THE WEATHER;
Fair, warmer, Saturday; : Sunday in
creasing cloudiness, " "
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FEDERALS A STAMPICO ARE
Giymj SO LONG TO SALUTE
AMERICAN'COLORSBYMAYO
Detachment pf Marines Arrested and Paraded Through the
Streets of Tampico by Mexicon Soldiers Released Af
ter Vigorous Demand From Admiral Mayo, in ;
Charge of U. S. Battleships in Harbor.
HUERTA ISSUES OFFICIAL
TO AMERICAN
Forces at Tanico Qiven Until Six o'Clock Yesterday After
noon to Salute American Flag; as Result of Insult to the
Nation Tose Arrested Were Unarmed, and
v Sought Gasoline for Motor Launch.
Mexico City, April 10. A- launch
.irom the United iates igtmnoat Uoi-;
phin, -carrying the '. paymaster "and l a
small detachment of marines, put in
yesterday at Iturbide bridge, Tat Tam
pico. The Americans were : after a
supply of gasoline.' They were in uni
torm but unarmed. r 'The launch flew
tne American hag. "r -: :
Col. HinpojosaC commanding a de
tachment of ifexicaa Federals, "plac
ed the paymaster-and nla "men under
arrest. They -were" paraded through
the streets and. held tor a time tinder
detention. . - : "V-"rv-v : . - -
Admiral Mayo made vigorous repre
sentations to the authorities and ,the
men were released." GehiIgnacio Za
ragoza expressed to Admira Mayo his
regret. - vi "--K i - K .
Although President; Htterta ' in an
official statement to American Charge
O'Shaughnessy has. apologized f or the
unusual zealousness i of the " Mexican
commander at, Tampico, there, exists
nere tonignt great tmeasiness- oecause
Admiral Mayo is:reporte4 tff-hava giv
en the .government. --authorities- at
Tampico untjj 67 o.'cloc& this " evening
to salute: 'th'Americaft?-ooJorsw:-V-:'"
President 'Huetta's; statement was
not received- by Mr. " O'Shaughnessy
until after B 'jciock-and dt-wa con
siderably later bet ore' communication
with Gen. Zaragoza was possible. The
statement was as follows : - : - . : -
"In view of the fact that -the Charge
de Affaires of the -United States hears
that the whale 'boat carrying- the
American sailors- was flying the-flag
of his country, an investigation will be
made to establish' the responsibility
of Col. Hmojosa. - In accortf with the
line of conduct which the government
of Mexico always has followed in ful
fillment of - its--duties' of- an- interna
tional character regarding all nations.
u deplores what hag occurrea.
Mistake of Subordinate.
"This case has grown out" of noth
ing more than a mistake of- subordi
note officials, since ; the superior in
rank, Gen. Zaragoza, immediately pro
ceeded to point out that what had hap
pened was unintentional nd imposed
on Col. Hinojosa disciplinary punish
ment, within the faculty of said Gen.
Zaragoza. ' -
if the investigated to be made
should develop '- greater responsibility
on the part of CoL1 Hinojosa, corres
ponding penalty will be imposed upon
him by the authorities' legally compe
tent in the case": "? ; . .-
Hear Admiral Fletcher; ranking ad-,
miral of the gulf, who is now at Vera
Ouz, has forwarded to 'Charge O'
Shaughnessy Admiral Mayo's' report
to him in which the latter says the
paymaster and marines werej march
ed through Ihe streets two blocks,
then back to their boat and released."
In view of the ; publicity, fidmiral
Maj-o asked for' a' disavowal and apol
ogy and also thai the officer in charge
of the Mexican squad should 'be' pun
ished and' that tb - American flag
should be saluted "within .14-hours. ;
The American Charge said the inci
dent was not first 'reported to him by
Admiral Fletcher, nor by any other
American government official, .but
that it was called" to his attention by
the Mexican foreign office late today.
He visited the foreign office and, ac
companied by; the 'sub-secretary the
toreign minister, Senor Portlllo y Ro
jas being out of town called on Pres
ident Huerta ami "suggested i;hat he
take prompt action to relieve the situ
ation. . ...v- .-. . . ; ; - -
President Huerta ' was ipciined to
take the incident lightly find unhesi
tatingly agreed.' to make reparation.
