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The Omaha Daily Bee FARM LAM) Advertised in Xho Hoc la the rcry essence of prodnctivene. llenl farm fact will Interest n largo and appreciative audience. TOL. XLIV NO. 11. OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1914 TWELVE PAGES. On Trains and at Hotel Xftws Btanda, Be. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. THF WKA1 7T? Fair 3 ' r mUERTA PREPARES LEAVE CAPITAL '"ON SHORT NOTICE Dictator is Reported to Have Sent His Son and Daughter Toward Puerto Mexico. INFORMATION IS UNOFFICIAL Statement Contained in Private Mcs sage Received in Washington and Sent to State Department. MEDIATORS WILL TAKE RECESS Wednesday's Session Will Be Last for Several Days. WILL AWAIT MEXICAN FACTIONS Conatitattnnnllt nnil HucrtUtn Will no Given Time to Confer Informally on Internal Problem. WASHINGTON, June 30. Private dis patches received here today from unoT fidal sources In Mexico City stated that President Huerta had pent his son and daughter toward Puerto Mexico, and was making preparations for his own de parture on short notice. The Information was conveyed to the State department. Mediators Will Tnke IlerM". NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., June 30. After a conference today between Am bassador Da Gama of Brazil and Minister Naon and Suarer, It was announced that mediation would formally recess tomor row until such time as tho constitutional ists delegates and Huerta representatives could confer Informally on Mexico's Inter nal problems. The mediators came to this decision after reading General Carranza's note, asking for time to consult his generals as to the Informal parleys. Minister Suarez referred to the Car- ranza note "as. satisfactory" and sensi ble In Its explanation for the need of time. All the mediators and their secre taries began Immediately to make plans for departure tomorrow or Thursday, and It Is now expected that by the end of the week the entlro mediation colony will have left here. No time has been set for reconvening of tho mediators, but It Is not believed they will gather again for another two or three weeks. Zapata Will KlRht Cnrrnnsa. MEXICO CITY, June SO. News reached Mexico City today that Emlllano Zapata, the southern revolutionary leader, had published a decree rejecting any allegiance to Vcnustlano Carranza and saying that the constitutionalist chief had refused to accept the "plan of Ayala," the orglnal agrarian proclamation of the seven lead ers. Zapata Is said io have declared that he Intends , to extend his operations along tho westeTHcoast of Mexico as far 'as Sonora .and that he will fight Carranza "forever." The Information was brought to Mexico City by persons who arrived from towns under the cOntrdr of "the followers of Zapata In tho state of Morelos. MOYER'S TRIAL GOES OVER AT REQUEST OF STATE HOUGHTON, Mich., June 30. O. N. Hll ton, attorney for the Western Federation of Miners, agreed today to a postpone ment of tho trials of Charles II. Moyer and other officials and members of tho union, It was announced here today. Tho charges of conspiracy growing out of the recent strike of copper minora were to have been heard in the district court at L'Anse on July 6. Because of the absence of witnesses tho prosecution was unwlll Ing to proceed and It Is expected that the change in program will bo approved by Judge O'Brien. Tho exact date to which the trials will be postponed was, not given out. HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN FEUD BREAKS OUT ANEW PARIS, Ark., June 30. The "Huckle berry mountain feud," which has existed In this section of Arkansas for many years, waa revived last night when Kranli Itosc, a mountaineer, shot and killed Ho bart Horn and probably fatally wounded Chatham Sherill when, it Is said, Horn and Shcrlll attacked the Rose home. The officers have arrested all known factional leaders In the feud to prevent further trouble. The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednesday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity -Fair. Temperature nt Omnvn Yesterday. tj Hours. Dug. u u. in....... ...... . uo N r, a. m fis R 7 a. m 66 Si 8 a. m R6 Li !) a. m 67 P 10 a. m OS vcf. 11 a. in , iT. 1 12 m 61 L 1 p. m 61 r 2 p. m fib ft 3 p. m s V a p, m o B D. m 71 p. m , n i p. m v s p. m no Comparatlre. Local' nccord. 