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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL r is, TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR 12 PAGES PHOENIX, ARIZONA, TUESDAY AIOKXIXU, MAY 19, 1914 12 PAGES VOL. XXV. NO. 1 MEDIATORS LIKELY TO INSIST HUERTA QUIT AS PRESIDENT American Commissioners to! the Conference Arc (liven No Definite Instructions Kxcept to JJe in Recep tive Mood "MEXICAN ENYOYS RECOGNIZE CRISIS P.elieved They Will Not Hesitate to Recommend Huerta's Retirement of it Seems Necessary to At tain Peace r ASSOCIATED PRESS PISPATCHl WASHINGTON. May 18. The pres ident told the American ooniinisMoii-rs who leave tomorrow for the mediation conference at Niagara Kails, thai the I'nited States will keep its troops at Vera Cruz until there is a definite set tlement of the Mexican problem. The president gave Commission! rs Justice Lamar of the rnited Stales supremo court ami Frederick W. I-chmann. for mer solicitor general, no specific in structions. He told them to place themselves in a receptive mood and await proposals from tho throe South American mediators. At the same time, he outlined that peace seemed to him to lie conditioned on the elimination of the Hueria ad ministration and the establishment of a strong provisional government which would conduct an election giving fair treatment to all factions and guaran teeing, moreover, the solution of the agrarian problem and other internal difficulties which bred the revolution. The president wishes the Mexican question settled on comprehensive lines which will take into account the econo mic principles for which Zapata in the south, as well as Carranza in the north, have been fighting and at the same time conserve the rightful interests of the people in the territory now con trolled by the Huerta government. During the day a dispatch came to one of the foreign diplomats from a diplomatic source in Mexico City, stat ing that Huerta. is ready to resign and permit his representatives at the me- j diatinn-to eliminate him if necessary. Indications that have come from the three Huerta delegates since their visit 1o this country showed they realize Huerti's elimination is regarded as es sential to a settlement. The delegates said they understand thoroughly the scope of the mediation now comprises the entire Mexican problem and are iil to le ready to recommend Huer ta's retirement, but only on the condi tion of a definite understanding as to the kind of government that will lol low. The mediators have worked out n general plan which they will submit to all factions. It seeks to eradicate the perplexing agrarian question by prescribing a division of lands in a way satisfactory to the masses but the de tails of which have not been revealed. President Wilson, in a final talk with the American commissioners, at which Bryan was present, spoke hopefully of mediation. He indicated that every power and legitimate influence at the oisposal of the American government will be executed to make it succeed. Although the constitutionalists have not yet agreed to take part in the me diation, one high administration olfi cial held out hopes of their u initiate participation, saying the misunder standing which might be remedied was largely responsible for their failure to be represented at Niagara Falls. The president laid before the commission ers the Mexican problem as he saw it, emphasizing the duty of the I'nited States to seek unselfishly to assist Mexico and see set up a constitutional government which will he accorded recognition by the world, because of its capacity not alone to maintain peace with its confines, but to observe international obligations. In a talk with the commissioners the president touched briefly on the land question, speaking of it as perennial cause of discontent and dissatisfaction, which made it comparatively easy to raise a revolutionary army in Mexico. There is high authority for the pre diction that when the plans have reached a tangible stage, they will be submitted to Carranza as well as to those believed to have influence with Zapata. . The mediation conference is expected to reach a climax in a short time and the president does not look for pro tracted negotiations if the Huerta dele gates are conciliatory and show them selves amenable to to the plans pro posed by the mediators and acceptable to the I'nited States. An effort to draw tho constitutionalists into an Beveridge Criticizes Wlison's Mexican Policy INDIANAPOLIS, May IS. Albert Beveridge, former I'nited States sen ator