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VOLUME X—No. 212
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 10,1914.
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THE DEMOCRAT, April. 1914.
TWELVE PAULS
Etna in Eruption Spreads
Desolation Among V ill ages
of Sicily; Over 100 Killed
THOUSANDS HOMELESS AND HUNDREDS INJURED, [ACT IMfM RFTTIWR
WITH PROPERTY LOSS AS GREAT AS THAT OF T1 "u« HUIII1 UL11 HID
MESSINA-DETAILS ARE LARGELY MISSING TRANSPORTS READY
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EIHTHQIUKE. FMfflirfl.TOfSSI
FUMIDDFIIIMIUOSE HPON THE SLOPES
Railroad and Wire Connections Cut and Extent of Disaater Is
Not Yet Realized—Government Prompt in Relief Measures
—Army on Duty—Section has Suffered More from Earth-
quake Utah Any Other Part of the World—From Earliest
History to Present it Has Been Ravaged—Volcanic Activity
Recently.
CANTANIA. May . --Earquake end'
volcanic e uptlon followed by fire de-
stroyed many Tillages 01 the slope. of
Mount Etna laat night. The dlaaater
caused the death of at lea.t one hun-
dred person. The number of Injured will
reach aeveial hundred. Refugees declare
that the property loaa I' as great as In
the Mesali.a dlsaater of 1908 Railroad
traca were torn up, chur-lies raxed,
houaea shaken to ruin and telephone
poles overturned over a redlua of sever-
al mllea around Cananla
Terror atrlcken people rushed for the
villages Irtc Cananla before daybreak
today, bringing stories of ruin and disas-
ter. Their reports caused the authorl-
tlea to take Immediate ateps to start
measures of relief. The army, the navy
and the clvtJ'an author!'lea received or-
ders from Rome to rend."- mutual aid In
the work of rescue. The bid of the red
cross waa quickly enlisted.
Interruption of railroad and telegraph
made It Imposalble to obtain any accu-
rate details aa to the loss of life.
CANTANIA. Ma/ 9.—Fifty persons are
known to have been, killed In the village
of Llnera which waa destroyed.
Among the rtrtne of Paasoporaft Boogl-
•rdasnd Mnletl * twenty bMtee bad been I to the aowllt of Sesslna on the east coast
FIXING MUTINEERS IN
THE AMAZON COUNTRY
NEW YORK. May .-Capt. W P. As-
plnal, of the stearner Gregory, which ar-
rived yesterday from Iqultos, 2,500 miles
up the Amason, brought a story of mas-
sacre of 45 Peruvian soldiers, all Indians,
ho had mutinied and killed their offic-
ers.
Captain Asplnal gives the story on lite
authority of the man who carried out the
executes, Captain Fernando Casabal,
who was a passenger on his ship as far
as ftarbadoes.
The 45 mutineers when captured, were
shackled together and taken out on the
Napo river on a lighter in town of a gun-
boat. Then the Htory goes, a machine
gun on the gunboat waa turned on the
prisoners and all were killed. Their bod-
ies were thrown Into the river.
Conversions of Steamships Into
Army Carriers Gives Offi-
ficers Big Chance
FLOATING STABLE IS
RIGGED UP IN A HURRY
Freighter Colorado Boarded the Min-
ute She la Tied up—Officer With ..
Blue Print and Carpenters at
Work In a Few Minute*
take with them tents, provisions and
clothing.
The Italian Red Cross sent an emer
gency corps.
The destruction of telegraph lines and of su^pllea to Vero Crua," TheTn-
lilpnaita rrr\H(-ro/1 It dill Iriilf t n nhtnin «... .<■ 1. .< . .. ... .
GALVESTON, Texas, May 9.—The con-
version of chartered steamships Into army
transports and supply carriers moved
rspldly forward at the army pier today
and the quartermasters department Is
under orders to be prepared to move
troops in *arge numbers and vast cjuan-
Bryan Announces That Appre-
hension Regarding the Af-
fair is Now at an End
CONFERENCE HEARS
HUERTA'S ENVOYS ARE <
ON WAY TO AMERICA
Arrival at Niagara Fall* Will Not Da-
lay the Medlatora—War and
Navy Department* Active in
Work of Precaution
Missing Soldier Reported
Have Been Executed by
Mexican Federals.
to
GEN. FUNSTON REGARDS
AsiIINGTON, May 9.—On receipt of
information from American Consul Hog-
era at Havana that munitions consigned
to CJenersI lluerta on German ships would
be returned to Germany as a result of
action "recommended by agents of ths
vessels" Secrerary Bryan today an-
nounced that apprehension concerning
shipments of arms to the lluerta govern-
Ifuerta had asserted he would see his
capital in ashes before he would quit.