19H. 1913. 1913. 1311. Highest yesterday 72 SI 92 95 Lowest yesterday .... 64 70 72 78 Meaty temperature 6S 7S 82 SS Precipitation 22 .02 - .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from tho normal; Normal temperature, 75 luflrlcncy for the day 7 Total excess since March 1 500 Normal precipitation 15 inch Kxcess for the day 07 Inch Total rainfall since March 1..1S.S2 Inahes Deficiency since March 1 13 inch I eflcleney for cor. period. 1913. .37 Inch Deficiency for cor. period, 1912. 5.75 inches Reports from Stations at 7 I. 51. Etatlon and State Temp. High- Rain of Weather. 7 p. m. est fail. Cheyenne, cloudy 68 M .01 Davenport, cloudy 72 76 .01 Denver, rain 62 66 t De Moines, cloudy...... 70 74 .00 Lander, cloudy 03 61 ,qq North Piatte. cloudy CS 70 .02 I'inana, ciouay ,u ,s Pueblo, rain 62 OS T Rapid City, clear 70 70 .38 salt Lake City. pL cloudy M "it .00 nhertdan, clear 70 70 .30 Moux City, cloudy R 75 .08 A olentlne. dear 70 72 1.10 t indicates trace of precipitation. I A. WELSH, Ical Forecaster. LIND'S ACTSJOME TO LIGHT Adviser of Administration Playing Into Carranza's Hands. CAPTAIN HOPKINS' VIEW OF IT nmnrdril Clone Mouthed Sinn from Minnesota nn fJlvInK Tip on Shipment of Arms Um bnrRo Not nn Uinhnmn. NEW YORK, June 30. (Spe cial Telegram.) Captain Hop kins quoted Mr. Lind ns asserting that Mr. Wilson "hesitated to raiso tho embargo (on arms) at this time while mediation negotia tions wero pending," but that ho, Llnd, could give assurances that if arms woro taken in by schooners from Cuba, "no obstacles would bo placed In tho way by Washing ton." This alone would seem to warrant congressional enquiry, since It places tho Wilson admin istration in tho position of play ing fast and looso in tho matter of importation of arms. New York Evening Post editorial comment ing upon the Mexican revelations. (Copyright, 1911, by the New York Herald company, all rights reserved.) NEW YORK, June 30.-(Speclal Tele gram.) If tho "Inside correspondence" of the revolutionary Junta at Washington faithfully chronicles the facts in relation to revolutionary developments at the capital of the United States, Mr. John Llnd, who was sent to Mexico, as confi dential agent of President Wilson, was very free In his r.dvlce to constitutionalist representatives after ho returned from Vera Cruz. It will be recalled that while Mr. Llnd waa still In Vera Cruz, serving In his scnil'dlplomattc capacity, he vol unteered advice to General Carranza. ltepmllntro.-i Sanctioned. According tu a cable dispatch of March 29, 1914, Mr. Ltnd cabled the State de partment, recommending that should Tor- roon fall, this government should urge General Carraaxn to Immediately Issue a general proclamation unequivocally re pudiating all contracts entered Into by the Huerta government since tho assump tion of dictatorial powers and the Incar ceration of congressional deputies, whether for 'tho purchase or sale of any government property, Including bonds and other securities, and warning nil pros pective or actual purchasers that after the constitutionalist government was In stalled all such contracts would bo held null and void. Mr. Llnd, tho Herald's dispatch said, believed that the Insur gents' position would be greatly strength ened internationally if the specific declara tion bo restricted to acts consummated since the assumption of dictatorial powers. At tho time this was regarded as a very remarkable suggestion, coming from a person holding such confidential relation ship to the president of tho United States, particularly In view of the fact that 'n his address to congress announcing Mr. Ltnd'a appointment as confidential ageac President Wilson had said: "He cannot In the circumstances be the partisan of either party to, tho con test that now distracts Mexico." Eiiibnrjro nelmposcd. On April 22. Immediately following Gen eral Vcnustlano Carranza's 'announce ment containing the notice to tho United States that the. landing of American troops at Vera Cruz, would provoko the entire Mexican people to war with the United States, the embargo against the shipment of arms to Mexico, which had been lifted by President Wilson on February 3, was constructively relmposed. While there was no official proclamation, orders wcro sent to military command ers along tho border to prevent any fur ther shipments. It was announced