and candidate on the progressive ticket for that office, criticized the Mexican policy of the democratic ad ministration at a dinner of the In diana Progressive club tonight. He advocated a constructive policy hy this government in the handling of the Mexican situation. "T.ct those who excuse the admin istration's conduct because they feel MA RESIGN DICTATORSHIP President Huerta agreement undoubtedly will he made by the American government as well as by the mediators. The milit.tiy situation in Mexico City, however, is giving I lie Washing ton government some concern. Some sporadic outbreaks among Huorla's troops, irresponsible hostilities against American forces or complications at Tampico, where the constitutionalists are in control, it is realized may at any moment alter the whole situation. The preservation of the staus quo. at least so far as tlie international situ ation is concerned, while the mediators at Niagara Falls undertake their deli cate mission are at present tlie main concern of the state department. For this reason it has acted promptly upon suggestions from foreign sources that Kuropoan interests were endangered in the tcnitory newly fallen under control of the constitutionalists in the neigh borhood of Tampico. Entertainment Is Refused NOdAPKS, May Is. Colonel 'a lies, of the- constitutionalists' forces at Hermesilio armed at Nogales, So nora, tonight with his staff, a guard of honor, and a military band, with the intention to entertain officers of the American troops stationed here. The intention was not put into ef fect, however, because of the refusal by the war department at Washing ton to permit the Americans to ac cept the hospitality of the Mexicans. The entertainment was planned in return for courtesies extended to the constitutionalists' officials of N'o gahs. Sonora, recently, when as guests of Ameriean Consul Simpich they visited tho camp of the Amer ican officers. Church Is Noiv At Work Fixing Up Vanderbilt Matter ASSOCIATED THESS niSPATCHl OKLAHOMA CITV, May IS A re consideration of the whole Vander bilt university matter, a question which has occupied the attention of the Southern Methodists for years. was ordered to. lay by the nial conference of the quadrien Methodist Kpiscopal Church. South. The subject was referred to a com mittee of fifteen with instructions to follow the spirit of the majority re port which was pl'osenti-d to the (inference last week. This report ordered the return to the original right of the patronizing conferences remained in tho church under the whatever interest in the university Tennessee supreme court's resent de cision. The gift to the school of $1,000,0011 from Andrew Carnegie is involved in the settlement of the ownership, one faction being opposed to its acceptance, because Mr. Car negie insists upon saying what sort of a school it shall become. ' ROBBERS ON '( OBSERVATION CAR i ' CHICAGO, May IS. Robbers ; i boarded a Santa Fe passenger I I train leaving here for California, ' ! held up the passengers on the ' observation platform and were 1 driven off by the train crew. according to reports to the po- : i lice. They are said to have ob- ! I tained nine dollars in cash. I that perhaps truce may be patched up," he said, "remember that his tory shows that this is no the way to avoid war: but on the contrary, '.he way to make real war inevitable. "Feebleness of purpose and uncer tainty i:s to policy never yet pre vented war." Beveridge criticized President Wil fen for not taking definite action be fore the American bluejackets were arrested ;u Tampico. ,v' Egy. :J.i Jtk A. L MOORE IS E E Yice President During 1.9 lo and One of Most Effect ive Workers of Organiza tion Chosen President by New Directorate OR MSP Y AND LOPER YICE PRESIDENTS Election of Hnmhort to Suc ceed Lutgerding as Treas urer and Harry "Welch to Ie Secretary Is Accom plished at Luncheon A. 1.. Moore is now "Mr. President" of the Phoenix Hoard of Trade. It was at the luncheon of l)r. Den nett, the retiring president, at the Arizona club yesterday that tile di rectors elected their officers for 1H14. They tire: A. P. Moore, president. J. M. Ornish-, lirst vice president. .1. D I.opcr, second vice president. W. .S. Humbert, treasurer. Harry Welch, secretary. This was the -first meeting of the new directorate, and as is custom ary, took place in the form of a luncheon Iry the retiring executive. The old board met with the new one at luncheon, and afterward the lat ter retired to another room to go through tin; routine of naming the of f ieers. At