Reports reached. San Diego, Calif., that
two Americans had been killed and two
wounded at a mine near Guadalajara.
Details were not given.
To Resume Industry.
Fragmentary reports from the northern
section of Mexico indicated the consti-
tutionalists' administration was moving
for the resumption of Industry. One of
General Carranza's first official gets up-
on reaching Torreon, his new temporary
capital, was to order the reopening of coal
mines In the state of Coahulla.
Many Inquiries a* t the possibility of
employing state militia during the Mex-
ican crisis were received In Washington
today. They were Inspired by questions
sf-nt to governors f the states, asking
about the condition i f the national guurd.
Mcatlons toda\ v. e that the milttla-
& nould be used fur patrol duty if It
'lh necessary to call them out. Thus
N ^P* alon-; the border would be
avaK ^letd service.
The ^ |. ?Ki-d by the report that
two stean % g arms and ammuni-
tion for on their way to
Puerto Mexico tleted by the An-
nouncement that . /lion would be taken
by the Washinnton ^ovrrninent to prevent
discharge of the cargors.
Montana Near.
The cruiser Montana, bearing the
American victims of the occupation of
Vera Cdui, was reported off the Vir-
ginia capes today where Secretary Dan-
iels, 011 the presidential yacht Mayflower,
will meet here. They will
New York, where tl:o Hrooklyn navy yard | ci,urch c,me „
on Monday, President Wilson will express i
the tribute of the nation to ths msrlnes J«dge H. D. Llnebaugh
THE SOLDIER AS INSANE '"I? ,md bT av",ed
The ammunition reported t
WASHINGTON, May General Fun
formation here is that 60,000 troops mty
be sent io Mexico at any time.
Army officers expect to make a time
record In converting the freight ship Col-
orado into a floating stable to carry jtured by Mexican federals. Into
Decamped With Colonel's Horse—Re-
paration Will be Sought Through
Qen. Maas and Through Mex
lean Government
found thti rooming.
ed. Enormous damage was caused af
Santa Venerina.
Hoofs felt In and walls collapsed in
the hamlets of Sa ta Maria Ammalatl,
Carlco. Guard la. MJUtgano, Santa Tecla
and Donglrrdo.
The village of Santa Maria Vergine
Catena was rased.
The grea: gravity of the disaster was ' 0f Sicily
not realized until this morning when re- Catania
railroads rendered It ditiicult to obtain
accurate details of the catastrophe.
VOLCANIC ORIGIN
CAMBRIDGE Mass., May 1—Scien-
tists at Harvard university said today
that the Sicilian earthquake was of vol-
canic orl0#.. as no record of any dis-
turbance (taring the past iwenty-foOr
hours was shov 1 by the university seis-
mograph. Shocks of volcanic nature, it
was explained, seldom extend far beyond
the locality in which th« y originate.
OFTEN SUFFERS QUAKES
The vicinity of Catania, the scene of
last nights earthquake has probably
suffered mere than any otiier section in
the world from volcanic eruptions and
earthquake Catania itself is built H
bed of lava at the foot of the volcano J turned over to the government tonight,
of Etna ord most of its streets are i The San Marcos, with her ten passengers
pSved with lava. still aboard and In quarantine, was
Catania has a popuHt^on of 140,0001 brought qp frorp the. quarantine station
and Is the largest city in Sicily. It lies j during the night. The temporary horse
stalls In the
and Ineteacf stands
verting the vessel into a troop ship cap-
ible of carrying more than a thousand
The supply carried Satilla is ex-
pected to said tonight for Vera Cms with
permanent camp supplies.
have been
consigned to the lluerta government was
! sl ipped on the Kronzprincess Cecil!*
i which had arrived at Puerto Mexico, and
the Bavaria, now enroute to the same
| port. Consul llodgers announced that
munitions on the Bavaria «K«*o would be
returned to Germany by orders to the
agents of the vessel.
