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PART ONE VOL. 1. NO. 1. Weekljr, K?t?WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. SALONS MA ALTHOUGH It 15 ?fe^j?RTED THAT* ADJOURNMENT IS IN SIGHT. APPROPRIATIONS YET UNSETTLED And Unless Conferees Agree a] Mew Bul WiU Have to Be framed and a New Session Started. Special to Thc Intelligencer. Columbia. Mar. 3.-Tuesday night it Fuemcd that the general assembly might be in a Mir wayto adjourn this week, although nothing official wat stated. The principal revenue bill of tho year, the bil Ito make appropria4 tiens is in the lian 1 of a free confer!-, ctu-u committee of six, it requires a majority, of two senators and two rep resentatives to carry the report, oth erwise tlie whole bill falls. It was! Ktated unoft?clally Tuesday night that] a report bad been agreed upon. It ls not unlikely that the governor] may veto como of the items eveu < atfer the bill is cent to him In such cniasuculated form, and If he doos the vetoes may bo acted upon In one or two days. How It l/ooked Yesterday Coiuntbia, Mar. C-With a difference' of I214.0CO between them, and neither ?ide willing to recele from its posi tion, thc house und senate conferees who have been struggling for several days with tfee general appropriation bill, appeared Tudsday to be hopeless ly deadlocked. j If tho*""conferees should fall to come to an agreement end should so report back to the senate and house, a new I bili would become necessary. Final j adjournment of tho general assembly might then be delayed from 10 to 20 days longer. Conferees o? both the senate n?.J house desire to get. the tax levy as close to six mills as posible, but ,the ij^f??w,"' S'Sii?' ire* ot 'delf?n innis. ttewMfcato conferees accord?*, to s report ?re ?etorinlhed that too levy shell not go over six mills and thai ls where the rub corn?s. Tn o Seating Xonday Two meetings were held by tho conferees Monday In the finance com-| mltteo room ot the senate and an othor mooting this morning, but no tangible results were accomplished.] Ttio sena*'- Loa?eres. arc Senators j Hardin, Al?.r? Johnstone ' sn? ' A8?eU,j while thc hesse ?5 repreoeniei by Dick; Supp and MhQuoen. As near as cam rcV learned, th? question or politics r.gures largely la the considerations of the conferees: They realise that thu people at larg'* do not want the levy to go over s?:. mills, but there are appropriations in the bill which the house conferees regard as vital to the welfare of the state. Govern?r Bleasc is reported ai in favor cf keeping down the taxv levy and If it goes to seven mills, there ls a strong probability that he would ve to the measure. Should he do so. au entirely new bill would, have to bc drawn. Fight Tulioreuloels Hospital One of the Items of which some of thc con for?es are said to balk ls that of '$25,000 for a tuberculosis hospital., to be erect?d by t!ie stat3| board bf health. There, also s^ema lo be a difference of. opinion rogard'ng an appropriation of SiO.OOOfor a law school building for the University of South "nrollna.. This latter appro priation reams, to bc doomed. Au near as could be teemed today there ls np fight on tho contemplated appropriation of 630,000 tor cattle tick eradication, as tho farmers of tho state, generally, are ?aid to favor it. It ls not regar jud os-probable that thc governor would Vet? the appropria tion. As matter now s*-?nd, lt seems that' tlie house must either recede and give ! way to the s?nSto conferees, or the | . deadlock wiil remain unbroken. Tba question <now ls whether there is any man among the conferees strtiig enough to cut tho "Gordon l&qA.'.? which is tying them up and bring In a bill,upon which al) l'avf ?gMML Btv Biri: Talks Dr.^Oiorge Wv ntrk. ?:>pJrT-r; toe ways and means committee '.pi' th,?.' hoiiso andpn'/of tho conferees, when, asked today for a statement regar ting the work ol tho conf?r?es,; said, that tbp discussions were of a ?pr?vate na-' Forever Barred $ By Ore Shreveport, 14-, March 3.-Respond ing to tb H demands of a m%ss meeting attended by approximately 3,006 cltl xens last night. Judge John iL L<eod. presiding over Ute criminal section of the Caddo District court, today had entered upon tb? records aa order forever barring from service as ju rors in this parish the twelve men composing the jury which recently ac y REMAIN VE A WHILE PREVENT QCGURENGE OF FINANCIAL PANIC New Currency Lew Will More Di rectly Enlarge Opportunities of Individuals. (Hy Associated Press.) Pittsburgh, Pa.. March 3.