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HUNTER IS NAMED . 10 SUCCEED HIE SUPERINTENDENT 8WEARINGEN SELECTS NEW RURAL SCHOOL SUPERVISOR. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around th? Stats Capitol. Columbia. i Lueco Gunter, superintendent of the Rock Hill schools, was recently appointed state supervisor of rural schools to succeed W. K. Tate, who resigned some time ago to accept the chair of rural life in George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. "The acceptance of Mr. Gunter means much to the country schools of the state/' said J. ti. sweaiingen, state-superintendent of education, in discussing the appointment. A native of Aiken county, Mr. Gun ter received his early education in a country school. He was graduated from the University of South Carolina in the class of 1900. After one year's successful teaching in the school at Waverley he was elected to teach in the Presbyterian high school at Col umbia. In 1903 he removed to Beaufort and remained there at the head of the school system for seven years. In Sep tember, 1910, he returned to Columbia as assistant to state superintendent of education. The following summer he was asked to accept the superin tendency of the public schools of Hock Hill, wnere ne nas acme tnree years of eminently constructive work. At the Spartanburg meeting of the 6tate teachers' association last March he was elected president of the de partment of city and town superinten dents. He is also a member of the general commission on education created last year by the State Baptist convention. "The new supervisor," said Mr. Swearingen, "is emphatically a school builder. While in Beaufort he led the movment that resulted in the modern $20,000 school building of that city. His first movement on entering upon his duties at Rock Hill was the erec tion of two new school houses in the Manchester-Aragon suburb and in the Highland Park suburb. Later, he led the campaign for a $75,000 bond issue fox school purposes. The Central school was thoroughly remodeled at a cost of $22,000 and last June the t'/V new high school building was com Sljeted at a cost of $32,000. This last building has been pronounced the best adapted high school structure in the state. This varied building experience thoroughly qualifies Mr. Gunter to co operate in the movement for better 6Chool houses in the rural districts. ) Doings of the Supreme Court Francis Canon, respondent, vs. G O. Cox, appellant, Affirmed. Opin ion by Eugene B. Gary, C. J. W. P. Jones, appellant, vs. Charles ton & Western Carolina railway, re spondent Affirmed. Opinion by D E. Hydrflck, A. J. C. S. Wilson as administrator, ap pellant, vs. Southern Railway Com pany, respondent. Affirmed. Opinion by R. C. Watts, A. J. Nathan Barrett, appellant, vs. Sam uel L. Gotlieb, respondent. Reversed and new trial granted. Opinion by R. C. Watts, A. J. Harrison Greer, appellant, vs. W. H. Keaton, respondent. Affirmed. Opinion by R. C. Watts, A. J. In re appointment of administrator of the estate of James Williams, de rvoo cclH A ffirmoH HniniAn hv T? P Watts, A. J. W. J. Matthews, respondent, vs. At lantic Coast Line Railway, appellant. Affirmed. Opinion by R. C. Watts, A. J. N. D. Taylor and D. W. Hendersofti, respondent, vs. Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Electric Company, appellant. Reversed. Complaints dismissed. Opinion by R. C. Watts, A. J. Babcock Builds New Sanitarium. J. W. Babcock, M. D., former su perintendent of the state hospital for the insane, announced recently that work had begun on the construction of his private sanitanum, which will represent an ultimate outlay of ap proximately $100,000. The new hos-, pital is located on the Camden road, two and one-half miles from Colum bia. Dr. Babcock said that he had nur chased 54 acres of land from Mrs. Louisa Duncan. The price was said to be $25,000. One building has been completed. Baptists Purchase Hospital Building. The transfer of the Colonia Hotel property in Columbia to the South Carolina Baptist Hospital Association was consummated recently. The price paid for the Colonia hotel by the association has not been made public. It is understood that besides the monetary consideration, A E. Gonzales and F. H. Hyatt, the owners of Colonia hotel, received the eight acres of land near the southeastern section of the city which was bought some months ago ?,s the site for the Baptist hospital. County Contests at State Fair. Still another fe&ture -will be added to the state fair this year in the form of inter-countv field contests. In past years this has been purely intra county and has