He promised an investigation and the
Punishment of the officer found to be
at fault. .': : :
Anxiously .AWait Outcome.
ashington, April -iOV Officials here
tonight-awaited anxiously the outcome
f fighting at Tamptccv where valuable
oil property already has been destroy
ed and American and 3dthet foreign
owned plants are ih -danger from the
shells of Federal gunboats- At last
reports the battle was ' in progress
and shells were falling' around the oil
Properties, in spite of.the urgent "pro
tests of Rear Admiral Mayo, com
mauding American warships anchored
oft the port, ?:: "". -
Adimari, Mayo has. sent one note to
the Constitutionalist chief directing
-?'- attack oh Tampico, and two to
general Zaragoza, the' Federal ' com--nander,
insisting that', foreign prop
erty be protected; jn :vr-j-: :- ;
atate and Navy Department officials
touay said that Constitutionalists and
federals had been "warned r that the
' nited States would .regard with great
wstavor the destruction of any for-:
property. . .; . . t , .
ao specific orders nave been . given
""ral Mayo as to what he shall do
the event hl$ representations are
Snored. ,c s
rioeports t0 th( S tate" Department ;.to
ay said several oil tanks had' been
tQat oil -Was 'running into the
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APOLOGY
CHARGE O'SHAUGHNESSY
plant was i on fire, it is supposed to
oe - the one reported aflame by Rear
admiral Mayo last night-
International Fleet..
- In addition to the half dozen Amer
can ships off Tampico, France, Spain,
Germany and Great Britain have war
craft there. -
v Little- concern is felt for foreigners
in Tampico, except" Spaniards, but it
is reported that ' the Constitutional?
ists threaten to exile all of that na
tionality if they occupy the city just
as they did at . Torreon- . There are
said to be 700- Spaniards in the be
sieged ' port. ' . "v-i--.'" '' . ,
The latest word ; from General Car
ranza was that, he was not disposed
to overrule General Villa's action in
ordering the expulsion from Torreon.
Consular Agent Carothers, at El Paso,
however, has been .' Instructed to con
tinue to- protest and- to say that the
United; States asks that all cases of
obnoxious -foreigners., be settled . indi
vidually and -that deportations be or
dered individually; and not enmasse,
because the . undesirables happen to
be Snaniards- . -
The Red cross at til aso xeportea
today that, the Danish exiles ftad-de
clmed Assistance- Many refugees are
persons-.of - weajth, and -'for" the Piw
ent the well-to-do ' are, .snaring .their
fortunes .with their . legs .favored .com
patriots. ;:.';'' d ;'"J:
Meanwhile officials, are Without in
formation concerning the reported, re
sumption, of . fighting-. in the Torreon
district- The - State Department was
informed today that theand of Zapa
tastas . that captured f7 Chilpancingo
had taken Iguala, on. the railway to the
southwest. -They plan ?ti attack. on
Acapulco to gain, a .port on the Pa-
cxfic COflSt '
The railroad between San Luis Po
tosi and Tampico is cut and no freight
is mdving, according to reports.
Railroad communication from Eagle
Pass, Texas, to. Saltillo was opened
yesterday. -
Federalr. Give - Up Town.
Juarez, April 10. San Pedro, forty
miles northeast of Torreon. was evacu
ated by the Federals in the', face of
superior numbers today, according' to
a report from .General Villa to Gen
eral Carranza. ; ,
Eight days ago General Ortega, with
only a brigade, attacked the town,
which lies on a, plain and offers no
cover. The command found the Fed
erals unexpectedly strong and . last
Tuesday retreated to await reinforce
ment's. These "had come up today
and an enveloping movement was be
gun. Detecting this the Federals for
sook -the city. .
No advices were available as . to
the whereabouts of. General Velasco.
who evacuated -Torreon eight days
ago, but. rebels believed ne; naa not
joined another force of Federals, said
to be under General Hidalgo in . Saltil
lo. Refugees from Torreon brought
word yesterday that the'. junction, had
been formed, giving Velasco a com
bined force of about 12,000 men.
Unconfirmed rumors were afloat to
day, that Tampico had fallen .
..-General Carranza, who announced
his intention of departing for Chihua
hua v tomorrow, said he expected, to
stay. there only a few days before go
ing to Torreon to establish new head
quarters there. .
Another report said a rebel de
tachment from the brigade of General
Guiterrez. met, a detachment of Fed
erals at Masmesas, a short distance
north of San Luis, Potosi, , killing 46,
the remainder falling back on the main
force in the city.
i Sixty carloads of cotton confiscated
atk Torreon arrived here tonight.
