News-Journal from Mansfield, Ohio • 1

THE HOME PAPER OF MANSFIELD AND RICHLAND COUNTY; OHIO THE MANSFIELD NEWS Twenty-seventh Year, No. 272., MANSFIELD, OHIO, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1912, Price 2 Cents. Good Evening An amended, Instead of a revised, constitution will hardly give all tho faddists an opportunity to get their pet theories to the front Is Your House, Flat or Room Rentable? Then you can count upon It, a Want Ad. in the News will rent it. SHALL IT BE MERELY PATCHWORK OR A ifin rTr 1 II I rLC THREE BUSY DAYS CAUCUS Militia at Lawrence, Keeps Striking Mill Hands and a Distance From the Woolen Mills That's the Problem the Ohio Con-" stitutional Convention is Wrestling With Earnestly at Last Reports.

A RADICAL PROBLEM FOR SOLUTION -V'SEs'ir JM2W ft' Many Delegates With Pet Theories in the 147 Proposals that Have Been Submitted Declare that Amendment Instead of Revision Will Cut the Bulk of the Propositions Out of Consideration The Matter of Removal of the Convention to An-; I other City Still Under Consideration Many Ad-. ditional Proposals for Sections of the State's Organic Law Shall the Proposed Measures for Dealing With Liquor Traffic be Talked In Open Session or With Registered -Lobbyists Present? "7 Mis I tional be employed when necessary. A7 i it-' HIT that lead to the factories. Though no shots have been fired, there, have been several clashes between the troops and the crowds that have gathered in the streets, and bayonets have been used to keep- unruly mobs at bay. Ml tr-i 'rtti.

THE MONEY AND Their Friends at I 1. i TO Lawrence, MaRa. The hopes for peaco in the mill strike dally grow more promising. The mill owners have agreed, to taeet representatives of their employes, and there is a strong probability that a basis of set In Anticipation of Duke of Con-naught's Call on Taft. Washington, Jan.

24. After conferences lasting many hours, White House, and state department officials were sufficiently "brushed up" on precedents today to announce, some of the details for the reception of the Duke of Connaught by President Taft tomorrow afternoon. Major A. Butt, as the president's personal aide, ill meet the duke at the union station. No Boldiery will accompany the.

duke from the station to the embassy, but from the embassy to the White House a troop of cavalry will form an escort of honor. President Taft will receive the duke, probably in the blue room, and Major Butt will be the only person present. Later the British ambassador and the duke's aide, Col. Lowther, will be presented. Third Assistant Secretary Chandler Hale will represent the state department, but Secretary Knox and other cabinet members may meet the duke also.

Following the formal reception Mrs. Taft will receive the duke probably in the dining room. Members of the cabinet and possibly a few-friends of Mrs. Taft have been invited. Commits Suicide by Shooting Himself Through the Heart.

Lima, Jan. 24. Evan L. Thomas, cashier of South Lima branch of Lima Trust company, committed suicide this morning by shooting himself through the heart. Thomas arose from breakfast, slipped to another room and shot himself through the heart.

Death was instantaneous. He bad long been a sufferer from severe, headaches and insomnia. Trust company officers are confident his accounts are in good shape. H1E0 ONE MOUTH A Washington Court House Man Blows Off Top of Head. Washington C.

Jan. 24. Just one month from the day he was married Albert Wilson this morning committed suicide by blowing off the top of his head with a shot gun. Early today he told his bride that ht would start the fire in the kitchen stove. Half an hour later Mrs.

Wilson heard the report of a gun and, rushing into the kitchen, found the body of her husband. No cause is known. fry, As i i FSIK THF PRFR flFNT; VII I I llhWIHblll I Itinerary of President Taft's Visit to uiuo Aext Week Cleveland, Columbus and Akron on Route. Cleveland, Jan. 24.

President Taft will be a busy man every minute of bis thrae days' visit in Ohio, Jan. 29, 30 and 31, according to his scheduled itinerary received here today. The president wll' arrive In coming from New York at about 11:30 a. on Jan. 29.

He will have luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce, and will spend the af ternoon with ex-Governor Myron T. Herrick and other prominent north-eern Ohio Republicans, during which the political situation in Ohio more than likely will be discussed. At 7 n. m. he will ntlpnrt the McKinley day banquet at the nppecanoe club, being one of the speakers on the program.

Representative Nye, of Minnesota, will be another. About 10:30 p. m. the president will leave the banquet hall and proceed to a dinner of Hungarian citizens, where he will make a few remarks. He will leave for Columbus at 2:40 a.

m. Jan. 30. The president will arrive In Columbus at 6:45 a. establishing headquarters at the Southern hotel.