by high administration officials that no shipments of arms to Mexico would be permitted. On April 21 and April 22, sailors and marines ot Rear Admiral Fletcher's command were landed at Vora Cruz and nineteen Americans were killed In the taking of that city. Feeling In the United States ran high. It was di rected particularly against the action of tho administration In having ever lifted the embargo to permit shipments of arms and ammunition which might be turned against Americans. At that time and for some weeks later, Mr. John Llnd was In Washington. Just when Mr. I.lnd's connection with the secret sen-Ice pay roll of the Department of State ocassd or whether it has yet ceased Is not gen erally known. It Is generally known. however, that during his entire stay In Washington, Mr. Llnd was In very fre quent conference with various represen tatives of the revolutionary party of Mexico. Ltnd Closer Than Aryan. During this time, Mr. Llnd was pre sumed to bo particularly close to Presi dent Wilson. As has been shown, CuP- tain Hopkins who, It will be conceded, has excellent sources of Information at Washington reported to General Car ranza that he has good reason to believe that Mr. Llnd represented the president much more directly tlpm did Mr. IJryan, In a memorandum prepared for the "Jefe," bearing date of May S, 1911, which was Just about two weeks after the re imposttlon ot the embargo and at a time when American sentiment was ab solutely united In opposition permitting any arms and ammunition to reach either side in Mexico Captain Hopkins says somo highly Interesting things concerning John Llnd. Hero Is an extract from the memorandum In question, the Spanish translation of which was sent to General Carranza: Was Mr. Llnd, In giving this advice, act ing solely In a personal capacity? Captain Hopkins certainly thought not, for In the same memorandum which was embodied In a letter to General Carranza, he gives a picture of Mr. Llnd at that tamo time acting In a diplomatic capa city as the representative of tho admlnl stratlon. "As I had the honor to write you some time prior to the battlo of Torreon, that In my opinion the Department of State would be disposed to recosmix,e you In some form, provided you took that place, tho Department of State has now,' pur suant to Instructions from the president, Indicated a willingness to establish rela tions with Mr. Zubaran as. confidential agent on a special mission near this gov ernment," Good Friend In Llnd. Captain Hopkins said, "I consider the appointment of Mr. Zubaran a' very happy one, because ot his agreeable per sonality, his complete understanding of what the constitutionalist cause repre- (Continued on Page Two.) CIVIL TRIAL FOR THE ASSASSIN OF AUSTRIAN COUPLE Slayer-of Archduke and Wife May Escape with Ten Years' tenoe in Pri THINGS YEV0 Reports IffraSSSTner Districts of Bosnia iSSyAll Disorders Have Virtually Ceased. HALF DOZEN PERSONS ARRESTED Martial Law is Still Existing Throughout Dist rbed Distriot. BODIES ARE ON WAY TO VIENNA The j- Arc Taken to Metltovich on a Sporlnl Train, Where They Are IMnccit on Warship Ilnnnil for Trieste. SARAYEVO, Bosnia. June 30,-The nlf ht and day passed quietly here. Six persons were arrested for slight ofenses. Martial law was still In force today. Reports from other districts of Bosnia today say that disorders have virtually ceased. The perpetrators of Sunday's outrages are to be tried before tho civil courts and not under martial law. Nedcljo Gabrlno vlcs, who throw the bomb at the arch duke and his consort on Sunday, will then bo liable only to Imprisonment for a period ot from fivo to ten years on a charge of atempted murder, while Gavrlo Prinzlp, who fired tho fatal shot, may, It Is said, escape with ten years' Imprison ment on account of his youth. Ilodlei l'lnccil on Warship. METKOV1TCH, Hcrzegovlnla, June SO. Tho bodies of Archduke Francis Ferdi nand and his consurt, the duchess ot HOhenbcrg, arrived hero on a special train at 6 o'clock this morning from Saraycvo, Bosnia. They were accompanied by the mem bers ot tho household. The town n"as draped In black, whllo all the lamp posts were covered with crepe. Flags on all buildings flew at half staff. Guards of honor from the army r.nd navy wero drawn up along the platform and behind them gathered tho local au thoritles, the school children