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New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
NEW HONDURAN LOAN PLANS
Offer of Southern Bankers Radi-
cally Different from Morgans.

Washington, March 3l-The State Depart
rent announced to-day the terms OF a pro-
posed new loan 10 the government or Hon
duras. to be financed by the Whitney Cen
trail Trust and Savings Bank. of New Or
leans, instead of by the Morgan group III
New York The department officials claim
that the Objectionable feature of the Nor
gan proposition has been eliminated by the
Southern bankers, and they are again urg-
ing the Senate to act upon the Honduran
loan convention. which has been before the
Foreign Relations Committee for more than
a year.
The offer Of a slo,oOo,ooo loan by the Nor
gan group recently was withdrawn. ms
Southern bankers. II Is announced ha'o
made a tender ~ a similar amount under
new and radically different contract They
nronose TO limit the first issuance or oonos
to ssnOO.OOo and will require OF honduras
$780, 900 n year 10 meet the service Oh 'no
loan, as compared with $4,000 year
under the former contract.
The official announcement Of the new loan
issued to-day by the state Department
SAYS IN part: -.
The Southern bankers limit the uses 0.
their loan exclusively 10 the refundins OF
the Honduran foreign debt and discard the
PROPOSALS Of the Morgan group to pronote
railroad building and other internal I'M
rrovements and to settle internal doots ana
claims pendins against the Honduran gov
ernment
with the general public IN Honduras tne
southern bankers find themselves hanai-
canned by widespread prejudice towaro
loans in any form, and say that tnis oppo-
sition has undoubtedly been augmented ny
the failure of the senate TO ratify the con-
venton.
The new offer. as described by Acting
Secretary Huntington Wilson, Is for
S. nN, 600 loan. payable In forty years. WIN
interest at the rate OF per cent and with
q sinking fund after Ave years OF per
cont The bonds are TO he secured by inc
customs revenue Of Honduras. collected ~
provldod for I'm the loan convention oy
Americans appointed by Honduras with Tue
spproval Of the President OF the Chlteo
states. Connected with the New Orleans
bankers Is the Arm of william I. sheluoi'
& Co. of New York.
The Southern bankers have already tilaue
considerable Roadway, tho Hondufan 'oh-
cress having accepted their terms lot
preliminary loan Of 10000. offered TO mec'
the pressing needs OF that government.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
BRITISH MINERS APATHETlC
Only About Half the Men Record
Votes Regarding Strike.

London, March Sl.-The miners are tax
ing far less interest in the ballot TO emu
the strike than they did in the ballot
which began 1t. Probably this is because
the result is foregone conclusion III
many districts only about half the men
have REGARDED their votes. This indirer-
ence also accounts probably for the fact
that Northumberland. Lancashire anu
some other districts are voting against
resumption, only the irreconcilables taking
the trouble to vote.
However, the aggregate voting rs large
Iy for return to work, and the ihdlca-
tions are that many men VIII nave 'aNe"
up their tools again before the hnai result
OF the polling is declared. I'm not ne"
of the districts the men have already ne
gun to reopen the roads and prepare inc
mines for a new start at the earliest mo
ment. Several collieries In WarWickshire
have been reorened. and probably lV'ooo
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
$4,000 CARPENTERS STRIKE
Allied Workers May Join Movement
and Swell Number of Idle to 10000.

Chicago March Sit IS expected una.
80. 900 workmen will be idle as the result Oh
\ strike of 1900 union carpenters erecuNe
AT midnight tonight. Members OF all all'eu
trade unions are expected to lay dor n tneF
tools in sympathy with the carpenters
Difference Of opinion between the Cni'
cago Carpenter Contractors Council the
employers, and the union over new vase
scale brought about the strike. The union
demanded 65 cents an hour and the ein'
ployers offered 621a cents. The former
wage scale was so cents.
Contractors say the strike has come az
most critical time, as work on many larss
structures is being rushed.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
BETTING AGAINST SOCIALISTS
Municipal Election in Milwaukee To-
morrow Awakens Great Interest

Milwaukee, March 3l.-Interest in the
Milwaukee city election on Tuesday next
between the non-partisan and Socialist
tickets and the contests throughout the
state for delegates to the national polit-
lcal conventions is probably as great as
that attending any political contest I'm the
history of Wisconsin.
In Milwaukee a non-partisan ticket,
made up OF Republicans and Democrats, Is
headed by DIR. Gerhard A. Bading. Mayor
Emil Seidl is seeking reelection attthe
hands of the Socialists. Betting on the
Milwaukee election is largely in favor Of
the non partisan ticket.
in the Presidential primary the chief
contests are between the Taft and the La
Toilette forces or the Republican side. and
Wilson and Clark adhcrents on the Demo
cratic side.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
ATLANTIC'S HEAVY TOLL
Shipwreck Causes Death Of III
Persons During Last Winter.

