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1 w 1,' v V ? V THE WEATHER. . . i : . v . . ' .V-'.--. '.HATCTPArT.Tfl. Fair in the east; -.local rains and colder Saturday or Saturday night in west portion; Sunday partly cloudy. . .i J .... ..." i i i Is in hiding: Jnsi' around, the corner. It's np to you to tip the people off that he will ' make your store ' headquarters. - Too can talc to 15,000 p them through The Star. voii. xcni no. 47; WXLMTN"GKrOJr j N. CM SAT(mDAy:MQBG, KOyl)MBEB )5, .1913. WHOIiE KTJltBBB 13,482, mm 1 ALL' - lMI Negotiations With Mexican Government Will be Resumed, Provided Washington is Guaranteed Huerta Will Retire, ; and New Congress Will Not Convene - Settle- ment Without Resort to Arms Likely. , Washington, Nov. 14. Instructions were sent to Charge O'Shaughnessy tonight indicating; to nim the extent to which the United States will go in re-opening the negotiations with' those j counsellors of Provisional President Huerta, who. earlier in the day sought to renew the parleys. . ; The anxiety shown, by . the officials close to Gen. Huerta" was regarded as a favorable sign" by high officials here who expected . some definite assur-r ances would be forthcoming 'quickly upon compliance , with " the American demand that the new Congress be not convened and that Huerta be elimi nated. - ' V' ' . ; . . The position of the American gov-' ernment, however, 'is that unless something definite is promised by; the Huerta ofilcials the resumption of the negotiations would be. fruitless. .' The "Washington- , government will not resume negotiations with those offiieals close to Huerta who are tnow. urging further .parleys until assur ances can be given of Provisional President Huerta's intention tot re sign, i '' ,, . ; This was the status of the Mexican situation late tonignt. 1 Efforts ybjr counsellors of Huerta to induce John Lind at Vera Cruz to re-open the en tire subject had not been successful to a late hour, it was reported here Mr. Lind refusing to go Back to Mex ico City unless some definite promises were forthcoming from Gen. Huerta.; Must Have- Assurances. Chairman Bacon jrf the Foreign : Re1 J lations . eommittee,iin discussing fdis-i paicnes irom jaexico.njiiy Biaxjng Huerta's counsellors" were - seeking Vt6 re-open the aegotIattoiia-'.cllard;th1at the only 'C3ItToSrpbnXc:;Uxa:t .1; coum oe aone..auiaT,pe ,ine ,qmpjeie surrender of Huerta.'-, ' ,?v. r Though administration officials . coh - tinued to be 'optimistic over the sup port they were getting from the great: powers abroad, they did not discuss the situation in . Mexico City beyond indicating again that Huerta's elimi.-. nation was inevitable. ' c'.-' , - - : Dispatches from Constitutionalist headquarters at Nogales; Sonora, an nouncing Gen. Carranza's -absolute re fusal to accept any "transaction"., with foreign nations, looked toward a". regu lation of Mexico'a'-internal affairs, was not commented, upon by govern ' ment officials here.- lit was suggested, in some quarters .'that Gen. Carranza's declaration was intended chiefly to 'al lay any feeling in Mexico that he was entering into alliances - with. theUnit ed States, a situation that ..might be made an issue, it is realized here, and developed discord ... among, his follow ers. i - ' ; . The Washington " administration, however, through ' William 1 Bayard Hale, it is stftgd: on the authority of )ersons in President Wilson's confi-. dence, has never-offered mediation or any other interference -with a view toward regulating -rMexico's Internal affairs. The sole purpose of the par1 leys through Mr." Hale, 'it ' is pointed out, has beenVto obtain assurances of protection for. all foreign interests -in the event that the-embargo on. arms is lifted. - 1 v' Carranxa' Explicit." Nogales, SonoraT: Nov 14, Before going Into a second conference today with William Bayard Hafe, President . AVilson's personal . representative, (Jen. Venustiano Carranza'; made the most explicit and definite statement he has yet utteredwith reference to negotiations - involving "' Huerta, the United States and the Constitutional ists of whom he is head. . , "We will accept no transactions," he said, "nor the interference of any nation to regulate ..Mexico's interior conditions." ' After the cohference which lasted two hours, Carrahza was non-committal. Mr. Hale .was also . silent, but it was evident that the parleys begun Wednesday were-not finished. Carranza's statement, however, re ferred to thesuggestion from the American capital that peace might be restored, if - the-- contending factions could get together through the Amer ican agents, Hale and Ldnd, and agree on a Provisional -President acceptable to all parties who would -erve . until a chief executive bad beehj chosen ; at a full and free election. " . '-r . .." Ail They Want. ; "The only thing which we ask and which . we are trying to - obtain -;f rom the United States is the. free import lation of arms into 'Mexico' - This ...was the closing sentence of Carranza s statement which was given out as a final declaration. Spoken slowly and with : a studied choice of words, it had the effect of finality with regard - to any proposition which required of the Constitutionalists any thing further- than pledges that 'they -would eliminate Huerta m -a short tiQie if allowed. to; import war muni tions ana tnat tneywouia tnen estaD lish order and tepresentative govern ment witnin a reasonable period. The grave, r reticent Mexican leader would say no more - in ' amplification of his position.