FEARING MOBS WALL
STREET ASKS TROOPS
Reason for Petition to Con
gress Not Known—Bankers
Backing Move.
Washington, Sept. 22.—More than 250
New York financiers have petitioned
the war department to increase the
number of troops on Governors island
to protect Wall street and the finan- '
cial district from mob uprising or for
eign invasion. The movement for in
creased military protection is said to
have been started by Charles I*J. War
ren. of the Lincoln National bank of
New York. Scores of printed petitions
have poured in on the New York sena
tors and have been sent to the war
department.
Governors Island, in New York har
bor, Is only a short distance from the
financial district, and lias only a small
. detail of soldiers. The financiers peti
tioned that it was the course of wis
dom to have that force increased so
that the soldiers might respond to any
emergency likely to arise in New York
city, particularly the commercial sec
tion
SECRETARY BRYAN
WILL LECTURE IF
HE FEELS LIKE IT
Washington, Sept. 22.—Secretary
Bryan will conclude his chautauqua
lectures for the season tonight with
an address at Warrenton, Va.
Mr. Bryan today, commenting on
the termination of his engagements,
announced that he would continue to
lecture as long as he remained secre
tary of state whenever he felt there
was proper occasion and a desire to
do so.
Mr. Bryan issued this statement:
"This evening is the last of the
chautauqua lectures for this season.
The total income from chautauqua
lectures this year is a little over $7,
000. The net receipts, after taking out
the necessary expenses are something
over $6,600.
"Tlie number of whole week days
which have been used for the lectures
is. according to my recollection, seven.
The remainder of the lectures have
been delivered at places near enough
to this city to leave in the afternoon,
sometimes as late at 3:OS o'clock. I
would not assume that the public was
interested in these details were it not
the fact that the representatives of a
few newspapers have regarded it as a
matter of great Importance."
Will Continue Lectures.
When Mr. Bryan was asked if he
would lecture any more during his con
nection with the state department, he
replied:
"I expect to lecture whenever I deem
it desirable or necessary to do so and
have not in the least altered the plans
which were made at the time I as
sumed the duties of the office. The
criticism that has been directed against
my lecturing is no more bitter than the
criticism I have undergone at other
times and for other things during my
connection with politics.
"A part of this criticism is malic
ious. a part of it is partisan and a part
of it is based upon misinformation.
That which is malicious will answer
Itself, that which is partisan will be
accepted as such, that which is based
on misinformation will cease when
the critics are better informed.
‘‘No man should enter public life if
he objects to criticism and he cannot
stay in public life if he permits criti
cism to turn him from doing what he
thinks is right. He must decide his
duty fbr himself and is answerable to
the public for any mistake he makes.
1 regard lecturing as an entirely legit
imate field. I lectured before I was
nominated for tile presidency. I lec
tured between campaigns, I shall con
tinue to lecture and I shall not believe
that any person whose opinion is
worth having will think the less of me
because I do so. This closes the lec
ture subject for the present.”
SCHOOL BOY WINS
HIGH GOLF SCORE
Brookline, Mass., Sept. 22.—Francis
Ouimet, a school boy amateur, of
Brookline, won the highest golfing
honors in the country, if not in the
world, by defeating Harry Vardon and'
Edward Ray, the English professionals;
by five and six strokes respectively In
the playoff for the American open'
championship today.
The victory of the boy carried with
it a gold medal and the custody of the
championship cup by his home or
ganization, the Woodland Golf club,
of Newton.
No amateur in this country and only
one abroad, has ever gained suct^
golfing fame. There were few of the
15,000 persons viewing the play whq
felt at the start that the youth could
possibly vanquish such renowned vet
erans as the two former British cham
pions.
In order to win, Ouimet was obliged
to play the best golf of the week. When
he had accomplished the first 16 holes
In 65 strokes and made the 17th in
a wonderful three, Vardon, his closest
opponent, broke under the strain.
Ouimet did not get into the lead un
til the turn for the home hole. All
three made the half way mark in
even 38. But after that he never was
headed.
