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pects to discups the subject individually
with other members within the next two
or three days. He is in constant com
munication with Senator Bacon, chair
man of ths committee, who early In the
day had a long conference with Sec
retary Bryan.
No Change in Policy.
The Georgia senator .said last night that
while he was not at liberty to discuss
his talk with Mr. Bryan in detail, he
< >>uld state that there had be?n no change
in the fixed purpose of the I'nited States
to have Huerta eliminated from the situ
ation and that it would he done, though
every effort would be made to avert ex
treme measure-.
In the view of many officials who antic
ipate a flat rejection by Huerta of the
American demands only two courses are
open to the I'nited States?either to corn
lose the situation directly or to throw
its moral support with th?? constitutional
ists In theii tight to obtain possession of
the government In Mexico <'itv.
That there i- ti strung disposition to
adopt the latter course was evident in
many quarters yesterday. Officials in the
confidence of President W ilson said that
while there was absolutely no alliance
between the Washington government and
Mie constitutionalists, the sympathies of
this government would incline toward the
constitutionalist movement. The dis
cussion. they said. had not progressed to
the point whe-e recognition of the bel
iigerency of th?i constitutionalists was be
ing considered
Would Lift Embargo.
Lifting the embargo in arms, however,
is the method b> which many senators
believe the situation can best be met. and
this is beinu urged with renewed vigor
upon the President and Secretary Bryan, j
It is believed that before the Washing
ton government takes any step an under
standing through informal ano unofficial
channels may reached as to the exact
purposes of the constitutionalists so that
any act of sympathy toward their cause
might b< predicated on assurances of a
very definite oh: racter. To thi send, it
is reported that agents of the I'nited
States government art gathering infor
mation along the border of the strength
of the constitutionalists and the program
which they have mapped out
No Word From Huerta.
That no final word had come from 1
Huerta as to the American demands |
presented by Charge O'Shaughnessy was j
admitted last night by State l>epart
menl officials. The next step, it is be
lieved. wiil not be decided until lluerta's |
reply is actually received. In the mean-I
time, the President expects to keep j
members of Conwress closely informed, j
He did not take his customary Satur
day afternoon automobile ride, but re- !
malned at the \\ hite House, absorbed in
the dispatches from Mexico. Besides '
Senators Stone and Swanson, Speaker '
Clark saw the President late yesterday,
but declined to say whether he had
talked about Mexico.
The President expects to forego 'nisi
usual Sunday cyustorn of banishing offi-1
clal business for the-' day and will see
some of the members of the Senate for
eign relations odthrnittee. The President
is said to be Indiressing upon all t'^ose
who discuss the pibject with him that it
is the duty of the I nited States to see to
it that the arbitrary assumption of pow
er by Huerta followed by his dictatorship
should not be permitted to ripen into a
precedent in Latin America.
Thinks Downfall Is Sure.
Absolutely no official comment was
forthcoming last night on the dispatches
fro mMexico City announcing that Hu
erta would be aidej by English financial
Interests in meeting immediate expenses.
Prominent senators said, however, they
did not believe the Huerta government
could be sustained long by private inter
ests. 1
Information of the part the English
financial interests are said to have played
m supporting the Huerta government has
been in possession of the I'nited States
government for some time, and person* in
the confidence of President Wilson deeiare
he had this phase of the situation in mind
when he made his Mobile speech attack
ing the influence of mat'-rial interests of
foreign nations In the political affairs of
Central and South American republics.
Many Military Movements.
Many evidences of activity in the army
and navy and in the militia reported in
each day's dispatches from different
points in the country have 'led to more
or less comprehensive denials in official
quarters that these have any connection
with the situation in Mexico. For in
stance. the Washington navy yard is
now engaged in helping the 'army to
make good its tremendous deficiency in
ammunition for the field artillery, by
employing its "drawing plant" to turn
out brass shells, which are being shipped
in quantities to the Frankford arsenal
near Philadelphia, to be loaded with
powder, and capped, with steel
shells and thus turned into fixed am
munition for the three-inch armv field
suns. That is explained as a mere act
of reciprocity on the part of the navy,
as the army arsenals are now engaged in
making heavy guns for the navv.
