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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-28
Barnes Golf Champion.

Minneapolis, MINI, August 2s.-J. NJ.
Barnes Of White Marsh club, Philadelphia
won the Western open golf championship
with n total Ut DOB strokes for ~ holes.
William Kidd Of 81. Louis was second with
294.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-28

Calvert, Texas, August 2s.-At the pro-
hibition election held here yesterday the
city of Calvert went dry by twenty votes.
The total vote cast was 3l2.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-28
Nearly $1,000 Collected.

Houston, Texas, August 2s.-Nearly
$4,000 has been collected by the German
American relief committee Of Harris coun-
Nv for the relief funds for German and
Austrian soldiers wounded in battle.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
Vigorous Protest Against New Haven Dissolution by
 Waterbury Chamber of Commerce
DEMOCRATS DENOUNCE THE ADMINISTRATION
Governor Baldwin and Congressman Kennedy Its Severes Critics-New Haven Chamber of Commerce Urges the Railroad Fight the Efforts of the Attorney General
 Connecticut Industry Bound Suffer- It is Declared.

Waterbury, Conn, March 19.-At a meeting of the chamber Of commerce here tonight the consensus of opinion was that the department of justice is making a great mistake in attempting to dismember the New Haven system. Among the speakers were Governor Simeon E. Baldwin, Congressman Will liam J. Kennedy, ex-Mayor Francis T. Reeves, Corporation Counsel Francis P. Guilfoile and eA-State Senator Cornelius Tracy.
 Governor Baldwin reviewed the sit nation of the New Haven road and in plain terms condemned the action of the department in it's conduct toward the New Haven road. Congressman Kennedy said that under the present government there was too much in vestigation and too much probing into the affairs of corporations for the good of trade and commerce. The gentleman from Texas, Jesse Adkins who is prominent in the present in vestigation, was the butt of much un- favorable comment from MT. Ken Hedy.
 Industry Will Suffer.
 Ex-Mayor Francis T. Reeves spoke of the great benefit the New Haven road was to Waterbury and in fact the whole of New England. MT. Reeves said that he thought that President Wilson and also Attorney General Mo Reynolds were sincere and wanted to do the Yroper thing by the New Haven road but that they were influenced by she opinion of men who are not fani- lar with conditions in New Eng gland who for reasons of their own inter est are casting an unfavorable reflec- ton on the system.
 Corporation Counsel Francis P GuilfoiIe said that he had been brought nm in ho cati rxr1i iah ia in fluenced by the success or failure of the New Haven road and that if the government insisted at the present in disrurting the system it would prob ably mean that industry in this sec ton would suffer nsiG<rably.
 Resolution Passed.
 The following resolution was pass before and after the passage of the sherman act a large portion of New England relied for it's transporta- tion facilities mainly on the New York. New Haven and Hartford rail road and finally almost the whole of Connecticut came to be served by the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad and
 Whereas, the people of Connecti- cut are generally of the opinion that ment the New York, New Haven and Hartford system is capable of giving most efficient service,
 Resolved, That the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce respectfully re- quests the attorney general, applying the rule of reason, not to press for the dismembeTTnent of 6 property which has been created at great effort and expense, but to permit the Inter state Commerce Commission and pub lie utilities commission to deal with the situation and not further handicap this section of the country by radical organic changes in the New Haven system, which is so essential to the prosperity of New England"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
BRANDEGEE ACTS.
Presents Batch of Protests Against
 Dissolution.

Washington, March 19.-Protests by banks, trust companies and boards of trade in Connecticut against continued agitation of New Haven railroad af- fairs were presented to the senate to- day by MT. Brandegee of Connecticut The general tenor of the protests was against dissociation of steamship and trolley lines and the New Haven and against agitation because of losses to savings banks, trust companies and endowment funds of charitable and educational institutions of the state
 Senator Brandegee said he did not feel at liberty to confer with the at torney general on behalf of his con- stituents because the duty rested with the attorney general alone to deter mine whether actions should be brought under the Sherman law
 The directors of the road are en- trapped" said the senator "As GUS todians for the stockholders, they will be censored if they part with prop erty they are not required under the law to give up. If they resist the course of the government they may plunge the property into years of lit fgation. The situation is most em- barrassing and fraught with the most tremendous outcome"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
RESOLUTION PLANS,
Final Conference Today-The Details
 As Now Arranged.

