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VOL. XVm. NO. 253.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 3, 1913.
PRICE 5 CENTS
1
(TWENTY
Flames Sweep Upper Floors
Of Lodging House Packed
With Poor Many'
Are Missing.
SCORES INJURED IN
JUMPING FROM FIRE
Bodies Are Terribly Burned
Burned and " Mutilated
Firemen Make Many -Heroic
Rescues.
Boston, Mass., Dec. S. Twenty-five
rnen wore killed In a Are which swept
through the upper floors of the Arca
dia hotel, a lodging house In the south
portion of Boston early today. Others
are missing. Scores were taken to
hospitals suffering from burns and In
Buries sustained In Jumping from win-
Mows.
Nearly all the bodies were terribly
burned and mutilated, making ldentlfl
katlon Impossible.. The victims were
men In poor circumstances who had
besortod to the place for a night's
Bodging. Caught in the crowded bunks
ton the top floor of the five story brick
building and in the small rooms on
the fourth floor, sthey were helpless.
When they were aroused the stairways
were In flames and there was a mad
rush for the fire escapes at the rear.
Practically all the men were naked
Many were rescued by the firemen
and police. Some escaped by walking
a heavy plank stretched to an adjoin
ing building or by Jumping across A
tlve foot alloy to neighboring roofs.
The property loss is only - .$25,000.
The Arcadia was located at the corner
of Washington and Laeonla streets.
The lower flor,- wer occuiedhyj
a lures, - . . -.
Where Fire Started. v ,
The fire apparently started in a
hallway closet on the street floor. The
(lames swept up the wooden stairways
and burned through the roof. Accord
ing to William Walsh, the night clerk,
there were 178 lodgers In the building
when the fire was discovered by a
jiassing newsboy. After turning In an
alarm he rushed Into the building,
awakening the men. The top floor
was one large room filled with cots
and bunks. '
'On the fourth floor'where the loss
of life was heaviest, there were thirty
tiny rooms, like cells, with two cots
In each, A hallway ran through the
renter. Nearly all those occupying
rooms opening on the fire escape had
locked the doors when they went to
bed and those in front were unable to
reach the fire escape.
Shrieking Mass.
When the firemen arrived flames
wero shooting 20 feet In the air from
'.he windows on the fourth "and fifth
Honrs and the fire escapes and the
roof were a mass of shrieking, strug
gling, humanity, esplte shouts of as
mrance from below three men Jump
ed from the roof. Two were Instantly
killed. The third, who had wrapped a
mattress about himself, escaped with
a few bruises.
Life nets were quickly "stretched
by the firemen and many were rescued
In this manner. Others were taken
down ladders with the flames sweep
ing about them. The intense heal
oon drove the firemen from their lad-
"ers and made It necessary to fight
the tire from the street and from the
elevated railway structure running In
front of the building,
Firemen Hindered). ,
The fire was In the heart of a
crowded tenement and , lower class
hotel district. Hundreds of occu
Pants of adjoining buildings rushed to
tho street when the great quantity of
apparatus called out by three alarms
clanged up to their doors. Scores of
excited foreigners crowded about the
burning building and Impeded the
firemen in their work. A large squad
ot police had great difficulty In forcing
back the throng.
"Llttnrod With Dead."
It w nearly an hour after the flre
""n advanced before they were able
to enter the lodging house. The first
man to ascen' a, smoking ladder
houted; ,
"My God boys that place Is littered
with dead."
Mayor George B. McGrath arrived
nc.rtiy afterward and soon was Joined
Jy Dr. Timothy Leary, associate med
ical examiner. It was a gruesome
Ight as ths bodies were removed in
he early dawn. Onlookers turned
any as Ois burned and mangled
bodies were lowered one by one to
ha street and placed In wicker bas
ket a
Two mors bodies wars found In the
u'ns during the forenoon, bringing
death list up to $7. The only body
identified was that of George F. Ad
of Bouth Boston. Uue of the
"Mured In Frank Harris of Bouth
"arket street, Chicago.
