The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume], February 23, 1914, Image 1

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REILLY TALKS
OF MEASURES
IN CONGRESS
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Clerks, Carriers and R. F. D.
Men In Triple State
Convention
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GREAT BANQUET AT
ARMORY TONIGHT
Upwards of 1,500 Postal Em-
ployes arid Wives Are
Royally Entertained v-
Wearers of the gay "uniform
of Uncle . Sam m -various
branches of the-postal service,
. took possession of Bridgeport
corner of the state they came-
.: clerks, carriers and rural ' free
delivery carriers to attend the
annual state convention of the
three organizations." V ! '
From the .little four-corners J
- store far back in the" snow drift
ed country, horses were hitch -
ed to sleighs early this morning'
that , the drivers might tako
trains from larger j centerslto
Bridgeport. With their wives
" and friends postal ' employes
arehere about . i ,500 : strong. J' .
; Meetings : of " the executive
boards wereeld this morning;
while the regular convention of
the Rural Free Delivery ear
triers was convened . ii . Arion
Hall. Mayor Clifford Wilson in
a short speech. to each-body ex
tended the freedom of-:th'e city
. and spoke of the individual and
united work which the great
army of peace was: doing for
the happiness'; and welfare of
the country 7 ; - "- "
At 2 o'clock in Odd Fellows'
Half,' separate conventions of
the Postal Clerks and Letter
Carriers were held. It was ex
pected that with-'the retirement
. of presidents each officer
would be removed up one step,
without opposition. , .
"A feature of the conventions
was the presence df Congress
man Thomas L." Reilly, who
spoke on pending legislation
affecting postal employes.
' -'An. ex w live meetiing of Che Postal
Clorke Association mas held this
mortttng In the Bridgeport club, Pres
ident Jottm "B.- Roberts calling the
meeting to order at 11 o'clock. There
were present the executive committee,
tac-ludang- Gordon EDaggerty oi
Bridgeport. Francis F. , Horan, ' Hart
ford; Francis T. Wlade, New Haven;
John A. McDaugTillin, 'New Haven;
William: O. Stowell, Jr., Meriden;- Wal
ter H. BeForest, - Derby; Richard A.
nurtfcitt, Stamford; J. William Gard
ner, Water bury, and Sidney .C. . Kief
- Middletown. -
A banquet tendered by the Chart tj
Rebecca lodge, I. O. O. F., was held
in Foresters' hail - this afternoon at
" -which ' over 100 rural carriers - "Witlh
their wives and friends were seated.
Cangreesmen" and high - "officials - in
- the mall service arrived in town early
today and ware taken to tiie Stnait-
0 field hotel whiere rhe reception com
, mifcte greeted them and, arranged for
their iM-esence. ait the banquet tonight.
CARRIERS CONVENTS.
At the meeting of the State Branch
of the United National Association of
Letter Carriers' at Odd Fellows hall
at 2 o'clock D.- C. Darrow, of New Bri
tain,' president, presided. Those. ex
pected, to toe elevated were: J. H.
McGuinness, Stamford, vice-president;
-W. J. Burns, ' Wallingford, secretary;
J5. C. Saunders, New Haven, treasurer.
The executive committee of the orga
nization comprises Adrian R. Dunn,
Merlden, chairman; John N. Couni
nan, Jorwich; Peter W. Fox, Water
bury. At the opening of the Carriers' con
vention. President Darrow expressed
-pleasure at seeing so many, members
present and ' such great interest dis
played in the organization. He spoke
of the good work fostered by the as
sociation since the last "convention,
' mentioning the eight hour law which
had so far proved a great blessing
to the men. It was remarked that
this and other measures was brought
about through organization and the
able assistanea of friends in Congress.