Prior to this action, slate department
officials had decided nothing could be
A NEW UNIVERSIIY
Matter of Successor to Vaader>
bilt is Unofficially Report*
ed to Methodists.
L1NEBAUGH IN CHARGE
OF MATTER AT PRESENT
Oklahoman la Chairman of Special
Committee—Doubt aa to Effact
of tha Court'a Deeiaion—
Routina af tha Day
OKLAHOMA crrr. May .-The Van-
derbllt unher.ttjr caae, cr.e of the meet
important mattera before the general
proceed to | conference of the Methodl.t Eplaeopal
today wliea
of Oklahoma,
and bluejackets u I in foil before enlppera'
bulleta.
Hun, today from Vera Cruz, confirm-;! 1.K0V<'1 t,di. pre.vent. ?h*
unofficial reports that Private Parks ■■
supposed to be
rgocs without seising
Insane, had been cap-! rueno Mexico custom
n federal.. Into vho.e v,",a lon ,of the armi.tlcc
landing of the
i the Puerto Mexico custom-house, an ope i
horses to Mexico. The Colorado was un-1 lines he rode with two horses belonging lI°JtcrHting today his dec laration of last
loaded last night and within thirty mln- j to Lieut, Col. Elmore F. Taggart, whom V-A, I!® W^? notu,Jn*
utes was swung alongside the army pier.
The laut line to the pier had dardly been
made fast when an army officer with a
blueprint of the Colorado stepped aboard.
Five minutes later a force of carpenters
swarmed over the freighter and started
to build stalls for horses.
All night the work went on. Today
i-Mt-ui. voi. i^imure r. ii&wari, wiiuiu . .. , - -
be served aa orderly. General Funston |.n ,lie .amnion and that no
did not report that Parka had been es- , m. ve waa In contemplation
ecuted. but mentioned the execution of
an unidentified American civilian.
Not Very Serious.
VERA CRUZ, May 9.—Even If the re-
ported execution by General Mass' men of
|th!s government, Secretary of War
Garrison continued supervision of pr^p
ara lions to send the balance of the sec
ond division of the army to Vera Crus as
a precautionary measure.
Orders have gone to the fourth and
cirosi.m
SHE SUK
Famous Battle Creek Million-
aire, Concealing Shotgun
in Room Evades Nurse.
*
found the ship still in the hands of tlu 1 Private Parka, the orderly mtsalnB since ®lxlh brigade* at Texas City to be ready
carpenters with the work fast nearlng I Wednesday, prove true, army officers arc, re""on'e General runston. when the
completion. | Inclined not to regard one such Incident [orwal'<1 """'"'l"1 wouW b« ordered still
newlv chartered steamship Denver i as apt to precipitate a clash. ! , ""decided. Throughout the day war
— - i — - department officials v> ere engaged in cath-
I Ever s'nee Its foundation In B. C. 72*.
At Zaffcrati every bouse waa destroy-lit has been visited frequently by eartb-
v.''is unloading freight today, but will be
San M*K4a'>m ba removed
stands will be Installed coii-
NOTED AS ORGANIZED
LABOR'S FOREMOST FOE
from the surrounding
quakes, in 21 A . D., it was partly de
stroyed by an erupt'on of Mount Etna.
In 116® *t suffered severely from an
earthquake. In 1669 during an eruption
of Etna, a great stream of lava flowed
toward Cantania, but In the nick of time
its course was diverted and the town
saved. In 1693 when the whole island
was affected b\ an earthquake
destroyed.
In the earthquake and tidal wave at
Messina and Calabria on December 28,
1908. official figures gave the number
of deaths at 77,283 but It was unoffici-
ally estimated that from 160,000 to 200,-
000 persons lost their lives. The damage
to public and pr'vate property amounted
to about t billion dollars. The United
States took a prominent part in the re-
lief work, and with the funds placed at
their disposal by the American public,
sailors of the United States fleet erected
large numbers of houses
ports came 1
country.
Ths villages of Linern and Gonzenti-
ni were trt. :sformed into heaps of r 'ins.
Officials and Solc.iers Aid
perfect Minervinl of Catania and all
the official? under his superintendence
were called together before daybreak
th's morning and received orders to do
their utmost to aid the afflicted inhabi-
tants. The> have since been worked lu-
defatigably.
