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WEATHER FORECAST
FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNES
DAY! LIGHT WEST WINDS.
PENSACOLA'SA RAILROADS.
A new rtlnoarf ( now operating trains
Into the Deep Water City. A third road
It laylno'ralls. A fourth read Is balng
graded. You cant make a mistake by
investing in Pensacola. '
VOL. XVI. NO. 118.
PENS AC OLA. FLORIDA. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1913.
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PREFERS DELAY
Secretary of State Bryan
Delivers Message From
President to Legislators.
STATE HAS RIGHT TO
PASS ALIEN LAND LAW
This the Secretary of State
Reaffirms, But Suggests
Four Alternatives, Which
Would- Relieve the Em
barrassing Situation Ma
jority of Legislators Ap
parently Unchanged in
Determination to Pass
Original Bill.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
, Sacremento, April 28. California
may enact, a rigid law barring ori
entals from land ownership if it
wishes to exercise the right as a state
to that extent, but such action will
be against the earnest wish of the
, federal government. This was In sub
stance the message of Secretary Bryan,
as President "Wilson's personal repre
sentative, delivered to a secret con
ference and attended only' by Gov.
Johnson, Lleutant-Governor "Wallace
and one hundred and twenty members
of the legislature,
, Secretary Bryan went into the con
ference at 11 o'clock this morning.
Only after the doors were locked, and
the legtsla tors had explained the rea
son foi the enactment of the proposed
. law, did the secretary divulge the na
ture of the message be brought ; , II
- expounded no new doctrine of : states
rigrht and did not make war predictions.
Ti tare?y e s:-r in tlt rumtl
the president.1
' Reaffirming the state's right, td act
If v.t desire?, Bryan suggested four of
thf following alternatives:
Delay In immediate action to allow
the state department to try and ac
complish th 'desired ends by means of
a new Japan treaty.
Delay immediate action and appoint
a commission to Investigate the sub
ject of alien ownership, to aot In eon-
junction with the president In securing
relief. '
Enact a law similar to the statute
In Illinois, which permits aliens to
hold land for periods of six years and
applies alike U all aliens.
"Enactment of a similar law to- the
federal statute governing ownership In
the District of Columbia, which is
general, applying to all aliens.
Of these alternatives, according to
the leaders of the legislature, the last
two are out of the question. Many
democrats are in favor of turning the
matter over to the state department,
while progressive republicans in the
majority are apparently unchanged In
their determination to enact the orig
inal bill.
At Bryan's request, the legislators
at the beginning of the conference, ex.
plained the situation to him and em
phasized the fact that the people of
California are urgently demanding the
enactment of a law checking Japan
ese and Chinese immigration. Bryan
made it clear in submitting the sug
gestions that he acted only as the
spokesman of the president,
AVIATOR IS KILLED.
Iondon, April 28. Lieutenant Roger
Harrison, of the British army's avia
tion corps was killed while Hying at
rrnborough early today. He was
attempting a steep descent from a
height of 400 feet when the elevator of
his biplane collapsed under the strain
and his machine crashed to earth.
Harrison was killed Instantly.
SUPREME COURT TO RECESS.
Washington. April 8. The supreme
court will hear argument on no more
cases this term after May t and will
recess from May 12 to 26.
Flood Receding at Vicksburg, But
is Rising Rapidly Below There
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Xew Orleans, April 28. After
reaching a stage of 62.5 feet at Nat
chez, more than a foot above the pre
vious high record, the Mississippi river
tegan to fall rapidly there yesterday
as a result of the crevasse In the Lou-
isiana levee line near Gibson's Land
ing, and the gauge at Xatchea this
morning registered 51.4 feet, a drop
of more than a foot within thirty
six hours. . ,
--HP For the- forty-eight hours ending 7
Ii. m., today, there was a rise of two-
tenths at Vicksburg. due to the re
turn of the water from the crevasse
near 3ttayersvUe, Miss. A rise during
that period of half a foot at Baton
nouge and four-tenths at Donaldson
vllle. La, was recorded but at all other
points, including New Orleans, a fall
was recorded. ;
As a result of the crevasse near
HOUSE HEARS
MISSISSIPPI
SHOUT FORM
Representative Sisson De
clares United States Can-'
not Submit to Indignity.
