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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-16
SAFETY OF AMERICANS WILL
IN NO WAY Be JEOPARDIZED
CELEBRATION OF MEXICAN
INDEPENDENCE TO-DAY
WILL BE INTERESTING.
Americans Will BE Protected by
Government-Bryan Inquiries
Into the Death Of Root.

WASHINGTON. Sept. l5-Statr de
partment officials were resting secure
tonight in the belief that tomorrow s
celebration OF the anniversary OF Mex
can independence. though 1t might bc
marked by interesting developments,
would not jeopardize the safety G. the
Americans in Mexico They arc con.
Ndent that in the capital. who the
federal authorities are in full control.
there Is no possibility OF an anti
American demonstration that WOULD
involve risk OF personal injury. while
in the outlying states the officials are
under the strictest injunction from
General Huerta TO extend full protcc-
tion TO Americans.
In the country dominated by the
constitutionalists the various local
leaders are treating Americans cour-
teously. and, on the whole. the only
element Of danger is believed to lie
with the irresponsible brigand bands
that are particularly active in the
southern section.
Secretary Bryan said late to-day he
was confident OF the safety Of the little
band Of American refugees which has
been slowly and painfully making its
way from Torreon To Saltillo How
ever. he has sent the customary In
structions To American consular of.
ficers 10 interest themselves in behalf
of this party. and messages have also
gone TO the American consNlts at Chit
huahua and Tel ic. inquiring as TO the
truth Of reports that Morris L. Root.
nephew oi Senator Root. had been
shot at the latter place. In this case
Mr.. Bryan is acting entirely upon
newspaper reports on the affair.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-16

ohio-Rain Tuesday; Wednssdav m
settled. probably local rains; rnodsrat.
roufhcast 60 south winds
West virRtnta-Rain Tuesday ana
probably "wednesday, warmer tuesday
east portion.
western Pennayivania-Rain tuesday
afternoon or night and probably wei
nesdayi moderats southeast winds.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-16

Honors Independence Day.
NERA CRJZ. Sept. l.. - The
Continued on Page ren1
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
YOUTH BECAME
BURGLAR FOR
LOVE OF GIRL
She Wanted Fine Clothes and
An Automobile and He
Stole $4,000

New Rochelle, N. z, Feb. 22.-For
love of a girl who promised tot marry
him, if he could make enough money
to own an automobile and keep her
in fine clothes, 19 years old Charles
J. H. Williams turned burglar and,
according to his alleged confession to
the police here, today, robbed the
homes of six wealthy New Rochelle
residents.
Williams. the police say, broke
down and confessed when the photo
graph of a handsomely dressed girl
was found in his pocket. On the
agreement of the police not to drag
the girls name into the affair or let
her know what he had done, Williams
admitted the robberies in which $780,
900 worth of jeweIry had been taken
during the last two weeks. Much CT
the jewelry, the police say, was found
in Williams suitcase at a Mills Hotel
in New York, where he was registered
under an alias.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
CHAUTAUQUA HERE
IS Big SUCCESS

''The most successful Chautauqua.
assembly ever held in Bridgeport
was the unanimous opinion today Of
local clergymen regarding the services
which closed last evening. The ses-
sions have been held since Monday
with several meetings daily and a
number of renowned orators were
heard. The attendance exceeded that
of former years by. a big margin.
Rev. G. NJ Brown, who was in
charge of the program arrangement,
said today that he was highly pleased
with the success of the assembly.
''It has been markedly the most sue
cessful ever held here, and 1 believe
everyone was impressed by the
meritorious programs presented he
said.
The closing feature of the assem-
bly, was an address at the First NJ.
E. church yesterday afternoon by
Leon H Vincent, who spoke on
American hu1nor and American hu-
morists. DR.. Vincent held that an
irreverance of young for the old was
a striking characteristic of American
humor. His address was most in
teresting and held the attention of O
large audience.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
SLUETHS TRYING To
DETECT DETECTIVE.
But Harry LeaVy, Confidential
Agent, Is Gone Beyond
Discovery

