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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
ROOSEVELT TO NEBRASKANS
Declines to Let Progressives Use
Name for Presidency.

Omaha. May 15.-Theodore Roosevelt. III
a letter to-day to Franklin A. Shotweh' Oh
Omaha, declines to permit the Progressive
Republican League Of Nebraska TO consider
placing his name on the primary ticket for
the Presidential nomination OF the Repub-
lIcan party. Mr.. Roosevelt asserts that
such a movement would deeply emDarrass
him and In his letter asks al! OF his Ne
braska friends to do all In their power ~
prevent such movement IN TIE state.
As secretary OF the Nebraska Progressive
Republican League Mr.. Shotwell was IN
structed to write TO Mr.. Roosevelt and as
certain his position in regard to his name
being placed on the primary ballot next
spring. when the preference vote for candl-
dates will be taken. Mr.. Shotwell's letter
and Mr.. Roosevelt's reply follow:
Ny Dear Colonel: The Progressive Repub-
lican League Of Nebraska desires 10 place
your name upon the ticket In Nebraska
for presidential nominee of the Republican
party The Progressive Republicans or
Nebraska do not desire to emDarrass you,
and for that reason | have been requested
TO write you for the purpose of ascertainng
if such movement will meet your approval
1t is the consensus of opinion among the
leaders OF the progressive movement tnat
Republican party TO victory In Nebraska,
and. permit me to say, | think this Is true
I'm the entire Mississippi country. IL Is
nearly the unanimous sentiment or the
Republicans of Nebraska that you are the
preferred candidate, and IT is particularly
desired that you permit your name to go
on the Republican ticket. 50 that we may
successfully choose a progressive delegation
to the national convention and secure
your nomination for President. and we feel
that II will not be difficult to secure a
delegation to the national convention
pledged to you for your nomination. ana
with you as the nominee of the party we
feel assured of entire success in the next
presidential election. The progressive Re
publicans in Nebraska do not believe that
Senator La Toilette or any other leading
progressive Republican has sufficient
strength 10 secure the nomination.
This was Mr.. Roosevelts reply, under
date of May y:
NV Dear Mr.. Shotwell: I thank you fol-
your letter and very sincerely appreciate
your good feeling. You say that you do
not wish 10 embarrass me. Any sucn
movement as that you suggest would very
deeply embarrass me. and ! must insist
that YOU and any other friends l have
shall do all I'm their power to prevent any
cucb movement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
MADER0 SEES PEACE
Continued from first page.

lists had been acceded to. high govern
ment officer tonight expressed the opin-
ion that peace was more nearly assured
than at any time since the instruction
began.
Negotiations were proceeding, he said,
on an entirely new basis. A proposal
transmitted from the rebel leaders
through Judge Carbajal was gone over
by the President and his ministers yes
terday. A counter proposition was sub
mitted last night. on the nature of the
reply awaited tonight appeared to de-
pend the success of the new peace cam
paign.
No hint Of the contents Of the counter
proposition could be obtained from the
ministers. Publicity, they said. had had
much to do with the failure of the pre-
vious negotiations. The delicate nature
of the subjects under consideration, il
was said, required that every effort be
made to avoid a misconstruction of the
concessions either side was prevailed
upon to make.
"All that 1 am at liberty to state.
said Minister de la Barra, lis that prog
ress is being made along a line which
will preserve the dignity and honor of
the government and which will undoubt-
eddy result in an agreement for the
greatest GOOD of the nation"
Mr. de la Barre intimated that by to-
morrow conclusion of a peace agree
ment might be expected. Progress Of
the negotiations checked the state of ex-
citement and apprehension into which
the populace had been thrown by the
many rumors of the last few days.
Seemingly having abandoned the cam
| paign TO retake Juarez, orders have been
| issued by the War Department for a
concentration Of troops at Chihuahua.
General Rabago. who was proceeding
northward, has been directed to counter
march to that capital. Nothing is known
here Of report that such return is
impeded General Luque. who. with his
! force was besieged for weeks at Ojinaga,
and was reported TO be on the way to
Juarez. has altered his line Of march, ano
will join General Rabago.
Reports that troops are concentrating
in Mexico City are untrue. None Of the
forces which have gone out from here
during the last six months for the cam
paign in the north have returned.
The garrison of the city is at present
constituted, according to official figures,
| of 5000 men, as follows: Artillerymen.
2,OOO; infantry, 1000, and cavalry. 500.
| There are in the federal arsenal approx
mately $50 pieces Of artillery. ranging
! from heavy field TO rapid fire and ma
chine guns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16