Enthusiastic followers carried the
victor on their shoulders to the club
house, where Secretary John Reid, jr.,
of the United States Golf association,
made the presentation speech. Var
don received $170 and Ray $100 for
second and third prizes. The final
score was:
Ouimet, 72; Vardon, 77; Ray, 78.
rASobNUbn S rEAMER
AGROUND; UNDAMAGED
New York, Sept. 22.—The passengei
steamship Colon, of the Panama Rail
road company's lines, hound for this
port from Cristobal canal zone, went
ashore on Shrewsbury Rocks, one mile
off Monmouth Beach, N. J., at 4 o’clock
this morning. She was pulled off the
rocks two hours later by a pilot boat,
tile tide having arisen. The Colon pro
ceeded for New York apparently un
damaged.
NO WORD FOR DIAZ.
Paris, Sept. 20.—General Felix Diaz,
candidate for the Mexican presidency
at the approaching elections had not,
up to a late hour this afternoon, re
ceived any word from Provisional
President Huerta concerning his return
to Mexico. He spent the day visiting
a number of 1’rlends here.
DESTROYER ’BOAT AFLOAT.
Washington. Slept. 20.—Rear Admiral
Badger, commander of the Atlantic
fleet, reported today that the destroy
er Terry, which went aground yester
day off Gardiner’s island, was alloat
and undamaged.
GARDNER IS CHOSEN
GRAND ARMY CHIEF
Michigan Man Named Com
j mander and Other Officers
Are Elected by G. A. R.
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Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept, 22.—Form
er United States Congressman Wash
ington Gardner, of Albion. Mich., was
elected commander-ln-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic _ut the
final business session of the 47th an
nual encampment. Other officers elect
ed bv the national organization were:
Thomas H. Seward. Guthrie. Okla.,
senior vice commander; William I>.
Rowe, Pittsfield. Mass.. Junior vic«
WASHINGTON GARDNER.
commander; J. L. Weaver, Morristown*
Pa., surgeon general, and Horace M.
Carr, Parsons, Kan., chaplain general.
Immediately after the election of of
ficers was completed the commander
in-chief announced the appointment of
Oscar A. James, Detroit. Mich., as ad
jutant general, and Col. D. K. Stowitz,
of Buffalo, N. Y., as quartermaster
general.
Commander-in-Chief Gardner waa
born in Morrow county, Ohio, in Feb
ruary. 1845. At the age of 16 he en
listed in Company D, Sixty-fifth Ohio
volunteer infantry. He served con
tinuously from 1861, under Buell in the
army of the Ohio, under Rosecrans in
the army of the < ’umberland, and un
der Thomas and Sherman in the cam
paign against Atlanta, until disabled
by gunshot wound during the battle
of Resaca. in May, 1864. For several
years after the war Commander Gard
ner attended college and later was a
professor in Albion college, Michigan.
He served for five years as secretary
of state for Michigan and for 12 years
represented the Third Michigan district
In congress.
Only delegates were admitted to any
of the official sessions of the encamp
ment, but it is understood that Com
mander Gardner’s nearest opponent
was Col. C. K. Adams, of Superior,
Neb.
The delegates tabled what was
termed the Torrance resolution intro
duced by Gen. Eli Torrance, of Minne
sota, providing federal aid for confed
erate soldiers’ homes on the ground
that the matter was for congressional
action.
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DANCES AND CARDS
TO LINE UP WOMAN
Precinct Hops Musicales
Etc. to Get Female Vote
in Chicago.
Chicago, Sect. 22.—The county demo
crats have begun to organize the wo
man vote and George I,. McConnell,
secretary of the county committee, is
working out a campaign of social-polit
ical activity. Democratic ward organ
izations have been strong on dances
in the past, but it is Mr. McConnell’s
idea that such events hereafter shall
be in charge of democratic women. lie
would have big ward dances at inter
vals, to be supplemented by precinct
card parties, precinct musicales, recep
tions and the like.
“'I here will bo dances every week
during a campaign. There will be two
or more big dances each year in each
ward for the democratic voters—men
and women,” said Secretary McConnell.
‘‘Then I would have euchre, whist or
other card parties, some of these for
women only. In the precinct grapha
phono parties and receptions can be
utilized to good advantage in getting
the voters interested and in introduc
ing the candidate.”
HUMAN LIFE MAY NOT
BE SPARED BY SUFFS
ew York. Sept. 22.—The immigra
tion authorities did not molest Miss
Joan Wickham when she arrived here
from T.lverpool to prepare the way for
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the British
militant suffraget leader. Mrs. Pank
hurst is expected October IS.
Miss Wickham went to the Women's
Suffrage headquarters to meet Mrs. O.