-- but,; several of his lieutenants declared Carranza's use of the word "interference" merely related to any-V form of mediation be tween himself and-Huerta. Tension VRelleved, Mexico- City, Nov 14. Confidence in the . early , accomplishment of the aims of the . United States - - toward Mexico was expressed: today by , Nel son O'Shaughnessy.vMvtJnited States charge d'aff aires. . kI. - ' - The overtures made - by the Mexi can minister of the. interior, Manuel - MTt!.. ARE 'g HUERT. 3s Garza vAldape,'; yesterday are taken as evidence that Provisional President Huerta is ready to recede from the stand he . "had previously taken. . Although Mr. O'5'haughnessy was uncommunicative on the. subject.'v.it was understood that he expected to. 1 nave a iurtner conference soon witn Senor.Aldape.- - -r Dispatches-,, fromWashlngton pub lished here today indicating the pro bability of a "settlement, of the Mexi can ) question without resort to arms, whieh tluring the past week appear ed'here to be a forelorn hope, created an atmosphere of optimism and great ly relieved the tension. iTo most-of the . ''oreigners in Mexico City, it; appeared' today that, the storm cloud had ?paseed for the time being. , -" Others . Recognize Huerta. iJPortugal and, Bulgaria have been added -to ' the .list of countries whose governments "have .given recognition to- the provisional government of Gen. Huerta, Querido Moheno, the Mexi can-minister "of foreign . affairs, today announced that -autograph letters from' President -Arriaga, ot Portugal, and King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, had been presented yesterday to Huerta. lien. Huerta s counsellors, who nave expressed themselves as being ajax.- jous to re-open tne .negouations -De-tweeh- the Mexican .' government and Washington - had received no intima-' tion up -to l o'clock -this, afternoon -of President Wilson's willingness. Tney stilF hope,1 4iow ever, that Charge' d' Aff aires O'Shaughnessy will be in structed to resume . the conference. Up to the houi. mentioned the counsel lors: of the Provisional President had received' nothing - definite from Gen., Huerta. in. tne way of-promises. N . - Fighting at Tuxpam. -"Vera" Ctuz. Nov; 14. Rear Admiral Bousch' reports from on board' the .bat tleship; Louisiana; off Tuxpam; "that a large' force of rebels- operating be tween ;-that-rf own., .and Tanipico has compelled , the shutting down of all work an , the oil fields . m- that region, in - whteh--5(M-Ajnericans are .employed. $ixty--ttYe- Americans and, afthr. lor. tffifluY'liaTef.brimalile. c?,lee41:case' Huerta shoyld remain Tuxpam. ' ' The . British andV American consuls are.urgrmg'."th Mexican government-, to -feend: 1,000 Federal" troops there, to prevent capture ot- the town. .Refugees Reach New York. New York, Nov. 14. With very .lit tle - money. ?,few.; personal effects, : but bearing many complaints 1 concerning conditions ;in Mexico, 22 refugees; 14 of them Americans, arrived here today- Jrom Vera Cruz aboard the steam- ehin :Mexicoi '. r -" ; Charles. P. Thompson, a-mining -en gineer formerly of . Boston, told of -the escape, from the ..Torreon i district; wnicn ne said -was infested' with reh el bands, n The (American refugeeshe said, made the trio from Torreon to Vera; Cruz in -.-wagons, and on foot wnenyreDei activities forced them to quit -more 'rapid means of transit. Mr. Thompson says .conditions were worse than was generally known here of the depreciation -of Mexican money and the . consequent lack of supplies and lack .of adequate protection from ban , dit; bands. ; . - s - - : ' Huerta Half Convinced. -Mexico City. Nov. 14. President Huerta's attitude toward the demands of the. Unit eft States that he make way for ' a new government is that of one only "half con winced, notwithstanding a few of, his Closest advisers are urging that he accede. . : r ';it, The teRfesentatives jof this element in the .cabinet conferred : today with: Nelson i O'Shaughnessy, the American 1 charge 1 d'affaires, -but were given no i assurances that President Wilson has unbent sufficiently, to warrant v hope that' the negotiatio'ns will be re-opened. ;; ; : v : - x:; """ ' ".