The soldiers in the district ar<
In the endeavor to rescue lhose still
Alive beneath the (ulni and to extradite
dead from the debris.
All available nursea were mobilized to-
day and are assisting in gathering the
homeless and the children who have lost
their parents. Temporary shelter Is be-
ing provided here for the refugees.
Scenes of Desolation
Along the principal highways in the
stricken district the scene of desolation
was hea t rendering this morning.
Groups of refugees were frequently *n-
countered. Many of theue were burden- J MltalOr trom Louisiana Backs
mi CHS
Judge Admits Regulations for
Leases—Comstock a Great
Board Bill Payer.
ed with Improvised litters made of
branches of trees and tliihes on which
they were carrying Injured and dying
relatives to the temporary surgical sta-
tion. established by the surgeons and
nurses. In the neighborhood of Santa
Venerlna the number of the Injured was
▼cry great.
The authorities have commandeered
alt available automobiles to assist In the
work of rescue.
For several days earthquake shocks
bad been felt at frequent intervals, ac-
companied by eruptions 61 Mount Etna.
Np particular attention however waa
paid to them, as the shocks were not
exceptionally violent.
The first severe shock was felt at 7
o'clock la.t evening, but the extent of
the catastrophe was not realized until
this morning when • terror-stricken
groups of refugees began streaming Into
town.
Centers at klnera
The center of the disturbance was at
the village of Llnera Hero the pro-
portion af dead and Injured was very
heavy. The vlcfms were mostly wo-
men and children. The property loss at
Itinera waiK^al.o extremely heavy. The
work of rescue was rendered difficult by
the great accumulation of debris.
The property damage Was very L'reat
in many ether villages. Churches and
public buildings were destroyed and hun-
dreds of houses fell, to the ground. .
Nevertheless, li was believed by those
In charge ot the work of rescue that the
death list would not be so heavy as at
first reported.
According to refugees fire In some
places completed the work of destruction
and hindered the efforts of the rescuers.
One of the evidences of the severity
of the scrlea of shocks Is seen along the
roadsides, where hundreds of telegraph
poles werj overturned. Half a mile of
railroad ua. U mub lui.icd tui vy
near the village of Mangano.
RELIEF FROM ROME
ROME, May 9.—Upon receipt of the
fir<t news of the catastrophe, the minis-
ter of marine sent orders to the ,:om-
manders <•' the military and naval forces
In the district to give all possible assist-
ance.
concentration of soldiers was order-
up in His Opposition
Repeal of Tolls.
to
OKLAHOMA CITY, May .—Judge Cot-
teral. In the federal court today, over-
ruled the objections of attorneys for the
defendant in the conspiracy case
against H H. Tucker, Jr., president of j previously was
the Uncle Sam Oil company, and others, i sighted a few %lays ago by an
and adm ted as evidence a copy of the
rules and regulations compiled by the
United States government for leasing
oil lands of the Osage Indians.
Charles II. Merrilet of Washington, at-
torney for the Osages, testified at the
time the Indians were *.&ken to Wash-
ington to st cure approval of the leases,
they were kept at a hotel at the expense
of the government. H«* said Comstock,
They believe such an act would prob- . ^
ably be that of a subordinate officer erln* transport. an? "P to noon u range-
wit hoi, t authority and that General ",'e"U ,ia? Ij?n m«de 'or eloven "'"P*- ,n"
would be wholly 'Ignorant of the matter: lU,dln*l1h® '°"r reBu,ar tran.porl.
until the Uexliw Cttf government 1« asked . , ,, ' , .