of the town and a dense crowd of citizens. The coffins were removed from the cars by bluojackets and after a prayer by a priest were conveyed, amid the roll of muffled drums and the tolling of church bells, to the royal yacht, Dalmat, lying In the river. They were c.vered with military flags and wreaths, while on the yacht Itself were hundreds of floral cf ferlngs from military and naval officers and civilians. As the yacht left, "the guard of honor fired a general salute. The "vessel "was preceded down the river by a torpedo boat and followed by the governor's yacht, on board of- which were the mem bers ot the households of the archduke and duchess. The governor also accom panied the bodies whllo they remained In the waters ot his territory. Wilt Reach Trieste. Wednesday. When the Dalmat reached tho mouth tif the river it proceded directly to the bat tleship Vlrlbus Unltls, which was lying at anchor waiting to convey the bodlts to Trieste. The yachts fired a salute of nineteen guns as it came alongside the battleship, and the coffins were then transferred to the after-deck of the Vlrl bus Unltls, which had been transformed Into a mortuary chapel, decorated with flags. Here the bodies wero again blessed with much ceremony by tho ship's chap lain In the presence of the tnemBers of tho household and naval officers, whllo the entire crew was drawn up In a circle around thm. The Vlrlbus Unltls welshed anchor at 3 o'clock and sailed northward with tho archducal standard flying at half-mast. The battleship Vlrlbus Unltls is proceed ing slowly toward Trieste, so as to allow tho court officials nt Vienna time to make preparations for tho funeral. The ves9el will arrive on Wedensday evening and the bodies will be taken ashore on Thursday and conveyed on gun carriages through troop lined streets to the railroad sta tion on their way to Vienna. Rni-Ii Iimnrccl for Million. VIKNNA, June 30.-The new of lhe death of Archduko Francis Ferdinand and the duchess of HohenbanT was broken to their children at 7 olock on Sunday evening. The orphans broke down and their aunt, Cojntess Chotek, fainted. The Tagblatt today says the late arch duke's life was Insured with Dutch com panies for $12,000,000 and that of his wife for $5,000,000. Tho will of the late archduko jvas found and opened by Kmperor Frtnt'ls Joseph this evening. Tho archduko's chidien, It is said, are to Inherit their late father's estates In Bohemia and at SaUbu-j and Artstetten. The rest .if ths eet'Vtos, In cluding the famous villa Tlvoll nt Flor ence, are to go to tho now heir to the throne. Hints at Scandal in Pittsburgh-Wabash Terminal Finances WASHINGTON, June 30.-By resolution In the house today, Representative Town send of New Jersey asked the Interstate Commerce commission to Investigate the affairs of the Wabaah-Plttsburgh Termi nal Railway company, and made startling charges regarding Its financial affairs. MISS STALL0 IS BRIDE OF PRINCE R0SPIGLI0SI PARIB, June 30. Miss Laura McDonild Stallo, daughter of Edmund K. fitallo ot Cincinnati. O., and Prince Francisco Ros plgllosl were married today at St. Joseph's church In the presence of a com pany of distinguished guests. Among those present were Ambassador and Mrs. Myron T. Herrlck and Prince nnd Princess Murat. who Is a sister of the bride. Prince and Princess Roarfgllosl are going to Norway for their honeymoon. rr. n vssr.w isbss Drawn for The Bee by Powell. PIE AT LASTFOR THE DEMOS President Said to Have Settled Ne braska Patronage Problem. HITCHCOCK NAMES GRUENTHER Brriut to Name Lincoln l'oatnintor, District Attorney nnd Marshal Hitchcock, to Select the Rest. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, .9C Jl'na.30.-(Spe, clal. Telegram.) It may have been the registration in Omaha and South Omaha that' called Senator Hitchcock Into action but ho surely got busy with President Wilson today over state patronage with the result as he hlmsclt confessed that the president stated there would be no recess appointments as have been pre dicted, that all recommendations would be considered and action taken so fkr as Nebraska Is concerned before congress adjourned. This in substance Is what Senator Hitchock gave to his Interview ers after the conference with tho "flrat chief." From this Is gathered two things: Thai. Hitchcock will have his way In the ap pointment of Chris Grucnther as collector and that Bryan will namo the postmaster at Lincoln, the United States district at torney and possibly the marshal. For all other offices the senator of right, In non democratic territory as now constituted will havo the right of selection without opposition from tho premier of the ad ministration, W. J. Bryan. When Senator Hitchock left -the White House he was happier than he has been In several months. It was the psycho logical moment for Senator Hitchcock. Troops in Charge of Westinghduse Strike District PITTSBURGH, June SO.