the-:Mhewlle citizen.
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VOL. XXVIL, NO. 159
ASHEVrLLE, N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, MA RCH 29, 19U
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n fPDESIIEIIT TO LET
CQriGRESSKNOVQF
I ALL FACTS 1H CASE
Kcstne Action Against Mex-
' lea WIU bo Taken Until
. ; Congress Acts
fRESIPENTTAFT SAYS
HE EXPECTSRmCISMS
Message to Extra Session Will
Treat of Single Subject of
Reciprocity
WASHINGTON; (March 8. In a
conference with, : Senator Cullom,
chairman of the ensto committee on
foreign MUtfan and other members
of that committee, Freeldent Taft to
day gas asanramoe that" whatever
might be th torn of affair on the.
Mexican border, no act ot hostility
amounting to a declaration ot war
would be taken without fully, advjw
'mint eongresn .
ww mm ". J"wf rivuwvun
fM conference waa -sought by the
.,; girsaldont for the) purpose of queint
..... tag the member of th committee
with th altuatiotf- . on ' the frontier.
tt"b ' president gve the senators to
nodsrstand that his principal purpose
la mobilising the army bad been to
- protect American lives and American,
property la Mexico In case the neces-
sit should arise (or such action. H
assured his callers that congress
fyh(mA b tally advised as to any lm--3'
portent steps that might be taken.
' . ' and was especially emphatic in de.
-daring that there '"would be no ap
proach te a declaration of war with
out taking congress Into his confl
. dence. . It Is , understood that the
. members' of the foreign relations
committee generally, ; expressed ap
proval of the steps taksfT and confi
dence In the chief executive.
Expects Personal Attacks. -
president Taft expects that despite
the evenu which he regards as hav
lng .entirely Justified his course In
mobilising the "maneuver 'division."
" he will be attacked probably in both
th) senate, and bouse. ... He; told the
, members of the foreign affairs com
-kumltte that he telterteeUnecura in
K aisposHlon nswevev and that the
proapectiv" attack caused , him not
' f'H'th lightest worry. Political consid
erations, either favorable or adverse,
tie president declared, ha not. en
tered into the Mexican situation in
any way whatever."
PRESIDENTS MESSAGES BRttM
t WASHINGTOK. March Is.f-Presl-dent
Taft's message to the extra sea
Men of congress to be convened next
Tuesday, will be exceptionally brief.
Hha dsalded to deal only with the
reciprocity agreement with Canada,
inter the president may send another
to the extra session, urging
. ' - . i her enactment of a law making the
. a. narmanent institution.
i-UjlMf temporary board that it will he
n usiTj with a detailed ana comprenen
ate report on the textile axmedule by
twa, l Bext, and that the chemical
srthsftpJ may also be ready.
pMTUEy mil
7fiti.nr
-It
HDT YORK SERATDBSHIP
an Ont aTT'Bace and
Cbcica Kow Dwindled
av
TEYXA.GATN"TODAY
T, March After
fMJtlat balloU the democ ratio
adjourned at 1J.B0. o'clock Oils
tiatll tan a. dl, without hav
ing tsunad a candldnta for United
States senator. In announcing the
adjouzaSMBt, Senator Wagner, the
presiding Cffioer. apologtxed for the
delay oathe ground that the leaders
war Mnsf 4werythlng possible to
bring about" harmony within -the
democratic ranka, Senator Cullan
enuiliaiiHiil' .Jn moving the . recess,
the importance of) every democratic
member being on hand promptly at
the hour named for the reconvening
of ths caucus. When the cauoua
adjourned it was understood that the
choice had been' narrowed down to
three man D, Cady Herrick, Martin
H. Clynn and Isador- Straus. Others
who had pot been eliminated from
list of tea name submitted by the
Insurgents were Herman Rldder,
Morgan 9. O'Brien and Justice Jaa
W. Qeraad. A report that the re
publicans might cast their votes - to
day for Thomas M. Osborne and that
seventeen fcf phe Insurgents would
also support him 4s believed to have
hastened a determination on the part
of i fha organisation leaders to end
the deadlock.
- t - INSURGENTS nr PERU
LIMA. Peru. Msr. SI. A bsnd of
forty, Insurgent, beaded by Orestes
Ferro, entered the town of Catacnos,
In the department of Piura, today and
seised two merchants. They then de
camped and the government troops
ara now In pursuit -" .