formed an interesting event in the various county fairs, but it is the plan now to stir up a healthy spirit of competition. The main pur pose of these contests is to demon strate the connection of the school room with the actual things of.life. The exhibit, which is planned by Miss Wil Lou Gray of Laurens, will be a combination. Data Is Prepared on Tobacco Crop. Inasmuch as the tobscco harvest and marketing season is about to open the state department of agricul ture has been busy during the past week getting full information at first hand in regard to the crop conditions and in regard to the markets and warehouses that will be operated this season, this being necessary owing to the fact that every pound of tobacco sold in the state must be reported by months to the department. M. J. Miller, chief clerk of the de partment, spent several days going through the tobacco territfjry, visit ing the warehouses and the ware housemen and getting complete data preliminary to sending out the neces sary blanks. Commissioner Watson in summar izing the information that has been obtained gives the following interest ing information In regard to the out look and to the market season: Oil. ? *? . CmitVi Pail. x nc luuav/tu ocaovu iu uuuvu vw* I olina this year promises to be one of the best in the history of the state. Last year 33,299,561 pounds of to bacco were raised and sold in th* state and brought to the producer* the sum of $4,584,339.81, an increase of 37 per cent over the preceding year in production and nearly $2,000, 000 morethan the preceding year in money value. The average price paid per pound last year was 13.77 cents. At the height of the season last year there were 19 markets operating 42 warehouses. The markets were: Con way, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Hemingway, Johnsonville,' Kingstree, Lake City, Lamar, Latta, Loris, Man ning, Marion, Mayesville,' Mullins, Nichols, Olanta, Pages Mill and Tim monsville. "This season it appears that there will be only two warehouses that were open last year not in operation this year, one at Mayesvirte and one at Florence. There will be in opera-, tion this season, the following new warehouses: One Aynor, two at Hartsville ,one at Hemingway, one at Kingstree, one at MannifTg, two at Pamlico, one at Sumter, one at Olan ta, one at Cheraw and probably one at Dorchester. This means the establishment of at least five and probably six new mar kets this year: Aynor, Pamlico, Hartsville, Sumter, Cheraw and Dor chester. The opening of the new mar kets shows the expansion of the to bacco growing territory. "It has been agreed by both as sociations to open the.tobacco mar keting season in all warehouses throughout the tobacco territory on July 22 and the indications are that there will be a very large amount of tobacco of fine quality offered at the several 'breaks.'" New Enterprises Authorized. The ecretary of state has issued a charter to the Hinson & Ward com pany of Nichols, with a capital stock of $20,000. The officers are H. Hin son, president, and J. R. Battle, secre tary and treasurer. The Georgetown Steam laundry has been commissioned, with a capital of S3,000. The petitioners are W. F. Shackleford, J. R. Garrison and J. H. Wallace. The Merchants' Specialty company of Laurens has been commissioned, with a capital of $1,000. The Deti tioners are L. G. Balle, T. F. Ray, W. H. Holder and W. G. Lancaster. The National Agency company of Columbia has been commissioned, with a capital of '$5,000. The peti tioners are W. F. Love and ? J. X. Berry. The company will do a gen eral insurance business. W. S. Currell, Head of U. of S. C. William Spencer Currell, a South Carolinian, who has been at the head of the department of English at Wash ington and Lee University at Lexing ton, Va., for the last 20 years, was elected president of the university io succeed Dr. S. C. Mitchell, who re signed several months ago and has since been elected president of the University of Delaware. Fourteen Pharmacists Pass Board. The South Carolina State phama cists are in session at Chick Springs aad the state board of examiners gave the test to 27 applicants, the follow ing being successful: O. Z. Hicks, J. T? n n tm_i ? - - I j", Qimuiuui), Vjr. r. Dlgmy, J. JX1. Rharae, C. E. Harris, C. H. LeGrand. B. Brison, C. L. Stover, C. H. Mil ton, J. P. Halford, P. L .Brannon, W. P. Gilland, L. Roy Cates and R. A. Williams. Farmers Will Flock to Clemson. Approximately 1,000 former stu dent" and graduates of Clemson col lege nave already replied to their invitations, sigrifying their intention of being present for "Home Coming week," the