I for an explanation, .-it. is nrmnjn.d bar. Anxiety was aroused at tho state de -
that the matter will l>e taken up by the I £2™"" t,le repot ted capture by
authorities at V> asliington through the'^x[^'in *0,<"er* ne4r _Ve,ra •-hua of Satu-
Braxlllan minister at Mexico City ae.l pfrks- * P"*81* o1 the twenty-eighth
that Huerta officials will make a prompt '"'antry who rode Into tho Mexican lines
Investigation. while believed to bo suffering from temp-
General Funston deems It Inadvisable ur"r•, „
to open formal communication with Gen. Another teport from Vera Crux to the
Maas and i« therefore leaving the case of 'ffect thf,t""Identified American bad
Private Parks to Wa.hlngton. j executed by Mexican troops led t ie
Gen. Funston has asked that brigade department to Institute an Inquiry through
equipment left behind at Galveston be- J*'8 an authorities at Vera Crux,
cause of lack of room for horses and Tl'e encouraging news however was re-
wagon. on the transport, be .ent forward. : ccived f,ron> American Vice Consul Sllll-
He is also asking that recruit, for regl- nmn' wl,° h d bcen reported Imprisoned
ments here now assembled at recruiting i *
depots in the United States be shipped.! ^ owl*! i
The equipment Include, a majority of tho] WASHINGTON. May S.-Wlth the de-
reglmeutal wagon train, and horses for Parture of liuerta's mission from Mexico
the signal corps. Lacking these, the slg- City today the South American envoys
nal corps and quartermaster's department j a 11 government officials here were as-
are hampered In their work about the lrod there would be no hitch In the
citv and at tho outposts. Niagara Palls negotiations through tardl-
lteports from the north outposts and ss "'the Mexican delegation, lluerta.
the aviators Indicate that there are more representative, will proceed to the Canad-
Mexlcan regulars In that direction than 'an border city by way of Vera Crux and
was heretofore thought. One party of, Kl'-V They should arrive In ample
fifty was seen. They made no hostile I "me for the beginning of the mediation
demonstration and proceeded apparantely preliminaries May IS Whether they
without pav ing attention to the Amerl-. n'l«ht be invited to avail themselves of
Tho largest partv seen northward' 'courtesy of an American vessel In
small squad which was! their Journel trom Vera Cruz to Key
tiator. > Wost was an interesting topic of dlscus-
Vera Cruz Swollen. "lon among diplomats.
Tho anny estimates the population of N«ws that the Mexican mediators were
Vera Cruz, Including troops and Amerl- (>n their way was expected to expedite
and Mexiian refugees at betw
Head ef the National Cltlrens' Indus-
trial Alliance—One of Founders
of Health Feed Industry In
the United State*.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.. May
With ft bullet trom a rifle Which he had
concealed, Charles W Post, mllllonftlro
manufacturer of cereal foods, killed him-
self at hla winter home here today. Evad-
ing a nurse, who had been attending him
since he returned from the east ft few
weeks ago, he went to his apartment,
placed the mlzrle of the rifle In his mouth
and pulled the trigger with a toe.
Mr. Post was convalescent from an Ill-
ness which necessitated ft mftjor oper-
ation some weeks ago at Rochester.
Minn.
Returning here recently, he seemed to
be exceedingly nervous, and Mrs. Post
engaged a trained nurse to attend him.
Mr. Post arose at Ills usual hour this
morning. Breakfasted and lounged about
until 10 o'clock when he excused him
chairman o' the apeclal ct mmittee
ling the case was granted permission t*
call his committee Into session to 00S>-
slder a special feature ot .he ease. Juat
before this action Bishop Chs.idler had
announced the appointment ol Judge J,
W. Bond of Tennessee aa a member at
the committee In place cf C. M. Hay *f
Missouri Who waa unable to be present
All the scaalona of the committee are
executive, but It waa learned that at *
last night's meeting a lengthly dlsctta*
slon arose over the Interpretation of the
Tennesson opinion handed down Aprtl I.
as presented by the lawyers retained la
the case by the church. It la understood
there Is a marked difference of optaiaa
in the coir.mlttee on the meaning and
■cope or the court decision holding (M
church has no authority over the ■
verslty.
Possibly New Unlverelty
According to several raeaabera, then
a decided majority sentiment In the i
mlttee in favor of establishing a ■
university, but no positive action
been taken. It Is hoped by many
bers of ihe conference that sonM
Will be found for the church to
Its Interest In VanderMIL
The committee has been assured,
ststed, that many flattering offers
been made for the location ot
university, should It be tedded
relations with Vanderbil* and
a new Institution . U aoase rtk
than Tnonesaee.
At tha coastal _ „
Uonal eaeroiaes of the morning.