take their places. Again. the corporation
may advertise. No lawyer may advertise
without getting into difficulties with the
court. The lawyer who seeks publicity In
looked upon as Is the doctor who adver-
tises. He is guilty Of breach OF profess
sional ethics"
"A client OF mine was To meet me and
execute his Will He failed to appear" said
another lawyer. when I next saw him I
asked his reason.
81 was at the Office OF a title company
closing title that day. he said. told
them I was In a hurry-.hat ! had an en-.
gagement with my lawyer, who was going
to draw up my WILL
Don't bother keeping that engage
ment."' they told me. Wen do that FOR
you free OF charge"
According to the lawyers. the title COM
panes arc not only foreclosing mortgages
in which they are financially interested, but
will attend to such proceedings for any ons
who asks their services. title company
here advertised that IT would draw free the
will of any one who would make II executor
and trustee The matter came up before
the Bar Association, and the wording %
the advertisement was changed, but the
practice continued.
THE opposition OF the corporations 10
what appears the public good has come
particularly 10 the attention Of the courts
when attempts have been made 10 register
property under the Torrens law" said
lawyer. wherever the tests have been
made in this CITY one firm OF lawyers has
appeared for abuttng owners. and the
opinion Of the courts and the profession IS
that the firm represented the title COM
panes. The title companies insure titles.
and every title registered under the Tor
rens law means money out OF their treasu-
ries
THE opposition TO registration has be-
come so bitter that the Torrens law has
become almost n dead letter. No ordinary
property owner can afford 70 take advan-
tage Of II. The title companies have con-
sequently won where they failed in thei-
opposition TO tho passage Of the law az
Albany. chiefly, II is said. because the ma
tority OF the members OF the Legislature
were lawyers"
Besides the action OF the Bar Association,
plans are now under way for the forma-
ton OF an organization which will have as
its sole object 10 stop corporations from
practising law. Late last week II was re-
ported that the charter had been signed BY
moro than one hundred lawyers and that
the list was growing rapidly. In few
days the organization will be regularly IN
corporated. It will work in harmony with
the Bar Association in the crusade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
REBELS TAKE TWO CITIES
Rurales and Federal Troops in
Hidalgo Towns Fail to Fire Shot.

Mexico City, May 15.-Following one OF
the MOST audacious demands made for the
surrender Of a city since the beginning Of
the revolution. Pachuca. with a population
of 10000, the capital of Hidalgo, sixty miles
northeast of Mexico City. is tonight In the
hands of rebels. Almost at the same time
they took possession of Tulancingo the sec
ond city in the state and near Pachuca.
This gave them control of the state.
Colonel Castrelon, a rebel leader operating
under the direction Of General Figueroa
this morning Informed the Governor of the
state, Pedro L. Rodriguez, that he would
attack the place this afternoon unless he
surrendered his office during the day. At I
o'clock he made good his threat Neither
the telephone nor the telegraph wires were
cut by the insurgents. but, with the excep-
ton Of information impaired by telephone
girl. who stuck 10 her post after the attack
began, Mexico City up 10 a late hour was
in ignorance of just what had happened in
Pachuca.
According to the girl, the invaders
swarmed into the city from the surround
ing hllsides, and swooped down on the
government buildings. Not a shot was
fired by the Rurales, and regular troops.
The conquest was pacific, and, according 10
the telephone girl, no attempt was made
to loot the place.
What became Of the Governor. the girl
did not know; hut she had heard the
rebels say they had searched the palace,
and could not find him.
IT only "A few minutes after their
entrance when she called Mexico City.
Her voice shaking with fear. she an
nounced that Castrejon's men were crowd
ing about the building. In reply TO queries,
she gave brief account of the city's cap
ture.
moment later she stopped in the mid
die of sentence. Ten minutes later she
again called Mexico city and between sobs
told the girl at this end that she had been
ordered not to call up the Mexico City Of
fee again. That was the last message
that came over the telephone wires.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
FROWN ON INTERVENTION
German Press Bitter Over Posi-
BILE American Action in Mexico.

