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The Omaha Daily Bee Drawn For Tho Bee The bast newspaper artku of the .otmatrj contribute their best work tor Bee readers. THE WEATHER. Showers VOL XLUl-NO. 22G. OMiUA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1914 FOURMEN PAGES. On Trains ana at Rottl Sfewa rstanSi, Bo, SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. 'MOTHER" JONES LET OUT OF PRISON BY COLORADO GOVERNOR Aged Strike Leader Given Her Free dom from Walsenberg Jail. HABEAS CORPUS WRIT ISSUED Aotion Simultaneous with Departure of Troops from Zone. COUNSEL MAKES STATEMENT Asserts She Will Probably Arrange for Conference. PROBABLY WILL GO TO DENVER proceeding Before Supreme Conrt Hi llnbraa Corpna Cnee to Teat Martini Lavr Itemnlna Undetermined. btKVKn, April lG.-"Mother" Mary Tones, held as a military prisoner .in tho 'alonburg Jail, was released today, ac cording to an official announcement made by Governor K. M. Ammohs. A writ of habeas corpus issued by the Colorado su (jiremo court was returnable April 18, The release of the aged strike leader was simultaneous with' the departure bt tho last of the state troops from Huer fano, county, according to the governor's announcement. ' Horace N. Hawkins, attorney for Mrs. Jones, skid she 'probably would come to Denver for a conference with him. He "declined to state what- further action he would take with regard to the habeas corpus proceedings. The announced theory t the military authorities Is that tho release of 'the prisoner does not con stitute disrespect to the supreme court and that, as a free agent, she can appear In court voluntarily Is she wishes to do bo. Judge Advocate Boughton recently announced that If the court desires to fight the case out, In view of the release of "Mother" Jones he was ready to ap pear and "defend the action of the mili tary authorities In imprisoning her. "Mother" Jones was arrested at Trini dad early in the year, after she had de fled an 'order to remain aWay from the coal strike district. She "was held in communicado" In ahospltel. A petition for original jurisdiction' of a habeas cor pus proceeding was presented to the su preme cQurt, but denied. Habeas corpus proceedings' then were brought in the dis trict court of Las Animas county, where Judge A,"V. McHendrie denied the writ. An appeal was taken to the supremo court, but before arguments had been heard "Mother" Jones was Unexpectedly released. In, Deny,er.-oit March ,1$. . Onjthe' nJgtfjVcJftlarch WshQ left Denver with Trinidad Jn defiance' of the military authrjties. JSarlytbo next mbrnlng shtf was arrested, taken front the train- at Walsenburg and imprisoned in the ho-s-, pltal ward of tho Huerfano county ,JaI, KANSAS CONVICTS WILL WORK OVERTIME-ON TWINE LEAVENWORTH, Kan., April !. Convicts employed In the twine plaht at the Kansas state penitentiary today agreed to a proposition made by the State Board of Corrections to work over time in order to meet the demand of Kansas wheat growers for binding twine. For this extra service the men of the twine plant will be- given reduction of sentences. The men will work from 630 6' clock a. m. until 8:30 p. m. At the close of the day's work they will bo nerved an extra meal. ROBBER KILLS WATCHMAN AND ROBS A STORE BINGHAM, Utah, April l.-One of two robbers, v who held' tup the Miners' Mer cantile- store late last nignr, snot anu killed Eugene Allen, an employe, who frustrated their attempt to rob tho place.' Officers are following the trail of the two man 'across the mountains, A doctor, hastening on horseback to (he scene of the' shooting, ran over and seriously In jured Mrs. William Schaaf, a member of nn excursion party visiting Bingham. The Weather Vorecast till 7 n. m. Friday. For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicin ity Cloudy; unsettled ana cooler. Temperatart at Omaaa Yesterday. Hours. Deg. 6 a. m. 6 a. m. 7 a. m. S a. m ,...61 v jK .'J j m jn lp.'m 81 2 P. m 83 .P' 6 p. m'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.!.!! 79 p. m....!". 77 i p. m 75 8 p. m Comparative JCocal Record. " i9i. uu. w. tsn. Highest yesterday..,..--. S3 S3 40 74 Lowest yesterday........ -51 M M Mean temperature 7 6S 37 M Precipitation 0 w) M Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal; Normal temperature Excess for the day.... Total excess since March 1, 1914........... J5 Normal precipitation .10 Inches Deficiency for the day .10 Inches Total rainfall since March I.... l.9 Inches Deficiency since March 1. 19J1.. 1.11 Inches Excess for cor. period, 11S.... iOllnchees Deficiency for Cor. period, 1912. .10 Inches Ileporota from Statlbna at 7 P. I. Btatlon and State TemP. High- Raln- of Weather. ' P-W- vMIi riiv.nn. Molldv 44 6 ES C6 K 90 3aveuPort.' part cloudy .CO T .0) .00 1.10 Denver, , cloudy 6 Des Mohnes. cloudy 7S iDodge (ty. part cloudy.. 82 I-ander, rain- 3i nml.a .Innrfw ?R 42 83 .lllIJ, V .WMM ............ . " . Pueblo, part cloudy 6 ' 7.V Rapid City, cloudy S2 62 Salt Lake City, pt cloudy 4 4S Hsita Fe, cloudy M (A HUeridan, rnln 43 4f Sioux City, cloudy 78 82 "Valentine, cloudy 66 Si L A. WJEL3H, Txcal Forecaster. 1 ' WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO TRUCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. MRS. PRESSLY J. BARR. AUTO YIOTIMMET CONFUSED Mrs. Barr and Daughter-in-Law Ponio Stricken. Reckoned to the sidewalk Woman "Who Wn Killed, Toft-ether frith Companion, Failed to Heed Sign of Pedestrian and Driver of Track. " , Mrs. Anna Flynn, who witnessed the ,auto accident at Nineteenth and.Karnam streets, In which Mrs. Pressly J. Barr was kilted and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. X. Edmond Barr, seriously rnjured... de clares thatv the two women, who had started to cross the street, grew panic stricken and failed to heed the beckon Ings of the drivers and herself to hurry back to the sidewalk. Clyde Dunn, Arthur Olsen, Jim Torena, all city firemen, to gether with Al Livingston, chief of the Dundee fire department, witnessed the accident and repeated Mrs. Flynn's version of thoe affair, as did Harry S. Olsen who saw the accident from his drub store across the street. The firemen carried the women Into the fire station nt Nineteenth and ' Harney and, with the police, had considerable difficulty In keeping back the large' crowd which quickly gathered. Considerable feeling was evinced against the driver, by the crowd, who failed to understand the nature of the accident. Mrs. P. J. Barr, the dead woman,' was prominent In church work and formerly was a missionary to China and Japan. She was about 60 years of age. Ifer hus band ta, engage. as4 cplectdr for the -Re-liable Meszencttr-- Exchange!- and was lo cated about a, half ourafter the affatrJ wniie at luncn in a aown-rown. restaur ant Mrs. Barr was active in the Daugh ters of the American Revolution and a mernber of the Christian Science church. An operation will be performed by Dr. E. A. tfoot6'"in nn attempt' to save Airs. L. E. Bart's life. Late yesterday after noon the woman was reported to be res ins easny ai me wise Aiemonai noapitai. Mrs. P. J. Barr, resided at 2640 Dodge street, while her daughter-in-law, Mrs. L. Edmond Barr, lives at Missouri Val ley. The accident occurred when a' big auto truck belonging" to the Omaha Ice and Cold Storago company ran wild at Nineteenth and Harney streets at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon In the hands of a green driver, who war being broken In by the regular chauffeur. The latter, Harry Beal, 4253 Karnam street, was Instructing Jess Buel, 802 Georgia avenue, how to run the truck, and while Buel had the machine In hand, he suddenly lost control, and It smashed into the curb and there ran down the twqwomen, who were crossing the street. j no eipcr woman was completely run over through tho center of the body by the heavy truck. Mrs. Barr's right foot, was crushed by a wheel -and the Impact of the collision injured her Internally. She was rushed to Wise Memorial hos pital for an operation. Her husband, a (Northwestern locomotive engineer. Is now at the hospital. Beal and Buel, the two-drivers of the auto, have been arrested by the police and are booked as suspicious characters. P. J, Barr, husband of the dead woman, Is employed as a collector by the Reliable Messenger exchange. Track llltn the Curb, The truck 'was- going west on Harney street at the time, and is said to have been traveling at a fair rate of .speed. The two women stepped off the north east corner at Nineteenth street to cross to the other side" of Harney. The new driver of the car1 lost control at that In stant and the auto ran against the north curbing and then struck the women as it j was steered back toward the -middle of I 1IIO 0UCCI. t Coroner Willis Crosby took charge ot j tne Doay oi tne aeaa woman ana will 1 hold an Inquest She was 16 years j 0d. The younger woman, about SO -years of age, was visiting with her j mother-in-law. In order to be near her ihusband In the hospital here. She Is a i &ater of Assistant County Attorney Haffke. SPECIAL ELECTION SLATED ON LICENSE AT SUPERIOR SUPERIOR. Neb., April 16.