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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-19

on Sabinas and Ciudad Porfirio Daz,
which will shortly be taken by the FED
eral forces. In the south. Zapata is De-
ing hemmed in with the few followers he
still has left.
The success Of the Huerta government
has been reflected on the Paris bourse.
where Mexican bonds were quoted yes
terday as rising.
Lauded by British Envoy.
A brilliant future for Mexico was pre-
dicted by the new British minister at q
recent banquet given in honor of Presi-
dent Huerta in Mexico City, according to
official advices received at the Mexican
embassy in Washington. The British min
lister praised the president.
A sharp advance In the price Of Mexi-
can bonds on the Paris bourse yesterday
Is ascribed by the Mexican embassy to
the military successes Of the Huerta gov
eminent 1t also records that the insur-
rectory forces under Carranza have met
with severe reverses. Zapatas resistance
to the government Is also drawing to q
close, 1t reports
At Rogriquez the Carranxista were de-
feated In a big battle with federal troops
under Gen. Mass. Gen. Mass, as a re-
suit OF his victory, Is now advancing on
Sabinas and Cuidad Porf1rio Diaz. The
embassy expects that both places will
soon be occupied by federal troops with
out material resistance. Zapata, with only
few followers, It Is reported to the en-
bassy. Is being surrounded nthe south
without chance of escape.
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CONSPIRATORS KNOWN.
Identity Of Men Who Aided Thaw
Thought to Be Fixed.

NEW YORK. August 19.-There seems
to be little doubt that the conspirators
who effected the escape Of Thaw from
the Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal
Insane have been fully identified All
indications are that the leader Of the
company was Richard ]. Butler. an init
mate friend Of ex-Police Chief Devery
and q former member Of the state legis-
lature.
Buffers chief assistant seems to have
been Roger Thompson, New York
chauffeur. Thompson some three or four
years ago was engaged in demonstrating
and selling Packard automobiles. He Is
described as a mildmannered fellow, but
q daredevil as a chauffeur.
A third member of the party was
Thomas Flood, a chauffeur, who owns
Apparently Flood received Thaw at
the asylum gate and took him to the
foot of a hill. where Thompson with a
Packard sixty-horsepower touring car
was waiting. This car is said to have
belonged to a Broadway saloonkeeper
Carroll.
Evidently Thompson started on the
road to Danbury, but at Ridgefeld.
Conn.,. missed his way and got on the
road to Norwalk. At Wilton he and
the other machine asked for directions.
Butler was heading for
Long Island Sound and Is supposed to
have separated from the company and
whence he came into New York and
mailed letter from Harry Thaw to
his mother.
Butler lived in district 20" Of the
New York post Office, from which the
letter was mailed.
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THAW CASE PUZZLES.
Washington Attorney Says He
Would Be Safe in j. G.

In discussing the Thaw case this morn
Ing Attorney Frederick A. Fenning, who
has handled many lunacy matters and
written extensively on the legal aspect
Of insanity. said:
SHOULD Thaw come into this jurisdic-
ton, 1t is more than likely that he could
not be committed to the Government
Hospital for the Insane. and highly i'm
probable that he would be turned over to
the New York authorities. He could be
taken up by our police II he exhibited
dangerous tendencies in a public place.
or II two physicians certified him to be OF
unsound mind and two lay residents Of
the District made affidavit that he was
mentally unsound.
I'm the first place, however, Thaw will
undoubtedly not publicly exhibit any
dangerous tendencies. II his allment
he likely has sufficient control of himself
to prevent getting into early conflict with
the law, and my experience with insane
persons Of this type Is that after having
been incarcerated in an institution Tor
the insane they appreciate their liberty
so thoroughly, and entertain SO pro-
nounced q horror of confinement, that
they are able for many years to keep
their decisions under subsection.
In the second place ace ,.t II Is tb atT n de-
would ever submit himself to an exami-
nation by physicians.
"Furthermore, If by any chance he is
taken in custody in this District. under
either OF these practices: he would be
entitled to jury hearing. and the one
question at issue would be his present
mental state. This history Of the case,
including the killing Of Stanford White,
would have bst slight consideration at
sntitIed to prompt release unless the
inrv should be convinced that beyond
doubt he is at the present time pos
sessed Of suicidal or other dangerous
tendencies
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OFFICIALS WILL WAIT.
Pennsylvania Authorities Think
Thaw May Be Extradited.