H. P. Belmont. She told reporters that
the methods used by militant suffra
eets in England were absolutely neces
sary in order to get some attention
from officials there. "We never at
tacked human life.” said Miss Wick
ham. “but if worst comes to worst
there is a strong likelihood that we will
do so.”
ALLEGED SMUGGLERS’
CHIEF IS ARRESTED
El Paso, Tex.. Sept. 22.—George Oiin
Pool, alias "Snake" Pool, was arrested
here today by Pnited States officials
charged with being a fugitive from
justice in California. Federal offirUviH
here say that. Pool is wanted in San
Francisco on a charge of conspiracy to
smuggle opium from Mexico. They say
an organized gang has been smug
gling ophnn and selling It all along the
Pacific coast as far north as Seattle
and Portland.
MADE MONEY IN PRISON.
Peterhead, Scotland, Sept. 20. -That
counterfeit bank notes so skillfully ex
ecuted as to d< eive local bankers and
Bhop keepers were made by convicts
In the Peterhead prison was a startling
discovery made by Sootland Yard de
tectives. In printing the bank notes
the convicts used paper in which ra
tions had been served them.
NAPTHA PRICE REDUCED.
New York, Sept. 20.—The Standard
Oil company, of New York, announced
a reduction of % cent per gallon on ail
grades of naphtha for export.
EXTENSION OF PARCEL
POST SYSTEM WILL BE
BACKED BY PRESIDENT
Washington, D. C„ Sept. 22.—Meas
ures that will pave the way for a big
extension in the functions of the post
office department will form an import
ant part of the democratic legislative
program for the regular session of con
gress next winter.
According to a member of the Iowa
delegation one of the measures will
call for tho raising of the parcel post
weight limit to 100 pounds, which will
enable the government to enter tho ex
press business and become a competi
tor with the private express companies
for the retail package traffic.
Another measure which is under con
sideration but as to which no dlflnite
conclusion has been reached will ask
for an investigation of plans for the
government to take over the telegraph
and telephone lines and operate them
as a part of postal service.
Representative Moon, of Tennessee,
chairman of the commission on post
offices today, told of the plan to hav*
weight limit on parcel pest package*
raised to 100 pounds, other extension*
being also contemplated. From othei
quarters it was learned that the bill
will be made part of the democratic
legislative program in the House.
Steps have already been taken to as
semble parcel post operation facts and
figures to show that the enlargement
of the parcel post into a real express
system is feasible and can be don*
without Impairing the postal service.
There Is more or less sentiment
among the Iowa delegation in favor of
the government operating the telegraph
and telephone as a part of the postal
system. Postmaster General Burleson
has soma Ideas on the subject, but h«
will not say whether or not he will rec
ommend such a step in his annual mos.
sage. Former Postmaster General
Hitchcock prepared a report favoring
the plan, but his report was withdrawn
at the direction of President Taft.
MURET'S REAL NAME
IS ARTHUR HEIBING
Priest’s Counterfeiting Pal Had
Trouble With Police in
Germany.
Hamburg. Germany. Sept. 22.—The
police here today Identified as Arthur
Heibing. the man now detained in New
York as "Dr. Ernest A. Muret,” and
under suspicion of being concerned
with the confessed murderer. Father
Johannes Schmidt, in his counterfeit
ing operations.
Heibing was born at Nakel. in the
province of Posen, in 1887. He resided
at Hamburg from 3 904 to 1909. posing
variously as a merchant and insurance
agjmt and physician. He lived in about
20 different lodgings here. Heibing
became a member of the Hamburg
Young Men’s Christian association un
der the name of Muret and was re
peatedly in trouble in the courts. He
disappeared from Hamburg at the end
of 3 909 and warrants for swindling
frauds are still out for him both in
Hamburg and Berlin.
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SCHMIDT PLANNED TO
KILL HOPELESSLY ILL
New York. Sept. 22.—All the death
certificates filed since the first of the
year, 18,000 in number, were examined
today to see if there be any forged by
"Father” Hans Schmidt to conceal the
murder of other persons besides Anna
Aumuller.
Schmidt has confessed that he pre
pared these blank certificates for the
purpose of accounting for the death of
persons hopelessly sick or crippled,
whom he meant to kill painlessly for
their own good. He denied, however,
that he had put his plan into effect or
that he had any victims besides the
girl, portions of whose body still lie
beneath the waters of the Hudson
river.