Berlin. May l5.--That armed Intervention
by the United States in Mexico would he
regarded with acute disfavor In Germany
is the unavoidable inference to be drawn
from the remarkably incsve and drastic
expressions Of opinion with which the prog
ress OF events in Mexico is followed here.
The charge that the United States Is again
seeking an occasion TO strengthen its con-
troll of both the Americas TO the complete
exclusion Of other powers, both politically
and commercially, is n feature OF the press
comments Of the week.
Not only among ardent nationallsts and
jngoes. but in quarters where responsible
Judgments are TO be expected. the most
cynical interpretations are placed on the
American governments motives. sincerity
and peace projects.
The "K0lnsche Zeitung." whose infu-
ence and close relationship 10 the German
Foreign Office are well known, says to-day ::
President Taft announced 10 the world at
the peace congress in Baltimore that the
United States assumes the right TO inter
vene and help in the restoration Of peace
and order. Nevertheless, the American
government Is following a policy OF Great
ing factors OF disntegraton. which, in tho
form Of weapons, ammunition and even
money. arc being carried over the border
10 destroy all order, while the nation itself
watches the growing disorder with ground
ca arms
Comparing the American tactics in Mexico
with those pursued in Venezula and Guate-
maa. the "K6lnische Zeitung" continues:
In one way we suppose that It would be
most agreeable to the government in Wash
ington If things in Mexico took a similar
course, and IT, for instance. the mere
proximity Of the American army were suffi-
cient TO break up the existing order. A
march to the beautiful Mexican capital,
however, would not be a mere promenade,
go perhaps, II IS honestly meant when
President Taft asserts that he wishes to
postpone Intervention as long as possible.
zone thing is certain President Diaz must
ahdicate as Castro and Zelaya abdicated TO
make room FOR a man acceptable TO WASH
ington"
The Mexican situation IA used elsewhere
as an argument 20 show the hollowness OF
American peace projects. THE arm OF the
American Imperialism" It is declared, Ifs
again being raised"
Professor Hans Delbruck. the historian,
bluntly characterlzes the Taft-Grey peace
plans as insincere. Shall the great Ger
man nation" he inquiries in an article Just
published "let itself be permanently shut
up within its Continental boundaries and
look on while England, Russia. France.
Japan and the United States divide the
world among themselves?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
AMERICAN RECRUITING DULL.

Washington, May 15.-Recruiting the ma
n1uvre division at San Antonio up to war
strength is proceeding very slowly. After
more than two months the camp contains
only 500 officers and 1854 enlisted men. A
division full quota approXimates 10000.
These figures were telegraphed to the War
Department to-day by General Carter, com
,1oop6ipo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
$4,000, 1000 4TH AVE. LEASE
To Erect S1,500,OOO Mercantile
Building on Site.

81. & L. Hess have leased for ogden
Mills TO the Realty Holding Company the
property az the southwest corner Of 2sth
street and Fourth avenue on a plot 9s.9x
2JJ feet. for a long term OF years, at an
aggregate rental OF about 100000. The
plot win be improved with twenty story
and basement mercantile building at a
cost Of about 81. 10000, which building will
be erected by the Realty Holding Company,
and completed the latter part OF 1912.
The building Will have a rental area Of
4210yO square feet. and will be the largest
Of its character IN the city. and show an
annual income Of over 10000
The building viii be freproof. equipped
with automatic sprinklers and have every
facility for the purpose OF obtaining the
lowest rate OF insurance Mr.. NILS was
represented by J. NJ. Robinson and Henry
L. Dinkelspel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
FEDERAlS LEAVING SONORA
Troops Loyal to.Diaz Being Con-
centrated in Mexico City.
Insurgents in open order attacking the oil

