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.. -r-.-. .-- r...., a.'.r-SJv KW ---v. K;Wt- -;-:vV'- ,-vVte,.:vN&: THE WEATHER Forecasts for North Carolina: Local ( thunder showers Tuesday, cooler at night. Wednesday unsettled -weather, probably showers on the coast. - SOME. DAY . ;.. J- '"' The man who wnts that property will read the Want AdsMaybe tomorrow maybe next Monday. fl Everlastingly At IV Is the word. . r. rrs VOL,. XCIV KO. 77. WIIiMESTGTOK, N. C, TTJESBAX MOBKING, JUKE 1 6. 1914. WHOLE JSTTJMBER 13,668. TO REDUCE FIRE INSURANCE RATES CAPT. ERNEST WEST SUCCESS OF PLAN PARIS VISITED BY E v fe MUST ORGANIZED FIGHT AGAINST MEASURES mm SUICIDE HANGS IN BALANCE DAMAGING STORM GEAS McAlister Says Reduce Tre mendous Fire Waste. BEFORE THE COMMITTEE Says State and Fire Insurance Com panies Should Adopt Policy to Reduce Fire Waste and Co-Ope rate. (Special Star Correspondence.) I Raleigh, N. C, June 15. Pedaling that fire insurance rates can be no lower in North Carolina until the tre mendous fire . waste Is reduced, and holding both the State and the fire in surance companies responsible for this waste, Mr. A. W., McAllister, of Greensboro, manager of The Origi nal Four" Greensboro fire insurance companies, in a statement today be fore the legislative committee, which is investigating Are insurance condi tions, proposed as a remedy that the State should treat the fire waste as it does any other public evil oir-nul-eance, and that the fire insurance companies should assume the same unselfish, altruistic attitude towards the fire waste, which the life insur ance companies have - assumed to wards the public health. When this has been done, Mr. McAllister declar ed with conviction, the cost of fire insurance can be reduced to a figure which will not be a burden to anyone. Mr. McAllister, who is a veteran ln The special legislative commission for the investigation of the conduct of fire insurance companies of this State resumed session this afternoon for what, it is hoped, will be the- final sitting for the taking of evidence. Chairman Victor Bryant, of Durham, and all other commissioners are here, these being, Senators Barnes and Rep resentatives H. A. Page, Elmer. Long and A. A. F. SeawelL The commis sion was to have met at 11 o'clock hut the hearing did not begin until S o'clock this afternoon. The first witness was M. W.-Nash, cf Hamlet, who testified to the effect that the agents of those companies cot members of the Southeastern Tar iff Association applie dthe southeast ern tariffs as a rule Just as do- the agents of the companies regularly in the association. Mr. Nash is now prac ticing law at Hamlet, but has been an active insurance agent. Mr. A. W. McAlister, one of the foremost insurance men of the State, was called to the stand as the only Dther witness for the day. He made a remarkably comprehensive state ment in writing in which he took the ground that neither the insurance companies nor the State are doing what they ought for the betterment of insurance conditions, surance man, has made a deep study of the question for years, and' his statement, bristling as it does with startling facts and statistics, will be read with interest by all who have lelt the pinch oi high insurance rates, and who are interested in reducing the fire' syaste. ' The statement follows, in part: "I confess that any opinion I may express will not be worth- anything if my point of view is that the insur ance companies are doing all they can and all that can reasonably be expected of them in the matter. Neith er would it be worth anything if look ing at it from the standpoint ,of the State, I should hold that the State is doing all that she can do and all that can reasonably be expected of her in the matter. I hope to make it dear that neither are the insurance compa nies doing their part, nor is the State doing its part; that both the one and the other have something to contrib ute to a satisfactory solution; and -hat neither one can make the propo sition of cheaper insurance rates go unless the other measures up. to its duty and shoulders its -share of the responsibility. I hope to be able to show that between the State and the '.nsurance companies in this matter of rates there is a mutuality of responsi mi'ty to be met only