-" In -spite . of this, however . those friends . of . Huerta who now are con vinced that the United States govern ment is not "bluffing," believe t they will yet be. able to bring about the de sired changes ; in time to . prevent a complete ruptfire of diplomatic rela tions. This . conviction is based upon the-' fact, that. Washington has not put into effect ita implied threat to remove the.', embassy or 'announced ; any new cotiTse of action.- Sir Lionel Carden, the British minis ter, has conveyed to Huerta an intima-. tion "that; the . United States is earnest" in its intentions and' is said, to have told the Provisional President that, the British government is disposed, to back the United States morally. VHuerta Deeply Impressed. ;For - publication,. Sir Lionel was re ticent i; regarding his representations, to " Huerta, but it is an open secret that they were' made - and - Huerta is said 'to-; have tbeen deeply impressed when ihe rrealizedi r-that :r the.-. Nation which he, had. believed -would, stand by him "indeflihiteiy,t had ; joined ' wjtji one which he .already regarded as ' his enemy,..- " .. . ' ' -'r i? v That Huerta's- friends ,are attempt ing to i persuade,.Oaim to yacate the Presidency. lon.at Jeast- to prevent the new Congress from meeting, is a feature- of -'the situation - that is not dis cussed by them except? with5 absolute, secrecyr . It is. one .of -those subjects which5 it is .considered not safe to dis-. ' ; Huerta' js said tonight to, be consid ef me this own Elimination although this is always denied .whenever the di- rectv question is put. to apy one connected-with the - government ' - " Tomorrow is the date fixed for the preliminary ; meeting of Congress ' and tonight; there appears -to be no reason to' believe that it will not' convene, hot vIthstandrng the 'unequivocal demand of the-United-States that it should not do so. " - The; meeting set for tomorrow is; for, nothing -more than the presenta tion of members', credentials and or? ganization, . after which, following the usual. .custom,, there will be-a lapse of some days before the body meets .to listen to the,: -President's -message. --J. - . -perplexing - Position. ? '.. .Jti1iasvbeen'.'.epreseIlte'd' -to", Huerta that the 'United States doubtless will mriLL RESIGN regard; this preliminary meeting as seriouiy as it would were It the formal day of opening, Thpse now lined up against Huerta admit, however, that his position is perplexing one, since the law, provides that the resignation of the President must be made to Con gress, The only Congress in Mexico today is in jail, and Huerta does not feel justified in compounding his hu miliation,, friends say,- by sending his resignation to the penitentiary. Advisers of Huerta, who are sending- an' emissary to treat with Mr." O'Shaughnessy insist that this last de mand of the, United. States is an unreasonable- one since if the new Con gress is permitted to meet, then there will.. bea body to which Huerta can send his resignation in due form It has- been suggested that a - document might be prepared setting forth the only measures that the new Congress would - be expected to' enact - and that care would be taken to see to it that among them- there" was "none which would be objectionable to Washington. ,.It is not denied that to permit Congress- to meet "Without" previous assurances- from the executive would beat best. but a gamble, but it is contended that any ether course is difficult on account of- the laws governing the resignation of the President. - Most of the deputies elected in the recent balloting are in the capital and up to a late hour tonight there was no" indication .-whatever that the date for convening had been postponed. : Watching O'Shaughnessy. --Mexico City, November 14. Mr. O'Shaughnessy. has preserved a con sistent silence. There is in all Mexico no- man more carefully " watched: by personal friends as well as by govern ment agents than Mr. O'Shaughnessy, to see -that he does-not leave town and thus ' confirm the ever-present ru mor that he has been ' recalled. A question which has. been put to Mr. O ShaughnessyHnnumerable times is regarding the identity of the man who could be named to succeed Hu- London, Hov. 14. In reply to Presi dent .Vjilson's communication an nouncing his determination to elinil nate Gen. Huerta and his adherents from power in-Mexico, Great Britain answered "formally that her policy was strictly one of non-interference. It was understood , that the other European powers had vsent : simUlar replies. . T v v. " ' - w PresidentVilson's note to the pow rshr while, it stated clearly his inten tion; to; get: rid of Huerta; did not, it is understood, include any; outline as to -how- he expected to accomplish that I daaf tv.nrsuasian - Brownsville. Texas Nov. 14 An .at tack 'on Victoria, capital of Tamauli pas, 'has been started by Constitution alists., . Nogales Mex., Nov. 14. Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa. was captured , bjr Constitutionalists late yesterday, ac cording, to advices to Constitutianalist headquarters. PREVENT INFANT (MORTALITY. Teaching;, Hygiene to Little Mothers - - "of Slum Babies. " Washington Nov. 14. Teaching in fant' hygiene to the "Little Mothers" of the slum" babies wasdescribed as oile, of the greatest' factors in .pre venting? ihf ant mortality by speakers at the opening session here today of the fourth' annual convention of the American, Association for Study . and Prevention of Infant Mortality. Several speakers . pointed out that many.f Iris of poor, families were, una ble to attend school because ot. their babysisters and for that reason the instruction should v be, .extended be yound the school roon;j vV4 Dr.. U ' Emmett .Holtof NewYork president of the associations, declared the infant mortality, proaiem could be 1 successfully-,' solved only, by I com munity Interest and organization. Storm's Toll Will iFsTwo Hundred . Port - Huron, .Mich., Nov.. 14 . For the 'first time- since Sunday, a day has passed without ; revealing 'more lives lost, in v the storm which . overwhelmed the Great -Lakes the early part of the week.. ' Only one additional boat disas ter developed today and that -.was the wreckirig" of the steamer Major, off White Fish Point in Lake Superior. Her crew': was picked up by a - passing steamer - ' Tonight the life loss among sailors is estimated at approximately 256, and the propertyioss is figured at rhore than$5,Q60,000, ? This jfi'gure ; includes the ? score or .more vessels driven on thef6dks oif sliore andamaged or de stroy ed?;X)ne hundred and ninety-five fives: were lost on Lake Huron, if the approximate - figures are correct 48 lives were lost on Lake Superior, sev en oh". ,Lak Michigan and six in Lake Erie... :' .-:"';: ? The -identity of the overturned ves sel' -ittrLake Huron just a few ; miles northeast of here has not-been , estab the shore east of Mamuette today. The steamer Henry B. Smith cleared Mar quette in the height of the storm Sun day .night: and the -finding, of the oars and .'.btBef rsmall wreckage tends to confirm the fears that she was lost. Pittsburgh t; No 14.-Wire com ninnidation: with Elkins, W. Va, ,was restoredvfor; a, . few minutes this af tenoottt iiie j first since last Saturday, night', when .the. blizzard ' hit that sec tion. " Conditions are bad and it" is ex Dected that the wires will not be work ingsatislactorily until tomorrow night. , Thesnbwlsstiil lying-in ;the mouny tains, in some places drifted to a depth of. 18, feet. , ; . v; s ! S ahv; Jranciscd NbV . 14 . A high- wayman held-up a 3 Southern, jpacific passenger train ' from Chicago s- near Richmond,. Cal., - across the bay from Sail Francisco, and relieved: men and women in the sleeping! cars of their lishedi;' high, seas preventing. - ; Marqttette.'Mich., -:ov.; .l4:Four oars 'and -a pike pole, marked "Henry P. 6. t. BEAUREGARD United D&ughters of Confed eracy Assist in Laying of Corner Stone'. ECHO OF SUFFRAGE IflCIDEtIT Kentucky Lady Who Introduced Reso lution to Accept Greeting From ' - Political Body Grows An gry and Quit. , New . Orleans, Nov. 14. -United Daughters , of .the Confederacy sus pended their, sessions long enough, to day to joim with; the Beauregard Mon ument Association and business inter ests of New Orleans in ceremonies at tending -the . laying of & corner-stone for a monument to '.Gen; P. G. .T. Beauregard. . . . - - A Public- schools were dismissed at noon and. in response to a proclama tion of Acting: -Mayor Rich's business in many, parts of the city was partial ly suspended for an hour beginning at. 2 -o'clock, .r - - .. . The movement to erect this monu ment was started 20 years ago and today it was announced funds for com pletion of the work-had been sub scribed. . The monument will stand in City Park and equestrian statue of Gen. Beauregard bow is being cast. . Routine . matters - occupied the at tention of the Daughters during the remainder of the day. An effort was made, to hurry, through-the long re ports as rapidly as possible as the convention is behind. In its work, and tomorrow's, programme will be large ly. taken-up .with the election of offi cers and probable selection of the next, meeting place. . An echo of the 'suffragist Incident again was heard today ' when Mrs. C. A. Cantrell, of - Kentucky turned in her delegate's badge : and announced to friends that she would remain at the convention, only as a visitor. Mrs. Contrell moved on Wednesday, that the Daughters accept the greetings of a . suffragist convention - -meeting here.