Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CARROLLTON CHRONICLE
JOHN T. RI8IEN, Editor and Pub.
CARROLLTON.
TEXAS
FOUR MORE NEW YORK
POLICEMEN CONVICTED
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^charge against demoted in
SPECTORS WAS CONSPIRACY TO
OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.
AN ATTACK JJN^ "SYSTEM”
District Attorney Regards Verdict
Moat Important Yet Won in
Hia Campaign.
New York.—James F. Thompson,
James E. Hussey, John J. Murtha and
Dennis Sweeney, the four demoted
police inspectors charted with a con-
spiracy to obstruct justice, were com
▼tcted by a Jury In the supreme court
Tuesday.
Only 38 minutes were taken by the
tprors to reach their verdict that the
lefendants were guilty of a mlsde.
neanor in plotting to keep a prospec-
<▼* witness against the "system" from
■taking graft disclosures before the
grand Jury.
Ths accused officials stood outward-
ly unmoved as they heard the verdict.
The crowd In the court room, how-
ever, caused a disturbance suffllng
:hairs and feet until attendants check-
ed the disorder. Counsel announced
that a certificate of reasonable doubt
would be sought,'which would give
-he prisoners a chance to go free on
oall pending efforts to obtain a new
trial.
The penalty for obstructing Justice
is one year in Jail or a fine of $500
or both. It was reported that the jury
required only one ballot to reach its
decision.
The conviction of Thompson, Hus-
sey, Murtha and Sweeney Is regard-
ed by Mr. Whitman as the most Im-
portant yet won in connection with
his expose of the police "system" that
was shown to link law enforcements
with the city's underworld when Beck-
er, the police lieutenant, hired the
four gunmen to murder Herman Ros-
enthal, the gambler, last summer.
The men were on trial seven court
days. The district attorney and his
assistants produced evidence to show
that the four plotted to buy the si-
lence of George R. Sipp, a resort keep-
er, through bribing him to flee the
state after he had told the aldermanic
committee that was investigating the
vollce department that for years hs
sad made monthly payments to the
police for protection for his resort.
FREE SPEECH CAMPAIGN
BRINGS LONDON RIOT
TRAFALGAR 8QUARE SCENE OF
WILD DI8ORDER8 AND SCORES
OF FIGHTS.
40,000 PEOPLE GATHER
Govsrnmsnt’s Alleged Inference with
Righee of Citizens Denounced
by Speakere.
FREAKISH STYLES SEEN IN PARIS
TUFFRAGE BILL LOSES IN LONDON
Woman's Bill Rejected by Deciding
Vote of Irish Nationalists.
London.—The fate of the woman's
suffrage bill was sealed by the votes
»f more than forty Irish Nationalists,
who voted against It. The bill, where-
oy It was sought to enfranchise 6,-
900,000 women, was rejected by a ma-
jority of 47; the vote stood 266 to 219.
Whether’ there Is any chance that
ihe present parliament will pass a bill
*f more limited character may be
doubted. Possibly the Nationalists
fear that If the allow a woman's fran-
chise bill to pass the second reading
It will lead to a parliamentary strug-
gle, which would not unlikely end in
dissolution of parliament before the
home rule bill becames a law.
Furthermore, ths debate proved that
the militant policy of the suffragists
has done the cause great harm, as far
as parliament Is concerned. The con-
olliatton hill of last session was re-
jected by only a small majority com-
pared with the Dickerson bill. Pre-
vious bills, giving some measure of
enfranchisement to women, have pass-
ed the second reading, although they
sever survived.
London.—Wild scenes of disorder
occurred Sunday In the demonstra-
tion at Trafalgar square under the aus-
pices of the free speech defense com-
mittee. The police tried to prevent
speeches from the Whitehall side of
the plinth of the Nelson column and
only the Intervention of James Kler
Hardie, Socialist and Independent la-
bor member of the bouse of commons,
,who was chairman of the meeting, pre-
vented a serious riot. As It was, the
disorders, many times culminating In
fisticuffs between the crowd and the
police, continued for almost two hours.
