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THE HARTFORD HERALD. Subscription $1 Per Year in Advance. Com, the Herald of a Soiij World, (ho .Vtti Mjlll Mm I.nmbtring at Hj Rack." All Kinds Job Printing Neatly JSxecnterl. 40thtEARi HARTFORD, KY., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1914. NO. 17 I IHE FLUTTER OF . WINGS OF PEACE f Heard InThe War Charg ed Atmosphere. MEDIATION PUN IS OFFERED Mil. By Brazilian, Chilean and Argentine-Ministers To Washington. MKANWlHIiK "OX WITH DANCI'" Washington, April 36. With the American dogs of war straining at the leash and frothing at' the mouth 'lit a feverish rage to get at the Mex ican mongrels that have been bark ing and biting defiantly at them, the flutter of wings qf peace was heard in the war-charged aitmos jdiere to-nlgUt. , The three most powerful Latln JVmerlcan nations on the hemisphere Argentinea, Urazil and Chile, usu ally referred to as the A. II. C. coun tries tendered their good ofllceg to this Government to mediate the dif ferences between tho United States .and Mexico, and they were accepted by President Wilson. A 'The name proffer has been made to President Huerta and Gen. Car ranza, representing the contending lementB1 in Mexico, but it was not up to a late hour known whether tliey likewise have embraced it. The hope at the- White House and State Department is that they will accept as readily as this Government has done, but In view of the fact that mediation Inevitably must In volve the elimination of both Huer ta and Carranza as Presidential fac tors, some misgiving is manifested. However, "the proposal of the three Latin-American republics fur nishes the first glimmer of hope that the second war between the United States and Mexico will be of short duration. But meanwhile the, or ders to the army and navy that have already been Issued will not be countermanded and other proposi tions for an invasion of Mexico and a blockade of all tho seacoast will proceed energetically. General Fun ston's "brigade of Infantry which left Galveston yesterday afternoon is near half way to Vera Cruz by this time, and transports are being pre pared for the balance o the Second Division that Is mobilized at that lort. The mediation proposal of tho South American Itepubllcs was sub mitted to Secretary nryan at a con ference with tho chief v diplomatic representatives of those nations this afternoon. Following a discussion of it with the President ItXwns ac cepted. Subsequently -the President called in Senators Stohe. Hhlvely and liodge, representing thk Demo crats and Republicans and rankmg inombers of tho Committee droFor qlgn Relations and Representatives Flood and Cooper, representing tne corresponding' membership of the House Committee on, Foreign (Af fairs, - Theso men agreed with the presi dent that hs course In agreeing to' medintlon "was wise and Justllled, and. soon afterward tho White House gave out the proposal of the A. 11. C. countries and Secretary nryan's re sponse, ' ' Mediation Knits Huerta. Washington. April 26. Spanish Ambassador Itlano announced late to-night that he had received prlvae advlces.froni 'Mexico City stating that (Veil. Huerta has accopted tho offer of Argentina, llrazll uud Chile to use their good offices to bring about an amicable hcfjlf mont of the difllcfulty between the United States aA Mexico. , Th la InformaUoiT, though, unoffi cial, was accepted as authentic by the Ambassador, who expects to boj .......... ;!.... r.... ti.. .... .. I nial acceptance before, .the represen tatives of the three South American countries to-morrow. Chiiuhzu llefu.se To Talk. Ohlhuahua, Mexico, April 2C. Gen Veuustlanano Curruuza, chief of the, Constitutionalists,, to-day re ceived u telegraph message telling of the offer of (ho Governments of Argcnlne, Urazll and Chile to use their good offices In attempting a' solutloni of the Mexican question, but he would not talk for publica tion on the subject, He is expecting a, stateaiout from Prcsidcrit Wflson dealing with his note 6f last Wednesday, tho note which caused consternation ninong all classes hero and accolcrated the exodus of foreigners. SHOOTS HIS WIFK AND TllKN COMMITS HI7ICII)K Los Angeles, Cal., Aprri 20. Fof lowlng a quarrel over property mat ters and tlio plan of the husband to sell -his property In-Alhnmbra with the purpose of going to Montana,. William Miller to-day shot hta wife and then killed hjmsejf with the same revolver. Doth lormerly lived lu Owensboro, Ky. Mrs. Miller