IWore the ruins hud colled two In
"ligations were begun. One was
"'lerinken by he grand Jury, who
'wed he srene and prepared to hmr
'- linnriy regarding ths manner . In
"""h ths owners mid Inwers of the
(Continued on page I)
- FIVE
SENATORS DISCUSS
DIRECT PRIMARIES
Wilson's Recommendation as
To Choosing Presidential
Candidates Cause Tilt.
Washington, , Dec. 8. President
Wilson's recommendation for direct
primary election of presidential can
didates came . up in the senate today
in a debate that held the body more
than an hour during which Senators
Bristow, Cummins and others ex
pressed the hope that ,. democrats
would follow the president In sup
port of a reform which they declared
progressive-republicans long had de
manded, ' , . , . .
Senator Martin replied ' that the
democrats were "In entire accord with
the titular head and the actual head
of the democratic party." Senators
Bristow and Cummins retorted the
democratic leaders should prove It by
endorsing bills introduced by progressive-republicans
early in the session.
Mr. Bristow has Introduced such a
bill modeled after the Kansas law.
"I hope that under the inspiration
and -Impulse of this admirable mes
sage delivered to congress by the
president you can be induced to re
port that bill favorably or agree upon
a modification of it," said he to the
democrats. " 1 ,
Senator. Galllnger, the : republican
leader, declared a nation-wide pri
mary would "give the rich man an
advantage over the poor man," and
mako bribery easier I than at pres
ent." -
E BELIEVE LOPEZ
JSJMR1E
But Sheriff Smith Thinks He
Will Find' Body of
Bandit'- There.
Bingham. Utah, Dec. 3. That the
work of Sheriff Andrew Smith and his
200 deputies in tho last three days has
been for naught and that Ralph Lo
pez, the Mexican bandit and mur
derer, has not boen in the Minnie Mine
here since Sunday was the opinion
generally expressed among the miners
of the camp today. '.'.
This opinion however, is not in ac
cordance with that of Sheriff Bmith,
who said he probably would open tho
mine Thursday morning when he ex
pected to find the body of Lopes. '
Some credence, however, is being
given to the theory advanced that Lo
pex made his escape from the mine,
and directives have been put to work
In Bingham to trace down possible
clues. ,
THIEVES TAKE $87,500
FROM BELGIUM TRAIN
Vervlers. Belgium, Dec. 8. A pack
age containing $87,500 in German
bank notes was extracted from the
mail car of the express train which
left Brussels for Cologne last night
The "ny hd been forwarded by the
National Bank of Belgium to a bank
at Cologne and was placed In a safe,
which was forced by the thieves.
Another mall train which arrived
in Brussels an hour after the depart
ure of the express for Cologne was
also robbed, . several valuable pack
ages being missing. No trace of the
thieves has beon found. ,
COMMISSIONERS TO WORK
TUB FOKK8 OF IVY KOAl)
The board of county commissioners,
at the meeting yesterday afternoon,
adopted ths survey made by County
Engineer C. H. Nell, for the road from
ths fork nf Ivy to Blockstock. This
road will connect with the Mars Hill
road and with ths sand-day road to
Ashevllla and the Improvement of It
will be a great benefit to the mnay
people living In that section of the
oounty.
It is planned by ths commissioners
to either put a force of men at work
on the road at once or to let a contract
fur ths work, It not being definitely
decided yet Just which course will be
adopted.
HKV. J. A. BOLD WILL.
M-'CCEKD MR. MOKEIt
Special to The Gaxette-Nwws.
Forest City, Dec. 8. Rev. J. A. Bold
will succeed Rev. J. F. Moser of the
Methodist pastorate here. Mr. Bold
has been at Mount Holly for some
time and comes highly recommended.
