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MAYOR MITCHELL
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STRIKES COUNCILOR POLK
Old Man Edged Way Through Crowd
as Party Was Leaving the City
Half.?Much Excitement Created
by the Incident.
New York.?A shot was fired at
Mayor Mitchell just outside the city
hall, the bullet went wide but struck
Corporation Counsel Polk, who accom
panied him, in the jaw.
Mr. .Polk was seriously injured.
Nearly all of his teeth were knocked
out. The bullet narrowly missed
Arthur Woods, the new police com
missioner.
The mayor, Mr. Polk and Mr. Woods
were entering an automobile. An old
man whose name was at first not as
certained did the shooting. He edg
'Mayor John Purroy Mitchell.
ed his way through the crowd and
was apparently attempting to assassi
nate the police commissioner.
The man who fired the shot was
Instantly overpower. His name is
David Rose, his age nearly 70, and
he gave evidence of being mentally
unbalanced. The bullet crashed
through Mr. Polk's jaw, knocking out
nearly all his front teeth and inflict
ing a seriously though not necessarily
fatal wound.
"Mr. Polk was hit by the bullet,
but the bullet was undoubtedly in
tended for me," said the mayor.
Attaches at the city hall said that
Rose had called to see the mayor sev
eral times lately but because of his
queer actions had not been permitted
to see him.
While an ambulance surgeon was
dressing Mr. Polk's wound Rose was
quest'oned by the mayor and a score
of detectives. He refused to answer,
any questions about himself. Two let
ters addressed to Mayor Mitcheli were
found in his clothing. The shooting
occurred at the Park row entrance to
the city hall plaza shortly after 1
o'clock.
After a more detailed examination
it was said Mr. Palk's injury would
not prove fatal.
^ "Mr. Polk is conscious," said a bul
letin given out at the hospital at 2:30
o'clock. "He is doing as well as can
be expected under the circumstances."
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Mayor jmmuei, jruuue \_uiiuiiieeiuizci
Arthur Woods and Mr. Polk had left
the mayor's office for lunchebn. The
three crossed the plaza toward. Park
row, where stood the mayor's automo
bile, driven by Detective George Neun.
The mayor got in first, Mr. Polk and
Commissioner Woods following. As
the mayor sat down Rose dodged
through the crowd on Park row and
walking up to a point opposite the
chauffeur /took quick aim at Mr.
Mitchell and fired.
Eleven Die in New York Fire.
New York.?Flames that swept
shrough a 5-story apartment house
at 741 Eighth avenue claimed 11 vic
tims and resulted in the serious in
jury of four others*.
Ten bodies were taken from the
theatrical boarding house that occu
pied half of the building. Only four
could be identified, the others being
charred beyond recognition. Dead are:
William Wallace, 46 years old; Nel
lie Wallace, his wife; Mrs. Nelle
Spencer, a cloak model; and Muriel
Davis, three years old.
Mrs. George C. Davis, internally
hurt died in a hospital.
flThe injured are:
Josepn Messer, Martin Welsh and
Charles Burke.
The fire started in a pile of waste
in the basement of a 5 and 10 cent
store which occupied the ground floor
of the building, spread rapidly up
stairway, shutting off egress by them.
There were no fire escapes in the
front of the building and the large
number of dead and injured was due
to the refusal of the panic-stricken
people to remain in the front win
dows, where many were rescued.
Kills Wife on Hot Stove.
Boonville, Ind.?Throwing his wife,
Mary, 42 years old, against a hot
8tore in his home here, William Fol
som, 52 years old, formerly a pros
perous farmer, fired two shots into
her heart, killing her instantly. Then
he inflicted three wounds in his own
breast, none of which, doctors say.
will prove fatal. The shooting oc
curred from the wife's denial of in
fidelity made to Folsom. it is said, and
her refusal of his demand that she
surrender her wedding ring. The Fol
soms have ten children.
United States marines starting fr
aboard the vessels of the Atlantic fleet
HUEUISHWILL
NOT BE GRANTED
PRESIDENT EMPHATICALLY RE
FUSES TO HAVE A "SIMUL
TANEOUS SALUTE."
U. S. NAVY IS PREPARED
Warships Not Checked on Their Jour
neys to Tampico?The Trouble is
Yet Pending and Situation Assumes
Serious Aspect.
