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OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AP1UL 14, 1914-TWKLVE PAGES.
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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'
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TotaJ raimVl since March 1.. I O) inches
Dellclfnojr clnce March 1 & Inch
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Excess for cor. period, 1913 19 inch
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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
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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
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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
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