Revolvers found in the quarters of
Schmidt and of Ernest Muret. his
dentist friend, gave the detectives to
day additional reasons to believe the
association between them was closer
than they have admitted. The wea
pons are alike in nearly every detail
and made at the same factory in Ger
many. The ammunition with which
they were loaded is the same make.
Muret says he bought his pistol eight
years ago-in Germany. The police be
lieve that Schmidt got his revolver at
the same place and at about the same
time. _
SCORE INJURED WHEN
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK
Rock Island Passenger Wrecked
in Kansas—Defective
Rail to Blame.
Manhattan. Kan., Sept. 22.—Twenty
passengers were injured, one probably
fatally, when passenger train No. 4 on
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad, easbound from Denver and
Colorado Springs to St. Louis, was de
railed on a curve a mile west of here
this morning.
Eight coaches left the rails, one of
them, the steel baggage and smoking
car combined rolled down a 20-foot
embankment, turning over three times
and landing upside down. The smok
ing compartment was full of passen
gers, most of whom were injured, but
none seriously, except J. P. Baldy, of
Herington, Kan., who was crushed by
a falling trunk. He probably will die.
J. O. Thompson, conductor, was also
3eriously injured.
The smoking compartment was in
undated and the passengers bespat
tered by a flood of cream from a con
signment in the baggage compartment.
REMARKABLE FEAT OF
SUBMARINE GUNNERY
Torpedoes, Fired Under Water
at Full Speed, Hit Moving
Target at 3,000 Yards.
Newport. R. I.. Sept. 22.—Two cen
ter hits made with Whitehead torpe
does art 8,000 yards while running 12
feet under the surfaee of the sea, is
tl»e remarkable record reported by the
United States submarine "E-l” on Its
return from target practice in Gard
iners bay.
During Wednesday’s practice the
"E-l," under command of Lieut. Louis
D. Oasey, while running submerged at
full speed, discharged both of her 18
lnoh torpedoes at a 10-foot moving
target. Both of the hits were bull’s
eyes.
HUGE THEFT ALLEGED.
Hamburg. Germany, Sept. 20.—Two
directors of the Hanseatic bank. Vim
Olausbrueh and Buetts, were arrested
here charged with misappropriation of
funds. The bank’s total loss, it was
acnouncod, will reach $775,000. The in
stitution temporarily closed its doors
on September U5.
TO ACT AS MEDIATOR.
Washington. Sept. 20.—Secretary
Wilson today dispatched iOthelbert
Stewart, chief clerk of the bureau of
labor, to Denver. Colo., to act as me
diator In the Impending coai miners’
strike.
SULZER DENIES HE
RECOGNIZES GLYNN
Transfer of Criminal Business
Has No Such Meaning
Counsel Asserts.
Albany, N. V., Sept. 22. ■ Governoi
Sulzer denied today that he had recog
nized the right of lieutenant Governor
Glynn to perform the duties of acting
governor.
Governor Sulzer’s action yesterday In
transferring certain criminal business
to the attention of Mr. Glynn said his
counsel, had no bearing on the ques
tion of Sulzer's present status.
“Governor Sulzer," said Valentins
Taylor, his personal counsel, "continues
to maintain the position which has
been argued by his attorneys befors
the court for the trial of impeachment,
that the impeachment proceedings
against him are null, void and of no
effect and that he is the governor oi
the state and that he is now entitled
to exercise all of the functions of tin
office to which he was elected.”
Glynn will make no attempt to movi
into the governor's quarters.
Governor Sulzer is maintaining ab
solute silence. Reports that he has
gone into "seclusion” are somewhat
exaggerated, for he frequently appears
on the streets in his automobile, bul
he refuses to talk for publication.
BANANAS BACK ON
TARIFF FREE LIST
Washington, Sept. 22.—The tariff
conference committe today voted to
leave bananas on the free list. Aftei
a long controvesy in which the influ
ence of President Wilson was thrown
in favor of the continued free impor
tation of the fruit, the Senate con
ferees receded from their amendment,
which would have imposed a duty of
1-10 of 1 cent per pound.
The Senate conferees also gave way
as to the duty on lemons, limes, grape
fruit and similar fruits, leaving tin
rates as fixed by the House, based or.
the measurements of packages. Tin
Senate had fixed a flat rate of 1-2 of 1
cent per pound. The House ratet
agreement to are a slight reduction
over existing rates.
