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FORUM ESTABLISHED NOV. 17,1891.
State Suffragettes
Are Discussing Votes
for Flicfcerlail ^otiien
N^rth pakata Suffragettes Are Holding Enthu''
ed Rousing Speech For Big Campaign
and in many parts of the country, In I
Mrs. Alice Nelson Page, of Grand Forks, North Dakota's
Prominent Suffragette, Arrived This Afternoon
The state suffrage workers are» '"Section 2. The congress shall
holding their annual meeting today, have power,, by appropriate legislation
in this city at the Civic Centre. Thei Jfgjgr'orce
seS'sion opened this morning at 9,
... j, i May
The appointment of the committee
for the, suffrage campaign but. »8,500
more
for the suffrage campaign but $3,500 ~ume i
more is needed. County subscriptions
ments. This claim was for the time
being, made the basis of all suffrage
work In their contention, the suf-
fragists were supported by a number
fragc leaders sought from every cou
gress a declaratory act enabling wom
en to vote under the 14th and 15th
amendments. A minority report re
commending such a declaratory act
$ Qrthe»
brohch of congress.
"Not only did the suffragists press
'their claim in congress, but they also
tested the matter by actually voting.
Attempts were made to vote in local
'supreme court that women were not!+^ Tv.
enfranchised under the civil
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v
Rtnt„\ T_ f5|j
were called for and also personal sub- "t states,^Montsma,
Nevada, North Dakota, and South Da
kota, suffrage has passed the legisla
ture and will be voted on at a referen
dum in 1914. If it carries in each of
these, it will mean that one-fourth of
the senate, one-seventh of the house,
scrlptions.
Mi*s Rankin Speaks,
Miss Rankin spoke as follows' on,
the federal amendments:
"From the inception of the "suffrage
agitation in 1848 until the close of and one-fifth of the electoral vote wlli
the civil war, the efforts of suffragists come from suffrage states. If it car
were directed toward altering the ries in New York, New Jersey and
individual state constitutions, no at-
i
tempt being made to obtain the fran- legislature and must pass another be
chise through the national congress, fore being submitted to the voters in
At the close of the civil war, however, 1915, there will then be more than one
this policy was changed and attention third of the senate, one-third of the
was centered upon the national con-j house, and more than one-third of the
stitution, under which, it was argued, presidential electoral vote from the
women were already entitled to vote suffrage states.
as a result of the civil war amend- .In
of eminent lawyers and by members presidential electors bv act of the
of congress. 1-rom 1869 to 187o, suf-
was made by a committee of the house!
and state elections in 1870 and 1871,1
state
""endrnent
the general election of 1872. In some! °"cf, Pas®®^ ^-„COl?5re®s
cases the votes were received. In i ./
others they were rejected. The issue
e
amendments. Since this decision the v® ,,,eSro fu^rage.
activities of suffragists have centered' ®. ,^ls
upon obtaining an amendment to the
national committee and to the state
constitutions.
"In the national congress but small
progress was made until very recently.
Only once has the subject been dis
cussed and brought to a vote. This
was in the senate in 1887. It was then
defeated, with sixteen votes in the
occasion, in 1879, It received a favor
able minority report.
"In the house it has only once, in
1890, received a favorable majority
report. A favorable recommendation
was made by the minority, however,
in 1.871, 1883, 1884, and 1886.
"Prior to the present year there had
been no favorable report In either
house since 1892, and no report of any
kind since 1896.
"The great suffrage leader, Susan B.
Anthony, spent the congressional sea
Bon from 1879 to 1891 inclusive, in
Washington. It was doubtless largely
due to her constant work that so many
favorable reports were made in con
gress during these years. After she
ave up the Washington work, the
vement, as far as federal action
was concerned, has been at a stand
still.
"In the meantime, however, great
gains 'have been made in the Individ
ual states. When the first suffrage
conference was called, in 1848, there
was only one place In the country
where women could vote. This was
in Kentucky where, In 1838, school
suffrage had been given to widows
with children of school age. Since
that time the franchise has been
gradually extended by act of the state
legislatures and by amending the
state constitutions until at present wo
men have the full vote in nine states:
Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho,
Washington, California, Oregon, Ari
zona and Kansas, and in one territory,
Alaska. In the state of Illinois they
have the vote for all non-constitu
tional offices. In addition they have
school suffrage in eighteen states, tax
paying suffrage in four states, and
bond suffrage in two states.
