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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1815
MOOSE UNIT WIPED !
OUT IN CONGRESS
Frojrrrfisivi's Acorpf Committee
Altlginratl nt the Hnndrt
of LoimW Mnnn.
BOTH LISTS ARK ADOPTED
WAaiimomx. nc 14.-- With " or
fanliatlon of th 11 uo to-ilny by the
admit ion of tha comiiilttrr tint rti'i-
hv ItenrcaentMtlvee Kit. hin and
id. lM. .m4 minority leaden 1
....in. mmm ...ii... ...j .
respectively, the l"roareie party aa
political antlty In (Xnara came to an
and.
Tiie eix nwmbari of ths progrtaaiTt j
party In thin Hone accepted committee j
...i.nme,.t at the ni,.i- of Mi. Mann.
and they neemed happy that they had
at least returned liart wa) to their
formar political mooring.
Tha rrnrlve Hre Representatives
SJti-phen. ElMon and Nolan of Colo
rado; Copley of Illinois, Sehall of Min
nesota, and Martin of Ixuttana.
Tha general expectation la that
ttiroughout tha alon 'th 1'roarcaelvea
will vote witli the Republican and In
time formally affiliate with the organl
aatlon headed by Representative Mann.
In parcelling out th committee
patronage Mr. Mann took car uf uch
aotahl "comeback" aa Uncle Jo Can
non. Nick Longworth, Kbeneier 1(111 of
CulllMHU I. William B. McKlnley of
Illinois and other "old guardamon" who
fell by the wayald In llt and IM:
lection.
Moat of the old timer got the place
which thy lllled In former Congress.
l)n the whole tha committee algnitveiu
made by Mr. Mann gave general aalla
factlon. although ome grumbling wan
beard among member whose hope were
not realised.
Jab for t'nele Joe.
Unci Joe Cannon was returned to
the Committee on Appropriation. r
which h waa chairman for many years
prior to his election a Hpeaker. In
saltming Mr. Cannon to thia commit teu
Representative Mann treated his Old
companion In politic as though he waft
a new member. I ncle Joe did not gel
the place at the head of the minority
aide of the committee.
Representative Ulllstt retains tils po
altlon ws ranking Republican mam bar of
the Appropriations Committee, thus as
aurlng his assignment as chairman If he
la reelected und tne RepublnaiiK control
the next lloue.
The single Republican vacancy on the
Naval Committee wa given to Represen
tative Sidney K. Mudd, whose father
aerved on this committee for inuny years.
Republican memberships, on the Ways
and Means Committee, which frames
revenue legislation, were given to Rep
resentatives Hill and Longworth. who
aerved on the committee when th Ald-rlcK-Paync.
law was framed, and Repre
sentative Kalrchlld of New York. In
addition to the members named, the fol
lowing Republicans will serve on the
Way and Means Committee: Kordney,
Michigan: Oardner, Massachusetts .
Moure, l'ennaylvanla ; Oreen. Iowa, and
Hloun. Nebraiuta.
avl Cosaasltte' lLorlty.
The Republican end of the Naal Oom-
snltf.j. im majle tin aa lo lows : iteoie-
aentatlve Butler and Farr, Pennayl
vanla : Robert. Maaaaohusetts : Brown-
tag. New Jersey I Britten. Illinois : Kalley,
bllchlgan. and Mudd. Maryland.
Representative Stephens of California.
a 1'rogreaslve. wa also assigned to the
Naval Committee.
The Republlcsns on the Committee on
Military Affairs are Representative
Kahn. California ; Anthony, Kansas
McKenile. Illinois ; Oreene, Vermont
Moran. Pennsylvania; TIIon, Connmtl
eut ; Crago, Pennsylvania, and Hull.
Iowa.
New York Republicans got the fol
lowing committee assignments :
Danforth and Chandler. Judiciary .
Piatt, Banking and Currency ; Parker.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce . Rowe.
Merchant Marine : Ward. Agriculture .
Mott, Foreign Affairs ; Hamilton. Post
OfBces ; Slegel, Immigration. William
8. Bennet. Rules (the twilltical com
mittee of the llmisel ; Hueted, BlaetlOtM
No. 3: Magee, Kleetlons No. 2; Swift.
Eleollons No. 1 ; Denipsey and Snyder,
Indian Affairs; Snell. Railways and
Canals; Dunn. Public Btilldlnga; Charles
and Haskell, Patents; Gould. District of
Columbia, and Dunn. Committee on
Road.
MRS. BENEDICT SURE
PREPAREDNESS IS LOST
Vice-Chairman of Women!
Peace Party Says Coiierrcss
Will Defeat It.
j the Individual, that that Is the nation,
'and that there Is something more Im
Mrs Crystal Kastman Benedict, V00 I portanl than tie natiun. and that Is the
.'..i,.. of the Women's Peace party, world, llluntachll was perhaps right in
Who went to Washington last week as a
delegate to the convention of the Con
gressional L'nion for Woman Suffrage,
returned to New York with the linn con
viction that the preparedness policy Is
going to have a hard time in Congee.
Sh spnt part of the week interv lewing
Oongresamen on peace, and said yester
day that the leaders of the opposition to
military expansion are ready for th
tueal.
