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-A CORN SHOW AND :'ARTS EXHIBIT, lltti; 12th AND 13theOMEl THE WEATHER. Rain Friday Saturday clearing moderate to brisk - east . to south winds. - 1 - t NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING II: Was InventAd one hundred and one years before the first steam engine waa introduc ed In . America. . It has stood the test of time, and stil iteadi smoa( the t world's greatest InTentlons. H JELOXJN.D VOL,. XCI1I -NO. 28. tv"JJjMingtok, n. g., rja d a y moknen'o-, octobjer 24, 1913. NOVEMBER PRACTICALLY HO HOPE FOR MINERS Two Hundred and Forty seven Believed to Be Dead. FRANTIC WOMEN INTERFERE Twenty-three Living, Twenty-four Dead Are Taken from Shaft ; Rest Are Four Thousand Feet Underground. ' Dawson, N. M.,- Octr 23. Two hun dred and forty-seyien" miners are be lieved to be dead; tonight beneath tons of fallen earth, ; timber", coal ands rock in the cuts and fooms of Mine No.- 2,i of the Stag Canon "Fuel Company here. , "-. '' 's " . " . V Hundreds of miners working in shifts of 15 each , aref slowly forcing their way through the rooms and- en- tries, fighting against dangers of gas and a fire, which started in an-adjoining mine and which '..threatens to reach the space in which the entombed men were trapped . 5 Vi ' - Only 23 men have been taken from the mine alive. . At 8:15 o'clock to night the first miner to be rescued alive within 12JiOurs was taken from the main entry . He was found. uncon scious not far. from-the. place where a mule, earlier; in the'srvening had been found alive. - Twenty-four dead bodies, 23 rescued make the total of ;the day's - work of recovery. The finding of thes live mule in the late today encouraged officials in charge of the rescue work .far Jiope that some live miners perhaps still are entombed in a room -locate more than 4,000 feet from an entrance. Henry P. McShane, son of Mrs. EL P. McShaw, of New .York City, widow of a former, heavy, stockholder-, in the mine, is among' the known -dead. Mc Shaw, who waB-bat 1& years old, had come to the mine to learn mining from practical experience. " 1 . - J . C . Roberts; chief of the 'United States Mine Rescue .Bureau - in . this district, is in ; charge of the . . rescue work. Mr. Roberts said "It v waa tinof possible 3&'XgS ITiat!;'c'auseol, the ex plosion, but, that At was'rof.iich xio-' lence as tocause him to lose hope, for the rescue alive t)f any more" of the en tombed meix; '. ' . Great Farie Useless. In the mine at the time of the ex plosion was 234; miners and that the death list' will reach "so great a figure is attributed to the fact thai the great lans. which . kept the-air circulating with the mine were rendered useless by the explosions ' , ' : Some of the rescue parties tonight declared their belief that a party vof the entombed miners had reached a room ana nad sealed it in time to. keep the gas from overcoming them. Dr. S. P. Morris, representative of this district of the L American Red Cross Society, reaohed here at noon and 2Lx. once made preparations o re lieve the families .of victims. Director General Ernest P; Bick nell, of the Red Cross in Washington, wirjd GovtmorikicDonald to draw on the society for $1,000 with which to alleviat the stiff ering of miners' fam ilies here but Governor McDonald re plied that the mine Officials had given him assurance that the destitute would be provided for. and that the company -vould defvayVexpeiises. ' ' v. ; - - Poott orders 'at-the;c0mpany's store for an indefinite!! time have been is sued to the families of the entombed miners. . . . . ' ' ' The mine wassupposed . to Lnave been a model o.ns aftd that such adis aster within its been considered impossible. .tSttly-i two daysbef ore-the explosion State Mine , Inspector Bld dow had examined the property and pronounced it . i excellent condition. Heard Expiosion. , . . I 1 or oiQ who was in the . office neaf Mine No. 9. at thp titn nf.thexolosion. at once summoned . the men from three other mines by means ;6f mine siren ana pui them to work digging In the main en try and the " man-way-.' both of which were blocked by tons , of fallen rock and timber. U aner witn omer oui cials hastened to the airshaft, which 4s pnninnwt with a' ladder and steps designed to berused as a means of esoans in such emergencies. There he found the air unbearable and knew the ptm t ta Tib ho ft sstonned. 