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Presbyterians Again Attack Po
litical Activity of Cath
olic Church.
REV. J. ADDISON SMITH BITTER
Charges That Associated Press Is
Controlled by "Fine Hand
of Man on Tiber."
Kanenn City. Mo., May Z'>.?The con
sideration of overtures from the Synod
of Virginia occupied a large part of
tho sessions of the General Assembly
of the Southern Presbyterian Church
to-day.
Answering the overtures from that
eynod, which asked the assembly to
adopt certain portions of Its action on
Romnnlem, and to arrange for a wider
distribution of this report, tho assembly
committee on bills and overtures made
the following reply:
"That this assembly reufnrm the ac
tion of tho General Assembly of 1012
on the subject of Romanism, embraced
In the following recommendation: That,
In meeting, tho menace of Romanism
tills assembly would recommend no
other means than th^ dissemination of
knowledge and the faithful preaching
of the Gospel of Christ."
ATTACK OX HUMANISM
IS M A DM ON KLOOlt
During the afternoon session the
following paper on Romanism was pre
pentM by Rev. .1. Addison Smith, of
Tennessee, and was referred to a spe
cial committee, action on the same to
bo taken lat"r.
"Whereas, aa the genius of Romanism
!s opposed to tho genius of Protestant
ism, and,
"Whereas, Romanlani Is a giant force
making against civil and religious lib
erty, as history abundantly proves, arid,
"Whereas, the bold encroachments of
Romanism In our day are a menace to
the majestic Interests of our republic,
and,
"Whereas. Rome claims to control
the civic as well as the religious con
science or her members, holding the
civic Insubordinate to the advancement
of the church, and.
"Whereas, In view nf the above facts,
:i foreign potentate on Tiber throne
??ontrals the votes of Roman Catholics
in our republic. thus defeating tho
primal ends of our fathers in founding
this great nation, therefore,
"Ii<- it revolved. That we request the
I'edi-ral Council of ('huiches to we.gli
those facts, and if. In their Judgment
ImhI le, establish a bureau of Informa
tion where all the constituent churches
? an ? eure ill ri"?"Ieil (lata in block
ing the advance of tlie Roman Church
I. thl; land of the i'll^im Fathers."
Tho us-embly adopted the following
r< dtiiion, following addresses from a
iiumbbr of speakers attacking the
? atholic Church:
"The general assembly views with
serious concern the growth and per
nicious aetiv.ty of th*ii powerful
jioiiti. o-relh; ions organization known
a; the Chur' h of Rotne, which is. and
always has been, a min.ico or a blight
t?? civil and rellirious liberty of everv
kind wherever It has obtained a foot
hold: the assembly also views with
serious concern the damrerou^ apathy
pervading all classes of Protestants In
this country touching this menace."
oii.iim tjon is a?;\i\st
I'ltlili'M \t. ACTIVITY
It was made plain during the debate
that the objection of the Presbyterians
to Catholicism Is riot against any
f-pirltual doctrine connected with It,
Put against what the speakers u rine
the "political activity of the Catholic
Church."
Those who ppoUo on the? nubjoft be
fore the resolution was adopted in
clude Rev. J. S Lyons, Ix>ul3\i:le, Ivy.,
and Dr. J. Addison Smith, of Murfiees
boro. Tenn. Dr. Smith charged thai
tin edict from tlie Pope was in tlio
possession of Major Archlc \\. Hutt,
?who died on the Titanic, commanding
all Catholics to vote lor ft candidate
other than Wootirow Wilson In the
presidential election.
Dr. Smith said he recently served on
a committee which appealed to th?
Associated Press f>?r wider publication
of general Christian news, and that tlie
efforts of the committee were unavail
ing. Mr. Smith declared that "even
the Associated Press Is controlled b>
the tine hand of tho man on the Tiber."
The report of tho Joint committee of
the four largest Presbyterian bodies
In the United Stntes on the relation ol
Christian faith to social service was
adopted by the general assembly.
The report recommends that tho
church take a more active Interest in
the social, economic and industrial
lives of Its people.
Tho reivrt of the systematic bene
ficence committee, which was expect
ed to be discussed, was not submitted.
The expected opposition of the wo
men's counsel to lis provision that
their funds be placed under the con
trol of the benoflcenco coinmljtce.
probably will not develop, members ot
the council said to-day.
Willi, MA KM AN ATTKMPT
?i?? six'i hi: Monii'rcATiox
"We will, however, make an attempt
to have this recommendation mod tiled
by the special committee to which tho
report was referred," said Mrs. \V. C.