A reception will follow at 9 a. m. After luncheon with the Col Chamber of Commerce he will take part In the dedicatory exercises of the new federal building, beginning at 2:30 p. m. He will speak at the McKinley day banquet at the Columbus Glee club at 7 p.

m. The night will be Bpent in Columbus. The manner In which the Dresl- dent will spend the forenoon of Jan. 31 has not been decided. At 1 p.

m. he will leave for Akron, arrivinir there at 4:30 p. m. He will speak at the banquet of the Akron Chamber of Commerce at 7 p. m.

and at 11:45 will leave for Washington. CONVICT TO BET JOB A "Trusty" Will Go From Penitcn-tiary to State Employment, Columbus, Jan. 24. From a "trusty" in the Ohio penitentiary to which he was sentenced for embezzlement, to a state employer receiving a good salary, will be the experience of Harold Curtis Abbott, of Akron. within the next few days when, it is said, ne will be granted a pardon by Governor Harmon.

He will nrob- ably be released next Monday. While a prisoner, Abbott, who is a Yale graduate and fraternity man, was employed by the state board of administration In the engineering department and after being placed upon his honor, was permitted each morning to go to a down town building where the offices are located, to perform bis duties. Recently he made a survey of the penitentiary farm near Orient and his work proved so good members of the board offered to permit him to continue his work at a good salary after being released. THREATS ME Against Governor Foxs and Council if lUchesou Is Pardoned. Boston, Jan.

24. A letter threatening the governor and his council with violence if the Rev. C. V. T.

Richeson is pardoned, is i tha hands of the police here today. It was mailed to Lieutenant Governor nnh. ert Luce, president of the governor's Council, Which acts in an advlanrv capacity in connection with pardons. ine letter, which is signed "Justice" also demands the pardoning of Silas Phelps, the Monroe bridge murderer to whom Governor cently refused clemency. The better says in part: "Phelps must be saved and Richeson must die.

If Phelps is killed, one man will be shot. If Richeson Is saved from the electric chair, two men will be shot. Bewara nf th, black hand." Two Killed in wreck. BInghamton, N. Y.f Jan.

24. Two men were so badly injured that they died shortly afterward, and a dozen others were hurt when a passenger train on the Syracuse division of the Lackawanna railroad crashed Into the rear of a Utica division train, which was standing at the Chenango Forks station. All of the Injured were In the private car of the Vogel Minstrel company. "Bunko King" Gets Hla. Dayton, Jan.

24. H. Mason, of New York, who Is said to be Clay Wilson, called the "King of Bunco men," was sentenced here today to three years in the penitentiary for obUining money under false pretenses. He was accused of swindling Louis R. Taylor, a Philadelphia broker, out of $15,000 on a mine deal confeuuimated here.

REVISION BILL House Democrats Indorse Proposed Steel Settles of Be-' vised the 'mm is Two Members From Colorado and Missouri Excused From Voting bf Reason of Having Pledged Them selves to Higher Duties on ZlnO and Lead Fitzgerald Springs Proposition to Sidetrack Publlo Buildings Bill in Interest of Economy. Washington, Jan. 24. House Demv ocrats, after a harmonious caucus, lasting three hours, indorsed the iron and steel revision bill prepared by the ways and means committee. Only one, change, and that a minor one, was made in the bill.

The paragraph fix lng the duty on "barbed and all other fence wire and wire fencing" had thi words "and baling wire" Included in it. Representative Smith of Texas and some of his friends tried to put pig iron on the free list. When voted down be tried to get a record vote, but only 11 members stood Indorsement of the steel bill was unanimous, except that Rucker of Missouri and Taylor of Colorado ext plained they were pledged to conr stituents for higher rates on zlni rnd lead than are fixed in the bllL, and consequently did not want to b( bound by the caucus action. The) were Free Ralls Voted Down. Representative Finley of SoutI Carolina tried to have steel rails puf on, the free list.

While many Demo crats favored" the proposition, thlj expressed the opinion that such ac tion was inadvisable at this time -view of the activity of the Stanlej committee, which Is Investigating -the United States Steel corporation. and caucus indorsement of free steel rails would, they thought be mlaua derstood by the country. Representative Fitzgerald of New, York, chairman of the appropriation! committee, offered a resolution daring it to be the sense of the cat cus that, in view of the deficit in tn treasury, there should be no publit building bill passed at this session The public buildings committee onlj last week voted for a $18,000,000 bill After some little discussion of thil subject it was decided to consldel the economy program at a separaU conference to be held next MondaJ evening. Majority Leader Underwoo and Chairman Fitzgerald are fond dent that they will be able to choki -the movement for a public balia'insi bill at that time. OF Cited to Court to Answer Charge ol Violating City Ordinance.

Dayton, Jan. 24. Mayor Henrj T. Hunt of Cincinnati, and his chauf feur were ordered to appear in police court today to answer a charge of violating the street traffic ordi nance last night. It is alleged th mayor's automobile cut the cornel of Third and Main street the wrong way In spite of the protests of th policeman.

