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INTERESTS ALLEGED
TO BE IN CONTROL OF
FARMERS ASSEMBLY
Seek to Prevent Them from Having
Effective Go-operative Or-
ganizations.
CHARGE . MADE IN CONVENTION
Conference Doesn't Consist of Till
ers of Soil.
REAL AGRICULTURAL MEET SOON
Marketing Investigations by Gov
ernment AresDiscusscd.
POSSIBILITIES OF PARCEL POST
What Kxt,fcliMon of Its Use ly
Farmers Means Discussed nt
the OnttierluK nt
' Chlcnjro. J
CHICAOO, April lf.-Tho National Con
ference on Farm Credits .and tho Western
Economic society were Controlled by "big
Interests" bent on dominating tho farmer
rnd preventing hint from having effective-co-operative
organizations. It was, charged
on the floor of tho convention today.
Representatives of the Kqulty Co-Op-eratlve
exchango of Minneapolis, Minn.,
and tAe American Society of Equity at
tended the conference and insisted on
being heard. II. C. "tank, secretary of
the American society, and J. Weller Long
of the bureau of Information of the so
cletjywere the speakers. Theyxwere not
on tpelr regular program, but were-allowed
to speak by vote of 'the confer
ence. ,
, Won't Allow DlsctiBilon.
"The Western Economlo society and tho
Conference on Farm Credits' refused to
allow discussion of terminal grain mar
kets because the Chicago "Board of TratTo
and the Minneapolis Chamber of Com
merce refuse to meet representatives of
the fanners' co-operative movement In
public discussion," declared Tank. "YdU
call yourselves here friends of an' open
forum, yefyou bate tho stifling of free
speech on an Important public question
on tho ref usal of t conscienceless monop
oly to, defend its position In public. The
grain combine will never voluntarily meet
in open discussion the" producers -whom
they plunder. Bo Jong as farmers' con
ventions are dominated by special inter
ests it will be impossible, to get tho
monopolies Into tho open."
"This conference Is not made of form
ers nor by farmers," declared Long. "We
are doing all we can 6 further co ppa
tlorj wnohg thevfarmers and we look with
suspicion oh. the .activity of corns' hero
bccoXise of what they) have beenfncttvo in
doing' heretofore, . ( ..
'"There is going to Jie ,a real femurs'
conference soon at which the farmers
will, have a chance tq get a heating."
t
Not Point Considered.
, Charles W. Holm'an, secretary of tho-
conference, said 'that thc.MibJicta brcught
up by Tank and Long- wire not the points
being considered by tno presimt confer
ence. "This meeting," lie said, "i Sealing
chiefly with problems of farm financing
and co-operatjye organizations In rela
tion t'othe anti-trust laws. Vhe societies
teprrentd by Mr. Tank and Mr. Lend
and similar societies, were canvassed to
see If sufficient interest would be taken
to Justify a section devoted to their ideas,
but It was found, that we would better
devote pur efforts to:other lines."
Marketing investigations by the federal
government and , possibilities of farmers
making extended use of the parcel post
In marketing were subjects of addresses
by T. N. Carver and Charles J. Brand
of the Department of Agriculture, which
were delivered before Tank and Long ob
tained permission to address the confer
ence. GARDEN APPOINTED
MINISTER TO BRAZIL
LONDON, April 15.-The appointment
of Slr-Llonel Carden as British 'minister
to Brazjl was officially announced today.
It is understood that Sir Lionel will pro
ceed direct to Rio Do Janeiro from Mexico
City, to which place he- Is now ont the
way.
The Weather
Forticast-tlll 7 p, m. Thursday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
F,7; not much change 1n temperature.
Temperature at' Oiun:ta Yesterday.'
jiuuj-. iegr.
C a. m ,.....h0
a. rn.,.., XI
7 a. m 62
8 a. m.,.. t 04
9 a. in SA
10 a. m,.., 63
U a. m., el
12 m 71
1 p. m.. 73
2 p. m. 72
Ip.ni U
A t-v m 1
IJM 6 pi ra'.i'.'.'.'.'.-.','.'.'.'! 77
i- m , to
7 p. m...... 7S
Comparative Local Itecord.
