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I mum of Th« Democrat every day at
It . m., 2 p. m. and • p. m. street
Kits. 1 p. m. early mail. 4 p. m.
carrier boy* In city and late mail. Over
13.000 circulation yesterday.
VOLUME X—No. 202
THE TULSA DEMOCRAT
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THE DEMOCRAT. March. 1914
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY EVENING APRIL .10. 1914.
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SOME OF 178 MEN IN
RESCUE PARTY REPORTS HEARING SOUNDS OF DIG-
G1NG BEYOND THE BARRIERS—FRESH WORK-
MEN RUSHED IN TO RENEW EFFORTS.
IKHCH
V THE RESCUE PIRTY BlFf LEO WY
Experienced Miners Are Trying to Effect Entrance to Wrecked
Mines at Eccles—First Opinion That None Were to be
Found Alive Is Shaken and Renewed Hope Settled on the
Mountainside at Noon—Gas Fumes Overcome Men Before
They Know Anything Is Wrong—Some Bodies Are Found.
English Officer, on Mission to
Mexican Capital, is Partially
Successful.
TERRRIBLE JOURNEY IS
AHEAD FOR AMERICANS
ARKANSAS DELEGATES
TO THE ROAD MEETING
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 29.—
(Special!— The following delegate*
h:ne been appointed by Chas. 8. Stlfft
president ot the board of trade of Lit-
tle Koek, Ark., to attend the Oiark
Trails Good Roads convention to be 1
held in Tulsa. May 26 and 27:
W. \V. Dickinson, Judge Joe Asher,
M. 1). L. Cook, K. A. Klngsley, Ayer-
Lord Tie company; Mr. Hriizolara, J. I
8. Muloney, Sam Henderson, C. C.
Crane, E. J. Habn, Charles J Grif-
fith. VV. T. Sitlungton, H. F. Massen-
berg, W. M. Purvis, Hon. C. C. Reld,
R C. Rurlsil, Fred E. Shroeder, C. B.
Sloat, V. L. Spalding, A. B. Murlin,
George R .Brown.
To Rejoin Families, Men Now In Capi-
tal, Muet Make a Trip Through
Tropics Infested by Chiefs of
Huerta Tribes.
ECCLES, W. Va., April 29.—Hope ^
•hat some of the 178 miners imprison,
ed in mine No. 5 of the New River
Collieries company, wrecked by mine
So. 6 by an explosion yesterday, might
still be alive, stirred the throng on
the mountainside shortly before noon.
A rescue party, driven out of No. 6,
reported they had heard sounds as of
digging beyond the barriers of debris
choking the connecting entry. A
party of fresh miners was hurried into
the entry and attacked the fallen mass
of rock with renewed vigor.
Earlier in the day Governor Hatfield
ind Chief luspector Earl Henry head-
ad a party of mining engineers and
superintendents in an effort to enter
No. 5. They were compelled to give
up the attempt because of obstruc-
tions.
The crew from rescue car No. 7 of
the bureau of mines has been steadily
it work since its arrival and many ex-
perienced miners from the surround-
ing country have been organized by
the government engineers so that the
work of clearing a way to the buried
men may proceed with the lesat pos-
sible interruption.
VERA CRt'Z, April 29.—Commander
Tweedie of the British cruiser Kssex
who went t< Mexico City several days ago
to intercede for foreigners held In the
fapltal, returned here late yesterday anil
reported that his mission had been suc-
cessful.
President Huerta, Minister of War F.lan-
fluet and Foreign Minister Portillo y I to-
las assured Commander Tweedie they
would release all American prisoners and
that ail Americans desiring to do so might
leave via Puerto, Mexico, but that the
trains on which tliev would go would not
he provided with escorts.
The train on which Commander Tweedl
returned to Vera Crug stopped at Soledad
and picked up one hundred American rilu-
gess who came from Ticrra Rlanea, Cor-
doba and Orizaba.
Commander Tweedie found it difficult to
convince General Huerta it was advisable
to release Americans anil Sir Lionel Car-
den, the British minister, was called into
the conference. Cnrden also visited For-
eign Minister Portillo y Kolas
Alabama Operative President
and Kentucky Operator to
Start Work.