RESENTS DEMANDS
MADE BY THE JAPS
Declares In Speech In House
That He Is With the Peo
ple of California, Who
Have the Right to Pass
Laws Regarding Alien
Ownership of Land Ap
plauded During Speech.'
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, April 29. A "warship"
in support of the proposed California
anti-alien land law was delivered in
the house today by Representative
Slseori of Mississippi. '
"If we must have?' war or submit to
this Indignity. I am for war," cried
Mr. Sisson. "1 am with the people of 1
California in their efforts to prevent
these aliens from acquiring land."
"1 believe,' said Mr. Sisson, "that
no non-resident aliens should be al
lowed to hold a single foot of land In
the .territory of the United States.
What would Washington say in answer
to the question, war or submission?
What would Jackson say? What
would Clevelmd say? "What would
McKinley say?
"I resent the efforts of Japan to
force us to submit to her demands."
Mr. Sisson took the position that the
Japanese ! government in protesting
against alien land legislation was en
deavoring to exempt its citizens from
the operation of the Jaws of states. 1
Ther president and secretary of
.state,." v said, .Mr;-.; SimvtVhtj oWy,
assure ' ti fn"gverni3;it"',"that',ta?'
people s'ef that alien . nation would be
dealt with fairly tn accordance witn
the larr ot the state. Amy other po
sition would lead to the federal gov
ernment taking out from tinder the
laws of the states the citizens of an
other nation. But all citizens or aliens
resident in a state must be held sub
ject to its laws, and to exempt the
alien would give him privileges over
and above those accorded to American
citizens."
Representative Mann, the republican
leader, suggested the United States
had the constitutional right to treat
with foreign governments to secure for
American citizens property rights
abroad and that Mr. Sisson was con
tending that the foreign government
did not have a similar right
CALIFORNIA IS RIGHT.
Mr. Sisson contended that the peo
ple of California had the right to pas
laws regarding1 alien holding of land
ae In their Judgment seemed best when
such-laws did not Infringe upon the
federal constitution.
Sisson discussed at tenrth points of
international law involved In the dis
pute and declared that California was
endeavoring to do only what Japan
had already done.
"If Japan now threaten) us with
war. what would she do when millions
of her citizens have acquired land In
our country?" he said. "I lay down
the prorosition that an alien popula
tion holding land within our borders
would be a fixed and constant menace.
"We must preserve to the American
farmer the right to own the soil of
our country without competition which
would drag down his standard of liv
ing. I would not surrender It nn'ess
we had spent the last drop of blood In
American manhood and impoverished
our country for a hundred genera
tions."
"Treaty-making can never deprive
the states of a reserved power," con
tinued Sisson.
"This California question is far
reaching and important In Its results.
Nearly all of the states have statutes
regulating the rights of aliens in ref-
(Continued on Page Two.)
Gibson's Landing, which Is turning the
bulk of the Mississippi flood waters
out of Tensas, Concordia, and Cata
houla parishes, the river will fall or
remain nearly stationary, after a few
days, at all points south of Natchez.
Within a week this crevasse water
will begin to return to the Missis
sippi river through the Red riverj
north of Baton Rouge, and another
rise will start from the mouth of the
Red south to the gulf. A consider
able quantity of - this crevasse water
will, pass to the gulf through the
Atchafayaya river, but the weather
bureau, in a special bulletin Issued to
day, advised that previously forecast
maximum stages of 44 feet at Baton
Rouge, 35 feet at Donaldsonville and
22 feet at New Orleans will be at
tained If remaining levees hold. The
crest is expected to reach New Or
leans absut May 12.
WES LAI
LOST II HOUSE
BY LARGE UOTE
Col. Wailes Will Not Be
Permitted to Prove His
Claim in Court.
LEGISLATORS "TO .
SHOW" DANIELS
House and Senate Members
Stick By Their Promise
to Visit Pensacola When
Secretary of the Navy!