was stlllalivo.thls ev ening, but reported' to bo in a se rious condition. Miller lived only about twenty minutes after the shooting took ploce. Tho only wit ness to the shooting was Mrs. Aiyia Widle, who became so alarmed that she (fed into tho strject... Just what took place will not be definitely known unless Mrs. Miller recovers sufficiently to be interro gated. TA1T SAYS UNCIJ-3 SAM FACKS GIGANTIC TASK Newport News, Va., April 25. Comparing the people of Mexico with the Filipinos before the Unit ed States took charge of- the Phil ippine Islands, former President Tnft, addressing the Hampton Nor mal School students on "Mexican Problems," last night expressed the opinion that the United States would have to send 400,000 troops and spend $1,000,000 a day In the event of war with .Mexico.' Ho expressed the hope that the Mexican situation would bo settled without actual war being declared by this country. He declared that In the Philippines this country found It necessary to garrison more than 199 army postflyund ".declared that similar cpndlUons "would be found In Mexico'."" ' ' v The former President had no fear of the outcome, but said the United States would have lo spend soveral years In Mexico before,.wlthdrawing the troops. Mr. Tttft made no crit icism of the manner in which the prcseut Administration Is handling the Mexican situation, but he ex pressed the belief that the United States is undertaking a difficult problem in, endeavoring to tranquil lize the Mexicans. "War in Mexico," declared Mr. Taft, "will mean real soldier work and the work that will build char acter with it." Notice To Teachers. The examination for common school diplomas will be held at Hartford and Fordsville on Friday and Saturday, May 8th and 9th. The tlrst examination for certifi cates for the white teachers will be held on the third Friday and Satur day in May and for colored on tho fourth Friday and Saturday lu May. These examinations will be held In Hartford. y. The. diplomas granted at the Jan uary and May examinations will te presented: during tho week of the lstitute. v I will bo out of myofflco tho re mainder of this week. Will be lu Louisville, attendlng'the meeting of the State Teacher's Association. Gratefully yours, OZNA SHULTS.'S. S.-O. C. - ll'STK'K K THK PKACU TIIRASHF.S WIFK-ltlUTKU Northumberland, Pa., April 21. Michael IV Tiornoy. Justice of the pcaco, soundly thrashed. Clureuce Feathers because he gavo his wife a black eye. Mrs, Feathers caiuft Into his office weeping, a,nd wanted her husband bent to Jull. - She said that' because she did not liuvo supper ready when he came home, he struck her. She weighs 9.5 and her husband 100 pounds. Tier nay sent for Feathers, aiid,whoii he came In Tierney locked the door and punched Feathors until lie begged for mercy, He- uiude htm sign u pledge to refrain from liquor and not to strike his wife again, JAPAN HAS NO INTENTION V OF KKN1MNG IJ.VTTLF.SHl'.'S Washington. April 35. Viscount Chluda, Japanese Ambassador and K. F. Shah, Chlueso Minister, con ferred with Secretary Ilrynii to-duy on the question of protecting Japa nese, uud Chlneso subjoota In Mexi co, U Is Understood, that Ch'nda stated that Japan had' not nuyj in tention of sending more battleships to 'Mexico ut present. For cliiM-y Job printing: The Herald SUPPRESS NEWS OF GRAVE Residents of the Mexican Capital T OF JUT EVENTS Transpiring In Their Country Because of the Strict Censorship. CORUF.SPONRF.N'TS WARNF.D ' Mexico City. April 25. (Via Ha vana AprI122,..) tIir following dis patch was sent by mail to Havana in order to avoid tho censorship es tablished by General Huerta, which Is more strict than at any time here tofore: "Hvery telegraph wire out of Mex ico City commercial, railroad or cable Is now watched over by a censor, chosen from among tho most reliable ami intelligent men In tho government telegraph service. These censors frankly Inform would-be senders of dispatches that It is not a question of tho veracity of mes sages, nor whether they disclose military movements, but is merely a question of suppressing all news not favorablo to tho government. v "Code messages are absolutely prohibited, -with the exception only of bank telegrams. "The bankers of Mexico Succo'ed t'd in having tho embargo on these messages raised, but only after they had proved that the detention of tho dispatches would seriously embar rass the financial department of the government. "Newspaper correspondents' were