Nebraska Newspapers

    NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED
COVERS WIDE AREA
GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT
Includes What la Going On at Wash
ington and In Other Sections of
the Country.
WASHINGTON.
A protioitne tax on dealings in eot
Ui futures, which uoiate certain
re*c..atif>ns promulgated for the re
form of the trading on exchanges.
wa» proponed la a bill by Representa
tive Lever of South Carolina, offered
aa a compromise for the senate bill
decv,ng the use of the mails to ex
change* engaged in forbidden trails
aeUai
• so
Secretary Bryan has proposed to
the senate foreign relations committee
that arbitration treaties be drawn to
run r deht.-ieiy instead of being nego
tiated for periods of five years, as at
present V.r Bryan pointed out that
aetera treaties will empire under the
hie year i.mit la a short lime. In re
new u*. be desires to put them in
fo-< f n't; one nation expresses a de
aire terminate.
• • •
U t. • er 'be present congress bos
the power to punish g member for
misconduct during w former congress,
was debated by the bouse judiciary
t -mm it tee No decision was reached
The comic.ue* discussed at length
case of Representative James T Mt
Itarmott of II! moots. ar sins' whom a
Mbnaainw has reported a resolu
tion of censure on account of activi
ties ia tbe recent investigation
• • •
•Jswge foster Peabody, former
cresetitr-r at the democratic national
Coanni't*-. conferred with President
M tlauo about universal peace Mr
Peabody who has spent many years
la Kris.) said he believed Presides*
It i won s poin t in the present situa
tK«u was correct and would prevail.
He regarded, be said the president's
ait:' tide in the Panama tolls contro
v*r»y as a distinct advance Toward
the cause of world peace
• • •
When ashed whether ihe lengthy
cobsideratian of tbe toils question
would necevwita’-e a curtailment of tbe
bguativr program so as to secure an
ewr.y -dyourameni of congreaa. Presi
dec U'tiwun said so change is the
adn.ris'ra* ton's pans a- outlined
* • • n sew- on was outitemplatAl
The preside** *aid he believed eon
grswa would dispose of its business,
it.'-lnd g the tolls and trust questions
h- hr wiidc e of June or the first of
Jwl?
• • •
Ki f.cal.-tn of (be international
now vent ton fur safety at sea. framed
a* Lmndnn. mean* perpetuation of din
mm. sat ion against American vessels.
Andrew Purusefh of the Seamen's In- -
tematmnal union told me senate
ftewwgn relax ions commit tee The
p wdmg La PoUette seamen s bill, be
ssd was .mended to apply to all
si ip - sc entering American ports, and
tbe new treaty, he argued, precluded
the puws.biiity of enforcing each regu
lations except against American snips. |
• • •
f'evident Wilson and Secretary
Bryan sere assailed in the bouse by
Keprm-ctaM'e Rogers, republican, of
Massachusetts, with charges that they
had disregarded the merit system of
appt- -;tci-c in the diplomatic and
consular lenlca Mr. Rogers re
viewed appointments to I at In Amer
ican countries, and declared that in
prnrttcady every cnee nppointmonts
were made without regard to fitness
of caafttsnv far their posts Me al
go described contributions of various
members of the diplomatic rot pa to
tbe president's campaign fund.
DOMESTIC.
Tbs fatU providing tor fas submit
aim is tbs voters of a coast it uOoua]
smsteeit for state-side prohibition
• as killed ta 'he Maryland boas* of
delegates
• • •
» bitsd Mates District Judge Jere
miah .veterer at feeaule imposed a
smMsars of ire years in the McNeil
Uisbd penitentlary upon Albert Dahl
wurvm. founder of a religious sect
known aa Heiign." w ho was con
virleS two seeks ago of violating the
Mann an-i shite slave act by trans
puntng Kdaa England of Tacoma,
from Krsaao. <’bl. to Waatitigton. in
October ISIS
• • •
A -ore of small bouses were blown
duws. Mrs. «’haries VanUuskirk was
probably fatally injured and four fam
lins arr muster as tbs result of a
tut •. do wkfct swept across the town
of I rebnrk. m Klee county. Kansas.