-Dawn saw the state constabulary In complete control of tho situation In the strike district of the Turtle Creek valley. Four troops cleared the bridge leading to the West Inghouse Klectrlc and Machine factories of tho deputy sheriffs that have held It for three weeks and all persons were at lowed to pass without question. Streets were patrolled by mounted men and peo ple kept moving. A great crowd ot strikers assembled at the plant entrances to see who would re turn to work, and pickets were active under the restrictions laid down by Cap tain Adams when he visited the strike headquarters last night. One man over stepped the bounds and was arrested by a trooper. Strict orders were given by the con stabulary for the armed guards to re main In the works, and In no circum stances to show themselves on the streets with their guns. Tho' guard stationed at tho Tennsplvanla station to protect the railroad property was reduced at day break. F. D. C0BURN RETIRES FROM PUBLIC SERVICE TOPEKA. Kan.. June 30. F. D, Cohurn, for twenty years secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and widely known throughout the country as a crop author ity, retired from public service today. The National Capital TarMilar, Jane 30, 1014, The Senate... Met at noon. Many private pension bills were con sidered. Tho llonar. Met at noon. Debate was resumed on the District of Columbia appropriation bill. The War Game in Mexico (CWkp jjjl Big Yacht Owned by L,F. Orofoot in East Goes Ashore in Fog BOSTON MASS. (SpeclaM-"We are sinking," was the tireless message re ceived at tho Charlcstown navy yard at 1:45 o'clock this afternon from the schooner yacht, A'lrglnla, owned by L. P. Crofoot, Omaha, The yacht Went ashore near the Wood's end life saving station during a thick foe early today. he was &r4lsJnjL. front Ma-rl)oh!al. and a large party was abroad as Rueis of Mr. C'ro-. foot. Th$ revenue cutter) Gresham was notified oy wifeless of the predicament of 11)0 yacht and rushed to h?r assistance. The life savors at Wood's end, also launched surf boats in an endeavor to icucuo those abroad the yacht, On tho boat at the time It went ashore were L. F. Crofoot and his son, Kdward; F. S. Cowglll, president of the Transmls slsslppl Grain company, and Wnlter Page, general manager of the local plant ot the American Smelting and Refining com pany. Mrs. Crofoot nnd the other chil dren were not on the boat. The yacht carried a crew of five or six men and was named after Mr. Crofoot'a daughter, Virginia. Mr. Crofoot was enroute to the llg yacht race trials which are now being held near Naragansctt hay. It is said that Mr. Crofoot was going to enter ills yacht In the races, hut the sickness of his captain made a change In his plans. South Jefferson Farmers See Crops Destroyed by flail FAIRBURY, Neb., June 30.-(SpcclaI Telegram.) A disastrous hailstorm, de stroying crops In Its path, visited the southern part ot Jefferson county be tween 4 and 8 o'clock this morning. The hall started between Gladstone and Reynolds and moved southeast over the stato line Into Kansas. Two years ago a similar hailstorm swept over practically the same route. Balls of lee the site of half-grown peachea whipped the trees, nut the corn out to tho roots and pounded oats Into the ground, Farmers along the route of the storm this morning found hailstones six inches deep on the ground. Small chickens, pigs and calves were killed by the hall. Farmers are heartbroken over their losses, as the fruit crop, com, oats and garden stuff for miles and miles were de stroyed. It Is claimed this Is the most disastrous hailstorm that ever visited this vicinity. Even many fields of shocked wheat were torn to pieces by tho wind and hall. Only an inch ot rain fell In the north part of tho county. All harvesting Is at a standstill. METCALFE'S SONS COMING TO PUSH FATHER'S CAMPAIGN (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 80.