The old adage "It take a crook to
catch o crook has a slightly diff
ferent twist today in police circles
where it quietly became known that
a detective is after a. detective. The
much sought man is none but the
well known private sIeuth Harry
Leavy, whose services recently have
been in great demand by the legal
fraternity. But Harry is now gone
and so keen are those who once knew
him to again see his features that the
police have been asked to aid in find
ing his present whereabouts.
Now it all came about in a very
simple manner, one which often oc-
cures. Harry is said to have stepped
debonair1y into the Atlantic Hotel and
presenting a check upon the Staples
Bank, drawn by the well known at
torneys, Fallon & Greenstein, to have
cashed it for the sum of SIS. He did
not leave town at once if the police
his many friendsd celebrated during
his many friends entertained during
the rest of the day and evening. And
Harry is said to be a past master
among local bon vivants.
1t was day later that the check
being presented at the bank upon
which it was drawn was discovered
to be a forgery and the attention of
the attorneys called to the matter.
It was also later learned that earlier
in the preceding day an attempt to
secure a printed check book of the
firm upon which the forgery was ex-
ecuted was made at the Pequonock
Bank, but met with failure through
a, slight oversight.
The authorities are merely eager TO
locate Harry and question him as to
his knowledge of the transaction.
That is all.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
Another Arrest
Due To Threat
Against Wilson

New York, Feb. z2.-It is believed
here, today, that the reason for the
sudden doubling of the secret service
guard at the home of President-e1ect
Wilson, in Princeton, a week ago, was
the receipt of threats from huge New
Jersey trapper, See1ey Davenport, who
was jailed in Hoboken, last night. by
Federal officers after a fierce strUg
gle to capture him in his cabin, near
Wharton, Morris County, N. J.
Davenport is one of the three men
arrested, last December, charged with
sending threatening letters to Gov.
Wilson. He was not indicted a t that
time but letters he is said to have
written since caused his arrest. yes
terday.
It was just week ago that two
additional secret service men were
sent to Princeton and a night guard
esta ablished over the Wilson house
which had been guarded only in the
day time before. The secret service
men reiterated, today, their statement
of a week ago, that there was no
particular reason for the extra pre-
cautions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
Taft The Traveller
Covered More Miles
Than Predecessors

Washington, Feb. 22.-When Presi-
dent Taft returns from New York, to-
morrow, after his last trip as Chief
ord for presidential travelling during g
the four years of his ineumbency that
is likely to stand for years. He will
go down in history as <'the most trav-
elled President
Since his Inauguration, four years
ago, and up to the conclusion of his
New York trip, President Taft will
have made 1O5 separate trips tota11ing
exactly 114,479 mi1es-a distance
more than four and one-ha1f times
the circumference of the earth.
The President has made two trans
contin entail trips, one of them being
his famous swing through the west
and southwest from September Is to
November IL, 1911, a distance of 49,
OFT miles. He has taken three jaunts
to the Panama canal, adding $4,000
miles to the total. He travelled less
than 5000 miles during his 1912 cam
paign for reelection.
Most of these trips have been made
on a special car attached to regular
trains. This was due to the high cost
of special trainsE$2 a mile-and the
low appropriation" $25, 900 annually
allowed a President for travelling
expenses. President Taft has spent
this amount every year and more,
having been forced to curtau his
travel schedules at times to conform
with the appropriation and expend
private funds for urgent trips.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
JULIUS FORGETS
WHAT DAY 1T IS
Best Girl Does Not Even Know
Him in His Fine
Disguise

Listen, Henrietta: When your
julius drops around tomorrow even
ing with his weekly box of eighty
cent chocolates and his hair all slick
ed down and shining like an under
takers plug hat, don't be alarmed if
he smiles at you through a thick I'M
derbrush of whiskers. It's your
Julius, all right; he will be only one
of several hundred young men in the
same predicament.
The reason, of course, will be that
Julius didn't read the signs in the
shop last Wednesday, when the barber
was pouring witch hazel into his eyes,
nose and mouth and asking him if he
wanted a massage. The signs stated
that Saturday, February %, being a
holiday, the barber shops would close
at noon
Your Julius probably didn't believe
in signs anyway and tonight will
knock in vain at the BARRIERS door
on scheduled time, one minute before
IL o'clock. He will be greeted by an
echo from the still, quiet shop and
tomorrow evening will appear in his
cave-nan disguise.
Or, even worse, your julius may at
tempt to try out that new safety
razor that you gave him all done up
in a nistletoe and holly box at
Christmas. In that event, don't call
the police and all the doctors in the
neighborhood when Julius puts in an
appearance with his face resembling
the meeting place where the Hibernian
found dhis neighbor drinking orange
ade on March IT. Any dishgura.tions
will merely signify that your julius
has tried the razor and not found it
wanting anything but a treatment in
a blast furnace with no one to watch
it.
The closing of the barber shops at
noon and the consequent scramble to
get in before the whistle blew proved
to be the chief diversion of the holi-
day celebration in this city. The
stores in general were closed, and the
bank folks shut up shop all day.
Motormen, conductors, policemen and
newspaper reporters were among the
few who carried the barbershop race
as sideIine to their usual daily
advertisements
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
WOMEN SET FIRE
To RACE TRACK
Try 10
Burn Famous Kemp
ton Park Stands
Yankee Girl Injured by ForcibIe
Feeding in Holloway
Prison