Protect British Property. -
i-El Raso, Texas. April 10. As a re
sult of representations by British Con
sul H: C . Myles,- of El Paso, to Gen
eral Carranza, regarding the ; security
of British mining property in North
eastern Mexico, General Carranza late
today addressed notes f to Cfeneral
Jesus-Carranza and other rebel chiefs
in that territory, instructing that Brit
ish personal and property 'rights must
be respected. v . . ,"'
Drop . Bombs on SNps. N
Douglas. -Aliz April : 10. Flights
over the Federal ships outside Topolo
bampo harbor ' were made todar ; by
the Constitutionalists' ; aeroplane . Sor
nora," 5 and bombs were dropped - ac
cording to a message , received i here
by Constitutionalist Consul Lehvier.
Whether- damage was done was not
stated, - -"t ; v":--"av- ; -s-v.
The message '' said:- the commander
of the Japanese warship Itdumo, now
off -Topolobamoo called f on -' General
Orbrbgdon J and manifested . his k satis
faction over guarantee given by the
rebels for- tse: saf ty, of Japanese citi
zens.. '.; . ; "..--.V "'. , - . -i'-'l .
Denver. Colo., . April - W. Simon
Guggenheim, former , United : States
Senator from-Colorado, ; today. .resign
ed as.ational Republican committee-
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'Phone 24( for-yotar Easter; cream.
roii"." r"d cVes,'Iayer cake? an2
WTLMINGrTON, N.
GLYNN DECLARES
L
All Efforts to Delay Execu
tion of Men Futile
MUST DIE NEXT WEEK
Warden Has Right 'to Delay Execu
tion Until Last Minute of Week
, Beginning April Thirteenth
" i ;; No Hope. r;
Albany, N. Y., April 10. A memo
randum of the cases of the four gun
men convicted of killing Herman Ros
enthal setting V forth, in the main, a
reputed alibi for "Dago Frank" Ciro
fici, forwarded to Governor Glynn
today by C. G. Wahle, their attorney,
failed - to change the 1 executive's . pCK
sition in his refusal to grant them a
reprieve- . ' -' .'
:I have received and read your sup
plemental -application in tne case of
your clients," the Governor telegraph
ed Wahle tonight. VI - find ; nothing
therein which I had 'not previously
considered and nothing to justify 'a
change of my. decision." '. '
This , communication came to the
Governor by mail- Another, said to
have been dispatched by messenger,
had failed to arrive tonight. - It was
understood that the latter" message
sets forth alleged new. evidence tend
ing to ' implicate Harry Vallon, Brid
gey. Webber, Sam Schepps and ' Jack
Rose, and to exonerate Jthe convicted
men. - ; : : , .
Heard ? Personal " Appeal. .
" "Besides receiving the memorandum,
the Governor today heard a-personal
annpsil fmrn "Mrs. Wtilliam Vanamee.
TiffviihurKh;" wife of an1 attorney: :f or-
the convicted men: Mrs? vanamee
was; accompanied to Albany -by the
mother of "Lefty Loufe" , Rosenburg,
but the 'executive saw Mrs- Vanamee
alone- t Her plea was based mainly
on an appeal to his conscience. The
Governor's answer was that his de
cision was final. " . -
: One of the arguments made to the
Governor has been that he should not
allow - the gunmen to die during the
Feasts of the Passover, inasmuch as
three of -them are Jews- It is within
the legal right of-Warden Clancey, of
Sing Sing, to delay the executions un
til after that period has passed, if f he
desires. The feast started at ' sun
down tonight and Orthodox Jews cel
ebrate it for eight days. , The court of
appeals sentenced the gunmen to die
during the week. beginning April 13th.'
This' noliday will end next Saturday
night at-sundown and the execution
would not have to take place, accord
ing to law, until midnight ' Saturday
night, , Saturday, however; oemg me
Jewish Sunday, there has been severe
objeption made to the executing of
men on that day. ' : "
-. , GOVERNORS' TO MEET.
hV': . ..
Milwaukee Named and June the Ninth
: Set for Gathering.
JVIadison, Wis., April . 10. The sev
enth annual iconference of Governors
win o heM there. beKinning June yth.
Miles-.G. Riley, secretary of the- con-
announced today. vf Twenty
five Governors have already promised
to attend and ' a number of former
Governors are expected. The conler
ence will meet in Milwaukee one day.
A date earlier than usual was de
cided on for the conierence owing to
the-primaries and general elections
in many States next fall.
.' - ' . i. t ... " . . ... .