President Darrow expressed great
regret that the retirement" bill had
not been enacted as a law and hoped
that united effort would be made to
Mum It. it was his pleasure to an
Employes
State In
nounce, that rural free delivery had
been established in two, Connecticut
cities during the past yearl Thomp
sonville and, Branf ord, which. - places
had affiliated with the state associa
tion. .In concluding his' speech ; he
thanked Ae- officers and members for
their uniform courtesy during his
term. ; '
CLERKS- IX CONVENTION. '
- At . the opening of the Clerks" con
vention President, John JE. ' Roberts
congratulated those present upon
their numbers and interest Jn the or
ganization, recalled . the . progress
which harl been made during the year
past due tq thex activities of the as
sociation and called particular atten
tion to the Reilly Eight Sour law,
which had been a boon to the Indivi
duals in the postal service He men
tioned .the Lloyd Anti-gag law and
the Mann Sunday closing law as meas
ures which had been , stimulated and
forced Jnto being by the interest of
the united mail clerks. . ' 4
--. He - called attention' to -the Retire
ment bill which was one of the most
important subjects betfore the lawmak
ers 21.1 UiJO liJJlth , xT3 jsetiu wmi. xu vaa
both ' Just -and . advisable- that com
pensation be given and that in an ef
fort to secure this th"e formation; of
the National SSvil Service Association
was effectedj - .
" SECRETARIES REPORT. :
- Tlie sixteenth, annual report of State
Seoretary Francis T-' "Vide called es
pecial attention to the volume of bus
iness transacted : by the association
during the year and the fact tat-the
dooks are , clear from uioeDtianess.
ConsJHutioi and by-laws were print
ed and disseminated to members. , An
engrossed copy of .resolutions of thanks
to Congressman' Reilly ; was - presented
with appropriate ceremony. , -.
'According to- the report, membership
4n the association has increased ma
terially, four new branches having
been established and seven new mem -hers-at-rlarge
havtngr' been elected. It
was- the , beliefs of . th -..secretacy . that
many other new ' nfembens . will be .se
cured .-.!.- ','-: '. ' - , " -r.-'-i.'-.. ". : -.
The report showed a" membership
net . gain -of ' 39 for the year; amount
per capita tax collected, $313.50. One
death was noted in the ranks during
the year.,- '- :; ;;' ; - r,-..' ''".'-.
. TRZBXJTE TjO R. P. BOOJ'.l""
'Wfciie dwelling on the Interest tat-1
en By rotber .Parent '-In. .this, associa
tion especially during oiir early strug
gle, we -should not - forget.- "the other
members who .are. also actfveL in'onr
upbuilding, - many of ' whom are still
taking an. active Interest in our af
fairs,, same of whom Vare attending
this convention, having as delegates
tqday such old timers as Benjamin 1 F.
Root of Bridgeport, Frank S. Cadwell
of. New - Britain ,and Arthur I Clark
of - Middletown, , who . were afso . dele
gates - at .; the formation o the Con
necticut State , association. . -:-
'At that meetinsr Brother Root wan
honored .' with election ass our first
president,: and I believe that . today
while-we are. celebratinsr the honor of
George Washington, .the father of our
country, we should . be and are -proud
to have with us and -be permitted to
pay lionor to Brother Benjamin : F.
Root, . who may be truly termed the
father of our organization ! in" Con-'
nectkrut." ' . -.?.-..-..
'.',- CONG. KinrtLT ARRIVES, r -
- Congressman Thomias Li: Reilly, who
arrived in the ,c4ty early,, was brought
to he oonventflon of "the- Rural Free
Deliverjr .AsKooiiation toy a committee
and in wordis of greeting spoke as fol
lows: , ; r : y
"In the post' office approprSaitlon bill
passed by! the House a. few.' weeks ago,
a provtoton for an increase In the pay
bf rurall carriers of $50 a year or from.
$1,100 to $1,150 per annum wag strick
en out on a point of order. This same
fate ; attended all other legialatave
matters to the -bill, eJKjept the com
pensation v 'features, ' which through
good ludk . and the temporary' absence
from the chamber of the member who
had' assigned to himself the -dluty . of.
'o-bjector. to-aill , legislation in the 'blH,
was inserted. . .' ' , .,.'
" THE RTTRAIi CARRIER. . .
, The rural ' carrier, under the com
pejisation. ameraimenit, is added to the
Mst of those. who will, hereafiter, . be
paid when off duty on accoumt of 4n-Jua-ies
sustained whiile on 'duty -and
for- which the carrier is In no "degree
responsible Aa you, well knowtn, here-,
tofore, raid way maiill .clerks, .sea post,
clerks tod post office inspectors were
cared for in' thait manner, (because
their' duties were looked upon as es
pecially. hazardous. For my ; part4
though,-1 cou"ld never see where a post
office inspector, who wae traveling
only occasionaJily, was in a particular
ly dangerous "business, as a business,
il adroit that some inispectors , may
lhave made their Jobs more or less
perilous because of some of the things
they . report; things that might, make
their. Jobs perilous to the extent of a
punch in ' the Jaw from some employe
unjustly reported for trivial matters.