Winsbornugh, superintendent of the
auxiliary. "If this is refused, wo will
ahioe by the decision of the assembly.
Wo believe, however, .that the method
under which wo arc working is bet.er
than the p!:m proposed by the syste
matic beneficence committ<?."
Tho women's method of handling the
funds was praised by Rev. Kgbcrt W
Smith, in reading the report of tho
Kupervlsory commit ten for tho women's
auxiliary, lie said it would bo un
wise to change the policies of tho
auxiliary concerning the handling ot
funds. The report was refei red to tho
committee, on church societies.
The overture from tho Synod of Vir
glna, asking for tho erection of a new
synod, to ho known as tho Synod of
West Virginia, was answered In tho
affirmative by the committee on hills
and overtures, and tho assembly adopt
ed the report. It was ordered further
that the lirnt session of tho Synod
of West Virginia ho held In the Old
Stone Church at Dewisburg, W. Va.,
beginning on October "2, next.
Tho complaint of Rev. J. W. ,1-Tolll
day against the Presbytery ol' Bethel
on account of tho fact thnt tho pres
bytery ordained to the ministry a can
didate* who had been examined for li
cense to preach only and not for or
dination was sustained bv the
bly. and a special commlttoo wan ap
(Continued on Second Pago.)
PISGAH FOREST SECURED
(?ovcrmnriit I'lirchHwrN Knmoii* Tract
I'ntiii )lrN. \ mule rldlt.
Washington, May 1!5.?Informally
announcing approval of the phrchasc
i?f Ui? Plsgnh forest from tho North
t'arolina estate of the Into George \V.
Vanderbllt, tho Forest .Service io-day
rondo public ;i letter from Mrs. Edith
H. Vanderbllt containing her olfer to
*?fl 1 the tract. Mr*. Vanderbllt offered
'.lie Pisgah area to the government for
15 an aero, a llguro much lower than
:hat which hail been asked by her
ftushand. Her offer readily was ac
cepted. In her letter to the Forestry
Service, In which ?he offered to sell
the property to the government, Mrs.
Vainlerbllt said:
".Mr. Vanderbllt was the first of the
In r 140 forest owners In America to
\ Adopt the practice of forestry. Me con
I served the Pisgah forest from tho time
1 tie bought It up to his death. I wish
! earnestly to make such disposition of
| It as will maintain In the fullest and
' most permanent way* Its natural value
as an object lesson in forestry, as well
us its wonderful beauty and charm,
and I realize that its ownership by the
nation will alone make Its preserva
tion permanent and certain."
The tract comprises Si;,700 acres In
Transylvania. Henderson, Buncombe
'and Mayward Counties. It Is proposed
?to make It a government game refuge
for the preservation of the fauna of
the Eastern mountains.
THIS IS THE LAST DAY
Appeal til Frank Cn?r Mtint He Mtitle
| Without Drlajr,
Atlanta, Ga., May 'Sit.?An appeal to
1 the Supretne Court of Georgia for a
j new trial for Leo M. Frank, on the
I charge of having murdered fourteen
1 year-old Mary Phagan, Is expected to
; !<?: made here to-morrow. It will be
| tho last day on which the action, based
I upon tin- .Superior Court's recent de
i niul of the extraordinary motion for
; a. new hearing, can bo taken.
I Further investigation by the Fulton
; 'bounty grand Jury here ol' the charges
I of bribery, in connection with efforts
i Jo obtain a new trial for the convicted
! factory superintendent, was Indefinitely
| postponed late to-day. State officials
i realize that the action was taken on
1 account of the pressure of other work
I In connection with the noted case,
i The city late to-day revoked the
j license to operate In Atlanta of C. E.
Sears, local representative of the de
tective agency of which William J.
Hums la the head, and which has been
prominently connected with efforts to
obtain a new trial for Frank. It was
alleged the Hums operatives had vio
lated the rules governing outside de
tectives.
DEVILFISH GETS HIM
Sen Coptnln linn Trrrlfylnu flat tie With
Monater of thr IJerp.
[Special to The Times-I ilspatch.] _
Long Beach, Cal., May I'."..?Wrapped
In tin- writhing, suckered tentacles of
a monster devilfish and with the
malignant green eyes of the horrible
creature staring into his own during
a twenty-minute fight fur li f?- In a
small launch, fourteen miles off Bong
Beach on Friday, Captain A. P. Mason,
of a fishing launch, suffered so great
physical and mental agony that he
was unable until to-day to give a
coherent account of his unusual ar.d
terrible battle.
