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NO ' HOPE FOR
OPW r.ITT OFF
AIM. . 'k A J-:
AFT -SIX
Rescuer Party's - Desperate
Attempt to Reach. .Work-.
ers Stopped By Debris
8 BODIES RECOVERED
AND 67 SAVED ALIVE
(PortKer Efforts to Bring
Dead to Surface Blocked
By Raging Flames '
' Eecles, .W. Va., .April 23
Eiaht bodies have been recov
ered from Shaft No, 6 of the
New- River Collieries company,
which, with Shaft No. 5, was
wrecked, by an explosion yes
terday. Sixty-seven men were
taken out alive. There are no
more men in No. 6. One hun
dred and seventy-eight are bur
fed In No. 5 and officers of the
company expressed the opinion
today that none would escape.
A rescue party which i was
dropped down Shaft. No. 5, got
within iS9 ffeqt from the - bot
tom., The cge, was stopped by J
broken and twisted timber s and
$i heavy fall of earth.;
OoTcraor HatfieM, of West Virginia,
is iri charge of th relief work while
Earl Henry, chief 'of the , state do
partment of and IX. C. 33 ay lea,
greneral imnrg"' of he collieries com'
pan y, are leading- the; rescue -crews.
The entrances to the mines are far
apart twit the workings Join tmder
iground. ' After the dust explosion" In
Stne No. 5, fumes entered No. shaft
ud there the eitit men whose bodies
were recovered, were killed. , " Prompt
measures taken hy Superintendent
Thomas Donaldson resulted in the res
eve of 7 from No. shaft, Many of
those resetted are burned severely and
Improvised hospitals .here and at Beck
lv are crowded.
The' task of finding bodies in No. 5
shaft must wait until the flames have
feeen extinguished. It is not Relieved
one man in No. 5 escaped alive, as
(the sudden explosion was., followed
ciuickly by outbursts of flames.
Most 'of the miners are American
Ibora, although there are quite a nam
fcer of foreign born workers.
Many of those rescued said they were
tovercome by the gas fumes before they
Sinew what had happened.- The first
man to ' leave the mine shafts climb
ed to the surface of No. 6 hand over
band on a rope."
Two" carloads of coffins ordered last
riight from Cincinnati are - expected
here during the day. Chief -Henry
frn&de a trip into No. workings this
morning- and found much debris. Ef
forts will be made to effect an en
trance to No. 5 shaft.
SMITH KANE
" A pretty wedding was solemnized in.
: Ft,; Charles' R.'C. church at 8:15 o'clock
h!s morning when Miss Mary Kane,
idanghter of Mr.' and Mrs. James Kane,
Ibecame the bride of George Leo
IBmith. . The 'Rev. Father M-cGivney
(officiated. --The
bride was attended by her ats-
JFmith, . a brother of the groom, was
feest man.: ". , ,' ' '
The groom is a hoseman with th
ISo. 5 Engine Co. The .bride was era
gloyed at the D. M. Read Co.
St. Chaxlee church was well filled
! with the many friends and relatives
jof the couple who are -widely known
i about the city. A nuptial mass was
: loliowea Dy a quiet weaaing orea
jfast at the home of the. bride, Berk
i shire avenue and Brooks street, after
which the couple left for Washington
f where they will spend their . honey
jmoon. Upon returning to thla city
they 'will be permanently domiciled
ion Calhoun street.
The bride was attired in a beautiful
gown of white silk crepe with a, mas
jlve white picture hat. which was most
becoming. - She carried a bouquet of
lilies of the vaVey. The ' bridesmaid
wore white embroidered silk crepe. ;
BRIDGEPORT WOMAN
DFES OF AUTO INJURIES
r Mrs. Matilda Batty, - who ; was in
jured in, an automobile accident near
: New Haven died today- at the New
Haven hospital. . She was 44, years of
i ase. She was .the wife of J.osepb. W.
Batty of 232 Knowlton street, this city
and is survived besides 'her husband
by one sister, Mrs. George I. Brennan
of this city.