By the time the inarching Socialist
labor and other organizattona, with
jbands playing reached Traflgar square
20,00 people had gathered there and
as many more in the surrounding
/streets.
Trouble began when a Socialist
speaker Btarted to address the crowd
from the Whitehall side of the column
frhe promise had been given that no
jBpeaking should take place on this
aide because of interference with traf-
fic. A husky police sergeant, stand-
ing on the plinth, hurled the speaker
down on the head of the crowd be-
low.
j The crowd then rushed the plinth
and endeavored to replace the speak-
er. It looked for a time as If their
efTorts would prove successful, but
mounted police ruthlessly rode down
the rioters. James Kler Hardie then
intervened and the Socialist speaker
was allowed to regain hts place,
i In a moment a suffragette attempted
to climb to the plinth. The police be-
low tried to pull her back, but sym-
pathizers on the platform succeeded In
dragtng her up, after she had sacri
flced some clothes, left in the hands
of the police.
The struggle angered the crowd and
the disorder became so general that
Commissioner Wells, commanding the
mounted police, ordered the Whitehall
aide cleared. The order was carried
out roughly by the horsemen that Com-
missioner Wells, meeting the crowd's
temper, retired In favor of anothei
commissioner. As he was leaving
Wells was showered with eggs and
oranges and other missiles.
In retaliation, a police snatched a
suffragette banner from a girl who
was waving it 8he struck the po-
liceman In the face and her friends
regained the banner, minus the staff.
Fights between the police and the
peoftle then became general, the chief
results of which were battered faces
and minor injuries on both sides.
Many rioters were arrested, but the
crowds succeeded In rescuing most of
the prisoners. There was a large num-
ber of Isolated encounters.
DEPOSITS TO DRAW INTEREST.
ES WOUNDED IN SYRACUSE RIOTS.
•trike of Building Laborers Brings Se-
rious Clashes With Police.
, Syracuse. N. Y .—Determined efforts
are being made here to settle the
strike of building laborers, which de-
veloped a series of riots In which 2R
people, nine of them policemen, were
wounded.
The strike started last Thursday,
when the demand for 2,500 laborers
and hod carriers for Increased wages
was rejected. Ths strikers, mostly
foreigners, had para<|ed the streets
dally and 600 attempted to force work-
ers from a structure In the heart ol
the city. Policemen and a fire com-
pany were rushed to the scene and
were greeted with a volley of bricks
and clubs.
* Wins Unlqus Damaga Suit.
Washington.—Jacob Doll and sons,
conducting a store In Pittsburg, must
pay Giovanni Tomasso Robettl $15,000,
because a man cleaning windows In
their store fell upon him as he was
walking along the street.
To Drill for Oil.
Murchison, Texas.—Lumber for an
etl derrick being placed on tbe ground
at Murchison Is creating quite a stir
among the home people as well as the
surrounding country.
Secretary McAdoo Notifies Banks of
Rato at Two Per Cent.
Even the gentlemen of France stopped and gazed at these beauttfnl
Parisians In their most startling display of spring fashions at the Lon»
’hemps races
REV. FOREST J. PRETTYMAN
WILSON UNCHANGED
ON SUGAR SCHEDULE
ARGUMENT FOR RETENTION OF
DUTY ON PRODUCT ARE
UNAVAILING.
TWO GENERALS SAID
DESERTING HUERTA
AJBERT AND RABAGO DECLARED
TO BE ON 8IDE OF MEXI-
CAN REBELS.
PLAN TD ATTACK CAPITAL
Carranza Declarea That Within Two
Weeks Six Thousand Rebels
Will Movs on City.