'r With ntveen helmets he and his fol lowers went into-Mine" No. 5 which is f.nnnootoi) -with Mltui Nfl.' 2 DV a'tUIl tKpy could connect with the laterals of the wrecked mine but thev fnimd thfl nassaee blocked, torn- munication was .established, with -.near-: by mines and aU4vailable assistance The report of , th; explosion attract ed practically the entire popmawuu i the town -to the s mine' and ,.: women fought frantically i to -get to vantage points from which they could observe ihe slow progress' df ? the rescuers. Soon they began Id interfere with the work and the entries were ropeu uu.. BLANKET 1 N DICTNmNT. : Harry Tiaw' and F6ur: Other Charg ed With Conspiracy.. ,4; w vnrir riot 2 A blanket in- fl i of m pn t fYtai-frlti tr. j JTTrV Kl . .ThaW and four others with conspiracy in connection with' bis escape, from the Mattewan State hospital for the crim inal insane in Augusti -late today was returned hv thPCTatifl lurv nere Tt will hft tiseVl aA weaDOn by Wil liam Travfirs" Jpfome - in his . efforts to extraditehaw- .from New, Hamp shire. ... V-i-k'i-r . ; i The others indictea were former Assemblyman , Richard - Butler, : "Mich ael O'Keefe;. "Gentleman. Roger. Thnmnsnn nn? ;B!nff(mi. Duffy, alleged to have been: Thaw's Companions in to nave been; Wj.wmouauu e auimomaft,, These are the' samflr.'men for whom warrants ' ! BagmoncLean' ' - ".. 1 : - : :ri '. I i 1 , If : 1! Arthur A. -McLean is described by Sulzer's confidential agent as Mur nhy's -baeman; The man who collects the money Jfor Tammany's Graft Con tracts.- . "SEAMAN'S SERVITUDE BILL" After the Amendments Offered by - Senator LaFollette Were Adopt ed the' Bill Was Passed by , the Senate. Washington, Oct. 23. The LaFol lette substitute for the "seaman's servitude bill" amended so that it will not affect the treaty relations of the United States until the President has been given an, opportunity to re adjust them, today passed the Senate, at -the entf ot a debate that-was char acterized by unusual proceedings. -In the "end the debate became an eulogyotviVndrew Feruseth, president of the' Seaman's Union, lauded as , the man chiefly responsible for the pass age of the' bill. Mr. Feruseth, who had sat in a Senate gallery throughout the :debate, was declared by Senator La-Foilettte,- Republican, and Senator Williams; Democrat,), to have worked in -Washington for many years, "at a seaman's pay" to get legislation through Congress improving the work ing conditions of his fellow sailors.i .Senator 'Fletcher,, chairman of the sub-committee that had charge of the preparation of the seaman's bill, defr cfared the measure as passed by the Senate today would accomplish three important shipping reforms. -; "The giving of greater freedom to seamen, the promotion of greater safe ty for passengers and crews at sea and - the equalizing of wage costs in operating vessels in foreign and do ro fistic 1 1" fide ' ' -,The LaFoilette substitute differed in many respects from the origfhai bill which passed both Houses of Con gress last Winter but which did not meet with the .approval of President Taft. ' Its chief provisions would- re quire improved working quarters and working conditions on ships; increase the'relorm& for safety appliances and efficiency of sailors; release sailors from J5ome of the present stringent regulations thatioompel them to re main - with shins r-vhen in foreign DortSi and would direct the abrogation of any treaties taai yroui uu me cu forcemeht ofj the provisions against foreign ships coming , to ; American ports. " - '? , .Efforts by Senator Burton and Sen ator -Bacon, to amend the bill today failed. ': ': - '-' 'Senator LaFollette closed the de bate on the 'measure with an attack on E.' T; Chamberlain, United. States Commissioner of Navigation, who, he said, ought to be removed. He declar ed Mr Chamberlain has held office since President Cleveland's adminis tration by "trimming and turning and twisting" but -that all of his reports showed' that his recommendations fit intd the. interests of . the ship owners." Senator' LaFollette also charged that Congress and the legislative depart ment the government .had for years "shown a subserviency , to - the ship pingjinterests'v : - - , n . :CaX)f.:joM pants, uhder- S, o-h 7hosierV.: ' You save, money MRS. EATON IS TO TELL LIFE'S STORY . . : Defense Prpmises to Prove the V Admiral Veritable "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde." WW': OF DUAL PERSONALITY No Friction Between Defendant and Husband, Up to His Death Wit nesses Testify to intemper- . . -vance .of Eaton inv Navy. Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 23. Rear Ad- !mira J., G. EJatoh, whose widow, Mrs. Jennie , May Eaton, is on tttal here, charged with his murder, .today, was painted in the opening address "of the "defense as a "drug' fiend and a man of . dual . personality, a veritable Dr. Je- Kyl and Mr-' Hyde." . ; A'ttbrney Francis Geogan, who made the opening argument, said it would bs shown .that Admiral Eaton was addict ed to, the use of liquor and drugs to such an extent that he endangered his ; vessel and the lives of men under him ;when iri the navy. " ' " i He .attributed the death of the Ad mrial to poison self-administered. The poison, he said,- was obtained from s Boston physician, who supplied . the Admiral in all with 4,600 tablets as a medicine. - . Mr. Geogan announced that Mrs. 'Eaton, the defendant, would take, the stand and tell the story of -her; life. ..The movements of the accused widow J during the week cf the Admiral's death were described m detail by the defendant's lawyer. ' - r "We will - show you there . was no friction between Mrs. Eatpri and her husband, right up to the time of his illness," said Mr., Geogan. "There was. no misunderstanding."v : Heritage of Debts. Mr Geogan said" it would be shown that the Admiral left Mrs. Eaton noth-. ing but a. heritage of debts, and ' that she could have no motive for desiring his death. : ' -' .-W'- j-HVOn the other hand, -he -said, she. had. as? a nrotive-Tof keetttng; iamauver-tne fact that an "income of $4,500t year, representing the Admiral's retired pay ceased on , his death. The defendant, the attorney added,, would not-hide.-be--hind a cloak of insanity; nor ask for special ; privileges on acocunt of her sex. J ' Dr.; F. Fremont Fish, of Washington, D- C:,- the first witness, testified at miral's -habits of intoxication during y. (Continued on Page Eight.); Church Violates Its Constitution Kafisas City, Oct. 23.' That the Na tional Council of Congregational Churches - yesterday violated the pro visions of its constitution in naming Rev. Charles' R. Brown, -dean of Yaie Divinity School, moderator, and H. M. Beardsley, of Kansas. City,, assistant moderator, today was - charged - by Judge John H- Perry, of Southport, Conh.,;fn an address: before he, com: mission of 19 of the council at. a pub lic meeting. v The commission is fram ing a new constitution for the council containing many radical changes. Judge Perry .wag urging that the present - constitution, .providing ,that a moderator must, 'te elected from the voting members present at the. Na tional Council ( sessions, be eliminated. "Every one is happy," said he, "at the selection of Moderator Brown but under the constitution his election was illegal. . Mr. Brown was not. present when hie was elected and if the techni cality were pressed it might cause un pleasantness. Of course, his election will not be questioned- -The election of Mr. Beardsley, too, was not regular under the constitution, as he. is not a voting member." Judg? Epapsroditus Peck, of Bristol, Conn., told the commission there was no doubt as to its acting illegally in assuming to make regulations for. the. various -missionary societies" of the church, "which are separately incorpo-; rated institutions. The commission assured Judge -Pecfc it had the con sent of the bodies irivolved in making the regulations. This -statement was borne out 'in the meeting of the ' Home 'Missionary Society . when the , director Of that sor ciety reported 'in favor of merging its society with other bodies of the church doing similar work.; . . ' . . The commission of . 