Congressman Bailey of Pennsylvania,
Congressman Kltchln Of South Carolina,
Congressman Keating of Colorado and
Congressman Tavonner. of Illinois as
sured ms that the anti-preparedness peo
ple have every chance of success," she
aid. "There Is go general demand for
a greater armament. Mr. Bailey told ma
that not a labor organization anil not a
farmers' organisation had appealed to I
Oc ngrti ,n burdtn
the country ulih
thut oxpen.nf
"Societlen uro vpnnftng up to . oriib.it
it. On of th ni-wet If the- Rational
ifnoo ieaKuo, juht furmoj i wnh.
inton with a oolQIIllttM Im luriltlg Mr.
and Mrt- Blt0t1 McKuyf, .M. ( lllton
(iHniner and Otorgi VS'tit of thn Indui
trial ReUtionis Commlttta. Brttnchtl of
thi Uagut will be formed verywher,
gild we hope they will he a .i.eariH of
exprMiilon or the real ftfaUftfa of the
I- u raon people on t ill mat fer '
Mm. Bntdlct Mid tin Wumvii'i Pmcq
party vu g'ditir to un all the mont) it
. .ild ralne BlroultHilng thi I'Ubtlti, anl
at VOUtd he the tnithOd '- ItlOit atiti
ii parednn org&nllllttotii,
"Odm Wft pMOi popli Hltd Hhi word
lireparedneaji," hhe Midi "but ilnCi the
i abid armament ad ale have HdOptid
It, the word hftl 'onii' in have i ! n
.fer meaning It ih lin e t Ihoii iUk
Mil keep Ihilf lenaeH gbntll Wttl and
l igffi to ronie DUl ggglflit pr paifdm bm
it i- qvnnrq ny uii unaerupuioui "om
nutrlai Intaratlt and Jinfo pairiOtl whoj
afl try
ttan."
ing to ruin thi country alth tas-
G. O. P. CON VEN TION TO BE
HELD IN CHICAGO JUNE 7
fan tin led frunx FirH Pngr.
and Hoivnl H. Krrnrh e for T-hi in-
ampm.
IInry li. RathbOMi 1-c.prrnrntlna; tha
ttemllUHi club cf chtam tha
prlm-lpal apaaker for that city. II
dracribed Chlrng-o a UM romtilnad N
York city nnd Atlantic City of tha
Want." Me dwelt on "the pooling breaaai
from off the Ukr."
Whan Mayer Thontpwn, who in u-
PSCtsd of having a Presidential boom,
mule an ipMl to tho "imber Judgment"
Of the commlttM a wave of laughttr
Swap! over the room.
Kreil W, Upham
oloaiMl the
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........ .. vi ri. laiuifj 111 m
aeme i tne caae ror lhat city and wan
MCOItM by ilayor C P, Wallrrliig.
Caipar Yost, editor of tho Olabr-Drmo-
PBI, and .1 B, Smith, chairman of the
nnanca rommitts for st uui. Mr.
Walbfidga i hided Chicago baoanaa SO
ra"f napuoucam in Illinois joined: me
I l l Hooaa In 1U12.
P. A. Stanton of los Angeles, member
Of the Republican committee from Cali
fornia, who lad the light for Smi Kran-
claco, mad a rloleni attack on th Pro-
giesvts. He confessed that he had no
patience with the "pink ten" held by the
League of Republican Clubs last night.
In Which an olive braneh waa held out
to the Mull Moose to return to the party.
Member or tha Republican National
l oniliuttfii who have been striving for
party harmony moved naryouaiy in their
eats while Mr. Stanton urged Repub
cutis to put as.de Hie olive branch un
til We Republicans In California can
get n Whack at the Hull Moose."
Representative Kahn, who followed
Mr. Stanton, injured oil on the troubled
waters He admitted he was anxious to
see the li ogrcsslveM come twk Into th
party rarKs.
We w.mt the erring brethren,
aid I
Mr. Kahi.. "If they do OMIM back WO lette. who wants to have Wisconsin' In
will elect our President: if they do not 1 dors merit of his candidacy.
MILITARISTS HAYE
FAILED, SAYS STRAUS;
Must Be No Limit on Justice, :
Hp Tolls Peace Con
fereets WANTS UNION OF NATIONS
CilAttt.r.hroN, S. C. Pec. 14.--Oscar
S. Straus of New York told the Southern
Commercial Congrse to-day that "we
must develop a new conacUno which
win put no geographloal limit uin
rUht aivl Justice. " In an address which
was one of the features of the conven
tion's peace day.
"We owe it to ourselves." Mr. Strnua
said, "to humanity and to the world
to lend our best effort and to make our
fullest contrlbntlt.ii 10 thai reconstruction
which must come.
"Cinllaatlun has been undermined;
the temples of the fats,, gods have fallen
intu rulu. The most bar '.irlc and co
lossal war ha;- not put Hod on trial, but
man on trial. H ha put International
relationship ' Oh trial. It has put ex
pediency anil the doctrine of might on
trial. It, ha revealed tho fart thai we
cannot have one standard of morals
within a nation and a lower standard
between nations. All the machinery that
has been devised m the past for the
maintenance of peace has been left to
volunteer efTott. The resort to treaties
of arbitration to the Hague tribunal, to
the oommtsaloni of Inquiry, war all
voluntary. Wa must at leaal put forth as
much eompelHni force for the preserva
tion of peace as Heretofore ha been put
fort In preparation for war."
of the many schemes devlaed. Mr.
Strauss said. none. In hi opinion, more
merited deep conaldaratlon than the
la-ague to Enforce Paac The Bahama
to prevent wais, he egplalned, wue:
'First, all Justiciable ql.e-tiohs shall
w .it to no International court;
I, all questions that are not subject
il determination shall be ub-
jU.I'e
nutted to a council ol con. iimiiun o..
hearing, consideration and recommend-
lion. and. third, the Powers shall use
their Join' fo es, economic and military. .
against any or I their number J
to war uitlwtit submitting Its I
fereneea as provided In the provisions, ligation. Ths experimental work has been
Such a artMIM was submitted by sir done. We know where the beat seed Is.
