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VOL. LXXXI NO. 247.
NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1914. OepurtpM, 1914. bv Dio Sun Printing and VubtlaMnp
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Association.
OLNEY TO HEAD
RESERVE BOARD
Panl )I. Warburg, W. P. G.
Harding and H. A. Whcclcr
Arc Also Picked.
, C. MILLER IS FIFTH
He Is Assistant, Secretary of
Interior and Represents
Far West.
OLXEY'S "YES" AWAITED
..fcard Will Control in Lnrgo
Measure the Finances
of Country.
WAsrttsfiToS, Mny President Wil
ton has completed his elections for the
Inderal Reserve Hoard nnil unless
lo'me of these decline membership the
Jre nominations will he sent to the
Sinate tills week. The tire men to
whom the President litis tendered plnces
en the board nre:
Ittkard OUey of Bostoa, former See
rtUrr ' State. 1" whom hat been offered
tit gowaorshlp of the .board.
rail M. Warbarf of Kubn, Loeb ft Co.,
Jtw Tori.
yr, r. O. Hardin, president of the first
jilloial Bank of Birmingham, Ala.
Harry A. Waeelrr, rlee-prrsldent of the
ftfea Trail Company of Chicago and
firmer head of the National Chamber of
namrrtr.
A. C. Stiller of San Frnneluro, Av
tlrtait Seerelary of the Interior. He wns
fararrlT profeor of finance at the Unl
tenllx of Chleaco.
The tender of tho governorship of the
board to tx-Secretary Olney and the se
lection of Mr. Warburg as New York's
representative were predicted In Tuc Sun
n Sunday. The question of greatest Jn
ttrtat In the President's selections, asldo
1 from the Identity of tho Western member,
relates to Mr. Olney's attitude toward !
tie offer. Strong doubt existed In thu j
mladi of many persons In tho capital to- ,
.illbt that Mr. Olney will accept.
It was pointed out that ho refused the J
Ambassadorship to Great Britain last
rear, jiving at hla most Important reason
Mi advanced age. Ho Is now Tit yenra
old, and although he Is vigorous It Is dltll
calt to convince some persona familiar
Uh his presentpSttltude toward arduous J
umeai uuuen ww c - ..........
Jnleruke the great taak of heading the
Mr which Is to Install tho new currency
ysttm.
Visited lir Col. Ilonae.
Mr. Olney was visited in lloston last
tk by Col. n. II. House of Texas, who
Informed him of the President's desire to
name htm itovernor of tho board. Ill
consented to tako the proffer under con
tlderattoii, but his llnal answer has not
t been snt to tho Whlto Hous.
If Sir. Olney accepts he will represent
S England on tha board. Mr. War
bunt will represent the East, Mr. Harding
th South, Mr. Wheeler tho inlddlo West
and Mr. Miller w ill represent the far
Wsat.
The President under the provisions of
t!i Glass-Owen currency law Is empow
rtd to select the ilvo members of the
board, njlde from the Secretary of the
Trasury and the Comptroller of tho Cur
rency, with duo consideration to geo
graphical, financial and commercial r
vulrements. He Is specifically forbidden
to select more than one member from
my one of the tnetvo rmervo districts
hloh have been designated hy the organ
itallon committee of tho reserve board.
Tho live members of the board numed
by the President are required to devote
thiir entire tlm.i to the business of the
trve sjsU'in and are allowed an annual
alary of 111,000 each. They lire debarred
trom holding any position In any member
lank of the reserve system during their
incumbency und for two years thereafter.
Orgunlrn Hon of ihr Hoard.
The section of tho law reUtlng to the
board Is In purl as follows:
"Of lh. fle persons thm appointed
y the President nt least two shall be
tnJH3 experienced In bunking or
finance. Ope shall bw designated by
the President to serve for two, one
for four, one for six, one for eight and
one for ten ears, and thereafter each
member so appointed shall servo for a
term of ten years unless sooner re
moved for cause by the President.
'Of the five persons thus appointed
ne xlisll bo designated as governor
and nun as vice-governor of thu Kfd
ral Itenerve Hoard. The governor of
tho IVder.il Ilenervo Hoard, subject to
lis supervision, shall be tlm actlvu ex-f-nitiNe
oincer,"
The nien appointed by the President
ih Secretary McAdoo ami Comptroller
of 'tie Currency John Skelton Williams
R I haw tremendous power In their
liir''. They will control In n large meas
" 'lie Mimiiei-H of the countr. They will
e"1 ' the power of fixing discount rates In
fie ir'ous districts and may order tho
' icfer of reseives from ono section to
U"'itier Tlie.v will supervlso th? banks,
regulate the siio nnd retirement of the
r'irreicy mid m.iy In nn emergency sus
pend for a elated term all reulroments
fw maintenance of cash reserves by
l'.inkn In the sysloin.