TWO HEW i STORMS APPEAR
Weather Forecasters . Hard Put to
- Hand Out Correct Weather for
- Easter Promenades." .
Washington, k April 10. Two storms,
one over Lake 'Superior, and -the oth
er . in Western Texas, unexpectedly
appeared tonight and threwnew com
plications in the way - of "forecasters
whor struggled against heavy odds to
predict the fortunes" of the Easter
promenades." - - -
Weather bureau experts announced
that they could not-predict with any
degree of. certainty Just what the
weather- would 'be in the East, ' They
said, 'however, there were indications
that 'in ': the southeastern",, States and
west - of theMlssouri;; it would; be fair
and warm, .while if . nigha'ihrSunT
day and Monday throughouf.the "cen
tral, and northern States east of the
Mississippi.. , r , ;'.
. Damage to Fruit. ? ";..'
i Roanoke-- Va., April . 10. Reports
f rom the - surrounding countie s indi
cate that all early fruit which was in"
full 'bloom has been killed except'pos-r
sibly early .apples, - which have -not
suffered , to any great extent. On ac
count of the freeze and frosj: ,of lastj
nignt. At i,o clock tnis jnornmg the
mercury was oown to 2i degrees, r ;
;... Lowest Recorded for Day. :
. Lynchburg,: Va Aoril ; 10. Lynch
burg early 'today experienced the low
est. temperature recorded here in A'i
years; by the weather bureau on April
10th,, .the -official temperature "being
2S derree.v Owlnsr to the late' season
DECISION
C, SATUB DjMOBNING,
BAI GODTIEE
DEf ENDS: ACT I0H
... t ( i
Reserve Organizers Issue
Formal Statement
FIRST ANSWER GIVEN
In Reply, to" Criticism of Press and
Cohgress on SaT!ection;of Cities
For Reserve - Banks -Data -Made
Public. "
Washington, April ,10. The Fed
eral reserve bank organization, com
mittee tonight isueda statement .de
fending its choice of reserye. bank cit
ies and definition, of "reserve districts.
It was the first official answer V made
to criticisms voiced iia Congress, and
heard from cities which failed to get
reserye banks.: .For the ; first time
some of the data Used by . the commit
tee in reaching, its ponclusiohs was
Particular 'attention was given to
the committee's reasons for Choosing
Atlanta, Ga., and Dallas, Texas, in
preference to New Orleans: for se
lectijDg, Richmond;' Va. instead of Bal
timore, ;and for naming Kansas City
insieaa - q uenver.y uoio., Omaha or
Lincoln, ;is eb. Thes committee called
attention to ; the; fact ' that since ;
cities were applicants ,and only 12
named,1 25- had to be disappointed-
- "With so5 many conflicting cf aims,"
said the statement,, f somebody , had- to
j udge: Congress ;cohstituted the com
mittee a court, and gave the Federal
Reserve 'Board thepower of; review
Disappointed;, competitors should- seek
a remedy through: the orderly process
the law prescribes. ' - t , .-c-. -;r
f "Crtics J of -the committetes decision
reveal misuiiderstanding and - either
do hot know' or. appear not i to know,
that - the Federal reserve . banks are
bankersVbahts and not ordinary com
mercial j banks' that they are - to hold
the reseifves and 'to clear the checks
of. member.' hanks, make rediscounts
for, theraj and .engage - in certain -open
market ' operations . As 'a-imattertof
(Continued, on Page;Eight.) ,
MINERS ' IN BflnLE ROYAL
Two Facttons in - Union Body Battle
" for Use of Hall to Hold a."
; Convention. - r -
Pittsburg, April 10. Two stump
conventions were' held by "insurgent'
and "administration" factions of dis
trict No. 5, United Mine Workers of
America, here today, and led to a
clash between the two parties which
resulted in the arrest of five men. Re
iused permission to use the union la
bor temple, the two parties went to
another nail and wnen each tried to
hold a meeting a free-for-all fight en
sued. After the police -had put ' an
end to the fighting the factions held
meetings in separate halls. ' '
The "administration" faction adopt
ed a resolution condemning the min
ers or the district for. quitting work
after the district officers had signed
a scale agreement renewing the Cleve
land scale for. two years. ' ? ;
The "insujrgents" hefaro; - speakers
advocate a general strike;, but no ac
tion was taken. They meet again' to
morrow. ' , :
'Mines to Close.- .