tho executive session of the new 1-oard it was moved that a com mittee of five be appointed to co operate with a similar committee from the Merchants' & Manufactur ers' association to assist the Fanners' Institute in planning and financing the Maricopa County fair and the Corn and Cotton clubs. The presi dent appointed the following for this committee: W. S. Humbert, ('has. A. Stauffer, Arthur Piihrs, K. A. .Mar shall and .1. T. Y hitn-y. The nicitv- I hers of the committee representing, the Merchants' and Manufacturers' ' association to co-operate with the Farmers' Institute: W. S. Humbert. Chairman. Arizona J Seed Co.: C. H. Pratt, Pratt-Oilbei t Co.; S. i iberfelder. National Hank of Ariz.: Mr. Sanders, Phoenix Savings Bank and Trust Co.; P. T. Slaybaek. Valley Hank; ("has. Stauffer. Ari zona Republican: ( '. H. Akers. Ari zona Cazette. On motion the president appointe I a committee of three to co-operate with the city, county and other of ficials in the matter of removal of the town ditch. The committee ap pointed: Prof. J. D. I.oper. .1. M. ornishy. H. Clay Parker. It was moved that the directors meet every Thursday. Time set for tho first meeting was 4: no o'clock On motion the. secretary was in structed to prepare a budget outlin ing the possible sources of revenue and a general estimate of expendi ture. It was also recommended that following the preparation of this re port a. vigorous finance committee be appointed and a campaign instituted to establish tin1 board on a firm basis as far as its finances were concerned. The secretary reported the coming visit of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and suggested the ap pointment of a committee on enter tainment. On motion it was moved to lay the matter over until Thurs day, the 21st, the directors in the meantime considering features and plans for entertaining the visitors. As president, Mr. Moore will con tinue to be one of the most active members of the organization. In the past three years, he has been iden tified with nearly every activity in augurated by the board. Before fair weeks, he has been steadily on the job in each big money-raising cam paign. Reside being a prominent business man, tho new president is closely identified with lodge work, being a member of the H. P. O. E., the Masons and the Shriners. J. M. Ormsby, first vice-president, and next executive by right of suc cession, is a vice president of the Valley Hank, a valued worker in financial circles and one of the very few 33rd degree baseball fans in Phoenix. John D. Loper. second vice presi dent, is city superintendent of schools, a strong worker and officer in the Christian church and an of ficer in the Knights of Pythias. Ho is a loader in the Filiform Rank. W. S. Humbert, the new treasurer is one of the scientific farmers and merchants of tho valley. He is an authority on intensive cultivation, and a successful business man. Harry Welch, the secretary has been the generator that has kept the wires "live" in the board of trada since his addition to the force sev eral years ago. He is the publicity expert, boost director and office man, and it is his ideas, or those he ex pertly collects that model the activi ties of the hoard. o WEATHER TODAY WASHINGTON.! D. C Arizona: Fair. Mav IS. For MAD HEAD 0 HIS CASE IS TO , - ' - i- . .... - - -1 - . , MILLIONS GO URGED m rminnTfinp i i IU LTJUUHIUno On i Carnegie Foundation Dur ing Eiu'ht Years Has Dis tributed .f 2. !:;;.!) -11 in I Vol'cssoi's A 1 lov nccs and Widow's Pensions NEW YOP.K. May Pv The Came- J gie Foundation for the Advancement I of Teaching, founded by Andrew Curmgie, w ith an endow nent of jr. 000, OuO, to provide retiring allowances for teachers anil officers of high ed ucational institutions in the I'nited States and Canada, has during its eight years of operation distributed a total of J J.!i"i;.!i27. according to the annual report issued by its president. Dr. Henry S. Pritchott, today. The report for the year ending eptember :!, PJP!, shows that S."7:. 