At the Frankford arsenal the w hole
orce is turning out ammunition at an
exceptional ,ate of speed. That ammuni
tion is being shipped to western arsenals
?'hat a,,.n> l*>*ts. 1 he explanation for
that activity is that the ordnance of
ficers. lor the first time in recent vears j
ha* e succeeded in securing liberal an-'
propriat.ons from Congress to ac'cumS
late a store t.f ammunition for the field I
artillery, and naturally is spending the
money.
Collect Data on Ships.
Both army and navy officers have been
collecting information from shipowners
regarding the merchant ships that might
be requisitioned for use as transports
for the army or navy auxiliaries. The
present unsatisfactory method of avail
ing of these maritime resources prob
ably will lead to an appea! to Congress
in the near future for authority to
commander privately owned vessels upon
terms to l>e adjusted by impart iaf
boards of condemnation, which is said
. to be the only way to prevent shlp
?( owners from taking advantage of simul
j tnneous need of the army and navy for
j ships. It Is explained that these in
I quiries are quite normal, and part of
, the established plan of the general staff
; of the army and the general board of
! the navy, who have at all times ac
j r-essible for instant use information re
1 gnrdinR the number and kind of ships
available for government use.
State inspection officers throughout the
country are consulting with the adju
, tants general of the militia and National
Guard organizations to learn tl:e exact
' condition of the various commands and
j the probable number of militiamen avail
able for service under the 1'nited State?
| government. Also steps ate being taken
' to see that the militia is equipped with
I all of the supplies needed for field serv
I ice, even including ambulances and other
wheel transportation. That is explained
J as part of the regular routine of rnain
[ tainir.g the militia at the highest possible
point of efficiency, and also with a pur
pose of securing information upon which
to base legislation for vhe improvement
of the militia at the next regular session
of Congress.
Supplies Sent to Fleet.
Quantities of supplies are being sent
, to the American fleet now in Mexican
! waters; the scout cruiser Chester start -
j ed Friday from Philadelphia with a
quantity of .ammunition, and yesterday
it was announced at the Navy Depart
ment that the supply ship Culgoa, now at
( Norfolk, had been ordered to New York
to take aboard fresh meats and other
fresh provisions for the fleet at Vera
< 'ruz and Tampico. It wa sexplained that
that action was in line with the Navv
Department policy, as far as possible, of
I stocking the vessels independently of
supplies from shore. To sustain that
explanation it was pointed out that the
fleet now in Mediterranean waters Is I
accompanied by the supply ship Celtic
for the same purpose.
It appears tnat the second division of
the Atlantic fleet had allowed its store
of provisions to run very low, expecting
to leave Mexican waters earlier In the
week to come home upon the arrival of
t''e third division. The order from Secre
tary Daniels detaining the second division
indefinitely in Mexican waters conse
quently has made it necessary to rush
fresh food supplies down to the ships:
hence the Culgoa's errand.
Admiral Fletcher in a dispatch to the
Navy Department yesterday explained
that his flagship, the Rhode Island, had
moved into the inner harbor of Vera
Critz nearer the shore, for the purpose
of facilitating communication between the
shore and the other five battleships which
lie farther out at eea opposite Vera Cruz.
Peres Romero Leaves for Sonora.
Perez Romero, confidential agent in
Washington of the Mexican constitution
alists. left here last night for Sonora in
response to a summons from Gen. Car- |
ranza. the constitutionalist leader. iie
was accompanied by Capt. Julio Madero,
a brother of the late president of Mexi
co. who came from New York enroute to
Hermoslllo. Capt. Madero is a member
of Carranza's staff.
Huerta Plans Defiance
to Wilson's Demands
Even to Point of War
MKXICO CITY, November 8.?Gen.
Huerta has shown no indication that lie
will comply with the American demands
for his resignation. On the contrary
those who profess to have his confidence
say his program includes the continued
[occupancy of the presidency until some
[time late in the year 1014, and that he
intends to carry out his plan of organiz
ing the new congress and defying Wash
ington even to the point of war.
It is not forgotten, however, that the
unexpected in Mexican politics is never
surprising, and as evidence of this fact
every hour brings a new rumor regard
ing Huerta. One persistent report was j
that he had turned the government over !
to the foreign minister. Senor Mohpno. !
and had gone to Vera Cruz. Another was
that he had committed suicide. That
Huerta has begun to break with certain j
members of his latest cabinet vs heard
on ,aH sides.
