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"When the Carranza-ViKa forces came
Into possession of north Mexico they de
sired to restore It to commercial activity
and accordingly made overtures to our
interests along with others to resume do
ing business therein. There were, however,
many practical business questions to be
settled before we could feel assured that
such a resumption of our business could
be safely entered upon.
Basis of Correspondence.
"It was this invitation from the Car
ransa-Villa forces to us to resume busi
ness in north Mexico which began the
correspondence between Henry Clay
Pierce and the agents of the Carranza
VI 11a government. This opening led
these agents to ask questions of my
father relating to the handling of cers
tain important commercial problems
which the constitutionalist government
found itself obliged to administer, among
them the operation of the National rail
ways of Mexico. My father answered
impartially, his sole object beinp to
Hid the constitutionalist government to
quickly and effectively restore com
mercial activity, and to bring about a
resumption of effective railway trans
portation. My father was inspired
wholly in the protection and administra
tion of our own business affairs in
north Mexico, and in nowise for the
aiding of the Mexico revolution, or to
curry political favor with any warring
faction in that country.
"The fact that my father put those
?ommunlcations wltn the agents in ques
tion in writing proves on its face their
entire Innocence of the ulterior motives
the articles would seem to give them."
ADMIRAL FLETCHER PAYS
RESPECTS 10 PRESIDENT
Returning From Vera Cruz, He Also
Visits Secretary Daniels.
To Command Fleet.
Rear Adimral Fletcher reported to Sec
retary Daniels today on his return from
Vera Cruz and later was received by
President Wilson. The admiral will take
command of the Atlantic fleet, succeeding
Rear Admiral Badger.
Commander William A. Moffett of the
scout cruiser Chester, who presented Rear
Admiral Mayo's ultimatum on the flag
Incident at Tamplco to Gen. Zaragosa,
and who took John Lind to Pass Chris
tian to meet President Wilson, also called
on President Wilson at the White House.
He talked for a few minutes with the
President on the Incidents of the Mexican
situation.
Confers With Officials.
Rear Admiral Fletcher spent most of
today at the Navy Department in con
ference with officials regarding naval
affairs on the east coast of Mexico. He
arrived here yesterday on the gunboat
Dolphin after an uneventful voyage from
Vera Cruz. He was accompanied to this
city by Capt. Charles F. Hughes, chief of
staff; Lieut. Stephen C. Rowan, flag lieu
tenant, and Lieut. G. McC. Courts, aid.
The party visited the Navy Department
this morning under the escort of Lieut.
Commander Ralph Earle of the Dolphin,
and the members were received by Secre
tary Daniels and his aids with great cor
diality and enthusiasm.
Admiral Fletcher already has given
full and complete reports of every
thing of any importance that happened
at Vera Cruz and vicinity, during the
time he was in command of the naval
forces there, and could only supple
ment those reports with additional
details asked for by the officials.
He told the newspaper men he had
no special plans for the immediate fu
ture except that he expected to spend
a short time in this country in recrea
tion. He will remain in this city a few
days, at least, with his family and then
go to some summer resort as yet un
selected. Although not absolutely de
termined, It is believed that his orders
to assume command of the Atlantic fleet,
will take effect early in August. De
spite hie long stay in Mexican waters
Admiral Fletcher is in excellent health
and spirits and says he is ready to re
turn to his station any time.
HUERTA AND REBELS IN
REPUTED PEACE TALK j
??
American Back From Mexico City
Also Reports Army Dis
affection.
VERA CRUZ, June 29.-?Secret peace
negotiations between Gen. Carranza
and President Huerta have been in
progress in the capital, according to
Antonio Magnon, an American, who has
arrived from Mexico City. Mr. Magnon
said it was positively known that rep
resentatives of Carranza had been in
the capital several days in conference
with President Huerta. but that the
details of the discussions were un
known.
Mr. Magnon said. also, that Presi
dent Huerta's volunteer forces at San
Luis Potosi, including all the noted
chieftains, such as Gen. Pascual Orocco
and Gen. Antonio Rojas, had refused to
co-operate further with the regular
arjpy or to withdraw toward the capi
tal. but would flght the constitutional
ists in that region.
The volunteer chieftains, most of
whom are veterans of the three years'
border warfare, are all frontiersmen,
and, according to Mr. Magnon, declare
the federal recruits are hopeless as
soldiers and only hamper the actions of
the veteran volunteers.
Sever? Blow to Huerta.
Geh. Garcia Pena, according to Mr.
Macs on, is still at Soledad. but there
are Indications that the federal forces
before Vera Crux are being rapidly re
duced and that only a thin fringe of
rural guards will be left to maintain
tho outposts.
Mr. Magnon declared it was generally
believed in the capital that the refusal
of the volunteers to tase orders from
the regular officers would be a severe
blow to President Huerta, as the vol
unteers were his most trustworthy
troops.
It was thought in the capital that a
peace agreement between Huerta and
?'arranza. based on Huerta's resiraa
t ion. was certain to come soon, Car
ranza being forced to make some con
. essions because of his disagreements
with Gens. Villa and Angeles.
It is reported in the capital that sup
porters of Villa and Carranza have been
ighting near Monterey
MONTEREY TO BE CAPITAL.
Gen. Carranza to Move Rebel Head
quarters From Saltillo.
MONTEREY, Mexico, June 29.?Mon
terey will become the provisional capital
of Gen. Carranza, who is expected to
eave tomorrow for Saltillo, where he will
close up the constitutionalist offices and
in a few days move them, with his entire
official family, to Monterey.
After his return here, Gen. Carranza is
expected to complete his trip to Piedras
Negras, Nuevo Laredo and Tampico.
