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ILL BE REDUCED CHANGES IN OTHER STATES WILL BENEFIT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doing? and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capitol. Columbia. John E. Swearingen, state superin tendent of education, has been in formed of reductions in the price of two textbooks now in use in the pub lic schools. Thompson's United States history, adopted for the seventh grade will sell for 65 cents Instead of 70 cents. Webster's High School diction ary, adopted for the eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th grades, will sell for 88 cents instead of 90 cents. Both of these textbooks were adopt ed for South Carolina in the summer of 1911. The prices then agreed upon were fixed in accordance with the bids of the several publishers. Within the last fortnight the text book commission of Tennessee com pleted its adoption of school books The D. C. Heath company, publishers of Thompson's United States history, wereawarded contract for this book at 65 cents per copy. The price auto matically accrues to South Carolina as well, making the coat of Thomp son's United States history to seventh grade boys and girls 5 cents less than heretofore. Purchasers of the book should be careful to see that the label on the inside front cover of this book shows 65 cents instead of 70 cents. The state board of education of Oklahoma has also adopted Webster's High School dictionary, published by the American Book company. The textbook situation in Oklahoma has been watched with great interest by publishers and school men every where. The settlement of the Okla homa tangle will be worth 2 cents J to every high school pupil buying a i dictionary in South Carolina during j the next three years. Purchasers of this book should examine the label to see that it is marked 88 cents in stead of 90 cents hereafter. These two reductions indicate the benefits of state adoption in lower ing the price of school books. Com: ing at this season of the year, when pupils have not purchased supplies for 1914-15, they should be borne in mind by teachers and patrons when preparing for the work of the next session. Prints South Carolina Records. "Journal or the Commissioners of thA Naw of the South" has been is sued by A. S. Salley, Jr., secretary of the Historical Commission of South Carolina. The journal covers the period between July 22, 1779, and March 23, 1780. , That portion of the Journal of the commissioners of the navy of South. Carolina contained in the volume is a part of the records which wei;e re turned to the state by an act of the general assembly ol' New York in 1911. That portion of the journal cover ing the period froir. October 9, 1776, the date of the organization of the board of commissioners of the navy, to March 1, 1779, was printed in one volume by the historical commission of South Carolina in 1912. That por tion of the journal between March 1 and July 22, 1779, has been lost. The journal had been kept in five or six thin blank books. The authorities of the state library of New York had all of the thin vol umes in their possession bound into one volume, and stated before the fire of March 29, 1911, which par tially destroyed the state capitol of New Yonc, tnat nve oi tnem naa oeen so bound together. Agricultural Society Meets July 8. The annual midsummer meeting of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina will be held at Drainland, near the coast experiment station July 8. \ South Carolina Expert Rifleman. "Champion rifleman of the United States navy" is the title now held by a young South Carolinian, C. P. Wy att of Easley, a bluejacket aboard the battleship Utah, now at the New York navy yard. Recently in the rifle matches held in Cuba Wyatt made "high score," and as the season has ended with his record unbeaten he be comes entitled to the championship rating. He qualified as an "expert rifleman" in 1913. News of Wyatt's success comes from his comrade, S. V. Williams, H. App., Ic. In Interest of the High Schools. A meeting, which promises to be of trroot in thp rtpvplnnmpnt of the high school cause in this state, was held a few afternoons ago by the faculty of the summer, school at the University of South Carolina. The advisability of putting into the high schools a course in "good citizenship" was discussed and the opinion of the teachers, representing nearly every section of the state, was unanimous that there is a need for it and that it is possible to meet this need. To Take Census of South Carolina. The manufacturing for the State Df South Carolina for the past five years is to be taken at an early date by agents of the United States census bureau, working in co-opera tion with the state department of agri culture. No agents are to be appoint ed by the department of agriculture. The work will be under the direction of W. L. Austin acting director of the United States census bureau. Thf department of agriculture will aid in taking the census under a special acl of the ge; eral assembly. g. ; i : . . 