-. The motion was tabled -after a rather spirited debate.. On the fol kwng day ;Mrs. Cntrlaskcdfor ah extension -of time for the- reading -of a report. . The matter! , was put to ""a vote and the time was not granted. It is understood that the commit tee appointed to select a design for the monument , at Shiloh is not satis fled with any -design submitted and that new: bids will be required. This committee will report . tomorrow and unless sentiment expressed in com mittee meeting today is changed, the award will not be granted. APPOINT VICE PRESIDENTS;"" Governor Locke Craig Announced 'the ' Names of His Aides. Asheville, N. C, Nov. 14. Gover nor Locke Craig, president of the Ap palachian Park Association, today an nounced the appointment of Governor. Mann, of Virginia; Governor Slaton, of Georgia; - Governor Blease, of South Carolina; Governor O'Neal, of Ala bama, and Governor Hooper, of Ten nessee, as vice presidents of the Ap palachian Park Association, and their acceptance of the positions. The as sociation is promoting the creation of a National Park m the Southern moun tains. ' . . Key Westi Fla, Nov. 14. John Al-len-Hanley.18. years old,, coal passer on the U. S. S. Vestal waa crushed to death by slidingcoal In the. bunkers of the ship At 4 - o'clock this morning: The Vessel was nearing this port when a. lurch caused the coal-' to slide burying Hanley, He was dead when dug out. ., .-' . . - Norfolk.! Va.. Nov. 14 The big.BVit- ish itreighter. Oxonian, which grounded yesterday- in the channel betkeen New port -News and Hampton, nas not-yet been floated. , : : .. out Lihins .'Ambassador Page tendered a ban-: quet in honor of Admiral Badger at Rome. Many of the blue jackets"saw the Pope. 1 i i r - For; the first day. since Sunday yes terday passed ; v without additional deaths being discovered as a result of the terrific-storm that swept over the great lakes. - . x . Fowler, r called' Tammany's "bag man," by Graft 'Investigator Henhessy, was indicted by the grand jury in New York City yesterday on the charge' of extortion..' It is said that, he forced a Republican, who .held a Statecontract for road building to. donate .money to the Democratic campaign fund." Other indictments are expected. V .. . . The -.Daughters -of the Confederacy left off business for a while yesterday tojorh in the ceremonies of laying the cornerstone, of a monument-: to Gen eral Beauregard. All business houses' in New -Orleans .closed for one hour for. the exercises. - : H " " .-It is thought that'the Mexican situa tion can be settled without going to wart ' Huerta has just about decided that tt would be best for. him to abdi- The' best of -order is maintained - by the strikers in, the SouthernT Pacific Railroad strike. Both the company and the strikers ,afe.well satisfied with the results of the first day. v , v -r The pemocratic members ': of the Banking and Currency Committee have finished their bill and have, it- ready to present to! the Senate. ' The Repub licans will finish theirs in a few days. It is- thought that both of them will be , presented to 7 the Senate one day: next -' week. - - . . . v : .v. -' New" York, markets.: "Flour steady. Wheat irregular, No. 2 red. 96 1-2 to 98; .No. 1 Northern Duluth 95. Corn firri 80 1-2. Turpentine , firm Money; bn;-call firm, 3 :to '-3 3-4; ; ruling -rate 3 3-4: closing - bid 3 1-4 to 3 1-2 Spot cotton steady middlmg'uplands-13.90; ' guifauo, -'" By Grand Jury Investigating Tammany Graft, as Charg :: t ed. by. Hennessy. , EXPECT MORE INDICTMENTS State Contractors : Were Made -to ' Do nate to Democratic Campaign ; Fund Every year McGuire to Go Back on Stand. ' . " New York, November 14.t yerett' P. Fowler, of Kingston N. Y.sWho, was described by John A. vHenness, State graft investigator, as the .Tam many "bag man" for contributi6ns from State .highway, contractors, .was indicted today on a charge' of extor tion. V ' ... ' . ' - r". . He was accused of forcing Seneca P. Hull, a highway contractor of Cortland, Nn.Y., and a Republican, to give $250 as a Democratic, campaign contribution under threat that the work on "Hull's $23,500 State road contract would not be approved by the State highway in spectors , and that his pay - would be held up. More indictments are expect- Hull told his story, to the grand jury today and produced documentary evi dence to support it. This included let ters from William H. Kelly Demo cratic committeeman of Onondaga county, inviting him to meet Fowler in Syracuse; his check for the $250 made out to the order of Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic State com mittee, and a letter -from Arthur A v McLean, treasurer of the committee, acknowledging - the contributions "to ward the legitimate expenses" of the committee in the pending campaign. - .. .... No Record of- Money. - - District Attorney Whitman has been unable-to. find a record of the contri bution in McLean's statement of cam paign contributions. . . . .. IL..!'