The Prestdtnt has dr lured In the
'trciiigrst terms his leallzutloii of the Ini
jrt:inc) of choosing well. Ho believes that
Ue board rupilres ineii of the sanio high
1 t'grlty as that which Is sought for mem
hern of the Supreme Cunt of the Pulled
siatex iin.i aj, eaily In thu spring that
h' felt as If he bad the selection of llo
'iiMlox. nf that tribunal on his hands.
T if rinnloi of tin members of Hie boird
L'ohHiiuoI ok fourth I'npt,
LAW TAKES $12,500 NECKLACE.
Mm. Wntaon Mnat Return Ornament
to Molhrr'a Hatate.
Mrs. Susnn Matilda Watson, wife of Iho
Ilev. J. Henry WnUon of 51 West 8ov
enty-flfth street and daughter of the lata
Dean llorfninn, who left real estato worth
moro Uian tl0,000,000, must glvo up a
pearl necklace worth $12.C00 a the. result
of a decision filed In the Burrogatc' Court
losterday hy Lemuol 1". Qulgg an referee.
Tho necklace belonged to Mrs. Wat
son1!! mother, Mrs. Mary C. Hoffman, who
died several years ago, making her daugh
ter and William If. Harris executors. Tho
executors reported that a $12,500 pearl
necklace had been given to Mrs. Watson
becauso It waa presented to her by her
mother during her lifetime. Objections
to this dlstwsltlon of tho necklnco were
made by Hoffman Xlckerson and Margaret
It. Gnllntln, grandchildren of Mrs. Hoff
man, and Qulgg was appointed to tako
testimony.
In his report Mr. Qulgg says that while
It appears to have been Mrs. Hoffman's
purpono to give :ho necklaco to her daugh
ter thcio Is no real proof that alio ever
did go, and for this reason tho necklace
must bo returned to the cstato and Its
value divided among tho heirs.
SPEAK SOFTLY, BOSSY IS NEAR!
The Klndlr Ward Is Cood Milk In
ducer, Dairy Manager Sara.
Verona, N. J Afay 4. Kmployces of
the big dairy of the Kalrflcld Dairy Com
pany at Fairfield, near here, havo been In
structed not to use harsh language In ad
dressing the cows.
Stephen Francisco, the head of the
company, believes that If ,tho cows are
spoken to kindly and are given to believe
that their keepers have affection for them
they will glvo more milk than If the at
tendants are rough spoken.
The animals at the Fairfield datry are
otherwise coddled. Instead of being
roughly curried their coats are cleaned by
the vacuum process.
STEAMER AFIRE AT SEA;
LINERS 60 TO RESCUE
Unidentified Vessel Burning
:S00 Miles South of
Cape Ilaee.
Halifax, N. 8.. May 4. A steamer the
name of which was not learned was
found ablaic from stem to stern by the
steamer Scydlltz to-day 300 miles south
of Cape Itnco. There wero no signs of
life aboard und the clouds of smoke about
the boat were mi great that It was tin
poslble for the commander of tho Seyd
ll'.z to distinguish the name..
The ship, however. Is believed to havo
titcn a freighter or un oil tank vessel of J
uu i-u.uMu-r.i...- uui een uavinr a,,..,,,,. ,,.,, .,,,, i,,, . uill 1
wireless service.
The position of the burning vessel was I
given as latitude 41, 27 north and longitude
51.0 wist. The Seydlltz. sighting the'
vessel, hurried as near to her as possible
and the captain looked about for lifeboats
containing tho crew. He saw none, how
ever. He Immediately sent wireless calls
for assistance.
Tho cnlU were answered by the Fran
conla, fifty miles to tho oittwnrd and
bound for Boston. Tho Olympic, 200
miles to tho west, headed for New York,
also responded. Tho Olympic had passed
near the spot about twelve hours before
and had not seen tho burning boat or
sighted any life boats or heard any sig
nals of distress.
The weather on tho Grand Hanks was
moderate to-day and In tho event of ne
cessity it would havo been easy for a
rescuing ship to have taken off the mem
bers of the crew from tho burning ship.