5 I ' . . S-V \ . Plan Canvas to Raise Funds. Plans for raising $50,000 for a South Carolina building at the Panama-Pa cific exposition, to be held in San Francisco in 1915, were set going re cently at a conference of bankers and business men from all sections of the state, which was held in the office of Edwin Wales Robertson, Columbia banker. The plan for a South Caro lina building was outlined by Commis sioner O'Hara of the exposition com pany. Following the adoption of a reso lution, Mr. Robertson was named as permanent chairman and he will ap point a committee of three to seven members to raise the necessary fund for the South Carolina building. A special finance committee of three to seven members will be named to have charge of the expenditure of the fund. There will be an honorary vice chairman named from each of the AAnrrwAnniAnnl n + rtf n acvcu ^uiigi^7SDiuiiai uiouitio. It was decided to send a special ^ committee to San Francisco at an . early date to select a site for the . building for South Carolina. A permanent secretary to the com- . mittee In charge will be named to serve uAtil the end of the exposition. ( A. traind man will be secured. Commissioner Watson was present ( at the meeting and told of the condi tion of the state exhibit, which was j sent several years ago to the James- , town exposition. Under a special act ( of the general assembly, Mr. Watson ( has been made custodian of the ex- j hibit, and it is how housed in the ( state building at the state fair " grounds. He promised the co-opera- ^ tion of the department of agriculture in preparing a suitable exhibit from ^ South Carolina. In the event the state exhibit is used as a nucleus for ] the display at San Francisco, the de- ( partment will name a special repre- | sentative to have charge of the prop- | grty. Commissioner Watson told the . bankers and business men that he j would enter into the plan for sending a creditable exhibit to the exposition, ^ but that he would not handle the fi- t nances of the undertaking. xne Danxers ana Dusiness men met in Columbia upon the invitation of Mr. Robertson. It was announced that the campaign for raising the fund is to begin at once. Record Sale of Fertilizers. A record for the sale of fertilizers has been established In South Caro lina, according to reports on file in the office of the state treasurer. Since the first of the year the farmers of the state have purchased more than 1,000,000 tons of fertilizers, on which Clemson college''will receive a tax of $255,402.82. There is a tax of 25 cents a ton on all fertilizers, which T? goes for the support of the state's ag ricuiturai and mechanical college. A statement Issued shows that 1911 was the "biggest fertilizer year" in South Carolina. The total amount collected during the. entire year was 5255,082. During the first half of that rear the farmers paid a tax of $241, il9. Clemson college is expected to receive nearly $270,000 this yeaT. Segregation Would Cause Hardship. Attorneys for the Pullman Car com pany appearing before the railroad commission recently set up the gen sral defense that an order requiring separate cars ior ine races on me railways in South Carolina would cause a great hardship on the com pany. The hearing was held in the iffice of the railroad commission and was attended by representatives of the Pullman company and the railways in South Carolina. The company had been ordered to show cause why sep irte cars should not be provided. The commission took the testimony under idvlsement. New Enterprises Are Issued. The Beaufort Veneer and Package company has been given the right by, he secretary of state to increase its capital stock from $15,000' to $25,000. The Inmatf Gin company has been commissioned with a capital of $5,000. rhe petitioners are J. H. Ballenger, B. C. Foster, S. P. Clark and J. C. DeShields. Fireworks For State Fair. "Panama," a pyrotechnic exhibition, will be given on the race track at the 3tate fair grounds during the fair this 'all, under the terms of a contract ex excuted recently between a fireworks display company and the South Caro lina Agricultural and Mechanical so ciety. Considering Bubonic Plague *Fight. James A. Hayne, M. D., state health officer, has received a telegram from Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the United States public health service, officially notifying him of the bubonic plague in New Orleans and outlining preventive measures to be used in this state. Dr. Hayne has telegraph ed to the health authorities in Charles ton, Georgetown, Beaufort and Port Royal with a view to establishing and