19R 1913. IWi-Ull
Highest yesterday 77 77 60 e3
Lowest yesterday... y. 9 SI SI
Mean temperature ..7... 63 C4 45 50
Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation damr.
1 1 p.. Mm . 1 .. .. 1 . r
Normal temperature , 50
lfxcesu fur the day , . .13
lender, cloduy it 70 .01)
Deficiency since March 1 1
Normal precipitation .10 Inch
Deficiency for the day 10 Inch
Total m.nfuil since March 1.. 1 et) inthes
Deficiency since March 1. ..:.. 1.01 Inches
' Kxceds for cor. period, 1913.... 2.14 Jnches
Departure for cor. period, 1913. .0,00 Inches
Report iroiutatlons T 1 M.
Station and state Temp." High' Rain-
of Weather. 7 p. m. est. rail
Cheyenne, cloudy a 66 T
Denver, part cloudy....... 72 7 .00
Dea Moines, clear Ti vl .00
Dodge City, cloudy M . . HI .00
North Piute, part cloudy Tt so .00
Oinalin, clear 75 77 .00
l-ueuio. clear 74 ,1 .00
HapW City, cloudy....... 7 .
-alt Ijuke City, cloudy... ft; a. .00
Santa Fe, part -cloudy... U , 70 .Cm
Sheridan, cloudy 70 J 71 .00
S.ous City, clear 74 r 7 00
oJentine. cleur 73 Tg 00
If Indicates trace of preclpltatJon.
U A wmijjir, Joc p-orecter-
i wi
maun i i
FOUR BATTLESHIPS ON WAY
First Squadron Leaves Hampton-
Roads at Full Speed.
OTHER VESSELS NEARLY READY
Ilnttlcshlp Louisiana Provisioned nt
N(Wi Vork .Trmmiiort Hancock,
rrtth Thousand Mnrlncs,
lcnvc New Orleans.
NORKQLK, V&., April 15,-The battle
ships Arkansas, Vermont, New Hauip
shlrt and New Jersey and tho dispatch
boat Yankton sailed from Hampton Roads
today for Mexican Waters at full speed.
Tho New Hampshire was tho first to
get under way. All but the Yankton
were In their war paint of gray. The
activities In Hampton Ronds almost
equaled some of the scenes preceding the
departure of Rear Admiral Schley's fly
ing squadron during the Spanish-American
war.
To complete the hasty coaling of tho
New Hampshire It was necessary- to work
all last night. Eighteen hundred tons of
coal were placed In the bunkers. The
New Hampshire's regular crew was aug
mented by tlfty apprentlco seamen from
the St. Helena. Before the vessel sailed
today another detail of soamon- was
transferred to it from the receiving ships
Franklin and Richmond for distribution
among tho vessels of the fleet. Tho re
pair ship Vestal, the1 ammunition ship
Lebanon and the naval tuga Patapsco.
Patuxcnti Sonoma and Ontario aro hastily
preparing for sea.
The Lebanon and tugs would, prove es
pecially avallablo for landing parties;
owing to their comparatively light draft.
Tho battleship7 Delaware did not' get
away. it1 was held for repairs ond- over
hauling, (
New York Plncril In lommlNiilnn.
NEW YORK, April 15.-A11 preparations
for the departure of the battleship Louis
iana for Tampico were cojnpleted early
this morning. Fresh vegetables were put
aboard during the night, and with thoso
It was said thathe great ship was amply
provisioned. ;
The new superdreadnought NewYork.
I one of the two largest, battleships in the
woria. was, piacea in com nlss on tort.iv
at the Brooklyn navy yard.
Tho ceremony was simple. Captain T.