Mason left bong B^ach on Friday
morning to fish for groupers. While
pulling up his lines tit the grouper
beds, Mason was seized by the ten
tacles of the sixteen-foot devilfish
that hatl become entangled In the
lines. One tentacle bound Mason's
right arm to his body and another
encircled his neck, and despite the
captain's tierce resistance he was
gradually drawn farther and farther
over the gunwale of the boat. Buckllv,
he ?elz?-d a gaff-hook with his left
hand, and after twenty minutes of
fighting, killed the sea monster,
INVITATION^DECLINED
Bnsrlutid 111 .Vol He Represented nt
Frlitco Kipoxttlon.
I.ondon. May 2".?The British gov
ernment, acting contrary to the hopes
held out by "Premier Asqulth to a re
cent deputation, finally decided to-day
11 ? ? t to participate in the Panama Pn
.-iti.- Exposition at San Francisco.
On May ft, when a deputation rep
resenting more than half the members
o:' the House of Commons, called on
the Premier he told the member.' that
the government would take the ques
tion of British official : epre.-entatlon
at the exposition under further con
sideration.
The decision of the Cabinet in regard
t't the Panama Pacific Exposition was
announced to-day in the House of
Commons.
Premier Asqulth, anxious to show
that no question of unfriendliness to
ward the exposition was Involved, laid
stress on the ucccptance by tho British
government of the Invitation by the
t'nited States government to partici
pate In the opening of the Panama
Canal, "showing the Importance we at
tach to th<> occasion and to the good
will of the I'n'.ted States."
NOW RESIDES IN LONDON
l>r. lliimlltnn Will Itemaln There t'ntll
llenltli In Hectored.
New York, May ?.ri.? Dr. Allan Mc
Bane Hamilton, the noted alienist, who
was prominent in the Mollneaux,
Patrick anil Thaw cases, is now a
regular resident of London, England,
u became known to-day through an
affidavit signed by him In an accident
Bull filed ngainst a railroad.
In this affidavit, made in London,
concerning the condition of Sadie
Francis O'Neil, the complainant. Dr.
Hamilton says:
"I am now ;i resident of London,
where I Intend remaining until I re
cover from a series of operations per
formed upon me by Dr. Joseph A.
Blake in New York."'
Dr. Hamilton broke down from ner
vous troubles In March, 1013, and was
a patient for some time at the Pres
byterian Hospital. Ho Is sixty-seven
years old, a grandson of Alexander
Hamilton, and a man noted for many
years In his profession.
WITNESSES ARE TARDY
Nnvnl Stores Cnae I'oKtpnueil Pendlug
Their Arrival.
Savannah. * in., May l'5.?The trial of
the four officials of the defunct Amer
ican Naval Stores Company, charged
with conspiring to monopolize tho
naval stores trade In violation of the
Federal laws, to-day was continued
until to-morrow.
Counsel for the defendants naked the
continuance on account of the delay
In arriving of several witnesses. The
attorneys for the government agreed,
and Federal Judge Sheppard then ad
journed the case.
Approximately fifty witnesses nro
here to testify for the government.
Tho four defendants, E. S. Nash, S.
P. Shotler, Carl Moller and J. F. C.
Myers, wore convicted at the previous
trial, tho United States Supreme Court
setting aside tho verdict.
SOCIAL ACTIVITY BARRED
Mr*. Wooilro?r WII*on Cnn Tnke No
Part In White Hoiimc Mnsicnle.
Washington, May 25.?The follow
ing official statement was given out
at the White Houso this afternoon:
"As Mrs. Wilson's recovery has been
so delayed, her physician has deeldod
th.'it she can take no part In any social
engagements litis week. One of her
daughters will receive with tho Pres
ident In her place at the muslcale on
Wednesday afternoon.'*
Washington society will ho repre
sented at the musicale, which will ho
ul fresco, with refreshments served in
the new gardens.
EXPECT COLONEL 1
! TO PLAN ATTACK
Progressive Leaders Await His
Ideas on Battle Against
Administration.
VISITS WHITE HOUSE TO-DAY
Capital Vastly Interested and
Rushes to Secure Tickcts
for His Lecture.
