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yesterday 1,163 Htt Adwrtiscr-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 T H E WEATHER. Fair lo u ^ h i Jim) Sitm«l» . m a n n e r , biisk to Ir.gh to west winds. IEGI SENATE m ADOPTED IS Iction Today on Direct Prim a ry and Other Important Meas- ^ Then S:ne Die Adjournment— Clash Expected Over Compensation Bill— Democratic Majority on Hand — Hinman’s Resolution Disposed Of , X. Y., Dec. 12 .— About a ambers were in tlic Assembly (javenoil shortly after noon to- e phn was to liibh tlio govern- ,'itiie program through as possiWu anbors \'ill remain in Uieir will be able lo adjourn sine time todny,” Speaker S m ith iiid tlmt there were n o t mocrata in ilieir seats to puss but that they were arriving iiirancc Committco of the Son us dismissing the workmen's lion bill when the Assembly It \uu doubtful if tlio bill tn tlic member:,’ desks before \t jlternoon. r Leader H im n n n ’s resolution that State Engineer liensel counting for barge euniil cx- o-as lirst taken up. M a jo r ity ot presented a resolution th a t ,rfco rcfei retl to the l ’raw loy : lor investigation He term e d ition a Republican trick. D e ta i n s resolution then began, tic constitutional convention 1 pasted tiie Senate yesterday, aldottn in the Assembly both tad Progressive Leader Seluuip they would attem p t (o then it reached tlic order oT ’?• iiort was to bc made lo puss illi before the close of thu ■iv. d TRAIL OF MISSING GIRL ; TAKEN UP IN PHILADELPHIA KILIEDBI some Tragedy at Bottling Works in New York City PACKAGE OPENED BY VICTIM The Senate disposed of practically all the program yesterday except the ivork m e n ’s compensation bill. I t was to come up today for a final vote in that body. A ll sides cowlcded that tlic compensa- tion bill would pass tlic Senatu after several amendments had been provided The solid Democrat strength of 5)0 voted was supposed to bc behind thc b ill and several Republicans were said to favor it in amended form. I t was generally agreed th a t the big light in the Assembly would bc on this bill. Agents of all interests alfected by thu proposed bill have been here ovei since the legislature convened and thoy have worked hard for m a n y chang?s. T h c most frequently heard complaint has hecn tlmt employers have not had tim e to study thc bill Levy Resolution Adopted. Tbe vote fa\oring tho Levy resolution was 34 to 'li and as one Democrat voted ag a inst it and one .Republican for 'I this indicated the Democratic majoritv has arrived, preparations immediately wore made for rushing through thc re mainder of the governors billrf. H im n a n 'referred to the Frawky Comm ittee as \th a t notorious commit tee which has lost thc contiilencc of thc people/' Assemblyman Cuvillier made an un successful attempt to introduce a reso lu tio n designed to provide for an in vcstigation ot thc attorney generals ollice. The resolutoin was declared out of order. Two Men Employes Injured, Room Wrecked— Missile W a s Addressed to Company— Corps of Detec tives at W o r k on Case. EGIE AT HITE HOUSE epublicans Should Name oot For President 2 ton, Dev 12 .— Andrew ( nr* itfd tlic White House today to iter President A\ ilson’s health uith Secretary T u m u lty rid peace and went to tho S ta to nt later to pursue the subject rotary liryan. Wt thc W h ite House M r Car- •ihe thought business condi- c going to be better th a n ever flew legislation which Congress flis passed. He expressed his ion at thc award of the X o b e l Senator Root. '* Senator Root is one oF. thc •n in America/' he said, “ Prrsi* ;*'cU said so, Lord M o rcloy ha thought 50 ami I believe thc _ thc Republican convention *ouM be to nominate h im for fe were to be no convention, ink he would bc nom inated a t ncs?” Mr. Carnegie was asked, his listeners. Wid Mr. Carnegie, “so far us fcrnoil, he would bc.