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RObS ETHEL BARRYMORE
Thief Gets Over $4,000 Worth
of JeWeIry in Actress
Apartment.

Entering the apartment of Mrs. Russell
G. Colt ethel Barrymore). at the Shore
ham Hotel Monday night. by means Of a
duplicate key. burglar stole between
$4,000 and 5000 worth of iewelry.
Although a report was made to the To-
cal police Tuesday morning the fact of
the robbery was kept from the reporters
until late this afternoon. Detectives from
police headquarters. with hotel detectives,
have been working on the case, but 1t is
stated, no trace of the robber had been
obtained.
Just what time the theft occurred is not
known. Mrs Colt told the detectives she
left her apartment about 7:45 O'Clock
Monday evening and went to Chase 5
Theater. She left her jeweiry in a jewel
case. She locked the door of her apart
r'"''+ which is on the fourth floor of the
hotel.
a.out 1890 o'clock Miss Barrymore
returned from the theater and then 1t
was that she discovered the robbery.
Her jewel case was found lying open
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RAILWAY STRIKE NEARER.
Eastern Roads and Firemen
Refuse to Concede a
Single Point.

NEaW YORK, February 13.-Unless some
middle ground Of agreement is reached
today or tomorrow by the fifty-four east
ern ra ilroads and their $4,000 firemen, it
is considered likely that a strike will be
called Friday night, effective forty-eight
hours thereafter.
This was the consensus of opinion today
of those following the conferences through
which Judge Martin A. Knapp of the
United States Commerce Court has been
trying to bring the two sides together.
Each HAS refused to concede single
point, however. and if no understanding
is reached today President Carter of the
brotherhood says he feels that a strike
will be necessary to clear the air.
At the same time he insists that if the
men do walk out the responsibility lies
not with the union, but with Wall street
and the "a ilroads.
1t is said that the union has in it's
treasury ne arly 100000 for an emergency
fund. The railroads have made elaborat tie
plans for a siege. and have already begun
hiring thousands of strike breakers, 1t is
understood.
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NO CHOICE IN ILLINOIS.
First Joint Ballot in Legislature for
the Senatorship.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, February l3.erhe
first joint ballot for the long-term sena-
torship, taken yesterday in the Illinois
legislature, resulted IN no choice The
vote; Sherman republican,, 76; Lewis.
(democraD, 50; Funk (progressive), D:
Berlyn (socialsD. A; present. not voting,
Z; absent, l.
There also was no choice for the va
cancy caused by the declaring void OF
Lorimer's selection. Democratic National
Committeeman Charles Boeschenstein led
for this vacancy with IS votes, while
Lawrence Y. Sherman, republican, had
so. Funk, progressive, received 26 votes.
Lorimer got / vote.
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Daz Says He Is Sorry.

Gen. Diaz replied that he regretted what
had happened to the city and its inhabit-
ants; that his attitude from the begin
ming was one of defense; that instead of
attacking the arsenal from distance, as
the government was doing, he had gone
directly to the place and had taken it in
twenty-five minutes.
In SO doing. he explained, he had at
heart the desire to cause the city no
harm, which was shown from the fact
that, while il was in his power, he had
refrained from bomoarding the national
palace, which he now felt certain he will
be able to take II the government fails to
yield. without his resorting to that ex-
pedient
Gen Diaz declared that 1t was not a
matter OF personal ambition on his part
to overthrow the government. but a de-
sire to voice the sentiments of the whole
nation. II he succeeded he would allow
the people to choose their representative
he would withdraw to private LIE. Re-
ferring to the firing, Diaz said that the
government had placed its cannon dis
regarding the fact that many were in
position in the thickly populated sections
Most of the damage done by these guns
was from shots which fell short
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Train From Mexico City
Has Dropped Out of Sight;
Alarm Felt for PASSENGERS

LAREDO. Tex, February 13-The
whereabouts OF the northbound passen-
ger train from Mexico City which left
there Tuesday night still is unreported.
and there is apprehension for the safety
of its passengers. An unsuccessful at
tack was made on the southbound Mexi-
can National lines passenger train which
left here Tuesday.
Passengers from Saltillo said today
that one freight train was entirely de-
stroyed by fire and that the fate Of an
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Allen, United States cavalry, chief OF
staff to the grand marshal of the inau-
gural parade.
Uniforms for the Parade.