San-Martin, in the state of San Luis
Totosi, has been captured by th^onstitu
rlonalist forces, and municipal officers
have been selected at a popular election.
Martin Folk, aged forty-five years, a
bachelor, shot and killed himself at his
boarding house at Stoyestown. Pa A
bullet hole was found in his temple, a
revolver by his side and a cigar he
h?*.d been smoking was stuck in his
;nroat
*
Victor of Zacatecas Is Left
Without Ammunition to
Continue Campaign.
HE RETURNS TO TORREON
AND TROUBLE IS FEARED
Belief Expressed That Open Break
Between Rebel leaders Cannot
Long Be Averted.
Ely PASO. Tex.. June 29.?Lack of am
munition has Mocked Gen. Villa's march
toward Mexico City. Villa, fresh from
his victory last week at Zacatecas. has
returned to Torreon. taking his entire
army with him.
Th* relations of th* northern zone com
mander with" Gen. Carranza. In the opin
ion of agents here today, unquestionably
caused the abandonment of the cam
paign. The much discussed Carranza
Villa estrangement has reached a break
ing point, they asserted, in that the con
stitutionalist commander-in-chief has de
clined tn allow Villa to import cartridges
for his men and shells for his artillery
through the port of Tamplco. The port
of Tamp.co now is the only ent^'way for
munitions which the revolutionists may
use. as the border still Is closed to them
by the embargo of the United States.
Shot Away Ammunition.
At Zacatecas Villa shot away practi
cally all the cargo of the Antllla which
landed at Tampico. according to his re
ports here. Carranza men. however, de
clare that Villa did not get the Antilla
ammunition, which, they say, is still in
Monterey.
News of Villa's return north was re
garded here as ominous by both factions.
An earlier report said Villa was re
turning to Torreon because the federals
had evacuated Aguas Calientes, leaving
no enemv to confront him; hut without
ammunition he could not have fought a
battle had the federals remained.
Zacatecas Losses Heavy.
ZACATECAS, Mexico, June 27 (via El
Paso. June 29).?Late reports show that
the losses of the federals here were much
greater than at first supposed. While final
figures have not been obtained, it is
known that the number of prisoner
taken by Villa's troops exceed 4.300.
The number of killed was at least close
to that figure. Nearly 2,000 wounded
federal soldiers are being cared for
by the constitutionalists' hospital
C?The latest casualty reports of the
constitutionalists were over iOO dead
and about 1,100 wounded. These fig
ures are not complete. Many of Villa s
brigades maintan their special sani
tary service, and while reports have
been made by them none is thought to
be complete.
Villa's Friend Killed.
It has been learned here that Gen.
Trindad Rodriquez. commander of the
Cuauhutemoc brigade, who was shot
through the throat last Tuesday, died
of his wound. Gen. Rodriquei was
leading his brigade when he was
struck down. Gen. Villa feels the loss
of this officer keenly. The two were
close friends. Gen. Rodriquez will be
buried at Parral.
The city of Zacatecas gradually is as
suming normal conditons. All of the
dead killed in the four-day battle
here have been buried.
Carcasses of horses have been re
moved and the streets given a thor
ough cleaning. The business of the
citv. paralyzed during the battle, has
been renewed. Food, however. ha*
been extremely scarce. An attempt
was made yesterday to operate the
street cars. The repairing of the elec
tric light system has been begun.
INSURGENTSTO RESIST
FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
Carranza Declares His Leaders Will
Maintain the Dignity of
Mexico.
LAREDO, Tex.. June 20.?"Constitu
tionalist leaders, who have the sympathy
of all the people of Mexico behind them,
will not allow the dignity of the nation to
be lowered by the interference of any
foreign power In the Internal affairs of
the country."
This declaration was made by Gen.
Venustlano Carranza at a banquet at
Monterey Saturday night, according to
travelers who arrived here yesterday.
Carranza, It was said, asserted that the
United States was assuming a dictatorial
attitude. The 400 Mexicans who attended
the banquet received the declaration with
cheers, it Is declared.
"The constitutionalist movement has
proceeded to such a point," the first chief
is quoted as having said, "that the party
has nothing to fear except from the
Judases in its own ranks."
He mentioned no names.
No Beference to Mediation.
Carranza, those who reached here de
clared. made no reference to mediation,
but other constitutionalist leaders who
spoke at the banquet expressed the view
that by international custom the "good
offices" are strictly defined and were con
fined to bringing together the parties in
dispute.
The Niagara mediators, however, they
said, not only tried to bring the dispu
tants together, but also had attempted to
dictate a policy on which they were to
afGov. Villareal of Nuevo I-eon defended
the action of the constitutionalists in that
state in closing churches and burning con
fessionals. He Is said to have indicated
in his speech a resentment of interference
in state affairs of the general constitu
tional authority.
DEMOCRATS FAVOR JONES.
Subcommittee Report Dissented to by
Republican Member.
The fight over the confirmation of
Thomas D. Jones of Chicago as a mem
ber of the federal reserve board
reached a stage today where it became
known that two members of the sub
committee of the Senate banking com
mittee had agreed to report favorably
to the full committee and one member
had refused to sign such a report.
The two senators favorable to Mr.
Jones were Pomerene and Shafroth,
democrats. Senator Nelson, republican,
opposed him.
Mrs. Charles W. Bouynge Dead.
LONDON. June 29.?Mrs. Charles Wil
liam Bonynge of San Francisco died at
noon today after a long illness at the
residence of her son-in-law. Viscount
Deerhurst, eldest son of the Earl of Co
ventry.
STAINS IN MRS. ANGLE'S
ROOM BEING ANALYZED
Chief Interest in Ballou Death Mys
tery Centers in Report of
Pathologist.