Bdward Gray to Germany on July 30, 1 Here Is call for the cooperative leader
1814. Mr. Straus said, in an effort to pre- ehlp of the Government In. a work of
vent the war, but too late, tie quon u
the dc.spHt.'ll or the lllilill l-nruui
which It wus promised that Great Britain
would work for some agreetmnt with the
other Powers' of the Entente to guaran
tee jio bostlls pidirAauainst Germany.
"We must sdUCdVl B new conscience
which will put im geographical llmlta-
tions upon rlgntamna jusu.t. no
"To 'unlock tho portals' ror tne iuiurc
pane and happiness of the nation, we
oti.er instruments than the
mmd use
blood rusted keys or tne past, em ouier
words, civilised man must recognize tnat
th. re Is something more Important than
h.s opinion that the federation or r.urope
would be easier to bring about tnan was
that of the Get man Umpire.
"It Is dulto the vogue to refer with
ridicule lo th
two Hague xnventlone
ai d to the .fforts
if the pacifists to
avert the catastrophe toward whicth Ku
rope wit so rapidly drifting. Tin) ten
dencies were In two diametrically oppo
site directions, which have been graphi
cally described as I'topia and Hell. If
the pacifists who animated and encour
aged thulr Governments to participate tn
the Peace Conference at Tho Hague In
lMCi and 1907 and who looked with some
hopefulness upon tha results have met
With disappointment, certainty they have
not fallen further away from their Ideal
than the mllltnrlstM in the Condition of
hopelaaanen and-the remoteness of tho
results tiicy aimed speedily to attain by
the war which now SOgUlfs the world."
Gov. Manning was elected chairman of
tho House of Governors and Pr. Clarence.
J. Owem secretary.
ReaolUtloni were adopted by the Oov
smors Indorsing the position of Presi
dent Wilson in bis uddress to Congress.
j
I
WAK REVENUE BILL REPORTED
.. mm
HOSig l I ineteU to iprivr the
I t v iml u n Ti-fl u y .
WAilf 1 NoTns , I 1 A By a Htrln
ivirt VOti thi CommlttM on Way and
M carta ordawd l report to-day on h ren
ojlltlon rtH'OmmandlWg that the erner
grnay Wgr raVI one aft be extended from
Uecambar SI xt to Januiiry 1, 1!U7.
Tin' raaollltlon was Introduced Imme
diately on tin- gaaambUnfi of tho Mouse
und will he pawed to-nmrrow. It will
thin K" to tni Senate, whero It Ih ex
pactid t" he put thro iKh In time to per
mit President Wtlaon m apprfivo It be
fore he HtartH on hin honeymoon Hatur
day night. IndlMtlOIM KM that all tho
Hntiaa Rapubllcgui will vote agalttHt the
eatanaton reiolutlon
If pt nerit plftni r earriod out the
tr -houses will take a recr nn Sat
uMay' which will extend to January
v.
l orno back I fear we may not do ao.
Wa need them."
RUSH FOR QUARTERS.
Hotel
Heaer-vatlone Inmhl
It
F1o of Inqalrlr.
Ciiioaoo, Dae. 14. Tha aalection of
Chlcaao aa tha Republican ronventlon
city waa followed by a Hood of Inquiries
for hotel reservation to-night.
Klve of the nvowed cundldnte for the
I'raaldentlal nomination have already
I (rot headquarters at the Congree" Hotel.
I Th.,. mmm o T ill ... t 1, ,, .
.. ..,,,,. u., nhla K.nu.
t fa, i A-nriimiM DUI L
tor Hmlth of Michigan, ex-Vlre-l'imWent
Kalrbanka of Indiana and Senator Sher-
man of Illinois. Henry D. Kstabrook of ,lw Hpv Thomas V. Shannon editor of
New York, who may decide to become a ,nB xrxr nrtll can,n on Secretary Lan
(larV. horse, has reserved several rooms fU,x ,.jIy aIU) Hld before him details
on different floors at the Cugrese of hardships Imtwsed on priests, nuns
The New York delegation wired for nn, members of tho ChUrOh since the
nlnaty rooms. Lafayette H. (Heason. In First Chief was recognised,
charge of the arrangements for the New j According to the Information prcsen'ed
York delegates, will be In Chicago the to Mr. Im sing, prlesta In certain sec
latter part of the week to sign the con- ' tlona of Mexico have been nrderde, under
tracts and piek tiie rooms.
Senator Sherman, who will bo pre
sented a Illinois' candidate for the
Presidency, will have his pick of some
of the more suitable quarter at tha Con
gress. HLOIV AT LA FOLLETTE.
(.or, Philip) Hmtm Hashes Is the
Man lor Uconsln.
Madison, Wis. Pec. 14. Gov. Phllipp
In declaring that In hi opinion Mr.
Hugihee la Uia only Presidential candi
date upon whom Wlaoonsln Republican
can unit appealed to-day to the Stat
for an unlnetrooted delegation to the
ReplbUcan National Convention.
This Is the Oovernor s opening attack
upon tho candhlaoy Of Senator l,a Fol-
LANE ASKS BETTER
COUNTRY SCHOOLS
Larfro Majority of 'J-000,000
Studonts in tho Hurnl
Districts.