19 appointed to draw a ' hew constitution containing' progressive changes,' including a state ment" of doctrine, has recommended that, the church's missionary bodies be assembled under the guidance of the National Council. While the amalga mation . cannot be accomplished for several - years,' the National Council has suggested the, first step; looking to suchl a union be 'made at once by permitting." the National Council. . to name the-.-majority members' of the governhigCboards of each society thus giving control of these . societies into the hands 'of the National Council. ; Revi Samuel H. Woodrow,' .pastor of -Pilgrim Congregational church; St. Louis, tonight addressed the delegates deploring the decadence of the rural church, - ;. . ' x.:vv--; . Rev. Hubert" C. Herring, of New York Cityv5 general secretary of . the General Home Society, pleaded for the establishment of a $1,000,000 fund, to be used HO ' purchase sites and provid ing for' the expansion of the growing city churches. . . , The Home Mission Society - today I, ALLIES COUIT J ATROCITIES Warring Balkan StateAre All Guilty, of Gross Cruelty During Recent War. REPORT- TO E PUBLISHED International Carnegie Commission at Their Searching Inquiry Just Endeof Tinct; Thar ; Rotten Conditions Prevailed. Paris, Oct 23H?frobps i of ; all. the warring ; Balkan '. StateV committed gross . atrocitfsV according): to the . evi-dence-gathered 7: by; fief-:'Iaterjdati'ohal Carnegie Commissien in its searching inquiry just ended. ". ; . The conclusions ot therbommission . ar e to be published (in heoit-f orm'with illustrations-:and ? f c sbaallies of ,a number of Odociminti on which the report is based The text will be issued as a whole -for which the mem bers of the commission 'tafie respon sibility. -' ':-:' ... .: -' One of the "noteworthy tasks" was the -minute exantinatidn and ' verifica tion of the' famous packet df letters from Greek soldiers Raptured by the Bulgarians containing horribie descrip tionsof ' how Greek;vs?aiers "avenged themselves"i on Bulgarians who fell into their -hands.5 ? - . The commissioh . believes that .it has established th- authenticity of these letters. Other documents testify that the Greeks occastonally made use of the forbidden dumdum -bullet and also show 'the'.misdeeds ok Bulgarians and other ; beliigereats' The: 4nquiry did not extend to. .Rahiaas," C i ' The commissioxt collected jtmaterial from every ' available" scaarcer ". After having seen the' ofiicials;--tlie cbmmis sion went to. the scenes of alleged atro cities and interrogated- at length " ev ery class t of. witnesses from -soldiers who took part-In thes battles to'omen and children,who- werejspectators and victims of the. lmrxgrsliSoine of 'the, inost imbrtamTevidrince takea"-by the commissioners-cae from-children. ; Bulgarians Worst. ' While it was found that the Bul garians had committed the greatest faults. the; soldiery of -other nations also were guilty of many-hideous acts. The commissioners appear to be of the opinion that had other belliger ents been .roused to such -a' pitch of fury as were the Bulgarians they would hot have acted much better. v In Bulgaria: the fullest inquiryrwas invited- and every passible facility tor investigation was given, to the com mission. . The Bulgarians in their campaign against the Turks : behaved in an exemplary manner. It would appear that the Bulgarians who had borne the brunt of the war against the Turks were exhausted at : its- end and thought- only of immediately - going to their homes. They had been prom ised this. When they were tbld that their allies had acted in bad faith and had betrayed them the Bulgarian fury burst forth uncontrollably. Turkey- also . gave the commission every facility for inquiry. .The Greeks did likewise, though a certain amount of opposition was encountered in that country. Servia did its utmost toy prevent an unhampered investigation -and no 'in quiries, were permitted except in the presence of a Servian military attache. This attitude reduced