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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER: Partly cloudy Saturday, Sunday Bhowera, aomewluit warmer. '.''I ' CITIZEN WANT ADS " ' BRING RESULTS VOL. XXXVI, NO. 40. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEM BER (, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS L MITCHELL TO AID WILSON MENTALLY ALERT", ASSERT : O Another Threatened Strike By Billy Borne SENATORS AFTER A CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE ON MEXICAN CRISIS OA PRODUCTION NCR ASUS IN INVESTIGATING CONSPIRACY CASE DR. HJUARFIELD New, York City Finally In cluded In the Restricted Areas. MANY MINERS WANT TO RETURN TO WORK Operators and Miners Planned to Limit Pro- duction Is Charge. CABINET DISCUSSES THE COAL SITUATION Reports From Pittsburgh -Say More Trains Are Suspended. Garfield and Hines Tell Body What Has Been Done In Strike. CHICAGO. Deo. 6. Virtually the entire country wa struggling tonight to make the best of more abnormal conditions than prevailed during the war as a result of drastic measures j being prescribed dally to partially counteract the prolonged strke of miners In the bituminous coal fields. Tonight the situation .culd be sum marised as follows: Federal Fuel Administrator Gar field indicated that coal production was increasing over last week. Orders for further curtailment in train sen-ice were Issued with sus pension for the first time in its his tory of the 20th Century limited be tween New York and Chicago, Ap proximately 150-other trains in the eastern region also will be affected beginning next Wednesday. " New York City was included in the stricted area today when heat was turned off in subway, elevated and surface cars during rush hours, and in cabins oh some of the ferryboats. o m in UllTheatra signs also were darkened but 'for only one hour during the evening. Reports from Pittsburgh, Pa., dis tricts indicated that many miners there had expressed to their em ployers a desire" to resume work, while word was received from Richard J. Hopkins, attorney-general nf Kansas that he believed the coal diggers In that state would beak away from tne leaaersnip ox i-resiueni Howat. of District 14. of the mine workers. Will Burn Wood Texas was endeavoring- to over come th situation by getting alf avail able fir and cord wood. Abut 1,000 tons had been purchased Ifor Dallas. Mix counties in Oklahoma were placed under military rule and Governor Robertson hag ordered on duty the entire national guard organisation to occupy the coal neias. Governor Lowden of Illnoig. an nounced taht the state would make no effort to run the (nines at present as it would be almost murder to ssna inexperienced men into the deep pits. Tennessee operators and miners have been called bv Governor Roberts to meet in Knoxville Saturday to con elder steps to end the strike without seizure of the mines. State operation of the Kansas sur face mines continued today with vol unteers taking coal from 12 pits in a drizzling rain. While the general restrictions were ordered for Chicago yesterday, tne full effect was not felt until today. The public utilities commission also revised Its orders and beginning Mon day retail stores will have their doors open from noon until 6 p. m., and 9 p. m.. on Saturday night. It was an nounced that a four hour day might become necessary. The mayor of Cheyenne, Wyo., or dered the domestic and industrial life of that city placed on a conservative basis. Efforts In Michigan and Iowa to resume work in the mines were in vain with the miners representatives standing pat. Would Accept Offer Ten thousand idle miners In West Virginia were urged by a convention of delegates from district No. S to accept the government's offer of a fourteen per cent increase. The southern regional director has ordered a general curtailment of pas senger service in the south effective Tuesday. After a conference today with pp eratora and miners officials, Governor Cox. of Ohio, declared that he con sldered the prospects for a settlement of the walkout good, ti was under stood that the executive proposed an Increase to the miners of approxli mately 26 per cent . The conference will convene again Monday. Soldiers from Camp Lewis are en route, to the coal fields of Montana for emergency purposes. A rnajorlty of the union miners In Missouri today - refused Governor Gardner's after to return to work at R 14 per cent increase and prepara tlons were being completed tonight to put volunteer labor in tne Barton county surface mines