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"GET THE HABIT" THE WEATHER Read the Want Ads. In The Farmer classified columns there's some good opportunities n "For Sales" and "To Rents." Cloudy with probably rairt tomorrow VOL. 49 NO. 274 BRIDGEPORT, CONN., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS Terry Wants More Pay And More Power City Engineer Is Likely To Re ceive Both Following His . Re-appointment. Denies Being On Unfriendly Terms With Mayor And Refers Questioner To the Mayor For In formation. Whether City Engineer A. H. Terry is to succeed himself depends, accord ing to sources close to him, on two im portant considerations, to wit: that , his compensation be increased from $4,000 to $5,000 a year and that he have plenery powers over the juris diction of his office with respect ' to designation of help and the wages they shall receive. Rumor has it that Mr. Terry has made a proposition to the mayor. Here is, roughly speak ing, the essence of the- al.eged pro posal : That If he be reappointed, his sal ary "be increased from $4,000 to (5.000 and that he be allowed to chose ' his own assistants without re gard to political preferment and that he be allowed to Bay what salaries shall be paid those employed under his direction In the city engineer's de partment. Also that he be allowed to make the expenditures which he considers ne- U-ewjurv for the nroDer conduct of his department without having to consult members of the board of aldermen or other city officials. The city engineer has said he wants and not on the basis of their political lew. He wants the authority to ex - pend without red tapo, the money that he considers his department re- believes that he and not members of the board of aldermen or other offi cials shall fix the compensation of as sistants and employes in the city en gineer's department. Mayor Wilson, so It is said, is at present considering Mr. Terry's pro- ponnon. "I shall name a city engineer, at the "proper time," said the mayor today 7 ' "WHl you say anything concerning the arrangement on which Mr. Terry 'wants to take a reappointment T" the rmayor was asked. "I have nothing further to say on Mr. Terry was equally reticent. "Really," he said when asked if he iad not mad a proposition, "that is something yon see Mayor Wilson about. You Know the mayor appoints the city engineer and It is- for him to say wnat no win ao in regard to this office. "It Is reported," continued The B"ar mer man. "that relations between yourself and Mayor Wilson have been irather crtralned and that you have ijeen on the 'outs' with the mayor be cause In his dlsagrements with mem Jbers ot the paving and sewers com mission yon have taken the side of the commissioners rather than the side of (the mayor. " "I was not .ware -that I was on the outs with the mayor," replied the icity engineer. "Our relations have cer ?talnly been very pleasant and friendly up to date." ,' City Engineer Terry refused to say Anything further regarding his reap ipointmerat. Mayor Wilson also refused to discuss the . matter, saying simply pthat he would make an announcement of his appointment In good time. When Mr. Terry was named engineer it was reported that the Republicans Intended to have the charter changed nd to combine the offices of city en (glneer and the director of public works. Mr. Wilson denied - today that there bas been unpleasantness between Mr. !Terry and Jacob Court ade. the dlrec ' tor. He said that the city engineer's 'work and the public works were sep- No increase in salary can be given Mr. Terry unless a change is made 8n the charter which sets the salary et $4,000 per year. If Mr. Terry's .conditions are met the administration rwlll find some way to pay him the extra 91,000 until the change in char ter can be secured. There Is another report In circula tion and it is to the effect that all this talk about differences between the mayor and the city engineer is mere buncoomb and that the" talk has been created so as to make It easier for a Jump In the salary of the engineer the idea being that If the people get the impression that he is going to quit, sentiment can be manufactured for the increase on the ground that be is an indispensable servant. VOMAN HURT GETTING FF'CAR; GETS $350 - Mrs. Eli Fountains of this city, who Stepped off a trolley car and fell into an excavation beside the track, was awarded damages of $350 by a Jury in the common pleas court this afternoon. TBfce sued for 2,J00. Mrs. ' Fontaine Claimed that on the night in question ,crhe alighted from