S. Rogers received his orders placing lilna
in command of the new battleship, flags
were broken out at the bow and stern
ond tho commission pennant was re
leased as the ship's band .plaVea "Tho
Btar Spangled Banner." Chejrs by the
1,014 officers and men in the crew of - he
latest addition to the Atlantic fleet were
answered by tho men on other ships ly
ing at, tho yard and tho New York was
In commission.
If necessary the New York could steam
out to sea In twelve hours. Other battle
ships at the navy yard are the super
dreadnoughts Texas 'and Wyoming, the
dreadnoughts North Dakota and Ohio
and the armored cruiser Washington. Ml
of there could Join tho fleet at "a fa
hoipV Notice.
The' Nnvf " Ttfrk arid tho TcxaVtfielat
ter bUS Just completed, aro sister ships.
Both will bo assigned .to tho first dlvi
alon dt the , Atlantic fleet.- Bach has a
displacement of 27,000 tons and a speed
of twehty-ono knots an hour. They aro
fitted with a main- battery of ten H-lnch
guns and a secondary armament of
twonty-ono flve-inch rifles. j
Mlchlicnn Nearly Ready.
PHILADELPHIA. April ' 16. Officers
and crew of tho battleship Michigan '
worked all night under .the -' glare of
searchlights at the navy yard preparing
the big fighter for sea duty in response
to tho order for the concentration of the '
Atlantic fleet at Tampico. A number of j
barges loaded with coal came alongside
last nght soon after sailing orders were
received aj)d the work of coaling pro
ceeded until early today. In the mean- j
time other membors of' iho crew were
busy loading fresh meats and other sup
plies, r
The Michigan Is expected to .leave the
yard some time today. It Is commanded
by Captain Albort P. Nlblack. Its crew
numbers 850 officers and men Jn addi
tion to which It will sail with the regu
lar complement of sixty-six marines.
Marines Lea-re Kew Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, La.. April 15.-The
transport Hancock, with '60 marines
aboard, ailed from-here N today to Join
the battlfshlp fleet that will concentrate
near Tampico.
CHICAOO, Aprll'15. Apprentice seamen,
to the number of 173, left the Lako Bluff
naval v training station yesterday for
Philadelphia and probably will see service
with the Atlantic fleet sailing for Tam
pico The seamen were under the com-
(mand of Chief Master of Arms, Derrow.
"I did not send -these men in response
tji any hurry orders." said Captain
George R. Clark, commandant at the sta
tion. "They had ,beeo' drafted some time
ago and were turned out In response to
these orders. However, w are prepared
Jo rush . several hundred today It they
are requirea,
Troops on Sixty-Mile Hike.
HOUSTON, Ter., April 15,-The sixty-.
mllo "hike" 'Of about 10.000 men of the
second varmy dUlslon mobilized at Gal
veston ana Texas City, began today with
the departure of tlie Fifth brigade from
Galveston. Regiments will follow each
other rapidly until by Thursday prac
tically the entire division will be afoot.
General Frede.rick Funston, commanding
the division, said today:-
"The hike will not affect the prepared
ness for embarkation of tho Second dlv
si ens as transports are kept In readiness
for the men, and at no time will they
be out ofsight of railway tracks, which,
could taVe the- command to Galveston In
abort order. No preliminary orders would
bo necessary hould the troops be needed
south; still none has been received."
Four Men Are Killed
When Auto Hits Tram
GEORGETOWN, Tex.. April 15.-Four
men Were killed and two seriously In".
Jured here today when a Missouri, Kan-'
saa ana Texas passenger train orainea
Into an automobile In which they war
driving. The dead, all of Florence TK,
are:
r. C. GRBS8KTT.
t ROBINSON.
W. J. JOINER.
JOSEPH HOWELL
The injured are Lester G. Greasett and
Vf. N. Howell.
The automobile was demolished.
WITNESSES IN HAVEN
m
CASE MUST TESTIFY
If They Do Not Decide .o Do So,
Government ' Will Proceed
Criminally Against Them.