"During these past years the state
has undoubtedly offered the line of
least resistance for suffrage work.
The fact that about 4,000,000 women
^re now able to vote for president hasi
changed the situation, however, and
brought close at hand the time when
the slow and tedious process of win
ging the vote state by state can be
•feortoned by the direct cut of federal
action,
"In view of this new situation thei
National Suffrage association is now
concentrating upon the work for a
federal amendment. For the first time
in many years It has, through its,
congressional committee, opened
headquarters In Washington. Every
effort is being made to secure the
passage of the amendment during the
present congress.
"The first measure Introduced in
this congress was the Joint, resolution
presented In the senate by Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, and in th©
hduse by Representative Mondell of
Wyoming1, providing that:
'Section 1. The right of citizens
of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United!
States or by any state on account of
s
HX
sion in Fargo Today At the Civic Center
Miss Jeanette Rankin, Montana Suffrage Leader, Deliver-
t!1®
Rasmusson of Wahpeton. i women were so strongly
Reports of the committees were fifth „PreSe
given and in the treasurer's report it' .. 8enate. one-smnth
was found that 5700 had been given1
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Prov*sl°ns of this-ar-
14,
o clock with a large number of dele-,. composed of Senators Thomas of
gates present. Colorado, Chairman Sutherland of
Nearly every county in the state utah. Jones of Washington, Clapp of
represented at the meeting today_ and Minnesota, Catron of New Mexico
every delegate will have many ideas: Ransdell of Louisiana, Hollls of NeWi
to take^home for the carrying out oC Hampshire, Owen of Oklahoma and
the state suffrage campaign for 1914. Ashurst of Arizona, voted to report!
Welcomed by Hardy. favorably the Chamberlain resolution.
The session opened at 9 o'clock thlsj°n June 14, Senator Ashurst submit
morning with an address of welcome jto the senate the report of the
given by J. P. Hardly, secretary of the
co,ninlttee
couched in terms that con
commercial club. The response was i stltute one of the strongest arguments
given by Mrs. Hoopes of Carrington. JY?Pen.
s"^-ra£e
the senate committee,
ever
,efisiatlve bo(Jy-
for the election of the states officers! 'This is the first time that a suf
which will be held late this afternoon °rage measure has ever received a
was held and the committee consists' unanimous favorable report in con-,
of Mrs. T. D. Casy of Dickinson, Mrs. i Kress. Never, moreover, has* it been
Holbrook of Rugby and Mrs. H. G.
a
llnois as a suffrage
Pennsylvania, where it has passed one
some of u
sible that suffrage
but on the otber
women
.representatives in 1371, but no fording to the^ present
action was taken by eitnor 51,
1
through congress. When
state
was brought to a test in 1875, in the JTfy„£01"pare(*
case of Minor vs. Happersett. It wasi converting the majority
n decided by the United States .PT
war|„orZ
the
v*7.
i.iii Uliiifi iHt iffiiiiltiDti
fo ,*
J, SJ Sv
heard in a
c°nsress
a
in which the
one"
i vo£ one-sixth of the
W
Ses-
'9
defeated,
°e
mayi before 191C foll th
y
of Illinois and lve th
PXa£^
^^"7^
legislature without waiting for
the slower method of a state constitu
tional amendment.
"With the immense political power
conferred by the presence of nearly
Y?iers«
aPd
with the
J'*•
r^ore
than one-
third of the electoral vote for the next
president, coming from suffrage
states, it would seem that the suffrage
movement has reached a position
which should enable it very quickly
pas®aKe
of a federal
securing
ratification by three-fourths of
legislatures would be rela-
with
the present
the
llmstrated
of
by the his-
enfra"chlsement
,of the
as
Is well
v°ted
doAvn again and
ef.®? m. t^le
varby
1-
ous states, but when taken up
congress and submitted to the state
legislatures, it was soon passed."
Mrs. Ueland Speaks.
After the reports Mrs. Andrea Ue
land of Minneapolis outlined the plan
of:the Minnesota suffrage workers in
a'
affirmative, thirty-four in the nega- to Political Parties.
tive and twenty-six absent. In the' Mrs. Ueland's ideas of dividing the
senate the suffrage measure has six ®^ate into districts will be used by the
times received a favorable report from North Dakota organization,
the majority of the committ«e in 1882, Discussions.