the car at State street and Hancock avenue. She did ot see the hole beside the eraek until she fell into it and broke her ankle. !The company was charged with negli gence. The Jury was out only, a short time before reaching a verdict. . H. W. Lelghton of 16 Fairfield Bvenue reported to Lieutenant Fred W. Webb at the Second precinct po lice station yesterday that his auto ran down Mrs. Ida Formen of 5 6 Gil more sereet at East Main and Walter streets about 9 o'clock this morning. He said that she darted out in front cf the machine and that the accident was unavoidable. He took her to the office of Dr. Giovanni Formlchelli at 54 Pembroke street where an exami nation showed that she was not badly (Lojursd. ha was then taken home. Curate Of Trinity To Succeed Retiring Rector Committee Of Vestrymen Unanimous In Agreement That Rev. C. W. Areson Should Be New Pastor Parish Meeting Tomorrow Rev. Clinton W. Areson, curate of Trinity Episcopal church, will be chosen rector to succeed Rev. Charles L. Gomph, who resigned his charge to accept the rectorship of Grace Epis copal church in Newark, N. J. At a parish meeting which will . be held tomorrow evening a committee of the vestrymen of which Judge Robert E. DeForest is the chairman, will pre sent Father A re son's name to the parish as their choice for rector. That the choice will be ratified goes with out saying. Father Areson. has been an able HEW COUNTRY CLUB 111 FAIRFIELD BUYS LAND AT $85,000 Papers Have Been . Filed In Town Clerk's Office In Town. Deeds have been filed with - Town Clerk Joseph Flint, at Fairfield, cover ing the purchase or land upon which the new country club ia to be built by Oliver G. Jennings, DeVer. Warner, George P. Brett, tfliark Sturgis and others on Sasco Hill; " That the work of erecting this club and making it one of the most exclu sive and largest In this section of the country Is being prosscutield "with despatch is shown . by the - pro gress already made in the acquisi tion of land and the large amount ei pended. ,The deeds which nominally convey the nijfferejit: tracts of hvnd-t Oliver ; i. ' Jennings, the standard " Oil multi-millionaire, are from c. -. Jel Hff, SO acres, John Horn, -12 acres, and Lee estate, 35 acres. The price paid was J85.O0O. . As published in The Farmer, eotne weeks ago, this club is to be moat magnificent one, overlooking the Sound at a high altitude and is destined to rival the Brooklawn Country Club. THREE HEROES LAUDED FOR WORK IN FIRE New York. Nov. 19 Three names stood out, conspicuously in the stories of bravery told today when the Cun- ard liner Pannonla brought to port the passengers rescued from the burn ing Spanish steamer Balmes.- ; Captain Juan Ruiz, of the Jtalmes, spent ' practically five days without sleep while he and his men held the flames in check and guided their ship safely into the harbor of St. -Georges, Bermuda. '''," Innocencio V. Mlckairla, the wire less op'erator pn' the Balmes, sent the messages that brought the ' Pannonia. Since there was only one other man aboard who understood English, Mlckairla was obliged to be on duty without rest to translate the messages received from the rescuing ship. Nicholas "Arbonles, a . mechanician from the Canary Island, was the man who led the men passengers Into the blazing hold of the Balmes last Thursday after the crew was exhaust ed and ready to give up the fight. The passengers themselves first dis covered the fire. ' "Some of us no ticed smoke coming through the grat ing of our cabin," said Abornles. "Early Wednesday morning, the decks were so hot that boards had to be laid for the sailors to walk on. Thursday morning the decks cooled a bit. The sailors were lying, about exhausted and four of them were un conscious from inhaling smoke. Then the passengers- took a hand. We opened the hatch of hold No. 2 and tried to get out some of the casks pf rum. We hoisted out two or three, then the smoke got so dense and the place so hot we had to stop. "We found two casks from which the heads had been burst, probably by the heat, letting the rum leak down upon, the burning cotton in the lower hold." The passengers from . the Balmes numbered seventy-one men and thirty-two women and chikiren. ' Most of them came from Cuba and all were bound for ports In Spain. They will be sent to their destination by an early; boat. .None of them seemed the worse for their experience. When they first came aboard the Pannonia many of them were scantily clothed and some of the children were .naked but the Pannonia's passengers gave them all the