440 was distributed in retiring al lowances to professors and $X0,542 in pensions to their widows during that yon r. The number of allowances for the year was thirty-three, making the present total of allowances now in force 403. The average annual pay ment to an individual is $1,70,1. In connection with the foundation's work as n center of information con cerning pensions, the president dis cusses pension systems that are maintained by half a dozen colleges and the new federated pension sys tem of the Knglish universities, and the proposed system for the clergy of the Kpiscopal church. Much of the report is devoted to the development of the work of the foundation. Its present work in cludes a study of education of Ver mont, of legal education and of en gineering education. The study of legal education has been begun by a. first hand inquiry into the bar examination of every state. Plans for the study of engineering education are now being completed. The eirlier educational work of the foundation is continued hy commen dation of the present tendency of college entrance requirements toward both elevation and - flexibility. The need for further improvement is shown hy the fact that only r."i per cent of the students now in our colleges are high school graduates. The decrease in the number of med ical schools in the country from Kl in laid to 113 in litis and the rapid improvement of the. better schools are commented upon. A general study of the problems of state regulation of higher education is illustrated by a dotailed account BE TAKblO NIAGARA FALLS. PANAMA. May lv I large, ser vice through the Panama canal was inaugurated today with the passage of a tug with five loaded barges in tow through the Mira flores and Pedro Miguel locks. Thence the tug, and her tow pro ceeded through the Culelir.'i cut without disturbing the work at ( 'uearueha. Huerta Seeking j Concession When S Defeat Likely Fassooiatku ep.Kss msr-ATi'iil KL PASo, May IS. Authorization given his mediation conference dele gates by Huerta to present his resig nation if necessary to insure peace in Mexico, and the intimation that ljiiis Cabrero. the constitutionalist leader, would be acceptable to the federals as provisional president, is regarded by the constitutionalist leaders here simply as an attempt by the Huerta parrs to win some con cessions from a struggle iti which they have been defeated at every turn. Contsitutionalists said they are not fighting the individual, but a po litical condition supported and backed by the. party which Huerta heads. It is indicated they thought any com promise with the "cientificos" would be fatal to their plans for reform. It is reiterated that the contest must be pressed through to the end, and it is a compromise w itli the "ei entificos" would be followed by other periods of unrest and revolution. Regarding the proposal to make Luis Cabrera provisional president, it was stated that Cabrera :s thoroughly acquainted with the purpose of the proposal and it is highly improbable that he would lend himself to such lend himself to such a proposal or allow his name to be used in con nection with the provisional presi dency. of the recent crisis in edtica ;ic!iul af fairs in Iowa. The report further presents a studv of the financial status of col- lege teachers as compared with the situation presi nted in a sim.-.-ir study j published five years ago. The ordi nary salary of a full professor in the , institution associated with the fmir- dation is now $3,000. During the last I five years the salaries of instructors have risen by about $S0: those of junior professors show a gain o1" from $1L'( to ill',: lho.se of full pro fessors show t:n iie-rease of from $123 ! . ::; o The report concludes with n frank criticism of eotemporary college catalogues. DEATH OF ROSE SWEARS PLITT Former Friend. Companion and Press Agent of Po lice Lieutenant (lives Damaging Testimony at Second Trial I ASSOCIATED PRESS PISPATCH NKW YORK. .May IS. Swearing that Cliurles Pecker had asked him to kill Jack Kose, before Rosenthal's murder and also after Rose was ar rested charged with the crime, C. P.. Plitt. Jr., the former police lieutenant's friend, companion and press agent, completed the state's case against Pecker. Plitt said that Pecker asked him while on board a train enroute from New York to the death house at Sing Sins to make way with Rose. He testified that Pecker was indig nant with the way the killing of Ros. entlial was accomplished. "You would suppose it was being done for moving pictures." Pecker said, according to Plitt. Plitt stuck to his story about being asked by liecker to kill ' Paid Jack" Hose, the informer, while Pecker was being taken from New York to Sing Sing. He said the interview took place in a compartment of a day coach, and that Sheriff Julius llarberger permit ted it. Plitt admitted on re-direct examin ation by District Attorney Whitman that he had lied when he told the grand jury that indicted Pecker, that pecker was innocent and that Plitt believid ho had been 'framed up" by Mr. Whitman. James Marshall, a