WOULD FI ND WATERWAYS
Washinoton. Pec. 14 That Amerl-
can scihooLi are not making sufficient
progress is the statement of Seeretary
Lane of the Department of the Interior palbta of owning any property. Kver.
In his forthcoming unnual raport. Me' their homes are to Ih taken from them.
deecrtlKss the counir" lii.'.poo.uoo Htu-lTh'' fwmaa of the clergy In Mexico aie
I not the property of the Church, as In
dent as our beat national aseet and the Cnlted State., but represent the
urge that more attention b paid to savings of priests,
rural schools. Women' 111 Refused.
That tho tiurung of the rivers of the
I'nluM States not only is eaaentla) for
trie safety of life and property but In.
the economic development
f the (untry
is another (oint the Secretary will take
mission to devise ways and mean tor -
providing necessary fund
ruination Is I
Tne report aaya In part ;
Indeed our foreinwet Industry
from
whatever point of view It may be re-1
garded. Vet 1 am assured that It ha
made lea progress than any of our
other Industrie during the past thirty
year.
"There is no dia-'ulsing tho fact that
we hawa a most difficult problem in the
I nltcd stutes. A majority of our scnool
chlldten are in rural school. KT9 our !
rural schools doing :heir part In making
Ufa in the country desirable" An am-
bitlous paop I will go where aducatk)
can be hail ror tlielr children. The old
fashioned one momad arthnnlhmlaa whlnh
noldg forty or fifty ungraded pupils,
havllur but a Blftarl teacbei- who l.ou.
nothing but tXHiks,
not
modern in
stitution. though great men have laraad
from its door.
"It may he all that the ceuntr
afford where many schools are
tallied, but It I not all that th country I
can ufforj )f riools are grouped and I
e,raiIe, t,mtltuted. The richest state
, tnB i;nlon hlu, ov 4 0u .,,hnol
tns (.haractar, wherein the teachers are
paid lea than competent farm hands
"The problem Is only one of Donular-
supreme value to the State.
Secretary Lane then turn hi atten
tion to waterway projects. He does not
believe the nresenl veneration hnol.l
bear the entire cost of Improvements
winch he advocates, and therefore favors
some bonding or credit plan.
"How this great work can b crr!ed
on calls for constructive thought, not
merely on the engineering side, but
upon the financial side as to wvs and
I means by which the lands reclaimed
shall be made to bear In some degree
the burden of the expense, his report
reads. "A to the funds which will be
needed they mount Into such figures us
to he staggering, and I can see no hope
that this work will he adequately under
taken without the Government advancing
Its credit and Investing directly some
of Its own funds.
"A commission to devls ways and
means by which the States and private
"ssewwra u mm iiu, uuvernmem
" fJ"' io. worn none
nrciiiD inn m ,,,., e nrrucu ooo y 111,11
on which will report upon engineering
methods."
DONIGAN FINDS HIMSELF.
loulsvlllr Alan MUalna; Three
Weeka, Iteeid ol llirn.
A nowsiiiiirr .ic'iiuni of a g-oncral
alarm ent throug-liout tho country for
hint yesterday mprrdnjr awoks Henry
rraix'l Domcan, president und (enerul
manaser of the Keintuoky Ritn ami
Shaft Company of Lonlcvllle, Ky., to
th realisation that he had been wander -ln
for three wwks while Ills friend
solium him.
Mr. IlonUran dlsaptxarrd from hin
homo on Novetnlior 23. Nothlnit mon
aa heard of him save a loiter which
h posted from the Hotel Alhert in this
city soon after hi dlaitppearanoa. it
developed yesterday, however, that h
went to Florida, Bluyed there until last
Saturday, whan he returned to New
York and put up at tho Hotel Chelsea.
Yesterday morning he road the news
paper aooount and realised what lie had
done.
Tho UMilsvlUe man Immediately called
up Dr. Iwls;ht Hunter, a lo friend.
at the Hotel San lli-nm and told him of
his poKlit. Dr. Hunter took Mr. Donl
Uii'i to his home, wln-ro he dlag-iKitied
tho .-use Um a mild lo uf mn)or Husi
ness worries and the loss of an uunt
who was dear to him were aarrihed hy
lir. Hunter aa tho caua of Mr. Iionl-
aan's trouhle. He will remain In New
S'ork for a short ret nnd -will fo home
In a few day.
taafrta Call Ho tn Color.
Zt'Blcii, Dec. 14. Aocorrtlna to word
received here to-day Austria has called
to the color rh clas of eonatatlne
of all' hoy who wlH he 11 year old
a! year.
PRIESTS FORCED TO
HARRY IN MEXICO
Catholic Clergymen Tell Lan
sing Carranza Has Broken
Pledge to U. 8.
TELL OF NEW CRUELTIES
Wasiiivoton, Pec. 14 Declaring that
Clnrranxii has violated every pl.-dge given
by him to the American Government e
gardlng guarantees of religious llbe-ty
Mgr. Francis C. Kelley, president of the
Calholle Chon-li KelaffHSlae .el.tv nml
pain uf exile, to violate their vows and
marry. Others have been required lo
cast aside their clerical girb and d ren
in pon blankets.
At Ouadalajara the Catholic t'nlver
slty and the chapel war partially rt.
etroyed. Uatholln women In M ire la
have been refused pes mission to go lo
(onfesslon and in the same Slain u Cath
olic cathedral Im- been turned into u
haadquartan for the Obraro Mundlnl a
Masloan organltatlon vorresiwiidinK to
the Industrial Workcra of the World In
this country.