It seems quite certain, however, that no
such rescue work was done by any vessel
having wireless.
Among other ships assumed to bo near
by are the Pennsylvania, west bound; the
North German Lloyd Kronprlnz Wllhelm.
bound for New York : tho Trench liner
Florida, bound for New York ; the Cu
narder Paimonln, east bound ; the Amerl'
can liner Philadelphia and thu Pretoria.
BOY THINKS HE SHOT ANOTHER.
Heath Claims Unit Hide Mothrr'a
Tnn Hons In Onr Kentnir.
A Uttlo boy was killed upon a housetop
In Ilayurd street last Hunday. A bullet
whizzed from somewhere and struck tho
child squarely In the forehead. The de
tectives puzzled und puzzled over the case
ami didn't know which way to turn.
Hut the mystery was cleared yesterday
through tho courage and honesty of the
boy who tired the shot. He Is Tomaso
Tomaselll, 17 years old, and ho had been
thinking hard since Sunday afternoon,
when ho was firing at a target on the
roof of t9 Hayard street and sent a
bullet wildly toward thu roof of No. 70,
where little Frank Fraga was playing.
Tomaso Is a good boy und lie reasoned
It out with himself that it was his duty
to tell the police that ho probably was to
blame, although unintentionally, for the
death of Frank. Coroner Felnbcrg had
to send Tomaso to tho Tombs because
thern was no other action to bu taken,
but tlm chances aru that Tomaso will bo
released on ball to-day.
i:vrybody In thu neighborhood of 333
Fast Kleventh street knew yesterday about
tho burden of Borrow that has fallen oi
the mother of tho dead boy. Death took
from her two children In ran cwnlnar
Tho reason that Frank happened to be on
tho roof of 70 Hayard street when To
muso'h bullet fould him was that ills
mother had to go to Helluvuo Hospital on
sudden news that h r two-year-old baby
was dying of pneumonia. Ho tha took
Frank to his giamlinothei'a In Hayaid
street, hurried to the hospital ami wultetl
thcru till tho baby died. And then, after
ovei coming her grief and going to I In yard
street, sho found that Frank wits dead
loo.
That Is why neighbor women did their
ltest to eomfoit h'T yesteiuay and irled t
keep her fiom the front loom of tho Hat in
which ate the two coiiin.
nnr.EN "hihiVe" ""ooTfiH
NOW IN NON.IlBril.IiAIU.K BOTTI.Kfl.
(UJDItEW UHllUIl CO.. Edinburgh. .Up.
HIRAM DURYEA SLAIN
BY HIS SON CHESTER
Aged Retired Manufacturer
Shot Seven Times in
Brooklyn Home.
PISTOL AND RIFLE TSED
Man, fll, Was on Sleeping
Porch When Son, Fired
No Quarrel Heard.
Hlnim Dtiryea. retired manufacturer,
was murdered by his son, Chester Duryca.
early this morning at 'their home at 120
Eighty-fifth street. Bay Itldge, Brooklyn.
Seven shots wero fired by the younger
Duryea, five from an automatic pistol nnd
two from a magazine rifle. All took ef
fect, causing Instant death. TJio murder
took placo on the sleeping porch of the
Duryea home.
There were three servants and a house
keeper In the houso who heard the shots.
They seized the young man, but he showed
no disposition to run away and waited
calmly for the police. He was arrested as
he sat upon his bed across tho enclosed
porch from that on which tho body of his
father lay.
At tho Fort Hamilton station Duryen
said that ho was engaged In mercantile
business, the nature of which ho would
not disclose. His talk was Incoherent and
hit. ucttons Impressed tho police as being
very strange. Tho servants did not add
to the cause of tho crime, for none of
them had heard conversation between
father and son.
Dr. Gardiner, who came from the Nor
wegian Hospital, found Gen. Duryea's
body practically riddled with bullets.
Fired nt close range from powerful guns
they had torn their way entirely through
tho body. Several were nlmed at the
head and several at tho chest.
Mr. Duryea was SI years of ajge. Ills
son is 43.
The reason for the killing Is puzzling
the Fort Hamilton police, who were called
by tho servants Immediately after the
shootlnv. They were totd that the jounger
Duryea had been acttng strangely all the
afternooh and that after writing what ap
jveared to bo editorials of a legil nature
had. dined with his father and Inter re
tired. 4
ChcMcr Durca was taken to tin. But
ler street station and questioned by As-
.,tatU District Attorney C'onu-aj
lie
t his father. '
Hiram Duryea waa the son of lUndrlck 1
Vauderbllt Duryea and Ann Wrlsht
Duryea nnd ins born at Manlmssot, I 1.,
In 1S34. Ho married In 1S6S Miss Laura
D. Iturncll. Two sons und two daughters
wero born, of whom Chester was the only
one living with his father at the time of
the shooting.
