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Establls
'resident Says No
Occasion F o r
'losing
joes W Ihmk Mexicm Sit
uation Has Reached Any
Such Cnticcl Stage as lo
Rtqune Thai Step.
ilmrta Regards Eis Part in
Iht Exchange of Comnun-j
Sting New Congress to Full
Organization,
As?pciatc?'"l Press,
n-aitiniion. Nov. 17. President
.x'iison sees not regard the Mexican
'.situation a? having reached any such
critical siau" as to require the closing
she Aim-nc-m embassy.
; piscuscir. reports to that effect to-
-a 'i Charge
O'Shaughnessy
rather Lad been given his passports
ncr besn told to come bacs. While de
t,i'; a; to persons had changed, yet
tc maiti circumstances remained sub
;tfaaiia!;v th tame as when the Pres
iden' previously expressed a favor
able view of the situation.
The Status of Affairs,
fummirs up the status of affairs,
it,o Fr?sideDt indicated that while the
yprsonai attitude of General Huerta
mlcht have changed, the circumstances
vpon liich the American government
a5c5 it conviction that Huerta's elim
; ration Is inevitable, have not changed
at all.
The mi'ils of the gods grind slowly,''
--i re-?efl trip slow and steady pur
pr.coi !ic:n pursued.
it wa"; made plain at the White
V-'cit" ; hat the pi"1 emptory resignation
ft' Minister Aldap? did not affect ma-t-rialiv
tiip American plan, as it was
pointed p;;: that no scheme that this
sovprn:7"?nT might have could very
veil dep'nd on the permancy of any
H'?mb?r o fthe Huerta cabinet.!
ttiipffilff"' r-.f th.p HuTta-cahinet.
The presicknt made it plain that the
change? in the situation, though they
jirpearecl kaTedioscopic in detail, had
virt imrared confidence here in the
intimate solution of the problem by
peaceful means.
Olcial denial was made at the Wrhite
io'J59 to a report that Pan-American
mediation wss contemplated and it
;vas reiterated that no mediation of
-ny kind had been offered to either
Taction, oouth American nations, it was
t'.aied. l ad been informed in the same
ray a? European nations and have
pressed in the main their desire to
report the American policy. Brazil in
Articular, in not having recognized
the Huerta government previously, is
Warded as especially friendly to the
.American policy.
Secretary Bryan has ordered an in
vestigation of the executions at Juarez
hit thus far has been unable to recon
conflicting reports.
Meiro City,' Xov. 17. Severance of
Ha-kms between the United States
inri Meyir-o si an early date is regard
ful here as inevitable in view of the
tontimied declaration of Provisional
resident. Huerta that he will not re
3'niuiBh his office.
'on of tho newspapers whether
r"Fd In Kn?Hsh or Spanish pub
lished more than the briefest, despatch
es today touching the situation and
no indication was given in these of
it fa.? inter! tions of Washington toward
"Metier).
Whether the United States era-p-.issy
is to remain or to be immediate
ly withdrawn appears to be a matter
,f ''Wen Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the
American charge d'affaires himself, is
Uncertain.
The staff of the embassy is ready
tn !r.gvR pt n moment's notice and lit
Jio surprise would be felt here, al-lhr.ti-ri
much alarm would be caused,
n eagp Mr. O'Shaughnessy and his
tabiishroent should take the evening
train, for Vera Crux.
There: v.-as considerable gossip in
jv-H-rjr-g! circles today of further chang-
"; 'n Hip Mexican cabinet. General
Z nJS TheSnlste?"'
. -' t'-dnquet, tie minister ul .
is s;ail 1 1 tiQvo Vio A n micnrrler
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ft?.a'iinj wish President Huerta which
311 a v :?Mm him to leave his post.
llil thf (lorij r-Q rV Manual flarva.
-v'linpp
1h:o minister of the interior,
Jnrpi.,,,.. rl (V,n .-i Viindt
r'5 1"! (.no of its most. level headed
:1Tln'n!ir-rs. an official whose moderation
:"(!!'! l-.f. depended upon. His succes
:"r hns m.f yet been chosen.
in i ho meantime General Huerta is
3'r"ce.el:ng with his efforts to organize
i,bo nn- congress regardless of the
?!ni..p jrjven to him by John Lind
SPrions consequences would fol-f-uch
a step.
