Republican News Item.
J&. State Library
vol. xv.Tno.'43
TROOPS RUSHEOIN
HASTETOTEXAS
It is Believed News From Mexico
Prompted Mobilization.
QUARTER OF ARMY MASSED
Government Asserts That It Is Onl>
For Maneuvers, But Rumors In
Washington Are That Great Britain
Threatens Mexico.
An army of approximately 20,000
men, representing all branches of the
service, is mobilizing along the Mexi
can border of the United States.
It is officially stated, and the ad
ministration made special efforts to
substantiate the statement, that the
sole purpose of this unusual mobiliza
tion was only for the training of offi
cers and men.
There were persistent rumors, how
ever, that the government was pre
paring for more serious ventualities.
Confidential reports from Mexico en
courage the belief that conditions in
the Mexican government are far from
being as satisfactory as official asset 1 -
tions seek to indicate.
Immense foreign interests are at
stake in Chihuahua, for example, and
their owners have been very uneasy
as to what would happen to them in
the case of widespread disorders.
There was a report in Washington
that urgent representations had been
made to the state department that un
less the United States government
immediately made adequate prepara
tions to protect American and foreign
interests in northern Mexico, appeal
would be, if it had not already been
made, to Great Britain to do so.
The report could not be definitely
confirmed, but it was simultaneous
with the official announcements that
an army was already concentrating
within striking distance of the Mexi
can border.
Official Explanation.
The White House itself gave out a
statement after the meeting of the
cabinet in explanation of the massing
of troops, and reading as follows:
"The war department is mobilizing
a division at full strength at San An
tonio, Tex., for the purpose of field
training of officers and men, and for
the further purpose of holding ma
neuvers involving possible operations
against Galveston. There will be as
sembled at Galveston a force of three
regiments for the defense of that place
against the attacks of the navy.
"On the Pacific coast the mobiliza
tion will involve a brigade of infantry
in the Los Angeles district for the
purpose of defending San Diego and
San Pedro against possible attack by
the navy. The mobilization of these
troops will furnish an excellent oppor
tunity for the instruction of a number
of senior officers in the elements of
higher command.
"It will also put to a practical test
the preparedness of the staff depart
ment for the mobilization of troops.
Major General William H. Carter will
command the provisional division. The
brigades at San Antonio will be com
manded by Brigadier Generals M. P.
Maus, F. A. Smith and Ralph W. Hoyt.
"The troops at Galveston will be
under the command of Brigadier Gen
eral A. L. Mills. The troops in the Los
Angeles district will be commanded
by Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss."
Reproducing as nearly as possible
war conditions involving hostilities in
advance of a formal declaration of
war, the president gave the word, and
within a few moments messages were
flying all over the country by wire
ordering the assemblage of 20,000
troops in the department of Texas.
This is virtually one-fourth of the
entire army of the United States, in-
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WALTER L. FISHER.
Succeeds Richard Ballinger as
Secretary of Interior.
eluding troops in the Philippines anil
other insular possessions.
Navy to Take Part Also.
The navy is to play its part, and a
formidable fleet of armored cruisers,
supplemented by auxiliaries necessary
for the maintenance of a hostile naval
force on the coast of an enemy, will
take its place off the Texas shore Hue.
The military force will establish it's
headquarters at San Antonio under
command of General William H. Ca •
ter, assistant chief of staff, assis.ed
by several brigadier generals, who will
command the brigades into which the
grand division will be divided.
Orders so far issued contemplate
the assignment to General Carter's
command of fifteen regiments of in
fantry, five of cavalry and two ot
three of field artillery.
In addition two full regiments ol
coast artillery will be transformed in
to infantry, which will be a novel de
parture in military practice. It is the
intention to have this entire force as
sembled in Texas within five days.
Busch Gives SIO,OOO to Charity.
Adolphus Busch, it was announced
in New York, donated on the occasion
of the celebration of his golden wed
ding SSOOO each to the German Chil
dren's hospital, in New York, and the
German Seamen's home, at Iloboken
N. J.
French Army Officer Killed.
E. Mangin, chief of the French mili
tary mission at Fez, Morocco, was
killed by the son of the Moorish min
ister of war because the French offl
cer had caused the execution of twe
native soldiers.
Four Killed by Explosion.
Three children a.id a man were kill
ed and six other p<«sons injured when
a boiler at the Blat'kburn-Gambill d s
tillery, on Howard's creek, Breathitt
county, Ky., exploded. The victims
were playing about the distillery when
the explosion occurred.
Champ Clark Is 61.