11 k Is not unknown by many people
here as he was stationed at Henrietta
and I'aroleon nevtiral yrsrs so. It is
with much regret that the people have
to part with Mr. Mowr as he has bri'n
here four years. Mr, Moser fori Is
llvlwoud.
SAYSU.S.GAN
CHECK PANICS
Secty. McAdoo Favors " 'Al
truistic Governmental Ag
ency in Financial Af
fairs of Country."
NO ESTIMATE OF THE
REVENUE FROM TARIFF
No Conclusions as Yet From
Inquiry into So-called Tu
berculosis Cures, Secre
tary Reports.
Washington, Dec. 3. Secretary Mo
Adoo s first report to congress, deliv
ered today, Is largely confined to a
review of the achievements of the
treasury department in matters that
have boen of nation-wide interest; to
recommendations for increased ap
propriations for bureaus, necessary to
the better conduct of the government
and the protection of the people.
The secretary discussed at some
length the subject of currency legisla
tion reviewing the activities in his
department related, to it. He speaks
of an unrest in business circles fol
lowing the beginning of ,the special
session of congress in April, refers to
a "propaganda of pessimism which
designedly or not, produced a condi
tion of extreme nervousness and ten
sion" and points to his announcement
in June that the treasury was ready to
issue $500,000,000 .of emergency cur
rency under the Aldrich-Vreeland act
to prevent restriction of credit and
to ease any situation. ' i
Crop Moving Loans.
Mr. McAdoo .details the treasury's
offer to loan to banks of the country
I mfWiaV iri 'mnifl - tha fall m tr n n .V P1.a
uuueu aiung ine siaies. v.!
'It was essential," says the secre
tary, "that the action of the depart
ment should be non-partisan and non
political;, the crops , of republicans,
democrats and progressives, and all
other classes of people .had .to be
moved, and the earnest effort o the
department was to have the benefits
of this action diffused as widely and
impartially as possible."
After praising the psychological
value of these Incidents, the report
continues:
'They demonstrate clearly that any
lmprovement in our financial system
which will permanently establish-confidence
will In itself be an Immense
gain, and If that improved financial
system assures the opportunity to all
times the necessary funds and credits
to meet the expanding and legitimate
needs of the commerce and industry
of the country, It wilt be an achieve
ment of.enduring benefits. .
Value of Government Aid.
"These Incidents also show conclu
sively the enormour value of an altru
istic governmental agency In the finan
cial has the power to Intervene In a
beneficent and unselfish way, the
danger of panics and of unjust prac
tices will be largely, if not wholly, de
stroyed. This Is one of the chief ob
jects sought In the proposed reforma
tion and reorgantation of our bank
ing and currency system. The people
of the country are to be congratulated
upon the early prospect of sound Jegls
latlon on this vitally Important pro
tection will be provided against recur
ring commercial crises and that ade
quate facilities will be created for
that legitimate and sound expansion
Continued on page two
LAST EFFORT TO
Efforts to Rescue Three Men!
in Golden Cycle Mine
Continue.
Cripple Creek, Colo., Doc. 3. In a
last effort to reach the stope In which
ths three men were working when ths
slide In ths Golden Cycle mine caught
them Monday afternoon two crews of
20 men each early today started to
rir-r away debris In an adjoining
drift. '
Two heavy machine drills were sot
to work pounding at six feet of solid
rock that lies between the fatal stope
and the drift.
Owing to the dangerous condition of
the ground on which the crews are
working tho rock cannot be blasted
and It must be dug away after being
drilled Out of ths rock wall. Before
noon It Is expected the rock will be
drilled out and the rescue crews be
within 40 fert of the place whorn the
victims wers when th slldit started
The slide In the Interior of the nine
Vi mill inovtns, . thundering
groat
linaues of rock Into the depths.
EXPECTED ARREST
OFT
BILBO AID
SENSAT
Lieutenant Governor and State
Senator Indicted For.
. , Soliciting Bribes.