1884,1886. 1890,1892 and 1913. On one' Splendid discussions were given by
talk on the Organization According
the various delegates, Mrs. Siver Ser
umgard of Devils L»ake giving a short
talk on How to Gain Affiliations Prom
Other Organizations Church Auxili
aries. Mrs. W. H. Best of Bismarck:
W. C. T. U., Mrs. M. Pollock of
bargo Secret Societies, Mrs. W. L.
Stockwell of Fargo Nurses Organizza
tions, Miss Barbara Hazel of Fargo,
and College Organizations, Miss Per
ley of Moor head.
Luncheon Served.
At noon the meeting was adjourned
for luncheon, which was served at the
Civic Centre by the local Votes for
Women league- Mrs. Gilbert Haggert
was in charge and the committee con
sisted of Mesdames Waldron, Putman,
Thompson and Kindred.
Mrs. Page to Speak.
Reports of the nominating commit
tee .are being heard this afternoon, and
also the reports of the suffrage clubs—
Jamestown^ New Rockford, Minot
Dickinson, Grand Forks and Fargo.
The principal speakers of the after
noon are Mrs. Alice Nelson Page of
Grand Forks, Mrs. H. L, Bolley and
Miss Irma Irwin. The election of of
ficers will be held the last thing this
afternoon-
Meeting Last Night*
The first session of the annual state
suffrage day was held at the Civic
Centre last evening. Mrs. Andreas
Ueland of Minneapolis, a prominent
suffrage worker of Minnesota, and Miss
Rankin of Missoula, Mont., who is aid
ing the North Dakota women in their
campaign for suffrage, were the prin
cipal speakers of the evening. Mrs. Ue
land talked on the general subject of
Woman Suffrage, telling what effect
the enfranchisement of the women will
have upon the advancement of the na
tion.
Delegates Present^
The delegates presen: ere: Mrs
Elizabeth M. Buttz, Devils Lake T-Irs.
W. S. Lauder, Wahpeton Mrs. W. II.
Allen, Fargo Mrs. F. E. Kindred,
Fargo Mrs. C. C. Creegan, Fars o
Mrs. Helen deLendrecie, Fargo Mrs.
Anna Kirk, Nelson Co. Mrs. R. Clen
denning, Wimbledon Mrs. A. Y. More,
Fargo Mi£s Helen Bascon, Wimble
don Mrs. W. H. Bodenstab, Bis
marck Mrs. O. A. Hagen, Larimore
Mrs .E. W. Cunningham, Larimore
Mrs. W. J. Hal brook, Rugby Mrs. A.
Wartner, Harvey Mrs. C. G. Boise,
Fargo Mrs. E. G. McLain, James
town Mrs. Kate Glaspell, Jamestown
Mrs, C. F. Putnam, Jamestown Mrs.
H. L. Bolley, Fargo Beulah Amidon,
Fargo Mrs. H. G. Rasmussen, Wah
peton Mrs. T. D. Casey, Dickinson
Mrs. H. H. Aaker, Fargo Mrs. Abble
Best, Fargo Mrs. J. L. Carpenter,
Fargo Miss Pearl Kirk, Fargo Mrs.
H. B. Foster, Lakota Mrs.
(iX\
ATTEMPT TO
DYNAMITE TfcAIN.
Calumet, Mich., Oct. 18.—An at
tempt was made to blow up the
Keweenaw Central passenger
train, taking forty-two mine
guards to the Mohawk mine. The
guards and other passengers
probably owe their lives to En
gineer Cocking, who detected a
burning fuse, stopping the engine
in the nick of time. A section of
the track was blown out.
After the explosion hundreds of
strikers surrounded the train.
Mounted troops prevented trou
ble. The affair will probably
hasten military plans for a
stronger force in Keweenaw dis
trict.
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Calumet, Oct. 18.—General Abbey,
commander of the militia, returned to
Calumet to resume command of the
troops in the copper strike district. Un
less the situation improves soon, it is
likely the troops now in Houghton
county will be sent Into Keweenaw
counts' to reinforce the small detach
ments there. Abbey said there was no
intention of bringing more soldiers into
the strike district but the preesnt force
will remain.
IA
Vienna, Oct. 18.—Austria today sent
an ultimatum to Servia demanding
the immediate and complete evacua
tion of the points in Albania occupied
by the Servian troops after the recent
conflicts between them and the Alban
ians.
I?,
Leipsic, Saiony, Oct. 18.—Thous
ands of people from Germany, Austria
£nd Russia gathered for the dedica
tion of the memorial of the "Battle
of Nations", which ended 100 years
ago In a victory for the allies over the
French and resulted In the emanclpa-.
tion of Germany. The monument wiH
be dedicated by the Saxony king.