VIOLENCE IS HALTED;
RAIN OVER LARGE AREA
ECCLES, W. Va., April 29.—One hun-
dred and nlnfltj- men entombed, given up
Surcease In Struggle Early Today—
Troops Are Arriving From Fort
Russell and Fort Leavenworth
—No Big Fights Reported
When Reservoirs Are Filled
Overflow Will Soak the
Entire Neighborhood.
MAJORITY OF FOREIGN
PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WAY
Exodus of Americans It Practically
Over, and Only a Few Refuj
SOUTH AMERICAN ENVOYS START THE ACTUAL
WORK OF PACIFICATION, CALLING FOR
HALT IN PROCEEDINGS.
NO WASTE OF TIME IS TO BE TOLERATED,
Leave—Mexicans Are Bob
Ing Pretty Well.
•>lJu
'Z
_ hi ■■■■■jttwi
General Huerta declared there was no | today after a demonstration at the offices
reason for placing an escort or. the refu-1 °* John D. Rockefeller. Jr., In the Stand-
aree trains and any way he did not care to' a*"d Oil building. They had come to pro-
assume responsibility for the safety of i test against the Colorado strike,
passengers. A woman who said she was a socialist
It was planned, according to Commander i Evaded the outer offices of John D.
Tweedie, to start three trains from Mexico Kockcfeller, Jr., in the Standard Oil
City last night. It was estimated by Gen- I building today and sought to interview
eral Huerta that these three trains, which | wUh reference to the coal miners-
were to be operated by Englishmen, would Colorado.
he able to take out all Americans and ■ • Rockefeller s
T AM PICO, April 27 (via Vera Crui,
April 29),—The American exodus from
Tnmplco, which began Wednesday, April
22, virtually reached its end today with
tlie departure for Vera Crux of about
sixty refugees on board the tank steamer
Canfield. The total number of refugees
sent from here to American ports since
the movement began is oficlally given at
2,27C. A score of \merlcans still are at
Tampico. They are being sheltered In
the homes of Mexican federals along the
Panuco and are in little danger.
Oil Goes to Waste.
No credible reports have been had here of
any damage to the oil wells, tanks and
I pipe lines In the Tampico and Panuco re-
gions. but the Corona and other great
j wells in the Panuco districts are over-
flowing Many thousand barrels of oil are
being lost daily because no effective way
cf stopping the flow has been found. Oil
experts predict that within a week or ten
days the retaining reservoirs will overflow.
NEW YORK, April 29.—Upton Sinclair. As a result a deluge of oil will be preclpl-
wife and three women were arrested j tated into the river, and should this
tch fire, Tampico and the mouth of the
Upton Sinclair and Four Women
Taken to Jail for "Disturb-
ance" at Old 26
IN EFFORTS TO MAKE
.CALL YOUNG JONDEE
Upton Says He Was Doing Nothing
But Walking Up and Down With
Crepe on Hit Arm—Woman
Jailmate of Pinky is Taken
other foreigners who wished to go. This,
however, is regarded here as doubtful,
since there has been growing evidence
that Americans are not the only ones
anxious to escape from the capital.
Keen disappointment was displayed here
by the wives of the men yet In the capi-
tal and other numbers of the broken
families on learning that to join them the
missing ones would be compelled to make
a long and dangerous journey through the
tropics. The fact that those arrested had
been released was only plight as?uraoc£
to those who know that the refugees
United States Will Accept the Conditions if Mexico Is Put Un-
der Peace Bond—Gen. Huerta Notified—No Reference to
the Constitutionalists' Cause in the Plans for Armistice—No
Pause in Preparations for War b Included—Mediators Have
Asked European Powers to Use Influence.
secretary told her
that he was busy at conference.
The woman carried an American flag
into the offices and described herself as
Mrs. Belle N. Silverman. She was joined
on the sidewalk by Upton Sinclair, who
wore a bit of crepe on his arm in pursu-
ance cfa plan announced at a socialist
mans meeting last night where it was
agreed that "mourners" should gather in
front of the Standard Oil building as a
protest ngainst the sacrifice of lives in
Colorado. Mrs. Silverman and Sinclair
river will be threatened with destruction.