clothing they needed and on Sunday when the Pannonia left Bermuda she took off all their bag gage from the Balmes. It was not until the pumps of the Balmes became choked and Captain Ruiz feared the fire would get the upper hand that he accepted the Pannonia's offer to take off his pass engers. PEKSONAXi MENTION. Miss Mayme Montague, one of the guests at the Lavery-Craddock wed ding is now being entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Far ley. Miss Montague will visit in several places in Connecticut before: returning to her home in Westerly, R- X. - lieutenant of Father Gomph and dur ing his stay in Bridgeport has en deared himself to everyone he .has come in contact with as wel -as to the members of his own parishr His activity has done much to build up Trinity parish.- Father Areson came to Bridgeport from New York about two years and a half ago.' He had previously been connected with Christ Episcopal church ln Brooklyn. He studied for the ministry at the General Theologt- cal seminary in New York and was ordained in that city. Lake Torpedo Boat Company Note Issue Loan To Be Repaid From Pro ceeds of $1,655,000 Gov V . rnment Contracts. In another part bf The Farmer The Lake Torpedo Boat Company gives a description of its property on whch It is to raise $2000,000 in gold bearing notes, a loan required for the completion of government con tracts aggregating ? 1,655,000. The to tal j value of the property against which the loan will lie is given at 15,582,010. Provision for pavement is made from the proceeds of the government contracts, as Uncle Sam pays the money ' in, at various stages of the completion of the contract. The, notes will be sold so as to draw 7 per cejnt. interest, . ':'.- ' .... ., : Subscriptions will -be rejected unless they aggregate a ..certain., an m... - v. DIAMOND EARRINGS WORTH $600 ARE STOLEN BY THIEF Hartford, Nov. 1S William Garfin kle, f 1169 Main street, a Jeweler, complained sto the police today that a man purporting to be a traveling salesman visited his place of business in the forenoon and carried away sev en pairs of diamond cluster earrings valued at between $22 and $135 a -pair and having a total value of nearly Mr. Garfinkle told Chief Detective Sergeant William Waltner that he was in ; his -workshop when, a well dress ed stranger .walked' 'in and, after showing credentials, solicited an. order for holiday goods. Mr. Garfinkle had hone to give and. so Informed the stranger. The supposed salesman re mained at the shop for several min utes before he took his departure. A short time after he" had left, Mr. Garfinkle missed the Jewelry and. . im mediately notified the police. AWARD GREEIISPUII $100 FOR WAGON SMASHED BY AUTO ' ' i . , . i , Abraham Greenspun, whose Wagon was struck by an automobile last July, was awarded $100 by a Jury in the common pleas court today. He brought suit against Edward Hill, owner of the machine for $300.. He alleged that his vehicle was struck by the car at Park avenue and Hanover street and declared the collision was due to the defendant's negligence. The suit of the Frank Miller Lum ber Co. against Lawrence T. Gallagher was settled out tf court. . Miller sued for $600 on a note given in payment for some lumber. There was a dis pute about the money due but the matter was adjusted amicably. ' Bryan Telegraphs His Mexican Representative Mexico City, Nov. 19 A telegram from Secretary of State Bryan is re ported to have reached the American embassy here this morning, and is said to contain the Information that a matter of a serious nature is .under consideration in Washington in ref erence to Mexico. . PRESIDENT WILL GIVE SPEECH OVER TELEPHONE Washington, Nov. 19 Senator O'Gorman and a . delegation from Rochester, N. Y., today,' asked Pres ident Wilson to . speak over the tele phone to a banquet of the Chamber of Commerce of that city. Dee. 10, where telephones are to be arranged for each diner. The Senator said the President promised te do so. SUSPECT CONFESSES TO JEWELRY ROBBERY Danielson, Conn., Nov. 19 Abraham Burl, who was arrested in Lowell, Mass., last Monday, on suspicion of having robbed the jewelry store of Frank T. Preston, last week, pleaded guilty in the city court, to the theft and was held for trial in the superior court. . In default of $1,000 bonds he was taken to the Brooklyn Jail. VERDI'S REQUIEM MASS T0BE SUNG Rehearsals by Bridgeport Ora torio Society Now In Progress. Work Of Remarkable Beauty And Power Selected For Local Presentation. Much interest is being manifested in the coming