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ituUtiou yesterday [6,300 L Adverti.cr-Journal Grow T H E A D V E R T I S E R - J O U R N A L T H E S E C O N D O L D E S T D A IL Y N E W S P A P E R W E S T O F T H E H U D S O N R IV E R THE W E A T H E R . Snow' today; fair tonight ami Friday, w in n e r Friday; moderate northeasterly winds* , founded IS.20' c , . ■“ founded 1S44 AUBURN. N. Y. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS jgners Gathered in Neutral Zone (here They Are Protected by Guns jf American Warships While Mex icans Fight For Possession of City Ifon, Dec 11 — OfTicml reports | Admiral Fletcher to the Navy it today said tho Constitution- i making progress in their nl- l mj)ico nnd tlm t Amcricrins nml Iforeipners lia d been removed al zone for protection under (cm guns. T h u s far no for- jro been injured. Latches say tlio uon-conilia- [been centered n t a point near Iront where they aro under lion of tho guns of tlie scout «ter and tlio gunboats Wheel- [coma. Tho battleships Rhode 3 Iichign.li are further out. ng hub been going on sincc knil from the harbor the Am- |l officers liavo observed tlmt the C o n s titutionalists seem I better position nnd are mnk- A request t)f the Consti- neral th a t Americans Ieavo Ipon a t once. Som e Americana were tak e n aboard sliipa h ‘\’ere ta k e n to a neutral 1 st outside o f the loiui and kterfront. Irican ofliccrs in their report kt foreigners j/robably will be I neutral zone, b u t if not will hoard thc A m e rican war vcs ils Prepare Hold Qjinaga | Texas, Dcc. 11 — Thc taking [refugees across tbc river into States territory and tho defenses in anticipation of pack a t O jin a g a today pro- r’oly in thc Mexican village sidio, where the bulk of in thc no r th lmve con- |next m o v e w ill hc forced by i conceded, for General Mer- bander of thc fcdorals, lias kiting position, meantime re- I his troop3, while thc rebel 8 * Gcnerai Herrera arc ap* he city as rapidly as pos- i the rebel's plan to prccipi- i w ith o u t allow ing a delay • be o f imm ense advantage irals in th e ir efforts to rest eir exhausted soldiers. Time also means a more elii'borate system of barricades and forts for the fedentU \Wagon loads of provisions are being brought from Marfa, Texas, the nearest railw a y station to tlie border L u is Terrazas, who owns millions of acre* of Mexican land and one of thc richest men in the republic, crowed the river w ith his family and went .to Mar- ■fa. lie practically liad been held a iprisoncr nit Chihuahua and it was not until the whole federal garrison aecom- ip.mied him tliat he was able to leave tho country where his life had beoji threatened by thc rebels. I t ia *aid that Terrazas’ ca:btle served to fee<l both federate and rebels in this and the .Madcno revolutions. Senor Tcrrax<i 3 was met by a dele gation from Oklahoma C ity, Okla., whcro he was invited to make his fu ture home. CLAIM REBELS RETIRED AFTER FRUITLESS ATTACK Mexico City, Dec. 11— Thc federal W a r D e p artm e n t claims today to have re ceived inform ation that thc rebels re tired out of range of the federal guns at Tampico after making several fruitless attem p ts to take part of the city, but believes th a t the rebel attacks w ill be re sumed today. Thc federal capital, how- ever, is w ithout any accurate inform a tion as to thc events occurring a t T a m pico as means of comm u nication arc lacking, Thc fire of thc rebel attacking forcc did little damage to Tampico i t is stated a t thc W a r Department, wheTe it is ad m itted th a t several shells exploded w ith in thc city and its suburbs. Thc rebels before Tampico are esti mated by officials to number from 0,000 to S,000 men They arc said to be thc same rebels who took thc city of Vic toria recently and they arc armed with thc artillery taken from tho federal troops. Taking Refugees Aboard. H a m b u rg, Dec. 11.