• • •
E** Mates of th* act nal value of the
s tate of tbs tats Adolphus Busch of
St lasgls range from g3e.00b.ovo to
fTl sow.bbs. according to a report filed
la tb» probate court of St Louis coun
ty Tbs variation is due to lack of
fcboa **d*e at the value or! foreign bold
lags which are yet to be tapped
see
Aa aaobymoaa cash gift of fiO.OOO
las been received at Nsw York by
•ts board at foreign missions of tie
Mstbcdist * Episcopal church, to be
gdf-'* to tbs permanent fund for the
pare of retired missionaries.
• • •
The erpsrieae* of James J Barrett
g star.* labor commtssi'joer. as a caa
gal laborer." are related ia an official
m-irt submitted by Mr. Barrett to
Governor Major in Missouri Mr Bar.
«stt left St Louis a month ago dis
j—)—* as a tramp and found work in
various cuastruttioE camps
• • •
Tbs federal grand Jury at Council
RaS*. !«•*. r-taraed aa indictment
against Harry H. Woodiiag. proprietor
of a Council Bluffs mail order boas*,
charring misuse at tbs mails by eir
ni)sirsit***f advertissmeata.
Pittsburgh this year will spend $2,
2M.000 for new school buildings.
• • •
Springfield. Mo., has for the second
t me within s year defeated coramis
sion government proposition.
a • , •
Foreclosure proceedings against the
Fere Marquette railroad, which de
faulted in the payment of its 6emi
annual interest of $5,000,000 bonds,
ha»e begun in Detroit federal court.
• a •
The Times-Dernoerat and the Pica
vune of New Orleans, two of the old
en morning newspapers in the United
States, v ilf'Tre consolidated, according
to announcement at New Orleans,
a a a
Jean Gian ini. who is held in jail at
Herkimer. N Y.. on a charge of mur
dering his former school teacher.
Miss Lida Beecher, was indicted for
the crime b> the Herkimer county
grand Jury at Little Falls, N. Y.
a a a
Work has been resumed in the gen
eral shops of the Norfolk & Western
at Norfolk, Ya. 900 men being re
turned to work on reduced time The
order affects shop men throughout
the system. The shop had beeD
c used since March 14.
a a a
T. H. Mu sc rove, a wealthy planter,
was shot to death near Blytheville.
Ark., and John Walker, a 16-year-o!d
youth, whose father Xlusgrove was
charged with having killed fifteen
: ears ago. surrendered to the sheriff
of Bhtheville to answer for the kill
ing.
a a a
The price of gasoline in St. Ixruis
was cut to 12 cents a gallon by the
>'andard Oil company. This cut is
the fifth made by the Standard Oil j
company since November 4. when it
began a fight, is is said, against other
dealers in the St. Louis field.
a a a
The resignation of Douglas I Me
Kay as New York police commission
er is in Mayor Mitchell's hands The
commissioner desired to retire at
once, if possible, but asked that he
lx* regained not 'onger than April 15.
• • •
Early Spring.’’ painted by George
In nos claimed by John R. Norris of j
New- York, was forbidden by Judge j
Carpenter in federal court at Chi- !
oago to be removed from among the
assets of the art firm of Moulton & j
Ricketts. The painting is valued at ,
• • •
I
The Rockefeller institute for medi
cal research in New- York has an
nounced that John D Rockefeller has
aeded $1.<K*V4H* to the general en- 1
dew men; fund of the institution, to !
be de-.o’ed to the study of animal dis- ;
eases, and that James J. Hill has
pledged • to t*e used specifically j
for the investigation of hog cholera.
. . .
T .1 Sherrard. chairman of the !
We-! Virginia republican state com
mit!. -e has issued a call for a dele
gate convention at Charleston May j
:> to consider changes in the party j
rule* as suggested by a subcommit I
tee of the republican national com
mittee. Delegates to the convention
will be selected by districts on
April 14.
• • •
A local shoe company, acting for j
the Kansas Reta.1 Shoe Dealers' as
sociation. has filed an injunction suit
at Topeka to prevent the enforcement
of the pure shoe lawr enacted by the*
last legislature. The law requires
that all shoes that contain substi
tutes for leather must be stamped to
show the adulteration. It was to
have gone Into effect April 1.
m • •
Mrs. Robert Duncan, her daughter.
El zabeth and five of the latter's
guests at a children's party were hur
ried to a hospital at Pittsburgh when
it became known that two Pekinese
don. by which tiie seven had been
bitten, showed signs of rabies. The
dogs- valued at S1.0OO. attacked one
of the little girls and the others were
bitten while trying to drive them off.