ACTION TO BE BEGUN TODAY
Chief Counsel Folk of Commission
Makes Announcement,;,
HEAVY PENALTIES PROVIDED
Fine orlmprisonment, or Both, the
Punishment.
BLLLARD DEAL IS INVOLVED
Million of Dollars bC Ilond'a Sc
curltirn Alleged to Have Ileen
IlleRnily Diverted
1-40
Com puny.
WASHINGTON, ApririS.-Unless there
la an overnight change In the attitude
of witnesses in tho Nov. Haven railroad
investigation, who refused to tell the In
terstate Coinmerco epmnilsnlon about
opcrati&hs of tho BUlard company, to
which millions of dollars of New llnven
securities are alleged to havp been Il
legally -diverted, proceedings under the
criminal statutes will) bo Instituted here
tomorrow by the government to compel
them Ho testify. This was announced to
night by Joseph W. Folk, chief counsel
of tho' Interstate Commerco commission.
Under tho federal, statutes, cited by Mr.
Folk, any person who refuses' to . testify
or answer lawful inquiry shall he guilty
of an offense and upon conviction b!Ta1I
be punished by a fine of not less than
31C0 or more than $5,000 by Imprisonment
of not more than one year, or by bdth
fine and imprisonment.
If- tlio .proceedings are. begun tomor
row, it is said that the Blllard company,
the several recalcitrant wfWiesBes sup
posed to bo connected winrtlio HTIIard
company, tho Now York, 'New Haven &
Hartford Railroad company and tho tat
ter's subsidiary, tho New -England Navi
gation company, will be made tho de
fendants. '
The witnesses' who. appeared before the
commission, last week and from whom
virtually no Information was obtained
.were Harry-V. Whipple, president. of the
Merchants' National bank of New-Haveii,
Conn.; Samuol Hemingway, president of
the Second National bank of Now Haven;
A. S. May, treasurer ,of the New Haven;
A. EvClark, secretary of the Now Haven;
Walker D. .nines, counsel for tho New
Haven; Arthur "W, 'Bowman, assistant1
treasurer ,of' tho Now Iavn; EdWard I.
r.ieia 01 iiavcn,,. 1,01111., mm ejuiiuci
Morehoup of New Haven, counsel for
the Blllard company.
Governor Dunne
Beilds Workers ons
Lincoln Highway
CHICAGO, April 15, Governor Dunne,
members of tho Illinois legislature.
Judges, bankers, business, men, school
children and hundreds of others today
began the work of building the Lincoln
'.highway across northern Illinois, from
the Mississippi river to tho Indiana state
line.
Every o'ne of the persons' who wielded
a pick or shovel will receive a check for
l.cent and a card, signed by Samuel Gom
pers, signifying that he ltr an honorary
member of the American Federation of
Labor. ' '. '
Under the terms 'of a proclamation Is
sued several weeks ago by Governor
SDunne, this was Good Roads day" In
Illinois. The celebration marked the be
ginning of road 'construction In Illinois
with statu. aid. , ,
Hundreds of towns and villages par
ticipated in the celebration by holding
stone hauling and road dragging contests.
In every locality' the townspeople turned
out In large num:rs.
As guests of the Chicago Motor club,
Governor Dunne and a party of state of
ficials left 'Xhlcago early today" on a
130-mile automobile trip to Sterling, III.
Tho party planned to visit twenty-four
cities In. which good roads mass meetings
and celebrations .were tq have- been held.
Governor Dunno donned overalls at
Moose Heart, near Aurora, and officially
began the work on the Illinois stretch of
the Lincoln highway by turning the first
spade of gravel,
Militia Stop First , .
Race at Tulsa With
Volley Over Riders
TULSA, Okl.. April 15.-State mllltla,
acting under, orders from Governor Cruce
to prevent gambling at the Tulsa race
track, late" today fired a volley over tho
heads' of the riders as they -came down
the stretch in the first race. No one wds
injured,'' but the raco was broken up.