Washington, D. C.—One of thb
first of the Important administrative
departures of the Wilson administra-
tion was announced by Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo when he made
public the circular pulling banks on
notice that beginning June 1 all Uni-
ted States deposits will have to draw
Interest at the rate of 2 per cent
$>er annum on monthly balances to
A>e credited twice annually. At the
same time Secretary McAdoo an-
nounced that the government will
place In the banks deposits aggregat-
ing $10,000,000 In addition to the $42,-
649,964 which the government now
has out on deposit In various parts
of the country. By this new system
of Interest bearing the government
will add $1,063,000 annually to Its
Revenue. 1
Ths decision to require government
depositaries to pay interest on all
public deposits, whether active or In-
active, regular or temporary, Is based
on Inactive, regular or temporary, U
based on authority glvdn In the so
called Vreeland-Aldrlch emergency
currency act of May 30, 1908, and Is
In line with the sentiment of Demo-
cratic leaders In congress. Secretary
McAdoo's action la likewise In lino
with the movement inaugurated In
congress In 1912 by Senator Homer-
one and Representative Goeke of
Ohio, which seeks to procure the en-
actment of legislation to require all
National banks which desire to have
the use of government deposits to
bid competitively for public funds, the
deposits to be made to the highest
bidders.
Rev. Forest J. Prettyman, a re>
tired Methodist minister, has been
appointed by the president as chap-
lain of tke United States senate. He
succeeds Rev. U. S. J. Pierce and will
receive $1,200 a year."
EXPECTS BUT FEW CHANGES
Tariff Bill Goes to Senate with Pro*
pects of Light Amendments,
He Believes.
MONTENEGRO GIVES UP SCUTARI
New County Is Called Coyote.
, Hobart, Okla.—The citizens of Lone
.Wolf In man meeting proclaimed Dill
township a county. Lon* Wolf wat
made tbe county neat and Lugort a
court town. The new county will b«
-called Coyote
Big Appropriation Bill Up.
Washington.—Carrying a total of
nearly $117,000,000. the sundry civil ap-
propriation bills has been taken up
In the senate. The provision exempt-
ing labor and farmers' organizatons
from prosecution under the Sherman
act with funds appropriated for anti-
trust prosecution was the subject of
stuck by many Republicans. Sena-
tor Gallinger read port of the mes-
sage which accompanied the veto by
former President Taft of the same
bill during the last session of congress.
King Nicholas Decides to Evacuate
the City In Raaponaa to Demand*.
Frankfort on the Main, Germany.—
King Nicholas will abdicate the throne
of Montenegro In the near future, ac-
cording to a telegram received by the
Frankfurter Zeltung r.-om its corre-
spondent at Constantinople.
Cettlnje, Montenegro.—King Nicho-
las of Montenegro has'decided to evac-
uate the fortress of RcuUrl In re-
sponse to the demand of the European
powers.
When he took possession of Scntarl
on April 23 after a six months' siege
which cost tbe lives of thousands of
Montenegrins and Turks, King Nicho-
las declared that be prould hold the
city until the last drop of Montene-
grin blood had been shed. As the Eur-
opean powers bad decided previously
that Scutari was to form part of the
future autonomous sUte of Albania,
a crisis was brought about and the
powers Immediately brought strong
pressure to bear to force him and his
troops to evacuate the place.
In the meanwhile Austria took ener-
getic atep* to enforca the powera' de-
cision and concentrated large bodies
of troons In Bosnia. Heregovtna and
Dalmatia. The powers In the Interim
Instituted a blockade of the Montene-
gro coast. All these demonstrations,
however, did not affect the determin-
ation of King Nicholas.
3 Killed, 1 Hurt; Jump from Treetls.
Washington.—President Wilson does
not expect the tariff bill to be mate-
rially amendment In the senate. He
told callers he did not credit the re-
port that wool would be taken, from
the free list. He has heard views of
many who wish to see a duty retained
on wool, but sees no reason to change
his position. The argument for the
retention of duty of sugar also baa
made no impression on htm.