STAMFORD. Conn.. June 29.?Chief In
terest today in the investigation of the
mysterious death last week of Waldo R
Ballou centered in the report Dr. Bruce
S. Weaver, a pathologist, was expected
to make to Coroner Phelan on the result
i of the chemical analysis of certain marks
I found on the walls of the apartments of
I Mrs. Helen M. Angle, whom Ballou visit- j
j ed the night of his death. It has been
I alleged that the marks were blood stains, j
The coroner resumes his inquiry this:
i afternoon, and it was expected that Mrs. ,
Angle would take the stand. She is un- I
der bonds pending the outcome of the in- |
quiry.
Leonard Blondell, father of Mrs. Angle,
today said he had had a private analysis
made of the wall marks, and was satis
fled that they showed the stains to be in
some instances those of tobacco juice,
and in others of oil.
It is understood, however, that the po
lice have an intimation that the report of
Dr. Weaver will be of a nature as to
controvert Mr. Blondell's statement.
ALEXANDER STEWART !
DIES IN PARIS, FRANCE
Head of Motive Power and Equip
ment of Southern Railway
Seeking Health Abroad.
TVord has been received In Washington
of the death in Paris. France, of Alex
ander Stewart, general superintendent of
motive power and equipment of the
Southern railway. Mr. Stewart had been
,in ill health for several months, and on
advice of his physicians had sailed June
1? on the Mauretanla for Bad Nauhelm,
Germany. In company with his wife and
daughter, in hope of regaining his health.
It Is expected by friends here that the
body will be brought to Washington for
Interment. The family home Is at 2150
Wyoming avenue iyrthwest.
Mr. Stewart was born In Fort Wayne, I
Ind.. forty-six years ago. At an early
age he began to prepare for the railroad |
business, first becoming a master me
chanic on the Union Pacific railroad, with
headquarters at Cheyenne. Wyo-, and
later accepting a similar position with ]
the Southern railway, with headquarters
at Knoxville, Tenn.
Delegate to Railway Congress.
Mr. Stewart became one of the most
experienced men In his profession, it is
said, and was soon promoted to the po
sition which he held at the time of his
death.
In 3910 he was sent as a delegate to
the International Railway Congress,
which was held at Berne, Switzerland,
and in 1912 he was elected president of
the Master Car Builders' Association. He
also was a member of the Master Me
chanics' Association.
In Washington he was widely known in
fraternal and club circles. He was a
Knight Templar, a 3d degree Mason, a
member of the Mystic Shrine, a life
member of the Elks, a member of the
Commercial Club, the Columbia Country
Club and the Anglers' Club.
He is survived by his wife and daugh
ter, and a sister. Mrs. A. F. Strietz of
North Platte, Neb.
FUNDS ARE NEEDED
FOR BATHING BEACH
Closes Tomorrow Hight if Congress
Fails to Appropriate
Money.
Unless Congress appropriates additional
funds for the support of the municipal
bathing beach before closing timp tomor
row evening, the beach will close tomor
row. The result of such closing, asserted
Dr. W. B. Hudson today, wjll be that
boys and young men who now go there to
swim and bathe in safety will be com- ]
pelled to go to the river, and a great in- j
crease in the number of drownings may |
confidently be ax pec ted.
"The funds left over from last sum
mer," said Dr. Hudson, superintendent of i
the beach, today, "were barely sufficient
to make it possible to keep the pools open
until June 30. Unless Congress appro
priates more money before tomorrow
night we shall be compelled to close the
beach and turn away tfce thousands of
boys and young men?to say nothing of
the women and girls?who bathe there
daily."
Pools Crowded Today.
The pools were crowded from 7 to 10
o'clock this morning with women and
I girls, who had the sole use of the bathing
place between those hours. From 10
o'clock until noon the pools were given
over to small boys, and Supt. Hudson
stated that more than 800 of the young
sters paddled and dived In the cool water,
enjoying what may be their last frolic |
j for the summer. A crowd of at least 1,000 j
was expected this afternoon, Supt. Hud
son declaring that this number was indi- i
cated by the long line of older boys wait- I
ing for their chance to get into the pools.
SOOtf TIRES OF REST CURE.
Col. Roosevelt Sleeps an Hour Late,
But Gets Down to Work at Noon.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., June 29.?Col.
Roosevelt did a thing today which for
him was almost unprecedented. Al
though he is by long habit an early
riser, usually having breakfast at 7:30
o'clock, he slept today until an hour
after that time as a concession to Dr.
Alexander Lambert of New York, who
told him last week that he should have
four months of absolute rest.
By noon, however, he had tired of the
rest cure, and he started to work at
full speed. John McGrath, his political
secretary, arrived from New York, and
Col. Roosevelt began to answer letters
and telegrams by the score.
ATTACKS "PORK BARREL."
Senator Burton Criticises River and
Harbor Appropriation Bill.
The river and harbor bill, the "pork
barrel" measur#, carrying a total of
$53,000,000, was attacked on the Senate
floor today by Senator Burton.
"I am forced to the conviction," said
Senator Burton, "that unless radical
changes are made in our methods and
unless we eliminate certain classes of
items, the river and harbor bills will
become so objectionable to the people
of the country that no river and har
bor bill can pass."
Resolution Favorably Reported.
The Chamberlain resolution author
izing the President to recruit the army
to war strength exceeding statutory
limitation, was favorably reported to
day by the Senate military committee.
MEDIATION HOPES I
GROW LESS BRIGHT'
Apprehension in Official Quar
ters Over Attitude of
Carranza.
UNEASINESS INCREASED
BY QUARREL WITH VILLA
Rebel Agents Here Also Reported in
Disagreement Over Ques
tion of Policy.
Despite continued expressions of hope
that Mexican mediation will not fail to
restore peace in the war-worn republic,
considerable apprehension was shown to
day in official quarters.