by mutu ality of effort and understanding. You will see what I mean when I suggest that the mobile element; the. unfixed charge in the fire insurance rate, is that most uncertain of all things, the fire loss, and that this major part of the fire insurance cost depends in isrge measure upon the restraining and protective influence of the laws of the State on the one hand and this ame restraining and preventive in fluence of the method which the insur ance companies use in the conduct of jheir business on the other. Both the Sta..e and the insurance companies have taken the wrong measure of taat thriftless, wasteful wealth de stroying habit which we call the fire waste. The State has regarded it too much as a joke on the insurance com panies and as a matter of concern for tbem rather than for the public, while the insurance companies may have in turn regarded it as no affair of theirs so long as the rates paid the bill. Mat attitude of the State on the one -and and . of the insurance companies j-n the other is the one thing that is sponsible for high insurance rates, ana they can never be any lower until that attitude on the part of both has jeen reversed. Let the State treat n In re waste as it does any other Punilc evil or nuisance, so that no man can havfe a fire without being ca.Ied to task about it and without Lt is 11 dlstinctly inconvenient, and ' t Me nre insurance companies as ntn.? the same unselfish altruistic at I't'ide of responsibility towards the "re waste which life insurance com J:is have assumed towards the pub c nealth, and the cost of fire insur ttr ,,cavn be educed to a figure which "uia be no burden to anybody. nates Based on the Cost 4 ' rr-1 a " ao.il in i iif". i tmh nnn mar in nn- ac: :r& puce ot ure insurance lit iiqtai wvi 4 4 -mm a. i a - m ,r- "-Lii-iJ"e nie price oi any ionunued on Pafe Six.) Of Method Used to Promote Gold Mine Property, IN NORTH CAROLINA Introduces Resolution In Senate Late Yesterday Charges That Senate Letter Heads Were Used Are Befng Made. V ' Washington, June 15 The way was opened in the Senate today for an in vestigation of the use of Senate sta tionery and the alleged employment of government officials in connection with the promotion of a North Caro lina gold mine. . . f Senator Overman, one of those men tioned in connection with the-mine, introduced a resolution calling for such an inquiry and it was endorsed by Senator Chilton, another Senator whose name figured in the same way. The resolution was referred with ou. debate to the committee on con tingent expenses, and probably will be reported for action within a few days. There is little doubt that it will be agreed to without opposition. The call for an Investigation came as a result of a report published to day that there had appeared in the office of New Tork brokers, letters boosting the mine of the Gold Hill Consolidated Conrpany, written on sta tionery of the Senate Committee on Rules, of which Mr. Overman is chair man, and of the Committee on Cen sus, of which Mr. -Chilton is chairman. The letter oq, the Census committee stationery was addressed to Senator Chilton and signed by J. O. Williams, an economic and mining engineer. The other letter was said to be iden tical. Expert Sent to Investigate. According to the published report the chief expert of the United ' States assay office was sent to investigate the mine by Comptroller of the Cur rency John Skelton Williams several months ago when Mr. Williams was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. What purported to be re-production of the letters appeared, carrying the names of all Senators on the commit teea as. do all such letter pad heads. - This disturbed several . of the mem bers of th6",icommittees and Senator juarouette preparea a, resolution iaen-. tical with that introduced later by Mr. Overman, announcing if nd one else introduced it he would, - Walter George Newman's Hand.' . Senators Overman and Chilton both said they were interested in the Gold Hill Company, out denied any knowl edge of the use of the Senate station ery to boost it. Senator Overman said a young woman in his office had made copies of the letter on Rules committee paper at the request of Walter George Newman, said to be promoter of the mine and Mr. Chilton said