IN SR
Peed
n
POLICE ARREST DELEGATES
WHO SEEK ROCKEFELLER TO
PLEAD FOR STRIKING MINERS
New York, April 29 Upton Sin
clair, his wife ,and ' three women were
arrested today after a demonstration
at. the office of 'John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., In the Standard Oil building. . Thtey
had come to protest against the Col
orado strike. , 1
A woman who described herself as
Mrs. Belle N. Zilverman, a Socialist,
invaded the outer offices of- Mr.
Rockefeller r in i the .': Standard Oil
building and sought to interview him
with reference to - the,, coal' miners
strike in Colorado." '" Mr, Rockefeller's
secretary told her that he was busy
at a conference. ' - ''
The .'woman - carried an American
flag into the offices. , She was Join
ed on the sidewalk by Upton Sinclair
who wore a bit of crepe on his -arm
in. pursuance of ,a plan announced
at ' a Socialist mass meeting last night
where Jt was agreed. -that "mourners"
should gatherln. front of the Standard
DILLARD CASE IS
RESUMED BEFORE .
COMMERCE BOARD
Washington. April 29 The inter
state commerce- commission today -resumed
Its investigations into the . re
lations between' the Billiards . Com
pany, of New Haven and the New
York, .New .Haven & Hartford Rail
road. Among other things it has been
contended- that John U. ' Billiard and
his associates made about $2,500,000
in a transaction involving a purchase
and -sale of certain ! Boston & Maine
Railroad stock for the New Haven. '
On, April 10, last, Harry V Whip
ple, president of the Merchants' Na
tional Bank.-' of New Haven;isSamoei
Hemingway, president of, the -Second
National . Bank of New: Haven;- Kd-
ward I. Field,- of New Haven; Samael
C i Morehouse of New. Haven, an at-r-torney,"
and John ' I Billiard of Meri
den, r Conn., ; all . connected wlth the
Billiard concern, appeared before the
commission but the first four declined
to answer some of the questions r-'Jt
to them and to furnish books and pa
pers of ther company. ,
i Commissioner McChord . overruled
their, objections-but they still declined
to testify. Solicitor Folk of the . commission-then
-went before the federal
grand Jury and asked that the men
be indicted. - s.- ; S ; .. . - -
.When Mr. Folk announced that, the
Indictments would be , ;, returned,
Messrs. Whipple, Hemingway,' and
Field, through their attorneys gave
him to understand that they would
testify. . Mr. Morehouse"' raised the
point that he was counsel for the
Billiard-. Company could not divulge
the private affairs of ' his client. In
view of this: it was expected he might
again refuse to testify. , . :
SAYS SIGNATURE
IN Wlli LAWSUIT
MAY BE FORGED
r Hints of forgery were heard in-., the
superior court this morning when
Ifobart H. Curtis ' of Newtown, a wit
ness in the suit of Stephen B. Hayes,
administrator, against Ellen C. Car
roll, declared the writing on a,, bank
voucher was not his. ..The signature
was "'Hobart I. Curtiss" instead of
"Hohart H. Curtis." Several other
vouchers introduced as exhibits " had
the correct signature. . Curtis signed
his 1 name as notary public when the
late Patrick Lillis of Newtown wished
to. give an order to have funds with
drawn from the bank. , ' '
- Curtis " was a witness' for Mrs. Car
roll against . whom: the suit . was.
brought by the administrator on the
LiTlis estate. It is alleged by the plain
tiff that Mrs. Carroll obtained $6,000
from Llllis by undue influence but she
claims the money was a present from
the old man for many years of ser
vice. . Curtis" said' he remembered
Lillis saying ho wants to give Mrs.
Carroll a present. Administrator
Hayes wants the $6,000 returned to
the estate.
The trial was still on at press hour.
Mrs. Brothwell
, Dies In 86th Year
. In the death of Mrs. Elizabeth R."
Brothwell, ; widow of r Benjamin B.