the1 commis sion's work in Servia practically to nothing and produced a bad impres sion on the commission. Baron DEstoumelles de Constant, of the commission, says that, "the re port will not dwell at great length on the distressing story of misdeeds in the Balkans which after? all d not prove so much against the-belligerents as against the war itself."' The report will "fully develop the economic aspects of the war and also will ha ve a good deal to say about the wonderful possibilities of development which lie before the Balkan people. The members of the commission were Baron D'Estournelles de Con stant and Justin Godard,,a member of the Chamber of -Deputies: for France; Professor Wilhelm Paszkowski, of the University,-of Berlin , ofr Germany; Prof. Samuel Train Dutton, of Colum bia University, for America: H. N: Brailsford for Great Britain; Herr Red lich. Imperial Counsellor for Austria, and M. Miloukoff, the liberal leader; of the Duma, for Russia. OUTtl NES "The "seaman Servitude, bill" yes terday passed the Senate. '.'"' ': ' President Wilson has . designated Thursday, November, the. twenty-seV' enth.as Thanksgiving. ' : " The dea -of a central bank as" being urged as a substitute to the sectional reserve plan as. given in the pending currency bill. Several Senators , are said to favor the former The conditions ia Mexico have part ly been responsible for the detaining of Congress was reported: yesterday; That things are rapidly drawing to a crisis in the Southern republic all have no doubt. The Presidential election is to be held on the 26th. . . The defense in the Eaton case prom ise to prove thatAdmiral Eaton was a dope : fiend and - a drinker, that there was no 'friction between the man' and his wife up to his death, and that Mrs. Eaton would tell the story of her. life on the stand and would not , hide be hind an insanity plea. - - ; ' New York markets : .Flour qjuiet. Wheat firm, No. 2 red 95 nominal; No. 1 Northern Duluth 951-4. Corn firm, export 74 1-4; Turpentine firm. Rosin steady. . Money on call easy, 2 1-2 to 3 per.- cent, -ruling rate 3 closing -big 2 1-2 to . 3. SDOt cotton '- steady r mid dling uplands 14150:: gulfml4.75r -sales 800 : bales, --si -&::v,: CENTRAL BANK IS BEING ADVOCATED ...... r One Institution to Dominate Financi! Sy tem as Sub stitute for Reserve HUNDRED MILLION GAPITAL Expert Suggests That People Own the Stock in This Bank as Security While It Will be'Under Su- . pervision of Govt. v Washington, Oct. 23. A govern ment' controlled and operated central bank to dominate the financial sys tem of the country today entered the legislative' arena' as arrival of the administration regional Teserve cur rency plan. ..'Frank" A. Variderlip. president of th National City Bank, of i$ew' York, ex plained the new plan to the SenaU Banking and Currency committee,' who, he said, had expressed approval of such a plan. Under his proposal the government through a board of seven members ap pointed for terms of 14 years and re ceiving salaries of $15,000 or $17,500 a year, would establish a huge bank with: $100,000,000 capital which would control financial conditions by pow ers conferred on it to issue money, to re-discount commercial . paper for banks-and to concentrate the coun try's .gold reserve. Mr. Vanderlip suggested that if pos sible the stock of this institution be held by the public as an investment security. The stock would have no .voice' -or vote in the bank's control, which, under : all circumstances would rest entirely- - with" the government. ;Mr. Vanderlip pointed out that his bill oiffered from the administration plan in that it absolutely eliminated the banks from participation in the ad ministration of a system which would control the tissue of currency." The Vanderlip plan differed from the so called Aldrich plan in' that the latter provided for a central and subsidiary banks owned and controlled by- the mumEier eanKS tnemseives. fyu-tw v. " Senators Favor Plan..