-Repre sentative A. Mitchell Palmer, member of tiie house ways and means commit tee, tonight discussed recent legisla tion before the Pittsburgh chapter, American Institute of Banking. He said: I 1 '"The banking and currency law will1 i more directly enlarge opportunities of, < individuals in the business world than I j any other chang? in our laws. It has ^ broken the back of the money roocop- f , oly. Bankers are agreed that it will, j effectually prevent the occurrence ot J dnancial panics, and I am convinced! , it will do much to protect us from the1 , distressing effects of industrial panics." At a luncheon tendered him by the Pittsburg Men'? Club for Woman Suffrage, Palmer declared for a con stitutional amendment giving women the right to' vote. Cereal King Herloasly 111 Los Angelos, C*l. Mkr. 2.- C W. Post, millionaire manufacturer of Bat late today on a special train bound for late today on aspoclal tram bound for Rochester, Minn., for an Immediate operation. H,i was accompanied by Mrs. Post and a physician who at tended . him at Lis w.ntcr home at Santa Barbara. Doubt waa expressed that be could survive the trip to Roch ester. PELLAGRA STUDY the Bill Presented by Sena tor Special Correspondence. Columbia, Mar. 3.-By a vote Cf 31 tb 23 the bouse Tuesday night killed tl c Sullivan bill providing for the es tablishment by the state ot a hospital for the treatment of pellagra ani the appointment of a commission to study tho disease which is still a nred'ca? ? mystery. The bill proposed the appro- j nrlst?c? ai $S5"c<(?? for the hospital and! fi?.??u tor the maintainance of the' ccmmisslon. The senate passed, the bill by ? large yots. Thu was a very light vote, aa th? [total membership of the house ts 124. land half of tbe memjbers would be S3, or nine more than voted on tbe impor tant matter. CHINKS SMUGGLING OPIUM. Large.Supply Pound by Government Authorities. New York, March 8.-An extensivo dpium smuggling conspiracy, un earthed by government investigators, today came to light, and ?. Hoboken I hotel keeper rand two Mott Btreet Chinamen were place?*, under arrest. Opium, alleged to have been smuggled from Germany, waa seised In a house ? la Chinatown. I Thc custom house officials. said that /ramifications of Ute alleged plot ex tended through Germany tu Persia, where the opium waa grown.. It waa the discovery of 18 pounds of the drug concealed lo a secret panel in the shop that led to the ar rests. turo and that he could not disclose what wont on In tho comir.Ui??? sea slons. He said: vi have never seen a condition such [as confronta the confered at thia time, and it U impossible, to say what will be the outcome of our delibera tions. Wc are all anxious to keep the I tax 'levy aa near six mills as possible. I but thus, far lt has seemed impossible for,us to reach an agreement. I . -Tbete ls still a difference of $214, 060 between the senate and the house conferees on the total, .lt no snree j ment ls reached ani a report ls made ?to either bouse of our failure to agree, .rr. t ull? dy new bili w?lt nave to be drafted. The general assembly will then be compelled to continue In ses sion for tea or twenty days longer tor the purposo of drafting a new ap propriations measure. _? >rom Court 1er Of The Court quitted Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Little, charged with tbe murder of J. J. Van cleave. The order of the court assigns aa a reason for the barring of tbe twelve men that they returned a verdict of acquittal after the state had present ed evidence showing Little and < bis wife to have been guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. ER HT M ill PRESENT TO THE JUDICIARY .COMMITTEE ALL THE PHASES. F WOMAN'S RIGHTS 'Time to Make Question One of Political Expediency"-Divis ion of Opinion. (By Associated Press.} Washington, March 3.-All phases.) it the woman suffrage question were presented to the house Judiciary cora nittee today, accompanied by cheers, leers, hisses and applaupc. Beseti ng sentimental phases of the suf frage argument Mrs. Crystal East nan .Benedict und Mrs. Mary Beard, *ieW York lawyers, threw down the) gauntlet to the democratic party In! io uncertain terms, . warning the committee that the political wrath of he 4,000.000 in suffrage states would je visited upon the party unless fa vorable consideration wero given the institutional amendment for woman luffrage. Anti-euffraglst8 told the committee' lint '.vornan suffrage would be barm-1 'ul, "not only to women, but to the, country." At tho conclusion of the icarings. Dr. Walker, trousered and illk batted, presented to .the commu ?e what she called "the crowning