thatAVilllams, the engineer, came to his office and got his clerk to make copies on Census committee paper. "This mine is in my county, said Senator Overman. "Before the war, at one time It was the largest gold producer in the United States. An as say office was established at Char lotte, N. C, to test the gold from it. Some time ago, Newman, whom I know nothing about, went down there and unwatered it. He ffaid that by cross cutting he had found a vein that had been lost I refused to have any thing to do with attempting to .have the assay office re-established. -Some did ask to have it re-established and Williams sent a man to see if the pro-: duction down there justified the re establishment of the assay office. Overman Invested $2,000. "In view of what I knew of the mine and of what Newman reported, I in vested $2,000 in the stock. I have done nothing to promote it. All that has been done in my office was done by a poor woman who worked there temporarily." Senator Chilton addressed the Sen ate as soon as Senator Overman con cluded. HEW RESERVE SYSTEM NEJMG COMPLETION President Wilson Has Nomi nated Reserve Board. Charles S. Hamlin Given Place Re . fused by Simmons of St. Louis. Governor of Board is Yet to be Appointed. Washington, June 15. Organization of the new National banking and cur rency system, entered ltB last stages today when President Wilson nomi nated the five men who, serving with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller of the Currency, ex-offi-cio, will constitute the Federal Re srv Poftrdi' - - Charles S. Hamlin, br Boston, was nominated for the two year term. Paul Warburg, of New York, for four years ; Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago, for six years: W. P. G. :Harding, df Birmingham, Ala., for eight years and A. X Miller, of San Francisco, for ten years. Thus; eventually, all appoint ments to the board will .be for ten year terms, the terms of one member expiring every two years. ; . -, -. President Wilson will select one of the men named today to be governor of the board. It is generally expected that Mr. Jones, or Mr. Hamlin wUU be designated. After Sending Biographical Sketch to Papers FORMER NAVY OFFIC Discharged From the Service I ' His Wlfe Had , Pivorced H' anu w fciisi iivuuic nau rv... . suited at Atlanta., Atlanta, Ga., ' June 15.--"Enclosed herewith is certain biographical data which I request you to retain on file for such use as may appear." Two hours 'after this note, signed by Ernest E. West, former navy and marine corps officer, and accompanied by an auto-biographical sketch, was received in local newspaper offices to day information was received from Chattanooga, Tenn., that West had been found unconscious in a hotel room there with a bullet wound in his forehead. A revolver lay near by, v The wounded man recently was dis missed from the marine corps where he held the rank of captain. One of his notes referred to his dismissal as follows: i "The court which, recently tried me at first acquitted me: but on some specious reasoning which I never saw, it changed its decision and Ianiels with his new policy finished me. I lost the income on $50,000 and in my state of health life is impossible." Dismissed From Service. Dismissal of Captain West from the marine corps followed separation and divorce from wife, mhom he married here, and further difficulties which arose in connection with Mrs. West's possession of their nine-year-old son. Relatives of Captain West were no tified here and in Rome, Ga., of his condition immediately after the find ing of the body and hastened to Chat tanooga. Messages from there late today said that he had a chance of recovery, although he might be blind as a result of injury by the bullet to his frontal bone. Captain . West is 47 years old- and was graduated from the Naval Acad emy in 18$$;,iH'seJrved Jnr th navy only a" short time when he resigned and engaged in teaching.' When the Spanish war broke out he volunteered and saw service , as a navigator of United States vessels in Cuban and Porto Rican waters. Hir services caused'' him to ' be recommended for promotion. After the war he entered the marine corps and saw service in the Philip pines. Captain West has spent much time here and formerly was a, mem ber of the