Significance was attached to the fact
that the mediation conference plans to
| take a recess unless there is some defi
nite assurance from Carranza by tomor
I row that his agents will meet the Huerta
delegates and representatives of the
United States to plan for a provisional
government as outlined by the protocol
recently signed.
Carranza's latest reply to the mediators
asking for time to consult his generals
who participated in the plans of Guada
lupe before agreeing to enter the pro
posed peace conference was said here
not to have reached the mediators, but
that it probably would get to Niagara i
Falls by tomorrow morning. 1
Carranza Ag-ents Hopeful.
Luis Cabrera, one of Carranza's agents
here, and Alfredo Breceda, private sec
retary of the constitutionalist leader, said
after conference today that they are op
timistic that Carranza will accept the
proposal to have his representatives
"treat in formal session with the agents
of Iluerta for settlement of the internal
affairs of Mexico, but this is not media
tion." They admit, however, that this
invitation came through the A. B. C.
mediators, and is carrying out the first
proposal of the protocol signed at the
mediation sessions in Niagara Falls. They
say they expect definite word from Car
ranza within a few days.
Alfreda Breceda, personal representa
tive of Carranza here, after a conference
today with Mr. Cabrera, sent a telegram
to the chief asking for definite word about
the mediation conference as soon as pos
sible. Awaiting a reply, Fernando Igle
sias Calderon, who came from Mexico a?
Gen. Carranza's friend with a view to
serving as one of his agents at the con
ference, said he would remain in "Wash
ington.
Gen. Carranza informed the mediators
in his latest communication that because
of the plan of Guadalupe under which
he was chosen first chief of the consti
tutionalists, it would . be necessary for
him to confer with his associates in the
movement before entering upon such im
portant negotiations.
Acceptance of any proposed provisional
government to succeed Gen. Huerta, he
said, necessarily might require some
change In the terms of the Guadalupe
plan, and this could not be done without
the consent of the various military lead
ers in the revolutionary movement.
To Hasten Consultation.
Assurances are said to have been given
the mediators by Gen. Carranza that he i
would hasten the proposed consultation'I
with his chief, in order that some definite !
understanding could be reached quickly
as to the position to be taken with regard
to the informal mediation conference.
Some of the constitutionalist repre
sentatives in Washington still insist
that Gen. Carranza has been influenced
to look with favor upon the proposal
to confer with the United States com
missioners and Huerta representatives.
Others, however, are not so certain of
this outcome and they insist that,
whatever happens, the military cam
paign against Huerta is to be pursued
with renewed vigor toward Mexico
City, with Aguascalientes, San Luis
Potosi and Querataro as the next ob
jective points of the revolutionist
armies.
As a quick sequel to the battle of |
Zacatecas, the revolutionary agents j
were jubilant over reports that Huerta's
forces had evacuated Aguas Calientes^
where, it had been feared, they would i
make desperate resistance. The next
goals in the southern campaign, it was :
said, would be San Luis Potosi and ,
Queretaro.
A perplexing element was injected into j
the situation here today by the apparent. ;
disagreement among Carranza's Wash
ington agents over recent internal dis
putes that threatened to upset relations j
between the two constitutionalist lead- j
ers.
Continued reports of the widening of j
the breach between Villa and Carranza
have served to disturb officials here.
Carranza Talks of ''Judases."
Reports from the border quoted the
"first chief" as having declared that
the "constitutionalist party has noth
ing to fear, except from the Judases in
its own ranks." The reports recalled
the recent statement attacking Gen.
Angeles, which was authorized by Al
fredo Breceda, Carrariza's personal
aid, now in Washington. There was
some disagreement among members of
the junta over the question of giving
out that statement.
In the preparation of the statement at
tacking Angeles and confirming the
fact that the breach between Villa and
Carranza had not been altogether healed
Breceda was aided by Luis Cabrera, one
of Carranza's principal agents here, who
is advocating participation in the inform
al conference. Cabrera and Rafael
Zubaran, a member of Carranza's cabi
net, disagreed as to wisdom of giving
out such a statement. Zubaran, several
hours after Breceda's statement had
been given to the press, sought to have
the statement recalled- Zubaran, it has
become known, wanted the statement
tempered, at least, if it was to be pub
lished at all.
PROPOSES AN INQUIRY.
Senator Gallinger Wants Chile's
Rights in Nicaragua Investigated.
Senate Investigation of any rights of
Costa Rica in the Nicaraguan Inter-1
oceanic canal route was proposed in a
resolution today by Senator Gallinger.
The question is connected with the pend
ing Nicaraguan treaty.
Ernest H. Wands, said to be the con
fidential agent of the State Department
in Nicaragua, and Severo Mallet-Prevost,
a New York attorney, were witnesses to
day before the foreign relations commit
tee. Mallet-Prevost was the attorney
who drew some of the contracts between
New York bankers and the Nicaraguan
government.
Secretary Bryan occupied a seat at the
committee table part of the time.
Mothers' Day Association Favored.
The House judiciary committee today
filed a report favoring the Heflin bill
to incorporate the "Mothers' Day Asso
ciation" under the laws of the District
of Columbia. The association is formed
for the promulgation of sentiment
which will keep alive an annual cele
bration of mothers' day.
No Whiskers on Mars.
From thp New Orleans State.
If Gen Carranza wishes the world to
regard him as a warrior he should re
member that Mars never wore whiskers
and a pair of spectacles.
I
RESEARCH INTO PUBLIC
UTILITIES, BUREAU'S AIM
Commissioners Invited to Conference |
of Mayors to Be Held in
Philadelphia.