Jackson, Miss.. Dec. 3. The, ex
pected arrest today of Lieutenant
Governor Theodore Bilbo at his home
at Foplarvllle, and the expected ar
raignment of state Senator Hobbs at
Vlcksburg on charges of soliciting
bribes were the sensations today in
Mississippi polittoal , circles. Both
men were Indicted by a special grand
Jury late yesterday afternoon at Vicks
burg. Hobbs was arrested at Jackson
last night. . . - . . .- :
Unlike the legislative investigation
of 1910 when Bilbo then a state rep
resentative, sprang into the lime light
by confessing that he received an at
leged bribe ot $040,-telephonic device
records are expected to prove a great
factor in this incident. Bilbo was ex
onerated of the charges in 1910, main
taining that he accepted the money to
entrap the supposed bribers.
During the 1912 session of the legis
lature an effort was made to create a
new county In the "delta" with Bel
zoni as the county site. The bill failed
to pass. It is generally known that It
will be attempted to pass a similar
bill at the next legislature. According
to charges and countercharges pub
lished from time to time In Mississippi
papers, efforts have been made to pave
the way for passage of the bill. De
tectives were employed and telephonic
devices, it is known were freely used,
After Bilbo was exonerated in 1910,
he aligned himself with what ia known
as the Vardaman faction and was
elected lieutenant .governor, and he
now is an avowed candidate for the
governorship in 1914
con imfi ms
ftljL
Jill L
Descriges ' Wounds on ' Body
Of Murdered Woman, Dr.
Helene Knabe. -
Shelbyvllle, Ind., Dec. S. Coronor
Charles O. Durham, of Indianapolis,
wan the chief witness for the state
tnl8 mornlng at the trial of Dr. Wil-
Ham B. Craig for the murder of Dr.
Helene Knabe; The decision that
Dr. Knabe had been murdered "by
unknown persons" was reached by the
coroner after an Investigation he had
mado subsequent to the finding of the
body.
On direct examination Dr. Durham
described the wunds on the neck and
luft arm of the woman and the condi
tion of the apartment in which the
corpse was found. He said there
were two cuts In the throat, which
was slashed from ear to ear. The head
was Jammed under the brass rod at
the head of the bed. He said he had
to move the body to get the head
from under the rail.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
OF YALE UNIVERSITY
New Haven, Conn., Doc. 3. The
Yale university baseball schedule pro
vides for 26 games not Including tho
dates reserved In case ot ties. This Is
five games less than last year. New
teams on the list are the Norfolk base
ball club of Virginia, Mount St. Jo
seph's college; and Lafayette.
The schedule Includes the following
southern games: April 9, Norfolk
Baseball club, at Norfolk; 10, Mt St.
Joseph's collego, at Norfolk; 11, Uni
versity of Virnlgla. at Norfolk; 18,
University of Virginia, at Charlottes
ville; 14, Catholio university, at Nor
folk; 29, Georgetown, at New Haven:
May 2, University of Virginia, at New
Haven. .
STILL WILL OPPOSE
"SIUw OF. NAMES"
Chicago, Dec. 3. The National
Baseball' crtmmlssion 'has not aban
doned Its efforts to suppress the prac
tice of signing the names of basebaU
players and managers to articles
written by other persons, according
to Ban B. Johnson, president of the
American league.
Mr. Johnson said lost night tho
matte.' probably would be discussed
at ths next meeting of ths commis
sion and some further action taken
unless the practice is discontinued.
He will leave for ths east the latter
part of ths week. ,
A. Duncan Dead.
Philadelphia, Dec. 8. Alfred E.
Duncan, president of the. Franklin
Fire Insurance company and widely
known In Insurance circles through
out tho country, died early today. 11;
wsa 49 years old. Mr. Duncsn u
vice president of ths F.imtern t'nlon
of Insurance compsnlrs. nnd a mom-
ber of tin executive hnnrd of the
IHoulheastern union, .
