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VOL. 49 NO. 203
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
CROWD CHEERS MADLY
FOR THAW WHEN COURT
DECIDES IN HIS FAVO
New York State-
Out By Judge
Today
His Honor Sustains Thaw's Counsel
Hotice To Discominue Habeas Corpus
Proceedings, Anil Adjourns Court
Without Hearing Other Side
Of The Case -
Sherbrooke, Que., Aug. 27 New
York State " was ruled ont of court
here, today, in a dramatic preliminary
t?Hrmi9h with lawyers for Harry K.
Thaw, the Matteawan fugitive fighting
deportation.
Superior Judge Glohensky, hearing
rfnmenta of Thaw's counsel on a
motion to discontinue "fe writ ! of
tuthea mrnns. absolutely refused' to
entertain the objection of Hector Vef-U
ret, representing New York. This was
greetedwith a wild outburst of cheering-
by a thousand Canadian specta
tors. Thaw, rising, bowed In acknowledg
ment. ' "
, Jor Harry Thaw!" shrieked men and
.women standing on chairs waving
andkerchiefs, parasols and hats. '
Thaw bowed three times like a
stage star taking a curtain call before
sympathetio audience. His cheeks
:mre Hushed, his big brown eyes
tfihone with a strange light but he
maintained his composure. Men and
-WTren,struegling- forward over chairs
'and benches to shake his hand, swept
. jiakie court attendants and uniformed
Zkom!ruort police and swarmed up to
the iotee's bench. , ' .
But Thaw eluded them and stopped
Into an ante-room used as press head-
! quarters. Ten minutes later, he was
vn his way back to the Bherbrooke
Jail. A great crowd on the courthouse
intepa cheered again as he descended.
Arguments in the matter of discon
rtinuinff the habeas corpus writ were
'put over until S o'clock, this after
iuoon, there being' some doubt in the
court's mind as to whether counsel
i (or Thaw proposed to proceed under
jthe civil or criminal code. . "
Now Tork's objections to having the
writ vacated are due to the fact that
touch action might mean Thaw's in
-definite detention In jail until the
"blocking of deportation. Mr. Verret,
rafter stating- that New York' wished
fto oppose the move. Introduced Sam
fuel Jacobs, chief counsel for the New
iiYoirk interests. He explained that
technically he represented the man
pwho made the arrest, who might be
Stable to damages- should Thaw's de
tention be proved unwarranted. His
Hardship said he would ; consider" i
s-iprotest of this kind but that argu
. orient from a second party was out of
jplae? In that it was an exparte pro-
Lceuw " no puimea qui, moreover,
that tr was unusual for a party who
' load been instrumental in placing a
(man In jail to seek bis release.'
i i Here the crowds outburst and the
fedjournment came.
i When the New York lawyers and
' jthelr Canadian lawyers got back their
fcreath they were fairly swept off
J heir feet they gathered in their ho
eL
i They brushed aside the reporters and
Jparefutly dictated this statement:
"We, who represent here the state
pf New York, are entirely unwilling to
(comment on the scene that occurred
tit one of His Majesty's courts, today.
fThe relations between the bar of the
ITTnited States and the courts of the
Ipominlon of Canada are most friend
By snd cordial and we realize keenly
fche sense of humiliation experienced
fty our brethren In Canada who are
pointing; us. Mr. Jacobs, who is as
Boc'ated with us, is present and we
(would prefer not to say anything with
inference to the occurrence of the
kiorning. '
Mr. Jerome paused and turned to-
. iward Mr. Jacobs. Mr. Jacobs hesitat
ed. "There is nothing I can say," he
ptammered. "I will say though, that
ajxis is tne nrst instance to my know!
jedge where such an outburst in any
lrf our courts was not followed by the.
(mmeaiate clearing of the court."
"What will happen?" Jerome was
Risked. "If this writ of discontinuance
Is sustained, this afternoon, Thaw goes
pacK to jail lnaenmtely?"