HARRISBURG. Pa, August 19.-Penn-
sylvania state officials will probably wait
until Harry K. Thaw comes on the soil
Of the Keystone state before determining
upon any course of action. and mean
while attaches of the attorney generals
Office will look up the extradition laws.
especially those relating to insane per-
sons.
The announcement that Thaw would
visit his mother at Cresson, Pa, caused
q futter here, but as the governor ana
attorney general are away, no one could
speak with authority. 1t was stated, I'M
officially, that Thaw's presence would be
a matter for local officials OF whatever
county he visits.
Judges and attorneys here are Of the
opinion that 1t would not be difficult to
extradite the former Pittsburgher. be-
cause he was committed to a state in
stitution by a court, and until ne Is dis
missed by that court he Is still in its
control, they say, no matter whether he
was acquitted of q crime or not. 1t Is
also pointed out that II there Is a contest
on the extradition proceedings feQui-
sition could be made for Thaw on any
offense with which he might be charged
in New York exclusive of murder.
Gov. Tener, who Is spending his vaca-
ton at Salisbury Beach, Mass. would not
say last night what his attitude would be
If Harry Thaw returned to Pennsylvania.
II must decline to say anything on that
subject until I have seen the attorney
general" he said.
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NOW FEDERAL CASE.
Arrest Of Thaw in Canada Brings in
United States.

ALBANY. N. z. August 1s.-Acting
Gov. Martin II. Glynn. upon his ar
rival at the capitol today, said he had
received unofficial notification of the
capture Of Harry X. Thaw in Canada.
The fact that Thaw is held in foreign
territory, he said, brings the matter into
the purview Of the federal authorities.
Negotiations for the retention and de-
portation of Thaw can be opened with
the Canadian government only by the
authorities at Washington, but q requisi-
ton from the Governor Of New York
will be required.
Acting Gov. Glynn sent the following
telegram this afternoon to District At
torney Conger at Poughkeepsie:
Make every effort possible to have de-
tanned all persons now in custody In
Canada in connection with the escape
from Matteawan of Harry 4. Thaw. In
order that they may aid the state in
thoroughly investigating this matter and
be punished II guilty OF simplicity IN
ThaW's escape"
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State Department Holds
ThaW May Be Extradited
on Charges of Bribery

Harry K. Thaw may be extradited from
Canada on q warrant charging bribery,
but there Is no provision in any of the
treaties between the United States and
Great Britain for extradition on a charge
Of conspiracy, except conspiracy as 1t
relates to conspiracy to revolt against the
master Of q ship on the high seas. There
il no provision for extradition on the
charge fugitive from Justice
Those are the views Of State Depart
ment ohicials based upon the treaties of
1s42, 1850. 1900 and 1906. In none Of those
conventions In there q "hot pursuit"
clause, which would permit the arrest OF
a fugitive who succeeded In getting
across the border just ahead Of his can
tors. Such . provision did exist In an old
treaty with Mexico. but lives in no
modern conventions.
immigration authorities here believe
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THIRST PERIL TO REFUGEES.
Gather at Water Tanks Along the
Railroads in Northern Mexico.