* * *
FOREIGN.
Paul Johann Lid wig von Heyse.
German poet and novelist, died in his
eighty-fifth year. He was awarded
the Noble prize for literature in 1910.
• • •
The Italian chamber of deputies
and senate has reassembled. The
new cabinet under the premiership of
Signor Saiandra made known to both
houses its legislative program.
• • •
i-aeuteuant Lankmeyer, a German
army aviator, was killed and Lieuten
ant Ruchti. whom he carried as a
passenger, was seriously injured in
an aeroplane accident. Their propel
ler broke while bey were flying at
a -ow altitude over the aerodrome.
• • •
Nuremburg. Germany, and its ad
jo ning city of Fterth have a combin
ed population of 430.000. Their street
railways last year carried 49.000,000
passengers over thirty-six miles of ;
track. ,
• • •
It is estimated that there are in
Fiance at the pres-nt time l.-'ioO.OOO
celibates, 1.800.'»io families without
children. 2.C50,«Ou families with two
children and 2,4'iO.OtiO families with
only one child
• • *
Britlej) rule in India is suffering the
evil result - of its ow n virtues It has
taught Indians to stand alone and
some of them, superficially educated
usually, wish to try the experiment
without assistance Indian unrest and
its attendant tragedies are virtue's
own reward.
• • •
Announcement of the death in Mad
rid. Spain, of Adolph Francis A. Bande
iler. one t.f the foremost authorities
on archeology in the United States, is
contained in a cable message. He
waa 74 years old.
• • •
The Briton has a common law right
to hies a play, provided he does sq
within bounds. This right, first af
firmed in a case reported in 1810, has
been reaffirmed by a Dublin magis
trate. who discharged a man charged
with hissing a play recently Imported
from the continent
CHARGE FAVORITISM
MUCH DISSATISFACTION OVER
RESERVE DISTRICTS.
STORM OF OPPOSITION BREAKS
Strong Effort Will Be Made to Over
turn Decision of Organization
, Committee.
Washington.—There is every indi
cation that the announcement of the
reserve districts and cities by the re
serve bank organization committee
has given the signal for a determined
struggle on the part of several cities
which were disappointed, to overturn
the committee's decision and bring
about a redistricting of the country,
or at least a change in the reserve
cities named.
I’nder the law tbe decision of the
organization committee is not subject
to review except by the Federal Re
serve board. This board probably
will not be named by President Wil
son for several weeks, but it is be
lieved that those disappointed with
the committee's announcement will
bend every effort toward paving the
way for changes. It is pointed out
that both Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and Comptroller of the Cur
rency Williams of the organization
committee are ex-officio members of
the reserve board and hardly could be
counted upon to reverse themselves.
The president has given no intimation
-as to who the other five members
will be.
lhe committee's plan was crHicised
m congress and there were reports
of keen disappointment from several
cities in the race for reserve banks
and which failed to procure them.
Three members of the senate banking
and currency committee, two repub
licans and a democrat, attacked the
plan. Senator Weeks of Massachu
setts. who opposed the law vigorously
for many months, but who finally
voted for it. pointed out that one
bank was located in Georgia, the
home of Mr. McAdoo: one in Virginia,
the home state of Mr. Williams, and
two in Missouri, the home state of
Secretary Houston, the third member
of the committee. He questioned the
propriety of these selections.
Senator Burton disapproved the in
clusion of Pittsburgh in the district
of which Cleveland is the reserve cen
ter and asserted that it would be im
possible to make trade turn westward
from Pittsburgh to that city.
Senator Hitchcock pointed to the
Tact that Omaha had been included in
the Kansas City district instead of
the Chicago district and said trade
did not flow that way.
Want Rebels Recognized.
El Paso. Tex.—The effect of the
rebel victory at Torreon was felt here
in a stiffening of the market for con
stitutionalist money and in the begin
ning of a movement to organize for
eigners owning property in Mexico
to appeal to Washington to recog
nize the Carranza government.
The latter idea originated with
former Governor George Curry of
New Mexico, but having placed the
matter in the hands of certain lead
ing democrats to work out, as they
promised to do. he expressed a de
sire to work only in the ranks for
the success of the movement.. Gen
eral Carranza declined to comment
on the movement, but information of
it caused much gratified comment in
Juarez.