tomorrow. Mernbesr erf the lllnols Manufactur ers association have, begun a boycott of clothing, food and fuel and other necessities against the striking miners of. the state Can See No End With the towns and cities in South ern Illinois affected today by the. re strictions issued by the public utilities commission, operators and miners an nounced they could see no immediate end to the strike. Sidelight In the situation follows: The Rev. Hargis. pastor of Meth dist Episcopal church at Houstonia, Mo, with members of his congrega tion dug eighty bushels of coal so that services might be held. Governor Allen of Kansas, an nounced that Pittsburgh, Kas., would be the capital of the' state for the present. ' . INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 6. Henry S Mitchell, special assistant to Attorney- General Palmer today arrived In In dianapolis to aid In the federal grand investigation of charges of al leged violation of the Lever act and anti-trust laws. A special session of the grand Jury was ordered yester day by United States District Judge A. B. Anderson after Information had been furnished him to the effect that evidence existed of a conspiracy in volving both miners and operators to limit production of coal. Mr. Mitchell who is said to have drawn the complaint on which an, in junction against furtherance of the strike by officials of the United Mine Workers of America was secured, will aid In the presentation to the federal grand Jury of evidence against min ers and operators, declared by gov ernment attorneys to show conspiracy to limit production of coal. Compilation of evidence continued today and It was stated there win be nn riaiav In at art in r the investigation when the grand Jury convenes Monday morning. Arrangements already have been made it was said to procure the appearance ' ' of witnesses Monday, some of whom are from outside of Indiana. Assisted by IUIaton. Attorneys for officials of the United Mine Workers cited for criminal con temnt for altered violation of the in Junction against the strike announced today that they will be- assisted by J. H. Ralston of .Washington, attorney for the American Federation of Labor. The miners' defense la being directed Hy Miensy Wiswar -of - Indianapolis, general counsel for tne organisation. During the5 -day information - was filed with the federal court charging officers of two locals at Clinton, Ind., with violation of the court s injunc tion by the payment of strike bene fit. The men will be arrested as soon as possible and will appear to answer the charges next Tuesday morning when the general and directing offi cials are scheduled to face Judg An derson on the contempt charges. Reports reaching Indianapolis this afternoon, from Clinton and . Terre Haute, the centers of the strike in In diana told of efforts by union organ isers to bring about a general walkout engineers, firemen and pumpers who have remained at the 'mines In accordance with the .miners contract with the operators to prevent damage to machinery resulting from the strike. It was said that some of "these men had Quit work butVhat the movement had not become general. The gravity of the. fuel situation In Indiana increased during the day and reports of the closing of more factor ies were received. T 1 E SOUTHERN REGION TO BE CURTAILED No Specific Seduction De cided Upon Will Run No Specials. FREIGHT SERVICE IS NOT INCLUDED Regional, Committee Passes '." On Use of Electricity , By Plants. 0 FRIEND FURNISHED ROXD. MEXICO CITY. Dee. B. W. O. Jenkins, United States consular sgent at: puebia, wno was released from orison there on Thursday night at tempted to secure his relftiprisonment there today, according to special din patches received here late tonight by the ExceTsior. Judicial authontiea at Puebia refused to allow the consu lar agent to reenter the prison. Mr. Jenkins' move, according to dispatches, was prompted by a desire to secure unconditional liberty, Mr. Jenkins being quoted as declaring that ball was furnished by his friend J. Walter Hansen without his knowl- '.' edge and that he refused tp accept conditional freedom. T, . Hilario Medina, under-secretary of foreign relatione, is quoted by the Ex celsior ss stating that the release of Mr. Jenkins had removed alt cause for friction between the United States j 4 and Mexico. ' . :. y . AT CABINET MEETING. WASHINGTON. Dec S. The gen eral coal situation was discussed again today at a meeting of the President's cabinet, but there, was no. Intimation of what new step was contemplated by the