Guaymas. Mexico. May 15.-The State
Of Sonora is being abandoned to the rebels
and federal troops are being concentrated
in Mexico City.
Colonel Diaz arrived here to-day with
500 men from Aqua Prieta and began en-
barking his force on a steamer He VIII
proceed to Manzanillo, thence over the
Mexican National Railroad to Mexico city.
Only 12b federal troops remain in
Cuaymas. not counting the 400 with Gov
ernor Torres. City officers, expecting an
attack by Yaqui Indians, have armed all
city employees
It was learned to-day that battle is
in progress at Navajo 200 miles south.
American refugees from Mazatlan con
tinue swarming into Guaymas, and the
United States Consul here, William F.
Alger. has his hands more than full TAX
ing care Of them.
A fight put up by the gunboats Tampico
and Zaragosa in the harbor is said to be
all that has saved Mazatlan from capture
by the rebels.
The water supply has been cut off by
the rebels. and the residents have been
forced to dig shallow wells and 10 use
abandoned cisterns. There is fear of pes
thence.
Hermosillo Sonora. Mexico, May Is
Hermosilo. the capital of the State Of
Sonora, was evacuated to-day by the fed
eral troops. General Luis r. Torres,
Military Governor OF Sonora, departed on a
special train with the garrison for Quay
mas.
Eight hundred rebel Yaqus and several
insurgent bands are outside the city. These
are expected to enter the abandoned capital
soon.
The evacuation Of Hermosillo leaves 2
federal garrison marooned I'm Nogales.
That is now the only federal force In
all Sonora. from the Yaqui River north to
linn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
Americans Unable to Leave.

Many Americans have appealed 10 Consul
Marion Letcher for protection In case or
an attack Some have attempted to return
10 the United States. but 1t is impossible
for women and children 10 GO Convey
ances are so few that prices ranging from
500 TO $50 are asked for single auto
mobile trip TO FL Paso.
Governor Ahumada has made 1t known
that relatives in the United States OF
families living here need have no fear
for the safety of foreign residents.
More Notifications are being hurriedly
built The cathedral. the top of which
commands a view of the surrounding coun-
try. and all the outlying houses are well
fortified, and trenches have been built
across streets that lead 10 the heart OF the
town.
Word that the war was to be continued
caused keen disappointment. especially as
suffering among the poor already seemed
10 have reached the limit of endurance
Beggars line the streets Hunger drives
some 10 the extreme Of entering restaurants
and grabbing food from tables.
More hardships are expected IL managers
of mines and lumber mills carry out their
threat 10 shut down because Of the i'm
possibility OF getting food supplies from
Chihuahua. Some of the mines are in hot,
barren hills. which yield no vegetation.
City Filled with Gloom.
News Of the breaking off of peace nego-
tations was kept out Of the city by the IN
surgents. obviously TO keep the federals in
the dark and 10 prevent the sending OF re-
Inducements To Jusrez
The very day on which the battle at
Juarez was fought the people. on an erro-
neous report which was given official ere
dence. were celebrating the advent of peace
Beggars and men who had served terms IN
the penitentiary as political prisoners hailed
the news as the dawn of a new era.
But the following days threw the city
into gloom. Newspapers appeared with pes
simistic comment, headed with God save
the country" and What will be the end?'
one editor. who censured government Off
GERS for not keeping the newspapers in
formed as TO the true state of the war, was
put in jail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
MAY YET lNDICT EGAN.

The new grand jury for Hudson County
will be sworn in TO day at the Jersey CITY
courthouse and il is expected that Justice
SNayze will deliver an emphatic charge
that County Collector stephen NJ. EgGn be
indicted for lending county funds to the
late Robert Davis. The last grand jury
was summary dismissed for failing 10
act i'm ths, matter. and it IS said If the new
Jury does not act that no Indictment can
be found as the statutc'of limitations VIII
intervene on July 9.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
NEW RABBI ELECTED.

The Rev. Jacob A. Dolgenas has been
elected minister of the Congregation
Pincus Of Elijah. at No. rs West 95th
street. lie has wide experience In the field
Of Jewish education and Is said 10 have
re-organized the religious school upon a
firm pedagogic basis. Instruction in
Hebrew history and religion is given daily
to boys and girls. Rabbi ,Dolgenas will
preach on May 70 on The Needs OF a
Modern Orthodox Synagogue"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
POSTAL BANKS GROWING POPULAR

Washington, May 15.-Material growth In
the popularity OF the postal savings bank
system is indicated by a statement issued
to-day by Postmaster General Hitchcock
concerning the operations of the forty
eight initial repositories which began Als-
ness January last. During April 2,6lS sep
arate deposits were made aggregating 49,
6i6. an average of S3l 81. In January $3.50
separate deposits were made, aggregating
SCI, SO5 or an average OF only SIG IA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-16
CUTTING OFF CHIHUAHUA
Army of 1000 Rebels Tying Up
Railroad as They Advance.
TERROR FELT IN THE CITY
Federal Troops Are Regarded as
Being Effectively Bottled
Up by Insurgents.

