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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-25
BLACK HANDER" TRAPPED.
Demands Money and Gets It, But
Is Promptly Nabbed.

PITTSBURGH. March II. - Richard
Ailioon, aged twen:y-eight an Italian
alleged member of the so-caIleti
Black Hand. is under arrest at
New kcnsinston, Pa. his deten-
ton resulting in a novel manner. \
foreign merchant had received let;e.
demanding that sum of money be placed
IN can in the toilet room of the Penn
sylvania station at New Kensington
allure TO comply would mean dea H.
Ihe authorities bored 4 hole through
the ceinhg OF the toilet room so tina:
an officer could see down from the fioor
above Another officer hid himself in
the ticket office. a string tied TO his
finger the other end of which was held
by the man at the pcephole
The money, which was marked was
placed as directed. Miloon visited I've
toilet room and secured the money rhe
string was pulled and tine officer STATIC ,ed
in the ticket office had Miloon undo,
arrest before he could move
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-25
DETECTIVES RESUME HUNT
Confident They Will Have Three of
Gang by Wednesday.
CLAUDE MAY MAKE ESCAPE
Sidney Edwards, Now at Roanoke.
Said to Have Admitted Giving
Pistol to Uncle.

"i-' E-f iti'D, W. Va, March 25-The
iia.iieios OF West Virginia are willing to
INTO virginia and assist in the search
LOT the Aliens. who shot UP the Carroll
county court, according to an announce
iieht credlted to Capt. Hatfield eldest
soh OF Anse Hatfield. leader of the clan.
To-Day He declared he would organize
pano OF dozen West Virginia men and
rah the Aliens IL Gov. Mann of Virginia
desired his assistance.
Capt. Hatfield denounced the Allen out
rage at Hillsville. and pointed to the
peaceful termination of the trial of his
orother' Willie Hatfield, who was SEN
fenced few weeks ago to serve six
years on charge of second degree muir
DER Ten OF the Hatfields We're in court
when the sentence was pronounced. bur
made no demonstration
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REWARDS NOW $4,000.
Copy of Circular Received by the
Local Police.

Rewards aggregating s2.SO0 for the cap
ture Of Sidna Allen Claude Allen, Freel
Allen and Wesley Edwards are announced
in the latest circular received by the local
police from the Baldwin Felts Detective
Agency. The circular was printed after
the capture of Sidney Edwards The re-
ward offered for Sidney Edwards was
$500. but it was later increased to s1,0s.
Rumors that some members OF the quar-
ter may have left the mountains i'm south
west Virginia. il is thought, will increase
interest in the search i'm cities remote
from that section. ii is realized that
should any of them board freight pas
senger trains they may land in some big
city.
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WILL NOT DERIDE JEWS.
Pledge Given by Practically Every
American Theater Manager,

DENVER, Col, March 2J.-Dr. William
S Friedman of Denver. president of the
Central Conference of American Rabbis,
which will meet in Baltimore April r.
has received letters from practically every
theater manager in the country declaring
that derosatory characterization of the
lew will not be tolerated in their pro-
auctions or in their theaters
At the meeting in Baltimore Dr. Fried
man will report on the success of two
years work of the Central Conference in
having eliminated from the American
stage caricatures OF the Jew that tend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-25
ON UNOFFICIAL FIGURES
TAFT MEN WILL CONTROL
Majority of $50 Indicated in
the Indiana Con-
VentiOn'