Ula Pledge. ljnored.
Although Caeranxa gave pbilges lo the
in ted State that ho would guarantee
rellitlous liberty as a condition of hi
obtnlnlug recognition from iha Cnl'td
Slat's and the si Latin American Pow
ers. Mgr. Kelley told Mr. Lansing that
not t ie slightest vestige of such religious
freedom has been granted. On the con
trary, he declared that Carranaa's rJov
a mors in rarioua .states were iu1 ig
arbitrary decrees ugainst the Catholics
wbencer it pleased them.
Ho lemlndcd tho Secretary of State
that th latter, six weeks ago, had sug
gested to Pather shannon an appeal to
Carranza, through KllaeO Arrendondo, the
new Mexican Ainbass ..lor to the United
States Although such an appeal was
made and although Arrvdondo expressed
much sympathy, no relief, Mgr Kelley
said, lias resulted.
Aivording to th' two prleats Secn-tary
Linslng manifested InUCB Sympathy
during the conference and promised to
do what he could to bring about an Im
promevent In tho situation.
"From letters whlnh we have receive I
at Chicago and San Antonio," said
Father Kelley, "we know that antl-re-llgious
laws and decrees are oon.tJintly
being Issued.
"For example, in Yucatan the lnv-
ernor ha ordered ..11 priests b marry
H"d to work eight hours a day In tho
public offices or ba expelled. In the
north eleriEvinen have been made Inca-
"In (luadalajara the uniersity jni
th chap have been partially daatroyad
Th, facultl! of law arid medicine have
been euiioresse.!. In Morelia a osraonal
anneal to C.irranxa bv Catholic women
asking him to suppress the decree
was
refused They even have gone , f.ir
lis to forbid clergymen from wearing
overcoats. They mist dfx In poor.
bianketa.
"All this has been done siin-e the
ledge was made for religious liberty.
and all absolutely against the Constl
tutlnn of Mexico. Before recognition th
Pepartment of State Insisted on having
tho religious liberty pledge, and Car-
ransa'
, representative gave it. Yet in
if the fact that Mexican rapn -
spltfl
sent. itives have stated that ihero Is no
reason iv the clergy rmn.it go back,
Msaporta have been refused them.
"Most of the new
rees have been
issued ny individual Governors ana Hie
uueatlon arises can Carranaa control
these Governors frankly I do nol think
he earr. I want to emphasize the fact
thai th! w nor pr's ullnll to which we
object, but arbitrary dacrs
"Six waaks ago at Secretary Lansing's
suggestion pr. Shannon saw Mr. Arre-
dondo, who informed him that there waa
no reason why th
clergy w ho h oi been
SxPS'leO snouio riot
and expressed tha
g0US troubles ol
IO back to Mexico
ellef that the pe.
Mexico could be
straightened out.
I 'l1" Kalley denied thai the Catholic
i iiurcn was in pounce in nvniw,
Askad whether the catholic nnuron
in Mexico and tills country would ever
resign itself to carranaa nrau or tne
Government in Mexico lie declared thai
with the Catholics it was a "question if
principles, not men"
"Our talk w'.lli -Mr. ionising nils mane
us very hopeful that be will do something
I ' I"" u" r"d to these outrage
JUSt
what he did not indicate.'
an AMERICANS HELD.
Villa sierklna Ransom t.rnln Pol-
onrd hy i a no I.
8b Paso, Tex., Dec. 14. Thirty Amer
icans from Madera are being held pris
oner by Villa at Chihuahua, report
from Chihuahua to-day said. The
Americans sent their fanilllea out
Milder. i before the arrival of Villa. N'e-
Otlatlona are under way between Hi
Pearson Lumber Company nnd Villa for
the release of the prisoners.
Oen. Pablo SaJnes. who killed Gen.
Iublo l.una In a duel recently In Juarix,
has tieen executes! for Insubordination.
1'he latest act of Oen. Sainex w to
kill Mexican coachman and a woman
while drunk.
Villa official rlalm to have advices
fruni the Yaqul Valley It Sonort to the
effect that Carranxa troops stationed
there have refused flatly to give protec-
lion to Americans from the raids by
Yaqul Indiana. A large experimental
tatlon of the Hichardain CongtrUOllon
Company was attacked and til supenn-
tendent and employees forced to llee
Varloua aralns that OOUId not lie carried
off wre mixed with poison, records and
Instrument were destroyed in d the plant
wrecked.
DID YOU GET ANY OF EM?
V. X. Prlnlrd HIH.UIW.TIN Nheel of
Note and Hand In int.".
Washington, free. 14 The tremen
dous volume of currency produced n !!'!5
Is dlsc'oeed In the annual report of In
rector Halph of the lluieiui of BiyrfVilU
and Prlntlnu mad puldio lo-dsy,
The report, shows that the bureau diii
In the year'rompleted 71.112.U0O sheets
of United Htates notes and certificates , jojg Tracy P. Madden, replying to a
for the Treasurer of the United Btktaa I raqusat from Commandant H K. Crant,
U.SOO of Its bonds for the division of tI y for facts concerning the news
loans and OUrranoy of the Treasury Da paper report thai SS u Mngistrato he
parttnent. 1,1SS,IS snteis m-nsuinai gave Tony Ferrurn me aiteniailve of
bunk notes and Is, 590.000 of Kidnral nlng to Jail or entering tho navy, ex
reserv noten for the Coinplroller or tho paned that Kerraro was not a crlmlnul
Currency. , and had not been charged with theft
Mr. Ralph State! thut compared with I but with vnrrnnoy.
