INSANE Kill
KILLS ONE
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Presence of Mind of Girl Save* Her
Life—Talk* Murderer Out of In
tention to Kill, Her.
HUNTINGTON, N. Y., April 16.-*
Mary Sammis, living on a farm some
miles from here, was awakened last
night by hearing the farm hand em
ployed on the farm killing her broth
er, who slept in an adjoining room.
The farm hand used an axe and had
just completed his work of murder
and was about to seek the girl and
send her to an untimely end when
she appeared and realizing that her
■only hope was to talk to the mur
derer, she asked him if she had not
always been kind to him and had she
not at all times helped him, to which
the farm hand replied in the affirm
ative and left the 'building without
molesting her.
After the insane man had gone
away the girl left for her neighbors
and reported the murder and officers
were sent for the man. He is now
in custody awaiting trial as to his
vanity, after which he will be sent
to the state asylum for the crim
inal insane.
Physicians found that the head of
John Sammis had been laid wide open
and his brains spattered about the
loom. He was sleeping soundly when
assaulted and never knew he had been
hit. . •
GONHDENGE MEN
TOUCH»TWO
Secure $27,000 on the Old Green Goods
Game—Sell Him Package of
Bum Money.
BUFFALO, April 16.—Confidence
men- today secured $27,000 from Geo.
Oressinger, a farmer living near here,
and .made their escape,, The. confi
dence men worked the. green., goods
same, selling the fanner, whQ .ls. 70
years old, a package of imitation
money at a reduced price. *t%e ’pktili—
»ge had a good bill at both ends and
the balance was just green paper.
The police were notified of the
success of the crooks and made an
investigation, but the men had dis
appeared and so had the $27,000,
which the farmer drew from the bank:
yesterday.
A general alarm has been sent out
by . the police fpr the arrest of .a
number of confidence and green goods'
men who are. known to be in the
city, but so far they have not been
able to locate the crooks.
Tried to Help Them by Swearing
Falsely and it in Trouble Him
<1 veelf—Hat Confessed.
NE^ YORlf.^Ato'll itf.—’ttrt Ore«
W, who j^r-to-aaniS^ four, JBpK
men esecdtfetf'last ^Monday in‘ t^is
state, wa*" arfested'tddtty charged
with perjury in that'hh’i^ort to the
justices of ther supreme court last
Saturday that /the fonr gunmen were
jsaamamwr.
Motttafarl M&'i i
J, ?VhitJWn;,iW«»d-;
d lately, sjartod, a* V»ve#l9ftjfln of the,
BtafcWJsnt An* iMM. f**4l H
a PO^ljflo, i.Hfrwnj to|
confess that ha.,haA *wanjL.f*JA«lfc
and the arrest followed.
PRES. WILSON STANDS Mill MEXICO;
HUERTA WILL BACK DOWN AND APOLOGIZE
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President Tells Foreign Relations Committee of Many Insults to American Flag
—Time to Temporize Has Passed-^-Fleet Is In Readiness For War—
Our Official Dispatches Were Held Up—Warships From
Bremerton Are Sent South.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—Late
this afternoon President Wilson re
ceived from Secretary of State Wil
liam J. Bryan a telegram from Mex
ico City stating that Provisional
President Huerta had practically
promised to salute the American flag
and to apologize for the insult to the
American flag. The news w*s wel
comed by President Wilson, who has
been unter terrible nervous tension
since the outbreak in Tampico and
it was feared that Huerta would
refuse the salute demanded and that
war would certainly follow. The ef
forts to prepare the army and navy
for the anticipated conflict were con
tinued all of yesterday and all
through the night the officials were
busy preparing for shipping re-en
forcements and supplies to the front.
The railroads have received orders
to prepare special trooj) trains to be
sent south from San Francisco, Chi
cago, New York and from all north
ern cities and the national guard in
the reserve of the army were notified
to be ready to call their men together
at a moment’s notice.