Gen. Wood. grand marshal Of the in
augural parade. has issued a general or
der prescribing the uniform and insignia
of marshals and marshaIs' aids in the
parade
The uniform for such officials is as fol-
lows: For regular army and militia Of
ficers, full dress, mounted; for naval Of
ficers. special full dress; for marine Of
ficers. special full dress, mounted; for
veteran officers, full dress, mounted; for
civilians. high hats and long coats It
is stated that the overcoat VIII be worn
only in case Of Indictment weather. If
the state Of weather be doubtful, mar
shals and aids should telephone to the
headquarters Of the grand marshal to
ascertain whether oyercoats shall be
worn.
The insignia of the various officials OF
the parade will be as follows: Grand
marshal, white sash: grand marshaFs
staff. red sash; grand marshars aids,
white sash; marshals of grand divisions,
white and red sash; marshals of d.
visions, red and blue sash; commanders
of brigades. blue and white sash; all
aids except those Of the grand marshal,
blue sash. These sashes will be worn
from the right shoulder to the left side.
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GOLD TRAIN IN SN0WDRIFT.
Million-dollar Shipment Two Months
En- Route From Alaska.

SEATTLE, Wash. February 13-More
than a million dollars In gold was
brought down by the steamer Mariposa
from Cordova, Alaska. today. having
been more than two months In transit
from the Iditarod district From Iditarod
to Chitina, more than 900 miles, the
gold was hauled on dog sleds.
At Chitina 1t was placed on a train and
caught between two snowslides that tied
I'D traffic more than a month. During
that time the express company 5 guards,
heavily armed, watched over the treas
1T
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doing everything they could to afford
shelter to the women and children.
Numerous passengers arriving from
Mexico City assert that the American
officials in Mexico should provide spe-
cial trains on which Americans could
leave.
A circular telegram transmitted to
Monterey today by President Madero
said that all day yesterday and last
night the government forces lombard
ed La Ciudadela and succeeded in de-
stroying one corner of that arsenal, oc-
cupied by rebel forces.
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on the bureau. while all of the valu-
able pieces had been carried away.
Articles of cheaper jewelry were left
behind.
All pawnshops in this city have been
notified to lookout for any one at
tempting to sell or pawn jawelry SINH
lar to that described as having been
stolen from Mrs. Colt. The authorities
of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York have also been notified of the
robbery.
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circus employees. 1t is the general belief.
however, that the suffragettes will COM
ply with the students request and break
ranks during their walk through Tiger
town"
IL Is planned to have y large under
graduate delegation meet the mixers sew
eral miles outside of Princeton and escort
them into town. where their coming is
awaited with much interest. The army
IS scheduled to spend the night here
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PRINCETON, n. j., February 13.-Un-
less Gen" Rosalie c.. Jones and her
army" of suffrasettes agree to break
ranks before entering Princeton, where
they are expected this afternoon on their
hike" to Washington, they are in dan
ger of bringing down upon themselves
the wrath of the undergraduate body
through the violation of one of old Mas
sau's most sacred traditions.
1t has long been the custom here that
only students shall march along Nassau
street, the main and only direct thorough
fare through the town. In order TO up
hold this custom the underL raduates
upon one occasion. charged a circus
parade. liberated several elephants and
engaged in a free-for-all fight with the
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For Direct Senatorial Election.

TRENTON, N. j., February 13.-The
house today passed finally the joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the federal Constitution for the direct
election of United States senator's The
resolution now goes to the senate.
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Charles Major Dead.

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. February 3D.
Charles Major, the author, died at his
home here this morning after an illness
of several months of liver trouble.
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Noted Hat Manufacturer Dead.

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn, February
13--James Henry Knapp. prominent for
years in the hat making industry. died
here today, aged eighty-one years.
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Marooned in Mexico City.