Gen. Blanquet denied tonight, howeve.r
that he had presented his resignation.
Resignation Demanded.
There is some basis for believing the i
L'nited Stateg has served on President !
Huerta a supplementary notice that hisj
official career must be brought to an end i
by Monday night. It was reported today J
that John Lind, President Wilson's rep- !
resentative. was the medium employee i
by Washington. Mr. L.ind and the Mex- |
ican officials deny this, but the rumor
originated in the national palace.
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ENOUGH WATER IN THIS ARMY CAMP TO FLOAT A NAVY.
Among the callers received by Mr.
Lind were the Bishop of Mexico and Gen.
Fernando Gonzales, one of the oldest
i officers in the Mexican army, who re
cently retired.
Those who insist that Gen. Huerta will
resist all overtures say he admits finan
cial weakness, hut is convinced that from
time to time he can get enough money
to keep up a dogged, if intermittent. ?
campaign against the rebels
Huerta Obtains Loan.
*
Gen Huerta, it was learned in authori
tative. circles here today, has secured
sufficient British capital to operate the
Mexican government at least until the
end of the present month. The funds
are said to have been secured through
the efforts of I,ord Cowdray, head of
thf Pearson syndicate.
The financial situation here changed
slightly for the better today. Some banks
are putting out silver.
Expects Further Strife.
Gen. Huerta does not expect to bring
about pacification for many months,
but until it is accomplished he will
not resign, it is said by reliable inform
ants. They add that he is still de
termined that the new congress must
! meet, and he expects it to annul the
recent elections, leaving him in the
provisional presidency until new elec
tions are held at his call.
That the new Mexican congress
must not meet is a point insisted upon
by the Lnited States, since it is be
lieved that one of the first acts of that
body would be to legalize certain con
cessions that are not considered de
sirable.
lAIr- Lind and the British minister,
>ir Lionel Carden. conferred again to
day. It was learnod that their ideas
regarding a solution of the situation
are still far apart.
Henry Lane Wilson
Critic of U. S. Position
< LL\ ELAND, Ohio, November 8.
Henry Lane Wilson, whose resignation as
ambassador to Mexico was accepted by
President Wilson, criticised the adminis
tration's Mexican policy in an address
before the Union Club here tonight.
"I believe that had Huerta been ac
corded diplomatic courtesies from this
government peace and order in Mex'ico
would have been bVought nearer than they
have been brought," said the former am
bassador.
h'^?.one wil1 say that Huerta is an ideal
head for any government, yet under the
conditions that obtain in Mexico, I insist
that with him the internationally recog
nized head of the government the pur
poses of peace and order and the protec
tion of the property and lives of Amer
icans would have been conserved far bet
ter than they have been.
Would Give Free Rein.
"Mexico is a Latin country, with Latin
traditions, and it should be permitted to
govern itself according to its own no
tions."
Mr. Wilson charged that the adminis
tration had deviated from its earlv an
nounced policy that diplomatic rela
tions would not be extended toward anv
country in which the nominal ruler had
obtained his pre-eminence through vio
lence. He quoted the administration as
having announced that the testimony of i
American investors in Mexico would not '
be heeded in solving the Mexican prob- t
lejn and added: !
"Whose testimony should be regarded if
Mexk'cf"" ?f those who ,)ave interests in
Concluding Inquiry.
Mr. Wilson concluded with the inquiry:
By what course of reasoning can there
be an insistence from Washington that
an Anglo-Saxon system of government
can be established in Mexico, where JiO
per cent of the population cannot read or
write?
"American intervention means war."
Sonora Rebels Trapped
and Almost Annihilated
LL PASO. Tex.. November 8.?Twelve
hundred Sonora rebels under Julio Acosta
were trapped by Gen. Jose Ynez Sala- !
zai's command of 700 federal volunteers
this afternoon and were almost annihilat
ed by the federals, according to official
messages received tonight in Juarez.
The rebels were hurrying to Chihuahua
to reinforce Gen. Pancho Villa, who had
been assaulting Chihuahua. The mes
sage stated that Salazar lost a large
number of his men during the fight. The
rebels retreated to the east of the can
yon.