Mr Curry said he was convinced
that foreign sentiment upheld the be
lief that recognition of President
Huerta being out of the question the
time has come for foreigners to lend
such aid to the Carranza revolution
as will help it to a speedy conclusion.
Telegrams sounding senators and rep
resetatives at Washington on the
proposed propaganda have been dis
patched.
Argentne Com in Chicago.
Chicago—A report was circulated
in grain circles here that Argentine*
corn in large quantities would soon
be put on the Chicago market for the
first time. Local elevator men were
credited in the report with having
negotiated for the purchase of 200,000
bushels of it, the shipments to start
before April 15. There was much dis
cussion of the probable effect of an
influx of Argentine corn In the Chi
cago market.
“General” Kelley Is Convicted.
Sacramento. — ,TJener»V' Charles
Kelley, leader of the erstwhile “army’’
of unemployed, which at one time
numbered 1,800 men, was convicted
on a charge of vagrancy.
Is Heavily Fined.
Jefferson City, Mo.—The Polar
Wave Ice company of St. Louis was
declared to be a combination in re
straint of trade by the Missouri su
preme court and fined $50,000. The
company was ousted from the state,
but the ouster was suspended.
Bryan Makes Proposal.
Washington.—Secretary Bryan pro
posed to the senate foreign relations
committee that arbitration treaties
be drawn to run indefinitely instead
of for periods of five years.
Is Swept by Flames.
9t. Augustine. Fla.—Historic St
Augustine, the oldest city in th«
United States, was swept by a
$500,000 fire that destroyed five tou
rist hotels and burned records and
curios dating back to the days of
Spanish rule in the sixteenth century.
Poisoned by “April Fool Candy.”
Quincy, Mass.—“April fool candy,"
said to have been flavored with poi
sonous berries, caused the illness of
t »o children who ate it It was
that the children will dio.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Mrs. Myra Campbell, aged 97, is dead
at Murray.
Tuesday. April 21, will be cleanup
day in York.
Miss Anna Beck has filed for the
nomination for county clerk at York.
The Wymore Coursing association
will hold a meet in that city April 16
and 17.
The Farmers’ union of Mead has
been incorporated with a capital stock
of $6,600.
The banquet of Albion's volunteer
fire department was the social event
of the season.
A campaign looking to the erection
of a new court house at North Platte
has been started.
A petition for Sunday baseball at
Cambridge was reported upon unfavor
ably by the city council.
Samuel Seitz, a farmer near Hum
boldt, was stricken with paralysis and
died within four hours.
Tim McHugh, a Cnion Pacific brake
man. fell between the cars and was in
stantly killed near Ames.
The presidency of Doane college at
Crete has been tendered Dr. W. O. i
Allen of Springfield. Mo.
The Lincoln team of the Western
baseball league is practicing and work
ing out at Antelope park.
“Nick" Hansen suicided by shooting j
himself through the head in a barn at 1
the rear of his home at Lincoln.
Mrs. Rhoda Morris, probably the !
oldest woman in Gage county, died a>
Beatrice recently at the age of 95.
The question of Sunday baseball
will be submitted to the voters of Clay
Center at the city election, April 7.
Earl Francis. 18 years old. is dead
at Palmyra front injuries received
when he was thrown from a horse.
Fairburv’s new ice plant is now in
operation and turning out ice at the |
rate of twenty-five to thirty-five tons j
per day.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Merwm cele
brated their fiftieth wedding anniver
sary at their home in Beaver City on
March 30.
A five-year-old daughter of Mrs. A.
Farris of Murray was bitten by a dog
last week and has been taken to Chi
cago for treatment.
The Gage County Holstein Fresian
association has been organized by a
number of farmers in Gage county in- ,
terested in dairying
Continued brooding over the ill j
health of his wife drove Henry }
Schulte, an aged Germantown farmer. :
to suicide by hanging.
York. Dodge. Boone. Butler and
Seward counties have about completed
plans for the engagement of eight
noted institute workers.
More than 20.000 people attended
the four days school festival at Lin- I
coin and $3,000 was added to the play ;
ground funds as a result.
The Nebraska Republican, a four 1
page paper, has made its appearance 1
in Lincoln and among politicians j
created considerable interest.