negro, ajso took the stand to swear that he saw Beck er ami Rose talking at the Harlem Two Mediators Have Reached Niagara Falls (associated press msrATrnl NIAtlARA PALPS. Out., .May IX. Two of the representatives of the three South American countiiei which are to try to solve the Mexi can trouble hy mediation arrived here today. Domicio Da Clama. the Bra zilian ambassador, who is the ranking diplomat of the three mediatory pow rs and Romalo S. Nairn, minister for Aigentine, are here, and Kduardo Suarez, Chilean minister and the ll.ird mediator, is expected tomorrow. The minister spent the afternoon in looking over the arrangements for ROOSEVELT TO REACH SHDRtS raw Preparations: Are Complet ed to Cive Brazilian Ex plorer Uousing "Welcome When lie Reaches Ovster BnvTodav WAS STCK .MAN AT THE START But Wounded Le Has Mended During the Sea Voyage and He Is Xow Better; Is Bringing Spe cimens OYSTER BAY, N. Y., May 1$. Preparations have, been com pleted to givo Theodore Poose velt a welcome home. Ho is aboard the liner Aidan. -due to reach New York tomorrow. (associated press dispatch NKW YOPK, May 18. Theodore Koosevolt's return trip from the jun gles of Brazil will terminate "tomor row when he. arrives at Oyster Bay. The former president is nearly a well man after a siege of serious illness due to the privations and hardships he encountered. It was an emaciated man who limped up the gangplank of the steamer leaving Brazil, according to the captain of the steamer Dun stan, on which Roosevelt was a pas senger the first part of the home ward voyage. The morning Colonel Roosevelt hoarded the Dunstan, he had under gon an operation for an' injury sus tained to his leg while trying to save a canoe in the river rapids during the tour of exploration. He had to he brought on a stretcher in an automo bile to the Dunstan's dock. He re fused to be carried on to the boat, but leaned on the arms of two com panions. The colonel's appearance on the fourth day showed him a changed man, according to Captain Alexander. He asked to be introduced to the of ficers, said he. was hungry, guessed he would go below for bread and jam and generally made himself popular with the crew. Kermit Roosevelt and Leo C. Miller and (Jeorge K. Cherry, naturalists, members of the expedition, accom panied the colonel to Para. Kermit left the party thero to go to Spain, where he is to be married. Miller and Cherry are with the colonel on board the Aidan. Several monkeys, a hear and some of the inanimate fruits of the Roose velt exploration trip arrived tonight on the Dunstan. Colonel Roosevelt was a passenger on the Dunstan for four days before being transferred to the Aidan, on which boat he arrives here tomorrow. Captain Alexander said tho fever from which the colonel was suffering has disappeared and the wounded leg. due to an operation performed at Ma nans for an abscess is fast mending. He has gained in weight, his appe tite has returned and ho is in the best spirits. According to friends of the Roosevelt family the impression that the colonel is returning a sick man probably arose over their efforts to have him reach home without be ing generally hailed by the public on shore. conference which was declared by the court of appeals to havo been the 'heart of the conspiracy to murder Herman Rosenthal." 'What's the matter with Jack Rose and the bunch," Plitt said Becker 'complained. "To pull a stunt that way ! was very bad." He testified he told j Pecker in the Tombs a friend of the gunmen told him to tell Becker the I gunmen wanted $"i00 and if they did 1 not get it quick there would be trou ble. "Tell them I cannot get it now." jhe said Becker replied, "but as soon as I get my hands on $300 they will ! get it." j Plitt appeared to be more nervous ; during the cross-examination than at : any time on the stand. In tho middle of the cross-examination Becker moved I where he could gaze directly into the ! face of the witness, apparently eager j to catch the eye of his one-time friend and companion. He was unsuccessful. carrying on tho work of the mediators and directed several changes. He showed much interest in tho large telegraph office from which will trav el the news of the proceedings and diplomatic messages. Over forty ct tra wires have been installed. Neither of the mediators male com ment on the report from Washington that President Huerta would resign if such step was necessary to the success of the mediation, hut both expressed themselves as highly hope ful of a favorable outcome of the conference. r i t i i