Speaker-elect Champ Clark was
sixty-one years old Tuesday. The oc
casion was marked by the receipt of
congratulatory messages from various
parts of the country.
Admiral Joseph Trilley Dead.
The navy department has been ad
vised of the death of Rear Admiral
Joseph Trilley, U. S. N, retired, which
occurred at San Francisco, Cal., on
March 6.
Oregon "Plan" In New Hampshire.
An act framed on the Oregon plan
of "instructing" the legislature as to
senatorial candidates was passed by
the New Hampshire house, 268 to 70.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1910.
BALLINGER IS
OUT OFCABINET
Taft Accepts Resipatlcn and
Appoints W. L Fisher.
SCORES HIS OPPONENTS
The President, In Accepting Resigna
tion, Calls Secretary Callinrjer Ob
ject of "Most Unscrupulous Con
spiracy."
Richard A. Ballinger's resignation as
secretary of the interior, dated Jn.
19, was accepted by President Taft,
and Waiter L. Fisher, of Chicago, was
appointed as his successor, his com
mission being signed immediately by
tiie president.
Congress lias not acted on the Bal
linger-Pinchot report, but in the next
session, where the administration will
have little say, it would certainly have
come up. It is hardly likely ho would
have been exonerated.
Walter Lowrie Fisher, who succeeds
Mr. Ballinger as secreaary of the in
terior, is a lawyer living in Chicago,
where, since 1900, he lias acted a3 spe
cial traction counsel for the city of
Chicago, lie was born at Wheeling,
W. Va., July 4, 1862, and was educated
at Marietta college, Ohio, and Hanover
college, Indiana, graduating from the
latter in 1883.
In 1888 he was admitted to the bar
in Chicago, where he has since prac
ticed, being a member of the firm of
Motz, Fisher & Hoyden.
Mr. Fisher has been one of Giffiird
Pinchot's staunchest supporters in the
matter of conservation of natural re
sources. lie was president of the Con
servation League of America, and is
now vice president of the National
Conservation association, which suc
ceeded the league, and of which Mr.
Plnchot Is president.
He has always taken a deep inter
est In conservation and lias been iden
tified with the reforming of the He
publican party. He was instrumental
in the formation of the Municipal Vot
ers' League of Chicago, and was hq
president in 1906.
Health Poor, He Says.
Secretary Ballinger tendered his re
signation in a letter of Jan. 19, basing
it entirely upon the condition of his
health. The president replied at once,
expressing his confidence in Secretary
Ballinger and his reluctance to ac
cept his resignation, and requested
the secretary to remain in office un
til the close of the session of con
gress.
Immediately upon the adjournment
of congress Secretary Ballinger re
newed his request that he be relieved
at a date suiting the president's con
venience, but immediately if possible.
President Taft in a letter formally ac
cepted the resignation.
The correspondence between the
president and the secretary is not vo
luminous, but displays beyond ques
tion the confidence which Mr. Taft
has reposed in Mr. Ballinger through
out the long siege and the indignation
with which he has viewed the attacks
upon the secretary's personal and offi
cial integrity.
"I have had the fullest opportunity,"
the president says in his letter ac
cepting the resignation,"to know you,
to know your standards of service to
the government and the public, to
know your motives, to know how you
have administered your office and to
know the motives of those who have
assailed you. I do not hesitate to say
that you have been 'lie object of one
of the most unscrupulous conspiracies
for the defamation of character that
history can show."
And in conclusion of his lettet the
president declares that "every fibre of
my nature rebels against such hypne
risy (referring to the atacks upon Bal
linger's character) and nerves me tc
fight such a comblnation and such
methods to the u.tie. end, lest success
in (his instance may form a demoraliz
ing precedent. But pe:sonal consider
ation for you and yours makes me feel
that I have no right to ask you for a
further sacrifice."
The president goes onto declare it
evident that lie has been himself the
ultimate object of the attack, and
says that to Insist upon Mr. Ballinger's
remaining in office "with the prospects
of further efforts against you, is sel
fishly to impose on you more of a
burden than I ought to impose."
Slayer Chief of Police.
Edgar Stripling, -who has been for
five years the chief of police of Dan
ville, Va., under the name of R. E.
Morris, was arrested here as an es
caped murderer from the Atlanta, Ga,
prison.
In 1897 he was tried for murder,
convicted and sentenced to life im
prisonment. He escaped pending a
motion for a new trial.
Stripling confessed his identity
when requisition papers were read to
bim.
DEMOCRATS IN
SENATE SPLIT|
Bailey Group to W:.ge War on
Progressive Faction.
WILL HANDICAP PARTY
______
Hostilities Will Begin Early In Extra
Session and Progressive Legislation
May Be Blocked.
