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riJUL AMOOtATMD HIM. UillD WltB. MAUTTAllfl KWWt IVBMAtX Of OJta BTBOIAL OOMMMtTOWVEWTM TBMOOeSOVT TMB ttiXM. LAST EDITION Weather Forecait GENERALLY FAIR. VOL. XVIII, NO. 162. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 19, 1913. PRICE THREE CENTS CATCHTHAW BORDER SLAYER HELD IN New Hampshire Sheriff Iden tifies Him on Northbound Train and Notifies the Police. ADMITS HIS IDENTITY AND THEN DENIES IT Warrant Charges Him with Being-Fugitive from' Jus. tice Two Compan ions Also Held. By Associated Press. n . K r, c ' Ottawa, Ont,, Aug. 19-Tle Canadian Immigration authori ties declared tins , afternoon that Harry K. Thaw would be deported from Canada under Hie' Immigration regulations. Any persons who within Ave yean of Ids Incarceration In a penitentiary or insane asylum enters Canada may be sent back as an undesirable. XlttKfttlttKit:l!ltKKK Coatlcook, Que., Aug.' 19. Harry IC. Thaw Is under arrest here. Ho was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Dnpcy tills afternoon and was remanded to Shtirbrook Jail. Ho will appear before Jude Mulvens, extradition -conunlssloner, probably tomorrow. ' Thaw was arrested this morning at UorrooiigUde-Garford, ' -village near here. An hour before he had driven across the line from Ntjw Hampshire, He admitted bis Identity and complacently declared that lie could not be extradited as ho had committed no crime. Two men, who are supposed to have accompanied Thaw In his spec tacular flight' from the insane hospi tal at Matteawan, N. Y., last Sunday morning, were In his company and vera auto detained. They were charged with "being un der suspicion of having committed an onenss In another ana rrienuiy nation.' The two men, one of large built and the other a smaller man, at once retained counsel ana reiusea w .11 1 IL.I. 1 nr. , I .1 dlsclose their identity. Coatlcook, Que.. Aug. 1. Harry K. Thaw, or a mini posing as the slayer of Stanford White, wa arrested here today and Is being held awaiting In structions from - the government at Ottawa. The man drove Into town at 2 o'clock this morning, having engaged a farm er to bring him from Herford, where he left a Maine Central train last night. He declares that he Is the man who escaped from Matteawan, N. Y., last Sunday, and says the officials can not hold him. The two companions of Thaw have been detained by the police on suspi cion. Thaw Is held as a fugitive from justice. - Thaw was arrested by local officers at the request of Sheriff B. II. Kelsey of Colebrook, N. H who saw Thaw on a train last night and later followed him here In an automobile. Though not knowing what they can do with their prisoner, his captors, are Inter ested In th $600 reward which has been offered for his apprehension, and they will hold htm until his release Is ordered or other disposition made 01 him by the government. Thaw freely admitted his Identity but would not discuss his movements 1 slne Sunday morning except to say that he took a train "east 01 Boston. He said that ha was making for the ' coast and planned to sail for Kurope, lis did not appear greatly disturbed . Iit his detention here, declaring that as ha had committed no crime h could not b extradited. . In company with two men, on heavily built and the other slight and both smooth shaven, Thaw, accora Ing to the police, cams over the Maine Central from some point south of Colebrook. N. II.. last night. This branch -of the road extends to Port land, Maine. Thaw's arrest took place In the vil lage of Hcrmrntllde-Uarford, accord Ins to the police. Word waa sent this morning to Mat leawan, N. Y.. and the authorities at the Insane hospital there replied im mediately asking that Thaw be held. The police think their prisoner took Ins train at Portland, Maine, Miorlff lilentlnra Thaw. Sheriff Kelsey told ths officials hers In asking for the man's arrest that while bound for hi horns at Cole brook, N. on the northbound train h hesrd a man silling opposite him Inquire of another In the seat at his tear whwe ths county seat of the county throiiKh which they were a '' Ing loclfl. lis was directed to the sheriff fur an answer to his ques tion. , Th. elirrKT told the stranger that th.y w,.r In o's county and that th CANADIAN TOWN icni.iy . t iit Umi iielf r. The stranger noticed that the sheriff eyed him closely and Anally said: "You don't know who I am." "Well, I could make a pretty good guess that you're Harry Thaw," re plied the sheriff. "You're right, but you're not Inter ested in me," replied the stranger. "I have committed no crime. I cannot be extradited and it will be a waste of time for you to Interfere with me. I am going abroad and will sail from Canada." Thaw expressed a wish to get to the Grand Trunk railway line which would take him to Quebec It was ex plained to him that he was then ap proaching the Canadian border and that the Grand Trunk line lay about 15 miles west of tjhe Maine Central. If he wished to reach the Grand Trunk he would have to drive across Country by team or automobile. Thaw Inquired the best place to leave the train and Anally decided to get off at Hereford. ' Sheriff Follows in Car.' . ". Meantlmeone of the men who" had accompanied Thaw left the train at Colebrook, N. H and attempted to get an automobile for the-purpose of picking Thaw up on the other side of the line. Sheriff Kelsey also left, the train at Colebrook and when Thaw's companion left the town in an auto mobile, . the sheriff followed him ln another car. . '. : Meantime one of the men whohad Hereford, Just over the Canadian line, and not finding his companion started out to look up a conveyance for him self. He had much difficulty in find ing one, but finally reached a farm house and awakening the occupants Induced the head of the house to drive him. For this he promised to glveMhe man They made their way rather slowly by team and by the time they reached Hermeneglide-Gar-ford, two miles south of this place, Sheriff Kelsey's car had overtaken them. 'Kelsey told Thaw's driven who his fare was and then hunted up a constable, who arrested Thaw as a fugitive from justice and took him to Coatlcook. There one of Thaw's friends who had remained with him was later held "on suspicion." .. The second companion who turned up later was detained on a similar charge. Chief of Police John Boudeau of Coaticook gave out the following state ment: , , Statement of Chief or Police, "On Information furnished by Sher iff B. II. Kelsey o' Colebrook, N. H., I .arrested , a man supposed to be Har ry K, Thaw. The suspect is about 86 years of age, brown complexion. He wears a bluish suit and derby hat. "He was taken Into custody at Her menegilde-Garford, five miles from here, at 5 o'clock this morning. He at first denied that he was Harry K. Thaw. He was brought to Coaticook and will be removed to Sherbooke, Que., the chief jail of the dint riot to be held there pending further develop. menu in the case. "The suspect speaks fluent French with a Parisian accent Thaw arrived In Garford with a team from the boundary where he got out of an automobile. "The warrant on which Thaw was arri,tl .worn nut by Sheriff KelBey and Hector Verrett and charges . . ...... ... tnat xnaw is a fugitive trom justice. "The prisoner has engaged as coun- set J. Shlrtliffe of Coaticook, who will accompany Thaw to Sherhooke this afternoon." Thaw's two companions retained counsel and on the advice of the lat ter refused to disclose their Identity. Thaw will be taken to Sherbooke for arraignment. Sure Man Is Not Thaw. Pittsburgh, Aug. 19. "I am pretty sure the man they have In Canada Is not Harry TJaw," declared " Roger O'Mara, Thaw's guardian, as he hung up the receiver of a long distance tele phone In his office here this morning. fb, I have not heard from Tnaw, but I am convinced he Is not In Can ada." O'Mara refused to say on what he based his opinion, but waa evidently pleased with the situation. Passed Through toleorooa, . n, Colebrook, N. H., Aug. 19. Harry Thaw Is reported under arrest at Coatlcook. Province of Quebec. The man under arrest passed through here on a train last night and later crossed the line Into ' Canada. Denutv Sheriff B. H. Kelsey of thin town, who wo on the train, say the man admitted that he was Thaw. Kel cy followed the man to Coatlcook. where he was arrested. According to Kelsey the man was Inquiring of other on the train the locution of the county seat, and some one directed him to the sheriff, Kel tey. saying the latter could tell him. Kelsey looked at the man rather