Washington, March 19.-With yir- tually every detail of the plan for 'untangling'' the New Haven railroad system settled, officials of the road and attorneys for the department of usflce will begin here tomorrow what are expected to be their final confer ences According to information avail able tonight the plan will be ready for submission to Attorney General Mo Reynolds Friday night or Saturday. ana II IS probable that President Will son will have an opportunity to see the fruits of the conferees labors the same day
 If it is approved by the attorney general and the president there will be little left to be done before the New Haven starts out to comply with the conditions of reorganization laid down in the plan. Action by the Massa- chusetts legislature to change provi- sions of the charter of the Boston Railroad Holding company. controlled by the New York. New Haven and Hartford. and in turn direct owner of the Boston and Maine stock which the New Haven is to give I'D. will mark a final stage of the untanslinR About the only step to be taken. after such legislation is enacted. will he the le- gal announ cement of the dissaIutfon plan in an agreed decree'. prepared by the department, approved by the New Haven and Sa ncti0neG bv a fed efai court.
 The plan, il was predicted in off cisi circles tonight, will be along the following lines:
 The New Haven will put It's Boston and Maine stock in the hands of five trustees They will serve for two and one-haif years and their term of ser vice tna3- be extended by the federal court which sanctions tie agreement, The personnel of this board will be finally ratified tomorrow
 The New Haven will put it's Rhode Island trolleys in the hands of other trustees, and it's Connecticut lines in fi1e care of still another set. The trus- tees have not been chosen but a first hand Investigation of the qualifica- tisns Of several men suggested by off ciais Of the department, led to the be- lief tonight that selection will not prove difficult. There probably will be five trustees for each system. and the teafn Of their service has not been a matter of dispute.
 The disposition Of the Massa cillI- setts trolley lines owned by the New Haven will be Jeff to the road The New Haven already has rid itself of many of its trohes lines iH that state and it is ast tiisehsAt at the desart=
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
Blood Will be
 Split in UIster''
DIRE PREDICTION BY A LONDON
 NEWSPAPER.
A CRISIS IS IMPENDING
Rumor That Government is Preparing for Military Occupation of Province Ulster Men Growing Impatient.

London, March 19.-Graye events are impending in Ulster, according to the unlonist newspapers, and rumor is current that the government is pre- paring for the military occupation of the province. There are various indi- cations that a crisis has been reached.
 Vote of Censure Rejected.
 A vote of censure on the British government which was moved in the house of commons yesterday by An drew BOnar Law, leader of the oppO- sition, was rejected 345 to 252. Arthur J. Balfour, summoned by MT. BOnar Law, made a hurried return from the Riviera and arrived in London in time to participate in the division.
 Sir Edward Carson Vanishes.
 There were reports also of the threatened arrest of Sir Edward Car son and other leaders of the Ulster un- ionistS, but it was officially declared that there was no truth in the state ment that warrants had been signed however made a dramatic exit from the house before the debate was con- cluded to catch a train for Belfast.
 Ulster Men Chafe Under Restraint.
 Austen Chamberlain declared last night that Sir Edward had been called away in response to sudden develop ments in Ireland. Other unionists as serted that the Ulster men can no longer be restrained from an out break and that Sir Edwards mission is to endeavor to hold them in check.
 "BIood Will Be Split"
 The Daily Telegraph's lobbyist says;
 Unless all omens are false, blood will be split in Ulster before the house of commons sees Sir Edward Carson again"
 The Marquis of Londonderry and other prominent Ulsterites are now on their way to Belfast and their action is regarded as a challenge to the gov ernment if, as asserted, any intention exists to issue warrants for their ar rest.
 Volunteers Called Out.
 An emergency force of picked men from the Ulster volunteers was hastily summoned to headquarters tonight. The motive for the sudden call has been kept secret, but rumors persist of military action on the part of the government and projected arrests.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
RAILROAD URGED TO FIGHT.
Resolutions Adopted by the New Ha-
 ven Chamber of Commerce.