Brothwell, yesterday afternoon at the
old homestead, 70 Stratfield Road, in
her 86th year, - Stratfield loseo .one of
its oldest and most respected residents
and a member , of a family prominent
in that section for many generations.
The deceased was born in New York
state in 1828 and came to the Strat
field district, following her marriage
in 1848. Since then she has lived con
tinuously in the Stratfield parish. Her
death is mourned by a large number
of friends and acquaintances. She" is
survived by two sons, CasaelJa. y.,:and
Orlando H. Brothwell, also two grand
sons, Julian .W., and Allerton H.
Brothwell, ; both sons of Casseila V.
Brothwell. . Rev. Richard L. Swain
will officiate at the funeral -services.
The Senate passed a bill authorizing
the construction, of four new steam
revenue cutters.
Fb
ODTTQ
Oil . building as a protest against the
sacrifice of lives in Colorado. Mrs.
Zilverman and- Sincli' were the first
to arrive on the e He-did not
attempt to enter U ff ices-but re
mained on the sidewalk. -,.
Mrs. . Zilverman sought to place this
message before Mr. Rockefeller: ,
"I am an American citizen, stand
ing at your door, waiting for Just a
word , with you. Will you' grant me
this request? My question' will be
brief and to the peint." . -
The prisoners were taken to the
Old ' Slip police station where ' Mre.
Sinclair was released. - The other
women who were present in court
pending their arraignment . said they
were Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman, an
English suffragette whod -has on'ce
been in Jail with Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst; Mrs. Margaret Remington
Charter and Mrs. Donie Uetner. All
had been arrested onthe sidewalk in
front of 26 Broadway.
DOIlOVAfl WILL,
PICKJOVVN MEtl
Tells Judge Keosrh He
Won't Part With. Duty
of Free Choice
PROTEST kMm LEARY
- Vf (Special to The Farmer.)
South Norwalk.',AprIl.23-riF,lfty
eight lmoc'!s"-'rBet here asVmTght
and hurled themselves, metasphorical-
ly speaking, Into the : bosoms of As-i
sistant Postmaster General 'Daniel
Ioper and - SenatorsV George McLean
and Frank ' W. Brandegee iri a pas
sionate : protest ' of - anger, against the
appointment of Andrew Leary as post
master, Mr. Leary's name having been
sent in by Congressman Donovan-.
That' is to say, 32 of the 58 hurled
themselves, ' for 18 of those present
voted, against the: resolution' and some
perserved a discreet neutrality. ;
The meetings was not . large,- but it
was lively and marked by : a' passage
at arms, .between Congressman Dono
van -and Town Court Judge Keoghl
Judge - Keogh's objection to ' Mr. Leary
was that he. had been a "greenbacker,
socialist, populist,, and anything but a
Democrat." . ...
Congressman Donovan amicably re
plied that Leary was fitted in every
way to Jhold the job, that, his moral
Qualifications were of the best, some
body had to be chosen, and that Leary
had seemed to him, in the whole, . the
best selection.,. - , ;- .
- Judge Keoffh U retorted with - the
statement that Sheriff . Vollmer consults-
the Democratic committees in
making appointments, and thought
that Congressman : Donovan, should
follow the sheriffs example.
- "When you made - your appoint
ments. Judge' .returned . the- congress
man, 'calmly, "you used ; your ' best
judgment in the interest of the town:
When I make, appointments which it
is. my duty to ' make, , I shall not, part
with my .Tight and' duty , of free choice,
which "the people have confided.to me,
and . expect me to use" -
, .Here the discussion -closed and a
resolution was passed denouncing Mr.
Leary and -advocating any other,, per
son. for the, job' who- had been a can
didate. There were four other candi
dates, and some dark horses. - N
EIIG1IIE HITS
SCHMIDT BUT
HE'S LITTLE HURT
Peter Schmidt, 25 years old, a labor
er, and claiming ' Terryville as his
home, was struck -by the locomotive
of west bound express train. No. 263
running at high speed, shortly -before
8 " o'clock today, near, the - Fairfield
avenue '. viaduct, . was hurled 15. feet
to the embankment and escaped with
minor Injuries. The train did . not
stop, the engineer apparently being
unaware of the accident. Schmidt
was taken lo St. Vincent's hospital for
a brief period - of observation, princi
pally as a precaution, and on, account
of his having no home in Bridgeport.