"I hardly think," replied Jerome
f that there is any part of His Majes
Sy's Dominion so destitute of laws as
o nota in prison a criminal and luna
Ic under the circumstances in which
frhaw is held. Therefore, I believe
Harry Thaw will go back to New
unerorooKe, yue., Aug. &i. Alter an
IfelmcBt sleepless, night spent m c"is
russm? attapK sna counter-attack, th
opposing- forces in the cae of Harry
(K:. Thaw, held in the Sherbrooke jail
fsa fugitive from Matteawan, were in
jjcEiiiie array, irus morning, prepared
Jfor a struggle to determine whether
'Stanford White's slayer shall remain
in his cell indefinitely or be arraigned
;8n court, freed of the charge on which
lie is held and turned over to the im
tnigration authorities to be sent
'IV'ermont , .
xnaws lawyers navtng served no
"ice, late yesterday, Jhat they had giv
ien notice withdrawing the habeas cor
pus writ on which Thaw was to come
(n court today, maintained that this in
leured his detention in jail until sudh
.time as he eaw.fltJo elect trial on. the
'tsharc telng a fugitive, either be
Practically Ruled
Globensky
In
fore a magistrate or -before the King's
Bench at criminal side. In withdraw
ing the writ they contended that they
were wen watnm tneir legal ngnts,
J his was the situation up to. 1 a. m.,
when Franklin Kennedy, deputy attorney-general
of . New York, hurrying
here after a trip to Ottawa, where he
conferred with the Dominion depart
rrient of the interior with reference to
Thaw's deportation, announced that
Canadian counsel, acting through the
Crown prosecutor, would seek to force
Thaw into court today. He maintained,
moreover, that the move of -"Thaw's
lawyers to abandon the habeas corpus
writ was irregular and would at leas
have to be sanctioned by superior
Court Judge Arthur , Glohensky, who
granted it last week. Judge Globen
sky arrived during the a-night from
Montreal and it ,wae expected that
Thaw's lawyers would consult ' him
about the writ as soon as he came to
.his chambers. It was not known in
advance whether it would be neces
sary . to take.- tlfe matter, into open
court. '"".,. "
W. - R. McKeown, Thaw's chief Do
minion lawyer, was indignant over the
eclaration of the New York lawyers
that they would probably bring- Thaw
into court today. . .
"That might go in a Duchess county
court," he said, "but this is the Dis
trict of St. Francis, Canada. It is ri
diculous. ' There must be some dignity
in our -court procedure. The State o
New' York cannot jump in and run
things to suit itself at a moment's no
tice. We have precedent in our desire
and right to withdraw the writ of ha-.
beas corpus. If we choose to let our
client stay In jail it is our affair. Get
ting him out Is their trouble. Tie bun
gling commitment on which he is held
specifies no time forits return and we
believe inaw. can aemaua trial - oy
jury."
Thaw. in. his hospital ward cell In
the ancient Jail on the hill, knew noth
ing of, the approaching conflict over
the increasingly complex phases of his
case. When he retired last nignt arter
a day spent " m furthering his "public
ity campaign" now an obsession' with
him, he had been assured by his law
yers that he was to be secure in jail
for several weeks to come and with
drawal of the habeas corpus writ was
a mere formality already consummat
ed. Thaw perfunctorily fixed his sig
nature to the prayer for discontinu
ance and asked no questions.
William Travers Jerome attended a
banquet last night given hy the Sher
brooke board of trade and let others
do the worrying about the changing
ground -in the Thaw case. He had said
that, not being a Canadian lawyer, it
was "beyond him" this contention of
the defense that Thaw could stay in
jail as long as he pleased and he did
not care to make any predictions. Dis
trict Attorney Conger of Duchess coun
ty, took the same stand. It was not
until Mr. Kennedy's late arrival that
the New York State forces disclosed
what they purposed or - at least what
they hoped to do.
John E. Mack of Poughkeepsle, who
returned last night from Ottawa, came
prepaed for any contingency. He
brought with him Sheriff Drew of Ber
lin N. H., and Sheriff Richard Beattie
and Deputy J. Brown of Maidstone,
Vt.
"If they put Harry Thaw across the
border we want to be ready to seize
him in either state," said Mack.
Mr. MoKjeown and J. N. Green
shields, Thaw's chief counsel, reached
the courthouse shortly after 9 o'clock
and wept into conference with the
judge. Crowds began to collect in the
courtroom, waiting for developments.
It was apparent .that the first skirm
ish would be over the habeas corpus
writ.
Hurrying from his chambers, the
judge instructed the sheriff that while
he was undecided whether to sustain
the withdrawal of the writ. Thaw
should be brought into court during
arguments on the question. Nearly
all the lawyers .were in court when
this announcement was made. The
news spread swiftly and the crowd be
gan to grab seats, and standing room.