‘* ^egic camc to town to atte n d 1 meeting of the Carnegie So- Scientific Research, REBEL FORCE BEATEN BACK Triumph For the Defenders of Tampico Reported Vera Cm?, Mexico, Dec. 12— Thc rebel forces attacking Tampico were repulsed and driven away from th a l city with heavy loss according tu General tills- luvo Mans, m ilitm y commander liere, who fa js Unit federal troops under Ocn- eral .loaqum Man? J r . arrived lo the relief of Tumpiio yesterday. I ’ p to 9 o’clock this morning no further communication had been re ceived here from Hear A d m iral l 1 rank V’. Fletcher, whose last message reached here at 4 110 p. m when fighting be tween the rebels and federate was still \oiiv\ on. it \ a s understood that a l th a l hour no com m u n ication was open between Tniiipi<o and Mexico City Xew York, Dcc 12.— Id a Anuscwit/., a girl of IS, employed as confidential bookkeeper of the 0. K. Uottling Com pany a t 525 West lijth Street, was in stantly killed today by a bomb sent to her employers. Thomas McCabe, m a n aging salesman was cut in the head by living m e tal and Michael Kyan, an em ploye, standing outside thc oflice, was injured by shattered glass. Tlic desk on which the bomb was placed as Miss Anuscwit/. opened i t vras demolished and tile ollice was wrecked The bomb was delivered by the driver of an express wagon. I t lay unopened amid letters and other packages for nn hour on the girl’s desk, aw’iting her ar rival. She had cut tiie cord and re moved the brown w rapping paper when thc package exploded Apparently it contained d\namite, as the force of the explosion was downward. W ho sent the bomb nnd why, were thc ([iiestions th a t sent half a hundred or more detectives a l work on every possible clue, Piecing together the rib bons of thc brown uaper covering they found th a t the sender had attempted io print tbe name of the bottling company in black ink. In the upper left hand coiner they found, in writing, the re turn address— 211 State Street, New York C ilv The building at this ad dress is a large oflice building, occupied chiefly by exporting firms who employ a number of foreigners. Detectives be lieved the address lo bc fictitious, but set lo worl; to interview every occupant of the building. Another ujuad of dc teclivcs sought llie oflice of the express company which delivered tho bomb. The Bureau of Combustibles, working on Ihe mystery w ith the few bits of metal found in the lloor and walls, a n nounced th a l the missile was of sim ilar •onslniclion to the bomb sent to Judge | l'o=alsky about two years ago. \\ illiam Cnllnhan, proprietor of the Bottling Company, said thnt lie hail no enemies and denied statements of sev eral of his employes tlm l he had re cently discharged Mil workmen. He could' not account for the crimc in any waw SHJPJAiMED U. S. Battleship Vermont Is Limping Toward Port HAS TAKEN IN MUCH WATER Several C o m p a r tm e n ts Flooded— Acci- dcnt Befalls One of the Vessels of H o mecom ing Fleet W h ile Fax O u t A t Sea. Philadelphia, Dec 12.— R o b e r t G. Mc C a n n , Jr., has comc here in p u r s u it of a clow that his sister, Jessie Evelyn M cCann, who disappeared from her hom e , 43S East Tw e n ty-first Street, B rooklyn, had been seen there the night afte r she was missed. Search for the m issing g irl w ill bo conducted henceforth in Philadelphia and its environs, though the Philadel phia police say they havo received no official notice of tho disappearance. T h e y have, however, been besieged by telephone messages from people, somo of whom claim to have seen thc girl :n various parts of the city. CORONER INVESTIGATING DEATH OF IVIRS. MACKAY Fall of Tampico Reported. Mexico lily . Dei 12 -Reports lmve reached here said to bc ou good author ity lo the elTccl th a t Tam p ico has been taken by the rebels. Thc federal war ollice anil ministry of thc interior deny tlic truth of the repoil. BOSSES PRESIDENT Dee. 12.—President W il- * \ns improved today, b u t he ty liia physician lo rem a in ftc president wants to atte n d 00 Club dinner here tom o rrow fulfill a promise of long tot there was doubt th a t his ^ould permit him lo go o u t of Monday at the JaJson ia determined Jent absolutely has been riskin< air. ‘ earliest, to have free from the hanging on fo r a exposure a g a in In , Tax Provision M o d ified. Ind., Dec. 12.