given to understand that If they were detected 1ST using subterfuge to evade the censorship they would llnd theflfselves lu jull. "While Nelson O'Shnughnessey was acting as the messenger of the United States Government to Pro visional President Huerta In tho en deavor to avert war hetweon the two countries,' mo"ro than 99 per cent, of the Mexican residents In the Federal capital went about their affairs in total ignoranco of the crisis. "General Huerta and his official family cleverly concealed, even from their Intimate friends, all knowl edge of strained relations between Mexico and tlo United Stntes. ''The general public was even more In the dark, since the newspa pers published columns of glowing1 accounts of victories by thp Federal armies in the north. "Reports of Federal successes said to huvo occurred at places far beyond tho limits qf the telegraph lines Were printed broadcast. Ono dispatch announced with great dis play that General Villa hnd been captured. "The railroads ceased some time ago carrying freight to the north, as the limited supply of fuel oil on hand made it necessary to conserve it for the movement of military trains. ' "Considerable apprehension has been aroused In- the capital by tho movements of Kmlliano Zapata, tho rebel leader Iiutho South, who after guiding undisputed possession of tho State of Guerroro, with the, excep tion 'of tho port of Acapulco, has shown Indications of moving north ward. "Tho Southern rebels have re cently, gained considerable in num bers, nnd it Is feared they may ho romo formldnble enough to venture nn attack on. tho Federal capltul." .1(1,000 OHKMAN RIFLF.S ORTAINKD HY CLSTKRMKN Delfust, Ireland, April 23. A consignment of hbout 40O0Q rifles and half a million rounds of ammu nition from Germany was lauded at isolnteil-polnt on the coast or. Ul ster during hi3lught and distribut ed by means of 200 automobiles to the various hondquurtorsjf the' Ul Bter "Volunteers."! ,n. The UlHtermen, who declare them selves determined to offer u sternal armed resistance to the introduc tion -of home rule, were mobilized early hmt night Unit guarded the landing pldeeH nnd the roads until the distribution bumi completed. of the imps had G TUo-niollce were "towerless to In-Llio torfero, and, all were Interrupted, communications APPEAL IGNORED BY ROCKEFELLER Who Will Not Attempt ',', To Stop Strike. APPEALED TO BY PRESIDENT Conditions In Colorado Are Worse Than In War Stricken Mexico. ltOCKKFIlLLI'IC CAN"AFFOID"IT Washington, April 27. Presi dent Wilson has made a personal ap'peal to John D. Rockefeller to bring about a settlement of the Col orado coal strike. and end the vio lence which has cost a score of lives and a large property loss. The great llnancler, who owns a large part of the mines affected by the strike, lu response to a telegram from the President, declared lie had turned ovor his interests In Colora do to his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., whom he would ask to co-op-orate with Chalrufan Foster, of the House Committee on Mines nnd Mining. Tho President hent Mr. Foster to New 'York to-day to talk with i the younger Rockefelleiv llpon the outcome of the confer ence dopends whethrr Federal troops which have been asked for by all sides of the controversy, will bo sent to the'strlko zone. Recently thp younger Rockefeller, at a .hear ing of the Mines Committee of the House, said the mine owners would light to the end, even though they lost all they had Invested lu Colora do. Since then tho confllcf has rag ed with all the horrors of u national .warfare. The President, Cabinet of ficers, Senators and Congressmen have been Hooded with telegrams describing the most gruesome hap rpj;nlngH and terrible scenes. "Nothing that has nappened In Mexico," said a Cabinet olllcer to day, "'compared with the awful things that have occurred In Colo rado. The public mind has for the moment been centered on Mexico ijnd hns not observed the great do mestic struglo between the strik ers and the militia in Colora do. Senator Thomas, pf Colorado, conferred at the White House to day and all the members of tho Col orado delegation ii Congress kept lu touch with the situation. J. W. Ilurkhurdt, 'chairman of the Demo cratic committee at Chandler, Col., in telegraphing to-day to Repreben tatle Keating about the miners capturing tho Chandler mines, de clared that the surrender of the mines would bo to Federal soldiers, but the in fners promise not to des troy the