Thaw came into court at l o clocK.
He was calm and wore a new gray
suit. Thaw sat his back to the spec
tators and began talking with his
lawyers.
Jerome came into court at 9:50 and
took a seat In the front row directly
in front of the iudsre's bench. He had
to convince an attendant of his con
nection with the case before the latter
would give him a chair. A touch of
L color was added to the scene by the
presence of four Dominion federal
p-olice wearing spiked helmets. Mr.
Conger stood talking to Jerome. Three
hundred persons were standing up
back of the seating area.
Thaw was brought to court In a
cab in custody -of a high constable
and Gov. La Force, of the jail. He
was not handcuffed. His hair was
, (Continued on Page 2.)
FAMOUS TYPEWRITER MEN VISIT
CONNECTICUT'S
AND BIGGEST
Officers, Department
Managers of Remington Company
On Tour Of Factories
J. W. Earle, President of Great Organization and First
cfv-. Vice President Forrest Among 130 Men Who
Are City's Guests Luncheon at Stratfield
About 100 men, sales of whose type
writers and typewriting supplies cover
the whole world, were guests of the
Yost Typewriter works today as the
third day of a week of typewriter fac
tory inspection, and trade discussion.
.Heading the body of visitors was
J. W. Earle, president of the Reming
ton Typewriter Co., and head of the
wonderful ' sales organization of the
typewriter combine. There were oth
er men whose names are known wher
ever the mercantile side of typewriter
business is familiar, A. A. Forrest; of
ii 'ift tmt f'fmt wtiilnfcii
A. Forrest, first Vice-President r-d
Supervisor of Factories Of Reming" - .
" ton -Typewriter Company..
New York, first vice president of the
Remington Co.; J. -F. M-cClain of New
York, vice president F. . E. Van Bush-
lriT-lr rP Vin- ... ;.I .
w 3
president. - '
Tho -' iM.r'A .' v-';.it..'
wnrfcs wa i.Tr.1ti t
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4 .
period that the entire time at the chines for the grinding of the color
big plant was spent In the Unidn Rib- Ing. and the mixture of the wax coat-
bon factory. This- hie- factorv buiirt- '
ing, part pf the big typewriting en-;
terpnse in Railroad avenue, is the big- i
gest institution -of its kind in - the .
world. Here many miles of type-
writer ribbons and millions of sheets
of carbon papers are turned out daily.
A deluge gTeeted the party on their
arrival here of its special train, at
10:45. Two special trolley cars offered
shelte until they reached State street
and Wordin. avenue, where the manag
ers piled into three covered auto
'buses and reached the plant In a few
mii-utes. . ' , . .
The party was quickly divided into
squads and the staff of M. H. Chapin,
the manager t the plant, took the
various parties in charge, touring the
ribbon plant from basement to the
top floor and seeing the various pro
cesses by, which tj?e ribbons and car
bon paper are made.
The visit to this city was the oc
casion of many pleasatit reunions. ' Mr.
Chapin, manager of the Union Ribbon
factory, has been with the Reming
ton Typewriter Co. for 15 years, and
has done more to develop and per
fect the typewriter ribbon industry
and carbon paper business than any
other man in the typewriter field. Un
der Mr. Chapin's management the rib
bon factory has grown from a small
enterprise to the largest producer of
typewriter rihbons and carbon paper
in the world. Mr. Chapin has a great
acquaintance in the typewriter field.
and of the visitors, many of whom
came thousands of miles to be on
hand for. the week of inspection, there
were many who renewed pleasant as
sociations with him.
Notable among the visitors was J.
W.: Earle, who,, as president of the
vast Remington company, heads the
biggest business of its kind in the
world. Mr. Earle entered the Rem
ington company's employ as a' sales
man, and quickly advanced to the
managership of a sales office, : and
then as vice president he demonstrat
ed the ability that led to his being
elected head of the Remington com
pany. This company controls the
Remington, the Smith-Premier, the
Monarch and the Yost machines.
A. A. Forrest, another of today's
notables, as first vice president, hiu
direct supervision over all, the com
pany's factories. He is thoroughly up,
to date, and it is to his personal at
tention to the small details of the fac
tories that the employes owe many
of the features for comfort, health
and convenience that have been in
stalled in the local plants. - Mr. For
rest represents the largest money in
terests in the Remington company.