The president has again expressed
the hope that members of congree*
would come to an early agreement on
the details of currency legislation so
that a bill can be passed before ad-
journment of the special session. Mr.
Wilson told callers he expected the
currency committees of the house and
senate to get together and his own
views will be transmitted throughout
whatever measures were finally agreed
upon by them.
The president hopes that If con-
gress takes up tbe question at this
session it will do so with expedition
and get through a bill not later than
August. He Is planning to visit the
Panama canal In either July or Au^
ust.
Senators Owea and Gor* and the en-
tire Oklahoma delegation urged the
president to attend the 26th annlver-
sary on April 19, 1914, of the opening
of the Oklahoma territory to aettle-
ment. The praaldent said he would
try. .
City of Mexico.—Gen. Trucy Aubert,
tn command of the campaign against
Carranza rebels, and Gen. Kabago,
with headquarters at Chihuahua, have
Joined the rebel movement, accord-
ing to reports In many quarters here.
This, however, Is denied at the Na
tional palace.
The only concrete fact admitted by
the government afTectlng the status of
the men Is the recall of Gen. Aubert
No reason for this Is assigned, but
It Is understood the government is
not satisfied with the manner In which
he has conducted the campaign.
In support of the rumor - of the de-
fection of these generals. Is the fact
that orders have been Issued for the
concentration of troops at Chihuahua,
even to the point of evacuating Juar-
ez. It is conceded that this is equiv-
alent to the surrender of a port of
entry, an act not probable, even In
defensive campaign.
Gen. Truck Aubert has been criti-
cised by the public for his compare
tive inaction, and It has long been
hinted that his sympathies are with
Carranza. If It develops that this re-
port is true, the Impetus given to
the rebel movement will be great, be-
cause both at Monterey and Chihua-
hua there are large supplies of am-
munition.
The latest center of rebel activities
Is in the state of Zacatecas, where the
rebels recently have gained control of
four towns, Including Sombrerete.
In no part of the republic has the
government assumed marked aggres-
siveness, the garrisons being forced
to maintain the defensive In the
state of Morelos, Gen. Robles Is be-
ginning a campaign of conscription
and devastation, although even there
the adherents of Zapata are carrying
the fight to him In most cases,
j Conditions on the west coast are
-regarded as sufficiently serious by
tha American ambassador to Impel
him to suggest to the state depart-
ment the advisability of the dispatch
pf a warship to Mazatlan.
' In spite of reports to the contrary.
President Huerta and Gen. Felix Diaz
appear to be working In thorough ac-
cord.
SECRETARY STATE RESIGNS
Gav. Colquitt Appoints Ssnator F. C.
Weinert, Effective June 1.
Austin. Texas.--Announcement has
been made by Gov. Colquitt of th*
resignation of John L. Wortham aa
secretary of state, effective June t,
and the appointment of Senator F. C.
Weinert of Seguln to fill the vacncy.
The governor has been officially no?
tided by Senator Weinert of his ac-
ceptance of the appointment.
The resignation of Mr. Wortham was
unexpected. .Y was accepted by the
governor with regret. Mr. Wortham
has been secretary of state since laat *
January. Prior to that he served ono
term as railroad commissioner. When
C. C. McDonald resigned as secretary
of state last fall the governor appoint-
J- T. Bowman, his private secre-
tary, to the vacancy to fill it until
Wortham's term as railroad commis-
sioner expired.
Mr. Wortham, It was stated bp
friends, had resigned In order to dev
vote all hls time to private affairs.
Senator Weinert, who has been se-
lected to head the state department,
has been prominent In state politics u
number of years, serving several terms
In the legislature, both in the senats
and house. He Is the author of aev
eral laws, most referring to prison
reform.
ALAMO CASE FAVORS COLQUITT.
8upreme Court Rules Injunction ofi
of Daughters is Invalid.
