The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 25, 1913, Image 1
VOL. 8, NO. 85, SEMI-W
BLEASE WRITES WAR DhPT.
MAKES REQUEST OF GARRISON.
Asks That Companies Sent Home
From Aiken be Allowed to Camp
With Second Regiment.
Columbia Special to Charleston
^7' News and Courier, July 24.?Governor
Blease addressed a letter to
Secretary of War Garrison, asking
that the Barnwell, Bamberg and
urangeuurg companies, wnicn were
Bent home from the Aiken encampment
be allowed to go into camp
with the Second Regiment at Camp
Willie Jones near this city from
July 29 to August 5. He says he
believes the companies should be
given this chance to come up to the
requirements and calls their being
Bent home from Aiken a blunder.
His letter follows:
"State of South Carolina, Executive
Chamber, Columbia.
"July 22, 1913.
"Hon. L. M. Garrison, Secretary
of War, Washington, D. C., Dear
Sir: I enclose you correspondence
which is self-explanatory.
"The three companies, to wit:
Company 'I,* 3rd regiment, N. G. S.
C., headquarters at Bamberg, S. C.;
company 'L,' 3rd regiment, N. G. S.
C., headquarters at Orangeburg, S.
C.; and company 'E,' 3rd regiment,
N. G. S. C., headquarters at Barnwell,
S. C., without any authority
from me, or without any communication
whatever with me, were ordered
to return from the encampment
at Aiken, S. C.. and were thus
deprived of what I think were their
rights. Of course, it is now too late
to remedy that, so far as the Aiken
encnmnmpnt Is concerned.
"But I write to request that you
allow these three companies to go
into camp with the 2d regiment, N.
Q. S. C., which will encamp at 'Camp
Wille Jones' near this city, from July
29 to August 5, inclusive. It is
about 3 5 miles from Barnwell to
Camp Wilie Jones, about 55 miles
from Orangeburg to Camp Wilie
Jones, and about 58 miles from Bamberg
to Camp Wille Jones. Therefore
it is convenient for these companies
to come to Camp Wilie Jones,
and, as you see, will not be expensive
on account of the short distance.
"As I understand the militia law,
the position which I take in the communication
to Colonel Cogswell and
Captain Claffy is correct, and these
companies should have remained in
camp under those conditions.
"Also I quote from your letter to
The State, dated June 30, 1913, in
which you say:
" 'The militia o fSouth Carolina
will have its transportation paid to
the extent that federal aid is used for
that purpose to the various encampments
this summer: that they will
have subsistence while there, paid
under similar conditions: the companies
which passed the last inspection
will have their pay under simi*
-41*1
inr rUUUIllUIIB. Ill** |I?.V iv;i vu*-: urflclent
companies win be retained:
the deficient companies will be Riven
another opportunity to measure up
to the test at an inspection to be held
at least three months from this date.
If' at that time they pass the inspection
they will then receive their retained
pay.'
"Acting under this, those companies
most assuredly should have
remained in ramp and had the matter
been called to my attention 1
would have ordered them to stay
In camp and carried out your suggestions.
Therefore, you see thai
a pity to make the members of these
a pity to make themembers of these
companies suffer for that blunder
and be deprived of the benefits which
they would have received in the encampment.
I therefore, write to request
that you allow these three companies
to come into camp with the
2d regiment, ,N. G. S. C., at Tamp
Wilie Jones.' If you can consistently
do thlR, I am satisfied that the members
of these companies will appreciate
your kindness very much indeed.
and will be earner to come ur
to the standard required more sc
than if they had been left in their
regular place in the Aiken encampment.
"Very respectfully,
"COLE L. BLEASE.
"Governor and Commander-inChief."
INVESTIGATION
OF HOLOCAUST
At llinghamton, X. Y,. Overall Factory,
Where .V) Perished?Only
Three Bodies Identified.
Blnghamton,- N. Y., July 24.?
State and local authorities today be
gan an investigation of the circum
stances surrounding the fire in th(
factory of the Blnghamton Clothln*
Company, in which at least 50 wo
men and girls lost their lives. Rep
resentatives of the state department
of labor, the state fire marshal, thr
state factory investigating commit
tee and the committee of safety 01
New York were present at today'i
inquest which was conducted bj
Coroner R. A, Seymour ,of Whitnej
Point.
Workmen today continued tr
search the ruins of the burned fac
tory building. Of the 28 bodies thui
far recovered only three have beer
identified. The others are burner
beyond possibility of recognition ant
will be buried in a plot to be se
apart by the city for the unldentifler
dead. A public funeral is planner
for Sunday.
