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UNDESIRABLE
CITIZENS NOW
Wholesale Arrests of Anar
chists CommecGed By Gov
ernment In N. Y. Cliy
PATERSON ALSO TAKES
T
Supposed Thot Men Deported Will
; He Sent to Towns in Russia and .
France Public Speakers to Be (
Arrested On Sight, Says Mayor
McBridge.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, April 3 A series of whole
sale .'arrests'-. of. anarchists have been
begun by the United States govern
ment, the first roundup taking plactJ
in New York.
' The men arrested here by secret ser
vice agents were taken to Ellis Island
for examination by Commissioner Mur
ray. Those who cannot prove their
right to be In this country will be de
ported. The sudden arrests came as a climax
to an Investigation the police and secret
service men have been making since
the explosion of a bomb In Union
square park Saturday. : : :
Every move of the authorities was
guarded with, the utmost secrecy, and
it was not until the dragnet was ottt
that .the plans of the government be
came known.
Great interest has been aroused over
the results which will follow any at
tempt by thltf government to deport
anarchists to other countries. The at
titude of the foreign countries to whom
these terrorists will be consigned is
awaited with great Interest. Govern
ment authorities refuse to discuss their
plans In this , respect, but It is said
several ports in Russia and one in
France are destined to receive the un
desirables. Mayor McBrlde, of Paterson, N. J., is
determined to drive out every anarchist
in that city.
Mayor McBrlde directed the chief, of
police to suppress the meeting of an
archists and arrest anyone who at
tempted to speak. Alexander Berk
man was billed as the principal
speaker.
The third assistant postmaster gen
eral recommended that an inquiry be
made of two members of the society,
Albert Gueblo and Ludwig Camanta.
If it Is found that Gueblo and Canata
have arrived in this country within
three years they will, In all probability,
be deported.
LAWYER KILLS WIFE
AND THEN SUICIDES
(By LeaBed Wire to The Times)
New London, Conn. April 3 With
out leaving a written line or any rea
son for his deed, William F. M. Rog
ers, a well-known attorney of this
city, shot and killed his wife and then
committed suicide by shooting. The
double tragedy occurred in the home
of the Rogers'. Mr. Rogers had re
quested Dr. H. B. Thompson and At
torney R. P. Freeman by telephone to
come to his home Immediately.
When they arrived,; a short " time
later, they found both husband and
wife dead. ' A revolver was lying be
sides Rogers. The indications are
that he shot his wife through the
head, killing her Instantly, after
which he lay aown in bed and fired
a bullet' into his brain.
Rogers went to the Spanish-American
war as adjutant of the third
Conn. Vols. . Afterward ha was Judge
of probate and city attorney In New
London. His life had been exem
plary. BRYAN WON'T ATTEND
NEW YORK BANQUET
( By Leased Wire to The Times) ...
Des Moines, la., April 8 William
J. Bryan announces he has withdrawn
his acceptance of the invitation of
the New. York Democratic National
club to attend a banquet April 13,
In view of the discussion which had
arisen as to whether the invitation
wis to make a speech or merely to
be present Mr, Bryan said he felt it
would be embarrassing, both to tbe
club and to himself, for him to be
present in either capacity and, there
fore, he wished that bis acceptance
e withdrawn. ,
LOVE BACK OF
THIS KILLING
Italian Dynamites a Boarding
Bouse In Effort to Destroy
Girl and Admirers
(By, Leased Wire to The Times)
Spokane, Wash., April 3. It cost
the Canadian, government just four
months' time and $8,000 to locate
Frank Ciddio, the Italian who dyna
mited a boardinghouse in Nelson,
British Columbia, killing a young i
girl and Wounding 10 others, It is
understood Ciddio was in love with
a young girl, who waited on table
in the house. He paid court to her,
but his love was not reciprocated.
When lie saw other men in company
with the maid of his choice, the Ital
ian became so angry that he began
to plot at once ' to destroy the girl
and all her admirers. The house
was dynamited and Ciddio was ac
cused. He could not be found when
officers went to arrest him.
Fighting Bob Bathes and Suns.
(By Leased Wire to 'me Times)
C.Paso Kobles, Hot Springs, Cal,
April 3 Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans, accompanied by his son,
Lieut. Frank T. Evans, Flag Lieuten
ant G. R. Train, and Past Assistant
Surgeon P. E. McDonald, arrived
yesterday. The admiral has submit
ted to several minor operations. He
began treatment yesterday, being
wheeled to the baths in a chair. He
has planned to take a bath and treat
ment every morning, spending the
rest of the day in the sun as much as
possible.
Man She Married is Cousin
of Our Famous Barry
Kendall Thaw
(By Leased Wire to The Times) :
New York, April 3. Trial of the
divorce action of Minnie B. Thaw
against Edward B. Thaw will be be
gun Monday in special term, part 3,
of the supreme court, according to
the announcement published yester
day. Mrs. Thaw is suing her hus
band, a cousin of Harry K. Thaw,
for absolute divorce.