maintaining means of eradicating the rates. Charleston has already start ed an active campaign. NeW Clerk for Columbia Office. Washington.?The rapid growth of | the city of Columbia has occasioned a corresponding increase in the work of 1 the clerical force at the postoffice and i in conjunction with Postmaster Hug- < pins, Congressman Lever has made ] a request upon the department for \ another clerk, impressing the officials ? with the absolute need of such as- t sistance. The congressman is advis- ] ed that this allowance has been made ] effective July 11, and it is understood ) that B. M. Chapman will take this | j position. I , Typhoid Vaccine Demand Brisk. Requests for and distribution of typhoid prophylaxis by the state ] board of health amounts to about 3,- ] 000 ampules a week, thus breaking ] all precedents in this department of j health work. B. F. Kaupp, commis- ? sioner of public health in Spartan- ( burg, has w ritten a letter to James A. j Havne, M. D., state health officer, in < which hs says: "It appears that ] everybody in Spartanburg wants to be , vaccinated. It is like in all other ( forms of our health work?we have , a landslide." j WILSON CONFERS WITH J. P. MORGAN FIRST OF A SERIES OF CONFER ENCES PLANNED WITH THE BUSINESS MEN. MEETING IS VERY CORDIAL President Expects Business Men to Learn That They Have Nothing to Fear. Washington.?For nearly an hour President Wilson discussed business conditions with J. P. Morgan at the first of a series of conferences which will bring to the White House men foremost in American industry and finance. It was one of the very few occasions during the 16 months of his administration that the President has received one of the recognized lead ers of big business." Officials said that while the Admin istration's greatest legislative projects were underway?the tariff act, the surrency bill, and while the trust pro gram was being perfected?the Pres ident felt there should .be no oppor tunity for a charge that they were re ceiving inspiration from business or financial centers. Now that two of the Administra tion reforms have been completed ind a third is in a final stage the Pres ident is said to feel that an exchange 3f thought and information with cap tains of industry will be conducive td the business revival he expects to see ilong lines which the administration KaHo in Ho lacrnl Soon Henry Ford, Detroit manufac turer, will confer with the President ind after that a delegation from the Chicago Association of Commerce, in cluding representatives of six corpor ations with N&ion-wide interest, will :ome for a conference. Out of these exchanges the Pres ident expects business men to learn that lawful enterprise has nothing .0 feaf from the Democratic/adminis :ration; that the trust program having eache a point where he foresees its successful completion, business shall lave the rest many of its leaders have seen asking; and that under the "con stitution of freedom," as the President las christened the trust legislation :ommerce and finance respecting the aws will not be harassed by the Fed eral government. Whether Mr. Morgan came at his >wn request or at the invitation of ;he President was not. established, rhat point often is left in doubt as ;o Important White House comer snces. Officials said Mr. Morgan ask >d for the engagement. Another ver sion was that mutual friends arrang ed for Mr. Morgan to "talk , things )ver" j The two men have been ac juainted for some time and Mr. Mor gan knew the President at Princeton tnd the personal element In the call ,vas a large one. LESS WHISKEY CONSUMED. Jut More Beer Is Used and More Cigarettes Smoked. Washington.?Americans drank less rhiskey during the past 12 months han they did the year before, but they onsumed more beer and smoked oore cigarettes. Reports to the commissioner of In ernal revenue made public showed hat receipts for the fiscal year just losed totalled $846,069 less than for he previous year, and most of this [ecllne was due to the marked de rease In taxes collected on distilled pirits. Detailed statements for the aonth of June are not yet available, mt In the first 11 months of the fiscal ear there was a decrease bf $3,734, 57i in the income from the manufac ure and sale of distilled liquor, due a part to reduction in the number of lcense3. Estimates on the June re eipts indicated the total decline Id istllled liquor tax for 12 months will ILXJUCLUiy uc fX,6UU|VVV. Receipts from tobacco taxes show d an approximate increase of $2,800, 00 over last year. This gain is due .lmost entirely to a phenomenal in rease in the cigarette trade. The gain m receipts from fermented liquor, eer, ale and the like was about $860, 00. v Commercial Agnt of South. Washington.?W. A. Graham Clark ras appointed by Secretary Redfi'eld o be commercial agent of the depart aent of