Washington.-L-Heurta's latest equivcv
cation over apology to the American
flag has been meet with an unquali
fied demand for a salute of twenty-one
guns as originally asked by Rear Ad
miral Mayo at Tampico. American
warships will return it, according to
international custom.
This word went forward to Mexico
City after President Wilson and his
cabinet had discussed Heurta's latest
proposal that the salute be simultan
eous one and that he be assured that
the American ships will return his
gun fire.
President Wilson and his advisers
considered Huerta's answer briefly
and Secretary Bryan left the cabi
net meeting to send the reply. It was
brief and final >
"We intend to have that salute,"
said Secretary Daniels.
Other offcials reiterated the inten
tion of the'American government to
have no more temporizing but a com
plete apology for indignities to the
flag.
Huerta*has parleyed again. He de
mands that his salute to the United
States flag shall be returned simul
taneously gun for gun. This Presi
dent Wilson is practically certain not
to accept.
Will Deny Request.
This latest hitch at the eleventh
hour when officials here expected the'
situation was as good as closed, was
disclosed in dispatches from Charge
O'Shaughnessy. President Wilson
discussed it with the cabinet. Admin
istration officials said privately Huer
ta's counter proposition would not be
accepted.
Wilson Will Back Up Demand.
The development confirmed fears of
those officials who expected Huerta
would equivocate again. Any inten
tion of recalling any ships of the fleet
now bound to Tampico was abandon
ed and those close to the administra
tion expected to see President Wil
son's demand for an unqualified apol
c;y backed up.
What United States Will Do.
The text of Charge O'Shaughnessy's
dispatches was not made public, but.
it became known that Huerta's latest
proposal was that as his guns fired
their saluate to the stars and stripes
as an apology for continued affronts
to the United States, that the cannon
of the American fleet should reply to
the Mexican saluate gun for gun.
Officials here were ready to ac
knowledge Huerta's salute of 21 guns
after it had been finished, with a re
turn saluate such as is prescribed in
naval custom and precedent. That
would merely be acknowledging an
amende honorable, they say, but to re
turn Huerta's salute, gun for gun, they
pointed out, would make the apology
valueless.
Heurta's Motive.
Officials described Huerta's latest
move as an act to preserve his own j
dignity before the Mexicans of that j
part of the country under his control, i
While President Wilson and the cabi- j
net will decide what shall be done, the
Plying on to Tampico.
On board the U. S. S. Arkansas, at
sea, via wireless via Charleston, S. C.
?The United States battleship squad
ron, comprising the Arkansas, via j
wireless via Charleston, S. C .,New ,
Jersey was off Charleston. The battle- j
ship South Carolinu, intercepted by i
wireless en route from Santo Domin-1
go, will join Hear Admiral Badger's
command off Key West.
An inspection of field equipment
and landing gear was made recently.
The ships are making about 12 knots
an hour.
A Gruesome Find.
Geddes. S. D.?The bodies of W. H.
Metnzie, manager of the Farmers'
Lumber Yard here, which was burn-'
ed, and his bookkeeper, Miss Blanche ;
Signal, were found in the debris of j
the yard office. Mis. Signal's feet
were tied with a wire and her hands
wired behind her. Her skull had
been crushed with a hammer, found
nearby. Menzie's feet were wired to- j
gether and a wire was found on one
wrist, the other wrist was broken. Hi3
skull had been fractured.
FOR THE FRONT
om the Portsmouth navy yard to go
and hurry to Mexican porta.
opinion is expressed freely in official
circles that nothing but a complete
apology and such a salute as the Uni
ted States demands, would be ac
cepted now.
Playing For Time.
While Secretary. Bryan when he
took the latest dispatches before the
president said the situation was "en
couraging but not finished," and
White Hous? officials said the detail
remaining in dispute did not affect
the "heart of the matter," It develop
ed that Huerta's counter proposition
for a simultaneous salute was regard
ed as another play for time which
probably would not be countenanced. ,
All the latest dispatches were laid
before the cabinet. Practically all the
members of the official family were
said to be agreed that there should be
no further temporizing.
When the cabinet meeting adjourn
ed Secretary Bryan still described
the negotiations as "encouraging" but
not final. "I have received one mes
sage from Charge O'Shaughnessy and 1
have sent one in reply," he said.
Request Is Denied.
Other members of the cabinet said
Heurta had been informed that no
simultaneous salute would be ac
ceptable to this government.