-(8peclal Telegram.) A special election will be held In about thirty days on the wet and dry Issue. A petition of about 20 names has been .given the city clerk asking .for a vote on this Issue some time next month. It will come up under the referendum. Superior went dry by one vote In the electlbn'of April 7. T. D.' COLLINS FOUNDER. OF MISSIONS, IS DEAD TJONE8TA, Pa., April 18.-T- D. Collins, millionaire lumberman, died today at his YJ nome in meorasna. i-a.. agea w yeara. vO aIIIm- nn.V.iitH manv thnllBanflfl 03 I ' or aouars io ine loreign nimiuiiarjr niuvc ment of the Methodist Episcopal church land founded and maintained mission i biiuuio .it .i.M.a, . lima. wuiiv,iuii, VI hi. 'W n,.. . - . . . I - - ivico ana wuui awihwiu COXEY'S ARMY IS Oft WAY TO WASHINGTON "General" of Unemploj Leaves Massilloi Hundred ASSEMBLED AT Eleven-Year-Old Son of Leader Rides About Ranks, BOY MOUNTED UPON At Mass Meeting Held Night Before Chief Outlines' Plans; CHAPLAIN OFFERS PRAYER Police Officials Ilclcnse All the Vnafrantn from Prison "Who Promlae to I,eave Town v with the Army. MASSILLON. O.I April lC-Headed by "General" and Mrs. Jacob S. Coxey, In an old phaeton drawn by a mule, the second "army" of tho commonweal, 'about 200 strong, assembled at the call of a bpgle in Masslllon's business section at 10 o'clock today and left for Washington. From shinties along the railroad tracks outside the city limits, from the socialist hall and from the city prison,' the men gathered. The police released all vagrants from prison who promised to leave town with the "army." Row Harry L. Wilson Of Rockdale, Fa., official chaplain of the "army," offered an Invocation before the start on tho march to Washington, praying for the success of "General" Coxey'a program. In and out among the ranks of the "soldiers" rode little David Coxey, the 11-year-old son of the ."general," clad In khaki and mounted on a pony. He la the official courier for the "army." At a mass meeting held In the city hall last night, "General" Coxey outlined his plans'. Army dwindles Itniildly. CANTON, O., April 16.-When "Gen eral" Coxey and two divisions of his "army" completed their fjrst lap of the proposed hike to Washington here this aftornoon the force had dwindled to about sixty. Of this number fifty wero ,hlgh school boys who had given Coxey a send- off from his home town. They will go back home. Tho others were composed of Coxey and his son, his chaplain anil enlisted men In the "army." On tho arrival here the men had not yet lOBt libpe and with their "general" declared, they would pick up a band of recruits, here. KELLEY CALLS FOR PROOF OF HOLY SPIRirS ORDER ' INDEPENDENCE, '.il.0.. April MPA' der J. M.vTerr.vl of'Calirornla.rfaddreasecW pthemoraInfljsembTyra1nGj at the anmia confcfi!nca,,ierft. Jtoaay., At the afternoon meeting Ii). A. Blakeslcc of .Mlchtagn expressed his willingness to help carr' out the Instructions contained In the revelation of the body spirit pre sented to, and accepted by the church on yesterday. ThU provides that Mr. Blakealee should take up more active work .In the affars of the presiding bishopric of the church of which he has been ft member for many years. Richard C. Kelley. third son of Bishop E. L. Kelley of this place made a stat6 ment beforo the conference In which he asked that his ordination looking towards his work In the bishopric be deferred until such time as he may receive an assurance that It is the Lord's will that he be so occupied. Ellis Short, bishop of the dis trict comprising most of Texas, Okla home, Kansas, Arkansas and a portion of Missouri, selected Hubert Case of Okla homa as one of his counsellors, which was ratified. Isaac M. Smith was reeomfhended by the apostles for ordination to office of evangelical