fran
chise," said E. E. Gates. Federal!
Lague oounsel. "It was agreed that
the club should raise 8100.000 by De
cember 10. If it had raisd this money
It could have redeemed the franchise.
Thte it failed to do. and the league In
order to protect the Interests of Its
i other seven units looked around for i
a responsible persoh to take the fran
chise."
John M. Zane, counsel for ths Kan
sas City club agreed that In disfran- :
chising the Kansas City club the
rules of the league were not com
piled with. # j
‘The action which put cut the Kan -1
sae City dub,” said Mr. Zane, “wai
the action of an executive committee]
and not tre action of the league itself i
The by-laws provide that the direc
tors as a body cannot delegate au-1
thority of this Importance. Executive j
commute consisted principally of
President Gilmore and the action was j
not an expression of the Fderal
League."
—
Fire Board Secretary
111 of Appendicitis;
an Operation Necessary
Charles S. Smith, secretary to the
Board of Fire Commissioners, Is at
his home. 9 Randolph place, a suf
ferer from appendldtis.
The attack is the third that Mr.
Smith has felt and Is of such a severe
nature that an operation has been
decided upon. Jt will probably be
performed tomorrow,
ALLIED FLEET
DAMAGED IT j
TIMS'FOMS
French Cruiser Put Out J
of Action, Says
Constantinople
,
SITUATION IN GREECE IS
REPORTED TO BE GRAVE }
Popular Feeling Is With Pre* j
mier Who Resigned Becaqse \
of Warlike Attitude.
RUSSI AN OFFENSIVE IN
NORTH POLAND CONTINUES
Berlin Reports All Attacks of i
Czar's Troops Have Been
Repulsed.
A French cruiser wms pat out of
action and a large number of her crew
killed and a British cruiaer was Igadlg
damaged during the bombardment d?
the Dardanelles forts by the all *d
fleet yesterday, according to an «1B
dal report issued in Ccn-tonfclnopla
today. The British admiralty! how- i
ever, fails to confirm (hie repost.
Dispatches from Greece report the
situation there as grave, as a result 1
of the political deadlock ever the
question whether that country shall
intervene in the war on the side of
the allies. M. Zaimte. governor of the
National Bank of Greece, has not yet
shown any indication of hieing abba
to get together a new cabinet to suc
ceed that of Premier Ventseioa. wlwy
resigned Saturday because King Con
stantine did not approve the premier*#
aggressive policy for participation La
the war. King Constantly* Is under
stood to desire the maintenance ftf
neutrality, but Athens dispatches sag
popular feeling is with M. Venlzelos,
who has declared that he and hi*
party will not support any new gov
ernment which may be formed with a
policy of neutrality.
CneM Spreads.
The bombardment of the Dardan
elles by the allies, which to primarily
respoiwfble for the present situation
in Greece, has had its effect also on
other nations. Iamdon dispatches say
the Bulgarian premier hs-> promised Jf
statement concerning his govern
ment's position. Public opinion fat;
Italy also is aroused, although there
are no indications that this nation wilt
change its policy of armed neutrality
at this time.
Today's official statements indicate
that there was no fighting of great
importance yesterday. The French
claim slight gains in Champagne and
Lorraine The German statement as
serts French attacks in Champagne
were repulsed.
In the eastern campaign the Rus
sians apparently are maintaining the
offensive In Northern Poland. Tho
German statement tells of Rnssiar
attacks at several points, but sseertr
that all were repulsed.
By «h* Associated Press.
PARIS. March 8 (via London). 4
p. m.—The war office gave out the
following statement thia afternoon:
"There is nothing of importance is
the Champagne section to add to yea-,
terday s communication. Progress roe
ported at different points is enhanced.
At the end of the day captured
trenches to the northeast of Soualn.
The captured trenches between Per
thes and Beausejour represent 460 te
500 metres. We captured a numbs*
of prisoners, including officers.
"In the region of the heights rtf
the Meuse our heavy artillery, ac
cording to prisoners, seriously dam
aged a 42-centimetre gun recently
placed in position by the Germans.
This gun had to be dismantled and
sent to the rear for repairs. Four of
the gun crew were killed and eeveh
wounded.
"In Lorraine we progressed north
west of Bsdonvlller.
"In the Vosges, at Reidh Aeker
kopf. the Germans made a violent
counter-attack late Punday after
noon. For the moment they were abla
to gain s footing on the ridge, but
after a furious hand-to-hand fight our
riflemen drove them back and finally
remained masters of Reich Acker
kopf. The losses sustained by the
enemy were extremely heavy.
"In upper Alsace, southward of tfai
railway station at Burnhaupt. an at
tack attempted against our advanced
positions was dispersed by the firs of
our infantry.”
Bt the Fnlted Pm«
LONDON. March A French crui
ser was put out of action and as
English cruiser badly damaged during
the Sunday afternoon bombardment
of the Dardanelles, the Turkish war
office claimed, in an official statement
given out today and transmitted here
bv wireless from Berlin.
Unofficial dispatches. Berlin wire
lessed. confirmed the Turkish claims.
Turkish shells exploded on the deck of
the French warship, killing many of
her crew She steamed slowly out of
the fighting line, with her upper works
in flamea
The Turkish statement follows:
••During 3unday afternoon the ene
mies’ cruise re. including the Majestic
and Irresistible, bombarded the Inner
forte of the Dardanelles. They suf
fered heavy damage.
‘A French cruiser was put out of
action. An English cruiser
badly damaged. The enemy ceaasp
.firing within a few houm and wlt»K>
drew. The Turkish batteries suffered
no damage.”
British admiralty officers flatly M
(( ontlnwd on Ptie 2. Colw—
HEAVY FIRING HEARD
IN THE NORTH SEA
D< the Associated Tree*.
AMSTERDAM, March • IgA lAAh
don, 5:15 p. ■».)—For the Brel thee
since Admiral Sir DaeM Reettp oa
(Kid a Herman sfloadron la OH
North Sea the latter part at dea
nery. hoary (an Bra, noeordtna to a
dispatch from the Bonk of Melina*
to the Telecraf, wee hear* la the
North Sea today.