Salazar has been in the Santa Clara
can> on for several days awaiting the ap
it ^ rcbel foroes- which entered
,, . alle, its western extremity.
?> Lwere Placed In charge of
the telegraph offices in Juarez today and
ail news from the south was closely guard
1 . 1 "formation of conditions in Chi
huahua. w hich rebels claim to have taken
is being withheld The American con
sular office is without news from the in
| tenor. federals say official news has
been leaking through the telegraph ot
i tices and they propose to stop it It is
denied by them that Chihuahua has sur
rendered to ({en. Pancho Villa.
Otto Kueck. German consul at Chihua
hua, today telegraphed to German Con
sular Agent Max Weber here that the
-little at ( hihuahua 1ms been fought for
thirty-six hours, and the federals had re
peatedly driven the rebels back. The rebel
loss is heavy, the German consul 8aVs
and the damage to the city has not been
great. The dispatch says Villa has 7(*?>
mm. and It leaves the Impression that tli..
righting is still in progress.
M. K. 1 Heboid, inspector of Mexican
i ' ungulates, received advices through Gen
it "astro at Juarez this afternoon that Man
| uel C'hao, one of the rebel leaders in the
attack on Chihuahua, was killed today in
i the righting before that city. The dis
patch also said the principal rebel bat
jtery on a hill overlooking Chihuahua was
?silenced. Kighting at Chihuahua con
jtinued this afternoon.
i CUBANS OFFEB WAR VESSELS.
Conference Held Between Carranza
and Island Delegation.
NOG ALES, Sonora. November 8.?After
a conference here late today between |
G? n. Carranza and delegations from Cuba.
headed by Pablo G. Menocal. brother to
the president of Cuba, and from the camp
of Zapata, it was reported that two
war vessels had been offered to the con
stitutionalist leader.
Gen. Carranza said that, in respon&e to
Is the army or the navv needed to patrol the border between this country
and Mexico? Ordinary school children brought up with a mere bookish
knowledge of geography would say offhand,~"The army!"
And why?
Because, foolish questioner, the army operates upon dry land and the
navy upon the sea and in harbors and bays and other divisions of the vast
deep. What d'ye mean, does the navy need to patrol the Mexican border?
All right. So smart as that, are you? Just look at these pictures taken
in an army camp 011 the border. Water-up to the hips; enough of it to pro
vide comfortably for the maneuvers of a submarine torpedo boat. Water in
the field hospitals: water in every tent. Water, water, water. Rain, rain,
rain. Storm, storm, storm. A fine place Tor patrolling. The doughboys
wish they were sailors sure enough these days.
The photographs were taken in a camp of a United States regiment on the
border in Texas October 22, 1913.
his summons, Perez Romero, his agent
at Washington, had started today for
Nogales.
The appointment of Senor Ponilla as a
member of Carranza's cabinet was offl
cjally announced today.
FEDERAL GARRISON KILLED.
Muzquiz Is Captured by Constitu
tionalist Forces.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., November S.?
Muzquiz, a town of 4,(WO inhabitants in
Coahuila, Mexico, has been captured
by a constitutionalist force from Tor
reon. according to constitutionalist ad
vices received here today.
The entire federal garrison was said to
have been killed. The strength of the
garrison and the date of the capture was
not stated.
Henry Lane Wilson to Lecture.
Henry Lane Wilson, former American
ambassador to Mexico, ia announced to
lecture on the Mexican problem at the
Belasco Theater Sunday. November -!>?
Jle has said that he will not speak of his
personal controversy with administration
officials, but will tell of conditions in
Mexico and his idea of how the question
should l>e solved.
CAVALRY TO CAMP AGAIN.
Maj. Logan. Jr., Leases Land Near
Winchester, Va.
Special I?ispaie!i to The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va., November 8.?
Maj. James A. Logan, jr., of the general
staff. United States Army, returned to
night to Washington after closing nego
tiations with about twenty property own
ers of Frederick county for leasing ap
proximately t.uOO acres of land, all of
which is cleared of timber, upon which
the War Department will hold another,
cavalry maneViver camp next summer.
The land Is two miles southeast of Win
chester and was a battleground during
the civil war. Limestone spring water
will be piped from the city water mains.