In her complaint Mrs. Thaw al
leges that her husband behaved im
properly with another woman, who
is not named, at the . Arlon apart
ment house in upper Broadway. She
has already been allowed alimony
and counsel fees by the supreme
court, Mr. Thaw, who is associated
with the Electric Bank Protective
company, has filed an answer deny
ing his wife's allegations. He states
that the woman of whom she; com
plained was introduced into the
Thaw household as a nurse for Mrs.
Thaw, who, he alleged, was con
stantly under the influence of drugs.
Mrs. Thaw is a native of Virginia,
where the couple were married about
12 years ago. She is receiving, so
it was stated, about f 150 a month
from her husband for support. C.
A. Taussig Is counsel for Mr. Thaw
and Leventritt & Brennan for Mrs.
Thaw. r
COTTON-SEED FRAUD
DRIVEN FROM MAILS
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, April 3. The post
offlce department has issued a fraud
order against W. O. Johns, of Fort
Worth, Tex., who used the malls to
send circulars advertising a certain
so-called species Of cottonseed known
as "Alabama cotton wonder." , ,
Johns claimed this seed properly
Injected into the soil would produce
four bales of cotton to the acre. . He
also said the seed produced from;
this wonderful cotton could be sold'
at 130 a bushel, easily. To Introduce
the magic seed he offered a few,
bushels at the marked-down price
of f 20 per bushel.
MINNIE THAW
AFTER DIVORCE
HELEN GOULD;
CLOSES SCHOOL
And Her Borne for Crippled
Children AIsu Locks Its
Doors at Tarrytown
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, April 3.- The closing of
Woody Crest, a home for chlppled
children and sick babies, and the Lynd
hurst Club and Industrial School, two
of Miss Helen Gould's chief charities,
Is announced. These institutlonsare
at Tarrytown. near Miss Gould's coun
try seat, and for years they were sup
ported generously by her.
Miss Gould would not discuss her
reasons for discontinuing the school
and the home, owins to her rule of not
speaking for publication. However, it
was said that Woody Crest had been
rented for a private summer school and
that the Lyndhurst Clubhouse was for
rent. It is doubtful whether these in
stitutions will be re-opened.
Woody Crest was particularly u?e
ful. and poor children were accustom
ed to stay for weeks during the sum
mer amid the comforts provided by
Miss Gould. The Lyndhurst school,
which bears the name of the Gould
estate, was a school where boys and
girls learned useful trades and were
prepared under competent instructors
to start their careers.
His Bill Aims to put Gilt Cou
pons Cut of Business 1
: Absolutely "
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, P. C., April - 3.-f Hear
ings have begun before the house ways
and means committee on a bill Intro
duced by" Mr:' Tawney, of Minnesota,
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee, to impose an internal revenue
tax on every prize coupon given away
with tobacco, Cigars, cigarettes, or
snuff sold in packages in the United
States.1
The bill is aimed at the so-called to
bacco trust, and its purported design
Is. to remove the gift coupon as a
weapon to crush competition.''. John W,
Yerkes, former commissioner of inter
nal revenue, appeared before the com
mittee as attorney for the Independent
tobacco manufacturers and urged a fa
vorable report on the bill.
The hearings were continued today.
LABORTOHAVE
At Least, That's the Opinion of
John'Mitch'ell, Former Mine
Union President
(By Leased .Wire' to The Times)
Washington, April 3 "I do not
believe labor will have a candidate of
its own for president' said John
Mitchell, ex-presldent of the United
Mine Workers, today.
"It will take Its choice between
candidates offered by the other par
ties, throwing its strength to the can
didate most favorable to labor Inter
ests.".. ''
PENSIONS FOR AGED
;. IN AUSTRALIA
(By Cable to The Times)
Melbourne, April 3 According to
an official statement made in the
commonwealth house of representa
tives by Premier Deakln, the central
government will Institute a pension
system Boon by which old age may
be pensioned. . According to the
premier the financial proposal might
be Introduced in a short time and the
old age clause is only a portion of the
entire measure.
TAWNEY FIGHTS
TOBACCO TRUST
CANDIDATE
COLLIER SHOVEL
PROVES FATAL
William Haughey, Willi Wiiom
Publisher's Brother Quar
relled, Breathes His Last
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Bultimore, Md., April I!. Abraham
Collier, a brother of P. F. Collier, the
New York publisher, is under arrest
at Laurel Brook, Hartford county, on
the;-' charge of killing William Haughey.
The latter died at the Maryland Uni
versity hospital from a fracture of tho
skull caused by a blow from a shovel.