Washington, May 25.?Colonel The
! odoro Roosevelt will return to Wash
ington to-morrow on one of Uio few
visits h?> has made since lie left tho
White Mouse. He will spend nine hours
in the capital, and the plans ina<le for
! iiim give promise that lie will put In
; a full day's work before lie leaves at
j midnight fur oyster Hay.
j The primary object of the Colonel's
i trip is to deliver a lecture before the
i National Ceographtc Society on his
i .South American explorations, but poil
!tlcluns are more Interested In the con
ference he will hold. Just before no
leave*, with the Progressive loaders
? in Congress.
This conference may develop a plan
of action by the Progressive party In
tiie coming congressional campaign. If
It results In nothing more, the party
leaders expert Colonel Roosevelt to
I show the way In which the Wilson ad
; ministration can be most advantage
ously attacked by campaign orators
I and In pre-election literature.
Colonel Roosevelt Is duo In Wasn
Ington from Philadelphia at 3:2^ P. M.,
I and expects to no direetly to the Na
tional Museum to look over specimens
he procured for that institution on his
; African hunting trip several years ago.
t Many of these specimens have been
j mounted since he paid his last visit
to Washington.
. from .ih/sei m he coes
TO VISIT PHESiniCVT
; From the museum the Colonel proo
ably will go to the White House to pay
! his respects to President Wilson. Ho
was Invited to take luncheon there,
j out was unable to le:.vc Oyster Bay
! In time to keep a luncheon cnpaRc
' merit. Next, he will go to the homo
I of Senator Lodge, one of his intimate
j friends, who Is giving a reception In
honor of members of the diplomatic
! corps.
i The Colonel will tak<? dinner at a
? downtown hot.il with officials of the
j Geographic Society. He has no en
j gagements until his lecture, which will
J begin at S o'clock. The lecture prob
ably v.-lll last nearly two hours, and
immediately on its conclusion. Colonel
Roosevelt will he driven to the Pro
gressive party headquarters, where the
cotiferenco with other party leaders
In Congress will be held.
Every member of the party In the
House who is in town Is expected to
attend, but Senator Clapp will be the
only representative from that branch
of Congress. Senator Polndexter, the
j other Progressive, Is a member of tr.e
committee which loft to-day to at
: tend the funeral of Senator Bradley.
: II" raid to-day he would sea Colonel
! Roosevelt later at Oyster Ray.
' No definite plans have been made for
, the conference at party headquarters.
' The Colonel will be told, however. Just
: v.hat success tho party has had in at
I tempting to put through Its legislative
| progtam at tho present session, and
? each man will outline the steps he
i thinks are necessary In Ills district ane
elsewhere to gain victory In Novem
I ber. lie will be advised also of what
I his Mipporters in Congress believe aro
I the weak spots in the administration.
: and U ill be asked to devise methods of
' ittaek.
1 reports of covri:ni:xcE
MCI HRI.IEVED SHiMFICAXT
? Reports that i_'olon? 1 Iloosevelt
might confer v. hile here with lead
| ers el' the Republican party were not
1 regarded as significant. It was re
! called that Senators Root, Gallinger,
| Snioot and Warren, four of the most
i active of tho Old Guard of the party
; m the Senate, are members of tho
! iiradley funeral committee, and will
? not be in town to-morrow.
! Senator Rorah was at a Republican
? gathering In Detroit to-night, and will
not return in time to see the Colonel,
i That Washington outside of polit
ical leaders is greatly Interested in
] tho Colonel's visit became apparent to
? day, when the general public had its
opportunity to obtain seats for tne
lecture. Thero was a line two blocks
long leading up to the home of the
Geographic Society. The demand In
oITiclal circles for seats has been brisk.
MAKE~B OOKS~FR E E
: Tn.v 11 earn Heavily on Those Who t'nn'l
Atl'oi'il to Pay It.
J Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington. May 25.?President
Edwin H. Anderson, of tiie American
l.lhrarv Association, in the opening
address at the thirty-sixth annual con
ference, said to-day that books "in
stead of being taxed should be prlvi
l,.grd?not for tho encouragement of
an industry, but for tho education ol
the people."
He claimed I hat the tariff bear.*
heaviest on tbo<r? who are least able
j to pay it?scholars, teachers and selen
j title investigators.
I The sessions will continue for live
davs. Famous librarians and educa
1 tors from all over the country arc in
; attendance.
EXTENSION GRANTED
[ Could Hopeful 'l'l>a< All Xofrs Will fin
Tliriieil In.
New York, May 2f>.?George ,T.