production of "Verdi's requiem mass by the Bridgeport Ora torio society and the music lovers of this city will be glad to bear that the members of the society are show ing an uncommon interest-in the work and that th erehearsals give promise of an excellent performance of the master creation. The chorus will comprise over 300 voices and the score, while difficult, lends itself to an easy interpretation. Dr. Arthur Moos, the director, is finely equipped to handle the chorus and under his able direc tion there is no reason why the splen did work should not have an ideal presentation. It is especially fitting that this wonderful creation should have been the choice of, the local society at this time, marking as it does the one hundredth anniversary of. 4he birth of the immortal composer. It is sin cerely to be hoped that the music loving public will encourage the ef forts of the promoters and lend their every aid to make this production the greatest of its kind in the history of the city. For the benefit of those who may not be familiar with the story of the requiem which Verdi's contemporaries regarded as foremost among his crea tions the following is appended: In the year 18C3 upon the death of Alessandrp Manzoni, a celebrated poet and one of the greatest patriots of his time, Verdi conceived the idea of writing a Requiem Mass designed to celebrate .in a solemn manner the first anniversary of the great poet's death.' ;Invitations were addressed to the greatest artists in Italy begging them to take part in this ceremony. This idea was hailed by the artists with the greatest favor. The work was started and divided into thirteen parts and confided to thirteen composers. As chief of the Modern Italian school the last number was reserved for Wer di. . .- The mass' was completed but was never given as originally written. Shortly afterwards the Requiem as we have it todays -was written by Ver di and was sung- under the direction of Verdi in the .Church of San Marco, Milan, May . 22, 1874; and from all parts of Europe, not only from Italy, but from France, Germany and Aus tria, musicians, critics and artists crowded to Milan to hear the Mass.' The - work was such a success that Verdi's permission was asked to al low the Mass to be given three times at the ' theater LaScala, In order to give all those who had not h,een for tunate enough to be present at the ceremony, the possibility of hearing so fine and so touching a work. Verdi willingly agreed to this- and again conducted in person the first of those performances. At the conclusion of each number the audience gave free vent to their enthusiasm and after the Offertory had been repeated a sil ver crown was presented to Verdi. The Mass has been sung . a number of times since and was everywhere- re ceived with great enthusiasm. It Is especially fitting that this work should.be given at .'. this time, the one hundredth anniversary pf Verdi's birth and under the able direction of Dr. Arthur Mees, the Mass when sung in Bridgeport should be a great success. The. chorus, -comprising over 800 of Bridgeport's best musicians, is thoroughly and rapidly learning the great work. . ' MARKET BEARS ATTACK STOCKS AFTER OPENING New York, Nov. 19 Opening The volume of business at the opening to day was too small to sway the market in either direction. The only appear ance of activity was in Reading, sev eral large blocks of which were sold. The yielding tendency shown by this stock encouraged bear traders to attack the list everywhere and soon the whole market had to move off. Reading, Canadian Pacific and Mexi can Petroleum were formed down a point. Noon. Speculators were perplexed at the sudden outburst of selling- which depressed stbeks today, coming in the midst of a morning session which was proceding in the eame dull, colorless way as on the two preceding days. Re cent vague reports of Impending li quidation of large amounts of stock were revived to account for the selling, although an opinion more generally held was that the movement was mere ly an attack by bears who had dis covered that buying was of poor qual ity and that genuine support was lack ing. Lack of definite information concern ing Mexican affairs and reiteration of unfavorable trade news depressed sen timent and made the market Suscepti ble to bear raids. The list was not long under pressure, however, and be fore noon part of the losses had been recovered. Bonds were steady. , NEW ARSON INDICTMENT Chicago, Nov. 19 The sixth convic tion in the "arson ring" prosecution was obtained here, today, when