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March 2J.-Four
district conventions this afternoon and a
state convention in this city tomorrow
will go far toward deciding the close
contest between the supporters of Presi-
dent Taft and Col Roosevelt for a ma
jority OF the Indiana delegation Of thirty
to the national republican convention.
Two delegates are to be selected in the
third fourth fifth and eleventh districts
today. and at tomorrow's state convention
Other district conventions are to follow.
Victory Claimed by Each Side.
Confident claims of victory were issued
today from both the Taft and the Roose-
welt headQuarte Unofficial returns
from ward and township primaries or
meetings at which convention delegates
have been elected show the Taft faction
will have a majority of about $50 in the
state convention and will carry eight of
the thirteen districts. Margins are so
narrow in many districts certain deci-
sions must wait on the results of the con-
ventions The Roosevelt managers are
claiming eight districts and the state
convention.
District Conventions Today.
Forty-seven Taft delegates and forty
FIVE Roosevelt delegates in the third dis
trict convention, at New Albany. today
will fight for control of the district dele
CATION to the national convention In the
fourth district convention. at North Ver-
non. the Taft element is credited with
~ 29-4o votes. and it's opponents with
is 1872 President Taft's adherents will
90 into the fifth district convention ar
'Terre Haute. with long lead over tbe
enemy. siXty-five to thirty-one. These
three conventions are in the southern half
of the state, the fourth is in the nortbern
in the eleventh district, and here Col
Rooseyelt's followers will have when tho,
assemble at Wabash "a 2-3 votes to 5t :.
for Taft.
District meetings are to be held in this
CITY tonight to choose members Of IN.
credentials and resolutions committee for
tomorrow's state convention.
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BUYS A PRIZE OF WAR.
New York Contractor Gets Dry Dock
Formerly at Havana.

NEW YORK. March 25.-James
Shewan, a contractor of this city, ALI
leave New York tonight for Pensacola
to make arrangements for towing north
one of the largest floating dry docks in
this country. Mr. Shewan already owns
seven or eight huge floating dry docks,
and the new one will be added TO this
plant. Built ia 1891 at a cost of SJo0yoW.
the dry dock was one of the prizes CAP
tured by the American forces al Havana
during the Spanish war. 1t is $50 feet
long and is capable of accommodating
vessels of 1900 tons. Mi. Shewan pur-
chased il at auction i'm Washington.
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KILLED MAN BY MISTAKE.
saloonkeeper's Son Says He Merely
Tried to Brighten Waiter.

CHICAGO, March 25.-'He was getting
lazy, and l just wanted to scare a little
life into him. l didn't mean to shoot
him." This. is what William Robinson,
son of a Wabash avenue saloonkeeper,
told the police last night after ne had
shot and killed Albert Gehrig, waiter
employed in the place.
Gehrig was carrying drinks to men and
women in the rear room Of the saloon
when he was ordered to step livelier'
by Young Robinson. Gehrig failed to
obey. and Robinson picked up a revolver
and fired. The bullet pierced Gehrig' s
heart.
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EIGHTY YEARS ON POOR FARM.
Lucinda Mitchell Has Been a County
Charge Most of Her Life.

ST JOSEPH. Mo-, March 25-Lucinda
Mitchell eighty-four years old. was ad-
mitted to the State Hospital for the
Insane No. , here yesterday after hav-
ing been for more than eighty years
an inmate of the county poor farm or
platte county 1t is estimated that
Platte county had paid out more than
SD 600 for board and medical aid for
the decrepit woman since 1T took
charge of her as ward when she was
a mere child.
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CHARGE BROKEN FAITH.
Ministers of Foreign Governments
Send Memorandum to China.

PEKING, March 25.-The ministers OF
the United States, Great Britain, Ger
many and France today presented to
the Chinese government joint memo
randum recapitulating the negotiations
between the financial group and the
Chine government since February %
and establishing a strong case of brok-
en- faith on the part of China.
The memorandum concluded with a
protest against the Belgian loan to
the Chinese government
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First Arrest Fatal to Marshal.

st. JOSEPH. Mo-, March 25.-Reuben
Harris, eighty-seven years old, city
marshal of Quitman. Mo-, is dying as
a result of the excitement attending
his first arrest. The officer was called
from his bed in the middle of the night
to arrest man who had fatally stab
bed another. The excitement proved
too much for Harris and he collaps
from a stroke of apoplexy. His prison.
er got away, but was later captured.
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Planning to Entertain Knox.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 25-Plans
Tor entertaining Secretary of State Knox
on MS return from his tour of the Latin
american republics have been made here
by the California development board. The
Secretary already has accepted an invita-
tion to speak about the Panama canal
at banquet TO be given in his honor by
~ $ec-S S6
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ISSUED BY PROGRESSIVES.
New Daily Paper to Appear This
Week in Chicago.