the deliveries of the tlsi'sl year 1914, judge Madden wrote that he Informed
there was an Increase of 157 per cent. F,.rraro that he would give htm one
In national banks and Federal reeerve WePk In which to seek employment,
note and a decrease of s.SG per cent. In whereupon Kerruro said that he always
I 'nltod States notes, certificates and , had an ambition to go Into the navy,
bonds ) The Judge told Commandant Orant that
The director discloses that the bureau h advlnd Kerrnro thai this was the
already has felt the effect of the dyetuff best thing any young man could do.
famlna resulting from the European war.
and ha heen forced to utlllre soma sub-
Utute dye In avlntlng greenback and
yellowback W
MEXICAN RAIL SERVICE
A JOKE, SAYS OBSERVER
Few Trains Run, Graft Abounds, Business Is Paralyzed
and Bread Lines Are Everywhere in Evidence
U. S. Reports Prove False.
"r MARK 8. W4TS(.
Maxico Citt, Pec. 8. Thcj-e arrived
to-day (kdayed copien of an American
pper Of November 9, tho San Antonio
ntfffan, containing an article under
Washington ilato line carrying n state
ment puriairtlng to come from the State
Pepartment. The foreign colony here,
which has made many efforts to have
eompbtn statements concerning Mexico
come from the, Stale Pepartment, read
this with Interest and amusement.
The etitement solemnly asserts that
In Mexico peaco Is r-stored and suffer
ing relieved, that business Is better than
at any previous time during tho revolu
tion, that the shops are well Blocked and
patranlaadi that the railroad are run
ning on regular schedule, and that their
properties have been given back to tha
companies which own them.
These astonishing statement fall to
find v rlflcatlon In thn capital or Its en
virons or the sections from which re
ports come at all. An automobile ride
of twenty kllometraa aouthaaat of the
national palace this morning b -ought
one within range of the almost con
tinuous lighting between tho Qovarn
ment aid the Zapata forces.
A walk In any direction from th na
tional palace will bring one to a I read
line. Bn the QorarnnMBt paper con
tain daily recitals of the greatest t um
ber of burglarlea since th organ'sed
looting by the Incoming or outgoing
arrolea,
Merchant Fare (.rnft.
Tho reatOCktng of th stores has not
been carrud n In a manner which could
be called striking With Ml military
authorities exacting 3, i pe-os a car It
'lain, unadorned graft from the man
who wishes to move freight from Vera
Crux tha rate is still rising ---the mer
chants are not er.couraged to do much
transporting.
If business In letter than it was r
mus: ba ran lumbered thai for a time tiv
shops were not open nt all. It does not
take a heavy amount of buying to BhOW
an Improvement over the zero point.
Itut Iha misstatement about t.!.e rail
load operations is what has mad the
few admirers of the American jvollcy
shake their heads i.e i-I'mI; The rail- ,ne hundreds
roads have not l-on returned to the I Au ,heM( far,, ui, have been fur.
Ootnpanle and tha Admmiaratlon knOWa I nlahed by any government representa
.t Ivveti Oen, Carranza has made ti" tlV( fhe Americans and Kuiopeans
such assertion. Ma did say that the : anrt' R many Mexican as well
rooda would be returned when military i pjpresn surprise at the failure of the
exigencies no longr required their ten- I mate Pepartment to make inquiries
(ire by the i lovernment. lie gave no fr(OT) momt, one w ho would know. Instead
indioatlon ss to how ions thai will t. . )f reyin on the raoofnlaad aismrdities
Thli I' a matter which an office hoy 1 1)f ouvous;y Administration In-
!n the State Department could have as- formants.
certalned by telephoning the nearest! There arrived heie last week three
broker The American capital and brains kjprrlonn who had sen this statement
which buill the railroads are able to - : ... home town north of the It'.o
give Washington picciso Information
about
t hem.
tie
roads, or what remains of
gMMlon.lMIO namnfr llone.
Tiie damaca is admitted by the Meal
can Uovernmenl to approximate Is'1.-
OOO.'K'IU gold, or We'd over a billion Jiesos
at current exchange Legally the (lov-
WANTS "ROLL CALL" WOMAN NEARLY HALTS
TO FIND TRAITORS SECURITY MEETING
Defence Leader Vrget Need of Interrupts Lafayette Young's
Sorting Trnc Americani Effielenrj lalk Resolu
Knuii Disloyal. lions A.Uo Lost.
A national roll call to ascertain who
and who Is not loyal to the I ruled
adVOcatad by Henry A. Wise
ihalrman of tha conforanos com
I ' 1 - "
Wood.
I niltjce on national prepared tie as tho
i result of tha stand taken by Allan U
Benson In a debuts on preparedness at
I Cootie r I'nion recently Mr. WoihI de-
nouncea ihe speaker, who declared : "If
to be patriotic means to g;v
my appro-
val and pel baps inv 1110 l
enforce tho
; i,,ws of the ruling cias.-es ol this country,
I Bm patriotic." Mr. Wood a. so st-
i.n-ks t lie airneiice wnicn uppiaiuueH bvii
i nun.
"Th
ie incidents," said Mr Wood,
based mam the beliefs, which
' were
m,..i wholly to poaseaa Iha audience,
that so long as they are employed at
, gi od wages and nor asked to risk their
Uvea they are ns wining 10 nve uuoer
one novrnmenl ss another; thai a Hag.