; According to Schmidt's story and
that told by witnesses, he was on his
way to New York in search of work.
When he' came to the- viaduct, he
climbed the embankment just as the
express came along. He was struck a
glancing blow by the pilot of the loco
motive. . The towerman telephoned to
the emergency hospitalj and Dr. Jo
seph Beaudry responded with the am
bulance. Beyond two minor bruises
on his back, and slightly bruised left
arm, no injuries appeared.:
FIREMAN FARRELL SUSPENDED
William H. Farrell, driver of Engine
Company No. 10 of the fire depart
ment" has been suspended. He is
charged with failing to report after
being on night watch Monday morn
ing. Farrell has been ill for several
days.
am mas
U.S. Troops
Quell Riot
Colorado Mine War Ceases
As Regulars, Replace ,
State Militia
GOV. RELIEVED BY
ACTION OF PRESIDENT
Will Keep National Guard
On Duty at Places Cav-'
airy Does Not Cover :
' Forbes, Colo., April 29 By
courier to . Trinidad Seven
men lie dead in the Forbes
camp of the Rocky JVIountain
Fuel Company. Most ' of the
mine buildings are in ashes.
Nine defenders are missing but
are believed to have reached
the Majestic Mine; three strik
ers are thought to .- have been
killed in the latest outbreak in
the Colorado labor war. , '
Denver, ; April 29 Violence ' in the
strike zones or ' Colorado earns- to. an
end shortly after, midnight when" a
downpour of 'rain drove to covec- strik
ing - miners who were attacking the
Walsen. mine , near "Walsenburg, :.the
only point in ' Colorado where actual
violence - obtained and - today dawned
with the prospect of a indefinite peace
between- the warring " industrial. . fac
tions. ; -. ' --f ' ,. f
Federal troops from Fort D. A. Rus
sell, Wyoming, -arrived In Colorado
early today, and roop4 from Fort.
Leavenworth, Kas., we.r-e expected 'to
reach the state lateiv : The- situation
in the northern district . beeame.,,iciuiet
vesterdav when the strikers ,ran,out
of ammunition, and ther ttpplycould
not be-re?eriishea tad?1avbiS"th"etT'
rival of the state troops there.- ,
In official circles here Andv among
the union, leaders therefwas expression
of confidence in the federal-troops- to
control the situation. v Govetnor fAm
mone, however, reiterated 34iis ' determ
ination not : to withdraw' any -of - the
state troops from localities which will
not -be amply protected by the federal
soldiers-:; ' .:-s , '" .
, GUNMEN ORDERED ' HOMEL
President Wilson's proclamation yes
terday ; by virtue of which the federal
troops' ' were - ordered into Colorado,
gives the strikers, "gunmen" and oth
ers :until tomorrow to return to , their
various mines or homes. ; '
In - Trinidad the situation today was
quiet. In' the northern section of the
state, the strikers do not know wheth
er to expect: the federal .troops and
the 7 fact- that' they are to be. held la
check py. the state troops far an in A
definite period' gave rise today' to much
anxiety lest another outbreak ' occur
there at any time.' Governor Ammons
expressed relief upon the arrival ' of
the federal' troops.
Party - leaders - conferred here today
relative to the organization of the
special session of the . legislature which
convenes ' May -. 4 to act : upon the
strike situation', its control and rem
edy. V ' ' V ' -."' ' . :.'