'But that kind of inspectors, am
happy to day, are the exception, rather
than the mile in the service. : As a
class, they are men worthy of their
boss, Chief Inspector "Joe' Johnson, a
prince of good fellows and a splendid
official. So you see; tihe point I make
is that they are not engaged in a haz
ardous business; not neaiiHy so haz
ardous as thtait of the rural carriei
who travels over all kinds of road, ail
kinds of bridges, In all kindsr of
weather; whose work lies daily in the
path of 'Joy riders," troQey cars or
mad bulls. If there is any class of
postal tmptoyes in the "hazardous risk
xjlass it Is.tlhe rural carrier. - ,
f MAINTENANCE AUjOWANCE.
."While an increase in salary is
something welcomed by all classes,
even-if it is only a "small increase, -I
fully realizes that, 'even if the new
provisions put in the Post Office bill
by the Senate, giving the rural , car
riers $1,200 a year goes through, the
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STORY OF THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY
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GAN'T CONDEMN
GASSIER" ESTATE
Court Refuses to Sanction
Park Extension Plan -of
. City
The city cannot condemn' property
of the.' Agnes N. Cassier estate f or . an
addition to Beardsley park. This was
the" decision handed down today' by
Judge ' Curtis - of the superior Court
when he sustained the demurrer filed
by Henry C. .Bryan,-, executor of the
Cassier estate. The court says in his
memorandum, "The law; seems clearly
settled that . in the absence : of any.
legislative authority given directly or
otherwise, the court has no authority
to fix the value by, committee or oth
erwise, on application of the, one seek
ing, to. condemn the land.' ". '. v'
-Judge E. -.K.,-Nicholson, counsel for
the -. Cassier estate, filed the", demur
rer . on the ground that the city- had
no authority to condemn land which
is situated partly in this city and part
ly in Trumbull. ". ' The land m ques
tion contains about " one- acre and Is
on 'the east- bank of , the Pequonnock
river. The city thought . it worth
about - $600 . but the estate ' wanted
more. The court was then asked to
appoint appraisers. " ,
EX-SEN, TELLER OF
CCLORADD I IS DEAD
Denver, Feb. . .23 Former . Senator
.Teller died at iiis borne here today af
ter, an illness extending . over two
years. He was born in Granger, Al
legheny; County, N. Y, in 1830."
: Mir. Teller was one of the: first Sen
ators elected when Colorado, became
a state. He took a leading-part in
Congressional investigation of the
Hays-Tilden controyersy -in-' 186.
In 1883 Tellfer left the Senate to .en
ter President Arthur's' cabinet "as sec
retary of the interior but he left that
office again in 1885 to re-enter the Sen
ate. . -' - '".-- - . . ,
While serving bis last term he was a
member of the national monetary com
mission, -which studied - a reformation
of the banking and fiscal syestem of
the United States at home and abroad.
Slavonian Orchestra
s and Choir Will Have
t Fine Concert Tonight
Among the many observances of the
holiday, one that will appeal especially
to music lovers is the Slavonian na
tional concert in St. John's hall, Pem
broke and Jane streets at 7:30 this
evening. This is under " the , auspices
of St. John's Slavonian R. C. church.
Besides the St. Cicely choir, of the
church, the. children's choir, and a
symphony orchestra of 20 pieces will
take "part. There' will be vocal and
instrumental solos. Dancing will fol
low the- concert. . :
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.,MONDAY,FEBRUART 23, 1914
ISABELLE FRAZER MYERS
DeaUi of One of ' the Oldest and Most
, . ' Respected Residents of East
,- r f. Bridgeport r, - - '
.With - the death of- Isabelle Frazer
Myers, widow of George W.-Myers,
which occurred at her home, 632 East
Main street yesterday a life long resi
dent of this city passed away. Mrs.
Myers is survived by four sons, James
W., a foreman In a large manufactur
ing plant In New York; George L-, of
No. 1 Fire Co.; Richard E., the well
known East Side jiews; dealer; and
Frank H.. employed in the box depart
ment of Warner Bros. - .Two sisters.
