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The Omaha Daily Bee Call Tyler 1000 If T09 Want, to Talk to Tho Deo or to Anycmo Connected With Tho Roo. THE WEATHER. Fair; Warmer VOL. XLIII NO. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AP1UL 14, 1914-TWKLVE PAGES. On Trains and at ottl Haws Stands, 50. SINGLE COPY TWO GENTS. DAGO FRANK" TELLS RILLED THE GAMBLER "Gyp. the Blood," "Lefty Louie" and Harry Vallon Fired Shots Slaying Rosenthal. "WHITEY LEWIS" ON SCENE Latter, However, Had No Part in the Actual Murder. BECKER NOT MIXED UP IN IT Italian Says Far as He Knew Ex Police Officer Innocent. CIROFICI IN BLOT HIMSELF Hfie Not Explain ' Why Ho Left Trio Just Trior lo Shootlnur Statemenjt in Mnde Ver- i linl ly. , ALBANY, N. Y.. April 13.-Shortiy be fore "Dago Frank" CIroflcl went to tho rcath chair In Sing Sing prison early to day ho told. Warden Clancy that "Gyp the Blood" Horowitz, "Lefty Louie" Ros-, enberg and Harry Vallon, an Informer, fired the shots which killed Herman Ros enthal, for which crime the four gunmen paid their lives. "So far as I know Becker had nothing to do with this case," the gunnian also asserted. "It was a gamblers' fight." CIroflcl averred he -was five miles away at the time- the crime was committed and that "Whltey Lewis" Setdcnshner, al though present at tho scene of the shoot ing, did not flro any it the shots. In the Plot. CIroflcl made no attempt, however, to deny that ho was included In the original plot' to slay Rosenthal, cverfi&lmlttlng that two nights before the gamuler was slain he went with other gangsters to look for their Intended victim. They tvere frightened away from Rosenthal on that occasionally men they thought were de tectives. The condemned man also ad mitted that early on the night of the ac tual murder he was In the gray "murder car" with the gunmen, but he Insisted he left them before they shot the gambler. He did not explain why he left the other gunmen Just prior to .the shooting, but two reasons are advanced. One Is that he becamo frightened and the othor that he deserted In order to ball out his sweet heart, Jean Gordon, who ( had been ar-! rested. Result of Pica. T'ho statement, which was made verh nlly in( the. prison keeper's office aboul. 4 o'clock, this morning, jnts the result of tho hisisfe'nt plea on the part of .Cirotlcl's mother antf. his, sister for the truth.. They had been hero and made an unsuccessful appea to tho .governor to save tho.rta oher'a life. Returning to tho prison near dawn they were jnet by the warden and taken to the office, where they met CIro flcl. Jlr. Clancy came to Albany today and told his story to Superintendent John B. Riley o tho state prison department and Governor Glynn. I sane Forninl Statement? The warden first issued a formal state ment rehearsing a part of what CIroflcl told him and later added details 'which In cluded Ciroflcl's admission that he waa In tho murder car" two nights before the slaying; Tho formal statement of the -warden fol lows: "About 8 o'clock Sunday night, Rosen berg asked me to save Frank, saying- he had nothing ,to do with the shooting, he was not there. I Trent over and asked Frank why ho did not tell the truth. He replied that he knew what was going oh, but was not there when the shooting took rlace. I "advised him to tell the whole story. He said if he did thev wnulrl kill hla brother, I asked w"hom ho meant by 'they.' He replied tlat there wcro fifty men In New York he could name. He safd: .'I don't care for myself, its my family I caro for Urjse Him to Tell All. !'I -caused Frank CIroflcl to bo brought from the condemned cell house to the offico about 4 o'clock Monday morning. He made tho following, among other statements, in the presence of myself, Principal Keeper Mclnerny, tho chaplain, his mother and his sister. Thoy urged' (Continued on Page Two.) The Weather Forecust till 7 p. m. Tuesday: For Omaha. Council Bluffs and VlnclnlVy. Fair, -warmer. TeiuurruCure at Onuthn Yeaterduy, Hours. , Deg. r a. in 41 C a. m 41 7 a. III.... .'. 42 8 a. m , 44 8 a. m 44 9 a. m.,. 61 10 a. m K 11 a. m sa 12 ro C3 1 n. m 03 2 p. in 63 3 p. Ill 57 ti CJ (14 6) 59 4 p. ni 6 ji. in o I'- m 7 p. m s p. m Comparative local Ilecuru 1914. 1913. 