faculty of . the Georgia School of Technology. EIGHTY ONE DOCTORS ADDED TO THE LIST ; i Pass State Board of Medical Examiners. Out of 118 Applicants, 3? Fa I to Pass Four of the Successful Ones Negroes One Wilmington Man Passes. ' (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, une 15. The State board of medical examiners announces that 81 applicants for license to prac-. tice medicinei in this State passed successfully the examinations held in this city the past week, and will re ceive licenses. There were 118 in the class that undertook the examina tions, 37 failing to make satisfactory marks. First honors ' went to Thaddeus Wilkerson, Roxboro, with a grade of 93; second honors to Paul A. Petree, Germanton, and Joseph F. Bolton, Mt. Airy, who tied with grades of 92. The list of new doctors follows: Charles W. Armstrong, Troy; Ed ward C. Ashby, Mount Airy; Ralph H. Baynes, Hurdles -tvIills;W. D. R. Brandon, staftesville; Joseph F. Bel ton, Mount Airy; W. P. Belk, Char lotte; Oscar R. Black, Piney Creek; Roderick M. Buie, Bonlee; Edmund J.. Bryson; Cullowhee; -F. Mcb. Ben nette, Richmond, Va.;?,.Earl L. Bow man, ' Liberty; Clarence: M. Bynum, Goldston; -George E. Bowdoin, Wil mington; Rowland S.- Clinton, Gas tonla ; , Numa H . Crews; Henderson ; Eugene R. Cocke, AshevUle: W. S. Co z art, Stem; E. S .; Clark; Clarkton; Joseph H. Caldwell, Charlotte;. L. M. Fetner,' Charlotte; "L-. - M . Futrell, Severn; Robert F. Flow, Kannapo lis; P. P. Green', ThomasvllTe; Oscar J." Houeer, Cherryville ; . Claude7 B. Hicks, Durham; Cecil S. Hassell, Greenville; Clair' O. Henderson, Lowell ; Joe A, Hartsell, Concord; Marcus '.Houser, Cherryville; Ronda,H. Hardin, Boone;. Samuel W. Hurdle,' Heidsville; Jack H. Harris, Raleigh; L. S. Herndon, Dover; Henderson Erwln, - Charlotte; Island L. Johns, Raleigh; William H. Kibler, Morganton; John F. Kendrlck, Lelend; C Mcintosh, Henderson; Q.' W . Locklear. Pembroke : - Alfred Mor- decal, Durham; Fred Nash, Charlotte f. B. p. Norneet, Koxooei ; wuuam l. Orr, Matthews ; Adlai Sliver. Selma ; Karl B. Pace, Maxton; Paul A. Pe tree, Germanton: Robert E. Parrish, Smithfield; H Price, Unionville; Robert rB. Putney, Elm City; Na- - "! r i 'J .t -L ri& neacnea in niagara Falls Conference iNSWER TO CARRANZA Selection of Men for Provisional Gov ernment, at Mexico City is Bone of Contention Both Sides Inclined to Disagree. . I Washington, June 1ST, -Government officials, admitted tonight that there was a crisis in the Mexican mediation conerence at Niagara 'Fails over the selection of men to represent the pro posed provisional-government. They, however, still seemed "confident that conditions presented would be met. . , Late in the day word came from Niagara Falls that South American mediators had 'replied to the recent note from, General Carranza, chief of the Mexican Constitutionalists, stat ing that his offer to send delegates to the peace conference would be accept ed only if he agreed to cease hostili ties against Huerta. That Carranza would not consent to such a condition had been repeatedly asserted by him, and all his representatives. This de velopment, . therefore, .caused no hang in the diplomatic situation in so far as the United States was concerned. It was stated officlaly that the-United States had been proceeding in its dealings with the mediators at Niagra Falls on the basis that there could be no solution of the Mexican prob lem unless the warring factions would be brought to terms. Developments in the Mexican internal conflict dur ing the last few months, it was "point ed out, had made it apparent that the Huerta government could not survive irrespective, ot mediation and that there could be no provisional govern ment worthy of the name which did not recognize the revolutionists. . Must be a Constitutionalist. To satisfy the Constitutionalists the Washington government was declared to - realize : that the man , to succeed Huerta pending a Constitutional elec tion !must be one in whom the Carran zlstas - would have confidence. -With this ..position as a "basis, it has" been revealed, "the "Washington government suggested through its rep resentatives - at Niagara Falls, the names of several men for provisional president :ho -would be acceptable to the Constitutionalists. Among these