— Thc Indi- amber of Commerce has *®ovonient for a nation-w ide . _onSresls to suspend or m o d ify S>005 of the income ta x law A u c tion of the tax a t the the substitution of m e thods ® S °vcrnruent to o b ta in a t information for enforcing from taxpayers. M o re rttcrs, containing a copy of. a recently adopted by th e chaoi- ^ many yesterday e e change and soliciting co- STATUb S OF COMBATANTS AT TAMPICO UNCHANGED NEW YORK GANGS FIGHT WITH PISTOLS IN STREET •Washington, Dee. 12 .— Wireless dis patches from Hour A d m ira l Fletcher .it Tampico, on beard the U n ited States steamship Tacoma, sent after -1 p. «>•. vcslerilay, say the M o r a l gunboat ilravo was then shelling the Constitu tionalists’ position, th a t there was no change in the relative position of the combatants, and th a t tne Unitcd States ship Wheeling was in the river dose .0 the. fighting. The federal garrison was estimated at 3,000 while the Constitu tionalists claimed about 0 , 000 . Federal Home T a len t Team. Indianapolis, Ind., Dee. * of the local club of thc Federal Lca0 Jc are negotiating for N a tio n a l and Amer- ftica n players, which it successful, will make an almost entirely home U cot team, it became know n >e=U d«>. Anion\ the players being considers! i™ Shortstop Owrve B u .li, > « o » d Bisenmn l’addy B a u m a n and 1 itcli.r G o \ Dauss, all of the D e troit Ameri can League te .m ; Catcher Otto M t o from the Birm ingham Southern League C1The five plave-s. all of whom began J ,£ J » iarecr on the local town ots have shown a W,ll.n g i.e s to talk business with the Federal League offi cials, it was said. Xew York, Dec 12.— Fifty shots were (ireil tin- morning near the l'ourth Ave nue entrance, of Mail'non Squire Carden ill a battle royal between two ganys that have infested the llaiden during thc six. day bicyelc race. A M adison Avenue street car was commandeered by-onc element’as a barri cade while bullets whistled in all d i rections. Passengers threw themselves face downward on the floor The policc were prompt in reaching the scene but the combatants jumped n automobiles nnd escaped. So far as is known no one was hurt, a remarkable fact in view of the promiscuous shoot- I t is said th a t thc battle started ”k row over the right of rival leaders to furnish “strong arm ” men for special policc work in thc Garden. NEW HAVEN SHARES FORCED DOWN TO NEW LOW MARK New Vork, Dcc. 12-T h e shares of the Xew York, Xew Haven & H a r tford R a ilroad Company reached a new low record on thc Stock Exchange this a f te r noon. Further liquidation forced the price down to Oli 3-8 shortly beforo 1 o’clock. The previous low record, estab lished yesterday was 07 3-S. Costa Rica Refuses Concessions. I ondon, Dec 12 - t ’abIcd confirmation of the refusal of the Costa Rican C o n gress to ratify the oil concessions sought bv tbe British concern w ith which Lord Cow d ray is connected was received here todnv. A member of the Pearson firm said to The Associated Press today. “W o shall not go back to any of the countries which have rejected our offers unless we are requested to do 00 . “ I t is now a serious question whether or n o t our opponents hy their opposition have raised the price of the concessions to such a point th a t they w ill n o t be profitable to anyone.” Society Woman Failed to Survive Opcr ation in Private H o s p ital. New Vork, Dec. 12.— A coroner's phy sieinn began today an investigation of the death of .Mrs. lle le u h . Mackay, w idow of the Rev. D r D o n a ld Sage M ackay, for many years pastor of the Collegiate Church of S t . X icholas on F i f t h Avenue and president of thc General Synod of the Reform e d Church iu America -Mrs M a c k a y died ycstor- d a v aflernoDii under thc influence of ether given itl her ow n request on -in operating fable in ft private hospital where she had registered a few hours before as Mr 3 J . If. Stone of Boston. A scrap of paper in her handbag led to her identification The belief th a t she was suffering from an incurable disease led her to visit thc h o s p ital for nn cv- am innlion, according to the theory of thc coroner. U n til early today the body lay un claimed Then a daughter sought li! have the body removed to nn undertak er's. She was nto perm itted lo do »o u n t il the coroner's ex a m inatio n should have l>con completed Mrs. Mackay was a daughter of the late J. Crcgor .y m itb, on tim e governor of Vermont, from w h o m she inherited a large fortune. .She prom inent n Xew York society D o c tor M a c k a y died suddenly in a railroad sta t io n in Port land, Me., in August, 100S. After an autopsy D r . 