1U. 1911 Highest yesterday GS 84 GO St Lowest yesterday 41 35 57 35 Mean temperature U GO m 48 Precipitation 00 .00 .10 .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures frOm tho normal: Not mat. temperature 49 Excess for the day S TotaWetk-lenoy since March 1 20 Ntrmat precipitation 10 Inch Deficiency for the day 10 inch TotaJ raimVl since March 1.. I O) inches Dellclfnojr clnce March 1 & Inch Excess, for cor. period, 1913 2.S3 inches Excess for cor. period, 1913 19 inch Station and state Temp, of Weather. 7 p. m. Cheyon&s. cloudy 6S Denver, pt- cloudy (E Ues Moines, cloudy ffi Dodgo City, pt, cloudy... CI lander, cloudy O! Omaha, clear C3 Pueblo, clear (I lUpId City, cloudy .'. 41 hull Lake ICtv. clear High- Rain- eat, fall. W (A 01 W -o Gi 6 70 .0) .00 .00 .0) .00 it .0) .00 00 .X) Kdnta Fe. utt cloudy 61 Sheridan, cloudy SS Moi City, clear W MiViiKDC. near tv if H A. WELSH. Local Forecaster .00 ii WARDENTWOOFFOUR Unsolved ystery of Murder Ten Years Ago May Be Solved JOLIHT, 111., April 13. Tho (Unsolved mystery of the murder teh years ago of John W. Bates, a taxlcab driver, may bo cleared. It was asserted today, when Information was offered that tho slayer was Henry Spencer, the "tango" slayer, now awaiting tho execution of his sen tence for the murder otMlldred Roxcoat, tho uancing teacner, ai neaton last fall. Bates was called the night of November 18, li, to take "Mr. Dove," a guest at a Chicago hotel, on n long drive. Bates was found murdered the next day. "Dove" disappeared. A man, generally supposed to havo been "Dove," arrived in Jollet tho morntntf after tho murder, stayed two days In seclusion at the boarding house of Mrs. Hauser, and left suddenly a fow minutes before the arrival of Chicago detectives. A suit case, containing bloody garments, was left In "Dove's room," and he had Inquired at a drug store for something ta take out bloodstains. Mrs. Hauser, her son-in-law, John Smith, and the drug clerk, questioned by tho suspect, today identified portraits of Spencer as likenesses of "Dove." Chief of Police Murphy will take the three to Whcaton to. see Spencer. Spencer when arrested for the murder of Mrs. Rcoccoat mado a long, rambling confession, In which he clalmod responsibility for moro than a score of murders. That of Bates was not among thorn. Investigation de veloped that Spencer -was In prison on the dates of most of the killings which he asserted he had committed. Records of the state penitentiary at Jollet show that Spencer was at liberty between April 17, liXB, and June 12, 1D0C. WHHATON. 111., April 13.-Shcrlff Kuhn of Dupage county refused today to allow Spencer to be questioned about the Bate's murder. He said the Spencer's statement would bo .valueless without corroboration. , Few Ships Would Be Entitled to Free Tolls, Says O'Gorman WASHINGTON. April I3.,-The senate canals committee resumed public hear ings, with E. T. Chamberlain, commis sioner of the bureau of navigation, as the first witness. The commissioner de clared, his belief that under the treaty the united states had no right to exempt its ships unless the government absorbed the proportionate charges for tho operation of tho canal property assessable against such ships. He believed this should, be done either by collecting nnd remitting tolls on alt ships or by direct subsidy. Senator Gorman sought to show by ex tracts from rennrtfl nrndA hv tha rnmnim. sloner that he had not always held such Senator O'Gorman said It wax c-enrmliv naoumed that 92 per cent of the ;oat- wise traffln.wps in railroad-owned ships. wmcn tna law oars from thh runnl nn,t On that proportion there ' would be .w American coastwise ships to enjpy a tolls exemption. "That is assuming," remarked Senator Thomas, "that the railroads don't beat tho devil around the stump and get through tho canal anyway." Senator O'Gorman conducted a line of questioning to show that no tolls were charged to ships in Inland capals and waterways of tho United States. Governor of Colorado Orders Militia from ,Ooal Strike District DENVER, April 13,-AdJutant General John Chase today sent a telegram to Sheriff Jeff Forr of Huerfano county, no tifying him that the military patrol In that county would end tomorrow morning and that tho preservation of order would I turned over to the local authorities. .General Chase