Secretary Bryan left the cabinet
while it still was in session to send
some dispatches. He was silent as to
their nature, but it was understood
that the word had gone back to
Huerta that a simultaneous saluate
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger.
would not be accepted and that
Charge (j'Shaugnessy was advised
that the United States would insist
on Us demand.
Officials expressed the view that
Huerta has been listening, to "bad ad
vice" during the last twelve hours
and after he promised Mr. O.'Shaugh
nessy that he would give the apology.
With the sending of the message to
Huerta stating emphatically tnat tne
United States would not accept his
counter proposal for a simultaneous
salute, the Mexican discussion at the
cabinet meeting ended.
It was learned that one of the
causes of Huerta's latest parley was
a fear that should he give the saluate
demanded the American ships might
not return it and thus leave him in a
humiliated position. It was said that
he would order the salute if assured
that the United States would comply
with the international amenities and
acknowledge it. Word that the Uni
ted States would acknowledge his sa
lute according to custom and prece
dent went forward to Mexico City.
Secretary Bryan instructed Charge
O'Shaugnessy finally to inform \Huer
ta that the United States will accept
nothing less than a salute of 21 guns,
and that the American ships will re
ply after the salute has been fired.
Whitehouse Wedding May 7.
Washington.?The President and
Mrs. Wilson announced that the wed
ding of their youngest daughter, Miss
Eleanor Randolnh Wilson, and Sec
retary McAdoo would take place on
Thursday, May 7. The announce
ment from the White Bouse giving
the date of the wedding also said:
"In accordance with the wishes of
Miss Wilson and Mr. McAdoo the
wedding will be very small, only the
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
and a few others will be present.
Fighting Strength of Five States.
Washington.?The War Department
Is ascertaining the fighting strength
of the various states of the Union
which the governors could tender on
demand of the President. The figures
for five southern states are as fol
lows: Tennessee. 1.834: North Caro
lina, 2,568; Georgia, 2.SMS; Mississip
pi. 1,443; Arkansas, 1,3":). Secretary
Garrison is looking into the records
of the state militia with a view to
getting the "tin" soldiers in line for
Mexico, if their services are needed.
WAR STRENGTH OF
Washington.?Never before In the ?
history of the nation has the strength i
of the navy been shown as it is in t
Mexican waters today. A greater per- t
centage of fighting machines were as- t
The war strength which the Unite<
within a few days to compel compliant
ment may thus be summarized:
On East Coast.
Battleships ...15 Transport .... 1
Cruisers 4 Mine depot ship 1
Gunboats 2 Fuel ship 1
Destroyers ..15 Hospital ship.. 1
Tender 1 Marine transp't 1
MEN AVAILABLE FOR I
On East Coast.
Sailors 5,000 Marines ...2,500
Additional marines have received
Mexico. The number available are: On
coast, 1,000.
This strength, if used for landing ]
15,000 of whom are along the border.
Details of
North Atlantic Fleet.
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger,
commander-in-chief.
Displace- No. of
Name ment guns .
Arkansas (flagship) 26,000 37 ]
Second division?Rear Admiral Clif- !
ford J. Boush, commander. I
Battleships?
South Carolina ..
...16,000
84
Michigan
...16,000
84
Louisiana
...16,000
46
New Hampshire
46
Vermont
46
New Jersey
...15,000
39
Tacoma (cruiser)
18
Nashville (gunboat) ..
... 1,370
8
Hancock (marine transp.) 8,500
8
Fuel ships?
Vulcan 11,230 I
Jason 19,132 .. 1
Orion 19,132 .. ]
Nereus 19,000
Under Preparatory Orders.
Third division?Rear Admiral Frank
E. Beatty, commander.
Battleship??
Rhode Island 14,948 40 ;
Nebraska 14,948 40
Virginia 14,948 40 ,
freorela 14.948 40
Torpedo flotilla?Capt William S.
Sims, commander.
Birmingham (cruiser) ... 3,750 10
Dixie (tender) 6,114 12
Destroyers ? Third division ? Lieut.
Commander William L. Little
fleld, commander.
Henley 742 3
Drayton 742 8
Mayrant 742 3
McCall 742 3
Fourth Division?Lieut Commander S.
H. R. Doyle, commander.
Spauldlng 742 3
Ammen 742 8
Burrows 742 3
Patterson 742 3
Trlppe 742 3
Fifth division?Lieut Commander W.