— ■aptain C R n n tzan of the Hamburg-Amcrican liner Kron- prinzessin Cccilic cablcd to thc head of fice of tlio company here today th a t his vessel was taking refugees on board at Tampico, Mexico, where fighting between thc rebels and thc fcderals began yes terday. EPT BUSY TRYING BIND TH IS ROMANCE proposal and Note of Accept i n g Foreign Jaunts, ncisco, Dcc. 1 1 —J ferry T. jfril engineer, is on his way |KasM to d a y to daim a bride br of acceptance was written > ago and. was 1 only received bour before departure of a fee east yesterday, wa ago P lu n k e tt meb Miss a t Topeka and fell in er. Soon afterw a rd thc young for a tour of thc world. ^J'cd ask in g Miss Forrcsti to > P lu n k e tt finally proposed by [afterw a rd w e n t to the Orient Inspected o il properties in l*Manohuria. I e Mis*? Forrcstti continued The lette r of proposal fol- one country to another • reach her u n t il she returned *n she finally received the fenvelopc h a d been addressed IdifTercnt languages. >tt replied, accepting. This the Pacific six times, and jrous trip* u p and down the Phuvkett arrived here Ifnd received Miss Forrcstt ’3 vclope of which was almost n o t a tio n s in Chinese, Jap* an aud other languages, had a n hour to catch a fast • Before starting, how- tegraphed the young woman on hia way* Maritime. Dec. 11.—Steamer Maure- ^POoI, dork a t Now York 9 INSURANCE PRESIDENTS DISCUSSING PROBLEMS COKXfU-OHTMARCKA'lb BflSXOf? GOVERNOR^ELECT DAVID I. W A L S H OF MASSACHUSETTS- (Governor W alsh, a new power that has sprung up from central M assachu setts, will dual with a. host of State problem s when ho assumes tlio governor ship of the Hay State. Thu merit im p o r ta n t o£ theso iu national interest is thc complex situation that has arisen out o f the Xcrw York, New Haven and H a rt* ford nnd the Boston Railroad affairs a n d t'he dealing w ith the network of tro l ley systems th a t cover tlie state. W a lsh is a sclf-'inndo man, with a com fort able lonv practice, who ■won his offlco uh a m a n af thc hour in a politically com plicated situation. He is 42 years old. SETTLE mm bills Glynn Asks Legislature For a Special Appropriation BILL DRAFTING COMMISSION Governor Announces List of Im p o r tant Concessions i n Compensation Bill in Deference to Employers— Rounding u p Assemblymen. WOMEN LAUNCH BIG CRUSADE AGAINST TRANSPARENT APPAREL Seek Means to Check Increase in M o rt gages on Life Insurance. X e w York, Dec. 11.— C o n fronting the fact th a t life insurance policies are now m ortgaged by policyholders for five hundred and fifty million dollars, the Seventh A n n u a l Convention of the A s sociation of Life Insurance Presidents is in session here today considering ways and means to discouragc thi3 growing habit of the Am e rican public. More than 73 per cent, of tho twenty billion dollars of old lino life insurance in force is represented by the company executives present from a ll over the country. Tho convention, which opened this morning, will last two days. In ad dition to the policy loan practice vari ous other subjects arc being considered under thc general theme of “Response of L ife Jnsuronco to Present-Day Economic Xccds,’’ including group insur ance for aggregation of employes, disa b ility benefits for those perm a n e n tly dis abled and unable to pay further pre miums,- monthly installm e n t insuiance for inexperienced beneficiaries nnd busi ness insurance. Am erican temperament and extrava gance wcro arraigned a t tho convention as being responsible for the vast in crease in mortgages on life insurance. Favors Group Insurance. Widespread adoption of group insur ance would m a terially reduce thc n u m ber of women and children annually forced into poverty, in the opinion of \V. A . Day, president of the Equitable L ife Assurance Society of X e w York, describing this latest form o f Indem n ity as a phase of the economic and soeiil tendencies of tho day for ju s t relations fictwccn employer and employed. Cleveland, Ohio. Dec. 11—Cleveland and Cuyahoga County women club mem bers are today being enlisted in a war against present day modes of feminine wearing apparel Thc movement follows nn alt-ack on prevailing styles made last night a t a convention of the County \\}. C. T U., when resolutions were adopted which recited tliat “whereas m a n y women arc given to immodesty as expressed in wearing apparel, and, whereas this body believes such a prac tice tends towards the dcmoralimtion of society, the destruction of homes and the extension of white slave traffic, thcrcforo be it resolved that we con demn all transparent wearing a]>parel or any other kind which unduly exposes the form or figure of women and take a stand for simplicity and modesty, which are expressions ot character in dress.” Tho Federation of Women’s Chri>s and the Cleveland Mothers Congress are contem p lating joining Uio movement. The club women plan to reform the gar m e n t makers Uicmsolvcs if possible. IV. C. T. U. organizations in other cities will be enlisted in the und e r tak ing, which, i t iB hoped, to nuuke co u n try wide. “There