-(8peclal Tele gram.) Theodore Walter Metcalfe, second son of Dick Metcalfe, democratic candidate for governor, left Washington last night for Nebraska to assist his brother, Rich ard Lee, jr., In the gubernatorial cam- palgn for his father. Richard Lee, Jr., returned to Nebraska about two -weeks ago and Is in actual charge ot the state headquarters at Aurora. Theodore will stop at Omaha and Lincoln to confer with his father's advisers and friends and will then go to Aurora, where he will relievo his older brother. During the last winter Ted has served as one of Congressman Ma Gulre's secretaries. Olo Metcalfe, Whllo House man for the Baltimore Bun, and eldest son of the for mer canal governor, will Join his two brothers In the primary fight about August 1. WEST VIRGINIA LID GOES OH Many Saloon Men Will Not Midnight to Close. Wait NINTH STATE TO ENACT LAW 1 Majority of Mnetl-Trro Thnnnana is Largest Kvrr tilven to Law of This dun Lnrao Kniploj-- rri Famr Act. CHARLESTON, W. Vs.,' June-so.-ttv ports from over the atsta.today Indicated ihat .rnfiny saloon keepers nnl'clpatedjtne enforcement of the prohibitory arn'mS- pieht tonight, !; closing' their- pWcs tnls J morlllng., Some -of -thrill' ha" 'disposed of their stocks and others frankly confessed j t g,t in the various slates. He added they feared disorder In the closing hours lnRt ne was deeply Interested In the quel ot business, Itlon. Breweries and distilleries have been ') Some of the women brought small chll Ing out of buslnera for a month because. nrcl, witn ti,em t0 the White house and they feared pecuniary- lost attendliuj throughout the speaking there were r large stocks when the end came, tnd .quent walls and cries from ihe babies. others in order that their plants mlnlit be rebuilt for. other manufacturing pur poses. One large brewery 1n Whe6llng ls almost ready to open as a meat packing house. .Mnth Dry State, State-wlde prohibition of the liquor l.i,.l,... IH 1 (&. V I Ctrl 1 1 liniinrrlA t tm r, J. LtZtZu, u Tnr. Vh VfnilVand to the White house gates, where It fcctlve nt midnight. It brings tne total 1 . . 0 m...,n.. number ot Mat. In the prohibition WH "cc've;! Secretary Tumulty, who column un to nine 1 president. With West Virginia ridded, the list will A " en,sravf "Py of tho, U"raU0 w s-nri K-n..H M.m. MiHi..inni. 1 resolution adopted nt the recqnt conv.n. North Carolina, North Dakota, Okla These horns, Tennessee, West Virginia. nine states of total prohibition territory, :al no-llconse area, make up plus the local 2,132,726 square mls In which M,039,"S0 Persons or nearly 60 per cent of the coun try's population live, according to the latest figures of the prohibition leaders. Tho S2.0C0 majority with which the peo ple of West Virginia' accepted the dry proposition was relatively tho largest over given by any state. It was approxi mately two to one for state-wide suppres sion of the liquor business. It was a sur prise even to the prohibition forces, who were Indebted largely to tho determined stand which many of the large employer took In favor of their cause. The tata nas a population ot oy me census ot 1510, tt Frntarr of Law. Tne mandate or the legislature, embid- led In the Yost hill, for the enforcement of tho new law, beginning July 1, def.arts In many respects from the methods hith erto tried along this line. The chief fea tures center about the creation Of a com missioner ot prohibition, whose particu lar business It will he to see that by midnight some 1,200 liquor-sell-Ing places In the state have disposed ot their stocks and that thereafter alt per sons shall be punished by law It they keep liquor for sale. To save the stato the time and expense ot taking violations before state courts, he has been Urging municipal ordinances governing the violations, thus permitting the cases to be brought beforo the local courts. Villa Buys Finest Bathtub in Chicago CHICAGO, June 30. General Francisco Villa's bath tub, shipped from here In response to his order for the best tub money could buy, cost him $100, It was made known today by the firm that sold It. Shipping charges came to 3125 more. "If he transports the tub from city to city It will be the heaviest thing his army has to move," said a member of the