I Gould, chairman of tho Missouri Pa
cific Railway Company, to-day an
nounced, after a meeting of the direc
tors, that ail extension of time had
been granted holders of the $2.1,000.
000 three-year notes maturing .tune l,
to deposit them and thus signify their
willingness to have the notes extended
for one year.
Mr. Gould said that nearly 65 per
cent of the notes had boon deposited
with the Union Trust Company up to
the close of business to-day, and he
was hopeful that the remaining 33
per cent would bo turned In before
May 20.
HARVEST HANDS NEEDED
Oklahoma Formers A?U for 12,000 Men
to Help Cnro for Oruln.
Oklahoma City, Okla., May 25.?
Charles S. Dauglierty, State Commis
sioner of Lnbor, to-day appealed to
Secretary of Labor Wilson to aid Ok
lahoma farmers In securing 12,000 har
vest hands needed to gather tho grain
crops which Mr. Dauglierty antici
pates will exceed all previous records.
Similar requests were sent to tho
headquarters of tiie American Feder
ation of Labor, and to Immigration
agents of the railroads operating In
Oklahoma. Cutting of wheat will be
gin Juno 5.
EXPLORING
EPIDEMIC OF FRIGHT
AMONG DIRECTORS
; New Huven IlratU Rcatly "With AfB
dnvlla to Shnn That They Are
Too 111 to Tentlfy.
: COMMISSION MUST BE SHOWN
? Will Not Tnko Word of Doctor, bnt
j Will Have Man of Common Semte to
Inrntlfiiitc.
f Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
W ashlnaton. May 25.?Another paqo
out of Wall Street's "Who's Who" will
be read to-morrow before the Inter
state Commerce Commission, v.'lien tho
New llaven directors are called to
testify.
Here are sorao of the men who a'e
expected to go 011 the stand: K. D.
Kobbins, general counsel for the New
i Haven; Morton F. Plant, of whom Mel
len ii.iid, "He has more money than
the New llaven"; James S. Elton, Ijewls
Cass J?cdy.ird, I.?awrence Mlnot and L>e
vere Warner.
DELEGATION IS HEADY
with iia.ndv affidavits
Whether thejj-i men reach the stand
is another question. A delegation of
' physicians and lawyers, armed with
! the ready affidavit, is liable to appear
on the scene at any moment and swear
' the witnesses are not physically able
] to attend.
The advance guard of privates ahd
1 lawyers arrived here to-day, when a
1 gray-haired old practitioner nnd a law
i ycr of the old school called on Oov
i en.or folk, and presented an affidavit
to show that Morton 1". Plant is ill.
'llie doctor brought the allldavit, and
i the lawyer was ready to swear it was
tiua. Mr. Plant has been suffering
! from nervous prostration ever since the
commission has been investigating the
New llaven.
William Rockefoller many days ago
had sent In his aflidavit. Notwith
standing the precaution on the part of
the financier, the commission is going
to "see for itself."
To-day Kxaminer McAdams had an
I appointment with Rockefeller in New
j York, and If McAdams says liockefel
I ler is able to testify, according to his
! opinion, down will come Rockefeller
to Washington, aflidavit or no aflidavit.
That is the stand of the commission.
"There have boon too many affidavits
floated to make the sickness of tho dl
rectors look plausible. There must be
! an epidemic of fright," said ono of the
? members of tho interstate Comment
I Commission to-day. "Wo are going to
j pass up the doctors' opinions, and le.
; a man with common sense test tfic
ra.se."
Charles W. Morse has written tho
commission, asking permission to go
1 on the stand and testify. Ho says ho
j can tell a few things loft untouched
i by Mellon. The commission, however.
' seems to be satisfied with what has
; been dragged from Mcllcn, and Morse
i will be left to rest easy.
j Former President Roosevelt will bo
j In Washington to-morrow to deliver
| a lecture, bnt he, too, will l>o passed
i up by the commission. Air. Folk chief
i counsel, feels that tho former P.esl
! dent has nor been closely enough
i identified with the Now llaven to war
: rant his being brought to the stand.
ItA HjitOA IIM Of EAST
MAY MAKE HEI'KISAI.K
It was Intimated hero to-day that
tho railroads of the ISast are goitlng
ready to taku up arms against the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
A theatrical troupe, winch was leav
, ing Washington last Sunday night, had
j counted on taking a certain train.
: Much to tho dismay of tho business
j manager, when ho took lrta company
ito tlio si/ition, he was Informed the
train had been taken off the rogulur
run.