Philadelphia, April' 15. Bituminous
coal operators representing 85 per
cent of central Pennsylvania today de-.
cided by a vote Of 30 to - 2 to close
their mines pending the signing of a
new r wage agreement with their, em
ployes. '
84 Hours a Week.-
' Terre, Haute, ,Ind., April 10 There
are engineers, and firemen employed
in mines of Indiana who a.re compell
ed to work 84 ' hours a week for ?75
a month. This declaration was - made
today by - William Houston, president
of District No. 11, United Mine Work
ers, of -America,, at the joint confer
ence of; the i miners and operators. m
session here to negotiate new wage
scale. President Houston was speak
ing of- the miners', demand for anl eight
hour -day for the engineers. .
OUTLINES
A man in Pittsburgh had a 90-foot,
red-hot steel rail to pass';- entirely
through hinr and he lived for half an
hour afterward.;;' ; .-'T ?' ; ; ;.
The Federal , reserve organization
committee issued an officialtstatement
in reply to the many criticisms hurled
at it Because of :lts selections' ef Rich
mond, Atlanta and , Dallas . as : reserve
bank cities. .'.,..- " ""'- ::' -"'" '
Every . witness before. the-. . Inter
State Commerce 'Commission.: to testi
fy -.concerning' the connection- of .the
New . Haven Railroad withnhe Billard
'Company during" the administration
of President Meliens, reiuseo point
blank: to. answer .questions put' to them
by; members; of : tne committee.- A
long legal - battle is expected - before
the probe is completed. - ; - -
; The : v Senate j mteroceanic - canals
committee has adjourtied hearings . un
til -Monday- because no-. witnesses
were ready to give testimony." '.- .
- Officials at Washington are; awaiting
the. eutconre"of the7; fighting at, Tam
pico with much ' anxiety. - Property
valued at many millions opf dollars- is
at stake. V"".--- -. '' r, 'v -Hf ..t -;; ?'-'; " '
x . Governor Glynn hls made plain the j
fact that1. hiss decision in regardito tne
four . smnmen sentenced -to die next
week for?ther murder df Herman Ros
enthal isfinal. - All efforts to -get the
executive tor stayltheexecutron-have
rfroVed-an" 4inr'-f'.-'..t?'HV,V't-'.'V t'nr.--
: am Tview ycw' naricets took: a non-
APRIL, 13 , 1914.
TOLLS EXEMPTION
DELAYED
No Witnesses Ready to Go
Before Senate Committee
WILL RESUME MONDAY
Senator Lewis Will be Given Oppor
, tunity to Explain Amendment.
At Least Two Weeks' Before
Senate Will Get Bill.
. - ..Washington, April .10.- Considera
tion by the Senate committee on inter
oceanic canals of the proposed repeal
of Panama Canal toil exemption "tor
American ships was interrupted to
day .by lack of witnesses and further
formal discussion of ' the issue was
postponed . until Monday. In,, the mean
time opponents of the repeal plan to
hasten arrival of representative of pa
cific coast'commercial bodies';thatiWill
appear before the committee to voice
the sentiment of their constituencies
against the administration policy.
Senator O'Gorman, chairman of .the
committee, and. leader, of Democratic
opposition to exemption repeal, spent
part . of the day going over the rec
ords of the Stale Department relat
ing to the negotiation of an unratified
treaty with Colombia in which "was a
clause, reported - to have been con
sented to by Great Britain granting
Colombia use of the canal free of tolls
tor coast ships. These records, -it. was.
said; tonight disclosed only that3 Colombia-was
to have had use 'of the
canal free of tolls for war vessels, of
which thp South American Republic
has few. ; - . x : ."- '
. Chairman O'Gorman was asked by.
the ' committee to make this inquiry
after Senator Borah had attributed to
Root, then Secretary- of State vTa. state
ment that Great Britain had agreed
that Colombia should have use of.the
canal -without toils for coastwise traf
fic - '.;,,':- :
: "I merely . reviewed the correspondence:-
relating .to the -negotiation-: of
the- proposed treaty with , Colombia:,'
said Senator-O'Gorman after hipin-
vestigation ;-and -1 prefer-
anything untir 'I have reported "to the
committee." .... . . ".i- v, ... .v..