LUt.il
TAFT AND ALDRICH
AIDED IN HAVING
LORLMER ELECTED
President UrgedHis Choice and Sen
ators Aldrich and Penrose ;W 'ere
" Active in His Behal f is testimony
of Mines. - '
BPRINGF1KUD, Mass., March tl.
That President Taft and Senators Aid
rich and Penrose urged the election
of Win. Lorimer as senator from Illi
nois in order to" obtain a vote for the
Payne tariff Mil ' was the burden of
testimony gvea today by Edward.
Hines, a Chicago lumber dealer,-be
for the senate investigation commit
tee which today began an inquiry into
alleged bribery in the Illinois legiela
ture at the time Mr. LorUner Was
elected senator. - Mr. Hineswas the
witness. He testified thatTPreeldent
Taft and Senator Aldrich were un
easy about' the senatorial deadlock at
Springfield, and they had urged him.
to do his utmost In bringing about
Senator liorlmer's election. Mr. Mines
declared that Preeldent Taft was
anxious that Illinois should elect
senator without delay In view of the
then pending tariff bill. V'
Mr. Hines said: 'v .
Lortmer Knew Nothing.
"I think along in April, 1O0, Sena,
tor Penrose asked me whether a
United States senator would b lecU
ed from Illinois. I told him that I
did not know anything about the situ
ation. I inquired of several congress
men. Congressman Lortmer did not
know anything more y'bout,-ft than
any other man in Washington.. Sen
ator Aldrioh asked me about the mat.
tr and I told him what Congressman
Lorlmer had. stated. I think Mr.
Lorlmer went back -to Springfield
again in a f ewdsys and -returned. 1 (
asked him whether he. could net be
come a candidate! whether th dif
ferent conflicting interests "could not
decide upon him. He said no. ha was
not a candidate , and had not been a
candidate.' , Then ' Senator Aldrich
came to ma- and. told -me, that the
president- was very- -desirous of Mr.
liorlmer's becoming a candidate and
to all he could to be elected at the
earliest date possible, thkt the Urlff
bill, the so-called Payne tarllt hilt,
was ths the'senatd'nn showed
a very strong probability of being 'un
able to pass if there was not a senator
from Illinois. ! f "
President Was Werroos. ',
' very short time prior1 to Mr.
Lorlmer's election Senator' Aldrich
earns to ms aiala and stated the pres
ident was vary, nervous about the sit
uation in Illinois, that h was afraid
that the legislature would adjourn
without electing a United States sen
ator. They asked me to take -a train
and come to Springfield.
. "I telegraphed Congressman Lort
mer (who wag in Springfield at the
time) that I was leaving Washington
for Bprinrfield . via Chicago. I ar
rived in Chicago on the morning of
the day he tas elected. I telephoned
him I wag going on to 8prlngfleld to
see him and carry the meaaage of the
president to Imprest upon thole in
Springfield that the administration
wanted Mf. Lorlmer to be elected
Exciting Scenes as Accused
Yelled at Witness "You
Are a Phonograph"
LENGTHY TESTIMONY
VITKRBO, -Italy, March 18. The
Camorrlst Informer, Abbatemaggio,
waa on the witness stand today for
five hours, giving testimony against
his former associates, who are on trial
for the murder of Genarro Cuoccol
'and his wife.
Abbatemaggio descrbed at great
length his own criminal life snd.
finally recounted in detail the clrcum
stancee leading to the murder of
Cuoccola. He said that Nicola Mor
ra had proposed the murder snd that
Giovanni PapJ had insisted upon not
only the murder of Cuoccolo but also
Cuoccolo's wife, and had put one
thousand francs at the disposal of ths
assassins to be certain that there
would be no failure. He insisted fur
ther that two men bs sent to kill the
woman, oije to smother her cries as
the house in which she resided waa
directly opposite a police office. When
he asked Preeldent Blanchl for a post
ponement saying that he was suffer
ing from an Injured foot the prison
ers Jumped to their feet and shook
their fists a? the wtiness. Rspl called
out: '-. ' -' V
"It Is not your foot from which
you suffer; It is fesr." v
"He isn't a. man; he la a phono
graph," cried Erricone, the crfief of
the Camorra, alludng to a' report
that a German company had urged
Abbatemaggio to permit record of
hi testimony te be taken.