firm. General Villa ordered the tub In El Paso, Tex., from a representative of a Chicago firm. Han on Dank Ceaars. CHICAGO, June SO. The run on the North 'Avenue state bank ceased last night, and this morning there were fifty persons awaiting their turns to replace) their deoslts. During the run the bank paid out J!00,o:o. PRESIDENT TELLS WOMEN SUFFRAGE IS A STATE ISSUE Not National Matter, and So Ho Can't Use Influence for Passage of Constitutional Amendment. HE IS PLACED UPON THE GRILL Asserts He Cannot Permit Himself to Be Cross'Examined as Leader Begins to Quit Him. FOR LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT Delegation Files Out of White Houbo Expressing Disappointment. EEOUTIBE DEEPLY INTERESTED om of Mnrrhera IlrlnK Rattles and! Thranshont the Speaking There I Freqnejtt Cries anit Walls. WASHINGTON, June 80,-Presldent Wilson told a deputation of more than M0 women suffragists at ths White Hou today that woman suffrage was a state Issue and not a natlonnl one, and for that reason he woiild not use his Influence for tho passago of a constitutionalist amend ment. In congress. nl the historic L'ast room ot the execu tive mansion tho president received tho suffragists, who represented the orfiani Ized club women of nearly every state. When the president declined to support the Mondelt-Brtstow amendment, which comes up for a vote In tho house rules committee tomorrow, some ot the leader? began to put him through a sharp cross examination, which tho president took, good-naturedly. Mrs. Rhnta Chllde Dorr and Mrs. Har vey W. Wiley qeusttoned him on his at titude with respect to other national Is sues and after several of their queries, tho president declared: "I cannot permit myself to be cross examined." That put n stop to the questioning and the delegation slowly filed out ot the White House, giving expressions ot dttap polntmcnt and regret. Favor Local Sclf-GoTernment. The president told the women that hi "passion Is for local self government' and that ho believed every state should decide certain things for Itself Ho classed the right ot suffrage among the things. He told tho women that the uf trago Issuo had not been mentioned In the Baltimore platform and, therefore ho would be reluctant to take It up, even thouRh his own Idea were different. "Tho president ot the United States ha a dual personality," said Mr. Wilson. "Flrot h ' the chief executive of Mw nation and nrxt ho. the Joadnr of a psrty, - In both thosft'-caparltloa I-Tmt refuse to nush woman 'suffrage, as a na- tl6ftal Issue." , " The prfaldent advised the club women. not Io he discouraged, but continue their Mnreh to White Home. Headed by Mrs. Harvey W. Wllv, Rheta Childe Dorr, Mrs. William Kent, Alice Paul and other leading; spirits In the congresslonsl union (or woman suf. frage, tho delegation, after a public maas meeting, marched behind a big brass Hon of the Federation of Women's clubs I w'ttB Presented to the president as a oro- "m nary to tne spcecnes 01 ine aur. .slsts. .... presenting me engraved resolution rs. Bills Logan replied to the charge that tho Chicago convention had been packed. In favor ot tho suffrage resolution. The women over the seas are holding out their hand to us, said she. "Eight million working women have their ej on the result of this resolution today. Mr, President, on the eve of the Fourth of July, when the declaration of our fore fathers still rings Its jubilant note around the world, what more fitting hour and time for our president, the father ot jdaUBhter,to give his voice and Influence lp our caUM.. j Mrs. A. V. Beekln of BloomfUld, N. J-, ! presented a telegram from the women's , Unlon ot Nw Jer8ey. The women of your home state f.l confident you will not fall them," she said to the president. Mrs, Wiley spoke briefly and Introduced (Continued on Pago Two.) Buy a Used Car Some excellent bargains in used cars are .offered In tho "Automo biles" classification today. Turn to the want ad section and read the descriptions. These cars have been thoroughly overhauled and are in fine condition. And the prices are away below the original cost. Those are great opportunities for the man who wants an automobile. You can buy one now, get the pleas ure and use qut of it this summer and sell It in the fall. Others fol low this plan. 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