During the civil war he f orved as Lieu
tenant of artllliry nnd later as Captain
In the Fifth New York Infantry. In IsfiO
ho became brevet Hrigadler-Generul of
Volunteers on account of service at the
Kittle of Gaines Mills, Va. He was
president of tho Veterans Association and
also a member of the Army und Navy
and tho Crescent Athletic clubs.
Hiram Duryen was at mm time bead
of tho National Starch Company.
In 1902 Mrs. Chester Duryea brough
suit against her husband for repara
tion, alleging cruelty. At the tlmo un
effort was mado by both parties to havo
the proceedings private. It was over a
year later that Mrs. Duryea won her
suit and ulso tho custody of their son,
Chester II., Jr.
A couple of years after tho suit was
decided Duryea made motion to havo tho
amount of the alimony ho paid his wlfo
reduced und produced vldence to show
that hla estate would not bear his paying
tho early sum of $2,310. Mrs. Duryea
was then living In Paris with her son.
WHY MARY GARDEN WAS LET 00.
Opera Company, I la Snlil, IHerpalA
llrr and She Kept Money.
Chicaoo, Mny 4. Mary Garden did not
get a contract to sing for tho Chicago-
Philadelphia Grand Opera Company rlext
season because of a "misunderstanding
with the dlvu over nn Item of 1,600, It
waa revealed here to-day.
The directors of the company say that
through a clerical error Miss Garden re
ceived un overpayment of 11,800 lust year.
This year fho was requested to ting un
extra performance! in Milwaukee without
compensation to square this "error."
Sho refused, asserting that Hie owed
the company nothing. That caused a
breach which has not healed and Chicago
will be without her during the season of
19U-15.
ASK NATIONWIDE MINE STRIKE.
nlicurra Send In Hundreds ' Pe
titions tn Kiecnllve Hoard,
iNPIANAPoMn, May 4. The executive
board of tho United Mine Winkers of
America, which began a session horn to
day, will consider hundreds of petitions
from ItH-ul unions anil district organiza
tions demanding a general strike, Tho
situation In Colorado, where President
Wilson Is using United States troops to
preserve order, will also conio up. Mem
bers of tho lo.ird said that the use of tho
military In Colorado has aceentuatisl con
ditions throughout the coal llulds generally
and has Increased tho demand for a strike
In all the mines, Fust and West,
President White said that the hoard
meeting may last two weeks. He admitted
that sumo of the hoard members are In
sympathy with tlm demand for a nation
wide strike. Another mninber character
ized a general strike as "general foolish
hiss" mid hi lil he did riot think such a
thing probable.
r'B.S.1 ATliANT.l AND KKTl'HN,
May h-ll Ineliiilve. Iniprued clidiile vl
8e uttird Atr Uut Hy, lm. Hit Usruy, .N. V, C.
I
FIRES SCHOOL TO SEE ENGINES.
Ulrl
of Thirteen Confesses (the
Marled Two tllasea.
A little girl, who wanted to see the
tire drill and tho fire engines, confessed
to Detective Birmingham last night that
she had set two fires In Public School
170, 3? West,. 111th street, yesterday
morning. Both fires were put out without
having done damage.
The first fire was at about 10 o'clock
In the morning. Miss Emily Morton, as
sistant principal, saw a wisp of smoke
curling out of the closet of her office
and found papers on the floor smoulder
ing. She stamped the fire out, wondered
a while, then forgot about It.
About 11 o'clock amoko curled from the
ventilator In tho room where Miss Snrah
Duffy was teaching. Miss Duffy notified
the office, the bells were rung and In two
and a half minutes tho 3.S50 pupils were
nil In tho street. Then teachers poured
water down tho ventilator and by tho
tlmo tho engines arrived the blaze was
out.
The Fire Marshal's, olllce was notified
and Assistant Marshal Montgomery Wade
and Detective Birmingham went to the
school and questioned the pupils. Lillian
Cohen, 13, of 30 West 112th street aroused
their susplcioni by her evasive answers,
und last night they went to her home.