Chihuahua. Mex. May 13 (via III Paso'
Tex. MAY 15).-Chihuahua now STANDS In
Street fear OF an attack and many people
,eel that any resistance is hopeless. The
TWO thousand insurgents who are ap-
nroaching from the south to-day reached
rscaIon. few miles below Jiminez.
AS they proceed the rebels are tying up
The national railroad to prevent pursuit by
federal troops The federal troops south oi
here are all retreating to Chihuahua hav-
ing found 1t impossible 10 stem the oh"aio
march OF the insurrectos
An armored train. filed with 1eoerai
troops. which went south to open the rail-
road. soon returned with the report 'hat
the enemy was in Overwhelming huihoeiS'
and that to attack from the tram "ouiu
have meant humiliation. The oehel Is
that the insurgents will soon take JiHlneH'
together with the branch railroad run
ming 10 Parral, and then VIII encanlp
around Chihuahua to attack the city IN
conjunction with part OF Madero's forces
from JuareS
The federal troops are regarded as enec-
lively bottled up. Only fifteen hundred fed-
erals are in Chihuahua city. General Ra-
baeo's twelve hundred men. who started
20 Juarez. are cut off from return by an
Insurgent band. which came in behind them
The only way federal reinforcements might
be brought in now IS by railroad run
ming from Monterey TO Nadadore. and then
overland through the arid plains in Goa
huila and Chihuahua, a march of ten days
II is believed that it will be at least ten
davs before the insurgents Will be IN
position 10 attack Chihuahua.
Meantime, the situation in the city is be-
coming daily more desperate.
Supplies are scarce All train and tele-
graph communication has been cut on Tor
two weeks The Associated Press corre-
epondent was able 10 open temporary COM
runication with FL Paso by series OF re-
laws connecting with Casas Grandes.
Governor Ahumada to-day issued an order
forbiddng the taking out OF the city OF any
foodstuffs. despite the appeals Of many
surrounding mining camps. Most people
Including the seven hundred or eigh; hun
dred American residents, used up all their
reserve supplies. thinking peace was In
prospect.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-07
Fish Tales

Sea turtles are coming in and it
Is a sight to see a chap reel a big
one up close to the boat and then let
it go with a yell when he sees h
size of the insect. The best way to
get rid of them, If they are not want
ed, is to cut the smell and let the
hook go with the turtle.
The fishing holds good here and at
Sewaren and Perth Amboy. At Sc
warren some of the fishermen are
bringing in from forty to sixty fish
and any man that don't get a good
mess down there don't know how to
fish. In this city, called the coolest
fishing resort along the coast, tide
runners and big blueish have been
caught during the past few days.
Edward r. Fielding, Dr.. Henry
Nolte and Harry Bergfels. of New
ark, had lots of fun with the weak
fish and bluefish at Morgan Wednes-
day. They went out with Captain
Edward Bloodgood and caught seven
ty-one and were back in Newark at
s o'clock. The fish were running
large that day and this trio of an
plers caught some big ones.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-07
LIVE y $3.50 TIPS

As l expected, the Perth Amboy A.
c. has cancelled the Spotswood game
for Saturday scheduled for the cop
per works field, In this city. Finances
were the cause.
Classy baseball, the kind the
Perth Amboy A. c. put up. is hard
to find on amateur lots and local fans
should show appreciation tor the
brand of ball put up by this bunch
of gentlemen by supporting the team.
A sermon on being liberal every day
will take up too much space. and l
have only a little allotted to me, but
no one can say that the fans do not
need 1t.
at is more blessed to give than
to receive"
There is an unusually small num-
Der of ball games in this city over
the weekend. Blame 1t to the
weather? No, blame 1T to the fans,
who want to see a nine inning Cruel
ling match between two notorious RI
walls at the average admission fee of
one cent per head.
Automobiling Is now one OF the
most popular fads and r~ecreations of
the century. Only last night, in the
pale moonlight, l enjoyed a tour over
some of the county's principal roads
and found them in a dandy condl-
ton. A trifie dusty, to be sure, but
you cannot be in Heaven and Mid
dlesex county at the anne time.
A cool subject. Why not some
swimming races between the athletic
clubs Of the city? There is plenty
of material here, judging from the
crowds of young men and boys at
the various beaches during the re-
cent hot afternoon. A meeting Of this
will Increase the swimmers
vitality, the beach mans bank ac-
count, and give the local sports some-
thing to argue about, while the fans
are raising enough money to see an
other good ball game.