New Haven, Conn, March 19- "Rather than surrender to the demands Of the attorney general of the United States for the dismemberment by agreement of any part of the New Ha- ven railroad system" the New Haven chamber of commerce today passed resolutions calling upon the president and directors of the railroad to resist to the utmost such demands and com pei the attorney general to argue his ,.aSe in court
 The present plans of the attorney general mean. the resolutions say, the destruction of the present transporta- ton system of New England with con- sequent paralysis to the business and manufacturing interests of this impor- tant and populous territory, and with enormous and unjustiiable loss to the thousands of New England stockhoid- CTS"
 Boston and Maine an Extension. trans portation also prepared another set of resolutions which will be for varded to the department of justice and the interstate commerce commits sion. The resolutions say in part:
 Whereas, New England's geograph- ical situation makes 1t peculiarly de- pendent upon 8 Well-linked railroad and steamboat service, it is the opin ion of the New Haven chamber of commerce that any arbitrary separa-
 
 Hartford railroad from it's present con trol of the Boston and Maine railroad, Rnd of the steamboat and street rail- way lines in Connecticut, would be fatal mistake. leading to the most far reaching consequences. We consider the Boston and Maine railroad an ex- tension and not a natural competitor Cooperation between these various systems of transporta tioD has in crea sed the facilities of New England greatly. and II Is our opinion that that advantage will he so greatly iassened In point of service thsL it win inter- fere with every line of industry, If the system is torn apart"
 luter-Reiation is Necessary.
 The department of justice is request cd "to give the most careful consider atiop to the business. the industrial and transportation conditions in south ern New England, believing that when these are considered and fully under stood. 1t will be shown that the pres sBt fntsr-reiation of the road has not been harmful
 We believe it to be the opinion of the greater part of New England, and manufacturers, mat this inter-relati0n is necessary for the industrial pros kDsrity of New England It has af no time and does not new eonstitate nor tend to create any interference with industrial competition nor with free development of tlaA industries of the New England states"
 Delegate to Attend Hearing.
 Tine chamber will name a delegate te Appssr before ths interstate ceaasnhsee
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
ELLIOTT HOPEFUL
Believes Agreement May Be Reached
 Today on B & Nj. Trustees.

New York. March 1e.-On his way to Washington tonight, Howard FL lfOtt chairman of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad com panE, expressed his belief in an early settlement of some of the more inn portant questions now pending with the government respecting the dissolu- ton of the New Haven system
 Primarily. Mir Elliott hopes to ar rive at an agreement with, Attorney General McReynolds tomorrow regard ing the personnel of the trustees of the Boston and Maine road and their ten= ure of office. This has been 8 bone or contention between the New Haven and the federal authorities, but 1t is believed that both sides have made concessions: MT. Elliott declined to give out the names of the trustees selected by the New Haven for the Boston and Maine and the trolley sub- sldiartes. nor would he say to what extent his directors had empowered hlm to close any agreement with the department of justice.
 No call has yet been issued for 8 meeting Of the New Haven stock holders who are to ratify any disso- iution proceedings, this being contin- gent upon further negotiations with the authorities at Washington.
 The New Haven directors today au- thorized the issue of s2,490.00o of five iioIeS' lo run TOT l5 years. for the purchase of steel cars and construction of electrical equipment between New York and New Haven No arrangements have yet been made. said MT. Elliott, for payment of the $45000 900 of notes due May IS next. The directors also authorized the purchase of Is, 900 tons Of rails for the New Haven and 1 300 tons for it's subsidiary, the Central New England railway.
 March earnings of the system con- tinue to show decreases. according to MT. Elliott. but the second week was better than the first.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
STUBBORN RESISTANCE
 TO FREE TOLLS REPEAL.
Debate on Bill to Begin in the House
 Tomorrow.