Adjutant General' Canton .stated If an
other race were attempted he would ordr
the soldiers to kill the horses In their
tracics. , . )
Just before the racewhich was not on
the program, track officials announced 1
ihov wbii rlftt AvmlnAfl 4 r hma .It. m
they wero determined to race in spite of
the mllltla, and the crowds' began filing
slowly back Into the grandstand, JWhen
soldiers attempted to eject them, two men
resisted and were forcibly taken outside
the grounds. FolI6wlng this the crowd
again left.
Vincent Astor is
Improving Rapidly
NEW YORK. April K.-Vlncnt Astor
had a restful night and was much Im
proved this momtny,Vaccordlng to an
nouncement made at the country home
of his fiancee. Miss Helen Dinsmore
Huntington. TtVyslclans wero In con
ference during the morning and it was
said a formal statement might be Issued
later.
Thin afternoon the physicians an
nounced that Mr. As(or was doing well.
They said they believed he would mend
quickly provided no complications of a
serious nature developed!
Drawn tor The Bee by PowvU.
GET BUSY iT WILSON'S PR0DThe NatiWal Capital
Subcommittees Working on Trust
Regulation Active.
RESPOND TO PRESIDENT'S WISH
Exemption of Labor mid AKrlcnl-
tnral OrarnnUntlous from linn
of Monopoly Laws- Pro
Tldejl In.llaase BUI.
tills session of congress sPUrreLcom-
mittees in both houses of congress
action today. The house Judiciary sUb
committee responded with tho Introduc
tion of the omnibus bill. Including trust
1 rVtrn In t In rt m.Amtm. bm.I nM.rtatnna
.... tuu. v (I Ul.l. ... J 1 ll-IUN. ,.w
ftfleet demands of labor for restriction of
Injunction powers and to insure Jury
trials in contempt cases.
Members 01 the senate subcommittee on
interstate commerce agreed to submit to
the full committee as sobn ai posslblo a
tenatlve draft of a long-considered mea
sure to supplement the Sherman law,
which will differ in many respects from
the house measure'.
Exemption of labor and agricultural or
ganisations .from the ban of the anti
trust laws s provided Jn the house mea
sure In a section declaring that "nothing
In the anti-trust laws shall be construed
tq forbid the cxlstenoe and operation of
fraternal, labor, consumers, agricultural'
or horticultural urganlzatkms, orders or
associations operating under the lodge
system, Instituted for the purposes of
mutual help and not having capital stock
or conducted' lor profit, or to forbid or
restrain Individual members of such
orders or associations from carrying out
the legitimate object of eucll-issocla-tlons."
This provision was declared satisfac
tory to tho labor group in tho ,house.
Another feature of .the bill elmlnates
practically all attempts to make further
definitions of restraints of trade.
Insane Man With
Bloody Axe Listens
to Plea of Woman
HUNTINpTON, N. Y., April 15,-Mlss
Mary Sammls, who lives on a Long is
land farm, awoke early today to find a
man with a bloody axe in his hands
standing by her bed. In the dim light
she recognised Frank I'owter, a young
farm hand who steD in the house. "I'vo
Just killed your brother upstairs," said
Fowler, "and I'm going to kill you, too."
"I've always been, kind to you, Frank,"
pleaded the woman, "and you have no
reason for harming us."
"That's right," - answered Fowler. "I
guess r won't kill-you, but I'll go away."
And he walked out of the house, leaving
the axe behind him.
Miss Sammls went upstairs and found
her brother Frank's body on the bed.
The police bellevo' Fowler is Insane.
They were searching for hint today. The
1 . . . ... .
girl; and her brother lived together on
1 no rarm, which tne owned Jointly.
Steamship Kite,
With Crew of Fifty
Five, is Missing
ST. JOHNS, N. V.,t April W.
Fear that the 'Kit the small
est steamer In the stating -fleet,
has met with disaster, was Increased
today when the steamer Eagle, In a radio
message, reported sighting wreckage con
sisting of a ship's .hatch, a plank and
some oars, 170 miles off here.