minister. This . choice was concurred In i& the conference. Rev, Mr. Smith stated that In 1012 he was shown that he would' be called to that work, which is. that of blessing the members of the church, encouraging and advising them and being in many ways a "father to the faithful." The various quorums, boards and committees of the church were, as Is customary, sustained by .vote of the assembly. Hubert Case of Oklahoma will be the speaker. Vincent Astor is Noticeably Better i i - NEW YORK, April IS, Vincent Astor's condition continued to improve, it was said today at the country home ot his fiancee, Miss Helen Dinamore Hunting ton. "The doctors are reluctant to say Just how long it will be before his recovery Is complete," said Robert P. Hunting tin, Miss Huntington's father, "but, he Is noticeably better." EX-GOVERNOR DIETRICH CALLS UPON M0REHEAD 'From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN. April 16.- (Special,) Ex Governor Charles II. Dietrich of Hastings with Mrs. Dietrich called on Governor Morehead yesterday and visited with other old friend's in the state house. Governor Deltrich will visit In Lincoln a short timn and thonreturn home, his health not permitting a lengthy stay. The National . Capital Thoraday April 1, IUM. The Senate. Canals committee continued hearings on the repeal ot the Panama tolls ex emption. . Advocates of Senator Sheppard's reso lution for a constitutional amendment for nrohlbitlon were heard before the yudlclary committee. The Home, Resumed debate on the legislative ap propriation. Foreign affairs committee adopted a resolution sustaining President Wilson in hta aetlon toward Mexico. Immigration committee heard Commis sioner Caminettl on the Hindu exclusion bill. Judiciary committee In executive ses sion worked on the omnibus trust bill. - , , , ii i f . 1 " 1 Si rnWSBEA K'STHDai n U -v l I.. .. . VI '1 J I I i iii rial Mirr - j. ja.sxvt iillaf I ITtrCTlT. I IsJh mj4v B eX -A TV.i'lVNl .ii . 1 I Wole call u:jtt?OJj&ifflsm w yAvrr,: sj&m A PONY . t"3YrV C3 .-7 1 -" .rvN-TW . .1 .,H'-- klkb smJSF mmm t i rim. ni .m.-, -;-..-.-. o Tim r--1 w ..Wnw y-n"".Mlni.r i"vrrT i ' 'Willi y 'w?rs . - t&ZfL 1 lj' ' H ' j T Drawn or The Bee by Powell. SINGLE BOTTLE TESTS 60 Cream Stations and Creameries Are Given New Order. MILLER IS OUT FOR REGENT Former State flenntor from Llnt'oln Files for Democratic Nomina tion Stock Dlsenae Lee (Qrra Are Ursred. (From a- Btett .CorfesRondeht)'' .-. kIN.(XL.NtiJli, April h ft (Ifoecjal.), - Cfeamones ana cream siaijona,. wuiwn haVe tiUti Uslhg scaUi whlcH test one, two, four, six and twelve bdttlee or cream at ft. time must after May 1 do nil test ing on the alngle bottle scAle. according to an order Issued by Food .Commissioner Harman. His reasons for doing so Is that scales used for testing creart are very sensitive and In case one bottle does not come up to the standard or weighs above tho re quirements all the other bottles wolghed at the same time will suffer or gain correspondingly, so the order Is Issued. Aftor Mav IB doD manufacturers will be renulred to dispense with the use of pop bottles with the wire stopper as they havo been declared unsanitary. This or der meets with the approballono of the manufacturers and It is , thought no trouble will come from putting it Into ef fect. The bottles are not only unsanitary, but a nubllo nuisance, as tno opening oi them In a crowd has many times re sulted In Injury to clothing or those wno h'unDend to be sitting close by reaaon of the contents of the bottles being thrown about. Miller File" for Urgent. J. E. Miller of Lincoln has filed for the democratic nomination -for regent. Mr. ifiit.r rvoit In the state senate In 1911 and Is a member of tho mercantile firm of Miller & Paine. Shoe Firm Incorporates, The Douglas Shoe company of Omaha has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state, with a capital stock of 81B.O00. AV. 8. Btryker, William Rocheford and A. W. Bowman are the Incorporators. Ursea Stock ecturea. T. F. Sturgesn, editor ofThe Twentieth Century Farmer of Omaha, called on. Governor Morehead this forenoon In an effort to Interest him in sending a num ber of veterinarians over the state lec turing along the lines of prevention of dlseasd In stock as laid down by the State Veterinary