said he had not yet de cided what disposition " to make of "Mother" Jones, now held as a military prisoner in the Huerfano county Jail. "I don ot know whether, I shall release her, take her to Trinidad or bring her to Denver," lie said. A writ of habeas corpus secured last week from the supreme court by Horace N. Hawkins, attorney for Mrs. Jones, calls for the production of the prisoner before the court not later than April 18. Governor E. M. Ammons said today that he had ordered all'' the troops removed from the" coal strike xone and that prob ably, thero would not be a militiaman left In the district after this week. He re futed to discuss the question of the dls. position of "Mother" Jones. Three More Arrests in Spurgeon Case 1 " DENVER, Cola, April U-Robert L. Owens, 31, was' arrested today In con nection with the kldnuping and deporta tion of the Rev. Otis L. Spurgeon, Bap tist minister and lecturer against the Catholic clergy, on tho night of April 5. Ho was the sixth man to bo arrested. j Mr. Spurgeon appeared before the grand (Jury today and told his version of the ! kidnaping. Later In the dtfy two more men were arrested In connection with the kidnap ing. They aro Timothy Callahan and P. J, Kerrigan. Q0TT0N OIL COMBINE SUED FOR $227,000,000 JACKBON, Miss., April It Four hun dred and fifty-three managers, agents and operators in the employ of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies in Mississippi today are being .summoned to appear In Jackson, April 27, to testify in the state's anti-trust suit against the American Cotton Oil company and allied concerns. Tho employes of the telegraph companies are Instructed to bring with them copies of all messages that passed between cotton oil mills of the state. The attorney-general named ninety eight defendants; demanded that the al leged combine be brokn up; that $:rr,00O,- 1 000 In fines be paid and that cotton oil mill corporations not domiciled in Mis IsUslpr' h" ousted, WILSON AGAINST PROPOSAL TO LIMIT ANTI-TRUST PRO He is Not in Sympat Coyer Less Gi1 Contcmpl TALKS WITH HOUSE MEMBERS Has Conference with Judiciary Sub committee of Body. ONE BILL WILL BE REPORTED Single Measure to Embody Sub stance of a Number. LABOR'S DEMANDS HEEDED IiCKlitlqUnit o Itestrlrt lhi roTrers if (he Court In (Srnnttns; Injunctions In lie Con sidered. WASHINGTON, April Ik-Unqualified disapproval was expressed by President Wilson today of tho proposition In con gress to curtail the nntl-trutt legislation program for this session. Members of thu house Judiciary subcom mittee, who had conferred with the presi dent on the subject later, asserted that an effort would be mado to report out quickly a single measure embodying the substnnco ot all the separate tentative trust bills, and that legislation also .would be pressed to .meet the demands ot labor for restriction of the injunction power ot the courts. That opposition to carrying out the full trust legislative program Is growing among senate and house democrats con tinued In evidence during the day, not withstanding determination to revive the effort to perfect measures affocttng inter locking directorates, holding companies-, price discriminations and- other evils. Hoboes Plan MaVpJj -from New York to National Capitpl NEW YORK, April 13.-Hobocs In the Brotherhood Welfare association who "enlisted" a week ago In "General" Coxey's army which Is to march to Wash ington, decided yesterday on the route. Tho New York contingent will start on May 1.' The different branches of tho "army" are to, be organized in companies of 100, each company to havo a captain. Tho New York army will cross. to Jer sey City pn May 1 and march fo. Philip detphja, wherejihere Wljl ho' arrest. The next stop will-'be Batllrriorewhare-thore will bo another, reeUr ana., tHm; 'they, vfllt nrocoed. leisurely to Washington In time to fall In line with, the other branches .of tho "army" on Pennsylvania avettua on May 21, when a committee, to be ap pointed by them, will go to the White Houso with the demands for legislation to make mohey and work more plentiful. Alexander Law, secretary of the Broth erhood Welfare association, said that he expected. J. Eada How, wo organized the hobo body, would be here In tlmo to lead the New York march. He is now out west. Billie Burke and Florence Ziegfield Married at Hoboken NEW YORK, April .