property. Senator Thomas, Representatives Keating and Taylor conferred, among themselves mid with the White House to-duy. Representative Taylor to-day received a 4 telegram from Gov. Amnions requesting the Colorado delegation to advise the President that tho truce between the strikers and the State authorl? los had been violated, that the cit izens of Canon City are in mortal terror.' that the Statu militia is in adequate, that Trinidad Is overrun with armed-strikers, that the police unit .Sheriff's are helpless and the citizens ,111 imminent danger. From other sources came mes sages that the militia is odious to the .strikers and that the Federal troops would havo a "wonderful ef fect." Gov, Amnions in- another message announced he would con vene the Legislature on May 1 to consider till) situation. .Rockefeller Refue. Now York. April 27.--John D. RockefcJIer, Jr.. told Congressman Mnrtln D. Foster, chairman of the House Committee on Mines and Min ing, to-duy Unit' hu (Mr. Rockefel ler) was in no position to arbitrate thea labor troubles lu the Colorado coal Melds. Those 'who waited for a state ment from Mr. Rockefeller 'wore llsuppoluted. Ills secretary finally cil mo out' and said that no' statement would he Issued ut this time. Mr Fdstor cume to New York us the personnlvtopreseutatlve of I'res Idcnt Wilson, 'After a talk of three hours with the younger Rockefeller suldiV N. i wiu over me grounu tnor oilghly with Mr Rockefeller uud ex- plained the whole situation to him. Ah I am, to report the result of my interview to tho President, I do not feel that I can give the dqtalls of tho conference nt this time. I might say, however, thnt I explained that the President did not want to send Federal troops into tho strike dis trict; that the President was trying to prevent bloodshed. "At the conclusion of the 'confer ence Mr. Rockefeller told me that' he did not consider himself In h po sition to lirhltrnto the demands of tho miners, and the conference end ed. I do not believe Mr. Rockefel ler will do anything further in the matter.' Neither Mr. Rockefeller nor his personal counsel would discuss the matter. . 7- INSURANCi: PKOPl.i: AND STATF, STILL FAR APART Louisville. Ky.. April 25. Still farjipart In overtures looking' to set tlement of the lire Insurance com plication, State officials and repre sentatives of the larger companies form.erly operating In Kentucky ter minated negotiations, and each sldo claimed that no further propositions would bo made. In a statement given to newspa pers the committee of live lire In surance men, which conferred with Gov. .McCreary, State Auditor Uos worth, Attorney Genera" Garnott and a member of, the State Insur ance Hoard, announced that the last proposal made by the State officials was unsatisfactory to them, and that there appeared to be no hope of a settlement. The insurance men declared they would go no further to meet the proposals of the "state officials, and tho latter asserted that they would not recede nn inch from the posi tion they had taken. . MAYO TAKI-'N TO NI'W YORK FOR TRKAT.MHNT Cincinnati. O., April 25. John C, O. Mayo, Kentucky's richest man, who for two mouths made a reniark ablo fight against death, Is speeding to New York City this afternoon. Surrounded by physicians and nurses he is occupying the palatial private car or Senator Watson, of West Virginia. which has been transformed Into a hospital. Mrs. Mayo and her brother-in-law, Wash ington Mayo, who sacrlllced more than a quart of blood to save the life of the distinguished patlent.are also on the special car. The two child ren of Mr. Mayo wltro takenTo PnlntM'llle. Ky., yesterday and will I not visit Now York unless the condi- tloi. of their father becomes critical. Drs. Slade, iLludemau and Wilkin son accompanied Mr. .Mayo on the trip Fast. "i - - A suite of rooms at the Waldorf Astoria has b -en engaged and Mr. Mayo iV'l1 i j'ii.i i there under th. constant care of Dr. Llndenian, the noted blood specialist. Senator Watson's private car was attached to the Pennsylvania llyer, which makes the trip to Gotham lu less than eighteen hours. The train will arrive in the metropolis at '.', o'clock to-morrow morning. j . Notice. I am back at Cenlertown again lu the Jeweler's business nnd prepared to do anything in that Hue. Any work left with A. llarkor. Hartford, will be done and returned to his store for thu owner. 