Supplies for the men have been sent
south yesterday and today in the
event of need at the border should
the national guard and volunteers be
called upon 'o invade Mexico.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—After an
all night conference at Mexico City
between Provisional President Huer
ta and his cabinet a message was
sent to President Wilson 'through
Charge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy of
fering to refer the Tampico ciuestion
to The Hague peace tribunal for ad
judication.
President Wilson immediately re
plied that the Tampico incident in
volved the national honor of the peo
ple of the Un’ted States and the .ar
rest of the Am^-ic^v, ^officers and the
iMiilt of the American flag would not
3s.,^cred to ,kgyi3 conference! bl\t
ould be settled only ny the imme
diate apology and ' salute to the flag,,
as. demanded by- Admiral Mayo or by
a declaration of War.
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WASHINGTON, April 16.—Presi
dent W iteonlatei ’yesterday aft< irnoon
Predicts Failure of the Tqiet Legis
lation Planned by Administration
>
—Mooters All Right, He Says.
SEATTLE, April 16.—Medill Mc
Cormick, vice-president of the Pro
gressive National Party, in an ad
dress made here last night denoun
ced the policies of President Wilson
and predicted the failure of the trust
legislation now planned by the ad
minWtttWWiV’ : '
The Bull Mooso leader informed bis
audience that the Progressive party
was the only political organisation
representing the thbu&hte .and ideals
of the people and subject to the will
of the people , and not to the dictates
of the bosses. He predicted that the
party woulgcoggresslonr
Wife* j
in condition U> fight , the re-election
Of Preside Wltftti] Wo/ttfttated.
was sure toi hejftfca'vfexftdate to the
more convention.
V \
Relations committees of the House
and of the Senate to the White House
for a consultation regarding the Mex
ican situation and informed them of
the critical condition in which affairs
between this republic and the Mexi
can republic had drifted into. The
president told the members of the
legislative branch that the adminis
tration was all out of patience with
the Mexican government: that the
crisis at Tampico, where the Amer
ican flag had been insulted, and where
the Mexicans refused an apology and
the refusal to salute the American
flag wag the last straw: that he
wanted to use the power of the
American' army and navy to force
the government of Mexico to respect
the American administration.
Provisional President Huerta and
his administration had for months in
sulted the American government, in
sults following each other, the gov
ernment at Mexico City delaying the
official dispatches to Charge d'Af
faires O’Shaughnessy; naval men on
(shore leave have been arrested and
imprisoned and threats have been
necessary to secure the release of
the men, the mail to the American
legation has been tampered with; the
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guns sent to the legation have been
held for months in the custom house,
although those for the German.
French and Japanese legations have
been promptly delivered.
The members of the two commit
tees were impressed with the danger
of the present situation and Senator
Lodge advocated allowing the presi
dent to send the army and navy in
to Mexico, claiming that inasmuch as j
Huerta has never eben recognized we j
have the right to enter the republic |
and establish peace and provide for j
an election of some Mexican to rep- I
resent all factions.
WASHINGTON, April. 16.—The Fqr- j
eign Relations committee of the !
House and the Senate todgy passed
resolutions endorsing the action of
President Wilson in the handling of
the Tampico affair when Admiral '
Mayo demanded an apology for the J
insuit offered to the American flag. !
The course of the administration is ;
endorsed and the people are urged j
to stand behind the president no I
matter what party they are affiliat-!
ed with.
HREMEUTON. April 16.—All the
IRISH HOME RULTbIuT ”
IS IN GREAT DANGER
LABOR PARTY MAY LEAVE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF ACTION OF
ARMY IN TRYING TO DICTATE TO PARLIAMENT—MINISTRY
WOULD LOSE MAJORITY IF THREAT IS CARRIED OUT.
LONDON, April 16.—The Home
Rule bill is again threatened in the
House of Commdhs.' The bill' came
up for its third and final reading and
the Labor party, which has hereto
fore stoOd with the Home Rule ad
vocates, has Issued orders to its
members to use their own judgment
and to ’vote independently of any
other faction or party in parliament.