"Hut that train should leave at this
hour, according to tho tlmp table,"
complained tho manager.
"May be so," said a station attendnnt,
"but they've taken it off the run, so
there you are."
Upon Investigation, it was found
(Continued On Seventh Page.)
? " 1 ... - ?w
THREE FAST TRAINS
to N'orfolk via C. & O., 9 A. 31., uoon,
4;00 P, M.
GOVERNMENT LOSES
FIGHT ON "TAP LINES"
j Supreme Court Holds That Tliejr Are !
Entitled to Share With Trunk
l<liir.i In Through Rntfu.
j DECISION IS NOT UNEXPECTED
i Result Not Llkrlr to Affect PendinB
Application of Railroads for B Per
| Cent Rate Increase.
!
Washington, May 25.?Another at
I tempt of the government to sepnrato
j the ownership of railroads from ln
j dust rial concerns met with failure to
1 clay when the Supreme Court held "tap
! line" railways, serving lumber camps
? in the Southwest owned by the same
intereFtp, were entitled to share with
i the trunic lines In through rates. The
Interstate Commerce. Commlslson hail
held that this division of the rate was
in effect a rebate and ordered It dls
I continued.
Justice Day, delivering: the opinion
? for ?he entire court, said:
"Congress has not niado it Illegal
j for reads thus owned (owned by the
? persons who also own tlie timber anu
' mills which they principally servo) to
j operate in Interstate commerce.'
I He added that oven the commodities
clause, tinder which an unsuccessful
attempt was made several years ago to
I divorce Eastern railroads from the
I coal business expressly excepted front
t Its operation the lumber industry.
It further wns pointed out that the
; common ownership was shown to no
inconsistent with the laws of tne
States in which the tap lines operate,
and Justice Harlan said: "Wo think tfie
; commission exceeded Its authority
: when it condemned these roads as a
I mere attempt to evade the law and to
: secure rebates and proforcnco for
themselves."
In effect, tho court hold that the tnp
j lines were common carriers as to botti
; proprietary and nonproprietary bus?- 1
hobs, ami that the ownership did not
i chango their character when hauling I
i commodities produced by a company In
I common ownership.
Tho recently abolished Commerce
, Court held In this case that "tho com
j mission was not only without power to ]
; rorbld any allowance whatsoever to j
| be tnado by a trunk line" to a pro- j
j prietary railway," but it also was J
j without power to prohibit tho mak
| lng of joint rates by the trunk lines
, Xml the petitioning tap lines."
1 DECISION NO SI/itPIUSE
TO COMMISSIONERS
i To-day's decision did not come as a
j surpriso to tho Interstate Commerce
| Commission. Members of tho cominls
i sion were well pleased with that part
| oi' the opinion holding- that it has full
! powers to prevent preferences and dls
1 criminations In tho fixing of allowances
and divisions of rates.
j This leaves to the commission tho
] tlxinj; of allowances based on tno
! character of tho service; that If, wheth
j i r it is a switching or a lino haul
i Kcrvico. It can prevont a milling In
J transit privilege which makes no
! charge for the haul of tho logs, and
I may require a charge by the tap lines
! lor a log haul from forest to mill in
j addition to tho full lumber rato from
mill to market.
The commission has not taken up
the questions Involved in the Supremo
Court's declsllon, but tho entire tnp
line case so</n will bo readjusted in
conformity with the opinion of tho
court.
It is not regarded as probablo that
tho decision in any way will atToct
tin- pending advance rato case, or that
It will have particular bearing upon
the decision of tho commission in the
Industrial railways caso in which tho
eommission held that allowances to
tho Iron and stool railways were prac
tically rebates and ordered them dis
continued.
TITAN!C SUEFEItEHS
MAY SECURE NOTHING
Washington, May -5. Practically
nothing may bo recovered by those
who lost relatives or baggage in tho
Titanic disaster, as a result of a de
cision to-day by the Supreme Court.
The court held that tho liability of tno
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
for tho $13,000,000 in claims against
11 a:i owner of tho Titanic Is limited
. (Continued on Socond Pago.)
Drawn by "Hear" for Tho Tim?a-Dispatch.
TWO DEADLOCKS WITH
FACTIONS IN MEXICO
One Hctnrfen t'nltci! States and llurrtn)
? he Other llelrreen .Thin Country
? nil Carranza.