As a result of the resignation of
Senator Bailey and his withdrawal of
the same in the closing hours of the
Sixty-first congress, a split among the
Democratic senators is expected in
the extra session of congress, which
will convene on April 4.
Bailey's statement to the effect that
he had decided to recall his resigna
tion came eight hours after his sen
sational announcement of his dicis.on
to make his exit from -public li;e.
His ostensible reason lor tiie re
calling of his resignation was the fact
that he had been urged to remain in
the senate by Governor Colquitt, ot
Texas, and by a group of Democratic
senators.
Eleven of the conservative Demo
cratic senators, most of them follow
ers of Uailey in the senate, signed a
telegram to Governor Colquitt urging
that Bailey remain.
Those who signed this telegiam
were Bacon, Foster, Overman, 'l'al.a
ferro, Paynter, Bankhead, Percy, John
ston, Taylor, Watson and Fletcher.
Of this list, Bankhead, Fletcher,
Foster, Johnson, Paynter and Watson,
a majority of the eleven, voted to en
able Lorimer to retain his scat in the
senate.
The progressive Democrats of the
senate and house were in the utmost
jubilation when they learned that
Bailey was going to quit.
They look on the Texas senator r.s
the great obstacle in the way of pro
gressive Democratic legislation in
congress. They fear that in the tarifl
and other matters he will take a
stand that will prevent them from go
ing into the campaign of 1912 with a
record for progressive legislation that
will appeal to the country.
Senator Bailey's decision to quit
the senate was caused by his realiza
tion that his power in that body was
waning and that a gi owing and more
aggressive body of senators on the
Democratic side was getting ready to
go ahead without consulting him.
Senator Stone, of Missouri; Senator
Owen, of Oklahoma; Senator Culber
son, of Texas, and one or two others
are foremost in this group.
The immediate cause of Bailey's ac
tion was his anger because, on Sena
tor Owen's resolution for the approval
of the constitutions of New Mexico
and Arizona, all but three of the Dem
ocrats voted favorably. This Baiie.v
construed to be approval of the initia
tive, referendum and recall, which
are features of the Arizona constitu
tion.
As a matter of fact the real issue
between the two wings of the Demo
crats in the senate is much broader
than the initiative, referendum and
recall, which Bailey says he tannot
stand for. It is a question of whe;har
the Democracy shall pursue an ultra
conservative and reactionary couise.
or whether it shall be progressive.
Delaware Legislature For Taft In 191.''
Of the total of tlii ty one Kepul;
can members of the Delaware leji-1
ture, nineteen are in favor of there
nomination of President Taft in 1912,
while the remainder are opposed or
do not give an opinion.
Ten votes are recorded against the
president, while two will not discuss
the question.
The greater opposition to the presi
dent being nominated to succeed him
self next year comes in the lower
house, which has twenty-two members.
Eleven are for Taft, nine admittedly
are against him, and two are silent.
In the senate Taft is in favor, for
eight of the nine members of this
house favor his renomination.
Brown Defeats Wolgast.
Knock-Out Brown, of New York, de
feated Ad Wolgast, lightweight cham
pion, in a six-round fight in Philadel
phia.
Brown carried the battle to Wolgast
In every round. He was wonderfully
strong and aggressive and Wolgast
took many hard knocks. It was Wol
gast's stamina and ring generalship
that prevented Brown from knocking
him out, but at that on several occa
sions the champion was hard pressed.
West Virginia Must Pay.
The sum of $7,182,507 was held by
the supreme court of the United
States to be the proportion of $33,000,-
000 old Virginia state debt which West
Virginia is under obligations to bear.
The court left the final determina
tion of the matter, including the ques
tion of interest, to the states, to be
decided by conference.
!i —ill
SENATOR BAILEY.
r.csicjr.cd Seat In Huff and Then j
Withdraws Ultimatum.
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Lorimer Wins Fight For Seat.
The senate, by a vote of 46 to 40,
refused to unseat William Lorimer, of
Illinois. This action brings to a close,
at least so far as the present ses
sion of congress is concerned, a fight
that has been waged for almost a year
against the Illinois senator upon the
charge that his election to the senate
was accomplished by bribery.
Senator Lorimer was saved by the
votes of men who will retire from the
senate on March 4. Nearly every ono
of the "lame ducks" voted for him.
Here is the list of the retiring sena
tors whose votes insured Loriiner's
hold on his seat: Bulkeley, of Connec
ticut; Burrows, of Michigan; Carter,
of Montana; Depew, of New York;
Dick, of Ohio; Hale, of Maine; Keun,
ca New Jersey; Piles, of Washington,
and Scott, of We3t Virginia.