Boston. March S1.-One hundred and
twenty -one persons perished by shipwreck
and eighty-fve vessels met disaster off the
New England coast or while engaged In
the New England, Canadian or Newfound-
land trade during the fall and winter sea
son of l9l1-l2 OF the eighty-hve vessels
cast ashore. sunk, burned or involved In
other mishaps. seven were steamers, two
we're full-rigged ships. two were barks,
three brigs. slXty-four schooners and seven
were harges. The financial loss Is esti'
mated at more than 100000.
The revenue cutters Gresham, Acushnet
and Androscoggin, ever on the alert while
at their stations, saved many lives and ves-
sells during the winter months wireless
calls for assistance were quickly answered
ny these three government vessels, and
large number Of disabled or sinking schoon-
ers were towed to places OF safety.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
OTHERS WANT MORE PAY
Station Agents Follow Lead OF
Engineers in Demands.

The question OF making general demands
on the Eastern railroads for higher wages
was taken up Yesterday at n conference
I'm the Grand Union Hotel OF representa-
tves Of the station agents signal men,
maintainers and others outside Of the
operating forces employed by these roads.
The delegates represented the men In
their respective occupations in the employ
Of the Pennsylvania. Reading, New York.
New Haven & Hartford. Boston & Maine,
Rutland and other Eastern lines.
The general sentiment was that their
claims for higher wages should he consid-
cred before any increases were granted by
the railroads TO their higher salaried em-
ployes. The conference represented about
three thousand railroad employees
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
SCOUT GREAT IRON DISCOVERY
Geological Survey Says Existence Of
Billion Tons Impossible.

Washington. March Sl.-The recently re-
ported discovery of a billion tons OF iron
ore In Fulton County. Penn. is a physical
and chemical impossiblity according to
the United States Geological Survey. which
made public tonight the result of an In
vestigation.
The Survey finds that a billion tons Of
iron would occupy volume nearly equal
to the mass Of the three hills in which the
deposit was alleged TO be found. The In
vcstigation shows that the hills probably
contain several million tons of low grade
red iron ore and may contain small
amount Of high grade brown ore and more
low grade brown ore.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
ALASKA TURNS FROM
ROOSEvELT'S PROPHET
Instructs Its Delegates for Taft,
DESPITE Clifford PinChot'S
Earnest Efforts.
is SOLID FOR PRESIDENT
DEVELOPMENTS of the Week Show
Continued Drift Away from
Roosevelt East and
West.
fTrom Tho Tribune Pureaul

WASHINGTON. March 21.-Althoueh the ter
ritory Of Alaska will have only two dele
gates in the Republican National Conven-
lion both of whom have been instructed
to work for the denomination of President
Taft. the action of the territorial voters al
the primaries means more than tho adding
Of two more votes TO the Taft column, aC-
cordng to the analysis of the situation
made by the Taft bureau to-day.
II is regarded as defeat for Clifford
Pinchot, one of Colonel Roosevelts most
active campaign prophets. in the territory
which he regarded as his own dominion
and in which he fought hard against the
administration. Following is the statement
of the Taft bureau:
President Taft will have cast for him the
votes of the two delegates from the terri
tory of Alaska i'm the Chicago convention
The significance of this result lies as much
I'm the method by which the delegates were
chosen il does in the actual result itself.
For the purposes Of the territorial con-
vention Alaska elects delegates by judicial
districts, there being four such districts,
each having fifty votes in the convention.
The district delegates were chosen al mass
primaries in which the vote cast was ap-
proXimately 70 per cent Of the vote cast
dt the last election for territorial delegates 3
in Congress. This is by far the highest
percentage of votes cast I'm any primary yet
held. ana the Endorsement Of the Taft ad-
miniStratiOn and the instruction of dele
gates for President Taft by n standing vote
in the convention are ono Of the highest
f.ft
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
ELUDES NURSE AND DIES
Attendant Clutches Robe as Man
Leaps from Mt. Sinai Window.