United Slates senator at the earliest
moment possible.". '
Use of Money Denied. ;
Mr. Hines denied that he haW sent
an sgent of hfiy 'chafater to members
of ths legislature for the purpose of
ahilng Mr. -Lorimer's candidacy. The
witness declared that the question of
financial aid for Mr. Ldrlmer was
never brought up. either In Washing-
ion, unicagg or eisewnere tnar no i
knew of. . . )
John I. Hughes stockholder nnd
director of the LaSalla Street Na
tional bank, which is known s Sen
ator Lorimer's bank In Chicago, the
only other witness todsy, also denied
the. use of money. When questioned
pointedly Hughes denied ths sugges
tion that bs made offers of money or
political patronage In exchange for
votes for Mr. Lorlmer. -'"".
During .his examination, Mr.
Hughes persisted in praising Senator
Lorlmer, who he declared was "the
greatest 1 man since the .. time - of
Chrleft . ,
I) -mm A mi i ; ,
READ STORY OF FIRE;
JUMPED OUT WINDOW
' OBEKN8BORO, ' N. March it.
-Mrs. Ulynea O. Thompson, ' recov
ering from an attack of fever, was
allowed to read newspaper accounts
of the New Tork fire today. She
commented upon the fate of the
girls and arose from her bed and
plunged through a second story win
dow. Tonight shs is sufferlnt with
a fractured hip and other bruises,
nons of a serious nature, v
FEDERALS CMS VICTORY
" AQUA PRIKTA, Max., Mar.- it
A battled as fought near Urea, the
Old capital ot Sontra, yesterday be
tween . federals comprising the com
bined forces sent from Ague Prleta.
Negates and Hermosll and the at
foreee-of the resales a Si Ke
rael. The ' official dispatches report
great, federal; vootory.f , Ths fight,
started at I o'clock yesterday morn
Inc.' The federals used two machlns
gun with terrible effect " The Ta
tjui and Plnaos on opposite sides
wre conspicuous. '
SO.OOO HEALS BROIGHT IX
BT. JOHNS, N, ., Mar. 2. The
steamers are about to start for home
tonight with ao.000 sealB aboard. Shs
wna the first of the fleet of It aeal
ers which left on the annual crulaa
fifteen daya ago to return. According
to the Bonaventure eleven other
steaers are about to start for home
with good ca tehee and only two ap
pear to have missed the aeal herda.
The catch will probably exceed half j
a million estimated to tie worth up-
wards of a million dollars.
ALDRICH CURRENCY PLAN
MAT INCLUDE ALL STATE
BANKS IN PROVISIONS
t ,
In Order to Care for Them
-They May Have to Take
Federal Charters
UNDER DISCUSSION
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28 T.
waa much dtacuaslon of the relation
ship of state banks to the proposed
national reserve association at a con
ference today, between the national
monetary commission and the cur
rency commission of the American
bankers' association over the Aldrich
currency bill. Both the monetary
And currency commissions appeared
to recognise the necessity of taking
care of the state Institutions snd a
number of suggeetlonsNWsre made.
The plan which appeared to re
ceive the most favorable considera
tion was one "looking to the bringing
of state banks under federal charters.
It was suggested thst this end might
be accomplished by broadening the
privileges of, th national banks. Un-
der the present law those bank are
not permitted to loan money, on real
eetate Or to do a saving bank or
trust business- and' it was suggested
that If then natures could be added
many- of th stats bsnks would ac
cept national charters In order to
obtain the . added ' security , wbieh
would be assured by that step!
The commission also discussed the
advisability of accepting bills of lad
ing a security. Senator Bailey raised
the question of advisability of this
portion of the Aldrich plan, but the
bankers responded by saying that
this xaree, in every Way fair and
reaaonsbt, , is common throughout the
civilised world, - t
"The
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P UCILIS T SLA
OFJACK'JOHMSONKNOCKSSCHRECKOUT
Carl Morriij fWhiU Man
After Fast Tight.
v " fit
8APCLPA. Okla:". Mar. -Jl Carl
Men a. the Oklahoma .'white hops"
climbed a step nearer the pugilistic
villi liWVW a Rrvi i.a yniwH. ... ... - - ----
heavyweight championship here this ngates wars Hspened.w Hundreds of
afternooa by knocking out Mlks
Schreck of Cincinnati in the sixth
round of a ll round scheduled' bout.
A hard fight ahrd tao hrdlU shrdj
A hard right hook to Bchreck's aw
after ths slstk reand had gone. one
tnlnuto and twV- seoonda,1 ended ths
battle.' The Cincinnati man tell heav
lty to the canvass' and "was counted
out by lieferaa JEdwaH W, .Cochran.