-Announcement was made here today of tho marriage on Saturday at Hoboken, N. J ot Miss Blllte Burke, the actress, to Florenz Zlcgfreld, Jr., the theatrical manager. Tho couple plati to sail for a honey moon In .Europe at the close If this, spring of Miss Burke's present New York en gagement. Mr. Zlcgfcld mai-rled Anna Held in Paris 1 1907. They separated two years ago and In January, 1913, Miss Held was rranted a divorce In the New York su preme court. Equitable Appeals from Decision m the Union Pacific Case NEW YORK, April W.-TImj Equitable X4fe Assurance society appealed today from a decision by Supreme -ourt Jus tice Grcenbaum, denying Its petition fpr an Injunction to restrain tho L-nlon Pa cific Railroad company from from dis tributing as a special dividend to holders of common stock, 80,000,000, in cash and stock of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Efforts will be made to have the appel late division hear arguments on the appeal- this week. President Wilson to Speak to Editor1 WASHINGTON, April U.-Announce-ment was made at the White House to day that President Wilson had accepted an invitation tp. speak April 1 at a luncheon at the annual- meeting of The Associated Press In Now York City. Secretary Tumulty said the president had not yet decided what subject ho would discuss, but that he Woul.1 make nn Im. portant speech. It is the first Invitation the president has accepted for a speech outside- of Washington since he went to Mobile last October to attend the South- em Commercial congress. PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM EASTER VACATION WASHINGTON, April 13.-Trss1dent Wilson returned today from White Su jhur Springs, Va., and went to th,s White House for breakfast With hln ware 8eo retary MOAdoo, Miss Ela,n6r Wilson and Francis B. i-'ayre. the president's son-tn-law. Mrs- Bayrc and Miss Margaret Wil son remained at the springs, wth Mrs, Wilson, where they will stay for an other week. Tho president probably will Join them again Friday h25veto : jjjjtll Drawn ior The Bee by Powell. MAD RUSH FOR FIRE RISKS Big Companies -Trying to Get Monopoly, Says Howard. SANDBAG METHODS ARE USED Nebraska Official Says Un' of Square Ileal 1 Here and Dis crimination In Hates'"'' Mnst Stop. CHHCOY Aiirn.iSta Audlr jW. B, lloVarft -ot. Nebraska, in an address to convention of fire insurance meh.'loro.to- ' "If there Is someone somewhere buy ing s6methlng for less than it is worth, or leas' than the cost of production., then somewhere else others buying tho same commodity aro paying more than it Is worth. A balance must be struck or tha Institution supplying go into dis credited bankruptcy. "The truth of the tiro insurance busi ness Is told In one word, Chaotic No standard of rates nor of classification nor of agency requirements Is today considered by the companies engaged in the business, but the mad rush to ob tain risks whether upon a sound basis rate is not so Important as. to get the vol limp of "business. How long this will contl'nuo no one knows. Certain It If that inability to meet competition will put a stop .limit Upon a great many of the companies and in the end will re sult In a fnw companies left to trans act tho business ot flro Insurance whore now there are many. Indeed, to a careful observer, this seems to be tho plot and plan of some of the great fi nancial fire -Institutions to obtain for themselves, whether by fair means or foul,- a control' of the fire Insurance business. Methods are resorted to which would put to shame the James boys or the' Dalton brothers In their palhiiest days, and conditions are growing worse so rapidly that unless, something Is done n general system of state rate making seems to be the Inevitable outcomo and from state, rate maklng to state In surance is but -a short step, Is it Form of Tnxr "There aro many today . who believe that all forms ot insurance are but a tax and that the right to tax Is nn exclusive governmental function and that the government has only by contract subrogated lis right to private corpora tions. So far as I know, no economist has ever treated r Insurance as a func tion of the state, but thoughtful . citi zens nre learning that. "it is unnecessary