SUFFRAGETTES
STDBWIHDUSE
More Than 1000 Delegates to
Suffrage ' Convention Ap
pear to Ask Re
ognition, HOUSE COMMITTEE
ON SUFFRAGE ASKED
Resolution Passed: Providing
For Vote of Rules Com-
mitte to Be ; in "
, Public.
Washington, Deo. 8. The conven
tion of the National American Woman
Suffrage association was suspended for
a few hours today while delegates
moved on the capitol to urge a favor
able -report by the house rules com
mittee on a- resolution to create a
standing committee on woman suf
frage in tho house.
Woman suffragists have long boen
pressing for a hearing on the resolu
tion. They sought it persistently dur
ing the extra session and were prom
ised that attention would be given to
the measure early in. the regular ses
sion. Women of the anti-suffrage
movement also have been granted a
hearing in opposition to the resolution,
and they .will appear later. .
lreparo to Arrest Mrs. Punldiurst.'
Plymouth', England, Dec, 3. Pre
parations are understood to have been
made for the arrest of Mrs. Emmilina
Pankhurst, the militant suffragette
leader, on her arrival here from the
United States on board tho Majestic
tonight, A force of suffragettes un
der, the command of "General"- Mrs.
Flora Drummond will be .on the spot
ready to fight for thoir leader's,, free-
I The chief constable at Plymouth
later confirmed the report that Mrs.
Pankhurst Is to be arrested. He spent
the day preparing an adequate force
to deul with any attempt at rescue
by the militant suffragettes.
The scene resembled a charge on a
citadel when more than 1000 suffrage
delegates closed in on the capitol.
The, women advanced In regimental
formation In quick step order and
crowded the hearing room long be
fore the committee arrived.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president
of the National American Woman Suf
frage association, had charge of pre
senting arguments for a committee.
She told the members It was not
the purpose of the speakers to con
vert the congressmen to suffrage but
to convince them that the suffrage
movement was entitled to a house
committee, equivalent to a similar one
In the senate.
Mrs. Ida Husted Harper declared
the suffrage movement had grown to
national proportions Justifying a house
committee; that the movement had
not received its Just treatment and
that Justice required that the move
ment should come under the Jurisdic
tion of the national conKress.
Helen Gardner, Miss Jane Addams,
Mrs Desha Breckenrldge, Mrs. Mary
Beard and Mrs. Karrlo Chapman Catt
also pleaded for the committee. Rep
resentative Raker of California spoke
for his resolution, which would pro
vide for a suffrage committee of 13
members.
A resolution by Representative Kel
ly, progressive, of Pennsylvania was
adopted providing that the final vote
of the rules committee on the worn
en's proposal should be taken in
public
DISAPPEARED IN PARIS
Nephew of Representative Jas.
Wadsworth of New York
Can't be Found.
Paris. Deo. 3. Wadsworth Rogers.
a nephew of former Representative
James Wadsworth of New York and
Washington, has disappeared and a
search Is being mado for him through
out France. He walked out of the
hotel where he and his mothor were
staying last Saturday morning and
has not txf n seen or heard of since.
His mother Is greatly distressed but
clings to the hope that hs may have
been taken to some hospital and is
being cared for there, Mrs.' Rogers
suys her son's health was delicate and
hs suffered from occasional spells of
melancholy. He was seemingly In his
usual spirits on Saturday and had
arranged to go with hi mother to
their chateau ne' Tnu that afternoon,
Their bnggags had already been pack
ed for tho Journey.
Mr. Rogers Is very well known In
rrln, He has spent much of hln time
In France In connection with hli rsc
Ing alii bin. He Is about 40 years old
and unmarried.
FEDERALS MOVE
STATE CAPITAL
STATE INSURANCE
S
Counsel For German Alliance
Contends Rates Regulation
Is Unconstitutional.
Washington, Dec. 3. Laws widely
adopted since 109 by various states to
regulate fire insurance rates were de
nounced as unconstitutional today in
a printed brief filed with the United
States Supreme court by John, G.