AURA. Coahuila. Mex. August 1s. via
Eagle Pass. Tex. August 19.-Constitu-
tionalists. driven back to Aura by Mexi-
can federal artillery from their former
headquarters at Hermanas, today met the
southbound train from the Texas border
with demands for ammunition.
Sixty to seventy constitutionalists were
killed In the fight Saturday which drove
them out of Hermanas, and many more
wounded. Federal losses are not known
here.
The Aura region Is SO dry that a rail-
road tank Is the only possible source of
water supply for miles along the railway.
At Sabinas. the next watering place
north. there are several thousand
refugees, mostly women and children
Those who can get a railroad box car
for a home consider themselves lucky, as
hundreds use trees for their only shelter.
At Allende there are 1900 more refugees
The constitutionalist army does not
seem disheartened or disorganized by its
retreat.
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to be her son had been arrested in
Canada she made no reply. In response
to the plea Of a reporter that he had
important news concerning her son. she
turned around in her chair and said:
well. II it Is important I myself would
have heard Of it,
Futher on, when the reporter read
excerpts from the dispatches, she said
she had no desire to listen to them.
The dispatches read to her were early
messages put on the train before Thaw's
identity had been positively established.
Just before the train reached Harris
burg Mrs. Thaw became interested in the
remark Of one of the newspaper men that
Roger O'Mara had said that If Thaw
was arrested in Pittsburgh he would be
set at liberty before forty-eight hours
who is your authority for that?' she
asked.
When told the newspapers. she said
that she had no interest whatever in the
story, and said that the newspaper men
could write anything they wished and
that she would not talk. :
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CANNOT BE DETAINED.
Justice Department Officials Say De.
tention Would Be Illegal.

OTTAWA, Ontario, August 19.-Oficials
Of the justice department here do not
believe that Thaw can be detained legally
at Coaticook.
At the immigration department this
statement was made:
''Thaw can be deported from Coaticook
as an undesirable. provided he did not
have transportation reading to some
foreign port via Canada
This would mean that Thaw would be
sent back over the border to New Hamp-
shire
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WARRANT HELD NECESSARY.
Thaw Cannot Be Held Unless Charg
ed with Extraditable Ofense.

MONTREAL, August 19.-On the report
that the Coaticook police have arrested
Harry X. Thaw. the Quebec provincial
police department today instructed Chief
Detective McCaskill to proceed at once to
Coz ticook to assist the local police with
Detective Garrison. acting chief Of the
nrovincial department in Montreal. said
that unless a warrant was produced by
the IInited States authorities in which
Ts,ar. uas charged with an extraditable
ofrensa he could not be held.
John Hoolihan, head Of the local inmi-
eration department. declared that Thaw
could and probably would be deported
as an undesirable.
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SUMMONED BY HUERTA.
Gen. Trevino on Way to Mexico
City from Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. August 19.-Gen.
Geronimo Trevino. one of Mexico's fore
most soldiers. who came to Los Angeles
on a visit several weeks ago, has been
summoned to Mexico City by provisional
President Huerta, according to state
ments published here today and now is
on the way to the Mexican capital by
way Of Monterey, his old home.
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ORDERED TO HOLD THAW.
Superintendent at Matteawan Mott
fies Canadian Authorities.

MATTEAWAN. N. T., August 19.-Dr.
Raymond r. g. Kieb. superintendent of
the Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal
Insane, received a dispatch this morning
from the authorities at Coaticook. Quebec,
advising him that Harry K. Thaw had
been detained there.
DR., Kieb at once went into conference
with John B. Riley, state superintendent
of prisons, and telegraphed the Quebec
police to hold the prisoner pending fur
Their instructions.
1t is expected that the asylum author
tiles will dispatch q man to Coaticook.
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THAW'S MOTHER SILENT.
Refuses to Discuss News Of Sons
Arrest in Canada.

HARRISBURG, Pa. August 19.-Mrs
ronlev Thaw, the mother Of Harry Thaw
s-r,vad at Harrisburg at 1:42 pm. on the
80 RI Cresson, Pa. She was accomna-
..,ad from New York by her sister. Mis-.
Merearet T. Copley, who left her a,
north philadelphia. to go to Atlantic
r,tv At north Philadelphia, however
she was rejoined by another woman, An
parently about her own age.
When informed thai "a man supposed
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DOES NOT THINK IT'S THAW.
Roger O'Mara Believes Canadian Au-
thorities Have Wrong Man.