Longview Shaken by Boiler Exploeion
AMERICANS ASK PROTECTION.
Mexican Federal* Give Them Arme to
Protect Themeelve* from Indian*.
Akron, Ohio.—Thre# men were kill-
ed and a boy, a son of one of them,
was seriously Injured when they leap-
ed from a trestle, two miles north of
here, to escape an approaching train.
The three were dead when picked up
from the river bottom, 160 feet below.
Leo Brown, 14, son of Thomas Brown,
fell on soft earth and escape with se-
rious Injuries. The party,' on a hand-
car, was returning from a fishing trip
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Nogales, Ari*.—Federal forces from
Quaymae have accuplod Kmpalma,
while the Sonora state troops are mob-
ilizing at Maytorena, a few miles to
the north. Only minor sklrmlshee
have resulted since the Insurgents
evacuated Empalme.
There la much suffering among the
poor classes of the Oulf port towns,
owing to a flour and mast famine. Ona
hundred cows, constituting tha chief
milk supply, have been killed for beef,
threatening tbe live* of hundreds of
Infants.
Amarloan resident* of the Yaquf
river country have appealed for pro-
tection against ravaging banda of Ii^
dlans. The federal commander at
Ouaymae gave the Americana rifle*
and ammunition, telling them to pr»
tect themeelvea.
Sulphuric Acid Shower Hurt* Many.
Little Rock, Ark.—Fed by gases de-
veloped from the chemical action of
sulphuric acid and bone fertilizer, fir*
destroyed the plant of the Arkansas
Fertilizer Company, Inflicting a lose
of $100,000, partly covered by Insur-
ance. The blaze was burning but *
few minutes before It reached two
80,000-gallon tanks of sulphuric acid,
which exploded upon the addition of
water, sending sheets of flames Into
the air for hundreds of feet. Many
onlookers suffered from burns when
struck bjr the falling add.
Longview, Texas.—A terrific boiler
explosion occurred at the Castleberry
,Flewellen Company's planer, located
on the edge of the city, Thursday,
which shook the entire city. Boyd
Wilson and another man were seri-
ously Injured, being blown about 20
jfeet and covered by debris. The en
Jtlne room was demolished and the
holler blown over the large planer
-house, some hundred feet away,
against a box car on a sidetrack. The
'flues of the boiler, were blown 20
or 30 feet in another direction and
twisted. No reason could be learned
for the explosion.
STORM 8TRIKES HONEY GROVE.
One Pereon Hurt and Damage to
Property May Reach $10,000. ,
Honey Grove, Texas.—A storm
ptruck the eastern part of ths city
Sunday afternoon, doing considerable
Jdamage, but so far as learned but one
person was hurt.
! The storm formed one mile south-
east of town, and struck the compress
first, tearing off a portion of the roof,
next It took the covering from the
oil tank at the oil mill and, striking
the main building, tore the smoke-
stacks down, damaging the northeast
corner of the building, which Is of
brick; next It struck the seed house
and demolished the northeast corner
of this building.
The residence of Miss Martha Bry-
ant, Jim Leach and Will Owens were
twisted off their blocks a nd otherwise
damaged,
Mrs. M. E. Erwin narrowly escaped
death, as the room she occupied was
wrecked. The four walls were twist-
ed apart and thrown Into the street
and the floor was turned upalde down
Jn the wreckage. Mrs. Erwin was
thrown Into the street and consider-
ably bruised. She la aged and the
shock may prove serious. Property
.damage may reach $10,000.
Stats Banks Show Decreased Deposits
' Oklahoma City, Okla.—Individual de-
posits In slate banks ending April 4,
chow a decrease of $671.$98.44. On
Feb. 4 the total deposits were $43,201,-
273.83, on April 4 they amounted to
$42,829,374.89.
Haytlan Riot* Surpraaacd.