Colurabns, Jan. 24. For Ohio: Unsettled probably local snows late to-niKht or Thursday; colder tonight. Sun rises 7:08, sets WEATHER HUB (Wt NHCiELO -v HtSt-F NtM- one. Columbus, Jan.

24. A fight to limit the work of the constitutional convention to adding amendments to the present constitution instead of revision occurred today. It came up following the recommendation of the committee on rules for the adoption of the resolution of J. A. Okey, of Noble county.

The Okey resolution stated that the present constitution was in no need of changes and proposed that the labors of the convention be con-lined to the formulation of amendments and the submission of them separately to the electors for adop-tiono or rejection. Forestalling debate during the morning session of the convention when the recommendation of the committee on rules for the adoption of the resolution was made, El W. Doty, of CuyahoEa county, moved to have the question of adoption. jnade a special order of business during the afternoon. This was carried and Immediately advocates and opponents of the plan set about to prepare themselves.

It was declared by many delegates opposed to the plan that Its adoption- would immediately throw out of consideration many proposals which have already been presented to the convention. Advocates of the plan argued that the adoption would largely augment the chances of having the needed amendments adopted by the electors. They stated that there was no demand for a general revision of the present organic law. Twenty-nine more proposals were submitted to the convention during the morning session, bringing the total number already under consideration to 147. J.

W. Tannihill, of Morgan county, proposed the abolition of both the circuit and probate courts. His proposals provided for the vesting of all judicial authority in the supreme court, common pleas courts, Justices of the peace and such municipal courts as the legislature may provide. E. B.

King, of Erie county, proposed a merit, civil service system for the employment of assistants in state offices. The proposal provided that all employes In departments excepting only the head of the department may he placed under a classified ltot. II. D. Thomas, of Cuyahoga county, presented a proposal to have the state furnish school supplies and when necessary food and clothing as a part of the public school educational system.

It provided also for compulsory education to the limit of sixteen years of age. Another effort to elect a chaplain or have one appointed for the convention failed today when objection caused the committee on rules to withdraw its recommendation that Dr. Washington Gladden of the First Congregational church of Columbus, be named. This was the third attempt to name a chaplain for the convention. E.

L. Lampson of the rules committee in offering the recommendation stated that Dr. Gladden had been decided upon because of his national reputation and that there was no desire to subject Dr. Gladden to the indignity of debate on the matter and would withdraw if there was any objection to his appointment. Hiram D.

Peck, of Hamilton county, raised objection and the recommendation was at once withdrawn. Two additional stenographers were employed for committee work through the adoption of the report of a special committee beaded by S. F. Fes, of Greene county. H.

W. Wilsom fresented a substitute to the report providing that no additional ones fee employed and that the secretary of the convention should assign stenographers from his staff for the committee work and when necessary recommend to the committee of employes that addi- In support of his substitute, El- son stated that the convention was going too fast on expenses. He declared that he did not think many of the delegates were looking for political preferment and for that reason there was no grounds for extending patronage further. Hiram D. Peck stated that he had consulted with the chairman of the various convention committees and that no other way of getting the work done had been found.

The, El-son substitute was defeated and the report of the. committee employing two more stenographers adopted. The proposition to have the con stitutional convention meet In some city other than Columbus again came up at today's session when Delegate Davis of Cuyahoga county, presented petition, asking that the oeiegaies accept Cleveland hospitality and adjourn to that city. Upon motion of Delegate Doty of Cleveland, Mayor Baker of Cleveland; Mayor Hunt, of Cincinnati and Mayor Whitlock of Toledo, were invited to address the convention tomorrow morning. These mayors will be in the city attending the conference of Ohio cities.

The motion to have the mayors speak provoked some discussion. Delegate Peck of Cincinnati, raised the objection that the convention delegates were in session for business and not to listen to lectures. Others believed that the convention would be benefitted by hearing the addresses and the motion carried with but few dissenting votes. William Jennings Bryan also was invited to address the convention delegates at a date to be decided later. The question as to whether the complete constitution or separate amendments should be offered to the voters for ratification came up in a motion submitted by Delegate Elson of Athens.

Mr. Elson proposed a committee of five to confer with Attorney General Hogan with regard to the legality of separate amendments. Whether the liquor traffic committee of the constitutional convention shal hold open sessions or limit hearings to those who register with the secretary of the convention under the rule requiring all so-called lobbyists to file their names, loomed up as an important issue when the committee met today for organization. Robert Henderson, of Champaign county, was elected secretary of the committee and John W. Winn, of Defiance, vice chairman.