government to meet growing appeals from various sections of the country for enogh fuel to keep the big industries in operation. - Fuel Administrator Garfield, s sum moned here from his home In Massa chusetts, to- take up -some of the big problems developing in the last few days and irector-General Hines told the cabinet what had been done. Dr. Garfield later conferred with depart ment of Justice officials and the execu tive committee of the bituminous coal oneratnrs nf the -United Mamm. mm. bers of which had been kept here 'to watch the situation. Thefuel admin istrator Indicated that coal production was Increasing over last week. The operators committee Issued a' state ment . characterising as "vicious and misleading" published reports to the effect that they were considering pro posals to compromise with striking mine workers by paying more than the 14 per cent Increase suggested by Dr. Garfield and increasing the price of coaL There will be no compromise on the demands, they said. In connection with the action of the federal court at Indlnapolls order ing a grand Jury to investigate their actions with a view to bringing in dictments under the . Lever act, the operators sent a telegram to District Attorney 81mms at Indianapolis, ask ing thst the hearings be expedited. "Operators welcome errand lurv in. vestigation of the charges that they are In conspiracy with the miners.'' the message said. - "We urs-e the In. vestigation be handled vigorously and that full publicity be given. The op erators are anxious to be heard. Will you advise If they will be given op Meanwhile there was unquestioned optimism among' the oDarators and fuel administration workers who have volunteered to aid in the emergency. Coal production has remained on the upward grade fop three days, It was said, and Is close to 48 per cent of normal. ATLANTA, Ga., DecS.- General curtailment of passenger train serv ice throughout the southern region of the United States railroad adminis tration, effective at 12:01 a. m., Tues day, was announced tonight at head quarters here. No specific reduction was announced, it being left to each federal, manager to' take off as many trains as may bs spared without se rious inconvenience to the public. In addition to taking off passen ger trains, it was announced that federal managers will discontinue many parlor, club and sleeping cars which add to the weight of trains and increase consumption of coal. No special trains of any kind will be operated In the southern region dur ing the coal crisis. No reduction in freight service is contemplated In the southern region, it was said, because paucity of coal cars and a consequent shutting down of many industries already has greatly reduced freight haulage. Regarding the order to reduce pas senger train service, the announce ment from the regional dlrecor's of fice said that "there has been no at tempt to arbitrarily reduce service on a percentage basis in the region because conditions vary on differ ent roads and 'in different sections to such an extent that an order of this kind would result in an unneces sary inconvenience to the public In some places and at the same time fall to bring about the greatest prac ticable curtailment in others." Shops Exempted. Blacksmith shops In small towns and villages and all retail coal deal ers ' were practically exempted from closing regulations In modifications Issued tonight by the regional coal committee. Both may stay open as long as necessary. v Another modification Permitted barber shops to remain . open until p. th. on Saturdays. On other days their hours are 8 a. m. to p. m. Flour mills were exempted today from the 48-hour week rule where It IS necessary to grind grain on hand. Treaty Will Stay Where It Ib For The Present WASHINGTON Dec. 8. Presi dent Wilson hoar no intention of withdrawing the peace treaty from the senate for the present. Senator HI tc hock of Nebraska, announced today after his visit to the Presi dent. -He discussed the treaty Question with the President briefly after the conference on the Mexi con situation. ' The President thinks' the failure of the senate to act on the treaty at the special session shifted the responsibility - In, the matter "to other shoulders" Senatar Hitch cock said, adding: "He Is just going to let it stay where it is at present" , BERKMAN AND MLDMAN , pram RADICAL MINERS NEAR ST. ETECTIVE CHARLES Fall and Hitchcock Agree President Is In Touch With Recent Developments and Mentally Keen Enough To Form Judgments on Questions Confronting the Nation Chief Executive Discusses Problem Propped Up In Bed Fall Describes Visit In Detail Grayson Says Patient Enjoyed Talk. Believed i Killed By Men 1 Who Have Been Terror izing Workers. REDS INTIMIDATE THE LOYAL MINERS MIITI! OEFflBTIIlfJI y; , Counsel Presents Petition For Habeas Corpus At tempt Nullify Decree. Operbjrr : WiirPrbVabTy Renew Request That Troops Be Sent. BRISTOL, Tsnn.