The order to the Labor party leaves
the government without, enough votes
to carry the bill and it was therefore
delayed to allow for negotiations be
tween party leaders.
The Labor party Is greatly incensed
at the failure of the government to
discipline the arihy officers who re
fused to obey orders and’ the Cry of
army control of English politics has
overshadowed the Home Rule bill,
No Further Concessions to Ulster.
, Sir Edward Grey , who spoke on be
half of the government, said the min
isters were not prepared to make any
concession beyond the stx years’ ex
clusion of the Ulster counties from,
the operation of the bill offered by
Premier Asquith. The country, he
said, must settle the question at the
end or that time. Meanwhile the
question, of the . coercion of Ulster
could not, arise uat|l after a general
election; but if tiiere were sporadic
outbursts in that province, fqrce mpst
be used.'said ffli^ if W
attempt was made to set up a pro-,
visional government and defy thp tor
portal-Parliament.the army must' be
ICgHed .y ,,
ife added flint g, there bad bepn
V «“nex*i elpcjiop^jinet ifw.^d
h^v,e Jild*ed upon a much txitw tor.
sue than Home Rule. If the aaa
'had taken active sides In politics tpe
country would have faced #, .flavor
problem than it had faced in the last
three centuries: ,'r
1 The foreign .secretary said t&at if
'there was any question raised of gov
ernment by Parliament without in
terference, he hi self took a stand
as firm as, that of any Labor mem
ber. ■ ,, ,j ,, , ..
Sir Edward suggested .that the re
sumption of the conversations be
tween party leaders in order to see
whether the "fines of a party settle
ment could not be reached, on the
basis of establishing a federal system
for the whole country before the end
of the sis years named by the gov
ernment ln< its offer to Ulster.
Necessity for a Federal System
He said hd believed that if the
difficulty was not solved by the intro
duction of a federal system the coun
try would go under through the sheer
inability of Parliament to transact
its business. If, he added, an elec
tion could be assured ,oo the terms
of securing the . abolition of plural
voting and of placing Home Buie and
Welsh disestablishment on the stat
ute books the method would be worthy
of consideration.
The foreign secretary’s suggestion
of a federal system was received
by the House with marked attention.
It is reported from Dublin that
Premier Asquith .is to be .opposed
In the bye-eledtlon for East Fite by
James Larkin, who, as head of the
Transport Workers’ Union, was lead
er of th'i strike in Dublin last autqjpii.
In connection.. wjth,, the strike ^*r
Larkin was sentenced td.geven months
Imprisonment in October for inciting
to Hot. but was later released.
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Orphcum Ten iff hi.
§w«H pictures tonight at the'Or
jphsqai.;, A; fine cartoon picture that
is* seine thing new;
“A ffue'Bdliever.”—K. B. two-reel
lntortiettrig subject.
•'/L Qtrttyn jfevelty,”—Somnthing
laughs-.
5We remedy.
warships at the navy yard here have
been ordered to coal up and proceed
south at once. The workmen at the
yard are working overtime and ex
tra men have been secured to finish
all uncompleted work on the ships.
Ship 'stores are being placed on all
the ships and they are expected to
sail for Mexican waters some time
this evening.
NEW YORK, April 16.—The pre
parations at the Brooklyn navy yard
continue and supply ships are being
loaded to be sent south to the At
lantic fleet, which is now rushing
south at full speed. The fleet have
already reached Mexican waterg, but
have been ordered not to enter the
harbor, where several American ships
are already stationed with guns
trained on the Mexican fortifications.