big reunion occasion which will take place at Clemson College from noon of August 37 to noon of August 31. It is planned to make this one of the greatest affairs of the kind ever held by any Southern college. The acceptances already re ceived make it certain that the capac ity of large barracks will be crowded Grow Tobacco on Coastal Plain. Tobacco is being planted in the coast rmintiAs nf tVio ofofo wWV, ***** 1 success. This information was brought to Columbia by Commission er Watson of the state department of agriculture, who has been making a trip of inspection in several of the low country counties. He reported the crops in the lower section of the state in good condition. The com missioner said that tobacco is being successfully grown at the coast ex periment station of Clemson college. Receive Pure Bred Cattle. Consisting of two carloads, the second cooperative shipment of pure bred and high grade live stock was brought into South Carolina recently and the stock has now been distribut ed to purchasers in several counties. The animals were selected by Paul H. Calvin, live stock agent of the United State department of agriculture co operating with Clemson college. They will be used in helping to build up the live stock industry in this state. There were 44 head of stock in the recent importation. MEXICAN HARMONY Will II WEEKS WASHING TREATS WITH ZEPATA TO LEAD HIM FROM RE BELLION. WANT CARABAJAL TO RESIGN And New President is Willing to Give Government Into Hands of Gen eral Carranza Conditionally. WashingtOD.?Every influence and diplomatic agency at the disposal of the government is working for imme diate peace in Mexico. The administration is convinced that, with the elimination of Huerta, the factions in Mexico wil be drawn together quickly. To assure restora tion of normal conditons without fur ther bloodshed, officials here are exerting themselves to smooth the way for a new and stable administra tion which shall be recognized by the powers. Not only is the American govern ment at this moment counseling vreu eral Carranza to arrange with Fran cisco Carbajal, Huerta's successor, for the peaceful transfer of the govern ment at Mexico City to the Constitu tionalists, but it became known the administration is indirectly in com munication with Zapata, leader of the revolution in Southern Mexico. Zapata has 24,000 men, and though most of them are poorly equipped they would constitute a serious men ace to a new government if they re mained in revolution. Zapata who demands agrarian reforms, made com mon cause with the Constitutional ists and obtained supplies from-them with which to fight the Huerta gov ernment. It is not known yet, how ever, wnetner ne win lay aown ms arms In favor of Carranza. The United Stafes is using its in fluence through friends of Zapata to bring him into harmony with the peace program and an emissary from General Carranza is now on his way to confer with him. These activittes on the part of the American government result from a desire that when the Constitutional ists are installed in Mexico City and comply with the conditions prerequi site to formal recognition, there shall be an end to revolution in Mexico with its ever-threatening internation al aspects. Carranza has been informed that he must conduct his triumph tem perately; that an amnesty for politi cal offenders be declared and the rights of the clergy and other foreign ers who have suffered, especially Spaniards, be given due respect. STRIKERS DEFEAT GUARDS. \ Pitched Battle Near Fort Smith, Ark., Between Hundreds of Men. Fort Smith, Ark.?After a pitched battle between several hundred strik ing coal miners and their sympathiz ers and 100 guards stationed at the Prairie Creek mines of the Mammoth Vein Coal Company near Fort Smith which ended in the rout of the guards, tipples of three mines were destroyed by fire and dynamite. The property damage is estimated at $200, 000. So far as can be ascertained no one was klled or seriously wounded in the fighting, which'began shortly On Board U. S. S. California, via San Diego, Cal.?The federal evacua tion of Guaymas is complete. The la9t of the garrison, long hemmed in by the constitutionalist forces of Gen eral Obregon, embarked southward with their horses and accoutrements in six steamers and towing schooners. A provisional government has been established and order prevails throughout the city. In accordance with the armistice arranged several days ago the citizens of Guaymas were disarmed. French Press Commends Huerta. Paris.?The retirement of Huerta is commented upon sympathetically in the French press. The papers de clare