Mrs. Eliza Mellor, of Kossutfh street,
and Mrs. Mary DayasValso of this city,
and three grand children, Ruth, a stu
dent . at ' Laurelton Hall, Milf ord, and
daughter of a deceased son of Mrs.
Myers, f Thomas . who at the time of
his death was in the employ of the
government at Washington, D. C.,;
George I Jr., son of Mr. - and Mrs
George: 'I-Myers and Frances: Marie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H
Myers, also survive.-.". . .
Mrs.. Myers" father was superin
tendent for P. T. Barnum and Gen.
W-H.: Noble when these two . Bridge
porters laid out the largest part, of
East Bridgeport into streets and builds
ing lots. - He was one of the best
known men. in the city In bis day. She
was born in the homestead where she
died and lived continuously there ex
cept for a few years When, the family
moved to' a house in Stratford avenue.
The only society with which she was
affiliated was the N. E. O. P. She was
a woman of quiet demeanor and her
many charities endeared - her to - a
legion xt friends who will And it diffi
cult to reconcile themselves to her
passing. , She jwas" -a devoted wife' and
mother and t since the death of her
husband more than 20 years ago has
lived entirely for her children; At the
time of the death of her husband, who
was , a - civil . war , veteran he was the
oldest living fire fighter In point of
service in this city. The deceased was
an active member of the Park Street
Congregational church. -
ARGUMENTS' M
MELLEH CASE TO
, BE HEARD FRIDAY
Arguments on the plea to the Juris
diction recently filed by counsel for
former President Mellen of the New
Haven railroad, will be heard next Fri
day morning in the criminal superior
court with Judge Tuttle( on the bench.
It is reported that lawyers for the
railroad have several other motions
which they intend to file.
State's Attorney Judson will appear
and argue against the granting of any
motions filed. Attorney Homer S.Cum
mings of Stamford, chief counsel for
Mellen, says the warrant upon which
Mellen was arrested on a' manslaugh
ter charge was not properly drawn.
He says jthe state's attorney did not
state from his own personal knowl
edge that Mellen was responsible' for
the Westport wreck.
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MASONS PAY
TRIBUTE TO
WASHINGTON
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Lodges and Patriotic Socie
ties ' Place Wreaths on
Tomb at Mount Vernon
Alexandria, Va Feb. 23 With local
military pomp and ceremony, this city
today, foJowine its century old cus
tom, . celebrated the anniversary of the
birth of George Washington. - The
feature of the observance .was a mil
itary. " and civic parade which moved
past Washington Masonic Lodge, from
which ' General Washington was bur
ied. ; Vice-President Marshall, . from
which General Washington was bur
ied. , Vice-President Marshall, mem
bers of the cabinet, members of Con
gress and Other officials and .Governor
Stuart of Virginia came here to t re
view the pageant.
In addition to the patriotic celebra
tion under the . auspices of the "Wash
ington Birthday Association, the an
nual Masonic observance by , Alexan
dria- Washington.- Ixdge of Masons,
was held. -: General . Washington was
the first . master' -of this , lodge . and it
was this organization which first celer
brated his birthday. :" That was Feb.
22, 1799. ' Every year since then - the
custom has been observed. . I
A feature' of the day's ' observance
was the pilgrimage, of Masonic and pa
triotic organizations to Mount Vernon
where wreaths were placed upon the
tomb of General Washington.
TEMPORARY W003EN
STATION REPLACES
.HARTFORD'S DEPOT
'- Hartford, Feb. 23. The temporary
wooden structure, 25 by "75 feet on
Spruce street, to toe used "as a waiting
room, ticket office and baggage room
by the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad owing to the destruc
tion of the union station by fire Satur
day afternoon, was practically com
pleted today".
A small army of workmen gather
ed from among the railroad carpen
ters all -over the state worked with
out ceasing all. Saturday night; Sun
day, Sunday night and today. Elec
tric wiring ana ngnts were put up
Sunday afternoon to furnish ILght for
the workers in prder that the job
might be rushed.
It is estimated that 20,000 people
visited the scene of the fire Sunday.
Few were allowed anywhere about the
ruins, except persons who were to
take trains. Policemen and railroad
employes were at practically every en
trance, also attendants with mega
phones to announce trains. No tickets
were sold throughout the day, travel
ers paying for passage after boarding
trains. -
The stone gables have been pulled
down.