Owing to j
WASHINGTON. April H. President
TV,!,"2!J.r6lttatd desire, f Or compl Vtlon
stormy weather, the Eagle was unablo j reached today when the men voted to re
to pick up the wreckage. sume work. The strikers, numbering no..
it Is now beUeVed that this wreckage
and that sighted on Saturday by the
sealer Bloodhound, did not come froni
the missing steamer Southern Cross, but
from the Kite, which carried) a crew of
!xty-f jre.
Showing How to Do It
Wednesday, April 13, 11)11,
. Tho Senate.
' Met at noon.
Foreign affairs committed
discussed
inn Mexican vrlsis.
Canals commlttm
committee continued hearings
on tho repeal of the Panamn tolls ex-
emptlon, v
. The. House, ,
Met at, hdon. ' . ' '
Miscellaneous ' bills wcro considered
under tho calendar Wednesday H1I0.
Advocates of tho Hobson prohlb tloh
amendment were h,tard before the
' BACKER WILL ASK FOR DELAY
New Attorney 'for Prisoner Wants
Time to Study Case.
WHITMAN RESUMES HIS INQUIRY
District Attorney durations John
Tnnirer, Who "Was Marked for
Slaughter by Gnnmen When
Rosenthal Wait Killed.
NEW YORK, April 1J. District Attor
ney Charles S. Whitman Is determined
to bring former Police Lleutonant Charles
Becker to trial for a second time at an
ecrly date on tho charge of having In
stigated the murder of Gambler Herman
Rosenthal, for tho actual killing of whom
the four gun men paid the death penalty
on Monday morning. It was expected that
his motion before Justice Beabury In the
supreme c6urt today "would be opposed
on the ground that that the trial attorney
was about to retire from tho defense
and that new counsel would need moro
time in which to becomo familiar with
the case.
Joseph A. Shay, who fcobame . Becker's
attorney - following conviction and who
prepared the appeal on which ho gained,
a new trial yesterday,' notified the Becker
family of his retirement from the cole,
Tho district attorney's office is In
vestigating charges made In the confes
sion of "Dago Frank" Clroflcl, a aliort
tlmo before he was put to death for his
part In the murder of Rosenthal. The
police department today was requested
to bring "Dollar Bill", John Langor'to
headquarters for a conference. Langer,
a personal' friend of Rosenthal, was also
marked by the gunmen, according to .un
official reports of Clroflcl's confession.
Langer was sought by -the gunmen. Clro
flcl said, on the cay preceding the kill
ing of Rosenthal. The funeral of Clro
flcl was held'.today ,
Lovett Takes Place'
On Central Board
NEW YORK. April JS.-Lwls Cass Led
yard retired from the board of directors
of the New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad xompapy at the annual meeting
of the .stockholders held today In AI-
bany. Mr. Lcdyard, who was legarded
as a Morgan representative as well as one
of the railroad's legal advisers, was suc
ceeded by Robert S. Lqvctt, chairman of
tho Union Pacific Rtnlroad company,
which has large holdings of New York
Central stock.
The retirement of Mr edyard murks an
other step In thy gradual elimination of
the so-called Morgan influence in the
New York Central, of which the Morgan
banking iouse was for many years fiscal
agents.
Yorkshire-Miners -Vote
to Resume Work
LEEDS, Kng, April 16. A settlement
of the Yorkshire coal miners' strike was
000. left work on April 2, domandlng the
introduction of a minimum wage scale.
A conciliation board was appointed ' to
discuss ths points at Issue and succeeded
In obtaining ths mepjs consent to the
taking a ballot. ' x
MARY'S HANDY SORE.THROAT
Far-Famed Prima Donna
Passed Omaha Up.
Just
WENT ON TO ST. JOSEPH
Similar Trick W'nn Worked on Kan
sas City Audience liy Haffo,
the hnrltone, Only 'Last
( Saturday E vru tnir.