Confronted by the detective, I.llllan be
gan to cry and confessed. Sho was taken
to the West 123d street station and later
sent to the Children's society. She will
be arraigned In the Children's Court this
morning.
MISS GRACE STRACHAN ILL.
Unnril of Education District Roper
Intendment to Undergo Operation.
Miss Grace C. Strachan. a district su
perlntendent for the Board of Education
and a leader In the equal pay for women
teachers movement. Is In a Brooklyn hos
pltal suffering from nppendlcltls. An op
eration will bo performed to-day. She
was taken to the hospital on Sunday
from lur home, 1115 Ocean avenue.
SHE WANTS $150,000
FROM S. P. HINCKLEY
Actress Charges Breach
Promise on Eve of His
Son's Weddinpr.
Of
P.ipcrs tiled In tho Supreme Court yes
terday In a suit nunlnst Samuel Parker
Hinckley, who lives nt tho University
Club nnd Is the father of Samuel Nellor.
Hinckley, whofo emrnirement to Mlsa
Catherine Gordon Haroeraley waa an-inurr""1--
recently, discloses a claim by
MrH. Iiur.i Juno Itogora, an actress and
divorcee, that Samuel Parker Hinckley
ban broken a promise of mnrrlnge to her
n.. ...... n.b. f.,r Jir.ii.ftflrt . Inmate...
It wan learned last nlcht that tho suit
tiled yesterday through Arthur 1 Phil-
lips, an attorney of 0!' Nassau street, fol
lows a previous action brought teveral
mouths ago by Mrs. lingers through John
I'. Mclntjre. At that time Mr. Mclntyre
denied that tho suit was for breach of
promise. A notice of discontinuance of
the first action was tiled a few days later.
The alleged promise on which the new
suit Is brought Is said to have been mude
during a trip abroad at tho time the
promise alleged III the. suit already settled
was made.
Mrs. Hogers has taken unimportant
parts In a number of theatrical produc
tions, it was learned last night. Hho wns
divorced In Kings county two years ago
from a man named Hogers, who did not
(!. ft ud the suit. It Is said that Mr.
Hinckley became ottentlvo to Mrs. Itogers
beforo she got her decree, and that after
she had been freed from her husband she.
took mi extensive trip abroad with Mr.
Hinckley, buying many articles: which sho
Intended to form a part of her wedding
trousseau.
It is alleged by Mrs. Hogers that Mr.
Hinckley has been divorced by his wife,
who was Miss llosnllo Nellson of tile well
known Long Island family to which Mrs.
I Iteglnald Vnuderbllt In related.
This assertion surprised many who
knew the llltiekleys. In tho summer of
1IMO Mr. 1 1 Itielf l,n- ulvtu.,1 n relenuM nf
her dower Interest In valuable real estate
near Lawrence, L. I. Tho release, which
was tiled In tho County Clerk's ottlco at
Mtncola, L. I., stated that tho Hlnckleys
wero separated and that Mrs. Hinckley
had agreed to accept $14,000 for tho re
lease of dower. Since that tlmo Mrs.
Hinckley has been spending much of her
..I,,.,.,!
Mr. Hinckley was graduated from Har -
vard In 1S71, Ho has a town houso at 100
Fast Slxty-llrst street.
WILSON HOLDS OFFICE IN TENT.1
l.nniiKliiK l'lnee of Tafl and Hooe- j Mrvlllg order. He I. they say, sln
vrlt Now Psed for Iluslness. , cerely Hollcltou for the comfort and
Wasiiinc.ton, May 4. President Wll-
son utilized to-day for tho llrst time tho
outdoor tent oltlco that has been put up
for his use In tho Whlto House gardens.
Tho tent was used by Itoosevelt and
Tuft as 11 lounging place, but President
Wilson Is the (list Ficeutlve to utilize It
to transact business. The President lias
complained that his prlvalo ollleo In tile
executive olllce bulhllng Is without proper
ventilation, and It was said to-day that It
will bn used III tho fulurn In tho heated
period only during rainy or cold spells,
Tho llrst caller ricelved by the Presi
dent In the tent was Senator-elect Under
wood. GERMANS PRAY FOR AIRCRAFT.
Knlarr Orders Special Petition In
erled In Lutheran l.lturuy,
iptriat Cable Hripatch to Tn Bex,
Hmii.in, May 4. Tho 7'n)i'i;rlliinr7 says
the Kaiser has ordered tho Insertion In
tho liturgy of the Lutheran Church of a
special prayur for military and naval air
craft '
llrrtlnn WikiI llutrla. While Mil., ,V II,
Th" Mount I'lesssnl. Th Mount Wahlngtnn,
II,). .Him Ufltca, m till AY. Tal. 5:30 Mad. Bq.