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NET GRAND LIST
$lji,25l,?36
Largest Reduction by Relief
Board to American Tube
and Stamping Co.
The Board of Relief, hearing 861
appeals from the assessors, .has allow-.
ed reduction In 154 . cases, with de
creases amounting to $705,313. But
the total deductions .from the grand
list as prepared by - the assessors la
$944,778, because tnere, are soiaiern
end - other exemptions amounting to
$239,460. -
The principal reductions are $150,-
000 n the business of the American
Tube & Stamping Co. ; $62,700 to the
James "Rotii well estate; $88,000 to the
Nathaniel Wheeler estate; $11,620 tej
the Sdamuei a. Keacn estate;, fzi.uuu to
E. T. Bedford, 170 Cannon St.; $25,000
to John D. Sudan estate; $11,716 to
H. A. and S. W. Bishop; $15,000 to
the Conn. Web and Buckle Co. ; $14,t
450 to the Coulter and McKenzie Ma
chine Co-; $18,000 to the Home Brew
ing Co.; $25,000 to the United Illumi
nating Co.; $35,100 to the William
Hall estate; $9,950' to Frances B.
Lieigh; $2,660 to the Samuel & San
ford estate; $16,230 to Seeley & Mar
shall; $17,500 to Samuel H. Wheeler.
Three small additions were mad 5
to the list, totalling $1,700. .
These figures are from the report
compiled by direction, of State Tax
Commissioner , Corbin, , under the
statutes.
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' The reductions are $181,464 Icb.4
than a year ago. and tiie allowances
on Main street property are very
small. '''".' , "', '
EPISCOPALIAN TO
BAISOJJET TOnSGHT
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Episcopal vestrymen of .Bridgeport
and Vicinity and many other church
men active in the affairs of the dio
cese will gather at the "get-together"
dinner of t5ie united -vestries at the
Atlantic hotel this , evening, to pay
their respects to Rt Rev. Ohauwcey
B. Brewster, t. D-, toishop of the dio
cese of Connecticut, and to Rev.' E. J.
V. Huiginn of Beverly, Mass., and
Rev. Edward Campion Acheson, rec
tor off Holy Trinity, MUddletown.
The dinner will be informal. In keep
ing wltih the characterization that has
been gflven lit,-and It la expected; .that
the itafortnaility will allow the church
men to mingle and dUsoues freely the
affairs of the daocese and of , the
church locally. . , .
Much interest has been expressed ih
the address of Bishop Brewster,' for it
has been freely predicted that it wilt
toe the 'occasion of his announcing his
plants to seek the creation, of the Po
sition of bishop coadjutor.
COURT REFUSES
DIVORCE DECREE
TO MRS, MARINE
' Mrs. Flora Marine, the attractive
youn woman who appeared in the
superior court last week to seelt a di
vorce fro-m Michael Marines , the Main
street merchant, was refused a decree
today by Judge Curtis, T?ie court de
clared the evidence submitted was not
sufficiently trustworthy on which . to
base a judgment.; Mrs. Marine alleged
infidelity. -.'-""
Two private detectives hired by Mrs.
Marine testified that they followed
Marine from his store in The-Strat-field
building to a house on Tulip
street where the alleged act was com
mitted. This was said to nave taken
place on August 12, 1913. The parties
were married June 16, 1903 in Spring
field, Mass. Mrs. Marine's maiden
name was Flora Katz. She iaa been
living on Washington avenue since the
separation from Marine.
Wild Joy Hide Off
Seaside Park Wall
Recalled In Divorce
Elizabeth Schaub, the Norwalk girl
who was with W. E. Webb when the
Greenwich jeweller's automobile dash,
ed off the sea wall at Seaside park
about a month ago, has filed divorce
proceedings against Philip Schaub of
Ridgefield alleging intolerable cruelty.
Mrs. Schaub's maiden name was
Elizabeth Noonan and she married
Schaub April 4, 1912. Webb was ar
rested but was -later allowed to for
feit a $75 bond for reckless driving.
Another divorce action filed In the
superior court today Is' that of Georgia
Sarr Taylor against Andrew Taylor ot
Darien. She claims her husband is
worth $30,000 and she asks for ali
mony. Desertion on January 4, 1911
is the ground.