Washington, March 19.-More stub born than anything that has arisen to stir the tranquility of the democratic majority since the party came into control of the national government, is the opposition to President Wilson's plea for repeal of the toll exemption provision for American ships in the Panama canal act.
 While the president and democratic members in both houses who will sup port his position are confident that the repeal will pass by a comfortable ma jority, few have any idea that the ma jorfty will be large. Debate on the re- peal will begin in the house Saturday when a rule will be offered limiting debate to 15 hours. In the senate act ion by the committee on interoceanic canals on a repeal bill submitted by Senator Owen may be taken tomorrow or Saturday
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20

naent that the disposal Of these re- HaaiHing is sufficiently important Is re- auire d tFUsteeSiliP
 Trustees will RoJ bs naEaed fer the se-calie6 outside steamship lines Of the New Haven, from which it must part. These lines will be taken care of by the New Haven itself, the de- Partment of justice of course remain ing in the position te press for ac- ton by the road in divercing them.
 Regarding the so-called Sound lines and the wharTes and docks in Sound cities, the department of justice plans to leave them for the present to the Interstate Commerce Commission which has authority under the Pan- ana canal act to separate them from the railroad.
 The department, however. reserVes the right to adopt it's own attitude on this question. No trGsteaship for these lines will be provided, and if the commission decides that the New Ha- ven shall retain them, the department RrebabIS will Ret iRtexfsEs.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
To End Strife
 of Mexicans
AN AMERICAN COMMISSION IS
 SUGGESTED
PRESIDENT FAVORABLE
Will Be Glad to Name One if 1t is Agreeable to the Two Factions Reopenins of the Negotiations.

Washington. March 19.-The United States government will welcome a. re- opening of negotiations with the Huer- ta government or the constitutional ists and will be glad to consider any proposal that will tend to draw the various factions together into a plan for the restoration of peace in Mex ico.
 This is the attitude of President Wilson, as it was revealed today af- ter reports reached here saying "Senor Portillo Rojas, minister for foreign affairs in the Huerta cabinet, had gone to meet John Lind, MT. Wilson S personal representative, to seek a re- sumption of the peace parleys. Senor Rojas has been mentioned as the man who would succeed Huerta if he re tired, and the object of She visit to MT. Lind, it has been reported, was to acquaint the presidents envoy with his personality.
 The Presidents Attitude.
 Incidentally. the president, in talk ing with callers today, while remark ing that he had no official report of any new parleys, spoke in compH- mentary terms of the Mexican minis ter of foreign affairs as & man of high character.
 What the president emphasizes in his informal discussions on the Mex fcan situation is that he, as president OA IIle . A1lSu SlctLSS, naS never sought 10 approve or diSapprove of individuals who may aspire to the presidency of Mexico and that he has no list of men whom he holds under so-called ban because of alleged complicity in the assassination of Madero. His refusal to recognize Huerta. it may be stated on the highest authority. was not based on any personal antagouisn1 to Huerta, but on the ground that the constituttonaists would never be reconciled to the man wiso had over thrown Nadero and Suarez and that governments set up by arbitrary force and not reflecting the popular will should not be dealt with by the United States.
 An American Commission.
 One of the suggestions made to President Wilson lately contempIates the sending of a commission of prom inent Americans to investigate con- ditions in Mexico. Unofficial reports have had it that both Carranza and Huerta would receive such a commis- sion. President Wilson is carefully considering this suggestion said to have been made originally bX Oscar $. Straus, former ambassador to Tur- key, and prominent in the cause of world peace The president would be glad to send such commission if it could assist the Mexican factions in arriving at an agreement, but it is believed he feels that actual peace with the Mexican factions and that unless the commission were invited to go to Mexico It's errand would be fruitless, mediation of the same sort having previously been rejected by both factions
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
PREFERS ELECTRIC CHAIR
 TO LONG TERM IN PRISON
Statement of a Confessed Murderer
 of 1e Years,