London Feb. 22.-The Kempton
Park Racetrack fire was a ftzzle so
far as damage in concerned, accord
ing to officials of the course, but they
declared that they would prosecute
the suffragettes if Scotland Yard
place indicated that the women start
ed the fire and some of the suffra-
gettes smiled knowingly and said
nothing when asked about the blaze.
The fire was discovered. last night,
and was put out after 1t had done
nothing more serious than slightly
damaged the members stands.
The American embassy, today, was
in possession of all the facts concern
ing the three arrests of Miss Zelie
Emerson, the American suffragette
and her alleged serious injury by
forcible feeding in Holloway prison.
The charge d'aRaires, though, said the
embassy would take no action unless
relatives of the young woman request
ed il
The story that the suffragettes are
planning the kidnapping of cabinet
minister here has been revived Be-
fore the final debate on the Fran
chise Reform Bill which Premier As
quith withdrew from the government,
half a dozen husky EaiIitants pushed
past several guards and entered the
office of David Lloyd George, chan
cellor of the exchequer. The 3han-
cellor was absent but the incident re-
suited in the report that the women
planned to kidnap him. Then Mrs.
Pankhurst issued a statement that
hostilities would be held up pendi lg
the action of the Commons on the
franchise reform.
notwithstanding. the cabinet min
listers have been guarded as well as
their offices and homes.
The police are uncertain whether
the women have designs on Premier
Asquith, Lloyd George or the colonial
secretary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
INDIAN CHIEFS
IN WAR PANOPLY
Attend Breaking Ground
Ceremonies for National
Memorial
President Taft Turns First
Spade on Hill at Fort
Wadsworth

New York, Feb. 22.-with an i'm
pressive group of Indian chiefta1ns,
each clad in the full war panopIy of
his tribe, standing in sorrowful dig
nifty at his back, President Taft, to-
day, dug a spade into the ground at
the top of the hill at Fort Wadsworta,
Staten Island, and tossed a clod of
earth to one side. He was followed
by Chief Hollow Horn Bear of the
Yankton Sioux, who turned a lump of
earth with the thigh bone of a buff
fa1o, the ancient excavating imp1e-
ment of the plains tribes.
This simple but impressive cere-
Inony marked the breaking of ground
for the magnificent national menor-
ial to the American Indian which is
to tower 1e5 feet above the highest
point of land on this section of the
Atlantic coast.
President Taft then addressed the
gathered warriors, many of whom
had fought in the most notGd Indian
campaigns in the west. He reviewed
IN part the history of the Amarican
Indian as it is known to the white
race and spoke feelingly of the grad
ua1 passing of the great warriors.
During the past two centuries %
said the President, 'tthe American In
dian has won the right no longer to
be regarded as relic of a prehis-
torie man but to be recognized as an
1OTc0 with great ana 411n1e eQ-
late and direct Influence upon the
settlement and development of this
country by the white races and upon
the course of historic events. It is
most appropriate that this race, which
controlled North America for centur-
les before the white man came and
which had so much to do with the
country since his advent, should have
a memorial in this, the great sea en-
trance of the North American con-
tinent.''
The Presidents address was re-
sponded to by Chief Hollow Horn Bear
who was one of the leaders of the
Sioux hordes that massacred General
Custer and his men in the valley of
the Little Big Horn
The President went to Fort Wads-
worth on the Dolphin As the gun
boat steamed past the MayfIower, an
chored off the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
it received the Presidents salute of
21 guns. This salute was repeated by
the guns of Fort Wadsworth when the
President and his party landed.
Among those accompanying the Pres
ident were Admiral Osterhaus and
Rodman Fl. Wanamaker, designer of
the great Indian statue to be erected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
ROBBING FREIGHT CARS
IN INTERSTATE TRANSIT
IS NOW FEDERAL OFFENCE