Thera wsa aever momont after
ths fi.rst round Was a minut. old that
the .result wm in doubt Morris com
plstely autdassed his pnonsnt The
ring, at ad landed almost as
he pleased. Ms showeiUB' Miia'flght
that he could battle with both hands.
Heretofore his work', with .big left
hand had been slow. Schreck mads
a poor showing. ' ,. .- , ' ,
Hundreds of cowboys, dressed , In
the garb of the plains, occupied ring
side seats and frequently gave way
to their enthusiasm by whutllng and
yelling. , s
Several 'Indiana were In the audi
ence. Morris himself Is part Chero
kee and he she many faithful friends
among the red men. They, too, yelled
unreatralned. ,
Railroad Men Cbaercd.
Hundreda of railroad workers, who
knew Morris when he 'was Bifeentln
eer and had no thought of becoming
an aaptrant for the crown of cham
pion Jack Johnson, mingled with the
ringside throng. They brought with
them the hell from an engine that
Morris waa running when he made
hla laat trip over the road. Thla
bell was hung near ths press box
PASS ON G0J(LEML TANGLE
Two Judges Set Aside for
Bias and Prejudice and
Case is Appealed
CINCINNATI, O., March 2.
There appeared tonight to be a" prob
ability that the legal tangle' preced
ing the trial of George B. Cox for
perjury wilt reach the Supreme court
of Ohio within a day or two. Moves
In the game of legal technicalities
were made rapidly today. The first
Step was a decision by Presiding
Judge Jones that Judgea Swing and
Smith, against whom an affidavit
thargtng "prejudice and blaa" In fa
vor of Cox had been filed by Prosecu
tor Hunt snd Judge Gorman, must
vacate the bench In this esse. The
hearing on the Injunction prohibiting
Judge Frank Gorman from trying the
Cox, was thsn began- Ths argu
ments, lasted throughout th after
noon. The court took the case under ad
visement - In the meantime the at
torneys of Cox had given notice of sn
appeal to the Supreme court of Ohio.
, WAjBmNOTON. Mar. FOre
casti North . Carolina. Increasing
eiendlneea with rain Wednesday night
or Thursday; , moderate variable
winds, mostl aesjtb . :
Parting of the Ways:
TED TOGO A FTER LAURELS
Hop.M Put$ Wi Opponent
Former Enginttr Gives Promiag of Future .
and rung whenever Morris' followers
raised a cheer for their favorite,
a iiaht hIh tin falilne 'when the
sporting celebrities from all parts of
the country ' wsri attendance. .The
total attendance numbered , 11,000.
There was practloally no betting, at
the ringside, no backers for Schreck
could be found.- Th prevailing odds
wera flv. to one an Morria to win.
A few small bets were plsoed at I
It 1 in Scbreck to last flvs rounds.
On account of the rain It ws ds
eldsd to dUpenas with th prsllmln
arled -and stsg tb enalti battl a
soon'aikMwi.hiil.,lVhUa 'tbm 'crowd.
wm gatherlnt smalt section of seats
a th west laid of th ring fsil
throwing a few peraons , to' th
ground; ,Ko oh was serlbuely injur
ed. A few auatalned'bru'lae. i
fight by Romnda .
Round 1. Morlrs led off with a
hard . right ,wing for ths head but
missed. They clinched, Morris land
lefts to ths body. The referee broke
them and Morria drove a right and
left swing to the heed. Another
clinch followed and In coming out of
It the es-engineer swung another
right to the stomach and Isft to the
head. . Schreck swung wildly with his
left and mlsssd. Morris put a left
and a right to the face.
Round 3. Morris led with a left
to the head. Schreck missed a right
to ths hesd. Morris drove three
rights to Schreck's stomach, visibly
affecting the "Flying Dutchman."
Morris peppered Schreck's face with
rights snd lefts, ths Cincinnati man
being in distress,
Morris drovs'twe lefts to the head
and then
pounded Bchreck's stom-
WICKERS' ATTORNEYS
TDArajraioiTy
Claim That it is so Indefi
nite That Offenses Are
Not Defined
CHICAGO, March II. Attorneys
for ten Chlcsgo meat packers. Indict
ed on a charge of having violated the
Sherman anti-trust law, today Indi
cated thst thsy wpuld attack ths va
lidity of the law In a demurrer to the
indictment before United States Dis
trict Judgs Carpenter on April I.