Brick Plant Burns; Loss. $100,000.
CUMBERLAND. Md.. November S ?
The plant of the Savage Fire Brick
Company at Keystone Junction, em
ploying 500 men. was destroyed by fire
today. Loss. $100,000.
REPORTER MS NEWS
Informs Lillian Horn's Family
of Her Marriage to
Julius Johnson.
"It's a surprise, ail right, biit we are
ready to welcome them home," was the
only comment of Nathan Horn, when
informed last night by a reporter for
The Star that his daughter Lillian,
twenty years old, was married in Rock
ville. Md., yesterday to Julius Johnson,
one year her senior, of 1 462 Oak street
northwest.
When The Star reporter reached the
Horn home. 1108 5th street northwest,
shortly after IV o'clock last night, ho
found the family waiting for the return
of Miss Horn, whose mysterious absence
was beginning to cause alarm.
Father Appears Believed.
Mr. Honr appeared relieved when he
wa stold of the elopement, while Mrs.
liom and Elihu Horn, brother of the
bride, smilingly indicated that they were
not displeased by the announcement.
"We have known Lillian and Julius
were sweethearts, but had not expected
the wedding to take place so soon." said
Mrs. Horn. "I knew nothing of the
elopement and have no idea what their
plans are."
A Rockville dispatch announcing the
marriage stated that the ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Samuel R. White
of the- Baptist Church. The bridegroom
is the son of A. Johnson.
?
Accepts Position at Boston Zoo
Arthur B. Baker, assistant superintend
ent of Zoological Park, has accepted an
offer to become the superintendent of the
zoo park at Boston. Mass., according to
announcement made yesterday. Mr.
Baker has been connected with the local
zoo since its establishment, twenty-three
years ago, and has had a wide ac
quaintance in Washington. He will as
sume his new duties January 1.
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1913
Saturday, November i 62,510
Sunday, November 2 48,902
Monday. November 3 63,878
Tuesday, November 4... *78,201
Wednesday, November 5 65,431
Thursday, November 6 64,373
Friday, November 7 63,907
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Only Terminal Company's
Men and Three Detectives
to Guard Building.
i
No uniformed police of the metropolitan
police department will be seen on duty
about the Union station after today un
less a recent order of the District Com
missioners is revoked.
The Commissioners recently ordered
^laj. Sylvester to remove all of the uni
formed policemen from duty at the sta
tion. Policeman John C. Costello. who
has been detailed at that place since its
erection, was recently detailed at the
District building, while the other police
men will be assigned to other places in
the District. The three detectives, Horne.
Mudd and Sears, however, will, still be
on duty there.
X*rjje Company Force.
The order of the Commissioners was
made by reason of the large police force
of the terminal company and the need
of additional policemen in other sections.
Chief Viett of the termina'. company's
force, stated that lie had enough uni
formed policemen to do the work of
safeguarding the property ot the rail
roads entering the station, and also the
traveling public, who had occasion to
use the station.
It is stated that the law requires that
members of the metropolitu npolice de
partment be detailed at all railroad
stations and steamboat wharves in the
District to safeguard the public. Whether
the Commissioners will revoke their
order, and direct Maj. Sylvester again to
detail policemen at the station, is not
known.
EVELYN THAW IS UPSET.
'"Deeply Grieved*' by Order for Ex
tradition of Husband.
MONTREAL. November 8.?Evelyn Nee
bit Thaw, fcho is in thlfe city, seemed
genuinely upset when told that Gov.
Felker of New Hampshire today had
granted the New York authorities' extra
dition application in the case of her hus
band, Harry K. Thaw.
"I am deeply grieved." she said. "I
am sure that Harry will .be terribly dis
appointed. If Jerome would only stop
persecuting him and allow his farriilv to
take care of him he would be all right."
Mrs. Thaw would not deny that there
was a possibility of her rejoining her hus
band if he won in his fight for liberty.
TRACTION CARS ENTER CITY
Service Resumed in Indianapolis
After Tie-Up by Strike.