to search the hidden mysteries of thu past In order to establish a precedent for the future. Governments aro Just what the peoplo governed want them to be, and tho (Contlnued on Pago Two.) The National Capital Monday April t!5, B014. The Senate. Met at noon. , ., . Canals committee resumed public hear ings on the repeal of the Panama tolls exemption. Honnlnr Ixwls Introduced three bills for a new federal commission .to regulate J '"Br uVm.nsk. on the railroad rate situation. i Senator Thomas, In a speech, declared the railroads did not need Increases Jn freight ratos The Jlunse, Met at noon. Took up District of Columbia legislation. Representative Underwood returned to his seat from his Alabama victory and received an ovation Jefferson's birthday anniversary was signalized by a speech by Representative Clark Administration Isadora In the Judiciary committee conferred with President Wil son and agreed to consolidate some of the tinst bills. Representative Ievy Ineffectually at tempted to obtain consideration of his resolution calling on the president to In fcrm the house why the Interstate Com merce commission has not granted such freight rate increases as shippers havo j not contested. The Little Ones Don't Count Alleged Kidnaper on Trial for His Life at Opelousas, La, OPELOUSA8, La., April 15. -Two women claim ar their sou the child for. whose kidnaping W. C. Walters was to bo placed, on trial far his life here today, Mrs. C. F. Dunbar ot Opelousas says she Is positive tho boy Is her son. whlio tho defense's attorneys, claim they ht-ve,vU- tds-to.proyeiUw hoy Is tho UtlglUruaUi L'L .',. j-. r..f. ,n." i.il.' .' a,-caplUl offense Mr Robert "Dunbar, C years old, disappeared from Opolouaas August S3, 1912. On April 0, 1913, Walters was arrested near Co lumbia, Mils., having with him a child resemblthg the Dunbar boy. Walters, who is an itinerate tinker, maintains the boy Is Bruce Anderson, given him by the child's mother to care for. Tho prosecu tion will attempt to prove that Walters was near Opelousas for several days be fore the boy disappeared. Immediately after Walters was arrested at Columbia the Dunbars hurried thero, but at first were unable to identify the boy with Walters as their son. -'Next morning, however, they announced they were positive the child was their own, and they took him home. Because of reports that Walters might hb badly handled It taken to Opelusus, Governor Brewer of Mississippi refused to honor a requisition until a test case had been made. Jqhn M. Parker of New Orleans, selected to act by the governor of Louisiana and Governor Brewer de cided tho boy was Robert Dunbar. A recess waB taken until tomorrow in order to give the .attorneys for the de fense time to confer. AUNT MAHALA IS HUNDRED FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE' PH l LA PELPI II A, April 13--"Aunt" Mahala Aycr yesterday celebrated her one houndred and, fourteenth birthday at the home for aged colored persons In wii cuy. nne uresseu ncrseu unaiaeo ana attended. Easter services in the chapel of the institution, afterwards receiving the congratulations of scores of visitors who called to wish her well. The officials of the home had prepared a huge cake for the aged woman and she ... ... , lng as she d d so. I guess 1 H put a lot more candles on my birthday cakes before I'm called I home, for I've never felt bettor In my a . iiiu. "Aunt Maliaja was born a slave on the plantation of John Fosltt In. Mary land, April 12, 180). She attributes her great ago to never haying allowed any thing to worry her or cause discontent. ST. LOUIS'GIRL BEGINS HUNT FOR, ASSAILANTS ST. LOUIS, April 13. Though not fully . . .. ... . ...... recoverea srom uie euecis oi an aiiactc on her by three Louis, 111., last Catherine MoUch. negroes In East fit. wmv r,ih mi., HOII 4Bt? IT years old, started out today determined to trail her as sailants herself. The girl left the hos pital last night and Immediately took up the search- On a treet car sho over heard a conversation which led her to a place where several negroes were In hid ing. She. went to police headquarters with the Information and two negro sus pects were arrested. Miss Motsch parti ally identified one as a member ot trie trio which took her from her escort and after dragsing her Into a dark alley left her wounded and hysterical. IOWA COMMISSION'S COAL ORDER IS DECLARED VALID WASHINGTON. April 13.