Two other important decisions defin
itely removed the proposed counter
vailing duty against wood pulp and Im
posed a countervailing duty against
potatoes when Imported from countriei
imposing duties on like imports fron
the United States. The Senate ha<
struck opt the wood pulp countervail
ing duty imposed by the House and
the conferees today ratified that ac
tion. The 10 per cent countervailing
duty on potatoes, adopted by the con
ferees also was a Senate amendment
A compromise at about 1% cents •
pound was reached on Cante currants
on which Greek Importers had made a
hard fight. The House provisions put
ting press cloths used in cotton seed
oil mills on the free list was accepted
Washington, Sept. 20.—A critical
study of the Underwood-Simmons tar
iff bill, to determine whether it will
produce enough revenue for govern
mental needs, was still under way to
day, when the tariff conference com
mittee resumed work. Reductions bj
the Senate have, in many instances
been opposed by the House conference
on the ground that they would cut th«
revenues beyond the margin of safety.
Chairman Simmons, of the Sonata
conferees, has announced that the bU|
would amply meet the revenue needh
of the nation. Some of the more im
portant disputes, however, are on arti
cles which members fear a reduction
of rates will mean too much loss oi
revenue.
PARCEL POST LOPS OFF
REVENUES ON EXPRESS
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 22.—Tes
tifying before the state railroad com
mission, which continued today Us in
quiry into the relations between th«
Southern Pacific railroad and the Wells
Fargo Express company, Vice Presi
dent and General Manager Christian
sen, of the latter, declared that parcel
post competition has caused the com
pany to lose 31.7 per cent of small
packages since the first of the year,
■vhen the government service was es
tablished. In the same period. In
said, the company’s revenue had been
reduced 33 per cent and this percent
age, he affirmed, held good for all oth
er express companies.
"We aro confronted," he asserted,
“with the proposition of Increased ex
penses, decreased business and de
creased revenues. The competition de
mands Increased service and while
we have increased the service, currenl
profits have shrunk since as far bach
as 1910."
Attorney C. W. Durbrow, of the
Southern Pacific, gave the commis
sion today the story of the corporate
relationship between the railroad and
the express company.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
FOR TREATING POISON
Baltimore, Md„ Sept. 20.—By means
of an appliance devised by Prof. W.
W. Abel, head of the department ol
pharmacology, of the Johns Hopkins
university, it has been made possible,
it is declared today, to determine
whether persons thought to be suf
fering from the effect* of poisons are
really under the Influence of drugs and
to he able to discover almost imme
diately the poison they have taken.
SKIRT HANDICAP TOO
MUCH FOR FLEET COP
Disguised Sleuths Lose Race
With Purse Snatcher—Ta
ken for Burglars.
Kansas City, Sept. 22.—Two po
licemen who went forth in the early
house this morning disguised as women
in 19H model skirts, hoping to capture
negro purse snatchers, •'working" In
the downtown districts, met their
downfall when it came to a footrace
with one of the thieves.
Edgar Wilson and L. C. Morley.
among the smallest men "on the force,”
garbed in modish feminine apparel
from small velvet hat with rakish
aigrette to satin shoes and silk hose,
took their stand at a transfer corner
and gigled as effeminately as they
could, ostensibly waiting for a cor.
Luck was with them at the start. A
negro slouching down the street seized
Wilson’s near-silver mess purse, con
taining valueless keys and washers
and dashed up an alley.
The dainty Wilson called halt in
basso and drew a revolver. The negro
wus oblivious. Wilson and Morley gave
chase. They had reckoned without the
sprinting limitations of thsir garbs and
after frequent tumbles on the alley
cobblestones, abandoned the pursuit.
Three bullets Wilson sent after the
negro went wild.
They stopped In a rooming house,
hoping to get Into man’s clothing and
the proprietor believing them burglars
locked them in a room until a police
sergeant came and unraveled the tan
gle. _
WHALE HITS LINER;
BUTTS OUT BRAINS
| ,
Big Fish Supposed to Be
Dead- Vessel Damaged
By Crash.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 22.—A collision
with a whale caused such serious dam
age to the Danish steamer Vladmir
Reitz, that the vessel was forced to put
in bore for repairs.
The accident occurred Monday after
noon about 250 miles east of St. Johns.