A feature of the exercises was the
arrival of last runners in a series of
relays bearing banners of greetings
from every quarter of the German
empire, also from Washington and,
Rio Janeiro. The banner from the
United States passed through the
hands of thousands before it reached,
the king. There were 43,000 runners
in all relays.
The chief address was delivered by,
Wilhelm Clemens Thieme Chamber
lain at the royal court of Saxony, to:
whose efforts the completion of the
monument was due.
W
Grace
Serumgard, Devils Lake Mrs. Lizzie
Holast, Buxton Mrs. Kate Wilder,
Fargo*
Nelson, Wis-, Oct, 18.—Fireman El
liott was killed and several were in
jured slightly when the northbound
express, with James J. Hill in a pri
vate car at the rear, ran into a south
bound passenger. Hill escaped unin
jured.
The express was late and was run
ning fifty miles an hour. The engi
neer failed to note the block signal in
the fog. Hill was shaken up some-,
what.
CATHOLICS
AT
Boston, -Oct'. 18. Archbishop Bon,
Zano, the papal delegate to the Unit
ed States arrived this morning from
Washington aboard the chapel car
"St. Peter" for the Catholic mission
ary congress which is attended by 1.
500 lay delegates from all part of the
country.
IN AT GOLF
Wilmington, Del., Oct. 18.—Gladys
Ravenscrol't, of England, defeated
Marlon Hollins, of New York in the
final match for the women's national,
golf championship cup.
IllSE
SPORTED
of Pacific ports, were today reported
aboard the steamer Persia. All were
refugees from Mexico. v
San Francisco, Oftt. 18.—One hun
dred and fifty Chinese, the largest,
individual consignment In the history i headquarters will be transferred from
AND DAILY REPUBLICAN
When Jewell rose -ihto the air at
Hempstead, L. I., Monday, Oct. 13, the
wind was blowing thirteen miles an
hour. He started in the direction of
the Belmont Racing pack, but was
wafted toward the ocean. He was
last seen so far as Is known flying
over Rockaway Inlet at the ocean
shore. He was then about 4,000 feet
high.
Albert J. Jewell,Aviator, Who Did Not
Return From His Flight Over the Ocean
There is a chanco that. Tov.-ell was
taken up by some coasting vessel or
even a liner. But wiretefs messages
IHIVA Koon ct Krnii/ 5«
have been sent l.r?au .sua In,^ ^.viiUJpn
IILY IS
STILL AFLOAT
AND BURNING.
New York, Oct, 18. The ill
starred Volturno was still afloat
and on tire, Oct. 14, Ave days af
ter the flames broke out, according
to officers of the steamer St.
Louis. The St. Louis passed the
vessel Tuesday.
The arrival of eleven women, sur
vivors of the Volturno, on the freight
er Rappahannock, was the signal for
the wildest scene of joy since the
rescuing fleet began to bring in sur
vivors. Ten were young girls. The
eleventh was Mrs. Pela Polack. The
scene at the dock when she met her
three, children, whom she. thought were
lost, brought tears to th^ eyes of the
Immigrant officers.
Mrs, Polack was the last woman to
leave the Voiturno. When she was
lowered into the boat and found her
children not there it became necessary
to hold her -to keep -her from jump
ing overboard.
BIG CMNGETN
G!
BIG CHANGE OF SCHEDULE CON
TEMPLATED FOR GREAT
NORTHERN TRAINS TO AR­
RANGE FOR CUTOFF LINE—RE
PORT LACKS CONFIRMATION.
Important changes in the Great
Northern tram service are in con
templation though nothing definite has
yet been officially announced. It Is
rumored these changes will become
effective on Nov. 2 if the present plans
at the general offices carry.
Under the new service No. 4 will
probably replace No. 2 through Grand
Forks and the Oriental limited will
continue to run through that city.
Nos. 2 and 3 will run over the Sur
rey cutoff.
The mall trains, Nos. 27 and 28, will
run over the cutoff. The Red River
Valley limited will hereafter leave
P'argo in time to reach Minneapolis
at 7:30 o'clock in the morning and
St. Paul at 8:05 o'clock.
Train No. 6 will leave Minot at 1
o'clock in the afternoon, arriving at
Grand Forks at 8:45 o'clock in time
to make connection with the Red
River Valley limited.
If this schedule goes through, mail
Devils Lake to New Rockford.