0110 11 Schult/.e. the coroner's physician, an nounced that a m inor operation had been performed upon M rs. M a c k a y I!c added that before officially stating the cause of death or signing the death cer tificate he would confer w i t h D r . Henry W e il, Mrs. M ackay’s physician. Mrs. M ackay visited Doctor W e il's office last Wednesday and arranged for the opera tion. Friend Issues Statem e n t. Later a statement -was issued at the Mackay residence h y an intim a t e friend o f the family. The sta tem e n t said that for more than a y e a r M r s Mackay had been troubled by a severe pain in thc side. About two weeks ago she told a friend she expected to bc treated by a physician. She was p lan n in g to givo a house party in M a ine. I t was said th a t i f she gave thc name of itrs. Stone i t was to keep her children from worry on the eve of their pro posed holiday trip. W a s h ington, Do<‘. 12.— W ith her fltaT- board 'main s h a f t broken and several of her com p a rtm e n ts flooded, thc battleship Vermont is lim p in g toward Hampton Roads on ncr re t u r n from the Mediter ranean cruise, under convoy of. thc bat tleship Delaw-are and the colliors Orion and Jason. Thc accident occurred a t 13:45 a. m. ycstei'day and a t 8 o’clock last night the V e r m o n t was 1,200 mules from Hampton R o a d s and COO aniloa from Der muda. A radiogram to the N a v y Departm ent from Rear A d m ira l Charles 15. Badger, commander-in-chief of the A tlantic licet, describing the accident, t»aid there was no cause for a la r m . The Vermont Is pro ceeding to H a m p t o n Roads under her port engine m a k in g eight knots in com parativelv sm o o th sea. Adm iral Badger says thc skin o f thc ship and tlic propel ler strut were examined by a diver and appeared un in ju r e d . Xcithcr the shaft* ing nor the propoller was lost. The Ver mont and her convoys should arrive at Hampton H o a d s about December 1 18. The battleships W y o m ing, Arkansas Florida and U t a h , of thc returning Medi terranean squadron, are continuing to ward X e w Y o r k , whore thoy arc expect ed to arrive ne x t Monday The Connecti cut, Kansas a n d Ohio are proceeding to* ward G u a n ta n a m o en route io Mexican waters. Mechanical experts a t the X a v y Dc partmcnt believe the Vermont’s stern tubo sh a f t is broken and they think i jury m u s t also have been done to thc bulkheal in order to perm it w a ter to flood the com p a rtm e n ts “i.\ TUB “JIOSA T.ml.1 i i MONA LISA IS RECOVERED Man Who Stole Masterpiece From Louvre in 1911 Ar rested in Florence Whitman Questions Corning,Utica and Rochester Contractors RUNNING OUT GRAFT TRAILS Seeks M o re Testimony Concerning A l leged U n law fu l Contribution!; of the V a n W i r t Firm to the Demo cratic Committee. FLAMES CREATE HAVOC IN COHOES BUSINESS SECTION Florence, Italy, Dec. 12— Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece, “M o n a Lisa” or as it is popularly known, \JLa Joconde ” tho mysterious disappearance o f which from tho Louvre in August, 1011, thrcrw the art world into consternation, wns found today in Florence. Thu m a n , an Italian, who stole it, was arrested. <fLa Jocondc,,? one of th c world'B most famous paintings, is regarded ns price less. Leonardo Da V in c i took as his model Lisa Del Giocondo, a woman nf Florence and lie worked on tho picture for four years, from 1500 to Ififll. It was bought for France b y Francis L Tho value of thc w o r k can only he imagined sincc all offers wero refused for it, among thom one reported to have been mado by thc B r it is h government of $5,000,000. - Sincc tho disappearance from the Louvro of thc picture tho search for it had been world*wide. Tt has been re ported to bo in G e rm a n y , lvussia, Eng land, Spain and evcu in tho United States, but no definite clew ever was obtained of its whereabouts. X e w Y o r k , Dee, 12.