Lorimer's opponents apparently do
not intend to end their fight against
him with this action by the senato
Some of them have been hinting that
new testimony will be produced in the
next session of congress and an at
tempt will be made to reopen the case
upon this.
Ninety Perish In Fire.
Ninety persons, many of them chil
dren, were burned to death, and forty
others injured in a fire that dest;oyed
a moving picture theater at Bologoie,
Russia, a small place in the southern
part of Novgorod province, on the
Nikoli railroad.
The flames started while the ex
hibition was in progress and quickly
spread through the building, cutting
off every avenue of escape.
Futile attempts at rescue were
made by those who happened to be
close to the exist when the flre start
ed, and by those from the outside, but
the fury of the flames drove them
back before they could reach the
shrieking victims, who in their efforts
to get out of the building fought des
perately among themselves.
Forger Appealed to Carre-jie.
Jesse Seaver, aged twen y years, a
former theological sludeut, who v.a
placed under arrest at Linn, 0., and
brought to Richmond, Ind., lo m
swer to a charge of pas inz a forged
check on Earlham colleje, was teu
tenred to the state reformatory lor
from two to fourteen yea:s. He plead
fed guilty.
Seaver said he was prompted to
use fraudulent methods to obtain the
funds in order to pursue religious
studies. He told the court he had ob
tained about S6OO from various col
leges during the last few months, and
| he had with him a complete record of
; his transactions.
Seaver also said he had appealed
recently to Andrew Carnegie to assist
him in order that he might pay back
moneys he had obtained unlawfully.
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Elaborate Celebration ot Gold
en Wedding.
What is said to be the most elabor
ate golden wedding anniversary was
celebrated in Pasadena, Cal., with Mr.
and Mrs. Adolphus Busch as the cen
tral figures.
The most beautiful and costly of the
presents was the diadem presented to
Mrs. Busch by her husband. It is a
I crown of gold, studded with diamond#
| and pearls, and valued at $200,000. It
j was made In Frankfoit, Germany. At
| the wedding feast at the Busch man
sion Mrs. Busch was crowned and
given a seat beside her husband on a
miniature throne.
The presents received by the couple
are valued at half a million dollars.
The children presented their parents
with a dozen full sized dinner plates
made of solid gold and valued at $25,-
000. A solid gold flower basket val
ued at $15,000 was received from the
grandchildren.
President Taft sent a S2O gold cola
of the new St. Gaudens design in an
ivory case. Theodore Roosevelt sent a
solid gold loving cup and there was a
gold loving cup from Emperor Wil
liam.
A magnificent loving cup was re
: celved from citizens of Pasadena.
The wedding feast took place at
i"The Blossoms," the Busch winter
home. The floral decorations are val
j ued at $50,000.
BRYAN AT SWARTHMORE
Nebraska Democrat to Lecture to Stu
dents Saturday Evening.
William J. Bryan is scheduled to
deliver an address at Swarthmore col
lege on Saturday night,
i The distinguished Democrat is to
speak upon the invitation and under
the auspices of the three literary so
; cieties of the college, the Delphic,
( Eunomian and Somerville.
The subject of Mr. Bryan's address
> has not been announced, but he Is ex
pected to speak on some phase of
modern politics.
SUICIDE OVER HAREM SKIRT
' Father Kills Himself Because Daugh
> ters Wear New Conceit.
1 The harem skirt is di eerly re'pin
} sible for the death of one of the n.ojt
prominent men in Rome
The victim was Major Rossi, a h'gh
municipal functionary, who commiited
> suicide. His friends announce that he
ended his life because he was filled
! \ with shame and disgust because his
' two daughtors, aged twenty-three and
" nineteen respectively, adopted the
E trousers skirt as a part of their every
' day costumes.
DECLINES $50,000 OFFER
Cannon Wires "Too Busy" to Proposi
tion to Lecture.
"Five hundred dollars a night for
100 nights," was an offer telegraphed
from a western lyceum bureau to Rep-
I resentative Cannon, of Illinois, the re
tiring speaker of the house, In Wash
ington.
"Too busy," was in substance the
reply telegraphed back by Mr. Can
i non. The offer prescribed that Mr.
, Cannon could name his own speaking
i dates on the circuit.
Largest Sunday School In the World.
The enrollment of the First Meth
■ odist church Sunday school in Bra
i zil has reached 3969, which is said to
I' make it the largest Sunday school
■ in the world. The next largest, accord
; ing to local statistics, is in Brooklyn,
with au enrollment of 3500.