was Pedro Lascurin, who was a mem ber of the Madero cabinet. Represen tatives of , Huerta at the peace con ference have not accepted any of these men, but have proposed in turn who have not been identified with the Constitutionalist movement, These names have not been acceptable to the United States so far as can be learned here. - While-lhis situation would seem to precipitate a deadlock, it was report ed here that the Huerta delegates were prepared to suggest a compromise can didate and that, in any event they would not take the initiative in break ing off negotiations.) According to this' report, the Mexi can delegates compomise candidate is Gen. Fernando Gonzales.. He has not been identified . with the Huerta re gime, but is declared not to be . ac ceptable to the Constitutionalists. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan were in communication with the American delegates at Niagara Falls early in the day. A message outlining the position of this govern ment relative to suggestions for the provisional government made by the Huerta delegates was sent to Justice Lamar. Ite contents were "not di vulged. thaniel F. Rodman, Norfolk; Charles E. Roebuck, Wllllamston; William M. Scroggs, Rutherford ton; Thomas G. Sharp, Charlotte; David B. Sloan, In gold; Joseph A. Speed, Durham; C. L. Sherrill, Catawba; Chas. E. Spoon. Kimesvillej Irving E. Shafer, Gold Hill; Robert E. Sellers, Oswell, Ohio; Chas. E. Sharp, Llnwood; Sheldon A. Saunders, Orlander; George M. Smith, Unionville: E. B. Shaw, Whitney; Benjamin A. Thaxton, Roxboro; Silas R. Thompson, Lumberton; Ramon Troxler, Brown Summit; Lee P. Tur lington. Mount Airy; J. E. Tidwell, Andrews: Hugh A. Thompson, Ra leigh; Thaddeus E. wilkerson, Rox boro; Andrew J. Warren, HurHlles Mills; Hugh D. Ward, Southport; Newton G. Wilson, Madison; George L. Withers, Davidson; T. B. Woods, Maysyille; J. B. Walker, , Union Bridge; Chas. L. York, Sparta. There are four negroes licensed, as follows: . Thomas T.: Brown, Raleigh; Hu bert A. Parrls,; Raleigh; Charles O. Stewart; Greenshoro; Joseph Thompr son, Raleigh, ! i - ' Reciprocal Licenses. ; The State board of examiners granted reciprocal Ucenses to 26 phy sicians who have licenses from other States the. standard of which are an proved by "the North Carolina board. The list follows ' Romulus Z. lAnney.' HopetOni cOkla.; John M. Earnhardt Rockwell ; Ed ward S. Boice, .Richmond .Va.; Hu bert H. Purington; Durham; John So liha, Elizabeth City ; H. H. Newman, Salisbury; William Holladay, ABhe ville; D. LeSerne Smith; Sfpartanburg, S. C; Holman Bernard,' Welch, W. Va. ; R. O. Milhee, Cove City; F. D. Jarmon, Roanoke RapidsW. H. Har rison, Whitney; G. H; Packard, White Rock; A. E. Kuaefal, Asheville; J. J. Purdy, Virginia;- H. F. Hunt, Board man; Jameft-B. Bullitt, Chapel Hill; Joseph Shohan. Asheville; -Martha, tiaywood, Raleigh; L.; Pierce Mallitt, Hendersonville: William A. - Murphy, Goldsboro;P., P.vMcCain, Sanitarium ; John ; B.- jonnson, ruia -ort; au. Ban,- Sidon,' Miss."; - A. L.. Denchfleld, Asheville ; ; vr. Thomas By Henderspn, Henderson. t- m Heavy Loss of Life When Streets Cave In TAXICAB IS ENGULFED Over Five Hundred Square Feet of the Roadway Sank in One Place Gas Explosion Adds to Din- ., .v ger of Rescue Work. Paris, France, June 15. A thunder storm of phenomenal violence tonight raged over Paris for three hours. It caused loss of life and enormous dam age to property. The rain flooded the streets and caused the bursting of sewers. In the central fashionable quarter of the city a street caved in, engulfing several pedestrians. The number of victims is not known owing to the danger of approaching the immense pits resulting from the collapse of sidewalks and roadways. The police estimate the victims at sev en, at elast. The most serious cave-in occurred at the junction of the Rue La Boetie and the Fabourg aint Honore. Whn the storm yas at its height 500 square feet of th roadway sank, carrying with, it a number of persons who had taken shelter under the "awning of a cafe. Water spurted from the broken mains and, added to the torrents from the skies, converted the whole district into a veritable river. Gas mains, telephone wires and the electrical supply were broken off. The quarter was immediately isolated and