There was almost a condition of panic
among the Americans last week when,
Ithout an hour's warning the little
squadron of American vessels under Rear
Admiral Henry Mayo steamed down the
Panuco river leaving more than 2,000
Americans defenseless in Tampico. Since
this time however ull those who wanted
to leave have been given the opportunity
to do so. In addition to the long list of
residents of the city there are a few
Americans In the district back of the river
who refuse to come out.
Mexicans Behave Well
Tho# temper of the Mexican population
toward the Americans during the exodus _
was not nearly so violent an might have | ^t"0ne7aa"'ln the case~of the Nile,
been expected. No attempt wan made to ! ,,n anlH nrnvBrt p„n,
molest Americans. Some excitable Me$l
WASHINGTON, April 29.—An armistice in the difficulties
between the United States and Mexico has been asked of this
government and General Huerta by the South American en-
voys who have undertaken to avert war through mediation.
Ambassador Da Gama, of Brazil today notified Secretary Bry-
an that this has been determined upon as the next step in the
negotiations and that General Huerta also had been notified.
The proposal for an armistice was communicated to Presi-«
dent Wilson from the state departmtnt by telephone. Though
no announcement has been made, it was authoritatively
learned, that this government would accept the conditions
provided assurances are given that, in addition to a halt in mil-
itary operations, there would be no civil uprisings against,.
American citizens or other "untoward" incidents which might
prevent peace.
noticed Home in this country less than
eight feet wide. He said that the
Mississippi could be protected from
the caving in of banks by lining the
danger spots with great masses of
He said if stono proved expensive,
nun insulted them hut none was assault- j the engineers could burn bricks and
ub vented its energy |n waving throw them down on the cav® In Bp t8.
* 1 1 Xuw fWIT
The
I WMrsihSilveff,mn ^ught^to^l^T^hie Mexican flagV''shooting ^Utofs/Veakiii j He expressed surprise at
WASHINGTON, April 29.—President to those who know that the refugees now I ul€.H#!a€.,k before the younger Rockefeller-1u few windows and shouting "viva Mex- j area of unclaimed lauds in the united
s dead, eleven dead and sixty-one res- wll-on hag mgked ^kldem* 0f th^, must pass through a region in which many! ..j nm nn Amerk.an citi-en standing at |f:0 " The Americans who left Tampico States.
n.ia n-as tho result or tne expio 'have been arrested and taken northward j yoUl. <joor> waitir«* for just a word with 'Sunday were quartered aboard the cruiser
you. Will you grant me this request? My I ^ea Moines, where they remained until
question will be brief and to the point." Ithe>' were transferred to the Canfield,
cued—this was the rfifiilt of the explo , i have been arrested and
,lon which wrecked mine No. 5 and dam- Kentucky mine operators association and j ?0 Sordoha an.l Orizaba. It is regarded
aged mine No. 6 of the New River Col- the Alabama mine operatives organization | ng llnllkelv thnt (;eneral Huerta, even If
lleries company here late yesterday. Gov. (0 cnme Washington Immediately for a \ determined to stop arresting Americans,
K. D. Hatfield of ™est Virtfnla ls lrj conf<,rence with n view to further attempt! will be able to get In touch with all the
charge of the relief wotK. wniw aa mediation of the Colorado mine strike, little leaders in the south and hold then.
Henry, chief of toe state ^P^ent of ^ ^ un(Jergtood ,hat_ artln)I upon the off until guarded trains go through. No
mints, and H. C. Bayks, encral request of Secretary Wilson of tile de-1 refugees were permitted to come from
agcr of the collieries company, are leading tmpnt of 1(4bor ,'h(.ac tw0 mel1i repre- Mexico City on the train that br.
t id rescue fortes. sentlng the owners and the employes of; Commander Tweedie. The British
The entrances to the mines are far ^ tntpresls nIr,.udy wer(. on the officer brings assurance that the capital
apart, but the w(>riun«s J0in un e ground^ ^ Wash)ngton H|„, (lmt thcy prob- i< auiet and that there appears to be no
When the dust exploded in^ mine.No. s.-ior-t a third party and go to'Immediate danger from mobs.