CHICAGO, March "a new daily
newspaper. to he edited by local pro-
gressive republican leaders. will appear
on the streets of Chicago this week. An
effort. it is said. is to be made TO place
100 600 copies on the street daily at one
cent each. Next Friday is given as the
proba BILE date for its appearance.
Eastern men are counted on by the
local sponsors to- give financial and edi-
torial aid. The paper will consist OF four
pages, and it is said both Col. Roosevelt
and Senator La Toilette viii profit
through its columns.
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GIVES EMPLOYEES $4,000.
Philadelphia Manufacturer Rewards
Faithful Workers.

PHILADELPHIA, March 25. - Isaac
Schlichter. ST. a rich manufacturer OF
this city. appreciatng the services rem
dered him by his old employees. has dis
tfihuted $4,000 among fifty of them who
have been with his establishment more
trGn fifteen years.
The gifts ranged from $500 to s.. .G0o. ac-
cording to length of service. One oe the
employees has been with the firm fifty
three years and four for forty years.
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MONTHLY LOSS, $4,000, 900.
Anthracite Strike in PENNSYLVANIA
Would Be Disastrous.

WlLkESBARRE. Pa. March 25-An
estimate Of the losses which would occur
in the event of an anthracite strike in
Pennsylvania has been prepared here
from figures provided by the Department
of Commerce and Labor. The total is
more than $34OOO.OOO monthly, divided as
follows:
Loss in wages of employees, SIS. 5OO, 600
Loss TO coal companies in net profits
$500. 600
Loss to sellers of supplies and materials
for coal mining s., 100000
Loss to railroads in freight charges,
S9..OO.GDO
Loss TO merchants of the coal region in
trade, SS,OOOOOO
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Prairie Fails to Get Coal.

WEYMOUTH. England. March 25-
The United States cruiser Prairie, which
now is lying at Portland shipping 100
whitehead torpedoes. is finding diff
Guilty in obtaining coal for the voyage
to America. An attempt made today
to purchase 10 tons of steam coal was
unsuccessful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-25

to offend members Of the Jewish religious
faith.
DR.. Friedman. who instituted the move
ment, has written to publishing
companies asking that the low comedy
songs about the Jew be discontinued, and
has requested of publishing companies
that the trite Jew jokes which picture
him only as grasping coveter, with no
ambition except to make money, also be
eschewed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-25
Showed Early This Morning.

1t was not very springlike at 6 o'clock
this morning. The snow which was
sWirling through the air at that hour
gave a tinge of late November to the
weather. The nasty rain of Saturday
afternoon, the mists of yesterday and
the snow of today all were part of the
big countrywide disturbance which has
placed the United States almost entirely
be,ow the seasonal average in tempera-
ture.
The general outlook for the week in
Washington is reassuring, however. A
change is predicted for the latter part of
the week, according to the bulletin is
sued by the weather bureau today.
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MAY HAVE SOME SPRING
Weather Bureau Gives Some
Hope. of BaImy Air for Bal
ance of Week.

Although the weather will be fair to-
night. it will still be away below the
seasonal average for so late in the year.
as the mercury is expected to sink to a
point slightly below freezing. Out west
where all the spring storms are manu-
factured, there is a general clearing. and
as the be.ated advance guard of spring
chases the rear guard of winter away
tomorrow there will be sun and a wee bit
of warmth for a few hours at least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-25
Engineers to Confer.

When Mr.. Stone came from the confer
euce room he said he and the other repre-
sentatives of the Brotherhood of LocomO-
tive Engineers would hold meeting this
afternoon. after which they might have
something to say
Was any compromise suggested?" he
was asked.
Nome he said. I'VE have not made
known our attitude on the refusal, and
will not dc until we have had time
further to discuss il among ourselves.
After we have gone over the matter an
other joint meeting with the railroad
representatives will be held"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-25
Soup Kitchens in Wales.