Johnson of Philadelphia and asso
ciated counsel.
The brief was filed on behalf of the
German Alliance Insurance company
which Is seeking particularly to have
the court declare unconstitutional tho
Kansas Fire Insurance rate law. A
similar attack will be made shorty
hefore the court on the Kentucky Are
Insurance rate law. A number of
other state laws, It Is said, will stand
or fall by decisions In these cases.
It was insisted by counsel that a
state has no power to fix rates charged
to the public by those engaged in pri
vate business. It was urged that fire
insurance is a private business. It
was urged that fire insurance is a pri
vate business as shown by its right
to refuse to take undesirable risks.
The insurance companies contend that
If tiie states may fix the price of in
surance they may fix the price of
meat, clothes and doctor services.
They pointed to decisions In Illinois
and Pennsylvania where the-courts
denied the right of the estate to fix
the price of theater tickets.
Taking up another phase of the con
troversy, Mr. Johnson and his asso
ciates contended that the law cannot
be supported as a valid exercise of the
police powers- to "protect the public
health, lite, liberty or morality. They
argued that these insurance laws must
fall as unconstitutional for- the same
reason that the court declared In
valid the New York law limiting the
hour of labor in "bakeries. It 'was this
case that former President Roosevelt
made a natlpnal issue In the last pres
idential campaign.
IN THREEJAIS SESSION
National Rivers and Harbors
Congress Meeting Lane
Makes Address.
Washington, Dec. 3. The tenth
annual convention of the National
Rivers and Harbors congress which
will be In session hero threo days, be
gan today with an opening address by
Secretary Ijane to a thousantt or
more assembled delegates.
Ambassador Dagama of Brazil told
the convention of progress being mode
by his own country, tho home of the
Amazon and other mighty waterways,
capable of great development. Other
speakers at the opening session were
John D. Hazen, minister of marine
and fisheries, Canada, who told of the
waterways of Canada, and Rome G
Brown of Minneapolis, who spoke on
legislative obstacles to the improve
ment of navigable rivers.
Senator Ransdell of Ixmlslana, pres
ident of the congress, presented his
annual report.
Secretary Lane was substituted at
the last moment for Secretary Bryan
who had been originally placed on
the program to represent President
Wilson but who was prevented at the
last moment from coming.
Secretary Lane read a message of
greeting from President Wilson con
gratulating the congress on what It
already had accomplished and ex
pressing the hope that river and har
bor improvement could be conducted
on board national lines of benefit to
the whole country. Secretary Land
spoke along similar lines.
TO ARRANGE CKI KBRATI OX OF
GHENT T1U1ATY CENTEXAKY
Richmond, Vs., Deo. 8. Delegates
from different parts of the country
have arrived here to attend the first
session today of tho conference called
to perfect arrangements for celebrat
ing In 1914 and 1916 the centonary
of the signing of ths treaty of Ghent.
Committee's appointed to discuss vari
ous phases of ths celebration will re
port In ths afternoon at a session to
bs presided over by Cornelius A.
Pumsley of New Tork.
MEXICO MAKES PROVISIONAL
CONTRACT FOU 60,000 HU LKS
Mexico City, Deo. 8. A provisional
contract has been signed with manu
facturers In Berlin nnd Vienna for
delivery to the 'Mexican federal gov
ernment of 40,000 manners rifles and
a million cartridges. It Is staled
here that the final signatures to the
contract will be fclvn by agents In
j London. ... "W
LAW
DENOUNCED
Tampico Declared Temporary
Seat of Government of
Tamanlipas Instead
Of Victoria, ,
FEDERALS TO MAKE . '
ATTACK ON VICTORIA'
The Government Will Find It
Difficult to Handle Opera-
tions-Trains" Are
Without Fuel "
Mexico City, Deo. 8. The seaport
city of Tampico was today officially 1
declared the temporary capital of the !