large detachments of police were hast ily summoned. President Poincaire sent a member of his military house hold to the scene, and troops were or dered to aid the police and firemen in their efforts at rescue. Taxicab Engulfed. About the same time, a large sec tion of the roadway in the Place Saint Augustin suddenly collapsed. A pass ing taxicab was- engulfed. Eeye wit nesses saw a woman's hand waving from- the -Vehicle .and-the .head of the chauffeur as the taxicab disappeared. Almost immediately a' great block of stone fell upon it. A large wagonette just missed the same fate. Police kept the people away from the roadway, which continued slowly to subside- Suddenly a sheet of flame shot up to the' house tops, with a- ter rific detonation. Gas from a broken pipe had caught fire, and the crowd, seized with a mad terror, sought safe ty in the surrounding houses.. INTO CAPITAL CITY - - i , - t i . mm m. mm . ' . ' State Medical Society Meets This Morning State Association of Health Officers Elects Officers and Adjourns Dr. W. M. Jones, of Guilford, Is Elected President. -(Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N- C, June 15. Physt cianB are pouring into the city from every part of the State for the an nual convention of. the North Caro lina Medical Society which meets in initial session at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. More than 300 are expected, the sessions continuing through Thursday. The Association of North Carolina Health Officers in final session here tonight elected the following officers: .President, Dr. W. M. Jones, Guil ford county;" vice president, D . E . Sevier, Asheville: secretary-treasurer, Dr. W. S. Rankin, Raleigh. Those Conditions at Morehead. In addressing the annual session of the North Carolina Health Officers' Association here today, Governor Craig s declared that if the conditions at . Morehead City as to sanita-qy af fairs are as represented, . the State Board of Health was abundantly jus tified in publishing to the world in the Health Bulletin just what the conditions and ; the attitude of the Morehead authorities were. The Gov ernor's subject was "State Responsi bility for Human Life." He commend ed the work of the State Board of Health and appealed to the health of ficers to enforce the sanitation laws and protect the health of the citizens without fear or favor. There were about 75 health officers here from all parts ; of the State, the convention consisting of three ses sions, morning, afternoon and even ing. .. - The address rof welcome was by Editor Clarence Poe, of the Progress ive Farmer. , Dr. George M. Cooper of Clinton, retiring president of the as sociation,' delivered his address In which : he treated the" Whole scope of public health work in North Carolina. He is health officer . for Sampson county.- ..-'". .;:-'"."' " i ' . . QyI 9 wnvon mflttiner art. snuarpq nnlv 2.jktoday at Rehders Mill-end Sale. Advertisement. : - Yard-wide 15c white :- llnene suiting only 9 l-2c today at Rehder's. Adver tisement. . - ' PHYSICIANS POUR ING If He Desires His Delegates Admitted to Conference IS WORD OF MEDIATORS Rebel Chief Told That He Must Agree to Armistice and Discussion of Mexican Internal Affairs. Message Sent. . Niagara Falls, Ont. June 15. The three South American mediators for mally advised Gen. Carranza by tele graph tonight that they ould not ad mit his representatives to the confer ence here unless an armistice were declared and internal as well as inter national phases of the Mexican prob lem were accepted as the scope of me diation. This action followed the receipt of a note from Rafael Zubaran, special representative of Carranza in Wash ington, announcing the appointment of Constitutionalist delegates to the mediation caaference at which, ac cording to the view of the Constitu tionalist chief, "it is sought to settle the international conflict which has arisen between the United States and the Mexican republic." The mediators told Gen. Carranza they feared he "had not duly consid ered" their communications request ing an armistice and that his repre sentatives should discuss, the entire Mexican problem. Their notification was sent to Gen. Carranza at Saltillo shortly after the American and Huerta delegates had been in -conference for two