, CRAFTY WOHK IS IN KVII1KXCD
'I'o Admit Contention? of Provisional
President Would He to Invite War
With Kebeln.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, May 25.?The Interna
tional NewH Service here gives exclu
sively the fir.st complete details of the
Niagara mediation conference, which
to duto have resulted in two separate
j deadlock*. ono between the United
States and Huerta, and ono between the
United States and Carranza.
i The Huerta delegates have not made
1 a single declaration of purposes, but
1 have outlined tho following as the
three cardinal "principles" under which
they are acting:
1. Following the invariable Inter
national custom in abdicating, Huerta
should be allowed to name tho person
or persons to whom he should tender
his resignation, and that he should
not bo required to plaoo his resigna
tion In tho hands of tho mediators or
any foreign government, or be forced
to resign at their behest.
'J. The Huerta government was ?n
effect recognized by Ambassador Hen
ry Lanu Wilson, representing tho
President of tho United States, nnd
that the ambassador could not act
In any other capacity than as spokes
man for tho United States.
n. Tho acts of tho Huerta admlnls
tralon, Including its treaties, Its con
sessions, loans, debts, credits, land
grants and land laws should be rec
ognized In any settlement whatever
mado at Niagara Kalis or elsewhere.
HIS ABDICATION MIST
IIIS UNCONDITIONAL
To this President Wilson, through
Envoys Lamar nnd Lehmann replied
last silght that the United States In
sists on tho unconditional abdica
tion of Huerta. Tills makes deadlock
No. 1.
Carranza, the unrepresented element
of what was planned to be a triangular
meeting, accepted mediation in prin
ciple, refused an armistice and refused
to send delegates. He Informed the
United States that ho regarded tne
occupation of Vera Cruz as an inva
sion of Mexican soil, and that he
would brook no interference In the
adjustment of Mexico's internal af
fairs.
Carranza says ho does not object to
the mediation proceedings at Niagara
Kails, that he will lie pleased to re
view the conclusions reached tliero,
but he will not send delegates and will
not halt his march on Mexico City.
This makes deadlock No. 2.
Tho reply of President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan to tho outline of the
principles oil which the Huerta dele
gates were ready to proceed, Instructed
the American representatives at Nia
gara Falls to Inform all concerned that
the fundamental demand of this gov
ernment Is for tho unconditional sepa
ration of General Huerta from all par
ticipation 1 Ti tho government of Mex
ico.
Tho delivery of tho reply will prob
ably produce one of two things:
Kitiier Huerta will make an abject
surrender and permit tho United States
to name tho person or persons on whom
hln mantle will fall, or ho will light.
In his lirat "principle," as given
above, lluerta has with more or less
craftiness maintained substantially that
the President of tho United States, and,
In fact, tho governments of all other
nations, have no right to recognize
Carranza or Villa or Felix Diaz or l>o
la Harra, or any ono else. In case ho
should "abdicate."
TO ADMIT CONTENTIONS
IS TO INVITE WAR
To admit Huorta's contentions would
bo to Invito war with Carranza by noti
fying him in advance that he would
not be recognized, even temporarily, as
tho do facto President of Mexico with
out tho consent of Huerta.
The American delegates aro not to
pay any serious attention to Huerta's
assertion, in tho second of his "prlncl
(Continued On Seventh Page.)
HOPE RUNS HIGH
Disquieting Reports Fail to Dis
pel Buoyant Feelings in
Washington.
WORKING BASIS IS REACHED
Mediators at Niagara Falls Now
Ready to Attack Actual
Mexican Problems.
Washington, May 36.?Satisfactory
reports from the Mexican mediation
conference at Niagara Falls to-day in
creased tho hopes of the Wti9h.ngton
government that International war
faro can be averted, and ultimate peace
brought to Mexico.
The interchanges between Amei lean
commissioners and the i'res.dtiil wera
not disclosed, but tliere was a feel
ing of buoyancy at tho Whlto House
and State Departments, despite dis
queting rumors. That a satisfactory
basis for working out the international
dispute had been reached wad declared
to bo a fact. Moreover, It was assert
ed that tlic prospect for smothering
the tiros of revolution wl.liin Mexl- .
can borders within a rcasunu^lo time
iu not discouraging.
NO ASSURANCES COME
from <;i:m:rai, carrax/a
No assurances have como from Gon
eral Carranza that he will send repre
sentatives to tho mediation conference,
even as l.stoners and informants. De
nials were given in otllclal quarters,
however, that Cairanze had refused
flatly to consider uny foi m of mo .la
lion proposals, and it evtn is a:so tod
that Carranza Is giving sorious thought
to soino proposals that havo been
suggested.