? , HulL-told the grand jury he did not pay any attention to Kelly's first' let ter inviting him to meet . Fowler. It was his first State contract and he did not fnow: mhe. amff,". "taaWJttfi secona leiier pein uiurp iiaiA.,M "Fowler tola me" said Hull, vthat I had a contract-for $23,000 and that I was down on the list for-a $250 con tribution. - He said if I did not "come across' the local . inspector . wouldn't pass my work, thevchief .inspector 'at Albany wouldn't pass my work.;iand that my pay would be held up. V;U v : Under the. circumstances, he 'said, he felt obliged to make out the check. The witness said -.further that" he saw seven or eight, other contfaetors waiting outside the ofl&ce when he left Fowler. . - v :i'i:Ll Thp nPTt. vear. he said, he Kave $100 more and this check he also produced: Tn the ' nninion of District Attorney Whitman Hull's evidence gives coloftq Hennessr s story that ueorge ;mct Guire, of Syracuse, told him or-an alleged meeting in the oflSces of . Gov ernor Dix -in 191i; at which Fpwler; Norman E. !Mack and C. GordonrReei. then supermtendtnt, of highways were ' WehnesBv said McGuire told him it was there agreed that Fowler should visit and seeK campaign- con tributions from various, highway ccm tractors throughout the State:-. ;t v?f u Thedistrict attorney is strongly conf vinced that McGuire will make a clean breast of all he knows ; when he "re sums the" stand at the ? John Dbe r inji quiry -next .Wednesday; ; ; : '.. '::'': Banquet Givc ii Honor of Ba et -Rome. Nov. 14. Thomas- Nelson, Page, United States ambassaddrttQ Italy, tonight gave a banquet in hdnpf of Rear Admiral Badger aM ftf " cers of the American battleships bw ia " Italian '. waters. Covers , were taid forabout 50 . persons. The decdf tions i consisted of an artistic N floral ipiece representing the battleship -Wy oining and interwoven Italia ana American flags. The guests .ihemded Mamnia tm San Glulna. minister of foreign affairs; Vice Admiral" Millo.l minister of -marine i Admiral, Direval and Admiral Bertolini, Gen. Caloag nom. John-W. Riddle, former United States ; ambassador . to Russia; 'the captains of the American - battleships members of the American- .embassy staff and various : Americans resident in' Rome. - Ambassador Page, 'was warmly applauded when he rose .to address the diners., , He said he v was sure he 1 was " expressing the - senti ments of all those -present when " he welcomed Rear -Admiral, Badger; and the other ofiicers of the- Atlantic -fledt to -Rome. The entire company joined the ambassador in: drinking a toast ta.King Victor Emmanuel and Presi dent Wilson- - Alfonso -Calderozzo, . former . musi cian on the battleship Utah, today was exonerated of any charge of dis honesty, in connection with his disap nearance some days ago after he liad been entrusted with about $3,000 to arrange, an .excursion tor tne Ameri can blue . jackejts. , . " . . . 5,i Calderozzo's . explanation that' he had "been unavoidably, delayed "was ac-. cepted and he was." later admitted to ther papal audience with 28 blue jack ets from the battleship? Utah and re ceived" with them the Apostolic bene diction.' .vjfcW r1'' "!;t-"V - A special atrdience is to be given by tne ope tomorrow io. near AuuuniiH Charles J. Badger, and CameronMcR. Winslow and the . other officers of the American fleet. ft::-'v-;;A';.; - AH- the sailors' from tne- fleet' wno are now disnersed over, different parts of Italy on: excursion will gather , it J i w' (Continued on Fage TwoO-Zjglonal; banks, to re-dlscount- six READY FOR SENATE RepublicEtn Members of Com-, mittee Will Finish , Theirs : in a Few Days, ITO SENATE W WEEK President 'Wilson Has Practically En ; dorsed the One. Drawn 'Up by the . . Faithful Democrats Hjtch cock.With Republicans " Washington, Nov. 14. The adminis tration currency reform bill as it pro-, babjyWill go to the Senate with the approval of President Wilson, was computed tonight by- six Democrats of the Senate Banking and Currency committee. Senator Hitchcock and the five Republican members of the committee continued to write inta their, draft of the measure amend ments which the White House has dis approved. " ' , ; ' -Arrangements probabfy will' be made, tomorrow to send both bills to the Senate for consideration some time next week. , The Democrats completed their draft after working all day and 'well into the evening in an effort to hurry the - bill along. 