seems to ho no individuality nm o ng women now,” said Mrs. Kin ily W a r n e r , one of the leaders. ‘'They wear w h a t men tell them to wear because the designers are nearly all men.” 39 ARRESTS III SUM IB M Guerilla Warfare Around Mines Stopped— Deputy Sheriff Shot Calum e t, Mich., Dcc. 11 -Guerilla w a r fare which rnged in the south range district of the copper minors' strike zone was ended today when a force of deputy sheriffs invaded several towns anil made 30 arrests. Thc only person injured was T im o thy Driscoll, a deputy sheriff, who was shot nnd seriously wounded when hc and othcr ollicers attempted to force an entrance into a union lmll. Thc trouble this morning centered around the hall of the Western Federa tion of Miners in the town of South ltange. Here Driscoll wns shot and several of thc arrests were made. H e n r y K a s k i, a striker, was specifically charged w ith wounding the ofliccr and lie is said to havo im p licated two other members of the union. STATE Grand Jury Getting New Light on Far Reaching Graft Clarke, Organist and Author, Dead Reading, Mass., Dec. 11 -'W illiam H . Olarke, organist, organ builder nnd a u thor, died today. He was lwrn in 1S40. From 1830 to 1902 hc served ns organist in Boston, Indianapolis, Toronto and Rochester, N. Y . Hc was the author of m a n y books on organ playing and organ 'building. !Mr. Clarke was the father oi H e rbert L. Clarke, cornetist, and Ernest T. C larke, tho trombone soloist. Another son. E d w in A . Clarke, is manager of a largo concert band. Geraghty Barred From Board. \Woburn Mass-, Dec. 11 —OJccauso he lms lived hero only six months, “Ja c k ” G e r a g h ty who was married to Ju l i a French of Newport, after an elopement a few yea-re ago, cannot serve as alder m a n . Geraghty was elected last Tucs- 4 a y b u t city officials have discovered a clause in the city charter lim i t i n g ■membership on the Board of Alderm e n to persons who have resided hero for more than a j c a r . X e w York, Dcc. 11.—Thc G r a n d Ju r y ! ‘ ’ or * expected to hear this afternoon witnesses who would supplement the les-timony given yesterday by Dudley h . V a n W irt o f Hudson Falla, as to thc m a n n e r in which lie Bays he was held up for $4,300 in campaign contributions to the Dem o cratic State Committee in connection w ith contracts hc had with tlie State H ighw a y Commission and tho Canal Board. TO ie story hc unfolded yesterday threw new light, it was understood, on the a l leged system employed to extort money from state contractors and indicated thc existence of. a conspiracy am o n g high officials in state departments. The jury is anxiouB to determine -whether a (method of reim b u rsing con tractors for their contributions by allow in g them extra profit from th e ir con tracts was in vogue, the state o f New Y o r k thereby really paying the contribu tions. Thc avenues of investigation opened •by V a n W irt had broadened th c grand jurors* vision into the graft situ a tio n to such an extent, it was said, th a t they probably could not complete to d a y the exam ination of all the witnesses they desired to hear. John B . M u rphy who testified before the Jo h n Doo inquiry that he h a d split commissions on road m a terial contracts w ith Jam e s E. GafTney and the late Jos eph D. Carroll, associates of Charles F. M u rphy, the Tammany leader, is under subpoena to appear next Tuesday. John A. Henncsay has promised D istric t A t torney W h itm a n to produce witnesses who will supplement M urphy's story in the case of 10 other contractors. Albany, N. Y ., Dee. 11.—Special m e s sages requesting appropriations of 91,- 137,1>S1 were sent to thc Legislature t.)- day by Governor G lynn This am o u n t does not cover appropriations to pay tlie additional cost o f thc Sulzer impeach ment trial nor fo r the maintenance of u new hill d r a f t in g commission. T iu y will follow Thc moneys n s k e d today arc for the following purposes: Deficiencies in ex ecutive departm e n t, $31,783; state de partment deficiencies, $ti' 22 ‘ , 001 ; gener al appropriation -bills, $1130,000, and for putting tho W o r k m e n ’s Compensation Hill into force, $150,000. Fifty thou sand is for salaries and tlie other $ 100,000 is for tlie establishment and administration of the state fund. All of the m o n e y asked for thc ex ecutive departm e n t is to cover deficien cies acquired d u r in g the Sulzer a d m in istration. Thc message criticized some of thc expenditure