I no matter what nag, means nothing to
them. They see In an attempt to resist
Invasion only the probable lose of em
ployment. of personal propen ami
life. Tney ucoorningiy i'i'"" ") 'V""
of armamen . icey re,-e..i "
mar is wuuiiy -""" "'" " '. "J
patriotism and constitute- not an tmtm
ill 'w Kin in fui ' . '
v-:irtnP9rx.
'u-h hi. cxhlbltlnn of tho uiiwilHnic
rtMM of nomn to coiitPtbntf1 to the w?l-
jj f;iri of all. ub wn dlte1Med at Oeoptr
l I lion. KKPHI .lllli'HK man i iii iign im
:ulvimihllltv of n n;itton:il roll Mils
nr
. know wtr(, wn XiU To
.!, a, ,1, rritl.'ftl period who are
I. , not ,ov,., Americans will
... , ,,,,,, vlue not alone In
i-,-. 0,ir w,,,kneH po that Instant
,.,,,, ai,, mav t. S0Dlld hut In tench-
, hleh eaanlas of tha earth gr
anrthv of cltlrensMp snd which are not.
-.Mr. Allan U Benson, who n roused hit
l.luUnra l,v his attacks on tho cnpltal'st
,., Mi,i' K was an American whose
nceston had been here 301 years. It
jj Tlot Reem to occur to Mr. Benson,
ninvelf km American, enu iuefl In grOUa
1ME HM audlem e of forelun DiOOO atpiinai
I th protection of hi own country, ttuil
lie tond In pretty mm h ttie stioes or tnnt
type of a man that is hiinued for trenson
In limes or war. nn" rno-e Bmiaoi
cltliens who arc pre-iclr'n wiin nones.iv
the doctrine of dfencelsna looked
with me Into the facea tit Cooper
l-r.lon. thev would haVS come sway
wdth tire utiiii determination to make our
control of the sens so effectual tlint no
nation slinll lie nhle n put to tiie Jest
thi' security f tire doora ubniit which
swiirnif so qntrUstWOrtlty n element of
our population.14
NOT "SENTENCED TO NAVY."
Yunkor JadeTS Youth, a Va
gnnt, Ued III Advice,
Tonkkhs. N Y . Pec. 14. Acting City
In Sunday's issue of This Spn It wsh
auld that Kerrnro wa "arraigned on a
technical charge of vagrancy In connao-
tlon with chicken thefts."
ern.nent which aeised tha railroad prop
erties must pay. Actually but that la
another of the problem ahead Of Car-
ranta.
Tho accuracy of the railroad chd
ulee could also have been profitably In
vestigated by tho State Pepartment.
which could have found from John W
Slllitnan. special agent for the United
State with Carransa. some of the diffi
culties he encountered In a short trip
from I'ledrati Negras to Hermanos.
whero ho rejoined the First Olilef.
It would have learned that after two
davs wait Mr. Sllllman boarded a train
nt 4 :30 A. M. a train without win
dows, lights, upholstery or even a bell
i ord and Anally got under way at s
o clock, only to stop ao frequently that
for long etratche burro on the nearby
road were making better time.
It might have lawn learned that there
ware wreck all along th wy and that
It took the train forty houra lo oovar
410 kllometraa.
It might have learned that days paew
without nny pkenger tra-lna appearing
If It hail waited until to-day It would
have learned that for two davs not a
train moved out of tho capital, in or
over the trunk lines. Service of an
apathetic, nature waa resumed to-day,
with passengars riding on tho cowcatch
er of locomotives, on the roofs and
cllngln to the oil tanks
That I a Miopia of the railroad erv
Ice which tha State Pepartment appear
to find jcittafacfo V
With tho once ml- I
mlrablo railroads In the hands of the
military the shipper pays graft as
methodically as he pays the legitimate
charges, ami tha graft approximates
ten times as much as tho legitimate
charge. Tho army's patriots who are
stationed along a rnllroad line are In no
hurry to have th properties restnr-d.
llnnarrnm Roadbed.
Tho roadbed Is In dangerou condition
nnsl there is a hopeless shortage of
qulprnant The Mexloan Railway, the
"yueen's Own," the beautiful Kngllsh
built road from Vera Crux to the capital,
formerly had eighty-nine locomotive.
It now has evcn In good working con
dition. The losses of freight cars cannot he
estimated, but the charred n mains of
those visible from the main highway
. ,, , ninnls-r awav up In
)lr,,d nd. lonv'.nced that go.nl times
had come with a rush and there was
ample work available In Mex'c, came
to Mexico city. The-- of course found
no work and appeared at the American
legation to Inquire where they were to
find it. The net result was that they
received gnftloiant funds to take them
back home.
Efficiency was the nvk on which the
meeting of the National Sei urlty 1-eagu.
yesterda at Hotel AstOr was almost
wrecked. Just nt the point where for
mer Senator l.afavette Yourg of Iowa
had asserted that he had rather he free
than efficient Mrs. Anne Nathan Mayer,
In the audience, interrupted him to aa) :
'! am I. red of all this sprejtdeaglelsm."
While tho Senator wa attempting to
regain hi polss after this unexpected
attack she continued : "1 protest agaliuvt
Senator Toting being willing to shamble
along almut ttelng free and Inefficient
We can be a democracy and yet be as
efficient as Switzerland and Krance."
There were liolh applause and hisses,
which amounted almost to a riot.