INDIANAPOLIS. November 8.?Inter
urban traction service from points over
the state was resumed into Indiana
polls tonight for the first time since
the strike of the employes of the In
dianapolis Traction arid Terminal Com
pany tied up the city street cars. Dur
ing- the last week the interurban cars
have only been operated to the sub
urbs. but tonight all lines except the
Indianapolis and Louisville railway
sent' their cars to the traction ter
minal station.
No progress was made today toward
reaching an agreement between the
traction companies and the interurban
employes.
DAMAGED BY COLLISION.
j Steamship Pleiades Sends Wireless
Message Asking for Help.
SAN 1'ltANCISCO. Cal., November 6.?
The steamship Pleiades, which sailed late
today for Ancon," Panama, was in colli
sion with an unidentified vessel tonight
fifteen miles south of the San Francisco
lightship, according to a wireless mes
sage received by the Merchants' Ex
change.
The Pleiades asked for assistance, as
she was badly damaged. She is com
manded by Capt. H. C. Armstrong.
Tugs were sent to the assistance of the
Pleiades, which Is a steel freighter or
.'4,755 tons. She is owned by the Lucken
i bach Steamship Company.
STRAW RIDE PROVES FATAL
Four Killed and Six Hurt When
Train Hits Wagon.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., November 8.? Four
people were killed and six injured when
a carry-all carrying twenty persons was
struck by a Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western train at Jamesvllle, six miles
south of here, tonight.
The occupants of the carry-all were on
a straw ride. Evidently they did not see
the approach of the train, and the ve
hicle was squarely on the tracks when
it was struck. The carry-all was thrown
twenty feet into a ditch at the side of
the tracks. The dead are: William Crou
der, driver of the carry-all; Minnie Price,
seventeen: Kathleen Springer, eighteen,
and an unidentified man.
Sophia Marshall and Adam Kolosky
are so badly injured that they probably
will die.
NAVY TUGS ON WAY SOUTH.
Both Have Just Been Equipped with
Rapid Firing Guns.
NORFOLK, Va.. Novmber 8.?The
navy tugs Patuxent and Patapsco,
which were recently equipped with two
three-pound rapid firing guns each, left
the Norfolk navy yard today for an
unknown destination. They are re
ported to be under orders to proceed
to Key West and Pensacola to assist
in an experiment mining test with the
cruiser San Francisco. The tugs an
chored in Hampton Roads to wait the
lifting of a dense fog.
The tugs have on board 2,000 rounds of
ammunition and twenty-flve regulation
navy pistols.
Veteran of Civil War Leaves
Note for Brother and
Turns on Gas.
Leaving only a note written in
with recent additions in pencil. Maj
Charles C. Bell, a veteran of t.ie oivi'
war. last night took his life in a rooming
house at 1110 12th street northwest, where
he has been living for the past six or
eight months. The note requests that in
the event of Maj. Bell's death, "sudden or
otherwise." that his brother. Maj. W. W.
Bell of 228 Im. Salle street. Chicago, ill..
be notified by telegraph, and that Maj.
George E. Corson, who lives at 11.M 17th
street northwest, he notified. The note
also requests that Mrs. Viola \Vballon be
notified of his death. The note says she
is Maj. Bell's daughter.
Maj. Bell was seen about * o'clock last
night by Carl Jaeger, proprietor of the
rooming house in which the suicide oc
curred. The fumes of gas were noticed
about midnight by John Boyd and George
Kelly, who live in the bouse, and about
12:.'K> o'clock the room was broken Into
and Maj. Bell found dead in his bed with
a gas jet turned on full. The ambulance
from Emergency Hospital was rushed to
the house and the pulmotor applied, but
with no succ ess.
iSAY HE SOLD LIQUOR
HUT A LICENSE
Police Lodge Charge Against
Benno M. Seibold. Whole
sale Grocer.
His contention that a license to do busi
ness issued in one year entitled him to
continue that business during successive
years without obtaining a furUier license
was responsible for Benno M. Selbold
depositing fciui collateral with the police
to guarantee his attendance in Police
Court tomorrow morning. Seibold, who
conducts a wholesale liquor and grocery
store at Potomac avenue anti 1 ltli street
southeast, will then have to answer to
a charge of having continued the sale of
liquor since the beginning of the license
year without a license. The arrest was
made following tho sale of liquor to per
! sons sent to Seibold's store by the police
I for the express purpose of getting evi
j dence to produce in court.
xLegarded as Vested Right.