institutional argument," to show that women already have the right to vote ander tho constitution. "In the meanwhile debate on tho suffrage amendment was continuing n the senate. - The suffragists who appeared before be committee wore divided. Mrs. An .oinotto Funk,' Mrs. Mcdill McCor nlck and Mrs. William Kent, repre-, tenting the National Woman Suffrage tssoc lotion, urged that, if the commit- j co would not report the. proposed tmendmunt. ittreport an amendment 0 all of the Suffrage questions to be j ?e?ided by referez;;' .tates*, ?pstead of by the legialaturca. ! un, Benedict, .Mrs. Beard. Mrs. Olen lbwer Stabs of Boston abd Dr. Cora Smith King, for the Congressional inion, abel ar ed that the time had come to \ make the suffrage question >be pf political expediency. "lt lk because I have the. interests >f this administration at heart," said Vira. Evans, "that I hope the demo cratic majority in the bouse will see j ile ?ray clear to reconsider what et- j feet fcCvM a one-sided action of the; inTr.ocritic caucus wouid Pave." Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Benedict versed the democrats not to dodge the issue, and declared that action on the suffrage question must be taken at .hlB. session of congress. "Gentlemen," said Mrs. Beard, "you cannot answer us by'shaking in our 'aces that tatterdemalion of a state's rights scarecrow, and then expect us lot to read the newspapers when you repudiate your platform and violate ixpreas state's rights In the matter of 1 presidential primary. You cannot ell us that the platform will not al ow thia auftrage discussion because H o silent about it, but will permit the repeal Of the canal tolls exemption, which lt expressly forbids. It is un letestltnatlng our resources to sup ?Ktse teat we can't plant these facts into the bands of 15.000,000 voters. ln-{ eluding over 3,000,000 free women. The political party wfeicn will enter nto possession of the federal govern nont on March 4, 1917. will believe :hat woman suffrage ls a matter of ?atlonat concern and transcendent na ional importance." The representatives of the National Woman Buffrago association disclaim ed participation in the warning of the :!ongress5onnl union and for some :lme the committee room waa In con fusion, with half a dozen women try ng to explain things. During tho debate In- Ute senate Senator Cir pp declared that all the dntater trttuences of the country were ined. Ur? Against woman suffrage. He laid that he regretted that good neo ido allowed themselves to be used as k mask lor these evil influences. Senator Bryan of Fk,i*?? made the first extended speech against the amendment. He contended, first of ?I, that the states should be allowed M deal With the question, ?*?y!?ijs that california bad no more right to aay whether the negro women of Florida mould vote than Florida- had to aay hat tho Japanese should vote ut Cal fornia. liff BASTATE PA8BEKGEB BATE. rennesse* Commission aad Batlrocda] Beach Agreement. ' (By Associated Press) i Nashville. Tenn.. March 3.-An ? i rr cement signed today by the Louts , rlMe end Nashville railroad and the greement signed today by tho Louts-1 allway and the Tennessee railroad commission provides for the inaugu ration of tho two aad a half cent tn rastate passenger rate In Teaneaeee >a Apr*' 1. Under the agreement the are for Children between S aad 13 .ears will be one aad one-quarter lepta per balle. . PRESIDENT WILSON PERSON ALLY TO APPEAR BEFORE LAWMAKERS. ON THE TOLL ISSUE WiU Set Forth ftLsons Why Con gress Snow Reverse (Hy Associated Press} Washington, Marah 3.-Presido:.! Wilson will persoauly adrcss a ses sion of congress Twpraday, advocating repeal of tho clause in the Panama canal oct which ejgempts Amclrican coastwise shipping ."frnm payment of White house ofu?jjj?is tonight arrang-i ed wit ii ?the ?aaJCM? leaden? in both liourcs fer a JoinuBesion at 12:fi? p.; m. Thursday. ThjHsresidenl lias pro-; pared a brief addretl/ln which he sets forth his opinion thu congress should ' reverse itself ?nd keep the obligations' ot the Hay-Pauh'cefoW tresiy which ho believes were ylclatn by th? Panama canal act. The pr?sident bellies lhere should be no debatable, progpun on th" cia ur c.'. Since thc tolls question last was be-1 fore congress,, the njesident baa loid senators that European nations were taking the V iw that fhe United States had violated, the.?