The task of compiling a list o
, si , ' '
I
EEKLY.
I victims of the disaster is progress- ,
ing slowly. Of those in the hospital '
j four are so badly injured that their
recovery is not expected.
Besides the seven known dead, 3 4 1
! bodies have been reported missing !
and probably are dead. Fifty-four |
, nui *i?uio lux > C urru unuuilU'U lur.
Not until the office safe has been '
opened can a complex list of the
employes of the clothing company
dead, living and missing, be made. (
The safe was uncovered late yesterday,
but It was so hot that no at- '
tempt was made to open it.
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SECOND FIRE AT
SING SING PRISON
Prisoners Locked in Cells Yell With ;
Fiendish Fury as Flames
Crackle in Clothing Shop.
Ossining, N. Y , July 24.?Another
fire at Sing Sing prison today gave
the mutinous convicts a chance for (
more riotous demonstrations. The
blaze started in the clothing shop
the prison fire brigade extinguished
It after a hard fight without outside
aid.
I It was the second fire in the prison
building this week, notwithstanding
the fact that the guards had been
doubled since $150,000 worth of
property was burned up there two
nn/v AUkA.??U 4* X? ?11..
, ua.i n UK"' .'tlllluuKII ll IB K?;iieiany
believed that the fires are started by '
(convicts, the warden has been unable
to place the blame.
1 When the fire broke out today in
the clothing shop the whistles were
blown and every precaution was takon
to guard against the escape of convicts.
While the guards and the
"trusties" were attacking the flames
more than athousand prisoners locked
in their cells raised a chorus of
yells that sounded high nbove the
noise of the alarm. The men at
work in the building were marched
out in good order and the blaze was
extinguished.
Warden Clancy attributes the recent
disturbances among the convicts
to an order for the transfer of
some of them to the state prison at
Auburn. Most of the prisoners at
Sing Sing come from New York city
and object to being sent up-state,
where their friends will find it difficult
to visit them. It was this element
that led to the mutiny yesterday
which at first promised to develop
into an organized attempt at
nri?nn HhnHv
SERVICE WILL RE INCREASED.
Agricultural Department to Send
Out Weekly letters.
Washington, July 24.?Secretary'
Houston has announced that hereafter
the department of agriculture
would send a weekly letter to its
35,000 township and 2,80ft county
correspondents of the department,
giving the latest agricultural information
of value to the farmer.
The letters will treat of crop conditions
and prices, the discovery of
new plant or animal pests, pure food
1 decisions and those which affect
users of irrigated lands and the national
forests and any other work of
the department which can benefit
the farmer.
The "Crop Reporter," a monthly
ii unt il nun ui nil* iicpiirimeni, is 10
? be discontinued.
As correspondents who gather
[ crop news are in constant contact
- with the farmers in their communi
ties the secretary decided they would
t be the best medium for the dlssemis
nation of the official weekly informa
tion.
1 A BORN THIEF.
. Twenty-Years Old fhloHgo Criminal
s Makes Remarkable Confession.
! Chicago, July 24.?In a statement
made hy Walter Novak, 20 years
old, arrested with four companions
today after they had fatally wound|
ed Patrolman Samuel W. Sowers and
( beaten Patrolman Frank Walpole,
he admitted hnvintr taken nnrt tn
more than 4 0 robberies in two
months and boasted of his career of
crime.
"I was born a thief and I have
been a th f ever since," said Novak
"I don't care whether I go to the
gallows or not. I started when I '
was 0 years old stealing pennies
from kids. I have been put in all
i kinds of institutions to reform me
but they only made me worse.
"There is only one good thing I
can say for myself and that is I never
robbed a man dressed like a workingman.
I suppose I have committed
more than 500 robberies since I
started out in this business.
"I was a 'pal' of Frank Summer>
ling, Frank and Ewald Suiblawski
f and Thomas Schultze, who were
1 hanged last February for the mur
. der of Fred W. Ouelzow, a truck
t gardener. I did several jobs with
> those boys before they were caught." ,
^ Nearly lii.OOO New York Barber* flo
on Strike.
f l
r New York. July 24.?The barbers'
union leaders claimed today that
? 12,000 of their members were out
- on strike. It is asserted that this
i strike which is said to he hacked by
i the Industrial Workers of the World,
1 is larger than the first strike which
i occurred a few weeks ago and which
t resulted in the formation of the
1 union and brought about some ImI
provement In working hours and
wages. The strike now is for unlf
form conditions throughout the city.