-Vs,, Dec. 6. Win. T. Cox, a private detective on guard duty in f. mining camp near St Charles, Lee county. Vs., was shot to death from ambush about 4 o'clock this, morning according to, advices reaching Bristol tonight. The detective Is thought to have been killed by radicals who have been terrorizing loyal miners in the St Charles coal fields with threats during the past several weeks. A resumption of shooting and general disorders in the Virginia Lee camp early this morning will probably result In an other request being made to Governor Davis of Virginia for troops to pro tect the property of operators and loyal miners. ' t A1though detective groups have xfgonrbed the hills v surrounding the mines tney nan not apprenenaea cox e murder tonight. Threats purported JENKINS SET FREE OY THE MEXICANS Release la Reported By : American'Embassy' , Other Dispatches Say $500 ' Was Deposited- With Civil Officials. , NEW YORK, Dee. 6. Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, America's two most notorious anar chists, spent tonight at Ellis Island. They were surrendered tq the Immi gration authorities at noon upon de mand of the department of labor to await deportation to Russia after preaching - their - doctrines in the United States for 30 years. While they were on the way to the island, accompanied on the govern ment ferryboat by a few of their most devoted followers, their counsel Harry Weinberger, was appearing be- fore Federal Judge Mayer with a pe-,t0 intimidate loyal miners continue to tition for writs of habeas corpus in be heard about the several' mining a last effort to nullify the deports-jcarnps In the 8t. Charles district, ac tlon decree. The writs were granted - COST OF STRIKES. WASHINGTON. Dee. . 8. Chair man Payne announced today that strikes had cost the shipping board tlT.004.OeD since January 1. The estimates - Included marine and harbor strikes, longshoremen' and iand shipyard strikes on the At lantic. Pacific and Gulf districts, and did not Include th coal strike. COMMITTEE RULING . ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 6. After con ferences here today with represent atives of publlo utilities companies throughout the southern region, the regional coal committee decided that five plants generate their electrlcltv solely by water and their current is not subject to any of the fuel con- servatlon restrictions. Vine others were listed as using oal In generating electricity and It was announced that restrictions apply to the current they furnish. Those representatives who did not come to Atlanta were advised over the telephone. The committee also announced that "consumers of electric current gener ated by the use exclusively of oil or wood, which is cut locally and not needed for domestic or commercial consumption are placed on the same basis as the consumers of exclusive ly hydro-electrio current and thereby are exempt irom an restrictions In so rap as ne use of such current and are returnable Monday. Wein berger said he would insist that his clients be produced In court before Judge Mayer, who sentenced ' them to two year terms for obstructing the draft law. . There was no way of determining tonight whether the legal proceedings would delay the departure of Berk man and Miss Goldman for Russia. The government has not announced when it expected to have a ship Avail able to carry them away, and Wein berger declined to state whether he would take their rases to the United States supreme court if the lower courts decided against them. It was pointed out. however, that the $30, 000 In Liberty bonds used as ball for them would-be available to carry on a legal battle! if it is considered worth while. Basis of Action. The habeas corpus petitions cording to advices. As a result of these threats according to operators, production which had reached a point of about 80 per cent of normal has already been reduced to about 29 per cent ana operators expect tne contln ued decrease ' until troops requested several weeks ago have been allowed to protect loyal miners from the rad ical element. LOWDEX'g PLAY. CHICAGO, Dec. 5. jormer Prank ' O. Lowden of Illinois, tonight tele graphed