Judge Ithoem, delegate fro.m Montgomery county, objected to the open sessions and favored limiting hearings to those persons who had registered. After some discussion the committee appointed a special committee to arrange a schedule of hearings and report on whether the open sessions or the other plan is favored. This special committee consists of Delegates Fox of Mercer, Shaffer of Butler and Rhoem. CITY REPRESENTATIVES Assembled at Columbus to Giev the Con Con Some Pointers. Columbus, Jan.

24. Planning to show the delegates to the constitutional convention just how the people of Ohio stand on some of the most Important questions affecting state and city government more than 200 representatives of the 84 cities in Ohio are gathered here today to attend the conference of city representatives scheduled to convene here this afternoon. Following the conference, which It Is expected will consume several days, the recommendations of the representatives will be forwarded to the convention which will be asked to consider them in its work, especially as pertaining to the government of municipalities. (Continued on second page.Jt KEEP MOB FROM BRIDGE tlement will be reached. The vigilance of the milnla has not been relaxed, and the strikers and their sympathizers are kept at a distance from the abandoned mills and are not allowed to even approach the bridges CHINESE REPUBLIC CALLS ON STEAMSHIP Shanghai, Jan.

24. Huang-Sing, the republcan minister of war, today made a demand upon the China Merchants' Steam Navigation company for taels (approximately In the event of failure by the company to produce the sura the company's vessels will be commandeered by the republican government and sold. The By Federal Jury at Toledo for Violation of Oleo Laws, Toledo, Jan. 24. Clark J.

Files, member of the commission firm of Files Brothers, 515 Monroe street; Stephen Dalke, bookkeeper for the firm, and Morris Jones 'and Dabney Smith were indicted by the federal grand jury Wednesday afternoon following a two days' Investigation which the government has been making into the oleomargarine cases which were developed here some weeks ago by special internal revenue agents. Four counts were returned against each of the men on the charge of conspiracy In the violation of the federal laws relating to the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine and five counts were returned against Files and Dalke on the charge of aiding and abetting In the violation of the oleo laws. The allegation is made by revenue officials who developed the oleo cases that the Files firm secured cfose to uO.OOQ pounds of white oleo from a Cincinnati concern and that they falsified their reports to the local revenue office by making Incorrect entries as to whom the white oleo was sold. It is claimed the oleo went to tho Jones, who did the coloring and disponed of the manufactured product. BETRAYED BY FRIENDS For Reward of $200 Murderer Will Be Brought to Trial.

Columbus, Jan. 24. Sold by hia friends for $200 to the Franklin county authorities Clarence King, wanted here for the murder of Samuel Case, Dec. 27, will be brought back from Toledo today." He Is charged with first degree murder. One of King's friends recently visited Chief of Police Carter of Columbus, and offered, for the sum of $200, to see that King was brought to Justice.

The official went to the county commissioners and at his request they offered that sum as a reward'. Information was then supplied the police that resulted in King's arrest yesterday In Toledo. NEEDS COMPANY FOR $7,000,001 directors of the company asked the war minister for time to consult their stockholders, It was reported a few days ago that the republican government had secured control of the atock of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation company, and purposed mortgaging the entire fleet for 10,000,000 taels. OATH TUB CASE Postponed Until Feb. 0 at ItequeNt of the Defense.

Detroit, Jan. 24. The trial of the government's criminal case against the so-called "bath tub" trust which was to begin Jan. 30 has been postponed until Feb. 6 at the request of the defense.

New Incorporations. Columbus, 24. Today's incorporations: The National Equipment company, Springfield, Harlen C. West; Conneaut Handle company, Conneaut, $12,000, E. N.

Comstock; Leonard Jewelry company, Cleveland, $10,000, K. Tuttle-bach; H. Klaustermayer company, Cleveland, $50,000, E. H. Klaustermayer; Wilds Grocery company, Youngstown, $10,000, J.

F. Smith; Cleveland Distilling company, Cleveland, $15,000, William Weisheimer; J. S. Sen winn company, Cincinnati, $3,000, John S. Schwinn; Thompson Gardening company, Goldwood township, Cuyahoga county, $12,000, Ralph W.

Edwards; Goldwood Greenhouse company, Goldwood township, Cuyahoga county, $20,000, Henry E. Asplin; Peerless Structural Concrete company, Cleveland, W. L. Carey; Signet Oil company, Cleveland, $5,000, Wm. F.

Kees; W. E. Mazey company, Newark, $100,000, W. H. Mazey; The Cincinnati Gear company of Cincinnati, increased its capltl stock from $11,000 to $33,000.

Drowned While Skating. Norristown, Jan. 24. Ralph Warren and Jonathan Probson, two young men of this place, were drowned late last night while skating on the Schuylkill river, Probson dying in an effort to save his companion. Eleven Killed In Mines.

Columbus, Jan. 24, According to reports received by Chief Mine Inspector George B. Harrison, 11 fatalities have occurred In the coal mines of the state thus far this month..