Dr. W. r. Lovejoy.
lanta, Bishop dandier announced I
polntment of a committee
those Items of the eplaoopal
referred to standing committees
committee consists of Rev. J. C. X
North Carol'na; W. D. Bradfield
and T. 3. Kills, OeorgU Bishop
ler then yielded the garel to Bi
C. Morrison, presiding officer
day.
The report of the committee on
providing for practtMv the mm
cedure aa governed other confei
was adopted.
The arrival of Dr. Jno. W. Butler,
perlntendent of mlaalona In Mexico at
New Orlerna accompanied by tw
missionaries, was announced to the
ference.
Resolution my Dr. E. F. Cooke,
the announcement of the American mis-
000 and 60,000. This is one third above slon. It was believed that If the names
normal. The Increase lias brouBlit on a'°f the United Stales representatives were
shortage In water. Efforts to limit the i r.ot given out today, the announcement
water consumption are In progress. Army i would not be delayed much after the te-
offlfers report that the Mexican police, turn next Monday of President Wilson
are doing satisfactory work. Under ex ! h« ■"-nd m«-
from Brooklyn, where ho will attend me
of the firm of Dial & C mstock, wanted iPtinR arranBcments they handle only I mortal services to American victims of
to take them to a bcttc.' hotel and pay ! Mexicans, while the troops take care of the occupation of Vera Crux.
WASHINGTON. May t.—Convinced
that Ills position, both on the legal and
on the economic .Ide of the Panama tolls
question In 1912 was wrong, Senator
Thornton of Louisiana today told ths .en-
ate he now would vote to repeal tho law
Senator Thornton said the position tak-
en by the president In a personal letter
to him and the message to congress, In
which the president said the existence of
the exemption law embarrassed him In
the foreign relation, of the United States,
caused him to vote for the repeal.
The statements of former Ambassador
Choate and others who participated In
the negotiating of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty had convinced him that the United
States did not have the right to discrim-
inate In favor of Its ships, he said.
On the economic phase of the contro-
versy, Senator Thornton said that the
report of the house committee on mer-
chant marine had convinced him that free
tolls Inured to the beneft solely of the
coastwise shipping monopoly that fixed
rates by agreements beyond the reach
of American law. He said the shipping
trust was cot in need of a subsidy such
as the exemption.
the difference.
"I handle everything .n currency,"
witness said Comstock told him.
| tho cascB in which soldiers and sailors
i ir* Involved.
BLOT ON ANCESTRY
Attorney General Looney Says
Virginia Concern is Child
of Waters-Pierce
NO ADDITIONAL FORCE,
BUT FORCE IS READY
WASHINGTON, May 9.—Secretary of
War Garrison reasserted today that as
yet no additional troops had been or-
dered to Mexico. When asked whether
orders hal been issued for the Fourth
and Sixth brigades at Texas City to
make ready to embark, he replied:
"They are suposed to be ready to em-
bark at a moment's notice."
ANSTIN, Texas, May 9.—The Pierce Oil
corporation, a VlfginlsK. concern. Is not
entitled to receive a permit to do busi-
ness in Texas, according to an opinion
today by State Attorney General B. P.
Looney. The opinion was In reply to' been mentioned as a possible Americ
the company's request for a permit to! delegate lu the mediation, will arri\
LEHMAN SPOKEN OF AS
AMERICA'S DELEGATE
WASHINGTON May .—The South
American mediators continued their ses-
sions today
Frederick H. Lehman of St. Louis
former solicitor general, whose name iia.^
MULTITUDE LIVING OFF
STATE'S CHARITY FUND
enter Texas. Refusal was based on the
claim that the Pierce Oil corporation is
the successor of the Waters-Pierce Oil
company which was ousted from Texas in
1907 for violation of state anti-trust laws.
Tho company will now carry Its request
to the state supreme court.
MOVING PICTURE LESSONS.
MEMPHIS. May 9.—Motion pictures
| illustrating the work for "defectives"
ALBANY, May 9.—Wilful or Innocent
misinterpretation of tho state charities
law has resulted In the Btate losing 130,000 ^eanired'u e general session today of the
to $35,000 annually for many years. Wm I .. T U «ener<" " , 01 th*
, , national conference of Charltlos and
A. Maltory, fiscal supervisor of state Correotoni, the subject, being provided
charities, said Inst night. Ha added rhnt
he had Issued a general order Intended
to stop tiis leak.