that Huerta's departure from the Mexican capital is in keeping with the remarkable intelligence he has .shown throughout. He leaves soon enough so that he does not seem to fly before the Constitutionalists, they assert, and at just the right moment to obtain credit for the elegant con duct in handing over his power to a successor. ) Mme. Clausse, wife of the new councilor of the French embassy, is considered a distinct addition to the foreign colony in Washington, and is likely to be one of the most popu lar hostesses in the Capital City. REPORT LAYS BARE CORRUPT METHODS NEW HAVEN "DUMMY" DIRECT ORS SCORED FOR PjLFERING THEIR CHARGE. MAKE THOROUGH INQUEST Interstate Commission Powerless to Aid Stockholders to Recover Bulk of the Millions Lost. Washington.?The story of the "reckless and profligate" financial operations of the New Haven Rail road, one of the most remarkable chapters In the railroad history of America and the history of American finance, was revealed in part by the Interstate Commerce Commission to the senate of its Investigation of that road. It told of millions used like stage money, of corporations as pawns In a monster game with all New Eng land's transportation as a prize, which led the New Haven in the ten years just passed from the height of pros perity to the point where a dividend has been passed, where a dissolution suit is threatening and where crimi nal Indictments pf many of the di rectors who figured in deals are at least a possibility. Hampered by unwilling witnesses, by burned books and by . all the mazes which lawyers invented to cover the trail, the commission esti mated that in the progress toward monopolization of New England transportation of New Haven stock holders have lost between $65,000,000 and $90,000,000, but little of which they may recover. In return, the re port said, they have on their hands properties which pay no dividends, which eat Into the earnings of the parent road; and which will be a bur den on its capacity for many years to come. Of the present directing head, Chairman Howard Elliott, and Wal ker D. Hines, special counsel, the report says, "they have co-operated with the commission and rendered it substantial assistance throughout this investigation." Must Be Complete Victory, Chihuahua, Mei.?General Francis co Villa, in commenting on the pro posed retirement of General Huerta and the creation of a provisional pres idency at Mexico City, said such a course would not be acceptable either to General Carranza or himself, no matter who the provisional president might be. Nothing but an entry un der arms of the Constitutionalist forces would bring the revolution to a successful and logical conclusion. The victory of the Constitutionalist cause must be complete, Villa said. t Webb's Bill Would Eliminate Speer. Washington.?Temporary provision for a second Federal judgeship in the southern district of Georgia would be made by a bill introduced by Repre sentative Webb of North Carolina, chairman of the houee judiciary com mittee. The bill is an outgrowth of impeachment charges against Judge Emory Speer of that district, which now are pending before the judiciary committee. A subcommittee, after in vestigating, reported that evidence was insufficient to warrant further proceedings. Family Killed by Lightning. Fredericksburg, Va.?Lightning kill ed a family of Ave in Orange county according to news reaching here. Tne victims wre Loss Moore, a farmer, his wife and their three children. The entire family was buried in the Meth odist Cemetery at Parkers. The Moores were picking berries on their farm near Locust Grove. When the storm arose tney hurried beneath a big tree and a moment later it was demolished by a bolt of lignunng. The bodies were found by neigbors who became alarmed at their absence. after day break and continued until late In tfie day, when the mine guards retreated after their ammunition was exhausted. Rioters held possession of the mines for several hours, wrecking the plants with torch and explosives. County officials went to the scene late in the day, but before they ar rived the attacking party had dis persed. The rioting was a culmination of a series of disturbances which have occurred at intervals since the con tract with the United Mine Workers was abrogated last March and an nouncement made that the properties owned by the Bache-Denman Coal Company, but leased by the Mammoth Vein Company would be operated od an "open shop" basis. t Constitutionalists Will Not Last. Havana.?The former Mexican min ister of commerce, Querido Moheno, prior to his departure here for New York, via Key West, said