Lewis Before Committee;
When the canals committee -re-4
sumes Monday, Senator James Ham
ilton Lewis, of Illinois, will be given
an- opportunity to discuss ; the - bill
which he offered as a compromise -for
flat repeal of. tolls exemption -for
American ships. The-measure would
repeal exemption, but also Would -give
the President autnomy ; to suspend
tolls whenever he might deem.lt for
the -best interest of . the nation. Vi v
it was. apparent tonight that the
tolls controversy probably would not
get formally before the Senate for
two weeks, and -the general opinion
prevails that the vote on the ' repeal
will not-be taken before June 1st., y
This gave rise among Senators to
day to discussion as to the; probable
adjournment of Congress, and what
is to become of the administration's
anti-trust legislative programfne. vThe
reuort has been circulated for some
days that opponents, or trust regula
tion legislation . are doing all in ;their
power to" urge dissentioh- .and delay
on the tolls issue,-in order to postpone
action on the trust bills -and vprevent
their passage at this session, if possir:
ble. . ; -. - ,.Vi . '. . .-
James Gordon bennett
RAPIDLY IMPROVIMe,
:' "it
American Newspaper Mart
SSck'i In
gypt, Starts Tc-me Tuesday. ,
Cairo. Eevut. Anril 10 . James Gor
don Bennett, proprietor of : the - New
York Herald, is steadily 1 recovering
from his attack of bronchitis afid , ex
pects' to leave Tuesday for. Alexandria;
where he will board his yacht and
sail for Triveria. ' - .
THIRD WILL HAVE PRIMARY
Democratic Candidate for -Congress
to be Named on May 1$th , ,
Rules Are Adopted. . '
(Special Star Telegram.)
Goldsboro, N. C, April 10, The ex
ecutive- committee of the. Third- Con
gressional district convened in .this
city today to hear the vjeport of the
sub-committee appointed 'at, tjheir - last
meeting . for the purpose of framing
rules ; and regulations for ar district-
wide primary. s The ' following-were
present: .. .; ' y f .' :J :
W. L. r HUL ot Duplin; Li rBair-
ham,- of Wayne ; '. Fitzhugh ; Lfee iWhit
neid, ' of ; Sampson ; H L, j Gibbs, of
Pamlico; J. C. Thomas Of i Craven,
and J. T. Armstrong, of Pender. Wm.
wifthh. of Carteret - represented Com
mitteeman Webb, CoL Taylor, of Ons
low, was represented by. Kodoiph uni
fy, and J. R: Barker, of Jones, by J.
k. ; LoWery. '
Th maioritv and minority reports
of the sub-committee were rejected
and - a district-wide prererenuai pn-
rnarv n nanimousl v adopted. ' Commit
tee was appointed "fo draft rules and
regulations for the noiumg oi -tne pri
mary May l6thr which reported to the
full committee at a late hour, this
evening, and they were , unanimously
adopted. . ' '"."-. --V.- ?.-:"',..-
, The committee . realized -.that, they
were launching upon ' a newiea' but
all seemed, to think? it 'Willwork Tail
right : if the - voters can be made to
uhderstahd: the system vof vetiig; 2'
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tafiter'l'Iiev CreamCherry?Cbcb
late and VanillaV 'Phone vnur f",M
HEARING
Witnesses refuse to
answer any questions
SON TAKES REST
Enjoys Easy Day at White
Sulphur Springs
Golfed Early and Took Long Drive in
the Afternoons-Mrs. Wilson Not -Entirely
Over Effects of
Her Fall.
, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. April
10. President vilson spent his first
day here in company' with his family,
bothered little by the throng of peo
ple here for Easter. The President
could not resist the . ties of his col
lege days, however, and tonight he
and the family accepted the invita
tion of the Princeton University . Glee,
Mandolin and uanjo clubs to attend
their concert.
' A Princeton locomotive cheer rang
through the ball room as the Presi
dent took his seat in the audience. He
was given an ovation by the' crowd as
wen, and seemed to enjoy the songs
and selections..
Mr. Wilson golfed early in the day.
shortly ' after , his train arrived, and
before the fashionable colony, had
aroused itself from its slumbers. He
played 18 holes and climbed up : and
down the hills with a' vigorous stride.
The Wilson family took their meals
in their apartments. In the afternoon'
the President and Mrs. Wilson, accom
panied by their second daughter, Mrs.
Francis B. Sayre, went driving,, while
two Other members of the Presidential
party rode horseback over -the hills.
The President and Mrs, Wilson hardly
had left: the hotel when two newspa
per photographers - waylaid them.