!3 SS JKTSJ
The prisoners were taken to the Oldjtyhich jp now taking them to Galveston,
lip police station where Mrs. Sinclair , The steamer Montevideo, flying the Span-
m released. The other women, who Ush naval ensign, and in charge of officers
| were placed in cells, pending their ar-iand men from the Spanish naval cruiser
,n j ralgnment in court, said they were Mrs. Carlos V., arrived off the port Sunday to
ht j i$Habeth Freeman, an English sm'fra-
al | gette, who has once been in jail with
v. ohnft orotectlon for the Italians in strike riots
-ss-art
and improvised hospitals here and at assurance of further protection,
aeckley ara crowded.
Probably None Alive. I
When it was found shaft No. 5 was RAIN ROUTS THE RIOTERS,
burning, the entrance was closed and the r>ENVElt, April 29.—Violence in the
entrances to No. 6 workings were brat- strlke 20nef, of Colorado came to an end
ticed. The task of finding bodies in No. 5 gf,0rtly after midnight when a down-
shaft must wait until the flames have pour of ialn dl.ove to cover striking
been extinguished. It Is believed, how- miners who were attacking the \\ alsen
ever, none of the men In No & escaped m(ne near Walsenburg. the only point
illve, as the explosion was followed quick- ,n Colora(jc where 1.0M11I violence ob-
iv by outbursts of flames. tained, and today dawned with the pros-.
Most of the miners are American-born, pcct ,(t lcal!t 0f peace between the war-
although there are quite a number of lng industrial factions. Federal troops
foreign-born workers. Of the bodies re- from P(jrt D A Russell. Cheyenne,
•overed, eight were white Americans, one Wyoming- arrived in O' 1 >rado early to-
legro and two foreign-born. The explo- day aI1(1 troops from Fn.'t Leavenworth,
(ion was terrific. A rumbling noise was KansMi wcre expected to reach the state
heard through the town and as residents before night. The soldiers from Wyora-
rushed to the entrance of mine, timbers. ,ng went t0 Canon City and the troops
pieces of ears and other debris shot from jrom Kansas probably will go to Trini-
the mouth of No. 5 shaft. dud.
Many of those rescued said they were The ,tuatlon thc rolthern district
overcomes by the gas fumes befor* t^^y btramp qulet yegtcrday when the strik-
Know what had happened. The fust ma cut of ammur'tlon and their
(o leave the mine shafts climbed to the . could not be replenished, and
surface of No. 6 hand-over-hand on a rop . th„ arrivai of the state troops
ECCLES W. Va.. April 23—Elght bod- there the strikers retired
WILL ATTEMPT TO
les have been recovered from shaft No.
A rescue party was
Commercial Club and Independ-
ent Producers After Nation-
al Gas Men for Tulsa.
MAY SEND A SPECIAL
DELEGATION TO MEET
This Year's Convention Held In St.
Louis, May 18, 19 and 20—I* Re-
presentative Gathering.
Supported by the Commctcial club and
the Independent Oil Producers' associa-
tion, a movement was launched here to-
ie nave ucen — official circles ..ere and among (lay propol,lt,e to bring the 1916 conven-
6 of the New River Collieries company, the union leaders there _wa. expression of ^ Nat,onft, Qa, Mf.n.„ aj?)<ofla
which with shaft No. R. was wrecked of confidence In the tcdaal troops to i ^ i
by an' explosion yesterday. Sixty-seven control the situation. Governor Ammons
men were taken out alive. There are however reiterated his determination not
no more men In No. C. One hundred to withdraw any of the sMte troops from
and seventy-eight are buried In No. 6 localities hlch will not be amply pro-
and officers of the company expressed tected by the fedeial soldiers.
the opinion this morning that none would Mu,t Answer *o U. S. j J# d 2„ The deieBtttio.. will be corn-
escape with his life. I President Wilson's proclamation Issued « and ^ u . b
dropped down ye9torday by virtue of wHch the federal | Oil Pro-
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst; Mrs. Margaret
Remington Charter and Mrs. Donie Liet-
ner. All had been arrested on the side
walk in front of 26 Broadway.
"I wasn't doing a thing hut walking
up and down in the street with a piece of
crepe on my arm," said Sinclair. "A
policeman stopped me and said that if I
did not stop walking I would have to go
along with him. I told the policeman I
did not see any reason why I should stop
walking and he promptly placed me and
my associates under arrest."
When Mrs. Silverman left the office
she also was arrested. In addition 4o
an American flag she carrrled a large
bite flag with a black border and a red
heart in the center. S le said the flag
meant that the "heart of the United
States was against the workingman."