Adv.
FREE HAND
ARMY AT
Funston Unable to Protect Water Mains Furnish
ing Supply to
Federals
L
Br ncni.F.v hr.mo.v.
Special correspondent of Tim Hun teith
Hear Admiral Badgers fleet.
Veba Cbuj!, Mny 4. It Is most ltn
portnnt Hint emphnsls 1m Inld m the
necessity of giving (Sen., Funston it
free hand. The Tojnr pumping Mu
tton, on which the city depends for Its
water supply, Is nine miles from here.
It Is adequately defended by murines,
but the water runln Is exposed at sev
eral points to destruction by the Mex
ican troops nt some points this side of
Tejar, nnd Gen. Funston Is forbidden
to make a move to drive them out. The
breaking of tho writer main would be
disastrous to the city ami to tho army.
I accompanied Hrlg.-Gen. Funston
this afternoon on his (list inspection of
the advanced American post held by
Mnjo't Smedley Butler's marines nnd
the extra three battalions of marines
which were sent out nftar the alarm
caused by the attack by the Mexicans,
which was reported on Saturday. This
post Is nt the Tejar water works, nine
miles from the city.
Oen. Funston and party travelled
from Vera Crur. to Tejar In a tint car
train, which was barricaded and armed.
The reason for this was that there are
scattered groups of Mexican soldiers nt
several lKtlnls In the vicinity of the
advanced American pot. It Is under
stood here that the provisions of the
armistice prevent any extension of the
American lines and patrols cannot be
sent beyond the point at which the pnt
ls now sltuate.1. it niso proem u--
forcing back of the Mexican patrols. I
The main .Mexican iorce.s are in j
strong Msltlon five mile beyond Tejar.
The rnllway track In torn up from
Tejar onward. An extension of the
American lines surrounding Tejar is
wry desirable, as under pres-ent con
dltiouH there Is nothing to prevent the
Mexicans from using their nrtlllejxjlUUHd until the situation nt Vera Crm
the. pumping station, if tno water
work, which are the city of Vera
Cruz' sole supply, were detroyii
under present eondltloiiM the reuK
would be serious, n the city would
have to dein-ud on the water distilled
on the warship, and there I hardly
enough of this to supply the soldiers
and sailors. At present the water
works are epoed In several plaecu to
damage by Mexican artillery.
lien, runston and his party returned
to the headquarters at the Terminal
Hotel at 1 o'clock In the afternoon.
MEXICO CITY REFUGEES
PREDICT FALL OF HUERTA
Dictator Maintains Defiant Attitude, Although
His Ministers Arc Said to Be Ready
to Leave Him.
ny K. nr. i si.r.vix. M;,.. itinui ii.t. the Minister of War.
.-ixctal Cablf lienpnnh to Tun Scv ' filial were well treated, They say Gen.
V1.11A Cltt'z, May Itofugecs w ho Gustm o Man dined them at Solcdnd
arrived here, thl morning from Mexico j and offered them horses for the over
eltv ffintirm previous reisirt thai the, land stretch it the break In the rail-
1 iluerta Government I
tottering. Van
on successors to Purtlllo y liojas. the
Minister of Foreign AlTali. have been
discussed, Senor I.nsfuraln having de
clined. Uuerla's Ministers, with the
exception of Moheiio, 1 .07.11110 ami Nar
anjo, nre said to be anxious to get out
bnforo the crash come. They hate re-
1 pcatedly resigned, nut iiucriii win mi
I permit them to retire.
j 'j-j,,. refugir praUe President
1 Iluerta'. Indomitable pluck and sung
frold In the face of dNaster. He is
delimit toward hi enemies and Is pre-
safety 01 Americans.
W. W. Canada, the American Consul
here, announces that the llrazlllnn Min
ister at Mexico city arranged to-night
for the departure of a train carrying
.'ion Americans from the capital. The
train will run to Cnatzucnalcos, where
It-will arrive on Wednesday morning
Hear Admiral Itadger will send a vessel
to Puerto Mexico to bring the refugees
here, after which they will be sent to
New Orleans.