Administrator Garfield at Washington, suggesting; appointment of tl)e commission proposed by Dr. Garfield to take up consideration of the miners wage Question in sn effort to settle the strike. . H. 11. Merrick, president of the Mississippi Valley association, an nounced that 2(0 executives of the association, and other officials of some of the 22 states represented In the or ganisation would leave for Washington tomorrow in an effort to obtain re lief from the virtual coal famine in based on the contention that Miss j many communities in those states. Mr. Goldman is an American citizen by marriage; that the - constitutional right of free speech has . brought within the pale of the law any radi cal utterances they may have made and that deportation to soviet Russia would be illegal because the United States has not recognized the bolshe vtki. -'., Meanwhile. Berkman and Mkv Goldman will be held lit Brills Island mill 4. a viiitrr muivaia iwiqunf de portation. After they were surrendered today, searched and Inspected by doc tors, Berkman was put in a room; with seven ringleaders of the recent 'hun ger and silence strike against depor tation hearings, while. Miss Goldman was sent to the quarters of two girl is concerned. - wo list or sucn generating plants the two anarchists, half - a was given. . . I women radicals . accompanied anarchists who had participated Jn the hunger strike. Fearing immediate deportation of dozen them The' list of the strictly hvdro-alea. on the ferrr trin to Ellis Island, kissed v ui , ii v cunnagreq ex clusively hydro-electric, to the use of which fuel conservation restrictions do not apply together with the names ef the communities served bv them' inciuae: . . : . ; List of Plants. " Columbus Power company,' Colum bus, Ga. Columbus. Ga.: West Point Ga.; LaGrange, Ga.; HogansvUIe, Ga.; TrlmbeU Ga.; Moreland,' Ga.: Grant- ville, Ga.; Newnan, Ga. Wofford Shoals Light and Power (CONTINED OK PaGB TWO) . Merrick today blamed the railroad and fuel administrations st Washington for tba serious conditions prevailing in most of the states from Ohio west to the Pacins coast OHIO CONFERENCE. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Dec. S. Efforts of Governor Cox through conferences today with operators and represents tlves of the miners union, to reopen the mines in Ohio where deolared by the governor to nold encouraging pros, poets this evening, when all legutla tlons were postponed until 11. o'clock next Monday. Though all conferences wsre held behind closed doors and no statements as to the proposals for a compromise were made publlo it is believed that the governor proposes an Increase to the miners of approximately 26 per cent No announcement was made as to the miners "attitude toward thn gov ernment's proposal but it was gener accepted by them. ' That some of the operators also will accept th gover nors proposal was believed. them both farewell a the twist passing the statute of liberty and ally believed that the offer would be again when they reaened the Island:. Berkman was fully equipped with new clothing for Russia. He carried three grips. Miss Goldman's "farewell nfessage to her followers was: .... "Love and comradeship to all liberal and revolutionary people. We expect to be called back to soviet Russia." . She and Berkman predicted rev olt! Hen in this country within five yean,. - PLANT TO CLOSE.' BRISTOL, Tenn.-Va., Dec. 5.- Be tween four and five thousand workmen will be cut off from work here tomor row when local industries discontinue operation as a result nf a recent or der of the United States fuel admin istration. . . t , , WASHINGTON. Dec. B. Two senators, delegated by the foreign tela lions committee to center with President Wilson on the Mexican, crista and' report whether In their opinion the President by reason of his illness, was un4 able to exercise his functions, left the White House after a conference of : thrte-quarters of an hour with him today, agreeing that he was in touch With recent developments and was mentally keen enough to form Judgments on the 'rueetlonx confronting the nation. " In the midst of the conference while Henator Fait, republican, of Mexico, was outlining the evldencu on which he Is urging a break of diplomatic) re ations, the President and his callers were-. Informed that ; William O. Jen kins, th- American consular agent Jailed at Puebia, had been released. The advices left some doubt as to the circumstances, but the development was ac cepted generally as relieving somewhat relations between the two