All the rrisoners ere ' h.itged with dis-
orderly conduct and in a patrol wagon
were taken to the Tombs police court.
Mrs. Iiiet ler said she was an artist and
her home was in Georgia.
While her husband was still locked up,
Mrs. Sinclair returned to the scene of
the arrests and bega*> pacing slowly
back and fcrth in front of the big build-
ing. She wore a strip of crepe on her
coat. Half a dozen men sympathizers,
all wearing crepe, alked with or near
her. Perhaps 500 person? paused to wit-
ness the strange sight, out for the time
being the police made r*o arrests.
Mr. Rockefeller remained secluded In
his private office on the 14th floor of
the building.
tion to Tulsa,
In an eifort to land the big meeting
a delegaticn will be sent from Tulsa
at this year's convention of the organ-
ization which meets in St. Ijouis. JMay 18,
tuke on Spanish subjects. She left today
for Vera Cruz with 150 refugees, Including
4 Americans.
Net Many Vessels.
The onlv American warships off this
port today are the gunboat Dolphin, the
cru'hers Birmingham and Des Moines, and
nine torpedo boat destroyers. The Her-
moine and a few foreign merchant vessels
etlll are in the river.
As a result of the exodus of foreign , , . ^
and the dispersal of a large part ..f the The bevy of cliarml.ig girls who have, General Huerta would accept the first
native population, business in Tampico is i been canvarsing the business district of |j proposal.
a standstill. the town today in the interest of the Rebels Not Included.
Will Abandon Town. „ J . .. Nurse1 The I>r0P08Al 'or an armistice, it also
While there Is Kood reason to believe f, w|lll neariv all the wa* learned- not include any refer-
rebels investing Tampico will reject have, so^ <ar. met wtt ^ ^y ^ ^ ^ ence to lhe con,tltut'onaHsts In Mexico,
Charming Boosters Make Big
Success Out of Their Origin-
al Venture.
No Uulssi Delay.
After an hour's conference todajr the
mediation envoys. Mr. Da Qama. of
Brazil; Mr. Naon of Argentine and Mr.
Suarez of Chile, determined that further
negotiations necessarily must proceed
without waste of time, and Ambaaaador
Da Gaina went to the state department
to acquaint Secretary 1 ryan of the
course thus fur taken 'n the peace plans.
The Uiaalllan minister Ir Mexico City
also was notified and he communicated
the Information to Oen. Huerta.
The communication addressed to both
governments by the mediation envoys
formally rt quests each government to
declare an armistice. It watt pointed out
by officials here that In all probability
the United .States would sccept the pro-
posal, notwithstanding the fact that this
government has not recognized that a
state of war in Mexico exists insofar
as thc operations of the United Stats*
are concerned.
Despite the fact, It uas believed
that the Washington government would
not put down the barrl rs in the path of
the progress of mediation particularly
as such an early stage of the negoU>
atlons. Officials here also believed that
any proposal to ally themselves with the
federals for the purpose of resisting any
success they deserved. The young ladies
entered thoroughly into the spirit of the
afair and up to press time have sue-
some uncertainty u exDected
—n r'f^rirr; i yr^
mender, has announced his determination | « '""OWH Mr* E
defend Tampico to the Inst "
On thc
other hand he Is reported to have said
last Friday that opposition to the Ameri-
can advance would be hopeless, that lie
would only make a feeble show of defense
suffieient to satisfy the demands of honor
and then evacuate the city. General Zaru-
gosa's force is not believed to exceed a
thousand men.
Considering the federal situation from
the standpoint of rebel attack, all indi-
eattonp point to their ability to defend
Tampico Indefinitely. The federals are
wll supplied with artillery, of which the
rebels have none.
,'oilows Mrs.
Hunter btagg. Miss Helen Janowitz,
Mies Pearl Alexander. Miss Mabel Al-
exander, Miss barah Hunt. Miss Ruth
Brady, Miss Helen Savell;, Miss Wallace,
all of whom were under the supervision
of the original Community Nurse Com-
mittee composed of Mrs. Ora Ij. Frost,
Mrs. Frank H. Ureer nn<" Mrs. F. E.
Shallenberger.