Governor Ammons . announced his
plan of action to be followed upon the
arrival - of . the - federal troops today. ,
' RECALLS STATE TROOPS
; "I will recall all staje troops from
the localities; which' are occupied : by
federal soldiers," he said, : "but the
state troops willremain in those districts-
which would be otherwise un
protected. - It - does not seem that
there' will be enough of ' the federal
troops to station' them at every point
where . lawlessness and rioting have
been acute. ' They ' would . have to be
in Ludlow', Aguilar,t Trinidad, Wal sen-
burg, .Canon City Louisville, . Lafay
ette and at - other - mine scamps- near
these towns.' t . i .. ,-
,; "I do -not believe the -President's
telegram to me concerning the . with
drawal of -state troops .means that the
President expects us to leave any por
tion unprotected and I so advised .him
by telegraph. .. :
"General Chase and I nave arranged
for the recall of 'state, troops now at
Canon City and at Ludlow just as soon
as the federal trctps arrive but . the
troopers at: the other points', will., re
main in the field until , they are " ac
tually supplanted by the regulars.'.. '
"BILLY" DEAN
LAID TO BEST
With the solemn and impressive fu
neral service of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Klks, they laid
"Billy". Dean to rest today. James
William Dean, which was his full
name, was probably one of the . 'best
known residents - of Bridgeport. Rev.
Clinton W. Areson, rector of Trinity
Episcopal church, read the Episcopal
service for the dead at the home of
the, father of the deceased. James Dean
of 297 Madison avenue.-- A. large dele
gation of the Bridgeport, lodge of Elks
attended " the , service, were pall bear
ers and accompanied the funeral cor
tege to the grave in Lakeview ceme
tery. There were many beautiful flor
al tributes from the fraternal societies
and clubs of which the deceased was
a, member and from his associates-in
business:
' - Newmarket, Eng., April 29.--The
two thousand guineas stakes for colts
and Allies was won here today by the
favorite, Kennymore, who passed the
winning post a short head In front of
Corcyra. Black Jester was third.
A tM Is
By-
Manufacturers Fea
Mayor's
k :'".': ' -' , '-. '.' : , .
ixtrava
The Result, They .Fear , Will Be Such
A Burden On Homes And Lands,
; As Will Cause A Renewal Of The
Agitation For The Equal Taxation
Of Manufacturing Property
Alarmf over the extravagant dfebt policy inaugurated by the
public service corporations under the supervision of Mayor" Wil
son has begun to be felt among the manufacturing interests of
the city, and the men in charge of the great productive, plants
are beginning to fear the results .; ' x
. This fear is excited by the high tax rate, and by a feeling
that many million of bonds will sVmuch increase the rate, that
there will b6 another crusadfr for the higher taxation of manur.
facturing property. . . w "
.Bridgeport's expenses are met by taxation mainly raised
from two sources., The first source is property in dwellings and
building lots. These two kinds of property bear considerably
more than half the entire amount raised by taxation.
' The next largest sum is raised by the taxation of manufac
turing property.
-'.' The value of this propertyw as reported to the Census Bu
reauJtDur years agOr-as S65f0.000f It iprvbably worth nearly
$70,000,000 at this time, but is
$30,000,000, while household property, and. property in building
lots is in for. pretty nearly full -value, and in some-cases more
than full value. - ', ::' ' : ;'-'- ':'''!-1 ; : ';'.-' , :',
T Within a few- years there has been
an agitation for a more -equal system'
of taxation, and one which would' bear
less heavily on homes. ' -
This agitation resulted . in increases
in the listing of manufacturing prop
erty from about $15,600,000 to $30;,-
000,000 and at this . point, the agita
tion spent its strength and ceased to
be effective. ' - .",
The suspension of agitation f grew
out of a number of considerations, the
chief of which was the idea that for
the time being such property ought to
have time to adjust itself to the new
conditions. '' .' -'.
Manufacturers throughout the city
are beginning to feel, however, that
to place further burdens upon homes,
will bring about a second agitation,
and a further increase in the listing
of their mills, machinery, and other
assessable property. :
One well known manufacturer, who
because of his. , relations with pertain
public services,, whose lobbyists are
actively in" favpr of bonds, is adverse
to being known as opposing the debt
program, said 'today:
.' "It is not the debt which is to toe
voted upon Saturday that I am afraid
of. It -is the debt, - that has been of
fered at every" opportunity during the
past two years, and-the debt that, will
probably be offered if these present
proposals succeed. - - .