PITTSBURGH. August 19.-'I am
nrettv sure the man they have in Canada
10 not Harry Thaw." declared Roger
o,Mara. Thaw's guardian, as he hung up
tha receiver OF a long distance telephone
IN his office here this morning. mo, I
have not heard from Thaw but am con-
vinced he is not in Canada"
n,NSo 70 refused to say on what he based
his oninion. but he was evidently pleased
with the situation.
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Treaty Provisions Cited.

The succession Of treaties between the
United States and Great Britain. under
which extradition from Canada would OPP
crate, makes provision for many crimes,
but curiously enough. does not provide
for conspiracy in the general acceptance
OF the term. because Great Britain de-
clined to include it even at the urgent
representations Of the United States. An
other provision makes 1t necessary, In
the opinion of officials, to present to the
extradition court evidence of the crime
on which extradition might be asked.
Any request for extradition would nee
essarily como through the Governor OF
New York and that would confront the
federal government with recognising one
Of the contestants for that ONCE In the
Sulxer case. No request for extraditton
had been made today.
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Thaw could be detained and returned
to the United States by the Canadian
immigration authorities as an insane
man or an undesirable alien. They have
no definite information. however. OF the
provisions Of the Canadian law.
Extradition for bribery could De
asked under q provision Of the treaty
of 1905. which, however, contains the
qualification that the bribery must pc
receiving Of brides made criminal by
the laws Of both countries" That, Of
ficials point out, makes it essential to
Thaw's extradition that any criminal
act with which he would be charged
must also be a criminal one under the
Canadian code.
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PARADOX IN DEFENSE
TO SAVE YOUNG D|GGS
Reputation of Defendant in
White Slave Case Is Being
Deliberately AssaiIed.

SAN FRANCISCO. August 19.-When
the trial Of Maury /. Diggs. charged
with the violation of the Mann white
slave act. was resumed today 1t was
generally believed that taking OF tes-
timony would be concluded before tha
afternoon adjournment. and that the
case probably would go to the jury
some time tomorrow.
/. p. Diggs. father OF the defendant
again took the stand. His testimony
begun last Friday, when the defense
opened it's case, was intended to show
that he had threatened his son with
arrest because of misconduct with
Marsha Warrington and other women.
A paradox in the defense Of this case
is that in the attempt being made to
save young Diggs. his reputation is be-
ing deliberately assailed. The defensa
is attempting to prove that he and F.
Drew Caminetti, with the Warrington
girl and Lola Norris, went from Sacra-
mento to Reno not for an immoral pur-
pose, but simply to escape the conse-
ouences Of q public scandal they believed
was about to break over them In Sac
Mrs. Diggs and Mrs. Caminett. who
have Joined their husbands in court, are
expected to testify that they had been
aware Of the mems dereiictions and had
taken steps to stop them. thus adding to
their fears and contributing further cause
for their flight
Other Witnesses.
Other witnesses were introduced to tes-
tify that .ggs got into trouble because
OF women and an overdrawn bank ac-
count, and that he feared arrest and a
crushing expose II he remained in his
home city; as for Diggs having taken
Marsha Warrington with him, the de-
tense sought to show that he took her
because he could not get away from her:
that the party would not have journeyed
beyond California's limits II 1t had not
been for the Warrington girls objection
to q proposed trip to Los Angeles ana;
nurpose that Diggs went with the girl to
another state. Diggs himself Is expected
to close for the defense.
The first case against Caminettt. similar
to the one against Digs now being tried.
was called by Judge Dooling In another
Sanartment of the federal court this
morning, but was passed pending the out
come of the Diggs' trial.
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THAW'S MOTHER TOLD.
On Train at Philadelphia When In
formed Of Sons Arrest.