"The*, liquor license t obtained in 1912,"
said the merchant to a Star reporter last
night, "conferred upon me a vested right
so long as I conduct my place in a man
ner not to Interfere with the rights of
others."
| Seil&ld contended that be had been do
i Ing nothing on the sly. and declared that
I he had written to Corporation Counsel
Syme. outlining his position. "I cannot
; be deprived of my vested right to make a
living." he wrote to that official, "and to
carry on business for which l was li
censed and which I desire to continue. 1
shall conduct my business under the li
cense granted me In 1012.
Believes in Law and Order.
"1 believe In law and order which is
safe and sane, and will uphold such a
law. but I would be a moral coward not
worthy of my American eltlsenship
should I obey a statute which deprives
me of my fundamental rights and which
is not and never can be law."
i Seibold was recently fined in Police
j Court for having failed to obtain a license
; for his dog.
SUES FOR $3,080,677.80.
Sugar Firm Brings Action Against
American Refinery Company.
NEW ORLEANS, November 8.?The
firm of Wogan Brothers, formerly in the
sugar business# here, today brought suit
against tiie American Sugar Refinery
Company for $3.<l60f?77.80 damages.
Wogan Brothers suspended business in
190S, and in the petition tiled in the fed
eral court today it Is charged that the
suspension was caused by activities of the
American Sugar Refinery Company con
trary to provisions of the Sherman anti
trust law.
ARE PLAGUE-INFECTED.
Discovery of Disease-Breeding Rats
in Seattle Residence District.
SEATTLE, Wash.. November 8.?Two
bubonic plague-Infected rats having
been found In a residence district of
Seattle a mile from the water front,
the citizens' committee organized to
fight the rats will on Monday ask that
the city health commissioner be cm
powered by the council to oblige chick
en raisers in Seattle to make their
indosures rat proof.
Two of the members of the council
have expressed themselves at opposed
to increasing the appropriations and
powers of the health department.
FRANK'S ACCUSER ON TRIAL
s
Negro Witness in Atlanta Murder
Case Accused as Accomplice.
ATLANTA, Ga? November 8.?The trial
of James Conley. the negro charged with
being an accessory to the murder of four
teen-year-old Mary Phagan, was set to
day in Fulton county superior court for
next Tuesday.
Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the
factory where the girl worked and where
her body was found last April, already
has been convicted of the murder and Is
In jail here, under sentence of death. Tho
prosecution based Its case against Frank
largely on the evidence of Conley.
WILL BUY 10,000 TOWELS.
Postal Employes Will No Longer Use
Old Roller Variety.
Postmaster General Burleson has in
vited bids until 2 p.m.. November 24.
for 10,000 or more buck towels for use
in the postal service during the remain
der of the fiscal year.
The purpose of this prospective pur
chase is to carry intc effect, aa far as
the appropriation will permit, the pro
vision of the President's order of Sep
tember 30, ordering, in the interest of
public health, the discontinuance In
public "buildings of the United States the
use of roller towels and other towels in
tended for use by more than one per
son.
It is expected ultimately to furnish in
dividual towels to every employe in first
and second class post offices, which
would require over 200,000 towels. The
Postmaster General is also considering
the advisability of supplying invldidual
soap and drinking cups to these em
ployes.
HUN KIDNAPED
BY JEW RIVALS
iSpeedina Auto Bears Son of
Virginia Legislator to Mont
gomery County Wiids.
in
"WALK BACK TO TOWN."
IS TAUNT OF CAPTORS
I Classmates Quick to Revenge Insult
to New Head and Juniors'
President Rambles Home.
? HAItl.i;* KKITIt 4\ltl.lN.
While Charles Keilli Carlin was being
elected president of 11.t- freshman class
of the National Cnlverslty of Luw last
night vengeful H'irits* of the junior
were having barrels ul fun with lilm
many miles away from the stem ??f the
i election. Mr. Caiiln is a xm of Kepr*
J sentative C. C. Carlin <>f Alexandria an.I
j succeeds to the cla*s office held by bis
I father twenty-two year? ug<.