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LANCASTER, S. C., FKIlj
CONSIDERING THE TARIFF 1
DEMOUHATS WIN TKST VOTKS. jS
Strong Op|K?sition to < 'ortain Issues j 1
in Measure Made l>> Kepiihlienn j
Lenders Without Avail.
Washington. July 23.?The senate
took its first plunge into the intrica- o
cies of the Underwood-Simmons tariff t1
revision bill today. At the end of a it
Jay of hard work, only a few para- V
kr?tpus oi me voluminous measure p
lias been completed when adjourn- b
ment was reached tonight. On every t
test vote throughout the day the S
Democratic leaders were upheld, in A
some cases receiving the support of S
Republicans aligned with the Pro- h
gressive element.
Detailed consideration of the bill c
began unexpectedly when It was t
found Republican senators were c
ready to deliver general tariff v
speeches* Chairman Simmons of the C
finance committee, urged that the p
senate lose no time In pushing the fl
measure to a vote and with the con- 1 c
sent of the Republicans, the reading t
of the bill line by line was begun. o
Tests of strength came upon a
number of relatively unimportant c]
issues, embraced in duties upon p
chemicals and drugs. The Demo- ' p
cratic ranks held solidly upon each j
vote. Upon the first vote, when Sen- e
ator Smoot opposed a reduction of j
the oxalic acid duty from 2 cents to r
% cent a pound. Senators Borah, t
Bristow, Crawford, Cummins, Jones, r
I nlTnllulln -I \\T 1, _ ' > ~
<oi vurivr, "U'lio <11111 inn ns, rv?? V
publicans, and Senator Poindexter,
Progressive, joined the Democrats j
in indorsing tbe proposed reduction. ,
On a subsequent vote to increase the :1
duty on pvrogallic acid, 12 Republi- [
cans voted with the Democrats. e
NO GENERAL DERATE. '
\
Democratic. senators evinced \
throughout the day the determina- s
tion of the party managers to hold .
debate to a minimum. No Demo- '
cratic senator participated in general
discussion further than to give information
as to the reasons for the <
reductions.
The Democrats have determined
to make few speeches, and to use
their efforts to minimize debate and f
hasten fihal passage of the bill.
Republican senators criticised re- I
peatedly the character of the esti- <
mates made bv the Democratic lead
crs ns the ha sis fnr the rpHnrod <111 - 1
ties. Several minor errors in the
"tariff handbook." prepared by
Chairman Simmons and his staff of
experts, gave the Republicans an opportunity
to question the authenticity
of many estimates and to declare
that the Democrats had no adequate
idea of the amount of revenue that
would he raised under the bill.
Senators Lodge and Jones failed
in their effort to prevent the adoption
of proposed duty of five per
cent on argols. from which cream of
tartar is made. Senator Lodge also
opposed vigorously, but without success,
the proposed duty on collodion
from which celluloid is made. He
declared it would put American manufacturers
at a great disadvantage. |
SMOOT LOSES FIGHT. '
The plan of the Democrats to take
coal tar products and coal tar dis- 1
tillotoc f r/? ni Vi n froo 14 of nn<1 ?\1noo
thorn undpr duties ranging from f>
per cent to 1ft per rout was opposed
by Senator Pmoot. but without avail j
Tie declared they were the raw material
of American manufacturers. '
His amendments for the two schedules
covering these subjects were de- |
feated. the first 39 to 28, and the
second 4ft to 3ft.
Senator Johnson of Maine, who ?
was In charge of the Democratic bill
during consideration of the chemical !
schedule, justified the increases the <
committee had made on the ground i
that they imposed a revenue tax on 1
chemicals that could he taxed with- 1
out materially affecting American <
industry. I
The reading of the bill probably ]
will give way again tomorrow to ]
open debate, with Senator Weeks of (
Massachusetts as chief speaker on <
the Republican side. Senator Thorn- i
ton, Democrat, gave notice today <
that he would speak Monday.
i
DEFENDS PRESENT SYSTEM.
1
!
I", s. Department of Education Up. \
holding Methods and Improved '
< 'ondit ions.