The packers' counsel raise ths
points that ths set of congress with
the violation of Which the packers
sra charged, "does not create sny
crme a It does not define sny of
fense against ths United States with
sufficient certainty to Inform the de
fendants of the nature of ths of
fense," snd that the description of the
offense I not ons by which these
defendsnta are able to know In ad
venes whether the sets chargsd are
criminal, thsrefore Invalid.
The other seven points In the infor
mation ars confined to technical ob
jections to the Indictments them
selves. CRISIS APPROACHING
EL PASO, Tsa.. Mar. If. The re
lations between President Diss's mil
itary force in northern Mexico, and
th !nsurrctos tonight are declared
to be fast approaching a crisis. There
are no signs of cessation of hostil
ities. General Rabago and his Lie
federal troop are safely encamped
In Chihuahua city after a remarkable
four weeka march from Juares. Las
than thirty mile to ths srest Fran
cisco L Madero. Jr., th Insurgent
leader is gathering . hi ' forees and
building defense In preparation for
a move which he say "will more
than convince th world, that the In
surrectloa W not losing tadway." .
to SUep In th Sixth Round
J.
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ach with two more punches. ' They
mixed, exchanging right nd lefts.
They exchanged rights to head, Mor
rts sent a stiff right body punch
home. Schreck put an uppercut to
Monia chin, f Morria landed a bard
to r&e head as tjs round ndd.
I Round I.' Morria was at his man
quickly, sending home a left to the
hesd and short right to th law,
Schreck sent a right to th head and
received a similar blow In return,
Morris shot rlghu and toft to the
head and stomach, distressing his op
ponent greatly. Schreck drove light
right to th head n M err la put a
left te. the stomaeh. Morris, floor!
Schrenk with a left to tb Jaa. ,Mor
rt was ftkhtlng bis opponent th see.
tad b regained hla ft driving a
Hght to th stomach and a. left and
right to the head., Morris ssnt three
rights and a left to the head, Schreck
trying futllely to cover .up.. MorrU
put a right and a isft to th wind.
Schreck tapped Morris , on ths head
with a right Morris drov right
and lefts to Schreck' Jaw. Schreck
retaliated with a right, to . th Jaw,
Morris put Schreck down with a right
to th head. Schreck quickly regain.
ed hi feet only to go down agatg
from a body punch, Schreck waa og
nu Knses wnen ine rouna enaea.
Knocked Through th Ropes.
Round 4. Morris missed a left to
the head. He then landed a right
to th head and took a left te th
head In exchange. - Morris swung
his right to th wind and a moment
later put his right to Schreck' kld
nsys. Coming out of a cllnoh Mortis
put a left and a right to the head.
Sohreck sent a light left to th head
-fiowslnaal on page- eight)
ANOTHER INDIGTMENTIS
MADE AGAINST OFFICIAL
' i v-
Former President of Carne
gie Trust Company Plac
ed Under Bond
: NEW TORK, Mar. it Joseph B.
Relchmann, former president of ths
defunct Carnegie Truet company, wa
Indicted by the grand Jury lata today
charged with having knowingly con
curred in making a false statement
last fall as to the condition of, th
Institution, Relchmsnn returned from
Dayton. Ohio, only last Saturday, so
crippled with paralysis that it wa
difficult, even today, for him to ap
pear in court to plead to th Indict
ment. Although the charge against
him is only a mlsdemsanor, ball waa
fixed at 110,000. It was furnished by
a surety company.
The Indlctement today Is th second
against an official of . ths Carnegie
Trust company, William J, Cummins,
the directing bead and promoter,
having been indicted last wsek. Oth
er indictments are expected and more
than one hundred witnesses ar ret
to b examined.
COJfDITIOX OF JTATIOJfAI BANKS
WASHINGTON, March tl. The
condition of national, bank at the
close of business on -March -,7 ac
cording to a treasury announcement
today, shows Increases af $ Us. 000,
OOOIn loan and discounts; 171.000,
000 In cash and f 11.000,00 in de
posits, as compared with January T.
The bank are holding In their re
serves 114,000,000 more thsn tb law
require. ;"-
yiiNCHBtrno lost sasily
LTNCHBURO." Va., Mar. 2. Th
second team o fthe Philadelphia Na
tionals today ' defeated Lynchburg
(Virginia league) la an easy fashion,
tha aeor being 11 to-. .
DIAZ WILL RESIGN r
AND PEACE REIGfi:
Peace Proposals Have Been
Made and Acted Upon By
Mexican Administration '
T v
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i. ' ..!. !' '" ..L '1 ,.' '....fc
LIMANTOUR THE AGENT-- i
WHO ARRANGED TERMS
Resignation or Cabinet' Was f
First Step in Carrying Out
greement Made
tAN ANTONIO, Sw'm.