Authoritative announcement of this
schedule 1* expected at any time..
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1913. REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHED SEPT. 5, 1878.
search and no news of him has Deen
received.
Jewell was
27
Moorhaad high 32
Detroit high 0
END OF FIRST QUARTER.
Fargo college 12
Science school 0
CONFIRM FORAN
V?
years old and had
been flying less than a year. Six
months ago he obtained his license
under the name of "Sidney Gordon",
because he did not wish to alarm his
wife. Later he told his family of his
work and took his right name.
Although Jewell had never made a
flight of more than an hour lie was
recognized as very competent, having,
Keen mechanic before he went into,
FOOTBALL RESULTS
FINAL SCORE.
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•s)
PfKTKS
1 UfJiiiriiJ
Mandan, N. D., Oct. 18. Word
reached here this afternoon that the
senate in executive session has con
firmed the appointment of John For
an, a pioneer merchant, to succeed
Wm. Simpson, as postmaster.
A. C. STUDENTS
Tli
NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE STUDENTS REGISTER
ED FOR SHORT TERM WERE
ENTERTAINED AT
Y.
MIXER LAST NIGHT.
M. C. A.
Last night the agricultural college
students who are registered for the
short term ^courses were entertained
at a "mixer" given for them at the
armory.
The members of the social commit
tee of the Young Men's Christian as
sociation in the institution regarded
the evening as one of the finest social
occasions that has been held for the
men during recent years.
The programme for the evening
abounded with attractive features,
there were blind "swatting contests,"
pillow fights on a fence rail, cracker
feeding stunts and a tug of war be
tween the farm husbandry and the
power machinery men, in addition to
the numbers given by the association
quartette. Doughnuts and Jonathan
apples were provided in abundance at
the conclusion of the programme.
During the latter part of the even
ing the men gathered around the
piano and sang college songs and
learned the college yells. There were
no formal speeches or prepared acts
of any kind, but simply a goodly sup
ply of entertainment "stunts" for the
whole company of men so arranged
and conducted as to help the new
students to get acquainted with each
other.
A large proportion of the newly
registered men were present and all
thoroughly enjoyed the fellowship and
entertainment provided for them.
WAS KNOCKED FROM BRIDGE
Ed Mann, working on a pile driver
crew on a bridge of the Great North
ern railroad, was struck by th© crane
and knocked from the bridge this
morning. The blow of the crane broke
his right arm, and the fall of sixteen
feet fractured his right leg and badly
dislocated his ankle. He was rushed to
St. John's hospital, where he recover
ed consciousness after a considerable
interval. His condition Is as good as
could be expected. He is from Doon,
la., and if 40 years of age.
1
Mrs. Pankhurst, on arriving hero
this morning, was at once denied ad
mission to this country until the spe
cial inquiry board could determine if
she should be excluded under the im
migration act, which they later did.
Mrs. Pankhurst, with her traveling
companion, Rheta Child Dorr, was
questioned by the immigration in
spectors aboard the liner Province at
the dock. Then slu was placed aboard
a commissioned tug and Uiken to Kills
Island immigration station. A curi
ous crowd watched the development!-
Mrs. Pankhurst, before the ruling
of the board, asserted that her Eng
lish convlctibh was for a political of
fense and was not one of "moral tur
pitude", which last would place her
uira'o
Reported That Agreement on
Final Vote Is in
Sight
PRES. AND LEADERS CONFER
President Might Consent to
Recess if Voting Is
Set
Washington, Oct. 18-—The exchang
es between the president and the sen
ate republicans placed the currency
situation where a definite agreement
on the report from the banking com
mittee and possibly a final vote is In
sight.
Nov. 10 was tentatively set for the
report from the committee.
Among the democratic leaders it is
thought the president might consent
to a recess of congress if the senate
agreed to vote on the bill at a cer
tain date.
The president conferred with Sen
ator Nelson. This was his first con
ference with a republican on the cur
rency situation.
C. P. R. OFFICE
IN VIENNA CLOSED
Vienna, Oct. 18.—The police closed
the offices of the Canadian Pacific rail
way throughout Austria, after Im
pounding all the books and corres
pondence. The action was the sequel
of the arrest Thursday, of the com
pany's agent, In connection with the
charge that he assisted Austrians to
evade military service by emigrating
to Canada without passports.
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JIM?