Notification has been received BY
Chief of Police Eugene Birmingham
from the National Railroad Detec-
tfvee Association at Washington an
nouncing that a new law becoming
effective at once makes the robbiug
of freight, express or baggage cars IN
transit from state to state a. federal
ioffense puniSha BILE 10y a, fine not 70
exceed 5000 or imprisonment not to
exceed ten years. Heretofore the
breaking of car door seals, or the rob-
bling of cars has been prosecuted By
local authorities and small fines or
iail sentences have been customary.
It is asserted that the railroads WIN
demand that all offenders be dealt
severely with in the future. The BIN
introduced in the House of Represen~
tatives by the Hon. G. c. Carbon, re-
ceived the signature of the President
on Feb 13, 1913.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
JUDGE WILL
NOT TESTIFY
Expects to Have 0p-
pOrunity to Meet
Bribery Charges
Advised by Lawyers Not to kn-
tiCipate judicial TTi
bunaI

Senator Isijell fof New E5aren, to-
day. gave out a letter from J. A. Judge
of this city, in answer to 4 letter
from him asking him IL he wished to
appear before the committee fnvestf-
eating the Hurley bribery charges.
Senator Hurley has alleged that Judge
offered him a certain sum Of money II
he would stay away from the Senate
when a vote was to he taken on the
selection of a highway commissions.
Mr. Judges letter follows:
bridgeport. Conn, Feb. 20, 1913
your registered letter of the 18th
inst. was delivered at my home dur
ing my absence at $50, today. That
letter contains the first official notice
have had of the raising and purpose
of the committee inquiry you refer 20
although I have, oAcourse, read many
newspaper articles purportiuR to re-
port its proceedings. I can and am
exceedingly anxious 10 prove at the
proper time and place that there So
absolutely no foundation in fact for
the charges you refer to in your let
ter and were I guided by my own
impulses would have appeared before
your committee before this time and
have asked for permission to be heard
but I have been advised by my at
torney that Notwithstanding the high
character and purpose of the mem
bers of your committee that in view
of the fact that the veracfty Of one
of your colleagues (Senator Hurley0 A.
involved; that the consequences Of a
negative report on his charges would
be of serious consequence to hfms
that one of the committee of inquiry
appears to be witness as wen as
trier in relation to the matters in
volved; that have no opportunity
to hear or cross examine those who
have heretofore testified before the
COMMITTEES; that one of my witness
is now 1zrayailabIe, and that IL O.
probable that very soon I shan be
given an opportunity before a Judicial
tribunal to meet the charges 1t would
be better to silently bear the odfum
and suspicion to which am subject
ed by these charges than to appear
before the committe ut this time.
''I deem it wise, therefore to sub
NIT to the judgment of my attorney
and forego for the present at least the
privilege you so courteously offer me
of appearing and testifying before the
committee"
Senators McDonough and Peck de-
clined to join in compelling the at
tendance of Judge, because testimony
under such circumstances might re-
suit in comforting immunity from
criminal prosecution if such a prosecu-
ton should be undertaken as a result
of the inquiry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
POLICE BELIEVE PRISONER
IS SNATCHER OF PURSES

Thomas Shay, 3T Howard avenue.
believed by the authorities to be the
long sought for "snatcher'' of womeu's
purses, a description Of whom has
been with the police for the past three
weeks, is held at headquarters pend
ing investigation into his record
His arrest resulted from his ask
ing Patrolrnan George E. Hayes for a
match early. this morning, and later
abusing him for not acceding to his
demand. Hayes took good stock OF
his man and remembering the dsscrip-
tioH conveyed him to the police sta
tion that his suspicious might be veri-
fed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
BOYFINDS MANS BODY
BADLY MANGLED BY
BERKSHIRE EXPRESS