Alan C. Reiley, , manager of the ad
vertising deupartment of the Reming
ton company, was one of the most ac
tive visitors. He made it hte business
to show the visitors many of the talk
ing points of the factory output, and
seemed to be everywhere at once.
The inspection of the Ribbon Plant
bestan with the basofnpnt v,
been arranged ari exhibition of the va-
rious raw materials used for the ink-
ing of ribbons and the manufacture New York: T- C- Malone, Jacksonville;
of carbon papers . H- M- McKenzie, Spokane; S. L. Max-
Tho various processes through which ?n' syrause: H. McNalley, Was li
the ribbon goes before it becomes a ln&ton; P. R; Mahony, New York; R.
finished product were seen in detail J- 'N'ye' 'New YorK; E- c- Niles, Seattle;
The rolls of cloth pass through cut-' E" w- Pease; Los Angeles: B. F. Pow-
ting machines which seal the edees of
the narrow strips as they are cut, thus
to prevent ravelling, and scores of tu'
LEADING CITY
RIBBON FACTORY
Heads and Branch
ribbons are cut from the roll at one
operation. '
The ribbons are then wound upon big
spools, .which are then fed into the
inking process and rewound upon giant
spools. . Then they are rewound upon
the typewriter spools,, and automat
ically packed , Into individual boxes,
placed in cartons and boxed for ship
ment. The carbon paper Is manufactured
from vast rolls of tissue of the finest
quality. These rolls pass through ma
chinery which applies a warm wax
mixture and automatically cools the
coated paper. s ,
J. W. Earle, President and Sales "Man
ager, of Henxbtigton Typerwrtter
Company.
The rolls are then . ready for in-
Bpection and for cutting. The com
pany, keeps'- millions of big sheets in
stock which are cut . into commercial
sizes only as the orders require. Ma
mg were snown in practical operation,
and the entire plant was kept running
tnrougn tne noon nour io jaciuiare
the inspection.
At 1:30 the visitors left the plant
to board the auto buses which bore
them to the. Stratfield. After lunch
at the hotel they departed on their
special train for New York.
The remainder of the week will be
devoted to a trade convention at the
Oriental, Manhattan Beach. Here the
typewriter men will discuss trade con
ditlons. i ;
Last Monday the visitors inspected
the plant of the Remington Co. at
Syracuse, where are made the. Smith
Premier and the Monarch machine;
On Tuesday they are at the Illon
plant where the Remington machines
are made. .Today's visit was the last
for factory inspection, and it was so
short that the factories where the
Yost machines were made were not
visited owing to lack of time.
The visitors here today were:
W. E. Ayres, Portland, Me.; B. W.
Ayres, Worcester; R. G. Butler, New
York; H. G. Brake, New York; H. C.
Becker, New York; E. A. Barney,
Ilion; G. B. Brand, Syracuse; J. H.
Barr, New York; C. A. Beauehamp,
Atlanta; U. T. Boldry, Detroit; F. W.
Beck, Duluth; G. A. W. Bell, Harris-
burg; A. C. Barlow, Pittsburgh; W. J.
Bennett, St. Paul; M. R. Barlow, Jop
lin; J. H. Billington, Springfield, 111.
W. Brand, Syracuse;' A. L. Bennett
Salt Lake City; J. W. Bennett, New
York; S. W. ' Crandall, New York; L.
N. Caswell, New York; A. Cobb, New
York; W. G. Cutberthson, New York
M. H. Chapin, Bridgeport; W. C. Cook
Buffalo; A. M. Carroll, Little Rock; G.
W. Dickerman, vice-president, New
York; H. C. Dodman, New York; M.
K. Deale, St. Louis; J. W. Earle, presi
dent. New York; H. A. Earle, New
York; B. I. Elliott, Vancouver; A. A.
Forrest, 1st vice president. New York
A. A. Fraser, New York; J. Felbel,
New York; S. H. Farnham, New York
Geo. M. Forrest, New York; J. P. For
rest, New York; A. F. Greene, Balti
more; F. C. Gurmuth, Toledo; G. A
Garfield, New York; G. K. Gllluly,
New York; L. J. Henry, Augusta; N.
E. Hightower, Cincinnati; O. E. Hull,
Davenport; J. F. Humphreys, Hart
ford; C. B. Heater, Montreal; G. E.