The crew of the steamer saw the whale
approaching at terrific speed, but could
not alter the ship’s course in time to
preyent the impact. The whale struck
the steamer headon. knocking a four
foot hole In the bow. The accident is
believed to have killed the whale,
which sank immediately, its blood dis
coloring the water over a large area.
The steamer left Oampbellton, N. R,,
September 11, for Plymouth Eng., with
lumber. She will discharge her cargo
to permit repairs to be made.
PLANS FIGHT FOR
SULLIVAN ESTATE
New York, Sept. 22.—At3a V.
Sullivan, long known as the adopt
ed daughter of “Big Tim’’ Sulli
van and who insists that she is his
daughter by a still closer tie, means to
apply to the courts for the enforcement
of her claim to a share in his estate.
This estate, it was said yesterday, is
likely to prove of greater value than
*2.000,000.
W. B. Ellison, a member of the com
mittee which had charge of Sullivan
during the last 10 months of his life,
said last night that for several years
“the big fellow” had had an annual in
come of *300,000.
Erastus J. Parsons, of Dowsey &
Parsons, No. 43 Cedar street, Miss Sul
livan's attorneys, told a reporter that
no determination had been reached as
to the precise action she would take.
"Miss Sullivan has no money,” he
said, “and that has handicapped us In
establishing her identity. She was tak
en by the Sullivans 18 years ago from
the Now York Foundling asylum, but
there is no record we know of that she
was ever formally adopted. She had
been in the asylum foT only a few days,
however, and It may well be that there
was no need for adoption.
"At any rate, Miss Sullivan has other
claims upon the estate. From the time
she was two years old until Mrs. Sulli
van died, a year ago, she was cared for
by Big Tim.’ He made promise ofter
promise to her that she would be taken
care of always; the last time being
when Mrs. Sullivan's Illness broiyiht
her husband to her side after their
long separation."
FEDERATED CLUBS TO
IGNORE MRS. PANKHURST
Niagara Falls, Ont., Sept. 22.—The
Federation of Women's clubs of Am
erica will give no official recognition
to Mrs. Pankhurat, the militant suf
raget, when she arrives in the United
States. This assertion was made today
by Mrs. C. H. McMahon, of the execu
tive board of the federation, which is
now in session here. She is a voter in
the state of Utah.
"We don’t believe in militant
methods to gain the ballot,” sakl Mrs.
McMahon, “but we do believe In poli
tical equality and we sincerely hope
the day will come when all women in
the United States will have the privi
lege of the ballot on an equal footing
with the men."
WHITE WOMAN LEAVES
TO MARRY AN ESKIMO
Copenhagen, Sept. 22.—By departing
for Upernvik, Greenland, to wed aq
Eskimo named Cemnity, Miss Ellen
Groth, a pretty Danish girl, will set a
precendent by being the first known
white woman to wed an Eskimo. On
the other hand several white men have
married Eskimo women, and Just re
cently the Arctic explorer, Dr. Freu
chen, took an Eskimo woman to wife.
The Eskimo women are said to be very
pretty.
On leaving for Greenland Miss Groth
was given an enthusiastic farewell by
her friends and on board ship her arms
were filled with flowerss. The Eskimo
bridegroom is a local missionary.
NEW NAVY DIRIGIBLE
IS SPEEDY AS TRAIN
Berlin, Sept. 20.—The new naval
dirigible arrived here today, having
made her first trip from Friedrtch
shafen In 11 hours at an average speed
of SO miles an hour against a 16-mile
wind.
The dirigible is a sister ship of the
one which was destroyed In a gale off
Helgoland on September 9, when 14
men lost their lives.
HUERTA WILL BACK
YOUNG FELIX DIAZ
IN NEXT ELECTION
Go-Conspirator in Madero’i
Overthrow to Be Admini
stration Candidate.
UNCLE SAM TO HOLD OFF
There Would Be No Rush to Recognize
Him If He Were Elected Presi
dent, Because of Past
Record.
Washington. Sept. 20.—New that
Cen. Felix Diaz, nephew of Porflrlo
Diaz has been recalled to Mexico to be
come the candidate of the Iluerta fac
tion In tho coming presidential elec
tion, much Interest here In government
circles.