closclv. which caused the other to remark: "You don't know who I imt" "I could make a pretty good guess. You are Thaw." the sheriff replied. The atranuor thereupon admitted hli Identity and added, "But you don' want mo; you couldn't harm me If you wanted to." At this station Kelsey l. ft the train, a did one of two men who were ac companylng the supposed Thaw. Kelsey Immediately obtained the as sistance of two friends, and with an automobile they followed the train They ararned that the stranger an his companion had left the train at Riverside, where they were Joined by ths other man, who meanwhile had obtained sn automobile, and together they crossed ths line Into Cenad passing through Harford to Coatlcook Kelsey and his party followed, and had tb men srrented at Coailcook, Thaw Ak for Money. Pltteburgh, At'g. II A telegraphic request was received here today from Harry K. Thaw asking that a larg stun of money he -nt to him at Coal Icniik. Que., where he wss captured ii r ly today, BLAST KILLS OR HURTS OVER 1 DB Car Loaded with Dynamite Explodes in Crowded Street of Mexico City Suburb. """ HOUSES ARE HAZED, WHOLE CITY SHAKEN Adobe Structures Collapse and Bury Scores in ' Ruins- Collision of Cause. Cars By Associated Press. . Mexico City, Aug. 19. An explosion on a. gondola loaded with dynamite on the tracks of a street car company in a thickly settled portion of Tacu baya, a suburb of the capital, killed or Injured more than 100 persons, chiefly women and children, early this morn ing. Thirty bodies already have been taken from the ruins. Scores of wounded are lying in the streets. The disaster is said to- have been caused by a car loaded with iron pipe crashing Into the dynamite car. for a radius of 500 feet from the scene of the explosion not a house was left intact and not a vestige of many of the buildings remained. Most of the dwellings were of adobe con struction and those nearest to where the car stood were converted Into heaps of clay and dust under which it is estimated scores of victims will be found , - The DersonS killed belonged for the most part to tlfe laboring class. The explosion occurred at 7 o clock when most of the men had left for work. Squads of laborers were seen burrowing in the ruins and harrowing scenes as one -after another or the victims was brought to light. Many fine residences in Tacubaya and in the connecting town of San Pedro were partially wrecked. 'Win dows of buildings a mile away were broken. : Tacubaya lies in the direction of Santa Fe, where the government pow der factory Is located. At first it was believed the explosion had occurred there and rumors of an attack by Zapata rebels caused much apprehen sion. . .- E WILL BE TRIED IN U. S. COURT She Shot Former Husband and Wife in Postoff ice Wo man Not Dead. By Associated Press. Mlllen, Os,, Aug. 19. Mrs. Edna Perkins Qodbee, who shot and killed her divorced husband yesterday morn- 'this morning on the temporary bridge I gon wnlch proceeded to the scene of Ing and mortally wounded his wife 1 over white river at Washington ave-1 the wreck and picked up the survl whom he had married after divorcing nue." His assailant escaped. I .,,.. her. will have to be tried In Savannah before Judge Emory speer of tne United Htates court. The killing oo- curred In the postofflce which i t government reservation and this il.' It out of the Jurisdiction of the autte authorities. Mrs. God bee, who was wounded, but who Is not dead, waa removed from Mlllen to Augusta this morning for treatment Although pneumonia has developed In her ease, it I still hoped to save ner. i ne luncrai oi juage umiu will take place in Waynesboro wnero he formerly resided. Mrs. Qodbee who la In lail has made no statement of the cause of the killing up to thla time. It la anticipated that Judge Bpeer will oraer ner removou 10 m Jail at Savannah as aoon as he or a United Htates commissioner assumes Jurisdiction In ths case. t lnm Ih MlamA KILLED WIFE- BECAUSE OF REPORTS ABOUT HER JOhn Marsnall t irea I lVe Bullets into Body and Shot Himself. By Associated Presa. Whoellnr. W. Va.. Aug. If. Frantic hr.uia ha had heard unfounded re- Dorta reflecting on his wife' charac t.r j..hn Marahaii thia mornln fired five bullet Into her body a they sat at breakfast In their home In Mar