Arrives N. J. Lillard "En-1
dorsed by the House Fori
Public Printer
United States.
of , the
' . , With a pert of th,e $200 appropriated
BY FRANK L. HUFFAKER. I the "ty counc11 Ht the' request of
Tallahassee, April 2S. The house f Mayor Reiliy for th purpose of de
had" a busy session today, startlng'iat stroying flies' and other insects, the
9 and continuing through, fie day,
passing a numoer or more or less im
nortant bills and kllllne the Wailes
claim by -a vote of 54 to 7. The news- ' barrels of a patent liquid fly killer,
papermembers 'of the house voted to provMfcd a satisfactory demonstration
give Wailes a chance to prove his claim ; js made by the agent, the test to ,be
WlLOUrt' Whlch waS the purport ot th?jmade in the presence of Mayor Reiliy
There is much "interest In the bill J and Health Officer Nobles, The denv
before the house for the return of 1 onstratkm will take place today,
school tax money to the counties upon j it was agreed at! the meeting that all
a basis of the assessed valuation which j of the gantry inspectors shall be fur-
passea xo inira reaamg. .- j
The direct vote on senators was ad
vanced to third reading." The house
bill making an appropriation of $12,
000 for the women of the Confederacy
passed the senate. .
"WILL SHOW" THE SECRETARY.
For a time this morning indications
were that the house of representatives
would "go back on" Its promise to
visit Pensacola in honor of the visit of
Secretary of the Navy Josephuf 0anr
ff?Cv lAjflctrl tros
ed to send the speaker or a committee
of seven until speeches by Representa
tives Wor ley of Miami, and Stanford j
of Osceola, backed up by those of the
Escambia and Santa Rosa delegations. ;
won for Pensacola.
Indications are that ninety per cent
of the legislators will visit the Deep
"Water City and be prepared to "root"
for the continuance of the navy yard.
Fidelity to Pensacola's Interests In
time- of need, was the keynote of the
speeches which won the day for the
West Florida metropolis,
If the crowd coming over on the j
arternoon or tne nrtn won t mane ec-
retary Daniels see things In their
proper light, he simply can't be
"shown."
SENATE ALSO ACTS.
The senate this afternoon also re
fused to rescind its acceptance of the
invitation to visit Feisacola, and a
majority of the senators are expected
to make the visit. The senate spent
the greater portion of the afternoon
dlscusslnr the -Williams oyster MIL
which wka eventually recommitted to
the fisheries committee. The senate
held no morning session.
LILLARD IS ENDORSED.
.The bouse passed a resolution en
dorslng N. J. Lillard, of Pensacola, for
public printer of the United St&tea.-
The Acosta house bill relating to the
equipping of street cars with , vesti
bules was withdrawn.
In a vote on the question of indefi
nitely postponing the bill to return the
school moneys to counties according
to the amount contributed Instead of
according to enrollment. It was shown
that a large majority favors giving
each county the amount which It con
tributes to the general fund.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
On motion of Representative Harry
Floyd, the woman suffrage question j
"M niue i"" orucr in vim uuuo .
Friday morning at 10 o'clock, at which !
time a large delegation of prominent ;
Florida women will be present to cham
plon the cause of equal franchise.
The cause of woman suffrage has
staunch friends among the leaders of
both houses, and It is possible that
the necessary three-fifths vote will be i
secured in tne nouse. jn case or ran-
good women Interested In the move- j
ment are expected to Immediately
fcave a resolution Introduced to th !
senate and make a fight there with the i
l ope that It Trill be returned to the i
house and eventually prove successfuL j
The suffragists are indignant be-1
cawte of the interference of repre- j
sentatlves of the whiskey interests in i
their effort to secure the right to !
vote, and have issued a warning to ,
the dispensers of "liquid Inspiration'
to keep hands off.
APPOINTMENT OF NEILL
APPROVED BY COMMITTEE
Washington. April 28. Despite the ;
declared intention of Senator Tillman
to opposo the confirmation of Charles j
P. Nelll as commissioner of labor sta
tistics, the seriate committee to which
the nomination had been referred to
day agreed to report it favorably.
NO RATE CASE DECISIONS.
Washington, April 38. The supreme !
court today announced no decision in i
the state rate cases and other Import- j
ant emits pending.
WAT THE FLY
CAIfAi
I PENSflOOU
.ri
Each Sanitary-. . Inspector
Will Be Supplied .:?With
a Hand -Sprayen
$200 AVAILABLE ,
FOR THE'PURPOSE
City Board of; Health De
cides to Purchase Two
Barrels of a Liquid Guar
anteed to Exterminate
Flies Citizens to Be Re
quested to Assist Jn Rid
ding" the City of the" Pest.
! i
; clty board of health at a meetin
yes-
to buy two
nished with a hand sprayer and will
visit places where flies breed in large
numbers for the purpose of killing the
eggs and flies that may be found.