Michael Shelak, who was In the Mount
Sinai Hospital being treated for heart trou-
BILE and under the care OF a special nurse.
jumped from window on the third floor of
the institution yesterday. and was killed on
the stone tagging OF the court yard.
Shclak was an iron worker, thirty years
old. and lived At No. 114 1st street, Brook
lyn. lie was admitted TO the hospital four
weeks ago. At noon yesterday Shelak was
apparently asleep. and the nurse left the
room moment. When he returned he saw
his patient astrde the window sill
The nurse rushed for Shelak and caught
his night rcte. which tore away as the man
fell
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
INCREASE FOR COKE WORKERS
rrick Company Also Advances Pay OF
Miners 71-2 Per Cent.

Pittsburgh March 3l.-Twenty thou.
sand workmen I'm Fayette. Westmorelanu
and Washington counties viii go 10 their
work .: the mines and coke ovens OF the
z G. Frick Coke Company tomorrow
morning and learn from notices posted to-
night that they are 10 receive e PEI
cent advance I'm wages. beginning April T.
Not one employe, ii is said, is anticipar
ing the advance.
The men have been working under the
former scale for FIVE years. They are NOT
organized
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
zen will be working tomorrow In ths

men will be working tomorrow In IN.
pits.
AS the crisis is nov virtually over. Nh.
King. who has up to the present declined
TO leave London, has decided 10 carry OIL,
his original plan 10 spend Easter at Sand.
ringham with the Qu.en and the royal
family. He probably will remain there
until April g.
The Birmingham Cooperation will starr
tomorrow in shutting off the gas supply
between noon and O'Clock in the evening.
to the dismay of the shopkeepers, who
are loudly protesting against this action.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
WILL COME BACK" APRIL

John w. Smith, the veteran director Of
the Central Park menagerie, will be back
on the job this morning after three
months vacation. It was the first vacation
taken in twenty years and the aged director
will show conclusively on April FOOLS day
that he is one Of the exceptions to the
cant come back rule.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01

SUNDAYS NEW.YoRk TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
fer 81 so q year.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
GEORGE II. WALK ER.
l. +. SHACKLEFORD.
CHARLES HEBRON.

Control OF the Vermont State convention
and probable control Of the Missouri con-
vention by the Taft forces are assured. ac-
cording to reports received at the Taft
bureau to-day. In Vermont the friends OF
the President dominate the situation and in
Missouri the progress Of the President has
been accentuated by the victory OF the Taft
forces in Speaker Clark's own district
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01

Lack of cooperation between the cit
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
COTTON CORNER CASE OPENED
United Statse Supreme Court VIII De.
eide IL Antitrust Law Has
Been Violated.

Washington. Oct. 25.- Solicitor Gen
eral Bullitt made the final argument
in the Patten cotton corner case In
the Supreme court and the case is
now before that tribunal for decision.
Notwithstanding the reports that
the indictments have been faulty. etc,
the case was submitted to the court
on the general principles that there
have been violations of the Sherman
antitrust law
Interest attached to the case against
Patten and others because it is an
open attempt on the part of the gov
ernment to use the Sherman law to
break up corners in wheat, cotton and
other staples and to end agreements
to purchase in excess of the known
supply or to make contracts for the
future delivery of such products
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
THREE DIE IN RIOTS
LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES
IN CLASH AT HAVANA, CUBA.
Martial Law Is Proclaimed and Troops
Of cavaIrymen Are PatroiIing
Streets.

Havana, Oct. 2S-Three medical
students were killed and several
wounded when the police fired into a
mob Friday following resumption of
the rioting in Central park here when
several persons were fatally wounded
by bullets.
The city has been in a highly excit-
able state all day. Martial law has
been proclaimed and cavalrymen are
patrolling the streets.
The Liberals and Conservatives first
FLASHED at 80 o'clock in the morn
ing A veritable battle was fought in
Central park. The Liberals hid be-
hind trees and pillars while the Con
servatives operated from the Asbert
club. More than 400 shots were ex.
changed and more than fifty persons
were injured Several bullets struck
the American club and others crashed
through windows, of the editorial
rooms of the Havana Post, an Ameri.
can newspaper.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
BURNS AIDE ON THE STAND
Walter Drew Says n. S. HockIn Told
Him He Would Need Gun After
rrest of J. j. Mcnamara.