-Hay-Pauucefoto treaty Tne governments o'-the,.;world,' he made lt clear,' vflfre beginning to* believe that the Unltjsp States Was not) sincere in Hie construction o? treaties. : The message to congress wfl open! the fight in earnest. Senator 0*Gor-| man, chairman' of ?o Inter-ocoanic. ca??is commlttr-?. ia expected to op-1 pore the presMerxt'3 view. Lately lt' bas been said that a majority of the committee wouMr'4hvcr a repeal. The white house is 'confident, tho repeal will be passed* ^?jftfb?ieaob joining democrats HrHMHttha change. RETURNS TO PELZER Furnished Bond of $1,500 nt 2 O'clock Yesterday and Left at Once. William Bridgeman, who will face a charge of murdering his younger brother, Richard, was yesterday re leased from the Anderson county jail, having given bond in tho sam of $1,500. 'Bridgeman got into an altercation last Saturday morning at ono o'clock with his brother, during which the younger myan attacked the older one. using a knife on bim abd inflicting se rious wounds. Thc oller man then fired ono shpt, the bullet *".kicg effect in 1 /-chard Bridgoman's abdomen and causing death a short time later. T. Prank Whtklns of . the local bar, appeared before Judge Prince and made application for ball, which waa, granted In the sum of, $1,500 and the bond was yesterday furnished Bridgeman was released at two o'clock yesterday afternoon and caught the 2:15 car for Pelser, his home. His caso will probably be called and disposed or at the next tenn of the court of general sessions. HUERTA WANTS THEM RETURNED No Warrant of Law or Treaty to Intern Thone Who Fled to United States. -- . (By Associated Press) Bl. Paso, fox.. March 3.-Asserting that, there is no warrant of interna tional law or treaty under which tba five thousands who ried to the l/nlted States, after the battle of Ojlniga, eal; who are interned at Ft, Bliss, can be held, representatives ot the Huerta] government here aro pr aparina to Sn-j stitute habeas corpus proceedings to; obtain their liberation. The Clause on which these Mexicana are being held is the ono in the Ha gue treaty which states that If a group of belligerents from ona country war ring with another takes rerure In a third, the third country must Intern them for the period of thc war. The Weather. Washington, Much $."--Forecast for South Carolina: Fair Wednesday; Thursday probably rain and eoldor. OF iNBPOL?" MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST . CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. TRUST BEGAN 1887 Throttled and Controlled Today by Public Warehouse men. (tty Associated Press.) Washington, Mardi 3.-The Chicago board of Irado today vms arraigned as a "Kiant of fictitious wheat transac tions" und "tlic weapon of a price-con trolling monopoly," by Samuel H. Greeley, who for more than twenty yearn waa a member of tho board. Appearing ?before tin houso rules committee in beilulf ol several wheat! growers' organisations of the north west. Mr. Greeley urged federal ac tion against an alleged monopoly! maintained by lb', public warehouse men of Ch'.cago and other market cen ters. Through memberships on the Chi cago board and control of the storage of grain, the warehouse "trust," he declared, had built up an organisa tion "which controls the wheat prices of. the world more than any . other agency except war scares and finan cial panics." The key to the 1 situa tion was dealing in futures, where no delivery was intended, he declared, and In this business the Chicago board of trade outstripped the other mar kets of the world combined. Evidence was submitted to the com mut?e designed to show that the warehouse "trust" bogan buulness in 1887, and had Increased in power un til today the Chicago board waa "throttled and controlled by the pub 1 ^warehouse mon." prescribed against warehouse* mem bers. This, he said,' was done at the order,of the warehouse men's com bination. The committee had under consider ation Representative Manahan's reso ! lution to authorise an Investigation ot i the charges that a monopoly existed j j within the grain evehsnges of Chi-j i cago. Duln' i and Minneapolis, found-! I ed upon th^* warehouse operations and ? , future trading. It was said that If, ' thc hearings bring out evidence to ! v, ar rar- the matter probably Will he I referrt * to the committee on agricul ture, with recommendations that lt draft legislation to remedy the alleged evils. Mr. Greeley charged that public warehousing in. Chicago was con ducted "openly and brazenly in viola tion of law, without any organised op position of state legal authorities," to crush confution. "It Is lecognlzed," he asserted, "that 95 per cent at least of all cash grain which has cnterodd public stor age for many years has been con trolled by the illegally operating warehouse proprietors, innocent in dividuals are subject to many hard ships of odds or percentages in- the game,' which are correspondingly In favor of the combined warehouseman Speculator. Federal legislation to abolish fu ture trading, federal inspection and grading In public* warehouses. Mr. Manahan, urged, were the only reme dies to relieve farmers who lost large sums through manipulation in futures. ?DENIES WRIT OF CERTIORARI Establishes Precedent in Regard , to Lending Money on Cotton* (By Associated Press.) Savannah. On., March 8.