Haughey had been engaged fur some
time previous to the alleged assault in
the lumber camp of John Connor, on
Collier's farm. :
The assault upon Hauge'y by Collier
! was the culmination of troubles be-
: tween the latter and the-', -lumberman";
which had been smouldering some time
It is alleged that, during an interview
between Connor and Collier, Haughey
intervened, whereupon. Collier struck
him twice' with a shovel, the second
time felling him to the ground with
a blow of such.-violence, that be. .was
knocked unconscious.
Collier has been out on $r,O0 b.iil since
the affair occurred. lie was brought
to P.elair yesterday and committed to
jail. Collier is about sixty and has
a wife and three children.
n
Vice President's Candidate for
Governor Named By Conv
"VentioWBld Indiana
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Indianapolis, Ind.. April 3. The nom
ination of James E. Watson, sixth In
diana district congressman, for gover
nor by the. republicans is considered a
Fairbanks victory. What Is known as
the Fairbanks machine, which has con
trolled the party in Indiana twelve
years, was in absolute control.
As an affront to Gov. Hanly, the ma
chine forced the nomination of Fre
mont Godwlne. of Wliliamsport. for
lieutenant-governor. Gov. Hanly has
asserted that he will force the party
to remove Gorwine from the ticket.
Godwlne fought Insurance legislation
In the last legislature.
Gov. Hauly is expected to make pub
lic his stand against Godwlne at any
hour. The republicans declared for
county local .'-opt ion. This stand was
forced by the democrats declaring for
ward and township local option at their
convention.
TO GET ON JOB
Lackawanna Will Put 2,000
More Men at WorOext
Monday Morning
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Buffalo, N. Y.. April 3. The
Lackawanna Steel company will put
2,000 more men at work. Monday
morning. This will bring the com
pany's force up to about 4,500. Half
the new addition will be composed
of skilled steelmakers. The others
will be laborers.
This Is the first permanent re
opening of the mills since the shut
down last fall. '
TRIES TO GET BRIDE
BY BLACKHAND ART
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Paterson, N. J., April 3. Miss
Virginia Curtis is the recipient of a
blackhand letter in which the writer
states that if she refuses to become
his bride she will be blown to pieces
with a bomb. The missive has been
turned over to the police, and it is
said Miss Curtis has engaged a pri
vate detective.
ICEDANK
WINS
OUT ON
WATSON
STEELWORKS
STEEL TRUST
IN COAL STRIKE
Coal Boats to Be Held Up Until
Operators and the
Miners Agree
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Pittsburg, Pa., April 3. The an
nouncement that the United States
Steel Corporation will take a hand in
the strike of the soft coal miners has
added a new phase to the situation.
The corporation, together with other
large shipping interests, it is said, is
preparing to hold back the ore ship
ping opening on the lakes untd June 1.
if necessarv, Instead of opening Annl
15, as Intended.
This will, of course, hold back the
lake shipments of coal, also as the
boats carrying coal to the head of the
lakes are supposed to return from the
head of the lakes laden with ore. and
it is announced here bv the shippers of
coal that the boats will not start to car
ry coal to l he head of the lakes nnM
assured they will be tilled with ore for
the return trio.
The steel men here sav they, have
ore yards filled and that no new ore
will be needed until June 1.
The fact that coal will not be shipped
on the lakes for some time means that
the shippers can hold the coal they
have stored and thus prolong the strike
or lockout as long as thev see fit. The
operators of the Pittsburg district have
sent official notice to the railroads they
serve that the strike of coal miners
will be of at least three weeks dura
tion, possibly twice that long.
A telegram was sent President Thos.
Lewis, of the United Mine-Workers ot
I America, agreeing to confer with him
I in Indianapolis April 6 for the purpose
i nf (icrnitinp If nnssihle on n rate for
mining.
ALFRED'S VALET
FIRST WITNESS
Society Gossips Already Bave
Picked Out Second Wife for
Young Yanderbiit
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, April 3. The divorce suit
of Mrs. Alfred Gwvnno Vaiiderbilt, for
merly Elsie French, began In ciiri'ert
today before David MeClure as referee,
and from the outset it was plain that
both parties to the proceedings are de
termined to rush them to a. conclusion.
Air preliminaries were swiftly gotten
out of the wav and the taking of testi
mony begun. . While the suit is pro
gressing -'With utmost secrecy. It was
learned the first wit nous was Howard
Kempster. for veins personal valet to
Mr. A'andcrbl'.t.
Coincident with the Interest In the
sensational divorce proceedings, society
was busy with gossip over the possibil
ity of. a' second wife for, Mr. Yander
biit so soon as his present ..wife ge;s
her decree. In this connection th
name of Mrs. Kuiz. also known as Mrs.
Flores, who. until a few days ago. hvtd
In n luxurious suit of apartments at
5'.ifi Lexington avenue, was prominent
ly brought forward.