One point made is that, even S7iouT3
Carranza's forces captuic Mcxico IMty,
puch a climax would not pac.fy Mex
ico, and there still would bo need for
mediation. There arc many who bo
liovo that tho strong men In the rovolt
against Huerta would reo^lzo that
Constitutional government must bo es
tablished In the wako of military con
quest, and that such only could be ac
complished through the good olllccs of
the mediating poworj.
General Carranza's representatives
hero had no word from him during tho
oay with ro^ard tc tho suggest! ns
that have been made to him for par
ticipation in the mediation proceedings,
nor as to tho forward movement of
the army from Tori eon. Stnte De
partment ollleials reiterated that thus
far there had boon no serious hitch ?
in tho proceedings, anil continued In
formation from Niagara Kails thai
dinicuitiea over the method of intro
ducing tho agrarian question had beon
overcome
The Huerta Foreign Ofllco explainoil
that the activity of Federals near Vera
Cruz Is In preparation for a forward
; movement of Const, tutlonal.sts fioni
j the east coast. .Admiral Uadger. It is ' '
said, forwarded reports that Constl
i tutionallsts wero inarching southward
from Tuxpan to engage tho Fedeials
: near Vera Cruz.
NO MORE AEUOI'l.ANES
OVER JIEMCAV I.INKS
| Tho United States also gave assur
ances that no more American aero
planes would sail across Mexican lines
as long ns hostilities arc suspended.
This was determined after Mexican
Federals fired upon one of tho navy
aeroplanes yesterday when It sailed
over a Federal outpost.
It has been determined by tho Navy
Department not to withdraw any l>at
' Iteshlps from Mexican waters at this
time, though such a ?ourse has been
| contemplated. It was made plain at
the department that none of the bat
tleships would bo withdrawn until
tliero is absolute assurance that the
army will not be forced to a campaign
In Mexico.
War Department ofTlclals Intend to
be prepared for any emergency. It
| has been from the beginning a pari
: of the plan of campaign, In tho event
of a forward niovoment, to havo tho
navy land sutllclent forces to hold Vera
Cruz as a base.
Eleven torpedo boats havo been
withdrawn from Mexican waters, be
cause these craft are not adapted to
prolonged servico In tho heavy seas
j of the Mexican Gulf.
An Important conference was held
: to-day over the oil situation at Tani
I pico between" Secretary lirynn, Sir
Cecil h'prlng-Rice, tho British ambas
sador, and Mr. Van Kappard, inin'sier
from the Netherlands. It resujlod in
i>. decision on tho part of tho thrco
powers to repudiate acquisition of oil
properties or leases of foreigners by
persons who took advantage of tho
enforced absence of rightful claimants,
j Notice of the Intention of the govern
ments has been forwarded to tho au
thorities at Tampl 'o.
POSITION OF 1H ERTA
STKA1JU.Y GROWS WORSH1
Conditions iu Guadalajara wero re
ported quiet, but advices that tho posi
tion of Huerta in Mcxico City steadily
was growing worse, again reached
Washington through diplomatic and
private Mexican channels. Huerta's
financial straits wero described In ono
message as the most serious phase in
the situation for lilni. Fear.s wero ex
pressed that, with his war chest prac
tically exhausted, his troops might get
: out of hand, or that ono of his generals
! might seize tho favorable opportunity
| to launch another rt-Tolt against him.
I The Zapatista tnenaco was not ro
' garded seriously by tho author of this
| report, who stated that Zapata had
little or no artillery to uttack such an
' easily defended stronghold ns Mexico
'City, and that ho showed little Inclina
tion to attack the capital.
i Another message reiterated tho hu
j mors of growing military dissatisfac
tion. and added that among tho civil
population tliero was also a strong
I Huerta feeling. Tho unifying effect of
I the Americans landing In Vera Cruz,
I It was said, was passing away, and
I parts of tho population wero begln
I nlng to take side's ugalnst the Pro
I visional President.
SMOOTH I*lt OGRESS MARK
TOW A III) AN AGREEMENT
Niagara Falls, Ont., May 23.?Smooth
progress toward an agreement on all
phases of tho Mexican problem Is bo
| lug made by the mediators and tho
American and Mexican delegates. This
I was stated with emphasis by the media
\ torn to-night after a day of conferences,
' principally with the Mexican delegatos.
Tho three South Amerlcun diplomats
I tnade it plain that, while every aapcct
j of the Moxlcan situation, both internal