A passenger from Mexico City on last
nights train reported that at least LOCO
Americans were without funds to leave
the capital even if the opportunity pre-
sented because the banks had been closed
since Saturday.
A. large number of Americans were
at the railroad station, he said. eagerly
seeking to take northbound trains.
but checks were refused as payment
for tickets.
Many Americans, the passenger be-
lieves, were practically marooned at
the station without food. shelter or
money He said railroad officials were
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Ordained in 1864.

He was educated at the Theological
Seminary at Gambler. Ohio: was ordained
deacon in the Episcopal Church by Bish-
op Bedell in 1864 and priest by Bishop
Horatio Potter in 1865.
He was for twenty-one years rector or
Christ Church. Bay Ridge, l. l.. where
he was extremely successful IN increas-
ing the membership and erecting a parish
hall, until he was forced to resign
through Illness brought on by overwork.
After three years rest he organized
and was elected to the rectorship OF st
Thomas parish OF this city. which he
held for eleven years. from 1891 to 1902.
during which time he built the present
structure.
After resigning again from i'll health
and overwork he was made rector
emeritus April Il, 1903.
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Named to Be Brigadier Generals.

The President today made the follow.
ing nominations: Colonels to be brigadier
generals-James Parker, 18th Cavclryi
and Hunter Liggett, infantry. unassigned
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Engineer Backs Away.

AS the train was entering the station
the engineer was fired upon. Realizing
the danger, he reversed the lever and
backed full speed to Saltillo, pursued by
the rebels on horseback The speed of
the mounted band was not sufficient to
overtake the train.
The passengers were endangered by
rebel gunfire.
Aboard the train was a party Of fifty
Welshmen en- route to Necaxa, a point
beyond Mexico City, to take employment
with a light and power company. To-
days passenger list for Mexico City in
Guided Bishop Hendrix of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South of Kansas City.
He was a passenger on the southbound
train which was attacked by rebels and
returned north. Bishop Hendrix said that
the whereabouts of the northbound train
from Mexico CITY was not known at the
time of the attack at FL Salado.
Bishop Hendrix said the rebel band ap-
peared to bear special grudge against
the National railroad, and Immediately
after robbing the cars of everything
useful. burned the rolling stock and I'M
n froiphf
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REV. John A. ASP|NWALL
DIED AT NOON TODAY
Rector Emeritus of st. Thom-
as Episcopal Church III
About Two Weeks. Il

Rev. John Abel Aspinwail. rector eIner-
titus OF st. Thomas Episcopal Church.
died at noon today at his residence IL
Dupont circle, after an illness of about
two weeks.
DR.. Aspinwall IS survived by his widow
and four children - Harry, Louis ana
Woolsey Aspinwan and Mrs. Anna Cha
pin.
DIR. Aspinwall was born in New York
city in $40, son OF William r. AMI
Anna Lloyd Aspinwall. His father was
president for many years of the Pac 40
Mail Steamship Company, and built the
Panama railroad.
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foreign residents and diplomatic minis
terS.
Beyond Pale of Law.
LAS this is In fragrant violation Of the
laws of war of civilized nations, I notify
you that If you do not limit your fire to
the zone of combatants we will consider
outside the law all those who occupy the
arsenal when that position Is taken by
our forces.
1.-The government will be inflexible in
complying with Its duty toward COM
polling you to keep the peace, but upon
you will rest the responsibility in history
and before the Mexican nation If, by your
antipatriotic attitude, you cause grave
injury to the country
The protest of the diplomats took the
form of demand that the firing zone
should be liW4ted. but 1t accomplished
nothing. Both Madero and Diaz evaded
responsibility. each placing the, blame on
the other. and characterizing the attitude
of the opposing side as barbarouS and in
violation of the rules of civilized war
fare.
Diaz insisted that he had to direct his
fire at the points from which he was at
tackled, and directed attention to the fact
that the government cannon were located
In the heart of the business section and
the thickly settled residential districts.
To President Madero the diplomats said
that they had come to protest in behalf
Of their governments against a cont1n-
uance of 1.-The barbarous and inhuman
warfare" They recited the great damage
done to many residences and the fact
that the American consulate had been
demolished by government. shells, and
pointed out that the American embassy
was filled with Americans driven from
their homes by bombardment, of which
no notice had been given. All the gov
ernments. they added, We're deeply con-
cerned for their subjects and citizens.
Made Unfavorable Impression.
Ambassador Wilson later. speaking for
the commission, said that resident Ma
dero was visbly embarrassed and con-
fused. but attempted to place the respon-
sibility on DiaZ.
The president had given some glowing
accounts of the measures which were TO
| be taken. and expressed the belief that
the rebellion would be quelled by tonight.
Ambassador Wilson declared that Ma
dero's words had not made a favorable
impression on the diplomatic representa-
tives.
To Gen. Dlaz the ministers, after
urging the establishment of neutral
zone, said that much damage had been
done by indiscriminate and reckless
firing, which was seemingly directed over
parts mainly occupied by foreigners re-
CARELESS of the residences of the foreign
representatives.
Ambassador Wilson declared that Pres
ident Taft was deeply apprehensive as to
the results of this state of affairs and
that war vessels had been ordered both
to the gulf and Pacific ports, and trans
ports with marines, if necessary, would
be brought to the capital for the purpose
only OF maintaining order and affording
protection to the lives and property of
the foreign residents.
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other freight was in doubt, since it was
rumored it was attacked. The south
bound passenger train which left Laredo
Tuesday night at Q o'clock proceeded in
safety until about 51S miles south of this
city. at FL Salado, where 1t was attacked
by band of fifty to one hundred rebels.
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Beyond Pale of Law.