Isaac La Bow was found guilty of hiring John Danies, a confessed incendiary to set "fire to La Bow's furniture store. Joseph Clark, a public fire insurance adjuster who was tried with La Bow, was acquitted. SCHMIDT TRIAL PUT OFF New York, Nov. 19 After having been called for trial, today, the case of Hans Schmidt, slayer of Anna Aumuller. was nut over bv consent Tjf both- sides until November 25. Thirty Persons From Burning Steamer British Battleship Iron Duke Saves Passengers And Crw Of Scotsdyke, Ablaze In The English Channel Off The Isle Of Wight London, Nov. 19. The British battle ship Iron Duke effected a timely res cue of the 30 passengers and crew of the steamer Scotsdyke, while the steamer was burning in the English Channel early today. The steamer, bound from Mediterranean ports for S-underland, caught fire off the Isle of Wight shortly after midnight The blaze, starting in a cargo of grass, spread so rapidly that the ship's bridge and several boats were destroyed be fore the flames could be checked. - Owing to the heavy sea, it was Im possible to launch the few remaining LEADING FORESTERS TO ASSEMBLE HERE Executive Committee of Grandr Council To Meet Here -:. ' . Nov. 21. A most signal . event in . fraternal work will be held in Bridgeport on November 21, when the executive oom mittee of the Grand Council of Con necticut, Foresters of America;' will meet in executive session here. The meetings of this committee are held - quarterly to discuss business ot importance to the organization and Bridgeport has been" selected for the meeting the first time in many ses sions. f Among those who will take part are names high in Forestry including the following: George -P. Sullivan, of - Court Otto Rock, No. S5,- of Derby, grand chief ranger; Thomas -F, Dowd, Court N.ar ruk, No. ;B8, of Norwalk, .grans sub chief ranger? James J. "Walsh, Court Meriden, No. 42, of Meriden, grand treasurer; Thomas O'Loughlin, Court Unity, -No. 2, of Naugatuck, grand secretary; .-William . T. Meyer. Court Marina, ,No. 53, of Bridgeport, grand recording secretary;. Matthew M.. Mes kell. Court ' Friendly, . No.- 45, : of New Britain, grand senior woodward; Wil liam Clasby, Court Rose Hill, No. 1, of Waterbury, grand ' Junior wood ward; Frank J. Murtha, Court City of Norwich, No. 63, of Norwich, grand senior beadle; John M. Kilboy, Court Elm City, No. 1, of New Haven, grand junior beadle; Charles F. Drum, Court Robert Walace, No. 123, of Walllng ford, trustee; John F. Kilmartin, Court Buckingham, No. 25, of Hartf or3, trustee; P, . J, Cunningham, Court TunxlSi No.: 18, of . Windsor, trustee; Edward Clark, Court Oronoco, No. 168, . Stafford Springs, -trustee; . A, A, Brouder, Court- City of Putnam, No. 116, trustee. Although- the " meeting and its ,. de liberations is secret, a banqnet Is ex pected to be held at the Algonquin club . -afterwards. Details, have ; not as yet "been romr'eled. RUSSIAN WORKMEN START BIG STRIKE St. Petersburg, ' Nov. 19 A general strike of factory hands in St. Peters burg and throughout northern . R,ussla started today, 65,000 workmen laying down their tools this morning. The movement Is a protest- against the trial of some employes of the Bu chow Works on a charge of illegally quitting their employment.. Proceed ings against them opened in the dis trict ' court here today. WOMBS IN CAPITOL; DOES NOT SEE WILSON Washington, Nov. 19 William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democrat ic National committee, came to town, today, but probably will not see Pres ident Wilson until Friday. Mr. McCombs has been mentioned as the central figure in a proposed re organization of the Democratic party in New York. That is one of the subjects he Is expected to discuss at the White House. CORONER WOULD HAVE MOTORIST CENSORED - New Haven, Nov. 19 While Coroner-Mix, in his finding made pub lic today, does not hold Justin I. Mc Aviney, of this city, criminally respon sible for the death of John F. Jones, who was killed two weeks ago by an automobile driven by McAviney, he declares In his finding that McAviney was "careless and negligent and that he should be censured." Jones was struck as he alighted from a trolley car op Chapel street. - S. A , .Gardner of New Haven, general agent of the Connecticut Humane society was In Bridgeport to day conferring with Local Agents Alexander Howell and F. H. Downs concerning the finding of the partially dead horse near St. Augustine's church yesterday morning. .The own ership is being traced and prosecu tions are reported as being likely. An