,U KING DEAD
Cape Town, Oct. 18.— Dini Zulu, the
last warrior king of the former Zula
nation of South Africa died today. He
was a son of King Getywayo, who led
the Zulus against the British troops
In the wag of 187ft.
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ce at
Arrived This morning
But Cannot Stay
Despite Fact That Mrs. Belmont Would Have Put Up
$100,000 Bond For Her Good Behavior
Special Board of Inquiry Found That She Had Been Con
victed in England of Crime That Barred Her
MRS. PANKHURST WILL APPEAL.
New York, Oct. 18.—Mrs. Pankhurst's lawyer, Herbert Reeves,
announced his intention of appealing the case immediately to Com
missioner General Carminetti. The suffragette must remain at El
lis Island until deported, unless the board's findings are reversed by
the Washington authorities.
New York, Oct. 18.—Mrs. Pankhurst was ordered deported by
the immigration authorities within three hours after the vessel
upon which she came, was docked. The special board of inquiry
resolved not to admit her under bond, but will send her back to
France forthwith.
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, the New York suffrage leader, who was
to have been Mrs. Pankhurst's hostess, was prepared to give a bond'
of 4100,000 for Mrs. Pankhurst's tjood behavior while in America.
Under the ruling of the special board, she will not be permitted to
do so.
Mrs. Pankhurst's deportation was ordered under section two of
the immigration law. The section provides for the exclusion of per
sons convicted abroad of a crime or crimes involving moral turpi
tude. The board held that Mrs. Pankhurst's conviction tn Eng
land of conspiracy to commit arson, brought her within this class.
She told the immigration officials that her purpose in coming
to America was not to advocate the militant methods of obtaining
suffrage, but to lecture upon the history and progress of the cause
in England.
pur
ttdd
Y
under the ban of the American immi
gration act.
Mrs. Pankhurst expressed confi
dence that she would be allowed to
enter this country. She said she had
almost recovered from the illness
caused by her forcible feeding at Hal-,
lovvay jail,
"Would I see those experiences
through again?" she repeated in an
swer to a question. "Why, of course,
I would die for the cause. Hundreds
..f English women would do the samo
thing. We are fighting for our free
dom, Just as you did against Georgo
III. We are fighting King AsquItU
and not against King George.
1
Ar-
quith is the obstinate man who block*
the way. I am willing to trust to tho
sense of Justice of the American peo
ple in this question of admittance."
BDERTA
This Possibility Took First
Place in Mexican
Situation
DIAZ ON HIS WAY BACK
Henry Lane Wilson Declares
Huerta Succeeded As
Legally As T. R.
Washington, Oct. 18-—Possibilities
of Huerta's Immediate retirement
commanded the foremost attention in,
the Mexican situation today. Admin
istration officials are awaiting advicca
from Mexico.
Reports of Huerta"s Impending re
tirement, rumors of death plots
against Felix Diaz and the attitude of
the foreign governments which have
already recognized Huerta, and some
of which are regarded as sympathetic
with the United States, further com
plicated the situation. President Wil-.
son was off to the golf links early to
day. Bryan is out of Washington.
The attitude of Great Britain weia
cause for concern. It is possible that
diplomatic inquiries will be made
through Ambassador Page as to tho
intentions of the British foreign of-»
fice.
Diaz Will Go Back.
Havana. Oct. 18.—Gen. Felix Diaio
arrived from EuTope and was greeted,
on the deck of tne vessel by Senor Do
La Garz, recently appointed Mexican
consul-general at Paris, who endeav
ored to persuade him to discontinue!
his journey to Mexico. Diaz refused
to listen. Diaz told the Associated
Press that he would proceed imniedi
ately to Mexico and has no intention
of abandoning his presidential prep
arations. A strong force of police
guarded the general on account of
rumors of assassination.
Old Head Hunting Custom.
Douglas, Ariz., Oct. 13.—The ancienb
custom of heralding a victory by pub
lic demonstrations with the heads ofi
the conquered, was revived by tho
rebels, according to travelers. Follow-,
ing an invasion of Puerto, the story
runs, the Taqui Indians captured Pre
fects Torres, the federal commander,
and others. The Indians put him to
death, and returned parading, the
head on a pole.
Wilson Still Shouting,
Spokane. Oct. 18.—Harry Lane Wife
son, the former ambassador to Mex-,
ico, in a speech last night asserted:
"The government of Provisional
President Huerta of Mexico is just a?
legal as the government of RoosevflL
when he to the presidency
^he,succeeded
exwMmk
McKlnley." -r.