hours dis cussing candidates for provisional president. The note from Zubaran to the mediators and their reply were made public tonight. The first dated June 11th, says in part, referring to the mediators' note dated June 2nd: Carranza's Note. "Having accepted in principles as far back as April last your good offi ces and as you are now awaiting the appointment of commissioners I have the honor to inform you that I appoint on my part as representative of the first chief of the Constitutionalist ar my under my command, Fernando Iglesias Calderon;' Luis Babrera and Jose Vasconcelos to attend as my delegates the conference you are now holding - and'-at --which' it is sought to settle the international conflict which has arisen between the United States and the Mexican republic. "I would thank .you to have the kindness to reply to this note in or der that in a proper case . I may give Instructions to my . representatives that they may proceed to Niagara Falls for the discharge of their mis sion authorized by me." The reply of the mediators gent by telegraph today follows: "We have had the honor this day of receiving the communicration which you addressed us and we. hasten to advise you of our fear th'aV you have not duly considered the final para graphs of our note of the second inst, "We greet you with our highest consideration." Question of Successor. The Carranza communications bare ly were mentioned at the conference which was devoted entirely to the question of selecting a provisional president to succeed Gen. Huerta. It was the third day of discussion of personnel and was as fruitless as pre vious meetings.- As rapidly as the American delegates mentioned a name, the Huerta delegates cited their objections to it. Absolutely no head way was made; The American dele gates spoke of but few individuals as the Washington government is exper iencing considerable difficulty in get ting names of suitable men. - During the conference inquiry was made as to whether . .Charles A. Towne was representing tbe Interests of the Huerta government in Wash ington. The Huerta delegates replied that they knew nothing about his ac tivities. JUDGEALTON B. PARKER Tl Says Roosevelt Bragged of a Treasonable Scheme. To Intrude on State's Rights and Vio late Otherwise the Fundamental Laws of the Land Pennsyl ., vania Strike. "New ' York, June 15 . Theodore Roosevelt's attitude in the Pennsyl vania coal strike, as outlined recent ly by the ex-President, was criticised by Judge Alton B. Parker, once a can didate for .the Presidency, in address ing the graduating class at the Yale Law School today. "Something- is radically wrone in the mental progresses o the electo rate," said Judge Parker, "or else pa triotism is at its last gasp, when, with hardly a whisper of protest, a retired chief executive-may brag to represen tatives of the people of his treason able scheme to . intrude upon State rights, and violate otherwise the fun damental law, by establishing a - mili tary receivership over coal mines pending a -strike, admitting without a suspicion of decent shame that he had well considered that his offense miehfr be. impeachable if committed Im peachable, of course, only because the acts .planned would- have been uncon stitutional and lawless.", ; CRITICISES OR Wilson Discloses Some Inter 7 esting Correspondence. ' DELIBERATE CAMPAIGN Being Waged by Certain Interest Against Administration Policies . j ' and Urging Early Adjourn ' r ment of Congress. . j Ji . Washington, June 15. President Wilson came out today with a flat declaration that, despite what he char acterized as a deliberate campaign by certain interests to secure adjourn- ment of Congress, and postponement of the administration's trust legisla tion programme, he would use every Influence at his command to get the pending bills through the Senate at this session. Choosing his words carefully, the President disclosed his belief that or ganized distribution of circular letters and telegrams among business men, members of Congress and other, public officials calling for an adjournment of Congress, a halt in the trust bills, an increase; in freight rates for the rail roads, and a "rest for business," was responsible for wnat he recently de scribed as a "psychological depre sion." In support