-. Senators: Bristow, 'Reed, O'Gorman and Hitchcock, ot the committee to night expressed themselves as in fa vor of-the principle embraced in the Vanderlip plan. '"This is the ulan which . Sator TJitchcock and I have fa vofed ; since consideration of currency reform' be gan," said Senator Reed. , . - ' The Vanderlip plan undoubtedly (Continued on Page Eight.) Georgetown Lost To Carolina Techs (Special Star Telegram,). ' Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 23. A'. & M. defeated Georgetown University this afternoon in the best game of football seen on the local gridiron in 'years, by the score of 12 to 0. The Hilltoppers were completely outclassed In . every stage of 'the game, Costello being their only player-who was able to make any gains, and . even he could not - make appreciable gains, often being thrown for. a loss on attempted end runs, and nearly always downed in his 'tracks by the Red and White ends on punts. The game started with Georgetown kicking off,"; A. & M- fumbling and Georgetown recovering on iecn&-7 30 yard line. Georgetown fumbled: and A. & M. recovered. After' an- ex change of punts, the Red and White carried the ball to the . Hilltoppers' 8-yard line, the last play being oh for ward pass, Sullivan to Ferderber4 for 15 yards, after which Georgetown held A. & M. for. downs, and punted out, and the quarter ended with : George town in possession of the ball ; in the middle of the field. In the second quart ter all the playing was in r George town's territory, this period - -being featured by an end run ty Tenney for 15 yards, and a 15-yard gain; .for Georgetown on a forward pass. 'The half ended with A. & M. in "posses sion of the ball 18 yards from the Hilltoppers' goal. . The second half started with A. & M. kicking off. After two first downs were made, Costello punted, .but after an exchange of punts, Hurti blocked the, ball and recovered it on . George town's 15yard line, the quarter-ending with A. & M; in .possession, of dhe ball on the : Hilltoppers' fotir-yard lihe; On the second' play in the -fourth quarter, Tenney carried the'- ball bver, the ball being missed on the kickoufc,. - The other .touchdown was made-in the same quarter, Tenney making the touchdown ; and Hurtt . missing ; goal. The "features of the game were the playing of Riddick, Tenney,: Sullivan and VanBroklin'for Al.s & M., and the holding of the Red and White line. " ; Officials - Referee,; , Crowelli.? 4 o Swarthmore; ' umpire, BurgehVr bf Princeton; ; head linesman,, Denistonv of Pennsylvania;" time of quarters, ;15 minutes; attendance; 3.5Q0.? jl - , '' JL FIRE AT HORNER'S.'. V-4 Oxford, N. C, Oct. 23. Hor-; ner's School - barracks -were' burned to the , ground- at- micM night. The origin of the are ts unknown. tThe insurance is $16,000, which partly, covers the loss - The boys escaped unhurt and students are all cared for 4. net- will" make arrangements ' to .' later. 4 Exposing Graft .. . . j - . . . - - ' John A. Hennessy, Sulzer's. confi dential agent in the graft investigar tion, who is now making public the things he learned during the investi gation. . . . - THANKSGIVING PROCLAIMED Following the Custom of Years Pres ident Wilson Designated Thurs day, November the 27th as Day of Thanks. Washington,: Ocjt. ; 23. President Wilson- today designated1'' Thursday, November;S7 th aslThanksgivingj .Day, arid issjfteflr the 4 f owing his fiMt ThankBgiving.proclamationi K U "The Reason is at hand4 in " which it has befehf bur long- respetrted b'u's'Mm" as a people, to turn in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His manifold mercies and blessings to us as a nation. . The year that has just passed has been marked in a peculiar degree" by manifestation of His gra cious and. beneficent providence. We have "not only had peace throughout our own borders and with the nations of the World; but that peace has been brightened by constantly multiplying evidences of genuine friendship, of mutual sympathy and understanding and ot tne nappy operation ot many elevating influences, both of ideal and of practice. ''The nation not only has been pros perous but has proved its capacity to take calm counsel amidst the rapid movement of. affairs and deal with its own life in a spirit of candor, right eousness and . comity. We. have seen the practical completion of a great work at the Isthmus of Panama, which not only exemplifies the Nation's abundant resources to accomplish what it will and : the distinguished skill and capacity of its public . ser vants, but . also promises the begin ning of a new age, of new contacts, new neighborhoods, new sympathies, new bonds, .and new achievements of co-operation and peace. " 'Righteousness exalteth a nation and peace on earth, good will towards men,' furnish the.