The law ss interpreted by Mr. Mallory
Would supply only one of the twenty sup-
erintendent. of state charitable Institu-
tions with food. fuel, servants and horse..
All of them and their famllie., however,
as well as some assistants, chaplains,
Inspectors, farmers and .upervlsor. and
engineers, and some of their famlile.,
too, have been receiving these perequl.-
by tht Ch vuland (Ohio) dilt^ales and
by Alexander Johnson, V'neland, N. J.,
chairman o( the committee on defective..
and 'he commander, were directed to lies at the state expense.
MAZATLAN REPORT DENIED.
WASHINGTON, May 9—Reports that
Maxatlan, on the west coast of Mexico,
had fallen Into the hands of the con-
stitutionalists were denied today
here later today and have a conferen<
with the president. The Impression pre-
vails the place has been offered to him.
HOUSTON MEETING PLACE.
MEMPHIS, May #.—At a meeting to-
day the executive committee of the
Southern Sociological congress recom-
mended Houston, Tex., for the 19H
meeting plcce. The time of next year's
convention will be decided later.
MEX. DELEGATES START.
MEXICO CITY, May 8—Senator Emlllo
ftnhAsn Austin ltodrlruon and f.nts Fll-
gtiero. the three delegates who are to
represent Provisional Presldont Huerta
at the mediation conference at Niagara
Falls, left today to travel to their desti-
nation by way of Vera Crux.
Refugee Ship Arrives.
WASHINGTON, May Admiral Budg-
1- er reported to tho navy department late
today that the Kronprlncess Cecille ar-
rived at Vera Cruz at 8 a. rn. today from
Puedta Mexico.
After Transports.
Willie Interest waa renewed today In the
diplomatic phase of the Mexican crisis,
there was no abatement of execution of
preparedness In the war and navy de-
partments. Becreetnry Garrison ex-
plained that ho was trying to gather
transports at Galveston that could be
used to send the fourth and sixth brigades
to Vera Cruz "In case It is thought wise
In view of a precautionary attltudo to
have them there." He asserted no ag
gressive move was contemplated. Re-
ports .from GalveBton today said the two
brigades were ready to embark.
High officers of the army who have
weighed the Vera Cruz situation are re-
ported to have urged that the American
lines there be extended to Insure a suffic-
ient food and water supply. Other uses
for reinforcements would be prepared-
ness against any possibility of sudden
attack by federals and readiness for a
quick movement on Mexico City should
the Huerta regime crumble and mob rule
threaten.
The South American envoys transmit!-
! to Huerta today the reply of the
nerlcan government to his protest that
I e United States had broken the truce
landing additional troops at Vera
Cuz. Secretary Bryan declared that
nothing had been done to violate the arm-
istice. The three mediators took the view
that Huerta could be convinced that the
United States had not violated It In spirit,
at least.
Rebels are Confidant.
While the diplomatic und military phas-
es of the international drama compelled
much attention, observers turned to de-
velopments In the Huerta-Carransa
strife. Constitutionalists expressed con-
fidence that their troop, would drive the
fAdernls out of Tnmpieo In the next few
day.. That development. It was hoped
In some quarteds, would relieve tension
over the menace to foreign property In
the Tamplco oil district. Reports that
San Luis Potosl had been taken by rebel,
were not credited by Carranza's Juarez
agents They said their forces were not
dealy for a decisive attack on the south-
ern gateway to liuerta's capital.
American and foreign refugees arriv-
ing at Vera Cruz from the lnterton stated
that all was quiet In Mexico City, where
self, telling tne nurse on duty at tho time!
that he wished to go to his apartment u*ldc next Tuesday, May twelfth for i
to lie down. What happened then is a ] niorlal services In bonor cf Thomas ColM s
matter of conjecture. A shot was heard; ! first Methodist bishop i<< America, who
Mrs. Post and a nurse rushed to the at sea one hundred v.ar. ago. with
upartnicnt upstairs and found the million- n memorial addres. by Bl.hop Candtafe
aire stretched on the floor dead. i was adopted by the conference.