of non-combatants and to the lives of
foreign residents and diplomatic minis
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THIRD DAY'SF|GHT
IN MEXICO CITY

Continued from First Page
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American En- bassy.
United States consulate.
IndianellO electric plant.
. Country Club.
Hotel San Francisco.
House of cOngress.
Mexican Central Railway station.
Mutual Life Insurance building.
. Mexican Pacific railway.
IN. Reyes was killed.
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National Palace, occupied MaderO.
. Armas
. Belin prison, ~
y. NJ G. A. (wrecked), pied
Alameda Park, by Huerta
Mexican Herald building, where federal
vher
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31


In the forthcoming production OF
"A Broadway Honeymoon which Is
to be given in Howard's own theater
in Chicago-built. by the way, out OF
the proceeds of his popular song sue
cesses-there will be Emma Carus. as
well as the author and his present
vaudeville partner. Miss McCane-
Although the country" said Mr.
Howard, lis ragtime or tango crazy.
have never felt the impulse to write
that kind Of music. 1t proceeds from
nowhere and gets no place. 1t IS
usually nothing but a string of COM
monplace chords tied together in OBJ
vious syncopated rhythm. After
couple of hearings it is deadly tire
some So 1 have kept ragtime' out
of my operas and have tried to sub
stitute tune.
MY most successful song. from
monetary standpoint. has been I
Wonder Who's kissing Her Now
More than 100000 copies, of it have
been sold. and the piece still sells
readily. Singular1y enough. not
dollar has ever been spent on the
exploitation of the song, and 1t has
never been sung in vaudeville or by
other performers around the country.
1t was strictly a production song,
and is fully protected in copyright,
so that it has made its way exclus-
lively to the pianos of the country by
its intrinsic popularity l will not
say that it is the favorite in my
estimation. for the composer Of a
song can never tell what one of his
products will prove the most popular
Personally, generally miss the guess
and pick for popularity the song that
| gets the least.
Following In popularity with the
masses comes. after Il Wonder Who's
kissing Her Now Howards Good
by, My Lady Love-" These two have
made him a fortune, amplified by the
theatrical success of "a stubborn Gin
dere1Ia," Time, Place and the Girl"
"The Girl Question and other musical
comedy work. some of which, like
The Flower OF the Ranch" he fash
toned himself from plot and lyrics to
orchestral score.
For solid year "A stubborn Cinder-
ella" was played in Chicago to big
business. Alone it made a fortune;
yet Howard is Snowman born and
doesn't regard with contempt the sal
ary that Pantages offered him for
tour over the Pantages circuit How
ard is not happy save when at work
Idle he is disconnected I found him,
for this interview, on the stage at
Pantages at 10 O'Clock in the morning.
He was busy working on some new
music for his forthcoming production
of "a Broadway Honeymoon and
Miss McCane was there, too, rehears-
ing the music in which she is shortly
to appear as featured player in How
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