nnd not all of thc bills now owed in th a t department were recommended fo r payment. A state bill d r a f t in g commission i* sought to be established through a bill introduced in th c Senate today on thc governor’s recommendation. It provides for two commirtsioncrs at ?G ,000 salary cach with $000 cach for expenses aud a deputy of $-1,000. The commissioners are to serve for five years and aro to bo appointed respectively by tho president of tho Senate u m l the speaker of tho Assembly. A bill to provide for the machinery of thc state W o r k m e n 's Compensation Commission w a s introduced in tlie Sen ate and advanced to the order of pas sage. Concessions on Compensation Bill. It was expected th a t thc governor’s Workmens Com p e n sation Bill amended in conformity w i t h some of thc sug gestions made b y employers a t yester day’s hearing w o u ld be ready for in troduction later in thc day. The gov ernor and his advisers announced th a t they had m a d e “substantial conces sions\ to the employers. They include: Thc broadening of thc application of th e proposed law to covcr certain trades not covered in thc original draft. Increase of th e \waiting period” be fore compensation can be drawn, fio m onc week to tw o weeks Decrease of the period during which medical expenses arc to be paid from no to r.n -try*; t* y lim i t of $20 a week on j i loss o f hand, arm, foot, leg BA L L A R D A M E M BER OF IN DU S TRIAL C O M M IS S IO N . ItSs “S. Thurston/’ not plain ■fsuntpel Thurston, or Silas Tihuraton B a llu r d , a name by the wav almost as distinctive i\A the late W.I Mcftac, fam o iu scientist a t Washington, who had a nervous par oxysm every timc any^iUmbting T h o m a s thought that the lir»t two letters were initials instead of constituting a com bined first name, os Prof McGcn alw a y s explained Ballard is a uicrmibcr o f a bi, flouring mill concern at Louisville, lie is ono of thc three members of the com mission who represent capital in the commission personnel, the cooivmi&sion Ibeing divided Jnto three grouip* repre senting tho puiblic, capital a n d labor- Former President Delano, o>f the Wa* •baflh, and Harris U'einstock, ’ o*f Siicra mento, are Lhe other capitalists on the commission. WILSON’S COLD FORCES HIM TO TAKE TO* BED AGAIN \\Vii 3 bhinglon, Dec. 11—P r e s ident W i l son stayed in his room today lighting a euKl and cancelled all engagem e n ts by order of his pli.vsicinn. lie was lo Imvu »becn presented by lhe British Hiu.biissa- dor here with nn oiubosacd copy of nn address dflivnrcd a t Carlyle, E n g land, and h:ul several cngugi'iiicnls w ith ton- gresHinen Thu president’s indisposition really began a week ago. J t started with a cold in thc head and nose and extended to his throat. He improverl ■by staying abed ncvcral flays lu s t week b u t during tho last ilay or tw o took a little more raid which nfTci'tod liw voice. H e intends ncrw to remain in bed until •lie gets rid of the cold Cancellation of New Haven Divi dend Upsets Market TRADERS GREATLY EXCITED Confusion Reigns in Scramble to Sell and Price of Shares Touches 6 S, a New Low Record—-Rest of L ist Weakened. Xew York, Dec. 11.— Stock of thc Now Vork, Xew Haven & Hartford llailroad broke to (IS, its lowest price ou record, at the opening of thc stock market to day. I’as&ing of the dividend yesterday caused excited trading and on a block of 5,000 shares thc price fell 4% points. It then recovered to GO^.. When the gong sounded tho beginning of business on the exchange thc rush to sell Xew Huven resulted in such con fusion that it was several minutes boforo any recoul could be obtained of thc first transaction. Then the opening wns announced as 5,000 shares at Gfiya to 08. Xot for years had such a largo block of Xew Haven appeared on thc ticker tape. Thc stock closed yesterday at 7'2%. Trading was on a smaller scale after tho opening, transactions being chiefly in blocks of 100 to 200 shares. A n ef fort was made to support tho stock and thc next salo was a t OS 7-S. Then i t was bid up to G9Vs H failed to hold a t the level hnwevev, and by tho end of h a li aa hour’s trading had fallen back to 03% While suspension of thc Xew H aven dividend had not been generally expect ed in Wall Street its effect was partially discounted by a severe declino earlier in tho week. Thc stock m a rket in general was little affected by thu violent decliuo in X'ew J fa vcn. Selling of X ’ew Haven continued through the m o rning and thc jiricc fell fo a new low record nt 07 il-9.' Trading then becamo quieter on a slightly higher level Tlm general market, which waa strong for a tim c in spite of Now H a ven's weakness, later became distinc tively heavy. Received by Sultan. Constantinople, Dcc. 11.