'As completed the measure provides for a system of eight Regional .' banks . to "be capitaliz ed by enforced subscriptions from the National banks of the country with unlimited powers of rediscount and currency issue and-the power to hold reserves, the entire system' to be un der: the; control of a Federal reserve board. . ;- '. Jn 'today's, session the Democrats Chairman uwen . and senators jeome rene, Hollis, . Reed, O'Go'rman and iS'hafroth- made .minor . amendments to the bill. They cut down the Fed eral reserve board from nine as fixed by a former vote of the committee to seven, ;as r originally ' fixed in: the House bill. ; Secretary of te Treasu ry, and six members to be appointed bv-'the President; "with, retard .'to the Wti"Wo.unti w . - ii:aca memoer .woum -lioia.ftmce. jor. six years, one term expiring each year, and would receive $10,000 a year salary. , , - ;-- ' ' ' ' . Into . the deliberations of both branches' of the committee today the question of the guarantee of bank de posits was injected. , It was reported during' the! day that the Democrats had Adopted an-amendment proposed in the Senate by Senator . Williams c Mississippi, providing for a tax of 1 per cent on deposits to form- a guar antee fund. ' Af ten the bill was com pleted, however, the Democrats de clared the matter had been set- aside and other matters would be consider ed in connection with a bill revising the banking laws to be taken up :at the next session of. Congress. 1 The Republicans considered a prop osition advanced by -Senator Bristow providing that after the regional banks, had paid 5 per cent dividends on their capital stock and had accumulated a 20 per cent surplus . the remainder of the earnings should be equally divid ed , between the government and : a fund to guarantee deposits. Senator "Bristow was allowed " time to draft his proposal into the earnings sessions of the bill: -The" administra tion bill will provide that the banks shall pay;-per cent dividend on thpir stock, accumulate a 20 per cent sur plus and that all the earnings above that- figure shall go to the - gdyernr tnent. - ,.. - - ' ' ; - ; - The Democrats eliminated from the bill" the provision that ' the redemp tion must be made on a flat gold standard,- but it 'was provided that, the new reserve notes' might be held in;the' re-: serve of -member banks 'on. the same terms -as gold -'. . '-. ' ... Hitchcock Named "Chairn.aji." f. Republicans holding that they -were only-bona fide banking and currency committee, organized today by desig nating Senator Hitchcock . "the rank ing democrat" as chairman. They declared the secret sessions of Chair man Owen and his - administration Senators were entirely - outside the activities of the committee., The mat ter probably will be straightened to morrow wnen tne administration iorc- e&; plan to go into ; the committee meeting and endeavor, to . arrange some programme for a report. Senator Hitchcock and the Repub licans went after the bill in vigorous fashion. ... They .eliminated entirely a brovision - allowing . - the appointment. of - receivers for. insolvent regional banks.4 balding that a receiver - would only tie iin the entire reserves of theA 4 i-- -i . . . . i 1 . ... ' , oanns ana . mat mere was no possi bility of a regional hank, failing. ;. The admimstration -senators s put in a pro vision that ho receiver- should be ap pointed, but : that - thei Federal' reserve r board should "take. possession -of and administer- tne. functions or any re: giohal bank which might become insolvent."-. -"' -A. . v Re-write Part of Bitf. 1 A; The Republicans , re-wrote 'the re discount section to provide1 that any iripmbr bank with elieible oaner might secure as a matter of right re discounts' up to an amount equal to its capitalization. , Above that figure their measure would provide a tax" Of 1 per cent for the first additional 50 per cent of the amount of . the capital tock ' and 2 , per cent for the ' second additional 50 per cent. Above this point the consent of the Federal re serve board would be , necessary r to further rediscount. ;v Under, the ad ministration bill the fe-discountv privi lege would be entirely , controlled ; by the regional banks and would be un limited. ' : .'. r', ' ' ; . In - response to the plea of . country banks . that they 'would be unable to take "advantage of " the ' re-discount privilege if only paper' maturing'"With- ing so ..oays was eiigime,, tne nepuDii cans amended the bill to allow, the re MAINTAIN ORDER IN STRIKE ZONE Both v Company and Strikers Satisfied ijVitfr First Day Results of' Ae Walk Out. FOUR TRAINS. OPERATEO Government Has! Been Asked to Use Good Offices to Bring About a ' Settlements-Strikers Want . Engineers" Reinstated. " ,' Houston, TexasNoy. 