Huerta's resignation was no surprise to him and expressed the belief that a con stitutional government would be short lived. "Within ninety days," he added, "the people who are now shouting aproval will cry leath to the revolution. In six months Huerta will be the most popular man in Mexico, because the Latin race always, pities the fallen and ODOOses the nowerful." Evacuation Is Corrmlete. HUERTA RESIGNS PRES. OF REPUBLIC CENTRAL FIGURE IN MAELSTROM OF MEXICAN POLITICS IS ELIMINATED. CARBAJAL TAKES OFFICE i American Troops Will Remain at Vera Cruz Until Carranza Offers Gen-/ eral Amnesty to Nation. Mexico City.?General Victoriano Huerta resigned from the provisional presidency of the Mexican Republic J and his resignation was accepted by I the senate and chamber of deputies [ by a vote of 121 to 17. Francisco Carbajal then was ap pointed president and took the oath of office at the joint session of the deputies and senators. Hureta's resignation was submitted through the department of foreign relations. It was read in the house and was greeted wih cries' of "Viva Huerta." It then was referred -to the joint committees of Gobernacion. Af ter brief consideration the commit tees reported accepting the resigna tion in the following terms: "Article 1?We accept the resigna tion presented by General Victoriano Huerta as president of the Mexico United States. "Article 2?We call Licentiate Fran cisco Carbajal, minister of foreign re lations to assume the presidency." A ballot was taken and the joint session approved the report. President Carbajal proceeded to the national palace under an escort of presidential guards, and all along the way was greeted; with tumultuous cheering. The galleries of the chamber of deputies were packed before the be tho oAAflfnn. 51UU1U5 va. VUV www... Intense excitement characterized the gathering and at the close of the reading of Huerta's resignation the deputies and spectators broke into loud and continued applause. After the acceptance of Huerta's resignation, a commission was ap pointed by the president of the cham ber to escort Senor Carbajal to the floor of the house. Senor Carbajal soon apeared in front of the cham ber, passing through files of soldiers. He entered and as he walked to the platform the deputies stood. Speaker Manuel Mercade then administered the oath. I WANTS NEW HAVEN TO OBEY. Washington Hopes New England Road Will Avoid Prosecution. Washington. ? Attorney General McReynolds is waiting only for the outcome of a meeting of New Haven Railroad directors in New York be fore determining the course the Gov ernment will pursue in untangling the l> c w riavc7u o/obvui, This meeting is expected to con sider legislation recenly enacted by Massachusetts affecting the sale of Boston and Maine Railroad stock now held indirectly by the New/Haven. The road's executive committee has expressed unwillingness to attempt to dispose of the Boston and Maine in view of this legislation, which gives Massachusetts an option t6 purchase the stock. If the directors also de cline there is little doubt that a suit will be filed late this week in New York to have the New Haven dis solved under tl:e Sherman anti-trust act. If they accept the Massachusetts legislation, a suit will be averted. Administration officials do not deny they would like to see the New Haven directors accept the Massa chusetts legislation and prevent an anti-trust suit. One argument ad vanced in negotiations with the New Haven has been that business all through New England will be ser iously affected by an anti-trust suit. More New York Divorces. New York ? In one borough of Greater New York?Manhattan?540 absolute divorces were granted dur ing the six months ended June 30, as against 373 during the same period last year. These figures were made public by the county clerk. Enormous Wheat Sale. Chicago.?Twenty railroads from the South and Middle West poured a continuous stream of grain into Chicago, setting a new record for a single day's wheat receipts here., A total of 1,153 cars representing 1,250, 000 bushels were received. Approxi mately $1,000,000 will be paid the farmers for the day's shipment. The enormous receipts exerted no in fluence on the market,- however, a decided increase in price being re ! corded instead df the. decline which might have been expected to follow Dividends From Surplus. Albany, N. Y.?That directors of a corporation have the right to pay dividends from a surplus, was the opinion in the case of the Equitable Life Assurance Society against the Union Pacific Railroad Company handed down by the Court of Appeals and made public in full. The Equi table Society, as holders of preferred stock in the Union Pacific, insisted that the Union Pacific directors had no authority to distribute $S0,000,()00 dividends. Begin Coal Inquiry. Washington. ? Investigation of. freight rates on coal to the South Atlantic seaboard was begun by a Senate sub-committee. F. C. Wright, a rate expert, presented a brief state ment. He will appear again before the committee at its open sessions, which will begin njxt Monday. B. L. Dulanev of Bristol, Tenn., also will be a witness then. The investigation is in response to a resolution by Sen ator Tillman charging that the Navy j is paying excessive freight rates on coal from near the Atlantic seabca.