—Jam e j E. Flood and Jo h n H. Davis, president and tread- urcr respectively of the Flood & Van- Wirfc Construction and Kngluccrmg Com p a n y of Hudson Falls, X . V., were am ong thc witnesses whom District A t torney W h i t m a n expected to call a t tho resum p tion thin afternoon of his John Doo in q u iry into state highway graft- Their testim o n y was sought as sup plem e n tary to tho testimony o( Dudley K. V a n W i r t , vice president «*? *jie eon* :m, w h o aays he g*y® up to tho Dem o c ratic Stnte Committee in conncc- liau w ith contracts his company had w ith tbe state highway commission aud tho canal board. Representatives of other contracting Arms nnd corporations were abo under subpoena to testify. A m o n g them were IVrcy FaTlcy, .Uing- h a into n , W illia m Tt. Madden, Roches ter; Jo h n C. Bradley, Corning and Wil* liam S. Ooglcy, Utica. SUGGESTS WITHDRAWAL OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS Cohoes, X Y , Dec. 12.—Fire which broke out in ih e heart of this city’s busi ness peetion early today was subdued phortly before S o'clock b u t not until a dozen b u ilding s and mamifncturinj plants had been destroyed Tlic damage approximated h a l f a m illion dollars. One Cohoes firem a n was hurt hy a falling wall. The fire started in the Parsons Knit- ting M ills a t Factory and Hansen streets and w ith in tw o hours had swept a block west to ih e T5argc Canal. Troy firemen responded to an appeal for help. These p la n t s were gutted: It. S, Clark &. Son, printers; Cohoes W o t W a s h , C a p ita l K n it tin g Company; Tiin & Com p a n y , lau n d r y ; K. H Supply Com pany s K o ir Underwear Company; W il liam Moore K n i t t i n g Company; Xational Textile C o m p a n y , United W asto M a n u facturing Com p ny; Parsons M ill Build- ing, the E r ic M i 11, A tlantic M ill Building and thc H a lcy o n M ill B0LDJEWELRY BURGLARY ON MAIN STREET IN R 0 M E ,N .Y . Rome, X . Y „ Dee. 12.— A hold bur glary took place here e a r ly this morning when a hole al>out 10 inches in diameter was cut in the plate glass show window in tho front of M . Solom o n ’s Jewelry store, on one of the m a in streets in Lho business district. W h ile thc amount of goods extracted and tho extent of loas have not as yet been derfinticly ascer tained,, it is known th a t a t lenst two trays of rings were tak e n . X o clue to the perpetrator of the a c t has hecn se cured. P e k ing, Dim. 12—Tho Russian govern m e n t today '|rroposed tho withdrawal of nil foreign troops from thc province of Chi-la, C h ina, including the legation guards, tho regiments a t Ticn-Tsin and tbe troopn guarding tho railway betwren the Hca and Peking nn it considers rnn- difcionft in tho north of China no longer dangorotm to foreigners. W a s s ily X . Kroupensky, the Russian m inister to China, made this announce m e n t nnd added that if thc other foreign nationn disagreed Russia intended to aet alone withdrawing even her legation guard. M e m b e rs of the foreign diplom a tic corps, m o s t of whom regard conditions m th c north as well as in thc south of C h ina us decidedly unsettled, were sur prised, a n d hints wero thrown out th a t p o litical designs on the part of R u s s ia wcrn BUHpeetcd. DENY RELAXATION IN W H ITE SLAVE CASES Fires Upon C o m m a n d e r of Prison Portsmouth, X . H ., Dec 12 -Brooding over alleged wrongs inflicted on him during his confinement in tho navel prison here, Frederick H . Richardt, discharged prisoner to d a y fired upon the commander of the prison, ila j o r George C. Thorpe of the m a r in e corps, aa ho passed down the street in an automo bile. The bullet struck the car Just below where the m a jo r was sitting Richardt made no a t t e m p t lo escape The police Bay lie fired a t tho major yesterday. W a s h ington, Dcc. 12.