KhViency was again disturbed when It
was discovered that some one had for
KOtten to bring a copy of the resolution
ailing for a more efficient army and
navy, which the meeting was called to
adopt. Three unsuccessful attempts were
mudo to frame tho resolution from
memory, and finally It waa decided to
ive the matter to the dlaereilon of the
, executive committee
The meeting wa presided over by
Joseph II. Choate. honorary president of
VUgUm. -Mr. Choate ald am
convinced that the country 1 not pre
pared to meet an attack and that the
need for national defence I unquestion
able. The wholo force of the nation Is
needed in support of a vigorous pro
Kr. inline of national defence. Much needs
to be done. What It 1 I do not know.
it "hould Is? left to th skilled experts of
both branches of the service to advise
Conares on what Is needed ''
W'"1 retard to th President's recent
message to ConfrM aiid th defence
1 acalrUrl enemies wltliin the country Mr.
t'linate said:
1 attention of the league has not
, oen attracted yet to our domestic
enemle. The President, however, ha
me army and navy und the power of the 1
Ciovornment back of him, and I bellevo
j UlNI ne win db anie to cope with them
i wnnoui me resori inarms.
t uner speakers DaSJOaa the former Sen-
a lor, .Mr. i noate anil tne extemporaneous
1 speaker, Mrs. Meyer, were former Scc-
reiar) "i nar usury i niimson, Meiny
A Wise Wood, member of the Naval
Advisory Hoard ; J. Mayhsw Waluwi igli'
and others.
I CURB PUT ON HOTEL CLERKS.
.llltlnc Itulr that I he I an I
Ask
Too Many It urt Ion.
"Hotel kprS arc not requlrewl to
make, an Inquisitorial lnvestiguttun Into
tho ohara ter nnd condition of thoss
seeking adnil.selon an guests. Such a
procedure would naturally 1, regarded
its liwolont and might result not only In
losing legitimate patrons, but Inviting
criminal and civil proMocutlon."
Them- words were Included tn nn
opinion handed down yesterday In the
W'oat Side. Court by Magistrate P.reen,
who waa hearing a rase u gain. si Charles
K. CalTOl, night clerk of the Motel Truy.
more In Went Fifty-eighth afreet, ac
cused of letting rooms In the hotel for
Immoral puiiori. The dnfcnduiit wa
dlechangad on tin- grounda that It had
not been proved that ha knowingly anil
willingly admitted couples to hla hotel
whom he know were not lawfully mar
ried. "A hotel clerk," continued the Matls
trate, "cannot bo expi-cted to n-meuiher
SVary face ho see when thoy liuinher
U00 every day. Tim sly method uaed by
the detncalvew In gaining arlmlaaiuu to
I th., Traymoro would no doubt get Uiein
into any Dotal in tola city," .
What better
there be than a box of ay 100
of these perfect cigarettes.
25 cents for 10
Caw Tip
SELF-DEFENCE PLEA BY
AUSTRIA LOOKED FOR
CIpntwMMl run irs( PBgOi
taking charge of Austrian or Turkish
submarine for the purpose of evading
the assurances given by (lertnany a to
the lawful Ootid UCl of Herman siihmarlno
warfare. Kfforts to get from responsible
State Pepai-tuient officials an exptesslon
of opinion us to whether this (lovern
ment regarded Herman naval command
mmm .... Aoaf,.i:.t lib or rtns ;, . being
)l0unrt by these assuram es were unavail
ing.
The whole nltiuitlon with respect to
the Austrian oontroversv Is UfldaratOOd
to have been discussed at to-day's meet
ing of the Cabinet. Memrber of that
body, apparently under Instructions from
the rresldent, declined lo dus-usa the
conclusion i aauliadi
In both American official circles and
In quarters close to the (Jennan and
Austrian ombiissles It wan notl 'eable to
day that there was no change In the op
timism expressed yesterday.
CRITICISED IN GERMANY.
Mole lloea ,oi Aicree With Aus
tria's Mand, m .iniprr.
BW4N, via London, Pec. It The
Cologne Otttatf sy thut the American
statement of fMcts In the Ancotia note
does not correspond with the Austrian
official report, which asserted that the
Ancona was tired upon only after she at
tempted to es ap'. and that sh waa
torpedoed only after fifty minutes grace
for saving imseepeers wa allowed.
"According to this." say the Untrtte,
"the measures adopted by the submarine
were adequate to Insure the safety of
tiie lives of non-combatajits, and the high
phrases of the note regarding humanity
and International law tire directed to the
wrong ad-Ires."
The 1'itft. atler commenting on Ameri
can celerity in sending the note as con
trasted with weeks, and 111 the case of
the British blOckadS note even month,
of delay in inaugurating negotiations
with other ( !overnments, says
"The reason may parhapi ba sougtit
In the fad that Congress Is now
1 In session anil President Wilson, wlrh a
new rraaidantiai campaign at
wishes to gamer aa much sue
possible for h.s policy.'
'Poo y.niHnn in" Wiling of
hand
ce.s as
thinks it remarkable that tha United
States Government "has not given a
more careful examination to the facts
before seeking prompt satisfaction for
the American demand."
The Rbanlah rVesfpaaMaia amrttr,
published at l-sen. finds two -weak
isiints In tlif- ri'te tlrst, that arrauge
mants with one belligerent, Germany,
have no validity for Austria Hungary;
secondly, dial firing upon tha AnOOna
was the only measure to prevent the
already attempted tllgln
The Gtafeffs axprcssea the conviction
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IOMtHiN, Pee. 14 The !( Br rill
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States H strong! v aroused agalnil Oi .
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Count von Iteventlow cot idi - l
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cans, is trying In capture pr
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