The board of health considers this
movement the Inauguration of a fly
killing campaign and will call upon all
citizens to assist in the work for rid
ding the city, of flies ..during .the sum-
mer.
The cost of the iwo bavrels of pat-
.a.Hlej"-wii: -W-floS -srtia-ttr largtrf
spraying machines will be furnished at
$5 each. ,
The board of health Is anxious to
start the work of killing flies and the
mayor and other members who were
present yesterday were enthusiastic
and displayed much interest in the
matter.
The $200 appropriated for the de
struction of flies and other Insects Is
in addition , to the $400 appropriated
for the destruction of mosquitoes.
A demonstration of the fly-killer
was given at the meeting yesterday by
the agent, who sprayed the windows.
and as a result many files were killed
either when the liquid struck them or
when they lighted on the glass after
wards. What Files Do.
Flies are the most dangerous Insects
known to max
Files are known to be carriers of
millions of death-dealing disease
- '
They
1iv. om of those rprms
wherever they alight.
Flies may Infect you with tubercu
losis, typhoid fever, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, and other infectious dis
eases. They have a habit of feasting on tu
berculosis sputum and other discharges
of those sick with infectious dlseasee
and then goinisr direct to your food, to
your drink, to the Hps of your sleeping
children, or perhaps to a small open
wound on your hands or face.
Germs deposited in milk multiply
very fast; therefore milk should never
be exposed to flies.
CONTINUOUS FLIGHT OF
AEROPLANE FOR 1,000
MILES
Kollum. Holland, April 28. A con
tinuous flight of over 1,000 miles by
rnrianA w completed here early
toda by the French aviator. Ernest
prance Gulllaux. He made only two
8topg durlng hs night from Biarritz
Jn th extreme southwest of France,
which he left yesterday morning, de
scending to replenish his fuel at
Bordeaux and Vlllacoublay.
The entire trip was made in a little
more than 22 hours, the aviator leav
ing Biarritz at 4:Z4 a. m., Sunday
ianfl reachIns th!s City before daybreak
today.
PROGENCY RECORD
OF TOM ELLISON
SURPRISING ONE
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Walnut, Ark., April 2S. A table
of "Uncle Tom" Ellison's progency,
recast today after the birth of a
child to one of his granddaughters,
showed a surprising record. El
lison, 93 years old, has been mar
ried three times. The table showed:
That he was the father of 50 chil
dren. Grandfather of 12-5 children.
Great grandfather o 60 children
Great great grandfather of 2?
cmldren.
The rane of a ere 3 of Ellison's
own children Is remarkable. The
voungest is eleven years old. born
12 years after the BiMical life limit
of "three score and ten," and the
eldest Is 65 years old.
IIS 01
$300 AND GOLD NUGGET FOR
KEY TO HIDDEN TREASURE
Progressive Real Estate Man Pays
High Compliment to The Journal
w. w. POWERS,
REAL. ESTATE
Farm Lands and City Property
INVESTMENTS OF ALL KINDS
Milton, Florida, April 27, 1913.
Editor Pensacola Journal.
Tour Santa Rosa County Edition which appeared Sunday surpassed
anything I have ever seen gotten up by any paper in the South; and I
want to congratulate Miss Burnham and Mr. Chappelle on their excellent
work in showing up the wonderful resources of our town and county.
I believe The Journal to be the best paper published in any town of
the size of Pensacola in the country, and wish for you a continuation of
your success. '
, . , Respectfully yours,
i- "W. W. POWERS.
CLERKS AND INSPECTORS
SELECTED TO MANAGE
CITY ELECTION MAY 6
PROPOSE TO SELL
ROSIN DIRECT TO
THE CONSUMERS
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Savannah, Geu, April 2S. The na
val stores factors of the South will
meet in Savannah on Friday to
perfect a plan by which rosin may
be sold direct to the consumer. It
may be decided later to market
spirits in the same manner.
MYSTERY
'
Bulgarians Ordered to Evac
uate All Places Occupied
By Greeks, But Orders
Later Countermanded
War Between Servia, Bul
garia and Greece Is Ex
pected. BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
London, April 28. Mystery sur
rounding the events in the Balkans is
-3 1 oliT.t .-.V. Jtatr
l'8- oumniw y.
i confirmed the report that Bulgarians
have been ordered to evacuate all
places occupied by Greeks, but the or
ders were later countermanded. A
Bucharest, dispatch says If peace is se
cured another war will begin Imme
diately between Servia, Bulgaria and
Greece.