So grtat were the precautions taken
to preserve the strictest secrecy regard
ing tile teftlinonv at the hearing that
the nature of the valet, Kempster s ad
missions in the trial of the suit con
tinued a mystery, it Is known the valet
has attended his master upon vni ons
occasions, among which are Included
those on which Mrs. Vaiiderbilt Is said
to have based her demand for an ab
solute, divorce.
Mrs. Yanderbiit to Testify.
New York April 3. Mrs. Alfred O.
Vaiiderbilt iinivcd cecretly la New
York from Tuxedo today and waited
!ln seclusion this afternoon to be culled
I to take the witness stand against her
husband In her suit for divorce before
Judge Mod tiro in his office No. 22 Wil
liam street. Mrs. Vandcrbllt was ex-
! pected at the residence of her uncle,
Edward Tuck, ? cast ulst s,treet. Mr.
and Mrs, Tuck were out of town and
all Information as to whether Mrs.
Vaiiderbilt was there Was refused at
the house. :
The nature of the testimony Mrs.
Vaiiderbilt Is expected to give was not
disclosed by either her own or her hu.s
band's lawyer, but It was said by one
of her friends that sho probably would
name the. two women who are mention
ed In the papers In the suit,
Howard Kempster, for years the valet
of Cornelius Vandcrbllt, and after his
death, valet and confidential man for
his heir,' Alfred Gwynne, was one of
i the witnesses who preceded Mrs. Vaii
derbilt ofi the witness stand.
While he would not discuss tho na
(Continued on Second Page.)
FLAMES SWEEP
DISTILLERY IN
ILLINOIS CITY
Brick Building of Corning Com
panyrJ)amaged Three Quar
ters of a Million
SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE
DR!VEN OUT BYTHE FIRE
Feared at First That Wave of Flerv
Alcohol From "Hls-h Wine" Kef
tie Would Sweep Country for Mile
Around Danger Zone.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Peoria, ills., April ;!. Fire In
Corning. &, Company's disullerv,
near Peoria, today did $750,000
damage to the seven-story brick
building occupied by the dlstlllerv,
threatened a grain elevator holding
$150,000 worth of grain, imperilled
the lives of 500 cattle, and drove
6,000 people from their homes in
fear of a wave of fierv alcohol, which
threatened to sweep the country for
nearly a mile around if the flames
reached the ' high wine" kettles in
the basement of the burning struc
ture. Immediate; fear of the flames
drove 15 otaer families, whose
homes are near the distillery, Into
the open fields beyond the danger
zone. Hie fire started on the top
floor, of the six-story structure of
the di.jtill.erv. Its origin is unknown.
The city electrician of Peoria was
early on the scene and expressed
doubt that the blaze could be at-,
trlbutcd to cross wires. It was
freely, stated that incendiaries, out
of revenge for a fancied wrong done'
a "former employe, were the real
cause. No confirmation of this could
be obtained however. ."..'"
It. was early predicted that the
entire establishment would be a
total loss, involving over $900,000
In property.
'Tim plant of the distilling com
pany seems to be tll-lated. In June,
19i)ii, the 'plant, burned to the
ground, ihe ' high wine" kettles ex
ploded, and hundreds of homes in
the vicinity were burned by the
spreading sea of flames wnlch swept
the surrounding' country. Since that
Unit- the .building has been threat
ened with' destruction by fire many
times.
BURGLARS SMART AS
WELL AS DARING
(Bv Leased Wire to The Times)
Muskogee. Okla., April 3 After
wrecking tho sale in tho Hank of
Mounds, OUla., with Ave shots of
nltro-glvccrinc, three robbers es
caped with $5,4Mi in currency and
silver. Five shots were used to force
the sale door, the sale being wrecked
and the vault damaged.
The robbers were well prepared for
an at tack irom the citi;-.ens, and had
constructed a barricade of barb wire,
boxes and barrels In Iront of the
bank... Thev fired on several person
aroused bv the shots, driving them to
cover. Thev escaped to the. south.
The shvrilTs ol Muskogee, Wagoner,
and Okmulgee counties are. searching
lor the men.
President C. A. Hoilf-ton. of the
wrecked bunk, said the bank Is in
sured for $5.50(1, and will loso noth
ing.
MORE PARSONS LIKE
THIS ONE NEEDED
. ( Mv Leased Wire to The Times)
St. Louis, Ma., April 3 Rev. Rob
ert Cameron Alien, of Grove City, a
missionary of the Presbyterian Re
formed church, was the hero af a
Burlington railroad wreck at Spanish
like In which five persons were hurt.
While tho others stood helplessly by
the minister, with a pocketknifo, cut
off the foot of the ' --'shed lef of one
of the injured to release him where
he was pinioned in the wreckage
high in the air, prayed with him on
top of the heap of splintered timbers,
carried his 200 pounds of weight
from danger, and bound up the lac
erated leg.