PHILADELPHIA, August 10. Mrs.
Mary Copley Thaw, mother Of Harry K.
Thaw, passed through Philadelphia at
11:3O o'clock today on her way to Cres-
son. Pa. She was in a drawing room and
could not be seen with regard to the ar
rest of her son in Coaticook, Quebec. The
train stopped only a moment. Informa-
ton of the arrest was given her. how
ever, at North Philadelphia.
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Lind and Huerta Confer
and May Reach Agreement
for a Peaceful Solution

MEXICO CITY, August 19.-Face to
face In conference during the night, ex-
Gov. John Lind and President Huerta are
believed to have reached an understand
Ing which may yet prevent the severance
OF relations between the United States
and Mexico. and serve to continue nego-
tiations in which Washington may play
the role Of mediator.
Neither at the National Palace nor at
the American embassy were any details
OF the conference given out, but it Is
known that the meeting was cordial and
that Mr.. Lind considered the so-called
ultfmatum announced through DR.. Aure-
liano Urritia, minister Of the interior,
last night as unauthorized. although it
Is not claimed that President Huerta spe-
officially denied having made the peremp-
tory demand for recognition as credited
to him in DIR. Urrida's statement
Construed as Ultimatum.
This was to the effect that the United
States would be given until midnight to
agree to recognition Of the Huerta ad-
ministration under threat Of covering all
relations.
Mr.. Lind has always believed that he
could accomplish much II permitted to
talk personally with the president, and
ASeO0AA
suit of this conference between two plain
speaking old men the attitude Of Presi-
dent Huerta may be changed, notwith-
standing that the first steps toward
diplomatic break had already been taken
The gravity Of the situation is at least
considerably relieved for the immediate
present.
Following circulation Of the report that
an ultimatum had been issued demanding
recognition Of Huerta by the United
States. Foreign Minister Gamboa said:
Quotes Urrutia In Denial.
Minister of the Interior Urrutia denies
that he made the statement attributed
to him. The minister Of foreign affairs
is the only person responsible for any
statement concerning his department"
Senior Gamboa's statement was made
after q call on him by Mr.. O'Shaugh-
messy. Senior Urrutia's statement was
made to group Of newspapermen, in
GLIDING several Mexicans.
Senior Urrutia refused to give out the
text Of the correspondence between Mr..
Lind and the Mexican government, but
confirmed the fact that an exchange of
notes had taken place. The demand for
recognition of Mexico. he said, was in
cluded in the note replying to Mr.. Lnd's
suggestions.
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Other Witnesses.

The Eastern Shore Of Virginia Produce
Exchange has already this year done q
business OF s., 800 GOO. with the sweet potat
toes and corn crops still unhAxyeGte0s
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THAW ASKS FOR MONEY.
Telegraphs to Pittsburgh that Sum
Be Sent to Him.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. August ia
request was received here
today from Harry K. Thaw asking that
a large sum Of money be sent to him at
Coaticook. Quebec, where he was cap
tured early today.
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STIFF BREEZE AT RANGE
Interferes With Camp Perry
Shooting-Marine Corps
Match Today's Feature.

CAMP PERRY, Ohio, August 18.-A
thirty-mile breeze blowing from the east
and sweeping the range interfered seri-
ously with the shooting at the National
Rifle Association tourney today. The
championship company team match
opened this morning with nineteen en-
tries. 1t was shot in two stages, with
ten shots for records on the surprise
600 yards. slow fire.
This match was open to teams Of four
men. from any company Of the United
States Army, any ships company OF the
United States Navy, and the naval
militia, the organized militia Of any
state, and any cadet company represent
ing educational institutions.
The event Of the day. the Marine Corps
largest list Of any match 80 Tar this
year. 1t was shot in two stages on the
600 and 1000 yard ranges. at slow fire,
with 20 shots for record.
life and annual members Of the Ma
tional Rifle Association. was begun on
the 600-yard range at noon. with 291 en-
tries.
State Teams Arrive.
Company K. LIST District, got NTH place
on the surprise fire stage Of the company
team match. scoring $50. that the 9Th
Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Oregon,
bettered. Company A. LIST West Virginia,
at 1873, led the nineteen competitors.
Company C. Infantry Corps Cadets, Mas
sachusetts, second, 1877, and Company,
second, Washington. 1S1.
Company X team. coached by Lieut..
Thomas B4wn. was composed Of Sergts.
Schriver, hhrs, Schmidt and Gerber.