tin' Ferry, across the Ohio river from lute. Chief of Pollre Edward Hyland, ho lives next door, heard the shots and forced the door to the Marshall hoiy. u.r.h.11 fl. la th. attic, and llvland summoned other Do'tcemsn, who ur rounded the house, rlr.fllng swape mi off. Marahall blew out his brains. I Mrs. Marahall waa allied in the orrs'-nc of four of her tlx children. DEFENSE ASSAILS CHARACTER In Attempt to Show He Had f!a.ne to Fear A At. tiA- By Associated Press. San Francisco,' Aug. 19,- When the trial of Maury I. Diggs, charged with the violation of the Mann white slave act, waa resumed loaay it was gener ally bellevedthat taking of the test!- mony would be concluded before the afternoon adjournment, and that the case probably would go to the jury sometime tomorrow. I. P. Diggs, father of the defendant, again took the stand. His testimony begun last Friday, when the defense opened Its case, was intended to show that he had threatened his son with arrest because of his misconduct with Marsha Warrington and other women. A paradox In the defense of this case is that, in the attempt being made to save young Diggs, his repu tat Ion is being deliberately assailed. The defense is attempting to prove that he and F. Drew Camlnettl, with the Warrington girl and Lola Norris, went from Sacramento to Reno, hot for an Immoral purpose, but simply to escape the consequences of a public scandal they believed was about to break over them In Sacramento Mrs. Diggs and Mrs. Camlnettl, who have joined their husbands In court, are expected to testify that they had been aware of the men's derelictions and had taken steps to stop them, thus adding to their fears and con tributing further cause for their flight. Other witnesses were intro duced to testify that Diggs got into trouble because of women and an overdrawn bank account, and that he feared arrest and a crushing exposure if he remained In his home city: As for Diggs having taken Marsha 'War rington with him, the defense sought to show that he took her because he could not get away from her; that the party would not have Journeyed be yond California's limits if it had not been for the Warrington girl's object tlon to a proposed trip to Los Angeles, and therefore, that it was not for an immoral purpose that Diggs went witnitney had on when the steamer struck, l the girl to another state.. ' ' Diggs himself jis expected to close for the defense. ! The fleat eawt, again CaminetH, milar to the one. against Diggs now being tried, was called by Judge Dool-1 ing In another department of the fed' eral court this morning but was passed pending the outcome of the Diggs trial. Frank Falk, Real Estate Man, Shot Down Police Have - ' .. No Clue. By Associated Press. Indianapolis. Aug. 19. Frank Falk, real estate man living at S16 East Nineteenth street, was murdered early i Falk a body was found ' by three! ' transfer men who were assisting drcu- to load Its car after the night performance. Edward Akers, night watchman at the old West Washing - MURDER MYSTERY AT INDIANAPOLIS .. street bridge, heard the Bhot andl..r- the hlD when she struck a was lust going over to the temporary hririro tn invnrttirata when the trans - feP men shouted that a man's body : we lying on ths bridge. kt0 one (aw tne man who fired thelw.ni0 an(i other points, and these fatnl enot nw ad the police arel,,,.. wr. on the boat at the time of working without a tangible clue. " revolver with all the shell unexplod - ,, found in the dead man's nork - . ,hirh nriwludna iioanilll!tv ...i-id.. i Mr. Falk, who. with two daughters, mirvlvea th dead man. when In in..j r th. iraniiv. w unable to throw nv iieht on the murder. She I ... a .. ox tl 1. said Falk left home at 7:30 o'clock In im jkvnnina- ann max in nan n (Mirn nnthlna- from him. Mm Falk could Afr& nn mntlM frr t h. mnnlkP nf fori her husband presence In that part of the city after midnight, and knew no enemies who might be suspected of the crime. There were no appearance that Falk had been robbed, a his clothes did not seem to have been disturbed after he fell. HI key and papers were found In hi pockets. ENTIRE VILLAGE IS WIPED OUT BY FIRE By Associated Pre. North Anson, Maine, Aug. II. Every business place In North Anson, seven residences ana le otner "unci . Ings. were destroyed by fir today, - ! T,h loss l( about IISQ.OOO. 1 G ETTYSBt'nO LANDMARK . 