"The total amount of debt proposed
amounts to at least $9,000,000, and
part ,. of the expenditure would have
been for things which would require
still further expenditures. . ;
"The amount of, bonds proposed for
the Hering sewer :, system was but
EASY MONEY FOR
THESE GENTLEMEN
The .' following . men have been ap
pointed assistant . registrars of j voters
for ; the special election- to be held
Saturday, May 2:
, BMrst district KepuKlican, , L.eonaru
T. .'Court; Democrat, John M. Sears.
sorTil ritstrict Reoublican. Chas.
H. Britto;-Democrat, John J.; Ford.
Third district Republican, ueorge
D. Farwell; Democrat, William M.' Al
len. - -
Fourth district Republican, Frame
W. Roraback; . Democrat, James J.
"Welch.
Fifth district Republican, Charles J.
Ketcham, -Jr-; Democrat, Howard. A.
Sullivan.
Sixth district Republican, William
F. Pfeiffer; Democrat, Richard EX Sup
ple, Jr. -
Seventh district Edward H. Lief eld;
Democrat, Edward J. Reardon. -
TTMhth district Republican, Ernest
A. Roberts; Democrat, Ernest K ai
mer. -
Ninth district Republican, Edward
G. Conger;' Democrat,. Edward F.
Corcoran. , - "
Tpnth district Reniiblican. . Samuel
F. LeonaiKl; - Democrat, .: John BVolley.
Eleventh district Republican, TanK
Elliott; Democrat, Hugh CampbelL :
Twelfth district (first precinct)
Republican, William FV Tenney; Dem
ocrat, William R. Wotton, Jr.
Twelfth district (second precinct)
Republican, John TT. Caldwell; Demo
crat, James H. CRourke.
They will be paid $25 each for the
election.
tcice Ur
P
in th "gTahdlist for only about
$1,200,000. But if that money had
been voted ' and used :. it would have
entailed the expense to complete the
system, which would not -have been
less than $3,500,000 and, might have
been more. --'-,
'"There is another illustration in the
High school "bonds. - For . this purpose
$400,000 was voted, and the expendi
ture of that money has made it neces
sary to ' vote $80,000 more, or the
building .cannot be completed in a
satisfactory way." ' ,
: f"'I estimate," continued the speaker,
''that , all the bonding- that has been
attempted, with the further . expense
that " would have been entailed by
granting the bonds, spells for -Bridgeport
a. debt of $12,000,000, to carry
which would burden the annual tax
rate with at least nine mills more.
"And this nine mills would not In
clude the amounts necessary to main
tain and 'keep in use the things that
would have 'been bought.
"Now a nine mill tax rate when di
rected ' against a $5,000 two-family
home. means an addition to the an
nual, cost of that home of $45 at the
very least.
"The landlord can of course recover
the . $45 from his tenants by raising
the rent, , but cannot , get the money
backwhen he. lives in his own home.
"I anticipate that the result of such
a debt burden would be another agita
tion to.; equalize the value of manu
facturing property.iso that the weight
of this enormous expense would be at
least equally shared with homes and
lands." -
This gentleman will vote ' for no
bonds except the issue of $80,000 to
complete the High school. -
CORONER IS LAST
WITNESS OF STATE
IN MILLER'S TRIAL
New Haven, April 29. Much of the
information which Coroner Mix ob
tained while inquiring into the wreck
at NorthV Haven ' on September 2 last,
was brought out during the trial of
Engineer Miller, of the White Moun
tain . Express today. Jt was the ex
pectation that the coroner J would be
the last witness for the state.