Each day brings with il an auementa-
ton of the suffering and distress Many
of the chapels and all of the schools in
Cardiff and its vicinity have organized
soup kitchens, where the poor can obtain
a meager nOurishment. Labor yards also
have been opened by the authorities and
many of the men are there earning a
small amount daily BESIDES this the Of
ficials of the municipalities are endeavor-
ing to relieve the women and children
The industrial centers of England are
in nearly as bad condition. The lack of
wages and the difficulty of obta ming coal
for domestic purposes are severely felt
in every district where the miners strike
has caused the closing of factories and
workshops
The train services on the railroads have
been still further reduced today, while
the steamboat service across the English
channel has been further restricted.
Prof. H. s. JevOns estimates that the
strike is costing the United Kingdom
$4,000 600 al the lowest computa ton for
every week it lasts. AS the granting of
the minimum daily rates of S1.25 for the
men and 80 cents for the boys work
ing in the mines would cost only $3.50.
900 per year, the professor argues that
IT would pay the mine owners to concede
this demand
Scots Return to Work.
GLASGOW, Scotland. March pa gen
eral breakaway of the miners from the
strike movement seems prObabl in Scot
land 1000 men resumed work in the
pits at Belhill, Lanarkshire. this morn
ing. In other pits also there was
considerable resumption of work:
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DR.. Walkers Condition Grave.

NE\y YORK. March 25.-Dr. Mary
Walker. who has been ill with bronchitis
for the past several days, passed a very
bad night and today is very weak Mrs
Van Slingerland. her representative, stat
ed that DR.. Walkers condition is pre-
carious.
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Only Part of Gang.

1t was thought that the automobile
bandits had been captured February -.
when two anarchists were arrested at
iontoise. about nineteen miles northwest
OF Paris. after attemp ting to assassinate
= wealthy lawyer and rob his residence:
Hdt these evidently were, at most, only
. part OF the gang.
In February the bandits shot down and
foooed BANK messenger by daylight in
Ire streets cf Paris and also killed a
Policeman in front of the Saint I.azare
terminus. shooting al him through the
window of their automobile
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Battleship Sinks Steamer.

BERLIN, March 25.-The German bat
tleship Eisass collided with and sank
the Swedish coasting steamer Pollux in
the SkaGerda between Norway and
Jutland March %. The crew Of the
PolluX was rescued.
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RIDE AROUND IN AN AUTO
|Brigands Abandon Machine at
Asnieres. Suburb of Paris.
CORPSE THROWN INTO DITCH
Men Thought to Be Same Who, in
February, Committed
Series of Crimes.

I'AEIS. March 25.-The automobile
bandits whC in February terrorized
many districts of Franco by carrying out
an extraordinary series of crimes have
during the last few days, a
reached its climax this morning in MUIR
Ter on the public highway between Vile
newest. Georges and Paris. y gang of
Iour bandits. which occupied an automo-
bile, ordered the chauffeur of a private
motor car TO stop. When the chauffeur
refused the hiShwaymen shot him dead
With their revolvers and wounded the
occupants OF the car
After throwing the corpse OF the chauf-
ieUr into the ditch by the roadside the
bandits entered their automobile and
1Tove toward Paris.
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Hunt Is Resumed.

HlLLSFGLLE. Va. March o5.-Anofher
days hunt for the Aliens is on. with the
hunters still confident that by Wednes-
day they will have run down at least
three of the four men. A nights sleep i'm
the foothills, badly needed after yester-
Gay strenuous, though futile, tramping
ana crawling through mountain brush in
drizziing rain. put the detectives in
shape for today's work and the whole
force made for the mountains again soon
after daylight
One of the outlaws still at large,
Claude Swanson Allen. son of Floyd
Allen. now is believed to have sue
ceeded in distancing his pursuers and
leaving this section. His uncle. Sidna
Allen. and his cousins, Wesley Edwards
and Friel Allen, are still supposed to
De hemmed in the narrow space on the
south side of the Blue Ridge. against
which the detectives are centering
their efforts. These men are said to
nave oeen seen at a distance, and at
times have barely escaped the closely
following officers.
Young Claude Allen, according to the
latest story reaching the search leaders
supplied himself with money. put on his
best suit OF clothes and rode across the
North Carolina line on the very night of
the Carroll courthouse tragedy. The po-
lice or cities outside of the state probably
will have to be depended on to catch him
Wants Friel to Surrender.
II became known today that Jack Allen.
brother of Floyd and Sidna. and father OF
Freel. the youngest Of the fugitives. made
a horseback trip through the mountains
Saturday. He explained that he hoped
to come up with his relatives, intending
to urge Freel to surrender himself to the
authorities
Sidney Edwards. who was captured and
placed in the Hillsville Jail Friday. is
now safe in Jail at Roanoke. with the
other three prisoners. Detective Felts
says that while they were going down
on the train last night Edwards admit
ted that he passed a pistol to his uncle
Floyd Allen, al the door OF the court
house on the day of the shooting. The
prisoner insisted. however, that he did
not fire a shot himself. Heretofore he
has claimed that he went to Hilsville
that day unarmed.
The formal arraignment of the prison
ers has been definitely set for April II. at
Hillsville. A change OF venue to Wythe-
vile, Wythe county, is likely.
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Suspension Unavoidable.