Hanccck, Denver; A. R. Hart, Scran-
ton; S. Hindman, Wichita; S. B. Hall,
New York; S. Johnson, New York;
H. A. Johnstone, New York; R. M.
Jones, Memphis; G. E. Jacobs, Peo
ria; P. S. Jones, Winnipeg; R." McK.
Jones, New York; W. V. Kreitler,4
New York; E. F. Keplinger, Bir
mingham; H. F. Moulton, SDes
Mojnes; J. W. Kennedy, Newark;
P. -C. Kellogg, Philadelphia; C.
W. Kelsey, Providence; R. R.
King, Richmond; W. J. Logan, New
1 York; J. M. Lund, San Francisco; C.
Lambert, New York; P. C. Lonsbury,
'I ew rk; " F- McCllln' vlce Presi-
i aent' ew orK! - J- Miller,. New
f?rk; W' Morse New York; H. N.
Math ews. New York; W. F. Miller
ers' Minneapolis; A. C. Plage, Okla-
homa; J- -Pickering, Omaha; E.
(Continued on Page 2.)
PRESIDENT WILSON READS
ON MEXICAN SITUATION
CONNECTICUT COMPANY HOLDS
UP STRATFORD AVENUE PAVING
NO ORDER ISSUED TO THEM
City Appears llQt To Have Taken Necessary
Legal Steps To Compel Company To
Do Its Share-Of The Work
1 doesn't look very much as . It the
paving of tFairfield avenue would be
hastened. The Connecticut Company
isn't prepared to do the work, hasn't
ordered the material, and don't intend
to move until the Common Council
has acted upon Its petition for ten foot
centers. -
These facts materialized at a con
sultation', between representatives or
the Connecticut Company, members of
the Paving Commission and Mayor
Clifford B. Wilson.
It further transpired, upon inquiry
today, that the city, is not In a posi
tion to enforce its order to pave Strat
ford avenue, against the company, be
cause it has never taken the proper
legal steps to order the company's
share of the work done.
To all the property holders upon
Stratford avenue due notice has been
sent, to set hack curbs, cut down trees,
fix water and gas connections and so
n.
The right given to the city to re
quire the Connecticut Company to pave
a portion of Stratford avenue, is given
under Section 3837. The statute pro-1
GHENT STEERING
SCANDAL BREAKS
IN CITY COURT
Interesting Sidelight On How
Some Lawyers Bet Business
August Brill, for the first "time since
his being barred from the City Court
by Judge Carl Foster, appeared in
the role of associate counsel In that
tribunal, where he assisted Attorney
Jesse Stewart in the defense of John
Santosky, a Russian, accused of as
sault upon Stanislaus Bellda.
The case was not only sensational
In the charges made that the police
while having one prisoner in Jail for
a. crime were the scaoe-soats for a
"gang who wished to place an Innocent
man in the place of the man now
awaiting trial before the superior
court, but resulted in intimations of
crooked practice upon the part of a
police officers as well as others eeml
offlcially connected with court prac
tice. '
John Santoskj, 18 years old, living
on Hallett street is accused or assault.
The assault previously resulted in one
John Mascoviteh being bound over for
assault with intent to kill under
bonds of $1,000. The fight, which
took place after a christening at
Church and Hallett streets on the
night of July 31, resulted in Stanis
laus Bellda . being sent to a hospital
with severe1 bruises and contusions
about the body. It was alleged by
the police that Santosky ', kicked the
victim when prostrate ' upon the
ground.
y Detective George Simons was placed
upon the witness stand. He was ask
ed to tell what statements or con
fessions the prisoner had made upon
his arrest. Attorney Stewart" objected
to the acceptance of Simons' testimony
upon the grounds that it had been
stated Simons had attempted to influ
ence the prisoner In securing counsel
who would be able to secure cohsid
eratlon before the court. Simons was
temporarily excused and two witness
es .testified for the prosecution that
Santosky had been seen to kick the
prisoner. Officer Simons was again
placed upon the stand and denied that
he had made any such statements as
alleged to the prisoner. He had
merely been asked by the prisoner If
he should retain a lawyer and had
advised the prisoner that under simi
lar circumstances he (Simons) would
secure counsel. He had made no at
tempt at suggesting any particular
lawyer.