board. Mr. Sturgess be lieves that a campaign of education along the Unm would be of Immense benefit to the state and that the money expended would be well spent. Governor More head was unable to give him much en murii foment bv reason of the lack ot funds. The legislature appropriated $30,000 for the maintenance of tne Live otocK Sanitary board and the governor Is of the belief that It will all be needed before the blennlum closes for the work already laid out. Ilravliey to Loop Loon. Regardless of weather conditions, Lin coln Baachey has signed a contract to loop-the-loop and fly upside down every day during the Nebraska state fair, Sep tember 7-11. This Is the stellar attraction to be had in the United Btatea this year and Beachey has Igned an agreement with the State Board of Agriculture not to put on another exhibition of this nature within 2tt mllea of Lincoln until after the state fair. Woman Killed in Quarrel in Hall ERIE. Pa.. April 1.-Mrs. Nora Mc Baln was shot and killed here early today at Macoabee hall. Her husband and Ramus1! fitandton were arrested. Ac. cording to the police, all were guests at a party in the hall, and the shooting was the outcome of a, quarrel over another woman. Cleanup Day Today Congressmen Ask Stay for Convicted Labor Leaders WASHINGTON, April 16,-I'rcsldent Wilson was asked by a delegation from the senate and hoiiso today to request' Attorney General Mclteynolds to obtain from tho circuit court of appeals at Ghlcago a stay of execution for tho twehty-soven labor leaders sentenced to' FortiLayenwor(.h for complicity t) tho dynamite conspiracy. v y -hesSlreoth'e'resnreTit lo Itay tho sentence tfntlt ho Juid itrrbppbr.tttnlty tb revlew all tho' proceedings and tho ap plication fbr pardon. The president pronto Ised to give tho cases careful considera tion. In the delegation were Represen tatives Buchanan1, Gallagher, Gorman and Oraham Of Illinois, Logua of Penn sylvania, Nolan and Kettner of Cali fornia Grosser of Ohio, and Senators Lane and Lewis. FARMERS' CONGRESS HAS LP AN UP BEFORE IT (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April J6.-(8pecal.)-lt is now up to the Farmers' congress next year to accept or reject tho raaolutlons passed by the committee selected by the different bodies of organized agriculture to Investigate the State Board of Agri culture and devise some means for Its future government. . At the meeting held yesterday and last night the matter was gono Into thor oughly and a resolution win passed about as follows: The board of agriculture shall consist, beadles Its present membership, of twen tynlhe ot the following: In counties hav ing a county demonstrator, that organi zation sunn oo privileged to select a member of the board. In counties where there Is no county fair organlratlon, the Board of County Commissioners or the Board of Supervisors shall select some one to represent the county on the State Board of AeHfnltiir ' This resolution passed wlthouT opposi tion with the exception ot a question raised by Charlps Graff, who said that in his county the so-called county or ganization of a county fair was con trolled by half a dozen men at Wlsner und the county hod nothing to do with it, although by a bill passed by the last legislature tho no-called agricultural as sociation has been able to draw 1700 from the treasury- WHITE WOLF'S BRIGANDS DEFEATED BY TROOPS PEK1N, April 16.-Regular troops today severely defeated "White Wolf and his brigands, several hundred of whom wero killed. The troops encountered the bandit army at LI Chuan listen, 'northwest of Slan Fu, After a sharp engagement the br. gands fled to a position twenty miles from Klen Chow, further northwest. Heavy reinforcements of regulars have been dispatched to the scene, and the bandits, who have pillaged many towns and villages and killed the Inhabitant!, are being gradually surrounded. A number ot mission doctors have gone from Huh Slen and Chow Clilh to attend tln wounded. JURY FAILS TO CONVICT "KID SLEDGE" OF THEFT A Jury in Judge English's district court failed to convict Fred Hledgnowskl, othtrwise known as "Kid 'Bledge," of a charge of robbing employes of a local 10-cent store of their pay envelopes, bo rause. It was reported one of the Jurors waa greatly moved by the plea for sym pathy made by the "Kid's" attorneys. A disagreement, eleven to one,, resulted and the Jury was discharged after two daa and a night of deliberation. The "Kid" la of youthful appearance and his aged mother was with him In the court room. NEBRASKA'S fUBLIO DEBT Splendid Showing Made by the Antelope State. LOWEST IN UNITED . STATES Only ai Cent Per Capita, nad Lee Than One-Tenth of One Per " . ; . CRnt of he Coantry'a , Total. . ' WASHINGTON, Xt C. April H.