Mr. Canada also niinouncos Hint the
American Consul and agent at Coat-
mien. Cluilad del Carmen, the
port of Frontera, Canipeehe ami Pro-j
greso have been ordered to embark for
the I'nltisl Slates, leaving the I-teiieli
consular agent In charge, lie says
,, ,. , ...
a wneicss ....I.-..,
the steamer Tabasco, wnicn 1 aimui 1
to leave Frontera for Cludinl del Car
men, Campis'ho und Progreso, to lake
on all the American at those places
and sail with them for New inleans,
The refugee (rain which arrived this
morning from Mexico city brought tmly
Americana, They had passports from
URGED FOR
VERA CRUZ
City Attack by
Expected
While American refugees arriving
here from Mexico city may differ as
to tho situation In the capital, all nre
aprecd that there Is n steadily swelling
undercurrent of feeling against (!cn.
Iluerta.
The split between (Jen. Itlnnqucti
and lluerln, which Is retried to be(
wider than announced, the activity or
the Catholic parly, the growing feel
ing of the business clement of the capi
tal that there can never bo peace so
long as Iluerta holds sway are all
taken to be Indications of an Impend
ing chnngc.
Some of the American refugees pro
fess to have the word direct from con
fidants of Iluerta that while ho will
never resign he does not think a coup,
such as the one which caused the over
throw and death of President Madei'o,
Is impossible.
So far as anil-American sentiment Is
concerned the refugees say that It Is
very quiet now, although It would not
tnke any very considerable Incident to
revive It again. The bombardment of
Tnmplco or the occupation of another
port would render the situation of
Americans in the Interior most uncom
fortable If not iierllous.
The refugee are always surprised
when they arrive at Vera Cruz to learn
the true state of affair. The liner
tlsta ncwspniier. continue to puhli-'a
alarming report and the newcomers
are surprised nnd dlapiolnted not to
find the American army on Its way to
,h( lllt,.rlur. Thpy nml ,iecn cVCIl t0
,m,,.rf,taiid that this wns either under
wny or contemplated
fien. Iim st on' cutom house of
ficials are in a quandary. They do
not know what to do with the receipts
of their office. They do not know
whether or not they should be turned
over to the Treasury Department to be
I settled. The receipt of tho jxirt In
0,.m.,i
time" amount to ?l.0O0,000
gold a mouth. Several ship have un
i loaded their cargoes In the Inst week
and there is a large amount of goods
In iHitid, Part of the customs receipt
are pledged for the Interest of the old
national loan and that of a recent one
made In Trance, but no one here know
In what proportion. When they tied
the official were careful to take with
them all papers which would aid intently withdrawn from Vera ('rw and
.. I ..... .1... - 1
iiiiuiuii'Mt-riun i lit- tin ri luni'iu.
All oilier departments am running
U-ltllnMt ft llltMt
road oer which they had to prisvisl
before reaching number train which
liroii'-lit them to Vera Cruz.
The refugees report that hunilrisls
of Americans are arriving safely in
Mexl Ity from the Interior towns.
Many are not thinking about leaving
the capita), as they believe that the
crlsU has pas-i'.' ami peace l near.
,'ow friiiii Tnmplco under date of
Sunday mi the larger oil wells are
si 111 sjife. The Federals have received
'J.tMHi reenfmvemeiits and there had
been no lighting for two ilajs. Tin1
Federals hate also blocked the channel
with barges. The rebels are 111 a strung
position at t In1 Sail .liiati Casino, They
are not destrucilte bs'aue of the on
certainty of international relation-.
It Is also snbl that ('apt. Doughty
of the Hrltlsh cruiser llermioue I
handling the refugees. Fifty have been
placed 011 the collier Cyclops and more
are eH'eted from the Interior.
Merchants here ar mttiitiiiig Ihelr
linimllng of sliver and the cchnugc
rale keeps up. There Is u serious
sjioilage of sllu-r now. lien. Fuiistnu
will take up this problem und Investi
gate It at the smiie time that he I
looking lulu Hie fi mil situation. He
will take as ilra-tlc nil Ion as pos.-ihtc
In relieve the situation. The authnri
ties me looking for an American who
gave a Confederate llfty dollar bill to a
money changer.
News leached here to-day that .T0I111
It. Sllllmau, acting American CoiimiI
til San l.tlls polosi. nas nee;i a prisoner
In the hands of lien. .ini..,u Manss,
i the I tsleral eoinuiauilei', for eleven dn.vs
... , , . ilirealelied everv iiIl-I.i
Willi execution.
This Information was brought hero
by two American newspaper corre
sponileiits, who were also lmpi-hiiied,
but were released later.