LONDON, April 16.—The news of
the threatened invasion of Mexico by
the United States has caused much
comment herd and it is believed that
the powers have been exchanging
notes regarding the course to be fol
lowed by them in the event of open
hostilities between the United States
and Mexico. It is expected that the
Japanese government will make the
hostilities between the United States
and Mexico a reason for pressing a
favorab|e settlement of the immi
gration question, which has caused
the government much trouble. Dip
loniats here are confident, that the
Japanese will take advantage of any
weakness on the part of the United
States. ,
PARIS. April 16.—The general
opinion here among the diplomats is
that ope^ hostilities between Mexico
and the United States will not break
out. as Provisional President Huerta
wiR yield and apologize before he
will take the chances of an inva
sion, .which would mean his certain
overthrow and death. '
MEXICO. CITY, April 16.—Charge
d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy is still at
the legation representing the Amer
ican government, but has received no
official communication from Huerta
regarding an apology.
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Recent Heavy Winds Fill the Open
Cute and Line it Tied Up—Hope
to Open it on Saturday.
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CORDOVA, April 16—The Copper
River and Northwestern railroad Is
tied up because of the recent wind
storm, which caused all the open
cuts, made by the snow plow, to
fill with drifting snow. The snow
plows are helpless, as the snow is
20 feist deep- tn places. ,
The blpekadi* .extends from mile 33
to Tiekeil and plows are working
In b6tii directions and all the men
available have peen secured by the
otflcWp to shotve1 the sno^, so that
the rotaries can clear the track.
The recent freeieup has stopped all
slides which ,expected to cause
tieups , oft. U»n llpe, ,
Supt. Corser expects to have the
line open )>y, Saturday If the wind gyea
sis! tiKtf •' f
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BUly; Finical expects to leave this
evening for Sawmill bay for toga for
the Su'
RAILROAD RATES
Interstate Commerce Commisaion Will
Order Reduction of Five Per
Cent—Operative May 1st.
WASHINGTON, April 16. -The In
terstate Commerce Commission, now
in session here, where they have been
hearing evidence from the railroads
and the shippers regarding an in
crease in freight and passenger rates,
will make known the result of the
investigations of the commission and
a general reduction of live per cent
is expected on all passenger rates
effective on May 1st.
Railroad officials, when informed of
the contemplated action of the com
mission, stated that every reduction
made by the commission would be met
by a reduction in the number of
trains and the schedules of the roads
would all be reduced, thus forcing the
passengers to crowd in one train, as
the only method of breaking even.
The Pennsylvania railroad has re
duced its force by 60,000 men, while
the New York Central has cut 25,000
men from the pay roll and has can
celled all orders for new equipment.
The roads also plan to cut the
freight service, claiming the income
cannot sustain the present scedule of
fast freights.
FORM BATTLE LINE
D. A. R. CONGRESS
National Society Faces Sharp Fight
at Its Meeting Next Month—
Be Held in Washington.
i WASHINGTON, April lti. The an -
j nual congress of the National Sooi
I ety of the Daughters of the American
! Revolution will open in this city next
month, and, as usual, will be full of
controversy and bickerings. The
present administration, under presi
dent general, Mrs. William Cummings
Story, will have to light charg s of
waste and expense and will be caRed
upon to make an accounting of their
work.
The same charges have been made
each year, but generally by the pres
ent administration leaders, who were
fighting the previous administrations,
but now that they are in power will
be called upon to answer the charges
of their ettemies.
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Prohibitionists Urge House Judiciary
Committee to Adopt Constitu
tional Amendment
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WASHINGTON. April 16.—Prohi
bitloniats appeared before the House
Judiciary cpnunittee today and urged
the , committee to recommend the
passage of an amendment to the
constitution prohibiting the sale or
manufacture of intoxicating liquors in
the United States or its territories.
The white. rlhbon advocates left
long statistics With the committee
showing bow.much better off the na
tion would he. if no liquor were m«n
ufactured or aold. .. ,ri VR
ft» members ,gf<. t. the committee
were non-committal, hilt listened In
tentiy to the Sgures and arguments
of the . , :
Sidney Drake dame up from the
Cameron-John8on this morning.