The District Commissioners have re
ceived an Invitation to participate in a
conference at Philadelphia, at a date to
be announced later, to take steps for the
; organization of a bureau of public utll
| ities research. According: to the invita
tion, contained' in a letter signed by
Mayor Blankenberg of Philadelphia, the
mayors of a number of the largest cities
in the United States have been asked to
participate In the conference, and accept
ances already have ben received from |
several of them.
Co-operating with Mayor Blankenberg
in the effort to organize the proposed
bureau. It is stated, are Mayor Mitchel of
New York. Mayor Harrison of Chicago,
Mayor Baker of Cleveland and Mayor
Shroyer of Detroit. Mayor Mitchel and
Mayor Harrison have advised Mayor
Blankenberg that they will b? present
at the conference when It assembles.
Central Bureau of Research.
As set forth in the Invitation, the pur
pose is to form among the mayors and
chief officials of large cities throughout
the country an organization for the
study of conditions as regards the con
duct of public utilities such as street!
railways, electric light companies, gas
companies and other similar concerns.
Statistics and data so gathered are to be
forwarded to the central bureau of re
search, proposed in the outline of the
plan, there to be collated and digested for
the use of all municipalities.
The relation of rates to cost of fur
nishing service is to be the principal
feature of the proposed bureau's work,
though it is frankly declared in the in
vitation and the letter accompanying it
that the bureau Is to carry on a muni
cipal ownership propaganda.
SURG. GEN. BLUE WILL
FIGHT BUBONIC PLAGUE
Going to New Orleans to Direct
Campaign for Public
Health Service.
Surgeon General Blue of the public
health service will go to New Orleans to
take charge of the campaign against bu
bonic plague, which has appeared there,
with one death and one case.
After the receipt of telegrams today
from Oscar Dowling, president of the
Louisiana board of health, the Treasury
Department ordered the surgeon general
to take charge of the situation. Dowling
reported bacteriological confirmation of
two cases. The public health service,
however, will make its own examination.
Surgeon General Blue said today that
neither the city of New Orleans nor the
territory surrounding was in any danger,
but that It was advisable that the federal
government take sharp measures.
Apparatus for rat catching and fumi
gation is being sent to New Orleans
and a corps of experts in plague eradi
cation, including Surgeon Creel of the
public health service, will carry out the
surgeon general's plans.
Rodent Eradication TJrged.
As a precautionary measure to prevent
the spread of the infection by shipping,
Surgeon General Blue today sent warn
ings to health authorities of the Atlantic
coast states and to those of the Mis
sissippi river states as far north as Iowa,
suggesting that they take up the work
of rodent eradication actively.
Municipal health officials who have
asked for aid are being furnished with
advice. The most approved methods to
prevent the spread of the infection will
be put in force immediately at New Or
leans.
DIPLOMATIC CASH BILL
Conference Changes in Consular
Appropriations Are Adopted
by House.
The conference report on the diplo
matic and consular appropriation bill
was adopted by the House today. It in
creases the State Department fund for
emergencies from $50,000 to $75,000,
cuts the appropriation for the construc- !
tion and furnishing of an American em
bassy building at Tokio from $150,000
to $100,000, and restores the $150,000
for an American embassy building at
Mexico City, as proposed by the House.
It also restores the House provision for
$140,000 for an American embassy build
ing at Berne, Switzerland.
The bill, as completed in conference,
makes the appropriations for salaries
of the new qfffices of ambassadors to
Argentine and Chile and the secretaries
at these posts available to the pres
ent ministers until the Argentine and
Chilean ambassadors are received at
Washington. The Argentine and
Chilean ministers, who are likely to
be elevated to the ambassadorial hon
ors, are now working on the meji^i- j
tion negotiations.
Boundary Fund Is Cut.
The apptqpriatlon to enable the inter
national boundary commission, dealing
with the United States and Mexico, to
continue its work under existing treaties
is cut from $20,000 to $15,000, while the
tribunal for arbitrating the outstanding
pecuniary claims between the United
States and Great Britain has its appro
priation modified so that a United States
agent is to be appointed by the President,
and also two counsel at $2,520 a year
each.
Provision for United States participa
tion in the international prison commis
sion and in the interparliamentary unicn
at Stockholm in August, which the Senate
had struck out. was restored by the con
ference, which allowed $40,000 for the lat
ter purpose. Provision for United States
participation in the International Geodetic
Association measurement of the earth
was stricken out.
Lepraphobia.
From the New York Times.
The horror of lepers is a religious hor
ror. The scriptural writers were not
good at diagnosing diseases, and their
accounts mix up leprosy with several
other ailments that are highly infectious.
Leprosy is not nearly so fatal as tuber
culosis, and it is not so easily "catch
ing." In fact, some doctors and nurses
of lepers who have attended them for
years hold that it is not spread at all
by contact. The terror still inspired by
the traditions of the disease Dr. Rucker
of the federal surgeon general's office
properly dubs lepraphobia. At the meet
ing of the American Medical Association
in Atlantic City he denounced the in
human treatment of lepers and proposed
the founding of a federal leprosarium.
Will Tomorrow Petition Presi
dent Wilson to Favor Leg
islation on Subject.
j More than 400 clubwomen have reg
istered their names at Congressional
TTnlon headquarters, signifying their ln
| tention to participate In the march to
the White House tomorrow afternoon
[to urge the President to favor suf
frage legislation which was Indorsed
at the biennial convention of the club
women in Chicago.
The demonstration Is under the au
spices of the District Federation of
j Women's Clubs, and 1s to be headed by
-Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, vice president
of the organization. The date was se
lected because It Is the eve of the
! meeting of the House rules committee,
and the adx-ocates of suffrage hope to
persuade the Tresldent to acquiesce In
allowing the resolution on the suhlect
to be taken up at this session of Con
gress under a special rule.