While suggestions Hie not supposed
to emlnate from the press to any great
extent, It seems that the "Producers"
s hould properly appreciate this magnifi-
cent boost from these society girls, who
as a rule tr.ke no great interest In sports
and take seine proper and fitting course
such as a box party or - game dedicated
to the "Fiylng Squadron' to show their
appreciation.
0 JAP GOVERNMENT S
PORTLAND, Ore., April 29—At
leant four iierBcns lost their lives in a
fire which started early today In
shaft" No "fi soon'after S o'clock and To" ^were" ordered tat, Colorado, gives j n= ^^Tn^'buslne« mel
within 123 feet of the bottom. There thc Btrikert. "gunmen" ,nd others until j ^L'^r",R^at„ar.iired from the
the progress of the cage as stopped by tomorrow to return to their various * the bo0B,ltf;
broken tnd twisted timbers and a heavy ah(ides peacefully and to cease all act" seeretarv Jack Letcher of the Com- — — -
fall of earth. Work was eenunenced of lawiegsness. From tha^ niireial <lub is heartily in favor of at thickly settled residence block on the
clearing away the debris and it was fllrth orders^ th*Q^Z "'a r aUe!nptl!,K to land the convention cast side of the river here. A num-
thought the bottom ,,.ud.b of the Ui^itod St.11 ,• •• the fed „nd believes Tulsa will have a good ber of others were painfully burned,
this afternoon. and law ' chance to get the meeting. He at once f0lir bodies have been recovered and
mining "ex pert s express d the belie, that "t Trinidad today the situation was , will to \ °lher ,,088'b,e V,CtlmS iB
the mine was not on fire.
''in' the rorthern section of the sfte! arouse enthusiasm over the project,
the striker.4 do not know whether to ex-
Famous Builder of Assuan Dam
Tells House How to Solve
the Problem.
WASHINTON, April 29.—Members
of the house rivers and harbors com-
| being made. mittee today were discussing the testl-
The National C.as Men s association ! A ^TitT ^^""^11 mony of Sir We WlllCOCks, the Kng-
pect the federal troops . nd the fact j brings more than 60t> delegates all 'big alu.r bo(1)es ' ' | llgh engineer who built the Assouan
thnt they are held In J.ieck by the state business men, to the city Iri 1 >«1 The fire started in the bouse of O. T
troops for an '"definite period gave rise four >t.ars'aso. going Smith and the family narrowly escaped
Pa., next time. It next of other house, fled.
dwelling were all frame structures,
uuv^D - ,
to much anxiety lest unother outbreak
occur thero.
HEX: urns I
FORBES, Colo., April 29 (by courier to
Trinidad).—Seven men lie dead In t'1®
Forbes camp of the Rocky Mountain Fuel
companv. Most of the mine buildings are
ill ashes. Nine "defenders" iire missing.
but are believed to have reached the Ma- — , —
Jestlc mine: three strikers arc thought to SAN DIEGO, Calif.. April 19.—Forty-
have been killed in the latest outbreak in ^ ) t Mexican prisoners In the army ds-
the Colorado labor war. [tentlon cmnp ot Fort Rosecrans escaped
— ' last night by digging " seventy yard
_ . „ . , . tunnel under fenccs aid barbed wire
The laat nession of the Book el ib for , -««« nt tham hn t
1113-11)14 will be held nu*t Tue.i
■ftwnsnn with Mrs Hall
entanglements. At noon 14 of them had
I been recauturud.
to Pittsburg.
met In the far west and went cast again
tho year after. This year year, conven
ins In Pt. Trills, It aesln comes west. I
By showtr.g them that they will be able j
to see more concerning the business in
which the/ are engaged It Is believed
the gas men can be persuaded to come
to Tulsa next year, n the event the
convention Is landed arrangements will
be made to take the deflates for a trip
over the Oklahoma gas fields. They will
be shown the big fields around Cushing
and other points where gas Is plentiful.
The
FLORIDA BANK ROBBEO.
APOPKA. Florida, April 2 —Robbers
early today blew upon the vault of the
State Hank of Apopka e.r d escaped with
$4,f>D0 In currency. The liibbery was dis-
covered at daylight.
dam on the Nile, In which he told how
the problem of the malaria mosquito
along the Suez canal had been solved.