We thought it best today TO defer
action in reference to the anthracite
miners until after the btuminous situa-
ton is cleared one way or the other"
said Mir. White. In fact there is not
much to do concerning the anthracite
miners. except to report to the men that
negotiations have failed. That in itself
makes ii clear to the men that they are
not TO work after March 81.
1T is doubtful. even If we come to an
agreement in the bituminous fields, that
We can make it effective in time 10 avoid
a suspension.
The negotiation by the bituminous
operators and miners concerns directly
only those in western Pennsylvania. Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, but indirectly il fixes
basis upon which all other bituminous
miners operate. 1t was stated that the
contracts in Oklahoma, Missouri Kansas
and Arkansas, comprising the southwest
ern field. provide the men shall give sixty
days notice before suspending
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-25

funds of the miners union are completely
exhausted the conditions have reached
terrible stage.
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Action Held Impossible.

Figures are presented TO show that
while the gross earnings of the roads
concerned increased s1s.JJ96J9 in 1911
there was a decrease in net earnings of
s2d.6JO.2U: and while S1J1 less men were
employed the total wages increased s39,
416.SO2. The reply concludes:
This headong movement toward finan-
cial disaster cannot proceed unchecked
In view. therefore, of the fact that the
present rates of wages are as rule full
and LIBERAL and the railroads, ex-
planned above. are financially unable to
bear the increased expense involved, it
is evidently impossible TO grant the re-
quest which you have submitted"
The reply is signed by the conference
committee of managers. j. G. Stuart.
chairman.
Grand Chief Stone, when told just be-
fore the meeting of the railroad men, that
the demands of the engineers had been
refused, and, asked what the engineers
would do, said he had no predictions to
make.
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Kill Bank Employees.

A band OF brigands bearing all the ap-
peaTances of being the authors of this
rorninss hold-up arrived in an auto
Frobile at Chantilly, the racing center, at
O:io o'clock Four of the men. armed
Si;h revolvers. entered the local branch
IF Paris bank, where they shot the
caShler and another employe dead and
dangerously wounded third man.
The four ruffians then seized a port
folio containing sS0G1 in notes. y fifth
bandit i'll the meantime was keeping
/ uard at the door of the bank with
loaded carbine. while sixth sat ready
at the steering wheel of the motor car,
~ a.tlnS to start Immediately the robbery
lad been accomplished.
The murderers dashed out. jumped in
the motor and started at full speed
III the direction of Paris. The alarm
mad meanwhile been raised. but pur-
SUIT was warded off by the bandits
with repeated revolver shots. They
subsequently, abandoned the autom }
bile. which was discovered at Asnieres,
"a suburb just outside of Paris.
Thinks Auto Was Stolen.
There is little doubt that the auto
mobile had been stolen by them. 1t
had been purchased from leading
iirm on the Champs Elysees and was
being driven TO Nice with its owner.
1t was thought that the brigands
had taken the train from Asnieres 10
Parls, but a strong force of detectives
posted AT the st. Lazares terminus has
mus Tar failed TO trace them
PuoIic opinion is greatly aroused on
account OF these audacious attacks in the
vicinity OF the capital The bandits. in
the meantime, are employing most inn
pudent tactics. The police today received
e sheet of paper on which were stamped
what purported TO be copies of their
hnSer prints These We're naturally ficti-
i'ous, ana 1t was declared in some quar-
ters tnat the bandits will soon visit pO-
lice headquarters and shoot several of the
Officials.