The annual district convention of
the woman's home and foreign mis
sionary society will be held at Peru
during the Easter season, at the Meth
odist church.
Dr. VC S. Fast, superintendent of
the institute for the feeble minded at
Beatrice, is suffering from typhoid
fever. Authorities deny that there is
danger of the fever spreading to the
inmates.
Hastings was chosen as the place
for the next annual meeting of the Dis
trict Odd Fellows convention by the
2<K» fraternal members present at the
banquet which marked the close of the
1914 meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Flyne Fields of Ne
braska City died within an hour of
each other Saturday. They are sur
vived by thirteen children. The father
was afflicted with an abscess of the
brain and the mother with pneumonia.
Luther Abbott, a well-known Nebras
ka boy. and former resident of FVe
mont. died at Colorado Springs from
hemorrhage, as a result of an opera
tion for the removal of a gold crown of
a tooth from his lungs three months
«go.
There are sixteen case* or smallpox
tn four families at Kearney, but it is
believed that danger of the spread of
•che disease has been obviated.
Charged with the desertion of his
wife and nine-days-old baby. Arthur E.
Vlrooks. a blind piano tuner, is being
•ought for by Sheriff Hyers of Lincoln.
At a meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Gage County Holstein-Fre
sian association it was determined to
make an effort to guard against the
importation of inferior Holsteins. or
other black and white cattle, in the
state and county, and disposing of
them as thoroughbred stock.
The farmers’ unions surrounding
Clay Center have incorporated and will
build a new elevator which will be
operated under the co-operative ele
vator law.
The barn of Frank Stowell. near
Phillips, was struck by lightning and
completely destroyed, together with a
fine team of work horses, several head
of cattle, harness and grain.
Paul Swan, painter. "Greek god.”
and heralded in Sunday supplements
as the most beautiful man in the
world, was born on a farm near Te
cumseh in this state and for a while
attended the state university.
Fred Belr.i.t. a Lincoln boy. found
an envelope oa the street which, upon
opening, he discovered contained
checks and drafts on a local bank for
$2,233.23.
The women of Hastings will stage
a "county fai,-’’ at Fraternity hall at
the close of the Lenten season. The
proceeds will be devoted to the “Sun
nyside home" for elderly people.
W. A. Reed of Oxford, who suffered
a fracture of both bones of the left
leg by the turning of his buggy when
his leg was between the box and the
wheel, was obliged to submit to am
putation as a result of the accident
Joe Parona of Central City. S. D..
the father of seven children, was found
dead from asphyxiation in a room at
an Omaha hotel, ft is thought his
death was accidental.
A collection of Indian relics that
cannot be replaced for thousands of
dollars is missing from the home of
F. T. Parker at Omaha. Mr. Parker is
In Florida for the season.
Eighteen contestants, representing
as many towns in eastern and central
Nebraska, participated in the high
school declamatory contest at Fre
mont. In the oratorical class. Cecil
Galloway of Wahoo took first prize.
IN MEMORY OF
HISONLY GHILD
VALUABLE DISCOVERY OF VOL
CANIC ASH.
NEWS FROM OVERTHE STATE
What Is Going on Here and There
That Is of Interest to the Read
ers Tnroughout Nebra*>''«
and Vicinity.
Western Newspaper Union News aervic*.
*****************
* COMING EVENTS *
* Coursing association meeting *
* at Wymore, April 16 and 17 *
* Travelers' Protective associa- *
ft tion at Lincoln. April 16 and 17. *
* "High Cost of Living” Exposi- *
* tion at Omaha. April 16 to 26. *
* State convention of Nebraska *
* M. W. A. at Hastings in May. *
* State convention of Nebraska *
* Modern Woodmen at Hastings, *
* May 4 to 6. *
* Annual encampment Nebraska *
* G. A. R. at Grand Island. May 13 *
* and 14. *
* State convention of Nebraska *
* Eagles at Hastings in June. *
* State Sunday school conven- *
* tion at Aurora in June. *
* Meeting of Nebraska post- *
* masters at Lincoln. June 9, 10 *
* and 11. *
* Outing of Nebraska Press asso- *
* cir.tion at Epworth Lake park, *
* Lincoln. June IS to 25. *
Hastings.—W. H. Lanning. Hastings
banker, who has expended a small for
tune in building one of the most com
plete and up-to-date hospitals in the
state in order to perpetuate the mem
ory of his only child, has announced
the selection of the seven members o1
tht board of trustees consisting ol
local business men. Miss Mary Lan
ning was in attendance a? school in at
eastern college. When she was et
route to Hastings to spend her holiday
vacation she contracted a severe cold
She died at her home here about a
week later. To her memory the Marj
Lanning hospital has teen erected
The trustees are self-perpetuating
serve without salary and not more
than two may belong to the same te
ligious body.