N. Jeffers, commanding.
Fanning 742 8
Beale 742 3
Jenkins 742 3
Jarvis 742 8
Jouett 742 3
STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT 1
(
Following is the official statement Is
sued as representing the views of 1
President Wilson and the ad minis tra- 1
tion on Mexico:
"In discussions in official circles In- {
Washington of the present Mexican 1
situation the following points have
Deen very mucu awen upuu.
"It has been pointed out that, in
considering the present somewhat
delicate situation in Mexico, the un
pleasant incident at Tampico must not
be thought of alone. For some time
past the de facto government of Mex
ico has seemed to think mere apolo
gies sufficient when the rights of
American citizens or the dignity of
the government of the United States
were involved and has apparently
made no attempt at either reparation
or the effective correction of the seri
ous derelictions of its civil and mili
tary officers.
Orderly Placed In Jail.
"Immediately after the Incident at
Tampico an orderly from one of the
ships of the United States in the har
bor of Vera Cruz, who had been sent
ashore to the post office for the ship's
mail, and who was in uniform and
who had the official mall bag on his
back, was arrested and put into jail
by the local authorities. He was sub
sequently released and a nominal pun
ishment was inflicted upon the officer
who arrested him, but it was signifi
cant that an orderly from the fleet of
the United States was picked out
from the many persons constantly go
ing shore on various errands, from
the various ships In the harbor, rep :
resenting several nations.
Official Dispatch Withheld.
"Most serious of ail, the officials in i
charge of the telegraph office at Mex- ]
ico City presumed to withhold an offi- ]
cial dispatch of the government of the i
United States to its embassy at Mex- i
ico City, until it should have been :
sent to the censor and his permission :
received to deliver it, and gave the >,
dispatch into the hands of the charge
d'affaires of the United States only :
upon his personal and emphatic de
mand, he having in the meantime
learned through other channels that
a aispaicn nau Deen aeut miu wjuhju
he had not received.
United States Singled Out
"It cannot but strike anyone who
has watched the course of events in
Mexico as significant that untoward
England claims to have the most
wonderful giant the world has ever
known. Three months ago he was at
Hath, and the measured seven feet
nine and one-half inches. Since then 1
he has been touring the continent,
and the last report of him is that '
when measured some days ago where
he is showing himself in Berlin he
went to a hight of eight feet eleven
inches. This is somewhat taller than i
Gollioth of Gath. This giant, when
he puts on a uniform and surmounts :
Quick-Growing Giant.
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THE NAVY IN SOUTH ,
iembled about Cuba in the war with
3pain, but the navy of 1898 had not
he fighting strength of the navy of
:oday either in number of vessels, in
:onnage or in gun caliber.
1 States will have in Mexican waters
;e with the demands of this govern
On West Coast.
Armored cr'sers 3 Tender 1
Crulsere 2 Supply ship .. 1
Destroyers ... 5 Fuel ship 1
Gunboat 1
LANDING PURPOSES.
On West Coast
Sailors 750 Marines 500
orders to prepare for departure to
the east coast, 3,000; on the west
jurposes, can be reinforced by troops,
the Fleet.
Now at Vera Cruz.
First divisions?Rear Admiral F. F.
Fletcher, commander.
Displace- No. of
Name. ment. Guns.
Florida 21,825 80
Prairie (transport) 6,620 12
3an Francisco (mine depot
ship) 4,083 12
Cyclops (fuel ship) 19,360
Solace (hospital ship) 5,700
Vessels at Tampico:
Fourth division?Rear Admiral Mayo,
commander.
Cattleships?
[Jtah 21,825 80
Connecticut 16,000 46
Minnesota 16,000 46
Cruisers?
Chester 3,750 10
Des Moines 3,200 18
Dolphin (gunboat) 1,486 6
Pacific Fleet
Rear Admiral T. B. Howard,
Commander in chief.
Armored Cruisers?
Pittsburgh 13,680 40
Maryland 13,680 40
rorpedo Flotilla?Lieut. Commander
E. H. Dodd, commander.
[rls (tender) 6,100
First Division?Lieut. M. K. Metcalf,
commander.
Destroyers?