15 "'clock the deputation will
see the President. Each member has
been requested to wear white.
Out-of-Town Delegation.
Among the clubwomen who are coming
from Philadelphia are Mrs. Harrv Low
enburg, Mrs. Charles Z. Klauder. Mrs.
H. H. Burrell, Mrs. L M. B. Mitchell.
Mrs. Dowell, Mrs. John Cooke Hirst,
Mrs. Robert Perry Cumminrs, Mrs. Harry
Kohn, Mrs. Frank Miles Day.
Other out-of-town clubwomen who are
coming for the same purpose are Mrs.
A. Ashbaugh, Detroit; Mrs. Flora Nel
son T\ entworth, Farmlngton, X. H.;Mrs.
Albert Roussel, Dayton, Ohio.
Previous to the march on the White
House a mass meeting Is to be held in the
. Library at 1 p.m. The speakers
will be: Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, chair
man: Mrs. Ellis Ujgan, Mrs. Josepha
Whitney of Connecticut, Mrs. Bavard
Htlles of Delaware, Mrs. Frank Miles
Dav of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. William Kent of California, wife
of Representative Kent, has arranged to
give a garden party at her home. 1023 F
Street northwest, in the evening at S
?.?!?. ,/or the women who march to the
White House. She will be assisted In re
celying by Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley. Mrs.
Ellis Tx>gan. Miss Alice Paul. Mrs Frank
w. Mondell of Wyoming, and Mrs. John
E Raker. Mrs. Everls A. Hayes and
Mrs. Charles E. Bell, wives of representa
tives from California.
List of the Speakers.
Mrs. Kent and Miss Paul will speak
briefly on the answer which the Presi
dent makes to the deputation.
Mile. Eugenie de Guerln and several
other young women will play stringed
instruments in the garden.
Miss Doris Stevens, Miss Anna McCue
Miss Mary Breivnan and Mrs. Jessie
Hardy Stubbs, workers at Congressional
Lnion, will all make three-minute
speeches on the summer campaign. All
of them are to leave Washington the
next day to have charge of the summer
work in various localities. Miss Stevens
is going to Newport, Miss McCue to
Pennsylvania, where she will devote most
of her time to factory lectures; Miss
Brennan is to wage a beach campaign in
Atlantic City, and Mrs. Stubbs is to es
tablish headquarters in Norfolk.
CALVERT COUNTY CASE
Detectives Aided in Getting Mem
ber of Alleged Gang by
Thomas Gant.
The fourth man in the gang of alleged
conspirators who are charged with hav
j ing plotted to rob Gilbert W. Cave of
Washington, and later to murder him,
was located by the police today.
This man, whose identity the detectives
are keeping a secret, told the officers of
the plot to get Mr. Cave to the place
about a mile and a half from Chesa
peake Beach, where Cave was to be
robbed of his possessions and his auto
mobile. The man. however, said that no
j harm was to have been done to Mr. Cave
j unless he "made too much noise."
This fourth man was found by De
tective Guy Burlingame of this city,
Detectives Charles A. Kahler and John
A. Katz of Baltimore and Sheriff Hardy
of Prince George county. The two Bal
timore detectives, who were assigned
to Investigate the case by Gov. Golds
borough of Maryland, went to Chesa
peake Beach Saturday afternoon and
remained there until early this morn
ing.
Pointed Out by Gant.
Testerday they talked with Dr.
Eggleston in jail and also with Thomas
Gant and Richard King, the other two
members of the alleged gang, at
Chesapeake Beach. Gant came to
Washington with the detectives today
and accompanied them about the city
in search of the fourth man, pointing
him out to the detectives. When
placed under arrest, the police say. he
told a story dealing with the alleged
conspiracy against Cave.
For his work In the alleged conspiracy
the man told the detectives he was prom
lsed a share of the proceeds of the sale
of the automobile.
As to the alleged conspiracy against
lonrad Munker of this city, the fourth
man today declared he knew but little.
Gant Tells of Murder Plot.
Gant, who was questioned by the de
tectives Saturday night at Chesapeake
Beach and again today, declared that
?r' JCave was to have been killed last
Monday night and that Mr. Munker. if
he had taken his boat to the Patuxent
river, as had been planned, was to have
met a like fate Wednesday.
He again today related his story of
the alleged conspiracy and told of how
he went to Mr. Cave's office and nego
tiated for him to take his automobile
to the place in Maryland. He also
stated he went to Mr. Munker's office
and arranged for the sale of the lat
ter's motor boat.
"I told him I had seen the boat and
it was just what we wanted." said
Gant. "1 had not seen the boat, but
Dr. Eggleston told me to tell him
anything just so we could get him
down there."
The detectives are continuing their
investigation here this afternoon. Grant,
however, left for his home.
False Alarms by Wireless.
I From the New York Times.
j The utility of the wireless system in
I marine disasters is of inestimable value,
I and should be safeguarded against either
mistake or malice. The need of safe
| guards is shown almost as often as the
I occasion arises. When the Empress of
| Ireland sank she was reinsured in Lon
don, with consequent loss to the insurers. I
| The Pacific Mailer Siberian was reported
stranded between Yokohama and Hong- I
kong, and the underwriters lost $100,000.
; although there was no disaster. A Ger- I
I man steamer was reported in distress in j
the Bay of Biscay, when in fact she had 1
Kone to relieve the distress of another
I steamer, and again the insurers suffered
wrongly. Thousands suffer grief and
alarm in such cases where only a score
or two of insurers pay a money penalty.
The former is the greater grievance, but
it is so diffused that its effects are dis
| sipated and no remedy results. The few
i insurers by agitating for the protection
for themselves against a mere money loss
will accomplish what otherwise might not
I be attempted by law.