Volcanic Ash in Western Nebraska.
Lincoln.—A dual purpose will be
achieved through the recent find o1
volcanic ash in large quantities ir
western Nebraska, if the opinions ol
some university officials are bourne
out. For not only will it prove to be
a substitute for a certain percentage
of the main ingredient of Portland
cement, and thus make it cheaper, but
it will instantly make the fields of ash
particularly valuable. Paul Buol and
H M. Fishwood are at present in
western Nebraska, looking into the
quality of the ash found there and
making preparations to conduct ex
periments to ascertain the value of
the product. The work will be carried
on extensively by the university au
thorities during the coming summer.
Sues Saloon Men for Husband's Death
North Platte.—Declaring that her
husband had for years striven to shake
ofT the liquor habit that bound him.
but that temptation was too strong and
that the habit finally caused his sui
cide by drinking carbolic acid. Mrs.
Viola Hodges has filed suit in district
court here asking $23,000 damages
against saloon men and business men.
She maintained that the defendants
had brought about his death through
the liquor sold him.
Spring School Festival a Success.
Lincoln.—With a total attendance of
more than 20.000 persons and total
receipts, including donations and door
of $4,000. the spring school festival
closed Friday night pronounced a suc
cess in every way by those in charge.
The attendance and the receipts both
far exceeded the expectations of the
public school faculty. Three thousand
school children took part in the fes
tival.
Fremont.—Starting April 5. all
freight on file Northwestern west of
the Missouri river will be distributed
from the Fremont transfer station and
changes are about to be made by which
thirty men will be added to the local
force of freight handlers
Smallpox Epidemic.
Fpland.—Schools and churches have
been closed and public meetings pro
hibited by the board of health because
of the appearance of a mild epidemic
of smallpox five miles southeast of
here. Although twenty-seven cases of
the disease have been reported, none
are serious.
The Eustis News has placed on de
posit a $5 gold piece which will be
given to the girl graduate of the Eustis
high school for 1914 whose graduation
dress shall cost the least money.
Died as Result of Fall.
Pierce.—Marian Brasda. who was
soon to have become a bride, died at
the William Fisher home, ten miles
west of Pierce, from injuries received
when she was thrown from a horse.
Fhe suffered a compound fracture and
dislocation of the right ankle. Blood
poison set in and her death followed.
A train load of immigrants, bound
for the forest reserve in northwest
Nebraska, where they had drawn
lands, passed through Omaha last
week.
Fortune for State Institutions.
Lincoln.—An estate valued at $125.
000 will be divided between the state
board of control for neglected children
and the state orthopedic hospital,
after the heirs have received an in
come therefrom during their lives', ac
cording to the provisions of the
Charies Genuchi will, opened in pro
bate court here.
The Nebraska press association will
have an outing and business meeting
it Epworth Lake park. Lincoln. June
18 to 25. |
Gen. Felix Diaz, nephew of ex-Pregi
dent Porfirio Diaz of Mexico, arrived
in New York a short time ago from
Havana, accompanied by his wife and
four of his fellow-countrymen, Joseph
H. Sandoval, his lawyer; Dr. Pedro
del Villas, his secretary; Dr. Richard
del Rio, and Capt. Hector Arostegul
The Mexican general has not a war
like appearance. He is short, plump
with large, dark eyes, dark hair, and a
heavy mustache. In his gray suit he
resembles an Italian opera impresario
more than a military man.
In an interview General Diaz
showed that he was a diplomat. To
questions that he did not care to an
swer, he replied courteously that his
English was not so good. At other
times he answered and apparently un
derstood what was said without any
difficulty.
The general denied that he had any
intention of starting another revolu
tion in Mexico. He said he had come
w •'«» iors co visit iriends ror a rew days. me stab wound received re
■ cently in Havana had healed, the general said, and he was in perfect health.