When the President raised .-. his hand
and Mrs. Wilson asked that no pic
tures of her be taken, the photogra
phers retreated with apologies. . ,
entirely recovered from her . recent
illness. She will stay here perhaps
tWo weeks and according to tenta-.
tive nlans. the President, after"' spend
ing' Monday, Tuesday and - Wednesday
of nexU week in Washington, will re
turn ; Thursday. 'to spend tthe week-end-
with hii:family;-" ;"V "
-ide the-yaua folks were, tango
ing in the' notei.v They vwere' too ab-
sOrbed to observe the President as'
he passed the baTl room and slipped
upstairs to his apartment; .
Secretary. McAdoo: is -expected to.
join ; the party; tomorrow. The Presi
dent wiu leave sunaay- -night' tor
Washington. Attaches of the party
said no official dispatches of impor
tance were received by the President
during today, the White -House staff
having planned to afford as ' much re
lief from omcial burdens as. possible.
SERIOUS AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT AT ROCKINGHAM.
c.,.., n.;..i I-;.,- I
Several ProminentYoung Men Injur-
ed, One Critically.
(Specfal Star Telegram.)
Rockingham. W. C. April 10. This
little city suffered its first serious au
tomobile accident last nignt. as a re
sult of -which one of its most popular
young business men, Mr. Walter Co
ney Steele, is . in a most critical con
dition; another, Mr. Eugene Pdyne.
suffered severe bruises, with internal
injuries, probably, though not yet lo
cated, and three other young gentle
men, Messrs. Hervey Coppedge, Leo
Warburton and Oscar Young, are se
verely bruised and shaken up. .
; All of the young men were mem
bers of a home talent organization
which had planned to give a benefit i
performance for the new Presbyterian
church. Through some disagreement
between the young people and the op
era house management the play was
cancelled as the curtain was ready to
go up. . Later in the evening an auto?
mobile ride about the city was sug
gested. It was on returning from this
ride, as. the Car came along Fifth ave
nue, approaching the intersection with
Washington street, that a small negro
boy .was seen to start across the
street almost in the car's path. Brakes
were too suddenly applied, resulting
in - the car skidding some 40 feet.
Even then all would have gone well
hut for the bursting of two tires, at
Which control was completely lost, the
car being hurled into a pile of lum
ber nearby. ' ;.
Both ear drums of Mr. Steele are
burst- and the physicians attending,
while not sure, entertain grave fears
that there is ; concussion or fracture;
near the base of the skuII. The injur
ed young- men are all prominently
connected. -.-".-' -: - W ' '
: At a late nour today Mr. Steele s
hemorrhages have ceased , while Mr.
Payne's condition is not quite so fa
vorable, Mr. Warburton. hopes to be
out in a' few days. i y-, :' ;'
WOULD NOT "FARM OUT"'- .
- WILSON POSTOFFIUE.
Smith 'Krfocks Suggestion Into "Cock-
cu nai. iiwiinnauvu Apsvfccu.
'(Special Star Telegram.) r '
' Washington, D. C; April yl0.-It is
believed that the nomination of S. W,
Smith v for postmaster of Wilson . will
be sent to tne senate "witnm tne next
day or two.: ' Representative Claude
Kitchin has received a letter troniJ
Mr. Smith stating that he will devote
the required number of hours a day
to the duties of the office -and -will not
"farnV the dob : out.; as some of the
patrons of the office have, charged he
would daAi'-;:--;:;N.
Mr,' Kitchin thinks Smith will be
named and he has'not considered the
Question off recommending - any one
else, 'The only charge against S'mith
was, that some of --the c Wilson folk
were af raid he : would not -discharge
the duties' of postmaster himself ;hnt
that hie would allow, others to do so.
Mr, - Smith -has -lcnocked this sugges
tion into a cocked nat;ny. declaring
he :s:oifr to" aHow no one to do'hi?
WHOLE NTJMBEB 13,608.
Probe Into New Haven Af-i
fairs Under Mellen, By
Commission Unsuccessful
MEANS LEGAL BATTLE
fi Those Summoned by the Inter
. State Commerce Commission to .
Testify Refuse. Point Blank
Following Advitee. i
Washington, April 10, --Vain efforts
were made by the Inter-State Com- ,
merce Commission at a public , hear
ing here to obtain details of financial : :S
transactions between the New York, .
New Haven and Hartford Railroad, ,
and its subsidiary, the "New England ;
Navigation Company ,s and the so-called
Billiard Company, through which mil-h v
lions, of dollars are - alleged to. have ; ;
been improperly diverted from the
New Haven. Witness after witness i ;
refused, point blank, to testify, to any M
of the affairs of the Billiard Company ' t
or to produce any of the books, rec- j
ords or agreements, said to be in ex- ; :
istence, concerning its financial trans
actions. ... v i , -. . .'--;v
Joseph W. Folk, chief counsel for , '
the commission, announced that- he .
would institute proceedings in 1 man-, , "
damus to compel the recalcitrant wit
nesses to reply to questions" put to : . r
them, and to produce: the' books, rec
ords and contracts called for by the
spbpoenas of the commission. Furth- '':..'' .
er proceedings , were : postponed until r' d
April 29th. v. .,''";., - . .