Indianapolis, Ind. Oct 2T.-That
Herbert s. Hockin told him he would
need the gun he was carrying immedi-
ately after the arrest of ]. j. McNa-
mara here in April, 1911, was the tes-
timony of Walter Drew, counsel for
the National Erectors' association. in
the dynamite conspiracy case in fed
eral court here on Friday.
Drew was cne of the leading spirits
and Burns right bower in ferreting
out the dynamite mystery and land
ing the McNamaras and having the
forty-five men now on trial indicted.
Drew said the initial trouble be.
tween the National Erectors' asocia-
ton and the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers, out Of which the dynamiting con
spiracy is said to have grown. arose
from the subletting of bridge con-
tract by the American Bridge com
pany. employing union labor, to the
Boston Bridge company. employing
non-union labor.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE


Boston, Mass. Oct. 2S.-An indict.
ment charging the larceny of $146,0O0
from four Michigan copper mining
companies was returned Friday
against Stephen R. Dow, a stock bro
ker Dow is out on $4,000 cash bail
Salt Lake City, Utah. Oct. ga
firing squad executed the death sen.
tence upon Thomas Riley at the state
prison Thursday Riley was the sec
ond man to die for the, murder OF
G. Fassel. a grocer, in Marcl. 1910.
Peoria. Ill.,, Oct 26.-The jury in
the case of Myron Jordan Of ROCK
Island, H., indicted by the federal
jury on the charge of sending obscene
literature through the mails, returned
a verdict of not guilty in the federal
court. JoEdan's Indictment followed
an attack on Mayor Schriever of Rock
Island,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
BECKER IS GUILTY
JURY FINDS GOTHAM OFFICIAL
DIRECTED RosENTHAL KILLING.
Verdict Is Severe Blow to Defendant
and His Wife, Who Hoped for a
Disagree ment.

New York, Oct 26.-Police Lieut..
Charles Becker was found guilty of
murder in the first degree by the jury
which has been trying him for insti-
eating the death of Herman Rosen-
thai. the gambler. The verdict, which
took the jury eight hours to reach,
was pronounced at 1902 o'clock Fri
day morning.
Mrs. Becker, wife of the convicted
police official, was barred from the
courtroom when the Jury returned
with their verdict. Seated in the CORR
dor outside, the dread news was
broken to her as gently as possible.
She sat perfectly immovable when the
messenger told her her husbands fate.
Apparently stunned, she neither NOV
ed nor spoke. Then her eyes closed
and she apparently swooned. Friends
carried her away
The verdict was a severe blow to
both the defendant and his wife and
counsel, all az whom had been conf.
IDENTIFY looking for disagreement at
least.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
$4,000 FOR LIBEL
ROOSEVELT DEMANDS BIG DAM
AGES OF MICHIGAN NEWS
PAPER PUBLISHER.
WILL GUARD Ex-PREsIDENT
Strange Visitor at Oyster Bay and
Menacing Notes Causes Much Anx-
Iety Among coloneps lntlmates--
Condition Is Rapidly Improving.

New York, Oct, 2S.-Counsel for
Colonel Roosevelt, unde. his instruc-
tions. began criminal and civil libel
suits Friday against George S. Newett.
publisher of the Iron Ore. z weekly
newspaper printed in Ishpeming,
Mich. The suit is based upon an ar
ticle printed in this paper October 70,
headed. THE Roosevelt Way"
According to formal statement
made public at national Progressive
headquarters here this article con
tanned the following paragraph;
Roosevelt lies and curses in most
disgusting way. He gets drunk. too.
and that not infrequently and all his
intimates know about it"
Judge James H. Pound of Detroit has
been retained by Colonel Roosevelt
as his attorney. The monetary dam
ages have been fixed at the nominal
sum of $4,000. because, as the state
ment explains. 1T is not a question of
recovering money from Mr.. Newett
that is influencing Colonel Roosevelt
in the least in commencing these
actions. They are brought because by
the publication of this libel in his
newspaper, Mr.. Newett has furnished
the first opportunity that Colonel
Roosevelt or his friends have been
able to find for the prompt disproof
of the allegation that he is a drunk
ard"
Marquette, Mich. Oct 2S.-George
A. Newett, editor of the Ishpeming
Iron Ore, who has been sued by Col,
Theodore Roosevelt for criminal libel
and damages for $4,000. was arrested
here Friday. His bail was fixed at
$4,000. The arrest was on a capias.
Oyster Bay, N. r.. Oct rs. Fear Of
an invasion of cranks at Sycamore
Hill led the ex-president's advisers
here Friday to urge a bodyguard for
Colonel Roosevelt.
A bulletin given out by the colonels
physicians says he is improving
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
STAYS THREE AND SUICIDES
Sheboygan County Farmer Wipes Out
His Enstranged Wife's Family
With Shotgun.