The siiienlre,iiliioiiglit New Vnrk ar
rived here Mils morning. ,d gun salute
was tired by the nlher warships here In
lorder to avoid alarming the Mexicans,
FUNSTON FACING
im MEXICANS
MAY ADVANCE
I Bluejackets Likely to Roland
I in Fear of Clash nt
Vera Cruz.
CAltHANZA IS BAKRKD
BY MEDIATION BOARD
A. B. C. Diplomats Withdraw
Invitation to the
Nobel Chief.
PLAN TO CHKCK HUKKTA
ALOXE IS OPPOSED
"Wilson and Bryan Xot. Dis
pleased With Latest
Developments.
ENVOYS WILL NOT TALK
They
Insist Tliat Public Must
Look to Stnte De
partment. Washington, May 4. Two strong
points developed to-ulght In the Mox!
can situation. First, that lirls.-On.
Funston has been given a free hand
to extend his line out from Vera Crm
for operations in case of a clash with
the 15.000 Mexican troops which (;en.
Maass ha gathered near that city.
Second, that the mediators have with
drawn their Invitation to (Jen. I'ar
ranza to attend the mediation proceed
lugs. It became known In Washington to
night that word had been cnnve-d to
Hrlg.-Oen. Funston, commanding ths
army at Vera Crusr thafhe"mrcht mod
ify, ns the exigencies of the cn.ic de
termine, the orders under which he is
operating.
It wns made clear to Gen. Fun -ton
that In view of the massing of troops
on his front by the Mexican Federal
Generals the need for the extension of
his lines out from Vera Cnu was doubt
less growing dally more Important. lie
was therefore given to understand t at
the force of bluejackets nnd marines re-
1 ordered
back to
tho battleships
hold in rendine
and
to
cruisers would be
I assume the policing of Vera Cru. at
i
onco If necessity uro.-c.
It was remarked that mu h hi. ar.
rangement lellevlng (Jen. Funston "f
having to give any thought to the
ternal conditions at Vera 'iu would
I in t at his disposal nt once, fnr i.pn .
tlons against any attacl: by the mwly
gathered army of 1 r,0"0 I'eder.Js.
force of approximately ",0uo men
Mna.i Una Well IJiiiilpped Inns
It Is understood at the War and Vavy
departments to-night that the slfia
tiou within th" municipality of V. ra
Cruz continually Improves, hut .1.1 in
conditions at a distance from ( lie i ti
the belief prevails that they ere go.' g
fiiuii bad to worse ami also th.it there
Is no exaggeration In th assert inns fi.it
(Jen, Maass's army now numbers in ro
than 15,000 well equipped Federal so!-
j '"H'
That the Federals' force outside Vi "a
Cruz Is beeniulng lllnrc mid un.ii r
tllltl of Itself dally i-s nvlilenr.il lv l ie
fact that again last night demand . a a
mado for the surrender of the water
works. Its purpose Is regarded 1
very evident suggest Inn of the Fed
crals thai a til.il of force, IT Uf.pi
tated by tho Ainellcan defenders of
tho pumping station, would nni l u.i
welcome. The water works are of use 1.1 i'ie 1 v
nf Vera Cruz, which for the pre, nt
Is American territory. Tho ar. n, 110
use tn tho Federals. Tlielr Miggestion
of the surrender of the station 11: d
their hope for the accomplishment of
Its capture1 can brim: to them no com
fort or any advantage for an p-iico-fill
purpose. It Is this suggestion will' h
worries Gnu. Fuiiston and he has no'
been loath to suggest lu Ills till 11
annoyance und vvurrlineiit mcr the e n.
dltlon which the demand Uneaten
.Medtnlnra r.llnilnnli- iirr-inrn,
A new turn came lir the.Mixi
can situation Into to-night when
It was understood In Wasliiiiloi
that the incdlatois havo wit. -drawn
their Invitation to Oirrnnz.i 'o
parllrlp.no In the mediation prm . d'ni 1.
It Ih wild this action was taken beinu ii
of Ciirranza's iefuw.il tn .entci Iniii mi
armistice with Iluerta pending I'm ef
fort to bring about a pern efnl "rule,
incut of Mexico's Internal d o.hih.'
What effect siu ll a ill v eli.pne ' 1 1
lmvc mi tho pmuri'- nf ev ' M
ini eullld nnl I o. i I'll I 1 I 'i
niuht. Tho I'nitcd statca stipu hH