-The Na tional Bank of Savannah has been ad vised that the supreme court of thc United States yesterday denied a writ of certiorari to tbe Kershaw Oil mill In South-Carolina in a case in which' 822.060 was involved. The 'decision establishes ?the precedent that when banka lend money, on bales ot cotton [ and the cotton turns out to be only linters that tho bank can. recover tho sum advanced. The .National Bank of Savannah ad vanced 122.000 to J. H. Call A Son upon 820 bales, on what the bank thought was sufficient guarantee. The oil mill took a writ of certiorari to the supremo court of the United .States, which, it was stated, has been Nlonted. y Typhoid Epidemie la lanada. Montreal. March 8.-Word waa re ceived today that typhoid ls epidemic, in the municipalities along the flick-, el lau tiver. Four hundred cases are reported. In St Johns 800 have been stricken. J orv ES EM -WEfl lilCjgj, TIMES Swindler Arrested in Hot Springs ' Is a Molt "Interesting" Character. (Hy Associated l'revK.? Ilot Springs, Ark.. Mureil 3,~Alonto J. Whiteman, said lo lio u former member of the Chicano st oe!; ex change, und Edward ll. Gibbs, alla? '.hickson Dcforrest, said to bo wan te I In New York. ch lc aim and other cities for alleged swindling op-rat hun. to day were Arrested herc. Whiteman was arrested on a charge of swin dling a woman at Zion City.TU., out of $2,500, and < Gibba lt charged with raising a draft from $8 to $8.000. The men were stopping st different hotels and were arrested when they met herc. Whiteman bas been out of Ute Au burn; N. Y., prison about two years. He "roformed" and tuned preacher. His career today was sketched by the local ja,lice as follows: Forme Minnesota state seuator; under anet 43 times; "wanted" In over 40 cities? indicted 27 thnea; convicted ll Haies; tci?! prison son-, teneos, Cl years ; has actually served j one year; alleged'Stole upward of $1.000,000; rated itt timos as a mil lionaire; ia a college, graduate and skilled lawyer. Ho baa bonn divorced from throe vives. Kittel Halvornoa defeated bim in 1891 for congress from thia district.I He erroneously has boen designated as ' a larmer mayor of Duluth. His home, wno st Danville, Ky., whore hts father' owns extensive paper milla. FaiMrtne ' turer. indicted by Gov ernment. (By Associated 1'rese.) Washington. March S.^-i'eter O. Thomson, president of thc Champion Coated Paper company of Ohio, was pieced en trial hire or? aa Isr-ictment charging attempted bribery of a post ofS-ce taipe?t?f. ?i.j - Bwv?ruiuuni charges that when the Inspector found paper made by Thomson's com-i nany fer pesta! card? below quality i and refused to accept lt Thomson, sent him $100 through the.mails. Thomson operates a Isrge paper pulp and acid mill at Canton, N. C., which 1B probably the lurgest concern of its kind in the South. WOMAN RECITES THRILLING STORY ? " . ... . ? . * f * Picturing Pit?fui Conditions Exist ing During Paint Creek - Strike. (By Associated Press.) Charleston. W. Va., March 3.-Tho Journey of an armored train along the Paint Creek branch of the.Chesa peake and Ohio railway last February during the miners' strike a year ago was vitally recalled' here today when Mrs. Anna B. - Hall told a Jury the ; story of her Injuries. With her Ave 1 Ute children shs crouched near the big .chimney in their little home, she said, while bullets flew thick about them. One bullet passed through tho family Bible, pierced Mrs. Hall's right log and lodged In her left leg, where it remains.. One child narrowly es caped death wi.en a bullet grazed ita h?nd, she said. Many witnesses sro here to testify in Mrs. Hall's suit for $25.000 against the chesapeake and Ohio railway. A number of similar actions are to be tried. Vol UH harv Redaction of Rate. louisville. March 3. --Tho Louisville and - Nash v Hin Fill road Company lia? announced Its'intention1 Voluntarily to reduce passenger, faros in Kentucky-to two and one-half ?ont per mile before May 1 _ '.- ? Alaskan Railway Ready Washington. March 8.