Witnesses for the defense were then
heard and intimations of the prisoner
that an attempt had been made, to
."steer'" him to a lawyer were resented
both by the court and prosecuting at
torney as unjust and unwarranted.
Absolute confidence was expressed in
the honesty and practice of the detec
tive. Attorney Stewart wished to
place a further witness upon the stand
to tell what he knew of the attempt.
Grfty stated that he would like to have
this done and would show conclusively
who had influenced the prisoner and
who really was involved in the actual
"steering." Judge Coughlin ruled that
the case before the court was that of
simple assault and that he would not
consider any impeachment of Officer
Simon's testimony.
In summing up for the prosecution
Gray said that Officer Simons was ap
parently in bad odor with some law
vides:
"Such municipal authorities shall
keep a record of all orders as to such
repairs, and shall serve a copy thereof
upon the company, and every such
order shall state the time in which
the repairs are ito be completed, which
time shall not be lees than thirty days
from the service thereof. Upon failure
of such company to make the required
repairs within the time fixed by the or
der, such repairs may be made by the
municipal authorities interested, and
the cost thereof recovered from' the
company In an action under this stat
ute." In the office of the city clerk today,
it was said the only notice sent out
relative to the Stratford avenue pave
ment, was a notice by advertisement,
July 1, which was merely a notice to
interested parties to aittend a public
hearing upon the proposal to pave the
street.
This was not a, compliance with the
statute, and unless it shall appear that
more adequate notice has been sent,
the city cannot legally demand that
the Connecticut company lay any pave-
merit whaitever, on Stratford avenue.
yers who had been more successful
in having cases steered their way than
apparently those whom Officer Simons
was - unjustly -accused of attempting
to aid. "Had -I Been" permitted," sald
Gray, "I wouldpbave shown this' courjt
Just how this matter has been (adjust
ed." .- . .
During the. trial much difficulty was
experienced - "in the interpretation of
answers from the witnesses for the de
fense who spoke Polish, - Slavish, Li
thuanian and Russian dialect. 'In the
case of the prisoner who was Russian;
much apparent evasion to questions
was noticeable and Interpreter tjlg-
mund Hirschberg was compelled to
withdraw, admitting that he could not
interpret that dialect. ;
Attorney .Stewart In rebuttal said:
"This is only a' case where your', honor
has bound over- One man for assault
with intent to kill and they are try
ing to save him and charge another
man with the crime in his place."
Judge Coughlin refused to accept
this statement as true, saying full
evidence had been presented against
the man -now awaiting trial and that
the prisoner at ' the bar was merely
charged with simple -assault in having
kicked Baleda. He found him guilty
and imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
The feeling between prosecuting offi
cials, court interpreters and those
semi-officially connected with the po
lice In-Polish cases today -runs high
and much recrimination is heard.
NEW HAVEN ROAD
STOCK HEARING
90 POINT MARK
New York," Aug. 27 10:45 a. m. -Initial
price movements, today, were in
definite and the small volume of busi
ness In the first half hour indicat
ed the reluctance of the traders to
take a stand on either side of the mar
ket. The distinctive feature of the
early movement was a renewed de- j
cllne in New Haven, which was again
offered freely and which sold off 2 1-4
to a new low record of 91 3-4. South
ern Pacific broke to 90, reaching the
low mark for the present movement.
Elsewhere fluctuations were irregular
with no evidence of speculative inter
est. Union Pacific, Reading, Amal
gamated and Smelting were slightly
higher United Railways investment
pfd dropped 2 1-2.
Noon Stock market conditions again
made for restriction of business, to
day, and trading dwindled to less than
half of yesterday's forenoon total. Af
ter the orders In the hands of brokers
at the opening had been cleared up,
the market settled down to await
President Wilson's message to Con
gress. Sentiment was affected favor
ably by the apportionmnt of $46,000,
000 by the treasury department to
southern and western banks. Fluc
tuations in the speculative leaders
were confined to small fractions.
Bonds were irregular.
2 p. m. President Wilson's message
on the Mexican situation, which had
been awaited eagerly on the stock
market, produced no immediate effect
on prices when made public. Traders
hurriedlly read abstracts of the mess
age flashed from - Washirrgton but
found in it no material for specula
tive operations on either side of the
market.