-Was Mary Garden," tho -great operatic
jniWAsflMrfr: rcaly .slckV, arwax.tlw
dlsappVilntntf nt of Omaha's music lovers
Pi- hor clevf nlll-hqur failure to pior
m thoama role of "Thais' as advertised
a plecoof shsrp practice to-which tho
opera management was a party?
"Why didn't Miss Garden sing?" was
asked at, the conclusion of tho per
formance of one of the company's rep-'
resentatlves. and the onlyimswer elicited
was. "I have my suspicions.''
The -sore throat dodge Is an' ancient
one, but Is evidently still resorted to, If
tho circumstantial evidence Is to be con
sidered. Tho company was billed for
three performances In Kansas City last
Saturday ,and Sunday, In the afternoon
Mury Garden, herself, really sang in tho
Kansas City Coliseum in "Le Jongleur
de Notro Damo," but In the ovenlng,
When "Rlgoletto" ' was put on, TItta
Ruffo, heralded, as a $2,000- baritone, dis
covered an Impediment In his larynx and
compelled H,000 ticket purchasers to listen
to a substitute. How Ruffo'a terrible
sore throat distressed htm Is indicated'
by the following reference In the Kansas
,Clty Stan
Members of the "Parsifal" cast returned
to the hotel to find Slgnor Ruffo grum
bling iJitln vowels at his Inability to flU
u four-card flush all evontng long. Ruffo
divides his recreation between the Amor
lean game of poker end the movies.
Unusual Pent Outlined,
Tho soma , paper, chronicling the de
parture of the company from Kansas
City, announced that Miss Oardtn was to
perform the unusual feat of singing
"Thais" three nights in succession at
Des Moines, Omaha and St. Joseph, but
when a large number of admirers gath
ered at the depot In Des Moines to greet
her arrival she' did not show up, and
Des Moines papers .were prevailed on to
print the explanation that she was de
tained In Kansas City "on business" and
would come In later With the company.
Nevertheless she did sing in Des Moines
as scheduled, but the "sore throat" must
havo developed suddenly. The opera
spokesmen Insisted up to tho last min
ute that Miss Garden was to be here
and would sing, when In point of fact
she did not come at all.
What llrnlly Happened,
What really happened Is told by the
papers In St. Joseph, where Miss Gar
den turned up ahead of tlms Tuesday
afternoon, which say;
Tlie wonderful Mary .Qsrdir"has slg-
nally honored St. Joseph. She last nluht
gave up her Omaha date In order to rest
, 8,. , an(, bo d 'h '
frt ii. ' M.i.u 4 ax ' ?
vmiiivo mci vuiitfeiii. auv sin uft HI aali
as City Sunday night. In Des Moines
Monday night and was booked for Omaha
last night, but she declared ft would bs
Impossible for her to sing four nights In
succession, so left her understudy, ZepllII,
to play "Thais' in Omaha.
RICH MAN PLEADS GUILTY
TO WHITE SLAVERY CHARGE
SAN FRANCISCO. April 15.-J. Parker
Whitney, a younger son of an old and
wealthy California family, pleaded guilty
today to tho charge preferred against him
recently by Genevieve Hunnan of New
York, under the Mann act, and was fined
t:,M0, by Judgfi Pooling In the United
States district court.
"I have decided to change my plea to
guilty," said Whitney, Just before enter
Inx court "in order to avoid the dls
agitoable features of a long trial. Of
course, I looked for an acquits leyentu
ally, but tt would have come only after
a great deal of nastlnets. Th une has
proved a IniTden to me already. Pleading
guhty xared more trouble"
WILSON PLANS TO
SEIZE TAMPICO
AND VERA GRU2
These Ports Will Be Occupied by
.United States' Forces if Hucrta
Fails to Salute Flag,
NEXT STEP. IS UNCERTAIN
What Happens After This Will De
pend on' the Dictator.
SHIP'S ORDERLY IS ARRESTED
Detention of Marines is Only One
of Many Inoidents.