-Tiie supreme court today approved the order of the Iowa Railroad commission directing the Chicago. Milwaukee A St Paul to accept cars loaded with coal for transportation over its lines within tha state COPPER STRIKE COMES TO END Men Who Have Been Out Many Months Vote to Return. ABOUT- SIX THOUSAND IDLE JInrcy Men Were Imported 'into the District and There Will Not He Places for All at Pres- pW Mn workers who havo hts n c4 strike alneo' Jjate-JKst, votod. sterJsy to ortll off the strike, arvrdlnt to the .ahnouncehnent made today by Charles E. HtetclR, district secretary of the Western Federation of Miners. The figures will not bo given out until after a meeting ot the district board this afternoon. It Is Unofficially reported that the ma jority in favor of calling oft the strike was l.Olt; The unofficial vote from fohr ot the five locals In the district resulted as follows: Ahmeck: COO for returning to. Work,-17 against. ' ; Calujnet. 291 for, 32 against. Hancock; 491 for, 18 against. Houth Range: 435 for, 90 against. liiilnit IteeoKiitllnn Waived. Recognition of the union, denied by the mining companies, Is waived by the strlk- I rrs In voting to return to work. They claim that practically all ot their other demands havo been compiled with since the strike began. These, demands In cluded better worktng , conditions, an eight-hour day and a minimum dally wage ot S3. Fro mthe outset the operators have de clared that they would never recognize the Western Federation of Miners, al though thy have maintained that they do not question the right of their em. Tloyes to organise. Peveral thousand men', have been imported to till the strik ers' places and tho companies will be hard pressed lo find work for the re- ! turning strikers. When tho strike began the union claimed that approximately 13,000 men wer8 0ut. Since that time many of these , hav returned to work .and others have moyed away from tho copper district JThn .fM. ,.r u t. Birli(, made by' Secretary Uletcla. placed , tho r,fUro at ttbolU c w Tho ,,,, company estimates were muih smaller. U Tn9 atrlke bfron Bt.end(jd by confI(I. l'erttbo violence and ther has been some Hoss of life. t., vt.mL., ' '. i- fiwiiviiHi Muaiu nua was ordered i out in tho early days of the struggle to assist' the civil authorities In preserving order. There has been no dis order of any consequence for several months. Flicut Will io On. DBNVER, Oolo., A.prll 13,-That "the icuemnon oi .Aiinersvreruses tojmcn nsre. recognlio defeat" in ending the Michigan copper strike; thut they capitulated "not .u mo mining; companies, put to a ifuluro u,at Promised nothing hut hunger land nHvntlnn"- (list tv,..,' . . r - ..v, iu ion unuo lne,r nwn-ru march to the aoal of .economic liberty" were the feature nt MA. . I , ""ntt siawneni lesueq today by iwharles , ii. moyer, presiueni of the Western Federation of Miners, The statement was made upon receipt of official notl flcatlon from district officials that the copper mine strikers yesterday voted to call off the strike. SALE OF INTER OCEAN DELAYED FIVE DAYS CHICAOO, April 13. Receipt of bids for the property of the, Chicago Inter Ocean In the federal court here was postponed today until April IS at the re quest of counsel, who intimated that it would be to the interest of all those in terested 'to allow another week ,of tho newspaper's affairs. Several hundred persons interested In the prooaejdings were in court. The newspaper has been in the hands of receivers for several months. WILSON SAYS HUERTA SOLDIERS WILL FIRE SALUTEJN APOLOGY President Approves Demand Made by Admiral Mayo for Repara tion for Insult. JOHN LIND IS IN WASHINGTON Special Envoy Returns from South for a Vacation, FEDERALS RETAKE SAN PEDRO Furious Battle is in. Progress Near Torreon. VILLA GOES TO THE FRONT Censored Messaite Indicates thnt Tll(t Ena-HKcntvnt Is On and thnt the Ttrmilt U Fnr from Certain. WA&IUNOTON. April 13,-Presldent Wilson told cahern today thnt a salute would be fired o Jho' American flag by Mexicans federals at Tamplco as an apol ogy for tho recent arrest of American marines. The president spoke with such confidence that hla