Union Pacific's statement for July
gave an opening to the bears who de
pressed the stock a point. Only slight
impression was produced elsewhere
and the market steaaied when iTJnion
Pacific rebounded to' its best figure.
The police of Los Angeles say th
X-ray skirt hall not have a look-in in
- that city.
He Urges AI! Ameri
cans To Leave Mex
ico At0nce
NO ABED INTERVENTION
Volleys of Applause Greet
President Eefore ,and
After Reading of
Message
Washington, Aug. 2 7 President
Wilson appeared In person , before
Congress, today, and laid bare to the
world the -detail of this nation's ef
forts to bring about peace in Mexico,
the facts concerning Huerta's rejec
tion of the peace proposals and the
policy to be pursued now by this gov
ernment. The President announced the posi
tion of the United States to be as fol
lows: -
No armed Intervention.
Strict neutrality, "forbidding the ex
portation of arms and munitions of
war of any kind from the United
States to any part of the Republic of
Mexico."
Under no circumstances to "be the
partisans of either party to the con
test that now distracts Mexico or con
stitute ourselves the virtual umpire be
tween them."
Tb urge all Americans to leav Mex
ico at once and to assist them to get
away In every way 'possible.
To let everyone In Mexico who as
sumes to exercise authority know that
this government "shall vig11ant:y
watch the fortunes of those Ameri
cans who cannot get away and snail
hold those responsible for their suf
fering and losses to a definite reckon
ing." "That can and will be made plain
beyond the possibility, of a misunder
standing," declared' the President.
Negotiations for the friendly media
tion of the United States are open to
resumption at any time upon the In
itiative either of this government or
of Mexico.
Accompanying the President's ad
dress was the reply of the Huerta
government rejecting the American
proposals. It was written by Foreign
Minister Gamboa. It suggested the
following alternative policy for the
United States.
Reception of a Mexican ambassador
In Washington. That the United
States send a new ambassador to
Mexico without -restraints.
Strict observance of the neutrality
laws and "see to it that no material
or monetary assistance is given to the
rebels."
Unconditional recognition of the
Huerta government.
The occasion had not been parallel
ed in more than a century. No other
President since George Washington
has appeared before Congress on a
foreign affair. The Senate and House
assembled in the House chamber, the
Senators filing in two by two. As the
President mounted the platform
where Speaker Clark and Vice-President
Marshall were waiting, the b!
chamber was hushed. Attired in a
conventional frock coat suit, the Pres
ident stood at the clerk's desk and
read his address in the easy, conver
sational tone for which he is noted.
Scarcely a sound Interrupted.
First pointing out that it was his
duty "without reservation" to lay be
fore Congress all the facts concern.! rig
the relations of the' United Statfa with
Mexico, the.Presidet outlined what the
United - Sitates had done as "a friend
and neighbor." Asserting that this ra
tion wae glad to call itsrif th frind
of Mexico -and hoping for many fu
ture occasions to show d!sinterrti
friendship, the President declare that
we snail yet prove to tne .Mexican
people that we know how to srvi
them without first thinking how we
shall serve ourselves."
Describing Mexican conditions anl
the events thait led up to the nzniia-
tions just concluded. President Wilson
outlined how "war and disorder, de
vastation and . confusion -m to
threaten to become the settled fortune
of the distracted country." As friends,
he said, this country could wait no
longer for a solution of things in ths
sister republic.
President Wilson read his instruc
tions to John Lind.
All America cries out for a settle
ment," read the note Mr. Lind bore to
Mexico. "A satisfactory settlrneTi't
seems to us to be conditioned on:
"An immediate cessation of P.srMira
throughout Mexico, a definite arm.st ice
solemnly (entered into and scrupulously
observed;
"Security given for an early ari
free election in which all will aarree :i
take part;
"The consent of General Huerta to
bind himself not to be a candidate for
election as President of the RepaM:-;
a this election; and
"The agreement of all paxties to
abide by the results of the election anl
co-operate in the most loyal wy In
organizing and supporting the new a ! -ministration."
The President emphatically pra!.-1
the execution of his mission by JTr.
Lind and said he was led to believe
the Huerta government rejected th
American proposals because the au
thorities at Mexico City had been
grossly misinformed and milel re
garding the spirit of the A rr.er;-
people in the matter "and v, a
taken belief that the present i -ru - -istration
did not f-peak for the ".:
of the United States." So long as uc"
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