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES HELD UP
Telegrams Directed to 0'Shaugh
nessy Believed Censored.
WARSHIPS BEGIN TO MOVE
First of Iho IH FlRhtlnK Machines
flour Hampton nontl ami
Others ,.r Nenrlr Ready
to Start.'
WASHINGTON. April lJ.-Tht dispatch
from Roar Admiral Fletcher at Vera.
Oru, dated 10 p. m. Jast night, was re
ceived at the Navy department today:
"No new davolopmnnts at Tampico.
'Constitutionalists huvo retired from the
vicinity. Business resumed and refugees
returned. Mexican gunhoots Progreso
and Tragozn left Tampico."
President Huerta will snluto the Ameri
can flag or the Atlantic fleet will seize
Vera Crus and Tampico. What happens
afterward depends on Iluerta.
KlitKleil Out for Insult.
Thai Is president Wllson'r determina
tion. Leaders In congress with whom ho
conferred today agreed thcr was ample
precedent for such action.
Not only tho Tumplco Incident, but i
long scries of ImhKii.tlea btferud to tho
United States to tho Conspicuous ex
clusion of -other foreign nations repre
sented In Moxlco has convinced the presi
dent and his advisers that tho United
'States Its been xlnslcc) out for "mani
festation of Ill-will and contempt."
Official dispatches tq Charge O'Shausji
nessy havo been Intercepted by the Mexi
can censor. i
A ship's orderly nshore In full uniform
In Vera, CruB on business of tho United
f talcs was arrested and, released, whllo
a nominal punishment was meted -out to
the local officials. These hitherto un
published facts were disclosed today In
fiK ooljl" Vteyenti ; . Jk,...i ?
HlUeJackHs Tntir-it from Boat.
One hew fact brought out at tho Whlla
House-' conference .was that two of th
Arnorlcan bluejackets arrested. at Tniv
Pico actually wero Taken from the Dol
phin's boat.
Tho bluejackets arrested hod gone to
he Tampico wharf to load gaaollno. Two
of the men were In tho boat. The Mexican
.soldiers, after seizing the men on the
wharf, boarded the American boat and
took the to bluejackets forcibly Into
custody. ,
' "Jf It Is not actually an act of war,''
sntd a senator today, In .discussing (he
Incident, "It comes very nour It."
Later Secretary Daniels ordered the
tho cruiser Clovoland, now at San Fran
cisco, to steam to Mszatlau at once. The
cruiser Chattanooga Is expected to follow
In about two weeks. Both ships will bo
manned by the crew of the cruiser Pitts
burgh, nW In the Bremerton yard.
There Vere no .developments as to army
orders and It was said 'that tlbop move
ments wcro not discussed at the presi
dent's conference with congressmen.
The Incident in any event disposes of
HuertH's clulm that thero Is no ground
for reparation because the men arrested
were on Mexican sol), where It Is main
talnc'd they had no right to be.
President Wilson told his advisers that
he stands for peace, but . Is determined
to force Hucrta' ta recbgnlso tho honor
end dignity of the United States.
While these developments wero taking
placo In Washington, the shlpsot the
Atlantlo fleet wero beginning to move to
waid Tampico. The first of the -big
fighters cleared from Hampton Roads and
others In the Atlantic navy yards wero
ready to sail before night i
President Consult Consrremen,
While the fighting ships of the Atlantlo
fleet vtero turning their prdws toward
Tampico tilay to enforce President Wil
son' demand on. Hucrta for a publlo
salute to the American flag Senators
and representatives were summoned to
tho White House to be Informed of all .
phases of the situation that congrpss
might bo prepared for any further steps.
President Wilson told the congressmen
that he stood first for peace, but that it
Hucrta did not comply with the Ameri
can demands the first step to enforca
them would be the seizure of Tampico
and Vera. Cruz, for which he' considers
there Is ample precedent. Acting Chair
man Shlvely of thq, senate 'foreign re-
(Continued on Pago Eight)
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