Eiplanatlon of recent government!
change at Mexico City,' ths raoatl of
lienor Umantour irm Part, th ar
rival of Francises J, Madsre, sr., gaV
hi son Gustavo,- asd th dapartur
f Mr, t la Barra from th embassy;
t Washington for hi aw po!tio
t th Mexican eapital were all - ,
plained today in - intervlsw r wlia
tancUwo I. Madero, sr., and Ousta t ,
vo Madero. " -i
Tentative ' pc proposals"' nata
been mad, and on th adminUtra '
lion - side hav been acted oa ' la
th ylw f Don Ynalsco peace 1'
assured: if not within ten day, theo:
t ths furtheet within a month. Prs-'
idsnt Diss, it t reported! in a mes-
ssg to th Mexican congress will in
sist " that ' peace be concluded. On
th vital ' point of why th wer o'
certain that the tentative arrange-
ment -would within a set tint result'
IS a aealed compaot of peace fathsr;
and son were silent. They anewered ,
cently freely very othsr question."
When th, leader Madero and Uman
tour met reeentjy the very mTting'
wa denied!, let alonea dlacusnion of
term for, possible peace. Today It
sra admitted that the interview ooa-,
srnsd peace alone. , , '
: r Limaatour Waa Arnt. ,4
Benor Umantour, th Mexican 0- j
hancier, familiar alike ih the
hours of Paris, with Wall r t snd 1
monled London. Vienna ' n. J
responded to ths ir- 1 ,1.1
mons t re me to tie I 1 . f t
from Paris enl
of -nig auperlnr. 1
Llmantour atresd to oii ,
ery concession possible from t e v
srnmsnt to the revolutionists to 1 ka '
possibl formal negotiations -. to
Peac. ,Th baslo suggestion Includ. ,
ed tb realgnatlon of the Diss oabl-,
net and the appointment of younger)
men te their posltlona The nxt I'
th resignation of Dlsa and ths hold
ing oil an election whera th suffrage
shall be unconstrained and free.
i; ;"' Mas Witt Itostga,- .
1 Diaa, , aooordlng to the program, ;
wilt remain In office with hi new I
and somewhat unaaUcfactory cabinet'
bout him, until the country, is at,
rest. Whsn factory wheels are again
turning and railroad' train punning
without- fear of wreak at dsstroyed'
bridges, th "Iron man" will step .
down and out it is believed. Uman
tour or Do la Barra will then become
acting presldsnt and within tlzty dy
will call an laettoa. ' 1 ' 1
' Pesplte vaslons in th Interviews,
whloh wer givsn .with svery cour '
tesy, between every tin It waa ap,
parent that th mobilisation of tha
Amsrtean froop bad playsd th ma
Jor part In bringing th two aids la '
Mexico together. An letlon. fen
(OwOassadJ an paga eight)
reiiE.ii:rsra
FOB IT.3 CJTKTKE
Old Order Found Ordering
Report on All BuUdings -
'' J ' H 'J
-Without Escapes ...
MANY SUBPOENAED :
..v. '. .,,,1 -. ,V,
NEW TORK, ' .' March - Th vt
grand Jury threw Into action today1
tha machinery for a full investigation,
of th Washington square fir of flat
urday, In which HI live were loot,
by subpoenaing twenty person.
witnesses to establish the blame, and v
th board of . aldermen - paved the
way for an ordinance making '(Ire
drills compulsory In factories: Among',
the' witnesses summonsd before the
grand jury ar Mas Blanokv on of
the proprietors of th Triangts Waist
Company, whose employes were tha , '
victim a, and Joseph Aech, owner of
the building. ' ,'.-:.
. Identification eliminated from the '
morgue ell but twenty bodies,
... An Bldermanlc committee was in
structed to draft a bill for presenta
tion to th legislature, placing. th In-
stallation and maintenance a firs es.
capes on all building solely- under .
tb Jurisdiction of th fir de rift
mnt. ,!'' .' V
' Incidentally the aldermen tv." 1 n ,
order to th Manhattan supr u
nt of buildings "to report a '
gerou conditions which may
virtu of inadequate legisit.
which may cause loss of lire 1 .
The order was issii-l hr'-twenty-sir
girls lost the' r 1
fir at Ntw' N. J.. on :
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