govern ments ( - The discussion with the President produced no definite conclusion as t ; Mexican relations, but It was regarded everywhere as bearing on a subject of endless speculation In congressional, circles, whether the long Illness of the Chief Executive hss to any extent rendered him physically incapable of the duties of the presidency. - Propped up in bed, the President talked of many features of the Mexican tangle. With a right hand and arm free above the , bed cover, the senators said, he shook hands with them and took up and read tapers which were on the tsble beside him. He was desoribed as weak and nervous, but it was raid he Jested about exaggerated reports of . his Illness and premised within a few days to give congress his advice on what it should do about Mexico. - r Ho appeared to be a sick man." said Senator Fait afterward, "but men tally alert and perfectly able to cops with, any question with which he might ' have to deal. He appeared to me, oertaJnly, In as good mental condition as sny man could be after being 111 for nine or ten weeks." . , The other dolovats of the committee, Senator Hitch oock, demoorat, of . Nebraska, said-thn President seemed greatly Improved sine he saw htm two weeks ago. . - I Improving. . s) -'My opinion is that he has been a very sick man, but ' Is improving," said Senator Hitchcock. : "He has a pretty good . idsa-. of the Mexican sltuatlont and although ha did not " give a final decision on ' the sub- ( Ject he indicated that too many se rious considerations were in volved to warrant any hasty action." , . The conference with the President, . which the foreign relations commit tee decided to request yesterday after Secretary Lansing had told it that he had not seen his chief during the . recent Mexican:; negotiations, wax quickly arranged, this morning wlin the 'two senates got into touch u ... thi whjto house,, Tbey -were told ih , , If they considered it urgent to soe Mr. Wilson they would be permitted to do so. - An appointment accordingly was arranged for 1:30 in the after-' noon.-. , ,- .- o n i- .,),,- -As the callers arrived, , they wera : met by Dr. Grayson and Mrs. sWIN . son, who conduoted them to the sick, room. Asked how ' long they might ' remain, the President's physician re plied that ' he ' would leave that sn- , tlrely to the Judgment of the two visitors. Mrs. Wilson remained In the room throughout the conference, '''-'-:' Dramntio Turn. -'Announcement of Jenkins' release. It was said by those present, gave the conference its only dramatlo turn.' The nesvijh telephoned to the whit hbuse aft?? two senators had ar rived, and wT communicated to Dr. Grayson Jgstretary Tumulty. Re turning tcLi.tt sick room while 8en- e of the bitterest critics of the administration's past policy : toward ' Mexico, was In ths midst of his argument for a diplomatic break when Dr. Grayson Informed the Pres- v Ident that Jenkins had been set free. AH of those present - expressed " gratitude at the news, snd then Sen ator Fall resumed his statement He is chairman of a sub-committee which . hss investigsted the whole subject of . Mexican ' relations and he told ths -President much of the evidence turn- ed up by the Inquiry. ..especially re- , gardlng ths alleged activities of Mex ican officials in spreading Bolshevist propaganda In this country. ' 1 ,. -Senator Fall also gave the Presl- , dent a copy of his resolution asking -thst diplomatic recognition of Car- , ransa be withdrawn. This resolu- ' tlon now. is bsfore the foreign rela- '. tlons committee, which meets : again Monday to act upon It. It was said the President expressed no flnsl Judgment regarding It but Indicated ' he would give his advice to the com- mlttee or to congress by the end of .' the week. Rocs Fletcher. 5 ' ' -When he returned to the: capllot. i Senator Fall was surrounded by his , republican colleagues who sought news or the conference. He also . saw Henry P. Fletcher, American am- ' baseador to Mexico and sent to ths S.A white house and abstract of th re- suits of the sub-committee's Invest! gatlon, requested by the President He had Irftlicated he might make this publlo tonight, but diclded not to do so for the present. b Much of the substance of this ab stract. It wss said, was given to ths President today by Senator Fall, who did' most of ths talking. The whole conference was declared to have been of the most friendly nature, the Pres- went closing it with a story about an . Irishman, who,', when asked whether he thought the United Bute would , take