commerce for the Southern States. Mr. Clark, who has been con lected with the department since its irganization and is regarded as an ixpert on questions of the cotton tex ile industry, will make his headquar ers at Atlanta, Ga. He will be in harge of the department's investiga ion for promotion of commerce in he territory from Virginia to Louisi na inclusive. Preparing New Conservation Bill. Washington. ? Secretary Garrison ind Secretary Lane were busy draft ng amendments to carry out the un lerstanding reached at the White House conference regarding water lower development legislation in Con gress. Differences between the In ;erior and War Departments and the :nterstate Commerce Commission and Public Lands Committee of the House, lave been adjusted so that they will lot interfere further with the conser vation program. Evans Says He Did Not Criticise. Washington.?Brig. Gen. Robert K. Evans, temporarily commanding the Eastern Department of the Army, in a "eport to Secretary Garrison, denied le criticised the admii.-stration in a speech in New York last week. Gen eral Evans declared his remarks were nisquoted in reports which represent ed him as having said: "We need a large Army because with our great variety of interests we are naturally :he most meddlesome nation in the tvorld." President Wilson called for m explanation from General Evans. w 1-Jsk-r. ; - . i George F. Baker, partner of the late J. P. Morgan, and one of the most im portant witnesses in the interstate commerce commission's inquiry Into the financial affairs of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway Company. ^ INDICTMENT FOR MELLEN, 18 OTHERS 1 CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED IN IN DICTMENT RETURNED BY THE GRAND JURY. MORE CHARGES ARE MADE \ '> Eighteen Persons Indicted Under a Number of Different Counts.?Two Banks Are Included. Cambridge, Muss.?Eighteen per sons, including Charles S Mellen, for mer president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford and the Boston & Maine Railroad Companies, Frederick S. Mosely of F. S. Mosele'y & Co., ( Boston brokers, the late Ralph D. Gil lett of Westfleld, and the investment. J committees of the two savings banks 1 of this city, were indicted by the 1 Middlesex County grand jury on var ious charges in connection with the ' financing of the Hampden Railroad ' from Bondsville to Springfield. Mr. 1 Gillett wab' president of the Hamp den Railroad. The railroad was built a year ago I as a link to connect the Central Massachusetts division of the Boston & Maine with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, but never has been operated, an attempt to obtain the Legislatures' consent to its lease to the Boston & Maine having failed. The indictments against Messrs. Mellen, Moseley and Gillett allege conspiracy to induce the 'investment committees of the two banks to lend a total of $45,000 to the corporation. The notes securing the loans were endorsed by the Hampden Invest ment Company , organized by" Mr. Gillett to finance* the construction pf the railroad, which cost approxi mately $4,000,000. The investment committee of the East Cambridge Savings Bank is on throo rnnntfl nf non spiracy to lend sums of $20,000, $16,000 ard $5,000 to the Hampden Railroad Company. Similar indict ments were returned against the in vestment committee of the Cambridge Savings Bank, the amounts named be ing $25,000 and $20,250. Frederick S. Moseley was indicted also on six counts involving the alleg ed larceny of eums amounting to $112,500 from the banks, and Mr. Mellen was indicted as an accessory t before the fact on five of these counts, j Fletcher in Washington. Washington.?Rear Admiral Fletch eT reported to Secretary Daniels on his return from Vera Cruz and was later received by President Wilson. The Admiral takes command of the Atlantic fleet, succeeding Rear Ad miral Badger on August 1. Admiral Fletcher was greeted very warmly by President Wilson ,who told him he greatly admired his conduct at Vera Cruz and the conduct of all the offl jcers and men under him. Secretary Daniels said Admiral Fletcher would { remain in Washington. Read to Aid Crop Movement. Washington. ? Secretary McAdoo mailed a letter to each of the National banks in the United States asking whether they believe it will be advis able for the Treasury Department to lend a hand again this year in the movement of crops by distributing additional .government deposits. The Secretary asked for an opinion as to what cities in each state may be used to the bejt advantage as centers from which the national banks may place the money among their country cor respondents. Agreement on Diplomatic Bill. Washington. ? Disputed appropria tlons in the diplomatic bill finally are settled. One hundred and fifty thou sand dollars for an embassy building in Mexico City; $10,000 