Whipple 433 10
Paul Jones
Perry 420 9
3tewart 420 9
Truxton 433 IP
Vessels at Acapulco: '
California (armored
cruiser) 13,680 40
At Mazatlan:
Raleigh (cruiser) 3,183 17
AtGuaymas:
New Orleans (cruisor)... 3,430 18
Glacier (supply ship) 8,325 1
Justin (fuel ship) 6,600
At Topolobampo:
Yorktown (gunboat) 1,710 14
Available in Case of Need.
(On the Atlantic.)
Battleships?
Texas 27,000 31.
New York 27,000 31
North Dakota 20,000 28
Delaware 20,000 28
Kansas 16,000 46
incidents such as these have not oc
curred ih any case where representa
tives of other governments were con
cerned, but only in dealings with rep
resentatives of the United States, and
that there has been no occasion for
>ther governments to call attention to
3uch matters or to ask for apologies.
"These repeated offenses against
the rights and dignity of the United
3tates, offenses not duplicated with
regard 10 uie representatives ui uium
governments, have necesBarlly made
the impression that the government
>f the United StateB was singled out
for manifestations of ill will and con
tempt."
Many Precedents for Action.
The president feels that he has am
ple authority for the preparatory meas
ures he has adopted.
President McKinley went so far as
to send an expedition to Peking dur
ing the Boxer revolt.
In 1851 the United States sloop of
war Dale visited the island of Johan
na and under threat of bombarding the
town obtained $1,000 as a measure of
redress for the unlawful imprison
ment of the captain of an American
whaler.
In 1863 the Pembroke, a small Amer^
[can steamer, was fired upon by Jap
anese shore batteries. The American
minister demanded redress for the ln
Bult to the American flag, and the
commander of the United States war
ship Wyoming opened Are on the re-,
sponsible Japanese authorities.
Example Set by Seward.
Secretary of State Seward in an of
ficial note made the following state
ment, apropos of this incident:
"When the injury involves also an
Insult to the flag of the United States
the demand for satisfaction must be
Imperative, and the United States
aval force at Japan may not only be
used to protect the legation and any of
the citizens of the United States there
resident but the Tycoon is to be in
formed 'that the United States will
as they shall find occasion, send addi
tional forces to maintain the forego
ing demands.' "
What President Wilson is doing is
in line with the recorded precedents.
He has remonstrated and satisfaction
has been refused. He is about to
make a naval demonstration. As Jef
ferson said, Euch an act "is considered
an act of war and never failed to pro
duce It in the case of a nation able to
make war."
It with a busby towers to a hight of
ten feet.
A Different Ending.
S6e?Those Mexicans don't seem to
mind being defeated.
H;e?No; it's being beheaded thaf
Lhe^r object to.
Always on the Run.
j?Vlgg?What is meant by the "com
mbn run of people?"
.'Wagg?Commuters catching thelj
Ohorning trains.
COMMANDERS IN
1, Rear Admiral Charles J. Badg<
.ear Admiral T. B. Howard, command
tenry T. Mayo, commanding the fourth
'rank F. Fletcher, commanding the fir
UNITED STATES BATTL
Among the 16,000-ton battleships ii
iuth Carolina. Her armament compri
MARINES START
United States marines starting fi
board the vessels of the Atlantic fleel
Pear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher,
.tlantic fleet, lias been stationed at V<
agship.
Roosters Are Unnecessary.
If you are keeping hens for egg
roduction alone there Is no need of
eeplng any males. It costs about one
ollar to feed each one and their room
light better be given to that many !
lore hens.
Best Poultry House.
A poultry house that Is well ventl
itod and a few degrees colder is more
omfortable and healthful than one j
rnt is not well ventilated and is
amp.
sr, commanding the, Atlantic fleet; 2,
ling the Pacific fleet; 3, Rear Admiral
l division, at Tamplco; 4, Rear Admiral
st division, at Vera Cruz.
ESHIP SOUTH CAROLINA
V V
i Admiral Badger's Atlantic fleet is the
.see 34 guns.
: and hurry to Mexican ports.
AND HIS FLAGSHIP
commanding the first division of the
sra Cruz. The battleship Florida Is hia
Comfortable Living Assured.
The shepherd's life is not a royal
road to wealth, bat it is free from
many of the annoyances that come to
those who are engaged in other kinds
of work, and, carefully attended to as
sures a comfortable living.
Attractive Rural Home.
You can make the rural home at?
tractive to your boys and girls and
keep them on the farm by planf.ipg
an abundant supply of small fruits
[ and of fruit trees of various kinds.