Mexico, replied: "I think we wilt - It's so contagious to US." . ' ,. :,v At another point, when Jests wsrs r - being exchanged about the President's ' health. Mr. Wilson was said to have referred to the statement made In a letter by Senator Moses, republican, of New Hampshire, that the executive was reported to have a brain lesion. ."The President remarked." said ' Senator Full, "that as a result of the conference, he hoped .the senator ? would ' be reassured although ; hs roignt De disappointed. ' nenator ran gave a detailed sc- He WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. William O. Jenkins, the American consular aarent. ImDrisoned -at . Puebia, Mex ico, was rsleased Thursday night. The American embassy in Msxico City reported his releass In an of ficial dispatch received by the state department this afternoon and al most at ths same time news dls. patches were received from Mexi co citv which said a check for 600 CIVll had been deposited with ths authorities at Puebia. This difference in the two reports , 17, L seemed to raise some doubt as to"-l ,if . whether Jenkins was released un conditionally on the diplomatic rep resentations of the united mates gov ernment or whether he had been rs leased on ball, as the Mexican au thorities have contended he could The stats department, however. took the view that Jenkins had been released on Its diplomatic representa tions and Issued this statement: The releass of William O. Jen kins, the American consular agent at Puebia, Mexico, was reported late this afternoon from tns American embassy at Mexico City. "The release of Consular Agent Jenkins was brought about by urgent diplomatic representations made by this sovernment and the resulting in vestigation mads by General Pablo Gonzalez, who was sent to Puebia by the Mexican government to In vestigate the facts In the ease. The investigations by General Oonsalez. who was at Puebia December S had then practically substantiated the po sition tsken by this government on behalf ct Jenkins. "Two jleons from Santa Lucia ad mitted to General Gonzales that they had made declarations against Jen kins under threat, of execution. Oth er witnesses testified , they had been compelled to make false state ments against Jenkins under auress. One witness was threatened witn a nlstol. another suspended by a rope, and still another beaten Until he made his declaration asainst Jsnklns. Another effort was made hers to day to check up on a cabled report from Mexico. City saying that ac cording to a Puebia dispatch to a Mexico City newspaper, Jenkins was released after J. Halter Hansen had deposited a $600 check for bail. Of ficials of the state department said they had no Information whatever concerning Hansen or the question of bail and that they did not know Hansen. They stood on the state ment that the consular sgent bad been released on demand of this govern ment. In some quarters, however. there was a suggestion that there may have been a confusion, of names. as Secretary Lansing announced that a dispatch from tne American em bassy said Third Assistant Sscre tarv Matthew K. Hanna had been sent to Puebia In connection with representations for release of Jen kins, omciaia aeciarea, nowever, that even If the names had been con fused there was no information' here to Indicate that Hsnna had put up bond and in fact they expressed ut most assurance that he had not done so. Reports from Jenkins since his ar rest and personal letters from him to relatives in this country, have all quoted him as being most determin ed not to put a cent or nan in order to obtain his release. This fact was cited by officials to suport thstr eon tention thst the release of the con sular agent was brought about "by urgent diplomatic . representations made by this government and the resulting Investigation mads by Gen eral Pablo Gonzales, who was seal to investigate the facts in ths casen detailed eount of the white house visit said Dr. Grayson received them and took them up to the President's bed- room,, where Mrs. Wilson shook hands ' with each senator. . "Then the President shook rtnd9 , with each of us," Senator Fall con- ' tinued. "He was lying in bed on hi back. His shoulders wereropped up slightly. Hs bed was ffl a shaded portion or tne room. . He greeted us . pleasantly and while his articulation . seemed somewhat thick, during the entire conference. I could under stand perfectly every word he said. I trims ne was covered up to CONTlNUiU j)X PAGE TW to his 4. 0. C
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