TO SAFEGUARD TRAVEL
Temporary Wooden Guardi Are to
Be Placed Within a
Few Days.
MaJ. Kuts. the engineer officer in charge j
of the District water supply system, act- j
Ing under instructions from the War De
partment has arranged to protect "the
most dangerous places" on the Conduit
road from Georgetown to Great Falls "by
temporary wooden guards." Work to
that end will begin the latter part of this
week "as soon as funds for the next fis
cal year are available."
The action of the War Department for
the better protection of Conduit road
is the immediate result of an accident on
the road June 7 last, when an automobile i
tumbled over an embankment near the j
District line and a woman passenger j
was killed. The accident occurred at a j
narrow part of the road and was due to
the efforts of the chauffeur to avoid an
automobile approaching from th* oppo
site direction. It was claimed that the
chauffeur was blinded by the dazzling
headlight of the other car and veered
too far to one side of the road.
Letter to Secretary of War.
In a letter to the Secretary of War oh
the subject, Joseph Strasburger of this
city called attention to the fatal acci
dent. and referred to "the need for ade
quate safeguards, either by widening the I
road around the curves and dangerous |
places, or by putting additional fences
at such points."
In reply, he was informed by the act
ing secretary that "there are no funds |
available for widening the road, but the
desirability of such work is recognized
and will be brought to the attention of
Congress." He added that pending such
action the most dangerous places will
be protected by temporary wooden guards
as soon as funds for the next fiscal year
are available.
SILENCES BAJTERY
OF FEDERAL ARMY
| Capt. Russell Tries to Prevent
Hostilities in Santo
Domingo.
Acting under instructions from the Navy
Department, Capt. Russell of the South
Carolina, commanding the United States
naval forces, has undertaken to prevent
further hostilities in Santo Domingo and
to compose the troubles between the two
political parties. According to a report
just received from him, the gunboat
Machias entered the harbor of Puerta
Plata last Friday and silenced the main
battery of the federal army, which had
opened fire on the section of the city in
the possession of the insurgent forces.
Capt. Russell was sent to Dominican
waters with general instructions to
protect American and other foreign
lives and property. He had warned the
contending forces against the use of
artillery, which, he held, meant cer
tain death to non-combatants, and had
been promised that only small arms j
would be employed. I
The captain's dispatch, dated Fri-1
day, follows: ,
Report of Capt. Russell.
"This afternoon about 5:30. when the
Bordas artillery ashore fired shells
into the city of Puerta Plata, the Ma
chias anchored in the inner harbor
and with some shots from her main
battery stopped the artillery fire into
the city, after which there was no fur
ther firing.
"We have the situaton well in hand
and no additional vessels, either United
States or foreign, will be needed to
prevent the bombardment of Puerto I
Plata. The prompt stopping of the
artillery fire into the city this after- I
noon will have the very reassuring ef
fect upon the Americans and other for
eigners in the city who have recently
displayed great anxiety about their
safety.
"At 8 p.m. Friday the revenue cutter
Algonquin took on board forty-two
persons for passage to San Juan, thirty- i
three being Porto Ricans. nine Ameri
cans, ten men, thirteen women and
nineteen children, and then steamed
for San Juan. The Clyde line steamer,
the Seminole, from Norfolk, en route
to Santo Domingo City, arrived at 3
p.m. Friday, and after delivering mail
took away from Puerta Plato three per
sons?one French, one Spanish and one
Chinese.
"The Clyde line steamer Algonquin, en
route from New York, arrived at 7 p.m.
Friday and took away from Puerto Plata
twenty-four persons, five Americans,
thirteen British, three French and
three Cubans. These passengers were |
put on board the three vessels named
by the South Carolina boats." 1
During the weeks he has been in Do
minican waters Capt. Russell has made
ineffectual attempts to bring the lead
ers of the opposing armies to a peace
able agreement. Several futile confer
ences were held on board the American
battleship between representatives of
the federals under President Bordas
and the revolutionists.
AFTER ARMY-NAVY GAME
Bills Introduced in Congress for Use
of Polo Field Near the
Monument.
A bill to authorize the chief of en
gineers to turn over to the Army and
Navy Athletic Association the polo field
near the Monument as a site for the
Army-Navy foot ball game was intro
duced today by Representative Carlin
of Virginia. A similar resolution was
introduced by Senator Swanson.
The bill provides that the Army and
Navy Athletic Association erect stands
and remove them and all the debris
after the game without expense to the
government.
The introduction of this bill is part
of the campaign which is now being
carefully worked out between the War
Department and the Chamber of Com
merce of the District of Columbia and
the army and navy athletic associa
tions to bring the Army and Navy foot
ball game here.
For several weeks a quiet canvass of
the House has been going on so as to
ascertain the views of the members.
It is understood that one of the lead- j
ing republicans will make serious ob
jection to the bill on the ground that
he does not like to see public parks
turned over for such a special purpose.
Vanitie Leads Defiance.
URCHMONT, N. V.. June at.?The
yachts Vanitie and Defiance raced today
in another tunlng-up contest on Long
Island sound, preparatory to the selection
of a defender of the America's cup. Their
! rival. Resolute, was out of it, laid up for
I repairs.
The wind was very light at the start.
and Vanitie, with her immense spread of
| sail, drew out to quite a lead.
Romantic Love and Violence
Influenced the Life of
Francis Ferdinand.
BRAVED EMPEROR'S ANGER
TO MARRY A COUNTESS
Gave Up Throne for Children Be
cause of Devotion to Woman
Who Died With Him.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, who
was slain yesterday, was heir pre
sumptive to the throne of Austria. He
was horn December 15, 1R63. His fa
ther, the Archduke Carl LudWig. wan
a brother of Emperor Francis Joseph
and his mother was Maria Annunziata,
daughter of Ferdinand II of Naples
Francis Ferdinand was still a boy
when his mother died.