for one at Tokio; $140,000 for a legation at Berne; $75.00t) for American partici pation in the conference of American States at Santiago, Chile, in Septem ber, and $40,000 each for American participation in the International Congress Against Alcoholism and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, were agreed upon. MEDIATORS THINK PROGRESS IS IDE TROUBLE BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND MEXICO VIRTU ALLY SETTLED. i AMBASSADOR DaGAMA TALKS He Thinks More Favorable Atmos phere Has Been Created in Ameri can Politics and Policies. Niagara Falls, Ont.?Ambassador Da Gama of Brazil formally announced :he virtual settlement of the conflict between the United States and Mexi co. The Ambassador explained that while mediation would take an indefi aite recess awaiting the outcome of 3fforts by representatives of the two Mexican factions to solve the inter nal problems of Mexico the task of mediation was not yet concluded, though an esesntial part of its work had been accomplished. The Ambassador spoke at a lunch eon given by the three mediators to newspaper correspondents. The Amer ican and Huerta delegations were present and the remarks of Mr. Da Grama, after careful revision, were made public later, constituting a for mal statement of the mediation work thus far. "It is a source of satisfaction for me," said the Ambassador, "to be able to say that one of the essential points of our program, that dealing with the international side of the con flict is virtually settled. This does not imply that we go home with our task concluded, but we feel that so tar we have averted war. We have established also through agreement between the parties most directly In terested and in complete harmony with the sentiments of the Govern ment of the United States that it is a principle of American policy to have our National problems always given a fair examination and settled without foreign interference. We un derstand that if such a result has been attained we shall have created a more favorable atmosphere in In ternational politics in America." Mr. Da Gama called attention to the fact that President Wilson per sonally . had informed the mediators before they left Washington that the anly way to solve Mexico's problem was "to aid the contending parties in Mexico to reach an agreement among themselves, thus obtaining a Mexican solution of the Mexican question. In this manner the Ambassador re pealed that the course mediation has taken was in President Wilson's mind from the beginning. The speech served also as a defini tion for the world generally of the hitherto unsettled status of media tion. CHARLOTTE FIREMEN KILLED. Dhief Wallace and Captain Glenn Die From Explosion at Fire, Others Injured. Charlotte.?William B. Glenn, cap :ain of fire station No. 2, was instantly killed, Chief J. H. Wallace, of the Charlotte fire department, was so,bad ly injured that he died in three hours; Firemen Randolph Erwin and Clyde P. Todd were seriously injured; Fire nan Bob Barnes was slightly injured ind half a dozen others were slightly jruised, by an explosion of dynamite it 8:45 o'clock, when they answered i call to extinguish flames in a barn belonging to J. B. Hawkins, a railroad md grading contractor, at No. 309 South Cedar street. But for the fact thjit the chief, ivhen he arrived on the scene to direct :he fire-fighting .ordered several fire nen back some distance from the jarn to straighten out a kink in the lose line several other firemen might lave been killed and injured. Windows were broken and plaster was knocked off the walls and ceil ng in houses for several blocks sur rounding the scene of the explosion. number of bystanders were struck )y flying pieces of timber that went n every direction, but none were se riously hurt. Canned goods and (other Materials in two grocery stores near he scene of explosion were knocked nto a heterogenous mass on the floors. Villa and Carranza Converse. El Paso, Texas.?The conference lesigned to settle differences between General Carranza and General Villa vill be composed entirely of military nen. Representatives of the Eastern, Central and Western military zones will meet soon, probably at Torreon .0 discuss the situation that threatens he well-being of the Constitutionalist evolution. This was learned from )ersons coming from Monterey and Saltillo. They said the proposed con erence resulted from an exchange of .alnjzrams. * Dam Bills Made to Conform. Washington.?What threatened to e serious differences between con ervationists over the form of legisla ion pending in congress to regulate .