Port au Prince, Haiti.—Michael
Create, new president of Haiti, elect-
ed Sunday, already has displayed
great energy In the suppression or
disorder. He declares ha will main-
tain peace with a strong hand. Gen.
Defly, governor of the city, who at-
tacked the parliamentary building
during the voting for the president
kui repulsed by regular troops com-
manded by Gen. Poltevlen. Gen. Def-
'y took refuge tn the Cuban legation
Austin, Texas. — The suprema
court In a unanimous opinion has fust
tained Gov. Colquitt in the controversy!
over the restoration of the Alamo and
held that the Injunction given tb«
Daughters of the Republic restraining1
Dr. A. B. Conley, state superintend-)
ent of public buildings and grounds,
from proceeding with the work of re-
modeling the Alamo property along)
plans made by the governor was Im-
properly granted.
It Is ordered that the Injunction be*
dissolved and that Judgment be enter-i
ed that the plaintiff, the corporation,
tbe Daugbteis of the Republic, taka’
nothing by this Butt, and that plain-,
tiff In error go hence without day and)
recover of tbe Daughters of the Re-
public all co6ls of the several courts.
The effect of the decision of the
highest court in Texas Is that the
governor may proceed with tbe work
of restoring the Alamo property ac-
cording to hia plans.
TREASURY REPORT MADE.
Deficiency of $3,654,000 for Month of
April—Receipt* $53,452,000.
Washington.—in footing up accounts
Uncle Sam found a deficiency of $3.-
654,000 for the month of April. Ex-
clusive of Panama canal and public
transactions. ,the receipts for April
amounted to $53,452,000, while dis-
bursement reached $57,106,000.
Up to date for the current fiscal
year, however, there Is a surplus of
ordinary receipts over ordinary dis-
bursements of $8,966,000, against *
deficit a year ago of $12,580,000.
Customs receipts for last montlj
fell off $2,500,000 as compared witlt
April, 1912, while Internal revenue re-
ceipts increased $2,000,000. A big
factor in the increased expenditures
for the month just closed was tha
pension payments under the new law.
These exceeded the pension disburse?
ments of April, 1912, by $3,217,000.
The total balance In the general
fund was $141,333,000. Including a
working balance for the government
of $73,077,000, which, It Is expected,
will soon be decreased by $10,000,0001
under Secretary McAdoo's authoriza-
tion for additional deposits In the Na-
tional banks. Trust funds In that
treasury now Indued $1,075,199,00^
In gold coin and bullion. The mint*
during April coined $4,250,000 In gold.
The circulation of the 7,460 Nation-
al banks amounted to $731,044,691.
FORMAL PROTEST BY JAPAN.
Alien Land Bill Enacted In California
Awaits Signature of Governor.
New York.—A cablegram from To-!
kio to the Japanese-Amerlcan. a Jap-,
aneee daily paper of this city, states!
that the Japanese government cabled'
Instructions to Baron Chlnda, Japanese!
ambassador at Washington, to make1
formal protest against t he alien land!
bill enacted by the California legists-1
tin e and now awaiting Gov. Johnson'*
signature.
The message adds that the position/
taken by the Japaneae government lai
that the United States government 1*
responsible for the finding of a sat-
isfactory solution of the situation In!
California under Its treaty obligation*
to Japan.
Describing the receipt of the new*
from Sacramento that the bill had
passed both houses of the jeglslature,
the message says:
When the Japanese people receiv-
ed the report that the alien land bill
had passed the California legislature
and the people were deeply disappoint-
Reclgnlzed by Great Britain.
Mexico City.—President Huerta la
formally notified of the recognition of
hie government by Groat Britain. Th# '
British minister, Francis W. Strange, ,
with due ceremony presented the
king's autograph letter replying to thal
of President Huerta. The minister
expressed In the name of hls govern-
ment good wishes for the welfare of
the Mexlenn government. In reply the
president expressed hls appreciation of
Great Britain's attitude.
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