1
Washington, July 24.?Aroused ]
by the growing criticism of presentday
educational methods in the pub- ,
lie schools the United States bureau ,
of education today came to the de- j
fense of the present system in a vig- (
orous statement. It declared that \
not only were the "tb^ee r's" being j
taught as thoroughly as was the case
in the "little red school house" but ,
that they were being tRught more ,
scientifically and with a modern view i
to the needs of the individual child. 1
The report declares that the edu- |
cationa! system of today alms to educate
children for the kind of life, |
economic and social which they will
lead when they leave school. I
V j'lininir Tiiu'pp rif I'Ua \l?f ICnll 1
Pisa, Italy, July 23.?Arrange- <
ments were made today by the authorities
to strengthen the famous \
Leaning Tower of Pisa. The tower \
is inclining more out of the perpendicular
every year and its condition (
is becoming dangerous.
It has been decided to drain the ]
foundations, into which water from i
the river Arno hase penetrated.
>AY, JULY 25, 1913.
[IPS ON THE BDLL WEEVIL
OITIIKKN SKXATOUS tiKT Ill'SY
'hey Confer With Kxperts 011 llest
1 - ***
.' riMiniK III rigllllllg tile
Kneiny of Cotton.
Washington, July 24.?A number
f senators and representatives from
he cotton belt conferred this njornng
with Secretary of Agriculture
louston concerning a plan of camaign
to combat the spread of the
oil weevil. Among the senators standing
the conference were Hoke
imith, Williams and Vardaman, of
lississippi; Ransdell of Louisiana,
Iheppard of Texas, Gore of Oklaoma
and Smith of South Carolina.
Secretary Houston called into the
onference a number of experts in
he department, who outlined a
omprehensive campaign against the
reevil, which is expected to invade
leorgia next year. The government
iow provides $200,000 annually to
Ight the weevil. As a result of the
onference todnv Conirross: wtll
end further aid to the department
if agriculture.
Senator Ransdell, In opening the
liscussion, declared there was urgent
ieed for an Immediately more ag;ressive
fight against the bool weevil
nstead of the indirect methods now
mployed by the department. In roily
it was pointed out that these
nethods thus far had proven effecive
and that they could be made
nore so through the extension of the
vork.
H. F. Evans, an expert of the delartment,
declared that there was
inly a small section in Mississippi
uid Louisiana where the boll weevil
ould not be checked through prop>r
agricultural methods. He said
here were not enough men in the
vork to reach the vast territory inolved
and urged that the demonitration
work be extended.
HLKASE \M> SMITH OX TOl'll.
invcrnor and Senator May Moot in
York County at Filbert.
The Columbia Record of yesterday
lay 8:
What is looked forward to as
rromising to be an important politi al
meeting will be held at Filbert,
n York county, on Friday, August
I. The occasion will be the comnunity's
annual picnic. Governor
i31ease, Senator McLaurin, Representative
George 11. Rcmbert and
ithers will be in attendance and
nake speeches. An invitation has
>een extended to United States Senitor
E. I). Smith to be present and
nake a speech.
Should Senator Smith attend it
vill be the first meeting with Gov rnor
Blease on the stump since the
atter has announced his candidacy
or me loriner s soar. tup presence
)f those two will likely overshadow
he other political aspects of the oc asion,
although several of those
vho are expected to offer for poverlor
next year will address the voters.
Filbert is a small station on the
Carolina and Northwestern Railroad,
i few miles north of Yorkville.
AIMS AND PURPOSES
OF FARMERS' UNION
\re Sane, Practical and Are Set
Forth in Clear, Concise
Fnplish.
The following is taken from yesterlay's
Columbia Record:
The permanent constitution of thf
South Carolina Farmers' Union
11" It IO It n*QO A/l O A
convention July 27-28, 1'tlO, setf
forth a set of as high ideals as those
which Rive impulse to any other bod>
within the state. They are sane, prac
tical and expressed in clear, concise
English. No meeting since the Co
lumbia convention has seen fit tr
change one article of the entire
riocument. They will perhaps stand
unchanged as long as the unior
exists.
The following is from the pre
?mble of the constitution:
In the course of modern Indus*
trial development we find it neces
sary that the farmer not only applj
the nrincinles of scientific nericul
hire, but that ho systematize his
business by co-operation and appl>
the principles of sczientific com
mer ce.
Expensive and wasteful methods
r>f exchange have been a constant
tirain 011 the farming class, and spec
uiation has been allowed to dernor
alize markets and prevent the nor
mal operation of the law of supph
and demand.
To enable farmers to meet thes#
conditions and protect their inter
rvntn * I*. A Dn.m/v.n' ^d.,nntlnnnl ? .
rpm, in** i <ti 111**1^ mini iiiiuiiiii Hill
Ho-operatlve Union of America hat
been organized for the following
purposes:
To secure equity, establish justlct
find apply the Golden Rule.