Harold M." Sanson of this city has
brought . divorce action- against Eliza
beth Sanson of New London. George
Nichols is named as co-respondent
Mrs. Sanson's maidenn ame was Eliz
abeth Bradley Bradlew.
Farmer Want- Ads. bring results,
lc word, 15c minimum, 3 days 35c,
8 days 65c. 1 month $1.75, 75c each
pncoBeAlTue numtfa. Try one!
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INTERVENTION IS
NOT CONSIDERED,
SAYS JJIPL0F.1AT
Britons Willing to Leave
Protection of Foreigners
' to United States
CONSULS SEEK 2TET7S
OF FQXTH 1HSSI1TG 1,11121
London Papers Declare Vil
la's Execution of Benton
Without Warrant .
London, Feb. 23 "The paci
fication of Mexico is an object
we honestly desire .to see ac
complished but it is impossible
to effect it by British interven
tion. We do not intend to make
any attempt of that character
which would be both futile and
impolitic."-
This is the attitude of the
British foreign office as out
lined today in the House of
Commons by Francis D j L v
Acland, parliamentary under
secretary for foreign affairs af
ter full consideration of the ser
ies' of outrages upon British
subjects in Mexipo, culminat
ing in the "removal" of "Wil
liam. S. Benton, f-j Villa a',
"Washington, . Beb. 23.r-Tihe Mexican
situation, especially the somewhat
1 tense aspect -which it has assumed as
Villa of Wfflilam S. Benton, a Briti!!
subject, , continued uppermost in the
minds of officials here today.
. Reports containing General Villa.'
personal explanation, -of the affaitr to
American Oonsul Edwards at Juarez
were due to reach here by mail to
day. , Judgment is to be reserved by
government officials umtfll tine dtail
sought Jby the independen , investiga
tion ,are received. In the meantime,
tihe feeling of apprehension for tia
safety of -Guetav Bauch, Roger Lau
rence and an Englishman named OJr
;tie, as well as other missing foreign
ers, served to emphasize the eactent to
which the United States may beooms
involved in securing protection for for
eign residents In Mexico.
, DIFFTOCIT ,TASK AHEAD
Especially difficult Is the task of tii
American government in undertakinjf
to - care if or foreigners in northern
Mexico where - European powera have
no consular represen.tative. A gen
eral disposition' has existed among
European nations for some month to
leave, the, 'United States, as Mexico's
nearest '"neighibor, to handle the eit na
tion akme.
Such derbaite as have been received
a-egardrrag the Benton case have been
coamriiirnacaited to .the BrStish minister.
Sir Cecil iSprmg-Rlce, who expnawrf
appreciation of the prompt solicitude
shown by the American government
for the -wel fare of Boritish subjects.
Thus far the state department has
learned only ViHa's side of the cm.
The right ef the constitutionalist com
mander, to, court meurtttal and execuite
Benton df he did make an attempt on
Villa's life is not Questioned by Amer
ican ofncdaJls and, In the absence of
satisfactory proof to the contra ry, it
4s difnealit to reject Villa's version of
the. affair, . The story of Bertton'
friends that Ihe was uniaT-rned, that h
was kHled by VSTla in person and that
the court m'areial was nothing but a n
inquest is taken inito corrsWeration, by
officials.
MAT DISTCKB COSITOEXCE
If. Villa's story fa accepted toy th
state departm'en.t there is no questl.vrt
in the minds of close observers bit
thait the confidence felt toy Washing
ton in, the disposition of VBta. to ft -tend
protection to foreigners will ht
somewhat ehaken.
Just as Villa had given satisfactory
assurances that he would protect
Spaniards at Torreon and as the Amer
ican government was acquiring a feel
ing of relief that it would not be wor
ried with perplexing problems in con
nection with the protection of forf-in-ers
in Northern Mexico, the incident
has re-aiwakened discussion' of the en
tire Mexican problem.
Talk of armed intervention, popsit-!
speeches in the Senate by those who
favor a drastic policy and a gene-ra!
agitation of the subject is again in t!r
air. Administration officials realize
the situation Is fraught with grave
possibilities.
Administration leaders in Congress
are confident that they will be mj im
ported by the majority of the Demo
crats and by many of the Republics n i
in their efforts to keep the 3'!esM ,t
within the limits desired by the exe
cutive departments of the government.
POIJCr MAY BE APTECTn).
That a repetition of the Eenton In
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Will
Oar
Not