Millard County Chronicle | 1913-02-27 | Page 2 | Taft Adheres to Policy

TAFT ADHERES TO POLICY. Does Not See Way Clear to Intervention Interven-tion en Account of Killing of Madero. Washington Tbe killing of Francisco Fran-cisco I. Madero and Pino Suarex, deposed de-posed president and vice-president of Mexico, after Provisional President General Huerta had assured American Embassador Wllmn of the safety of bla prisoners from jutit such attacks, created a painful Impression in administration admin-istration circles here. Still, as President Taft declared, the event In Itself was not sufficient to demand any departure from the policy of strict non-intervention, which so far has governed bis administration. Offered Bribe for Thaw's Release. Albany, N. Y. Dr. John W. RumcIL superintendent of tbe Mattcawan atate hospital for the criminal Insane, testified Friday before Governor Suiter's Sui-ter's committee of Inquiry that he bad been offered $20,000 if he would release re-lease Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford Stan-ford White. Tbe offer, he said, was made during the latter part of 1912 by a lawyer, whose name be could not remember, In an "uptown hotel" in New York City, and was refused.