- Senate and house conferee-? ?gr?4d ?atc today on all differences over the Alaskan rail road bill and a report will be sub mitted for Anal actwn tn both houses probably to.aorrow.'.?The- ?cuate con ferees yielded to the house amend ments providing that the road should ba financed out pf. the treasury^ In stead of 'jy a bond Issue,' nui that the IN RELATION TO CONDI TIONS IN OLD MEX ICO. A REPARATION DAY "Persistent Difficulties Are Pvt in WV o? Investigation to > Conceal Truth." . ?By Arnoelaled Presa,i I .on i lon, Mureil 3.-Tl io British gov eminent':* view that tin immediate ac tion could be taken by lt in connec tion with the deadlock over the inves tigation Into the death of William 8, Bonton was made plain tolay lu tho house of commons by Slr Edward Prey, British foreign secretary. Sir Edward was, bowover, equally .ex plicit in pointing out that if Great Britain railed to secure satisfaction ?.brough the United Stute? tho Brit ish government reserved to itself tho riKhl to Hccure reparation wheuovcr it waa able to do so. Intense resentment baa been dis played throughout the British isles ' over what ls regarded as the attempt on the part of Gen. Carranga, thc reb el teador, to sow discord between England and tim United States , and also over repnt'A d?i?ys Is tho ia ve>uigation of Benton's death. In reply to a question as to tho invenigat'on into tho death at Juares # of Benton, Slr Edward said: "I must ask leave of the house to make a somewhat - mpre extended statement than can properly lie com pressed within the limits of an answer to a question.. "All the efforts that have been made hitherto have failed to secure an in vestigation into the facta1 respecting the death of William S. Benton. "The persistent difficulties put in tlie way or such an investigation ?re nla the strongest presumption ot a de sire and on intention to conceal the truth on thc part cf those la mexico who are responsible for what has .^?ifli'miiri?c?tiou? with the govern-% meat, ot the United ?tatos are stitt proceeding, but I would repeat what I said laet week, that these commu nications do not imply that the gov ernment of the United States has any responsibility ror rthe death of Ben ton. The U. H. Not Responsible. "While, therefore, we Shalt welcome' any such actio-- thur ihfe Usitsd ?tiaiss ia prepared to take to secure justice, we have nc title to ?W?SUH au a right that the United States should Itself resort to the use of force. - "O?a can uemaad thai' another govr ern ment should go to all lengths to. secure. reparation fdr a crime only' when one holds that government in some way responsible tor the commis sion of the crime. "So far the United States has shown at least as much Interest tn the death of Mexico of a British subject as lt has In the case of outrages on Ameri can citizens, tor I understand that several Americans have been killed tn Mexico. And the United SUtes has shown every desire to use its in fluence to secure protection for Brit ish''subjects 1n thc Mexican territory controlled by those described as con stitutionalists. "I would, therefore,' sum up the sit uation by saying that if the United 'States thinks it proper to take further .steps, either on behalf of Its own citi zen H, or of a British subject, we will gladdy watt the result But-If, for reasons of tts own, the United States does not think lt desirable to take such steps, we must, ot course, re serve to ourselves the right to secure reparation whenever there <ls oppor tunity to do so. "Our general policy, toward Mexico and the Central and Southern Ameri can republics ls confined to commer cial Interests. We keep within non political limits, aa a fule. Therefore, all troubles that rise are settled by diplomatic means or cap be referred to arbitration. Be Is Perplexed. . "But tho violent death of a British subject and the refusal by those re sponsible in Mexico to allow the cir cumstances to be investigated make 'lt Incumbent upon us to do what we cain' On1 our own behalf. - "Assuming that the United States does not desire'Itself to take any rei ?iponsibiiity Tor Intervention, it baa been' urged upon me that we should take immediate action, without, how (Contlnded on page 4.) f To Become Law maxima i< or expense should bo $36, 000,000 instead of $40,000,000. Tho house amendment stipulating that all or the pro'heed railroad should be or standard aauge has been stricken out It wak also agreed that the operation of the road should r"Wt be under the Jurisdiction of the Inter state commerce commission unless the gor jrnment should lease it to a private corporation.