To discourage the credit and mort
gage system.
To assist our members in buying
und selling.
To educate the agriculture
[ lasses in scientific farming.
To teach farmers the classiflca
Hon of crops, domestic economy an<l
the process of marketing.
To systematize methods of pro
Auction and distribution.
To eliminate gambling In farm
products by boards of trade, cottor
-AUiituiHt-n mm uiutir HpdCUiaiorB.
To bring fanning up to the stand
ard of other Industries and business 11
enterprises.
To secure and maintain profitable
' and uniform prices for cotton, grain,
live stock and other products of the ?
farm.
To strive for harmony and good f
; will among all mankind and brother- ,
I ly love among ourselves.
To garner the tears of the dis- i
I tressed, the blood of martyrs, the
laugh of innocent childhood ??>
sweat of honest labor and the virtue
of a happy home as the highest
jewels known.
MEXICAN SITUATION
HOLDS THE BOARDS
Discussion Turned Toward Proposals
That the United States Act
as Mediator.
Washington. July 24.?Discussion
of the Mexican situation today turned
toward proposals that the United
States act as a mediator while elections
are held and a constitutional
government established.
Although such suggestions have i
at various times been made to President
Wilson. Secretary Bryan and
members of Congress by persons in
this country and Mexico, the proposition
has never reached the stage of
serious consideration because of the
insistent attitude of the constitutionalists;
that tll#V wnillrl tint
tain mediation under any circum- j
stances.
I "Who will guarantee the honesty
of an election? The only guarantee
we can have is to take possession of
the government by arms, put in a
provisional president and hold elections
when the country is pacified
Elections with most of the country
up in arms would he impossible."
This was the answer of the constitutionalist
representatives here today
to reports that mediation was
about to he undertaken through the
offices of the United States. The constitutionalists
profess to see in such
a proposal an effort on the part of
the Tluerta government to secure a
suspension of hostilities during
which it would take retaliatory
measures to suppress the constitu
tionalist cause. The constitutional- (
ists point out that the same kind of
proposals were repeatedly made in ,
the declining days of the Diaz administration.
I'MON WOl'l.ll HE IMPOSSIBLE.
Salvador Won't Approve of the
Xicaraguan Treaty.
New York. July 24.?The proposed
treaty between the United States ,
and Nicaragua would make impossi- i
hie the projected union of Central \
American republics, according to
President Melendcz of Salvador.
In reply to inquiry from two New
York newspapers which are sounding
th e opinions of the presidents of
the Central American states, Presi- i
dent Melendez today expressed his
disapproval of the proposed Nicaraguan
treaty..
"It would make impossible the
' realization of the proposed Central
American union, the great ideal of
these countries," he said, and adds
that Salvador would reject the protectorate
idea.
I "National opinion would undoubt
edly refuse the ratification of treafit's:
nf Vfl lufoviir CArt nhi-.h ?OAIl 1 -1
impair our seuvereignity," he del
clared.
I AVOUS HAWTUOKXE'S HKLKASF
Noted Prisoner Probably W111 be
( iven His Freedom in Few Weeks.
Washington, Jhly 24.?Julian
Hawthorne and Dr. William J. Mor,
ton, serving a year's sentence in the
, Atlanta penitentiary for misuse of
r the mails, have been recommended
. for parole by the parole board and
, the question of their release is now
. under consideration by Attorney
> General MeReynolds.
' Warden Moyer, of the federal
1 prison has received no official com
mumcauon 111 regard to Hawthorne's
release. It was understood, however,
that the prisoner would be re
leased during the latter part of this
month, as his ease has been reported
' favorably by the parole board.
Presumably Attorney General MeA
Reynolds will be guided by the recr
ommendation of the parole board,
and the official order for Hawthorne's
release probably will come
' within the next several days. ? At(
lanta Journal.
The Mutinous Swiss Guards His.
r charged.
Rome, July 24.?A further detach
ment of the mutinous Swiss guards
j left the Vatican this morning. Some
1 of them threatened to make unpleas'
nnt revelations.
' The commander of the guardsmen
promised the Pope today that the
' entire corps would be re-established
within a few weeks with new and
more suitable elements.
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Two Men Risked Their Lives to Save
I l>og.
Niagara Falls, N. F., July 24.?
. Two men risked going over the
I American falls that they might save
a small dog which was clinging to
- some rocks only a short distance
above the cataract late last evening.