11 vys expected today that a further
lis"mpt would be made this afternoon
;1y!aat)izB the senate as Saturday's
failed owing to the lack of a
"onnn. Cnless the United States
: ;u'!s a nieans to bring about altera
; f the present plans the first
,??Uiai' rnPAtino- nf tVin hnnsa will nfV
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1 H Imnarrial trwlnv ra.fa.ra orlitnrtfl.1-
ay.
' 'f the organiaztion of the Mexican 1
...
. - "vt't;ib, bays me aP1"1'
u':h,v Personage of thQ White House.
'iHr, lis for Elaves, whereas we
j(,eiQI1? to the noble and fierce race of
i 'lanhtemoc, the last Aztec sovereign
.' Mexico, crossed with the blood of
flat otpp indomitable and proud
vp. whose monuments- ot glory rear
Embassy
themselves on the heights of the An
des. "Our great president, now unem
barrassed by intriguers, stands more
firm than porphyry or bronze.
"A people which loses its independ
ence and dignity without a supreme
effort is worse than dead and merits
eternal ignominy."
The article continues by saying that
fhfi writer rannnt IiaIipva tho YankwiB
I will launch upon such an insane ad-
venture as u'ico-
Mpvirn ("Mtv NTnv 17 Provisional
President Huerta regards his part in
the recent exchange of communica
tions with the United States as finish
ed. He expects to find no difficulty
in consummating his plan to bring his
new congress to full organization to
morrow and ihe continues planning
his military compaigns and carrying
out his policies of pacification.
What further move may be taken
at Washington is a question which
neither the Mexicans nor the foreign
ers here find an easy one to answer
but there was noticeable today an in
creasing expression of opinion that the
United States would continue her
hands off poiicy.
This was not a predominating belief,
but those who expressed it pointed out
that there was an element at Wash
ington which would be contented to see
the federals .and constitutionalists
play their own game to the finish, the
recent taking of Juarez by the rebel
forces being cited as perhaps an en
couragement of such a disposition at
Washington.
Will Huerta Resign?
Mexico City. Nov. 17. The report
was revived today that General Huerta
intends to resign on the convening of
congress in regular session on Thurs-
dav. It was based on the alleged dec
laration of a member of the new
chamber of deputies.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 17. Eleven men
are known to have been executed in
Juarez since Francisco Pancho Villa
and his rebel forces captured the city
Saturday morning. The rebel officials
admit the execution of that number.
Americans who have frequented the
city since its capture claim that 23
have been executed. -
The bodies of most of the victims
am still unburied. More than twenty.
corpses, some of them of men execu
ted, some the bodies of victims ot tne
battle, lay all night in the Juarez cem-
etemy because graves had not been
completed for them. The body of Col
onel Enrique Portillo, executed
last Saturday, was brought to
El Paso for interment here today. It
was divested of its trousers and shoes
by a rebel who was short of clothing
while it lay in the Patio pf the mili
tary barracks in Juarez.
All rebels are badly in need of
clothing and the distribution of cap
tured federal uniforms made by Villa
did not go around so there has been
a scramble for the clothing of the
men executed.
The known victims of the rebel ex
ecutioners so far are:
Colonel Enrique Portillo.
Colonel Augustin Cortinas.
Captain Jose Torres.
Captain R. Benavides.
Captain Ricardo Contreras.
Civilian, unknown,' said to be aide
to Guillermo Porras, personal repre
sentative of General Huerta for the
state of Chihuahua.'
Jose Cordova, recently chief secret
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TWENTY Mill
DOLLftRSWDRTH
if Toys
Washington, Nov. 17 Toys to the
extent of more than twenty million
dollars will have been provided for
American children by their parents
, - th nrownt vear wanes, ac-
hpfnrp. the nresent vear w'anes, ac
cording to the experts of the Federal
bureau of foreign and domestic com
merce. This establishes a new re
cord, the statisticians announced.
A marked feature or the sn.uanon
is that the United States is guarding
with increasing jealousy its own pro
duction of toys and is sending fewer
abroad for the children of other coun
tries. The production of home fac
tories is kept for home youngsters.
The importation of playthings, be
fore the new year is ushered in will
aggregate nine million dollar,?, the ex
perts figure. Added to this '-he home
production will be fully eleven mil
lions of dollars. With this flood of joy
making paraphernalia it is thought
certain by the Federal experts the
hearts of juvenile Americans will be
made glad when Santa Claus comes
around, if they are not overflowing
with happiness before.