The general feeling was that the re
.urn of Diaz meant a compliance with
President Wilson's principal demand,
that General Huerta should not be a
candidate. So far as auguring an era
of poare, however, the outlook was
described as discouraging. While the
American government is on record
with a promise to-extend recognition to
the government set up by a legal and
free election, It Is said, to be practical
ly certain that the United States would
not hasten to recognize Diaz If he were
elected,but would wait In accordance
with tho precedents of President Hayes’
administration to determine what the
resulting government was strong
enough to maintain peace and guaran
tee International obligations.
The policy of strict neutrality with
respect to tho exportation of arms and
munitions of war from this country,
however, will be continued until recog
nition is actually extended.
That the constitutionalist faction re
gards Diaz as being jointly responsible
with Huerta for Madero’s downfall, It
Is thought here will mean a sharpening
of the contest between the warring
fuctions.
Just what course the United States
*111 pursue in scrutinizing the coming
election has not been definitely de
cided. The claims of the Huerta gov
ernment that while It does not con
trol all the states of the north, It does
directly have jurisdiction over the dis
tricts containing the great bulk of the
Mexican population, has hampered
American officials in predicting what
their attitude might be.
Certain It Is, however, officials say,
that If the election Is conducted under
military auspices and with large gar
risons at the polls, the American gov
ernment Is not likely to construe the
result as having been accomplished by
a fair and free election.
The attitude of tho United States for
the next few weeks Is likely to be that
of an Interested spectator, with John
Lind being retained at Vera Cruz, how
ever to show the world generally that
tho United States stand ready to as
sist in the situation by pacific means
If Its friendly offices are desired.
ShtKING HtVtNGt
FATHER BLOWS UP
HOME AND FAMILY
Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 20.—In a fit
of Insanity Mack Hurst, 50 years old, a
stone mason, blew up his home with
dynamite early today, killing himself
and one daughter, fatally wounding
two other daughters and demolishing
the house.
The dead:
MACK HURST, 50 years old.
MAUD HURST, 16 years old.
Fatally hurt:
Fannie Hurst. 13 years old, one leg
blown oft, body mangled and almost
unrecognizable.
Elizabeth Hurst, 6 years old, body
mangled.
Mrs. Rena Hurst, aged 49, stunned.
He Sought Revenge.
Hurst has been separated from his
wife for six weeks and yesterday she
refused to take him back. It Is be
Uved that he then Insanely determined
to kill himself, his wife and eight chil
dren.
That the mother and daughter had
changed beds for the night cost the
daughter her life. Hurst, after putting
a stick of dynamite under each of the
three beds In the house, tied two
sticks to his own body and crawled
Into the bed he supposed was his
wife's, but In which the three daugh
ters, Maude, Fannie and Elizabeth,
were sleeping.
Fannie spoke to her father. "Day
still.” Hurst replied. “We will all die
together."
Before the girl could move the ex
plosion rent the house and aroused the
entire city. The two injured girl3 were
lent to the hospital. Four sticks of
dynamite, unexploded, were found in
the ruins and the fact that only one
stick, and that attached to Hurst's
body, exploded, accounted for the
escape of the other members of the
family.
Police and firemen hastened to the
scene and at once began a search of
the ruins. The bodies of Hurst and
his dead daughter were found in a
mass of debris at the rear of the home.
The other two daughters were In an
other part of the ruins. Both were un
ponscious.
Hurst, who was out of work, had
been acting strangely of late.
NEW TURKO-BULGARIAN
FRONTIER LINE FIXED
Constantinople. Sept. 20.—The proto
col of the treaty defining the Turko
Rulgarian frontier, which was signed
today, provides that the new frontier
line shall be from the Black' Sea at
the mouth of the river Pasova, immed
iately north of the town of San Stefano
(25 miles above Midia). The line joins
the old frontier near Devletly Agatch
and follows the old frontier as far as
Soudjak. It then passes two kilomet
ers to the south of Mustaph Pasha and
two kilometers to the east of Orlakoi,
joining the Maritz river at Mandra. It
follows the course of the river as far
as the delta, where the frontier is
formed by the right branch of the
river.
SHANNON INDICTED
FOR SHOOTING GIRL
Des Moines, la.. Sept. 19.—Henry
Shannon, aged 18. a resident of Run
nells, was indicted today for the at
tempt to kill Ethel Ale11, his pretty
sweetheart, because she would not mar
ry him. Henri' and Ethel were buggy
riding when Heriy proposed. When
she refused he polled out a little re
volver and shot the girl. Her corset
staves deflected the bullet and saved
her life.