-tl. Charles Warren, of Boston, who was appointed to succeed J. C. Adkins as assistant attorney general, has taken up his duties In Washington. He is forty-six yeetrs old, a graduate of Harvard and the senior member of a big Boston law firm. HUERTA WILL RESIGN AND HIS SUCCESSOR WILL BE SEATED. NOT PLEASING TO REBELS Carra'nza Will Not Stop Fighting Be cause Another Leader Takes ttA Place of Hi? Present Enemy. > " Washington.?Events in Mexico are shaping themselves for a termination of the civil strife that has kept that country in a turmoil and threatened at one time to provoke war with the United States. General Huerta against whom the Constitutionalists have waged incessant warfare since he overthrew President Madero 18 months ago, has given up the struggle at last. ' 1 Weakened by the struggle of the United States to recognize his Gov ernment and cut off from financial support in Europe, he^ realizes the big Constitutionalist army, augmented daily as it presses southward, Is at the threshold of the Mexican capital. Fearful that an invading army may commit excesses which would endang er the lives of an innocent population and destroy property, persons influen tial with the man who has dictated affairs in Mexico City at own whim have persuaded him to abandon his hopeless position. Comprehensive messages to Wash ington diplomats from legations and consulates in Mexico City thus de scribe the situation. Within a few days General Huerta is expected to resign In favor of his newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Carbajal, until re cently chief justice . of the Supreme Court of Mexico. Difficulties between the United States and the Huerta Gov ernment were composed at Niagara Falls Huerta would leave the internal problem to be settled by his successor. Carbajal, it is expected, would bring the gap from the Huerta regime to a new provisional administration controlled by the Constitutionalists. Carbajal Was Suggested. New York.?That the name of Fran cisco Carbajal, Huerta's new minister of foreign affairs, was proposed at the Niagara Falls mediation conference of provisional president of Mexico was confirmed here by Emiliano Rabasa and Augustln Rodriguez, the Huerta delegates. They declared Carbajal's name was first submitted to the con ference by the American delegates and accepted by the Mexican delega tion as that of a man who stood neu tral between the Huerta government and the uonstmitionanss. Moheno Was Fired. Vera Cruz, Mexico.?Adolfo de La Lama, Mexican Minister of Finance, arrived here from the Federal capital on his way to Paris to confer with the holders of Mexican National bonds and to explain to them the conditions obtaining in Mexico and give them as surances that the obligations will be fully met when peace and order have been restored. De La Lama asserted that Querido Moheno, former Mexi can Minister of Commerce and Labor, had been asked to resign by General Huerta. Fighters Cannot Rule. Torreon, Mexico.?At the conference between Carranza and Villa represen tatives here, the plan of Guadaloupe, under which the present revolution has been operating, was amended so as to prevent any military leader from becoming provisional president of Mexico. This would eliminate Car ranza, Villa, Angeles or any of the leaders now in the field as presiden tial possibilities. This was stated in j a lengthy official statement issued ' here by the delegates. The oonven- i t;on agreed Carranza was the leader, j U.S. PLEASED WITH 1 . WASHINGTON 0FFICIAL8 BE LIEVE lV FIRST STEP TO SO LUTION OF AFFAIRS. WILL NOT EXCEPT CARB|IAL' 1 -? . Carranza Will Not Recognize New - Leader,. Neither Will United States. Washington. ? News of General Huerta's resignation as Provisional President of Mexico was hailed by official Washington as the first prac- < tical step toward a quick solution of the Mexican problem, Constitutional ists, diplomats and officials of the United Sttes were