hearers took It to im ply that tho nOlnt would be Insisted on. The president has already approved Rear Admiral Mayo's demand for the ealutw as nn apology. Secretary Daniels also has notified Ad miral Mayo that. his action is approved. "The sntuto will be fired," was his posi tive announcement today. Ho added that he did not consider th;e element of time an important one because of the diffi culties of communication between Wash ington and Tamplcoi Secretary Bryan was reticent concern ing the1 Tamplco Incident. He sold he was in close correspondence with Chargo O'Shaughnessy oyer Huerta'a promlscU investigation. He declined to reveal th tiatu'ro of any dispatches between the. Htate department nnd tho charge and would neither nfflrm nor deny reports that Oeneral Huerta hnd forbidden tho salute domanded by Admiral Mayo, In some official circles the suggestion Hint Huerta would refuse, to permit the alut was received with surprise. In tholr opinion tho refusal might compel drastic action on the part ot the United States, l.lnd Talks Tflth Bryan. John Ltnd, president WiM-jn's personal representative in Mexico, returned to Wellington today after an absence' hi months. "While .he eutne for a rest he brought much Information for conferences -with the president : and Secretary Bryan. The first "ot these took place at luncheon Mr.lli?n? jeS'ted inquirer by asking if th-flHnlC -of a ao.lute.to tnj American colors at Tamplco ahd when he was Infqrmed that President Wilson had In sisted, that the salute bo tired he smiled approvingly. The face of the former Minnesota gov ernor was bronted by tho tropical sun and he. appeared somewhat fatigued nnd thin. He was uncommunicative about con ditions in Mexloo, and laughed when a friend approached him In tha hotel lobby and told him that he had acquired tho title 'tha silent Mr, Llnd," "It Is Ordered," said the formar gov renor, "that a man has to, go abroad to et a reputation. When I was In public life" in this country, some peoplo said I i was talkative, but I soem to have gotten a reputation for silence." CHimes llnck for Rest." Mr, Llnd said Ills plans were not def inite and depended largely on his talks with President Wilson ahd Secretary Bryan. He left Mexico at his own re quest, he said, because he needed rest aiid a change. He intimated that ho was ready to go back should a contingency arise requiring his return. H Is understood that Mr. Llnd brings tho president a good deal ot information that has not been communicated through official telegrams, but that the informa tion was aald to be descrlptivo of general conditions and In no way affecting the diplomatic status ot affairs. The rigorous censorship that has been established In Mexico and tho Inability of the people In southern Mexico to learn definitely about constitutionalist victories in the north are phased of the situation which Mr. Llnd probably wll tell officials hete. When. Mr. Llnd left Vera Crus Tor reon had fallen, but the news was known to only a few people and those who at- temPted I rested. io spreaa u were promptly ar- Feds RrtaUn Mnn Pedro. TORREON. Mex., April ll.-Vla El Paso, April 12.) Heavy fighting waa In ! progress at San Pedro yesterday, federals .having re-taken tho town two -days crevi- ously. It Is reported also that a federal force of 3,000 men, believing this city to be lightly garrisoned, Is one Its way to rAcsntura th nlftre. A nrnrini awaKm them, for when General Villa sent pur- suets after General Velasco he left 5,000 San Pedro waa re-taken by Oeneral Argumedo and Oeneral Emllo P. Campo. When Villa's troops drove the federal commander, De Moure, out of the town, he left l,t with a small garrison, the (Continued on Page Two.) Apply Your Good Ideas A good Idea that la not put into practice is of no use to anyone. Don't BeUero It is a sood idea to keep up to the minute; by reading the adver tisements In The Bee and then neglect to do It. If you fall to put this good idea into execution, you can't help feeling dissatisfied with, yourself -especially when you ree too late, that In buying something you have made some mistake, that a little Intelligent advertisement reading would have prevented. To keep yourself informed by means of such newspapers aa The Bee Is tn best Idea tor practical purchasing.