Dolls furnish one fourth of all tne
toys coming irom auiuau. w
i , e ti.. ,,nnct mirvevnr of
from abroad. Germany
piaythings and its flaxen-hairei dous
ivirtuaiiy arts iuo umj u'v.u
kind that are admutea xnrougu
customs houses to tne arms oi Ameri
can children. '
in the fnrnishine of toys England
comes nert, with Japan, France, Austria-Hungary
and Belgium following
in importance. The united tai.es
portations have fallen off steadily In
Tecent years.
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EH Paso, Texas, Nov.'lT. TJncle Sam's t troops are on tiptoe on the border, ready to jump into-Mexico at,
a moment's notice to save American life and property. Herewith are photos giving latest scenes in the border
military camps of infantry and engineers of the regular army. The men are generally . in sound health, and
Major. Genera! Carter, who is in command, will give a good account of himself if he is ordered into' the battle
scarred republic to preserve order.
FORTY BODIES HAVE WASHED
. ASHORE THE STEAMER
- :I WYOMING PROBABLY LOST
By Associated Press. '
Port Huron, Mich.," Nor. 17. Infor
mation was received here this fore
noon that forty bodies of sailors who
lost their lives in last week's storm
disaster on L.ake Huron, were on their
way to Sarnia, Ont., opposite this port,
from Kincardine, Ont., w-here they tad
been -washed ashore. Many of the
bodies are still unidentified.
No further details were" available
here this morning in connection with
the discovery yesterday of a pilot
house supposed to be from a wooden
PHYSICIANS GATHER
IN LEXINGTON
By Associated Press.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 17. Five hun
dred ' physicians and" surgeons from
many states-were' here today for the
first session of the Southern Medical
Association's annual' convention. Sev
eral allied organizations are to have
meetings here during the association's
convention.
The feature of today's sesison was
an address by Dr. Oscar Bowling, of
the Louisiana State Board of Health,
who declared that 17 to 25 per cent
of non-premeditated childless marria
ges and 75 per cent of sterility in
married life was due to the husband's
incapacity as a result of venereal in
fection. ." ' .
Dr. Bowling suggested education
for parenthood, regulation of marriage
and prevention of reproduction by
certain classes as a means of es
tablishing higher ideals in American
family life. He aserted that society's
attitude of silence over everything per
taining to sex was passing and that
a single standard of morality for
men and women were becoming a
social principle.
Sessions will continue until Thurs
day.
Health' officers of. southern states
were to discuss "milk" at their meet
ing this afternoon.
The first annual session held by
Southern Medical Women will take
place tomorrow. Ths Southern Asso
ciation of Railway Surgeons will . be
organized during the week.
When a fellow is crusty it may be
due to the way he was bred.
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steamer. All of the vessels reported
lost were said to have been of steel
construction and if a -wooden steamer
went down in Lake Huron her identity
is a mystery. . ' . ,
The steamer Wyoming and barge
probably foundered in the gale a
week ago Sunday on Lake Huron. The
Wyoming, passed this port up-bound at
5:30 o'clock on the morning of Novem
ber 7. It is thought she-Was near
Saginaw- bay when the storm . struck.
The Wyoming and .barge had a crew
of 23. She was a wooden steamer.
MEN USING
FEWER BIRDS
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 17. Women are
abandoning the use of birds and the
plumage of birGS for headgear ; decora
tion, according." to Col. Joseph H. '
Acklen of Nashville, Tenn., who ar
rived here today to assume his duties
as chief warden, of the United States
to enforce the recently enacted migra
tory bird protection law.
.Colonel Acklen, who is an enthusi
astic bird lover, is to serve the gov
ernment without pay. He expects to
visit every section and state of the
country, enlisting the co-operation of
state game wardens and the various
sportsmen's organization in the safe
guarding of wild life.
The change in feminine fashions
and the gradual abandonment of fur
and feathers in the decoration of wo
men's hats, the colonel believes, how
ever, is the most hopeful sign he has
seen in his work thus far.
All frogs and some people are born
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warmer Tuesday in interior. X
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BEGUN TODAY
By Associated Press. .