attempt was made Monday night to burglarise Beriard Blum berg's -home at 754 Myrtle avenue, Mr. Blumberg awakening about 1 o'clock and hearing footsteps on the gravel walk beneath his window. He saw three men running towards the street. Examination indicated that the cellar door and a window had been tamper ed with. He thinks that he recog nized one of the men. Rescued lifeboats and the panic-stricken sengens and crew were forced to retire to the stern of the steamer. The battleship Iron Duke was fortu nately carrying out trials In the Chan nel during the night and when the burning steamer was sighted, sailors from the warship put off in boats to the rescue- The fore part of the steam er was a mass of flames when the boats arrived and the helpless persons aboard were huddled together aft. The Iron Duke played her search lights upon the stern of the doomed ship while the rescue crew took all hands safely off. Reach Settlement In McMahon Case Long Delayed Actions Result - ing From Tax Valuation Disputes Adjusted At Conference of Lawyers. After many years' delay it Is practi cally certain that the five suite brought against the City of Bridgeport by Fan nie M. McMahon and others will be settled cut of court. The first of the actions' was scheduled for a hearing before Judge Bennett In the superior court this afternoon, but It was learned that a conference between counsel had been held- and terms of settlement agreed upon. The lawyers refused to make known the terms. -The suits arose from a dispute about the valuation placed by the city upon the Steeplechase island " property and "the 9tratford avenue wharf owned by the' plaintiffs. Mrs. McMahon and her children claimed the valuation was ex cessive. The question of the bridge which, connects the island- with Sea view avenue also entered into the matter. The plaintiffs did not think the bridge enhanced the value or the Island while the city -maintained that it did. Theru was also a dispute regarding the value of the buildings on the island, the plaintiffs claiming that since the struc tures have been left unoccupied they have greatly decreased in value. In the negotiations Mrs. McMahon and her children were represented by Attorneys 'DeForest & Klein of this city and F. A. Oaynor'of New York. Former City Attorney T. M. Cullinan and- City Attorney Pullman appeared for the city. , FATHER SEEKING TO RECOVER LAND HE GAVE DAUGHTER Suit to regain property at 224 Wheel er avenue was started this morning before Judge Bennett in the superior court when the action of Martin Whe lan against Etta .L. Heery had a hear ing. . Whelan, who ia 78 years old, tes tified that In October, 1906, he made' an agreement with his daughter, Mrs. Heery, whereby he would deed her the property upon her promises to provide food, clothing and lodging for himself and wife. They lived together a short time and then had a dispute which resulted In Mrs. Neery deeding the property back to her father. A reconciliation followed and once more the plaintiff conveyed the prop erty to Mrs. Heery. Mts. Whelan died in February, 1912, and last July Whe lan left his daughter's house again. He complained that she ill-treated him, failed to provide proper clothing and even put "dope" in his milk. He asks the court to order the conveyance void. Mrs. Heery denies the stories of ill treating her father. She declares she always provided proper food and clothing. The evidence was finished this morning and Judge Bennett took the papers. CONFESSED SLAYER ACCUSED OF MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE Kansas City, Mo.. Nov. 19 Dr. Wil liam T. Elam, of St. Joseph, Mo., was charged today with murder in the first degree after a coroner's inquest into the death yesterday of W. Put nam Cramer, of Chicago, who was shot by Dr. Elam in a downtown ho tel after a private detective engaged by the doctor had for several weeks watched the movements of Cramer and the doctor's wife. John Torpey, hotel detective, testi fied that he went to a room with Dr. Elam and found Cramer dead on the floor. - Dr. Elam told he had bought an automatic pistol just before leav ing St. Joseph and had come down here to "get" Cramer. Dr. Elam was not called to the stand. In a statement made at the police station just before the In quest the doctor showed intense re morse. "I don't believe there was anything Improper in the relations be tween Mr. Cramer and Mrs. Elam," he said. The shooting was one of those acts accomplished in a moment that wreck a man's life. If this mat ter comes to a question of showing