18 STRl'CK BY LIGHTNING By Associated Pre Gettysburg, Pa., August II. Th riinola of ths old Seminary from which Oeneral Le directed - th ' move mant of th confederal force - 1 during th battle of Gettysburg wa j struck by lightning In a terrlflo storm ' and wa burn.l, destroying on of ' the principal landmark of th his- m lorlu flol'l. WRECK VICTIMS FJDT NUMBERED Twenty - Five Known to Have Perished When Vessel State of California Hit Rocks. MORE LIVES POSSIBLY LOST WITH THE SHIP Records Are Gone and Defin- ite Information as to the Passenger i List Is Lacking. By Associated Press. Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 19. The list of known dead and missing passengers who were on the Pacific Coast Steam ship company's Iron steamship State of California, when she struck a rock and sank in Gambler bay Sunday morning, today stands unchanged with ten bodies recovered and IB pas sengers known to be missing and given up for dead. Eleven survivors were treated in a hospital. Whether more passengers than the 15 whose names appeared on the list of missing are among those whose bodies were taken down with ' the wreck Is uncertain, as Pursur L. J. Coughlln saved no records and Is not sure how many were aboard the ship when it went to its doom. To the best of Coughling's recollec tion, the State of California left Seat tle with 53 passengers.' Nineteen more boarded the steamer at Prince Rupert, B. C, and several others took passage at Ketchikan, Alaska, and other ports on the way north but some disem- barked at several stops. The State of California Is a total I loss with everything aboard, including I cargo, mail and express and personal effects of the passengers. - Those who 1 I survived escaped with only the clothes I I Many were In their night robes. I Killed In Crashing Wreckage. 1 The loss of life was caused more I bv wreckage than by-drowrlng; ac I cording to Captain Thomas H. Cann, jr., the master, who said the upper works of the ship broke up and enncrht manv DeODle. It was in this way tnat miss uium Ward, daughter of Edward C. Ward of Seattle, assistant manager of the Pacific Coast Steamship company, lost I... ur a mn at r.illine as the upper nt. ..,. . works were carried away, strueg ner SB sne Btooa on me uecn. duo taken off in a small boat and later put aboard the Alaska Steamship company s steamer jenerson uui u before that vessel arrived nere dui. Anv ntirht- So quickly did the ship sink after she struck the rock that Captain Cann barely had time to run her toward the rocky beach of Hammer oay ucwic she hit the bottom, rne wireiess w erators didn't have a cnance xo sum mon aid. but boats from a canary pm out irom snore '--,,. of the wrecKea steamer m --"' the people floating among me wret age. Tin na boats were obtained from th cannery and one was sent to Pe- I ,v, tnr aid while the other head-1 I ,, ,-,nrrt Juneau, meeting the Jeffer guttle Wash., Aug. 19. Fifty-four alin!rpr. who sailed from Seattle. on I, h .fmer State of California last I Wednesday night were booked for 1 t, ,,, .nd Skaaway and presumably I rni-ir and Kink In Gambler bay, Alaska, l.... oMn mnmlm. Twenty-two I nsenirera were taken on board at I prinr RuDert. Ketchikan, Petersburg. I the disaster, making a total or is pas- 1 gengers. Forty-three paseengors were 1 i taken tn Juneau by the fl. . i.,fra.nn ' iavlm IS whol I ...k.ki n.rlhed. - Seven of the! Iprew are dead, making the total dead - 1 in I o-u r th. number of Das - I . i. nut bv ths Pacific 11 J mL... coast Steamship company today. They I waHnao nv ma nuriwr. wno i .it hi. rx-.rda It I Doaalble that . I. - K A ..uannrt KoflW.fi to aal from Seattle changed their minds oriat the last moment. n. C. Perkins, the first wireless op- I orator, who I among the lost, was ... ann of a wealthy San Francisco I family. He took up the study of wire- I i.ra because of the opportunities It I afforded for adventure and a chance to see the world. Lo Angelea. Aug. It.-A telegram received by relative here last night from Haines. Alaska, assured the safety of Jack Terrs and slsur, Clara Terras, of Lo Angelea be llavnd to have been lost on tne male of California. The young people had l.ionned over at Halne. expecting to - 1 te the Stat of California on It re turn trip. 1 Juneau, Alaska. Aug. 19.