Philadelphia, Nov. 17. The first
hearing in the investigation instituted
by the interstate commerce commis
sion into the rates and practices of
the ,hard coal carrying roads was
held here today before Commissioner
John H. Marble.' -
' The commission seeks chiefly to
determine whether the railroads have
been strictly observing the interstate
commerce laws, whether their freight
rates on coal are . reasonable and
whether, there exists a community of
interest among them that is detrimen
tal to the independent shipper and the
public in general.
The investigation consequently
promises to .be the most sweeping ever
conducted by any government agency
into the affairs of the anthracite rail
roads. : .
The witnesses under subpoenas to
testify today were officials, of the Cen
tral Railroad- of New Jersey, but it
was expected that the forepart of the
session would be occupied in the intro
duction of documentary .evidence, in
cluding a mass of official correspon
dence subpoenaed from the files of the1
railroads involved.
Silas H. Smith of counsel for the
commission, announced at the outset
of the hearing that the operating de
partments of the railroads involved
would be first investigated, with a
view to bringing out the service ren
dered on the handling -of coal from
the mines to the market. It - was
agreed that the documentary evidence
should be put into the record without
reading this time. .
Commissioner Marble announced
that several independent shippers had
entered informal complaints and that
the Plymouth Coal Company, a com
petitor of the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western Coal Company, had asked
to intervene formally with the priv
ilege of cross-examining .witnesses.
This, the commission said, would be
permitted.
Edward E. Kerkin, division superin
tendent of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, was the first witness. He
produced operating schedules in con
nection with the transportation of coal
on the Jersey Central:
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A.
Duckworth, at the Presbyterian hos
pital, a son,. Arthur J.
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COAL RATE
INVESTIGATION
SOtee 0 Jrainmen
On The Southern
Pacific Terminates
GREAT MEET
FOR DEEPER
By Associated Press.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 17. United
States senators, governors, mayors
and noted waterways experts are as
sembling here for the Atlantic Deep
er Waterways convention which opens
tomorrow. J. Hampton Moore, ot
Philadelphia, the president, arrived
today. Governor Blease, of South
Carolina, is expected this evening
and by morning the other leaders
among whom are Governor Charles
R. Miller, of Delaware; Governor
Park Trammel, of Florida; Lieut.
Gov. Frank E. Howe, of Vermont;
Sigo Meyers, of Savannah, Ga., and
Representative J. Charles Linthicum,
of Maryland; Senator D. U. Fletcher,
of Florida, and the Florida delegation
in congress led by Stephen J. Park
man, chairman of tne river and har
bor committee of the house, former
Representative Bennett, of New York.
The first meeting convenes at 3
o'clock tomorrow. Mayor Swearingen
will welcome the guests for the city
and Governor Trammel for the state.
Besides the speeches and the reso
lutions to be considered there will De
several entertainments including a
trip on thef St. Johns river, visits to
the ostrich farm, a steamer trip and
luncheon for the women when forty
launches and yachts will convey them
to the yacht club and a luncheon at
SEPARAE CONFERENCES
- ON CURRENCY SHCEDULE.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 17. Prospects ot
separate- conferences of republican
and Democrat senators over currency
legislation loomed up again today
with some sentiment that congress
might adjourn while they were being
held.
Chairman Owen, of the banking
committee, and Majority Leader
Kern, said they saw no objpection to
a short adjournment, but they did not
know the president's attitude.
Both sections of the banking com
mittee continued work today.
Thieves Got Twenty Thousand.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Nov. 17. Clever thieves suc
ceeded in extracting ingot gold
valued at $20,000 from a consignment
of $1,000,000 while it was on the way
from Constantinople lo Paris last
veek. Details of the robbery were
made public today. The gold was sent
by the Imperial Ottoman Bank at
Constantinople to the Ottoman Bank
here in forty cases, iron bound and
sealed.
ON. UIGU GOST
OF
By Associatd Press.
New York, Nov. 17. The high cost
pf living puzzle will be up for at
tempts at solution again this week
at a conference arranged by Gover
nor Martin H. Glynn with the heads of
the railroads over which most of the
state's food supply is transported and
with a number of economists. The
conference will mark the new state
executive's first step toward the for
mation of a new legislative plan to re
duce prices of foodstuffs in New York
state.
Governor Glynn's interest has been
aroused particularly by the New York
members of the American commission
w hich went abroad last . June to at-
l Institute of Agriculture at Rome and
which also made a comprehensive
study of food supply in Europe.
The report of the American com
mission, much of which will be placed
in advance at the disposal of Gover
nor Glynn will be- presented to Presi
dent Wilson and subsequently to con
' gress early in December.