17tl W. L. DOCKKRV, Jeweler. y FULL INTO WKLL Will LIP DKLIRIOl'S y AND DROWNKD Petersburg. Intl.. April 25. Miss Nola Dedninu, aged twenty-three years, for iiiiinyyearschlef operator for the Cumberland Telephone Com pany of this city and dnughter of John Andrew Deilimiu, a well known Democratic politician, met death hero early this morning. She re turned here Monday evening fiom Dawson Springs, Ky. where she had charge of nn exchange, suffering with a high fever. Last night her nurse slept after 1 o'clock and about 2 o'clock the burning fever caused Miss Dedninu to want a drink. She got u fi nnd went to a neighboring well and lu attempting to draw a bucket of water, fell In. She was missed at 3:3,0 o'clhck. the tiro alarm was hounded and 300 people Lutslstcd lu the Kearch. From n'u authoritative Is ascertained that this source it country's ' plan is to recognize the t'onstltu ,.,, ... ,.., , , ,.. lllrfr.. tprrttnrv territory. Sulwcrlbo for The Hart fori! Herald IHE PUBLIC WILL F001JLL BILLS Vyhen We Go To War With Mexico. MONEY TO FINANCE CONFLICT Will Be Derived From Tax Placed On Beer, Tobacco And Business. pri:si:nt r. s. rkyknuk scant Washington, D. C, April 27. The cost of war with Mexico, It war Is necessary, will be levied on the users of beer, tobacco, drugs and on commercial transactions represent ed by checks, drafts, stock transfer.! and similar dealings. This Is the usual method of financ ing a war. It was employed in tha Spanish-American War. The beer tax was Increased nearly one-third, and the result was smaller glasses of beer. The tobacco tax was in creased In about the same propor tion, and the dealers took it out of the public by decreasing the sizes of the packages, allowing the price for standard makes to remain the same. , The commonest tax, the one not ed In commercial transactions, was that on checks, 'everybody paying by check bad to have a two-cent stamp on the check, and lu course of time the check books were issued with the stamps printed on the checks, and a charge was made for the book to cover the international revenue tax. The stgck exchange transfer was theoretically aimed at rich people transferring valuable properties iu stocks. It "was successlully evaded by all large Minis like Morgan & Co., by various tricks, such as making no olllcial record of stocks bought and sold on the stock exchange. All the nomiiiitl sales by margin of such stocks eseaped Jhe war tax. The beer and tobacco tax was eas ily transferred to the consumers of these articles, and even the tax on checks was handed down to the peo ple who pay the bills. In other words, wars are financed by taxes on the producing public, rather than upon the possessors of accumulated wealth, At present revenues are scant and a dellclt Is piling up lu the treasury, '('he llrst step In lliiaucliig a real war would be the Issue of bonds. These are the source of prollt to big financiers nnd to large hanking firms floating them, but the real cost, which Is the interest payments and the repayment of principal, comes out of tho consumers of tho country through futuie tnxation to take care of such Interest and yrhi -cipal. ' -. J. f ""'' ,srf' The Income tax, now made thor oughly constitutional, affords an ex cellent opportunity for llnunclng the .Mexican war. During the Civil War a large amount of money was raised by an Income tax, no question then being raised as to Its constitution ality. A sharply-graduated Increase In the Income tax co.ihl very easily be arranged by a brief amendment to the present Income-tax law. The administration of such a measure would be simple, since tho returns tiro lu and the Government knows who must pay Income taxes. It would be necessary .only to sVnd a notice to those wilt, have paid, that their bills will be n cer tain per contngo higher, according to tho graduated Increase, which might be made by congressional amendment. An Inheritance tax could very easily be added by Congress uud this would be an even more ceitalu way of tapping accumulated wealth rath er than levying the burden of war on the poor producer and consumer. The cost of a war depends yitire ly on circumstances. If tho War is short and quickly terminated, h hundred julla'oit would do to start with, and the cost would pile up from this, with accumulated pen sions ami Incidentals, until it reach ed probably u billion dollars. That for it short war. It is impossible to estimate how many billions a vtar would cost that lusted over u )eur or. twq. ' "Can't ufford it" is a stingy nuiti'H excuse, but it seldom IcadiJ 'to bankrupts