"Vienna reports that crown Prince
Danilo, of Montenegro, and his troops
have marched out of Scutari towards
the north, leaving only five batteries
of Montenegrin artillery in the city.
The cause of their evacuation is un
known. MONTENGRO PROTEST8.
The representative of the Montene
grin government in London received
instructions today from Cettinje or
dering him to protest formally against
the demand by the European powers
for the Immediate evacuation of Scu
tari by the Montenegrins which la de
scribed by the government of King
Nicholas as "unjust and cruel."
The demand of the Europe-an powers
Is couched in the following terms:
"We have the honor to declare col-
lectlvely to the royal government of ;
Montenegro that the taking of the
fortress of Scutari does not in any
way modify the decision of the Euro
pean powers relative to the delimita
tion of the frontiers of northern and
northeastern Albania and consequent
ly the city of Scutari must be evacu
ated with the briefest possible delay
i and must be handed over to the Euro
j pean powers represented by the com
j mandants of the International naval
; forces lying before the Montenegrin
j coast. The royal government of Mon-
teegro is Invited to give a prompt re
ply to this communication."
The Montenegrin representative In
! London, to whom this demand was
cabled back from Cettinje. said today:
"I have been ordered by my govern
ment to protest formally against this
i unjust and cruel demand and once
' more to ask the European powers to
! examine in an equitable manner the
j vital question of Montenegro's future
' and to place that nation on an equal
footing with the other Balkan allies."
i UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL ASHORE.
j North Easthara, Mass., April 28. An
unidentified three-masted schooner was
discovered on the breakers oT the Nau-
set lights at dawn today. Three life i
saving crews were summoned to her
: assistance and two revenue cutters
j were notified.
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BALKAN EVENTS
City Executive Committee
Holds Meeting and
Makes Up List.
PUBLISH NAMES OF" . ;
QUALIFIED VOTERS
Re
-ct-o4-j- raz -i i - 1 1
uuauuii vymv.CI Will
Supply Committee With
Names and Mayor Reiliy
Agrees to Call Meeting- of
City Council For Thurs
day Night to Hear Coin
plaints. .
Clerks and Inspectors to manage the
city election of May 6. the first pri
mary for city commissioners, were ap
pointed at a meeting of the city demo
cratic executive committee held last
night at the city hajl, and presided
over by Chairman W. Chipley Jones.
The committee decided to publish
the list of qualified voters for the In
formation -of the public, and the list
will appear in The Journal Thursday
morning. The chairman was autnor
ized to see Registration Officer Maura
and secure the list and Mayor Reiliy
has consented to call a special meet
ing of the city council for Thursday
night, when those whose names have
been omitted and who are qualified
to participate In the election will be
given an opportunity of appearing and
having their names restored.
CLERKS AND INSPECTORS.
The following were named clerks and j
Inspectors: i
Precinct No. 12. H. T. Belrne, clerk;
E. C. Stout, John Klumker, inspec
tors. Precinct No. IS. Arthur A. Brown,
clerk; A. Kerle. O. E. White, inspec
tors. Precinct No. 14. H. J. Qulna, clerk;
H. P. Ferris, II. F. DeBrux, inspec
tors. Precinct No. 15. F. J. Flera, clerk:
W. J. Sennott, P. Sanchez, inspec
tors. Precinct No. 26. J. E. Muller, clerk;
C. P. Llcata, H. M. Tonge, Inspec
tors. Precinct No. 27. J. T. Geralds,
clerk; H. L. Brooks, T. L Farrior, in
spectors. Precinct No. 28. H. Heinberg, clerk;
Fritz Zerr, J. L. Boley. Inspectors. ,
Precinct No. 29 B. F. Wolfe, clerk;
F Radcllffe, Sr O. E. McReynolds,
Inspectors.
Precinct No. 30. Fannin Chipley,
clerk; J. H. Cross, R, W. Sublett, ln-
spectors
Precinct No 31. G. B. Cafflero. clerk;
L. D. Green, Tim Burns, inspectors.
Precinct No. 2 H. Paulsen, clerk; T.
P. McCloskey, Phillip Klein, inspec
Fire Insurance Companies Are
Restrained From Leaving Missouri
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Jefferson City. Mo., April 28. The
state supreme court today Issued an
Injunction restraining 182 fire insur
ances companies from terminating
contracts now In force. The court
did restrain the companies from ceas
ing to write new business In the state.