It had been expected that Charles V
S . Mellen, former, president! of the ;
New Haven, and John' L ; Billard, of
the f Billard Company, would r testify;, '
at , today's hearing which was con-. .
ducted by the , commission by, direc-. . ,;
tion-of the Senate with a view to dis
closing whether, the financial, .transa'c-";-,.'.--'
tions of the New -Haven, under Mr. 'v
Mellen's management with the Billard
Company, had been legal and whether
any sums . improperly . diverted irom, "
the New i. Haven could be - recovered., i v
Because ther foundation for their testi- ,, ' '
monr could nojt be laid without the . f ; ,' -
- J. . UWHIICU. Ill- nilni '
Tnat nrhot ttla Till tn rif - f!nm nn n V ,fft. . '
was not disclosed; at today,'s hearing. 0
No witnesses - except- Samuel More-
house, of New Haven, would admit
that he had any connection with the
company although the -presumed pros-
ident, treasurer and , some stockhold- .
ers were , on the witness - stand. They
declined "by advice - of, counsel" to
t n A : V. ,
answer anrou u -'
was maintained by. their .counsel that
neither the commission nor Congress
had the power to require them to give
the information sought-.
Mr. Morehouse, who said he wa3
tne attorney ior me iiniaru cuui iauj ,
.,a v BV,,nt,.n tn the rule.
Ho admitted that lie was the com
pany's attorney; that, "in looking af-,
ter the company's , business" he had ,
taken from the. vaults of the New
Haven Railroad $10,400,000 of securi
ties which had been kept there by
the Billard Company ; in fact, that he , -had
cleaned the vault out, but said
he knew of no contracts between the
New Haven and the Billard Company;
and declined pdsitively to tell any- s
thing else concerning the "company. .
Intimations . from counsel -for the ... ,
witnesses are that the , matter may y
not be settled without a protracted
legal battle. :V- . na ' .'
Walker D. Hines, who appeared as i -counsel
for. the present management " , -of
the New Haven, assured the com
mission that he desired in every way ,
to co-operafe with' the commission
and to facilitate its inquiry. He said
the present management of the New
Haven had made ah effort to obtain
the books and records desired by the .
commission, but had not been success- ,
riarvey V. Whipple president of
the Merchants National Bank of New k
Haven, Conn., the: first witness, re
fused to testify as to his business re-
lations with the Billard Company. He
said he was not now a stockholder in :
i nat - company, but had, been up to - .
last Fall.
A series of questions was put to
Whipple, int'etidetl,; to - develpp. evl- - t
dence of financial relations between t
the Billard Company and the New. t
Haven, or the Billard Company-and
the New England , Navigation Com
pany. He declined, , in . every instance.
to answer. . ' - . ' iAa
To Samuel Heiningway, president
of the Second National Bank; of New
HavenJ a similar line of questions, was -put-'-He
also declined to answer.
By direction of Commissioner -Mc-Chord,
the record of . the proceeding - ,
is to show that the; witnesses refused
to answer' essential questions m the .
faceof a ruling by the commission v
that the questions be answered ana
that despite the order witnesses per
sisted in their refusal;
4 Increased Deficits. ,
New York, April '.--Increased, de-
ticits are: shown by . the New . YorK,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com- "
Pany and virtually all its 'subsidiaries
for February. For; the- eight months
of the fiscal year there; is a deficit. oi
$62a,220. " -',;" ,.'"' -H;-" .; ;t ,
GEORGIA EDUCATJONAL
ASSOCIATION MEETING.
Speakers of World-Wide Fame, to
Make ' Addressee at ; La Grange. t
LaGrangeGa April lO.--Dr. W. R.
Tatef of Cdlumbia, S. C of the South
ern Educational Association; Dr. , P.
P. CJaxton of Washington. United
States commissioner of education, and
Dr. fii -M. Phillips, superintendent of
the Birmingham, Ala.,- piiblic schools,
are among the chief speakers for the
coming convention of ' the :Georgia Ed
ucational Association, according to the
programme announcpi- here today by .
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