of that view, the White House made public copies of letters and telegrams brought In by friends of the administration. One letter was circulated by the Simmons Hardware Company, of St. Louis, under date of June 9. Just prior to that date, Pres ident Wilson had offered to E. C. Simmons, president of that company, a place on the Federal Reserve Board. Today, just -before the President ex pressed his views on the trust pro gramme, it was announced,, that Mr. Simmons had declined' the appoint ment and that Charles ,S . Hamlin, of Boston, would be named in his stead. Nothing to Do With . Refusal. White House' officials emphatically denied that the Simmons letter had anything' to do with the declination of the appointment. It was said,- how ever, that the President did not know of the letter when Jhe offeredvMr. Sim mons he place. .-" ' The declaration and the publication of the letters created a mild sensa tion, approaching that which followed the President's denunciation of ttie "insidious lobby' which he said, was threatening the tariff bill last year. Senators and representatives discussed the situation but no action was taken. One of the letters made public pur ported to tiave been sent out by the Pictorial Review Company, of New York, and was signed by W.' P. Ah nelt, president, under-date of May 1, It accompanied a prepared letter pro testing against trust legislation, pray ing for a freight rate Increase and suggesting an adjournment of Con gress, with the further suggestion that the recipient mail copies to the Presi dent, members of Congress, the Inter State Commerce Commission and oth er officials in Washington. " The letter, signed by Ahnelt, says that "prosperity has been lost some where in this country, .owing to the mischievous activities of the politic ians," and that the draft o an enclos ed letter "embraces the views of a majority of the thinking business peo ple o our section." , The Simmons Letter. The Simmons letter declared that; the three things which stood in the way of prosperity were the Mexican situation, the awaited advance in the freight Tatea and continued hostile leg islation in Congress It said in part: "Especially do we recommend that no further attempt at legislation on the matter of the control of business or passing of anti-trust laws should be continued at this time. What the country need.s more now than any thing else, is a quiet time an abso lute rest from the agitation of politics and assaults upon business ft does not make any difference whe.ther .it is bigbuslness orlittle "business. . "We, therefore, strbngly' recommend and earnestly hope that Congress may be convinced that they have done enough law-making for the present; that the country Is absolutely tired and surf eited with- political agitations and that the agitation now of the con trplv of business is exceedingly inju rious and will serve to retard an im provement in business, which other wise would be very great and rapid. "We submit these arguments or reasons to you, asking you and pray ing you to use your best influence in following the lines suggested in this onimunlcation, viz: To have Congress shut up shop- and go home. II you agree with us, send to your congress men and : senators a telegram saying like the enclosed and urge your com mercial club to, pass strong resolutions along 8imilar;lines and send them to Washington. , "Our representatives there are worn out physically - and mentally and will welcome your suggestions that further consideration and legislation affecting business be postponed until Decem ber.?" ' V. ' '"'..-- ' , The President declined to make ex tended comment on .the letters, de claring that they spoke for them- Not Affected by Letter. St. Louis, June 15. E. C. Simmons today, denied "that the letter from the Simmohs Hardware Company regard ing trust Isolation was .. the cause of his declination to serve onhe Fed eral Jteserve Board. ,. "In fact." said Mr. Simmons. "I re fused the place long-before that letter ever was thought of. The ' situation , was this: J was, asked by a man who. I was assured, 'spoke; by authority If I would' accept a place on the Reserve Board if it, were onered. -i said no," vs.- V.' ,1 -J 't: '':-', , tV "1 " '.:' 'I' r -'$ : I' ! 4 ' ? s. 'Vi t-1 - v.' -t- IS" f.r 1