-aterpower projects on navigable treams were straightend out at a VTbite House conference. The Adam on and Ferris dam bills, which con ained conflicting provisions, were horoughly threshed over and made o conform. As a result administra ion leaders interested predicted that oth bills would be passed quickly. Half Mexico City Will Die. Vera Cruz.?"Before I resign half he people of Mexico City will die vith me," is the remark President [uerta is credited with having made d friends in a Mexico City cafe. The arty were discussing the efforts of < tie mediators at Niagara Falls to 1 nd a solution of the Mexican prob ;m. General Huerta was more grim nd taciturn than usual and showed ' tttle of his accustomed jocularity. lis family was present when passen ers arrived. Vren. roweu ^layiou ui Ai&auaas Washington and wife of the Belgian minister to Turkey, is making her an nual visit to her parents. \ HAS REPLIED TO THE INVITATION TO ENTER INTO AN INFORMAL CONFERENCE. THE TEXT OF HIS REPLY Wants to Have Consultation With His Generals Before Announcing Modi ation Policy. Washington.?Gen. Venustiano Car ranza, first chief of the Mexican Con stitutionalists, has replied to the invi tation extended for participation by his agents in an informal conference with representatives of General Huer ta and the United States concerning plans for a provisional government in Mexico, asking that he be given time to consult with his generals. General Carflanza, it was learned here, informed the mediators in, his latest communication that because of the plan of GUadaloupe under which he was chosen first chief of the Con stitutionalists, It would be necessary for him to confer with bis associates before entering such Important neso tiations. Acceptance of any proposed provis ional government to succeed Huerta, he said, cecessitarily might require some change in the- terms of the Guadaloupe plan and this could 'not be done without tha consent of va rious military leaders in the Constitu tionalist movement. General Carranza is said to have assured the mediators he would has j ten the proposed consultation with his chiefs. Some of the Constitutional J ists representatives in Washington still insist that General Carranza has been influenced to look with favor on the proposal to confer with the United States commissioners and Huerta representatives. Others, however, are not so certain of this outcome and they insist that, whatever happens, the military campaign against Huerta will be pursued with renewed vigor toward Mexico City, with Aguas Calientes, San Luis Potosi and Quere taro as the next objectfve points of the revolutionists armies. Many perplexing elements have de veloped In the situation, however, among them bein^ the apparent dis agreement between Carranza's agents here over the recent break with Villa and the publication of the statement attacking Geiferal Angeles, authorized by Alfredo Bracenda, General Car ranza's personal aide, who came to Washington from Saltillo for this pur pose. : Negro Excursion Train Wreced. Hookinsville, Ky.?Two trainmen ? ? fo + o 11 tr in. were mucu, uuc iiciubjio >??> ; jured and many negroes hurt when a negro excursion train on the Louis ville & Nashville Railroad, was wrecked by spreading rails three miles south 'of Trenton, Ky. ..Paris.?Frank Moran, of Pittsburg, who was defeated on points by Jack1 Johnson here in a 20-round bout for the world's heavyweight champion ship rested today at his camp. John son also remained at his training quarters, nursing a badly swollen hand. He received many visitors. Johnson attributed his injured fist to the fact that he wore for the first time four-ounce instead of five-ounce gloves. Johnson has agreed to fight Sam Langford in October. For this battle he will receive $30,000, win, lose or draw. Murietta Returns to Laredo. Laredo, Texas.?Lieutenant Colonel Murietta, commander of the* Consti tutionalistss garrison at Nuevo La redo, returned to his command after a trip to Monterey to welcome Gen eral Venustiano Carranza on his re turn to that city. A broken axle which ditched the Monterey train de layed Murieta's arrival until 2:30 o'clock in the morning. .Notwith standing the hour elaborate plans made to celebrate his return Were carried. The engineer of the light plant was arrested. Cost Government $57,600. Washington.?Chairman Overman, of the senate lobby committee, had before him a special report of postof fice inspectors alleging that the gov ernment was deprived of ?57,600 in postal revenues when certain so-call ed beet sugar lobby literature was carried free under the frank of Sena tor Lodge of Massachusetts. Whether steps will be taken to compel the sugar interests concerned to pay that sum has not been decidd, but Mr. Overman declared the investigation would be valuable. MEDIATORS TAKE DECIDE TO STOP PROCEEDINGS ON HEARING FROM GENERAL CARRANZA. THEY MAY NOT MEET AGAIN* While Adjournment Wat Not l^aken There Will Not Likely Be Another Meeting ae Mediators*Leave. Niagara Falls, Ont.?An indefinite recess of mediation was decided on by Ambassador Gama of Brail,- and Ministers Suarez and Naon of Chile, , and Argentina, respectively. This action followed the receipt of a note from General Carranza, ex pressing an Inclination to participate In Informal conferences with Huerta delegates for the solution of Mexico's internal problems, but' asking for w' more time in which to consult his sub ordinate generals. The Constitution- , < allsts. chief declared he wished to get full authority from the signers of the Vf plan of Guadaloupe, the_ platfoAn Of the Constitutionalist movement, so that delegates might be clothed with ' <!