Mr. Mix said that Miller; in reply
'to questions, had said that his engine
was In perfect condition that morning;
that -he did not see the flagman of the
Bar Harbor train but heard the tor
pedoes, shut off steam, applied air,
applied the emergency and remained
on the engine with his fireman whei
the crash came. -,
Engineer Miller,- had said the tor
pedoes were three -rails' length north
of the banjo signal. The Bar Har
bor Express had stopped just south
of the signal. The state's attorney
had read in the record the schedule
of the four trains which were -running
close together on the morning In qaes
tion. . . (. :-x ....
The witness who preceded Mr. Mix
was Signal Engineer Morrison, who
gave further technical explanations of
the banjo signals and their dis-tancas
along : the track. ,
olicy Of.
The yacht Defiance, the trl-city cup
defender, ..Willi be launched at Bath,
Me, May 11. ........
ASff'EDROI
TO REQUEST
South American lledlat'
Want Wilson to Modi
fy Conditions
JAP AIT REFUSED TO
act Foa 'mrsiiT.
Preparations for War C:
tinue As Diplomats Dl
cuss Peaceful Settlcinc::
Berlin, April 29 Thr f ,
American mediators Invr
proached the Kuroj-.' i j
it was learned in f!';'"
circles today with f v
that those nations pxnt i ;
ence on President ITs"
have , him make f '.
which would rend.' r 1' "
cess of the negotiation, s r
ble.
Washin gton, A p ' i
suggestion ha,? hc-rr,
this government hs '
selection of me.!! .'
septiaf any c'.r
man iirazif, . i
Chile in the jsettlrr.
fit t
ficulties ' with Iluertfi in
ieo, Secretary Brjan tl"
today. '
Washington, April 23 i:
Japanese government, it J
developed, t&H asked ami
clined to act for the llu?Hi i
ministration through its di; "
matic representatives in V. .
ington and - its con.stil.s in I
United States prior to Mfid
application tp Spain to perf - r
this mission which" wai arc (
ed. .
Washington, April 2 An rr
tice In the difficulties b-t n ?
United , States and Mexico h" r
asked of this government and ar.r
Huerta by the South American r: -who
have undertaken to avorr -through
mediation.- Ambammflr,r it
Qama or tsrazu loaay nonn'! t"
tary Bryan that this had ben t
mined upon as the next wtr f
negotiations and that Genera! ii,'
had also been notified.
The proposal for an arm1i"'- -communicated
to Preoident V.
from the state department hv '
phone. Though no cnnour.f r
has been made. It was author; ,
learned that this government
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gurances are given that. In '
to a halt in military opra tlo't", 1 '
would be no civil uprising a-' -American
citizens or other " -
ward" Incidents which miss-ti t r
peace. Officials here al i - " -
posal.
REASON'S FOB AitMlVHt H
The mediation envoys, Mr. I
Guna, Mr. -Naon of Argentine .r -1 :
Suarez of Chile, determined that f i
ther negotiations neceMarily rr,
proceed wii uuul warime inienrrrvn
and Ambassador Da Cama went.
taken in the peace plans. Th Br
zilian . minister in Merio City ml
information to General Hncru.
rne communication aaoreswl
both governments by the mediate
envoys iormsuyirequci'w eacn ovr
Eideration of the constitutions i;'
position, it wan said, probably w- ,
ue involved in ins next eieo ! '
present difficulties.
Under the armistice, in acro'n
with -International proceertinp. rir
er the Huerta government nir t
United States would pause in j,rc
Hons for war. Plans for po -.. '
fiict would proceed but the rr-.
would prohibit actual hostilities In t
field and any extension of rr
movement toy either side. In 2' i
people would be permitted t.- t
where they pleased unmolesi (?!.
would simply establish a tru
APPEAIj TO IX)REIO? f'ilY, f
. Officials expressed keen fr i
unofficial reports from Bf-r n
the mediators had asked M-n-powers
to u"?- influence on I rr
Wilson that wouid prevent tni- e
ernment making conditi'-ns ;
ment as mediation prn?rps--i
would make impossible tho e
of the effort to bring about
(Continued on Fa. re 2.)