In 1893 his father, then over fifty,
married Princess Maria Theresa von
Braganza, the eighteen - year - old
daughter of King Miguel of Tortus I
The new stepmother established an ex
emplary home. Ferdinand always held
her in high esteem. She and her
daughter, the Archduchess Maria
I Annunziata. were the only ladies pres
| ent as witnesses of Francis Ferdinand s
morganatic marriage to the Bohemian
countess, Sophie Chotek, who later was
elevated to the rank of Duchess of
Hohenberg by the emperor.
Francis Ferdinand became the heir
presumptive when the frown Prince
Rudolph, the only son of Krnperor
Francis Joseph, met a tragic death 1n
what is known as the Meyerllng
tragedy, the result of an uncountenanc
ed love for a young baroness.
Became Heir to Throne.
With the crown prince thus removed,
the first choice as an heir to Francis
Joseph fell to his brother, the Arch
duke Carl Ludwig. but he already was
an old man, and he declined the honor?
in favor of his eldest son. Frams
Ferdinand. The title of heir was never
officially conferred upon Francis Ferdi
nand, but from his twenty-sixth
his training for the throne was car
ried on.
His escapades had been such as are
so often ascribed to royal lads, but it
is said that many of the criminal
pranks related about him were really
those of his wilder brother. Otto. The
story was once widely printed that in a
drunken freak he stopped a peasant
funeral near Prague and amused him
self by leaping his horse half a dozen
times over the bier. This and many
such instances were officially investi
gated by parliament and declared to
be mendacious .slander.
Francis Ferdinand, according to his
admirers, had an altogether different
personality than such stories ndicate.
He had a thorough military training,
extending over twenty years, and in
1891 he was made a general. He re
organized the general staff of the
Austro-Hungarian army wita such suc
cess as to excite the admiration of all
Europe. As a hobby he took up loco
motive engineering, and received a di
ploma as a full-fledged railroad engi
neer. He was said to enjoy nothing
so much as running an engine. He
also became recognized as one of the
best shots in his country, and t lie walls
of his chateau at Konopischt were
hung with the antlers of some
stags and chamois, as well as the
heads of tigers killed in India, the
tusks of elephants slain in Ceylon and
the pelts of bears shot in the Rocky
mountains.
Visit to United States.
His visit to the United States was made
in 1892, at the time of the world's fair in
Chicago. He made a diary of the trip,
which continued around the world. This
diary is an interesting piece of travel
literature, displaying shrewd comments of
appreciation of things he saw and did.
He thought this globe-touring would es
pecially contribute to his education as a
future monarch.
He also wrote two volumes of Alpin*
poetry, and put on paper for the first
time many of the old melodies of his
native Stvria.
His admirers Insist that his life was
singularly free from scandal, with th?* ex
ception of his infatuation for the- former
Bohemian countess. While she belonged
to one of the mo?t ancient noble families
of Bohemia, her birth rank w:?s far b
that of the imperial house of the Austrian
Hapsburgs. 1'nder the Haps burg iaw no
member of the imperial family -ai. b? "
married without the consent ?>f the sov
ereign.
As the emperor's nephew and heir.
Francis Ferdinand's love affairs had been
closely watched. By arrangement of the
Austrian cabinet he was to become be
trothed to a princess of Saxony, but so
uncompromising was his refusal that the
matter was dropped. He had fallen in
love with the former Bohemian countess
then maid of honor to the widowed
Crown Princess Stephanie. For nin*
years this attachment was a subject of
gossip in Vienna. When his uncle, the
emperor, protested against plans for mar
riage. the archduke reminded him of his
previous advice.
Quoted Emperor's Advice.
*'1 heard you once say," he repeated *
i "that in choosing a wife an emperor
should pay no attention to politics and
should follow the impulse of his own
heart." This was a chapter out of
Francis Joseph's own life.
Francis Ferdinand stubbornly resisted
the nine years of opposition on the part
of the emperor. When he married he
answered all arguments with the reply.
"The Austrians would not like to seek
an unhappy man on the throne." There
was no question that the two were deep
ly in love, and ever continued so. Francis
Joseph, however, was never pleased with
his nephew's conduct. But he gave his
imperial consent to the marriage upon 9
condition that the archduke strictly oh
serve the Hapsburg laws and never at
tempt to place his morganatic wife on
the throne, or establish the right of sue- ^
cession for his children. He also elevat
ed the wife to the title of Duchess of
Hohenberg.
The terms of the archduke's oath were
explicit and binding. They set forth tha*
the marriage was not "ebenbuertige," or
to one highly born.
The oath concluded as follows:
"We pledge our word that we recog
nize for all time the present declara
tion, of whose significance and scope "?
are fully conscious, both for us and our
wife, and for our children by this mar
riage. and that we never will attempt to
revoke this, our present declaration, nor
undertake anything calculated to enfee
ble or to abrogate the binding force
thereof.'
i
Perigord Truffles.
From tbe London Chronicle.
Gourmets throughout Europe will he
perturbed at the news that, owing to the
unusually severe weather this year, there
is likely to oe a famine in Perigord
truffles. This district produces truffles
which can be equaled nowhere else, ex
cept in a small area, of California, and
as they grow to perfection only in winter,
the famine must inevitably last a ione
time. Many attempts have been made
to transplant Perigord truffles, but with
out success. Twenty years ago a French
savant claimed the secret of growing
them wholesale and prohesied that they i
would be on sale at a penny a pound in- -1
stead ot l?s. Nothing came of his expert- '
ments. although they were financed by
the Academie des Sciences. Probably if
he had made truffles so cheap epicures
would no longer yearn lo; them.
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