— Henry Mor- gonlhuu of New York, thc new am b a s sador in Turkey, was received in official audience today by thn Sultan, Former Actress Plaintiff in Suit in Chicago Attacking Income Tax Chicago, Dcc. 11.—A ttack on tho I Yoking federal laws nnd that the fed eral court therefore had 110 jurisdiction. Providing t l i a t when a widow, who is drawing com p e n s a tion under thc act, re marries slie aim]] be paid two years’ compensation in one payment and that payments thereafter shall ccase. Granting to both employer and em ploye the rig h t to appeal from the de cision of thc aw a rding commission. Providing t h a t each member of the commission slK ill be under $50,000 bond. Penalizing th e disclosures to nn u n authorized person of any infoiination obtained from an examination of nn employer’s books. Providing tlm t individuals shall not hc responsible for injuries sustained by workers casu a lly employed For instance, if a painter was in jurod while in tho employ of a farm e r the farmer co u ld not be held rcspon siblo for th o nccidcnt. The A s s e m b ly Judiciary Com m ittee reported to d a y th a t it had amended the Massachusetts ballot bill so tlm t parties might determ ine which received tbc largest vote in «in election. This w ill be accomplished b y placing a sm a ll parly emblem a t th e side of tho names oi candidates. Am endments to primary bills were being discussed and it was believed th a t there w o u ld be some changes in the or iginal d r a f ts. Speaker S m i t h of the Assembly, con tinucd to d a y to send out urgent mes sages to a b s e n t members asking th a t they be p r e s e n t tomorrow when voting begins. F i r e Destroys Hotel. [Macon, G a ., Dcc. 11—iFire th a t de. stroyed th e H o tel W illiams here early today drove more than 50 guests to the street in scan ty attire- Xo one was in jmciL constitutionality of the income tax law was begun here today before Ju d g e K M . Landis in tho United S tatu s District Court for the northern d istric t of Illi nois. The medium selected for thc test is a suit a l law in which V.lsie Do- W n lfe, former actress, a citizen nl Sew York, now resident a t \ c r^aillei, France, is plaintilf and the C o n tinental and Commercial Trust a n d Savings Dank of Chicago is defendant W. llourke Cockran of Xew Y o r k , and Colin C. II. Fyrte of Chicago, appeared for Miss lie Wolfe, nnd 1 /cvy M a y o r of Chi cago for thc bank. Miss De W o lfe, own er of 30 of tlie A p p a lachian 1'owor Compnny’a five per cent, bonds wns refused payment by the bank o f inter est due on the bonds Dec. 1 last, bc- causc she had not filed the certificate of ownership which the ban k contends is required by the income tn x law . Her suit is for interest due and dam a g es in thc sum of $ 1 , 000 . In tho presentation of his case, A t torncy Cockran asserted lh a t thc law taxes only -123,000 persons o u t o f ’ a population of ninctey m illio n s , which tax lie said was imposed ou them w ith out their consent by the u n t a x e d re mainder of tho population, liven if Congress hns thc right to im p o se this tax the lawyer said it was graded ac cording to incomes w ith such gross in equalities n,s lo violate thc constitution His client’s income, lie said, was more than $ 20,000 a year on w h ich she is taxed one per cent, on a l l excess of £ 3,000 and an ndditional ta x of onc per cent, on all above $ 20 , 000 . lie as serted that if this ratio w c ro equitably pursued the income from th e ta x would bo $ 750 , 000 , 000 , a sum p r a c t ic a lly sufll- cicnt to defray all governm e n t ex penses. Mr. Mayer stated the^ positio n of the bank is that the law is constitutional. In his demurrer filed yesterday he further contended th a t tho bonds i\'i U itu tc a civil contraction no wise in- SUIT T H R O W N OUT OF COU R T . Chicago, Dec. 11— The suit to test tho income tax law was thrown out of the I'nited States D istrict Court here today by Judge 1\. M Landis who decided th a t Ini had not jurisdiction. Tho elfect of this decision, which docs not involve the constitutionality or un- constitutionality of the law, is to send thn cns-c direct lo thc Supremo C o u r t of thc United Stales. I LOCAL NEWS TO-DAY ON I | PAGES 4 , 5 , 6 , 7, 1 0 , 1 2 |