The companies were given ten days
to show why they should not be fined
for threatlng to leave he state and to
show rans why thv nfimilil nn h
eniolned permanently from cancelling
present contracts. Judges Brown, Bond
and Walker dissented,
Representatives of the Insurance
companies when the Injunction pro
ceedings were filed by the attorney
general on Saturday, said the com-
This "Amount Given to For
tune Teller by Two Pen
sacola Ladies.
"NO ADMITTANCE"
PLACED ON HER DOOR
Mme. Houston, It Is Al
leged Was to Reveal the
Hiding Place of Untold
Wealth, But It Required
Gold to Set the Wheels of
Science, Astrology and
Phrenology In Motion.
Mme. Houston, the fortune teller,
whose journey through life, she says,
has taken her through all the re
nowned psychic schools of Egypt, In
dia and Europe, has aliio taken her out
of Pensacola, and with her has gon
$300 and a nugget of gold, Mrs. Susan
Ritter, of Goulding. and Mrs. Nannie
Stafford, of No. 220 North Palafox
street, contributing $150 each, and they
allege they gave Mme. Houston the
money to tell them where they could
find hidden treasure.
A few days ago Mrs. Ritter and Mr.
Stafford are said to have called upon
Mme. Houston at separate times to
have her impart to them her knowl
edge of that mysterious world of which
all should know, yet longing cannot
know. Mme. Houston is said to have
looked far eway into the dim mys
terious future the great beyond
across that dark chasm which sepa
rates the human body from the flitting
soul, and told the two ladies that it
would be absolutely necessary for each
of them to deposit with her $150 in
gold, which they did. and ever since
that time the machinery of mlnar'.ed
science, astrolory, phrenology, palmis
try and clairvoyance on the part of
Mme. Houston has been . in motion,
while Sheriff Ellis and Chief Sanders
did. not get the machinery of the law
Ii- motion until Saturday and then It was
too late. A warrant for the arrest of
the fortune teller was then made by
Mrs. Stafford, charging the fortune
teller wlfh obtaining money under
false pretenses.
Mme. Houston, accord inar to the
statements of the two ladles who
wanted the curtain of futurity lifted,
told them that the deposit of he money
was the only way that the machinery
to lift it could be started. "In addition
to depositing $ir,0 in sold, Mrs. ftaf-
! ford also gave the reader of the future
a gold nns-sret, said to be worth $50.
A number of persons, whom misfor
tune has overtaken and whose paths
re strwn wih trouble, called at Mme.
Houston's establishment at No. 319
East Gresrory street for relief, hut she
was not at home. On the front door
was the sle-n "No Admittance."
Deputy sheriffs and other officers
called at the fortune toller's address
yesterday, but when they saw the sign
hv made no effort to ener the place,
but began to try to locate her by long
distance telephone and telegraph. Up
to last night they had been unsuccess
ful. REBEL TROOPS
IN BIG MUTINY
General Salazar, Who Was in Com
mand, Taken and Held Priton9r by
His Own Troops,
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
El Paso, April 28. Ex-rebel troops
under General Jose Inez Salazar mu
tinied today near Oasas Grandes, re
fusing to proceed against the consti
tutionalists. Salazar, with his staff
officers. Is held prisoner by his own
troops. Salazar, who accepted th
Huerta government side, was on his
way to attack insurgents in the neigh
borhood of Chihuahua when the mu
tiny occurred.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Washimston, April 23. Prsid(nt
Wilson today withdrew his nomination
of Norman 11. Martin to be postmaster
at Weatherford, Texas, and sent In the
nomination of J. H. Richards. George
E. Downey, of Indiana, was nominated
to be comptroller of the treasury, suc
ceeding Robert J. TracewelL
panles had no intention of cancelling
present contracts, but merely would
write no new business or renew present
contracts after April 30.
"This decision Is a complete victory
for the people." said Attorney-General
Barker. " and I do not think the In
surance companies will dare attempt
to carry out their compact."
Mr. Barker said that notwithstand
ing the assurances his department
gave the insurance companies that
they could safely transact business
under the present law. they met at
Pittsburg, and. by an agreement, which
we think is In violation of the anti
trust laws of this state, decided to
suspend business in Missouri and to
quit writing policies and withdraw
from the stat eon April Z0."