wrongdoing on the part of my wife I had rather be hanged-," BRITISH SKIPS ARE ORDERED TO MEXICAN PORT Cruiser Squadron .Sails For Vera Cruz From Barbados. IIUERTA WILL SUBMIT MESSAGE TOCONGRESS : Natives And Foreigners Ex . pect He Will Continue In Office. Bridgetown, IBarbados, Nov. 19. Th e ? British cruiser squadron in Weet In- ' dian -waters last.nlgnt, received pr- " emptory orders to proceed to Vera Cruz and the vessels sailed at mid- ' night. The British cruiser squadron eon- , SlfitS Of th thnyi vrr.MA : Suffolk, Lancaster and Berwick and Is commanded by Sear Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock, whose flagship Is the Suffolk. The three vesels are of me sametypet displacing 9,800 tons. Mexico City, Nov. lB.-General Hur to deotded today to - submit to the 1 members of his cabinet the ntwutt . which he purposes to deliver to bis newly convened congress tomorrow. The cabinet meeting was called for th ! afternon, at which time It was expect- ', ed that Oeneral Huerta would awlc 1f . members to go over the message -with him. The document Is snort and It ta mi ' to -review tersely the most Important .' acts of the Huerta administration doaj- ' lag firmly with the dissolution of Con gress and calling attention to strained relatione with the Unlte-1 States. It is expected that Con grees will re ceive the message without protest, thereby giving Huerta a virtual ratifi cation of his acts. It is crald the mes sage will open a way to the Immediate . discussion by the Congress of th re- " cent presidential election and It Is i foregone conclusion that the Congress will declare the election null. It is regarded as probable that the Congress may name someore rise fr the presidency for the period eiwilr.? until the election and inaujruration -, a permanent chief executive, but it would be a big surprise to most Mflnf cans as well as foreigners If Huerta should not be Instructed to continue at the head of affairs. Officials of the Huerta administra tion have been pleased by the report that the constitutionalists had insistrl that William Bayard, Hale, the repre sentative of President Wilson, shoull show his credentials before continuing conferences with General Carrar.za and his advisers. Besides indicating that Carranza as a Mexican Is disposa l to reject Interference, the report is in terpreted as Indicating a failure of the rebels and the United States authori ties to reach a working agreement. So far as had been ascertained early tcday, all of the foreign diplomats here, with the exception of Nelson CShaughneesy, the American charge d'affaires, will attend the opening ten sion of the Congress. Mr. O'S-hauish-nessy will notbe presetn and it is as sumed that his absense ks authorize! by instructions from Washington. FORTY AMERICANS LEAVE MEXICO CITY Vera Cruz, Nov. 19 The exodus of American citizens from Mexico Ci'y continues, 40 persons, smainly women and children, arriving here, this morning by train. Fugitives report that comparatively few American wo men and children remain in the fed eral capital. CARRANZA MINISTER ASKS FOR CREDENTIALS Nogales, Sonora, Nov. 19. Francisco Escudero, minister of foreign relations in the Carranza cabinet, asked William Bayard Hale, President Wilson's agent, late yesterday, to present hl creden tials before continuing further with the conferences which have been under way informally for several days. This was interpreted by many as a virtual demand for recognition of the constitutionalist revolution before th? exchanges between the Carranziwtas and the Washington government are concluded. PRINCE IS CHARGED WITH WHITE SLAVING Jjos Angeles, Nov. 19. Prince Stan islaus Sulkowsky, of Austria, who wnj married here two months ago to M!s Marie Louise Freese, daughter of a Los Angeles capitalust. was indlct1 yesterday on a charge of harinr brought Mrs. Clara Meleher, a Vien nese laundress, into the Ijnitpd Stat ok for immoral purposes. The Prince and his bride are spend ing their honeymoon in the Orient. Robert H. Clark To Manage Park Theatre Announcement was made today that Robert H. Clark, of Worcester, will re place F J. Sarr as manager of the Park theater in this crty. Mr. Sarr le.'t on Saturday and the new man i pected to undertake his duties the for part of next week.. Mr. Clark HijI come to this city with a practical knowledge of theatricals and house management second to none on th Shea circuit. The new manager ha. long been in the service of his prpstcnt employers, having spent ten yearn in Manchester, N. H., and Worcester the-atars.