elated over Gen eral Huerta's voluntary withdrawal and. predicted an era of peace in Ms country. Although ? the ? Constitutionalists have declared, they would not recog- .. nize Fcancisco CarbaJaJ as Provision- . ; al President, and the United States ,-j Government likewise will refuse to recognize him, the understanding her4 is that the new Executive will ' hold office only until arrangements ' can be made for the entry bt General | Carranza, the Constitutionalist chief. ' Diplomats in close touch with the situation declare Carbajal and those r, who are. associated with him in an effort to restore peace, desire only a general amnesty, conserving the' lives and property of Huerta's supporters. With this obtained, the peaceful 'en try Into the Mexican Capital of CoA^ stitutionalist troops will he negotia ted. General Huerta's retirement came . just as the * Constitutionalists were ' f preparing their formal note declining participation in informal conferences with Huerta delegates to discuss in ternal Mexican questions. Hopes were raised that new nego tiations might be begun, however, between representatives of Carranza .. oti/1 Pai?'ka<al f/M? fva uuu v?* unjai lvi iuc oj/tuuj vtouoivi 1 of power to the Constkutionallsta. It is virtually certain that the Huarta representatives at Niagara Falls will , be designated by Carbajal to lQok'af- < ter his interests in this country. That * j the mediators will make another ef> j fort to bring the factions into confer^ I ence is considered likely. .! General Carranza, the mediators j believe, would profit greatly by enter ing Into such conferences. He thus might guarantee himself Immediate recognition by thp United States and Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Under? - terms of protocols signed at Nia? gara Falls, the United States promis ed to recognize any govehinient set up by agreement between the Mexi can factions without waiting for an election. Should Carranza refuse to parley with the Carbajal Government and insist on taking Mexico City by force/ ! setting up a military government, J recognition in all #liklihood would be deferred until after an election. RAILROAD DIRECTOR8 SILENT. Senate Has Commission's Report on v Kauroaa ana umciaia wont Talk. '. :-} New York.-j-J. P. Morgan and Com pany refused to discuss the report of ^ the Interstate Commerce Commis sion severely censuring the directors of the New York, New Haven and, Hartford Railroad, under the admin fatra+tnn' nf Ph?rloa Af^llan fnr "reckless and profligate" financial operations estimated to have cost stockholders from $65,000,000 to $90, 000,000. J. P. Morgan himself, how ever, denied the charge that the com mission's examiners were not accord ed full access to the firm's books f bearing upon the New Haven. The New Haven situation, it was i pointed out, now is out of the h^nds of the commission and what action, if any, is taken on recommendations that the directors be prosecuted lies with' the department of Justice andv^ the District Attorneys In the state^P in which the system has lines. Pros-, ecuting attorneys at New York, Bos ton, Hartford, New Haven, New Lon-^ don and other points had received no' copies of the evidence. A McAdoo Getting Advice. Washington.?Thousands of nation-' al banks already have replied to Sec retary McAdoo's letter asking the* opinion of bankers throughout the country as to the* advisability of lend isg government bunds to banks to move crops. Many bankers urged the lending of government funds, as was done last vpbt. when about S37.000. 000 was loaned to banks by the treas ury department. Mr. McAdoo also ask ed a number of other questions In his. general letter. Free Senators of Gold Hill Affair. Washington.?Exoneration of al! senators concerned in the charge of misuse of official letter paper for promotiqn of a North Carolina gold mine is contained in the findings of an investigating committee which completed its report. John Skelton Williams, comptroler of the currency, who figured in the investigation as having sent a government expert to examine the mine, was also exonerat ed of any reprehensible conduct. Potato 40 Years Old. Paris.?A potato 40 years old, in a perfect state of preservation, was dis covered recently under the hearth sotne of the former Mayor of Bazilles, the village celebrated for the battle which was fought there during the Franco-Prussian war. It was found by workmen carrying out repairs, embedded in a block of plaster. The house was rebuilt in 1873 after the vil lage was burned by the Prussian troops, and it is supposed that the po tato was then put into its strangfr hiding place.