Falls Village, Conn., Feb. 22-Reu-
ben Ford, 81, married, was struck ana
instantly killed, last night, by the eec-
ond section of the Berkshire Express.
The body, which was badly nnansIed,
was found by Harry Blake, a boy who
was walking home carrying q lighted
lantern / Identification was made by
means of a key and his clothing
Ford, who was familiar with the
time of the passing of the trains, im
believed to have thought that both
sections of the train had passed an
the second section was late and noe
to have paid any attention TO Oncorn-
ing trains the express wa& the last
+-ei through until morning
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
SEEK FALSE ALARM FIEND

Many recent false alarms have be-
come the subject of police investiga-
tion in an effort to assist Chief Ed
ward Mooney in ferreting out those
were two alarms last night, at which
there were no fires The first was re-
corded from box 326 at o. m. at the
corner of East Washington and Hous-
atomic avenues The second came
from box "a, seventeen minutes later
at the corner of HouSatonic and North
Washington avenues.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
FIGHT JUST BEGUN
IN NORTHERN MEXICO
(By a Staff Correspondent of the
TTnifad Press \

(By a Staff Correspondent of the
United Press.)
Chihuahua City, Mex, Feb. 22.-
How far from peace the republic of
Mexico stands, today, was learned by
a days visit in Chihuahua City and a
dozen interviews with the men in
whose leadership is embodied the dis
uprisings in northern Mexico. Epito-
mizing these various expressions, in a
sentence, the fight has just begun.
Idealists, dreamers, ambitious office
seekers and adventurers regard the
present provisional government as
only an armistice and more than that,
a temporary restoration of the -Por-
ffrio 'Diaz regime.
To the United Press correspondent,
General IneZ SaIazar, one of the three
leaders of the northern rebels. talked
with freedom on the situation.
I'VE rebels have everything to gain
and nothing to lose by fghting,'' he
said. 1'The poems are enraged and
they want to 4be free. Also, we will
fight and keep on fighting until we
have gained what we want-real lib
erty and the advantages of modern
civilization.
1--WE helped Madero fight his fight
originally because he promised to
divide the lands fairly. But when he
got into power he went back on his
word and named 40 of his own reIa-
tives to political offices. Then the
Madero family fell to grating. They
allied themselves with giant foreign
corporations.
f'That is why Madero had to go,
even if his overthrow meant blood
shed. And all his successors will go
the same way if they ally themselves
with the same forces
Direct accusations that the power
of Wall street precfpitated the present
revolution and stands in the way of
permanent peace were made by men
here in every social strata. Madero's s
administration, they say, was Wall
street government. Tt is because of
the exploitation of their country by
Americans that the hatred of the
''gingoes'' is so widespread And it is
because they think Intervention will
be for the benefit of these financiers
that Mexicans of every class will re-
sist to the death such action on the
part of the United States.
That intervention will lead to at
least that-and more-there is no
doubt. In this part of Mexico at least
the landing of American soldiers
would be followed by widespread mas
sacre of Americans and the whole
sale destruction of American prop
erty. The hatred and suspicion of
Americans is intense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
SUFFRAGIST HIKERS
HAVE WORST DAY

Havre De Grace, Md, Feb 22-Re-
Grace, the suffragist mixers moved on
toward Belair, Md, today Yesterday
was by far the worst day of the hike
clay mire until walking was all but
impossible. Some are declared to have
taken lifts from kindly farmers but
this was denied
The roads from here into Washing
ton have been improved recently,
however, and there is no fear of fail
ure to get in.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
BABY GIRL FROZEN
SOLID INTO ICE CAKE

Quincy, Mass, Feb. 22-Investiga-
ton in the finding of a little baby
girl, frozen solid into the top of a
cake of floating ice in a creek near
the Fore River Shipyards, was start
ed, today, by the police, who believe
that the child was deliberately aban-
doned in such a fendish manneras An
autopsy by the medical examiner dis
closed that the child was alive and
scarcely "a hours old when it was
1lTo o0d ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-22
JOSEPH MCDONALD
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Papers in the divorce action Of
Joseph Mcdonald of this city against
Una Mcdonald of this city were serv-
ed today by Deputy Sheriff Weller.
The couple were married November
IL, 1909 1t is alleged that the wife
deserted the plaintiff, December Is,
1909. The wife's maiden name was
Una HadIey.