T present Mr.. Howard is busy
"A with his new production of The
Broadway Honeymoon" which
is soon to be seen in Chicago with
the author-composer and the charm
ing Miss McCane in the principal
roles.
Howard's methods of composing are
different from those of other writer's
of popular songs. He composes the
music first and the words are set to
His present writer of lyrics is Colin
Davis, who is now in Chicago. How
ard thinks his melody-perhaps it
comes to him, like melodies do to
Edgar StiIlman Kelley-in the middle
of the night. He goes to the plano
and whips them into shape, and then
he writes them. After that he sends
them to Mr.. Davis, who, meanwhile,
has the scheme of the plot well
mapped out, and he then writes the
verses to fit the tune. reversing the
usual process. In other words, How
ard dismisses the ordinary inspiration
of the popular song writer who gets
his suggestion of melody out of the
lyrics and prefers to conceive his
melodies without the extraneous aid
of poesy. In this attitude he has un-
consciously followed the process of
the greatest music writer's, who con-
ceive their scores as creative abstrac-
tions. This process proves. I think,
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dorsement Of long success in Broad
way, 1 would be inclined to believe
as the correct answer. The Broad
way patron of such art as can reside
in musical comedy is different sort
of person from those who dwell close
to the setting sun.
*" he only play of a musical
character to come to New York
from the west that ever made
hit with Broadway theatergoers in
more than 10 years was The Three
Twins and even 1t was condemned at
first in the heartiest manner. Mrs.
Pacheco's rewritten plot set to music
was disapproved with the most de-
cided disapprovaI. The Shuberts,
however, who staged it. spent a bar
rel of money on the production and
kept 1t going for weeks at a tremen-
dous loss, until by the sheer force Of
the works merit it was developed
into a financial success. This was not
done easily. 1t took 10 weeks to prove
on Broadway what Chicago had said
about The Three Twins was true and
that it was good show. In the case
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HOWARD TELLS HOW TO WRITE POPULAR

very much complimented when Mr..
Herbert said to me: They aren't play
ing that music of yours the way you
want it, are theyg I had been dying
of modification in my far seat in the
theater. but couldn't interfere. even
though my music was utterly killed.
I felt said Mr.. Herbert. that the
director of the orchestra wasn't play
ing those melodies properly l like
them. and, if you say so, I'll show
a fine fund of melody So Herbert
took off his coat. took the baton away
from the butcher who had been mur-
dering my little songs. and played
tempo, as they should be played. He
worked as hard as though the music
had been his own. and took as much
interest in my music as though it had
been his; and, after the rehearsal was
over, he proceeded with his Song
birds score. 1t was very wonderful
compliment and the exhibition ST a
charming spirit of good Fellowship to
a composer from Chicago who was
destined to be whipped in New York"
X
" on should know that Mr.. How
ards contributions to the light
opera stage come mainly from
Chicago. San Francisco has fre-
quently given evidence of its approval
of Howards musical comedies. but
New York has never admitted them to
the position of its favor. Why this
is true is a long story, and even Mr..
Howard can only guess at it. Per-
haps New York. as self-appointed
mistress of the art of the theater, dis
dains to acknowledge anything that
doesn't fatter her by appealing first
to her favor Mr.. Howard's produc-
tions have always been built" first in
Chicago, and then, after successful
runs in the natal town. have been
taken to New York, which has at
once frowned upon the product and
disapproved, as though to say. How
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

the opening night. And what they
did to me was awful When the cur
tain went up that night it went up
on an expense of s25,00o. That was
real money-not stage bills. Twenty
1--WE thousand dollars had been spent
to make The Goddess of Liberty fair
in the estima ton of Broadway. But
the critics wouldn't have II They
asked such questions as What is 1t
all aboutg Who is this upstart How
ard? and other like impertinences.
The piece died lngeringly in New
York but they liked it in Boston,
Philadelphia, and, in fact, every other
eastern city where had the temerity
to take ii afterward
What is the reason2 / don't know
Perhaps It is due to the fact that the
east resents anything from the west,
and is sufficient unto itself OF per-
haps IL IS because the New York thea-
ter ticket buyer fundamentally differs