state of Tamaullpas. General Antonio
Rabago, the military governor, who
was forced to abandon ' Cludad Vic- )
torla by Mexican rebels and who was :
erroneously reported to have commit- I
ted suicide, has gone to Tampico un
der orders from the federal govern-
ment to re-establish his governorship I
In the temporary capital. - '
The war department today an- ,
nounced that General Arlzmendl and ;
other federal officers who fled from 1
Cludad Victoria to Cerritos, , In the !
state, of San Luis Potosl, had been j ,
ordered to reorganize their forces and 1
to march again upon Victoria. This i
task had been entrusted' at first to '
General Rubio Navarette, who re- '
treated to Monterey after his failure j
to relieve the hard-pressed garrison t
of Victoria,
On account of the nature of the or-
ganizatidn and equipment, as well as
the long distances and broken topog
raphy of the country the federal gov
ernment will find it difficult to handle
Its various military expeditions with
out trains, now that - the railroads '
have beten practically deprived of oil
fuel by the oil producing companies.
On some of the divisions of the rail
road system coal may be used and
sufficient; supplies of that fuel are
available to operate trains for some
time but at the best it is probable
that all traffic except military trains
will shortly be suspended.
Military. News Meager. "'
Reliable news as to the military
operations in various parts of the
republic is very meager In the fed
eral capital and' what little there Is :
does not favor the government.
Telegraphic communication alonr i
the line of the National railroad has !
been re-established, but It Is under
stood this has been done with tho
consent of the rebels.
They are known to dominate the
within 75 miles of San Luis Potosl. '
Female Soldiers Drafted.
A report received here from Balttllo i
shows that residents of, that city are 1
still In Ignorance of the military op
erations In progress In the surround- '
lng country on account of the Inter- I
rupted tolegraphlo communications. I
Extraordinary methods are being em- j
ployed here to secure recruits for the
federal army. Servant girls display 1
marked caution when they appear on !
tne streets as, they are aware that !
scores of their fellow servants havs j
been drafted Into the army as female
soldiers.
Recruited by Trick. ' " j
One trick utilised by the recruiting- '
officers netted the federal army 63 i
conscripts In a single haul yesterday, i
The bills posted outside a moving plo-.
turo show announced that the exhibi
tion was for "men only." The little'
room was crowded sometime before f
the performance bc'gan. A series of tl
religious pictures was thrown on the
screen, the first being 'The Virgin of '
Guadelupe. patron saint of Mec'co."
The crowd greeted this- good natur
cdly, but when it was followed by two
other religious pictures the men who
ruui looKea ror a airrevent kind or en
tertainment started ait uproar. This .
resulted in a raid by the polloe, who j
marched oft ths majority of ths man ,
to the barracks where they were at.,'
once placed in the ranks of the army.
, Preparations for Defense.
Preparations for defense In cans of i
local disturbances ars being mads by j
tho various foreign colonies other than I
the American. Leaders of ths AmerV-.
can. Leaders of the American col .
ony are lnollned to believe that anr
move In that direction, taken by them ;
would be misconstrued by ths Mexican j
government. In order to avoid being .
regarded as organised combatants, the
Americans. In esse of necessity, will
tnkA rpfuo-A honenlh tha nrotsctlxin nf
the '-vlous European flag
li. d. K Wider, general traveling sales
agent for the W aters-Pleros Oil com
pany, was released on a bond of 32500 I
!60U!
mb-1
at San Luis Potosl today after mi
milting to trial by the federal autho
iwe on a unnrHv oi bvuiuuii. - Twn
arrested on November 37 charged with,
complicity In recent dynamite out-:
rages on ths railroads. j
To Try to InUTcent Generals. f
Jttures, Deo. 8. Confident that th
seven Mexican federal generals wl
.v.Mi.t.t rhli,inKiiB CMv with thir
troops Intend to seek refugs In t.i
United Htstes and thus bs bsyond dan
ger of being taken prisoners by thJ
rebels, Oeneral Frsnolsco Villa tod)t
Continued on pes two) t'