} plenary powers. In , the meantime Ambassador Da Gama -announced he would leave at 4 once for his summer home in Long , Branch, N. J. Minister Naon depart- ' ! ed for Washington and Minister | Suarez said he would 'leave, at once ' % for Washington. The Huerta dele gates will decide soon whether they will wait'here for the Constitutional-. % 1st delegates or go to some summer J- 3. resort. The American delegates will be the last to leave. They are await ing definite instructions from Wash* ^ ington. The mediatora explained that mediation had not adjourned* but that perhaps the last formal meeting had been held. Communication hereafter will be carried on by telegraph. . . > COLD COMFORT FOR WOMEN. ' President Tel?? Women He Think* Suffrage is Matter For States. Washington.?Five hundred mem bers the General Federation of Women's Clubs marcnea to rne wnue House and drew from President Wil son a final refusal to accede, to de mands that he support the movemeut for a woman suffrage amendment to / the Federal Constitution., The Pres ident reiterated his statement to pre- * ' vious delegations that his party had not embodied this question in its plat form and then for the first time an- , nounced his personal conviction that the suffrage issue was one for settle ment by the state and not by the Fed eral Government. &j The women went away plainly dis appointed and chagrined, some of, them talking of immediate, action against^ the Democratic party. j| Headed by such leaders as Mrs. Ellis Logan, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Miss Rheta Chile Dorr and Miss Alice Paul? they had marched to the Whit? House wnn Dancus piu^uis uuu. , banners flying. , - J Wilson Attends Funeraf. ? Washington.?Last tributes of res- V'.. < spect to the memory of Dr. Pedro JSzt? ) quiel Roas, late minister of Venezuela were paid by official Washington. President Wilson, members of hi? cabinet, the diplomatic corps, Mem bers of the congressional foreign rela tions committee and other officials, attended funeral services at St. Mat thews church. Honorary pall-bearers were the French ambassador, Mr. Jus strand; the Costa Rican minister, Mr. Calvo; the Bolivian minister, Mr. Cal deron; the Colombian minister, Mr. Betancourt; Senator Stone and Rep resentative Flood, chairman respect ively of the senate and house foreign relations committee; Assistant Secre tary of State Osborne and Dr. Barrett of the Pan-American Union. ; Sign* Naval Appropriation Bill. Washington. ? President Wilson signed the naval appropriation bill; which carries a provision for two new dreadnoughts and permits sale of the battleships Mississippi and Idaho to Greece. Negotiations now are being conducted for this sale. Senate Differs on Lever Bill. Washington.?The senate refused to agree to the Lever cotton futures bill, adopted by the house, as a sub stitute for the senate bill by Senator E. D. Smith and sent the measure to conference. Th Smith bill, passed by the senate several weeks ago, would debar from use of the mails all cotton exchanges which failed to submit to | certain regulations designed to elim inate gambling in futures. The Lever substitute proposes a tax on future sales which fail to meet these regula tions. Seminole Nation Dissolved. Washington.?The Cherokee Nation, largest of the five civilized tribes, is dissolved and the tribal funds, amounting to $600,O0O, were divided among its 41,000 members. Commis sioner Sells of the Indian office called for the resignation of all Cherokee officials. Under the law it was intend ed that the five civilized tribes should dissolve as nations in 1906. Con gress, however, extended that time in the discretion of the Indian office. The Seminole Nation practically has been dissolved. :& ' 'n Zapata Rejects Allegiance. Mexico City.?News reached Mexi co City that Emiliano Zapata, the Southern revolutionary leader, had published a decree rejecting any alle gience to Venustiano Carranza, and saying that the Constitutionalist cheif had refused to accept the "plan of Ayala" the original agrarian procla mation of the Southern leader. Zepata is said to have declared that he in tends to extend his operations along the Western Coast of Mexico as far as Sonora and that he vill fight Car ranza "forever."