-t're- llmluary- flguri(U!ronwthe,.forthcomlng'. bulletin pertaining to natonaiftnn tstawi indebtedness and runas .nnn investment Ijavo been given out by DlreetSr ,W. J. Harris, of iho bureau of the census, De pat tment ot Commerce. Tho bulletin car ries Information for the stato ' Of Ne braska, as' well as for the other states and the United States. The data were compiled under the supervision of Mr. John Lee Coulter, expert apeelat agent In charge of the Inquiry on wealth, debt and taxation. The bulletin, which will soon be issued, with .contain statistics for each stato for each year from 1890 to J913, inclusive, o far as statistics are available, and will also contain details for the year- most nearly corresponding' to 18S0, thus making It possible to show the general movement during u period of over Jlilrty years. The bulletin will show the total debt of the j states, as well as many details, such as tho Marions classes of outstanding bonds and special debt obligations to public trust funds. It .will also show the float- Ing debt and Its component parts. Under "Funds and Investments" will be shown separately all the different funds, and In each case cash and securities will be rfhown. The population of the -states for each year under consideration will be used, and the per capita debt (less sink ing fund assets) will be glvon. Floating Debt Wined Out. An Inspection of the tables for Ne-i braska, In tho bulletin soon to be Issued, shows that only biennial reports were obtalnablo for the period covered. The bonds, amounting to $49,000 In 1&90. de creased to 8163,000 in 1898, and disap peared altogether In 1900. No special debt obligations to public trust funds were reported. The floating debt, which ap peared for the first time in 1892, ad vanced to 12,343.000 in 1904, hut fell to 374.00O In 1912. In the case of funds and Investments, the securities increased steadily through; out the period, advancing from 82,311,009 In 1890 to 89,303,000 In 1912. The cash changed naturally from year to year with a general tendency to decrease; 31,D99,000 hi 1890 fell to 8573,000 in 1912. The sinking fund assets decreased from 8195,000 in 1890 to 856,000 In ?900, and dis appeared altogether III 1902. The debt (less sinking fund assets) was slightly less than the total debt during the first decennial period, but represented the same amount from 1902 to 1912, Though there was a slight decrease In the total debt between 1890 and 1912, and a steady Increase, In population through out the perlodlhe sinking fund assets held in 1890 brought about a tower per capita debt for this year than was re corded for the state In 1912, . nlae and Fall. Jn US0 the tqtal debt of Nebraska at the close of the fiscal year, November 30. was 8199.000; in 1S92 It was J1.40G.000, advancing to 2,343.000 in 1904; it fell to 8234.000 In 1910. and wan 8374.000 In 1912, The population of the state Increased from 452,000 in 1SW to 1.220,000 in 1912. In I8S0 the per capita debt was 80.97; In 1890 it was 80.24, Increasing to 32.18 In 1S98. but falling to' 80.20 In 1910; In 1912 It -amounted to 80.31. In contrast with the state ot Nebraska we find that, taking the entire- Mebt (less sinking fund assets) for the forty-eight statea. the per capita debt .according to the latest report is 83.52, or 83 21 more than the per capita debt for Nebraska. Comparing the decrease In the per cap ita debt pf Nebraska arid the forty-eight states for the thirty-year period we find (Continued on Page Tno.) HUERTA AGREES TO SALUTE FLAG; II. S. ACCEPTING American Government Will Fire in Honor of Tri-Oolor in Answer. END OF THE INCIDENT IS NEAR Possibility that Federal Leader May Change His Mind. WARSHIPS ARE ON THEIR WAY None Will Be Recalled Until Salute is Actually Fired. SOME PRESSURE FROM EUROPE Advice, from Foreign Ambassadors is Feature in Case. HUERTA IMPOSES CONDITIONS United States AVnrahlua Mnat Fire Haluto In Iteplr This la In Ac cordance n-ltli interna tional UaaRe. nULLISTIX. WASHINGTON, April 16,-Tho Cntteil States government tonight nccopted Gen eral Huerta's offer to salute the stars find stripes as an apology oe the result of tho arrest ot American bluejackets nt Tamplco a woek ago today. The Huerta government's enluto to the American flag will bo answered with a salute to the trl-color of the Mcxlcatv nation. 