Both Mrs. Post and Ihe nurse said they Considerable Interest was aroused IV
did not know how Mr. Post has procured | the presentation of a resolution touch*
the rifle. Its presence In the room was ln8 the charter rights of the church ant
taken by them to Indicate that he had Its institutions, by Rev. E. B ChappeC
planned his deuth some time In advance. ®nd T. D. Ellis, because of the present
| provides for a commission composed ef
M=id! Millions. three lawyers and two ministers, mem*
BATTLE CREEK, Mich , May 9.— bers of the church, to Investigate thf
Charles W. Post was one of the founders : ' barters of the general boards, the pub-
of the so-called health food Industry. His llshlng house, the trustees of the chu-
Iruslness Interests here for the manufac- j rch and ul< co'nectlonal boards, to aa-
turlng of breakfast foods represented mil- certain whether, under the laws of the
lions of dollars. states In which they aiv chartered, the
Mr. Post was boi ii In Springfield, 111., In ' property held by them Is properly se-
1864. He engaged In the hardware and cured to the M. E. church. South. The
other lines of business there until 1834 commission is empowered to take such
when his health |>rol;e down. He trav- steps as will secure all property orer
tied extensively in search of treatment which doub' exists and If it is found
for some time and arrived here In 1891. { that the laws of sucb states In which
His search for health was re.pon.ible. It the church agencle* are chartered do
I. said, for his investigation Into the] not properly secure property to the
health food subject and when his health church, to Instruct such departments to
had been regained he turned all his at- j procure charters In some other state
tentlon to that line of endeavor. j or states In which the ownership of
Employing thousands- of workmen, he the church may be securn.
took an active part In local civic affairs. ! On the roll call for resolution affee-
In 1908 he was made president of the Na
tlonal Citizens Industrial of America and
for several year, ho attracted wide at-
tention because of his nttacks against
labor unions. He was on ardent supporter
of the "Open Shop.''
Parents in Fort Worth.
FOKT WORTH, Texas, May 9.—C. W.
ting the church discipline severa. minor
changes were proposed snd referred to
the prop - committees. The conference
concurred In the recommendation of the
committee on iterancy to reject the me-
morial to change the mtlo of delegate,
to the general conference: also the me-
morial asking for the bishops the sole
right to pass on questio.i of law In the
Post's father and mother, and one broth- 1 committee on appeals.
er reside In Fort Worth. His recent III- The special report of the committee
ress and trip by special train to Roches- ' on church relations on the proposition
tor, Minn., was kept from his mother be- to appoint a Joint commission with the
cause of her advanced years and feeble colored Methodist church In an advisory
condition. His parents are very old. Post capacity, which was made an order for
resided here before moving to Battle today, was taken up by the conference.
Creek, Mich. At one time he owned a After some discussion the conference
grocery store here. j concurred in the recommendation of the
committee on itinerancy to admit min-
isters of Protestant Methodist churche.
to full conrect'on on th<- same basts aa
are preachers of the M. E. church
Just before conference adjourned until
Monday Ulshop Morrison named Isaac
j Carr. James Kilgore, M L. Lawson, J.
D. Simpson and R. E. Roddy as the spe-
j cial committee to consider charter rights
of tiie church in Its various .nstltu-
tions.
WASHINGTON, May S.—American REFUGEES SAFE.
Vice Consul Sllltmaii, reported imprisoned WASHINGTON, May s —"All safe and
by Mexican federals at Saitlllo, Is safe well," read s wireless message received
and well, according to assurances made ot tho state department tod u from Dr.
to the Ifreneh tegstlon tn Mexico City hy 1 Rdwnrd Rynn sbcat 1 the st ".mSWl
tho Mexican war minister, transmitted Bspcranxa, which left Pterin Mexico to-
to the state department today. day fen New Orleans with about (M
The Information was conveyed to Sec-1 refugees from Mexico City
retary Bryan by Ambassador Jussurand '
of France. Henry Out for Senatt,
M. Jusserand said that General Huerta's WASHINGTON, 'lay #.--He;i «nta
minister of war Informed the French live Henry of Texas, chairman of th
charge in Mexico city that the American rule- committee. In announcing toda
consulate at Saitlllo was guarded by Fed- j that he would seek reelection to ihe hous
era! force, and that neither Mr. Sllllman1 in the primaries In 1914, formally d
other members of the consulate, nor I dared that he would be a candidate A
other Americana were under arrest. 1 the Cidfcsd State* snwle la 1U&
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