Hia future plans are indefinite. He might go to Europe.
"What will happen if Villa wins in the struggle against the federal
j troops?” he was asked.
"The federal soldiers," said General Diaz, “are the only properly organized
| forces that can restore peace in Mexico. Villa is trying to exterminate them.
If he succeeds, it will not bring peace to the country. There will be nothing
but bloodshed. Villa would not be able to control hia own men if he won."
"Are you going to join Villa?”
"I am not. You can say that I do not know Villa and have never met hliu
' in my life."
HORSE NAMED FOR LITTLETON
"When Martin W. Littleton was a
young man he went to Texas from Ten
nessee as a laborer for a railroad ”
| said John Walker, a New York news
! paper man, the other day. "Even then
j he was confident that he was destined
■ for political honors. A foreman named
' G. W. Scott and Littleton got to be
good friends. Littleton finally war.
promoted to be a paymaster, and after
serving in that capacity for some time,
he announced one day that he was go
ing to quit and go to New York. He
informed Scott that some* day he
would be mayor of New York, then
governor, and after that, well, he
wouldn't make any further prediciton.
Scott gave up railroad work and went
into breeding thoroughbred horses.
"Littleton reached New York and aft
er a number of years became borouga
1 president of Brooklyn, and then mem
ber of congress from the Oyster Bay
district. He hasn't reached tha
mayoralty as yet. but there is plenty
or ume. lor Lattieton is still a young man. Scott prospered in the racehorse
i business, and a year or tyo ago brought East a stable of pretty good horses.
He bred all of his horses, and about five years ago he picked out two of the
most likely youngsters and announced that he would name them after his
best friends. For one he claimed the name of Senator Bailey, but he found on
application to the Jockey club that the name had been taken, whereupon he
called the horse J. H. Houghton. The other colt he gave the name of Martin
TA. Littleton. This latter horse turned out to be a first-class racer."
_
ELEANOR WILSON TO WED
"The President and Mrs. Wilson
announce the engagements of their
youngest daughter. Eleanor Randolph,
to Hon. William Gibbs McAdoo.”
This announcement was Issued at
the White House by Secretary Tu
multy a few days ago.
For weeks there had been rumors
that the president's daughter and the
secretary of the treasury would be
married soon. The exact date of the
wedding is not known.
There has been extraordinary inter
est in the engagement among officials
and the many friends of both Miss
Wilson and the cabinet officer. The
youngest of. the family, Miss Eleanor
is said to be her father's pet, and
there is a strong personal friendship
between the president and the man
who is to marry his daughter.
Reports that Secretary McAdoo
would retire from the cabinet after his
marriage, and perhaps become ambas
sador to France were set at rest by
White House officials, w ho said emphatically that he was expected to remain
! at the head of the treasury department.
Miss Wilson will be the fourteenth White House bride, and the second of
President Wilson's daughters to marry in the nation's executive mansion. Her
: sister. Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, became Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre in the
east room on November 25 last.
Mr. McAdoo is fifty years old and Miss Wilson Is twenty four. ‘
___
—
! _____—
MAY HEAD FEDERAL BANK BOARD
____
The governor of the new banking
svstem of the United States probably
will be Walker Hill, now president of
the Mechanics-American National
bank of St. Louis. Mr Hill has been
tendered this post at the head of the
federal reserve bank board by Presi
dent Wilson and the appointment has
been accepted, it is said.
By the terms of the Owen-Glass cur
rency law the governor Is the active
executive officer of the new system,
and his office is the most important
financial position, with the possible
: exception of the secretaryship of the
treasury, within the gift of the govern
ment.
The governor is one of the five mem
bers of the board to be appointed by
the president. Secretary of the Treas
ury William G. McAdoo and Comptrol
ler of the Currency John Skelton Wil
liams will be ex-officio members.
Mr. Hill stands high in the banking
business, and it is expected that his
appointment will be acceptable to business interests generally. He has held
many important positions, having been president of the American Bankers’
association in 18»3-1&00, and a director of the Louisiana Purchase exposition,
serving as vice-president of its committee on finance. He was one of tile
organizers of the Business Men's league of St. Louis, of which he was the first
president and treasurer.
The governor of the tanking system was recently offered the presidency of
a New York bank, with the option of naming his own salary, but he de
clined it