-only foundations up on which can be built the lasting achievements of the human spirit. The year has brought us 'the satisfac tion "of work well done ' and fresh visions of our duty; which will make the work of the future better still. "Now, .therefore, I, Woodrow Wil son, President of the United States Of America, do hereby designate Thurs day, the 27th of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to cease from, their wonted occupa tions and in their several homes and places of worship render thanks to Almighty God. "In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed, r "Done at the City of Washington, this 23rd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand, nine hun dred and thirteen, and of the Inde pendence - of the United States of America, the one hundred and thirty-eighth.- (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON. "By the President: - "WL J. BRYAN, (Secretary of . State. (Seal.)" MAY INCREASE RATES. Hearing of New England. Rate Cases . Close. ''"' : : Boston, Mass.; -ct. 23 The Inves tigation of railroad rates in" New Eng land which has been conducted by the Inter-State Commerce Commission at various times during the past year, today' was closed after Howard Elliott chairman of the New York, New Ha ven &-Hartford directorate, and Mor rls'McDonald, president of the Boston & Maine, had . been heard. Charles A. Prouty, of the Inter State Commerce Commission, who sat with the commissioners of Maine, New . Hampshire, -Vermont and Massa chusetts, said after the- ifearing that without doubt the Boston . & "Maine railroad would be-permitted to in crease its rates. But- before coming to - any conclusion in the matter, he said, the full. Inter-State, Commission next month would come to Boston and " confer with the representatives of the road and the shippers in an ef fort to decide just . what was- best to. do. : . .':".:- :.; .; - ':" v Your favorite of; the ' Giants and Athletics maybe seen in action at the Grand Theatre today. . . ; ' . .; -: : : r (advertisement.) - - ,2t SOMBRE SILENCE OVER SITUATION Atmosphere of Gravity Envel opes Washington,' Regard-; ing Crisis in Mexico. WILSON. REFUSES TO TALK It Was Admitted In Administration Circles That International' Mat ters Were . Responsible for Prolonged Qongreas. ; Washington, Oct. 2.3. r An atmo sphere ,of gravity and sombre.' silence tonight enveloped the Mexican v situa tion here not only with, regard to the dissatisfaction of the Uulted States at Gr.e-Bii'jC-tUtudeQt i as to the -critical state of affairs- in Jf exico City as the election of October 26th draws hear. : . ' '. -x ' -, . . - ' 1 There were no tangible . develop ments but an incident of the, day. which official . Washington interpreted omni-ously,-was President -Wilson's flat re-, fusai to discuss; Mexico or any phases of the Problem when 'he . met the . Washington correspondents ' in their usual semi-weeiuy conference; : The President always had discussed informally and unofficially matters of international- consequence,' giving the' general status -of affairs. ,' Today he asked to be excused - jf Secretary Bryan showed - equal : re ticence. The conclusion generally? drawn, was that-a crisia' slowly: was', approaching;' that the,- arrival :of Gen eral Felix Diaz appeared to . .compli-: cate internal affairs In Mexico, i and i that .stern measures ' by the Washing ton government, would not be surpris ing. ; - , Congress Holds On.. f ,. For the .first ; time, during' the talk of recess arid f adjournment ofCon-i gress, the . Mexican situation' was in -jected as ,area8oni for keeping Con gress in session and in- adrnVnistrationA 'Circlet '.; t 7a admittedthat Mw& hoti" the. .currency '' problenx -aloine ; which made tt advisabla?for'ae-mbiarto,atayv . It feeeameapirareat. M!eilifbrmed r ' quarters-that Great Britain's', failure . "a to repudiate-the action of Sir Lionel I Carden, British, miniptef , to Mexico, ' wno presented nis credentials .immedi ately after 'Huerta proclaimed! his dic tatorship, had caused Wa-shinigton . of ficials tofeel they ho longer scould de pend on, the help of England ini solving the Mexican problem, and that hence forth the United States would! go for ward: single handed,. iff necessary in a firm and aggressive policy., . , . Whether this will be revealed in a declaration by the Ignited. States! of her intention, as; "nearest. -neighbor" of Mexico, .to take .such.. steps as will compose the situation,! has hot y let ma terialized, but many. officials believe the Washington, government soon will assert itself in a manner that -jrill.be.-. tantamount to, a notice-to-Europe gen erally that interference in Mexico 1 by foreign powers is not .desired toy this country.. '-, ' -' ''- - I The attitude, of some 6f the adminis tration officials hitherto .strong advo cates of a policy of moral suaaion to day was dectded pessimistic and they reluctantly .admitted, that, the; United States government might take. drastic steps. ' ... - ' . . Though officials : do hot discoss the British attitude in any way, .persons ciose to the administration pay the, policy of Great Britain has created an embarrassing situation, here with an ever-increasing ten8ioni' ; It is. not like- ly.5 that Ambassador Page nd the -British foreign office . fill discuss , Mexico- until after the elections of Oc- -tpber 2Cth as Sir iBldward ;Grey was reported as intimating that'? he would not bind the British government to , any policy until after these elections. -Will Stand by Policy. There is a confident feeling in- offi cial circles that whatever pronounce ment President Wilson may . make af ter the -elections wUl be .-an : emphatic reiteration that the United States will stand by its . policy, of -dealing only -with governments founded on law and order, and there is a likelihood he will go a' step, farther and assert an inten- . tion of seeing that constltbtional gov ernment is maintained Oh this hemi- , sphere despite any foreign influence.. The Washington admm&tration con siders that the Huerta i government was toppling, that, natural resentment -was being .manifested, throughout . Mexico after the arrest of the mem- berS( Of the Mexican Cohgress when , at the critical 'moment the presenta tion by Sir Lionel Carder of : his cre dentials, unrepudiated : by 'Great Brit- -ain had the effect, of. morally, support ing tne Huerta regime; Secretary Bryan's only, fcbmment on the Mexican situation was to the ef fect that representations had been made to pursuade the Federal, authori ties in Mexico to give - the : captured Maderos a fair trial..; '.While General Felix Diaz is by, no ..means regarded with favor by the: administration here, it was apparent that, the State. Depart ment that- American ' afftcials . would look with displeasure -on any harm be- falling him or any other; candidate in the coming elections; 31-; sj- ' May Arrest Disi. v Vera Cruz. Oct. 23 .-rGeneral Felix Diaz, who yesterday arrived Here on the steamer Corcovado and who, soon after landing went to the home of his - mother-in-law, has remained there ever since. He has so far escaped ar rest, but his friends believe if he ap- 11 A . 1 m. ,11 a 1 . pears in tne streets ne wuv De lanes into custody by President' Huerta's forces. ' .-. ' yt- . . Detectives and polices are , watching the house and all ulans formulated by General Diaz regarding a. -visit to the capital appear to have. been abandon- it is considered poab'le that Gen- - eral Diaz tonight wilLtakei refuge in one of the consulates. . . He conrerrea for several hours today with intimate V I" 1 :.A.: 4 i e are Wfflw-iur btraytegt uilehder's.-Advertise- elected :Rw;W. L. Phillips, of, New jdlii - :y;;X'r?yv county .t ' -:-V y-'i ; id-
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 24, 1913, edition 1
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