-Twnty I five or more passenger and seven 1 member of the Pacific Coast Steam I ship company steamer State of Call fornla, perished Sunday morning In Cambler bay, 10 mile south of Ju neau, when the veasel struck, an un charted rock and sank In three mln utes, with many passenger Imprison ed In their stats room. Th steamship left Seattle last Wed. nesday night for Bkagway and way points. Th purser lost all of hia re eorrta and It Is Mot Domlblo to glv complete IK jt the missing. NO ULTIMATUM FROMMEXICO SPARTANBURG IB STORMS THE JAIL Attempts to Take Suspected Assailant of Woman All Quiet Now. By Associated Press. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 19. William Fair, the negro who waa saved from lynching by a mob at the Spartanburg jail last night by the firm stand taken by Sheriff William J. White of that county and a single ; deputy, was brought to Columbia this morning by the chief of police of Spartanburg and is lodged safely In the state peniten tiary here, temporarily at least. The negro was spirited out of a rear door of the Jail about 3 o'clock this morning while Sheriff White held back the mob at the front of the in stitution, and hurried by train to this city. Prison officials here expect to re ceive immediate Instructions to keep the negro In the state prison until the date of his trial. Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 19. A. tele phone message from Spartanburg, S. C, this morning states that all is quiet after an exciting night In the attempt of a mob to storm the jail in an effort to lynch a negro, Will Fair, who attempted to assautl a white wo man near there , yesterday. Several charges of dynamite were used by the mob to storm the Jail. The gate was battered down but an entrance to the jail was not effected The sheriff with his deputies kept the mob at bay until daylight and caused It to disperse. J. C. Owensby and Frank . Eppley are in a local hospital, both sustaining flesh wounds from pistol shots fired during the excitement It Is reported here that the negro was spirited out of the Jail by deputies about 3 o clock this morning and taken to Columbia. No more trouble Is expected, f WILL COMPEL TURKEY TO RESPECT LONDON TREATY . . , Bulgarian liOVernmeM 80 in formed by Powers Must Stop Thrace Conquest. By Associated Press. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 19. The Bui garian government was officially In formed today that the European lompel Tnrkey t0 re8pect the treaty of London Vienna, Aug. 19. The governments of Europe, It became known here to- M; " ,?.!"k!i!l!2t?K??" "7"" In ThrJM ELIGIBILITY TONIGHT I n. . .... tt.i J I JJemOCr&lB W1U ELU1U vttuuiu to Determine Status of Successor of Johnston. By Associated Press. Washington. Aug. 19. Eligibility of Representative Henry D. Clayton as I successor to ure w uun un. 1 of Alabama will be taken up by Dem I ocratlc senator in caucus ionium. I Clayton's commission as the appointee I fin 't nn'a nsinimlti ui vi . n,.. ..... to me senais taier. I BROTHER OF CASTRO LANDS ON TRINIDAD Fominr leader of flehrl Troop In Ventiuela There Under As sumed Name. By Associated Press. Port of 8paln. Trinidad, Aug. It. General Carmelo Castro, brother of x President Clprlano Castro, of Vene tuela, reached her luilay from Bar rannullla. Colombia, by way of Cura cao. He lannea unaer an assumed name. The general recently com manded a force of rebel troops which Invaded the Venesuelan state of Tach- Ira. Loan Shark. Spent iS7M. By Associated Pre. Washington. Aug. It Capital pawnbroker charged In testimony before th house lobby committee with having contributed (7100 to Representative McDermott of Illinois to beat th federal loan snarK law had their hearing today. Isaac Held- snhslnier testified the loan sharks had spent 11714 to beat th bill how he I didn't y. He talked It over with the I'rtbeT contributor last night, h ald Report that American Charge - .