1 This arrangement, tho detain of which wero being finally arranged tonight In an exchange- of official messages bet-ween Washington and Mexico City, ended. In tho view of all high administration offi cials, tho crisis that had arisen In tho last fow days, resulting In the dlspatrh of American war fleets tn Mexican Waters'. Executive quarters ond congres sional circles breather n sigh of relief that the tension had passed. No tlmo has been set for the -f, ring ot the salute, nud until the detalla are ar ranged no further ordors will be sent to the American fleets now proceeding south. It Is practically certain, however, that while many of tho vessels will bo turned back, others will continue south and a substantially. Increased naval force wilt he maintained In Mexican waters. WASHINGTON. April 1.-Huerta has promlsea Chargo O'Bhaughncssy to sUita tho American flag in opotogy for the V rest of American bluejackets at TamPlccl. Thd news- w4 received at thp White . n-l Arilni hii rman Shlvcly of the) sen ate, foreign relations commlitea went Intu oonfereiiPo with 1 President Wilson. Unless Huerta changes his mint!, the qftsU promises to pass over within the next twenty-royr hours. It was authoritatively stated, that the only point remaining to be determined wis the number o(. guns and that this would be speedily agreed on. At tho Btkte, War and Navy departments offi cials considered the crisis passed. The only condition attached waa that tho Amorlcan ships fire a .salute in ac knowledgement. Officials close to the president said this was In accordance with naval practice ot nations and ac cording to precedent. Offlclnls pointed out that on occasion when the American navy ealutcd tho flag of other1 nations as a result of diffi culties at sea, a salute In response had been fired, Dora It Mean MrtMinnIt Ion The only question Involved In Huerta'M condition was whether n saluto ot re sponse would constitute recognition, but it was pointed out that the Washington government considered recognition a matter of Intent 4n each case and wpuld hot so regard an acknowledgement of Huerta's salute. Some oftlcluls declare that questions of recognition were no more Involved In tho demand by the United States or a saluto from Huerta than lu acknowledging a salute from him. The disposition ot tho administration Is understood to be to IncriasOstho naal forces In Mexican waters somewhat, even after the salute is fired, so that In ouch an event only part ti, gulps now steaming south would be turned buck With smiling faces, Senator Shlvely and Secretary Bryan came from the White House conference. "The president has somp very Inter esting news," said Senator Shlvely. "The situation is highly encouraging, said Secretary Bryan. . Then it was made known that dispatches from Charge O'Shaughnessey described his conference with Huerta last night as "very cordial and satisfactory," and of ficials said they were convinced that un less Mr. O'Shaughnessy had misinter preted Huerta's Intentions, there was no doubt that compliance with .the Ameri-' can demands for apology would be forth coming within the next few hours and that the crisis would be passed. The text of tho dispatches was not (Continued on Page Two.) Sending It Back Women often say when ma king: a purchase, "Oh, well, Jf I don't like It, I can send U back." This 'la a bad custom bad for the retailer because It entails unnecessary deliveries and collections; bad for.the cus tomer because It entails loss ot time In making a second selec tion. Also, it is one of the many grains ot sand that make up the "high cost of living." Women who read the adver tisements contained in such newspapers as The Bee know before they enter a shop what they want, and-save themselves and the merchant time and trouble by making satisfactory purcnases on tueir ursi trip, jj i