' A woman who saw the rescue asked
for the dog as a souvenir and it
. was given to her.
1
$1.50 PER YEAR.
TO PRESERVE NELTRAL1TY
nO VHMS rn HE SENT TO MEN ICO
h'ci>>ioii Means That lluerta Will bo
Deprived of Privilege Previously
Accorded Madero.
Washington. July 24.?President
Vilson has determined that no faoion
in the present Mexican revoluiou
shall obtain arms or ammuniion
from the United States ?nrl thn?
leutrality must be observed in its
trictest sense. This was the interiretation
of the neutrality laws deided
upon by the President yesterlay
after conferences with Senator
lacon and Representative Flood,
hairmen of the two congressional
ommittees on foreign relations.
While the Mexican rebels have
>een getting no arms heretofore,
yesterday's developments mean that
he Huerta administration will bo
leprived of the privilege previously
iccorded the Madero government,
ind that the United States will treat
til sides alike in the present dispute.
The situation precipitated by the
epeated complaints of Constitutionilists
and their sympathizers in this
'Ountry that if the United States did
lot virtually assist the Huerta government
by selling it munitions of
war. a determination of hostilities
would be possible.
FAVOR NEW POLICY.
Sentiment in favor of a new poloy
grew in Congress to such an exlent
that n*cnnviss was mnrln nf tho
mmmittees In both houses dealing
ivith foreign relations. It was found
:here would be little objection to repealing
the joint resolution of March
14. 1912. which gives the President
liscretionary power to prohibit exhortations
of arms or munitions of
war to countries where domestic
violence existed, but permits him to
allow the legally constituted government
of any country to buy war supplies
as usual. Senator Paeon, however.
reiterated as he left the Whito
House, that the Huerta administration
could not be considered as the
legitimate successor of the Madero
regime or a legally constituted government.
The Constitutionalist representatives
here had protested to the state
department that. inasmuch as tho
Huerta government had not been
recognized, it ought not to obtain
arms. This construction of the case
fnnrwt favor in ofTicinl circles and
while the repeal of the resolution of
March 14. 1012, was considered hy
the administration officials as one
way of equalizing conditions, it was
decided that the same purpose could
he observed ir. denying ammunition
to all factions.
WOULD LIFT EMBARGO.
There, nevertheless, is a firm
feeling in Congress in favor of lifting
the embargo on arms and giving
both sides an equal opportunity to
equip themselves. This sentiment
finds favor especially among those
who believe that the Carranza rebels
have public opinion behind them in
Mexico, and if given the arms with
which to supply their large unequipped
forces, the revolution would end
speedily in their favor.
For the present, however, the ad
uun isi rai um win issue nriiers in us
<1 Rents everywhere to keep arms
from entering the rebellion-torn
country. This will interfere materially
with the plans of the Huorta
forces, since orders for large supplies
of arms and ammunition are
said to have been placed recently
with firms in the United States.
Although the Constitutionalists
hold no seaport of consequence they
have demoralized the railroad systems
and it would be difficult foe the
federals to pet munitions transported
into the interior after importing
them from Europe.
OTHER PHASES CANVASSED
The President canvassed other
phases of the Mexican situation with
Messrs. Paeon and Flood, who said
later that no action of any kind or
pronouncement of policy was likely
until after Ambassador Wilson had
conferred with administration officials
here.
Acting Secretary' Roosevelt con
ierreo yesterday afternoon with
Rear Admiral Frank E. Reatyt. commander
of the fourth division of the
Atlantic fleet, who has just returned
with his flagship, the Minnesota,
from tour of duty in the Gulf. Mr.
Roosevelt said afterwards that tho
conference was entirely unofficial
and informal: that he sought to obtain
first-hand, the impression which
Admiral Reattv gained while in
Mexico. Admiral Reattv is here on
leave to visit his family.
State department reports yesterday
said that the demonstration in
Mexico City Tuesday in compliment
to the new .Japanese minister, was
attended by about 2,000 persons, almost
all of whom were students.
Few of the laboring class were present.
It was stated that no antiAmerican
speech was made and that
the police were under strict orders
to immediately suppress any antiAmerican
demonstration.
It is said there is a move on foot
in Mexico City to raise funds to def
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destitute Americans in the capital of
Vera Cruz. For several weeks tho
government and the American Red
Cross have been bringing indigent
refugees from \^>xico ports to Galveston.
Texas. Several hundred were
without means, alrewdy have been
brought to the Texas port.