- . Would Be Given Pass ports Is D?Tied in Mexico City. .' : SENATORS SQUELCHED ON SENATE FLOOR Administration Disappointed over Rejection of Peace Plan, but Muffles Con- . gress War Drums. By Associated Press. ' Washington. Aug. 19. The United States will await the final outcome of negotiations between- John" Lind and Provisional President Huerta before taking further steps (a Its policy to ward Mexico. . Last night's reports of an ultimatum by Huerta demanding recognition and intimations that he might hand Charge O'Shaughnessy and William Bayard Hale their passports were de-! nted In official dispatches from the. American embassy today, while their authenticity was disclaimed in Mexico1 City. President Wilson, Secretary Bryan and administration officials generally , however, maintained a waiting mood' and counseled a like course with sen ators of the foreign outbreaks on the senate floor. While Huerta's rejection of the American proposal was a disappoint ment, officials were encouraged by. , advices from Mr. Lind that he was conferring further with Huerta "at his suggestion." Discussion bf alterna tive measures was held In, abeyance. i ne proposal lo gram expoi lauunu ui arms to the constitutionalists on an equality with Huerta ' came to th' , front again. ' : - '' The latest message from Mr. Lind received at 2:30 described as "very at. the letter's suggestion. " Included In the same message but under date 1 of August 16 was the first part of the note which constitutes the Huerta re ply to the American proposal. There was a tense feeling in offi cial circles and a disposition to in quire further into the origin of the statements by the minister of the In terior, Senor Urrutla, demanding recognition for the Huerta govern ment under penalty of severing rela tions between the two countries. President Wilson though at first opposed to the removal of the em bargoon arms was said today to be open minded. A number of senators have informed him, however, that to remove the embargo was the only al ternative through "which th)e over throw of Huerta could be accom rlished without direct Interference by the United States. Washington. Aug. , It. Charge O'Shaughnessy cabled Secretary Bry an from Mexico City early today that President Huerta, through foreign Minister Gamboa, emphatically denied there was any foundation whatever tor the statement that Huerta ha la-' sued an ultimatum to the United State demanding recognition with the alternative of handing Mr. O'Shaugh nessy his passports. A dispatch from John Lind inform ed President Wilson and Secretary Bryan that he had been In conference with Provisional President Huerta at, an early hour today. He character ized his reception and conference with. Huerta as "cordial. , Bryan Reassured. ' Last night's dispatches attributing the announcement of an ultimatum by Huerta to Minister Urrltia of tho department of the Interior stirred offi cial circle here deeply. Secretary. Bryan, an early riser, read the morn ing newspapers and h.urrled down to ll Is office where he found the reas-' surtng cable from Charge "O'Shaugh1" neasy and then hurried over to the White House to confer with President Wilson. While there the message came from Mr. Lind truing ot tne conference with Huerta. Member of the senate foreign rela tione committee alarmed by the ap parent gravity of the situation, hur ried down to th White House to ask for a conference with President Wil son. There semed to be a division of opinion among them as to whethe Minister Urritia's announcement was' unauthorized. Some were strongly In clined to accept that explanation a given by Foreign Minister Gamboa. Charge , O'Shaughnessy's dispatch, backed up by Mr. IJnd'a, served to dispel the impression the first news dispatches had created, and th offi cial view switched around to a general belief that while the situation waa a delicate one there waa hop nf soma satisfactory conclusion so long aa con- ferencea were continuing between Hu erta and Lind. It was generally un derstood that whlla the negotiation were still In progress, th Mexican government's request that publication of President Wilson' views pre sented by Mr. Und be withheld from publication would be respected, and that they might not b given out to day. Huerta Authorises Denial. Senator Lodge and Stone were shown the following cablegram to Secretary Bryan from Charge O' 8hauKhne'V duted last night, and re ceived at 4 p. m. today: "The correspondents have CHblcd (Continued on pags I)
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