New York, March 19-"T would rather go to the electric chair than spend twenty years in prison" said 19-year-o Harry Schaefer to his parents in the supreme court today when they urged him to plead guilty to second degree at his trial on the charge of first degree murder for the killing of William T. Martin, a Toron- to, Canada, milliner, last August. Talk ing the stand in his own defense, Schaefer told how he and another man had wrapped a towel around Martins neck so tightly that death resulted. after Martin had been lured to a West Side flat
 Schaefer said he and his companion who is a fugitive, had not intended to kill Martin, but merely to quiet him until they could rob him. After the crime the youth testified he and his companion fled to Baltimore. pawned Martins ring there. went to St. Louis and separated, Schaefer later becom- ing conscience stricken and giving himself ID. He said that virtually all the testimony introduced by the prosecution was the truth
 The case will so to the jury to- morrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
S1,5oo,ooo SUIT FOR
 BREACH OF PROMISE
Young Woman Makes Allegations
 Against Millionaire.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 1s.-Bryant H. Howard, q San Diego millionaire was made defendant in s1,50e, 900 mreach of promise suit filed here to day by Maud Arnfield, who alleges that Howard is the fatehr of her year old daughter. In her action Miss ArnfielG asserted she married Howard at San Diego in the summer of 1909, eniy ts learn in the following Febru- ary that a complaint charging How ard with higalny had bsen issued
 Howard she alleges. influenced her le obtain an anRulment of her mar riage. After he eb1aoHed q divorce from his legal wife. sch sid, Howard refused te keep his promise uo marry her. She declares Howard has prop erty valued at $2, Cad. zee.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
LITERACY TEST IS
 RETAINED IN. BILL FavorabIy Reported by Senate In1ni- grafton Committee.

Washington, March 19.-The Bur nett immigration bill, with it's nteracy test, which, if finally retained, is gen erally expected to cause President Wilson to veto the measure was fla vorably reported today by the senate immigration committee. Various amendments to the bill as 1t passed the house had been made, but the lit eracy test clause was unchanged. Of that provision the committee's report said:
 ''The bill contains one provision in tended directly to restrict immigra- ton. although said provision also. in- cidentally, is to a certain extent se lective in it's operation. The literacy test has been adopted as the best device so far suggested for reducing immigration where 1t most needs to be reduced. So full has 1t been dis cussed at various times in the past that the committee does not consider it necessary to offer in this report ex- tended comment upon it."
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
Greenwich Savings Bank to Reopen.

Greenwich, Conn, March 19-Two hundred depositors of the Greenwich Savings bank. recently closed by the state bank commissioners, met tonight in the town hall and heard the report of a special committee appointed some days ago ot learn the true state of affairs at the institution. The com mittee reported that the deficit Is about $30,000, but that all depositors would be paid principal and interest on their money. The bank will prob- ably reopen June l, with surplus on hand,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
BELIEVES UNITED STATES
 WILL HAVE TO INTERVENE.
Progressive Congressman Discusses
 the Mexican Situation.

Washington, March 19.-'TWar with Mexico means war of extermina- tion; the moment our troops pass the frontier the Mexicans will drop their quarrel and make common cause against the hated Gringoes,' declared Representative Rulings of Pennsylva- mia, progressive today in the house. He declaerd it was the. duty of con- gressmen to stand shoulder to shoulder in the Mexican situation, and that he believed order would never be restor- cd in Mexico save by a strong man supported by a force superior to the factions now marrying the country, and that there was no such force in Mex ico.
 T believe the time must come, if it has not already arrived" he added, when it will be the imperative duty of this government to announce to the world that present conditions in Mex leo must cease and that unless by given time the Mexicans themselves shall have made pacific arrangements and cease hostilities the United States, in the interest of humanity, will un- dertake to restore peace and good or der'
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-20
PAID sa7,o75 FOR
 BOOKS WORTH $4,o7e. Boston Woman Tells How She Was Duped by "De Luxe" Editions

Boston, March fe.-After Mrs. Mary L. Rogers of this city had testified at the so-called de luxe book trial in the superior court today that she paid Glen F. Farmer. Samuel Rosenf1eld and James P. Clark 3;7,e75 for 1 ,ooo Volumes. Frederick E Hopkins Of Yonkers, who claimed to be an expert. declared that the market value of the books was s4.07e.
 Mrs. Rogers said she bought the books mot to read, but to hold for sn increased price, which the defendants had assured her she would be able to obtain within a few months, saying that the books were going out of print.