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Boston, Nov. 17. Turkeys at 15
cents a pound are possible if the right
methods of raising them are used, Dr.
Charles P. Higgins, pathologist for the
Dominion of Canada, said in a lecture
at the Harvard Medical School yester
day. "The disease of black head has been
the cause more than anything else
of the scarcity of turkeys," he said,
j "They can be raised at a small cost
j and marketed profitably at 15 cents a
i pound. To raise turkeys successfully
they should-be hatched .by artificial
j means and should be kept away from
I ordinary fowls."
WATERWAYS
Nl
NG
Agreement is Reached Where
by Railroads Agree to Ac
cede to Demands of li tin
men to Submit Grievances tc
Committee.
Wheels Began Turning Im
mediately After Announce
ment Strike Had LtLitec
lhree And Half Days
Traffic Greatly Tied Up.
By Associated Press.
Houston, Tex., Nov. 17. The South
ern Pacific, Atlantic system, trainmer
and enginemen's strike irf Texas and
lx)uisiana was ended today when the
railroad yielded to the demands of the
men to meet a federated committee
of the four unions in the controversy
The men were ordered to resume
work immediately and within enrrty
minutes after the announcement tht
idle wheels in the local yards begat
turning.
Reports today indicated that mail
is piling up at many towns in Texas
and Louisiana and that supplies o!
merchandise are running low at towns
that rely exclusively on the Southern
Pacific for service.
Several Houston contractors sus
pended business temporarily today be
cause shipments of material were de
layed. The railroad has not attempt
ed to move any freight since Thurs
day night.
Superintendent Not Informed.
New Orleans, Nov. , 17. Guy Hop
kins, general superintendent of Mor
gan's Louisiana & Texas lines, thf
Louisiana end of the Southern Pacirk
s.aid - this m ornin g-Jth a tThe-i ad no - i n
timation that the strike had been set
tled. He said-the situation, so far as"''
he knew, was the same as when the
strike first was called. .
Houston, Tex., Nov. 17. Announce
ment of the settlement was made by
General Manager W. G. Van Vieck oi
the Sunset-Central lines here and was
confirmed by the Federated committee
of the strikers. It was also announced
that official statements of details
would be available from both sides
about nocu.
'Strike Was Short Lived.
Houston, Tex., Nov. 17. The strike
beginning November 13 at 7 p. m..
lasted three days and a half, durin.2
which not a freight wheel was moved
on 2,400 miles of track and not ont
act of violence was reported. Com
pany officials helped to man enuogb
engines to keep about a dozen passen
ger trains in motion.
The trouble was due to sixty-soven
grievances, some of them dating back
two years and which the four union?
had been negotiating individual! y
These unions, by referendum vote
decided last week that the railroad
must meet them jointly or they would
strike. The railroad replied that it
had never refused to try to settle the
grievances but that it could not meet
the Federated union's committee. It
claimed the roads compliance with
safety regulations imposed by the in
terstate commerce commission was
one of the main causes of grievance.
The question of wages was not involv
ed except for firemen, for whom a rate
of $3.75 was demanded in accordance
with the certain agreements.
- The lines affected were all in the
Sunset-Central, or Atlantic division of
the Southern Pacific, stretching across
Southern Louisiana and Texas from
New Orleans to El Paso.
How End Was Effected.
Washington, Nov. 17. The termina
tion of the strike was brought aboirt
by the railroad and its employes ae
cepting tho proposal of the Federal
board of mediation and conciliation
that the railroad meet the committec
of the four unions. This proposal
was sent from here last aight by the
board and stipulated that in event o?
refusal by either party the question
should go before the federal board for
an attempt at settlement. r
Word of the settlement of the strike
was received by President Wilson, who
has been much interested because of
the position transportation lines along
the Mexican border occupy in relation
, to any movement of the border patrol
to enforce neutrality in the Mexican
rebellion.
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Washington, Nor. 17.
Senate:
Met at noon.
. Winston Churchill's naval holiday
was endorsed in a resolution intro
duced by Senator Thomas.
Panking committee continued work
on administration currency bill.
Adjourned at 1:36 p. m., until noon
Thursday.
House:
Met at noon.
Progressive Leader Murdock intro
duced his party's anti-trust bills.
Adjourned at 12:10 p. m. without
transacting any business until noon
Thursday. ;