Sheboygan.-Alvin Roehr, aged So,
a young farmer of Plymouth, this
county, shot and killed his father-in-
OW's father, Fred Haut, aged 80, be-
cause he was refused permission to
see his wife who was not living with
hmi. After having satisfied his VEN
geance, the murderer went to the
woods about a quarter of mile from
his home and hung himself.
About year and half ago, Roehr
married Otis daughter They did
not get along peaceably and Mrs.
Roehr some time ago took her g.
month-old baby and went home to
her fathers house, just across the
road. She then started suit for di-
vorce.
Roehr went to his father-in-law'
home and demanded to see his wife.
The grandfather answered the door.
but refused the young man admit
lance. Roehr then went back to his
home, returning with a shotgun. and
as the grandfather went to the dairy
shed, Roehr shot and killed him in
stantly. Mr., OFT and his wife came
out of the door and Roehr shot them,
both shots entering their breasts, kill
ing the minstantly Then Roehr en-
tered the house in search of his wife,
who had heard him and taken her
baby and hidden in a chimney cup
board. After remai,ing there over
three hours she slipped out and gave
the alarm to neighbors. The only
witness to the triple crime was the
4-year-old adopted son of OFT.
Roehr's father committed suicide
about five years ago and it is be-
lieved there is trace of insanity in
the family. OFT was one of the most
prominent farmers and stock raisers
in this county
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
SHIP BURNS, EIGHTEEN DIE
Twenty-Five Others of Crew of Biaz.
ing Steamer Are Rescued Of Bra
lillian Coast.

New York, Oct 26.-The steamship
Asiatic Prince, arriving here from
Brazilian ports, reported the rescue of
thirteen men from the burning steam.
ship Fagundes Varella. sighted off
the Brazilian coast on the morning of
October Z. The ship caught fire from
chemicals in her hold. There were
forty-one aboard, eighteen of whom
were drowned and nine of whom were
picked up by another vessel The
eighteen men rescued from the water
by the Asiatic Prince were landed at
Maceio, Brazil.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
coNvIcTs SET PRISON AFlRE
Revenge for Punishment. in Recent
Riots Causes Burning of Irvine
Factory.

jackson, Mich, Oct 27--Fire de-
stroyed the binder Irvine warehouse
inside the walls of the state prison
here on Thursday The building con
tanned more than 500 tons OF sisal
stock, and as the state carries no in.
surance, the loss will be heavy
The prisoners were locked in their
cells when the flames broke out, and
made no demonstration
Prison guards expressed the belief
that convicts had set the warehouse
on fire in revenge FOR the punishment
inflicted upon them as result OF the
prison riots several weeks ago
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-11-01
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Fond du Lae.-The mystery of a
third of century has been cleared
up by advices confirming the dis
patch published recently to the effect
that Robert Mentzel, who disappear
ed 35 years ago, was alive and we'll
He is now rs years old, is living at
Dayton, o. Mentzel was corporal
in Co. d, 17Sth regiment, New York
infantry, and was honorably dis
charged in 1854 after which he came
20 Fond du Lac where he resided un-
I'll 1877, the time of his disappear
ance. Recently he made application
for a service pension. The pension
examiner discovered that Mentzsls
wife had been receiving a pension as
soldiers widow for many years.
Now Mentzel will get his pension,
but that of the widow VIII be cut
off.
Milwaukee. Albert H. Bitter, aged
"a, formerly of the Bitter Piano
company, plead guiltxr-of abducting
Frieda Norman, aged Is, daughter
of "a Milwaukee mail carrier, and
was sentenced. to fifteen years in the
state penitentiary. Bitter deserted
his wife and children here over a
year ago and eloped with Miss Nor
man, the pair going to Europe. A
few months ago they returned to
This country and were arrested at
Asbury Park, N. ]. Miss Norman is
the mother of baby now five
months old
Madison.-The Madison Woman's
club is again on the war path. The
club recently threw a bomb into po-
lice circles by the announcement that
houses of i'll fame were being con
Quoted here and that many young
girls were being ruined through
traffic that was conducted unmolest-
ed Now the club has inaugurated
a crusade and makes the general
charge that many dealers in Madi-
son are selling cigarettes, tobacco and
cigarette papers to minors in open
violation of a state law on this sub
ject The club claims to have enough
evidence to convict many business
men.
raboo.-Ringling brothers cir
Gus will return TO this city to spend
the winter, which possibly will be
the last that the circus will be in
Wisconsin. This decision was reach
ed at meeting of the brothers held
in Chicago Charles E. Ringing has
returned to this city and is making
all arrangements for the coming OF
the show
Beloit.-James Henderson, pris-
oner in the city jail, had his jar
broken by the fist of Patrolman Me
Cauiey Henderson was sent TO
hospital and McCauley viii pay the
bill