14. The first day of the strike of , trainmen on the Atlantic . division of the Southern Pa cific Railroad, between 'New Orleans and EI Paso, ended without disorder and tonight-both the . officials of the ' railroad company and the four union organizations-involved-expressed them selves as satisfied with'fthe: day's de velopments. . : ' ' President WI B.' Scott of the rail road company,: announced that besides two continental passenger trains ope rated today, between El Paso, Texas and New Orleans, passenger service was maintained - between Dallas and Beaumont, Houston and Galveston and Houston and Victoria. Texas." No at tempt was made to move, freight and an embargo has been placed oh theire ceipt of perishable-cbmmodities. , President Scott issued a statement to the strikers announcing "that the door was still open"- if they'. cared to,' return to work". ... :. ..... "i v At the headquarters ot the strikers t union officials stated, that they were in receipt ' of information that only four trains-had been operated on the lines involved since the strike . was made effective. - ...... ... . . .. ' Hope was -still felt, in many quarters ; thaf the" Federal Board ot Mediation and Conciliation,; which' has been en listed to compose the situation, might v secure a - resumption i oV. work pending' arbitration. Railroad officials have consented to -thismethod of; settUng?jv;ia .theiS8trIkert-AUriionofficials.v; however. . : : "JWused-l-tcvsaywhetherti eept for-the. two continental passenger v: ; i' trains, the entire' Atlanticsystem, com--' ;.v , prising a network of about 2,4u0 miles - . ' j of track was ttied-UD today. : " - - The 67 requests for the, men include reinstatement' of "many .engineers' and others declared to have been discharg- ed in violation of the contracts, exces sive" imposition of demerit, requiring of many reports and other informa tion outside of company time, regula- tions of -lay-overs 4 away from home terminalsrequests tot firemen on en gines at certain pointB and monthly guarantees. - : ' 'k -:. -, : Hanger, to New Orleans. : j Washincton. Nov ; . 14..President - - Wilson tonight sent word to Judge W. Lea Chambers, -commissioner of med iation and concillatioh h6w In. New -York, to get in touch: with the strike situation on the Southern Pacific -lines asquickly as possible. J -; Earlier in" the day the President call ed to' the attention of Assistant -Commissioner , Hanger, of- -the " Board of . Mediation and Conciliation, the serious embarrassment to trafi&c resulting from the . strike and Urged him to go to NewOrleans to arrange for media' Won - if , possible, -. -.' -i--' - . ' , i .- ; Willing to Arbitrate, - ? New - York. Jvl4iulius Krutt- schnitt, chairman o fthe executive committee of the Southern ' Pacific Company, announced - this - afternoon ' that the railroad compan" was willing to discuss with -a representative om-. mittee- of the four labor organizations' now on. strike the question of inaugu- , rating a system Qt dealing with contro versies through a Joint, committee rep resenting all four organizations. - . Mr. -Kruttschnitt rindicatSd that if " their plan failed to bring an agree ment, he favored adjustment V'in the manner provided by the1 recent act of . Congress." . v : - ."It is further .willing,". Jtie added, "to have the controversy over its refusal to grant the demand actually, made ad justed by .the" board . of ; mediation ' and conciliation, or by arbitration, as pro vided in the act of Congress. More than this cannot reasonably be requir-. red of it. ' ;uv ' ';' ?. J ' f'Wbile the company nas oeen op posed to that . method of settling grievances and has so expressed itself' it is willing to meet and discuss with any committee -of its employees the pros and cons of the question, and it la will in e. if unable ' to come to an . agreement on ' the stfbject, to invoke the aid ox tne noard oi ; mediation ana conciliation, and to submit the matter to arbitration: : r..'v-i- HITS BROKEN RAIL. Fast : Passenger Trafn ' Leaves Track. One Killed. -Chattanooga Tenn-.-, Nbv."14. One trainman was- killed,' one:- passenger , seriously hurt and several . others painfully bruised '-when -the Royal Palm, the new Queen ahd Crescent limited train between" r Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla., wasderailed hear K Annadel, "Tenn., late this afternoon. - ' , " Fireman Oscar Davis" -waU crushed to death beneathe ! the .overturned en gine. All the coaches-but .'the- abser vation car left the' track. ? "Mrs.' E. B Phillips, of New Castle Indi was the most seriously injured of f tne1 passen- , gers. x A broken rail Was ; the cause of the :wr,ecki - -.. ... .- - . ' , months ""paper " up to" one-half; of - the capital of a member ' bahk provided such re-discounts did 'n6t .exceed $200,000- - "; .- .; vr-.f -; ? Both Democrats ' ' and Republicans today adopted Amendments; giving the FedecaJ, reserve board ,'anthdrity to remove directors of the': regional " re serve. banks. " ' The ; Repnbncans', "how ever.- nrovided -that . shch . removal must be preceded by; notice and hear ring of the. director. h;-. . if 5 i r (. 1 1 ' 1 f : i - n i ! S" - . - -
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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