— Direct denial from the D e p a r tm e n t of Justico th a t there, has been any relaxation in the prosecution o f white slave cases, was laid before th c Senate today by Sena tor Kern. \X o order to stop white slavo prose cutions in caacs not involving commcr cialism has been issued and no new reg ulations as to the enforcement of tho act havo been m a de since tho incuin bcncy of the new attorney general, ’ said the D e p a r tm e n t of .Justice memor antlum. O n the contrary tho Depart ment of Ju s t ic o has adhered to the prac ticc adopted im m e d iately after tho pas sage of the law .” Senator Jones insisted, however, that reputable attorneys in tho Btate of W a s h in g ton h a d received inform a tion of an ap p a r e n tly authentic character that o n ly cases of an international char acter were bolng pr03ccuted. A w a iting Rebel Assault. Presidio, Texas, Der. 1*2—Tho situa^ tion a t Ojinaga, M c x ico, where the fed eral troops lmve concentrated today, was ono of w a iting in a n t icip a tio n of a rebel attack. Rebel bands were reported to be incicasing ill num b e r outside tbe village but wero believed to bn waitin for reinforcements w h ich General V illa lias sent from C h ihuah u a . Tho federals probably w ill bn under bcigo hut w ill have the advantage o f being able to get provisions and clothing .from tho United States side. G. 0 . P. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONFERS W a r h ingfcm , Dec. 1&—Tho Republican Congressional Commit too roct today for thc first tim o flineo tho last election*, Plann fo r tho camapnign preceding tho com ing eongrcsaional clecdons wero <lis- euBscd. Tho meeting was held a t head quarters ju s t e^taldinhed ■whore Secre ta r y Jo h n Eversraan has Installed a corps o f ftwifitante to conduct * a educa tio n a l cam p a ign for voters. Maritime. N o w Y o r k , Dcc. 12.—-Arrived: S te a m ers M a u r e tan ia, Liverpool, \Principe D i Piem o n te, Xaples. Slaseonsett, Dec, 12— Steamer M a n u e l Calvo, Cadiz, dock at Xew York 10:30 a. in. Saturday. S a h lo Island, Dec. 12—Steamer Minne- wa&ka, London, dock a t Now Y o r k 8:30 a, m . Sunday. X o w Y o r k , free. 12—Arrived: Steam * er R u s s ia, I/tbau. Forage Resources Hold a Guarantee For Nation’s Future Meat Supply F o o tb a ll S tar Weds, P r inceton, X . J., Dec. 12.— Princoton lost a good football player through cnar riago h in t W e dnesday When W a lter E. H a m m o n d , w h o played end on the var sity te a m , was married to Miss KUi» Z im m e r m a n of Brooklyn, Thu news of thc m a r r iago bocanic known hero today, lla in m o n d who is a member of tho Junior clans, expccta to discontinue his college work here. W a shington, Dec. 12.— lfopo for tho future meat supply o f tlio country is held out In the a n n u a l report of Henry S. Graves, chief of thc United Statin forestry service, m a d o public todny. M r. Graves declares t h a t tho National forests under his supervision furnish abundant forage supplier, o p p o r t u n it y for the adoption of tho best methods nnd free tlom from livestock diseases. Tho foiaqe vennurri;* of tho National forests, tlio roport continues, contribute to tho maintenance o f 111010 than tw e n ty m illion hood of livestock, The re ceipt* from grazing, w h ilo second to those from tim b e ring, last year, were moro than ? 1 , 0 ( 10,000 m u l shoved an In crease over tho previous year, O v r four per cent, more Mtoek w n c r a w l because of lir-Tcascil forai'c f.ieiiltmn. Mr, (Iraves says th a t the fnreat f.or- vice last your sold more than two b il lion board feet of tim b e r, valued at $4,500,000 on thc stump. This, ho says, is n n increase of 107 per ccnt. over tho previous year. The actual cut was a littlo under 500,000,000 board feet, a n in- crcaso of IS per cent. The total rovenuo of th o service, according to the roport, w a s slig h tly less than IOC ,000 w h ich, how o v c r, was an Inereaso of 14 per cent, over 1012 , Tho total expenditure for a d intn s lrallon and forest protection wns n littlo more than $ 1 , 000 , 000 , showing h. decrease of 2 per cent. A largo num b e r ot tho National forests, Mr. Oravca says, already inoro than pay expensos. T h is Is truo of the Alaska forests nnd those in the southwest. •I LOCAL NEWS TO-DAY ON 1 I PAGES 4, 5, 6, 7, 1 0 ,1 2 |