As Carlin alighted from an autouut
. bile in front of the <-olleg< . a iiarty of
upper classmen fell upon him hikJ car
ried him to another automobile. In s-Ite
of his struggles. Th" mat Line v;i?
driven at high speed to tne outskirts
of Rockviile. and Carl o was made to
alight. Then the machine ftarted off
without him. after its occupants had
informed him that n?? would have t < ?
walk back to Washington.
iiduapers Reient.
After a bit of this, the men In the
maciiine finally relented, and brought
young Carlin back to the city. When
i he readied the college lie found to hi*
delight that he had been named presi
dent of his class, in spite of his en
forced absence.
But are free men to submit to such in
outrage? No. not by a long shot, thought
Carlin's classmates, when thev heard th<
1 details of the awful abduction. \ plan
j was hastily agreed upon, and 110 time
I was lost in putting it into execution
Aha'. R-r-revenge!
!
Outraged in their feelings and h<?nt
on revenge, the members of the fresh
man class- stealthily approached E. W.
Pierce, president of the Junior class, mid
his pitiful cries did not save him from
the same fate visit?>d upon Carlin
Pierce, too. was thrown into an auto,
which soon was moving so swiftly
toward the city's limits that to essay es
cape by jumping would have been fool
hardy.
The speeding machine finaUv stoppeit
near the Joaquin Miller cabin, in
Creek Park, and the hapless cliss nre?:
dent was unceremoniously dumped out
j The machine turned around, dashed off
I in.to the dark, and the only Kimd-by*
' message from his natural enemies which
i was wafted back on the breexc to Pierce
j was a command to "walk."
And He Rambled.
Pierce walked, and walked, and then
he walked some more, and finally the
comforting gleam of a street lump told
him that he was approaching ? ix'lUration.
Some more walking, tinctured wit ? th
thought thai prominence n bis < iass
had caused io be visit<-<i u: on h ru th.
wratli ol the fresh lie:., .nallv b:oi:siti
him to his home, and glad he w. ? to g.-i
there, you may be sure. And. t?itf?? f* ? ?
thought of all. tin d. spised first ar men
had revenged the abduetion of Curhn.
and that with appalling ^wii'tiies* and
dispatch.
Youngest of His Class.
Carlin is the youngest iikuiIni of Ills
class, and the most \oiithful president
ever elected in the college Ixing Olllv
I twenty-one veal's old. Tin aviiagi .ig?'
of th?- members tif iii- i la's is twenty
eight years.
Randolph-Macon Man.
j
.Mr. Carlin i* a graduate of Landoiph
Macon College oT Ashland, Va.. and aft
er graduating from that institution h
spent the summer in Europe perfecting
his knowledge of modern European lan
guages. Fie selected his father's alma
mater for the study of law. and his class
mates have honored him with the place
in the class which his father filled nearly
a quarter of a century ago.
YOUNG WIDOW EXONERATED
Had No Connection with Dallas
Murder, Says Witness.
DALLAS, Texas, November 8.?Mrs.
Ellie M. Lake, a young widow, charged
with complicity In the murder of Miss
Florence Brown in Pallas last July, was
released from custody today on a writ of
habeas corpus. Meade Barr. who last
week, in telling the ^rand jury his ver
sion of the crime, implicated Mrs. Lake,
today as a witness m tin- habeas corpus
hearing declared she was not even re
motely connected with the killing.
Dallas county officials state that Barr
has made two confessions of the murdt
and repudiated both. Miss Brown was
found with her skull crushed and her
throat cut in the real estate office o(
her uncle, where she was employed as
stenographer.
FILES NOTICE OF APPEAL
Fight of Adopted Daug-hter for
Share of Ziegler Estate.
NEW YORK. November 8. ? Florence
Brandt Ziegler. the aborgation of whos?
adoption by the late William Ziegler,
millionaire baking powder manufac
turer. was recently upheld by Surro
gate Fowler, filed a notice of appeal in
the surrogate's court today in her
fight to obtain what she claims is her
share of the thirty-million-dollar estate
left to her brother! William Ziegler. ji
The two were children of George Wash
ington Brandt of Chicago, half brother
of the elder Ziegler. who adopted them
when they were boy and girl. She con- '
tends that when the adoption was set
aside she was too young to know har
rights, and that her mother was not
a party to the proceedings.