He testified before the committee that
at Khartoum where the boats brought
down the worat mosquitoes in the
world, "the drainage Is so pcrfect
there that now we fine a man twelve
shillings for every mosquito seen on
bis place." Sir William contended that
there was on excuse for the preva-
lence of mosquitoes anywhere. The
people along the Suez canal, he said.
wrestled with the malaria mosquito
until British engineers provided mod-
ern drainage and disciplined those
who tolerated mosquitoes on their ^ ^
premises. _ Discussing the Mississippi | Investigation showed her story to be true
r charge
. I UMi« ,|P_ _ 0<
I feet wide at the top. although Ue had i not know who guvo him tho bill.
WASHINGTON. April 29.—The Japan-
ese government, it developed, was asked
and declined to act for the Huerta ad-
ministration through its diplomatic repre-
aentatlves in Washington and Its consuls
in the United States prior to Mexico's ap-
plication to Hpaln to perforin this mis-
sion, which was accepted.
Tho purpose of Japan's action is under-
stood to have been a desire to preserve
the strictest neutrality between the
United States and Mexico.
A NEGKESS I RIED TO
PASS BOGUS $5-BILL
Fannie Carr, a regress, was arrested by
Detective Harry Sanders this morning
while attempting to pass a counterfeit
IS hill at the Kress store. The hill was
drawn on the Peninsula National bank of
Detroit. Mich., and was such a poor Imi-
tation that It was turned down at two
stores where the woman tried to work it
off.
When questioned at police headquarters
the negress said sho was given the bill
by her husband, who got It from a grocer,
the United States and Huerta merely
being called upon to cease active oper-
ations pending further mediation pro-
posals. Consideration or the constitu-
tionalist's position, It wis stated, prob-
ably would be involved In the next step
to be taken after an armistice has been
agreed to by the princlpa a In the present
difficulties.
No Hal*.
Under the armistice, in accordance
with International proceedings, neither
the Huerta government ror the United
States would pause In preparationa for
war. Plans for posalb.u action proceed
but the armistice would prohibit actual
hostilities in the fle'd and any extension
of military movement by either side. In
Mexico, people would he permitted to
go where they pleased unmolested. It
simply would establish a truce. At-
tention was called here to the statement
Issued by President Alison In accept-
ing the good offices of the South Ameri-
can governments In which he expressed
the hope that no untoward occurrenca
would develop pending negotiations that
might upset hopes for peace. An armis-
tice, if strictly adher-d to, would pre-
vent such a development.
Officials expressed k.-rn Interest In
unofficial reports from Berl'n that tho
mediators bad asked European powera
to use Influence on President Wtlso*
that would prevent thi.< government
making condition* of settlement as medi-
ation progresses which would niako
possible thi success of the eifort to bring
about peaee. At the ftate department
was stated that nothing was known
of this action on the par* of the envoya.
After li's visit to Secretary Bryan,
Ambassado.- Da Gama lelurned to tho
Argentine legation, here the envoys re-
sumed their conference. When this gov-
ernment would make a formal answer
to thc armisttce proposal was not In-
dicated hete.
When the mediators adjourned for
their midday recess the,- <sould not dis-
cuss the aimistlce, asserting they could
make no statement now. They denied
knowledge of the report I'rom Berlin that
the three mediating powers wcre ui lug
European powers to usn their Influence
on Preside! t Wilson to l ave hlnn agreo
to terms which might make a settle-
ment easy. They said the roport had
"110 more truth In it than many other
speculative reports of their plans."
ASAPUL1CO, Mex., April 29.—Refu-
gees are fleeing from the west coast of
Mexico through all ports of exit and by
t|V>uth Dakotn'* arrived' here''at 'dawn ! situation. Sir William declared that no |an(1 „1,' was reelased without
fi-om San Francisco. H. i officers con-1 dike should be less than twenty-five | being placed a*alnat her. The grocer did
sldcr the situation serious.
FOR MONUMENTS.
WASHINGTON, April :' .-The senat*
library committee today favorably re-
ported bills for the erection of memorials
to John Brlaccon. builder of the Merlm.ie;
Gen. eGorge lingers Clnrk, In Jefferson
county, Kentucky, and unother cotrtniemo-
rute the victory Commodore Mtiei)otioug4t
on Luke Champloln at I'lattsurg, N, Y.
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